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Letter frbm Hdn a Jas, Biichanab Whbatliklj, sbab Laxcastek, Nov.'J.-9; 1850; Gbstlehej:—l have been honored by the re ceipt of your very kind invitation, u in behalf ot the .friends of the Constitution and the Union, without distinction of party, resident in the .City and County of Philadelphia,” to attend a public meeting, to be held on the 21st inst, at the Chinese Museum. I regret that engagements, I need not specify, will deprive me -of the pleasure and the privilege of uniting with the great, patri otic and enlightened community of your City an» ! County manifesting. their attachment for the Con stitution and the Union, in the present alarming crisis in our public affairs. On a recent occasion, at the celebration of .the opening of the Eastern portion of our great Cen tral Rail Road from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, i said that the cordial support of that raagnifictnt improvement was a platform on which all Penn sylvanians, of every political denomination, could stand together in harmony. The sentiment elicited an enthusiastic response from all present, whether . Democrats or Whigs. I now say that the plat form of our blessed Union is strong enough and broad enough to sustain all true hearted Americans. It is an elevated, a gloripus platform, on which the down-trodden nations of, the earth gaze with hope and desire, with admiration and. as'onishraent.— Our. Union is the star in the West, whose genial and steadily increasing influence.will, at last, should we remain a united people, dispel the gloom of ; despotism from the ancient nations of the world. Its moral power will prove to be more potent than millions of armed mercenaries. 7 And shall this glorious star set in darkness before it has accom plished half its mission ? Heaven forbid! Let us all exclaim,'with the heroic Jackson, “The Union must and shall be preserved.” And what a Union this has been! The history of the human race presents no parallel to it The ' bit of striped bunting, which was 'to be swiftly swept from the ocean, by the British Navy, ac cording to the prediction of a British Statesman previous to the’war of 1812, is now displayed in every.sea and in every part of the habitable globe. Our glorious stars am! stripes, the flag of our * country, now protects Americans in every clime, “lama Roman citizen! 5 was once the proud ex clamation which every where shielded an ancient Roman from insult and injustice. lam an Amer ican citizen!” is now an exclamation of almost equal potency, throughout the civilized world. i Tfiis is a tribute due to and the resour ces of these thirty-one united States. In a just cause we the world in arms. We have lately presented a spectacle which has astonished even the greatest Captain of the age. At the call of their country an irresistable host of armed men, and men too skilled in the best use of arms, spurng up like the soldiers of Cadmus, from the mountains and the valleys of our great confedera cy. The struggle among them was not who should remain at home; but who should enjoy the privilege of braving the dangers and the privations of a foreign war in defence of their country’s rights. Heaven forbid that the question of ever prove to be-the stone thrown into their midst by Cadmus to mak them turn their arms against each other and perish in mutual conflict! Whilst : our power as a united people secures us against the injustice-and assaults of foreign ene mies, our condition at home? Here every citizen stands erect in the proud proportions bestowed upon him by his Maker, and feels him self equal to his fellow man. He is protected by a government of just laws in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. He sits down under his qwn vine and his own fig tree and there is none to make him afraid. A vast confederacy composed of thirty-one sovereign and. independent States is open before him, in which he feels himself T to be everywhere at home, and may any where through out its extended limits seek his own prosperity and happiness in his own way. The most perfect freedom of intercourse prevails, among all the States. Here the blessings of free trade have been reali zed under the Constitution of the United States, and by the Consent of all, to a greater extent than the world ha# ever witnessed. Our domestic tonnage and capital employed in this trade, exceed, beyond all comparison, that employed in our trade with all the rest of the world. The mariner of Maine, •after braving the dangers of the passage around’ Cape. Horn, finds himself at home in his own coun try, when entering the distant port of San Fran cisco, on : the other side of the world. Heaven seems to have bound these Stales to gether by adamantine bonds of powerful interest They are mutually dependent on each other mutually necessary to each other's welfare. The numerous and powerful commonwealths which are spread over the valiey of the Mississippi must seek the markets of the world for their produc , the mouth of that father of rivers. ‘ s tff> n g "aval power is necessary to keep this charinel always free in time of war; and an im mense commercial marine is required to carry, their productions to the markets of the world and bring back, their returns. The same remark ap plies with almost equal force to the cotton growing and planting States on the gull of Mexieo, and on the. Atlantic-. . Who is to supply this naval power and this commercial marine? The hardy apd en terprising sons of the • North, whose home has al ways been on the mountain wave. Neither the pursuits nor the'habits of the .people of the Wes tern and the Southern States, fit them for such an employment. They are naturally, the producers whilst the Northern people are the carriers. This establishes a mutual and profitable dependence up on each other, which is one of the strongest bonds of our Union. The common -sufferings and common glories of the past, the prosperity pf the present, and the bril liant hopes of the future, must impress every pa triotic heart with deep love and devotion for the Union. Who that is now a citizen of this vast Republic, extending from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific (Joes not shudder at the idea of being transformed into a citizen of one of its broken, jealous and hostile fragments ? What patriot would not rather shed the last drop of his blood than see the thirty one'brilliant 1 stars which now float proudly upon our country’s flag, amid the battle and the breeze rudely torn from the national banner, and scatter ed in confusion over the. face ol the earth ’ Rest assured that all the patriotic emotions Of every true-hearted Pennsylvanian, in favor of. the Union and the Constitution,. are shared by the . Southern people. What battle-field has not been il lustrated by their gallant deeds; and when, in oir history, have they ever shrunk in- sacrifices and sufferings in the cause of their country i What then means the muttering thunder which we hear from the South?