EMIM
~----1
regarded,iand repudiated your obedience.
.The 1
atlllitrutgiltgliC77thttrlie.rtlir'Sdibhirlie - ToTZ:4T-,
prohibited in that country.. The constitution
with Whieli . you received thetn.into the Uniiin as .
n •State Provided that: all shive4 - eben in the State
.should re 'M hi slaves for tifei',.ititittiiit all NrsonS:
born- of slim • parents after a ;:certain day should'
A . Ate free at al *artain age, and liii4ll pertione barn
in the Sti le after. fa certain opiiir day, Should be •
;free froual the time of
~, tlieir etiiitii. :Tints; .- their'
,
"State coTtit tied, taseieeltes theleteiritorial leg: ,
islation, rep adiated 'e l / 2 -our ` :ordinance. :111inoie,
therefore is a_cose.iu.pelut-to - prove that where.
• ever you have' attempted to - *dictate institutions
to any part of the United -States ; you have Nil
- %ed..-*Tl4"iittne is true; thetigls . not to-ibu sane
extent, with • eference to the Territory of Indiana t .
. where there were ninny staves during die, time
. cat its tereitarial existeuce,and I.believe urge there I
V
were a fe' ii,' in the 'Aerritory.ofollio.- ' • - . •
• 'But; sir IliSh e a lslition confederates; 10. their
man ifesti:e heYe- aisitt
_re feria to the !wend erliil
._ results_q their policy hi the State of lowa and
the r t tory '-Here; ageine they; I,
happen tel be ita fault as, to tile' laws of the land.
• The act ;too . nize e the,teir tore of lowa, did
e t
not 'proh;bit 'levers, hiit,the people of lowa were
allowed -to d ':4 they pleased 'tinder the territo
ra
erial govern" ceit ;:fot‘the *Nth :section of that
net .pretided that the legislativeantherity -should
d, t
ni t
extend rightful subjects of -legislation et-1
' cept air tie alt disposition of . the public lands, and
..taxes indeed in . eases e latitenetexcepting slavery.
A may, however, be said . by holit e that sewers
•
teas prohibid in lowa..by virtee of. that clause
. . iti the . liiiva het Which declared the lasys*Of Wis
eonSie to bel:nforep e therein, ihaSretich as the-or-
'ilinancelf '7B;7' was one of the laws if 'Wie
.consiii. It; lowever,elhey say this; they defeat'
' . their objed e becausta the very elnuse iiideii trans
'fere the AairS of Wisconsin to lest-a, amt timices
-them' of, force therein; Rise provides • that
.theae,
laws aresith; eat to , lie altered, modified; Or repeal::
fed by IWO ieirithriellegielature of jewa, Witco ehe .
_estate to !form - a cotietitution\ end *State govern
. • Ment, pieriaratory to • admiseien - letci the:Milan
considered the subject of free and slave institu s
lions eitirthi, diseassionatelye•Without any re
'\
istraint tir 4h:talon, and deterinizied-that it would
\ be to die, interest of her people in thcir'climate;
- and with flair :productions, tO, prohibit shivety;
and lieneolewa became a.free State by :virtue of
.: . this:etre:it p'iteiple-of -allowing the people, to. de
as they Plea , end not in obedience to any'rees e ,
rill cemitiati . '.. ' l -:- •:- _ ' -
~ • *
The riboli i ionists - are also* it the habit of tefer.
Tt- ring. be Oregon-as another instance of the triumph
ortheir abolition Policy, There ii e eain they have
overlooked r misreprgented-the history of, the
' country;.
r, it is well known, or if-it is not, it
overlooked r
tia ).)e 'that • for about twelve -years i you
.. - feared t gi - e• Oregon any government or , any
.• protectieu ; eid diwing that period the inhabitants
j ,
. o f.that -oii. try established atovernment of ilieir
own, and`bsi . virtne. of their men laWs, passed re
', their own representatives before you extended
• •-your jutiselietion over them, prohibited el atery•
by .unanimous - vote. - Slavery ,was prohibited
. there lie , th action of the people themselves, and
• not by yirteie ofony legislation of Congress,. --
- It-is true that, in the midst' of the*tornado
_ which sWep ..orer the country in: 1848, 1849, and
. 1850, kreorision . was forced into the.Ori.gon
• bill prohibiting; slavery in that territorit; hut
----- that•only gts to, showthat :the objector
Who prqssc it'wei not so mueli to establish free
':-,- institutions l i ie. to gain a political-advantage by.
• - giving dn•acendancy to their peculiar'doctrines
in the laws of the land, for slavery having been
prohibited 'there, and no man proposing to estab
lish it e wlia ' was the necessity- for insulting the
people - bf Oregon - by saying; in your :law that
they shOuld not do that which they had unani-'
• inbusly !said they did - net 'wish 'to do? • That
was the citify effect of your legiSlation so far as'
~ the Territory of Oregon was concerned: - . . . .
- •., . flow "was it .fit regard 'to California'? Every _
-one of thiese abolition confederates, who- :have
-ilius arraigned inc and the CoMmittee on Terri-,
tortes 'Ater - the country, and 'have' misrefiresere
*teilemi posi ietp,,preilited that unless''Cieig4esS
interposed y law, end- Prohibited -'slavery ih
California, i . would inevitably' become asiave-
' holdinslSta e, Congress did not interfete; Con- I
'.,
gress eel not prohibit slavery. There. was no 1
- en:tett:Ant open the subject; but the people i
formed h . Stitte constitution,- and therein proliih- 1
ite3 slaver 3i. -• . • Nst . : . . I
. Mt. Wieltn. The vote vt s um-Ali:nous -in 1
the eon:Yeutter' of California fOr prohibition.
. Mr. Deroets; So it was in regard-. to Utah ' !
and Nev 'Mexico. In . 185 q, we who resisted any
-attempt to force institutions upon th,e people' of
those territories ineensisterft with .their wishes
and their right to decide! for:- theuaselves, were
ideneunited its slavery propagandists.. ilvery.Sine
of. us %rho +as in favor Of the i eerevionalse meas
ures eel tsso was arraigned fiee liaving . aclrocated
. a principle proposing to introduce slaYery into
- - those territories, and the people -Were teld,'and
. made tb be ieve, that, unless we prohibited it, by
ect of CongreSs, ~ slavery Would 'necessarily and
inevitably be introduced into these territoriee. .
'''
b Well; sir. ice did establish` he territorial gov
ernments of Utah and New Mexico without any
ez...eliThitqon. We • gave to these abolitionists a
-._rtut;oppee.-14, ,-:- - e .
eee i e , eies-e....-Iteiledire
dietionslnioiiit tree - Or `11114.' - Yea's; bare
.' rolled rtiund, and the result is-before uS.- ' The
people there-G' have not passed; any law recognis
ing, et. este Whiling, or introdsichig, or protecting
slavery t in tie . territories. . • ' . = • .-
• I linew o but one - territory_ of the.• United
- Stritet Whe e slavery does exist; and that mac, is -
- this vete - Nbraska country-. •In defiance of the
:eight soctio of' - the act of 182 q, in defiance of
t
'. ccing,resSional dictation; there
,hare been, not
many, tinea feW slaves ' intrcid heed. I heard a
minister; 'of the Gospel the other day conversing
. with a Memeer of the Committee on Territories
'upon this Subjeel Thie,preacher was 'from that
' -couptrk, an a member put this question teeldin ','
"Hare you u anknegrees cat. there.?" He :said
-' theroW* 'ere few held by the Indians.
iv I asked
• ' him if ther H ere notsome:herd by white men?
{ l,
Pece
'e said the e were a few under /igi tit:cunt
stcmc'es;rind lie gave an instance. An abolition
• •misSionary,, a
.very good man, had gone - there
from Boston, and he took his wife with him., .
- He dote) t into the country but could not get
any. help; , mice be, T being a kind-hearted man,
'went down to 'Missouri and gave $1;000' for a
i t
' negr,
o and t ok him . nithere as "help." [Laugh
-ter.] -;Sc, under peculiar circumstances, „when
these4esoil and -abolition. Preachers and 'miss
itmarisas go into the country, they.mn buy arm=
gi-o for ;ther Own use, but they do not like-to, al
low an)i on i etse, to do -the same ' thing. ;{Re_
j
i,
. • !loved . feug .ter.) I suppose; *the, n
fact of the
matter is stpl ' this t there the people ca.get
no sett-ante no "help," is -they are called in the
- section lof !t i nuntry where I rods born--and from .
the necessity Of the rase, they must - do--the best -
•.. :they can and for this teasel; a few . .slaves have
been taker.jthere. I have no doubt' that whether
you ottanie the territory of .Nebraska or snot,
iiiiS will continue % for.some little time to come.
