THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
JNO. S. MANN,
EDITORS
EDWIN HASKE,LL,
CM
FIDELITY TO VIE PEOPLE.
COUDE RSPORT, FRIDAY, FEB. 17. 1854.
rip The Legislature of New-York
has passed strong resolutions against the
Nebraska fraud.
Fur an argumentin favor of State
lteform, see an article on first page frcm
the Independent If-hig.
riP There will be a Temperance.
meeting at Ellisburg on Friday evening,
March 3, at which time Rev. L. F.
Porter; will deliver, an address. Other
speakers will also attend, and it is hoped
there will be a general attendance:
rir There will be a Temperance
meeting at the Court House on Tuesday
evening of next week. Speakers from
abroad will address the meeting, and it
is hoped :he choir will enliven the exer
cises with appropriate singing..
1 Our old friend E.,COV/A-V. of the
Warren Mail, which under his charge
became one of the best country papers
of its party, has become nssocinte editor
and joint proprietorof the Buffalo Rough
Notes. We trust he will and the new
posifon as profitable as his meths de
serve.
The Independent Whig, of Lan
caster, Pa., Theo. Fenn, editor, has been
again , improved with new type and form_
It is now the largest and handsomes t
weekly in the State outside of Fhiladel
andlthere are none there that excel
it. Mr. Fenn belongs to the progressive
stamp, anti whatever he touches partakes
of his go ahead character.
17' We take plea Sure in'asking at
tention to the call for a meeting on Mon
day evening next to oppose the pas3age
of the Douglas Nebraska bill. This
movement originated with the supporters
of the National Administration, which
will account for the cautious tone of the
Call. But the Hon. James Gamble will
oaderstand - riahat the feelings of the peo
ple must be, when such men as head
this list take ground against an admin
istration measure.
tir Mrs. Swisshelin's Saturday HS—
hter has been. merged in the Journal.
We hare received the first number of the
consolidate& paper, and are much pleased
with it. We should hare preferred the
nailer as it was, but since that was a
losing concern, self-preservation required
the ch - rnge. The Journul and Visiler
is an excellent family paper, right on
the questions of Temperance and Starery,
ably edited, well p4ted", of large size,
and entitretf to a liberal aupporD.
ti' We had the pleasure of recejving
by last Monday evening's mail, alarge
calling a mass meeting of the
people of Bradford county on the 141 b,
inst. to prbtest against the• extension of
slavery - into, Nebraska. This call is
Treaded by the Hon. DAVID WILMOT, and
is signed by several hundred of the
most active men in the country. Let
sash meetings be called by every county
is the State, and the doughfaces in Cbn
gins wilt come to their senses.
Eacouraging.
We clip the following announcement
Irons the hat Sizti-Slauery Slamlud.
Tuts Independent Herald is a new
paper which has just been started at
\Vest Chester, Pa., by 11. BMEE. It is
an excellent family newspaper, indepen
dent of political parties, seforrnatory in
its spirit and progressive in • its aims.
iThe Editor evidently nndersiands his
business, and we , ..cannot doubt that
among the intelligent and, wide-awake
people .of Chester. County be will find
abundant encouragement in,bis new en
terprise.- ;
It gives great us pleasure to note the
increase of these Independent papers of
!die. It is such as these, fearless, inde
pendent and honest, that will finally en
able the people to.emancipate themselves
from the thraldom of party.
Chester County is the home of our
'Childhood, and the bines of our fore
( Alters rest beneath her genial skies.
Whatever affects her prosperity excitss
our interest, and hence we have a double
pleasure in announcing the appearance
Of the Herald: May its patrouage be
equal to the expectations of its publish
ers. •
- air" A virtuous man." says• Seneca.
ustruggling with "misfortunes, is such a
speitatlrtis gods might aeon with'
pleasure.•,
if Unprincipled Politicians:,
Though the passage of Douglass Ne
braska fraud may open the way foT
slavery in that fertile territory, yet its
discussion trill emancipate hundreds
from the thraldiim of party.
The N. K - Euening Past has said; i
more manly wards for freedoip, since
this discussion commenced, than for two,
years before. And as we said last week,
[lon. David Wilmot is himself again.
