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THE PEOPLE'S JOON
JNO. S. MANN, '
EDWIN HASKELL, EDIT9I/S
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FIDELITY TO
.00rJ)ERSVOILT. FRIDAY, JAN. 27, 1854
IgrL. F. Maynard will lecture before
the 4ssqc lation at the Court
Wkidisdrry evening, Feb. 1.
tgr-.l4iseph Bailey of Perry °aunty,
was elected State Tiiniuier on the lath
JOS%
ar,Tke . qitx of Philadelphia has
Subscribed $2,000,000,t0 the Sunbury
and Erie Rail Road. This, it Is thought,
se are the completion of this very
important ' • '
tir There will' be . a Temperance
meeting in Homer, at the school house ;
near Jacob 'Net's. on- Monday evning,,
Peb. at h . , at which time Rev. L. F.
otter'' will deliver an address. We
hope there will be a full hoaie.
.
• .t3/ 0 711v,0. Fenn.. for twenty yea"
Editor of the ihirjsburg .Telegraphlins
beiomelEditor gal Proprietor of the Lan
tester independitif 'Whig. We '-regret.
tett ild'ra wat from' the' Telegraph,
and 'flow rrjoice at his reutyp to „the Ed
itorial chair ; for we consider_hitn one
'of the-most liberal 'and • straight-forwaidi
Editors in the State.
.
• Tirr , q'tioxtociATOß.---We 'have le
i:rived the' second numbei of this new
'Free Democratic paper, and a very
fiandsome'appearance innakes. It is of
the size of the *Visite r, printed on new,
Clear type, and'nearly all 'reading mat
iii.... It is publishing rp nu hers, "Man
hal Pereitia; or the 'sov eign *We of
811niheainlina," which alone woTa cost
'half 'the' price of a year's subscitption—
givei a fine 'miscellany, full Congres
siodal and foreign news, with original
conveposidence."tind editorial.
Terms•,,s22 'a copy ; $5 for three, $8
Tor fit'an'd $l5 'for ten copies. ' '
-Charles Bianchi:4d, editor and propri
etoi, Neill Castle, Pa.—Pittsburg. Sat
lurday Miter.
We have heard much of ;he above
paw / but notwithstanding the Jourgal
has beets sent regularly for the last six
weeks, never a Promulgator has made
Its appearance at this Ofice. If we sup
posed this neglect intentional, we should
.take no notice of it; but supposing it to
be an •oversight, we shall "learn to la
bor and to. wait.'
Single Districts
The Piti3kurg,Dispalch, in noticing
the mettage of Governor Bigler, 'speaks
very favorably al' rnauy of its recom
mendations, but notices one very import
' and drawback to the Governor's. pro
-gressive suggesticns as follows:
Many other subjects are , alluded to,
in this mesage, but not of sufficient im
,--panalice to require special mention here,
as we trust all our readers will give the
wbole document an' attentive perusal.
We bare to regret, however, that in
suggeiling fire amendments to the con
:et-tuition,' the Governor did not recom•
'Mend such legisktion as'would lead to
' , the election of senators and represerik
tires' from districts choosing but one
member, instead of having a county
electing a.couple of senators and half a
dozen reprsehtatires,
.by general ticket
as at present. But this is *reform en
tirely too radical for those who claim to
be' the democracy, and we have but
little hope of its success at present.
Yougg Ireland and.Slgery.
"We are no abolitionists—no more
abolitionists then Moses, or Socrates, or
--Testis Christ. We deny that it is a
.-crime, or a wrong, or even a peccadillo,
-, to hold *hives, to buy slaves, to sell
alavee, to ; eleven to their work by
.flogging or other needful coercion. 'By
your silence.' says Mr. Haughton, you
_will become a participator in their
wrongs: :..But .we will . not be -silent
when occasion calls for - speech ; and as
Cott:wing a participator in their wrongs,
we; for our purl, wish we had a good
plantaliati- well 'toe . keel' with Ilea lthy
negroes in Alabama."
Th, above is an extract from the sec-
and fiumber of the Citizsn, '
paper. It will pot need Many such to
give the Cili-en an infamous notoriety.
