The people's journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1850-1857, August 28, 1856, Image 2

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t iOWA C9NAVONDFNCE OH THE JOURNAL
.:ot.traiiies CITY, Aug. 9itt,
Saturday evening again. The atilt
;;,as ;bid the broad and fe4ile f
ley of the Mississippi P kin t gopi
aright. The gold and crimson 0:5'4
1,411E100H0 luster, are graclualJy 4ang
,in into the soft ilsay of twilight. * The
;enjoyments of the day are anserVaucl'
,the deft to luxiiiiate upon n
7.143 . 13er u r ich natureseems to say js`
;•rdered alone 'for it. Yes, another
• t "
eek wilt swiltest flight has passed
e
pway • 1 regret it not, for With ifs close
i c;;Acs ( my old friend;thp . .I;urnal, ev
i.r highly prized by me, bpt never half
po much as new. When fat, fay away
.ttc;bi nut native home, that loved spilt :
'Avlacl, is bound to' our hearts by ten
i thousanil saprpfl tea, N
, y ken every frie nd
-aye a ley,•,,vho has hilltop clustered
•o •
i • •
r mind .our pathway, strewing t w i t h
2
flowers, mid making life an Eden of
batTineso,"ere hundreds of Tile's from
then how doubly dear are tidings of
those — wire yet tarry behindl and while
-our friends "at home" are perusing
aat never failing little sheet, it alsq
ids adieu to the place of its nativity,
end by the aid of steam swiftly Hy
cues its nay over the beautiful
land and across the Great Faiher of
;Mums, until it reaches the Potter
County school girl of yesterday, and
the Toaci.er in the West of to : day ;
- and believe me it meets • pot with a
mole hearty welcome in any sister
t3tate. Asa matter of course, ihn
wrings and sufferings of Kansas ? and
he gicat political campaign which is
so soon to close t are the principle top
ics of public interest in your midst :
such is the case here. The people
are awakening from their lethargic
; ;
Ftate, and exerting thernseles in he
F 10ii, 0 14 3 cause !TWA every true lover
pflilwrty advocates.
. The lutt a State election ‘yhich was
held last 'Monday, as far as we haye
sward, is all right. In this County the
Republican Candidates for the office
f Repiesentatives were elected by t
majority of 4'oo and in ono of the ad
joining empties. by a majority of pcIQ,
'Upon the morning of ! tie election a
pole was erected 155 feet in length
Upon which, soon floated a beautiful
I.anner with !•Frernony ring Ta r ",
Freedom and Yictory" inseribecl
;hereon. Away down some 4Q or .1q
ft,o, Bang flip Buchanan sign (which
took all the forst), rise Buchanans could
Fninli;49o, to hoist p few days before)
I n least I thought it a sign that our aged
gar. so fir pp Salt Riy :
I.:r by next November that he would
'lever find the way back again.' This
4 ril! probably give Fremont a
large majority : The West will not be
on the backgrep nd, anq if the North and
( .);.' ! ast come up as nobly to. the rescue,
a decisive victory will be the result.
progression is the watch-word here:
zero few follow on in the same old
tradk because that was the way their
Fathers went, but fearlessly think.
_ . •
and act fur fhprilselyes ; All hinds of
herputpegf has "we stand not idle"
lyritten , upon its forebeid. Villages
, f pring up on the right hand and on the
loft, ps it by magic. Logcabins are rap
idly
%%•)? to tasti and even
farm-houses. The
county-seat of Louisa Co ; which a few
p.ars ago was inhabited by the red
man is now a flourishrng town about
f Mee as large as Coudersport, and
numbers - more than three • tithes as
many inhabitants
•Cumnion schools tare yet in rather
1 pour conclition,thpre is a great spare
i y of good tcacliers here ; 'new mo re
tie needed firma the East. There are
hundreds of children here that would
iiecome ornaments to society and bless
ings to the woad, could they but have
iliti'vight kind of instruction in their
narl4 , ors ; Come on fellow teachers,
nod let yogi• light shine, so that others
'teeing your OW rorks way be led to l i
i; illovi yoer eanitilti.
