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Wt' pENN^kL^A^Ai'"' l ■aqi*
utii asdlw viluiMtfufr boiiurff uar t onß v otni
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9oo*l
Executive
eylvania, (appdipfcittJbjdhfl HtpMbljcSrtuCon
vfftuo&i.heW iM*iF#ti*b4»rgi;:bn
«ftddlMl»wp|ianofl,’f* i<b
rmi«, friends i,broughojiMW.Hiale*( Wotif*'
hptpby gixef(, ; (h«t'<i RGPU.BWGA W
Dfi»yENWN ; ,wilihe.d)eld,injt*#lj( tf
of JUNE nextvalTOekdoctaAt
forrtWirtn ofan Electoral,iTipket, pud /the
nornitipij'in ofiStaieOfiicfirs, to be eupjKrrt.ed’
at tho enauing jßreirtden(i«f State.plec
lions; and generally, for the irnnsnclion-of
all [sUchl business aS.ahdllcomp befbre'*aid
Convention. ■■: <■ ■■ ■ '• u
Tha-imdemigned Would reccommend Ifwt
■aid- Convention be, Composed of delegates,
twice in,-number, to that of the. member* of
the .Senate end House of Representatives;
mid that the iriendi of Freedom in the sever
al counties of-the commonwealth, meet atthe
County seu't or other cpnt^nien(. : place, in
their respective counties, on Saturday the
31*1 day. of May next, unless some other day
will better accommodate, and elect delegates
to represent them in said State Convention;
and alsn, at the same time and place, eject
three delegates from the several Congression
al distiicts to .represent this. State In the<Na
tiunul Nominating Convention, to be heldW
the 17tb day of June next, in the cityV
Philadelphia.
■■Ttie undersigned feels that he would not
properly discharge the duties of hia appoint
ment,-if he failed earnestly to urge upon the
Freemen of this Commonwealth, without ret
gnrd to farmer party divisions, to unite in the
patriotic effort' how making to rescue the
Government of the Union from the .-domina
tion of. an Aristocracy founded upon proper
ty in Slavesi The slave-holders, constituting
less than one in' fifty of the free population
of the country, control all the functions of the
Central Government, and pervert all its pow.
erS io one end—the aggrandizement and per
petuation of tbvir power. They tulo as with
a, rod of iron trampling under foot the
teachings of our father*, and the benign prin
ciples upon which the government was estab
lished, They -contemn the rights of human
nature, thereby exposing man to every out
rage, There is no safety for humanity but
in the acknowledgement of its rights.—
Through all its organs, in tfae press, and an
the duos of (he National Legislature, • Slave
ry -assails those fundamental truths declared
to be self-evident in the declaration of Inde
pendence. It impiously denies the suprema
cy of God's law ; acknowledging no jtulo of
right among men, save its own cruel and ty
rannical enactments. It has involved our
country in foreign war fur the extension of
i>s territory, and the aggrandizement of its
power, in the reckless pursuit of the same
ambitious design, it- recently invaded the most
solemn National Compact; and to-dny threat
ens a war of extermination against (he peace
ful settlers of Kansas, unless they submit to
the usurpations of lawless and armed inva
ders of tlihir territory; and to laws, the
enormity of which, have no parallel in the
code of any civilized and Christian nation.
The alarming power of this Aristocratic
Interest, and the inexorable tyranny it would
enforce, is demonstrated in the fact, that no
citizen* however eminent in virtue and qunli
(■canons, is permitted to occupy the humblest
post in the appointment of the Executive,
unless he purge himself of the taint of Free
dom) end bow in abject submission to the be
hests of Slavery. The treasure of the Na
tion, through the patronage of the Executive,
is employed to corrupt (be Legislative de
partment of the government—to debauch our
public men, and so fur a* possible, to demor
alize the body of the people. Under the in
fluence of this o'ersbttdowing Power, (be
Federal Judiciary ia giving to the Constitution
novel and startling interpretations, unfounded
in reason, and against (he authority of pre
cedents.
To resist these flagrant wrongs and aggres
sions, to maintain the safeguards of liberty
unimpaired, and to vindicate the rightful pow
e/ of the people over their government, this
appeal is made to you, freemen of Pennsylva
nia, and your active co-operation invoked.—
There is not a name illustrious in the history
tjf yOur State, whose principles touching slave
. ry, are not coincident with those that the
v Republican parly now straggle to make effect-
ive in the Government. That party occupies 1
before the country a truly National and con-1
"aervative position. It seeks the preservation
of 6dr free institutions from the sectional and
destructive policy of Slavery. It ranks war
upon no interest or class ; but would preserve
all interests against the overshadowing power
of ohe—and the rights of every class, against
the dangerous supremacy of one. It would
strengthen the bounds of our National Union,
hr keeping ever in view the beneficient ends
for which it was established; end make that
Union perpetual on the only sure basis upon
Which it can test—the Constitution as inter
pirtied by ita framers. The Republicans of
of'Pehnsylvahia are anxious for a 1 cordial
unipif of all ihc friends of Freedom fad'd to
Ihl* Cntf, will regard nothing as a sacrifice,
so thai their principles are effectively main
tained;—those they will neither surrenderor
compromise. Strong in the integrity of their
niotives, and in the justice of their cause, they
will sintid firmly by the right, trusting that
a beneficent Prnvidftnch will uphold .the lib
ertUs 'of the Republic' against the assaults
tflil now threaten their overhrow.
