VIE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
IMES
INC). S. MANN. n
nDITORS
EDWIN lIASKELL,
FIDELITT TO THE PEOPLE.
COUDERSPORT, FRIDAY, .11;NE 9, 1854
Er-F We have good news from Tioga
county. All' classes there are ready
to unite for the overthrow of the Slave
Pc i cr
The "Popular Sovereknty" of
the Nebraska Swindle is thoroughly
exposed on the first page by an ex
tract from the masterly speech of Sen
ator (:hale, made on the night of the
final passage of that monstrous bill.
1 : 7 :7" The Buffalo Jhjidblic says that
"the editor of the Richmond Exam
r k not a lunatic—be is only a \lr.
Onian." This, we suppoz , e, is the
tianie of an mrfrrarated form of the
di,ease. (Jr, is it only a dis
tinction without a difference?
The city of Philad - elphia has
Elib,cribed another million - of dollars
to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad; and
that great work will now be pushed
throiTh to cr,mpletion at the earliest
practirable period.
re - ' Fatin• Forester, widow of Dr.
.•
died at. Hamilton, Canada
t, on the first lust., of .consumption.
There NVill be a Temperance
meeting at the School House in Pleas
;lot Valley on Saturday, the 17th day
ut J tvle• at o'clock P. M. Ad
drer., li Joho Mann atal other
(fiend-, of . the came.
2:!? We arc• requested to Hire-notice
tintt there will he a meeting at the
ri l School Huns• in - Roulette 011 Sun
da•. the 15th day of June, at 2 o'clock
P. M.. to promote the cause of Tern
perance. There \ 611 be speaking and
AI ❑ gI il,r
E';;' There have been no licenses to
:4:11 liquor granted in this count• for
to arc than two years. Thorn is not a
pauper in the cuunty, and no prisoner
in the jail. Further comment is mu-
=
117 . Vent- Dintocnvrtc.—The
re
elm; Indiana State Democratic Con
vention passed resolutions, 421 to 13,
fully endorsing the Neirin;ka Bill and
the National administration, and rrpu
l;rttips llrrprvhil itory liquor 1«w.
A SAD ACCIDENT-,R
_I7IN SHOT
Where is the Law to Prevent Shooting in this
Earottgh I
About half-past o'clock this
morning, by the carelessness of a boy
AIM/ling at doves, in a field back of
Dr. French's, a young man by the
name of 0. R. Webb, in the employ
of Mr. Eli Rees, of this Borough, was
I:evenely if not mortally shot in the
left side just below the ribs. Mr.
Webb, at the time of the accident, was
at work framing a building oppOsite
the old tannery, and the boy firing the
gun, some twenty-fbur or five rods
distant from him. The ball passed
through a pine board an inch thick,
some Pix or seven rods from where
Mr. Webb sat at. work. He was helped
to a house close by, and the wound
examined, when it was thought advis
able to remove him to Mr. Rees's,
where he now is. The extent of the
injury done by the ball had not been
wcertained when we left ; but there
can be but little hopes of his lifo be-
ing saved.
We hope that immediate measures
will be taken to enforce the law v against
shooting in this Borough. No man
is safe from being shot down, while
carless and thoughtless persons are
allowed to shoot where they are liable
at any moment to hit some one in the
in the rtreet or at his work.
The Rising Storm.
The following dispatch to the New-
York Tribune i t s4,rnificant
31r. Mace, R epresentative from Indiana, has
returned, and brings the cheering intelligence
that the Nebraska iniquity is condemned by a ll
panics in that state. At immense meeting %
held at layfayette and Indianapolis, Mr. Mace
received loud applause, white the groans for
PETIT were terrine. A state convention, com
posed of all parties in the state, 'convenes in
July to take steps to demand and carry repeal.
Jrlris believed the Union Repeaters are complete
and the state will go overwhelmingly in favor
of a restoration of the Missouri Compromise.
