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.". • MONTROSE 'A. •
burs .
* day,: Feb. , y 2lst; 1856:
' '. • . Roil. G. ik - • GIIIPA'• -
. • 1 Itlis nottfor t h e purpose of Niii
die4ting the;
-' charieter or political consistency Of the -genH
• • - W '
trero I- an' hose name stattdiat - the head of this
'article,' that we :mil?, toile attack 'upon . 'lthdi,l
• • in_the I , •.Montn;)se. 'DeFocrat. His-COuiie
in'b 't his and - the. tast--.ConOess;.• we have ',
eit; ~ d , ' obi is' - ino4 heahily appreved:" , by
\la
tri . OrLi.hin nine Tenth's of 'the `voters of this' .
Con 'reSionall .district; and wh e n .tliO'- time
shal - -arri-ve for-a
-popular -expresslon of theitl.
, - .N
• • Op i l ioitio uponAlte'sial:4ectipro-SOrgy 'H !ink
' erist wilt hardly mistake the verdict of the
--• 0416, But our 'design...is 0 expose spine of .
•;theCrrors--- - --to call them by no liartber name
.. -14iolui.he article in the bemd:irat - was. de
lo
.•1 : •
o 1 to promidgateas facts.
~
. ' - 010ce1.1348 there has been a schism infthe
'. ..73e4 oerattparty:tif.thig'COntssionrt l dis
'; ‘ , "4i-le • From the liin i e" . of the introduction in
. I 1..
' to. 1 ogress of' the resolution called the 'lVi/7
.Prov4o, which provided :that all after
•-, - acq fired -. territory . shouldfr
ee, tl*o. : luis
:bqe ; tip anwPkoviso, or pro-Slavery ;party.
It
~...-In 84$,•the Han. David Wilinot was horn
. inaed flirihe third term. ' Thp 'feeling in the
!
Di triet in favor, of freedom was see'strong
.: :thaia large Portion Of both' parties: felt that
' he: oulti, fri - O-the position he oeettpitAmpre
.• .1111 )7 •riiiresent -the' people of this district than
.40.4 one else .xt -ho,, Could be nominated; but'
falthongh he the I,received the • reg ular. nomit
••. t -- „- s •
, - ,ii i-natrn of the'ySecratie party, the'same : set !
ofpro-Slavery int:kers were ' after him' that
4. . 1 -
:are now op elf to M r. Grow, - Uncle Jo-'
nati."NVlCs 7 bro'ng - t out as an independknt cii.`n
-rgis
dtidate, ".I';'*titif4nsi Detnoctat.7 and - the same
- Men Who crying-are;now' Democr a cy so loud , '
urging ---. - -, -
' • . .Iy, were the Whigs W-push:Tracy
f_. •*i :61/ theie:power, promising ‘hat they, the
..
- ' Pir w ater DcmocraiS, •
.would lead enough
.
• .ve eS from- Wilmot to 13:ew.ger to elect the
i Vb r lidg Candidate - .' - The' result showed that
, ,:althe'n,ghprewster polled near 1000:
votes,-
1, - , ' - y4Wiltnot!trinajdrity was more - than four
.: tiOiei Ss larg ai:in 1840/ . Thwold HunkerS
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trid lite sanic' ltibg" - agtiin' in ' - 1.50.; and so.
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:_fitr t suce - cede as, to produc'e a 'split .in the
-N-4tonflatin.s. . G:;ivention, and' Wilnot, and
Lowry' , .were,..bath in the field,'.as• -Democratic
..:'' . Otndidates--4udgt. Wilmot 'declaring_ that
her . • , ,
--- 1
wa_st not in the fie for be lake of the 'of
'i,, i s floc, but to - sustain a iprinciplqinultlux when
it...e;‘er-, the ; HUnker,,leaclers , would; withdraw
LoWerandnornipata 'Mr. Grow, or any ath
--
-% eri..F'rice-S.o.itiman would no . longer, bb a.
e ndiaate: The lgd became , friehtenedi
IA
c(.5
•., thd•rew Lowry, and Mr.-Grow was adcipt
ed as the ; Candidate of the,benlocratic party
I '':a diwp.mlaimed 'tB .be a Free SPI4-41.11Lnot ._
, •
" or Is o
wing
octo: t r ,
w4 Judge Wilmot withdrew
I'inivityr that theicansof fre„edom would be
ie g .
' v in the -hariai of Mr. Grow. 1a'1852,
14r. - Grow was r&,eleitecl, there being po can
dtdate,against .hi m but Horton, notriinated by
' i tbe Abolitionists, who received our ,or five
-- LbOndtvd -votes ; and,it, was Clurig !r. Grow's
c
- second term that the repeal - of 'the Missouri
--ComprOinise \ was introduced .as .• an admin
,
*.stratiow .
meaAre.i Party liiins were at once
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' .. b r oken ;' tp ., e free masses Of . the North were
ayed f ou`th ne .e, • the adininistration,
' tie Slaie-bolde , and Northern doug,hfa
'ces on, the other. Mr. Grow, it(amordanne
-with his own convictions of'rlght, a s well) as
tie opinion ,of nine enths of his ,constituents,
... yilaced him-elf at once fearlessly on the . side'
, of fredom, and the
,Nor
• and during that
i
• ev,etttfol struggle," who • can .forget the deep
-feljng enter inn& by the Northern Masse's,
-'Jo tbeCres t, '
The measiire was finally -
1 - i •
Alttled•throu - h Congrest; by the most cur
upV_zetu tve interference
.• : ,t
}vas`,
0 ? ) nlY 1
i" . ruchomeat: ' . '
liat 'members who 'should'- lose i
ilicir re-elooil 1 .. )7:-.reSon of their vote in
iavor. of • that theasitre, would be 'remembered
And kavid ki for,byt,h/ President! .
i
' I After, thiOilt'lladb•icone a law , Mr. Grow 1
\feturned ti4his•Ct' iii.ny s and mingled with his -1
..ii„stituctitii - ; His airse as then -before
theta fOr their. .. oval - or ndernnation.—
i . -,
likt a latige,inne, *iig of the citizens of the coun
, y, held at the House, bitila few days
0" ' th ' /.I . ofthe
_ore_'_,e - assent ing
teunty 'Convention, MI: Grow defined hisl
position, told the people„of the. county what I t
bail dope, and what he intende4 do.-- , 1
After that, be Wai'tiorniitated bv. the !party 1
.
anct re-elected-by thefeople,no y the party..
for -Gvertioi Bigler . receive less than six
thousaild vytes in the distriet,upd was defeat
-id by -more than four thousand . majority,while
Mr; Grow received over thirtetn thousand
es • nd as elected !without opposition--'
.not as' i Tational Der4ocrai, butias a North
eat intal r iwitit . no;thtirn -.feelings-and fr3enti-
FIN
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=tents, .IAP , , , • e • '
t ,
"When the
prpsent aongiess:assetribledthe
,vest struggle, between. Freedom'.and Slave
-374.-Walt nt ones renewed. On the one Wide
-were arrayed, thelSlaveholding Democracy
'and -the Twelfth-Sixth; Know: 'Nothings, nnd
ion - thNOther: the .1 7 ree:Suifnagn 4ille orth.
i
in Lim' revious Cong,: resi,•Mr; Grow, act
.l;4td v4t E t anksand th'e otkici .. anti-Neb ska
)
inett i f 'the *North; and 'what reason was
literetoi bun- to go over to the administration
..,igkity, when lie hail been eleCted as ah Ailii-
WitilPik4illtiiill rand 7 The .issue is still the
•
wamii.: - EvOry principle:-contended for with
such farnestness by Mr. .toi • in the last
-.* Coliticsk•is vet - unsettled, and the ,Inoment
i• *its queittocofFreed o • m
or Slaveryin Kansas
Itilkiti4lll - _harnan probability, bedetenuined
'.14 the present (ingreAni. -) ).1 . -).
But nye Mr. Chase, o .Botnehody hes.
changed;" :.. That is *Act est Aloe:c not adt
suit:, cifst.questicin, hut I whothatliint*de
ii, Is the rent question: Zither:Mr. Chlts.
