The Liquor Resolutions
WIIFIIEAS, In n free Commonwealth.
all, laws to be efficient should have the
approbation and sanction of the people,
and no law be passed repugnant to
th&r wishes, and none comatitutional
in its provisions be withheld which a
majority if them may desire.
N ) WHERE" It i.i impossible to
obtain a certain indication of popular
sentiment in relation to a prohibitory
liquor law, by petitions and remon•
strances : therefore.
-§ 1. lie it marled by the Senate
and Ilou.se of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
General .Issembht met, and it is hereby
earned by the authority of the same,
That the_rialified voters n . f . this COM'
monwealth rae hereby authorized, at
the place for holding the General elec
tions in their respective ward, boroughs
and townships, ca the second Tuesday
of Octoti, r next, to vote for and ag,iiinst
a law which shall f ire !y l,robibit, by
proper and constitutional regulations and
rnaltieF, the manufacture arid sale of
IntoxicaiingliquO rs , except for medicinal,
sacratn••ntal, mechanical, and artistica!
purposes.
2. That the officers authorized by
law to hold elections in tach ward, bor
ough and township of this Common
wealth, are hereby directed and required.
at the pfeces fixed by law in the several
districts for the holding of the general
elections in said districts, on the 2nd
Tuesday of Goober next, when they
shall be organized as an election board,
to receive from each
,qualified voter of
the said district, a ticket written or
prirted on -the outside, -.prohibitory
law ;" and the tickets in favor of
the proposed law, shall contain in the
inside the words; "fur a prohibitory
and' those opposed to the
proposed law, shall contain in the inside
the words; "against a pr ihibitory liquor
lax;" «hich votes shall be counted and
returned to the court house of the coon
ties or city, in which the said election
shall be held, on the following Friday,
by the return judges, Who shall cast up
and certify all the votes polled in said
county or city, to the office of the Secre
tam of the Commonwealth, at Harris
burg, directed and transmitted in the
same manner as the votes for Governor
are required to be directed and trans
mitted ; and the said Secretary shall,
on the third Friday of January next
ensuing, communicate the said returns
to the Legislature, to be opened and '
t °tuned in the same manner as the votes
lot Governor are opt nett and wane d :
and considered as
~ the prayer of the
-- vot:•rs of this Comtnonweath relative to a
prohibitory liquor law.
3. That all election laws of the
State prescribing the hour of opening,
and closing the polls, the reception cf
totes, the punishment for illegal voting,
the deft- lying the experts( s of publica
lien and holding the general elections,
and return of the same, and all other
matters ipeident thereto, be, and the
- same :1727! -- - 4 erid applicable to the
election Thove authorized.
§ 4. That it shall be the duty of the
sheriffs of the several counties of this
Commonwealth, to insert a copy of this
act in the proclamation for the general
elections to be held on the second Tues
day of October next.
It
was adopted in the Senate 22 to 7
as follows:
YEAS. — Messrs. Barnes, Crabb, Dar
lington, Ferguson. Foulkrod, Frick,
Hamilton, 13. D. Hamlin. E. W. Hain
i -
Elendricks. Jamison, Kinzer, Kun
ket. WClintock, M'Farland, Jildlinger,
Platt, price. Quiggle, Skinner, Slifer,
and 1 1'he5,,.._22 .
