From Washington. Corrcspond«-uc« of the Phlla. BaUatin. Washington, Dec.'12, 1857. ■The lion.. Robert J. Walker, Governor of Kanais, arrived here last evening, greatly to the relief of-the Administration leaders who feared that he Jiad ejected n new coup de eftit, by a Imfrted journey to Kansas, so that be might supersede the new acting Governor, Mr. Denver.’ Gov. Walker hae been closeled (his morn ing with Senator Douglas, consulting on the best course to be adopted by them. Ha will issue an address to the people, defining his position, at soon as it can be prepared. Senator Owin, of California, says he will support the Administration on this Kansas business, if Walker wilt resign, and he strong ly urges that course. Douglas, however, op poses it. Senator Pugh (Democrat) from Ohio is rather sulky in his allegiance to like Adminis tration on this point. A majority of the Democrats in the New. York delegation will stand by the Adminislra. lion. The Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, however, adheres to Douglas. The Administration leaders havn commen ced rho whipping-in process successfully.— Douglas is entirely abandoned by the Presi dent’s friends, and it is rumored that he will be dropped from his place of Chairman of the Committee on Territories in the Senate. JuJue Douglas is in high spirits, and re gards things as going on entirely to Ins satis faction. He feels quite confident of defeating the Lecompton Constitution. Washington, Deo. 11, 1857. It was amusing to see how carefully many of Mr. Douglas's old associates endeavored to avoid committing themselves. It was al most impossible to get an answer to the ques tion, “are you a Douglas ipanl" From nis hitherto warmest admirers it was tuft'd to gel anything but “1 do not know—[ always have been, —“but Mr. Douglas of to day, and Mr. Douglas of yesterday morning, are two very different men.” The fact is, almost every body was taken by surprise, and had not yet recovered their equanimity. A great many will withhold their opinion until it is seen what effect is produced upon the country, while others are bold enough to avow at once their continued allegiance to the man and his measures. Strangely enough, the Union of yesterday and to-day, contained no allusion whatever to his speech, not so much as a line, while the Star repeated its lachrymose regrets at his defection. That paper admits that it was ‘•the ablest forensic effort of his Congression al life,” and that he is now “n man of some what more mark fhan before,” and yet alleg es lhat “all of the Sonlh among us were mourning lhat Senator D. had thus in an hour, sacrificed all the result of (he labors of his previous political life,” und unceremoniously turns him over to the Republican party, with a parting insinuation that he is now only cov ering the rear of Gov. Walker, who is him self covering that of Gov. Seward. From Kansas, we have full and interesting advices our Lawrence correspondent --down to the 3d list. The largest Delegate Convention of the People that was ever held in Kansas assembled at Lawrence on the 2d. Gov. Chables Robinson piesided, and nearly all the conspicuous Free Stale men participated, regardless of past differences. Gen. James H. Lane was Chairman of Ihe Committee on Resolutions. At the evening session he reported a brief and energetic statement of facts, showing how the Border- Ruffian usurpation in Kansas had established itself, how it had abused its fraudulently acquired power, from the assembling of its first bogus Legislature down to ihe adjourn ment of its lale swindling Convention, and closed with a solemn repudiation of its un suhmitted Constitution and a covcnatl never to vole upon or under it at the beck of Re gent GalUoun and his fellow-conspirators. The Convention proceeded unanimously to endorse The Topeka Constitution as the tried and cherished Charter of Liberty for Kansas, and to propose that the new Terri torial Legislature, about to assemble at the call of Secretary Stanton, shall submit the Topeka Constitution along with the Lecomp ton swindle to a free and fair vole of the whole Prople of Kansas, at an election to be forthwith appointed, and whichever shall be. approved and ratified by the voles of a ma jority shall be declared and upheld as the fundamental law of the State of Kansas, henceforth and to the bitter end. There can be little or no doubt that this programmejnas already been carried -out, so far as the action of the Legislature (which assembled at Lecompton last Monday) is concerned, and that the requisite election has been appointed to be held at an early day. It can no lunger be caviled lhat the Topeka Constitution is merely a partisan document, having no legal validity, after it shall have been submitted by the Territorial Legislature, and ratified by an overwhelming vote of tho People, in free comparison and competition with the Calhoun Constitution. Then we shall see what scheme, what dodge, what pretest will he conjured up at Washington, to demolish Popular Sovereignly, defeat the fairly expressed will of the People of Kan sas, and chain them once more to Ihe fool st oi of the Slave Power.