d lll a t m i l l ,A Q J.VO. S. 11/.121 7 N, A. AVERY, Editoeit MI COUDERSPORT, PA.i RS DAY MORNING , MAY 31, 1855 I There is nothing neNiabout ibe ivar in the East, and not likely to be {until there is a change 'of those in command. .A \ more Miserable failure is not reCordell in modern history, than this Criniean campaign. Lewis Mann has the best as iortment of liardivare ever offered for sale in this village, which ho will be happy to dispose of on reasonable terms. Give him a call. " Judge-worshippers " on the first page, is a garment that will ex; hetly fit a fewin this seetion ; and the fitter froth Mr. Park Whose printing Press ‘4-as thrown into the Missouri ricer by the patriotic, tnion-saving, Fourth of itiry Worshiping slave hold ers, shows the legitithate influence of the peculiar institution: ErThe session of Fulalia Division S. of T. on Saturday evening last, was very interesting one, and piofitable io those in attendance. Several mem bers whO had been absent from the ounty, related many encouraging facts whiCh had come under their oh iervation. We hdPe the interest cf this meethig will induce full attend= • nce at the next, and that each mem ber Will do whatever he can to make bvery meeting a profitable one. tOn the first page we publish an item of news which has all the charm of rolnauce. A rich planter married itie of his own slaves; and hence ac bording, to slale law, his Children were property. There being no slave State in which he could safely liberate his ovigi Wife end Children, he took them to Cincinnati, and just as he had completed his arrangements, dropped dead in the street. Beautiful system that, is n't it ? But read the account Of this affair as detailed by the Cin tinnati papers: O'Our friend the Rev. W. H. Bab cock, Will rind on reperusing our arti cle in relation to Sabbath-breaking, bat we elitd nothing about iilicic day of the \;:cek was referred to in the command to " remember the Sabbath day." Ohr idea was that one-seventh, of the time was needed as a day of rest fur Maii and beast and that our hct of assembly was intended to secure such a day of rest to all who needed it. As we did not assert that the first day of the week was the day referred to in the command, we do not see that there was any occasion for our Sev enth day friend to offer proof that it was not ; and we can not tako rip. our columns With such a discussion. We should as' soon think of commencing a controversy as to the Scriptural mode of baptism. Our space not re iluired for news, is all needed for ag tietilttiral; taitcational, and reformato ry purposes, in either of which de partmenti our friend can make himself usefhl and influential by vi•riting an occasional article for publication, which We should be glad to lay be fore our readers. 1:27' The world does move, and so does the Lyronzin:4 , Gazdte, for we find in the last number of that paper kn article on the late outrages in Kansas, which; bating the tWaddle hbodt anti-slatefy men destroying the talon, has point and manliness in it =rare virtues in papers supporting the National Athitinistration. The Vratrette article closes as follows : The positicin of Gov. Seeder will be main- Mined by twb-thirds of the American people. The fraudulent election which has just taken place should be set aside and a new one Ordered. The United States Government should supply the Governor with sufficient troops to seize and imprison the lawless Mis- Sourians who may again come over the line tb vote, or adopt such other means as would avoid .a recurrence of the outrage. The South ihbuld know that its good conduct.will he expected on this occasion from its friends the north, and that should it side or sym pathize with the Missouri rioters and oitt:aws, the entire north will henceforth be a unit upon the subject of slavery. We say this coolly and deliberately, and we mean what we say. We say, had not the press of the gorili for yeirs preseived a studied isilence on the aggressions of the slave Power, the North would have been " a unit upon the subject of slavery" long ago. NoW that the Virginia. .le.ction is over, we hope to see the independent press speak out on these Kansas frail& in as manly a tone as its h b r. BOGUS AKERICLIK More than two-thirds of the Legis lature of Massachudetts voted in favor of an address to Governor Garditier foi the removal of Judge Loring who bad violated . the sentiment of that State by accepting office under an odious statute of the United States, and who bad disgraced himself and the Judiciary of the old Bay State; by returning a man who had an inaliena ble right to liberty, to the worst form of slavery known to exist. Governor Gardinet's Conned, who are his legal adviser's; by Vote S for, to 2 