THE PEOPLES JOURNALS
IEI
S. MANN,
EDITORS
111WL\ HASKELL.
FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE
ut:DERPoRT, FRIDAY, AUG. le, 1554
7 -rlirn. Sti very tie ceptable
communication will appear next week•.
The Rev. John 13. Pradt will
hold Divine service in Coudersport. On
Sunday' the 27th day cf August inst.
Z: 7 6". The 1? reedom Call for this coun
ty is not published this week bemuse
but one of the circulars has betu re,
turned. We hope to receive them its
time for next number.
Te We ask attention to the pro
spe cms of Moore's Rural. Neir-Yorker.
\Sr‘ chink this is one of the best agri
cal tzral, papers published, and it is
also an excellent l family paper.
Or Spent an hour on Monday last
at the Academy, and was well paid.
N ever knew a Summer Term so pros
p and never saw the students
our Academy bette&lled.
744
triv -
EF"Nothing that' is not a real
rime makes a man appear so con
t emptible and little in the eyes of the
world as incanstancy, especially when
it regards religion or party."
Cam' Those persons who take an
interest in the true character of AVAsn-
JNGTON, the father of his country, are
inviied to read an article on the first
-page on that subject. Whoever does
to and then calls him a slaveholder
- will do great tnjil:•tice.
Half the mh , ery of human life
-might lie extinguished, would men
-alleviate the general curse they lie
- under, by nmtual offices of compas
benevolence, and Humanity.—
There is nothing, therefore, which
-we ought more to encourage in our
rc•lres and others, than that disposition
mind• in our language goes
- under the title of good nature."
Et -- F We arc under obligations to
the lion. Gcrrit Smith for copies of
his speecheson the 7.ebraska bill, on
the Pacific Railroad, on the abolition
of the Postal Sy:-tem, on the sale of
.intoxicating drinks in the city of
Washington, on the Mexican Treaty,
-and his letter to Hon. H. Hamlin in
1 - elation to the Reciprocity Treaty.
These are all able documents, and
will exert a happy influence, except
•the 'Mexican treat• speech, which
1 ears no resymblance to the _rest in,
or con,istency. After inakitig
a speech, it was quite time to
as his infitlence f(,r good was
xi4f,::rovetl
OUR CLOCK
Our little village has been favored
by a donation of a Town Clock, which
out the hour of day or night,
4 lver air thp valley. The feveri.ih pa
tient. turning front side to side amid
snatches of sleep and wearying
.ire'uns, bears afar off the solemn voice
of the Court flowe bell, and for a trio
tuent he, is still—is quieted. The long
right ,oath a voice, and speaks to him.
Time: in its flight, bath nut forgotten
The:timely watcher by the sick bed,
by the dying or the dead, hears the
tone that sounds to all alike, and, feeh3
at cht.w.e "companionship with every
NV-al*r, ear within ; this circle of hills
that gathers us in. One little family
dock. though ever so true and prized
as a companion, speaks often to but
one trakeful listener, and scarcely
breaks the long stillness, but this
tongue speaks aloud, and surely others
have heard it. The.stranger just eu-,
tering the place, hews the familiar
Mire" from the d9nae„ and feels al-,
most at home again. The children
playing by the river side, the gay
groups promenading beneath the wil-_
• lows, hear the hour sounded that re
minds them, of some family - gathering,
perhaps the tea time or the bible les
son, and turn seasonably homeward.
Even Bruin Macßruin away up on
East Hill, pricks up his ears and \von-,
tiers if they have put up that clock on
purpose to let him know the time of
day because he does not wear a
watch, like the gentlemen down be
low. It is a most welcome and be
niticent gift, this town clock, and
trust we shall all be grateful, and put
its monitions to good use. G.
The bone, and sinew of Onondaga
county met in mass meeting at the
City Hall in Syracuse on the 7th inst.;
when Amos P.. Granger, Whig, was
called to the C hair, and George Barnes,
Free Soil, and P. H. Agan,.llemocr d t,
acted as temporary Secretark . . s , In
the afternoon a perr.tane'At organizas
tion was had. •The Committee on
Resolutions retorted the following,
among other equally good ones, adopt
ed by acclamation.:
Resolved, That as - Northern men and
Free men-,--as friends and conserva
tors of the essential spirit and true
theory of American Liberty and Inde- .
pendence, we feel a settled and abiding
conviction that the time has fully ar
rived when duty and conscience im
peratively require we should adopt
new and vigorous measures for the
preservation of republican institutions
and for resisting the encroaching anti
aggressive designs of the slave power.
