r- HEAK GOV. WISE. We ask the attention of those of our Dem ocratic friends, who are opposed lo the pres ent adminisiralion, bul who still intend to throw their influence and their votes for Mr. Buchanan, on tbo ground that he is less com mitted lo slavery propagandise! than the mis erable hireling who now sits in the Presiden tial chair, to read the testimony of Governor Wise, of Virginia, in relation to the ortho doxy of Mr. Buchanan and the slavery ques tion. Gov. Wise asks the support of the Bouth, of all parties, on the ground that he goes quite os far South, and all his antece dents are quite as strongly in favor of slave ry as Mr. Calhoun himself. Speaking of Mr. Buchanan, he says : “ lie has been especially faithful on the subject of slavery. I undertake lo say that not only no man North, bul no man South, can show a better record than that of James Buchanan on that vexed and dangerous ques tion. He has been arraigned lor the impu dent offence when he was a mere boy—a very youth—of having presided at or atten ded a meeting in Pennsylvania which de nounced slavery, and resolved in favor of ihp Missouri Compromise. This charge had been actively circulated against him in 1852 and it so happened that then Mr. Buchanan had with his ovn hands, furnished him.— (Mr. Wise) with the irrefragable evidence to show not only that the imputation was false, but that it was next to impossible for it to be true, lie did not support the Missouri Com promise.” It seems as if this of itself might be enough to show the entire subserviency of Mr. Bu chanan to the slave power. But not so. It is not sufieient m these days of violence, to show that a man has favored slavery by fair words. It must he shown that he has sanc tioned the use of violent means to promote the extension, and defend the interest of slave ry, else he cannot receive the Southern vole. And even in this, we arc sorry to say, he Succeeds in making out his case. He says : “When the issue of incendiary publications arose, he voted to violate the very mails, rath er ihan permit the agitators of a Nat Turner insurrection 10 light the firesof incendiarism bv the Post Office ” He vr.'cd to give Post Masters authority to rob the mail. and to destrov all publications containing nnii-slaver) scn'intonls. If the “ chivalry’’ nro - nol satisfied with such a man they will search the country in vain for an acceptable candidate. If they still doubt his fidelity to their interests, let them give him a chance and ho will show them fresh exhibi tions of scrvilif, Gov. Wise, claims, and we presume no one will dispute him, that Mr. Buchanan was op posed from first to last, to the Wilmot Provi ao, —that he was true to (ho South on this issue “when others faltered, and others fell.” And ho prnceeus to say ; “When the issue of the annexation of Tex as arose, he contented not himself by going for a measure which would admit a Slate with or without slavery about her, but he went undividedly and unspent for a measure which admitted a Slate, a ne« Slate, not with or without but wim slavery already established ns her peculiar institution.” In 1840, when the issues wore coming to an issue of inter nal strife, or separation, he went for an ex tension of the line of the Missouri Compro mise to the Pacific, and every Southern man went with him. On that point Mr. Calhoun trtnl himself further North than Mr. Bu chanan went ” Now see how the Governor estimates the advantage which would have accrued to Vir ginia, had that measure been adopted ; “ The cost of not running that line into the Pacific mnv he valued thus to Virginia : We now gel a thousand dollars for a sound slave ; we would then have gotten from three to five thousand dollars for an operative in the gold mines of Calilornin ; four hundred thousand multiplied by five thousand, or even three thousand, will show an immense loss. One billion of dollars would not compensate Virginia for her loss in not running ihe line on to the Pacific. The North had fixed the line. They had the advantage of it until annexation. It was then our turn, and we did not lake u. That was not Mr. Buchan an's fault ' But to come down to the great question of " aqualler sovereignly.” How does Mr. Bu chanan stand upon this question? Let Mr. Wise bear witness : friends, of Pennsylvania, ip nomi nating him at Harrisburg, had, excluding the idea of squatter sovereignty, adopted 0 the principle of non-intervention by Congress to prevent or to exclude slavery ; and of Slates equality in the Territories, leaving the rights of all to be guarded by the Constitution j'nnd Immediately upon his re’urn home, he adop ted their nomination of him, placed on this platform ” Since the democrats hove nominated for President the author of the Ostend circular, in which it is proposed to steal Cuba if Spain will not sell it, it is suggested as appropriate that they change their name, and no longer call themselves democrats. but Ihichanecrs. l * Fremont and is i|m inscrip tion on the banner under which the Republi cans take the field. “ liuchanan and Bordcr-Itvjfianism" is inscribed on tlio flag of our pro-slavery op ponents. The nomination of Fretpont & Davion is received with acclamations of joy everywhere in the North. Nothing like tbo enthusiasm created by this nomination has been seen since 1840, The whole North is awake. The cry is “ Premost & Dayton—wc can, we will elect them." The N. Y. Herald of Monday comes out with a long string of figures to prove that Bu. chaijan is destined to be defeated. Off fob Kansas.