- The signs of the times are truly portentous. .Whilst manjr in the South openly ad vocate the cause of secession and disunion, a large majority, as: I firmly believe, still fondly’cling to the Union, awaiting with deep anxiety the action of he. North on the Compromise lately effected in Congress. Should this be disregarded an.d nullified by the citizens of the North, the Southern people may become united, and then farewell, a long fare well to our blessed Union. I am no alarmist; but a brave and wise man looks danger steadily in the face. This isThie best means of avoiding.it. lam deeply, impressed'with the conviction that the North neither sufficiently understands nor appre ciates the danger. For my own part, I have been steaddy watching ifs approach for the last fifteen years. -During that-period I hive often sounded thp alarm ;_but my feeble warnings have been dis regarded.- I now solemnly declare, as the deliber-‘ ate cpnyictipn of my judgment, that two things : are necessary to preserve this Union from the. molt imminent danger:—. 1. Citation,in. the/North on the subject of Southern; slavery must be rebuked and nut down i by. acstrong,..energetic,, and. enlightened public i . iXbe , fugitive'slave .law most beexecuteddn jts letter and.in its spirit. . ■ Oneach of these: points I shall offer afew ob* nervations.'. . - Those are greatly mistaken-who supple that fhe tempest which is- now. raging in the South has been raised solely by.the acts or omissions of the (present • Congress. The minds of the Southern people have been gradually prepared for-thisiex •losion by: the events of the last, fifteen years.— vluch and devotedly as they love the Union,- many , if >them are nowtaught to believe that the peace :>/ their own firesides, and the . security of their amities, cannot be preserved without separation I from us. The crusade of the abolitionists against. fbeir domestic peace and security commenced in< 1835. General Jackson, in his annual message I co Congress, in December of that year,' speaks of j it in the following emphatic language: « I must. 1 also, invite your attention to the painful excite- i ment produced in the South by attempts to circu late through the mails inflammatory appeals, ad dressed to the passions of the slaves, in prints ami various sorts of publications, calculated to stimu 'ate them to insurrection, anil produce all the hor rors of a .servile war. •’ From that period the agitation in the North igainst Southern slavery has been incessant bv means of Press, of State Legislatures, State and County Conventions, , Abolition - Lectures, and every other method which fanatics and demagogues could devise. The time ; of Congress has been wasted in violent harangues on.the subject of sla very. Inflammatory appeals have been sent forth irom this central point throughout the country, the inevitable effect of which has been to create geographical parlies, so much dreaded by the Fath er of his Country, and to estrange the Northern' and Southern divisions of the Union from each other. Before the Wilmot Proviso was interposed, the abolition of slavery in the District' of Columbia had been the chief theme of agitation. Petitions for this purpose,,by thousands from, men, women and children, poured into. Congre«3 session after session. The rights and the wishes of the owners of slaves within the District, were boldly disre garded. Slavery was denounced as a national sin and a national disgrace, which the laws of God and the laws of man ought to abolish, cost what it might. It mattered not to the fanatics that the abolition of slavery of the District would convert it into a citadel,-in the midst of two slaveholding States, irom which the. abolitionists could securely scatter arrows, firebrands ahd death, all around It mattered not to them that the aboUtion of sla very in the District would be a violation of the spirit of the constitution and of the implied faith pledged to Maryland and Virginia: because the whole world knows that those States would never have ceded it to the Union, had they imagined it' could ever be converted by Congress into a place irom which their domestic peace and security might be assailed by fanatics and abolitionists.— Aay, the abolitionists went even still further. They agitated lor the purpose ot abolishing slavery in the forts, arsenals and navy yards which the Southern States had ceded to the Union, under the constitu tion for the protection and defence of the country thus stood the question when the Wilmot Pro viso was interposed, to add fuel to the flame, and to excite the Southern people to madness. President Polk was anxious to bring the war with Mexico to an honorable conclusion with the leasfpossible delay. He deemed it highly proba ble that an appropriation by Congress of J 2,000, 000 to be paid to the Mexican Government imme diately after the conclusion of peace, mightessen tially aid him m accomplishing this desirable ob ject He sent a message to this effect to Congress in August, 1846; and whilst the bill granting the appropriation was pending before the HouseiMr. Wilmot offered ,his famous proviso as an amend ment, Which was carried by a majority of nineteen votes. -This amendment, had it even been proper m itself, was out of time and out of place; because it had not then been ascertained whether we should acquire any territory from Mexico: and in fact the Treaty of Peace was not concluded until eighteen months thereafter. Besides, this Proviso, by de feating the appropriation, was calculated, though I ca ~, ot k <! , l .! eve intended, to prolong the war. The Wilmot Proviso, until near the termination of the last session of Congress, defeated every at-' i tempt to form territorial governments for our Mex ■can acquisitions. Had such governments been established at the proper time, California would have changed her territorial into a State govern ment, and would have come into the Union, as naturally as a young man eniers upon his civil rights at the age of twenty-one, .producing scarcely a ripple upon the surface of public opinion What consequences have resulted from the Pro viso? It placed the two divisions of the Union in hostile array. The people of each, instead of con Sidering the people of the other as brethren began to t;ew each other as deadly enemies. Whilst Northern legislatures were passing refactions in structmg-iheir Senators and requesting their Ren- i resentatives to vote for the Wilmot Proviso, and for laws to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia: Southern Legislatures and Conventions, prompted and sustained by the indignant and united voice of llcaJ 30 !l' rn F e ° ple ’ Were P assin ff resolutions' pledging themselves to measures of resistance The spirit of fanaticism was in the ascendant. To such a height had it mounted, that a bill introduced into the House of Representatives, by Mr. Giddiiws du ring the last session of the last Congress, author!