THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
JNO. S. MANN, A. AVERY, Editors
COUDERSPORT, PA.:
TFITTRSDAY MORNING, JULY,I2, 1855
Cr The news from the seat of war
is unfavorable to the Allies.
rir The Rev. J. M. Peobles will
preach at the Court House next Sab
bath afternoon and evening.
lar The Town Clock is striking off
the hours again. Precautions have
been taken to prevent the recurrence
of such a break as occnrred before.
tar The attendance here on the
fourth was quite as large as we antic
ipated, and the address of Mr. Gid
dings was listened to with great in
termit. It cannot fail to exert a happy
influence.
or We ask attention to the com
munication of P. in another column in
relation to the union of schools in
Coudersport. We are much inter
ested in this subject, and shall express
our views in brief next week.
'gr. How about an Agricultural
Meeting on Court weeltl If it is to
be held, it Si tine some of our active
farmers were moving in the matter,
for as we before said, if it is to be
effective it must be their work.
lar We like the weather this sea
eon. It seems to be governed by
system and regularity. Rain every
otter day, and clear, ws,rSn sunshine
about a quarter of the time. This is
convenient. as every one can make
his arrangdments accordingly.
rir New hay was brought into this
village on Monday last and sold at
$B,OO per ton. It is really a delight=
ful sight to see the new hay coming
into Town ; and Iva are glad , to knoW
that grass, wheat, and oats' never
were better in this section.
UP Arnold Plummer Wall nomi
nated for Canal Commissioner on the
fourth by the old line democrats. The
Convention endorsed k the President,
and thereby condemned Gov. Reeder.
No man with a spark of Freedom in
his souk sriA support the ticket, nomi
nated by such a convention.
r:fir Edwin Jones, brother of ex
aheri•Jones, has purchased, one half
the Arug and Book Store of T. B.
Tyr. We are pleased with this ar
rangement,, as we think the public
interest be ptomoted by it. Mr.
Jones will- his whole attention to
the business of the Store, and we be-.
speak f9r the establishment a liberal
patronage..
Or , Mr... Mather is suPplyipg the
Town, with freshi meat, dressed is
bette;• order than any ever before
offered•to our citizens. As he fur
nishes lois tneat, fresh and. sweet, at
regulfir periods, and , in quantities to
suit the wants of the people, of course
they will all pat,roni2ie him, and we
thank. our farmers will find it. to their
interest to. sell their.sheep. and. other
fatted' stock to MT. Mather, rather
flan, to kill it themselves for sale in
eintder,sport.,
g7-2!i• 64 accident occurred in
list-r,isoo on the fourth, for the par
ficulars of which, see letter from Mr.
Xorthrop. This note was not written
fog publication,, but we take the lib
el: 0y of giving, it to, out readers,, as an
chtlw call on each of us to live each
day as if chest might be the last.
We sympathise with the afflicted,
stt would gladly speak consoling
words, if they were ours to , utter.
'e. have felt this weelt, as we never
felt before, that--..
YAfflictierie though they 'simmers,
Are oft in mercy sent."
Cr One of the It rioters
made au assault on gorernor Reeder
es soon, as he returned to. the Terri.,
Wry, and there can be little doubt
that that be will be murdered within
two nwths unless the President rp.
mores him. Reeder ,bore himself
with great coolness arid bravery, and
if the National Administration would
send him a force of a hundred men,
be would restore law and order to
Kansas in a week, But this the Ad
ministration dare not do, because its
masters, the slaveholders, have given
other *Nam Next week we shall
gire full partictilsrs of this murderous
attikk isa Oar, it,
RUDER TO BE iiEMOVED
We have never been a- very greet
admirer of this gentleman. We have
no respect for his political position,
and very little confidence in his'inten
tion to defend the rights of freemen.
But we do think he acted like a man
when the slavebolders undertook to
make him sign the certificates of all
their fraudulently elected members of
the Kansas Legislature, - and we said
so. This was a courtesey to a polit
ical opponent that hunkerism never
shows, and so the organ came to the
Governor's rescue with arguments to
prove him a National democrat. We
never intimated anything to the con
trary. He is a National-,,that is pro
slavery democrat, but not pro-slavery
.enough to satisfy our Southern mas
ters, and so he is to be rernoved—un,
der pretence of improperly purchasing
Indian lands, but really because he
will not do all that the South requires,
as the following article from the Wash
ington Sentinel frankly states :
We do not intend to go into a minute dis
section of this curious correspondence. We
simply mean to lay before them a feW facts,
to show that an unnatural policy is never a
wise policy, however patriotically it may have
beenintended.
