THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
JNO. S. MANN,
EDWIN 11ASKELL, • EDITORS
FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE.
VUUDEIiMIAT, FRIDAY, SEPT.I:9, 1-654
Independent Democrat for Congress,
- JOHN J. PEARCE.
Anti-Nebraska candidates for Assemhl y
WILLIAM FEARON, Or LOCK HAVEN.
THOS. 15'001), OF MVNCY, LYCOMING CO
REP ÜBLICAN COUNTY NOMINATIONS
Commicsiesser for 3 years,
Commissioner for t years,
..H. J. OLMSTED
Prothonctnry,
Regist.r and Recorder, L. B. COLE
Treasurer,
Auditor fir 3 years, ... D. N. JINCKS
Auditor for l year,.. CYRUS SUNDERLIN
Do n't forget to vote ".For a
Prohibitory Law."
nr Those men who still doubt the
aggressive spirit of Slavery, are re
quested• to read the article on first
page, entitled "The North and the
South."
LP" As this is the last number of the
Journal that will reach some of our
readers till after the election, we ask
them to give the statements on the
first page that attention which their
importance deserves.
All the Senators chosen in
Maine aro against the Administration,
and in favor of Liberty. To the
House, the Republicans have elected
SS, the machine democrats 24. That
will do for Maine. Now let Penusz;l
vania follow the glorious example„
.0' Putnam has analyzed the ele
ments that make up the present . Ad
ministration party, in an admirable
manner. He describes one class as
"Machine Democrats," and the pic
ture he draws of this class is true to
life. See first page. for the article.
The article on the first page,
from the Pittsburg 'Dispatch, in rela
tion to the danger hanging coirr Kan
sas in consequence of the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, will satisfy all
candid men of the necessity of prompt
and decided action for the protection
of said Territory.
re Allison White, Est, of Lock
Haven, has received, the nomination
of the Administration men of this dis
trict for Congress. So there was no
occasion for H. H. Dent to write that
pretty letter, - saying he could, not find
it in Lis heart to refuse to serve the
dear peopks. It seems there is an
other machine.democrat in the district
willing to spend two years in Wash
ington fur " eight dollars a day.!'
KANAS' EmumATION.--The second
party of emigrants sent out to Kansas
territory. by the New-England Aid
Society has reached its destination all,
in good health and spirits, and pleased
with the prospects. A steam mill was
purchased at Rochester, and has been
sent out for them. The third party
started from Boston on the 26th inst.,
and will be accompanied by Jar. Brans
comb, the company agent.
I Let everyman who disapproves
of the repeal of the l‘lissouri Compro
mise, say so by his vote. Every man
knows how t0,,•d0 that in such a way
as will make it impossible to be mis
taken. The people of Maine, Ver
mont, and lowa have taken. good care
to speak so that no man can misunder
stand them.. We believe- the• people
of Pennsylvania,. and, especially of Pot
ter county, will speak in equally em
phatic and unmistakable language.
L All of the speakers at the hun
ker mass meeting on the 9th of Sept.
admitted that the old party issues were
disposed of and that the only issues
to be decided at the next election re
lated to Slavery and Temperance.
Now, as there could be no issues,
were there not men advocating Lib
erty and Temperance, and other men
opposing them I It follows that one of
the parties in Pennsylvania is opposed .
to the Maine Law and in favor of the
Nebraska bill. Does anybody in this
county doubt which party is for and
which party is against the Douglas
frauds All we ask is, that each voter
will support those men and measures
which his judgment approves, rather
than an old patty which has abandoned
all the principles that made it respec
table.
THE ACTION OF TICE.FATIIEBB
Previous to the adoption of the Con
stitution of the United. States, the poli
cy of confining slavery to the Territory
then polluted by it, was adopted un
der the lead of Thomas Jefferson.