- zing the slaves in the District of Columbia to vote on the question whether they themselves should be. Mr RmHh' a 4 ? e ,l ted O 0n moti ° n ° f f™nd, Mr. Brodhead, of this State, by the slender majority of only twenty-six votes. J y Thus stood the question when the present Con gress assembled That body at first presented the appearance of a Polish diet, divided into hostile par ties rather, than that of the Representatives of a great and united people, assembled in the land of Washmgton, J efferson and Jackson, to consult and act together as brethren in promoting the common good of the whole Republic. It would be the extreme of dangerous infatuation dan“e P r POS H t H at t h hl " 0t thea in serious secession of most, if not all of the* slaveholdLg It was from this great and glorion# old wealth, rightly denominatedthe-’«Ke VBtone n f t h« Arch ” that the first ray of !4h,*a£St£* the gloom She is not conscious of her own pow er. She stands as the days-man, between the North and the South, and can lay her hand on either par ty and say, thus far thou shaft go, and no farther. Ihe wisdom, moderation and firmness of her peo ple, calculate her eminently to act as the just and equitable umpire between the extremes It was the vote in our State House of Repre sentatives, refusing to consider the instructing res o utions in favor of, the Wilmot Proviso, which first cheered the hearts of every patriot in th« land 1 his was speedily followed by a vote of the Hoiise Wi^ P f re ? nta,lVeS at Wash ‘“gton, nailing the Snot w lBO ‘ tS u elf ,0 the table ' And here I ,nft v 1 t 0 ? r ® et the s reat meeting held in Phil try t'fav^rm 6 ,^ 27 ° f the fa,her of his “un try, m favor 0 i the Union, which gave a hapDv and and. The receding storm in the South stiff eoT tinues to dash with violence, but it will pm/fnaii subside should agitation cease in the North AH that is necessary/or us to do is to execute th. Fugmve Slave Law, and to let the Southern peonle ? hemto »wn doSc once Sked »n Wn Way " A Wrginia farmer together ‘ f “f r T e were two neighbors living be eternalTv tote ? 1 ? blnk if "ne-of them should the other’ CouM ",? S “ tbe domestic concerns of peac«t h6y P° s3ibl y Uve together in non interference be, not onfv to thA *r 1B 0 IC / L 0 free negroes,.but eJen to ** emancipation itself! ° f constitutional _ Since the agitation commenced, the slave has been deprived ofmany privileges which he foLerlv enj° y ed, because of the stern necessity thus imposed OS CITY • Ttrt free negTOj reaaoH?' is threatened with- expulsion ta the land of ids nativity in the .South. ; ; are. strppg.indica-. Uons in. several of jhe Northern. .States that they, will to afford him an asylum..'^ i The cause 'of emancipation itself has greatly suffered by:the agitation: and natural course, latos ere ; this would most probably- have existedrior the gradoal aboUtiod of: staveryiatheStates ofMarylandjVirguya,Kentucky and Missouri. The current of; public. opiniQn was running strongly in that'diirection before the aboli tion excitement iriTirgmia. There, a-measure having directly in view ih’egrad ual .abolition of slavery* oflered too-by the grandson of Thomas: Jefferson, came within on* votepfmy memory, serves- me* of passing the House of Dele gates. Throughout Virginia,.as well as in the other three States which I have mentioned, there was then a powerful, inflnential'and growing party i in favor of gradual emancipation! cheeredonto exertion by the brightest hopes of success. What has now become ol this party? /It is gone. It is numbered with the things.that have been. .The interference of Northern fanatics with the institu tion of slavery in the South has so excited and ex asperated the people, that there Is no man in that region now bold enough to utter a sentiment pi favor of gradual-emancipation. The efforts;of the abolitionists have long, very long postponed the day of emancipation in these states. Throughout the grain growing slave states, powerful causes were in operation, which must before many years, have produced gradual emancipation. These have been counteracted by the violence and folly of the abo ulionists. They have done infinite mischief. They /have not only brought the Union.intD. imminent! but .they .have inflicted the. greatest evils both ' on the slave and on the free negro, the avowed ob jects of their regard. Let me-then call upon your powerful and influ ential meeting, as they value the union of these j States, the greatest political blessing ever conferred by abountiful Providence upon man: as they value j the well being of the.slave and free negro; as they i value even the cause of regular and constitutional | ; emancipation, to exert ? all their energies to put j c * Q wn the long continued agitation in the North I against slavery in’the South. Js it unreasonable i that the South should make this demand? . The : agitation has reached , such a : height that the South ern people feel their personal security to be invol .1 ved. It has filled the minds of the slaves with vague notions of emancipation, and, in the lan guage of General Jackson, threatens w to stimulate them to insurrection and produce all the horrors of a servile war. ’ Although. any such, attempt on their part would be easily and speedily suppressed, yet what horrors might notin the. mean time be perpetrated! Many a mother now retires to rest at night under dreadful apprehensions of what may befal herself and her family before the morning. Self preservation is the first instinct of nature; and, any state of society in which the sword of