the I4atirieoeql. itep4biloo.
F. READ cf . it E. FRAZIER,, Billraßlog
MONfiRdSE; PA.
;
Thursday, dray 16th, 1856.
, 1 Pesc*ln Europa
, It is thought by some - that, Peace having
st length been ratified between the Allies
and - Buis* the'latelbelligerents may.perhaps
into their attention towards the Wait and
seek grounds for siquarrel with the Milted
States. We have iiliffinulties still unsettled
with Great Britain iregiirding her attempt to
enlist recruits here for her army in th 4 East.
And American velisels have recently
,been
overhauled , by British cruisers in a Mamter
rather unneighhorlY and not flattering:4o out:
natiottal pride. In! addition to these 'causes
of dissatisfaction 'tit our part, the fact that •
British official has 4!ffered to furnish t l ultris to
the.Gosta Ricans t 4 aid them in carrying on
their war' with General Walker, .is 3nother
source of ill will towards that country', on the
part of a portion ot our .c 1 Liz ert s. j
France is hot suPposed to loOk with a very
friendly eye` on !this country, at the pres
ent time, and, If the conduct of the : French
- Minister of War towards our ComMissiOn
era to the Crimea:,4g4 to be taken as exempli
fying the feeling of the French Government,
has Oo great desire , to cultivate amicable ,re-
lationsvith the United States:
Spain hates and fears 4;3,10 is only natural,
- since our attempt to buy and threat ; to steal
- her island Of Cuba; : The Ostend Cetiferenee,
which resulted in a public avovrall by the
Conferees, Buchanan, Smile, and Maxon, that
tuba, with its r million ,
ion of Sliies, mixed
_
meet, its ignorance-an d bigoted superstition,
mtist be acquired! by : our Government and'
annexed to the Vnited States---the Ostend
' Conference, r e sa:y, an 4 lillibusterism gent .
.endlY, have causied - not only Spain but all
Western Europe to look upon us , with a
jealous eye.
fortunatelt:perhaps, for those
:Towers have. all e . Ugh fully to ocenpy them
at home.' In England the Peace very tin
,
:43oimlar with the people. - Some of the newa•
piper repreSentitv the feelings of the mid
dle and lower classes, signalize in; ratignii
41nn by clothing their columnsein Mourning..
lite great 'demontitrations of rejoicing intend
.ed to be Dude 'byl l the Government,'weremot ,
ventured up t on, because of the dissatisfitetion
2 -existing Among the people. Their feelings
shad jutst`tecoree ;fairly enlisted in the war,
when Peace Was concluded, and 4they j are
Roth to sanction tliat Peace which the. French
-ment have forced;upon theta. Its is .thought
• tug the dornfall'i of the present rritish Min
t
- ' , Wry will be one "?result of the Pence, Inter
poilular i3issatisf4ition l will
give the IS
- , -..v.v , 01—. - 7 , ,-ru=tiier,embrodnig them
7.iia;vea in de' 5,14 es by, engaging fit a war un
poptdiar with the manse§ of the British peo
.4pleviri 4 war will the United Sates would
the'. • I
Palacml with that PelLic4l ,
/Y
blazing volcano, iFratiee, under, hie; lfeet, will
doubtless be CilltdOUS about bringiSehis'mer
_curial legions in xcitact with the Republicans
con this side of the water. 'Some fine morn-
Aug he might 4wakw and find,thesii all
throwing Up Limp caps, and shouting, "Tire
is Reptiblique n Down with thn Tyrant
One of histhief zinducementa for engaging in
'the war With Rseat, was tosenforf , e'e, reeog
nition of his equality with the soTereigns of
Ealror' and that -;th
4 4 4 Point gained, wie:ther wit
some Cdditionaliglory to the -Womb arms
•
end the name ofNapoleon , he as a ea
-Orions ruler, naturally torn his attention to
strengthening h _ is throne and increasing the
*noes of the tiaccession of the miniature
King of Algiersi by a careful OniinistratiOn
of home affairs instead of hazaiding all by
seeking new glokies and doubtful conquests
West. Having come out ofthe.East,
ern war so creditably,, be will shirk less than
his accustomed rood sense if he is not con
tent to rest upon his primean
'From weak and totteiling
, single-handed, *,, , e have nothing to,fe.ar. The.
'other Powers remelting neutral we might
fob her of Cuba—if we were base enough
to do it—withlimptnity. A great internal
conflict is now going on in that smuntiy-- r a
conflict between the; two controlling powers
of the liing4oi, the Civil Government and
the. Priiisthood4 , very large', proportion
lathe wealth thtit, yet exists in giath is held
by the monastic and other ecclesiastic estab-'
lithments, the *tee as , in Mexico and all,
.
Spanieh'Americisii conntries. This property,-
, •
or, a potion of( it, the Spanish - Government
is math* at effort to - secularizejfor the use
of -the tivit authorities. These efforts the
',Priests, who are !in Spain possessed of vast
power and influ'ence,Hof course 'resist to the
- utmost. It isi doubtful when or
,boiv the
smuggle will. termitate, but while' it Congo-,
ties Spain sriil # totter on thrbink of civil
war, if she doe* hot actually become involv
ed in it o and wig have no leisure { nor power
toitter finto - a Content with us. I
With' Russia we , hive no quatirei at
e.nt; but size too bSit internal !difficulties to
occupy her"attention: RueSian gaipire
isnot as well iiomiteteii and Mini" based
some supposie.ll, The Aild MuseOvites have in
terette se well; is la age and iiianners end
= ensuing 4ifferot Eon those of` the Ciar's
helori to the Germanic races.
MIS. latter, prising about' i oisteen
tame, ere ne 0;04* the best -educated snd
•
oenupy the m oat fertile portion ! of the Ent:
Ore.. Their influence is beconling mere and
'more felt' in the administnaticn of the affairs
of Rapti • and th e old litudoovi* naturally
feel jealous of'their f !isintirriooftan, ce. , The
of lii tnithelenity of Peace just.
eiliaguiea, 4;tiostl, i iioninir to 110 Germanic
'infinenok nod is.distesteful to the Muscovites
proper', vidences of their dissatisfaction
have been openly manifested, and It °was to,
allay these that the Czar lately suddenly °left
St. Petersburg for Moscow.
