z 4be Untaidet linteltigenter GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. SANDERSDN, Associate.. LANOA§TICR, PA., kIAY 29„, 1860 cracinewirtiar, Pim, WO Der liinnin• Air a 11. Mama 0c1,9 Anviamarn AtaloY, 119 Naaaa atreet r lfew Yo& - nad 10 Eltatiltnart, Boston. 8. M. Pseraifen.t.a.Vo.; are Agents for The lirocasier Ziefeilfoemor, aridtheinoort influential and t h e tholotto Vag Nempapers In the trnited States and the °midst.— They are authorized to contract for us at ow ;meat rater DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS: FOR GOVERNOR: HENRY D; FOSTER, of Westmoreland. u-The Democratic Party recognizes In Its creed no "Higher Law "—lt teaches no "Irrepressible Conflict "—lt does not teach Abe treasonable dogma of Lincoln, that "this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free"--it "incites no deluded fanatics to disturb tholtalkoired shades of Mount Vernon and Monticello, by (a traitor's call for servile Insurrection. EL EC/ TiOiRS: ELNA.TOWAL =AMES. George M. Heim, of Beaks county Richard Vita:, of Philadelphhi. 1. Frederick Server, 2. William 0. Patterson, B. Joseph Crockett, jr., 4. J. G. Brenner, 5. J. W. Jacoby, 8. Charles Kelly, 7. 0. P. ,James, 8. Dasid Scholl, 0. Joel L. Lightner, • 10. S. 8. Barber, - 11. T. H. Waiker 12. ft. 8. Wluchasler, 18. Joseph Lanbach, THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The Republican Platform is an odd jumble of inconsistencies, and a blundering effort at reconciling conflicting opinions and interests. After the usual denunciation of the 'Demo cratic party, the resolutions proceed to deal in broad generalities that may be construed any way to suit the prejudices of the reader. The eighth resolution -makes the broad asser tion "that our Republican fathers abolished slavery in all our national territory," which is false in fact, and contrary to history. It then declares that it is the duty of Congress to legislate for the prohibition of slavery in the Territories, while at the same time it denies the authority of Congress or of a Ter ritorial Legislature to give legal existence to slavery anywhere. The Tariff resolution is so thoroughly noncommittal and meaningless, that we copy it'entire: Twelfth. -That while providing revenue for the support of the General Government, by duties upon imposts, a sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country, and we recom mend that policy of national exchange which secures to the working men liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and indepen dence. It will be seen that the word "protection " is not once used. The resolution is but an enlargement of the clause of the Constitution giving Congress power " to provide for the general welfare," and the out-and out free. trader may subscribe to it without yielding an inch, for it commits him to no protective policy whatever. The resolution is not at all satisfactory to the Pennsylvanians. The Chicago correspondent of Forney's Press says of them, that " having expected a cordial endorsement of their high . tariff principles, they are disappointed and indignant at the vague and cold endorsement they have re ceived." The fourteenth resolution is a bid for the German vote of the North-West, and a direct bloW at the Know Nothing section of the Republican party. We also copy it: Fourteenth.—That the National RepubliCan party is opposed to any change in our Natur alization laws, or any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands, shall be abridged or impaired, and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad. The Philadelphia Inquirer hitherto Repub lican in politics, condemns the platform in Coto. It denounces this resolution in particu lar,. "as a fatal blow aimed against the American element of the People's party in the two States (Pennsylvania and New Jersey) where the contest must be decided," and winds up by saying that " the moderate portion of the Republican party has been driven to the wall by fanatics." The platform, tile reported, was adopted with two amend ments. One was the addition of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence to the second resolution. The other was the striking out of the word " National " from the 14th resolution. In this resolution, the term "National Republican Party" is used. The proceedings inform us that " Judge Jessup moved to strike out the word " National," as it is not the name . by which the party was properly known." The motion was carried, so that the Convention has publicly acknowl edged that the Republican party is what Democrats have always said it was—a sectional Party, not national, but thoroughly sectional in its composition and aims. "If I were in Congress, and a vote should come up on a question whether slavery should be prohibited in a new Territory, in spite of the Drdd Scott decision, I would vote that it should."—Abram Lincoln. From the above declaration of the Republi can candidate for the Presidency, delivered in Chicago - on the 16th of July, 1858, it appears that he repudiates the doctrine of submission to the decisions made by the judicial tribunals of the country. This is a singular declaration to come from the lips of a public man, and especially one who aspires to the chief magistracy of the country. Is this the present attitude of Mr. Lincoln? Does he now declare himself independent of the judiciary? Will he, if elected President of the United States, disregard its iuterpre tation of the Constitution ? These are queries which, while they bad no particular significance when uttered by Mr. Lincoln as a private citizen, are now invested with new importance, when he seeks an elec tion to the first office in the country. Will he or his friends tell us whether be stands by his publicly avowed doctrines of two years ago? "HONEST OLD ABE." This is the soubriquet giveir to the Black Republican candidate for Presid'ent, by the Opposition press of this city, and our neigh bor of The Union displays what purports to be his likeness, in the last issue of that paper. If the picture be not a caricature, then "Honest Old Abe" is, by a long slice, the ugliest specimen of humanity that ever aspired to the Presidential office. His eyes resemble very much the condition of Heenan's after his enaounter with the English bruiser Sayers, as reported in the papers, and his whole physiognomy would indicate his fitness to grace any other place rather than the Executive Mansion at Washington. We hope friend Oochran will take the disagreeable looking profile out of his form, as a sight of it is enough to make his Republican readers sick on the stomach! Ugh I the nasty thing! It is the very personification of ugliness A WOOLLY GATHERING. The Black Republicans, knowing that there would lie , a great crowd of people in this city on yesterday, (Whit Monday,) it being a sort of holiday for the country folks, held their a t fi oa t o n Meeting, and will, doubtless, pub it far and near as a monster mass meeting. ~.Askour paper.had to go to press before the "its ;c igiipAyetted on yesterday afternoon, we iirli'oliligsjtodefersuiriciticie of it until next The Representatives of Pennsylvania in the Chicago Convention appear, from the report of the proceedings, to have been treated in the most shabby and contemptuous manner.-: They :were snubbed -all round, for - sailing under false colors; and perhaps the cold treatment they received at the hands of the genuine Republicans of other States induced them:to display extraordinary zeal in "assist ing to procure the nomination of a rank Abol itionist like latrcour, and to purify themselves from the slightest remaining taint of Ameri canism. Mr. WILVOT, who with that other arch renegade from the Democittcy, ANDREW H. REEDER, aspired to the leadership of the Pennsylvania delegation, having made objec tion to delegates from slave States casting the full vote of the States they pretended to represent, Mr. Palmer, of Maryland, said that he stood before this free. Convention as a Republican of the State of Maryland. [Cheers and throe cheers for Maryland.] He claimed to be as good a Republican as the People's Party of Pennsylvania. He had dared more and risked more than the gentlemen from Pennsylvania had ever risked or dared. He had avowed himself a Republican, while the People's Party of Pennsylvania were still afraid to declare themselves thorough Republi cans. [lmmense applause.] He had been jeered by a mob in Baltimore, and on his return home had been burnt in effigy, and hung by . the neck by a mob led on by Federal office holders. He claimed that if the party hoped to succeed they must organize through. out the Union. He repelled the accusation that Maryland was the tool of any Northern State. They were unpurchased and unpur chasable, and they told Pennsylvania to put that in its pipe' and smoke it. [lmmense cheers.] He cared not if Maryland was turned out of the Convention. 