The people's journal. (Coudersport, Pa.) 1850-1857, September 11, 1856, Image 2

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For tle Jouriurt;
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C:zDAY" sva'ziaysslT 70 THE AMY
rr A LADY
Eu..}. J ontx.AL.—On Saturday eve
-10-:.,,....,.vi5t..50zh, I was present for
Abe tiLr. time at Ma 13uchanau
~ u 1),
in - this borough, anti thinkincr the • ead
sews of el e lour-4cd would lita to know
i st.tnt-t,lng of iliel.r.ty:occedings, Y will
attvmpt to give a -desmiption of them.
. V.... - ;foal was accompanied by a
fiimid' .. .tound the members assembled
IR in , .. -..0 the Jury Rooms intlM New
. .
„C:;..t; H iuse. .
Wu -.vet.° sumer/bat surprised at the
ft et keeping ofevery thing pertain -
in r so their Meeting.. • Theaudiesice,
.
4, cs and speech were allin harme
r.). 11 it each Other—the assembly con
d if about 20 or 30 Irishmen, flesh
lion: the "tmerald Isle," with a very
Americans.
• NV,iets we entered, the Editor' of the
11 . 111,r/„l Patiiot, candidate fur
-I•,utative, I?. W. C. James, had
fromrilarge stick of v,ood
Menced his liiillianfspeech.
• Ile I, ad .Poitioiss of several letters
A% Lich, lie said, were ws:itteti by Jef
ies:on some 70 Years tigo; s tatitig that
oppoied . to the Missoin i
c, even 'at the iiine that same()
rtrispaCt 15:1tS =I:. He did not say
one d againA the evils of slavery.,
infobjekion tolts extension,
I,.id them that at the time it Un
.fusincd, all the States :yore
bias e =tares except Vermont, and she
)%,.0 d have beau if the bills had not
tys_n too sharp. ..Re came down tre
;Les rh 1:sly upon the gentlemen. who
lut.l-, an sttive past in the Philadelphia
t • Ltiop, he termed thern disunion
to:d made particular mention f
. Bus lingame who werit'te Niagara
to fight a duel with Brook's, and when
l se gut there ','did'ut'shoot" hut never
*ld ; h.e read ezaratts from
• tp vet hes Meat., by them to prove tha
the, are oPposed to s'avCry, and, that
they would like to create an anti-sl are
;Ty Nation, an anti-slavery Bible and
'vid an anti-slaVer'y God as though
cur Bible and our Sod had InA d
rays been anti-slavery.
Ile then -presented the claims ofthe
candidates for the Presidency, begin
ng with Mr. Fillniere, who was nom
inated by the simon pure Know-Noth
jogs, he said bo called them Simon
Fuse by way of distinction, as these
pv'ese other Know-Nothings besides
*bens ; and'ho was right without doubt.
saide he stalked Mr. Fillmore, but
iletcs,tod the 'Know-Nothings as a set
f)1 Se aiiicrgr, but would step talking
' c
bon t them fur fear he might say sonic , -
did'ist. John C. Fremont,
'lle admitted; Was a fine looking man,
:wears n moustache, i , arts his has r in the
iniddlV.tid ran away with Col. Ben
lull's daughter, all of which ho cimsid
rred yerysorious objection's. He did
Itheit th:t. he went over the Roc;ky
mountains with hit Carson who, was
he life and spirit of the company a id
for thii season has acquired the name
pf "Ball:ruder" and would show his
•
party :4th up S::lt River in Novem
lier. He did not toll tl4t audience
that John C. Fiemont'was'a Catholic.
He then spoke of Buchanan, but did
t accuse him of running away y,'itit
linylunly's daughter ; he would not say
everybody was a traitor who did not
'Vote fin him, but as Pennsylvania
, had
;lever Lad one of .her sons elected to
the Nrj'lliie HoUse he thought every
body better vote'for him. very
body he said knew Mr. Buchansn,
.2.0 was like'the old wOrnan's cheese,
re ditrut need any praising. Ho then
apait u 1 the prospects of the different
, iandidates, He thought Buchanan
:would early most of the *ates, but
be forgot to mention the young State
401 fopia I presum.J, for he closed his
fp e - about thr t t time. The Chair.