Damocles is all the time suspended over the heads of the people, must, at last, become intolera ble. To judge correctly of our relative duties to wards the people of the South, we ought to place ourselves in their position, and do unto them as we would they should do unto us under similar cir cumstances. This is the golden rule. It was under its benign influence that our Constitution of mutual compromise and concession was framed, and by the same spirit alone can it be maintained. Do the people of the North act in this Christian spirit, whilst stigmatizing their brethren of the South with the harshest epithets and imputing to them a high degree of moral guilt .because slavery has been entailed upon them by their forefathers; and this, too, with a knowledge that the consequences of these assaults must be to. place in peril their personal safety and that of all they hold most dear on earth. I repeat that this constant agitation must be arrested by the firm determination and resolute action of the vast majority of the people ot the North, who are’knoym to disapprove it, or the sacrifice of our glorious Union may and prob ably will be at last the consequence. 2. I shall proceed to present to you some views upon the subject ot the much misrepresented fugi tive slave law. It is now evident, from all the signs of the times, that this is destined to become the principal subject of agitation at the next session of Congress and to take the place of the VVilmot Proviso. Its total repeal or its material modifica tion will henceforward he the' battle cry of the agitators of the North. And what ia the character of this law ? It was passed to carry into execution a plain, clear, and mandatory provision of the Constitution, requiring that fugitive slaves, who fly from service in one State to another, shall be delivered up to their mas ters. This provision is so explicit that he who runs may read. No commentary can present it in a stronger light than the plain words of the Con stitution. It is a well known historical fact, that without this provision, the constitution itself could never have existed. How could this have been otherwise? Is it possible for a moment to believe that the slave States would have formed a union with the free States, if under it, their slaves by simply escaping across the boundary which separates them would acquire all the rights of freemen ? This would have been to offer an irre sistible temptation to all the Slaves of the South to precipitate themselves upon the North. The fed eral constitution, therefore, recognizes in the clear est and most emphatic terms, the property in slaves and protects this property by prohibiting any State into which a slave might escape from discharging hun from slavery, and by requiring that he shall be delivered up to his master. But, say the agitators, the fugitive slave law, framed for the very purpose of carrying into effect an express provision of the constitution, is itself unconstitutional. I shall not stop to argue such a point at length, deeming this to be wholly unneces sary. The law,'in every one of its essential pro visions, is the very same law which was passed in February, 1793,: by a Congress, many of whose members had come fresh from the convention which framed the federal constitution, and was approved by the Father of his Country. If this be so, it may be asked whence the necessity of passing the present law? Why not rest upon' the Act of 1793? This question is easily answered. The Act of 1793 had entrusted its own execution not only to the Judges of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, but to all State magis trates of any county, city, or town corporate. The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Prigg us. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deprived these State magistrates of the power of acting under the law. What was the consequence? Let us take the State of Pennsyl vania for an example. There were but three indi viduals left in the whole State who could judicially execute the provision of the Act of 1793 the Circuit Judge and the two District Judges Two of &ese Judges reside in Phila, and one of them at Pittsburg, a distance of more than three hundred miles apart. It is manifest, therefore, that the law in many, indeed in most, cases, could not have been executed for want of ofßcers near at hand. It thus became absolutely necessary for Congress to pro vide United States ofßcers to take the place of the State magistrates who had been superseded. With out this a constitutional right would have existed with no adequate means of enforcing it The fugi tive slave bill was passed chiefly to remedy this defect, and to substitute such officers instead of the State magistrates whose powers had been nullified under the decision of the Supreme Court. It is worthy of remark, that several of our Northern Legislatures, availing themselves of the decision of the Supreme Court, and under the deep excitement produced by the agitation of the Wil mot Proviso, passed laws imposing obstacles to the execution of the provisions of the Constitution for the restoration of.fugitive slaves. lam sorry, very sorry, to state that Pnensylvania is among this number. By our. Act of 3d March, 1847, even the use of our public jails is denied for the safe c “f ,o < l y of the fugitive; and the jailer who shall offend against this provision, is deprived of his office, anfl is-punishable with a heavy fine and a disqualifi oa“°“ e ver again to hold a sitnilar office! The two principal objections urged against the ugitive slave law are, that it will promote kidnap ping; and that it does not provide a trial by jury for the fugitive in .the State to which he hhs escaped. .The verjrsame reasons may he Urged, with equal orce, against the Act .of 1793; and existed for more than half a century without encountering any such objections. ° In regard fears of the agi tators arp altogether groundless. The law requires ■that the ftigitiye shali before the judge or The master must there prove, to the satisfaction ofthe magistrate the identity of the fogitiVef that he is the .mister's property and • has .escaped frpm.v.;hia.. service. Now X ask would a. 5 1<^¥P® r *«yj er ; undertake task? Would k® to commit peijurry and ex to detection Before'the judge or com missioner; and-in the''presence' of. the argus eyesNof a l .? l on " B^ave Bolding community, whose feelings I a be in favor of the slave? No, never. The kidnapper seizes his victim In the silence of the