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Thursday; Apia 26, 1860.
DEJiOVIL-1 - .N OMIT
FORiOOVERNOR:
lIENRY D. FOSTER,
- OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
Election for State and-county'Officers,Oct 9
The Charlestou.Conventiou.
The National Democratic Converntloti to
uraninite e3ndidate7for,Prelident and Vice
President assembled at Charleston, South
Carolina, on 'Monday last, the 23d inst.
.A.Fhetti • f sensaiion newspaper corre:Ton .
&nip are on the . ground to manufacture
.all
sorts of dirty rants, end the public must ex- .
t
pest
any quantity of nonsensibelipeculations
and falte dispatcheg to be ,forwardedi to the
-city papers, for the puip6f.e of cleating a sen
sation; and arousing public prejudice. Men'
of sense will disregard these electioneering'
trick's, end nwei4 the business report of the
'Da
convention. . •
One- Republican
_story says . that $2,000,-
000 were taken to Charleston to affect the rr- 1
suit. If so, they must have furnished it; else'
how did tfiey first know it 1
Convention chose F. 13. Flournoy of AT-'
kaaas, temporary Chairman, and "Wm.. F.l
Ritohie,_Of Va., Sec. We have no fatf;r news'
11.11.. ideas of who will be, nominated are vague l
—no one having a third of the titimber of
delegntec , (202) 'ner:essary to success;
Full Jej)ort nest week.
4 . ltE Republican gets offended because:
the Demo-rats will cam; Pennsvl- 1
'onja_next Fall. We - make that claim be- '
muse we sincerely b'etieve such will certainly]
be the case, and our neighbor cab like it ors
not. We will not blame biro for feeling al,
little cross al finding hts patty hopelessly de::
cayiug; yet.we advise hint . to keep cool as
the hot weather comes on. The united De
mocracy is gathering up its irresistible
strength, and preparing to win a good old!
fashioned viciory itt Octelrer and November,''
and the Old 11,0v.11 Helper- May as well subH
mil to their fate quietly,,,for ,they 'are eiaiome(l
t i p.take a trip in search of the remains of the
mustseg nag, near the head waters of etili
LO" The communication from White,
Man's A,1,..a.at , ," iq m,t inserted in our col,
mon•yfot leason'tlial one of li.s - premi;eal
as &teed, we con-ides unienablev and
inimlit place the'auilior in a false piisilion be
fore the put:4k.,l4) fuluze.
t A new Po,' offieedia-been.etablisbec
in Middletown tow nsiiipitliis county, calle.
Middletown Centre, Bike :Vary A. Ross ha.
been-appointed j'‘,-t
,Black Ileptsblicaar'llob Law.
The lioi.ton Port truly sats that Repuli
cani•rn as now understood and practiced hyl
_those •who 'control the -, 74ltitlittlialt party i 4
Ithri-achusPit. is but another word: for. re
hellion. Rept,licaniqn is disorganization;
It firik ts at the . lia•Tis of riles and comproL,
arises upon Which 'all rights rest. Disobe-I
&ince to. tire Federal Government' is, with
tbes.e Men,l obedience ter the laws of the Re
publican 'lrty.= Occurrences in the North,
every .hou c rott-rest %%lint_ we say
is now-before us. In the Traveller a correst •
poiirden t' w rbing from Washington, gives in7 l "
format ion about SanilOrti, Red path, anti sout4
Brown, and, among other thing:., s'a), a:- ,
"I have jail litti.hed treading you4ceount
of the c 1. 3 ,0 'of 'he Sanborn ca-e, and . 18n
that I can add a 'kith! to it, as I have jut
steel. one (9 - the.artors h the BC-04C.
•• When Nlr. S7tubo'rn was cited b % habea!s
carrot. to appe'ar itefote rhelSuprertie Como
Of I .l:t.s.aeliu-ettri, it wn detettnintd, by his
{rinds, whatever. may have been his OW
ideas, that :lie should not be taken Seale
the otti-els, •no 'molter what the decision
might Cc. Ti guard against this; tlarte ti , -
termined atd WELL AMU:O men attended Court,
1,,1 %%tot , - cotett;tetly between Sanbbril and
the ; Aloe's, and 'it would have taken consid
.l..al,,!e lave tto have hniVen through ther
rank , . so trf4l 4 held they made their ci rrange %
. ' • •=-;
men's. .
!Mr--R-411 , th attended the -trial, and was
u4iced by the M tr'shal, and it was expeCted
'that an B,telopt a 0 ,11,1 he made to arrest him
when Sanbou's girrc•t should he 'attempted.
Ilthice, mime h•ilf (1,.7.,n carriages were in
r e ,slin e ss, with fresh horsis and' Comlieterit
each of which arat
, Q have taken a
Separate Tony, and: though but two of therin
cootd coutxtti the Verst.mt, suttght,. 111 14. 0 04
have apneaaed t.,; and it would have puz -
zled a Poila . delphia lawyer, let alone a Bu¢.
ton tidewniter, 'to have told which was I.ll'e .
man he wanted." •
This Fterrnent bears, omits face, evidence
that th e wriler knew excuratelythe facts of
. which ha wrote. Be rpl a tes tha r t an t' actor to
the scene" told him. fixesthe fact that
there was set on foot, - and actually .pieient iu
in the Corm Houma; an ARMED organizatidn
; „of thir , y deferral* Men 'to resist the lav
a
to, resist the 4.0-ad-lion of the Weak-brained
Sanborn, even if the Supreme eourt: of Msts
sachu,efts pronounced .that he should be de-
. livered up to the sele,t Committee of the
Senate. -Ilow abshrd; bow idle it is for lie-•
publicans to say that iesi.tance- Was made
to Samtawn'e case la , eatise of imperfect &legit
! tion of poweeto Mr. Carbon bv. the Seristel!
