VI D. A. & C. H. BUEHLER. Washing reduced to ft ftience. PATENTED BY THE U. STATES Stephen-Crane, Compound Wash Mixture, Ons of the most useful and important inventions o f modern times, for washing clothos,—also, for washing, cleansing and beautifying paint ed surfaces, Brasses, Iron Roiling, alas• ses, Metalic surfaces, &c., and for bathing in sickness and in health. Old habits are not easily broken, men will tread in the ancient beaten paths of their ancestors, and believe in noth ing which innovates on settled modes of living. The method of washing is pre cisely what it was centuries ago, but a' change is demanded by the wants of the age. Time-worn usages must give way to the beneficial improvements of the age, and in effecting this important object the Compound Wash Mixture is destined to effect an entire revolution in the business of the Laundress. as well as in every oth er department of labor to which it is adapt ed. By the use of the patent Compound Wash Mixture, every family of whatever size can do their Washing in less than one hour without the labor of rubbing, pounding and bleaching, or the friction of a machine ; thus saving time, expense and labor ; and securing exemption front the disease caused by exposure and fatigue in cident to the usual mode of Washing.— While clothing itself will be saved from the wear and tear of the washboard and friction, and last much longer. The compound is made either in It fluid or soap form. Every family purchasing a right can with facility and at a very small expense, convert their common hard or soft snap into this valuable labor-saving commodity. CAUTION. As the patent right fully secures to the inventor the exclusive right to use certain ingredients in the Compound, both in flu id and soap'form, and the subscriber hav ing for a valuable consideration purchased the right fur Frederick, Washington,ano Al legheny counties in Maryland; and Frank lin:lElms and York counties, in Penn sylvania ; he hereby warns all persons not to infringe on his legal rights, either by making and using, or selling it in any of its forms. as he is determined to prose cute all such to the full extent of the law. The above counties or districts and townships in them, for sale on accommo dating terms. Also, as agent for the own er, any other unsold counties in Maryland or Pennsylvania. Those wishing to pur chase will please address JO P I-1 U. MILILISEL. Baltimore, Md. ii - '''..Agents for the sale of township and (Amity rights in the county of Adams— %V. W Uatnersly,Oettysburg. Sehriver h Son, Litijestown. Reily, New Otiord. \lla. lii , iinger. Abbot/mown. Miller, End. Holtringer & Ferree, Petersburg. MI arch 15. ha Ikr 011 is I I et- OF the intended application of CONRAD SNY- • DER, foe license to keep a Public House in the Borough of Geuysburg,—it being an old stand. WE, the undersigned, citizens of the Borough of Gettysburg, in the coun ty of Adams, being well acquainted with I CONRAD SNYDER, the above named peti- 1 tioner, and also having a knowledge of the house lot which license is prayed, do cer tify that such inn or tavern is necesvary to accommodate the public and (intermit .strangers and travellers, and that the above petitioner is of good rept'for" honesty and temperance, and that he s well pro \ vide& with house-room and c "seniences for the accommodation of strangers and travellers. We'therefore recommend him for a license agreeably to his petition. John Slyder David M'Creary Janda Reamer Sohn &ell Samuel Fahnestock John Henning John Fahneolork 8. Witherow Hem J. Stehle runnel M'Greary Davila Gilbert Henry Bell March 22.-3t* MEN WANTED TO TRAVEL .AS AGENTS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE Mexican War. THE subscriber is now publishing the History of the Mexican War, inch- ding Biographical Sketches of the lives of Generals Taylor, Scott, Worth, Wool, Quitman, and several other of the most distinguished officers, illustrated by numerous engravings and Portraits, By John Frost, L. L. P. A number of enterprising and intelli gent men of good character, are offered profitable employment, in circulating by subscription the above work in Adams county, and other connties in the State of Pennsylvania. The terms, which aro very liberal, will be given on application to the subsiriber, port paid, This work will never be sold in tho Bookstores, but exclusively by agents at a reasonnble and uniform price. H. MANSFIELD, Bookseller and Publisher, • 194 York it., New Haven, Connecticut. March 22.