We find in the Post of the TO.h the
following letter of JUdge Wilmot to the
New York meeting to oppose the N.e
braska fraud. This letter is of thrilling
interest and will be read with pleasure
by all our readers.
The comments of the Event P ost
on this -letter do full justice•to the un- .
priacipled politicians of - this - State, and
we trust the beople of this State will
conviel their , representatives to disap
point the good men abroad who have
cased to look to •the pour old spiritless
State" for aid in any good work.
We 'publish below the comments of I
the Post, and then the letter itself.
• Judge Wilmot on Ike Nebraska-
Quest ion.
Judge Wilmot is in' the field again,
called out by ' the qUestion which has
just begun to agitate the Union. He
lately appeared before a meeting of the
citizens of his diStrict i and bore an em
phatic testimony against the enormity of
the'Nebraslca bill.
In the struggle which this profligate
scheme has awakened, we fear we can
hope but for little aid from the poor old
spiritless state of Pennsylvania. I n'all
political controversies of• importance,
Pennsylvania. as repre'sertted in- Con
gress, generally contrives to be in the
wrong. The politicians of that State
seem. as a general rule, to be unprinci
pled beyond .the general' characttir of
their tribe, oda even when pretending to
belong to the deinocratis party, they are
very apt to oppose its . bjst measures,
and disregard its. best-setth:d maxims.
Judge Wilinot's district, however, tlte'
people are right on the Nebraska ques
tion.
•"'lle member from this District,"
says a_ correspondent, writing ftom that
part of Pennsylvania, "will stand firm
to his duty, and the
. people of this dis
trict will' deal a harder blow upon Doug
las, should he ever expose himself to
their resentment, than they• gave Cads
in. 1848. I feared, from the first., that
thy diVision and fight in the State of
New York would drive a- nerveless. A
dministration to. some desperate act, in
order to puige itself from the suspicions_
of the South, and thereby head% off its
enemies." - .
In another• part of this sheet will be
found a letter from Judge Wilmot, speak
ing of the meditated .ontrage in terms
which so gross a wrong naturally sug•
gests• to.an honest man.
TOWANDA, Pa., Frb.- 4,A85.4.
Gentlemen : The letter of invitation
with which you honored J
, me, to attend
a meeting of the citizens of New York, I
rdthout distinction. of party, on the 30th
ultimo. to - protest against a violation of
the Missouri Compromise, reached this
place during my absence from home,
and Niras 'not received by me until lazt.
evening. Fearing my silence might be
construed into - disapprobation of the ob
jects of the meeting, lam constrained to
reply even•at this late .day; and to avail
myself of the- - Opportunily your • invita
tion aflords. to place on record my con
demnaiion of the enormous wrong threat
ened the country and posterity; by the
repeal of a compact that has been held
inviolable by the American people for
two generations. It is now one third of
a century since that compact was ratified,
under circumstances of imposing solem
nity, that gave to it an obligation scarce- -
ly - second to the.denciand of the constitu
tion itself. Its repeal would be a virtual
change of that • instrument; as it would
reverse thie uniform interpretation it has
received in every department of the gov
ernment, from its organization down to
the inauguration of the present admin
istration.
Whence comes this unexpected and
stasilitag assault upon the vital interests
and guarantied rights of the free states?'
Through what instrumentalities is it ex
pected to consummate the deed of wick
edness and shame ? Slavery, emboldened
by recent'triu mplis, and calculating upon
the broken spirit of the North; strikes
this deadlyialoW at the progress and de
velopment of free nstitutions;_iristigated
to the attack; encouraged and led on by
the treachery of northern men, r 'who
would barter their country's future and
the highest Interests of humanity for a
brief day of official power. The demor
alizing temptations of luture preferment,
the seductive appliances of present pat
ronage, threatenings and, denunciations,
wherewith to over, we the timid and
irresolute, are the potential agencies
upon which slavery builds its Confideii
hopes•of success. It . is believed that all
those of the free states, whose, integrity
and moral strength place them beyond
the reach of these influences, Ca a , be
overwhelmed by the revilings of a.per
erted public opinion ; that the voice of
manly protest against aggression the
most flagitious:cart be effectually silenced
by partizan clamor and a'subsidized
press:
Were it believed passible that the
freemen of the North could be aroused
to that indicmant,enerry,that stern, un
bending resistance; so - urgently . 'de
mended by . . the crisis—ethe authora aad
abbettors of this conspiracy ; against God .
and, mankind would skulk from the im-'
pending rebuke, and call upon the
rnountains to cover their shame. The
proposition to repeal the Missouri Corn
pripise is, in itself, a burning infamy ,
and it carries with it an infamous impu:
tation upon the character and patriotism
of our people.
