Wreak! With Cuba. -
The detention o the steamer -Black War;
tior at Havana is likely to lead, to trouble:
She had cleared f oil Mobile to. New York
with a cargo of n and :other freight„
and in acco. . with custom , this freight
was not og m
.t e nifes e t exhibited. at the Ha
vana Custom Ho se, it .being understood that
that form was 7 Ust necessary for ' goods in
transitu. She ha. no freight for Havana and
\., was entered , as in ballast, according to a form
said to have been prescribed by the captain
of the Port on th- occasion of the ship's first
visit. in August,l z 52: To the surprise of the
officers of the rev • nue atithorities on this oc
casion declared t e maniti,t, seized the ship,
declared her ca : o.confiscated, and at last
dates it' , was ir? °Ursa of- discharge by Abe •
'Spanish officers. On the eve of a general Eu
ropean war, in w k 1 Spain may • becipme in
volved and whic • 'Will deprive her of all valu
able assistance i this hemisphere , from her
allies, it is itiipru eat to say the least, con
cerning it, to vio ate established centerivs, to
the United . Stet : and to exasperate those.
Cairns who alteady sympathize. with , the
American people' , Our government will, un
doubtedly demand an inunedrate explanation
and redress an ' e should not be surprised if
the consequenc - would prove serious.—Phil.
:B
' ulletin - 4
el
.
The Bine Warrior Tree&le. I
The folloWing Ilessage Was 'transmitted to
. the House of-Re i reseutatives, by tho' Presi 7
'dent in coMPlia ,en with a' reidution, ind,
referred to the Committee on Foreign tAf
,
fairs. • - -
, r o the Aouse of Recresenta4urs :--tn coal
pliance with thel resolution ort.he Movie. of
• Representatives bf the 10th inst., I herewith
transmit a report of the Secretary of State
containing all tle information received at the
Department in relation to the seizure of, the
4 '-Bla.ck Warrior . t Havana, on the 28th ulti
mo. Therehav been,,in the curse of a few
years past, man other instances of aggress
ion'upon our co merce, and violations of the
rights of Ameri n citizens, andlnsults on
'the National lag by the Spanish authori l
ties in Cuba
fi t d
dress have a
led all atteinpts to obtain reo
protracted, and, as .yet,
fruitless negoti tions. The , documents ~.in
these cases are voluminous, and when pre
. pared will be se t to Congress. . Those now
transmitted rely e exclusively to.the seizure
Of the Black W rrior and present so, clear a
case of wrong, hat it would be, reasonable to
expect full rode u, nity therefor; as soon as this
unjustifiable an offensive conduct shall be
made known t, 'her Catholic Majesty's goy;
erument; but a miler expectdtions in other
cases'have not teen realized.- The offending
. party is at our Coors with large powers for
azgressiori; but i one, it is alleged, for repar
ation. •
The source o redress is another hemis.- -
There, and the answers to our just complaints
made to the home government, areltit the
repetition of excuses rendered by inferior of
ficials to their superiors, in 'reply to represen
tations of misconduct. - The peculiar situation
of the parties has undoubtedly much aggre-'
voted the annoy i ttnce and injuries which our
citizens have is &red from the Cuban au
thorities, and Sain does not seem to app're
ciate, to its full , t extent, her responsibility
i s
for the.conduct of these authorities. In giv—
ing very extrabrdinary powers to theta she.
. owes it to, justice, and to her friendly relations
. with this Government,-to guard with great
''. vigilance ..against the exorbitant exercise ,of
' ; these powers, , and in case of injuries, to pro
- vide for piompt redress. I- have already: ta
ken measures t< present to the Government
. of Spain the wanton outrages of the Cuban
authorities, in the detention and seizure °Ellie.
Black Warrior and to demand immediate
, indemnity for tie injury which has thereby
resulted to our clitizens. In view ° of the post
tion of the Island of Cuba, its plaximnity to
our coast, the relations which it must -ever.' ,
bare to our commercial and other interests, it
is, vain to ex' t that a series of unfriendly
infringingacts, infringin ur commercial rights, and
pel
- the adoption of policy threatening the bon
-or and seetirityf these States, can long con
alst.with peacjf 1 relations: '
1)
:In case , the measures taken for arnimlie
adjustment of .inr diffieulties with Spain
should-unfortunately fail; I shall- not heal-.
t.ate toose the authority and mimns which :
Congiess,may girant to insure: the observance
of our just rights, to obtain, redress for inju
rie.s_received, and to vindicate the' honor of
our flag. .It..anticipation of that contingen
cy, which I earnestly hope may not arise, I
suggest to Conkreiis the propriety of . adop
ting such proviLional measures as the'exigen
. ci. tnay,seeta u demand.
- Signed, FRANKLIN PIERCE.'
' , 'Washington; March- 1 / 5, 1854. -
. .
. .
• .
• The Alutil4.llimor . ,rasa , .. ' •
'rite bill to' priehiltit.the marufacture and sale
of intoxicating li'quors in this State, which pa'ss...
ed the House of Representatives on Wednesday,:
by: a vote of 5040 44, contains the • folloviing
clanie authorizing the search of..premises where
• liquors Ma suspected to be kept for sale. It is
the 14th Section of the bill i P . • - -- i
,_ • .
- . . .
•!‘ That' upon the oath or affirmation-of - two at
ire& of any city borough or township; before
any jestiee or ptter !wird/ate, that intoxicating
_or viritenuit - ti dors ,are keOt.or designed for
le
. sale,
.sad; have n sold by'imy person, who
,shill be named r otherwise designated, the said
: .magistrate ghat issue his warrant' of search to
any Sheriff or D puty Sheriff; City Marshal, Dep
uty'llarshal, or o any , Constable , who shall pro
ceed to search premises; which : 4R be par?.',
. tkulary _deacrib in .sueh warrant,. rind if. tiny
spirituout or o t . er ' intoxicating liquos, such as
be 'risetitio ,• d in the complaint, shill - he
found thereon, . • • shall seize and beep them,:to.
. 'gether with the vessel in,. which. they . may be
contained, until ' ' .1 action be hid thereof' ;.but
that no &yelling house, in which, or in .a part - of
- which a trading ....p or house of 'entrenchment
is not
..kept, sha I be searched.by virtue of :any.
;w:inch •.• , , 'any part of dwelling bouts ,
that Way' be eetapied. -by other persons than . the
. owner or keeperl of .such trading shop pr 'roue,
of entestaktineek nor any, custom house or -bona
.:.
.ded warelunite f .the United ' States,: nor . any
ship, boat -
.or of er vessel engaged in the4nes-.
. portation of_ fre ght, or -• as common carriett.
