LEWIS BUEG BY 0. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS. An Independent Family Nf.tts Joubnal. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1857. - At $1,50 Per Yeak, always is. Advance. ,T1 H FD ATM (j IE THE CHRONICLE. jiuvimv, At e;, it, Sae Your Seeds, Every kiud of seeds grams, and vege tables for farm or gar Jen or orchard ;f - should be secured by yourself, when are of the right kiud. This taves money, aod prevents impositions from old or bad seeds. I Be sure that you select the earliest and l.nt o,-rt l)..iinr ihU vparafter vcar. vou t constantly increase the size and have more carlv the matured thine desired. Hut be sure that your seeds ore fu.iy and souudly ' . ,!--. ........ltl.Mo .n' rine not prematurely or unhealthily so and wheu selected, sec that they are j thoroughly dry, and rut up wLiro tbey , , , , ,. , , i Cannot VC moulded, Irozell, or got at by it j rats, insect?, or other Ui-prcdaturs. , . , . , .1 , ... 1 nt Just as important a tlie aclcctiou 01 enund parents for vigorous cattle or horse?, ! is the selection of good seed for fi ui:s,veg- j cetablcs or grain. "Like products like," through all the reproductive system. The wore pains yju take with your seeds, the better will bo your reward fur your labor?. Election in Kansas. An election was held iu Kansas, 4th iust., fur State ! Officers, Members of the Legislature, and on the adoption of the Topeka OoUStitU- tiuu. 1 rom the returns already in, there 1 appears to have been a very large vote from residenu of over six months only- and all given on the ribt sidi. in fuvorof free Territory ani a free Cutistitution. The following relurus of the vute arc giv en by way ol suuipie roa. AOAIXST. Iwrtnra t22 2 Taltuvra 1 0 nti:in O'J 2 Fi-bt.wa 0 tiuii.dro 1'.! 0 tawk 2 Trairi- Citr W 0 Uc-aw-itUiiJiM 2-0 0 Wvandutt V Ta'pt-ka .'t"0 V LtfCn worth 'M 4 1 ULl3. " V'WUB cue I. U1..1C rt 11 a i.mn i for the Free State Constitution, than the wh .le Territory gave fur the Slave Consti tutiou 1 " , . . All the .rcat Jim! Last fall, l'reston S. lirooks invited : Yankee Iurlingauie to a geutlemauly com- , bat. Uurlmgame said, "Meet me at the Clifton House !" and Iirouks dccliueJ. "J challenge you to a discussion, said . - . , ' , Jl Cay to l5owcn,at Lewishurg. "A week , ... . . . ,, from this day, at this place, was the re- ply for liowen. BoWCU Was there M.n t Lay was not. "Packer is just the man f r the stump let the 0;position brine out who they .1 ... ,f .ti,..,. i....i.e;,,c vu.-t, "-v..; v. , (he first startiu? it at llarrisbur ) Judge a . . AViltnot accepts ihe challenffe, and iuvites , terms 01 uiscus.-ion. 1 ac&er reireais tu his "Committee," and the Committee re commends him not to accept ! I "When shall we three meet agaiu ?" IfcirOne of our bro. Els. thinks there was too ilucIi talking at the late IMitoriul Convention, Danville. Well, there was a "heap of work done up iu one djy, and how it could have been done without talk- itig, we don't know. And speeches act ot! .l.: 1... :e M .l . Ull V U UldbUIUUI. jjui ii an iuu Union bad been as tilent as some wc wot of, we should have been like Job and bis friends seven days and nights of Quaker meeting ! fur they said "uevcr a word," although they looked monstrous wise ! It is further reported that one of the , , r-i.i i-m i-i i party uau thiikb ti j uuis :i B.The Printers of Harrisburg held a professional pic-nic, at Cold Spring, a short time ago. What a heart rending scene it must have been, to be sure, to sec a pack of such unfortunate beings trying to enjoy themselves like other folks! (.Thomas J. Ro.-k brave, noble, popular, when sober shot himself with a rifle when intoxicated. Ho was serving bis third term as U.S.Senator frcm Texas, ' . whose independence he labored so hard to achieve. SaTDavid Miller and company killed: above Wolfs Mill, on Buffalo Creek, a j . blue Crane measuring 4 feet 9 from bill to toes, and 6 feet across the wings. I - " ItNew potatoes are selling in Cin- i cinnati at 25 cents per bushel. Some Lopes of living yet. For tbe Lewiaburg Chronicle. SORROW MUSINGS. O for a kindred soul, to while These tedious hours away Hours of Egyptian darkness O when will come Ihe day ! Hath the sunshine lied fur ever? And shall darkness always reign ? O, ye snnny days of childhood. Would that ye were here again ! Star of Hope! why dost thou slimmer! Hide, O hide not thy dear face ! Without thee, lime would be a burden Dark would be my earthly race. Khine again, sweet star ! in beauty. And no longer I'll repine. For thy light leads me heavenward, Beyond the shores of lime. Yes, it points to that bright, bright land, Whore, by our (jod's behest, The wicked cease from troubling, And the weary are at rest." Then, sweet Hope! be thou ray sister, Cheer me on life's toilsome way, Lighi the path ihat Iradeih upward I "I I reach eternal day ! Ch;l: xjuarjje, A uj. 13. IOLA. j Over $400 In Premiums! riFTII ANNUAL FAIRisiH or TMI UNION COUNTY :3gnmllurfll ioriehj, to hk nni.D at os Thursday &, Friday. Oct. S 4. 