volj. 'flul Tge PEOPLE'S IURNAL ortolan Ist= suirasosty >mom, y ADDISON AVERY.. . . •. To ins-1 n Advar4de: 0:11 NAY a azin u Fs : $l.OO tlisge sobsctibers, TERMS OF ADVERTISING. ' !parrs, ofid hues or less, I inserton,- $l5O „ ' 3 insertions, 1.50 every gub.equent insersien, lie and figare Work, per sl., 3 insertions, 3.00 Diu , • .sis itolutan, one year, • - , 25.00 rohroa, six mon.hs, 15.00 ii:nis.ra:ors' or Cxecutorx' Notices, - 2.00 Sheriff Sa.es, per trae•, 153 p ro ( es sioatlCardi no. exceeding eight Fines irsered fur 5. , .10 per anntatu. WAN lerers on business, to secure at M m a, should. be addressed (post paid)' to Os Publisher. • i'LSS3iORE WILLIANSON still lies in prison; - with no prospect o f re storation to liberty until a . Public i n dignation. shall :.be aroused which will eau le, the knees of the 'oppressor ind his fellow-conspirators to smite together. Public ju.stice, though sure, ,law ; and, in the hope of quick n. i n ; it, we call attentiou once mare to , the leading facts in the case : Mr. Williamson told a colored wo man in Philadelphia—what ever so ratty slaveholding judges had decided tßreugh the last fifty years—that she Id her children were legally free Iron her foimer master, having - been voluntarily brought by him into a Free State. Hereupon the late slaves went where they chose to „go, Mid - Mr. Walla n oa w ;at ab nit his business. Which took him that same night to Harrisburg ; and on his return, the second day afterward, he was arrested Ind taken before Judge Kane on a writ of habeas corpus, granted on the IfFtdavit of the late slaveholder ler, who complained that Jane - John eon and her children had been forcibly taken away from him and were still detained by said Williamson. Mr. Williamson made a perfectly tospectful,direct, and pertinent answer to this charge—namely, that he had not taken away said persons, never had them in his possession or custody, (Id did not know where they were. This return, Judga hate pronounced false and evasive, therefore a con tempt (..1" Coutt ; and thereupon sent Williamson to prison.,i where he still lies, with no,limit to his period of in carceration and no prospect of its ter-. mination. The bliis of this sentence is Judge Kane's inference that Williarnstas return is untrue. But in opposition to this inference, we have William -on's express utli drvit (rind irobruly'que,tinus his general integrity and veracity,) the .circumstantial statement of his father, fully corroborating his own, with the testim my of Jane Johnson in open court en the trial of the negroes by Judge Kelly fur assult ou Wheeler, and her express affidavit . in her Lae application on Mr. Williamson's behalf. Unless all these perfectly cot,- sistetit statements of u.iimpeached wit nesses are false, then sun imprisonmeut is a flagitious wrong, and the as,e: tion of bath Kline and Black that ..he holds the key of his all in his ow.i pocket, and may - conie out whenever he sees fit," aggravates the cru. I wrung to he has al ready been ruojected. The writ of &areas corpus is a writ of deliverance—.t process for recovet ing liberty. It is assumed by Wne ar's iippiication and Kane's action that lan, Johnson isunlaw:ally held in du less' by Williamson, so that she cannot return to Wheeler. New Jane Jultn son's testimony it Philadelphia and her application by affidavit to Kane are-conclusive, at least on this point. Pa r e is not detained by Williamson. She is in nowise'in his potier , i she is In Boston, trying to earn an : honest lining, while he is immured .in Phila delphia jail on the order of Judge Rine:" There can no dispute as to - , these facts.. "But sho his 00-status in Court," says Judge Kane. Wily not} Whee ler applies to have her liberated from Williamson, so that she may return to him.. Why, then, lies she no stqtus But suppose she hainot—thisis not question of status but of feet. ' 11 .tr-" ai 7,,nri.7.71. 3 7 ""'w .. fele 1.. :" 1 !c,.1, 3 apog6 ~;•.! ! * 7 . 1 , 11 ~i v 1,1,1 • , ' . ,it :,-..: s.:ls a -',' ..: , .1.; Y.: ;;,•, • ;.. . .. .:.• ". r: --,...