And the liquois so seized may, Upon' proper
proof, and full e mination, be declared forfeited
by thietid
.ma istrate, and if so, they shall to
-gether with the vessel containing - them,or tither
of them, be soi • for the purposes aboveindicated
by the said She • or other-officer; and the, pro.
needs to go to the'Comtty • Teatimes of the
-county tai whit the liquor may be seized; but
;•
•
if the . said liq rs and vessels. cantrOt•be told,
s• 1,1 ) :iy ; shrill. he Btroye . d in the prestwee let The.
wagteterite • arid the coMplainaista; - But that, if
.sapon the trial • should appear- - that:the liquors
are. toitillegall kept and sold; the 'same' shall be'
cii
j k-rson
relatiedi to the- :and :place from Windt
- they =Where . igen: . :And that no liqaoni
imported under ' laws of the- United:Statet; in
• • thoorigita" . tr, barrels or. itackagee, .isor any
intended excl ' 'rely - fir doinestii. tise,44ll be
ess)Zed by i virtue - of
.ariv warrant= which War bb tamed, And fow sit decision of-joy inegis':'
trate, either the OWneijefecemilleigeidona .
pol P lo w Co of Quitter ileiwkwew;Riom•
MO n !sainstinAir i kshojip:Tay
be”.•;:, . • . -
~, - ,-',7:' : `.r'",s --. '; . •
gtuir)l,
-Mail, was ar-
U. B. Circuit Court, at , ,-New
.utou'Friday hap Be plead
'auateaced. by ..ludge lugt4sol4
I the - Stistri Pison foF,thetefitu.
iteark.7 --„ '' • -
• likvzsi•
sursted for, •
narked iof • • .
giiitypisem
to hard latter
tliinty sere.
rut Pe
;Se t t ARGIII2I7 C,llll
EAL aIW %Tpl-pAY.,-Eisittnits.,
illonstrose, 111354.
• .
Pemorralie State'•'goniinationi.
•
Goventor,
131PLER I ,
•brICLIL'ARTUtIi CO'IM,It. •
1 iI
For/lodge of Soopreoie Court,.
JI2gItIAII S. BLACK,
broomoßW COL NTT.
For Copal Co*ooslioloner,
HENRY.-111017,
,
/ or ma cluitry.
•
The _Nebraska 11111. '
ust Confess that we are .. t i reit unfre
'queutl amused:at i the stop thief try, which
we se Almost every day put forth by the
, -
press in the interest of the, Nebraska Bill*—
Democrats are exhOited to' beware of the
Whigs and Abolitionists, who it is 'represen
ted,ave- again combined to disturb the peace
of th country by rating atiew the Slavery
i
agita on. 'We are 'not disposed - to apologize
ll
for, tli!e, two parti*,'• as we havo no, doubt
that atimst th clert.e mach that is said of
them. We have never -- known them to not
from dit i interested Motives in , anything - whea
political, adrantage, could'
.. be 'gained ; but
ii. - .3 - e:annot Vitt . pity Those who ,' manifest' so
( m e
eithe of igneralre, stupidity„ or wilful
madness and deterininalion to deceive cOm
imunity, as to attempt to impress the public
with the idea • that ail .Who • oppose the :?te
-1
I braska Bill are abolitionists of Whigs. It is
stale cry,—an attemp t to gather tip explo
-1
ded thmiderbolts f,or; an other discharge. jlt
iis - as unmanly as it it.uliju ri st, and false in 4ct.
It !betrays both meanness and cowardice.,—
a disposition to sustain a 'nkitig cause "with
all the strength that mad lends the weak: 4
reckless of ,
,titithi reckl ss of honor; reck
less of l'ionesti„ and - reckless of, censequenees;
and the men Who persist'in it, exhibit them
selves to the distorning part of those whom
ithey would d' ° e,iie by arousing morbid prej
dic&, in any other right 'than that of honest
men.'' • :
...._,
in our pope tqafmay be found ,
an arts
de from the-ii Viiihin ur gto w n Union, on this
point, which we earnestly invite every; Dem
ocratio read ... • le litter part of - thelattcle
is 11:uitot fair, co icienng it from aSouthern
paper: - Read t e larticle beaded "The Abo
litionistsnd th e
lifetirdska 8i11.7 • , I
Poiri I •
r-OFrice Riiievit.—We learn that
i•
the Silver. Lalthisteffiec had been :remoVed
from 411 °rn'' • -'.. 0 to, the house Of l the
Post Master, Da'Od 'll. l Meeker. I!
' I ' „ ...: 411.45.------- • II
Estiornow.-tAtt exhibition of the " Phil
ipli onian Society wil) '' l cotne off at Academy
Hall, on Fri& y; evening the 7th 'day of !April
next, , to EO con ellee:4 7,1 o' c loc k. -
d ve A
NEW PAT'S •—W e l have r eceived, i 0 f irst
NO,-of a new p per just s tarted
I tarted in Wilkesbarre,
'IE '
entitled" .p ocrat I
icmsitor." It is adim - -
eratic ; riper, ad judging from thisT number
we should saY it iwitlibe a valuable auxiliary
-mileating the prz nfiple.s of democracy.
_ ,
Counzerinic.—Laiit eek in our uotice of
a Ste 131 ) .4oklyatd i arnship; which consiuiied
the dutelling house Hilliard Sterling, lwe
were misinformed i ts 'to .
ashorigin. • The; fire
is Supposed Ito hnie icanglit from the •stove
pipe in the garret, ,arid not from a
. stoye
aroupd whieh• were shavings, as stated iitli' r eur
last Paper, a'S there -was stove thus situated
in the hOuse.. • -‘ ,
.
- rigr - Webave 'received a Communication
frm "A Oontributer,7: but its length pre
cludes an insertion this week. As die Wri
ter appears to; be inluenced in a great micas
-14 by personal•feelink, , rid as the =One,.
itiialiich he difctisses the subject of the.";Ne
i
braskal Billl•appears to ti to be far less elec
tive than . that f,f ::Jud Douglass, whose
speech we publi s h ed .tVvt) weeks since, t, we
have some i hesi tation* its appropriation so
much space till his comMtinication as we liec
essatily must p . we insert it. We may, iper
hir, give: l it a place next wee k , as we by, no
means&fire' to restiict . :. freekdiietessioit or
aoy,publie question. , 1 .1 . 1 '
, ','
• kr We would inrita. e attention \ of ; p i tir
readers to the_" Circtdai" in another part. of
our paper, gi'ing the I pl;a4 of a. work now in
1 ' 'um of iubliestioti,leiititled "'Portraits!tind
1 1 i.; c . . .:-I',
emoim o f eminent' .)tOeticans now living,"
by Joitii,:avisosro:i, oe, the New York par.