— N. T. Tribune, December 14/A. ■ Appointment bt the- Governor.—D*. vin Wilmot, of Bradford County lo be Presj. deni Judge of the Thirleemh Judicial Dis- trid. The district is composed of the counties of Bradford and Susquehanna, dnd is the same district Mr. Wilmot represented on the bench previous to his resignation of the office last summer, when he proposed to slump the Slate with Gen. Packer for Governor. On Mr. Wilmol’s resignation, Darius Bui. lock, Esq., of Bradford county, was appoint ed hy the Governor lo fill the vacancy. IBs appointment was made on the Bth of Au gust, to expire on the first Monday in Decem ber inst. Mr. Wiimot’s commission commen ces on next Monday to expire on the first Monday in December 1858. In the mean time, an election of a -President Judge lo sup. ply the vacancy that will occur in December next, will take place, when Mr. Wilmot if he desires it, will be nominated by the Republi can parly and reelected.— Harrisburg Td THE AGITATOR. M. a. Cobb,.., - ■ s% . . Editor. . WELLSBOROUGH, PA. Tlmrsday HJornlnj;, I>ec. 17,1957. %• All Business,and otherCoromanicaUonFmusl be addressed to the Editor to insure attention. We cannot publish anenymousjcommunieatioM. Those wishing to procure eithbr ‘'Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” or “The New York Led* ger,” will find them at Young’s Bookstore. He al so keeps a good assortment of Bank Note DelecU ers, and contemplates keeping the Daily Tribune on sale in a few weeks. Mr. Grow gave notice on the 10th instant, (hat he would, on a subsequent day, introduce a bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public lauds, for the consideration of Congress. Mr. Grow is-eorly at bis post and doing his duty manfully, as is his wont. The Lower House of Congress organised without difficulty'by electing Oak. of South Carolina, Spet* Her. Mr. Grow was the Republican candidate and received 84 votes to 138 for Orr. Mr. Orr is said to belong to the Co-operationist school of politicians, as opposed to the secessionists. Mr. Buchanan has put the guillotine in operation. Secretary Stanton had tho audacity to convene the Kansas Legislature, whereupon the President chop ped off his official head. Ilis Excellency alto ad. monished Gov. Walker llut his head should fall on his making one step toward Kansas. Walker Is now in New York. We call attention to the advertisement of the Cos mopolilan Art Association on third page, as also to a Fpcctal notice refating thereto, handed in by a friend. Those who desire to procure a good Mag., for 1858, at the usual price, and in addition receive a ticket in the Distribution of Paintings and Statu ary, can do to by depositing $3 with Jsp. N. Bacue, Esq., of this borough, Hon. Secretary of the Asso ciation. Wo commend the enterprise to all lovers of the beautiful in Art. Here it is, right in the heart of December, and the sky has the mellow tinge of September. Sun. day and Monday were unspeakably lovely days— neither cold nor warm, but delightfully conserva tive. We have not consulted the almanac, but dare risk the prediction lhat this delightfully half-and- Jialf weather will continue until the middle of Feb ruary, unless it gets considerably colder. We dare predict further, that there will be no sleighing at Christmas unless there should be a fall of snow in a week or so. More than this we cannot venture to predict without further calculations, but ihe public can rely confidently upon these. The Menage. Wc publish an abstract of this somewhat remark able Slate paper, elsewhere. Such portions as we have omitted to publish relate to our Foreign rela. lions, suggestions astto the duty of Congress in re gard to Public Improvements, and general observa tions of little comparative interest to the reader, Tho President says not & word about Kansas lhat was not distinctly foreshadowed in his New Haven Li tier, lie is all subservience to the will of the Ol igarchy, all ico in the region of the heart, and as frigid in his reasoning as an Arctic winter. He on ly recommends the policy suggested by the South ern press little more than a year ago; and lhat that policy will be adopted and carried out to the idler, there can be no doujbf- Hq witholds many import, ant facts from the public, and endeavors to lay the affairs of Kansas before the people as though there had never been a fraud perpetrated upon the people of that Territory. Why did he not lay the very heart of Kansas bare before the nation, giving a history of the un paralleled troubles there? It has to do with the question; lor no man can form a just judgment of present matters irt'lhat Territory without first hav la studied its history from the firat day of its pupil age down of Secretary -Stanton. is idle to