THEl'EdittS JOURNAL JKO. S. MANN; EDWIN HASKELL, 1E1)17'014, rincuTY TO THE PEOPIX.. COUUERSPUHT, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1834 Er We owe our reades an apology for our late appearance this week, which is owing to our donning a com plete new dress. Our improved ap pearance and the additional reading it enables us to give, will, we hope, compensate for our tardiness. Or THE Nebraska bill has passed. The South is again triumphant. The territory our fathers consecrated to freedom is opened to slavery. The Freemen of the North have been be trayed, yet they are not blameless.— They set the example of submission to the diction of the Slave Power ; land how could they expect bui that unprincipled politicians would make such tameness a plea for utter betrayal. Had the passage of the infamous fugi tive slave law of 1850, been received with a becoming spirit of resistance, instead of meek acquiescence, the Compromise of 1820 would not have been repealed in 1854. The Slav Power would not now be urging on 'the nation to war for the acquisition of still more slave territory, or far pre -venting a foreign pourer from abolish-, lug slavery on the .coveted island of `Cuba. We rejoice at the indications shown ,Iloy the Northern and Western presses, 'that the people aro awakening to a .eonecionsness of the fatal error cf ,yielding to the aggressive measures of the Slavery Propaganda. Already 'male tekd is writen on the political -destiny of every traitor from the free States, who has been instrumental in the repeal of the Missouri Compro mise. As sure as effect follows cause, ' the continued bad faith andn n warrant -able aggression of the South, will raise up a spirit of resistance that will sweep away every vestige of Compromises or agreements whatever that implicates the North in the to C o_ a nvary. and place her in the only consistent posi tion she can occupy—unyielding oppo sition to the admission of another foot of slave territory into the Union, whether it come from North or South ....opposition to any war for the main tainance of Slavery in Cuba, or the acquisition by the United States of the Island- If the South , wishes _to go out of the Union because of the self-defence of the North, the door will be open. Bettor that disunion should come tomorrow, than for the North to submit to the further aggran dizement of the Slave Power. But there is no danger of such a result. The continued success of the Slave Power in overriding the rights of the free States, has led it to regard the freemen of the North as only capable of servile submission. When once convinced of the contrary, the lofty, domineering tone assumed by the chivalry would give place to modera-' Lion and a becoming deportment : for the South well knows that the disso lution of the. Union would give a death blow to slavery. Rut while she can frighten the timid North with Bum combo she will do it. The South sounds the notes of repeal —the Noith will take up, and echo them with thunder tones through the land as long as there remains in force an agreement binding her to the inaintainance and support of slavery. The . struggle 'must of necessity be fierce: men accustomed to ru'e3 slaves will illy brook the control of freemen; but Justice and Humanity will have their due. M• The letter of Rev. P. Coossna, in another column, will show the po sition which that gentleman occupies on the slavery question. As we have no disposition to make war on our friends, we let it pass with the single remark, that the continuance of slave bolding for gain in the Methodist Church, in spite of the discipline, is conclusive evidence to our mind of the necessity of the change proposed by the Troy Conference, and that a vote against said change is a vote to con tinue slaveholding in the Church. We do not see how a mere declaration. of hatred of slavery is to be received against such vital action in its favor. 