THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
J.VO..S. MANN, A... VERI; Editors
COUDERSPORT, PA.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JL'NE28,.1855
La - The mass-moeting on the fourth
till he a favorable time to
.make-ar
rangenkeuts for circulating three hun
cb:e( campaign Journals. Will our
friends think of this? .
• Pr We are requested to inform
the public that the Rev. J. M. Peci
tiles of Elmira, will preach at the old
Court House in this village, on Sun
day, the 16th of July next; also in
the evening of the same day.
If any of the Justices of the
Peace or other's desiring to purchase
a feiv law books, will call on Mrs.
Jane C. Butterworth, they can prob-
ably procure such as they may need
at moderate prices.
We ask attention to the ad
vertisement of Kay and Brothers.
They, are decidedly the best law book
publishers in this State, and we shall
take pleasure in forwarding any or
ders Which our friends may desire to
send.
r7The news-from Europe contin
ues favorable to the allies. A heavy
cannonade has again commenced on
the Russian defences of Sevastopol,
two of which were taken by the
French soldiers, in an assault just
before the last steamer left.
We hope no reader of the Jo?
‘vill overlook the chaste and beau
tiful thoughts of Zilpah, as they ap
pear iu this number of our paper.
They can be read with profit by all,
and we hope the gifted writer will
employ her pen hereafter, as often as
her other duties will permit.
OP" There are now three political
parties in the country: the Slavery-
Extension party ; the Anti-Nebraska
party, and the Doughfaces. The first
is strong at the South, the second at
the North; the third, despised by
every man with half a soul in him,
exists to be ground to powder between.
two mill•stones."
1:'1:11e last steamer from Europe•
brought the intelligence teat Horace
Greeley had been arrested for a claim
against the New York Crystal Palace..
After remaining in jail two days, ho
was discharged by tho Judge who
issued the writ. Mr Greeley's ac
count of his experience in a Palls
prison, is the best thing lately pub
lished.
-7' Some of our old fogy. neighbors
are trying to create the impression
that. the Fourth of July is nota proper
time to hold a mass-meeting in aid of
Freedom in Kansas. And yet it is a
common thing for the old bunker
State Convention, to meet on the 4th.
of July, f(ir party political purposes.
It is to meet at Harrisburg on that
day, the presentyear. So we hope to
hear of nn more of this hypocritical
MEI
A very zealous effort was last
year made to manufacture a mob
against us, for our band in causing
the Court House .bell to be tolled on
the morning ofthe Fourth, in token.
of soi row at the death of Liberty in
Kansas .
'Will any sensible man now look at
the fruit of the Nebraska bill, and say
that there, was no cause for the tolling
of hells at that time. See what has
occurred since. Civil, war, strife, and
the wildest agitation ever known—
property destroyed by mobs—peace
able families exiled from their homes
—husbands confined, in jail for de
fending their rights, and, wives sent.
outcasts to wander unprotected among
strangers, for the crime of being con
nected with men who love liberty.
And all this is the legitimate fruit of
he Kansas-Nebrw.ka bill. Believing
Each would be its fruit, we made
a suitable demonstration, \Odell we
should repeat on the morning of the
next Fourth, if the time for mourning
had not passed. It is now time for
action to recover what has been lost.
Who says sethntission is better than
resistance to tyrants? ,
IS" Are you an independent man
you think and act for yourself—
Or are you the shadow of some would
be great man, following in his wake,
and thinking and acting according to
hie directions? if so, you had better
digeharvt your 'leader' and go it on
yo u r own honk."•
• - DON'T WASTE - YOUR TIME.
'We love as well as any one to spend
an hour with a friend. We' love a
walk in the woods. We love to see
others enjoy themselves in this or in any_
other way that is really conducive to
happiness. But when men neglect
their business• for the - sake -of .play
or amusement, we do not believe it
does add to their enjoyment. indus
try is one of the- requisites of happi
nass, and whoever expects to. find
pleasure in lounging .about offices,
stores, or taverns, will be terribly
disappointed in the end. In fact,•this
kinzsring habit is a very bad one, in
jurious to morals -and destructive to
prosperitx. We have seen able-bodied,
two-fisted men come to Coudersport
regularly every few days, and spend
hou:s of piecious time, in talking
nonsense. They always complain of
hard times, they are in debt, nothing
.
