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THE EXTRA SESSION.
Congress rc-assenibled 011 Thursday, pursu- |
ant to the proclamation of the President, call- j
in *an extra session. The President addressed
0
a message to Congress, which is a:i expansion
of his proclamation. IK places the necessity
for the passage of the army appropriation bill,
in reference to hostilities existing with Indian I
tribes in the remote portions of the United
States, and other respects in which the public
peace is seriously threatened.
The House, after hearing the President's
message, by a vote of yeas 93 to nays 85, re- j
adopted the army bill with the Kansas restric- \
tion attached. Nothing of importance was !
done in the Senate.
011 Friday, immediately after meeting, the '
Senate rejected the proviso without debate.— !
Upon the bill being returned to the House,
the latter refused to concur by a vote of nine- 1
tv-six to ninety-four, and then laid the motion
to reconsider on the table by ninety-seven to
ninety-five. In this condition the bill went
back to the Senate, and a motion to insist was
carried by the usual party majority, Mr. Hun
ter advising that no committee of conference
should be appointed on their part.
The bill again came before the llon.se, and
a proposition to insist and name a Committee
of Conference, was negatived by 94 yeas to
97 nays. Mr. Cobb then tried a motion tore
cede, which failed by 94 to 96, and finally the
House determined to adhere by 97 to 93, the
best vote of the day. The usual motion to lay
the reconsideration on the table, succeeded by
one majority—ayes 97, nays 96.
In the Senate on Saturday, some debate
took place on the Army Appropriation bill,
after which the motion to adhere to the Sen
ate amendment was agreed to. Mr. Clayton
Introduced a resolution providing for the ap
pointment of a committee of seven members
of the Senate and eleven of the House, to con
sider aud report on the disagreement. Mr.
Seward objected, however, and so the resolu
tion was laid over.
House. —Mr. Campbell attempted to offer a
resolution for the appointment by the Speaker
of a Select Committee of thirteen, to confer
with a similar Committee of the Senate on the
affairs of Kansas, hut objection was made, and
Mr. Campbell gave notice that lie would inovg
to suspend the rules for the purpose of intro
ducing the. resolution. Mr. Matteson offered
a preamble and joint resolution, declaring that
the prohibition of slavery north of the Missou
ri Compromise line, was not legally repealed
by the Kansas Nebraska act, because it exists
by virtue of the joint resolution for the annex
ation of Texas, which is irrepealablc. Laid
on the tabic, yeas 101, nays 83. The House
concurred in the resolution of the Senate sus
pending the 21st rule. The House then re
fused. by three majority, to recede from the
Kansas proviso, and agreed by one majority
to adhere to it.
£*s?* A Republican Mass Meeting was held
in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening of last
week. The original place of meetiug, Inde
pendence Square, was abandoned, on account
of the rain, and the meeting convened at Na
tional Hall. Over 40<<) persons were pres
ent. \Y. D. Lewis presided, and speeches
were made by Messrs. COLLAMKR, TRUMBULL
and IIURI.INGAME. Immense enthusiasm pre
vailed.
Bejjr hi Susquehanna County the Republi
cans have nominated S. B. CHA.SK, for the Le
gislature ; Tioga County, L. P. WILUSTO.v.—
]>oth counties have also instructed their confe
rees to re uomiuate Hon. G. A. GROW, which
will inukc hit re uouiiuatiou unanimous.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.
The dovtrine of " popular sovereignty" is the
foundutfon of our republican institutions—the
right of the people to govern themselves, one
of the great principles for the maintenance of
our forefathers cast off their allegiance to the
mother country, and engaged in the long and
arduous struggle of the Revolution. Upon it
rests the corner stone of our Nationality—
abridged, and our liberies woutd be but a
mockery.