It certainly does exist, iind it - will :. increase as
.e- lenges the*Missouri compromise 'applies to the.
' territory :-,end 1 suppose - it will continue" for a •
little while during their territorial `iiondition; !
••• iiiietheri, atprellibition is imposed or net. But
si lien settles rush irf=when -labor been es plen-
' ty, and itiPreforechenp, in that climate, with its ,
production`rit is worse than folly .to - think of '
is heieg a hlaveloAing„ country, ,I do not be
lieve there is a_tnani in Congress who thinks it
e} e
,cold be perzianently a slayeholding'cohntry.. .11
have. no; idea that it could. All I hereto. hay On'
- that subject is,.that, when yea.create them into
a territory, von thereby acknowledge that they'
iitelit to becontildered a distinct pelitical.erga
e
, leetion, . rid when you givethem in addition •
: . e legislator - t
, you ,thereby • confess that they; are.
competent to'exereite the powers of legislation:
•If they wis slavery, they' have .a rightto it. lf
• they ao not Want k, they will not have it,
and yen eliOuld not atteenpt to Force - it upon
them.. % I ' • . , . •
I• o not like, Inever did like,the system of
- . legidation on our part, by which a giegraPhicat
line, in viol ition of• the. laws - of natur , and eli
ciatOaad soil, .and of the .laws of GO, should. be
run. to establish institutions fOr, . a people contra
ry to their vishes ; yet, out of a regard for the
. -peace and eitiet of the e6tlnfty, out of respect* for
. , past pledg,ei, and 'out Of a desire to adhere faith.
. Ally to all omproixtises, I sustained the * Missal'.
ri. compromise so long as it was In forte, anted.
vim:keel its !extension -to the Pacifia ocean. Now,
when that lag been-abandoned, when it hies hew
-•sup`orseded, when a great principle. of self-gote .
' emu:elle has been substituted for it, I' choose. to
. cling to that -principle, and abide in -lgood faith,
not only'-icy the.letter, put., by the Writ of the
' last comproinisee . '' -* - • • -..• ,•*I e • - .:..- ,
Sir, I do pot . reeogaiie the.right of .the Rho,
' • liet oasts efthiaAOPritfY.49 a.rtililu• me for being
1
. 1 I ' - '_J ,- - ' - ..- ' , •- - - -
,
false to sagetl_,pkitigi!s t „pa.i,th4 halo-clones. iti
I ,ili e etriftHoClainations . . Let - them - 1,- . low y'lien and
wherti 1 have. ever proixised to viotnte a! compact.
I hay.t proed that -I stood bystke compact of
IS2O `and 18.15, end proposed : it.it 1 continnanks
and o4.sl,:tyabce in . 1848 6 , .: ! -a*-0104-vbd Itat!,o'-''.
Fre e-s pilera„, and _ aliolitlo4,AislAYOA. the:'''Kullty .. !
parties`who violated -that:: cottignmise. tbert.l- .1
; should like to compare -incties 'ile, h'i.....theap aboli.
Lion ~iiinfederat.eii aliotit.:4dhe -..! '11k 1 ,40 . . compro \
allesi .. , .Allerilliti they stand !,.: abpir.syti'of' - 4Lq
one
! that iyas ever:mAde ? , i, : ' i 4! - ; ‘'."-
. Di 4 not revery' abolitionist ntat '!freestiiier in
Amerlo-deluiunce the .Missouri ;!echnpromise in
1 820. td Did! they not for years tOnt..„down l ' M . -
, i'etia ti
. Iy,ltir:. is blood, every ma 4; !via) Its'sisted
.iu malting that: cousin. raise?. IlltdlAlrery net its
t
• 1845, islienTexas Wa annexitd,Athbunce'all of
'ns who went. for the- nexatior of Texas, and
`fortho continuation °tithe 31i ssonri compromise
lirie through it ? Did they not, in 1848, denounce
me as; a slaverY propag,andisit for It:totting by the
principles! : of the 14 issouri Komprotnise, and...pro
llosingto vonttituts It o thelPitiTab , 7, neelinT - Did
:they nottheiniielvesviulatu andreistidiateit - then?
-Is not the : tit:tree of kbad•faith 7,1,40 !as -to every 1
abolitionist in-A rnericai initead :or.;soldg .
tru . .tia 1
to
m e , the. com4,dtttle,. and,',,thOse • who advo.
cite - thiS,,bill '.?'
,:'-'!' 1 ; -, !! r. . ' '; . i , !..; , ! , , ..
-. .'. 1 Toy.tallt ithiniettic till
! heing, h.yinlation:of
the Cotiiiiriiraise-'measifres ' of. ~18A6. ; ' !Who !can!
-host!me .a man iii!-either.libus Of congress -Who,
was infavlot:of those .tecattpiornisn i'theaitirea in.!
185Gitlatui w.ho is - not noWr.inlfavot '4,f...leatlingithe '
P4014' 01 7 ' NOlytskiin . sr ...ausa4 A, - • do its they
•! ,1 !!-
please upon;the sobject of slavery; Laceordhig to
the. principlo-„tif my bill ' : :is thei•e - ,onM; ..1 : 1.!-..0;
I have tiot - tsCard - at'llitn. 'This
: tiittiado.ba - alseen
raiSid l by , aboliticiiiist,'Mid 'abidititirdits . alorie. l —
Made ifs ! intpt4ision uknlthe,ptiblic
mitsd; in: thtsWay which I• have ineistiOnetl, 1;y ,
taisilicatitm .ef the law*: and i the ltlietat-and- this
Otede,organization.rigainst theoointsimitiseiteait:
-.ltreF, O(. lBso .is.att_i4toolition I 'mol'A.Oe:titi...l-movement:
OPiq. llll 4Y- ha4 . lsOrle h l oPe . . or. getting for; ten-.
d6r- s raoted.'63ntOcrats in their. VlS)Viz!,':,,,nting
on wbat theysuppesed:theymigtl:4d6, they sent
• forth! publicly- ! tithe - world ..
them address .yOtti3 . 'Sia .4 '-' e:; tittik , hood that
`.' ! ietlibY the ! ;siefatora and a
majority of the r , ' -- iirbzeitative fri.M! the State 0f 0 . 1145.v blit::, l9o we tome to exanitnepgnatnres,
We, flp,`r no: one
: Whig' there f . -Irtii rine , democrat
.here;, ong . kilt Pnre, thainitigatedi . tinadultera-.
ted also itionists. 1 - - .•:.: , : l ' :- ,-' 1-: ; '
• Much effect; \ I 1 : 1, - .noyy,; Itati!bech!: produdecll by
i
this_circular, cniirigas. it.d Iles witlt thit imposing
titi b 'of repFesOnttitioti:a ,dmajority Of the.t t thio
.del i'ration, What was- the, l reasonfdr its effect?
B misc. thoinanner in ;which it !Wad.' sent Nall
im lied that all the- wis4.•,i!! memlierh'-', from that
e, ,,,
Sti e had jojned . Witt; that -part lof -the:dente
;era •i had :signed it i... 'and then that ,the tiro !:abo-
I i is nutshadsigned' it, and titatenuttiO, majority
\ I
Cl:Negation. By this pqafitO4rightened
tl e IWhig - party -and the., democracy. in th e, §tate
o Ohio, because they thelrlOwn.,-.repre
• sentati yes an& frietid bad gone', idiot:bid, negro
Mwement when the 'faCt - turits , oat to lie' shalt
. Iz,ts..not signed by- a Eing,lo . whig!'ertlerooer:itid
- tne'mber from Ohio; . . --! -:- • ! - - c - 1
. .
• - Nowsla.sk the friends and oppOnents ofthis
• metaslnre to look .at it asit is. ' Is lit the•questiOn
involveti - the Simple one, whe.ther,,•thq people! of
the Territories shall. be. allowed . i lir '.-lio ~a s.tliely
-Please Upon the question of slivery • i; eubject Oily
to the.limitatiOns . of; the Constitution?