prospers with them, and they think
there must be a bdtter country in the
far west where their - fortune's would
improve. We have lung desired to
say a word - or two to this class, for we
presume there are other stores than .
those of Coudersport where able
bodied men neglect their business and
spend much valuable time to no pur
pose.-
It is our duty to say to all of this
class within our reach, that the coon- .
try_is not yet discovered where loung
ing men can prosper, and it never
will be, for the reason that industry is
a law of our organization, and who-
ever violates it will suffer the conse
quences.. Just think of it. An hour
spent in idleness every day, is six
hours a week, enough. to plant atit
take care of a good-Sized vegetable
garden. Enough to keep your fences
all up for the protection of crops al
ready in the ground. Enough to cut
down .those elders and briars that
usurp a large share of your present
clearing. Enough to make various
improvements, without which; you
will never be able to pay your debts.
-But the case is frequently much
stronger than we have named. Many
of these men have large boys, who
would cheerfully and profitably. work,
if their parent would work with them,
but who will soon find means to imi
tate the lounging habit; and the hours
wasted are multiplied by the number
of boys who look on and learn the
lesson too willingly. Who is there
who thinks this vice does . not call for
repentance?
THE HEW-TORE HERALD. '''
Lest some of our readers should
think we «•ere prejudiced against this
paper, and therefore not able to ap
preciate it, we give the following from
the Albany. Atlas, one of the leading
democratic papers in the State of
New York. We have never spoken of
the Herald in as strong terms as this,
but we have no doubt the Athis is
entirely within the mark :
The New-York Herald devoteS its second
childhood to the Ordet,of Native Americans.
In this alliance extremes meet. The ignorance
of a party yet in its infamy is encouraged by
the countenance of the imbecility of sheer
old age.
They are fitted for each other and for their
mutual misfortunes. Everything the //crab/
touches with favoring hands now-a-days seems
consecrated to ill-luck. From a ,howman's
speculation to a political campaign, all goes
wrong. Saunders and the crop-eared ClMva-,
tiers. Page & Bacon and the lame ducks of
Wall-st.; the Virginia election and the Phila
delphia Convention—all go Satan-ward with
headlong gravitation under its advice !
Still it keeps up its Molish face of hope—
still rattles its noisy slang. Hear it now :
'• It cannot be too ofien repeated, the Know-
Nothing party is stronger now than it was
before the Convention; for the dangers arc
known and the shoals marked with buoyS. It
may steer boldly onward—it hml now little to
fear."
It counsels the disrupted fragments of the
Order thus:
" Build Up a_ powerful party upon State
action, and there will be no trouble of unitin7
it upon a cohesive platform of eighty million
of public plunder per annum. exclusive of
pickings and stealing,: We must take things
as they come."
Its - morality and its decency are alike. It
lias no longer a reputation to stake on the
result .of its counsels and course. In its
sunken condition it lives but front day to day,
and from hand to mouth.
The. meeting at Philadelphia was not a
Convention. It was it Council, organized and
coexistent with the origin of the party. The
split was not the secession of a few members,
but of the Orders organized in thirteen States..
The division was oot the symptom of pass
ing discontent, but the evidence' of organic
disease. Even in the State's, which 'presented
an apparent harmony of action and purpose
in the votes of their delegates in Council, the
division spreads wide. Half the local organi
zations in the State are ready to unite with
3lassachu , etts and 0h.i . 0 against the more Na
tional fragment of the disided order.
Yet the poor old forlorn Herald, which has
been crying " all is well" through the Virginia
election, and through all the defeats maul dis
asters of the party, strains its cracked voice
again to proclaimthat this Philadelphia catas
trophe is " all weir also.
It is a reproach to the'progress of civiliza
tion that this senile watchman should be per
misted to disturb the 'peace with his obsolete
•
and foolish noise.
TES HON. JOSHUA B. GIDDINGS
This world-renowned champion. Of
theßights of Man will address the peo
ple of Potter county on the Fourth of
July next, on the great-question which
is now taking pecedence of all others.
Mr. Giddings is the oldest and ablest
member of the Congressinen elect - to
the next house: 'He has held the
slaN'e power at bay, in many a hind=
.
fought contest, in which he always
came off with flying eolors. This in
vincible champion : of Liberty will
speak in Coudersport at one. o'clock
P. - M., on Wednesday next, being
.3.uly . 4th.