14 4 TrW'Y 44* 044 rieimat 'liriadirtriiiii
..- . .
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f3leptiblieo.
AZIE:R e
leaders in this County, hare been guilty of a
moat horrid apostasy; 'or Mr. Grow
t4e trame! and Fall of 1554, moyed .
- in haititony,, and Mr
_. Grew ' WAS .
light '4l' the Slavebolders and the:"- unfortun
ate" B\iministratlllin of Mr.. riertei .with'-all
his 'cloquenct" and power.; and - 11ti7; Chaso,
through his paper, was pr?fessedly sust a ining
both Mr. Grow and the cause that he Was so
faithfully strtiggling to maintain; but no - *
,they are. as far apart as 'the Poles. Who has.
changed, M. Chase or Mr. Grow?
In-the Fall of 1854, after the election, Mr.
Chase hoisted the'name 'of BErrost as his
candidate for Presidnt 'in 1556.
Heßnow
supports Buchanan, who is , the , antipodes of
Bentomon the question of rreedom in the
Territories.' Win; has changed,:-kr. Grow,
or Chase', They were together then,' - but
no* are as far apart ai it is possible to ion
.
eeicU, - . - •
-
.In the Summer 4 - 1855; M . r.TchaseLmadd
fierce war on 'Viol Know, Nothings, and, the
burden ofIlS- -.. tharge . was' . that 'the: Fertowl
Nnthiiigs, i *ere iiro 7 Slapery . ,
,while he was
Free-soil. :;isiow the. Democracy and the
pro•SlaVery KnOW •• Nothings, in z:COngreos.
forma coalition, and for nine weO.S prevent
an oreanization.of the House, - and at last
•
onito, t, upon a pro-Slavery, Soutit •rol•la
Nullifier, trith .Know
. Nothing rledgei,; and
Mr. crow is now denounced by Mr: ChaSe .
because he rethsed to join the coalition of
Nullifiers and Know - Nothing, but preferred
to fight, 'with his old , comp,a . :niorts 'in arms,
Mace,` Banks, and hosts of oti-Irs of the free
Northern ) Democracy, on the side . ',Of Free=
dem; Really, it does look as though. . some.
One haxtehanged.
,NVe wonder who it is.
In ahe .call of the pemocratic County Corn
mate°. in AuguSt;lBss, for the election of
delegates to . the County'Cont-entidn c .the . plat
form.':of the party: was 11;„id down, and the
princVleS to which.voters must subseribe be
fOre casting their Votes, were clearly ..s,pt,
AVe then thought it.a
.pretty . . good.
FreeSoildoeuritent; and we 'know. - that at
.the time it was elaitnetVy some
- of its'friendS I
.
as i having taken the platform.- from -Under the .
Republicans. So -anxious were the leaders of
the -Democracy to • " steal the - ll,cpiblican l
`thunder," that the iihole.tbur . menion 'their
aoinfq ticket were said to hav,e''hein,,opßo-'
of Bigler. in 1854, and .The great effort
.ot the party 'during the canvass Was con
wince the Free-Soil Democracy of the Conn-,
ty, that they occupied We_ same position on
the question of Freedom iii 'zhe Territories.
that the RepubliCanS did. -"gr. Chasehad ..
before that time defined his - position, That he.
would support the State and .County 'tickets,
hut bolt the 11Tational ; an l d during, the whole
season, th State ticket wls notrzfised, at,the
head of the. Democrat, because - The Convert
tiOn whoth Plumer . was nominated Was
pro-Slaveryand its editor's reso.titions
nOuneing the - Border,inflians and appicA . -it4,
.Reeder's Cor.rg.e were laid on the 4 table: •
DernocratS• of Susquehanna c(iunty, read,
the f sliontrose Democrat publish.2d,laHa,,Au 7
t .
gus eontaintng the' call and Address of the
!County Central Coromlttee,C.,M. Gere,Chair,-
b( Man, then read the...same paper of last week,.
and tell ns if,it dies not look as though sonie-.
body hcitile4anga •f ;
Say . slast week's Democrat, of,
"'lleAdoes not seern to app . reri!
3tituents can have any. othe
• E, -hir4
Slatery
Re . pres(
portion
thing b
• Now, .ews entirely I,,fl'hen, as the attain wofti, come to ouseii - epriet ayes
Collieid( itor of , t t eileni7 ! Itlakoinet, Mal cimet -dyed -.( th), i Ingham : - ' . mnly. for nstlat of servitudd. ;I Cannot, how
. ! .• ' ever. ag•T C kith some of the reading Deino•
orrat.: 1.,. !e. n doubt that 1 M(mintain;. the. elucie , -one - Mete their;{ •ea... ' c Cert Ed-mu .Of the tutted :StiiL.s pro- ''. ': ‘• --..• 1 , . t .
crane pap . i . .rs a , ...he So - utii - tinit ph e;al.:ei-y is
Mr. Grp, ' e tertrtins
e \
....the views - th i t : I
_Kno'k .Nothing bretlit'en,. ed- .* 3Th a •ongresE shall have - p
„033 tliFpose of,
. • . ! A. te ad needful - rule , : nod riittu 'ons ie.F•peetinn• right...for tnat do - e.,'not squnelilte i *al Jefferson. I
the Withle Leaislation of - the' countrS: 4l "has 1 ardsou and taken Up 91 F ,r, and then to still ittirt.helonging to the Milted States. •• 1- ; 3 • • -
, „..'' ian'Dernbetaev, liernberney. The mulatoics 11.0 j... be sir
too - long been directedifor the benefit of three 1 furtheiconeiliate,then;hid.thrown overboar .
a 1 .
.A..„,„.ea:4 irregulality and di s oz:dertd the ~ . reat_ ~ , / , t
o Ile people r exist in the territory of Kattsas ) -ea to present an tbstacie to Imv theory, 1
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hundred thousand. SitiVehuldera and their 1 botbeYrr and . their , atrorni, and metjlaeml -" mi.
L-atuaeting . the attention ofthe nation a . nd demand-- b t they ; casidering . their !Partintage, May 1
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ttiree riailliOns of-negro Slaves, instead of the I with Oliver on ncutia ciratted ; but still fail. ! ing the immediate action - of Cofigress, Therefore ' .
,-- sz.,, • 1 - -1 Reialved, That our Senators be instructecr and be classed as a. 4 ...trt of monsters !that, if. per
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twenty million 'offlee White Men; We don't .. int; of success, the Pierce ernoeracy result'--{ the Represeritat m, s . i . fi co ' ti,, ss from this smri -, l ' t _. ~- classed as - •
- - ; . 3 .... , inityu to live at` a 11,.. shonid ! . . - faiit. - ‘, iiio better
t believe. that rri re.than one half Of all' the Ter- i ed tx_2 > take....t . liii final
,stej,i - ,
if thit-•Know i irmsted, to 'vote for the repeal of the'Act organizing. -
tile 1210:: of this Rep lir h be . ' Nothitiffs would-not. come to 't ee l , tlieuCtijn • ici :the tern rice Of Kansas and Nebrasta-substitUting than their - black progenitors. :- Ifl I l ain right, !
,1 ic,s, call be given:to 1 s .• - in plgli thereof au' Act similL )r to t ' Act orranizing I, t g laws f' li'd 1' al i'• .il '. ''
~,. ~, n all or i , m a a aw . . aTer) , many of
SlaVery,-Wbere the ..tOnAy Millto' na •of free •' i9°', to - the Know AVofillngs !.... - nseo • tly, i the territory of Oregon ;' an rally, to Support 3
'1 ' - itch la*s fOr the governmCnt of Eans•asand liTebra-' , .- 3 the states are. ajisurtl and should tic r . epealed . ;
Whites could not settle ' •and lalor-With b .. '
.e• I ~
! Extra. Billy Smith ,r .a yfr i ,initt now-Not • .
