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CLEARFIELD, PA , JULY 30, 1856.
People's National Ticket.
FOR PRE8IDRXT, -
JOn.N C. FREMOXT,
OF CALIFORNIA.
TOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM L. DAYTON,
OF NEW JERSEY.
' Union State Ticket.
CANAT. roHMISSIOXER.
THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of York Co.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong Co.
SCBVETOIt GENERAL,
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Bradford Co.
"TEN-CEJTT JIMMY."
Our brethren of the Locofoco press are busy
attempting to explain and refute the allega
tion that James Buchanan at one time favored
the reduction of wages to a low and, what is
regarded in this country as a ruinous standard
ot prices. In doing this, they assert that Mr.
Buchanan "never said he was in favor of re
ducing wages to ten cents a day." This is a
mere quibble on words, by which they expect
to gull the public. We, however, have a bet
ter opinion of the people's intelligence, which
they thus insult ; for now-a-days men read and
think for themselves. In endeavoring to dis
prove that Mr. Buchanan advocated snch a re
duction, they publish extracts from his speech
containing his doctrine of low wages, most of
the journals, however, studiously omitting the
paragraph in which this declaration occurs:
RiDCCE om xomixal to tiie real staxdard of
PRICES THROCCHOl'T TUE WORLD, AND VOL' COV
ER OER COCXTRY WITII BLESSINGS AJCD BENEFITS.
And what ig that "real standard ?" Undoubt
edly the European hard-money one, which av
erages about "ten cents a day," for by a ref
erence to the most reliable authorities we find
that, in France, a laborer gets only from 8 to
15 cents a day ; in Germany, from 8 to 14 ; in
Holland from 6 to 10 cents, &c. It was a re
duction to this standard, by an exclusive spe
cie circulation, that Mr. Buchanan said would
''cover our country with blessings and bene
fits." Laboring men in this country, wc feel
certain, will differ on this point with Mr. Bu
chanan. CONSISTENCY.
The editor of the Clearfield Republican, it is
well known, has a strong aversion a species
of bypochondriacism to ministers sayingany
thing that relates to the politics of the coun
try. This feeling seems, however, to be lim
ited in its application. For instance, if onr
correspondent C. J. writes an article, the ed
itor immediately pitches into him in a truly
scientific manner, and enters his solemn pro
test against this particular class of men in
general, and C. J. in patticular, saying aught
upon political questions, unless it is done in
"8Q cthecal and theological sense." On the
other har.d, should one of the clas3. referred to
for example, Rev. Charles Wadsworth de
liver a sermon in which direct and express ref
erence is made to the politics of the country,
and the views therein expressed coincide with
those of the editor of the Rcpxiblican, it is all
right in the eyes of the latter, who not only
forgets his seeming aversion to preachers de
livering "partizan" sermons, but actually pub
lishes an extract, designed to refute an argu
ment of the American party, from one, and
commends it to his readers. This may seem
6t range, but such, nevertheless, is the fact.
Consistency, thou art, indeed, a jewel."
THE CALL.
We invite the attention of our readers to
tho call published in to-day's paper for a
Mass Convention to be held in this Borough on
the 19th August, (Court week.) We trust ev-
' ery friend of American principles will join
heartily in this movement, and assist in over
throwing the power which is now admioister-
ing our governmental affairs so disastrously.
Bat little effort was used in getting names
to tha call, those appended being mostly of
, individuals who were incidentally seen during
- the past week.
We trust that due attculiwa will also be paid
-to the selection of delegates to the Couven-
tton to nominate a County ticket, as well as to'
- the call for a meeting to select Congressional
-.conferees.
t '-Stirring cp the Animals." The last lie-
, publican has exhumed what purports to be ono
of tho notorious Hartford Convention resolu
tions, and taking it as a textindulges in some
sapient remarks and draws some exceedingly
,. logical and convincing conclusions. As the
editor has his hand in the business of .stirring
around the musty records of the past, he might
as well hunt Mr. Buchanan's antecedents, and
. wc feel certain he wonld find that the "favor-
jte son," at one time, held views that a certain
'""Federal" party entertained. What pretty
. f t fellows these Locofoco editors are I They try
f to identify their opponents with the Hartford
$ " CoDventionists, and at the same time their own
; candidate for the Pretfatmej i tb most prom
inent old Federalist now Uring ! ! Vot a
country ! vot a beoples f "
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f ";Vgast, is a magnificent number. It is beautif ul-
ty embellished, and is now one of; the best
:i periodicals in the country. - ... .
