THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
3NO. S. NlA.NN,Driuus
;11)11" IN HASKELT.,
FIDELITY TO TILE PE0141.11.
CO DERSiiT, FaIDAY, JUICE Z, 1854
" We are happy to notice a very
qrOat iinProvernent in the appearance;
of the farms Wherever we have been
through the - county. We also
notice ii lamlable en . rt to improve
the stock. This last. we .look upon as
ofptimary importance to every farmer.
have'received the first num
ber of the :IP lican Citizen, a neat
looking, high-toned, Intleithdent pa
per, publi.;bed at Smethport by our
old friend F. tl. ALLEN, late Principal
of the Sinetliport Academy, and now
Supei intendctit cunimon Schools
for Nl'Keitt county. We arc right
glad to receive this new paper, and
trust it will he sust;iitied by a dis
ctiminating public.
"Those who have searched intd
human nature observe that nothing so
Much shows the nobleness of the soul,
iss that its felicity consists in action."
tp. We have the pleasure of an
nouncing that Mr, WEan, the young
man who Was Accidentally shot some
time ago, is - in a fair way to recover.
ta l Miss B.ittar. HOLLIE lectured
on the subject of Slavery at the Court
House, in this village, on Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings last, to the =is*
faction of the great makdi - ity of those
who heard her,' and, we tpst, to the
advancement of human liberty. Miss
Holley is a speaker of fluency and
power, wins the kind attention of the
audience by the modesty with which
she states her own opinions ; but she
convinces the judgment '),y the readi
ness with which she supports her posi
tions by an array of facts / that are irre
sistible. She very Wisely, as we think,
directed her batteries,' while before
the public, against the common enemy,
Ameticarr Slavery, and%eace her use
fulness. When the American Anti-
Slavery Society, whose agent slie is,
and with which We: have little sympa
thy, shall,hy its lecturers and its press,
live up to the spirit of Miss Holley's
le'cttires, then will the Anti-Slavery
forces of the United ltates harmonize
and be irresistible. We see many
things which leads us to Ithpe that this
conspicuous day is close at band.
1
_ _ _
rirche Legislature of Connecticut
h I,i just passed a very! stringent pro
hibitory liquor law. Thus the good
work goes bravely oth
RISING STORE.
Leery election held I.ince the Ad
tabtration undertook to force ihivtigh
the Douglas fraud, in defiance (if the
wishes of the people, has resulted in
a glorious triumph of the masses over '
the slavery party. Old democrats,
who love principle al we party, arc
deserting the administr tion by thou-
F ands.
The following lettAir to the Pauld
ing Democrat, of Ohio, is an indica:
tion of the spirit which the late out
rages have aroused.
J. D. Atexciru writes to the editor Marsh
25, It<4, as coliows:
DEAR SIM; -
1 have voted tln Democratic ticket for twen
ty yearS, at lea.it, and under the present eir
vtlfustances 1 wish to cress my indignation
against the intionous NeTrask.a Dill, and all
l l indreil measures, and 1 shall neither support
the man, nor the party, that advocates them.
I think it is high time now, that not only ilia,
grt.it ninth- of the Declaration of Independ
ence, but also the genuine principles of De
mocracy should receive a practical applica
tion of the bawls of the people, and I shall
therefore vote for such men only as are wil
ling to illustrate these glorious truths, and these
piluoiples by spradicol exemplification.
Italieviog ht4he equality of Minion rights,
shalt hared e? stippert those persons only
• whose belief sympathizes with mine.
If you thiuk proper you can publish this
from your friend and well wisher.
J. U. MUNGER.
We should like to see any one
show wherein the above letter is in-
consistent • with true Democracy, cr
how an honest Demoerat can act
otherwise than indicated by above
letter.
Speaking of the state of public sen
timent in North-western Ohio, the
Cleveland Leader holds the following
theoring language.
This is the purpose of the Democrat.; of
Mirth-western Ohio, and the plan by which
they propose to effect it is, to bold a Fnaa
Cotwentir.a of the County and state, upon
W.; true Democratic basis
ht. 'rho rcsloration of the election. of all
— blEcers (from the President down) to the peo
ple, in opposition to all rotten cabals.
ed. A dimiutation of executive power.
