Terms of publication,
THE TIOGA AGITATOItis published
„ Wednesday Morning, and mailed to subscribers
.1 the very reasonable priSp of
' DOI/BAICt.PjEK' ANNUM,
r -nnahhl instance.' if fe intended to notify every
“ riber wlftn thetermifijr which he has paid shall
we expired, by the flgureaon the printed label on the
11 rein of each paper, s The paper will then be stopped
<■[ a farther remittance be received. By this ar-
no' than can be brought in debt to the
the' 1 Official Paper of the County,
■th a large and steadily increasing circulation reach-,
■ ■ ole every neighborhood in the County. Xtis sent
of postage to any Post, 1 Office Within the county
rils bat whose- most convenient post office maybe
I, “a adjoining County.' ' ' .
Easiness Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu
ded, $? P” ar ' ' 'g? ; I
ja S l OWK EV &S. F. WILSON,
Attorneys a counsellors at;law, win
attend the Court of Tioga, Eottor and McKean
... Mies. riWcUshpro', Feb. 1,185!h] ' f
C. DAHTX, DENTIST, I
-i, i —i OFFICE at hie residence near the
JE&atsfeii!. 1 I Academy. All wort pcrtainingjto
'UITr mhis line of business done promptly and
?,{■- [April 22, 1858.]
PICKIASOS hoese T
C 0 R N 11J-G, N. St
My A. Field, • • • • • • ! Proprietor.
Gdests taken to and from the Depot free of chargp.
~ jTc. wttITTAKEB,
Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon.
ELIiLANb, TJOGA CO., X*VgNNA. ,
■ Afill visit patients in all parts of the Oonnty, or re
ceive them for treatment fit-his house.- Pune 14,]'
IZAAK WAIIfOJ HOUSE,
H, c. VEIiMILfE-i, PROPRIETOR,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
THIS is anew liotol located within easy access 1 o£
the'best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern
Pa. No pains wilt be spared for the accommodation
of 'pleasure seekers and the traveling public.
April 12, 1860. - ■ ;
H. O. CfeLE,
BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER. ,
SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
his line will bo done well and promptly as it
can he done in the city snldims. Preparations for ro
\moving dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale
'icheap. Hair and whiskeri dyed any color. Call and
see. Wellsboro, Sept. 22, jlgo'J.
THE ( Oltsnc JOURJVAE.
GeorgesFi-Fratt,.! Editor and proprietor.
IS published at Cornidg, Steuben Co., N. Y., at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
Journal is Republican in politics, and has a circula
tion reaching into every part of Steuben County.—
"Those desirous of extending their business into that
.and the adjoining counties will find it an cxcellent.ad
vertising medium. Address as above.
JOHN 8.. SHAKESPEAR,
, , IAItOK.
HAVING opened his chop in the room over B. B.
Smith A Son's 1 9tor£, respectfully informs the
citizens of Wellsboro’, and Vicinity, that he is prepared
te execute orders in his li|® of business with prompt
ness and despatch f ■ ’b
Cattiug feoiic os short notice.
Wellsboro, Oct 21* lSsBii--0m
D. BACON, 31. !>.,
Graduate of Buffaty Medical College,
"fTAS established himself in the practice of MejiU
J~| cine and 5 Sargery in she village of Tioga, and
•criU promptly attend all professional calif?. Office at!L.
H. Smith’s Hotel, where he frill always be found except
when absent on professional business. 4
Particular attention paid to the diseases jof
women and children,
Tioga, May 24, IS$O. - \
' • N. i>UrBOTS,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS,
WASHINGTON! D. C.
ADVICE aa to the patentability of inventions given
free of charge. Bi-jUpgs from models 'neatly
executed. Charges for obtaining patents moderate.
kEFniirjvcKS.
linn. <3, A. Groir.Ta.'L /' Hns* Young. Ed.
Uou. G. W. Scranton, Ta, : HI 11. Frazier, Ed. KepuUtcan.
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TO Wf IT S I-C I A BLS . i
jJL CHOICE LOTSof the best imported Italian anp
\J3T German ‘ }
VIOLIN STRINGS. '
Bass Viol strings, Guitar' strings, Tuning Forks
Bridges &c., just received and for sale at
R(jfTS DKDG STORE.
WE.MSjSOK« HOTEL,
WELisBORMJGH, PA.
