I
from the Pittsburgh Gazette.
TUc Raw t«g Man's ” Speech.
, George VV. Julian, of Indiana, in the course
of his remark?, on Friday night, reflected
quite severely upon "Saji,” He rated that
“ defunct or dying" individual for numerous
shortcomings, and was probably injudicious
in devoting so much time to that delicate
subject, -
. VYhen Mr. Julian took his seat, a large,
qble-bodied, well dressed gentleman with a
long nose, aqd a genuine Yankee countenance,
mounted the stand, and an episode followed
uaparalelled in fun. Our Yankee friend was
evidently boiling over with a speech. He was
etched. He was bound to make a speech.
But his appearance—his gesticulation —was
gertudicrous and original that the audience
-Was convulsed with laughter. The gentle
man was onnounced as Hon, David Ripley,
of Now Jersey, with the toubriquel of “ the
Saw Log Man."
When order had been somewhat restored,
Mr. .Ripley said he did not intend to speak to
this 'ere convention. He hod been called
out (wo or three limes, but he wasn’t a gain’
to speechify, because be hadn’t edikaiion
enough. But when he heard the subject of
Know Nothings he was bound to speak eout,
and ho would speak eout! [Laughter, long
end loud.)
1 tell you. Mr. President, if it hadn’t a ben
for Know Nothingism, you wouldn’t a had
ibis ’ere Convention I [Cries of “louder.”—
A* Ripley was speaking at Ihe top of his voice
at the time, this call caused a big burst of
laughter.,
1 didn’t come here to make a speech, but I
profess to have a little gumption (fin! ha! ha!)
Now (Ripley paused to collect his
thoughts—the audience splitting their sides
all the whilej—now, I’ll tell you what we
want to do. It's nil in a nut shell. So that
we can get our Republican President elected,
everybody, even that gray-headed colored
man more, will be willing to take by tho hand
Know Nothing*, Know Somethings or Know
Anythings . (Laughter,i
As I said to Horace Greeley ‘once,*when
we was a talking about these Know Noth
ing's and ne abused 'em pretty awful, too;
soys i
“ Friend Horace, have they done any good.
“ Why, yes, 1 * says Horace.
11 Well, ihen,’’ says 1, “touch 'em light !’
(More convulsions.,
41 Bui,’’ sava I, “ Elorace, if they do any
thing ban '
Voice—Suck. it lo 'em .
Riplev—Yes, lhats ill Gentlemen, I had
Ihe Good fortune lo be born tn old Connccti
cui. (Laughter. Amt shea state! But I
want to sav something about the Dutchman
(keemchn* irm: lalked down on the Know
Nothings so hard this afternoon, 1 was a
flood deal in his position once.
Now—Daughter at the'deliberate and em
phatic “now’M—here's brother Hall, (A.
•Oakey Hall, of N. Y,,) he says give us the
platform Now—fthat “now 1 * again !) —I’ll
give vou my platform. Jt was made thirty
'Years ago. My platform I would fight for
nil i hadn't anything lo fight with. My plat
form, thirty veers old mind you, is haired lo
Rum, Slavery and the Devil! (Prolonged
merriment. 1 have always stuck lo that
platform It’s q good platform lo swear by.
When I made u 1 was working for fifty cents
a. dav. and I cave something lo them causes,
and when l couldn’t give cash I gave work.
(Applause. lam a worker, I lell you. 1
come here as n worker. 1 ain’t edicatcd,nor
pot much lamin’ bul 1 generally know what’s
what, I wouldn’t have said anything if my
friend from Indiana hadn't pitched into the
K.. N> Aoir, then, it ain’t right lo talk
about folks that am'i here. They are ofT in
Philadelphia and a splttnn’ up there, they
sav. I stand up to defend Know Nothing
Gentlemen, i moved once to Now York
and men i got down lo the Jursios. I don’l
like 10 tell that eilber, for a man once adver
tised for a hustler and said he didn’t wan; a
man that had been lo Slate’s Prison, or the
New Jarsey Legislature ' (Tremendous
laughter.' Now, through accident I got into
the N. J. Legislature. (Renewed laughter.)
Not because I wanted, or because anybody
thought I could get there I But I said to the
people, says 1, if ever you want a man lo run
on a lickei when he is certain to be beaten, 1
want to be that man 1 (Laughter.)
