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iVEDNESDAY,. MAACII 12,
tO? eargest attb tfienp
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TERMS.—Two Dora,Axis A 'FRAU, on ONFiDon
•• nAn. AND FIFTY CENTS.-IF 'PAID'IN ADVANCE. 4
. 1;1"15 ' iy PAID . WITHIN:THE . YEAD..
;
Antl-PIERCE . S TATE CONVENTION.
Union for the Sake of the Union.
The undersigned, Members of
,the I.:eosinture of
'i'onnsylvania - , having, boon selected by :their, follow
citizens, In differont parte 'of the ICiiininoiwealth. to
dey Ise- by.,which.idt.opix!eed to
the-destructive policy anti _principles of till_ National
Administration may co-operate in the support of a State
Ticket, respectfully invite all w . heare in favor of sitar a
-inovernent, to assemble i City and County Coatventionf
, .
oti' - aftlittli us 31 - Auctratuct.--to_elect delegates equal in
numb - or-to their representation liße r ,titate Senate end
Route of Representatives. ton CUnvention to be held nt
oti-vit - s tirdli_orTllF..SA.!lg. * MONTI!. il7r
tturpurpose of ninnivating candidates for Auditor:Gene.
• cal, Canal Cononis.doner, and Surveyor tleneral, to be
supported at the 01111111 g fall election. and to takoOeli
other political action as may ixs necesunry to the crielS.
J. W.:KILLINGER, , , c: L Bu:sßjc,cN...mt,
• , JAMES J LEWIS,• . • JOAN M. OIDRONEY:i •
JOHN iEncthioN, It. B moonniAn;
• DAVID TAGGAIkT, -' DELORMA IMBRIE,
- I* ,- .. - J: 14._:10.1CMAN,•., -:- -----JOIIWAYRIORT._ .._
-, L. Itif:Ep, - ' ‘ A. - W- CRAWFORD, ,
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. .1!. W. 110,UpEREEPElt; ' JNO. BB:oti . w.isTu(t)E,
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-JACOB STRURLE, -• JONAS AUGUSTINE.
711.. JORDAN,' . • , '
~..)1 . JOY MORRIS, . -- • ---
.. IHLIP cLili'illi.
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W. E. FRAZER.
_ANDREW GREGO
FINNEY, .
_ HENRY souTintn,,
• SAKVETA_KEIqt, •
WiLLiAld )1A314.702 , 1, ,
.BAM'L CALDWELL.
"•T garrisburg. lob. 10, 1856-
COUNTY CONVENTION.
. .
In accordanep with the ahoy° notice, all those opposed
Ile the lintional Admlnistrntiou, in the Revere.] election
districts In this county, will meet on Saturday. the 15th
Inst., and select or appoint persons - to represent them
—in-a County Meeting, to be held In Cailisle on Wednes
day, the itith lost., to elect Delegates to red i reseul
.berlAnd County in tho.Unlon Convention to be held al
• trarrieburg;on Wednesday, the26th of the same nionth.
DIANY;
AUDITOR GENERAL.- - - 2 A. correspon
dent of the Harrisburg Telegraph propo
ses the nomination of Col. ELI SLIFER,
of Union county; for Auditor ,General.
bj , the Union State - Convention, . which
meets on the 260 inst. Abetter nonii=
nation could scarcely be made. Col. Sli
fer has for a number of Ye,ars represented
Union.county in the Legislature, and is
now State. Treasurer. lie is distinguished .
for talent's, energy and highriTitegrity,
'united 'with an obliging. disposition. The
':nomination of -sneh-men- aW Col. Slifer
Would make a, ticket with which we could
enter the canvass -with' every assurance
of success.-
SENATE VS. HOUSE: The billto-in
7:(*f9fsit-Ctho-nsonastie order - of - Francis
' ':,cahßrothers, which recently passed - tile
House by the aid of the votes . of Messrs, ,
Anderson and Harper, .of" , Cumberland
county, 'has been throttled to_ death by
the Democrats of the Senate in commit-'
tee, It was reported, with a' negative
d
.ecetumen a ton,,on the ground that' the
'courts have jurisdiction - in ,the matter.