These covenant breakers act upon
the assumption that we are so demorak
iied by the spirit of mammon, that we
value material above moral interests ; so
debased by law and selfish desires, that
we love the honors and profits• of _office
more than we love the glory and welfare
dour country. •
I have read with deep interest the
proceedings of theimeetine c held at the
Tabernacle. The high character of the
men who . participated in it—the dignity
and. firmness 'of its resolves, afford
grounds of encouraging •hope that the
North will at length become s•nroused to
the defence of its rights?' The magni
tude of the issue cannot be over-esti
mated. .
The result will fin the character rind
condition, of our country for all coming
time. If the barrier trected against
,livery in the Missouri Compromise be
broken down, them indeed i , will the in
stitutions established bp our fathers be
subverted;. and on the :uins will grbw
up a mighty slave oligarchy, overshad
owing, and controlling he destinies of
the continent. An inesomble and-re
morseless despotism trill rule, as with a
rc•d of iron, that land consecrated by
blood to freedom and oppressed . human
ity. . -
I have - the 'honor to be, gentlemen,
Very respecfnlly,•
Your obedient servant,
• DAVID \VI imMr.
To Shepherd 'Knapp, Esq., and others.
Sham. Democracy.
During the last Presidential campaign
the people viere told that Franklin
Pierce,.if elected,.wouldcunductthe for
eign policy of the Government in such
a way as to increase the influence and
respect of republicanism in the old corm
tries. [low have these promises' been
met ? The following extract 'from an .
article in the Deily National Era of
Jon, 25,
We are not surprised at this Demo
cratic Coniervatism. The party out of
power can always afford to he more rad
ical'and progressive 'than the Party in
poWer. Even 'Young_ America, with,
.Governmental responsibilities on his
; shoulders, moves with a abater and
more cautious step. Naturalized citi
zens were induced to vote for General
Pierce, in" the expectation thav his influ
ence would, in some way or other - , be
thrown into the scale of European Dc.
mocracy .;. but no. evidence has yet been
furnished 'of his special sympathy with
it. • His Administration has been a good
deal more intent on fostering domestic
despotism than foreign Democracy.—
We have not heard that it has given any
and •sr countenance to the latter, but
through its "organ - : It Ira 11:.,1 main
for contemplating the enfmnchisement
of her slaves, and threatened violent
interference, with a view to maintain
Slavery in its colony of Curia a We are
not aware that this was in 4t t e pro
gramme submitted to our ralized
Democrats. •
In process or time, 'this portion of our
fellow-citizens will learn that: there is
a power behind the Presidential chair
that knows how to put the bit iti.the
mouth of "Young America."' The
only intervention allowed by that mys
terious Agency is such as shall strekth
'en its power and extend its . dominion.
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NO REPEAL '
OF THE . t ,‘
MISSOURI COMPROMISE!
The citizens of Potter county opposed
to 'the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise are requested . to meet at the Court
House In Coudersport on MONDAY FAN
INC, the 20th day of February inst., for
the purpose of expressing in a becoming
manner their hostility to.a !measure so
pregnant with evil and bad faith.
F. W. Knox Timothy Ives
Crosby 1V: EHie
W 1 7T. Jouo
JacOb Iletiughm John M. Jndd
Jacob Reckhovi : D. W. C. James
Miles White
James IV. Smith
Win. H. livtluni I'ierre A. Stebbins
Samuel Haven H. L. Simons
F. L. Joucs • A..G. Olmsted
L. F.. Maynard . L. D. Spafford
Amos French H. J. Olnatcd
Samuel IL :VW s John Marin
Lewis Mann " John S. Mann
S.'W., Baker • J. B. Earl • .
