THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
J NO. S. MANN,
EDWIN HASKELL, EDITOILS
FIDELITY TO PEOPLE
Co U DE FRIDAY, JUNE 30 Int
Lucien Bird is authorized to
receive and receipt, money for this
ME
rap The attentive reader will notice
the prospectus of tho N. Era in an
other Column, and we desire to call
the special attention of our friends
to the claims of the Era. Read what
its indefatigable Editor says, and then
be sure•and scud him at least one sub
scriber.
rhe llajtsman's Journal is a
new ‘1 'big paper at Clearfield, P
bv Bea. Jones.
• We hope it' is one of the livo sort;
up with the times, opposed to slavery
aggression in all its forms, and in fa
vor of the Maine Law. Such a paper
is clearly much needed, and whether
called Whig, Democratic, of Inde
pendent, ought to be well sustained,
by all persons wlio are sick •of the
present reign of corrupt politicians.
E There are a couple of articles
on the fourth page to which we ask
the attention of every fanner,—m,e
in relation to the best. time for cutting
hay is just in time. We must say,
what little knowledge we have on the
subject goes to sustain this article.
Oar farmers do not commence haying
early enough. But read the article
and judge for yourselves.
Lir The. Lycaming Gazette, with a
circulation of seven or eight hundred,
has undertaken to counteract the in
fluence of the New-York Tribune, with
its 130,000 subscribers. When that
trifling affair .has been accomplished,
we suggest the annihilation of the
Declaration of Independence as the
next best thing to be done for the
safety of hunkerisn.
Fir Some one proposes this ques
tion: "If it requires all the military
and naval force of the United States
to take one negro out of Boston; how
large an increase of force will be
needed to take Cuba from Spain?"
F" - v - ' We call attention to the changes
in the advertisement of the Louder
, sport Academy. It will be seen that
the Summer Term will commence on
the 2 lth day of July next. We are
o.lqd to see that a Teachers' Class will
0
be organized for next Term. Any
person desiring to teach school, should
make it his duty to be well qualified
for the post, and we think Mr. Bloom
ingdale call give entire satisfaction to
all persons who will seek his instrtie
' tions in the art of teaching.
The Phrenological Journal for
June contains many good things, among
which " Phrenological Jottings," "An
alysis of the Organs," and " The Pha
n )mena of Death," are of the first
ordor. At this day the science of the
brain is pretty generally admitted, and
by the brain-index men firm their
opinion of one another at first sight.
An acquaintance with the principles
of Phrenology has become one of the
things necessary to a thorough educa
tion. The manner in which the Messrs.
Fowlers & Wells have met the in
crelscd demand for information upon
this important subject justly entitles
them to the public gratitude. Of
the numerous - works issued by them
none, we think, doe's these sterling men
more' , honor than the Phrenolugical
Journal. -
:tmo:vesdiv:sectemAwai.ll
411 the papers from the Quaker
City unite in declaring that the pro
clamation of Mayor Conrad requiring
the total cessation of liquor selling on
Sunday, has been productiVe of very
beneficial results, and we hear other
testimony to the same point.
The fallowing postscript to a busi
ness letter from a prominent house in
Market st. shows that Mayor Conrad
has a backbone not yet diseased:
4 , Yesterday, SundaY, our new May
or closed all our grog , shops, which
made it very dry for old topers.?
Look at that, you timid men, who
think the Maine Law cannot be en
forced in large cities. If under the
present inefficient and. wrong prin
cipled law the Maydr of Philadelphia
can close all the grog shops on Sun
day, bo«• easily he could close them
crery slay in the week with an efficient
and right principled law, such as
Temperance men propose.
But here is another extract from pri
vate correspondence. It is from a
lady in the upper part of the city, to
a i friend of ours whose letters we are
s ometimes permitted to read, and this
goes ao straight to the mark in favor
of clic prohibitory measure that we
publish it for the encouragement of
all Temperence men..
