• •
tion of the bodyNßer. Mr. Williams, of
this city, was.ehosen Moderator, and
Mr. Woodbridge, Clerk.
Much important business was transac
ted- during the session ; nmotyr which,
measures were adopted for the efficient
prolnotion of the interests of education and
missions, and es a special object, the evan
gelization of the Indian tribes in Califor
niti..
rrnm the Placer N..vot
TIIE Sciirrtimm mrsEs, AND Tun rtoLrns
FROM STOCKTON TO THEM
Stockton appears, at presept, to be the
depot for many of the southern mines. Ar
riving there by water from San Francisco,
the miner can proceed either by water or
by land-to the , placers. If he goes by wa
ter, he ascends the San Joaquin in a b o at
of light, anal, say that of no oiditial•V
whaleboat, to the Stanislaus, Tualunme,
or the Mercedes River. Each of these
streams is navigable for such boats to
within twenty-five or thirty miles of the
numerous diggings upon them respeetive
ly, from the beginning of the rainy season
to the last melting of the mountain snows
in July. Landing his effects at tie! high:
est point attainable with his boat, he can
engage a muleteer or teamster to carry
thorn to such point as he may select.
Provisions and clothing are now plenty
in the mines, and the miner should liewa re
how he attempts, under present charges
for freight, to take much of anything with
him to the mines. Should be carry his
goods and trunks to Stockton he will find
that storage can be had nt 81 per month
for one barrel. Whenever he knows his
rubsequeut movements and necessities, he
ran send for them, or exercise any desira
ble control over them.
The Caleveras and Moitelumne are two
streams which empty into the San Jomptin
below Stockton. The diggings upon these
streams arc also much worked, and with
about the same success as the others al
ready named. From Stockton, roads
branch out to the various mines on those
streams, which arc distant from •10 to 70
miles.
PARKER'S PATENT.
We have again had our attention called!
to the proceedings now taking place in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, between
the assignee of Messrs. Parker and the
Mill owners using wheels said to be
im
fringoments of this patent. In the case of
Parker's assignee against l lulme, (which
we noticed in our paper of the 21st Dec.
18490 tried in November - last, it appears
that the Jury under the direction of the
Court, found specifically that "Messrs Par.
ker were the first persons to discover and
by mechanical devices to apply to use as,
a motive power in reaction wheels, the
centrifugal force of water revolving verti
cally
round the shaft, and passing into and
acting upon the wheels in the direction of,
their revolution," and also that " they
.were_the first persons to invent and apply ,
to use, vertical reaction w heels, having two
or wore wheels arranged in pairs on the!
same horizontal shaft"—thus establishing
at law the validity of Parker's patent in
tWO particulars. 1. The concave or cir
cular box in which the hole are placed,'
and 2. The principle of using two or more
wheels upon a horizontal shaft.
. Upon the basis of this decision at la w,
en application was made to the equity side
of the same court for'an injunction against
all persons in that district using these prin
ciples (of which there are some two hun
dred) to prevent their sawing until they
had obtained a license from Parker to use
his patent, We append the remarks ell
his Honor, Judge GRIM?, by which it will I
be seen that owing to informality in the
petition, the injunction was refused, but
the Court stating that upon this informali
ty being corrected, and on delimit of set
tlement by the Defendants, the Court will
order the injunction to issue by the first
Monday of April (then) next.
It appears from these proceedings that
the Messrs. Parker have at least the law
on their, side of the question, although we
are still free to believe that there is a de
fect in some portion of their title which
Works gross injustice to the innocent mill
owner.
CAmmunuE, April S, 1550.
I /ANixt. MAnsir, Esq.—Sir : I this mor
ning, received the verve kind letter you
addressed to Inc, and w Web I I l lsren to an-
swer,te thank you, in the nime of my
mother, my sisters and myself, for the
true sentiments you entertain respecting
my beloved father. You believe him in
nocent, and you believe what is true.:—
He is the victim Of circumstances ; a t deep.
