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SPEECH of THADDEUS STEPENSi.i,
OP PENNSYLVANIA,
In the U. S. Rouse of Representatives,
20th of February, 1850, in Commit*/ the
Whole on the state of the Union, on thareferi
ence of the President's Annual Message.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania,'said: •
Mr. Chairman : 1 do not know that I should
have troubled, the committee anklet time,
, could I see any reasonable prospect that the
HOMES would- devote its tima-topractical leg
islation. But for a considerable time alter
our meeting, the organization of the .House
was obstructed; and since organized, a large
portion of its time has has been occupied by
speeches on the subject of slavery, mostly
by Seuthern_gentlemen, when nq .practicat
question, to which they . could apply, was
balci i re•thesoinmittee. --There was no doubt.
a well-defined , object in this, partly to intim?
- idate Congress, and partly to occupy its
time so that no legislation could be matured
obnoxious to southern gentlemen. Indeed
we are trot left to conjecture on this "point.--
The learned gentleman from N. Carolina,
(Mr. Clingmen,) Who was selected to open
the debate in behalf of human bondage, dis
tinctly notified us, that unless Congress, as a
condition precedent, submitted to settle the
slavery question,-according to Southern de
mands, there snould be no legislation, even
to the passage of the ordinary appropriation
bills necessary to -sustain thu Golrernment;
and that such measures would not be obstruc
ted by meeting them in manly debate, and
'voting on their merits; but by incessantly
calling the yeas and nays, on repeated and
frivolous motions to adjounii'until the end of
the session. Sir,l doubt not that before lie
ventured on so igh a threat, he had lull as
surances from a sufficient number of Southen
gentlemen to carry it into effect. For, if he
had made. it upon fits own bare authority; it
would degenerate into contemptible gascon
ade, which I am sure that discreet gentleman
would net indulge in. The *scene of last
Monday in this house fully "sustained him,
and showed that they had the will and the
power to execute it.
here, then, we have a well-defined and
palpable conspiracy of Southern members
combined to stop the supplies necessary to
the existence of the Government, disorganize
and dissolve it, until the bands that bind the
Union together are severed, and as a gentle.
man early' in the sessrob desired, "discord
reigns." Well might the gentleman antici
pate that the country and posterity would
pronounce this treason, rank treason against
the nation"! Sir, I doubt if there is another
legislative body in the world where such a
sedit:on would not be followed by prosecu
tion . and punishment, France has lately'
exiled members of her Assembly for a simi
lar offence. But in this glorious, country,
where nearly two thirds of the people are
free, we can say anything within these walls
or beyond them with impunity, unless it be
to agitate in favor of human liberty—that is
aggression.
Let us inquire, what is the grave offence,
the mighty wrong, which can justify a threat
big with such portentous consequences?—
The refusal of Congress to propagate or to
establish a doubtful or even an admitted .
good in the Territories would surely he no
cause of rebellion and revolution—muck leis
would the refusal to extend an evil, - an
ac
milted evil, an unmitigated wrong. Will an
intelligent and free posterity believe it when
impartial history records that ,the only cause
for.this high , threat was the itiprehenaion that
• the Congress of this free Republic would not
propagate, nor permit to be propagated, the
institution of human slavery into her vast
Territories now free? Yet such is the sim
ple fact. It is proper, then, to inquire whe
ther the thing sought to be forced upon the
Territories at the risk of treason and, rebel
lion be a good or an evil. l think it.dri a
great evil vi,ifich ought to be interdicted;
that we should oppose it as statesmen, as
philanthropists, and as moralistsoiotwithstan.
ling the extraordinary position-taken by the
gentleman , from Alabama (Mr. Hilliard) to
the contrary.
While I thus announce my unchangeable
hostility to slavery in every form, and in
every place, I also avow my determination
to stand by all the compromises of the Con
stitution, and carry them into faithful effect.
Some of those compromises I greatly dis
like; and were they now open for conside
ration, they should never receive my assent.
But I find them in a constitution formed in
difficult times, and 1 would not disturb them.
By those compromises , . Congress has no
power over slavery in the States. I greatly,
regret that it is so; for if it were within our
legitimate control, I would go, regardless of
all threats, for some just, safe and certain
means for its final extinction. But (I now
of no one who claims the right, or desires to
touch it within the States. Yet when we
come to form governments for territories ac
quired , long since the formation of the Con
stitution, and to admit new States, whose
only claim for admission depends on the
will of Congress, we are bound so to dis
charge that duty as shall best contribute to
the prosperity, the power, the permanency,
and the glory of this nation: Does slavery
contribute to either of these? Is it not rath
er subversive of them all ? Let us first view
it in the low light of political economy.
That nation, I suppose, is always the most
prosperous, all other things, being equal, that 1 1
has the most industrious, and the largest
number of the, producing classes. Those
who merely consume the fruits of the earth,
add nothing to the strength or wealth of a
nation. Slave countries never can have a
large number of industrious freemen. Slave
holders form an untitled aristocracy, with I
numerous .dependants. Individuals appro.
)Hate large tracts of territories to themselves,
and thus prevent it from being thickly set
tled by freemen. Their laborers having no
ambition to minify, no love, of gain to stimu
late them, no parental I eelings to impel them
to action,- erealle and. wasteful. When the
lash id the only stneuiant, the spirit of man
revolts from' labor.
That republic must be feekle, both in Peace'
' and war, that hes not an iffelligebt • and in
dustrloue yeomanry; equally removers from
luxury" ,and, from ,poverty.. The middling
chaise' whe own the Oil, and work,it with
theiriwit,lnaideOire .4110 main . support of
everyfree geveihniefit. Despotism may be
powerl3l,.anditing'-'sustained by a mixed
population of .serfs , and 'nobles. But free
representative. republics, that rely upon the
voluntary acition.of, the . people, never.can.—
Under Such governments, those who defend
and sup Part the countiy, must hive a stake
,I
in the•eoill'intist have - interests to ' protect I
and rightittoidefend. . • • -
Slave countries never can have such a yam
manry; never can have a body-of small pro
prietors who , own ,, lbe .soil! , and fill. it , with
their own handa,,andeit,down,irftoonsoiouis.
independence „wider their l oym vine and,fig
Bee:, !There . ht niS.Seimd'connectinglink.be T
tWeen'the artetOcratlnd iilivai2:!•'-TrUe, there
evela*l'of hunter* , 'between-thenti .
bytthby•ere theTtneat worthless and miseta-•
hie. The,ptior:White laborer Is
the!*orrt,iij the',iley,e himself.