'man of the meeting, F. W. Knox,thon
Toro, and told therit that there would
be another mepiAng, a Mass Meeting
iomew hale sometime; 'also, that the
'lion. IL U. Dela ‘yotild ho present;
and invited them all .ittp id. Some -
body said there would be music there.
There was au invitation given for any
who wizhed, to sign their Constitution
bnd' become a member of the Club;
ut there didn't anybody seem to want
jto sign, and - mi went home, somewhat
disappointed at tot hearing a song to
the tune of “Erin gri Brag . h."
Tho RupdblicanU have swept
tho State of Vt., by 20,000 majority.
NO such majority was ever obtathed.at
l a State election. 'How the old whig 6
•
vuip.)rt the Buchanan party !
THE. JaUItIN'AU
J.NO, S. M&NN, Eprron..
Co CDERS.P.O PA
Thursday Morning Sept, 11 1 15543.
Renubiiean Nominations.
FOR
JOHN Q. FREMONT,
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FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM. L. DAYTON,
1=1!=1
STATE NOM JNATION4c,:
Tun rLsAccAmisstoNcr..
Thomas E. Cochran.
=I
FOIL AT.DITUIT,
Darwin Phelps,
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FOR PURVEvOR CE1 . k.114 "L.
Bartholomew LaDorte
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COUNTY NOMINATIONS
FOR cON.GrsEss,
A. G. OL iN.I6T D, op PUTTER,
Subjt.O., to c:,:z;i.iou of the Congressional
rtia .4k:11314;1.V,
ISAAC BENSON, OF POTTER,
Subject to decision of the Legislative
Conferees.
Fur Associate Judgrs, e JOSEPH M ANY ,
U. G coz:vis,
I'or Shel iff, A. C. TA GAUT,
Far Treasurer, W. 11. II ruuter.
For Coanaissioner, IS. S. Iltscor.
F::r Au dit,r, 11. F. I•2•ILER.
FOr Coroner, 11Ft. ANTI. STOUT
For County :Surveyor, 4: F. ItouissoN.
. E The Fremont club of Coude;:s
po.rt has made arangements . to hoid
A MASS MEETING
at this place, on Wednesday, Septem
ber lith. 'Eminent speakers will he
present, and the different Town. - ,hip
clubs are invited .to attend in such
force as will indicate their attachment
to Liie crtip4e
r3F" We publish 'on the first page cf
this weeks Jour ial the pl itforms of the
RepubliCan and Buchanan parties, Ito
which we ask thd attention of every
voter. If you appr.'”:-e the principloi
of the platf um, then by all
means vote fur Janes Buchanan for
Ile says:
" I have been pta7ed on a l i r.urrimm
OF WHICH 1 HEAL:TrLY APpanve, and I
mut square my euiniuct Oil that Vlat
form.•'
But if you dent approve of those
then act accordingly.
believe every Republican paper
has published these plattlirms side by
side, that noßueliatian paper has- pub
lished the Republican platform Tuis
shows that our opponents dare na let
_heir adherents see the issue fairly
stated. -. The melt engazed in serving
Slavery extension ire conscious of
being en: - ,raged in a tad cause, and
hetice they resort to boa mean nod
false statements. This is natural.
Let.our friends be active iu spread
ing the truth. get every voter to read
each platform. No honest:nan . will be
in d'oUbt which ought to be sustained.
E7' Those who - read the extracts
•
from the border ruffian . - pre.is publish
ed in the Buchanan *organ ca of this
place, is relation to the civil war iir
Kansas, will have no 'further doubt as
to the tendency' of the Bee'i anan party
Those extracts were all taken from
rape's that have from the start insisted
that Kansas shorelel be a Slave State.