Mr. MAC, it a Bunker Democrat, He op
posed the Wilmot Proviso. and supported the
rompremiso of 1/350, but is irreconcilably op
famed to the Nebraska iniquity.
Thfl thllosving extract from a Wash
;rt-zteoti toter to the same paper, is still
hyrr eilifFlP,,lnf,f
/A. , * * Trim' tl67l4ftat frog juxt returned from
Aryl hearty, and denonne
ing the Nebraska bill, the repeal of 'the Mis
somi Compromise, and the general debility
and stupidity of this Administration. He .- , ys
the people of th e South care nothing for
and that it is the worst thing for the South
which has ever transpired since the Union
was fast formed. The President sent for him,
but he refused to go, sending word that the
President could see him by calling at his room.
If General Houston will declare his
independence of the demociatic party,
and come out for the abolition of
slavery in Texas, he will make him
self the greatest man of his age, and
will be elected President of the United
States by a larger majority than has
yet been given to any . -one for that
office.
COMM
Some twenty-four or five of the
School Directors of this County, met
here on Monday last, agreeable to the
new -school law, and organized by
calling Nelson Clark to the Chair, and
electing jno. M. Hamilton, Secretary.
The salary of the superintendent was
then fixed at • $3OO per annum, and
on the third ballot, Joseph Blooming
dale was duly elected to fill the office
for three yearS. We have frequent
ly expressed our opinions of Mr.
Bloomingdale's qualifiCations as a
Teacher. We think he lies no equal
in the County ; and that he might do
more for common schools than any
other person named for the office of
Superintendent. But in order to do
this, he will be obliged to neglect the
Academy, which he has by great indus
try and application thouroughly organ
ized, and placed in a condition to be
come prosperous. We, therefore,
think the Directors made a blunder in
selecting him; but the choice being
made, it is difficult to say what is his
duty in the matter. We believe be
will do whatever his better judgment
may dictate ; and we will sustain him
in his decision to the best of our abil-
A resolution was adopted, calling
an educational meeting for Tuesday
evening of next Court ; at which time
it is expected the Superintendent will
ropint progress, and the state of the
Schools, It is also expected that an
address will be delivered by some
prominent friend of the good cause ;
and a Committee of three were ip
pointed to see that these expectations
shall be realized. The Committee
have already entered on the duties of
their appointment; and if the people
generally will give a little attention to
the subject, the County of Potter will
soon be as noted for its zeal in the
cause of education, as it is now for its
progress in temperance and good
order,
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We have long been of opinion that
the .caucus system as practiced in this
country was a nuisance, and have
Brine our best to break it up. We
inculcate the duty of each voter to
cast big ballot as his judgement shall
dictate, without regard to nominations,
and *e hold that no person should be
voted for because he is nominated, but
bectuso of his qualifications for the
office.
. We are glad to find these views are
entertained by a large number of inde
pendent men. In fact, party trammels
aro becdming so odious, that we be
lieve independent political action will
soon be the order of the day.
The Independent Press of Williams
port is manfully vindicating its title to
respect and confidence, by Allowing
the folly of being the slave of party.
The fidloWing extract froth the
Press of May 20, •is a sign . of a better
day coming:
How much bettor would it. be if the
mass would throw aside their foolish
prejudices, and select for every sta
tion. men of undoubted fitness and in=
tegrity. Among, the many organiza
tions of the present day, there era
some of more recent birth, whose
distinctive principles are really tan
gible .and deservedly popdlar. We
fancy it would be an easy matter for
those who represent these principles,
to find a common bond of union, and
so to act in concert as to secure-in the
coming contest, their united strength,
and gain valuable accessions from both
the old and corrupt political organiza
tions. Believing the plan is - feasible
-we have started the suggestion, and
shall pursue it at our leisure.
TILE TEN GOVERNORS AGAINST PER
unm.—Judge Woodruff, of the Com
mon Pleas, has decided against "Per
ham's Gift Enterprise." -
rirGiunAm for .Tune is received;
and as usual is brim full of nice and
choice things.