It was under the pretence of carrying out
this great principle of popular liberty, that the
authors ol the Repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise advocated the passage of the Kansas-Ne
braska bill, ft was to leave the people of the
territory perfectly free to form their own do
mestie institutions, that the time-honored com
pact was ruthlessly violated ; and it was de
declared that it was not the intention to legis
late Slavery in or out of the Territory. The
pretended conferring of this power upon the
settlers of the Territory was denominated
" squatter sovereignty," by which name it is
generally known.
The specious and plausible plea that the
people of the Territories were delegated the
power to exclude Slavery if they saw proper,
lias been industriously circulated to reconcile
the people of the North to the removal of the
restriction imposed in the Missouri Compro
mise. Northern dough-faces, who would not
dare openly to favor the extension of Slavery,
say " 1 would not do anything to extend slave
ry—yet I am willing the people of the Terri
tories should settle the matter for themselves."
This is au ingenious and plausible position. It
is the common declaration of the adjuncts of
the slave-power North, and is used to mislead
and deceive tlie people, as we shall show.
The Southern doctrine is, that as Congress
possesses no power to legislate upon the sub
ject of slavery in the Territories, it cannot de
legate such power to a Territorial legislature
but the Legislature of a Territory while it can
neither exclude nor introduce the institution
of Slavery, may legislate for the protection of
the property (slaves) of Southern men. This
is the doctrine now held by Southern politi
cians, and (as we will try to prove to every
candid reader) by the Democratic party.
The platform adopted at Cincinnati ignores
this question of " squatter sovereignty" as it
is termed—or the right of the people of a ter
ritory to exclude slavery. The only resolution
touching the matter is the following :
Result id. Tii.it we recognize the right of the people of
all the Territories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting
through the legal and fairly expressed will of the majori
ty ot actual residents, and whenever the number of their
inhabitants justifies it, to form a constitution, with or
without domestic slavery, and he admitted into the Union
upon terms of perfect equality with the other States.
This resolution is so plain that it needs no
elucidation. It asserts the right almost uni
versally conceded, of a State when presenting
her constitution, to shape her own institutions
as she sees fit, and to admit or exclude slaverv.
But there is not in the platform a single line
that can be construed into a leaning towards
the doctrine of popular sovereignty, as it is
preached by Northern Buchancers.
The reason for this omission to endorse the
once popular doctrine, may be inferred from
the following extract from the Richmond En
quirer—published just before the assembling
of the Convention at Cincinnati
"We niu-t. iu the Cincinnati platform, repudiate squat
ter sovereignty, and expressly assert Stale equality. We
must declare that it is the duty of the General Govern
ment <0 see that 110 invidious or injurious distinctions are
made between the people or the property of different sec
tions in the Territories. We do not mean to dictate, it
may be that the assertion in the platform of the abstract
proposition of State equality may suffice to carry along
with it tlie consequences which we desire. Fhit it is of
ten charged that the Kansas-N'cbraska bill contains the
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, and that squatter sover
eignty is the most efficient agent of Kree-soilism. Some
Morthern Democrats have maintained this ground. Now,
THIS urs Mrs T r.F seiKt.n. It must appear from our plat
form that we maintain practiced State equalitv. and repu
diate that const rue tiou of the Kaunas-Nebraska act which
would defeat it."
r lhe dictation of the Enquirer was listened
to, and the Convention having repudiated the
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, the Enquirer
thus expresses its congratulations :
" With the utmost possible precision and em]> basis of
language, these resolutions affirm the great vita! prim i
pies, first, of the constitutional guarantees of slavery:
and secondly, of the equality of the States, in respect "of
their sovereign dignity and political rights. In equally
clear and conclusive terms the doctrine of squatter sover
eignty is repudiated by the platform of the Democratic
party. - '
The Washington Sen/inel was ouc of the
most zealous advocates of Mr. JJI CHANAN'S no
mination, and since one of his warmest sup.
porters. It says in discussing the platform :
" W'e contended that the principles of the platform on
this subject were unequivocal and indisputable. That In
ns very language the platform repudiated the doctrine of
squatter sovereignty. That Mr. Ihiebanan fully endorsed
that platform—that his own well known views "previously
oxpres-ed sustained this opinion, ami his owu language
elsewhere threw a flood of light upon the true meaning
of his letter, and that we were, therefore, justified in the
belief that Mr. Buchanan maid rained the Southern con
servative view of this question."