'Would Mr. Coombe accept mere professions of opposition to the Liquor *tate, is the face of a . .vote to con- For instance, the case of lion. Eli K. Price. HOE. BAUD 1'02114 ' It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of the Free Demol6tic State 'Convention, that this gentleman has been placed in nomination as a candidate for Governor.. We feel particlarly .gratified with this nomination. Mr. Potts has proved himself capable of discharging the duties of any place to which he may be called. He entered public life at a very early age, being called by the people of Chester county to represent them in the Legislature of the State for three yearkt•irom 1827 to 1830. In the fall of the latter year he was elected to Congress, and was reelected three times, a distinction which few Pennsylvanians secure. Always.a. re liable opponent of slavery, when he found his party (Whig) subjected to . the control of the hateful oligarchy, he at once abandoned it, and has for years been a zealous advocate of the party of freedom. Modest and unas suming, be has made less noise than many others, but his services in the good cease, have been surpassed but by few. The best thing that can be said of a man is, that all good men who are his intimate adquaintances, admire and respect him ; and this is the high com pliment paid to the Hon. David Potts of Chester county, by those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. re The proceedings of the Free Democratic State Convention are pub lished in another column as they ap pearediu the Dispatch. This is not the official report, which we could not pro cure for this paper, and prefer not to wait. The Convention, though called on a very short notice, was better attended than the last one, and the spirit of all present was one of hopeful and determined opposition to the hateful institution of SlaVery. • We hope this is the last State Convention that we .shall call at so - tare — an hour. We must have a setter notice of our meetings, must make more effort, sac rifite more and do more. We can jLlat ao men clot:alas •rok. row., year as to be wasting precious time on the stand still policy. Will our friends in Pittsburg wake up, or must those who have no means, and who labor under great disadvantages in every way, take the lead in redeem ing the State. T rtatrENCE Or STAVEOY. Northern doughfaces, and the siaveholders among us, are constantly harping on the hard words and incendiary efforts of the Aboli tionists; but they are very careul to withhold as much as possible all knowledge of the cor rupting influence of slavery from the people. The following extract from the Richmond Examiner, one of the most influential papers in the Old Dominion, will show the state of morals among the chivalry. That the opinions are not confined to Virginia, but are the fruit of slavery, is proved by the shooting of the schoolmaster Butler in Kentucky, and the league of slaveholders in that State to shield the murderer. Speaking of shooting schoolmasters, the Rioimond Ezaminer says: . • So odious are some of these "itinerant ig ramuses" to the South; so full of abolitionism and concealed incendiarism are many of this class; so full of guile, fraud, and deceit, that the deliberate shooting of one of them down, in the act of poisoning the minds of our slaves ' or our children, we think if ;regarded as homi cide at all, should always be deemed perfectly justifiable; and we imagine that the propriety of shooting_ an abolition schoolmaster, when caught tampering with our stares, has never been ques tioned by any intelligent Southern man. This we talcs to be the unwritten common law of the South, and we deem it advisable to promulgate the law, that it may be copied into all the Abo lition papers, thundered at by the three thou sand 'New-England preachers, and read with peculiar emphasis, and terrible upturning of eyes, by Garrison, at the next meeting of the anti-slavery party at Faneuil 'Hall. We re peat, that the shooting of itinerant abolition schoolmasters is frequently a creditable and laudable act, entitling a respectable southern man to, at least, a seat in the Legislature, or a place in the Common Council. Let all Yan kee schoolmasters who propose invading the South, endowed with a strong nasal twang, a long scriptural name, and Webster's lexico graphic book of abominations seek. iorne more congenial land, where their lives will be more secure than in the vile and "homicidal slave states." We shall be glad if the ravings of the abolition press about the Ward acquittal, shall hive this effect. Such ie the language of slavery, and the paop!e - of the North hive heretofore got down on