M. The elevation. of Congress into a free
and . independent taw making power.
hilt. No Kiting of land to any body or
bodies, except to him for whom God ittteuded
it; and whose trustee Coupe-lir in,—•-the, free
hitiorer..
• Mk. " Singleldistricfsn.in our State.
• Mit. Annual sessions of the LogislatitiO.
7th. Reform, thorough and eamestiiii every
administrative part ofour State, Cotuity,Town
ship and city G o vernment.
Tho right s pirit is alive in the North-west—
it is to be semi in this, its declaration of prin
ciples. We go in f or the now parry. We
endorse its great fundamental principles: Wet
caorsi its plan, a men Convention looking
to FREEDOM as its end—to' the oveithrow.of
c orruption, the limitation of Executive Power
and of Slavery, and the giving of no- land
except to hits, ors:km God intended it,-and
iekose t stolen Congress is,—THE FREE LADORER.
rag nosr ou or TB
On Thursday, the 6th instant, the
voters of the consolidated city of Phil
adelphia held•the first election. The
result is a rebuke_ of the conspirators
at Washington which they will not
soon forget. The National Era truly
says . .
The Administration Party was completely
prostrated, the good people of Philadelphia
availing themselves of the occasion to admon
ish President Pierce and senator Douglas that
they hare committed a fatal blunder in the
passage of the Nebraska bill. Robert T.-
Conrad, candidate of the AVhigs and Ktiow
Nothings, was elected Mayor by it majority of
9,000 over Richard Vans, Pierce candidate,
Isaac T. Hazlehurst, Whig, City Solicitoriby
4 majority of 11,000; John N. Henderson,
Whig, City Coniptroller, inaj "thy 8,000; Adam
Much, AVhig, City Commissioner, majority;et
3,000. Of the 24 wards, 20 gave majorities
for Conrad, and elect to the City Council 43
11 Pierce . men, aid 3 Reformers.
•Twentl-two wards return to the select council
17 Whigs, 4 Pierce men, and 1 Reformer.
The true issue which Philadelphia
has decided is seen from the letter of
one of The candidates, which, with th'e
following. comments, were cut from
the Era:
The letter of Mr. Ilazlehurst was peculiarly
explicit and heartyi
"L I am decidedly opposed — to the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise. •
"2. lam opposed to the extension ofslarery
to any territory of the United States, directly
or indirectly.
"3. I out in favor of the freedom of the
public lands to actual settlers."
And he was elected by a majority of 11,000,
although he ran against a Native American
competitor:
These facts tell their own story. Philadel
phia has put the. stamp- of her reprobation
upon the Nebraska outrage, and the -Adoduis
, tration and Congressmen who committed it.
And what that city has done, Pennsylvania
will do next October, if all her citizens who
cherish the anti-slavery sentiment will agree
to work together for the overthrow -, of the .
Administration party. Divided flow, there is
yet time for union and concentration of their
forces. , There is yet time for a friendly inter
change of views among the leading men of all
the parties opposed to the Nelrmska iniquity,
and thesseries of tneasures of which it is the
forerunner. Let them recollect that it was
their state which turned the scale in favor of
the slavery propaganda. If was the solid
phalanx of pro-slavery voters from that state
on which Pierce, Douglas, Toombs, and Ste
phens • relied for the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise. A more titan ordinary responsi
bility then- rests upon her citizens, in this
crisis, and thdrwillbe inexcusable if they neg
lect any honest effort to rebuke the men who
have misrepresented tier, and make her voice
henceforth potential for freedom.
The fourth of July. will be cel
ebrated at Ulysses (Lewisville) by the
Orders of Good Templars and Sons of
Temperance. •
PROOR.kMSIE
Pioccession formed at Hall at 12 M.
March to grove,. music Scolield's
Band.
Music by the Choir.
Services by the Chaplain.
Music by the Band.
Reading of the "Declaration."
Music by tl►e Choir.
Oration, Orlando Lund of Ithica.
Music by the Band.
Benediction.
March to Dinner.