• 1 D, VVILMOT,
' UnMrr of rt,o SnttotM Cunthe CommlttM for Pt»n-
March 10,1 km. ''
;-Tna Repub)icsQ:Msoainrinrt of Wsshtng
ltJH)«r# making itreaaoua eflfuite.ro.-raiahlish
■imilar eocielies in every city, town and «il
laee in the Union.
r TSby begin, also, to scarier broadcast,
ipedchiej dbcutphnie, ete.,on the slave qttes.
tiort, and h«vd already piWpnred M 2,000
ofiplebin English, and : 36,000 in German,
of the apeeches and Writings of Messrs. Sow
aW, Hale snd oihers. 1' ■
The beat capital for young men to atari
s)iih:in fife, is industry, good sense,ipottmge,
apd the fear.of God. ,h:Ja heller than all
Ihe credit or cash that was ever raised,. • /.
THE A
M. H.COBB;
! *,• All Business,
be addressed to the
. wimtßusDßagrra. —~
Tb.,u'.f*aiaßK»«iKSss*a.
T -.UXln^ot
ffon:sAiJioin r rraiSß, atmi
FariVl^Preildoßl: .Sc. :’l ,o’i H
; Tlw'^^ing f Mm^‘' : |etAlemifi
to colled does and receivinmbsctlptioni for the Ag-
Itafdr.i'i'Pbelr recilpt*' Will bk regarded is pay.
incnjjfc, •!. .
V/u. .^uunM............Ti0ga, v ■
J.D. Forfait ......... 1 ..Middfetarr' Center.
6. W. Sta.vtok ... . .XawreflcdYiUe.
Da. J. C. WiiiTTAKia. .... ..Elkland.
JoßtrSiaaifro.......i Liberty. '
•Qt-F,T« 15*,;...... ..'.'.i.GVjridpidft.
Vtor(>R;Qa*lc i ., * ......... Knoxville.,;
W. VV.McPpuOALL ....Shipper!, ■
Isaac Punk.. Brookfield.
Jno. Jai1i5:......... ~.Blossbufg.
C. F.’Cuivxa.............CGce01a.
■O. H. Bmuchaid.....i....Ncladn. ■:!
E, A. Fish ..^ainabnrg.
Samuil Phillips. Westfield.
Wm. M. Johnson .....' Daggett's Stills.
A. Baskcs .'..... .Ogdchkburg.
Ol M. StKuirs.(. .jtrooked Creek.' -
Isaac 5r5xcaa. ..........1 .Maple.B/dge, . >.
Republican Declaration of Prln,-
ciplcd. adopted bv tbto Pltlsbnrg
CuriVvbtiou. F
1. Wedfirtind andilialt attempt lotetore the
repeat of atltsws which allow the' introduction of
«la»oryinto territories once consecrated to Freedom
and will resist by ever/ constitutional means, the
existence of Flamy in any ol the territories ol the
United State*.
9, Wo will support by every lawlu) mtans our
brethren in Kansas in their meh|y and Constitution,
al resistance .to the usurped authority of their law.
less invaders, and will give full weight of our
political power in favbr o t the 'immediate admission
of Kansas tu the Union as a free, sovereign, inde
pendent Stale.
3. Believing that thn present national Adminis
tration has shown itself to be vfeak and faithless,
and that Its continuance in power is identified with
tlie progress of the slave poWcf to national anprem.
scy. witli liio exclusion of Freedom from the Uttu
tory, and, with increasing civil discords ft ** ■ bed.
ing,purpose of opr organisation to oppose and over
throw it.
Nsw.llampshire has repudiated Pierce by a band,
some Republican majority.
We are ahder obligations to Messrs. 'Souther &.
Baldwin of'the Legislature, for favors.
The Republicans of Connecticut hays. convened
and effected a thorough organization. Gideon
Welles was nominated fur Governor. We look op.
on it as >4>ct of no ordinary signification that Ex.
Governor Clearelaod mu called to preside over the
Convention.
We commend the address of Judge Wilmot to
the Republicans of Pennsylvania, end which we
publish tills week, to lha perusal •of the Wends as
well as to the foes of Freedom. It is a soul-stirring
appeal and should nerve every man to perform hia
whole doty.
Still lingering “in the lap of Spring," Winter
shakes his hoary locks and frowns defiantly from
hill-top and house-top and Valley and woodland,
“Will it ever be Spring 7" We looked down from
pur window and saw the little querist—perhaps slid 1
had seen half-a-doxen Springso-tacing merrily along
the walk beneath. The Safi black eye and the long
drooping lathes, half hiding, half revealing their
foster, seemed prophetic of few Spriogs that should
gladden her brief existence.
“Will it ever bo Spring ?" Yos, dreaming child,
the wintry earth shall toon glow with vernal beauty.
You shall pluck pale violets where the deep, grey
banks of snow now lie chill and dcsolala. Those
unsightly heaps are but a veil fluog by beneficent
Nature over her matchless beauty. It will vanish
swiftly under the humid breath and tiro genial
•howera of April. Then, hopes that perished in ihe
gloom of the "long and cruel winter" shall revive
in older hearts than yours—revive, but Ip. pariah
misersbly with the first breath of autumn.
