.li lici'Miii's Opinion of flic Federal
•f iKlicitiry,
Titer* «n* ‘tomciliinjj prophetic in Jeffer
-op''* ri'-nijent warnings ogninsl the encroach
in-! icn n-nev of ihe Suprcnfc Couri. The
ijhiimc- «inch he lorcsaw from the disposition
ul ihn: minimi 10 enlarge ns'junsdiction, was
ii *nt)pri of rnnsuini concern wnh him during
>h n l.iic years of his life, and nolhing that
in- in- Hniu’n belier-illusiraies the wisdom
an i i|v lorccns; of this eminent statesman,
man i lie allusions to this source of danger to
on* ffilera government with which his cor
resmoni’ime niinunui. The recent startling
ijoeicoiruf I tie Supreme Court gives a new,
i. noi an unetpeoted importance to his warn
ings, nn: iiirni.-iies us with an excuse fop rc
ctiliui'.i mem llicm to the remembrance of our
ream .
I', wii, or seen by reference loins published
forre.-’i'ninieni'c. ilmi Mr, Jefferson held;
Is . '1 nai me federal judiciary is no more
corntifien; 10 coislruc and interpret the cons
iiiution lor me oiber deparlmenls of govern
meiit —inn legislative and executive—than
tliev are 10 consiruc it for ihe judiciary.
T, 'i n n each Ui'panment is truly inde
ncndonl of tnc omers, and has an equal right
io ucciuu lor ilsell whol is Ihe meaning of the
consntuiion in cases submitted to its action ;
ami especially where U is to act ultimately
onu wr.t).-iu - . tipnca..
• -'i. 't n.i" inc germ of Ihe dissolution of our
icdorai government is in llie cnnsliiulion of
ibe federa. judiciary—an irresponsible body,
working like gravity by night and by day,
gaming a liilio to-uny and a luilo 10-morrow,
advancing ns noiseless step like a thief over
ihe field of jdnsdiclion, until it shall usurp
Horn me t>m'es. and tlie government till all
be consofidaied into one.
•in,. Tnat me tendency lo consolidate the
sovornmeni bv streng'hcntng the hands of the
icncrui piuictary, constituted in his day the
distinction between Republicans and pseudo
republicans—real federalists.
oi. That the judges should bo appointed
mr terms noi exceeding six years, and renew
able bv tlie; President and Senate, the insuffi
ctenav o( me means provided for the removal
of ibe nidges gave them a freehold and irre
sponsibility m office ; their decisions,seeming
to concern individual suitors only, pass silent
and untiocoed bv Hie public at large S these
decisions, nevertheless, become law by precc
dent, sapping little and little .the foundations
01 me constitution, working its change by
construction, belore any one has perceived
that that invisible and helpless worm has been
busitv employed in consuming Us substance.
In truth, man is not made to be trusted for
life, ll secure against all liability to account.
61(,. Tnc iiiaictnrv of iho United Slates is
me subiic corns of sappers and minors con
stantly working under ground to undermine
the foundation of our confederate fabric.—
1 nev arc construing our constitution from a
coordination of a general and special govern
ment to n general nnd supreme one alone.—
This will lav all things at (heir feet, and they
arc lon well versed in English law to forget
the maxim, ‘boni Judicis est ampliare juris
dictionem' The power of declaring whnl
law k, ad libitum, by sapping and mining
slyly and without alarm, the foundations of
the cons’itution, could do what open force
would not dare to attempt.
7th. Thai a judiciary, independent of a
king or executive alone, is a good thing, but
independen’ of the will of the nation, is a
solecism, "a: least in a republican govern
mcr.'
How fur the Supreme Court of the United
Slates has justified the anxiety which Jeffer
son fell ami expressed in regard lo its influ
ence upon ihe federal government, we leaVe
to the judgment of the public.
A Runaway Caught,—On the last out
ward trio of iho steamship Atlantic,"a clerk
lo a commercial firm in New York, having
robbed his employers of two thousand dol
lars in cash, took passage in Ihe hope, doubt
less. of making good his escape. .The firm,
were nnl disposed to lei him off ivilhout at
leas! aiiemnting his capture, and the recovery
of their funds, and uiih that end in view, one
of then number started in purkuil in Ihe fleet
slenmship Persia. which left that city more
than ihrro dins nfier the Atlantic. As luck
would have il, the latter vessel, having sus
tained some damnge lo her wheels by the ice
as she was leaving Ihe harbor, occupied an
unusually long lime in reaching Liverpool,
while (he Persia succeeded in making one of
her nine day trips, nrriv'ng in Ihe Mersey an
hour or so ahead of Ihe Allanlic, Tho pur
suer having ohl.iined Ihe services of an offi.
cer, proceeded ui’h all dispatch on
Atlantic, nnd there of course confronted ihe
ns'onished delinquent. Nearly the whole of
tire missing mnner was recovered, nnd by
order of Mr. Unwihome, ihe United States
Uon»ul a! Liverpool, the unfortunate cleHt
was sent back lu New York in custody on
the Ailnmir
A harmful, Sekyant. —The Washing-
Inn correspondent of the Boston Traveller
thus desert lies one of ihe attaches of the Na
tional lateUigencerofdce-.
lie is very large, very sagacious, very old,
nnd verv self-important Newfoundland dog.