Upon this platform Mr. BUCHANAN hastened
to place himself, declaring :
•' I have t*e |laced upon a platform of which / most
heartily apprr.re, and that ran tpeak far me. Being the
representative of the great Democratic party, and not
simply James Buchanan, I must -(juare inv conduct accord
ing to the platform of that party,and insert no new plank
nor take one from it."
This doctrine of squatter sovereignty, which
is still used in some places for the purpose of
deceiving and misleading the people, is already
repudiated, not only by Mr. BUCHANAN'S South
ern supports, m maxse, but also by many in the
North. Senator TRUMBULL, of Illinois, desirous
of arriving at a knowledge of the " great prin
ciples" involved in the Kansas bill, which ren
dered the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
necessary, has been pressing his colleague,
Senator DOUGLAS, for the information whether
it was intended to confer upon the people of
Kansas the right to exclude slavery from the
Territory. This question DOUGLAS evades, by
saying it is a judicial question. If the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill intended to confer upon the
people of the territory " squatter sovereignty,"
as its supporters affirm, there is no reason why
Senator DOUGLAS should evade or equivocate,
or retreat behind the " dodge" that it is a
judicial question. All acts arc subject to tho
review of the judiciary, and are consequently
judicial questions, and the people should under
stand whether it was intended in the Kansas
bill to confer npon them certain powers, or to
deceive them by pretended delegation of pow
er/which was at variance with the Constitution,
and which would be arrested by the Courts,
whenever an attempt might be made to exer
cise ft.
If the settlers in Kansas under the territo
rial bill have not a right to exclude slavery
while in a territorial state, then a gross fraud
has been practiced, and is still uttempted by
the supporters of Mr. BUCHANAN". Mr. Docc
r..\s refuses to answer ; —let us see what some
of Mr BUCHANAN'S friends say. Firstly we
will call to the stand Mr. J. GI.AXCY JONES, of
this state. If Mr. BIGI.KK is Mr. BUCHANAN'S
" premonitory symptom " in the Senate, Mr.
JONES occupies that distinguished position in
the House, lie is supposed to ppeak Mr. BU
CHANAN'S sentiments, and is charged with his
defence.
Prior to the organization of the House, in
answer to questions propounded by Mr. Cox,
of Kentucky, as to the legality of the territo
rial laws of Kansas, Mr. JONES said :
" la my opinion, the Constitution limit* the power of
Congress to the extent of prohibiting them either from
establishing or abolishing Shivery in the Territories. Ad
mitting that view to lie correct. I suppose it follows, as a
matter ol course, that the Constitution of tin- United States
confers upon the people of the Territory no right to dis
possess any man of his right to property, whether it be
si. AVE or any other property. And, therefore, the Legis
lative Council of a 'territory, though they may pass laws
regulating the disposal and protection of property, have
no right to so administer those laws as to establish or
abolish the right to hold that property.*'
This is the exact Southern doctrine, that
the legislature of a territory may not exclude
slaves, but may pass laws for their security.
This is the popular sovereignty illustrated by
the Legislature of Kansas in its horrible pen
alties for interfering with slave property.
In the same debate, cx-govcrnor SMITH, of
Virginia, said :
" If 1 had supposed there was any one opinion more
universal than any other in the South, it was the opinion
that a Territorial Government. while it remained in a
state of infancy, has no power either to admit or to pro
hibit Slavery within its limits. I bay that this Congress,
this Government, having' no right or power whatever to
admit Slavery or proliii.it it in the Territories, lias no right
or power to delegate that power to the Territories tliein
selvea."
Senator BROWN, of Mississippi, thus repudi
ates the doctrine :—•
" It will lie seen at once that the line of argument which
I have marked out for myself will lead me to consider, to
some extent, the doctrine of " squatter sovereignty.'' This
doctrine, however well designed by its authors, lias, in
my judgment, been the fruitful source of half onr troubles.