"SHOWING HIS TEETH."
Tho last number of the Clearfield Republican
contains an extremely vindictive attack upon
our correspondent C. J. The editor, if he is
capable of such a feeling, seems to be asham
ed of his own words before he gets through
with his tirade, for he says he is "sorry to use
such language in speaking of anything in the
image of God." And well he might be. for
such a superabundance of virulent invectives
and indecorous epithets, have not, for a long
time, fallen under our notice. In order, how
ever, to leave the public judge for themselves
we give the following extracts from the article
in the Republican :
"llcv. C. J. appears at the end of another
column of falsehoods in the last Journal.
Without any exception, he is the most bare
faced falsifier we ever knew."
"Xow, wc defy the Kev. 'C. J.' not only to
make Lis charge good, but to show that there
is even one (not foreigner, for there are none
such at all) naturalized citizen to every thirty
native-borns, appointed by the present admin
istration. If he can't do this he must consent
to be Iranded as a liar of the first magnitude."
"After filling a half column or so with one
lie after another, conclied in the choicest bil
lingsgf.te of the most loathsome pot-house of
the celebrated Five Points, this ignorant crea
ture proclaims with a flourish of trumpets that
the President removed Commander Sumner."
&c .
" Why is such a monstrous lie, so boldly pro
claimed 1 Xo bar-room brawling politician,
would so degrade himself. And yet here is a
man claiming to be a minister of the Gospel,
making an assertion that every body does, or
ought to know, is a slander and a falsehood."
'Who would dirty himself by engaging in a
'public discHssion; with a man who would offer
to 'prove' 'by official evidence' such a mon
strous falsehood !
"We are sorry to use such language in speak
ing of anything in the image of God. Wc
never did so before, and we would not do so
towards one who made no pretensions to extra
ordinary piety. But when a minister oi the
Gospel turns traitor to his God to truth, and
to justice, he should be told of it, and in tel
ling him, things should be called by their
rights names.
"But we shall occupy no more space with
him. We believe him to be as bad a man as is
to be found in the whole army of Satan, for
no less a sinner could, while clad in the live
ry of Heaven, lie and slander as he does."
Such is the language the editor of the Re
publican uses against a highly respectable cit
izen, who is known to many in this county as
an estimable man. But we will refrain from
comment upon it, as we feel certain that eve
ry reasonable and impartial reader will con
demn such unmerited abuse and vituperation.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL.
Sharon Springs, X. Y., July 19, 185G.
Dear Row : When I bade you adieu, I in
tended to note the incidents of my trip, and
give them to you by way of variety ; but they
came so thick and fast that I lost the particu
lars, and can, therefore, only give generalities.
Bright anticipations of a joyous trip filled
the hearts of our party as we rolled away from
your quiet little town in "the mountains ; and
I may say that all expectations of our trip to
this place have been fully Tcnliued. With
fine weather, good roads and pleasant compa
ny, we found ourselves in Quakerdom ere we
had time to become much wearied. A half
days rest among those piles of brick and mor
tar, and wc are ou our way to Xew York, via
Camden & Amboy Railroad. Five o'clock
finds us safely over that load of accidents and
snugly ensconced on board a splendid steamer
which leaves a trail of snow white foam as site
plows her way thro' the briny waters towards
the London of America, where we arrived
safely about seven o'clock. We tarried here
over night, preferring to take the day boat,
that we might be enabled to behold the oit-sung,ol"t-describcd
and far-famed beauties that
are said to adorn the Xorth River. The brain
of the poet has been racked to describe with
sufficient sublimity, and the artist f orely task
ed to produce colors vivid enough to paint
the glory and beauty of the highlands, barren
rock and headland that girt the mighty Hud
son. Perhaps one whose eye is familiar with
towering rocks and jutting crags, whose ear is
accustomed to the sound of the rushing water
fall, who has been reared among the lofty
pines, and who has reveled daily in the beauty
and sublimity of our mountain scenery, is not
a proper judge of the grandeur of this slug
gish river ; for certainly I could not see that
its majesty and beauty transcended those of
our own land.