9, '5 T. Xo. 1 Homes. rr ,,,, ,t MMtiiiii..o,baiu been kept with- i the limit, ol the Sneietr une aertiee aeaeon 41 00 w Urmi Mm ith oM m uor. hJf w '' com ioihs. Fit the beat Stallion 4 year old.be lixlni Wnk pt wilhin the limiuofiheisoetetjono arnica season 4 On 2d bt at. Kara conditions it 00 M,uio from 2 u. 4 scare oil aw le-et. nwe rondilifua 2 00 , or mire her com to bs .hc.D 3 00 ,ter 7 JMr. J JX , cit 2 2 1 00 2 00 1 00 a 00 1 M bet ! jears old Colt M h. t lieat 1 Tear old Colt 2d bet. Patent Office Report for 1845 l.-jt !ui-kinri:lt 2d beet, P. O. K for '64 !'o. 2-llOitlnc; Match. i be! Plowing, regard brine had bi tlie skill of work' men and discipline of t'-ani., as Weil aa ei"cutlnu ot tlie work, rallier than tiaw, urorkled it be dune I witliiu a reafonable time 4 00 ' -M lH-t a 00 I. -t tl .lie hj a boy under 20 yeara of are S ' I 5U Xo. 3 Seat Cattle. 1irT SHORT nOHfEH IILIItlAH Oft DITOJffl. ft J-J tZZXZft'ZZ?. 3 oo f & Oft ; j;;J . oo 1 oo 1 it llt- ff r o-r 2 vearft M 3 W 2l Iv-t do Mf n I and -' vearnoM 2 00 -?t for Hrt-ediii-;, 2 or more of ber calrtrfl to be -h .ti 3 00 b -t D.tiry Cam nwnl and kept bjf one d-tod, writ tea tUint'Dt of yirbl, 4c, to U- rrudereti 2 00 rilMMO C ATTLK ! bcit Full, not under 2 nor orrr & yar old, kept within tbe limit of tbv Society one Sertiee atraiHiD 4 00 2d lf-t, futme ciiii'titiiiu 8 00 be4 liuil Iw-twers 1 and 2 jean old 2 00 . I- -t Hull -lf 1 00 lwt Tow fr all purrtoiW, 2 of ber caJrw to be fbowul 00 ; led bct, aame eoudttions 2 OO j b. "1 1 yrar old llrifer. 1 60 -M bi ivt 1 00 : Cow fE wing tbe grrftb-st Ukwant of Batter t 00 '1 l-r-l 1 nil brut 1 year old Heifer 1 00 2d text bO i,.t.i. of Cattle Lionel., to oaaraa..ot ' J'""' 6 bed ' Q. 4 Omen, Steers), and Teams. ! I l-.t 2 hi-ad Deef CatU 4 00 2d best 2 00 "o'.a o'fTv'ortinr. iiorac. 1 m Id bert lr.t fpan of Matcbitl Horses 2d Ut 4 P.O. R. audi oo ; ""V bpt Frvnrh Merino Buck, kept witbia tbe Swdcty limit s veara ' I - t u....b . nha. bin. I 4 00 1 00 -'d w.t he-tfi Kwr Sheep , wt i.uit. ! bit Kat Wetberl i..,t Boar ta-.tsiw, with lor more of ber Pigs to be show. '2d be-t Ms DOr 2 to 10 weeks old i-is, oot 0I 6 oM "Jdbent C-Ioultry. 2 00 I 1 40 3 00 2 00 3 00 2 00 i oo 2 00 1 00 ,K..,r.,rSll,nsh,iChi,.krol -d i-t l,:,,r t hituongs it 1. .t pir foeliin Cbiuas i oo Diploma Diploma Dinb.ma zu neat In a: pair Plih M le-t iM.t pair ot anj otbrr breed Jd br-t brut pair Turkeys 2.1 I I N.t pair Otfae li-nt pnir Klnr. Dores beat pair Liucka 00 Diptiima 1 00 Diploma 1 M Diploma , 1 00 : 40 40 1 Xo. t Crop. 6M; 3 oo 2 uo i s oo w '"t ' UJ j "t 5 fiater Wheat -U iie-t ;1J i 1 5 acres inuiaa Com .id i. r-.t a-r Oat. ht-t 3 are. Itarl, !M't crop Putauiee, not under aera J l i.-a I. at - a-Tea Turnips tn-t aj rt- L armu 2 on t ' .. a--re IWta 2 00 2 00 1 OO best 1 acre Kula Rak Turnips bet acre Kaoa, The al.tre mu.t all be shown by tbe exltihitor uo dor anVlaeit ta-fire tbe preuiiuou can be drawn J i-t tiu.ii.i Turnips bt btu.Lcl of W beat 21 t-i tie.t lot Snr:rtff Wheat In. t buabel Corn in ears 2.1 lt b-t bu-hel Oata b-t bu.hel UiK'kwheat beat hualiel Sweet Potatoes d' Common Polatoos held peek fteaOS brat perk tVafl If at lot (abhaea he-t 2 PuoipkluS 'J.l le-t beat lot of Tobaeeo, ralaed this year Dipl. , j 1 lo ' 4o : 1 uo I i oo Diploma 1 00 beat quart of Moiaaaea made frum tin Chinese cane I 00 eat 1 U , ne-e euar ire 60 Xo. 8 Fruit. beat lot Winter Apples, not under 4 hinds, a peek of 2d tt i oo I J . I I ,.l .j.in iii.h 1 ,i 1 bn.bt'l in ail. I 5ft 1 00 1 00 odi 1 00 1 110 1 00 100 i t "re heat aperiroens I'eara beat aieeimens Plums 1 or more kinds Jj best lot u rapes, sit or mm Xo. 9-Dalry Products, " aon UalUr' beet L'hoeee, 25 lbs. or mora '"' """"r. or mere 4 00 2 no t oo 1 00 So. I Flour and Bread. be barrel or Wheat Floor 2 00 2.1 beet 1 00 beat eperitnen of Flour Bread, with a written state- wj-nt of manner of making it 1 40 beat Kre and Indian, same conditions 1 00 Xo.l 1 Household Manufactures. beet Fulled Cloth, 10 ranla or no re 2 09 2d b st 1 00 b.t Wool Flaknet, 10 yards or mora 1 40 21 beat -1 00 be.t taitbm and Wool Flannel, 10 Tarda or mora 1 00 he-t Woolen Yarn Carpeting, 4 jaros or mora S 00 21 txt 1 40 beat Kat; CariUng, 1 Tarda or mora 2 oo 2d le-st 1 OO le-et Hearth Rue 1 00 beat Woolen Sbawl 1 40 21 beat 1 00 beat pound Woolew Tar. 40 beet guilt S 00 2d heat 3 00 3d beat 1 00 beat B-da?read 2 00 2d boat 1 00 beat spacbaaa Needlework 1 40 2d beet 1 00 beet Lamp Wat 40 heat knit Tippet 40 beet Wroushl Sboea 40 beat specimen Kaieed Worsted Work 1 Oo beat iloaai atw Soap. 4 iba. or aaora 1 00 Xo. l-i-.ttanuTactured Articles. beat apeclmen Cabinet Work a oa r.e.K. 1 00 1 00 1 00 Dtelosaa aufactared SOS 2d beat beat brass Coat 2d beat beat Vest 2d beat beat Doubts Sett of Carrtaea ITi within the liuuU of Ifaa Sodetr Zd nex r.on. 14 Siaela fatt Carriaj OarEtea, rams eeaditima 1 00 -U U.