Do men of character cier . e nothing for all
If there is rio danger for anybody, then
let s all sleep on
and take -our rent. But the
, dangler is' nearer than 'Convenient when ?BM .
' TY /HUED Aar atatal:in . our Wairt houses in
trexdrlitwu justice. and B lau fifer. her
tete l witn pistols and bowie knives.
•
1 • Theyot of Pennsylva ia.
As it is genef
ally considered that Fermayl-
I visits is thti "b the ground" of a Presidential,
contest, ar's` (mhos to the Votsof , the State io
1 pA k , fears 'Ovid be interesting, just titimiwhen
we are.entOing upon an important Cattpaign.
In 18.50 he Dernecratic vote was 00,000';
and the t.ci!l,c of the opposition,..aided by that
..,
inoosterr ,. botnbag ' " bleeding Kansas? Was as
follows : I Or Fremoit 140,000; pilrnor . e,
IJOion-,r,00, and Fillmore straight 20p00.
This left Tidies! Republicanism in alminosity
I
conspar d pith the Democratic vote 9(84,000;
t t
and in, Minority of the whole vote._ of the
Stare of 186„000. -- * . - j-,
.. . .
.i . 1.. I n 1857ihey.put David Wilmot forward as
their he i st Ili ari, Su d eiponent of Re putrbo an ism.
The reiitilt,:ivas i;--Packer, 188,000; Wilmot,
-14e,eab ;41nzleburst- 28,600; . ledviig: Re
publicalp* behind the DirmoCratS 42,000,
and behind ell others 70,000. Wilmot poll
ed the rulliiß4uhlican vote. ~
.
In 1058; Republicanism, tired of defeat,'
left their platform and joined the ' , conservri.
'dyes id a, 4 'People's pariy" movement,; and
with gi l eaCexertion aided by Foroeyism. &c.
'pulled 198,000 votes; teing 32,000' less tha
a msjolitfof the full•vote of the State.. The
DatnoCiati n relying too much upon' sec:urity
in theiis4ength, And embarrassed by dissen ,
sion Yn base treachery,and the canvass being
but-an luniniportint one, only 01lad 171,000
votes. di this occasion 90,000 voters did
• 1 •1
notto to :election. . The great mass of •thes
never hadivoted against the 'Democracy.
In 1890 the canvass was a quiet one, an
but little tterest manife§ted. The mongr I
"people's paity" polled 181,000 votes. widc
was 130,000 less than a majority on a full vote.
The Deni4eiats polled but.hailtheir full vot ,
for ici4orii which now - no longer ,qist. - A
thist.lettinn-115,000 electors staid at hotrf
But fair of these vote the opposition ticket.
It is tb*sapparentthat' when theDennocrati
are united they al,ways carry the State; an
the resultlx the , same when 'tare is a full
vote. This opposition never carry the Stat
except whin- the vote is light; and ,the "Ft •
publicats'A never carry it; rten fightiog alone
•
on their sectio t ial platform. . -
For 1800, the National Democrats are ill*
ted and harmonious, and a ful role : js certain
to be Of the 100,0 0 voters why
hare litely failed to attend ele tioo, the great i
er portion{ v far die nations men, and will
-
support th'e nominee of the harleston Con
rentioo, and Henry D. Porter. This. insures
us an imMense majority orktbe popular role
ofyennsilvania,
. : The - Rtiiitiblicen;enter the field tinder far
different Siuspices from-'bat they did in 1856.
They tbettappealed to the sympathies . of the
people itiliebtilf of poor , Kansas, and thous
trods!FotO for Fremont under the' delusive
'idea that They would thereby :do something
to allay the strife in Kansas, _and secu'rethe
tertitcitiee'cof the Union to' free settfers. ' But
now every rational man who is willing to list
ten to reason is fully
. aware that the Kansal
broils wee, in part, fomented by base knaves
for the purpose of electing Fremont. That
fals,e cry.has now ceased to arouse attention
ctin'ho' longer be used by the RepubliE
cans for - t-B'ect,,.oor have they any issue to
take ite Place. Kansas stock has no buyers
in the.rnaftet, and when that became worth
less itlefithe Republiiian party utterly bank
rupt ; fq:that was their only available stock.
For e%idepee that they despair of a success
ful,caiapSign upon the old issue, we refer to
the fact that the New • York Tribune urge's
abandotiment :of Wm. E Seward,
.and
Ili; moan of someold fogy like Bates, whd,
in 1854 did all-he-could to defeat ,Fremont
and wbo fins never been identified with their
idea or 4rti, and who-has not, as yet, endors
ed islierr doctrine, The lesser lights among .
the Retniblicans follosv the Tribune's lead,
and asiv4ate the abandonment of their old
platfor'ai? i , Even such men as Wilmot, the
most tatriiii of Seward niggerites, desert die
standri,rd,`of the "pnivisci," and try to bide
their defiiirmqies ;tinder some new :veil. if
nut an` -exhibiiion ; of Weakness, we
s would; like. to know whatis. _ -
In 1806, it was an'open question. whether.