night, dr ina remote aridobscure place, and hur-. ries him away... Hedoes not expose himself to the i>uWic gaze. He will ,never, bring the unfortunate object pf his rapacity before a commissioner or a' judge; Indeed, T have no recollection" of having* heard or "read of aicase, in whicbafree rhinwas j kidnapped under the forms of Jaw, during the whole il period.of than half a eentury,since the act of 1793 was passed. But it is objected to the. law that the fugitive is not allowed'a' trial by‘ jury in the State to which he has escaped-. So it has always been under the act of 1793,-and so it is uhder the present law. A fugitive from ; labor is placed Upon the . very same footing, under the Constitution with a fugitive from Does a man charged with the'commissibn of a crime in Maryland fly into Pennsylvania, he is delivered up, upon proper evidence, to theauthor mes of the State from whic.h he ; fled, there to stand his ; tnal. He has no right to demand a trial by jury m Pennsylvania. Nay more; uriiJ6r our ex tradition treaties with foreign powers, j does a man charged: with a crime, committed in England or France fly to the United States,,he.is delivered up to the authorities of the country from which he fled, without a'trial by jury in this country.— Precisely the same -is the case-in regard to the fugitive from labor. Upon satisfactory proof, he is delivered up .without a trial by jury.v In the Con stitution he is placed upon the very same footing with fugitives from justice from other States: and by treaty, he i» placed upon the very same footing with fugitives from* justice from-foreign countries. Surely the fugitive slave is not entitled to superior privileges over the free white man. When he returns to the State from which he has escaped, he is there entitled to a trial by jury, for the purpose' of deciding, whether .he.is tt freeman. I believe every slave State has made provision by law for such a triaL without expense, upon the petition of .the slave j and we have heard it announced from me highest authority in-the Senate of the United States, ttiat 6uch. trials are always .conducted in mercy, amhwith a rigid regard to the rights of the slave, Why should any Act of Congress cast such a reflection upon -the judicial tribunals of a sister btate as to say they shall not be trusted with the trial of the question whether an individual is enti tled to his freedom under the laws of the State from which.he has fled? But to allow the fugitive slave a trial by jury in the S.tate where he is found, would, in many in stances, completely nullify the provisions of the Constitution. There are many, I fear very many in the Northern States who place their conscience above the Constitution of their country, and who would, as jurors, rescue a fugitive slave from servi tude against the clearest testimony, thinking, at the seme time, they were doing God's service. The excited condition iff public feeling in many portions of the North, would disqualify honest and respecta ble men from acting as impartial jurors on such a question. Besides, the delay, the trouble, and the expense ot a jury trial at such a distance from home, would, in most cases, prevent the master from pursuing his fugitive slave. He would know that should he fail to obtain a verdict, this, would be his ruin. He would then be persecuted with actions of slander, of false imprisonment, and every k‘nd of prosecution which ingenuity could devise. lhe defeat of the Wilmot Proviso, and the pas sage of the Fugitive Slave Law, are all that the South have obtained by the Compromise. They asked for the Missouri Compromise, which it is known that for one I was always willing to concede, believing this would be the most just, equitable and satisfactory arrangement of the Territorial question between'the North and the South But that has passed away. California has been admit ted as a State into the Union, with a positive pro hibmon of Slavery in her Constitution; ahd whether the Mexican law abolishing Slavery be in force or not m the remainder of our Territorial acquisitions does any man believe that Slavery will ever prevail among the Mormons in Utah, or among the inhab- Hants of the snow-clad hills and mountain valleys of New Mexico? Besides, the Slave trude had been abolished in the District'of Columbia. What then uf. the Compromise practically remains for the South but this Fugitive Slave Law, passed to carry out a clear constitutional provision ? It is the only compensation which they have received for what they believe to be the great injuries they have sustained.. Will they then patiently submit to ,,?„ ve , thls „ law "pealed,-essentially modified, or nullified ? Before its passage, the Constitution had become, in regard to 'fugitive slaves, almost a dead letter. It is a notorious fact, that all along the border which separates the free from dhe slave States, every facility was afforded for the escape of slaves from their masters. If they could pass the line, their safety was almost certain.' They were scarcely ever, in the language of the Constitution delivered up on the claim . of the party to which such service or labor may be due.” In many in stances, the master or his agent who pursued them was insulted, assaulted, beaten, and imprisoned: and few men could be found bold' enough to incur the hazard of such a dangerous undertaking In this manner the southern people were annually de prived of .their property, guaranteed to them by the constitution, to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The constitution was nulli lied, and this law was passed for the protection of their constitutional rights 1 Will they tamely sur render it ? Let the voice which speaks in tones of thunder from the United South answer this question. They will at last, I trust and believe, submit fo all the provisions of the compromise, provided the fugitive slave law be faithfully executed in the North; but they will go no further. All the reso lutions even of the Union meetings in the South speak this language. Future aggressions must cease or the Union will be in imminent danger Let us then resolve to put down agitation at‘the North on the slave question, by the force of en lightened public opinion, and faithfully execute the provisions of the fugitive slave, law. Should this I b ?. do ? e > 11 Wlll eventually extinguish those geogra t phical parties—so dangerous to the Union and so much dreaded by the Father of his Country—which have sprung: into existence; it will ameliorate the