Termal of Publication. the TIOSA COtaJTY AGITATOR la published „ Wednesday Mbrnlng, and mailed to subscribers »I e tie Ter 7 reasonable price of pg- ONE DOLLAR; PER ANUtTM,^ - r .~!nlh «• advsaee. It Iff intended to notify every bar when the tera fpr which ha lias paid shall I*«laioirod,‘ by’the figure* on the printed label onlthe .Tin of each paper. -Thepaper wiUthenbo stopped a farther remittance!; be received. By thi*ar- no man can bjj brought in debt to the lathe OffiHal Paper of the County,. i ...I »larim and htoadilyn? ireasingcironiationxcooh ' i W Into/everyneighhorhoo in the County. It is sent / .ofooswuetoany, Post jOffioe within the county rmitHut who*® most ‘ post office may be. .* _* adjoining County* 1 Business Cards, not exceeding S lines, paper inoln ded,ss p%y°°fr M , | MS IOWBEI i s. F. WItSOS, ATTORNEYS a counsellors AT LAW will stand the Court of Potter and McKean counties. rWeUshorp, PehiJi.lgSS.] -—rrsiDOKs, • ittoRNEYAND COiffiSBLLOR AT RAW A> . p ~PA. „ In tho multitude of COuuseftra there I. safety.”-I«M». - Sept, as, 1858, ly. . !|' 11 - - ; 1. ' c , i. pAHT’M, DENTIST. _ * /-<FFfCB i) liis residencenear tße (_/ Acadenlji ; All work pertaining to line of btjiness done promptly and ■' [April 22, 1868.] •warranted. HOUSE OOBIP list T. p Mai. A. Field, .. J,. & .;.. •. • Proprietor. Saests taken to and ifromfebe Depot free of charge. j. C. wnrTTAKEIt, Hydropathic Physt fan and Surgeon. ' EIKIASD,. TIOL'A CO., BENNA. •Will visit patients in nil Sorts of the County, or re ceive them for treatment gtjfaia honse. [June 14,] JZAAK. WAla'Ojr HOUSE, , B. C. YER3IIL YE%, PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, , THIS is anew hotel looltcd within easy access of the best fishing and hating grounds in Northern Pa No pains will be sparefi for the accommodation of pleasure seekers 1 and th( -.traveling pubho. April 12, I 860; ; ‘ ; u XI. o. <H» EE, • BARBER AND ■ JAIR-DRESSER. SHOP in the rear of thet K>st Office. Everything in his line will bo' done f t well and promptly as it can be done in the city salmons. Preparations for re moving dandruff, and beatifying .the hair, for tale cheap. Hair and whiskers: dyed any color. Call and see. Wellsboto, Sept. 22, 4859. - THE COUSiSfSG JOTRRAI,. George W. Pratt, Editor and proprietor. Id published at Cjorning'Stenhen Co., N. Y-, at One Dollar and Fifty CcijtAper year, in advance, the Journal is Republican in and has.n circula tion teaching into every fart of Steuben County.— those desirous of extending their business into that and the adjoining oountieaiwill find it an excellent ad vertising medium.j Address as above. * 3D HESS iftAKlSfi. MISS M. A. JOHNSO-4, respectfully announces to -the citizens of Wojjsboro and vicinity, that she has taken rooms over Nifcs A Elliott s Store, where she is prepared to Axedu.e nil orders in the line of DRESS MAKING, had experience in the business, she feels confident that she can give satisfac tion to all who may favor Her with their patronage. Sept. 29, 1859. ; ■ . JOBR B.i S^AKESPEAB, ' 1! A IjjL OR. HAVING opened hiS Shop in the room over B. B. Smith & Son’s! Slots, respectfully informs the citizens of Hillsboro’ and JJoinity, that he is prepared t» execute orders in bis lifip of business with prompt ness and despatch ? ft _ : Cutting don&pb short notice. Weil shore, Oct. 21 fe lB^.— 6m ■ D. BAc6w,'M. p, \ Graduate,of ' %lo Medical College, TfAS established fern’ fllf in the practice of Medi -1 L cine and Surg% j'Q the village oT Ti<p, «W; -Will promptly attend calls. Office atL. H. Smith’* Hotel, wbcfre* always be found except -when absent on profefesie business. particular jm paid to the diseases ol women and children. .. Tioga, May '24, 1860. N. Dlti BOIS, SOLICITOR |>P PATENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. ; \ DVICE as to-the patentability of inventions given _/V_ free of eharge. Drawings from models neatly uxocated. Charges for obtaining patents moderate^ ' Hod. G. a. Grow, P«. fif Hugli Tonng. Ei. AffiMtnr. lion. 0. TV. Scranton, h, J'H. H. Prauer.Ed. Ji^uHican. 