Mr.. Giddings has engaged to speak
at Alfred on the 3d, and at Wellsboro
on the Gth, so there will be no fears
of disappointment, The arrangements
are all made. He will he met at
Wellsville on the'evening of July 3d,
by William Perry, who will convey
him to his house in Ellisburg on . that
evening, and will arrive at Coudersport
next morning, life and health permit:
ting, at 9 o'clock A. M.
Now then, let us see how. many of
the people of this county desire to do
anything fur the protection. of free
dom in Kansiis. Will there ever be a
more favorable time to act than this?.
The address bf Mr. Giddings will be
a treat not often offered to the people
of an inland county like this; and we'
think it will 'nut: take a very strong
desire -to serve Vreedom to *induce
our entire community to attend on
that occasion
A TRUTH-WHO WILL PROFIT BY ITT
The corning Journal, in a notice. of
a car shop in that village, closes with
the assertion of the following import
ant truth:
Talk as we will of the value of the import
ance of local trade and traffic, the manufac
turing establishmects are of more importance
than either, Upon their increase in numbers,
variety and extent, the groWth end conse.
quenee of this village is largely. contingent
-We hope every business man in
Coudersport Nv ill ponder on the above,
Until he realize its importance. Our
village will not increase in importance
as a business place, without additional
manufacturing establishments. Abank
will be of little use without them. A
good grist mill is indispensable. A
tannery is much needed. A sash and
blind factory' would be worth more to
the place than a Bank, and .an axe
and scythe establishment would be,
more profitable than the best store in
the county.
Here we have tiro or three first
class business men, doing -nothing;,:
and two or three others sitting about
stores, waiting for customers that do
not come: Gentlemen, neither you
nor the place will ever thrive, unless
the wants of the village above narne ;( l
are supplied; and whoever goes intel
ligently and industriously at worli: to
supply, will make money at it.
The fruits of Temperance were
manifested by the proceedi%s of our
Court last week in an : unmistakable.
manner. The Jury were not called
until Tuesday morning, and were
discharged on Wednesday evening,
being only two days attendance,
and vet all the causes were tried that
were prepared. There is not as much
business for our Co - arts as there vas
ten years ago, whrn we had less than
half our present population, and did
not do a quarter of the business that is
now done. No reason can be given
for this redaction in litigation, except
the prevalence of temperance and the
increase of industry.
are pleased to see that
J. M. Packer, for some time Printer
of this paper, and
.as industrious a
printer as was ever in the place, has
connected himself with the Corning
,Toin•nal,a paper which bears unmis
takable evidence of prosperity; and
judging from* number before us,
we should say - it •deserved to be wide
ly read, for the • manly position taken
,upon all the leading questions of the
day. We : are glad to make' its ae
quaintance..
The Pittsbwg Erenin Times
is the title of a new daily just started
in the iron city by our old friend,
Edward M'Pherson. The Times is
a fine looking, good sized paper, and ,
takes strong ground for freedorn .. and
the rights of man: We Ifope - it'l will
be well sustained by the independent
freemen of Western Pennsylvania.,
He who buys too many ~,uperfulties
:nay be obliged to sell his necessaries.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
The- signs of the tithes indicate the early
formation of a -northern party which shall be
thoroughly anti-slavery. In several States'
already the IVhigs and Free Soilers have
coalesee4 while in other States; hey have
been united upon nominations, but have pre -. 1
served their respective organizations. •
The recent secessjon. of nearly . the entire
northern' delegation in the National Know ,
Nothing.Council, , was the-xesult• of a convic
tion that the slavery question exceeds in mug
till others. The Know Somethings
held a general convention last week in Cleve
land, and their platform places the question
of freedom in the foreground. The prospect
at.present is that the•anti-Slavery men of all
parties will rally in all the Northern States,
either-forming a new and triumphant party,
or while ; preserving separate organizations in
matters of State policy, to gather for the time
being to resist and utterly defeat the aggres
sions of the slave power by - a union of the
opponents of the Nebraska rascality; is im
perative. The battle of freedom must be
fought, and in the contest all questions of.
policy, State or. National, should sink into
insignificance. The vital issue is whether
YREEDOM shall be deemed National, and.
