THE„ _PEOPLE'S JOURNAL JOHN S. 1114.NliT 1 EDITOR' IpOIIDER.SP9R-T 7 PA. et : : tTp VitS DAY., MO4NING . , MAY 1&50 c" To the People of Potter County. All who are opposed to the repeal of tii4sl.issouti Compromise, to'the ex pineion of Slavery into the Territories, and in favor of tie admission' of Kan iia.as.a Tree State, are earnestly in ,' ko to meet in Coudersport on the day of May next, at 1 o'clock, P Dl' 7 - fOr the purpose, of effecting a more feifett Organization in our County, pr - 2Lrator,y to the ensuing I'residential aii'State eleations, and of choosing &Legates to the Philadelphia Conven aimm. - ISAAC BENSON, Cixeircuanofthe County Executive Committee Coudersport April-11.1).1856. A nmsnat FOR THE BEST ACRE OF CORN • 4 there is •no agricultural society Jo this County to stimulate our far mers and the public generally, to in round agricultural interest; 1. thought the following offer might do some little juod: To the boy under 19, who will raise the best acre of corn in Potter county this amen, I will pay his Tuition at she Coudersport Academy for two Terms, commencing in December AUL He must do all the work him pelf, ploughing. manuring, hoeing, and harvesting. Collins Smith, Nelson Clark, and Seth Taggart, or a majori )y of them, may decide to whom this viral= is due. Jens S. MANN. May S, 1856. Mr. Sumner was improving at hit accounts, and will doubtless re sume his place in the Semite, unless another Border Ruffian shall finish him. This murderous assault on sumner, is the third one this session, by Southern members ; and the assaults will jneresse in ferocity and numbers, until freedom of debates is entirely le.stroyed, or the people al the North unite and throw oil the tyranny which (Inlaying them. nr The Mansfield Express is among the best of our Country ex changes-'--beautifully ptinted, ably edited, and up with the times in every thing. But this, it seems, does not satisfy some of its over-nice patrons. In fact, there are a few grumblers in pvery.community, whom it would be impossible to satisfy. We would rath er meet half a dozen outright oppo pent,.., than one gr umbling ft ieud. Doctor T. C. l i edyard will be in this village on Aronday next, June 2n4, "" to operate in dentistry," and will remain as long as his services may be regained. Dr. L . is a proficient in hie profession and we believe will give satistllction to those who call on him. Wdliam.Ayre - 3 sold a calf an Monday last to Mr. Glassniire, of the :Coudersport Hotel, which is •a -credit •to any fanner. It was not quite three months old, but the meat after it was dressed weighed IS4 lbs., and tho skin 17. We found the steak •uperior to any thing of the kind ever pold in this market. or Why are not Douglas, Pierce, and Si.arn Democracy, willing to ad wit Kansas icto the Union as a State at once 9 That would restore Reece to a d. nation, Simply because the Alia 'lentil Compromise was repealed fUr As . I purpose of ; ,,prinbling slavery to subdue Kansas, and the authors of that tali, will do nothilig that does not tend . So eaw.put that purpose. l e et any man !who desires the admission of Kansas as %frees State, lneli at . the facts calmly analieifill soon see what party stands shei,Vay 'Of stich admission, W' That bill of costs in the comes, tea' cltction case, makes' Our hunker I 1'666 squirm badly. This is natural, es they ire responsible for every dol. ;ar - 6114 and the weak attempt of J, James, to explain it away, is about' as silly as bis "black flag" false lood,'isiih others too numerous to itesition. . There is a letter from Kansas J containing udge Lecompte's .charge a3 the'GranAl Jnry, whlelt every man ought to read. . - T4e allies of Slavery, unab le :o defend - the monstrous outrages cif' )f the Border Ruffians in Kansas, seek to excuse them by charging improper conduct on the-Eastern Emigrant Aid' Society. We style this method of apologizing for the murders, Lynch ings, and fraudulent voting in Kansas, as infamous; and the mauin a free State. who puts forth this miserable. .sophist ry- is . worse than a slave holder. The Emigrant Aid Society has never countenanced wrong of any descrip t:tio ;_ and none of the mean-spirited Northern allies of slavery, who glibly talk of its conduct as an excuse for marching an army into Kansas-from Alissouri, can name a single act of the society which deserves censure. Next week we shall publish an extract from the masterly speech of Hon. Cbai les Sumner, which shows up the false charges in a way that makes the au there appear the miserable defamers of a noble association. la' There is now. a standing army in Kansas, obeying the orders of Presi dent Pierce, and assis.i:►g Missouri Sheriffs to execute the pretended laws of the Bogus Legislature. Has Louis Napoleon been any mere. odious in exerting his despotic . power than this? Wbere can you find a people tyrannized over more urn ustly, and more outrageouslythan the Free State men of Kansas Every principle of justice and honor is disregarded, democracy is dethroned, and Despot.