43- ; 'i - . ‘ ■TO jfc'uijlCl AJfsi A CHOICE LOT of mi lisst imported Italian *np G erman VIOUN. I STRINGS. Bitss TioJ strings, fiaftir strings, Toning E>A» Bridges ic., just received and for sale at , f’iBOJ’S DRUG STORE. WELISB<)PtO BOTEI, PA a. B, MSB, - -, ■- - PROTEIKTOB. {Former’ll/ of A' ; United Slalet Bold.) \ Having leased tkis yi.illtnown and solicit? the patronage at |bo public. With attentive and obliging waiters, ,‘together with the Proprietors knowledge of the business, he hopes to make the stay of those who stop >jth him both pleasant and agroenbla. ' > , WelUboro, May 31, l|JO. , .. \ WATCHES *r WATCHES! THE Subscriber bis got a fine aasortment of heavy ENGLISH HUNTER-CASE <3old and Si lver Watclics, wbich-ho'TvilbseU chcupo-,:tban “ dirt’* on ‘Time, i. e. he will sell ‘Tifne Pieces’in a short (approved) credit. Ail kinds of REPAIIUNG done promptly. If a job of work is not done £he satisfaction of tao party ordering it, no charge wi tibe made. _ Past favors appreciate!,and a co "^° a ”J: e P£,vj° n ' age kindly solicited. ! ANDIE FOLET. Wiellaboro, June 24, ISIS. E. B. BENEDICT, M. »e TTTOULD inform the public that he is permanently YY located in Elkland Boro, Tioga Co. Pa., and is prepared by thirty years’ experience to treat all dis eases of the eyes and appendages on scientific urinciplos, and that ho fan cnre without fail, that dreadful disease, called*!. Vitus’ Dance, (Chorea Sareii FTei,) and will attend to any other business in the lino «f Physio and Sdj-gcry. Elkland Boro, August f, 1800. - McIWBOY & BAILEV, Tirm-LD inform the public, that having, purchased It the Mill property, known as the “CULVER Mill," and having repaired and supplied it with now bolts and machinery, are now prepared to dy CUSTOM WORK j to the entire 'Satisfaction of its patrons. With tho itrd of oar experienced miller, Mr. L. D. Mltclicl,ynii‘tlio unsparing efforts of the proprietors, thcjtinteid to keep up an establishment second to none in the otfnnty., Cash paid for wheat andtoom, and the highest ntarket price given. , 3 BDW. MbINRQpf, March 15, 1880. tt. ’ JHO. W.-BAILEY. TIOGA ICEGYEATOB. I (Ti EOBGE F. HUMPHREY has,. ; ohched a!|new \JT Jewely Store at 1 J | Tloga ymage, Tioga County, Pa. Where he is prepared to do all kinds of Watch, Clock j and Jewelry repairing, in a workmanlike manner. All I work warranted to give entire satisfaction. j We do notpretend to do work better than any other! man, hnt wo can do as good work as can be done in tno cities or elsewhere. Also Watches Plated. GEORGE F. HUMPHREY. Tlego, Pa.,'March 15,15G0. (ly.) Til ic 23efcott5j .to! Vbt ie tfce area at iFrtetww anO t&e at ©eaXtßi? Wffitm. WHILE THERE SHALL EjE A WRONG UNEIGHTED. AND TJNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, -AGITATION CONTINUE. ' VOL. YU. ' ; EPITAPHONANOLD MAID. i | | Rest, go title traveller, On life’s toilsome way j 1 | ; Pause here awhile; yet o’er this lifeless clay f I ;No weeping, but a joyful tribute pay. j | For this green nook,by snn and showers made warni | Gives welcome,rest to »n o’er-wearied form. j { ) Whose mortal life knew man> a wintry storm. , f jlfet, ere the spirit gainsd a fall release | ; : I From earth, she had attained tbat.land Of peach, . I Where seldom olonds ohsoore, and tempests cease. I No chosen spot of ground she called her own;- u | She reaped no harvest in her spring-time sown; iTet always in her.pathsome flowers were strown. |No dear ones were herown peculiar care, i [So washer bounty free'as heaven’s air; I For evoty claim she enough to spare. ( ; And loving more the heart to give than lend, * Though oft deceived in may a trustcdfricud, t f' |She hoped, believed, and trusted to the end. ighoiad her joys; ’twaa joy to live, to love, ?To labhr in the world with God above, [And tender hearts that ever near did move, | She had her griefs; but why recount them here— The heart-sick loneliness, the on-looking fear. The days of desolation,! dark and drear— Since every agony left peace behind, And healing came on every stormy wind, And with pure brightness every dead ryns lined. And every loss snblimod some low desire. And every sorrow helped her to aspire, Till waiting angels bade her go up higher? , I Englithicomatda Jouriial. A GOOD BUBIiESQUS. The following burlesque upon some of tbi Patent Medicine advertisements, is a rich thinj of its kind, and may serve as a model for an; parties who are preparing to announce som new “Valuable Disqovery,” or “ Great Ameri can Remedy ” to thio be-drugged and be-phy sicked world.: TUEr’ GREAT REMEDY;! Compound Extract of Snaketail 'Bark) DR. BRAGG, M. D., A. S. S., Having accidentally and providentially discot • ered this truly great remedy in the innermos: bowels of the Mammoth Cave, now offers it ti the distressed and diseased public. | BRAGG’S, SNAKETAIL BARK I- , | Cares the most obstinate cases of inflammatory . catechism ; distraction of the spinal marrows low bridges on the abdominal canals; swelled spatula; constiped appendix; verticle in ,th| head ; looseness of the appetite ; relieves irrk . tation of the ulva and utensiles generally ; ro| moves bunions, tan, freckles, corns and other extravagancies from the face, neck and shout ders-, spheroid fever and dnmb ager. I None genuine that doesn’t come from Braga. See that bis cork is stamped on his name. J