Tliey have done their utailst- to crush
the frec State settlers. They•have en
couraged the destruction of printing
presses, and free state hotels and the
blockade of rivers, and the Buchanan
press of rennsylvania, by filling their
eoltimitS from the papers, Shim coti
elusively that they sympathise with
their' allies in Missouri. After this,
who can doubt, that Buchanan's eke
tion would be the triumph of A tchison
and Stringfellow, and tue death of the
free State movement. Those who
vor Slavery extension will be didight--
ed with these extracts—but if there are
any opponents of slavery extension.
left in the Buchanan party, whi c h i s
doubtful, they must certainly be stag
gard by these late developments. •
- 4 - 3 1 79. NAN'S
;It makes the heart sici; to hear - the
apologiSts of slavery extension, dodge,
doubt, and play the skeptic about - .
the Wrongs of Kansai.- _lt does - seen.
as if any man with 'human feelings,
must be aroused at the cruelindigni
ties heaped upon_the frej State men nj
that 4t:tory. instead of tlris;
we du not• know a Buchanan
man.that has raised a. finger to furnish
religf,.or that proposes.to tlo anything.
:We have given _the statements of
men known in this County.. We have
given the letter of a lady who,isknown
lrez:e. We republish a single paragraph
from the letter of Rose Jenkins. Af
ter detailing the .cruelties
.she
.has felt, this 14y thus appeals to the
,freemen of the Eastern States. •
ire y. tr, in the east doing any thing
for es? orare you
_looking quietly on j
Has not the story of rehhery and mar
-der touched . you ? Does it require
yet further deeds of darkness, that*shall
-eclipse all the rest, and make your
blood run ,culd . in your. veins as it has
in ours . alreadY, befOre you will arouse
to a sense of our wrongs, and . not oaf's
only, hut yours, and all who wish for
freedom in Kansas ?
What answer will you make to this .
-appeal ? We know how the qjlici seek
ers in the Buchanan party will answer
—they cry " huralutg." But what do
you-the people say to , it. Will you
turn a deaf ear to the appeal, harden
you'r heart's and when the sufferers ask
'for help, give them Buchanan 1
You kno . te, that the election of Pre
empt ould furnish instant relief to
to Kansas. What excuse, therefore,
can.you give for withholding this relief,
DE32OTISM IN MISSOURI.
While the Pema,gogues of the free
State are shouting over the keauties of
'E:r i natter sovereignty, the baron 3 of
:Nlissouri, blockade the only river_
which leads to' Kansas, against free
state emigrants. The Atchison Squat
ter Sbvereigii thus: notices the opera
tions of the blockade,
The steamer• Sultan, having on
hoard contraband articles, was recent . -
stopped at L aavenworth, and lightened
of 4-1 rides and a large quantity of pis
tols and bowie knives, taken from a
crowd of cowardly Yanka'es, shipped
out here by Massachusets, Toe boat
was permitted to go up as far as West
ion, who're a' guard . was placed over
the' prisonees, and none of them per
mitted to land. They were shipped
back from Weston in the same boat,
without even being insured by the
shippers. We do-not approve fully of
sending, these criminal.; back to -the
East to he reshipped to Eiansas----iinitt.
through Missouri, through lowa and
Nell! uska. Tlrc think thcishould meet
a traitors. death ! and the word would
nOt. censure us if in self-protection we
resort to such ultra measures. •
We air of the opinion that if the cit
izeusor.Veston or Lcaveuworth would
hang one or two bow loads of Free
State mcn, it would do priori: towards
et:tahli3hiu;, - ; peace in Kansas than all
the &peaches that have beau delivered
in Congress during th p esent session .
LET TETE EXPEIPMEN
TRIED."
