THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
I=EM=l
JNO. S. MANN,
I EDITORS
EDWIN HASKELL,
FIDELITY TO THE' PEOPLE
COUDEFISPOBT, FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1854
Igr A SlGN.—When the newsboys
of New-York found that John Mitchell
was an•fayor of selllng boys as well as
papers, they dropped his Citizen like a
hot pataio.
rar What has become of the True
ihnerican, of Erie, Pa. One number
, found its way to this office, which we
liked very much ; 'but havingintroduced
itself, it ceased its visits at once. We
shall be glad make its further ac
- quaintance.
IWe learn from J. Olmsted,
Esq., our delegate to the Harrisburg
State Convention, that nearly every
County in the State was well represented,
and that the Convention was the largest
stnd moat enthusiastic of any ever held,
in the State.
$ The Conneautville Courier hus
- been enlarged and otherwise improved.
It is an excellent paper—up with the
- times—in fhvor of TeniPerance, Liberty,
and Progress, and not afraid to advocate
. whatever measure it deems right, in
—language befitting a free country. Such
" t paper deserves an enthusiastic support,
and we are glad to see that the Courier
receives it.
Ila" There are sixty students at the
Coudersport Academy at present, a
' larger number than has been in attend
ance for years. We like to visit the
rano! under such circumstances, and
think our citizens generally will find it
pleasant to call and witness the/exercises:
Daily Mail.
We were gratified to hear our Post
Master announce on Saturday evening
last, that he had received orders to
make up the mail for Wellsville every
morning. This is progress that all our
citizens will feel and appreciate.
Nebraska—The Compromise.
• The bill recently introduced into t s he
U. S. Senate, for creating a temporary
' government, by the name, of the Terri-
tory of Nebraska, will again, when it
shall come up for consideration-, open the
whole slavery question for Discussion.
' We trust that every Democrat in Con
gress will abide by the spirit and letter
of the compromise, and settle the point
by a strong vote that that adjustment of
difficulties is not to be disturbed. The
abolitionists, and their allies of all hues,
will undoubtedly howl and agitate, but
there is strength enough pledged to the
compromise measures to sustain them
triumphantly. The passage at an early
day of the Nebraska Bill as reported,
will secure the repose of the country and
convince all factionists of the inutility of
their efforts to disturb the feelings of the
nation.—llurrisburg Union.
We should like to understand what
claim a party that upholds such Princi
ples has to the name of Democrat. And
then we should like to know the con
sistency of resolving " thattkp De m ;
renewing, in Congress or out of it, the
agitation of the Slavery, question, under
'whatever shape or color the attempt may
'be made," and then introducing a bill
into the Seri:netwhich it is admitted will
open the whole slavery question for
discussion." The people of Pennsyl
vania have swallowed many odious doses
because they were labelled Democracy,
and perhaps they will permit the dough
face demagogues, who hare undertaken
to make over 'to slavery the little that
freedom gained by the Missouri Com
promise, to. accomplish their purpose.
But we shall not believe it at present.
When Missouri applied for admission
'is a slave State, the North resisted : they
:said with, truth, that the understanding
of the framers of the Constitution was
' that slavery should gradually die out,--
ttiat it 'should be conned tp its original
territory pad they insisted on following
.up this policy. The South said, We
- • will compromise with you. if you will
'admit Missouri as a slave State, we will
consecrate the remainder of the territory
North of 36 degrees and 40 minutes, to
freedom forever. The Compromise was
'unfortunately accepted, and•the freedom
' illayse is in the following words :
Mud be it further enacted, That all
territory ceded by France to the
Uajted Stute4 under the name of Lou-
. _
hich lies north of 36° 30' N. L.,
;jot within the limits of the
Stale contmplateil by this act, slavery
r and involuntary servitude, otherwise
;than in, the punishment of crimes, where
of the parties she]) have 4Rieci duly cop
vi.c,ted, shallot, and hereby is, prohibited
foreve,i."'