Be sure that “ Snaketail Bark ” is 1 blown in ■ I to the bottle. , j Bead these certificates : I Sfcras’s Bra, Nov. 8, 1860. I Dear Beaqg—Yonr Snaketail Bark hais rd solyed my whole system, solar and all. Ou| family-doctor said I had animal cooled, he calk ! ed it, in my surreption, but he was wrong a| usual. I took two bottles accordin to direckjr I shun, and have been at work ever since. jSp. S | —I think I don’t wont any more, as my wifi ; says she don’t want to be a widder agin. i j Years, Ho. Ye. Afflicted. | Mrs. Baldhoad was entirely cared of an enf raged onticle by one bottle. < { 1 Seth Chaffer was so far gone with ’pecuniary ; disease, that he conifd not be moved in bed! took two bottles. The'first bottle weakened thjs disease, the second relieved him from all fea ther pain ; be was lifted from his bed and has not-been in it since. Smith O'Swash, by taking one bottle, secured a free pass through thp gates of Hoboken Ferry, which he never ha| before. ( Mrs. Doozenberry gave her afflicted hnabani nine bottles, and she rejoicingly writes, “ H is now beyond the reach of disease or qu ■doctors.” Mr. Synvrdo >f P( -<ir. Symple Ton, oi 'otu Jgi .ornery, naught cold after being thrown into a violeijt perspiration by dodging a creditor.’ lie gave the creditor a bottle of SnaketaH, and the dan® of the perspiration and cold has not beeniieaid of since. f Master Karl had an exasperated teuton in his eye, and two bottles ran it ont. ■ I The physicians all recommend it as a great aid to their practice. .Several distinguished un dertakers praise it highly ; one of them writes; ■“ I wish Bragg’s Snaketai! was in every house in the landlivery stable keepers recommenjji it; Smith, the mourning goods storekeeper says it is an invaluable aid to his business. Pricl, SI per single bottle; five bottles $2; tens bot tles for 50 bents, and by the dozen in propor tion, A liberal discount to the trade. 1 | • A- Rich Scene. —We'think our ‘democratic’ as well as our Republican friends, can apreciate a capital retort, even if the odds are againjit them. At the recent Fair of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association, a well kdowli citizen of the Township of Battle Creek, whose politics are intensely ‘ democratic,’ had on ex hibition a mule colt, enveloped in a-white blan ket. On one side of the covering of the animil were the words “ Old Abeon the « Bound for Salt River.” Some young, ardent Republicans, thinking that the mule, owner arid blanket, afforded a good opportunity for tal retort, procured a white blanket, upon width they pieced the words “ Stephen in Search |f his mother.” This they spread over .a huge donkey, and led him through a portion of tile Fairgrounds. Of course whenever the people got a sight of tho thing, a roar of laughter went up; especially when his asship undertook to entertain them with the silvery notes of h|s 'charming voice, thus, as many uncharitably hinted, personifying the hero of Popular Sover eignty, in his peregrinations through the ctou|-; try, and Ms being “ betrayed into a speech.-f- The donkey was then lead on to the new track, when one of the officers, who is a Douglas man, ordered him off the ground. There is a moral attached to tfie whole affair, namely: “ Foils who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” —Battle Creek Journal. | We think a man carries the borrowing prij ciple a trifle too far when he askes us to led him our cars. | | ROC TIOGA COUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MOMIKG. OCXOBEK 24. ISM. wiles: May not an Ameripim Citizen bo President | of the United States P ■ The igrave question is'presentlytote decided whither a citizen of tne United States, constitu tionally elected to the Presidency, shall be per mittedi to perform the functions of that high office? We notice daily signs in; the‘Southern papers, and read frequent letters from'So'nthera politicians, aUtending to one point,‘viz: That if~Mr. Lincoln should be elected it will become the duty of the Southern people to make instant preparations for a secession from the Union.