Saw Log" men went on in tell how such
n state of things came about, and the folks
asked birr
“ Well, Ripley, will you live up lo your
wor- 1 ’’
“Yes, gentlemen, I will that !" says L
Frienei, I jes; went at ’em, and I bent
Whigs, Democrats, Rum, Slavery and the
Devi! (Immense laughter.) But 1 tried lo
git clca;. 1 offered 'em a SlOO bill to let me
oil, but n was no go. You have lieerd of the
Lamdcn and Amboy, 1 sposo. Well, when 1
got down lo '1 remon, their bill was up before
the house. They had three rooms with bran-,
dy and oysters, <Sic., and every member of]
the Lcgistatur was invited but David Ripley,
the Saw Log man i
Air, Ripley went on to rolnto tho story of
Camden ana Amboy legislation. They
abused him pretty badly. One of them
charged that he was a Connecticut. Yankee,
and no Jarseyman. Well, I believe 1 just
hushed him up on that. Says 1, friend, 1
believe tho Doctors say that a mart’s entire
constituiton changes every seven years. At
the end of them years he aim bis original,
genuine sell any more 1 (Laughter.) Now,
■«>» 1, 1 have been down here in Jarsey off
and on (or eight years, and I guess 1 am jest
as good a Jarseyman as you am ! (Prolonged
•and boisterous laughter.)
Now, (laughter,) I said I was in the same
position as my friend from Cincinnati, (Mr.
Heemelin ,) ( ’aim such a bitter Know Noth
ing that I dont consider him as good an
American ns I am, for ho has been'in this
country more than seven years, and ho aim,
therefore, the same Uccmelin ho was when
ho landed '
Mf. Riploy closed amidst the most boisie
itQUfl flicrnmanl, put on liis coal aad loft the
siantf.
.Hob (Ji G 9., ti;e great press maDufaclurcrs
of Ijiew York, ha,vc an evening school at
tached 10 their rHihJisluncpi, for the boys m
Jjicir employ mm.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB.!!::
»,» All Business,and'otnerffemiDDnicaflimsmußl
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
wellsrorodgh, fa. .
Tbursday fflornlnjt, Niircb, 13,'50.
Republican Nominations.
For President in 1856:
Hon. SALMON?. CHASE, of 0I»lo.
For Vice-President:
Hon. DAVID WILMOT, of Penn’a.
The following named gentlemen ate authorixed
to collect dues and receive subscriptions for the Ag
itator. Their receipts will be regarded aa pay.
ments.
Wh. Ga*ret»ox
J. B. Potter
G. W. Stanton
Da. J. C. Whittaker.
John Sedans
O. F. *Taylor
Victor Case .... .
W. \V. McDodoall. .
Isaac Plank
Jno. James
Tioga.
•Middlcbory Center.
....Lawrencerille.
.... Elklond.
....Liberty.
.. ..Covington.
.. .Knoxville.
.. ..Shippen.
Brogkficld.
Blossburg.
Osceola.
....;.. .Nelson.
. Mainsburg.
Westfield.
Daggett's Mills.
Ogdensburg.
.Crooked Creek.
Maple Ridge.
C. F. Culver. ...
0. H. Blanchard
E, A. Fish
Samuel Phillips
Wm. M. Johnson.
A. Barker
0. M: Steddins. .
Isaac Spencer ...
Oar new arrangement, by which the local depart
ment of Iho paper is to bo rendered more interesting
under the care of an associate, will probably take
effect in our next issue.
We cal! attention to the new advertisement of
Mr. 11. P. Erwin in another column. Tho public
will be glad to learn that he has resumed business
at his old stand and, wtf think, will nut be backward
in testifying its sympathy will) his misfortune, in
bestowing upon him a generous patronage.
Almost a Fins:.—A camphcnc lamp exploded du
ring service in the Presbyterian Church in this vil
lage, on Monday night, selling fire to Hie floor and
one uf the slips. The fire was subdued without
material damage. Tito accident created some con
fusion, bul happily, beyond severely frightening a
number and throwing a young lady into convulsions,
no one was injured. {Supposed cause—the leaking
of the lamp.
CD* What has become of the Daily Newt I—Har
burg Telegraph. )
Wc can inform you, gentlemen. It has gone ov
er to Fillmore Sl Donclson and is now printed in
Hindowlancc. The delectable little sheet is crazy
with joy over Ihe K. N., nominations and should il
be guilty of some little irregularities for a month or
two it need not be wondered at.
The President has asked an opproprialion of $3,-
000,000 for lire War department. Should it be pos
sible to embroil this country in a wur with England
during Ids Administration, such an event may be
confidently expected. war with Mexico made
him President once, a war witli England might pos
sibly increase his chances for a re-election. There
is no ground of apprehensions of war, however.
Wc heartily agree with our Ucliuar friend that it
is high time ihe Republicans were organizing for
the fail campaign. We urged an organization last
fall, when that campaign was ended. Our friend
will learn that the process of political organization
u one of the slowest and most difficult of manage
mcnl in tho world, when, as with the Republican 1
party, the nucleus is a great princplc. The sham
democratic party cun organize wiili much greater
facility than can the Republican parly. Tho former
appeals to the tower instinct* of men, while the lat
ter addresses itself to his nobler nature —to his no
blest attribute, Reason. Now, It happens that man |
is generally more disposed to fuel than he is to rca-j
son. It happens so because feeling Is an impulsive I
faculty, and therefore in a degree involuntary,;
while the procoKsof reason is essentially systematic j
and therefore voluntary. Wo do not mean lo bo un- 1
derstood as underrating feeling, nor ns rating il
with mere animal instinct. Rut the truo nobility of
feeling is manifested only when it ensues upon and
blends intimately with n reasoning process. To this
order of feeling the great object of Republicanism
addresses itself.