,;.,For, ;there
labor' always degrarles ' '' the laborer. ;The
whibeleople-who . ;4rlc•vith lheit hatiditere
- .••vanked..witlvihe':mbeillaborerathe slaves.
They;;are`: exbluded ' from' the ' of,. the
Itete,4tre,with,;..ttet,*lottel•• population.
tha, M 4 Y.. El,B• • 4 ooode!k l Pin:€ l ;i3OPPJi
'mutat*, to their
;;.The
. •..predecitiv&than a:similar: soil , occupied.' by
' 'item*r.4ol.e . , , who are te.tegetve none; of
tlitOisgote:ol 410 r labor,do
.not, j oare
frets,', i ts fthite;7:!:Bliith;•nsigligenee,
denefk are the tOtieletluipneee: tiet
in riegleotekbeimmee.poOr.and barrel;;all.
tAreiSobilik , exhiditellitt is"thrown - out. tur
olive 'fiber to:R*001(1h)
etrength:O'hiritypheigurtirtiderly.,l6,:eiliii.
,•• L Atetes6 l .Tekti 'Virginiei.thefairerite
:•:..e.ietnple, tot the Bolith;Cvluoli, ios,;beeti..so
• • • • • • 1 • • • 'l . ''' .
lomphintly,..re erre y,. gent emelt
i'+; W i hence;;;he dials, lire ;;fact. 'that,: site was
imireiPreinyous;,mcre;populti,neand;ttehetri
lhatv'therfree'Statesti 'knew notaii: 'sure'
it was nor from personal observation. He
would notcertainly draw on his imagination
in Mattem of fact. I ptliiimse he must have'
- 'beeon;sled by the most
. ..miserahle of
sophists andqmost ohronic ‘ lers, Ell
weed "
I admit tEiti; kfnature, Vittinia has'oaPa
bilifiee equal - hi raiVsuperiol;;to any Stateln.
thp:Union..FSlie hitga`delightful ofimitel a
riathrally*fettite ShiOs''interseeled,'a's
was said by the eenileman from Virginia,
(Mr. Bayly,) by the noblest rives. Her bills
and mountains are filled with themth mine
rals, and covered with,valuable!lir. She
hail the finest water, 1 believe;M4.he nation,
in 'tory heart of her State; and her bar-.
- bola are' among s fhe best' in die world. At
the lime of the adoption of the Constitution
she was the most powerful State—her popu
lation Was double that of Newlfotk. It was
the boast of her statesmen that -idle was
pima inter pares. What is she novVI Thej.,
-population of New York is more than ,dou
ble-1 think the next census will show near.
ly treble ' hers. (let land, cultivated by
unwilling hands, is unproductive. Travel
through the 'adjoining Stales of Ohio and
Pennsylvania, and you will see that the land
produces more than double as much as the
same kind of land. in Virginia. In the free
States new towns are everywhere springing
up and thriving; smiling habitations arp
within hail of each other; the whole countr y
is dotted with school.houses and churches
almost within sight of each other; and,
except under peculiar circumstances, their
Manufacture and mechanic arts fuinish Is
ative employment to all their people; and
their population is steadily and rapidly in
creasing. rum again to Virginia. There is
scarcely a new town, except at one or two
points, within her whole borders. Her an
cient villages wear the appearance of mourn
ful decay. Her :ninerals and timber are un
wrought. Her noble water isbut partially
occupied. Her fine harbors are without
ships, except from other porst; and her sea
port towns are, without commerce,and falling
to decay. Ask yourself the cause ; sir, and I
will abide the answer.
It is essential to the existence of republics
that education sboOld be generally diffused
among the people. Slavery prevents this.—
Rich men employ private tutors, or send
their children abroad. But the children of
the people generally cannot be educated
without the instrumentality of district schools.
In slave States, where the plantations are
large, the white population is too sparse to
maintain them. Besides there is another
latal obstacle to them in the aversion of the
rich-to associate 'with the poor. The poor
white laborer's children could never be per
mitted to mingle in the same schools and sit
upon the same benches with the rich man's
sons. That would be offensive*:"
Slavery enfeebles a nation in war as well
as in peace. It rs impossible that a nation
of masters & slaves can be as powerful and
formidable either in offensive or defensive
war as a nation of freemen. A large por
tion of the population must remain at home
to prevent the rebellion of those who' are
constantly in a state of latent rebellion with
their oppressors. 1 know, sir, we have had
a most alarming description of the prowess
of the South. We have heard their cannon
roar: 'men their bayonets bristle; heard the
war-cry of the charging cavalry, and seen
their bowie f linives gleam within this hall, in
the vivid picture of the. terrible gentleman
from North Carolina, (Mr. Clingman.)
We have often been modestly reminded of
the "blood and treasure, and,,the gallantry of
the South." This I do riot dispute. I em.
proud to admit that she has furnished. many
gallant sone,whose names will adorn the bright
est pages of our history, both for the war of the
revolution, the war of 1812, and the war whith
we lately assumed as the ally of Texas and df
slavery. I give her full credit for her patriot
ism in fernishing, most of the men who have
borne the official burdens of the government
both in the 'Civil and military list. I know,
too, that she has furnished the kind of men for
our armies who are., apt to be distinguished
when great deeds are done. For it is only the
officers and commanders of armies who live in
story. The stout hearts and strong arms of the
common soldiers that fight the battles and win
the victories are unknown to'fame. Their birth
place is not sought for; their graves are undis
tinguished. And the South has always fur.
niched officers ?Or our army ; Presidents for
the Republic; most of our foreign ambassadors;
heads of departments ; chiefs of bureaus ; and
sometimes, in her proud humility, has consen.
ted that the younger sons of her dilapidated
houses should monopolize the places of clerks
and messengers to the government. But whine°
era drawn the common soldiery, the men who
peril their lives, and win victoria', for your
glory I Almost entirely from the free States,
except in cases of sudden emergency, when vol
unteers are called nearest die scene of danger.
The present Secretary of Warta southern gen
tleman.of great•ability, and strenuous for south
ern rights, says in his Report:
"According to the practice which has long
prevailed, the great majority of enlistments is
made in the northern Atlantic cities and the ad.
jaunt interior towns, whence the recruits are
sent to the general depot for instruction andji
,natiy distributed to the southern *mid western
posts, according to the wants of the service."
Yes, sir, our northern freemen have always
filled the ranks of the regular army. The south
has lent us the gentlemen to wear the epaulettes
and the sword ; to take command of oli troops
and lead them to southern and south-western
climates to fight the frontiCr battles, and whi
ten 'your fields with their bones.