pretend as no doubt will be pretended, that Mr. Buchanan could not go behind his term ol of- Bee, for he is bound to search out the right and wrong of everything, to examine the record of eve ry present question. And in speaking of Utah it will be seen that he goes back to its day of pupil age, six years before his term commenced, and gives its political history down to the present. And this was necessary to a proper understanding of the an licipalcd as well as present troubles in that Territo ry. Wo ask why he was not equally explicit with Kansas, since Uls equally complicated? The rea son Is obvious : His Message is a bitterly partisan document, and he could not afford to exhibit the out* rageous frauds perpetrated by his parly in that un happy Territory. We ask the attention of ftepub* Ucans to this fact. It will be seen that he approves the proceedings of the Kansas Constitutional Convention and quietly but decidedly endorses the Constitution framed by that body. He calls it a Convention of the people of Kama*, He knows better. He knows that his statement of (ho registry law there and its operation, is shamefully garbled. He knows (hat the names of thousands of Free Stale men were not registered by the Ruffian officials of that Territory, not through any fault on the pari of (he Free fitate men, but de. flignedly.by those officials. The result ot the elec, lion for delegates to that Convention affords (he evidence of the nature of (bat Convention. It wiij be remembered that the entire Vote cast for those delegates did not exceed two thousand, whereas, at the election for Congressional Delegate and Tcrjrilo. rial officers, held in October following, the entire vole was upward of fifteen thousand! In fact, the Free Stale majority for Parrott proved to be about double the entire voto for delegates to the pro-slave ry Convention. Thus, it will be seen that the Con* vention which framed the Constitution endorsed by Mr. Buchanan in the Message,-was a minority Con. vention and not a Convention of the people. Add to this disabilities under which it is to be sub. milled to Ibe people fur their acceptance or rejec tion, and its snaky nature is revealed. The Prcsi. dent affects to consider the decision of that Convcn. tion just. Let ua look at it. That Constitution provides that the people of Kan. its th all have no power either lo alter or amend it prior to the year 1864—an unprecedented provision (o be incorporated in any organic law. Besides this, only a single section is submitted to the people in any shape, and that is conditionally submitted. It is proposed to permit the people to vote ay, or no, whether they will have Slavery in Kansas, or not, and if not, that their vole shall not abolish Slavery note existing in that Territory. That is, in sub. stance, the people may amuse themselves in the ex crcisc of the freeman’s privilege, but their votes decide nothing. This shows a great deal of demo, cratic magnanimity on the part of the President and his party in Kansas. It is the merest mockery of a submission lo the popular will, and however ; James Buchanan and his supporters may seek to | gloss over this UsLand greatest insult to a free peo ple, the masses must recognize the contemptible THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. dodge and meet its authors with the scorn they so rictjly deserve, i 'ftrt President thinks that Kahns lias attrgcled altogether too much of the public attention -lor a few years. He affects to believe that the struggle has been-for Kansas; solely. Hcknows He knows.that all eyes have .been upon Kansas, not that its position is desirable and its soil of un surpassed fertility, but that it has been and yet'is, the battle-ground where Freedom is preparing to assert its supremacy over Slavery. It is nut a ques. lion of Freedom (or Kansas, merely, but of Free dom for every foot of territory already acquired or thatmay be acquired hereafter.' The question is thus stated in its broadest sense, and in this -sense is it received and acted upon by the people. The President declares that the Convention was not bound by (he organic Act to submit any other than the Slavery question to a direct vote of the people. The truth nf this declaration depends upon the interpretation given to that Act, It says noth ing whatever about submitting any portion of the Constitution tu a direct vote of the people; it does say, however, that the people thereof shall be left free to regulate their own “ domestic institutions,’ 1 which meens all domestic institutions, if it means anything. It therefore leaves the people to regn late the domestic inalitntiod of Marriage —a la Mor mon, if so it aecmeth good to them. And this prin. cipie settles the difficulty in Utah without blood&bcd, which the President very plainly hints is likely to ensue. It remains to be seen whether the people of Die Free Slates will agree with Die President in regard to the validity of the proceedings