Immediately after the adoption of the
Constitution, the Congress of the Uni
ted States passed an act commonly
called the ordinance of 1787, which
forever excluded slavery from all the
territory then belonging to us. It is
well known that the early settlers of
Indiana and Illinois, were chiefly from
slave States, and were very anxious to
take their slaves with them ; and that
Congress was petitioned year after
year, to modify their excluding act, so
as to permit the early settlers to hold
their slaves for a short time. But Jef
ferson and his associates did not believe
in the squatter sovereignty that would
now justify the repeal of solemn corn:
pacts itilavor of freedom; and so they
refused to listen to the siren song of
the tempter, or to let down a single
bar which they had erected against
the extension of slavery.
..G. G. COLVIN
.. S. TAGGART
..J. 1,. ROOKS
Thus Indiana and Illinois became
free States. The fathers adhered to
their determination to prevent the ex
tension of slavery by positive enact
ment of Congress ; and we say that
slavery can be confined to its present
limits in no other way ; for it has dese
crated every foot of American soil not
protected by a positive ,olaition of
the servile institution. Hence the
adoption of the Missouri restriction.
The great men of 1820 knew very
well that slavery • would be extended
over our vast Western. Territories,
unless prevented by an act of Congress.
So they followed up the action of the
men who formed and adopted the Con
stitution, by passing an act forever ex
eluding slavery from all territory lying
north of 36 deg. 30 min., which was all
that We had at that time. But in the
year.of grace 1854, the slaveholders
find themselves the :absolute masters
of the American Congress, and of the
Administration; , and they require the
overthrow of the policy of preventing
the extension of slavery. It is done.
The policy of the Fathers is abandon
ed. All the barriers to the extension
of slavery are broken down. It is
now claimed that slavery may be car
ried wherever the activity or audacity
of the overseers can take it, no matter.
though nine-tenths of the American
people should be opposed to its ex
tension.
And this monstrous doctrine has ad
vocates and. defenders in Potter coun
ty. These men advise a4-quiescence,
submissiQn to the outrage which tram
pled on a solemn compact in favor of
freedom. And . to prevent the people
from rendering that righteous verdict
which their hearts dictate, these de
fenders of the Douglas fraud go round
from house to house, and from voter to
voter, retailing. private and petty scan
dal against the personal character of
the nominees on the Anti-Nebraska
ticket. Even they dare not attack the
official character of a single man on the
People's ticket. But we ask the lion
e-st portion of the Administration par
ty, if any reason has been given that
satisfies them of the propriety of aban
doning the early and uniform practice
of the government on this question of
slavery extension ? If not, then it
seems to us that consistency, self-re
spect, and a love of country should in
duce you to rebuke, at the ballot-box,
the men who procured the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, and also
the men who excuse, and apologize for
that repeal. 'We do not- ask you to
vote for the nominees of ; the Republi
can movement on personal considera
tions ; but because they aro the rep
resentatives of the Anti-Nebraska sen
timent of the country ; and to vote for
the Hunker - nominees, is to vote for
the allies of the administration and of
slavery. Men of Potter county, do
you believe . the policy of preventing
the extension of slavery, which Jeffer
son commended and Washington ap
proved, ought to be abandoned 7 If
not, then why not say so at the ballot
box l Rebuke Douglas and the men
in this : county who advise submiision
I to his monstrous iniquity.
A NOVELIST'S CONFESSION:+I3III
- the novelist, in a letter to a gen
tleman in Boston, said, "I have closed
my career as a writer of fiction. 1
am gloomy and unhappy. I have
exhausted the powers of life, chasing
pleasure where it is not•to be found."
liki:s:grytA:E.c.4:l.lw_;(4:4Mopkyiet.),
We hope none of our readers will
overlook the great question ofTern
perance.as they go to the polls on'the
10th day of October. On the gre'at
importance of this vote - we adopt the
language of the Philadelphia Mail;
as follows:.
On the second Tuesday in October,
the freemen of this Commonwealth
will he called upon to decide whethig
the rum power shall. still. blight, with
its baneful shadow, the homes of our
citizens, destroying the forest hopes
of fathers and mothers, and rendering
deSolate the heart of friends and kin
dred—destroying honor, fortune, fame,
and life itself—degrading men to the
level of brutes, and over all of this
great State, pauperizing the people;
or-Whether the monster shall be flirt:it
tied at the ballot-box, and ten then
sand ;hearth-stones—which are now
crowded with mourners—shall send
up the songs of deliverance and thank
fulness; and peace, sobriety, patient
industry and -happiness, going hand in
hand, sliallsover the land with glad
ness, and elevate the great mass of the
people. Elevate them to the dignity
of virtuous citizens—putting hoPe
into the heart of the 'drunkard, and
joy into the breasts of his friends.