All the. Pertraiti of thii work are engraved,
on steel, in the best manner, ..by_ the first'', art
ists. in dill country ; ,. and being made 'from
L 1 . 3
dagu - iypes, the engravin s are true 'and
lifelike present4tioni of tli •ir origioali.—z
Judging m, the Part tie hare rectiied,
ell
containing theportrai ' of President 004 e
.:and his Cabinet; with UstilfeLean, Grier,
. - .
anti) C'atinn of the .u. , : Sup me Court, i t is
a work. 'lia by fai i *Var .- inYthini;mle
haxe e%ietlres of the kind; and ii. eminently
worthy of.public patr4uage. In the laagnage
ofan eichini,l - whicii eiPiesses our opinion
exactly,. 1‘ this is, the I,llritl . book of any wort
that purposes t linadoWn to after time, in
au- v & i t' f 'thil -I rtssits and bli' '
..ati , lc o
~
„ To
tr 'lot en sting -.,' . in the walha of •
privitte lif e o is ell as if i ,: hlie life. '.. i - ,
The au thor's'* neektie . of the great cork
of rk
iirii 3i g bi hiei Was fortunate` in th n ex-
It
treMe. -. We not i; but regard this urge
alai* id. action *8 one of the Most.
vetnar ,a oil un b' le' this country ha& yet
seen:'.' ) - I .... --•-.' ' ' ' - ;;
kat i e
' Any' ' U.' +1 ho 14 examine
. 9 r eriiii9 , W to
W . ' can do Ssi by, eating at our once.
Vile - '1 . 2il i
Ar e hare upon our ta ble a, ore 4.en.
!)
titled " B,cretar* oi—CireumstantialiEr
idsllla,,ii- the a!rther Of "Heads and Hiilt'iti,"
f_r_ ` #lii die': 4 1 r4 44 .4 40)/ i° 4l %-' 4 O")4.De
,'Mitt *. availortv On Alidl l o 2. , 4 1 4sail*
N.. Y.,..and can' he 10, with a v ariety ,;(i gk ,
.4 ,,
er ohoiee worka, at thelitore - of - Geo r Fnller.
It _?s . I ;aaggli . . infers iind '!'' l)4 ?
-4 4* 1 V- u grbi '.',4 4. I—: 4 - 0?:1°;4 oft t
ttlo, •, , i ;,-/.- 1
, ,-
ant
Temperance
Hawse. Egrrons: r . •
• GEs4w-8y +pied of friends, and feeling
a deep interest I,n the temperance cause, and
of sustaining it by ; the strong 'arm of law, I
Ittniiiduced to info`rm i l you, with 'the hope of
inducing others to do likewise, that the friends
'of temperance in New. Milford, held a meet
ing in the Bradley on Thursday
XOS RRA , I~ZUI A.
•
evening 16th hist ! The meeting being call. ;
ed to order by i,VM. :Harding Esc., was open
ed- by 'prayer, and ;.addressed by J. B. Me
..
Collutn Esq. of feittrose,on the constitation
tility, legality, and 'i importance of a prohibi
tory liquor law, and Of the importance of
1. , ~
im
mediate anti ener ge t i c notion. The addrrss
was well retielved.? The : positions taken be
ing sustained by close logical reasoning, and
forcible inns' tratiens, carried conviction, to
the mind, that Soinethinf, c) 'decisive should be
1 ' •
done, to arrest the ;Gigantic; the Pow' riul awl
Insidious foe iLt'is stalking anibn cis with
his legal badge! of! protection, to see • out, de
;made end destroy all who may be overcome
bY him. Citizencof Pennsylvania arouse!
The fell-destroyer; of all that is fait:, all that
is lovely, And all that is. good, is anong you,
seeking for your Sons and daugh ters, your
-Honorable public: ~,Oivants, yea!-aid _your
' .
selves also, th. l t hO may pilfer; rob, degrade,
and destroy. j Will you remain inactive !
Will you fold °lir hands languidly, and let
1 .
him do his w l rk of ruin and death I If not;
i ••
I Awake! Arous l e tO•action ! and speak in tones
'that can not, be Mistaken, to your Legisla
ture now in selsicin, that they pass a prohib
itory liquor. la l 'w, that the , greatest enemy of
I -
'your prosperity; four peace, and your happi:
ness may be not only' restrained, bin, annihi
lated:. Let ybur petitions go to the Legis
lature signed iv your thousands, and tens of
,
thousands ent' Ling them to arrest the foe.
- , Citizens of u e.a squehanna, will you not.he
;
heard; and felt in: the struggle of the mpnster
for life? • Ileifeels that it is his death strug
gle, and 10 it `
; will, be if we all do ourduty.
-• .r•
:Let meetingsbe called in every Sub-District
i
.
n the county. tet the subject be presented
,to the people :In I Its true aspect. Let your
, 1
,pefitionst be : industriously circulated, and
sent to the Legislature before the question
1 •
of reconsideniktion_ Comes to -its final issue.—
Let.the citizens Of the whole State do ,
like
'wise, and' when four wishes are known, your
Legislature dare not; and twill not, tefuse to
• , .
grant your request of deliverance, from the
most subtile r foe,l the nest vindictive tyrant,
the most cruel 'enemy, and greatest curse
that we have to endure
1 1
. We copy the following from the Pennsyll
1 i
vania Patriot :
" are. noratiss ::--oiv attention has been
called to an article in ihe'.Uition of this place,
headed "Mr. , Spec` er Chase," which seems
to have been written for the purpose of plac
ing me in a false, position before the I)emoe
'racy of the State, and I therefore solicit the
favor \of you to Icoupy a little - space in your
colunins, for Ithe l purpose of . -correcting erro
neoul impreSsions. I seek no controversy
with the',Unions I am, not aware of having
treated either itsleditors or proprietors in' any
other, than the rirost kind and
_gentlemanly
manner, and thence am /entirely at a loss to
account for in ungentlemanly and unprovok
ed personal attack from that quarter. 'I have
had too much te!'do with newspapers, howev
er, to bee at all inneyed„, personally, by any
such :attack, but!l cannot in silence permit
unpriivoked and uncalled for attacks upon
my integrity .Lto !the Democratic party, and
my friends, t, pass by unexplained and'unre
lute+l
• - 1
The substanoe of the charges brought
against me is, tlat I was elected Speaker of
the House of Rtpr&entatives by iathiences
from Washington ; that President, PIERCE
and some pertion of his Cabinet interfered
in the electains 9lthis State and made me
Speaker, while in return I hate turned my
back urxin the Administration, in the true
spirit of ingratittide. :
I have never sapposed that President Pierce
cared a fig Whetheri was elected Speaker of
the House or not. I have not the honor of
his acquaintance, have never seen him in my
life, never had any communication with him,
and hence am unable to see that he shOuld
have had any interest in making me Spea-,
ker, Or any inducement to have used his in
fluence in my behalf. I havesver been, and
am still, a devoted friend of his administra
tion,, and as such, must repelsO di' ceful a
charge as th at he prostitutes the di nits of
Chief Magistrate of the nation tot c small
purpose of interforring so. unwarran bly. in
our state Polities, as to attempt to make me
Speaker of the House 9f Representatives.—
N9r did Lever hare One word of communica-'
tion with JudgeCiueuet.r., as intimated, on
the subject: of the Speakership. I have no ,
doubt that be is my friend. I have ever
-been' hikfriend, tuidhave felt: it a pleasure, al
welt,aia duly, in the-past, to stand by him
when professed Democrats, who . now fawn for
his-favor, were. driving the political dagger
to his breast! I have fought his battles when
all Was dismay lareund—when intolerance, •
bigotry, and Vack-hearlod calumny were .
hunting hirri dOirn in the political field, and
endeavoring to destioy his, personal reputation
among. the •tirttioul and the good. If the
Union snpri p
that wanton and' unner
ous persona ' attack; upon one who is not
consciOue of ever.- having, in the remotest
manner, ill-treatied,its editors, will mutilate
in sundering the personal or political relations I
between Judge Campbell and myself, in my 1
poor judgenrent:'ij it . wasting time and tal-
I i
I suppose;, Me. E d itor , that I was made.