“Will it ever bp Soring f” Altai why should a
i hcsrl baakiog ip the sunshine of glorious childhood,
be so desirous of the swifter Sight of Tune! (
Childhood is innocent, glad and warm. Beauty
l ia perishing. Little one, do you read your future
[ and discover no blotted lines, np heart-burnings, no
, traces of (oars on its mighty scroll 7 Do yon find
, no record of days upon which the blessed sunlight
| never fell? Banish the vision! It deceives only to
, crush end destroy. There is an angel in the path
, of children, veiling from their eyes every shadow
, that the real would disclose. Rape on, but chide
not Time because he lingers in the Dream-Land of
; Youth. It ia well to drink deeply at the welling
| springs of Youth. No grander Hut Time lingers
( in hit dusty car on its fiower-esrpoted pfsia. Youth
!is a perpetual Spring. It likk ita little sorrows, it
1 hss its tears; but, like (he clouds and rain of capri
cions April, they art ever flying before the sunshine.
Political Lflng-
In co operating with men fur political purposes
one does out necessarily endorse their distinctive
social or theological notions. A party may 00-oper
ale with another party politically,'while the .distinc
tive theological dogmas of the one, may peem eillier
absnrd or abhorrent to the other. When (ho would,
bo wise learn (hat theology is only a theory of loti
giun, and not religion itself, it is probable that they
may find their faith in Omniscient wisdtjm rootsar
ably increase while their reverence for, the dogmas
of men as measurably decreases.
Wo have beeq led into tl f i» train of thought by
reading (lie following 'paragraph jront the Philadel
phia Daily Newt. The bigoted mind that dictated
it 'woohl first ascertain the orthodoxy of a dying
man before moistening his lips with a draught of*
cold wafer, and would object to sharing hi» T (ittle
corner of heaven with evert good Firmin, boos use
he eras a Socioian. We lay the paragraph before
our readers preparatory U> a few general comments
on ita mendacity:
.Thc Bible A Hint too."—The American Ctk of
lyt ttdek; Which is conducted by'an Irish Catholic
bigot, has an editorial with (ho above heading. ' Tlie
N-Y.Exprrta remarks that this just confirms what
it said Uia that tianisqn'a Black.Bcpoh
to show (ha) the
Scriptures Jiive no.ylaim to divine inspiration, will
have the heartiest sftnpalhiba of Ihe Roiniih Uldl'-
areby. The Abolitionists don't like tho Bible, be
came its Uachjnga. are generally, ia opposition to
their practices. The Uierarehy dqn.T like it.—tap*.,
eislly araortglhii WlyUiWttuseU’sbotls their trade.
Hcnoi, this Wear Romish; 'Adolitldn, Blackßepub
lien dogma,—"TVJftUkidi HumlmfM ; < t ■
Willism Lloyd Garrison, P. T. Bantam and Seer,
(sin mythical personage Who It of vory hfUa const,
qaence iii thie eoohfctMi,' Have Probably afndldend
more of the world’* sins than ally other living ttidr-'
lab, if we ocMpt Horace Greeley.- lastly bbMhWrt
kd at,(be religious states,of e eumiauaUy, (jarticoa
dUlorb«<’
mnleaK
attentii
f 4b»- AhyGoaiwnl ip*,**- w»»»>4«r.
wmarsmfffT»mdsvs(o^^»mr^.
apkwu
r ■
.aurtanra-flagrant w«oog-,-brlt-aCTWirfttnu Scrip
(ora or from a ted'lMart;ftfanSe and
God 1 * troth suffer martyrdom in the lajaclioo or ar-
cMohrliut
iadbeperTbraignofilia troth.-ratherr'- ■ •>„
If: b.protalaytary, argument i«m ho iegkiiwstely
bnilded upon any thing in tbe. Bible <we ary heartily
tatty, b would opf shako ,pur £|ilh in, it* mUlme,
lessens of lore end charity, .however.. ll.wootdDol
prove (he Bible a humbug., U.vfpnld .<mly provp
that.man in all ogeaTiaa lippcdagaiart th*. iavf ,p(
Lore, and in that cjgp pndoajroMd -fo
coyer fa* turp^ndp 1 fa great'aeal. , To, blip
who tlie Bible beta top bia.gnpidfalbei.did,,
without rofcrcncc to ita leaponii an acknowledgment
that men may haveerfed ages ago, aecipi sacrile
gious, Garrison maVe«thi**ckngwledgmenl and
ia therefore an infidel in the bigoted opinion! of such
aa distrust llie pparer df the. Omnipotent to anataio
Hi* Immutable Truth. And thue it fall*'out that
many worker* in the field of Progress, vilio bear a
croaa tach a* Christians of the bhtereer school dare
not lake up, are scoffed at as mfidelsand {nil beyond
the pale of common charity at heretic*. A* for u>,
we choose to bravo tlie contemptible'denunciation of
those who weakeit the faith of men id the Serlplure*
by their attempt* to impcach the goodnesS of God,
rather than abide under the cloak, of their consider
alien, knowing that 1
“WHptcVer Good the old tine had,
I* Linvb Still ’
Now, tlie knerlion that Abolitionists do hot like
the Biblebeesuse it tehchea counter to their practi
ce*, ia sheer Pharisaism. Christ eaid that he came
“to preach DtunasncK to tiic -Csrrftnl'l. The
Abolitioniat goe* out on the aim*' laodable trrand,
though nbl.alwaya under the-patronage of the Phsr
iaeean la net the practice of Iho'Abolitipnirt in UiU
re*poet in harmony wilh Chriat'l enmpte }
We may he wrong, but when the iddibar* of aueb
aheebi u the Sxpreu and the Newt, proleu such ho
ly horror of infidela, wa sto- forcibly reminded of a
certain Pharisee who went up -into- the temple to
pray; and lilting up hia voice, he taid—“O. Lord,
* I thank thee that 1 am not aa other men, even aa
1 yonder publican 1” Were they, la pray for
strength to darp to be as exemplary Chiiatiana aa
Lloyd Garrison, Tbpodoro Parker and Wendell Phil
lips, wc apprehend if might result to dialr 2 lasting
benefit.