14. J. Beckhow, 15. George D. Jackson, 16. J. A. Alit, 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. B. Crawford, 19. H. N. Lee, 24; J. B. Howell, 21. N. P. Fetterman, 2L Samuel Marshall, 23. 191111 am Book, 24. B. D. Hamlin, 25. Gaylord Church. Mr. —, of Texas, said he did not believe the Republicans would stifle the voice of Texas because she was an infant child. She was at least growing. He regretted that the motion should come from a gentleman from Pennsylvania, a State that was afraid even now to declare herself as a pure Republican organization, and did not dare to...stand upon pure Republican principles alone. [Cheers and hisses from the Pennsylvanians.] Suck action was contemptible. On another occasion, when the Convention was about deciding the question whether a majority of all the electoral votes of the Union or only a majority of votes cast should be re quired to nominate, the following colloquy occurred : Mr. GOODRICH, of Minnesota, asked that the representatives of the People's Party of Penn sylvania be excused from voting. [Cries of order and hisses.] Mr. REEDER, of Pennsylvania, said that the delegates from • Pennsylvania had found it necessary to retire to consult. He understood some person to say that the People's Party of his State had no right to vote. He desired to know the name of that gentleman. [Cheers and cries of " Order."] Mr. GOODRICH said that he had not ques tioned the right of the People's Party to vote, but the name of the State having been called for the fourth time, and the delegates being unable to vote on their own proposition, he had asked that they be excused from voting out of feelings of humanity. So it appears that the Republicans had so little respect for men sailing under the false colors of " People's Party " representatives, that delegates seized every occasion to snub and insult them. It is not surprising that genuine Republicans should feel and express contempt for such a transparent fraud as the "People's Party." We learn from Washington that on Tuesday last, at noon, the Japanese Ambassadors, attended by several of their suite, with the United States Naval Commissioners, visited the State Department for the purpose of rati fying the treaty made between the two nations. The Washington States of that evening says that on the company reaching the Department, Capt. PORTER and Mr. PottrueN, the Presi• dent's Interpreter, entered arm in arm with with the two foremost Princes. The treaties were then exhibited and signed by the three first Princes and two of the officials. The signatures were written on parchment made from the bark of a tree, which is first pressed into a pulp, and then spread out to dry:— General Cass then said to them that it afforded him great pleasure to exchange the treaties, and he hoped that it would bind the two countries together more closely. The Ambas sadors replied, through their Interpreters, that they were exceedingly obliged to the Secretary, and hoped that the peace between the two governments might be everlasting.— They were then informed that all the business was accomplished, and all returned to the hotel. The New York Herald of Thursday says: The Japanese are pretty near ' ly played out in Washington. They have created a good impression. They are amiable, polite (ex ceedingly polite), and apparently highly amused or entertained or surprised with every. thing they see and hear. Like all other dar. complexioned people, they soon acquire a liking for segars and brandy. In lounging about their hotel, they. seem to plume them selves upon the dignity which attaches to a man with a segar in his mouth, and we have heard it alleged that even the princes of the Embassy can punish a brandy smash or a cock tail in a style that would do honor to a Texan ranger. It is said, also, that finding it to be the custom of the country, they are very fond of shaking hands with the ladies. We have even heard it alleged that, notwith standing the solemn oath, involving for its violation the penalty of death, which they took, every man of this Embassy, before leaving Japan, to keep themselves perfectly exempt from any contact with the crinoline of the outside barbarians during their absence, there is danger, if these Celestials do not look sharp, of some executions among them on their return. Let them be careful, therefore, in their reconnoisances round this city, and every other American city in which they may sojourn a few weeks or days, or they may be called to a fearful account when the chief censor renders in his report of the Embassy at Jeddo. The Japanese are expected in Baltimore on Thursday of this week, and will leave on the next day, or day after, for Philadelphia, where ample preparations have been made to receive them with distinguished honors. A very destructive storm passed along the course of the Ohio river, froM Louisville to Marietta, on the evening of Monday the 21st inst. The damage to property is estimated at $1,000,000. All the towns and villages along the river suffered severely, and at Cin cinnati a large number of buildings were either wholly or paitially blown down. All the steamboats on the water are more or less injured, and thirty-six pairs of coal boats are known to have sunk. But the worst of all is the destruction of human life—not less than one hundred lives are believed to have been lost during the progress of the tornado. The storm extended along the line of the Cincin nati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, and in many places the road was literally covered with a forest of fallen timber. There has never, in the recollection of the oldest inhab itants, been a storm of equal severity in that section of the country. . Jtfm &Drum:, Wheitbetbar evidence do you want of g Old Abe'e" ability , thait'that.he watt able to recognise one s :t the Lancaster delegation, as the eon of hie father!" A correspondent of the Ittpreas stays he did it easily. SHABBY TREATMENT. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY A TERRIFIC TORNADO For. The Intell!moor. A SMART CANDIDATE. THE “PEOPLEMPARTY” ABAN- DOSED. The Harrisburg Patriot very truthfully remarks that the nomination of ABRAM LlM coot, an out and out " irrepressible conflict" man, by the Republican Convention, applies a severe test to that deceptive humbug, the " People's Party" of PennsylYania. 'The question is now presented to those Americans who have acted with the organization, with ilre understanding that it - was a fair compro mise between Republicans and Americans, whether they will consent to be transferred to the support of an avowed Abolitionist— for such LINCOLN unquestionably is. The Republicans of this State think that they have played a very shrewd game, and that the Americans are caught so completely in their toils that they cannot extricate them selves. It is curious to observe the gradual process by which the American party of 1854 and 1855 has been transformed into the Republican party of 1860. In those years the American idea was the prominent princi ple incorporated into the . Platform of the Opposition in this State. In 1856 the Repub licans. and Americans were separated to some extent by different candidates for President. In 1857 a combination was formed between the two factions of the Opposition under the name of American-Republican, and this title Was generally adopted throughout the Com monwealth in their County Conventions.