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CHRONICL
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BY O. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
An- In'depexpevt Family and Nevts Jour-vat..
YEAR XIH....WII0r,K NL'MBER, Ct7.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO, PA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 185G.
At 1,50 Per Yeah, always is Advance.
EWIS
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lje Cljronirlc.
ritnii, m:it. , i.'.6.
Disreputable Tricks. i that accidents sometimes occur here, and
Promising vs. Performing. Wehave:are generally fatal. Iu 1S44, a young
li-fne us a flaming advcrtis. meht nf a
,. ., - l l J , 1 . . .!,.. 11 t...t .... ihtt rru.k Ifor fill irnx
1 illmnre meeting, which declares tnat.IIo feet upon the rocks. Her tall was
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throe slave-lmMers, two I" r. mon'crs, one
Fiilmorcite and one Unionist, who had : three boms, without speaking. With so , with a long twine attached, to it, ana
been " invited," it was " believed," would many heedless visiters, the wonder is that hanging loose so as to make no obstruc
address the mectinff. I!ut. as it proved. ! casualties are so few. Iu IS IS. a party '. WDtD l fail fr0!u ,ue tl'P of 'he
not one of the e-ght men spoke !....Wc al-
lwc to this as a sn eiuieii of deception
which in the end w.uks much injury to
any cause. Announce no mm uuless he
has made an unconditional promise to at-
tend and speak, and you disappoint none,
The li'sniiin'r J,,nrutl states that the
two .XJov. Jiiglers, h'am. Iil
aek pouch -
d ,t .-ikors -
a sj.ejkers,
ertv, "and other distinguished
were announced as aiin.ng these who
w.'uld address a Democratic mcitii!:: ou a
given day in Ch aihYld. The day camo.and the fatal plunge.
.jiiite a Lumber of people with it ; but n ' In 1S14 a I'hiladelphian was lost from
"li,g!er," vi ''Ulaek, ' m "Iniigheity," J behind the Horse Shoe Fall, while ven
i' "distinguish, d ei.kei" :i p. am" j turing too far. And in lSJi), a physician
We have b. f.re us another long lir-t (T of Troy, X. Y., was killed by the falling
names for a IVui'K ratic meeting, one of j f a rock at the foot of (joat Island. At
which has said positively he should not a late period, a gentleman out duck shoot
attend, and we doubt not others are put in ' ing, was drawu into the American Rapids,
simply to attract a crowd, or " adorn a mid as he passed under the Goat Island
tale." Probably, some names nr.? adver- bridge was heard to exclaim "Can I bc
ti-.d at ' . iip,rrt placr the mine saved V lie quickly pa-sed over the aw
(."." .' of course, they can't attend but one, ! ful descent aud was not heard of after
but it tends to draw a crowd, and gives a j wards.
t-haiice for some fourth-rate lawyer, or for ' In another instance a little brother and
an unprincipled, smooth-tongued black- I sister, aged five and eight years, were
guard destitute alike cf fairness aud of j playing in a canoe, near the head of the
l.aiacter, but gifted with brass aud with j same Rapids, when it got loose and swung
good brains put to a bad us. to tell more ! out iuto the current. The mother, who
lies in an hour thau an honest mau could was washing near by, frantically rushed
refu'e in a week ! j '",0 the water waist deep, and succeeded
John and Jessie Fremcnt.
citin-n of l-wtsl.urc. .iMtin V w Ylk 'ity lust
T li. i:av.- Ill,' .iih:.... " a -- . -
ViM Cl. Fremont, in a j.riTat I. tier a fri. i.J tl.o
fumiftn-d lh.' iini- lor tin- '
"And now, I must tell you . f toy vo
ting Col. Fremont and J .-sie. T is
one of 'be National Republican C nit
tee, and is daily in int renins.' v.):U Fre
mont, attending to the multifarious aff.iirs
tmncctcd with the niauag.ment of such a
campaign. As soon as I reached lure,
T wished me to decipher a German
campaign song, which had been sent over
to him from Germany, and designed for
that population in this couutry. After-
u-..i,lc as ltn I. ml to cull nr. the Col . be
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nL-f.l me tn nn ftlonir. wtlleh 1 was Plau
to do. On reaehins their house in 0th i
St.. I found that the family had been dri-1
ven back in haste that morning, (by the
alarming f.rariuiity of yellow fever) from
their house ou Slatcn I-lami to the City.