-2 t ITOTICIIM. Estate of James H. Taylor, deceased. ETTERS Testamentary on the Es. JILA tate of .I,ions H. Thswa, line of But Cdr township, deceased, having been grant lid to die subscribers, notice it hereby giv• en to those indebted to'said estate to make .payment without delay, and those having chinos to present the aims for settlement. , GEO. E. STARRY, SABAH 'TAYLOR. Executors. t.rThaflntosmed Ex6entor regal in Tyrono totli.itip; Wm lost among Outlet township. •r'' 'Fah:, Ins /85W-4W CURRAN'II3--a prime sit- AUK els. just received by the subscriber ; tattoo a lot-tof fresh Fits, Raisins. die. • • `N W. W. HANERSIGY. TIN WARE. TIN WARE. GEO. E. BUEHLER RESPECTFULLY announces to his friends that he continues to manufac ture all kinds of TIN WARE at his estab lishment in Chambersburg street, nearly opposite the Post Office—where he will be pleased to fill all orders promptly and upon the most resonable terms. Gettysburg, March 15, 1850. LAST NOTION IS hereby given to all those indebted to me, to make payment by the 20th of March. As my former notice has been dis regarded, those not attending to this. will find their accounts in some officer's hands for collection. SAM'L. FAHNESTOCK. March 1,1850.-4 t TO CONTRACTORS NEM SEALED PROPOSALS will be re ceived at the office of the Commis sioners of Adams County, in Gettysburg. Pa., until Monday the 2911 i day of Sprit next, at 12 o'clock, M., for the erection of a new COUNTY JAIL AND PRISON HOUSE S for said county. Plans and specifications may be seen and examined at the office of said Commissioners, where they will at all times be ready for inspection, by calling on the Clerk of,the Board. JACOB KING, J. G. MORNINGSTAR, JOHN MUSSELMAN, Commissioners AttAt—J Atwhinhang,h, Cik. March '22, 1850.—td Pilail.tit S&Lg!,5 Y virtue of order issued by the Or li pbans' Court of Adams county, wilt be exposed to public sale, on Friday the 121/i of April, at I o'clock, on the premises, A Certain Tract of Land, containing g of an Acre, more or less, on which arc erected A 1. TWO-STORY " I Log Dwelling Hou,e, a Stable and other improvements, situate in Oxford township. GEORG SLAGLE, Adair Bernard Altrogge. lat• This sale was continued from the 16th of March to the 12th of April. March 22, 1850.—td FOR SALE OR RENT. IT LIE subscriber offers at Private Sale l or rent lIIS FARM, situate in Frank lin township, Adams county, containing 173 Acrus. . . The improvements are a large •• Dwelling House, SI. and Stone Kitchen, a large Bank Barn. two Wagon Sheds and a Corn Crib, Marsh Creek runs through the farm. Any person wishing to view the property will be shown the same by callinon DAVID 1111 g 41U up RDIE. March 22, 2850.-43 C • FARM AT PRIVATE SALE. - • THE subsnriher‘will sell at private sale the FARM on which lISNRY IIER• SHIM jr., now resides, situate in Franklin township, Adams county, adjoining lands of King Wilson, Andrew Ileintzelman, and others, containing atm) Atawvutta. more or less. The Wo- impST OßY rovements are a T attFrame Dwelling House, a first-rate LOG BARN, with a Spring of good water convenient to the door. There is a fair proportion of Tim ber and Meadow on the farm, and an ex cellent Orchard. Persons wishing to as certain the terms, which will be reasona ble will eall upon the subscriber. The property can be viewed on application to the tenant HENRY HKRSHEY, Sen. Franklin tp., June 1,1849.-11 OIL CLOTH FACTORY. TO COACHMAKERS. THE undersigned respectfully announ ces to the Coach makers of Gettys burg and other places, that they have com menced the manufacture of Oil Cloth and Canvass For Coaches, of tee very best quality, on an extensive scale, which they are prepa- 1 red to furnish, wholesale• and retail, on the most reasonable terms. Our Canvass will be found equal in finish and quality to any manufactured in the city. We design also manufacturing. for wholesale and retail. COACH VAR NISH of a superior quality. ICrOrdera from a distance will bo promptly attended to. SAMUEL J. LITTLE. GEORGE 11. LITTLE. March 16, 1850. • One Thing Certain, Pima MARCUS SAMSON can and -ft wilt sell Window Blinds, Shirts and Susfienders, silk and gingham Crate's, Handkerchiefs, and all other articles in his line cheaper than the cheapest. March 15. • . FRESSI GARDEN SEEDS. H. BUEHLER has just received a k7i • large supply of fresh D Alt D E N S E E'D 8. of every variety, from the cel ebrated Shaker Gardena in Now York. Getiriburg. Feb. 15, 1850. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, property of non-reeidantte lib sigma* or ler' vents for life, who may be sojourners for a period of ea months. Oa the 29th of To the Senate mid Hoots of ligwoontation 4 m„„ arcu, 1 7 88 . another met intended to ears Poincyleania : Ger.-mime :—The States of Virginia ffiti_defee i ts i a ti nd the is set hereursimexa of let March . , 1_780 : 1 and Georgia have transmitted to the Exec- wal p awu utive Department of this Commonwealth These enactments roads Pennsylvania Resolutions in reference to the preserve- a non-slmeeholding State ; and in terms of the clearest and strongest character mark lion of the Union ;--the institution of Slavery ;—and complaining of certain al- r-g --- the determination of her p e ople to abol-1 ish, forever, servile labor within - her bor- Ileged violations of the Constitution of the dem, whilat _ the mam m a to the first act United States. A respectful courtesy to recited and embodied the reasons for tile these distinguished members 'of the con federacy, abolition of, and expressed