. From the old Dutch city of Albany we pro
ceeded by rai to the pretty village of Sarato
ga Springs. This place 1 shall not attempt to
describe ; suffice it to say, that it is the pret
tiest I ever visited the most neat and com-
modiously arranged hotels, unsurpassed, if
they should be equalled by any ; among which
1 would mention the Congress Hall. It is a
great resort for the pleasure-seeking, time
killing people of the eastern cities. Foreign
notables seem to think they have not been to
America, if they don't visit Saratoga Springs
and Xiagara Falls. People of all kinds visit
here lor all purposes : the debilitated to get
strong, and the strong to get stronger the
lean to get fat, and the obese to get lank the
old to get young, and the young to get old
anxious mammas to display their pretty daugh
ters, and the latter to display their neat skirts
and lcautiful ankles no lady is considered
fashionable who does not carry her dress-skirt
20 inches off the ground in front, while the
back part sweeps the street. Xo doubt the
waters of these sparkling springs are rich in
medicinal properties, else few could riot in
such luxury, and fashion as is here, and main
tain their health unimpaired.
After remaining two weeks at Saratoga, we
concluded to try the Sulphur Springs at Sha
ron, which we -reached, by rail and stage, in
about five hours (70 miles.) I said our ex
pectations of a pleasant trip to this place had
been fully realized 5 but here ah! that's the
rub! Tis a lovely spot, with hills and dales
and cliffs, and lofty trees whose withy boughs
have withstood the winds of centuries past.
Its .fipouting springs, too, are beautiful; but,
oh! what stench fills the air! Mayhap, in
your boyish days, when summer months were
waning, you have carelessly set your foot in a
nest of eggs that had beeu left too long in
wind and weather. If so, you can form a feint
idea of the effluvia which pervades the air for
some distance around these springs, and which
one inhales at every breath. There is, how
ever, no doubt about the healing properties of
these waters, or they never could have acquir
ed the reputation and patronage they now en
joy. There are about 1000 visitors here now,
and of all the afflicted sons of Adam I ever
saw congregated in one vicinity, this crowns
the climax. Among those most noted are
Com. Perry and Family, and the Russian Min
ister to this Government. : -
It is really amusing to sit at the spring from
9 to 12 in the morning, and see these devotees
to brimstone coming to pay their homage to
the. bath-tub and this villainous compound of
sulphur and water some on one stick, others
on two ; here a poor fellow on crutches, there
another with a kind friend at. each arm j some
T
be seen representatives from almost every na
tion under heaven the lame, blind, halt, rheu
matic and consumptive the dyspeptic and
corpulent "Young America," who has alrea
dy become older than his father, and the old
gentleman dragged down with the gout oil
making a rush as though the cripples of all
kingdoms were about to have a struggle for
the first entrance after the angel had troubled
the pool.
There are some fine hotels at this place, the
crack one of which is the l'avillion, yet the
Union and Brown House are well kept.
There are two springs here one sdrongly
impregnated with sulphur and the other with
magnesia at each of which you always find a
boy readv to dip water and hold your nose
while you drink it, for the trifling bit of silver
which you are expected to-contribute towards
his pocket money. More anon.
Truly yours, II. M. A.
P. S. Fremont stock is above par, while
Fillmore seems to have a downward tendency.
SIGNS OF THE TIXE3. .
Xew York Radical Democracy. The Con
vention of the Radical Democracy of the State
of Xew Y'ork assembled at Syracuse on the
24th. Many of the most prominent and influ
ential members of the Democratic party were
in attendance. James S. Wadsworth was se
lected as permanent President of the Conven
tion. A long address was submitted, stating
that the time had come for Democrats to de
clare their independence of those packed con
ventions which have lately assumed to dictate
the measures and candidates of the Dcmocra
cy,repudiat ing the party as now constituted, and
its pliancy to the Slave pover,and denouncing
the repeal of the Missouri compromise as an
act of crime unparallelled even in our day of
political crimes, by which one of the fairest
regions of our country, has been converted in
to a field of battle,where citizens of a common
country arc fighting with each other for the
introduction or extension of human servitude.
The address attacks the squatter sovereign
ty doctrine, stating that if the people of the
Territories have a right to govern themselves,
they will make their governors and judges as
well as their legislators,and that the true ques
tion is, what legislation on the subject of slave
ry in the Territories does the judgment and
conscience of the country require? It re
views the affairs of Kansas at the present time
and its prospects for the future, and says our
only safety is to slop where we arc, to make
Kansas a free State, and to punish the authors
of the present agitation, and in that way for
that is the only way in which it can be done
put an end to slavery agitation. How is this
to be accomplished I By rejecting the Cin
cinnati Convention and its nominees, for they
are insoperable.