. I'l4 is
all the bill pievidcs ; and it doe's S.6.iti-elcar;‘cx
plieit and unequivocal terms'. I l kirotv there are
some men,,whigs,and deniocratti, ; •who, notwil-
Iliag to repudiate the Baltimore Platform Of their
°ken party, wouldbe Willing . to Vete •fer this prin
ciple, provided theyeenld de SO Lid stic li equjo-.
cat termii that they could deny that it means what
it wits intended to mean 'in certain loeslitieg. 'I
-do
not Wish to deal in krt . -, ,conivocal. hingta,ge4, - • If .
tho principle is - right; tell it be avowed and main,.
taincd. ! lf it is. wrong, let it -be reOdinted,- ',Let !ail this 4 4 - aibblihgzbeet . the .3fissaur t tioinpriiniise,
about the territory- deo tiircli from :Fiance, about
the act of '820; be eirstbeirind. you ;'?for the.hre,
pie question is,` will you - allow th 9 people - to leg,'
. isTatefUr the incl ues upon the sul4uet of slavery I
r'N 7ltr shoUld 3.6 u not ? ' ' '
• 1 Whi.qa you propose to give them It i
,Territorial
govertitinent; do you'not lacknowledge that they
ought to ! be erected into ii.political organization;'
and whop! you give therd a legislature, do you '
not a l cku . owledge th:it tidy are cat - table of self:-
goter i ntnent l. tlat , ing '' made that I ackpowicdg-
inentl why should you mit :allow -. them to exer-
.cise. the rights of legisldtionl' t 314 theso aboli-
i ' tionists say they are entirely willing to concede
all this, withl one exceptiOn..- Thev i Lsay they. are,
wittipg to trust the Territorial legiglatero, .....ter
the limitatitths of the ! cI, •-.11
p-Ultiort, to kgitilatd
upon the rikhtiler inhcrilnce,. to•Wgistate in re
gard, to relLfacm.....t.catio i, and morals; to leg,is
i..t.,- in- - regartl to; the ,re ations\ of husband:arid.
'wife, of parentand child / of guardian and ward,
1.
upOn ey.eryttlingpertaitig - to the. ..dearest rights,
a l Yid'iitterestri of White in n, but they are not wil
ling. to trust !there6 leg,isiate in resgard to stew,,
M .l.
iserable- negroes..: .That•ls llieir single exeep
"-ti0,11.. They acktowlitdge that tlielpeoftle of the
I territories ar3 ca able ofidecidingfor themselves
I 'concerning hit men, bit not in, Gelation -to ne-
I "ricks. `The rea ' , gist oflthe .mau l.'- - 1 .- s .A./ 2 0,: -- i
.iinealt recta nny , fugue( aegree 'of civilization,
and intellige ce,and lea ning,..andt sagacity, to.
legislate for errioes 'than for whitit men ? Int
,does,we - emg, t b to ! . adopt the - abol4ion doctrine,
and,g6 with ere against' *this bill!! If 'it 'does.
not-Hilwe a c willingto trust. tiii! people with
-thit great; sac ed, fundamental right of preserib
-1
Ong their bwul institntion consistent with Ithe
I r Constitutim .13f . the eouny—weintust, vote! for
' this bill: ;''Fiat is the. obi-. questiobr involved in
the Lilt. i . l hrtp6l.hate been able, ;:to,strip it of
• all the intsrepresentati'op,l to wide;. away all' of
that roistland. obscurity with * . ,whlcfi it has been
Stirounded by. this figolition addr'eSS. •'' -:
! I4iave I now said all I have .to I.4ay upon the
present occasion. Poi all, exceptithe first. ton:
minutes 6f these remarks- the abOlttiOn confede-
rates 'or - e' respetigible- 4 - 31Y -pbjetitt in the first
Plitee,lwas only to- explain,! the prOiisions itf 'Vie
bill, so tliat.they:Might be I siistincili naderstO63.
I wasiwiliing to,allowAts assailant to attack it
as much as they pleased, reserving to thyself the
right,4when the. time should ',:appr.o.tieli for taking
the vote; to . answer in .a roticlifdirg. speech . , all
the arguntents.which inig.litbe used against it.
;I' istSß reserve—what libelje•Ve coinfrion courtesy
and l'parliamentary usage
the
to he chaiiinan
of a, committee * and *
hOthortef: a bill-Hthe
right of. summing up,after all shall have been
,said. which has to. be said 'against this meas . ure.
' I- hope i thee9tripaet• Which was imide on „tat
Tuesday, at tlie sug&Sticin of thesefabnlitionists,
When it !was proposed to! be talWn 4 will lie.
ebserred.l It was that 'tho tilt, whet taken up to- .
day,*slietild co trinne.l6 b l e! considered froth day
today until fi ally. di.4pOeci of. I ttiopi3Aey Wilt
t i
notiopqiate nd violate that compact; as they
have the l‘lr- nri compiOMise !and
,I. all others'
which hat -A-Ire n - Sntered into.' 11>..4e; therefore,
'that we, trulyp ess the' bill Ito a vote c ; but.not:hy
depriving pensnS .of.aivepPortint of speaking.
I in favo •of
,giVing levory . ..
.envy of the*
. ti ft
bill thejniest a ple iote. i set us hear. them I all
patiently,*and hen take the! vote' fend pasts the
. *bill: •We who are in raver:of it kimw that the
/ r 1
, principle on w4ll it is_ based* is` tight.. Why,
' then,' should, wp ratify the
.abolition party jn
theireffoit to detiußithollOr politic#l tornado of
.fanaticism,-and phut 'the teuntry *in in piril,-
• merely. fur the 0 tirpose of. eleetitigm few bgita- I
tors to the Congress .of: - tire United Plate:s I. ' • I
~.. • I ' - .*4--.---1--•-•41-t:
. . ,
, . I .
zo.-• It is sail that forty-eighthourii of to
tal alAtiiimiee• from lli.inid of all .s'orts swilllo 11
a col 4 1- entire' . ; 'att(l.ll6 ivho - tries ;this reined'
may '•;;;(1) out : in the -air, .and the' More 'the bet=
11
ter; for the 'n't re lie:. wati and ei,eate.s exhal
ation' front the 6kin,..the 11(?••re he robs his.blood
a' Avaterij and the inore iliOron i ghly lie
. breaks
the hank on which the no Se and - ..threat..find
I Annl rely for the:in:lean§ of making themselves
troilles'Ome. • 1 [ : i i., ,2 i• i '. .. ! -
SUPEttiNTESIMST Allt 3 o l N - tto:4-',9or .• Bli:
leer appoin - tee] Mti'rav ri.110„,,?..,,,t q ..,,f Erie,
Superintendent .6! the i ranklia
,qanal 4i.ain
txt ay's Railroad ; 'in flaqe - of Wth. T'. •-ritelier,
resign .. • i: . •. ::
rj3rll
_ One of the h
has•ieen deposited fal
by,a London house; ir
ed from kio Janeiro. i s
and its estimated val
is 280,000 lbs. it
est . watetiand vrithou
m
a negro film, who r
reward. , ' - -
lar,6-w kdiain4ds known
y't the Bank 'of :..gland
Co Invbcikk it was onsign-
Its.weight 5.1 cantrtA
ne ace4rdin Ito scal e
I said ;to I; of he fin
t :flaw ' nnd . •nssf and by'
ci-Cive,li his Sod (- as• a"
1.
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Tror o
ernor, .
' - ' ;WILLIA M BIGLER, . •- -
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. : -..,,, 'pp: CLE?iIITTELD 'COUNTY. .
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1741 - Ltge OfSupreme Court,
11 [ I
M. 14 8. BLACK,. :: ~ i
'6r 'sOmoi.i4.irr Ciii.ri . rvt . • . . .
• • `•• • 1 1 ! _ I • - . •
For. C'auttl-COmuuissloncr,
1 ,
' .., , - HENRY .S. MOTT •' •
..:. . ..,,, . •
..,. OF ,1'..0i! ONTY..
NI keg..
. ‘l'" • •
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1. . il • • ' • 1 : W.if I tt . ,; • - -. • 1
.
i Neier, ' since We had any thirig' to do with
* - ifoc - 41 . 1 . 14 lin' V. 4 We' Plactd a: tieketat.the
liead . Of•' out', pap'er with feelings of= re It*
satisfaction nnd . -pride thin we this 'week. eel
.1...
in-placingqhere
,:tho names of AY%
Bit' El l ,
ARiNiiiii %: -131:AtIz'and . IlEtitt - S. "Are ~. _
e
ti
? Seldernimleedliave tire 1),.:*.n0e n!; of Penn
sylvania,l-14 l'rchtek'llo to ' :, three •:stich
men, and Iv" '::. feel 1 that WO Call best 'serve a
ith f .. - ..i. - htSe of prOfir 'e'tY by a . simple tinnomice
-men t. pc t4.ir names, 'abstaining ' from .'a ny
personal...re;tharks , in referenee to the canal- ,
datetk, : knoWn .. as. the 'Y are to tht. bemeeraey
of the -botrimonwealth, as the best'of men,
tried-and fctinid 1114141 - in yea - of - past pub;
, lie, setivice. - ..1 .• ;, . -. ' • - i'
: .