Like evervthmg and everybody about the
office, ho bears an appearance of extreme
solidity, and groat good nature—but also of
ability and doiermination to maintain his
principles, privileges and rights. Since I
hive known him, il has been his cusiom to
go to the Post Office every morning with the
hag. This morning, ns I returned, I
met him { ho occupied tho narrow footpath,
attd picked his way very daintily. The snow
otl Sillier side was about four feht deep. One
of us must turn out, nnd d rather expected to
take precedence of his dogship. But not an
inch would he yield, and when I attempted to
push him off into the snow he very, good na
luredly turned ihe tables by placing his im
mense paws an my.shoulders, and precipita
ting me headlong iota (he snow bank, and
then quietly passing over my body. I re
.covereddo time to see several others, who had
laughed at my fall,.lake warning by my fate,
•nd accord’ ihe way ip the old ,/ellow, who
passed on ay quieily as ever.
' Tra.—lt is stated that -40,244.000 long pf
tes'kifere shipped to the United Siatea from
.OWfcs'lifting ihe year 1856. The fair ladies
are astonishing us by their
extravagance, as indicated by the ciiormous
tea and silk importations 1 ;
THE AGITATOR.
HI. H. Cobb,
WELLSBOROUGH, PA.
Thursday Ifforulnp, Mar. 36. 1857.
All Business,and olhcrComraunicationsmusl
be addressed to the Editor to insure attention.
Mr. David Bbion lias leased the Tavern aland
formerly occupied by Mr. W. F. Robinson, and is
enlarging and otherwise improving it (or public ac
commodation. Mr. Brion is recently (rom Liberty.
Messrs. Dicffd\ciier Farnsworth have leased
the Hotel formerly occupied by Mr. P. P. Clravrr,
and will throw it open on the Ist of April. These
gentlemen will have a Livery Subic In connection
with their business.
We have still a small quantity of China Sugar
Cane Seed, for gratuitous distribution among those
who will thoroughly try the experiment of its culli
valion. VVc have distributed nearly two quarts of
this Seed among our farmers, and would be glad to
.distribute the remainder before the (Wanting season
opens.
This species of Sugar Cane may be cultivated
wherever corn wilt mature. Il is said to produce
excellent molasses, and Is very valuable for fodder—
capable of yielding six and seven tuns to the acre
of the very finest quality.
Mr. Editor : My neighbor has n six month** old
puppy that runs out and barks at my hreN every
time I "pass the house. This morning I slopped and
worried him half an hour, but without any percept
iblc effect, unless it waa to increase his confounded
yelping. Now what would you do with this nui
sance? Be good enough to adv‘i«c me.
Four?, William Wiggle.
L 1
Reply. Mr. Wiggle: The cause of your di=.
tress seems 100 insignificant tor comment, or such
comfort os wo may bo able lo give you. The more
you notice the puppy in question, the more he will
bark. Rest assured that he cannot bite you. Pup.
py teeth always accompany, puppyhood. Resides,
yon have something of greater importance to do,
than the worrying of puppy-dogs. Or, if you have
not, call at this office nnd we will introduce you lo
a saw-buck and a pile of wood.
Is It Practicable?
Now that the Federal Judiciary lias allcinjilcd lo
constitute Slavery as the rule and Freedom as.the
exception, it may not be far wrong to accept this
somewhat monstrous-seeming proposition, establish
ed by the democratic parly through the highest
power in the government; remembering lhal not to
acquiesce is eonslructioe treason,and to resist Its ap.
plication is rebellion, treason, or any other horrible
name used lo frighten grown up people. Wc pro
pose to submit for a week, at least, and (n follow up
the possible result of future political action under
this now democratic doctrine, with truly democratic
inhumanity. And let no reckless patriot dare lo at
tack the lovely democratic doctrine which it may be
necessary to foreshadow in this article.
