UKv. jpcuotcb to jpolitics, iCttcvatua, Agriculture, Science, JilovaHtjr, anii General Jhttelligcnc.e. a (fei. f f -i K ... STRATTDSBURGy MONROE COUNTY, 'PA; NUARY T; I88. .N.O- .3 Published by Theodore Schocht TRaIS Two'lnllars per innum in ad vanr.c Two "iollirs and a quarter, half yearly and 11 not paid before the end of the year. Two dollars and a half. No napnrsdisenntinued until allarrearagcsare paid except at the option of the Edil or. IE? Advertisements not exceeding one square (ten ines) will he inserted three weeks for one dollar, and wenty-fi vc cents for every subsequent insertion. The chrgc for one and three insertion? the same. A lib r! discount made to yearly ad vert iers. ID" All letters Addressed to the Editoi nuslbcpost paid. ' JOB PHI KTIIVG. iTarinp a general assortmentof large. elegant, plain .. 11 ,1 ri'i innnl 1 P.nr ti'n ,rn nrnn,lfil iiuuiii.i.ih.iii.ii . ....... I,....,.... to cxce.utccvcry description of JW' 3PMSSTl?SS."a rds,Circulrs,nill Heads, Notes. niank Rcccip Jtmiees, Lecil and other rtlanks. Pamphlets. &c printed with neatness and despatch. 011 rcasona- kle terms, AT THE OFFICE OF TII E JEFFERJOIV1A IV. n .TT 'W?1 A TiT'.' TnTT1 Paper Hanger, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER. , "ShopJn Auracher's building, on Eliz- obeth street. fa., wnere may be had at all times Sash, Doors, Blinds & Shutters, which will be sold at the lowest rate.". Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. " ADDREtS OF THE CARRIER OF THE JEFF&StSOftl AIV. JANUARY 1, 1S57. Huzza! jlliizza,! Good New Year comes ' ' Once more. And scatters in our humble homes Good store Fat Turkeys, Geese and r.nre mince pie In great profusion, templing, lie Upon our boards. And gladly we With appetite edged right keen, d'ye see, Await the Cooks most templing call, Of " Turn up good folk?, ;reat and small." , And as we rush I'd have you mind The Jours nnd I are not behind; For when good eating's to be had We're all around that spot be dad. Hold oh, says Jour, j'e lubber there, ' f' , Don't lie We've neither Turkey, Goose nor rare Mince pie; Who'd think of such things these hard times When 'twixt the b'inks nnd'crinolines Were kept close billed scarce can turn Without our fingers we b;idly burn. To do bctlcr we've righteous wills But our pockets aic fill'd with bills, And being like other men organic We. e'en though printers, leel the panic. What folly, then, thus loud to boast When were e'en glad to nib dry toast. I'll call back then all that stuff, Which I only meant by way of puff, Of oifr living, and own the truth Th"atrwe t?re sadly off forsooth ; And that for ivunt of surplus dimes Folks feel the pressureof the Times. The Rummies feel it bard 1 ween As they ere now at all times seen Standing in bar-room or on corner Looking as glum as funeral mourner. And though ihey Entile and rub the chin No one now asks them to step in And take a drink" in a rjuiet way; Atid:they, poor chaps, have-nought lo pay The Fancy men too feel the pinch, For Landlords and Taylors put a clinch ' On credit their whole stock in trade Of which their greatness all is made. And Fust Young men too look so blue, No longer they their sports pursue, The breaking banks and smashing times Have stopped their How of turplus dimes. Its bad, I vow, these hard time pranks Have even slopped the money batiks; And they, great bodies without soul Have almost rcach'd the dismal goal Ofbankrupl business, empty vaults, Though, I guess, prrhJlthe fault's 1'heir own. It may be years before The masses crowd again their door. hc .Merchant lie" feels keenly too This reader's between me and you) The tiglitncsa which so .tightly ,g rips ilis neighbors quarters, shillings und Zips. JBillsi.dueound creditors djinnjiig, s . Are not exactly things lbruniiing. For if unpaid the Sheriff soon ' Demands in turn a rigid boon : jQhe.key,sand. much against the will, Eree passage to the money till. . Laborers, too, look sad und.worn, Because the Joss of work they mourn. With labor they have hard earned bread 'Without it seek a hungry bed Indeed pear all great and small Are .victims lo the crashing full In rail-road shares and lightning stocks, From which they drew their shining rocks. But there are some