Br, the• 4,bove.Arraugement slavery
gained a State, but freedom hits as yet
gained nothing; and now; just - when
there is a prospect of gain in the direct
tion of liberty, the Slave Pewer_riteps
forward and 818..4 demand' the Tepid
of t above clause, which Consecrates
a, large territory to freeeom. And all
the doughfaces of the North say, The
sacrifice shall be made. The demands
of slavery must be satisfied, for this is
Democracy.'
We rejoice to see symptoms among
the people that they are not to he de•
ceived with such hollow pretensions and
sham ripublicat.ism.
.For a clear statement of this Nebraska
question,, see article from National .era,
headed...A Review-4787, ,
The following manly protest against
this scheme of Douglass to extend
slavery, is from a leading Administration
paper in Ohio, the Sandusky Mirror.
We commend it to the attention of the
Union, and those late k soc.iates who. bend
their necks to slavery. Says the Mirror:
Let no member of Congress vole
for Douglass' bill for Terrorial .gov
ernment to Nebraska. If any do, they
had not better return to Ohio—mark it
Much as we desire the organization of
Nebraska, we .would rather wait until
after another election for members of
Congress, than have such a bill pais.
Elow contemptible men do appear, when
they resolve at Baltimore against • agita
tion of the Slavery subject, and then
repair Co Washington and open the pow-.
wow anew. These clap -trap politicians
must mean that they alone have the
right to talk on the subject, and - nobody
eke. By such a course, Mr. Douglass
may get himself elected to take care.of
his 140 slaves in Mississippi, but he can
never reach the Presidency."
ISDEI'ENDENT ORDER OF GG3D TEN
PLARS.—We have already given an ac
count of the organization of the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania ; but the follow
ing., by M. C. E. of Wellsborough, gives
it better idea of the object and plan of
action of the order than we have seen
before, and we give it for the information
of those desiring more light. Miss Ma
ry C. Emery of Wellsborough,Tioga Co.,
Pa., is the G. W. S., and all applications
for charters may be addressed to,her.
The following. is' part of an . article
written for the Wellsborougia
user, when it first appeared :
The next annual session . will be held
nt Troy, Pa., upon the third Tuesday
of December, 1851; the next Quarterly
session at Standing Stone, Brtdford Co.,
Pa., upon the third Tuesday of March
next.
The Order is yet in its infancy, the
rst Lodge in New York - having been
establiehed, we believe, in July, 1852;
the first in Pennsylvania upon the 28th
of April, 1853 ; yet it now numbers a
membership of upwards of twenty five
oousanci, and has extended into a num
ber' of States, and even into the Brit:.h
Dominions. In Pennsylvania there are
Lodges in the counties ofjioga, Brad
ford, Susquehanna, Lycor`fing,
ing, Clinton,
Potter" 111cEean, Warren, and Erie,
the umber in membership being
about seven thousand.' There is no
doubt, frOln the. piksent Indications of
public seniiment,lVat Lodges will rapid
ly increase in this State.
The object of this Order is two . fold.
First of all, as a necessary step to in-
Übt 1.11 au Intbkicaung drinks as a
beverage. Second, The elevation of
the human race by the 'Effusion among
all daises of the -means of mental and
moral cultivation.
To attain the first object; moral sua
son, arguments addressed to the reason,
kindness, benevolence, and love will be
resorted to, and in addition to all:this, as
experience has shown that laws are ne
cessary for the lawless, the members of
this Order will advocate the passages of
stringent prohibitory laws.
When the first object is attained, more
than half is done towards ..ccomplishing
the second. Banish the use of intoxi
cating drinks as a beverage and you
have drivenfour fifths of the degrada
tion and misery from our land—you
have laid a foundation upon' which to
rear a structure of mind, furnished and
ornamented by all that is noble and
beautiful. But total abstinence is not all.
A man may be low and grovelling, and
yet be a sober man. It is the object of
the Good Templars to exalt the nitin.—
They will advocate a general system of
education, by which all may be highly
And cheaply educated. In all their so
cial intercourse they will endeavor to in
culcate the great principles of morality
and social equality, recognizing in socie
ty only those. distinctions which virtue
and talent create, and while they take
the lowly by the hand and lift them up
in the social scale, they will never be
found attempting to pull down those
whom virtue and talen, have exalted.
