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Thursday, April 9th, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
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• FOR GOVERNOR.,
- WILLIAN PACKER,
Of Lycontiny County;
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
NIMROD STRICK LAND)
- Of Chester Courtly.
jar We invite attention to the advertise
ment of Nfessrs Lee & Marsh in another
column,-descriplire of a Topographical. Map of
this• county, which they propose soon to pub
lish.
Mr. Growls Speech.
We were present at the fusion meeting
held in this piece last Monday evening, and
witnessed the unsuccessful effort of Mr Grow
to demolish the Supreme Court of the United
4ttes, and the Montrose Democrat. The
vindictive and scurrilous portion of bis fran
tic barangue, - evidently degigneci to provoke
us to assault him personally, and thus draw
.our attention and the public eye frian his
imperfections and corrupt practices as a pol
itic‘O . n, we shall pass with, the contempt it
merits: The representative \ who wilfully at. 7.
tempts to deceive his consl.ituen'is r ra3 by
pompous declamation rind hypocritical pro
fusions would hide the truth to shiehl
self from infarpy,ueed not expect to respond
to hie blackguard assaults, or' to dignify his
imbecility by engaging inn personal con
iroversy tvitli him. ~9f Mr. Gross's private
character.:tre shall have nothing to say in
this article; if the people of a neighbor•
ing locality hesitate to commends it as
pure and exemplary, it is not C/111' fault, anti
the indignant youth of Glenwood should not
told us responsible for their suspicions. We
omit, tben, any fu rtbgr consideration of Lis
venomous, yet puerilp attack upon us, and
proceed to notice that part of his philippic
intended to 'weaken the confidence of his
constituents iu the highest judicial tribunal• l
in 'the Republic; and in this comection,
will not be improper to contemplate for a
moment the character of that tlibunal—its
*potless integrity and its solid legal acquire
:rents. ' That it is composed of the ablest
midi:oast accomplished legal scholars the
country affords, no intelligent and reasonable
mail will deny; anti it is so organized as to
be independept' of the executive and legisia
tire branches of the government. This inde-
pendence enables it to pronounce impartial
judgments; to adhere faithfully to the con
stitution of-the country.; to discharize i.s
solemn. duties, regardless of popular clamor,
and. unawed by the anthem's of clerical
demagogum The great and patriotic men
who , erected this governmental fabric, evinc
ed superior wisdom and a profound knowl
edge of human naiure,in making the judicial,
indePendent of all other departments, so that
it might reside in an atmosphere of imparti
ality, and its only ambition be to do substan-
tial justice. Its decilons command the re
spect and obedience of all good citizens: Y . t.
this tribunal, thus organized and venerated,
is the target at wtich the mustachioed Glen
wood shrieVer vomited his venom and abuse
by the hour, last Monday evening. And
by what authority does this ungrateful And
faithless boy, who probably never conducted
one important law-snit; presume to trample
upop, - and set at defiance the judgment of
our hig:hest and most respected Court ! We
do not believe there is one member of thej
Susquehanna County bar, who is not better I
acquainted with the common law and the
-statutes of the commonwealth than Gatasha
A. Grow. If we remember rightly, be once
opened a law office in this - Place, and, mortis
fled because of his inability to cope success
fully with Lis brother member's of the bar,
Le retire(' to the hemlock shades,of Glenwood,
where for a short time he' earned = an honest
livelihood by peeling bark. Subsequently
be WAS elected to Congress, where 'he per
formed according to the directions of, Wil
mot; consequently' he was petted by that
arch demagogue until he became vain. Vanity
iamb tion and avarice made him a deserter
from the patty and principles be was chosen
to represent. his old enemies flattered and
promised to promote him, and with an inglati
lode • which betrayed an ungenerous and
mercenary nature, he commenced malign- 1
, lam the men who lifted him from obscurity
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r . and placed him in an honorable position. '
His career furnishes a striking proof of the
folly of entrusting power in the i•ands of un
scrupulous, inexperienced and weak-minded
men. And tbis whiskered South, eminent
7 . only as'an ingrate and a hypocrite, counsels
i"... his constiticients to resist the Supreme Court
V.l' of the United States, and pompously aSserts,
t:: thatits deigsions are dictated
by the ' slave
1" 'i. power?'; Really, the man who lacks the re
r' 'legal k ledge
' qmsite now to properly conduct
I %b '
R ii petty „ aw 7 sui before a Justice of the peace,
till. snakes a ridiculous Sgure when he grapples
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wish the judgment of.the highest Court in
- the country. In solid, learning and purity
4 of character, Cldeflustice Taney is not ex
:.l. celled E by any living roan.: His associates
~..
T., are all distinguished jurists—men who have
ict, devoted their lives to the study of the law,
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l. and whose highest iimbitien it is to faithfully
4 inite4ret
,the constitution ' they are sworn to
1 protect. Contemplate the nature and-power
...`,. of the United States Supreme Court, and the
charaiterCf the men who, compose it. and
Ci*theniay whether G. A, Grow; when he ra
ft; saults that tribunal, is entitled to :tbe respect
::. of the intelligent and patriotic citizen. •
,?! Now let us see -..in'' what -manner he
.'at-~
teleptO to nett the Jut susr.cious of the
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community he has betriyed. Several weeks
ago we invited our neighbor of the..Repub/i
-can to answer a question which we propound
ed with refence to Mr. (row and his trip to
Europe. This Grow the% impertinent, and
outrageous - , and wondered how - editors of a
local newspaper 'dare make such inquiries
concerning him. We - will enlighten the
sensitive shrieker on this point; so that be
may no longer miiapprebend us. When the
' Collin's al , propiation bill first came before
the body of which be is a member, he vio
lently opposed the project ; subsequently his
zeal against monopolies abated somewhat,
and his. .opposition was of the faintest and
most genteel kind. This sudden changes in
duced observers to doubt his integrity ; and
even now anti democratic pnpers mention
him as " one of the • gentlemen who had a
free berth is the Collin'A line of steamers"
when be visited the European Continent.—
Mr. Grow asserted that he, paid his ,fare
that occasion, and the assertion we publish
for what it is worth. His foolish assaults
upon us last Monday evening not pre-
cent us from doing hint justice.