who do not:feel Fhe gloom which shrouds ihe public weal. Though few, this class I must persist, "Throughout the land does now exist: Lawyers, for instance, they grow fat 'When clients, for tneans, are knock'd down "? flat, 'And sharpers 4oo and shavers bold In times iike.these.corn down the gold. It is their bar vesCand with eyes keen, From ruins drosstheirawoalth jthey gleari. And ihereVthefladeSj.tpoj-lmt theyfr Bless their dear uoulp, it is their way Can well be spared the pain of want, While out upon their shopping jaunt. I guess, though, that, for all I know, They feel the times more than they show. But yet to see them all bedecked , In dressps plain, and striped and specked Out at all times and in all weathers, 1 Hats hid with Ribbons and Feathers, ; One could but think they never'thought From whence the cash which these things bought. But they are' privilegM in all times ! To rok cradle and spend the dimes. So to have them on my own side pi, m- n,i li 1 11 6av no morci MO lcl the" slide. Of hoops, I might a word remark, But I wont, as the girl I spark, . . j Is in that line; and she might-greets My next visit, with notice neat - To lake my hat, from off the floor, And ne'er again darken her door. -. i - - And now kind pa'ron I have doner- I made this rhyme up just in fun " If aught you give the carrier boy, - ' ' ' You'll fill his heart brim full of joy: If nought, I sti)l w ill greet you here' With wishes for "Happy New Year!" j And may they oft to you return And may your lite-lamp brightly burn. And when in years old age craves rest. Aluy you lie down among the blest. EDWARD. "CThat tbi Is the aj-'e "bogus" opcr - ation no one will dmy, and somebody has fairly hit the mark in tbo followiu Bogus Ditty: There's bogus doctors bogus pills, Bous charges bogus bills, Bojius stories bogus teachers. Bogus saints and bogif preachers, w Bogus friends and bogus names, Bogus cures and bou claims, Boi;us sighs and bogus fears, Bogu- smiles and bogus tears, Boj-us look and bogus airs, Bogus faith and bous prayers, : Bojjus sales and bojus note, Bogtis laws and bous votes, ' 'Bogus words and bous deeds. Bogus coins and bogu creeds, Bogus gents and bogu- ladies, 'L Bogus wives and bogus babies, Bogu rumors on the wing, And bous almost everything. Of all the mou.-ters come to rogue us, There's none can in atch old brandy bogus Plowing by Steam. This is an importaut xubject for farm ers, and is claiming considerable atten tion in the United States. We notice that in the vicinity of Chelmsford, England, a successful experiment of the kind was made a few wcek.s since, in tho prescuce of a large n'utuber of persons engaged in agriculture. The Chronicle, of that place says : ihe field selected was a piece of twen ty three aores, called Mill Field, near the White Heart Inn. The first start was with two double plows, but as it was an , exceedingly heavy soil, usually plowed j with three or four bor.-cs, very foul, and from being lately drained, not lying well, j it was difficult for the eugine to pass over jit, and after a pause, four single plows j were attached, aod although at first, from i not being able lo get the going gear to ; work favorably, some little delays were j caused, after a time they did work admi ' rably, plowing from six to niue inches ; deep. The work was wonderfully straight, though done in the midst of a large con i course of spectators, who were evidently I deeply intere.-ted in the experiment. So1 i clung aud tough so close aud heavy was the nature of the soil, that in answer to inquiries made as to how the matter was , goiug on, the observation of all those who kuew ihf locality was : ''Well, if it can plow now, it can plow any thing." Many farmers who entered the Geld prejudiced were uureluctant in their praises, aud acknowledged that the wonderful machine, beiug still in its in fancy, would, as improvements followed, effect an extraordinary change in the cul tivation and m anagement of laud of every description. ' r - ' Dancin'G. The Alabama IMethodist Prntf lit'a nt. A nmt;i! Pnti fpr nfA lin nrlnn- toA tin. fnllnMn,r rnliulnn "Tl..it nnM hl r4n j r r mi i -A J n nc K? nn o n rr f rv Ait r us beloninr to our " J I Church who shall patronize that school 