Slavery sectional, or whether the Black Pow
er shall continue to over-ride the North and
steadily strengthen itself for a perpetual rule
in our free and enlightened" land.—Cornivg
Journal.
That is the question *ell stated.
Those whosay Freedom ought to be
National, and slavery sectionaf—that
is, confined to its present limits—will
abandon pro-slavery parties, and unite.
for the overthrow of slavery. But
those who are willing that." the Black
POwer shall continue .to over-ride the
North," will submit to the ever-in
creasing demands of slavery, and re:
main the stfpportefs of a' party which
has aided slavery in ercry instance
where it gained new victories over
freedom. But the time has at last
come when every- man can see the
true issues, when deception is no
longer . possible,.and when those who
support slavery will do, it with their
eyes open. Hereafter no man fit to
be a freeman, will allow himself to ho
used by doughface politicians for the
support of slavery.
THE WAY TO SAVE KANSAS FROM THE ,
RULE OF SLAVERY.
The mass of Northern men are op
posed to the further. extension . -of
slavery. Nobody doubts that. The
question is, trill they unite to prevent
this extension, or will they submit to
the despotism. of the South, and be
used. by pro-slavery leao,ers ?
The following letter - front Hon. S.
P. Chase. in reply to an invitation to
address a mass-mee'zing,in Portage on
the Fo erth rf July, ought to stir the
blood of every freeman:
"ceicissi,Tl. Friday, June 15.185'2.
":-‘ll . DE ot Sin: Your letter inviting um, in
behalf of the Republican County Committee;
to address a Mass 'meeting • of the - citizens of
Portage 'County at Ravenna on the 4th is just
receiveit
"If I ;od spares my life and health I will be
with you. It will do me good to breathe the
free air of the Reserve and to hold connounion
her freemen. You offer a strong addi
tiinaal inducement when you assure me that
tne intrepid Wade, with whom 'I fought with
',east; at Ephesus,' will also be present. I
want to feel again the strengthening grasp of
his friendly haud,and to hear.his earnest words
in defense of Freedom and in defiance of her .
enemies.
"And this reminds me of the great issue of
the din•—Freedom or Slavery—A Govern
ment of the People or a Government of Oli
garchy 1 , This is the issue which the aboli
tion of Freedom in Kansas and Nebraska has
forced on the American people. All other
issues must stand omit the way of this. All
minor differences of opinion must be d:sre
garded for the sake of agreement and liar
inony on the common platform of No'SLAVERV
OUTSIDE . ot• SI.I.VE STATES! Upon that plat
form all must be weldonie, of whatever birth
and of whatever creed, who are willing to
unite in good faith in defense of Freedom
and Free I ns:hutions.
"Uniting in this spirit—discarding all jeal
ousies—merging all differences in a common
resolve to rescue our country from the domin
ion ol• the Slave Power and to place the legiti
. mate influence of the National Government on
the side of Liberty, the party of Freedom
will be as:invincible in strength and - numbers
es it is impregnable in the soundness of its
constitutional principles and in the justness of
its sacred cause. Faithfully your friend,
S. I'. CHASE.
LYMAN HALL, Esq."
The:New York Tribune comments
on the above as follovs:
,Ws breathes the true spirit, and we aro
confident' its noble counsels will be adopted
by the people of that important portion of
Ohio to whom it was addreSsed, and indeed
by the people of, the whole State. But its
inspiration may well have a still wider -influ
ence. It is not only wise and timely for Ohio,
but for New York, Pennsylvan , a, New Eng
land, and all the North and West. "Union
for the cause of Freedom" should everywhere
be our watchword.* In hoc signs vinccs—iu
that sign, and in that only, we shall conquer,
and "by menus"—to borrow the language of
Toombs—"which will not invite further
aggression."
State Temperance Convention
A Maas Convention of the friends of
Tetnperance will be held at Reading,
Berks. county; on:Wednesday, the Bth -
of August,,tcf.cornmence at 10 o'clock
',The enemies of the late laW
are organizing for ita repeal, and a
full re Presentation should be in at
tendance from all parts of the State.
, The Address of the Central Corn
mince will be delivered for general
. .
ell - Ciliation at 'the convention, and
Members are .requested to bring funds.