It will be 'seen that this Order does
not exclude woman • froth its rtinks. This
is a great moral enterprise, and why
should not woman participate in its la
bars? Has she ever pioved unwilling
to join in alleviating suffering—?or in
benefitting the whrld ? First at the Sa
vior's tomb and first in works of kind
ness, may we not hope that this first at
tempt to unite woman On an exacteqbal
ity with the other sex In a great moral
enterprise, is the harbinger' of unparal;
elled success ? We believe that it is,
end.tharthe - Godd Temphirs; With we.
man's hard pointing to the goal "Ahead,
and woman voice cheering on to victory,
.willyet accomplish wonders for the re•
demption of men from the thraldrom of
ignorance, vice and conseqaerit misery.
11. C. E.
•
Wellsberugh, Jan. 1854. - •
For the Journal,'
It is . often said by the opposers.of
Temperance efforts, that there is more
drinking of alcoholic liquors now than
formerly . I and that the labors of the
friends of Prohibition only result in pro
moting intemperance. In order to test
the truth of these allegations, I propose
to publish some loots connected with the
habits of the penple.of 'the last age, and
also some circumstances that have come
under my own observation in early life.
Contrasting these with the usages that
ooarprevail in society, we shall be able
to judge whether any advance has been
made toward reformation. And' here
let me premibe that I am actuated by'no
unkind feelings toward those who were
unfortunately the ' victims of the evil
I ,
influences that forme y prevailed. The
faeti are only alluded to for an illustration
of the truth or falsit of the position of
the opposers of Temperance.
A very aged and-,respectable citizen
of this county informs me that forty•two
yeto, ago last December, he, being then
a resident of Broome county, N. Y., was
summoned to •attend Court at Bingham
ton as'a Grand Juror. Says he : " The
Jury were qualified and sent to their
room about 2 o'clock P. M. of the first
day of Court; and we got through with
our business and were discharged about
11 o'clock A. M. of the next day.. Scam
after we went to our room to commence
business, a' contribution was made up,
and the Constable* was sent for 'a bottle
of liquor, which was placed on the table,
and each Juror helped hiinself Ps he
had occasion; and.the:bottle was refilled
as often as it became empty. During
our session, fourteen bottles of rum, gin,
and brandy were drank, costing us three
shillings per bottle. Very soon after we
commenced business, one of our number .
was helplessly drunk, and several others
were' so much intoxicated as not to be
able to aid us much in the performance
of our duties. Nothing was said by the
Court, or anybody . else, to my knowl
edge, of the impropriety of our proceed.:
ings ; but it was the usual and universl
custom to have liquor wherever busiu‘ss
. ,
was to be done."
Now, does, auy hotly believe that there
is a Court in New. York or Pennsylva
nia where such a state of things would
be tolerated at this day? And where is
the man, temperate or intemperate, who
would be willing to have ilia inior..ic
entrusted to the. care of men who were
under such influence, as must neces
sarily have been brought to beef on the
Grand Jury above named The proba
bility is, that the greatest stickler for
tippling in our county, if he were chargd
with crime or misdemeanor, would pre
fer -having the investigation before a
ivuincriunrannak s Amon of our Court . --
rather than submit his case to men who
were in. the condition of those above
described, even thoutrhithey should not
.
be calleQrunk. Anil if any supporter
of drinking habits can find any other
cause for the great !lifferenco between
the - customs of Jurors now, and' forty
years ago, except the- untiring efforts of
Temperance men, I should like to hear . it.
The subject will be continued in fu
ture numbers.. •
From the Pittsburg Saturday Visiter
A PENNSYLVANIA NOODLE.
