,--- i .
la sulficient„bis for a Ifonni
forauizaticin.- - ,But when tat
I s% t ii tion2d
.rtgicits. are vrol opted
i of a country, legislaiiinticts,
a strong and
ri ': universal sen
m enduing' political Orgaiii
ic sentiment, of ; the ls.lortli in
'cry being deep and general,
up legislative issues to. egin-
ilien becomes it:formid:ible 0 %
I 1
Lilted in. the canvass oft. 1848,'
•
banding the strength aid pow;;
eratic party, its standard-bear
down on: an issue sin4lar to
now forcing .upon,thei coun
that resnit in no spirit; c cx
-1
it, -for I was then one tof tliv
..s of the veteran Statesnitin Of.
after giVing my beSt jettorts,
re ealivais, to
,his ~sucts," it
1 heart I received his tinat, do,
sentiment is\noti
dable political ol
irinciples of con
n the legislatioi
combining with
thnent, may forr
zations. And' tl
reference• to sla
when you force
bine with it, it
ement„ as iiliisti~.
when, votwithst,
er of the Demoe
er was stricken
the one 'you are
try. I refer to f
siltation' or, tad s°
ardent supporte
Michigan ; and
during the entit
*as with a sad
63at.-,, . - - i• -
-. • 1
i
, In that. cant •ss New llaintaire ma* the
• only northern.. State. in Which the \Vh , r I and
Free-Soil . vote did not-ex . crud the I)elin'X'ratie.
And who that knows anything of the 1 real
sentiment of tk North, does not ' belieye that.
combination. would be augmented a IMUdred
fold on this iisne: For-then the.Wltigs Were
divided in Sentiment on the.slavery (preition,
'now they are a lunit. . And the .-organization
of the Democratic perry having:lost tliot of
its power over• Voters, must under tIrN issue;
go into a hopeless iniatiriti; in.. the nOrthern
titateK The two hundred and ninety, one
. thousand voters, who in
.1848• separated from
their old political a'ssociat'es and partPprgan 7
izations, to i leadi a forlorn hope, would:in! 'my
judgenient,-whe i again mustered into Servive
. become, .instead of guerrillas, a standrng• ar-.
any to Strike down the I staff .:officers - .of. thin
Democracy on this issue; as they.did in 1 . 848.
The same .conseipieneeSlit seems to me; Must,
be the result. Not haVuig approved i of. the.
Movement/at thlat
,timif,ll therefore speink-Of it,
freely "•as'pltiloopiny teaching, by
.eiinnple."
But, sir, as an earlyland 'constant Mend of,-
this Administration, .I i "desire, the defeat 'of
this bill; for its .passage will, iu my ...judge 7
meta, inSure,, beyond a 'doubt, an anti-Adiuiii
istration majority in the next Congress. As
. ... •
.nn earnest and ilevoted.friend of the. 'Deino
. cmtie party, to)rwhielitl have cheerfUlly give
my best energii_s's fromearliest politieal action,
lesire the deftat of this bill ; for its passage_
' wI I
blot it out as a national organization, and
leaving but a n j •reClz. in every north .ffn State,
it Inill live only in history. As, a lover' of
" peace, harmony; and fraternal concord among
the Citizens' of the Confederacy, and as a de
vetee at - the shrine of this Union, with all its
precious hopes to Irian, - I desire the, defeat,
,of -
. this. bill ; for its passage will tear open Wounds,
not yet healed, lacerate 'spirits already fren •
tied, and ." the, bond of conthhinee uhldi
unites the two ections of the Unto'} wilt be
rent asunder, aid years ofallienailen and
,un
kindness-may-intervene before it can 'be re- ,
'stored, if: ever to its: wonted tenacity and
.
strength.. • ..- • - -
I I
- I would say in all ; kindness t 6 thejlepte- '
sentatives of tW,southinPon this floor, tint if
you would strike down the true men. of the
North who haveever ; with.manly inti6xibility,
• maintained your constitutional rights
vo ag,aiiSt
all fanatical ass.lults, n have but _ - Ito '
passage - , 1 _
upon them the of this bill at a polit
ical
ical issue ; and. When,. by your own deliberate
act, you have violated a compact. oflifreenioni, ,
entered•into in good faith by.. your flfliers for
thesettlement of coitiictin g !interests;pbse r ved
by, them while living,,:and maininined as such .
by all s.ections;Of the Union for Moid than - a
third a - of century,you will have destroyed the!
last breakwater drat standsbet ween.von rights
and
~thesurgt df nerflern .Aboli.tio,uism ;and .
having thereby ingulfed 'your friOds, you
must•be content to bam-your own ..nbsonis - to
ita heaving' billows. Is' - a reekles.4 indiffer
ence ' , on - yonr,lielnalfito the deep seated con
. vietions of the northern mind the I . part .of
....wisdoin ? Iseit for your interest to Ihisin into
• a frenzy en an abstraction that
„you - '.418im . .t . p.
be 'of rip kactierlF bonefit.r. -F6r whet; though
you repose in akaucied sc.curity,lliatslasa-last
resort, you have a. remedy against Rill aggres
sions, real,or initginary,' in
..a dissolution: of
the U.nion? ' 'II - elv*4d you Aerii - 4 i greater
sectitity.bf making the Ohio river, instead 'of
the Niagara, thel line tedivide slave from free
territory? .I.low would it rerider,your prop :
.eriyany more secure 4 'fixing a 'Meridian
line as anationo ' -bolndary along the very
bonlers . of- - your print limits ?
Sfienrity, sir i 1 a dissolution of thiS Union:
It wbuld' be the.lseenrity of . the maiden• . who
condeali in her bosom the poignard than in
the last-extremity is to take her own life, after
it has
.drank . th Ilife-bloatf4 the riggress.or.—
It.weirld be the security of the - -strong man
who, laying hold - on the pillaize of,Gaza, bur
ied himself wits 1 liis.foes in a common ruin:
It is-the sec.nritYl of despair, enveloped in dark-'
_ness and woe. ' For - if ever -the starry. ...banner
of this Union shall cease to float—the emblem
. of a united Coirfedraey—the last hope of the .
oppressed will go out in darkness; and a pall
of midnight glom will hang over his future.
If ever yonder eagle, torn.by faction and strife,
shill fall rent ; .aral dismembered, it will :be .
the knell of merf i s politcal -- rig.hts„ the death
sigh of liberty 'o 1 earth. If • ever,. in our . na
tional disasters,lthis event shall fall Upon . ' us,
humanity will..eshionded in mourning,,and
gloom will pall the - flitUre of man.
li
The Americaniis, therefore, bound to this
Union• by the glories of, the past'and the hopes .
of-the future, bY thelove which be bear -to
hi‘offspring,,and the sympathy that throbs:
ward' in the heart, of than for the woes Of his . .
race. : The Consl'itution and, the Union of
If'. •
- *Se States, the :proudest Monument , ever
reared to the Wiadoni of man, and if ever folly
or.fanatieism shrill lay it in the dust,freedmia ;
heaVing'ller lasilsigh, May wing her way back
. from earth to h Yen: • 'Strike .out this ;last
beaeon light, - thi polar star to . giiide the 1 - 13
4tical mariner o -er the troubled watersofrev
elution • and • re rui, and his . tempest-tohsed
hick, dismantle & and Tudllciless, will sink be-1
neatV the wave:lntid thewinds of heaten*ill
hear 'to the end' of the earth the wailino of
despair as they owe up from crushed human
ity. But,-sir I arbor no such idootny 4ore
hoding,s for tie tore of my conntry and raCe.
I trust in God at when the angel shall, take
.his plae?., with .ne foot upon the land and the
other - upon the a, to proclaim the world that
lime •is-n , N lon a , =r, the bin p er that waves so
proudly o'er us • lay will stilf float out with
its proud `motto, ascribed upon its folds in le
tersuf living lig t. . - , 1
Sir, this is tli I only :element of discord dr
,cau: . ever.sunder d bonds of this Union; it
there is one - me od to ren ler eren this liar
less.. .And -that s, faithfully to' observe Ai
the compromi and reconciliations ofits coU
fllets, - and hence oral banish it forever , fro
these galls.
