kiataig ON, COPICI z , --, . - .1101011:171011"Pzinitr-.10,00 per ann , s; 10,Devoik& & 00.'e Amman . Aweear 119 sreeßoston. ILAlLlTeresavata`h Oa t 'are Agafts f or The Lancaster ;and the most bfthanftial and hugest drcula -Ibt la the 'Crafted States and the Canadat,— Thdrasi to contract en as at caw Iowa! rates DEMOCRATIC _NOMINATIONS IN THE REGULAR CONVENTION. FOR PRESIDENT: L - J STEPITP.•N A. DOUGLAS, of Illinois. FOB VICE PRESIDENT: HERSOffEL.V. JOHNSON, of Georgia. r TRH BEORDEBS' CONTENTION. POR PRESIDENT : MEN C. BREOKINBIDGV, of Kentucky FOB VICE PECSIDENT : Gym. JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon FOR GOTERNOR: HENRY D. FOSTER, of Westmoreland - Tba Democratic Party recognizes in its creed no "Higher Law "—lt teaches no "Irrepressible Conflict "—lt doe* not teach the treasonable dogma of Lincoln, that "this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and.half free "_—it incites no deluded fanatics to disturb the hallowed shades of Mount Vernon and Monticello, by • traitor's call for servile Insurrection: 'GA ELECTORS: 'George M. Reim, of Berke county Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia. L Frederick Server 2. WI Patt erson, 3. Joseph Crockett, jr., 4. J. G. Brenner, 5. J. W. Jacoby, O. Charles Kelly, 7. 0. P. 'James, 8. David Scholl, 9. Joel L. Lightner, 10. 8.8. Barber, 13. T. H. Walker, 12. 8.8. Winchester, LI Joseph Lanbach, 0 : I iiviem**yi skA DOUS DA According to promise we this week com menCe razeeing our list, and striking off the names of those longest indebted for subscrip tion to THE INTELLIGENCES. We intend to continue the same course of procedure from week to week, until we have made our packet book, what it ought long since to have been, a list of paying subscribers. Those persons, whose names have been erased, will have three months time in which to pay up their arrearages without costs; after which their accounts will be placed in the hands of a - proper officer for collection. So soon as we can collect in a few hundred dollars, of as many thousands owing to us, it is our intention to enlarge and otherwise improve the appearance of THE INTELLI- TO OUR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS We had prepared an article in reference to the difficulties in the party, and on the subject of regular nominations, but not wishing to forestall or anticipate the action of the State Central Committee, which was called to meet on yesterday afternoon, in Philadelphia, we shall postpone its publication until next week. In the meantime, our , Democratic friends should keep cool, and not, by any excitement or hasty action, throw embarrassments in the way of united and harmonious action:: All is not yet lost that is in danger, if only our Democratic friends will avoid any crimination and recrimination, and be prepared to act calmly and deliberately. We want to see our party united in Pennsylvania, in view of the• Gubernatorial, Congressional, Legislative and Presidential elections: • If all proper efforts should fail to harmonize the party, and if we are determined on defeat, it will be time enough for our friends to take sides when such a contingency happens. IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS In our paper to day will be found an impor hint communication from President Bum:in— en., made to Congress just before the adjourn ment. It is his veto of the Homestead Bill. Another protest against the Covode Inquisi torial Committee we shall lay before our readers next week. They are both powerful documents, and should be read by every body. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS On Monday, the 25th ult., at 12 o'clock, the first session of the Thirty Sixth Congress terminated. In - the House, the Post Office Deficiency Bill _was finally passed. Two messages were received from the President, one announcing his approval of the Civil and Miscellaneous Bill, with a protest against the appointment of - Captain Meigs, by Congress, to the Superintendency of the Washington Aqueduct ; and the other containing a vindi cation of himself against the accusations and authority of the Covode Committee. The Post Route Bill, including the overland Mail amendment, failed in the House by effiux of time. In the Senate the Post Route Bill was passed and sent to the House. Letters were received by Senators from the President, and a proolathation was read re convening the Senate, on Tuesday, for Executive business. After a vote'of thanks to the Vice President the Senate' adjourned. --- "NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The following gentlemen were named as members: of the National Executive Commit tee by the National Democratic Convention, at Baltimore: Sylvanus R. Lyman, of Portland, Me. Alpheus F Snow, of Claremont, N. H. Charles G. Eastman, of Montpelier, Vt. Frederick 0. Prince, of Voston, Mass. Jacob Babbitt, of Bristol, R. I. William F. Converse, of Norwich, Ct. Auguste Belmont, of New York, N. Y. Jacob Van Nosdale, of Newark, N. J. Richard J. Haldeman, of Harrisburg. Pa Thomas M. Lanahan, of Baltimore, Md._ John A Harman, of Staunton, Va. Robert E. Dick, of Greensborough, N. C. William B. Gaulden, of Huntsville, Ala. W. W. Moore, of Jacksonville, Fla. Oatley H. Bynum, of Portland, Ala. Thomas Couman, of Donaldsonville, La. Thomas Flournoy, of Arkansas. James Craig, of St. Joseph's, Mo. J. Kniix Walker, of Memphis, Tenn. Henry-C. Harrison, of Covington, Ky. Hugh J. - Jewett, of Zanesville, Ohio. H. W. Harrington, of Madison, Ind. Murray MoConnel, of Jacksonville, 111. Benj. Follett, of Michigan. John K. Sharpstein, of Milwaukie, Wis. William H. Merrick, of Cedar Rapids, la. Henry H. Sibley, of Minnesota. J. A. McDougal, of San Francisco, Cal. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The following named gentlemen compose .the National Executive Committee, appointed ty , the friends of Mr. BELECKINRIDGE Isaac I. Stevens, of Oregon, Chairman. Robert W. Johnson, of Arkansas. Jefferson Davie, of Mississippi. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana. Tkos. B. Florence, of Pennsylvania. Geo. W. Hughes, of Maryland. W. Stevenson, of Kentucky. Johnlt. Thomson, of New Jersey. Mak, of Alabama. Artgitstiug” :Softie% of New York. • Wright, of Massachusetts. JameaG Wrn. Flinn, Walter Lenox, .g* . ...,Wushb,igturt City. ~". -- ",.4*.•24•,,earatieo. W. Riggs. '':,p.fklitietirji-M. W. Cluskey. ~:„. 1 1.03:43eq114ers?..Conve0on, which met WOO** on :-Tuesdai , 'Jest, declared 1 w „:; andiarm their mud- I/kabala/4 474 . amt Vice President. 00'91orl!aitemmajorif,y Igencer - - - WASHINGTON, June 21.—;Lain lasit night a protaissiotkems' formedsat the ,Douglas hes& quarters,tbi this tity, - ethich bad been illuaiina tedin honer of the, nomination, and the ;pro catntion proceeded to the _vailioatti - :station to receive the Illinois and other Baltimore ;con vention delegates who were accompanied here by the Great Western Bend, and'came by special train. Itimediately on arriving the procession repaired to the 'residence of Mr. Douglas and complimented him with a serenade and repeated buzzas. In acknowledging these evidences Of their friendship, Mr. Douglas spoke as follows:, Fellow citizens :—I thank you for this manifestation of your kindness and your enthusiasm. The circumstances underwhich this vast crowd have assembled, spontaneously and without previous notice, demonstrates an earnestness of feeling which fills my heart with gratitude. To be the chosen standard bearer of the only political organization which is conservative and powerful enough to save the country from abolitionism and disunion, is indeed an honor of which any citizen may be proud. I am fully impressed with the responsibilities of the position, and trust that Divine Providence will impart to me the strength. and wisdom to comply with all its requirements. [Applause.] Oar beloved country is threatened with a fearful sectional antagonism which places the Union itself in imminent peril. This antago nism is produced by the effort in one section of the Union to use the federal government for the purposes of restricting and abolishing slavery, and a corresponding effort in to e other section for the purpose of extendig slavery into those regions where the people do not want it. [Cries of " that's true."] The ultra men in each section demand congressional intervention upon the subject of slavery in the territories: They agree in respect to the power and duty of the federal government to control the question, and differ only as to the mode of exercising the power. The one demands the intervention of the federal government for slavery, and the other against it. Each appeal to the passions and prejudices of his own section against the peace and harmony of the whole country. [Cries of " that's so," and applause.] On the other band, the position of all con servative and Union loving men, is, or at least ought to be, that of non-intervention by Congress with' slavery in the Territories. [Cries of " That's the true doctrine," and applause.] This was, the position of the democratic party in the Presidential contest of 1848 and 1852 and 1856. This was the position upon which Henry Clay,- Mr. Webster, Mr. Cass, and the friends of the Union, of all political affinities, at that day established the compro mise measures of 1850. Upon this common ground of non intervention they encountered and put to flight thd abolitionists of the North and the sectionalists of the South in that memorable