The 'cause' is good, and the phthe
should
,secure a full attendance. Free
for all, whether appointed or not.
Let us.hbld a jubilee in the Gibralter
of Pennsylvania, old, Berks."
, COO3IIIE, Ch'n.
Philadelphia; June 21, 1855. •
"For the Joifinal
Thoughts in and out cf Chita.
• The hushed and holy stillness 'or -a
Sabbath evening is around me. The
low, soft murmur of the river near,
the calm rustling of the leaves 'in the
,adjacent forest, the quiet tread of each
•passer by,- all,cornbine to- inspire my
heart with love and gratitude to that
great-and good Being who, in wisdom
and beneficence said unto man, " - Six
days shalt thou labor, and the seventh .
shall be unto thee a day of rest."
In the book of inspiration is written
the command to reverence the sanctu
ary of the Lord—not " thou magi's',"
but " thou -.shalt reverence my sanc
tuary."• Is.it not as much the duty of
every one thus to do ; as to obey the
commands of the decalogue ? To-day
as I entered the house dedicated to
the worship of the Most High, came
thoughts strange and unbidden. lam
here to worship God-, and instill by
example into the hearts and minds of
my children, a love of thus doing.
Am' I made better by my frequent
attendance upon the ordinances of his
house Does my heart feel more
kindly for the sorrowing, more forgiv
ing to an enemy Does the unmerit
ed insult of those who sit not in heav
enly, but in " high places," fall with
a feather's weight upon my mind as
beneath, the notice of the wise and
good ? - Am I more resigned to bear
with meeknesS .persecution'? Do
bow -more humbly when affliction
Covers 'rue like a' pall ? DO Igo forth
for the coming week strengthened in
my Master's name for fresh victory
(fiver wrong ? Do I seek to find new
ways and means, to do good ? Or do
I' ab Use all these privileges of im
pro•rement—of my own spiritual ben
efit, and Sabbath after _Sabbath pass .
by, and lie to me' as if they had not
been ? Of What avail is it to be here,
if I striVe not earnestly to reap in
struction, and thereby honor the cause
of Himl hope,to serve ? These were
queries which forced 'themselves upon
my mind, and demanded more time
than -is -occupied by one - sermon, to
settle with my conscience. Haply
for me, the ,discourse of the reverend
stranger was one of much interest,.
and made me feel forcibly the power
of unflinching integrity in the path of
right. The speaker dwelt eloquently
upon the, character of Job, his stead
fastness" of faith and principle, his sub
mission to the divine will, his resig
nation under trials which to bear thus
seemed more than mortal—and incited
his hearers to maintain like integrity
of Christian character under all cir
cumstances. Alas ! how few of us
come off conquerors even when we
strive to imitate his patience. We
put our baud to the plow, and look
back, expecting to reap where we
have not-sown.
Encouraged cheered 1 again
bent my steps in the after part of the
day, to another place of worship. As
the deep, full tones of the choir in the
soul-stirring chants of praise, fell upon
my ear, and the cross with its signifi
cant characters, upon my eye, I hoped
to hear its 'oft-told . story. Now;ith
standing I was disappointed, the ser
mon was one of interest. The speak
er related with -beautiful simplicity
the history of Esther and Ahasuerus,
her royal husband. His remarks
were chiefly confined to the folly
shown in the conduct of Haman, who,
after being .promoted by the king
above all the princes, and reverenced
by the servants of the royal house :
hold, was unhappy because' one pour,
humble Jew' who sat at the king's
gate, and who possessed no small
share of human nature, refused to
bow l to him ; 'and even when the
queen put op her gorgeous apparel,
and made a banquet fur the king and
Haman,-though - lie "went forth joyful
and with a glad heart,"• he no sooner
. saw the poor Jew, than his indignation
rosé high. SUppressing his anger for
a moment while relating to his friends
his honors, he at last exclaimed, "Yet
all,this availeth Me-nothing so long as
, I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the
king's gate." Is not the spirit pos
sessed by Haman •"in the hearts of
some ; even in our midst, who, like
him, find occasionally a Mordecai who
refuses to do them hOmage, knowing
that deference and - respect are due
only to superior worth and merit, and
not to. "gold thatperishethl"
. I was somewhat disappointed that
the learned divine - did not speakmore
fully of Boor Queen Vashii, whom
her — royal husband dii - orced for n o
cause whatever, savo that she did not
see proper to obey his command, and
a.s a warning also to the ladies of Me. -
Elia and Persia, who, when they heard -
of the example set by their queen,.
might go , and do likewise. According
to--history, Ahasuerus loved Vashti,
-but himself and his domestic laws
much better. has not kis mantle
fallen upon some, also t The appli
cation of the pastor's discourse, as in
-fended for each one, was to guard
prayerfully against feelings of pride
and unlawful ambition, that at the
great day of assizeswe shall be judged
according to our moral and religions
deserts, and not by our profession or
position in life.