• .EGOTION OP' OPPICERS OP 71= GRAO
Lona*or ODD 'ELLOWs.- - Thee late electio
for offiCer of ih Grand Lodge of the hal
liendent Older 'o Odd Tellow. of Pelmaylia,.-
- nyt, resulted as - follows : •••• '
Groftlfaster—qiionlas Helm. • '
DCIJOtr' - Gialid Mtister—Lealeb V. Wright. I
Grani'llituden*Dr. Francis Condie.
tiia 13eiretarir-Wto. Curtis.
- F:—', F.., Knox Morton. •
Grand Re:lireiett r ative—Wm. Lambert. -
'We . are itifored; that. tle contest was
contested in the election. •of Grand
SOcreturv, aiid 4.1 tileiefore . re the rote cast
for - h.otli e :candidate4. - Ctirtig, 1228 Mr.
131.itrant, 1109: . - • •
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tit
i For
WILLIAM /I' IGLER;
. .. ,. 1 OFCLEA.IOI.3I4) .C0L7.1:11%.'
-1- - For in ' ilge oliSiiitreitie Copm:4 '
1 - -,
• AREMIAtt• BLACK, i
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• . .. 1_ -; ;,HENRY S. MOTT, '
•. ,
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tins !dip
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under particular obl i
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for
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1, A r.4.: cl' l he report that Col. I , rollout and
is a
tty I d. ,Perished in . the Rocky Mountains is
1 ,
in9Orrect.lHl Ile arrived h iii . New. - . York last
NV - 00k. 1 . 11 the '`..Nortllern i . Light And left, for
Washitifiien to lay out RtnaP 4 of his e*-11'1°ra
.t!.1 1' : , •1 , .i
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.1, ie free soil St:del:Convention In pt. at
Tiltsburg-laSt Tnday W
es't,>ek. 1 , 40 'delegates
1 •- . , .
- . i . ~-, , ~.. -,-,.
were present. .1.. , ..kvin Ports. of ,Cliester eotin
. ,
ty !Was nominated for GOvernor, G. B. 4R113-'.
Dtli of Allegheny for (anal •
.confinis'sThitet,
and - I Wni., 3t.Sitptinssca, of. Mercer for Su.
•1 , i s. • .•. ' l l' ~ • • ; •
preme Judge. •. -i' Id - - - i •
•!.AI • i ' 47 ---18 " -: : .+-•---- .- ; •
Jln tOl,ilais \ pap(*lwc•ptiblish 2Cveto
L ‘ . , y . . 1
.111 e sage from Gov. BIC 1 1 14!1, 1 o 'iv h kit we in- j
rite the attisntion . of `` the',. 'people,' We think'
theldover4. has hitit'With all Iliii; 142-,i4
;-- - \
and that lid teas laid it l dlii," a_ dead , cOckj
in - the pit.,'",. -• .i . ; •'... : ..• ' . 1
• ' f
The Bill waslthis : S.Lveral railroad •Coin-'
p.i ines and blink cerpt
1 t ations were proSecu
ilfor a vi oi , atiOn• Of the Small note-I:1W, at
c.
seVeral 'tli#erei4 tithes; , A. Bill
, Was .passed
eci4olidating the several . offence into.: One
• i dig tn i h - t .
al l oereby the :payment! .of but: one
-
pdnalty: . 1 7 [ I - •
. , • . . . • ,
.q.:ft The . lSAraskit Bill as ,
the liiiiise pasrd , tk..enath l.
night, The 'folh>wi ng iwas \ !the . vote on_ en
n.rosine,' Bill. T 4 Yeas. and nays, :Were
0
not {ordered On its pas, • ls ' " '
1 ,
~,,, 1
.;
. leas-Mess,m. Atetia,on, Badt . oer., Benja
iniii;.l3l.4:),clhel-id,l llrowit; -Butler,. Cas4, clay,
-Da‘iison,.DoUglas, Fitit,atrick, G win, Iftinter,
Johnson; lone. , : i klowali Jones, (Tenn.) Mallo 7
ry, Mason', Mertbn,.lllfrris, l!earyp, Pettit,
Pratt,..-Ruk, SehastiantSiiields, v Slidelt„ Stu
• artl,.l Thoi
, f
s psea; (liy.)l Itlioinfvsen (N., .1::).
Toriiiibs, 04,e,v; Welli ' i• WilliainS, Wright.
AYs-4,7443. Alley, Bell, Cl.-.-,ia ClaVtob,
Fish,lF.Ocite,..Gileite ' . lianilin; - Jati4.‘s, Seward,,
Suniiher, Wade, Wa11:41 • : :-r ''‘
• • , .
. - Innuediatelvi on till 1 1 - )si,:pge: a salute _of
one huud tied r*li is Wasifired I front ' the Capi
tol g
- - 1 • •• r'
;
rounds. Tie penile - kill' fire a;salute
sect. betoher that 911 inAlc, , ; the Capit.cil
slialiletolti fonzilaiion • • ; '
• : • 177, 1 •C1 >--- r . , --- , -- .
1.,
1 ... . : All Abolitionists.
. • I - i i, • ; i • . •
~. During {the dtseussibin in the 'United States
I'l•ite last week on th Neliraskaj.l3iil eon
. .•.-, - -" •; ' - 1 I.
eir-ring in.! the' ' , .1_ , ,.,_,,... , ;-I'/. ,, .. , -,
Mr :11, milk a eorgia ,CA itiefollowinglan-
glitele in r'ePIY: ti' . Mr.B.i.t. Of Tennes4;ee Who
opp+d the Bill . : ... , ... .. . .
"lie had nOt , 14eu able vet to see what .
reason hall kienigiVen 1.. r the Senator! for v 6-.
tine; 4,laino, ibelbif4.:": - • The Senator spoke jef
alarm ndiagitation at! the North; This was ,
alfoge forl i ,the act of . Abolitionists. ',lt had ,
1 1
no , t#ror for those gallant Men from the North
who ivot4fOrithisThill. 1 SUChexeuse: would,
lie no vii44atien for al,'ennessee Senator.—
The, - iboli_tionistS. were laughed .at at home
and teVerVivliere else." ' . l, .1 1 i , ... .
i 1 • '
• -We pr+irnethe honorable Scriatorbeliev
-0 and relit ,Wlii
i.t, he uttered. • We have no
.401114 that t' 6' ',great majority cif Southern
ruluat Was iington really feel that the pep
',
pie ; ref thelN
t rtli care nothing for 4.114 repeal
of-he - 31iSscrbi ClimprOniise----Care :nothing
for the infringement of .',northern • rights eon
tai raij in ili, Bill—care \ 0
nOthiniT! 'for the
:faith , essiies i s :fth,ose Representatives,. Who have
turn 1101(4 ack - f\ on the free spirit and man
., -
ly sttirrient .of !the' tiorth-4-efir.e nothi ng
• t• .
though th l . ree•labor,or the - north shall be
.- • '
pro:Ana - ed. by the defiant, anit'af the geiieral
1
governrrie!t,,larid degraded by reVoltingassO- 1
ciations th the - negro race; in its hard struts- 1
•
-, 1 1 - • • - - ,
gle tp rna 1 e Ifor itself, a; home On 'this earth.
