Tim m
Clearfield, Pa., November It, 1860j
What ii to Follow f
All tiii nonsUveboldiog 8tatcs, With
the exception of New Jersey, have chosen
Electors favorable to the election of Lin
coln,1 including; as we think, California
and Oregon f whilst all the tlavehold'.ng
States havo declared almost unanimously
4at? Lincoln., by choosing Electors
either for Breckinridge, Bell, or Douglas.
; In laying down the cares of public life,
General Washington issued ft "Farewell
AbbMss" to bis countrymen. In that
address be tells us that the most fearful
ilanser to be apprehended, was that of
characterising parties by goograpbicnl dii
rirainntions." To him, this was a " mat
ter or serious concern :" ana bos now
been realized ia the election of Lincoln
iriiat the result will be, time alone can
tell. It will be fortunUe, indeed, if the
Father of his Country shall be found to
lave been mistaken in his predietiosM in
this instance, and that, instead of a dis
rupted and dismombored Confederacy, we
shall yet bave a great, glorious, bnppy,
and untitd count.7 to be proud of,
Much depends upon the true men of
the South.' But much more depends upon
tha foreihadouiingt of the incoming Ad
ministration, As to the Republican
adopting any Congress km al legislation
respecting-tne Territories, the XHstrietof
Columbia, or the docks or sUipyards or
other "common property" of the Govern
ment injurious to Southern rights, the
country need be under no apprehensions,
Both branches of Congress will be against
them. Jn addition to this, if tbe income
ing President gives assurance that bo will
compel a faithful execution of the " fugi
tive slave" law, as has been promised by
acme of bis partisans, there may yet be
means of escape fromtho threatened
danger; " ? , !.;,'..;,.".. ..
.1 But without some unmistakable asiu-
rance that this Canmitutional guaranteo of
the rights of the slave-owner, who can
bxpect submission on ..the, part of .the
Southern States t The Southern people
are not of that material that will submit
to a wrong. A refusal on tho part of any
member of tbe Confederacy to carry out
that provision of the Constitution respect
ing tbe rendition of fugitive sraves, was
proclaimed by Mr, Webster Id be a viola
tion of the " compacl'and a ; bargain,"
added be, " broken on one side, is broken
upon all sides." Therefore, if Mr. Lincoln
announces his determination to see that
the set Of Congress providing for the ren
dition of fugitivo slaves, among all other
laws made in obedience to tho Constitu
tion, "thall le faithfully txttuttd,', bo will
not only do much towards restoring peace
te tbe South, but will thereby announce
to bis Abolition supporters that Tint ari
MISTAKE W THEIR MAN.
It is our opinion that several of the
Southern States will immediately
themselves for secession. South Carolina
has already dono so. Other States will
doubtless follow. But in doing so, we have
an abiding faith that they will then await
tbe " wert not," and that such " act" may
be rendered entirely unnecessary by a
timely and authorized announcement from
the bead of tbe incoming Administration,
that the Constitutional rights of tbe
Southern States and pcoplo shall be Sa
credly regarded ; that Lis Administration
is to be truly national ; that the Abolition
traitors of the North are to bave no voice
in the Government,' and tbattuo ' nulli
fying" States are to return to a faithful
allegiance to the Constitution by a repeal
of all laws calculated to obstruct a faithful
execution of the fugitive slave law. Other
wise, we bave the worst of fears for tbe
result.
