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NIONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY," PA.
Thursday, Dec. 1.5, 1859.
Or J. R. Giddings delivered the 3d lecture
of the course, last night. It was, main! y, a stupid,.
vile, blunderibgly : •delirered abolition harangue.
Instead of a " literary feast," we got but the
Insipid chatteringof a dilapidated ,old fanatic,
whose intellect, apparently, never grasped but
one thing, (nigger) and has become so decayed by
its chi'onie disease and self-abuse, that its ema
nations are too contemptible for ridicule.
Ildressmillanagers of the " Yonitg ]lien's Uter
ary. Association, do you intend to toterateihe
robbery of this community to the tune of $75
a night to pay for such stale twaddle , under the
cloak of, but in gross violation of the.apparent
desiginf you! annonneement I • •
Bev. A. L. 'Post's Speech.
i • The Speech itself contains no argument
arcithY of this notice. We pity the reader
Rho does not at once detect its fallany, iaspi
ety and weaknaks. The cirrumstances attend
ing its delivery, must be our excuse fur , this
reply. They were these:—Eld. Boomer an
nounced it from his_ pulpit, on the previous
Sanday, and he and Rev. J. F. Deana echoed
and endorsed it. Then its- publigstion was
moved by F. B. Chandler, seconded by B. S.
Bentley, &q., and voted for by a
.pretty no
mcrons Black Republican assembly: -
The pulpit is pirlostitutai:l to base rases, when
it becomes the engine of R political party.—
In 'B6 it was au electioneering st ump fOr Fre
mont; - and in '6O- the same Sintoon will sweep
over, and scatter the churches. But especial•
ly does every goed man, shridder, when . it
clam Ors for blood and revol'ution, for anar
chy arcd .witr. The times are eldly out of
joint. • Boar different was the :preaching of
Christ and the prophets! The gospel of peace
abrogated the "law of revenge and bate, that
'said "an eye for an eye, and a . tooth for a
tooth," and commanded that we repay good
fOr evil. Christ himself lived under a govern
_rant more despotic and cruel than any of
modern times; and yet, so far from blowing
it-away by the breatlroof his infinite power, be
submissively paid trib6te to Caesar. - -usender
• to Cresar that 'which is Caesar's, and to God
that which is God's." When the Officers of
nicied law came to arrest the Son of Man,
Peter, moved with resentment, emote the high
friest'eservant;and cut off N bis ear. Christ
bade him to ppt up his sword, to 'offer no re
ss-ence7 .Everywhere his., gospel breathes
peace and good will - to men. No man, pos
sessed orits benificent spirit,can do ill to, his
fellow mob. -
Now, the disciples of Brown, have set up a
false ehrist, with a, ritual of blood. The
speech.tells about "some-Mary'or Lydia. bring
ing spices to his new made sepulchre." This
new reli ,, ion sets - up Brown as-its saint, mar
•
tyr, hero4nd God: It sanctifies Minder and.
treason, and hisses out. its infernal hate to
wards men who b.tve (Vatie them no wrong.
Its instruments are Sharpes iifies,tnd its taste
/km - trtunr.t. •
fat, remorrels, dreadful spirit thai erected
the guillotine.in France, that robed bet hap
piest scenes in mourning, and filled tbedand .
with tire wail of orphans. It may be 'tint
these deluded yotariesThre. sincere. $o was
Robipierrp and !prat: 'lt is the .111102f8 of
mind, that when from narroworiza of
. view,
from incaplcity to take in a whole solrject,
in all its relations, a single idea gains domin
ion ofer it, and fills u,p its: whole horizon,
that it, loses all rational power, and all moral
sense. ltib'ecomes mural insanity, and bas
no discrimination between light and wrong ;
and Iles all its healthy impulses and sympa
bies.; A morbid bate 'spreads like a cloud
ver the heart, and darkens there, the light
and beauty of God. Add to this an iron will,
and - yon have-the character of John Brown,
a al-o, in a greater or less degree, that ofhis
worshippers and disciples, You bare the
Vandal spirit, - that palls down what it cannot
buijd, and destroys whatit can uererireplace.