her feelings in relation to, 'the institution of slavery, it of Penns demands from Government ylvania an early and calm consid- furnished eration of the grievances thus presented. ' - t-'"d, o her notidece.termofiamithe resistance uth w ent i i is c The known character of the citizens of kind of and extension. this Commonwealth, for their faithful ad- The Congress of the States in session herence to the National Constitution ; in New York, Virginia. Georgia and Penis their deep veneration for, and attachment 1 ...,_ ~..:„._ repr e sented th er ein ... to the National Union, and their uniform 't/Yle`7B"tiTof"J'n'i7,l,pa;;ed anio ordinance respect and regard for the rights, privil with great unaniniity. abet slavery or in ages, and happiness of the citizens of the voluntary servitede should never be estah. other States of the confederacy, is a euffi- fished. except for crime. w:. 1 317 the then "' 'cited pledge that they would feel deeply ...... itories of the confede . states.— " wounded should their Representatives by There is no excepting or saving clause ; no silence and acquiescence seem to admit. line of compromise or designation of de -1 that they or their Government were justly grecs of latitude to limit the area of free obnoxious to the assertion that they "Ind em, but-sn entire, unconditional prohi commenced, and were persisting in a sys bition of the institution in all the territories tem of encroachment upon theConstitu then under the jurisdiction of Comgreas. I , lion and rights of a portion of the people I•rbe action of 1780 , had given notice to of this confederacy, which is alike unjust 1 ithe other States. of the views entertained and dangerous to the peace and perpetui- Iby Pennsylvania. on this important sub ty of the cherished Union." ject.The ordinance of the 13th of July, Persuaded that there exists no unkind 1 1787 was conceived in the same spirit. feeling among our citizens to any other I and gave an assurance that the evils of corion of the confederacy , and that a cor human bondage should never be extended ; dial love for the National Constitution and I and would eventually cease to exist among Union pervadet our entire population ; it a . t people. It was in this belief that, is deemed a pleasant duty to transmit those the citizens of Pennsylvania consented le l resolutions to your Honorable Bodies, that a Constitution. which recognized to some the necessary m eaeures may be adopted, i extent the ininitution.of slavery. after a candid consideration of the whole ! the rhe Constitution being adopted went I subject, to give a decided negative to the into operation oo the 2il April, 1789. It complaints of our Sister Republica. if they contains the following provisions, directly have done our people and Government in or indirectly connected with the servitude l , justice In these charges ; and if otherwise, of the colored race : to offer the amplest assurance that the I _ /are, as regards representation it pro. speediest remedies will be provided to re vides. " That representatives and direct tax-, dress any just grievances. This action is es shall be apportioned among the several necessary in order that no truthful accuse- States which may be ineludeel within this Min of a wilful and wanton breach of the Union acanding to their respective wein. l Cons titution ;—intidelity to the National berg, which shall be determined by addiog , Union, or invasion of the rights of others, to the whole number of free persons, McM ahen stain the social history of Peansyl ding those bound to serviee for a term of vania., years, and excluding Indians not taxed,' The wrongs alleged may be classified as three fifths of all other persons." follows : Second, sThe migration or importation First, That the people of the non-slave iof such persons as any of the States nom holding States have encroached upon the ;existing shall think proper to admit, shall Constitution of the United StAtes. ' not be prohibited by Congress prior to Second, That they have done acts hare. imposed 1808: but a tax or duty may be tile to the peace and perpetuity of die Na- on such importation ; not exceed tional Union. ing ten dollars for each perso . n " Third, That they have unjustly,danger- Third, "No person held to service or misty, and injuriously trespassed upon the I I labor in one State, under the laws theme rights of other portions of the confederacy. I escaping into another, shallan consequence These, are grave charges against the ofi any law or regulation thcrein + be die. faith and honor of this Commonwealth— I , charged from service or labor. but shall be and henee the necessity of a careful exam- I delivered up on the claim of the party to illation of their justice and truth. ' whom such service or labor may be due." Questions connected with the slavery of 1 ..... n6 a provision in the Constitution limit the colored race, have given origin to these 1g i the duration of t h e slave traffic; and complaints. the act of the National Congress imme- It is not necessary to discuss the abstract he diately preceding its adoption, in relation' question of slavery. If it were not° to to its non-extension to the territories of the established ;—if the foot-prints of the bond- Union, would seem to leave nu doubt up man were now fur the first time to mark the on the mind, that it was the intention and soil of our common con ntry ;—if the Con meaning of the framers of the Constitu- I staution were nowto be formed, it would lion to prevent the extension and increase be our duty to enter our solemn protest a of human slavery ;and at an early period gainst its introduction or recognition. We . 