. - as shall protect the inhabitants from armed inka.t 3 {Fit) , in this S....ite- . 1. - : I learn 1 - A• the "decisions
• .. 1• 1
Ina reduced to the social leveloftbe nowt„,., o .__ - , - 1 -ing, was the next candidilte, t bu here' scre. ions, and .secure them ia ” life, liberty, and the pun- i - - ". ... - ' •••• I • '-; •
I - '7'., , .happiness. : .. • - our Supretnel,Cburt, as 1 ,
L the slave. t • And ,for this reason iwe desire . 7 to'l •I'in_tocilt . place, a few Of tit. ernocrats re-sii 4 " lll, of. haiW
see ii:ansaniade a Free Stataribat . wben th„,j 'fused hilie tr.su2sford tOi•thi nows Nothings, •Mr . . Ingham made several attempts' to c; I
et. , well. is •h . i,,•• the report of el Democratic
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1 - : - T a • 1 :• • - •A
an . reftisedto vote. • So `c tra Billy '. shared 1 these resolutions considered by:the: House, 1 • \
. l it tembers : o . f a . Con s imittee - Br, obr! )lotise' :of i
tree Men of the INrorth settle' on - its plains ,Ilepreentatives-..-no such laiv arsh.4, and 1
and in its yalfeyA,tnd by their-industry build 1. , the fate of those• iv ho had. gone before-Ailed ! but the sham•Dernoc . Democrats neither desired to 1.
• . • m , ,t!). I ! - -
1 can tirina home a slas f=ire did South wilen
, i .. . • • 1 , for the want
. of votes. ',.. . - .... •i: • •.,1 say f or hear. anything alismt.l4.subject. . But i. . i .. 1 -' - l' •. i , •;- :
up homes ;.for tnemsetves • and their fa - males,
- neat and hist candidate of the Coali- ion &be Bth inst.,-the .resolutions came- up in t .c‘er p.ea.e. I saw' a letter frvir t '! a , South.:
the- will not be compelled labor s ide
,by • 1 1 1.7
.7 i:ei•n - Detilocrat,..a fewidays ago, in; 'which .the
tion, wiis Hon. IVilliari Aiken of ft Car-l'regular : Order, and on thetinestioii, ",Will 'the ,
s id e ~,:i.t i a slave. We - believe thatvtle vasti • ~ •. 11mm:fits of instittion • Twerel set; forth in
olina - . ! .!
.Hn•did
. not helongto .t. e regular...l 'louse proceed !to the consideration l• the L. , •1 , • ' ' • ' 5
fertile .Territory of Rant: -large enough to 1 ~ . aver • a% &able ligit. /He siiyi he has .i.
' - -./ 1
7fly9 millions i Pierce Remp:cracy; at leasil,did pt attend the I sham Democracy voted " no" Mr.
.NN . T o rig,ht; seanistr • .•• .- .I- •
contain populationA o I . ;:tore thaness who has soceii with hint from his
tternocrttp.canctis, but wa i l a nullifier-one {`of Luierne' then triOved to reconside c r the vote I . . ..!.- him. Q
.! •
of inhabitants be tit:
-• 1. who beliihva that the Re lathe existed onl • 1 'ust taken- and Mr • • •
' White inen,..men !who will l=ave an in:crest M . ..... .• . i - .y i 3 ~. , ~ . McCarty moved an . in-•! . .
• •• t she .was from ;17.tb 25, as h `field hand, 'mak
for the 'purpose of .v Itii/d and extending ,
the• Soi l . .• feel a Jandrible irtteres :.in Seeing tLf.. i ' .
;
•I definite .postponement. This brought 'thel ink' 1 . 3 ~- • ...:A i• - '
! g,/, : qiiery. *lle li'as biT.Selfithe o•ner of more 1 *ldle subject u , and Mr. Ingham improved ! lie= se,.
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x-Jiales of . eotton ri year,y, and as
I
Wilderness bli . and blosSom a 'the - ro;Bty.--- - 1 borne . him' at least!ttree . tlnntsand col .rs
' Border
1. thana..4-to.usand Sla es an
.therefore . ,,.. the oiportunit •T o express his views ,at eon., i .•.. .
and it is becauie.Mr.' Grow PrefersFre'etiom..of_children - li CO' . h _bit '•'' • S i .
•.11afilaisism u!..
-laid I vejnOlhing In fear from, siderablnlength in favor of the Resolutions:l ` `)
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,4 t .
!, te. i rg,iin. ue i
to Slayery,-*---the interests of the great body •, el p tionbly productive t and receis-Jng no Wa
him. . ,He was not .2..KnoW /p A - othing„ but had s spea&:ll.' embodied sufficient to ca ;. '
of Whitefreemen to those of a few,Slavehold- - 1 vs, 'would .certaitily e 411 Li ch•n*.ici-prtfitzible
. e. • for
madepledges to that pa:I)7,AM they 'Mere • i • . . •T•!ser:ous consideration
, ilf • Kansas affa s • f ' -
ers, with their. slaves,-tbat. e ii / now . ,de -
~•,:••
sat i,fiel
,The y . plac l e a c ca ttimpt to•.e.lsc,tl by the Ho Se, but immediately on his .'ciin- , . - , , • ..• -:, • ; ;
nounced by the Democrat and , he -40-Slave - 1 system• and since I have aot over-all my ob
. • - d.
hith by .resoltition,;.and'. Ma so hears'.!o!eee !eluding - . - i -i- . ' ;:
ry. leadereinthis• -county: . • ' 1 • ; • . ~ - 1 • . • , .. , I, aa..tttls to slavery lint - strongly, inclined i t 1
In - the co• Innin of the Democrat devoted lering that they thought..itli. the plurality rail I tin indefinite _postponement, and the-resolu
' , s I• . • • killed.- - - • lir down and• see if ricannegothiela purchase]
success would be ce sin. 'k Consequently .. an bons were , ~ • -
the toridemnation of thle course 'of /kr. Grow, 1 - i of-tvie•of m • frit•ndi l scai4treis'4l . idaughters..l
_,.
not •one word is saidas to - the Inatary of the I administration Democrat rrom Tennessee prof , : We.. betide not. Ody claims now that' Dr • ' . )
1 • ' • • • . link however, tht-it Will be most- udent
principles be has . ...abandoneil, tiidn - thatl . we ' posed the Plurality rule, giving as a reason , Joint I .o r . Jrnith r or any ether Democrat i • ' •,, ' 4..,•• • •
• • to, wait till we -nave - elected' anoper - cam-
It
think the editor "shows good judgment, kir in '
that he ttio% ! 7lit a.sourid, cimservatii e; ng ti .' ' Iltise, is for 'Fre Soil. ' - *
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cratie President, hp:l - which time t principhlS
fact the Boaus - Dernocrac . s,-, era . .. abont . in, the , al man migla'be erected, all.
. - •
d•when tbe Melts. ••• . ' - ~
of our p:irty7ll . l7.ito fipnly e,stablished,that
I - position_ of 'a - bankrupt • :gditbler. who bas i l • 1 4re was proposec from the '4uirninistration - ,• . i , .
. .v,- 0 an ir.trodtice iri:ki improvernent in our
of the Ho' it i;anigin 'd- . d . li'• ./
• staked his. last dollar on ..s4neT„desperate 1. ~ u.Sei I . i! ' le 7 f!!'. e- re- throw .to retrieve his • ruined -fortinic.s. • . Tilt'
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party now calling itself Demoemtie is as fa 1 .
i sult is before the people. 1. •. ~ .
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But wbat ,,, a?egrading Ind loathsome spec- • domestic .o.rrattgerne'itts, WithoOt, 1 any danger
of* inte - rferere,e fro riti the higlir.laiw fanaties.
•••-• . - , • ..., •! i „,
. 'V hen 'we do get :Slavery. rq-eitablished. in
1 frorn what in Jefferson's days ta:as• milled De - tacle does it" exhibit, to .sele the' great Demo- :. - . !
Pentisvlvania,_.l don't itlten over to do an,.