With the world to-day, he (bat conscientiously
differ* in belief from the fashionable religionist, is
an infidel. Garrison, fortunately or unfortunately,
differ* with the orthodox rule of action; ho is there,
fore an infidel. And though a soul' wlibaa history ia
graved in good deeds need* no defence from one so
humbls, yet We Challenge tlie editor of the Newt to
put tlie record of his' pfivsla and public* Ufa sidd by
aide with that of the man whdfh ’he solibcl*, and
then repeat the Pharisee’* prayer if he can.
The Union Convention to be competed of *ll op.
poted to the Pierce Adminislraliou; iM’ to be held
et Harrisburg on the 96tb instant, will, from prennt
appearances, be largely attended. What the retull
of ita deliberaliona may be, whether it be a healthy
fusion or a fusion a la Nicholeoa, remaint to be «gft
If concerted actipn can be tecured in Ibe Oppotitioa
ranks, we cry God speed.
We look forward with do little interest to the effi.
cient orgsnixation of the Republican fortes and al
most hope Dial the proposed Convention May prove
to be the initial measure to that desirable end.
Under the head of Responses from Uie Press, the.
Harrisburg Telegraph gives a list of the political
journals in this State, in favor of, holding off, and
opposing the Fillmore nominations. The number,
supporting the ticket is 96; number opposing it, 35;
waiting for the cat to juipp. 93. Every Republican
paper atanda opposed, while not less than 17 Amer
ican papers refuse to hoist tlia names. The Phila
delphia News will do well to advlae its readers ol
this fact when it boasts of Die universal satisfaction
with which the nominations are hailed by tlte press
in ail parts of the Union,
Mr. Foma bis reported a bill in the popular
branch of our Legislature which may be called- an'
Appropriation Bill. The last section appropriates,
ten thousand dollars to Iho purchase of copies of
Webster’s unabridged Dictionary, for presentation to
all thpse school districts whose Directors sbsl| make
application for a copy. We think this portion of
the bill worthy of es|iocul attention from oat legis.
lalors. A copy of this Dictionary would prove a
most valuable donation to every district school.
The April number of The Lady’s Book is tfie fin
est, in every respect, that we have yet received.
In the magnificent lino engraving entitled—“ Man
from first to hut requires assistance”—we hardly
knojv which most challenge* oar admiration, the
beauty of the design, or.tbe nice teste displayed in
its execution by the engraver, Mr. Godcy is con
ferring a lasting benefit upon the public in th.us cre
eling and fostering a lore of the beautiful in art as
well as in nature. The article devoted to a descrip
tion of the mechanism of typo making, clcclrolyp
ing and stereotyping, ns carried on in the establish
ment of L. Johnson tc. Co., Philadelphia, is invalua
ble.
Wo are in the receipt of the March numbers of
the Phrenological and iValer-Cure Journals, pub
lished by'Moure. Fowler 4a Wells, As
invariably happens, their pages teem with valuable
suggestions—such aa aelctTupOn, must inure to the
lasting benefit, of the, mental and physical man.'
2e Bfst-niTrted Journal opens with an excellent
are On the passion M Arigcf; which might be
pertised by eVetyparedl With eifctCding profit.' 1 "
Any piiblicalion'i by the’abbve firih may be order.'
cd tbrbhgh Mrs. I; D. Riciitaus, at the PosLoflice;
Wellaboro’, dr of (Be pdblWiete. 308 Brosilfway.’
New York.’ ■ ■ < f
•niyobgh Iho' poiiltrowa of a 1 friflbd -we bars re
etiVedli CiUlogde of lh» Officers, of
the DhiUrtityofl'cbtMjr Iraida. In tbc Department
of Arte- Ihoreire, (Oodorfirtd otter) Bmion, S 3,
Junior*; 36, Sophomore*. 24, Frcrhrotrti *i and Bit
■nlific ind hrtHl'StoiteitWi'S;' ft tbeSjtbdiralide-'
pi rlmrat there are 370 Malricblanta,among wiwni
wo are pleased tobotkii (bantuhe of aiellaw towns.
n>*fl r lty,fico, iU MpLwpf , |o ihe
Ihere.arg iS etudetyta) and in Ota Aoadeqigal 5 fir
‘Total— 761, Kama to be in afloofr
tailing condition.