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The Slate Power has complete . co' n
trol of the National Government.—
. e rights of the -States, which used
to be thought of some importance, are
ignored. United States troops take
_possession of Northern Court Houses
with as little ceremony as the most
despotic tyrant across the water would
use in the same kind of usurpation.
Says the Boston Commoincealth :
Mr. Samuel May, Jr., in attempting to enter
the Court House, Tuesday, was stopped by
eight or ten United States soldiers, and on
producing his pass,. signed. by Watson Free
man, the Fniied States Marshal, was still
denied. While debating with himself on the
best course to pursue, Mr. Albert G. Browne.
of Salem, came in with a pass, and on at
tempting to go up stairs. was seized by the
police. Mr. Browne made a vigorous and
manly resistance, but-was overborne and
pushed down stairs. At this stage; a detach
ment of U. S. troops charged upon Messrs.
May, BroWne, and other peaceable bystanders,'
and DROVE THEM OUT .OF THE COURT HOUSE
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET.
, ENT. '
If . this gross outrage does not lead
to the forcililc -expulsion of United.
States troops from Massachusetts, then
it is because the blood of those who
consigned a cargo of taxed tea to the
Boston harbor has become extinct.
But in this country there is no neces
sity of resorting to force for a redress
of grievances. If the people will only
go to the polls • and vote as they frel;
the power which is insulting them on
every= occasion, converting their Court
Houses into slave pens, and trampling
all the guarantees of freedom under
foot, will be overthrown at the first
election.'
There is a strong desire on the part
of the masses to break away from the
old organizations, and fonil a great
party of Freedom, for the overthrow
of the unprincipled oligarchy which
seeks to make slaves of us all. Shall
this party of Freedom be nowformed ?
is the question. In Ohio, the work of
•uniting all haters of oppression into
one great party, is nearly completed,
.and a People's Convention is called to
meet July 13 to consummate the glo
rious work. Sliall this be done in
Pennsylvania? The Lancaster Whig
answers the question as follows:
What shall ho dime' to drive - back slavery
and maintain freedom in her present precart
-005 possessions 1 We can see no hope in the
present organization of parties. The only
chance of successthl re istance to despotism
seems to tis to be in the immediate organiza
tion -of a Northern Party. Slavery has or
ganized a Southern party. It. is idle to talk
now of National parties. They tie longer
-exist. The Whig party of the South is as
hostile to the Whig party of the North, as the
Democrots are. The itlole South unite with
false democracy to oppo-e Northern Whigs
who stood up for freedom. Cannot a Con
vention of free states be held to consult, to
organize, and to conquer slaVeryl. Let the
leading men of the free states think and act,
.and not be deterred by the cry.of " sectiowd"
parties. It must cause to this, or all must be
slaves.
• The PcnnsylraniaFrecman pays
the following tribute to our candidate
fur Governor: •
David Potts, Jr., besides being a man of en
lightened mind and sound judgment on other
subject.:, holding deservedly a high position in
the estimation of all who know him, has been,
from the beginning of our enterprise, an un
faltering abolitionist. lie stood side by side
with the venerable John Quincy - Maths, in
the times when our advocates in Cengress
were but a little handful, and when Out of
Congress they were objects .everywhere of
bitter persecutto2-1 From that day to this Mr.
Potts has beenauinswerving advocate of the
cause.
The resolution of the great majority of the
defenders of public faith not to let the sup
porters of the Nebraska iniquity postpone the
special order for Wednesday of List week,
and thus obtain power to pass their bill, was
maintained to .the last. It is not their fault
that the bill has been driven through—or rath
er, over—the House. • But on Monday of last
week, Col. Richardson moved and carried, by
a vote of 137 to 66, a proposition to suspend
the rules, (for which purpose a concurrence of
two-thirds of the members voting is required,)
and thus enable - him to postpone the special
order for Wednesnay, close the debate on the
Nebraska bill, and thus secure its passege.