— During the years 1858 and 1859 the alliance was continued under the newly invented name of the " People's Party." The delegates to Chicago were elected by a Convention called by this " People's Party ;"—but instead of fulfilling the trust committed to them, by laboring for the nomination of a moderate candidate for President, they deserted after the first ballot, and assisted in the nomination of ABRAM LINCOLN, one of the most violent and extreme Black Republicans of the West. But this was not all—they also helped to pass a resolution distinctly repudiating the principles of the American party, with which they professed to be associated, in the follow ing words of the fourteenth resolution : Resolved—That the National Republican party is opposed to any change in our natur alization laws, or any State legislation by which the rights to citizenship hitherto as to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired, and in favor of giv ing a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, at home and abroad. The very men who represented Pennsyl vania in the Convention, and assisted to pass this resolution, contended, less than five short years ago, that the salvation of the country depended upon changing the naturalization laws—and now they wheel square around and deny their own cherished principles, at the bidding of their Republican masters! It is a striking illustration of the tergiversations, faithlessness, insincerity, and unprincipled character of Opposition politicians. The course pursued by these delegates must terminate the alliance between the Americans and Republicans maintained under the name of " People's Party," if there is a spark of manhood or principle remaining in the Amer icans. They were not only basely sold at Chicago, but grossly insulted into the bargain ; and if they can stand all that, they will henceforth submit to any indignity. We shall see. THE “IRIIEPRESSIBE CONFLICT." Mr. Lincoln's sentiments in regard to sla very are quite as extreme as Seward's. He is said to be the originator of the irrepressible conflict doctrine, which he pronounced in a speech delivered in Springfield, Illinois, June 17, 1858, while Seward's speech on that topic was made in October, 1858. • The following passage of Lincoln's speech contains the doc trine : "In my opinion it will not-cease—(the slavery agitation)—until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. Ido not expect the Union to be dissolved—l do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States—old as well as new—North as well as South." In another speech at Chicago, on the 16th of July, 185 S, he said: " I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any Abolitionist. I have been an old line Whig. I have always hated it, and I always believed it in course of ultimate ex tinction. If I were in Congress, and a vote should come up on a question whether slavery should be prohibited in a New Territory, in spite of the Bred Scott decision I would vote that it should." In another speech at Springfield, 111., July 17, 1858, occurs the following,' which savors strongly of John Brownism "I nevertheless did mean to go on the banks of the Ohio and throw missile§ into Kentucky, to disturb them in their domestic institutions." WIGWAMS AND RAILS! Instead of "Log Cabins" and "Hard Cider," the claptrap devices of the Opposi tion in 1840, we are to have " Wigwams " and " Splitting of Rails," in 1860. The New York Journal of Commerce thus foreshadows these appliances by which the Chicago man-. agers hope to throw dust in the eyes of the people: " Probably an attempt will be made to raise a factious issue ; to present him as 'honest Abe Lincoln,' nominated in the Wigwam, the candidate who can 'split rails and maul the Democrats.' There will be a great excitement throughout the land, and 'Wigwams' will be built now, as Log Cabins were in 1840 ; the passions instead of the judgments of the people will be appealed to, and the attention of the public diverted, as far as possible, from the real issues before the country." ABOLITION UNFAIRNESS Since LINCOLN has been nominated, what purports to be a report of the discussions which took place between him and DOUGLAS in the great Senatorial struggle of 1858, in Illinois, has announced for sale. This report is said to be anything but correct.— The speeches of LINCOLN have been so changed and improved in style and sentiment, by his friends, that they cannot be recognized by those who heard them delivered, or" read them in print immediately afterwards. A committee on revision has had them in charge. GOOD ADVICE I Our neighbor of the Examiner, who was an ardent Cameron man, professes to be jubilant at the nomination of ABE LINCOLN, but advises his Republican friends not to bet on his election! Sensible advice, that. We always knew our friend JOHN was careful of the dimes, but never before suspected that he was conscientiously "opposed to betting!" THE NATIONAL Caisis.—We have received the first number of a neat little Democratic paper, published in pamphlet form of sixteen pages, at Washington City, and edited by Theophilus Fiske, Esq., formerly of the Phila delphia Argun. Mr. F. is one of the best writers of the age, and will wield a vigorous pen in defence of Democratic principles. We wish him abundant success. It will be pub lished monthly at the very low price of twenty five cents per annum. Messrs. FISKE & Co. also propose to publish a weekly campaign paper, at Washington City, to be called " The Expositor," for fifty cents to I Ile subscribers. REWARD AND LINCOLN. The public career of Wm. H. Seward is olsed forever. From this time forward, and r aye, he belongs to the history of his court / . Like' Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, he has been slain by the party to:Which he gave , . . strength, power, and vitalitik He no r longer - . lives as a politician. He now exists only as an historical reminiscence. 'He certainly can-. not any longer take an interest in the - Si:011W of a party which has proved so totally un worthy of himself and his labors. If Mr. Seward should remain in the Senate, he cannot hereafter be anything more than a partisan chief. He must, in the coming con test, play second fiddle to Abe Lincoln—a man who is more rabidly abolitionised than' was John Brown, while at the same time, be possesses none of the boldness and courage of that Rob Roy of the party. While in his heart he must despise Abe Lincoln—for his want of mental qualifications, for big ii.experience, and for his fanaticism; not tempered either with judgment or policy —yet like Fergus Maclvor, he must be the master spirit of the confederacy to elevate to power this modern Pretender—to meet with the fate of Maclvor, and to feel that ander such a leader defeat is inevitable. What a contrast between the candidate that is, and the candidate that should bel Lincoln, the rough-hewn, brawling village politician—the .Momus of bar-room 'politi cians, always ready for the rough joke and the-foul and filthy double entendre—bold, talkative, and disputatious—courageous when there is no danger—ready to locate upon the banks of the Ohio, and to cast missiles into Kentucky," always careful to keep on the safe side of the stream —an enemy of his coun try in the time of war—distinguishing him self while in Congress by voting against supplies to our gallant soldiers while fighting the battles of the country upon the bloody fields of Mexico, and thus giving countenance and support to the enemy, for which traitor ous act he should have been ridden upon one of his own rails—an Abolitionist of the deep est dye, and liable to be led to the most ex treme lengths by . men of greater ability and more force of intellect--possessing neither education nor refinement—he will, as he has ever been, be whirled along in the maelstrom of unbridled passion and fanaticism, the mere creature of circumstances, reckless and uncal culating, without sufficient reasoning powers and with an- unbalanced mind, he must from necessity become the tool of others. As an evidence of the man's utter want of enlarged statesmanlike views, he has already announc ed that " the government cannot endure per manently half slave and half free ;" it " must become all one thing or all the other ;" " either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward," &c. And this is the man that, under tho force ofthe outside pressure around the big wigwam, at Chicago, received the nomination of the Black Republican Party for the Presidency. It was for such a man as this that they set aside the claims of William H. Seward—a gentleman and scholar—a sagacious and ac complished statesman, of great experience, and the soul and life of the Republican Party —a man remarkable for his cool caution and his freedom from passion; and although he was the advocate of the " irrepressible con flict" doctrine, as enunciated by Lincoln in his speech made two years ago, which we have already quoted in this article, yet in his hands it was a very different affair with Mr. Seward. It would, in all probability, have been deprived of that incendiary fanaticism which is to mark its developemente in the hands of a man, who, as a statesman in Congress, is only distinguished for his treason to his coun try, and whose highest ambition was to " locate on the banks of the Ohio and cast missiles into Kentucky." When the rivalry and envy which has made him a martyr shall have been buried in the same deep political grave with William H. Seward, then will the miserable fanatical creatures, who - slaugfiThred him at Chicago, understand that whom " the gods mean to destroy, they first make mad."