against Luring's removal, sustained the Legis 'attire, and yet be refused to comply with the reasonable and constitutional request of the Legislature: 'Whet this action of Gov. G's became public, there was great rejoicing ihraiighnut the Saudi. That was natural. There was also great rejoicing among the " natural allies " of slavery in this State, and that was natural ; for what evei pleases the slaveholdeti, gives pleasure to their admirers in the free States. But there is rejoicing in other guar- , tei•s where it does not seem to us it iff natural. We thought the Philadel phia A'orile America* had - groivn some since the passage of the fugitive slave bill; but. the following introduction to a long article in the same strain, shovis that paper to be about as low down in the cause of republicanism as the Washington Union : The refusal of quv. Gardiner of Mitssqls, to dismiss Judge Loring from office, in obedi ence to the will of the Legislature, will . doubt less eonimaud the approbation and applause of all time add good Citizens in all sections of the country, The Only complaint, or ground of complaint, against the geritleman whom it was attempted to depose from his OffiCial sta tion, consisted in the fact that while acting as 'United Stdtes Comthissioner, in the applica tion for the rendition of the' fugitive Barns; he faithfully and fearlessly did his duty. Sec tional fanaticism has not, we think, ever been guilty .of a more audacious and dangerous purpose of injustice, than iti this effort of the legislative assembly of Massachusetts to per secute and wrong a high public functionary for having proved his patriotic fidelity to the laws of the laud in defiance or local disloyalty and prejudice. The man who Wrote the above did not believe it, or ho is unfit to be. a Pennsylvanian. It was no more the duty of Judge Loring; to act as Slave Cornmissioner in returning Burns, than it is the duty of the editor of the North American to act as .hangman under our laws. By " discharging the duties " of an odious act of Con gress, Judge L. has niade himself odi ous,_and the atmosphere of Massachu setts Will soon be too hot to hold him. Governor Gardiner can't save him, tier Can such miserable pettifogging es the American's save him. The people have willed his dismissal; and they will accomplish their purpose: The most ridiculous paragraph in relation to the subject, we clip front the Lock Haven Watchman : The abolition nullifiers of Massachusetts, have been making Herculean efforts to pro cure the dismissal of Judge Loring for enfer tilt a law of Congress in case Of the fugitive 'lave Anthony Bums. An address to the Governor requesting his removal recently passed both houses of the Legislature, to which a reply was received on the lOth, de clining to accede to the wishes of the Legisla ture, and refusing tb remove the Judge. All honor to Gorernor Gardiner fur this noble act iti which he has truly represented the American party. lie has thus practically asserted its nationality—its opposition to the geographical patty against which the 'Father of his country warned as. We have italicized a few words which no true American would ever Utter, and which every honest man will repudiate. Men filling Official sta tions are to be honored for represent ing their bthistituents, not their party. It is notorious that the :people of Masl sachusetts had asked in a constitution- al NN ay for the removal •of Judge Loring. That being ascertainedove do not see what business Governor Gardiner had to inquire what the American party desired. But we de ny that - he even represented the Amer, ican party ; for that is founded on the great idea that all nibri have an ina= lienable right to liberty, and that the majority of the people shall goVaru the State. But Gov. G. has underta ken to repudiate both of these great principles, and has thereby proclaim -6d himself a bogti.l. American. ai'Trotri all sectionsof the county there is a cheering account of increas ed industry and fair prospects. The told weather of last 'week, it is true, has checked the grass, but it has been a grand time to finish planting corn, and to put in an additional half-acre of potatoes which, if not already done, we urge every farroer to do yet. Potatoes will pay well for some years to come, and it will do to plant them till Juue 15th. There Will be abun• dance of time after thai ió prepare the ground for buckwheat, which should not be sown before the first of July. Should the season be dry, corn and root trope Will be fodnd invaluable, and in diijr Er r idnt will iity well for the labor testowed on thud. So there is no danger of planting too many poia ioes. VIRGENIA ELECTIOA The State election in the -Old Do minion came off on the 24th of this month. 