The address then reviews the action of tho
Cincinnati Convention, and shows that radical
Democrats cannot support Mr. Buchanan with
consistency, and continues : Shall we throw
away our votes ? That we cannot d- for two
roarn First, that wo shall tln irulirootlv
contribute, to Mr. Buchanan's election; and
second, that there is a choice. Mr. Fremont,
who has been nominated by tho Republicans,
is an acceptable candidate.. His professions
and his antecedents arc all Democratic, and
strongly in his favor. He is known to be a
mau of great capacity, energy, probity, and
integrity. In his hands the Presidential ofiiee
will be vigorously and justly administered.
Wc have, therefore, nominated him for the
Presidency, and his associate, Mr. D ayton, for
the Vice Presidency ; and wo ask you, the
Democrats of Xew Y'ork, to ratify this nomi
nation. We make no attack upon the South.
We remember that the Southeru people are
our brethren, and we mean to continue them
as such; but they shall not interfere with our
rights, nor introduce their institutions into our
States, nor fasten them upon Territories be
fore those Territories are mature eiiough to be
States, and as such to determine their own in
stitutions. The address then criticises the entire policy
of the administration, urging a united effort
for its overthrow, and concludes by saying : If
Mr. Buchanan is elected, Kansas is slave, but
if Mr. Fremont is elected Kansas is free ; and
thus thiuking, we shall labor against the one
and for the other, and wc earnestly ask our
fellow Democrats to aid us in the w ork.
The address and resolutions nominating
John C. Fremont as their candidate for Presi
dent, and Wm. L. Dayton for Vice President,
were unanimously adopted with loud applause
and cheers.
The Old Democracy of an e.ntire Cocxty
all one Way ! The celebrated "Tenth Le
gion" District ol Xew York State, Herkimer
county, has formed a solid column, repudiated
the nomination of Buchanan, and approved
that of Fremont. Xotice for a regular Con
vention had been given several weeks in ad
vance, and the meeting was attended by full
delegations of the truest Democrats in the
county. The question of endorsing Buchanan
and tho Cincinnati platform was distinctly pre
sented. Resolutious were adopted denounc
ing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
the passage of the Kausas-Xebraska bill re
pudiating the Cincinnati platform and its nom
inees, and declaring in favor of Fremont and
Dayton. ; In the afternoon, a mass meeting
was held, at which the proceedings of theCon
vention were ratified. "The work goes brave
ly, on." .
Onio. A Xational American Ticket for
Slate officers was nominated by tho Fillmore
party in Ohio, but all the candidates have de
clined to run, and finally,the Cincinnati Times
has removed their names from its columns.
The Lawrence (Mass.) 'American,' Fort
Wayne (Ind.) 'Times,' Wilkes Co. (Ga.) 'Re
publican,' and Gloucester (Mass) 'Telegraph,'
have hauled down the Fillmore flag and run
up Fremont. .
Mr. F. Wyxckoop, of Forest county, was
bitten by a rattlesnake some days ago." The
serpent sunk his fangs so firmly into the thumb
of the man, that in shaking it off he threw it
a considerable distance. Restoratives' were
applied, and the man is recovering. The snake
was four and a half feet long. '
don't come at all, but are carried, nere may i
HOW THEYi STAND !
The Xewspaper Press of Pexxsylvaxia !
The Philadelphia Xews having published a list
of the opposition press in Pennsylvania, made
out that 34 support Fillmore, but did not give
a complete list of those supporting Fremont
The Pittsburgh Gazette, therefore, compiles a
list of the papers, showing that there are orer
eighty papers in the State supporting Fremont.
We publish both lists. The following are the
papers, as given by the Xeics, which have
Fillmore's name up :
Daily Xews, Philadelphia.
Delaware. County American, Media.
Berks Journal, Reading. . ; j t. i )
Berks County Press, Reading ' v ' 4
Register and Press, Lancaster.
' Eagle, Y'ork .
Republican, Y'ork. " , " ; . ; , ;
Farmer, Easton. .. . .. .
Whig, Knston.
Jeffersonian, Strondsburg.
Xews, Shippensburg. ;
American, Carlisle. "
Perry Freeman, Elooinfleld.
Juniata Sentinel, Mifflintown.
Gazette, Lewistown.
Aurora, Lewistown.
American, Huntingdon.
Amorican Era, Tyrone.
Register, Ilollidaysburg.
Cambria Tribune, Johnstown.
Fulton Republican, M'Connellsburg.
Chronicle, Bedford.
Citizen, Uniontowu.
Jefferson Star, Brookvillc. ;
Banner, Clarion.
Democrat, Bellefonte.
Watchman, Lock Haven.