Before the people of the two sections of the (Jaion, hav
ing—as they supposed, though 1 think erroneously—hos
tile interests, and already inflamed by angry passion*,
were invited into the country, we. who gave them laws,
should have defined clearly aud distiuc.ty wliat were to
lie their rights after they g<t tln-re. Nothing should have
lieen left to construction. 1 believed, when the Kansas
bill was passed, that it conferred on the inhabitants of the
Territories, during their Territorial existence, no right to
exclude,or in anywise to interfere with, Slavery."
The Hon. A. 11. STEPHENS addressed the
House on the Kansas contested election case,
July 31st. In his remarks as reported in the
Congressional Globe, we find the following in
terrogatory and answer :
" Mr. STANTON. Does the gentleman hold that the
"Territorial Legislatures have power to exclude Slavery ?
" Mr. STEPHENS. I say. that if Congress has the
"power, HI has the Legislature. The gentleman, I bc
" lieve, holds that Congress has the power, I do not; and
" const)ue illy /do not holtl thai the Territorial l.rgista
" ture ran rightfully exclmle Slavery."
This is the s&mc Stf.pukxs wlrose speeches
are being sent into this district to convince the
farmers of .Bradford that Slavery is a divine
and moral institution. Lately a disunion Whig,
he is now a supporter of Mr. Bcciiaxan — a
leader in the so-called Democratic party, ami
an especial favorite with our Pennsylvania de
mocrats, who had him at the late Convention
at Chambcrsburg to enlighten the freemen of
Pennsylvania upon the beauties of Slavery,
and the doctrine of squatter sovereignty.
These extracts we have taken at random,
because they came first to hand. The debates
in Congress are full of similar declarations.—
The doctrine of squatter sovereignty has no
defender amongst the democracy, except Sena
tor Cass, who being the putative father of the
bantling, seems to consider himself bound not
to disown it. It is repudiated and kicked on
every side, and only put forth when it is neces
sary to mislead the people.
" Squatter sovereignty " in its operation
might in some cases,* keep Slavery from the
Territory, but the Southern doctrine of Mr.
Buchanan and his followers would secure to
Slavery every foot of territory their cupidity
might envy. If, in the settlement of the Ter
ritories, we deny the right to the settlers to
exclude slavery, but say they may pass laws
for the protection of that class of property,
can there be any doubt that in every territory
where slavery is not positively prevented by
climate, it will gain such a foothold as to shape
the institutions of the States which may be
formed from it ? We see how three hundred
and fifty thousand slaveholders are able to ex
ercise a more than autocratic domination over
the non-slaveholders of the South. It will not
need many slaveholders in a territory to exer
cise such an influence as to fix the curse of hu
man bondage forever ujion the soil.
If there arc those supporting Mr. Brrn.\x
an because they favor the doctrine of squatter
or popular sovereignty, they are allowing them
selves to be deceived. It is scouted by his
supporters, and by the platform upon which he
has placed himself. The people of the Terri
tory of Kansas are not free under their organ
ic act, to legislate upon the subject of Slavery,
until they apply for admission as a State ; they
cannot shape their domestic institutions until
that time, and should they attempt to do so,
would be iu the opinion of the leaders of the
democracy contravening the Constitution, and
not be sustained by the Courts. Senator
Douglas does not say what his opinion of the
"judicial question" is—but he will not say
that the rights are conferred by the act, which
persons in this section claim. The " great
principle '' contained in the Kansas act, is sim
ply this the people of a territory are at lib
erty to shape their domestic institutions (sla
very i to suit them elves subject only to the
Constitution—which the South claims gives
tiieui the right to take ami hold slaves there,
and which construction the Courts would pro
bably approve.