-i lVitloma 1 10 1 DO 2 10 1 00 00 00 1 00 1 0 1 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 2 00 2 00 1 00 beat 3 idts Uanen La,tmr I teat :t aldef" Pole ltbr j Uxt 3 iit of Thick lkt I tnt pair of rl Catf Itnnta bit 2 patir cf I.ttciW Kil !hft It rI '2 air Htirnf Sliui not fillrd bt-eit ON.kiug bWr ui Trimming! lo.i:J Agricultural Implementfi I iv-t Pl.-w, wilb ira pro? t menu 8 OU J.i t-t 1 OU t Ht Sul-oil Plow 2 OU I W-t Mi I fluw 2 UO bfKt Orma lit-tfper S IHI ( Imi .- rttir 2 uo bfni Gruiti brill 3 oo I U-xt 4'nrn Inll 2 M 1 M f mnin Mill 1 10 ' m-Kt Ciiliivdir 2 00 Ixl iirruw 2 00 bft Itullur : hfl itn(-rrH IIoi-k Rk 1 00 , bent l.im-- lUT 1 00 U t Krm UajjuB 3 00 j 2d lt.t 1 0-J br-i portable CMr Mill 1 oo i btttit )-trliileC..fr Hulkr 1 00 J WtdXrD S4)tfalt 1 00 1 hr-tit its-n llav Korku 00 , Ut lxvii .Uiittrtt Forka 1 0t beH tiWti htiovi-la 1 00 s oo j 2d twt bfrt Bugp7 2d tnrft lrc '2 horM Family Carriage '2d best t heat or1 -.thin Ilr Power 2 i o i to w i. tl-farm Account. but aM-couitt T Farm Ox-ratona for tite ninon, cir in( tbf itianngfttH-nt if Dtxtck. rf, any iuirttTe tnriit iu f.-ni-itig, plnwint. wmling. rultifatinjt and hai voting rr..n. UifCitiiT wilb -Xrum-t aud tn rm of tiir tuna, to ! pmn-ntt d U tbet'onnnittm ou t ro.n on r tff.,r Uir first MoiidHy in Jaiiiiaxy ni-xt. and .rt unutn awarded hy tlitrn 3 00 g n-att-it bct!:t-o from Ji acre of laud in any erop or cro-. full st--itttu''iit in wriliun of r ) of la br. mantire, it, with true Yaiue of cruj, certified uudr oalh, 3 00 2d rrit 1 00 io. 15-1 nennmcrated Articles, From the Home Journal. lovi:, IIOOIl, Al OIIEY. ar ruoma cakev. Promise to fore! why, woman thinks To love a privilege, not a tak ! If ilioii wilt lru!y take my heart. And keep it, this is all I ask. llnnnr thee 1 yes, if thou wilt live A life of truih and purity; When I have seen thy worthiness, I can not choose tut honor thee. Olry when I have fully learned Each want and wish to understand, I'll learn ihe wisdom to obey If thou hast wisdom to command. So if I fail lo live with thee In duty, love, and lowliness, Tis Nature's fault, or thine. rr both; The greater must control the less. Sunday in Paris. Dr. Tyng bas been ! in Paria lnd tcs bis disgust at the shame ; less wickedness or the French capital in stronir lancuace. Ilosavs:"! thnnpht it wise to let my boys see for themselves j how I'aria kMfaa tba SarkWk. that the? might judge of the comparative worth of its i observance and neglect. I walked with ! them through the Champs d'E!ysee,where cvij tiuucciiaoio vjiiieiy ut uumau . : i t. . e l ' v"' "" "fc" m"" i the most gorgeous display of singing wo emil.Atnnnf ti ,1 r,r,t I , 1. .. . 1 I 4.Ah. men on stages surrounded by immense plate glass, except in front, down to the lowest and vilest of the mountebank thca- tres. Every species of gambling seemed to be collected there. Here was what the English Sunday League had endeavored to accomplish in Englaid. Here was what a similar class in our country would love to produce. These youth sbrauk back with amazement and horror. Well thev might Tbe mind of an American must be school- ed in sin to look upon such a scene with , , , . any other feeling. The Insurrection in India is 9.um- iog a formidable aspect. Several hundred Europeans, including ODe Episcopal Mis- sioo Station, have been killed by tbe Na tives. Tbe English are, however, pushing vigorous measures to regain their control. Sir Colin Campbell with 10,000 new troops beat Wagon Harness 2il be.t bc.t i doieu Calf Skins Bolabed u are on the way. This teaching the people J J," their power, as the English have been do to!. . - . . ... ; ing, is a teartul way ot preserving their ' supremacy. Just as enlightening slaves hastens their emancipation. A grct fifs in Rangoon, destroyed the residence of Dr. John Dawson among many others. Henry B. Hirst, an office hunter in Philadelphia, bas accomplished a pome at Mr. Buchanan, wherein he advises that gallant old bachelor, by way of settling the Kansas difficulties, to - Arm ! Go forth aatai to the nbt." Prentice protests against this mode of de spatching an enemy he don't think frightening an enemy to death can bo found in tho Virginia Resolutions of '93 or in tbe Cincinnati Platform. Sixty acres of Mediterranean wheat of this year, in Hamilton county, Ohio,aver ago thirty five bushels to the acre. Tbe Cincinnati Gazette says tbe entire wheat crop of tbe Miami country this season will average full twenty-five bushels to tbe acre. It is all harvested. The Smith Family. One of the few immortal names is undoubtedly tbat of "Smith." In England and Wales, every year, 5583 Smiths are born, 4044 Smiths die, 3005 Smiths determined to prevent the extinction of the name marry. The lion. James C. Dobbin, late Secre tary of tbe Navy, died