- ism is the order of the .day. Such a►u the fruits of .repealing the Missouri Cu►nprumise. These dire cuns'equences s►e directly chargeable to the party in Penosylvitula that nua►i-. nated Bigler, ibr Governor. 11 that Convention had protested in proper terms against the Douglas fraud, could uut have succeeded. And now that party unblushingly endorses the iruud. The bawl' of every free man should rest upon it and its can- titdatts tar There are a few men in this village, among them the pro-slavery caudidate fur Surveyor General ; who deny that any•wrong has been dune by We Border Ruffians, or• the Bogtis Legislature of Kansas. So there were men in every village in the days of the Revolution, who denied that Great Britain had done any thing wrong.— The Torics of 1656 ai e of the same stamp, and pavtake of the same mean spit it as those of 1776. . Lir The letter of Governor Robin son, in another column, will show the donors to the Kansas fund, that their contributions have been received by their brethren in Kansas, and that the aid thus rendered was received with gratitude. We envy neither the head nor heart . of that man who cd,uld sneer at this contribution, and none but a hunker of the meanest cast would do it, No. 2. The friends OfFree Kansas in the Roundtop School House neigh borhood, met on Wednesday evening, I 14th inst, and organized Republican. Club No. 2: President—Holman Mor gan; Recording Secretary—D. D. Kel sey; Cor. Secretary—Char les Cool edge; Treetsurer—(xeoi ge Read. This club will meet Saturday. eve ning of each week at the Roundtop School House, and all the friends of free speech and free men are earnest ly requested to attend regularly. Wellk. bore Agitator. That is the way to save Kansas.— Let the people of every Township meet together and talk overthe matter in a friendly way, and they will pretty certainly decided against the exten sion of slavery. When shall We' have the pleasure of announcing the organi zation of No. 2. in this county 1 • THE TEISTINORY MEN BEFORE THE 8.018/19 INVESTIGATING cinarruss. We give to-day under the head of Kansas corresp4ndence,. another in stallment of the testimony taken before the Congresiional comriiittee of intros.- tigation. -Those who desire to know the facts in regard to the troubles in that Territory will do. well to read this testimony. It will' enable the people of the country to appreciate 'the beauties of Squatter Sovereignty, aid the conduct of the Pierce administra tion in. sustaining Atchison and String fellow in trampling upon the laws of Congress,, imposing upon the people ofthe new Territory a govern. n tnent_efßegulator3 and political ad: yenturars, witiLcharacters ;a9-11adras 'their.d:wn:= 7 -St:Loseis Demacrat. We;conumend the above brief Para . graph to the attention of tH 'Warren kedier arid its associatesiir this State; 'who have - no word of rebuke - for the authors of the outrages in Kansas.— It is refreshing to turn. from the ser vilty of the press in Pennsylvania, in the service of Sham Democracy,• to the Independent press of the slave States. The St. Louis Democrat has always supported the nominee of the. party, but is edited by a man, with a soul in him; so he dares express his own con- • victions of right and wrong;. which cannot 'be said of the poor : tools of party who edit the Nebraska papers of this State, not one of whom, so far as we have seen, have informed their . readers, that Governor Reeder was in dited for Hintz TREASON., and that an at tempt had been. made to arrest him while he was conducting the investi r gation before a committee of Congress, which investigation &lows that every election in Kansas has been controlled by armed bands from Missouri. LAWRENCE 13 IN ASHES The threat of Douglas that" we.will Subdue you," has been carried out by the entire destruction of one free State Town. and thii by an army collected under the order 'of the United States Marshal for the Territory of Kansas. We cannot give the details to this' work, but the following editorial in the - Tribune will give some idea of the march of slavery in Kansas : " The King is dead—.