A' for words with reference to his hostility
to the report of the Corruption Investigating.
Committee, and we diemiss him. lie
firms that all he desired was 'to secure to the
accused afair and impartial trial; to this
no one objects, as it was their constitutional
privilege to have it. But, Grow; why
did you evade the charge preferred against
you by us, viz: that you opposed the motion
to read and print the report, before you knew
what that report contained No . one ever
- of withholding from the suspected
parties the benefit pf a fair trial ; and. it is
ii)e basest hypocrisy_ and deception in you
to pretend that they were denied it. The re
port of the committee, with the testimony
taken before it de:l+ly priares, (your assertion
,to the contrary notwithstanding,) that :Messrs
Gilbert, Edwards and Matteson had a it. op.
portithity to confront their accusers and etoss-
ekatnine them. This they neglected to do,
for the guilty and corrupt insiinctively *-1;u1k
away from (be gaze of honest men, and re
fuse to impro . -c privihigcs. which the innocent
NNTould be sure to profit by. Like a cowardly
hypocrite, ab_you, are, you evaded the reF.l
charge preferred against you iri this matter
and sought to cover it up by ivindy and u'n
meaning declamation. This we shall not
permit you to do., Our charge' is uncontio
yerted —you did not meet it like a man—
.you evaded. it. We assert again, that your
singular and unprecedented course toward
the ease in question, is calculated to make
observing men doubt your integrity and
strongly suspect that you are not an honest,
and unsels:l legislator. That suspicion is
intim:llly strengthened and confirmed by the
miserable subterfuges to which you resorted
: last Monday evening, to escape censure
. in
this matter: instead of explaining your.con
duet in a frank and candid manner. - We
leaie you, confident that the ranting of a
swelled boy" still not destroy the confidence
of our fellow-citizens in their highest judicial
tribunal, nor . b:ind them to the consequences
'of resisting its authority.
Row VII(moils Nomination is Cc
. cciye4 iu ‘4,11y District."
. The nomination of David Wilmot for
Governor of Pennsylvania does not Seem to
gratify his friends in this locality. They ate
doubtless sensible enough to know that he is
a badly .chipped man—that to has not the
slightest chance of being elected to the posi;
tion for which. he is named. But this convic
tion is.no excuse for the coldness they mani
fest towards him. He is the head and front
of their organization in this part of the State;
he betrayed his old friends for the purpose of
promoting his own interests and the interests
of the men with whom he is now . actin?, and
those men are in duty bound to cordially re
spond to his nomination._ This they Have
shamefully neglected to do. Last Monday
evening they held a mass 'meeting in this
place—that meeting was addressed by G. A.
(row, and David Wilmot was present. Mr.
Grow made no allusion to Wilmot's nomina
tion, nor did the meeting by resolution or
otherwise signify its approval of the proceed
iti,Ys of the Fusion State Convention. . Now,
a very natural and proper inquiry is: why do
the shriekers of this county hesitate to corn
mend the nomination of their apparent fa
vorite? Because Wilrnot is a doomed ma4are
they disposed to desert his flag I At all events,
1, it looks a little singular that a proposition to
I ratify the nominations, was not made. If
Wilmot is'" the standard-bearer of freedom"
and Las been put forth as such by the shriek
! ing patty or the State, it would not be out of
+) place ) place for his own district to express its g9ti
t
I L,fiention
,and - to , pledge to him a cordial and
united Support. We submit that David has
been treated unfairly; that chose who have
seduced Lim from his "first love," are guilty of
gross_improptiety in refusing, to endorse his
nomination.. There were men in tbe meeting
to which we hare referred who feel this neg
lect most.. keenly ; who• are really Wilmot's
devoted friends, and who rejoice that he is to
be their standard bearer in. the coming con
test.. These men desired the meeting to Inake
an expression in favor of Wilmot, and to as
sure him that his selection by the State Con
-1
, vention was gratifying to his political friends,
in this section. But they vrere . prevented
from taking the proper steps to obtain such
expression, by a hasty adjournment. The" old
whig l ' interest felt and exercised its power,
and those who - followed - Wilmot Into the
ranks of the enemy, were made to realize
that they were of secondary importance—
mere dumb instruments to be wielded at
pleasure by the old foes of -democracy. The
conditien;of the'deserters is humiliating; but
their rewird is just_-_
Pint Gun ot tbe Cainpaign:
Ominous thunder i • from Berk/if—At the re
cent municipal election in the city of Reading
Maj. - Joaniw Svranix, the DemocratiC
nominee, and , a noble hearted young Demo
cmt, was elecied:ldayor by wmajority of 3138
votes. The whole Democratic ticket was
elected, and 13 of the -18 qmncilmen. 'ln
view-of the fact that Reading - nsualliiies a
large opposition majinity,this is truly an oils
loons renat.
The Reason , why _Kansas shOald
- . Bleed Again.
The history of the past, So says the Wash
. ...