Reader! it is for you, if a voter of
•Pennsylvania, to, aid this battle.
You cannot, without shame and con
fusion. of face hereafter, look an ine
briate in the face, unless you lend the
whole power of your personal influ
ence, and the aid of your vote, to
carry the, great doctrine of Prohibi
tion up to the Legislative Halls, this
winter, as the prayer of the majority,
from which they will listen to no ap
peal, and with which they. will stand
tIo paltering. No man can, as a goad
citizen, be idle or undecided in this
contest. Its vast results concern hiin
and his children. The Youth of our
day have - strong claims upon his
action—the good of coming genet a
tions, the honor and dignity' of man
kind, the welfare of the State, all en
force the solemn obligation of action
Upon him.
p*i(ef:NOVO:JAAVS:IIBO I I4I4O:I4 I kitO
The news from ever; section of the
country is most encouraging to the
friends of freedom.- lowa repudiates
the Douglas fraud, Maine "strikes
down the allies" of Slavery, Vermont
has annihilated the .bunker party of
that State, and everywhere. the peO
ple are preparing to vindicate their
manhood, and . throw off the rule Of
Slavery. In our county-the feeling i 5
equally favorable. Die masses in
every ToWnship are determined to
rebuke the authors of the Nebraska
iniquity, and they will do it. No
trick of the Administration men hi
this Boro' will prevent the renderit4
of their righteous virdict. No secret.
circular, got up a day or two before
the election, for the purpose of slan
dering the best men of our county,
will avail our hunker friends ; and we
advise them to look back, and see Ithw
little they accomplished in this way
whenever they have made the attempt,
and save their own self-respect by
submitting gracefully to the defeat
which awaits them. The contempt
ible tricks and lies which are fre
quently resorted to, to save a sinking
• cause, will only make the condemna
tion of the people the more emphatic
and conspicuous.
MAINS
It is amusing to read the Administration
papers of Maine. The Banker Meriury, very
" frankly " acknowledges, with shame and
mortificaton, that it has meddled with politics,
and promises to abstain hereafter. "We dry
np".in all things political, it say's, " and will
be found meek, useful, literary," &c. The
Piscataquis Obserrer looks at the result and
meditates. Thua:
Reed. Perth, Carey, ..... • -4%6.'59
43,960
This in 384 towns! ,The Observer saw in
this, old and dead issues—Reed, dead—Paris,
dead—and then Carey ' • but let it say its say.
We passed on and found another, whom
we recognized as an old line Democrata
heavy plank lay across his breast, and kid
"crushed out" the vital spark—we hastily
removed it, and in doing so our eye caught
a glance of what appeared to be an inserip
tioh; we commenced reading, and soon dis
covered that it was one of the planks of the
Baltimore Platform—it read thus:—" Re
solved, that the Democratic party will
resist 411 attempts ut renewing, in Congress
or our of it, tho agitation of the Slavery ques
tion, under whatever shape or color the at
tempt may be made." I ;
It cloSes its meditations by pointing at the
Congressional returns alitmay recorded, and
is for "real - ay." Here is the table:—
Majority.
•
Ist Dist. J. M. Wood (Anti-Nebraska) 3027
2nd Dist. John S. Perry " • 2843
:3rd Dist. (36 towns) E. Knowlton, 1454
4th Dist. S. P. Benson, (A. N.) over 4000
sth Dist. Israel Washburn," . 2000
6th Dist. (57 towns) J. Miiken, (A. N.) 1107
• [Cleve. Leader.
Thflaeue in'Peansytniriia
•
.We believe , every, man. ;
knows that - WilliaM Bigler is the'
,
Bepresentatie (if the pro-slavery feel 7.
log ! in this State. [That every man ,
who approves he Nebraska bill, so
understands it 5s cOrtain, and we do
not see bow there I.can be room for
doubt. But there may he some who
have not seen All filet evidence on this
point, so •we icive!: one, more item.