\V.'' do notidonbi 114. they believelaud•feel,
• ' 1 i. !.I h '' of • '
all this for wit i t a onesty. purpose on
their, part its" is \na.ural • enough that they
1 !! • ••
should .so believe..; I 'The conduct of A portioti
il.
i • 41 .
tatiires o , ,
the Bepreonf ith e . ik; - •ofthlendsthe
uthern Mind astray an4.coMpletely. blinds
•14 all Ifrue northern, sentiment. They
b :and as Mere AbOlition fanaticisur•inything
lila,' .t - disposition ttl stand forthe ititera4i of
• l• r
the'litorthe)Tit eople; thug misleadinrilentirelY,
• ! • • ! , • • - 4t , ,'
.so fay a : t ie preseut. ex.e . itement is cOncerned
the Minds. of Southern Wien.', .. The tittle is rap
-1
1- 1 , I, '., . ! •' . • .i.• -
rap
idly approphing,. when thr.s abuse- will:fully
i . ,
appear. I . The elections aPproShiligirillshoW
theldonritily what •nortliern'ientiinent is . a 4
it.'Lvi!lt dO in lftnre. I: We kii i nw, (l and
.- what;. 1 i • . 1 • . .. •' -
will-assert tat the l 's 1; of, b e i ng ., e4 di e • a i l
' • 11.•1
Abohtiolust, that;, spirit 'iS roused no*. in
I 1 • '
the rTorthert Staies "Etich as .l-never ,b6"o're . has'
, , . ,s , .
existed. l 1) e'kuOir thatthe • mass,Of
'those,Enen--
who Iclo'ibe i,•otiniz:--feel as' - 'tliey have
•] . • • , , "'. , - --
... . .
neve fell.. before.. II) e know that they h are
Bete I Mel, that the . .dav of. resistance has
coat i
- fullyl, and tVai they •haie iesoli;ed,—
i n
Y lt:*e we till take la stand We know that
they[haVe•llieqUier t ed: in the' past in much
which .they{ &It wrong; tr. 4 they. mere allred
with; the hope; thati alit' "final settlement". ' aa
, ,
corm, and l'eli, justly: thatiome sacrifices "'re
due front I 4iri.t . ,!O hr i ing! - peaCe to. the CO&
Fr nud.re to pm , public mind:), ,Feeling .o,4o
thus.aud
.beeiiy!tha ' Wk . - . ?reat.- political
parti e s. were -maki rig' t . mt , settlement a touch
stop ._of riolitii failb, they. felt doubly as, - -
~.
au _ d , anti! more fullfdeterinined on aegul-;,
it
*sc tive-.and •O#d faith:- - thev:!helib•ed the
- ~ - \
tutritind Come..At iait when the -slavery coia.
tiOy!.. T y - -,,4
niren4;!aid,sicki at heal,of
its attatoateini iits tai4eo, they,dici
the!curtait!Ofpeace, aliontl-1 them . and- .f, laid
down 'to pleasant dream" i - -!';
- -d• -- !! • !," • ' - -I
-.J - -,. I- .- ' - • ~
! 1 I.! • l
1 ! • , 1 ; . -.. . !
ate llominatio!l4
rnor,
antende4 by
•
ast 7111itii-sAray
...... t _____________
• Thliv lurebeLiii awakened by thospirit of
• 10 d • 1 ,
aggro6ion. . Instead -of a faithful -•acquies
cetteel On Ithe
,iatlier part, the first oppor
tunif ' hii:s-.been Sie\zeti tipon to open anew. the
;•
•
slave' y agitatimt, to breakup the. •...,..,oinpro
inisesi bylivhiell it had been quieted, an\l in 7
volvel did, eountry again in stack dna . 4is( - 20r 4 :k,
Feeling this they have losi all patience, --and\
l niathinpltheiri l Minth' to a desperate struggle
‘ t
; .outb reeve
risen; t ileceived by 'northern Tec_
antsonay ery]pOce, peace, but we tell them
in'§orroW, there is and' will be no_peace. The
great) pOlitical illeer ; lias become lacerated ;
'and torn till it Will no yield to no ordinary:
renieditithit will not heal. The eta el
of noith4rn Men • feel that. there is . no* no t
. ~ .•
security iilitit in ' resistance,---that a-point at 1
l i
Which r , lesistance shall; coinmence must be I
niathisoriewherei and .ifTniewhere must: be
here. ! Tliere will be but little exeitement,---1
little , an4ry diSenssion, but every man, feeling'
iinAwssed with )iii; duty to God arid his race;
with l ian iilmosie . olenin•tread, will go to the 14 F. , .
-budbal and deposit there. his quiet voice,l
and "tll4;uoicir: Will speak at. last in, tones of
\1 i
thunder, to the country and the wctld. 13e.- , '
fore the ides of November shall haVe passed 1 ,
jL , • - - . i
awrib every. Slate will have spoken,and • 1
I • i i - \ .
spoken to with the most. withering - rebitko—i
i .
W knoW it Mill be sii,veryinati lot blind
1 with fiinatie zeal cm' see) it in the .line light,l
1 . al'ti)lnglil• - tl4 ~W-Ould.riVc, r t the i i spending
bleu.eotild thtw , dO it xitli justice and right!
1 - .„ , , - I'l • • -; I
oni tneir Fide. I c erne it-must and come it
will,i--,tliocur i tairi: will be lifted, the whole
s - ce l 'Ue',, with all its dreadfnljconsequences Will
bOlpresent to 010 • view 11 of those who • have.l!
foOed itnponi tire. ,goun t 6•,- , --the seales will'
w
at; tit 01 front their eyes -ad light N ' 'N'llll
[
burst in upon'them. They will . filially! be 1 1
made to see. the 'difference between northern 1
1 r - I
Abolitionism aint northern rights,—betyreen /I
interference by northern men in the. righ L 1 ;; E
of I f tl4s..outli; and an Opet i - bold, and ni4n
ly i.leilanie Of! our own rights; and resistiniee
li
.to the! spirit of "ingression.
i
The
Post-Nnster G*lteral—A I"or-
trait.
1 '
.11 GFilena;Jefersonian, one of the ablest
deino4rOfe papers in remarking np
onilt4 pril.Fenf ith it facilities of the west,eon
ehfdeiA a follows; -
. ,
`jT le fruthisi the Post-Master General is a'
ra01,.1- reak - i»competclit man; as long as he
is :it t ie,-IteadKil' the departnient, the ,west
nevi& aspect no jUstiee. .. His Vision . does not
•exterif... outside of. Pen us . VlVan fa."
~
The Galena; editoi-liasifernied a pretty corl
i 'rect. idea-of tile- Post-Masfer• General t but he
lierr4, in one paititlar, if he 'wishes - to convey
the'ideaithati that functionary exte"nds his
vision -over the Whole bro:0 surface of Penn
! s;yltania.l A laff,re portion; of the democraey
of P, entisYlvattla pre blind Ito Mr: Campbell's
inditk and hei i 4 lilihd to thd.Wants and Wish
es cl' i f U . large portion, 6 . f Pennsylvania. Ik
lieloMis to a factien,.not to it - party, and he
f. 4.; . , . ,
squrs his conduct to his:pesition..
_1 ; 1;
1 e clip the' above front ? the•Demoervtie (P)
c. 1 -
Cil - o,' -It is wdll knonn ;to the Democracy
.
of Pennsylvania that. M. • c Amen ELL has de
vote 4 thd energies of his life:, politically speak- ,
ino-2tO the sncee'ss and welfar,s' of the . Demo
criticratic
c party. i dn<stinsliitie - iand Storm, carnet
in his attachment Co its . oripmization, suicere
in hiS devotion t 0 its principles, he has never
wan:•red.; llei,has held
Lc,lqing tsv
high position in the
partrrent
1. - ,
couifry-- . —;,s the ;most
responsible plaCe:iti Ilk. , Cabinet, and we'tn - 4st
& ; io
cot;fth4_tbat we dislike to see a man of ;; that.
eltariacter and Pt:Aition assailed thus' meanly
; 1 . • that -,. • . ~.
by a l paper assunzes ta be the organ of
time lienOcrei- Ofthe Stat. .1. ' i
; , ~
Vero is another thini* . VC. dislike. - It. is
well known. that; the. ;who writes the .ed
itoritil article's fO'r !lei thilqa, has ;never been
identfiedi with the , dentecratic party in any
• fortn but on the; eon t rary lii.ls :;.ignaii zed hi !it
self in,,thi.b: politi - A ef-tiltis State,coblyis the
Editdr of .the bitterestland meatiest WIA( . ; . pa
per eVer publiSlied in trins.hani4, -'the pre:.