The existence of a dynasty depends open com
plete obedience lo its decrees on the part of Iho gov
erned. The fall of those truly democratic monarclrs
—Charles, James and Napoleon, was the fruit of
popular disobedience. King George was robbed of
his American possessions by our rebellious forefath
ers. And through that rebellion (sometimes called
u Revolution,'') the treasonable and anti-democratic
doctrine of “ Equality,"—a doctrine which ever
proved troublesome to existing powers as tanght by
factionists and fanatics, came near being established
in this land. The ringleaders of that great insur
rection—that monstrous national highway robbery I
—■were evidently visionaries and fanatics, (vide Ta.
ney, Lord Chief Justice of the American. Oliao—'-r
-and Hia Serene Higboo««, Breckenridge, viceroy of
(he some, A. D., 'a 7, and of our subjugation, the
Dili,) who conceived the absurd idea that “ all meb
“ are by nature, entitled to political equalityand
who were silly enough to write it down where a wi
ser generation should discover its fallacy and laugh
at Us “ glittering generalities." At ,lhis distance,
the clairvoyant Democratic mind beholds the ignor
anco of that insurrectionary period with mingled
emotions of astonishment and pity. Tills certainly
■ does honor (o the head and heart of modern democ
I racy ; but those worthies are certainly excusable far
I the impracticable notions they took no pains to con.
| ccal, in some sort. It was, comparatively, n dark
I and murky age. Its were those arch-rebels
and fanatics, Washington, Adams, Franklin the
; printer, Hancock the merchant, Jefferson, and Shcr-
I man the cobbler. Franklin was deemed a great
| man and philosopher in (hat murky period; and the
| unprogressed stale of mind then can bo shown by
• nothing better than this one fact, viis That the dif
j covery of the relationship of lightning and electric.
| ity by Franklin, was noised abroad as a great trt
umph of mind: whereas, even oar schoolboys know
that, to say nothing of a thousand other tilings that
Ben Franklin never dreamed 01. If the nations of
these men were crude, extrarsgaht, Utopian and
disorganizing, do not haste to condemn. They saw
as the light of that time permitted vision. Ameri
ca had pot then reflected the snlsr splendors of the
mind of a Douglas; nor had it known the leaven of
the wisdom of a Pierce, the ennobling influence of
the chivalry of a Brooks, the humanity of a String
fellow, the patriotism of in Alchinson, the disinter
estedness of a Cass, tho IransmutabUily of a Buch
anan, the moral prestige of a Forney, the incorrupt
ibility of a Taney, and more than all, and more to
bo regretted, the hearts of (hose simple men, had
never mirrored tho truth of a Bigler nor thrilled with
the eloquence of a Snobble! .
It is enough to know that our fathers wore lend
of impracticable theories respecting the natural and
civil rights of Man. Men.arc not endowed hr the
Creator with'certain inalienable rights, for Breckin
ridge, Choate and Taney hove so decided. The
Declaration of Independence is but a a string of
“ glittering generalities,’ 1 We do not know this of
ourself, but from the decisions of our democratic Ta
lers and judges; for during lljis, temporary alliance
with the great Democratic party, wo ere not per--
milted lo do any independent thinking. Mr. Buch
anan’s word Is law, and Lord Chief Justice Taney's
opinion is gospel. Tho Constitution may as Well be
and Congress need never' assemble again.
Mr. Buchanan cab make proclamation o.f tho law
through the Star Chamber in future a B he has Just
done. As good democrats, whp believe that *• gov
“ernments derive their Just powers IWin lliecbn
“ sent of the governed," we arc bound'to'submit to
(lie decrees of Providence, promulged by the Su
premo Judiciary. 1
A« loyal democrats we owo something Ib' trfis
glorious old' Commonwealth, under"tho Dred Stbtl,
decision. As Blaycry is national,'so a'S'a mailer of
justice we should petition our’ legislature ‘to dlrcct
our Supreme Court lo remdve'all ’obstructions tt> the
free spread ‘of slavery within' our’ limits. Let us re
'mobber that negroes are not oUitbka of lho United
States,-Sod that Ihey are dohied redress in'the U,B.
Courts. What an opportunity.> is- hcreprcseoWdto
those eminent’ philanthropists who believe that God
ordained'Slavery for'the ChtUiiahlzaUon ol'thS Al-i
rienn race! > There ore now in Pennsylvania,
1 33,836 negroes, in the enjoyment of righto and priv.
THE TIOGA CO
tb-gcs which, under the ortliodox-.lccoocratifi.cou-1
ruction of the Constitution, they ore not only not
entitled to enjoy, but which it is unchristian and
cruel to permit them to enjoy. What a field for the
Christian Philanthropist! How suggestive tb the
liberal-minded democracy!
Wc fear that Slavery will never thrive in these
Northern counties, at heal, not profi'ably. Yet, by
reference to the census of 1850, wc find that Tioga
county has about 100 of these unfortunate, free col
ored people. Now what is to ba done ? Our Slate t
Debt is now upward of 840,000,000. The proper,
lion ot this which must by paid by Tioga county
may be 940,000. These 100 free colored people, at
an average of $4OO each, would just pay our propor
tion of the Stale debt, then. What more Christian
and democratic disposition ot these unfortunately
free, people can be suggested?
Wc dare say that many of our democratic breth
ren will affect to denounce this suggestion ns im
politic and premature; but they cannot impeach its
humanity. The Democratic doclrino is now that
Slavery is a good thing. Its policy is (o extend i 1
in every possible direction. Titus, its policy has
been shaped by its devotion to Slavery as a great
Christianizing agent.
