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A. D. liAffiLllg~•
`Surveyor', :Draftsman Conveyancer', and teal' .13stato
. .,.Agent.: - Stoothport, Itl.!Kean county, Ea. .
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'Wholesaleand Retail Dealer inPinilily,GrOcerles;'•Porki ,
• , Pleur,„.Balt, Peed; Boots and Shoes, &c. ktpre
• In the Aster House Block; Sniethport Pa.
A. 11'. TAYLOR,
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IDooler in Dry Geode, Groe,irles,' Pork, FloOr, Salt,-YDh
Ready-Mado Clothing', Bopp' and Shoes.. .841etliport,
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• .• • WILLIAM; tniatur, •
Blechantit, Mill:Wright, Bridge-builder, tic.,
.Port Altegberiy,•ritein totritty, Pa. • .•
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'SURVEYOR, DILIFTSMA.If, EsON.VEYAIstEIi and neat •
Astoe . A.Bont; galco, Williamsville, Elk 00., 'Penn's,
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J-ILEPORKNO6S- .
• • Chapin*. BOW,' EsOf.;
Iron: Thomas "Etruther3,
W. S. Drownen, ;Esq.;
lion. A. L. . .....
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. • CARVER HOUSE
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40,41 N It. Flom. Propriet '
o'r. eorner of -Water and Ilidkory .
' Street!, Warren; Pa. Generttl Stage Office. • •
.T. C. BACKUS a, CO
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.Crenpiat Dealers in Pry Goods, Grocerled,. Croeice'ry
Feady-Kado Clothing, (loots and Shoes, "fats arid Caps
' opposite the Court noose, Sirietlipertya. ' •
FOBES HOUSE,
Wronting the Pubtie Square, .Olean. N. Y. JAMES M.
Mmtsn. Proprietor. The Fabealfouso iar;ntfrely now
and built of brick...and is furnished in modern . ..style.
The. proprietor Haters himself that him accoininoda.,
• ~ ,tiona are not ' surpassed by any hotel-in Western New'
York/ Carriages rnnto and from.,the NewYork..and
Erie Rail Road. • - . .. . ,
BYRON D, ILVELpf,
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'Arrow= AT "Lin . ;
. Smellport, Ill'Kean County. ,Pa.,
.4 - gont for .ffiessis, Reatin? 'B, Co's .Lands • lktends
especially to the . Collection of 'Claim's; 'Examination of
. Land Titles; Payment of. Taxes, and all business rela. ,
• ting to Real Estate..; Office in 'Hamlin Bionic, ..
GREEN'S ROTSL
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V. 'A: 'Watarrt;'Proprlator,—at Kinzint. Warreh county
" Pa.. His Table will .be supplied with the. best. the
country affords, and Itnspare no pales in accamodatieg
E• BOtkIRTON:, ELDRED,
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Attorney and Cenneellor at LaW, Stnethport,.MMean
cpuuty; flustness entreated to his caroler the
counties o BVlCean, Potter and Elk will be'proorptly
'attended to • Office in•tha Court flq4se . , .second liner.
DR: L. R. WISNER,
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Whyalcial and fi . urgeon; Smethpoil, wilf attend to.
all nieressional calla with promptness.' ; ' Office In:Sart
. well Illock,•aegond Ooor..• . ! , '
N, B: BUTLER dr . CO.,
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::WholesalOandliotal -Denlora in• Staple and Faiii , Pry
• : Goods; Carpeting, Ready Male Clothing, and general
. Furnishing Goods; Boots and Shims, Wall , andNindow .
; • ' .. Paper, Looking Glasses Ac. At Olean. N. Y. .
BENNETT' ROUSE,
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Sieethpert,Wlrean Pa.: D. It : UsilNFrr, Propri6
ter—oppoaite the Ceuit trance. Atnew, Wge, com
• modiene and isell.faruished'housee
,•: SOHN •BAOkIYS; •• •
-Attorney and 6nunselloi-. at La*, 3roetlinort, lii*esn Co
Pi:. Will attend - to all business in bill profession in the
,eounties of ii , t'Kenn, Potter and Elk: • Mite o v er 0.K.,
•Sertwell k,Brothore , Store. •, • .' '
HACKNEY HOUSE,
*Corner of Sodom! and Liberty streets, Warrec '
.Pa. R
. A. • BilitlOß, Proprietor. Travelers will find good ac
:-.coennodations and reasonable charges. • '• . •
E. S. MASON,
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'Deelei In Stoves, Tin .Ware, ;appalled Ware. ;&0., went
able or the .Publio
. Square, emethport, pa:. (Nonni
.woricdone.tnorder on the shortest notice; and in. the
most substantial manner. , .. ~ ' '' '
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W. 0,, BRQWNELL,
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IDealler Dry Goode greeerie t *Crockerv, flardwato;
Boats, Shoes, Plate, ' Caps, Glass, Nanß; OUR, c.i. &e.
East side' 01 . the Public Square, Sinethtiort, Pa. , ••
A'. J. OTTO,
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jOeider in Provisions and Family Groceries generally, at
. Farmers Valley, lirKean Oa., Pa, : Grain,' Lnmter.
13Ingles,:dca., taken in exchange for
' poollll. •.