To do this, we first reiterate, assuming the
adoption of such a policy to have.been in
good faith, that to our minds, it was objectless,
purposeless, and therefore unwise and inex
cusable, to place a free State man, governor
of a slave territory. What could follow, but
dissention, strife, bloodshed 1 What do ante
cedents amount to in these evil days? Ben
edict Arnold had his antecedents. Judas Is
cariot had his antecedetits!! and to come
down to things poli tical, and of more modern
date, Martin Van Buren had his antecedents!
Of what value are they to us now I Stripped
of this prestige %an Buren acquired under
the great Jackson and removed from the in
fluence of his sage and patriotic counsels, he
became a traitor to his party and a . traitor to
his. country !!! Madam Rowland when ex
ecuted within view of tha Temple of Liberty,
turned her undaunted eye towards it. and
exclaimed, 'Oh liberty, what crimes are corn
•
witted in thy name !"
If it had Lien uscoxsv . rreviosat. to have
apPointed a Southern man to a Southern Terri
tory, then it would have been wise and emi
nently proper to hare looked to the antecedents
of the Northern man. But when there was
no reason, none given and none conceivable,
why a Southern man should not be appointed
to live in his own climate and to govern his
own institution, in the name of common sense
why was it not done 1 Is there a man in the
broad limits of our hand, who doubts that if
this had been the policy, that all would have
been peace, quiet and tranquility in our beauti
fin territory of Kansas. But we wander from
the point, for ;really we cannot wrto with
patience upon the distressing effects of a policy
founded upon neither reason nor right.
The. correspondence is characterized, as
will be preceived, by an unusual degree of
personal and official asperity. In this respect .
it is highly objectionable.
But Mr. Manypenny is not left the painful
task of convicting Governor Reeder of the
most improper speculations in lands in the
Territory over which he was appointed to
administer justice and fair dealings. Governor
Reeder confesses the soft impeachment, and
makes a miserable defence of himself for so
doing. In our opinion, a Judge would not be
more repteltenrible to speculate in the cases
submittP .is judgment.
As however, as all this seems tobe, and
is, not half so outrageous as the course
Ga.ernor Reeder has pursued towards the
pro-slavery men in Kansas.
But when Governor Reeder showed him
self to be a sympathizer wills the emigration
opposed to slavery, he, in our belief, as we have
frequently said before, committed an act
which required his removal. It is this that
constitutes the gravamen of Governor Reeder's
offences. It is thtS which involves a far greater
evil than the purchase of thousands of acres of
land, because it strikes at the constitution oftho
country and at the rights of one half the States
of this Confederacy..
We are glad to see at' least a manifestation
ofinterest in this subject by the Administration.
We have invoked it to look to this question;
and we know that if Governor Reeder had
been removed long ago, much trouble would
have saved and much. strife averted. Even
now, however, it is impossible to feel secure
that anything will be done in time to prevent
an exaggerated recurrence of these difficulties.
The mere return of Governor Reeder to Kan
sas in his official position is a thing deeply to
be deplored. It must have the tendency of
exciting the majority of the people of the
Territory who have been so much outraged.
The letters of Mr. Marcy and Mr. CuShing to
Governor Reeder are proper, if not timely,
letters. We should have perferred, however,
that-they had been more decided, more per
emptory, and should have conveyed his posi
tive recall.
lar We made a short visit to the
Academy the, other day, and found
the school interesting as usual. There
are thirty-four students iu attendance
at present, which, considering the
very great depression.' in business, is
quite encouraging. We were greatly
interested in the exercises, notwith
standing_ the scholars are generally
very young for an Academy. We be
lieve each one of our citizens might
spend an hour every week at the
Academy, as profitably as at church.
If any one doubts this, let the exper
iment be made for a single Term,. and
we will then accept the testimony,
whatever it may be.