Speaker . because I had the large& number of
votes, never having:entertained a doubt that
I had
.a right toberacandidaie for-that place;
andoto far - as' lam able to speak with truth and
certainty, my friends' attribute my success
-not.to\ °inflate* from -Washington at all,
but
,far more= tr'-the Unpopularity 'of certain
newspaper edit*l i lleestottsed most warmly
theinterat - Of My *vat to caucus, than to
any etherroause. ,• 1 - , •.
tied4ltstand me not fig casting'Ungenerous
retaitrks upon him. ,
,I have no doubt that he
often prayed root earnestly in his heart, to
be saved from inch friendicbelieving, as I do,
that he k al
, generous,' honciable and high
minded Malt ' ;,' 1., I *
But; the Omits of •MY "offending seems lo
be tiara- am hoirdle to the passage of the
Nebraska Bill, now before - Congress, Well , I
. . ,
anti 9pposed , to that bill. I 'eat-opposed-to it
because Ic.diirtklt, Oontete With' the earnest
aestirattee !ihoi I,Diiiiia party gave the
cciuntlyi - atlßattlintmOhat they wield ar‘ist
any tett* ',ltetlett of the Assay question,
in', esorgro*' :Ot alt." tThel introdictioa
ottitlibill'hu)baMited itAbitation and tinist
tkai r efoin aresl4"- le, i 1,:.." . :- • • . •., -,
THE 143110CRAT.
NieeUsag in New Mil
lord.
Pito BoNo.
, .1,
But I must ttU)."read froin the part" for
my f i appositien 'to:lt:his bill because, it is al-
ltl4t1; I have plaped myself,tit a hostile po
stu?n,to the National „Administration !:; Let.
us see.. With . .ildr. - Pots'S A ministration the;
tariffj cif .184 ir*rin 6 adminl;
ration ; Measure.
It is history thriteVery .. mooraV in Con-
Dt t
gre4s; from . this. S, ► t o . exce t one; opposed
-
thetpassage off' tat bill. 4, d, if I mistake
not; our State penvention and our Democrat
ic
-.
Legislature s passed resolutions against it. •
Was 'awry DeinUcrat in
..14nnsylvernit' ostra
cised by the National 'Administration • thee,•
and denounced a's•the. abettoruf Whig! and
alailitionists because he 'sustained' the tariff of
.'.4
,against tha(iof.'46 i *tot at all. 'h is a .
"
new dectrme , torte that any Administration
pretends to keep] the,,consctencvs of its party
adherenti on questions that, arise itieidentally
in pie affairs p(the countrV, and I have no
hesitation in- i defending tresident . PrEner. -
frohr such imputations. I Lnow mit. - 4ether
he iis fqr or against the Nebraska bill; :never
haiinffsaidoriwritten "in substance that lie is
, • .
against it," andl.when the ,tnion a'sser,tsthat
I haVe, it asserts a deliberate nndluntaitige
edifelsehood. ill" care not ia7hether Priiident
PIERCE be for, or against it. That ;is It mat=
ter for him to attend to. -'II am against it,
bust see no . reason why I should
i quarrel with
the 'Administfation about: a mere thing of
The' : i
opinion. .[Yentocruti of the State - did
not act thus t.o'wards Mr. rout,
.in ;reference
to tariff, "iii'in. did M`, Pout ac., thus
toivarda them.. d intend ,to abide - in, good
faith the 'settleilient of Isso, as 'it- final ar
range ment oOtbc slavery question; ] and, stan
ding on the lialtimore,plattorin ofrio'further
agitation of the subject, oppose th Nebraska
bill.: If this ‘he abolitioniSm, their ai lan
Abolitionist ;; and if this Va oppoSition to litr.
Pierce's Adininistration4the platform• on
which it ctune',into poveri ;--then am I its op
1. 1 1
'poser.' .11 .:: - •-
!.I: have . dotiei and. if the - truion
,supposes
that its- prosperity ; ;.politkially or otherwise,
will be. promoted by dra . gging. my ' humble
name before the . public, in this nnprovoked
manner, I Shall rejoice thatd can,,, thus ren
der it service .and shall manifest my rejoicing
by the silence of a manly contempt.. i •
lE. 8, - c.IIA,SE.
'F . ITarrieb ' uoAfarch 23i .I -‘ ; 1, ,
- . -
T- • • :i; • • '
The Abolktlonists luta the Nebraska
Bill. • i
,We have hing cherished the hope that the
passage, of thecompromise measures of 1860,
would result :in so, entire a Withdrawal-of the
shivery question from the.tno great political
oilganizationi . .of the countr)'t as to confine its
agitation to the ranksof the abolitionists.—
Thus confined, the peace and harmony of the
confederacy doubt „never bej disttirbed or en
dangered bt!'sectional agitation. , That the
abolitionists 'themselves lOoked to such a re
sult as fatal to their "occupation,'! was fully
Manifested upon the intrfriluction . of the Ne
braska bill into the Senate by Judge ;;Doug
las. The eager vehemence with Which they
ass filed that, bill when it ,:rested upon :the ex-
aSilangtiao:of the Comprotnisc of 186,0, and I
before the clause was inserted declaring the I
gissouii Conspromise inorrative and void,
showed eonelusively their idetermination to
resist any measure which Promised (6 place
tlieslavery question beyond the reach of fu
tune !disturbance. It shoWei), also, a Axed de
termination on their part i lto renew awl xtir up
all the ekments of discord and dissension for
tho , ptirpose OT defeating the bill, and efkeep
ing the queation open, to be made available
in the future, : schemes of political ariandize
meat by the; leaders. I.1r)on its intr;duction
the .abolitionists took the!, lead in opposition
te. the bill. :;They prepared the arguments on
W;hich it was to be attacked, and sent them
broadcast over the country, appealing earnest
and pa&siodately to all the feelings and
cons id era ti n ds which proinised to aid in pro-1
diming popular exeitemerit. It becathe nee
*my for the friends - of the bill to meet and
counteract the opposition, and in executing
this purpose,Ahey found emsely.es engaged
in l a contest ;in which abOlitjoniits were their
- I
prominent antagonists, and the nrgumentA fur
mshed by abblitionists were to, be answered.