• The CoityentiOn which put t ie candidates
.in iioniinatiOn:was cornPosed,o the best l i nen
Of . the partiy; and its proceedings were, char
acter4ed with that order and dtigorutu,—that
just sense 41-right. T .which alwaYs,place a par
ty and , its nominees on the mop' elevated and
iniinly groUnd. ..The unjustifia le attempt to.
,
club oil the:party iti tiaisState.tt the dissen
sioakin9idetit to the einlorseinelnt of the Ne
brasitit-Ktinas Bill, signally faihtd ;- and,-ral
lYi rig !upon lits: old and Well setir d - plat fortn,
11
the party 0(1 the'vld 1i.: , ....v5t0n
,ktands forth
to-tlitS comitrya. : unit, 'and there , ore ittipreg
i"
tiable!ns thl . i!rOck ... 6f,Glibraltiir I •
Spe,akinii'of the, Nehr;lslia B .
to saw a few things to' those tyl l
lieve it 010111(11)e dpfeitted, awl
(. - Ito.)lse all-bouoialtftlinclims 1
its Ideteat.. iVe - ly,!lielij, with
the Bill, thAtt the voice: of the
Deino'exacy • is more potttit :t.6
it life than lint of half the sta
ion . To -it
friouda of t,11 . 6 Bill looked far
that shbuld ?strcn;then• the IN
rum i4..pass'ae. They wei.t(
the _ h;iindL of our Dernoo ilto%
- - -
clean of its .le g itimacy, or its
What-then the proper coin
Should thelof4)os,ersof the 1 i 1
1
thus -fritter, „away their stren
they rally . itli the. oN'erpoWer
the Democracy of Petinsyltat
the,Bill as ivsiolation'of f)rui!
pacts, And ii.:disrcgard
out national comiNtit - 4 'at 13
the. penioeracy of thi7 Sta ) e., in eotii:nnil
ivith that'of bor n'49T
earnerit. ret;isii,...> t.ne tut•ther agit:Ltioi., .r
'the questidtt:l It t. , eetns to u that the latter
. is the strottO poiition, to nss:nie.—the posi
tion fio - m suceessfulLiar'enn only be
waged.. the 110 - /rAiind.that the
introd l uai9tiof,.this Bill is i l direct a.ntar•o-
nisnr ; to tile! po,itr;ll i f the 1 P'etnoerac'T at
'• - 1
Paltimorea po4tion; aeqn,•,,c:& ; .t in and t..-us=
1z..er3 . -s.O) - .!re, and endors
tinparalleltA
majori!tio-ili the eliSe'ti
let tlini-tmdi:,ri : tand thiit this pitsition main
tained! is all illat will he iii;ei , sszary to thwart
the ptirpo4esi:pf Douglass and pre.erve these
cast terriiories to free labor + and- hones
for the free l 'enemies of our Fipple, and we'
have ,
.a position on _Which the great I)etno-1
eratie,party•Of the North can, stand . cn rfidsgi ,
and do battle againsi'this Bill. Let Northern
Demolmits be true to4hemselves and insist,
is they luive , done I;'eunsvlVania, that. past
settleMents are not .to be .disregirde.d, but
that the party digit §faud by'; them •as it has
heretotOre plOged itself to do, and there is
an endto .the scheme to overturn the INliSsou-
Conzipiomiie, whielt:'iS a part of 'those set
_dements!' .
We' confes that on this subject we fed the,
• most intense' aniety. We •wish not the op
position to this 'Bill toAJecothe lost • and pow-
erless by ending in mere abolition cant and
weakneSs, when we . , am see" that the.inoral
strenr;th of the gviat . party . of the nation, in
the north,'might •be. hrOK - Iht to bear . against
it if true to its. fonner; platforms and "pledges.
The-influence of:the' national Administration:
will. not, and cannot be. bionght to bear
against snehh.potiOn, for it is. the very one
on'. which waS'ibrOnght •into power, and`
hence an attempt Of 104 kind would surely
end in disaster .to Already have the
' Washington I:Uniort• and Concord Patriot an- . .
nomiced that thei Administration' does not
.• - .
pretend to construe -opposition to the
opposition to',!the, 4diriinistration or the plat
forma of the 147ationaljDemocracy, It icatinut •
Flo it unless the.osition_ place themselves
in a 11tetionalattitUde,‘nnd When they do.that
:they_will lose their. Strongest weapon. Let
'northern 1/cinocrats .rfitand by the Baltimore
plittfoitn of r'esistanc{e to further agitation in.
Congress, atul . acqieseence . in Past comprD
rnises,—forcelleirltepresentatives:to- stand
with them and thetfore• rote against this
Bill; and there is an end to the whole matter.
The grave of Nebraska" will then be
du very, very decp. > But if such should not
be the resultj the country .can then see who
Were the, first to : fik from past: compromises;
and then itill.the oPpoSers of this 13111 be .in
the strongeSt . poSition.pos.sible to force a defi
nite -settlement Ion ; itheir own terms. The
Whole country could, then see who are, and!
who haVe been; the honest friends of peace,'
union, and cotistitntiOnal compacts, and could .
I' not be slow tr recog,nize them. -
trango N. Palmer has disposed
of the Pottsville Eolporiant to Messrs.' Isaac
Harlan and Pifer S.' Dewald.
The passagb of .13111 througli theTs....-m
-atl, though epeCtitia by the country, so far
as l we can jutl6* \ hap only incrcascli hostilitv•l
,
to! as - prOvisions the' public- I . 4ind‘
Nor
nod we wonder ti44t such shotilil be the . Case.
how' eas' iabst
soktutitOinp.ictsiii l hr be brOken iipand, de n
. oristratell in the drollest characte, how in
, •
sceure we sledp otoh boSoth of the political
-
waters. 1
-71 C .
General Cies, /the last of the cn,
t, - • •
i the.Senatei • hae'4Poken to the I....ountry,
has , spoken iii 110 iOwn defense; and Much,
turf lunch ht ha44 , itidvvill find .alie,artY, rer,
pOrise in the 'tear i• i)f northern TieMocrats. - -,-•
But he has..4t, gMiix•far e i nough,H-he slow''}
have gong be•oruf
,vindicating the doctrine of
t• • , • .
po l pular , sovOreign(y!iu, -the.territ.ories • and
rntide, this Bill it-tl,!e!..c.ception to :tl+t doctrine
be6aitir:tio!4'rtag it •ivier ihtier tde!re, -
quires a violatioN4 former national e ncri i ,-,• e t
1 - Outs. . But kbere ivas'c ! ic positil;il•tissinned
b u y e t. ( 3 l e n ne re ra ca l
b the
intro
of thjs es unn'Oessary and
; -
ptoductivo ot no prtictical ben6fit'lo the conii
• .
tri•or•the tet t ritortett, while on theintherland
li t -raises the stOrrii of ardtatiOm'aild
• ,
• s
t 4 a.greater pr 14s iextent thdlois a
.tiOn:of the cduntrs - for more than•quarteru'of
a- I ; century, tastvingireference. to flue Slavery-.
crii6tion. this, .g,ro l iind forp
_knir•!sitio cannot . ? From 'wheiree
has come a 4e4 lid from the peooc, a polio:-
-, • •
cal necessity or a national obligat4ni ft r this
unhappy stake ofit - -thingil• It carintNe found.
Theq . Syliole onntry Was at rest a!nd content,
•
and, had it-lieempclinitted toren th,
)".
day 66Shivety .(isseniion had go,kie by forev
•••„, .;
cr. The vast tor es ritori of the government
! ,'; st •
~,x.ir'- i rganizthl at,tllc - proper time
under lind iitActiorilance with tint, 'Compro
. • • .; „
c,Nisting while, the
irieture. of ottr iettonal Future would not have
hetlitarnisli • pel with' one ulisiglitlk - spot. At
no time in theßst htistory of the goi orninimlt .
lnislit Leers in au'r,mition so glowing With 'hope
aid reiniSet •:-!!Wh'en, the present C i ongress!