A Mr. WRIGHT, from the 12th district
of this State, has been exhibiting the
length of his ears in Congress—has been
haying a talk in which Gerrit Smith's
and Joshua Gidding's late speeches, and
the Baltiniore Platforms and Daniel
Webster and Austria and:Poland, and
Mr. Wright and Mr. Wright's birth
place, 'and Mr. Wright's pride in his
birthplace, and "free, independent, pow-
erful, gigantic America," and Uncle
Tom's Cabin, Mrs. Stowe, and Russia,
I`Nr^ia, 13anquo'sghost, the constitution,
aid holy Evangelists and Mr. Hulse
mann, and quite a number of other men
and things are floating about, in an
ocean of watery words, like whole grains
of spice in a soup meager. -
It is one of the most pitiable, con
temptible peices of toadyism we have
ever seen, and if southern men were not
well used to the use of dog s in perpetu
ating theii woman tra ff ic, they could
not endure the apanielism of this Hon.
collar-bearer to their. majesties.
.-It makes our ears tingle with shame
to have our native State represented
before the world by such an apology for
a man.
Now after Penaiylvania's jurisdiction
alter own soil , has been insolently dis
claimed by the slave power, and the
warrants of her magistrates set at defi
ance by judicial tyranny, to see one of
tier ownsons . voloriieello sick her stiff
lower in the , eyeicif civilized world,
is a little too m`uoh foe the patiettee Of
any one who feels the insult;;
Let 'those who profess:belief in t in
sPiratien.of the Bible read the fallowing
extract, and then ask themgelres 'how
they can .ask God to bless and prosper
our country while they silently submit
to have His authority thus treated with
open, - undisguised contempt in our nu
tional•councili: -
"The. gen:lemon is a. renowned and.
distinguished lawyer, and he has read
that clause of the Constitution time and
time again. ' How then, let !be ask him,
can he, as a constituent part of this leg
islative body, put his hand • upon the
Holy. Evangelists, and swear to support
the written Constitution of the country;
and, at the same time, be the advocate
hereof a principle which says that•th ' ere
is a higher lawithan the Constitution of
his.country 2 I know no law with re
gard to municipal regulations; with re
gard to questions of governMent, that
should be superior, that is superiOr to
the written Constitution of our country.
And, sir, if the day shall ever cQme, in
this country. when higher law shall be
used as a substitute for the written
God in his mercy pratect us, and the
twenty-three' thilions who enjoy the
blessings of free institutions with us.".
From tho National Era
A REVIEW-3.787,-1854.
In 1787, an ordinance was, paesed by
the Congress of the Confederation for
the Government of the Northwest Ter
ritory, the claim to which had been sur
rendered by. Virginia, New York, and
Connecticut. That Ordinance contain
ed a provision, in the form of a solemn
compact, forever excluding Sliery from
the Territory—the only Territory' be
longing to the Confederation.; : •
In 1787, in .the Convention that
framed the Federal Constitution, power
was conferred upon Congress to prohib :
it the importation of slaves in the year
1808 ; but , at that day the' !universal
opinion was, that to abolish the slave
trade, or prohibit the supply of slaves,
was a measure involving the extinctioa
of Slavery
In the same' Convention the utmost
care was taken to exclude from the Con
stitution the word • , glaie," or 'Slavery,"
because obnoxious to the great majority
of the members ; and to aveid the use
of any language that might i iraply that
human beings could be held* proper
ty. Nor could the provision lin relation
to slave representation, or fngifiyes from
service or labor, have been 'curried in
the Convention, but for the general un
derstanding that Slavery was to be re
arded as strictly local, to be limited to
the States in . which it already existed,
it was also believed, were about
to take measures for its extinction. .
In the first. Congress under the Con
stitution, a memorial waa
,Presented,
signed by Benjamin Franklin and other
Revolutionary patriots, praying that
Congress would go to the verge of its
constitutional powers against Slavery.
It was received, respectfully referred,
reported upon, and made tha subject of
a general debate--when, on motion, the
report was ordered to be entered upon
the Journal,of the House. It affirmed
the non-existence of power in Cougress
to legislate on the subject of Slavery in
the States, but not elsewhere.' l
In 1808, the moment Congress had
power, it passed an act for; the total'
abolition of the slai.e trade. Meantime, -
State after State put an end to Slavery.
within its limits. Congress' turned a
staLmaisu
Slavery in Indiana, - and uniformly, in
the.organization of particular Territorial
Governments in the Northwest Territo
ry, reaffirmed the Anti-Slavery article
of the Ordinance of 17b7. Anti-Slarery
Societies existed in a majority of the
States, including North Carolina, Mary
land, Virginia, Tennesee, Kentucky,
and Delaware.