L We shall soon need a committee of inqui
rfte%leterinine*hether the Democracy
of the Senate or the Democracy of ,the
" 'Tonsil is the real Sinkur pure-article.
WHIG MOVEMENT.--,-7A re-organiza
tion of the Whig •Party in Nes , York
city .hat just ,been commenced. Dele
gates from both of 'the late Whig general'
"'.committees have held a meeting and ap
pointed a sub-committee te report a pian
for - the:organization:of the, party in
Nov, York, and 4 was resolved tq adhere
, :aAtitqut comprorpise . or de•!/ation to the
old Vhigplatfo_im.
The old,line Whigs et the' aryland
Legislature, haveetiiled M
ina State Conven-
,
tion to meet iialtimere, on the Slat
, inst
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T. DOCK
0. J. BELT.,
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W. A. BARItYr„,:
D• PII LVS,
DANIEL,LOTT,., -
DAVID MUDIMA,•JIt.„
JA311:8 X SELt.EItIfi,
JOHN C. FIX.N:4IKEtt, -
AV; p...huLiaNcr.n, •
M 'GAYLORD,
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The' bemobratio 4 .!staia_, , Convontion
.which met at ilarritl?itig on tin) 4th
inpt. "rm . /limpid unanimous for 1311§4q
itan. W4mi s the,,zolllvas called fo' ena7
hle the delegates to enress t eir pre er
enee for the Presidene . ,.the•remilt stood
, .
131.1onANAN. 126, DALLAS .5, - and one
rote,
for, the nominee of. the. National
Convention. GEortoE SCOTT of
bia, was nominated for 43atuil Commis
slow, JACOI3 Fay of Montgomery,' for
Auditor General, an , l'Trmorifv. IVES of
Potter county, for. Surveyor Geperal.j.—A
platform was adopted r6-ataming
principles- of the, party, endorsing the
Nebra i ska billrand applauding, the Na
ional. AdMinistration.. The South could
not ask. more.. The Con'vfntion, 'during
its. sessions, was Addressed by Ex.::9over-,
•rior. BHer Col.'' - Sal el - 1 - .llaelq - Janies 31:
..,.
Porter, and Other,.dl. H i
guished members.
Of the party. , •• • '. , ~ -.• .
_Tht) nominees .of . the Con:Vention, are.
entirely unknown in - this; quarter, of the
State. The claims of the .: favorites, :Of
Fianklins and Adams Counties were alto- .
. gether- overlooked by. the COnvention.
The Harrisburg •Teley"r aph gives us some
notionieWho and -- what the,,earididates
are in the followitigurticle:'; - ' ," -
=The tiontlnated is only of moderate
strength, if even thrit. It is wqfully deficient
'in local sliiinietry—the.best Vivo - nomination,
' being' white Chc
hi
only °film-nomination goes„North. The West
'is entirely overlooked,.prohably owing to the
. genet-id distrust felt in the Democracy of that•
,-,_sectinii,..:!OEMr,-Scorri-the7candidate=fori-Ca
nnl Commissioner, we knoW nothing more, uin
thrt.t . he ie Mr. 500 n... If he is unfit-for the
office. it will take sometime to prove it on
and if ho is well qualified he cannot . ' make
him-self too useful in getting the people toktiom
was the candidate of. the_ free end
- .„easy,wing:pfthe.C...arivention in oppolition to'
Jinfife . SrittatiaNti, of Chester, who is unfor.
• tunntelyaWidely known . as.a_mam.of.the high
eat :order of integrity —When we learn more
`:A
. we
of. r. ouorre L , OM.
JACOB Far, Jr., the nominee : for Auditor
__Getieral,.is essentially a fogy the old school.
He has been --in Congress;' - where. no served
with.creditable silence;-and has-heetfa,legis--
later, where be demonstrated 'how easily a
man might succeed in doing nothing. Ho en
--Aoys--a-fair-repigation-as-a-man-and-as-a-con---
sisteot partisan; but the position for which
• he is a ;candidate is the one of all-others that
requires arclear - Qad. and a bravo
. heart to
protect the treasury from the ow:moraine
which:habitually beset it. That be is Buell a
man, we have little reason tehope., • - •,
With Tittornr IvEs, the nominee for. Sur
veyor General, the people- of . the
. State are
• pretty well acquainted by reputation. Toli
•ties and public speculation are his trade, and
be ia , quite master of it; •Ile has been Judge,
Member, w 6 think, and Senator, and has pro.