-live the King!" Lawrence, the heroic focus and cita-. dcl of Free State pzinciples and eflOrts in Kansas, has been devastated and, burned to ashes by the Border Ruf fians; but most of its inhabitants still live, and the cause honored by their courage and devotion is stronger and more hopeful to-day than if their vil lain assailants had again been driiien back discomfited as they were lag De- - cember. A few bare 'and tottering' Chimneys, a charred and blackened waste, now mark the site hallowed to ad eyes as that where the free suns of the North have for two.years confront ed the myrmidons of Border Ruffian ism, intent on the transformation of Kansasint6 a breeding-ground and for tress - of Human Slavery. Honor to the brave and true men who laid the foundations of Lawrence,. stud who, tir many anxious mouths, have toiled fur and watched over its growth and safe ty.! Though one stone should • never] again be - there placed up in antr.fier--: though the crime whien has crusued out Lawrence should nave extinguish ed it for ever—the champions of Lib erty through future ages shall reverent ly visit its site as another-Bunker Hill or Marathon; and shall be inspired• to deeper sacrifices and a nobler devotion by the exulting though tearful contem plation of its glorious dust. Few details have yet reached us by telegraph, and these entirely through hostile channels ; but they leave no room fOr plausible doubt that the black deed was consummated on Wednesday last, as had been threatened fur some ten days previously. No shadow of pretext for this gigantic crime appears as yet to. have been invented by the Border Ruffians,. though their coded-. orates -in the Free States will doubt-- less devise one at the earliest practica ble moment, • liglr The Spring Term of the Cou dersport Academy commmced on . Monday lasi with forty-four students. There will doubtless be nver fifty ‘vith , in a week. We are much enonraged with the proSpects of the school. RUE WHISKY, OR THE NAM LAW The weekly Variety discourses as follows in relation to our. present Li cense law. They may answer the logic who can t - In the first place, it is our firm con. viction that any attempt to .regulate the liquor traffic is. not only a fruitless attempt to build upon a quicksand, but it is, as an effort to prevent the free use of ardent spirits, an absurAity. The question, as presented by the two great parties hi the contest; is literally —Total prohibition or indiscriminate sale & consumption. As much, as per sons may wish to occupy middle ground,' there is really nopch tangi /hie position. We must be either for or against liquor.. If the ,sale ,of in toxicating dt inks can he legally assign ed*to one man = if • it is_ right for one man to ideal in whisky--,=why. should• any one. man whose inclinations point in that direction, be prohibited from reaping a profit in the same traffic. if the sale of ardent spirits as a beverage is am intrinsic right, the :hen attempt on the part of the Legislatnro to es tablish a monopoly, in this business, and place- it in the hands of a chosen few; is a gross Outrage on the mass of the people. If one man may dispense the luxury of iitrong 4448, taft.rclap therefrom immense profits, why should not arty cit4en - be,-alloweil the - Same privilege? On the other hand, if the Avhiciky busih'ess is. wrong—if it is a monstrous social evil—if it is a heavy burden t.o the tax-payer—if it fills our „prisons and penitentiaries, and poor houses-4if it is a curse which loosens the tenderties of the family, and carries distress to unnumberedfiearthstones-r-- if, in a worcl,,it renders a man a brute. an outcast, a felon, and the destroyer of his body and soul—(all of which are charged upon it, by thousands of our best citizens)—then the legislatures who are willing to license this traffic, and - permit a fewalnen to grow fat up on it, on the plea that such a trade may be regulated, are guilty of a great crime; or else they are the victims of a strange hullucinOon. DEATH OF JOHN KEATING It becomes our painful duty to an nounce the death of this ea' liest fiend Of our county. He departed this life at his residence in