—Philadelphia Argus. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM We clip from the Louisville Courier, the following very clear and satisfaCtory explana tion of the state of the question in relation to a platform, in the regular Charleston Con vention, at the time of its adjournment to Baltimore. It is from the pen of Robert McKee, Esq., one of the accomplished:editors of that paper, and who was one of the secre taries of the Convention : The exact condition in which the Platform was left by the Charleston Convention seems to be in doubt. An Indiana exchange, perhaps unintentionally, says the majority report of the Committee on Resolutions was adopted, and the Southern delegates withdrew because the minority report, presented by the members of the committee from the slaveholding States, was rejected. And the Lexington Statesman, whose editor is usually so well informed, gives the minority report, including the second resolution and the preamble thereto, as having been adopted by the Convention. Three reports were made. That of the majority of the committee, through Mr. Avery, of N. C., their-Chairman, affirmed the Cin cinnati platform, asserted the doctrine of protection of slave property in the Territories; defined the rights of a Territory in regard to admission into the Union and its status when admitted, and contained resolutions in favor of the acquisition of Cult., of the faithful execution of the fugitive slave law, of protect ing naturalized citizens, whether at home or abroad, and of such aid as can be constitu tionally given to the Pacific railroad. The minority report presented by .Mr. Samuels, of lowa, indorsing the Cincinnati platform, and takinc , the same position on other subjects, instead of the resolutions reported by the majority, on the subject of slavery in the Territories, contained the following preamble and resolution : That inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of slavery within the Territories. Resolved, That the democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States over the institution of slavery within the Territories. Still another report—the Cincinnati plat. form, " pure and simple "—was made by Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts. The last was presented as a substitute -for the minority report, and, as such, was rejected by the Convention, those voting a g ainst it thus indicating that they preferred the report for which it was proposed to substitute. Then the question being on the adoption of the minority report as a substitute for' that presented by Mr. Avery, the resolution and preamble above quoted were struck out by a decided vote, being a Douglas defeat. The balance of Samuels' resolutions were adopted; and thus a direct vote upon the majority report was prevented ; and the platform, as it now stands, containing nothing positively objectionable, altogether ignores the great questions which now agitate the country.— The just demands of the Southern delegates for a recognition of their rights in the Terri tories, and of the duty of the Federal Govern ment in relation thereto, not having. been complied-with, a portion of them withdrew from the Convention, and the balance retired for consultation. The result of this consul tation was, that the " Tennessee resolutions," which have heretofore appeared in our columns, with one explanatory of the two-third rule, were offered by Mr. Howard, of Tennessee, as the " ultimatum of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The explanatory resolution was adopted. The other, in regard to the platform, laid over one day, under the rules. It was not acted upon before the adjournment, and will, unquestionably, be called up at Baltimore, and it is to be hoped, passed. The platform, consequently, is not yet perfected. As far as it goes, nothing erroneous 'or objectionable is in it. The Tennessee resolu tion, when added, will satisfy the people of the slaveholding States, and guarantee justice to all. A CONTEDIPTIBLE PARTY! The "People's Party" of Pennsylvania appears to have been a mere beggar at Chicago —suffered to sit in the Convention, but with out a particle of influence. So much was it despised by the pure breed of Black Republi. cans there, that it was refused a member on the National Executive Committee! Such a Party—so , poor, :so openly aislicitored—may CITY AND 0017 - NTY AFFAIRS• Ta Dr acNOTIIIAN ANNIVERSA ay.--T he 25th Anniversary of the Diagnothian Literary Society took place, at Fulton Hall, on Friday evening, and a crowded and faihionable audience was assembled. The stage was appropriately and peofurely-- 41.o:united with evywgreeturi, ae., and over the top was the motto of the FocietfisiHreridt, lett* which translated reads 4 91rtue eivrinui hat f01k4,4, Histdes the rgarakers74 the evening on ;,,the were the Faculty axed a number of prominent cillatins. Fentibles' Fiend occdpied Orchestirag - altd. regaled the audience - with delightful thrhic between the intervals. Mie r " speakers acquitteil themselves with great credit, having their parts well st i ndied, and riveting the attention of the audience to their subjects. The young gentlemen seemed to have completely woo the affections of the fair sea, if the numerous boquets showered'on the daze was any criterion to judge by. To the Committee of Arrangement, Messrs. ithed, Miller, Keener, Kialhofer; Leferre and Bibighans, is due the credit for the good order and comfort which prevailed. They were untiring and assiduoid in their attentions. We take great pleasure. in commending their course as worthy of imitation by future committees of a similar character. We annex the programme of the list of speakers, with their sattlectrynot baring the room to make any further comments: Prologue—Written by H. C. Beeler, Esq.—Chas L. Bit Unger, Hanover, Pa. Anniversary Address—Man and his Soil—W. A. Ching,* Shrewsbury, Pa- Oration—The Lombard magna—W. C,Cremer, Mammals melstown, Pa. Oration—Citizen and State—R. 0. Bragoider, Martins burg, Va. . Eulogy—Reroute ,Nightingale—A. C. Beineehl, Lances ter, Pa. Oration—The Central States—J. 0. Knipe, New Hanover, Bpilogne—J. A. Lefeyre, Littlestown, Pa. ■Excused from speaking on account of sickness THE WASHINGTON LADIES' FAlR.—Decidedly the finest Ladies' Fair held in this city for a long while is now in progress at the Washington Engine House, North Queen street. The display of fine articles of every kind, the arrangement, and decorations of the halls, rare truly among the beat we have ever seen. And then, to add a finishing touch to the scene, the hoot of pretty young ladies on hand is a eight well calculated to draw the last quarter from the pocket of the most niggardly, old bachelor living! We paid a visit to the Fair the other evening, and were almost tempted, by the bewitching smiles and " now wont you take a chance" of our fair blue and black-eyed friends, to invest largely in the articles on hand, but on making the tour of our capacious purse and pockets "nary red" was to be found! We tried our best, however, to support the dignity of the profession, and of course, looked neither " penny wise nor pound foolish." The Fencibles' Band occupy Aleosition outside of the building on an elevated platform, and their splendid music attracts tre mendous crowds to that portion of North Queen street. The Fair is proving a complete success, in fact we under stand, going far beyond the Managers' expectations. The Washington may well feel proud of their Lady friends. JUVENILE ORCHESTRA.--Prof. Kevinski's Juvenile Orchestra, consisting of twenty-three capital per. formers, gave a concert to a full house at Fulton Hall on Thursday evening last. The selections were admirable, and the pupils acquitted themselves handsomely, reflect ing the highest credit on their able and efficient instructor and themselves. ROBBERY IN SADSBURY TOWNBHIP.—Op Saturday afternoon week, between three and four o'clock the house of Mr. John G. Fogel, in Sadsbnry twp., near Smyrna, was entered during the absence of the family and several watches and other articles carried away. The list of articles embraces the following : A double-cased English silver watch, valued at $10; a gold'ring valued at $2 50 ; a silk pocket handkerchief, with the letter P marked with silk on the corner; a bunch of keys, and a pocket book, with several receipts, and about $l5 in money. Mr. Fogle offers a reward of $2O for the recovery of the money and conviction of the thief. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—On Monday eve ning last, about seven o'clock, says the Manheim Sentinel of Friday, during the thunder storm, the barn of Mr. Daniel Brandt, on the—Lebanon road, about half a mile north of this place was struck by the electric fluid, which passed along the lightning rod to the ground, and from thence through the foundation wall, killing a heifer in the stable; after which it passed to the entry; tearing up the floor and knocking down the tenant, who was at the time feeding the stock. Providentially ho escaped without receiving any serious injury; the only accident happening to him being the bursting open of the boot on his right foot. Mies DOLLIE DIITTOSI.—The Little Fairy intends visiting our city soon. This wonderful little Lady is 10 years old, weighs but 13 lbs., is finely proportioned„ and could very easily hide herself in a man's boot. She is now attracting thousands to Bee her in Philadelphia, and Will doubtless attract crowded houses iu this city when she makes no the promised visit. FIRE.—On Friday morning, about 1 o'clock, a fire broke nut in a frame building in the rear of No. 9 West King street, used as a workshop and storage room for Lipp's Tinware Establishment. The building was formerly the Express printing office. It belongs to Miss Wiant, and her loss is fully covered by insurance. Mr. Lipp's loss is between two and three hundred dollars. THE. HOMESTEAD BILL The Homestead bill, which passed the Sen ate a few days ago, by a vote of forty four to eight, provides that any person who is the head of a family may, after the act becomes a law, enter one quarter section (one hundred and sixty acres) of vacant and unappropria ted lands, or any less quantity, to be located in a body, in conformity with the legal subdi- I I vision of public lands, upon making affidavit before the Register that the applicant is head of a family, and is actually settled on the land, and that the application is made for his or her benefit, and that of no one else. The final cer tificate, or patent, shall not be issued for five years after the date of entry, and not before it is certified by two credible witnesses that the settler has erected a dwelling house and resided upon the land for the five years ; whereupon the patent shall be issued upon payment of twenty-five cents an acre. The land thus acquired shall not be liable for debt until after the patent is issued. In cases of false swearing upon making the en try, or abandoning the land for more than six months at one time, the land shall revert to the government. The rights conferred by this act are extended to inchoate citizens who have declared their intentions, as required by the naturalization laws, before the issuing of the patent. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to impair the existing pre emption, donation, or graduation laws, or to embrace lands reserved to be sold or entered at the price of two dollars and fifty cents an acre. , The President is required to order all surveyed public lands into market, by procla mation, within two years from the date of this act, except such as are reserved by the government for any purpose. -All lands with in the limit of any State which have been sub ject to sale at private entry, and which shall remain unso:d after the lapse of thirty years, shall be ceded to such State upon the Legis lature assenting to the cession ; but the cession shall in no case invalidate any incep tive pre-emption right or location, nor any sale which may be made by the United States. This is about the substance of Sena- , for Johnson's Homestead bill. THE EDITORS' BOOK TABLE THE THRONE OF DAVID.-1 new volume of 605 pages, just issued by G. G. EVANS, No. 439 Chesnut street Philadelphia. We have received a copy of this excellent work from the Publisher, and cheerfully recommend it to the patronage of the public. It is written by Rev. J. IL Ingraham , Author of "The Pillar of Fire," Sze., and In the same pleas- ing and interesting style. It describes the Rebellion or Prince Absalom, and is an illustration of the „splend,r, power and dominion of the Reign of the Shepherd Poet,War- Mor, King and Prophet—in a series of letters addressed by an Assyrian Ambassador, resident at Jerusalem, to the King of Nineveh. The work is handsomely bound In one large 12mo. vol. nme. Price SL2S. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.—The American re print of this Quarterly, for April, has been handed us by J. Westbaelrer, Bookseller, of this city. In looking over Its contents, it strikes. us as being one of the very best numbers yet batted of this standard peri odical. It contains some ably written and powerful arti cles. The contents are as follows : 1. Vedic; Religion; 2. Manin and Venice in 1648-49; 3. The Ethics of War; 4. Plutarch and his Times; 5. Ans. trio and the Government of Hungary; 6. Parliamentary Reform: The Dangers and Safeguards; 7. Japan ; 8. Dar win on the Origin of Species; 9. Contemporary Literature. Leonard Scott & Co., Publishers, No. 79 Fulton street, New York. Price $3 per annum. THE KNICKERBOCKER, for June, has a rich and varied table of contents, and is, in all respects a moat capital number. It seems as though " Old Nick " improved by age, as every month adds to Its hold on public favor.— Published by John A. Gray, Nov. 16 and 'lB Jacob street, New York. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, for April, has mast been issued by Leonard Scott A Co., New York. Its conEents are as follows, viz: 1. Commercial Relations of Engbihd and France. 2. The Youth of Milton. t -8. Expense of Pablio Education in England. 4. English Local Nomenclature. , 6. Civil Correspondence, ac., of the Duke of Wellington. Breglie's Church and Boman Empire; 7. The Alleged i3halts ; Forgeries. • „ B..Darwhionihit I -• • • . • lITAR CORRESPONDENCE. We are under renewed obligations to our friend .1"11711113 B. Kaurstote, Esq., for his kindness in f e e t: 6m eg the fol lowing extracts of eifetter from ?dal: Ceaat,ss E. WENIZ.— .., The letter will be tatted to be' eiceedingly interesting on account of the manner In wliieh life among the "Latter Pay Sainte is, described, haparticulerly so to our hotttis. - isiders, because of thereferenee it makes to several Lan ter bounty rerattenti firthit far off territory, prom , ,- insit ' earnong.: - arbom Ia Mr.JOie, Nutt, formerly a highly esteinited citron. of Strashurt..l Mr. N. left this county eormffourteilmyears •IgOtand *now, perhaps, the wealth.; lestind dgtl premitittitfkriner in Utah. Reds a constant imbecriber to and reader of The Intelllgeneer. The letter will amply repay perusal: SuRVISTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 11. T., Hexer SALT ISLE erre, April 26th, 1860. Doss Justus: Since my last letter to you, I have received from yourself two excellent and highly-appreciated Omn i munleations You., my dear friend, who have e "mamed through many lands," away from the land of your birth, may truly believe they are appreciated. Oh! how welcome to mind and heart are • sounds from home," (by the by one of the most beautiful themes in the volumes of music, so full of pathos,) when thousands ard thousands of miles away from all the heart holds most sacred on earth How cheering, amidst the-gloom of heavy monotony and cruel separation that encircles us here, like the shroud of the grave—pure but tasteless. The study of the progress of the human race in arts and agriculture, at all times, Is full of interest, and awakens a strong veneration for the predominance of mind over mat ! ter, and of the vast superiority of the Anglo Saxon race over all others In exercising the great lever In. art and scienceenergy. Still, how much greater the 'intermit when surrounded by a vast barren plain, and watching ! the growth of each blade of grass-each germ of vegetation ! until they spread and multiply into countless millions— to fell trees upon mountain heights, whose peaks are cov ered with eternal snows, then dreg them 12 to 20 miles— train water, drop by drop, through various ravines until you gain a power to mum them into lumber, then worked into houses, wagons and every manner of necessary use, even into "most beautiful ornamental work." All this has been done here within the last twelve years. It Is truly astonishing to behold the rapid stride, in the great "march of civilisation" that hash taken place in these valleys of the mountains, since the pioneers pitched their tents, sad stuck up mud walls with wild willow switch canopies, upon this most desolate of barren wastes. Within a stone's throw of my room, I behold the first adobe cabin, whose chimney was the first to Bend forth smoke to gambol in the "vast expanse of ether," and, as incense, to invoke a blessing from Almighty God upon the hardy pioneer's fireside. The industrial character of the people may be learned from the following record: Early in April. 