. The above ig the laviagc of a pa
per supporting. BAchanan, and edited
by R. S. K lly, Puatmister at A tchison,
and leader of the party who 'lynched
Rev. P. Butler. Cornol;nt i 3
uano
ce speaks for itself:
The corrupting.. I'lllu - once of
Slavery has just been manift!sted in
Mobile in a most remarkable degree.
One of the oldest and most reipectable
mercantile establishm.mt o'f that city
was broken up, and the proprietors
compelled to fl3e from the State, sim
ply because they sold a low copies - of
' , My bondage and myFreedom." And
yet, the. Buchanan men of the free
States are willing to see the delpatism
which drive men from their hornis in
the South, introduced into Kansas. It
cannot be that a majority in any free
State, will votc•to extend. the hateful
tyranny ; which is afraid of the sale of
free books. There is as much freedom
of speech in Australia or 10 isi a , as in
Virginia and Alabama, qr the Careli=
nas.
We have .a private letter from
an old friend in Philadelphia ‘yilich .
closes as ftilloWs, "Fremont stack is
looking up strongly hare—in our
ing eve have !seven Fremont votes
against ?Wile a month ago." Ai this is
from a member of one of the principle
market street.housei,..we accept it as
an indication of a Fremont triumph in
Philadelphia in November. No won
der 'the Buchanan State Committe is
alarmed. Their strength is melting
away before the — Republican fire.
Friends, the indications are all in our
our favor. Keep the ball in motion.
V XANMS:DIratOURAMMTORTS WORN-
1i017410-tbe Bncbiman men, whotry
• try
-
to Kausasrill be safe r thcmph
thl t ein . cinnati nominee should beelec
teCaccoUnt for life fact, that no old
line democrat who went to Kansas from
j?ennsyloonia,.is spilling to support 43u
chanan
Why does W. Y.Rni)erts,.a delegatn'
. from Kansas to the Cincinnati Coaven
.
.tion, opposee Buchanan.? Mete is.the
reason. a givea by himself at -Celina -
bus, Warren Co. Pa., as we find it in.
the Warren Wail;
After ;11r. Holliday.closed and more
music by the Band, Lieut. • Gcv. Rob
erts ‘vaSintroduced. 'Tlinugh indispos
ed from over 'exertion, he Spoke ftir an
hour or more with force . and effect,
making strong points.and hard hits: V°
dissected the Toombs Pacifcation
the- Cincinnati Platform; spoke of the
exertion's made iii Vain by the'Free
Mato men f f relief from the
Adniin
istrationpnd Democrat Party ; the cer
tain proSpect of Slavery in Kansas, of
Buchanan succeeds, and .the gloriotl's
results to Freedoin irl the !election 'if
Fremont. NotivithStandin Buchanan
men hero profess sympathy fur Free
'Kansas, theta where they understand
the question and are strugglinff ° for
their lives and homes, all the FreeK.an
sas men are fur - Fremont and the Bur
derßuffians and Slavery propagandists
are fot:Buchanan.' He and Col.
day has always been Democrats, had
supported Pierce,. but when he. and
his party with Buchanan their candi
date turned a deaf ear to bleeding Kan
sas, they could follow them no.lunger.
They had a personal interest .. in - the
matter; if Fromontsucceeds, Freedom
and prosperity will dawn on Kansas ;
if Buchanan succeeds; Slavery will
continue there and they will have to
fight and die or flea from the land
which contains all they . hold dear =
from their friends, 004 alters and
their homes. '
Don't" Mr. Roberts and the other
Kansas democrats understand M:.
Buchanan's position qufto as well as
the men in, CouderSpert and t hrough
mit the State, who have no interest at
stake in -Kansas. Is not Mr. R .bertS
entitled to more 'confiderico and his
statements more relial)le, that those
men I ereabouts, who want to be Dap
ety Treasurer, Associaie'Sudges, rruN !
berg of Assembly Sts., and who were
-two years ag flaming advocates of
the Missouri .Compromise, but Who
aro now, just as zealnu; on the oppo:site,
tack. Are .s?tc,i. 'men to be trusted ?