Take the Speech now beforebe. It falls
on its knees before ;Its idol, and mutters some
imbecile figures of worship, such as "wreath
ed in a hero!' crown, and embalmed in the
incense of a martyr's . glory!" It gathers. up
every= possible epithet of 'idolatry and praise ;
and'at last 'feebly \expires - tu a little „Jeg of
rhyme, with the jingle of"Br2rn and crown!"
It was intended to expire in-, music! Such
devotion is affecting-.
But how suddenly the Speech writhes in
Late when iiapeaksof Alie,and
"Blood-hotandi, tai tors, - robbers, murderers ;"
,and every word that inflamed Passion pan in
vet,t,is poured upon their devoted heads.—c
:What enormous hate and anger to turn in
'Now we think these spasms of worship, mud,
of hate,"are alike out of place; indicating a
diseae.of the mind and the heart., Let us
" take att inventory of the virtues of their Di
. viniiy; and see if-they are so overwhelming:
He had physical courage. True, and 'an have
had a thousand felons before him. He meant
to die "game." He bfd been usecho blood
in Katlfialy where be began by faking from
tbeir beds at midnight, five men that Diver
harmed. him, and butchering them , in sold
blood. Then look at hi. cool, long prepared
plan, to descend into an independent State,
where nobody bad ever wronged him, where
nnbcdy ever asked bim tocoine;for the par
doee of ravaging, burning. and and
then upon the , smoking ruins of the to
raise a- mew vorerament, vitt - himself the
leader. The tuft -uf power, united with - tbe
lust of blood ! Compared .with this, the trea
son of Arnold' is bright-shining -as the sun.
He failed through one miscalculation. It was
the favorite dogma of his daps, that the slaves
were so beatrn, and so diseonte that
'they would niuby tboiiaads to en invading
_ banner,- as, soon as it eras unfurled in. their
So Nurture thin hOwever, he found
they woad rather, fight for tbeirAlM So
Ike failed. But ,if the theory had - ' proved
trite,- o, : arliat then I Lie wouldgather a ser
vile array, that would ineream. with each
liefsroarch.- 7 -a great resisdees mob of fran
tic beings; that Would spread' everywhere
such desolitiov, woe, and death, as then have
never seen! It - would be a war of titter exter
mination. * The Southern sky would be lurid
with burning li.tmies and the cry of helpless
men, women, and children, would fill all the
darkened air: "With this amaiiag marl, the
Union too would, fall in hopeless ruin; and
the best Goierninent on earth; that upon
which the hopes of all men rest, would perish
from the world
Ile did-not succeed,.but his guilt rras norm
the less. The design "enibraced all, and more
thus Vie can describe. Fellow citizens, look
a, this picture, feebly drawn as it is, and say
if any man ever before conceived inch gigno-
tic wickedness! It is such amazing guilt as
staggers the imagination; . and s uo wonder
that amity could not . separate it from the idea
of insanity. Bat - the Speeeh rejects that, and
bolds him up as a pattern of purity and ex
cellence I
How pirrerted-ia the moral sense, that with
impious ha'oda snatches at‘Heaveu;s drapery
wherewitli to robe the reeking, pestilential,
body of this guilt !. Is this the - Gospel of Peace,
—do these men represent Chrizt
Then the Speech leers upon Viig(nia.-_-talks
of a "mock trial, and Mood-thirst# revenge
This is a libel upon a sister State. The peo
ple and authorities them behaved with marked
Prudence and moderation. MI die formsof the
law were sttictly , observed ; every fact of guilt
was clearly proved, and is now admitted ; and
Brown himself thanked the court for the con
sideration he bad recilltved. When the ver
dict was rendered and the sentence pit,-
nounced, no tourritur was heard. The majes
ty d the law sat, in awful power, upon that
breathless assembly. In prlion, he was treated
with marked kindness,—far more than our
criminals ever receiie or expect; anefinelly
Gov. Wise, with unprecedented cOurtesy,gave
to his wife the dead body of her husband. -
There was more quiet and order ; in that
courtban was in the meeting where ibis dis
torted Speech bad utterauca':
If this had been all, Virginia would have
felt no serions alarm. But when she heard
of those Northern ties oat ra t ions of sympathy,
and-suppport, she mighty well summon her
troops, and diclare martial law. In this fact
lies our danger. The tolling of bells, the
prostitution of pulpits, and - the seditious
speeches of the North, are the mutterings of
disunion, and civil war. They point to the
iieat disaster of sectional strife, that Wash
ington foresati and deplored,—to an issue
which every good man trembles to behold.