I am opposed to the diffusion of slavery, be•
Cause confining it within its present limits will
bring tho States themselves to its gradual abo
lition. Let this dipease spread, and although it
will render the whole body leprous and loath.
some, yeeit will long survive. Confine It, and
like the cancer that is tending toward the heart,
it must be eradicated or it will eat out the vi
tals. The sooner the patient is convinced of
this, the sooner he will procure tile healing op
eration. '
The learned and able, gentleman from Vir-.
ginia, [Mr. MEADE.] in a pamphlet which he
laid upon our table takes the same view of it.
Ho says, "Virginia has a slave population of
near bay a million, whose value is chiefly de
yendent on Southern demand." Let us pause
a moment over this humiliating confession. In
plain English, what does it mean 1 That Vir
xinia is now only fit to be the breeder, not the
employer of-Slavea. That she is reduced to the
condition-that her proud chivalry, are compel
led to turn slave-traders for a, livelihood ! In.
stead of attempting to renovate the soil, and by
their own honest labor compelling the earth to.
yield her abundance;-instead of seeking for the
best breed of cattle and horses to feeclon her
' hills and valleys, and fertilislag.he land, theaons
of that great state Meet devotb their time to so-'
leoting and grooming the most lusty sires and
the most fruitful wenches, to supply the slave
barns:loons of, the Louth! And the learned
"gentleinan pathetiCally laments fbat•the profits
of this genteel' traffic will be greatly lessened
by, the circumscription of !slavery I ..This is his
picture, not mine.. .1 ...
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The same gentleman says in the name speech,
"If we intend tO 'submit to As policy'of Confining
the slaves within tkeir present limits, we , shoiski
commence forthwith the work of , oroduareman: ,
eiption; if is an, easier task for. pei'thiirr for our
.chitoiren." ' The eloquent, gentleman from Ala
bama, [Mr: HILLIARD ,] le of the eerie 'opinion:
He said: . "We must make .up,our minds eithe
to resist. the interdiction of the/Troyes/ of slog'
very, or, to subMit to, an organic thangy:in
.our
institutions." "Yes sir ; Ilibradmittierreinit; le
- ;to my mind, one of • thsrmoet' agreeable censer
-quefices,of the legitimate restriction of olavery.
, Confine thiwmalady within, its present limits.-
' Surround it by , a cordon of freemen, so' that it
cannot %gated, and' in, lees_ than twenty-fiva,
,";years•csvery slive-holding state in. this .Uniun 1
.i-,ielill:blive on its '
statute books a law 'for the
-Igradtiar and 'final extinction Otslavery. Then
'+, plWhasseleen:Orsesnmetated the finidest.wish
,,,:eshf,arer‘yitiatrl44losintr..- Then will ,our. fair
~'country, be glerlous indeed ; , end he to' posteri , .
, 4 , ga bright einnipliknflinlirtio" principles
! 'government - of antiersal;fretidoint'•'''• 7, r'..', '
`-, j• I are oppuied,to the eitensionef elererileto
, territorieenew,tree, fort stilk,graver, , reanoris r ,
)seinitita; I am oproned.indeel,sl,lffirtistefthelA
~.the world. 'l's.dinit,thit thls, govotimigo t iod.•
~ not preeeict crusade of liberty ifitn'titheilliiiitea
and nations 'moot/m.ole. abhors ~ t yrentil'aill.
tyrann) . •,,,Thei.E.! RN! can.nnly tnelitn . :ree,i , ii&
‘. existence of w rong. „BO:when -the . queatiOn of
~ ' ,giiierninent le Within' hoir'isiim' nontrel,and Slid
'., vermite'despoti ' to eidetiand•altie , 'lti,diffe , - - .
Y jeloniiihilkigg nalbla for. it hi the face., olthe,
1 , :silvlliscOioryht# Otiforst the'cifed ot..Libeitty,:,
. . . . , .
lo`rnb'judginent;".nof'only""'tho'AtkV`e'Bffries bill.
thP General Government, ictiog,nirine andiid
-ingis,4riciesilayerY,:liradespotism.--1.1-do not
usitinOtt4Airiiiticlaipatery, Mit-strictly le
-.Tlialloirerement hi despotic
,wtiiirelliepOsleiern subj ects by their own
rattrii;wlllliy4deerees and
. laws =meeting
frPin:tliOlOittporitrolled Nihon the enactment
.aint,eskintiort Of Whioh the ruled have no voice.
and tinditilvhlah'they have no right except at
the Vvilrof the rulers. Despotism does not de
mand iiirirrthoirunberof the rulers; or the n plug
% e of the subjefite: It may have one ruler
ready: Rome was a despotism under-Nero; so
she was under the-triumvirate. Athens was
despotism under - her - - Thirty Tyravta; under
her Four Hundred Tyrants; under her Three
Thousand Tyt anti.- It hatateeir generelly-ob-,
Served that . despotiiin'incirialies in severity with
the number of despots; the responsibility is
More divided, and the claims more numerous.-
the triumvirs each demanded his viklms. The
smaller-the number of subjects in proportionio
t > tyrants the more cruel the oppression, be
ot:de the less danger from rebellion. In this
&remnant, the free white citizens ire thaqo
- sovereigns, as we delight to be called,
All others are subjects. There are, perhaps,
some sixteen or seventeen-Millions of sovereigns
and four millions of subjects.
The rulers and the ruled are of all colors,
from the clear white of the Caucasian tribes to
the swarthy Ethiopian. The former, - by - cour
tesy, are all called white the. latter blank. In
this government the subject has no rights, so
cial, political or personal. He has no voice Br
the laws which govern him. He can hold no
property. .His very wife and children are not
his. His labor is another's. He, and all that
appertain to him, are the absolute property of
his rulers. He is governed, bought, sold, pun
ished, executed, by laws 'to which he never.
gave his assent, and by rulers whoth he nodal.
chose. He is not a serf, merely, with half -•
rights 'amen like the subjects of depotio
; but a naked slave, stripped of every ight
which God and nature gave, and which the high
spirit of. our revolution declared inalienable—
which he himself could not surrender,eind which
man could riot take from him. Is he not then
the subject of despotic sway
The slave, of Athens and of Rome were free
In comparison. They had some rights— could
acquire Borne property, could choose .their own
masters, and purchase their own freedom • and
when free could rise in social and politica l life.
The slaves of America then- lie under the most
absolute and grinding despotism that the world
ever saw., But, who are the despots? the
rulers of the country—the sovereign people !•,.