Iv injured man. That he is innocepi,
we, his timid v know, and nothing on earth
will ever take from us this conviction.
We have never, from the moment he
was snatched from his home, had a shad
ow of a doubt on our minds ; and what
ever the world may say or do, we shall ,
ever have that feeling to support us. The
knowledge of his innocence supported my
father during the hours of suffering in the
Court room ; that it is that gives him and
ns calmness now, amidst the many sour
ces of sorrow that have overwhelmed us.
Far different from what we anticipated,;
was the result of the trial, for we had been
assured throughout the winter, that our .
littlier could :not but be restori , d to us, and
that at the trial lig must receive justice for
the many ‘vrons that had bec in heaped
upon him. But justice fled from the court
room, and prejudice took her place.
IYet hope still lingers with us, for we
I take this occasion to say, that the J trust that the public voice will be raised
Court has no doubt of the validity of the against the gross injustice that has been
eomplainent's patent. That question has. committed, and will not allow our country
.been fully:settled here, by a trial at law, Ito bear such a stigma on her mune, such
:ofextraoro ina ry duration, and closeness lan everlasting stain, as will be that of the t
:of research. The report of the cdse oflsacrifico.of one so tritely innocent as my
,Parker vs. Hahne, by my brother Kane, father. And if one word from us, sir, can'
who presided at the trial, and information -add a feather's weight to the' efforts :hat
derived from the a ffi davits and printed !arc being made—Oh, may we give
„you
.works, which have ' been read on both Ilk deep assurance of our hearts, that we
sides, during the present' hearing, as wellfeel grcatful for the interest that you ex- 1
as the acquamtence with the subject, which. press and feel, and for what you arc do-
Lderived while engaged in the trial-of a- ing in our behalf. May God in his
infr
nether- case growing out of this patent, nite mercy, look down upon you, and bless
Icas t c • .o doubt gamy mitt' that the corn-, the efforts that are being made; and if it,
x vt!'",:.L.-r'.1!6• 4 - 11 .. 1 4t.a 1 i is not His will to bring the truth to light,
110,Adaitidel'r , 4,t.:Jt , cast
to allow this awful mystery to be ex.'
•ly it, Sheik
e„,.,tu'?n lied, may He enlighten the minds of
c into whose hands the case will pass.
for the
my dear
can do
than that
ipathv has
..arts tow-
FM
ment, rifler it had. been invented in this
country by the Messrs. Parker. And it
was not until the circulation of Fourney-
Eon's paper, on Turbines in this country,
110 the public attention was fairly called
to the valuable improvenient of the Messrs.
Parker.
Of the infringement by the defendants,
the court his no doubt. . The wheels .
which they use are direct and positive
v i (Aliens of complainant's ri ht,asap
rear by the affidavits on behalf of the de
fendants, and the models which they them
selves have submitted to the .court. In
point of fact, the complainant has estab
lished his right to the injunction which he
prays. But Ido not wont to
,establish
the precedent in this court, that a party
who r l e upon a verdict of a jury, and
judgment of a court of law, for the es
tablishment of his tile, as the foundation
of his claim to be quieted in the posses
ion and ciijoYiOnt of it, and li a r protect
ing hits at infringements by others,
shall omit, as the complainant has here o
t»ired to aver, in his bill, that such pre
ceedings itt,law have taken pl•tce. With
out such averment, the ground of the
court's action may be misunderstood, and
the defendant may not he properly ap.
pri•ed, beforehand, of the case which he
has to itwet, In these CaS('S, ac are the
alum wady to lay h o ld iii the omission,
‘‘.e li•cl a reluctance to stop two !Mil
dred mills front grinding a bushel of grain
or sawing a board, without giving the de
tilalants a chance of making a settlement
or Compromise. (lo th e other k in d, it
is by no means our intention to compel
this complainant to relitigate hi; patent,
:dreads; established at law, against a com
bination of two hundred wealthy mill
owners , i n thi s district, who are, as these
defendants allege, using machines, of
which d r; o pylel shove described, is the
representation. By an amendment
ofthis
bill, the complainant inav o vct•come his
present technical difficulty.