their knees and begged these blustering tyr.mts not to be too hard on them; for they will be as pliant as their plantation slaves. We trust the day will come when Northern Free men will imitate the men who fell at Bunker Hill, and will make all despots feel that Ameri ca is a land of freedom and order, not of slavery and anarchy. Should the gross in sults and outrages now coming thick and fast from our southern masters, have a tendency to hasten this glorious day, we shall not regret them: . In the meantime, it will be interesting to note who it is in thie coortv that are constantly apologising for the slaykolders, and who have not one single manly word to say in itleferate of the principles for which the fathers of the Republic offered to sacrifice their all. per. hap. the rank and file of the old line demo cagy can be kept under the control of slave holders and their tools a year o> two, longer. Shouldn't wonder. They have shown a won derful powerof submission to most infamous outrages heretofore, and there is no , telling when they will conclude that it is better and• manlier to do their own thinking than to have some pimp of slavery do it for them. - But the symptoms are decidedly favorable. Quite a number are exceedingly uneasy under the galling yoke laid on them; . and every year a few of the bravest and best cat loose and act likeireemen—just as their better judgment dictates. When all shall de thii, the race of doughfaces will be extinct, and shooting schoo masters in the slave states will be a criminal offense. • TILE ECLIPSE. We had the pleasure, Friday, 26, tilt., of witnessing an annular eclipse of the sun, more remarkable than any that has occurred since the total eclipse nearly half a century ago. The moon at the time of the month the present eclipse,occuted being so far -from the earth as to appear smaller than the snn, occasioned only a partial elcipse. The effects of an annular eclipre Upon the earth and sky are far less' striking than that of a total eclipse, which are discribed as presenting a fearful appearance, as the shadow draws around the horizon and envelops the region of the earth on which it falls in impenatrable darkness. Our readers 'are probably aware that in a period of eighteen years, the Chaldeon period, or the lunar circle, eclipses go through an order of per formances, which, with slight vmtions, are repeated time and again. ut in the course of the changes which the varations undergo, old eclipses are dropped out and new ones take their place. The eclipse of the 266, first made its appearance about the thir teenth century, and will continue -to return until about 2200, when, having gradually passed the earth, it will con tinue to sweep by it for the period of more than two thousand years, before it will return. A like eclipse will not occur again during the life time of the present generation. Ittrii AND ItUNEER DEITOCRACY. We - have shown from th 6 record that .the liquor influence and the slavery influence go hand in hand. We will state another fact, which our readers will please make a note of. Every paper in thi; State, within our knowledge, that is opposed to the Maine Law, favored the passage of the Douglas fraud; and, per contra, every paper that is in favor of the Maine Law opposed the subjugation of Nebragka to the rule of slavery. There is another fact which points to the same conclusion. It is thus stated by the Norristown Olive Branch: " Our readers will remember 'that three weeks ago we published an act passed by the legislature, at the close of the session, pro vid,ng that no person shall sell beer, ale, por. •ter, or any other malt. liquor, without having_ obtained license in the same manner that licenses are obtained by the keepers crf iicensed taverns. In the absence of a prohibibitory law, each a law would have a salutary effect. The beer shops do undoubtedly more mis chief, in all towns and villages of any size throughout the country, Shan regularly li censed taverns. They are more numerous, and they are opened for. the sole purpose of selling heir vile trash to their neighbors, and hence most of them spare no exer.ions to entice the unwary in!ta their dens. The bill passed by a very large majority—many of the bitterest enemies of prohibi,ion voting for it; yerGov. Bigler