Patent
...• edicineelnrsalo . ,• ' • ' • •'• . ' • . '
L4RABEE'S HOTEL,
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.: IV lan4iise, Proprietor,;—Allegheny, Bridge, BVlCian
Co , Pa: This hone° isaituated aboutnine miles from
•.. .stnethport on the .rgai to Olean, and . will ..ho found a
•eonverdent stimplng place . ~
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. . . ',.IIM.PORWIL ROUSE, ,
fhlppin, 11.1'Itean•dii., Pa.' I'i:.L.'•IYRE, Proprietor
A commodious and well-fninishod .houde. Strangers
. and , tiavelers will And good accommodstions. .'•
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FAMIKERS' VALLEY HOTEL,
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s ly T. irloooviiri. - This house is situnteddbont five mil e
treniSmethport on the road to Olean. • rimuldre parties
end otheze can be ammtionodated on the shortest notice.
ELDEED. HALF-WAY: HOUSE,
NATHAN Devils; Proptietor• Thia bowie le situated hal.
-Way between Stnethport and Olean. If you Want a good
dlooei thid Is the place to stop: • , • .
OHORDIII COBNIN,
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erniiiietdr of • the Grist Mill, at' Mechanicsburg. Me
- Kean'thudity pi... Flour.. Meal, and Feed s conetant!
on
band and for sale, in large 'and quantities..
amiaitoraj . HOUSB .
0. Cialitozoint; Pioirietor, Norwich,' AVlCean
••ileed accOmmodatione caw be liad'thake
PORT ALLEGANY HOUSE,
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Eakin B s Dotter,- • PrOprlntor, at Pori - Allegany, Me-.
' ;Kean County, Pa;'. Thls Hotel IR altiiskfed at the june
: tiOn otlhe Smethport add Allegaey River toads, nine
A mthpstaitt of Sinethpart. '..- • • •' ,'' --' •- . ' ' ' '
itivxr.rtiroirrf' , atitz.tiv- 'ea ra •
W.IIIri#VIMELL'•' - : . 1. -. . Proprietor
. Tijoirpjiifeigiliti f if*, recently piny Anima and titer:
. aughlyrefittel the Astor' hieciesOlattern himself that he
man tareleat Y geed lifie#Thifaelieriiitikao, hotel hi West
. am Peeneylvanhc. ;;..; , .
WANTED,
°"l:'°°B74lintaxA4ux4.g;tulroki-at
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rvaaberilllpe ;ea inset the •
. • ' , .tABTOR 110116 E BVORE
'Before ths.Central p'emarratid Cilth=o;'' ..142sgedn
coontY,'Thiersday Eae.,.:April 5141860: •
. 'The citizens 01 our befoved- country :ere
.'in
'quiet 'and home-loving
people they - .prefer tinder' •ordipary, cireum
stances,-:the.purstiit of. their.own peaceful,
avo
:cations,,or the injoymentof their own fainily
firesidis to frOlent . public except:
ing such as are connected with,..the 'choice, or,
their public servalts; or for purposei Of public
worship, : But, when questions -of 'universal
coneern are agitated among our people . ; When
we learn from atithorit). which leaves no chance
to doubt theta. g"roWing disaffection; 'eaten-,
dered . by, perional„ambition, and kept alive, and
:disseminated by,al;pels to a higher law, which
knows no authority or bounds,
.has *taken
possiessfon'of thetninds of
.a 'considerable .por
tion of the citizens of many. of the States of
this Union, and has incited them:
IGH'T,
stances to-retieire, and in others-tosaffee, their
Legislators to make •laivs,. directly and • indi.
redly antagonistic' to ! the:Constitution of, the
United Stites, thereby . ,causing- alarming dia.,
trust-on the part of Other Stites, irhose. rights
as plainly !narked in the Constitution,and rig
.
idly regarded by the fathers ', )been 'seri
ously violated when we see men in high pla-
'cis, yea;'men.. with whom we .have held the
most intimate and friendly relations. for years,
giving hearty. aanctioni,lo such peocedureior
'treating the sacred.instrument on : whose basis
has been reared the graatelfsliperstructure, for
the promotion of .humari. happinesa, . pro
duced biman, as of less importance than their
own personal or party views ;. may not . even
Itidgriay, Pa
Walton,. Pa'
Smothnort, Pa
Buena• Vista. Pa
the hUmbleat. of our citizens • who d e sire to .
- Maintain; unsullied and unbroken; and. trans-,
mit .to their children, the compac.t'made by, the
fathers, and so happily , illustrated in all their
subsequent .public - and
and
career.,
very
properly .meet together and give expression to
Such Wishes, and mutually consult upOn the
best measures to promote . the desired
. object ?
-Unquestionably, they , may.; and. it,canot be well
conbeeded,. that neglect in_ this partiCular,
cept from'disability,. is excusable.: Such is the
!Condition of • our country: at the present 'time ;
'such are thecausesand objects of this meeting;
and of;the organization of this fraternity. , •
.: Who is hare thatwmild barter tiWay the im
manitias guaranteed
,to every citizen of Otis
Union, at. home or abroad, on land,' or. sea;
whereever the name of our immortal Washing;
tor: has been sounded, fot a .name; rot a myth,
for.a . supposed or imaginary system' cd.perfec
tiny, to which • human ken can never , attain'?