Fremontiim tended lo'absolutr abilitionism.
The, penoe were slow `toi?elie e that a -re
spectable:(in number.) party - ould,bit. found
that:Wnubd finally embrace h, e bloody,
.trea
sonabiaitoctrineS of 'Giddings Phillip', & Co.
Bat tha d t questionis now aril l ed. Abolitio'n'-
i.m abdpopublicanism have no separate poc :
liticaorganizations. Republicanism not oti'-
ty en oreies Seward's deelaratioq that "ela4,-
iy m list 4.)e abolished, atidyot and 1 must db
it," but , ih has fully endoised Helper's decree
that "nolinan.can beeumfi a true patriot with-
An instance
out fiist4ecomin g AO abotitinitt ;". arid that
"not to ks;3zail abolitionist is to be a - willful
and-ctiatiblical instrument of the,devil ;" and
that !tweare determined to abolish slavery at
aU luiza;:dB, and so help us God we will da
it." I
,ALling upon these an attempt
was Matte at Harper's - Ferry-4o carry out the
Iteliairoau idea as avowed by Seward and
•
Helper, and we find that thti Abolition, or
.self styled "Republican" party, when put to
the lest r tm-the'docirine of the "irrepres‘ible
conflret,' fail to - say', unequivocally,'that Old
John Britiwn 'did wrong; .; 'while their whole
influglicit is used to •defetd his crime from
'popular4isipproval they having furnished
arrnsrand money to do what they have !e
-peatel4ruivocated.-. Added to ibis's, are
ninny v bk . evid'ences that, Republicanism abot4ioiiized- , --disguise it iy3 they may. The.
te.44otein Congress, by the Republicans, in
favor 'Of:ribotishing slavery everywhere, shows
what then Mean; Jet-them den,y -it , as much
as they:Deave.
-No kits that niggerisni mi." throw" out,
can 1it",41 the vote of Pennsylvania; or the
Union - " -
sfr:HX be Republicans are engagid in
portlngi voters - from other counties, and from
New Jaisey, taking paupers from the alms.
&e.., to aid itfem at the.election in Phil
adelPhiii On the leiOf - May. Raving contro l
of all the officials _they bopt to impose their
gross fittuds upot the city grub imptinity,
- fireen Peas have fal en to a levy a
quart lir' Charleston, rind 'beef s from twelve to
twautreents a potted, I
- - •
0 --
The Concinid Fanatics 6, 111 old.”
lanaticism:bas apparenily reached that
point in Massachusetts at 'which reason be
,
comes'dethroned, and those undit its job
-
eon -becomes-the 14aves of passion and trid
impulse. i That peMons in .anch, , a state of
mind are just as likely
. to commit acts oficil
iy as of erime,—in other:words to ma k e fails
of themselies,—We recently bad an fix
ample. It, is to - be l found in . an incident which
occurred at Concord, Massachusetts, a (4w
dayTisince, the pSrticolars of which we .eoh-
dense:—
After the moll bad taken Sanborn from*
U. S. Sergeant-at-Arms; by force, a .coutnilt-•
tee was selected to - see that,in future no
Iw
ofthe U.S. : was enforeedifi Concord. Ohre
day a. stranger left the Boston train at 'Coil:
cord, whose appearance itt once attracted the
attention of the spy et the depot. He WAs
quizzed, but did, not sufficiently - heed the
itb
pertinence of the Committeeman, and wits
followed and Watched; arid; on his walkingilto
the Post-Office and asking -to have
.the reo
- of several prominent citizens pointo
out to him„San:rn's beingorte- of the nein:
ber, n,mob was collected which followed, ti=
suiting and abusing him ; they apparently
taking him for the U. S. Sergeant-at Attila.
A suspicious protuberance was noticed in his
Freest pocket, vibich • was declared to -be "Pis
tols ;;" and which bad the salutary effectof
inducing the mob to keep' "hands off." The
stranger finally went to Sanborn's. residen:Ce,
paying little attention to the vicious mbb,
and coolly proceeded,..-amid their vile ablite,
to. make; as was supposed, sundry memoren
da ire% mysterious note tioorr, and after rare--
fully viewing-the house, and 'pacing off the
distance in front of it, he turned ;to ler4e,
without offering to enter. As he was leaviAg
he - was fired upon from the house, but esetlp
ed unhurt. He nett ascended an erninenite,
near by, and, couiposing himself, struck ter
ror into the WO, by drawing from his briest
pocket a dangerous ;looking pair of--oplfra .
glasses! scared crew. of fanatics now
began to see the_ridiculous position the'y had
taken, and left —wiser, perhaps, but
,eq-unly
wicked : and when a special •artist fora 'New
York Illustrated- Newspaper again visits the
town on his professional" business, the dlsbn
ion crew may have reuse enough to refrein
'from ,quizzing,, insulting, abusing,
and at
tempting to murder him. . • .
The Republicans Perplexed.; .
