' From Tht‘Chicago Democratic Prrir. •'
• ' Affairs In jiansttk.
lji.ll our information hitherto with regard Jo,
tho organization-of the Kansas Legislature;
having come through Pro-Slavery: medium 3!
it is likely that in one point we have, done in
justice to.'Gov, Reeder, .Accordmg .to the
statements contained in the following lolt«.he
presented papers to show the illegality trip
election of some of the members, but no po
lice whalevef tvas taken, of thorn ;
.Pawnee, K, T w July 7,1855,
You will no doubt be astonished at tho new
light thrown upon legislation, constitutional
law, ami the powers of Congress, by the Leg
islature of Kansas, which adjourned from
tins place yesterday after a session of five
■days. Tho first bill introduced after the
(louse was organized was to adjourn the Leg
islature from ibis place to the Shawnee Mis-’
sion, or Manual Labor School, located about
iwo miles from Missouri, near Wcalport. .
Air, Hutchinson, a Free-State member,
made a speech against it, arguing that the or
ganic act authorized tho Governor to locate
the first Legislature and determine the place
for bolding its sessions; that they had no
power to order the Governor to move his of
fice and locate it permanently at the Indian
School; that the Government had been at the
expense of fitting up a large two-story stone
building,‘sixty feel long by thirty wide, with
suitable desks, dec., and the citizens had been
oi much expense in preparing for theic ac
commodations ; and the officers at Port Riley
had generously offered them whatever accom-.,
modiitinns they should lack in tho town, with
a carriage at their service, free of expense,
to lake them to and from their place of meet
ing. lie thought it unwise, unnecessary and
contrary to the organic act making it a Ter
ritory, &c. The Speaker, Mr. Stringfellow,
said there was no use in spending time to
discuss this bill. ’i]hcy had determined what
course to pursue (Wo months ago. They had
told Gov. Reeder what to expect, &c. The
lull finally passed. Tho Governor vetoed it.
U was then passed by a two-third majority.
A committee was appointed to wait on the
Governor and tell him the result. He replied
that by that act they had dissolved them
selves ; that he.should not follow them nor
lake any further notice of their proceedings.
They were no longer a Legislature.
Early the first or second day of the session,
n resolution was iniroduced.oppointing a com
mittee on contested elections, with instructions
to examine persons and papers. No seal
was contested. No person was sent for. —
Rut on die second day after their appointment
the committee reported that they had a large
bundle of paper pul into their, hands by the
Governor concerning election : frauds, &0.,
but they had not opened them. They had
also concluded not to examine the persons
ejected at the May election, and holding seals
by the ■ authority of tho Governor’s certifi
cates, as they had determined before they
came here how to dispose of. this
They would therefore recommend that all
persons elected at the first election of March
31, in Kansas, whether in the opinion of the
Governor they wore elected legally or illegal
ly, should be entitled to their seats, and *b“ l
all thoseTlecled at the second election should
retire. This report was adopted. And the
members holding Free State principles were
expelled without trial or examination.
One of them (Mr. Jessce) said as he bad
not been heard before the committee, he would
state to (He House that he was clerk of the
first election, held in the third representative
district, Thai early on the day of theflec
tion, before many of the settlers hadcomejn,
n body of armed men from Missouri,
ing about three hundred men, came to the
polls, and look • iolent possession of the bal
lot box. They drove away the officers ap
poilcd hy the Governor, and pul in some ’of
their own numhe:.
They then proceeded lo vote in a pro-
Slavtry delegation from the District. The
people repudiated it, and the Governor sol
tho election aside ns illegal and ordered a new
one. The result was that at the
theFree-Soil ticket was elected by an over
powering majority. And he had no doubt
but that three-fourths of the voles in Kansas
were for making it a Free Slate.
Singular llave Case lu Phlladcl
pliia.
from 77ir VhiUuhlphid Bulletin, July 19.
Much excitement was caused at Walnut st.
Wharf, yesterday afternoon, by the liberation
of q slave family. It seems that a gehllq
mah from Virginia, who is oh his way north
for the purpose'ofembarking to Central Amer
ica, was on board the steamboat Washington,
with a female ilavfe and her two sons.' Just
be IS re the starting of the line foir New York,
'one of the abolitionists gbt wind of tho affaiV,
and a colored man accosted the party, who
were on the upper deck, and inquired of the
woman if sho was aware that, by the laws of
Pennsylvania, she had only to step ashore
with her children and they would be 'free.—-
At this juncture ihb master stepped forward
and told the negro that he desired no kiter
forence with his business, and that the’worn
on knew where she’was going. The colored
man replied that he did not desire to interfere
with him, but that ho wished to inform the
woman of hei rights.