No ground has been shown lot the k o .
putation, that an attempt has Leen made
by this complainant, "to levy black ma il,"
as it is called. Indere!, his course towards
these defendants, as well as Other per3ollS
appear to have been one ofgretti liberality
and forbearance; and 1 advi7e these de
fendants to settle with him. If they do
not, damlges may be found against them,
to the extent of their profits from the use
of this patented iniprovement ; at all events
amounting to the whole incr eased profits
or their mills, since the time of filing these
bills. This might be no mere than (Init.
able,
On default of settlement by defendants,
the Court will order the injUnetions to is
sue, on the first Monday of April next ;
the complainant, in the mean time, so
amending his bill, as to allege the estab
lishment hero, at law, of his title to an
exclusive right in this improvement, and
liling the affidavit of the surviving paten
tee, which has been read to us in the
course of the hearing.
In all this, 1 ion authorized to say, that
my brother Kane fully concurs with me.
Letter feral Webiter's Daughter.
room Ilse N:asselssister (Nlies c ortsger.
The following communication from a
daughter of Pruti.tssur ‘Vebster, iu replv-'
to a letter addressed her, has been handed
us by the gentleman to hOlll it was ad
d resed
much sufTering on so many. Benny° me,
sir, gratefully yours.
HARRIET W. WEI39TER.
' Fire and Desperate Riot.—lt appears
strange that there arc not some decided
means put in three to stop the numerous
roberies,•burglaries, larcenies and rowdy
fights, which are cons!nntlyoccurring in
the city and suburbs. The difibrent city
dailies have tra)re or less space devoted
to these occurrence's nearly every day,
and this morning we are called upon to'
give publicity to a disgraceful and desper
ate riot, which occurred in the Southern
part of the belutiful and flourishing dis
trict of MOyamensing The row seems
to have been a premeditated afliiir,pn the
part of sonic of the actors engaged in the
fight as some frame sheds and stables
back of Federal street, between Twclilh
and Thirteenth streets, were set on fire
and completely destroyed,about six o'clock
last evening. The alarm was promptly
given, and several lire companies assem
bled, together with Ilamsands of people;
htrt there was no particular effort made to
save the property from the destructive el
ement. During the progress of the fire
an attack was made on the Moyamensing
Hose company, by the crowd with the
Franklin Hose, in Federal street opposite
the school-house, the,earriage tal o n, and
for a few minutes, In e pt possession of.—
The former company t ha n rallied, and,
wish their friends, succe rlr d in geein: ,
dicir e 1 1 era tr, and tad; it la.nic ; ii kilo
tbe Native Au erican I lose Compsnv
were b , Mg ii iven from thr scene of
by the participank in the sei tie. The
ti o4 lit continued for upwards of au hour,
and tin air w all y lit:(!i' tilled, 1;11.a limo,
widt brickbat::, stones, and other danger
mis *des. Guns and pistols were fired
iu rapid succession amid the crowd, from
i dle brick buildings known as "Pay na Vis
ta Rim'," in Thirteenth street, awl other
pl a ces ; and :cvcral per:ons were serious-
Ii Among the number., we learn
'di; liana--; 4J/it'll - Farley, who was shot
•
through the hAnd with a slug, and a m i n
M:lirre, badly injured ( n the head
with a brickbat. Several others is hose
mires we could not learn, were: co.. and
bruised ii iii ilk'
rrata/ Hatra t f„:c Tnd .latampt at Mar
der.—On the evening of the 31st ult., at
9 o'clock, the officers of the steamer
NVailier heard cries of distresi, from the
direction Of Pinto's !timid, as pr coeding
from some one engaged in a desperate
struggle. Two boats were manned, un•
der direction of the Captain. They made
for the point of the Hand, guided by the
cry, which ceased us they approach-d.—
Seeing nothing, they hesitated for a mo
ment, when one of them putting his hand
out to push the boat, it came in contact
with a floating body, with its head under
water. On lifting it into the boat, it pro
ved to he a man apparently (load. Ile
\vas carried on board the steamer and pla
ced under charge of Surgeon Kane, who
found that he had sulkred great violence,
with intent to kill. He, had two knitb
wounds in one arm and the other very
much bruiied ; and a severe contusion o f
the stomach and 1e.% Ity the kindness
and skill bestowed. he revived during the
next forenoon sutliciently to give the fol
lowing account: He was on a visit to this
city from New Orleans, whence he con
templated starting fur Califi,:nia. It
ascertained that he lind money abut'.