of a bogus Con. vention. In the meantime we invite the attention of our readers to the President’s own language in regard to the matter in hand. We give bis own language, which is remarkably free from ambiguity and reflects not a little light upon the future policy of the Shamocratic party. In another place will be found a proposition from the Trustees of the Mansfield Classical Seminary to the people of this county, touching the establish ment of a Normal School in connection with the Seminary, for the gratuitous education of a limited number of Common School teachers, annually, un der certain conditions; for which, see Proposition. Passing over theiie conditions for the present, it seems necessary to the welfare of the educational interests of this county that such a school be estab lished at some point within its borders. The object of Normal Schools is to prepare young persons for the arduous and responsible vocation of teachers, as Law and Medical Schools prepare young men* for the practice of law and Medicine. Hence, one is just ns necessary as the other. teachers outside the advantages afforded in Normal Schools, are as rare as skillful practitioners of Law and Medicine outside of the discipline of Law and Medical Schools. In Normal Schools, not only in the student's faculty for acquiring fe nowledge exer cised and enlarged, but his faculty of imparting knowledge to others is especially intended to be de veloped and strengthened by exercise. The science of Teaching is specially taught in schools of this character, and no one, it is presumed, will deny that Teaching is a science, and one quite difficult of suc cessful attainment. So much, briefly, for the value of Norma) Schools. It is proposed that the county shall, within a given time, raise by tax the sum of 910,000 and donate the same to the Mansfield Seminary,(or the purpose of rebuilding and refitting the same. In return for this, the Trustees bind themselves to gratuitously educate thirty-two students from the several town ships and boroughs, perpetually, said students to cn. ter the Common Schools of the county and tcachnot less than two years, or, failing to do this, to forfeit and pay into the Treasury of the county the sum of $3O per Academic year. In conclusion, wo may remark that the project seems a good one and the proposition' fair. As to its feasibility wo have no lime to remark this week, and we open our columns in the meantime, to such arguments, pro and con, as may be offered. Lei them be brief. Tdrketb.— As the holidays arc now approaching, and as their approach bodes dire massacre to the Turkey tribe, it may not be out of place to look at some of the more striking character!sites of this much coveted fowl as they have become Known to us through reading and observation. ‘ The Turkey, Meleagris Gallopavo of the books, is a native of North America, and is found nowhere else except in a domesticated state. There is, how ever, a Iceser bird of the Gallinacious order, found in some of the South Sea Islands, but the Turkey proper is found only in North America in its wild stale. It was found in all the region now known as New England and the Middle Stales, by the early settlers and by whom its flesh was considered a great delicacy. It is still found wild in the unset tled parts of New York and Pennsylvania and in all the forest regions of the West, We know most of this highly prized bird as it exi sis in its domestica led state. It retains many ot its wild traits even in its fkrmyard durance, always going in droves, led by the largest male. In ita domesticated state, the flesh of the Turkey has lost the game flavor which rendered it so deli, cious while a denizen of the woods. Siill,‘it is con sidered a great delicacy by the Epicurean world, and neither Thanksgiving, Christmas nor New. Year would be recognized as they now arc, without a fine, fat Turkey in the center of the festal board. On such occasions, no dunghill fowl will be accept ed as a substitute, though the flesh of the latter is much juicier and sweeter, ordinarily speaking. We had donned a scarlet tippet and gaily set off for school one bright November morning, on the er» er memorable occasion of our first introduction to Mr. Thomas Turkey. Wc proceeded gaily on* ad miring tiie aforesaid tippet, until we reached the house of Uncle Jim, as lie was and ] is best known to us, where it was our habit to call for a certain brighl-cyed cousin “ Lib., 1 ' whoso company used to be very pleasant, and in whose eyes we secretly de lighted to shine. We made our accustomed hall on that eventful morning, and upon entering the yard encountered Mr. Thomas Turkey strutting about in great perturbation, his ample wings distended and breeding M smaH thunder 11 along the frozen ground, his wattles highly inflamed, his nasal appendage in. finitely elongated, and his step as stiff as the strut of & militia captain. Without further compliments Thomas commenced a