has actually smothered the bill In his "breeches pocket"—that is, he has re. fused to sign it. Thus this measure, from which much good might be derived, is defeated by the Governor! The e'eciion is coming on, and he dare not venture to come in collisian with the lowest feature of the liquor traffic, lest he may lose their votes. Gov. Bigler has proved himself on every occasion, since his election to his high position, to be one of the most truckling, cowardly, and 'unscrupulous demagogues th It ever disgraced the Gubenal torial Chair of this state, and we trust that every viratous, independent man will remem ber him at the next October election." Our hunker friends, who iegard party as of more consequence than principles, will•very likely try to dodge the above item of proof, by asserting that Gov. BIGLER is a Free Saler ! ! Why not? Gov. BIGLER and Gov. SEYMOLTR are chips of the same block —both of them are the unscrupulous tools of slavery and the liquor inter est; and yet it is thought by the lead ers of patent democracy hereabouts, that the honest masses will be fooled with the silly lie that Seymour is a free seller! Bah! The man who. Can make such an assertion is not only recklesify dishonest, but hopelessly demented. Won PAPZw.-A plan for making paper from wood has been laid before a French scientific society. The design is to reduce light white woods such as poplar or willow, to thin shavings, which afer being soaked in water several days .are dried end ground to powder. They are then mixed with raga and manufactured in the ordinary manner. The experiment has been successfully tried. V ,, 4*I:7O):4I!IfVrij.TATIOA:II GREA. EXCITEMENT.' - • TICE NILTTAIIY =MOM OUT The Douglas fraud - is alieadybring fug forth fruit. An :attempt to exe cute the fugitive slave bill in Boston has produced a great excitement, and at this time, there is no telling when it will end. On a short notice Fan- . euil Hall was filled to overflowing, and the adoption of the following res olutions will show the feeling which the passage of the Nebraska bill has . already engendered : Resolved, That the people of Massachuseta having declared in the first article of the Con stitution that " all men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and inalienab:e rights," are solemnly bound to stand by, their declarations, by refusing to re cognize the existence of any manias a slave on the soil . of the old Bay State. Resolved, That the perfidious seizure of An thony Burns, in this city, on Wednesday eve ning last, on the lying pretense of having committed a crime against the laws of this state —his imprisonment as an alleged fugitive slave in the Court-House, under guard of certain slave-catching ruffins—find his con'emplated trial as a piece of property to-morrow morning —are outrages never to be sanctioned or tame ly submitted to. Resolved, That the time has come to declare and to demonstrate the fact that no slave-bunt er can carry his prey from the Commonwealth of Mas:chusetts. - Besolrcd, That in the language of A'gernon Sidney," that which is notjust i not law, end what is not law ought not to be disobeyed." Resolved, That leaving every . man to deer mine for himseif the mode of rems:ance, we are "united in the g:orious sentiment of our revo lutionary fa'hers—"ltesicance to tyrants obeillenee-to God." Resolved, That of all tyrants who have cursed the earth, they tre the most crue! and be /say who deny the na.ural righ's of a ni to his own body—of a faller to his own chi'd— of a husband to his own wife ! whose tratic is in human flesh and broken hearts; who defend chattle slavery as a divine instilution; and who declare it to be their unalterab'e purpose indefinite'y to extend and forever to rerpeat a'e their inferno! oppression. • Resolved, That the :ion h has • decreed, in the late passage of the Nebraska bill, that no tai his to be kept wi h freedom; so, in the nnne of the Living God, and on the part of the - North, we declare that henceforth and forever no compromises should be made with slavery. Rocdyed, That no.laing so we'l becomes Faneuil Ilan as the most de ermined resitance to a broody end overshadowing deapo.iom. Resolved, That it is the will of God that every man shortid be free; we will es God wills; God's will be be done! • Resolved, That no man's freedom is safe unless all are free. The following dispatches to the Cleveland Leader are ma_ indication of what k to come P . 