'The contest Was a very ex citing one:. Henry A. Wise, the can didate of the old . line Democracy for Governor, stumped the State with great energy and power. He was opposed by the - Know Nothings who confidently expected an easy triumph, but on what ground we never could understand. , . The mystic order was successful in the free States, simply tie Cause it al lied itself withthe republican or anti slavery movement. The republican inovenient would have triumpheawith out the Know Nothings ; hence the latter only floated with the Current, and gained easy victories: In the South the case is very differ ent. There the old line Democracy is in the ascendent, and will remain so until the South is abolitionized ; for it has always given entire satisfac tion to the slave power—at present the unquestioned supreme power in every slave State. Why should the slave-holders desire a new party I Sham Democracy has always done its bidding with alacrity, and hence the. dream of the Khew Nothing leaders • that they could carry Virginia, always seemed a wild one to us. The Northern Democrats who .are honestly opposed to the rule of slave; ry, but still cling to the party, will find much food for reflection in this Virginia election. Pierce Democracy has been repudiated in every free State ; but the slave States rally to its support. Why ? • Because it is the ally of slavery. Can there be a doubt that to sustain such a party is to sustain slavery? This election will open the. eyes of the editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph and other pa pers of that stamp to the fact that no amount of fawning to the Sotith, hill supplant the Democracy -in that sec tion. The following from the N. V. Tribune of May 24, points this moral most effectually. We commend it to the "Third Degree members " of all prattles : Contrary to almost universal expectation, we this morning chronicle the defeat of the Knoa NOthings in Virginia, and the election ' of Henry A. Wise as Governor by a majority reported as high as ten thousand. This is a i - ery remarkable result to follow- on the heels of the extravagant bragging of all the Know Nothing organs not only in Virginia, but throughout the eountry. Sam's godmother had dipped him In the Styx df Slavery, and tried to pass him upon the Old Dominion as the invulnerable Achilles -whose presence alone wottld insure victory to the South ; but the cunning Paris of Aecomac has hit him in the heel—the, once invincible hero is igno miniously overthrown, the charm is broken, the prestige of success is gone, and hence forth the name of Sam will carry no terror even to the most timorous and thin-Skimied politicians. The •' Third Degree members," who have bowed down to the Moloch of Slavery, must feel pretty keenly that thrift does not always follow fawning, and that in this instanbe at least, their voluntary abase ment has not only been overlooked but most cruelly contemned. The effect of. the news in Washington is said to have been wonder fully exhilarating. - The President and his. Cabinet were almost crazy with joy, and the Democracy at large were in perfect ecstacy. SUPPLEMENT TO THE COMMON BCHOOL LAW. An act with this title was passed by the last Legislature, which refers in the main to "independent school dis tricts." We never like this marring the system, and are sorry to see pro vision made for creating an indefinite numbei of independent districts. taut there ii:l3 two sections in thin act of great importance, and we take plea sure in publishing them—as follows: SEC. 8. That the state superintend ent of common schools shall, on the application of the boards of directors of a majority of the school districts in any county of this commonwealth, stating their desire to increase the salary of the county superintendent, fixed at any of the periods named in the thirty-ninth section of the schizool law of 1854, or at any subsequent trien nial convention of directors, appoint the time and place of reassembling of the convention of directors, who shall have all the powers conferred by the said thirtylunth section. SEC. 9. That ihe Pen nsylvania Schooi Journal shall be recognized as the official organ bf the department of common schools in this common: wealth, in which the current decisions made by the superintendent of com mon schools shall be published free o charge, together with all official cir culars and such other letters of ek planation and instruction as he may find it necessary of advisable to issue from time to time, intluding hie annual report and the. superintendent is hereby authorized io subscribe for dip copy of said School • Journal, to be sea td each board Of school directors in the state, for publiC use, and charge