at bis residence at Fayetteville, N. C, on Monday. This is the second member of Gen. Pierce's cabi net who died during the present Sumner. The Independence Beige says, "Madame Fremont bas arrived in Paris. Colonel Fremont is to join ber on bis return from California.'; A writer in a Southern journal, states that a soft, firm, silken bit, is tbe best of all bits for a bard mouthed horse. Speech of Hon.ABRAIIAM LINCOLN, Or luisou, (a Natiti or Kemtccky,) Delirrrtd in tht Hull of the Hiiut of Urprnen tulivt, Springfield, 111., on the 26A June, '57. IN Keply to Juixjk Duuulas. FtXLOW CITIZENS : I am here to-night partly bv tbe invitation of some of you.and partly by my own inclination. Two weeks ago, Judi;e Douglas spoke hereon thesev eral subjects of Kansas, the Ired Scott de cision, and Utah. 1 listened to tne speecu at the time, and have read the repott it since. It was intended to controvert opinions wnicn l tuiuit just, ana to aoau (politically, nol personally,) those men l oo who, iu common with me, eutertain those opiuion?. r or tnis reason l wisnea men, aud still wish, to make some answer to it. UTAH. I becin with Utah. If it prove to be true, as is probable, that the people Utah are in open rebellion lo the United . f M . ' .State-, then Judge Douglas is in favor of oo 1 ropcaliDg their territorial orgauizntionnJ I attaching them to the adjoining States for 1 judicial purposes. I say, too, if tbey are ! in rihiillinn. Ihev outrht to be somehow coerced to obedience; and I am not now prepared to admit or deny that the J udge's mode of coercing tbcm is not as good as any. The Republicans can fall in with it without taking back anything they have ever said. To be sure it would be a con siderable backing down by Judge Douglas from bis much vaunted doctrine of "' ijoternmr.nt fur the ttrriloriei ;" but this is only additional proof, of what was very plain from the begiuning, tbat tbat doc trine was a mere deceitful pretence for the benefit of slavery. Those who could not see that much in tbe Nebraska act itself, which forced Gooertiori, and &cretarie$, anil Juilyes on tlie people of the Territories, tciUwut tiieir clutice or consent, eould not be made to see, though one should rise from the dead to testify. DOUGLAS DODOES. But in all this.it is very plain tbe Judge evades tbe only question the Republicans have ever pressed npon the Democracy in regard to Utah. That question tho Judge well knows to be this : ''If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Consti tution tolerating polygamy, will the De mocracy admit them into the Union V There is nothing in the United States Con stitution or law against polygamy ; and why is it not a part of the Judge's "sacred riga. ui seaa-governuieufc ,ur tuai yvoyw to have it, or rather to keen it, if tbev choose ? These qaestions,so far as I know, Jeusg saawa .eeav It eijl i volve the Democracy to answer them citlur vay, aud tbey go unanswered. KANSAS AFFAIRS. As to Kansas. Tbe substance of the Judge's speech on Kansas is an effort to put the free State men in the wrong for not voting at tbe election ot delegates to the Constitutional Convention. He isays : "JAereu every reason, to bcluve that, die law will be fairly interpreted and impartial- hi executed, so as to insure to every bona tide inhabitant the free and quiet exercise i of the elective franchise." what douglas kncw and didn't tell. It appears extraordinary that J udge Douglas should make such a statemeut. He knows that, by tbe law, no one can vote wJio bas not been registered ; aod be knows that tbe free State men place their refusal to vote on the ground that but few of them have been registered. It is possi ble this is is not true, but Judge Douglas knows it is asserted to be true in letters, newspapers, and public speecbes,and borue by every mail, and blown by every breeze to tbe eyes and cars of the world. He knows it is boldly declared that the people of many whole counties, and many whole neighborhoods in others, are left unregis tered ; yet he does not venture to contra dict the declaration, nor to point out how they can vote without being registered ; but he just slips along, not seeming to know there is any such question of fact, and complacently declares, "There is every reason to hope and believe tbat the law wilt be fairly and impartially executed, so as to insure to every bona tide inhabitant the free and quiet exercise of the elective franchise 1" I readily agree that if all bad a chance to vote, they ought to have voted. If, on the contrary, as they allege, and Judge Douglas ventures not to particularly con tradict, Jew only of the free Slate men had j J J . . a chance to tote, tbey were perfectly right in staying away from tho polls in a body. "FREE STATE DEMOCRATS." Since tbe Judge spoke, tbe Kansas elec tion bas come off. The Judge expressed bis confidence that all the Democrats in Kansas would