Respired, That the repeal of the so
called Missouri Compromise (by which
the territory north of 36 30 was sol
emnly dedicated to Freedom) by Con
•gress, promoted throughout by the
whole power and influence of the
General Administration, constitutes an
outrage lapon the rights and interests
of the free States without a parallel in
the history of the Republic .an out
rage only to be avenged by the con
signment of its authors and abettors
to . universal contempt, and by the .
reclamation from Slavery of every
concession 'heretofore made to its cor
morant demands, consistent with the
existence of the government. There,
fore,
Resoleed, 1. That this meeting is in
favor of the repeal of the act organ
the territories of Nebraska and
Kansas; at leapt so‘far as the said act
opens these or any other territories to
the admifsion of Slavery.
2. That we are in favor of the re
peal of the Fugitive Slave Law.
3. ,That we are in .favor of the ex
clusion of Slavery from till territories
which may hereafter be organlied by
Congress.
L That we arc opposed to and will
resist by all suitable means the ad
missien of any more slave States into
the Union. And
5. That we are in favor of abolish
ing SlaVery in the District of Columbia.
'Resolved, That the recent aggres
sions of Slavery are of a character to
convince the people of the North that
we have no longer any security fbr the
continuance of such a republican gov
ernment as was bequeathed to us by
Washington and Jefferson, than what
is left to us in our wills and votes.
The Convention, after an animated
debate, adopted the following resolu
tion by an overwhelming majority.
We publish it, and a brief notice of
the debate from the Chronicle, to let
our tender-footed old-liners in tins
section see how lire Democrats arc
acting:
Resolved, That as the most effectual
means of attaining the ends proposed
in the fbreg,oing resolutions, we recom7
mend to the. Convention which is to
meet at Saratoga on the 16th inst. the
thrmation of a new political organiza
tion and the appointment of a State
Cominittee, for the purpose of calling
a State Convention to nominate candi
dates for State officers in November
next.
Mr. V. \V. Smith (wliig) opposed
the resolution and maintained that the
I whi g party was the only true anti
slavery. party, and having always been
faithful to the anti-slavery idea, should
not lie abandoned fur any other organ
ization.
Mr. Hovey (dem.) replied that the
convention had met for a specific pur
pose and not to consult the wishes of
whig or democratic politicians. The
evil against which we, protest had
been accomplished by the two parties
joining hands, and if we would make
eflectual opposition we must organize
a distinct party to cari y out our views.
He had been a democrat for thirty
years, but henceforth he belonged .to
no. party which was not distinctly
committed to the views of this con
vention [applause.] If we elected .a
whig or democrat, we had no security
that he would not be cajoled as others
had , been before him; but give us a
member. responsible to this body only,
and he would be inilopendent. He
hoped the restdution would pass. [Ap
plause.]
R. Hibbard (dem.) was decidedly in
favor. of the resolution. It was time
that a distinct issue was made on this
subjeot, and ho was prepared for one
to organize on this principle.
W. H. Downer (dem.) was also pre
pared for this measure, and declared
in the language of the elder Adams,
that sink or swim, live or die, he was
ready to give his hand and heart to
this measure.
James M. Munro (Democrat and
Free Soil,) was in favor of the resolu
tion, and would sustain no man for
office who was not uncompromising
in his hostility to slavery.
Aid. Behee (whin) did not see the
utility of an independent organization.
The history of the past did not favor
such an organization. It could furnish
no guaranty that those who swore
fealty to it, would be faithful to its
requisitions. \Ve should have eon
fiance is the. Saratoga Convention
and not embarass it by Our sugges
tions.-• Did not the BufFaloPlatform
open a darker page in cur history?
Hra not its advocates always stood
•
foremost in making concessions to
slavery
1) .'E. L. Some (dem.) was for the
resolution. He did not feel the force
of the argument against it by Ald.
Bebee, and urged the importance of
an organization which would at once
embody the sentiment of the North
against slavery. •
Mr. Chapman spoke of both parties
as political sinners and thought that a
new organization might embody the
repentant and accomplish great good.