6ftueTboeD,akter siu ny sending tueir cuiiuren or wards shall be subject to trial and reproof, bus pen-ion or expulsion as the caso niay de Executions. ''Fivcrmen are uuder sentence at New York to suffer the extreme penalty of the law early in the ensuing year. James Gallagher was sentenced in Brookly lat m j- 1 1 n 1 Kit. r auursuav to oe uuuiz ubui uui v jiu iur J o stabbin" Huh Kelly in a porter-house. James Rogers for the murder of John Swanston and Michael Cance.mi for the Murder of policeman Anderson, have been seutenoed to be banned on;thc-15th day of Jauuary. James l'. Donnelly, ' convicted of the murder of Albert S. Mo- " ' ., , convicten 01 ine muruer oi .0.1 fieri o,..wo- ses, at Navcrsink, (N. J) is sentenced lo be hun',on the fib of the same month.' Since tho death of Captain Paige, Ma jor Mordecai Myer,,of Sebenectady.Gen. Wool of the Uuitcd states Arcuv. and Jr. John McCall of ptica, ojctho only' umviue officers of the 13tbRcimcriLdf surviving officers of the 13th Rcirocri.t,df tho war of 1812. ' I'LL CALL AROUITD AND PAY. What is this!' said Mr. Redwood, as with an indolent, half-indifferent air, he took a folded paper from the hand of a boy. Tho day was Saturday the .hour about one. Oh! yes I peel' he added, a moment afterward. 'Very well. Say to 'Mr. Barker, I'll call around aod pay him. Can't attend it just now. ilr. Redwood's fireproof stood only .six feet from tbo place whero he wan sit- ting the door was wide open the check book in sight and the balance In 'bank was ju.t four thousand dollars. It would have taken only a slight effort and con- suuicd but two minute' time for him to have drawn a chock for nxty-eight dol- lars and fourteen cents the amount of Mr. Barker's bill. But he was in an in dolent frame of mind, and it was so much easier to say, "I'll call around and pay," than to rise from his quiet position, and go to all the trouble of writing a check add taking a rrceipt. The boy looked disappointed and lin gered a moment. Do you understand me?' said the mer chant, speaking rather fcharply. . 'Yes, sir; but' But what!' 'It is Saturday, sir and and' 'I didu't inquire of you as to the day ot the week,' was tcntily answered. I ho boy looked half frightened and went oil instantly 'Saturday, indeed!' muttered Mr. Red ;wod to himself. 'A rare piece of infor- mation! A bright boy, really! What , has Saturday to do with the payment of my shoemaker's bill?' 'Did you get the money from Mr. Red wood asked the shoemaker, as the boy came in. His face had an anxious look. 'No, sir. Ho'll says he call around and pay.' When?' 'He didn't mention any time,' replied the boy. Did you tell btm it was Saturday and I had my workmen and workwomen to pay offT I tried to sir; but it seemed to make him angry; and as hu is a good custom er 'Too badl too bad!' ejaculated tbn shoemaker, breaking in upou the boy's words. 'Call rouud aud pay. Why didu't he scud the niouey! That would be easier.' llising from his bench, the shoemaker went to his little unpaiuted pine desk, on which was an old squaro cork inkstand, and the stump of a quill five inches longY which was dignified by the name of a pen and took therefrom a package of bills. He went over twice before selecting one, for there seemed but little promise for that day in any of them. 'Take this to Mr. Glenn,' said he to his boy, 'and tell bim that he will particularly oblige me, if be will let me have the money. Say that 1 would not trouble bim again, but it is Saturday, and I have my workmen to pay.' The boy was gone nearly half an hour. Mr. Glenn's store was in a distant part of the town, though his family for which Mr. Barker worked lived in the neigh borhood. A dozen times before he came back bad the axious mechanic paused in his work and fixed his eyes upon the door hoping for his boy's return. At last be came in. 'Well, Andrew, what success?' He tried to speak cheerfully. 'Mr. Glenn say he will call round and pay.' I.he Shoemaker s countenance fell. He let his eyes drop to the work in bis lap, aud bent his face downward so that its expression might be partly concealed from the boy. 