The people's journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1850-1857, September 08, 1854, Image 2

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    THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
MI
S. MANN,
EDWIN HASKELL, EDITORS
FIDELITY TO TILE PEOPLE
COUDERSPORT, FRIDAY, SEPT. - 8, .18-54
PRIMARY MEETING.
—The•Repnitlican Electors of Enlalia town-
Fhip, and the Borough of Coudersport, who
are in fa v or or united actton to prevent the
Extension of Slavery, and to build up a Party
of Freedom, ore requested to meet at the
Court flott-e iu Coudersport on Thrrsda.o
afternoon, S&pm . Ger 14, at 5 o'clock P. M., for
the purpose of voting for candidates for the
ensuing election, and of transacting such other
business a,t nray be deemed advisable.
!Awls MAN x, A. G. Outsrk:o,
F: L. Jos r... C. S. Joss:s,
11. J. 01.M , T , :11, 15iZ1.505 CLARK,
L. D. SPAYIPRIL SonsEszt Ross,
A. C. TAGGART.
Eir The Free Democratic State
Convention, which met at Harrisburg
on the :30th of August, withdrew - our
State ticket; and adopted resolutions
expressing confidence in James. P6l
- We hope this action will se-.
cure the triumph of Republican prin
ciples at the next election in this
State.
Er The speech of Hon. Josiah
Quincy, on the first page is short but
effective. - It contains more than a
hundred such egotistical productions
as that of H. H. Dent, sent out to the
Faithful last week.
We hope every Republican
voter Nvill attend the primary meet
ings on Thursday afrernoon next, fur
that is a sure way to ensure the nom
ination of a ticket that will sweep the
county; and it is also a sure way to
deprive umbitionS men of the power
to do harm by attempting to lead.
OF' The Nebraska men of the . Dis
trict west of us have nominated David
Barclay, of .Teffet:.son county, as their
candidate for Congress. We shall be
happy to record the election of Iton.
-
C. B. Curtis as au independent man.
Lt thii . Dktrict we understand the
plan is not. to nominate till a few days
before the election, so that the people
will have no time to ascertain the uan
clidate's petition. Considering the ma
jority which, the district gave for
Pierce, we should say that this indi
cates great cowardice on the part of
the Neb-rascals.
i*"As Governor Bigler has under
'taken to enlighten the people as to
his views on the various questions on
which he is called to act, we trust he
will inform the people of this county
what he thinks of the Lager Bay: bill
which he has Carried in his breeches
pocket since the Legishit urc adjourned.
Also, whether he thinks it is any more
manly for Lim to keep this bill so long
without telling what he thinks of it,
than it. was fur Governor Johnston to
keep the bill throwing open the jails
for the use of shareholders in his
pocket. If we are not mistaken, this
Was one of the chief charges brought
against Johnston in ISSI, and we
think the people should make Gov.
Bigler dance to his own music.
r er The Bigler men begin to trem
ble in their . shoes. They see that. the
people of this county cannot be in•
awed to acquit...see in the 'Nebraska
outrage, and tlfby whiningly ask, What
influence will the county ticket have
on this que:•tion /, We answer this by
asking, if the county ticket has not a
very Material influance on National
questions, why do the Administration
Men nominate a full ticket in every
county in the State and Nation!
Judge Wilmot, who understands
the influence of these movements as
well as any man in the State, says
"we must strike down" the allies of
theNationalAnminiAration "in every
State, Di3trict and County ;" and the
people mean to follow this advice.
rr We hope some honest demo
crat will ask his Excellency to . answer
the following questions, put by the
W ell slio ro Agitatot :
Why did you deplore the . increase
of crime; and yet let loose upon suci•
city a horde of desperadoes by means
. of the pardoning powet• . l
Why did you tell the committee
of the Temperance Conventiom•that
• you could, not express any definite
opinion, as to whether you would sign
a Prohibitory Law or not, and shortly
thereafter write a- letter to the Rev,
John
,Chambers, satisfying him thut
you would sign such a billf
®'There was a thunder shower on
Wednesday eVening, which was yery ,
refreshing. A tree in sight of the vil
lage was struck' by lightning.
WIULM BIGLER'S POSITION..
As this subservient Governor is it 47
vertiseil to. visit equdersport, and
make a speech to-mcirrow,' . we think it
a proper time to call the. attention t,of
the People to his true Position, which
is one of unblushing subjection to the
Slave Power. ---••- . - • .