B. 8. lARR, - PROPRIETOR.
{Formerly of the ■ Vjlited States Hotel.) 1
Having leaded this well ®pown and popular House,
solicit* the patronage of W ilh attentive
and obliging .waiter 5, togeibgr with the Proprietor’s
knowledge of the bi siness.hfe hopes to make the striy
of those who stoj with both pleasant and
agreeable. 1 . i
Wellsboro, May 31, 1860; ;| ■ j
PICTIpRE FRAMIBG.
TOILET GLASSES, Porfrfita, Pictures, Certificates
Engravings, Needle Wijrk, *tc.. Ac., framed in
the neaest pliqp and ornamented Gilt.
Rose Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, Mahogany, Ac. Per
iods leaving any article for framing, can receive them
next day framed in iny they wish and hung for
them. Specimens a| U ! I
r| SMITH'S BOOK STORE.!
WATCHES! UVATCIIES!
THE Subscriber has got a fine
ENGLISH],IfEVExj HUNTER-CASE \
Gold aim Silver Watches,
which be w'ill sell cheaper than “dirt" on ‘Time/ i. e.
he will sell ‘Time Pieces’ofl (approved) credit
All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. If !a
job of work is not dbne to the satisfaction of the party
ordering it, no charge!will bd made.
Past favors appreciated and a contiuance of patron
age kindly solicited; 1 s* ANDIE FOLEST. '
WelUburo, June 24, 3858.
E. B. M. D., j
TfTOULD infori tie pdlrtjothatheis permanently
.}y located in fclkland Jloro, Tioga Co. Pa., and
is prepared by thirty years’ experience to treat all dis
eases of the eyes and their apF en<^a B es on sciehtifo
principles, and he can cure without fail, that
dreadful disease, called Sf Vitus’ Dance, {Chorea
Sancti and will attend tp any other business in
the line of Physic and Surgery.,
Elklimd Boro, August 1860.
i MtlfftijoY fp BAILEY, j
\\rOULD inform the public, that having purchased
W tho Mill property, kjitfWn 'as the “CULVER
MILL,” and having repair'd and supplied it 'with
j Dew bolts and machinery, ary now prepared to do ;
' CqSTOMfjWORK
to tho entire satisfaction of its patrpns. , With the aid
oar Experienced k. Mikchol, and tbo
““sparing efforts of the p logrietore, they intend to
seep up an establishment sej end to none in the county.
Oosh pay f or w heal and col J. and the highest market
lore g.vcn. EDJV- McINROY, T
March 15, ISM.-tf. ' t JNO. W. BAILEY, j
lioci BEGU-ATOR. I
George F. EiJMPIIREY has opened a new
Jewely Store at j
Tioga Village, Tirfga County, t Pa,
be is prepared to do a|l kinds of Watch, Clock
Jewelry repairing, in,a -workmanlike manner. All
warranted to Jive efttife satisfaction. _ - j
We do not pretend to do york than any other
tnan, bat we edn 4o as good work ok can bo done in
toe cities or elsewhere. |
. . ( ; GECftGEF. HUMPHREY,
tiega, Pa., March 15, Iff P. (ly.) ’ |
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BOOKS, Magazlpcs f n<V KciTPpnpera bound in Su
pericr Styled Unyersal facilities us to
fleas til CalUaU se<‘,at Ljjio * BOOK STORE, '
—; J -' ft 5 ' ; T ~ - . ‘
DctJOttU to 32xttnnion of tfje %xtu of iFm&om attur S#m<y of f&tnltfyg a&cfovm. |
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WHILE THERE SHALL A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAfT’SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
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t For the [Agitator, j
' ' THE BEAUTIFUL JiAJH). 1 J
■ here’s a beautiful land toward the Western skies,, I
, Where the fleeciest are straying j * |
. n tints of purple and gold they rise,
• ?here the pine and the cedar enrapture th<» I
As the breeze with their fragrance is pluying. . i 1
"here gorgeous palaces rise to the sight, j
The mansions are fair to behold; C ■ |
1 Embalmed in with grandfcathedral light,
* Vhose shadowy glories veil the sight, ]
Of the streets that are paved with gold. j
[t'a a beautiful land, of a thousand flower r, j
Where the serpent of pain hath |no lair j I
'Phe quiet siesta,, the spice-wood bowers, J
pefreshed by dews or heavenly showers, j
And onr garnered loves'are there. “ 1
Che pride of the Indies the stately palm, j |
With its coronet proudly towers 1 ; I
!?air islands that swell in seas of calm, I
;iow‘eager the weary to|bask in the calm, 1
Of that beautiful land! of flowers.