The largest Bigler meeting held du
ring the campaign, met in Itidepend
once Square on'the J !ith :of Septem
ber. On looking over- the proceedings
as noticed in the,'Abzlit Anierican, we
find the following resolution as one
of the series which Ivan cordially en
dorsed by the Meeting :
Resolved, That the adininistration of Pres
ident Franklin Pierce haS been directed with
a single eve to tbeitrue 'interests of the peo
ple; and •that thel PreSident's enlightened
approval of the recent legislation of Congress
for the formation of the territories of Nebras,
ka and Kansas prOves him 'to be a Chief
Magistrate imbued with just principles of Con
stitutional Freedomi . recoginzing in its broad
est sense the principles of sell:government,
and eminently ontitlinl to the, warmest support,
and cordial confidence of the United Democ
racy. •
The North, American commenting
on this resolution, sa}•s:
This ; we think,; settles the fact that Are
Democracy have chosen to go into the pres
ent gubernatorial canvass with the NebraSka
bill as a part of their political creed. From
this time it may he cOnsidered as written
upon their banners; and one -of their faith
and fraternity can Ihereafter venture ) to deny
or evade the doctrine: On this issue Gov..
Bigler; who has hitherto dodgbd the respon
sibility, will be obliged to' go before the peo
ple of Pennsylvania asking their
the
to .
re*lect him to the first of ice in the COl'lllloll,
wealth, and from that test of his popularity,
he cannot, if he would, escape. His party
have forced it upon him, in a manner which
makes him an impersonation for the time of
the odious measure which rescinded the Mis
souri Compromis'e, and to. that extent legis
lated slavery intivihe free sail of the l uion.
As a proof of thin one ofthe most prominent
speakers at the MeetingOn Monday evening,
in alluding to the fugitive. slave law and the
Nebraska bill, said they involved the Prim..
; ciples on which ;the Democratic party had
, heretofore triumphed, and that "in applying
these principles Ito the present contest, he
regarde I Gov. Bigler as, their type. 111 did
not speak of Gov: Bigler as the Governor,
thOugh in every act and feature of his, ad
ministration he had done nobly, but he spoke
of him as the type of a principle, which' had
been the base of the action of the govern
ment." So much fur this bold and pApable
committal of ILA Democratic candidate; for
Governor to TIM principle of the Nebraska
outrage. He is f'iirly in the field now upon
that platform, an 4 we shall have opporOmity
hereafier,to dismiss his claims on that ground
to popular confidence and support.
THE Lvu.IAND 'THE REMEDY.
The good work gc)es bravely - on.
Even . Putnain'; great -Monthly, the
hiading Magaine. in America, 1),1..s
thrown its powerful influence . on the
side of Freedom. In the SepteMber
number the leading article is, entitled .
"Parties and politics," and it deals
'Manfully with I the giant evil. :NVe
commend the Ilemedy it suggests to
all men who d4ire to act' the part of
freemen.
The following extract is to the
point:
'We have dwelt n pon'the proceedings of
the, pro-slavery party so long; that we have'
left ourselves little space for urging upon:
other parties theirkluties :in the crises. .But
we will not speak to thent,as parties. We
will .say to them as Americans; as- freemen,
rbriitians, that idle time has arrived when
all divisions and ianiMosities should , be Jaid
aside; itt order to rescue this great, this beau
tictil, this glorious land front h hatefulfloniiim
tion, As it' now; is, no !man who expresses,
hoWever moderately, a free 'opinion of the
slai^e system of* south, is allowed to hold
any. otlice of profit or trust, under the-General
Government. NO man nhe President, no
man a foreign minister, 1141 man a tide waiter,
or even the meanest scidlion in the federal
kitchen, who has :',not tint bowed down and
eaten the dirt of 'adherence to slavery. Oh!!
shameless debasement,--that under - a Union
forined for the ;establishment of liberty-and
justice,—under alUnion horn of the aattnies
and cemented by pie blood of .our parents
a Union whose un-sion it was to set an' eiam
ple of republican;freedom, and cotnmend:it to
the punti n g natiOns of the world — we free
men of the United States,!sho'uld be suffocated
by politicians inter a sile nts acquiescence with
despotism! That not dare to utter
the words or breathe the aspirations of our
fathers, or proimgate their principles on pain
of Ostracism and Politicall death ! , JOst Ileay
en ! into what depths of inthmy and insensi
bility have we fallen.!