THE ISSUE
The men who have kindly under
taken to oversee the affairs of this
.
county and keep the people in the old
traces; expect to do so by deceiving
anti-Nebraska democrats into the sup
port of the paity by asserting that the
Nebraska question is not a test -of de
mocracy. The Washington Union,
the mouthpiece of the President, •and
the National organ of the arty, sets
its foot on this contemptible dodge.
It says;
' " The. Nebra4a bill is a Test of
Demoaratio Ort,bodary. ~ The, -major
ity have spoken, and in this country
the majority must be obeyed. It is
not necessary that an administration'
should say what is or what is not a
test of faith ; • but the will of the ma
jority of the Democratic party is no
less potential in making . a prificiple.
a test and in constituting that- princi
ple an article(of the Democratic creed.
Thus our readers will see that the
party of the Administration is com
mitted to the support of the Nebraska
btll, and a vote to sustain it, is a vote
apiinsi restoring the Missouri restric
tion to slavery extension.
Speaking.of the party and its can-a
dilates in Pennsylvania, the Lvcoming
Chc:ctie, a leading Bigler paper, says;
The candidates of the Democracy
in the coming State canvass are firmly
opposed to the advance of abolition
ism, They believe 'in preserving in
tact the great principle of self-govern
ment established by the compromise
of >5O, and applying it to all new
territories organized or acquired by
our' governrn,e.t. They would pre
serve thefugitive slave law, as it is
upon the t,tutute-b,4, as a constitu;
tional measure ofjust'ice to the South.
The " principle of self-government"
alluded to is the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, which is attenipted
to be justified under the fale, pretense
that the Nebrtn•ka iniquity secures
self-governmeut.
To enable slavery to spread itself
over our entire territory, and to —;ree
serve the fugitive slave law as ;1-
are the chief measures . of the Bigler
party ofPennsylvania. •
This fugitive slave bill is known by
every intelligent man, to he as much
more tyrannical and infamous than
the. alien and sedition flaw, as the
dou,Thfitces f 2.5: - ",0 were lower and
more hearties, ban the apologists of
slavery in 1.'7.9 0.
And yet this . bill, with its Star
Chamber court,, irresponsible coin
missioners, and ex parte testimony—
which ignores the right of trial by
jury and habeas corpts, is the great
measure of Bigler democracy. If the
voters of this county will but vote as
they think, not two hundred of them
will endorse a ticket whose chief ob
ject is to support these odious pro
slavery laws.
far The following picture of the
supporters of the Pierce Administra-.
tion, is from the N. Y. National Dem
ocrat. - We should not publish it,
except fiom a supporter of the Presi
dent. Speaking of the New York
Custom House that paper sus:
To say that it has been managed
" hadly " is tame talk—" damnably "
is the word. But the President dare
not turn them out. There are nowt at
responsible posts in that place forty 6T
fifty thieves, boxers, shoulder hitters,
thimble-rigger:, pugilists; assassins, and
black-guards, who would
all creation f their masters are dis
turbed. If the President were to at
tempt to put other men in their places,
they would have their eyes- knocked
out, if, indeed, the Custom House was
not burnt down over their heads.. No;
Governor Marcy dare not recommend.
the removal of Cochrane,. even if ha
were desirous of doing it, at the pres
ent time, for the short boys would take
his breeches
s off his body, and ride the
whole Cabinet on a rail, before they
will allow themselves to be disturbed
in their "responsible posts under
Government."
Sins go not alone, but follow one
another as links of a chain clo.
THE REAL DISITNIONISTS,
We have heard a great decd within
the Fast ten years' about a dissolution 1 !
of the Union. Now we think it is c
very plain that the greatest enemies
this Union ever had, are to be found
among the pro-slavery, old fogy union
.carers of the North. And we find
intelligent Southern men have the same
opinion on this point. Take the. fol
lowing extract from one of Cassius
M. Clay's late speeches'', and compare
it with the contemptible apologies for
Slavery which Northern &trims put
forth. This speech was made in Illi
nois to freemen, and is the advice of
an exslaveholder who understands
his subject. Will you heed - his urgent
appeal 1 •
Mr. Clay closed his remarks with a
strong appeal to the people to unite-as
one to save the liberties of the country,
to bring back the glorious platforni of
the Declaration of Independence, and
-to fulfill the work- our fathers had
begun. He .urged them to standby
the Declaration, to stand by the Con
stitution and the Union, for they all
sustained freedom; and the tendency
of the policy -of the slaveholdors, as
well as their deliberate purpose, was
to throw contempt on the principles
and herOie spirit of the fathers of the
republic, to subvert the Constitution
and destroy the Union.