— Upon the basis of this, threat many interests in Northern communities have teen terrified, and many influences controlled'. So industriously tit been persisted jn„ that at this day han ds df citizens of Philadelphia have allowed themselves to believe in it, and more than one jman vyho, has heretofore depended upon his town energy, enterprise, and: talent, to support himself and his family, has been convinced that if Mr. (Lincoln should be elected President ho will be ruined. We are not for Lincoln in this fight. Wo cannotj say that we are neither for Caesar not for Antony, for we are: for Douglas, and for him squarely and sincerely; but is not all this sort of intimidation unworthy of American cit izens and sensible men ? Is it not disgraceful that mere traders in politics in. the .Southern States,: and so vile a wretch, so unscrupulous and remorseless a knave in the free States, one so utterly debased, privately and publicly, as the editor of the New York Herald, and those affiliated with him, should bo permitted to ex ercise a sort of' terrorism over American citi zens ? I These are the conjoint influences that threat en, in a certain event, to destroy the (Union, on the one bond, and on the other fib break up the foundations of credit. Ought we hot to be ashamed of ourselves, d|s human: beings, to al low any such arguments as these to affect us 7 It will be a dark hour for this Republic when any citizen, constitutionally elected to'the Pres idency, cannot be inaugurated, and permitted to make a trial in that high office. Our own belief is, that no American can be chosen Chief Magistrate without administering the duties of that office in strict justice to all sections of the Union. The very position itself willmake him conservativerand just, lie could not bo section al if he would. He could no more shut his eyes to the rights of the South than he could close his heart to the rights of the North; and we have a sufficiently good opinion even of the worst of Mr. Lincoln’s jenemies (for they, too, are American citizens) to believe that, if he should be triumphant in this fight, they them selves would be ready to consent to be sacrificed to the success of his Administration^ , Fellow-countrymen, there will be ino disun ion, Merchants and manufacturers of Phila delphia, there will be no secession, i What the enemies of this Kepublie in the South fear is, that the Northern people may put them to the teat. Tote your own sentiments, rely npon the love that all the people of the United States, North and South, , feel for the union of these States, and the sequel will vindicate ( the exper iment.—PJUladelphia Press. \ MR. DOUGLAS ENDEAVORS TO PROHIBIT SLA VERT IN “ STATES.” On the 25th day of January, 1845, the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, a member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, introduced the following amendment to the joint resolution for the annexation of Tex’as, which had been pre sented by. Mr. Brown, df Tennessee: “And in such State or Slates as may he formed out of said territory north of said Mis souri Compromise line,.slavery or involuntary servitude—except for crime—shall be prohibi ted.” The record of this action is found in the' Con gressional Globe, Yol. [XIV, (2d session, 28th Congress,) page 193. The amendment became a part of the law for annexing Texas, and will be found on page 798 of the U. S. Statutes at Large, for 1836-1845. Let it be observed; that Thomas Jefferson and the fathers of the Republic proposed to prohibit slavery in Terri tories only, and while the Republican party of to-day propose no more, and no less, Stephen A. Douglas sought, in 1845, to prohibit: it in States, even though the people' wanted it I j idick E; ;ht C HI! REGARDS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AS A On the 22d of October, 1849, • Mr. Douglas made a speech at Springfield, Illinois, which was published in the State Register of Nov. Bth, in which he used the following remarkable lan guage; i “The Missouri Compromise has an origin akin to that of;the Constitution of the United States, conceived in the same spirit of fraternal affection, and calculated to remove forever the danger which seemed to threaten, at some dis tant day, to sever the i social bond of union. All the evidences of public opinion, at that day, seemed to indicate, that this Compromise bad became canonized in the hearts ofj the Ameri can people as a 'sacred thing, which no ruthless hand would ever be reclilesa enougij to disturb." (L> 1 - j HE AWARDS THE GLORY OP THE jaiSSODRI COMPRO In the same speech, and in the same context, he continued as follows! ‘ The Missouri Compromise had then been in practical operation for about a quarter of a century, and had received the sanction and ap probation of men of all patties, in every section of the Union. It had allayed all sectional jeal ousies and irritations, growing out of this vexed question, and harmonised and itranqnlllzed the whole country. It had| given to Henry Clay, as its prominent champion, the prond soubri quet of the 1 Great Pacificator,’ and by that title, and for that service, bis political friends had repeatedly appealed to the people to rally' under his standard, as a Presidential candidate, as the man who had exhibited the patriotism, and the power to suppress an unholy and trot* AGITATOR. DOUGLAS* BBCOBD, “ SACRED THING.” VISE TO HENET CLAT. >. f sdnabld agitation,'and preserve'the Union. He (Mr, Douglas) "was not aware that any man or any party,, from any section of the Union, Lad ever urged, as an objection to Mr. Clay, that .he was a Great Champion of the-Missouri Com promise. ■ On the contrary, the effort Was inode by the opponents of; Mr,-Clay, to prove that/be was not entitled to.the exclusive merit of : that great patriotic measure, and that-the honor .was. equally due to others as well 1 as him,’ for scon ring, its adoption. ' . 