tN A r s . --1111, srs. Buckalew, Ctesswell,
Wcf,iuodinan, Mlldeman, .Sliest-sr, and
And'• Speaker
. follows: 'he House 60 to 30, as
.YEAs.—Me s
Ball, Barton, 11.%Abraltam, Atherton,
Carlisle, Chamberlii4gham, Caldwell,
Cummini, Daugherty, — ook, Crane,
France:Dunning, Eldred, I..c;an, De '
'Foster, Gallentine, Gibboney,Evans,
Hamilton, Ilart, Iliestand,
Hummel, Hunt, Jackman, Kilgore, Lott
rep, (Tiuga.) Linn, Alagee, Maguire
Nanderfield, ,
Miller, Monaghan, Montgomery, Moore,
Moser, Muse, Parke, Parmlee, Passmore,
Patterson, Porter, Poulson, Putney,
Rawlins, Roberts, Scott, Smith, (Craw
ford,) Strong. Zeigler, and Chase, Speak
er. —CO
Nays.—Messrs. Adams, Beans Beyer,
Boyd, Bush, Byerly, Collins, Eckert,
Edinger, Fry, Gilmore, Gray, Groom,
Herr, Hippie, Horn, Hunsecker, Hunter,
Johnson, Knight, Laury, (Lehigh,)
Palmer, Rowe, Salladn, Sidle, Simon
ton, Smith, (Berks.,) Stockdale, Stru
thers, Wheeler, Wicktien, Wilson, and
Wright, -33.
TILE FOOLS ARE. NOT LL DEAD YET.
—On Friday night last, the Ohio Leg
islature passed a bill prohibiting the
circulation of foreign bank notes within
theState' of a less denomination than
$lO. We thought such insane legisla
tion belonged to Pennsylvania—but it
teems we were mistaken.—Olcan Jour.
131; 0 * , . It would be a noble improve
ment, or rather a recovery of what we
call good breeding, if nothiit were to
pass amongst us for agreeable which
was the least transgression against that
rule of life called decorum, or a regard
to decency."
The Turkish bulletins speak of the
allies of the Sultan. The _Russian bul
letins ore made up of the lies of the Czar.
THE PEOPLE'S- JOURNALS
0.1:11AN:si,
r.nrrorts
EDWIN HASKELL, )
FIDEL/n TO THE PEOPLE
COUDERSPOUT, PUIDAY,
I,.'ree Democratic State Cony
tiozi.
Resolved, That a Convention of the Free
Demormey of Pennsylvania, Mr Melton/ iria
tion of a State ticket. and for promoting the
orcanization of the Tarty, be,
zold is hereby
called, to meet in ,Pittsiturg, WEDNESDAY,
MAY 24th, next, at 12 o'clock 111.; and that
Free Democrats are requested to meet. in
their rtspectivecounties and appoint delegates,
0 ,
and likewise Ti, mte • -1 geticiaVy us individ
uals, especiany fro - _lose counties iu which
no appointing. time ;-- Anil be held.
By the Free Dent 'vatic State Central Com
mittee.
WM. B. THONIAS. Chairman.
C. B. JUNES, Secri:tary.
Aray 1. 185-1. .
We asic attention to the Act of
Assembly, in nnother column, restrict
ing the amountof road tax in this County.
Er" There will be an important prop
osition made to Eulalia Division to mor
row evening, and %% . -e make a special re
quest that all the members will attend.
UP' Our friends in the Northwestern
part of the County are preparing to cel
ebrate the corning anniversary of our
Nation's birth day in a spirited manner.
They have secured for their speaker
Orlando Lund, Esq., of Ithaca, the tal
ented Editor of the Templar and Watch
man, and one of :he best Temperance
speakers we ever listened to:
We give another extract on the
4th page of this week's paper. from the
great speech of Col. Benton. Those
who read the extract in our last, will
not fail to read this one. Those who
did not read the one last week, wilt be
sure to look up the paper if _they will
read what old Bullion says . about "squat
ter sovereignty," the
_pet of sham De
mocracy.
ri? We call attention to the pro
ceedings of the Democratic A nti-Nebras
ha of Bradford County.
This is the most important meeting
yet held in this State, since the Doug
tAS flautl
If if shall be properly responded to, it
will revolutionize the State. .
r 7 With the present number the
Journal enters upon its seventh volume.
And es the subscription of some of our
patrons expires with the commencement
of the new volume, we take this oppor
tunity to erend our 'in friendship to
to you, who may not- see fit to go
with us another year, and express our
heartfelt gratitude 'for the kind -indul
gence shown us when we have erred,
and the strength your approbation has•
lent us when in the right, and regret that
friends must part. To those who are
with us for another year, we can only
say, with your aid we will, as ever, do
our best for the cause - of Right, Tem
perance, and Freedom.