Suppose you elect them or their can
didates to office,,- what guarantee have
you that they will stick to their pres
ent professed positiuei six m ) iths after
they are elected I I •
There is no dodging the -issue this
time. Those - who - supp•irt.Buehanap
give up Kansas to . 13 )rder • ruffianism
and Slavery.
FROM KARSAS
ST. Louts, §eptom her 4.—Out dates
from Klansas are to the 29th ult. Fif
teen hundred men under General Atchi
son were preriat ing tuattack Lawrence
on the Ist instant. The free. state force
is estimated at fifteen htindred to tWo
thousand. men.- 7 ..y. ,eve. Bose.
-And pray tell e 3 by what authority
General Atchison is preparing to at
tack Lawronce? Is Lawrence.at war
with the United States ? has Gun
gess authorized this war? This war
on 4awreucc is the legitinpte fruit of
repealing the Nissonri Compromise,
and it will go on worse and worse, un
less the freemen of the North over
throw the party that caused the repeal,
and t hat is sustaining General Atchi
son,
. .
poTTEa CouNrv.—Our Republican
neighbiirs of Potter Co. Pa., are actiye
ly engaged in the advancement of their
cause amens; people.. Among the eV..-
cellent norninatiOns for County officers,
we observe the names ofq. G. CoLvcst,
and JOSEPII Jla vv, as candidates for
the Judgeship. Both are able and
worthy men; and will withotit doubt
IN elected; at le4st we hope SO. :Ha
ter selections, it would, be difficult to
make.- IVellsville Free
True enough, but the other canal:
dates (in the county ticket are equally
worthy with the above, and all will
have a large - naarrity. The Republi
cans of this county wilt do their full
share in securing the triumpli of free
dom.
The Albany Journal gives the fol
lowing idea of SouthOrn logic : Rust
beats' Mr. Greely to convince him that
his resolution ought to have been adop
ted by the lionsa ; Herbert shoots a
waiter, to prove that ho is cutiflal to
breakfast after eley'cin o'clock &oaks
piunds Mr.Sumnq °q OD . hued, to es
tablish the fact that his State is pros
norOus and his uncle a gentlenian ;
licit putS pistols in his pocket; to sat
isfy the public that South Carolina had
inure troops in the ;Revolution than
Massachusetts; ao4 Pate, with five
assistants, attacks a newspaper corres
pondent vi et ainzis,E;y way Of refuta
tion of the charge that he is a 'Ruffian !"
EiNotut ?a . Sept. Ist; 185 G.
•
• Ep. or ;11E JeuesAL--Thrs morning . ;
while reading in the Patriot of Con
dersport,;lfound an article headed as
follows: "The Democracy.in Alotion!—
Mass Aleeting iu Bingha m !"-Mr Ed
itor, Eiernocracy, is a great and glori
ous word if rightly understood. lout
it seem+ it has various definitions, and
vastly different political
. adherents in
this rnoArn war ofFrednm, and thanks
be the most high Ruler, the name
. .
dies not constitute tho Pi inciples, for
I must
,confess and verily do declare,
that the author ofthis famous p.rticle in
the Patriot of Aug. 20. - .11, lastis a Ne
ologist, or at least he used terms that
.cannot t;Pe found in the Dictionary .
truth, for-be says "it seems that novice
had only been given the night before.
that a meeting would be held at 3
o'clock, on,the fullowing day, Thurs
day: at.the School H.'use near J. B.
- ; .Topees for the purpose of forming a
liuchanan Club." . This nearly every
citizen in Bingham, Harrison Ganesee
and IndependanCo ToWnAiips, - well
knows to be an absurd falsehood, be
cause it was well kuowu fur a Week.
provions, by the Hon. T. Ives and the
Speaker Ralph beet trumpeting the
citizens .as far as Weitlield Tioga
County. And farther • than this he
states that the people assembled by
hundreds to hear the great and eternal
truths OT Democracy promulgated
"promulgated by neJlozy that should
enlighten the natives." There wa3 the
great multitude of 1.59 voters from
Bingham, Harrison, Ganesee and`ln
dependeuce Townships, of which there
were 48 hunkers all told.