Speaking of the consolidated city
and its new Mayor, -this lady writes :
, One of his early, and certainly the
most important act, was to issue a pro
clamation ordering all taverns and
licensed drinking houses to be kept
closed on Sunday, and to-day we see
Ire result.. In our neighborhood, and
between here and our meeting house,
not one groggery hai dared to open
its horrid portal to the baCchanalian
crew, who used to infest them, and
persons may pass quietly to and fro
without being suffocated with the
fumes of rum, lager, or tobacco, and
no profane and ill-bred gangs crowded
the corners, to annoy the quiet pedes
trian. ill one week Conrad has done
much for the public good ; may he
continue in the way of well doing."
Who would not rather deserve such
praise than wear the greenest laurels
that encircle thelrow of the brave old
General Scott? And what reformer,
Teeing the glorious fruits of one noble
effort to stay the tide of wrong, will
not take fresh courage, and-work with
renewed energy for the _removal of
Intemperance and the abolition of
slavery. Remember that all the grog
shops of Philadelphia have been closed,
by the judicious exercise of the ballot,
"A weapon that conies down as still
As snow flakes fall upon the sod,
But executes the freeman's kill'
As lightning does the will of Gov.:.
We have a note, dated June
20th, from THOMAS H. WEnn, Esq., of
Boston, Secretary of the Emigrant
Aid Society, in which he says " the
"work goes on bravely. I have this
"day advertised for proposals to carry
" from 20,000 to 50,000 emigrants to
-Kansas the
. w unFat. acanvn.
" party will leave here on the 17th of
"next month."
F.H A little incident occurred in
Wharton. last Sunday 'Morning, that
we make public for the benefit of those
professed temperancemen hereabouts,
who are disturbed at the evident.alli
ance detween " rum and hunker De-
mocracy.".
A couple of Pierce and Bigler Dem
ocrats, who bailed from Lock Haven,
and are shining lights of the party, so
much so that one of them expects to
be the next Congressman from this
-District; came up into this - County to
fix the ropes for that puporse. On
their way back ihey called at the house
of a friend of ours, on Sunday morn
ing,;' and after exchanging the usual
compliments, one of them says to our
friend,. "Do you keep anything to
drink ? On being answered in the
negative: one of the simon pure said,
" 'Well, by we have a little left
yet," and proved it by going to their
carriage and producing a bottle well
filled with the real stuff, which was
not replaced among its fellows, for
there was a number of them, till our
next Congressman in expctation had
freely. imbibed.
Stich, honest Democrats, is the way
the leading men in the Bigler party of
Pennsylvania, conduct their campaigns.
This Lock Haven Lawyer expects to
secure an election to Congress by the
free use of liquor; and should ho suc
ceed, we will warrant him to do any
thing which the Slave Power may ask
of him.
Should he secure a nomination we
will give his name, meanwhile we ask
all candid men if it is right to sustain
a party. that - lives by such means as
this. • •
Must.— The Bangor Mercury (Whig)
shows that opponents of the Nebraska iniquity
may be returned to 'Congress from nearly or
qui:e every District in that State by union and.
effort. It closes as follows:
" But this rose-colored landscape is not to
be' realized for nothing. We cannot expect
the Morrill Deniocrats to do so much for us
ifwe will do nothing for them. Utile Whigs
of this State, as an organization, in this con
test, ~,•t their backs up stiff and haughty, in
dependent as a hog on ice, they will succeed
in performing about as well as a hog on ice.
They will neither go nor stand. We say to
them, be wise, be wise; pursue no shadows;
go for the substance; names are nothing;
facts are the things."
Will the Whigs of Michngan and other
Free States think of these things I—N. Y. Tri
bune..
We ask men of all parties, who think
.slavery ought not to curse another
foot of free soil to think of "these
things," and act like reasotiable men.
TEE PEOPLE MOVING Ut TIOGA COTIEITY.
A meeting was held at-Lawrence
on the 10th inst. for the purpose.
,
of manifesti ng: their disapprobation of
the 'repeal of the Missouri C.ompro
mise,"whenlthe following resolutions
were tulopted
/ Resolved, That we regard the bill which
has recently passed both Houses of Congress,
providing governments for the Territones of
Nebraska and Kansas as an insult to the Amer- .
ican
- people; a wanton violation of plighted
faith: a cold blooded conspiracy against hu
manity and republicanism, and a crime against
God. That -we believe- it to be a link in a
chain of measures,looking to the absolute su
premacy of slavery, and the subversion of
freedom throughout this continent, and that
we, therefore, demand its speedy and uncon
ditional.repeal.