Whoih this keystone L'ornmonivealth," that has
ever firmly maintained.her true . position in the
areh„—Who that , initirits • the of Penn,
—who 'mould. Willingly exchange a . - livif.g
truth of four-.ecore y . eat - e... that challenges., the
aetenisnment`and admiration of: the world, ..fOr
a _hypothesie, an:tinCer6ltity, and athest '
doubtful experiment ? • . '• , -
'But we are very,gravely told by 'ourfellow
citizeneof : Republican and People's party noto
irity (for the distinct ion between the. two ii thot,
'precisely comprehended,) that theee
ving demonstrations are all, Moonshine,, that
there is noVear.cause of serious concerri:'exist. ,
ing inthis republic.' The South, say : they, it '
is true are.making'great
.coMplaint, in view of
a probability of the election of a Republican,
president, but we see nothing in sucii an• event
that would justify. Solitbern'secession, or even
serious complaint. • : • :.
Their,argurnent is understood to be this--
celf •it majority of the people, of the Northern
States, shall at 'any time think proPer' to elect.
an ExecutiVe, :and Representatives to,Congrese.
pletlged to the execution of certain . measures'
'which from the counsels of their Magi, or Borne
imagined Inspiration, 'unknown to our
they deem in'accordance with their motions.of
true philanthropy ; however in direct tlerogation
of the rights of the South, and in' vioiation'of
all State rights, most sacredly• , guaranteed .in
'the Constitution, that this same .South, now
comprehending fifteen States of this confe,dera • -
cy, that has furnished so large a' share of the
venerable p'alrints, whose named and memory
we so much revere, that contriuted in so em
inent's degree fo the independence. of. these
United Coleeies,:(now States,) that .has ever :
faithfully obServed . her Constitutional.
tions, (except in a single instance of: an hon.
vldual State,) that asks nothing at our hands,
that she ils'unwilling to Concede, and nothing
but What . the Constittition grants ; cannot rea
sonablY complain. She is in the minority, and
should quietly submlf to the long established
usage in our government, 'that' the will of the'
majority . is the law of thet'whole.' could
supposefor a moment that - themillionsof free
men of the 'non-slavelielding 'States, could bp
so deceived) by all the. arts that aspiring demn
gOgues;and fratracidal fanatics in philanthropist
clothing, can invent,,ne not to, see, in Aire con
deseion;of this, proposition an utter nnnihilation
of their oWn•State, . and hid ividuarrigh ts, as
well as thoseof the Smith, (for i
.trus; it:Will
never be forgotten, hatne 'State in this con
fedefac'k edn: legitimately claiin a right, that
must not by the,cornpact be:ciinceded to each
and every one .of the others,) I, would.. here
take the opportunity to reply ; but our citizens
tippreciate too highly, and.ungerstind too well,
the sacred compact from which they derive
their matchless' priviieges; 'to listen p4tietitly..
, t'
iT '/ 31'.K.EAN, COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1860.
AD:DRE:S : S
Deliveked by Dr.. W. Y. IGOOY,
to.edy. argument : in refutation of`such a PrOler
'But`what is therei in . modern RePubli•
canism to commend it : to the favor of the•eiti : .
zens h . f the United States . .To .the intelligent
and 4irtuints citizens - of the. United. Staten:who'
duly appreciate the legacy;beqUeethed 'to thetir
by : the fathers,. and •whose .fized:e'nd unvarying
Purpose is to maintain it entire; th'e'y shall .
be called an•account of . .their
ship, *dein Rep ublicanism does not even .
dress itself, for the,Very same reason that Brit-:
•
isft gold was . never tendered to the father of
his, Country . .a second time. It.is
fora single citizen !if . hellnkted States .
tiAring his acts in Oonforniity :to the =wishes'
and propositions 'of the acknowledged„leaders
of•the Republican.party, and at-the samtime,
fulfil his plain constitutional obligations to hie
country;, himself and his children.. The.Re
pAlicen'perty commends itself only to such
residontaof - the . United: States, prcitected
..by
. .
•the' laws thereof, as are restless of the.. n:eces
,. .
eery. rest raints,' and mutual comPromisei,
tainf,ng tO . thoielaws, who are willing
ticipite all the benefits; but 'togrant none of
the eacrifices.lawftilly eleimed by the, citizens
and States of. the South. the:treth is : that . .
the-
Republican;party Propoies.to•do that.which'can
net ,be dune.. If thirty-two' •of
.these States array themselves egainstoite,
may physically "annihilite•ber, but they can . not
legitimately.dAirive h'er . of 'llny right,'noi del
egated, to the United States.
•
Allow, me here to rdalie feW sentimenis from
gepriblican authorities, in the . words of. theau- .
theirs.
.Joillitio•R. Giddings, in the . Spring . of
1.859, penned:the following, in relation to some
vvo or three indtvidueds fOr.
ing,slaves.who - hacl-eseaped 'into the State o
Ohio. till] disregarding the law, the prisoners
id right: Their error consisted in spdring the
liYes• of the slave _catchers.:: Those .pirates
'should have teen dOliiered over to the colored
men and• . consigried to 'the doom of pirates,
which shiMld have peen speedily executed:—.7
You are aware that this ie the doctrine which
I proclaimed in Congress. I adhere to it. Had
the: Priseners executed . the ' slave catcher's
protriptly,ThWould have taught the . administra 7
tion a . lesson not soon to be forgotten. We
should have been no more troubled with that'
class of Misereants... .They would have learned
better than fa show themsehies among an in
telligent people who know their rights and dare'
on,aiotain them:" • :
' Sfnator.Seward, the great store-hause of Re
publicanism ; the man •who above Others
the party' would Aelight to hail as Executive o
this nation, and against whose RePubliVan or
thodoxy not a word has 'yet been lisped, slid
Clo%eland; in 1848 , long his +tirrepressi
ble contliet'!speech, itBlavery Can 'be jitnite
to its 'present- bounds`; *it cart be ameliOrated..-•;-
It. can and mat be abolished, and. -yriu, anal .
must do Again he said, “Correct your
own,srror that shivery:bas . conStitutional guar- .