Of course, the house was in confusion ;
trunks and other luggage lying tumbled
about the Hall, besides which, he has been
keeping bachelor's hall here, during the
day time, for several weeks. Wc could not
naturally have expected to see Mrs. Fre
niout in such circumstances, her predica
ment being something like that cf one of
our ladies on a washing day ; but while
we were waiting for bim in his sanctum,
examining the swords, medals, &e. which
he has received from various quarters,
thfi-A 10 ... cntoril aitli cili-f-r lult. fttnl
old scahhard.from the citv of Charleston, i
aud a highly wrought belt from the ladies
there,) she cam. .hrnn.U the hall, giving I
j;,in. ahot. thP. trunks.,..d Dcrocivlu. i
T , with whom she is well acquainted,
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she came in and sat down. As her bus-
band was detained somc time by callers in
1. n..l.. ..,..! r.if.iQirtpil fl.rnii.Th filir
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interview with him, I had a very favorable
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opportunity to observe the lady, of whom
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I formed a good opinion. But I must :
reserve details until I see you.
,
Thc Colo-1
ncl himself is thc farthest possible from 1
such an appearing man as you would cx-
nnnl frittil .ttnt hn Ima A O.I. ftlll K.lffi-rpll
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slight in stature, rather very modest, !
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and the least bit shy in manner, yet per-1
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fectly self possessed, and giving you the
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lmpression, after Conversation with Inm, ol ,
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that quiet decision which has characterized
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Lis whole course. He conversed freely , ,
and in a business way, without any warmth ;
rreerit vtipn 6n.aL-inir fur aninmpnt nt the
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rincijlrs at stake,and stated that he tbo't
there was little ground for anxiety, as to
the result of the canvass, provided only it
went well in our State. The whole ap
pearance of the man, and his conversation,
left me without thc shadow of a doubt,that
he is a man, worthy to be coupled with
the fresh, free, youthful principles, which
he represents."
Welch The Welch, "or real Britonst
have in their rude fortresses maintained
some Republican forms of eoverument and
pure Christianity amid all the darkness :
and corruptions of eighteen hundred years. 1
Roger Williams and other Welchmen did
early transplant those principles into Ame-;
rican soil. Thomas Jefferson, the author
ot tue JJeclaratioi of lndcpendence.was of
Welch d. scent, as wcre 1G others of the
Signers of that Instrument, and 14 of the !
Generals of the Revolutionary War. In
the present contest, they arc wide awake
nd will swell thc vote for Freedom. i
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. uunu, laic ui t ieeuur, ooy-1
d'f.ouutv: is an ofllee, nf t!... ZLJn
1 rcmont ( lub !
-v Western Corrt-iipondenee.
OorreBjondfnr of the LwinharpChronIr.
Niagara, July 19, 1850.
Before leaving Niagara I would mention
! lady fell over the cliff on the Canada tide,
oroncu uj mu-c uusuit, ui r.i.j uitu i
from Buffalo were standing on Goat Is
land, a few yards above the American
j Fall. A young gentleman was playfully
i swinging a little girl out over the water ;
j she slipped from bis hold into the arrowy
j current with an exclamation of horror
j at the result of his folly, he leaped in
' after her; both were swept over the fall,
' and their bndie. not recovered till several
, anu iiiiir tiouies noi recoviriu mi snerai
days afterwards. Other instances have
occurred and the bodies never seen after
in n covering the girl, but her boy by
some means evaded her grasp, and was
st.
e went over, seated on the hot- !
Ill
ot tue u , -.i i,i,ii ,;..i . on !
each side with his little hands. The tolj
was never found.
I could mention others, but this must
sufl'n e. I myself saw a young girl crouch
down sideways on the outermost verge of
Table Rock, to pluck a flower. A falter
ing i f the eye, or the least tripping in
get'ing on to her feet again, would have
sent her down upon the rocks PJO feet be-
"tut mi mi w u vi "'ii iiic hirb j.y nut Uf
low without a bush or shrub to break her
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tall.
. iil... it .ijtT n lh; uinai
control I should have administered a little
wholesome, old fashioned discipline.
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II.
Toronto, Upper Canada,
July -21, 1S5C.
Here we are, in British dominions in
uooJ airnpst ; under the very shadow of
the throne of Kngland, by rry taking
a face-to face look at John Bull, and an
outside look at Uncle Sam. The view is
suggestive and profitable, both ways.
Toronto is a city of 50,000 inhabitants,
oi the uorth shore of Lake Ontario, 34
miles across frem the mouth of Niagara
river ; between which points steamers ply
each way three times a day, aud are about
wvu way mice times a ua , auu ui c auoub i
throe hours in crossing ; the low shore of
the Lake being visible to the west, moB, j
the Lake being visible to the west, moat j
of the way over, and at no point is
land1
i entirely out of sight. The land in and
aroUuJ ,Lc ci,J is lpW aud aD1 slPeS
UP vurJ gentI from the wa'Cr edg5 f"
a or,8' ,,hon 1"es back mto the
iu'Cr,0r lcVel 0r ""'a,'ng. T
many miles. The streets are all straight,
and cross at richt angles, after the fashion
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in Philadelphia, of which place one is
strongly reminded in that particulrr, as
well as by the way the land hes.the main or
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George street extendius directly back from
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the Lake, a distance of more than thirty
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nines in a straicui line, 10 Jjatie oimcoe.