The glue ions plant of• Temperance
ha; token deep root in the fertile soil
o f lowaaind brought forth fruit an hun-
I lred 11;14 ' dearly the last drunkard
Las been t4en from the gutter, and
the last husband and father restored to
the bosom of hiii flainil i y ;Ind friends.
Wiren speed the good tyort until its
. i f
lietitgn ‘tiq . ttence is felt 4o,ra, Pole to
pole. But less I prove too wearisome
will elose by swing that farmers are
e.4lizing a bountifittlerv e s?* ss' sins that
tbe "ague'' has not yet pail; ‘tS corn
ylWrit,s So: your
1 ' Humble Friend, ' • .
PaURNAL.
xi" S. D/ilOl,
C O PDE!IsP?!7/
TharsW gorging Aug. 2,41,1tM0.
Republican NOMiktagQlll3.
MN C, FREIYIONT,P
qt VICE PA*sipriT.
WILLIAM L, : DAY
.c /14%;
7 1 4 NOMlNAnoiy,s.
YOU CpAt. pOpqpiONER.
Thomas E. Cochran. •
ulf YORK COLINTY.
fag sulivs,To4 GF!!Ertil.
Bartholomew Laporte!
Gr ? NOMUy4TIOjyS
F ,Oz i Gi ! Es b
q. q. ormsip, o f pOTTER,
Subject to decision of the Congressione
'Conferees.
POR ASSEMBLY,
ISAAC BENSON, of PoTTE.q,
Subject to 13ecision uf the Legislative.
TOW A.530q0C JortakEil
JOSEPH. MANN, G. G• OQI4VIN.
EV': The 1 reert4 elqb c t f Couders-
port has made arangements to hold
4 I%IIOS AM.ETINg
at this place, on Wednesday, Septem
ber 17th. Eminent speakers will be
present, and the different Township
clitbs are invited to attend in such
force as will indipate their Eittaßliment
to the cause.
rir Coup ess is -again ib session.
immediately after ,the adjoitr nment
er4icetl, in our last, the President issued
mcier,fraiion calling an extra session,
at' which it is e x pected the Senate,
which reflect the wishes of the Pierce
administration, will coerce the House,
IThich reflects the" wishes, of the. peo
ple, into submission. That is tits order
11:1,f the Slave Pirwer.• The freemen of
'the North must be gubrkred., Arid the
Doughfaces of every county-seat in
the free States, so. act as to encourage
the slave pglver iq their high-handed
outrage,s. Thauli god, Orr zeoFfe are
every where discleirriigg t h emselves
in fay. r of freedrim, and of su i stiining
the House in its noble position. Wi‘-
ness the glorious result in democratic
lowa, eight thousand majority for the
Reptiblicau state ticket, is thundering
ow We ft ce §tates. There's a good .
time coming.
lalir There is startliug, news from,
Kansas. The free State than, despair
ing of relief from Congress, have re
sorted
to the last terrible retriedy-,:the
right of self defence. Several battles
haw; belein fought and it is reported,
that Goveino! Robinson and the other
irisioners have ron rucued. We shall
mike no copa . ruents on this ititalligence
at prmat as it may ralfq kulatmpt.,
A. J. SrArrogn
FOR PRESIDENT.
9r 434.100104.
/OR AUDITOR GIGNIRAL.
Darwin Phelps ;
01 ARNSTROtiqi CO.
OF BOA DioOD Co
Conferees
Ton }[(zßlpr,•
A. C. TAGGART.
7011. TREASURER,
W. H.
FOR CICITATSIII:IER,
s. S. 1-44seQE.
F9R, ipDrzoit i
IT. V. SlZql3..
FOR CORONER,
DR. ANDREW STOUT.
