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'PROCRASTINATION.
Poi la.calle.deappca se ca a la cascade 'alines
-'—.Spanish-Prdzirb: - ". •
There is ,n thief that walks the world,
'ln, the riniek noon day arid the starless night
Protean like,,now ringed and Zurled,
Lagged anon, and grim and stark ; •
And too Plies his trade with a Ceaseless skill,
Bifiantly, warily, working 111.•
But I troll the therm
• Will keep you iron) -harm,
if-scored in your niemory,cer,
e! who walks in the street of By and. By; gill atop
at the house of Xerer."
Ile steals your Purse and he steal* your time,
The golden-grain of deed -
From the chaff of purpose hefachea oft,
With subtle hand "of greed • • ,
lie flings the, authored raster) mind,
And it . amks, his captive, chained and - blind _
, But is the charm
Will keep you froM harm,
!rico* oa , yoUr meniory ever,
Who walk" in the streets of By-and•fly, will
• atop in_tbe house of Nrrer."
;Hopes whilh.shoitid blossom into joys,
tho blushing rose uncurls; :
Tears which Wisdom should alchemies .
To a glorious rain of : rearis;
Soft germs whorled) love's goodly fruit should
Hs withers and eliangias,and •petrifies;
1 . But hero is the charm • •
• Will keep you trom.harni, - •,
If borne on yonr ntintiforeyer;
"Who Walks in the streets of By,ancl-Dy; ,will
•
' stop in the house -, of Nerer.7
ine the mighly-NEwlnsts of old,
it, His sandals of irool are wade,
nd swift will be glide-and still to yonr aide,
With light touch oil your shoulder laid;
nd" Wait" 3hOrevia time, aro the drugged
•
words given, 1
;Abe steals-from
.slur Soul its last - chance of
heaven.. `t".. •
•
Bnt this playraelei bind
On the brow of your mind, •
Firm ana forWver . -
Who walks in the streets of By anti.By will
step at the house of Nam"
s the f!fany seedssin the. olden time,'
. Sprang up into suited Men, .
So thought seeds sown in the field of life,
_Raise g,oodlier ranks again. -
Those 7 -mailed host's in earths-strifes known; - .
These—angels to -, stand by the Great White
Throne; . .
• ' ?ben the wisdem deep • .
• Of these old words keep
Your guide forever; .
IYlie we the street of By-and-By, will
stop : in the hope of Never -1,1
glistributons.
TUE" PRANTOM PRESSMAN,.
NICTOIi ALIMAITII;
The old office was deserted for the night ;
tile typo's'," devils" and pressmen had quitted
their labors • and the silence and darkness
which now - reigned were in bold l contrast
sounds ofclanking
'with the the Of .'lle pres
.
,
and the clattering arid hissing, of . the steam
1
. engine, which bad all silty dinned their loud
1
noise in the ears of the occupants of the of
fice-bnilding.
It wai t; a relic:of a past ago—that old.
printing:_idider--and many years had roiled
into the gulf Of Time:since it was new. Ma
ar a " OrintiCe"-liad isprusig, -up into a man
within its walls; aid many ' an editor Ad
publisher had there been fitted for the great
battle against Ignorance and Wrung. '
1 Old, disabled.cises--containing old type,
braised, battered, worn, old-fashioned, and
Obsolete—were piled in the corneriSand in
Isegarret; and heaps of nondescriptartiolosi
f a 'bygone period, were to be found'n all of
he out of the way places, reminding -one of
he "fast, age we ° lire in, 'and throwing a
gloomy air over the office. - - .
Adjoining the composing-room was the
.e 4
reps-room, with" its' rtutminoth cylinder prow,
hich—although not , so ancient as'the rest
' f tbe establishment--had `a , , tiowl-wora /T
-rance. I thought of the „many workmen
Who had run the , machine, with its rust);
*!asking, and dilapitak4 old boiler and en
gine ; of those
.who tad -,apllitrig lap'sndfilefr
,ed away singe it was 11111ae .their Aare, doing
Ore bidding with a faitlital,,eim, and mighty
1 vras soon lost in n reverie: I sat -in My
/Arin-chair, by the Stove' in the' comPositke"
' 1 :00ar, pondering_ on the many changes, for
11
good, and for evil, that t kad 'Paned oretihe
Programme of .10i office-life; conning over
the list, in my memory, of those - who had
tiee,u through the' school or apprenticeship
reteath that. ancient roof. Boys' had ire:
come men in-the room ,Where- ` I- : was sr elk
W lived and died, flourished and failed, rio;
,
f,. .
ording to their deatiny.; and many are yet
living , to obtainthei breadbY the nse-of the
„,. r
Implementii and machinerV around inn.
rr i
There, i thecorner by itie Window, is the
1 case and nd” where poor, ,Jack -4auge
inel, to set t
, pe, before he e-was .4tilted by the:
PsteerniletnouXri Alm press-rotak.. Ife;-was a
fne young follow as :over handled eleruPiii , '
lung stick; he, ir=4dto'run',tbe' Old iiese 00-,
P ui ntollY, ruldr dwo,vB at the Ipp, Dutch .ot its:
.1 1 1 Peed ; but one night le : MA Vt , itill 'Xist.,
Illith 'lull head of steam -.lmtirring at li.iht
ring speed, bt;ill,iptsitieet to 014 liis labOr, -
Iwitee le'vlas act:idol:4Ell;y Ltipi,edt l'iMxt 4
~1
his feet and fell itnmediately upon the bed : of
tbi.prev,, and was carried under the enormous
cylinder:
_As the bed ran throng, ho was
thrown off upon the tionr, lifeless and cold;-
The presstontinued its tn - otion all the long
night. thundering, jarring . and rumbling ;
and when the band's Came to • their Weil in
• the morning, they , found poor JUck there,
mangled and dead, the demon of 'steam and
iron still urging the machinery on in its din.
They took him Up reverently and sadly ; and
he was borne to his grave in the churchyard
by his sorrowing companions.