I inocracy As, cad. Well . ...he• imagined.. It '
I . cratie'party: of the tOu'ilif•y throwing, _over, . . •
other, day's w r biit shall. I eOn the labor
•-- -. •• . • board its .- men, and •-king•lutO''coalitions
••thrOwn oierboard one principle atter ianOthjS.
r of my blacks, as
i cr., while its its best men 'hare been'. leaving iti i 1 1 -;wil.h. Whig!, Know •., otliings, and ,the fag.. i ~,04
-until it,s Only inal-PtlntiPlei4S94o2tub- t ends of all parties- and factions, that.it might
But I must age Ih ?he prelsentr My, red
.,
- Isrreiency, and the}nain bod•y - I f of its .members'
ate Southern Slayeholders,..litarthern dough. i .
,taces,and-the OottOn. aristourac .
.... .) ~.. yo:.e o. i the' exalted -priVilege: of playing second
le', to -306 . ..,09 slatleholders, anti spreading
fih it tli t e.ciirse of slriery Over; territory now free..
~ i , . . ... ! son for scndinc , this IhO,Re' tibliccni l'• be ,
,
.
cause I know that zXmanyAlon.Aaolding.. the
- A ' I - a •
-principles I forinerli dal, i novi , your • pa-.
-Arbig party, Verily; mr.. c,,. 5 ,.i must 'feel 4 .. *e
147PoCritreal civ.o(Know Nothingis•rn; 'Per,and. I thoe;;ht . in could obi ! •satisfy thorn
~.
bad to be.read out of such ciaellent eotna- eatio.lorsei: bc. used by the togas Denioc• that their anti-Slavqy idenz; qtr 'not Deino
-1 1 • •
- - "*.-' ' l • '..
•• . - . 'th '...'' 1 *Tl' 6*Cti ' li - .I:i crane; they might,, tike me, a jure them at
racy in_ success • .t. 1 t
nY., ;- -, . --: -.-. 1 -`.,.: :.-* 1 -. . ~ -! L. . LIIV o ukt 0 at: - 1 .. I t•i i -.,... -I ! •
. ~ _ . .. - _
.. , ' -- -. , c , iliittotbetti so' •Oh once,.and.returninto. - tne it,ernberatio fold.;
. .
ti ff The beir Clerk of tk :B.ltouse of
ro4. , •
.40everal
ortheateOgilo,. _ trier,
President .Pierce"hol decloOd, his 41*Finipfk
tiou to feral& gli*orti2eid Go iv
ilip.p*edoo.ll;
tterl4area
-1 .
•peopsl : , s.Aoierio44 - !tei/decie44..:.- Of coutie
.tteile are AO tree tioilet*JaPia %aro lin*-4 4 .0
•*itiffri -
i - 'The. Speikershi 1
7 ' Nile ,weelt% . of the Session,Jodimadreds
of thOusands of dollars were s pitit' a. frbit
10'ittteityt to elect a: 4 ooesther " r and ;r orgAttike
tl* House,' aid it waS:npf..untillthe . allies of
th3eider Ruffian s in the flottse . supposed
- thit 4*y:could:elect a. Speakerior their own
faith' ? that . thei pernittd one ii: be ch o sen.'..
GT )
. the assembling of Congress theold Hun."'
, - • 1
Iter, . emocricy held theteaticur , nominated
li tir
Ric ardSon, who, had been the:iciaimpipnof
the- .e6raska . ill and Slavery'iti the lastCon
resS,..,its'•,thak — candidate . for Speaher, colt- . 1
r Eitru6e ' a
ihe'm,..t.ultra pror-slairynnd Apti : ,../
PkncJipt , N -,. t - i, platform, and_esolved - that,
-theY, .with 'llk , t. eatididate,iwouhi stand upon
this platform - and - tight the' bakqe .. to ir the 'bit
ter nd.'. After ,a , few days .0141. nsucceistul
ball tinge, it beeatne . apparent Ito every one
tha
Ir a Speaker cojild not be elakeannicss:the
plurality rule we4.adepted, and a propoiltion.
to.Oatefiet 'was; soon hrOliglq , r forwar4 by l
'from the Republican side ~'. 9 f the'Hou4e,'•
was iroted doWn.. by the conbined: votes
le pro'; Gvery Know 'llothingsi and the
litmlier Democracy. These, interesting
par
r ies could not. ngFec tovo t e for the same
mut, because of the effect it would hi v e upci
their thnstittients , at home,. htit they . could
prermt .anrganization of .111,.1.1C.40-, and
chance, might-- opeft this:way Or a - union by
which 4 pro-ShirverySpeaker4tight be elect,
ed and neither party materially damaged , in
its Onsumtnaiion..
.2.111 difictllty in the way
of iutiiting ' the pro-Slavery Klowr Nothings
and - 'the r iOrce Democracy,. isVas•the • Anti-•
one
lit
of t
old
KnOW - *Nothing , plapk in the llatforin upon
which Richardson stood—they; had no objec
tiosils to the : priOiples - pf Richardson in the:
main,_ but they-were not willing to give their
Votes to stultify themselves and their- Party
.before the diti •
ntry After - -, aecat deal, of
•
billing, mut:- cooing llumPhrey
Whitney, - Valk, , Ruhee, Fuller &
Col., on ilic / Onelide, and .the leaders of the -
Pie
rce Denu`,..erkV:on the !oth'er, Richardson
4hdrew higtine as IL cand4ate fur•Speak
er.and icorr,: an old South (rolin a nullifier
tc4S substituted in his ple.ce,tand although
-.Orr obtained the votes. Of al few SOuthern
Know Nothings, yet the old Igichardsun-plat
fo'rin on %Illicit' some of his . frieWs insisted up
on his sta ding. still repelled the great body
of tt.l pro—. Very AMericatis - i-ttuid ofte'r re-
~.1
....., .
pe i
ated bartigings,• Orr , was ithanclOne d and -1 , was seconded, and ,Wardngailt.refused to put
.
eiyen up,, as. inipraeticable? Upon the ahan- ' it! As nothing t:lse could be doriq witl. knelt
dopme it of Orr, the union) .)etivetilithe Pierce, a..FOreman, and it iwas getting late, the Grand'D em racy andthe rtro-Slave:ri- know Noth ,l Jur
y finally. agreefiSbv one majority, Al l ) ad-
c;
I ... .
)ete, 1 and: the only'difft-1 jou rn. NV hen - theY met a4in, next Morning, *
he ObjeCt of, the union,, the Foreman was accused of having refund to
the;m4l, and that - ther-1 put the question to-tote, when called fox' aid
llf; - --h
• -
--, l,
I seconded, and he then denied it, althOugh.ey-f-
inrrs waA
a
cnlty in
whs in t
Might to .amon-‘ , Ol :urns where t - ,,, ,~ au...._ __ .„ ...._
~---,---, 4- . •
~.neither. ilnl--advaa.,,ifoii. I I
cry other Jury than_ admitted that it was trite:
•
Orai, ©i OnePrh!i i g of .4fissouri,. I Thei-Otras th - taken 'and' as was . forctold,
- I
'vas pin tl4re were Many rca- 1 enough vofes ntd by some means been cbang
seas wh a suitable Man fQr tbe I,ed, over night, to produce a `tie-,' and' then
f .
;party a: __.% 4elwas'a resident the b ;le Was withdrawn front the considerati9n .
of a Slave State, was the ieltn4diatirepre:wne. I of that;•Orand Jury by the.jProsLutinti At
. ,
ative of the, Missouri Borigerlitrii . crns, mi g ht t torney, but not ignored, - as Chase falselYas
.
i,,
n tact 'lie said to be 'on6 . it 'eta ,`' and ais he setts- • ' ' '-.- - - '
-.
belonged. to a' party ot .the pbst, la : election 1 : - For the credit of Susquehanna County, we
woUld prodnee no jeahinsio or beart=hurn- i are sorry to.have these fils known ; but they
lags between the ditrrent wings of hi t l i sup,. i are facts nevertheless; and since. Chase s•-ectus
. porters. Taut as I tt often• happens that the Aetermincd . to bring the 'ratter( before the
Most carefully - cones,.' -. 1 chemes - fail o f sue- ! public in the '-newspaperS,- the ..I:leporier and' ,
- . . in • 1K y them
cess, so this case, all
,ough. ,Oliver's vote I . 4iator r.1 . y,•-if: they choose, lays lie
reached-104 Yet a . V I hati,d-hearted Know foe their readers, for his satisfaCtion. - : •
1 Nothings . ' still, held o -- u -: 'd ?'.'qr. Olivet" the
• '
1 old line Whin! and ',-,- • • 'rrdidate of .The Old.; Mr..inatares Antiille4)ksit.l3,esoluriong.