The light of another Sabbath day
has done, and with it its record of
time improved, or mercies disregard
ed. A few more fast-recurrin , z Sab
baths—faster withC. every -rolling Year
—and we shall be numbered with
those who have "golie bei;)re."
"Act Well Your Part, There All the Honor
BM
A sentence often repeated, and often
fancied ca.,y to I practice, but harder,
I imagine, than we are apt to think.
It is so easy to perform these little
everyday .duties well—they are so
simple—everybody can do that—l do
not. ;link it worthy my attention. I
want. ,onic ,older sphere, some place
that requires more talent, .that will
call forth all the powers of my soil.
Have any ere felt so—said so, it
may be—and neglected to perform
the everyday duties that sweeten life?
To such let 1110 say a word.
It is so eay. Less the excuse for
neglecting them, then. If "anybody
can Jo it," there surely can be no
reason why you should riot. le thy
are so simple, it cannot take much
time to attend to them. by ti,k fur
a wider sphere, when the duties of this
are not performed? We fear 'tis not
so _much a desire : to do good any
where, as a restless ambition, - seeking
notoriety. But are these duties -so
rerformed as to leave no room
for z eficeting on the best manner of
performing thorn? - We think not.
Of course peoplk: are not willing to
acknowledge they cannot do well, so
they put it beneath their notice. ;Ina)
hi(rher, when, as
we tilCy are to.) indolent 411:
to 'nuke the exerts ,11 required
June 26
N:E.V7 HAM - PS:1111E SENATOP.3
If the New ITampshire Senate; con
cur with the House of.llepresentatives
' in their choice of Senators, kind we
see 00 reason to suppose they will
not] then we think under existing cir
cumstances, the Noith and the nation
have ri. , aoon to rejoice in their deci
sion. Mr. 'Hale has. bean ttied and
proved faithful. It is tine wben he
was in the Senate, he had but feW pol
itical friends, but since that. the titres
have caught up with him. The pass
sage of tho Nebraska bill. placed all
levers of freedom and of free inoititu
''tions side by side with him, and now
we would rejoice to see the fine, good
natured, heat ty Dale, return to his
seat in the Senate, another •specimen
of the "backbone parfy," a man who
was happy in being so hated by. Mr.
Foote as to be deemed worthy the
chivalrous offer of a rope and a pine
tree in Mississippi.
Mr. Bell also a man of unspott l ed
repution„ and would ably and faith
fully represent the (Ira Lite State in
the rnited States . Senate. The re
turn of such Ines Will be, it is said, a
most bitter pill for hi= excellency, the
President. It looks as tuough he and
his policy stood somewhat in need of
endorsement in his own State. The
telegraph informed us on the 13th, that
the Senate might not ! le into an elec
tion fur a day.--:Pittsbwrg journal.
TEE RIGIIT SPIRIT
No nian in the country holds 'a merle'
honorable position than Senator WAnk:
of Ohio, and none has more command
ed the respect of men 6f all parties:
At a recent meeting in Ashtitbula, as
we learn from The St"iaiitel of that
place, he expressed hitilselfa
"He declared his attachuient to the
Union on just principles; but said tliai
the Union was, rio protection to the
man of the North. He was for peace
and Union with freedoin, but -for-nei
ther without it. 'He had gone - with the
Whigs as long as he - could. He now
knew no party - or ormnization but the
Republican; kind 'with that he would
labor till victory was achieved."'
This i s 'the right spirit. • Union for
the salt - e . of Freedom is the 'Motto an
der 'whisk the Territories' sioltht from
Liberty - by the Nebraska 'bill phall'be
triumphantly restOred
Pribtoic.
ZILP 3/411
ME