Resolved, That submission by the North to
Southern dictation is no longer a virtue, and
that we will resist it by all judicious means in
our power.
Resolved, That those laws and those only
made by the people and fur the people, de
serve our respect, and that as the Nebraska
bill was passed by the South and their North
ern *tools for their iniquitous purposes, and
not for the' goo 4 of all, therefore we look on
those with utter detestation, as unworthy our
respect or support.
Rewired, 'That we recommend to the peo
ple in all our townships, to unite themselves
in a league against the extension of slavery,
and suggest to the citizens that County, State,
and National Conventions be called to nomi
nate. men for all the offices in the gift of the
people, who are decidedly for freedom.
Resolved, That a committee of ten be ap
pointed by the Chair at his convenieince, the
duty of which shall be to invite the lion. D.
Witmer to address the citizens of Lawrence
on the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, at
his earliest convenience.
JOHN w. Rvosl, Esq., being unanimously
called upon, addressed the meeting at length,
and acquitted himself creditably alike to him
self anti the suibject he handled, and with the
marked approbation of the meeting.
L. DARLING, President.
GEO. W. STANTON, Secretary.
MEANNESS or SLAVEHOLDESS DOINGS
AT ItIONOND.
We have always been told that slave
traders and negro-catchers were held
in contempt, if not detestation, by the
slaveholders themselves, and we" were
green enough to believe it. But the
festivities at Richmond, in honor of
Deputy Marshal Riley and his' aids,
• must undeceive all those of us at the
North who have been accustomed to
have respect for
." Southern chivalry."
And, when we come to think of it
calmly, there can -be no chivalry and
honor among slaveholders. They are
perfidious in their politics;—see their
violation of . the Missouri compact.
They aro meaner than the dirt they
tread upon in all their other relations.
Think of all this business of slave-_
catching! great, lazy, navy, igno
rant boor contrives to get possession
of a MAX. He holds him as his own.
He makes him work. He "biros him
out" to his neighbor boor. He flogs
him, or lets him be flogged. He al
lows him scanty food of the meanest
description. He clothes him with the
coarsest fabrics. Ho sells his wife.
He sells his children. He gives him
no opportunities for education or reli
gion. if he runs off, he sends a pack
of bloodhounds after him. He pays
him no wages; recognizes in him moo
rights, and but scanty privileges.—
Such a MAN has worked for nothing,
say . twenty years. By his labor, lie
has enabled his master to live in lux
ury or comfort. By some lucky chance
he contrives to escape. What does
the chivalrous master do? Does he
say, as any man with a spark of de
cency would say—" Let him go. He
has supported- me twenty- years, and
got only his board and clothes, and
now he may go, : and see• what he can
do for himself?" No, he wants to flog
him a few more times. He wants to
hire him out and get his wages, to live
on. He wants to get twenty years.more
of gratuitous service out of him. So
lie ,makes a record °of his claim, and
taking advantage of a statute which
men were base enough to enact, and
of a government which is base enough
to enforceit, he starts forward upon
the track of the flying negro. Ho
finds where he is by meanness. He
captures him by a lie. He bribes a
negro as mean as himself to betray
him (as in the Cincinnati case.) He
makes use of the vilest tools, political,
civil, and military, to seize and carry .
back his bondman to the unrequited
toil lie fled from. When he gets him
- back to his home, he puts him in. jail,
and then invents the most preposterous
lies about him and his conversation,
and finds men base enough to circu
late, and fools enough to believe them.
How chivalrous this conduct! How
honorable! how noble!