The Greeks bad a maxim, that "it-is beau
tiful to die for one's country." • The disciples
of Brown are ready to die for its destruction.
Is this glorious; United Government of no
value ! have we no memories, and no hopes,
that endear it to our hearts! Where is the
.spirit of '76.1 . do not the bones of the
Why .
Fathers rite and rebuke this degenerate age!
- How the Speech exults, and gluts, with'
malicious satisfaction,,over the alarm in
! To our - Mind, this is the most unprin
cipled feature. We will not dwell on this,
becaue we do not with to became personal.
Then the Speech complains that his flag
or-truce Iwws
be allowed tomarch off, unpunished. Just
is if a murderer , here, when arrested, sbonld
-lift &lig, and demand talo iway with the
honors of war
Then, with like absurdity, isjustitias Brown,
on the ground 0(8W-defence, and quotes law
to prove it. A man invades your premises,
and if you resift him, be kills you in self
defence ! An aggresior, an invader, kill the
injured party, in leltdefenee ! He went from
Canada, kith arms, a prtivisional—tonstitil
tion, and a purposti of treason, away down to
Harper's Ferry, in order to take human life!
You see how utterly perverted' are all the
notions of that Speech. It calls virtue, crime.
It calls aggression, self-defence. It confounds
all : moral distinctions; and blinded, and
haidenedi by the one idea, it_ reverses all , the
laws of God and man.
'Again, it charges treason and murder , ou
God. Wise, and the Virginia lam! That as.
Burnes that Brown bad already established his
rightful government over Virginia, and that
fr.°
the old governor was tre nably rebelling
against it ! Does not ' th s 'talk realize our
description of the one ide4 mind I' And yet
these frightful incongruities were gulped
down by a Black Republican audience; and
they ask,us to spread them wit! in print, that
the public may ets4oy the precious - feast of
reason!
,
But finally the Speech plays lawyer, and
quotes Blackstone, &c. It all rests on this
idea that the States have no Government,and
that one is vet to be made. , It draws exam
ples from Revolutionary times, a nd
, exalts
Brown above Patrick Henry. It goes in for
RevolutioN by ( force rd arms; and this from
- is iihristien pulpit I The taw into be put down ;
because it is no law. We need no Revolu
tionary war, in order to correct what may be
wrong, That :would only.introduce greater
evils. Law is a rule, prescribed the Supreme
Power in a State, - cornmanding what is right,
and prohibiting what is wrong. But the pow
er of the State prescribes it; soda alone is
to judge what, under the circtimstaoces, is
right. If erery individual can set up his judg
ment against the law, there can be no govern
ment, All is lutarcby ; and might is right.
Happily our Consti at lions are made by the peo
ple. They are•tbili supreme, law-making pow
er; and they, not individuals judge of what
is right. They may ern but they can amend
their law. How then is reform to be had I
It is by correcting - the popular judgment;
then - the popular will reforms the constitution.
All is beauty, harmony, and progress. Until
you can convince the molar, mind of error,
you . must submit to the law, although - you
think it wrong. - .