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It Has a remarkably nne uarOor, three
miles long and two wide, calculated to
bold more than all the shinning of the I
lakes in safety aud is formed by a low
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toueue of land reaching out into t be Lake,
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and arouud towards the west in crescent
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form; aud as exaetly adapted to its pur-
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pose, as if constructed by artificial means.
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I In natural facilities for nnmmernA and
manufactu and itg rclative i
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the nnner lakes, are of the most com- ,
manding order; and the place is evidently j
taking a start in the race of improvement,
impelled forward, however, less by the in
herent energies of its own people, than
the force of surrounding circumstances.
It has considerable commerce and trade,
Kilt nnt half mnr.1, it Dan in u I n m ma it
would have, if it we're to enjoy a transfu-
sinn f,f Yankee, blnnd and nronollinff
Dower.
It is at present the seat of covernmcnt
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of the two Canada : the Parliament house
is here, and the residence of the Govcr-'
nor General; and the sturdy loyalty of
the peoclo is more conspicuous than their '
busiuess enterprise. It has four or five
able daily papers of which I send you j
specimens besides other publications of
value.
loft tbe Falls Saturday morning,
tue father cold and blustering, and have
eca uere forty-eight hours. Took the
cars for the Suspension Bridge; then
changed to another train,aud slowly moved
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g'gc, " lhe tllua,la
side, as if suspended ia niid heaven, with
the Horse Shoe iu full view to the left,
two miles above, and the Rapids and
whirlpool at a much less distance to the
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right. The upper or rail track u 2..S
feet above the surface of the
lakculy stated at 200 feet iu my Iast,)and
as the water below is estimated to be over
-W ICCv Uicp, lUe CUiroH 1 SO Strong
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that a nom ed f.iur nuuud soundni!? lead.
r - o -
bridge, would not siuk, but alter a mo
ment's disappearance, was tossed to the
surface, and " bobbered " on down stream,
sometimes on, sometimes under the sur
face, until brought to its tether. Whether
a train of passenger cars, sent down there
in a hurry, would do any better, has not
! vtt b(,on ,ricJ anJ fn'lu luc appareut
' strength of those enormous cables, ten
o
niches in diameter, and looking like a
whitc washed stove pipe, I suspect will
not be tried very soon. Nervous people
need have no apprehension while crossing
on what appeals, at a distance, to bc a
mere spider's web.
('hanging again to another train, we
passed back from the river by a semi-cir-cuhir
route to the Canadian village of Ni-
agara at its mouth, ten miles from the
Falls; with Fort George on the liritish
side, and Fort Niagara memorable, for
its vigorous defence iu the last war,against
superior odds at the point on the Amer
ican side. On the wav. passed back of
yueenstown Heights half a mile, crowned Nathaniel Owen, of Hector, as being, pro
by a monument to Gen. lirock, the Rrit- ballty. tlje oldcst Fremont voter in the
ish Governor and Commauder-in-chief.who ; cnan,T anJ iuity. lut u-.o since
fell there in 1S12. The monument is a ; lcarDcJ ,hat LaturoI' A,1!cn' of Groton.who
white column V2(i feet high, and its top i is ,n ho 7 ot b'8 gc. wl11 vote
SfMI feet above the level of Niagara river. : f,,r Fremont and Dayton in November
which is close at baud ; and I could plain-
j ly see it, like a needle against the sky
j when more than half way across the lake.
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"-''" o Magara sud.letily terminate,
: and leave a low alluvial flat from thence
to the lake.
,arfe'e r"y "I Norwegian emigrants
had just been lauded, bag and baggage, on
the wharf, from a Montreal steamer, on
I their way to our western territories, in
scarch of cheap lauds, a free government
; and light taxes. Thoy appeared to be of
j the bettor class of peasantry, comfortable ;
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i '" e"" c,rcun,s,anrf .",h astout.hcalthy ,
1", and a half English, half German !
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v..,. .ui,.mt. uvj ni.iviiuiii.uv. j
cent in appearance, yet with a frcc-and-
i i : i t 1
easy independence in some of their nur-
scry affairs, and other domestic arrange
ments, that indicated their transatlantic
origin, and excited no little merriment
amongst the spectators. In looking at
this Scandinavian colony, I could not but
think of tba wild mountain homes from
which they had expatriated themselves;
abandoning their hearth stoncs,the scenes
of their childhood, and thc graves of their i
fathers, to find refugo in our western
wims, irom tne civil ana religious re- i
straiuts and b..rJ -f European despot- i
isms. Ah ! when you attempt to analyxo j
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'Le, "V"B" ' Uct a f'
mSTaUa " J' !