Philadelphia, on. Monday, the 19th instant, in - his ninety-. sixth year. " He will he remembered by all the old settlers as a kind-hearted and lib eral landholder. He had a great at tachment for Potter and M'Kein coun ties, which he manifested in liberal donations to their Academies and other public institutions. Always gentle manly and courteous in his relations with others, his life was an example which might be . safely followed by all. During his pilgrimage of nearly one hundred years; he passed through many strange vicissitudes ; was connected more or less intimately with Many of the great political events, and the pen: ple who ‘vrought them.; ,and the rem iniscences of his life would possess an unusual degree of interest:for persons wholly unacquainted with him. He was Irish by birth, but from his infan cy resided in Frat.ce, and his family 'wore extensively connected with the nubility of that country. Politic4l changes made him a resident of the United States; ..and when, in -1830, on the accession of a new dynasty, he was invited to return to his old Ems aessioris, and to occupy a high place . in the government, his - loyalty to the de throned family forbade, and be re mained a private gentleman in the land Of his adoption. He was familiar with most of the celebrated and interesting characters of Philadelphia, engaged in nearly all her benevolent institu - flans, and is probably inure generally mourned than would be any other so aged a man, To us who have known him so limg and well—to many of the old settlers on his lands, his death is a most sorrowful event. We have cist a friend. THE REIGN Or VIOLENCE Anti-Slavery men have lung fore told thatthe Slave Power of this Na tion would have to be overthrown, or the whole - North-become abject .slaves. The murderous attack - lately,made on Sumner, because he dared speak as becomes a freeman, will convince all who are not intentionally blind, of the" truth of the prediction. J. S. P., after describing this attack to the Tribune, thus closes a letter from - Washington, under date of May 22. Does any man doubt the correctness of this state ment 1 The thing of which this violence is merely .the natural manifestation, is increasing in forcein the nation every' hour, and has been ever since the -passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. To attempt to abate the expression simply - by denouncing the examples of it, is futile. We shall have .to go deeper and extirpate the cause. The slave power has taken this nation by the throat; and the h.)ld must be bri,ken or these events will go on and multi- ply, and become more and . more ag gravated and humiliating, till the North is finally and totally subdued. J.S.P. Lot the . Governor Show hie Hand • We . clip . the following from the Welisboro Agitator, and we regret that Governor Pollock, who pi °wised -so much while a candidate, should have done so little since his election, that it becomes necessary to inquire where he stands : Aiv ERROR.-,-One of our exchanges speaks ufawernor Pollock's "organs." We are confilent that Goy; Pollock iris no ,‘ org,ins,"' public or secret. His policy has - been from the first,- tO . meddle with. .00 department of Gov ernment but his 'own; and 'whiter he allows no' dictation to the Governor, -he. does not dictite.to the printer.-- . ewisburg Chronicle. Very good. But every public man has 'an accredited organ. 'sometimes more than • one. Those organs are with reason, supposed to expiess them selrps_is harmony with Alps. views that man. especially on great and.leact lug issues.' We have no disposition to trump up tt chnige against Gov. Pol lock outside of evidence ; bin these are times when our public men must . show where 'they stand. Straws may tell which way the winds blows some times—we think they do; • and the straws from Northumberland - certainly drift southward with a vengeance. The Miltoitian is dumb to our questions— probably playing Douglas under the scantycloakofits tlignity. The Chron icle takes up the glove and . contents itself with disclaimiug for the Govern or, any interest in other than tho exe cutive department- of Government. We knew that before; we asked to know whether the complexion of his .mind - could be determined by the pro slavery course of his home paper. NVe repeat that question ; and itit remains unanswered as it has for two or three weeks, silence will be properly coo -1 sidered as assent. That is all. SCHOOL