There arc incidental rewards promised lo tho de
mocratic faithful—office, perquisites and power.
The Republican worker must consider these things
as secondary considerations, never as primary, lie
should behold his reward in universal freedom lo
Mam and tn the consciousness of duty performed.
Universal freedom may not prevail in sir generations.
That should not deter nor dishearten tho earnest
worker. The object of Life is not in place nor
profit nor honor ; il is Dutv.
But it is dilTicult to convince men of these things.
And our friend, who is an earnest worker, will,
when a few more years have passed with him, be
less imoaticnl and unbending, yol love the glorious
cause of Freedom just as well as he does to-day.
The work of organization should begin now ; hut it
needs a hundred earnest young men lo carry on the
work in lids comity. Where aro they and who aro
they ? That is Uio question.
The cnininuulcalion sent shall have a place, per
haps this week. It is a spirited article and pectin,
cnl lo tho subject.
The first days of March arcjiasl and still there is
no abatement of winter cold. The snow lies in
deep, unwasted heaps on the hills and in the valleys,
and the sun, now getting high in the northern hcav.
cos, slnnes with a December glare. Were it not
that hope is deathless, some hearts we tear would
consume with the intensity of their tanging for ver
nal beauty. Ilut hope never dies. Whatever doubt
may distract the soul of man concerning its immor.
tality, it recognizes the existence and dcatblcssncss
of Hope. It is a principle underlying, uplifting and
sustaining the interior Man under all circumstances.
It is “a divinity that stirs within us,” shaping our
belter actions and thus moulding our destinies.
The spirit of Ti utb glided the pen of the poet
when ho wrote—
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast 1”
As "perfect love castelh out fear," so hope softens
our forebodings and plucks the sling from niilicipa.
ted ill. Heaven's promises arc most relied upon
when they Ijoam calmly down upon the struggling
soul through the medium of its Intuitions. When
light fills upon our path, that moment tho divine
principle, Hope, is awakened and illumed, Awak
ened through any other medium, Hope ia an abor
tion, a (ppekoning ol Desire., Tho world is ever
misnaming its emotions. Men hope to attain riches
No. Men do not hope to attain wealth, fur Ilcnvcn
never promised woa|lh to any man as tho object ol
life. Men df sire wealth. They wish to he rich.
They desire place and power. They do not hope
for it.
Amt when men ray they hope for immortality for
tho reason that they shrink from tho thought of an.
inhibition, they misname their emotion. They on
ly desire immortality because |t would avoid amiihi-
THE HOfiA .COJL'X.Ty
liiey dcßitj no| hope fotit f the &jfafeaieut Democrat. j :
Whin Uio'proraireof eletnal 'lire Warns'down japan “ Wljltc Smvcry”—The Issue. L
Uio tramsn soul sAi'brtoges the ctnsm intervening f|h ihisiAonuaf/Message, Franklin Pipqe
beltjjeen it and tfio* glorlpua bcauljrj of the Britan gnVbringly speaks of t|ie opponents of Sl»ve-
L*m>' and illumes hop»' with UitUtaya of iu ever- ryfcxienuon as" men A 'who were
shiningsun,then man truly hopesfor ‘“mortality. _.jeopadLihe..welfaraof2s,DQfl,OOO..Ameiicaiia-
Man can never be reasoned into a hope of impior- j^ r j|, e benefit of Q comparatively smqll num
tality; R?aaon only dedUea Mnioa*;MtoWhf J (** 0 f Africans."''. &
legitimately from a known fact When .1 attempts exprt , ssed in w ord s. African symptllby is
to iolvn tho unknown by companaon with tho khown no J t n t the bottom o( the non-slnvery-extem
it aets os down inthp f°S i{ ’ a of .prybabiliitiep. ljoh feenl .meri t 8f the North." If’is /he con
reaßpn—“lf a map (lie§hall lio hvo ogam.L v i ctio rr -Thtrl Hbertiea of our whole- conn
reply-“Probablv " to dp vvuh thelhe- by.lhat institution. It «.