1 ’ “ He, (Mr. Douglas) in connection with the entire delegation from Illinois, and according to the recollection, in company with nearly all the members from the Northern States, and some forty odd;members from.the Slave States,' voted for the Oregon bill, containing s prohibi tion of slavery in that Territory, tearing the people to regulate their own domestic .institu tions under the Constitution when they should become a Stale. This triumphant vote.-uhiting both Northern and Southern" members in favor; of the Oregon bill, was a matter of no practical importance so far os the existence of the insti tution of slavery in that country was concerned, and is only referred to now, for the .purpose of showing that at that day, the Constitutional right of Congress to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Territories, was not .virtually resisted, if, indeed, it was seriously questioned,” HE BELIEVES IT iSLnOT UNJUST TO THE SOUTH TO EXCLUDE SLAVERY. On the 13th day of March, 1850, Mr. Douglas made a speech in tbe Senate, defending the “ sacred thing,” from which the following is an average extract The next in the series of aggressions com plained of by the Senator from South Carolina, is the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise, an act of Northern injustice, de signed to deprive the South of her due share of the Territories? Why, sir, it was only on this very day that the Senator from Mississippi de spaired of any peaceable adjustment of exist ing difficulties, because the Missouri Compro mise line could not be extended to the. Pacific. That measure was originally adopted in the bill for the admission of Missouri by the Union of Northern olnd Southern votes. 1 The South has always prifessed to be willing to abide by it, and even to continue it, ns a fair and honorable adjustment of a vexed and difficult question. In 1845 it was adopted in the resolution for the annexation of Texas, by Southern ns well as Northern votes, without the slightest complaint that it was unfair to any section of the country. In 1846 it received the support! of every South ern member of the’ - House of ißepresentatixes —Whig and Democrat—without exception, as an alternative measure to the Wilmot Proviso. And again in 1848, as an amendment to the Oregon bill, on my motion , it received the vote, if I recollect right—and I do not think that I can possibly be mistaken—of every Southern Senator, Whig and Democrat, even including, the Senator from South Carolina himself, (Mr. Calhoun.) And yet we are nfiw told that this is only second to the Ordinance of 1787 in the series of aggressions on the •South."— Cong. Globe, Appendix, xol. 22, part 1, page 369. HE ADVOCATES THE “ IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT ” AND THE ULTIMATE EXTINCTION OF SLATEEV. On the same day, and in the same speech, Mr. Douglas continued in the following surpri sing strain—surprising, if we reflect in whose mouth the sentiments are found: “ I have already had occasion to remark, that at the time of the adoption of the Consti tution, there were twelve (slave States) and six of them have since abolished! slavery! This fact shows that the cause of freedom has stead ily and firmly advanced, while slavery has re ceded in the same ratio. We all look forward with confidence to the time when Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, and probably North Carolina and Tennessee, will adopt one gradual system of emancipation, under the operation of which, those States most, in process of time become free.” And again, on the same page, speaking of a proposition to amend the Constitution so as to preserve an “equilibrium” iff point of num bers between free pnd slave States, he says; “ Then sir, the proposition of the Senator from South. Carolina is entirely impracticable. It is also inadmissible, if practicable. Itwould revolutionize the fundamental principle of the Government. It would destroy the great prin ciple of popular equality which must necessa rily form the basis of all free institutions. Jl would be a retrograde