Popular sovereignty in its true and lawful
signification applies to the formation of a State
Constitution, and the government of a State
The people of a State are sovereign. They
elect their own rulers, enact their own laws,
and are independent of the general government
except as regards certain rights surrendered
to form the Union. The people of a territory
are in a far different position. Congress pro
vides for its organization and for its support.
The sovereignty is not in the "people of the Ter
ritory for they can do nothing without the aid
or sanction of the general government. The
President appoints its officers. Congress may
repeal its laws. The people of the territory
1 arc not the sovereigns—but may become so by
| forming a State Constitution and bv admission
i into the Union. Until that time they are sub
ject to the control of Congress.
Congress possesses the power to legislate
upon the subject of Slavery in the Territories,
and may exclude it. Such is the position of
the Republican party and such lias been the
action of Congress from the foundation of the
government. It lias repeatedly excluded Sla
very from territory, provided for the extinction
of the foreign slave tr.ule, and regulated the
domestic traffic. If it docs not. possess the
power then it cannot delegate authority it lias
not itself, to the people of a territory. The
Southern doctrine in regard to this is correct.
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I Northern men must take one position or the
i other, for " squatter sovereignty " will before
, long be as nndemocratie in the canons of the )ur
j ty as is now the Wilmot proviso.
COUNTY CONVENTION.
We would again take occasion to direct the
attention of our Republican friends to the del
| ggte elections on Saturday next, and to nrge
upon them the great importance of attending.
There should be .-rich a turn out to these tueet
' ings as will express the feelings and wishes of
j the electors. Not for the purpose of forward
ing the interests of any aspirant, but that the
| town may be suitably represented.
We have no desire nor intention to dictate
' or interfere in the least, in these primary uiaS
ters, for we have no choice amongst all the
names we have heard proposed, but in our
judgment, the safest plan is to select the very
best, men in the district, who will be guided
in their actions by a sincere desire to advance
, the great, principles of freedom, and permit
tliem to be utitrammeled, except so far as they
may be instructed in the feelings and wishes
of the voters. We tru*t that the Republican
party being founded solely upon principle, will
; sternly frown upon the employment of the trick
so common in polities, and will regard the fil
ling of offices rather as an unavoidable neces
■ sity, than as a desideratum.
We hold, as we have before stated, that no
man has a peculiar claim upon any office. The
nomination should be the free offering of the
Convention—and not attained by personal ap
peals and efforts.
It should also be recollected, that the Coun
ty Convention will convene on MotuUiyeceuing.
We anticipate that it will be composed of able
and zealous members, inspired only by a desire
to advance the cause of Freedom.
TROUBLE IN KANSAS.
The accounts which we publish in another
column, show that the difficulties in Kansas
are far from being ended, and that the Free-
State party are in very great danger of being
driven from the Territory by a foray of armed
Southerners and and border ruffians. Antici
pating the passage of Toombs' bill, or some
other measure which should give up Kansas to
Slavery, armed bands of ruffians have en
camped within the territory in obedience to the
call of Strinofeli.ow, waiting for the moment
for action to arrive.
These armed and organized ruffians have no
purpose except to drive out the Free-State
settlers and deliver the Territory over to the
slave-owners. They have gone into the terri
tory without any idea of peaceably settling it,
without farmers' utensils, and unaccompanied
by wives and children. Hovering about the
borders, or encamped in strong pro-slavery
neighborhoods, they have been committing
constant depredations upon the property of the
Free State men. In this manner have they
subsisted, waiting in expectation of a general
border ruffian movement to " crush out" the
free-state settlers.
This purpose lias become so plain that the
free-state party have appealed to their friends
east for aid, and have sent a messenger to
President PIERCE u.-king for assistance to pro
tect their persons and property from the anti
cipated foray. Jt, seems that the |uiox of the
few past weeks, has been but the stillness that
portends the impending stortn. The indigni
ties and the depredations committed upon the
free-state settlers led to remonstrance. The
mcssensrer sent to the pro-slavery camp, though
unarmed and on a peaceful mission, was seized
and shot. This horrid outrage, of which sav
age nations would not be guilty, has raised the
blood of the Northern men, and they have di
termined to submit to these wrongs no longer.