oties.or immorality, embodied m ■ creeds. ‘ a ,^ mWg^u ( h that VheteveP slavery 1
1 c>n wi -‘? em ’ plants its-leprous foot upon the neck of the
fact Its conclusion* relating lo Ine future df man r , r . . lL
arc deduced from experience in' the present. ,' b, ? C . k i lßborer -, lbe * a ™
But We have wandered from the initial sobjeetof whl,e lnb ? rer a l s ° ,be , II 13 ‘ he P«-
what wo intended-for a abort paragraph-on the l f Dl ° us . ta ?, of.which every slave Stale to
weather. Pardon the digression if yon carinot.groe ‘ he U ° l0 « 13 “fy in g illness, that wherever
with its sentiment. any class of labor ts degraded, all are;
Read the testimony of Southern pro.slave
ry men, aa to the withering effect of that in*
sliulion upon the major portion of the while i
population of the South. We aronccus
tomed to think and speak of the whites of the
South only as the owners fif slaves, It giows
out of tho fact that the s ave owners are the
ruling class, and that vo seldom or never
hear of the other and far urger class, scarce*
ly less oppressed than their brothers of a
darker hue. It is an abuse of language to
call the slaveholders “ tho South. ” They
constitute not more than one fifth of the
white population of the South, hjow, then,
it may be asked, do they wield such absolute
power! Why do not the “poor whiles,”
who own no slaves,assert their rights? The
answer is found in the laws that enslave la
bor. The constitutions and Legislative Acts
of many of the Slave Slates vest the politi
cal power iu tho hands of slaveholders. And
where that is not expressly done, the absence
of all free schools keeps iho common people
so ignorant, dependent and degraded they
neither know what their rights are, nor how
to defend them.
The result is, that six millions of whites
nod four millions of blacks are in a state of
political and personal dependance upon less
than one million and a half of slave-owners.
And such will be the results of that system
wherever extended Free labor and slave labor
cannot flourish together. Slave institutions
will never tolerate free schools. The com
mon people, therefore, no mailer ■ whether
black or while, in a slave country must be
ignorant, poor and debased. The question
before our nation now, is not, therefore,
merely whether slave labor shall bo permit
ted to go, side by side, with free labor, into
all the territories of the Untied States. But
it is whether all labor shall be enslaved. It
is whether free labor, free schools and all
free institutions shall be forever excluded.
To establish Shivery in Kansas is to abol
ish Freedom. It is to shut up forever so
much of (Jod’s free earth from tho light of
free Schools free Bibles, free labor and free
men. It is to decree that the darkness of
heathenism that now hovers like the shadow
of death upon the sunny plains of fifteen
Suites of this Union, shall curse the whole
remaining portion of our continent. It is to
expel our brethren now already in Kansas
from the homes they have chosen, or force
them nnd their children after them, to he the
companions nnd associates of slaves.
Men of New Hampshire ! Will you be
accessory to this gigantic conspiracy against
your brethren, your country nniLyour race?
Will you vole for the men who are wresting
the Constitution nnd periling the very exist
ence of our government, for tl c unholy pur
pose of making nor land a land of darkness,
heathenism nnd slavery ? If the American
Revolution is not a myth—if the Declaration
of Independence is not a he—if God, Truth,
Justice nnd human Liberty arenot fables,
consider these ihinas.
D
Our Boy-Pre§idcait.
It is related of n worthy old lady who had two
sons—James and John—that she possessed tho sin
gular faculty oi becomiug suddenly and obstinately
deaf under certain circumstances. John was her
favorite. It sometimes fell out that the brothers
forgot the injunction “brothers should dwell togeth.
er in unity, 1 * as many a hard fought battle between
them amply testified. The old dnmo was invariably
and obstinately deaf during these fraternal encoun
tors, when, as it generally turned out, John, the fa
vorite was getting the belter of his antagonist. No
matter how loudly James roared under the castiga
tion for (he restoration of his invaded rights, tho
mother ignored the existence of the squabble. At
length on a memorable occasion, John succeeded in
worsting his antagonist and was repaying him with
compound interest. The fallen victor roared lustily
for quarter, but, us may be imagined, roared in vain.
James pummelled away industriously, when 10l
mop-stick in baud and with eye flashing with terrl.
ble indignation, the mother appeared upon the field.
With one sweep of her weapon James was laid
sprawling and with the mop-slick brandished over
his head ready to descend on the slightest provoca.
lion, she proceeded then and there to lecture him
soundly for “knowing hi* rights, and knowing, dar
ing to maintain.”
The course of policy pursued by the National Ad.
ministration towards tho actual settlers of Kansas,
seems to us about equal in liberality und impartial
justice to that of the good lady above referred to, in
relation to the government of her family. So long
as tho border ruffians, Ins favorites, were carrying
matters with a high hand, perverting tho ballot-box
from its legitimate uscsjshooling down men for opin.
ion’s sake, lynching others who were at most merely
suspected o( holding to the initial paragraph of the
Declaration of Independence and-threatening with
fire and sword all who should oppose their nefarious
plottings against the peace of Freedom, President
Pierce was deaf to every appeal for his Executive
interpoMlion in behalf of Good,.Order. Up to the
lime of submitting his annual Alessagclo Congress,
he declared -that no cause lor Ilia interference exited.