While this,AstopiOn is pleading for
Irish liherty,.he is wishing for a plant
;-ation well stocked with negroes," where
he ckld . keep them to work by " flog
• ging,'or ether needful - ceercion." A
_southern negro driver might blush at an
on avolisl so shatneleSs. We are yet to
lean? . ilutt Irishmen are any better than
- tiegroes. - Put John Mitchell under Le
gree's keeping,o spell arid he would get
mopgh of
j oeiro plantations.—Cayuga
Chit .
Arti . wOll never more'd4appointed in
I u liar sine thati in the mart who proclaims
• itifireme selfishness .in the above
"AolgAnd reolcless language. We thought
piN,4 l eAfted,
patriot,-whoirtisked ills life and:liberty
for the sake of the rights of -mem': ft
turns out that he is only a tyrant in ex
pectancy ; and hence we infer his only
object hi trying to break the British. rule
in Ireland, was that , he might' estsibiish
bis own' Ostend.
ISE
.., • . - • •
aootelm
' per comes to us, at the begining of the
year, in a double sheet, with a new and
handsome dress,tbroughout, and. replete
as usual with the . best productio.is of
Christian intellect—Wisdom, enlivened
by feeling and' warmed by contact with_
the...intereat of husnanity,. wit conse
crated to the noblest .ends; lard fancy,
elevated by taiilland Cliasteried by true
views of „ the life which' 'now is arid
that which is 'to' come.!'- There is no
Other religious journal in the world,
whose array of editorial and contributo
rial names give such riasu.O . nce ' . 61, a.
weeklyTeast,to the stibsekiberr Leavitt,
the editor, iti•distinguished for a greater
variety Of knoWledge—legal,
historical, theological—than perhaps an
other editor in the country, and - wields
withal a pen,as facile and as potent as
the ablest.of therri all •,,- - --The.n there are
Cheerer, the theological -meat-axe, the
very thing. of whose
_name chimes, in
our cars with -such words .as cleaver=
cliine—achiever-,-a man whose spirit we
do not alwaya admire, but whoSe power
ii is not very safe for rin•oppanent to un
derrate.-
And, Beecher, the 14-rnan,the juicy
and the jovial—the man of fancy and
fun and , heart—whose piety is' a Hying
priaciple of "happiness to himself and to
all litoOnd him,' whose bird ponder
au a. , AaTon is wielded. Lo- break human
chains and. bmitythe hydra-heads of op
pressioa and:
and, folly; and
whose eiliatistless jocosity, almost recon
ciles his victims—half tickled and half
), tormented—to the . •reerciless mauling
'they receive at his hands. .;.,,..
_There is Charles L. Brace, the young
pedestrian, who tasted 'for a
,time the de . -
light's of an AustritinAtingeon, and-re
-tinning, became - the author of two 'pop
ular weiks on Hungary and Germany—
and thus instead of hunting
,up a ,ma-/
bogany pulpit - with a velvet , cushion in
.it, as the manner of some is, supported
hiniself with one hand; while with the
other he carried the gospel of Love (and
of bread and butter) to theragged,'street
boys of New York.' Brace was the, first
who began to call attention to these lit
tle degraded creatures, by sketches in
the New York paliers.. Robinson 'fol
lowed with his Hot Corn" .papers—
the:difierence between ;he two being
that the former were simple, sober fact,
while the latter are, obviously enough,
only ""jounded,on facts."
- And 'finally, there is Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, a lady who. has already
evinced some very decided talent for
writing - of composition," and who, we
venture the prediction, can hardly fail
to attract public attention when she be
comes a little more known.
With such a list
. of editors and stated
contributors, and the wide reputation
which the Independent has already'won,
for liberality told general benificence: as
well as for power, we can hardly hazard
'much in commending it to all who would
possess the best relig:ous journal in the
world.— Syraeuse'Evening Chronicle..
( We endorse all that the Chronicle
says about the. Inclependnnl, and hope
tome of our friends who want the very
best religious paper published, will give
the, above article from the Chronicle
another perusal, and then look at the
terms, and see if they do not think the
N. Y. - Independent. is the paper - which
they want for religious instruction.'