Into) Mao., showslhat thaenetnies of the
Deence.raey resort to two modes to influence
the public mind—one by Operating upon the
necessities of men, and the other by mislea
ding them., The former 'area resorted to with
the hope of securing a recharter Of the Bank
of the United States by cramping its custo
mers, and through them the community.--
They sought to control the war of 1812, by
, depriving the government, as far as possible,
of the means for its effective- prosecution.—
Kansas matters have afforded them an op
portunity la practine both modes
.at once.—
They sought in Cengress- to starve the judges
and others in Kansas into action in conform
ity with their political wishes. • To secure
this object; they knowingly_ and designedly
defeated the appropriations for the army,
and adjOurnedwithout providing the means
necessary to enable it to defend, even the fron
-1 tiers, where the tomahawk and scalping
( knife perform_ their Iloody work upon de
fenceless women and cloldren. But the
more common means resorted to for-control
i'
ino• the ptiblie mind, and securing political
power, is gross and-reiterated deception and
1-falsehood. It is seldom that the opposition
place the. action of Democrats before the_
country iu an honest and truthful manner.—
Bad motives are assigned for every Democrat
ic act, ;Ind results are uniformly attributed
to them rather than their true canses. The
truth of these remarks has been sulk ingly
illustrated. in relation to tire isw organizing
Kansas, and the events-Which have since oc:
curred. Our rlVe!sarie.s have. attributed to 1
the law the consequences of their own ai:ts,l
and have grossly misrepresented occurrences
in that Territery. Kans..' was made to bleed,
fur the-benefit of Northern politicians in their 1
pursuit of popular favor. It was distant
froni the ordinary travel-of the country,. and
there was no small difficulty in kF.ecrtaining !
the truth. The Itepubli4rl leaders had ther
agents in Kansac. who furnished accounts of i
horrible occurrences,. as required, to me.et. tie
nevessiCes of their emplo3 cm Many who .
had nO such_ agents manufactmcd news 10.
suit the occasion in their own Offices. Poor
Kansas was made to bleed to order, and the
country was *deceived into the .beNef that the
most horrible tragedies had occurred, when
nothing of the kind Lad happened. Every
wrong or crime that did occnr was magnified
from ten to a hundred fold, and all charged
to the DemOeracy and the Kansas la w, when
those making the c h arge knew it, to be untrue.
a
With great effort and much outlay of money
1 the scheme of deception was kept up till after'
the Presidential election, exercising.:mrich ef
fect hp on the popular vote, thoogh failing in
the object :hoped for. After this great exer
tion tiirotiiTh the campaign, the agitators
needed rest and quiet, and some yielded to
the necessity, and took both. - Bat the fatal
l efrects of a cessation of their decenth'' ,
1 ~ ..labors
1 Bonn manifested themselves at the elections.
1 Au immense failing oil of the Black Republi-
can vote. ivas s!lown ia various
Those io had been deceived and misted
Ile criesof-Weeding . Klosns, when they s.rivc•
all was peace and quiet there, were fast de.
serting their ranks, and returning ithiong
their Democratic. friends. Some new effort
became necessary. to rally their scattering
forces. An Walucky exposure of the rating
Motive of sundry Black RepubliCans• had oc
curred in the House. Public attention •mu,t.
be turned from t s exposure. -
much counselling by the • lenders,
before nud at the special sessiun.of the &n
-ate, nothing could be discovered holding out
so much promise of favorable results ris'Lleed
ing Kansas again. hence it was 'resolved
that she should bleed. The mandate went,
forth, and she was oitle.red.to bleed, and bleed
she must. - The intention of Governor Geary .
to resign induced the belief that this could
be-accomplished to an extent sufficient to .
arouse the whole North and We s t, and bring .
'back to their tanks those formerly. drawn
there by thecry of blood in Kau , aS. As soon
.as Governor Geary left the Ttlrritory, the evil
work began. TheTopehafaction•yut .thetn
selves in motion. Ruh.inson, who resigned
his mock governorship-nearly. a year since,
has been induced to withdraw his letter of
resignation, and• to assume the Mockery
once more. The sham legislature. and un
authorized State Governtnent'are being again
put in motion, with the hope of prodticing a
Collision, and she lding sufficient blood to an
swer the purposes of the distant leaders,
whose power and Control must totally fail,
unless some such resource can save them.—
This new demonstration was doubtless -con
trived in the city. and is to be pushed for
ward witn zeal and energy until the droop 31: : .;
cause of the agitators shall be thoroughly
1
- The question is now submitted to the peo-.
plc, whether they. will be again deceived by
the hypocritical cry of those Who bled Kan
sas to order, to promote their P i olitical aSpira-
That lianas would go r on smoothly,
and all would remain is peace. Quiet asd
prosperity, as Gov. Geary left itr, 'if not dis
turbed by outsiders,all must fully understand.
Men, who love their country and desire its.
pence, prosperity and happiness, ShOuld set
their faces against this\ wicked attempt at
new agitation. If they do so f.iomptly .- 'and
thoroughly, Kansas will cease bleed, and
soon becoree a populoite, prosperous, and hap.
py.soyereign State. .
"A subscriber," (whom we thaspect to he
some narrow minded Leech) asks us why we
•advertise - Dr. Arsit's Pins, and we will give
him our seven reaseatr so doinz. The first
,
second - and third are twe are paid for it.
i
The fourth is, we know them by experience
to bp good. The fifth is . that Dr. Ayer's
preparations being' recoMmended -by better
men than we—by physicians oft , the high*
talent and the deepest learning -on the land,
we are well sustained in our ow convictions
of.tbeir value. The sixth ,is
. t. at they are
cheap „ as well as tesefal. - 'Theast but hot
least is that they haie done an . d i are doing.au
amount of - good in this Comtnhnity Which
our old fogy friend if he could repent himself
ten thousand. times, might '.never hope to
i . equa l, and - we trout by snaking lion known
to render some service to our reader! Rs .well
1 'iti'our. , elvrj„— rl
Christion Adocae.
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&.cattemcts Editors :
Permit me to say through the columns of
'your paper, that agreeably to notice issued,
Prof. 4. F. Stoddard and 13. F.Tewksbury,Co.
Superintendent, held on the 10th,' 20th and.
21st, a very interesting Institute, In, this
Township, for the benefit of teachers.
