VOL. VII.
T. PEOPLE'S JOURNAL•
1 . 1:11LISIIEll 1:11111.1: rinucy 31011N1NG,
BY Y.EASIULI., & AV]BY.
TowANnA, June 29, 1854.
DEAR Sun:—Your fluor of the 27th
has just crone to hand. I would be
much gratified to be ucftit you on the
proximl), and to raise my feeble
voice in an earnest appeal to year
citizens, to united action in defense
of our free institutions of Government.
1. ant under an engageinent to address
the citizens Of Tiog,a county on the
subject of the Nebraska Outrage, on
the 4th, and shall go from there to
Prater Co;
I rejoice that you are to have with
you able and zealous a champion
of rn:caol; - 1 as Mr. Greely. In making
the disputes of pate: subordinate to
the igtere , ts offrecd< en and humanity,
he has nobly fitted himself to render
the most emine•tit service to his Coun
try in this crisis. The people must
corm ilp to the like high and patriotic
elevation of purpose, or there is no
hope our country's Liherties.
'l'he policy of Slavery cannot be mis
taken L—indeed it is boldly proclaimed.
The recent high-handed outrage, is
but the precursor of a series of meas
ures, de,igned to give the Slave Oli
garchy absolute domination—to crush
out flirever the policy and principles
Freethon in this Government, and
to establish on the American Conti
nent the most powerfhl and mighty
Slave Empire known in the history of
the world. 1.,-;nbrnisSion—acquiescence
• in the policy of Slavery is fatal; and
• ußte who preaches it, preaches . treason
t Lih,e.tv. Acquiescence in the leg
islation of 1 $5O, emboldened Slavery
Ito , and the discu.eten •
invade in ,
the guarantied I
iv!.:" •- 1 "! 1."'“ },lacy " sate i rights of Freedom in liansas anti Ne
ot.t.r tht‘ Trc:lty, bra ha; and to-day, Slavery lonk
‘v:11 ,;;,511 of 11,11.-a•.(1:: mote. forward with - exulting confidence to
the acqui-itiort of Cuba—the absorp-
I t is teo•huldv knowa to o ur.
tion more Mexican States—the
r•e,der. , , English leeislation ,
reestablishment.estosnment. of 'lavery in San
regard 1,1 Canadll has been of late D oi d oe r o ,th e revival of the foreign,
to Irkedby a gre;,:. degree _ 4 . * liifrality, Slave trade—and an alliance oflensive
a•.• 1 it is not-probable the mother and defensive with Brazil, fbr the pro
c ~i ta r y o•Dikt,;-,tection and aggrwidizernent or Hare
:ion Its the I.:nited States.in ked, t
. t rv. and to enable it to defy the public
l•• • • -
Opn non and power of the world. In
n't'"-Oit • /)- mlnY , proof of all this, I lave. hut•to point'
;1.;;;,:aL.; the Illialher, tLatt the treaty the proceedings in Congress, and
nailer di-cussien in the S; nate seeures the leading public Journals of the
•outh. this: vast programme of
\ irtual coinalercial annexation.
where do the distmionists of !
The:e }:,cos cave zest and interest to
to-dal prepare to make a Staudt It
fidiowing (z t rac t, o f a •Wa,l i i: i gton !Joist be made now—to-day.• The
l• tt, rto the V. Covi:r and E a - freenien of the Republic, thank God,
• : have left in their hands a peace : .
and constitutional remedy, if they
will n- , e it wisely and firmly—the
Blot box. The power and designs)
of Shivery must be checked, and the
origiaal police of the Goverrur::e.tt on
this subject restored. To this end we
must iy aide—postpone for a time,
the Etrifes of party over minor points
. it - controverted .policy, and unite in
this great work of preserving, our free
Institutions from impending, de:At-ne
t-ton. The first blow Must. he - aimed
for the overthrow of the present Na
tional Administration—the mere tool
and poppet of the Slave Power.—
Through the competing influence of
its patronage upon the people's Rep
resentatives. Freedom has been be
trayed. It must be overwhelmed at
every point With ignOillinionS defeat
We 5001101 shorten its Constitutional
term of oftice, but we nut-,t strike
down its allies in every State, District,
County. It must have no pro•ps
in the States, upon which to lean_ for
the support of its iniquitous policy.