! • !! -•;-
met. No disturb'ng:element W;N t,61111 , 1 with-7
in our hordi , N With . the 'question of
aN ., cry put ! l at itst ins it Was, oso -! tr. nation ii
cOnfecleraey ,pvas, in,, in the tti•ld sinishine
of peace, prqsver - qy fend nappines i s, .guarded
angel's •:,ilti 4 l:4 arid protected 14- the strong
arm of OnniipotoA. •
• To be tlitlowtfat), once from, stied' a state
t 4 3 • c•
into the moi iai pv taqutetud
~ and that
! •
too with. no re.aison d'isturbanee
~, • 1! , • 1
c 4 any kind; in yetence :to the !question - of
Slavorv,- exhanstotir litience.!l•For what
, ! •• • .; . ,t •
0 1 rPose , egn bron!-14 al)out ?
I •
country !li'''mp reikii . 4 it, nt:li good men dopre
,- . • s;
etite it. NI as •it - :!1•5• ili,tr4t the )emocratie
•
••;• •
party, is tin..,tr i wt y ;if firti, t 1,4 thc.
might'- as an artnv Intl] 1 Millers was it to
- - i•. . •
grat ll 3' 1 . - . 1/a onlwion find raise atenipest
suffleientiv that„ in sw,•eping
-
eiyurse, mentitt rk.,f stastatuebe caught
• !!: : ,
• up an(' ,
carrieu luto t.
-s•ltientla, chair.—
WeAar
theilatOr, and.
tl at, no,!conipr
omise•
.;
elk" ve manl eueetii,i , topreserve pea c e while
;slasc interest
knafvls th ! p'event l tes to the
...
1l e aro
•r4ir••nll34lll i)04501.4 . ry I alonaniong the
democratic liresCof the Stjtte in Opposition to
this Bill. This not on.. fanit!-- - -we 'have
;•• . ;
been !driven there,---,foreed, absoltitely forced
,•••.
into this psuelyti, or else to lay ! , down our
; ••
Manliness, tiOnor!and consistency 'Jet the alter
•of Ni.elii_•(llll.lf-'s 'AIE Wron(r. is 1 We could not.
_sacrifice, honest `conactift,ins without throWing.
aside manlini;ss ' , kse ~ 1 11,1 not iniLliret. , pith
-
11 . induces its
o ultli us be- .
o
he friends of
Pennsr Iviuki
e§trov or Lrire
s in the. Un-
was i that the
,n c!ndors,ement
vering and, se
, sapointedond
were washed
fter paternity.
to Imrsue ?
factionizt2 and
rth, . or Alionld
strenrrtii of
ia, and. oppose
, r solemn coin-
plighted
iitimbre.:vLere
lie sentiment;w4o4t! tarnirdtil,•l , - _L un e... 4lll d,
a bovo !!-----,' ,-,!!;• 0 114 :di, fOr it embrice's all, we
i
, .
cOiild not- advoi! itte't the . ' passage of this Bill
'without saes:tieingye NIISMit'IICi! of Our po
litical eours e lsiritie flit... nassa . ' ..e.of the- tra:',astires
- • 1 ! i , N .
of Adju4ment 4 .
11450.! Th, w
_ , I measures e
I - ! . - ' • • •
have. stood by a'siltavnig,brought 4! the, country'
, ! .
!to a' happy -. l „ sue l ,Otte, of Many tribulations.—
Those. measures ,ive "pleilg,d ourst:l Ye's to s ll .l l= -
pOrt, as a - •ft nal. iiitt4men w
t, when.le - rallied
, .. , •
around GiZiI;II.AILPARe,-Eand pla4d ourselves
. - ..' .i , • -
upon the platform of the ! Ilaltimorc... Conven
tion. !Thoe JineaSuie: , .. V' i lo end f yr.. s . p'd w h en we
etidorsed the ilinipgial i .f'..1,1re5 , :,.., 4tUl pleat:ea
•fidjfity to ltifi Aainibistrittion., l_lliose meas
ures we endors44;when President I.)ierce three;
inontlif4 arro,i; antiolneed that hicr regarded
•IN-' i ' 1; -
tliem as a thialset(b - _ , lnent,—tll4 they luta
!! , . ,„
brought .peacia.aikd r4•po!.3e to the nation, and
, •!-:! 1
tliat that repose', t sliotild, receive no shock du
.l
nu(' his adminisjration i'f in his' power to pre
; ''' • • ~ :!: I
vOit i . t.," TAaselinetteure4 we staid by now,,
- I .):' . ,
in good faithi - aiiel tihat ! more can. we ?--
With this r4c601 o' tlle past, can 'We now
step forward hitio:tivh`e first to unsettle those
ineastiros_andi !dt.!trei - - their finalitl.„--Lilmlfroil .
the country in :4.. conteitiOn ten 'times -- more
• 1 , i. i
bitter, dangermts rind dir.racting.dlianit has
passed lieretti l forii I , No,!! we .cannOt do it. - -- 7 -.
We cannot-pledge
,(Jursilves before the pub
lic to stand ley Onpromises and constitution
al
.enactinente tOda3i!.arid cast them aside to-.
morrow. \V wanted pelee . :I)kel Mr. Doug
less
whe stated in' the Senate tw6 yearA ago
that' lie hoped ht luid madehis last It speeeli - on
the Slavery - qUeStioni'-atql!believed lie had, so
We hoped, fondly!. hotie.l that we' lifid long 110.6
- . It! .! I.
.. bi
‘‘ ) ritten our lizst,trktilc tins that-stibject, anti
befievect we had; - But the issue i . ag:tin prd
sented and triee6ii.-1e nj i tk—niekit it we will.
1 • , ! - '., ! ,• -
Aud , We meet if f i i' - fot:,? standing . on, the ,broad
. , 1
.platform - of - tiatipnali Democracvl! . It is idle
t o charge tiskvitkiiholitt'onma cir "even ten
1: : 5 . .-
• , ..
dencieS that wz%.i . , That! cry . will.fdo 110 good
now,--will ETV. I T, lip 4)u ipose to - .snake point
less the truth' s We itand on the Philforth on
Wbieli ! the Djrn4killei o Pe . nnsylrania plaut.
- 1 !., !
ed iiielf and •iilli4.d. t the supper l ll of WILL=
r.s..m BIGLUt ih f,l3pd,.i-:—wi.e stand on the, p 1 tt
fOrm laid doxim Ilii the . Democt.a.,oe party nt
I3,altiinore in 18:42-- . -+'e. sL b lndont on lh e ei t ,la re t i fo re rn i i
of principles!en#,ticiated y rrc4i
in his message 4141843 r —0n all t4eSe, and y b•
all these, we ii,i44
.arid oppose dlitilpas:-,age of
the.N,ebraska;l34b 'And we heliii'e too that.
u n i i a n! e- st te an n d tli Ns s 'i ° t ic ht. 1): . ?: '\ '"Et e °e- b ra el c ie Y r o e t .O;ti i ; : glori . l ou .l
! ennsy_v•a.,
_ •
, • , .... .
old. ship has! nOtl yet broke loOSe. from her
020snirigg,-4r4 it 1 - ;l.:bi* that she Ws, ` then Are
We overboardi: biitl still, still ...c1 inflin . 4
, t o Iter -
n
anchor ! ' 1 ;.!.! :
,!. : • - t l: l'!„ i! ~. 4!' ; - ..-- ,
~oitiie deineeratie party is J.entrusted. a
Mighty re.sponsihility. the forecast-of ,liet
stittesinen ; • and .the instincts of her masses,'
th&.fearful - eonteation.,.Of 1050 was settled.—
She kteppetU' , ttp , thci ark which
fr:l4o I Safe:ty.ifts the ountrf, - when it was a
t.
boat, toorreath the liar-es raised by, fac.
- •
fanatietsm, and strife. And what Was
the , reward of tliu doing • from . the grateful
heities of nearly thirty millions oil peopit
Was it defeat ' dist , race , aull rtibuk . ? . No; it
•
came in Showers of sucks. , 46144 and hless
ings.! ~Will that party Inoiy ,s;3 far fOrsake - it-•
' self and. discolor tire glo w ip g , pitie of its his
t
tory;dirace its nainel,; and 'dishonor itts
((minders, as to retreat hefore . . .the
stdertn . ; or' Will it - phntiits6lVtirm''as.. ever;
'l:tst~t hill Where : it . platitt:.d itself in I'Bso,
loniL rn back the 4m-rolling, - itidd of a ist.ra,
tiOri alarnl? For ; ono we shall, stand by
. „ 1.
tiii? 1 atforin, the COustillittOn: aad..;tlie
Coni
prOai ises, trusting that. by . 'dt~ing.we shall
stint or fitll with • the::Detitocratie - party and
the Administration of ..Ftt4stit,lN
MEM
Fire in - 3 . loisiros+ '; ...