In proof of this, we will refer to . a
few facts which will satisfy every ,can
did mind, and to rebut
~ These facts,
... .
we challenge‘the Governor or any of
his friends, to produce a single manly
ex . presion tli
tthe has ever uttered in
favor of fre dom, or in rebuke of the
,
,
impudent a nTessions of the slave
holders. Ile has, made the tour of
the State once, defending the Fugi
tive Slate Bill and denouncing the
anti-kidnapping act of 1847, which
became a law during the faithful ad
ministration. of 11011(6 Frank Shank;
but when has be said a single word iu
favor 'of 4-fashioned, Jelfersonian
Democracy, which held -that Liberty.
.for all, NVII< the great object of Gov
ernmentwhich held that . Slavery
was :uch an evil as Congress was
bound to exalt& forever from all the
Territory of the Nation. ,
In the campaign of ISSI, certain
wing papers charged Mr. Bigler frith
inconsistency in voting for the anti
kidnapping act of 1847, and denounc
ing the same act in 1851. Mr. Bigler
thought it necessary to deny voting
for this act, which was the chief orna
ment. in the Administration of F. IL
Shunk. lie was s Member of the
Senate when it passed, and the bill
received the unanimous vote of that
body, and yet in a .letter dated July
22, 1851, he says: "I did not 'vote
for it; I topk ro partin the proceed
ings of the Senate on the subject, nor
could it in my opinion, bet re become'a
lawi if its full bearing had been per-•
ceived at the time." Is not that . a
pretty denial for a man to'make, Who
was at that time, and is now, asking
for the votes of independent freemen!
Why, this act of 1847 is the most
glorious, and the most important of
any act of this State since the passage
of the act of March 1, 1760, entitled
"An. Act fin• the gradual abolition of
slavery." The act of 1547 completed
the work which the act of 1780. com
menced, and yet his Excellency thought
it necessary to deny voting for so
noble au act, probably fbr the same
reason that Peter denied with an oath
his acquaintance with Jesus of Naia-:
reth. In this same letter, William
Bigler said, "1 am in favor of the
compromise measures and in favor of
a thorough and dicient execution of
them as they are, and against all
future Congre. , sionai agitation of the
question settled by them.",
The English of this is, that he is ill
favor of a thorough and efficient exe
cution of the fugitive slave bill as it is,
and he is opposod to any change
of that bill, or any discussion of that
subject in Congress. Whatevermakes
is furor of Slavery be can advocate
and uphold with a will, but .when it
comes to sustaining a compromise that
works against Slavery, then the . Gov
ernor has not a word to say and
when agitation is commenced . by the'
slaveholders, the object of which is to
repeal a sacred compact in favor of
freedom by means of which Slavery
had reaped great advantages, then be
is silent as the grave. Is such a man
a fit Representative of freemen ?
But take another fact. Rachel Par
ker, a free -born citizen of Pennsyl
vania, was kidnapped by certain Bal
timore slave dealers, hurried off to
that city, and thrust into a slave pun.
Joseph Miller, ft on' whom the girl
was stolen in his absence, went to
Baltimore to restore her to freedom,
and was brittaily murdered. Thomas
M'Creary, of Bahimore, soon after-.
wards was indicted by a Grand Jury=
of Chester county for kidnapping the
Parker girl; and Governor Bigler was
asked to do his duty, and bring the
wretch to trial, but that duty has
vecer Leen discharged, It is true,
however, that Governor Bigler went
through the motions of demanding the
surrender of M'Creary, but the Gov
ernor of Maryland know his man, and
paid no attention to the requisition,
when the subject wa§, dropped, and
M'Cleary walks abroad. unpunished
for his villainous outrage on an unpro
tectts•!dffemale. . The same is true of
the murderer of Smith at Columbia,
except that his Excellency did not
go through the form of demanding
his surrender. •
Thus you see the Governor
favor of tt . . thorough and tjfcient.exe
catiot of the odious and cruelfugitiVe
slave bill;. but is entirely *rent
to the exeatitio'n of the bill requiring.
the surrender of crimiwils, especially
if the, criminal. conies .from a slave
State,-and is only kidnapping a free
person with a view t<i -increase the
-nurnbepof slaves. :
But again , George F. Alberti seized
a woman and her'free child and hur-'
tied them off to '.shivery, but was
caught in the act, tried and convicted.