I:. D. Williams • ..David Crowell
B. Wilmot • Isaac Benson
U. Cook • •• Jacob Jenkins
L. Smith Lucas Cushing
Abram Kithball Josevh Maim
Addisiiri Avery Haskell
L. B. Cole L J. W. Harding
•
William Lyon T. B. Tyler
•
* THE END OF KOSZTA.—We under
stand that the far-fained .Martin Koszta
is now in thi3 city in a state of utter
destitution.
.., An application has . been
made us, °lapis behalf, by a.friend of
his; for a peg clerkship in - our,. estab
lishment, worth live dollars a, week,
We are scrry to say that welaave no
vacancies, but surely . between
,Commo
,dOre Ingraham, who obtained a medal
and ever so much &Wry, and Mr, Marcy,
who procured a - ready made reputation
as.a statesman, solely and entirely out
Koszta, something might be done
for the poor-fellow. He has taised.twu
men to a pinnacle of fame they never
could have redcherWithout him:, i 4 he
to he left to\ starre himself? .Who
wouldn't hi a partiot,—N- Y. Herald.
linnkerism in Maine.
At the old line Con,vention for the
liornination'of •Governorin the last State
campaign, the Wild-Cat and Anti-Maine
Law mea of the party controlled the
Convention, and nominated Albert Pits
bury 'for Governor. - The Temperance
Democrats bolted and nominated Merril!
for Governor, and they run candidates
ibithe Legislature wherever there was
a chance of success. -There was . no
election of. Governor by the people, and
but 13 Senators out of 3f were elected.
A majority of the members elect. to'the
Lower House were opposed to the Wild-
Cat men, but seven of the thirteen Sena
tors . elect were Pilsbury men. The
seven Wild-Cat members undertook to
control the State; which is the prevailing
habit of hunkerisin the world 'Over.
Its adherents.hold that a minority,-ifthat
minority has the pOwer, map rightfully
control 'the majority.. So these seven
'Wild-Cat members, in violation , of the
Constitution, undertook to dictate to the
other House the terms on which the
vacancies in. the Senate might be filled,
and because the House chose to be
governed by the Constitution; the Legis
lature was; kept a month 'unorganized.
Finding they must surrender, the Wild
Cats clutched at power in the following
characteristic-manner, as we learn from
the Boston Commonwealth:
' MORE. WILD CAT OUTRAGES.—The
Pilsbury Senators. after keeping the
Legislature of. Maine unorganized for
nearly a month, and finding that their
scme has been balked by the opinion
of h i s
be Supreme Court, made a last des
pe to move on. Monday to grasp power
by - an open and gross act of injustice
and outrage. It was well known that
the committee on counting. voles had
prepared a final report 'on the election, of
Senators and on the vacancies, and that
they would. report. Mr. Clarke,el Lincoln,
elected. - .
By giving Ms. Clarke his seat, the
Wild Cats would have . been tie% Be
fore the committee reported, therefore,
the sevrn costly Senators proceeded to
elect a President of the Senate, and.-also
a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary,
Messenger, Assistant Messenger, and
Chaplain. The committee •on votes or
Senators the reported that Mr. Clarke
was elected a member of the- Senate by
the people. •
The Senate was afterwards filled, and
it, has now 14 Whigs, 10 "Wild-Cat
Democrats, 5 Morrill ,or Temperance
Democrats,' and 2 Free Democrats. •
When this was done, the Wild-Cat
Democrats and liquor" Whigs formed a
coalition and elected Wm. Crosby, Whig,
Governor ; :but this coalition was not
strong, enough to defeat Wm. -Pitt Fes
senden, a Free Soil Whig. for United
States Senator, as the following despatch
t th Tribune announces his election,
which secures another vote agatuat the
Nebraska fiaud
AUGUSTA, Friday, Feb. 10, 1954.
William Pitt' Fessenden was to-da.y
elected by the Legislature to the United
States Senate. for the long term. The
vote in the House stood : for Pessenden,
78; Lot Al. Morrill, (Wild Cat.) 74:
Hubbard, 1. In the Senate : Fessen
den, 16; ,Morrill, 12; Hubbard, 3.