.
•a'nties Which may hot berreleased; and ought
not to be relingnished. You 'will .soon: bring
the parlies of the country into On .effective..ag
gression upon, slavery.?': ..; • : •
. Mr. Wilson, another brilliant light, and. Sec , :
•• . •
and to butfeWof his party, said in Boston; in
the Spring 'Of 1855, "Send if.abroad' on. the:
wings. of the wind fhat•l am comMitted; fully
Committed to the fullest extent; in' favor of fm=
Mediate and.upconditional abolitirMof slavery,
Whereier.it exists under the authority of the
Oonstiflition Of - the United Statei." • •
might defain you for hours with similar
sentiments from the . same authorities, as also
from Senators Wade, end Surnrier,. and other
dignitaries, and oreans of tho Republican party,•
but most OaderS of, the' day are 'too . familial
with the views of these modern' reformers,to
listen, further to their treasonable' utterances
with patience. .Perhaps gentlerrienconversank
with the foregoing facts, aid believiOg them to
be entirely compatible with the idea of a , (more'
Perfect Udion," refoice with "exceeding, great
joy", to learn that sixty-eight 'members of the
present Congress, representing nearly one-third
of the Congressional districts of this Union;
and 'underthe solemnity of their oaths to sup
port the. Constitution , of the United Statesi .
Commended, (many of them in highly
mentary terms;) the general circukition, and;.
perusal of &publication, in Which treason', seil,
vile insurrection, and. murder are boldly tidy°.
cated. I mean the Helper 000 k, and here 10l
lows a specimen of its . teachings.
“So it seems that the total number of actual
4letve owners,.. including. their
,entire, crew of
cringinit lickspittles, against whom we have to
contend, is but three hundred and forty-seven
thousand, five hundred end forty-five. Against
this' twiny for the defence and propagation of
slavery, welhink it will be an easy • matter--
independent of the negroes, Who,
.in pine case's
•
out of ten; would be, delighted•witli an 'oppor
tunity, to cue their nia.q6rs.tkoats..! lied 'With.:
out accepting of a sing!e.recruit from either of,
the free States, ngland,:France i orfiermanY.
-L . -to muster one at le*. three titAeitpig !WOE',”
and far more respectable, tor, its
,utter,
tioni We are determined. to abolish slavery. at
all baXards—in defiance of all the iiinbaition,.of
,tvliateveiriattire,'whicli it is . possible', for`the
SlaveoCiets to bring against. this they
ma To ke clue.:ncitice; And gMiern ,themselves
"accordingly." , "Againt,• f , FreFtnfp of the North!
We earnestly:' entreat ybu io'.thlnt —of these
"things.' , . • Hitherto as mere free you
'have epiiroached but' half Way 'to the line . of
your. duty. • Notv,for your 'ewe sakes, and for
ours, and for - the pay:pose of perpettiatin
great republic; which your fathers, and. our
fathers teuntletlin septennial streaflis 'of blood,
wo.ask. in all seriousness, to, organize
. . .
It .
yourselvcs s one man, . itnilei the harmers
.of
liberty,'and to iiil us in eiterriainating slayery,
whiCh jirr.the only thing that militates, against
our cOnipleteaggrarolisement ' as: a nation. In.
thia extraordinary c'risis of .aflitire, wi.man can
r be a t rue patricit vithotit first becoming anAh-
The above, although very atnall share nf the
propositions, and appeals, of the Helper book,
point cleariy to the end the author aims at, and
the instrumentalities to be brought into requi
salon. for its aceotup:ltshment.
Citizens of tbetion 7 slaye holding States,'ef
this Union s •are you prepared te endorse this
act of moral perjury and treason, in the men,
you elected to 'represent your interests and
wishes in the - national counsels? Wer . o You
consulted In this wholesale Congressional
Cense to deal . out murder to your Solithern
brethren? *Was this act a part. of the 'pledge
tequired of them No, far from it. giving
Sanction to the circulation - of the.
,incendiary
projects of the acknowledged Helper,
they, have violated eyery iirinaiple that should
eharacteilze a conscientious and.honorable rep
resentative orthis Union, and. distinguish him
from a insViouri Who is willing to.give an affirm
ative, aniwer, and all the in fl uence he can coin.'
Mond, to 'tiny *position that may be made to
him, fOr a ride m the cars; or a drink of -whis
key: = Nay; if, in iftet ages the time shall ever
comer in American
. history, ..when patriotism,
from supposed security, or apathy, shall cease
to, xercise that perpetual and , eternal vigilance
over this vast inheritance; which was se zeal.
'ously enjoined by the: fathers; and :she 'Shall be
found asleep, and fanaticism shall arise, and,
in its demoniae frenzy, take possession' of the
hearts and'aetions of
.the masses, when Wash,
ingtOn shall be robbed of the paternity..of his
hountry, and' the name of - A - arori BOir shall
stand forth in 'Arneriean annals as the'greatest
and the' best theelef the names Of the Pei
perites be' written in letters of Ere,lis the most
illustrious of his apostles:
Mr. President 'Strange as it may teem,
• • •
nothing has.been more common In small:politi
cal circlos, timing the past two years. *hal to
hear the assertion, that•the fugitive slave kW
•of 1850-has no legitimate basis in the •Consti
tution, that neither the Word slave, or slavery'
occurs in - that instrument, and that-the section
requiring'the rendition of fugitive's owing ear.