do their duty including "free State Democrats of course, returns received as yet are very ineom but so far as known, tbey indicate not one-tbird of the registered voters, really voted ; and, too, when not more, perhaps, than one-half of the rightful vo ters have been registered, thus showing tbe thing to bave been altogether tbe most ex quisite farce ever enacted. I am watching with considerable interest.to ascertain what figure the "free State Democrats cut in the concern. Ut course tney voted an Democrats do their duty and of course tbey did not vote for slave State candi dates 1 We soon shall know how many delegates they elected, how many candi dates tbey bad pledged for a free State ; and bow many votes were east for them! ONI Or 'EM TO BE STUFFED. Allow me to barely whisper my suspi cion tbat there were do such things in Kansas as "free State Democrats" that tbey were altogether mythical, good only to figure in newspapers and speeches in tbe free States. If there should prove to be one real living free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch bim, and stuff and preserve his skin, as an interesting specimen of tbat soon to be extinct variety of the genus Democrat. CASat Or DBKD 8COTT. Ami now aa to the Dred Scott decision. That decision declares two propositions first, that a negro can not sue in the U- S. courts ; and, second, that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories. It was mado by a divided court dividing differ ently on the different ooints. Judtre JJua- ai does not disensa the mcriU of the de- , cis;u . lnJ. in that resDCOt. I shall follow hi, example, believing I could no more improve ou M'Lean than he oo Taney. lie denounces all who nuestion the cor rectness of that decision, as offering win of , ),, resistance tu it. liut who reaittt it Who has, iu ?pite of the decision, declared Dred Scott free, and resisted the authoritv of bis master over him? USES OP JUDICIAL DECISIONS, Judicial decisions have two uses first, to absolutely determine the cage decided ; ou, secondly, to maicaie i tne puouc bow other similar cases will be decided 1 11- . - JT .-.I ll - of, when they arise, For the latter use, they are called "precedents" sod "authorities." .... .. r . . . e Dclieve, m d.ucU as Judge Uouglaa, (perhaps more) in obedience to, and res pect for, tbe judicial department of gov ernment. We thick its decisions on con stitutional questions, when fully settled, should control. Rut wo think tbe Dred Scott Decision erroneous. We know lite court that made it hat often overruled iu own decisions, and we shall do tchat ice can to hnce it overrule this. We offer no un lawful resistance to it. WHEN THET ABE AUTHORITY. Judicial decisions are of greater or less authority as precedents, according to cir cumstances. That this should be so, ac cords both with common sense and tbe customary understanding of the profession. If this important decision had been made by the unanimous concurrence of thejadjes, and without any appurent partisan Has, and in accordance Kith the steady practice of tlie departments throughout our history, and had been in no part bated on assumed historical facts which are really not true ; i or, if wanting in 6ome of these, it had been ' before tbe court more than once, and bad there been affirmed and re-affirmed through a course of years, it then might be, per haps would be, factious, nay, even revolu tionary, to not acquiesce in it as precedent DISAGREEMENT NOT DISRESPECTFUL. Rut when, as is true, we find it want ing in all these claims to tite public coiift denceAt is not resistance, it is not factious. it is not even disrespectful, to treat it as BOt having yet quite established a settled doctrine tor tbe eountry. But Dooglas considers this view awful. Dear him : -The courts are ihe tribnnals prescribed by of the people, to determine, expound and en- force tbe law. Hence, whoever resuus the final decision of the highest judicial tribunal, aims a deadly blow to our whole Republican system of government a blow which if suc cessful would place all our rights and liber ties at the mercy of passion, anarchy and vio lence. I repeat, therefore, that if resistance to Ihe decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States ..n ia matter like ih' points deci- ded ,n ihe Dred e cta, .uhi. men jmi isuiuiiuu aa uenaea oy tne t.onstuu- tion, shall be forced npon the country as a political issue, it will become a distinct and naked issue between the friends and ihe ene- mies of the Constilotioo-the friends and the enemies of the supremacy of the laws. UPLOLAS 01T0S1N0 a decision OP TUK 6UPREMK COURT. W hy, this same Supremo Court once decided a National Rank to be constitu- tional ; but Gen. Jackson, as President of uo uuiicu oiaics,ui3rctaruea iuc aecision, . bawked at, and torn, till, it its framers po'.nesis mat iney reierrea to me wnue race aod vetoed the bill for