Gen. SMITH has told thein they must protect
themselves, and they are acting in defeucc of
their families and property.
These occurrences have created intense ex
citement along the Missouri border. The ruf
fians who have already on more than one oc
casion invaded the Territory, to control the
elections, are preparing to throw themselves
upon the free-state men for their annihilation.
We have no doubt that the latter, fighting in
as holy a cause as animated their forefathers,
Mill prove worthy descendant.; of the patriots
who met the British ;tt Lexington and Bu ke:
Hill and Saratoga. But they are few in num
bers, poorly supplied with the wit,
and idmnst inaccessible tothe succor of friends.
We fear that before the incursion of armed forces
from Missouri, tliey must be overpowered and
murdered.
THE KANSAS RESTRICTION.
Let every Freeman " salute the House with
the homage of profound respect." Up to the
adjournment, on Saturday night, that body luid
stood firm in its determination that the public
treasure should not be paidlo enforce the abom
inable code of Kansas laws. For this, it is en
titled to the gratitnde and consideration of ev
ery patriot. And though our next information
shall be, that the true men in that body have
been borne down by the preponderance of
Southern power combined with Northern re
creancy, we shall be none the less thankful that
such a glorious stand has been made.
The provision of the Army bill to which the
House adheres, is as follows :
- Providiil. however, and it in hereby declared, that no
part ot the military t'nree of the l otted states for the sup
port of which appropriation- are made I>y this act, .-hall
be cmpl'-ycil in aid of the enforcement of any enactment
Of the body claiming to he the Territorial legislature- of
Kamuis, luitii ma il enactment* -hall have been affirmed
and approved l.y Congress , but this proviso shall not he
s<> construed as to prevent the President from employing
an adequate military force ; but it shall Le his duty to
employ such force to prevent the invasion of said territo
ry by armed hands of non-resident*, or any other body of
non-resident*, acting >-r claiming to m t a* posse rumiUi
tu* of any officer in -aid territory, in the enforcement of
any such enactment, and to protect the persons and pro
perty therein, and upon the national highways leading to
said territory, from all unlawful searches and seizure- ;
and it -hall lie Ids further duty to bike efficient measures
to compel the return of mid withhold all arm* of the Unit
ed States distributed in or to said territory, in pursuance
of any law of the United States authorizing the distribu
tion of arms to the states and territories."
In engrafting this provision in the Army
bill the House has in no wise exceeded its le
gitimate and constitutional functions. It has
the exclusive origin of nil appropriation bill-
It may provide such wholesome restraints and
checks as may be deemed necessary in the dis
bursement of the moneys appropriated. Jt
mnydirect in what manner they shall be dis
bursed, and if it deems certain expenditures
unwise and unjust, may forbid them. The Se
nate attempts to defeat the exercise of this
wholesome and constitutional power on the |ia: t
of the House, and thus makes an issue before
the country.
The restrictive clause enacts " that no part
" of the military force of the United States for
" the support of which appropriations are made
" by this act, shall be employed in aid of the
; " enforcement of anv enactment of the body
" claiming to be the Territorial Legislature of
| " Kansas, until such enactment shall have been
: " affirmed and approved by Congress," Ac.—
The barbarous nature of the enactments of the
pretended Kansas Legislature is, we trust, nl
-1 ready well understood by our readers. We
will briefly recapitulate a few of these laws,
to aid in the execution of which the Senate is
determined the troops of the United States
shall be employed ;
One of these laws disqualifies any citizen
from acting as a juror who is conscicntionslv
opposed to the holding of slaves, or who does
not admit the right to hold them in the Terri
tory, in any case whore that right comes up for
adjudication, either if ati injury is done to or
committed by a slave, or there is any violation
of any law for the protection of slave property,
or any crime committed against it.
Another requires the taking of oaths bvter
ritorial officers to support the provisions of the
Kansas-Nebraska act, being no more nor less
than test oaths based 011 political opinions.