Toastsi,
By- order, of the Committee of Ar
ranaernent.
SETH Lewis, Chairman.
Ulysses, June, 10, 1354.
LET US UNITE FOR FREEDOM.
The Northern pulse has a healthy
beat to it. Party shackles are falling
to the dust. 141 - en of all parties are
daily meeting together and saying
why not unite at the ballot box for the"
overthrow of the Slave Power? We
have published the sentiments of .tria
ny papers on this subject. Below we
give an extract froth the Susquehanna
Register, (Whig,) Which breaths the
true spirit, and shows that the people
will not much longer waste their
strength -on barren issues, but will
unite for the overthrow of the great
Slave party which has been "crashing
out" the life-blood of freedom,
Here is what the Register says:
But words are nothing without acts, The I
great body of the people of the Free States I
are now united in feeling; shall they not also
be united in action? The power is yet
with the North, if they choose to use it. The
South stole a march upon us by lulling us into
the negligence of false security, and than
buying up a Sufficient number of corrupt
Northern politicians to enable her to carry
out the conspiracy against Freedom. We
must guard against such a contingency in fu
ture. Let no man go from among. us, as a
Representative in the National Legislature,
without being fully pledged against all the
interests and schemes of slavery propagan
dism. And not only that, but we mast carry
the war into the Slavery camp. The acts
that the spirit - of genuine. liberty and true
democracy call for, we should now feel no
hesitancy about performing. The repeal of
the, fugitive Slave law, the enactment of the
Wilmot Proviso for all territories owned.or
to be acquired by the United States, the abo
lition of Slavery in the District of Columbia,
. .
are some of the measures upon. which the
great Freedom party • should insist. We
should prevent any further additions- 4 to the
extent:area . territory, .eitherby purchase or
conquest, at least till we can learn? to govern
What we now possess, oh principles of equal
liberty and impartial justice to all men.
Action, tinned action and unceasing if igi
lance for freedom, equal to that hitherto' do—,
played for_ slavery, will enable us to accom-
Oat' all we desire. Let the South threaten
us with disunion, or civil war. They threat
en because they believe us cowards, but when
they shall sea us united and determined, their
blustering will cease.' The strong have yield- -
ed to the Weak—the just cause to the unjust,
quite long enough.
Pennsytvaniarts are peculiarly called upon
to stand forth at this time and make it mani
fest in whose cause they. fight. It - should be
known whether the eleven Pennsglvonians
who sent slavery into Nebraska, represented
or mis-represented the people—whether the
I people will follow the example of their State
Legislature, and wickedly keep silent when
the voice tof humanity and justice calls upon
them to speak.. Pennsylvania might hare de
feated the Mebrastia bill, but Pennsylvania
contributed more than any other Free Srate
to itspassage. What shall Pennsylvanians do
to wipe away dm foul disgrace?
HOW /T WAS DONE.
A statute against the extension of
Slavery, passed as an inducement to
Northem men to cease their opposi7
tion to the admission of Missouri as
slave State, has been repealed. 'A
great crime leas been committed.. The
peace of the country has been jeop
ardised. The Free States have been
insulted and degraded. To our siwrie
be - it said; the member of Congress
from this district assisted in the accom-.
plishmept of the terrible calamity
We have already 'stated in what. man
ner the Hon. J.ASifig G.►MnLE gave his
vote for the Nebraska iniquity; but as
it is a matter of great importance to
the people, we publish a statement of
the Vase, made by the Hon. JAMES
MEICAAM, member of Congress from
Vermont, to a Convention lately held
in that State.), TLis statement is so
dear that every child can understand
Says Mr. Meacham
The . Compromise is repealed! Do
ou ask how it.was done? I will tell
you.
1. Without the request, and against
the wish of every man who petitioned
Congress. on the subject. •
2. By crowding out of place all the
most. important business of the session,
and crowding, in a measure to which
an overwhelming majority of the peo
ple were opposed.
By bringing-4 do not say brih
log—to Its buppurL, ofrough Executive"
influence and patronage, men who
acted against their own declared judg
ments, and the known will of their
constituents., •
4. By tren pling under foot the rules
of the House of Representatites,made
in accordance with the Constitution,
and thus violently depriving the minor
ity of their legal rights and just priv 7 -
ileges.