'cise.leeatiOn of Whichvas somewlitirein Cum
herland Bounty. - ,'Ann,
yet this poor, misera
ble' hired! scribbl ' er, - v4to- Writes on both sides .
of political qupsti ons f ltiit!its it • may happen .
to-:?)(i!i h 'O;4 14ving np.
principle' or, sense of
prOprietyi i nyol veil , p+s t tut es to ta I k of fiction.
in;th denioeratie; party te lay down the plat
form ,of true flab; any assail with coarse-Eng
lish and - 1119 - ,:tr'sartiailm,. the prominent men
and aeknowled , id 'el ainPions of the demo
critic party! :;:\i-e say eye dislike this kind
orinterfere.nceHtliisittil of conduct. We
dislike that sWehla cllaracter as the Editor of
that piper, sh4tuld be permitted to - hide Ids
.political 1 deformities! behind .the reputation
that Mr. : ll l llcliEf:lga - vh time truion, :tad
use its columnstinde* pay,
.and ; under falsk
eolOrs, to.aq-Omplishlwhat he failed to do in
Ctimberlaud.eibunty wilder his -tive colors=-
to it, some harm to! tlni democratic. party.
It' isi tithe; lite' P4ss a' the State let the lje
.• .
mOcracyl unde'rs4tud the character and ante,
cedentkAlf thi4
.4`rnioil "-C0.," that a just eso
- may be, ;placed 1 upon, their seurrillouS
sheet.' : 4et - thent understand- it, and. send .its
imm r ba ti.-
aculate editor to Ctunberland coa
ty to his proper Toc4ion),-=-the editing; of the
mUddiesti Whig . p.apei in, the Commonwea:th
. --Kir let him go `,out)West," and figure again
on ;the .fqe
,soil i Abell tion ticket for Congress.
Undoubtedly. liiimany friends and admirers
in thoselOcalities, would be 'pleased .to see
him licitn. ag4 Ile 'certainly can be' spar
ed from the pkisitiou lie-at present disgraces.
- It is nb,inatter to .iudge CAIIII3 ELI., sir 'any'
otherinan,politieally,what the Union May be
pleased , to sayior, their, Unless it, should laud
them with praise.
...'Tberb., any d wetut man .
might well trotuble for his reputation. It Las
heeti - histoiy, ~ that every man stupeeted
.or
- known to be. in favor With the "faCtiOn" con=
trebling anti using that paper, Las been most
itigloriouOy d4feated fors the .fiorninatiou.. to .
ansi State' office. r All, that has been neeesszt
.ri ihus.f4l to put:the-Mark of:Cain on any
dietimeratic eandi'date, Whether in the Legis
latitre 'Orin Sate Convention, Was simply to
*t it he:li - nOwt?. that they beloncred to; that
.tribe. That of itself was death beyoudresur-•
reetion, .i We I were credibly informed, last
winter thttt, , Whei the Unio4 came out '-with
in 'aftide 2 .see'tniti , ;; to ''favor the election of
• ..
General o,i*Etici:4 to,the United States! Sen
ate, he even went arid rbegged:thena for Akar.
en 7 ,s: sake: -to keep- stilt.-in'; future-,that his
hopes of an election. - dended upon .4t.,
• Tile 11Bot in Boston.' • .1
1 , • • ; • • ; ,
Nyc l ,gke in . Outpaper to-day an account
of the at dreatifill Riot ;tit "Boston, the fiati .
and: nathral fruit of the inssage of the lie
braSLlC..: BBill: , '•.1.,-! . ' f
4s lovers of "i,ience anti -concord`;" 4 as cit:.
izer Of a law '-gofirtit•.d INiniblic, we ean 10Ck
upoa this painful loccurrence only `'with stirt. i•
t row l , , ,atid apprehension. , 4 has \ inclecd,eotne:
I to U-A.lreadful -crii;Js - in this - country, whim
mob ‘iolene , e cai11•• triumph over
,;lair w!th .
I . stieh shocking impunity, !Ind When' oflicers,,ol
I tin. laW in the disLharge - of their duty, lniw
; .
eve l r Unplet - isant . it[may - lie to theM, can.ibe
slick down like dOgs, and! , that 'too;. IN itliiii
the; 1•,! . !,' doors li.4 . 'ilni t ' emple
_of'justic(4-7.--
'When such conduct is'stunulated by the pub-
I: 1 ;
1' lc ;clamor, Its ill',.•tlAs easd, it ' is. easy to izee
I 'lnd the spirit .otiievolutiOii is at w;".)rk,—tliat
; •
the i re are tt-rievaU6_,- - s,real clr iniagitiary,weilt-,
;,, pon• the pu tt,
n ..J. n l• a 1 mince, that reqUire atitin
-1 _
ion- ciu the part i6I . gcfver(unent.
•
The spirit of INvolution first exhibit s- it . 4elf:
tunlalk the liras , gig' of tits-. people; laud I in.
nob iiolence, setting at deliane tlii3 laws! of
thel •cOintry atid'idi;tthinei its hands inllie
. .• F , 7,
o
,-blopdi or pe;ice-;ll,iip citizA,. or those. : '1V1.1i)11i
!• y li
' i • L
the law maa4el,put forward :is its • o'wil
1 \ ..
shield and protoition;,, ;That spirit we. bei
liev l ci to 'be arotnd in titiS country aIO t
nw, , :t
- 4
far gtOter . pitchl tlliali cvr beforo.' Ther,l is
no
~ .
• usi.! d 0i,,,i1,4i . , lir eys. to existing facts.
i.. . •
T 4, liati who-c cies so deceives himself -And
oth l er4. Therei l ~ no disgho• isin t lt4 fact, then
•
1 which way weillay,, tliat we ha V.l now •11 p :
i protched a periOdiin theOtistory,.
of the coUn T .
try;when the 1)0444 of eqnfoleravyare well--
.%
. 1 . i
einfigiand beconptq..::,. lik•ii ropes of ... z : and. )1: - .e
' lm'e arrived at:ill+ where resistance to, g
gregsiOn, is to coinnt::ncei—and Nlli r o liol.)1111(1
Y F.
a s not : tosee tl4, t /.. all Itu ma if appertrancl!.,s,.
the tubst tr -ino. iti d terrible s'ru ,,, de that the'
i •-: ) r., J 1 ' :-.:7;
cot - nary ever savitislf;ist •approacliiwz? The
1, ; . ,• .1J;. , . -!• , . „
nortnern mind" Is, writaing muter, tot sens& br,
kyrc l uli and injuscll!cf, liaqbeconte rcfverod find
despe,..:, I.Q--Te V i'l4 . if.'. I.s , f:i`,.. , 1 t taki lig .,-;po ssess i oli
. ( . .if tIlUi, throne of.Tkis",4l. and ',Twig) Mlit, rind
,its rUiti are Holt' c' Omin , k to li ,, ilt. ' The hiws
t
oft to country cannot bel detied,, innrder van
' 'll' ' • 41 - I -j ' • •• ,1. ' taint' ''•
pott N p, O lite the al rt. Of : IlStlu, SlI1 1 1..)
I ,
poPubtr',.. - 4entinie4" treas4n cannot ne,prealdt
, J
.ed in ,olitl daraliplaudctl, and on tile 'lksi)i-it
: Wlir, ; the first how was!, Struck ft;rl Atari
.can: freedom, 1:1 t , . cannol, be. - trodd e n 'doivn
i
i: ;• • -1 -. • •
and its Itflicers biqchered in'ealtl..blobtl. and
all beibfpuzlit riVlit • in'l the - end..' Sutalited
tin May be by lie strong arm of.:gove",rn-.
i t •
nent;tl atil 'Airs ':il forde, but hits will hot'
• 1 ,
boj CoufWered tiltill nuttier of grfei7auce slndl
Ik. 1 . 7,1 re4sed. • "When - sail :i Spirit of r - ei:' is;
tanee I c lice bre4ctt, in 'any ito:verlitinhit
•• t ;
the cl:ty Of da , ng-o;atul "alarm has inily conic.
