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TtiE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
lEDivois
EDWIN HASKELL,
FIDELITY TO THit:yr.orati
COUDERSPORT, FRIDAY, FRB, 10, 1;1154,
Or We are endebted to Hon. B. D.
Hamlin of the Senate; and J. B. Buck
of the House for public documents.
'.-1131r 4 rhe bill w consolidate the City of
Philadelphia and the se6nd * Distriet has
road both branches of the Le g islature,
and become a law.
larThe Charter of the Franklin Ca
mil Company, under which the railroad
prom Erie to the Ohio line, was made,
has been repealed, and the State has
taken pagesslon of the road.
- '`i The last quarterly meeting 'of
the Coudersport Library , Association
was w II attended. Mrs. Kent was re
elected ibrariatii and Mrs. Lewia Mann
, was cle d Secrilla iy and Treasurer.
=EI
®' The co*se of Lectures started
by-the Library itssociation, are increas
ingin interest, and we hope tq see a
better attendance given to them.' •
• or t , There is nothing that more be
trayi a base, tingenerous spirit, than
giving a secret stab to, a man's reputn-
tion."
Jno. S. Mann will deliver the
next Lecture before. the Coudersport
Library Association. Subject : a The
Divinity of Health." •
®* The Canal Commissioners admit
in their last report rasa frauds have been
committed on the Portage Railroad, and
that at West forty thousand dollars have
been paid out for virc . o . d. within the 'Flit
two years, for which not one dollar's ad.
-vantage has accrued to the Comnpn
wi...alth." The Italics are ours, but the
Itioguage is precisely as, we find it in the
'report. This admission makes out a
.sad state, of atTairs on our public works ;
but the truth is just beginning to come
otlit,:rwhen we get to the bottoth of these
*entities, it will be found that hundreds
instead of tens of thousends of dollars
have thus been squandred.
Cir This is a remarkable winter.—
'there has beep, no sleighing since - the
last a negembet, -au& the ground is
irolkela ha der thad, it eras ter koawn in
thlsOonAlty,
• llle A Lodge of Templare has
been organize(); at Harrisburg under fa,
• yoga t hle Hospices, and we shall expect
this oTdrr tp spread its influence with
great rapidity, May God speed every
organizaticn whose tendency is to pro-
mote Temperance. and bless" mankind.
, tr. We.- Ankst our readers will give
the a4cirevson the first page in relation
to. the Netuaska outrage, a careful pent-
taii, As the question is destined to en
gage ilatic share of the public atten
tion for some time to come, we tblplc it
is the duty . of ' every person to become
thoroughly acquainted with all this facts
in the
,>l There is more card playing in
this Village than is creditable to those
engaged 41'4,
• • OrThere will be a Universalist Con
ference at Lewisville on Thursday and
Friday of next week, the 16th and 17th
this month, and at Couderspni4 . on Sat
urday and Sunday, the 18th and 19th. ,
Seieral enaineut Ministers from a dis
tance will be in attendance; and the
public, are generally invited to attend.
• EP Wo ATO told that the Mien of
this village intend to have a supper at
the °kit:loud House, on the evening of
the 14th inst., being- St. Valentine's day,
the products of which to be employed in
fencing the burying ground. It is hoped
and expected that the peopl@ will gen
erally attend and thus encourage the
movers in this enterprise to persevere in
their pralvwortig and disinterested la
bars.
i i et-every man enter his protest
against the scheme of the Slave Power to
override the Missouri • Compromise, and
overnurthe vast Teiritory of Nebraska
witlislgvery. Meet together on Town
' meeting day, in every Township in the
county, ttr!• pass resolutions against
wheme to make slavery everything
pad freedom not4ing. Or if more con.
renient, have a petition against the re
pea of the Missouri Coipprop4se cir
q3logd by some faithful friend at the
place of holding election. Then Beg
year—repolutions , o r petitions to Hon.
rimes gamble , and " Little Potter' will
• maks her influence felt on this qumiti9A,
IrriWbat sibonyisose3oo '*ew
scribe'? !!!,./t; few outifriends have
beartilyikespandert4-414 prispo4tion,
arid if lime twcki.d,p egh Towohip
will take bolkof 'tbir matter, the„ ; _wark
will easily be accomplished: Friends;
shall we bear from you 4 -
or sip AcciDzwrs.—A little girl
AboAt seven years old, daughter of Adam .