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deepest springs 01 numan acuon.
Our medium sized, ship-shaped steamer :
arrived in a few minutes, from the little
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way. The lake was somewhat rough from
tliA d-aIa nf tha rirevions dav. but the
t r
waves did not seem large enough to dis
turb anything bigger than a sail boat. But
when fairly out from shore, thc steamer
began to heave slowly up and down with j
their rolling motion, that was quite exhil- j
cabin 8)fas' a3joiu'Dg- l'rcscntly.the cabin ,
maiu uisiriuu.eu n Bupjiiuwua uumwi uk
wash4owls at different points; and before
I bad time to conjecture what it might all
mean, half a dozen of ladies began to
repent of their breakfast with most despe
rate energy. My wile joined me, at nrst,
in the inevitable laughter that followed
thi siDcalBr state of affairs, but hardly
aono s0 ncn 806 nceucu Dtt'PlPS
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hcf. "H Pcnance as grievously as
any of them. I bore up, bravely, for somc
time against the general panic, and tho't
to vary the exercises by walking about.
But the deck was treacherous, and I sud
denly got tired; and sitting down with my
elbows on my knees, and a hand cn each
do of "J head ot int0 " "0
y ' Di J '6 I-"""'; "."".
like the owl, keeping np a "divel of a '
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tuinkm, it was nnany agreea, auer long
and uneasv conference, that it was not
worth while for my breakfast and I to
part company. Sol ultimately came off
victorious; but very well satisfied that we
had not thrco thousand miles of ocean yet
to traverse.
H.
Col. Benton Refusing to vote.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says a vote was
taken on the Cleveland train. Col. Ben
ton was a passenger. When asked to re
cord bis vote he indignantly replied :
"Sir ! by what authority, sir, do you
ask me for whom I shall vote ? Sir, I
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will answer mat quesu in at iuu uuuuv ui.
ornrinrr find neeasinnen eonsinpraoio reioi- i ivausos. buiuu ui iuc uucuafja'iiieH iu me ' . . . l i
e, ' , great respect 10 sucu propositions anu ue- .u- etnnrf.
.f .!,;. ,nnnonf,1 f..inro nftlmriilB Senate alarmed at bis dull prospects for : ... ' .. . r r. . , . . me otuans,
j:? "Jrrh It .IthePrcsidency-aretryingtogetthemo-;1'0 uPnn " Pr0P"-Dnl """.England.
laaics leii. tue sierc guarusauu sougub mu
J not to you
j WIi A me riran & HopublicanConftTence
j Conferees nf Juniata, Snyder and Union
'counties met at the public Houseof Frederick
Stanrk, in Selinserove,un the 2Rth Aae. I8 '6,
an,, ,.,re organized by electinir Hon.ELl SI.I-
river (mis- FKR, President, and David Wikm, 8,-cre- j that territory to vote, or which allow ju
v lasOand u'7.- .The ,f?ll,w,.n " .al,s,,f e Conferees: ; fon ,0 bc 9eiecfej ;n Bny otl,er manner
i V'.ili i i r'" i
niata county ; W. (i. Hrrrold,' Israel Uuteiius,
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Mar,hall, Johnson Walls, Eli Wifer, of Union
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cuuii.y.
After the Convention was organized, Mr.
Wilson ollered the f.illowmeKesoluiion.uhieh
was seconded hjr Mr. (iutelius:
Kes..lved, Thai the Conferees pledge them-
selves to support the man who
will receive
Convention,
j secuie his
the nomination of the Conferee
and nse a l htmorahli means tn
election.
After some discussioli,the resolution passed
uy uie I'.m.iwiiis: vuie
For the resolution David Wilson, J. Bals-
bach, W. (. Herrold, I. (iutelius, J. Kleckner,
J. Marshall, J. Walls, E.SIifer t.
Asainst the Resolution A. I. Greer 1
j Mr. (freer stated the reason he voted a-rainst
1 he rfnl,'on' hal ,h1f.re we" "mt. P""
i sonal diliiciilim between him and Mr. M. H.
TasRart. but if Mr. Taggart would be nomina-
ted. and the difficulties between them could be
explained, he would support him. The Con
vention then proceeded to make a nomination
for Representative.
H ALLOTS.