Independent Press, Williainsport.
Luminary, MuncA.
Miltouian, Milton.
Lackawanna Herald, Scranton.
Journal, Mercersburg.
Spectator, Hanover, York Co.
American Standard, Uniontown.
Of this list, the Uniontown Citizen is dead,
and the Gazette, Lewistown, has, without tak
ing down Fillmore's, also put up Fremont's
name, and the Clarion Banner, Jefferson Star,
Carlisle American will do the same ; while the
Berks Journal, Centre Democrat, and several
others of the list are favorable to any union
movement that will secure the defeat of Bu
chanan. Leaving but 27 Fillmore papers in
the State, most of which are published in lit
tle country villages.
The following is a list, as complete as wc
can now make it, of papers in the State sup
porting Fremont and Dayton ;
Daily Dispatch, Pittsburg, Allegheny co.
Gazette,
" Courier(Germaii)" "
" Freedom'sFriend" "
Star, Gettysburg, Adams county.
Intelligencer, Doylestown, Bucks co.
Morgenstern, (Ger.) Doylestown, Bucks co.
Argus, Beaver, Beaver co.
Whi, Ilollidaysburg, Blair co.
Argus, Towanda, Bradford co.
Reporter, Towanda, Bradford co.
Whig, Bellefonte, Centre co.
Gazette, Pittstown, Carbon co.
Journal, Meadville, Crawford co.
Courier, Conneautville, Crawford co.
Uai'ismun, Clearfield, Clearfield co.
Herald, Westchester, Chester co.
Record, Westchester, Chester co.
Republican, Media, Delaware co.
Gazette, Erie, Erie co.
Constitution, Erie, Eric co.
Zmchauer, German) Erie, Erie co.
Republican, Girard, Erie co.
Clipper, Brownsville, Fayette co.
Enterprise, Connellsville, Fayette co.
Repository, Chambersburg, Franklin co.
Eagle, Waynesburg, Greene co.
Independent, Indiana, Indiana co.
Register, Indiana, Indiana co.
True American, Blairsville, Indiana co.
Examiner, Lancaster, Lancaster co.
Whig, " "
Express, " "
Volks Friend, (Ger)Lancaster, Lancaster co.
Gazette, Xewcastle, Lawrence co
Freeman, " "
Item, " "
Record, Wilkcsbarrc, Luzerne co.
Transcript, Carhond ale, Luzerne co.
Gazette, Mauch Chunk, Lehigh co.
Democrat, (Ger) Lebanon, Lebanon co.
Whig, Mercer, Mercer co.
Republican, Mercer, Mercer co.
Citizen, Smethport, McKean co.
Democrat, Danville, Montour co.
Olive Branch, Xorristown, Montgomery co.
Gazette, Lewistown, Mifliin co.
Eastonian, Easton, Xorthamptou co.
Union, Eastoii, "
People's Journal, Coudoi sport, Potter co.
Daily Xorth American, Philadelphia.
Evening Bulletin, "
Free Press, (German) "
AVochenblatt, "
Republican, Montrose, Susquehanna co.
Miner's Journal, Pottsville, Schuylkill co.
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga co. -. r
Chronich;, Lcwisburg, Union co.
Citizen, Franklin, Venango co.
Mail, Warren, Warren co.
Reporter, Washington, Washington co.
Commonwealth, "
Union, "
Herald, Ilonesdale, Wayne co.
Vaterlandswacchter, (German.)
Telegraph, IJarrisburg. . ...
Here arc CG papers on the Fremont and Day
ton list, or more than double tho number al
lowed us in the Jenrs.
The following is a list of papers of various
shades, all of which ore favorable to Fremont,
but can strictly be classed in the previous cat
egory, as they are for Fremont, but uncom
mitted on the Vice Presidency :
Free Press, Kittaning, Armstrong co.
American, Butler, Butler co.
Herald, Greensburg, Westmoreland co.
Papers supporting Fremont and Johnston :
Journal, Pittsburg, Allegheny co.
Journal, Huntingdon, Huntingdon co.
American, Danville, Montour co.
Papers favorable to Fremont andDayton,but
which have not yet put up their names.
Daily Sun, Philadelphia.
Daily Times, " .... ' ,
Herald, Xorristown, Montgomery co.
Courier, Lebanon, Lebanon co. I
Advocate, York, York co. .
Advocate, Bloomfield, Perry co. ..---;
Dispatch, Erie, Erie co.