" repeat, that until the sentiment of
Slavery is'drivenf back to its original•bounds,
to the States to which it legitimately lielMigs,
the people of tho .North are vassals, ;yet
their emancipatiim is practicable if not easy.
They have only 'to eeizice determination
to Abe free, ;mil they are free. The?are to
discard all past al Maces, to put aside all pres
ent fears, to dread no future 'coalitions, in the
single hope of carrying to speedy victory a
banner inscribed; with these devices:—The
Repeal of the Fugitive 1 Slave
Restoration of the Missouri Compromise,
No more Slave Spates,—No more Slave Ter
ritOries,—The Homestead for Free Men on
the Public I..ands.l'
Don't Waste any time in per
sonal altercations.. Hold up to every
one who is seeking
.after the truth,
the facts which call for - independent
political actionj and the necessity for
reform in the )egislation of the State
'an'd Nation. .Tint where a man begins
to - 'dodge and quibble, and make in;
sinuations against private character,
or defend the Nebraska bill, be sure
that he is willfully blind—an excres
cence"—who votes without regard to
reason or prin'tiple.: Such men :are
governed by prejudice, or the expecta
tion of personals benefits, and whoever
argues dr reasons with them, is
,fooling
away his time. I • •
Halt C. B. CURTIS.
• This,gentleman has been treated in
themoaf . shithby way by the old 'tun 7
kers : of his District, and we rejoice to
hear that the people have thought
proper•t'odO him justice.
We hear'that a large and enthusi
astic meeting of the people of M'Kcan
county- met at Smethport on Tuesday,
at which Mr. Curtis met with , .a hearty
reception and a generous endorse
ment. The following ni tick from the
Olean Journal will explain the action
of the leaders, and show up
,the germ
ine spirit of hunkerism. I. ' The Journal
was a supporter of the Administration
at the time the Nebraska bill was
introduced, but it has opposed that
measure with ability and effect, and
its suggestions are entitled to respect.
It-says :
The Democracy of the adjoining Congres..
sionat District in Pennsylvania, it seems to
us. have been ;very illiberal, unwise and unjust
in their treatment of Ilun. C. B. Corms,
their present Representative. his course in
Congress fori the past three rears has been
able, consistent end dignified, and be has
been one of the most prominent numbers of
the Pennsylvania delegation. He was re
nominated after serving one term, and tri
umphantly elected. In obedience to the dic
tates- of his own conscience, and in accord- '
:ince .with histructions received from home,
helloppesed the passage of the Nebraska bill.
The sentiment of the people of his District in
most positively in his favor in this respect;
but that sentiment is controlled anti sup
pressed by a little knot of intrigning politi
cians. "King Caucus" rules in that State
with an iron spirit and the people have little
chance - to be heard. So far, eve believe none
of the Conventions in that District hate men
tioned his nanie in the resolutions they ha% e
seen fit to adopt. His course and Iris valu
able .services have been completely ignored:
This would not appear in so (lignin{ a light,
were there Env; reason to believe that he has
not reflected the sentiment of the People, and
been in all
,r l espects an able and consistent
Representative:
Under all the circumstances, Mr. CURTIS
ought to enter the field as an indepOndent•
candidate for reflection, and appeal directly
to the People.; That they would sustain him
triumphanilv„!there is little, reason to (limb%
Ile should do this at once, and " stump " the
entire District:and expose the rotten cOnibi
nation 'which has seen tit to treat him in such
air insulting;manner. The People surely
would not desert a man who has been thus
consistent in Iris political career, and faithful
to their interests, besides incurring the pro
fane maledictions of the Post Master GeneraL
THE REMARDS OF SLAVERY
. Every intelligent man in the.Coun
ty,-is aware.that the war with Mexico
was brought on to enable the South to
extend &very ; that the fugitive slave
law was enacted to satisfy the South,
so that California, a free State, could
. be admitted i*and that the 'Missouri
Compromise was repealed to enable
ithe'slaveholders to carry slavery into
l'.ansas and Nebraska. It is :liso well
known that other grand schemes' for
the extension and perpetuation of
slavery, are matured. These have been
exposed by Col. Benton, Senator Sew
ard, Mr. Chase, and
Sumner made a great speeh at Wor
cester the _other day, in which h'e.lllu
ded to these - plans in the following true
anti unanswerable paragraph :
Will these Southern editors be
pod enough" to point (nu a periodical
11)1i,hed in the South which_ is not
tltrictly Southern and 'sectional .ht
character ? Can they name one which
is not the, strenuous advocate of Slave
ry I There is the Southern ctirrterly.