contest. [Cries of " Will do it again," and three cheers.] It was on this common ground of non intervention that the whigs and democrats agreed to stand on their respective party platforms'of 1852. The whig"party adhered faithfully to this principle so long as its organization was maintained ; and the demo cratic party still retains it as the keystone to the political arch which binds - the federal Union together. [Applause.] To this car dinal principle of non intervention has the democratic party, renewed the pledge of its faith at Charleston and Baltimore. [Cheers and cries of " We'll keep the faith."] As the chosen representative of that great' party, it is my fixed purpose to keep the faith and redeem that' pledge at all hazards and under all circumstances. [Three cheers for _Dttuglas.] The safety of the Union depends upon a strict adherance to the doctrine„ ,of non intervention. Intervention means disunion! Intervention, whether by the North or the South—whether for or against slavery, tends directly to disunion. Upon this identical question an attempt is now being made to divide and" destroy the democratic party ; because the minority of the interventionists could not intimidate the majority into an abandonment of the doctrine of non-intervention, they have seceded from the organization of the democratic party, and are endeavoring to form a new party in hos tility to it. [Cries of " let them go, we can whip the disunionists North and South."] Secession is disunion: Secession from the democratic party means secession from the federal Union. [" That's so," and applause.] Those who will enlist under the secession banner now will be expected on the 4th of March next to take up arms against the constituted authorities in certain contingen cies. Ai<*DIPOR. Ausotst.. 1860 14. J. Beckhow, 16. George D. Jackson, 16. J. A. Ahl, 17. J. B. Danner. 18. J. 8.. Crawford, 19. IL N. Lee, 20. J. B. Howell, 21. N. P. Fetterman, 22. Samuel Marshall, 23. William Book, 24. B. D. Hamlin, 25. Gaylord Church. We have been told that in a certain event the South must forcibly resist the inaugura tion of the President elect, while we find those who are loudest in their threats of such resistance engaged in the scheme to divide and destroy the democratic party and thereby secure the election of the Republican candi date. Does not this line of policy look to disunion. [Cries of " Yes, but it cannot be effected," etc.] Intelligent men must be presumed to understand the tendency and consequences of their own actions. Can the seceders fail to perceive that their efforts to divide and defeat the democratic party, if successful, must lead directly to the secession. of the Southern States I I trust that they will see what must be the result of such a policy, and return to the organization and platform of the party before it is too late to save the country. [Applause.] The Union must be preserved. [Cheers.] The constitution must be maintained inviolate, [renewed cheers.] and it is our mission, under Divine Providence, as I believe, to save the constitution and the Union from the assaults of Northern abolitionists and Southern disc• nionists. [Enthusiastic applause and three cheers for Douglas.] The following is the speech of the Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia, last night, at the National Hotel, on accepting the nomi nation for the Vice Presidency on the ticket with the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas: Mr. Chairman, gentlemen of the National Democratic party, and felloW citizens: I was taken by _surprise when I received a tele graphic message in Baltimore, at three o'clock, this day, that the Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick bad declined the nomination tendered him by the Democratic Convention, and that it was demanded of me to accept it. It is known to many of you that my name was freely men tioned in Baltimore in connection with this nomination, and that I persistently refused to countenance it; bi.t invariably argued that if Georgia were to be thus honored it was due to another of her sons, most distin guished for his talents and great public ser vices. This was my earnest desire and the desire of the delegation of which I was a member. But the Convention in its wisdom deemed it best to nominate a statesman of Alabama.— It was entirely satisfactory. Alabama is the child of Georgia, and the mother cordially responds to any compliment bestowed upon her daughter. These are the circumstances under which I have been assigned this distin guished position and which" demand that discrimination should yield to the voice of duty. The National Demooratio party is in a peculiar condition. It is assailed in the house of its professed friends and threatened with overthrow. The country is in a peculiar condition. It is on the eve of a sectional conflict, which may sweep 'down all political parties and terminate in a• dissolution .of the Union. It is the duty of patriots and states men to. unite in averting these threatened calamities. It may_ not be inappropriate to refer to the circumstances which imperil the National Democracy. The Alabama delegation went to the- Convention at Charleston, instructed to &mend the incorporation into the platform of the . party, the proposition that Congress should intervene for the protection of Slavery in the Territories, and to withdraw if the demand should be refused. It was refused, and I think properly refused. That delegation did retire, and with them- a large portion of the delegations from the Cotton States. Why should they have retired ? The:record shows that if they had remained at their post, they had had the power to prevent the nomination of any 'candidate who might be obnoxious to the South. Thus reduced by the secesaions i the Conven tion adjourned to Baltimore, and requested the States to fill the vacancies in their respec tive delegations, The Convention re assembled on the 18th. The 'seceding deleAtitnisitdris returned—sonie accredited to Biamotia,,and: others to Baltimore; by_the wa of Riekto.) 7 tV hletl_eete to nelAte the %.,..r4 ,.. v5f"• •,.--Ti SERENADE TO SLR. DOUGLAS. MS SPEECH IN. EZSPOHEO3, SPEECH OF HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON WASHINGTON, June 26 - 1 draw if it -be refused. Delegates were appointed in Louisiana, Alahamaand Georgia by' the National Democrats of those Stages' to fill -the vacant sake of the seceders. 'Those of- Alabatha and Lonisiw Were admitted, Una the seceding delegates rejected; and the impeding delegates from Georgia were admitted to:seats; and the Y -411 took unihrageoit the decisions of the : Convention touching the various : contests for seats. They retired,- organized, and noinineted candidates for the . Presidency and Vice Presidency. And they claim to be the National Democracy of the United States. Now if they were actuated by principle; if _it was their purpose, in good faith, to obtain the recognition of the principle of Conqes sional protection for slavery in the Territories, why not wait until a proper time to bring that subject before the Convention; and then, according to their instructions, withdraw from the body ?. The reason is palpable: they were waging war against a distinguished man, not for the Maintenance of principle. They were willing to jeopardize the.integrity of the Democratic party and the __triumphs of its cherished principles, rather than see its will proclaimed in the nomination of its favorite. Admitting, for the sake 'of argument, Mr. Douglas to be as obnoxious as they allege he is, yet there never was a time when the South, united, could not have defeated hie nomination. Why then should they have have seceded?—' Why not remain at their post? Why seek to dismember and destroy the party? I question not the patriotism of any, but the people will hod them responsible sooner or later for all the ills that may flow from their errors. I said the demand for Congres sional intervention was properly rejected at Charleston. And why do I say so? Because it was the agreement between the North and the South that the slavery agitation should be removed from the halls of Congress, and the people of the Territories be left perfectly free to regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject to the Constitution of the United States. This was the principle of the Compromise Measures of 1850, and practically applied to the Nebraska Kansas act in 1854. It was adopted by the great political parties of the United States in 1852. It triumphed in the election of Frauklin Pierce in that year, and of James Buchanan in 1856. It is perhaps the best ground of compromise between the North and the South which human ingenuity can devise. It is understood by the people of all sec tions, and by it the Democratic party, at least, of all sections should' be willing to abide. It gives advantage to neither section over the other, because it refers all questions of dis pute between them as to Congressional or Territorial power over the subject of Slavery to the final arbitrament of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is therefore safe for the North and safe for the South. Its practi cal working is not without satisfactory results. Where the people of a Territory desire Slave labor, and the soil and climate are suited to it, Slavery will go ; where these conditions- do not exist it will not go. That finds an Was tration in New Mexico, where Slavery is established, and this in those Territories where it' is excluded. Only a few days ago, proposi Lions to repeal the Slavery Laws of New Mexico, on the one hand, and the anti Slavery Laws of Kansas, on the other were made and rejected in the Senate of the United States. Suppose these propositions ; or either of them,Thad prevailed, is it not certain that the country would have been thrown into the highest excitement? But by their rejections non intervention was practically adhered to, and the public mind is satisfied and quiet.