Another abolishes the freedom of speech and
of the press, by making it a felony, punishable
with live years' imprisonment, to speak or write
against the right of persons to hold slaves in
the Territory, or to publish any book, pam
phlet, magazine or circular, or circulate or in
troduce any denial of any such right, or anv
opinion, sentiment, doctrine, advice or inuendo
calculated to produce any disorder, danger or
rebellious disaffection among the slaves, or in
duce them to desert their masters. And this
offence is also declared a felony, and punisha
ble with five years' imprisonment and hard la
bor.
More than this : the writ of habeas corpus
has been effectually abolished in the case of
all negroes, mnlattoes and fugitive slaves ; and
barbarous punishments have been enacted, to
be put in force against any person sentenced
under these laws, or any law of the Territory,
to imprisonment and hard labor, declaring them
convicts and compelling them to wear an iron
ball and chain, the former of four or six inches
in diameter, the latter six feet in length 1 And
where there are two or more such unhappy
convicts they are to be fastened together with
strong locks and keys.
Still worse : the very enticement of a slave
to escape, or the abduction of any from the
Territory, is to be visited with the iufliction of
the death penalty !
If any slave, male or female, commits a petit
larceny, they are to be punished, by stripes in
the former case, or in the latter by imprison
ment or twenty-one la-dies, at the discretion of
the Justice.
It is, then, that the President and Marshal
DONALDSON in Kansas, may employ the U. S.
troops to aid in the enforcement of this wick< d
code of laws, that the Senate now insists, at
the risk of withholding appropriations for the
payment of the army. The same Senate but
recently pronounced these laws unconstitution
al, a disgrace to the ago, and an outrage upon
civilization, and yet refuses to pass an appro
priation bill, unless the money may be employ
ed to enforce those laws ! The people of the
country will at once see how hypocritical and
hollow-hearted are the professions of those who
disclaim all sympathy with border-ruffianism
in Kansas, and yet uphold and applaud the
factious obstinacy and disorganing course of
the Semite.
POLITICAL MENDACITY.
The virulence _jth which the Huchanim
conduct the present contest is uuexumpka
the political history.' Rendered desperate ! "
the defeat which stares them in the f UC e th *
are resorting to all the low and grovel I i "
tricks worthy of doughfaces, to personal d f*
ination of Co! Fkf.mo.vt, and to the most ' *"
hi ashing and untenable assertions
Finding nothing in the, platform of p r i„,i
pies of rite Republican party, which can l*, t
tacked, they have stooped to the dirty tr b k
of blackening the high renown of Col FrkimJ
and in a base attempt to tear from his brow
the laurels with which a proud country nnZ
admiring world has placed there. Hi, r ,. !: r
ion is misrepresented—his private aflVirs'
dragged before the pnblic—hia public act,!!['
tortoi, with all ll,a 2C al a,„l inp ,„ uil . *
by desperation.
I If ft " is is unparalleled, it | s not entirely
without precedent. Jkkfkhso.v in his Jiv
was assaiied with the nlino-t inulignitv ][,!
| was proclaimed an infidel, and guilty o faii t J
crimes in the decalogue. Jack son- Was t! •
I tai get for the most poisoned arrows, f r , M[l
, which not even his beloved wife was'secim>
and sank down to her grave be for; th* crul
[ calumnies. lie was availed uiueli the same
as Fremont. In every case of this kind, when,
j unscrupulous politicians seek to hunt down a
I candidate by personal slanders, the people have
| been universally found on the side of the
, seen ted. It is so now, and Novem her will fi, r .
| nish an endorsement which will put his shame
l less detractors to the blush,
j Previous to his nomination for the Pre-i
--| denev, Col. Fhkmont was an object of pride in
| every section of the country. Ilk l)ame Was
j recorded amongst the proudest of the land,
and was a household word. His energv his
; deeds of daring, his perseverance amid-t tin
most appalling dangers, and more than ail, his
, wisdom, discretion and sound judgment, mnl.- r
the most trying circumstances, had made 1 i,
renown worldwide.