The members from free States previously
voting against the repeal of the Missouri re
striction, and who were understood to desire
to maintain that attitude before their constit
uents, but who nevertheless cored with the
repudiators on this occasion, and thus ren
dered further resistance fruitless, are those
named and located as follows:
•
Maine—Thomas G. D. Fuller.
Massachusetts—Nathaniel P. flanks, jr.,
New Hampshire—George W. Kittredge.
Connecticut—James T. Pratt, Origeu S. Sey
moor.
New York—Gilbert Dean, Charles Hughes,
Andrew Oliver.
Pcnnsylcania—James Gamble, Michael C
Trout.
Wick—Alfred P. Edgerton, Andrew Ellison,
Harvey H. Johnson, William D. Lizidsley.
Indiana—Daniel Mace, Andrew J. Harlan,
Ebenezer M. Chamberlain.
Michagan—David A. Noble. •
Wisconsin—John B. Maev.
Total le, all professed "bemocrats." We
merely state the fact that these votes crippled
the opposition to the bill, and rendered its
piassage inevitable. Why they were thus
given may appear more plainly hereafter.—.N.
Y. Tribune.
We presume the Hon, JAMES GAM.
BLE thought he could have the credit
among his constituents of opposing the
bill, and yet satisfy the Administration:
by giving a vote when it . was most
needed for the bill He will fiud
himself mistaken, The people have
wateried this Nebraska swindle with
HOW THEY DID IT
eagle eye, aad every person knew,
when Richaidson'i motion to suspend
the rules was carried, that the South
had triumphed. The votes - given af
ter • that against the bill amounted to
nothing.
. Hereafter we shall make such com
ments . en this vote as we think its
magnitude deserves—at present ..we
have only •to say, that throughout this
entire struggle the Pierce Democrats
have showed themselves to be com
pletely under the control of SlaVery;
with not one spark of manly indepen
dence about them. Will free people
longer sustain a party thus ruled and
disgraced .
From the Philadelphia Daily Register
HOW TO DEFEAT OOV. BIGLEB.
The issue In the next campaign is
not the old one between Whig and
Democrat. It is between an Admin
istration that seeks to make the whole
North an appendage of the slave-breed
ing farms of Virginia, and an outraged
people. -Shall not that issue be made
in form? The platform• of the I.Vhig .
Convention, erected before the con
clusion of the Nebraska infamy, is too .
narrow for all to breathe on. Give us
more air and room. Let anti-Nebras
ka Democrats, Whigs, and Free Soil
ers stand shoulder to shoulder,forget
ting old differences to make a common
stand for the rights of all. The Dem
ocrats of- the North
. have, as it• seems
to us, wisely given up their design of a
separate Convention. We would sug
gest a general Convention of the op
position at Harrisburg, on the fourth
of July. The following is from the
Pittsburg Dzspatch.:
Can there not be a union effected, in our
county and state, of all* the opponents of the
Nebraska outrage 1 The Free Democrats care
nothing for office—principles are what theyare
and have been fighting for.. But they cannot
stand upon an Anti-Nebraska platform alone.
They. look upon this last outrage as a small
matter compared with the Fugitive Slave
Law—the continuance of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia—and the , throwing of the
whole power of the National Government
towards the support of slavery. Should other
opponents of the state administration agree
with them, there would be no difficulty in
effecting a union, upon such a platform; which
would lead to the defeat of Gov. Bigler by
majority of ten or twenty thousand. .