These acts of meanness were well
enough known, but not' thought of
sufficiently. But there has always
'been, as we said in the.beginning, an
idea current at the North,that slave
catching •was viewed with contempt
by slaveholders .:.themselves. There
was no ground for this notion. Why
should a man who is mean enough to
cheat another man out of his wages
for twenty years; mean enouge to de
prive him% of education and relieon ;
mean enough to sell his wife and
children; mean enough to rouse the
country for the purpose of bringing
him back' to the plantation—why
should such a . man be above the act of
rewarding . the creatures who seized
his prey and brought him back? The
chivalry is all a humbug; the honor is
a palpable sham! Witness the pro
ceedings at Richmond. The slave
holder and the slave-catcher are in the
same boat; Boston catchpoles are
made fashionable by their participa-
tion in "the" glorious act of lugging a
negro back to his - master; Richmoml
offers its hospitality as a city; the par
lors of. the " first families" ale open,
and there is a grand salute at Alexan
dria, as if a. Lavfayette or a -Wash
ington had arrived.—Commonwealth:-
"WILL IT PAY?"—Was the ques
tion put to us the other day, by: one !Al
Our farmers, while urging him to be
come a Member of our Agricultural
Society. Pay be mire it will,
and good interest "to boot." Our far
mers cannot invest a dollar to better
advantage, than by becoming a mem
ber of our society. Suppose you do
not get a premium? Somebody does.
And you see how he got it. You per
haps learn something new, and are
incited to try again. Your stock is
improved. Your ground better tilled.
You get better tools for farming.
short, you are improving. Your neigh
hors cat!ch the spirit, and it becomes
the general watchword. of the '.Coun
try. Those old cows with "crumpled
horns," that would bring but twenty
dollars, have been "beefed," - and their
places . supplied with Devons, Dur
hams, Ayershires, &c., that you - would
not sell for forty. Your firm now
frirnishes - at least a quarter more of
surplus produce for market. " Won't
that pay"?"
Farmers, if you would consult your
own interest, and the welfare- of the
county, become active, living members
of our society. There are several of
our most wealthy farmers in this town,
that have never identified themselves
with.this organization. It should not
be so. If the interests of farming are
:.worth advancing,. it is your duty, as
well as privilege, to assist. Your
help is needed now, while our society
is in its infancy. Shall We have it?-
1r Kean Citizen.
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Good Templars, convened at War
ren, recently, the following resolu
tions, among others, were passed
Resoled, That in the opinion of the Grand
Lodge, it is the duty of every person of Tem
perance to vote at the October electibn in
lhvor of a Prohibitory Liqttot Law. •
Resolred, That wo, as an organized: tem
perance body, are opposed to a separate po.
Hard organization' of our own, yet we have
no hesitation in declaring it as the deliberate
opinion of this body, that the time has 'come
when every temperance man should support
for office those only who are distinctly known
to be in-favor of the total.nroltillito..--""
toe, - attu — sate ot intoxicating
liquors as a beverage.
THE BOSTON STAVE CASE
Col. Suttle, the claimant,. deposed that An• , 1
thorny Burns, the alleged fugitive, escaped
from Alexandria, Virginia, on the 24th of last
March. On the part of the defense it was
proved by several most respectable witnesses,
that Burns was in Boston ut work, as early as
the 12th of March. Nevertheless, iffr. Com
missioner Loring decided that Burns Should
be given up. In order that this might be done
Securely, cannon were planted so as Co rake
Court street; then a company of the 'United
States marines were marched in from of the
Court House. Burns was brought out, at
tended,by fifty special marshalls, armed with
short 'swords and revolvers, and placed in' a
line behind. the marines; a large bUdy of
Massachusetts troops guarded the 'man; in
this order the line marched to the wharf,
where Burns was put on board a United
States revenue cutter which immediately
sailed for the Potomac.
What despotism of Europe ever made so
offensive a display of its power for the enslave.
melt of one poor wretch' if an instance
ex's:s we certainly do not knew where to look
for it. The United States maiwains the bud
prOminence .of being the most hateful des
potism in dick world and of enforcing its des•
potism in the "most hateful manner. It does
not lessen the enormity that this despotism is
the despotism of the majority. That only
shows that th,e despotism of the majority Is
sometimes more' dreadful than.the despotism
of the minority—of aristocracy or of autocracy.
Massachucetts. blood must have sadly de
generated in quality since the tea was thrown
overborad, perhaps at that very wharf from
whence - Burns was sent into slavery. : Then
a three-penny tax on an article of luxury, im
posed in defiance of the natural right of self
government, roused the people to glorious
resistance. Now the stealing' of a man tinder
color of law, and with circnmstance purpose
ly ordered to humble the pride of Massachu
setts, is taniely submitted to. Nay, MasAa
chusetts consents, 'in the persons of her sol
diers, to stand guard over her dishonor now.