Yohe of Abbot Township, but lipirlg
with.Mileis White or , this Borongti; - was
killed cirs Baturday jilt, as she was Walk
ing along the main road to Lymansville,
by a tree which was. chopped on the
ll North .of the .road and 'down
with great speed across it, striking the
girl and killing her instantly; as sup- .
1 1 1304% .- • . .1
Borne thiee weeks ago_ george- Sloat
of Sharon was killed by the fall of a
tree in the woods. We taimettivrtati
ticulars as no one tute teen kind 'enough
to inform us on this - paint,
.Iko4 still another painful accident oc
curred in Allegany one day last week,
by which Henry Motley lest his life . ' ,bY
the fall of
.8 limb trom a tree which he
was, chopping down at the time..
'The following from the Wellsville
Free Press gives an account of still
another :
TERRIBLE AHD FATAL ACCIDENT.-011
Saturday last, Mr. Nathan Daniels, , was
cau&ht by a beh and carried„ around a
shaft in the steam mill of H. R. Stephens
& Co., on the Honnyaye, and so severe•
ly injured, that he only liyed•about two
days. The shalt ground which the un
fortunate _ tuan was carried, revolved
about one hundred times per minute.—
The poor map's legs up as far as his
knees hitting a beatworphead were fit
terly, whipped to pieces; and his arm
Which was caught in the belt, was bro.
ken for its entire length into a number of
pieces. When the physicians arrived
they gams. tc, the conclusion that the only
chance his living depended on prompt
amptontion of his legs and arms, which
was performed by Dr._ Babcock, While
the patient was , under theisintluence of
chloroform and wholly insensible to pain.
After.the• amputation, he sttfiered but
little, and was perfectly conscious until
he died. ,He lived about 40 hours alter
his legs were amputated.
Finality.
The following is an 'extract from the.
Washingtoicorrespondence`of the Her
ilsbdrg Union: • •
The' bill for ofgunising a territorial
government in Nebraska, and its iiccom,
ponying report, is a forthal eadorseinent
of the Can proinise measures as passed
in 1850, and will forever-put an end to
the Missouri Compromise line. Judge
Douglas, who, I believe, drew the bill
and made the report as Chairman of the
Senate cortxroitkee on. Territories, de
serves credit, for having placed the !ques
tion in clear, intelligible language before
the country, whether the slavery agiut
tiori shall cease, or whether it , is about to
be
,renewed for the benefit of those who
opposed the Compromise in 1850. The
men who now occupy a position between
the administration and a portion of their
fanatical constituents will he obliged td
commit themselves firmly to a principle.,
and the gambling for offices and political
honors of-mere stragglers in the war will
cease at once. We shall now see
whether the Compromise is'intended as
a finality, or whether it is the intention
of the wire-workers* use it only as O
stepping=stone to thd carrying out of
uherier views."
it Will lamer put an end to the
Missouri Compromise line"! That is.
to say, Slavery is to take possession of
ail the remaining part of the United
States, in violation of a solemn compact
made in 1820, that it
_should he ..pro
hibited forever" in all the .territory
north of 30°30(N. L. The people will
soon see that compacts ,made in favor
of slavery are the only ones that our
politicians think of, or regard. Thane
made in favor of freedom may be "put
an end to" at any time, with the appro.
bation of hunkers.
Is this the kind of Democracy which
Jefferson taught ! So far from it, he
said, in view of the extension of slavery,
he " trembled for his country when he
remembered that God was just, and that
His justice would not sleep forever."