This eve was the twelfth anniversary of his
death, and Isltuddered as I retnetnbered the
fact, foi I had beard dim hints to the effect,
that. the office was visited every year; on the
night, by "The Phantom Pressman !" There
Was a print of skeleton hand ott the dingy
wall of the press 'room, said to have been
made by him on one of his visits, which 'l.
had often seen and shuddered at. Being,
however, of a bold, resolute naturej did not
allow myself to be frightened by silly super
stitions, and tried to feel comfortable and at
attic.
. . ~..
. .
The coal burned brightly in the grate, and
shed a light around the room sufficient to dis
cern objects dimly ;, and I felt a chill come
over me in spite of sill my philosophy. Sud
denly I imagined I saw' a bright flash of light
-fn.= the crack of the press-room , door, and
heard a slight hissing.' as of the escaping
steam. , I started nervously * and watched and
l6tened. My flesh Crept-'; the hair seemed to
crawl end move on my -scalp with a chill
feeling ; and I trembled . like a leaf. Thera
was-a light in -the pressroom, surely I
..Celt
impelled to rise from my chair and ii7k to
the door. A sort of fascination drew me.
forward; and I advanced noiselessly. The
door was slightly ajar, and , I looked in ; the
gas was burning in blinding flashes, and' as
my eye-rested on the old boiler, I sew it was
at a white heat, glowing and , sparkling like a ..
meteor. The light nearly blinded me at
.first.; ' but as my eyes became accustomed to
it, I saw the engine in motion, moving at •
lightning speed ; indeed, with finch a frighf.!
ful velocity as almost to be invisible: The •
immense pile of . iron wheels, cylinders sad
bars, Composing the press, were not in mo
deli ; but in a moment. I. saw, 1
advancing to .
the engine, a form I never can banish from i
my memory—a tall, guant and fleshless skel- '
eton, the white bones gleaming and shining
in ilii . li i ght, dm long slender fingers working
and twisting, the bright, piercine• eyes -
spark-
ft - mg. - mat malnonos, amp sum:ear:lZ 1111n1 71ur.-.- •
eta in the horrid skull.
The Phanforn Pressman stood before me'
lie 'advanced to the engine and tried the
steameocles,'and as he turned them-Open, the
imniense volume of steam rushed .forth in
noiseless fury and the bony jaws of the plian;
tom parted in a hasty smile, disclosing not
the white teeth and red throat of life, but
rows'of, yellow and rattling bones.;
The phantom grinned. , horribly,as -if well
pleased with the immense head of Steam now
xenerated in the glowing toiler, and glided
silently. to the lever which connected the.en
gine to the press. The lever was pulled
'noiselessly towaids him; and in a second the
ponderous old press was in motion. The
sheets Were led with appalling-velocity; and
the machine, in its _ " forward and -backward
course, seemed•fairly to leap and hound with
a motion ahuost too rapid for theeye to fol
low. The eyes of the. skeleton min, danced
in the skull, emittine sparks of light and fire.
'I stole cautiously up to the fly-table, where
the sheets were piling in a heap as they sprang
from the press, and glanced at them in won- I
der and -in hor ror. • They . smoked and steam- I
ed -as if wet with boilingiiquid ; and' the ink.
was of . a blood-red color. It was the copy of
our newspaper ; - and the type seemed taglare
but from the paper with the brightness ,of
phosphorescent light. As I gazed on the ter
rible apparition, - guiding them *in furious . I
speed, it -sent a chill of berm:- to my very 1
marrow. - I stepped blink-to • my' place near
the door, and watched, with suspended. breath,
While the gaunt and fleshless fingers of the
unearthly_mammals fed in The reeking sheets:
. The: pile of papef on the feeding-board rap
idly diminished, end soon was entirely gone.
'Mahe last sheetNrang,through ; his fingers,
the spectre uttered a wild, unearthly howl ;
the boilm swayed and greened , and sudden
ly a sound-as of the-report of a thousand Can
nons pierced the air; therboiler bid exploded,
scatteiitsg , everything in ' the room_ in frag.
Meats,' Mingling wheels', • lererit, bars, mimes
of burni;ig coal and ashes and scalding steam
-with - the bones of the skeleton-itself:
Wben I awoke fmrn 'my" horrid - dream, I
found myself sitting Ili my chair; with bread
daylight peepingin at the - windows, and the
Workmen standing by, laughing St ray fright.
ened appearance. - ' -'.- ' --
,
, I had Wee 'Weep, and slept • till theirle
tnin,:and the - hiss' .. er the eteetel Ilia
heard i was cceasio . .. 3 by oie ot the . stairs
at the Intituce in the " Old Prearkiaotn."
RwrsisB,Tova---...6A. a pry B , ,lady treat
ed,
h a!, °Plural- "It 4 1t0re 41 .4 0 4, 4 ! 8- :74 geti
tial-aaa at 1 4 ) 04 1 1 Rat °PY II 49. - fuypP s o,.
iht o4 l l, l l o o tatoo. ;4!rpl)44l‘til pull, out
r
the ,.. t , iiiJ i' ,
after PiY i tig . 1 : 9 /9 0 .-ii 4.1 wo&
0 1,1;;;eIl,f 0 wiye it,Ap, And, oli .p ttfrizmit..on.
1 4 5 144 i! h. •fc!Paci that he- - 'W**,..,..tugging
ii. mouse, ita4piotial . liratoetbitc,
M e lally'il ",preserve far. With ,gio, utni*
tticandiWitoluil - ifited ,f Chi.lailfit alig.filid '
cat is t he -
.) 401t170044Iiiislt0 , . bti' Am - fl ake
;this iso pajgblit'i ill!' d . --
"WE ARE ALL ,EQUAL BEFORE GOI' AND COMITITUTI9II.I.i.I/41Iiiumns
nittose, Sttiptealuta (67antii, Vennta, tkursbatt horning, ettobo 2, 1856..
JMitct rticies:
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
TED STATES.