—The Chicago Press says that a company of seventy young, active men, left that city on Thursday, f or s ’ a home in Kansas. Such are the settlers that every new country demands. THE AGITATOR. HI. IH. Cobb,,. Editor. * • All Business,and other Communications must be addressed to the Editor lo insure attention. WEUPOROUGH, pa. tTlmrsday WTtfr'nilig, July 10, >56. Rcpubllcpft Nomination*. .... EOR-TRESIDENT, COL. JOHN 0. FREMONT, OF CALIFORNIA. FOR VICE-PRESIEENT, WILLIAM L. DAYTON. OF NEW JERSEY. Slate Ticket. Canal Commissioner, THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York. Auditor General, ' DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong, Surreyor General, BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Bradford. Republic:!ll Club No. I.— Middlelmry, No slated place of meeting. President —D. G. Ste rens; Vice President —Calvin Hammond; Treasu urer—J. B. Potter; Screlaty —J. B. Niles. Republican Club No. 3.— Ronndtop. Meets Saturday evening of each week. President —Potman Morgan; Recording Secretary —D. D. Kelsey; Cor. Secretary —Charles Coolidge; Treas urer—George Rood. Republican Club No. 3.— Stony Fork. Pres'l —W. J. Hondlcy ; Vice —George Hildreth; Sec'y —E. 11. Hastings. Meet weekly nt staled phi ccs. Republican Club No. 4. Shippen. Pres'l —Chas. Herrington; Sec'y —Wm. W. Mo. Dougall. Meets every Friday evening. Republican Club No. s.— Charleston. Moots Wednesday evenings at Cnllin Hollow and D.irlt Settlement, alternately. President—James Kelly; Secretary— Lyman 11. Potter: Treasurer — Geo. Parker. No. 6. —Charleston. Meets fortnightly at the Culver School House,.Friday evenings. President —Lazcl Kimball; Stc'y —John Lewie; Treasurer —Abram Hart. Fromout Club, Wo. 7.— Tioga. Meets every Saturday eveningin Temperance Hull. Pres . idenl-e-C. U Seymour; Vice-Presidents— J.T. Av criil, E. T. Bentley, Col.‘ll. S. Johnston, Ira Wells, J. M. Keeney, Seth DjggelL, Rce , Sec'ys~~Jno. W. Guernsey, Henry R. Fish. Cor. Sec'y —F. E. Smith. Treae. —B. C, WicMiuin. Ex, Committee—o. B. Well*, Vine Dcpuy, Abel Humphrey, 11. H. Burden, Win. Garrclson, James Dewey, Royal Wheeler. Thanks. —A generously heaped dish of straw berries, magnificent in sizC and unapproachable in lusciousncss, were placed upon our table (editorial) on the memorable 4lh. The giver has our warm est thanks for the favor. Unlike nearly every cup which mortals pul to their lips, there was not a biller drop therein. The berries were from the garden of J. F. Donaldson,* Esq. At last the lower House of Congress has redeem, cd its reputation, damaged by a defeat of the Kan sas Free Stale bill on Tuesday week. On motion of Mr. Barclay the vote was reconsidered on Thursday and passed by a majority of three. Wo have received from several valued contribu tors, articles on various topics, which, although highly meritorious do not relate to the wants of to day. We will gladly give them place when this bailie shall have been fought. What do our friends say? Wc abridge some public proceedings to be found in another place because wc arc overrun. We will accommodate to the best of our ability, bat let our friends remember the injunction— l “ Let your commnmcatioQs be, yea, yea, and nay, nay ;** to which wc would add: Let jour resolves be—Fro mont & Dayton ! wo con, we will elect them! Then, and Now. In another column will bo lound an extract from the Journal of the Legislature of thin Stale in 1819 relative tn the great question now agitating the pub,' lie mind. Wo intended to have published it last week, but a quantity of deferred matter prevented. These proceedings grow out of the application of the Territory of Missouri for admission into the Union as a Stale, with a Constitution recognizing Slavery. It should bo remembered that Missouri ivas tho first State in whoso organic law provision was made for tho sustenance of Slavery. It was not deemed sufficient, that she should be admitted as a sovereign State, but it was determined that she must be admitted as a Slave Slate, and thus (orce upon Congress an endorsement of,tho legitim, ocy of the institution. It must be evident to every candid individual that in admitting Missouri with a Slave Constitution, it did directly legislate for slav ery, in tlio face of precedent and in contempt