The mother slated that she did not know
she was free, and expressed a desire to be at
liberty. The Virginian then said that she
could do as she pleased; if she wished to
leave him she could go ashore. He then re
minded her of her three children in Virginia,
and asked her IF She Wished to be separated'
From them. “No, Massa,” was the reply,-
“bftl I wahts to bo free.” The’ slaves’ were
then seized by the negroes present and hur-
Vied ashote. This proceeding was, however,
‘not accomplished without a scuffle, 1 The
Virginian seized the colored man-who hid
first accqstcd the also collared a
yclMtnown citizen and prominent abolitionist
wtftl'diad folido aft active part in the mailer.
The latter threw off the slaveowner, who de-
whether/bq, wouldbe respon-
tlissp peop(e. ‘..’fjie Philadelphian
replied "1 will be responsible For every shad
dow of .legal claim you have upon ’them,”
■Bnddmi'dqd-him.his card. , a ,-
. llvo Qffiqer t pf the Uogt,
who seemed-puzzled to understand the pro
ceeding,’ifntorfered' to prevent disorder. The,
Virginiau'Went on shore and made w 'ufibri
jo obtain (he 1 assistance Wulfe The
latter declined to interfere.. *ffie woßipn aRd
her two children, were,' finally burned up
t)ock*Bt,iiad put fnlo a the Cheers
of the crowd. The vehicle.vras driven rep
idrptfown town, and tfio discomfited owner"
was left to digest bis ytjortificatidtl best
way be coutd. The VtrgioiaCsfatecl (hat he
wstTMitrister to one of thl 'Central'American
■ Sf.. . ;r l
THE AGITATOR.
~H. H; 0 OBB,E d tto r.
» # « All Bostnas«,and other Communications must
bo addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Thursday Morning. Ang. a, 1885.
NOTICE.— frid citizens of Shippcn, who are
in favor of Ihd immediate and perpetual prohi
bition'of Slaveiy in alt territory under control of
Congress, are requested to moot at ;lhe Manchester
School House an the 18th day of August next, to
elect three delegates to attend (ho Republican Con
vention at Tibga, on the 23J day of August follow,
mg. ' -
•E. Scagers, Wm. Wilkinson,
E. W. Grinnell, W. W. McDougall,
.Jos. A. Darling, Ezra Chandler.
July 25,1855.
'Two excellent pkmk crossings have been made
across Main street during the week, materially im
proving the facilities for getting about town in wot
weather. The walking public is Indebted to Die en
terprise of the merchants mainly, for Ihoao convon
cnccs,so wo arc told.
To CorsesfoNDKsrs.— “Slavery, Past and- Pros
onl." Wo have bat partially examined your manu
script, but like it first rate. The paper sent os de
sired.
Ella St. Claib. Will yon bo good enough to
forward the remainder of your sketch 7 That sub
mitted is very good.
IscoonituL Wo like your effusion, but must
have your real name before publishing it, not for
publication baton a-guaranty of your good faith.
The Weathke—‘Harvest, etc. —For twelve con-,
sccutive days it bos fogged, showered, mizzled or
drizzled, either one or ail, every day. Many tuns, of
liny havo rotted in the heap and in the swarth.
Wheal has suffered Considerably from growth, cveir
as it stands uncut in the field. To what extent it is
damaged we cannot tell; but that tills species of
damage is not general we have goad authority for
believing.
Corn is doing finely. The warm, moist weather
of the two weeks has forwarded it beyond tho reach
of limely frosts. Potatoes never looked belter —ex-
hibiling the old sign of health in all ils fulness, viz:
on abundance of blossoms and balls.
The prospects fur fair weather are increasing.
The air is a trifle cooler than the firc-iadcn breath
of a blast furnace, and the sun has shone on tho
recking earth fur six consecutive botirs I
A few Words u front Fact* and
Slavery.
“Facts are stubborn things.”
The mere existence of a fact, is not the fatness of
its mission. To be rendered most effective, facts
most be arraigned ot the tribunal of Reason. And
they roost be presented with an eye to the effect of
light and shade. A fact, in effectiveness, may lose
nair Its Tluuo tyjr ail OWklMitt »rr vstiifltouJ jrredspstws
tian. Tho mission of Facts seems to be the evolu
tion of thought by contact with tho speculative fac
ulties. It may bo an object, then, to bring each
fact'into service in each a manner as may best de
velop ils thought-evolving power.
We confess to a good share of admiration for, ns
well as faith in facts. Terily, they are “stubborn
tilings," arid we have phrased, “Facts bearing upon
Slavery,” in the Balance, with considerable satis
faction ; albeit, we can by no means subscribe to the
closing remarks of the writer; but this does not «f.
lect llie facts.
In return, we propose presenting fuels
besting upon Slavery, interspersed with such com
ments as may bethought pertinent; for we not only
(be) it s privilege, but a doty, to comment upon sny
and all fuels connected with the living issues of the
dsy—presuming that every intelligent man and wo
man reserves the right of private Judgment in all
tilings, also. \ >
I. It is a facl.tliat prior to the Revolutionary
War, the fathers of Iho Republic became convinced
that Slavery, then in its infancy - and much less hid
eous Ilian it now is, wasJncompaliblo with the en
joyment of those rights with which a just Being lias
endowed every ono of his intelligent creatures. 60
they cast about to gel rid of Uio evil. Their peti
tions Were disregarded.