The weather, on the 10tsb, was rendered
very inclement, in the fore part of the day,
by the falling rain, and in the after part of
the day, by the driving snow ; but notwith
standing the bad state of the weather, a large
number of teachers assembled, evincing a de
gree of interest commensurate with the great
importance of their high callinmand weighty
duties.
Prof. J. F. Stoddard, exercised the teachers .,
in the science of numbers, giving them very
valuable, short, and practical methods of per
forming operations, on numbers, mentally,
which occupied the time during the afternoon
of. the first day., The next day he. spent some
time on the" subject of Natural Philosophy,
and elucidated the laws of falling bodies, pro
.ving satisfactorily, that muck error had been
taught from the:booksin_this department of
that science. After a reading exercise 'con
ducted by B. F. Tewsbnry, prof. S..- contin
ual his instructions in Mathematics. In the
evening B. F. 'fewsbury, made a few remarks,
and was followed by Prof. J. F. Stoddord,
who delivered a lengthy and eloquent address
to a large audience which. seemed deeply in
terested.
• The last day Prof. S. occupied a part of
the time in giving object lessons-and, in in
struCting the teachers in the most improved
methods of teaching ; and. the remaining
part was occupied by the Directors ( there
being quite a number of them present,) in
making congratulatory remarks,,and encour 7
aging the teachers to Move onward in their
field of-labor, elevating their profession to. its
proper: dignity. The recitations and exhil,i
tion of the teachers were highly ereditahle.--
There has been a 'marked improvement made
in the teselets d tiring the' past year.
The above summary aecount . is but a fee
ble portrait of the proceedings ; of the inter
est a wakenedjit this community by this in
tellectual Galaxy, uhich has, been moving
through the various parts of this County, !Ef
fusing its light through community, arOusinw
the mind from its lethargy, and infusing' new
life into the cawo of popular education, im
partieg vitality, energy, vigor, and force to
this exalted cause, which must redound to
the good and especial_benefit of all that come
within its benign influence.
kis the expressed wish of the people in
this vicinity, that adhall may keep tolling,
and be gathering momentum : as it onward
moves. One of our Directoti, who settled in
this counts v, when it was almost one unbro
ken Wildertie, recently sail, the teacher
from whom be received his edtication, when a
word of difficult pronunciation (teemed,
would say, " it was blotted in his boot" and
to he obtained a blotre+l education, with
which he has passed through' life. And
was Ic•lliced to see an effort ranking
to wipe out/ P rise blots, and that there lass
been a great many of thorn erased.
Abetter day is dawning. Thisnoble little
band of teachers, that is now marching for
wara, is but the v .ngu• r I of one much great
er, more brilliant; more potent for success
*than were ever the armies of Napolean.—
March - onward until the whole vicious prog
eny of ignorance is cut off, and its sire slay
.ed.
1 7 11KROT
Jcsmip,Susl. co., March 30th, 1837.
Teachers' Institute.
At Friendicilk, nvct in the Pre - shyttrian
Unruh March 16th, 17th anti 18th, 1857.
Therea.as in ayendanee abont'7s teachers—
in a word our ntt/e church was crowded.
On the part cf the teachers great intcreht
was manifested ; each one willing to eon
tribute their mire, and by their des.ire to re:
ceive ir.struction in• part repayed Prof.
Stoddard, and Tewksbury fur their able de:
monstrations,--who by their clear illustra
tions arouied them from that lethargy in
which they bad been sin rubering,—ignoranee,
that worse than Eg,yptain darkness, must he
expelled from the minds of the people ere the
sun can penetrate them and they stand ar
rayed in the garb of Education's noble disci . -
ples:
. We are sure teachers and others returned
to their homes convinced that, their time had
been profitably spent; and that, much of the
undeveloped germs of the teacher . by the in
ductr.e of this Institute was brought into life.
—" A natila to betruly good must be truly
op
Had an expre!...6l F the citizens of
Fiiendsville been expr , d it would have
been this,-:—Prof..Stod . d and Tewksbury,
gentlemen and scholars,—witb no prouder
title can we adorn them; they have raised a
monument of gratitude lathe hearts of their
friends whieli time will strengthen—not
ence.
At the close of
,the session the following
resolutions were reoeived and adopted :
.R solved, That the thanks of this Institute 1
are due Prof. John F. Stoddard, for the no
ble act of endeavoring to impress upon the,
minds of the people of this community the im
portance of popular education; and for so
ably demonstrating the principlei of mathe
matical science; and showing different meth
ods of teaching. -
Resolved, That we as teachers are greatly.
indebted to the people of Friendaville for ex
tending to us theii hospitality ; .and for .the
interest manifested in the advancement of
knowledge 'among the masses of this portion
of the county.
. Resolved, That we look with pleasure upon
the efforts Juf the County . Superintendent in
endeavoring to .advanco education through
the mediunt of common sehools--the people's
colleges.
sgy - Lecters, written from Willmington N.
mention disastrous fires in the woods in -that
neighborhood, and it is feared that nil the
turpentine trees will be destroyed. One pro-
ducat alone has lost twenty thousand trees,
For Tho Democrat.
For the Democrat
A nailier Falsehood Nailed.
The following, which.we take - from the
- Washington Union, nails to the counter the
falsehood of-the Blackßepublicaris that the
last legislature of kansaS bad refused to - re-,
peal -any of the obnoxiou's and Unconstitu
tional acts of • the 'preceding. Legislature.—
Dins,- one by one, the props:on irbich the
opposition - hopedto stand aro knocked from
under them. They nil find s.fter •a while,
we hope, that " honesty - is the hest policy,"
and that truth; though, a slow traveller, is
sure to overtake al crush 'falsehood. •
. Washington, March 23,. 1857.