As for Mr. Lincoln himself, wo believe
biia to be a true patriot, and rational in
sentiment ; and, so far as he may be left
to carry out bts own views and wishes, all
would be well enough, But this is not
the cose with tho Seward, the Chases, the
Sumners, tbe Giddiogs', Lovejoys, ami
Other leaders of his party ; aid the great
question in which the desrest interests of
our glorious country are most deeply ia
volted, is, how far these leaders will be
abte to control bim in their encroach-
mentf upon tbe rfghts of the States. - ;
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The rwenrBr
.
elected
1 Ktannm Lincoln bus been"
. . iT:ta, MinlA. This was
nes uBoiui mo v"'"1" n
We are told by some of his conservative
friends in the North, that he will be held
in check by such men as Corwin, Bates,
and Rives : while on the other hind, it is
given out that Seward, Greeley &Co, will
rule in his cabinet, and that their senti -
ments will be reflected through him.
t Tbis latter belief seems to have invaded
tbe South, and, having known the anti
slavery sentimentsavowed by Mr. Lincoln,
has driven tbem well nigh, crazy upop
bearing ef his election. - Iri order to. give
only a glimpse at the feeling of the South,
, '
we give an extract from the
message or
Governor Gist, of South Carolina. .
. :iwi r,vinn to Die electioi. Nu- inferior, nni tnereiore iney mus oo un
anticipated prevwlofw x n' inferior paw lion-discard our
raro aoubUfeart Jiavo jtrfrt1ie we leffc.W ;L us
DrOBsBU in Ml icmvu" . - -t-s 4 - -r-- niimru mil Lum iuiukd. nuvi miHT
ttiemienrpolicbo win puraue tin the peoftle throughout ihW lapi, juntil '
j. si i f h '3nnAl ovorn thall once more stand up deckrirw that
mens. h'-'-M VN'! r 1 nni. nrtthnufTi
"That an exposition of the will of the !ot only not ceased, but has constantly'
poople may ba . obtained on a -qucs- augment!. In my opinion, it will not
tion involving aucu momentous ' con- We Until a orwis shall have been reach
sequences, I would earnestly recommend ,ed and passed.) " A hottse divided against it
that in the event of Abraham Lincoln's f tan J believe this Government
eloction to the Presidency a Convention eahnot endure permanently half slave and half
of the people of this State be Immediately I do not expel I (he Vmon to le dissolved ;
called, to consider 1 and determine r0Tl donotexpe the hmietofaU. lutld . i.rptct
t V - tvtanl tfrko Ti a mnJsi anil sSnssncnvA ft ro . !il wtll cease io bc(Uncltd. Mvnll become all one
Jress. Mv own OftinlODftof what thetW
vention should do aro of little moment ; i
hut believing that the time has arrived,
when every one, however humble he may
be, should express his opinions in nnmis-
takable language, I am constrained to say
that the only alternative left, in my judg
ment. f the secession of Booth Carolina
from the Federal Union. " The Slnte has.
with ercat unanimity declured that she
has tbo riuht, peaceably to secede, and
no power on earth eon rightfully prevent
It. ' " ;
If in the exercise of arbitrary power,
and forgetful of the lessons ofhistory, the
Government of the United States should
attempt coercion, it will become our sol
emn dVrty fr meet fers by - force j and
whatever my be the decision- 6Pa Conven
tion, representing the sovereignty of the
Slate, nnd oircnablo to no earthly tribu
nal, it sbnll, during the remainder of my
administration, be carried out to the lets
ter, regardless of any hazards that may
surround Its execution, I would also res
pectfully recommend a thorough , reor
ganization of tho militia, so as to place the
whole military force of the State in a po
sition to be used at the shortest notice
and frith the greatest elliciency. Every
man in tho Stato, , between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five, should bo well ar
rued with the most efficient weapons , of
modern warfare, and all' the available
means of the .State used for that pur
pose. 1 . ' .. , . ; .. .
In addition, 16 the general preparation,
I would also recommend that the services
often thousand volunteers 1) immediate
ly accepted; that they l organised and
aril lea cy omccrs chosen by - tliemae.ves,
ond hold themselves in . readiness , to be
called on upon tbe shortest notice. With
this preparation for defence, and with all
the hallowed memories of past achieve-
100111B. "ifcii uur iuvo ui iivcrijr ttuu Ha
tred oftyrany. and with . the knowledm
a.I Mtiu a... 1 r 1:1 ... 1
that we ste contending fof (,be safoty . of
our nomes ana lires:Ues, we can confident-
ly appeal to the Disposer of all human
events and safely trust our causoin His
keeping."' , , . . . . , .