YOR COU:ITY SURVEYOR,
Z. F. ROBINSON.
. I,MUFIBWEEBY BE
-••- N • •
7414t,iikthe. ifely question in this caw
po*n. ;Bo ear the goo ! „ . Bo adqlitp
every intelligent van the No#lth •
The South fidl be ago-
tended. • Doggies pierce and
.other
ttglifstres - ofthe Ai moiled the -
Missouri Co4rotriise that Ste Very
9nr it .be exteedetl. And now the
gut:Alen is 3rorit whicli'Pierce
and DetiAts coluramsced.be. consent-.
mated, '1 he §outh isays It' shall be
consummated, and Jamei Buchanan is
?monied by the slave power as u
'Ole instrument for the .compkatiou .of
.this work. No man in the South has arty
doubts ofiames Buchanan's intention. to
complete the work which Pierce has ;
,conimenced, and we have yet to hear
any reason given in the:l:orib far ,doubt;
it% his position un this gueviou True,
Ralph Leet, a young arm who use to live.
lirt this county, says he don't believe;
Buthanvn will favor slavery extension.
But does Ralph beet know what Bu
chanan will du, as well as Siepheti A.
Douglas, Howel Cobb, IML.Atchison ;
Robert Toombs, and other slave *Om
of that stamp who control tiou party.
Is not ;.Ip3 Pierce administratio , t com
piling every office holder:in the free
States to act as agents for the support
oaf Buchanan. Is not every Post Ma
ter required to become an active parti
san in the Buchanan electioneering
army 1 floes got this show that Pu
ehenan's election will he but e.centie
eation of Pierce's 1_ .
It is mere pretence to say that the
sunsets of' the Cincinnati Nomitiee,
will net be the triumph of S!tiveryet
tension. If there were gay doubt on
that subject, would the Slavery exten
sion men he a unit le his favor? The
Newport, Kentucky News, is probably
as good authority as the Buchanan
leaders of this county. That paper
states the issus thus :
Eve:7 day, as the campaign pro
gresses, Ow line which divides the two
great parties become. still more and
mare narrow, and every day but makes
the issue, the great National question,
which is nosy before the miplc, but
atilt more apparent. Is Slavery to ho
extended into the Territories of the.
l3nife4 States? If so ; Mr. iiuchanui
is the ma.i, the Cincinnati platform is
the principle and the Democratic party '
is the party, by which it is to he done
If Slavery is to ba cqufined within its
present limits and the Territmies to be
declared now, henceforth and Peeve,.
Free, it mast be done by the Republi,
can party, its principles and its nomi
nee. This, the masses cannot fail to
see—this is the issue."
Dare the Buchanan men inihis coun
ty,
publish Mllel above extract from the
gentucky News, am; show that it is in
porFect if they can.
Shgli Sluvery be.extended is the
only question to be depicjed iq !love O
ber. • Those u► favor of Sjoyery even
siodare all sup porting Bucluinun. Those
whore indifferent on thats übject, will
suppOrt either Buchanan or Fillmore,
itypording to their fincy, but those op
.posed to .slayery extension will gener
ally support Fremont, und those who
do not, will vote against 04eir aeon gql 7
Diction: of duty, vie' think. We shall
continue th think so, until - some body
gives some reason for believiug that
Buchanan will deceive the slave holders.
THS W4lllll/iiilqN OF 4491744(1
If we needed other evidence of a
glorious tritstnp's in November, than
the enthusiasm °flips people, we have
it in the desperate falsehoods of the
Buchanan leaders. Men who feel the
.sTit confidence of Success never re-
Sort to such unhlushing..falsehond for
argument, as our opponents have
done from the supt in 'this campaign.
The last to which onr ettentioa has
hnen callesi, la the assertion that " the
disunion abolitionists are supporting
Fremont." We have seen several
men from different parts oftbis county
who say, this is .the lAttrclen of
,the
cry, of the Buchanan loaAera In this
pontity when thry go iraong thg pen
pl,e, and we preanme snch ia the' fact,
for we find the 4yeorran g gazAtte,
.of
Aug. 20th, 4elilivaTatl3 endopes the
same falsehood.
The gazette contains quit© a mo i lice
of" tract No. 7" of the disuoiOn aboli
;iopists, ?üblish at their rooms in New
York. •
It quotes several passages 11Kra this
tract and then says
We - Ao. not consider such senthnenss
ae sUbjects for discussion, nor du we
regard tha blop,d thioty incendiaries
who are
. ongage4 in, W.llttinf and. die%
geminating thaw squint the pArciplA a,s
enti,thid to arty oilier consideritiOnthin
ionic as 112;?:' 4. o'veyarniot 'extends to
&alters.- ' Partiesa% to be judged by
lileir,ownjeclaratitma andruphloye,
44 papers comm . 4ttg these, Anil simi-,
hitgleclarations, base beep anti are
Urqr,;circulated in Al. community by .
the paid agents of gm Fremont pact,.