Tito Democratic party is a great a pngrrssite
parly. The country is indebted to it (or every im.
porlant fealure in its policy, from the suh.treasury
down lo the latest and most glorious triumph of the
ptrly —the nationalization of Slavery. Its Press is
a hospital or infirmary, where the greatest charily
is observed in dealing with the morally deformed
and the intellectually crippled—both classes of
which unfortunates find ready market for their scr
vices at the tripodial counter in the Democratic Ba.
zaar. The more scrupulous need not apply in that
direction for aid, or employment. Such are presum
cd to be hostile to pious frauds at the ballot.bov, no
less than to the doctrine—“ Might makes Right."
Here wc close our first effort at foreshadowing
the ultimate policy of the great democratic party.
If wo have seemed lo lean toward Freedom, wc ask
the Grand Mogul of Democracy lo pardon the Irea,
sun. A strict adhesion to the revealed line of the
p diey of that parly has been our aim in every »og.
gC9lion lv ,
Editor
Gov. Gkary has resigned, We publish Ida Fare
well Address lo the people of Kansas in another
place, nnd commend it lo the earnest attention of
our readers. Those who looked lo Mr. Buchanan
to sustain Gov. Geary, may now look for some con
venient willow opon which lo hang their harps.
The resignation of the Governor was not sudden
or unexpected. On the contrary, he long since in.
formed the President that either himself, or tho in.
famous Lcconiple must be sustained. If the latter,
then the Governor would lay down his commission'
The Powers that Be, refused lo remove Lccomplc,
and for the very plain reason that that monster of
Corruption has bean all along doing the will of the
Oligarchy, and therefore the will of the great Dem.
ocratic party. Gov. Geary V Resignation is truly
a removal by the present Administration, then.
Tho ruffians who rule and ravage Kansas have
ollen urged that a Southern man must be put In
Geary's place, nnd the people will not bo surprised
to learn that Mr. Bucbanso has tendered the np
poiutmenl to a Southerner and a slaveholder. Wo
dq not think tho appointment will tic accepted by
this Southern gentleman, and for tho very good rea
son that'tbs Oligarchs intend the Territory shall be
enslaved qnder a Northern Governor. Then, when
the last rivet in our fetters shall bo beaded down,
they canpreply lo oar expostulations: "We gave
you two 'Northern Presidents mud Northern men to
shape the destiny of Kspsss; and now, if you find
yourself hound hand and fool, and in peril, it is by
your own countrymen
We shrink with horror fro in the unnatural nrimo*
s-kh.li rumanCHlS sotnefi'mea lead their characters
into; bat the history of the subjugation of Kansas,
as it shall be read by a not distant generation, will
cause the blood to curdle which (lowed evenly in
contemplating the worst of the catalogue of terrible
crimes conceived in the brain of a Walker. Free,
dam is to be throttled by the child to which she gave
suck 1
The reader it not expected to look to Gov. Geary's
Farewell Addresa for the causes of Ins resignation.
We shall publish the relation as it appears in tin
St, Louie Democrat, a Democratic paper, next week.
A brief reference to some of the leading facts is as
mnch spaqe os onr crowded columns will this week
admit of. 'The Governor plates, that a band of fitly
desperadoes bad. sworn to assassinate him if ho dc.
viated from tho.course tho ruffians had marked out
for liiu). The ostensible ringleader of this desper
ate band was Sherrod—the man who attempted to
assassinate the Governor some lime since, but who
was shot dead by a member'ol the Governor’s suite.
Lecomple aids and abets these desperadoes, and the
Governor very properly asked for his removal. Tho
great democratic party, with James Buchanan at
its head, refuses to remove this abettor of murders,
and the Governor, to save hia life, resigns.
The Governor further states that tho outrages by
the Border-Roffians have never been half told. He
has concluded that the Free State settlers of Kan.
'as have been the victims of tho crudest of oppress
ions and most barboiWs outrages.
It remains to be seen'whether the Buchanan pa
pers wilt publish Geary’s statement of the state of
affairs in Kansas, or whether they will continue to
rave on imbecilely about “ Black. Republican lies."
The Tnnkhannock Garrisonian organ has now an
opportunity to " shriek" about the outrages in Kan
sas.