There is not a single precept of true
Democracy but what is opposed to
slavery,
Seale years ago, Senator Allen, of
Ohio, was asked for a definition of De
mocracy. He answered promptly, and
the papers topic it approvingly. His
definition was 94 follows. Will any
pretend that such Democracy as this can
defend and extend slavery 2
" DEMOCRACY-A sentiment not to be
appalled, corrupted, or compromised. -
knows no baseness, it cowers to nodau
get., und approves no weakness. Des•
tructive only dospotism, it is the sole ,
conseryatiya - of liberty, labor, )ond pros
perity, it is the sentiment of freedom;
of cqual righti, of enpaAohtigations r —the
law of nature pervading tll9Atiw of the
T.l44,£gat4st SI F ITY, 1 4 1 ;
tend**. p,/,! tZ'
• . _
-,,last4WellsbOrough Alberti/ter
*ntar thg Ihrlnpg spirit calt,for a
riteeting to (Nips; the extension - Off:Have '
cry to the Territory of Nebraska. • We
are, much" pleased with U 1 rearily and
'fetirmined langitige of this nail, and
are agreeably surprised to see among
-the nitinni r Oite' a nnritbar ,of' the inoit
-prominent Democrats ot-Wellaborough,
If this' spirit: ie . teaeifeeted • throughout
the State, it will place pennsyliania by
the, side of NOW York and chi°, and
will save:the, Nation from the disgrace
of throwing open he remaining Ter
ritory tcy: / the,. tune of Siavery:.—
It is tg.,l
_riiticti exPeOt that
,the
edininistritien men of Potter 'County
will follow the noble example stet them
by their .associates Tioga bit: ere
publish - the ail! tor', the purpose of ell:
enuragitig tholiooPle to acts at once, by
Itre'ra meetings,Sehooldistrict meetings,
by petitions, and , is every .other way
that suggests itself against this scheme
of overriding the 'filisruri'Compioulise
for the• benefit of slavery : , ,
TO TIM COMM OF =OA COMITT.
In consequence of • important move.
ments now making inCongress and else
where, by men high in power, and of
great influence; for the introduction of
the wicked. system of Slavery in al
unorganized territory of the United
States—comprising a dominion larger
thus the original thirteen States; and
in view 'of the deplorable consequences
already resulting from the -lack of vigi
lance on the part of fret m n:
We; the subscribers :without distinc
tion of party, and ignoring all party dif..
ferenes on this important: question, in=
cerely and earnestly call the at=
tention of our fellow citizens to tke
imminent - danger to be apprehended, and
call upon all who love our free in
stitutions to meet at the Court House in
Wellsborough,on THURSDAY evening
of Court Week, Feb, 7, 1854, for the
purpose 'of' adopting efficient measures
to prevent this great wrong to huatasity
and the character of our country. _
B. B.:Sinith. . W. D. Bailey,
H. P. Erwin; L. I. Nichols,
Mahlon. Allen, O. L. Gibson.
S. B. E. Ellsworth,
John Gibson, Chas. G. Osgood - ,. -
L. Bache, J. a, Wood, .• •
G. D. Smith, . Goo, MeLecid, •
3. F.lDonaldson, A. P. Cone...
L. P. Wm. Harrison, .
.A. J. Sofield, Sae' IL Smith,
C. 'Robinson, :• J. L. 11obenson i
F 1 Robinson, N. F.. • • -
J. R. Bowen, J. P.'Magill,
H. S. Greeno, , Joseph Hoyt,
L. E. Haven, B. T. Vat:thorn,
B. J. Daskman, •S. B. Elliott.
David Hart; L. J.,Cummings.
January 26, 180. . ' •
Or The Township elections will-be
hcld on Friday, the 17th day of this
month. We hope the'peopir- will gen
erally turn out and elect their best men
to fill the various township offices. This
is an important matte( in which 'all cati
interested. '
lion. Daiid Wilmot Himself Again.
We have a private letter from a friend
in Susquehanna County, giving the gnat.
ifying assurance that Hon. David Wil
mot is true to the position which he
took in 1847. We are confident that
this announcement will be received with
enthusiasm by the mass of the people in
Northern Pennsylvania, and we trust it
will be the beginning of a Northern sen
timent that will say to the Slave Power,
Your encroachments have been, endured
too, long; henceforth freedom must be
the predominent principle in onr Govern
ment.