TERMS :—Two dollars per annum by
mail - -Two Dollars and Fifty Cents by
carrier. • The p*e is the same to cler
gymen as to laythh.
- In all cases, fifty cents per winners will
be added, i f the payment be delayed three
months.
Ministers or others who procute four
new subscribers shall have their . own
paper gratis for,one year. Clergymen
and Postmasters are authoriied Agents,
and will be allowed fifty cents on each
new - subscriber whom they may thduce
to' ake the Paper.
AU letters and communications, to in
sure attention must be post-paid, and ad.
.dressed (if for the . nditnr)' to Editors
of l'he Independent, 10 • Spruce' street,
New York.! • if 'on business, to 44 Pub
lisher of The Independent, 10 Spruce
street N. Y." - •
The Free Sell Element.
The vote Upon Mr. Cutting's -resolu
tion in the National House \ of Represen
tatives, seems to settle the question, as
fay as that body is concerned; in regard
to the introduction of the 'free soil ele
ment into the democratic .arty. .We
cannot see that it can result in any other
way. Mr. Bronson wasappointed, wit h
out• any solicitation
.on his part, 'Was an
excellent officer, capable and honest,
and yet he was renaoved.because he:
would not comply with' certain requiii;
tions Made upon him'by. - the Secretary'
of the Treasury,. 'which; in the opinion
of• many sound Democrati‘ that' officer
had' no right - to make, and which:Mr.
Bronson could i.not . have' couplied With
without -dishnnoring' himself and tom
profnisqg WS iirinciplei as a National'
Democrat. The conduct' O' the Becie--
'tary waii,'in our judgement, an infringe—
ment of the - Baltimore Platform and the
Cocapiese'Repoiutiona' of Congress.
1i aiing. adopted that platform - and those
s
&Intim!, in Common with' ,all the
• itudcrais• - who .'supPiiiiiii 410 eleCtion
Of Glen. Pierce, Nie•caniiat" : nniv-gp.,be-'
hind them in iiidei r ta *Mks :tfewbat7we
believe to have been a violation of prin
ciple and duty on the part of the Secre-
Lary. Whot.motives may have actuate
'the majority of the House Of RePiesen
mares An voting down, or mote 'strictly
meakiag, faying,upon the table the re s ?
olutiun of intiutry into the..comffet of
Secretary Guth - fie, we of course do not
know; but that they were of a•character
to promote hereafter the concord and
success of, the Democratic .party,- we
must be permitted to doubt. The free
_soil element' eof long i es the Democvatio
party shall stand - upeti the "Baltimore
Platform, - callbet "hotiestly — blendet
with fis. It•is•t.ssentially different and
cannot coalesce; and those Who tut ee
deavoringat all hazards,, and, in viola-
o°n :of to bring about - a
union, will find in the end that they
have only sown the seeds of discord,
and'` laid the • fon ndation difficulties
and divisions Which a . wise, &Human
sense course would have
_avoided.—
• Harrisburg . Union., •
s be Maine Llquer Law. ?Tor
mop Temperance!
We affirm that it doe. We•have
produped,,the .testimonyl of ministers,
lawyers; and editors residing in Maine,
to substantiate thisOinit Belo w we
publish a . letter . f, Bev. Bev. TIIEfiRORE
P4REER, to ..the acme purpose. This
letter, Was called put because a friend
,94.
his understood Mr. Parker to say "'that
the Afaine -Liquor Law had done, no
gooo.ip.MassaOusetts.7. l! , -Having a high
regard for, ,his . judgment, his opinion
against the practical utilitycof. thclaw
. would , have great weight with us.—
Hence we wrote him 'on, the subject, and '
are happy to : find his 'testimony to the
necessitY and beneficial workingi 3 Of the
- We trust • our .informant will be
more Careful in future. . how he reports
-the opinions ofgreatmen, el an error in
this reipect 13 always injurious, and
frequently quite troublesome : • •
, 13oston, Nov4th, 053,
DEAR SIR :;•LYinif Informant probably
misunderitood me in'thili . way : r said,
if I TeCollect the conversation - aright, that
'the Maine Liquor Law had done no good
in Boston. , Thai may be true or some
other towns in New-England. 1 how
not how . many, thoughd doubt if there is
any Ether town in'Massachusetts of which
it can b'e< said. In Maine, I have the
best evidence for believing it has worked
well, and Very well. Our law in ;Mas
sachusetts has some ugly features which
I always opposed, though I petitioned
fora law like the present in -its • mnfir
features, and- recommended- -it..- I look
on. this, kind of law as provisional; it is
good . for the.present .distresa." But I
hope it will not 'always be needed: In .