No mail should be elected to respons
ible office, Governor, member of Con
gress. Representative, Nrliose relations
of friendship and alliance with the
National Administration are open to
suspicion. - We nu-t accept of noth
ing, in the candidates presented for
our sufi'rages, shorr‘f undisguised
hostility to the ultra pro -slavery power
at "Washington. Anything ;port of
this is folly, idle, trifling,
nonsense; 211C1 designed in the end, to
lead tlie people step by s'tep into
acquiescence in the policy and plans
of slavery. Let no candidate pretend
to conthrin the recent lcOalstion of
Cougress, and -yet hold himself in
Terms—lnvariably in AdValf2CO:
One copy pc annum,
Villaga subscribers,
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t..vet - jcalout slaveholder.,,
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1:1•1 Mr. t'i,ivtoli Mr. .Prrtt.,
i-tiitc.l a, a principal
nrran t ettit.•;it,
ttrit it Ny..111(l ittr,.ra
project of
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0,1 the anut.r..lti,ot issue, before the
i••••.1 , 1 , •et is U 11, 1 1,1 \- di:pos e d of.
We bare cc;lifirmation of these ni
jecti by swithern Senatar,s iu Sonic.
reinarki fa haak).r paper . lait,h,tory
of Gen. C,N:t. ft , conv, ilia the C'ea
eral has folual aut. Marc the PANtal.cn-
iaL( ot - Cat , 1-0 is each a
I'.11:1.; as I)einq sec:lona). The 1:31-er
to wl:olt evzt on to say:
•' the se , i,ion of . .ionflav thert•
an all;.alat,,i dely,tte on the Treats;,
iti tv;.ieh n. Cass is refire: tided to
Live deli% ered an elmitmf..... protest
111,-Iltrot secti ral policy in that usand
sciitme of (;xpansii,n which a
frt . of our nat (lei-J . llly. For him
belf, whife cheerfidly sumn,rtirig all
mid t ecesiary propositions for the
e% empire Southward, he
he never could lie } d rought to
admit thLt a harrier should lie iuter
pescd to our advancement in the con
t!.;try direction. He stated
that. in his belief, the tendency of the
Treaty with tl teat Britain
and the Provinces \Vai: towards an ul
tin,ate nnion of those colonies with
this repfhlic: and instead of ro.:reitii.g
or feeling any alarm at the prospect,
he - ..c . jideed ;it it."
Till: FIRST ql - AliElt I'l:N.—Not long
mace, a " Friend," Ivho rejoiced in
'.he name - of Comfort, paid his devoirs
to a young and attractive (bilker
widow named Rachel H. Either her
- ;riers . were too Dew, or her lover too
o;t1, or from some other Cause, his
rig r was declined. Whereupon a
quake: friend remarked that it -svan
ti lc firA nindcrn instuntie he bad known
wl,ere " Rachel refused to be 'com-
F,rted." The anecdote is remarkable
treilfg the first quaker pun on re
cord.
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party alliance with the present admin
istration. Hr connot,he trusted; aiid
so sure us he is trusted, so sure will the
',topic, and flair rights, again he be
tra/cd. The man Avho will not face
in open and manly re s istance, to the
aggressions of the slave power to-day,
cannot be relied upon to do so on the
occasion of a future provocation. He
is hopelessl}• rotten—unsound to the
clre, and will 'sacrifice his Country's
highest interest and glory for some
pa Itry, partisan considerations.
l avi ;:y is deaf to the voice of our
rciuonstrauce. In
_vain we point to
the history of the country—in vain we
invoke the names of Washington,Jef
ferson, Madison) and their compat
riots, in defense of the early policy"
and settled maximp , of the Govern :
ment—in vain we.appeal to the eter-:
teal principles of ;justice and right—
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DEVOTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, AND THE DISSEMINAVON OF MORALITY LITERATURE, AND NEWS
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PN., AUGUST2S,:IBS4.
all are unheeded, unavailing.. In the
absorbing- selfishness of a great inter
est, Slavery pushesonward in its bar
barous and destructive policy; sub
verting every principle that gave life,
vigor and success to
,our, Revolution
ary struggle, and defeating all the
great ends for whichthe Government
was established. It has broken down
the highest precedents., of Constitu
tional law, in opening to its ingress
.the territories of the nation.' To-day,
Slavery is proSiituting :the holie4
flnietions of Government—endanger
ing the.public -peace, and provoking
on the country the horrors-of war, for
its extension and aggyand::--Inent.