The Hon. A. V. Parsons, a democratic
Judge, who never had a particle of
sympaihy with the anti-slavery move
ment, sentenced Alberti to the Peni
tentiary for ten year:,
.and trnong
other thingi said at the time of the
sentence; "If there is any, crime in
the black . catalOgue that deserves to
rank second to murder, it is, this!!!
I can imagine nothing. more revolting
to the feelings of humanity than to
steal human beings and sell them into
bondage. * * * It was an offense
which adntils of no ecxuse, and at
which humanity shudders."
And yet the criminal whom Judge
Parsons felt constrained to pithish so
severely, and to address with such
strong marks of just abhon epee, Gov
ernor Niggler took under his especial.
protection,. gave him a full pardon,
and turned him loose upon c6mmunity
to
commit new and:more . revolting
MEM
Such is the man whom unscrupu
lous and unprincipleteliticians have
selected for election to the office of
Governor of this Commonwealth. It
remains to be seen if the
t ropic will
sanction the selection. Such is the
man who has been invited to come
and teach the ft:center' of little Potter
their duty, We have a pretty strong
suspicion that they will - teach him at
the ballot box, that the reign of slave
holding allies in Pennsylvania. is past,
" Strike Down its Mice." ,
The letter - of the Hon. D. - Wilmot,
which we published weekAyfore last,
is one of the truest and Lest papers
that the Nebraska agitation has called
out. Its statements of fact cannot be
denied, nor its logical advice called
in question. We a.k just at this time
the especial attention of every voter
in the•county to the following pard
graph:
The,power and designs of Slavery nmst
be checked, and the' original
. policy of the •
Government on this sub j ect restored. To
this end we must lay aside—posipone for a
time, the strifes of party overminor points of
controverted policy, and UNITE in this
great work of preserving our.free Institutions
trout impending destruction._ The first blow
must be aimed for the overthrow of the pres-
ent National Administration—the mere tool
and puppet of tho Slave Power. Through
the competing influence of its patronage upon
the people's Representaii% es, Freedom has
been betrayed. It must he oven% helmcd at
eVery point with ignominious defeat. Wo
cannot shorten its Constitutional term of of.
lice, but WE MUST STRIKE DOWN ITS
ALLIES in every State, District, and County.
It mmt have no profits iihhe States, upon
which to lean for the support of its iniquitous
policy. 'No man should he elected to respon
sible office, Governor, weather of Congress,
Representative, whose relations of friendship
and alliance with the National Administration
are open to snspicion.
yes; "We must 'strike down its
allies." Every' man of any intelli
gence knows this is the only course
that will- overthrow the Slave Power,
and pi event the admission of any more
Slave States. •
One of the most important and
efficient of these allies, is about to
visit Coudersport, fur the purpose of
strengthening his owe and the Na-
tienal Administration, which has lent
itself to the schemes of the Slavery
•
propaganda.
‘. We hope there will be honesty and
independence enough among the old
line Democracy of this county, to
enquire of William Bigler to-morrow,
what he thinks of the -Jeffersonian
Proviso which excluded Slavery from
the Northwest Territory, and if ho
says he approves of it, then ask him
hoW-he came to assist Douglas and
the National Administration to repeal
a similar .proviso, which excluded
Slaery frOre Kansas and Nebraska.
But if he says he is opposed to the
Jeffersonian Proviso, mid a consistent
advocate of the Nebraska bill, then we
snbinit he should be struck down at
the ballot box. That he assisted
Douglas and the P . resident to force
through the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, in defiance of the knoren
will of the people, is evid4nt from the
action of his friends in the Legislature,
and in the Convention which nomi
nated hint It is well know!n• that he
could have induced the Convention to
condemn that bill, and that the bill
never would havwpassell under midi
.cqndemnati on. These facts sh
liatii Bigler to he the chid. Northern':
'ally, of the National 'Adniinistration,
and•thetefore'`he is mit :fit •to receive
the votes of honest freemen, We call
the • attention of the public ,to, : tikem
now, = because we believe- the masses•
in this section •are more 'anxious
hear.the GoVernor define his position .
on this subject than on any:other; and
because we•are in the habit of making
our charges when they can be met if
not true.