The observing man will find a very probable clue
to the policy of tlie ne.w Administration, both in the
conduct of the campaign and ia the recent appoint
ments by the President. The schemes ol the Oli
garchs are to be favored lo the uttermost. There is
every indication of litis. Certainly, (he President,
with a modesty that does him infinite credit, as
sumes that the people hang their love Tor the Con
tlilulion and the Union open his election ; and lint
his election operated like oil upon the fierce Waves
of popular fury. In other words, that when he,
James Buchanan, went op, it, fanaticism, went
down. But ills well krtdwn that James Buchanan
was the chosen nominee of the' fire-eaters and dis
onionists at, the South; such as Jefferson Davis,
Brooks, Butler, Keilt, Brown, Dave Atchihson,
StringtelloWj'and so on; Indeed, we do not know
that any man of intelligence denies this. ’ We can
not igrec wifh Mr. Bichinkn, therefore; that ho
owes his election to Unhm-saVcrs. On the contrary
be koew bettor when he said it; and what Vs worse
for Mr. Bochansn, onr hord-hsoded and. sunburned
workingmen here at the North, understand his hy
pocritical Indbjtuipl platftlißfei %Il ds' tVell as lie
does. , " " ’’ •
Mr.Bachsiian taVnowledgcs'W* taperlor nbllza
tlbiut'tothe Oligarch* lii 1 dealibgoul bW patronage
Bui hO should 'not''pots (rtcrTibga-eowity) rotwe
hive'
knoui, Lere, and in abundance. Every oo'eoT (bdde
men aboold be revnuded-iiribtt liter u, Tram cor ’
tally ttataagds of Scripture, vreiednclada ;Uitt their'
f dlo^.feward;i*r/alLw. | “««»*ijV 1 ,ii, .. i. i
ui'.W e - Layen’l (lieleMt aijnbiHqp.to, lead (hi* Ad
ministration by noae,"»nd yel we really
President will gracloualy permit o« to nominate a
few deterring candidate! for Executive lavur in Ibis
County.
N'T Y AGITATO
LT Ex-President Pierce has been presented with
a splendid service of silver plate, the .gill.of the cit
zens of Savannah, Georgia,,—Ax,
The N. Y. Evening Past maliciously presumes
that there could not be less limn 30 pieces, that
iftg the Scripture price of treason.
In this connection wo beg lo stale a fact that tve
failed to notice last week. It is that the Republican
parly presented Mr. Piercc'e native Stale with -a
Republican Governor, a Republican Council and a
Republican Legislature,on the lOlb instant. \Vn.
Haile was elected Governor by a popular majority
of 3000! One year ago the Republican Governor
had loss than 100 majority I This is reaction.
All Hail, New Hampshire I
Balayicc of Opinions.
Law AntDtNC^—Horace Greeley says in
the New \ork Tribune ihai 'he decision in
the United Slates Supreme Court in the Dred
Scott case is entitled to no mote defeieiice
and respect than would be the decree of a set
of bar.room politicians.
Such is the leaching of a self cons'ituled
leader of public sentiment in regard to the
laws. That decision is lain,- yet Greeley
would treat it as nought, and leuch the people
so to do, because it does not suit his private
opinions and his political schemes. A good
citizen should advocate a law abiding dispo.
silion and a respect for constitutional authori
ties. But not so the fanatic Gteelev. He
would tear down the whole structure of our
government if it came in the way of Ins fa.
naticism. Fortunately such men can be
ru'ed, and such vicious counsels can be over
ruled.—Pittsburgh Post.
Nolbing that has been said by Iho majority
of the Cuurl, which has not a direct bearing
on the jurisdiction of the Court, against which
they decided, can be considered as authority.
I shall certainly not regard it as such. The
question of jurisdiction being beforethu Court
was decided by them authoritatively, but
nothing beyond that question, —Judge Mc-
Lean,
Since llie decision of this Court in Livings
lon vs. Story 11 Peters, 351, the law has
been settled, that when the declaration or hill
contains the necessary averments of citizen -'
ship, this Court cannot look at the record to
see whether these averments are true, except
they arc put in issue by - a plea of Jurisdic
tion. In thnl case the do'endanl denied by
his answer that Mr. Livingston was a oiiiaen
of New. York ns he bad alleged in Ihe bill.—
Both parlies wen,t into proofs. This Court
refused to examine these proofs with reference
to the personal disability of the plaintiff.—
This is ihe settled law of the Court affirmed
so lately ns Shepherd vs. Graves, 14” How,
27. But I do not understand this to be the
rule which the Court may depart from at its
pleasure. If it be a rule , it is as binding
on the Court as on the suitors. If it re
moves from the latter the power to take any
objection to the persona,! disability of a party
alleged by the record to be competent, which
is not shown by n plea to the jurisdiction, it
is because the Court are forbidden by law to
consider and decide on objections so taken. —
f do nol consider it to be wi bin the scope of
the judicial power of the majority of the
Court to pass upon any question respecting
the plaintiff’s citizenship in Missouri, save
that raised by the plea to the jurisdiction, and
I do not consider any opinion of this Court
oY any Court binding when expressed on a
queallan noi legitimately bcfbrt it'. " {Cn’rfOll
vs. Carroll, 16 How, 275.) The judgment
of this Court, Is that the case is to be dis
missed (or want of jurisdiction. Into that
judgment, according td the settled course of
this Court, nothing appearing aflcr a plea to
the merits can enter. A great question of
constitutional law, deeply affecting the peace
and welfare of the country, is not in my
opinion, a fit subject to be thus reached.—
Judge Curtis.
uGov, Geary reached Washington on Sat
urday evening, tho previous report o( his ar
rival having been premature. Gur Special
Correspondent,- who has seen him, reports
ihst he is willing to resume the Governorship
of Kansas if Ihe Administration will support
him in so doing, and rernove those officials
who have done their best to thwart him and
screen the oppressors and murderers of the
People of Kansas frorh, justice. But this is
nolexpected by any ono. Geary’s fate was
foreshadowed some time since in leading
Southern journals. The last Squatter Sod
eieign grossly defames and abuses him. He
has been.used as long as he could be, and is
now cast aside as worthless, .