• es, , I D ,
iTunker Democracy at dtitepro.Sla ; y_,Kilciw 1 The tollowi l g i s a ("Ty ( rT go st ,i ol -, - ,,,
, \
Nothings, lacked a:v._ ry few,c l votes of anelt... -' relating to the Territories o'f Nehra4:a and
tioh. and.hi w.as' p oauunecd unavailable.— i -I‘. gas,' introdttced into the Pennsylvania
he At 1 "ld -to i 1
H.•
-......,_,
- lino.' •by oar -: metiiher.
It
1)4
Mr. row
ate "that ht .
idea than
I: that their
'least/a small_
tenCion to same/
• j .
tempted, uSt..poinnptneni . to-.the vote for A
el-, a Whig,pinith, l Know . _ Nothing, and
Aiken, a manpledged twthe guow-Notbingsi
in if they do not *nig tiwir heOs with
.tame, it will be beean l ss there is not sensi.
emigh, In iikit t 9; appreciate the
conten•le po it)ou they oecupy.
At a *_ . tiag oi*-the pemocracy, in
thls bOttaty,:sk xerlutkl ICU intsSed, denoun
eke theilon. , G; A.. Gtrwtor the eoiwse .be
4ii)sin•in 'the 411FiCtitio 400614,44' re
*
questing 'him, to vote for some anti-Know
.Isiothinipemberat ;; but. we preutime tba the
dictatieof Southern Slaveholders _ witt have
• t•
I about the
,sh Iriftuene,e outer ittraciton
'Mr. Groji, as thii: their i doughfeee\alltesltt
this 9:44y. Sinceihe ucstiou of:thet•epeid .
of the • Mitisonti..",,Coropr has beenitgittit. : ,, ,
ed. in. CZngress, the, course of Mr. Grow, has
be one which
,ninC-teuths of his constitueltsl
most heartily approve;'. and during Ike. late
-contest for 'Spout:et', • We' have not a 4deubt,l
could the iqueified votetsof thia - Congressien..
at district: have' been cotisulted,..they would
havOuns'.vertid by ten. thousand majoiity, 7 7--
Ftick to. Ilcinks,, till the 4th if Itforeh 1857,-
•
ifhe is not sooner eleetect.'! • . 1
In the Full of 1854, Mr. Grow was olee t ed
fOr a.tbirdleruk, without opposition, fur the
reason:Oa ho had faithfully represented the
views antt-fecjing4bf the: mass of the citizens
of this:Congressional: di4.rit on the' ~ r eat
queStiort ; of human freedom:- His subsequent,
Coursehai buit confirmed the people inith6ir
belief that he was .the roan to represent - them
in -tls„,prtsent.crisis, and that course sv,t be
bye people most triumphantly sustained.
GNI
About that - Indictment. ,
As usual, E. -11, Chase glories in hiS Own
shame - When .-116 - exulti ugly asks the Brad eord
RcporJer. ailkd the Tinga agitator - to tell their
&eaters 4w i he escaped beingindicted, at our
last Cour s eaor a, libel. ,on
He owes, his' escape
of New Milford, the Foreman •of :the Grand
Sury. Then the bill was broniht
.before,
thel GrandJury,•..it was soon discovered' that
i
.enough were in favor offinding a,ette bill to .
carry it, although
,the Foll'etnan aitd one or.
I •
two otheX t whp perhaps did not understand.
the nature, of ti)e:otith'they hail taken, tried
1 hard to. have ' ii iii'lored.. After a much [ low:
,• I
gel. time than is.usually sped in considering
-- , I
a bill, twelve or more- still being iii:lavor . of
indicting chase; a JurYtn u- an called for 1 the
.vote, and was Eeconded, butell'iTl rejuse r d to
I put the rote !.• 174: , ..; Foreman then urged an
I adjournment till fhe, next : da . y, but was; l l an . -
Swerea that a vote . ougAt . to be taken now
i . • • . 1 •
.as dem , * the night Jurors would probably be
. r,.. . /.
I tampered with,, and some mightte induc,l•Ll
• - 1
change from tlieir presen shit/. Conan
. I
el . : le Mere time 'was const ' tit diseus i , sim
4
„, _another • Juror demanded . .a . vet e, 1 and
Among the questions likely to conic.
before Congress, during the present session,
are euumeraterl---our foreign relations;eSpec
lally with Great Britain i4specting affairs in
Central America; the Pacific Railroad bill,
which it is hoed will be-finally acted,. on ;
the Turifr, the Sceretary of Nei Treasury - hay.
ing submitted a plan- for a modification of
the present ymit, which provides . for the ad
mission of Zi.tain raw materials, duty free:
the French iderrinity bill, which, although
once vetoed by tie President, Milt be Urged_
rigain; the Retiring Navy BoaV, some of
Whose decisions it is thought will be revoked ;
IRA old the Mormons, t,subjcet presenting
I
many vive 4t.iwitipinsforconsidertgion ; and;
l 'thongh last' n-cnOOtied, probably tiw first to
be r a4d.wpiatl, the Karrkis delegate, - and can-
In&ted :therBith the exeititoPio of Slavf--
try; ' _ -
car A teleilliphic bnitel) from Wash
.ington- states that bivil war in Kansas is n ! '
lnoked uppn, by all parties as , imminent
had- United
&IxplagetlitAlo44ll4nisaall,by •rtcliklesat .
r •
i -
- Poi' the Republican. •
- I .
MESSRB.• EDITORS :--1 have .alwayi
member of the great Democratic . 043
11- '
lui!c) aluu'al:i%•ajit.c:autned that I if4.lla r;
Sod man,' and that ours was a Free
oil
ty and if any due denied it=•- • 1
pointed pt
.„
ly to the Course •Or:otte Th::presentative;''
'Grow, tor evidenee.. :'•13.0t now l l
no3onger:' , 7 I have ltvrned with g ief
iii.. Grow is • 'co longer a .Demoerat.l
Washivion ()viola. - tells me se, land
l
M
,i.4trose Dembirat tel p O so. ,
ItnoWtill the preset. - 'tigress. asFettil
tha l t Mr.. Grow had eeMe be a Dein
but now there can b6•no do ‘t of the th
have thehie:eh Tie" •
fir •, 1 • t
As.lsEr:* Grow and I have beca;;014.44
thpersOn'ally and politically, I Ntas!
• -
sor l ry to hear that he had deserted the!
- L
tit d'l tiayo :carefully looked ?yer tax
of the House sit&e.e CongreS s met to i l see! .
he has done. The result of my earnitiation
• ' • *
and - reflection- . Itas.,lieen a coilvietiOn I. that- ,
i ,„ir
nave heretofore. had a ''''s%*-4,1nr0 o f what `
- f -
are • Demoeratie . . Whoc . see
I
Itiehardsonho was to the 1 - NebTaska bill
in the House what Douglas Was in4tbd Sea
ate—tiotriinafifd and- supported by ouidparty
for 1 am Onvineed the
braslia bill, which Vwtis once' so .matt
posed t.r3, is . a airnocratie measure,.
such should itteeii'e the support; cc a
bernberats. Mitt" 1 see our paiti
I. ,
to emet for Speaker, sometimes airl
of "Vtyginia, a Entlyi ,N ()thing', iaro?