'Now, at this present w it is
insidiously undermining one the
most valuable and sacred Constitu
tional rights of the people, in : its
efihrts to put the Natinind treasury,
through the treaty making power, : at
the virtual disposal of the Executive
and Senate. The Constitution de
-sighed that tiA. , immediate Represen
tatives of talc people- should - be the
especial guardians of the treasury of
the nation; now (as a mere matter of
form) theyare called upon to vote in
the dark enormous sums of
,money,
iu fulfillment of treaties for the acqUl
sition of tbreign provinces and States,
without even having laid.hefore them
the instructions and .. cortespondence
under which the treaty was negotiated.
When, I again enquire, arc the
encroachments and aggressions of
Slavery to- be- resisted, iluot now ?
The Constitution is.invaded—subject
ed to constant chimge, in the violent
interpretations put upon it from time
to time, to meet the growing demands
and audacity of Slavery, and enforced
upon the country, under threats of
disunion, •and the corrupting appli
ances ofPresidential patronage. The
independence of the House of Repre
sentatives is unblushingly assailed, by
promises of E:wentive 'favor to such
members as would betray .their con
stituents on a 'question -vital to the
institutions of -Freedom—.Legislative
enactments, - the most solemn and bind-
Mg ; after being enforced upon the
country by the' power and votes of
slavery, are repealed, underpretenses
!like in fact. and insulting to our in-
wine:mice. - Partv platform; are erect'-'
ed at the bidding of. Slavery, and
when upon the faith of their honest
observance its candidates are elected,
they are treacherously violated, and
new and more degrading tests of par
ty fealty -imposed.
I inn a Democrat—deeply imbued
with the ideas and doctrines of that
political school. My principles are
safe--I have_ no fears of losing them.-
I what they are. and whither
they point ; 'bud -when assailed shall
defend them with the earnestness of a
thorough conviction in their soundness
and truth. I repel with scorn the
insolent mandates of the Administra,
.thm, requiring- adhesion to its melts
wres as a test of democratic orthodoxy.
Democracy had a - life and history
some time before this Administration
abused its name and principles, and'
will survive its brief day of mischiev- -
wits power. Not the least of the
crimes of Slavery, is the - attempt it
has made to prostitute the name and
principles of Democracy, in its assaults
npon the Constitution and liberties of
the country.
This Congressional Di‘itriet gave
near 2500 majority for Gen. Pierce,
and to this re.,ult I contributed by my
vote. 1 trust the future wilt show
how grossly helms outraged the Fin"-
(tildes of its intelligent and indepen
dent voters. Slavery demands entire
E-übmission to its policy, as a condition
of its support. Let candidates hence
forth learn, that here at leastlin Penn
sylvania, if nowhere else within the
State; we require of them guaran,i•-:.
of 'fidelity to the principles and
of,Freedom. Very, respectfully
Y our oh't serv't,
D. 'WILMOT.
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ILL.InD Rtcn.tnnsox, Esq.,
Harfortl,:Susq'a Co., Pa.
MP. SLEEP Or ARCTIC. PIANTS.---•
M. 5 . 00111411, the naturalist of Kellett's
Arctic Expedition. states& a curious
fact respecting I-i condition of the
vegetable world -during the long day,
of the Arctic ;Summer. Although the
sun never sets while it lasts, plants
make no mistake about the time when,
if it be not night, it ought to be, but
regulhrly as the - ei - ening hours 'ap
proach,and when a midnight sun is sev
eral degrees above the horizon; droop
their leaves and sleep, even as they•do
at sunset in . more favored dimes. - " if
man," obseves AI. Seeman, "should
ever reach the, pole, and be undecided
which way to turn when • his compass
haS• become sluggish, his time-piece
out of order,the, plants which he may
happen to meet. will show him. the
way; their • sleeping leaves tell him
' that 'midnight' is at hand, and that at
that time the sun is standing"in the
ONE WEEK
LATER FROM EUROPE.
. By the arrival of the • U. S. mail
steamship Union at NeW-York from
Havre, via Smithampton, Aug. 2, and
the Cunard steamship America at Hal
ifax from Liverpool, Aug. 5, for Bos
ton, wei, ave:one week's later. intelli
gence from Europe.
The America sailed at 7 o'clock last
evening for Boston, where She will be
due mr Friday morning.
The news from the Danube. con:
tinues generally favorable to the allies,
but nothing decisive has taken place.
On the morning of tlui SOfh the
Russians are stated •to have attacked
the Turkfsh and'French camp at Gitif
gevo, but were totally defeated, with
the loss of 2,000 killed, ,and a large
number of prioners.
The Russians were retreating in
forced marches. They had quitted
Frateschi, and it was occupied by the
Turks.