Boston, it is not executed at"-all. Every
body sells who likes. Boston is the
headquarters-of New•Englanthlrunked
ness. We have a Rum Mayl4 Rum
Aldermen, %Mt Common Councilmen :
there are temperance men in both -these
bodies; but the majority are as alleged.
The city government sits on a hogshead
and laughs at Latv.and winks at Drunk
ness: What can you expect of the
Maine Law under these el rcumstincesle
There is so much property concerned
in the liquor trade that it is difficult to
execute any law in Boston which ..,
stricts the sale of drink, or the making
of drunkards.. If the South wants a
man enslaved in Bostori,•vre have men
to do the busineis as neatly as Cain &
Scroggs do it in Pennsylvania. .But to
promote temperance—that is not so easy.
Some men dislike .the harshness of
this !ail/. I have much respect for
them, if (as it is often ;he case) they
oppose it on moral principles. Some
oppose it.because it disturbs the honest
part in their business—the sale to men
who.do not drink , to excess ;" and I
respect them also their property, their
calling is at stake, and it is,hard' to ex
pect them to feel as 1 do—as , all tem
perance men should do—about the trade.
But there are-other men, who, knowing
the wickedness, wish to make money out
of Rumselling. They*ould sell babies,
or young tothnen, or old men, if the taw
allowed it. They oppose the' Maine
Law; and all other humanities, at every
stein Some or - them are rich, tind able
men ; -they are a powerful•elass in-Mas
sachusetts, and. all New-England. if
'the question were taken by secret ballot
to.morrow; , l think three-fourths of the
men'in Massachusetts uld "Execute
the Maine-Liquor Law. It'does good."
Truly yours,.
. . • THEO. PARKER.
Mr. * MANN:
•
• Since writing the above; I underitand Abut
the city government. has forbidden the Police
officers to enter any complaints (against Rum
:tellers) under the Maine Liquor Law. Shops
open on Sunday are complained of Under the
old law:
. .
The Liberator 'puts Mrs. Surisshelm
in the " negro pen" its :colarens,
styled "The Refuge' of Oppression."'
This is an excathedr a, anti-slavery ex-,
communication from 'the ranks of the
faithful. • But *hy is it 1 Oh, she yen:
tured to let.ber , gdose quill. _flycharac
terislically, in crittcism or Air ,
and l itt sympathy with Douglass. •A'his
illegitiniate use of ibis,'" bad' corner," ,
savoring:Ws , it deles-'bf'"intoleratice, yet
utterly powerleis - atAtotne;- is 'simply'
ridiculous.
What does it accomplish) Does it
answer the, criticisms 'Opponents'', may
offer, ;
,A,Does Ore l ; tit 'gm 4ow Ih9se
thus distinguiOted;;. pa - e ! •it. e vj ac e-the
noble beanng coriadiouit - rectitudel
Does it present the eribe'anta
gonist opinions expressed 1 Certainly
not..7.—Wes/evatt..
iM=iISME
EdnatilolOd.
The teacheia iiritLftlen4 , of .01111
'Cad* O f Pnuer counw are- v -ear:4oy
,relitttsteit to met in Conle!ition at t'ou.,
dersport on Saturday, March 11;1854; .
at 10 o'clock, A. M.
The, object of the _Convention
to forma Teachers' Association as a
pet[nanentcation , Jorenai .41 ‘ t-, Atte
The influence of aucitan organ
god which ortiuTdi t riecessarily,geinit
from 44.. v
it is believ ed ; be sufficient
to induce every friend ofrEducatiou to
attend. . • . :
An Addresa,will ,bet delivered onAlle
occasion by -an able an4_ experienced
apelike!. , Hinz' YOUNG.