But ire Must let our readers see what
eq impression was made in,.Montrosi.—
Though our correspondent had no idea
of writing for. the public, we trust he
will excuse us for treating our readers
to such good news in his - own artless
style.
Speaking of Hob. David Wilmot out
friend says : • •
“ He has since his election as Judge,
maintained a strict 'Silence upon the sub
ject of Slavery. Until last week he
says he has said nothing in public, and
little' in private on the question for the
past three years.
Douglas' Nebraska. bill has
called him out. Monday, Jan. 23, he
was at Montmse.uttending Court. The
Democrats had a meeting to choose dele
gates to the Harrisburg Convention, for,
the renomination of Gov. Bigler, &c:—
The Judge was invited to address the
Convention. He complied,.and to the
astonishment and consternation 6f some,
gave them a regular Free Soil speech,
He told them that, in his past political
course upon the slavery question, he had
nothing to regret—he had - acted honest
ly—was es much opposed to the exten
sion of that curse of . Humanity and the
countir as eyerdenounced Douglas'
and his -Nelhisk6.Bill in nnnietisured
terFts, sayiag that if this -.1111**1391,
nipped in the bad; he would resign his
'present office and take the field, and/agi
tate the subject, which the men who are
'soanxious tc . nsvOidsi eitiioxt aretin- t
naill thrust* inZeur v lcei• IS ge t
%so* ,he wskreeloreid ''.. h 121 e rs ,
tt e
by si',lar mg% of thlie .,.. w
sympat es Sol cm ;be s - cite ' ',ll
- ,ni-whoiese.-titritipped ha...16e n • oil
party by party leaders. Yet ort.this oc
casion they showed. decided symptoms_
of vebellion.• , •the
• . .
Some growling . was he among .
Hunker leaders. They had evidently
by...mistake . ..taught n I Lsztor ;_h3g.%1110
notke_wag sg, roucll,sinotheFoA as possi,_
lle. "Vol they , (eared ihelpeople. ‘ ":Who
look upon David ag , a prophet.,: They
- dare uot come, out (i)jr : and„,sqnOits.and
. attempt • to , o t asive .his aigumlnt,: tot
Slyly and inthS dirklnisrepresetit , him,
i,t0,P, 1 2.0 1 • his Oitiltives, and .while openly
pretending to 'favoi",hico, are still doing
their . -.:Utmost ' IQ, destidy, his , lahkeope.
The Depulciat mentioned ithat'Judge
Wildist addressed the' cenvention,,, but
44 ttO},saY on What 'subject', Its read
'eri , are `kept:in the daik,upoii aliques 7
tiong regaxding slavery. . ''
A correspono)ont of the Sissquehanna
Register, after giving an account of this
meeting. very, appropriately ' quOtes the
foliowind 'lines front Wbiltiei :,- .1 . •'•
.". Think God Cot the token,
. ;.' One ,lip is still free;
One — t . brok ' i .
sptri un, ell % . •
' Iflubended one knee,
Top NEBRASKA OUTRAGE.
The shameful' attempt of 'Senator ,
Douglas to violate the agreement by
which Missonii was admitted .as slate
State, is too barefaced • for even the: Con
servatives. of New-York- city to;.stand.
The Castle 'Garden Union men held 'a
monster meeting on the 80th of Janitary .
to protest against this new.outrage of
the. Slave Powei. SHEPIIERIYKNAPP, of
the Mechanics' Bank,' presided,'assisted
biforty Vice Presidents of like Conierv
ati ye tendencies, , and six Secretaries,.
whose devotion to the 'Union never was
questioned. The leading speech .was
made by Judge Ronal. EMMET, of the
SuperioT Court. , This speech, though
far too timid, we _think is full of argu.
meats against the Nebraskh fraud- that
will never be 'answered. We have- not
room for the ipeech; bttt . _the'followingi
historical fact it one which: the people,
ought to keep, in mind. Judge
said •
Before Igo into. any‘_purticular exam
ine:ion of this bill, and of-the measure
which is now before Congress, and
Which'is - thecansi'cif our being assem
bled i here this' evening; I go .back
and endeavor to detail to you,'as well as
c4m,-what tfie proceedings. liave been
in the government of this country on the
subject of excluding or permittingeitaVery
in the'different territories sod states, with
a view qf showing what the coitipiomise
was in 1820, which is now. sought by
this bill to be violated, and which is the
cause of our being mserable& here for
the purpose of protesting - .against that
violation.