"iStlmtiier vieJiitn Ahhfad f'or, f/arrdlltoe'ef nVieit
It England,Scotland,France, Italy and Belgium."'
Book* mid Papon.
rtjWrjtsmFoE.
/s&V lAfUnjfiyriSthil fjlAtnilift
' He geatnlly succeeds laestrj jog his sudieoco with
TW^pjyiS^'telSyiw mofeor lesi sir
*HjiwW*«ittof astnntatasr; of iWhfcii be oft
be found «t Tsrlof's Book
t.n « T*r.H »siiJ|
, >'Tbe “ Du/ittibg PJ&cliftortiiSii*
dfParbbtj BiowhjoW, i< rbiigh hot Mtmjgl-p
iha pf it is applicable
tft in theJpntL., We
have-.npw ip'oiyr tb' pay”
ampuntingto more'than ten’thabiabd'ilollare
(tWbWe years' 1 aMUfhoiatipn'df hbr're*)'
— i lhi> biyuie'fli of' which!’ woold .iirirfg ’ fhe
/.:; <■ V ■ '■v* ssi ii.w/
*!;ss, ~ " I W -.c w W Nor, »o
much, Wp, recorptneod jParaqo Browolpw to
adopt the MijtorVgolden tula for 1856; and
thenceforth, and 'cot off all subscribers the
idiy their paid- upbubidriptions cease.' ' The
printer has trusted too piufch too lobg, and,
although we pre commanded to “(nisi nod
pray,” tee cannot lilpraUy obey the ilryl pari
of the command.. , But to the Patron \m~_
BHowstow’ To ins Ou> Cvnoxtut.—
Now we, the: veritable editor of ibis paper,
on this 2d of February, 1856,' in 'the 76th
year of American' liidpendebce, nod‘being of
lawful a'gu, do issue this OUr Official' Duti
tyng Proclamation ! ’ Hear bs far our debts
—‘for the sake of our' necessities—and'as a
means of easing- your own guilty coristeiCb
ces! ’ For the first five years of 'the' Whigbl
this place,and for severalyears at Jonesboro’,
many of you owe us. Others of you owe
us for one, iwo,three,‘and four years, at both
places. All together, you Owe tis mofe thitn
we nre owing inihis world.
We have bold 'out''bur'entire office, and
now edit the paper for k very moderate'sal
ary. It is time' we were paid up whit bid,
outstanding, and scattering debts are due üb,
and they' are -numerous.. Wo hove been pa
tient, in.' these many years, and indulgent
tpa fault; and now, We should not make
this call, caring but little for money, while
our ‘creditors, who are eternally after' us,
seem to think that money is essential to sal
vation ! '
A* many or yoii ns will enclose lo us whnt
you owe us justly, we will credit you on our
books, nnd write opposite youf names that
you i ire gentlemen and Christians. Those of
ydti who can't psy, and will fviite lo us, ack
nowledging your indebtedness, we .will rec
ord as clever fellows ;'and those'of. you who
will not do either we will 'publish this spring
in an extra' sheet, as,a'set of. graceless ras
cals, willing to have a poor man labor for
you for years for nothing.and pay for paper,
ink, nnd the hire of hands, lo serVe you,
without pay.
• Come id Knoxville, you lousy rascals, on
a pilgrimage, and see our little ones, "chips
of the old block," looking daggers at us, apd
crying for bread. Come and see us with our
elbbWs oui, and the officers of the law lead
ing us about for debts created to furnish you
a paper, and you will fork over at once !
And you hypocrites, who nre members of
different churches, owing us for our paper,
how dare you, around your family altars,
night and morning, pray to God. “pay us
this day our debts, at we pay to others ?”
He knows you owe us, nnd won’t pay ; and,
uhtil you do pay, ypu-may pray yourselves
out of breath, and you will npver be heard.
Yea, you saintly villains, yp.u have been low.
ini us long enough to piake us “ poop, hah,
miserable, blind'and nakecj,” and yourselves
fide at our expense. You* gei to heaven
wilhoul paying us’up! Never f
W. G. Bhownuow, Editor ofiho Whig.
American Abolition society 1 .
Gerrit Smhh, President. Arthur 'fappan,
Treasurer. No, 48 Beckman Street, New
York. William Goodell, Corresponding
Secretary, No. 48 Beckman Street, New
Yot-k.
I hi? new Society holds that Slavery is
sinful, and is pot merely sectional, hut no
tional; that Abolition, delayed by the States,
is a national necessity,, and must bo e notion
ol act. It maintains that Slavery is illegal;
that it violates the Constitution; that its lot
eianoe is the surrender pi Freedom, and
that the Federal Government has constitution
al power to abolish it in alt the Stales. It
demands Freedom for (he whole country—
not for a portion of it; the extinction, not
’the mere limitation, of Slavery. It calls pn
the people—not to trample pn the Constitution
—not ip dissolve the to overthrow
the Government, but use and preserve thorn
all in abolishing Slavery.