Mr. c)liv'e, r. of Missouri, an of e.
and.finally uniting With the South n, ,
i'Othing in support of
. Aitien. , of Son
olinA, who seeta's to bei ahOnt half Plkl
ati t d half l NOthing, all for . tho.l
n t r a,
ki s Tefeai;:.llg^ the Ilepu W . • a'
,
an porKineed tha the greatest mien
D..\triorratie party t oW has to conkti.
is'that sime prinei e of' Frei-Sol
have.al - Ways advoea?d.. And When
that MK Grow has continued to suP1))1
'Soil principles, in opposition: to ;tl;4
and as fir as I c.ln discorcrlas done!'
iat is nridernoeralie. I arn cOnk,•itic
tho great Deinueratic
I lirrtend to rejnflin a. rnembelt
'I Ftnut• i t etiseard my Free Sol
VN , coarse isi now plak )ct
jpies. _ _ ..... s., i
i lieve inlprofesgliig (me thing and lak
i"- - I
"other. - Ifl had buspi. , eted that ri
i Sut lisni lwas
ti• undenmet at ie.,.1 'F•lm'il Id- i l l:
I Carded it low ,. ago. 1)
I wasU 4 l
I ,ri aff2o.l
l•
. ,
'•ar.,l mean to iiic....,a.ll!mocrat. 1
• J , -,
[ :The biiknoeratio Varty is in Ililvt.r c
~ •
II
tending slavery,aripro-am.l. 4r. bl•
- -- '• • : 1.:
(ro off with such Ign-ow Nothings is
, e!, ,- •
and S.,.warcl,:ind Bauft , ;,4nd Sumner;
1 I
MOI., 'and Giddings and Chase of t): 4 4,
suit 01 an,a , C)traction, but, I shall t
.•
party :aping ,witti, the lionest echo
Mon t)-oxe Dein or ra I, ha!t . N
gat CuAting:4", an , 'l : Xes, and cT:o;it
llCury lf...l.Ftil!ers; and Cotton' Vb
twelf(a-stiction , Aniet icans. cU6tigU,
to countvrtmlzinec• a thousand i%
a serious" matter to think of icaxi - I , *`irc Dem
ocratic pi;rty,:.which v.-as fountlo isyithe great
I
Thomas JefYerun,and is•nuw s(4 . zolonsly ear l
l in '1 • ci
vying out, the tloctrinc - ic: e con
cerning libc.rty-and human ecittadt , 4; These
ducts Ibelierki tetwith
st am Ot e*tenclitit,,Y ,
nro
• i
-no :You • ask
how this ynn be ? I- repl . -, alter ioiderable
reflection, that I do nottconsidr the pegro as
haulm', but only a ttigherespe:cs bittoon , fit
fi
where M. Clutse itiu.Thds with)
receive them.
If you arc outemus 6nouoll
item, to perrn4,:a
his views in : your •?zolunans, II
trouble you agoinA
•
Ding Look; it 7; 1856. - .1
.1- • - 7r. !
11.
' The • latest foreign' Q r
lw itivitil:uPoti - ‘..AP1161.1n,t
Pam is'
. A For the Republ ican.
. .
• taason' foi Parting Company. -`4
•
E. 8.. Chase in, the lasi Democrat 7 speaking
Of Mr. Grow s writes We: have bi3era o
accustomed to take th em e pen in ealogyolotiltv
eoniteinnation, in defenie;*not
we wouldnow . -gladly• escape what ve - ..fiteir.,.l .
duty. .But (now 'cannot (any leaig4i,•),l
escape it."'
The adMiniStratiot has paid us our price,
in the shape of material aid, :to _ the tune of
seine , " fau'r pr five- hundred ,
j dollars : for the
small - job of p rintin a few'Extralftemocrats;
and we should 'be a se to every principle of
honor shsold- we hesitate to show our devotion
to certain nigger-catching officials. But here
my dear Grow and . ..we part,. ungratefully
'we say)_ on, his part,. because: having : been
nursed, as we allege, and, trained, its We . sup:-
.
posed; for Southern service , inste ad of quiet-.
1y :resigning - tilmseif to thOt Management:Os
Vre•feel bound to d - n) in subjecting Northern:
„
vihite citizens 'to catch aifil Watch runaway,
niggers, :without ekperise to their owners ;: he,
with curled lips, spurnS thiS claim, and in his •
youthful ardor becOmei absolutely 'fanatical'
over the subject, as if, the tax and degrading
service (a4 ; soine fOoliShly regard it) of catch.
ing and keeping Southern ',dig gers' at the ex
pense.of .Northern freemen was . pt - the least
importance whatever! No! we part here- .
My tilportance, as-the public know,
lies chiefly tn the fact! that-I am. possessed by
nature of keen nigger'-scenting qualities;
(alas ! too rare hereabouts) \ and whicli , alone
commund. me to . Seuthern uses and patronage.
'Nor shall we fnrego the effort to.suppreSa any
atid.ab_investigation of ' . Niggerism ' fill our.
National ,Governinent is immovably install
ed. to r4tect tlai t ' nigger '• holder, wherever
its flag signifies . ; dominio • - Then fr nigger'
be
,nrade - ea y, and our deetripation
'rOievea 'of scandal; and . its rewardslin our
own pocket,.,we-ri4h4ll be enabled to retire.
with nigger' scented laurels, amiil - th3 odors
• of whlch, may I ever live and 01101 . 1 S piatforin
beat peace with our Southern, brethren, and 1
• !
die content!
This for
*
reo
par
. ud-
Mr.
. so
that
1 The
the
. not
bled,
I erat,
I.t,fur
vinty 1
udv,
veAy
arty,
MI
ISE
op
'and as
t r ue
trying
Smith
airnes
Whig,
tinow
th Car-
tilocrat
urpoie
,date, I
'lv the
with
ICK:h
I' see
t Free
party,
°thing
-d that
ne,alid
of the
strong !
1111
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. , Modern Definitions. 1 The affairs of. the DiStrietrof C. lumhia lire.
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1 ' •
MESSRS. 'EDITORS :-:--In toe .. articleupon •
.t. back; Dick and I s- carton '
Republicans ' With
the' modern definition of the terms", "Self- Goode, i ffairrs of Ili. and Bell", beni.Slave.' Slavery ...
Gocfnmient,"."- Popular Sovcreignly," &e:, E vens i on i Is. ~ , ,. ~, ...
which •vou did mettle fitvor to publishi.ny our I . The COO mittee on Foreigg..Aflltirs is c01a.... •
issue- of :the 14th. of February - , Yoti: make , posed pf - Niessrs.-Penningtda, Miittekgr;Slier•
" Banks" the author of definition 3d,lWhen.it 1 Man. Rurlin,garne, Thur:!toti ) '.R . e;piihlleana ; •
• - ,' i ..,
_,,,- 1 Bay ly, Cihignian and Aiken.pDem. Slavery '.
should be " Richardson."
~Will 3..('!',l:"asr- t Extensionists„ and Fidler, So..ith 'AtneilcanH:
iniike the correction. in, your mitt paper,- by 1 -
--Th,. pubili Lands are in the handSofMdss- -•
(=Mil& the postulate, and c redit the definition
Ir. es i I's. Bennett of-New...VOrk. IfaVhift.WAr'id4e . , .1'
to " Riehar -on," as. I ' would not %I -1 ' illin,gly i Brenton and Thoring,ton . ;R,epublieans.;-:Cobb
subtract from a 1 man, much lOs froni Rich- t Alh ' dMa well Deta 'SlivereEx.- , •
!-o:__ 7 _,i , _anal an x, ~•. . i .
..- , .-
1 terisio ) ni.sts,; and. - Lindley, - So 'II American . '( -
ardsort., his Tight .of authorship-to such'prinei- Gen.