To the Editors of the Union :
There seems to be a settled purpose, on
the pa.t of many, if • nut all the opposition
journals of the iioutitry, - to misrepresent and .
mis-state the facts in reference to everything-1
02curring in Kausas. A short time . -since it
teas stated in a•lltemocratio . paper in Western
New York that " the Territorial Legislature
bad repealed section twelve of the law to
punish offences against slave property, and
also that portion of the eleventh section of
the law iegulating.elections, which requires
a voter, when challenged, to take an oath to
Support the ftz,.•sitite slave laris . of 1793, and
1830, and the Kansas Nedraska - Act of ISM",
mad that the person ()tiering to vote, and re'
fOSillg to take such oath if required, shall not
ha allonea to rote." The Republicans could
not tolerate this reduction. of the . ir political
capital; so at once appeared in their papers,
—telearaph.despatches from St. Louis sta
ting that the " test-oath law" was not repeal
ed, and I am it:formed such a statement has
appeared in one,of the journals in this city.--
11. 3 eimit me, then, thtourli the medium of
1 your paper, to give the facts to the people.—
I was present when the votes• - •4ein taken on
the retval of both these stetions, anl know
that the repetliiig,.n: . !,ts passed. . But, in or
der 1.1. W. there rru:v he no possiLle chance of
disputing the p04r,1 herewith send the two
repealing Acts as rased, and atta-tarbv the
President of the Council, the Speaker .0 . 1% the
IHouse, and the:Chief Clerk of the house, M .
their own hand writing. I linst thesis papers
which have tten so ea l rer to eircul.l:9 the
ra;se statement, will now bare the henestr to
give equal ciieulaticnt to the truth.
Yours, &c.
•
Ile it enacted b 11,e Goreynor and Lrgight-
Cyr dim 7rably of the Territory of Kansaz.
. Sec. L That• so much of the ele_venth sec
Lion Of an . act entitled an act to regulate
election., as provides the t• any, r;erson *chal
lenged as-a voter may be requircd to take an
path or 'affirmation that he will sustain the.
pl6 , i:si - 011s of the several acts of . Congress in
that section srecified, Le, and the :same is
hereby, repealed.
officers hereafter elected or ap
pointed to any office of linor, trust orprofit,
under-the Laws of this Territory; shall take
and subscribe an oath to support the ecnsti• I
tution of the United `State and- the provis
ions of an . act to orgahizo the territories of
Nebraska and Kansas, ar.d faithfully demean
himself in office, anal . no other.
See. 3. All .Attorneys-ntlaw, obtaining a
license in this Territory . , shall take and slit/-
sr:l-the an oath.to.suport the Constitution of
the United States ar.d the prOvisions of an
act to organize the territoihss" of Nebraska .
and Kansas. and 1:wlfully and honestly to
demean himself in- his practice. .
Sec. 4. All nets and parts of acts incon
sistent with the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed.
This act to take street and be in force
from and after its'passa,,e
• Tivy.qxs iiouNss:oN,
re.sitr Li 'lf the Counril.
WM. U. mx - nriAs,
Speiilr n 1 t 1 'Muer.
I berel.,y certify that the within is a true
and correAA copy of the;enrollk.4.ll)dl. •
THOMAS C. HUGHES,
Cli;cf Clerk Council
Lecomprox, K. T., Feb. 14, 1837.
Be it enarfol by the Vorernor and Lcgis
/a five Asse.;,,Vy of the . Teriforypf Kansas,
That the twelfth Gertion of an act 'entitled
"An Act to puni:ll olf,!nces againt.4 slave
property;' be, and the..saine is hereby, re
vealed
WOK AS JO
Pre:idea of :he Council. '
W NI. G. MATI 1 IAS,
Speaker of the Howe.
I bertiLy certify that the within i 3 a true
and correct copy of the enrolled bill.
THOMAS C. HUGHFS,
ChillClrrk Council,
LECOMI'TON, K: T., * Feb. 14,1857.
Itobl.. 3. Walker on Kansas.
Jo a letter addressed to the Democratic
ComMittee of ritts,lirg. Pa.. dated Sept.
30111, 1556, 11,m: ItokYt. J. Walker renewed
the political i4sues of the day ra some passa
cres: which have received nos ia:erest since
his appointment. IVe cepy- them
" this question, fts pros Lied by the Kan 7
9-as and-Not.rakit bill, stiould be left to the,
people of the Territory in forming their State
Constitution, it. Will be detMllitled by soil,
climate; Vroductions and the lawi which gm--
on the moii - ements of population. Here,. the
North, aided dy its greatly superior numbers
by Eurppean non-slavAolding emigrants, - by
the greater facility of movement,- unincum
bered.bv the transport of flares or the appre
hension of their ulOmale condition Wheretat
ken, have great advantages over the South
in the set Cement anew territot ies,and should
be perfectly - satisfiied withthe principle
which leaves the determinath , m of this ques
tion, when they becotnea State, to a . majori
tv'of the people of the :Territory. This is the
Kansas Nebraska hilt. This is non-interven
tion—absolute non-interferenee.bv the Fede
ral Government. This is that rule of abso
lute'equality of rights of all the. States, which
lays at the foundation of the . Confederacy.—
This is that constitutional
.right, recognized
in the admission of new States, that they ,
come into the Union. upon an equal footirg 1
with the other States, in all other respects I
whatsoever. .But the'tinality does not exist,
if other States did accede or come into the
Union, with or without slavery,at their pleas
ure, and Kansas cannot do so.
. " There is another reason, not heretofore
adverted to, which.seems to render it imprac
ticable long to maintain - slavery in Kansas.—
In all the slave States there is a rarge majori
-1 ty of voters who are non 'slavebolders, but
1 .they are devoted to the institutions of the
South—they would defend them with their
Ilives- c -ind on this question the
. S6uth are a
united people. This : class, composed of many
small farmers, of merchants, professional men
' mechanics, _overseers,. and, other industrial.,
classes ; constitute mainly the patrol of the
South, and cheerfully unite in carrying out
those laws essential to pieserve the . Institu
tion. Against -a powerful minority . aud, con
stant agitation, slavery could not exist inaiiv.