HARRISON VALLTY, July 4, 1855
Our valley is this morning thrown into
affliction by a serious and fatal accident which
occurred yesterday. Louisa, eldest daughter
of Richard Goodman, of this place, while in
the act of leading a horse to the pasture, in
passing &sluice the horie became affrighted,
reared and felt hack, striking some portion of
its body across the breast of the victim,
causing death in about an hour and a half.
The medical aid of Dr. White was procured
as soon as possible, but life was nearly extinct
when he arrived.
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This interesting document will be found in
our columns to-day. - Interesting we call it,
inasmuch as it is the first document emanating
from this hitherto mysterious order, that has,
by authority, been published to the world:
Apart from this consideration, the sentiments
of the "Platform" are such as readily chal
lenge the support of every true American,
Independent Press.
There was a time last year, when
the* Press manifested symptoms of
Independence, but its advocacy of
freedom has grown fainter and fainter,
and now it is down in the dust at the
feet of the slaveholders.
No man who believes in the Decla 7
ration of Independence, and has soul
enough to appreciate the services of
the fathers in defence of the rights of
man, could say " the sentiments of the
Platform are such as readily challenge
the support of every true American."
The "Platform" on which the editor
of the Press, and the entire doughface
force jump with such alacrity, is all
that the most violent advocates of
slavery could ask, and will be .repu
diated with scorn by every free State.
The following plank of this rotten"
platform, would of itself drive -every
true American away from it, and from
the party that could adopt it. Did
either of the Baltimore Conventions
show the iron despotism of slavery
more fully than this 12th resolution of
the National Council of Know-Noth
ings?—
XlL—The American party having arisen
upon the ruins and in spite of the opposition
of the Wbig and Democratic parties, cannot
be held in any manner responsible for the
obnoxious acts or violated pledges of either.
And the agitation of the Slavery
question by those parties having elevated
hostility into a positive element of political
power, and brought our institutions into peril,
it has become the imperative duty of the
American party to interpose, for the purpose
of giving peace to the country andperpetuity
to the Union. And as experience has shown
it inmosstble to reconcile opinions so extreme
as those which separate the disputants, and as
there can be no dishonor in submitting to the
laws, the National Council has deemed it the
best guarantee of common justice and of fu
ture peace, to abide by and maintain the ex
isting laws upon the subject of slavery,- as a
final and conclusive settlement of that subject,
in spirit and in substance.
And regarding it their highest duty to ai-ow
their opinions upon a subject au important, in
distinct and unequivocal terms, it is he. , aby
declared as the sense of this National Coun
cil, that Congress possesses no power to leg
islate upon the subject of slavery in the States
where it does or may exist, or to exclude any
State from admission into the Union, because
its Constitution does or does not recognize
the institution of slavery as a part of its social
system; and expressly pretermitting any ex
pression of opinion upon the power of Con
gresis to establish or prohibit slavery in any
territory, it is the sense of the National Coun
cil that Congress ought not to legislate upon
the subject of slavery within the territory of
the United States, and that any interference
by Congress with slavery as it exists in the
District of Columbia, would be a violatiotiof
the spirit and intention of the compact by
which the State ofMaryland ceded -the Dis
trict to the United States, and a breach of the
national faith. • .
STAY WHERE YOU AM
As quite a number of our citizens
get an idea occasionally that they
could very much improve their condi
tion by going West, we propose to
note a fact or two for the consideration
of the people of this county.
Factfirst.—A large number of those
who sell out and go West, are entirely
ruined by the movement. One ()Mils
class passed through our village last
Tuesday week, on his way back to
Lycoming county. He had a wife
and four children, but not a cent with
which to buy bread. Our people
very cheerfully made up a small purse
and sent the little company on to
wards their friends—home they had
none, by an attempt to find a better
One in Michigan, where the fever and
ague reduced them to want and penury.