a re-charter, partly ; coui,i t;se from the craves, they could not s'one.andnot to the African, when they de- on constitutional grounds, declaring tbat at ,11 rec0gnil9 i,fc All the powers of Zl'JZf RL'XZlZ each public functionary must support the earth8Cetn T.pidly combining against him. t" Zl&Bt$& Uonstitution, "as he understands it. Rut ; Mammon is after him : ambition hounds, were entitled to th- same nnailenah'e- nhts. hear the General's own words. Here they j philosophy follows, and the thelojy of the are, taken from his own veto message : i fay js fast joining in the cry. They have It is maintained by the advocates of the ! him in his prison house ; they have scarch bank.that its eonsitutir.nality.il. all its features eJ his person, and left no prying instra onght to be considered as settled by precedent, .-.Lt.-' ri . . r. . ,l. ,l and by the Supreme Court. To this conclu-j ment ",'tb im: C lftfr anJ0lher tbe' sioa I can nut assent. Mere nrece.lent is a bave closed tbe heavy iron doors upon dangerous source of authority, and should not ! be regarded as deciding questions of constitu. ' lional power, except where the acquiescence of the people and the States can be considered as well settled. So far from this being Ihe case on this subject, an argument against the bank might be based on precedent. One Con gress in 1791, decided in favor of a bank; an other, in 1811, decided against it. One Con gress, in 1815, decided against a bank ; ano ther, in 1816, decided in its favor. Prior to the nrespnl Clnfrristhe,rfr!rA ihe nrereilenle drawn from that sonrce were equal If we re-' sort to the eia'es, the expressions of legisla tive, judicial, and executive opinions against tne name, tney nave been probably lo those in "s " ?our'0 on .ht" ,s no,h!1'15 ,n nrrHent. iherernea wrhieh iT it. antb..rttt. I ' ' " " j were admitted, ought lo weigh in favor of the act before me. s uroH me quotation merely w rcmara that all tiiere ever was, in the way ofprecc ., up to the Dred Seott decisiou.on tbe j I J . 1. - . 1 . - . I points inerein acciueu, naa been against that decision. Rut hear Gen. J. further: by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each ! public officer, who takes an oath iu support , the Constitution, swears that he will support il as he nnderslands it, and not as it is under stood by others." Again and again bave I heard Judge Douglas denounce tbat Bank deoision,and applaud Gen. Jackson for denouncing it. It would be interesting for him to look over bis recent speech, aud see how ex actly bis fierce phillipic against us falls upon bis own head. It will call to bis mind a long and fierce political war in this country, upon an issue whieb, in his own language,and, of course,in his own change less estimation, was "a distinct and naked issue between the friends and tbe enemies of the Constitution," and in which war ho fonght in the ranks of the enemies of the Constitution. TANEY'S FIRST ERROR. I have said, in substance, tbat tbe Dred Seott decision was, in parr, based on assu med historical facts which were not realty true ; and I ought not to leave the subject wiiuout giviug tome, icaauu iui mis , a i therefore fiive aa in.te.ee or two. which 1 1 without giving some reason for this ; 1 The " "c i " "i"cmc uuuncoier. : faith and he has seen that sucesstu,l n- own oppresseu auu umqviu eouumou. plete; 'L'h, constitutionally elected, not by the According to that, it give no promise, r lo control the co-ordinate authorities of this . ,,. . . , .... f ,l. i.7: i -. i, i r ,i. v. . . i tbat ThB ,;,,. ,h ,,.,, strength of his friends, but Av ? ir.ii that, having kicked off tha King ami have i and the court must each fur itself he enulr.l ' of adversaries.be'xoe in a pot.ular minority I Lords of Great RrUain, wo saould not at think fully sustained. Chief Justice Tv ney, in delivering the opinion of the ma jority of the Court, insists at great length that negroes were no part of the people who made, or for whom was made, the Declaration of Independence, or the Con stitution of tbe Uuited Slates. On the coutrary.Judge Curtis,in Lis dis senting opinion, shows that in five of the then thirteen States, to wit : New Hamp shire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jer sey, and North Carolioa,frce negroes were voters, ana, in proportion to numbers, bad - the same part in making the Constitution 9 ' tbat the white people had. He shows this i ith so much particularity as to leave no i doubt of its truth : and in a sort of con elusion on the point, holds the following language -Th? Conslftution was or-IaineJ and esiab- listied by the people of the United States.ihro' the action in each State of those persons who l . . j were qnaltBed by lis laws to act Ihrrrnn in bhalf of themselves and all other citizens of Ihe Slate- ,n some of ,he States as we have , , . e"T" Z t, 78 Tk S t lfied b law to act on the subiect. These