The report that a, distinguished Southron
had been appointed in his stead proves pre
mature. No appointment had been made—
at least, none has been announced, Fayette
McMullen, ex-M. C. from Virginia, has been
suggested for Ihe place, but will not be op
pointed, As Woodson, the present Secretary
of the Territory, is thoroughly Border Ruf
fian, it is probable that ho will be left in
power as Governor ex-officio for some lime
yet, as this will be just as efficient ns the
appointment of Soule or Jeff. Davis, and not
so obnoxious.— N. Y. Tribune.
Thirty five Thus of of
it ye poor miserable devils who' have got,
nary red 1 to bless your names with ! Think
of thirty five tons, of silver bullion passing
through our city without a adore of people
here |tnbwihg'ihe,facts,or ils having the least
effect Upon the‘money market! Fifteen ions
left, for Philadelphia on Thursday morning at
7i X. M., in throe extra cars provided for the
purpose,the remainder having since passed
through, ft is declined for the United States
Mint, anti tiame from Si. Louis, in care of the
Adam's Express Company 1 / The total value
of the 35 tons is upward of $1,800,000, but
being in' ihe' form of bafS; from eighteen
inches/ to two feftl long, jp rftiher unwidely
<t\xtrcat~Pi(tsburg Foil.
( man.nam£d Nelson Hunger
ford,’formerly-of Otsego .county, N. Y„ was
tusianUy,killed about three
miles above Trout Ruo,.while in the act of
eliding lirttherdown the mountain. ■< His body
Wes’horribly-mangled, having.'one- arm bro
ken. and head and chest crushed ia. He was
a?mah of noffamilyvi ■ j.l; : tu,
' •• il'.'.J J! .. ~
... The -question pi 'pay and allowances Ip
,Lieut, .Gen. .was, 'fortunately . settled
.during. tbpjClosipg hours oL lhe laip pession
ofCpngrpes, '("he ormarageadue thp veteran,
it.is-undqrstopd, will lamounl to about $32-
400, slid his annual pay and emoluments will
hereafter be 815,000.
Farewell Add toss ol Gov. Geary.
To the people of Kansas Territory :
Having determined to resign the Executive
office and retire again to the quiet scenes of
private fife nod the enjoyment of those do
mestic comforts of which I ijave so ion" been
deprived, 1 deem it proper to address you on
Ihl occasion of my departure.-
The offieg from which I now voluntarily
withdraw was unsought by me, and at the
time of its acceptance was by no means de
sirable. , This was quite evident from the
deplorable moral, civ and poll’ tea I condition
of ihe Trrciiory—the discord, contention and
deadly strife which then and there prevailed,
and the painful anxiety with which it was re
garded by,patriotic citizens in every portion
of the American Union, To attempt to gov
ern Kansas at such a period, and under such
circumstances, was lo assume no ordinary
responstbilifies. Few men could have desired
to undertake the task, and none would have
been so presumplious without serious tore
bodings ns lo the result. That J should have
hesitated, is no matter of astonishment lo
those acquainted with the facts ; hut that I ac
cepted tho appear. l meat, was a well-grounded
source of regret lo many of my well ined
friends, who looked upon the enterprise as
one that could terminate in nothing out disas
ter lo myself, it was not supposed possible
that order could be brought, in any reasonable
space ol lime, and with the means at my
command, from the ihen existing cnaos.
Without descanting upon the feelings, pnn.
oiples and motives which prompted met suffice
it to say, that I accepted the President's ten
der of Ihe office of Governors iq doing so f
sacrificed the comforts of a home, endeared
I by the strongest earthly lies and sacred asso
i cialions, to embark in the undertaking which
presented at the best but a dark and unsalts
ractary*prospecl. 1 reached Kansas and en
lered upon the discharge of'tny official duties,
in the most gloomy hour of her history.
Desolation and ruin reigned on every hand,
homes and firesides were deserted; the smoke
of burning dwellings darkened the atmos,
phero; women and children, driven from
their habitations, wandered over the prairies
and among the woodlands, or sought refuge
and protection even among the Indian tribes.