.fieriete at Charleston, Whose staple is
Slavery; the Southern Literary Yes
xengo r at Richmond, the same; and
De Bole's grelor, which purports to
be published at - .l l sJe Orleans, but is
edited in this city by the Superin
tendent of the Censtet, also intensely
Pro-Slavery. EverY newspaper print
ed in the slaveholding States, with two
or three exceptions, is Pro-Slavery
nineteen-twentieths of them intensely •
so. Even their agricultural papent
have " Stmthern " incorporated rut
their title pages, and. interwoven in
every line. We hear of "Southern
Commercial Conventions," "South-:
ern" menufacturing establishments, •
which make the strongest sectional
appeals for support, and "Southern"
colleges, which do the same- thing.
Al no )st 'every enterprise at •the South
is gotten up in a spirit of antagonism
to the North, and makes the lustiest
appeals to the bitter sectionalism of
the South- for 'support.
How strange; that a people who
live, and move, and have their polit
ical and social existence, in an air of
sectionalism, sliould rail out at the
slightest indi C ation a similar spirit
at the North!, -
But the truth is, there is very little
sectional feeling at the North_ The
Northern' people are opposed to Sere
ry, hut they are not opposed to the
South. -On the contrary, they hail
with pleasure every indication aim
-
provement and prosperity which is
exhibited at the South. The North
builds railroaids, churches, and schools,
for the South; by the most liberal con
tributions and subscriptions of stock.
EFFECTI:AL RETALIATION.-A Qua- Hundreds of thousands have been
ker had a, quarrelsome neighbor, , f reely contributed at the Noith, to
whose cow being suffered - to go at relieve the sufferers from fires or from
large, often broke into the Quaker's pestilence. This is as it sbituld be.
well-cultivated garden. One morn- Sectional hatred, or jealousy, is a
ing, haying ;driven the cow from his mean, narrow spirit, unworthy of a
premises to her owner's house, he free : people. - There are Northern
said tri him, "Friend T., I have men; doubtless, though few in number
driven thy 'cow home once more, and and inconiderable in iyeight, i%:ho
ill fulfiller in my garden again---," hate the South ; • hut such is not the
"Suppose you do," his neighbor an- spirit of the great hotly of the North
grily exclaimed, "what if you do?" ern people, who, while they hate
Whys said the Quaker, drive Slavery, cherish the kindest wishes
her home- to, thee again, friend T:"
for the
The cow never 'again troubled • the prim - perky and happiness of the
South. G.
Quaker.
[National Era.
Already its scheme: of new aggrandizement
are dsidayed. AVith a ‘vtdeldit ne , s !hat never
sleeps, and an activity that never tires—with.
us many eyes as Argus. anl as many arts; as
Briareus—the Slave Power asserts its perpet
ual supremacY: now threatening to wrest Cu
ha front Spain Jas vio!ent pureha,e, or more
vitiljnt war; now hankering fir ano her tier
of Mexico, in order to give new sco r e to slat e
ry jnow proposing once more to open the
hideous, heaven-defying slave trade, and thus
to 'replenish its sit:nukes wilh human tledt :
nud 110 W; by the lips of an eminent Senator,
asserting an audacious ciaim on the whoie
group of the -West Indies, whether held by
Holland, Spain, France, dr England, as " our
Southern Islands," while it assails the inde
pendence of Hayti, and stretches its tretelter
ons ambition oven to the distant valley of the
Amaion.