The Democratic National
_Committee—
with the hope of allaying in some degree the
wild excitement now prevailing in many sec
' (ions of tho country in roference to the un
happy state of affairs in Kansas, and also of
,ditabnsing the public mind upon the subject
of the designs and principles of tho. Dem
ocratic party with regard to the question of
slaveiy in the teniteria—ask the -attention
of the public to a practical issue now made
up - between the two parties, in the course of
!vent Congressional legislation.' We pro
pose fairly and fearlessly to appeal to the
people, whothir the bill passed by the Demo
cratic Senators on the 2d of July instant, to
admit Kansas as a State by a prescribed pro
cess, is not preferable to the adoption of the
crude, - partial and revolutionary measure,
commonly called the Topeka Constitution.
Other questions may be incidentally glanced
at ; but our main purpose on this occasion
will, be to show, by a distinct and; detlaiti
appeal to the record, that, (whether in or out
of Congress.)
VS BLACK. REPUBLICAN LEADERS. DO NOT
DESIRE PEACE 'IN Kik'ssAs PRIOR TO TILE
PRESIDENTIAL C.AMPAIG:4.n
The question of human slavery has been:a
topie of partisan cliscussion ever since our
government begaU; but it .is -in relation to
the territories of the Union, that it has pre
• . at
sented .itself with 'the luost Complicated and
dangerous form. , • .
To discuss this question at length, , in any
Of its. various aspects, is . foreign td
our 'present' purpose. We. shall not under
take to Aletermine why the God of natuic
made the African inferior to the white Man ;
or why ha permitted Engliind to fasten the
institution of shivery upon the Colonies
'against their repeated and earnest-' remon
•stranc'es: :Nor can we tell what Heaven; in
its erhdom, may intend to work out of the
relittioni of master and slave, as they now. ex
ist in several of tne United Stst.
Tidy, however, we do now, and will add,
that when these States, as independent par
ties, agreed to come under a common Coniti;
tution and into a common . union—it, was up
on terms of perfect•equality, y for the mutual
and equal Lenetit of all, and that African sla
very was : one of the recognized. subjects of
that compact.. All power over it was ex
. _
federacy
Nothing' was yielded, and no new right in
this respect was except that" each
Slate bound itself to return, upon demand ;
fugitives from legal servitude. We know,
too, in relation to any compact, it is always
good faith and . good morals to keep it in
whole, as well as in part ; in the spirit as
hell, as to the letter; in regard to territories
as well as in reference to the States of this
Union. An evasion of a promise or Covenant,
is as immoral as a bold and open breach of
it ; and involves in addition, the tontempt
which inevitably falls upon trickeri or cow
ardice. It-is obvious then, that the success
of any rittempt practically to disregard a
particular feature of the Constitution, wheth
er relating to the rendition of - fugitives from
labor, or any other distinct guarantee to the
citizens or the stitte‘, would operate as a vir
tual abandonment and• demoralization of the
whole instrument; an event which the Union
could not long survive.
The ordinance ,of 1787, which seems to
ihave been established without much -objec ,
tion at the time, ndjusted the subject of sla
very in the Northwestern Territory.- Again,
in 1820,.Congress, after ad angry : and exci
ting - Controversy, psssed a law excluding the
institution from that part of the Louisiana
Territory which lies north of a certain parot
id of latitude. 10184.5, when Texas was ad
mitted into the, Union, this line of inhibition
was also applied to that State.
But when the acquisition of territory from
Mei*•once move presented this subject, the.
mode of adjustment by a geographical line
was considered and finally rejected by Con
gress ; and this mainly by the votes and in
fluence of the very ; Same brood of
: agitators
who now affect to regret theabandonment of
the principle I This result- created the ne
cessity of resorting •to some othei mode of
settling the question. Finally, in 1850, after,
a : period of great agitation throughout the
country, the' leading patriots, wise then of
both parties; sucli'as Clay, Webster, Cass:and
others, decided, upon
.leaving this question
*here it fritways Ought . to hare been left; and.
where the trim spirit of : our institutions, pls.
cei it—in the hands and under the control of
the peopleof the territories themselves, re
.. ,
*trained only by the Constitution. '
The,. whole nation.rejoieed in this wise
justment, and iepirties claimed it as a final;
ity as to this plineiphref territorial organize&
dem. „For once the question of slavery in: the
Territories was settled upon . ' the - principles of
our revolutionary fathers;-.who tenanted a
voice and spente'in regulatiag- their ewe
iu
stitutio f alma great tuUlittmental
alpha Of- human' - :goierritneut;
lie end upheld whole , leOtilican 'system'
141 er:-Oiclie s i 01 4 kq, ll
0RW.44 1 44p
Apc.4 41 1 4 0i-Aq. Yriug,-A,s florin,
truth- Takla form of:adjustment. Was sleumul:
• raut*,-tteri-inter,vprnicu,
Mx-(11 3 4) 3 91'1,. I,P-1)9P 1 0 il!te'TiL o 4 lo L•
In 1851, wh4in it f heemie --smeestigy fo•oi
v*sire,,TAFritories:of,KanSas .end :1 1 .iebras t
ka it was deemed just and tnetier to extend
. ,
. ,
these principles , - cif aolrgovernment'. to these
Tertitories regardless of the restrictive Mis
souri line. It seetned ,roanifeStly, :unjust 'to
accord such high privileges to citizens who
might reside in tbe l'erritoriei-ef Washing
ton;i Utah aril NO Mexico,
..a tl
. .deny their
etiloyinent to tlicie who *Lou! go to, Kansas
and . Nebraska.. :' Itior did it se ni right to re
jot the practical e 9 .of a - great principle
which had been : so . universally approved by
all parties.' '. The Kansas-Nebraska act accor
dingly became ala of the hind.