BLANKS. Blanks for the Annual District Re ports have been forwarded to the dif ferent districts, and Directors are re spectfully -requested to fill them up and return them to me at the close of the school year, (June 14 or as soon as possible after that date. . Blank.Certilicate and Affidavits have been distributed, and Dit ectors will notice that the affidavit requires. uwsignature of the Pi esident of the Board, as we.; the case last year, but that the signature of tile President to the certificate which preceeds the affi davit, should he tnade in the presence of ile Justice, at the same time that the oath or affirmation is made. • J. B. PH.ADT, Co. Supt Coudervp.ort, May 10, 1556. THE POTTER KANSAS MID PITTSBURG, Itiliy, 16, 1556 J. S. MANN :—I received, the en clo4ed copy .of a letter frinn G..v. Rubinson, forwarded to me from Bone, The letter speaks for aid nodd.3 no comments. JoSEPII MANN. LAWRENCE. K.tis:S.l3, April 2311, 136. f DEAR SIR :—Your letter of Match 14t1r, has been received some time since, and was not answered on ac count of the absence of Gov. Robin son. He has now returned and desires me to say that helms this day draivu , on you fin*. $lOO.. At a proper time public acknowl edgments of all ,moneys 'received by the Committee of Safety will be made. For the present we can only render you our heartfelt thanks for the tangi ble evidences of sympathy contained in your letter, and assure you that the donors of that SLOO shall be ever honored with grateful memory. Very Respectfully, C. Ronixs . By G. IV: Dzitztvut. To Joseph Mann, Millpurt, Pa. ICARSAS CORRESPOND MVO .• Lamm:sec, May 15, 1656. EDITOR Or TOE JOURNAL I stated in my letter of the day before yester day that Governor Rubinson started fur the East a few days ago on private business. I write to inform you that on Saturday last lie ivas taken by a mob at Lexiniton,Missouri, and is there held a prisoner. He was taken on board the steamboat upon which he was go ing to St. Louis. The mob wanted to hang him instantly, but the leaders knew better than to do that. They "charge him with TREASON, and swear that he shall -be given up to Shannon,, and if be don't hang him, they will come up from Missouri and du so. Con siderable excitement prevails here at this moment, and it is quite a hard task for the Committee of Safety who are now in session, to-keep company "A" —made up . mostly of young men—of the Lawrence Militia from marching to Lexington and taking the Governor from the hand of that villanons mob ; and also the rifles which the pirates there did - not kn..w 'how to use after they had stolen them. stated in my last that the Marshal did not return for "Reeder as lie had promised. Ho went back to Lecomp ton and issued the proclamation which fbllows . To the Teeple of Kansas Territory. " Whereas certain judicial writs of arrest have been directed to tne by the first District Court of the united. States &c. to be execu ted within the county of Guava, awl" where as an aitetnpt to execute them by the Um od States Marshal was vio:en..y resisted by, large number of the citizens of Lawrence, and as theta is' every reason to be ieve ha/ any attempt to e xecute these writs wilt be re. of annul man ; " Nov sisted by a large body therefore the law abiding cit.zetts of the Ter ritory aro commanded to . be and appear at Lecompton as seen as peac.icab:l3 and in numbers sufficient fur the proper execatitut of the law. Given under my hind this 11th day of May, 1856. I. B. DONALDSON, U.'S. Marshal; Kansas 'Territory." This proclamation contains and em bodies an unqualified falsehood, as I Was present when 'his Deputy stated to Uoit:lteeder what his errand was, and he did not even attempt to servo his writ on thgt gentleman,- nor was he-resisted bp• a single man in Lan• rola!: But true to his nature and his cau33, he glie3 to Lecompton with a lie, and the result is this inflamatory proclamation. But the people of Lawrence would not "permit him to place them in the wrong. A public meeting was held yesterday morning: Judge Wakefield in the chair', acid Wm. Hutchinson Sec'y. at which the following preamble and resolutioa wore passed unanimously: 4. Whereas, by a proclamation to the people, of Kansas Territory by B. Donaldson, United States Marshal of said Territory, issued the 11th day of May, 1856, it is alleged that writs of arrest have been di rected to him by the first District Court of the United States &c., to