Amang the . other details of this bill,
after providing in the usual way far the
necessary measures of organization •of
the territory 'of Nebraska—for. I will
confine myself to the territory of Nehru+
ka—it goes on to provide 6 , that the con
stitution and all laws of. the United States
which are not legally inapplicable, shall
have the seine force and effect in the
territory of Nebraska as elsewhere in
the United States, except the Bth section
of the act preparatory to the admission
of Missouri into theil i nion, :approved
March 6, 1820, which was superieded
by the principles of the legislation of
1850, commonly called the compromise
measures, and is here declared
v4oinope
rative." Now, fello e.itizens, you will
perceive what this thing represents. ;It
is an indirect , attempt to violate it I it
is an indirect attempt to repeal it. It is
brought in as a kind of -rider in this
bill, and for the purpose of infusing tho
poison of a repeal or ,violation of the
Missouri Compromise into the organiza
tion of this territory, in - the mannerin
which I. have just read. You are all
aware, fellow-citizens, that the early
policy of the great men this country, the
greatest men that'the country ever pro
duced, the men of our 'Revolution, men
from all parts of the country, South as
well as North, was, in process of time,
VA by gradual means, to bring about—
shell I Use the word 3—en abolition lof
slavery in the country—[cheers]—that
is, that slavery was to•he so hemmed in,
that such measnres were to be passed ;in
regard to it, such prohibitions plaCed
upon its extension that in the . coursel of
time, without violence and without pro•
ducing any acerbity of feeling betwiteo
the different sections of the Union; it
was to die a hateral death. That Was
the policy of those men who formed our
glorious constitution. I need not refer
to the speeches that were made- at that
early time; speeches made by the lead
ing men of the South. I will say nothing
about those men from this part of the
country, from the free states,.but take
the men of . South Carolina,.of Georgia,
of Virginia—Charles Pinckney, Paton,
Randolph—all those men Wito were dis
tinguished, and were shining lights' in
the public view at that time,.with 'one
voice declared that slavery was an evil;
that it ought' to be abolished; provided
011 4 it FRP be done WM is proper ob
servance of the acquired rights of those
persons who were - slaveholders at the
South. In 4784 this policy was indi
cated by what was called the Jeffereon
Achimis9 _ relerence to. rthis..lFge
territory .#hi had been acKuirkby
wrii - riin ft* inia, and I beliepren
ylvilittkiilew-York, and Illielni
eth tis, and wn as the Northir rn
Teiory, alonithe eastern side o f:. he
'ThrUnited Stateirtemaired
.that by ctssiP, 4.114 this prialriso, and the
subsequent ordinance of 1737, which
.WaS - passed by the Old Congress, had
reference to the future - destiny of that
Motthwest territory, with regard to the
subject of slavery. I believe„by refpr
enco tielhatTUop, you W)11,1b - e able oil see
Nai.ihi!esterg
IBly. truckle' the Miesissippt ,rkirer,
which is*, .(riiced''cip that map, yotf, will
Lind, the Stateb o f Onto,
alonOide of esich'otlier, Tem will find
:Wisconsin above, and 'Michigan on 'the
righ,; i bikad of 'beak., .That constituted
whit...was called the Norihwesterit Ter
ritory. The provisiep,ogabut slavery in
that ordimince r of the-ord'Congress, was
in' abbstance this : That involuntary
iervitude`iihpuld. he forever prohibited in
that territory, a cquired., as
,L hive staffed,
from Virginia—•• should be fOrever pro
hilaited." Now,.tbat was nal:the - measure
of theiNiiitb., , fellvtvcitivens. Thet was
the measure Of ,Corigress, asseiated tia'by
the pri?pleOf the South L and I, merely
iefer,to,it .s .an iadidation to show' what
the PolikY of - the . country at, that 'tirne
was, a`nalo'shiiii *hat was, by universal
consent, the pkinion of the people of the
1J0i! .. 611 Slate! JP; rggrlt to . slavery.