furious and entirely unpro voked assault upon our legrf, all the while vigorously screaming “ guit / quit —which wc would have gladly agreed to do one minute after the attack of his Turkeyship, had he given us time to boat a rc. treat; but following up his advantage, he poured in a perpetual broadside of blows and biles which so’ benumbed our youthful walking-sticks that all our energies were employed in keeping our perpendicu lar. At last we succeeded in outflanking the red rascal, upon which he betook himself Id strutting to and fro in front of our position, gobbling furidus* ly and interspersing his objurgations with various threatening motions of his head and neck. How we owed an early deliverance frura the surveillance of enraged Thomas to a certain broomstick in friend ly hands, it is unnecessary to relate, and how we were laughed at as the lad that wiis treed by a tur- key, forweeks thereafter, you will all conclude with out further Suffice it to say that we had the pleasure of witnessing the roasting of that belligerent gobbfer, and saw him dissected with a malicious satisfaction. In conclusion, ifany friend flatters himself that be has a turkey tint would undertake to tree us. now, let him Send it on between this and Christmas, plucked fur the spit, and lfr-we don’t tree him in a Dutch oven by three o’clock, afternoon, Christmas day, then said friend will be entitled to a copy of the Agitator one year. The January number ot Goda/s lardy's Bool ; is beautifully gotten up, with n very superior line cn graving aud a gorgeous title page. Its psttern de partment offer great attractions to lady readers. Proposition. Of the Mansfield Classical Seminary- It is proposed by the Mansfield Classical Seminaty as follows : That if the County of Tioga, in the Statc-of Pennsylvania, will raise by lax for the year 1858, and contribute to the funds of the said Mansfield Classical Sem inary, the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hun dred Dollars, by the first of June in said year, to be used in the erection of the Buildings of said Suminary, the purchase of Library, Ap paratus, &c.,as may be directed by the Board of Trustees, that then the said Mansfield Classical Seminaty will educate perpetually thereafter, or during (he existence of said Seminary, one Student from each township and boro’ in said Cuunly, (at the lime of ac cepting this proposition) free from all charge for tuition in all the solid branches of the In slituttoni for the benefit of said county ; said students to be selected by the School Direct ors of each township and boro’ and to be em ployed, after being educated, in teaching the Common Schools of said county under the direction of said School Directors. The said students so educated at the ex pense of the county, shall contract to teach at least two years within said county, at a reasonable compenaaiion for their sefbices, and in case they refuse or fail to fulfil said contract, they shall then pay the said county the full amount of their tuition, reckoning at the rale of $3O per Academic year. By order of the Board of Trustees. J. S. Hoard, President. Wjx. C. Ridley, Secretary. The Washington Union .down on Forney. The Washington Union of Dec. 3d, had a very severe artiale condemning the Philadel phia Press for its course in regard to the Kansas Constitutional Convention, It con cludes as follows : “He (the editor of the Press ) is exactly in the condition of the Black Republicans whom he so gallantly fought in former conlests.— He is perverting and misapplying the great principle that the will of the majority should prevail. Such perversions of that principle could justify mobs, lynch law and all over throw of law and order.” The whole article is in the regular overseer style. The crack of the whip reverbcrales through it. -But Forney is not daunted by it. He comes back at the Union gallantly and maintains his ground without flinching. The whole purport of Ihe article in the Union is to show that there is neither neces sity not propriety for submitting Ihe consti tution fo the people of Kansas. “The best answer,’’ says the Press, “to this miserable apology for what is neither more nor less than a great moral fraud is,” an article which appeared in the VVashington Union itself, of July 7, in which that organ of the adminis tration said; there is no serious dispute upon the Constitution, either in the Convention or among the people, the power of the delegates alone may put it in operation. But such is not the case in Kansas . The most violent struggle this country ever saw, upon the most important issue which the Constitution is to determine, has been going on there for seve ral years between parties so evenly balanced l6at both claim the majority, and so hostile to one another (bat numerous lives have been lost in the contest. Under these circumstan ces there can be no such thing as ascertain ing clearly, and without doubt, the will of the people