him, I.e ‘‘asentri:pped into a drinking shop,
where he thinks he must have been drug.
ged by opiates, and that is the last he can
remeknber. He had been robbed of sixty
dollar's iii gold. When he was found,
Cuptaiu Alden, of the steamer Walker,
tad a/sparcli made about the Island, but
the./ddrkneis prevented any discovery,
except a
,yawl beb Mg to the steamer
Creole, whence doubtless she had lx:ett
stolen for this diabolical purpose, and in
her was a large iron instrument, known as
a man hold, carefully reeved with spun
yarn, so as to leave no doubt on the mind
of the officers that it was nt :tided to have
auk the victim had the villia as not been
disturbed by this timely interposition.-81.
Louis Rtreblican.
Murderous Riot on the Isthones.—Tho
Panama Star of the 10th Las the subjoined
account of a difficulty between the Puna
amenos and the Americans :
On Wednesday night, about 10 o'clock,
when a young American, named Tb o nias
Finnigan, was quietly entering the house
which he occukied, together with a num-,
tier of his friends, on the Plaza Santa
Anna, he was assaulted by about filly
armed Sj aniards and natives, who first
shot hint with a musket in the shoulder,
where the ball lodge 1, and then, as he
fell, showered upon him the missiles of
every diScription, accompanying their at
tack with venomous c albs and execration.
He would undoubtedly have been ktlled,l
had not the approach of a lbw Americans
frightened the cowardly assassins from
their bloody invent. A number of other
Americans were serionsly injured last
night by blows from clubs and stotieg; giv
en by wretches who waylaid them in the
dark at different places. Large gangs of
these miscreants paraded the streets and
squares of the suburbs during the night,
breathing hatred and defiance to the Arne
ricau people.
Romance and Reality.—The Trenton
Gazette has received a letter from a prin
ter in Honolulu, who went to California in I
Col: Stevenson's regiment, in which he'
remained till the war was over, then took
to publishing the Ca4fornian, abandoned
isiness, sailed for China, was wreck-
Honolulu,' was taken to favor by a
',,,1 mj i i , ,,lat c iii i iiMer a ,, and is now
wealth;Nroormen
.- --Li --Li e Az t hi o:eritairoW“..,
'coLioaminablo . iiii .
ifill'iArkNa;tu* it*Optera.
v . - -- :, - '' , ..pr , .11oldom,re
-1 t!!:i ft"Psv "Na l 1
, . 4
lit i.,tolm
I
1
, s.
',hi
only to deal with slavery under the Coif.
stitutiorcof the United States. The course
we take, is that dictated by humanity and
41aarfield, Pn., May 6, 1810
• jilsticc—not to oue party, or one people
THE DOLLAR.
_ Y ._-_ ._ . ... _ .___
------ ' hut to all parties. Suppose ti'l'iVii - Wa'S
(12:rAs we go to. press, the river is
find rafting order=and you better believe
ill — about to ass the L . o . gislatttresof,Ma ‘ ryland,
there is a commotion among our lumber- Virginia, 'Kentucky, and other Southern
111(2/1. I ~). States, tinder the provisions of which laws
• i / ; every negrJ :.n slavery, 7 1 - 1 those states
C* —.. .l"lie legislature has not_,Yet adjour. were to be set lac what would he the
ned. The difficulty of passing an (ippon
'probable course that would te adopted in
tionment bill prevents a ty'adjourninent.— the free Stens? Would we not remon-
The members now get bin $1 50 per clay.