— Let us maintain it firmly and faithfully. We are bound to it by every consideration of interest and obligation of compact. Its aban donment will prove fatal to the National Democratic party;and ultimately to the Union itself. It will drive the South into intense sectionalism, and the North into the ranks of black Republicanism. I do not say every man of the North, for I know that the great body of the Northern Democracy will remain true to the Constitu tion despite the overwhelming flood of its relentless cohorts. But I mean that the free labor States would be controlled by Black Republicanism, and would not be able to return a single member to either House of Congress friendly to the Constitutional rights of the South. I trust that this condition of things may never exist, but if it should, I know of no way by which the Union can be saved. Hence the doctrine of Congressional intervention, as advocated by the new born sectional party, is fraught with peril to the country. The question is now distinctly presented to the people whether they will adhere to the doctrine of non-intervention, or whether they will abandon it; whether they will re open the slavery agitation by requiring Congress to take jurisdiction over it, or wh*ther they will repose to the public mind and security to the Union by leaving it where the Compromise leaves it, to the free action of the people of the Territories under the Constitution of the United States, The issue is fairly made up. It is intervention or non intervention. Its decision involves the destinies of this great Republic, and the highest interests of the civilized world. Compared with it the aspir ations of men and the fate of political parties sink into utter insignificance. Where shall we look for deliverance from these threatened evils ? It has been the mission of the Democratic party of the Union, in a thousand perils, to rescue our country from impending calamities. Its past career abounds with heroic passages and is illustrated with the most glorious achievements in the cause of constitutional liberty. It is the party of Jefferson, and Madison, and Jackson, and Polk, whose administrations constitute grand epochs in our National history. It is the party of the constitution. I look to it with confidence. Where else shall the patriot look in these times of politi..lll defection and sectional agi tation ? Let its integrity be permanently destroyed, and the doctrine of non intervention overthrown, and then the best hopes of the statesman may well be clouded with gloom and darkness. It is to maintain these that I consent to take the position now assigned me, and welcome the consequences of personal good or personal ill, which that position may bring. Nothing else could induce me to brave the detraction which it - invites and incur the heavy responsi bility which it imposes. I have nothing to add but the expression of my profound thanks for the honor so unexpectedly conferred upon me, and my cordial acknowledgement fOr the flattering terms in which I have been notified of my nomination. Whatever may be honor ably done, I shall cheerfully do to maintain the integrity of the party and the triumph of its principles. ANOTHER LETTER Last week we gave a letter from Judge DOUGLAS to Mr. RICHARDSON, a delegate from Illinois in the National Convention. Below we give a telegraphic dispatch from the same gentleman to DEAN RICHMOND, of the New York delegation : • • WeenrricTex, June 21,1860-9 i A. M. To Dean Richmond, Chairman of the _Yew York delegation:— • The steadiness with which New York has sustained me will justify a word of-counsel. The safety of the cause is the paramount duty of every Democrat. The unity of the party and the maintenance of its principles, inviolate are more important than the elevation or defeat of any individual. If my enemies are determined to divide and destroy the Demo— cratic-party, and perhaps the country, rather than to see me elevated—and if the unity of the party can be preserved, and its time— honored principles maintained, and its ascen dancy perpetuated, by dropping my name, and uniting upon some other reliable, non— intervention and Unien•loving Democrat, I beseech you, in consultation .with our friends, to pursue that course which will save the party and the country, without regard to my individual interests. I mean all this letter implies. Consult freely and act boldly for the right. S. A. DOUGLAS. AN EVENING PENNY PAPER.-Mr. Flani gan, the editor of the 'Daily News, of Phila delphia, has commenced the publication of an everting edition of his paper, containing all the latest_ intelligence, local and 'telegraphic, received up to the hour of patting the' paper to press. The, numbers before us are gotten up in good, taste s and the paper, promises to be eouducted_ with ability, enterprise, and professional._ tact. ,4 politios it ia. a sort of 1 4publicaik with a: considerable sprinkling of. Ic.nr:Nothirtgism.:nnd givee Lbiteoln a Tether. rFer siiptietv;l3aiiing,--ite :pongee; We: " -1 4 1 .04 1,1 7 PIuMBIL SERENADE NICE 'PRESIDENT BREICKINIUDGE AND DEN. LANE. THEIR SPEECHES ACCEPTING THE NOMINATIONS. OR• the evening of the 25th ult., Vice gresident BRECKINRIIXIE and - Gen:.LAIM were serenaded at their residences lb Washington, and made the following Speeches aocepting the nominations : MUCH OP Vl= I.IIISIDIZIR IZEttcluzimur_ Veneer citizens: I feel deeply this manifestation of your frien,lly regent, and 'accept it as a proof thit you approve of the proceedings at Baltimore, by which the National my Convention presented my Dame, and that of my gallant and honored friend. General Lane, for the cares of Presidentand Vim President of the United States. That beartwould be cold and Insensible indeed which did not throb with gratitude for such a manifestation of the confi dence of his countrymen. I Mel it and feel It deeply, and do not affect to conceal IL At theme's time, and, in the presence of thii assembly, it may not be indelicateor Im proper for me to say that it 12 a position which I did not seek; and which, although laceepted it promptly, yet did so with regret. iCheers-] I hare seen, as you have seen, with feelings allele, divisions and disturbances which have • paned in the democratic organisation ; ,and" had hoped to the last for the harmony of the whole, and strove to.bring it about. It was not my purpose, at any time, that my name should be for an instant in the way of uni versal harmony. I. said so to my, friends; they knew it and acted upon my wishes. I well.knew that there were many gentlemen, North and South, whose knowledge, experience, and ability fitted them for Each a trust But without referriztg indetall to theproceedinge at Baltimore, I have only to say that the Convention which assembled at Maryland Institute, was composed, in my opinion. of the National •Democracy of, the United States- [Cheers.] I approve of the proceedings that took place, believing that they were necessary, and said to my friends, "If unhappily it did become necessary, I would stand by and sustain them." And while I never desired to head the ;movement, yet it is not for one who acts with his friends and is willing to sustain them to choose the position he will occupy in it. [Cries of " good." and cheers.] And when I discovered, though with regret, that my name had been presented to the country, it did ,not take me long to determine that "I would not meanly abandon those with whom I was deter mined to act. [Loud and proicrtged, cheering.] • • Fellowcitizene. I understand that apprehenzions are entertained in some highly respectable quarterly that the National Democratic party is arty of disunion and intends to break up the Union of States. [Cries of , "Never, never," "We intend to preset ye it."] I cannot bring myself but to think that these fears are utterly groundless. I have read the resolutions adopted by that Convention with a great deal of care, and I must lay that I see nothing in the character of the gentlemen who corn. posed the Convention, in the resolutions adopted by it, and —if you will permit me to say it—in the character of the nominees,. m justify such an apprehension. [Laughter and applause.] Instead of looking to the breaking ° up of the Confederacy, I observe that one of the resolutions seems to contemplate the extending of it—lengthening its cords, and extending its boundaries [A voice—el Cuba"] I observe that another of those resolutions instead of attempting to break up the Union, seems to pledge the power of a great organization to unite by all constitutional means its distant parts more closely by iron bands, [cries of "good," and applause,] and hope and trust this will be speedily and grandly realized. [Applause.] I see nothing sectional in the position of the delegatinne there. Dele gates from almost all the States of this Union; delegates particularly from our gallant young sisters, California and Oregon, upon the Pacific elope. What interest have they in being sectional? There they were, far removed from domestic strife. far removed even from the strifes of the great valley of the Mississippi—these two young States, looking across the prairies, and over cloud-topped moun tains with impartial affection, arbitred this disagreement, and said .