In this way the issue on the bill Wris'Arit made
up } between its friends onO the one side, and
the abolitionists as its leading ofiponents on
the other. To a very coisiderable extent, the
issue has retained this coniplexiou ;the dis
edSsion to NN hid), it has giyea rise, although it
cannot with propriety be said that 411 who
oppose the bill are abolitiobists. Tbeviolence
and industry with which their prominent men
hate kept up the warfare have enabled them
le 'retain thd,front rank iii the opposition, and
haVe catzsedthe opponents of the bill to stand
ip he background. The very fact. that the
abolition. enemies have oCcupied,this premi
neat position in- the conte s t has made it nee
ensary for the advocafes of, the measure to di
rect their blews at them add at the arguments.
We have never been so far misled, however,
as to regardlevery man as' an abolitionist who
could not reponcile it to his convictionsof du
!
tr' to suppoit the hill. That any democrat
or whig shotild be coerced by his convictions
tb withhohthis approval !from the measure,
'and thereby ;find himself Co-operating in the
Opposition with abolitionists, :his been: one
filature in the controversy • which We have
*well regretted. We are aware that there
'are democrats withholding their suppOrl, who
stood side by side with us ; in 1848 inadvoea
ting the principle...of non-intervention avowed
Fly; our candidate for the presideticy, and who
have ever been zealous supporters of the Com
pemise of 1850, which !have secognised and
enacted that:principal. We are aware that
there are other democrats Who °Ejected to the
Comprotniselof 1850 whet it *a pasised, but
14110 lave since faithfully Acquiesced it,who
are not prep ired to sustaid the. Nebraska bill.
In 'our Own judgem'ent it_iwould be udwise as
it would besuronst to - reganlanii treat such
Opponents of the measure as thereby aboli
tionung themselves. Such demOrats, as we
tinderstand-lhem;recevise the principle of
non-intervenlion as sound, but they are not
satisfied thak; it should: be'applied to be Ne
i &ask)) 'TertifoiT. - "'Wo cannot ! agree with
the; in' vies which control their deeision of
the uestioul . but becausa of thin difference of
Opinionlas to applieation'. of a piineiple
Which we agree, ve cannel. bring ourself to
denounce them as abolitionists. 'Whilst 'we
can have nn'respeet or charity for men ' who
have repudiated add "spif.upon! everything
like a compromise for the settlement of the
slavery question, when they noW' come for
ward, with Outing hypod,risy, to talk about
"I the sac.reddess of the compact of 1820," we
can and do;exereise a wholly diffetentfeeling
towards' those who have aver adhered, honest-
Iyland faithfully to everYicomproniise which
has heed - adkipted. When therefore ' we speak
abilitioniats in connexion with the; op
lion to the - Nebnu.ka bill do.not t.'
ba understand as designating all win) op
the bill! as abolitionists. :We %set iciest dee
Iyl that anyAstst abolitionists ;should be in th,
gjtposition iu the bill, and we will pet abon
don the hope -of yet seein g the Pot
thna eircumactibed
llarlL It runioiedthai
Me. Cotti
t
i: of ii
Teit . ha_ealteM g
yi tk Ciridio oo..;t9.fighi#dmpL.Scausa f!,ibisun
luippy ili4:l;.Arule
out o a i discoglioil - on th
*obralikli 1 1 11 ,in l*liing it , to t4ocOnunitt ,: I
`4,itio*liol9 on the Bute of the Union. ~
- • ... ... Ntjtt ; • . !
. ,
• ..lOwl we give the -retnaiks of Mr. Cdr-its
Of Nnv t i, York, on his motion to refer, the N;.
brit:aka! Bill to the Committee of the *hole on
the 8444 of the cnion.. Mr. C. is one of thd
i ;
"New , York Efard,'? and declares himself i I
4 I.'
:favor of the - pritiei:ries of the Bill. • ttw i tll .
1 ......
seen hoWever that; e is not satistiedi with the
:details of tlre'.lßilt,i' nd intintates a 'llsp'iciort,
that theJiill'afterl I' is .a.Cheat,• add that it
really:: prcilioscs '`‘i itervention" Whe i n , it preL
it'ntels : i tO, discard it l and- that it is la seriou
TresSipt whether 'l. its passage . would not . in
effect legislate Slavery into the territory bi
teviving the old •Sp;tnish, and Frehcli lav;S
which: Were abrogated by the Act 'of 1820.' 1
Mf.'•Cutting's nwtion w;is4arried hY ... a vot i c
110 ti'? p 5, .and is regarded .iti-havitig., put
the•Thil on the shelf.", In all probubility it
will never be reatiltedSy a vote. - I
..
.
. Mn., CerriNo.± Mr. Speaker, I Wow move
to refit', bill to the Committee of the Whole
• on the.a6&e of the Union ; and in so doing, I
am animated .by no sense of disrespect to the..
Chairman ()the 'Committee on Territories
who has mote to refer 'it to his i s Standing
f\ d\
Connitittee. ' . . -
! ,
.' Mn. 'HicitAtins . o. —f.)ll, certainly! not.
liltt.' CUTT1154.3.-- 1 -N .04107 01 t. 14! 1101101"4-
Ado niernbers, that are ...Sociated with ! him.
r ,l t
rlt. iS,;I believ l e, a matter is \ tinctly . understood
I . that that Coinmi t tee has alrea n dy discussed and
elaborated the subjeet, - .find qve reported . a
- bill ;:.; and. that ; as far as. respect any • amend
meats\ to the ;s.enitte hill, they "can ..be offered
in Conimittee of ! t, he Whole .on .the \ state .of
the Union -with :is much facility asihk \ going
through the eircnitous course of refernngthe !
bill to k the 'standing Committee on Territorti, !
of again" having it placed: on theSp'eaker's ta \
! ble, iind,.after nifich delay, again restoring it
to precisely the position in :which it, is to-day.
. 'As respects the motives which are insinu
ated' by the Chairman of the
° Committee
a n omitst trio for making this' motion, I. 'desire
' , to have it understood,thitt.7 havetnaintained
the great principle of alldiving to the people
of every .organized community • or Territory
the . rig - ht it' fornifor themselves the ldws tin-,1
de.r,which diet' are to live,' and which .are to
operate upon ill:lir happinesa and !prosperity
front the! out•-et f the atteinpt to ingraft :the.
Wilinot ProYisolupon the Territories, iri 1 8 4 7,:
up to this thne ..; and I . deny..that ;there is a,
gentleinan ow the: floor, coine front what guar-.