The, country was Anti Slavery—the
policy lof Government was Anti-Slavery.
The Territory of-Louisiana, having
been purchased from France, contained"
slaves, and the settled portions lay along
the borders of the slave States. As
Congress forebore to legislate oa the
subject, slave institutions gradually, in
sidiously grew up in the Territory, un
til, in 1820, Missopri sought admission
into the Union. It was aitempted•now.
to carry out the understanding of those
who framed the Constitution, to
'pursue the settled policy of the Govern
ment—the limitation of slavery—to in
corpowe Wad tha act authorizing the
People of Missouri l to form a State, a
Proviso excluding Slavery. • But the
Anti-Slavery sentiment encountered an
o
pp l
osition it was not prepared for.—
The urchase of Louisiana„ the tolera
tion o i slaVery therein, the growth of
the, sggar-cane and the culture of cotton,
bad strengthened and emboldened the
Slave Interest. But, bear this in mind,
so strong and well assured was' the
Anti-Slavery sentiment, that its attitude
was that or a superior. Freedom was
evidently regarded on all hands as the
Law; Slavery the exception. The ob
ject was to thrust Slavery out of United.
States Territory; its only demand was,
to be suffered to remain where it had do
long been tolerated. •
A CoMpromise was suggested by a
Northern man-,who but a Norlhern
man has always struck the is blow at
Freedom ? That Compromise proposed
to permit Missouri, although a part of it
lay aboie 30 deg. 30 min.,. to come in as
a Slave State, but with the express cert.
dition that thenceforth, forever, Slavery
'should be-probibited• in all the Tent
' 'lying north of thaldine, comp . risingre
ly - all the unorganized Terruyi of
' 'Union. '''' 1
'r , -
his was the first great cliecrreii
ed . Aly the, Anti-Slavery. sentiment
From this moment, the march of
Slave Interest was onwards: the pore
mevemenis against it began to . Tell
Anti-Slavery Societies gradually
away in the slaveholding States.
The revival of the sentiment in 1833,
and the new movements
.that followed,
Were not sufficient to repress the aggres
,sive operations of Slavery. Texas, a
department of Mexico, was brought .en
der the control of Aruericen adventurers,
,who established Slavery there, in defi
ance of MeiiCan Law. Rebellion arose,
ending in Revolution, which finally led
to the annexation of the Province, as a
State, -to the .United - States. The . Anti-
Slaveryr sentiment had again rallied,
thOugh not so vigorously as in 1820; but
it was still strong enough. to require at
least the shadow. of a concessionL r and it
was solemnly enacted that in any State
or Stater, that might be erected out of
Texas north of 36 deg. 30 min., Slavery
should forever be prohibited. Whet
had been left, however, to implication
in 1820, in regard to the Territory of
Lobisiana. below 36 deg. 80 Min., was
in ; this. ease, owing , to the increased
power of the Slave Interest, made a mat
ter of expriss enactment. All the States
that might be formed out of Texas below
that line, it was enacted, should be ad
mitted into the Union, with or without
Slavery, as their Constitutions should
prescribe. This Compromise, so far as
Freedom was concerned, was a miser
able mocke -, as there was scarcely, if
any room for a State north of 36 deg.
1 30 min , „ raid in no event could it it be.
expected that the State of Texas would
give its, consent to the organization of 'a
Free State. - '
This' was the second great triumph' of
the Slave Interest, but even here it was
deemed necessary to concede somethi n,g
to the Anti-Slavery 'sentiment.
101848, we acquired California and
New Meek°, as the result of a war, pre- Proceedings of the . Temperance
cipitated by. the Pro-Slavery party. Convention at Cushingville.