The message of the Governor of
6eor
1 ... ,f
gia is even stronger.'
The excitement in the cotton States is
indeed alarming. Threats of secessio
are mode by all parties. The excitement
iu the South has been telegraphed North,
and on the night after the election, Mr.
Lincoln was literally carried from bis
home, in 3pringfiold, to tho Hill of Rep
resentatives, where great anxiety was ex
pressed as to bis line of 'policy' in the ad
ministration o f the government, and his
reply was, "Have you read my speeches in
tbe late controversy with Judgo Douglas ?'
Very satisfactory, indeed I , This second
Jsckson only more so as ' the Republi
cans called him during the campaign,
fails to givo an answer to bis anxious in
quirers; consequently we have to hunt!
his policy in his speeches. , ..
The speeches refered to were extensive-
ly circulated by our member of Congress
-i. n.
eleef, Gen. Fatton, and we, can assure bur
friends that be circulated nothing but the
genuine Lincoln article. 1 .
Here comes the the first sentiment that
would seem to arrest our attention at this
lime and a damuable one it is
our'
Lira attempting to prove, from the Dec
laration of Independence, that tho negro
is the equal of the white man under it. ,
'I should like to know if, taking this
old Declaration of Independence, w
declares that all men are equal upon prin
ciple, and making exceptions to it, where dollar. To clubs it is cheaper still via .
Willi stop? 1 f one maa says it does not 'three copies forf5, or Hcht for f 10, To
rr pub.
If that declaration is not the- truth, letrl,ber w"1 onJ magnificent premium.
n get the statue book and tear it cut 1 : Specimens sent gratis to those wishing to
Who is bold enough to do Ht If it is not
true, let us tear it out I"
"That central idea, In our political
opinion at the beginning was, and until re
cently continued to be, the totality of all
men. And although it was always tubtnit
ted patiently to, whatever inequality there
seemed to be, as a matter of actual neces
sity, its constant working has been a steady
progress towards .h practical equality of all
men." ;. -.-;,. .....
"Let post differences as nothing be ; and
with steady eye on the real issue, let us
reinaugcrate the good old central ideas of
the Republic We can doit. The hu
man heart is with us ) God is with us.
Wo shall agaia be able not to declare
that all tho States, as States, are equal,
nor yet that all citizens, as citizens, are
equal, but renew the broader, better dec
laration, including both Ahese and much
more, that all men are created equal."
He repealed ,his theory that all mo n
are created equal , aaa hence there can
be no inferior race rightly held in slavery
'at Chicago, In 'July 1858.' He then
! said 1
"My frioods I have detained you about
"YlbflgTs' TaeslretT to oV; and i nave on.
iVtoiHv let us discard all nits quiooiing
LiiMer'Tff
nnd'that race and the othes'Tace
mwwuv
"'"S
: - - . .. . ., . . . i .
we
lunch
ing otf upoit some new topic, which would
detain you to'lbng, continue to-night ' I
thank you for this most extensive audi-
ence that you bave furnished me to night
I leave you hoping that tbe lamp of , lib.
erty will Luen in your bosoms until there
' shall no longer be a doubt that all men art
ereattd free and equal."
The following extracts go taf khoW the
'eaualilyjdoa pi the rreAidenUekcV and
should receive a general Abolition eppu
cation, f
" MWe aro now fur into the fifth rear since
policy was initiated with the avowed obs
-a,l-.4 n.t !nv tin
, , . oeilation. Under tho op-
Uratlon of that policy, that acilalion has
thtnyorall the Mer: Either the ovponentsof
wwry vnU arrnttte further tpreadof i and
place it vehere thtpublie mind shall rest in the
belief that it it in the course of ultimate extinction,
or its advocates will tush it forward untilitshall
become alike tmcfvl in alt the Statet, old at well
at next, North as well as South."