The highways were infested with numerous
predatory bands, and the towns were fortified
and garrisoned by armies of conflicting par
tisans, each excited almost/renay. and deter
mined upon mutual extermination. Such
wns, without exaggeration, the condition ol
Ihe Terriiory, at ihe period of my arrival. —
Her treasury was bankrupt. There were no
pecuniary resources within herself to meet
the exigencies of ihe lime. The Congressional
appropriations, intended lo defray the expen
ses of a year, were insufficient lo meet ihe
demands of a forlmght. The laws were null,
ihe Courls virtually suspended, nnd the civil
arm of the Government almost entirely power
less. Action—prompt, decisive, energetic ac
tion—was necessary. 1 at once saw what
was'needed, and without hesitation gave my
self lo the work. For six months 1 have la
bored with unceasing industry. The accus
tomed and needed hours for sleep have been
employed in the public service. Night and
day have official duties demanded unremitting
allen’ion. I have Had no proper leisure mo
ments for rest or rccrea’ion. My health has
failed under the pressure. Nor is this all ;
to my own private purse, without assurance
of reimbursement, have f resorted, in evo.ry
emergency, for the required funds. Whether
these arduous services and willing sacrifices
have been beneficial to Kansas and my conn
try, you are abundantly qualified to deter
mine.
That I have met with opposition, and even
biller vituperation and vindictive malice, is no
matter for astonishment. No man has ever
yet held an important or responvible post in
our own or any other country and escaped
censure. I should have been weak and fool
ish indeed had I expected to passthrough the
fiery ordeal entirely unscathed, especially ns
I was required, if not to come in conflict with,
at least to thwart evil machinations, and hold
in restraint wicked passions, or rid the Terri
tory of many lawless, reckless and desperate
men, Beside, it were impossible to come in
contact with the 1 conflicting interests which
governed the conduct of many well-disposed
persons without becoming an object of mis
trust and abuse. While from others, whose
sole object was notoriously personal advance-'
menl at any sacrifice of the general good
and at every hazard, it would have been
ridiculous to anticipate the meed of praise for
disinterested action ; and hence, however pal
pable might have been my patriotism, how.
ever just my official conduct, or however bene
ficial in its results, I do not marvel that my
motives have been impugned and my integri
ty maligned. It is, however, so well known,
that I need scarcely record the fact, that those
who have attributed my labors to a desire for
gubernatorial or senatorial honors, were and
are themselves the aspirants for those high
trusts and powers, and foolishly imagined
that 1 stood between them and’the consum
mation of their ambitious designs and high
towering hopes.
But whatever may be thought or said of
my motives or desires, I have the proud con
sciousness of leaving the scene of my severe
and anxious toil with clean hands, and ihe
satisfactory conviction that He who can pene
trate tho inmost recesses of the heart, and
read its speret thoughts, will approve my pur
poses and acts. In the discharge of my ex- 1
ecmive functions, I have invariably sought to
do equal and exact justice to all. then, how
ever humble or exalted. I have'eschewed all
sectional disputations, kept aloof from a|l
party affiliations, and have alijtc scorned nu
merous threats of personal injury and Vio
lence and (He rnosl 1 flattering promises of ad
vancement and reward. And I ask and claim
nothing mbfpTor'the part I have acted than
ihe'simple merit of having endeavored to per
formmy duty. This I have done,, at all times
an<| upon every occasion regardless of the
opinions of men. and utterly fearless of yon
sequences. Occasionally I bare been forced
to assyme great responsibilities, and'depend i
solely " Upon, pay btyn i i e’s6,urcos' fb acdamplish
impbr(anl‘endk;' but iq al( ; 'Sp'ch instances, I
havechrefu.liy ejfamirieffsurrbanding circum
stances, weighed Well tHo 'jirbljablo results,
and acted upbn tiiy bivn deliberate judgment;
and in tjow reviewing theqr, I am so wed sat
isfied with the policy uniformly pursued, that
were it to bo done over again, it should not
se changed in the slightest particular.
in parting wnh vou 1 can do no less than
give you a few words of kindly advice. Jn[)
even of friendly warning. You ire wed
aware that most of ihe troubles which laiefv
agttaied the Territory, were occasioned bv
men who had no special interest in us wet.
fare. Many of them were not even residents,
while it :s quiie evident that others were n.
Hucnced altogether in the part they look ,a
'■he disturbances by mercenary or other ocr.
sonal considerations. The great body of the
I aclun l citizens are conservative, ISW abiding,
peace loving men, disposed raider to make
| sacrifice for conciliation andconsenuenl peace,
than to insist for their entire rights should ihe
general good thereby be caused 10 sutfer.—
, borne of them, under the influence ot the pre.
wailing excitement and misguided opinions.
, were led lo the commission of grevious mis
, lakes, but not wwh the deliberate intention ot
doing wrong.
A very lew men, resolved upon mischief,
mnv keep in a state of unhealthy excitement
and involve in fearful strife an entirecotunm.
| mty. This was demonstrated during he
civil commotions with which (he Territory
j was convulsed. While the people generally
were anxious to pursue their peaceful callings,
small combi nations ol cratty, scheming and
' designing men succeeded, from purely selfish
motives, m bringing upon mem a senes 01
most lamentable and deslnicnvo difficulties.