, Every man who read a lithe of the intelligence from
that territory, knew that its settlers were enduring
untold insult from Missouri ruffians. It was notori,
ous that the Territory was invaded; that actual set
tiers went to the polls and voted of their own free
will at the risk of life ; that a Lcgi>lalure composed
of the most desperate and abandoned characters up.
on tho Missouri borders and elected in some eases
by Missouri voles, in others merely appointed by
that Legislature to fill the seals of legally elected
members ejected beennso they were not sound on
the question of barbarizing Kansas. All these tacts
were as notoriously public ns Mr. Pierce’s
dinary moral and political obliquity. He feigned
obllvioumoß, bnt it was the obliviousncus of inter
est, not of ignorance.
But the President's Missouri compatriots, grown
i bold and daring under this tacit dispcns.iliou of Ex.
i eculivc clemency, or, in other terms, this winking
j at their outrageous doings by the (supremo) head of
• the Government, planned & destructive crusade
j against (he pcacablo city of Lawrence. Recruits
were beat up in the border counties of Missouri,
bloodthirsty, whiskey-drinking recruits, and exten
sive preparations for destroying that town were duly
made. On the oilier hand, the people of Lawrence
determined to defend their homes at all hazards.
They entrenched themselves and with rifles in h.iqd
calm’y awaited the coming of Mr. Pierce’s friends;
but they, finding they had a determined enemy tn
fight instead of a few unarmed and outmnbcrcd
men, prudently turned their backs and made their
way back to the less dangerous ground of Missouri.
They were excellent soldiers when opposed at the
rale of twenty to one unarmed man. They could
■hoot a single, unsuspecting man without the slight
est risk of life or limb. But when it come tolling
thot at, ahf that altered the ease. It was risky.
Well, after tins un-Xenophinn retreat, Mr. Pierce’s
border ruffian friends suddenly discovered signs of
a rebellion against the Alclmison Regency in Kan
sas. They appealed to their little fiiend at the
While House for sympathy and aid. . He graciously
condescended to hear their supplication. He all at
once di-covcred Owl there was trouble in Kansas
and lii.it it was his du‘y to interfere. He issues Ins
proclamation and threatens to send Government
troops to enforce obedience to border ruffian law*.
He would see that persons in and out of the Terri
tory preserved order and obeyed law. Ho nppre.
bended that persons emigrating to that region had
belter leave their rifles at home—which advice is or.
idcnlly intended for Northern emigrants. John is
getting a boating now, and James must beware of
the mop-stick in the hands of dame Franklin. This
proves Cicero's proportion that, “circumstances al-‘
ter eases.”
What is the end to be ? Freedom is ignored in
llic liigli.placce of the land. Her cry is unheard, or
>•’ heard, disdained, while the pitiful whine of a pack
of baffled cowards is taken lip and prolonged in an
Executive howl. Alas !wo arc fallen upon evil
times. A pretended Democratic Administration so
crclly conniving at the increase of slavery and turn,
ing a deaf ear to every plea for Freedom.
Il is said that Mr. Pierce has purchased an estate
in Virginia, to which he will retire when his coun
try needs his valuable aid no longer. Wo hope he
may do so ; then Virginia can boast of having bur
ied on her soil, the least as well as the greatest man
lhat America ever saw.
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of A/neiican Life,” tly Mrs. Cahou.se Eke
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This book trill bo ready (or the trade on the 23d
of the present month. Wo do not know that it can
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announcement that il is from the pen of the lato
Mrs. Leo Hentx, one of tho most charming writers
of fiction this country has produced. Her works
betray ah intimate knowledge of tho follies and foi
bles of fashionable life and may be read by old and
young with pleasure and profit. Copies of cither
edition Sent to any address on receipt of the respec
tive prices by the publisher, and prepaid.
From Kansas.
To Hie Editor of * lit* iliv«mri biMiKM-rat
Night before last, Sam. Latlus, who as
sumes load ns “ Sheriff of Douglass Coun
ty" when Junes is ahsenl, proceeded lo Hick
ory Point with uhouHweniy men to arresi
Mr. Branson, who was rescued from Mr.
Jones’s custody on the 20th of November
lasi. Bui some Free Stale men, neighbors
of Mr. 8., got wind of the miended- arrest
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. They
rallied immediately at the house of Mr. B„
and prevented by their presence the contem
plated arrest. Latlus with his troupe came
lo the conclusion that it was best undei the
circumstances for them lo quietly retire,
without having accomplished their object.—
Mr. liransou came into this city yesterday,
where he now is. No one is yet advised
whether or not Lilius will call upon his
friends id come upon Lawrence and demol
ish the city, if Branson is not given up.
iolenmn, the murder of Dow, was in
a few days since, and purchased a shot
gun! alone of the sioros. It is rumored that
he v>as one of Lattus’s posso night before last.
Yours in haste, l. f. t.
Lawrence, Knmas, Ffb. 20, ISoO.