A few weeks after, Mr. Lincoln, in 0
speech at Chicago, commeuted on the
passage which we bave cited from his
Springfield speech, as follows ;
. Ho Mr. Douglas says that I am in
favor Of making war )y the North upon
the South for the exaction of iluverv j
that I am also in favor of invai.:.. S be
expresses it, the South to war upon the
North for the purpose of nationalising sla
very. Now, it is singular enough, if you
will carefully read that passage over, thai
1 did not say that 1 was in favor of Any
thing in it, I only said what 1 expecUid
would take place, made a prediction eoly ;
it nmy have beena foolish one. perhaps.
I did not even sav that I desired that
tlavery should U put in course of ultimate tz-
1WK(0'U I DO BAT SO KOW, HOWCVIR ; so tlure
need b no longer any uii about that. It
may be written down in the great speech."
He told bis hearers in the lame speech
that he hited slavery as much as any Ab
clition itt, ... This was Lis languagu: , .'.
'I have always hated slavcru as much T think
tsany abolitionist I have been ari Old-Line
hig I have always haled it t but I have
always been quiet about it Until this new
(era of tho introduction of the Nebraska
! bill begau, I ataays believed thai every.
body, was against it, and that it was in
Course of ulUm-Uo extinction." 1
The above extracts soom to be the key
to the new administration. No wonder the
South are excited at tbo election of an
Abolition President, who "hates slavery
as much as any .Abolitionist." 1
'r Notwithstanding Mr Lincoln has given
utterance to the' above hellish,' disunion
sentiment, and thereby elected Treiidont
of this Confederacy, Our Republican
neighbors here In the North say the Sooth
b too precipitate, too fast, and if they will
seceed, let thorn go ; we will whip them
in again. 1 .: ; .r t
Their President soys, upon tho one
hand, that the negro is his equal j and
his , backers that the white men in the
South are a set of barbarians and mut be
whipped into subjection under this same
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States.
. -Well, when the whipping in goes on,
we will try and have a hand in, too. It
would be something new to us, but we
will try and learn if we are not loo much
of a barbarian.
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A Souks Feuow. A discussion, took
place, the other evening, between a Dom
ocrat and an Abolitionist, on the status of
the negro, and the decision of tbo Suprome
Court ia the case of Dred 8cott. " Why,
what's in it," said the advocate of negro
equality, " and who cares what old Dred
Scott's opinion may have been about an
old nigger not worth fifteen dollars 1" .
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torn Avan " "
6 I
Another Presidential election bo been ,
,imiu. nw 'd- r ITT
!f .hi. Onrnment hm exDressod their
Anetner rresiaeniini necuiu uwuceur-r ----- ... i.r
citizens ,'i.ed.fc they are also counted in makf
preference for Abraham Lincptn, of Illir in . th . FeHbem, Sttet. everything t
nois, to whom they niillidto,entrust1btnan tliare k;couutl;; while in tb.
the onre and Consulioa of jthe gTeittest Soutlr two fifths of tb slaye population,
of free Governmeati. ThPame rust is.; entirely exohded-ting equal to
was conn
.TifT'rnn
Government entrusted now to Mr Lincoln
will bo delivered over to his successor, at
the end of his term, with the addition of
more star to PW f'orious banner, and the
rii-hts of all the citizens of all the States
preserved and continued in the same
spirit and feeling; which j kat heretofore
been vouchsifed unto us
("The Democratic party had in the lan
guage of a celebrated oratqr " the world,
the flesh, and tbe Devil" to oouUnd with,
in addition to the refrootory members of
our own family, ; , '
' It ! mortilyiog to us to know that, noi
only in our own town and neighborhood,
but throughout the whole country, nu
merous Individual", who have been here
tofore acting with the Democratic party,
seen fit to desert us or not vote st all.