The Min *hp pined those • words,_
wrote slanderntmlir "Lai /444 i 1 e .
believerheksew it was false, bet if be
di.l not et the time, must lcuaw it
now,- for Abe alma intelligence that
prtured Tarn " tract No. 7, 0 P woub,
hay.e procureci . *s a copy ckf i the New
Anti-SlaveryStemelarl, the or,
gin of i the I)isualon abolitionists, which'
paper is as muet opposed to the exec
;icy of ; Fremont as is the Lyconsiag
Gazelle or 'any of its associates, anti
bitterly opposes the FLepubliean party
in every number. In its leading edi
itorial of Aug. 9, the Standard opposes
Frecyout fortl:re following among other
reasons;
• They is no reason why en abolition
ist, who refuses to give slavery any
political support, should make an ex
ception in favor- of this candidate.
Perhaps his yery virtues may make
him e - ;yore dangerous man than his
legs scrupulous competitor. If the
election of Colonel Fremont should
have the effect of quieting ngitation
and making the North sit down qoietly
under the Constitutional guarantees of
slavery, surely it were better that Bu
chanan or Pierce reigned over us. Let
not order reign in our Warsaw,
whatever else betide,
Tnat is the position of the disunion- .
44 of the North—.opposition t.►
Fremont because his election would
strengthen the Union, and restore order
to " our Warsaw,"
And now, SYJ challengethe Gazette,
and the other opponents of Fremont, to
defend themselves from the charge
of gross slanderers. If any " paid
agents of the Fremont party" in 'Ly
coming County have circulated " tract
No. 7" or any Other tract or paper con
taining disunion sentiments, the came
of such - agent can he given, Tot us
have it. And those who are circulating
that falsehood in this county, should
be required to furnish *some proof of,
the charge, admit their error, or be
branded• as deli berate slanderers.
• The simple truth is, the aisunionista
both North and South oppose Fre
mont, because his election would re
store peace and . hammy to the coun
try, and therefiire strengthen the bonds
of the Union. We have shown in this
artlole the opinion of the Northern dia.
unionists. Next weelr we will give
the pinion of Southern (Reunionists.
llr We publish on the first page of
this paper, the proceedings of a meet.
ing held in this place in Feb. 1854 to
protest against the repeal of the lilis•
souri Compromise. Were the . men
who got up and. controlled this meet
ing honest . in their then position I ' If
te r . what has induced them to turn a
sommersat, and advocate a doctrine in
oppleition tq the Missouri Compro
mise 1 Have the events of the last two
years shown that the Missouri Compro
miie could be repealed with safety l
If not. what reason can Messrs. litrox,
Tres, Kilbourn, Haven, White and the
other Buchanan voters in this meeting,
give for their present support of the
Cincinnati platform which endorses
the repeal of the Missouri Clumpro.
raise and the Kansas bill, as
"the only sound ant safe solutiod of
the Slavery crestion. l ' The psition
occupied by the Buchrmau leadeM of
this county rum, is directly opppsed
to that occupied by them in 1854. Can
any one of them give a sensible reason
for the "c/scpsge" . which.has come over .
them. Mit see proceedings. .
IEItEKBEE!
The pro-slavery party propose to
((save the Union," but at the expense
of Freedom, and will make :it a alave
oligarchy.
. Listen to the noble wards of Oolonel
Fremont, and say-- : .WW coq hay:aqua
or both I
t.ifl am elected to that high once for
which your partiality has nominated
nae,l will endeavor to administer the
go\fernment according to the true
spirit gf the Qinstitution, as it was in
terpreted by the greartnen who fram
ed and adopted it, and in such a way
a,s to preserve BOTH LIBE,RTY
AND THE UNION'
4upaonaFtllZAama. —ln Newcastle
Pa., Sam Oan.ncphas been fined 111 10
for. kissing Rebecca Rose ags k kusk he!