Not merely the slave-holder who crackP ilia
lash. He is but the instrument in the hands
of despotism. That despotism is the govern
ment of the slave States; and the United Staten,
consisting of all its rulers—all the free citizens.
Do not look upon this as a paradox, bacausa
you and I , and the sixteen Millions of rulers
are free. The rulers of every despotism are
free. Nicholas, of Russia, is free. The grand
Sultan of Turkey is free. The butcher of Au
stria Is free. Augustus, Antony and Lepidus,
were free while they drenched Rome in blood.
The Thirty Tyrants; the Four Hundred; the
Three Thousand, web a free while they bound
their countrymen in chains. You, and I, and
the sixteen millions, are free, while we - fasten
iron chains. and rivet mattaelee- on four mil
lions of our fellow ment.;"l - Prit their wives and
children from them:;-I,eperata them ; sell them,
and doom theta to perpetual, eternal bondage...
Are we not then despots—despots such as - I
tory will brand and God abhors
But we are told that it is, pone of our business.—
That Southern slavery is a matter between the
alaveholder and their own consciences. I trust it
may be so- decided by impartial history, and the
unerring Judge, that we may not be branded with
the great stigma, and that a crevices burden may
not weigh upon our souls. But could we hope for
that justification,l# now, when we have the power
to prevent it, world permit this evil to spread
dvissAbetusana square leagues now free, and
addle upon unb , rn millions Sir, for myself, I
should look upon any Northern man, enlightened
by a Northern education, who would directly or
indirectly, by omission or commission, by besely
-voting or cowardly skulking, permit it to eiiiVad
:over one rood of God's. free earth, as a traitor to
liberty and recreant table God!
Slavery tends to make the people among whom
it is
. planted arrogant, insolent, intolerant and ty
rannical towards, the freemen of other parts of
the Union. The honorable member from Vir
ginia,_ from whom I have already quoted, [Mr.-
MUM] says, speaking of slavery, "Our past his.
torytestifies to the fact that it elevates the charac
ter of the white man. Though we have been in a
numerical minority in the Union farfifty years, yet
during the greater part of that period we have man
aged to control the destinies of the Union. irWhe
ther on the battle field or in the council, tits eons
of the South have taken dse•londs: and the records
of the nation afford mimic testimony of their su
perior energy and sA-ill!" Sir. Ido not complain
of this statement. The former part of it is both
capdid and true. But I cannot listen to the recital
without feeling the burning blush on my counte
nance, that the North with her overshadowing
millions of freemen, has, for half a century, been
tame and servile enough to submit to this arrogant
rule.
The South imprisons Northern freemen when
found within her borders, if they happen to be
guilty of a dark skin, and carry it "between the,
wind and their nobility." And when a Northern
State sends a learned and venerable agent to test
the legality of such imprisonment before their own
tribunals, he is driven with violence and indignity
from their shores. Massachusetts lies suffered,
and, I trust, remembers thedinsult.
How often have these, rills been profaned and
the North insulted by ,the insolent threat, that if
Congress legislate against Southern will, it should
be disregarded, resisted to extremity, and the U.
Ilion destroyed. During the present session we
hays bean more than once told, amidst raving ex
citement; that it we dared to legislate in a certain
way, the Smelt would teach the North a lessen !
that their minds were made up to extreme resist
ance! Is this the place to use threats instead of
arguments? Are the representatives of freemen
to be thus treated? True, yuu are not wholly
without justification in the belief that it will be ef
fectual. You have too often intimidated Congress.
You have more than once frightened the. tame
North from its propriety, and found "dough-fe
ces" enough to be your tools.
And when you lacked a given number, I take
no pride in saying, you were sure to find them in
old Pennsylvania, nho, in former years has rank
ed a portion of her delegation among your most
submissive slaves. But I. hope, with some fears,
that the race of dough-faces is extinct. - I
do not
see how it could be otherwise. They-were an un
manly, an unvirile race, incapable, according to
the laws of nature of reproduction. I hope they
have left no descendants. The old ones ate deep
in political graves. For them I am sure there is
no resurrection, for they were soulless. Now,
when the whole civilized world unite itt denounc
• ing slavery as a curse, a shame and a crime, 1
trust, that when the great battle between liberty
and slavery comes to be fought on this floor, there
will be none (mind hiding among the stuff no
fraudulent concealments, not one accursed Achan
in this. whole camp of the representatives of free
men.
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The olequent gentlenian from Virginia, [Mr.
SEDDON] the other day, in his beautiful peroration,
personated the great States of Virginia, Kentucky
and Louisiana, and in their name apostrophized
the good, and I will add the great man who now
occupies the eaeoutive chair; and besought him
as he loved the place of his,,birth„ the place of
his nurture, and the place of his residence, not to
forsake his Southern brethren in this emergency,
but to stand by them in the defence_ ef,human
bondage. How much more effective, — etiduring
and-hallowed would that eloquence hove,been, had
the orator's lips been touched with a coal from the
Altai of Freedom!
Then could he have gone with friendly anxiety
to that noble, benevolent and heroic man, and ad
monished him,' that although ' he had gatherc . d all
the earthly laurels that can be reaped hyabgemille.
Of death, yet if he would have his natio) ainTh - d
to posterity 'gbh increasing luitre, he must by one
great, just and patriotic example, wipe out the
only spot that obscures-the sun of his glory. He
Might with propriety have' taken with. Inut the
learned gentleman from Alabama, (Mr, Himaan]
an together they might have pointed to that solemn
hour, which to and to alb of us that are tread.'
iqg the downhill of life, .Must soon arrive, When
tile visions of 'ambition and'ollearthly wealth Shell
hays:passed from before'hiseyets, and left him no
thing but a gaping grave, and an eternal judgment.
The' accomplished' gentleman' lrom' Alabama,
[ltev.:Mr. Humana] might, with ' , peculiar Propli
ety, do what with profane lips I dare cot; go to
hie illustrious friend, and with fervid piety and
qltence more thrilling than, that which made Fe
iMplore him bye love deeper than that
or birth.place,'of nurture, and of residence, by the
love of his own immortal soul, tobe warned in
tints by the awful; the 'inexorable doom--!'Ael
cursed is the ,man steeler.! He..might, ' , perhaps,
have pointed him to the gloonlyjdurney that leads
throughthe dark shadow, and' shoWn hits how
effalny 'brighter , are, the ;glories of that: Kingdom '
where an are free. Perchance,' too, he, would
have no tided, ,
ed , the thrOnging thousands nsveliqg to
that some dread, trittunel, summoned., Orgitiettik.
dance of deeda done in the body; some of them
were bondman , and , slaves on earth, Mit whose'
disembodied spirits wore then tiieenthralled, erect,
tall ',as • the proudest of earth's oppressors; and
'asked himito , enquire of his own conscienea, who
*utmost likely, to meet a hearty Welcome' therarr.-
hel'Whgee cause, was advocated by the awns'''.
ingvirietWq•thousands , with whbm her hod &art'
'Nolo pnpartto And made.free dndeed, !wwh.qqa
AdOtlaiiotiVidioultWbet'l:Withstodd•-by ..myriede of
crushadnnd,laberated:soull; showing 'heir awing,
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Notice.