■ 2. it is a to-day, aflef cnjoying com
parative independence. fur nearly a htmdred years,
350,000 of their children hold in bondage, spiritual
as wed >S physical, s bandage worse than death—
■l,ooo,ooo.of their fellow men; claiming llic right to
buy and sell IhecnMO the market places like cattle;
lo compel their labor without adequate recompense;
and to prostitute the females at will, and lo degrade'
them lo the condition of tho brute.* These masters
have made laws’which render the attempt by any
white person to teach the slave to read and write, a
penal offence. Contrast these facts.
Again—it is a fact that the men of theßoVololion
made a Declaration of Rights, called The Dcctiira
tion of Independence; declaring that all men aro
crtKlcd equal, and endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights, among which aro fi/e, 1 lib
earv and thepariuit of happineti ; end
It is a (act that 330,900 of their children, profess,
ing great veneration for the' Declaration of Rights,
have destroyed the liberties at 4,000,000 of their fijj.
low men, and deny that all men are endowed by God
with tho rights Of life, liberty and the pursuit o( hap
piness—thusl throwing the lie in Uio teeth of the fa.
titers of this' Repulic, and spilling upon the sacred
instrument they pretend to venerate. And it is a hu
imitating fact Uiat a junta .of demagogues, pretend
ing to be ,the apostles of democracy, peek to-day, lo
plant and perpetuate Human Slavery on soil first by
God dedicated to Freedom,and secondly so acknowl
edged by. human enactments. Contrast theseifacts.
What harmony!
Again—it is a fact that Jefferson, tho author of
tho Declaration of Independence, inserted clauses
condemning slavery ps a flagrant wrong; and abol- 1
ishing it in tho colonies. These clauses were strick
en out; and . i
It is, a .fact that Jefferson Is lauded as the apostle
of Democracy .by lliosompn wlid ‘havp 'ever done,
and ere still Doing their utmost 'to perpetuate Hu
man Slavpry, - speaking of which, Jefferson once aipd
—“ltr’omblo fut my oottrtlry when I think llial God
ia just '.’’—first essaying ,lo destroy .llm light of dis
cussion u'tid of petition,'and. libcrly'of tije Press, by
mob and gag-law'rabaiiurcd, and by ev
ery freeman in Ufa land 1 #; hunter of meli end wdibfcn,
wilhoul" discretions, y 5 Office '
and impnsonnfanl i'andfheh VaddiWilte,destroying
th» ancient huidmarksof.F#eedini ah d clincher
faucst fields to the blight of Slavery: Contrast these
TH'E XiOtJA.
/- Vv
~ 1 » \ i , -y r
facta-jHK) consistent \ j.vj sj,<
It isjii fact that England gjould not iffy.
ognizqUio right of-pur father* to “life, liberty, ud
the .pursuit of happtn£!*»,’*-ihoy oflfettd thomselWa.
as sacrifices up on the altar of American Freedom,'
■ThoTOlioar admired and applauded." 'America me'
,declairf ;t of
- Yet it isViiWtlUt'''lbWa wh6tecday;prbsntno,
toaascrl the principle which those brare-heariod
men died to vindicate, are eel upon ..by the slenth
honnds of Slavery, mobbed, lynched and kncnahed
with violent death on every'hand. ‘AM nibfe—thU"
fiapd of the freej and' home of the J>r*ye !”—Mi
'■‘asylum' for the oppressed of mil 'nations!"—holds
4,000,000 of one' nation' to toil and die, SbA VES!
degraded (o the brute idyct, bdbghfand sold like oat.
lie, whipped litre dogs.hhntedliko (leasts of prey,
women P(ostilDt«d, 1 cbjldren.tom from
wives from liusliapdsi instep) from brothers, amTsobf
—mark tiio word —told into lifelong bondage—exil
ed forever! Terrible facts!
It is a fact that thirteen years attar the establish
ment pf American Independence,' Slavery and free
dom met in the Senate halts—moans! Mark, haw
thriftily the'noxious weed sprang under the benefi
cent Influence of patriot-blood-bought institutions'!
Mark, how' early tha children spit upon the great
Declaration of their fathers!'Tn '43 years they sill!
met as equals'. In 53years they metj as equals;
but in loss' than 70 gears' they trtel no more as equals
for Slavery had worsted Freedom! and hardly.ten
out of tbrcc-scoro in the Senate wero found bold
enough to succor Freedom’s nJinbrify! 1 '
It Is a fact that Slavery, width limber-backed tori
servalives tell ua “will dio of itself," ’ has never lost
an inch of its vantage ground ih all' its long con
test with' Human Eight. ' It gained by the compro
mise of 1830—not so much physically as morally.