1847, one hun dred and forty-three men, two women and two children started as pioneers from ()Outwit Bluffs, lowa. These Mor mons made an entire new road en the north side of the Platte, crossing Elk-horn to Fort Laramie; then they took the Oregon trail to Fort Bridger, when they commenced a new route through the Rocky Mountains. On the 23rd July the first camp moved into and halted at what is now called the centre of the city. In the afternoon of said day they had three ploughs and one barrow at work. At 2 o'clock, P. M., of the same day, they commenced building the first dam for irrigation. The next day (Saturday) they planted five acres of potatoes. On the 28th of the same month what Is styled the "Quorum of Twelve Apostles" assembled and laid out the city as follows: Blocks of 10 acres each, 8 lots to the block, and 1 5 4 acres in each lot; the streets 8 rods wide, the side-walks 20 feet wide, and to be beautifully shaded; the blocks to be surrounded by a purling brook, issuing from the mountains; every house to be built 20 feet from the front fence. No two hduses front each other; standing in his own door, every man may not look into his neighbor's door, but lots his neigh hor's garden. They have four Public Squares, which are hereafter to be adorned with trees from the four quarters of the globe, and supplied with fountaius. What the motive to bring this forlorn band to these val leys of the mountains to walk thousands of miles through the wildest and most dreary country imaginable? To find a Haven, free from persecution, that they might worship the Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience. Have they found it? A few years more will tell the sequel. This city has now a population of 16,000 souls; through the valleys, in small towns, &c., are scattered about 30,000 more, making the Mormons in this Territory about 45.000. You may judge from the following classification of busi ness that the laboring men, "the hewers of wood and drawers of water," are by far the most numerous: . Lawyers, 6; Physicians, 3; Midetivee, 2 (almost every Mormon woman, however, in this matter is quite au jail); Dentists, 2; Dry Goode' lioness, 12 (some sell to the amount of 8500,000 per annum); Liquor Stores, 6; Trading and ennlMiSsion Merchants, 4; Photograph Saloons, 3; Stores for . secone-hand Wore, 4; Jewelry and Watch Re pairers, 4; Drug Stores, 2; Shoemakers. 12; Tailors, 12; Glovemakera, 3 ; House Carpenters, 12; Cabinet and Chair makers, 9; Turners and Carvers, 4; 1 large Water Power Turning Milt having all the improved machinery for tinn ing, plauiug and sawing; Saw Mills, 2; Grist Mills, 2; Breweries, 2; Distilleries, 2: Seedsmen, 3; Tanneries, 4; Victuallers, 8 (some sell to the amount of $lOO,OOO per an num); Blacksmiths, 12; Hotels, 2; Restaurants (meals any hour) 2; Grog Shopti (licensed) 4; Boarding Houses (private) 211 ; Tabernacles, I; Professors (various) 71; Ar tiste (various) 211; Penitentiary, 1; Court House, 1; Li braries (an oasis do the desert) 1 ; Newspapers (weekly) 3, 2 Stormer' and 1 Gentile. Thus you may learn, from the paucity of Physicians, that this place is remarkably healthy: it is regarded as one of the healthiest , portions of the globe; also, that It le a very poor place for Lawyers. They quarrel among them selves, hence the dilemma and the weakness of the cause of Justice. Every man settles his own difficulties after his oton s feshirm. The Courts (IL S. District and Probate) are too conflicting. The people have no confidence in their administrative Justice, and laugh at Its weakness. The business men have end blessed condition of trade— they have the best currency in the world, gold, silver, and the produce of the soil. Every able-bodied man has a small patch that he farms. To give you an idea of the productiveness of the soil: On many farms, where they work the soil close. they raise 185 bushels wheat from ono bushel seed, and 300 bushels pota toes from one bushel seed This may astonish some of our home farmers, nevertheless it is strictly true. One of the very best. if not the best, Farmers in this Ter ritory is Mr. Jou,: NEFF, formerly of Lancaster county.— Ile has nearly 2500 awes of land, embracing some of the best soil in the world, the greater part, however, being a desert plain yielding nothing bat sage and grease wand.— Ile has a large Grist Mill and a Saw Mill, and is now building a large Mill for sawing shingles, lathes, &c. He has tattle and - sheep by the thousands, that can at all times be seen grazing upon the mountain benches; he is considered one of the wealthiest men in the Territory; has no desire to return to Lancaster; is exceedingly happy in his religion; has never had but one wife, and she is a per fect lady, one of the sweetest women of her age I ever saw—her youngest. sister was Mr. Benjamin F. Shenk's first wife. Mr. Neff told me with more sincerity than I ever heard that be had every thing his heart could desire—happy man in his desert and mountain home. The Colonel, Jones, Miller and myself passed a delightful day with them a few days ago. They live six miles south-east of hero, close to the mountain on the first bench, where Mill Creek oozes from its mountain nursery, almost within reach of eternal snows. On their north, south and west expand: a prairie plain from 15 to 30 miles is extent. They gave us a magnificent Lancaster County dinner, such as we have not seen since leaving our own sweet homes, everything being in the highest order. Among the preserves was "Watermelon Butter," the eata ble part of the mclen boiled down, without sweetening of any kind—it was truly delicious. They have an abund ance of this melon in its reason, having one of the largest watermelon patches I ever saw. Mr. N. and family were truly delighted to see no. We enjoyed an interesting chat over home scenes. There are a number here (Mormons) from our county.— We have also met Mr. Isaac Mussea, formerly of Bart township, a very intelligent gentleman; he has traversed nearly the whole of the Eastern Continent as a Mormon Missionary. Joon MILLER (Carpenter). Mr. Raven; he leaves to-day on a visit to Lancaster county. JONATHAN DOHNVART has a married sister living some distance from here. We are also acquainted with Bishop Ilosystr, from Chester county, a very fine man and highly esteemed in this community. One of his wives is a native of Lancaster county, from near Churchtown. Thousands of the women, at this season, are employed in plaiting straw for hats, &c. Some of them are beautiful plaiters, and better straw bats I never eaw. The major portion of the women are employed at washing by the job, while the greater part of the men are employed in herding, driving, &c. We have a perfect medley community—representatives from all quarters of the globe, from the humblest peasant to a scion of the House of Hapsburg; but those taken from the poorest class of society by far out number all others; hence their deep subjection and submissiveness to the powers that be; they never having lived or loved so well. There a few in the society exceedingly refined and edu cated, and their chief ambition is to refine and educate the common herd. Brigham Young, at.his own expense, has opened a College for the education of all who will embrace the opportunity, in the higher branches of study, by the first Professors in the Territory. I have taken a great fondness for the poor Indian, lonely and despised as he is. The shameful manner In which he is treated by those who know better, and have the power to be kind to tbem,awakens my strongest sympathy for their alarming distresses. The thousand and one rumors now floating upon the current of scandal, prejudicial to their peace and harmony, are started by the Pale Face.