'Did you say that .he would particular ly oblige uie by settling the bill, as it was Saturday, and I had my workmen to pay!' jce, sir; but lie turned off, saying he did'nt wish to hear anything more from me. Barker sighed, and for some moments at very still upon, his bench. Then ris ing slowly he refcred again to his pack age of unsettled bills. 'Suppose you try Mr. Wharton again.' The boy f-hook his head reuiarkiug with some familiarity of manner, 'Poor change there! He's been going'; to ca" round and pay these three month!.' ,UM. .'nr. , i " UK" U,,J cCe lUr- inwni-Kea j Last week.1 What did he say?' That he would call around.' . 'Call around! It's only a got off! I'm out of all patience!' Aud thc-perplexed shoemaker grew excited. 'They're all cffger enough td get their work, and sharp - spoken enough if it isn't ready to I .luu IU,uuie' iuc wnenii comes to pay-, inS tho matter is of too little consequence to claim their attention. A lit !inro'n Mac. l, V, . i 1 ri 1 , 1 UCI,J a "",. uaa Decn runniug ov" b,,,t a,s fac talked. 'Did'nt he P" uo iQ-aajr . J-ea "r, x minh no uia, replied; the D0J' 1 -TT . I y wen. riurry rouna to tiis store- A catch bim Lpfore bo goes td' dinner., uiuum. The lad started off with his usual alao- rit V and Ba'rker sat down to work again and wait. L' j No nionevl The shoemaker read di.er appointment in thc'b'oy's face. ', (o. Kir. 'Why!' ? , 'Mr. Maybor " "V. L 'Mr. Mayuorry said no bad just depps- ited everything for tho day, and that be couldn't, draw a check for so small nn a mount. Would pay on Monday. A thin, pale, weary-looking woman o pened tho shop door at this moment and came in. She carried a basket on her arm, from which she took a bundle of 'up pers that she kad'.taken to closo and bind. 'Here is tho work, Mr. Barker,' she said in a dejected voice. I hopo you will find it all right. They would have been ready two days ago but my husband very sick, and I've had to be up with bin all night for three nights, The shoemaker did not see the quality of tho work, as he took the uppers from the woman's basket and made a show of examining them. Flo was only thinking of the .woman' need and her expectations, Sbo had performed her part, but uot a single dollar had ho iu the bouse, aud bow was he to perform his part? 'How is your husband to day?' he ask ed , kindly, showing more than usual in terest, for he felt that hu had little more than sympathy to give. 'Not so well,' replied the woman. I have run down for a ftnv minute-, and left ! him alone, quite as much to get the mon ey for my work as to bring it home. The doctor has ordered a little win aud I must get it for bim, if it takes all I have earned this week. 'How much does your work come to!' Two dollars,' answerod the woman. The Shoemaker went to his desk, and opening it, took out his little cash box and made a pretence of disappointment as he turned it toward the woman. It did not coutain a single copper. Then he drew forth an old pocket-book and ex- amined every compartmeut, but with- no better success. 'You are a little too early, Mrs. Blythe,' be said smiling, yet regretfully, a little too early. I haven't received my collec tions for the day. Shall I send you up the money?' The woman sighed and looked very much disappointed. , 'I'm very sorry Mrs. Blvthe' the shoemaker did not manifest the slightest w j impatieuoc, for be understood the case perfectly, 'but we find it very bard some- times, to get in our bills. I've had An drew running round ail the morning, and he hasn't collected a -inelc dollar so far. It is -truuye how little rich men think of their obligations to us poor mechanics, who live, nearly all the while, from hand to mouth. If I could always tet in mv small bills I would be very comfortable, As it is, I am always in trouble about money.' Mrs. Blythe stood very still and an swered not a word. It was hardly possi ble for her to Ipave her husband again. and moreover, she had promised to bring him home the wine. 'I am very sorry, Mrs. Blythe,' repeat ed the shoemaker: 'but what is. oan't be helped.' True, true I learned that long ago ' said the womon, with a half-despairing sigh. 'The lessons of poverty sink deep enough into the memory.' 