The evacuation of Walachia was
completed, and a proclamation had
been issued declarinn• ° that all the sol
diers who remained behind would be
considered deserters.
The Rugsiin troops were being. con
centrated on the Sereth.
Omer Pasha was expected to 'arrive
at Bucharest on the 31st JUly, and
would Meet with a brilliant reception.
It is believed that force must. he
employed to dislodge the Russians
frem Moldavia.
The...A.uStriart army under Prince
Litchenstein ordered to advance
from Perth to Gallachia—the army iu
Gallachia moving toward the frontiers.
The Archduke Albrecht has re
moved his head-quarters to Croustadt,
in the southeast corner of Transylva-
The total Austrian three on the fro
tier reached 330,000 men under com
mand of Baron DekeSS. The frontiers
have not been crossed, but the.prcpar
ations for .hostilities were on a colossal
scale.
. .
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'Russia. makes no warlike demonstri
km toward the Prussian frontier's.
Thd cholera was increasing - in vio-
lenCe at Constantinople.
The third French division left - Varna
on the 27th for Kustendje and Silistria.
The accounts from Montenegro arc
unsatisfactory. Prince Daniel was as
suming a threatening attitude toward
the Turks at Aputr;.
The allied 'fleett, with Gens-Canro-
pert and Brown, had proceeded -to
ward the Crimea coast to reconnoitre.
The MISS declares positively. that
a force of , frorn 80,000 to 100,000 men
—.British, French, and Turks--will'
immediately invade the Crimea, and
will attempt to effect a lodgment on
the bights that command Sevastopol.
From Asia, the reported defeat of
the Turks by the Russians at Kars is
confirmed, and the Russians were be
seiging- Kars.
'Cholera had made. its appearance
among the British troops.. •
The fleet was at Let-sima at latest
accounts.' General Baraguay
. de Mi
llers had an interview with the King
of Sweden. His majesty declared his
willingness to unite with the Western
Powers on certain conditions.
Dc Hilliers, with the French troops,
had joined the fleet off the Aland Is
lands. •
Kanila Karleby had been reinforced
1) the Russian::.
Four hundred British on the 18th
mado a descent on Kolinga in the
Island of Desch and after destroying
foiir boats retired.-
Since the 23d the blockade of the
ports in the gulf has 'been more rigor
rous, it not being possible for any
vessel to enter or leave. •
The Russian Emperor, Archduke
Constantine, and the Archduchess . ; had
a narrow escape from being.captured
by an English steamer near Cronstadt.
Admiral Corry had returned home
an invalid.
In Spain affairs were'generally tran
Expartoro had taken the oath'. as
President of the new Council.
On the 2d inst. the barricades at
Madrid- were being removed at Ex:-
partera's request.
The nomination of O'Donnell is the
most popular of: any in the new Min
istry. •
Tun. YANKEE IN Htt.t.,--Burton
tells a capital story of "The. Yankee
in the Infernal Regions." His descrip
tion of some of the characters he found
'down below," • is laughable in the
extreme. Nebuchadnezzar, the king
of the Jews, ho describes good at "all
fours," and particularly expert in the
preparation of "salad." The intro
duction of the Yankee to his infernal
majesty is peculiar.
"How d'ye dew; folks?' said The
stranger, puffing away at a long segar;
"is the boss devil to bum?'
His majesty looked'sulphur and
saltpety.. nt *l4^
"Reptile!" he exclaimed, in a voice
that rumbled and reverberated in the
depths of a pit without bottom, " whe
are you, that dare intrude" upon our,
sacred privacy 1"
" Whew !" said the stranger, " don't
tear your shirt! Why, what on airth
is the use o' goin' off half cock in that,
way! Why do you jump, for afore
you're spurred! There ain't, such an
almighty occasion foryou to get your
dander so awful riz, jist as if you was
goin' to bust your biter. Secire that
your climate's rather of the warmest,
it -would only be doin' the civil thing
if you jist said, Mister, toe the mark,
and take your bitters."
"Worm, hence to your appointed
place, in the yawning gulf! there, in
the hottest flame—"
" Wall, I guess 'not!" drawled out
the . man, -with impurterable calmness.
"Pre got my ticket, Mister, from the
regular agent, and I don't choose a
birth so nigh the injine!"