— The Indians generally around here are of the Utes tribe, who are the poorest and most degraded of all Indians. We are visited at times by Sho-sho-nee, Pey uts and Flat Heads, but very seldom by the latter—they keep up north in Oregon, from 200 to 400 miles from here. From the Shuaho-nes (Snakes) and Flat Heads I have received some beautiful bows, arrows and tobacco pipes. The Utes are very indolent, and possess little or no taste—they cannot even make a good bow. In the latter part of February last, tempted by the charming weather and the total disappearance of the snow as far as the eye could reach, in company with three gen tlemen of '•our office," taking with us a guide, we made the ascent of "Ensign Peak," altitude 7200 feet. We com menced the ascent from the western base, on angles from 35° to 50 0 . The day being very warm, you may believe your fat friend perspired some. At two-thirds of the ele vation we rested at the "Cave," an opening about 10 feet high, 20 feet wide and 15 feet deep, a retreat well known to the "Herd Boys," who occupy it as "Head Quarters" while their" herds are out &grazing ;" here they keep up a constant fire, and live quite cozily. The poor little fellows, some of them hatless and shoeless, seemed as happy as kings. As we approached the summit we encountered snow at least 20 feet deep, over which we had great diffi culty in passing; the sun being at meridian bad softened the cruet, and we sank waste deep. Your humble servant, being somewhat the heaviest, frequently sunk to his arm pits. Not dreaming of encountering snow, we were not provided with snow shoes, so our only alternative was to prostrate ourselves and "swim" over. Ohl how our hands Buffered with cold. After two hours' %wimming" we gained the summit. and reaped a rich reward in feasting upon the most gorgeous scene I ever beheld. To the west, at oar base, meandered the River Jordan appearing about the size of a thread; while twenty miles away lay Great Salt Lake, like a vast sheet of silver basking in the rays of the sun that was preparing to hide beyond the moun tains; thereNt lay:hugging them close, fearful to stir, while the air was filled with thousands and thousands of Wild Geese and Ducks returning to the Hot Spring Lake (this lay so close to us we could not see it) for their night's re pose. To the south, close to the base, spread out Great Salt Lake City, with its adobe houses looking like hiero glyphics upon a blackboard; and the Wasatch, keeping the eastern boundary, north and sonai, runs for miles, with its snowcapped peaks, looking like a huge serpent escaping with a load of flour upon its back to supply the Army at Camp Sloyd; while the vast valley spreading beneath, en circled by Its mountain walls, resembled avast amphithea . tee. On the very summit, where the snow bad disappeared, we found "water marks" and millions of "sea shells," thus clearly indicating that one time, so far back the memory amen runneth not, this whole valley was one vast ocean. reaching even up to this mountain peak. The rarity of the air at this altitude was so great that the report of our pistols was like the Bound of a small popgun. Here we stood over, as is supposed, a vast subterranean Lake of Fire that. sooner or later, will will vomit forth its "volcanic effusion." On the western side it discharges the Warm and Slot Springs, both strongly impregnated with sulphur, &c. We *descended on the eastern side, through a deep ravine (its bottom scarce two feet wide, and sides towering. up a thousand feet) into City Creek Canon. Not one tree could we find overthe entire route—nought but a few scrub oak, scarce three feet high. A few cattle grazing upon the mountain benches, and one white hare were the only living things we disturbed. Countless "wolf tracks" frequently arrested our attention, but their "wolf. ships" never once appeared in eight. It was a good day's travel, and when quietly seated by the fireside, after the fatigue of the day, we enjoyed right merrily the good crackers, cheese and lager, and laughed heartily over our day's adventure, each regretting that we had not encoun tered a "grizzly," so that we might bear a little. home. Commissioner Greenwood, of the Indian Department, has appointed . Col. B. C. Stambaugh Commissioner, and Maj. Sam Montgomery, of Camp Floyd, Associate, to take testimony in the matter of Dr. Jacob Forniiy, Superintend ent of Indian Affairs for this Territory, against whom car. tain charges for malfeasance in Office have been brought by Judge Cradlebaugh. We are now preparing to take testimony in a few days. Dr. Forney arrived here last evening from the East. He came in A private conveyance from .Fort Bildger.with Wm. Kimball, Esq., having been upset while in the coach some distance east of the Fort, diskicating several 'joints, Ac. lie left the coach at Fort Bridger, and recruited there for a few days. He is now convalescent, and moving around quite lively with a stick. The Central Overland California Pony Express rf.ow starts every, Friday, from ht. Joe, Mo., and reaches.thhtchylrithiu siX teleiat r the'rati - M36 • half would - be forwarded to us within Ida days: ,Thiiis ono step towards the Railroad. We are all very well, in fact none of our party ever en. , joyed better health. We enjoy ourselves' with proper philosophy as well as can be expected under the--ciream stances. Col. S. is getting quite fleshy—he never looked better. We all send ; onr kiod regards to our highly- s• teemed friends in the good old Eity of Democracy, and right heartily congratulate the , most worthy Mayor upon his re-election. Out hearts are with yon in the coming contest, amthope we shall be in time to give you a helping hand: Remember Me with "melting heart and brinifu'ee" to an who work at 49. roars IlstantallT, &c., ST. :LOUIS CORHESPONDENCE. The &dimwit invention at Chicago—Sectional .Ozndiekttet ' —The Effects of the Hominations on the Business of the Country—The Work of Pail icians—A "Rail Splitting" Onnlidate—The Nesinm Volunteers—Hs Vote on the Army Supplies—What he Thought of the American Soldiers in Mexico—His"); rep essible thrillice" Doctrine —His Belief that a Negro is as Goad as a White Nan— Prank Blair Sent Home—Baltimore Convention and John C. Brectinridge, de., de. Well, another great agony is over—the Abolitionists ci; the "Northern States" have placed before their ebony friends a Presidential ticket—Abe Lincoln, of Illinois, for President, and Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, for Vice Prod dent. This is one of the rankest Abolition tickets that could possibly have been selected, and it seems that they are determined to make a sectional fight of it- to divide the North and the South—to cut off the Southern trade with the North if possible, and ruin the merchants of Philadelphia, New York and Boston, who have heretofore traded with the Southern States. We have time and again told your readers that the triumph of Black Republicanism would ruin your merchants, and that If in thole power they would accomplish it. The nomination of two North. ern men is the first step towards it, and if they succeed in electing them, you can rest assured the business of the North will suffer, if, indeed, the Union itself is not die. solved. They have made a contest between the Northern and Southern States—they are determined on a Northern and Southern Confederacy, and who are the men that have done it ? are they the business men of your large cities? No. Are they the manufacturers of your mai:tufa& Luring towns? No. But they are the politicians seeking power andplace, and utterly disregarding the interests of your business men, capitalists, manufacturers, mechanics and laborers, and indeed every branch of trade will feel the effects of the election of a Black Republican President over a conservative Natitmal man. Have not all your business men felt the effects of Abolitionism already? Ask the dealer in boots and shoes; in dry goods, and 'ln every department of trade, and see what his answer is; ask' him a year hence, if Abolitionism triumphs, when he will mores sensibly feel the effects of the loss of the Southern trade, and he will tremble hi his reply. We hare beard large buyers in the North and Fast deprecate the stand taken by the Northern potiticiani—they say their trade must cease with them—they must encourage and build up manufactures, in the South and patronize them and cut off their Northern trade.. This is not only hinted in this locality, but throughout the entire fifteen slaveholding State,. It is not only the trade and business of the country that will suffer, but the permanency and stability of the Union will be endaugeredi and we would not be surprised to see the entire South, with California and Oregon, seceding from the Union. We are upon dangerous times, and