."
This hasty glance at , the condition Of Eu•'
ropein nations would teem to that a
trifle would eet all .P 4 - siii blare -
notwithstanding " pup
ao)ately solemnly pr.(
teenth century, the W 4
into the mouth , of a Ki
plicable - °
,"17aesey lies the head
IMIN
,2he Alerican Tract Society,
Public attention has recently :bent a good
deal turned toward this Society, and some
dissitisfaction has been expressed with the
official acts of the Executiie Committee who
have the superintendence of its publications.
It has been shown that in publishing* ',tot ks
of soCcral eminent and pious authors; both
--i
American and English; the Committee have
carefully expunged every passage , referring
to the sinfulness and, evils of SltsverY, as ex
isting in this country. ' The - knowledge of
this fact' has caused ninth sensation, and the
r .
aliegation of such extreme tenderneSs' on the
paii of leading Christians toward " die moth
zerCf,aliOminations," has been thought tore- - quire investigation. , ..
The Society—which is Corrised,ef ortho
dox Christians of all denorriinetionr-beld a
regular meeting at New York, o n the' Sib •
instant, when the matter above reed to
'was 'brought before them by, the offering of
the following resnlution by Judge JOsup :
,- "Resolved, That a ppeehil Committee Of fifteen be
'appointed to inquire into and review the proceedings
,of the Eiedutive Committee, and report at the next
annual meeting, or at a, special meeting du* waver'.
ed; to be called by said Committee, at::their d'
cretion." ' -, 3
- ,4n excited discussion- on theA•esolution
took lilice among the members, in Vihich the
Ri3y. Dra.
„ Tyng; BaCon, Bethune; Knox,.
Foote, Tho mpson ; S. H.. Cox, Hewitt, Hawes,
"Kirk, Nehemiah Adams, and other, partici!
Fisted. An amended resolution,' offered by
Dr..Adams,' , and iu substance likelthe Origi
nal, was finally adopted, and, the .Committee
`of fifteen appointed by the Chair ; ChiefJus
tiee Williams, of Connecticut, tt flows :
Hon, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Neiv Jersey;
James Donelson, 'Esq.„ Nework ; Rev.
:Thomas Jewitt, D. 1)., George Stewart,
Stewart,
:Esq.;iPhils.delphia; Judge jessu ~:the Revs.
;
.Joel Hawes,' D. D., Albert Ba ,4, D. D.,
Ray Pitirner, R. M. ‘B. Anderiop: ? .LL D.,
the Revs. 'S. S. Schmede, Gregory. D. Stone,
II D., John McLeod, D. D. 1 - i . '
'is to be hoped that this CoMtrittee will
fumiSh the public with a fair and44ll state
ment of the manner in . which theftilres of
th4 f Executive Committee have ,been per
formed.
•` It is quite doubtful - whether Gen
Walker will be - able to maintain his usurped
government in 'Nicaragua much, lgger, un
aided: " But it mill never do Co lek.lfirn fail,'.'
say the nullifiers who are at- the' U . atom of
the expedition, or our plan of adding ;Cen
tral America to the Slave 7:eiritory . of. the
Union will be defeated."- , So the Pierce Cab
"lna takes up and warmly discuses the ques
tipn of an immediate recognition of Walker's
•ov • •. .. - .Daualea- -awry 11.V.Har make
•- - -• • a ..- raver, in the U. S. Senate, and
the hot•headed • Soule holds' (sympathy;
• meeting" at, New Orleans, atwhich he makes
. ,
a filibuster speech. It begins tohe evident
that Walker did not set out on his appar
wily mad : eap . expedition, without strong
backiationg..the nullifiers Who are de
termin to rule: or ruin the Unien. ,
ng il.
Dau .as seems to be a dangeretes rival Of
Pierce 'and Buchanan, in the strifii for the af
fesiono of the "
.sweet South." Buchanan
may have seemed to': have the advantage
when ile . attended that Ostend conference,
and declared,'with Soule and MaSc, in, that we
mast get-Cuba, either by purchase or' force.
But the pubs matter hangs fire,while the
Nicaraguh operatioe, in whi... iii.uglas is so
deeply -interested, is in proefesi ~ perfornA
noes. Douglas got .thestart of Pierce in the
Nebraska , business, and' although; the latter
Made desperate efforts \by 'using aM. his power
to effect the repeal of the Missouri Compro z
miss, and since e to force Slavery into Kansas, to
regain the first place in .southera'favor, it is
doubtful, whether he his succeede4 In short,
it, is evident that Buchanati is too?mnch of all
old Foe, and Pierce is too tame a doughfiuie
to keep *se with Douglas in'tbe race for the
Presidency. :sThe latter may not be nomina
ted at cinbintipi—we think he will nob—but
he will isrevellkthe nomination -of either of
the others, in the hope of himself inheriting ]
the reversion of the office four years "bete.4.
i ' -----.'•.- ' '
Or The • ece.nt municipal 'election in
Philadelphia s ems to have been intendedby,
kr. -Fi 11,mor".'sTriends, ass test °this strength,
in that 'Conservative' city. - The Know Noth T ',
lug candidates for Mayor and other offices - ,
were claimed and, advertised at ' Fillmore' , .
candidates, and thetickete nominated for tni.;
nor offices were also pat forward as 'Fill:
more' ticket's, thus. ' the Tenths Ward Fill-,
more Ticket, the _Seventh Ward 'Fillmore - 1
Ticket,' &c. Fillmore meetings' were held,
Fillmore clubs fornied, and in short it was
all. Fill More—by that sign they, would con
quer Or be . conquered. The result has been
a signal idefeet in Filimore's only strong bold
in the North,. outside of NewTork State,
where, te may remark, his .•64ces are not
half as good as they were in Philadelphia.