EL H. DENT
This - gentleman seems to think that
Congressional timber is scarce in this
district, and. therefore that tile People
are anxious to vote for Min. ;:wAiere:
upon be publishes a very pretty school
boy : production, which ore of our
farmer friends reviews in .a free and
friendly way—as follows:
Mr.ssns. EDITORS: The l6.st Patriot
contains a rare 'piece of composition,
headed "To the People..of' Potter
County," one of the inany 'results of
the late democratic convention. As
the anthoi has taken they liberty tii
address "the People,". it is-hoped that
lie will not take any'exceptions to a
hasty and humble reply from one of
their numbers
I am not personally acquainted \yid'
the author., cherish no prejudices
againSt him, know, nothing 'concerning
his past biAory, whether lira has been
reputed a Christian or Mahometan,
conservative' or progressive,- a dema
gogue or a strict up-and-down poll-
tieian; and for my present purpose it:i
is all the same, as I shall tint have tol:
du with the past:• The address is well-•
timed, neither too soon nor too late;
but just at that period of time wheir
everybody. naturally expects pulitk
cians to "stoop." . It exhibits a com-,
II
prehensive intellect ; in' a :descriptive
point it is all we could ask. The phys T
toghoiny of the country, the avepnes
of access, sahibrity of climate, sanitary
qualities cif the water, scenery; air,
social, Moral, physical, and political
aspect, is at one bold dash of the au
thor's pen laid :before the reader in
the most enchanting Our
,au=
thor has
. a" discrimatitig intellect:, he
styles the confidenc - e exhibited toward
him "the generous confidace.'i . We
concur in that opinion'; it was NA
only generous, but extravag-antly gen
erous.. It is better to be
.just before
one is generous." The result of this
generous confidence, it- awakened, in
his "bosom motives" he darenot un
dertake to describe. The character
of those motives our 'author does not
disclose. The world must' remain
profoundly ignorant on that . . score.
How unfortunate ! Our 'author tells
us that an acceptation. of 'the nominti . -
tion could not be considered selfish on
his part. .011 . 11 . 0, it would be one of
the - rarest cases •of disinterested be,
nevoleuce on record. He would be
under the painful necessity
. a leavin,'rr
"his 'domestic pleasures" at eight dui
lars - per day. Sainte finally concludes
he owes his country a debt, and Will
!Oren . ° all the little inconveniences - In
ciee7nally connected ivith "a_ Con
gressional term," if the People in the
district feel disposed to select him.
What a wonderful cOndescension
How modest! Our autlibr is sympa
thetic.; the bare recital of the Vicissi
tudes encountered by the early settlers
of Potter county "almost" made . his
"heart bleed." Just at this time be
seems to he brim full and running over
with the milk of human kindness. The
address contains great- " frankness.".
We are told an entire . indifference to.
the great question of American Slavery
would be one rule that would govern
him in the balls Of Congress. The
peculiar disadvantages - We labor under
should receive the undivided 'attention
of our Representative, to the exclu
-sion of measures vitally, connected
with the gluey. and perpetuity, of the
American Union. Zo the author per
sonally, we would say, our position•is
ode chosen and, occupied voluntarily.
We thank you for the well-selected
words of commiseration, so' skilliitlly
connected and uttered at this . sus
picons hour of an important political
compaign. We well weigh this cool,)
calculating love-offering. -If entitled'
fo our votes, we will gio.i them to pin
cheerfully. In spreading before us
the rules by which you will be get : .
erned, you have most, adroit lyi 'under
taken to cover up the great issue at the
North, the issue forced , upon us, by a
most disgraceful class, whose'members
'if elected you '5 . *111 only help to swell .
the still greater disgrace of American
history. We do not doubt Yotir frank
ness In speech: We .do not doubt
your conservatism ; we do not doubt
yoiir Pro-Slavery tendencies, 13ut we
do most' sincerely doubt the propiety
of sending you to Congress: Your
perceptions of duty are , behind 'the
demands of the age. We do not doubt
your sincerity, but other qualities
equally as essential, • are wanting.—
Brigham Young is sincere,' but his
Views on,social and' political economy
would not entitle him to your vote,
nor mine.
Judged by the address, - our author
is one of your sleek, well-to-do, con
servative, complaisant; - affable, subtle
men, entirely destitute olthe;requisite
amount ; of Moral courage to raise him
above'medinerity. The doctrine con
tained in the . address is of the Missouri,
Anti-Benton' school, not' adapted to
the atmosphere of Saratoga, Bunker
Hill, and, 1 hope, not to the laurel
bills of Potter. Pass the address
round; let the Freemen read the cog
itations of one who, when forced to
mill, carries u stone in oue end of the
bag and the' grist in the other.