• The relations, or friends, of WAGS. M. 1411111•
DICR, late a "gunners male"( on board the U. S.
hip Ohto, who dial in San Francisco, U. C.
1614 SePtember 1849, can "receive some infor
mation wide!, may be beneficial to them,. by
applying to the editor of the Carlisle Herald. •
jrOur thanks aro due to the Hon.
Wm; W. Seward, U. S. Senator from.'New
York ,/and to J. W. Moorehead, Esq. Clerk
in thit (J. S. House of Itspresentatives, for
public documents. Also 6 A. K. Comm;
Esq., of the Pepnsylvania Legislature, for a
copy of his able speech on the election of,
JudgesTand to Scouller and Church,
of the House, for public documents.
Mr: Stevens's Speech.
Our readers will thank us, we are sure, for
so promptly laying before them the speech of
Thaddeus Stevens, delivered in, the United
- .tales House of .Aepresentatiyes, on Wednes
day last. It will be read With a thrilling sen
sation by all Mr. Stevens always speaks
boldly and powerfully, but his present effort is
remarkable for vigor, point and brilliancy. Its
delivery. we learn caused a marked sensation in
the House. The Southern members are not
accustomed to such "freedom of speech."
Latest from Washington.
.The debate on the Slavery. question was re
sumed in the Serrate on Monday, with renewed
spirit. Mr. Foote, of Mississippi, again urged
,his proposition for the appointment of a com
mittee to report a plan for settling the whole
question, and caused somewhat of a sensation
by declaring that if the question was not settled
before 'a week Cotigress would lose all furtlfer
power over it I "Circumstances would occur
before Saturday," but what the secret machi
nationi are he did not reveal. Mr. Clemens
also declared that "if this discussion continued
two weeks longer it would not be in the power
of man to save the Union!" (May be, it . will
be in the power of old Buena Vista to save this
Union or hang sloe of the traitors, however ! )
After some debate the Senate .postpened the
further consideration of Mr. Foote's proposition
to yesterday. Mr. Webster it is said has a plan
to propose.
In the House, the memorial of the Conven
tion of New Mexico was referred to the Com
mittee on Territories by the decided vote of 134
to 42 •
Confirmations&
The U: S. Senate on Ttresday confirmed
the 1611 owing nominations:
Niel J. Brown ; of Tennessee, Minister to
Russia.
Walter Forward, of Pennsylvania, Charge
to Denmark.
Francis Schroeder, of Rhode Island,
Charge to Sweden.
Wells, Consul at Bavaria.
DISTURBANCE- ON THE RAILROAD.—
The workmen on one 61 the contracts on the .
York and Cumberland railroad, in the neigh
borhood of York Haven, were,. in a riotous
state during last week. The York Demo
crat says, the contractors, alter drawing their
month's estimate, absconded, leaving their
workmen and ether debts unpaid. The
Sheriff, in attempting to make a levy upon
the remaining property, was attacked by the
enraged workmen, but fortunately, being in
possession of a fleet horse, made his z escape
without receiving any injury.
rMoThe Wilmot Proviso is a humbug, and
Slavery is a National curse and disgrage—says
cur Congressional Representative, Mr. McLan
alien, in his recent .speech. Well shall this
"National curse" be extended, diffused over the
country? No, every good man will say. Well
how will you prevent it unless by some statuto
ry prohibition like the Proviso? Mr. McLana
han says slavery is a curse, and yet if he is not
misrepresented, he viould give the whole coun
try south of the Missoiri Compromise line, over
to the blighting, withering dominion of a curse I
Is not this strange reasoning? •
TANNING. ---The New York Scientif
ic American states that Wm. A. Rosensteel,
of New Oxford, Adams county, has discover
ed an improvement in the mode of Tanning
Leather, which upon trial is found to save
one fourth of tho bark;nrake the stook weigh
heavier, tan it in one third the , usual time,
and make a better looking article.
StRITHERN coNvENnorr.—The Legis
lature of Alabamp. (both houses) have met
in convention, and appointed 36 delegates to
the Southern Convention, viz :—Four dele
gates to eaoh United States Senator, and Pout
from each of the seven' Congressional Die
triots of the State;
tklll RAILROAD ODRISOVERSII.WO
learn that an adjustment between the Balti
more and SusqUehannaand York and Cum-
berland railroads, has been made on the
most satislaotory .terms to both roads, and
thatlhere is no longer.fuy matter of
_dispute
between them.
• WISCONSIN . ITOR. FREADOK The
Senate of Wisconsin his prised, unanimous•
ly, very emphatic Free Soil resolutions.—
,They take . strong ground on ail points at
issue: Senator Walker will hardly dare dis
regard such instructions, although the South
count upon him as a eure ally.
Wina RULE IN stated by
the, Clettnont (9.) Paltrier,
,that since the
Whige have had the tile in the State,-int debt
has been redubed one million of 'dollste. ,
pretty substantial , evidence of a *lse and
econchnicgadministration. ,
liCr•Kentucky_
"his ordered a block of
naive to tie , placed , in the Washing;
ton, Monument inscribed with therfolloWing
'sentiment: teUriderihe .auspfces of 'lleairen
and the preolpyr,of'Wttehinginn . , Kentucky'
will be 'the last to gisiO up ..the
"PlrjilVepreseolsitivo, 14 1 1 r. Scouller, we
llearn , tiack4it ; , oiit, after
aligning tlul'Orialliiveti Opiirt r of tliO
mont'PorriOilitei Rellitfooe
Air"; BAN td'hilliOr
WV° tire "t.nimed that• the Vo
,urpr .
tear continues to deny that it oppoileil toe re.
f the tariff of 00. "A lie weir stuck tole
good ell the truth,". seems to beck t erotto
, t114 P9 1. i - -7 r,vkk
IK:7°'Gr,9eni.thwriPrO 3 d gtOblert'
"Aigother'Sjoportionotimine 8111.
The following apportionment bill, as •we learn
from the Harrisburg Tabogoph, was .reported'
to the Senate on Thursday last, by Mr., ranker.