• Do justice, give equality, and let there be fra ternal brotherhood." [Applause] It is true that one of the .resolutions contemplates the equality of the States In all the common Territories of the Union, and in all other respects under our common Consti tution. [Applause.] But who so blind as not to know that this doctrine of the equality of the States has been the sheet-anchor of our peace and safety, while upon the departures from that doctrine alone have been brought about all the civil disorders. [Applause.] No man lea disunionist who wants to preserve the Union upon the principles of the Constitution and the equality of the States. [Applause.] Our peace has never been dis turbed, except when the principles embodied in these resolutions have been departed from. Fellow-citizens, allow ale to add another word In regard to myself. When that Convention selected me as one of its candidates, looking at my humble antecedents and the place of my habitation, It gave to the country. as far as I was concerned, a personal and geographical guarantee that its interest was in the Union. [Applause.] But, fellow-citizens, one word more. and I• am done. I ought to add that I believe I can make the same statement --fer_my distinguished associate upon this ticket. It s. me times happens to every man to be placed in a position where, however blameless himself, and however reluctant he may, be to act, he can take no course that regrets do not meet him on every side—perhaps the execration of those whose good opinion he would desire. But we•must be prepared to meet ouch occaelone in this life • and ell that a trieod can do under such circumstances is to move for ward with dignity, with decorum. without passi n, without resentment, and with calm end unfaltering step. It is my purpose, so far es I am able, to pursue that course. I concede to others the same good motives and purposes which I claim for myself' and my friends. Then without acrimony, without passion. without animosity, I accept the nomination which the National Convention has tendered me, without its having been sought, [vociferous cheering] and shall quietly, firmly, and I hope bravely meet the expectations they have done me the honor to indulge. I cherish the hope. fellowciiizene, that brighter times are before u=; and that the some good Providence which has guarded this Confederacy ever since its existence will lead us out of these civil disorders, and in Ells own good time conduct us to tranquility and peace. [Applause.] row. fellow-citizens, as I came before you only to make my grateful acknowledgments, not to make a speech, I give way for others whom I know you would delight to hear. • The speaker retired amid immense applause. GEN. LANE'S SPEECH. Fellow-citizens: For this manifestation of kindness ' re spect and confidence, I shall always feel most gratefull am proud of this opportunity of seeing you, and of speak ing to you, very briefly indeed, in relation to matters having reference to the common good of our common coun try. [Applause ] We are now in the midst of a crisis, iu which the welfare. prosperity and happiness of our beloved country is deeply involved. It depends upon the Ameri can people to say what the fate of our country shall be; for everything, in my judgment, depends upon the result of the approaching election. My friends, you must pardon me for alluding to the ac tion of the Convention recently assembled at Baltimore; but I cannot forbear expressing my gratitude and my pride for having been placed, by the action of the National Demo cratic party [A voice—" That's so,"] upon that ticket with the noble, the gifted, the gallant young Kentuckian.— [Loud applause ] lle is one whom I have known for years; one whom I knew in Mexico; whom I have known in the councils of your nation; and whom I knew when we were struggling for the honor of our country upon a for eign soil. He is a statesman who has borne himself nobly and gallantly in every position in which he has been placed. [A *voice--'• That's so."] Allow me to nay, my friends, that in John C. Breckinridge, pm have the very soul of chivalry; you have the very soul of truth. of in tegrity, and of patriotism; and a man who is devoted to the service of his country. Then, my friends, is it not a proud thing to be associated on the ticket with such a standard-hearer? L" Yes "] That ticket represents the National Democracy of this country, and contends for the constitutional rights of the whole country. That's so," and applause.] We have gone on prospering and to pros per, as has no other country on the face of the earth, un der a Constitution handed down to us by our fathers, and which is sacred to every portion of the country, and the leading feature. of which is equality in the Union of these States. My friends, if we would preserve that Union—and for its maintenance no man living would go further than your humble servant—for the maintenance of that Union upon the'principles of the Constitution, no man would throw him self into the breach, or-lay down his life. with more pleas ure and promptness than myself—we must stand by its guarantees; by the equality of States; by the protection of our citizens on the high seas, in the Territories, or wherever the jurisdiction of this Government extends [Applause ] American citizens from all portions of our country are equally entitled to protection of person and property, not only on the high seas, but on the common territory of our common country, the heritage of our common people. [‘• That's ao," and applause ] Then, my friends, these guarantees, these constitutional rights, extend to every portion of thenouncry Let it not be said that the ticket presented by the National Demo cratic Convention at Baltimore con tends only for the rights of a portion of the States of this Union. It is not so. No than must say that by this ticket the rights of the South alone are protected; for the party that nominated this ticket will stand by the guaranteed rights of every State in thermion, as ready to rush to the rescue of Maine, Massa chusetts, Oregon and California., if invaded by a foreign foe, as any other State in the Union. [applause;]. as ready to stand by the constitutional rights of South Carolina and North Carolina as of Oregon or any other State. We know no section as distinct from the other; we know the Constitution and the States under it, and their rights as guaranteed under that Instrument. To look at the progress and prosperity of this country since the days when o u r fathers formed the government under which we live, every sensible man will see that it would. appear we have been the especial care of Divine Provid' ace, and that the same Divine Providence has watched over it, and built it up within a short period of time to be one of the greatest nations of the earth. If we would have that protect! .n afforded to us we must merit it; we must be honest; we must do right and fear not ; we must stand by the Con stitution, by the principles of this Government, and live up to the instrument handed down to us by our fathers, in purity and in spirit [Applause ] Now, my friends, I do not desire to make a long speech, I hope you have not expected it of me, for I had not ar ranged in my mind one word of what I say. I have been influenced from early manhood to this moment by strong attachment to our country; by that kind.of patriotism that you can swear by; [laughter and applause ;.] by that kind of patriotism that led to success in the Revolutionary war; that has led to the growth and prosperity of the country. And I shall ever continue to he a patriot and a true friend of the Constitution. Let no man ever say that the party that placed in nomination that gallant and gift ed young Kentuckian, John C. Breckloridge, and AESOCift ted my name on the ticket, that there was one drop of disunionism in the Convention, for no man living would go further to preserve this Union than I would ; [applause;] none would go further than John C. Breckharbige [Be. Dewed applause.] The Union must be preserved. It shall be preserved [.. That's it," and applause.] But it must be done by maintaining each principle, and Standing by its guarantees; by adhering to the equality. right, and justice of every portion of our country. [Applause.] This ticket, I can say, knows no North, no South—noth ing bat the Union and the Constitution; the - welfare, hap piness, and prosperity of all the States [Lend applause ] Trust me as I will you, that while I have anything to do in the councils of your nation, that justice shall be done- Now, my friends, I desire to say to you that, without malice towards any human being, without ill will to wards any one. but with kind feelings towards all who may differ with me, - entertaining the belief, as I do, that the success of such a ticket as this is indispensa ble to the prosperity and happiness of this country, I ac cept heartily the nomination that has been so kindly ten dered me by the Convention at Baltimore. . [Vociferous cheering.] After again thanking them for their kindness in waiting upon him, he retired, amid immense applause. ANOTHER NOMINATION.' Mr. Fitzpatrick having declined the Vice Presidential nomination, made by the National Convention, at Baltimore, the National Democratic Committee, by_virtue of the authority vested in them, have selected Hon. HERSCHEL V. Jonnom, of Georgia, to fill the vacancy. Mr. J. has accepted the nomination, and will ran on the same ticket with Judge Doi:tomes. He is a prominent and talented Democratic politician, and was-for merly Governor of Georgia. THE JAPANB.SE.EMBASSY. The Japanese sailed from the port of New York, on their journey home, on Saturday last, on board the 11. S. steamship Niagara. It is believed they left with an exalted opinion of our country and its institutions, and that their visit here will have a happy effect in strengthening the bonds of friendship between the two nations. insr Ex-Governor Wise; of Virginia, has " pronounced " in favor of the Bascsinatuar, and Lane pemocratic ticket. He says 'it is .the best one fortie safety ` of the'_' Hager r .. 