State. It is a well knownlact that 04 restlit
would have followed soon, in several ' of: the
Slave States, but : for' the , abolition' agitators_
and intermeddlers of the. - ,North . . Now; Kan,
sas. is, uinch - divided on the question _• of :Oal.
every. i there; there.. is a- powerful iniriority
there, if not a majority. . A party not neutral
but bitterly . hostile. to .the institution :: and
for this, in addition to the reasons,before gii- :
en,. Ida wat. 4elieis = „Kansas trill ItecOrro.. ti
slew State. - f
,:_ .: ; , , - ~ .•,-.- : , -,.,.,
~
. .
Mr. Walker's Letteticol A;:peptaince. . . ,..,...iiiEws,itsww ; - :,, , , . :.
..:-•`,'
,':'. , -- - -- INrasitik7to.a; March 30,18 . 67.2, ` Our affairiTlOtli'diiinii - edatinnet t i - :... •
'' ''''
f'Al ' ''''''' ' ' .. ti 'Y
JaMesEneliatuin, Presidentof the 'LL States. I the' attention.o :- the.- 4 mmistration;: -
• .ary Dear Sir--I have at yourroptest re-1,4 has been ot)iciallY. - annonnee4sW.
considered 'my determination, as - announced 1 totr.:llrat .tire:. British .GcrYerbinent7h.
to you, declining your tender,, of the office .orltointed Lord .TElgio .as Minister ~P leni . r
Gorernor of the Territory of - Kansas. int Wiry to China, our Owaleverturtent bas-d e ;,: .. 14
view of the opinion . now - presented by you jermitied to send - orre'thitlier-#.lin e:arly dsy:
that at. safety of the Liniou may depend tiff- . - OWl.* to the great diatitriee.:. - to,'China; ati d
on the selection of the individual - to .whom the turrenecessailly-invOlirdin'i . ceeivin g ar id,
shall be assignee the task Of - settling the dif-. transmitting ollicial:AleStratches,'ibe Aminis
&lades which , again surround ' the .Itansas tration Is •Soli oi c'otis - nf selecting a - Ministeiii
question,'! have • concluded that a solorm whom the utme,st confidence " can
. be placed,
sense of duty to my coundy..requires, the to- and who will begoverneci.byin Wisidiscretio n
accept this position,.
~I inn brought • to this and' a due 'eensideratien - of the gcliekalint-er.,
este. invorved, including' our increasing ,Cam.
conclusion. with an,. anaffected diffidence in
my owri alrility, but With a fervent hope that merce in that part Of. the World - - -- .:f ' ':.
~. ..
the same 'overruling Providence which has ' - 7 -Nair HAvrs, April „ 1: 1 :77-41.,:Velockly. -
catried
,my beloved CotiOry throu gh so many 1 - M.--Th e returns of the electiaiiheld'forStat s -
perils, will now atteMl anti direct my liumblelofile:eis - and Congress, to day,,.are.kary i ,me t ." -
eft' ins for her welfare, and that -my . course! are, owing,:to-the steno! thatprerall4 w hi t h .
will not he prejudged by any portion' of my,' hes also greatly diminished,tile:.iote. Tl -
fellow. citizens in or out of Kanias. :-' - A general opinion is; that the Uninn Aielet,
- I understand that 1•1:31 an d a ll y o ur Cabinet Ibeaded by AlexanderlL-HOll - fee:Ooren t -- '
cordially concur in the opiniUn expressed by. or, has been electe&. , - - - .1-: i 1 - ....,.'.. , : „"r
me, that the actual bona fide reiidents fA . the I . The; Union . candidatel-fortllel'Vegislator e
Territory, by a fair and regular vote,-una ff eet- I are also s'opOsed to he eleetert.,.; -- E, - -. .
... .
ed by fraud or violence Must be 's permit-. 1 For Congress, Ezra Clark,. jr - . 1 .-' iiiTheHart.
ted, in adopting their
- State Constitution; to' ford District, and Sidney Deap . fin Abel New- -
decide for themselves what shall he their so- London District, both Union panaidatetcare
cial institutions. 'This is the . 'great funds- iilee:ed. . -' - ! .. ~._;-:... a
mental principle of the act of Cong, Less organ- i In the Second, of Fatrfie l d. nistricti-thete
izing that Territory, affirmed by the recent 1-suit is doubtful, .but is ssuppeied t6i-86 m _
decisibn of the Squeal° Court Of the United I ti e ! Arnold, the :Democratic ' : Candirrate, 6
States. and is in accordance with - the views i e le c ted over John Woodrnff. :;...---.: '. . .
uniformly entertained and expressed' by me In the Fourth District, the rii:urtiitire not •
throughout-my public career. - - - sufficient to indicate the resuffr
_•_:-':::.:. :
I contemplate a peaceful settlement of this , —Detroit gives . ..loo Retneefatieiinalority
. ciae .,ti oa by an appeal to the intelligence and i for Judges of the Supreme Conrt, : With' two
patriotism of the whole p e ople of -Kansas, l, wards to -hear from. ;The . returns,- from all
who should all participate freely and foal . in 1 parts of the State life scattering, .rittd, show
the deci , ion, and by a majo,ity of whosel that a small vote-has beerkpolled.. ' -
vote the determination : llmq -by . made,' as the I
m
only prot.er and constitutional ode of ad
justment. I cowemptate,no.appeal to- mili
tary power, in the hope that
. my countrymen
of Kansas, tram every ecction t will submit to
a - decision of this matter by a full and fair
vote of a majority of the people. .
I will go, then, and endeavor thus to adjust
tho , e difficulties, in the full confidence, so
s!rotigly expressed by you, that I will be sus
tallied i , y all your own high authority, with
-the cordial e,sol,erat.i.,n . of all your Cabinet. •
' • Very rcsips:elfully, your friend
'lt. J. WALlii.ll,
Important frotra
al ic,torf.ous.