movement in an age of progress, that would astonish the world. —■ Cong. Globe, Appendix, vol. 22, part 1, page 371. HE BELIEVES THAT CONGRESS MAY FRIGHTFULLY EXCLUDE SLAVES, BANKS OB ARDENT''SPIRITS PEOU THE TERRITORIES, On the 13th of March, 1850, in the speech already quoted from, Mr. Douglas distinctly asserted the right of Congress jto prohibit the introduction of certain species of property in the Territories, as being “ unwise, immoral and contrary to the principle of sound public policy,” among which he enumerated property in slaves. Hu said; “ But you say that we propose tot prohibit by law your to the Territories with your property. We propose no such thing. We recognize your right, in common with our own, to emigrate to the Territories with your property, and there to hold and enjoy it in sub ordination to’tbe laws you may find in force in the country. These laws, in some respects, differ from our own, as the laws of the various States of this Union vary on some points from the laws of each other. Somc ] species of prop erty are excluded bylaw in most of the States as well as Territories, as being unwise, immoral, OR CONTRARY TO-THE PRINCIPLES OF BOUND PUBLIC POLICY. For instance, the banker is prohibited from emigrating to Min nesota, Oregon pr California' with his bank. The bank may be property by the laws of New_ ' York, bat ceases .ts be so when tiken into a' State or Territory where banking id prohibited by the local Jaw. So, ardent spirits, whisky, brandy, and all the intoxicating drinks, are recognized and considered as property in most of the States, if not all of them ; but no citi zen, whether from .the North or South, can take this, species jof property 1 with him, and hold, Sell or use at bis pleasure, in all the Territories, because itiS; prohibited by the Ideal law—in Oregon by the 'statutes bf the Territory, and in the Indian bonntry thy Hie aota of Congress. NOR CAN A MAN ’GO THERE AND TAKE AND HOLD HIS SLAVE, FOR THE SAME These, laws, and .-many others in volving similar principles, are directed against no section, AND IMPAIR THE RIGHTS OF NO STATE GF THE UNION. They are laws against the introduction, sale and use of spe cific kinds‘df property, whether, brought-,from the North-or the JSootb, or from foreign coun tries.”—Cong. Globe, Appendix, tol. 22, part J, page 371. . . •' ; And again: • “ But; sir, I do no hold the doctrine thafi to exclude any species of property by law from from any "Territory, is a violation of any right to property; 1 Do :yon not exclude banks from most of thfr Territories ? Do you hot exclude whisky from] being .introduced into large por tions of the; Territory of.the United ,States 7 Do yon not exclude gambling tables, which are properly recognized as such in the States whore they are tolerated? And has any one conten ded that the exclusion of gambling tables, and the exclusion of ardent spirits was a violation of any constitutional privilege dr right 7 And yet jt is the case in a large portion of the terri tory of the United States ; but there is no out cry against that, because it is. the prohibition of a specific kind of property, and not a profit bition against any. section of the UnionL Why, sir, our lawsnowprerent a’ tavern-keeper from going into sotae of the territories of the United States and taking-a bar with him, and using’ and selling spirits there. The law also prohib its certain other descriptions of business from being carried on in the Territories.’ lam not, therefore, prepared to say that, under tjie Con stitution, we hare not the power to pass laws ex cluding Negro Slavery from the Territories. It- INVOLVES THE SAMS PRINCIPLES." —Speech of Senator Douglas, JuneZd, 1850, pages 1115 and 1116, tol, 21,i Cong. Globe,, 1840-50. . HE BELIEVES IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL TO PROHIBIT SLAVERY IN TUB TERRITORIES. On the same day, and in the same speech, Mr. Douglas referred to the Wilmot Proviso resolutions, passed by the Illinois Legislature, thus: “ My hands are tied upon one isoVed point. “ A Senator— Can you not break loose 7 “ Mr. Douglas— J have no desire to' break loosej; My opinions are my own, and I express-* them*freely. My votes belong to,those•who' sent me here, and to whom lam responsible*,, I have never differed with ray constituency du ring seven years service in Congress, except upon one solitary question. -AND EVEN ON THAT I HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFICULTIES, and have previously .twice given the same vote, under peculiar circum stances; which is now required at?my bands. I have no desire, therefore, to break loose jrom the instruction. — Gong. Globe, Appendix, col. 22, part 1, page 