Only the people of thb North could
save us from this ruin; by a Union for
freedom, irrespective• of and above
. the claims of party. He urged them
to "let by-gores be hy-gores," to for
get that they had ever been DeMo
crats, or Whigs, orAbolitionists, and
now be patriots, of the - old school---1
patriots and liberty men of the days
of '76. "And," -said he, -“ do year
duty here, where you can, as l we . do
011 T duty at the South; we non-slave
, holders, who are trodden down under
the heel of of the slave power. Put
down the dough-faces at thel North,
as the South puts down-the defenders
of liberty there, and we will be con
tent to remain down until the wheel
of fortune shall turn in our favor, if
-you do your duty here. Unless you
'
do it, the condition of the non-slave
holders is hopeless. Their deliver
ance, as well as the emancipation of
the slave, rests with the peopleqf the
North. Do your duty, and may God
defend the right."
WORDS CF CHEEK
The Condersport ( Pa.) Journal, recently
appeared in a new 'and beautiful typograph
ical dress. It is an able, out-spoken and nide
pendent. free soil and temperance paper, and
we are pleased to leant is reaping the well
earned reward ()fits hottest and patriotic en
deavors, No local newspaper in that state
exercises a wider or more beneficial influence
upon public sentiment,—Olean Journal.
The above over-drawn compliment
is from a moderate supporter of the
Administration, but the writer is a
sincere opponent of slavery extension,
and a reliable friend . of Temperance ;
and hence he can heartily cooperate
with, and do justice to, papers of all
parties that are endeavoring to ad
vance the same objects.
We think there has been a decided
improvement in this respect within
the last four or five years, and we
hope to live to see the day when po
litical discussion will be carried on in
a sensible ivay, and a press that re
sorts to personal bickeritigs and low
falsehoods for the
.sake of gaining a
few votes, will be, repudiated by all
honorable men.
THE FF17E4313E0 DISPATCH
This independent and enterprising
paper.has been considerably Unproved
of late in • its mechanical appearance:
But we must be permitted to suggest
that the usefulness, and as we think
prosperity of the Diapatch, would be
greatly improved by• the use of larger
type. It is Quo of the best papers in
the State west of the mountains how.
ever, as it is, and we take pleasure in
calling the attention of our readers , to
ita terms as stated in that paper of
the 3rd.
Our weekly is decidedly the cheapest is,
Shed. It is a sheet of the size °Pour daily,
containing, at least twenty-two columns of
"reading matter," and but one or two of ad
vertisements.. It is sent one year for a dollar
—but where ten or more club, and - thus have
- a package sent to one address, (thus saving
us the labor of addressing- each copy sepa,
rately,) we furnish it for filly cents a year, or
less than a cent a copy! The paper is free
of postage in the county—in the State thirteen
cents, and out of the State twenty-six Cents a
year. The proem is a favorable time to sub
scribe, and we trust our readers will mention
the matter to, their neighbors, anti in
to get up clubs at once.
. LEMMON CASE.—This case is !TOW
in the New York Court. An order
being required that • Mr. Lemmon
should file security for costs, his coun
sel presented a bond executed by Gov
ernor Johnson, of Va . ., to which Mr.
Culver, counsel for the other side, ob
jected, that the Governor has not 'been
authorized to execute the bond,. and
neither he nor the State swear they
are worth 5250, required to be secur- .
ed. He also objects to their character
as repitiliators.
FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE
Ws
- , have received the sth Annual
Announcement of the Female Medical
College of Pennsylvania. It shows
ibat the prospects of the institution
are improving,. and
.t•hat an opening in
made and a. sure . foundation laid to
supply a great want in community,—
female physicians. The next session
of the institution, commences Septem4
ber 30, and will continue five months
and a half.
TERMS
The fees are as fullows:L-.
Alatrieulation fee (paid. only the first SCS•
sion,) • ;500 .