Here the feet of the pilgrim were worn by the heat,
1 When they in “ life’s caravan ” trod;
|n land with murmuring sweet,
The river of life bathes the o'er weary fee:,
And we rest on the bosom of God.
. Latcrepcevilie, Pa, Mrs. M. A. Btevexs.
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KITTY pEYDE.
Clatter I Clatter! the old mill went nightiand
lay, yet nobody in the little cottage just beyond
ieemed disturbed by it. The old house dog
ay cozily on the door step with one eye open,
frhile on the window ;sill pussy reposed in com
fort. The neat white curtains looped up so fan
cifully ; the neat jaesamins arid rosen climbing
pp on the porch, spoke of the taste of its occu
pants. Just within the door, in a meat white
bap, sits the good dame, at the present moment,
v|with her eye brows clouded. j
j “Where can Kitty stay so ?’* 'exclaimed
pame Clyde; -here it is almost dinner time, and
ho signs of her. Kitty I Kitty I" ■
; But no Kitty came;, Whatieeps Miss Kitty ?
pome with me, gentle!reader, just up the stream
p. little way. Xbere t on a large lock, over!
Which the willow bends, with a rod and line in
hand, every now and jthen throwing her wealth
pf curls high in the air, is sweet Kitty Clyde.
Put why does she tarry? Is she waiting for
the fish to bite? Ahj no, for there beside her
tits Harry Jones, one arm around her waist,
the other playing with her curls., "V:ery pleas
ant in their talk, for potty's mpsical laugh rings
put every moment. Never dreaming of the
fime, never thinking of poor father’s dinner,
she sits listening to her lover’s talk. But now
fhe sunbeams kiss Kitty’s face and remind her
her duties.
f “ Good gracious !” she exclaimed, starting up
Suddenly, upsetting her basket and its contents,
“ it’s noon ! Oh ! how motlierj will scald. It’s
(joo bad you kept me so long,” 3
j “ I kept yon, Kitty ?” asked Harryj; “ I rath
er think it is your fault.”' | i
f “Wellj my fault or yours, I’ll get a scolding,
that’s certain ;” and gathering up lino, rod and
Ipasket, she turned towards home.
J “-Stop, Kitty, you hape forgotten something!”
plarry cried.
j Kitty turned to see what she had forgotten,
when her lover caught her in his arms and gave
■tier a hearty kiss. ‘ •,
I “Shame I*" said Kitty, “you date not "do
(mat again !"- and again she senmpereid.
; Noon in the cottage, and from the mill comes
large, robust man, with the ringing step of
rjne of nature’s noblemen. With quack tread
lie soon reached the cottage ; and entering he
Iboks curiously around.
“ How now, wife ; am I too fast to-nay !”
| “ That wild Kitty has been'gone all the mom
ipg, and I don’t know when she will cotne home.
That girl will surely come to no goodj end, she
ik so wild," replied the good dame. 1
“ Nay, wife, she is young yet. • When she
gets older she will be wiser. ’
Just then Miss Kitty was seen walking de
murely towards the house.
, j “ Where have you been, you wild, w Id girl ?”
j “ To the brook, to catch trout moth ;r."
. j “ And what kept you so long ?”
j “ Why, I was thinking, and thinkirg—”
j “ Just think of home a little - more, Mlss.v—
You’ll surely break your father’s and mother’s
hfeart, if you keep qn in this heltir-akelter
way.”
Kitty’s-eyes filled with tears,
“lam sure, mother, if I bad th )ught—”
She could say no more), but weeping, Sj le turned
a way.
“ Come here, girl, apd kiss your father.”
With a bound she flung her arms around her
father’s neck, and then her mother’s.
“Now, Kitty, hurry and getjdinner.”
> Kitty needed no seepnd hiddjing. The little
table was covered as if by magic. The delic
ious Butter, the snow-white bread, the,tempting
preserves, soon invited the triojto dinner. The
humble blessing asked, they ehjoyed the meal
i:i silence.' 1 !
Kitty Clyde was the belle of the village;
tie dream of the young men; ( the envy of the
girls. People said—and we all know that peo
ple will talk—that Harry Jones Was Kitty’s
tjeap, an insinuation which Kitty indignantly
denied. ' Be matters as they were, the truth
Was Kitty was"a little: inclined to coquette.—
Eree and open-hearted; of good disposition, pret
ty face and figure, Kitty liked to be admired.
To be sure, away down in her heart something
v^hispered, —“ You love Harry Jqnes ; ” but
then she could not J | be satisfied with one
“string” to her “bead.” I
Supper came, and Kitty wad missing again.