-:!.. . : '5l :i-:1:! , 2q it- f;.: '.;,:: ff..; 3“ iI; , 1 — ;"11 1 : :c1 ... • ' IS' .!:; ti 1,, —..::: -, a, ,' . ..) 'il;', :.:::.1 . .!": ' " 3 f ..., .1. ;'. :' • ::: "..,: , 7 - . : li.:* .."; : :::—:-1r...: • -;-. 0 ." • . . - ',•.' , in -, „;L:,.... t.: .11 .•.!..";17. ii ' t 'itt• Ifs::: ;I 1 , , - : •0. , it fl f.:' . . .;:t : ;,, ...''.. z: 1 . . :• ' • . , ..:.. , • , ...:::.- I . :•-. '.. 1 •-, '? .. 6 1 slie never Wiilia:mseti'S nor under his . pentrol, as she testifies,, then his return was , true,.Judge Kane's. sentence was unfounded. and it is:-41.9t within Villiamson's p,,wer to liberate himself except by Perjury. „ Would a j 11.4, judge cay.it as.r.o the statqs 2 .af i witness who proved - that: he . had •made a great mistake and thereupon reman-; ded an itinoeetitnian Ao -prison 1 ~".. " But let Jan : e''Johnson • come into court," saislcane; 'POI' what I Her first testimony sira' given in 'Open' court, subject to Cross-examination 'by. atde lawyers. Her 'applicatiOn.•-but repeats it. Why should she he 're quired to trayid oncein - ore frOrn , Bus; tun to Philadelphia to . vetif t y - fev'iiieiice which she has already giVcii : in delphial But - consider that Judge Kane' has judicially pronnuaced her still a slave, liable to seizure anywhere by Wheel er, and then say waat a judge de, serves i wbo requires her to . put lier head into the tiger's mouth in order to be perinitted to give testimony in • be, half of an innocent rrisn whom 'he 'is oppressing. Is not this - Outrageons I THE PROSPECTS OP IRELAND Mr: Thomas 1/ Arty McGee de:, livered an interesting lecture last eve ning before a large audience of his cuu.itrymen, at.the'ruberinicle, on the present condition and prospects of ilk:laud. Mr. McGee visited ids na tive couotry last summer, alter eight year's absence. and the cunclunun watch lie draws from his observations, is teat a radical change is rapidly tak log plice in the inanoers, habits and ciimucter of the people of eland;li iu sbut t,. that the country is uodergoing a revolution' us complete as if it bud been proclaimed from the cannon's mouth. 'rt.. Emerald Isle is in a -transition state,' and a : new volume of its history is now opened. Mr. McGee attributes the change to three principal causes. • First:, the system of railroad corn inuaication, w,tich is bringing btith (Mils of the island together, scattering kcal prejudices and making of the Itish one compact people. Tne rail road has laza:timed the furies from [re laud, it. has waked up the intellectuill tacit:ties of the al : pit:Altura' classes, and tutroducd among them habits of punctua:ity and indu 'try. The. .ab- Alee of national centralizatitnt has heretofore been the cause, according to Mr. McGee, of the absence of na tional natty. Tile must remote parts of the island, Leinster and•Cottuaught,. Munster and (lister, , are now made acquainted with each outer through tau induence Of the railroads. Tile second revolutionary agent at work in Ireland, is the English lan guage. Language is always a power ful instrument in limning the habits and character of the people. Halt a ceulury ago, the Went: was the language of the greater part of the island. This was the language of (whom Mr.. McGee styles the Homer of the western world,) and of the Irish saints and priests of the Cath olic church. But this old national language is now , disappearing: 1831 the national school: system was established. In 11354 more :than .a million 'of Pupils; - under age, Were learning . English, and already : cheap . English puidicationi are in great do; mand throughouLthe country, •. To the patriotic Irishman it will doubtless be a source' of deep regret thus to part with his mother tongue. But he cannot overlook the fact that two great nations, the English aud•che Ameticans,--the one on the East 'anti the other. on the West—both epehk this same: tongue, and ;that, dif-' ferent one from his. own.; and., if ire would keel) pace with tlitscwisrld,: he must not keep hiniself 'shut :up-inrthe shell of a dead language between tiirO living cues. The way iii which'. this introduction of the English language will influence :the - Irish. mind the Wylie is'to Mr:McGee d'inseitety. , 'He atuite, [hit Englishi literature, .but be As, 1 . ) , ,F.MT1C13.4. 