5; By 'refusing to allow the people
to express their decision on the ques
tion, lest—as Senator PETTIT, of Indi
ana, declared—the people- should
refuse it, now, or for years .to come,
and perhaps forever.
• If the will of the People had been
-obeyed, the act could not have passed.
If it had ,taken its legal place in the
order of business, it could not have
passed. If the Executive power had
not, unrighteously, interposed its in
fluence, it could not have passed. If
the rules of the. House r and the rightS
of the minority had not been crushed,
it could not have passed!
The Missouri Compromise, there
fore, was - repealed, not only without
authority and without law, but in
known and acknowledged violation of
both!
"By crowding out of place all the
most important business of the ses
sion," in order to pass the Nebraska
iniquity, is aliaragiapli we ask the
reader to look at again. This crowd
ing out of place required a two-thirds
vote; and it is evident no honest oppo
nent of the great iniquity would vote
to take it up in preference to the most
important bills of the session: Says
Mr. Mr..kenam; "If it had taken its
"legal place in the .order of business,
"it 'could not have passed." Now,
can any reason be given why the most
important business of the • session
should be crowded out, and this Ne=
braska swindle be taken out of its
legal place in order to pass it, before
the people could have a chance to pass
their verdict on it at the ballot box.?
If the Honorable JAmr.s . GAMBLE, and
the seventeen others who voted against
the bill, but-for taking it up out of its
"legal place," had said to the Douglas
tools, Your bantling 'shall keep its
place on the calendar, and be disposed
of as other bills are, in their legal
place, the slavites would never have
succeeded in throwing open the vast
Western Territory to the curse of
Slavery. •
But we ought not to be satisfied
with Mr. Gamble's, vote. The Presi
dent had determined to force the bill
through. Why should the wishes of
the people be repudiated? Is not the
. .
adidnistration iupremel And be
sides, the party - was in a bad fix.;-=a
majority. Of the leader& had deter
mined that the bill'inuag go' through.
And is not the paity of more impor
taneo thawanything els4l
Such is hunker denioeracy.: Bound
to the service of slavery, the people,
haves no choice brit re- abandon it or
their ptineiples. Saps the Harrisburg
Union: . .
a The ,reliable den2oeratie presi of
the old Keystone present an unbroken
front in favor of the Nebraska-Kansas
hill as it finally passed."
- :Because the Iliontrose Democrat re
fuses to indorse the iniquity, but
some very good . reasons why the Slave
Power should not become supreme,
the' thriolt comes down on the editor
in the folldwing 'characteristic man-
"Won't some of the friends of the
abolition: - editor of the Montrose Dent
octal appoint a corimaittee to take
charge of himl At present he "stands
upon such. slippeFy ground" that he
has found it necessary to take hold of
Jim Campbell's coat tail to preserve
his equilibrium. Veer fellow! that
last complimentary vote of the House
has turned his "milk of human kind
ness" into gall-- , and we find the pol
ished and refined ex-speaker suddenly
transformed into a,retailer of the low
est fish-market -slang. We trust -his
new vocation may agree with his health,
as it'evidently does with his taste and
talents."
TEE ETKR OBAIRMG OLIGARCHY.
The slave holders are not yet satis-
fled with their Northern conquests.
The Richmond Inquirer has the fol
lowing comments on the Boston case:
"But the triumph is not complete.
and we, 'rejoice over a victory which
is only not so bad as the most disas
trous defeat. In so far as the inter-
ests of the South are involvei, the
gave might as well have been allowed
to escape. With whatever success
the supremacy of order was vindicated
by the surrender of Burns, as regaxds
the efficiency of the law forlhe re
capture, of fugitive slaves, the issue
was - determined adversely to the in
terests of the. South. If some Repre-
sentative from the North were to
suggest the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave .Law. ,and- w'v t.-.-iproycletc to
stead, that - the Government should
compensate the owner for the loss of
his property, would the South accept
the offer Certainly not ; and why?