Now is the Time
0,1 Chrs.swnevAl7. 'Ur ofMass
achusetts, a Compromise Democrat
0f1.850, and a Pieced victim of mis
placed confidence in the integrity of
those who constructedthe Baltimore
Platfonia 0f1.852, in concluding a very
effective speech agaiast the :Nebraska
Bill, in the House of RepreSentatives,
a short time before it passed, saitl:
"The lion. member from -South Carolina
(Mr. Brooks) to. whose frank and manly
speech we listened with so much interest
some weeks since, intimated that perhaps it
would be well to abandon the policy of Com
promises, and for the two great conflicting
Interests to meet face to face, and end the mat
ter at once. I have suggested the reasons
why, heretofore, I have contemplated such an
issue with reluctance. But if the South say
50. so LET IT BE.
"To this complexion must it come
at laSt." There are one or two very
important points to be . settled between
Liberty and Slavery, and we rejoice
that "intimations" that it may as well
be done now as at any other time, are
becoming quite common on every
hand. We 'Are in favor of doing it
now, whether "the South say so" or
not. The da}r.of compromises is past.
They 'have' proved but ropes of sand
to the North, and we do.not believe
she will longer be gulled under the
influence of the charm which the term
imparts. It would be just as reason
able to suppose the devil would enter
into a compact with the Son of Right
eousness by which the former should
refrain from ' extending his dominion
when he bad an opportunity, and
stick' to it, as that Slavery will ever
make a :compromise with • Freedom,
to be held inviolate longer than 'suits
its purposes.
Opposition to :all future compro . -
Mises, and the overthrow of those here
tofore made, should be the watchword
of every friend of Liberty. 'The Fu
gitive Slake Act must be repealed, the
slave repfesentation in Congress abol
ished, and 'none but free Suites here
after admitted into the Union. This
can all be done, if those who 'are op
posed to slavery and its insatiable ex
actions, will but act in concert.—On.-
ondaga Gazette.
The Boston . Courier asks in view of
the fugitive slave riot in Boston:
"We desire to know, whose life is
safe, what real security we have for
the public peace, so long as these
things are allowed to take place among
us?"
We answer the latter branch of
interrogatory by saying, Nbne at all.
There can be no. security for the pub
lic peace so long as it is attempted to
enforce despotic law among free
men. Congress can, however, by the
enactment of a single line, tranquilize
the country, so far as the operation of
that law is •concerned, - both now and
hereafter. Let that body give to
every fugitive the right of trial by
jury and all rioting *ill end. Does'
Me' Courier object to so just and
equitable -a mode of preventing the
scenes of which itcomplains Y.
Tribune. " •
OUR oulmacraT.
"An Oligarchy may be small or it
may be numerous. In Athens they
had thirty tyrants. , In Persia they had
but three.: In Venice - they bad a
Council of Three Hundred. Ours is
estimated at about four hundred thou
sand out of twenty-four millions. In
some oligarchies, power is hereditary.
In others elective. In 'others based
on wealth. ; Ours'is based on proper
ty in hunt= bones - and sinews. Call
them by what name you will--Proper
ty Owners, Planters, Landholders, Ar
istocracy, Nobility, Oligarchy, or what
you please. the fact is undeniable, tliat
400,000 slaveholders politically rule
the other 24,000,000 of ovr population.
They shape our • policy, foreign and
domestic. They control our Govern
ment, Elective, Executive, Legisla
tive and Judicial. They pass our
They fill our offices. They construe
our Statutes. They regulate our Trade.
They make our Wars.. They conclude
our Treaties. They decide the admis
sion of new States. They establish
our Party Platforms. They nominate
and elect.our Presidents. They suc
ceed, as all Oligarchies do, by remain
ing united, while the .People who op
pose them are divided.
" The American Union, from self
government, has steadily degenerated
for fifty years into a government of
the many by the few. Its original
Laws are the only, Laws that preserve
it a Republic.
" Gross a blezdish as' - the Slavery of
three million subjects is upon the face
of a professed Republic, it is not the
worst. - That t;me may cures' But
time, unaided, can never cure the deg
radation of a whole people into tools
and chattles of a .clique.of political
-
".our Oligarchi grows stronger
with each. year. Once it submitted,
now it rules. How .long before it
will ruin ?"--All,a-ny Journal.