1 4:4*0; ; Ki1E Dl9 rOilifOkAtiPllV C GU D ERSP ( O II ;tO,I- * /,'n '66ll N - T - Y, NOIT' EiriiiE , OEM edly fearful that the security of-the CathOlic faith will be endangered by, its inroads. .En halt ideas enerate from tbe f priecipe Of the tight ` of pri 7 vate Judgnient, Irish idea - S.fvOin the principle of obedience., 71'4 - iittes ' 'tioit with Mr:McGee is, whether the Irish intellect will be able to combat stiCceis- Bacon tully . the expediency o and tiie male - rialiirri — . Of Hobbes. "Shall we be," ,says he, translated, or Irish apostate.sl SVe Aecept i what is gondAnd, : wholesame ia,,;he, English litet - atilFe, and at. ; the .same i tiae he ahle,is) reject the bad l", Mr. McGee entertains the,, ,there, will soon be. zn I rish. : liteiatu re, : better:* adapted to the Irish mind and faitl; thee the English, and capable of caan- : teracting the deleterious effects, of the latter. The : third element of change in Ire- lend.is the new social relation between agricultural„ciasses 7 —the ,-, proprietors . and the:cultivators of the land. The old tartn-itior system has gone with the year 1846. The farm 7 laborers that have been left by the fuinine.and the emigration - to,Anierica can almost dictate'their own prices. TheYile paid 111.1 mile) wages, and they make their purchases at market prieei. supplanted - the Potato, and this is also an improvement; The gentleman's gentlemail is not now the formidable .- fiwer that he wasp The famine was a kreatil,recloser of 'lt squeezed up the spongy excrescences of The E;rcumbereil Estates bill" Of Sir Robert Peel . did a great deal to re deem the character of the English from the disgrace incurred by • their neglect of the Irishl in 1846. No less than !bur Million of acres, or one-fourth of the cultivated surface- of,this 2 ,i'sland, has been : sold by the Encumbered Estates Court, and more than one-half of the purchase's are, ,native Irishmen. The people of Ireland have very little interest at .present in . domestic politics. The new proprietors are, busy in managing their estates, and the laboring classes are favorably impress ed .with the novelty of their. situation. A mixed, feeling and a kind ofwoti 7 deringinterest„ prevails in regard to the war. Ireland looks at the contest in much the same spirit as the 'woman who sto..d by and saw her liege lord in a fight with a bear. When the for mer was uppermost she cheered him, but when the : bear was on top, _she cheered Bruin ju:t as heartily., The' Rev John Newton was called one day to visit a family that had suf fered theinsi of allthey possessOd by fire.' He found the pious mistress . . and saluted her; "I give you joy, madam !" Su• prised and ready to be offended, she exclaimed,' "Do you mean to in sult us!" "Oh no," he answered, "but joy that you have 'so much property that fire cannot. touch." This happy allusion checked her grief and wiping her tears, she smiled like the sun shining after an'April shower. ''for where the treasure is, there will the 'heart be ulso." • Let y( ! utig people remember that their geed temper will , gain them more esteem and happiness,.than the genius and talents,of all the wicked men_ that ever existed, . THE. QUESTION STATED—LETTER 120 H ABLIA.H . BUNN, 'JR. ' b'ewYotitt. Oct. 9,1855. Stn : I s possoss , your leiter of 3a - iiistant;itifofining` and officially of my unaniin'o63'riotiiiiiathiii'ifi a canili- date forfilec-inn io ttje office of At torney 6eneral .of this . State in a Repgtilicati Opatenti4ienbapciiedity . 