Slavery, has gained nil it asked nt Phila
delphia. The Council has endorsed “squat
ter sovereignly” and pledged its aid, if need
he, in making a Slave Stale out of Kansas.—
'Che Convention has nominated the Signer of
the Fugitive Slave Law for President. Il
has nominated a Pro-Slavery Tennessee
Democrat for Vice President. Before this
was done the gathering had ceased to he a
“ National’’ Convention. The Free Soil
ponion of the Delcgales had formally with
drawn. Connecticut, Massshusells, Ohio,
Rhode Island, Illinois, lowa, and Pennsylva
nia refused to participate in such n nomina
tion. The '‘sectional’’ remainder pubs for
ward, on a “sectional” platform, a “scelicin
al” candidate, who doubtless will receive fill
ihe sectional support that tho Slave Stales
can spare from that other sectional candidate,
who is to he put forward by the “Democra
cy.”—Albany Jour Sal.
The very first newspaper we saw with
the names of Fillmore and Donelson at tjic
head of its columns, was the Charlestown,
Mass., Advertiser. “The In ter name,” it
says, “has Ihe solid Iring and memory of Old
Hickory.” Well, it has, as far as Andrew
Jackson—but when you come to add the
Donelson, the ring is that of a tin lantern—
single tin at that—and pricked full of holes,
wiih an opening at I lie top lo let ofl’ihc smoke
of ihe grease caudle inside,— Boston Past.
sna "■'<
If?
timik«Eaiion«,
hi I |-i ijt pt for the Agitator.
Jy! 'C.i rttiemeii jLHvakc!
We are on the eve of an important elcc
iton;'“A‘ftw J mowrevt)tati(3ri3*of rtie l 'B«ri'wilt
findrus,uj .the heat and excite
irignt of# /‘residenffaf damj)algfr,and already,
political parties are beginning to marshal their
forces for the,all-absorbipgcon,tqat. ft is but
reasonable to expect that each jiarty will do
Its 'best to elect its favorite candidate, be it
;ej|her, Denotracyfor .apti-sta
very Repyblicanism. The first nnmed has
afreqTy" lakenthe Initiatory steps of organi
zation.' They are holding conventions, se
lecting candidates and exhorting aricf'prepnr
ing their followers and adherents'io be ready
for the decisive battle to be decided by the
ballot-box in November, ’56. All this is per
fectly right and no more than we should rea
sonably “expect from our wide-awake union
saving opponents, and should not we, that
profess to belong to the Republican' ranks be
fully as active in laboring id make “old Ti
oga” speak out in thunder tones at the ap
proaching election in favor of Freedom and
free men ? The coming battle will be fought
upon the issue of slavery-nationalization or
freedom-nationalization. The issue has been
forced upon us by the flagrant
innovations of (he slave oligarchy upon the
Conceded rights and privileges of the north.
The north is fast becoming aroused to a 1
true sense of her danger. She has slum- l
bered in dreamy, confiding inactivity and now
awakes to find that LtmtnTV is Indy in a
perilous condition. Her freemen are begin
ning to learn that “ eternal vigilance is the
price of Liberty,” and are now shaking from |
their limbs the unpardonable lethargy that I
has encased them for the last half century,]
with the determination of presenting as for
midable a front as possible to the black
power in '5O. At the coming election there
will be but two powerful political parlies ; the
National Democratic and the Republican.
The former will advocate slavery extension
with those traitors to God and humnni'y,
Pierce, Douglas, Atchison & Co. at its head.
The latter will advocate slavery restriction
and adopt for their motto, “no more slave
territory” with those gallant champions of
freedom and justice, Chase, Seward, Sumner,
Wjlmol, &c,, as active, efficient, working
members. The question of slavery will be the
battle-ground. If pro-slavery democracy
succeeds, Kansas and Nebraska will he given
up to the “peculiar institution” with all its
attendant ungodly principles. If Republi
canism triumphs they will never have their
virgin soil polluted by the unnnmral enerva
ting and devastafing footsteps of Human Sla
very. If the vole of the Republican porly is
uniicti wc shall succeed. We are yet in the
majoriiy here at the north ond if iho vole is
not weakened and drawn off by minor issues,
a brilliant viclnry awaits us, and what n tri
umph I Reader, would u not be a source of
satisfaction to you, to know that your vole
helped to overthrow one of the most souf
dehasing man-destroying institutions that ever
existed in this or any other country ? Would
you not rejoice from the inmost recesses of
your heart to see a check put to the unhnlv,
hut unceasing aggressions of the southern
Aristocracy ! The question may perhaps
arise, How is all this to be. accomplished 1
How are wc to stop the daring innovations of
the southern Aristocracy I 1 will tell \ou:
Lot every neighborhood sinrt a Republican
Club, and there prepare for the great battle
they will soon bo called upon to light through
the mighty medium of the ballot box. Lot
the iobabiionts of each school district meet
together for mu'tia! information and an in'er
change of sentiment and they wiil be pre
pared for the campaign ol ISSO. Wc con
; not hope to succeed except «c have etfeclive
! organizations. If the onti-slaverv masses do
1 °
not act m harmony they will sutler a most
signal defeat, Unity of action and a consoli
dation of I lie Republican force can onlv
crown us wilh victory. Then, I would say.
let us organize. Let us not be taken una
wares. ilow can Tioga Co. succeed unless
every county is ably and harmoniously rep
resented? And further how can we succeed
in lhe hmon unless there is an organization
existing between the several slates of the Re
public? If the anli-adminisiration elements
north of Mason <fe Dixon's line act in harmo
ny, they wdl elect their candidates by a hun
dred thousand majority. Let us persevere and
Tioga county will be a bcacoh light m the
free-soil movement.- (is influence will be fell
to ihe utter confoundment and political an
nihilation of Uoughfscism in this cnmmunilv.