1st 2,1 3.1 lib
M. II. Tagjart 4 4 4ft
Thomas Haves 3 a 3 3
Adams 2 2 2 1
Mr. Taggart having received a majority of
all the votes, on the fourth ballot, was declar-
d duly nominated. On motion
Resolved, That the proceeding of this Con
vention be signed by the officers.and published
in all the papers iu the Representative district.
Thecnnveution then adjourned. Stlinngrme
fhninkrat.
Another. We last week alluded to
next, if alive. Mr. Allen fought in the
wars of the Revolution, and now, although
verging on the grave, his patriotism is
"CNsthhueii," and he hopes to live to
strike one more blow for freedom and bis
country Irhncn Journal.
Pensstlvanians is Kansas. When
the ca.,n srjJ dispassionate hitoriin, at
: somc future da ghM wrif0 lho bistorv f
Kansas, be will find it his dutv to noint to
l'enusy!vania the old Keystone as bav -
iug furilisbed most of the leading spirits
in tiie great CQaU,st for freedom. He will
first record thc nf.mB of r,n Andrew II.
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Ucederj a pCCnsylvanian. Then the name
of i:caL fi0 Wm. y. RnhfT,. .t, frnm
J
tti 13 tate. ti. t'. Lowry, Keeder s Becre-
tary likewise emigrated from the east side
of ,u0 mountains. Also Maj. Robt. Klotz
of Carbon county, a prominent Democratic
candidate for Surveyor General, in 1853.
To these must be added the names of,
four of the five individuals now in prison
nn f k;l. i,,., . w
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D.titnl.ir- frnm Snhiirlkill nnuntv ilnnrnn
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vt . iirown, (tuuor ot tne lleralit of tree-
iom.) from Crawford county : Gaius Jen-
k;DSi from Wayne county ; and Judge
Gcorge vy. Smith, from Butler county.
ilugll Young, one of the editors of the
ji,,raM 0f trccaom, la f.uu, C.aersport,
Potter county.
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dJl' to J
l' bnDdred!.f
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! wtronicic. I
Three George Washington from Pcnn- !
syivaiiia iu pnsou lor uo crime uur. reius- !
i. : : t .: :
IU . ,U, ! VIIUIC UUl IOUS-
ing to obey illegal and cruel usurpations
of P !J I
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vuugicsaiuutu ueumts.
The popular branch of Congress still ,
exercising their legitimate, proper, and
constitutional right to guard the liberties
0f ,,e ,,,(. by rcfusine to irrant monev
to enforce thc Border Ruffian laws upon j
sion by abolishing tome of their laws. We
gubn)it a ew o the Senators' remarks, in
ueoaies last, weea.j
Mr. Weller (Baohananite, of Califor
nia,) observed that he was willing to do
all in his power to obviate existing diffi
culties. The House had, in a. different
form, expressed their dissent from the
laws of the Kansas Legislature, and he
agreed with that body, that some of these
laws violate not only tie organic actjbut the
Constitution of tlte United States. He was,
therefore, anxious to wipe these obnoxious
laws out of .tho statue book, as infamous
Bllll HUWIOM IU lUOii uiMiOVUil. llCfflWi
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the more ready to take this step, being
chairman of the committee on military af-;
fairs, and, of eourse,anxious that the right
arm of publio defence should receive pro
per sustenance. If such a bill be passed
he thought there would be no difficulty in
passing the army appropriation bill.