Surely if Massachusetts has lost all love of
right, the instinct of revenge should have-led
to nobler conduct. Did she not remember
how her Commissioner, one of her most dis
tinguished sons, was driven out of Charleston,
so soon as it was known that his mission was
to appeal to the Courts for the vindication of
the rights of her seamen? No federal cannon
were there planted so as to rake Charleston
streets, no United States marines were ordered
out for his protection, no South Carolina
militia zealously stood guard about him. He
was compelled to fly for his life. Massachu
setts, in the person of her representative, was
hustled out of Charleston streets, and com
pelled to dodge and hide to save herself from
personal vio.ence. And to 'this day, Massa
chusetts can get no hearing in the Courts for
wrongs inflicted upon her seamen in South
Carolina or any other southern State. - Yet
she consents that southern slaveholders shall
hunt. their fugitives through Boston streets,
and that her own military arraY shall be con
vened into blood-hounds therein. 'Was ever
humiliation more enure: We are 'ashamed
of Massachusetts. She has soiled -her ancient
renown and made herself a hissing and a re
proach.—Honesdale Democrat. • , .
True enough. But we do not see
that a Pennsylvanian has,any right•to
point the finger of scorn at Massachu
setts while . William Bigler sits in the
aubernatorial chair, .to' pardon kid
nappers, and shield Slaveholders who
murder our citizens.
tar Just call in at Lewis hisses, if you
to buy New Goode, and find a man' to
deal with. He has just received from the
City New Goods ectough to crowd tho old
store, and wants to sell them.
vA'l4:4glaei:Ozuclovo
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the friends of Temperance was held
in Pleasant Valley, June - 17th, 1854,
fol the, purpose of fOrwarding that
great question, Mom'. REFoust.
' The meeting opened by prayer ; af
ter which J. T. Clark tt•as called to
the Chair, and J. I... Warren appoint-
ed Secretary.
Previous to the arrival of our speaker,
J. S. Diann, of Coudersport, a short
but able address was delivered by S.
Palmer, of Roulet, With much spirit
and energy. After the arrival of Mr:
Mann, an apology for his delay was
made satisfactory to the audience.—
He then proceeded with an eloquent
and energetic address to the people
of this place. He painted clearly and
satisfactory to all the horror of Intem
perance, its, carreer in society, its evil
influence on the .young, and urged a
speedy .and efficient organization into
a society. J. L. Warn then produced
the following resolutions, which 'were .
adopted :
Resolved, That Temperance is a canoe
worthy our hearty cooperation, and that we
will use all reasonable means to persuade our
neighbors to join us in forwarding on that
wheel of.reform. -
Resolved, That the cause of temperance
recommends itself to man, and that it is our
dut to promote and inculcate its principles
in the'minds of the young and ri4ing genera.
tions: '
Resolved, That moral suasion is a justifiable
means, and one that we deem proper in endeay.
offing to induce those who know not the cause
and effect of Intemperance, to enlist in the
cause in which the welfare of our nation de
pends.
Resolved, That to effect its permanancy we
must hate the MAINE LAW, and hence we
deem it wise '
forevery friend , of temperance
to vote for no man for Legislative office, who
is not in favor of such a law.
Resolod, . That the proceedings of this
meeting'be published in the County papers.
- J. 'l'. CLARK, Chen.
J. L. WARREN, Sec'y,
Pennsylvania Illustrated
A recent act of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania haVing directed each
County in the State to-appoint a Su
.p.erintendent of SchoolS and fix his
salary; nearly or quite all the Counties
have complied with its requisitions.
One County (Lancaster) pays her Su
perintendent 81,500 ; five Counties
(Alice -bony. Chootvt oebuyl
kill, and Washington) pay $l,OOO each;
the,,, residue all the way down from
$760 (Lebanon) to. one hundred dollars,
which is the - sum paid by Fulton and
Pike ' respectively—about half the
wages in those Counties of a.day-labor
er who boards himself, but is not re
quired to keep a horse and pay travel
ing charges out of his stipend. Four
Counties pay $6OO, one $550, twelve
$5OO, and the residue from 8.100 down
ward L—most of them 8350 to $250.