col- ; ofed p;rsons wm not onIy 'incIrj(f.d m the body of the people of the United States, by whom the Constitution was ordained and es tablished, but in at least live of Ihe Stairs Ihe y had the power to act, and, doubtless, did act, by their suffrages, npon the question." SECOND ERROR. Again, Chief Justice Taney says : "It is difficult at this day to rcalixe the state of public opinion in regard to that unfortu nate race, which prevailed in the civilized aud enlightened portions of the world at tbe time of the Declaration of Indepen dence, and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted." And again, after quoting from the Decla ration, be says : "The general words above quoted seem to include the whole human family, and if they were nsed in a similar instrument at this day, would be so un derwood." NEGROES THEN AND NOW. In these tbe Chief Justice does not di rectly assert, but plainly assumed, as a fact, tbat the public estimate of the black man is more favorable now than it was in tho days of the Revolution. Tbe assumption is a mistake. In some trifling particulars, tbe condition of that race has been ameli orated ; but as a whole, in this country, the change between then and now is deci dedly the other way ; and their ultimate destiny bas never appeared so hopeless as in tbe last three or four years. In two States tbat then gave, the right of voting I nM sinee been tkeB ,waT n1 5n tliui ' " UM Deen Drl1Seo i not bee0 "tended, so far as I know, to a I ,Dg' Wtnil State, in tbose days, as pleasure, emancipate their slaves; but, : since then, such lenl restraints have been made upon emancipation, as to amount al most to prohibition. In those days, Leg islatures held tbe unquestioned power to abolish Slavery in their respective States ; . . but now it is becoming quite fashionable ! f . Si.i. Pnaiiiiniinai tn aalttihnl.. iKa r from thJ L.gigiatarA,,. In those . consent the snread of it i tbe black man s bondage to new countries was prohibited ; but now, Congress decides that it will not continue tho prohibition, 'd the Supreme Court decides that it eoa,d bq jf ' Tq & 0M Dccaratjort of Independence was held s- cfed hj al, and tboagl,t to iaeaifi M . hat no- to aid in making the bondage of the j black man universal and eternal, it is j Bailed, and sneered at, and construed, and him, and now they havo him, as it were, bolted in with a lock of a hundred keys, which can never be unlocked without tbe concurrence of every key ; tho keys in the hands of a hundred different men, and tbey scattered to a hundred different and dis tant places ; and tbey stand musing as to what invention, in all tbe dominions of mind and matter, can be produced to make the impossibility of his escape more com- plete than it is. DOUGLAS ON TRIAL. Three years and a half ago, Dooglas brought forward his Nebraska bill. The country was at once in a blaze, he scorned all opposition, and carried it through Con- rrrAua Kiner. triAn tin ha seen himftolf to" " ' guperce jej , a Presidential nomination, hj orje en jorsing tho general doctrine of his measaTe but at the same time stand- in c!car of tue 0jiura 0f iti untimely as tat inn, and its gross breach of national of nearly four hundred thousand votes. n0 has geeD his t hief aids in his own State Shields aod Richardson political ly speaking, succosfully tried, e mvioted and executed for an offense not their own, but bis. Aod now be see bis own case, standing next on the docket for trial. THAT HU.MBUO AMALGAMATION. There is a natural disgust in the minds of all white people to the idea of an in discriminate amalgamation nf the white and black races ; and J udge Douglas b ev idently basing his chief hope on the chance of being able to appropriate the benefit of this disgust to himself. If be can, by much drumming and repeating, fasten the odium of that idea upon bis adversaries, he thinks be can struggle through the storm. He therefore clings to his hope, as a drowning man to tbe last plank. lie makes an occasion for lugging it from the opposition to tbe Dred Scott decision. He finds tbe Republicans iusistiog that the Declaration of Independence includes all men, tiiaeK a wen avs wuue ; aim iui.u- 1 with, he deaitJ that it includes nDgrow at men, blaek as well a? white; and lor to all, proceed, to argue gravely that aft'vl.t coutend it does, do so only because the want to vote, and eat, tod steep, and mar ry with negroes t lie will hits it that they can not else be conk'ntent. Now I protest against that counterfeit logic which concludes that, because I do not want a black woman for a stave, I iun4 necessa rily want her for a wife. ' I need not havo her for cither : I can jiiit kavo her alone. j In some ra-peots she U certaiuly not my j equal, but in her natural right to eat the j bread she earns with her own bands, with out a-king leave of any one else, she is cy equal, and tbe equal of all