Those who voted against their party
Irieads, going square ever te Lincolnlsm,
are willing to avow a principle bad and
wicked as it may prove in the end to every
one of us. Those Democrats who. did not
vote at all, represont nothing not even
themselves. Such men are an injury to
any cause they may espouse, as they are
certain to flee when danger approaches,
snd when every one should act from prin-
dpi.' " v,"' ., .
To tiiote who stood by us we say, woll
done; but you bave done nothing but
yonr duty. . Let not those Democrats, who
plainly and explicitly declare for Consti
tutional, truths,' fear to looeo by their ex-
plicii."tis let not those who implicitly,
or less cxpjicii;, declare their assent to
the samo truth, hope id Rnm by their
explicitness. . It is this C'o?tltui-,ODa,
truth, North and South alike;' and thr
Democratic party, North' and South! will
hare fystaRolor fall according as it does
or does not . adhere to (his great cardinal
and poiilicnl truth of tbe ee equal right of
each and all of the States in the Union.
The truo friends of the Constitution and
the Union, who imagine that the Demo
cratic party at the North can sustain itself
against the Republicans by standing tim
idly, shrir.kingly, tender-footcdly, and
cowardly on. the platform of adjudicated
Constitutional truth", decrivo themselves
egregiou8ly. 'We can and we will redeem
uud save our party. We can redeem it in
oneway, and. one only t and that is, in
Irankly, manfully, firmly, and fearlessly
planting ourselves upon the great funda
mental truths and priaoiplos of the Con
stitution. In this manner we Lave suc
ceeded heretofore, and it Is the .only way
wecan triumph in thefuturo. If we can
not succeed in this manner, then it will
bo evident that the American Union is
nothing but a lifeless corpse, a phantasm
of magnificent greatness, a mere shorn of
power; and Is about to cider the great
Maeltdroraof departed Republics, and
live only in memory and history in the
lugubrious procesnion of tho departed
empires of the Old World. .
We hare dono cor duty as well ns we
understood! weare clear; let the result
cdme. We are. ready to discharge our
duty still further, if need be ; but hops we
will not be in tho unfortunate situation
pf not knowing what to do.
. L j
, ' Blare Bepresentatton...
Several Black Republican orators, dur
ing the campaign just closed, frequently
stated Jn their speeches, in rboir wise and
cuto manner, that " every fire negroes in
a Southern State ere equivalent to three
votes." Upon this theory, the slave
holder who owns one hundred slaves
is entitled to. sixty votes, and ho who is
in possession of five hundred slaves, i
entitled to three hundred vous. Ridicu
lous as this is, men mm in stature, but
not men in mtell ret have nude use of
this declaration frequently during the
late canvass. ' '
About such men there can be but one
opinion: they are either ignorant fools,
or deliberate scoundrels for the differ
ence we would not toss a penny.
According to tbe last census, one mem
ber of Congress is elected for every 93,440
persons. In counting the inhabitants in
a free State, every negro counts one for
Congressional representation. In , the
slave States, however, according to the
Federal Constitution, five slaves count
but three for Congressional representsr
Virginia, for instance, has 50,000 slaves ;
these count but 30,000. . If Virginia would
abolish slavery to-day, rhe would show
20,000 more of a representative popula
tion, by the cousoquont rut rc tion of this
principle, and would be- entitled to two
more Congressional representatives. ' So
in Pennsylvania. . If the 90.000 free
negioos were excludod from the count,
we would have one representative less in
the Congress of the Un ited Steles than we
now have In other words, as it is now, in
the free States tbe poople are entitled to
one representative for -every 93,4 W per
sons, -white -and black.; -whereas in tho
slave States, tbe people are entitled to' One
representative for every 130,790 persons,
white and black. . v ,
In this question of representation, the
Northern States have
. . .