It is noticeable that while Lancaster,
the Whig stronghold, pays far the
highoSt salary, (81,500,) " old Demo
cratic Berks,!' with her large popula
tion, vast wealth, and present exceed
ing prosperity, pays 8250 ! Her rulers
seem to know that Education does not
tend to conserve or strengthen their
sway.' This County was most strenu
.ous-in its hostility to any Common
School system, and is represented in
Congress • by a zealous supporter of
Douglass - bill.—N. Y. Tribune.'
A REALLY PRECIOUS RELIC.
Mr. John 3PLanghlin, janitor of the Mer
chant'S Exchange, has a relic found by his son
John, on Monday evening, beneath the tim
bers of the old military work recently exhumed,
near the toot of Liberty street, which exceeds
in interest all others yet discovered. It is the
casing:of a heavy watch', (said byjewelers to
be about half gold,)and thus inscribed on the
back of the case, in perfectly distinct letters :
Presented to
James Witherel,
by his friend •
George Washington.
May 3d, 1775.
,
It the opinion of some who have seen the
inscription that it was Made by Washington
himself. Mr. Witherel Must have received the
watch when Washington was but a few months
past his 24th year. Who was Mr. James With
ereli and how came the case to be loft iu that
spot, It is in ail excellent state of preserva
tion. Young with some other
youngsters, Crawled beneath the timbers,
lighted a candloond commenced searching
among the earth, when he was so fortunim as
to find this treasure. His father has it in his
posseislon, and will show it to those calling
at the exchange.
John Mitchell's View of the Buns Case
"To compel a lazy, wooly-headed
negro to return to his master. and to
work fora living, is the i highest crime
known to the higher law. To slay a
white man of the Caucausian race—
an 'officer of mere human law, who
assists in enforcing its authority—is a
deedi entitling the hero who accom
plishes it to - a higher seat• in the sev
enth heaten than St. Paul, the Twelve
Apostles, or any of 'the noble Army
of Martyrs' who have died for the
sublime doctrines of Christianity, or
for: the freedom of man.
"But if THE TRAITOES only received
theiridesert in this world, the position
to which they would be elevated is a
gallows higher than any steep e. We
rejoice that so far - the majesty of the
law has been ultimately vindicated,
even at the point of the bayonet; but it
would receive a higher and more salu
tary vindication, ff the. REBELS HAD
BEEN SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS;
-and to this complexion it must come at
last."
FACTS OF SCAVERY.
' Delphi,' who is travelling tbro,ugh the
Southern Atlantic States on business, writes
to the Whig Press, Middletown,'N. Y . ., from
Charlotte, N. C., May 17th, as follows:
" While at Winnsboreugh, N. C., about
two o'clock on Sunday. morning, I was
awakened by the cry of suffering, and soon
learned the cause. Immediately underneath
my window, a negro was receiving tho lashes
of his master. He was stripped entirely naked,
and hi:: master was flo gging him with a har
ness trace. The nigh l watch had found him.
asleep in the back yard of the hotel, and there
fore concluded he was there intending to coin-
I mit burglary ; his master was called and the
whipping commenced to make him confess.
At no - time during the .inquisition was ever
more cruelty displayed ; his feet wore fas
tened to the round, and his body stretched
over an outside Market stall, andthe lash fell
with an unsparing hand. 'His back was literal
ly pounded to a Jolly, and at every 'stroke the
blood oozed out and trickled to the ground,
and still his simple tale was, ' Massa, I wasn't
goirig to do anything.' . For one hour and a
half this inhuman treatment was continued,
till the victim begged that they. would fake a
gun and kill hint, and fainted from pure ex
haustion; then it was discontinued,and in the
corning I heard them say he received 277.
lashes. There were some scenes connected
with this punishment too revolting to write,
much more to ba balieved; therefore 1 re
frain from writing any more upon the subject.
Suffice it to say, it reminded me forcibly of
one . .of the scenes in Uncle Tom's Cabin; with
Legree fur principal actor."