ONE'OF THE PEOPLE.
THE TRAM OF FREEDOM.
The _Anti-Nebraska democrats of
Sulliean county met in Mass Conven-
tion on the, llith (lay of August at the
Forks of. Loyal Sock and were ad
41ressed' by the Hon. D. Wilmot for
/tree hours, Which was listened to
with the greatest attention.
We find. the - proceedings of this
meeting published in full in the Sul-
Ilivan County Democrat; and they are
;of the utmost importance. Judge.
Wilmot never yet made a three hour's.
speech, without at the same time
making his mark.
The resolutions unanimously adopt
ed at this Loyal Sock meeting show
that a glorious work was done.
The following are three of the
series, and we commend the first one
.to Governor Bigler as containing more
truth than he will be likely to stand:
We also commend this resolution
to those Anti-Nebraska democrats of
this county, who may assemble to
morrow to licar the Governor expre: , s,
his views. Will some one of them
Who'has a sound back bone just
,ask
his Excellency to show, wherein eitlic . r
of these resolutions, but especially the
first one, is untrue in its facts, or un
sound in_ its logic:
Resolved, That we have no rya tin ,
to• believe .that Bigler agree.;
with us in any point connected , with
the Clues ions of slavery now agitated
we know he recomtnended the pass
age of a law allowing Shiveholdeits to
chrry their slaves through this State;
we know he endorses the fugitive
slave which tramples upon our
personal rights; we know his election
would be .regarded in every part of;
the Union as a triumph of the allies of
slavery, and us those who are not for
us, in this matter, are eniphatically.
against us, we declare GoV. Bigler
unworthy _of our support.
Resolved, That, inasmuch as .Tudae
Pollock has declared explicitly that
lie is in favor of reCnactnq the law
which prohibited slavery in territo
ries ,north of thirty-six degrees and
thirt . minutes north latitude; and
.
also- favor of the manumis.-ion of
any slaves ille!rally held there, (will.
.pies a position much mire jnq and
liberal than (lov. Bigler, that without
endor:ing the confirm' , addre. , s of the
Whig, Central Committee, we e..teeln
it our duty to ffive Jiuhre Pt llock.our
fultand active support in the coming
election.
Resolved, That, ns the Cor e tit at ion
of the United State's declares it was
made in order to "establish justice,
ensure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense' promote the
general. welfare, and secure the bless
ings .tf liberty to ourselves and our
pt)steritv," anv article in the Consti
tution. which Is construed to demand
laws subversive of these ends is false
ly construed and must be understood
in *itch a manner as makes it harmo
nize with the spirit and intention of
the whole ihstrument.
FACE THE MUSIC
Governor Bigler made a speech in
Fulton county on the 7th of August,
in which he declared himself in favor
of , the- Douglas :Nebraska outrage.
Such a' declaration was Aloubtli , s's
popular in Fulton county, which bor
ders on a Slave State, and the Gov
ernor ran no risks in making known
such sentiments in that section, but
unfortunately for the piirty his friends
areTnot all very discreet, and so one
of them, the editor of the Falley Spir
it, reports what hiS Excellency said,
and another one, the editor of, the
Harrisburg Key Stone, republishes the
declaration with great joy, that at last
the Governor- has mustered courage
to define his position. As he is doubt
less Willing teTeiiffirm in Potter, what
he declared in Fulton, we republish
an extract from his former speech as
reported for the Valley Spirit, and
exultingly- copied into the Keystone.
Here-it is: Will the Governor have
the kindness to say what he thinks of
the- correctness of the report? The
italicising is ours:
Gov..Bigler said he was a mem
ber of the democratic party, and that
party had a right to demand whether
he subscribed to the great demoeratic
principle ofself-government embodied
in the Nebraska bill. To that demand
he Was ready to respond. The repub
lican principle of self-government was
the leading feature, the i•ery essence
of the - adjustment of ISSO, commonly •
called the compromise measures.—
That adjustment Gov. Bigler endorsed:
and defended before the people in the
ctimpaign of 1851, and the people
rendered 'a verdict in its favor. The
same principle precisely was incor
porated into the - Nebraska bilk—He
had defended the compromise imeas
ures, and he Would'iteferid the Ne
braska bill, which was founded upon
the great republican principle of self
government."