• .Thed it was thai the Abolition party re
'mired their schenia -of agitation.. Up to
that hour, they had scarcely • ceased . to de
nounce the Missoqi demarcation as uncon
stitutional, arbitrary and unjust. Their in:-
dignatiOn at itsadeiption Lad 'been unboun
ded. Public:man who had sustained it,
that was within tl . r‘eir reach , escaped
.their
vengeance.. 'But ae.sooner had ..this arbitra
ry rule lklen superseded by one. more repub
lican and reasonable, than their . admiration
for the former suddenly burst forth, in the
strongest terms. • They now affected to see in
it. the force and virtue of a solemn compact
of good faith, ,justiCe and; liberty, and pna
ceeded to depouncelhose who favored
re
peal, with as much 1 - bitterness, as
.they had•
employed at au earlier-day,agaipst those who
had sanctioned its adoption. z•,
, Reckless and inconsistent upon . this sub
ject to the very list,•these %lie-pirate agitators
are now engaged . in ',charging the unhappy
state of society in Kansas to the legislation. Of
thel)euocratic - pariy, and as consequenYup 7
'en the incorporation 4 . :of theptinciplei of self
government into tlid - orgatiic.law of Kansas
Territory ; forgetting,; or wilfaliy overlooking
the fact, that in Washington; Utah and New
Mexico, all organiied!urion the same princi
ple, there is entire ifitiet Lind', good order. 'it
would be equally legfeali o and true to say ihr
reply and in defence, that they themselves•he
eamethe.authors of the evils, in Kansas, by
rejecting the extension
. cif the Missouri line 4,
theTacific, final luijusiment, when, pro
posed by Judge Douglas in •1848. Solna
'other Mode of adjustMent was thus, and by.
their own act, render&l absolutely necessark;:
and that applied . to Kansas was devised by
the wisest men or. the nation; in 1850, to meet
the exigencies then pisented.
But thereat purposesof the agitators can
not be concealed. lxciteir:etft on the shi
very question is the Very life=blood of their_
'fanatical organization, Take this away, and
there remains to-`then few minor and kindred
-. "Ntrirf inn ftf thev cab
hove. to secure posmu. n as az s . -
Upon -the subject of Kansas, these leaders
sanctimoniously, and with affectation of
. .
great humanity, clanu before the public, r
desire'only to altanci the int3rests of peace,
and to secure for. the settler in that Territory
a just end equal State government of his own
unawed and untranimelled choice.. They
have uniformly contended in Congress, that
the free State party Were largely in the ma-,
joritv, and that all they desired was, that the
popular' will should , 4. fairly reflected on the
subject of slave.ty,, arid that the proper remedy
for the evils iu . Kansaii was her prompt admis
sion as a State. • . •
.-dark, non-, the progress of events in Con
gress, and judge of the sincerity of these pro
fessions. On. the 23d - day ofJuly, Mr. Toombs
a southern Senator, Submitted a propositiOn
for the early admission of Kansas as a State,
by autliorizinglhe Present inhabitautkin a
prescribed manner; tf:'ifOrm a State constitu
tion in Novembernext.
,
The main features 1;;If this measure, as traitly passed by the Senate, are hereto appended,
so that the reader cap• come to his own con
clusions as to the fairns of its provisions. .
A leading and vital idea of this bill, it ap
pears, is to terminate! at once ail inducement
on the'part, of outsiders, to force temporary
population into the rerritory, with the view
of controlling a decision on the question of
slavery. Tbe sole right to influence such de
cision, is confined tocitizens who may have
already become bona fide inhabitants of the
Territory, thus ending this angry struggle,
and giving peace to the whole country.
This movement produced a deep sensation
in the Senate, aturthroughont the Union, and
no small share of consternation amongst the
_Kansas agitators, who - taw in it the elements
of destruction' of their vocation. It struck
all right-minded mon as eminently just and
wise in its provisions. Even Senator Miaow
distinguished fur !ifs aversion to everything,
emanating from a sputhera - source, could not
restrain tis ad MI racien, in d ' ' altrios t i °Vol t! n
larily paid it the following just tribute: , ,
" But,:sir, I do not want, to dwell on that.
subject, hilt to sp'cak a %Try few words in ref
l once to this bill, whic:l - has been introdueed
by the . Senator froin GeOrgia. I take this-oc
casion to say that gill, as a whole, doei'great'
credit to the mag,stenimity, to the patriotism,,
and to the sense of? justice of the honorable
Senator who introdtieed'it. It is
, a - much
fairer bill than I sipected froiithetiliiitticts.,
I say so beca'lrl) I m 4134 willing and d'e•
te.kinined, - :wilei I, hays o ccasion : tai Sim& iiny
thing, ,to do ample justice. '. I think the bill-is
' almost •unesseptionable." -..:. - ,
-- Atte haring bee read- ;:n Attie :toorsiin
the &iii4t c . , it:ivairVerrill to the proper Sam:. ,
1 niitteerrthat.b 4 dsl ,wiiiil' subsequently rP-•
1 turnedit with imiei4,ments.,suseemspameet by.
an Aail:antis stud nuts: =report, • in which the ;
subject' is thus - treated:-' '' '''. . .*' r''''''' , ' .'
, "Ile ,ifi.ti n i,e '`,iit'.'erit'si?entiii the Tei:ritc;: -
rya knnsns y.als.n nuqist on pursuance , ; 4 r
au acterCengreis "apPruvoi• May 30. v
1-44-4,
nstitutiv , tetnporal g r overunteute. ‘ for dm"
. ,
Territotiesofgehrasla and, Kansas, prelitnit
nary, to their admission into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States, soioon
as they , sholid have the'reqpiaite population.