':chairman of that committee. The legrropli
understands it to be a compromise inif-linvroon
the members of the committee, wlticlontaini
C'tlajority of Whigs. If so we tilnletiiiir.Whig
mayrrity most have compromised *lab 'their
. 4es shut, or must have placed an extra, rdinary
degilee of confidence in their chairman., who is
one of the most cunning ofppoliticians.
As for the district they have made fc ir as we
protest against it moat decidedly. Cur nberland
county wants but little of the mamas ary num
ber of taxables to entitle her to two 7Represen
tatives, but still she would rather _have her
large surplus entirely wasted and send one
memher alone, than be incorporated it t such a
district as the committee has cut out.. Such a
district as Camberland, Perry and . Juniata is
not only unnacural and awkward, but • will prove
both inconwatent and expensive in thi 3 holding
of elections, party meetings, &e. A _river cep
arates Juniata and Perry, and a mom stain in
terposes between Cumberland and that n both.—
The people of the three counties are I 3ut little
known to each other, and their intercc surge ana
communication is but slight. We rope at there
fore that the people of Cumberland co , anty are
opposed to such a district } for Repro'' , entativea,
and we hope our members will have - .the-bill a
mended so as to leave Cumberland , county a
single district. At least wo preter . this, even
with a largo loss of representation, al 3 neither
the Whig or Locofoco Committee seen' disposed
to treat us justly.
Sonata.
Districts,
I. City 6f Plyiltidelphia ,
2. County of Philadelphia,
3. Montgomery,
4. Cheater and Delaware,
5. Berke,
6, Bucks,
7. Lancaster.
Dauphin and Lebanon,
9. Northampton and Lehigh,
10. Franklin and Adams,
11. York,
12. Cumberland, Perry and Juniata, 1.
13. Northumberland, Union and Mafflit I, 1
14. Lycoming, Sullivan, Clinton & Ce. titre. 1
15.-Luzerne and Columbia, 1
16. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wy0m414.„
17. Tioga,Potter,McKean,Elk & Jeffer, son,: I.
18. Mercer, Crawford, Clarion & YOWL n 0,,,
19. Elie and Warren, 1
20. Butler, Beaver and Lawrence, 1
21. Allegheny, 2
22: Washington and Grano, 1
23. Somerset and Bedford, 1
24. Indiana and Arm strong', 1
25. Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria, 1
26. Schuylkill, I
27. Carbon. Wayne, Monroe and Pike. 1
28. Fayette and Westmoreland, 1
House of Representatlv4 m.
Philadelphia city, 4 Mifflin, 1
" cuunty, 11 Columbia & Sul liv'n, 2
Delaware, 1 Lyco'g, Clln'n, I ?ot'r, 2
Chester, ' 3 Bradford, - 2
Montgomery, 3
.Tioga, 1
Bucks, 3 Warren,3l'Kean, Elk, 1
Barks, 4 Centre, 1
Lehigh -and:Earbon,l2 Cleazfield Szieffe r'n, 1
Northampton, 2 gome'reet, - 1
Wayne, 1 Cambria, . 1
Monroe and Pike, 1 Westmore 4. Ft ty'.e,4
Schuylkill, 2 Greene, 1
Luzerne,
2 Waskingto , , 2
Swig. and Wyonting,2 Allegheny, 6
Lancaster, - 5 Butler & Lawrer ice, 2
Lebanon, 1 Armstrong, I
Dkuphin, 2 Beaver, - 1
Cumbsrland,Per- i „ Indiana, 1
'ry and Juniata ( ' Clarion, 1
-- E,t amtl - N.,,. , 1 Venango, 1
York, 2 Crawford and Mir •cer,3
'Franklin, . 2 Blair, 1
Union, 1 -Eris,2
Bedford,' 1 _
Huntingdon, 1 . 100
Northumberland.. 1
At the next election, two Whig district s and
one Locofoco. will lose each a Senator fo r one
year. The Whig districts are All hen' and
the Crawford,distriet.; the Loeofooo dl strict
Westmoreland and k4ayette.
Col. Page's Opinion.
At the Philadelphia Pro-Slavery MEM
meeting of locofoco dough-faces, on Friday
night last, Col. James Page thus char acteri
zed the locofoco State Convention which
met lapt sum:ner at P!ttrtburg, and in - which
Cumberland county was "represented b 3 r Mr.
Boyer okthe Democrat, the "isnthusis sac"
Col. Santa Woodburn, and somebody 'Vise.
"In the course of his remarks, Col. Page
took occasion to allude to the Free Soil res
olution adopted by the Pittsburg convert ition
last year. He spoke of the conventiol r as
"so-called demootatic"—composed of "d em
agogues" who sought to force upon the p arty
views which The masses did not sanction,
and contends that in adopting such a resolu
tion, they exceeded their powers.
Our locofoco county convention yesterday
nevertheless appointed Mr. Woodburn, with S.
'Dunlap, to attend the , heal State Convention
at Williamsport, and we hope ,they will not
play udoughfaCe."
Legisia,tive Doings.
' In the House, on the 16th, the bill supple.
menlary to the';act relating to counties attd
township nfiicen!..,eartr up in order for con
sidetation. The billiVes the Court of Quar
ter Sessions pow( to fix The place for hol
ding elections, at dic,pjape a majotity of the
qbalified voters may ilesignate, and excepts
the city and county of Philadelphia from its
provisions. It also directs the manner of
giving notice of application for a change, by
.publication in newspripers printed in the
county. it passed final reading—yeas 64
nays 15.
THE BEDFORD RESOLUTIONS.--The
recent movement of the opposition, at Bed
ford, in nominating James Buchanan-for the
next Presidenoy, and Jeremiah S. Black for
Governor, instead of meeting a cordial res. •
ponse, is stoutly denounced. The Spirit of the
nem; and the Chardersbutg Sentinel, take
the resolution nominating Mr. Black as a dii.
loot insult, not only'to Mr. Longstreth, but to
Col. Bigler, and,oharge it as a result of• par
sonal malice..,... .
HE FyrTmarßis P.RBBITTE . RIAN
;amnia, have been,teratinated by the Rai.
Mr: West, and,lo3 rnembera 01 , hip niady r
,tthe fifth:nrihat oily,) being recuiyed .
matiy. 'into the
. old Stiltoni
. Preabyteria
churafi, of the Obinl:'reabytesa r
held
,irritsbargen Tuesday:lake A" protest
iroin the nit:tiily of MG , West's Churahiraa
olierd4 and' laid 'on the table, alter,
Mr..Weat was interrogated nit certain thee.
logieal "pointii'and ihe inseers bung Sail.
jawing, he and hil.lolloWers• were received
tornially into the body of the 'ehuecti:',.'