'I will send you up the money in the course of an hour or two. Andrew is go ing out with some more bills. I will not trouble you to call down again as your husband is so ill.' Still Mrs. "Blythe lingered. How could she return to her sick, exhausted husband without the wine that was to send through all the courses of bis blood a quickening has sent a bottle of wino for Mr. Blythe.' spirit! She had felt as if this wine was j Tho voice and words together penetra to bo to him the very elixer of life; and ted the shut door of the woman' senses, since it bad been mentioned by the doc- ' and partly arousing herself, she murmur tor she had seen that her husband's tho't ed, as a fuller consciousness returned : was resting upou it, to the exclusion of 'Too lato ! too late ! everything else. To go home without it A thrill of horror went through the there, was a serious thing, and might in- , boy's frame, as bending over, bis eyes volve evil consequences, for his condition wan one of extreme pro-tratio'n, and the lightest cause might destroy the oven bal ance of life just attained, aud throw a preponderance upon tho wrong side. Slowly, at length she moved toward the door. 'You will send up the money, Mr. Bar ker, riibt80on,' she said, turning partly around and lookiug back at the troubled shoemaker. 'Tho moment I receive it. Andrew is goini out with some bills immediately.' The door opened, noislossly; with nois- I loss Mops' a drooping figure went out, and upipelessly the door was shut again. Tho only sense that took record of the circum was that of sight. Mr. Redwood, the merchant, who tho't his shoemaker's bill of so little conse quence that he would not take the trou ble to write a check in order to cancel it, left his store some two hours after the visit of Andrew, and started home to his late dinner. On his way he passed a wine store, and dropped in to order -a'case of choice Amontillado, thu-flavor of which no uaa incu anu approveu, 'Send it home within an;bour.r J .wish - iti Pa- .1: at ' -n.i a uumu mi my uiuuL-r, sum mr, xvuu . . . . wood, as be took out his pocket-book to pay for the wine. 'It shall be done was the ready an swer. As.tbo merchant replaced his 'pocket- book, andwas buttoning bis coat over bis breast, "a poorly-dressed, worn and feeble oreasi, a poorly-dress looking woman came walked back, with an into the store, and. an air of timid irreso- lotion, -to where two men-r-thc wine deal ana customer were atanuinir. - 'Well, what's wanted 7 said the 'wine . MV hUsbanri is vorv nn "nnrl ita r?nn. tor has ordered hint :some' wine.' The woman's sad, pleading tone, made it very apparent to the dealer that she badSjotnc to beg, and not to buy. 'Has he, indeed 1 The voice of the wiric-dcalcr was half-insulting. 'I failed to ect money for mv wdrk. and I cannot go home without the wine, ! permitting its publication entire. ' . Ohl sir if you will trust me for a bottle.! Sir, I deny your right or mine to in I will certainly come and pay you ! The 'quire of thee people what their obitV money is earned, and it is promised this afternoon 1' The wine merchant laughedj'sneering ly, as he made answer: 'It wou't do, my good woman I Tin trick is too stale.' , But, sir' The urgency of the case made Mrs. Blythe importunate. 'Therethere! That will dol Go now V aud the wine merchant waved bis hand toward the door, impatiently. Mr Blythe turned and went away, not speak ing another word. The eyes of Mr. Red wood were on her pale, thin face, and In saw there an expression that haunted him; I t as we are sometimes haunted by a face iu a picture, lor many nays atterwarus ' 'A common dodge !' aid the wine mer chant, in a vulgar way, as the woman passed iuto the street. 'If I had given her the bottle of wine, be would have been drunk as a beast in half an hour!' Mr. lied wood, in whose memory that parting look of Mrs. BUthe had daguer ' reotvped itself, thought differently but he gave no utterance to hi? thoughts. 1 'That woman's story was a true one,' he said to himself, as he passed on his way homeward. 