91*Ahn Jate Whig .convention witlg,the. Republkean Guivention._ai .SyracuSe'len the 27th ult., and F cegiiosting , tne ' i u''stguify ' my ac= the : sotitimutl) % l4Xpresseik ;Alp .repo, lutiOnst adopted in.its p raceedings...., In doing eo, I hiverbeeti Yeititested:by so'n1:1 1 V ) to -c. -•-- tate liriefly.the reasons which have led:me to my•conclusions.'i = - ' ' 'lt semis appi•Opiriate to the Octasion . cdr 'comply with that-re - 1411684 sin66- 1 1--differ'With # many fur whose opinions and patriOtisin I have the most-- profound iesPeEt. :-They unite With:rtie in' condeinning'the Natiotial AtlnduiSttatiOn for its action —on , the Nebraska-Kansas questionfbr •Some of its appointinerits and i4.e.movels cow: fleeted With thosti'Territm:ies-41it its repeated attempts to .interfere with and control theAmminations - at con ! ventieni4orrallowing and •requiring its officers to coerce 'the political OpiniOna:of they delimit:lents' anti,. employees ; and they adnait their spy)! pithy with theirftieuds whose ,feel ! ings- , ha;re been outraged - by the - Fugi-- dye slave law and the decisiens . under* it, as well as by the claims' and advance ces of. •slavery, in other respects, to such 13 - degree that they have come to the conclusion .to .leaVe, all .otherpo ! (ideal questions to their fate, until these • things can be righted.. Ladmit Myself among this class,and I am encouraged in iny course by knowing that I have their sympathy.. After ail :these—con elusions: howeVer, they cannot Vold their - support to' the 'adiniiiiBtra althOUgh 6e;itrnei(itis" violations of the freepriiiciiii6S!ef - oi'ir institutions, aid persOnal.rightB of our citi`aehs, because:they apprehend that it'is not the 'most dr.:anal : mode of redress, and fear it will terminate.- in- the elevation and success ,of Seward who,it is- but just to say, has discharged,-his 'duty : in respect to the o..mension.of slavery, ‘.Vit.li.consisteitcy to his principles; and the ability and dignity.implied and required by his station, .In ,respect to the mpde . of redress,,althongh I confidently dif . fer with them, 1 'have longllesitateci, iii-the hope that : the ,noliticatorgani zation to which I have devoted my life, and whose leading and general principles -I shall nit give up, would rise like a strung - than- fruni the nun ass Litt) which, it hopelessly fa in M;'. folk's administration. That hope has been Jeferied'until it has produced ittOniturai consequence of nicking the heart sick, I will not blame them for adhering to it longer but fur one, must, in justice to myself and t1i0. , 6 Who concur with me, surrender it. There longer:reasonably any ground to hope for redress from duct qiautter. We hive, I think, reached a point where we should make a stand' and 'defend ourselves, 'our principles, and our rights; by any honorable means within our power, while .we mingle 'our sympathies with those of our min . -aged' friends. - I fear that many have" tbrgotten, Of 'have navi. r known the histery of the transactions in which these outrages Commenced, and by which-the Radical Democracy web' sold over to slavery. It is time that they should recollect and be in ferined 'truly.' It was no secret, El . a was communicated to me by Mr:Ru.. &mai; While he . was a membe f r of Mr: Pelk's Cabinet: -I regaid . i4therefOr as authentic. The - country was 'in volved -in a war with • Miaxico, to secure Texas-and,e:amid the area of slavery; Air. Clay .and Van-Bu ran had concurred alike that'this was both dishonorable , and unnecessary. It was , becoming burdensome and ru inously .expensive. The adininistra ! don &Aired - to. get - put. of it 'by, any means!. whateve4. 'Mr: was .a timid - inan i and more deficient in moral courage than almost any. public Man of hie time. To effect the treaty with,Mexico„it became necessary to have three. mill inni of dollars fur the "secret service." The bill was proposed to Congress, and the . Jefferson ordinance of 1.787., called now the Wilmot Proviso,. ryas , . • proposed as a condition and: ainend went, -. providing that Shivery shoidd not be extended to any, territory' that . inight be acquired by expenditure or by - the expected treaty:" This rais ed the question between freedefri and iilaiier37-- . 4etWeen l'ree • - tertitoiy 'arid stare teriitbiy. "The' , administration; 4*i Polle,-iiiiitedagainst f reed° Artibititiva `•-• • and: k:3 Towe rful auxiliaries in Abe: Senate: . 