I I vain Dame Clyde called “Kitty! Kitty!”
Where was Kittynowj? Justih thbsame place;
v here we found her tihis meriting, this time,
.however, alone, vacantly gazing waves,
Uoking on the pioturej ! i
“ I wonder who Ipvejs me best,” she murmur
ed. “John is a fine fellow, but he’s too polite.
Tom loves me, but thep he’s tbo podr. Then
there is Harry Jones, who—”
“ Is here to answer for himself,” and that in-
A vidual emerged from! a clump of trees.
“For shame, Harry! Jones,to play eaves
d - opper!” exclaimed Kitty. i
Never mindiifg her words, be asked: “ snail
I tell you who loves ydn best?” - | I
Kitty was a little Harried at his sudden ap
pearance, so she answered:
t“I don’t know, and what’s more, I don’t
clre.”
] “ Well, I’ll answerdj anybovt.”
WELLSBOEO., TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1860.
JKittyiput both bands to her ears, saying, “I
won’t hear.” ' 1
“Kitty,” and Harry’s- voice took a deeper
Itone, “ I love yon. ‘ I have watched you' a long
time. 1 have seen youj bestow many bright
smiles ola others, but now, Kitty, I ask them
all for myself. Do you love me, Kitty ?”
“ What nonsense is this ?” exclaimed Kitty,
archly shilling. i
“ Nonsense ? No, it is not. nonsense. Do
you lovfi me, Kitty ?”
“ No 1”
The word was harshly spoken, and Hairy
turned to hide his emotion.’ ;
“ Thein good bye, Kitty Clyde. I never
thought! you a flirt, till now—never.”
Harry turned f on his heel and walked quickly
away. For a npoment Kitty sat irresolute, then
warned i by the coming darkness, she hastened
homeward.
“ Child, child,” said her mother, “ where
have you been V’
Kitty made ho reply 1 , lint, seeking her own
little chamber, she threw herself on the bed
and wept. For almost an hour she wept there,
and then said, she will ccjme again to-morrow.
That night wild dreamy flitted through Kitty
Clyde’s | head. She dreamed she was a. bride,
but there was no bridegroom. So overpowered
was shq by her emotions,! that she awoke, just
as the snn came peeping jin the little window.
Kitty|was more than usually brisk that morn
ing, forishe longed for thq time to come for her
to meet Harry again. Taking down her basket
from itsi perch, and her rod from behind the
door, she wandered through the meadow to
ward th!e rock. There shq sat waiting till noon,
and Harry-had not come.i
“Well, he’ll be here at sunset,” thought
Kitty as she sauntered tqward home. Sunset
brought no Harry, but oh the reck lay a note
which Kitty hastily opened. It was short and
precise. I
“Kitty—' You-do not level mo. lam going away
to.morrow. Farewell! God bless you. llarry,”
Hashing back a sob, she quickly folded the
note and placed it in her|bosom. It was hard
work to keep back the tears, bat pride came to
her help, 1
“ What ails thee, Kitty ?” asked her mother;
“ art tho u sick, child ?" \
“ No, mother,"
Just then Mr. Clyde entered. 1
“Have you heard the news?” he asked of
Kitty.
“ News, what news, father ?”
“Why, Harry Jones is;going to ship—”
He said no more, but sprang forward to
catch the fainting form of 1 Kitty.
“Is he gone father, is he gone?” eagerly
asked Kitty. ;
“ Not yet, be starts to-morrow.”
“ Then I have timeand up stairs she flaw.
The old couple looked at each other significant
ly. Kitty soon found peri, ink and paper, and.
wrote this note:
'• Harry —Meet me at the took to-morrow at sun
set. • Kitty.”
Folded and despatched, Kitty soon went to
rest. The next evening, arraying herself in a
blue muslin, with quick steps she reacheJ4he
-rock. Soon as she was, Harry was ther&be
fore her. She sprang into bis arms, and laying
her head upon hiarnanly bosom, The
moonlight discoverecTthenjsitting together, and
talking very earnestly. |vThrt--they said Ido
not know, that Harry did| not go tosfea-s-and
that Kitty Clyde bhanged her name to Kitty
Jones.