in any way except by their own direct expression of it at the polls, A Con stitution not subjected to that test; no matter what it contains, will never be acknowledged by its opponents to be anything but a fraud.” This is a conclusive condemnation of the Organ, out of its own mouth. The Press, in conclusion, thus hurls defiance at it: “Indignant at its most pitiable dilemma, and desperate at the scornful independence of those Democrats who will not be dragooned by any man into submission to confessed wrong, much less by so awkward a drill ser geant as the Union, it has lost its patience, and attempts to intimidate with an awful vig or truly dismal to behold ! We have only to say, finally, to the Wash ington Union, that we despise and reject its censorship. When it speaks of Abolition sympathies, it should look closely to its own household. We defend a great principle.— We oppose no Slave Slate, fail ly made. Wp resist wrong and fraud, whether exercised for or against the South. We stand by the au thor of the Nebraska bill. Is he an Aboli lionist? We stand by the Governor of Kan sas. Is he a disorganizer ? We follow the public opinion that elected James Buchanan. It wjas not false in 1856—it is not false now. Supported by such authorities, we can afford to look down with ineffable contempt upon a newspaper which, like Tom Thumb before an audience of full-grown men, imagines it self a king, when it is only the puppet of a set of grasping speculators.’’ , The fate of Governor Walker reminds us how unform is the history of Kansas Gov ernors! They all set out with a great flourish of trumpets, and commence their career by an affiliation with the Border Ruffians. They all become disgusted with their party, and one after another straggles down the Missouri River, coniing home to embarrass the ’Administration, and to tell (ales out of school, to the great injury of the Democratic party. A paper staled that “Washington is in fested with a gang of despeiate scoundrels.” Premies replies—“ This is evidently on inad verlence. Congress doesn’t assemble until Ihe first Monday in December.” (President's Message, continued.) forty-three ofjhe fifty delegates present af fixed th|!r signatures lo the Constitution. A large majority of the Convention were in favor of establishing Slavery; in Kansas. They accordingly inserted, an article in the Cohstitation for lhts;purpose. similar in form to those which had been adopted by other Territorial Conventions. In the schedule, however, providing for the transition from a Territorial to a Slate Government, Ihe ques tion has been fairly and explicitly referred to the"people, whether they will have a Consti tution “with or without. Slavery,” It de clares that, before the Constitution adopted by the Convention “shall he sent to Congress for admission into the Union ai a Stale,” an election shall be held to decide'this question, at which all the while male inhabitants of the Territory above the age of 21 are entitled to vote. ; For The AgiUtor They are to vote by ballot; and “the bat lots cast at said election shall: be indorsed “Constitution with Slavery,? and ‘Constitu tion - with no Slavery.’ ” ff there be a ma jority in favor of Ihe “Constitution with Slavery,” then it is to he transmitted to Con gress by the President of the "Convention in its original form. If, on the contrary, there shall be a majority in favor of the “Consti tution with no Slavery.” “then the article providing for Slavery shall he; stricken from the Constitution by the President of the Con vention and it is expresslyi declared that “no Slavery shall exist in the 1 . Stale of Kan sas except that the right of property in slaves how in the Territory shall in !no manner bo interfered with and in that event it is made his duly to have the Constitution thus ratified transmitted to the Congress' of the United States for the admission of the Slate into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity of expressing his; opinion by his vote “whether Kansas shall be received into the Union with or without l Slavery,” and thus the exciting question may be peacefully settled in the very mode required by the or ganic law. The election will be held under legitimate authority, and portion of the inhabitants shall refuse to vote, a fair opportunity to do so having jbeen presented, this wilt be their own voluntary act, and they alone wilt be responsible for the con sequences. • ; Whether Kansas shall he a free or a stave Stale must eventually, under some authority, be decided by an election ; and the question can never be more" clearly qr distinctly pre sented loathe people than it' is at the present moment. Should this opportunity be rejected, she may be involved foryqars in domestic discord, and possibly in civil war, before she can again make up the issue now so fortu nately tendered, and again; reach Ihe point she has already attained, 1 [ Kansas has (or some years occupied too much of