The Republicans are confused at the result
of the Reading Ginvention. „They
. confident•
ly anticipated that the Convention-eoulsl bot•
harmonize the elements of the Demodra'itic
party, and that the same causes-which On
tributed - to the success of the ticket in the
elections of 1858 and 1859 would again "as
sist them teia victory in 1860. They beli4ed
the Democracy. to be hopelessly divided And
distracted beyond the possibili tY of reconci)ia
tiOn. The more sanguine !expected an explo
sion at Reading, while cooler heads anticipa
ted at the very least such a nomination or
such a platform as would inevitably prodhce
.
disaffection or coldness ' among a largeili
vision of the Demccratic party:- The scenes
Which transpired at Reading were lurtlie,t
from their- thoughts. They had so lotlgre=s
garded the divisions in the Democratic ',Arty
as past healing, that the news of ,the unitni
aious, hearty an'd. enthusiastic uominatide] of
Henry D. Foster for Governer, and Like etinal
ly hearty and unanimous adoption df
form, fell upon the Republitant- like a told
shower-bath. Republican stock immediately
declined fifty peicent. The cheerful smile Was
displaced by an expression of - the most pro.
found melancholy.. The leaders heard ; ' ; the
news df the nomin ation, of the - , cordial union
of the Democratic party, of the wild entlu
edasm with svhih the carupan was ope'ned
by the' thbukauds of Democrats from, ealery
section of theStssembled at Reading, as
the death-knell of alrtheir sanguine expeeta-
N
• ~
The confusion cartiedinto Republi'can
ranks by the proceedings at Res is
servable in their organs . .. They strets )oss
to Account for the Union and- enthusieetia' N of
the Democracy. -
•
We Can relieve the perplexity of the on
founded' Republicans.. The representattvo of
the Democratic party went to Reeding! de
termined to bury pait dissensions, and to whip
the Reptiblican party' next fall. Theyiftlt
the necessity of. union, and , of patiiotiun
-selfish' aCtion. They were determined tv se
lect the best candidate, forgetting inditi(lual
preferences in their desire for the getieral
good: • The noluination of Henry Fgster
was effected lry no clique, arrangement4ar:
gaining or midnight'caucus, but it . wni:r an
act of spontaneous enthusiasm amounking al
most to inspiration. The same feelink which
govezned.the COnientien stirred the beams cf
the people when the nomination of F-4ster
Was announced. Every where Democrats •con
gratulated each - other, and warmly - ratified
the choice of the Convention. Ic-a mothent
old differerences were . forgotten. Dom oerat
pledged Democrat that benceforward
would unitedly- labor for the success o(the
party by the eleation of itsnoblecanOilate
Ito the Chief Magistracy ,of Pennsylvania.
And this pled s gebe . redeemed. Thei Re
.
publicans may well make up their . minds
to witness . many More astounding and en
thusiastic Democratic se-unions before Octo
ber arrives, as fully. inexplicable as the',pro
ceedings at Reading, which have so i'con
founded and perplexed . them—Patriot
ion.. .
.
sar Go 'to he Exhibition at the Acadetity
- .
next Wed!) - ay. See notice elsewber*
AT the organization of our NationalPov
ernment slaves were held in all the StatOs ex
,cept.; perhaps, Rhode Island. . - In none of the
old States was slavery abotishi,d by OferLeg
islature—it was al was done by a conatitation;
at provision. If the Territories are to iegu
late this - slavery ; question the same as the
States, how must they do lit Is a. Toirito
rial. Legislature•superior in power to a Ptie
Legislature t• Every s chool -. boy ought 'to
- know- that when it is proposed that Tetrito
rieg ahall control slavery the
s ums as the
Rtats, it means that they May_ prohibit ',it by
their n.onstitutions, not by legislaturee
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." . •
.Froin the N. Y. Journal it Commerce.
Cosraile Catching a Tartar.
, The Covede Smelling. Committee of the•
Milted States louse of Repre sentatives got
Iracir-itf a private letter prom President Be-
Ichanan to Robert J. Walker, written while
ithe latter was Governor of Kansas, and there
upon summoned the. Governor before them;
and requested him to give , them a.copy of it
Walker at first demurred; but after•keeiing
'them on the tiptoe of expectation-for .a.suf
tieient length of time, the hovible document
Was at length produced • arid s here his. In-.
stead of being what ttni - idoubtleas hoped it
Was—somethingthaiwouldslur the well-et reed
tame of theAdtt patriot,, and thus show that
their own' suspicions were not altogether un
louncleil it reveals a conscientious integrity
on the part of the President, whiCh would
'Jo honor' o any map living.. It shows his
- earnest desire, repeatedly expressed.
° and ur
ged upon Gov. Walker that the Cotattitution
which had been adopted •by'theLee'ompton
Convention; should be submitted. "to the
f bona fide settrers of Kailas" fori their rejec- -
'do's or approval. That it was not thus soh:
mikted,to them, but only the alternate of an
, coPting is witu or withou t the slayer . ) , clans;
mils not his fault. ..But to the :letter'_
PRESIDENT DUCHAN#N TO
,GOVERNOR'IVALKER.
WasutNorott,•July 12,'185.7.
Dean Sin ditty received your letter of
the 28th ult., on, Friday last.. I read, it to
the Cabinet, then in session. The views which
it contained were not calculated to assure us
of Youreuccest, though we did not despond..
Ilence.Vou 'may judge with what satisfaction
we received tbeaccount of the National Demo
cratic Convention, held at Lecompton on the..