, 1 The Democratic majority in -Philadelphia
is between 3000 and 4000, forlfayor. - As
the Republicans are in a minor there, and
the election was merely a atitioil between
I
[ two fact ions of pro• Slavery merfpr the as
.cendency in' the city gov nient, we felt
about the result pretty much as the old wo
man did when her husband was:fighting the
bear, we did'nteare which wati ---
lariThe squad of rep'reseves of old
Fogyism ; fn this County, callizethmselves
the Denioastic County Committee, met Here
the - oth.; i r day and resolved that* tunes re.
quire for Preaident a nun] like Buchanan,
whose experiences reach back : Arough all
our couutresttials, tether corli says.'..-
'This ( is onlydelicate - 4r* of sayintthat
they prte;an old Faeartst;:* pan
Deigiocr i u dr,,„
o!ttragesin tun&
. IBy 'dispatch from Lewrence;*la. St.-Innis,
we learn that the pro-slavery party In Kan
,' 1
ito have resolved on the bold step of break
wp the Cintressional favitatigations of
the vilkinut 6, which" they have vamped the
dovernaust of the -Territory. 4.11, attempt
has been made to arrest . Gov. Reeder, who
is ;the proseeut9 engaged iii submittiug .tes
timony to the committee, and to . carry him.
off to Lecompten, in the hands of the Bordei:
Ruffians.' Reedit refused to be thus dragged
away frem the investigation, declared that
ilia life would not be safe at Lecompton, and
warned the Deputy Marshal that whoever
Isla hands on hOn would do so at their peril.
The Marshal then left, but was' expected
ba'pk with U. S.l troops. " • '
Xt.. Mace, a -I . witness who testi fi ed before
the Committee o the viole9ce and threats of
death used by iteriff Jones, and others, on
electton day, waEt shot at by two ruffians and
r
wOunded--pro,ably 4,t0 intimidate witnetites
and prevent theit testifying. z"I
`Gov. Robinson e haf,\ been arrested, without
law, at Lexington, ~ on his way East, on
l e
the -charge of being a ugitive fromiastice, it
fF L
being stated that Jud Lecompte-had .charg
i ed fate Grand ttu t ry mi . , Lecompton to indict
all; theTrea'S too rs and members of
the s , Legislatur: for 11* .h Treason.
~
Politica/Xl:ltem
'SATilliam T. Miner, the opposition candi
y
date, was re-el ted 430ernor of Connecticut
on ;the Bth ins nt, by tie Legislature.
The Virgini •Know-N'othing Statey Conven
tioh ratifies the FillmOre- nomination, and
condemns - the SquatterllSovereignty of the
Nebraska bill, for fear t o, be right of aliens to
vote will prejudice the interests of Slavery. k,
i
• The Know-othings' of Illinois, in their
,Stsite Conven t,on, held•on the 7th instant, en
dorsed yillmcire, and nominated William IL
Archer for Gyvernor: „ Colonel Richardson,
M. C., is the eniocratic candidate.
ersey. Democratie.State ,
t• Trenton, Msy 6th, Ind after
• ates to tbs . Cincinnati Conven
rsolutions Cuci..}rinLr . the Nation
,.
'tion and-the principles of the
ka act. Then they instructed
to go for Mr. Buchanan.. •
n State Council of New Hamp•
diated the nomination of Fill
elson, and nominated delegates
Convention to meet at . New
The New
yen tion met
chOosing dele,
tion, passed xi
al Ad ministrt
Ktinsis . :Nebrt
their deleFate
The Americ
'shire has rept
more and I:',oe
to the June
York. • ,
A RcpubliCampaign paper, called "The
Philadelphia epublican;" has just 'beenes
n
*Hailed at rhiladelphia. It is issued by E.
H. Coggins, No. 30, North Eighth street.
[ •
:, The Massachusetts Know-Nothing State
Council has Divided ; one fragment endorsing
Fillmor,e, and the ottler repudiating him and
electing *del e tes to the June Convention at
New York. ' - ' ' '
, Mr'";Oliv r,' M., C., fr o m idiasca l
-,was elected s a whig, bromefaiated the par
!ty in a publ shed letier; and announced its
Isd esion2;,-: he . Demociaey as "the only par
ia
ty n Amerir 'filar; can destroy Abolitionism,
and uphold he Constitution and , the Union."
. Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, has made a
similar dispimition of himself for similar rea
sons.\ Thee is to be a general rally of the
slavery ea ( nsionisti of all parties under the
name of " D emocracy."
~. ,
, , 1
BRADFORD COUNTY BEN:FM:IC:ANIL-A.Re
t
publican C i punty convention was held at To
%ands, May 6th. After an address by
Wilmot, resolutions were adopted approving
the action of
,the Republican National Con
vortion at Pittsburgh, enf3orsing the course
of our ReiTesentative, Hon. G. A. Grow, and
his appointment as delegate to the Republi
tt
can.Natio al , Convention at Philadelphia, ap
proving "e course, of - the ,Bradford Repre
sentatives in the State! Legislature, recom-
Mending Ulysses Mercur as a delegate from
this Congressional distrm,t, to the Republican
National. Convention, and J. B: G. Babcock,
Jere Cul,r, M. H. Case, and' Edward Cran
dall as Representative delegates to the Re
publicantate CAnvention, and Henry W.
Tracy as:Benet/Ala! delegate to the same.
is true that the Republiean party
is eornpoted of men formerly belonging to
each of the old parties,-but who are now uni=-
ted for the purpose ofpreserving the Territo
ries from Slavery. It is' equally true that
the present Democratic party is made 110 of
Southern Whiks, Southern Nullifiers, North;
em Straight Whigs, and old Hunkers and
old Fogi4-s generally. ;The elements of that
party' arei at least as'incongruous as those 'of
ours, andlthe support of slavery is the of Iy
tie th 4 I:nds theta together—the love of !of
fice excepited. Between these two parties
voters rnilst make their election.