S011)(11141.4 mustibti done, too, to :bring back ,----
• the lalieliatcd: s alitio . tions 4'?l . the 1)tol)It, besiiles
thew. 4e, ilf the halter, and the cell, 'or-the iet
. .1, i
rots of these wilFfnially 'conia to he- embrite
• - i t: • •:, 4 • - •
te
ed as the inartylVdoem. , - I •;1 -
~:
\Vc; linve said '.fliat this riot is
_ . - tllej first.and
ii • ; ~,'. 1.
patnraf fruits of the pas Ange of tne,Nebr:lo>a
]till; It is so beY'ond question. - Tr•suell a
pitc.lll is ,the northimi-milal now exilletl, that -
, . to r. • 1
to 9. 1 ,11110 man apktlatic4, uo aw tne ,
pro ,
Medoff of inaster.ud Alive on free:- soil, Will
in fUt•tiri, be regziAbA, or, permitted; to bel • ex-,
- 1
eeutetl. "The :•i• ! . .ilitb lui",s'faitlill.:4ll.-.r.,..4.4,1
notjui.kaild b . ' 1,.r . sLAiti‘n cf....ntrJuits and
- 1 • • - ' -- • . 1. i•
giurrali tOCSO 1 141 , N'e artj -, p 1i.:61 v . ..! 1 tram oif I t;"
•
is The.; first expresl,4ion fro ti the: lii).4 of dies, • ) • ,
peratc,l men and el- - iasperated eultUatinitic4:;-.-
WtJ made "filvil Settleatent'' with thenilin •
ti a • IA
1 - -3._5",0,;--we ,thtt i put at rest forever-Ithis whole
question. "Nredliy, nOtl;Op e ned it„•,'W,, At,i:
d q e.ity it in good; Lith, ,•;tee p ;111 , 1 Prosp:94tv,
attendant upon tier •goOd. •faitb, w, - . , reslled
.liar blessings Hebei Our:L.:wintry, aild lightin ,
up th - e pathway il• her
t iuturi , with, gladiloss
anii4
calory'. Thi4',:liappf.qui , .,--thit; imit, l ual
- good .f;iit . li, was u`lot disturbed bl- i . i ‘ l ‘i(: 11,r,.14.:"tri on tcti
of those wile Ita‘ic"; resis44.l the i
the contrary, `tl4iv have strwroled .hone,'tlN-
J,•.
and earnestly t , .\:avert it, be' pres . iitiwr illO.
.
cow.tonmatiplicit%tbe deicd of y•rotii anti Oat- -
, i n
rag. its passage. -' • -;:
. ,
.
Wbo.then aro':;it - fault for this terrible state
of thing.s. CleatlY it is,,thoseirlio have f6re
ed'this obtioXio4hill uPon i the country,,--ithe
Son'th and. its ruisrablefollieru allies. '‘'42
bare it not much u our heart to blame hlie
Soutli,.for thee, fr
litre nuinkind r•ne.rUr 'trill
1
content' for ilii , i'r inttiie.: , ts, and 'tlds Attar
I -• • i t
be exeused, thooll . we have no doubt. that
016 , 'will findl4ire loz:fr.:that ther mistOok
. • ti, , ....
their tine intere and that they haveshoulhave
stood .up like 10.re . kinti'tesiste,1 theTiql: The
"path of interest ii t oftene t st found iti,. the p; t atli
of lii3Oit. '• ,:itti
. .
We countenaple no r6i:itence
the ;contrary we 4 . .,prec:tte it, and liez•it:ltei)ot
to sbi , , - that the ithaSOnable and intlanmepry
appimis l'arker ' l and . at Iloston,:lin
furiating; and eNieiting ;the mOh.. to - niur4er
thoSecharged Wit)i' the unpleaSant rckspotisi
.bilities of thelaWkn cases,. must njeet
the severest-condemnatiOn of - _ all good
zena.That is nut; the :4'ay to redress pol4lar
,
grieyancee. .1141 his We do---we :throw the
.resiiohsibil ty of matter back upon its
first cause, the attplori i)f . violated ;faith and
forfeited national : i';ompacts. If the hot spir
it of 11o:caution shall j o abroad over :the
country from thi4time,!we have u l L a'shed our
hands' of it, fOr6'ye - have pointedi , out the
comzeiptenees - frOM thii first, and tried With.
ourfeebletnight!, to turn aside the Cause that
only tan iiroduc+'
C==E!MB!I
ill
ANigr.llEll. El 4 . to- pros ide
for tlio adinis4on Ordgott into ill& union as
a' State, ha.s alre4tly bOn reported- in Abe
S. 11c4tse of Rept4entatives, and the Legipa
ture Of. , Oregon .his taken the prelinunitry
:steps:towards calling gi.:•eonventioulto form a
*n4i.tution.• lOoking to the adtnis
rsiOn of OregOnak'a State in 1855, by
time, it: is presniUM, there will be the .feini
site zlinount of population in ; the territory. , . to
;entitle it toile nifw honors. • t
•
Patterson
'inkiligencer giv4 a etiricius incident of the
late,thunder Storni: ' A little bar ( *as stand
,
'ing at' a window. before' which wa.4 a young
maple tree.—Affe a 'brilliant flash of light
ning, a compleb4 image 'of the
,tree Was
found imprinted ion her body. This is not
ithe first instance . Of the•kind, but it is aiin
gular, phenomenOti." , •
"Thirty (innits or strawbeities'were rigid
in Cincinnati, reclintly,
,for t3O,
- --- 1". -- 17 - - 7 - 7 -
;1
I '
' Itioverttor'm -- Veto
bill
. 04 u . .
. , ,
Ofoo conspNlatiny into one p
.for
.
eraU d
suitsrought qatn,it the Pentthy - ii,a
iraiOoad and the. l l'etensylraufa and g:Qhio
railkoad for rioltbili) the. small zote . .laul.
,
A. 1,11! with passc!a I n't.:tr the close of the m e
session: of tice lewislature, relt3asitig'
railroad and eanal eopppanies front the'penal-1
tiesitiantred tindr the law of 185 q, ltroll t=
ttre
• eireUlation 44f.notes of other states of
;t ssldent njhiatiou titan 'five' dollars. The'
tioVernor, hol - weVer f irefuses to giVeJ't hissane.-
tion, and Written out his objeelions to it
rttlength ai l id filed, tiltent away .itit r the Lill,
in th, l i 'offieti of the seerelary'of the Clonitnon. : '
wealth , instructions, to-that:ollieer
• I
liver l;fith to the next legislature itnrnediatelv
after pts mo.tt.itt4. The folio rind are his re,l-
~
• .1 • ! - •
, Solt.: f I : • -;
I - 1
'Hi
. . ~ . .
1 e act of 1850 rtnposes. upon every
I ; *„
cortio,
ritioiltiviti 'ises 1 fOrC h l hank !oto of less
donut . natioi.tmin five dollars •a.,pen:dty of
fivelitindred dollarsi and upon every individ
ual a penaltyi of twentr , tive d'atr'lf to be sued
for,ansi reei!,vered :IS other debts are recover
ed, okedna t'o the plaintiff, and the other to,
the use of the, kumn't, y. where *the`l otlenc'e is
. ,
:1,
. 1 comiriit fi tte d . ,• ' J • .•
„,.
Thp ,bill'iloWlutithq• eptisiderafion does nut
pro - pdse to ri:peal tht• 104 i• of 1850, nor is there
am-thin! , in[it froin lade* b it tan be inferred,
I that the Genermil Assembly \ believed its influ
! elice :to -be (vil:!. inj my cou4ideration of the,
subj4t, I start, therqfore, :itli the assumption;
}'that the'lawltOrbiddinothe circulation of snialll
notes from iotlnit stnies is a necessary rind(
wholi,isoinetegulatiLin, and that . the penalty!
for ini, ( violation, ht riiqui red to - give Kt, force and
effear When the I.eg,islatule were dealing
with iliesubject, - if they had not supposed the
flet_laii6.lt they found in force, to_ be. justdand
! -- I •
j neeesrrv, they would undoubtedly have re,,
I : pealed it at once and forever; But. the -bill:
Lb d'u-' • i i t• i -i o ohms , of irks , :
,Le t• • ~. mt. no only tOll ~IL WI I • ,t. i
•• 1
pL!:/I„bliVe,xressly provides agninst any inter-
ISini:e liyhie k inightimpair its ; future force.— 1
Ilere;•lthen,lis a law; based on principles-mt.- !