.ter:tif the Unionllie inay,'WhO nione . , sincerely
and l 'inoip ticvot4fily ~,green to 'that principle'
than I . have hitherto :and; now dO. It is a
matter that is plain t o o every man of. practical
cotrimun.• sense, -that the peOple of the Territory
"of Oregoil, for instance, are better ',able to Os;
vise: with intelligenye and diacrethin the laws;
itn(ter which they ate to! live, andl - by' which
'they; arc to be regulated; ! than the peOple of
the State ; of Newirork or, of New Hampshire,:
or of any other remote country, either directlY.
or through their ItePresentatives in their lo
cal I..egislatures,l or in this body, dan poisibly
framefor iliem.[ :31y doctrine is,l that good
sense -anti .sound, vrinciFile 'require. that we
should leave to thosp who live in the Territo
ries.,-7as, fur exairiple, the people lof Oregon,
or. Washingtorito.ithe! intelligent... occupiers
of thOSe remote . find distant districts full lib
erty to mould their!. own - inunicii)::l 'regula
tions and -their 'Own idomestic: institutions in
their own manner, aitd in the way Which their
own experience.aticl linowledge of the country;!
and of their own Inecessittes require; 'and
there • can be tie, reasonable doubt except in
the: view of fanatic's' lor political agitators, that
they will form. and frame laws forltheins.elves
better than anY, !We possibly - can 4ug.gest for
•. , 1
theta: : ,-,. - "
. - d ! ' • • [ ! * •
This bill frora the; Senate commends itself
to Me for another reason. It is - supposed to
embody and heye perfected the great and ear
d;illl" prineitito nf iertthijoe . front Congress,
and • transferring . to the people of the 'ferritp-•
ri4a,- the whole subject . of legislatitig. in favor
of or!ae-ainst the institution-of 'slavery. This
olie,
ct, if it can be attained, is of Ipararrionnt
and inestimabletconitquerice. 1.,• . !.. •.
in:"any, aspect of the case this 'aloft impo,r
-r! tat - it - hill. It meritsi i the deep consideration,
l . may say the Wiest anxious consideration, of
every member of this House. 'There arepro
, visions in it, as "I ha. Fe seen thent i detached
portions! in the Globe-Lfor the bil" itself has
.never been printed, ihat I am „,.... p of; except
recently, as 11. have" been told, in! the COlunins
of the Daily Gleb.e4there are p,r4isions in it:
which require to bel modified and amended
before, in, mY.opiniofi, it ought to.e.etire the
"support of - this IIons: .. That ikart;of it which
restrains th _ri,cflit'.(lf suffrage; ,-Wilich takes
from' the hardy Tion4i and the' enterprising
settler that whiCh the people of Illinois, of In
diana, of Wisconsin,i and, J . believe, Of other
western States , ;have deemed adYis.able" and
found, to . be !an enli,i7lttened policy; that .of al
lowing the right of isnffrage to aliens who.
haye declared-their intention to become citi
zens, and . who. have taken an Oathito.:support
the Constittitiott,ofthe United. States.and the
.provisions of the,!Teftiterial act."in My opin-
ran such. personal, settlers in and snbditers of a
wild! and retn9te'rekion, "ought to be entitled
not Merely to - the right to acquire land, but
to participate in thej," councils •Of !their new
born Territory, and to have a voice in a. got- ,
ertiment whichiouches . so nearly!theiritrime-
diate and deareiit-perOnal interests:, This bill
shotild go to the Coinmittee of the Whole; in
order that
. ft ! may", - at all °Yenta,. in that re-
spect, be amended ; ',for I undertake,to say,. ! that the peOple'_,of the free States:twil insist
upon the right Of
„stiffrage in favoriofthe set
tlers!!.as a atrie qqd non, without Which this !
bill 'ought .not,.and I think :cannotipass. •' ' i
lifit, Mr. Speaker;: whoimis it (hat the 1
right of fully discussing this ineaiure is de
mended I' • Who are 'they who, afeerit is did
ponied - of,,are - . toitiket the brunt oft he Contest I . '
Arelthey the "liieeple!of the South, 'where -ap
parently all are ! 'unied in favor of !Al or will .
it' be the repreaentAtives of the 'free States,
who,- are hereafter. ti...go'be.fore their people
andijiistify; - their 'vo tes Upon. tbiti oecasion I
ItiVe are to stein the entrant of ;fanaliciam
upeti the fields Where the hattlealare to be:
fought, 04e
1 we full 'scope and "am
ple opportunity! to place our view, before the
peeiile." Ofgte North; throug h the. isiediurn ;of
the Committee-of. the
.W
the . .'When we as
sert:to 'them that the great prineiptea of civil
and! cOnstitutiotial rights,—the :great princi
ples' of popular kovernment4-are Itsibrteditind 'l vim:heated by this bill, sliali we . net have the !
usual opportunkty of. eicaininifierdiscusaing, 1
and amending -it in the COmmititie of: th*
:Whole 1
. . ,
T4oubta have:been thrown out' !whether 'Or.'
not the principle of non-intervention is really
embodied in this .bill !;: and !.whether, by the
prOyiso of Mit. BADGEfi, iyhieh i realy• hereafter
become as celebrated as that of Witni4,-16
doctrine of . intervention - by: is not,
found lurking an.l active. ! • I "'"' . ''' '
. These are matters Which lido 'hot propose'to. examine 'or !discuss at preserit . !;. but 'the
mere &e t that there are different +Pilaus iiti.:
ra..theeenstruegon of the bill in." ! thiti'restiect,.,
denionstrates . the propriety auct.theAndispeii;-'
Balite, necessity Qt. a :C11:1C, - seVere,:tind therOugli;
examination of its Provisions, ! , ..'). ts - . -
The Senate lns sentf . 0' tini - a litl 'Aiiiiitie . c . aK
41641'0000614 efivelopol in . a . ,. ultit 6 4 . o
t i p
words : , with: tifrateneee' . - tirgitirien •'
tatii 4 ,ithi l
tenses o,xplairatery," . .afid with proviso-in the'
bur den, wi,i , ...(1 - . ' . .hict: merit ita lithor - !tow.
..
supposes' - that it means nothing
,in the
world Plain men, who are not astute law
yers; beeome.bewildOed in the midst of this
multitude of wordS and accuniulation'of son=
tences . . [Theycoinprehend• distinctly that -
when this Territory was ceded to the-
United,
State, there were Jaws-supposed. to, eXist,l ,o r regulatiOns - and 'CuStems :which • :originated
'with the former owners, - the,. Spaniards and
Vrencli, 'hy whichisiriVery was recognized find
Protected as an eistitig . and valid institutinir. -
Theses. laws and it 4w .;iiStiges *ould still .lia4e
prevailed, but for the eighth SectionoftW act.
In relation to the kidinission efilissour i i as. a
State:: This section was prePoSed to 'le' s re
: pealed by the Senate; in order to remove any
and all )egislatioli b4i Congress; so as to leave
this Territory in thelsame condition as if it
rieVer interfered.l :If Congress had never
interfered,Of course the French and Spanish
laws ivOuldnew - preyed there. - r. .
In 114 s• posture of lailitirs Mu:: Biknoett \pro- ;
posed ail amendment, which Was carried I t . , 'hy
which it was' declared that the system which
existed (and but forlthe intervention of Con
gress!would still hae existed ). prior to 1.810
shall tint be revived or pia in - force I' What
is this but the aboli ion by Congress of- the
/
Spanish and•Fretien i law., Is not this: Con
gressionalintenerence and- congressional kg
islatieni against slatery I Thus plain Men;
who Can appreciate a` fact, find- that if this
bill shall pass, laws 'which wei e . in • existence
when the -Territory came into pos...ossien of the.