At i dle :conclusion of. this speech.;
Judge Dorn , read the follOwing.resol up.
lions,
,which'• were received amid - great
applatiie a nd unanimou s ly lidopted:—
Redd the m, and 'reiolie to. do what in
you-lis.to.fiefeat the consummation of
this great fraud on the right of the free
North: • * ' ,
- 1. Resrdied; That the Mit- of Lib*-York,
from the formation of the'Terieral Union until
the preaa4 time.:haa - always - been-foremost in
maintaining the rights of the southern portion
of the. ,cnufederapy ;_that she haft ever been,-
and aUll ts.;''firody devoted to the tranquility,
Welfare, benbr t ind, permanence of the Union ;
and that in view, not simply , of' her past and,
present fidelity-to tit constitutional obligations;
but of her welt-known regard fot the true in,
terea , n and well:b.:big of the South, 'she has a
right to 'expect whenever an occashin shalt
arrive. for a protest; on her part, against a
liareatened infringement of ancient rights,-10;1g
since secured. by a solemn ctunpact,to.the pew•
pl. di the Istritth, that her pretest will be lis
tened towith -respectful - attention, -both by' the
Govianmentand the,peopie, and especially by
the'Semetoritand Representatises in Congress
aeserubled.froccuthe southe rn, Stelae. ,
Resolves,' That - in Oar' opinion: such an
occtuderehaa arisen' from: the presentatistri.' in
bothibinsaiWoS -Congress; - of propositions to
supersede. ;abrogate.. and-declare-inoperative..
the Bth section of the • act of Congress, comet.
manly ktiown,as the Missouri.COmoriMisa, in
theie "
"Sic. 8.!.116 it further:enacted, That in all
the territory ceded by France: to. the United
State', undes..thie name.er Lotsisians,,which
lies north of 36 - deg:. 30 min, north latittide,
not inclosed within.tha limits of the State con••
teniplatid by . this act, sluv'bry and involuntary
servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of
crimes, of Which the - party shall have been
1 duly convicted. shall be forever. pnoltibited."
- 3. ResolVed, that it is an undisputed matter
of histo.y. fresh in the memory of our older
citizens, recorded in the annals of our aonntry,
cad {amiliarly knOwn to the.yousigea genera- .
lion. that the original, settled .policy. of this
country, as declaredby Washington, JefFerson,
Franklin, Handlton, Jay, King, and - the framers
of the constitution generally, was against the
extension of slavery beyond the - Statee wherein
it Originaftv existed ; that when the Missouri
Territory - formed out of the large tract pur
, chtised (rota France, applied for admission to
the Union, in 1818, with a constitution sanc
tioning" slavery, the North. speaking by its
representatives, sternly refused their assent
unless the system should be prohibited ; that in
New-Yorkihe opposition was deep-seated and
dedided, and was 'exhibited at a meeting of
more than 2.000 citizens, at the City Hotel, on
the 16th o( November. 1819, presided over by
general Matthew Clarkson, at which it was
resolved, ikthnt in their opinion the admission
"Of 'kiwi,. into any state or territory thereafter
"to be formed and admitted into the Union
"would be contrary to the spirit of our free and
"excellent` constitution, and injurious to the
" highest interests of the nation ;" that at the
neat session of Congress, to quiet the contro
versy that a-aged. throughout the country. Henry
Cloy, of Kentucky. himself a slneeholder. pro
posed and strenuously urged the compromise
ernhadied in the section above recited, which
was acceded to by certain Northern represents.