of Right. We offer no apology for the Congress which so overlooked tho good of mankind as to endorse a system of bondage which crushes out the manhood of a race, and makes honest labor a badge of dc gradation. Let posterity remember it but to exe crate it, and to prolcsl against the wicked principle sought to bo established, as unanimoustyjas did the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1819. The preamble and resolutions referred to were written by lion. Wm. J- Duane, Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of (Jcncral Jackson. Among those who voted lor the rcsola lions will bo seen the names of Bbewstes and Rt on, tho former, as wo are informed. Judge Brewster of Dehnar, and the taller Judge liyon, of Lawrence —both now residents of this county. We make particular mention of this because both these gen tlcmcn arc now ardent admirers of the Cincinnati plallorm, alias Buchanan, which expressly condemns their votes in 1819. It is not any part of our duty lo reconcile their present declarations with lliosc made by thorn 37 years ago. Slavery is just as ab. horrent now, and its extension as much to be depre cated now, as then. Men and opinions change, but principles arc immutable. The mutations lo which men and parties arc subject do not disturb priuci pics. Wl.cn ihc proposition lo recognize Slavery in the organic law of Missouri camo before Congress, it startled the whole North. Even Pennsylvania, by nn unanimous vole in its Legislature declared it to be a measure. “which, if adopted, would impede the march of Freedom throne!) the world; and would transfer from a misguided ancestry, on odious stain, and fix it upon the present race—a measure, in brief, which proposes to spread ihc crimes and cruelties of Sian, ery, from llife hanks of life Mississippi to the shores' of the Pacific." And they go on to say, (hat "When a measure of this character is seriously advocated in Iho Republican Congress of America, in the ninclcerflli century, the several Slates are in yoked by the duly which they owe to the Deity, by (he veneration which they entertain for the memory of the founders of this Republic and by a lender re. gard for posterity, to protest, against its adoption, lo refuse to cooenanl with crime and lo limit an ovil that already hangs in awful boding over so large a portion of the Union.” \ ■ The Providence Post sneeringly colls Col. Fremot a bear hunter. The-Boston Altos responds that the.y will find before next November he is a “ Buck” hunter al^o. What was ao terrible 37 years ago, by repeated vnd alarming strides, has become tenfold more ter-" riblo to-day. Then, it was apparently but the prdmi ise of hopeless servitude-to the black race: now, it (hreaUna to subjugate all wow, without distinction THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. of feojorop condition. . Wo hpve men here in Tioga county, who tire, in «U hot name, tlavet. They applaud Border ruffian outrages'and praiae bally Brooks; and to crown all, they are the leading Bu chanan men in the county. We do not say that these men are hypocrites; we do| not believe them lo be hypocrites i for hypocrisy never affccts a robe of darkness* bpt of light,"rkther. -We 4o not charge ; them with being dislionest; dishonesty’ never pub licly boasts of its crimes. Wo will not say that no mao thus believing can tbink himself a Christian; but we. do say that the beat and worthiest Christians the world ever saw were not as these men. And ve do know that howhoreads his Bible through tie spectacles of Common Sense, will get very griy be fore he .lights upon any justification of Oppress!™ there. Ho may find that doctrine in the Cincinnati platform, and he may think that platform a revisid edition of the Scriptures. Such illusions do not ar gue the dishonesty of the man. We read, that Si tan shall transform himself into an angel of light, and may deceive some, even “the very elect.” We are hot theologian enough to affirm whether them are the angelic days of Satan, or not. Let it suffice that democratic principles as enunciated in the Bu chanan platform, and as promulgated by the fiuclun an leaders hereabout, do not honor One who came “to break the bonds of the oppressed," and whose advent was declared to b« “ glad, tidings of great joy which shall be to ALL people." , By what process the democracy have rctrogreiscd from the noble stand taken in ’l9, it is difficot to say. That its retrogression has not been gradual is, ol once evident to the familiar with Fcnnsylvcnia politics. Tracing the course of the parly down to the Pittsburg Democratic Convention of 1849, no discover no departure from the principles above re published ; for, by reference to the proceedings of that Convention we find the following Resolution: Resolved, That the Democratic parly adhere row as it ever has done, to the Constitution of the coin, try. Its letter and spirit they will