54ndar tnOttit;g" last, at" Out elOven O'clock,*
id • , • .- - •4' •1- l•
our peaceful aipl,quiet 'yilltgc w:a.s .: suddenly
Stdrih!d by :the, alarm of file. The tire broke.
out in;the Register Prinqr:g•Dflice4 - 'in the
.mar F. B. ChandlerTs A tore. i When ilk'
di;e4veied that part of. tile buiplitwl seas ;3Q
co'plpk.tely , enveloped in; f 6-43 andiSmOke as to
;
pr vent all entrance, there , ; and bad it not
he'odifor the prornptneis titith which . our niti
zell.A{ripied to, the resew:. And thd self.-saerifie
ing4 , nerg' y with whit] ilii.filitight and con
.
,litiened :in - :: -„devouring elknent,i prObably it
s'mit'e] have swiTt. the whole I.ocki on. tire.
5- •
FAst side of l'ithlic Av'enu'e; the largc:st - 'part
4 1 6 I,„slnet,:: ,artioti , i or. our town. ' But,
..5- .1 '• ; 1 .'
lertanntely, there Le ing. vdry little wind, and.-
(4, - 'erYthing - th,vorahle,, , - -„it. w 4-; . saved. :from
th'reittendd MO impendingc distraction - '
1.1.1na part i' , f the huilditer where the fire
- -„! - . ” -", '
-origin:lto', the whole 11154d4 w:ls. hti rn t to a cin
der; aint:kseelllS alltlfkt 4-miracle that the
'Wil l ', checked ' there. ': j i • .
1 . .. . ; 1 • -
It' 141.6 test, credit is dtte the 'Rottgh and
,
t lv Fire Company, for the promptness with
5
i h they were upon they ground,. !and the
iicilb I detertirination'-i.witO which they
•ht ant stayed this' desiroying• eleinent.--,
l'-
T; worked like heroes and-with It 'daring
•'t Wort lty of a ll:p ra i s:- l' !and . tl le orily• regret,
Ina they 'Bd . -not escape ‘‘ - 4otit injury
• ~• ' ,
licit' numbi:r. but) alas, one—Dana F:
zt ill—received severe Injuries; by a fall
a' the building. • We 4(1cl-stand a hand
-I'e subscription has ben tendered Dime
eh, We trust may liartiilly relieVd him; in
• his jlour of need. .' 5' ' , _ •
flue greatest. loser by thiS fire is Or neigh:
f !of:the..Regi,..3ter, wilt: has lost all of his
ntitig Otlie . e save the i'rintinl; PreSs; plul
i is in rather of a damaged
i eonditiOrr--.=
lal.'in: , tie insurance. .E'lle,
,10-is to others,
' tsio no:1 hy the tire, is 1 cOverel hv. hist"-
-
ye; The whole less,' I , Fobahlv,. will' not,
lour
Pri
t
c.... , ,-,•,1 :::10(,)(). -
1 - ' I. • •
ll(' 'rear +if 1,1 ‘• Cliandlt,n!',Ji beatitififl build - I
t .
i"lt:::} , ' lli'll'li- lvhkh "•"" "t/ilocalier llall, J, is
j sa'.IIN- mutilatQl,nuthiltg I j Jat•th,„ 1 , 01 , k b il „ 2 , , ,
. ,
1 lvtlL . 1
•
.
1 1; I 1 • • '
.1. v., ,* f rom
Vir g sLA - A'(:. 114 hich
rr(th«.l. of an unsafe conditiOn • there having
1.,;(1 1 :i .li. fire kit in it but . 71 short 1
ousiO its tiiseow.ry. . .
.102r . We'rtive. to Our ratlers this week the
sp, , t-c;l4 of Mr. Douglas on the Nebrasiza , bill.
lii our purpos.
thespeccit of .Mr.
e' • •
~-,reaaerb mat. ha \ • e fai r under
.l4l
I.statiing'of..both sides of this important pies-.
tiOn. •
•
; .
Lel".«c publish this ';veek - the pro6eed
ings of two Mass Meeting,s held in pppositiOn
to the passage of NaraAa r bill, which. our
reader can examine for themselves; we hay
inineither time nor space to
.refer partieu-•
htrlv.to them. = :
. .
• . .
We have receive 4 n short circular
frith the Publisher of the ; : Magazine of. Art
ntn:l POPillar- Elttcato;;, stating - that his cr
-;
;.tabilshmcnt has been ;desiroyeCl.;by file. It
is the intention of. the 1 t blislier
,to reprint
the logt nuinber ithrnedia4.lv, in the mean
:time he solicits.the intluh:tenee of his readers.
ice - AVe . underAand that the office of the
Regidee. - wFieh w:is . destroyed
t
,by' the fire here on Sunday 'last, i 5 soon to be
re-established ; so its ieinders- «ill not be
Tioo' without their neeus!toined vsitOr
1.
Defirocratic-. Olatform.
.--)Ve (mine: 41y invite ftielattentibn of every
Nnnocrat to tlie•f(Alowiiigitesoltitioii passe.d
i
by; the. National Dentoeratie, Convention at
fEii"?2.
the'Democratic party
.trill resist all attempts at) - eth'ing, in or out
o 1 ongitss,. the agitritlbn of .the Slavery
queitioti, under 'whaler& ,•shapei br color it
•
may be made." .•
. .
•\Tlic . above was a- SQL:4IIIi . osolvci ethe Na
tiOnal Numeracy at, Baltitnoreh-a resolve
. . ,
which the whole party endonz.ed, and rallied
upon in the catr*s. Hag, that party so soon
.
for•
iotten this - - 111 A obliga t ion'l , It cannot
b(...'
..Who then are- standing by,
,the party
and its . solemn assertions\j4 principli.-!.4 upon
which it should . act in future.C'ertaitilywe
ha . veno't forsaken it. \V stand and Jo ha t
tle..fvr the pledges which the partY took up- .
on,litself . less. than two. l years, ago, and call
ttlit the masses of the party to stand by us..
Who - re 'forsaking party ! fidelity and pa q
.
platforms ? r Not us; for 11 4 e are rc , sist i n g the
ftirther agitation of the Slavery question; as
Wu were pledged to do byi:the abo‘..e.'liesolit
tion: It is Mr. DOUG6B ) a candidate in the
sante convention that ptts.l the RescillitiOn,
who has struck a fatal,.blciw at party otiliga
tiens, and Nay integrity. i We do insist that
Mr. DoroLAS was bound liy-eieri; obligation,
that. could rest upon a man and a Demo' crat,l
•
to ‘` •resist 'all agitation- of this - iluestion in or
Out of 'congress." Has ite' done It 1 , : Not at
all;
,And-we also insist that The ',Ticino ',ratio.
Mtimbers:of the House ar4 lbound to . esist
this 13111, or lay theinselves'oPen to the i 1/pu
t:Vic% of disregarding tlt platfortn'O - Na
,
6°04 Derntiracy.- ~ • . , ' .
• G.c . •
M11111==C:=
• . Speech. lOf Mr. Douglas. '
• Oli:the outside of our paper, may Ibe fouled
the speech of lli.l:Poughts, on the - ...s..ebraska,
Bill. ! . . • - • •
lufVo; alrc. t 1 defined our - ptiSition On.
this Bill, and as far as time and eiretimstan',.'
.4 4
ee., avolo.lipernit , navc.... given our-reasons for
clissonth in.t.tit4iont the propo.sition to re=`
peal the-Xtissouri Vompromise As a public .
journalist we hariO no disposition to Suppies;;
,
from ' l our . readers ! One, s , ule .- of any great Public
qtfeistten. - then to nll who . , feel
. an
inter4t.st in atter, read I the speech—
read both , si L 4 theri:if you be not sat
isflotitat we haVe taken . ,the 'right - position,
• •
w. will abide tho,consequeneeS.'of an honest,
earnest i .and-cotOtilta ii,Ceo:+ition- to ;the re'
peal=!-of the - ,igiottri,..CotirprOmise; add tiie
uSdet. - s and unt - eessarV I; 6 4tatiOrief 'the . i.laL
very question.. \ we ! give also ; .extracts
from previous - ..eeclies of r Afr. Pougla6.