I confirmation ofithe often reliested
statement that Jones, the bogus sheriff of
Douglas cpunty, Kansas, is a resident of Mis
souri; sue tioti is called to the fact.that since
he 'rush. irrcorrespondent Of the St. Louis
_Republica , zealous Border-Ruflianfaper,)
iting f l i A;Westpart, Mo., where Jones
he. " still bolds the office of
-
Pctmas •Ithat a dispatch had been
sent to for *knee's wifit, who kn.
inechatel Ise gn t or Lawrence.
liar pie , warm Democrat brings- out
its "Aprt FOol " ho a x rather late ip the sea
son. I bat issue ocmtained an shonymous
letter, d at Harrisburg, April Ist, pre
toted
tending New York Herald fashion) to ex
pose' a d eadful oonspiFaey against'the editor.
,If any ers permitted 'themselves to be
horriflel by the letter, they must have felt
;cheap - • . • bar discovering itir,dale.•
e•-• An' Old,Bettler " informs us that-the
fwife of .1 1 . • Smith
_, the. Mormon Prophet, was
iEwma, aught!: of Isaac, not desio Hale, as
ierroneo ly stated us.. We believe our
friend is rreet. - •
nr e Bansail Investigating Committee
;is now at mptou, making good progress
*bringing matters to light. It wlll be slam
iby tilt : various papers °tour ' bog 4 s! friend s ,
that their presence is <wising muckunessiness
not a little squirming arnev, the leaders
f the aisigao4—gimes Thoillag;
Fbr the Republican.
. 'Miami Enrroas :4-Happening ovcrjo the
Coineric the other day, I saw quitei a crowd
91 my neighbors collected' around:a loan +
seemed to be talking very earnestly. ' On e
el,
ing nearer I dtoiered that the speaker - si
neighbor Shazpoya. Shaipeye is call i
very ingenious meehanie, and I believe he I
a man that generally knows who he is abo
except in politics / He is as much of a fan s
.on Slavery and me other isms as Greel
!Corning up to m, I found that he was t
leg to convince em that Slavery ought
be shit - out of sas and all other Terri
rit. -He seem d rather - excited,, and
making quite a the speech.'
,What I he
of it was som4hing like this : , " Suppoi
that we, these isientical men standing hei
had just gone to nettle in a new country-BEI
for example, in ansas: - Taking with us d
wives: and ehil ii our household goodsoU
the little mope we possess, we propose e 4
-to take-up a e lm and make - there a hor
for his family. iThongh poor, we aro stroi
and used to'ha worki and hope to - Subd
1,
the rich soil an live ceirnfortably in our tat
home, Iris psr . intention , to settle down
,tt ,
eg
a township by ourselves, something as"
were at home, Pennsylvania—but-with
advantage of I er and more fertile farm
still retaining r neighborhood sOiances,
district schools ! our religious meetings,
the mi - niatureDemocraey ,of our towns
government. Everything liioks favorable i ll
a happy result ce our colonisation scheme r '
But, most une*ectedly, we learn that th e
quarters 61 theilands in our proposed nl
township---al) ile most fertile portions—
already in the lands of the owners of ceq
black cattle 'Ott are to be brought in 't4::
the Work 41 them. And; on inquiry, i'
learn that the same difficulty exists in es ,
direction arout4 us. . The officials of the '1
ritory, being prOlavery men, have con
ed at the plan 4 placing the greater port
of the best 1 ds, of the I Territory in Ii
hands of the SI eholders. See how sudd
ly our
_whole 'pkti is ruined. . Instead
off a . t uship into moderate sol
t
viding
farms, as we proposed, we must 11
pick bp. isolater g patches, - here And there, S
,grated by
_brad plantations. For it i l l
peculiarity °flm class of, men with wl
we hive comes contact that each one us.
se ral thousand acres of land
I t.,
ly occupies a
body, "stock t with his drove of black
tle, and taro lives alife. of luxurious idle
bn the fres of their labor. ,
- " Whale cheerless prospect is now bfore
us.! Wipp have no schools, for the nearest
neighborre perhaps two; or,, three milks
~.
a
part, andwe are too poor to, employ private
,
tutors; terefore our children must group
in ignorlice, though we have been t ai ght
tbaythelitelligence of the pe.ople is the s.afe
guard opp o si ttion.
all_ „ fkle ldr 4lt ten 0 'iile li.mi'let: may asPirt['
highest honors. To assemble as we
`-4
. Nvplated, each Sabbath,for w . religious o_r
-2,zip,,,,4 'also almost an impossibility 1; for
'''' 36). ' ..- , ~,,irm the congregation are
scatter' , l'';'.:k ::7; 7 4-: „1. ~
..C - :-5:-..,l l yeat'Y tole a
part, a
,4 -- 0- -- : I ' n._ ..i.,-.ileiztt - ,.!r'' - ,":7. er over . the
4
:...,, ".,... f• - - - ....
rougk 'l:4 a new ,--.. ..;
-;...e , - -2.•'':4 1 -tetl.- , : ,
''':uld require
a dai i ii, itr moo '' ''„::.: .... .. :2. 1. . Lei, clien,
the. privil of attendi* regular weekly
:
meetings, mist be denied to us and our chit
dren. But whit is Our condition socially and
toalitically ? .At home we had ;been Ifcens
tomed to a general ?rebognition of the equal
iv of all men ; and there the poor man who
t led his little farm and , saw his wif . and
1
cildren gather around the - fi reside i L )f . his
1
I#mble borne, could feel a • sort of rtple
mocratie independence and self-respect
that made hirit the equal of Kings. Here
to soon begin to realize that we are
l ousts
nd umlerlinga. _ :We must labor for our
lily bread, and public opinion hsre has de
titled that all - labor of the hands is degt4ding:
We . .are surrounded, overshadowed, , by a
rivileged class, an overbearing aristocracy,
ho " toil not, neither do they . spin." And
tese comparatively few men, by forte of
terr wealth and combined action, fill all the
i \
ices, enjoy. all the honors, and 'entirety con
1t 1 the a ff airs of the State. We are of no
i,
re political importance than their slaves.
d we know, by , what has' happenedi else
vitere, that insteadof our condition's nuprov.
ng, so long as the black shadow of Slavery
hinga over us, we and our children .shall sink '
hiver and lower in degradation. . Eacgen
e non i
will become more ignorant, .more
v ious, more deeply sunk in hopeless ver
t lx.
ti and infamy. Our children will occupy the
Mme place in the body politic, as thelie, Her.
riffiau rabble who now go over to govern the
piople- of IKansas, not one in ' twelity of
witom .has ever seen a Bible, or rises ( higher .
lathe 'scale of being_than a- plantation slaie.