0 a _____ its enure abolition in the several I should feel a pleasure in the adoption of a ' States.""'` The qualified representation of ' different policy from that imposed upon us the servile race, and the delivery of fugi- by our British progenitors. Where they tives were concessions made to the people forged and riveted, we would strike the of the slaveholding States• chains of bondage from human limbs. To this organic law, containing these The Constitution of the United States. proiiskine, Pennsylvania gave her assent ; however having guarantied, to a certain and it is therefore a duty on her part to re extent, the existence of slavery. and re spect with religious fidelity the rights cognized the rights of the people of the therein guarantied to other States. • lie' slave-holding States, in t .r peculiar pro. , rhat this Commonwealth has been faith pert), ; all such discussions in reference to ful in the discharge of all her federal °bli the institutition as it exists in those States, _ lions it. is believed can be made mini are properly precluded by a just sense of " fest. It is true that her business pursuits Constitutional duty. Wre ith slavery the have been frequently interrupted ;—it is lore, in the several States, there is not true that the representation of properly in -° I now, and never has been, any disposition stead ofpeople has been felt by her citr on the part of the Government of P tins i ns as anti-republican and wrong ;--ite- 1 vania to interfere. vertheless she has always felt it a duty Let us examine how far the general faithfully to discharge her obligations as a charges, made against the people of the member of the National Union. free Slates, apply to our citizens. To do This institution of slavery has assumed en' with mere clearness ' a recital ofthe a- a new position and importance by the suc vents preceding, and attending the forma easeful attempt to extend it beyond its orig tion of the Constitution, is deemed occes inal limits. In eve-4 instance of the kind eery and proper. this Commonwealth has raised her voice Pennsylvania had been a slaveholding in earnest protest. In the written Conlin - State. The introduction and use of servile auuon, to die observance of whose provis labor, and the moral and political degrade- ions her faith had been pledged, there was tion of the colored race had been engrafted found no authority for its introduction into upon her liberal institutions, by the cupid- new, and after acquired territory. itv of our British ancestry. While the With the knowledge that the framers of , Revolution and the separation of ate'col- the Constitution had taken a part in the onies from the mother country were in deliberations of die Congress of 1787. and progress ; and before the recognition of that the intention of their ordinance was their independence by the government of the preservation, from the malign infiuen- Great Britain, her Legislature, by the act ceis of slavery. of all the territory then be of the first of March, 1780, abolished slave- longing to die Union; it was reasonable to ry within her borders. A cop) of that supPese that any acquiescence on her part, statute is hereto annexed. ' ia the acquisitions of immense regions to The preamble to this act in strong and be covere d w i t h s lavery, would be given appropriate language expresses an abhor- with great reluctance. The same liberal ranee of that condition of civil bondage to ity of sentiment that breathed in the Dec which the arms and tyranny of Great Bri- laration of the National Independence— lain were exerted to reduce use--acknowl- the same ardent love of human free d om edges the bene fi cent agency of the Supreme that conceived the ordinance of 1787—the God, in our deliverance from the threaten- same hatred of htiman bondage that indu ed dangers, and admits the great injustice eed the abolition of the slave trade, it was and wrong done to the servile race, by beleived, would influence and direct the means whereof they had been edeprived Opinions and actions of the descendents of of the common blessings to which they those illustrous fathers who placed these were by nature entitled ;" and then In proud memorials among the veoerated ar commemoration of our own happy escape chives of die republic. At the time of the from tyrannio and despotic power, Pm- sdrojesimt of Missouri it is