„
~.x.xtraen, . fret . . ,the ofr
of Illinois, itt th4.3enate,. Dec.! 23.. 1!.',51. ou
! ,
en;tue rfsolutto itretuaiitig the Compromise
'NitiasureS be, etinite settlement-of all the
questi 3 Oni growing, out of tho splij ee t;of
inestie slaverV:l! •
i I 1 1 ;.. .-.-. • . ~, ! 1
;,,Mr. Ilinloidss i .saul , - . ; • , ••
4. ..W111.141 the;stormy agitation' afoseliiii:.eon
iietioU With . th‘l tiunexation of Texas;cl - Mig
ivated and firsthrmight'forwaiLd the Nissottri
Comproitke as applicable ,:to ; ! that, territory
i
and bad . the \ grit:ificatien ofs l ing it inempo
rated: iivilie.billi ‘Vhich annexed'Texasto. the
United Stlites.' 4 i ~ ' -- '! - i'.
"For Iniore thaU. a itnarter,..of a century the
M.i,,souri ComprOinsl, lias been cherished as a
fair, just and . hotiorab adjustrn cut of a fear
ful controversy iti . 1801...'
".Afterthe w'. with ,te:'(;O had: cOnunew-:
eed.in August, 1,
in B46, I
_firop6se,d to I extend.
the ; _!%lissotui Conipromise to the Pacific as - a
Substitute for the; Wilmot PrOV,is` "
"In hikinglii:ii7.43 of this subjeet, fi nish 'to
\
state that I ItaMl determined 'meer ' mak?-
another ..peeeli. d 72 the slavery giteston. 4, am
heartily tired of the controversy,an(lHenOw
that the countit jis disgusted with it."l :: ~
-`. - flici'whole:?otitry is aegitiefieinOn . the
Coinpro nise. meii.surtf?s--e.rerywhere, i North
and , •South: NOhody propose to repeal Or
~. 1 .
disturly hein." :1 - . .
Sing as 94t opponents do not !agitate
lor mOdification, why should .ive
, r any liMrpose ? Wet claim .that the
4:final settlement. ls . la final
to disunion ',and a4ritatiOn,
HUN its'friebds.7 • -
le friends of ConMromise
tors; and .
not the - country:
tPle . for that which we. con
lenouncie in the. Abolitionists
.
'So 1
for rape
- -agitate £
Comproii i nise is,
s(jtleithl - it °P
4titi cor troyers),
.`` Arc not tl
1 - .TColnint i g agita j i
hold ins Tesponsz'
MEd and
\ I
nil rciv. Suiler ;?
. , .
"•Thdse.who liii•each should riot be the, first
to eutinnence and re-open. an obi . gnarrel."
k " My Rvord fdOt any propositiou.td repeal,
or, distalrb the . oniprotnise measures I. would
be laid <it) the tablc by a vote 'of five td.one."
" Let 'us . cease'; agitating' • stop the .debate,
_,-,
,
and "-droll the sibject.”
. ;
( II
.---- 1 ---•* , -,(2>-..----- 1• : '
. r , "A Dennocratl,r; , 1
•
• We have re4iivol a- coninmnlcatton Ruin
"A Detni , emt"lin- reply to an lariiclel in our
1• 1 .
last papfir, and IN. , gret that,.we Capno4 consis
tently with ourlsense of Justica to onrselves,
publish it. tunne l as; requested; i(i)ensdi,:sr
wish td 'iscribeleorrnpt andlMProper;matives
.1' ; i
to us,—impugn ok honesty 'and assail our
character for-nifrtiess and
,(_,, ood• faith, 'ye ean-,.
not Iconc s L -, iye thai we are hotind •to Is furnish
•
them with;tYpd to print, and stniead Such as T
i ;
.;-''''• L , lfo re' coin tu uni tv. The writer of this
is ncit'awam• .....; 1 • -
I • I:•' ,- ant- personal :knot ledgewho .. 4 'A .- DetriOCiat" - m- - ' -
I '''' •). ; ,-. ..,:tliontrh, We
may suspect
,t-lie • author, and, we ri11.,.. 1 .,,
allowed ,
to - egress our surprise that he
If ,••,, i '• 1 , 1 •
i sp . omo nave Sii tl ‘ tr lo,t.
.4 , .
...*
eimineis
! , a,.: ._...4 t6
..y ,attlr... 7 ih t hai r c i l.'' s :7 - r in `
'intention' to' .. , "Mis
iiiiresent facts ;Calculated to deceivei honest
1;, ,
men," utter "•falSe statements,'l &c., 5.:,c..; ,, nor
can we conceive how " A Deniocrat,.' or any
, I ' ii 1 ' •
bOdy. else, With 1 our position As Well' - defined
as we haVe.endeavdred to define .it on the
:Notiiski Bill, 'ean,find ground to' attribute
such motives WI ills. NC" . ~.. ..,;:iii ii ,-,-. ho wev o,
VII
to extend to hi ,more charity thanl he has
'extended to Us,And we therefore .6:include
.
that he did not road the article iast week in
the same mood Of tunderstanding- its purport,as he would h'aooler moments, - AV,heu the
excitement ottl id time had passed away.
If we are, iigtf...t,in our conjecture as to the
author of the cOaimimication„; we recognize
in-him a: very " Wird Shell,"-. , a great hater,
politically, of apYthing in the bliaPe . of a
"free Soiler.'" . I - We plead not gui/0 to his
"soft iiiiPeACtuntin" of our ruotives,l.but we
1
like so well:tlieTosition he marki. - out for
, ,
northern Demoerats to assnme, Ithaii WC ''''iN.'e
• -I ‘'• -
it aplace , itt pl 4. columns • most eheerfullY f
though we have already in type twol or three
•!. -
articles On thel4ime subject, enforcing sub
stantially the, same views, based on / the same
plank of tlia - 13alihnore platfortit. 114. re is that
part of thelcoMniunication-- 7 ; -, 1 ...
",Anion4 the :series of rosolutiOns 'whicli•
constituted; the National Democratic ;Platform
passed by the Democratic ConYentiOn lucid at
EfaltimOre in •,N52., and which :nominated_
Franklin Piercei for President, I is the - Wow..
, I ,
nig: . , • ' .1 .?
- • :
litsot.:vim . , 21'hat the Democratic party mill
i:esit all : alien - Val at renewing in Congress or
out of it, the ayftqtion of the 47.1. , erY t quegtion,
unulcr mhalsoevi:r; , .'shape or color me attempt.
'may bi," incite. ' :1' ' . .
•
~
~
--- It.was,on this , nlatforin that tliclleniocia.:
cy of the i Northlfiluglif in the eanvas's 0f'1852,1
and it is proper, indeed, a fi?ga rd 4 '' or co ne i g _
..,!
tency demands; that theylshoul , .l require the
men they electcition that • latforni,, to fulfil
their pledges. ' It cannot helexpCeted , that
the boxiest •raill: : iiiid file. of the democratic
paflY Almil'ab:iodon their Platform; and' re :
lindiatc priiidpf,e.: What ; theii, is the proper 1
course of ! the - Northern deniOeraey in this
crisis t :ri 'bey ;should' arise 'as n man, and
i , ••
tieti,:i forth their irr t t.l ao•aiii , 4 the indirrni
•• • . i I "." • :_-0 • i
,c,
ty and injustiel of the proposition ~t o. repeal
the . Missouri t , eniproniiil3, in= such thunder
tones as will relerberate. even in the Halls of
the Capitol: . ', • - ' . 1' - • - ',.
.•
It matters nc . t ',With whom-..be Conteinpla
tell 'wrong has riginated. • It is of little'ean-i
luence wit° ails the dagger L that is aimed}
t the great heJrt of the North in this thing
/ s -who lie is thi Chits concocted. met kirr
aY-i
.1 ,
,
mg on the 'ache iiil to wrench ' freinins otir
rights touthingi questions of such niagnitude,i
ria.tlia- of opening. to slavery . n territory, 'eni-1
-bracing - an area '()1 500,000 sqinire miles, rich',
in soil . avid genial in climate s eerisecrat&l by!
solornulco m p ae ''to free
„institutions, in the
idisenee of anyti
eintinil , ;C(r necessitY for it..----;
134, he ivlio - he may---;-pr be-he what - he may
. .---the : North cannoy;ought net ; and will not ,
•
submit to, it. i 7 . ~: .-i
The writer ofiliii:.belongStOithe"‘ old line
of 'the Susquehanna , democracy". For mincy!
/ . 1 ' . - • .
years' he has stood in the rar.b of -that
Often 'OOl he - been the target for . abolitiotar.
roWs,- 7 -the, - .Wiry6 freesoililim have at ti n t
beat agar:pot:lr. in no verylmild • form, - x „;
cause be its occupied the gonad -Abet
lrights firel3oath, -- guaranteitd by the
.4 r ,
strtution compromises - ought to I A;
mi?intatitiOy....the,_North in good faith A... ,
Such basibeen.thelvsition .0. the. Northet
-llemocmy mainly. Thzsame prineil'al..