• The slavery problem; difficult as it is, can
only be Wised in this way.. It needs cbris
tian sympatiy,;and argoitent, charity and
patience. All idea. of force, and lawless pow
er, is visionary and fanatical. - It is,the ruin
of 20,000,000 of men, without any help to the
'11,090,000. It is a common, ruin to all.
Blitekstone Linsself asserts: that "in no case
"can a judge oppose his own opinion and
"authority to- the clear will and declaration
"of the legislature. And if an ant of Par
'. " liaMent, if we could ruppoee such a case,
"should, like the edict - of llernd, command all
"the cbildten of a certain age to be , •olain,
"the judge ought to resign his office, - rather
"than be auxiliary to its execution; yet it
"could only be declared roil by the high au
thority by wliichl I was ordained."
- Yet the Speech allows any man to set up
his judgment against law, and trample under
foot at his pleasure. The same Author furth
er says . : "if the Parliament.will positively
"enact a thin . " to be done which is uetuason•
"able, I know of no power in the-ordinary
" forms of the constitution, that is vested with
"authority to control it."
•
We quote from Blackstone again: "a State
" is a collective: body, composed of multitudes
"of individuals, United for their safety and
" convenience," and intending to act together`
"as one mom It ought to act by one uni
"form will. Itcanbe no otherwise produced
"than by . a political union; by the consent
"of all persona to submit their own pri>•ate
"will to the wilt - of one man, or qt one or more
1 - assemblies of men, to whom the supreme au
" thoritYis entrusted. And this will of that
"one man, or assemblage of men, is, in differ.
ent States, according to their different con
"atitutions, understood to be-law."-
This clear principle lies at the foundation
of all human sovernmant. The supreme power
of the State is the judge of what is tight, and
must be obeyed. Theprivate will-must yield
to-that of the nikny. It is true, the law ad
dresses, the subject in the alternative, "do this,
or pay the penalty,of disobedienee." If con
science. refutes to obey; be has only to pay
the penalty ; and that both saves his scruples,
and vindicates the law. In this it is, that
"the voice of law ii the harniony_af the
world,"—not that it is„ or can be perfect.
And if perfection were possible, bow many
deluded ebnicienees would still see fatal
errors. Is it not amazing that the Speech
calls Blackstone an authority for the forcible
violation ofsupreme law,---nay for the trea
son itself. In its dim, distorted perceptions,
it garbles certain hasp premises for the pri
mary definition of law; and then jumps to
the monstrous conclubions of discord and re
bellion.; which ignores all law, under any
definitions. Those false premises are that it
makes the individuals opinion of the right
fulness of a law the test of its exist nce nnd
force; instead of the-judgment of; the su
preme, law-making power. Tried by such a
test, no government, not even one Divinely
perfect, could stand a moment. 'The legal as
as well the moral parts of the Speech, real
and stagger, as if they, were full of new wine.
There is- no map this side of Bedlam, vibe
Can find in any law-book, authority for re
bellion against the Government. The won
der is that any man out of Bedlam, should'
make the attgmpt; and still more, that Lis
poor bisin should • faney that it had suc
ceeded.
We recommend its false theory Jo Black
stonef once more, where he says "it is re
fated of Ncrates, that be made a promise
"with himself to observe the laws of his coon
" try ; but this' is, nothing. more than every
guo s tr man might botA so promise way per
"form ; and he oughrto promise stiliturthrzr,
"that he will exert all his ower to compel
"others to obey them."