''There will be divine service at
the Presbyterian Church, in this place,
next Sabbath, at half-pasj ten o'clock,
A. M. Preaching by the Rev. Mr.
IlvnE, of Corning, N. Y.
fa' Tully says, "virtue and 'decency
are so nearly related, that it is difficult
to separate them from each other but in
imagfination."-
The Centralized Power,
Our friend of the West Chester Her
.
1, 1 has an excellent article on this sub
mina' which we make the following
alt; this bemocracy ?
to be more dt&t: to say that there appears
practical, not et to freedom from. the
. 1
Lion of power, undi:ptional, centralize- .
federal jurisdi c ti on , thouspices of the
trine of State rights. `Kam the doc
win has had its growth in cuwtraliza- - 1
management, and they are the ott- z and
of the present political parties., I
speak of nominations by the people.
Why, the Presidents are all manufac
tured at Washington, and the Governors
at the State 4apitali ! It is in these,
places that party opinion, too, is manu
factured, in order that the party may be
kept a unit, and its doctrines be uniform.
Here all differences are adjusted, and
finally healed—measures devised ) and
enforced—policy discusied. and . defined.
Washington, consequently, Is the seat
of the great centralized powerof party.
The operating force of the party holding
the reins of government, always consists
of the President and his Cabinet, cer
tain members of Congress, and the De
partments, some select newspaper cor
respondents, loafing speculators, and
last, though not least," the editors of
the administration press. This odious
and irresponsible Oligarchy, fastens
itself upon the country, dictates its
opinions, and without caring for, or
consulting the , real interests of the peo
ple, springs upon them courses of policy
at its pleasure,
The Fruits of Slavery.
"One swallow does not make sum
mer," nor does one Independent press,
on the borders of the Slave States, prove
that freedom of speech is tolerated, ur
the press free from a hateful and op
pressive censorship.
Our readers hare been informed that
Dr. Snodgrass of Maryland, John G.
Fee and C. M. Clay_ of Kentucky, P.P.
Blair, Jr., and Thomas Hart Benton of
Missouri, with one or two others of less
note, have for years braved the powe'rs
of slavery and discussed the peculiar
institution as freely and as often as they
chose. But they are men whom no
tyrants can awe into submission, and
they have spoken fearlessly and freely
for the same reason that Luther did,
because no power can prevent it.
There ate also
.three or four news
papers in the Slave States, that are so
far_ imbued with the spirit of Jefferson
and Pinckney, as' to write and publish.'
what they think duty requires on- all
subjects, slavery not excepted. To
those brave, and true men, we would.
tender the homage due to greatness and
genuine nobility. Among the editors
in the South who have , called down the
vengeance of the whole pack of the
slavery Propaganda, for his fearless
independence, is J. E . : Wharton, editor
of the. Wheeling Gazette. On reading
his paper of May 4th we find additional
evidence that " throughout the Slave
• States the press is muzzled, and free-
dom of speech is denied."
Bear in mind that all that the Gazelle
did was to oppose the Dotiglas fraud,
and the extension of slavery. If a
paper may not say that much about
slavery, without bringing down all the
power of the slave hordes to crush it,
then surely there is no freedom of the
press at the South. The Gazelle op.