3d inst. The. point on which your and our
sucicess depends, is the submission of the con ,
stitjtion to the people; and by the people I
mean, and I have no - doubt you mean; the
nettle! bona Me, residents who have been
long enough in the Territory to identify them-
selves with its fate. The Leglilature deter
mined three months as the period of residence
to entitle individuals to vote for members of
the Convention; and if the Covention should
think-proper to adopt the same period. to en
title individuals to vote for or against. Ote
constitution, it appears to me this would he
reasonable. On the questicin of submitting
the constitution to the'bona ficlC resident set
tlers df Kanlas,.l am willing to stand or fall.
Iq sustaining such a principle we cannot fall.
It is the principle of the, Kansas• Nebraska
bill, the principle of popular amereignity
and the principle at the foundation of all
popular government. The more it is discus
sed; the stron g er it will become.
Convention of Kansas adopt this principle,
all .will be settled 'harmoniously; and, with
the blessing of Providence, you will return
. -
triumphantly from your . arduous, important
and responsible mission. The' strictures oftbe
Georgia and Mis4s.ippiConvdritions will then
pass away, to be speedily forgotten. In re
gard to Georgia,"ous, news from that State is
becoming better every day. We lave. not
yet had time to bear much from
Should you answer the resolution of the latter,
I would advise you to make the great prin
ciple of the submission of the Constitution
to. the bone %fide residents of- Kansas con
spicuously_promineut. On this you Will be
irresistible._ With the, question of climate
every person; is acquainted, and -the more.
-you insi-t upon. this, the more will our op
ponents urge that we are violating the Triniri
ple of non-interference at the, foundation of
the Kansas-Nebraska law.' It is strange that,
people at, a distance,-who have. not pra6tiqtl
acquaintance' with the condition of itansa4,
'should undertake to be wiser than thoser.on
the spot. It i 3 beyond all questioo the ; true
policy to build up a great Democratic party
there to sustain the %Constitution and the
-
laws, composed' of pro-slavery-and Free-Smte
Democrats;'and if the inajority should be
against slavery, to obtain such constitutional
provisiOns as will secure the right of 'slave
holdersin Missouri ,
and other States, maintain
all the !elks, and guard the just rights of the
Smith. ; You are right in your. !conjectures
as to the cause of JudgeWillialn's appoint
ment. IWe supposed it would bb peculiarly
acceptable to yourself,-and that he 'night aid
in carrying out your policy, -'- t .t.
..
Cti Cuming has been appointeirGovernoi
ofrUiah.' T-his will lea.ve his place vacant at
ter the brief 'period required for settling up
his business; and I shall certainly be disposed
tp,fill it-by the appointment of Mr. Stevens.
„peri l . Uarney has-been selected to command
the expedition to Utah ; but, we must con
tillive - leave bins with you, at' least, until
you am out of the woods. Kansas is vastly
ruhre Important at the present moment than
Utah. '
-
Ins, pressure upon me continues without in
termission. 1 pray that Divine Providence,
•iir which.l place my trust, may graciously
preserve my life and my health until the end
of thy teridi but God-'6' will. be done in any
event. ' . •
With every,seatiment of esteem, I remain
always sincerely—yoin friclid:
i JAMES BUCHANAN. -
Hon: Ronan!, J. WALIER.
_ 1.. ,• From, the Constitution ' •: - •
THE PRESIDEET'S LETTER TO OOV. WALKER.
.ire Are hear)ily rejoiced •that the Covode
inqli
iittiou have obtained possesiion of the
private letter addlessed by the . President t‘r
Govertior - .Walkar on the 12th of July, 1557.
Vapour' rumors concerning the contents of
OAS letter , have been long in -circulation,.
which Will all be instantly dissipated by the
perusal of the-letter itself. "
The object of. the Covodo inquisition 'is to
involve the President ja au inConststency•
in prst ,haring strongly . recomuiended to
the, convention- to submit. the' Lecompton
constitution, after its -formation, to the peo
.plerof Kansas, and in afterwards recommend
ing the adoption of this Constitution to Con
gress, although it- bad not Alms been sub.
- -
The l Coniention -did act , in pursuance of
tbe advice -of - the President, so far as to sub. :
~
tnit the all important and absorbing question:
'of Slav'ery to the people., •About the remain- ,
ing piOvisions of the Constitution, there was
- ember any contest. These the Convention
denlined to submit.to the people. The. Presi.
deka at no period'ever withheld the expreagion
ofl his earnest desire that the , Constitutirld.
shOuld be submitted to the peoplit. After
the Convention bad refulted td do this, an en
tirely-new question arose,: should the Presi-*
dentl disregard -and nolify the .Constitution
framed by- the Convention, and determine
not 'to submit :it to Corigress because they
had itcted contrary to' his advice 1 . This:he.
oodirl not do with his -creep cou'itiotions.of
du( .. It it "one thing for - the President to
- • „
1,.„ - •
affiritie that members .of a 1 C onvent ion or a
legialitive ; . dy to•actin a particular manner;
1
bot.it . Is , lo i
nother:and - quite! different thing
tot bin to, tonal tbelrhwfol.action because
tbef did nnt. - • think
_proper to follow Ilia ad- -
wipe:: In his message - to'Congress of the Bth
'of December,. 1858, be employs the follow
ing•language; .