It gained by the war with Mexico. It gained—
what did it not gain by the ' treason of Webster in
1850! It gained Kansas and Nebraska in 18541
And if wo do not purge the National and Slato Leg
islatures of traitors and puttyfaccs, it will plant ils
black flag before every freeman’s door in 1856. Are
you, freemen of Tioga, ready to accept the curse 7
Remove the emergency as far from you as the truth
will permit, aod then it will leave not a moment for
sleep or folding of hands.
It is a fuel that the Slave Power instigated a band
of ruffians to invudo Kansas and to dispossess the
actual settlers in that territory of Dio freeman's
dearest right*—thin right of suffrage.
It is a fact that by the kawic knife and revolver
the cilizcqs of Kansas were dispossessed of Hie' rigid
of suffrage, and aliens were elected to tile first Kan
sas Legislature.
Il is a fad that these rowdies convened at Paw.
nee and having organized, proceeded to eject every
Free State member from both the lower Ilonse and
the Council, with a single exception. Every one of
these ejected members presented the Governor’s
certificate of election, which was set asldjj without
ceremony.
It is a fact that those legislative ruffians deck red
the entire Missouri code to be the laws of Kansas.
It follows then,if thal Legislalure be declared le
gal,' Slavery is established in Kansas. The auction
block iaalroady erected in Nebraska. .
Now, gentlemen, we bayo given you several, im
portant'.factsobearing upon the .Slavery qpcstioo.
We an not man! given to industry, perhaps, than
many better men. But we love Justice and hate Gp.
pression. . Kcaspn loaches every sentient heingjliat
his arm is the servant of Right, against Wrong.
Man intuitively perceives Wrong docs not yield
the palm to Justice without a struggle. W» do not
- r — - —»rj*— d.u.SUvefv will WitfaOr.away
if loti (o itself—no, history scatters snch sellooUboy
arguments to the winds; therefore wo are no “sun
shine patriot or summer soldier," hilt Jo common
with the thousands who hate Oppression, wo havo
chosen an active part, and shall endeavor to work
winter and summer, rsin or shine, so long as Free,
dam needs the services of freemen.
Rabid.—“ Several mongrel sheets in the dark po
litical borders of Pennsylvania," says oar excellent
friend Beasdelcc, of the Honcsdale Herald, mention
ing Hie Agitator. in a list of two or three, “are po
king low and vulgar squibs at the editor of the
Montroee Democrat , because be"—boasts of being a
Freesoilcr and acquiesces in the policy and Biilk
and-wiiiakcy platform of the Harrisburg hunker
Convention. Wo dare any that JJbcnczcr needs
your help Ilowkin, fur hp is “despat hard" put to it
to stand on a platform so uarrow, and contemptible,
withal. Perhaps the drowning cx-Spcoket, like tile
tired Ceesar cries—“ Help me, Bcardslec, or 1 sink I”
It is pretty generally known that Ebcnczer b oko
his neck in that tilt against Judge Wilraol, nni he
never burned up after his overthrow until the Con
vention aforesaid. It may be—npw that wo reOccf,
it is cruel to squib cither of you; you are both per
fectly harmless, gentlemen; and what is better, you
are dangerous foes tu no cause except that you «d
-vooate,, Kequiescat in pact !
Being in your political dotage, friend 8., and as
second childhood amnses < itself in recalling the ima
ges oi those tilings which .formed the ambition of
manhood, wo arc not at all surprised to learn thqt.
you still hold that all editors are venal—advocating
only those doctrines which promise preferment.
Still, wq object to being judged by your standard.
\ But dear sir.! Don't, if you have a jot of rcspict
foX the editors alluded to, insinuate that “wo, or ci
thcrof us” envy the “conscience and consistency”
of democratic editors!' “Yo gods and little fishes!”
The whole batch of you may fold your arms nod
Ho down dbntonl with tho blessed promise—(doubt
less designed to comfort democratic etUprs,) “Bless
ed bo NothingV
(CTSomo monlhs'ago we promised our fl-iend tod'
correspondent* Eiatpkln Bodger, a hearing iiHh&e
Columns. UnibrlunatelV Mr, Sodgcr’s coromuaics
lion was mislaid and did not appear. We have hud
several interviews with the mdignant genUetnap.in'
which we have suffered .npme.\ Under the (treat of'
having nil roanper of “oblokee hpopt onto", os, wo
give oat “bean krik” place, hero:
Beno Krik, jiwgU3*,oKUrarebouU.
