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been repealed in 1854.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.'
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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
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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."
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