the cost thereof to the contingent expenses of the department of com mon schools. ; Sec. 9 will enable the State Super intendent to communicate regularly and promptly with every board of school directors in the Commonivealth, and thereby to exert a happy influ ence on the cause of Education. The Bth section will enable those counties that do not half pay their .bounty Superintendents, to reconsider their action and correct their error. OU COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM In' last week's paper we gave a couple of extracts from the very able report of the County Superintendent of Bradford county, in relation to . certain defects in the common sehool system. Below we give another, ex tract from the same report, which we commend to the attention of all friends of Educ6tion. It relates to a subject of great importance; and we hope to see a Movement in the nest Legisla tine to remedy the evil here com plained. The present mode of raising the school tat operates with far greater severity in this county than in Brad ford of. The school tax assessed in this county will-average at least ten mills on the dollar, taking all the townships together, which is four times-as much as it would be if the property of the State . was equally taxed to educate the thildren of the State. But Mr. Guyer explains the hartiship much better than we can. Ho says: I hope a general and uniform tax, sufficient to raise a school fund of one and a half million of dollars—it should bo two be levied at once, for school purposes. Nothing short of this sum, and this manner of raising it, will suffice and conform to the wishes of the people. Our pres ent mode of imposing school tax is "wrong in- principle . and worse in practice," for the reason that inequall ity, and therefore unfairness, is the only result of its workings; and it virtually defeats, in a large majority of cases, the very object it was designed to build up, and niany believe it' was more a device, on the part of the law-makers, to get rid 'of responsi bility, than to foster a general system of public education. For hoW could wise and sincere men, honestly'y, de= signing to provide schooling to the poor children out 'of the prosperity of the State, pass a law taxing the poor more than the rich for these schools In 1851,the first published valuation on which a school tax was levied; the valuation -on real and personal prop erty, in Bradford county, was three millions five hundred sixty-four thou sand seven hundred and ninety-one dollars; and on this a school tax of fourteen thousand four hundred two dollars and twenty-four cents was levied in 1853, being a fraction over four mills on the dollar. In Lantaster, the valuation was thirty millions six hundred and fifteen thousand: and eighty-one dollars. • The school ) tax levied in 1853, on this amount, was fifty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-six dollars and forty-three cents, being one and, eight-tenths, of a mill on thedollar-r—lessthan half the school tax paid by The.property hold ers of _Bradford county; and why this ineqnality? Why must the . property in the latter pay more than double the tax that is paid in the former to the same object'? This is not just; and when the fact, that the one is poor and the other rich, is taken into account, the full extent of the injustice is only then seen; In settlement and devel opment of property, Lancaster is fifty years ahead of Bradford, and can easier pay ten dollars:-Las her valua tion shows-4n taxes, than the latter one. There the farming interest— which bears the great bulk of taxa tion—is fully grown up. Here it is not yet fairly' begun. There the farmer sows and reaps. Here he chops and clears, and only reaps after years of toil and privation. This county is improving rapidly, and especially is there a wholesome emulation abroad among her farmers; but this growth is the result of.patient endurance, and a combination of enterprise and forti tude, as noble and exalted in their practice, as they are healthful in their influences, In some of the newer townships, a school tax of seven mills on the dollar and it is in contemplation to raise it to nine—is imposed, in order to raise the necessary means to keep three or four Months' school during the year; and this is levied on the unproductive property of poor men, who have the land to pay for, clear up, and their families to support, at one and the same time, . Go with me, only a mo ment, into one of these settlements, and learn the mans operandi of its inhabitants, they live in log houses and have a few acres enclosed, and are striving to enlarge the area of this by neit choppings. . The heads of the &militia work on their tespective clear ings, and help each other by " dx changing work," until they use up their little stores of provision. then they seek employment in the older settlements to replenish these, and Oftentimes, at the close of the day, carrying the product of their labor a number of miles to mill, waiting for it until, ground, then returning home with the load after midnigtit .to rest a few hours, and renew the work on their new fellows. And when any one is sick in the settlementand this fre quently happens through exposure and hardships—a neighbor cheerfully walks five or ten miles for medical aid.