.- 'kit is trUe,thrtc.as an indi, ;dual, I bad ex
prs4l nti:opioion, both' before and during
the art4ioti( of - the Convention, in favor of
subniit Ong the reinitining..clateses Of the Con..
.stitutiOn, aSiwelt as that concerning slavery,
.to thepeople., 11u t, acing inlan Offieialeliai 7
act'er, nailer myself not any human authoritybad tloli power. to r.'judge qui proceedings of
the Convention; and declare heiCunstitution
Which it had framed to belt!tinlity. To-have
done this-Would hare' been it :,violation of the
Katmai Nebriteka)te: ahioli left the peOlile
of thisTerritorpperfeetly.free to.form and
regulate- titeli": - .dornestie insti tutions in t heir,
own writ subject. only to . the Corotitution
of the - United Stores! It sir:llti equally have -
~violated the great principle ) f
popular, sore
reigoty,ntl the foundation of our institutions,
to deprivU i the people of the power, if they
thought proper to - exercise - it, of confiding to
delegates elected. by, themselves - the trust of
framing, a Coristitution, iyithOut,,requiring
tbern to subject their conatituents Co- the
I trouble,,experpie, and delay of a second ele&
lion. It Would have' been in opposition to
many precnzlents• in our history,-commencing
in the very. best age of .theltepublic, of the
admission - of Territories" na States into the
Unicin, without a previous riote of the people
approving theireoustitutioni" ..
Li • •
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Repts,licass Protest J,igaiisst Invete
t4nticia---John Coifs's'', Alarm-
Ang hie ,Friend.t. ' if
We have been PrcAnised,srifs the Harrisburg
• Pattiot dt.: Union, some yeti itArtling disclo :
sures elf Democratic; corruption from Mr. Cu
vode's investigating Comtnittee. Heretofore
the Republican= have exhibit ed great glee •at
the rich placer of frauds wh ich the Commit
tee plorni-ed to ‘ tutri up to the indignant gaze.
of the public.. Judge, thenuf our astonish
menqwheit just at the time ilsat this•coriunit 7
tee reached the case of Pennsylvania, and
sumoried before it Augustus; Schell or:New
Vorl, to produce a li4 of the: ontributors in .
New York to. the fund raised in 1856 to no- .
silo the Democracy in carryinglannsylvania,
the Tribune changes its tube, and protests
against the further pursuit of the inquiry in
to this branch-P(111e subject. For once the
Tribune. takes a sound view of the case, and
we cannot refrain from re-publishiog 'its arti
cle. It says:- ~
"IttoirrAusiNSTPrentaosilve. 2 The House
Oirotnittee of inve.tigation, Ilwherebf Mr. Co
mte, of Pennsylvania,. is Chairman, insists,
we learn, that Mr. Augustta r Schell, of this
city, shall , produce and deliver a list • in his
poSsessiod of contributors inrthis city to the
fund raised here to carry peunsylvabia for
Bu*Nanan at the October election of • 1856.
The Committee it is undersihod, propose to
invoke the power . of the Hose to coerce=Mr.
Schell• to produce the papei demanded. If
they do - this, we trust the House willP pause
and eonsider well before takin g the actionre
quired. Mr. Sehell, though 100 cs•collector ft
this Dort, was a private cktizen in 1856: tifilse
who contributed •the motley be raisedfor the
Pennsylvania cannvass Wei,el likeWisthai° l 9
private - citizens. It is not !even in fevidence•
that the money, was used liMp i ropek ; there
is'of course no shadow of proof that it was
•coptrihuted by pub:le-Of:leers, or that it
awe, liosve'ver.oircuitously, out of the Feder
al Treasury. - -By what right, then, under.
whit color of reason do the dommittee under
take to constrain Mr. Schelll to give up this
private paper and blazon ice! - the, world- the
names of private cilizatts under circumstances
calculated_ to expose them Ito odium?, If
they have been guilty of conspiracy or CM
raption, why ; not indict and, try them? If
the object is to fish out evide n•whi l 3ltt
base a prosecution, we object. that t
is illegal, unconstitutiona , I and the 6 :7l ‘ as„ . •
prooeedure fraught with da ger to the rigbtr•
of every citizen.: .. i"
1 :i
_„...,-...--'
"We speak,t6us freely, ' au:set:he. sub
tr .
ject is of the giavest honor once; while our
relation to the parties in co Ilia enables u. t.,
do set - wiihPutexposure 'to tif sapprettension.
ftly. Schell and his contribu ors are our-Polit
ical adversaries; the Corpiniitee who , Are
Pressing them to.the will are our- politiCal
friends. But right is right, and this proce
dure seems to us quite - another thing. It , is
an attempt to make_party cilital by an abuse.
of power—a dangerous stret It of a dotibtful
prerogative. .
"The fact may as well be , stated, that this
whole 'busiuesal of developin , political scan
dal by legislative investigations has already
been about ran into the grouH. Intelligent,
tea-minded men are growing . sick of it. • In
sin far as pbblia functionaries and other
_re
cipients of public money are required .to give
an account of their dealing; with tike-Treasu
ry, we uphold the claim to the fullest , extent.