1:" Wier, - 'of Vo w also' cOrnes-Oitt- for 'the NUM . CITY AND COIINTY AFFAIRS. THE Fi.usia of Juvr.=—The Fourth will . be celebrated with a podded of east in and around our chi. - A r t 5 o'clock, at, the Jackson- Rifles will parade and lire salutes in different Arta of the city, andal . 8 o'clock pro ceed to Becky Spring; where they:WM spend the day: A 9! _mud Silk 'meg Is to be Presented to. the Rifles on this cession by the Wks of this city. GLOWS Wr.TMCRIZOT, tkl, will make the presentation speech, and hfayor BAN• losrecelea the gift on - behalf of the , company, A tremendOes gathering cif !idles and gentlemen will greet the Rifles at, their First Annual Celebration, and the -best of-preparations have been made to accommodate a vast number of visitors. The Fencitdes will parade at 8 o'clock, k x., and also fire salutes in different parts of the city. They have underta ken the management - of the day in the city, and we are satisfied it will-be properly observed. All the belle in the city will be rung at '4 o'clock, A. It., and 'at stated inter vals during the day, cannon fired r and in the eve ning a brilliant display of fireworks will be given in Centre Square, under the direction of Mr. Gamma Kracien, who has much experienm .as a Pyrotechnist. The I"encibles, Band Is to occupy a platform in the Square, and, of course, will add much to theinterest of the occasion by their fine Among other interesting incidents, a splendid SwOrd is to be presented Capt. Elsa= Fsaurthe by his gallant com mend, the Fentlbles, to-morrow : morning. The ceremony will, we understand; take place in Centre Square, and Private JAMES .E..Azzx.sunza has been selected by his com rades to present the Sword. Thu is a high and deserved, but unexpected, compliment to an efficient officer and accomplished gentlemen. Tam DAY AT Linz.—The Fourth will be celebrated with the usual spirit in this delightful village. The beautiful Spring is to be brilliantly illuminated, and a display of fire works will wind up the festivities. ThOse who witnessed the illumitiation of the Spring last year will never forget the gorgeousness of the scene. In theaftemoon an address will be delivered by Mayor Sawnsasox. To DAY 4T Passmax.—The Fourth will be appropriately, celebrated in the village of Paradise. At 7 o'clock, P as., a balloon twenty feet in height will be tient up, and after dark a display of fireworks will take place. An Invitation is extended to the citizens of the neighborhood and the public in general to participate. Tim DAY AT SAPP HARBOR.—Theday will be commemor ated in this village by the Safe Harbor Artillery, who will hold a Pic Nic at Hainish's Woods. It promises to be a very fine affair. Franclacus' String Band of this city, an excellent corps of musicians, la engaged for the occasion. There may be other places in thit county where the glor- 0118 birth day of American Independence will be celebrated with the proper spirit, but the above are all that we have any account of. At any rate, from the announcements made, it will be seen that a remembrance of the day has not yet died out in the hearts of most of the people of the "Old Guard." DOUGLAS DEMOCRATIC Cum.—A Douglas Democratic Club was to be formed at Ditlow's Hotel, on Saturday evening last. The proceedings have not been furnished us for publication,tonsequently we are without a knowledge of who the officers were or what was done. DEMOCRATIC REJOICING.—The friends of Judge DOUGLAB fired one hundred guns, in this city, on Thursday afternoon last, in honor of his nomination. THE CAMPAIGN COUMENCED.—A Bell and Everett Ratification Mass Meeting, under the auspices of the Constitutional Union Club of this city, was held in front of the Court House on Wednesday evening last. The meeting was very large and enthusiastic. During the afternoon a large bell was placed on a furniture car, and as the wagon moved through the streets the bell was made to ring out in merry tones the announcement of the meer ing. On each side of the wagon there was the following inscription, printed on muslin: 'The Tennessee BELL will toll the deathknell of Sectionalism where EvEakrr goes." In the evening the kencibles' Band was stationed in front of the Court House, and attracted much attention by their fine, soul stirring music. Quite a profusion of flags and transparencies were also displayed. At 8 o'clock Mr. H. E. Slaymaker called the meeting to order, and read the following list of officers, which were unanimously approved : President—DAVlD H LECHE, Leacock. Vice Presidents—El isha Geiger, City ; Levi Lefevre, Strati burg; Samuel Boyd, Drumore; Henry 0 Fondersmlth, i mbia ; James Vanghao. Columbia ; J. E. Pfkotz, Ephrata; Samuel Blank, Salisbury; Benjamin Brack bill, Leacock; Samuel Patterson. City; William Hensel, (Orange street,) City; Dr. George Hoover. Paradise; John Hamilton, City;- J. W. Steacy. Ilempfield; John Best, City; John Finger, Columbia; George A. Erben, M . Joheim ; John McClure, west Hempficld; J M. Larzslere, Marietta; D. Harry. Ma rietta: Abner McMichael, Marietta; J. Corell Long, Phila delphia; William T. Long, Leacock. Secretaries—ll. K. Killian, City; H. E. Hershey, Colum bia; Thos. W: Thurlow, City; Edw. M. Eberman, City. On taking the chair, Mr. Leckie was greeted with much applause, and made a few remarks, thanking hie-follow citizens for the honor conferred, and stated the object of the meeting. Mr. H. K. Killian then react the following resolutions •hick were adopted: Resolved. That we, the conservative voters of Lancaster county, in mass meeting assembled, do most heartily en dorse and ratify the nominations of John Bell, of Tonnes see. and Edward Everett, of Massachn•ette. by the National Union Convention, as candidates for the office of President and Vire President-of the United States; that In their tried abilities and approved patriotism, the country has an un doubted guarantee of a wise and economical administration of the government; and that we appeal to all good citizens to lay aside all sectional views. party names and objects, and to. aid in electing them to the high offices for which they are named, as the most certain means of preventing the triumph of sectionalism, and restoring harmony and peace to our distracted country. Resolved, That party platforms are.the devises by which politicians seek to cheat and deceive the people and obtain the spoils of office; that in our opinion the Constitution, as understood by its foUnders, is the only platform which a free people should accept as the basis of political action. being broad enough to uphold and sustain all objects of patriotic desire. and that we applaud the wisdom and hon esty of the Baltimore Union Convention in making the basin of its principles, the Constitution, the Union and the enforcement of the Laws. The meeting was then ably and eloquently addressed by Hon. HENRY 111. Flutes of Philadelphia, Col. W. P. Sav orous of Norristown, and E. C. Pawns, Esq., of Ptilladel. phis. The nominees and speakers were heartily-cheered and applauded. The meeting was kept up to a late hoer , but notwithstanding this a large crowd remained to the close, and the enthusiasm did not flag in the least. After the meeting was over, the speakers and a number of others were elegantly entertained by Serg't HARRY SLAY MAKER, at his residence in South Duke street. The Band also proceeded there and gave the assembled party a splen did serenade, and in return for the compliment they were likewise "taken in and done for." We understand the Sergeant "did the agreeable" on this occasion in hie best style. He is a warm, efficient and enthusiastic supporter of the Bell and Everett cause. THE PITTSBURG COUNCILS AND THE BOND QUESTION—COUNCILMEN BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.—The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held an adjourned session at the Court House, In this city, last week, Chief Justice LOWRIE presiding,. assisted by Justices WOODWARD, STRONG, THOMPSON and READ, comprising the full bench. A great many cases were disposed of, the most important of which was that of the "City Fathers" of Pittsburg. who were brought before the Court for contempt in disobeying its mandate. The history of this contempt case is briefly this: During the session of the Supreme Court an,Harrlsburg, in May last, a writ..of attachment was issued against thirteen Councilmen of Pittsburg for contempt, in not obeying the mandate of the Court and voting to levy a tax to pay interest on the bonds of the Chartiers Valley Railroad.