Fact second.—There are a larger
number who sell out in every county
in the West, than there are. in this
county. "
We have arrived at this knowledge
from various sources of information,
the latest item iu our proof coming
frOm Dr. H. S. Heath, who is much
pleased with his present home in
Indiana, and ,thinks be has made a
fortunate move. In a private letter of
June 24, he says : "I cannot see that
the people are any happier, or live
any better or more contented than in
Potter county." We doubt if they
live as well ; but let that pass: If they
are no happier, and no more content
ed, why risk the loos of health and the'
other advantages of our happy county
for untried lands
TEE WOVE OF 013711'0WDER
We have no words to express our
sorrow for the terrible accident which
occurred here on the Fourth. In
accordance with the time-honored cus
tom of the Nation, a few of our friends
made preparation to celebrate the day
with bonfires and gunpoirder. At 4
o'clock A. M. a salute of thirteen guns
was fired. At 12 M. another salute
was -commenced, and nearly com
pleted, when the little cannon was
shattered into any number of pieces,
ono of which-struck Mr. E. D. Halbert,.
who was. •firing it off, just below the
right knee, breaking the bones so
badly that amputation was deemed
indispensable. Dr. Thorp was sent
for, who 'arrived here on Thursday
morning. The operation was skillfully
performed, and the unfortunate man
is now tolerably comfortable.
This calamity threw a cloud over
the entire community, and the meeting
at the Court House lost its interest to
a large number of the audience. Af
the address of Mr. Giddings, quite a
number left the house; and while
others were leaving, a collection
man; called for to assist the injured man;
and forty-two dollars were instantly
contributed for his benefit. This is
the largest collection we have ever
known taken up in the county; but if
those who went there had known a
call of that kind would be made, we
believe the sum would have been more.
than doubled.
We trust a subscription will soon
bo started for Mr. Halbert's benefit,
and that its footing will be liberal, even
for Coudersport.
We cannot close this sad notice
without expressing a hope that from
this time on, no more life or property
will be endangered by the use of gun ,
powder or fire-crackers on any occa
sion. We believe the use of fire
crackers almost as dangerous as gun
powder; and if continued, some 'of
our citizens will be mutilated by them.
Let us do what we can to relieve the
suffering caused by .past errors, and
firmly• resolve to sin no more.
Destruction of Liquors
In 1334 Congress passed a law for
the benefit of the Indians, to which
we ask the attention of the Harris
burg Union, and the other papers in
this State, which think the country
would be ruined by the annihilation
of the dram shops. This law was
approved by. Gen. Jackson, - and the
following are among its sections:
SEC: 20. And be it further enacted, That
if any person shall sell, exchange or give
away, barter or dispose of any spirituous li.
quota or wine, to au Indian in an Indian
country, such persons shall forfeit and pay
the sum of $5OO. And if any person shall
introduce any spirituous liquors or wine into
the Indian country, except such supplies as
shall be necessary for the United States
troops, such persons shall forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding $3OO.
Sr.c. 22. If any superintendent of Indian
affairs, Indian agent, or commandant of a
military post, has reason to suspect, or is in
formed, that any white person or Indian is
about to introduce or has introduced, spiritu
ous liquors or wine into the Indian country,
in violation of the provisions of this section,
it shall be lawful for such superintendent,
Indian agent, or sub-agent, or military officer,
to cause the boats, store ,, , packages, and
places of deposit of sufoh persons to be
searched.
And if any such spirituous liquors or wine
be found, the goods, boats, packagea, or pel
tries of such persons shall be seized and de
livered to the proper officer, and shall be
proceeded against by libel in the proper
court and forfeited, one half to the use of the
informer, and the other half to the united
States. And it shall, moreover, be lawful for
any person to take and destroy any such
liquor or wine as they may find in the Indian
territory, not used as supplies for the army.
We believe the above are wise and
necessary provisions, calculated to
prevent pauperism and crime. Will
the Harrisburg Union inform. the pub
lic what it thinks of them'?
10P' What ought to be done, is, for all true
men of Pennsylvania, of all panics; to mset
together as citizens on a common platform of
opposition to the extension of slavery into
Kansas, or any other territory of the United
States. With such a party, and with such an
issue against slavery, we can most truly sweep
the State. It would then be a contest be
tween freemen and doughfaces.—Pittsburg
Gazette.
True enough. Why not put the
ball in motion 1 Name the time and
place for holding a Republican State
Convention, appoint a Committee of
Arrangements, and invite Hon. Charles
Sumner, S. P. Chise, or other distin
guished advocates of the Republican
movement, to be present, and the
Convention would do - good. We are
for the organization of a Republican
party in Pennsylvanii. the
_present
season, and we thin% the necessities
of Freedom demand instant action,
Or Last week's Journal, dated
July. 5, was printed on the 3d, to give
the devil - a chance to 'Celebrate the
Fourth.