. and reluctanily acquieiced in. lry their
constituents. That the constitutionality of the
prohibition was, at the time, sistmathedkhy
President tMonnie Yo his cabinet, of which
John • tilling Adams, John . C, Calhoun, Wm,
Cm
H.wfo . and Wan Wirt were .roombery.
and by them affirmed, and that compromise,
offered and urged b the South and accepted
by the North as th condition of the admission
of. Missouri, has ver since been-regarded by
the American ople as.it-firm, inviolable com
pact, consecrating forever and without recall
all the said territory north of 36 deg. 30 min.
to an identity of feeling and interest with the
free states., •
• 4. Resolved, That the section of country
thus forever released and quit-claimed to tha
1 free states for a consideration approved, re-
1 ceived and acknowledged by the slaveholding
states, constitutes an all-important part. of our
northern territory, stretching front west to east
through more than eleven degrees of longitude,
and from south to north through more 'than
twelve degrees of latitude, embracing en im
mense and fertile region, occupying the heart
of onr continent, larger far than all the existing
free states; excluding California. and more than
ten ond a half times as great as New• York.
andthat if this great territory were now to' be
snatched from our rightful control and re.np
piopriated by the South, for. the establishment
•thaTein ofliloyery. it would inevitably retard
the progress of our western • emigration. and cut
a the free states and territories of the Atlantic .
from these of- the Pacific.
5. Resolved, That in regard to the pretense
set• forrith in ibis Amendment La the bill now
pending before the Senate, "To organize the
territory of Nebraska," that the Bth section of
the act preparatory to the admissiOn of Missouri
which forever Pnahibitati illavorY ppeth of 36
deg. 30 min. was auspeindedby the, principles
of the legislation of 1850, commonly, called the
compromise kinglet:ire., arid 'hi therefore — an.)
thereby to be declared inoperative. w 4
First, , That °sprees compact' romic_io 11
in.:eternizee to cert i ldn territory acquired from
France, - cannot he suspended by the priacijilei
of, any legislative acts passed thirty years !mar,
having tOference exclusively to other terntory
acquired from Mexico.. . • • •
!Secondly. That it was never intimated nir
supposed in 1850, that the act then passed
would at all disturb the Missouri comptothfsa.
".. n ' i f i the
introduced
tin a e by *hunter Mason. of iflo .
. . o etli _ collate
'nal* o f the ibition of slavery north of .
i
t i.
deg - 30 min. kids -bad been ineidperatod
into the joint r tiou for annexing Tessa to
lEifllnited StaTel.Tossed in 1845,and that foe
these reasons the proposed repeal of the Mies
*anti compromise, in otder to extend steno
over an immense territory from which it is now
Fxcluded by solemn compact. so far_ (rem being
in accordance With the compromise belief 1850: -
would be an express triolgotrof,illiaiWaryted
spirit end intent.; reopening fir general die! -
'cuss:ion the - merits' andlormerite nt-i&Sery,
social spolitiad. - and snorst.td-ittlivitorM
eeiifold.Aktqfsity the very artiiitin Ilia the
friends of ilte compionllse:meatatesproftis
edly deArritalup press - - . • , • t l '7*l
61, RooPectillat . whatever othd results
mist follow the repeal of.the Missouri cons
, promise, it would -inevitably impair the coo
-1 &fence of the North in theintegruyosd konoi.
of-the South; that it would destroy all faith in 7
the - .pormanency- of, put or future compact._
vases; baying any bearin ma the subject of
slave and thus materia ll y - weaken etas us.;
tional bandit of union. , - .