— This writ was directed to the Sheriff of Allegheny County, and was made returnable at Lancaster on Wednesday, June 27th. In obedience thereto, James L. Graham, Sheriff of Allegheny County, returned that he had brought the dere lict Councilmen, as follows: Jacob Tomer, William Ward, Richard Thompson, John Quinn, S. Marrow, A.G. McCand less, Wllltitm Taylor, A. B. Hayden, Jackson Duncan, John Lang, William RowbAtom, Aaron Floyd and George Hill. The suit is known officially by the name of Hamilton vs. thq:lttlayor sod Councils of Pittsburg. The plaintiff was represented by George Harding, Esq.; of Philadelphia, and the defendants were represented by Senator Penny, of Allegheny County. The return of the Sheriff was presented and the Councilmen named having appeared within the the bar, the Court stated that the usual course would be taken. The plaintiff's counsel were directed to the inter rogatories to be answered by those who might desire to purge themselves of the contempt of 'Court, and the inter rogatories, were required to be answered on Wednesday afternoon. The Court appointed Hon. Judge Smyeer, of Norristown, and Hon. Judge Long, of this city, Commissioners to take the answers of the Councilmen. The Commiesioners, with the Councilmen, then retired. The interrogatories were intended to elicit the fact whether the, Connclimen had acted in direct and intentional violation and contempt of the Court, and whether they adhered to their views. After referring the matter to the Commissioners, .the Court adjourned until 5 o'clock, P. M. The Court re-assembled at at 5 o'clock. The Commis; sloners reported the answers of the defendants, and the Court adjudged them severally gnillty of contempt, but deferred their sentence until the opening of the session at Pittsburg, In the Fail, and bound each of them over in the sum of one thousand dollars, to appear in Court. A writ of attachmentwas Issued against the twelve other members of Common Council, and a rale to show cause why an attachment should not issue against the balance of Coun cils. This will bring all the members of both branches 'of councils before the Court at Pittsburg, and each member will then answer for himself. Chief Justice Lew= deity ered a long and able opinion, explaining to the defendants fully the nature of the proceeding and the greatperil they were in. The fact that designing and crafty demagogues were seeking to swerve them from their course of duty,' and incite them to rebellion, would . be of no avail. They might rest assured that the law would vindicated, That as they had all solemnly sworn that they were now willing to obey the writ, and that they were how trying to secure the levy, the sentence would be deferred to enable thenuto show that this was an honinit declaration, and In the hope that they would 'return and at once pass an ordinance, pioviding for the levy. • The Ohlef Justice's remerits were liatened to with great attention and respect by all the Councilmen present. They stated, in convene:diet' after/Perdu, that they. would nee every endeavor to secure the immediate passage of ati ordi nand) providing for the jevy. The behavior of the Councilmen was in strong contrast with the obstinate spirit evinced by the County,. Commis sioners when In Court at Philadelphia. - CoMPLIMSNTaItY.—At- a stated meeting of the Mechanics' Society, on the evening of the ISO:tilt, the following Insolation was adopted: , • . • Betolved, That the thardis of the istelianice doelety of tfie,olo'and County' of - Lancistei are eminently due, end. hereby Undated, to John W. Tforney, , rati., for• hie mtiniZt etattionation AL, valuable botika . 4.l: Octavo end 18.iluirte veiltumil;atr the , Methentetttiabnemil andithatii:e4, of We rescdtttion berifiwasted tthimi,..aakpuplyiuml bk:the' Nino Desn.---Qii Wednesday evening last, the body. t a German men, name Unimown, was found lo a stable in the ;ear of-Kainges*Mr* Baker's Warehouse , between Prices and Water stecetc The Mau was Men 'canning in the neighborhood eaTuesday evening, and had 'proibly taken repose MtheMatile for the night. lie was wire= thirty-five and- forty years of age, and bee fur quentiy been seen about the city Deputy Coroner flormly holden igluest, when the jury returned a vindlet of death front apatiaxy. The miming Were removed to the Poor Home for burial. ' • Norkz To Mix PAYERS:• .We are requested to call the attention of the tax payers of the city to the advertisement of the Collector tuanother column of today's riper. Mi. Yuan has had Co adopt this course on account of severe itickness. _ Gaarabsouic.—The Third Annual Dinner of the Lancaster Law Library Association took place at Wahankon Thum:lay afternoon last. Among the invited guests present were the Judges of the Supreme Court, and each of them happily responded to sentiments proposed in their behalf. We understand the disciples of Blackstone, entbracing Pose "learned in legal lore." and those not so learned, laiiiyers in fat practice at the bar, and those with little or 'no practice, were there in full force, and had a .high old time o' The dinner was gotten up in Youart'a biet style. . FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGR.--At a meeting of the Faculty of Franklin and Marshall College, on the 29d jilt., the following gentlemen-were awarded the bonorsof the Graduating Class of 1860: German Salutatory, Jacob Dahlman; English Salutatory, Jonathan IL Rhine . smith - 4*Mb Oration, Albert R. Carpenter ;-,Marahall °retail; Cyrus Cort ; Valedictory, J. Spangler Kieffer. The Graduating Class consists of the following gentle. men :- R. C. Bra,gonier, A. R. Carpenter, Cyrus Cort, Jacob Dahlman, alt. Diffenbacher, W. A. firing, 11. H. Hellman, H. H. Rani:lan, R. H. Hockman, G. H. Johnston, 3:13 . Kieffer, J. 0. Knipe, J. W. Love, T. R. Rhinasmith, G. T. Shower, A. J. Shollenberger, N. H. Skylee-47". TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—At a -stated meeting of Ootorah' Lodge, No. 514, 1.. 0. 0. F.; held at Kirkwood June 9th, nett, the following resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS, God, in His mysterious. proildenee, has seen fit suddenly to remove from our midst otir worthy Bro. Woman F. Exam to that bourne from whelice no traveler 'returns ; therefore Resolved, ?That while we bow with humble submission to this bereavement, we feel pleasure in bearing testimony to the zeal and devotion with which he has performed hie duties as an Odd Fellow. gcsaved, Jrhat we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family in our mutual loss, but are comforted that his de portment through life Is our best testimony that our loss is hie gain. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the wife and children of the deceased, and in token of this sympathy will forward to them a copy of these resolutions. Resolved, That our Lodge be placed in mourning for the space of three months, as a token of respect to the departed Brother. EiiiM=G==;l EDWIN GARRETT, JAMES H FERRY. Committee SHIEON W. SWISHER, TOOTHACHE.—This disease can be cured by Dr. Keyser's Toothache Remedy, prepared by him iu Pitts burgh, Pa., which is put up in bottles and sold at 25 cents each. It is an excellent medicine, when diluted, for spongy and tender gums, and is worth ten times its price to all who need it. Sold here by 0. A. Heinitsh and all Druggists. For The Intelligencer. LET US SIT DOWN AND REASON TO- GETHER. WEbT EARL, June 18th, 1860. MESSRS. Eniroas: Perhaps you will find room in your most excellent country newspaper for a column of history. History. properly understood, is very useful. The princi pal question which must be discussed for this time forth until November, is—let us look at it steadily—Slavery. Let us see whether history ' such a Chart is will do to call our ship by. If it is, we will hold on our course, until we meet the enemy - in November, when we will sink him as effectually as would the marine ram now being built by the English. We can discuss politics everywhere, the church excepted. And let the minister in the pulpit, if he hen any regard for his office, confine himself to the gospel. Then will his "feet be beautiful "—and remain so. Politico are an "un clean thing," and all ministers of a reepectable church ought to know this "Ah! but Slavery," says one, " Sir I Slavery is politics." Both thy bondsmen and tby bondsmaida, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondsmen and bondsmaids."