GOV. EMIR.
We intend to wait ppiently for the forth
arising letter of Gov. Roeder in regard to
the charra of land speculations in Kansas,
made against him by . those who are evincing
an overweening anxiety to get him dismissed
by 'the President. From the very first we
said that Gov, Reeder was a bold and fearless
man—that he would carry out the law faith
fully in Kansas—that intimidation and threats
would be unavailing, and his conduct has
proved our saying to be true. Under Such
circumstances it ts not to be wondered at that
charges would be preferred against • him.
Missouri rowdyism failing
. to carry out its ,
dirty work, must of necessity resort to other
means, and we shall not be surprised to hear
of his dismissal upon the frivolous pretext of
land speculation." The beauty, however,
of the whole thing is, that the very men who
make the charges are.men who have time and
time again been speculating oil the poor
Indian, and who have grown rich by defraud
ing the unlettered savage. From such men
Gov. Reeder can get no quarter.—Harrisburg
Union.
If there were a few more papers
belonging to its party, us fearless and
outspoken in their sentiments as the
Union, we should expect to see polit
ical campaigns conducted by Our op
ponents with candor and sincerity.
But up this way, the organs of sham
democracy hare no opinions upon
any subject, except agitation.• Whole
columns are devoted - to personal de
traction, and neighborhood scandal,
but not a sentence to the candid dis
ciassion of those great questions which
occupy the attention of the American
people.
TIMM OP IT
" When Anthony Burns was in the
hands of the Philistines in Boston, the
President burst open the Treasury
and launched out $40,000 to aid in
sending him back into Slavery. When
Mr. Philips telegraphed to the Presi
dent for protection 'for 'his life and
property, he got no reply."
Such a fact needs no comment to
make it stir the blood of every truc
American. The Administration has
,for months known that Mr. Philips
and other American citizens in Kan
sas have been robbed of their rights
by an armed mob, and yet it does
nothing for the prOtection of these
men. Why . ? Because the slave power
requires it, and the Administration is
the mere tool of Slavery. •
' NEWSPAPER Ci►nas.—The Pittsburg True
.American has been merged in the Daily Ere
ming Times, edited by Edward McPherson,
Esq., an acquaintance of ours, and a gentle.
man of decided talent. We wish our young
friend abundant success, but we are sorry to
see - that he is not entirely sound on the_
American question.--Lock Haven Watchman.
That is to say, he will not support
Slavery, notwithstanding the National
Council has decided that its followers
shall do so. " The Watchman will soon
find the mass of the people differ with
it, and that they deem McPherson, and
all others opposed to the measures of
Slavery, entirely " sound on the Amer
ican question."
EDITORS OF THE JOERNAL :—CaD
we not hit upon a plan to consolidate
and improve our village schools 1 At
present the Academy depends in part
upon-the village children Pot- its pu
pils, and the district school is conse
quently left in the ininority. This
divides the children into two classes,
which is to be regretted.
But why cannot all the Children
attend one general school under one
roof 1 The consolidated school might
consist of three departments, employ
ing three teachers : namely, a primary
department, under charge of a, female
well adapted to take charge - of little
children ; a secondary department,
embracing children of a middle age
and advancement, instructed by a well
qualified male or female teacher ; and
the department of the Academy proper,
consisting of those pupils who are
more advanced_ in their studios—the
whole to be under the supervision of
the principal of the Academy.
I u nderstand that the directors of
this district have levied a tax of $360
for the current year, which iNudi
ciouly applied - is certainly sufficient
to fnrnish every child in the :village
with , ' the very best instruction in all
the branches required by the school
act, together with such other advan
tages as would result from a judicious
coneolidation, of the schools. Those
whO might wish for instruction in any
of the higher branches, could pay for
the tuition. Under existing circuin
staeces, some plan of this kind seems
moat feasible and desirable, though
What is wanted is free tuition in the
eleMents of all branches for 'every
child. The present plan,is certainly
a bad one for.the interests -of educe.•
lis" and' the pecuniary' interests of
parents.
Cmiersport, Jury 1855.
Independence Day.