The organicilaw of Kansas is
. identical with
hat of Nebraska in all its provisions and
•
principles- Each is based on that great fun
damental princip:e of self-government which
underlies our whele system Of, republican in
stitutions, sipromulgated in the Declaration
of Independence, consecrated by , the blood of
the Revolution, and consolidated and firmly
established hy the , Uonstitution of the , United
States. E4l. re cognizes the rightiof the
people thereof, while a territory, to form, and
regulate their own domestic institutions in
their own way, subject only; to the.Constito.-
tion of the Uaite(l States, and - to b© received
into the Union so soon as they Should attain
the requisite number of inhabitants, on an
equal footing with the original States in all
espects whatever. These ;two Territories
*ere thus organized in 1615-i under the au
thority of the'same set Congress, .With
equal tights, :privileges, and , immuni ties. and
`with the :fame safeguards and . guarantees, fot
the quiet enjoyment of their liberties, with- .
out molestation bY foreign interference or do:
mestic violeoce.
"In Nebraska the inhebitatits haie•tejoy
ed all the blessings which ibis possible for a
taw-abiding pt.iple to' erive! from. the faith
ful administration of a wise and just govern
ment.i Life, liberty, and property 'haste been
held sacred, the! elective franchise has - hein
4-t!
in!‘iserved inviolate, and all the- rights of the
citizens have been protected I ngainat fraud or
violence, by lawii Of his own ;tanking. These
:lie the legitimate fruits of the principle; the
piactiCal resultsof fidelity to the- provishaus
of the Nebraska , or e ,rranic act.; There Was no
fOreigii ii.teirerence with their ! domestic af
fairs, no fraudulent, attempt;
. to control the
nor,- resident by n-rcsident voters. Enaint
. ma
aid societies, with,theia affiliated associations.
• ; - ;
and euonuouseapital„ did k not extend their
operations to Nebraaka, and hence there were
n o counter-schen:les formed to control the el-.
actions and foice ,the institutions upon the
rierritory regardless of the irightsand wishes
the bona tide inhabitant's:,
The principle of the. Otig,anic •law,
_the
right of the people to manage their internal
affairs, and "control' their domestic concerns
in obedience to the Federal constitution,was
permitted, to have 'fair plaY, 'and work out,its
natural and legitimate results. -Hence peace,,
security, and pregress in all; the:elenen4 of
ar,esNrity in thil :_repitory yindicate4„
Fortunate wonld it have been fur the peace
and 'harmony oflthe republici, and
_still,anpre •
fortunate for the, unhappy people, of Kansas,
bad they been Permitted, in !the, undistuvhell
enjoyment of ihor acknowledged rights,: to
derive similar blessings from the same organ
ic law. !Your Ctimmittee can peceive no
reason why the seine causes Iwould . not_ hare ,
prisluc.Nl like'results in !Kansas but
_for the
misguided_efforts of non residents
,cif the ter
ritory, citizens of different States, , who; had
no moral or legal right "to interfere with the
elections and legislation of , the. territory, to
seize upon the legislative , patter through. the
, ballot-box, and thus , control! the local and
domestic institutions of
,a feeble and.sparitely
setfied territory?! '
This measure of peace !and justictooolvell
described in the report, came up in the Sea
ate for final passage the.., • 124 day,of ,Tuly;„
and was steadily" resisted- by l ! the Republican;
Senators, during prolonpd session of
ty-one hours. Notwithstanding the deelaris
riot' of Mr. Hale, that the
,Preposition ; was a
fair one- , "almost,unexceptionable"--it en- •
1. •
countered, the bitterest , . Objection,
after objection was presented, and. preinpfly,
removed by the friends of ;the bill—until ; it,
was made manifest that the 'Republican Swat:
ators had
_determined to accept nu : measure . of
peace. Mr.-Seward discarded all attempts. to .
accommodate it to his ;views, and vanntingly
declared that "the day , for compromises hid ,
gone IV." - ,
It was first objected, dual Abe laws . of the
Territory restraie the free. discomfort of the
question of slarery, and impose test oaths' for
suffrage and office, and consequently the p.n.
slavery party wersld hare the advaqtage. The
friends of the Meastire answered, that ill sooh
laws are in conflict with. idle Ceostitutien
and the organic: .act of Conpres, and the bill .
may be made to preside foritlryirepeol.
Then it, was allegeilthat many ,of ate'. tnis
State men had Locos' driven .opt of the ieriito-
ry, and therefore the;bill would peke 4.nu! ! al
a Slave State ; . , This objection _wee prornptly .
met by an amendment:in the, 11th
, tpeFlion„ .
giving all suclian opportunity,to. MAR%
,an,4_
Lave their nan)ee ,registered gild , ParqPiP4' 3 '
in the.electionl for deklutte to AnAn,,n,-- i noll 7
atitution. ' , - - . - i,_ - - _. $ .. _-., ..
i It was pelt
,!iiid . .the
."--Pg.nl l 9 , :t!'.lr.
sing or obstru c tin gt 6o ijla l , k
__lOrraLf, : 1 !,a;,1!.
to o light, and .: th ese weir ,i' l 3/MHb at lllAn7
oreiiteed; - : ' _ :. ,-
..i :. . f.. 4. 0 a, ' 'i 6'1 " 1 .
The d t ler Yl i . ll !*-..4i * *94. , . 1 ' "49 ; 4 -
with Ibe!Collfiellt of the Sftaitte::'balcibluislit,
to.APPaiaVila la!! TaWPJ' ,9 r t vF a af.k?ftitiatt_ L '
no -aano 4 4nS° i -o ,th !'•W i l#P , Cil!° w ,- 0 ,!t: ~1%,k,
riicei t4 ir O i qi it it ' 9TllM 9fitt 49311 k,:„.
o!!icAßl4gBl:t,9lo9l!l;PkeggS?n,l,,,..l.P.,,,ftßit
tbe,i i r‘itieniistp4thoig4olo.thit., i thituf;' ,
m k 6i° oll44P , _ ,fi.e.g. ~, To m ,_ t . tit
4
• ) ~'' •' '
1 4 4 , 14 i ' 1 - iie f 4O
;vtitiate4rtiPs4i#4:i4iii- , ftP(,,41.33,-,
integrity J. l O , 1)1Pty,........t11 !-y.-„.-46,—..1,,..;.i
TL en they evin ced; their *nt of
iti,.. 11 ,4wr ,? I) ,iVm-ki -,
to 1 3, ! ) 44 1 . , -9 015 -AY'Afte
Si% ja a !.34. i , A #Af` , Prfr, 4 _ ,l P" gt_glilltfr
Wilsim to . t.trikli'oo, the Le'nt ire' bill, sf.tul in.