As a last refuge_ from b man execration - ,
the Speech hides its deformed head under the
broad mantle of the Declaration of Independ
ence. We follow it there, and drag it out to
the light of day. That instrument was never
intended, or supposed to inchide the 'servile
races. Our fathers made it for themselves
and their_ posterity. Slavery, at the time,
spread over the Colonies, and continued for
many years, without abatement. The very
men that madwit, held slaves; nor dreamed
of announcing any sentiment in conflict with
that relation. Whether they ought to have
embraced them in the common •covenant of
brotherhood and citizenship, is not•now the
question. 'We cannot if we would, undo the
past. Any reforms we want in favor of that
class, can only be made in the peaceful and
constitrktional way. The fallacy is, that the
Speech , puts a lie into the mouth of the foun
ders of our Republic. It steals. from their
lips an btterence of their owe condemnation,
and an exhortation to Servile rebellion; when
it knows by all ttieir concurrent acts, and by
their very Constitation itself, they provided
for the tcoritinuanee of that relation. If they
erred iii this; amend our Constitution; but do
not preAcli treason and bleol All agree that
the dn4. and power of Abolition belongs'on
ly to thedovernments attic respective States,
where slavery exists. With them we bare no
right to interfere.
We have thus seen how the law agrees
with the wisdom of Sop:rates, and the exam
ple of Chri t , in that It enjoins upon us all,
obedience toiir - eGcrierniiiiit; Cieii - 16 lie
wrongs, (if there be any,) until the peaceful
operation of troth caw werk out the remedy.
Again the Speech boasts thatuthis defeat is
temporary, and'vrill lead to ultimate success;"
and talks about future like 4 contests, and vic
tory." Is it possible that any American cit
izen could bear such talk with complacency f
Could party spirit so stifle their patriotism,
their justice, their humanity, as to make them
lament• Brown's failure ; and bopefor another
and more suacessful raid t And then, with
obstinate perverseness..it calls Leonidas and
his Spartan band, a similar case! Why they
defended their country. A little band with
unparalelled bravery;stood in
.tl.e Straits of
Therrnopylw., and kept the invading' hosts at
bay. They died for their country, and so
passed into itispeiishable glory. This traitor
attacks his country; and dies under her vio
lated law. Now we ask, - could any other,
speech, but this one, claim .any likeness be
tween these two cases l- Would not every
other man 'tinder the sun, say the two oases
stand in exact contrast add oppoaition f
We give only one. more speCimen. It talks
about ttbe "sword descended fromWitsbitigton
rightfully into tbeibandi of \ Brown !" Per
sistent, and incomprehensible perversion!
Moira, and politics) bleailietny The Father
of bis country. likened to its destrayer,--light
to darimess,—.hearen to bell ! Canjt be pos . .
sibla that the Speech cmanstei from a sound
mind and memory! We have wasted more
time on it than it deserves; and sie_now hand
it over to the just teprobatioti of every good
roan. . 1t eau do no . hurt.
ILI die occasion suggests that a partizan
pulpit is So amazing deformity. When the
priest becomes the ad"ocate of a party, his
moral power is gone; and no goodwill ever
come of him. Every right minded man will
set his face against such an influence. The
public sense is shocked when worldliness and
passion get-into the pulpit; and it will set an
indelible mark on such apostasy.
Why cannot men, rest from ,this eternal
meddling with. other . man's matters. ,The
demagogue and priest now unite to stir up a
spirit of sectionaihate, the most infernal work
that men or fiendnever undertook.
In Washington's day, the spirit of harmo
ny, With, white wing, blooded over the tition.
It fostered her growth, until now, lour coun
try is the, wouder_and admiration . : of the
world. It is, tho,firt - ;$ sole realization of that
dream of good man, in all ages; self-govern
ment. •
Abtithed be each traitorous breath, word,
or action. As the guilt is deeper, so let a
blacker infamy nett Upon the traitor now,
thais did upon the first' Arnold.
lay- unto,' into n e are being held in vari
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ton and Piiiis. arelieved to have been the
largeZt ever assembled in those places. -Hon.
Edward Everett was one of the speakers at
Boston. , -
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For the SlontroAe Democrat.
Mu. Eorycia:—The Republican of this week
republishes a letter I wrote in 1850, withodt
any explanation of its purpose in so doing. If
it was done out of compliment to its style, of ;
course I shall not quarrel with their4aste.
If however; it was to convict me of change
in sentiment; I answer that I approve now of
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power of Congress over the Territories. And
.thatchaige belongs not to me, but to the
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Party,—that used strictly ; UtOAL, MORAL, and.