M. A. VRENCII.r
O.J. Sivpoaa.
Coudersport, Jan. - 27;18M. -
- ?or the People's Jourriel.
. n't- speak to hins That's right,
don't notice him:, ;What right has
a• hard-handed, sun-browifed .toi:er—to
year notice?. None; of course. :.What
.has hein•common with pebple of qua&
peoplewho have do trouble or care
except to,.sleep, eat dress, imd
ade the streets •of - a.-fine day, or. pore
over the latest , novel when it drizzles?
What a • great, vulgar. pawl - - Why, its
gentlest grip would :crush your taper,
ring•bedizened fingers like an eggshell.
There 's no indication of7gentle blood in
that brawny, freckled hatid., Ugh ! do n't
shakethands , with him !
Do:you suppose thatAb'e same hopes,
fears, snd affections, cheat., distress, arid
warm the .heart enshrined in that broad
bosom, .that voui the. delicate child of
wealth, , t experience ! Certainly
you cannot be so vulgar. - He never bad
a . hciiie beyond a few ragged acres of
land, and a dirty fawn ; ard 4 filled with
vulgar .cattle. He lo e, , hope, or fear. as
,you do e , Nansens !_r His love never
aspired higher an some awkward
country girl, wit • great, fat, freckled
hands, and-boasting othing better than
hilling calico for a n day fix-up.
What a figure he would cut, making
love to the fine ladies whose most huinble
servants you feel -proud to enroll your
selves! ....Just• imagine !That lank, awk
-ward form, in undignified, homespun,
going down' n- his narrow- bones at the
feet of one of your silk-and:satin, !
That would:be ridiculous ! - •
Do n't notice- hem. ..Keep'n stir up
per lip when you pass.him in.the street,
and coax% fashionable ;curl. into it, just
to-show him that he can't aspect to shine
anywhere only in the barn-yard,—where
he . belongs . ; Do n't allow him to be,
familiar, if you place- anything like a
reasonable price upon, dignity ; and if he
asks a civil question, either he . witty at,
his expense, or turn up your nose—not
slightly, but decidedly—ancl pass on.
These working.men a 4 getting too
high notions; andgou, with moustaches
and tight pants. are especially commis
.sioned to keep them down. 7 It is a ter
rible state of things when men rise above
their proper. level! ' This equality, and
and mutual dependence, is very good. in
'theory, but in practice and society would
get!beels uppermost in ajiffy,and in the
grand muss you .will be quite likely to
find the .bottbm of the heap. Depend
'upon it, these hard:fisted working-tnen
will:p , itch you out•of the social hive in'a
twinkling, if they get tho upper bonds.
•They consider 'you - lavender -scente.
gents miserable drones, and. underrate
you scandalously—in your own conceit..
SILEX
`Vain Effort.
. .
We notice that - ana efThit 'has Com
menced . among progietsit'e Whigs, 'to
1 •
retrieve the chaiacter of 'their party: In
Crawford County,a resOlution yeas passed
.._. . . •
at the tate Whig Connty COneention,
. .
and
the
the.Paltiniore platf orm ; and
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the last Wa rren Mail contains the . f 01....
.... -. , • •
lowing . monlY4eclaration - of war against
the pro.slavery character ortlie . Balti
more, -
ediet..
,1.4 Mail goes back. to the
death of General Taylor, a nd sa y s :,. -,
.
' "When his successor : Millard Fill
more, took the Chair of Stateohis Whig
party ofthe'lgorth-confidently:expected
that helmet:lid faithfully adhere to. the
origin'al,d.octrioe and policy of, the party
: that ! placed him in power;- but ,t 6. bright
star of 'hope that : had sent its: radiant
'beartia - th'rcingh' the political finrieirtint
began to-dente toiverdlhe' horixeo4 , -the•
adutinistmtion '3 catered:to- thel.Whims of
[ . the 40uth,44
,the . 4 res, of freedom feebly.