Mr. Biggs (Buchananite, of N. C) de
sired that the bill be referred to the Com
mittee on Territories, but withdrew bis
motion to enable -
Mr. Wilson (of Mass!) to offer an
amendment by adding a section declaring
null and void the 151st chapter of the
laws of Kansas, being tho act to punish
offences against slave property, together
with such other provisions of said laws as
recognize or protect slavery as a legalized
institution in the territory, together with
all provisions to establish official oaths,
other than those specified in tho organic
j acr; or which require any test with r.'gard J
! nev and course the Border Ruffian inva- untli tncn woula De entertain the subject 1 oathg ,
to slavery and t ho fugitive slave law to be
applied to attorneys or jurors, or which
suspend the writ of habeas corpus,or which
allow any other than actual residents of
rors to bc 'elected in any
j than by lot, or which puni.-.k citizens of
: Hie termor uy coaming mem logftuer,
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and cxDOsin" them to labor on the public
! works, or causing balls and chains of iron
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, t0 attached to them. It also further
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declares it to be the deliberate opinion of
Congress, that all persons under arrest in
j territory, under indictments for treason
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or other political offences, arc wrongfully
: Jptained. and orders their immediate re-
lease. It directs the Governor of Kansas
to order au election in the territory on the
Tuesday succeeding the fir-st Monday in
November next, at which time all persons
who were actual bona-Gde residents of the
territory on the first of May, IS.'iC, shall
be entitled to vote and bc eligible to elec
tion. The members of both branches of
the Legislature shall be chosen according
to an enumeration and apportionment lo bc
ordered by the Governor. A Delegate to
Congress shall also bc chosen, as well as
Sheriffs, Probate Judges, County Commis
sioners, Clerks, Recorders, ke. False
swearing at any election, u declared perju
ry, to bo punished by imprisonment, for
not less thau three nor more than twelve
months,and by a fine of not less thau $100,
no more than $.U0 ; and ten days after
.t. i ; n nhoann fih.11 ho
cligiblc to enter upon their duties to the j promise whenever it could be done with
exclusion of all persons now claiming suc.h out the sacrifice of principle but when
authority ue DaJ" l'r"noljt forward bis bill, actuated
5Ir. Bayard (Buchananite, of Pel.,) I by these motives, he was not met by a
regarded Jlr. Will..'. t;tl nf no more
effect than a declaration of rights, and as
such could vote for it, but under no cir
cumstances could he sanction any proposi
tion which would b.in2 him iuto conflict
with the iudiciarv or their action as to the
legality of particular laws. He could nev
er consent to any proposition to modify or
restrain the power vested by the Constitu
tion in the Executive. lie was free to
admit at the same time that somc of the
laws of Kansas were Aorkiwi to the moral
! tense of the rommunity, and some of which
j invaded national rights; such laws be was
' willing, by a declaration of rights.to abro-
I cate. because that was the only wav in
IC '
which Congress could act, but the proposi -
tion of the House to prevent their execu -
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tion ty the I'resnlent.witnout wiping mem
i from the statute book, could be defended
t . . ....
by no sound principle of constitutional leg
islation, j
Mr. Mason (Buchananite of Va.) said
he voted for and approved the bill passed
in May. 1S54, to organize the Territories
; r,t vl.,,.'. n,l k'r,i-,Q l,een..s it .rave
-i i .i - i -Ani ..A t.A;- .1.
tliA npnn A thp rioht tn rprMllate their 110-
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mesne institutions iu tueir own way. i ins
hill nrnnnsed to undo that work and to'
; prescribe how far they should be free to
I make their own institutions, and in what
j respect they should not be thus free. This
' proposition did not meet his approbation,
j It sccmed to be liitrW,l now as a ..
cession to the House, which had engrafted a
' measure they knew to be obnoxious to thc
measure tney Knew to be obnoxious to the
senate upon almost every one ot the appro-1
priation bills, and insisted upon it to the
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suoiiort ui lue aruiv. lie wouiu move lo
,aJ uPOD ,uc laule ever7 rr"P"n oat
kind- until thosc who wcre ndevoring to
carry iuio eueci inese rcvoiu.ior.ary pur
poscsshould be REDUCED TO SUBMIS
SION AND BE FORCED TO DESIST
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from their efforts to overturn the govern-!
ment.
After the army bill was passed, if ;
jt should pass at all, be would listen with
for a moment. He moved that the bill
and the amendment be laid upon the table.
Mr. Wei.ler said ho was one of the last
Senators who would tymptsthix with the take an oath to support it. Such laws as
House in its factious course on the army these ho characterized as infamous ami
bill. The only object he had in view was oppressive, and there were others a bail
to do what the Senate did two or three j as these ; and unless the committee should
weeks ago, and the bill which he offered go the whole length and repeal tftese abom
was no more nor less than one section of inable laws, thc responsibility will rest
that bill which the Senate bad passed, but t upon the Senate as well as the Iiouse.
which for somc reason or other had been j Mr. Wilson read extracts from the
suffered to slumber on the Speaker's table. I Congressional Globe, of the debate in for
But as the Iiouse find so much fault with ' ni.r years naon the appropriation bills, to
the oppressive laws of Kansas and he show that the course of the House in in-
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WOUIU allium limn n'nim ,uou i
aml at atrocittt and ;ufna0nt at
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the statue look of any free people in any
age of the world why should the Senate
hesitate to declare tbem nnll and void 1
As he had before declared, many of them
were not only in derogation of the organic ;
foic, but of the Constitution of tlie United
Stales. Freedom of speech was guarantied
by the Constitution, but by some of fie
fairs it was denied. When he found laws
which were in conflict with the Conslitu-1
tion, be did not choose to wait for tho '
judgment of thc Judiciary, but wanted to
wipe them out at once.