• Thus they struggle, and find time, too, to build log school-houses, and work for money to pay seven mills on the dollar school tax ! In this way the lives of these hardy, heroic, patient men are spent in clear ing.up farms, making bread for the nation, revenue for the State, beaute ous homes for posterity; and their children, reared to industry, berme duplicates of their own great manhood, thus perpetuating the blessings of their Ryes, and becothing the most perfect benefactors. In the 'township in which I reside, the school directors opened a school the present season, in a thost misera ble, dilapidated log house, to accom modate twenty children in a settle ment of this description. And a Mr. Slader, one of its inhabitants, walked a week - to procure a teacher for this school. tb you ask why a school house is not built, and teachers pro cured for these people ? The answer is ready, and as conclusive as ready. There is no money to build with, and not sufficient to pay such wages as more convenient teachers demand. .I pity these people, deeply do I tpity them ; and I . admire their manly fortitude, their indomitable energy, and ; their noble, devoted generosity to each ether. In their daily practice of these Virtues, they earn fame more justly than ever conquering hero did, and the State owes them monuments fur enriching her in every element of greatness. Yet their poor children cannot have the schooling they need; and for the little they do get, their parents have to pay four times more tax than the rich men of rich counties! The latter feel this more . sensibly, because they can leave little property inheritance, and have, for . this reason, a deeper solicitude for the education of their offspring. The State has promised these intellectual .foodi and . gives them "stones for bread." • And it is the fruit growing out of the pres ent sYstem of taxation for school pur. poses; for, the poorer the county and township the higher the tax, and the poorer the schooling; and results in placing schools out of the reach of the poorest. Yet thelaw-makers call this providing schools for the poor ! Shall this state of things be continued ? I pray not. PROGRESS IN TICE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The following notice of the late Con vention of this infitiential body .of Christians, we take from the Pittsburg Dispatch. Unless there is some mis take in it, we shall Cherish a hope that Bishop. Potter is introducing a reformatory spirit into the• Church of which he is the chief: THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CON VENTION, held last week, in Philadel phia, seems to have had quite a dis cussion upon the • admission of St. Peter's church of this city to the Epis copal Union, on account of certain features of exclusiveness in its charter. Calvary church, in this county, was admitted without objection-and Rev. Mr. Van Dusen made a similar motion in regard to the church of which he was pa'stor. We copy the proceed ings from the report in the Philadelphia papers: The Charter Committee baying found some defect in the charter allu ded to, it was ordered to be read, which was done, and grammatical and other defects pointed out. Mr. Van Dusen defended it, assert ing that it had been written by a Coun ty Court officer. Mr. Ducachet thought that the in dividual should be turned out of his situation immediately, and sent to school. Judge Hepburn argued forcibly in favor of its admission, and various other gentlemen followed pro and con consuming much time. At length the question was called for. I Bishop Potter arose, and remarked in substance, that the subject - was an *portant one, involving the discipline 'of the Episcopal Church, and that he would venture to say that no church !applying for admission, with a charter similar to the one that had been pre- Isented, would be received. Mr Geo. M. Wharton spoke next, and reviewed the matter. fhe alleged objections to the charter brought for ward are, that it contains the words "white members," anti seems to imply that the church is not open for the ad. mission of colored persons, and that they are not entitled to vote. That women are also