7. Resolved, That we call upon the Itigislist
tore of the statis t and, Open oar senators omit
representativestn Congress, to resist nollimit- .
jeep, in inch - -monnetvtur they shall-deetate
meet, all attempts, iron whatsoever quarter.
to repeal. abrogate:* or ituder inoperative,
diret lly . or indir - ectly, theridth; section: of the
Missouri Act; end that 'we call uper Om
Pretidt ut of the United Shoes,' in ease of'thes
passage of such bill bj ,Congress. to secure
ilia compact from violation by interposing We
constituntxml veto. : . • -•,... ~
8; Resolml, That a copy of these resnkt=
tions bo • forwardetit to , the pt;es i iding outer of
t ach brAuclinf the state legistaturo mina to die
senators "and representatives. of tire rota of
Nevi-Yorit in _Congress,. for. presentation-tro—
thine &Kuck to the Governor of eachatetn,of
the Nuion,
an/, to OM President of the United,
Stites. , ' ' •• - •',
PENkSTIVANit aviutoar. CorTLIVIL: ,
,-.Yesterdry, pursuant to. parsiona no
tice,.the mountain division- of the.Phon»
Sylvania Railroa . d being at length.entireo_
ly finished. aloconaccive , Arent.-Ovettio,„
passing through the great tunnel- bye
which the Allegheny ridge is pit-iced . ;
some 3570 feet in length, and: arriving'
safely at Altoona.! -The whole mountain
division was -thus tested 'and-found ion
good -running Order , and. readyiee'use.L.
On Monthly, *the-fith=4.4;Febeuerst..thii
trains of cars'will cornmence.,runnito .
regularly between Pittabarg 4nd;Phila
delphia, passing ever the new-roadoinct
thus avoiding the , . six hours Aeiention
incident to the passage neer the iodised
planes-okbe - old State Portage-Road.
This event will be inaugurated by the
running of ,an. excursion. train clein
through hum Philadelphia to PittSbufg,
with-the directors of the . Company and'
a number-of invited guests. For this
excursion: au. engine of. extraordinary
capacity is being' fitted' up. at Altoona,
when they are-also.buildieg a model
air. The .latter is thuit described by•
the Hollidaysburg Register; - • -,!
"The seats are arranged in the focra
of • simple arm- chairs,. which- can be
plhced in a reclining. position, and afroni
all-the comforts of a.bed. :The sptirign
are of a new mid improved. : knid, erhic4;
will scarcely impact any .motion to the
car. The painting is staid to bees ex,-
quisite as art can produce.. Independent
of the magnificent scroll work, each
panel has a representation of scenery
along the line DI the road: The car It
locomotive are to be used after the ex..--
cursion for the Lightning Line, ,which
is .to go through in four hours less than,
the mail train, at a small advance over
the regtilai. North'
.arneritan.' . ' . 1 .
The above announcement give.
pleasure - to every fitend . of improvement
in
the State. -
And it is another oeidence thm..tha
State works are miseiabty "'managed'.
The Portage railroad; belonging to the
State, has always been a great draw
back tg the trade and travel on the pat
lic works.' This drawback was so great'
that the State undertook to make a new
road over the mountains by which thu
necessary inclined planes should be
avoided. An engineer was employedi
to make the necessary survey and esti:
mate of expenses. Ha made his report",
and the Legislature. promptly voted the
estimated funds. A “Superinte,ndeot of
new works" was appointed, abd'the
funds hare been used, but where is the
road? . „lust tura Lathe extract from the
Governor's Message. which ;we give in
another column, and ( you will see that
the Canal Commission,ens :will require
for this work, More than, the
estimate. Meanwhile ilaeli'eunsylsanitt,
Railroad company, have completed their,.
road forit hiss sum than the 'estimate ofi
the Engineer. What makes this difirt-:
ence.! Every one must answer for.hik -.
self, but our answer is that the company
appointed competent Engineers and Su
perintendents, whereas the Canal Corn-
missioners appointed ' mere partizans
>
it
without regard to compel cy and hence
the, company hare their oad in 'use
while the money of the e has gone
io enrich a few faiorites, and th'e-rcied
is left, half done, to the great injury
of the canal and to the financetiof.the
State. .
• The Canal Commissioners say in their
last report th'st the new toad. *ben cern.;
pieted will save - to the State at kriii•
. ,
two hund red and it y' ihciusand,dellars
per &Boum ; hence as the road by proper
mapagement would nOto be compieledi
the people lose that amount in the work
ing of the Portage road; in addition to
the pnrate forumea that are annually
stolen, by State agents.