— The Bible. ' Nsithor does tho new Testament say ono word against Slavery. What a fine.' opening' the Centurion gaie our Saviour to condemn the institution, was it in the slightest degree at variance with the blessed religion which he came to establish on earth.. In our English version of this, we are. told that the Centurion spoke to the Saviour of his servant ; but when we take the original [untampered with] Greek, we find that word to read slave. Are we responsible for the original Greek? Now we would respectfully ask gentlemen, readout in the non•elaveholdiog Statee, whether they suppose that our brethren in the Southern States can feel indifferent to sentiments stigmatizing their social existence se a die• grace to humanity, and which threaten them with the destructio, of all that they hold dear, as well as the ruin of their estate's Let us see how the slaveholder regards the existing state of affairs. It is asserted end believed in the Southern States that the Northern States are bitterly hostile to slavery. and that the feeling against it is on the increase. This hostility is suppoied not to confine itself to their own • institutions, but to extend to all the Territories of the United States, where it is resolved that slavery shall never go: and only wafts to interfere with the institution as it exists in the-Southern 'States, and eci abolish it in the District of Columbia. Without consulting platforms, 'it is said that them things entirely app-ar in the language of their leaders. A member of Congress, from Boston, lately repeated the 'frequent assertion of his friends, that the Declaration of Independence comprehended by design the negro race. and that he Revolutionary 'War was for the common good of all in America. black and white. . . Now this statemeo t is historically and sheet utely untrue. as a recourse to the original records will show. The proofs adduced are curious, and .with your permission I will give them. The Revolutionary Army was first raised by the Provin cial Congrees of Massachusetts, and at an early period of the War taken into Continental pay, because the nucleus of the Continental Army. If negroes were intended to have any share in the toils and rewards of the contest, we might expect to find some evidence in the regulations of the. armi.a. Accordingly we see on the Bth of July, 1775. the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, to whom pro tempore the government of the Province belonged, prohibit lag the officers of the several Regiments of the Massachu setts Bay forces from enlisting "any stroller, negro or vagabond." That this prohibition was not made carelessly and without authority, appears from the Maseachusette Congress, on June 8 , 11, 1775, and from the repetition of the command on the 10th ofJulyv 1775, by GLITZ, the Adjutant- General, immediately on the - arrival of the Generals ap pointed by Congress. In point of fact, the Massachusetts Congress, on the 25th of October, 1774, waa invoked, con sidering Its efforts to release itself and Its constituents from slavery, to " take Into consideration the state and circum stances of the negro slaves in this Province." The question was debated, and it was voted " that the matter now sub side;" and It subsided accordingly without being even referred to a committee. Negro slaves remained as they were. Such was the conduct of Massachusetts What was that of the Continental Army and the rest of - New England? On the sth of October, 1775, WesarNaTON held a council of his Generals at Cambridge. There were p-esent Wand, Lee, Putnam, Thomas, Spencer, Heath, Sullivan, Greene and Gates—all but Washington, Lee and Gates being New Englanders. The question well debated whether any negroes should be enlisted in the Continental Army, or whether a distinction should be made between free negroes and slaves. It was decided unasimousiy to reject all slaves, and by a great msjority to - reject negroes altogether. On the 23rd a delegation of a committee from Congress [Franklin, Harrison and Lynch] and 'the civil authorities, all New England conferred with Washington. on the sub. jest of our new army, and the result of their deliberations was the positive and distinct decision that negroes. bond or free, should be utterly excluded from our military service This was done. it would seem, not in considera tion of the negroes having . with the whites, bat (at Memoirs) because it is a de serve with a negro. These records from the of% it is alleged, establish that ne considered the blacks as hay; of the Revolution. Island were up to the elbo and retail, and would not such lucrative traffic with the advertia• meet of the auction of the late Jan.. 2nd, 1Z75, at South Tree "(!)aild goea down to notices of slave sale s, an y near° man, Samson. " Slay. hold words In New Engles* of the Pilgrim Fathers, or excellent Mon came to the Bought a new home, they hunger and rlcknees. Rot His followers iv CEtEM all tin land was his. hold land or life, if any wanted either or both; but 0du..................„ just then in a condition to ,tilt the approach of a dozen Indian &Maws, let alone core or two of lusty warriors. The painted heathen, ho ever, showed his utter ignorance of modern honesty [f religion each as - Beecher .t Co's] and instead of rob rig and murdering the weakly out. casts, he gave the food. shelter and protection, and in the fancied ;derail de of his power, made a league of per petual amity and rotherhood that should endure no long as grass grew • ii waters ran. What was the upshot? The Sachem di , and hie rich meadows and broad wood lands went— tto the good, pions Pilgrims, but—un natural as it r y seem—to his own sons! Was such an outrage to endured? The first born,. Alexander, was presently set ed, and so honestly dealt with, that he died of raging ter r almost In the Pilgrims' hands. Ilia brother, Philip of Po snot, with some sense, resolved, ere he ear rendered hl self. to at least die less like au- . mble dog than a free- rn man; but at last he too w".... ain. Hie eon—the dson of Bissassorr—and all that remained of his tribe, in n, women and children, fell Into the hands of the godly there of New England. Let not the reader suppose ' t t they were slabs. Oh. no I that would have been pee fully wrong. The pious captors sent them, every on to the West Indies and sold them into slavery. They noli my got their farms, but, out of the honest and good In ans' blood and bones, they coined the where withal stock them; and, unless memory err& this was the Gov cment's act as well as that of the people. You will too a veto for there truths In a modern New Eng land hi den; bat the records of the country prove the fact, an 'Washington Irving has pledged his character to a straw statement. With t going too warmly into the subject, I will add that st.ry is true. I had placed in my hands the sword et emote Philip. I half looked around to see if the shade Judas 'scarlet wee not at my elbow, and utterly forgot ask how much money the kletacomets were sold for. . . laretion of Independence does; not affect the ti ' political condition of the negro, - and its langaage w . ttered with as little regard to him as to the behemoth. A the world knows that this paper was drawn up by . • 7 a. Now, Is it credible that if JPlrritMar wrote it is now construed by gentlemen in New England [and e, it is to be regretted, in Pennsylvania, ] he .should ve been guilty of the baseness of holding Waves all his I ;of reclaiming the vain from Congress, of such as re taken to labor for the government during the war; d have left his debts unpaid, and to be paid out of the roceedi of the sale of his slaves, and the benefaction of e alaveholding State of Louisiana r . _ Guam was certainly not a fool. It remains for his own b- rth-land to prove him a knave, for he must have under coat theprinciples of the cams for which he:nobly fought; • a:id id not scruple to _gratefully - aciept the plantation ~._ laves which sißouthern State bestowed upon him -In Ilion of hie worth. And he. lived and died on it. ',.: ,if I' mistake not; was similarly 'endowed ; and 1; MN In lift and death was a slaveholder. He; I.' made Provltion - for the freedom of hie servants al* the death of tbelastPersanto whom he eared to have them assigned; but this is-done by our sliveboldera every I day; and' we know he 'held and worked his slaves all through the Revolution, end resented gravely any tamper ing with his ownership ar , their loyal fidelity. -,1311 send meats On this point eannot be dliputed. , I have examined AllOrteluaratd unpliblidied letter of Wealdngtonby;bearr tag date NeveMber 20t0,1788, (s,peried, I would suggest. fortitabenkft ot the gentkinten who say . the Declaration of badependence gam freedom to this negro, tvonsirksatay l inn l i tan" Dial* ofjtilt , . 1 77 8 ,1 ill *Mali liti:a4oirk. bi 'lobar* to ietelthfeeCOMMOthmt saws ylsh ,.. Wti ille 1 , - chagrin 4l4#*, tho dlowdatuoktl4obtlo wororolograidAdith;l Alfit 1 :10 , ,titsMifil* _ _O4, 019tqlit. : 41 . itbilillitli- o • 6 __A t ileq tOb Blo6 lt 6 dilOSSO;' :- 'VON'S negro manetww . to Ilia away* lasef . .'• 7 f .-. to whims care reant him" [contlistiwi'l;• '. akel. ~tedweriedtartimis aisartidoyeetateher seem - toi: - .' :- Walt ' . ' lithisly voituilawy;wadilletated by hie semi o r :-..= have ' .. 4 itt,l •thas pronalsed every' endeavor. in his' duty 11 .''''oteilidel., but it is not. easy to de this,_ ' Power- • - nunabers that bad anther fecilltate the •!. whem,......the *apprehend them When runaways. I eictitetWt". — . - ,ey lvas not, ninclelinmentnoded by this • i We .' :.. of yonr waiters?' It is testae add that the co ' ' . litegNorthward and the'slave'slrarborers ''by Washington to be the rend* of a free - s ' ..‘.., Sta trh . . te i hia... :,. • : , 40.,, th .41t e emuce n inday egre iga in pos the nsedowst Ite the vo inoi lutio gimnl n di aco d i n tsks et :fe diff in tr et 2,,, i Is nattigte et Wong and constructions of 1860. or to say ta„... 8 ,0 t ~..,,,,- B e. Wm. Jay is an abolitionist of this '' 6..tu ___“7 : ; ,.......,0n.. .."'" ...,. ... jouo M tin r ilA Chsr adurmia r earery F. S A wr da in ms etemenan thi t towi nk th a tb th eheastan e en con . that st: ' .,ii Jahn JaY , of dem i, lattlintsrlos during their own- lives. ' It would 1.. well eatm gebow b tha li ei t the Messrs. Jay' and Adams of y exhibited the genius and patriot t°""ilY bale 11. Pl' and Jayof History. ism a the some story. . ..,,, t tate fse argumeut as it is.advanced. Was John , appolder! Probably not; he was a poor man with a large Adams it • he bad splendid' talents; he served lim % ' his , u .