'Heir condition is that of all the poor whites
wio live scattered among the plantatt ns 'of
th: - rich planters, throughout most of th 'slave
, ,
Sptes, and such will always be their condi
tip' while Slavery exists. ' •
. r Pause a moment, my friends, and
ells future of the poor man who fir.ds
biought in contact with Slave labor, ,
alsteni of society to* which I . have re
liththat or the pour man who locate:
tit rich lands.of the Free States of the
aid by indultry a#d frugality builds ..i i
flituneswith the growth of the free e 4
tity around him. Then, remember th
°institution of our country gives you t
a voice in prescribing and establishit
kistitutions of all our. vast Territories
Tirest, artliell me, can you, dare y
Democrati, as lovers of your country',
ties, and of Heaven's just laws, ever e
tint Slavery &than eitter in and blight
territories while it is in youi power
vent it'l" - i
I must confess that hereupon an l almost
unanimous " No !" buret from. the crowd of
listeners; although they were more then half
bemoarats ; but I assure you, I said +thing,
L
I have met with so many things latelyi ili which,
at fitst blush and before my feelings had time
to cool, seemed to bear bard against the pres
ent: policy of the . Democratic .party,l that I
have pretty much concluded tri that estions
touching the general welfare and prOsperity
of the people ought not to -ha broug to t into
polities, an 7 MOM thap reliitiota and
Int
that the only safety of a 'Democrat who
means to stick to the party is, to shut hiSeyes
and` ears to all facts and arguments,and just
lit things take, their eourse. Irthe party are
piing *ming, we shall find it out eventually.,
If, after all our Territories beeetne Slave
States, and Cuba, Mexico; ind Central Amer,
ica are annexed, also as Slave States thus
giving 'the absolute, permanent control -Of the
Government to Slavery, the South should be
so unreasonable as, to demand vconceiaions
that the North could not make, and the Un
ion should be shattered •to pieCes in conse
quence, the people 'of the North will at least
have the satisfaction of looking back to the
time when the-power to stop the spread of
Slavery was in their own bands, and of re
flecting that they are responsible for, all . this
mischief. Some think that if the Union is
destroyed, or if Slavery gets emir rot ,
here, the failure of the'attethpt to establish a
Free Government' in this country will do great
injury to the cause of human freedom through
out the world ; but who shall say that it is
not4better to run the risk of all that .than to
destroy the orgauization of the Great Demo
cratic party by `.bolting If the party had
_taken the other side of this question, and gone
:for freedom in the Territories, as I at One
time thcught it would, I shotild have, thrown
up- lay cap for the cause as gladly as any one ;
but 'the patty has decided otherwise, and it
is
,better to stick together, even if we thereby
go to the devil together, than to bolt. Bolt
ing is a dreadful crime. The worst, thing I
, know against General Jackson is that the first
time be run for Presideut he was . a bolter,
and run against the regular Democratic-nom
inee, WilliaM H. Crawford. But, Jackson
was, a great man, and _circumstances Might
possibly arise that would justify .his bolting,
but not mine. No, no, come what - may, 1
can't bolt. It'wouid injure the party.
Diinocfc, May 10,1856. - haulm).
1
I ur
Ind
Ifor
ill
we
ery
er-
lon
th
e
en
di-
zed
)Ir. Clay On Slavery in the Territories..
We gave; a few - days ago, an extract from
a speech of Mr. Webster, to show that in his
opinion slavery was a local institution, and
existed solely by mnniciPallaw. lt regnir
ed
. a positive enactment to make a 'human
being a chattel; While the Ft:eeduirt of man
rests on. natural and inalienable • rights. .Be
loW we make an extract from a speech of Mr.
Clay, delivered so late as 1850,- which forci
bly argues that slavery is not extended to the
Territories of the United State-Iy-the con
stitution, and cannot therefore be' iegallfin
troduced. in stich territories :-, .
, ep .
S a
N
MI
KM
. '°,ln my opinion, therefore ; the supposition
that the Constitution of the United States car-.
ries Slavery into California, -s.up:posing . her
not to Le a. State, IS AN ASSUitPTION TOTALLY .
tNWARRANTEI* BY THE CONSTITUTION: Why,
if the Constitution gave thdprivilegc, it would
be incompetent for- California' to adopt the
provision which she has in her Constitution.
h e Constitution of the United States, being
nrcine, no State could, paSs an 'enactment
in contravention of the Constitution.' My
had
ruleSof .interpreting the ConStitution of the
United States are the good,Old•rUles of '9B,
'99. I have never in my life deviated from
those rules : and what are they? ' The con
stitution is an aggregate of ceded, powers.— •
No power is. granted except: *hen it is ex•
pressly 'delegated or when it .is necessary and
proper bo carry. it into effect as a delegated
power ; and V in any instance the power to '
carry slaves into the territories is guar4triteed
. to you by the ,Constitytion.' or is an incident
necessary to the carrying out of any other
power that is delegated in the G'onstitution, I
have been unable to perceive i t amidit ail the
vieissitudes of public life and' amidst all the
changes and . turns of ‘party. I never in my
1 life have deviated from those great fundam. en;
tat, and I think indisputably true principles,
of interpreting !the COnstitution of •the United .
States: Take these principles to be true, and
where is the power 'I Can anybody point it
out to me'? What gives you a right to car
ry yam. slaves to California?. Whereis the
delegated power to which it attaches'as nec
essary implieution ? IT IS NONFEERE TO- BE_
FOUND. You must resort to some suck gen-.
eral principle as the Federalists did in the
early history of this country, when they con-
I tended for the doctrine of general welfare.-1
But you cannot put your flogerS upon any
part of the . Constitution which conveys the
right or piper. to carry slaves from one• of the
States of - the Union to any territory of the .