Mialur eddytur tskwaro doer eurV. M r . siktn,
Ural’s our skulomahl.'liaa, ben la WellshdridW and;
lie seithat ils gitlih toh bc UiQfaatidn.to yew’s k«p
pytul letters in rilin. So' 1 shall folio the fashan for
.wnnee, bccoi I pheal very indiginns sir. i Ihaulnl
pluprt yew wanted, to.bint around lh»t my nffboahuas
» wasn't axccptable, but sikcS set! yoo imley srd
whet you did lO .ineurtidge md ortdn the sktlmnr'j
fuf fame—hoo must bdnrt,frustum smart gal j guest,
bccrra.Uiaf’A ’ao moijity chaps rumuu their broth oat
to ketch her.- •
sur. yew air a tryin to gU amam likW li\v past
in this konitnorfwcUlt, wich' is a base, wicked law,
besides bein' Xlfavdgont. r rnr. sites sea iu owda
shus. • wliallriCa has IbolugitdaUir ,of,llns vast voun
try to. pass a la w agin oar mafiin & drintin our oau
likkur! !„ I regecl it, what rile hcv they to
tanik .the siivptns of drone krik go blein to JJto sloto
of Main fur UXitr,' when- bdrtelkfik runs over with
■9 sllihitVvWhtßkoy ! . la ihe.Main.likknrmoro'piapn
or? wj{| jt groduchlify tho dubius.Jrimroirui' more
apddenot than our liters ? no ttir! l gnlnn of dur
liter will yield 1 kidfe 6l rnally "potato, ‘nrid i' hart,
dnlMer sites sea* will mailt tridM thrhbla UmW'dO
harts of, !M»io likjtpr!,. Itsm sdeekulasltun eui—and
the, sov£ins ( ,pf beno krik, jyonl c bo apokuUtcd onto
like kabbagoe, stir—yes sur, i repcot il—ltii KAB ,
SAGES f i
■ Sur, lhe a AAerry kon Cagul brsw’inguevcr
„ 1C OU SfTf AgrlT AT OB;
bene krik as 1 We aintlo
impdSwTotto with imwwaily —no eur. MUlet sikes
sex lil&Mistur Makßank ho anil sortie whether
be sdo* a ledger afore bin or nol; but he so* 1 he
sees ‘wheefta rrows Airith g(ku eyes into em entry -
'timo he sleeps in mister Snoopy's grocery. These
• Binos'fc tangcnlsiuß»n*wir, sur—m'uter inKes sex
they do. And wlißl’s.raorobnr, a hltchin post rite
sftft? akwaro Dobbses bean, took after, tnr. bikes
won nite-iast week, and ketcht him and thru him
down nnd ponnded him' fill be bed bekdod see.stars
on tboground,., ( This sir r means'war 2 for,bow can
ennybooy see' stars when'they ainliookm up 7
- - yew may Specked toheer again ftom"' -
! «ill
!ick Ibe hUt. asho did
Orleans. s. sodgcr.^
ppss.—2 baot'im&drdannel) wcbsten difckshanary
and got mdtinly luk in. - hat Uio wurdi aint apelt
rile, tie *pell» tator—po4a-lo! ■ bo dona beagns.
• ~ . aimpUin.
(P* Present appearances indicate that the Old
Line democrats will pot make their nominations in
this count;,' Until the ‘Republican nominations shall
have been made. Thoir only object seems to' bo to
defeat certain of the probable nominees of the Re
publican Convention, ' In order to do Ibis, they will
probably steal all'the Republican thunder they- Can,
and no one need bo surprised should tlio " liunkfers
toko the Be ld with known fre&soil candidates. This
wooldbo on a par with 1 their usual Consistency. l
The county Standing Committee hive been in la
bor for neatly « month, but ncilhbr mountain' nor
mOuso has yet appeared.- There is some clashing of
opinion we hear—soma-wishing to be frank with the
people, and others foe leading the dear people by the
nose. Thu latter will probably triumph in the Com
mute, but they will find that-the people era decided
ly averse to being nosed around by a few self consti
tuted leaders any tangot.
ID* Wo publish elsewhere a brief account of the
late elave caso in Philadelphia, which we commend
to our readers. It was prepared' for last week, but
was accidentally left out.
The action at Judge Kane in this matter is said
to bo partial and in a high degreo reprehensible,
flo issued a writ of Habeas Corpus, commanding
Passmore Williamson to produce the Slaves in Court
Tbo respondent appeared and stated that the slaves
wore not and never had been in his custody. Judge
Ksnc then commuted Mr. Williamson for contempt!
By this rale, any man who, from any cause, fails
to comply with the requirements of a writ may be
committed for contempt by tho presiding Judge.
Verily, these are perilous times, not only fur the peo
ple, bat for snch Jcffrcy-liko Judges, if the people
da their duty. Judges of (hat stamp deserve to
meet (he fate of their infamous prototype.
Kansas.—A private letter from Kansas dated
July 7, stales that the bogus Legislature which re.
ccnlly convened in that territory, is dissolved. The
pro-slavcry members, after ejecting the Free Slate
men, proceeded to pass a bill removing the scat of
Government to Shawnco. Mission on the Missouri
border. Gov. Reeder vetoed Ibis measure, when it
vyas passed by a two-thirds majority. A Committee
having wailed upon the Governor and informed him
of their determination to go to Shawnee, he inform
ed them that be should not recognize any jurthor ac
tion on their part, but should consider the Legisla
ture dissolved. This acted as a damper to their
hopes. They evidently hoped to intimidate the Gov
ernin', but ho’ia too good stuff for them. There is
every prospect of h row, h'nd tho quicker it commen
ces the bctller. ■
Too P~~:<Laat Jim removed Gov, Reeder and ap
pointed Hon. John L. Dawson of this Slate, Gover
nor of Kansas. Probably the skeptical oa to the
Poltroonery of tho contemptible doughface in the
Presidential qhair, will how be convinced that the
North is fairly aold to Atchinaoa and hia ruffian
gang.