The following is the appendix to Dr. Binn’s
“Anatomy of Sleep.” It was communicated
to the author by Hon. Mr. .Talbot, father of the
present Countess of Shrewsbury, and is given
in his own words, and over his own signature:
“In the year 1768, my (father, Mathew Tal
bot of Castle Talbot, coun|ty Wexford, at the
recurrence of a dream three several times dur
ing the same night, which caused him to repeat
the whole circumstance to his lady the next
morning.! He dreamed that he bad risen as us
ual, and descended to the library the morning
being hazy. He then seated himself at bis sec
retaire tcj write, when happening to look up a
long avenue of trees, opposite the window, he
perceived! a.man in a blue jacket, mounted on
a white horse, coming towards the' house. My
father rose and opened the window; the man
advancing presented him with a roll of papers
and told him they were thel invoices of a vessel
that had been wrecked, and| had drifted in on
bis son-in-law’s (Lord Mopnt “Morris) estate,
hard by, and signed “ Bell and Stephenson.”—
My father’s attention was palled to the dream
only from its frequent recurrence; bat when he
found himself seated at his i desk oh the misty
morning, and behold the identical person whom
he had seen in his dream, id the blue coat, ri
ding on a gray horse, he |felt surprised, and
opening fbe window he awalited the man’s ap
proach. He imujediately rode up and drawing
from his pocket a package of papers, gave them
to my father, stating that they were the invoices
belonging to an American vessel, which had
been wrecked and drifted upon his lordship’s
estate; that there was no plerson on board” to
[lay claim to the wreck, butj that the invoices
(were sighed “ Stephenson and Bell.” I'assure
you, my dear sir, that the above actually Oc-
and is most faithfully given; but is not
more extraordinary than other samples of the
jprophetic powersof the mind or soul during
Jaleep, which I have frequently heard related."
A Puzzle. —Here is something worth study
ing. We find it in an old paper, and if any of
Dor patrons can solve it, we lope they will feel
the point:
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: Sound) Truths. —That champaign is the
source of many real pains.
That gin slings have “sieved more than the
slings of old.
That punch is the cause ofj many unfriendly
punches.
A STBAHGB DBEAM.
DOUGLAS’ BECORD.
The introduction of the third Nebraska bill;
repealing the-Missouri Compromise, constitutes
the turning point in Mr. Douglas’ political
highway. From this sharp corner, his course
is wholly and utterly pro-slavery, down to the
introduction of the Lecompton bill in the Sen
ate, where he takes a position of indifference,
best expressed in his phrase, “ Don’t care
whether slavery is voted down or voted up.”
The indifferent mood is preserved a little more
than two years, when, as will be seen by the
record, he becomes more wrathfully pro-slavery
than ever before.
HE GOES DIRECTLY FOE SUPREME COURT SOVEEr
EIGNTY AND A TERRITORIAL SLAVE CODE.
On the 23(fof .June, 'lBOO, the Douglas wing
Of tiff National Democratic Convention, at
Baltimore, finished up its business by adopting
the following resolution as a part of his plat
form, resolution having been offered by
Mr. Wickliffe, of Louisiana, who declared that
its adoption would give Mr. Douglas 40,000
votes in that State : i
“ Resolved, That it is in accordance with the
Cincinnati platform, that during the existence
of Territorial Governments, the measure of re
striction, whatever it may be, imposed by.the
Federal Constitution on the poweirof-fhe 'Te|~
ritorial Legislature over the subject of the do
mestic relations, as the same Ziosj been dr shall
hereafter he decided hy the Supreme Court bf the
United States, should be respected by all good
citizens, and enforced with promptness and fidel
ity hy every branch of the General Government.”
In his letter accepting the nomination, Mr.
Douglas gave his particular attention to the
Wickliffe slave-code resolution, remarking upon
it as follows: - ,
“Upon a careful examination of the platform
of principles adopted at Chaileiston, and re
affirmed at Baltimore, with an additional reso
lution which is in perfect harmony with the
others, I find it to be a faithful embodiment of
the'time-honored principles of the Democratic
party, as the same were proclaimed and under
stood by all parties i.n the Presidential contests
of 1848, 1852. and 1850.”
Thus has squatter sovereignty at last been
completely squatted out 1
HE DEFENDS THE BORDER RUFFIANS OF |IISSOURI.
In Douglas’ Report on Kansas AffaSrs, Mar.
12, 1850, page 9, he defended the Border Ruf
fian invaders of Kansas, as follows:
“ The natural consequence wab that immedi
ate steps 'were taken by the people of the
western counties of Missouri to stimulate, or
ganize and carry into effect a system of emi
gration, similar to that of the Massachusetts
Emigrant Aid Company, for the, avowed pur
pose of .counter acting the effects and protecting
themselves amj their domestic institutions from
the consequences of that company’s operations.