condition of the slaves, by enabling their masters to remove the restrictions imposed upon them in self-defence, since the commencement of the present troubles, and Will restore the natural and constitu tional progress of emancipation which has in several States, been arrested by the violence of’the abolitionists. The Union cannot long endure, if it he bound together on y by paper bonds. It can be firmly cemented alone, by the affections of the people ot the different States for each other. Would to Heaven, that the spirit of mutual forbearance" ahd brotherly love which presided at its birth, could once more be restored to bless the land ! U“ „ opening a volume, a few days since, my eyes caueht a Resolution of a Convention of the Maryland, assembled ar Annapolis, in June 1774 in consequence of the passage by the British Par’ liament of the Boston Port Bill, which provided tar opernug a subscription “in the several Counties of «r.f r °f I , n i. Ce ’j- r 80 i m . n ; ediatd “'lection for the f relief of the distressed inhabitants of Boston, now cruelly deprived of the means of procuring Subsis tence forihemsel veßand families by the operation Wnnld f ° r ! > ocking "P their harbor,"— 5f » d J h n ? he e P‘ m 01 Eternal affection which actuated all the conduct of our revolutionary fathers taight return to bless and re animate the bosoms of their descendants ! This would render our Union indissoluble. - -It would be the living son! inf! • itself into the Constitution and Tt irresistible-energy. v . inspiring it with I am not one of those who can. ever consent -to adculate the value of the Union. Its henefita and its, blessings are inestimable. God forbid! that "‘t’ S"! •wU'vsevsfaa-isi ' -4-North, South, East, and Wcst—f>o& ; the ehuuii-' ration of which my mind recoils with Horror. Wouldrany or all of fte irijiiries ’which aie"So'uth -If suffered, or which they suppose they have coffered, from the agitation at the North, and from the Compromise, justify a resort to the last dread extremity of dissolving the Union ? I believe not ■ and-after the sober second thought, the patriotic people of the South, will, I. have no doubt, by a large majority, arrive at thesame. conclusion, .-.For: such causes, they will never forfeit all the innumer able blessings of the Union, and subject the country and the lovers of rational freedom throughout the world, to the moat astounding-'politicahcalamity which, has ever, befallen the, human jace. It is not every wrong—nay, it is not every grie vous -wrong—which'' can justify, or even palliate, such a fearful alternative. In this age, and iri this Country, there- is an incessant flu* and reflux of public opinion. Subjects ,which but-a few years ago excited the public mind to madness, have passed away and are aTinqst. forgotten.' To employ the eloquent language of Mf.'Burke; they are “Volcanoes' burnt outand on the Java and ashes and squalid scoria of old eruj>Hons, i th'e > peucefuP olive, the cheering vine, and the sustaining corn.": Ihe agitation at the North on the: subject of domestic Slavery in the Sbuth, like every thing human, will have its day. We have already reached,' and,! trust, passed the dangerous crisis. Should this prove to be the case, the tempest which has een raging will purify the political atmosphere, and impart new and healthful life and vigor to the body politic. But if, in the midst of such a temporary excite. "’mV x Union slloulli be dissolved, the mischief "reparable. “Nations unborn, and , yff behind,” will curse the rashness of the deed. Should “the silver cord be loosed, and the golden bowl be broken at the fountain," human power will never be able to re-unite the scattered fragments. It the Almighty Ruler of the Univene has, in his Providence, destined the dissolution of NT 6 .- ,°?> 33 a Punishment for the sins of the Nation, I hope, before, that day, I may be gathered to my fathers, and never witness the sad catastrophe. Yours, very respectfully, T ~ . JAMES BUCHANAN. I o Messrs. Josiah Randall, Isaac Hazelhurst. John o i. R ' ddle ’ r Johll W ' Forne y. C. Ingersoll, and Robert M. Lee. What! Another Grocery T Yes, — “Each his own fortune pursues in the chase: How many the rivals, how narrow the space ' Bqt hurry and scurry, oh, raottlesome game ! Thecars roll i£ thunder, the wheels rush in flame - THE subscript has just opened a very splendid assortment*of fresh and CHEAP GROCERIES AND TEAS, in one oripjlP' the rooms lately erected by Mr. F. T |Py||Pi ' Kramph, north-east comer of Orange and North Queen streets, to which he invites the atieT tion of private families, hotels, and the public in general. Every attention will be given to have every article m his line fresh, and of the first quali ty, at the lowest prices. Goods Will be sent to any part of the city. C. C. VANKANAN. UABLE LANDS In Venango and Forest Counties, Pennsylvania FOR SALE, PUBLIC VENDUE- Monday December 16, 1850, at the public V_/housc of John Michael, in North Quefen street, m the city of Lancaster, will be sold syithout re- five tract’s of patented land, situated in Pine Grove township, Venango county, ■o^ n w 6y ,i, Vaa ' a ' Fou / of them lying contiguous to each other, parts of Warrant tract numbered 2678 A^e Dm s ? 3C J S l° ld to A - GlaB8 > A - Deshner, f! Auge and C. Koch, respectively, on the east; tracts soid to Jno Huston and J. S. Eherdt on the south; land of the heirs of Henry Shippen dec’d, on the ino S^s !l fn traClNo ' 2681 on thenorth ; and contain mg as follows: No. 1, containing 129 Acres and 66 Perches 125 ■■ 80 “ “ ?■ “ 132 » 55 . •1. “ 128 51 ii soidG &°n 5 V C °u ta i niDg 10 1° acres - ndjoining land sold G. & R. Keberlin on the north; land Bold'A. Henry on the east; and land soid J. Fertig on the south, being partsof warrant tracts Nos. 2634 & 2566 . V m? 3 ar ! watered by Porcupine run;' and the Franklin road passes through No! 5 There are settlements around these lands, and they are 4 miles north of Shippenville. The lands in Forest county are situated in what was formeriy called Pine Creek township, and lie within half a mile of the Forest county town, con taming as follows: J 3 No. 3160, Containing 888 Acres “ 3162, “ 1100 “ “ 3163, “ 888 “ “ 3164, “ .930 " “ 3168, “ 990' “ “ 3190, “ 996 ,tt Maple Creek runs through Nos. 3162 and 3190, 3160 Ml StoDe Creßk thro " gh Nos - 3168 > 3163 and All these lands in Forest countv are in one tract, and the centre of them is 6 miles north of Clarion river and 4 miles south of Blood’s grist mill. tn. It e ' S1!I J h °. f the P urc^aße monies to be paid on the day of sale, and the remainder on the Ist day ot April neat, when possession and good and clear titles will be given. Sale to commence at 2 o’clock P. M.of said day ~ . r , , DAVID WITMER, I rustee Tor the heirs of Samuel Miller, dec’d. O CL2 36-ts Home Education for a Select Nnmber of Young Ladies. Aston Ridge Seminary, near PhiDa Rev. B. S. Huntington, A. M., principal and Chaplain. •““Besides faithfully literary and religious in struction from well qualified preceptors, the pupils will enjoy theunestimable advantages of a retired, refined, und affectionate home in one of the most beaunfu l positions in the State. The subscriber-is gratified to learn that the number of admissions is o be restricted, that the school will partake essen hally of the characterof a private family.”