'3ll
fled, instend,-*.single section_'vepealing 'dittos
btws new in* co*. Xenee7l 404eevi 1 41`.
the people in . nnavebYetkOO ,eresioO '
The SePi4v from NOVI 4a - raPsltirelt,(4l:l'
Bale,) haying recovered„, from Ina, rsghties. 7 .
pulses, under the Party' lash, came, forward,.
au .4 ° wed- tO 4.erev thqoff4t tbe„bili So_ ,
,Ituy, /857,45,c, that the
,struggle might last,
another year--in order if tiust..Kansaa
liberty might bleed" Utter aut •PrYutision-,
tial electiot Lk- 7 -4'nd iu Jhis he was sustained
by the vote of eve,' 49Oblicle Seeeter
! Mr. Seward, tbe - fik !miler of the 40014.
did bi• part , by moving
_to -stags% oat. A,9 ce:t
_am bill,-.and. , ineettie4l ee . e s lieT .1 ° 11 404
Kansas- into:00 : 1;0qt tuuder...theTopekts
Constitution, and !sie'eti4fliPeSt.- n Able by, hi*?
eidire party. other amentimeets were
offered, all designed to c deill'at the object of
the bill, or to force its f r iends to : castsages,
liablelo-misrepresentation.,
But at 'last thetest - vate could no lengerle,
arouled. They had said the, remedy f:tv„ths,L.,
evils in Kansas was her, pt.adinisbion an
sition
a State; that the territonai'lawt(were edious
arid oPPreseive, Ana must..b erep e aled ; that:
the elective franchise
.had been abused, and
it must be , protected; that the' Free-State
EllrtY were Tars 17 i l l 'thfese o .4PweT,ftea the
"ice of the majority must,-"be heard. *4 - F .
bill provided for ell these. , things. Whet'
tier did these ,Black-pnblicanctio,!,,_pid .
_they net up to, their
,profevinns„4,l4vOing
this measure of relief nod. ; pacification for
:mishit! it is almost incredible that
ilia no r They :restftelllt : , to tlitt:bil ( e 7 A l l,o 4
They deliberately, voted_ngeitiktit, reiehl,Of ,
_the laws sub4rsi.venf the ; ljbeslo 1"; 'spcec!
and freedom , of the press; aseipst i theirpipt
AllrOssjot! ot Kansas as is State
ally, in; avor,.of. s. the contieuenp q =the Prey;
ent Territerini goyernpyo ruitl):VirS
Ii is ' nO t iostiflcatiOn- to. say . thet they pre- :
ferred the Topeka Censutution ; that , seas=,
tire had already failed; and this Senate bill
then came apes agninsilhe present govern - ,
merit. and laws of Kansas:- _These ...friends' of
Kansas" decided .in favor of the letter; From
this record there is no wept!. *alai);
~,to
. get the Topeka donsirtution, whieli they-4:4
claimed . as the best thins thateould . :be
they were hoind,'as honest inea and patriots,
too for the - next , best; ;big:they -lutie.wdo
their record.
What cieziel.'erhienie . thiti" — tare that,
these ngitators'Ao not: aosiri v ieiOtn Kansas
than isfurni.shixl,inihj4:kilef-,pptl;tsii.lia4-..
tOryl Theproof atnonnbt;:attnosti to7:denKtii,
s t ra tT o n.-, : . :a
-- ‘lll6 TOrtZlinng.
Naar.Yoam,September'27,lB LL
This is emphatically is. busy time. in this
city ;Ihse hotels - are orssrdett, the- whedeoditi
mercantile houses are throttled,: and ' the
streets are fall tlhorrYin .- oottutiY M . erchanls 1
whe,are hurrying hithei#id thither, laying '
in their goode r for'ill eitmisigii; There - i.
rno fear-of yellefeer,''titele . haii not lieen a
case reported for in re ii - tohnight, =piad
the apprehensions' ofeyen.the inesi timid i
timid bare entirely disappeared, and the I
Most indefetiiable alarriat bill'only 'bite his
nails and say withidisapixiibii.d :grin that
wo Aali ll ' afe'inO4 ll 4lill l eitl'4,l*.tii: l 4. 3
M re
kit elk up. elo auotil*PttrkMS.s‘„t t f_ 1 1;
really say they *int taste- pectpla; diev,:lrut
from their actin& tiiireititifleta*orhoo4alte,
a gmafital,,etVie rnfoft la p ridicili%Atif i
(butt' 'of all their friAir‘'`iiiid i i Sightihfe l 'lii
!i .1
n di ge nt pestilence and_ who would regard 1
with It gloomy iPY- 11 M, ogrlir, 1 °fth!e° 'vial'
tent of the population of, Of ~c ity , only . '; . for,
the sake of rubbing their harids„ and eiiin;
" I told you so." But then
_'old weaker 3:
hire for this season ceased to have their -!,7, .1
fluence, and , besine.ss gees ,
on in spite'ef, them
as merrily as if yellow tour and chnierswito l
pleasant:companions Vlic;Aaigok ii,_ 14,,..„t'
a friendly call instead of.theidireA forbii of
pestilence who hare-only-11.a Mere amnia
1 )ara i ed - - us ii i i . . , .*
The. BOokriellere tradttriat hit been in
Pwre ss ff!r 14 e w ‘ 'l l o* 1. ,- a tt en dance:'
, i,
bacimen-,lnuisualk7 large. . " : .1:a 11 ,9 i )i r k e t"-
barn *a paid, and the petttsher vita!"