be exece, ted within the county of Douglar,.uod 1 that an attempt to execute them _by 1 the United States • Deputy Marshal was violently resisted by a large num ber of the citizens of Lawrence, and that there is every .reason to :believe 1 that any attempt to execute these writs will he resisted by a large body of armed ; Therefor e, " Resolved by this public meeting of the eltizatis of Lamella', held the. 13th day, of ;Slay. 185G:iliac the allega tions and charges ag dust us contained in the afore aid proclamatioo, are wholly natitt., in fact, ao:1 the conclu sion emit ely lake drawn therefrom; that the aforeAaid Deputy Marshal Was re,isted in no way or. maorier ;whatsoever. nor -by any per sun whornsoe er, the execution of . the said wt it, except by - him. whose arres the said •Doputy - :Marshal "was. seeking \!() make; aid that we new as vie have , done. heretofore, declare cur willingness and tlAermination, without resistance to aciptie,co ill - the service up in us mf airy ju lici rl we it aglitist uc by the United Sz.ate.-M arnatl fir K in sits Territo: y, aid will farok I him' a posse for that parp.isn ifs.) requested ; but that wo in.e re idy re .i -.I if need ba unto 41.• at:) - too riv ig , -; a ;1 dean lati an ioVadiag in lo." Cupid of tali pee I n.d,!. a pa re.s-iati film were seot to dm Nl.irstril, Guy. Shannon, C )1. Sirmlor at Fort Leiveu ‘vorth, and Col. Cook at Fort Riley. Indeed, the people of Lawrence will. submit to any writ by the United States authorities; but to a Territori al writ served by Territorial authority, (unless with. the uid of the 'United States troops,) they will never yield till the last mart Lawrence dies. Where is Governor Shaunon. anti what 1: he doing, do you ask 1. 1 will answer: rir lortituately r.r. Prelid,int Pierce and Inc "riirtY gen orally, h e ha: i,u hunNeit- on C . COird. in which leco . id lie. ',loves himself to bo,w,latii•lh.iily ever .1 as just the toil for Pierce Un 1 the P.:11 ! t•Eidits bn,al4:l I;,r thd and dut•e,ter ,a4ll for t:t© But to the rect!all LACIIEVCF. CITY, 3lny 12, 1856. his Execleacy; tra.,,n t 'aita G.?vermir of Kansas T. ritory. DrArt SIR: The tinderiiguel are charged with the duty of c.nnteatt:c tit g to your Ex cel,ency the follownig pre luta a and resolu tion adopted at a pub:ic w e ing of the cit izens of this place, at 7 o iock .ast evening, viz : - , " IVhereas, we •have, the most reliable in formation from various pane of the Territory and the ad:ointug Sta:e of Missouri, of the org.tnizatit n of bands who threaten the destruction of our town and its cit.zeur, tberetnre, Resolved, That Messrs. Toplitie,, Hutchinson, and Roberts, constitute a Com. mitten to inform his excellency Governor Shannon of these facts, and to call upon him in the name of the -people of Lawrence for protection against such bands i by the United. Stags mops at h's disposal." All of which is mos:. respecfuJiy submitted. •- Very truly; &c., C. W. Torurrz, V. V. Rot:marl, Jolts licrem.ssms. A special messenger was sent to Lecompton, and returned . with the following reply : • EXECUTIVE OFFICE, trna lianas Territory. GENTLEMEN : Your nolo of the 12th inst. is recieved, and in reply I have to state that there is no ferce around or approaching. Lam ence except the legally constituted posse ofthe United States Marshal, and the Sioniff ainglas County, each of whom I am inhil rued have if number of wi its in. their hands for execution against per sons now in Lawrence. way interfere with either of these officers in the discharge of their official dudes. IE TIIE MI ZE:I3OF LAWRENCE SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO TIIE TERRITORIAL LAWS, and Ate . and ASSIST the marshal-and sucturein the execution of process in their hands, as all good citizen. are hound to da when called on. they, or all such, will entitle iiiesnwlves to Pie protection of the.l ; but cu lung n 4 they keep up a limitary or.trued o, g inizdtiini to re sist the Ter,iuuial L w., a id the ofll - cni; god witn their . execution, I SHALL NOT isrtateosc to:ave thew Iroll the legitimate consequences of their illegal acls. . • . • 1 have the honor to be Yi.uts with great respect s 'WILSON Suetoothr. ,To Messrs. Toptiife, Hu ehiu_son, e Itobans. There is one thing 'about this let ter its 1 like very much, and that is its consistency. it would have bees very l inconsistent if Shanuiia bad II
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