'fiom • the I North,- were appealed •to successfully. in the emergency. , The:House: ; . of Rep resentati'ves,. stood upc • :firefly- at firsti.but a,. few, of its members soon gave way underithefdebilitating-infla-• euce of patrutMje 'enough le pasi Abe-. administration wisi;el yeeeedrng„io ,poptilar favor reduced try-ettrernitiee..•-•The'• cabinet were.ulaiined. y Th beioes ,ef were already candidates for the Presi.' deney.'' The thrinietreinbled.- 'ln this exigency MrA3achanitn''wai'lliduetia to onaka a peesonit oppedl'fo •Itis• de nr . odratie -friends rePreienti lib - State; to give up tlie:TroVisd--'iif 'freedoin; and pledged -hiriisellto :Share tlie flue and hardsl.ips :they; expected to ex perience from their constitnerits: 'This was - the 4irigin:iif his celebrated letter, in hostility:to the Proviso; and. filially worked:out the misfbriunes - aGetteral Casi, his•subseqUerii NittielSon: let ter;.from which the las' never: recover ed, .•The apPeal , was stfecessful and the bill passed.a 3 The: freedom rif the Territories was thus••sald to - slavery fur. three. millions, 'which' in this age, is only equivalent. to.the.thirty4pieces for treachery in•ati early and more importantftransaction., From- 'thence orders went Sorthi 'insert a' new articlein the:creed- .of the American democracy declaring -slavery-: one' of its constituent.parts. Herein lies-the reason why both &Visions of the de mocracy always--send forward- their jubilant "conglatulatioas to the South onrr all, occa(ious ;of. its triumphs in slavy." The three . millions and the democracy of the free States w.si•e, by the same'act,aSsigtied over to the dic tator of Mexico, to procure - corruptly, a peace which it was supposed wJuld secure the power of the alministlation in opposition to the heroes of the war, and the democratic party were tbui placed in a 'false position,' in ' which they have ever since been congratulat ing theinselVesnpouthe blessings ex pected to be derived from the (Effu sion and extension of slavery. They were thus ship-wrecked, and ever since have been sailing. under the practical flag of slavery. Many of Our best and most talented young men. sunk down with a political paralysis under the load imposed upon them by the administration to carry forward the' principles aid. practice of human slavery.' - It wastheir duty to make it national and 'democratic, to illustrate it in its progress-into the national territories by the doctrine of squatter sovereignty. This will Account lbr the unfortunate efforts of Mr. Deuglass, aided by the administration, in repealing the Mis - snarl - ComPromise, -- as well as the weakness of the', position of tile late Governot%of this State , who sufferel himself, . with' this • mill-stand about his neck, to be made at once the s►rumentandand the. victim of these atio ciou4 • maChinationS,.the 'consequences of which are now before 'tz , . Aniong them are the "rebellious divisionS* of the democratic party, having •no cam- men -Principles of union , or of action no'common ground on which they can stand, _fearing to : avow' heneSt truth and 'decided opinions, wanting • self respect, as well as the respect of Man= kind, - cherishing -heretical doctrines and corrupt practices, obedient to the dictates - .of patronage; and tamely kiss ing.the rod that scourges them.' If we turn our attention to the fitst political results of this submission 'of Mr. Polk's administration to the slave power, we see the sacrifice of The la mented Silas Wright and his friends, who..refused.'sucli subniission, and were immediately denounced as rebels against patijoicsaanil,the nal.j9l4ll,4e mocracy: This sacrifice, was pogreat for such an object, , and my-indignation causes the blood in my. ,veins .to course swiftly, .when I recolleet the treachory.by. bich it yyts-accogivlsh l . (that ! tou r towatda e • Pauf otbersAci„whona'N.y. Polk was, most, indebted,. for 6is i s!o4icat existenco4 I hat.e,l;artlopt.d ! ,lyl . o.l,!ltyaeatsing bit- .t . r;•'; Sr' is =I =BB igrn V R .1.4 4i ).3 4 4 4 pgdigg Mai .tp .tgkt! ilia seep-, wfticit ; s* . vaiMr:. : eWaian, and usaa4a, himself - a 'lt**as Irratil•rds; , clinpel44e'neeis' are now beraie,u's in the eitil:4lou"gaud dab; sitnt . Of slavery; into. free, T.tritoitliimust the repeaLuf (tile, Missouri , Conapres•- naise--the existence aud . perpetuali:'7- race r io 'our- national character of the tul;itiva'alave law -- the stirre . Ucler sitt the .iiidepentlence and_ tit*e44o47 gm : federal waits—the. destruction of the'right Of persenallibbily-=the cop . 