-
And now to say a word or two about
the 4psech ofMr.-_Lset. While roll( -
ing•his appeal to the eitizens, he took
the liberty to run aboard of Cass,.
Qouglass Pierce and Co. declaring
them traitors and - Judas is to De:ll4c
racy and exhorted Democrats not to
leave.their party because there were
Judases in it, no more than Christians
should-leave the Church because there
was once a Judas in it, it is an old
maxim "never give edged tools unto
children:l - Oat they cut themselves."
Would it not have been proper for the
speakor to have thought of this, ere he
drew his figure. Judas sold his Lord,
he repented, gave back the money, and
then gave up the ghost. Pierce and
Douglas yet retain the :IQ pieces of
silver which the Ladies gore them as
their reward. The apoStles instead of
waiting 'till they wore endowed with
wisdom, met and . chose Justus and,
Matthias, and cast lots to sea which
Clod would have to fill the place Judas
had left vacant. So. the slaveocracy
Man Stealers and Negro Drivers met
at Cincinnati and cast lots between
Pierce. Douglas Eluchanan & Co ; and
the lot fell on Buck and Wrecii, the
owner of one hundred slaves and a du -
e
elist to boot. Wode as (d- id really
chose . S:sul of Tarsus, wh o decdarJs he
was not a whit behind the chiefest of
the apostles, Grid and the I?...:puhli
can people have eaosen .John C. Fro
ulont, the apostle of Liberty in Califor
nia and elsewhere, who till next be
placed in the White I-Touse as Presi
dent of the quited States,. And far
ther it is said Jollit i es° Ejvaggolist once
leaped out of bed, when he fou a nd
was in bed. with an anti-christ. S )
we ask all.rtsen who arc Dena icrats in
heart, and who must tee that the Dern
.
()cattle party by-tsams has new become
anti Dentecratic, in practice and in
principles, to leave the said party and
find a Welcome home with the Repub.
lican Democratic, party.
The article - farther notices Border
Ruffisnism'at the close.
.fhis asw the
Border Rtiffianism. 4.fter Buck and
Brock had received throe faint cheers,
the Republicans •gave three cheers
for Fremont and three for Kansas. The
1-lons, V. W. Knox and * J: El. Ri,b
bins attempted, fo give three groan?
for one-of Our oldest citizens but three
groaned, while the - mass cheered hire.
Do awn, •
TO TIIE IVOMEg A'ND
Being ono - qf your number, I take
the liberty to suggest that we unite in
a stipple way to - coritribute oar' mite
to the relief of our suffering friends in
-Ei,anias-,,hundreds of small a s unii long
r • ,
in; to go there, feel too littiq tq go
alone, : Suppose we - choose, in each
neigllbe,rh . oo.l, two persons to receive
take car p of, and transmit all such con
tributions for lian:sas—'so that We may
each have the pleasure of doing some
thiog for-the cause of Freedom. Shall
we (of Coudersport) -meet at the Schoo
House on Friday evening at seven
o'clOck, 'to chbose ouragenia in this
matter?
)ICHOOL CrLITRATIOIi 111.14:49gs
Alt the elose . bf the Schoolin district
No:.--Ulysses township
,taught by
.)11ss Sally A. Smith, a celebration was
appointed, and a collection of people
numbering about 140, gathered at thc
School House. Hera the exercises
wet o. commenced- by reading: a •papsor
written by the small cliildredEoCtlyt
school, exhibiting intellect and mulcts
standing rarely fogad at such an '4,ge.