' Its Executive Committee ptlblish Tracts,
Pamphlets, and a Monthly Paper, nnd - keep
a Depository of; Books, at their Office, No;
48 Beekmnn Street, New York. They em
ploy Lecturers, hold -Conventions, circulate
Petitions to. Congress;-supply Information for
Public Men end Editors, and variously agi
tate the subject'.’ From different'parts of tho
country they nre recievjng applications for
Lecturers, Publications, Information, '(tnd
Assjstanoe, beyond their means to supply.—
They Are cheered daily by the ajiproviil nf
trtol vclcrans-ahif tiew converts' “The har
vest is greii. tho I iborefsarefeAr.’’ the pecti.
riioify means a'retaahty,; Thtiyoppeal \6
tlife' Frlends Fund?, liy 'month
ly subscription or olHefwike. They ‘Aollcif
increased patronage ToA 1 tiieir Pa her. Thef
mccommend the forming of local Auxiliary
Socfetiegfoy thqye purposes, -uni- .:
Term* of. ihe 4bplfijpaftt •• 50
cents per,annum, single, subscriber* ;,92 for.
for,B'uopis* 1.-85, fo.tHiCppie*
®lO ,fpr .RQ copins.i A ittrga wromiwon to
Travelling Agepts, Wfflh Goodell,.
I&hfofi Np. 48, Bpekrnao Slreet, Npw ..York.
Funds for the’ Society to be sent jp ft, Arihpr,
Tappet, No. 48 Beckman atreet New York.*
By-order of tho', Executive CSfrhntfUFeY
WILLIAM GbODELL. Cor.Scc.' ::
Editors please copy, ' JtnV99, 183$.
11^
SI Mr. Beel« writes iKihe* Trbcne from
Masbinjfto, flfollows *3
g Mr. mmlffll’s revießio-day of Senator
averyjjkanaas Report -ia
halted with enthusiasm, tis calculated to do
hdflof ta mg pataiwrdijn bf• the saoaw-
awfciiregßswettwaWefWir
was atonce djgniljgd W&aTOPPSg^fiO:;
When Mr. Trumbull closed. Mfcjjjouglas
Tose.’ih'CaJlemiier, to complain that the at-
Sett commenced in jMs AWfWf.
andloask the Senate lo fitc a day ibr bis
accuspfMr.
j hi jj oil W s i^»e T dvrra't Joiv o
!lh% Nkfchifl iS affotd'iuhe'
ififtlWjyhk'Op',’SuiiiHSeFhnd | alWady I p’i& l
paHtd’ijbd'Wne.'dirbuyaflng V denundatibn'bf
tKbY''bill : ond'affbbioaiia i'dthdf. ' Hb kaid
MR Trtlbibullj ih nii specdh; had 'claimeq l<>
belb'Dkthfflrfratj’lillimalcfiimwohldbecbh
alddred ditbe) t'y the, oemdfcrticy pf Illinois.
Hbr6 Mr/Ciiftendpn toss id ’s dliksiidnof
order, arid a Hoosr excising jutskage erisped,,
.Jt wns ! finally'concluded wllhbut'Viofbnce, but
the f /fesb dfjthd KhniUtkiafi's fcjre and thb
stern qebs Of his ''bearing "wore such as are
rarefy«feeirpfi‘'ifid Senate. ' ''' " '
' Mr. Trumbull repelled'With spirit Mr. Dou
glas Vpcf3pttalil^bk , ; odd Mr. Siimnerj in
turn, showed bow baseless were the assaults
on him.; 1 ' 1 . ■; ' '■ v
r It'whs timer's'o’clock when ihb Sentite ad
journed lei Mdiidsy. ' '
In the. House Mr. 'lsrael Washburn replied
forcibly to the Sothe'rh demurrers to graoiing
pdWet to 'send for persons and ’ papers,"arid
closed by Calling the pVevipiis question, which
the House refused by 00 to fS, '' A long
skirmish" oft' points' 6r order‘fensuedi fader
which Mr. Bennett of' Mississippi iipokb in
behalf of Whilfiuld’hnd Slavery.
A Southnrnerthen moved an adjournment
lo Monday, oil which the Yeas and Nays were
called from oOr fatde, and the'motion prevailed
by'B9 to 68, nearly nil the smaller nuniber
being Republicans, while the Democrats' and
Southern, Americans nearly made up the
majority.' ‘
' Sir. Ofalow'ay'of Ohio has the floor for
Monday. and high expectations are cherished
of his speech-
Sirs bp’s Rifles Eclinkd.— -This effec
tive fire-arm which Was just acquiring a
very great reputation has, according lo the
New York correspondent of the Providence
Tribune, .been,, already surprassed. He
says—
In connection with (il)ibusinring events 1
may mention the perfection of another fire
arm, eclipsing Sharp’s rifles, which has ju.-t
been patented by’J. VV. Past, of this city.—
It is a repeating' rifle which can be loaded
and discharged thirty times in a minute. It
is very light nnd convenient has but one dis
charging barrel nnd does not revolve. Un
der the barrel in place of the ram-rod in
other guns, is a lube which receives thirty
aqo'rned-shnped, water proof balls, each con
taining within itself powder and percussion
for propulsion. The act of cocking the piece
places a ball in the breach, and the whole
thirty may be discharged in the most rajiid
succession. At a late trial, the gun was dis
charged ten times in.ten seconds. Tha 'ball
is shaped like that of the minnic rifle, nnd the
gun itself is calculated as well for long dis
tances as rapid firing. With the use of this
eun n new era will open upon the hunters of
the Western Prairies—lf it has been enjoy
ment to follow a buffalo for a whole day to
get a second shot at him, how bewildering
must bo the excitement of shooting thirty out
of a herd before thay have time to stir out of
their tracks. The gun has been patented in
England and France, and both governments
have ordered them lo be put on trial.