Vice or - labor...lP another State, refers to indent
ed apprentices, Clerks, and otherpersons in like
condition, and; iPdeed, if my ears did not en
tirely deceive me, anil I listened with attentions
an ex-tnetnber.of• Congress - but few evenings
'since in presence of a largeaudience, - most ot
whom cheerftilly, n few years'since, 'exercised
their, influende to place hint in 'that high posi t.
tlon, had the hudacity to asiert, that i!the Con
stitution. of . the' United Statesdoeemot acknow l .
edgeany connexion with thesubjecfpf slavery
whatevi.r!'•.ln order to prevent such salmi:
tions 'emenatinu from -such. high sources, and:
Others nearly allied, in ellebt, from: exercising
• •
an undue,weight over the plinth( the - yoUtiger
portion of our citizens who are desirous to act
ntnieVstantiingly, and always in accordance ivith
the laive:
.country, I will here, recite
verbatim, the third tiause, of the second • sen-
Lion, of the foprth article of . the Conatittition
of the 'United Stetes;ratified by
. the. thirteen
States in convention in September 1787.
• itlsio. person held to service :or labor in one
State, undF4'the laws thstiof, escaping into an.-
other, shall, consequence of any law or. reg.
ulation therein; be discbarged from such ser
vice or labor; but shell 'be-.delivered.. up on
clairn• of the party'to ;whom such service :or: la
bor may be due:" ' • •• ..
,ess than six years after:the formaticm o
he constituti ' o'n; viz: Feb. 12, 179,1; Congress'
to 'carry into effect the.aboie • clause of the
constitetion,Passed a law; in ale. phraseology
of 'which,.the same deference Wes very 'prrnr
613411440 . thoe of the • fathers who Were Op
.Posed.,t9,,,t4e!,,i,sert!on 91 the words elave or
slavery, as `il.tde constitution, but the disooV..
ery . thet:theiP.Witi - aoir.`reference to, ot.colineO;•
tion' witti ' apy other' `persons thitn those of the
African ra'i4„4ll6 - 'w.die trir - rfecl into th'ese:coi-
•
eniO.So.l States intiMassachitastts
speculators, atitl:thoreheld in Slavery 'or invol
.iintary servitude, was 1611 entirely' for the wit=
dom of . 4cYoung •".tktneriea , " modern Rapat
liiennism, for no such, interpretation of. tha't
part of t he. Constits tion was ever given by' the'
fathers who framed : it, or, orthe Acts of Con•
gross passed soon afterwards to eiecufe•ita de-
sign's.' Section•ad of the 'Act aboVe. reft;ired
te provided,re • -• • - •
. "That when n'person held to labor. in any of
the',Uniteti Statee, or in either of .the:Territo-
riei on the; north weNt'ior eatith of the river
Ohio, under the laws :thereof; shall eseape into
any otber of the. said States' or Territory; the
person to. whom, such service or labor' .may._
.due, his agerit or.attorney 2 is hereby empower=
ed to or arrest such: fugitive' front- •bibiir,
! Ind to take him Co-her:before any Judge of the
Court's - of the United Statesi,
'residing or being Aldo the State, or - litqra
any Ma..istrate" of , a County,. .City or , IreWe'
Corporate wherein suchfri ~eitieure arxest
be atl'6;:ituk
. t he
.Satisittct Elf
siteh4ttlyge Negisetate; other by:6,o ;teit:
m . 06,y.-61 : ken :heforei or CeitiAe4. , /ot
a . Mai° s t tf,Ate,pf, .19Y.sn'elt,. Slate: ; •
that
under the laws of ihe State; pr erritoryfrom
which he or.she
. , .
the pet eon elaimin4 hirtor."berOt shalllid , the
doty'of - sisehjodee dr Mdehitrate to giye ''a
certificate 'thereof
.to,etteh ellidintititi: agen t
. or
vtorifey, which eftel l he sufficient ,t.ittrapt fair
,
rornovinfe'tho 604 fuiriiiv.o . .fibriri' la bat; tho
State or Territory from which he or ihO
• Section 4th ofthis Act:M . •:Congrees. Of
•
1703,..provided, ' ' • • . , •
"That; ny person who.ehell
.knowingly 'and
willingly obstruct eriiinder'eueb'elaimanti
ageht or ettorney, - in in,'• Joining . Or •:arieetilot
such'fugitivelrom labbr, ituchi
fugitive flout Seib' agent 'et.
iornel's when so drrested;-. inirsiniut to-the
thority berein given or,declared,•or shalt 'hair
borer conceal person, after notice , that
deshe Wati a fugitive'from laber, ae aforesabli'
',hall; for either of the said offences forfaitind
pay the sum of five bundied •
I will now reads few words front, judicial de
ciSions that are pertinent to this.clause b i the
Constitution; 'and here might Aetain you .
. •
til the • rising of the morrowN %sun, but - yeti
would weary with the hearig.