Mr. Butler (Buchananite of S. C.) re
garded it as a subject which it was some
what delicate to meddle with, and thought
the attempt to legislate would involve ns
in greater difficulties than those now exis
ting. If thc laws wero unconstitutional,
they were void without any act of Congress read extracts from articles written by
to declare them so,and the proper tribunal ' James Madison, in the Federalist, to show
would settle all these questions. Jle de- j that it wr.J the right of the House to re
prccated the idea of holding out anyOiing fuse tppropriations unless their equality
tile ronceision to the House. as ouc branch o' the National Legislature
Mr. Rrown ( Ruchananitc.of Miss.) pnr-. was conceded by the Senate,
sued a similar line of argumant. He was ! Mr. Cenjamim, (liuchinan, of La)
willing to admit that these laws wero n- ' said the extraordinary remarks of tbo
eoHstitiitionttl, and that therefore Cmyms Senator from l'elaware, (Mr. Clayton)
vn huunj to Hut Oism out the Untitle were heard by him with equal Hurprisd
fnk. Some of them were unjmt nudnut-! and pain. His observation seemed t'
riignms, to be sure, but pome of the laws j cast improper reflections npon the mnj 'ri
of Virginia might bc outrageous, too. Was j ty of the Senate. As to the laws of Kan
that a reason why Congress should inter- sa, which he denounced as infamous, Mr.
pose to prevent their execution ? Thepeo- i l nj.imin maintained that t'Mjrtu lul l
pie who make their own laws are the best
judges of what laws they need ; and after
giving them the right to make their own
laws, Cunijrra hail no jtourr tu interfere
and overturn them.
Mr. Weller stated that he had intro
duced his bill without consultation with
any of his political associates, and he re
gretted that he. ir.ft nor nuntainnl by them
iu his desire to adopt a nmciliatory course
towards the House. While he entertained
great regard for their opinions, be was
compelled to differ from them in this mat-
tor. He was actuated by a desire to wipe
out of the statute book of one of the Terri
tories' laws which, in his judgment, were
clearly unconstitutional, and at the same
time, as chairman of the committee on
military affairs, was anxious to do all in
his power tu facilitate the passage of the
army appropriation bilL lie would com-
spirit of conciliation or compromise on
i,i.c ok ;,le nf the chamber. The Sen -
a tor from Massachusetts had proposed an
an endment to the bill, which he (Mr.
Wilson) knew could never receive the
' sanction of the majority in the Senate,
with whom he (Mr. Veller)was political
ly affiliated. When he found that his ef
fort to settle the unfortunate difficulty be
tween the two Houses was thus met with
opposition from bis own party friends,and
! nict by the other side of the chamber
attempts to lad it down with ob-
! noxious amendments, so as to prevent its
j passage, he bad no other compromise to
! off-'r- IIe hA n0 exasperated feelings
. . . . kL LJ
1 lloase but tha l er had
. n become a contest of physical endu-
' e-
late tneir course, ana see waica iiouse
would first yield.
Mr. Hunter renewed bis motion to lay
on the table, and it was agreed to.. Yeas
28, Nays 11.
Yeas Messrs. Adams Allen, Bayard, Ben
jamin, IJiezs, Bisier.tJnent. Droanran. Drown,
Butler. Cass. Clav. Dudee. Douelas. Gever.
' Hunter, Iverson. Johnson. Jone. Tenn., Mai-
. .
lory. Mason, Pearce, frail, raen. Keol.SeDas-
t,an Toucey and W eller. (all rluchananites.j
JNays Messrs. Bell. 1 enn-Clayton, Cnt.
tenden. FtMt, Foster, Harlan. Houston, Sew
ard, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the army bill.
Mr. Clayton proceeded to comment with
i much severity on what be termed the in-
i muCU seven. V Ou WUftl De terineu wc in-
I un,M b J the Kantal ,W(J,ure mj
ne ,heT .u U ufori tb(
iri. ,he- lhoM r!.pe,ed before the
tl,:ournnlcnt of Ponirrcss : and if th.
! e" .,tA ..l-I .1,., ,K.
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! snsihility W. rest v,mn tliem. One of
i tuese wws seuu-ueeu m iu.u m uii iir.F,
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for not Uf9 han Jp0 yrnn fo j;THa;,j
! (hf wheth(,r svp dofp or doc,
question
not legally exist in Kansas. It was not
less than two years, and it might be fifty
vears. and if a man should live to the aire
of Mcthnscieh. he mil,ht k. confine(i 900
ad ... for off,nce. This ..