PSACEFt7L means,—into a Know-Nothing, sec
tional; invading, and desolititig party; whose
illegal, forceful, and bloody means, defeat the
very oyes: they profess to seek. This patty,
that his no mission, but to foment hatted
and war between two sections of our common
country,—that blots out fifteen States from
the flag of the Lluion,'—that educates, and
sends out a traitor, to introduce the unspeaka
ble horrors of it war of races,—that brandishes
Sharpe's tides in tha face of the Constitution,
—and that debauches the public suind,by .
teaching it to regard the-Federal and State
agents of Goiernment with distrust and aver-.
; and by familiarizing it with pictures of
Disunion, ant blood!. • •
Bui suppose therewas a change. man
bound to retain the same-views for ten years?
Besides, I had supposed my opinions, like
other private property, were of very little im
portance to any one beside myself.
•Now let me ask them a question about
change. Ton years ago where was Wilmot,
Grow, Hempstead; 'Frazier, and all the other
leaders of the "Brown-Republicana I" They
were the hardest pro-slavery men in the coon
' try; even to voting the gag-law,—to per- .
secuting the Liberty men,—and to every form
Of extreme hunkerism I They don't change,
not they ; What sudden, illumination yiives
they 'eceived I Excuse me, gentlemen, if
I cannot sotnerset with your ease and grace.
Allow me still to hold that the peace of my
country is above all price; and that her
faults are to be reformed by the means her
laws ordaitt or not at all. R. B. LITTLE.
For (he Montrose Democrat.
A Correction.
Ma. Enrron :—Dror Sir you be
so kind as to confer iipon us thelavor of in
serting in your paper the followicg:
A certain, J. C. of this County, being at
Binghamton a few weeks ago, called at a
certain small second-hand Clothing Store, fur
the purpose of buying some clothing, and in
conversation with the proprietor of said es
tablishment,mentioned his being acquainted
with our firm, and was told, to ids astonish- .
merit, that he furnished Mr. Wittenberg, one
of out. firm, at Susqla Depot, with Clothing.
This is a falsehood from beginning to end.
We therefore offer to said liar One Thousatid
Dollars if he will make good his assertion.
We wish the public to understand that we
would disdain to
,notice such a tnisrepresen
tation were it.not to prevent ouz honest citi
zens from being imposed_upon by such im
postors. G UTTEN nine, ROSENBAUM A: CO.
Montrose, Deo. 19th, 1859.
'Where are We Drifting
• Under this caption a writer in the Public
Ledger drives home some telling truths. We
think, however,that the . church , influence is
not the sole cause of this evil. Base political
demagogues unite with pulpit fanatics in a
common cause. It is cheering to know than
all the ch.:rg,y do not unite in ibis wicked
scheme.
The latp outrage at Harper's Ferry has
justly excited the' indignation of the con-erva
tive portion of the country. The wore we
consider its attendant circumstances, the
more clearly are we convinced that we are
casrnpon troublons times. - It is not the au
dacity of-the attempt, nor the (Angel, imme
diate or remote, that threatens, through such
means, the existence of the -Southern States
and their institutions, that fills us with appre
hension and alarm, but it.ls that heresy of po
litical sentiment, and the fanatacism of relig
ious zeal, so prevalent of late, and of which
this murderous outrage is a significant conse
quent. We read hi the signs of the duns the
evidenCes of existitg danger to our free iusti
utions. If these troubles were the offspfint
of heated political passion, we would scarcely
regard them as worthy of serious attention.—
The strifes of partisanship are known to be
but ephemeral, and will die with . the transient
purposes they are designed to sukserve. - But
in the e x citement and alarm that now agitates
the country, we recognize an evil of more gi
gantic pioportionss, a purpose of a darker hue,
and an aiming at results, the ultimate conse
quences of which are but faintly foreshadow
ed in.that iacreasing alienation of national
sympathy and frateropl regard, the inainte
trance of which is endispensable to the perpe
tuity of the Union.
liisguise it us we may, yet the fact stares
tesin.ahe faca that.a,misguided religious. zeal
is the sole cause of all the excitement and
alarm. In the whole Northern section of the
country, the Protestant church has become
the propagator of.sentiments subversive alike
of social order sod constitutional government.