'hi: the isttbajdhlui of patronage—the executive itlterfer euce to prevent the freedom of. ttlet. , twits and nominations to 'oar:a : tend- I l)g- to corru pr rind undermine thithic tive the: baste of our iustitutions i , and upon die_ free exercise. et welch the perpetuity of the constitution anal ilitt;;Uniti . alto . • gaher depend. if the -farce" Of to elvetiop of tpe.Emperor of the ktßaFla i VAN tneaaini wilt be triore . Aulay aPpreciatetL.,Wo: -have often been led tit .wonder ; why, thesis fatal and .aggressive , wrongs of Mr, P_Olk,!..uilnaihistratietilverei tacit resf(l.: . ted..and, arrested :in Mr: 'Fillrittirette . time... The answer: is obvieus.- tutierieg intellect and more toweriv, ambition of Mr... Webster 'contras() it. He was the master-spirit of Mr i it mores' iirgani - zitien :as aiittala - as Marcy Was of Mt. : Ptalk'ti.. had tal'ireyet.l the gt'etaild..tipoti Which Mr. Polk stood in relation to the 'or , dinauce of 'V, and saw, the array of the slave power which stood also up on it. He saw• the timid aubmissiois of the democracy of the North to Ills : policy and patronage. He de rived hope frormit. Hisambitit+fas stimulated by the signs of, the times, and he persuaded himself that he cou;)I derivepo r wer and advantage limn, thi same fieldef operation. I need.nu t refer to th - e dentmetheut of his plans. It is too re,cent tti have been! 6iigiat : ten. His State abandoned him;--and has never since kept time to the music of the dead march .in the tragedy of Anthony Burns. • Let ithe recolleetsll that President Pierce's admmistratiert is essentially only a:restoration . of 'Mr. Polk's. They each underttiok. , r;) , water on betli 'shoulders, and welts Well drenched 'on both sideS, the natu• ral 'consequence. Having centributel my aid to bribe' them into power I h:ve had satisfaction' in approving ts, dome of their measures, but I- cannsf. follsw them to csrry slavery into th temple of freedom, for with my . co:s ilent slav,ery can never be extended i t this or any other country. lam lug to leave it atone where it is—this I regard as my constitutional .obligs, tio'n and duty, trusting that those whose misfortune it is to be connec tedwith it, we'll in their own time cover and apply in their own way humane and practical remedy for a.t evil which, without - any:fault-of their*, they are now suffering. . I have thus briefly pointed to- th-s history Ofthe introduction of the do trinelif slavery extension as one of the principleiof the democratic.part;: and referred to the treasures and• Con. seqUenCes resulting frOni it. one division stoutly repudiates such principle, they always in practice tf t ls hold and vote for the matures, whic.i depend' upon and proceed from tham principle, as On - the 'passage of the WI braska bill. Tho' other - diviiion'.ari; more bold and hardy. They maintain openly and with manly franknestat least, both the principle, the prank* and the measures, while they denounico the administration for not giving .to them the exclusive.beneats of its renag,e as , their reward. • The whig parti, as hpretofore'cOnStittited, ari . also divided in like manner and its similar propertiOris:t4 qui, same mem"; -• -la this state of things among us, Sim itiquify i iti; . What is to be done? Shift we continue our hopes of yedress ami, our divisions tothe,Cincirmati Comers . tirm eav,t .y9ar, Whore, we shall et again exhibitour weakness and :NC "1., of.; principle. bye gut ,dl3,6,titutivi lIMEMIE ,ni " i'7i• UM it, Ndaitk'
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