SUIiPENSON OF • IRON • . FININAOEI9.
.
With one•or . !vici exception the blast ;Nina
ens in • tile vicinity:Balinnore,,l,lnie,iette .
:'pended; cpirations,caueed by the
of ,;frOO.—'
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• mi. Clay
ithe deeply ittieieaiing debate which
,
' took place in the:Senate timWeiliiesday last,
that memorable debate in;whiph the Southern
chivalry . virtually excommunicated General
Casa, tintwithstanding his pathetic exclama.'
• tion that he had "sticrificed
eition" to - ,thern--4he gartnindsr 'WfrOm'
Mississippi 'reproached Mr. Cla nhhaviug
been : , tin the" earlier dap of young and
blooming manhood betraydd int me gross
but rather fantastical idelis in relation to eta
very,',' which, as he asserted, had since con.
trolled his - public conduct. From the elo•
quent rely of the venerable Sage of Ash
' land, we extract the following noble passage:
The honorable Senator has chosen to go
back for it term of fifty years. Ido not know
that there is any great merit in' uniformity or
consistency on the part of public servants.--
There is one advantage in it, which I will
state. If a man is uniform in his conduct, it
can always be inferred, it any new case or
exigency arises, where he will be; but if lie
• is perpetually vacillating, ne matter what
may be the motives for the change of his
coudnet, it is impossible to plade him. —Al
though, as an abstract truth, we may polish,
bly allow that where a man. honestly chan
ges his ?pinion, it is from an internal con
victimeof the error of that opinion, the diffi
culty is in making mankind believe in his
sincerity for having done it, I therefore
think it better, as a general rule for public
men, that they should never change their
opinion unless on palpable evidence, which
all mankind consider as plain.
I have made no change. From the ear.
liest moment when I could Consider the in
stitution of slavery, I have held, and I have
said, from that day down to the present,
.again, and again, and I shall go to the grave
with the opinion, that it is an evil, a moral
and political evil, and that it is a, wrong as
it respects those vi ho are subject to the Irish
_ tution of slavery. These are my opinions.--
I quarrel with no man for holding contrary
opinions, arid it is perfectly true that in my
own State, about this time last year, I addres
sed a letter to a friend, in which I suggested
these opinions, and sketched out what ap
peared to me might be a practicable plan
for the gradual emancipation of slavery in
Kentucky. That letter I chose to put on
record. I knew at the moment when I wrote
that halter at New Orleans. as well'as I know
at this moment, that a majority of the people
of Kentucky would not adopt my scheme,
or probably any prpject whatever of gradual
emancipation.,_ Perfectly well did I know
it; but, sir, T was anxious that, if any one of
• my ' posterity, or any human being who
comes after me, should have occasion to
look into my . sentiments and ascertain what
they were on this great question of slavery,
to. put them on' record there; and ineffectual
as I saw the project would be I telt it was a
duty which I owed to myself, to truth, to my
country, anti° my God, to record my senti
ments.
Senatora
Troubles of the Democracy.
An animated contest is tiow going on
throughout the State in' the 'ranks of the Da.
niocracy, relative to the appointment of del
gates to the State Convention in May to
nominate a candidate far Canal Commission
er. The belligerents are divided into two
factions—the Cameron - faction and the Mil
ler•faction—alias the Protective Tariff Dem
ocrats and the Old Hunkers 4 or Free Traders.
The contest is an amusing one, and is con
ducted to some counties with great zeal and
wat nath. The' Harrisburg Intelligencer gives
the following account of the election of
,del
gates in Dauphin county. That paper says:
"The . battle came off 'in this cbunty. on
Monday ., last and resulted in the complete
ovildirow of the Miller faction; though they
battled with a courage and. desperation wor
thy a better cause. The contest first Com•
menced on Saturday in the election of dele
gates in the several wards and townships.—
In the borough it was especially warm, bbing
atter.ded with great "noise and contusion,"
and no, inconsiderable number of broken
heads and bloody, noses. •The North Ward,
in which Mr. Miller himself resides, was
carried triumphantly by the Cameron men,
and was the cause of much rejoicing on one
side, and great chagrin and mortification on
the other., The victorious party were char
ged with cheating and resorting to all sorts
of base and unfair means to accomplish
their object; but that's all moonshine. They
only imported about one hundred raw Irish
men from the railroad In York and Cumber
land counties, and sure wer'nt they all first
rate Democrats, and hadint they all a right to
vote? The defeated party wets only mad
because they could not get their votes.
'When the Convention met on Monday the
fight was Yenewed. , ft was marked by'the
greatest disorder, and resulted in breaking
up the Convention in a perfect row—or rath
er iii the withdrawal of all the Miller men in a
body, to the number of eighteen delegates.—
The Cameron men (about thirty delegates)
left alone r then proceeded to finish the work
in band, and of course had it all their own
way. Dr. Manua Elnown of Middletowri
was elected Chairman, and two Secretaries
were appointed, and the further business
was conducted in quiet. Thomas B. McCord
and Jeremiah Harner were elected delegates
to the State Convention, instructed to support
the nomination of Emvsnn B .HUBLEY for
Canal Commissioner; atter ,which the con
vention adjourned.
The Keystone we observe, does not pub.
lish the prdceedings of the convention or
even notice it all; and the Union says not a
word of the confusion that prevailed, and
the withdrawal of the Miller men. They are
treating their patty unfairly Hi - 71ot giving
them correct information. The 'facts as we
state them are true."
Voice of New York.
The resolutions of the New York Legisla
turewhich have passed with scarcely a die.
smiting voice,instruct their Senators in Con.
was to vote against the slave trade in the
District ) to oppose the extension of slavery
in free territory, and the jurisdiction of Tex.
as'over any part of New Mexico—go for the
admission of California, and declare the peo.
ple of New York will strenuously oppose all
attempts at dissolution of the Union.
J Lt N York,
-.AMEN LErcrox, E qof few ork,
for whom the original Manuscript of Wash.
ington's Farewell Address Was purchased at
Philadelphia, has it fortune which. yields
$120,000 perjannum. Hai, a bachelet o - and
.a man of-the most princely liberality and
benevOlence.. It is said that file otiaritable
contribitione amount to $60,000 per annum,
one half of his income.
The Swedish i. 3o7 4thigeLle.