Let us work work with a rlrierminaiion ihai
knows not defeat,and we will roll nna unani
-1 rnous vote in November, next against onr na
tional cotton ncADR, al the same umc. It
will speak to ihe world ihat we have not be
come so dead to lho blessings of Libtriv
ns to gel down upon our bended knees and
bow in blind reverence at the shrine of sla
very. We have a nobfe field of action there
fore let us not remain idle and deaf to the
calls of four millions of our fellow men that
are to day dragging the chains of bondage
and arc smariing under the willing lash of ihe
arbilrary- dealer in human souls. Now,
wilere shall Ihe approaching campaign find
us; reposing in careless inactivity—laboring
wiih pro-slavery Democracy—or figlning
manfully and earnestly in the ranks of free
soil, free speech and freemen Republicanism l
Let us he found early, with our coats oil, and
our sleeves rolled up, lifting at ihe Republi
can wheel, as if the success of ihe cause de
pended upon our individual efiurts ; if so,
Tioga cnunly will make us mark so plainly
that il will not soon be forgotten by Die most
obedient, union saving Dough lace. W ill we
do il 7 We shall see.
A JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRAT.
Monster Plow. —The Chicago, Burling- i
lon nod Quincy Railroad Company have '■
rcccnily constructed n plowat their machine]
shop in Aurora, which probably surpasses j
anything of the kind in the United Slates.;
Ps length is 30 feel, and weighs over 20 ions,
The expense of its construction was between
§1,500 and 2,000. This huge structure of
course is not attached lo n. locomoiive, but
rests upon two sets of trucks, and is impelled
by one or more Idcomniivcs from behind. It
has been stationed nt Mendotn, where it will
remain yntil called into use. —Avrora Uea•
con.
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♦\irt > ■ > f ' - . ,
1 1 Speait Carrttpmdenee of AeMiUimA
Latcit Fiam' Kaniai.
K. T., Monday, Feb. 18, Ifgjg
',^he‘following is IhV closing portion o f.
speech'mode by fin via' R, Alchisoh, at P| alt _
Ci)y„ Missouri,, d week .or two since, i
gentleman was present, who gives the fbllow
ing ,report. . Speaking of the Coostiimional
Convention, Atchisop sjjy.s:
‘‘ t.hia, Cpnypntlpn;,met nt Topeka and
framed ,what they .call a Constitution, an( j
say. they intend to apply for admission j n i 0
itjto Union. Now, should Congress ad mil
them, what will you da ? I’ll, tell you
I will, do, if Congress admits them into i(] 6
[Union without law or precedent, (nodding
his head and raising his right hand,) l'||
sist!, But Congress will do no such ihhtg.
They, the Free-State men, held an election
and selected officers on the 15th of j Mt
month, and say they intend to put their work
in operation on the 4th of March. Ucmcm.
her the Mlmf March ! If they cannot do
it legally, they say they will do it by force
of arms. They have sent their messengers
to the North and East, who are raising m on.
ey, men, arms, &c., for that purpose, Tow,
what shall I advise you to do 1 lam onoid m.-m
—not an office seeker—you are cauucd'to
ray advice, and you shall have ii; and not
only that but my arm (holding it up
for I value your interests and good feeing
next to my hopes of Heaven. Go over there,
send your young men, and if they aileron
to drive you out, then, damn them, arm
them out. Fifty of you with your siioi-uuna
are equal to two hundred and fifty of ;|, em
with their Sharp's rifles. Get ready, arm
j yourselves, lor if they aboliiionize aansas.
j Missouri is no longer a Slave Stale and vou
j lose §100,000,000 of your property. , ,v o u(d
■ not advise you to shoot a man. .f vou ourn
la house, you turn a family out of ioors: ,f
I you shoot a man, you shoot a father —a nos.
I band. Do nothing dishonorable. .To man
I is worthy ihe name of a Border Ruffian who
, would-do a dishonorable act. imend ’oho
I a citizen of Kansas, and I am satisfied :hul
, can justify every act of yours lofnro God
1 and a Jury.” Yours, YIfE.VIX.
The Steamer Pacific. — The X. 'i.Jow.
nal of Commerce , referring 10 mo mimine
steamer Pacific, says Hie insurance on ner s
very lartre : ilie amount on the stun is iOUO..