13.21' 1/13ATC11. Berms, May 27. There was a furious attempt last night, to rescue the negro. The doors and windows were smashed in , and James Bache:dor, United As es Marshal, shot dead, and (as the Edi.or understood the report) Sprat)," an etheer, wounded. Polce main wined the building.— Two military companies were ordered ow, and the Mariners son: for. The former occu pied the Court !louse Square, and the Court House itsel,with the whole constabulary force, all fatly armed. SLcoID DISTATCII It is now 10 A. M., (Saturday mottling.) Er. ci ernent so grea., and popu'ar fee ing so three ening, that more Mariners, headed by Cap: Dulaney, from the Navy Yard, and a large body cf Unitid States trop - from fort ludepen. dence, under command of Co kideey, have arrived, and are szaioned in and around the Court House. The Boston Cadets, and the Boston Light Infimtry occupy the Hail. An around the :roops, are den.e ina&,cs of exci ed peop:e, r.nd the Square before the Court House, looks like one compac:body of moved and angry peopie. We are not informed of the result of this attempt to enforce the fugitive slave bill in Boston; but it i 3 evident that the North feel themselves absolVed from all obligations to run down fugi tive slaves for the South. . The following dispatch to the IN. Y. Tribune is significant. BOSTON, Monday, nay 29,1851-5 P. M. A petirion to Congress for the, repeal of the Fugi:ive Slave law was placed in the Exchange Reading room to day, and has already received a large number of signatures, embracing many well known merchants who in the case of the the fugitive Simmis, two or three years since, were among the most prominent and active upholders of the law. WOMAN'S BIGHTS A good-looking husband,•eight children, and a hsppy home. As these rights are easily ob tained, we hope the sisterhood will take them into consideration. This will pay better than holding offices, or siltingj on a jury.—Tioga Eagle. There is proof for you that the mass of women are deprived of their rights. Look at that. Is there one woman in fifty that has the very first one ? " A good-looking husband." I think there are precious few, although our author ity says - they are easily obtained.— He must be a Mormon and think it proper that every good-looking * man may have a good many wives. " Eight children !" Sometimes there is a great cry and hubbub because a wo man has one, and when that one is the only right .n. the above list, that, the the poor creature posseses. ' A hap ,py home:" To ensure every woman thbx, or even to make it possible to any great number, woman should have all her rights; a,nd as the Mormon plan cannot be carried out verywell:seeing so many are already Mated, 1 see no alternative but to improve the :hus bands. When all men are honorable, truthful, and amiable, it is probable they will be good-looking, and then every woman may have her rights. G, WHY ouritii wadi 33 vassal 111111i1E1 In . view' of Abe. present. state of things, the - 'Hatiolial Zni'naturally enough exclaims: At presentwe see no prkispect ; m Peansvt yania of associating the opponents of Nebraska' and slavery in a common movement wider one standard-bearer. God help the free States, for they seem to have lost the &Suit, of help ing themselves: We have done our best to briug about union of action among •the;op potient.3 of; Slavery, and shall la bor to• the same 'end still, athough the favorable time for such action has • gime by. . • The CleVelamt: Leader gives the Initsikirrg t erzrtte credit fur earnestly exhorting the Whigs of Allegheny " county to; make no party nomina tions for ceng:rStss;. but to call an " anti-Nebraska Convention, ambnom " irate witli a view of to uniting and concentrating the whole anti-Ncbras "ka sentiment of the district: It " recommends the same courie to the " other distriCts in the - State, and re grets that the same action cannot be "applied to the State ticket, which un fortunately is already in the field. It " cordially approves of the movement "going on in Ohio : for_ a State Con ventionthout distinction of pal ty." The abolie is wise counsel, and if .generally followed in the nomination :of Congressmen; and members of As sembly, Will secure - an anti-Nebraska Legislature, and redeem the State frt.to 'the control of:hunkesism. •We hope, therefore, that all Conventions here after called for the nomination of can didates, will be; People's Conrcntiens . , and will embraCe all opponents of the extension iof Slarery, without regard to their previous political Connections. It is madness to divide longer on ab stract ideas, an oligarchy of slaveholders, the ! country, and will soon " crush out " every semblance of Liberty, unle.:s Northern freemen unite in its defence. Why not call a'. PEOPLE'S STATE CON PENT/ON to meet in HartisbUrg in August nett, and ui•ge County Con ventions:. all over the State of like etaracter. - litieneral Latimer, Geo. Darise,-john W. Howe.,. David Wil mot, John M. Reed, John C. Kunkle, or other's of like stamp would call such a Convention, and recommend such County Conventions, we shon7d expect :to see poor bunker-riddtm II Pennsylvania redeemed from its de graded positiOn at once. But if some thing of the kind i.; not done we shall continue to be chained to the odion, carcass of Slavery. Corre4 otadetiee of the PEple's /canna • PHILADELPII/A. May IG, 1554. MR- .nrroßt A friend has handed me the Norristown Wire Branch of the IGth inst.; in which I find a quota tion from the Journal, containing e c *following: "A friend wriies, us that the Res. Pr Ist LI. Coosa; Chairman of Ihe State Temperance Corrthlittee, is a member of the Phi'adel'h:a Conference, and voted against the Troy Con ference reso:ution, and the:afore in favor of continuing in church-fellowship with thlo,e who Lay and sell human beiv,,s„far gain," • You• a...k the Express and Olive Branch' to "enlighten the public on the point." Being of age, I prefer to to answer for myself; not hating con stituted either of those papers the guardians of my sentimeal : I never voted—nor did any other menzher of the Conference--in favor of continuing in church fellowship with those who "buy and sell huMan beings for gain." The charge is false, s as every . one mu,t know who is acquainted with our rule of diScipline on the subject. We do not allow one meMber to buy and sell human beings "with an intention to enslave them,' ouch lass "for gain." The vote was on the . alteration of the wording of that ruleiso as to bring us in conflict with the laws of some of the States, and we all voted that it was inexpedient to make the change pro posed. .• ~4 4 e d now permit me to ask both you and your "friend," is it generous or manly—to say nothing of the pru deuci, of such a course—for a friend of the great cause in which we are en gaged to attempt to injure the influ ence of one occupying my position, - by representing him as the 'advocate and defender" of the sum, of all TE- Jainiesl If this is to be the treatment lan to receive froni the friends of or cause, 1 greatly prefer to fall into the ,hands of its enemies. If it do you and 'your friend any good to know it, I will inform you that the Rev. Pennell Coombe is as much op. posed to Slavery as either of you eau be. , Fight your enemies, and let your friends alone, ' P. CoostnE. corm?mrel. • The linuse finally par4..ed the N.. , brasier* _bill at. II o'clock cgs Monday night. It was_ discussed up to noon on Satttrday—those members not ob• tairiing the floor having leave to print their *speeches. Mr. Richardson made the closing speech for the zin. On Monday various atuendmants were proposed, amid much coaufusion,—the friends of the measure for the most part having it all their own wave The vote was as folrows- . —the minis was greeted with loud applause is iner galleries and on the floor, mingled with hi•i,ing Ysss-31 essrs. Abercrombie, James C. Al len, Willis Allen, Asire, Bai ep, of Georgia. Bailey, of Yirgnia, Barksdale, 8tevy„13.04.13..