- struts, and if needs be, attempt the use of
----1— •
CoNnnEss—Since' our last publication,' il ' ree (`) prevent so distructive : a calamity ?
several important events have occurred Why, it would bring starvation and utter
in Con g re ss . M essrs. D ENTON ami d p oo ,' ruin home to every laboring man in the
had quite a disgraceful rencontre. Both land ; and the po r shiffiess negro, instead
to blame—especially'the former. of enjoying his covetted freedom as a Lies-
Mr. C A: ni oiELL , Cl er k of the Hetett , or sing would find it to be his most intolera.
Representatives, died on the- 1 Ith ult., and ble curse. Instead of be:ng "a flit, and
Judge Youxe,
.(dcin.,) Wa s e l ec t e d i n hi s seek and well fed and clothed slave," he
place. ' ' would soon. find himself to be a miserable
Gen. FOOT'S 1110;1011 to refer all matters half starved, ragged, half frozen creature,
growing out of the question of slavery, ‘1 hose life would not be envied by the vi
lest dog. Such is a feint picture of the
ineludlng the admission of California, ton
Committc, of 13, was adopted. The cum _ stale of ainirs that would he brought about
miree consists in part of M••ssrs. (-"L.l+",it' the South should "collow the example
of the North. But' they could not d o
: so
( . ••linino:in,) t ':,,,is n o d W l:its - riot .
The Nord] sold her slaves Os Iwt few they
TII f; PO.WITI:STI3t M r!'llAt V OCTDON E. hall) to the South at a good rotilid price.-
-This "mysterious knockings" at Roches- The South lists uo such chance. There
;
ter, Nt w York, appear to Lc entirely are no buyers. If there were, v,e think
eclipsed in Stratford, ( --Aum- I here the, we would Icivi. bet feat slave: in this land
; "knockings" are the least a•markal;i: part of freedom.
vi the phenomena. One (it' the editors of
ti! N. Sun, fur the pirposo . ()I' utility
eliing the mystery, and exposing the hoax,
ropaired to the spot, and tiller spending a
‘lllO l .O tvice k in vain efforts to discover the
s,iiree of the mystery, h a: , p u bli s h e d a
long statement, in Ns hie') he recites many
singular events, hut NN idiom being able to
give any satisll)etory explanation, though
he appears inure than satisfied that the
"toy steries"--such as the living through
th huuse of inanimate objects, seiss u e.»,
sp oo ns, knives, IUyS, r)erform
ed without honour ai 1.
Our Oun Troublo.
We have a word of explanation to utir
readers lot not publi.hing a paper since
the 1:1;11 o 1 Arril, the date of our last. At
that Una: we lacked but a few quire et;
having paper ettoouh to put out another
111.1mber, and we sent with a liiend to Lin% •
i:itown to bring us a bundle, which, with
what we had, wouki have unahl7d us to
issue two numbers, thus keeping us going
until pie could pet the chance °la tett in go-
Mg to 1.,( wistown. The gentleman
sent N% ith failed ill procuring us a bundle,
in consequence of our merchant there Le
ing entirely out. As soon us he te:urned,
however, (wilier] as on the 19:1) we
wrote to our agent at Le‘‘istown to pro
cure us a bundle, if possible, and send it
by stage. (in the 'l3th Nlc received a let
t:r front him stating that a bundle was
despatched, by stage, on the 22d. That I
bundle did not• reach us until the evening:
of the 2d of May, and with it came a po
lite bill of (MC dollar fotfreight. Thus the
mail contractors, stage tigiits, or soul(
person, Idler injuring us to the amount of
at least Jfty dollars, through carelessness
or design, arrogantly add insult to injury
by asking us to pay than jiff it ! 11 'e
say to them that we shan't do so. And
more than that, v.c tell them now, that it
the law will make them pad• us damages,
they shall do it.