373; • THE RESOLUTIONS OP THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. This is perhaps an appropriate place to intro duce the Wiimot .Proviso resolutions of the Il linois Legislature of 1849. They v ere adopted by the Senate on the Bth of January, in that year, and by the House bn the 9tb,;in the fol lowing words, and by the annexed vote; •‘Resolved by the Senate of the State of Illi nois, the House of Representatives concurring, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, to use all honorable means in their power to procure the enactment of such laws by Congress for the government of the countries and territories of the United States acquired by the treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement ylth the Republic of, Mexico, concluded February 2d, 1848, as shall contain the express declara tion ‘thatthere shall be neither-slavery nor invol untary servitude in said territories, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.’ “ Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring herein, That the Gover nor be respectfully Requested to transmit to each of our Senators and Representatives In Congress, a copy of the joint resolution of the Senate, concurred in by the Horfse on the 9th jnst.pfor the exclusion of slavery from the new territories acquired by our late treaty with the Republic of Mexiob.” - IN THE SENATE. Yeas —Messrs. Ames, Denny, Gear, Gillespie, Grass, Jddd, Matteson, (Joel A.) Morrison, (/. L. D.) Moßoberts, Patterson, Plato, Reddick, Smith, Stuart. —l 4. Nats —Messrs. Clond, Daris, Hardy, Mark ley, 03am, Osborn, Richmond, Rountree, Sat phin, Tichenor, Witt-—ll. IN THE HOUSE. Yeas —Messrs. Abend,. Austin, -Ttlakeman, Brady, Brawn, Crandell, Crawford, J)enio, Ed wards, Ewing, Fay, Gilson, Gray, Harding, Hcerrison, Henderson, Keating, Keener,. Kel logg, Lasher, Loach, Linder, Little, Maxwell, Pickering,\ Hives, Ruckle, -Rfjan, Sanger, Sconce,' Sherman, Smith, Starkweather, Thom as, Turnbull, Waller, -Wheaton, Tates —3B.' Nats —-Messrs. Blackman, Bradley, Bridges, Bond, Campbell, Cooper, Cochran, Dameille, Darnell, Dearborn, Evey, Fry, Guthrie, Hayes, Jennings, Lucas, .Merrett, Morris, McDonald, Olds, Page, Pattison, Price, Rice, Richardson, Sayre, Skinner, Sloan, Tackerberry, Tyler, Vernor, Walker, Wilson, Mr. Speaker, (Zadock Casey)—34. ;■ ' [Whigs in Italics —Democrats in Roman.] MB. HOPGIAS RESPONDS TO THE RESOLUTIONS. On the,23d of October, 1849, Mr, Donglad made a-speech in Springfield, HI., (referred to above,) which was published in the State Beg ister of-Nor. Bth, 1849. In this speech he re ferred (o the resolutions of instructions passed Advertisements trill bo charged $1 per sqonre of JO lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered ns n square;- The subjoined rntes 'rill bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad* vertisemonts: • .Square/ - - -2 do.' 3./ do. - 7,00 8,50 , J 0,09 i column, - - 8,00 9,50 12,60 i - do; • : Jo,oo 20;OO 30.09 Column, - . - 25,00. ■ - 35.00 60,01 ~ Advertisements riot having thennmber of insertions desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered.pnt pud charged accordingly,-, .. . . Posters, n.mdlilll,,. Bill-Heads, Irtlter-Hends and al l kipdO of Jobbing done in country establishments; ex ecuted'neaflyand promptly. Justices',' Constable’s, and othcr BLANKS constantly on hand. ■NO; It by the Legislature, in the following-language: “In August; '4B, he, (Mr. Douglas) had vo- • ted for the Oregon bill,containing a clause,'pro* hibiting slavery-in that Territory. About four months afterwards,'the Legislature assembled and prepared a resolution instructing onr Sena tors, and' requesting bur Representatives in , Congress to votb for.territorial’biflsr in Califor nia and'New. Mexico, containing a prohibition -of slavery In those,Territories. /'ln other words, they instructed him to do precisely what.he had just done, without instructions. He had ' been inforlned that his ‘Whig friends, and per haps a few others, peculiarly, situated, /confi dently,cxpeotly him to resign, rather than obey' those instructions. It would be disagreeable to disappoint them in so reasonable an expecta tion. It wqs a serious question, however, re quiring .grave and deliberate. consideration, whether, he could conscienciously do under in structions WHAT HE nan JUST DONE PRO* THE ’ DICTATES, OF HIS JUDGMENT WITHOUT INSTRUC TIONS. As the decision of so important a ques tion requires time to consider, he invited them to Wait and see." If it be denied that Mr. Douglas eyer uttered these “ Abolition ” sentiments, a copy of the Register containing them, maybefonnd on file, in one of the public offices, at Springfield, an