“The material difference in the character of the
two rival and conflicting movements consists in
the fact that the one had its origin in an AG
GRESSIVE and the other in a DEFENSIVE
policy.” - , |
I I
HE DECLARES THE BOGUS I.EuISLATijRE OF KANSAS
TO HAVE BEEN {valid.
In the same report, and bn page 15 thereof,
Mr. Douglas asserted the validity of the bogus
legislature and its acts, as follows;
“So far as the question ‘involves THE LE
GALITY OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE
AND THE VALIDITY OF ITS ACTS, it is
entirely immaterial whether we adopt the rea
soning and conclusion of the minority or ma
jority reports, for each proves that
LATURE WAS LEGALLY lAND DULY
CONSTITUTED.”
HE SATS THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS MUST BE
“ SUBDUED.” |
In the same report, and on page 40 thereof,
he advocates the subjection of j the people of
Kansas, in the following words: I
“In this connection, your Committee feel
sincere satisfaction in commending the messa
ges and proclamations of the | President/in
which we have the gratifying assurance that
the supremacy of the laws will be maintained ;
that rebellion will be crushed; * * * that
the federal and local laws will !be vindicated
against all attempts of resistance.”
And again, in his speech of March 12th,
1856:
“ The minority report advocates foreign in
terference ; we advocate self-government and
non-interference. Wa are ready to meet the
issue, and there will be no dodging. We in
tend to meet it boldly; TO REQUIRE SUB
MISSION TO THE LAWS AND TO THE
CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES; TO RE
DUCE TO SUBJECTION THOSE WHO RE
SIST THEM, AND TO PUNISH REBELL
ION AND TREASON. lam glad that a de
fiant spirit is exhibited here: we accept the
issue.”— Congressional Glohe, part 1, 1855—50,
page 639.
HE THINKS SENATOR SUMNER SHOULD BE
“KICKED LIKE A DOG.”
On the 20th day of May, 1856, Mr. Douglas
indulged in the following language, in reply to
Senator Sumner —the day on vfhich he was
bludgeoned by Preston S. Brooks:
“It is his object to provoke some of ns to
KICK HIM AS WE WOULD A DOG! A
Hundred times has he called the Nebraska Bill
a swindle—an act of infamy,, and. each time
went on to illustrate the complicity of each
ynamwho voted for it, in perpetrating the crime,,
i* * * How dare he approach one of these
gentlemen, to give him his hand, after that act?
If he felt the courtesies between men, he would
not do it. He would deserve to have himself
SPIT IN THE FACE fordoing so.”—Appen
dix to Ha Cong. Globe, 1855-50, page 545,
HE VINDICATES. DAVID A. ATCHISON.
In the same speech, and on the same day,
Mr. Douglas proceeded to vindicate Davi4 R.
Atchison, of Missouri,, who was then leading a
company of Border Ruffians against Kansas,
in the-following eulogistic terms: j
“ The Senator has also made an assault on
the late President of the Senate—dleneral Atch
ison—a gentleman of as Sind-a nature, iof as
genuine and true a heart as ever animated a
human soul. He is impulsive- and genejrous,-
carrying his good qualities' sometimes to im ex
cess, which induces., him to say and do many
things that would not meet my approval-; hut
all who know him, know him to be a gentle
man and an honest man—true and loyal to the
Constitution of his country.”— Appendix to the
Congressional Globe, 1855-56, page ,
HEENDORSES THE I.ECOJIPTON CONSTITUTION IN
ADVANCE. j
On the 12th of June, 1857, Mr, Douglas made
his “Grand Jury” speech, so-called, at Spring
field, to which one reference has already been
made. The following extracts from this speech
are taken from the phonographic report pub
lished in the Missouri Republican of June 18th,
1857. The famous Lecompton Convention had
just been called by the .bogus Legislature, apd
on this topic he spoke as follows:
“ Kansas is about to speak for herself through
her delegates assembled in convention to form
a constitution;, preparatory to her admission
into the Union" on an equal footing with the
original States. Peace and prosperity now
prevail throughout her borders. The law un
der which her delegates]are to be electedjis be
lieved to be just and fair in all its objects and
provisions. If any portion of the inhabitants,
acting under the advice of political leaders in
distant States, shall choose to absent themselves
from the polls, and withhold their votes, with ft
view of leaving the Free State Democrats in a
minority, and thus securing a pro-slavery con
stitution in opposition to a majority of the peo
ple living under it. Jet the responsibility'Test
on those who, for partisan purposes, will sacri
fice the principles they profess to cherish and
promote.