Correspondence of th. loran]
DAGGETT'S MILLS, Tioga. Co, I,
July 26, 11'41. -
DEAR BRO.MANN:—The place where
my scribblings are dated, in common
with most little villes, has long been
cursed with the rum traffic. It is sit
uated on one of the twain branches of
Seeley Creek, and;tivelVe miles in a
southwest direction from Elmira. A
very large amount of the best quality I
of pine lumber has been manufactured
here, by reason of which I.)ut I
attention has been paid to farming
until recently. , But, now that this'
.staple is nearly exhausted in the
"re
gion round about," thousands of bush
els of grain, and hundreds of firkins of
butter find a ready and therefore good
market at Elmira cia the plank road, ex
tending eight and a fourth miles of the
distance. Here, too, we have three
enterprising, merchants, a good church
in course of erection,. and a good tav
i ern property, which has been rented,
until,.by the prevalence of Temperance
principles in these parts, it has been
left to the occupancy of one of its own
ers, who is by far too much of a gentle
man, and has too much respect for the
feelings of his neighbors, to aak for a!
license, , arid; such a man will not, of
, course, sell without one. You have
probably heard of men "biting off
their nose to spite their face." Well,
there was a pretty fair illustration of
this unloveable principle in this place
,a few weeks since. It was a very
rainy Sabbath : evening, and dark as
rainy, when a number of men styling
themselves "Tioga boys," found.them
selves and their team on a dilapidated
bridge. In this-condition they called
for•help, when it was ascertained by
-those who went to their assistance that
they were not only on a bad bridge,
and a wrung road, but that they were
near the "Great Bend," in the State
of Inebriation. They were -helped off
the bridge, and asked why they did n't
stop at the tavern and stay all night, 1
as it 'rained so hard and was so very
dark. "We did stop' there, but We
could n't ; get anything to drink, and
we woußn't stay," was the angry
reply: What will .not men do for
These would rather wander,
they did" not knowwhither, amidst
torrents.;of rain, and in darkness that
could almost be felt; than to go to bed
dry for the want of liquor, or to sleep
oh the reflection of what the "Sons"
had clone. "Could n't get anything
ito drink "? What a falsehood! •Reigh
. bor Wells had plenty of good cold
. water, and an abundant supply of
sweet milk. His excellent lady could
have served them with a tip-top dish
of tea or coffee; but, then, these be
verages are not to be considered ang
thing when the appetite stands at an
angle of forty-five degrees for "still
slop." No, verily. Your fellows!
Non have paid an undesigned tribute
•
of respect to Temperance men. We
would, if We could, feel sorry to pity
you. "Could n't get anything to drink
at Wakgett's Mills" ! Hear it, ye who
have in former years visited the place
and Witnessed its drunkenness! Think
Of it, ye who guzzled at its rum altar.
!and "bowed to the god of the bowl ;"
and.let the humanity you have left, if
any, send up a thank-offering for the
hopes you may entertain for those
Who are to live, here in the future.
Con Sider it, ye who are arraying your
selves against this giant ;evil, and, by
this precedent of success, nerve your
selves anew in the holy strife. Two
years ago and in this place Sons were
not, and Templars were . not.
each of these Orders are numerously
represented; and still they . conic.
Scat cely a meetingis held vy, either
without receiving one or,more propo
sitions for membership.' They were
never in a more prosperous state than
at this-writing. . And now that females
; are perniiited to come into our Di
visions, I am confident the consumma
tion of our hopes in this . great moral
movement is not far in the future.
Brothers and sisters in this work,
ply you to your calling.. Let nothing
divert vou from your work, nor think
ye of pailsing'even, until the innocence
and purity of infancy and youth are
borne far beyond the desolating sweep
of the Rum-tlookrolling its death-tide
to their • hearts and hopes. Your
cause, the principles .yoth wish to dif
fuse and • enforce ; 'are getting driwn
into the heart of civilited society .
everywhete. steady advance is tho . .
history of this reform for the last two
years; and Still it is advancing. Than .
this, there is nothing more certain, •
Let us be content to labor and to wait.
Every blow that is dealt will help to
hasten, the victory , and to render the
triumph so complete that the battle
will not need to bo' fought again. I
feel, while i*iting, as Temperance
men; we are absolutely - shut up to this:
Code i ner, or be conquered. •
If we , 'liquor, how Vast, immeasura
bly -„lst, the film' of blessing be
rpier:thel future generations! But.
if conquered, how great the curse,
bow dark and porteritious the clouds
that shall skirt the horizon of the
bores of our children and children's
ichildrenl But u•e shall nut be coil
: (Fried. An frorh thousands of
sad, desola;.. ruined frimilies,
! f;)rbiols it. The prayers of beggared
children, and the wailings of widow
hood,. ascending to a Clod of mercy
and power, shall bring strength to the
arm raised to crush this Moloch;—and
it shall fall, smitten with the breath of
the Almighty. ,
Yours, in L., P., and F., .