as tyrannical an aet as was ever passed by
Tudors or Plantaganets, of
These taws also require test
support the fugitive slave law;
and there were hundreds ol honeat men
in the Union, who, while they never in
tended to resist that law, would never
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geruu lUVi lliiUMa .'iuiavf who UVIIUlf
unprecedented nor unparliamentary, and
, , s f Virciuia biu.se.if
(Mr. Hunter) bad voted for measures of
general legislation, when inserted in ap
propriation bills. Then there was no
pretence that such action was factious or
revolutionary ; but now the cry is raised
that the responsibility of defeating thc ar
my bill must rest upon thc Iiouse of Rep
resentatives, in conscqucnco of lis provi
g0 to which the Senate refused to agree,
xhe Senator from Virginia, tho other day,
wanted to adhere, and said be was willing
to let the issue go before the country and
take tbe responsibility, but now tho ma
jority dare not accept that issue, and were
illing to ask another conference, and 1
that Senator took the lead and made the J
motion. This was neither more or loss
than backing out, and itshowed that their '
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1 potition was untcnacle. lie proco:.tu ij
; o njW to rrprnl IrytUtttion of another
body than itself, either State or Territory,
and it was not just tj cast the responsibil
ity on the Senate for refusing to do so.
The present alarming state of affairs in
Kansas had shown the object of the fanat
ic in the other House n to have Con
gress adjourn without making tho appro
priations for the army, in order to foment
! civil war and carry the Presidential eleo-
tion. The traitors throughout the entire
i North were banded together to produce
bloodshed, slaughter, rapine and destruc
tion in that territory, for the purpose of
making political capi tal.
Mr. Seward challenged all the Sena
tors to throw in bis face the first sectional
or partizan vote he had given either in
open or secret session, other than that
which involved the principles of the con
stituency which sent him here, lid de
fied them to show that he had ever voted
against the confirmation of a man because.
be was slaveholder or a supporter of
Slavery. They would find a oleaa record.
The i'resident, not content to Ut Congress
1 adjourn alter a session ol more man eight
, months, had assumed the nnusual respon-
sibility of re-convening both Houses for
the purpose of inducing a reconsideration
of the army bilL A proposition for con
cession and reconciliation was offered by
the Senator from Delaware on one side,
while alarms and terrors were raised on
the other, iutended or expected so to op
erate so as to induce the minority of the
Senate and the majority of the House to
surrender their independence. But the
President's proclamation did not affect
his judgment nor influence his feelings,
and did not move hint a single hair from
the line of duty be thought proper to
pursue. lie would net say that the Pres
ident was a bad man, but be would say,
on his own responsibility, that be was an
unjust and tyrannical magistrate. ITu
found bim, during the last session, em
ploying his civil and military influence to
maintain not merely tyranmcal laics, but
a tyrannical tmtrpntutn in Kansas, and
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"ucu
! and maintained the usurpation and despot-
ism. lid (.Mr. sewardj Knew toe value
of order, but, at the same time appreciate
ed civil liberty. Just as soon might it be
expected of him to uphold the Cxar of
Russia or Lonis Napoleon, as to placo
money or arms in the hands of a magis
trate to maintain a usurpation. Mr. Sew
ard ridiculed the idea that great injury
would result from the failure to psss the
army bill, and mentioned, among other
things, that Gen. Wool had written to
him that the Indian war was ended on
the shores of tbe Pacific.
Mr. Douglas accused Mr. Seward of
making merry over the defeat of tbe army
bill, notwithstanding the evil and mis
chievous consequences likely thus to re
sult, no was unable to enter into that
tone of feeling which made Mr. Seward
so exuberant and exultant Whenever art
attempt is made to overthrow thc gov
ernment, whether good or bad, the first
thing was tn diband thc army as iu this
case. Directly as the telegraph commu
nicated the defeat of tbe army bill, civil
war commenced in Kansas, buildings de
stroyed, post offices consumed, and inno
cent people shot down in cold blood, with
out the slightest pretence. For weeks
and months there had been peace, quiet
and order in Kansas. The people wero
happy in tbe security which surrounded
tbem, and there would not now be intelli
gence of bloodshed and murder if Lano
had not been sent thire by the Free Soil
party to get up a civil war. N man can
deny this, and there is not one of you
Republicans who docs not rejoice when
the news of a murder reaches you. You
nightly pray that somc Northern man
may be murdered, that you may weep
over his body. If a pro-slavery man is
killed, all is right. Tbe death of every
Free Soiler makes so much political capi
tal. He believed that every drop of blood
shed in Kansas rested on the souls of tho
political party which is carrying out it
plans of civil war to help them iu tL
Presidential election. lie said it was
merely a pretense that tho laws of Kansas
wcre the cause of the troubles. The
Presidential question was the sole cause
of the revolutionary movements in that
quarter.
To the position of Douglas and Mason
tho majority determined to adhere, reject-
in. all terms ol compromise even iroru inn
i,,tt.r disposed of their own party, and
rCsolved to enforce by Uajonct ana cannon
illegal Laws acknowledged to be unconsti-
rml anil inhuman : I
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