neither wealen nor destroy, and they re-declore that slavery is & lo cal, domestic institution of the South, subject to State alone, and with which llio General Govern nicnl has nothing to’ do. Wherever the Slate law extends its jurisdiction the local institution can con tinue to exist. Esteeming it- a violation of State rights to carry it beyond Stale limits, via deny the power of any citizen lo extend the area ol bondage beyond its present dominion; nor do wc consider it a part of the compromise of the Constitution, flint slavery should forever travel with the advancing column of our territorial progress. Now read the following Resolution adopted intlio Pennsylvania Democratic Convention of I8SG: , Resolved, That in the repeal of the act knows as the Missouri Compromise act, and the passage of the act organizing the territories of Kansas and Ne braska, free from unconstitutional restrictions,the last Congress performed a work of PATRIOTIC SACRIFICE in piccling the demands of sectional excitement by unshaken adherence to the funda mental law. Look ol this summerset calmly and dispassiomte ly. Mark how what was deemed a patriotic duty in ’49 came to be considered an unconstitutional proceeding in ’56. How the treason of Anoid DoagUs in ’54, cams lo be designated os & work of “ patriotic sacrifice” in ’SC. Look at this ciloily, and then prattle about the immutability of demo cratic principles! One Convention spitting upon the platform adopted by its predecessor! We gel sick in contemplating such changes far the wjrse. And here we leave the subject fur the present. A word about the Celebration, There was tot a remarkable turnout, nnd with reason. There Vere pic.nics on every side but one, and on that, tlcre was a Grand Celebration, at Middlcbury. AUogllh er, it was rather dull in (Ins place. Mr. Williion made a good 30 minutes’ -oration, all of which we did not hoar, but which we hear well spoken of by everybody. The Charleston Bond plajod admirably, the anvils boomed satisfactorily, crackers popped in cessantly and—thencame dinner. At llittc o’cltck afternoon, Mr. R. Willard delivered an nnli-slavery speech from tho Speaker’s stand, to a fall audience, which is highly spoken of. We were unavoidably detained from being present. Mr. \V n is certainly a young man of promise, and may, if he cbooms, become a useful man. * Tlie Bulluon ascension was a very fine affair. The display of fire-worts was a failure, and the throwing of fireballs an outrage. This latter dis play was conducted shamefully, and at the risk »f firing buildings. Wo promised to speak of the morale of the nlfj'r this week; and in order that we may bo fully urv dcrslood, now and for the future, wo say, that wt are personally responsible for any and every arts cle touching moral, political and other matters it this department of the paper. Here we labor, not to be moulded by an unhealthy public sentiment) but to face every public wrong boldly and fearlessly, asking never—“will this, or that man be offended V but rather to seek out wrong, and finding, to de nounce it. This has been our endeavor for the two years past; it will bo our endeavor so long ns wo control these columns. Our friends who feel to kick at any strictures wo may see fit to make here, can do so. Wo are always accessible at proper hours, and always ready to give any one who may feel ag. grieved a candid hearing. This is fair. To begin. Not more than four drunken men were visible at ono lime in the street; but that was four too many. We saw one poor fellow beset by a crowd of thoughtless men and boys, who seemed to take solid comfort in rolling the poor fellow down hotel steps and off the side-walk. This may have been funny, but wo could not see anything manly about it. Now a drunken man is suggestive of liquor, liquor of traffickers, and traffickers of law. Where was the liquor procured 1 In Wollsbotough. Yes, with a host of temperance pien, with a strict prohibitory law ip existence, not in force, men sell the stuff iti open day. There is very Utile concealment prac. Used in the sale or imbibition. It is not for compar ative strangers lo lake up this matter; but if any one ambitions of the public good wishes to investi gate the matter, the prooer persons to subpoena can be designated. Friends of wholesome law and of morality; can wo shut our eyes and ignore the open disregard of law in out midst! Let us not become laughing, stocks of our enemies. Have we a law, let us try lo enforce it. A prohibitory law would not benefit us a whit if we cannot enforce What we have. Dauino OoTHiGE.