UnitedlStfites, rind Which recognized and pro
tected Starer)s in the Province of LoUisiana,
are,. by the action of Congress, by the BADGER
proviso; rendered inOperative and of no iforce
ot.effedt. l Plain men see that in" i'Bo3; the -
lawilund 'customs Mien existing recognized .
the - Condition of slavery, whilst in 1854 . C0nr,
gresS pkopOses to deelare' that they' shll not
1.,
be . deerned; to be an in iforce. -Cit be enied
That ;,this is the effeet of Congressional a don I
'or can it be pretended that the BADGER : pro
yiso 'means nothing! , -: ..
• If:we mean to -declare the principle of non-
intervention,. let us'do it and tarry it out. . i
ask - agitin . how it happens,' -if this Territory
came intoour possession with, slavery.' recog
nized and Irotected within its 'limits, that,
now; in the year 1854,4 this . bill paw in[
its preSenOiliak these provisions are obliter-I
ated? rlf it should:appear,.tiponialo.s and'
careful eintriinatiorivf the bill; that - ,it ' does.
extinguish and .oblitert the; lawssind . „ cus!.l
toms prevailintin it a t\h e time of its cession,l
why then :ivehave the priciple Ofinterven,9
1 don upon the verylace of the -bill. If tho
_who deny this power to Cone; si; are conten
.to necibiesecin its exercise, th e uestiOn may
Ibe euieted by the snrrender of th rinciple.
\
Ne*, sir, an my opinion, the people: of th
North understand but little of the reakresul
of thisl bill ;. and, therefore it is that • fte\hav
had petitions pouring in upon us ofenojinouli
bulk,_, containing. -thousands of names-;-.-ai
have had clergymen, separating themselves ai:t
a •d istiect; class from - the rest of the cominuni .:
ty, undertaking to ;denounce this bill. ' Sir, .TI
will .venture to-say. that not One .of :these - gen - 1 '
tlemeu, respeetable;us they may be
,in their
,proper sphere- and in their apprepriatecalling •
leas eVer oven,rend ;the bill_ which Igiew mov 1 1
to refer to the Committee of . the Whole . on'
the .State of thiYUiiiOu; • ,
Mr..; Speaker;i l l' Say., that, if men at th
Norte' will th row aside their fanaticism, the{
prej dice, and their political aspirations, an
will stop . for alnoment-their noisy -agitutior;
and Igi•ve to this biltd:Tair-and. candid' :exam,
ination, they must :irresistibly. conic, to . the
conclusion that it is, ik its results, and in the
future; the best measure for the Nerdy that
has eiier been tendered. It'is the Senth that
will find, in the long run, that, so far from Lee-,
itig beneficial to them, it will be, :when ap-'
plied ig le; future acquisition's, the mast) fata l
measni
re that, as yet, has been- proposed, . a -
suming that the BA E
DGR proviso i&.' retain .
e
It is eminently a; Measure favorable to the
North'.; and, upon a full and • fair discussion,
in my, humble judgment, it can be proved to
be so.i '. - . : • • -- 1 s
But the' gentleintm from Illinois , says that
if the ;bill be referred ; to the COmmittee of the
Whole on the State 'of the Union' I
-We sha
!
never 'e able to - reach it.: Why, sir,- we a 1
know ,l ithat when we are in Committee of te
Whole, by a hare - simple majority of 'vet ' ,
every `bill upon the Wender preceding it m a'-
be laid aside until :we reach it; . and surely,.
if there ie not strength enough to command a
majority iii Committee of the - Whole' to lay
'aside other bills for the purpose of taking .up
this one, it is idle and a loss- of time to .diq:L
cuss it elsewhere..; . ' '•
\ 1 ' I
• - `Sir,( this has - become a grave aid serio us
questibrr. How it :happened to become so, is
a - matte.' r ofllo consequence for us now to i
quire i,r examine into, but since itS, introdul 7
tion into Congress ;the North would seem' to
have Taken up arms. and to have become .eT
cited into a sort.of Oka -insurrection.' Ne_V
ertheless, the p rinciple . of non-intervention by
1 congress, in te matter of slaveri, and the
1 right kf the people of the Territories to filmic
'their -Own laws, are Sound and . juit: .There-1
tore . if is that I desire full • disetission, and.
abov, all, that when we•deal' ; with a sub' • t
• which enlists the sympa thies and feelings - f
•-
men SO deeply, we ' should avoid re verythn .
- like the iippeaillTlce,of legislatite man a - genie I, • :
Or of parliamentary 'tacties. They do not ' •
1 1 .
'long to a case of this magnitude. 'They di -
parage it, and detract from its eharactei . ;
they give rise to unjust suspicions ' of •unfr
play, and there are enough of there abro d
already. • I say, therefore, that We, musthave
full, frank, and candid discussion. 1 • , • :,
We must 'bring ;this bill, by amendment, o
a proper shape, is the Matter to' which I ha e
already referred • and gentlemen more imm -
diatelY interested,: must . ascertain. for them
selves; whether the' BADGER previso' does Or
does not involve the 'principle of Conkression
al interventiOn . .• On:that po:ii . Ot lam notpik..-
pared! to offer!a decided Opimon ; ' but I. 'mist
,
say, that the m orel I have thOtight of it, and
the More l• have ; reflected On it, in•my opin
ion it!does conceal and contain •Ithe . princi
ple of intervention, by Congress{.. 'lt d.des
.profess to' declare; 'that laws which 'existed ;tat.
the tinie this Territory came into this Unifin
shall hotbeyerived or put in - force. If that
bc:so l then the principle ofintervention lilts
in -;th is bill. • 's 1 •:- • - •' ''•
, ,
1 , Portrailts and, Illisuoin
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j Itloney, either:in gold or solyeat bills, may 1;0 ,
Bfely sent by Mail, ,to John . Livingston, 141:
roadw a y, New York. to - wtoin all co:manakin.
ons in regard to the piablication must he siti.
dressed. . - ~• , . - - 1
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zefas 'Meeting. ' i•
At a Meeting of the citizens of Susquehati.
ila. County, opposed to the ~" Nebraska Kan
kas Bill",held at the N. Y; dr E. Hall in thi,
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Borough of Stisquehanna, - on Thursday the
~Gth inst., -Stephen Fiazier of Oakland w. 4
chosea Trem ant, Robert H. - McKuhe 4
Susque name, A. Meyers of Harmony, and
br. 11. A. Tingley of Susquehanna Vice.hei, -
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'dents; and Samuel Brash Esq.' of:Oakland • -
Secretary. ' • - '. • ~, • 1 1
tOn motion a committee of five persons weto i .
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ppomted, by the President, to draft temallii
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twins expressive o f - the sense o? the Meeting.