Purauant to public notice, the fri ends
-of Freedom, irrespective of party,
met in mass meeting at the Court
House at one o'clock P. M., on the
Fourth of July.. The meeting was
called to order by A.G. Olmstecl,Esq., -
and Hon. Barak Niles- was chosen
President, Hon. S. Ross, Vice Presi
dent, and Win. Perry, Secretary.
The Declaration of American In•
dependence was then read by A. G.
Olmsted, Esq., when the President,
with a few appropriate . remarks,- in
troduced Hon. J. R.Gropixos, of Ohio,.
who delivered an Address appropriate
to the day.
Mr, Giddings's speech was not char
acterized by the stereotypecroutbul'at 3
of patriotism common to Fourth of
July orations; on the contrary, his
reinalks were confined to a rapid', but
at the same time lucid and glowing
sketch of the history of Human Free
dom, from the Magna Chatta of King
John to the Kansas outrages. He
adverted with much eloquence to tile
true meaning of the Declaration of
Independence, and. urged the people
not to forget that as upon these prin
ciples, seventy-nine years ago, Amer.
ican Freedom bad been secured, so by
these principles and these only, Amer
ican Freedom must be perpetuated.
Wm. Perry, of Genesoe, then of.
feted the following preamble and res..
olutions, which were unanimously.
odopted :
We, the people of Potter county,.
without distinction-of partyrassernblett
in mass meeting in Coudersport, de
clare unanimously i that the repeal of
" the compact of 1820, commonly
known as the Missouri Compromise,"
was an act of bad• faith on the part of
the South and• her allies, which has.
been pregnant with evil, and evil only,
causing strife, the destruction of prop
erty, and the overthrow of all law in.
one portion of our country ; therefore,
Resolved, That the restoration of
this compact, and :the prohibition of
Slavery in all the . territory of the
United States, has - become a political
necessity, to Which all other questions.
are merely secondary.
Resolved, That this restoration, and
the overthrow of Mob law in Kansas,
can easily be accomplished if the peo
ple will forget their prejudices and live.
up to their convictions of duty—that
" the union of freemen, without re
gard to former political attachments,
is the only safety for freedom."
Resolved, That in order to secure
this union of freemen in the Keystone
State, we urge the calling a Repub
lican Convention at Harrisburg to act
in harmony with the freemen of New .
England, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and other States whi-th have rallied
under the Republican banner, and
postponed all minor issues, for tho
purpose of taking - a true position on
this great American question, and iu
the spirit of their fathers to finish the
work which the fathers bequeathed
them—that is, to fight the battle of
freedom through to its gloribus end.
Resolved, That we hail the elec-
Wm of an entire anti-slavery delega
tion to Congress from the Granite
State, the borne of the faith ; breaking
President, as a glorious promise of a
better day coming; .and the•return of
Him. John P. Hale to the Senate of
the 'United States, as conclusive -proof
that there is a North.
Mr. -Colo, of The Genesee Valley
Free Press, spoke to the third Resolu:
t
tion, urging the necess . ty .of tho - ac
tion suggested by it, wen
- On motion the meeti g-..adjonrned.
BARAK NILES, President.
Wmt.ust PERRY, Se4y.
The- Difference
Anti-Slavery men write, speak, and
vote against Slavery. They ridicule
and despise Northern doughfaces; but
they never advise or countenance vio
lence against those men at the North
who are now what the Tories were at
the time of the Revolution. Not so
with the slaveholders, as witness the
following crazy anathema of Parson
Brownlow, which appeared in a late
number of his paper:
" The true-hearted citizens of East Ten
nessee and property-holders ought to corer
into leagues, and whip, black, and tide en a
rail, irrespective of age, calling, family, asso
ciation, every preacher, citizen, or traveler,
who dares to utter one word in opposition to
Slavery, or who is found in possession of 1111
Abolition document. 'These are our scali.
ments, and we are willing to help others to
carry them out."
"DON'T DO IT.—Never make use
of an honest woman's name iu an =-
proper place,. at an improper time, or
in a mixed company. Never make
assertions about her that• you think
are untrue, allusions that you feel she.
herself would blush to hear. Whet
you meet with men who do not scru
ple to make use of a woman's name
in a reckless.raanner, shun them, for
they are the very worst. members of
the:commUnity—men lost to every
senab of honor, every feeling of hu
manity,"
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