Deplorable.—A year or two since olir
city boasted of a blacksmith named Ryan,
who by his industry had accumulated u anug
little properly nnd was master'of a good little
business, and father of n little family. He
owned the roof over his hend and tho shop
where he carried on his business, and was
regarded as a pattern of integrity nnd perse
verance. In an evil moment he began to
drink* and as a mailer of course his business
dropped off, and he Worked the more
.he drank. His house and shop were first
parted with for means to indulge his appetite,
nnd when’thnt »ns gone his furniture, wus
disposed of, piecemeal, for Whisky. A few
days since, a man brought him some springs
and material to iron a buggy, but as soon n«
the owner’s back whs turned, he pawned the
springs and iron for three dollars nnd,n half,
and in a short limo hO had swallowed that.
His wife, seeing the position he was placed in,
sold what little furniture was left lo redeem
them nnd gave hint the money to do so; but
instead, he got into a groggery, and never
left it ns tong as the money lasted. Yester
day the wife was obliged to split up and burn
the baby’s cradle to keep from freezing ; nnd
this morning she, With her three little one*,
beta me -tenant* of the County' Poor-Hon«e,
whdle Ryan servsom n term in the Work.’
House. —Rochester American.
A bill hn« passed tho- flouse, in the Ten
nes<ee Legislature, nnlhnrizing the Stale to
purchase five hundred acres of tho ground—
including the tomb tip inCkson nnd the bud
dings—of the Hermitage, for fifty thousand
dollar*. Tennessee ought to own, for all
lime, the iomb of tier most Illustrious son,
and the beautiful fields he loved so well.
New .HaVP-liiißß Jjas.nof returned loihe
mire, ’With ,«ti; great issues at stake, with.
United Slates Senator* already elected until
1850, and wi|b tfie, whole patfntwge ofjhe
Fedecal, Govern<ne,nl openly and,.»j>arpefyj!j(.
exercised in a. local conjpit, .they Derfioc.rals
have -ujade so pie gain*, 7 but„they.sarp of no,
practical ndvaptpg'e, and tjjp,Granite Stale i*
ogain aiJihPuPmJII, ,i
Test or' DkorscvX tyeriiber of the
Nbrlh Cardiiria madts a dehidfldlV
good ‘ , h!V ,l b' sjiort "liStte #gb. 1 A bifl; ; WoS
! jmj»b«d a fine Tor aelllhjj
jinuhr fo frlee/nbgrbb*, lb which' fieobjec(crf,' :
on ihe grbubd’ tnnit *,'*ucli a lat* wotflb'&ilte;
tiileiri moVb'deefcbi' lhnn Ihe . 1 ‘
: -•» »> •■; l ■■■‘•liitit i (or
’ The State Columbtf*, Ohio, hag
cost (he sum of &1,580,9 I&, ,
T*'" Iwtsloti is
eamptiin*
liaiMing.
1
ilnwal imp*»»ibl«.’(bf'!**^i6lg ; kielalr No. H-,,
WM»tfei»Jaij rt ,| L AJ ’
jheir h«aiß»aof it.
jireeent eilraWg*ot-prie«*i IGcentafor the pootat
quality, every. Appßr ; vrboowoa • down trees and,
lea kettle ahoiildnot iettfaia opportunity ptaa. .
*»•**»
since in fKis place. TJpring , one of tb« V(tm
days a bUck. s«an; to >pp«tr
jlho snow On jL.cVjeer impact,
jit was found to lie nlpkutk- sidewalk, which hu not
'been visible before ,ip aevepd months. Great , u
the rejoicing ;alitsappearanee,.aod notwithaUndiig
jla intetskt'-'aean-ancient relic* it baa been btdp
trodden under foot of late. ' ’
~Tl\e.«'enc* of protracted in^e tings which hira
beep ,in pfogjßM.lhr . the .past eight, wceki, at the
Presbyter ianchurchio tbie. place, ard tobadracaa.
linbed,’’WO have been informed/at the expiration of
iTmT wceV \j
members ol all religion* dfgdmluiiona, end the »t,
moat-harmony and -good feeling baa prevailed tW
ell. Th'epeiiit lata been obtained in-bringing nuny
to a knowledge of the truth, alap in awakening a
more general internal upon the subject of religion.
#|l sliows! Knowing t)io fbndnesa of thopeopUof
\Vd(sbflrg' for amusement,,Air. G, W. Tat Lot, hi,
yjieped an cxlenaivethow.room .in, Roy's new build,
mg. , Ho baa recently relurijed from the city, md
brought with him & large collection of raluable en.
riositiei.'’ \V!tli hisaccdswined generosity ha charge*
nothing for admittance,' anti continues open all day,
To accommodate any oho, he will tor t reaaduablg
amount, dispose of any article in hia valuabla coh
lection.