TILE is. THE '[Tll,
Like our correspondent, we see k no ' It effict of the etiiirts of the Abol.
controversy, but we will not shrink from ilit'"ists•) Finally, has the South ever
d uty, even i t - t h at asked that Congress shall legislate slavery
tine performance of our
should require an attempt at newspaper into the territories—a power which Con
discussion on a subject that just now occu- ' gross has as much authority for doing as
pies a large share of public attention. !it has to prtreat slavery going there, for
Our correspondent., a "Friend to 11u- the reason that the several States are equal
manly," seems to question our veracity,' partners in the ownership of this territory;
when we said that we were not the apol. ! and this action of Congress is nut only
ogists uf the institution of slavery. our asked, but peremptorily demanded, on the
remarks'were certainly of a character not , part of some of the northern States 'I
to be misunderstood. We i.ositively d e .! None of these things is the South guilty
dared, that no action of ours would be of, whilst the north are continually repea
wanting to pre%ent the introduction of sla- thig their commission ; and if the voice of
very where it was nut, if bv so doing we 's citizen, who loves the Union—not u part
did not commit a greater evil, .and violate it only, but the whole Unian—is '
the National !Lid). Our correspondent,' raised against these acts of encroach
however, has quite a different view of our, meat, he is siigwatized as a ".Yorthern
responsibility under the compromises of Mffigh.face," 'and pointed at as a thing
the Constitution, for
!,iis eems to think it; of scorn for his "base subserviency to the
.would be a virtue in us to disregard the slave interests,of the South."
guaranties of that instrument, by -every I We arc asked what we think of our
means in our power---7 even to t h at of Declaration of Independence. Why we
passing solemn acts of the Legislature for- I think it the most precious instrument of
bidding our State officers, tinder heavy writing that ever came from mortal pen.
penalties, to discharge the plain and posi- And when we reflect that the same great
tive commands of the Constitution of the and good men who penned that instrument,
United States, and this toe, after requiring I also digested and put together the various
them to subscribe to a solemn oath that !provisions of the Constitution of the Uni
they will support that instrument. But a! tett' States, and atlerwards administered
"Riciul to Ilionanity".,plust not pervert I the government under that Constitution,
our reasoning.. We have to deal withsla.! were themselves, at the same time, the
ser here, in the United States—underihe 'owners and masters of slaves, we' are eon-
Constitution oldie Confederacy—and we I tent to take things just as they gave them
never spoke of any rights of slavelwilders Fto us, without laving . any fears or doubts
beyond the sphere of that instrument; and ab out! their inconsistencies or co - ntradic
if he waits until we advocato the convey- I dons. Wo know that they wore true pat
sion of the "whole world into a slave mart," riots,. ardent •repUbliettris, and the uneotiri
, • will wait A Very long time, We have 'pronikpipg friends : and.' adieetiO'S (Oho
.„. ,
\Vc never pretended that Daniel
asset...ions or charges. %vere "more
than those of other men ;" tint we limy us
same kith safi,ty, that they are entitled to
rtinc ttriglit than those or sow darn, for
long,lwen poinictl out, find hiA opin
ions 911(itcti 1% 11.1\ in ; ;
hearing in opp,ition lu the ri;;lits nett;
tiled le, the stitch ; and Zl3 it i< 11(I1V Iht,n ht
!hat his da v
p:o,t, n.ov expr,s. , ed,
acre
fr,,nt reg - i, , 11 rotatd the Ite.irt, -
titan were tio,se parker
OM* Corro:ittolltiClit ,till er-i.1.; in lit ,
erfOr abtalt l'f'l.lllVe strength „I t h e
slay, stat, g r,,,lty mid •rratos thr•
strength, population, ability and s,;,l)r
thn rople of that porti•on of the 1 7 /lion.
fie s p ea ks o f thi• %%likes of those States:is
being "Ccx in titint!)cr compared milli the
day::. - If he gill look at the cenitts al
1R 10, nr ut any nf. ill,. hottest estiman,, ,
since rondo, ha trill lind in evcry ins!ant c
that the ‘‘liitet have a 1ar!.. , ,e unjoritv.—
11'e lest that. L . :lw .. 4 01011 117 Id no (All• r iu
duce:tient to rt:twitt in, and lirit4ii~l h., !Lt
Union, excei)t a cr.' yen fcal' ut Le;11 , 0% et
powered by their slases, there would be
num v more advocates of a in-:solution Hein
arc to be round now. The South, howt•s
er, “w ill not withdraw from the Union."