well known vides that all persons, as well nerves with what unanimity this-Government and mulattoen, as others, who shall be born protested against the introduction of ser ' within fidsState, firm' and after the date vile labor into that fertile region. The of the said act, shall not be deemed and language of her protest is clear and strong ; considered servants' for life, or slaves. it breathes the time feeling of her children. I The further provisions of this humane To the compromise line at that time adop law relate to the reg istry of slaves,—the, led, it is presumed, no assent was ' given I service of their chi drete—their support on her past. To have done an, would i when left indigene—their trial for o ff ences; have done violence w her principles, and i and-whilst it thus declares in most express would be an abandonment of her early and terms, that no man or woman, of any as- cherished policy. It was an infraction of 1 tion or color, except registered slaves, shallthe spirit of the ordinance of 1787, and' \ et soy time thereafter be deemed, adjudged. lass a doubtful exercise of Constitutional or holden within the territories of this l power, as well as a species of infidelity Commonwealth ;is slaves, or servants for I to the National Union. The act of 1780 life, but as free men, and free women, it abolished slavery and alleged there was no makes provision for the pro t ec tion of the human right to exact human bondage.— GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE NYZA2I4I4IB AND TREE." APRIL 5, 1850 The ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the territories of the then confederation. and the reasons for its enactment applied u forcibly to the West Bank of the Mis sissippi, as they did to the North Bank of the-Ohio._ _ThellationilOonstitution con tained nothing to authorize the acquisition of new territory, and theerection olfirrther slave inetnutions. On the contrary. by its provisions in reference to the slave traffic, and the concurrent events atten ding its formation, it appeared to mark limits to the extent and duration of the in stitution ; hence any action enlarging its boundaries was an unwarranted assump tion of power. The Union of the States was endangered by the erection of imagin ary lines, tending to engender and keep alive sectional jealousies and prejudices. Pen nsylvania desired no new Mason's & Dixon's line, to mark distinctive charac ters and mates among a homogeneous peo- p e. In the powersof the Neer:nal Congress is found no authority to crests slaveryi - on less its Introduction formed a portion of a treaty acquiring territory, or was the con dition of a grant of lands. The spirit of universal liberty guarded all soil blessed by the institututions of freedom ; and to estab lish bondage, positive enactments were • necessarily required. These sentiments orliennsylvania remain unchanged, and if their expression, with a perfect willingness to submit their accuracy to the supreme Judicial tribunals of the country, were ag gressions on the 'rights of the citizens of Virginia and Georgia—if they were an infraction of the National constittoion, or tended to the dissolution of the Union, the Alemonstratiod thereof has nut been made manifest to our citizens. The National Government is admitted to be a government of limited powers, and no authority can be exercised by it unless conferred by the Constitution. In the Constitution is found no express authority for the acquisition of new territory by pur chase—no express authority to admit new States into the confederacy formed from such acquired territory—no expressed or written power to absorb and annex anoth er and a distinct sovereignty ; to assume its debts. finish its unsettled warfare. or to lake charge of its public domain , ==m, press authority is given to plant the load union of slavery where it does ilot exist ; and certainly none to guarantee to it, in its new home, the unequal and anti-republican representation to which it is entitled in the original States. The practical and com mon sense exposition of the Constitution, it is freely conceded, would invest a l gov ernment of limited povvers with all the au thority necessary to carry into effect its expressly granted powers. • 2 The powers of Congress over the terri tories of the Union, and the District of Col umbia are embrared in the following pro- : First. New elates may be admitted by Con gress into the Union. Congress shall have pow. er to ilispem of, and make all iteeedful rules and regulations, respecting the tersitory or other pro. perty belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to pre. judice any claims of the United States or any particular Stale. second. Congress hu the right to exercise ex clusive legislation in all eases whatsoever over such district • (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance by Congress. become the seat of Uovernment of of the United Aides. • The parts of the Constitution hereinbe fore detailed and mentioned below, embrace all the provisions necessary or essential for our present purpose. 