Luring the absence of catittnittee, tV,3,. °
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rtieeting-As-aS ably addressed, by Eld. Hills Of
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i bi Jackson. The committee noir repor ted -
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Ilthrough their chairman L. P: Hindi*. of
ISuSq., the following resolutions, whicliiweie - •
iunanimously adopted. 't -I ,
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Whereas a bill has been introduced into the •
'councels of the Nation organiiing. that country
, west of the State of Missouri, and uorth 'of the
p are ilo of 34 deg. 30. min. into ttu3 Territories
of Nebraska and liansas,--deny" loyeigneirs .
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',the rights of suffrag!..exeept on y - Areviderie
• within said- -territories, abrogating the - soleQ D
treaties of this' government with the Indian trite .
;Ulthin said borders-azd repealing the great cote.
promise cf 1/320 known as the Malian"' eotivio.
wise. Therefore, , . .
Resolved, That we beliete persons catehig4n
a'foreinti country and settlinw in the wild uncial. -
tivated m territories shld earry within the Nettie
all the rights of citize hip inas tieh . --as they •
ort ti
had heretofore exercised those ri is in other
territories n bleb 'are notate f elifs Unien.•
Resolred,Thnt we - view with ' eep - cone . ol
this attempt to trample on the rig! to of - the poor
untutored Indian and deem it un ortby_the,ne
tion on great and free, people: i I
Resolved,
.Thot Gen; Sam. HouSton of Tease
has our svainiest thanks for • his.eble opposition - -
of the Neb‘ska 'Kansas Bill in Ole. rebuke ,h• -
gave S. A; Ponglaii of 111, foi his - attempt 'ls
break the blighted faith of the nation in her tree.
ties with the Indian tribes dwelling within .th• '
limits of said - territories., '. .' ,
Resolved, That we deem the attempt to re.
peal the Missouri compromise is a breach of a
most - solemn compact between the Slave and '1
non.slavehcitding States, a repudiation of an'ii. .
greement under the seal of the ation,giveUin I
the hands of her most distingnis r ed statesmen i
and acquiesced in fora period of 4 yearn. . .. -
Resolved, That having the fullest confident, in
the integrity-and ability of lion. G. A. Gzeivoire
call (in him to use all means he-may deem prop. • 1
er to Idifeat the Nebraska Kansas rm. - ~
Relsolred, That the spirrit of aggression of the
'illaveJ tnonopor, the attempt of slavery to`cen.. .
tret , the gove ment, the repts3hition of - the ital..
ems agreements, comPaets and compromises' by
this ;Monster Aristocratic monopoly, slavery and •
the eorreptiog inflane,eof Slavery - on the litre.
awns feprealtatives, threatens a subversion ef
'the rights en, liberties of IS Indian tribe., of alt -
foreigners s tiling in the territories and the
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white toiling Millions of,,lhe North:- the Swath.
the' West , an, Eastern States, and is to be ,de,
ploreid b y . ev TY loier , of his countq, of freed°,
tiling
and lot' God. . , -
Reiolred, That in view of the abominable oat.' --
ragevie are constrained to warn • all those repro.
senting a free constituency\to - beware how they
listen to thet,seductions of power, the smite of
ambition, or the blandishmetits of !nonentities
but to'remember they repreyientlhe industry,not
the ectitital of 'the 'eonntiy,tuidfrenen not slew. •
Resolved That while we f r nbhor'detest and 01.
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terly repudiate the principle of extending slavery .
, over.free territory, of breaking Indienlreaties,*"\
denying the validity of. solemn. agreemen* iii
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°rescinding foreigners 'from soffrage:; yetere ,
heartily and war ly thank those Statesmenl whe
have been true too freedom, their country; td Jai,
- lice and to - God ! - •\
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. By tjie request of the meeting L. P. Hinds-a
E5q . .,1.1k,_ . s t Upp" r t of the resolutions addressed -
the peoPle at length 'reviewing- .the ':-*bole
history of the compromises between Freedom .
'and SlaYery--givin., 0.. a vivid picture of Slave
ry., as it now is, and- as it was in' the-days of
Jefferson and Washington, earnestly exhort
ing free - men to' wrest
. the -government-front ~,,
the hands of'this now monster .aristocratic
monoply m and . bring: it back tot , he early ?Ili
cy of its founders. Robt. H. M c Ku n e , IV
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Blakeslee, -M r. Skinner also made remarks in . •
opposition to the Nebraska Bill. ,
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Atter a motion to publish the proceedings
the meeting adjourned. ' •I ,
• STEPHEN FRAZIER, President.
SAylVEl43Rtiiii,
1111511 tirania ftoiitaturt,
SENATE.—=The Senate took -up on their
nal passage, the joint resolutions ,against the
repeal of the -Missouri Comprotnise. •
Mr. McClintock spoke at some length in
favorOf the resolutions. . „. • .
Messrs..E. W. Hamlin - andlatirison follow
ed in opposition to them, -4 •
The question was. then taken, and the res
olutions passed finally—yeas,lB, nays 15,the
vote being the same'as -that an second read
ing yesterday. --
The Senate then preeeedectto the corgi&
emtion of the s bill'ptoiribiting the tame haw .
tosicating liquors... •
The eight -section, Mating to the search
of private dwellings was restored in a modi
fied form, and adopted-=yeas 20, _trays
The . thirty-one gallon elauie was struck
.out of the bill. ,
A new seetiott. was offered submitting the
question to a vote - ortlre people. •
• The question on the . antesxlment still pea:
The Senate adjourned:
Afternoon Session.-44 Senate re-aasest•
bled at 3 o'clock, and 'resumed- the pqnsider
ation of the bill to prohibit the traffic in in
toiicating liquors. 1" '
The section subm!tling thelenforeement of
the law to-a- vote of the , people, was opposed
by )feeins. Evans, Price, Buekalew • and oth•
Messrs..quiggle.'parsie, Crabb, Hautiltoz•
Kunkel, and Others.-- advocated the amend
ment, and
_it- was . ..finally adopted—yeas 91,
nays 9.
The bill then passed•second second, ,
A motion vies ntaile to suspend the rule,ana
that the bill be read It third.time, but it ea
lost—ayea 19, nays 13. 7 .4wck4hirds 'feting la
the affirtnativ,el '
The Senate adjottrited.
• Ilovsn.—SeVeral unimportant' Ile
reportedi
A hill was read in place to authorize, the
GPvernor to 'self she ,
wo r ks of the
State•to' the Zennsytt*rtin Railroad CerePst
p3f, and to authorize t . he. - Company to rm.
base the Harrisburg ` and . Laneester
•road:E • 0/
The it thet tookup on third ren ding
the bill lointlibit the 'traffic in intexiciitipt
ligiiors: ;x
The twevlous 01000(6 W , lts eitik and do
final plum- it of flin—bill'being rat, the MI
passed--yeas 80,:nnyn . 44, _
*lgrs. etirikle. Hart 'Hillier Minderia,
MArCh