Pieces were then spoken by the schol•
ars—each speaking not only well but
williligly—;3lwwingthat. their teaching.
bad been both practical and thortiugh.
The exercises of the School was very
satisfactory and praiseworthy. A pa
per was then read by Miss E: Frees
'd'art, the talent and sentiment ofwhiehl•
• • • ••
deserve much commendation. A prcit
cession was then formed, led by banil
prepared for the occasion, all marches'
to a grove ablut one half mile distant
where seats &c iwere prepared, while
the old patriotic tune Yankee Dawdle
was being preformed.
The following officer* wore them
unanimously elected, on mitiOn.:—.t.
S. Lane, President; G. S. 91mited,`&
Wm. Howe, Vice Presidents ; A. W.
Smith, Secretary; and A. P. Smith,
Chaplain. Tho object of the. meeting
{5; as then stated by the presiaent, and
an appropriate prayer offered by Vie .
Chaplain. 3 .„Misses Sarah M. Horton
and ,naline Scott then road an
cellent paper written by young people
of an adjoining district. S. A. Slade
wag then called upon and delivered an
interesting, appropriate address,and al
so made some excellent remarks, wheti
tho following iesolutioa was utrini
-
mously , passed ;
Resolved, Tnat the-proceedings of
this meeting be forwarded for publtqa
tion in the Peoples .fournal.
. A table which had boars previously
ptepared w. now spread with such
luxuries as ingeniui minds could sug
gest, aut! all partook of a bountifo I
repast, T i .he ljue of march was then
resumed in the same order as - before,
all returned to the School I - fume,
Orinsidering tha number preso:it and
the general interest man' . fest.2 I, this
was, perhaps a 7, i iter,s sting an.l PSofits.
bte a celebration as was . ever held in
this part of the C9anty, and it is hopod
that new life - and impetus which the .
oauso of education here received will
not bo allowed soon to di:. away.
J. S. LANE, Preet
ARNOL.9 -
S ;WE'D Eni, Aug. S, 185 G
En. (IP THE Joelt tAr,—,Last Friday
evening we euj )yetl a go id Freer nit
treat from I. Beason, Esq., in a speech
of about two hours'. Ia a feeling, and
truthful manner, ha sot forth the bru
tal, and reckless cmilnct of the Slaves
oligarchy, and while he bode I his.
anathema; at the Cinc!imti platform,
showing that it was the trite exponent
of Slavery, ho cleset firth the true
principles of American ilipedendcirce
as found in thy; Platform . upon which
the supporters of of Cal. John C. Fre
mont stat,d. He said" if Mr. Fremont
was not elected next fall, arid if things
continued in Kansas as they are, he
would join the ranks, march to the
N.Vhite House; from thence to ICansas."
For this patriotic saying, our antipodes =
call him a disunionist. word well
known among southerners. A . few
remarks were then made by Mr. r. 120.
pafford. a-vote 9f thanks to Mr. Ben
son, and the meeting adjourned to
meetat Coudersport on the 17th. - Some'
addition wag made to the Frennnt 'lkt
Dayton cluh; B.
For the Jo urnal
lIARRISON VALLEY Aug, 22, X 56.
Mn. J. S. AI INN--I-DEAIe SIR: Tho
papers for my removal from the Office
of Post Master':are at hand as I antici
pated ; although ... I did not expect that
they woeld he mailed to this Office,.so
I take it f . or granted they believe the
.111.4,:a: ItzegayciNs to be. honest after
~all. I am. riot at all. surprised at My
removal, when, in looking over the
newspapers I see that greater ‘ Ind
much better men than kam,lhaiO been
served in the same manner; and for a
smaller sure. And nosy whilst I think
ofit, I understand that one of theAd
ministrationseconti cla. t popgun: resid
ing in your place sa y 's, if wo don't go
strt.ight we shan't havoany Post Of
fice here at all. Poor Fellow ! - I assure
him wo shall keep a good lookout for
our side.. Yours in . haste, . .
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