The steamship Texas_arrived at New York
on Thursday evening, tiring,',nif Mc; and
-
im-
I poitant news from Nicaragua :- . •
• The news from Itivas,Nicarag,nit, lseadlnar
tem of Gen. Walker, is up to Old 18t)t. Gen.
Walker and army were in gboil 'health, -and
had plenty of provisions and ammunition.
On the 16th, Gen. Walker, with 400 -men
made an attack on St. George, occupied by
about 2,000 of the enemy.- After driving
the enemy and gaining, the Plaza, he burned
a part of the town most important to the. a 1 ti
lied army, when he learned that . about 1„200
of the enemy, under Oen. Chamtnora, had
marched by another road to•make are attack
on Rivas, w . -hereupon Gen. Walker marched
to that place, and inebthe enemy in Mull re
treat at the forks of three road's, hotly pursu- .
ed by Gen. Ilenningsen and , his command,
who had driven them out, of Rivas upon. their
attack with-great slaughter. ; •
On Either side of theioad, where the allied
forces were met by Gen. Walker was an irripen
etrable groWth of cactus, making it „impos.si
ble, for them to escape, and placing, them be
tween the deadly fire of Gen. Walker in the
front and Gen. ITenningsen in the rear, in'
• cnnsequence of whieb the allies were cora
.
p . ne,y panie-stric:ken, 7tril throwing down
! their arms, stool. paralyzed, meeting their fate
with little or no resistance. Nearly all their
officers were 'killed; and very few •of their
troops escaped being killed or wounded. :
• The allies, by their own account, lost 327
killed, and.orer 2,00 wonniled. 0-e.g. Walk
er estimated their loss at about -1,100-6 . 00
killed 500 woundetJ. • The slaughter) was s.o
great that Gen. Walker wits . unable to prop.:
etly bury them, and was coinpelled to order
the-bodies burned to prevent puttia.s-ation
and insure the-health of the City of. Rivas,
which order was being carried out..
Col. Lockridge, on the San Juan river,ltad
received another strong re-enforcement
.of
Teans, with a large amount cf ammunition
and provi,ions, and with the steamier J. , N.
Sc ,tt, recently retaken, which had been
thoroughly repaired, proceeded up, the:river.
The command of Col: L. now garrison the
only two communications by water to Costa
Rica on the,San Juan river, viz: at
Point, mouth' of the Sarapiqui river, 2:10 men
un.ler the command of Col. F. B. Anderson ;
and San Carlos - Island at the mouth .of San
Cart Os river, 188 under the command of Gen
C. R. Wheat—the balance, 15'4 men, in
i
the ad vance, ;near Machuca Rapids, under 'the.
inimediate command of Col: Lockridge. . •
o n th e isth t ,Col. L. reconnoitered the en
etuv's position at:Castilla, and trona prisoners
-taken gained the important information. that
Walker had gained a great victory, and the
allies bad fallen back en Mas:saya or Granada
completing propositions of peace, the Tosta
Ricans not wilbug to join the conference, Ina
had sent "Vanderbilt's agent, - Spencer," 01 of
the-country, and have opened the Transigto
the English Government.
Important documents seized by Col. Ipclt
ridg'e, proving the above facts, have been-sent
to Washington, U. S., and the President 'of
Nicaragua, at Rivas. The Costa 'Ricans
have only -350 men at San Carlos, under
Gen. Mora.
Cob Lockritlge has 500 men with 7 pieces
of artillery plenty of small arms, animunition
and provisions, and is now more coitfident, of
success than ever. •
The additional news from Nicaragua, or
rather what has recently ()cacti mid there, from
other sources, modify many of the .statements
received from interested partier.and pnblished
yesterday. It seems that in colpiequence of
sickncss,desertions and'other enkebling cans
es, Gen Walker bad determined to - leave Ri..
vas and attempt to reach San Juan del .Sur,
from which he might easily leave .the coca-.
try.. With this intention he on the 10th of
March took with him the. principle portion of
his remaining force, leavino.asmallforce un 7 -
der Gen. Henningsen, , to hold it, itvcasele
was obliged to fall bitek. When at San Jorge,,
he heard the allies.at RlVas; '. and,-returning,
.suceeeced in preventing them from - Oce.iipy
ins it. His position, there, however, is no
better than when he deemed .. it, Leceisary to
leave it. From 0.-il. Loiikridge's 'party on :
,-tho San Juan det.Noite, there 6 inithing in
addition to what was published in the Times
yesterday morning. ; :' . • . - .T., -. . . -'-. '.
. .Py telegraph from Nei, Orleank: we bare-
Wee news from .Mssico. The Government.
is represented -to. be in very straightened Cie;
%dunk - spuipe4, havkilg (teen - :.forced to suspend
payment it the Custom • houses' of Yera:,Crui
and. .o
C p i r l o Y M 'a u f i lie
gnt l e i r . on ' t.. The
- new
n ° l ° ,3l lB a t r i e til lr:
SObing,batt. yet been. board iit.tliel'enpiiiit' of-I
the:iejection . .of,tho Foisiik ,Tiiiiiticti ! "-:kfila:,,
dons. with, Grent.-I3otain" ,: eon thine dirati:-.4 - ni
settled tuate,,antilt-li repelled
.thret.thetinev - 4.
itnblOnnta 441 . 14 numerous; emissaries in=
:AO „country.
From the N. V. Times; 4th.
. .