I,glitnirtere.d frern4lie xec . riiie Manajon
Ind eats Capitol 'halli, L atiit that 'bright,
ifaithrit'stre•iri pride. and "'glory and
- seemed to dispel the , igleomy clouds of
, _oppressionlhat had.been. botreFiligiOger
flu:spat*, at, Igngth „becameittin 'and
. final . fy, spl i c ..i !Ito the - dark. ; a liittles .4 the .
- SO ecuon of the Baltimore Platform,,
'Whieti:SiCsfitiiiiihiii Illitiiis relituie;Sarlhe
Compromise measures, known - -es. the.
Fugitive Sittig Law. As long as that
infamous section is incorporated in the
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3M722M=;2111
Whig Plattorrevso long the Wf g pa:rty
Ininority. It wrier, can
beitaited s on.principles antagonistic . to
theapirit of frefedom. It most take; its
Mend as of oldAasing its claims on Elia
601es-consistent with the righttrof-tnen ;
and while it expresses its sympathy for
the oppressed of foreign climes, it must
show its'opposition to 'the extension of
oppxessicin-at home. We must denounce ,
that infamous enactment that makes
northern freemen bloodhounds for south- .
IrtiOd=
*we atusftear 'plank in our 'plat
form' ari which southern 'nabobs compel
Am tti chase'theitT.thiopian :vassals: • •
Now, we like this effortuf the Mail
and, its associates in the work of reform,
but we sarfrattkly, we have nolaith in
their ability to accomplish the: work- un
dertaken. . The organisation -of :- the
Whig parv;is is the , hatids of the old
fogy Whigs, and they, wilt rude it, to the
death.; This accounts for the withdraw-
Al of Theo..fenn from the editorial' chair
of .theilorrisktTg Telegraph,,and the
substitution. of alriim,itt—his :stead, who
-thinks it is his firit duty to 4 .c7nsh, ate
what- little. devotion to freedom there
mayhei left in in the Whig,party. And.
this effort of the new Editor °Nig, Tel
egraph_is,in sympathy with -the present
leaders,pf,the party. Hence, ,we think
the course takeq,by,the 4•lledina Whig"
of - Ohio is the only gne that will insure
success. , That , paper, has chandged its
nametaNediaa Gazette, and defines ha
pg i shion follows; .r-
After ; the r suspension of our. paper
(the Derno.cratic Whig)fer several weeks,
weitain,resuine our position under a
new titleWhieh'We_hope will be hs satis
fdcforrtobili readers as-the former one.
:1!-.The paper: ps beretoforroVill advo
cetis,
~Anti-slavery , principles. The
,z‘ thrOugh the ten years which
we pave conducted it, has beta an advd-
Cate df every measure which the Free
-Soitparty has urged. i_rprm •our eon
eistency: in sustaining, the Whig organ
izati6h. it is not necessary •to enlarge--
The professions
,which the Whig party
of Ohio an& Medina county' made of
oppoSitio& to slavery extension, prom
gandism ami . perpetuation, in 1817,
were acknowledged . to be correct even
by the most ardent . men of The Free
Soil party. .The main difference was
in the mode of carrYink but 'these prin.
ciples--wertind our, fellow Whigs con
leaded,- that the Whig party ,vas the
most efficient instrument for that-purpose,
and,the Free Soilerslaboringtb convince
'us that it Separate organiiation was 'the
ohly available weapon of warfafe 'against
slavery. —Whether the latter was true
then or not, tee belieutit is: true NOW.
and in. sentiment and action, WE ARE
WLTE-1 THEM. Whatever effect it
'may have upon our business or other
wise, we have no hesitation in declaring
our honest impression' that the Whig
party; as a national organiz ition, ts
pledged to the sustenance of the Fugi
tive Law,-and impotent- for .good in any
Anti-Slavery sense; and that 'many of
the, leading Whigs of even Our own State
are' bound upin cold conservatism which
has smothered ,what we believe the hon
est inipn'tse's of the mass of Ohid - Whlgs.