1. The blase representation is the National Congress. 3. The non-importation of slaves after 1608. 3. The extradition or fueitivesfrom labor. 4. The authority 814:outgrew ever the terri tories. 5. The authority of Congress over the District of Columbia. Which of these provisions of the Na- 1 tional Constitution has been encroached upon by Pennsylvania t There is no part of her history, Legislative, Executive, or Judicial, that shows any interference with the rights of representation belonging to Virginia or Georgia. No charge has been• made against her faithful observance of that portion of the Constitution in relation to the importation, or now-importation of slaves. The authoritiy or Congress to es- 1 tablish slavery in territories, wherein it does not exist, this State has denied, in mild and friendly terms . ; and in submit- 1 ling heretofore to the exercise of the pow er when new slave-holding States have been admitted, no bitterness has marked her complaints and protests. The author ity of Congress to abolish Slavery in the District of Columbia is apparent, unless the words employed in conferring it, gives less and a different power when inserted in Constitutions, than when used in other portions of the written and spoken language of the country. The complaint in relation to the non-de livery of fugitives from labor will be best apswered by a review of the laws enacted on the subject. The act of 1780, although it denied the use of slave property to her own citizens, with a careful regard fur the rights of the slave-holding States. permitted sojourners to, retain the ownership of etel2 . yroperty for six consecutive monthi; within the State. The freqtfent evasions of this part of the statute, and the effort made to ex tend slavery to the offspring of slave-moth ers, caused the act of 20th of March, 1788. 'Cho Constitutional provision before men tioned for the reclamation of fugitives fol lowed soon after, and was supposed to place ill power over the subject in the Na tional Legislature. 'The act of Congress of 12th February 1703, entitled ""an act respecting fugitives jrolll justice and, per sons escaping from the service of their masters," appeared to confirm this opin ion. it was believed, however, that a con current jurisdiction was vested in the Na tional anti State Legislatures. At the re quest of a nember of gentlemen of the neigh boring State of Maryland, as is stated in the argument in the case of Prigg vs. com monwealth, the act of 25th March 1820 was passed. Three objects were intended to be secured by this legislatiou, to wit: the delivery of fugitives from labor, the protee-1 tion of free cololored people, and the pre vention of kidnapping. The Ist and 2d sections describe the of- knee of kidnapping and prescribe its pun ishment. The propriety and justice of its enactment cannot be questioned. The other sections of this statute relative to the reclamation of fugitives from labor and the powers given to the owner to retake his property and the obligations to aid and cri operate with him, imposed upon the offi cers of this commonwealth, were of such character as ought to have satisfied all rea sonable and lair-dealing men, of the dispo sition of this commonwealth to have the provisions of the constitution and the acts of Congress completely carried into effect. While the law provided ample security fur the safe-keeping of the alleged fugitive un til the owner might have an opportunity to I obtain the proof of his former condition, it required other proof of this lan than the oathof the interested claimant, or his agent or attorney. The provisions of this law were fair and equitable, and well calculated to aid the owner in the recovery of his property ; and it is deemed a matter of surprise that it was contested and annulled through the agency of the same State whose citizens had procured its enactment. The guards, in the statute, intended to preserve the liberty of the free man, would, by the investigation it demanded, cause some trou ble in procuring thefinalextradition of die fugitive slave. The proof of property, by other evidence than the oath of the clai mato, was certainly demanding as little as our Southern friends, in justice, should have desired, when they asked the aid of the official power of the commonwealth, to rend from her jurisdiction and territory Mimeo beings, invokhig the protection and guardianship of her laws. The Supreme Court, however, decided that the previ sion* of raid law, imposing restraints upon the claimant's power to remove the alleged fugitive were unconstitutional. If the re strictionii imposed by the statute were in landed to aid the escape, or to prevent the extradition of the fugitive; the accuracy the decision cannot be doubted, but if these guards were inserted - as necessary to pro tect the liberty of the freeman, the deci sion was wrong, unless, it was adjudged that the sole authority over the subject was vested