others. WHAT THATCLAUSE MEANS ITS OBJECT. Chief Justice Taney, in his opinion in the Dred Scott case, admits tint tbe lan guage of ihe Declaration is broa't enon'i to include the whole human family, but be and Judge Douglas argue that the au thors of tbat instrument did not intend t include negroes, by the fact that they did not at once actually place them on an equality with the whites. Now this grau argument comes to juat nothing at ail by the other fact, tbat they did not once or ecer afterward, actually place all vhite people on an equality with one another. Anil tnis is tbe staple argnment of both the Chief Justice aud the Senator, for do ing this obvious violence to tbe plain, un mistakable language of the Declaration. I think the authors of that notable instru ment intended to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all were equal in eolor, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They de fined, with tolerable distinctness, in what respects tbey did consider all men created equal equal in "certain inailenaL'e riylUt, among vhich are life, liberty, and the pur suit of hippiness." This they said, and this tbey meant. Tbey did not mean to assert the obvious untruth, that all men were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet, that they were about to confer it immediately npon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit Tbey meant to set up a standard maxim for free society, wbicb should be familiar to all ; constantly labored for, and even though never perfectly attained, constantly ap proximated, and thereby constantly spread ing and deepening its influence, and aug menting tbe happiness and value of life to all people, of all eolors, everywhere. The assertion tbat " all men are create! equal" was of no practical use in affecting our separation from Great Britain ; and it was placed in the Declaration, not for ikak tim tAC ItuUrt IUC Xk3 aUt&0J3 meant io ue, tuaoa as u is now I pro'n Itself, stumbling block to thoso I r. . : i . . . . ho, in after times, might seek to turn a free people back into tbe hateful paths of despotism. Tbey knew tbe proneness of prosperity to breed tyrants, and they meant, when such should re-appear in this fair land and commence their vocation, they should find left for them at Icaat ono hard nut to crack. I have now briefly expressed my view of the meaning and objects of tbat part of tbe Declaration of Independence which declares that "all men are created equal." the other view. Now let ns bear Judge Douglas? view of the same subject Here it is : i "No man can vindicate the character, mo tives, and conduct of the signers of the Dee. larat'ion of Independence except upon the hy and among them were enumerated life, liber ty and ihe pursuit of happiness. The Dec laration was adopted for the purpose of justi fying the colonists in the eyes of the civilized world in withdrawing their allegiance from the liritish crown and dissolving their con nection with the mother country." TIP TOP KNOW-NOTUIXOISM. My good friende, read that carefully over, some leisure hour, aud pMuor well upon it see what a mere wreck mang led ruin it makes of our once glorious Declaration i " 77iey Kere speakiwj nf British subjects on this continent Ifingnjual to British subjects born and residing iu Great Britain 1" . Why. according to this, not only negroes but while people outside of Great Britain and America are not spoken of in that instrument. Tho Eng lish, Irish and Scotch, along with whito Americana, were included, to be sure, but fAe! t'rench, and the Germans, and oth-r white people of the world are all gone to pot along with the Judge's "inferior rauj,'." NOTHING BUT OLD 'W.VDDI.NU. I had thought tbe Declaration promised something better than the condition of British subjects : but no, it only meant that we should be equal to them in their ouce be saddled with a Kiug aud Lord of our own. I had thiHiht the Decoration contem plated tho progressive improvenimt in tho condition of alt men everywhere ; but n. it merely ' was adopted fur the purpose of justifying tho colonies in the eye of tho civilized world in withdrawing their alle giance from the British crown, and dissol ving their connection with the mother country." Why, that object having been effected some eighty years ago, the Dec laration is of no practical use now mera rubbish old wadding left to rot on tha battle-field aft' 'be victory is won. A NEW VERSION. I understand yon are preparing to cele brate the "Fourth," tomorrow week. What for? The doings of that day bad no reference to the prcsont; and qiiito half of you arc not even descendants i.f those wbo were referred to at that d.iy. But I suppose you will eclebra'o; and will even go so far a to read the lW'jration. suppose, alter you road it ouce ia La u,l- . ' 1 , - , . fwhioued way, ou read it once :u e
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