United States. • Mr. President,. yew will re
rnark•tlatl am expressing, an opinion upitn,
the power; the Constitutional right, : I do not
go. into the question of .howsthe powers of
Governtnent are to be exercised, eT applied
in the course of administration: ;• That is a
distinct question. - am arguing the question
or Constitutional Pwet.. Nor, sir; can I ad
mit for a single . oment, that there is any
separate or distinc right upon the part - of
,72 1
States or indiVidua members ofthe States, or
any portion of the.] eople of the United States
ei l
to carry slaves into lie Territories,u'nder the
idea that those T itories are held in com
mon between the se ral States.";
Slat-Cry : is
.• now i lianzaa, ' and it is_ there .
under the; asstimp
, :on that : the Constitution
carries it there an - protects it. This is the
doctrinuof the Pi rce party. It is by this
1
means that. Kanzas is to be devoted to sla
'vety, It is a doe rine fraught with danger,
and subversive of t 'e liberty .to Secure . which
the Constitution w adopted. Is it not sur
prising that some d Whigs, who revere the
memory of WEBS n. and CLAT, ore•Uffiliat
ing with the men Ito slandered, them. When
alive , and. repudiate their doctrines, when
dead? ': ' -.- ' -'•
rnpare
I ' imself
d the
erred,
FRENCH Disco laTEtiv.—We regret to
learn that when r • ntly in- Pads, on their
way home, thee° .: mission of United States
army Officers who —erit sent to the Crimea
for professional oliservation, were subjectea
to rude treatment Ity officials of , the French
government. Copts or certain drawings, &C.
had been ' promise to them when in' Paris,
`on their way to th Crimea, Ivhieh were sub
sequently harshly rtfused, as explained above,
because, as the Fre eh 2fficials deelared,w hen
they next met tge,Ainericen officeri it would
probably be at theicantion's mouth. _
Mit no mistae might oecur concerning
the French Minist r of War's indignity tto
wards them, each lour three Commissioners
redueed the facts hind the - language used to
writing. Ali ther concurred on a comptiri
son, and 'a StatkM nt was made to Mr. Ma
son, who has not `y.mmuniwted on the sub
ject to our govern ent, leaving the inference
that he has not aci.d. ' '
upon
West,
p his
at the
[ rid me
4 the
in the
.u,
liber-
=
those
o pre-
,
gar Sarah Pillitook, of tlardwick, Vt. 94
yelKs of age, wiw of a revolutionary sol
dier, made and . Id last :season from twq
i
cows, 800 pound of butter; she keeps no
assistance Whatevty about the house, except
what is rendere4 by her boY, who is not
quite 70 years ohl-iad - vrho does not intend
to tn larry vibils 4 = m o th er Is able' to do her
1—•
work,
~ One Woe/ Lilo' from , Europe. .
Aantvit. OH TUE ; AMERICA AT EALEFAILI .
. ',.' 4ALIFAX, May 8, 18.0.
Tlie R. 4atearo ship Ameriea, Copt: Wick.
man, from: Liverpool, on
..the afternoon of
Saturday, 27th April, arrived here at: 11
. ,
o'clock this morning. : , ' .. . •
The Collins steamship Atlantiearrived out.
at Liverpool at 1,45 on the #fternoonorWed-
nesday;23d: April. , ‘
tMERIOAN
~ VIE ENTRAL QUESTION.
The Lodon Mokning Star, an organ. of the
Manchester party, lays : "We are told that,
4 1
at the meeting of the Cabinet°on-Tuesday,
the 211, at which ' rd Clarendon was pres
ent, for the first. ti e since his , return from
Paris, the answer o ,the United States Was
agreed nPon, on s oe of the pointaconnected
'with:the Central °rind question.
.-
The British Govinntnent are prepared to
giie way,! but they will not recall Mr. Cramp-
ton, and !hey . are also 'prepared - lb communi
cate to the United'i States laovernment that
they are Unwavering In their present deter
mination ! to contours him in 'Cs present
position, as British Minister at Washingtont
- 1 • ' THE TREATT 07 PEACE.
Ths London Dady News has succeeded in
obtainingla copy of the text of the peace doc
ument, ,which is considered authentic.,
contains "thirty-fonr articles. Thor first re
stores perpetual' Triendship between Great
Britain, Sardinia, Turkey, France and Prus
sia. - I
Second---All territories conquered or oceu-;
pied -dur i ng the ivar; shall be reciprocally
evacuated as soon as possible.
Third4---Russia[ restores to Turkey, Kars
and all other par i t of the 'Ottoman.Empire. •
-- •
Fourth The Hies restore to RuSsia the
towns and ports of Sebastopol, Balaklsva,
Kamie.sa, &pat ria ,and Kertsch.
Artiol.s Fifth, ixth Seventh and Eighth"
are wanting.
Ninth;—The Soltan communicated to *el l
poweri his firman) granting equality to Chris-,
tians, which the contracting powers much ap-1
prove of but difest themselves of all right)
thereby to interfere in the internal adtmtus-1
tration of the government of the Ottoman!
Empire. ;" i - . •
Tenth',—The Convention of -13th of
1841, ekising thetosphorus and Dardanelles;
is re-affirmed. •
Eleventh—ThO Black Sea is neutralized,
and forever forbidden to, all ships.of war of
every power; adjOining or distant, with thei
exceptions " spetifie'd in articles 14th and 19th..
• ,Twellth—Tra<le shall be free in the plact
Sea•waters and 'lofts, subject only to police,
regulations, Russia. - and - TOrlcey admitting
•consuls to all ports on its shOrk.
Thirteenth—The Black Sea being neutral!
ized, strongholds become useless, consequent;
ly, Turkey and Rugsia agree neither, to con
struct. nor presbrve any military maritime
arsenals' on- the Coast
Fourteenth—The Convention reg u lating the
force of ships foil coast service, as concluded
individually betweenqurkey, and Russia, cant
I
not be altered withod general assent. I
Fifte4nth—T6e act of the Congress of Vi
enna, relative to river navigation, is applied
to the pariubeand its mouths, and its free
dom hscorues ' a part of the law of En-
I
rope. .k
t
' Sixte e nth—To - carry.Article Fifteen into
effect, France, 4i'ustria, Great Britian, Prussia,
Russia, ,and Turkey ;appoint each a delegate
to put, the riven a navigable state, from,l4-
aicha to Tza. .