The North is beginning to return to a
sense ofjustice, and will not again attempt
to drire her out. For using this Izoigurige
we will no doubt be set down as "dough
laces," by the false fri.nals ()I' the poor
Afriean—that, )(owe% or, would not blind
our senses to the now almost )(hirers:llly
admitted fact that the North has committed
to my acts of aggression on the South ; nor
would such nproa,chlul epithets deter us
from proclaiming such to be tit , : fact
Did the youth ever do any thing more
than comphrin of these indignities ! Did
She ever enact anv laws of retaliation
(save and CXCel)t. JUCII as %%ere really ne
cessary for the preservation of the li . ‘cs
anti properly of her citizyns, by binding
still tighter the chains of their slaves—the
largest liberty of the humtitriace;',and if
they found nothing in this Declaration of
Independonee inconsistent :with the instl'-
tution of slavery; We arc not disposed to
question the soundness of their" prineiplei
on the one hand ; or the sincerity of their
motives* on the other, by seeking for such.
inconsistencies.
YOR THE COUNTRY DOLLAR
AUDITOR GENERAL.
1 Ti ssrs Editors :
As the Bill giving the el , wion of
A u ditor General and Surveyor
,Cenertil tq
the people, has passed both branches of ti;
Legislature and has received the sanction':
of the Governor, it is therefore- imporlaut
that the Democratic party, at their next
State Convention, should place in no w i lik
lion competcntnnd honest men to fill thoso
high and responsible stations ;and as there
has been several men spoken Of in con.
flexion with those office, allow me to sa g .
gest the name of one w ho is fa vet bly k num i l
to the Rance ratic party in nil s ecti ons o f
the Slate, as being 'in every way comp.
tent to till the office of Auditor General`;
mean Ern n BANKS, of Mifflin count
\lr. B. is a lawyer of high standing; and
as a man and a ritizrn, his character i 3
b rv ,„„l re p, a ch. Ile has filled several
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honorable and relionsible public stations'
with honor to himself and his party; and
in short, he is just the man that the Orb,'
v: ant:, at !line as one of her standard
bearer-, t 1 in , ure triumphant sneess,'
COUR NICATION.
llit %met xmlit.t.s, 4th ino. sth, '59, • ,
'Pi Mc &Ow.; ry . ihe Country Dollar:
It i ; not my object to enter .
into a I , tie(diy rinit el I% vr,:y upon the sub.'
iect partially di cussed in your paper of
the 211th ult., ma. am I anxious to avoid if,
but I should be tht( i,.,n to my own sens e
of duty and to the cause %%Lich i-liumbly
advocate, were Ito omit n u l l‘ Ju g to our
, •,miti•ors up.a. my• N ii•W'S. I angst hull..
v , .i- as-, it, duet, to 1,. conv.•rted "in tote"
to y "II r virtu, I I:iii : ,t 11 1 . 4 I:er some or.
mum tit in deli ne.• it pine pw•iiiini. 1.5%
Volt openly &eh h. in the ‘cry outset that"
you ate not the apologists of slavery, nc...
titer pi;litically not. tu.,rall., . 1 I.2mc it In
our candid r.'advr ; to jutl:,e for th em ,
selves hoo, much a hall, is dm-. to the as
se.'llll.ll. V.l' 1.1111: ! ' ht: Slit% hu!del'S of th e
. 01 , 1 e; would ~..(.1, io vain for apologists
here ; it y ;at ar• nut of tint clans. Hut
',crimps I judt. f c ti,o soveicly. Perhaps'
you argue thus thr mere argument's take.