I denial iv sound, cuidaining -:provisions neees-
sary ti.) protkiet an interest so vitally imptirt
. ,
i ant aii,tlr6 currency; called for'ne the .time',of
its ad4!tionlby publi,o, opiAion, - coni:istent ttAth !
the trne rul4s of political economy, passed jiy i
; l
Lone r.egislatlure, and after four years of exficH
1.. • • ricncit solemnly sanctioned by another. Shall;' u
•
such ,a•law itiexecuted ? , To ask.the question:;
is to answer it. Mi.; allirniativci - must be the'
universal response. 1 • -
,i -
I The bill declares that "where several suits,
have ihceln brOught.migainst'raili-oad or, Caual
etuniiiiiies,.46 recoqr penalties incurred I by!.
' violating t. 144. 98th section of - the net of - 1'8.50,1
the shits shall be c• yttsdlidated into . one, anal,
j ulign“!nt IJI! given ill` the cburt for only one
penalty, toL,4ther will costs of „all the; actions!'
to tin, time lit the consolidation, mind all other';
:penalties hetetolore incurred whether sued for;
Or iiiit' l , Otani lie rethitted,
.released and dis-
eharged." I
.
Tliils!,in ea tis simply-t.o legalize all the ofruc - 1 , 1
es Nvliii:h a railrijadlOr canal company man'
have:o:o'dt ted -except one.- • . . I
* , Btit I wlty-i - shouhl One oiTenee be reserved ford',
puniAmeid, while the rest are remitted: 'lt
I j ihe lir‘V hifsibe . en violated an hundred tinies,,'
and . . qitch 1.111,! iiiv.hti.th..! seine circumstance:l,i'
' the exeks; Whiidt should free the . party ,from(,
. nineti - -ni e;ponaltieit °tight to be equally •al-I,
id for!
i time hundredth. If the law be right in
I one e.e,„ y.t !ts rightlin all, and ifit be. wrong!
in anYI it is
j iilicer el-hefty -to let - a person Suffer;
un•lei•l it :it fdl: • - I ' • . • ,
1 But 'the, bill not call v creates I kis ditihrence
I between sithilar. oqnees committed 'by the'
same; corporation, but a still more unjust di6H
1 t i lletil !- - tt mrole between rorpOrationsof a par: -I
tiCttlii„elas, - and- all other cotporations, ofli--I
cers„brokex,'; L1ZE1.C.4.124.1.3.-. None dart railroad
: and canal companies are to be favored by the'
impunity which this bill- pro-. ides.. All citUr,
1 persoils and,d;o•lics, Public and private, natur
al and nrlifil.-ial, rink take the eonseqiienees l
which theit'fni: - conduct has drawn open iln-ni.
I'Ll11:cli:•••il , !i!,Of t 1:: iiiipor:::llC,e :111,1•11Scall
ifes f railn}:td aud l l cull:II colllNllicl -, , aIP: .1
eertalidy 11:0'e • no linclinatnni to prejudice
• theiw in t he! heeinqilislimen t f t liele: ± ,iti mate
leipls;t:ir ' . mi:i,t•lm 't her were created,- But when
• 'we :Lie dealing ; i‘it:h them for‘an infraction titl ,
law, iMttice,:jlookingat the (pies:tit:mot' guilt or I'
• linuogenee, it. blind'io all, difference between:(
flick:mil Others. ;She is no rcspeetur of per.:l,
suns
jj or 4.4,9)i - iv:ohms. - • . .
y'rhz• . penal!tie4 which It is proposed to remit
Were ineurrdd Of indurreil at ally ' by, the in-',
.
.. ion
of ;
plait
.;
- tract ot . a law of which the offenders
had toll notice; and I cahoot resist- the con-
elusion that it would be ih;grading and huinil
iating•to tki.PSltate tO denounce a Pimishment-
for an ;Otlcrpt,e, and then refuse to execute it
‘viiihi insisting that -it is just. :It dues not
censiiit withlliq di , ; nitV and honor to coin-
prunijlse ; with transgessors against, her statutes.
She has thrqatened and shall she not execute?
If thtf statutt. s in quest ion were crtiel, unjuSt or• I
uselek there could be no objections to its to- I
tat reipeal,'and d full remission of all Pe - nalties
incutired under it. But the General Askuii-
bly themxmselites f whO passed this bill, held a
contrary opinion, add on this point I' concur::
with theth. • •: • I •
•, . .
Andl ag,am, the demoralizing • infltience of
the firc!cedeit this bill would set 'should. ,be
overlooked.i If this' kind of legislation be once
\
begun ; ,liitherl sit to end?. The•:iilroad and,
ccanaFgoinpanies may violatelhe act of 1850
again and Again, and with more -confidence
than ,le, ver expect, tb be again :11,k - dyed by ike
legsthiture.• I Other ; corporations 1.4-ill claim
equal favor with quite as muck justice. Indi-
vidilmils will. fare gOod cause to complain. if
theySlibuld be punished when corporations are
nOt..llt this bill-be right I know'not on ~.ft . ,:t..
r .
ground ; we 0.6 - • refuse to pass similar acts
wheneVer applied for. flow shall we extend..
so great indOlgenceainl lenity to corporations
and` refuse like relief to the destitute individ
ual ivli,o Mat ; be ariaignedfor passing the On
ly mitt lie bad. :Itdwould be batter to repeal
the 1w - than! thus tt trifle' with 'mind' degrade
it., - 'LI
' . .
.1 - ojert tO this bill for another reason.--L,
Some of the {penaltie-s it proposes to remit are
already sued" fur, and the suits are --- now pend
ing. ;.l am hound. tb - Witr this frain the word's
oft bill. l legislative interference with
the regular administration of justice; • it must
be conceded; ; is Wrong,, and is calculated, to
exercise a mOst perniciousinthience upon the
morals; of sociiety. It hasi excited' complaint
Wherever practised, and has generally produc;
ed zicat evilland no good. The legislative
and judicial depritMents of the government.
must.* kepi , separated, .and cacti allowed to
Perform its functionti without interference from
the other: 'the 'one indeed is not fitted to do
the 4066 asAgncd to the Other..', By this hill
the Legislattire Would step in between -a ju
dicial'tribunal. and ins suitors, andl in sub
stance \say tO the courf-,-you may 'suspend
your deliberations op this ease-cease to ex
amine the laW, and. 'stop: the investigation .61
the fiictit,..for iwe haste determined -.to - dictate
the judgment-without - hearing the parties-
witlitnit.knoWing,the facts and:t. ivithoitt car
ing feii. the law. And this we to, notheestuse
we would change - the law:on - thelinit
is founded, fole.wethink,it wise and, salutary;
and it Johall:not he repealed; but W 6 inter
fere felt' this so alope,'rnerel:rite
specil ! ': favor to the Preri defendants.
stihrultithat spelt proce,3ding Would .be
ly imProper and uppg.
. ,
me easel contemplated in the, bill :may . be
s . urroundediby ini‘iguting ciremMitanees and,
therefore sewn to impose hardship;' hut the
open degra' ation4tlie taw,- and, m
the, per—
... .
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lifeteude oes of the prectMent \propoSed. to
life established shOuldbe'lleld above air syri--
Tate Consider i ation, and certainly ftt ! Ove .the
'roost jiber4l nnrnuuity due to transgre z :s e rs.:
t is to be hoped that the parties nay not
,utTer taurti-than the"‘cials'•-of justice and th e
Ondiention of the Taw may nanife,4ly, de- ,
nand. t:,lj,rtaittl Lfake no.pleasure,it', their 1
inist'ortun4, but 1 cannot, consistently, with a
t4enSl3 of d tit to tite . . State, approve _tire NIL
for their Oki . .. ;- . Ii •
. !.
I' It is to tft.' , hoped that the .inconvriiieee iri
,
tile' Use of the current :y, which is id ez d e d as
an excite in case's, May be speedily tetnuved. 1
- And united efforts on the part of the railroad
compani e st banks and individuals; to ;intro
duce small gold aml. silver,. into channels of.