-
which has goVerned.them an this respect (tl i .r
.doetrine 0 . equal-rights) ought nor'/A° imp,
them to action in the protect - l ion of their ,
rights. 'pH me; fellow democrats,.am I.righ •
Or am I ivrong ? • Shall we prove craven men,
ur •shall ire•fearlesslY maintain our principle
as.we have ever -:1 • .
of-the Old Hero - . of New
Orleani r be. - still- our • motto:,—" ask nothing .
- whai -is clearly right, and - Submit tO noth
ing tlurt-lis wrOng.'. l, In:the 4pirit,...of this sen
tiMentldre dehrocracy „:41 . 14 1 should::
stand Slieulder to. shoulder fl Lima if Kul*
the Measure now before itongess, - which I,
contemplates the -repeal Of thelfisseuri born:
prqrnis'e-1— ti; -measure fully carried
. 01 4 i, • May- ,produce consequences - deplorable
heyond ,human. calculation.,
State
!elip the followin • from th e, corresp6 n : .
deaCe .of the Trq;une,;of the.llth
. The Peinocyatic; State Convention adjourn
ed iine=elia last evening, -aftei having nomina•
ted GthJ Bigler, Chief Justice Bliek "for the
Supreme Court and Henry S. Mott for Canal
Connitissiorier.
Th - • - • ,
• e l
ilebraska bill received the go by, 4 ,an , l
•-
thdreoa hangs, a tale. '"- Setend.f prominent
politicians were here from abroad detettitik
tluit - die Nebraska bill should be made a past
of T. :In this they were completey
ont gentraled;", Mr. 011ASEi ,
,Speaker • of the
House nod A . determined . oppoSer or the bill by.offering the-resolution to ratie.a.Coimnit,
teo of On.rty-three to -report -resolutions to the,
Convention, -secured himself Chairnian, - : and
it nutjetity,of the Coniinitted who would ins." -
tain hint in suporting "the ~. • ~.
IVeiy thing. like' Nebraska •wafvoted down
in thel.'-Cbmtitittee, and its report, - .indersintg
in the istronizest.ternts the NAtional bdminis
aturthe CoinpromiSe of 185 p,
natlintorefPlatfortn of 1852, if;,l
adopted by "the •:.Convention.•-•
ts then rmide to offer 1" - oltitic.;ns
ion indorsing the - Nebraska' hill
.re - -met by a motion to, adjourn
li was put, and deelared carried
amid shOuts and screaws of
t- , T
trinmpo.
itow\become of. the' Nebraska
'he Democrats of Pennsylvania, " the
otiry slave state north of !` Mason and Dixon's
lint!," have -refused to consider it; have pro
nollned.it no child of 'theirs.. Will mem:
beri;
-of;Cono-ress;-lencrer hesitate to go and do
likewiile, -. and thus lay the infamous thing in
its -I..a!Ve •
Deatoerati:e State Convention.
•
• Ithreh 8.
Thal)einheratic State - Convention to ncim
inafe a . candidate for Governor, Judge . of
.Supt-et e Court and Canal,:Coramissioner;inet
thir4 mbrning at 10 o'clock ire' the House of
I L
PepreentAtives • pursuant to the.tall - of the
• .
State Ventral Committe.e.: • • • •
. The l HattendanCe was very full, almost. etc- ,
- -
ry•coutity. in - the State. being fully :represen
!•
- • 's .
•
L. first, Esq., Chairman of the Cen
tral Obuttnittee, l oCcupied: the •chair 'tempora
rily, p,,iruarit to 'a resolution; Of former: Coa
l.
Ventions. • . ~ •
• •'Thel names' of the Dele aces' we/ then
l _credentials
ted.
The] seat of Cdtarles E. 'farily, of Del.eware,
as Senatorial Delegate from Chester and Del
irware,lwas contested by : Alerander felieev
er, but after- a full.. exatnination of t h e case,
Mr. Manley was.adMitted.- •
~• ry , ..snotion, a cortimittear'of one, froin - each -
SenatOrial district was 64 , :rCappointed ; ' 0 note.:
mate 4nd report. officers -; for the perntauent
orginiOtion of the Convention. • I
Mr.iCha.se (Speaker of the House)moved
the al Pointment by the Delegates of .a corn
mittec to report a eriei of resolution•s
pressive of the view end sentiments lof the
partv.ll •
Considerable discussion arose; and res
olutioit waslinallppOstpon'ed- until' the or
ganization of the - COnyention4:t:"The
FCCe3S until t 23-2 o'clock.
• 11
NOON SESSION.
• • _
The
. • -
Convention reassembl e d-• at_ 12 1-2
o'clock, when the conirnittee.on the selection
of.CifiCers made report,- . - nominating Judge,
Shannbn,'of Allegheny, for President• of theJ
Conveation, with, one Vice President from'
each senatorial district, and eleven • Secreta-,
ries.: ' •
, .
. .
• The nominations were ;-- ttrianimOusly apiro-* .
J: • l -
ved.- .{ -, - • •• '
The, _ Pres i dent, ....!
.L -- )
...-
• ri on taking tne.chali, Mal4a .
very neat and 'appropriati - addressi *Utley
com c fratulating the DemOtracy, of the State. ',
, -
upon'the - spirit of, unity : and Ashy .eiety:,
where!! mrnifested. - \ ' He : ;spoke: also .of tli( - -
',.'..' . ';'A!fid and cbeerinmaSneet.of affairs througY -
out th'e. country, find exhorted in every move-
ment 4 careful reg ard for the prosperit y and
the pettnai 2e ney o`f.Demociatic principles. I
Thel Convention then again - resumed the; •
consideration of\ the resolution - of Mr. Chase
for thn'appohitment of a committee-to report;
..
resolutions. . . . • . ,
.
'i It was debated at some length, and after
being 'inended'sol as to direct the ' , President
.t 6 app r int, Was ' adopted. ' ! '
The Convention then adjo urned until 2V-7 --
clock lithe best feeling prevailing. among VA:
members. .- , • -, , .
• ,i.. _ •-• Arrattxdox sitistoN, - .
:. Th' , l Convention . ro-assernblod at 2 o'clock/
and nvoeceded to,ballot for
.a • candidate, fe;'! . ,
(•;:ove'rhor,.and the - first -bu11 . 4 resulted as,;:folr-.
~
',lows: b, •• ' - - • . -
./- . .
;._ William Bigler. - . ,:- --: 1-28. , votes- '
ThOmai S. Bell, - —7- -' -- --- 5 ' Av..' .:-
. AVVAM BIGLER Was , thorefon;'declar 7 .
eel duly' ndminated . ..as_the •tli e
•ponoCratie party forreve*or of the 'COM ,
1110IiN4‘4111."." " " ' - -," .. -1 - r -1- . •
~ • - -: , - i .
• H0i 1 .1..jk..11.E.1.11A11 S.,I3LACK-,'Urtii.th - en o re
i . I
inOtioi; nominated'by'acclamatfor., as'a can:-
,ditlatelfor Judge of the Supreme Court,
•
Ti Convention' then. proceeded' to the
• odiiiin,i don- - Of a'candidate • for a . 00:441 Cola
misSioner, The names of 'qiiite; a number et
- gentlefriet ;were' submitted, and; the first ballet
then heing'taken, resulted as follows : . •
• ,-. lle4ry S:•11fo't t, of Pike,
..• -156,v0te5.. i.
... 90rge Scott, of Celmnbia,.. - 1:20, ,do!.
Scitering, , -.- : 7. , 7 57 f .,..(j0i.
Nei her candidate liming it =feral' of air
the votes cdst; Wsecond ballot Wasiltati which
resultcd. as follows
_•llci ry S. Mott,
Geerge Scott,
4eatt k.sring
', -__,__. _ t
.
citY S. MOTT, of Pilo comity, havier;
ratiiimity was thereupon deolared duly
ited for Canal Conunissitnier,, amid en;
itic a ppltiase., , 1 ,
11residetit then announced tlic cern
iot Resolutions; (Mr. Chase Of SO
?nit, Chairman ,) after which a re
s lak'en until - 6 o'clock.
• in-E. - kiwi! 8E881024 -
Cdavention reimemblc4 of A -0'( Aga,
ILE
a , l
ch .' I
110111111
thusia
ThcSl
mitteei
qua*
cess
The
1
A DEMOdRAI
- - 83' votts:
L- •
do.