0/1 paying ike Ana itui,
C.annAtt liras discharged. Mk LIP
poems ho was loaded' with sigrepo" at
time of this. %%cream
,(Cgrrequpstkigcs oftho o fonumij
IZOM PUPAL
C=Mll
LI3iRENCX Crrv, Kalman, t
Attgust .0.4, 1856.-
i f stated in my kuter.from , St. Lotus'
Mo4hat my voyage up-the river prom- -
Wised to:be iaterestiv, in which con
jectUre I was not disappointed. For
about the first - two hpudred wiles, but
little was said abootthe exciting scenes
in :the - Territory, people of all sbades
of belief !earning to - care nettle about
discusaion„ The policy adopted by
me before I started from St. Louis;
was to *void all discussion or expres
sion olopinion, unless such a course
was forced upon me, and to this policy
adhered. The third day on the l river
war election day io Missouri, and there
was - a good deal of excitement in every
sown we touched at.. I got 4 at entry
town from Jefferson City to Leavert-
Worth,and got reterna indicative of
of the defeat. of CO. genton, which
trust is net the fact.
Ozt hoard the boat few people knew
the opinions of the others nor did they
care to ask. I saw too, that there
was a general distrust of each other
abut politics without knowing Irby,
and nobody talked politics., This
quietude was brought to a close by our
arrival at Glasgow where we saw the
first carpools, mounted so as to cont
mond. the entire river, at this place
about a quarter ,of a mile wide. We
stopped here about au hour and inthe
meantime I went ashore and examined
the gun. I asked one of the hard
faring democracy who stivni close by,
.what the cannon was placed there for,
and by whom. He said it was "sot
thar to,shoot the d--. 1 Abolitionists
by the young men," rneaningthe Wheys ,
In this state the word boy is applied
indiscriminately to human chattles of
from Ito 100 years of age. After
gathering all the informa dm from
him I could in relation to the science
of throwlng balls, turned my steps to
wards the steamboat. In coming down
the levee I overheard one .say to an,
other antibere were five abolitionists
aboard, but as they were going to
Nebraska, they 'were harmless. up
to that moment was unconscious of
the existence of a free state man on
board besides myself. As there were
eighty passengers on
- board I gave all
hopes of finding out which wore the
abolitionist, but was glad they were
aboard even if I did not know them.
The sight of the cannon seemed to
make up the people, and as we pro
ceeded up the river politics took full
swing. The Benton democrats took
conservative free soil grounds, arguing
that Slavery did not
. pay in Missouri,.
and that it would not pay in Kansas ;
that it was a curse to Missouri and
would be a curse to the, territory.
The anti-Benton democrats and know,
nothings, and a small company of
Georgians bound for the territory,
took the ground' that aliivery was a
blessing to both races; that without
its exte4sion there could be no. Union ;
and.to supported these grounds they
offered arguments whieh you can hear
at any time from the "terrified " old
line office seekers in Coudersport.
Tho near approach to the terri
tory and the sight of another cannon
at Wayne City seemed to give courage
to the Georgians, if threats of immedi
ate annihilation to all unfortunate
Abolitionist who. might happen in their
way, Was indicative of coinage, -it
was during one cif these eloqeent out
breaks of the Geergia chivalry that I
discovered one of the qbalitionert,—.
After hearing a general anathema from
the Captain of the Company upon all
free aoilers, aqd a wish to hlove them
all to a territory not yet disputed, the
said Captain was very snitch surprised
and seemed insulted by a gustier' put
to him by It far younger man thao
himself. The question was,
rAre you an American citi;en 1"
Ante Captain eyed the interrogator
Elkins hat to boots and said,
4lave you any doubts on the sqlx
ject, air V'
have indeed, s i r ." said the other
iilaecause no American citizen, who
appreciates truly the glorious privele
ges of citizenship, and who knows' the
nature of our govern mein, vom.ld tall;
as you have done.."