The favor with which religion and its institu
tions have been regarded in this country has
been used for the purpose of furthering one
wild scheme after another, until, now, in the
Northern States, church influence seeks toil •
surp the prorogatives of power, and it has
created a senseless chimera called the "higher
law," to which it asks allegiance in • political
action, in derogation of the Constitution of
the United States. We witness every day the
•desecratlon of the pulpit, and the profanation
of texts of Scripture, by fanatical religious
demagogues, in apotheosizing traitors and
murderers. Those doctrines of `.'Peace -on
earth, and good will to men," ire proclaimed
•as the instruments Of insurrection, murder, re
pine and treason, while the traitors, with hands
crimsoned_ with the blood of unoffending bra
three, aretelebrated as martyrs to the holiest
of causes. -
Where aro we drifting 9 What will be the
end of all this obliquity of moral sentiment
and heresy of constitutional fealty t Shall we
seethe noblest. structure of .human freedom
ever: lesigned by man come outof all the dan
ger that threatens it, only. strengthened by
the ordeal ? "Or shell we see: he t fair propor
tions Nestled with the dust; itslipes exulting
with tiendish4htlight ever severed And con
tending,States„aud the last, - , best, brightest
hopes of mankiod quenched In blOodi
loutr The brakeman, John Gray, spok - ed 'of
t week as being dangerouslyinjured, at the
time of the railroad accident at Laueaboro,
died last Friday night at 12 o'clock.
Owing to tinavoidahle occurrences the
Porn Octet is not published, this week, until
Friday; We believe this is• the first time
sines we have bad the entire elatrge of the
papev(tWo'years), that it has been late.
itil" Teo dit,yi hive been spent.in Congresa
in taking three fruitiest; ballots for Speaker.
We hope to have solo° proceedings Wortb
reporting in a week or two; but there is little
prospect of an organization until after - the
holidays. Airman will doubtleii be elected,
by aid of the Douglasites.
For the Sfontrese Democrat
Exposition.
The - greatpolitical struggle' of 1800 i -has
already Pomtnenced. The-leading black Re
publicans are '-marshalling their forces, and
helping :get them .safely ,mounted. upon
their black hobby. There are offices in the
gift of the dear people, , and the dear peciple's
minds must be prepared beforehand. , Their
noted men must be called into the field. But
those who expect to dincelo the Shoe of fat,l
salaries and distinction, do not like to par the '
fuller if they can avoid it. ~ T heir. Giddings,'
their Strainers, their Beechen, their Phillips,
their Greeleys,ke.,l43 the find - of the 'Chapter,
cannot walk for nothing'. They must be
`paid somehow. An' ingenious WA bi Olen
.seems lately devised, by whiCh these faoiiiuii
and'obe ideisd niOuth-pieces Of black Itspub
licauistni;may Promulgate -po
litical &admit to the dear peoplo.without
expense to the proprietors of this-political
panorama behind:the curtain. The bleeding
Kansas fund is all expended, anditnother
re
sort is needed. But.an ingenious one is now
hit upoir;•Young liferrs Literary Aaiociations
must be got pp. Lectures 'mist be delivered 4
ostensibly for literary and mental improve
ment. The' public, the dear people, are in
vited to attend, and pay their twenty-flve
cents, to be'taught the way of salvation for
politically sin polluted souls! The ostensi
ble object of these Lectures throws open , the
doors (Alin Churches. The Ladies can then.
attend—this may enlist their sympathy, and
secure their influence, which is. certainly a
valuable acquisition. The old Church con
secrated to the service of Almighty G r og,
where cheering was never before permitted,
but now used to subserve. the perperses of a
political party; is frequently made to rover—'
berate loudly to the iound of the clove)' feet
of the black hobby, and to the clapping of
hyena claws, reeking for a 'Treasury, from
that of the United States; down to that of a
Township. A Clergyman leading the cheer
ing!