The Territories were . e xempt from
Slavery; by Itlexican„Law. All parties Pursuent to notice delegates from sev
•
at the North were desirous to keep them eral Ledges of G. i's., and Divisions of
S. of Ts., of the County met in Cenven
free. The Slave Interest insisted that,
as they had been acquired by one cm_ tion at Cushineville, in Neal Dow Hall,
Jan. 26th, at ° IQ o'clock A. M., and
mon blood and treasure of the Union,
organized With Rev. B. Thomas in the
they .ought to be thrown open for the
benefit of all the people of the Union— 1 Chair.--Urial Atwood Vice President,.
that no restriction should be imposed and A. G. Presho Secertary.
The meeting was 'then duly - Opened by
them which would operate unfit-,
vorably. against Slavery. Meantime, prayer, when, on motors. Committees
the people of California settled the mat- were appointed to prepate . business for
the P. M. Session, as follows : On Cre
ter forthemselves, and, pn the principle
of -squatter-sovereignty, announced in dentials,—Constiution and Resorutions
the Cass-Nicholson letter, founded a.., Adjourned until 2 o'clock P. M.
State Constution excluding S'avery, and'' AFTERNOON.—At the specifed time
demanded admi on into the Union. I reassembled, and the' Committee on cre
i;l
The Slave Interest, which through its
dentials reported. Accepted. Tho Coin - -
organs now is insisting upon the recog- milieu on a Constitution then reported,
. add the report, with some amendments,
nition,of the principle, opposed it fierce
ly then, because its practical operation was accepted as follows. -
.•
had inured to the . gain of Freedom. A PREAMBLE.
Corapromise - was formed, as it was call- Viewing with deep reirret the strong
ed. California, with] the restrictive hold which the liquor traffic has on the
clause, 'was • admitted as a free State; mind of the community, and knowing
Utah And New Mexico were organized I full well the strong efforts ec ary,to
under Territorial Government, without eradicate evils of long stars ing, the re
the restrictive effuse as to Slavery, but Resolved, That for the more thorough
with an express proviso that States form- and united action of the members of the
ed out of them should be admitted with different temperance organizations of this
or without Slavery, as their Constitutions county, we organize ourselves into.. iii
might prescribe. . County Temperance Society, under the
Here was another step' in advance. following . .
In' 1820 the Slave Interest asked for the . CONSTITUTION.
toleration of Slavery, where it already ART. 1. This Society shall be called
existed, for the, admission of a State The Legal Protective Temperance So
which recognized it—and - reireed. if thig eielit.ef .J.'etioe.
ot Slavery Trom the whole, or nearly the shall conskt of a President, Vice Pres
whole, of the unorganized Territory of I dent, Secretary, Assistant Secretaryi - and
the Union. In 1845, it simply insisted Treasurdr, who shall constitute an Exe
upon the application of the principle of Icutive Committee with power to appoint
this, Compromise to Texas. But, in a Special Agent for each Township,
1850, it so far succeeded in reversing whose duty it shall be to attend to prose-•
the original• policy of the Government as cutions under, the direction of the Exe
to transfer to all the now free Territories cuti3e Committee, and' perform such
,acquired from .-Mexicp, (except Califor- other duties as they may assign him to
nix, which y had become a State,) that tac- further the-object of the Society.
it proviso 'of the Missouri. Compromise, Art. 3. The officers .shalt perform the
and express proviso of the Texas Corn- duties usually assigned them and shalt
promise, which had been confined in have the general supervision Of the Lem
them exclusively to Slave Territory. perance movements-of this Society in There remained but one step more to the county and shall see that all offend
,
take in this aggressive march of the •.. , • ' • •
ers against existing laws, relative to the
Slave Interest, ; and the reversal of the
_traffic in intoxicating* drinks, be legally
, ,
enginal A nti•Slavery policy of the coon- , , ceeded agairiSt by tht-ir 'proper Agent.
try and the Federal Government would --- 0
he completed
Aim 4: The expenses of this organi
: that was, not n tacit or I
zation shall be - paid by an assessment op
•Orpress toleration of existing Slavery,4.
the bet a disregard of the lox loci of nevihe stock of the different members o
t
flee territories acquired by • conquest, the scciety, which stock shall consist of
shares of five dollars each, to be regis..