Governor Reeder's offence is, that ho" would not
(Jd the bidding -of Missouri, bat Ids duty rather.
Dawson will do everything tho rowdies composing
(he Kansas Legislature wish him to do—even tho’
It should be to. hang- every .free State map inlho
Territory, or to dig up the ashes of, Washington
and scatter them to (he winds. And the Harrisburg
Democratic Convention placed Frank Pierce on a
ar witli Jefferson and Jackson ! '
Ugh!
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should begin with the July number. 61 per year
-r-S. C. Hewitt, publisher, Boston, Mass,
TallGbass.— Tho jCdilor of tho Athlabula (O.j
Sentinel, slates lliql tho tallest stalk of-Timothy he
has seep tills season, measuresJioc feel eleven inehet
ip height. Wo. can heat that here in old "Tioga.
A gentleman hos tcfl at tills office a sjalk of Timo
thy, measuring six feel one inch in height 1 Who
undertakes to boat that?
Fight lu a Presbyterian Church.
The GallipoKs (O.) Journal of last week
has the following local religioluMnlelfigence.
“The Presbyterian church in this place has
been in possession of the Old School'body
for'dome weeks past, and the New School,
thinking they had occupied the building a
sufficient length of time, on Saturday evening
fast made an attempt to retake it from that
body, They succeed ed in breaking a panel
oul of the back door, but the hole Was not
sufficiently large to admit a man’s body, ll
appears the Old Sohdof members were absent
at Ihe time.'btit while Mr. John Stniihers’was
endeavoring to effect' an entrance, Mr. Hen
ry Miller, an outside-'roemher, remonstrated
against the* proceedings, and finally struck
Mr; St n SeveWblowon (he hßad'tvith' his
cand. " fiFinding an entrance more difficult
than they haddhtAgiOed (hey,quietly dispersed.
For the paßl ien days or two weeks the church
'has'been in 'Charge of ‘Capi. J. S. Myers.—
On Sunday morning 'theUev. Warren Tay
lor, tho New Schootminisier, look occasion
to walk in while the dodrof the'church was
•tempdrairily tbtowh open and ascended lailio
pulpit. ‘ Myers: peremptorily ordered him to
leave the house, but no attention mvas paid to
him, when he repaired to the pulpit and eject
ed Mr. T. by force. Mr. Tv. offered tho re
sistance further than- to hold on’ (o a! knob
that was attached as. an ornament to the pul
pit;;andin breaking bis bold of it:he lost bis
balance and fell over the railing to I thefloor
striking on his backs- «We-dorrtiot know ilm.i
-bo sustained any ,serious injury,. Tho,Church
has not beoniused, foe ,publtO worship fsinoa
the (Dld'Schffbl body has b&d possession of it,
'sinco.thc. difficulty,.audit is.their. deter tnina-’
<ti«ri to, keep,if closed until a,, legal, decision
may be had as to right of property.? ...
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a tOMHISIdpIONS.
{^AmennanaTery.
-ifc. - -:(-Cont»inh^ r )
_ Jfe 1797, the North Western territory was
Organised. TftomM JefferaWinsortcd inifie
Bitlr'aniArGclQ comhwnly Knovifb as “Jeffer
son's Ordinanos of SI. 1 ’ - Slating that, as the
Territories! were minors and the mutual prop
erty of the, States, the geaeral-, Congress
hoa a. legal right to mako all J. 1 needful rules,
and regulations,’’ pertaining to said Territo
ries and inhere should be neither Slavery nor
involuntary for .the, punish
ment of Crime, in any territory belonging to
the United States.” This Ordinance contin
ued .in force, until the Slates it comprised,
adopted Stale Constjtutions and admitted into
the Union us free Slates.
In 1803, the U. S. purchased of France,
the tract of land, known as the Louisiana
territory. This gave the U. S. command of
the Mississippi river and a vast tract compri
sing the Slates of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis
souri. and the territories of Nebraska and
Kansas. At that time the “institution’! was
located in Louisiana ! and thus she Was a#
milled into the,Union.” ,
In 1.819 Missouri knocked at, the doW of
the Union for admission, bearing with her a
pro-slavery constitution. The North was as
tonished at this breach of National honor on
the part of their Southern brethren. They
told ihe that they had repeatedly given
away to their entreaties, and that the lime had
come when a bound must be put lothe exten
sion of Slavery, .
Several Slave States had already been nd
milled, and all in violation of plighted faith.
And Missouri with her Slave constitution,
was refused ad mills nee.