This was 644 mAtt an earnest cool
ness which surprised even nsyself. : —
rho Gteargien recovered is a moment
end putting on - a rathfiii countenance,
asked the other
"What stem do. ycee bail from; aid"
—din is my native awe:"
+Yon a bi t issonciao and abolition-
ME
littiasonrian, but not an abolition
ist,; I tan in favor or vnaliing Kaaxas a
(rise State. If I Betide Owe, as I intend
to do, 2 1 will bells - carry a t . my prinei.
pies atidl baaards. Let tem -tell-len
one thing which may be asefol to you
bereitfter Ottani' E dortittpovrian,
and may no,ver ate you avjp:, • ',kis
this: All liftssouriast al:type Audi"
Reiffiaits, nor are all Fat Oak' MS
Abolitioxists." Here the young Mis.
sourian Idt the yOung GeorgiFn to his
rdectionnenii weet t tellis Ar.
ter a while the glvorgiaa tarnettto ms
and said:
Tbpt feblow talk right smart; 110
there may-be some truth - 10 orbit hi
sap, byt J don'tthiuk the itholitioniats "
have any right to that territory.",
"All men in this eoltotry," I respon ;
4,14. pare equal rights...llo toy part
4.4., no Matter . what ; their opinions
mAy be; itoil £be Constitution rattan
gees the peice4l .onjoymegit of thew,
take; o all."
' The Georgian did Dot seem to sea
into ibis for he made io refly. 1
fount the I►lissoµrian and the ether
free state men, an 4 thernto to
with me to Lawrence which they sf-
forwards did. At . Brunswick. Lex-
ingto n, and Jilin*, City, l3order Ruf
fia us Conmittecs amine aboard to Via
all was tight, At Kansas City, - I saw
the four free bate moo pointed out to •
a Committee but they were not nio
lested nor arse questioned. At this
point the Georgians got off and ins•
mediately hired teams to go to Wasta
port.. Just as the - boat was leaving, -
the Georgia Captain'• came and shook
me by the baud and wished me sue. •
cess. I returned the compliment and
added. "Should you happen to be
taken by the Abolitionist in Kansas
just mention my name and they will
treat you kindly" But befoie be could
recover from his astonishment enough
to ask . what my names was, the bolsi
wag out in the river and we were on
our way to Leavenworth City. We ar
rived in Lawrisoc, safe.tho next night.
There is nothing of importance go
ing on here. Private advices- from St.
Louis, apprise us of the arrival there
of 500 southerners, bound fhr the ter-
ritory, in mall parties. Icame up
with tho second- co/trips/4ot, and if
they are fair specimens. I have no fears
for Kansas. Thoy will give trouble and
may incite new scenes of blood shed,
but "young gentlemen" and "po..r .
whites" make but sorry pioneers, and
as soon as the plunder ceases they will
leave.
Lane's Men hose entered the terri
tory taken claims, and laid out to new
towns, Lane has gone hack to lowa.
The Herald of Freedom will be stir
tea hore in two or three weeks. _ I am
going to Alton nest week on business
The prisoners- are well.
EL Y. 1
THE IItLES BRICIRTEN KTERT lILy.
We have given in another column
a list of important accessions in this
State from the old line democracy..
The accessions from the Fil!mot.*
men are quite as frequent.
The following extract fr im a-Wash -
ington letter to the N. Y. eve. Pose r
is full of encouragement.
"The signs of Fremont's election
become every day more cheering, ev
en to those who can only see_thent
through the medium of a Washington
atmosphere. The friends of Fillmore
themselves, admonished- by 'his recent
reverses at the Bondi, concede the
hopelessness of his election, and are
beginning to rank thernselues either
op the side of Fremont or Bucluittry'
according to their individual senti
ments upon the great issues of the
present campaign;
Two important eenerraions to the
supporters of Fremont have just corns
to my knowledge. Mr. French tv- ,
ans, the author of the,_Philadelphis
platform, or; which Fillmore was nom
inated, and a warm advocite
of Fill
m has announced his purpose of
taking the stump ill. Pennsylvania in
favor of Fremont: He is an ractive
and able speaker. Louis Fitzgerald
Tasistro, late translator ih the State
Department, also a friend al Fillnori,
and one of the best stnntp spertkore jn
Maryland during the Tazlpr campaign,
has resolTO, to , cuter the lists fur. Free
front.. Mr. Tasistro s is a matrof eat! a.
orAinary aecoaqdishments, and is pa
palate of .doing •great service to the
Reptiikesu cause.