We do not care what xerbiage may
he used to hide-the hideous deformity
of the bill. Call it Jeffersenian, Jack
, son, RepUblican principle, or - what
you please, so you will only say in
plain English whether - you aro for
or AGAINST the Douglas Nebraska bill,
and we will be happy to publish your
remarks in• your own words, if y ou
will but send us - a copy of them. Let .
!"there be no dodging however, for the
1 people despise a coward, as much as a
doughface.
ANNEXATION AT THE NORTHWEST
Corrpondence of the Courier end Intinirer.
WASHINGTON, July 1t55 I. -
The connection ofthe European war
with events bearing on our national
interest, is becoming better under
stood.
The Administration seems de- '
termined to avail itself of all the op
portunities offered fir advancing-
Amcirican interest. A treaty will pro
bably be concluded before -the lapse
of many weeks for the - purchase of
Sitka and the Bussian province on the -
north-west coast for the moderate sum
of five millions of dollars.
• •In pursuance of the same policy,
liberal offer will be mink for the
purchasing of Vancouver's Island, for .
perhaps tim same sum in addition.—
A distinguished monder of: the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs remarked
to me yesterday,' that it was beleived
by our best inflamed statesmen that
Great Brit;ain was pl'epuring - to relin
quish all her colonial and territMial
possessions on this continent, by con-:.
ceding to all of them a -degree of inde
pendence entirely. incompatible with
the colonial and subordinate condi
tion. Vancouver is - entirely uninhab
ited and it would be in perfect accord
ance with this policy to cede it to -us
for a romtd sum in money. All these
acquisitious serve to extend the pat
ronage of ibe General Government.
making new offices fir the re-thud of
partisans, and arc therefore popular.
The new Russian territory is already
christening. It is to be called 'Aleutia,
from that strange Archipelago which
almost,„unites the Amenran with the
Kamschat kiln coast. There are nu
merous applications for the places of
Governor and other local offices,
Vanc&ver or Quadra when reaan
flexed will for some time require to
be kgoverned as a territory, but will
eventually become a noble insular
'
State.
- The most serious difficulty - attending
the incorporation (tithe Canadas ii the
large population of runaway slaves in
those provinces. The Canadians will
never consent to surrender them,' nor
to come in without some guarrantee
against the'reelamation of that por
tion of their fellow-citizens. This cir
cumstance will realer tieeessar, some
special stipulation_ in their tarots of
union with us—they may even insist
upon a previous repeal of the Fugi
tive law, or po:sibly the repeal of the
clause of the .Constitution on which
that is said to he base)]. IssrecTort.
NM'S TEE WORD
Who's to. be cheated now? Either
the Rums:.llers or the Temperance
met' are to be.the victimi of the next
election. The question is put to Gov..
Will you sanction a right of
6earch Prohibitory L:1•::-? . That gen
tleman answers: “Surely, you don't '
mean to press such a question. My
dignity will not permit me to answer..
Take may word for it 1 will do what I
think riOlt." The same question is
put to Judge Black. Astonishing
indiscretion" dies he; "what! you
wish to know whether 1 will enforce-.
the law after it is demanded by the
people, passed by the Letrishture aka
sanctioned by the Governor! ! My
dignity forbids me to tell you!' The
same question is put to-the democrat
ic candidates fbr the Legislature.—
"How unreasonable!" they all clamor
in chorus, "why„ how can we tell un
til after we haveheard the arguetrients
next winter ? Rest assured, we Will
do wjtat we may think . .right at the
time we are called upon to legislate."
And thus, through all the Democratic
ranks. "Lie low, keep dark and say
nothing-," is the word of cbminand.
Temperance men will not consent
,to walk into such a wide-mouthed
trap. if the democrats cannot find in
their ".mantras any men with opinions
made up, either for. or. against Tem
peratwe, they should not Weave such
int rig ue.: 10 cat eh Temperance votes.
With Legislators doubtimg the con
stitution:dity of a Right of Search
Prohibitory Law, with an Executive
who will not sanction it, and a su
preme Court who will not enforce it,
the chance of getting one is so small
as to be imperceptible. Let Temper
ance Men" watch and work -vote.—
Above all, let them beware of wolye3
in sheep's clothing.—Phi/a. Register.