—Wo learn from reliable sour ces the particulars of a daring burglary perpetrated in Middlabury, about 1} miles above Keeneyvillo, on tbo night of the 3d instant. Tho house entered was that qf lra Bartholo mew. The family hod retired for the night, when tho door was violently burst in and four men enter cd. Two or three of tho number threw themselves upon the bed, striking Mr. B. a stunning blow upon the head, and threatening both him and Mrs. B. with instant death if resistance should be offered. They then demanded all tho money in the house, and were informed that they were, a day too laic, us he had paid out all funds on hand, (some $1,500,) lire day preceding, with the exception of a few shillings in his pocket During this piHcy One of tho villains broke open all the tnftiks and boxes in the house, passing by.a:buteiiu in which, there yai L aboltl $50., Finding rlbthing' valuable, the rnfflana Jell, forbidding them,.tg follow, or to meaj anything ]oh pain of death. Mrs. B’s. earrings Were lorn from her ears in tho struggle. ST It is said that over one thousand Old Line Whigs of Lancaster called on,,Mr. Buchanan la one day afad pledged him (heir support.— Ex. Tl is said that tho moon is made of “green cheese.’ - It is said that Judas sold his Master for 30 pieces ot silver. - It is said that wben the sky falls we shall catch larks- ■This said -that- Mb. Buchanan has -been, rejected four times- because be could Dot carry his own Slate! The philosophy of betting is not thoroughly un derstood, When men undertake to show their con. fidebca in tlm'success of thiir candidate .by. offering to stake money, it only shows that they are afraid of defeat, and like a boy who whistles to keep his courage up in a dark night, offer to bet in order to conceal their trepidation. And another thing; a man whose knowledge of human nature is more than shin deep, will observe that when men are un ublo to calculate Ibeir ebanees of success calmly, and without resorting to bluster and bluffing, they are trembling and fearful. We do not here include (hose who sometimes bluster for the sake of a laugh, but those who hold ‘bluff money’ furnished by the puppy dogs of candidates for office. As for us, we shall rest content to do our best to make Mr. Buch anan’s friends lose thoir bets. While his friends are staking their money, we will slake our energies, and if need be, our life, for Freedom of Speech, of the Press, of the Soil and of Men. As to the sin fulness of belling—wo class It with gambling at dice, cards, roulette, io slocks, lands and in various other quasi business operations. Thus endetb our chapter on belling. The subscriptions of some of onr patrons expire during this month. We do not wish to part compa ny with any of them; but under tho cash system there will doubtless bo some withdrawals. Now if the friends of Freedom will take a little pains, they can doable oar list, and by concerted action it can bo done in one week. Wo do not ask it for our selves; indeed, a circulation double our present can not materially benefit us os wc are situated; but wo ask it far the cause of Freedom, for the sake of hu manity. Increase the circulation of every Republi can paper and thus open the way for the diffusion of intelligence. The Agitator has spent hundreds ,of dollars for which no return lias yet been made, all for the wider diffusion of information among the people. \Ve say nothing of personal sacrifice, of brain labor while the outside world sleeps, of man ual labor performed with aching bones and feverish pulses; and wc would not have said this much bat la show that we ask not a reward, but the meed of labor. Will it do any good 7 Money enclosed in the presence of the Postmast er may be sent without risk lo the sender. ©ommmUtnUona, Celebration at Knoxville. The morning of the Fourth here, as in this section of the County generally, was quite unpromising for 1 grove speeches and pic-nics. But who ever knew a Fourth of July that did not clear up long enough for a good celebration. So it proved this time. — The sky smiled upon us beautifully after 11 o’clock, and the children and citizens began to rally at the church, though they had been invisible before; yet when the band, which had been engaged from Addison, began to play, the streets of this quiet village were alive with happy children, proud parents, and patriotic citizens. The procession was formed at the church and marched to cheer ful music to a grove in the vicinity, where seats, staging, &c., had been duly prepared. Here, with the band and singing children, lead by S. B. Dickenson,, and devotional ex ercises conducted by Rev. M. Nichols, and an address by Rev. J. F. Calkins of Wclls boro’, an houfr or more was very agreeably and profitably spent. VVe were then march ed to two long and richly loaded tables, which the ladies of Kpoxvillo had spread in an or chard, and though wo have stood by many such tables, we have rarely seen better or der observed by children, large or small, than we here witnessed. There was food enough for all, and lemonade ns good ns any village in the country can produce. Td the truth of this 800 children and about as ma ny adults can bear witness. Several Sab bath schools with their teachers from West, field, Brookfield and Chatham united with the Knoxville school in this celebration. Af ter dinner, the audience marched back to the grove and listened to a Patriotic Oration by C. O. Bowman, Esq.. After briefly review ing the events of our early history the spea- I ker came down with merited severity on the impudent encroachments of the slave power of the present day, and gave Adminis tration and the Cincinnati platform, as Mrs. Partington would say, "a piece of his mind.’’ Your readers will understand that the propri ety of the occasion was not disturbed by such an oration, when they are told tlfet it is difficult to find a Buchanan man in Knoxville or on'lhe hills and valleys around it. VVe have not heard of a more profitable 4th in the county. With the exception of some swaggering boys of large growth, broken loose from some unknown regions and fired up with whiskey, when they oaghl to live on milk for some years yet, we saw no evidence of rowdyism nnd'riol. refinement and public spirit will yet make Knoxville as notorious for good order and morals| as it has ever been for irreligion and intemperance. Com. The 4th in Uliddlcbury. Mr'. Conn: The “4th of Juiy” came to Middlebury and made a very pleasant vis it. The day, the grove, the speaking, and mtisic all conspired to render the day inter esling to all present. A more quiet, orderly assemblage I never saw together, from 000 to 1000 persons being present, jl Neither drunkenness noa rowdyism showed (heir de formed heads. The Sabbath schools were addressed, in the forenoon by Revs. T. B. Barker and H. B. Turk. At 1; P. M. dinner was announc ed. The table was bountifully supplied by the Sabbath schools; a la pic-nic. At two, P. M.-Mr. J.- B. Cassoday delivered a splen did oration,'a line production, far exceeding the expectations of his friends. L. P. Wil lislon, Esq., appeared “on time,” ntld gave us an ■ excellent speech. Free Kansas and Fremont was the text, and ho preached us a sound, “Black Republican” sermon an hour in length. Were Washington and Jefferson on earth,they Would affirm this doctrine; yet to -preach U in the shadow of Ml. Ver nony-Monticello or Ashland, to-day, or any where south of Mason & Dixon, it to be in troduced to Judge Hemp. ' At the conclusion of tho speech, aloe hearty cheers went up for Fremont & Dny ton and victory, in \Vhicl\every voice seemed lo join;.-. The Tioga Choir, by request, - jvere pres ent, and added much. to-.the interest of the occasion. Yours, . P. PROTEST OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1819 AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY. Extracts from the Journal of the House of Repre sentatives of Pennsylvania. Saturday, December 11,1819. “ A motion was made by Mr. Duane and Mr. Thackara, and read as follows, viz.: The Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, while they cherish the right of the individual Stales lo express their opinion upon nil public mans ures proposed in the Congress of the Union, are aware that its usefulness must io a great degree depend upon the discretion with which it is exercised ; they believe that the right ought pot to bo resorted lo upon trivial sub jects or unimportant occasions ; but they are also persuaded that there are moments when the neglect to exercise it would be a derelic tion of public duty.” “ Such an occasion as in their judgment demands the frank expression of the senti ments of Pennsylvania is now presented.— A measure was ardently supported in the last Congress of the United Stales, and will prob ably be as earnestly urged during the exist ing session of that body, which has a palpa ble tendency to impair the political relations of the several Slates ; which is calculated lo mar the' social happiness of the present nnd future generations; which if adopted would impede the march of humanity and Freedom through the world ; and would transfer from a misguided ancestry an odious stain and fix it indelibly-upon the present race —a meas ure, in brief, lybich proposes lo spread the crimes and cruelties of Slavery from the banks of the Mississippi to the shores of the P<tfific. When a measure of Ibis character is seriously advocated in the republican Con gress of America, in the nineteenth century, the several Slates are invoked by ihe duty which they owe lo the Deity, by the vener ation which they entertain for the memory of the founders of the> Republic, nnd by a tender regard for posterity, lo protest against its adoption, lo refuse to covenant with crimb and to limit the range of an evil that already hangs in awful boding over so large a portion of the Union.” “ Nor can such a protest be entered by any Stale with greater propriety than by Pennsylvania; this commonwealth has as sacredly respected the rights of other Slates as it has been careful of its own ; it has been Ihe invariable aim of the people of Pennsyl vania to extend