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The Voice of the Free States
ON THE NEBRASKA 'QUESTION
With the exception of_what appears
in the Albany ilrgus, and a few other
prints of . the Law and Croswell faction,
not a word in favor of the Nebraska
fraud appears in the presses of the free
States, which is not dictated from Wash . -
ington imd published to order. The
faint and timorous assent to that fraud
expressed by the Democratic Central
Committee of this city, was of that de
scription. The Boston • Post, the New
Hampshire 'Patriot, the Philadelphia
Pennsylvanian, speak as , they are bid':
'.As the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks.'
The free expression of the North among
all parties—whether enemies of the ad
ministration, or friends—whether demo
crats or whigs, is openly, earnestly,
uncompromisingly against the measure.
The other day vva gave some
_exam
ples of
~t , ,h e disspproval with which the
most conservative part of the religious
community regard the repudiation of the
Missouri:Comprumise, and Of the uni
versal hostilit which the German part
of the popula on bear to it. To this we
must add, th t the Address of the Mem
hers of Con ress who first took' ground
in opposi • n to the measure, is now
• tensive , 'circulated in the German
langua . The New-York Demokrat,
)
now lying before as, contains the entire
address in German. .
• Meantime every day •brings ua new
and Stronger/tutnifestations of the public
fading otkrbis question• - We give a few
examples from journals just received,
and now before us.--Eoe, Post.
A Lams OF, GOOD TEMPLARS has been
organized at Spring Corners' arid another
at Conneaut, Q. the first in' that State.
it is a thorough-going temperance or
ganization, to wich both '
sexes are
admitted, and wil ldo good jto the cause
wherever.; ; estabtiehed.: . —,Co i nneaultrille
CoUrier.
• State Temperance Convention.
,See account of organization o out
aide. •
Areziscreim Sessios\—Feasir vent.
The Couvifinion re-assembled agreea 7
ble to adjournment, and wea — called to
order by the President.
A resolution was submitted by', Re. J.
Paiitten, and adopted, appointing a com
mittee triwait upon the Governor, Heads
of Departments and Members of the deg
isfature, and invite them to take seats in
the Convention. The Committee subse
quently reported that they bad discharged
that dutrand that the invitation had been
accepted.' •
Rev. P. Commie, Chairman. of the
Business:Committee, reported the follow
ing preamble and yesolations
Waenias, It has pleased an all-wise.
and merciful Providence to again permit
the friends of Prohibition to assemble in
Stiete Convention, after another year of
toil and effort in: this great cause of be
nevolence and humanity: ./Ind whereas,
the pact year his been marked by -the
most signal advancement of .our , princi
ples, therefore,
Resolved, That believing, rs we do,
the cause of Prohibition to be the cause
of God, and dependent on his blessing,,
it becomes our duty as a Convention to
offer our'most grateful and devout ac
knowledgment to HIM, as "in His hands
the hearts of all men are," fo: the snc
cess 'which has attended our efforts du
ring the past year.
/imbed, That whatever may, be the
difficulty; of enacting or enforcing a Pro
hibitory Liquor Law, the experience of
thirty years of the most persevering ef
fort to counteract the evils of .the liquor
_traffic, and of legisiation'to regulate the
same, has clearly demonstrated that
such a law aloe 4 can save the country
from the!,great evils of intemperance.
Resolved, That the experience of
another year has more than ever con
firmed tqe,conviction.that no hi:Man leg
islation can make that right which. God
declares to be wrong, and as - he has
pronounced His curse on him that" put
ted] the bottle to his neighbor and mak
eth him 'drunken," we are compelled to
believe that a Legislature which aullwr
izes the,sale of intoxicating liquors, as a
beverage, violates a Divine law, and is
responsible for all the evils which flow
from the; traffic. •
ResolVed;That no law, however strin
gent, which recognizes the right to sell
intoxicating drinks, can receive our sanc
tion, and we believe the tine has fully
come when all efforts to regulate the
traffic should be at once and forever aban
doned. 1
• Resolved, That the recent triumph of
our principles in the District of. Colum
bia, and the cities of Detroit, Baltimore,
Piston e Wheeling, and Lancaster,and the
encouraging vote in 'Philadelphia and
New York, are sufficient - CO convince the
most skeptical of our opponents that
even in its strongholds the Rum. Power
is losing its dominion; while it should
encourage alt the , friends of Prohibition
to ,h,attle more valllantly than ever for its
entire overthrow.