in Congress. This decision, left to the master the authority to defog as pro vides' in the constitution, and also author ized him to seize and remove the in whom ho alleged was his property, and to use for that purpose the official powerl of the State, without permitting to her the right to control and regulate the manner oil the proceedure, or to determine the truthl and justice of the alleged claim. It estab- I healed the principle that a stranger to the soil of Pennsyluanis might enter upon it, and by possibility inflict 'the deepest inju ry upon her sovereignty. by the abduction of her citizens On false pretences. The supreme judicature having so decided the question s our law-abiding citizens submit ted, but with the determination that in the spirit of that decision, the officers of the comnumwealth should not be made the in struments even by possibility, on such , slight foundation, as a claimant's interest ed demand, of enslaving freemen. To pre. vent this great possible wrong. the act o f 3d March, 1847, repealing all legislation on the subject, and forbidding,the officers of the State to take any part in the recap ture of such alleged fugitive, was enacted. The constitutional provision, sod the-set of congress, our State has endeavora to carry into full effect. She has denied, and it is hoped. ever will deny the power of congress to impose the performance of du ties upon her municipal and judicial'offi emirs without her consent. An act of Congress; providing a mode of procuring due proof of the correctness of the claim of the reputed owner of a fu gitive slave, and requiring satistactory ev idence from disinterested parties of the for mer condition of the person claimed, would receive the satiation of our citizens, and their co-operation in carrying it into effect. No enactment would' satisfy the citizens of Pennsylvania, that failed to require strict proof of the right of the master. In this recital of her Legislative history, it is impossible to discover wherein this Commonwealth has been unfaithful to the National Constitution. If the obligations imposed upon us by die Constitution. have been thus faithfully discharged ; and if every page of our his tory—every volume of our laws demon strate, that our federal relations have been honestly regarded ; is it not an set of in justice, on the part of Virginia and Geor- . gia, to charge us with the wilful neglect and infraction of our duties to the Nation al compact ? Is it an aggression fur our people, in the exercise of the liberty of speech, to proclaim that slavery is an evil and a wrong, and thut at the adoption of the Constitution these principles were avow ed and maintained I Is it a wrong in them to say, that the power is vested in-Coa -1 geese to prohibit the introduction of slave. ry into the 'Territories, and abolish it in the District of Columbia f The federal constitution denies to them no right 'to speak freely on these •subjeass. If it did, this Goverment never would have existed, clothed with power so despotic sod unjust. Whether it is expedient to legislate up on the subject of the exclusion of slavery from the Territories, and of its abolition in the District of Columbia, at the present time by the National Congress. or to per mit the people of the respective 'Territor ies and the District of Columbia, to ant for their own best interests and according to their own views of policy and right, is no part of our present duty to determine.— These questions may well be left-to the Representatives in Congress. Under the in structions of the people, to decide as may seem most conducive to the welfare of all sections of our common country ; but it is nevertheless right and proper., and a duty we owe to the people of Pennsylvania—to the memory of her early and patriotic btatesmen—to the reputation of the public men of the past generation, and to those now entrusted with her destinies, to deny in dignified and . decided terms the insinua tions and charges made against her faith and integrity. The allegation of infidelity to the Na tional Union is best answered by the his tory of her devotion and attachment to thus , palladium of our civil and religious free.' dom. TWO DOLLARS PIE 4001.1.* INEW SERIES-NO. 166. The alien and sedition laws of the na tional Congress ; while they found na sympathy in the hearts of her citizens, but roused their deepest and deadliest oppo& tion, failed to provoke tu^r people to enter into any arrangements for their resistance by force, even to a destruction of the Union. The extension of slavery over portions of the vast domains of the Louisiana pur chase, although in direct opposition to her united and solemn protest ; and calculated to outrage the feelings of her people, pro duced no threats of dissolution. The prostration of her industrial par suits, caused by the influence of the ant mented slave representation in the nation al congress, by the admission of Texas; while it deeply wounded. could not destroy her confidence and love for