to the universe by their ex ample the unadulterated blessings of civil and religious freedom; and it is their pride that they have been at all times the practical advocates of those improvements and chan ties among men which are so well calculated lo enable them lo answer the purposes of their Creator ; and above all, they may boast that they were foremost in removing the pol lution of Slavery from among them.” “ If, indeed, the measure, against which Pennaylvaniu considers it her duty lo raise her voice, were calculated to abridge any of the rights guaranteed to the several Stales ; if, odious as Slavery is, it was proposed lo hasten its extinction by means injurious to the Stales upon which it was unhappily en tailed, Pennsylvania would he among the first to insist upon a sacred observance of the constitutional compact. But it cannot be pretended that the rights of any of the Stales are at all lo be affected by refusing to ex tend the mischiefs of human bondage over the boundless regions of the West, a territo ry which formed no part of Ihe Union at the adoption of the Constitution ; which has been but lately purchased from a European Power by the people of the Union at large ; which may or may not be admitted as a Stale into the Union at the discretion of Congress; which must establish a republican form of Government, and no other ; and whose cli mate affords none of the pretexts urged for restoring to the labor of natives of the torrid zone ; such a territory has no right, inherent or acquired, such as those Slates possessed which established the existing Constitution.— When that Consttution was framed in Sep tember, 1787, the concession that three-fifths of the slaves in the Stales then existing should be represented in Congress, could not have bpen intended to embrace regions at that lime hfeld by a foreign power. On the contrary, so anxious were the Congress of that day 10 confine human bondage within its ancient home, that on the 13lh of July, 1787, that body unanimously declared that Slavery or involuntary servitude should not exist in the extensive territories bounded by the Ohio, the Mississippi, Canada and the Lakes; and in the ninth anicle of the Constitution itself, the power of Congress to prohibit the emigra tion of servile persons after 1808, is express ly recognized ; nor is there lobe found in the statute-book a single instance of the admis sion of a Territory to the rank of a Stale in which Congress have not adhered to the right, vested in them by the Constitution, lo stipu late with ihe Territory upon the conditions of the boon.” “ The Senate and House of Representa tives of Pennsylvania, therefore, cannot but deprecate any departure from the humane and enlightened policy pursued not only by tho illustrious Congress which framed the Constitution, but by their successois without exception. They are persuaded that, to open the fertile regions of the West to a servile race, would tend to increase their numbers beyond all past example, would open a new and steady market for the lawless venders of human flesh, and would render all schemes for obliterating this most foul bfot upon the American character useless and unavailing.” “ Under these convictions, and in the full persuasion that upon this topic there is but one opinion in Pennsylvania— “ Resolved by ihe Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, That the Senators of this Stale in the Congress of the United Slates be, and they, are hereby instructed, and that the Representatives of this State in the Con gress of the United Stales, he, and they are hereby requested) lo vote against the admis sion of any Territory as a State into -the Union, Territory shall stipulate and agree that ‘the further imfoduafeTT, Slayery (ft involuntary servitude, except r„, the punishment of crimes whereof the pan, shall have been duly convicted, shall (J ' 7 hibiled ; and that all children born ..id Territory, ofler ito .dmi..l™ £ t Union as a Slate, shall be free, but raa ‘J® held to service until the age of tweoty.fi« years.” 3 ° “ Ruohed, That the Governor be, and he is hereby requested to ca UBea copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution lo be Iran milled to such of the Senators and Represen' tatives of this Slate in ihe Congress of thJ United States/’ “ “ Laid on the lable.” “ Thursday, Dececmber IS, IBj9 “ Agreeably to ihe order of ihe day the House resumed the consideration of the reso lulion postponed oh the 14th inst., relative to" preventing the introduction of Slavery mio Slates hereof er to be admitted into the Union And on the <|ueslion, ‘Will the House agree to the resolution?” the Yeas aud Nays were requred by Mr. Randall and Mr. Souder and are as follow, namely: TEAS. Alexander. Aohbridge. Black fan. Anderson, Bailey. Bower. Brcckenridge. Jones. Ritscher. Brewster. Kcllon. A. Robeson, Calwell. Kerlin. 