Not long s unless the Free States-put
under their•feet the National Whig
and Democratic organizations, the
instiuments used by this Oligarchy
for their subjugation. • Not long. if
tl-ey suffer themselves to be arrayed
against each other, and their s tr eng th
q -
frittered away on subordinate issues,
while the Oligarchy continues to make
their contests subservient to its own
secret designs.
The ...Tetanal is right in its views of
the Rulinn- Class in our country; but
•
worst - does it :propose for'overthrowing
its poivers? ' Meditations among the
tombs does no good s unless they con-.
duct us to some practical conclusions
in regard to amending-our lives. 'We
have written and re-written, for the
last eighteen years, the thought., now
so forcibly and vividly presented by
the Journal ; but that . paper, and all
the leading ; papers in the country,
representing the Woig and Democrat
ic•organizations, have been contribu
ting to strengthen this Oligarchy, by
sustainingpolitical comblnations,which
it has unitormly ruled and made trib
utary to - its aggrandisement. •
What right has a man to cry nut
acrainst a burden lie has voluntarily
assumed ? With what consistency
can he denounce a Tyranny to the
establishment Of which, every politi
cal act of his' life has contributed l
Let the Albany Ecening Journal, let
the New Yerk . Erening Post, let Wil
liam' H. Seward, let Hannibal Hamlin,
Say plainly, and emphatically, there is
no Itope•of the 'overthrow of the Oli
garchy, so:long as the people of the
Free States shall be divided by Whig
and Deinoeratic organizations, whose
machinery; whose leaders, are always
controlled by the Slave Interest : let
triem say to the People - , " Bury your
minor differences--forget your old no
menclatUre—you have one great in
terest, paramount to all others, Free
dom and Free. Labor—the - time has
come when. you must unite in behalf
of this interest, against the one great
interest; of the Slaveholders, who, be
ing united, have succeeded, through
your divisions, in securing the control
of the Federal government. This
control; they will hold so long as you
are divided ; this control.they.will lose
the moment you become united. Se
lect whom yourwill for your standard
bearer=—be he- Whig, Democrat, or
Independent Democrat according to
the ordinary nomenclature—only let
him be, thorough, and open Anti-Slave
ry' man, without , qualification or com
promise, tun' together we will rally to
his support."
Let the leaders of the old parties
in the free States boldly announce and
act urfon this policy, and the year 185G
wouldwitness the complete overthrow
of that. Oligarchy which now rules and
threathi3to ruin the country. If they
shrink from this, let them propose a
better course, Surely it is . unmanly
to stagger along, groaning and grum
bling :under a load which we have
strength enough to throw off, if we
,but choose to use it. —National Era.
'a" TILE - nOT IS OUT. 4E3
• We are informed on the very best
authority—it came from the lips of a
gentiman from • Northern , Virginia,
now ,stopping in this city—that ar
rangements were made by the slave
clatmauf,. Suttle,' three weeks ago to
take back Anthony 'Burns. ,
In conversation with a gentleman at.
One of our principal hotels, Friday
night, the Virginian said Suttle's agent
was Mere three weeks ago and made
his arrangements • "but," said he, 'lbis
counsel in Washington, atid. leading -
men in Virginia, Whom he consulted, -
led him to defer the arrest until the
passage .of the Nebraska bill. We
wished to test the question, and see if
the North will inter ere with the exe
cution of the Fugitive Slave law.".
He averred that the - arrangements
made at that time would have taken
Burns away without •the necessity
of bringing/ him before the Commis
sioner..l; ut they - chose -to make a
noise abo t it, in order to test Noi-th
ern feeling and put this infamous
measure (into operation
.on the very
summit Of the Nebraska outrage, and
a fund was raised in Virginia to de
fray Suttle's expenses; Take this to
your thoughts,' citizens of Massachu
setts! Tile PLOT is OUT. This pro 7
ceeding was deliberately; plotted as an
outrage to your principles and feel
ings.—Boston Coinnioniceetli:
PAlttiki3:44:4:446lhPlg
Most of our readers have, perhaps,
overlooked the preparations which are
making to govern the country through
a new set of judges, who are to ad
minister the law according to t'ie max- -
ims 170 W in fashion at Washington. .