= FACTS FOR. 01.7 R. Leoeseerotee
AT llssßrs
naro—A uostero bank has expleied,..* lear- . •
i ni.; j nst four dottail in coin. o redeem ono
hundred thoeseind
of iesiown bills in circula r •
. . •
tion. The holderS, pregiably fiteenantes and
working pr.!opies- -deeply :impressed .
with
-the necessity of More b.anking L10141'04 :
AO develop business;. or iii other,Wardr, trans-, - --
fetrin4 , the value of their labor to - t a
he ).ekets
of indtviduals who boirow credit, ao : calf
that creating Wealth:. Our. Legieletors at -
ilarrtsbitr4e are now bas} engaged -in 'fur-
-
I eisbieg Stich facilitiee.- e -Ledaer, , •
- Yet.in the face of suchfitete aritheee, pee
pie would suppose front'. z cursory view of.
the proceedings of rho Legietatare, that' that
body Wee a - sort of te tread those. sole
! duty it wnseo griad'oikbank: - Charters.. It .
:
is charged teat e there is a Combination, among
the• Members inteeeeted in obtaining charters
for their respective localities, ,to carrry ally
1 the applications through • the Legislature •
which happen, to be !` in the ring." Men who* •
are b,oued, les; . ; the most solemn obligation
mortal man can take upon
s liinsself, - ", play
these fantastic tricks 'before .high' Heaven !"
and are yet sufferetl..to - . go unpunishedt We
1 hope to see the day. when the people wilt
I awake to their true interests to this regard,
and put their mighty. veto Upon' every-
scheme of public shaving.
Re-Colonizing
Mr. Tharer's propositien-to re-colonize Vir
ginia with * free . white laborers is beginning to
•be diseuseeel'ae a reality—as a. thing that can
be dune a nd.will lie done. Time, the 'great -
.arbiter human events, will . 'elecide the . fate
of this project.. In politics Virginia hasjust-.• •
Iv earned the reputation, by her unswerving'
edlierence to the Constitution, of being the:
nest National and conservative State in the
Union. Jn her social relations the is notori; e 4;..
ous for her: libdirdity - and- hoSpitality. She
has beeu cane! the Mother of States - and. of -
Presidents, and by eltoie holding. dear. the
memoty Washingt6n, Patric . k 'Henry,
Tnomas Jefferson; James Madison, 'James, • .
Monroe, Chief Justice Marshall, end a .host or
othereovill etill be regarded as the Mother of
the Confederacy. Therefore the project 4*
Mr:Thayer, coming frbien the source it - does,
and tbeee.iecumetalleD3 attending its birth,irill
be looked upon withsome .suspicion.' .• *
We, understand Horace Greelv,lyiltidm L'.
Bryant, Henry J:llayinond,,Thurtoiv Weed,
James Gordon Bennett itud several- Chirac--
ters of - this like from -Massachusetts and 'dif- •
ferenC parts of New Engt and are the,•leadiag- -
co-operators with Mr. Thayer,
s and
s if s this cat- * •
alegue of - the Company be ccrreet:it wilt
surely be regarded by Virginia as an imperti
nent internieddling of the. of the
North with the interest; and the domestic in
stituticrns of the-Smith. There, is a very .wide
gulf between -the Abolitioniziug- a Territory
and that of Abolitienizing the oldest State,tot
the - Unior. We have no doubt that peacea
ble, law ahOing emigrantssof Viraiaia,.who:
go there for the purpose of
. bettering their
condition, Would be -cordially welcomed. to the bosom of that State by her - Waren - atut.
generous hearted "people. They
.are by : no t . -
means a narrow minded people.... • '
The gleati.. , A Abolitionist in New gngland -
rnielit traverse that
. State: throughout - 16i'
length'and breadth withh-perfect isepunfti - Soe.
long aelle left her s peculiar institutions,- -uit;
molested,. But we ere : greatly ntiitaken if 04:-.
ope 6, preineciitzti enterprise, gotten . :
anti-slavery egitator§ ferjhe purpose:, of , if s o--
mentinir diecord to. create. excitement
make political Capital for the next riesiden=
tint _campaign, Will not Meet in'Ahat - State
crushing defeat-. There champions of - blei&_:
i no- 'inns/is have: long since been. - making.syi-';
tematic efforts to persuadeelie people:of:New -.:.
York that Virginia - isasuperanunfea:pdupekr,-:.
beini-ing-'alms at the*bande of the North, and .
. that she_cannot subsist niueh longer Withotit''-
. the intervention- 'of Abolition obarity-
examination of the statistics of; mlB5O
Show how unutterablY . contemertible;andevitk .
whiet nialiee,these efforts are.made. .AC.O*
ing to the statistics of • -1850 . the aggrekitli- - :
wealth - of -Virginia,. according to> the;
White population is greater than *any ,- othet .
State in the Union, to say ' nothing of
1 -over-populated , maeufacttirilig
New England, ,
We have-a•grent . deal of individeek . ";olo‘,
in the Northern States; but When .we come' to,
examine the great' inasS - of our
find thempoorindeed as corneekredi . erlat 'tlin ( c-
reass'es,.of Virginia. - Virginia - is
snpporti6g fiyci-tirnes-her -Oresent
and. if Mr. Thayer.and s :_his friendsde. : i s e;*.n* , „:',
template an Abolition Candles r
they will-most assuredly meet with - ::0 - jh4pite
idle ,welcome: but if their*OrPoeacOzy.-'ool,iti`-.
dal:and their ohieets i allainntery,;- 'they 101,1
just as certainly ; thett ivithi•Oppositiaß. iot .
exterininatio •: titre .
New Englarideti•look a' litho : fo.=much hike
'the , sets of the..asidseeieties'.. 4 dekinitaied'Air.".
intrd . i - e*ilitnry. *kites::
The object *elle .
may be--:theygli. ,-- ifehope:tiOt÷itifte.:.
liter movement. - We 'ea - n*o644i
hciiv', •ttionsand - Orr. twa :fanatl* might Incite
..Fuch a . feetipio
hWitihithiterite as to teree r the)oyeVaiO*:
the-Stitn:46
`gerc►tts;to 110-
whatadv,antap
iR the text political:
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