Jenny land.really cordetto America; the
engagement, itf''Tar - 456 nights at $lOOO a
night ictr ber service's, the•ishMe:to be depots
-pad in , advance of . her clepirtme, yeit .. (l hor
• balker : The engagement inelndei Havana;
the• Milted' States. , •
‘',Pur,o men named Thomita Hutchinson
I i ' i atid:Japlis Crawl, were' frozen to tfeat;h:Yn
Washington • , cotant3; lust week. Bot 4
easel were attributable toliquOr. .
democratic Whjg
of Npvy'York, , ,halie
lor:ta'‘pul?l,6,•'.dtindoiVatialien
view 'austeir; the iiiinehilee'orlqzciapii
compromise resolutions.
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and M
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The,Dlennion Convention .
it is said that not a single delegate willr go
from Kentiiiiiir.,,;b3., the Nashville Diauniew -
Convenbothi lOriailli,obinted in some quar
ter% that it,isnol;tirnprobable the citizens or
‘ls , l . aelivile Will not perrnit - lhe Convention to be
otgantzerl, but will givii the members an un
•inistalieablelluni to hold their Convention
somewhere
Wilmot at Home.
Hon. David' l Wfimot is sustained by his
cimstituents inflict, steadfast refusal to sup.
.port Cobb for speaker ut Forney for Clerk.—
A County Convention of , the patty'. in Brad
ford County was held at Tovvanda on the bib,
to elect delegates to the next Loco-Foco Con
vention, when resolutions thoroughly appro.
ving Mr. Wilmotislourse and condemning
his assailants were passed by a vote of 46
t o 6.
lE2*The Locofocos of Crawford coun
ty have adopted resolutions in County con
vention in favor of the Wilinot proviso.
Ic CU) '2tbucttisemtnto.
20 Dollars Reward I
L OST',—On my way from Petersburg,
Adams county to Carlisle, on yesterday,
I lost a oundle of papers, containing several
Deeds of lands of importance. The pers.m who
may find them and return them to me, shall re
ceive the above reward of twenty . dollare
Carlisle, Feb. 24, 1850
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Dilleburg, Feb, 18, 1850
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James J ikloott'e, Daniel Reigle.
Reference may also he hod to Mr David Mar—
tin, of the Mansion House -Hotel;-end to Mr
Mittfbel McClellan, in Curlisle, - Who.will testify
to its merits.
Price fora family right only one dollar, which
may be purchased of ROBERT McCART
NEY, Agent for Carlisle, or d recipe will be
sent by moil to any one enclosing $l,OO to the
undersigned, Proprietor, residing in Dilloburg,
York county. G L SHEARER.
Feb.ZG, 1850.—Volunte9e & Democrat copy.
Merchant NM For Rent,
AT PUBLIC VENDUE,
,• THE Valuable Merchant Mill at
, the Carlisle Iron Works, will be
, offend for rent at public vendue
or outcry, on the promises, on
turday the 9th day of March 1850.
' PETER F EGE.
Carlisle Iron Works, Fob. 27, 1850.
Estate of E. Bossermnn, dec'd
LETTERS' of Administration, de bends non.
with the will annexed, on the estate of E.
BoestamAN, late of Citrlisle, Cumberland coun
ty. deed, have been issued in due, form of law
to the subscriber. living in Ni' SN Dort, Perry
county, Pa. All persons indebted to said es•
tateare required to make immediate payment,
and those having claims to present them for
settlement to
B OSSERMA N, Ad m'r
Feb. 26, 1850
Estate ;rake.
T i ETTERS of Administration on the
.1-4 estate of Marguretta Piper, late of West
Penneboro township, Cumberland county Pa.
deceased, have beer. granted by the Register
of said county, ;o the subscriber residing
in Newvillo in said county, All persons
indebted to said estate will make immediate
payment, and those having claims will present
them properly authenticated for settlement to
JAMES R IRVINE, Adm'r.
Feb. 25, 1850. •
Furniture Sale.
ON SATURDAY, the 16th of narch, 1850,
will bo sold at public sale, at the residence
of the subscriber, on North Hanover street, in
the borough of Carlisle, a general variety of
FURNITURE, consisting of Beds and Bed
ding, Tables, Chairs, Burdens and Carpeting, a
first rate Parlor Stove, a Cooking Stove of the
very best kind, two Ulocks, a Copper Kettle, and
other—articles, too mfmerous to mention, of
Household and Kitchen Furniture, ono Clover
Huller, and other atticles. Sale to commence
at 9 o'clock, A M,-Wien attendancei Will be giv-
en and terms made khowit by
Feb 26. ABEL KEENEY.
Tavern License.
NOTICE is hereby given that I intend apply
ing at the ensuing term of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the county of Cumberland,
for a License to keep u public house in the stand
now occupied Sy me as such, in Silver Spring
township, in said county, bei tg an old stand.
GEORGE COO V ER.
Feb 27, 1850—pd
WE the, subscribers , inhabitants of the "town
ship of Sillier Spring, heiag personally and well
aequinted with George Coover the above named
pe.i.ioner and also having n knowledge of the
house for which the license is prayed, do hereby
certify, that hole a person of good repute #ir
honesty and .temperance, and that he is wall
provided with house roomrand convenience') for
the necommodations of strangers and, travellers,
we therefore.beg leave to. recommend him for a
license, agreeable 'to his petition..
Benjamin H Heilman, Simon Crownewoll,
John Hoover, Henry Fpera, John Bobbv-Daeli--'
Comfort, George V Coover, Samuel Conklin, r
John G Rupp, Daniel Brownawell , Levi Melly, .
Jacob Kuhn, Senr..William M Charles
Shreiner.
Tavern License.
O'I'ICE is hereby given that I intend ap•
plying at the ensuing term of the Coutt of
nester Sessions of the county of - Cumberland,
fur a License to keep a public house.in the 'stand
now occupied by me as such, in ; the township'
of Dickinson, in said county. •- • ' 4 '• '. -
WM. W HAMILTON •••
Fab 9Ty 1860.
..
.WE the , undersigned citizens of ,the.. toninshlp
.of Dickinson iu the coutity , of •Cumberland, ,do
certify that we are well acquainted with the above
nettled Wm W; Hainilton,,thitt ,is , of. good , •
repute for honesty, and temponace, and is Ne n, .4.
provided with. bon's° t• robin. 'and conveniences
for .the aeconwnodation 01, strangers Mid travel. .•
tars, and that Such Inn 'or tavernje necessary To
accommodate thiptihlie end entertain strangers '
and travellerd.' ; • ' • ' .
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Johnocker,• &mini "Bastard, Cr. 'Sohn
singer, Jacob tleratninger;Samuel Longinjohn
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