, / . i 01 the Military GOtamict e. l;pan
plesh6tiler would!! desi ref.') burthen "13:ink
, 'is the.,.cla t tirrnan ;, the ,o'thir . iiiendiers ‘14—e....'
with the necessity of. reconciling incOnsistcn- 1 m es , 4 „ . , :Allison, _Sapp,' Stanton ; .Buflintaii
I •
e i es:Yr • • 1 . i -and Wl , hburticd.Wisconsin, Reptdilieldis;
- 1 1..-, , '' -
I 'will now preeeed..tO give the result of fur- r•aluikner Find Denver; netii..Blavery
.Exten , •
.. • •• , • 1 sib& 1 , 4' ''and '',Tolin Willlanis - New Hark
ther examintlti(ll of the suoject of pre,whess in i .- . 5 ., '' " 1 - , • ' . ~ I--
° . ! ..Vitirtherat ' - , '. =. '-\'' . • '''' .. -- -..
1 : f ., '
practical application of the principles of Self i yr., ,r, . . -- . .• ~ , ~ . -..
t• , . lite other L•timniittees are similarly- cfma-.:„
Goveininent,' &c. :-. , 1 t. I posed, all;of - the filo t"e i inporta - nt among tliOt
Definition sth. The right to'use the author- I being fornied .with,Refaonean mi.joritiesi as .
ity alid poWer of the General Government to I is. right mid proper. 1 .Beside Gott, Quitrop,
112:•ce stibmission to laws which deprive the 1 we notivelajew opponents of Mr. Pciiiks:ll4lO :
" Squatter Sovereigns" in the Territory of ,isare-put -in', toe position - of Chairmen. .-I-yra .
Natt;:is, of the right to vote, to- speak, to read, l' arc Messiis. Porter, (Private Land Claims);'
dr .tothink aboutanytlaingelse than the plant-,1 Broorne, (Revolutionary.'. 'Pensions) ;,...Sneed;
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mg and retainin , 7 of -slax'o4.'within Viritori4l .l t Mileag,e); :Aikkat; (Library.);\ • BrtH - At i s; 0.74-
liinits.—Fraftkl7n . Pirrce.': i , enclit'ureS of State' Departilient.);4l - arri,l, Or .
' - .1r IP - - ' - . . . .
6.. The right iti apprpaCb, to the ballotbo.r , -, 111., (Naval Expenditures); aria McMullen,
without let or hindrance and the free exer-1 in r (Public Build i
' These ..genPenien jare' .
~`f ) .', :
cis.ll. of the right 'of-suffrage 'by the I resident : either Synth . Ainericans or S'amtry ' Exten
seitler w - the exclusion of non-rcs'idents, and F. - sum:l:4s 41:the.other sort,l4tid we are not a:
nullification of any el- ? tions which they (the I ware that anyobj,e' ctioris cim b - e -- . hrougl4:to
e
Atissonria:is) might 1 ofe§ . 3. - O have carried.-1 their appintinent.—j'ribune, Stk.: .
I?ceder. ..... \. ' -v: I - I . 1 '
i 7. Fred peithission- to 'ilissourian.BOrder
Rieffiams to commit "some - irrel,' , „tilarities,"
suck as destriletiOn of tlie. Press, the Eallot
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box, the use of Tar and .eeatiors,, the commis-
. ion of gurdetiArson, and c,tt other light I
offenses as praiseworthy acts' of ,reAaiiation.,--- .
Pierce. •
;princi
i ,
t
ting an=
Free'
ye d is
oi:Fa t ,
of cx
w may
ireeley,
id Wit-
m 1)1.!r-
Lo'.the
of the
to rtlid!
ZEE
S. •The rigli, fir-Defense - agaiitst all ic
-vasion's from. . the Territory', and the
right to evil). with Sharp's Rifles.—Reeder:
Ysitirts truly, - - .I - c. ..
*The --compositor fidloyed - eop)1. There
, a xT
Was no signatnre to Li-nnition /No.
ever, - the7dlsired . cotrection writ be made by
reading as follows: .
- I
ne..abrocration - Of a solemn compact, to ,
•
permit toe extension of •Slavery into F re . 9
Territory, and deprive all- population of a
particular cuter or any right to thernselves.—
! „Riclardson.-
. . .
. .
The Sham Deemocratfc'see.olsfast 0
136-
corninc , an oath-bound party, .as sivell as its
. ,l -
~.
... ,
Southern ally, oro•Slaver now-Nuthin ism;
_':' .. • ; i -
.. -• , g . • -SP-e. ,-... If nay person shall
,entiee,kleeshiOr
At a recent Demi:wet! Cony . eutiOn an oath
. i , - . any, isla.VelbelUtiging to
was administered to ,alllhe meinliers bet - 4)re 1 another] with t . he-inieni. to' - ':deprlVeithe (3 1 W - ner
•
they 4re , ,p , ertnitted to..taketheirits4l»il 1 thereof ;of such slaVe,', he:shall suffei.-DEATII
the .eatididates for delega s tes. eleelarto the 1 or be Imprisoned at hard labor for not, de
*.-,- :.- -• 7 . . •• , ' 1 ',.'' '
State C•cnvention were ' gain: sworn before: 11111" n .TFN years. .
being. voted fur. *What has become' of all 'ae.e .. l s.' 11.1111 Y ''' lB -. ` l " ..sh - 'I I ' '' -ss • 14 '''l le ' ll°7 •
inn,' &e., kis a b :iv 0)--,44aIl suffer DEATlior
th4r viriu s ttdignation-againSt I extra Judi b t rimpt. • '
1 n il • hard FA) ..... • '*** 1 -''' li ..
e,one -at , a . or-ti not .ess,t al •
1 eial oaths? - 1 • I - I TEK years. 2 -''''--;:„: - .. ' :,.. ', ,
.1 ,I.
I - : .* • 1 :. ". • • --I r . •
-5ue..18..61f any pet in tltiS territry shall
I T -I
L he I, . burg rekgraph..say':•i.,l‘ six weeks aid' or harbor au v es4ecl slave from iattoth:-;
of the. EesSio'n have now , passed, and ileyond 1 1, er State *. •*- *- *. itteh person shall be .
• 1 v • -!
the unconditional repeal of the, license law, I punished in. like iiintint*as-vich'slave - 444- -
1 tL: if 0 .11.-, ,) has done little or hothing - but ' l.. e . scaPedi if , rom his . master in the t',44-3.r . .:.'.
- wrangle*Pn ultra party questions. 7 The Ares- r a -
I Sec 11 If any D rson i print, write- - - 1 , Intro ,
eat House is Shain - D , g. hoeratie by about two .e-i 'l tt r o • publish 4 43 e r eireatate, or e.ais i e to-he
, s b u ro t itgltt "iiab*, printed:, written, puiAis . iied. s . nii
t o one,. arid' ,aCeohrse at • party ts respensi 7 • ' I
. etreu ated, oriitaiw in..l v: hid 'or a-sist in firing-
ble for the, waste; of time and public treasure tag int r o, printing, publishing or . eiretdatihg :
that!i*liouse has cOmntitted. ' • *. 1 -withitil this territory, any. bocilt paPerd 436,, •
• I -* • te4taining till* statements; • dhetriaeS;l . 4St,e...,** ,
products,
calculated_ to produ 4..disafreetjon tainnn4
the' Ottire.S 4f.this territory=-he ettalqeiptfro
ished..by isuiri...ititirriont at hq(l,k6or ;fp! not
Ital thin: -.Are - .. c f 4rit. , , - ; - ...,,,.
.2..... - ..,
Seel 12..'1t 'any free l pe*in by speaking or i , 1,
writing . assert or, maintain, that .perstin4,:hava .
not the right to. hold slaves in the .tertitory,..
or shall introduce into.Katilas,ivrivn;.lia r i blio . ;
write,leireula,te, or cause tul tve int•iial4ce(l.oi-, : .
to th*territory;'written,•-prihted, PttOislte,ti _-
or circulated-in thi4,iierritorf, any bOok i jpit...
Juiga2ina " p4niphiet iii,_ oiretilar, contain-
1 , , i _ .. , • - . • .1. ,
:ingetty denial or the F i g 4ts 1 - o(persott*to ho l d
slaves in this territory, tiC.TCItPERA,O i 7_ - ,
s'i TALL
.I3•E DUENIEPOUILTY..Or FED
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ON Y 4Nn\pi;NlSHET);liy.igr.o l s9 l4,
ItENT AT EIARD TABgwrov, Arrmoit - .