We could publish testimonial after testiin
' nial, rendered before party plots had chanced
! the interests of his eulogists, to show what
was thought of him by the very men who are
now the most base amongst his detractors, but
it is useless. We cannot forbear, however.
; from giving to our readers, the following trib
ute to his character. It is taken from the re
port of (it'll. Win. 11. Irwin, Adjutant (i-in
ral of Pennsylvania, made in IM'.i. Read it,
' and compare it with some of the statements
now being made
" At an age when other young men wen
but entering on the duties of active life. ('■!.
Fremont has achieved an imperishable naiin :
he encountered and eoni|itcred dangers, at the
I mere recital of which, the boldest heart may
; tremble.
Col. Fremont was practically educited as
, a man destined for action should lie, ami im'.r
l glorious a commentary has his ]jf e n p, ; ,
the advantages of such training. Ihit it >
vain to point the youth of IVmr-vlvania to
j such lirilliaut examples, unless w-quulifv thfi.
: '>y proper training, to a successful emulation.'
Tin; Xext Coxorkss will contain mauy <:
; the members of the present one, if the lbjiu'-
licau party should carry the same districts
at the last contest. In Ohio, already, a nuni
i bcr of the llejHibliean members have rei.-ci. -
; tinted, as also in Indiana. In IVllllsylv.li a
j we have noticed the rciiouiinatiou of .Me--:.-,
j C'ovode and Knight. It is good policy to re-
J tain old members, when their course lias been
satisfactory to their constituents, as new o:. -
always labor under greufc disadvantage- at
Washington, and a session must pass away V
fore they become habituated to the tactics ami
rules of the House. Virginia generally re
elects nearly her whole d .-legation, ami t.ie
changes are so few as always ?n insure lier a
large share of attention at Washington on ac
j count of the experience of her representative
Jfcaj"* A large and enthusiastic meeting was
i lu-ld on Saturday evening last, at Long k.Vlcr-
I ry's hall, in Burlington borough, a-luressol }
| A. S. I)iven, Esq., of Elmira, and 1 Mrr.
The number preseut was estiuiati-d at liveu-i
--died, and the very best feeling prevailed.
ffigy- We are informed that llom'sb ■
of Xew York, will deliver the Annual Addr
before the Bradford County Agriculture -
eiety, at its Fair in October next.
TOKNADO IN Lorwi YNA. —Tim Xmv • . l _
' papers of the 12th and 13th, contain '
accounts of the dreadful storm whim *
that region, of which the telegraph
such melancholy tales. In the city ' l .
Orleans, the streets were almost iui|K la
for where a footing could at all he hiy •
sidewalks were so slippery with lun l.a> ■'
der walking very dangerous. K very• • j _
street* were strewn with shingles, hric
tar, glass, carpenter work, signs, etc. -
ings hung in wrecks, galleries weir "'-r V j
balconies broken, windows and door* " - ■
one hinge, shade trees and boxes " ,r 1
trated, bridges uncovered, houses
chimneys demolished, ami the like. - 1 • (
the wharves were injured, and the i <
one of the third district carried
the river, steamers were dismantled.
upturned, and goods Hon ted about a J im ■
In the neighborhood of the city n^ iin v
fences were thrown down. Lake 1 out' a.
rose so as to submerge the Jackson
ami stop the passage of the trains. -
plantation the Hood made a
in tlie track, carrying away even r[U
along the road were finely c, . , ' t,V! ! u ' vC j
where the land had not been tor 11,11 •• j
submerged. There the Hood did " limc ' H
mage, destroying whole fields of ''"r"" 1 " j
tables, and carrying awav cattle, -
Mnndevillc, one of the watering I''"" t
teen bath houses and an ice cream i ' 1 " ,
joining the Planters' Hotel, were •> ow . (
ees, or swept away. The river ro-i
mendous height. At IewisbuP_'
wa> carried oft.