If the Literary Society canoe officered by
respectable Democrats, (whose name necessa
rily come before the public in their Notices,)
so, as to give the thing respectability and
public confidence, but compose. the commit
tee of the - right stripe, to.select the Speakers,
which can all be done by the original insti
gators and managers, by attending ro the ad
mission of members, so as to keep the majori
ty on the light aide:—this is truly -a wonder
ful and most ingenious plan to make the dear
people pay their Own tuition to learn how to
vote at the. coming Presidential election.—
Will the dear people open their eyes?. and
behold that it is not the poor slaves th at t
they care for—it is the emoluments of office
that they hope these acenuein will open unto
them. CITIZEN. -
Letter 'to Gov. Wiso:
As.a specimen bf•the letters sent to Gov.
Wise by Northern' fanatics, we append the
following. It fully shows the feelings of the
fuliblooded Brownites:
RdNDOLPII, Vt., Nov. 21, 1859
Gov. 11. A. Wtsx.—l improve the present
opportunity to Warn you of your danger, and
the consequences attending the execution of
John Brown, now under sentence of death
within the limits of your State. Mark it well
Just so sure as John Brown swings from the
scaff.dci, or is in any way injured or dies, while
in y,ar prisons, or ender any circumststwes
sufficient to warrant the belief that be has
mot with foul play at your bands, or at the
hands of the dive minibus of the - South, then
just so sure—so help me God—in a moment,.
when you think not, you will be launched in
to the eternal world. Thinks 'no idle threat,
!or I selemuly swear, by Almighty God, that
,'I will not rest, day or night, until I have taken
your life, with the lives of four of your associ
ates."
At the seine time I will asd,t4even to the
lighting of the matches and placing them at
:the fuse,) in carrying out favorite and well
matured plan here at the North, which is this:
That of burning Harper's Ferry, Charlestown,
and a few other places. (which I am bound
by oath not to reveal,) to the ground, and al
so to set fire to every village, town and city .
South of Mason and Dixon's Line as soon as
practicable after —the execution. You are,
then, aware bow-matters stand.. Proceed as
you choose, but have a cars bow you sign
your own death warrant, and the warrants of
at least four of your associates in crime. I,
Withhold my name, particularly,- because I
desire my liberty, tnat is case dotin Brown
is injured in the least at:your hands, or at the
hands of yonr GoiernmentoffiCials, - Way dag
ger, or bullet, orPoisoimnay belorthqomino,
to sendyou for trial before the bar Where the
murdered Thtimpson has already been.. If
you wish tb address me, there is only one way,
viz : through the coltinios of the weekly New
York Tribune,, addressed tp the Green Moan
tain Roy of ETHAN ALLEN DESOENT.
'Ben. U. A.,Wosz,
Go.vernor of the State of Virginia. o
--P. S.—l-have &thirst Sendingthis-that I
might do nothing rash, or that 1 'should' be
sorry for'. I have only to say, may God` do so
to me, and more also, if I do , not fulfil the
vow I have made, so help me God: Amen.
O
Gov. Wise has laid' before the Virginia
Legislature a lettearom Gov. Chase of Ohio,
in - answer' to one from him (Wise). Gov.
Chase says Ohio will fulfill every constitution
al obligalion' to other members of the Union,
but cannot closent to the invasion of her ter
ritory. by arnied men, even for the purpose o
pursuing and arre.sting fugitives from justice.
CHARLZSTON CONVENTIOX.—The Na
dorm! Democratic Executive ComMittee met
at Washington on- the ith inst., and fixed
donday, the '23d 'of Apiil, as the time for the
meeting of the Cbarieston•Convention.
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