True American, Erie, Erie co., ,
Herald, Carlisle, Cumberland co. i
Whig, Somerset, Somerset co.' . ' -Unsere
Welt,' (German) Erie, Eric co;
L In all, twenty . papers ; and these, added to
the prcvions list, give lis Eighty-Six Frtmont
papers in Pennsylvania.. It is probable that we
have omitted a few .that properly belong here,
and we have no doubt that , there are at the
present time ninety i Fremont papers in. the
State. These facts need no comment; they
speak for themselves. . ' , - - - -
TOOMBS'S KANSAS BILL DISSECTED.
LETTER " FROM LT. GOV.- W. Y. ROBERTS OF
..." KAX3AS.--
To the Editor of The Evening Post.
Sir: Y'our note asking my opinion, as a
Democrat .and as a'citizen and friend of Kan
sas, in relation to tho Senate bill, entitled: "A
bill to authorize the people "of the Territory
of Kansas to form a Constitution "and State
Government, &c," which passed thejsenate
on the 2d iust., is to hand.
In reply, I would say that my objections to
the bill are not confined to its details only
they may be amended but attach also to the
principles upon which it rests.
I. The bill proposes to repeal and amend
certain Territorial laws, and to leave others in
force, and hence assumes the position that
the Legislative Assembly was a valid authority,
and ailixes the seal of Congressional sanction
and approbation upon a body elected by a rule
utterly subversive of that government ; and in
so doing, the Senate has sanctioned and legal
ized, as far as it can, the work of an armed
mob, in open violation of the laws and consti
tution of the United States, in violating the
great fundamental principle upon which rests
our whole political fabric, popular sovereignty
or self-government. ; -
It is not necessary to weary your readers by
inserting here the proof of this proposition,
and I shall only refer them to the testimony
taken by the Kansas Investigating Committee,
reported to the House of Representatives on
the 1st inst. In this report the above allega
tion is proven by testimony the most positive
and incontrovertible.
II. But my objections to the bill do not stop
here ; after thus acknowledging, the validity
of the Territorial Legislature, the bill proceeds
to repeal sundry laws and parts of laws enacted
by that body, by the singular process of recn
actingecrtain Important provisions of the Con
stitution of the United States. (See bill, sec.
18). It also enacts a new election law as
suming the power of Congress to legislate for
tho Territory on the most important subject
of legislation, that of the elective franchise,
while it has, in the opinion of the Senate, in
full vitality, a local Legislature of its own:
thus utterly abandoning the whole theory of
the Democratic creed in relation to the gov
ernment of the Territories; and, as a Demo
crat I must be allowed to enter my protest a
gainst this, abandonment of the faith, partic
ularly in an instance when that abandonment
is made necessary by assuming a former false
hypothesis.
III. The bill further provides for the elec
tion and organization of a convention "to form
a constitution and State government," and,
without submitting the constitution thus form
ed to a vote of the people or future action of 1
Congress, admits the State into the union "on
an equal footing with the original States,"
and makes the action of that convention a
finality, and denies to the people the invalua
ble privilege of acting in their primary and in
dividual capacity upon the organic law of the
land, "a right invaluable to "them and formi
dable only to jrauj."
IV. To give to a Board of Commissioners,
cppoinicl by the President, the pewer to deter
mine who shall vote for delegates to a Conven
tion, r.nd to be the sole Judges of Election
and qualifications of said delegates, and to
make the action of that Convention final, in a
matter so important as the formation of a Con
stitution and State Government, is to erect a
power dangerous to popular rights, a power ir
responsible to the people a despotism ; and
is assuming the power of Congress to do that
for which there is no warrant in the Constitu
tion, and which is subversive of the great prin
ciples of popular government.
V. One 'effect of refusing to submit the Con
stitnfion to a vote of the people, would bo to
obviate the necessity of retainitig in the Ter-ritorj-
a large boly of men during the Winter,
in order to vote on the Constitution in the
Spring, as it Vould be impossible to frame a
Constitution, publish it and give the people
time to discuss its provisions, in order to give
nn intelligent vote upon its ratification, before,
probably, the 1st of'March. I am aware that
it would be exceedingly inconvenient to these
people to stay in our Territory duringthe Win
ter without houses, and that houses and provis
ions are very expensive things ; nevertheless,
as a citizen of Kansas I cannot consent that,
they should be allowed to finish their work by
the 4th of Xovember and return to their homes,
leaving the people to enjoy (if) a government
established against their own will and wishes ;
and hence, as a citizen and friend of Kansas,
must moat solemnly protest against this fea
ture of the bill.