Seventeenth-4Autria,Bavaria,Turkey and
Wirtoriburg add each a delegate to the Prin
cipalities Commission to form .a permanel
_.
,ission to keep the river navigable, an
•ti . •niend its police, ~ ' 1
Eighteenth—The named general commis.
sion will be dis Solved in two years, and the
permanent corelmistt t a ke it s place. . •
' Nineteenth—En eying pow
,
era may station twos at the mouth
of the Danube. •
Twentieth 'Russia assents to the rectifica
lion of the Bessarabia frontier. The new
frontier, starts from the Black Sea, one mile
east ofjLake (Juana Sole to the Akerman
Road, along hich extends the valley of Ti11....x
....x
gran, passing
.' uth of Belgrade, and resscencls
the River Ya pack to Savatsike, and termi-'
' nates at Kam ri, on the River Pruth. El . +
where it is u changed. . • .
aft-
need
Twenty
.ft' l et—This-ceded territory is an
nexed to Moldavia..! • I
, • 1
Twenty seond—Moldavia and Wallachia
continue under the sovereignty of Turkey,,
with the guarantee of all the contracting Pow
ers that no Power shall- claim the • individual
right o r interferenc.
Twenty third—The Porte guarantees to
the said Principalities the continuance of free
dom of religion and: commerce:._ The con
tracting PoWers appoint a •Commission to
meet immediately at Bucharest, to report i?ln
the present condition and - wants of the Prin
cipalities. . ! -
TwentyAurth--The Porte will .immedi
ately convoke a Divan in each Principality,
to learn the;wishes,of the peopleas to their
definite. organization. • '
Twenty/ fifth-Minutes thereof shall- be
sent to Paris, where the Constitution shall
be framed which the Porte shall -promid-•
gate: 1 t I
Turnty .tixth--'4he Principalities shall
maintain a Ilitia ; and may construet works
of defelnce a Proved by the Porte.
Twenty a venth--if the internal tranquilli
ty of therrincinalities be disturbed, the
Porte must- consult the contracting powers;
and cannot etitploy armed intervention with-
out their consent. .
TieentY eiOth—Servia continues 'to be, a
dependency of the Porte, under the Powers
guaranteed,ond retains its national adminis
tration and r eedom of religion and trade. I
,
Twenty
,n nth-The right of garrisonj in.
Serviii is I rvettby the Porte, but no arm
ed intervene it is permitted without the cOn
ol,.r
sent
the P were. -
1
Thirtieth Russia and Turkey retain their
posseSsicins i Asia precisely as before the
war, but the' frontiers are to be marked out
by the sure . -- i
Thi - rty ji st—The evacuation. of Turlrey
by' the utile 'and Austrian forces shall' take
place as sou as convenient. The time and
manner of s ch evacuation shall be ::the sub
ject 0 , priv, arrangement betweeq each' 'of
the Powers and Turkey. 1
Thirty se cond--Untir new arrangements
shall hod:nide, trade shall go on as before the
war. , i - .
Sirty:third---A convention—(the 'con=
tents 1 secret)—corieluded -between :Frani:if!,
England and Russia, respecting the Aland
Isles;jshall he appended to this treaty. ' I
Thirty fourth—The ratification shall jbe
exchanged at Paris within four weeks-
The London Sunrepublished- the treaty
surrounded With :a mourning border. ;
In the British Parliament, the Government
sustained another-defeat; having been outvot
ed liY a•majerity of 28, in favor of open °Om
.petitlon for the civil appointments., - • i •
Lord Lyndhurst-has given notice, of a mo
ticin,?nquiring into the present 43onditioril• of
Italy \
Led Malinesbury has given notice of !his
intention to Move a vote of censure in rela
tion to the fall of. Kars. --' •. ,1
, .
The•event exacting the most. public 'atten.
thin in'England Was the grand review a tithe
Beet im Wednesday, the.,23d ult. ' The• 1 1 ) -
pen 'oveitinw L i -with the detail.' Over 140_f
900 iretatoim wen reent elv *4 N 24 evils
The fleet nunibe.red over = two hundred And
forty "ships!of !far, big and little. The steam
lets, comprised It4„000. horse - power , carried
;MO guns, - an 33,000 men. The fleet • in:
,cluded ;skiteeii gunboats and three floating
hatteries, and efended twelve miles along:
iho water east and west, across Spithead.--
The filet* formed four squadrons, and perform '
eil great . , many naval , manoeuvres for thE
edification of the Queen.
From the New York Day Book, (Administratios,)
Slavery Extension—The . 'True Issue. •
the Boston Post says it is a libel on. tigt,
democracy to say that they are in favor `of
.slavery extension. Well, then; of liOurse .
!they are opposed. to its extension; so is Grim
ley,, and. Seward, and Bale, and
,Chase, the
Men and the piny Which the Poet oppoies tit
assumes to oppoie: There is no eseapafroin
this conclusion; "Slavery exteusiori" is the
sole question before-the country, for Know.