'I wish I had asked her residence;' and he looked carefully all a round him, up and down the street with a kind of vague hope of seeng ber. But 1 already too long away from ber cxhaust- ed husband, she had hurried back to him with almost fiymg feet. '0, Mary !' whisporod a feeble voice, as she leaned over the bed, 'bow long have you been away ! I feel very faint very faint !' Have you got the wine ?' Only the bitter wine of sorrow, crush ed out from an almost breakiug heart, had she brought for her husbaud, and a- a few drops fell upon his face, she wbi pered back huskily : iMr. Bark-r could not pay me for my work. But be will semi the money in au hour or two, and then I will net the wine A feeble sigh fluttered the breast of the sick man; his lids drooped wearily, uutu the la?bes lay in two dark lines up on his bloodless cheeks; while a more deathlike hue over.-pread his countenance. 'Edward I Edward! Oh! Edward! Hu.sband 1' Slowly the eyes of the sick man opened, but closed again, heavily, without send ing forth a beam of intelligence The poor woman's strength was all gone. Sinking into a chair, she leaucd over the bed, and leaned ber face against that of her husband. Its coldness chilled her to the heart. Already the death- damps were breaking through the relax- tug pores. A moment she tried to arouse herself to a new effort. But hope had died, and the leaden pall of despair was on her spirit. 'Mrs.Blytbo !' It was the voice of Andrew, tlie shoe maker's boy. Mrs. Blythe I' His hand was upon her arm, but she stirred not. 'Mrs. Blythe! I have brought you the money for your work. And Mr. Barker rested upon the ashen face of a man wear ing the gha-tly image of death. How little dreamed the well to-do mer chant of a scene like this, as he sipped his delicately flavored sherry, and re marked upon its quality! Of a scene like this, which au easy act of justice or. bis part, in the simple payuicut of a bill, might have prnvetited 1 Ouce, as he looked at the crystal wine, holding his glass to the light, the countenance or the poor woman he had seen at the wine mer chant's seemed to glare at him as if re flected from a mirror. But (he unpleas ant vision faded' in a moment. Between that despairing countenance and his fail ure to pay a trifling bill, he recognized no possible relation of effect and cause. Yet it was even so ! the relation did ex ist. Need we give any hew shades to our picture uectl we turn 'he kaleidoscope need wo add a word by way of expla nation T What good I The lesson is complete enough, and all additiddal group ings or colorings would but weaken the moral we seek to cuforco Greatr Raee'Between a Maa and a Horss' Man wins. This novel race came off over the Ab bey Track on Wednesday afternoon.- The horses entered are well known as fast, and when it became generally unr derstood that the threo nags would trdtjbut for the mode of uiaking.it was unex- but two miles each before relieved, tbo betting, whidh opened at two to one o(care. A'ou have no-right to force an utw the man gave way to even, and but few exceptionable Constitution on a poopleJ-' takers at that. r Considerable money wasIt does not mitigate the evil, it docsmot posted on time bet-, both for man and not diminish the insult, it'docs not aineH hotes, .thb "backers of th former coming orate the wrong, tbat you arc forcing a out winner in every instance, thirty min-; good' thing on them. I am not willing to utes being ihe-lowest time mentioned, tho be forced to do. that which I woula jdo if friends of Tam 0?Shnott'r winning a pile I were left free to jutijjo for mysgjfi on their uag, his two heats of -two miles Hence I assert tbat. there is no.jutifica. being'tluiquickest made b"y'sonio sccouds. SL Jjv h Z-der njTxon7r 4, Speech of Judge Bough We give below the latter portion of im great speech of Senator Douglas; on -the Leeonipton Constitution, our space'im? iivu.-. tu mai vjuusuiuuon arc. i ney mo-r n right to judge for themselves whether they like or di.-likc it. It is no answer to tell me that the Constitution is a" good one and unobjectionable. It ia not satis factory to me to have the President say in his message that that Con.-titution is an admirable oue, like all th Constitution.