R. L. S•rtt,wm.L.
THE NEW-Yoltx FREEMEN IN COUNCIL
The largest delegate Convention
'which ever assembled in the Empire
State, :het at Saratoga on the- 2fith
inst. The following, among other reso
lutions, were enthusiastically adopted.
We commend them to the FreOmen
of Potter county as .worthy of their
candid consideration :
Resulted, That the State of New-York, now
as ever, affirms and maintains the right and
the duty of the Federal Government to.pro
hibit and preclude the 'Extension, establish
ment, or perpetuation of human Slavery in any
aud every Territory of the United States, and
in any Territory, possession, or country over
which the Union now has, or may hereafter
acquire exclusive jurisdiction; and in support
of -tiffs position we appeal to the uniform
opinion• expression., and acts of our states
men, legislators, and people, (role 17t3.1 to this
day. .
Respired, That the doctrine affirmed by the
Nebraska ►sill, and gilded ever by its advo
cates with the specious phrases of " Non-In
ter% ention" and "Popular. Sovereiguty," is
really and dearly a complete surrender of all
the ground hitherto asserted and maintained
by the free States with respect to - the limita
tion of Slavery, and is a plain concession and
;eaognitimt of the right of slaveholders to
transfer their human chattels to any part of the
Public Domain, and there hold them as slaves,
so long as cupidity may tempt, and force shall
suffice to detain them in servitude.
" firsolred, That unbroken experience at
tests that fret labor and slave labor can not
coexist on the saute soil—that wherever slave
ry is tolerated, there free labor dies out or
sinks into a mere satellite and convenience of
the plantation and its managers—so that the
admission of slavery into Kansas and Nebras
ka, involves the practical exclusion therefrom
of ourselves and our children through all com
ing time, with that paralysis of4nvention, in
terdiction of Indostrial ProgresKand degrada
tion of Labor, which are the inevitable atten
dants of the slaveholding system.
" Bowl red That against the doctrine; ten
dencies, and natural conaequences involved in
the Nebraska Bill, so calculated to dishonor
our country in the eyes of mankind, and to
discourage and confound the champions of
Liberly and Progress throughout the world,
we declare uncompromising war, and in \ the
spirit and faith of our fathers, will struggle to
the last for the reconstruction of Nebraska
and Kansas to the. ennobling occupation and
use of Fee Labor and Freemen. , •
'• Respired, That we pretest against that
alia•ie of the term rTion-Intervention,' which
iq intended to cover and uphold the interven
tion of the state between the oppressor and
his victim, in behalf of the former; we de
nounce that abuse of the phrase ' Popular
t•zovereignly,' which would make it a cloak
for legalizing the absolute subjugation of- a
part (lithe human race to the will and pleasure
of others and we demand of government as a
prim cry ;1!:!y, perpetual intervention on- the
side of 3 iee, Finn and Liberty, and in
vindication of each innocent man's' sovereign
ty over hint-elf.
" Rat:iced:That the deliberate repudiation .
by the Slave Power, on the very 'first oppor
tUnity, of the solemn compact forced upon our
falters by it+ representatives, whereby the
Territories linw known as Nebra4ka and
Kai Has, were cotii‘ecrwcii for ever to Free
11a.4 absolved 11. , ;rem all compacts or
agrecmcnts nitt-ide of the Federal Constitu
tion with refereitri. to Slavers; and we now
take our stand distinctly on :he principle that
Alt. TEFIRITOIty OF TILL 1NITLI) STATEN MUST
117:.\'CEFOItTH He FREE TERRITORY', -A•51) Al I.
STATES HEREAFTER. AtiNITTED, MUST-COME IN
TI) rue UNION AN FTIE4 STATES.
" flanked, That we heartily aPprtwe 'the
course of the freemen of Connecticut, Ver
mont, lowa,, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and
Michigan, in postponing or disregarding their
minor differences of opinion or preference,
and acting together cordially and trustingly hi
the sacred cause of Freedom, of Free Labor,
and Free oil ; and we commend their spirit to
the freemen of this and other States,exherting
each to maintain old organizations or -Sup
plant them by ;new, as the ' cause or • we r ty
and Justice shall be 7 best snbserved by the one
course er the other, and renounce his part
whenever and wherever that party prove
unfaithful to human Freedom."
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