it is the duty of all good and true men to unite, and avert, if possible such a state of things.' Who la Abe Lincoln? He is a man who thirty years ago " split fence-rails," which seems to be his only recommenda tion for tho Presidency ! and he is no more fi to occupy the Presidential Chair than any man In your county who split rails thirty years ago. Lincoln is therefore the " " candidate of the Abolitionists of the Abolition States. The volunteers of this country have not forgotten Mr. Lincoln's vote in Congress in 1847, when he, with Tom Corwin, of Ohio, and John Strohm, of your county, voted against the appropriation for supplies to the American army In Mexico. Corwin voted against the bill, and in a speech said he would welcome the American soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable graves, whilst Lincoln said he hoped they would all be consigned to bloodless graces—meaning that they would starve to death; and to accomplish that end, voted against the bill for furnishing supplies to the brave and gallant men who volunteered to defend and protect • the honor of their country, and this, too, whilst they were far into the country of the enemy—thousands of miles from their homes, their families, their wives and their children. The volunteers of the far West who enrolled themselves under the American flag, and went through that campaign, will not forget Mr. Lincoln's vote—their friends will not forget it, and the American people will not forget it, but rebuke the man, who was paid by the Government, as a representative in Congress, and was liv ing off the fat of the land, whilst the brave volunteers who were fighting for the honor of their country, would have starved to death for all Mr. Lincoln cared. In those days Gen. Taylor , was denounced as a "journeyman butcher." The friende of the old Hero will never forgive Abe Lincoln. He is denounced on our streets every day by the volunteers, and if his election rested with the vote of the Military of the West, his chances bf succees would be poor, indeed. He is the father of the "irrepressible conflict" doctrine—the first man who ploclaimed that these States would some day be either all free or all slave States. He has always proclaimed that all men are equal —that a negro is as good as a white man—that amalgams. tion was right—that he never saw any difference between a negro and a white. What will your mechanics and laboring men say to that ? Will they endorse the doctrine of Mr. Lincoln? Are they willing to be placed on an equality with negroes ? Can the Germans and the Irish support such a man for the first and highest office In the gift of the people? This is, in brief, Mr. Lincoln's record, and we will have more to say about him in the future. His nomination fell like a wet blanket upon the Black Republicans of this city. It was unexpected to them, they wanted Seward, but had not the courage to vote for him In the Convention—fearing the friends of Judge Bates. Thera are hundreds of Black Republicans here who have openly avowed that they will not support Abe Lincoln—he is too much Abolition for them; Indeed, we have not Fern a half dozen who my they will support him. There was not a gun fired An honor of his nomination, and it was almost an impossibility to see a Black Republi can on the streets during the day. The consistent portion —Bates men—were really disgusted, and not a single friend of Edward Bates will vote for Lincoln. The Biening News (B. R.) and Express (B. It.) denounce the nomination and refuse to put in the ticket. The Missouri Democrat has not yet hoisted the flag for Lincoln. The Missouri delegation returned, but not one of them has been Been since—not even Prank Blair. The Missouri delegation were all Peter Funks—out of the 18 delegates sent from this State only three outside of the city attended> and the number was filled by outsiders from the city. It is very doubtful if they can get up an electoral ticket In this State—we don't believe they can, and If they do, Lin coln will not poll 10,000 votes in the State. The Missouri delegation took with them a huge bowie knife, to present to Potter, of Wisconsin—to honey•fuggle Wisconsin into the support of Frank Blair for Vice Presi dent, but the Wisconsin delegation took the huge knife and drew it acmes the political throat of Frank. Alas poor Frank! The two Biala, with the Missouri delegatioF , undertook to rule the Chicago Convention just as they always do the county conventions here, but they most signally failed. We now think the Blalra have run their political career. Falling to get the Vice Presidency, Frank will endeavor to get the nomination here for Congress, In which be will find strong opposition, and if he data get it, he is destined to defeat. . The Baltimore Convention will now have to select a man that is certain of the entire South, and we are still inclined that John C. Breckinridge is the man for the crisis. He is certain of every Southern State with an electoral vote of 120, whilst California and Oregon are as certain as Mis souri for him, adding 7 more votes, and he is the moat available candidate for Pennsylvania, and with that vote he has 151—juat enough to elect him. We cannot see how the Baltimore Convention can do otherwise than nominate him with these facts staring them in the face. If Jute Douglas is nominated the result is doubtful, but if we can manage to unite the South on hint, he, too, can be elected, and if nominated we will do, our best for him. At this same time we must not select a man who will endanger a single now certain State, because he is that man, but we must endeavor to select a candidate who will do it. Mr. Breckinridge can carry Pennsylvania if any man In the Democratic party can do it, and at the same time sweep the South like a hnrriCane, and as a matter of course be triumphantly elected. Why, then, not nominate him? Let Pennsylvania stick to him, from the time his name is brought into the Convention until nominated; which will be accomplished upon the second or third ballot. Let Mr. Srvarr and Mr. North, of your county, who are delegates to Baltimore lank into these facts—if they aro convinced that Breckinridge is the strongest - man in the " Old Key stone,!' it is their duty—a duty they owe to themselves as well as to the Democratic party Ostend by the young Star of Kentucky. Let them gnat sates the electoral vote of Pennsylvania for John C. Breckinridge, and we will pledge the South and his triumphant election. Look at the figures, gentlemen; can any other man show as clear a result. We only want Pennsylvania, and we hope you will give us the man that is certain of carrying it, but at the same time respecting, as well as reflecting the wishes of the South. Give us Breckinridge, sad we of the South will make him your President in November nest. OLD GUARD. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY The Philadelphia Ledger gives this brief yet full and fair statement of the question of Popular Sovereignty: " The expression is used in reference to slavery in the Territories of the United States, about the government of which there is so much diversity of opinion. The Republicans assert the doctrine that Congress has entire power over the subject, and may legislate slavery into or out of any Territory. The Southern men and some Northern Democrats assert that Congress has no such power, that a Territorial Legislature, established by Con gress, cannot have any higher power than Congress, and that consequently there is no power to affect slavery within a Territory until a State government is being formed.— Senator Douglas and his friends agree with neither of these notions. They say that Congress has no such power, but> that a Territorial Legislature has the power and right to do so, and this they call Popular Sovereignty, .while by' its Opponents it is nicknamed Squatter Sovereignty.. In the Dred Scott case, Chief Justice Taney, ,in deliveringthe opinion of the Court, did decide that slavery was in the Territories by virtue of the Constitution, that Congress had- no right to legislate about it, and added: "and if Congress cannot do this—if it is beyond the powers conferred on the Federal Government— it will be admitted, we presume, that it could not authorize a Territorial Government& exer cise them." The opponents of this doctrine insist that as that was not the pointexpressiy decided:. they_ are not bound bt the views'of Ake 00drt; - and that_ik'politicals,platifgagaltd . , Sr. Loma, May 21, 1860.
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