SAYS THE DECLARATION” OF INDEPENDENCE
•WAS NOT INTENDED TO INCLUDE “ ALL MEN.”
In the same speech, Mr. Douglas ventilated
his views of the Declaration "of Independence,
as follows:
“ The signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, referred to white man, and to him alone,
when they declared that all men were created
equal. The principle thby were asserting was
that a British subject born on American soil,
mas equal to a British subject bom in England
—that a British subject here, was entitled to
all the rights, privileges, and immunities, un
der the British Constitution that a British sub
ject in E.ngland enjoyoU ; that their rightswere
inalienable, and hence, that Parliament, whoso
power was omnipotent, had no power to alien
ate them.”
It appears thus, that in Mr. Douglas’ opin
ion not*only the African, i;ace, but the German,
Italian, French, Scandinavian, and, indeed,
every nation except the English, Irish, Scotch
and American, are excluded from all part or
lot in the Declaration of Independence. The
phrase “ all men,” dots not refer to them.
They have no business with the Fourth of July.
It is to be observed that, in this matter Mr.
Douglas has outrun the Dred Scott decision it
self, which, after-quoting the language of the
Declaration of Independence, says:
. “The general words above quoted would
seem to embrace the whole human family, and
if they were used in a “similar instrument at
this dny, would he so understood. But it is too
clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race
were not intended to be included, and formed
no part of the people who framed and
this declaration.”
HE SATS SLAVERY" IS IX ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RULES OP CIVILIZATION AND CHRISTIANITY.
In the same speech Mr. Douglas gave utter
ance to the following atrocious sentiments on
jslavery in the Restrict:
j “At that day the negro was looked upon as
a being of an inferior :race. All history had
proved that in no paffof the world, or the
world’s history,' had the negro ever shown him
self capable of self-goVernnient, and it was not
the intention of the founders of this govern
ment to violate that great law of God which
made the distinction between the white .and
the black man. That distinction is plain and
palpable, and it has been the rule, of civiliza
tion and Christianity the world over, that when
ever any man or set of men were incapable of
Inking care of themselves, they should consent
to be governed, by those who are capable of
managing their affairs for them.” I
We find the same idea, in nearly the same
language, in his Chicago speech of October 23d,
1850, as published in Sheahan’s Life of Doug
las, to-wit: ■ ‘ •
“ The civilized world have always held that
when any race of men have shown themselves
so degraded by ignorance, superstition, cruelty,
and -barbarism as to be utterly incapable of
governing themselves, they must, in the nature
of things, be governed ' by others, by inch laws
as are deemed applicable to their condition.”
—[Sheahan’s Life of Douglas, page 184.]
This is popular sovereignty with a vengeance.
HE BATS THE ALMIGHTY HAS REQUIRED THE EX
ISTENCE OF SLAVERY ! 1
In the Mentphis speech, following immedi
ately after the Extract quoted above, from tbo
Avalanche, comes the following blasphemous
declaration: i
“ The Almighty has drawn the line on this
continent on one side of which the soil must be
cultivated hy slave labor. Thai line dirt not run
on thirty-six' degrees and thirty 'minutes, for
thirty-sis degrees and thirty minutes runs o\u r
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mountains and through valleys. But this Slave
line meanders in fields and planta
tions of the South—[the remainder of the sen
tence waslost’by the confusion around the re
porter.] And the people living in the different
localities and in the Territories must determine
for themselves whether their ‘middle bed’ is
best adapted for slave or free labor,”
HISLAST FLIKG AT THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS,
. djhe Hop. •John Hickman, in his late speech
in Concert Hall, Philadelphia, after a Scathing
review of Mr. Douglas’ many brinies against
frebdom in Kansas, says: It is gratifying, how
ever, to make a single remark in his favor; it
is this r that he seems as willing as the most
ardent of his friends to divert attention/ from
this: period of his career. lam not aware that
in either essay or address he has ventured to
rewlr.to it-’; but on the contrary, he seems dis
posed to treat as a blank in his life.” Mr.