. un DTBr ini miiH in ina rsniir.n ins
I - D ' ww.--w waaveea m
I . . I fAni
Soitnern Btaies possess wg
i .. .u.i I ..... twoon n.trrral.
popu - ;-
- V- - . Tf .
up the rtio for represeniauves.
hare a repreBentation or six senators anu
twelve members of Congrew , and wand,
if taken from the North and given to the
South, would enable them to wield
powerful influence. But ii
But in this the South
is satisfied diBfranchiped s they ore
satisfied that wnaiever tne onsiituuun
eajoins upon them., to fulfill it io Uie very
letter. In this particular, it (s very dif
ferent in tho North. We do uot carry
out that clause in the Constitution which
has immediate reference to the rendition
. . , . iL t i"i
of fugitives from service or labor. Instead
of delivering them up, as we bave agreed
to do, we do the ry reverse, in four cases
out of five. " Let us be equally magnani
mous Ic this particular.
The Election of a President '
The Electors for Presidont and Vice
President are required to meet at the seat
of government of their respective States,
on the first Wednesday In December, to
coat their votes They then sign three
certificates; snd the messenger with one
copy to the President of the Senate, at
Washington, before the first Wednesday
ia January ; another by mail to the same
penon;and the third deliver . to . the
United States District Judge where the
Electors vet.
Each State provides Ly law for filling
soy vacancy La tbo Board of Electors,
occasioned ly absence, death, or resigna
tion. Suck of the Kteerorsas are present
are generally authorized , to fill any va
cancy. The Governor gives notice to Electors of
their election before the first Wednesday
In December.' . ,
Oil !be second Wednesday in February,
Congress La!2 be in session and open the
returns. The president of the Senate
shall, tn the presence of the House of
Representatives, open the certificate of
returns, and count the votes. The person
having thr greatest number of votes for
PreskTcnt shall be the President, if such
number t o aninjovity of the whole num-
btr of Electors appointed And if no per
son has such a majority, then front the
persons having the highest number, not
exceeding three, cn the list of those voted
for as President, tbe House of Reprsvta
tives Shall choose immediately, by balTot,
tliA PiArfi.tn,if . Kill, tn .K.;n it. TWi -
, . , . . . - o . ,
utiiw, mo vuiva iuuii 119 isaen vj entire,
and a majority of all the Statet shall )e
necessary to choi.ee.'. ' " ' ''' '' ' ,!"
If the choice devolves upon the House
of Representatives, snd they, fail to make
a choice before the 4th of March next
following, the Vice ' President fs to act as
President. " ..' , ' .. ,
The person having the greatest u umber
of votes as Vice President shall be the
Vice President, if such number bd a ma
jority of the whole number of Elec
tors appointed, and if no person have
a majority, then from the highest
numbers on the list the Senate shall choose
the Vice President. A quorum Tor the
purpose shall consist of two thirds of tne
whole number of Senators, and a nijority
of the whole number shall be necessary te
a choice. i: " ' ',"
But no person constitutionally insligible
to the office of President shall be eligible
to that of Vice President of the United
States.
Then is na constitutional provision for
the caie where there is neither President
nor Vice 'President elected or chosen in
the manner directed by the Constitution.
The act of Congress of 1792 provides that,
under sucu ciruuautancos, there shall be
a new election.
The Wide-Atrakei
We hope the people of this part of the
world have scon the last of a Wide-Awake
organisation which Is a sort of cross be-
... 7 - x- i : . 1 11 1 .
meen ivnutr nviuwiguiu uuu auuiilioo
ism. If the cutest yankee on earth bad
had his wits at work for a centurr he
could not have invented a more tborcush
machinery to destroy the morals of our
youth to introduce them to scenes of de
bauchery, drunkenness, rrofancness. tio
lonce and riot, than Wide-Awake organ
izations proved to be. Many parents may
well congratukte themselves if their boys
who paraded with cap, cape and lamp,
forget the lessons they received iu this
campaign. Above all things, if men will
act the tool, let not our youth be entrap,
pod into tbo very temptations which are
most ruinous to them, .-. "
.We 'have no need to go backward to
tho times when our savage aiioestors were
tho terror of the more civilised common
wealths of antiquity for examples of bar
bur ic politics.'.' When we ucbold full
grown men, with beards upon their faces,
and all the hid itudes that should fix the
time and age of discretion, parading the
streets with tin lanterns in their bands,
and a kind of oll arouud water proof bibs
upon tbeira shoulders, we feel doubtful
whether or no the civilization wo boast is
not mere theory, and the old barbarism
the actual fact. No thinking mau can
fail to see the intimate relation between
thesavoue ethics of the Know Nothinss.
the savage physics of the Wide Awakes,
aim me wua
the wild savagery which ducraned
and demoralized the campaign of 1840..'