We perceive most of our exchanges
are complimenting in high tenni the
enterprise of the great eft man Per
ham, of New York. This worthy
having subjected himself by his enter
prise in this respect, i.e. incarceration
in jail fur violating the laws against lot
teries, no doubt these flattering testi
monials of -the numerous press,. trill
be by Lim' grate-fully received. lb
can six months cm such a matter
imprisonment, as no doubt his 100,000
dupes who have contributed a dollar
each to the enterprise, will not be 80
heard-harted as to refuse to take his
imprisonment in -full.—Kenosha Tele
graph.
Col. Benton expresses his convic
tion that the great object of the South
in the Nebraska bill, Was .not the ob
taining of the right to carry slaves
merely into Kansas and Nebraska, but
into live or six first class States fir
which Gadsden has been treating with
Santa Anna. The prinfiple once adopt:
ed, that Congress cannot legislate
against the extension Of slavery, •but
that it can legislate for its extension—
the vital principle of the present Ne
braska movement—mut the accession
of five or six new slave States and
representation in the federal govern
ment will be a matter of course.
Ea' The following appropriate and
and well timed remarks on the Bosto
fugitive case, and the Nebraska dough
faces, are from the• St. Louis intrili:
gencer :
Instead of killing U. S. officers who are
dßcitarging a sworn dtity trying to eximuto
the lav:s you hate, you would show more sense
and justice in hanging a few dough face knaves
that you habitually send to Gongress to make
such laws. Who is responsible for the so
called Nabraska perfidy T Who, but men of
the North, sent to congress by the vote of the'
northern people ? They have the numerical
majority—they could easily have defeated the
Nebraska perfidy. But they haneted your
votes, and their souls, according to your ac
counts, to Franklin Pierie„ Stephen A. Doug
las and the devil."
TEE NATIONAL REA.
RENEWAL AND NEW EuItSCRIPTiONS- . -WHO RE
SPONDS 1
The time has•come when we must call upon
subscribers whose terms are about expiring,
to renew; and, while doing so, to send hew
nameswith their own. ,The first half of the
present volume of the Era will close withthe
last of this month. We have just sent out a
special request to our voluntary agents, to join
in a determined and vigorous effort to enlarge
our list. The time is auspicious. People are
aroused on the subject of slavery, and need
information. Only the first great triuniph of
the slave power has been won. Further and'
more dangerous aggressions are meditated.
The anti-slavery sentiment of the country
needs organization. To promote the great
cause of 71../uion for the sake of Freedom. the
most active efforts ought now to be made, to
increase the circulation of newspapers opposed
to slavery: •
The Era needs a.special movement in - ita
favor. Some of its—hest agents during the
last twelve months .have diverted their labors
to the 'establishment. of local anti-slavery pa
pers. We do not complain of this, but
could they not now spare a few weeks to the -
Era, which has no local support, and must
depend alone upon the general interest felt in
the vigorous maintninance of such A paper at
the seat of Government / In brief terms, let
us say that, should they succeed in adding to
onr Weekly list six thousand subscribers, it
would not repay the loss we have -sustained in
undertaking to carry on a Daily Era, although
it would enable us to relieve ourselves from;
the embarrassments in which that has involved
us.
Lot every agent use his-best exertions for
the paper. Let every subscriber whose time
is about to expire, renew promptly, and send
at least one new name. We reprint our
Terms, and shall keep them standing,. as a
guide to the efforts of our friends:
TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ERA.
One copy,. 1 year, $2 One copy six months,sl
Three copies, do., 5 Five copies, do., 5
Ten copies, do., 15 Ten copies. do., 8
Voluntary agents are entitled to retain 50
cents commission on each now yearly, and
25 cents on ercli new semi-yearly, subscriber,
except in the case ofclubs. Twenty-five cents
is the commission on the renewal of an old
subscriber.
A cub of three subscribers (one of Whom
may be an old one) at $5, will entitle the per!
son making it 'up to a copy of the Era three
months; a club of five (two of whom may bo
old ones) at $B, to a copy for six months; a
club of ten (five of whom may be old ones)
at $l5, to a copy for one year.
Money to be forwarded, by mail, at my risk.
Large amounts may be remitted in drafts or
certificates. or deposit. - G. BAILEY.
Washingion, D. C., 1854.
IVnicn is IT t—Which is the way to health
the Hydro-path the Allo-path, or the Homo'-
path 1 Where there are so many paths, - it- is
hard to find which to follow.