posed the • Douglas fraud, and for this
an indignation meeting was called, and
a great effort made to pass resolutions of
censure. They failed—whereupon the
Richmond Inquirer comes to the rescue
of slavery—says that "from its proxim
ity to Ohio, Wheeling has been in some
I/3 Lid, ~.,.! t itog i ou or
unsound . sentiment." That is the rea
son why the meeting refused to condemn
the utterance of so terrible a treason to
the South. The Inquirer proceeds to
describe the meeting as insignificant—
made up of abolitionists, Maine • Law
men, and Greeleyites, and adds, " insig
nificant as it was, still this meeting
could not have taken place in any other
part of lirginia." The -italics are our
own. That is, there is nn other place
in • Virginia where, a newspaper would
be permitted to discuss the question of
slavery. If it did, an 'indignation meet
ing would be held and notice given to
the Editor to leave with his press, and
unless he would defend it al the risk of
his life, as C. M. Clay did in Kentucky,
the Editor and his free press would be
"crushed out." Such is the legitimate'
influence of slavery. It has always
borne just such fruit, and it always will,
because it is founded in robbing, and
oppression, and " the man must be a
prodigy" who can withstand its corrupt
ing influence,
The question now presented to the
American people, is, Shall this compting
and oppressive tyranny, which muzzles
the press, puts a padlock on the-lips,
shackles commerce, prevents the estab
lishment of common schools, degrades
labor, embitters the family circle, and
denies to the oppreised class the rights
of the marriage relation, be extended
to the Nebraska Territory in violation of
a solemn compact made more than
thirty years ago, that it should never
go there ? That is the question which
is now to be answered. Those men in
this county who are willing that such a
curse should spread over our vast unoc
upied Territories, will of course con
"or ••e to vote with their old parties, and
'
- ory ; but those men who think
the pla t ,
enough, ant..
spot is already quite large
ruled this nOtiol the Slave Power has
quite enough, will
hereafter send parTy
will vote for no man fort a he—doen • and
vote or influence can be u-s')Ceel whose
d
and perperuate such a monstro us - .. ••=t exten em
of wrong and outrage..
We gave notice last week of a
very important change in the School
Law of this State. By this law it be
comes the duty of the School Directors
of this County to meet at the Court
House on MoNnar, Jutrg }WTI', and
elect A County. Superintendent, who will
hold his office for three years. This is
a very impOrtant duty, and we hope the
School Directors will see that it is dis
charged to the honor, and to the pros
-perity of tho Schools under their charge:
•
If this new law is faithfully executed
it will infuse new life and energy into
our - School system ; and the business Of
school teaching will soon rank s ,as it de
serves, among the learned professions.
But if it is not executed with the proper
energy and spirit, of course it will not
do anything for the cause.
Rum and Hunker Democracy.
We take great pleasure in acknowl
edging that there are a great many Tem
perance men who generally 'vote the
hunker ticket,—although this is not tru , z ,
of Potter county. In this county, as we
said two weeks ago, rum and hunkerism
have gone hand in hand, and free soil
men have been slandered 'simply be:
cause they were unflinching advocates
of Temperance. But now, when it is
found that no more capital can be made'
by an alliance with the liquor influence,
the allies of Slavery in this county have
thought it advisable to profess to-be in
favor of Temperance. Very good. We
hail this as a sign of progress. It shows
at least that public Opinion has silenced
all outward opposition to the good cause."
We have no doubt but it Will yet be
strong enough throughout the State to
accomplish the same glorious work.
But what is the fact in history in rela
tion to this matter ? Who favor, and who
oppose the Maine Law in Penniylvania ?
There are eight Free Democratic papers
in this State, every one of which is an
out-spoken advocate-of the Temperance
cause, and of the Maine Law. There
are seventy'eight Whig papers in the
State, only a-few of which oppose the
Maine Law ; quite a number of them
are indifferent on the subject ; but a
majority of them are out-spoken and
reliable advocates .of the 'Law. Not a
single leading Whig paper openly 015;.
poses the cause of Temperance, or the
Maine Law. There are ninety-sefen
Hunker Democratic papers in the State,
only a few of which support the
.Maine
Law. The Warren Ledger is the only
one With which we have the pleasure of
an exchange, but there are doubtless a
r—. thutuerent,
while a large majority,lncledingall the
.
leading hunker papers of the. Stele, are
active and determined opponents of the
Maine Law.