Because; the proposition would sub
stantially amount to this; that- the
South should be indemnified for the
. violotion of its rights out of its awn
funds. Yet this Compromise would
be far better for the South than sub-
mission to such an execution of the
law as' was' achieved in the case .of
Burns. The expense of the recapture
of Burns cannot fall short of fifty
thousand dollars, and as the Govern
ment assumes the responsibility of
this debt, the South pays for the re
covery of its stolen property in the
proportion that its - contribution to the 1
Federal Treasury exceeds that of the i
North. Berter !would it have been
for 'the interests of the South if the ,
GOvernment abstained from all
'endeavor to \,9xeciite the: law, had
:suffered Burns to go hii way in peace,
and had repaid, Mr. Suttle the full
value of his slave.
" Such instances of the violent re
pression of the - popular passions by
military force as we have just seen in
Boston, are terrible necessities in a
republican Government. Despotism
'executes its 'purposes 'with the bayo
net, 'hut in free Governments the
supremacy of the law is dependent on
the voluntary submission of public
opinion. The institutions of liberty
cannot cotixio with military violence,
and when a free Government is driven
to invoke - the aid of the soldiery to
carry out its laivs, the day of its over
'throw is not remote. Its decay has
already begin, the contagion of insub
ordination will rapidly spread, , and
the exercise of military power in the
repression, 9f popular outbreaks will
be no longer a remedy in great timer-
gencies, but an expedient of evere-day
and familiar resort., In , such Contin- ,
gency, whateVer - mav be the forms of
Government, a military despotism ,
dominates, and the people are no
longer free. We rejoice at the recap
ture of, Burns; but a few more such
victories and the South is undone.
"It becomes the imperative duty
of the people ofthe South, in- . view of,
..the extraordinary and portentous cir
cumstances of the crisis, to ' concert
measures for their safety an. for the
protection of those guarantees of lib
erty, which Northern violence exposes
to such imminent hazard. We know
that the public mind of the. South is
anxiously engaged in working out the
problem of Sopthern duty and destiny,
and that some of the most conserve:.
rive . and moderate men amongst us
see no way of - escape and no career
of glory in the Confederacy. But it
is for the North to say if the Union
shall last." .
We commend the above to the at
tention of those who think the South
will ever be satisfied, until they have
counted the roll of their slaves'ott:
Bunker Hill, and wade - every- North-,
ern mad as pliant BS their plantation
negroes: , ,
There Are one or two admissions in
the above article diet might to startle
_
the whole North. 4
V
".The expense. of the recapfdre of
13trns Cannot fall: short °f lay thou
sand dollars," is the admission ot a
sla.Vehohler ; and- that the National
Government. pays this expense is a
part of the Fugitive Slave act. Those
slaves of party, who airelted to tishe-
lieve our statement of the expense of
the.reeapture of . a. former fugitive from
Boston, will please put the above in
their Memorandum books. Fifty thou
sand dollars paid mostly by the peo-
pie of the North to return an innocent
man tc6 state
. of hopeless and de
grading bondage, "one hour of which,
is worse than ages of that" our fathers
took uP• arms to resist. How lon g
will the people of the North pay
these enormous sums fir the henefit
of a hateful and . heartless - oligarchy,
that seeks every. opportunity to in
sult them, and never keeps faith in
any of its compacts ?
BUt the most important , Admission
in the above is, that -"Despotism exe
cute; ita purposes with the bayonet,
but in free Governments the suprem
acy a the law is dependent on the
voluntary submission of puplic opin
ion." This being tree, such scenes .
as were lately enacted at Boston can--'
not be:repeated, without intminent risk,
of a revolution; because the people of
New ugland will sub
wit to no des
potism, and the Fugitive! Slave law
cannot be executed without the aid of
bayonets.
This admission is a further proof of
the ."'unity of despots;" and shows,
that elaveholders are obliged to re
sort to • the.same means to execute
their hateful . laws, that • Louis! Napo
leor and Czar Nicholas make tve of.