Old their' exposure to the intrusions of
glavery, but the abrogation of American tered by the Secretary in a. book to be
kept by him fr that purpose. The
. 'f_fatii, established in .the form of a per
assessm-ne in s o ny one year shall not
Vtual covenant, exempting all the old
b nized Territory. of the Union from
' curse
.of Slavery—in other words,
e l
repeal of the Anti:Slavery proviso of
' Compromise 0f.1820, so as to trans- surer.
& !to the vast free Territory
exceed five per cent. The assessment
shall be paid to collectors appointed in,
each Township, and by them to the Tree
.
which it Art. 5. The meetings of , this Socie_yt
Nes 'preserved inviolable for thirty-three , shall be held quarterly. The annual
ears, the pro slavery part of that Com- -meetings of this Society ehall be held on
mice, which originally applied,only the first day of January in each year, - at
t.f . ',. Territory in which Slavery already which time the officers shall be elected ;
sled. This' step the Slave Interest and the quarterly meetings on the first
fiii at length taken ; the Nebraska Bill -Fridays in April, July, and October,
it. he Senate'is intended to consummate respectively,—the annual meetings to be
o'l
aiii . policy of that Interest, in relation to held at Cushingville, and the quarterly -
United States Territory, and to establish meetings wherever- the society may di
itt complete and perpetual ascendency. rect. •
i Nebraska embrace.i* the whole of the Art. 6. Any person may become a
unorganized,
o Territory of the Union— member of this Society by taking one or
the extent of its bOtindary is over three more shares of the Etock. - - Any person
thousand miles—its area about five ban- refusing to pay his assessment OWE
'clred Ahousancl square miles —cepable of thereafter cease to be a member of this
,being, formed into a dozen States, each Society.
as large as Ohio. This magnificenido: ART.. 7. The Executive Committee
main has been for a whole generation shall make an annual.report of the firm
the heritage of Freedom—held, under cial condition of the Society at the Jan
the high sanction of American. Laws uary meeting; and the Special Agents
to Freer Labor and Fre'e - Instita•
The Nebraska Bill proposes to
ice this L a w, to remove the flatn
rord which has turned every way,
ing it against Slavery, and to allow
!greyer to enter and do his work
/h-or,- to speak more plainly, to
le 'foundations of a vast'Slave Em
from the Gulf of Mgxico to the
alt Provinces, dividing -the Free
_Rates east of the Mississippi, from the
Free. States west of the Rocky - Moue
tains, and thereby obtaining the mastery
of the Mississippi Valley directly,-and
indirectly of both the Atlantid and Pa
cific cciastsl
Now, look back upon the successive
steps of this dangerous Power, which'
aims at no less' than the subjugation of
this entire North American Contbient
to Slavery. See how insidious has
its growth, how unrelentingitiliurpose,
how it has fettered and grzs insolent
upon every has .
how the
'Free States, superior as they have been
in wealth, and education, and population.
have been constantly yielding. until-the•
sentiments which were•held by Frank
lin, Jay, Jefferson, and LeFayette, are ,
now,' in •the -year of our Lord 1854,
deemed a disqualification for any office
under the Federal Govemment..;which'
has announced boldly its purpose to
truth them out.
Contrast 1757 with 1854—Congriss•
then stamping the Lam of Freedom up
on all Tenlitory belonging to the Cdnfed
eration—Congress• now • proposing•jo
stamp the Law of Slavery oa all WO . -
ritory belon g ing to the Union.
Good Go d l• and cati it be that the
American People have so utterly lost
love - of Liberty, that an American Con
gress is so utterly demoralized and de
graded, that this last monstrous demand
of the Slave Despotism will lie con
ded ? We will not believe it. We Will
not . believe that - such a died of infamy
can be consummated in the best-educa
ted, the mightiest, and most Christian
i?ed Republic the sun has ever shone
upon. •