From Ibis it will naturally be inferred
that the chief opposition to the passage
of the prohibitory law comes from bun
ker democrats in the Leg,islattire; and
this inference is sustained by the record.
Of the sixteen Senators who voted against
the Law when it was defeated, twelve
were hunker democrats, and four were
hunker Whigs. Only five hunker dem ,
ocrats voted for the bill ; and this is
More in proportion than voted for it in
the Lower House.
Thus it will be seen that a large ma
jority of the party ,are is favor of- the
unrestricted sale of rum, and the creation
of drunkards. - Intemperance is no dis
qualification for office in this party, for
'nearly every one of its voters knew
that JAMES PORTER BRAWLEY was .
shameless bloat, and yet he received the
enthusiastic support of the Faithfuf, and
was elected by nearly a party vote.
If This state of things was
. peculiar to
Pennsylvania, we should not come to
the conclusion that rum and hunkerism
were necessarily united ; but we find
the same relation existing . in all the other
.States. WhaTlibject our 'opponents can
have for denying facts familiar to every
intelligent person, is more than we can
guess ; but from the recklessness with
I,whjch some of them have sought to
belie thier neighbors, and - eulog,iso slave
holders, we conclude tho poor working
men (" cattle ") are not held in much
:better respect for intelligence than the
unfortunate chattels they put their heels
on in the South. To all such we can
but say, You are welcome to any capital
that can be made out of the euetiment.
Support Your Own Mechanics,
No place .can prosper without Me
chanics. That is a truism which every
one assents to. And yet a good many
farmers will buy their tinware of a ped
lar rather than purchase of a man who has
commenced the business in their own
county, and who must therefore become
.
customer of the farmer, and whose in
t,
arts to a great extent are identical with
then..
We th "- this is very foolish, as well
as a very she '
sighted policy.
The same thins is true in relation to
the purchase of mat.,
other articles of
manufacture. For insta.,, e,
noticed a couple of Fanning we have
°ill pedlars,
very busy retailing their fore: b-•-made
mills in this neighborhood. Now, n
• •he
mill manufactured by one of our own
citizens is equally asgood, and is sold
foethe same price, we think it is clearly
the interest of the farmer to purChase of
their neighbor, who will use the money
to buy their produce, and in improving
the County, rather than to buy of .a stran
ger, who will take every dollar they pay
to him out of 'the County.
it is so long since we used the Fan
ning Mill, that we cannot pretend to be
a very good judge of the modern im
provements; but we are informed by
some of our bhst farmers that the mill
made by John Reckhow of this village,
i 3 far superior to those brought in for sale.
We hope, therefore, that no farmer
will buy of alpedlar until he has exam
ined the PreMium Mill •of Mr. Reck
how. If after examination, it is thought
advisable to purchase olzt pedlar, no one
will have any reason to complain ; but
if these foreign mills are purchased with
out an exairfination of those manufac•
turgid in our midst, we think the resident
mechanic is badly treated. •
We have more•to say on this subject
of supporting our own artsians and me
chanics ; but shall wait and see,if some
of our readers.will not drop us a few
lines, and so save us from growing tedi
ous.
The. Conspirators at Washing
ington have undertaken toforce.tbrough
the Nebraska Swindle, in defiance of
public sentiment; and in violation of
plighted faith. W rejoice that our
member, lion. James Gamble, stands
unseduced by official briVery, and faith
fully represents his constituents by op
posing the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. It is also a great pleasure to
see our old Member, Hon. C. B. Curtis,
nobly resisting the bland ishmeinnts of the
President'S Tools, and sustaining the
right. "We are in th'emidst of a rev
olution;" and. it is the duty of every
person to encourage the true men in
Congress,: to resist this attempted out
rage,. at all hazards. The following
dispatcheS to the N. F. Trib u ne. will
give our readers some idea of what is
going on
W PhsArcdc, ) May 1 P.
° There is now every probability that
the Idolise will continue in session until
Tuesday next, such is the determination
of the minority. On Tuesday the Pa
cific Railroad bill will come up as the
special order, and thus the Nebraska
•Bill will be thrown behind.