other at; Jacksonville, and perhaps others in other ports of the State, though it is true, that several files of the paper containing Mr. Doug las’ speech of Oct. 23d, 1849, were quite mys teriously! mutilated or destroyed in after the repeal of the Missouri- Compromise. HE THOUGHT THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE SHOULD, HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO THE PACIFIC. ; The bill for the admission of California being under debate, Mr. Turney (of Tenn.) moved to amend the same'by extending the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Ocean, paying his amendment was a verbatim copy of Dong-' las’ amendment' to the Oregon: Bill. Mr. Dong las, on the 6tb day of August; 1850, said : - “ As references has* been made to me as the, antbor of a similar amendment, in 1848, te the Oregon |Bill, I desire only to state that I was then willing to adjust the whole slavery ques tion on that line and those terms; and if the ■whole acquired territory now ,in the some conditioii as it was ;theni‘ I WQDLD NOW . VOTE FOR IT, AND SHOULD BE OLAp; TO SEE IT ADOPTED. Bat since then UMki ifornia has ' increased her population, has a v State government organized, and 1 cannot con sent, for one, to destroy that State government and send all back, or that such a line as this— ahail-form her southern.-boundary. Fop that AND ■ I shall vote against’ the am^rdlfijßt., Cong. Globe, Ap petidix,'iol '. 22; l5lO. HE RESOLVES NEVER' TO . MAKE ANOTHER SPEECH ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION ! . In ; Senate, ■ December 23(3,1851, on a resolu tion declaring.the Compromise measnres.a “fi nality,” WrV Douglas said; “ At the close of the long,sesBipn which adop ted those measures, I resolved. NEVER to make another speech the slavery question in the halls of " * * * * “In tasking leave of this subject, I wish to state that I have determined NEVER to make another speech upon the slavery question; and I will now add the hope that the necessity for it will never exist lam heartily tired of the controversy, and J know that the country is disgusted with it. In regard to-the resolutions of the Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. Foote,) I will lie pardoned for laying that I much doubt tire wisdom and expediency of their in troduction. * ' * * * * “ So long as onr opponents do not agitate for repeal o:- modification, why should we agitate for any purpose ?• We claim that the Compro mise is u final settlement open to discussion, rand agitation, and controversy, by its .friend's. What manner of settlement i( that which does not settle the difficulty and quit the dispute? 1 Are not the-friends 6f the Compromise becom ing the agitators, ani will not file country hoM us responsible for that which we condemn and denounce in the Abolitionists and Free-soilers? These are matters worthy of consideration. Those who preach peace should not be the first to commence and re-open an old quarrel.”— Congressional Globe,, Appendix, 1861-2, pages 65 and 68. SJ-AVERT IN NEW KEIICO. For the purpose of contrasting the views ut tered by Mr. Douglas in the Senate, on the I2th day of February, 1850, on the. subject of slavery in the territoryof Now Mexico, with his remarks on the 3.6 th of May, 1860, (hereafter quoted,) we copy the following from the Congressional Globe, tol. 22, pari 1, page 343-; “ Mb, Douglas. —lf the question is contro verted here, I am ready to enter into the dis cussion |of that question' at any time, upon a reasonable notice, and to show that by the con stituted authority and'■constitutional authority of Mexico, slavery was. prohibited in Mexico at the tme of the acquisition,’and that prohibi tion 1 wa i acquired by us with the soil, and that when we acquired the territory, we acquired it with bat attached to it—that covenant run ning with the soil—and that must continue, unless removed by competent authority. And because! there was a prohibition thus attached to the soil, I have always thought it was an un wise, unnecessary, and unjustifiable coarse on" the part of tub people of the free States, to re quire Congress to put another prohibition da the top of that one. It has been the strongest argument that I have over urged against the .prohibition of slavery in the Territories, that it was not} necessary for " the accomplishment of their otjject.” ' i THE THREE NEBRASKA BILLS. | , No. 1. On tho 17 th day of February* A. I). 1853, Senator Dougin's, ns Chairman of the Commit tee on iTprritojdes, reported tp the Senate hia Rates of Advertising. '6 MONTHS* 12 MONTHS. 3 MONTHS. $1,60' 1 8,SO --. 08,00 . 5,00 $6,00 8,00
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