To each Professor - • 10 00
Practical An'atotny and Chemistry . , 500
Graduation fee, 20 011
- For the encouragement of ladies of
education and respectability, whose
-means will not allow of the usual ex
penditure, a limited number of stu
dents will be admitted on the payment
of twenty dolla:rs per session—exclu
sive of the matriculation and gradu
ation fees. Such arrangements will be
strictly confidential, and no distinction
'in point of courtesey and attention
will be 'made between the benificiary,
and other 'students, Persons applying
to be • received on this foundation,
must forward to the Dean of the Fac
ulty, at least thirty days before the
opening of the sessipn, testimonials as
to character, age, occeTation, • qualifi
cations and want of tneeins. The suc
cessful applicants wiJ Lbe.duly notified.
Further information can be ob
tained by addressing D. J. Johnson,
Dean of the Faculty, 22.9 Arch Street,
Philadelphia.
. GLAD Ttnr*es.—The attention.of the
pnblic in all parts of the country will
be given to the decision (which we
publish this morning), of the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin in full bencln pro
nounced by Chief .Tnstice Whiten, to
the effeCt that the Fugitive Slave haw
is unconstitutional. The case on
which this decision was given was the
same 'recently decided by Mr. Justice
Smith of the same court,, Nvh us judg
menOve not Jong since laid befote our
readers. The entire Court, with the
exception of Mr . . Justice Crawford,
agree in this view of the question.—
TheY hold the law to be unconstitu
tional because it entrusts the adjudi
cation of fugitive cases to amagistrate
of so:low a grad l y as Commisioner, and
also because it denieS the trial by Jury.
Judge Whiton .discusses the subject
withgreat acuteness and dignity, and
presents the points in a stele unusual
ly clear and concise. We hail this
new;condemnation of this iniquitions
and Shumefullaw as a good omen fin•
the country. It is probable that the
case; will now be taken to the Su
preme Court.of the - United States.—
N. Y. Tribune. .
Fon Kansas.—The Christian Reg
ister, in a notice of the Kansas.emigra
tion movement, says, "the type and
press for a free newspaper is ala!ady
packed. The Herald ref Freedom will
be published there in September.—
We hear of more than one arrange
ment for Gospel instruction. May we
not soon announce the name of its first
Unitarian minister. The fund is
raised•by one Church in.. the city of'
Worcester from what she - calls 'The
Old South , Missionary; That one
church will supphrt 'orthodox' min
ister there. Let such an example
stirmilate our liberality. We 'learn
from the President - of the William
.Tewel college, a Baptist .institution
within fifteen miles of Kansas, that
eight young pr'eachers from that insti
tution will probably pass into the new
territory next spring, whose views of
the day are what they have found
statedby Dr. Wayland in Moral
Science.' Let it be remembered to
the credit of the• Baptist mission *there'
that has always checked slavery as it
could. We bade good bye last Mon
day to - two accomplished lawyers.—
The Kansas High School is already
Provided With at least one teacher."
Commonwealth.
INDIAN N T .A M E.—Pine Creek was
called by the Indians -Tiadah ton. In
1768 a questimi arose between the
purchasers in this legion whether this
Indian term was . the name for Lycom
iqg or Pine Creek. It remained in
dispute for sixteen years, when at the
treaty of Fort Stanwix, in 1784, it
was ascertained from the Indians them
selves that 'Tiede:llton meant Pine
Creek, We. are. unable to give the
true pronunciation.
Fort Stanwix was located on the
site now occupied by the town of
Rome, on the Erie canal, in the State
of New Y9rlt.-y4Y . ezcs Letter.
- The Indian name of the West
Branch of the Susquehanna was oz:ili
ac:lsop (ot?in-ak-sun.) How much
more appropriate, suggestive and sig
nificant are these old Indian names
than the resent prosy, every-day,
undistinctive nomenclature of "Pine
Creek," " West Branch,' ' "Mud Run,"
and "Pumpkin Seed Pond."—z• Wyp
ming Gazitte.
• A. SocKnommen!--The New-Bed
ford Mercury, alluding to the ar4-
town affair, says that the' administra
tion haS shown more magnanimity than
could have been expected by its most
ardent admirers.. It felt obliged to
thrash somebody: and it has taken cse
itssizr !
Mr, Pierces Exploratory Message.