The Tribune's article of yesterday
has produced great excitement. There
is no prospect of adjournment, and -no
flinching ameng the. opponents of the
measure. Douglas is greatly enraged.
It is said: that there are forty men who
are pledged to vote ag,ainst:French Spoil
ations and all railroads, it Nebraska suc
ceeds. Threats are made to read the
Tribune in the House. Hope this may
be done.. The treaty with Switzerland,
is opposed because d 1 the article per
mitting unnatumlized foreigners to ac
quire and hold real estate. That pro
vision will be stricken out. The anath
emas against the Tribune don:t alarm
us at this end. The House probably ,
will sit till Tuesday.
LUIST DISPATcII.
WASIHNOTON, Friday, May 12, 1854.
Twelve O'clock.—The House has
been in session twenty-three hours and
will sirtill Ttiesday at least without ad
journment. When Olds attempted to
limit debate and' Richardson to close it;
the fire of the;North was aroused. Even
Walley, Haven and others came prompt
ly to the side of Campbell and Matteson,
and 'gave up rest and food. Maurice,
011iver,. Edgarton, Peck, and Wheeler
grew true as steel, so are Cullman, Bagg,
Etheridge, Hunt and Taylor.
SECOND DISPATCH
Twelve and a half o'clock P. M.—
The Anti-Nebraskaits have divided into
platoons of about thirty each. ;
Every platdon is to be on duty a spe
cified number of hours, and then be re
lieved b 7 others. Calling the Yeas and
Nays is more refreshing to the oppo
nents of the iniquity than thrilling
speeches.
Desperate diseases require and justify
desperate remedies.
THIRD DISPATCIP
Two o'clock P. M.
" The Speaker has just ruled that to
to-day . is Thursday legislatively, and
will remain Thursday until adjournment.
This is an important decision.
FIFTU DISPATCH.
Ten and three-quarters o'clock P.M.
—Messrs. Cutting ( Wheeler, Maurice
and Peckham, are about publishing an
address to their constituents, explaining
their opposiiion,to the Nebraska iniqui
ty. Mr. Wheeler has been entreated
and threatened by the New York Ne
braskaites, but he remains firm and in
corruptible. The House is piously en
gaged in obeying scriptural command,—
Yea, Yea, and Nay, Nay.
SIXTH DISPATCH
Eleven : and a-half o'clock P. M.—.
The . House.is still in session. The ex
citernent is increasing, and Senators
crowd the House.
SEVENTH DISPATCH.
half-past eleocn o'clock, Mr.. Ric
hardson announced that the Nebraskites
.yielded, and moved an adjournment.—
Intense excitementtimmediately ensued.
t Mr. Hunt of Louisiana i - appealed ear
nestly for fin adjournnotnt until Monday,
to allow time for reflection and pacifica
tion. Mr. Cullom of Tenheme, elo
quently advocated the proposition. Mr.
Richardson expressed Mast ;concilatory
sentiments. Mr. Stephens of Georgia,
said Mr. Hunt could give no guarantee
for the good faith of the faction °posed
to business, and went on to denounce
with severity the New York call for a
meeting. Mr. Giddings said, with ye;
hemence, that if stump-speaking was to
go on. he would take a hand in it, and his
remarks added greatly to the excitement.
Mr. Seward of Georgia, moved an ad
journment until Monday, to which Mr.
Campbell of Ohio, protested . with great
excitement of manner, .and said that he
would resist the motion to the bitter end.
Mr. Edmonson of Virg inia then- ad'•
vanced upon Mr. Campbell, attempting
to throw ofF his coat,and fiercely declared
that he would have the fight now. Mr.
Campbell stood prepared for the con
flict. Loud cries Id " Order," " Ser
geant-at-Arms," arose from all ports of
the [-louse. Gov. Akin, Col Reitt, Mr.