- cock, Halve, -Breckenridge, andgeit,Prooko, Cant hers:, Chastain, Chrisman, Cfatreftwelt, Clingman, Cobb, Colquit, Cox, Craig.", CUM.. ming, Ctark, Cutting, Davis, of Indiana, Daw. son, Di - ney, Dowde I, Dunbar, Dinhern, Fd4l , Ftimunson, Elliot, ofKentneky, EngUral,lrentk- 9 ner, Ftorencv, Goode, Greene, uressorsixl, Grey,Mimi:ton, Barris, of Alebamo, Hen (lnchs, Henn, 11.bli.rd, Hill , Ifillyer, If onsmer„ Inger-o: 1 , Jooe., of Tcnne.see, Jones, of Petinsy!vani June:, of Li., Kerr, KidsraP, Icor a, L.ll/e, L-ohlm, Lecher, Litly, Linitztv, vt :.farvtatl; 3lcDonatd, McDoctgel, 51cNr, 31avrri , 1 1 , May, ilfil'er,oft3f ot r 1511itter,_ Oliver, of 3f0., Pecker, Per. Powell, PrestetnAeditty, Reese, Rich irdson, Kidd*. Robbins, Roar, It II ai tr.V.l rcl, Sb.innon, !....'haw, Shower, Sin ge on, Smith of Tenn. , Smi• h, of Ala., Smyth. Sn - pilgrass, ofTenn., Stanton, of Ky., S'rRALI3. S.uart, of 'Mich., Taylor, ofNew York, TFeed, Vail, Vaistint, We'bridge, her, Warren, Wa'ph, weish„, of Wr; g h •, of Penn., Zollicket. fer. NAT.7--Mc:tris. Dei, Banks, Ile!oher, Den.....!1, Bruton, Pagg,Carotbo!!,,eargen :o r, 4ntl or, CI oc!..er, Cue.urry, Cur, is, our,. De:t7r, Pi' bit Dickinson, Drum. I..:a* min , ; clnitinlltt, Elliot, of :Afoot., El:i.on. I ;her.sigir, Everhart, Fzr Ey, Fenian, 1 . 11.!er. ti.,inh•e r ro n, of Off o, lin'en, of „buli..no w Ildrri-on, 1::.; 11:;vra', 11 eistoz. Ifughp., hunt , Jrhn . on, Jot:oral teredge. Knox, I,inds oy, (Aim., Lion, Me- Cti:!ough ; 31ace,•31at e.on, gleacharu. h; Mn,l:!so Morg .n, 31orrito., Murray, Nicha'r. Nebb'e, l'Cor:on, Oliver, of N. Y., P. ricer, l'eek, Peckham, Pennington, Perk.w, l'ring st, l'orycar, KBehie , Ro ger, Sapp, Sage, Seymour, Sturnon3, Sketon, s:mi. 14 of N. Y., Steveno, S.ralon, S,nar:, of Ohio, Tar!or, of Ohio, of 'roan., Thurston, 'fracy, Trout, 1.:l h ;nl, ‘Vade, Warev, NVa-hharn, of Alain*. Wa,blmrn. of li!., Vle!!1, Von vcor h, of W., NV on ‘c;:- h. of Mae:t., Yu thing 11:3 a. E nays, wi . h •P; abeen". hr ro!oica: cLarac'er of :he Bel is asta!yzed thus : li. W. D. W. D. W. iVabaroa, 7 V 0 0 0 0 Arkaniai, 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ca'ifornia, 1 0 0 0 0. . 0 Connee.icut,- 1 0 3 0 0 0 13e'levci,re. 1 0 0 0 0 0 F:orida, 1 0 0 -0 0. 0 Georgia, 5 0 0 0 2 0 3014 - 1 0 Indians, 7 0 2 1 1 0 lowa, 1. 0 0 0 0 - 1 lien.nekr, 5 3 0 0 0 1 I.o:ligLuil, 3 0 0 1 0 Maine, 1 0 .• 4 0 0 Man-Ian:I, 4 0 0 0 0. 2 11v;aetm3c.::,0 0 1 SP' 0 2 Mich:rtn, 2 0 2 0 0 0 '231 0 0 1 Mi.sissipri, 4 0 0 0 1 0 New JerFe%, 2 0 1 3 0 0 \or:hCiroiio 1 0 2 0 New Ilamp,bire,l 0 2' 0, 0. 0 New York, 0 0 12 /1.• J 1 Ohio, 4 0 7 • St -3 1 Penn , v!varti•ill 0 5 9 0 .0 Rhode 'Land, n 0 9 .8 0 0 tzoirtiez.rodtv.3 0 - 0 0 2 0 Tennetsee, 4 2 - 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 • 0 0 Vermont, 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 0 1 0 3 • 0 11 i , eon,;n, 0 0 .1 0 1 0 1.3 10 F_!r_ I LAS. 103 Dirmnera Free SoiSerc, LAW AND LAWYLEIL I I The New York Times, 4/fur 801316 el-ere remarks on the conduct of Matt. WP.rd's lawyers, holds the fob. lowing language respfcting the duty of ai nd7o)cate, whklr will apply ecpuilly as ycll in other latitudes : "Let him cxerci.;e his dexterity in guarding rnhappy client from in jtticrt and n: dice. Let him employ hi; brains t , the utmost in seeing him ' put r:ght before the jury. But is this any license t.r di tort ilia', to crucify jn tice, to cheat the law I If he labor tv 111.1 - c t',c ct iminal in it-poition to which the eN idlnlee does rut entitle he peijures own soul before God, and under co-.-cr of his profes— Pion,flutrag,o; every in-tioct of right, every sentinient of fluty, every intere,t or s v . , , t; every sanctity uf Whzu . ii it, in the name of humanity— what tc. it hrt making the Lawyfr - tat antagoni-t to the law! • Ti :erc i 3 as much of a moral/am:lto the efrorti of a lawyer as there is to any other relation of life. All Ae can, is not the rule. But all he ran ran scient'ously, jrtetly, lianaraLly in view of the fhcts, interests, circumstances of the occa. , i-,n.. Ills eloquence is amenable to the laws of all eloquence. His tact is subordinate to truth and goodness. His profession is setontlary to his agency and accountability u moral being. And. before God and man, if the ircsiyer as a lawyer•, uses his place and power to clear a guilty. wretch, he is as morally culpable as if he were to give him the facilities of escaping from a jail. Let the community wake up to the solemn significance of this event: If the spirit, that is now getting to be rife at the bar. is not boldly checked by public sentiment, the law will soon he a farce, and juries the-creatures of lawyers." Ilf ATI. ' MOUT 44 11 E 2 9 4. 0
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