the public attention;. It is high time this should be directed lo;fair more important objects. When once admitted into the Union, whether with or without slavery, the excite ment beyond her own limits will pass away, agd she will then for the first lime be’ left, as she ought to have been long since, to manage her own affairs in her own way. If her constitution on the subject of slavery, or on any other subject, be displeasing to a ma jority of the people, no human power can prevent them from changing it within a brief period. Under these circumstances it may well be questioned whether the peace and quiet of the whole countryjare not of greater importance than the merd temporary triumph of either of the political parties in Kansas. Should the constitution without slavery be adopted by the voles pfithe majority, the rights of properly in staves now in the Terri lory are reserved.- The number of these is very small; but if it were greater the pro vision would be equally just and reasonable. These slaves were brought into the Territory under the Constitution of |the United Stales, and are now the properly of their masters. This point has at length been finally decided by the highest tribunal ofahe country—and this upon the plain principle that when a con federacy of sovereign Stales acquire a new territory at their joint expense, both equality and justice demand that the citizens of one and all of them shall have the right to take ! into it whatsoever.is recognized as properly ! by the common constitution. To have sum- ’ marily confiscated the 'property in slaves already in the Territory; would have been, an act of gross injustice, and contrary to! the practice of the older States of the Union which have abolished slavery. Utah! A territorial government was established for Utah by act of Congress, approved the 9lh September, 1850, and the Constitution and laws of the United Stales were thereby extended over it “so far as the same, or any provisions thereof, mayj bis applicable.” This act provided for the appointment by the Presi dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,- of a Governor, who was to be ex officio superintendent'of Indian affairs, a secretary, three the supreme court, a marshal, and a district attorney. Subse quent acts provided for jibe appointment of the officers necessary |o extend our land and our Indian system ove|r the Territory.— Brigha*i Young was appointed the first Gov ernor on the 20th September, 1850, and has held the office ever since. Whilst Governor Young has been both Gdveroor and superin tendent of Indian affairs throughout this period, he has been at l tie same lime the head of the church called 4he Latter-Day-Saints, and professes (o govern its and dispose of their property fay direct inspiration and authority from' the Almighty. His power has been, therefore, absolute over both Church and Stale. , | The people of Utah', almost exclusively, belong to this church 1 ; fand believing with a fanatical spirit that 'he is Governor of the Territory by Divine apipointmenl, they obey his commands as if these were direct revela tions from Heaven. If, therefore, he chooses that his government shdll come into collision with the Government'of the United Stales, Ihe members of tke| Mormon church will yield implicit obedience to his will. Unfor- Innately, existing facts,Heave but little doubt that such.*l3 his determination. Whhoulen lering upon a minute [history of occurrences, it is sufficient to sayi that all the officers of -the Unfed Stales, judicial and executive, with the single exception of two ladi an agents, base found it necessary for their o» 0 personal safety, to withdraw from the Terri lory, and there no longer remains any government in Utah but the despotism o[ Brigham Young. This being the condition of affairs in the Territory, I could not m| 3 . take the path of duty. As- Chief Executiro Magistrate, I was bound to restore the S u. premacy of tho Constitution and laws within its limits. In order to effect this purposo I appointed a new Governor and other Federal officers for Utah, and sent with them a mill, tary force for their protection, and to aid « a posse comilalus, in case of need, in the ex. ecution of the laws. With the religious opinions of the Mor. mons, as long as (bey - remained mere opin. ions, however deplorable in themselves and revolting to the moral and religious seati. menls of all Christendom, I bad no right t 0 interfere. Actions alone, when in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States, become the legitimate subjects for il 19 jurisdiction of the civil magistrate. My in. structions to Governor Gumming have there fore been framed in strict accordance with these principles. At their date a hope wm indulged that no necessity might exist for employing the military In restoring and maintaining the authority of the law, but this hope has now vanished. Governor Young has, by proclamation, declared