Circulation, it is eontidently believed,! Wauld
'accomplish this de'sirable end. The la,dt that
theiadjoidMg State. : of Ohiant t:helafelyossion
of the Legislature, has; interdicted ;tll6,:ciren
•lation.of 'otes not ii:sned by her inSlittitions
of a. less denomination than ten dollar's Would
seem to t‘ui l west46.aleeessity and utilitr of a
common erfort to to= remove the difficatiesin
the ;way oc the itdMinisiration of our AAA of
18,50. Stteb ame r trort, I beli!.!yo ivotil l A suo
:c-ced- in nearly nil par.s
of the, StatelLand
suceeeding,would excriSe a most wholoome
influence upon the cha deter of the curienq - ,
ti
Abe intere s ts or comme co and tratle; aiiii . es-
peel:illy - Upon the right and `rewards !of, ta.-
bor . - A- . . 1
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Riot 4n 110ston. it
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41 - w,
Arrest of cf, i Fergitip,e , avc,—Prj)iii y r.,fqr
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' steal stel.,lll ' • 1 , . . -
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A Fuirit i iVc slave :named 1 tuns was I:ai re,
t t : ,!.
led in' I;oston ;last ,Friday. •• His arrei4l was
v :t •
lie sil - rnal , r a: 'large lathering. at . FaneniF,
,ri 1 1
• nidl.- I:e.Y.:Theadoie Pzi
rker and others a&
dressed t 4 J meeting. Wendell PhiliPs l also:
took the +nd and spoke as follows ::.'•
; 1 • .
Let: us rememl:cr Where we ate and What We .
, •
, ,•
lace going to do.. You have said. tornight,
:Jon :Will vindicate the fair futile Of flosion.—:
Let me tell you you' won't do it by .groiniing
At the slit4-catcher; at the - 4evere.llOnse—
(Well tarland fealth4 them)—in attenipting
'the - impossible.g, -A ,s
\feat of instilling,
catcher.... fithere is a man here who 1.-4 an
arm 'and al heart :ready to : sacritiee anything
. fOr the:ll-plain Of an oppressed man,
t !dintle
do' it to-uirrow: 1 . - . (Cries . of "To-night . lf
,1, thought M.t could, be done, to-night t would=
'go firSt,...l. don'tprole courage ; - but I :Pro
; fess this: - 4 ;irlien (here is a possibility ofsav
-1 in(' a slave from the hands of those. whO.are
L eidled ofht,ers of the law, I amielid) totram
ple any statute ,c 4• any man under my feet to
('do it. 1J urged the audience to wait Mittil
the day tiine; said that he knew the . Faults
1, of the banics in State-st, sympathized ' With
[ them thajt the Whig . s,who-had been kidked
f once too often sympathized' ivith them.,.l:lle
told theta ,that it was in their • power :56 to
, ,
,Itlockxp e,Very avenue that-
.. 11iexitan ,lOuld
uot he carried off.,-,11.1e urged -. them tlf.lt to
7 baulk the effort ot.bli-morrow, by,foolisli..t.tn
diict-tet-night, giving the eneiny the Al4nit.
YOu that are ready to do
. the real work: be
. not; carried aWay by' indiscretion: which-may
(make - ~I'
he of Our hopes. The zeal:khat
:Won't koM till to-inOrrow NOB never !free a
slave. - ] (Cries of "NO: r) ./. ,:' - 1 1
Mr. Phillips seeinkl to have partially !ear
vied, the feoings of the audience with
.him.
,when a Man At the dower end: of-thO' lhall
cried out,
.1" Mr: Chid rina n; I ant just inkined
that a mob of ntigrilies is in cui.itt-F4ituirtp ail
:tempting to .reseue: Ptriis. I lintiVe •ve.ad
}Aim .to .ooind-square." l !
The - audience immediately began rapidly
to fenye on? halt, and - nicitd of them - Iv'euded
their way ~ ito Court square„Nrhat there ttians-
Fred is given below.
THE ATT :. PTED , lIEfieUE-.OF BURNS, i ..
On the :dim 4. termination c.f. the meeting
in Fanellili Hall, the excited crowd ; ru , hedfor
Court-squhro, -poll-inell, shouting, ‘'ite§ene
him !" " li t ieette him :" (17,e... Entering-, upon
the eastern. avenue, in the space-Of a impute
o r two,•-eral hundred people had colleCted.
The officers in the building' closed the drools,
when Some dozen people, some of tvlioni .vere
colored, rushed up the stepsand• eeminenced
Ipoundisig on the doors. A pistol wasshortly
tired on the westerlyside of the Court-House,
'when thti Crowd rushed- around the litfilding.
ilere seine two thousand people colket6l in
h . ver y 1)6;1 spade of time. Several pistols
were liied lit) thc.sowts.. I. ;
The CrOwd immediately commenced au as
sault upon the sonth door, on the west ;side,
with axes,{-and a batteiinglam, in thei•ShaPe
ot a henq beam,. seine twelve feet long,Which
was.at ,o4e • launched upon, , - the stotiti oak
door; Tit!e, battering-ram was Manned! [by a
dozen orfourteen men, - white and colored,
Who plithked it against the door until it,' was .
stove in.•i i Meautifite, several briekbatsl had
been thronn at the windows; -;end thelglas•
rattled in all directions.• The )eadeM, or
thes e , 'who' appeared :t o net as ringleaders in the
•
'melee, continually ,-shouted: "Rescue kitn f'.
"Bring; him out !" "Bring. him -:out 1"
l'i Where is he
.!". Sc. 4: The Court-p.ouse
;bell rnifg an•alarm - at.-6. 1-2 o'clock.. i.• ,
,When the doom , were opened,two or Ithree
'persons rtished into the entry, but ihe officers
in the building, whow 're mustered
. 40111
force on'the stairgay the' alorous rioters
.:so warm 4 reeeptiop . wi ; h . cltibs and swords,
that: they -
.quickly retreated; to the streets..-
Two shots were dcharged in • the. :entry,
which j *piqued t' intimidate, the 'rioters
somewhat hnd they<retieated to the .ieppo
the• + -,
Site side of Street. At' this time,. a ','.ltir,ge
deputation .
house,' .of police:from 'the Center Watch
onse, arrived upon 'the ground, and; is ,a'
few' moments arrested several Persons .and
look them to the 'Watch louse. _Stones
were occasionally thrown at the wiudoWs,and
shouts !continued to be :Made, but the firm
stand of the 'officers stationed :witl4 the
building,..iwith ' the support they, - re'eeived
froM : the police, prevented : any • furtherde.-
inonstratiou. • ~' 1 . I- I •
:- - At the 'time the'inob beat down the Wester
ly door oil the' Court:house, several wren,-em
ployed asiUnited States offieers, Were in the
passage-why, using 'their endeavors to prevent
the ingresS of the crowd, and ninong tho -num
ber wa4 Mr. Janiesalttchelde.4 - a truekinan in - ,
the employ of Col: li'ter Dunbar, who 41104
at the forting of the door, ieceived h4iistol
shot, ,(evijently ti very heavy charge) lit,the .
filidoMen.l Mr. Batchelder tittered the*xela.:'
Matien, " rin stabbed,". and falling•ba4Ward
into the' a' ms of whtelitnattAihhe Johejs, wi-•
.1 , , . . • • • , '
pirea aim St /IT :. The unfortunate
man resided in 1, where lid leaves
a wife and one hen td,inoUrn his
untimely, ileati) •, -•- : .-': • !I :
'At _the iihi6 of forcing the door, :nll just a 3
the fatal,SiMt ,was ' tired,. one.of the rioters,
who vii - itandiOg on time upper step, exelaim
ea A‘the crowd, •• You cowards, .Will -Yen de- -
gt4t , us.n o i r it - At this ipoment theAelnma-•
tiort of Mr. Batchelder, "fin stabbed l" was
heard,' and the rioters retreated ,to, - the'!oppe
site ,!side of the street; .. - :..., .1 .' . :
-• In the meantime a- white man .rushed_ into ,
the . Crowdland distributed .!several•meat-aies f
iith the tilades..enVeloped in the Airiginal--
town paper, H.Tivo 'or three 'of •'-the i e axes :
Were subaequentirpieked up - by the. elpeerS, 1
,
and were depo ited. in the Center 'Watch,
Howe.