Mnr are they satisfied with ihe mischief at.
ready done. They never desired that 'he
1 present nonce should be effected ; nor dolhev
intend it shall continue if ihcv have the power
|lo prevent it. \n the constant croaßitifts oi
' disaffirmed individuals in various sections, you
hear oniv die expressions of evd desires and
■mentions. Watch, then, with a special,joai.
ous and suspicious eve those wno are comma,
ally indulging surmises ol renewen hostilities.
They are not ihe friends of Kansas, and there
is reason to fear that some of ihem are not
only ihe enemies of this Territory, but o i iho
Union itself. Its dissolution is meir ardent
wish, and Kansas has been selected as a at
place to commence, the accomplishment oi a
most nefanoas design. The scheme hasihus
far been frustrated, but it has not been awn,
doned. You are intrusted not only with the
j guardianship of ibis Territory, but ihe neaca
' of the Union which' depends upon vou ,n a
: greater degree than you may at nresent sun
pose.
You should, ilieretbre. frown Jon» every
effort lo ibmenl discord, ana especially q
array selilers from different sections :i the.
Union in hosliliiy against each other, .ill
'.rue patriots, whether from the North oo
South, itfe Rast or West, should unite lonemer
for lhal which is and must be regarded as a
common cause, the preservation of the Union :
and he who shall whisper a desire for us ais.
solution, no matter what may be his nretcn.
sions, or 'o what faction or party he claims
lo belong, is unworthy of your conndence,
deserves your strongest repronation, ina
should be branded as a traitor to his country.
There is a voice crying from the grave of line
whose memory is dearly cherished in every
patriotic heart, and let it not cry m vain. I
tells you that this attempt at dissolution is no
new thing; but ihnt, oven as early as 'he
days of our first President, it was agitated bv
ambitious aspirants for place and power.-.
And if the appeal of a still more recent hero
and patriot was needed In his lime, how much
more applicable is it now, and in this Terri
tory.
“The possible dissotulion of ihc Union,'’
he says, “has at length become an ordinary
and familiar subject of discussion. Has the
warning voice of Washington been Ibrgotien ;
or have designs already been formed to sever
the Union ? Let it not be supposed ibat i im
pute (o all of those who have taken an active
part in these onwise and unnrofiiable discus
sions a want of patriotism or of public virtue.
The honorable feelings of Stale pride and lo
cal attachments find a place in the bosoms of
the most enlightened and pure. But wmle
such men are conscious of their own integri
ty and honesty of purpose, they ought never
lo forget that the citizens of other Slates are
their political brethren, and that, however
mistaken they may be in their views. ;be
great body of them are equally honest and
upright with themselves. Mutual suspicions
and reproaches may, in time, create mutual
hostility, and artful and designing, men «’til
always be found who are ready to foment
these fatal divisions, «hd to inflame the naui.
ral Jealousies of different sections of the
country. The-history of the world is r t|ll of
such examples, and espacially’'in the history
of republics.”
When 1 look upon the present condition of
the Territory, and contrast it with what it was
when 1 first entered it, 1 feel satisfied that my
administration has not been prejudicial to t is
interests. On every hand, I now perceive
unmistakable indications of welfaftfnnd pros,
parity. The heftiest settler occupies his quiet
dwelling, with his wiffe and children clustering
aroifnd him, unmolested, and fearless of dan,
gfer. The solitary traveler pursues his 'wav
unharmed over every public thoroughfare.—
The torch of the incendiary has been extm.
guished, and the cabins which by it were de-,
stroyed have been replaced with more substan
tial buildings. Hordes of banditti no longer
lie in wait in every ravine for plunder and
assassination. Invasions of hostile armies
have ceased, and infuriated partisans, luring
in onr midst, ha»o emphatically turned their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruning-hooks. Laborers are everywhere a(
work—forma undergoing rapid improvements,
—merchants are driving a thriving trade— ?
and mechanics pursuing with profit their va
rious occupations.- Real estate, in town ana
country, has increased in value almost with
out precedent, until in soiree places it is com
manding prices, that never, could have been
anticipated. Whether this hpaitby and hap
py change is the result solely of ipy execuii««
tabors, or not, it certainly has occurred dm
ring my administration. Upoq yourselves
musk mainly depend the preservation aofl
perpetuity of the'present prosperous condi
tion of aflbirs, Guard jt with unceasing
vigilance, affdprolocf it aC ybu' would your
UVep.Ricep down that -parly spirit, which«
peftnilted lo oblain tfie mastery} must lead la
ddsbrafio'Di • Welch -closely'had condemn n
its jnfWy every insidjoua yj»veme nl 'l** l
possibly-tend to discordbnd disunion. Suffer
no local prejudices to-disturb (ho prevailing