Dean, and many more interfered, and
some seized Edmondson and some Camp
bdl. The Sergeant-at-Arms rushed for
ward with-his mace, with a hundred
voices exclaiming " Order," " Fight out
of doori," &c. Edmonson was with
drawn by his friends.' Judge • Douglas
was in the midst of the fray. At length',
after the restoration of comparative calm,
the adjournment was carried with wild
shouts, statrilting and rapping of desks,
Mr. E , lmonson had previously a' .very
Severe difficulty with Mr. Wentworth,
who tvai forced to retire from the halt.
Wilat Freedom Does.
We give elsewhere in this number of
the Joural, an article in relation to the
influence of Slavery. ..We'proPose now
to show per contra, the influence of
Freedom.
We find this already ably done for us
by , the Wheding Vazdte; a paper that
is doing more for. Virginia .than all the
slave breeders within her borders.
In reply to the ,bitter and',sianderous
attacks of the Slavery press the Gazelle,
in vindication of its course, among other
good things, makes the, follm - ving culrn
but* telling statement:
The slave-holders, looking upon the
laboring class as they do, tend to depress
them. and fare© them into . the position in
which they• consider them. The corne
t quence of this fact is the necessary wi
dening of the breach-between the em
ployer and employed, until slavery is
rooted out by the inroads of the great
productive dlass . from. the north who
seek a home wherever' there is an ad
vantage to be found and good to be done
These are reared do the observance of
Certain. principles, which make them
look with calm contempt on the sneers
the idle cast upon labor,*and cvafk iu the
path of duty with a trend as firrii — ind .
fearless as the e.igle soars over the-ocean
or the.crag. They are undaunted and
though humble and meek, they move
forward as the earth moveson its annual
revolutions. They are not seen or heard
brawling at corners ; but they are in
their workshops, the mind is there—it is
stiil, but it is irresistible. It goes on
bringing forth ores from the bowels of the
earth, and the fruits from its surface, un
der it the forest blossoms as the rose,
steam is wielded in its hand, railroads
pierce the mountains and fill yp • the
valleys. School houses and churches
rise, and imortal mind and joys overtop
even the pleasure of improving .the
physical. Yet it rarely speaks in any
other voice than that of practital pro
gress; but when it does speak it is' like
the trumpet of battle. It spoke in
Wheeling when the Legislators of this
state dared t 7 denounce temperance as a
" Northern fatiaticism." It spoke and
its voice will 1:e heard ringing for
for ages as is the voice of the prophet of
old. It is now speaking in Louisville,
to a bar and jury that was so ptissillani T
mous and criminal as to acquit a mur
derer of his crime—a crime the. proba
ble effect of the aristocracy of slavery
and the pride of birth and position to
which it gives rise—because the mur
derer was wealthy and his fainily con- •
nections. It speaks in a tone that will
be .heard forever ringing in the ears of
the murderer and his preservers. It
may even - lead to a-violation of law on
the part of a goaded, a cheated and an
outraged people ; but the violation will
not be asdeep a scab to our. republican
institutions as was the act of the jury
who weakly and basely acquitted Ward.
That voice is now heard in Missouri and
Kentucky in denunciation of the fraud
of the Nebraska bill, and it shakes the
earth like the tread of a herd of Buffers
on the praries. There is no abolition m
it, or about it ; bin it tells the great truth
that slivery is an evil to the people
among which it exists, that it impover,
ishes while it makes proud and arrogant
the holder, that it creates an anti-repub
lican feeling and state of society, that
colonization by individuals - is west:, by
societies WISER, arid by states wtsEsr,
until man shall be free from the incubus; ,
never more to know it. .
Is it not a fact that no man attempts
to sustain the institution by reason ; be
cause he finds there no chance to do so.
and yet the Richmond inquirer says that
its merits as an institution have recently
been disdovered. It does-not tell us
what the . ) , are.
We would especially call the reader's
solemn and earnest attention toone•thing
in the above that can never be forgotten.
The paper regards the protestant RE
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