Nothingism is merely a galvantaed col?*
without life or Motion beyond that imparted
to it by the artificial stimult - of political nee.
rornancy. ' -
• We repeat," slavery," ; nespollavery, and
negro slavery extension is the , sole question 1
before the country„and to be determined-in . 1 ,
the approaching Presidential electimoind as
Mr. Senator Seward, above all ether - public( -
Men of the day, embedieathe Opposition to
this slavery extension, - the - deiriocrsey, if op.
posed to it in common , with ~Mr. Seward, I
should at once make him President; and the
Boston Post, if opposed to. the extension of
slavery, should join heart and hand in placing
the man above all ethers truly- enibodying
that Opposition, in the Presidential chair, for;
the good and substantial reason that the Op:
position ;;Fould be most effective when thus
represented. But the Detnoeracy are not.:
opposed .to slavery extension„or that which •
is
ignorance and -delusion term slavery eaten:
0
sion, and the time is at hand when timse who
assume to speak for it-must understand What
they are doing in this matter or they had
better hold their tongues, aye, had be tter cut
out their tongues a thousand times over, rathet.
than thus help to mystify and bewilder, and
indeed debauch the conirni sense of the peo. .
ple. • "
'Now, what is the position of the northln
democracy? Are they so ignorant, BO stul
tified by lies, by preVeraions of terms, by the
inventions, the nick-names of imposture, by
the words "slave" and . 0 slavery extension,"
as to fear this issue? .Are they , such base
and cowardly creatures as to permit thecurs •
of aboliiion„ the besotted. tools of British ar. , :e
istoerats, the crazy oLd women and bewilder- .
ed
." white niggers" Massachusetts to de.
lode. or frighten them from their duty--to
perniit Garrison, Abbey. Kelley & Co. to
drive them into hostility to the Simth—to 1
emu out the " schernesv. of European mon ,
archists—to war upon- southern society-:to
pen up their negroes.—in short to oppose the
" extension of slavery ?" No, indeed a thous
and, a million times No ; there is ngt one sin:,
gle democrat in the whole broad North op.
posed to the-expansion of southern society,
or so-called extension of" slavery,;' and they ,
• only wait to. have the 'trial' spoken ont, and .
things called by their right names, to sweep
the abolition imposture from the. republic,
and to bury its besotted tools in the profound-. '
est depths—the lowest possible deep of the •
•
popular contempt,
By Special Express. r
The probability• of the Padre Vijil ;appear= 1 / '
ing as the Nicaraguan Minister at the White
!louse, has given rise to the most extraordi
nary rumors we, give some of them withent
vouching for their correctness. It is said that
the Padre will, on the day of his presentation f
proceed_to the .President's apartmenio in full
robes, preceded _bv eir ehi?visters sp?inkling,
holy , water. The 'President will, immediate- '
ly on his entrance, tali on his knees;and re.
peat :he con floor in Latin, and when he comes
to tbe mea \ culpa; .the entire Cabinet, who
will be in _attendance,' will groan
_and beat
their breasts, After ihe words mea cutpci,'
the addition of in ortalia rei have been in-'
terpolated for the occasion. The confilear
'finished, the Padre will sprinkle the Presi
dent with holy water, after which he will he-.•;
stow on him his blessing and present him
with ihe hoof of one of the devilsAit tempt-i
ed Saint • Anthony, the only duplicate ofd
which ph, eious,relie is in possession of the:
lope °Mime. 'Mr. PIERCE, now being i
.nsidered sufficiently purifieil to hold. ioterJ,
course with 'it' pastor of l the Holy. Roman,
-Cat'hOlie Citureh,,Will rise from..lns' knees,
whereupon the Padre Vijil will seat, himsel4
and the two will, converse, the President still
standing. It is rumored that Mr. Pierce and
family will attend High Mass oaf the ensuing
Sun4ay. It is also stated; we know 'tiotept
what'authority t - that Mr. -Pierce has pl**ed i
hinaself; \ if he should be re-elected to!, the
Presidential chair, to give iirehbishopiligh
a promment s place in his Cabinet.— N. Y
Times. i
G. JACIEI3OItOIi Ma. j ßticaANlN.:—We
find in the Washington correspondence 0%14
R, Y. ,Evening Pat, an anecdote; whieh
proves that, Gen. Jackson, who was', a pretty
good judge of human nature, fully understood
and appreciated Mr. Buchanani diameter as
a, political trimmer. The \writer says the
truth of the following can be' 'proved by un
questionable evidence
"On the night before leaving l~as hville to
occupy. the Whiteilouse, Mr-Polkin eont r
pany with Gen. Roehrt Armstrong; celled at
the Hermitage to
.procure some advice s frOla
the old hero as to the selection of his (*Wei.
Jackson strongly urged the President elect , ,
to give no place in it to Buchanan, es I ' l o
could not be relied upon. It so happened
that Polk: had already determined; to make
that very appointment, having prababl? - oir
ferelfthe situation to the statesman, of tem- •
sylVania, This fact induced Gren. Armstrcee
subscluently to tell Jackson that he had gitr:
en Polk a rather hard rub, Us - Buchananked
already been selected for Secretary of State.
"I can't help it," said the old , man •,';" I felt It
my duty to warn 'him against Mr. Buchanai,
whether it'was agreeable orgot: Mr. ,Polk
will 'find Buchanan an 'unreliable man. I
knOCV him well;and Mr. Polk will:yet admi%
the correctness of my prediction.":
It was the - last visit ever made 111 Mr,
Polk to the Old hero 'when this unairalling
monstrance waslielivered, but thenew Pre"
ident long before, the end of his, administiv
tiOn, had reason tdackcn t amiedge proptiet+
and justice ; and in the diary kept L .l4
' by
during that period, may still be tea() a`moft
emphatic -declaration 'of his distruit, of
Buchanan: •
Ikwis D.. Campbell -ha
_gpriel. .., , ,tp r-
Washington. His equivocal pcksitton, 44 . - "41 1""
flounced in his, speeches' to his W 4. .
,),.. # 4 ) . VW,
is not satisfactory either to vuu- pa ,it
or •Amertclins. Gov. Sewarkat ri T S . 't i
of Dr Bailey's just after 'Carnpl:4)l,l***. :••
at the _Fillmore ratification nuie(lnitts44 •
him off veryhandsoinely. . Cainptgill ft4 . l• 1
ing his appearance there; said -te,,:- np
,I
committed himself. 'Yes ; replied'. . i .
"I see what i you meant , 4:l'inpl4l.l„, ,il ~_1 . •
mind me of the' dying Irish Mani
~, , i
asked by' his his eoniesor if he -*tut r ., .. .: , •.
"nounee the„devil and ill - his; Work . !..:
yo ui honoi.,' gitid Pat, 4 dtili i e " BBlk ,t,!
I'm going, into a grime country, '' . d on ! •
want to make myself etomiear" ". ..p., -L i
lalighed 0 ini 9 riktkOr ipprig; , ~.k -