ORR CANDIDATE TOR GOVRRNOR
• The Temperance Cenvention which
met, at Harrisburg on the 7th 1115 L.
furiiislics furth6r proof of the subjec
tion of the old line democracy to the
rum inflUence. William Bigler had
I , l!en asked to communicate to said
Convention, his views on the propriety
of passing the Maine . law. He sent a
characteristic letter, cautious, evasive,
non-committal.
The other candidates for clovernor
wrote straight forward, manly letter
in favor of the law. • The following
from the Free Democratic canditliite,-
-we commend to the attention of all.
It . is such men thnt deserve the sup
poitof freemen.
LETTER FROM MR. POTTS.:
WanwicK FURNACE, May 3.1,_1854
Mi. WILLIAM WHIT E llEAD—DearSir :
/ received your letter of the 2:7th:inst.,'
yesterday, and truly - thank you, tor
the kind terms in which you alhide to
my
. nomination for the office of Gov
erner by the Free Democratic Con
vention of Pittsburg, .as well as for
the' further friendly interest in my
behalf manifested by yOur proffer of
ai& with my consent in submitting my
name 'for nomination to the 'same
office, to the. Prohibitory Liquor Law
Convention to meet at Haarisburg on
• thd 7th of Juno. You are right with
regard to my views, of a Prohibitory.
Liquor Law. I am undquivocally in
favor of it: I do not hesitate 'to say,
that I regard it as the great measure
indiSpensable to the full success of the
temperance movement, and that I
shall on all proper, occasions exercise
whatever influence I may possess in
favor of the passage of such a law.
The Pittsburg Convention, as you
have seen, adopted several resolutions,
besides that on-the subject of the traf
fic .in intoxicating dilnk, and in order
that my position may be rightly under
stood, I deem it necessary and pr6per
for me to say that those resolutions
each and all have my cordial consent.
Having-shown the ground I occupy,
I most cheerfully leave with my friends
the question of the propriety of sub
mitting my name for nomination for
the office of Governor to the Harris
burg Convention.
IWith great respect, I remain very
truly yours, DAVID POTTS JR.
Jou); VAN BUREN is reported to have
said, when he heard of the passage of
the Nebraska bill, that it was the best
bill ever passed by Congress, for it
will kill off every man from the free
States• who voted for it, which he says
will be "a consummation devoutly to
be wished;" and that it will rout out
the whole tribe of Northern serviles,
and set the North free. There is no
man who stands in more need of this
emancipator than Prince John; The
South has had his nose on the grind
stone until they ground it. nearly off.
John at last has grown tired of them.
Leader.
MIME PROSE A SiatrAW:"..N• 9.
MICSIRS. EDITORS Much , las been said
about Woman's Rights, and CottiOntiens are
being held to discuss what her rights consist
in. Nov, Ido trot wish vioman'to occupy
the-chair of state; but [do wish all nimsellets
were tried by a coati:kitten of ladies—l. e., if
white women are liko those of my nation.
-- Last week Gohhei anti myself started. with
our supply of baskets for tleea4joiningcounty,
and being overtaken by a thunder shower, vo
took refuge• itr one of those rutn.holee—yelept
Inlets: . After ditesting myself of my leid dt.
baskets, I sat down in the hall, waiting for the
rain to ccase. The bar-room door stood half
open, and quite a 'number of grellernte were
collected, and were endeavoring to decide
how and where the Fourth should be spent.
They wished to have an independent time 'of
it; they wanted wino and brandy. Charon
said it would not do to have liquor drank on
the premise 4. !4 long counsel ensued. Then
Charon - vvaut aft to tome. Tell eVety
one that no . liquor will be furnished on my
premises; then whisper to—you know rho--
and tell them you and going to have a ball'
play on Judge —'s pasture, and you can
have all the liquor you - want; but thtirk say a
word so that Judge —willbear of it ; for
you know some of you were so drunk last
summer when'. you had a ball play t&ro, that
he may otiject to it."