Even tba may be abused ; but his a seluta
-ry, conservative. power and a rejoice in see :
iog it fearlessly, searchingly exercised.' But
s
dragging, private citizens, o r -those who were
private c!itizens when the ar t as to which in
quest was made were .committed, before In
vestigatthw Committees, to be catechised in
secret, under circuinstanT which secure
them no protection against insult, nor against
the tnospnquisatorial and I trnpertinent' peer
ing and prying into' their -private' concerns,
will not ;answer. . It must either b e strictly
limited, hr utterly stopped)! I
But why this sodden retitt
Why is the Tribune opposed
incestigatihe I Does the sh
already 1 The fact is just It
clan arealarrned lest the in s
I, ~,,
be eztenued to the Reputo)
House, rind result inkliscloSt
howtnueh money was coati
York fel' the purpose of can;
nia for :Fremerit —how muOli
the direction of Tom. Fr
• t i
tea Printer of the House,
Filltnore - Pretses and politicii
nib. Mr. John 'euviade has
water, and is likely to plunge
very hot water. The posit
of this besiness . begiu to • mit
palpitate with apprehension,
tee a iniplored:not to per
matter any ftrrther. - . 1
. Although fear that the machinery • of this
Investigating Committee may return toPlague
its inventors is.at the bottom of the Tribune's
protest, ;we agree withit.that 'Allis is an_ it
tempt to . make party capital, by as abuse of
power;l and this is true not'only with refer
ence to theinquiry under consideration, trot
also in reference to the whole scope of the
proposed investigatiou. - The President dem
otastrateclin his manly protes i t that it was a
groat, abuse of power to artatga him before a
tribunal unknown to the Conatittstion, and to
make his accusers ;his judge, - - _
Now; if the Committee itaist upon' ascer
taiMng•how.much money Was subscribed in
New York tribe-need in tie "Pennsyliams
election; compote fairness requires teat both
eid . es should be examined. {Then we would
get at the whole truth. If; the Committee
must- pry into the private affairs of citizens,
let it deal justly by friend and foe. • Let it do
more than - merely ascertain isirbo liobenribed
the money—let it insist • upr knowing who,
disburepd it, add wh6 recei3Od it. If it Is
competent to pursue one part of the . in'vesli- -
.gation, it is within the power of the Commit-.
tee tog° to the bottom t+the subject. ' Will -
they dolt, • • - •
We mill particularettiotion to the remark
able admission of the Iribune in thi4 et - itence:
"If the Objediis to fl it out evidence on which
to bate a prosecUtion, we object thlt the
mode is illegal, unconstitutional, - and the
whole proCedure
,fraught with. dangt•r to_ the
rights -- ,ef every, citizen?" ". Now, apply -this
doctrine to the case Of the Presiilent . , and
Why may we not, in nearly the mine'
lan
guage, if the objecti , is to fish-out evidenc - e on
which to ba;can impeachment Of the--P!e,i
dent,. the mode ib 4441, uneonvtilit-tioizal.and •
the whole procedureYraught with .danger` to
the rights of the Executive I Tho rights of
4-
the President of the United States; undei die
Constitution, are, certainly not inferior to
rights of private citizens.. • • -
, .
Dr. Churchill's Cure for Conium'p-
It is not often we u s e our editorial colurnnt,
for the purpose:of noticing the 'medicines - we
advertise.' But: we iirtie.seen so many evidon
ces of the utility of t "llypophosphites of
Lime and Soda," which we adxertfse for"
Wincberler, that we' feel that sku are sintply. .
performing-a duty-to Lty .caliing.
attention to it, and in doing so', we avail
selves itf- I the following; from the Roche:Ater
Express,'attlicb .we heartily utlsto
River Chronicle.
Thersi:have been so.'many deceptiOns prac
tised upOri" the langnishiri4' sufferers' by. this
terrible diseaFe, that it is not -wonderful if
when this Teets the eye of 'aiiy such, they
should tt:tra - stwaY . .in diugust. But,:notwith- . -
standinKits awful fatality; we behere it. inay
yet be remedied. When we come to. search -,
deeper into cause and ...effect, we find that
Conitnatittion, as well as many ether diseases, '
is prodticed byTthe 'Want of some of the vit!,%l .
elements of the organization, anti that to ecru .
these diseases is, only - to ascertain -what is.
lackingin the system, and to provide a reme,
dy in,a form' to be assimilated , by the (-Arco ,
!sting tittislx. ' In Coni:uruption, and, kindred
diseases; the tiliscoi:esjs has been modt; that
tbe , e is 'a - "deficiency. or undue waste of the
oxydizable phosphorous normally existing in ;
:be ecohotiny:! -The • Elypopho4hiie. ,, , prd
posed by Ur.' Churchill, is a - strictly Scientific
Retnetly,.beirig a "-preparation of. "frht,simo• 1
rous, both - oxydizable and assimilable," which-
restores the deficient'.elemetit to, tie nervous
system,;and creates new - and healthy
: b10c...