VI. The bill further provides that tho ratio
of representation and the nppointineut of del
egates shall be determined by the number of
voters, and not the number of inhabitants in
the Territory and the respective districts;
thus giving to the mere adventurer, the "sol
dier of fortune'' upon the border, the same
representative strength with the regular citi
zen permanently located with his wile and fam
ily "of five . or ten minor children. The injus
tice of this provision is too glaring to need
comment, and its object too plain to bo misun
derstood. VII. The enumeration of voters is fixed at a
time when many of our citizens have been
driven from their homes and from the Territo
ry, and when an armed mob, unrebukid by
Government, has blockaded all the avenues to
the country, not only preventing the return of
the few who might "bo able, and who might
feel an inclination to return from doing so,
but robbing and driving back all new emi
grants from the Free States who are seeking
homes in the Territory. Thus forcing upon
the people a finality at a most inauspicious
time, and proposing to establish the institu
tions of a State when the country is nndcr the
government of an armed and irresponsible
mob. What a -mockery of popular rights!
And what a fraud upon a people who were in
duced to emigrate to the Territory under a
pledge from the Government that they should
be left "perfectly free to establish their own in
stitutions." VIII. In addition to this, the bill, as far as
it is intended "to authorize the people of the
Territory of Kansas to form a Constitution
and State Government," is gratuitous. Vc
have asked for no such authority. We con
fend as Democrats, that we have authority
whenever a majority of the people may so de
termine to call a Convention, form a Constitu
tion and State Government, and to apply for
admission into the Union as a Free and sover
eign State. We hold that the people are bet
ter judges of when this shall be done, than
Congress can be, and that to judge of, ami to
do this is one of the rights expressly reserved
to the people by the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and . therefore, we have not asked
of Congress an authority that expressly be
longs to us under the Constitution ; but what
we do ask is, that Congress should fulfill all
the requirmentsjoC thc Constitution and ex
tend over ns the protecting hand of the Xa
tional Government.
Wo ask of Congress no impossibilities -nor
unconstitutional intermeddling with our do
mestic affairs. Congress cannot "give us back
our dead," but it can wipe out a legislative
government established by fraud and violence,
and institute another that shall reflect the will
of the people. It can refund to our people all
the losses and damages that they have sus
tained by reason of this fraud, and restore and
secure to them what is more valuable, than
gold, and sweeter than life, Me free enjoyment
of nil their political rights aiySmrrictn litizms.
We ask a nation's disapprolwtion of a fraud
unparalleled in the history of our country ; let
the nation wash her hands of the disgraceful
act, and let the history of it go down to poster
ity with a nations condemnation indelibly en
graven upon its fore-head.
Let Congress, in the place of repealing cer
tain laws of the Territorial Legislature, be
cause of their iuhercnl defects, set them all In
side because of the inherent defects in the pow
er that made them. Let this be done, and tho
whole subject is open to Congiess, the wrongs
of the people may be. redressed, their consti
tutional rights restored, and peace restored to
the country and to the territory, the Constitu
tion itself vindicated, the theory of non-interference
saved. The great principles of popu
lar sovereignty and self-government reestab
lished, an unmitigated fraud upon the sacred
ballot-box branded. with marked disapproba
tion, the character of our free institutions
preserved untirnished, the confidence of thu
people in the perpetuity and strength of free
government stimulated and confirmed, and the
bonds of the Union strengthened and -established
upon the rock of eternal justice ; but
refuse to do this, and all these propositions
are reversed.
If the bill was designed to effect these ob
jects it will most certainly fail of its purpose,
but on the other hand tend most directly to
the reverse of all these desirable results, and
therefore, finally) as a Democrat, a citizen and
friend of Kansas, one who loves the Union
and the harmony and peace of all sections of
the country, I must most earnestly protest a
gainst its passage into a law. Very truly,
W. Y. ROBERTS.
Washington, D. C, July 11, 1856.
COL. FREMONT'S RELIGION. '
If anything was needed to convince any ono
that Col. Fremont is a Protestant, the follow
ing must be conclusive : .
Xew Y'ork, Thursday, July 1C, 1858.
To the Editor of the Evening Post :
Dear Sir An undue importance seems to
bo attached to Mr. Fremont's religious posi
tion by some portion of our fellow citizens,
and as there are a few persons whose minds
are exercised, permit me to say that some timo
since, receiving letters from Ohio, snying that
it was being industriously circulated that Mr.