The following message of the Pres:- -
i4ent of the United' States was sott,
to the Senate of the United States- on
Saturday. accompanying his approval
of the bill making a farther appropri
ption fin- the Cape Fear river in North
Carolina. ft seems designed as an
intimation of the manner in which
Mr. a1(;:ols to dispose of the
River :old liarbor bill when it comas
to hi In'or obstructions cre
ated in ricers; by the agency of .thee
government hr hold; the covernment
`rosponZolr, and admits its obligation
to remove them. Wc.are left to infer
that for obstructions to their naviga
tion, placed in their channels by the
'hand of nature, 3 different rule will
followed, and that he would not ap
prove of a ny appropriations of the
public money for their removal. It is
well, perhaps, in. our interpretation of
the constitution. 10 be scrupulous in
some respects if are not in others.
it seems to be the faAionable doctrine
at Washington, that although . boA
Houses of Congress canuot make- an,
appropriation for opening a river
within, any of the States to navigation,.
the Senate alone may make an amo,.
priation for the purchase of w route.
fh locomotives without the limits of
the United States.
WA S HING TON, July 224. - 185.1.
To ide &nate of tAe riuted Ontes:,
I have this,day given my signature ,
to the act "making further ahpropria
tion for the improvement of the. Cape.
Fear river-, North Chrolina."
. The occasion seems to render
proper for me to deviate from, the or
dinary course of announcing, the ap
proval of bills 1)y an-oral statement
only, mid, fbr the purpose . of prevent
in.,* any misapprehension which might
otheiwise arise from the phraseology
of this act, to communicate, in writing,
that my approval is given to it on the
ground that the obstructiiins which,
the proposed appropriarion is intend
to rymove are the result ofacts of tho
gc::t a government.
FRANKLIN FIP.RCE. "
Fltf:l)Frallti DOUGLAS . S.--Wc have
received a copy of the Address . deliv
eras by this gentleman before the lit
erary societies of the Western Reserve
College, on the occasion ofeommence—
ment[-July 12th. We have had time
to.give the address but a hasty -
peru
sal, but will say that while it scarcely
equals in eloquence the oral eflbrts
ivhich have given
. Mr. Douglass such
great and deservedihme as an orator,.
it is strongly and ably written, and
will be found worthy an attentve rea
ding.
The theme is 'The claims (Stile Ne
gro." The speaker asserts the man:
hoo,l of the African race, argues their
descent front a common ancestry with
the white rare, traces their rehtionship
to the ancient Egyptians, and .claimi
fur their common capacities, common
right-; and a common destiny with the
Anglo-Saxon.
We shall like some of the astute nat
uralists who deny that a negro is a
man to read this address, and tell us
..hat sort of an animal Mr. Douglass
is. We think ‘voThave read- addresses
1)V distinguishc:( . !,tatesman. :that \rare
eon:- iderably less Daily
Register.
SOWING [' ( .Drug AMONG Cons.— Ha
ving reea the inquiry in your paper
respect !ioviite; clover among corm.
T will just that I have tried it, and
it proved ‘,4,:••• - ,:1•, sowed it
at the same r::! ,, i',,ei! , .16,;r pasture,
not lest; tium to the ..‘;re, every
day after mound was
loose and • me no plow in
the corn, amt no; tt•.dze much of a
hill. The should be free from
weeds and grass, as the seed will nut
take well in grw. I dii3 nothing to
the ground after \V.,
Mendon, Tune 12, 1851.,
Free Democratic State Convettien
At a meeting of the Free Demo-:
cratic State Central . Committee, heldi
in Philadelphia August the M. the.
fblowing resolution was adopted`
"That a Free Democratic Mass.
convention be held at Harrisburg on,
the 30th day of Aggust, iost. to ccmsiii,
er the policy and duty of the Fise.
Democratic party, in the present
hied crisis, unless there should be af.
people's Mass Convention of those op
posed to the aggressions of Slavery as
propoised at meetings lately held in
Tioga County arid. elsewhere, called
about that time, in which event the
fred Democracy will assemble at the
time and place selected for such con-
rention."
The important issues now depen
ing, and the present positon of par
ties in this State; the necessity for vig
orous and united action on the part of
those who desire to interpose effect
ually to resist the alarming encroach
ments of the Slave Power; these are
circumstances which call loudly upon
every friend 'of• freedom to rally to
this gathering, and thus strenghten the
hands of the independent men of all
parties who may meet in siich general
convention, should one he held, or
otherwise by their numbers and zeal,
t o give confidence in any course of
action which the Free Democratic
party may decide upon.
Wit. B. TuomAS, Chairman.
C. P. Joszs, Secretary.
Philadelphia, August 2, 185.3.