are 6440 and _content e d., , A-fea l kqe a
the* Ptiwiiis4 l MI Ouit Ak !Dailli#ceni:dtETP:
is every day provided•Sor PI . ttstcurters fey
which . 40 AIaTZO! t ,' / -4Sik t 1i t. , ,,, :1 111 ,ft c Y n .,_r e4
thiagsa o a B Ara' li ft ha t.:4-Ft2; E ,f ra ` an _
cheese, or sandw i Ci m a-aOll ,40i grejl, 4 rh'a
tliclrAlgbl° lo ,l Ala n at;s Afftfte i bytti
c es
thaPll l *:s ol O ili Tte. a 1.,: 4 7 1t r i l
_ in p l Ez
4 P 4, 2 0 41e 40, Isii.N:lityvAitiiita4m,
hl,akll*
4 1 .:A I MP 11 1i i r" ti t .. YT"4 ,t t r
m a ' d s il Pu ld, ve iy ft,k4
il l 1(47
~,
chases ,will ,feec : veacipArp.laX94l , ell • all 2 a
t e
liberal a ft er he .has friir:•j i ift. llo t tla 11
61 i*R ( *p:Al;VM- 4 -14h.t 1 144 ill#l l ,l l *
lunar iadividual 1, Om 7 9(74 10 ‘ tki ` ellter's
nal imm°i'llPt t i ; 11 ke l U t A aas bia? 0 .14 *ii,!*
1 4:44.40 1 , 1 ; a faa-3 ,9 (#)44Zirriiii4V
0 Andiolf#4,ll4:4l%-tw.o;aiii ,
PAI ~,.
Olig 9 1* ~,!srkl / 4 , 4 t Y
i , rVi o r 4:411
tinz - prfp,o‘aviNe ~544, Te
4 : 4 9 l ifri ll 4t llll)l L -4 ' '-, l f+ e „
ano,4l4oqm Di Utitt4 0,11:01 . 1
s t 44
**at 'har.4,. - 411.4,.x , firr, 44,
ot - 1 , - ni 61.4 11 •gg.sie ko .bIUP ',.
evi thatatptatuA,m4X,..intip,?l, 9
es 4
OA .•‘`t.4. l m 7 ........-,, 0
11 . 41 1 " f iifirlitt jaii l laUr ,
ll 1 aaW- , ,5, ,z,
,pr , sir_. ._ 1 -.., ..„ 4 . - ulv d ia
"...SP ' " tr, -,w , rl R ., rr et '.
oroartipi , orT4ily ix.; fie
4
~ im'om,, t oli,,:vots
4. iTnivirracist 4 elf: - ~r'- We '' laa t-'41. ' 14..
•,,kll,Ar .I , eoo Av t"1'? .0 t 41 , 11
:pileolise o.,,r4wOr k witwAvPu4 Crlt.
i,ltat ittteuse and abioraing leaf, in . which
j.,_ - 44- - 0 2 7 , 11 4 -tir 4411:
i".W • t.7:1-te
, • ! 4.14•(-4
''.i.. 6-7 .V` , 7 ,- , - ::"Ci ,1'7,,A11
•
0 alit t l'Ae 4.4 r - 511111 , 41 F - - te 4
-
_ _.•
_
we perused the story of-Eva, Topeeyiland " - SU -,
Char. - There is too - much -talkiainftokUttle
:work; too fluid] , leetnrinev •
ItndteitiittikdVttz
,matie force and vigor 060 - ****
pg,presolkicg,anktuo4ittlegeVeinkiii4 of:
A L VAgeri:er enei ten tent4of;ineident:ll - 3i 1 4 , '
mooed , volume parGoalarly, is= a
mon, stighto- : _attwt s4 k occ = 7 a
lively diatkilielr • of -
zsomikx a
,13 . 0athon. 40 - 41. 1,
sca m - Pi , T4F ., t*tiviiitu
1 413 4itia -110
.#l* timstigo as if ipite:l4 4l „ uc'Er
with n a i ti tet r rill l # l * 4 * - -
er's
.00 4,‘,110)Fs
:14 011 _ sk -
leases by itsteinrinted an
inakev : I °4l.l4 **i : "*lWl
nothing to, the antlioe, - :101.-Stovre had it
translated ander ; b9r.„Owaisnpe , ,rib,*4nd it
ia-le be issued ra T rii ° l/ Get.:
!DIN and
The exoelled renegades ftem 8611 Yraners° 4
are continuing Ateit.jontrigies but itlitTo
stabbing, shooting:`-and rowdyism every
kind ist49r4e7p!
They ire pa triti;
It vi odictive Against any,geattein*
they etelleot4-440% btirx,4*.weYAL" lour
:the Vigilance Committee , , of, f4ll-47 taticisto:
. •
Already . have two or threeAmoirending - Wt- -
- ridnals been knon'lrildt- down - 7alid .z braty
.beaten by - theli'inflialaklbr fiastitheittdienos ,
than havin&lxisa - • in Califoroand,l then,
simpathized with-the great reformation.
gantleman solleerett thntlair too,.
support his feeble -1 # .1017%;!:41fie:icwaii ,
ypsterday strinrin'd
..0604
disappe'ared - in - thC
be apprehended. A. Vigilance - Ciennskucei..
lome - inade ' and ,of ysentor seteerpift
ilbould - be formedlsm in New :York le rid.
the citx , of thase::llfatnetra
ire a disgrace to:tie *moot Arne&atm
A fine sight Inut ~presented ilionisy
. eiretdpgwpose whcre ,, _
. '4 o ti es or ... ,vraisme
called themout.:, sae! -nightfa , 4 l o Sev 4.