Resolved, . That the election to the
Legislature, last fall. of . such an increased
noinber;of decided and known advocates
Of Prohibition, proves most conclusively,
that ir the present political parties re
fuse to-settle this • question, by passing
the law, we shall very soon be able to
send a ; majority.' of Prohibieory Law
men to our Legislature, and thus settle
it for ourselves.
Resolved, That in view _ of The fact
that nearly 103,060 votes were cast fo •
Prohibition at the last general election
in spite, of all the disadvantages under
Which we labored, viz : the .want of or
ganization—the strength of party attach
ments and the intriegues of political
leaders—the people have a right to ex
pect the present Legislature to pass a
law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors us a beverage.
Resolved, That es the , friends of the
liquor C'Tatlic have professed their wil
lingness to submit a Prohibitory Law
to the vote of the people, and ;:many of
our Legislators have objected to voting
for such a law because they believed a
majority of the voters were
.opposed to•
it, and Rs the understanding prevailed to
a considerable extent during the late
canvass, that the law would be. thus sub
mitted,;in some constitutional' form, we
do hereby , express our willingness—pro
vided the Legislature will not pass the
law without—that a prober law shOuld
be passed to go into effect early in the
Year 1855, and the question of its repeal
—not of ifs adoption-4hould be sub
mitted to a popular vote, at a special
election to be held for that purpose, on
the first Tuesday of September. 1851.
RrsOlved, That ; in accordance with
the above proposition- we wish it dis
tinctly !understood that we do it only to
show our confidence in the integrity of
the peqple, and•to give greaterefficiency
to the law when put into operation, and
not because we recognize the right :even
of the majority, to. afflict society 'with
the curse of the-liquor , traffic.,
Readved,,That no submission of I,,he
question ;wif/rout the law, will receive
'oven our attention, much less our sanct-
On—ri?e will not vote upon_ it.'
I Resolved; That .should ,the present
Legislature • refuse to pass a' Prohibitory
Law, with or without referring it 3 repeal
to a vote of the ,people, or should they
!pass any bill which would- be unaecept.
able to the friends of Prohibition, ilea it
shall be the duty of the Suite Central
Committee to call a State Convention to
meet in Harrisburg some time' during
months of June tn. consist-of/delegates
from the several Senatorial and Repre
sentative. districts , in proportion to ttAir
representation in; the Legislature,
the - State Central Committee, vvho s' al
determine the propriety and expediency
of nominating a State Ticket to be sup
ported by tberfriends of prohibition.
Resolveri,.that . should the State Cen
tral Committee find it necessary to call
said Convention for the above named
purpose, then it shall be the duty to as
certain, as early as possible after- the
State tomirrations cf the political parties
in March, the sentiments oflll the can
didateswith reference to a Prohibitotiy
Law, and report the same to the Conied
tion.
Resolv,ed„ That- the Committee feet
•under great niirlastieg obligitions to
the State Central Committee, together
with the .various County Committees,
who in a mode of proceeding heretofore—
untried, and in spite of difficuleres both
numerous and peCuliar, have contributed
So much trod so efficient aid, during the
past year to the cause of Probibitimr.
Resolved, That in order to carry out
the recommendation of the StataXen
tral Committee, with regard to the col
lection of,statistics in each county, that
each delegation Shall appoint one person.
in each of their respective counties, wha
shall collect and forward the same to tile-
State Central Committee before, or im
mediately after, the. risibg. of this. Con,
vottiom - '
Besotted, That a committeo of ,the•
be appointed ,by the Chair, three of
which shall be taken from . the Northern,
three from the Eastt4n, and three front
the IVestern.cou-nties of the Stnte, who
shall attend to the Inllowilni duties and
report to the Convention at its opening
to morrow morning ' . •
1. 'io district the - State into three
parts, to be called the Northern,cEaStera
and Wesiern.districts.