Hickman has overlooked Mr; Dopglas’ speech
in the Senate on the 29th of February last,
when he fepoated tho most offensive and dis
reputable i thing he ‘ever said concerning the
civil war In that Territory. It waslhis:
“ Popular sovereignty in Kansas was strick
en down by unholy combination in Now Eng
land to ship men to Kansas— rowdies and
vagabonds —with the Bible in one hpnd and
Sharpe’s rifle in the other, TO SHOO'D DOWN
THE FRIENDS OF FREE INSTITUTIONS
AND SELF GOVERNMENT, Popular sov
ereignty in Kansas was stricken down by tlm
combinaticfns in the Northern States
elections under pretence of emigrant aid socie
ties. In retaliation, Missouri formed aid socie
ties, too;! and she, following your example,
sent men unto Kansas, and then occurred the
conflict. I condemn both, hut. I ’Condemn a
thousand ,fold more those that set the exam
ple and struck the first blow than who
thought they would 'act on the principle of
Jighiing the devUirith his. own-weapons, And re
sorted .to the same means that you have em
ployed.”— Cong. Globe, 1859-60, page 818.
HE THINKS’ “ CONGRESS ” MUST DETER iiINEIV lIF-N
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY SHAXL BEGIN IN-A
TERRITORY.
In his copyright essay, published in Harper’s
Magazine last year, Mr. Douglas substantially
admits' the Republican doctrine concerning the
relation of Congress to the Territories, by say
ing: , •
--“It, [sovereignty] 1 can only be exercised
where there are Inhabitants sufficient to consti
tute a government, and capable of performing
its various functions and . fact to be
ascertained and determined by Congress.—
Whether the number shall be fixed at ten, fif
teen or twenty thousand inhabitants, s does not
affect the principle."
- If the number may be fixed at ten, fifteen or
twenty thousand inhabitants, it may of course
be fixed at one hundred any other
number sufficient to constitute a State.
TAIiLETHAND AUB ABITOLD.
There was a day when Talleyrand arrivedjn
Havre on foot from Paris. It was the, darkest
'hour of ?he Revolution. Pursued by the blood
boons of the Reign' of Terror, striped of every
wreck of property,.Talleyrand secured a pas
sage to America in a ship about to sail. Ho
was a beggar and a wanderer to a strajnge land,
to earn his daily bread by labor.
Is there any American stopping at your
house,” he asked the landlord of the hotel. “I
.am boundrta cross thh water, and would like'k
letter to ii person of influence in America.”
The landlord'hesitated a moment and' then
replied -
■ “ There is a gentleman up stairs, but whether
he came from America or England is more than
I can tell.”
He pointed the way,'and Talleyrand—whoin
his-life, was bishop, prince, and minister—as
cended the stairs; a-miserable suppliant stood
before the stranger’s door knocked and Was ad
mitted. ’
In a far corner of the dimly lighted mom, sat
a man of some fifty years, bis arms, folded and
his.head bowed upon his breast. From'a win
dow idirectiy opposite, a flood of light poured
updnj his forehead. His eyes looked from be
neath the downcast brows, and upon Talley
rand's face,- with a peculiar and searching;-'ex
pression. His face was striking in outline, the
mouth and chin indicative ofap iron Will. Hi’s
form vigorous even with the snows of fifty,"waa,
clad in dark,, but rich and distinguished cos
tume. - { \‘‘
Talleyrand advanced—stated that he, .Was a
fugitive —and the impression that the gentle
man before him was an American solicited his
kind feelings and offices. j
He poured forth his .history in eloquent
French and broken English. . -
“I am a Wanderer and an exile, -j am forced
to fly to the New World without friend or shel
ter. You are an-American ? Give me then, I
beseech you, a letter of yours, so that I may be
able to earn my bread. lam willing to toil in
a manner—a life of labor woulcTbea .paradise
to a career of luxury in France., You will give
me a letter to your friends ?
The strange gentleman ‘’arose. With a look
that Talleyrand never forgot, he retreated to
wards the dborofjhe next chamber, his eyes-
Mill looking] froth' beneath, his darkened brow:
“lam the only man.of {be new world who can
raise his hand to God and say: ,1 have not %
friend—not ionc—in all America."
■ Talleyrand never forgot the overwhelming
‘sadness of look which accompanied these words.
“ Who are yon ?” he cried; as the strange
man retreated to the nest room, “ your name?”
“My natie,” he replied, with a smile that
bod more of mockery than joy in in tha convul
sive expression, A* my name is Benedict Ar
nold." .. 1. -
He was gone. T alley rand sank into the chair,
gasping thej words:
“ Arnold,'.the traitor!” .
Thus ho wandered i-ver the earth, another
Cain, with the wmduiov’s mark upon his brow.
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