...chief : Justice
n
'filehman of Pa., in the .cnse of.;•Virright'es
Deacon said; after citing the clause' above re-
ttliere is the principlet: the fugitive is to be
• delivered up;on claim:of the master." Theo
after:reeding' the enactment or: Coiigreae; hi
says; plainly'. appears. from the whole Reef*
and 'tenor of the tonstitation, and:Aet el con
grees,that the fugitive was ;to delivered
on summary proceeding,' without itie . •deley
of a formal trial jrca court of 'Common . lasi."
, •
.Juaticeltory of 'the Supreme Court of the:
United States; a Massachusett man',', in his'
s a
. , • •
commentaries on the COnstittition, says: •
"This clause Wes intredned it) the ton
stitntion solely for :be heriefit - .. of the Slave
. holding States, to enable theta to reclaim their
fegitive slaves who shoold hive. escaped' into
other States was.
where slavery not toleratoili"
• • . • • •
In the case of •Prig against the State of .
Pennayvania; the tame,autboritY soya: .. • •
"The clause manifestly contemplateitfi t i'ex:
istence of.e: prteitive unqualified:right on :the
part of the owner:of the slave, Which;no State
law or regulation can in any waY.qualiry.. fag
ulare, eentrol,•or restrain. The slave is not
to'be discharged from servierroilabor in cent*,
onence of any Statelaw:or `
regulation.", • ..fie
further lays in llie semi critic: igThe right to
seize and re-take fugitive 'slatres, and . •the,dutY
to deliver them in . whatever State'of the
Union they may be found iloinder the Comiti
lotion; recognized as an. abet:tint°, 'pnsitiee
right and' duty pervading the whole Union,
with an -equal' and supreme force, uncontrolled
'end untontrol able, by State sovereignty end
State legislation.' • ,
:;. : 41..et these ..who ere-, net content with' the
decisions and opinions exatbine all the
old' authorities,. (rem filastuiciiasattaje•the car
olinas, and they 'wilt not be left in doubt:ea to
the 'plain,' clear and unequivocal tem:l6lomi
and obligations ok that pint of.:tti.COnstitb: ,
lion of :the United' . State,
FelloW Detimetatat if in 113.16 there Wite'art
honest mind titiconVineettor.Ole ends and aims
of the leaders and organs, and I may' siay of
the principal actors of the Republican party,,
it. Would certalely,be'no.part of charity to''sup
pose that' any midi: ignorance can exist to day.
heir do'ctrines, haie beentoo boldly, anal...too
geberally 'disseminated,'(however' carefully
Condealed froin their Presidential pia tformai'to
,
leave any chance for mistake. TO dou bt that
the Repeblican . party : ., proposes by the force of
numbers,..to treatbsa nullity -the only Consti
tutional obligations that 'particularly bind the
Northern and Southern States lb our. Union,
would be to'dOuht one's every day sight and
hearing, The late action . of .the .Executives'
of the States of [Owls - and Ohio in 'refusing to
surrender,tri 'the aiithariti4 - ne Yieginia the
men':whe had assisted in murdering her:
although the first :violation of , that see,:
tion of the COnstitUtion of-the'United States
requiring the rendition, of l'ogitiVes from JOB-
lice, tinier atiTitm informed, ie in perreC(her
molly with the' egirrepriesible conflict!' doc . .
trineg, end shows . conclusively.` Whit might:bn
Yerireeeenably inferred; from' every, daY
servation,•that the good and trire modern. Re
„ . .
publican, is 'Uhl. 'only bound- to:preven . t . tlici
hunk of thelugitivq.froin lab6i, tiut he
bonfl.n s oeu; rctuintlie,mtircliTer, if that mnr-
der shelf ha v e seen committed in the South.
The niture of the contest
ensaged;mi,e from
ihtffotee of eireurostenc'es;the odium of Tgrick-
,minious names; 'the . charge pfSla; , e-griceis An
,Slave-eatehera, - .or the.fear posaiblo detr
.•• , • , 4a •
be driven from the field, and sofrer . per, - - voices
no more to he heard in the •aitrambtleti,
this ‘rhirlw'ind of fupnticirps severed
the chain of_this.Rapnblie? .No
. . .
The Constitution made by the ya!he r , s; ) 8.
with us . .. The !ewe it'ade by the atirniCl`ath
era. that Conititation,. .are;with
The rather of, the. truivers,;'in . Whom' ,our
•.
Revelutionark fathers' believed and, Amsted;
• •
::
end in whom tinst;bas t ever been with us
arid frosp,ered no beyond, precedent, will
never foreake us' while we shall sKe 104 that
all' 'our actions:, are s'proTpliteiff. by: the same
spirit orfd:beeinnea'ani: : goodwill, Which he
r)spired tathe heliktt, and ~ .,eanked to be
ten in: the .„.