Shortly after the
.death.of Mr:: Batchelde r ,
CorOner - Smith took.:charge:.'d fife body; 4 ,d
will hold au juquest, to-day:. •
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Tun: • morkas :AIt*TED—COMMITTED. ON
CHARG4 OF • MURDER. .
\ •
Ninel . X.! Mali,- WhO were arrested la 4 .
~tlTre brought up in. the , Mee Courtl
morning to•answer to a charge made
ther A. llam,f4 Chief of Police * that on
the.night of tile 26th of May they assaulted:
James Batchelder With , fire-arnas, wouading •
him so that lie died and that they didither e :
fore, cOunnit the crhne-ofluurder.
.
The I names . of the . aceu4od, are A. J. Brown,
,folin .1!. Roberts, (cOlored,) • W1146 . .1110' nii,
(eolorti4l,) John Westerly, . (colored,) 'Walter
tishOft,' (eolored4 Thomai3Jaekson,(eOlored,)
110 We, Martin -Stowell,: and Jarnet
Thoinpson. Sonic of the* are finite youn g ,.
othersare-Ohl, (ate. bei
Mr:lli:an, fur the prosecution ; said that 1,14
Govurninent- won't". not probably be really be
fore till° middle. Of next icitk . . to.i proeeed to: .
•
'the 'examinationpif . tlid ease. • Thope was i quit e i
a number of \vigil some twtnty-one in;
number. - • • • • ••'
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Siiturdni, May 5471-117 P ) : M. 1
.
The r e are about 2,50 g petsOnsin 'Nut of
the court,flouse, mostly . 1
The Rev. TliEoDnitE l'Arikmi and - Wnionit
have applied ,to the Police fora force •
to protect their .residences, .bping,fearfut of a
rumored attack by the •Irik,. who have; du ,
ride the day; threatened to - avenge the 'death
of . Batchelder. N o demonstration 14% yet
teeii made: - The military. -are • still * Under
arms, in the City nail.
.13osrox, May,2B, 1854, •
.The ease of Anthony Burns, the alleged fu
gitive, slave, continues
„to strontglY agitate the
public wind. Many peisons Openly denounce
Wendell Philips and Thedore Parker. as the
direct instigators of the murder, ofßatthelder,
and indications of an Orgaidied attempt : to •
Lynch them are so strong_ to i indue!a the
Mayor, to, detail nipolice force for the protec
tion- Of their persons, and prOpertY,
' There has beennoeuthreak to-day. Court,..:
square was clearc.4 last night,. nd the Ciirt-'
Ilouse snriOunded, with. a cordon of ropes._
A deniehment' one hundred United States
troops is, quartered in' thes.COurt-flciuse, and - .
tWo.coinpanies of the Boston military are sit. -
tionedat'the Vity `- ,
.Elections. • •
•
The follbwing is an act of - the General As-;
sembly relatiol 'to electionsin the Common
wetilth;-whielt we .deem important to our
readen..i; ThiS measure will relieile-the Legis
lature :hereafter of la great deal of trouble and
vexation, as.Weil as time. Election Districts
should be fixed.by . the Courts, as it is Presu::
med they know 'mere about the facts of .each
case. than the lemSlature
:• Ac 4.: L. •
. .
In relation to eqtab 2slttng and changing.. the
places forkddin enerid elections through=
. out tie Colamontr alih. 1 :
Sticyros i. - Be itienacted by the - Sena 4 and
Represtotatires of the Conttnon
wcaitkof PennsylOznia in General Asiembty
'net, and it iSllierety enacted by:the authority
of the same, Thai ',upOn the petition of one= .
third of the qualiOd voters of any election
district of the CO,rninonwealth. 'Presented to
the Court of Quarter Sessions the proper
-,:jity or county for' i the - purposes, it shall be'
lawful for such Court to order one election in
Stich election distlict upon the question" of-the
Ipeatibn or change Of the - pldee of holding the
it'edijral„speCial arid township 01ectiobs for .
,tick. district, subject to all. the provisions not
inconsistent herewith cif the fifty-sixth section
the.aet of the second ofhly, Anito bomiz
ni one thousand eight hundred and thirty
11111e, entitled an act relating •to the elections of
COlTlino4wealoi, and tliat the electrons di
reeted 'by said% Section *shall be .condUcted
by the officers tA' the. last . preceding : general
:4ection, who shall - conduct the same in the
lime. manner in Which thp igenciat elections
tare by law requird to be held,andeonducted
with the same penalties and punishments fof
frauds or misconduct in officers, persons off- -
cling- to vote, or: others, as prescribed by
.said act and.its stippleibents and in the...case
of the absence Qr any such db .: -
eer to seyve, the_ itean4 or Vac'imoies stall be
filled in the same, Manner described said
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SECTION 2. That the . Courts:. of Quarter 'I
Sess.ions Shall . have authoritY within tlfeir're-'
speetive countiesi" to divide .any
'ward or towlishili into two or • More election';
Alistriets, Or to forn an election distrietiout of
parts .of tWo or..MOre adjoiningloWnships, so; } .
as to suit the conVenienee . of the inhabitantsl
thereof, and-to:fix
,the place of; holding elec:f
tions and ippointsthe election officers. ptirsu-1
ant:. to the net: Proiided; That no 'ilistricti
.so formed shall contain less.
.than,' one, hund
tired voter's, :tailtheproCeedings . had tboi
case of - such.a diviatin or.alteration shall be I
the same is in did erection or altpratiori of the'!
lines of townships.: . ,
• E B. CI • i
Speaker of the lionse - of RepreßentativeS...
'3f..rcAsr4N, '
_ Speaker of the Sent4e.
Approved the,tirentrenth day of April one,
thousar*t4 k rbt hundred and fifty-four. , • I
NITM. BIGLEIi.
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SECRETARY I E.
" '
PePns&ylvartict,
/certify that 'the foregoing.: and:
true and 'cormet• copy of! the ori.
the General Assembly as the saran
Ftle in- this office. In testimony
five hereunto • set my band and
• I do herebt
annexed is .
nal act' of
remains on
whereof-I h
caused .th
affixed, a
of April!
ty-four.
seal of the Seeretary''s 61117;;:to --- 1;:k /
twenty-seenid*,,/
one thousand, eight'hundredl,titid,,fif-i
. .
. . .
Tretary of. the Commbnii•jetilth.
iI
4. 'e
: following JiVely-incident i - was'
ptelced . tiffi i a mass of uninteresting! , details'
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111
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of what ar very atraag,elyealled
_the" move-'
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ments" o the ilaltiti Net , 'lt is - contained
ft )
.in a letter from 'an - ' officer on an . English'
, . - 1 . •
frigate/ z • .• . • • , • ---• '
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ile-morning, a few days since, we SW
~,, c d vessel .eight or-: ten. Miles ahead;
.. At We fully-believed to'be . ;a-Enuitini man
pf-War, as She. made all sail to get away, and
showed - no colom . i As we - iapidly came up
to' her; she 'thok in sail' until" the, Was itroder
ivefed. topsails: (tightitglrim) . ; So '*to beat to
quarter.?, and the•pio'soundeti loudly ;"hands,
hands,
into, . r-, , . . . ,• ,
bring the ship action !".--F t er, some " three
mintites everything was . bus46;i . .dtisting the
guns..loose; clearing' the- declits,"' 4E6—Five
•- --• - . • 1 _*/ •
anturtet mitre, • and' every g un ; : -*as 'Abetted
and primed, and the men; standing With 'the
'match lines 'in theit. handa,:rwattng - Or • the
word to -ilre. Justi'as ._eve :gat l i within goo&
distance; the' blackguard ra4 , , 1) American
eolors; and . -ccionyitold:tis:'llej: would; Lave
hoisted.l4o'll( . o6i:ok kt,: ' lie wanted io seeim
hOw,git,:ii4 l .3vefim .- elt*lii for . eotion.—llfent
tuts . did. not hleis: him to-'the'iitillg...sfde - 0F
tittirdti .- iievei . believe - *me." .• --.-:--- - . .
+A; LTOII. whi4'Xyerett, in 4'nust -.1 "
quenee of iii ifealthjai tesigno hia seat in
,tint IT. S. Senate, resignation' tei fake effect in
Junq•