BEAR UP BRAVELY
'We like - the Man—aye, and the wotnan too
—who bears up bravely under worldly trial+
and .disappointments; who, iv hen sonic un
foreseen and sudden blow knock+ a prop from
under hide, on which lie leaned, and prostrates
hint suddenly in the dirt, gets up again with
all Convenient dispatch, wipes the do+t from
his face, adjusts' It's torn gammas with as good
a grace as poss.lsle tinder the circumstance.,
and sets himself to work cheerfully to repair
the damage that may unfortunately have been
done. What good does it In one to bewail his
misfortunes?—to sit down under a load of att.
cumulated evils, which grow - none the less
while we are idle, and cry out for help to thoso
who are busy helping themselves I—Muerc's
Rural N. YOrker%
We'have never known a timein this
county • when farmers stood more in
need of such advice, and notwithstand
ing the severity of their losses by the
drought, fire, and frost, we have as yet
seen none who did not "bear up brave-
A FREE FIGHT
The Chicago Tribune says that
Whigs of Illinois are :opposed t ,
making party nominations the cor n i,,
fall, and "in ftvor of a free fight fr o ;
the lowest to the highest oflice.t'
Janesville (Wis.) Gazette (one of tl
tnost conservative Whig paper s in th ;
Northwest) remarks as follow s up „.„
the declaration :
"It loolt4 very much now as though
'
Whigs of Illingts would nut he alone in.see l
action. There seems to ben tendenev in i n ,
of the Free States to let all other i',i‘oP.tt.
main quiescent till a decision is had direr!,
froth the people, whether Slavery ile r ,.„i,;„,
is to be longer tolerated or nut. :inch is tilt
issue presented by the .Madison 'resolution,,
and if the same spirit conducts the canttpai n
that characterized the deliberatintis of thz
convention. we need not fear the remit.
people are . thoroughly aroused in the rtittllft,
and their strength only needs 'coneentratill
to insure their triumph.
That is the way all honest opp 4,
nests of the Nebraska perfidy feel and
act; and this accounts for the rarze
the caucus then. They see that to .
amount of _bluster .. and denunciati,A,
sound and fury ran keep the people
from acting independently for freedom.
The following, from, the St. Jo
seph (Missouri) Gazette of the 6th of
September,' is probably entitled to .
more credit as anthority than tixse
men hereabouts who ate talking situ•
ply fur the purpose of gaining votes.
The Gazette is published near the
Kansas line, and know., what it affirms.
Freemen, will you rebuke the autlmtA
and defenders. of the bill that enabled
the slaveholders to' take their slavet
into Kansas, or will you remain the
tools of party. and 'snlimit to the out
rage 1 Says the Grizette :
" Emigrants are pouring into Kansas. Mary
of tlient,'we learn, are from free Staten.
:minim'. are wide awake; ecore.4 of them bate
gone and are erill into the territun.
11'111411.14.k we'learn, are gohig in frone.larr
' ea., and TPIICSSee. Most of thaasre 's are
,ettling in Kansas fern the- vreoern free
States, such ns Indiana and Illinok, are is
favor of innking , Kangas n sliive State. K en .
!itchy, too, i: turtling out her due prop, rt i on
of emigrants for Kamm, all of whom are in
hv or of makilig it a slave State . . We think
there is but hittle.:dould that - Kansas will be a
stare State, while we believe Nebra.ska will La
free."
SECTIONALISM
The Southern • non spapers are cry
ing out against Northern. periodicili
and journals, for assuining what they
are pleased to term . a sectional char
acter—in other words, for admitting
articles' into their columns upon the
subject Slavery. Harpers'
Putnam's Magazines have committed
unpardonable. offences of this kind;
,:and are denounced unsparingly by all
parties south of _Mason and Dixon's
line.
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II