1 We ietneizibei ill : mi.: iiia . a,liPtiton , .hici hit
.4010cfiat A inall: We renrieinbki.; . thac . - the :Fa :
: thelli,.. Who etrritraled . . 411,r4lefpfi:lceettletiateis,
iibaili„: J 4;1
. 60 . (I t llloo,i44iitir.ii,ffii t ig h .. i 'qo
laving no . taliteetai 4. ,5.'!:0 e , .:l'&l,i'
,1t. 1 ,01,4#
'N'i;ifile - 4 , ( th'i!'aiß#s ,, tk . i,cioi
~, i ;ii.;:ati..0., i 1yw. ., ., 0 0p', i .g.:,4i), ' , A #%•, ,4.•
16, : ii (tle: V.p..gili,Nffil..;Wiaa - aaa!laiqta 1 a Atigl
Paiumi , ; ., i4ip:.!i l 4 . ;o..iiili;)i+oo 4 l;`,.,..,,lil
iiii .. toi.' iiiirill'ol:titi4o; ha
{l,:
tiol fliiii, .s I Y, t'tteltitl,.ii : ere-liail.*ap'llif . .all .. .*Tikhi
lead come,their - neer'. iiiii!iitiO i al:i;af' 44a'
r enbe rs 'ai , ttey,‘oip ., -houie4rd l ,
.tiro
, n ei. it 4, !i);:iti!i.,.tnti' i!!71,1;! To 4. i i s *
rett their poiiiica.alic intzoqiiiilii tioj:
-
. .. .• ,' • :''. , ::' , 5't•..,',:.;: ,- .., •'., ;A' ~',"
. ;:, .
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• :Flintier te•Cte.e:eetY.:ool
~_
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~
' 10, i4 o :re.ifirgotei.k/ :, '!' t h o**- 14 * ` '''
' 0
rli.P.' . l4 4 :t.liv.l:d ll th - : - .o 4 q°i? l l l o?.tftV.,4o ', 7 ;.' -, ' k -
Olt he elt eei ki ki. ' e eiii i i 4o - i:Ofiltill , fol6 f
lielitleal:oio'.o4o, ~ii0ii. . .,4104:'......',0 iiiksw..:i
•iiiikility:Aieftoilior.#34lo:,'.o4l4oiliWok; ..
4 i a iit jiy: ''. thO4,f,ofiii:*fiiii - J•0.iiiii; . : 1 436*"..:
0 6 0. 4 p hi lanffi!°1! 1 !(,,,'.'j!*#:• er '* , ftlr r 4k.,
the music or hie theeilei indripiit4iiiite4it
oo Vi.viet ,- iee
..* ill eiilf•to • niio'tibil . h4ikftit :.
` . 60 . forbl if ll en '. frit lye nd be i `.00,144:).0.'00..
enough e Inn 'e i' Ole& retied lifittO : . ,'OCOitiiill**,,=:
the 'ontinart and ilitenVioe itietiii6ititeo -.'
add Itkvit'of the :Unlitiii.Stetei;qoooittii, *,',
airy meilej . .ae.wforphetttikeeebtell'..e , qh . .r.
them, iiiii.l) : ttio'ilitit .. oithOti4.4:iliti4igaz'
scan; cons tell at lon ehell hiri,e:'gopeetitin t;___ i-.:4•,:i s t - : -
-.Whigs or• 185042;•• el tive*,hemiettW . ,.!.:
mg with mt. le regard te.onotelpeqept,oile*,.. :
e 4 policy , it must he ' o l oititenir,.i.", Yif, 0
. olneet'sr loi.er • of ' this - p 1 05 1 0...:.'14:•: , 1fi!.MV1.mt,' .
' int i t, th re e -mon thoi as ._- yenliiii;ittiliiidt
. tet
open. thlo once hel t .P;te- 1 4'totiO r tl i tOt• e• ,• f - '-•
onoi•attitnii4 hAO tieeif:iiOiiiiiitlioNiiiiir AO ', i.
more ronoliie Done 'kis doitittene eflite.ppok 4''
treason •4inanloed to , e ; - . ankittottliti' entel'' ; ' 't- .
:crowned with ltrimertalhersoril'yett,..o4loollo;
of Congress lending. o.eitneeiett;ehtl:;:tillit#o;, : '
' Witte dileetelent,eiti Of 14 Yett*e(41elielet*: - .;
rand ,death ).. that 7 61 :4 1 '.* ,1 .t0 1 .1 1 0kee4 , '" *.f......: .
I ighi' the : ee finite' t4t* . eitlritik:iett*liiiM
hr
~..tireehtette:eireled•ettetitet4tAlii•'', s •*4 • ::
t.ere Oily . yreieeitee; teeti4ttiliedetittqklW .: '
,
.endii i'rene your ra n ks have OlOitS , i*ii4,tii . l' : ,
and tteehi.e4li.'ttettittet ee.ctiettei** . ':; l 4:i.lit
for oir,ttidCenstitetieit'enAliiii:MiCiii;,:;..;,::::,.:':.,:,,,,:;T
f .:'. Ot 0 ett' i , f' et the geeliet, o'o°' *t.',o‘l s i!ttleC•••
of ydu - kiM'inyeteriee4:4lM:'#;,te.',l)o4o4i:..
nrovinef and ynOr 114Y::te 7 - eitoiciti . .*::',Opte*: i l
of, relentlessifiereio tido, eletney 4 6 ii,4fiiir4y!
•tiii3Oocitt! , ,iiiii,oo 2ll o l- ioi:rqkres:::;4l. atre - 04 - : -
mesa iieJdaraa . oaiiigi!d' in. iiiinde*OhiloiliOtht4;
fr.i r l•:=-with:° ll ; s tretirino - ':.t?•10 1 r:41040 4 -4 t hlt!- '•='
I.yroUld Oat •wheiter yen . derfee,Yeet.Atii Iteitif .., •
.."te'eiteammenielte*!'fo4..oi:: . :4lo*:.4 - ,,)14r . 4t - , ‘. .