„ a r mor the whole prime of his- life, Mid he 0,......:04 . 1 . - i t l e d ui rtevera...dolbu• to spare. He bad certainly no wan, to buy slava!: bat he alway - s no means, P v ''''" / neeogased.Oweenstitutional lawfulness of slavery. John J ay a m ber:l life a poor, obscure man, and by virtue and =duet ne wt himself to the position he subs quently oa copied. As adaf 'Justice of the United States he traversed .. slaven, gearest.he saw the Institution existing as It does to- in all , his charges to grand t As Governor of New York, and j: ariy ,: ef e i T tisey 'tll k ile „f tlidagli tha t i l s. ait ie, "7 . favored within its herders the ' - ~. gt . eu h ai d abeition of slavery. The plain English of this '.'..- coil rse le. so il will understand, to enable the slaveholder to ee nt hie valuable slaves into other Staten before the "*.; euentated ci t y of freedom arrives, and to leave the old and useless to bonne a burthen to the itemmunity. This ha _ practically ben the result in the present free States; they eye. all once and as independent American States too, deyeboid i n comniunities. They thought It just and ex pedient to sloth& slavery within their own bofclens; but b y one t o h e eoranother they warned their citizens against individual bat. Even the pure minded and illustrious J o h n Jay massif gives us an instance of this conduct. Be wee, tw i,ed, a model of integrity amongst the children of men • a My, good Man. Yet he did not scruple to buy, in'MadiniC°.in December, 1779, the slave Benoit, and to hold im in slavery for five years.. On the list of as March, 17 he executed a declaration promising that no man Jo y could be held in slavery, he should hold Benoit for t roe years longer as a slave; and then , if the. bondsman's ;kitty and labor compensated him for his ex.' wise . , g in him liberty. One would suppose), if the premises we re just, that Mr. Jay should rather pay the negro wages rod damages for five yeses' durum, than exact t r y ord, go ad yeam of servitude• but so stands the r in Mr. Jay's fife of his father. We and auk, why as a public man, Mr. Jay m o tt pe d r i n a ti' to farther, men, eloquently r iled the adoption of the Federal Constitution, which no t oily tacitly connives at slavery whatever the States choose to retain it, but expressly provides for rendition of fugitive slaves!? Why 'should be anti John Adams, and Franklin, and Laurette, the four Commission ers who signed the Preliminaries of Peace with England, at Paris, November 30th, 1782. have assisted in the inoorporahoh of an express proviso that the British Army w ithd r awing from the United States should go "without causing ar t y destruction or carrying away any negroes or ot h er pra p e ty of the .American inhabitants"—it slavery were either anlawful m not existent? How the bones of the old patriots meat tarn in their coffins if they know of their posterity encouraging the !subversion of the Union, and sending promote of fifty dollars to men like John Brown, whose only merit was that he put into bloody execiation the teachings of our modern saints, whose charity begins In other .people's pockets, whose light shines in the inceediary'e torch, and whose real sharpens the ' assassin's dagger i With such reasonleg our Southern friends maintain that slavery le a part of the social System of the country, coeval with the Constitution at the very least. They open the history pf the Constitutional Convention at Philadel• phia and paint out text after text to show that It was so underatoed and provided for by the framers. Why then .. are Southerners to be excluded from the Territories? Is it right that they should be excluded? Aod why is slavery to be girdled about like a scorpion • in a circle of lire, till domestic Insurrection is fostered to overwhelm it and the tough? The Southerners are not disuelonists, and any man who dares say so ,dares say what is not true. They will stead by the Union while— there is .single ray of hope. They are the noblest people on earth. If the tragedy of Cain and Abel must be per formed once more, let not the actor who plays the part of Cain be a PENNBYLVAIitatit . • L's LETTER. OF ACCEPTANCE. WASHINGTON, Juno 29.--The following is Senator Douglas' letter of acceptance of the nomination for the Presidency : - WASHINGTON, June 27, 1860. GENTLEMEN :—ln acccordance with the verbal assurance which T gave you when you placed in my hands the authentic evidence of my nomination for, the-Presidency by the National Convention of the Democratic party, I now send you my formal acceptance. Upon a careful examination of the platform of principles adopted at Charleaton and reaf firmed at Baltimore, with an additional resolution, which is in perfect harmony with the others, I find it to be a faithful embodi ment of the time honored priskciples of the Democratic party, as the same were pro claimed and understood by all partieri in the Presidential contests of 1848, '52, and '56. Upon looking into the proceedings of the Convention; also, I find that the nomination was made with great unanimity, in the pres ence and with the concurrence of more than two thirds of the whole number of delegates, and in exact accordance with the long estab lished usages of :the party. My inflexible purpose notto be a candidate, nor accept the nomination in any contingency,- except as the regular nominee of the National Democratic party, and in that case only upon condition that the usages as well as the principles of the party should be strictly ad hered to, had been proclaimed for a long time, and becatne well known to the country. These conditions having all been complied with by the free and voluntary action of the Democratic masses and their faithful represen tatives. without any agency, interference, or procuremint on my part, I feel bound in honor and Cuty to accept the nomination. In taking this step, I am not unmindful of the responsifilities it imposes, but, with a firm reliance op Divine Providence, I have faith that the people will comprehend - the true nature of As issues involved, and eventually; maintain the ri'ht. The peace of the country and perpeptity of the Union have been put id jeopardy 1);, attempts to interfere with and control themestio affairs of the people in the Terries through the agency of the Federal Gnment. If the po r and duty of Federal interfer ence be con c ed, ti I hostile, ' 'teal nom - '' must be the evi' ing the pass ns t and the al. r of filing to use the for the aggraidizi the expense sr, thi and in dengati principles ofi s( firmly establ he -American R oh entire republi n able period of sr actvocates of ei subject of slam : -: t...._ -.wary into a revolu , thern interventionists demand it Proviso for the.prohibition of the S nithern interventionists number and withotit a single in either house of r pongress) t Congressional legislation for of slavery in opposition to the eople,—in either case it will be sat it reqaired all the wisdom, Inence of a Clay and a Webster +upported by the conservative ten of the Whig and Democratic day, to devise and carry out a which would restore peace to ' Lnd stability to, the Union. The ig principle , of that policy, as s legislation of 1850, was, and ..._ intervention by Congress with slaveryn the Territories. The fair application of this just and equita-- ble principle restored harmony and fraternity to a diStracted country, and if we now depart from thht wise and just policy which produced these happy results,,and permit the country to be again distracted, if not precipitated into a revoltion, by a sectional contest ,between pro slirfery and anti:(-slavery interventionists, , where Obeli we look for another Clay, another Webster, or another . Cass to pilot the ship - of- State ' over the breakers into a haven of peaceful safety. , The Federal Union must be preserved.— The Constitution must be maintained inviolate in all; its parte. Every right guaranteed by. the Constitution must be protected by law in all tales where legislation is necessary to its enforeement. The judicial authority,• as provided in the Constitution, must be sustain ed, and its decisions implicitly obeyed and faithfully executed. •• The laws must be administered and the constituted authorities upheld, and all unlawful resistances suppres- ' ed. These things Must all be done with firmness, impartiality and fidelity, if we expect to enjoy and:transmit unimpaired to our posterity that blessed inheritance which we have received in trust from the patriot& sages of the Revolution. ‘. With sincere thanks for the kind and agreeable manner in which you have made known to me the action of the Convention, - , I have the honOr to..be, very resp'y,' , -- -- - Your friend'and fellow citizen,, (Signed) S. A. DOUGLAS. - To Hon. Wm, H. Ludlow. of New York ; H. P. Dick , of North - Carolina; R. C. ick liffe, of Louisiana, and others of the Copt-- mittee. , ..., ~ No Wonnea.-=S O many worthlessitediolnee are advertised for the ewe of various diseases, and when. tried " foand Wanting" that the invalid lows all faith. in specifics. We have 1 . yet to learn, howevere_ of the first ,of • A wie . tar , :B a l sam of Wild. Ohertvit , T .4 4o4;,-,- Atatigtia, %Ids, sod palinonary 1 Theres'a vile *oantelfeit-fir4Wf earn ;' *Wore be inlet p4iian4l.l*B W l'i*Li-Jitt'4. *atilt 41ki''.;lar4fesifijzigdmisekv s ~vm y~. -„ • r.-ItAt=lZl
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