Frc-mont was a Catholic, I went to him and
asked him the question : "Are you a Roman
Catholic?" He replied, "I am xot; I was
bred in the Protestant Episcopal Church,whero
I still belong. My children have been bap
tized there, and there my wife goes with me,
as a good wife should." . .
Respectfullv vours,
C.'W. Elliott,
X'o. 100 East Eighteenth St.
The Difficulties ix California. Tho citi
zens of California are iu a complete state of
Revolution. The unwonted spectacle is pre
sented of an organized band, composed of the
best citizens, promincntf men of the varioiu
religious denominations, setting at defianco
the officers of the law, and usurping the pow
ers of government. Xotwithstanding theGov
crnor of the State has ordered this "Vigilanco
Committee" to disperse, they are .rapidly in
creasing, numbering now not less thau 8,000
or 10,000 men, and seem determined to perse
vere in their efforts to purge tho State of all
villians, gamblers, corrupt and criminal indi
viduals. They have arrested; tried, and either
executed or banished, many criminals who
were heretofore permitted to pursue their dep
rcdais with impunity. It is an nndeuiablu
fact that adequate causes have existed to pro
duce this sudden uprising. The Governor
has collected a few hundred meu to enforce
the laws, but their number is too small. The
committee have erected breast-works in front
of their rooms, planted cannon to guard the
approach, and thoroughly armed their mem
bers. It is said they have 400 men conftant
ly on guard, havo 4,000 to 5,000 muskets, a
large number pf annbt )yl plenty of small
arms besidr1 "X in their treasury.
4- . w.
MORE
"-&g. The Me-
tropohtJu-. l4i
i lii-was ine scene oi
it oif-frst "Wednesday week.
much exciteTOen
B.ishford W. Vicks, "of South Carolina, beat
Jacob Stanwood, of Massachusetts, very se
verely with a cane, in consequence of a re
mark by tao latter to the effect that the attack
on Mr. Sonner was brutal and cowardly. Tho
parties were sepcrated, and Vicks taken int-j
custody. ' .
Si icide. Hugh Corrigan, convicted in West
moreland county, of the murder of his wife,
and burning her body, and now under sentence
of death, committed suicide ou Saturday 19th,
in the jail at Greensburg. It is supposed he
took oxalic acid. . . ... ,
Another MrnnEii. On Saturday night 21st
Daniel Xeff, Attorney at Law, and David Hew
itt, a wagon maker, both citizens of nollidays
burg, got into a difficulty at Dannal's Hotel,
in that place, which resulted in the stabbing of
Hewitt, and his death on the following day.
Married. On 24th July, by Wm. McKee,
Esq., Mr. Wm. Ci rry to Miss Rebecca Ellex
Wilso.v, all of Knox township, Clearfield co
ITew Advertisements.
IILLMORE .MEETING. A mectiugof tho
friends and supporters of Millard Fit-LvoBr,
will be held iu the Cuurt House, on Saturday eve
ning next, to elect delegates to the State Conven
tion to meet iu Harritburg on the 5th of Augnst,
to form an Electoral Ticket. july30 MAXY.
A DMIMSTR ATORS XOTICE. TCkere--t3L
s Letters of Administration on the Estate of
WlLidAM It. BAKU, late of Clcarficd borough,
Clearfield Conr.ty, Pa.. dccM. hare been granted
to the. undersigned, all persons indebted to said
estato are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the same wilt
present them, properly authenticated for settle
ment, to . L. H. TURNER, ,
July 30. 1S"j5 fit- Administrators.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing between
L. W. Weld. Joseph If agerty and John W. M Cul
lough. was this day dissolved bv mutual consent.
L. V. VEL1,
JOSEPH HAGERTY,
? J. W. M'CTLLOUGII.
Feccari.i Mills, July 2o, lSo6-pd. -
The business w ill be carried on in the name of
Joseph Hagcrty and John W. M'Cullongh, - i - -
LICENSE NOTICE. The following named
persons have filed in the Office of the Clerk of
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Clearfield County,
their respective Petitions for License atAugnstges
ston next, agreeably to Act of Assembly of March
.23, 1856, entitled '-An Act to regulate tho Sale f
Intoxicating Lienors," vii : :' -..
Adam Knarr. Innkeeper, Brady towna p
Geo.PenttAWm Ziglerlnnkeeper, Brady tomns'p
Eliza Watson, . Innkeeper, - Karthaus tw'p
M. P. Marble, Innkeeper, Morris town'p
July SO "56 . ...... WM- PORTER, Clerk.
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