debarred front this privilege, and in another article that the words force the unavoidable ton- ---.. • struction that no foreign clergy men Would - be allowed to officiate in th e Church as in case of some casual event or otherwise. The debate • continued .in a rathe r exciting niannet and the question ivai again loudly called.for. Mr. Geo'. lit Wharton offered la amendnaent.to the resolution for td. mitring the church, the substance of Which was, that the applicants shall produce, within 'six months, sufficient evidence that the' word "white" had been erased froth the charter and other necessary changes had been made. Yhe question was called for. The vote of the clergy was takea and resulted in the Church being re jected by a vote of 60 to 18: On motion the vote of the laity wa s not taken, being-considered untie-cea sary. A motion to adjourn sine die, after the usual religious exercises, w ad tarried. From this•it Would appear that St. Peters must admit our colored pupula• tion to Membership, and allow women to vote, before it can be a member of the Episcopal Union. The world is moving a little. _Fur the Journal MI COUNTRY. • I loVe my country! Its tall shad owy mountains coveted with 'never ceasing verdure ; its fertile plains and beautiful valleys are very dear tome. It is indeed a noble country, rich with the many gifts of heaven, deserving to be free. But alas ! the blighting hand of slavery is upon it, and it is now in a far Worse condition than Ireland was when some of her children tried, me one grain acorn, mother— Only one grain acorn," There are those here in our own fair land, who ask for mercy. of those who know it not, and the hight breeze wafts away many a heart-broken cigh for liberty that never comes. When I think of the poor, down-trodden, oppressed ilave there, I. would that I could scatter the keys of the black man's cabin, all through the Southern States, and unfurl the banner of liber ty throughout tho length -and breadth of our land: , I have just been reading of one truo Martyr for his country=Pardon Da vis was not afraid to break the-chains that hound him and set the captive free. His noble soul despised tho laws that made one man ruler over another. God bles's and 'reward him, is the prayer of many a weary one he has comforted. May heavenly-vis itants wing their flight"to earth, and grace his lonely prison. In his letter he says, " And- now, brethren, when you meet to pray for heathen lands, remember, 0 ! .remember our own country." What can be more touch ing than that about the laud our fathers -fought and bled fur ? My country ! I for one will remember and pray for thee that thy deliverance may come speedily. Sons and daughters of America, does it not arouse a spirit of patriotism within you, .witen you read the lines traced by his trembling : • ' hand ? Oh that there were more like him—America would throw off her chains, and bask in the pure air of freedom. Her soil which is now wa tered by the sweat . and blood of millions of human- beings, would be refreshed. only by the 'gentle dews,of heaven. The Bible says, " Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy." Did you ever think of _that, you slave holders who try to buy and sell human souls ? '(Though I strong ly doubt any one - buying a soul ; fur they are all God's property , --I believe he has the first right to every, soul, Whether the frail house of day which contains it be in chainior free.). YoU cannot chain the spirit. It will flee away and seek communion With its maker, God. The stars that keep their nightly vigils over many a scene of suffering, are silent_ witnesses of the spirit's flight. Bless God that it is so ; for our hearts have become so hard that when one of 'our brethren falls down on his knees, and pleads with all the earnestness of which he is capable, to be spared from the dread ed lash, we turn a deaf ear to all his prayers ;- and in his- agony he would die if the heart could not turn to its Maker. Such is our boasted land of liberty that we cannot give a clip of water to the poor regardless of the promise given to those who feed the hungry and clothe the naked. But there are reformers here--may they never tire, but like Martin Luther toil on overcoming every obstacle. There are many hard battles to be fought against prejudice and false pride, but the harder the battle the more o°6 , OW the victory.. ' As the colored peo " ple .sang in " Uncle Tom's . Cabin, "Die on the battlefield, glory in my 'soul"' Who would not rather die fighting for freedom than end his days inslave ry ? Let us all join that little hand of reformers who are trying to make our country what it is - called, a land of liberty. RIOLA.
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