In fact, the . Hy pophosphit en l'e COIPiU m Kit> 11,
-
Iby rembvin the cause.whit;ll produces. it: •,
Okbe A uccess Cf Dr. ;Churchill's- rem ly
we havaamplei testimony in this ci , :y.. Wa
arepersonally acquainted with - several ityli:
viduals Ni+lio have been:ta l ised front a - rnisCra:
bli, despondirig, langathing condition by
this remedy, and restored to health and use-,
fulness." , The remedy was but lately `discov
ered; frit is becoming' widely known-. It is
inantifaittured in thbt co u try, bv,J. Winches
ter. or New York, whose. - nobity or character
- is a sufficient 'guarantee bat it it , not a mere
catch-penny'huntbug:' See ruive'rti:sernent .iO
agotlier column. - -'
VT The following bill •has becrie a law
in. Pennsvlvanil -
Pe IA enacted , &c.. That froth. rthd after the
passage of this act it shall . lie required that
every application to the J Legidature for any •
act of iimorperation - , - shall be preceded. by'. a
public Notice 'or irdvertoetwat of the same, .
in two iiewsnaperS . ttie City or court: 19i"
which the legislation is dematided,orld which
the parties applying fur it re'side r if 'two nets;--
paperi are published in s-eid city or ;
and if their be mi l l two riewsn.ipvrs; published
thereiM o
' then in ne newspaper, if one Is pub
lished therein ; Which sail public , nu'i•re or
advertisement shallset furth the name; of aFI
partiesi:cotnniiihione - f i n - o'r corporaturst.) ;be
bill or proposed legislation, and the same shell
be pUblished or'advectis4d in said paper 4 be--
fore the bill or proporlerlllaW sha!ll be present
ed to either branch of dielegisfature.
. -
ottolvals (:)s - r.strwr AND PlLLS.—Drop
;cal swelfin,„Ws in the linib's are - anifurMly re
d •eo the aPplit'atiOn•,ii this. °thirtieth._
It o ust ;be
_briskly rubbed in. and ib these
'and II other cases of external disease or inju- '
ty,- it is advisable - to Eituedt the pirt.kitnotel
with . viirm water_ before using the preparn:
don.. As a cure fersore breasts; its - etreets are
In ten 'Minutes after lul.ri'cating7 . ,
-the inflamed or ulcerated - - the pain -
and throbbing cease. • kvery sp.stries of sore,
tumor or eruption', to its_
•soothieg, healing, disinfectingiaduence;an-1,
in fact; its sanative effect on superOoial ma a
'onlyegtialled -by ; that of ilollowa 'a
"P 4115 on all tuternalslisorders. •
last number of iLe B,i G izet e.
coytaihs' the follOiving-:--"Mr. Buck.
her of garrisbur4,•has . n hi; p.,s ,. ef•-•ioli at
this time complete volu nes ef,tliree hundred
and one different ',weekly, serni-weekly,
weeklr,and daily newspapers, :aid' seventy
broken volornei of the'Same."' i
...'.The'assignees of the Postou booksell
ers, Phillips,,sampson Co.'s estate, have
retuined Hn aecolmt oitheir Rungs, whichl
show inat their• receipts, hare beetr $1.63.000
and their disbursements SGI,OOO, leaving a
balande of $102.00 . 0 fur dividend, sufficient
to pay sixty per cent.
. . .
• ...I.The Supreme , Court-of ilississippi li as.
affirmed the validity of the. law making, it
penal for retailers'to sell-liquor. to a drunken
man, and declaring...iliac the owner of the es--
tatdishment is responsible for the act of ' his -*
barkeeper on this behalf. - •- ;
•
.. A young -woman of high standing in,
Canada was lately fond in a stale - of beast.:
ly intoxication in .the streets of Sylatiuse.
.-.. :.The State of Arkansas is) the only
State!in:the Union without a telerrraph k d
an
•
,
She, has not a foot of line within her horder.
.i.The Columbus - Journal says that itte•
abscohding agent oft his Sons of Malta of Chid;
hiss been arested.in New 'Orleans.' arid nearly, ,
$8,090 Of 'the lost money recovered. •
..
...F.Tbere! is a gas excitement, at Mendoto:
111., riraltling the MI excitement in 'Pennsyl
visniai Peopfirdiltdown fifteen or tw - emy
feet fOr water, and instead of that "fluid flip.' it
comblistibte gas; apparently inexhaustihie in -
quaniity." . ' • .
-.. i.:The'maple sugar crop of yermont is '
estimnted arnearly 'fifteen .hundred tons.,:-
..
The run of sap this year has been remarkable.
.. i . A. - gale ai Terre •Ilaute, Ind., last Mon-
day, destroyed some half doien . houses ; also
t.be eligine house of the.Evansvi Ile and Craw- '
fordsville Reirruad, crushing rho. watchman
to depth. The losa•:of property is cstitnated
at ,$3:0,000..
i .-Bonibay,llook Island" ?vas "sold at
Sherifl's saki at Smyrna, Del., kit week, - for
.$22,000. It contained about .6,000 acres;
abOut 2,00,0, is valuable upland, the balance.
mostly marsh. _ ._ -
. ... . !leery:Prig4, under aitrtenee of deatii
'in So:imp - set, Pa., for the murder of Eli Weim
er, is-io be executed on the"22d of I une'riev. ,2
.1, . Mi. J. D. Dougall AMOK), of the "I.itlu
Simplified," thinks that, the perfection to which
firearms are so rapidly attaining, contributes.
ruatefially . to the peace of the m. , rld. -- •
• •', •.4 coal vein•was recently rliscovered=
in Amadei, county, Californiri. The- stratum
is ten- feet thick, and equal in hardness. and
qualify tot be Peacock coal ia'Nansylvania.
Several tonshive 'been tested , and
. found.'Zto:
be, good.. / . . .
to-reasonl—
to pursuing the
lc begin to pinch
is : the Tribune
estigation may
!can side of the
nre to the world
l ib . uted in New
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