-
enih the , cuak.4 Epentoftilii O t is*lß'
(feed the St.ate,l4o-4 Tootiljek paa,o B ; It
_was a beautiful evening,_and many thousands ,
of citizens and s4llNrers lined . tbP....,Mf, ‘ 7, 1 4.! col_
Arid the sides pf shs4re4, and .nheered
. tw
iiiil .
ti:ly, as the faveri4 oo l ll lo9 s civets ctlri
There are about seven, hundred -mewls the'
: l i c g iln .Vl4 4” l rPlrft 4 itillw Jammed
Withtue reg
____,,,.... ;.; ._,„,,t.t.41 ,
.. „..,,..tie . es!
rit *anturtver Leeway:mega ~
I TY,..._ie eveti
10g, 41ittlori6led sikolhie , aispigehi_Arat
,
that they might take advantage . of ,11 1 8 CP I
D ra tiVO e Utine6 . a Ili wa)it night td
1 ;- ,
, i : r l 4eumai be' t i ni o*OAA__ 4 1 1 '
- ll ti t , i
cinity. The music:wasOr ,timpFf..' e ..
sight or the Splendid Corninkniet(mott#* at,.
- Withriessur ed etirc thaii erai.*:,,i,l l r:
Meats glittering le tt;n-riisof a•. 61 1 - :" ,
- While the whole air resounded 'wiltt: we; at 7,,..,.
'planding shouts Of Itie'tlefighrei*Aetetei,
- Was enough to 4cite it :spirit; nfiitsiSirez
- dor in the hearts of Many who-arekllMlcto‘
ea. ilr excited tinta wive& -
R..' • .. • ,r . .,,- !,---, . , • 1 ,,,;i ,
f'‘ . The Dem:vatic Ter* in' this city )tioiso , f.
O i omiliatiiig'ootriieitionotplit iitp!--iNfidiris:g.:
1 0 ' ng; lii4,l o iniiAii4tvkli 3 O" 4
rilaYoratitYslml4i 8. I. 414 1)• :a4 .4414 04- .1
iockunbeit,fehkando ° VI T,1;459,1i • 7h 111 Itr..."i
, course weakens-that -11 , tirY . `.41W4 4 ,k...
; now exceedinglyilitibittlet-the 7 .eitiark* * 't
'6,1 R9: 61 ) 11 44 661 44 0 161 .31 1 1 k -. --'
4ilill;e elected . Past a 4.4314 4•': : - ii 7 - --;:;;; - . ' : - S t ,, '
' ' Ihe,theatricat season Alas- cowmen iii.. - . 0"
good arrow.' ' WitihYLl which, -
fromilni hands of the =well- .'.kneWnr,Pletiek,',:,
: WaEack Senioelatoi :the. possaskt-0011ri
§tuart; COramenCit tills evening , widt - a '
Platy entitled k7YaCiti - 04 10 "1 I fo - '. 6 4,i 4 0, 5- " .
. 0 163 iiidtbrallIsPia_ i ii 44 1 0 1,
tindenbtedty'heinceouttit -. ' -,, -.....;;°.,i :,- ,-...
Murton, who has E. L. DaVertiort as& 4 litis'
wife : sty ails, Ail •1 11 Kn, 1 4,-•,*
n wew piece,' ; , _Charititfi ,l 4ol.: ...-„, 1, ,L. ....0,
'int iiille i l ft
plays's new Istdoenoe firth ~, ~z, ~ , •
OW. to-night; there will' WAget_uf4s,4..ic
theserse4eralplieeenf Inereadowl- . i . .i* 4-- :r.t,
-', The Marsh Juveniles cornmenctif
again ifi )covat - ,,:evetioginsi- Uri INstr ,
ida.tip‘ dic . iitirprtgailaiijiti."l9olll
iNkill,4al4 4 i:i‘ert46l;trii,i4.
- 4111 1 X 4 iii‘ 1 1 1 tillike telWiliatiitui*.ifit4ver'
igi.i t p :lol l F 4l
1 a n i k,M1 14 .:47-zua-gw, 7-:-. - ' -
...r,..
flaric in r. t il n .f! t rt M' 4 , 49 4 . " . 14 i f e ct om~ -
0 .1 0 - 4.,theglit*f I* iiifiMas*g itg e
ii';';;li - . 1 1 virti:o,lo6 - 43 - fi t tvit ago
pitirgi , i;7ct 4641 . . et', , iitigivAlt - b r tiore
intleuvire . r :. 4 ial*lrritive4 - Aiso ,
..,i.O . rli' ilOt , ,• I • if 411 - 114 1 8*000,141e t
iatil i tit o k . i iflViiiiil*ltia*liik
' le i t '''''
iitta WOW 1 itithWlll4o .
pri) .1.. . ,efpk
il 4' 0 iTi ititlity ! ilaW ii . iiiiiioefw .
lt• , t 0, , ,,,-p_.„. va r . 1 4 „ i i-k ~
og_ die Nl,i -ler n;r7: 46 , •,- '#- - r,..., .
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' lber,,, , b 0 1 * . "0. 1 n 1 4" ,-ia, -
takitivol!4 , 4tittia ikUit, lot -
,t4eL.,4
0 1 , lo.i ~..,5.0. sv . ,or 1' , ., ...,-tir-,Thitkley,
o.t: mt . " ~,, , ',..,„t r --. , ~.. ‘),
1 ,
ego fk -- lw„. .!%4 , 0 4 -.
eiyAtetAciiii -
tisib
44i„.- -
and O / *, ,,- zi t it 414 4 41 . 1 N 1 '' -
• Ar_ 4 -.'• " 1. ..... A 414 , ' _
~..••• , , , •ix I t A ,
W..,
4 ib lir. v ,, Al'ti kfikt
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1 14 4 4#,....T1L .. - iFt 4 T-.-
3 4040' Jr a it ° 4.101-
V g
tifiya i i writo4l - _,_ &low 1-‘ '1 4 . '. 4
i 1 fa 1 4 ..*'' '.- 4 -• d„Tsr7
4A% ' a llk c l n k .. 18 gor r x ig a * ` - ''''Y.,-- '
Ail ii
.r,pl .41,5 rt % 'Amu , , , , --,:,'•, •e:` .
, ~ - ,• ~u • ~vt*. ~..129,... IL-E.,'
' 1 ,4'44.1., fee 496 I TP vailx , ..,
, ..., a
'`man wilt 44114 dairia taw