8. Robinson. Cochran. Keys. Rohrer. Connelly. Kohler. Roscnberry. Coulter. Kyle. Rutherford. Craig;. Lehman. Roller. Criaman. Lighlner. Ryan. Cummin. Logan. Ballade. Devor. McClure. Scott. Dcwart. McFce. Wilson Smith, Dimmick. Mann. William Smith. Doll. Mangel. Souder. Dorrance. Midcfleswarlh. Stewart. Duane. P. Miller. Stockman. Esteps W, Miller. Sturgeon. Fcnstermecher. Mirebell. Swarlzweider. Foulke. Morrison. Thackara. Garnant. Ncwhard. Vhompson. Gilmore. Noble. ""odd. Hanrick. Ogle. '"revor. Haas. Orr. T lhler. Hays. Po'ter. 'VaiLce. Heck. Povall. *iV caver. Hill, Rohrer. 'Veil?. Hindman. Randall. ’Wilkins. Holmes, Ramsay. Wvncoon. Hunt. Ray. Lawrence, Jarrett. * Reed, Speaker}—*J4, Jenkr, Ryder. 74 Democrats. 20 Federalists. Nays, none. Josiah Randall, esq., of Philadelphia Oily, and Wm. Jacob Souder of Philadelphia County. " So the question was deieemitied in the affirm*, live. The second resolution and preamble were con sidcrcd and adopted ; and •* Ordered, that the Clerk present the said resold* lions to the Senate for concurrence. 1 ' Thn prcamblo and resolutions passed the Senate unanimously after amendments wlncti are not set mil in Ihcir journal. They were brought back to the ilouae on the 2lst of December, ISI9, the amend, menls concurred in and the Clerk ordered to inform the Senate thereof. The Governor, William Findlay, a Democrat, signed them. rum tin* V. Tribune. From Kansas. Leavenworth, June 25. 195(5, At Kansas City, a company oi irmed Southerners came on hoard the Star of the West, headed by David R. Atchison and B. F. Stringfellow, as an escort for the Chicago prisoners. Atchison and Stringfellow, as a Committee, informed the prisoners hat it would be useless for them to attempt lo lant: they could command three or four hundred men at any point, and as sure as any of 'hem should attempt lo land they would he slaugh tered. Still the emigrants, lam assured, would have attempted it had they met with any encouragement from on shore. Hr. Grover, who was agent for the company, told Mchison on their arrival here dial he was a citizen of the Territory, and that he had revolver which he snould cer tainly use if he was hindered 'rorn coming olT—and he came oIT. 1 'hmk n sto he re greued lhat others did not follow ms example. The goods of the prisoners, n a 'arae amount, were landed here,-gad are in cusiodv of the Carolinians. Il is clear ihal lhe condition of ;lie Free- Slate men of Kansas is that of a conquered and subjugated people —conquered bv 'he Slave Power of the country. David R. Atchi son stands on our border commanding us to subjection to the most infamous code of laws in existence ; and under pretense of com pelling us to obey the enactments of that bloody code, he pillages our property, burns our houses, and drives us from our homes. And yesterday, with bloody dagger in hand, he stood on our wharf threatening death to our friends, who, in answer to our appeals for deiiverence from our oppressors, had come to our succor —had come to plant their home* beside our own, and to share with us the effort to rescue Kansas from .ts thralldotn. Atchison stood there, and he stood there, exe cuting the will of the Senate of the United Slates, and the will of its Chief Magistrate I A commit'ee of our citizens applied last evening to Col. Sumner, requesting him to disband the company ofCarolinians qnarjered here. He refused. lie relied upon a state ment made to him heretofore by the Mayor that Inere was no armed organization in Leavenworth, and no organization for the purpose of keeping out, or drividg out, Free- State men. It is most notorious that there is a company of Buford’s men quartered to gether with no occupation but that of war. -ffl-A-B-B’l-E'J)' Tuttle—McCollum—la Blossburg, 3d Inst., by 1. James, Esq, Mr. Marcus A. Tqtlle ot Cummings, Lycoming county, and Miss Mary Atm McCollum, of Liberty. Childs—Comstock— ln Nauvoo, 18th ultimo, by C. L. Farnsworth Esq., Mr. Joseph Childs of Morris, and Miss Mary Jane Comstock, of Liberty. BIEDr 1 Farnstoorlh.— ln Nauvoo, 2filh ultimo, Jane, wife of C. L. Farnsworth, Esq., in the 44th year of her agd. JUST RECEIVED, a splendid lot of WATCHES and JEWELRY, latest'styles. Also in die Book department the latest Reports and Digests of Pennsylvania, at (July 10). G. W. TAYLORS, nHEAP FAROT.-A RARE CHANCE TO BUY.—The Farm known as the “Old Knapp Farm," in Charleston township, PjAa in this county, is now offered for sale onfiggKW reasonable terms. This Farm is situa- WjNF ted in tho " Darlt Settlement}; Valley, is well watered, and lays,upon the main yoad from WellsborO’ to Mansfield. It is three miles from Wellsboro’, about eight miles l>dm Mansfield son the Tioga Railroad, and about four mjlea from ™ Wellsboro 1 do. Tioga Plaufcroad at Fvtlor* Hotel in Middlehury. A paw church ia teing erecled WlUjlP about lof a mils of "r Bl »d » Sqljwl IJotjs? l> WIW
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