1
ti.4ll. o l. hoit4itavoQ"'pvoii,i:4 : '.:cit.hiii.i: •
Oa o i ti i le Virginia , : 'for,
. - Irilbe,peitthi;.*NeMitok. :.
possibly by . inher,iteneeteit4eett: t4i!te ' At . '' .
rieno,rriteei,'lierline:o ':#oo . llA.*::****o, ....;',
'same
' - , 'ho ll :4 *4l ,ii ,4,i'2444 00,.• : 4'4 ipt*,:, ."
Min=ie hii : deieendiniti*iiii'A'l4
high e e•etetle•thftheitk'efl l * , §oo
6 0gtexi:90 - 60**tres 1 1144, t
41,S*
.. "
,and eiie:olY;!•O'Yetetteet heek:itt * . *•':. l :te*- :
4:4l . l .. .erthClklOttllerni', iiiii'*Ofei ;4itiifittiOn • . •"'
of O ut. tenet ryi - •volik et itlfeiketittittitried)l7.
etteeto 3 oo2te.P o o•4,4-400404.14# 1 *Winiri- :.
eineette i telte'ttittereitiiiitee',o44-if:'• '
•-i r Dirlinve..Miejooieiiiiiieti4e4l44oOOC4 . : . ;
~... ..,•,,•,:•. t ,.. i ..:.,-: , .,,, : •. fi ~r , , g i vi i iii. • • ~ .- 6 .
your • comm. 41 OPy • yoka .., iv ,-,-. nt • .'t a •
*4re sent: Yte'9t i eOfttldt4l:*iiitiflYYP'Oe :-
hostility te Itkittetitet'tee!itittleiittiiii]filthe'Toir; , ; : r 4 .
matiOvo(*FA.OeinTo4ti,:',4 . n,,, , 04: r,....
4'at'il;‘ , :i4ati;::'fiiiiijiielk'it:i4litiri4iii, 'Y
which yon Atti:tot. - Ozeililii4etni,,lhriOliee s c4iii!, '.`•••,'
. t enee 'ye u.:o ri In, :tie' ine tteerq Ateeetttlteitlifi - -, PP,'•
' :no t . ,' le iid the lrillei4e; r et:ietirAiritietiti44‘.:.,. -
purposes' fraternal' dissension ,outil:hefe. , :::- We;:: -.
have 'heethe'ri'ind'i6tel4;iii' . :•'thkfaitili`'',MiMi . -==.
.• 9 t. ,our ticiires`c, friends pii:ooMenyOlde : eit, ••.
our
- .2.
he rteirliiii, hOithetiit". .!lelittletee:-- ''•,.r,!O'•!:not•'' . .lei .
. t he . e t tete .4, 4eirettfitt4k.i,ift:Oit4ete;t',....
ShiLiOe iilleo or John Brovin..tiliteifinheil their • •
b lead.. :=•••Ani.l , ae r you :11660)iii,,O'iiii.'"iivii..1110.,:;.
;religious litl . eiii iiiiiiii6OO 6e . piii ., :imAtii - i,A.
• oniteoyottahuy . iMplere. the . l.l:ll6o::iio:;',,Bine44,'
‘ i,--; • -
'lion 40p:,thC:riiitihii!iti *he ,:eito.l to :.e'etritt s , niter, '',,-
no;=*111 you be_ nciteeeielteil':., not,f.te * s g . ...,ou rt ,
people any 4o c trioti:aheYe' # , .haii:lo!,OriAteit : . ',.: , i . •
. • . ... ... . -- - , ...• ...,
Actft titd the# ••
There id something,Sokenin'en4,loitut'[ . th. 'Joe
thoughtiblit there Is . 64,Ank isit„ll4l'4li4'
the We of 'Wraith`
train of coniequenees l . the"n
en at Alf.eh
mey paver trace. Itot 'Wier *Di; to'if certain'
extent, gives a 'color to 'car OWn
Ably intleenees aboot'ot•
The good deed threight "liv ft ; even -
thobgb we'may.not see it fryciiqe; lut:so
`lhe,baiti erld no> person is So `lellinlne,a - ut to
be sure that his .P7544 1 '06' .'not'dfc ROO
the lane hand, nor evitprotivm her. !There 4ri
indeed, ati,essenee,of,„lnoiertalltY fht(lffe of
mail, even hi tTohis,rbf: ,
nn,ind iv Otis Lin thh pniverse *dada 14liet,he
eempelle tt Part 0r.:4-sistergi of:nrouiCele= , '
yep I knit 6'
. his:seYeta eithoe'. "
in,ciftnlesnr,flitninielu 4 tfl'e Ate or htimen
110 W An , Pfel ' e o Yri A 8 the iltlleot 1 0900 d fo
the pae4"iititi;lbe lives
_and 'exam!** n't lay !
forefathers still t 44, great extent ifleenelrdte;'
so are we by, PO , deity gets contrlb r
ottMe to '-
form .the •
condition inflehltree4l`4ll4,
_lf4o l4 iir.
The liVing- max lee fruit forme ~ f/ke:tti rlpfrioti
by the eniture of
Generations six t h,oesend yr!slf;Atirk
hind us'4iach !eying, NI hands i tlo4l • o l Wri : ,.:sg
sor's-shnidders, and theAte 14 01(4010,04,1404*
throes , the -rnagnetie ;curteht; rt . silterf ; 11 '4
erikraedc :B oeP4 reiA9a'kkit'.i,i!**llX:PlFO;),* ( ft! •
ho'nurti ,distfah,t,