„Th» printer, wbnm wc mentioned a few weeks
since as having attempted to commit suicide under
the impression that “the spirits were wailing fcr
him,” ;• recovering. He gibes as ex.
cnee for attempting to make way with himielf,that
his head was folding converse with President Pierce,
and the spirits advised him In cut it off, and finding
(he knife rather dull, slid inotdcflo to dispatch
business, he used the sheep's fife v'(an inatnuam,
used in all printing offices) and had the watiifactioa
of hearing several distinct rbpa Jnr the vicinity ofbii
head. ' It ia« seVcrelal fof one to read lliecffuaioai
of-Proaident Pierce's pert, and'to hold converse wilii
him direct, either through a spiritual medium os
some other, moat be trying Indeed.
~It would bo well fbf (he itock.lioldcra of tha
Mansfield Expren, to kacp a stricter watch mil
their Editors. From the atatement at the com
mencement of tile first page, it may be difficult for
some persons to understand upon what terms it ii
published. The passage in question reads as fol.
low*!-
Taaus;—One dollar, a ypar inctritbly in adnnes.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid.
Wo cpnfeaa ourselves, situated as we ate in iha
darkpese of the backwoods, to -often he m uddy upoa
some subjects; but we certiioly expected better
things of the Exprctl surrounded.aj it ia by tbs full
blase of civilization, railroads, seminaries, furmcti,
■Sec. The only reasppable jicc wc can gin iha
matter is, that the aforesaid paragraph waa wriltia
by the editor who is not connected with Iha lamps
runcc department.
„Wcoftcn hear the question asked, “{low does
the pay.down system work 7” To all such questions
Iho regular appearance of the paper roust answer,
“All right P* Wo still retain a large number of our
•Id subscribers together with a liberal addition of
new ones. And what ia still more rejoicing 10 (ha
printer, opposite to each name stands sundry marks
and figures which arc supposed to be ihe typep, of
a prepaid subscription, happiness of llic editor, sad
the clear conscience of the subscibor. We ollen
hear individuals remark that Iho cash system i»
(he true method of doing business if it could U
established. In anticipation of meeting with •u«K.
persons we have tell a wide margin in our subtenp*
*Uon book, where all persons who are desirous of
seeing the system established, can have an excslbM
opportunity of doing so by- paying (he tfttall sun ol
one dollar.
On (he GIU instant, by Uev. L. Slone, Mr. LEW.
IS L. GATLIN of Dcimar, and Miss EVELINE
BAILEY of Charleston.
DIED,'
At his home in Deltnar, on Monday (he 16 lliind.,
Air. JAMES S. BRYDEN', aged 37 years.
Tyoga Lodge, No. 230, /, O. of O. F., of Pen no.
Wiikjixas, it has pleased the Great Dispenser of
human events, to remove Mr. James S. Bmdw
from among us by death’,“ while yet in the rigor
of manhood And surrounded by all that makes life
desirable and happy, therefore,
Risolord % Thai in this sudden and unexpected
stroke, we recognize the hand of Him who dot lb
all things well.
2. That by the death of Brother B*T
den, our Order has lost a prominent and useful «««•
her, sobicty a high-minded and honorable man, »od
hr* family a kind and affectionate husband and father,
3. Rcsolrrd, Thbt we deeply aympalhi«: with fh«
bereaved wife and family of our deceased brother
in thia sudden and afflictive dispensation*
4* Rrtoltcd) That copies of these -Resolution! fao
communicated to the family of the debased, tad
published for two ireek* in the papers oflbi* county,
and that we wear the usual bodge of tnoumibg for
, l«.p«« of 3a <f.y o|lN ALEXANDER, JV. 0.
S. 11. LAN ms, Stc'y.
OTK E ISHEHEBI GlVeY^i
I intend to apply lor * nardon for John T«f f
who was sent to tlio raytern Penilcnlinrv from lid*
county, in February, l lBs4. ■ > F. W" TASS.
Weliahorc 1 , March 6) 1856. >
Notice isbereby given tb.t
- i Intend to apply for a pardon lor LandorSuiiu “
wliowas tent lo the pattern Penitcniisrp trom lb'*
county, jn 1654. MINOR SMITH.
. Wert.borb’, March'6th. 1856. ,
l rf»r t ■ -1 * ■* ?■ - *- -i» I
L| OUSE, EOT A CABINET SHOP
I*l FOR SALE. —The subscriber offersfur
ifio lot of land on wliicli lip resides, lb.
nether with the Uppnrteninbcii, consist
inf. of a house: and Cabinet JflSjHp
Maker’s Shop.. For further.. particubt«JjJU®
enquire 0f... fEBOKRICR BBBlVA«f.
door north of D-Slurrock’s Cabinet Shop,
WclUbpro’ Pa. Marth 6,'1856-gin., .
KoTicß
r■ rtyvmErtEAS. lilteripr Administration K
She i>Mn'sah(*d brt the **'*.
iWh. MeNill..laid of Celmo(- : twp.Adeased,
indebtdd to said fatale nrerrqucatcd to make nww
dials pajipcul; and those having qbim« against in»
; i:n CErthUNjTr,
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