rendering the party as an organization,
inefficient for the accomplishment of
that Atiti-Slavery - influence which it
might an ought to -exert ,ay e home and
abroad., ; fienCe our efforts, h6wever
'humble, shall hereafter be exerted to
UNITE AND CORRINE THE ENTIRE ANTI
SL'A'VERY ELERENTS - 'Ol l MEDINA
'Cops:Tic, whether its component parts
may have 'heretofore . bee n known .as
Whigs, Democrats, or ; Free Soder*, -un
der whatever party name they may as
sume. • Wirbelieve . that a large portion
ofsthe Democrats are with us in senti
ment and will 'soon be with us in action;
and we hare vainly studied_ the character
of ddr Whi,g , friends of Medina county
for'the last ten 'years; if nineteen-twen
tiethsbf them are not ready to rally t 6
the standard, of- a truly Anti-Slavery
party, organized.upoafair end honorable
prihaples.7 . -proeFribt rig no . man for his
former position, and 'asking only his
pledge for the future. .
Siich arc our - view: If they meet
•the approbation oi•the Pobple, we shrill
be gratified; ifthey do not, we. shall
have the consci ous satjgfaction that they
meet the approbation of our judgment.
From the. Forest City Democrat,
,The Question.
For months past, and while certain ill
judging' friendi -were grumbling lest
wb• should fall, we have - been warning
'them and others, of the designs ofthe
Afar* Power. -These designs are now
developed.' Away, then, with suspi,
cions of each other ! Down 'With" the
iiiircnv 'men, %Cheerer they may be; who
would plant them among us, as we pull
together ,and intik; out together, . and
.boldly for the right.
Look at home and look abroad, and
see) hoir the Slave Power is moving and
eincenttating. There 'is -no accident
shont it, or its action, nor- ..will there
elev. ; he :. for it forms hut a small pprtion
of the South; and does not express
t he
will or wish evep of the majority Of the
, Peciiife tliiießV.'-LOok "at the -past and
present, and Mark how step bratep • it
.has advanced ' -becoming l bottler as the
North yielded,until now it grasps all.of
the free soil:owned . by the Government,
and' Whittevei ir, may seixe 6681(10' from
. Ifieileb." ''There is Wall *dais , ' a flied
puiposeoltrid an ire will ; to•exectite it.
and unless lue.-Free States , are aroused,
this .tvat-slieceed.
Fr;ffa
:IC 4 - 1 l initterif amazement to ne,
Mutt Douglas' bill does . not Startle the
'whole North 64 would the shock of an
'earthquake. Yt professes to affirm. but
.direcfy repealstheMissouri compromise!
Is.theie no fitilb , in past covenants!, Are
solemn guarantees, to be violated with
impunity? Why, the world wilt - mod
and acorn us, if we so act. hat recall
the 'Missouri aunpromise. In substance,
as is well stated by assothersitiv_43.ll3i,
M
That if the free atti 4olnitffcegiee
WittlinitlAtetsouri - into - the' Thit l e rr y nt a - '
alasisny; no:other elate ishCriettYtttitilt that
territory then ; , seed by,. the . United
States, north of the 1101: or Thirty- -
six degreei and thirty Ininutes.leadmit
ted without w. ;1;1440;4,00n of slavery,.
Wywill waive our objections to the. ad..,
misstow of Missouri. with the • institpicoO,
of slavery, said- fixate why represented
the North, if you of the South, witi'
,guarantee that , no other slave state shall'.
be received into the. Union north et that
parallel.
gorg.n.teeYras ; ;the
pledge- tliat alaveryahouldine Ve J:5:7 2
lowed to exist Minh of lhatlitie, was in
corporated into•the.act i by which' M is
souri. was made a State of the union..
Having obtained the admission of Mis
sou • by giving that ptedge..' they ,taker
the .p ...ztunity, as soon as the territory
w,. in the sarrie latitude with
- soUrt 'is' re2die'fOr tovernizentt,
ately viola% it." , =
Nor is:, the trace. ef'Doughte.' , .64
vePled ;, it stands out tta,a, juggle . and s
cheat, as barefacedly us if villiany were
a practical good. - True, it pretends that
Nebraska is to be' orgirrized as. • Utah
and New -Mexico were organized. o TO*
cases are not parallvl.., The territory ot.