the national ;le compromise of the Revenue laws, made to win an erring sister to the duty of obedience to the constitution and laws, by which wide-spread ruin swept over her borders, wrung from her citizens no de• nunciations of she Federal Union. The refusal on the part of certain slave holding States to deliver up, although re• quired so to du by express provision of the constitution, kidnnppers, whose wrong doing was against the very sovereignty of commonwealth, furnished in her opin. ion no valid reason for assembling con• ventions to disrupt the confederation of the States. All these acts, so injurious to her peo ple, might have authorized deep and loud complaints, but her love for the Union ren dered her silent ; and induced the hope, that different and more friendly counsels would prevail. tier voice was heard only in kind remonstrance. No harsh corn-' plaints of a violated constitution and inrie ded rights were uttered to wound a broth er's ear, and interrupt the social and kin dred friendships of a united people. She ' remembered that we were a common peo ple—thet a common purpose for the ad vancement of human rights had produced our connection—and that a common des tiny awaited us. She reflected that the same soil had been made red with the blood of a common ancestry, and the same reli gion, laws, institutions, habits and pursuits governed mid guided and marked our com mon pathway. Relying on the justice and fraternal feelings of a common coun try, she believed that her rights and inter. , este would be in,proper time admitted, re cognized and protected. The attachment of Pennsylvania to the Union during her entire career, has been as pure and ardent as it was in the first hours of its existence, and her faith in its stability and perms nent preservation has never been changed. She feels that the cement of the Union is the heart-blood of the entire people; and that in the hands at the masses the fabric of liberty is placed beyond the reach of its secret foes. She confidently believes, that to prevent its disruption and over in the common danger, would be found side by side, as of old, the sons of Virginia, Georgia and Pennsylvania, pa triotically and nobly striving in a common purpose, to plant on higher, safer, holier and more staple basis the National banner, and united therewith, forever anti indes tructible, the "Virtue, Liberty and bale! Ipertdenee," of 'Pennsylvania ;—the ""Ste 'trier Tyrannis," of Virginia ;—and the "Wildons, Justice and Moderation," . of Georgia. In obedience to the constitutional duty requiring me to transmit such inforinatitio' to the Legislature as may be deemed per tinent to the welfare of the people, I beg leave to submit these resolves of Virginia and Georgia, with this message; and to request the passage of such resolutions, to be forwarded to the executives of Georgia and Virginia, as may indicate t he injustice' done to this commonwealth in the declare; lions made by their Legislatures; while at the same time we offer assurance' of our cordial respect for, and faithful support of the National Constitution and Union Omit of our sincere and fraternal fceljnig,lo.- wards their people as citizens of a dutti.• mon country. WM. F. JOHNSTON. HARRISBURO, March 22, 1850.' Occasional oases of Cholera still occur n different parts of the country. Mr. Win. Canton, (barber) the old gen tleman who had the honor of shaving the Father of his country, Gear. George N (84f. ;neon. and for which service he woe presented with a guinea by him, died 1 n Baltimore on Friday lust, aged 83 years. Lucwir.—The Chenango Union sayi that two men mimed Leach and Callender; who lelt Sinithiille in that county three years ago, at privates in General Dim ick's company, have just returned from Califor nia -,;-the former with *20,000 in gold, the loiter with evidence of $50,000 worthy of Property in San_ rancisco_ WHO CAlt. BEAT Tats.—ME. GEM!! German, sr., of East Lampeter township. Lancaster county. aged 77 years, we have learned from good authorit last week. ploughed six acres of corn-stubble ground in two and one-fourth days. This. ear tainly, will be hard to beat by any man of his I ..—Press. CALIFORNIA GoLD.—WO learn from the•Pennsylvenian, that the whole amount of gold from California, received at the mint in Philadelphia. is about nine mil• lions four hundred thousand dollars—of which about $900,000 was received last week. 4.Now, girls," said our friend Mrs. Big elow to her daughters, the other davi , iyon must get husbands as seen as possible, Or they'll all be murdered." ...Why en, ma ?" inquired one. 6•Why, I see by the paper that weveget a'rnost 15 3 000 'post offices, and nearly all of them despatches a mail every—thelswil have mercy 'on us poor widows and opt Iphane I" and the old lady stepped brisk ly to the looking glass to put on her Dew cap. __ .. __ Wherever you OKI an rely upon it, lout law melt arn Men and childowt 11004001 whin supped with IldriPePant,
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