NOT.I - LESS • TrtA.N.- TWO: Y.L'A, I . ltSi i 7 :::,_,, -:_ •
Wo sub oil Liir lai.kii li kii 1 thes,e.,, eii i nnt'evl:o--
dnr the ultehmsibeas that We ; have .i'eltite4 t .
Late -qv. be ent'ul:44, by the Army it s 'it4,lll4,y
jpt tl4 , lihitin i ; that thp effuits,4 thp!ll.elli4o,.
I` . to'eVeititiiiw the aoyerntneto,, 7 . 111 . - thit: long'
r he,: s reOs totin the' Nortii, whei.ei,i,i;ullielt:Aii4
I f.lt*_, i ifi c ell- ; 1 4 t . 00 ##',, ' P ' I I IPRI-:- g ‘ C..? l .
I*** FY-T 11 ! ., .- H' . ::,•,:: '-'.: : t 7:4 ',t , - ,, s '43 ....., , ii: i';..,
;
. .. 1
• Ver Judge Cons yaitd SamueC.Sinith, of
Kansas, have.b speaking to -the people u:
- Indianapolis, of Ktinsas affairs. ,'Great inter
est was manifested, and a County meeting
Was . led, without respect to ptirty, to pre
pare- for . ssisting the Free-Stt4 settlers ot
.‘
4hat, fated TerriLarv. .. : I •
I
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ee .; _
ter the election of printer,;. on the
13th 4., the HoUse of Bepreseatativesvo
ceed tot make nominations for . lhe ehaplairf.'
cy,whetillr.- Joni' of 'Tennessee 'said, .\`. l l
wish to place._ in nomination Elder - Robert C.
r
Leh man, Of . Prince, NVilliam,,COuntj-, -Vir
ginia.. He is a ilard--Shel Aapi i tsti.in relig
ion, a a -a Democrat- in -politic"; and I en. -
.tirel acCotd.with him, both. iu his religions
and, political views:. - . . -.- ~ I ; i. - , .
pen arms to
IMessrs. Ed.
.pent to-give
may perhaps
lottanon.'
rirWe find in the _St 164:141 1 1$ lietald a
grand scheme proposed -by a Young man iu
that city. ,lle calls it "A Leap Year Scheme,"
in wilich be proposes to raffle
_Walsall off. at
'ss number of. el!inM to IA
;bilked to 'W..
,states that
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The Hone Coinatiees. .
clite
,Standing Committees or the Houma
werts , anhounced yesterday by 'the Speaker.
Mr _thinktrhas worked lOng and earnestly ,
render theta efficient and accttptable, and sre;
thitdaie ha generally succeeded ; Sieugh there. -
•mustiit comic be some mistakes in placing . '
met,t;ilwo thirds of:them new to public
life:'" . ,
- Of the ccHintnittee;O( . :Ways and Means,
Mr. L. D . ... Campbell Of! Ohio is' the, Chair: .:
man, with Messrs. Iliiward, -- Sti'i,'Campbeir
of Penn.,. and De - Witt,: .11 - e,publiCans . ; . Mess- :.
rs. Howell ecsilib - ; :rind. Jtm es of Ti . in.,fDeM:
Slavery Extintsioni4s,.' and Davis Of Md.,. !..
.South Ameritakas- meMbers. :. -. , ..: 1. • ~, .
The Committee on /Elections has, for iti..--
Ctrairman Mr. Washburne of Me.,.ii: stanitcli .
Republican ;,'the - Other memberii are Messrs .•
.•
lffutson;'-colfalt 'and .Ifitigharn,- Iteßtiblitatts; -
Mr. Spinner, elected, tts' i a. Dernocrat,bitt - whe.
steadily voted for -Banks . ;' Mmiii. - ickman
Democrat, .who did nOt vote. ri Aiken_;:, .
-Stephens of Gat.;. Dem. Slaverytentionist,• '.
and Oliver iof. Me:,' Sptith
_American. On
thi committee there Lane Ove.• and .probably- '
,six •
h..
otes sure Tor - FreedorM i '. . - '
.., T ''. Territorial Cominittee is , composed of ..
.-
Messrs. Grqty, Giddinlis,- Pur4litce, Gril l *.
er, Morrill, i and perry: - Repubikans ~, and
1 Mesrs. Richardson and Houston:Oetnocrats, :.
Slavery-Extensionistsl. mid .Mr.*Zollicofier,'
1 Sout'h-Air.erica n.- -'Shmedisappointinent will .
naturally beE felt, that.* Gidding-s was not..
placed first instead. Of second oh'
,thireora-
mittee, as it has been reperied.was the Spealt=' . , •
I er's-original iintentiott but < . is • quite evi- • ,
I dent. to; us 631. the' change was . nad'e . with 'a
single eye •to . the- triumph- of Freetloin-la
Kansa4. The general !;position ;of Mr. Gid- A :
ding., and . - his standing in the Honseertaiti-
) ly entitle him to any honor it maybe in the ,
1 .power .of the party '
.to; bestow;- but we are.
reonfitlen't nci mart. can. More -heartily' than .he ' -
, .
pr* .fui tlitt good of a great cause to any
~ corn-:)..
e. 4- , . 1 4
I.plitneits to himself. We - have -a 'arcing. \A
I , working majority =in the House, :And there _..
may possibly be two-or. three Weak : brethren -- .
who might be .d.etcrred ft4m voting - right by. .
i the taunt, that:they were . only following the •
1 lead of Giddings Stich •vetes as 'these we .
cannot' afford to risk. tiliere. it can be . ft-oided.'
At the s;untr tine - Mr: GroW's . prithity aro
learles,:tit.:;sl ti re' beyond . the, p_ositibility :of
cionlit. O; the wli,44we . - regard this most
iMportant Lommittee *as ,being' jndieilly .
anti wis t •iy.. •ompcised. • ,•' • -- -- .. - . , •
. , _
The AT tad lei a ry- Cc irn mit tee
. cer.sists of chess ,
rs. Sunitionk Barbour, Gallotvity;•Walteniait,-A.
Tappin and Entrie,, llepubliatits; ..Humph; ,
rey Marshall-and Lake, Shitth Americans.; ,
and Harris 6f Ala., - Dein:: S'''-avcry•Extensiot.-
ist. ' . l • • , _
• _ _.:.. - . - .
. . , . .
. . .
...The taws that are to . i3e VindicatetV '. ..
1 • .\,
Entertaining the views it will betiiy inv. - . \
t)rative 1 dut v. to eert.. th;.•w1i9 143 , potr . r of
. . .
the Federal _Executive W. support, publi - :or:., 4 00
der in 'th Territory'', *(of Kansas). to vitdi t eti' tr i ,-
its laws; whether Federal (ii.llocalc agairt4'all
attempts 1 of 'organized • ye'sistance r -Piefee's -. •
•i, . 1 , /14 •
Last Aressage: 1 I. .• .1:- "
- 1 . _ . -
it is proyen beyond all possibility of sue-,!
eessful di.nial„ that the lags made for the . *&
ritory 01l Kansas, 'Weae made
_by' mi.:aimed
- Mob from Mis4opri; under. the 'name' , ' til. -
tie of a iLegislature, in .which the, .00 - pi l e or
r ,
KanSas bad 'no *part or kit, and:_th. atit,s of
which have no binding force upon them
have befre published- the infathous statuq-itt
relation to Sla - very; as it_eanie from the hands
'of the
. I.llsrder - Rtiffiani; but we cannot reSist •
the opportunity here offered, to . ,ag:lin remind ..
our readet's of the',real character of tl - 4e laws . '-
which tjhe: PresidCiit will •en . f4ree Ws* the
whole p l ower Of:the country, -1' We quote a
few secions,,ni fro '' _,
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AN ACT I .TO.I4*SII. OFFENC4- ,
:AG ING7 GI;AVE
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y.
IN
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