In 1830, she'again applied for admission,
again bringing her pro-slavery constitution.
The nonh remained firm in its position, and
would not yield to the demands of this bill,
which extended slavery iuto Missouri. Vio
lent discussions arose, ■ and the controversy
threatened the dissolution of the Union, In
fact, some of the Southern Slates talked bold
ly of seceding, unless Missouri was admitted.
The controversy lasted the greater part of a
session of Congress, neither parly being dis
posed to yield. Finally a compromise was
effected between tho belligerents. The new
constitution did not contain anything in re
gard to Slavery, but by ono of its amend
ments, slavery was "forever prohibited” north
of 36° .80 min, north latitude. This com
promise gave slavery a foothold in Missouri,
hut was to “forever” prohibit its extension
north of 30° 30 min. The freemen of the
North remonstrated against this breach of
national honor; but finally gave away under
the promise, that by this act the Slavery
question was to be forever settled. This was
to be a matter of finality and slavery was nev
er to be again agitated in out Legislative
Halls. The Southern slaveholders said they
were satisfied, and had got all the territory
they, ever desired ; and pledged themselves
through their Representatives, never again to
bring this mailer up for agitation. They
said the North had not only been just and
honorable, but generous and magnanimous;
and held numerous meetings, expressive of
their joy. In short, the whole south was en
raptured, .while the north was justly, covered
with gloom. Sad were the feelings of the
sons of Freedom at this triumph of Despo
tism and partial overthrow of Liberty.
Thirty years had passed away and slavery
seemed to have ceased to agitate the political
world. Missouri had already become.a slave
state and was distinguished only for the enor
mous traffic that it carried on within its
boundaries, Arkansas also, tinder the com
promise. measures was admitted as a slave
slate. Slavery for thirty years appeared in
active to the world, but re,cent discoveries
show'that it was orily prostituting, as fast as
possible the lands allotted it by the compro
mise of 1820, ,
By that act they acquired an immense tract
of fertile land which furnished profitable em
ployment for the property of ihe slave holder.
The surplus negroes of the slave stales were
immediately carried west of the Mississippi,
Arkansas and Missouri were rapidly settled
with a slave population. It appears Ihgt
while they were eagerly devouring the spoils
acquired by" the act of 1820, they had not
lime to cry for more territory. Bui as soon
as..the allotted space began to be populated
the enterprising began to covet more land.
They realized that the land south of 360
30 min. was not sufficient to last them any
great length of time and they began to invent
means to qcquird'more. We have seen that
tho Slave Oligarchy was a powerful combi
nation, sufficiently so to wield the reins of
government; and as a matter of course as
piring office-seekers wished to court its good
will. On the other hand, the'Soulh is ever
ready to support any person for office that
will use his influence to extend slavery.
Politicians are aware of this, and numbers of
northern men have been drawn under its in
fluence. It is the nature of mankind in gen
oral lobe ambitious of renown; and to se
cure to themselves' the most advantageous
means of acquiring it; and knowing that
slave st'oc|t is above par at the Ballot box,
numbers of eminent men Of-the present day
are decoyed from the principles they professed
af home, on arriving at the seat of govern
ment, consequently becoming tools of the
sobthern Aristocracy.' Wielding the influ
ence it does, it was not difficult for it to find
'vqtaries'itmong northern members, to bring
this question into agitation again, on thb prom
ises of fat office.
In the spring of 1854, Senator Douglas
introduced jt bill, directing Congress to or
ganize Kansas and Nebraska udder a lerrito
'fial form of government, Mr. Mason inserted
an amendment; declaring the Missouri Com
£ remise “inoperative and void of eflect.”
Pugins & C 0.,, advocated a doctrint? they
called 'Tdpulair Sovereignty,” an'd pretended
the people had a right slaves if they
saw fit. -After Jiving under the compromise
measures a generation,’fhdy 'now for'the first
time Wr'deived it was unconstitutional, and'
that 'Congress had no authority over ihd in
fiabitants of the territories.
•
■ G UAHjiiftprEßS, in countless hosts arc
.swooping over the fields in Texas, hut they
two followed by immense flocks of a peculiar
kiipj of .bUtl which feeds upon them.
'V,
Trouble Id KenlHGky. -
’ Wo have yesterday alettotfroma
mond (Ky.) paper, July,2, fa whic&tl
was mentioned-'that in- consequence of a, mob
of Pro-Slavery men having prevented the'
Rev. John G. Bee from preaching,
M. Clay had publicly announced lita intention
of going to the scene of disturbance and en
forcing the freedom of speach; and that a
large nqmber bf persons volunteered (o ac
company-him, armed,,for the same
In The Cincinnati . Gazette , received by yes
terday’s moil,, we find a letter from Mr. Clay,
dated the 19th, addressed to the editors of
that paper, apparently written under great
excitement.' In giving it, The Gazette says:
"At the time of writing he was preparing
to leave home for Dripping Springs, there to •
make an effort to establish the freedom of
speech. He would go armed, and sustained
by a pretty formidable force, and he expected
to be met by armed representatives from five
counties. Clay resplvod that Fee should bo
permitted to speak, or if put down, it should
be over bis dead body. There was tbo most
ntense excitement in the county. Houses
had been deserted and negroes thrown into
jail.”