They all pronounced it a capital suggestion;
for all youngsters like to play, and some new
ones may be added to the list
I looked, and Charon's cow (perhaps the
one he took for that rum bill) cave ten! au
appendage from her neck,—a quart of brandy
for any one who would go out in the rain and -
get it. 0, thought I, even the beasts of
Charon arc marked. Ilk little boy fetid—l'a,
Mr. :mid he would poke our cots,
while you kept sowing whirlwind, every - time
she jumped a nine-rail fence.; 110 said it was
in the Bible, If you sow the wind; you shall
reap ilfewhirlwifitt.' But he said you sowed
the whirlwind ;" and pushing back his canny
curls, beitaid—" Po,what is sowing the whirl. .
wind ? Do tell me, pa!!•
The rain ceased, and we left ; but, Arts
child's words-rang in uny enrs: 'What is .
sowing the whirlwind I Do tell, pa." .If en
earthly being can sow the whirlwind, it is tho
rtunscller. Search the records of crime, anti
you will find it originated in drinking strong
drink. New counties are groaning wider
taxes for erecting Court 'ldeolkas and Jails.
Let theta put down fuelling and.rum drink
ing, and they 1. of need so many jails.
Sheriffs and Cons es will have time to ,
farm, and raise grain to sell tapay their taxes.
Please pardon me, Messrs. Editors, ats
again intruding upon your notice; for when I
see so much misery brought on by Charon, I
want to put dbwn. liquor selling. I almost
forget lam a. poor squaw ‘ pedlar. The youth
ofpur land, if wa rn ed. of their danger by the
voice of affection, will reply, I can paddle
my own canoe. QUE.:Q.3U OOTSEEICri.
frarrca, Pa., June 17, 'ISM.
TEXPERANCE IH ?TOGA COMITY.
Danarrr's bliLLs, Tioga Co., 14, }
June 17,18Zi4
.
BRO. NIAsN :- . —The Temperance Reforrn is
still on the advance in this region. Shortly
after our return from your place in April, I•
attended the Rutland Division No. 474, whein
a brother arose to say something far the Geed.
of•the Order, and, among other things, re
marked that while at Vrellsborongh during
court week, he did not see an intlividnal4re
toxicated, He was informed, however, that
one . came', in that dreadful state, where ,
he was boarding, after the family and their
guests had retired' for the night, and wish—
ed entertainment. The circumstance being
made known in the morning, the inquiry
became gene' al as to where - the pour fellow
could have obtained his kit*: Nobat,is not
that inquiry sigmlicrim '1 A few years
and men might fie seers drunk by the stere o
'without any one tieing suspected, or thinking
Ito imp -lire, Where did. they get it I Thank
God, the scale is changing—yea, has already
changed. Iflierc do they get it t is becoming
rather a difficult question to answer; and if
needs no prophet's ken to tell' that it will not
be long ere the poor eisnokard will fie heardl
inquiring, (I hope in vain) Where can! get'
it.? The elements are in attire existencts
which are sufficiently potent to bring about,
such a state of things. .4'he consecration oft
the talent of the.young and old of both sexc:s .
on the altars of Temperance, is" ominous, of
good, mid constitutes a pledge of
The Order of the Knights of Temperance;
requiring every brother to pledge himself zit
to vote "for any person for office, th'e duties
of which are in any way -connected . with the'
enactment or enforcement of a law prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors of a beverage,
unless such person is known to be in favor of
the entire suppression of such traffic," &c.,
lam pleased to regard as leading on the vota
ries of; Temperance to victory. Combined
effort has become the order of the day. The
devil, Avarice, and money; in the bands of
those who live to curatithentselves end other,,
constitute a combination to perpetuate vice
and immorality, poverty and want, or plague
and widowhood, disease and death; and of
tho truth of this, none can entertain a rational
doubt. Combinations must be met by tom
. bivations; and those of a temperance charac
ter, with the force of truth, the coriperatien of
' the real church of the living God, and the
' benedictions of heaven, shall drive King
Al
cohol backward, until stumbling over empty
bottles, jugs, and barrels, he shall fall into
' annihilation. The fact is, he has turned lob
ster already: he goes backward, and no mis
take. Ye hangers-on to the Temperance
cause, don't you see it t Stir about, and get
a Temperance soul in you; and let it think,
and burn, and blaze on the blight and the
mildew surrounding you, till you come to hate
the came of it.
Yours in Li P., and F., •
R. L. Efrovrm..x.