If s,, allow till' the lib •rty to try the
Nveight of some of your reasoning. You
say slavery can ha daft tided Ly good and
who!csome reasons, but do not tell us what
those rea.one are. Surely the filet of the,
exis (ince (3' sl (vet- at the nine the Unita
‘1 . :1F1 Conned, bud its rights being !outran. •
ti. dby tl.e Constituti. it. 61 110 111M9
make it ri,old. nor jus:Cy iii; in eontinMog
.he practice. You •ailvocide the principle
that it would be an apgressicn upon their
ri. , ,hts to 1 rohibit slaveholders from tubing ,
their Oa% es tt h, n and vt here they please,
as w,. e wild our horses, thus L,ll ;mac.
inA• to than full power to mail eft, the whole
world into a slat e mart, iinless prevented
by law, %%hid. would no ertheless lean
infringement. ..!tlly. You admit slavery
to be a poi Meal (*Nil I . l'olll the undeniable .
fact that the shoe States do not progres s
in the sale' ratio with the flee States, but'
von want e% id , nee o f its bt ing a moral
evil, tililioiagli ‘ou admit th;lt INNU3b
ERA 111,1.: sins grov.• out of it'. You seek
in Valli 101' eVidCIICO that it 13 a curse 10
the L . 11 1 .1: I States, anti want route sustain'.
• ing proof that it is a sin against Cod.. If
'it were possible f o r laws to be enacted to
lempower other 111(.11 to sell our wives and
children, or even ourselves, into slavery,
I think no such proof would be deemed'
; neeessa rv. lies not the withering blight
that has site, ad is desolatina , inflame
over the once fertile but now I'M rre n fieldi .
of Maryland, Virginia am; the ,Carolinas,
and which has proved equally ruineusto .
the moral culture of those brought al:110i
der its influence, afforded sufficient proOf
of its sinfulness ; or must ac endeavor
still further to a IrolUi t i,i7X I; ,r slavery 1r...
cause it existed in ancient times, as %Tit
us at the time of the mission of our Savior'
upon earth? Did not other evils exisio
that time as well ;is this ! It appears not
I to have been the mission of HMI to point
out all the evils common aiming mankind
and treat of each one separately, but "lho
ye unto others us ve would' that they
should do unto vou,'''ls said to ineludethp.
whole law and the prophets; Lut we noes
apply it to the muster—the much injured
and outraged slaveholder—lid has-44
s lavery entailed upon him and connote
'rid of it. I low did the reuple of Pennsylva.
pia, New York and other northern Stalls'
get rid of it ? Could not the South lia"vi,
access to the same fountain of liberty?
Could they not, if they wished, followk;
example of the North. But do they tpatht..
fest such a disposition %Odic they amp,
ing every effort to extend slave terriMyri
,in order to sustain the equilibrium of pcql,
er, to rivet the chains tighter in the StMe,
,te l
and are insulted and their rights outs
if northern free States legialate upon le
subject, even so far ns in prohibit th y t
own officers from aiding in the arre,s4:l
fugitive slaves. Oli! what objects of cligt
ity are those slaveholders! How ea!ef,!
we should be to avoid wounding their tetk
der feelings, but give' them the full viFtilt ,
of the Divine injunction 'of, - "doing tit.'
others a.B we would," ec. Query. 114,;
not colored inen feelings"?
I will here make a few brief rental ;
upon the scriptural authority of hold;,, i
slaves, which is the strong bulwark .‘,,
many in its defence._ .
..Scryaiti,t and .q/,,,..t.•
arc by no means synonyntouS. A-, .•
vant is one who attends another and:::
'at bid . ..cOMMand. - 'I
am strictly the ; - ,,-.i
'Van( Of hiM for whom I agree to peFty,,l .
itOy Work I: 'Rut in Biqh9p : Pgiter's . A
i liiittles,of Qieee . le_,:teli.i, p, 78. gclin'''
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