— Bishop ~***.“ lam str ,°»g l y impressed with a conviction ttiat there is perhaps not a single institution of the tin™ 1 . H m r iC wi,r l J er< l- B°Ulld 8 ° UIld evan B e iical instruc tions, and a healthful religious influence are brought to hear more directly upon the forming character nf /i 6 supll?5 upll ?- — '*£?• G - w - RMgely, General Agent of the American Tract Society. 6 Gree"p rc odDd.l;T a pa PrinCipal ’ AstOn(Villa « e sep 10 Who Wants a Neat Fit? m ®°? TS ,A]* D SHOES. ' I 'HE undersigned thankful for past f»Yore,_tfe«. A respectfully informs his friends, and the Vll pubhe generally, that he is still to be found rMT no? I .’ S 4 3nd in n l f or , th Q ueen street, directlyopf f au ', mall s Black Horse Hotel, where he h£ on. hand a fine assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES, toJhf 1 ?’ “a Sentlemen>s wear, and is prepared to make to order, at all times and at the shortest “y description of the fashionable Boots no "„ wo ™, end at pnces which cannot tail to please. Give him a call. NT n M 4- 4 CHRISTIAN STIFFLE. Meeeing done in the neatest manner, and atfte shortest notice. [june 4-18-6 m oiennine White Cod Liver Oil. THIS oil is extracted from the fresh Livers' of the Cod Fish. - - . Is is highly recommended by the faculty in “?“»• A , ffection * of .'he Lungs, in Scrofulous and Neuralgic diseases, &c. Just-received and for sale at CHAS. A. HEINITSH*S Drug Store, East King street. - 29-lm M H. LOCHER, JL« Has just received ‘inn S “ CS ?l ang^'.r Sole Leather. 100 Shoe Skirting. 200 “ Finished Upper 30 Calf Skins. LastjjWest King sffiff&ff LEAtMr'S i f bs - b r tqm^SED prices at r R «, • for slle at the lowest Store- L - e «^» r Morocco end Bhoe Finding SHZI.VPJ*** «Unr 2nd door WesH? oteanman’s Hardware store, by. ;-./i i: ■ |aogl3 ; M.H.IACSM. JuK teceived' aiM now,ojienij»g,aVthe slore of Aw- -• -1,•!$«•*■ Siniew Street, . ofhesirable goods far, •Z’{ijS rb 1 cheap I! cheap ?If Now’, on hand,a superior lot oT “"o’ -" ' ai«o shawls: ;j - i Bay State,-4hg;dh4 squire; Silk vf!'*; 11 .Woolen Shawls, at alltbibei fjnFJ ‘Wofjf .Rno-StorifU grablSv B Kiki' P ?K-’‘?—fed'firchaiill ’TiRtP Satths; iintrer all I Toln'r.* the deMraWO' colors. Lupin’s French Merinoes! supeO Blact, 4 . Crirason o ;I. :H'EW. STYLE RIBBONS !f ' 'CL Rich Fignred and and Neck . Ribbons,; Beltings; &c- . >l.l ii . i .:'; ; : . , .peXemes ! . the best goods W .lhatlpncej: rich new style Figured ? C i37i:Ct3.j'.also a -case of handsome colors, at 12f ctsi —??• § ra^??f. b “E"S | offered in’Lancaster, m «w unbleached Muslins at6i„ 8, Flanheik i? 8- '' “ a Weßng?,., Fast colored 4, 6, 8 and 10 cents— a end'elegant assortment. stork'*?' 1 ?? YARNS! on hand a full °- :W F° • Yarn; frbm 62* to Now is the time for a fine choice and good bar gams r ‘at the chAp atore of ~ * ■ CHAS. M. ERBEN & BRO., National'Houfi© Building, > North Queen street. oct 8-37], Chas. M. Erben & Brellker^ HAVE just receiyeda-fine assortment .of supe , OIL CI&THS of variquß-widths, wmch will be sold very low; also a .large lot of CHEAP CARPETINGS !' Ca^,e£in^‘ ?0n V^aß Flikt CioTit Tasle Covers!— Just opened an TableToversl Cloth > Li »“> Cotton and Baize Blankets! Blankets! I—Super Heavy Blankets, at reduced priced ; also, a'fresh'and complete as sortment of Coach Trimmings, Shoemakers’ Trim mmgs, &c; We are daily receiving additions to ou* stock and are always ready gtvd Babgaiks ! • • CHAS. M. ERBEN & BRO., Natioal House Building, ‘North Queen street, oct 8-37] Excelsior Seminary, east orange street, Lancaster. The next session of this Institution under the charge of Miss Boyd,willcommenceonMON jua y, the -2nd .of SEPTEMBER. The year will be divided into two. sessions, of five months :each. Ihe course of instruction will be thorough’ and extensive, embracing all the solid and ornamental branches usually taught in the highest order of remaie Seminaries. TERMS;—For tuition in all the English and Scientific branches, together with Drawing, Paint ing, Needle-work, &c., per session $lO. Ancient and Modern Languages taught bv a Eu ropean, $lO. . J A akiJliul Professor will visit the School twice a week to give instruction in Vocal Music. For further particulars address M. J. BOYD, Principal. Lancaster, July 30, 1850. 26-tf Now is tbie time for Bargains'! EM. HAMBRIGHT respectfully informs the * pu.bltc, that he has just returned from Phila delphia, with the best selected stock of UNCUT CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND RICH SATIN AND SILK VESTINGS, ever offered in Lancaster. This stock having been bjr a com petent judge ol FASHIONABLE GOODS, as well as a first-rate judge of their quali ty, he flatters himself able to meet the wants of his customers in the most satisfactory manner, and as sureß all who may. favor him with a call, that no eitorts will be spared to promote their interest. He is still to be found at his old stand in West King Btreet, in the room formerly occupied by G' Meeser, as a Looking Glass Store, ’and one door east of C. Hager and Son’s Dry Goods Store oct 8 ’5O The Ladies A n . respectfully invited to call at DR. RAWLINS’ MEDICAL HALL, N. Queen Street Lancaster. Dr. R. would be pleased to snow them his extensive assortment of PFRFUMERY, FANCY SOAPS, BRUSHES, &c. such as. Extracts, Aromatic Vinegar, Eau Lustral, Beef Marrow, Bear’s Grease, Philocome Stick Pomatum, Dear’s Oil, Cologne, Mecassar Oil, Toilet r ’„°s- M ? rr0 L ' V ’ Sand Soa P> V elvet Chalk,’Lily Wlute, Paffs, Lachets, Court Plaster, Indelible'ink, Brown Windsor, Floating, Omnibus, Palm, Almond! Rahway’s Chinese Medicated, Lavender, Shell, Eagle, Oval, Ribbed, Washington, Circassian, and Transparent Soaps. Barry’sTricopherous Teaberry Toothwash, RoseToothPowder, Boerhaave’s Odon talgic. Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes, &c., fitc. KrThe prices are so low they will astonish you ma y 14 ,16 Valuable Farm for Sale. THE subscriber offers at private sale that valua ble farm, situated in Dickinson township, Cum- Denand county, between the Walnut Bottom and korge roads, and convenient to Moore’s mill CONTAINING 195 ACRES, oi excellent limestone land, about 150 acres of which are cleared, and in a good state of cultiva tion, the remainder is well covered with woodland. n?.woS provements are a LOG dwelling pa HOUSE, anew BANKJ3ARN, and other Out-SHB buildings. Two wells of never failing wate“ ORCHABn‘V he *l 0 “ aeand and alarge apple ORCHARD of grafted trees is on the premises. Persons wishing to view the property can call on the undersigned, or on the premises. ( . . NATHAN WOODS. 27-tf August 6, 1850. CONESTOGA STOVE STORE IB's - ®Enaiis , i?iLaiy iedbjpihhb.” EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER. I DESIRE to call the attention of the public to my extensive stock of STOVES, suited to the "“ t8 ° f ,J \ e P?°P‘ e tfci* county.’ Having madl valuable additions td my former large stock, I am now prepared to offer a great variety of the verv best patterns and styles in the market, at the lowest prices. Give me an early call. S3-All Castings made of the best Iron in the , country, and warranted for one year. OLD METAL TAKEN IN EXCHANGE My stock consists in part of the following New Improved Parlor Cooking Stoves, New Air-tight for burning Coal, Celebrated Victory, Complete Cook, Hathaway’s Cook, Ten Plate do, Buck’s do Benedict’s Coal Burner, Paragon do Radiators. Coal Stoves of various other patterns, together Siff 1 assortment of Nine-plate WOOD STOVES, for sale, wholesale and retail, at the Store of C. KIEFFER, East King ttreet, Lancaster. 36-ffm Timothy Seed. 200 B . US ,?‘ ? RLME TIMOTHY SEED, clear t other seeds. Ju.t received and for sale at the cheap Hardware Store of REUBEN S. ROHRER, East King street. ang 20-tf-30] Etonomy in Waahlne. WEBH-5 WASHING POWDER'wiII render T T unnecessary the use' of eitherWasbingßoard or Machine, and prevent the .wear and tear uf the usual rubbing process. Warranted hot to injure fiS? 8 * Sold wholesale and retail at Dr. Medical Hall, North Queen street. N. B. . Dr. R- is,, the sole agent for Lancaster City and County. ' " [maj 14-16 Harrtson’s Ink. HARRISON’S celebrated . Ink in .Quart, Pint, HalrPint and Gill Bottles, may be had on en- MILXER’S Dreg Store, ‘ Wast 1 King street. quiry at ’ aug 27-31 J Townscnrt’sSarsaparllla. SP. ami Old Jacob : Townsend's Sarsaparilla , celebrated, alike for the care of all diseases incident to, and arising from, an impure State of the Blood, may always he bad fresh and genuine from ' GEO-A. MILLER, r_, v . “"gprt. West King.Veet.' >. Inducements will be Offered to those whb buy by the quantity. - '' [aug 27-31 ' ■ _ ifJampMne op Pine Oil 1 n beat: quality is .sold at Dr. Rawtihs’ Medical Llall, North Queen st., Lanciater, at 14 c ? nu a quart. [.phi 16-12-ly wm< , -± Dr. Jb|m' :,i • V u;.,.r„- - • - •i>'E'’KTIST NO. 8, EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER ! TOHN cour * ei ' Lectures, JhSß^., apdLgßtduated.withi',high honttrt in HctjWWk .wits “the fessiop, wt fn] o&bMit&tion in recoirimeTwTin»S»‘ “ wort hy.-°^public'cnhfidnn ce andpatronage* “ p . : Ci . A : D.; D; oil :i> Pn>r'_rn : c. O. Cone. D. D.S.. -■ i ■—— ; - >• • - 4js-.tr ~ “How Beautiful!” “Ho W Mfe-iike »> I u HOWiDELICATE AND FINE!” I .o p™™ S 0 fte G c.eSl^ 3 RO °MS, I for beamy ;°f;Bjiaduig,. depth of tone knd^ 1 *^ H ' C * 1 > I of finish* are unequalled by any’pieturo.l e ega J c 0 in Lancaster, and S S" the best artists in the larger cities 7 “ “ b * ancH&kenwn^ne 1 phite* °^P er s°ns neatly arranged 1 & “WtSyho£ shS^ 15 ’ Breast Pi “.' «iue». !eT% tZ/ul eyety ™* DCe ’ Piutur« niarran. Dentistry. ; ofLanca“er, o tl l atftey t Lveremo C 'ved^|^ F^Lbn|s C where. a“y LX ifllpiis' April 9 'fiO-iy-lOj REID & CARMAN. JACOB L. GROSS k, Attorney at Law, Office, Centre Square, EPHRATA—ovpotite Groetf Hotel, .wponte WHERE he will attend to the practice of his profession in all its various branches ajho Surve«inff—and ali kindfl a#* . writing Deeds* Wills, Mortgaged .tktiTlS"' 1 ” 8 ’ trators and Executors’ AcLnnta, & c LfthTen’ rac, and despatch. [Apr 2 ;^3“ REMOVAL, JOHN.M. AMWEG, ttao Attorney at Law, H A Cor„ r r:rc d sf.“ Bomberger, and two doors we,t of the LanZner ~ ■ [July 30-26-t! W a uriLiiiiv. ■ mHEa Oppo&e tyaiikanan's (formerly Scholfiddtj Hat'd '"• til Queen.st., Lancaster, p a .’ I "heartily recommend to the people hi Lancaster all others to whom this mav com* . e > Grndnte of the Baltimore College oHJenm'l aylan > as a gentleman eminently qnlmed to profession in a skillful practice his mmm Profeasor.of Special Pathology and Th^’r, M ; D ' ■ the Baltimore College of Dental SurgSy m Lancaster, Dec. 11, >49. 46-tf william s. amweg, ~" and the prosecution of all mnnno, r 1 • >cnsi ,°ns, ssjSa^^aiS not mto afford aatisfactio “ ' h “ c “- Ihe La C ncaa,erß*nk Ueen Str<!Bt ’” e “““o a .ebelow Nov. 20, 1849 ® r ' **• M. Moore & Son, R DENTISTS, ' t E h S e E n E „hr rDLLY ,? nomce t 0 th ' ir Oioad* and Pressure, from a single tooth to a Mlk' lull set j carious and decayed teeth rendered sound and healthy by . -i. e e “ d With in all eases moderate. BCT Office in North Queen atrnW from the Court House and .d-I--’ . * ’Snare Mayer’s Hardware Stor" d ani nn g f' Geor ? a Kauffman’s Hotel > “nd nearly opposite 1 [apnl 30 ’5O-t£l4 GEO. w. McELROY " ■ ' 1 attorney at U W) H/gS otcerfetTo^, 0 " ££ e I "‘“- With Hieah B. Swahe, Esq q ’ n theroom Lancaster, April 2,lBfiOL ’ ®®o. W* Hunter, •ATTORNEY jiT LA W. oFwLC^°^0 F wL C^°^? yke Btreet > one d «°' above °®' e with correctness aiid: despatch April 12, >so' . . SURGEON : *? northeast corner of orange and Worth queen Streets, , Lancaster,;pa Lancaster, July 3, 1849, Landis fc-black, . „, ATTOR MES AT LAW yBKe-—Three.,dpora kslow., the Lannaiter Bant Dpj>H oAjl 0 A jlr kl 2 da ° jcnvenw g> '“ch an writing Will*. . Accounta.&c., will be attended to with correctness and despatch January 16, 1849 fil CHESNUT ST. HOUSE SAMUEL MILLER, ’ N°, Kl CHimOf SL, Between 3i & 4tA m PHIL ADEL Pit FA ■ BOARDING $l,OO feAday. . : ; —: — : -; i 'iff T BeOKS Had ANNUALS, the largeif iari- VXety, and in the moetjoperh hindine, Jor aale eh “p.« •.. «pangok»|,k^?4?-:^ NO. 45.
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