Wheu will these disgraceful exbibitions
cease! .'When will political, partisans
learn to discard those rude annlieneea
which only appeal to the ungoverned pas
Biuna nu njjjieniea 01 msnKiii. ana un-
dortake to oo&strain by reason thnxn
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9 a-Urn Ihae mam e ku J1..J. t.u .1 1
utiui s vj w iivw s9imisjt un u iu uv unmrv
tnraa t vaWaa
w s W I tW1 ATWIV S
The Gold Dollars-.
It has no doubt been observed
by J
. a: J
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bu,,m tpen, that the Gold Dollar eoiJ
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oeoommg Tery scarce 01 i.ie. Jaa j
the work of th Shinplaster agent. i0ewJ
Uin aeotioni of the country. AdeeperJ
.ffort, is being made (0 remove this coJ
vt)iient currenoy from circulating as incL J
move in the matter. . We cannot beliJ
fof on moment that tbia oums of roa
nrty desire the removal of th conventeti
ind ueeful ' crrcnlatlftg 11 medfum froo
'among us.
;j We take tbe following sensible jtmu'u
from a late nutaber or the Fuiladelifo,
l raae ifovrnur upon tois suoject.
"We retret te Jearn Secretin!
of the Treasury, and the officers of tlj
United States Mint, persist in the stnptg.
?. it not someitisna worse or tt
coining the convenient and useful cqrm.
cyof ,d dollars int o0uWe coelej. 1.
0Dlige the New York exporters of sped,
on the one hand, and tue, New York tti
new meiauu issuers ui suiau - noies m
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the other. : If their were no demand fa
the small gold coin there might te son.
reason for the wsste of labor, and othr
loss, in the re coinage into pieces of adVl
nomination more convenient to exporten.
But such is hot tbe loot. , iiy cur cmf
banks, and by banks and individuals till
n C ........ nkarA amoll m-.i . 1
V1CI tuw vium nuv.v .umi mv-v h
piohibited and opportunity it afforded foil
tbe circulation-or smelieoin. the gold dol
lars are in usgent' demand. The Mn;
here is now at work . on three- millions
these gold dollars from tbe Suh.'f reaiurr
ai inw iorn, re ctaig.tuem into twen
ty dollar pieces, end persists in cotitimi
ing the work, notwithstanding party
l m 1 a' .1 . -
uera ireeiy vuvr niciu vuo irerr coin ml
exchange for the dollars being melted ipl
The policy of recoining frcm - small J
large pieces we regard as retrograding., J
me great ouject 10 oe ouisvnea originalh
in authorizing the coinace of eeld dolltri
was, to lesson tbe necesrity for small buu
notes, and to introduce into general w
cuiation a larger amount Of spcclo as s u
fer and better currency for the smtli,
hand-to hand business of the country.-!
nut, ii mere is necessity at xsew xork
double eagles, why not tlirert the ollictn
of the Mint to reeeivS in exchange fe
gold dollars those already coined T 'i'htr?
is as much reason on the pott of the Goi
einment te accomm laate, wnen it est.