Nebraska ispan, of the countty par.,
chased from PranCe,,inel'hs destiny, its •
free - chitracler, Was settlid hp 'c anima*
solemn as men ever frame*, and . sacred
its'Government can make. Fur' thirty
three years it hos stood, - no lawyes, ttcr
statesman, question,ed its valiiii:y—the
whole rand acquiescing in it.„ Yet .
it is to' be set 'aside, otrer)ridden'ethat the
Slave power may grasp:Nehraska., ,
Butlembnsce io one Kiew the, action
of this,PoWer, and realize .a.s . spiril, and'
know its ptirpose. Put down as naked'
propositions What it rhas . done, and what
it proposes tn . do, if you wish' to sett the
peril , cif..the hour, .or fathom the .plot
against Freedom.:
.All, men who have
eyeS u or: ears, or memory, may do ii, - and
as they do so, may behold what is in th'e
futu re, by noting simply, causdand effect.
Here. is the' outline, a daguerreotype.
bold and bare, but true lo the original :
--First, the, Compromise of, 1550.
—Second, opening by them Utah and
New Mexico to slavery. ' . . •
• rd, he Baltimore Platformi
. , —Fohrth, , the action of the Ohio De
mocracy. and the .Indiana. and ;Illinois
Democrac y ... repudiating a ll professiors
.
of Fre e Soil.
—Fifth, the invasion of Lower Cali
fornia, with the certainty of Sonora be
ing invaded. p, -
—Sixth, the repealing of the Missou
ri Compromise.
-Here step by step the powers that be,
governed and controlled by the S'ave
Power, press the North further and hard
er, and as it • yields, .rise up to the bold
and barefaced hardihood of demanding
the violation of the MissOuri OnmPrOm-
Ise to SatiSfy its new demand (or More
territory. And as the action of the so
called Ohio-Democracy. reachesiWashp
ington, Sotithrons will say, "Oh ! all is
safe Ohio .yields-we can win, and
WE WZLWIN. '
Will ltrs.People-look at these facts?
Will ,they open their . . eyes:. and. seed
For ifsthey do, not, the SlaveJ 3 uwer
throw its last and boldest card, and
claim the right, :backed by' the Suprethe
Court, of taking their slaves, as property.
"where they Are, thus, making our Re
public, oNE MIGHTY SLAVE EMPIRIC.
,
A new Scheme for disavowing an
Senator Douglas.v, who IS a convenient
agent when any game of Petty cupping
is to be played, has .been put forward ,in
the matter . of Nebraska territory; witb'a
propesition titv give it a civil government,
on condition- of repealing •that part-.of
the Missouri compromise which . forbids'
slavery nerth of-a certain line of latitude.
~lt will be'impossible for that clais 'of
to politicians , which Ooligldss belongs
directly' to oppose the• opening of :that
vist: territory; now airnply.rts, Indian,
country, to the settlement of the ; whites..
The tide of emigration which 'is'fh-iwing
west, is . danimed up at the`Nebritska
frontier, and is already chafing itsiainods
with an impatience which alarm:: those
who are, desirous , to- proprastinata z its
progress in !that direction. and turn Its
current to the southwest. ' Settle'rs bare
already 'kund 'their WaY'inte Nebrisks
territory. 'notwithstanding Mr.' -Many.
penny was unable to find any - white
men in
,the
_region. ' Newsp!pens:can
not very well be published, we shi:lid
imagine, where there is no pOpulatlon ;
and this morning's mail brings' us the
Nebraska Democrat, itsued at Old - Fort
: K e arn e y, where there is a colony -of em
igrants , from - the, 'United State:tin-with.
wharves, warehouses, ~ , p ublic public Aoitscs,
and a ferry_ cowing . the
.Plati*•riter.
In !Mini and MiMouri,' end'' the :'other
'westerrt/itates", , ere ibOusaisdvwheiire
anxious. to follow :their example, -rind
who, as, soon , as the gavernment shall
be established , will press i n t o the leiri
, ,
ii. i - Y . ' . - 1.-'
Under these city aMstanee' si iliii-voilti
i•crians - who desire to:keep:Nei:Osaka a
wildernsiste v --perccive. my, mall thm o if
they value their popularity, they must
seem 'to favor the proposal to organize
II
old. Bargain.