• For the territories of Kansas and
Nebraska we are to have six judges
appointed by. tilt Executive at Wash
ington. These will," of course, be
taken froin that class rho hold the
Missouri Compromise to be unconsti
tutional. mid who stand- ready to de
clare all laws null and void which
interferef witli the extension of slavery.
Members of Congress, who brought
themselves into disgrace and contempt
with their constituents, bVdirectly or
indirectly supporting the Nebraska
bill, and who, as it is openly kiven Out,
are to be sustained against the people,
will probably-fill these offices. ,
But these territorial judges will not
be enough for the. purpose; .the same
queitions will come before the federal
courts.. The federal courts- are, there
' fore, to be reinforced with a new set
Of judges. A bill has been brought
into the Senate., providing. for the ap
pointment of twelve additional fi,defal
judges, two of them for the Supreme
Court, and ten fur. the• Circuits in the
States, who.are to have yearly salaries
of tour thousand dollars. These will
prove conifortable places for members
who have disobeyed and offended their
constituents, and such meg will be
sure to decide according to the ex
pectatins of those by whom they are
appointed.
When the courts have" been brought
into a proper organizatioil l in this man
ner, the)L will be prepaod fir their
work. ' What this is to be, was laid
'down - by Mr. Butler, of South Caro
lina, chairman of the Judiciary -Com
mittee of the Senate, in the debate on
the passage - of the Nebraska bill He
declared that=
"If there was any question to he made in
regard to the f:eedom of a save in these ter
ritories, and he should demand his freedoin on
this ground-0131,11e was free under a territo
rial law—tfe .afihrer of the master would be,
(rat he held the stare as praperty,under a higher
law than the enactment ,f a territorial legisla
ture—under the great fundamental law of .the.
country."
Under this "higher law" of which
Mr. Butler speaks; the tenitorial judges.
and the new judges of the federal
courts are to act. Nullification is to
be the order of the day; they are to
nullify all acts of Congress:and all
statutes passed by the territorial legis
lature which interfere with this higher
law. They are to legislate by judicial
decisions; that is to say, they are to
vacate, as unconstitutional, any act
that stands in their way, and substitute
judicial decisions fur the law.
Every territorial government, at any
time hitherto established by Congress,
subjected the acts oLthe territorial
legislature to the supervision and ap
proval of Congress. The Nebraska
bill takes away that supervision from
the representatiVes of the people.—
But here is a scheme for vesting it in
the creatures of the Executive. The
judges appointed for the purpose, in
structed in the maxim laid down by
Mr. Butler, are to nullify every act of
the territorial legislature or of Con
gress, that intetTeres with the policy
of extending or perpetuating slavery.
Judges, then, are to be the real legis
lators of liansas and Nebraska, and
will be supported by all the federal
officers in the territory, the whule of
whom, from the two Governors to the
Indian agents, will be nullifiers, re
cruited from the class who are in dis
grace with their neighbors, on accosut
of having made . thernselveS accom
plices in the Nebraska fraud..--N. Y.
Ereni»g . Pont.
A MODEL SPEECII.----We commend
the following pertinent speech to some
who are troubled with long windiness
in Several localities this side of Maine.
George WI Snow, having been
unanimously re-elected City Clerk of
Bangor, made a speech to the electors.
He said :
"i;ENiLEZit EN :—You have given roe
all your votes,.and I give you my
thanks. I accept the office and - wish
you to accept my thanks."
It is understood that both . parties
were satsfied, and nobody yawned
over the speech.
Mr. Webb, the well known ship
builder in New York, has .on the
stocks, a RttsAlan man-of-war, for the
-Emperor Nicholas.
GI