those wishing small eoinx, as those demit
ding large pieces. We know that thJ
makina deposits mar command such coit
Sge as they may desire but when the Gc
eriiinent is the owner 01 ia this case, tl
Secretary of the rreaUry may eertainh
with propriety and reason,1 authorize thJ
exchange of the diflerent coinage thatitii
hand, as it is now J the banks f tin
cuy ana outer piaoes onei ips 10 in mini
the required double eagles, taking thi
fold dollars in exchanre.' There seemn
delerninatioh to drive the Id dolbrj
from eironlation, a they are'Only coined
exchange for bullion snd oil special ordti
iei tne aeposuor ana as most ortueciii
I fomssnsusl eomes into the hands of tdJ
New Tork shippers, few' of the smallfi
Hrd coins are now made. Jt Is greatly lJ
be destref Ih-at Secretary (Jobb will count
ermand the order fer melting tip the go'.'
dollars, and st least anthorize' their ei
change for as many double eagles as tni;
be offered, due notice being given.".
Firm District or Massachusetts. Ii
the Fifth district the noblo eQ'o;ts of tl
national men were rcwureu wilu suec
Don. William Appleton has beaten Bit
lincame by a miu'ority of about two luin
dred. NO local blow could, have kr
heavier on the Republicans. This k
groat triumph ; anu national men ovc
the whole country wilt hail it as sucL.-l
Hardly any Congressional triumph coul
nave given more satislaetion. It is snH
tory won in the tight place ; in the rud
way by a union of tho national denies'
and oat about it rkat-actcristics '.hat pM
it aeovo ordinary party successes sti
maRe it a victory of tho country. It
sn event evcrv way worihv of tho Fsnw
Hall District, snd wil 1 be hailed as s tif
of tbe change of public opinion that it f
ing on here in Massachusetts. It witlbe fi
best speech for the Union that Boston W
made for years. It is a pledec. that, uc
promising as the result of the State ele
lion wss yesterday, tlHSsaraoelcmentuV:
achieved this great triumph will assured
iv redeem the Mate Irom tlie party wait
now rules and disgraces it. Boston faiL
is or A irsis BLi i'osTiif anv ow
wants to edit the Vioktburx , Sentinel.
may be edified by tho followins brief b
tory of some of the me a who have fignrs
in that position. .. pr James liscsn loci
hold ia 1837, had a number of st reet bahi
fought a duel with his brother editor 0
the Whig, and was killed ia ; 1842, ia
street fight, by D. W. Adams. . His euiiH
ant, Isao C Patridge, died of yellow ft'
er in 1839. Dr. J. S, Fall, another anUi-1
ant, had a number of fights, in .oas4
which he was badly wounded. JatnotB)
an, next editor, was killed by R. E. liso1
liickey, who had several rows, and
repeatedly wounded ; he killed Dr. Mc
lin, and was soon after himself, killed
Texas; John levins, another editor, m
imprisoned for tbo violenoe of his article
Mr. Jenkins, bis successor,, vas killed)
the street by U. A. Crabbe ; Crabbe a'
murdered in Sonora. 1. C. Jones succteo
ed Jenkins, but soon afterwards drown
himself, J: ;..!- ( :'trt t.i !l -
J6TA few -dsys since, an extra tw
loaded with jackasses was transport!
over tbe Louisville and ew Albany
road.. The tcleirraph oierator at S
a boy, getting wind of it set afloat a ru
that a large delegation of republic
would pass through at a certain how-
Humor incrMdina it. Saw ktid U
many eminent speakers were-aWrd,sj
that binds of musk) accompanied the sH
pedition. iuraenseerowde ot enlnasisf
tio Lincoln men soaired to the d
Jhats in bsndi read v . for. the exp
cheers..- Whea the. train thundoree
'and an aned and wenerable owner ot
pair ff fabulous care atu
a slock car and gave vm
uing hee-haw, that fau-
stuck pis beaU ouH
vant to a lona. sac
f.irla ahnrtk tbe buK
irmiH iwminm.tvnn .o!um1 tha mosi
- and in two minutes not a repeblicsn onuR
be seen within a mile of the depot. una
rlunt hu luwn tnmAm in tha .uinrintm
awe-mww isw,f7Vfs lSaws SV ev we-s.. 1
a . . 1 - I- iff
nam nnftirtii titisn Anesa rys inn na u m
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