his delermim .lion to maintain bis power by force, and hi already committed acts of hostility against the United Stales. Unless he should retrace his steps, the Territory of Utah will be in a stale of open rebellion. He has committed these acts of hostility, notwithstanding Major Van Yliet, an officer of the army, sent to Utah by the cemmanding general to parchisa provisions for the troops, had given him the strongest assurance of the peaceful intentions of the Government, and ihalthe troops would only be employed as a posse comitatus when called on by the civil authority to aid in the execution of the laws. There is reason to believe that Governor Young has long contemplated this result. He knows that the continuance of his des potic power depends upon the exclusion of all settlers from the Territory except those who will acknowledge bis divine mission and implicitly obey his' will: and sJal an en lightened public opinion thes would soon prostrate institutions at warJSvith the laws both of God and man. He lias, therefore, for several years, in order to maintain his independence, been industriously employed in collecting and fabricating arms and mo uilions of war, and in disciplining the Mot mons for military service. As superintendent of Indian affairs he has bad an opportunity of tampering with the Indian tribes, andet citing their hostile feelings against the United Stales. This, according'to our information, he has accomplished in regard fosotneoi tribes, while others have remained true to their allegiance, and have communicated bis intrigues to our Indian agents. He has laid in a store of provisions for three yean, which, in case of necessity, as be informed Major Van Vliet, be will conceal, “and then take to the mountains, and bid defiance to all the powers of the Government.” A great part of all this may l» idle.bojy/- ing ; bnt yet no wise Government wiltligwh estimate (be efforts which may be inspired by such frenzied fanaticism as exists nmonj the Mormons in Utah, This is the first re bellion which has existed in our Territories; and humanity itself requires that we should put it down in such a manner that it shall k the last. To trifle with it would be to en courage it and to render it formidable. We ought to go there with such an imposing fores as to convince these deluded people that re sistance would be vain, and (bus spare the effusion of blood. We can in this manner best convince them that we are their friends, not their enemies. In order to accomplish this object it will be necessary, according to I the estimate of the War Department, to i raise four additional regiments; and this I. earnestly recommend to Congress. At the ! present moment of depression in (he revenue! of the country I am sorry to be obliged to recommend such a measure; but I feel con j'fidenl of the support of Congress, cost whit i it-may, in suppressing Ibe insurrection, and I in restoring and maintaining (he sovereignty [ of the Constitution and laws over the Terri tory of Utah. i I A New- Platform. —The Washington Union, a few days ago, published the follow ing most fascinating doctrines : “The Constitution declares that the citizen! I of each Stale shall he entitled to all the pri vileges and immunities of citizens in the sev eral Slates. Every citizen of one Stale com' ing into another Slate has, therefore, a rig* to the protection of his person, and that prop erty which is now recognized as such by tit Constitution of the United States, any lawo; a State to the contrary notwithstanding.— So far from any State having a right to de prive him of his property, it is his boundea duty to protect him in its possession,’ 1 If these views are correct—and we believa it would be difficult to invalidate them —it follows that all State laws, whether organic or otherwise, which prohibit a citizen of on. Slate from settling in another, and bringing his slave property with him, and most is peeially declaring it forfeited, are direct violations of the original intentions of i Government which, as before sla’ed, is it* protection of person and properly, and of the 'Constitution of the United States, which rec ognises property in slaves, nnd declares that ‘the citizens of each slate shall be entitled w all the privileges and immunities of citizen* in the several States, 1 among the most essen tial of which is the protection of person sd properly. 11 If these doctrines are to be carried outt* Pennsylvania, there would not be eaatif Democrats left to fill an omnibus. There is not a Congressional district i c tin's Sjale that would not unanimously re j !C ‘ any man offering himself with such doctrine on h's banner. Such opinions, however, a ' ! in happy sympathy with a support Calhoun minority Convention. — Phil&w phia Prett. P. T. Barnum, of New York, gained > suit in the Circuit Court at Washington, :l . which the verdict was for $51,916 1 so interest.
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