• , 2,y0 nominate nine persons from.
each oThhe above districts, to act as the
Central Committee of said district, which
nomination shall be subj: ct to the action
of it 16 Convention.
Resolved, That 3 committees,,joined
as above, shall constitute the State Cen
tral Committee and shall hold at least
one joint meeting between t he month of
May and; September.
Resolved, That the several district
committees shall have the . exclusive
control and managetuent of their respec
tive districts With regard to electing their
own Chairman,
.raising funds, adding to
their number;einploying an Agent or
. Agents al they may deem expedient, ti
gether with all other matters pertaining
to this office.
AFTEr:SOON' SESSIONSECOND DAY
The Convention met at 2/ o'clock,
and was opened with prayer-by Rev, 11.
MALcoL3t, of Lewisburg, Union county.
The Committee appointed to divide
the State into three districts, and to rec
ominendlilhe names of suitable persons
to act as the committee in each of the
said districts, who together shall Jona
the State Central Committee, mide the
following report, which, after consider
allle discussion, wits adopted -
1. Thut the counties of Erie; Warren,
WlCean, Potter, Tipp, Bradford, Sus
quehanna and Wayne shall compose the
Northern District.
2. That all sections of the State lying
West of the Eastern line Of Somerset,
Cambria, Clearfield, ond Elk counties,
not included in the Northern district,
shall form and compose - the Western
District.
3. That the counties of Clinton ; Cen
tre, Lycoming, Union, Northumberland.
Montour; Columbia, Sullivan, Luzerne
and Wyoming, shall form the Central
District.
4. That all of that part of.the State not
included in either of the above division.,
shall form the Eastern District.
Commit!, efor the Northern District.
—Geo. M'Leol, Wellsborough ; Geo-
Stanton, Lawrenceville ; Joseph Guiln,
Tioga ; 11. M. Gerrould, Covington ;
Chris. F. Veil, Liberty; B. S. Dart; Troy;
Chas. Chubbudc, Orwell ;,. Hon.
Passmore, Rome,. Bradford Co.; Eton.
0. A. Lewis; Ulyss!.s, Potter county.
Committee for the Western Distria.
—Rev. J. T. Pressley, "A Ileghenysity ;
Thomds Steele, C. L. Magee, Rev. A.
M. Bryan, Pittsburg ; Wm. Iti'Daniec
Cannonsburg ; Wm. Irvin, curTni
ns
villr;.Jantes Piper, Uniontown; John
Wright and J. Lazar.
Committee-for the Central Distrirt.
John B. Hall, Elisha. Covert; Williams.
port, H. N. MYCallister,l3ellfonte ;"Jacob
Rodearmel, Jersey Shore ; John Murray,
Milton ; John Jones, Lock Haven . ; Rev.
D. M. Barber, Washingtonville ;
Grier and Bei" Geo. Peck.
Cciinntit tee fni the Eastern District.
M. Foust, Rev. Pennel Coombe,
Rev. Gen. buffidd, Jr., J. P. Simons, S..
Aut•tin Atlibone, Philadelphia ; James
Black, 'Lancaster ; Jas. W. *eir, Har
risburg ; Martin MI, conunty ;.
Benj. - Hannan, Pottsville. ' ' .
NEBRASKA.—There is real danger of
the overthrow of the Missouri Coutpro
mise ;it is feared Congress will adopt
the - 1%1E1111)0mA bill as it is adopted as.an
adminiitration measure.• This will be
done, - wenre assured, unless the people
act.- , -- • - •
Away with itll party notions or divis
ions: Let all opposers of the extension
of Slavery unite, and speak out on' the
subject. Circulate the facts - till every
voter is informed; get np petitons ;
gather together in meetings, and let
Congress kbow that the People will not
submit-to the - extension of Slavery/ -over
free territory. No titne should• be lost.
The thunder of the voice - of.the People
needs to be hoard there, to save Nelms.-
ka,- or • maintain . the Missouri Corn-pro
iniie.—FePest City Democrat.