Mr. Clay’s letter announced that on the
next day, Friday last, the 20th lost., he would
leave for the field of contest, “to determine
whether the liberty of Speech and religious
freedom are longer possible in a Slave Stale.”
He tells us that Mr. Fee was falsely accused
of distributing tracts to slaves,' and exciting
insurrection ; that he sent to The Louisville
Courier a denial of the accusation, but that
paper suppjeesed it, though it had previously
incited the mob and permitted violence to lie
done lo an innocent man.
Mr. Clay undertook tua vindication, but was
also refused a hearing; and Boding that com
mon justice was denied to him and iiia parly,
he resolved that freedom of speech should
not be suppressed without a struggle. The
well-known determined character of Mr. Clay,
and. the fact that he is supported by a.strong
party of his neighbors and friends, leads ma
ny persons to fear that bloodshed would be tho
result of ihis ailuir. [lad such occurred tho
telegraph would probably have advised os.—
Although the contest is between citizens of
the same State, a general interest in the is
sue is fell everywhere, as this proscription of
clergymen by mobs seems to bo spreading
eastward from Missouri.
In The Louisville Courier we find a sort
of explanation of Mr. Clay’s efforts on be
half of Mr. Fee. 15y this it seems that tho
mob in Rockcastle County notified Messrs.
Clay, Foe “and all other Abolition speakers
and preachers,’’ that they must desist from
speaking in that County, under penalty effac
ing lynched. On receiving this notice, Clay
immediately published a long letter in reply,
concluding with an announcement that both
ho and Mr. Fee would speak at ScafibldCave,
Rockcastle County, on Saturday, ft was to
this contest that Mr. Clay was going when he
wrote to The Cincinnati Gazette.
[U. Gazette.]
Later —No Riot —Mr. Cloy and Mr.
Fee kept the appointment and were heard.—
There was some difficulty about gelling tho
church, as there was an' appointment for a
sermon by the Baplis clergyman in the morn
ing.
It was however surrendered lo Mr. Clay at
the close of the service, and at 12 o’clock
John G. Fee commenced speaking. He con
cluded his remarks without interruption,and
was followed by Mr. Clay. Both speakers
were listened to attentively and no violence
was offered or talked of..
The-Only Safety For Freedom.
On the 6th of July, 1854, the opponents
of Slavery extension in Tioga county, with
out distinction of party, met together en mass
at Wellsboro to take counsel as lo their duty
in the present condition of National affairs.
They chose the Hon. R. G. White president
of said meeting, and after listening lo a plain
statement of the aggressions of Slavery by
the Hon. D. Wilmot, avseries of resolutions
were adopted defining their position, and the
duty of freemen. Among these resolutions
was the following, which asserts a truth we
again ask to have considered by the people of
this county :
“ Resolved , That the union of freemen,
without regard to former political attachments,
is the only safety for freedom.”
Unlike their associates in this county, the
Tioga democrats meant something when they
adopted the above resolution, as is shown by
their votes. In 1851, when Bigler first ran
for Governor, they gave him 578 majority ;
but in 1854, being allied with the party that
passed the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and being
in fact responsible for the success of that fraud,
the Tioga democrats, seeing that “the omy
safely for freedom” was in ihe,union of free
men without regard to former political at
tachments, gave a majority against him ot
057.
Our advices from that county arc, that the
union of freemen, regardless of old parly
ties, is far more hopeful nowuhan last year;
and this* intelligence comes from leading old
line democrats. The same principle is at
work throughout the Free Stales, which leads
us to inquire what is there to prevent -upion
jrl this'county. The mass of th old lintj de
mocracy are as much opposed to Slaveryout
rages as their associates in Tioga county. —
They desire to vote against the authors at'
these 'outrages, i , . r . ,
Tho only obstacle in (die way of union in
(his county, is the selfish plans of a half-dozen
leaders in Coudersport, There are not twenty
men in the county who do not feel that Sla
very oughi lo be confined to the Stales where
it exists. Then why permit a half-dozen men
to control' your influence and your voles in
such a way as to use you fur tho support of
Slavery? You’admire the manly indepen
dence of your Tioga brethren. Then, why
not imitate their noble example 1 Tho Wil
■mol District is a unit on this question between
Freedom and' Slavfery, If the honest oppo.
nenls of (he Rule of Slavery who havo here
tolbre clung to parly, will hereafter live up
to tfieirxonvictipns of duty, this county will
stand side by side with Tioga, Bradford, and
Uasquoimnou iu its support of Freedoms
Coudersport Journal.
There has been a decrease in emigration
at the port of Now York 'from last ycar oi
Cs,2t!9,and compared with 1853 0f6G,151.