000, Imlf'in this country and half in Jiurone :
the freight money is insured' for 840,000 mart.
She Imd between six and seven hundred ions
of cargo, valued at over 81,200.000. most ot
which was insured, a good pan ,n ais coun
try. The insurance is divided amons various
offices throughout the countrv, so 'hat m case
of loss or damage to the ship or cnrco, ttio
blow would not fall exclusively on .N’ew fore.
The Pacific is commanded bv .’amain Asa
lildredee, vs no navicaied 'he \ilnntic unn
the most responsible commands or aeirva
quarter of a century, Assume reason .or :no
encouragement oi hope m nersaieiv, ..no.eiia
delay of 'he Atlantic in 1551 is rcierreu to—
The Atlantic left Liverpool. December
18.51, and not a lisp ot' 'ntclligcnco •carnca
her owners ,br forty-nine oavs.
ashore on ihe const oi Ireland, ana ,icr oas
sengers themselves brought the news oi her
safely by the Africa, She was missing eleven
days longer ihnn ihe Pacific has uecn missmc,
ami yet she ana her passengers were an sale.
Holloway's Ointment and Pills :he itfd
Remedies for ’he Cure of Female Conr.piomis.
The extraordinary died 'hese P'lls lave
on all complaints incidental to females, wouia
appear incredible (o ihe cinzens nt 'ftcl'nwn
were it not confirmed daily hv 'he wonflermi
cures they effect in 'he various Sia'cs.
Tyoga Lodge, .Vo. 230, I. O. .>r 0. i.
Pa.
Wiierfi«, ft has pleased an All.wiso Cod m iha
dispensations or Ins Providence, to remove aroinor
J. M. Rov irom tins carih —thus j*triKme down one
of our number nna reminding us of Ihc arcaa in.
certainly of life: therefore.
Resolved, Tlmi in this «ad and unlooXcd .’nr
ent \vc rccojjnr/.e the riand of iiim who '*docUi m
thing,*. \\ nl. M
*2. T)ml wc lender to ms bereaved wife our *m
cere and heartfelt sympathy m this her great alflw*
tion.
3. Thai the members of this Lodge wear the us.
u al badge of mourning lor ihe space of thirty oaf*.
4. 'Dial copies of these resolutions be transmit,
led to the wife of the deceased brother and then,
nous members of Ins family, and that they oo poll*
fished in our county papers for two weeks.
\OliS ALEXANDER, S. 0,
?. 11. LANDIS. Scc'y.
HOUSO, EOT A: CABINET SHOP
FOR SALK.—The subscriber otter* ior saw
the lot of land on winch he resides, io*
gcllier with the appurtenances, consist.
in? of a dwelling house and Cabinet *|J|g|rW
Maker’s Shop. For tifrtlicr particulars
enquire of 'TIEDKKICK BERWakT. an*
door north of IX Slorrock’s Cabinet Shop,
WdNboro’ I’.i. March G, lb.)G-:hn.
Notice is hereby givex
I intend to apply for a pardon lor John l 4rr
who was sent to the Eastern Penilcnlmrv rom ; rt ,s
county, in Fcliniarv, 18.74. W. TARR*
Wellsbore', Marck G, 185 G.
AJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN U.ai
IN 1 intend to apply for a pardon for Lamior Smith
who was acnl lo the Eastern pcmleninuti rom «n»
county, m 11?51. illNOll hMltn.
Wellshnro’, March Gth, ISdfi.
\ DMISISTBU'bK S NOTICE.—
A WUEIiEA-S, Letters oi’Administration -nr
inir been /ranted to the siiuscnhcrs on the estate «
Win McNitl. late ol ' Del'n« r lw »- deceased, Hio*«
indebted lo said estate arc renuested to make imme
diate payment, onn those naung claims uw
same to iiro-cnt them lor settlement lo
Delator, March G-oG." H. S.
GEO. McNirr,
,tdim'ni!liaie rs *
At the Old Stand otci' tli?
SIVRE OF B. B. SMITH $ SOX
The si:C
sciuiu;it «»
opened anew
over Smith’s ' ,lnrB
and in prepared to e *’
pculo the order* 01
lus old customer*
others who may <* ftTor
him with dicir p* l ‘
ronoge. Vtth ncainet*
ami despatch. He docs n ot feel it accc«nry wP u
Ilia Work ns it ia warranted to ftirmsh Us own ret
ommcndalion.
Mo garment is permitted to go mu oi ttic P
Unites not made in the most aubsloplj-if inllI “
Especial care observed in Culling and I*illin?-
Department, will be under my own Mipcrvi- 8 ' 0 "*
RcUevvrfff in the “live and let live 1 ’ rule,
adopted the
Pay-Down System
ami •lull ri'ndlv ndliorr In it.
Wdlsboro’, Mardi 13, IbOG. 11. P-
-'he acm