-' of the new States that have been recently formed. Whether good or lu.i, whether obnoxious or not, U none of my lu-ines-and none of yours. It is tln.ir bu-mess, and not ours. I care not what they htovc in their Constitution, so that it uits them aud does not violate the Constition of the' United States and the fundamental prin ciples of liberty upon which ourinstita tion rest. I am not going to argue the question whether the banking system es tablished in that constitution is wic or" unwise. It says there shall be no mo nopolies, but there shall be one bank of discount in the State with two branches. All I have to say on that point is, il they want a banking sytem let them have it ; if they do not want it let them prohibit it. If they want a bank with two branches be it so; if they want twenty, it is none of my busine-s, and it matters not to me whether one of them shall be on the north side and the othtron the south side of the Kaw river, or where tbey shall be. While I have no right to expect to be con.-ulted on tba: point, I do hold that the people of Kansas have a right to be consulted and to decide it, and you have no rightful authority to deprive them of that privilege. It is no ju.-tiGcation in my mind to say that the provisions for the eligibility for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant General require twenty years' citizenship in the United States. If men think that no per.on should vote or bold offiee uutil he has been here twen ty years, they have the right to think so; and if a majority of the people of Kansas think tbat no man of foreign birth should vote or hold office unless he has lived there twenty years, it is their right to say so, and have no right to interfere' with them; it is their busiue.s not mine, but if I lived there, 1 should not be willing fa have that provision in the Constitution without being beard upon the subject, and allowed to record my protest against it. I have nothing to say about their sys tem of taxation, in which they have gone back, and resorted to tfie old exploded system that we tried in Illinois, but aban doned becau-e we did not like it. If they wish to try it, aud j;ct tired of it, and a bandon it, be it so; but if I were a citizen of Ka nsas, I would profit by the experi ence of Illinois, and defeat it if I could. Yet, I have no objection to their bavin it if they want it; it is their business not mine. So it is in regard to the free negroes. They provide that no free negro shall be permitted to live iu Kansas. I suppose they have a right to say so if they choo-t: but if I lived there, I should want to.vote on that question. We, in Illinois, provHe that there shall no more come there. We ' say to the other -States, ''take care df your own free negroes, and we will take 'care of ours." But we do not say that the negroes now there shall not be permitted to live in Illinois; aud I think the people' of Kansas, ought to have the riht to -ay whether they will allow them to live there, aud, if they are not going to do so, how they are to dispose of them. So you may go on with all the different clauses of tho Constitution. They may be all right; they may be all wron.r-1 That is a question on which my opinion is worth nothing. The opinion of the wise 'and patriotic Chief Magistral of tbo Uuited States is uot worth anything as against that of tho people of Kansas", for they have a ribt to judge for themselves, and neither President- nor Senators, nor Hou-e of Representatives, nor any other power out-ide of Kansas, has a right to judge for them. Ilcute it is no justifica-1 tion, in my mind, for the violation of a great principle of self government, to say that the Constitution you are forcing5 on tbem is not particularly obnoxious, or is excellent in its provisions. Perhaps, sir, the same thing might bu said of the celebrated Topeka Constitu tion. I do not recollect its peculiar pro visions. I know one tbinir: we Domo- w crats, we Nebraska men, would uot - look into it, to sco what its provisions Were. Why 1 Because we said it was made 1by a political party and uot by the people. that it was made in defiance of tbo au- thority of Congress; that it was as pure as fthc Bible as holy a the ten Command ments, yet we would not touch it until it was submitted and ratified by the peoplw of Kansas, iu pursuance of tbo forms of law. Perhaps that Topeka Constitution, Iccptionable. I do uot know; I do not ,tion to no made tor, the flagrant violation f popul lights in Kana?j o ; the plco
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