Med in all_ positions. lie wee 'one of the
ring-lenders in Potter county who conceived
and carried out4ho.villainy.that turned Jolts
C. McGES out of the Legislature,' to put in a
man whoin the people had twice refused •to
have-as_a_Xtepresetitative r _and-th e-verd ict-of
his own country and district will be , anything
but flattering for
. Mr. its,' next fall. Had
the. Convention really
.wanted.A. good. offiaq.
instead of an unscrupulous politician, they
would have taken Mr. Reuttun , of this county,.
who. has been the Surveyor General for many
years, while pensioned politicians .pocketed
the honor and-payi..
• :Me but.refiect.the . ticntimepts ott all parties
when we say that the, State tiaket-ii- not a
atrong one, and if. the coming Union,'Gonven
tion'unites cordially against the DonocracY, l
and profits by the blunders of their Cov.entien,
the success of the Union .ticket cannot
•inatter of doubt. Penhsylvania is clearly, in
the hands of the opponents of the Deinocracy,
Alnd_they have but to wield the,power, they
possess toogive victory to,ffeir ,effoftVWip
they do so
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THE NOMINATIONS.
Thekliarrisbu'rg Telegraph says. that
out of the eighty-six Ainerican
and RepubliCan nowepapers.puglialied-in
Pennsylvania,-26 have hoisted the flag of
FilluMie and Donaldson; 85 openly op
pose the nominations, .and: -9 5;p . sume
/ neutral gfound.
In the South the nominations are of
course received. with - - high enibusiasm
In New and £he north Westgen
'—erally the reverse. is the case.. o The
m An-,
ti Nebraska embers — of Congiess it is
said are considering the propriety of call
ing a PeepWe National convention, to
,tneet in Philadelphia, to nominate a can- .
didate for President and Vice President.
Should snch a Convention be held, and
agree with the Republicans and Norti
ern Atnerioansnpon a common ticket, it
Would result in the of a pow - -
- erful third party.
Ditretove,Af___Wisconsin,
dressed a message tb.the Legisleitire or that
State, denying the right of the Suprethe Donit
to pass - upon his claims to thi-oilice he holds,
..The Democrats have resolved to sustainrhifii.
'
'TheTli(fliq, liill,-,1-ileyeri„ as "Itlivne'S
bill, which passed the 'Senate some . • time
6inct 3 , Eqeopassed, the ' ribuse of. ,limpre i
sentatiyes on Thursday lest. ',The - sfrill:
sent-provisionsof-the-Benaia:-lill v
ere
towevei.very considerably modified .i.n
It - ,hiill - duse, aiNi ill b — se cea - IY - the follear-,
frig synopsis : ,
The prohibitiOn against restaurant licenses
is reiddied, and the Courts of Quarter Sessions
of tbe.several counties, and Board of Apprai
sets, orPhiladlephia, are authorized to •grant
Hensel* for the keeping otrestaurants, oyster
'house§ and eating,bouses,' the persons..:.to.Re
.classified according to - sections three and Nur
of'tbe Act of April 10;1849, and they shall be
priyaged to soil domestic wines,. cider,
,por •
ter,. ale, B'ea'r and other :malt 'and Arevved
liquors;, the license fee not to be Tees than
's2o, and the pertein licensed to give Bond,
'with' full and sufficient sureties, in $5OO ln
IthiladelphirctluarprTiltieraWTrty — grant — to to
staurants: authority to sell 'spirituous
liquors. The rates of-license for:breweries
and...distilleries ate- reduceC frout treble to
'double the-present rates. , The ;applications
for tavern licenses are' to be died with the
Clerk - of the Court, and-ladvertised, by , him in,
ti list. instead of by the uppliclints separately.
The-classification of -tavern-litionses has- been
reduced to $25 as , the, minimum. Ia rh In
.delphin the-tavern
.lieense appraisee 'are,to
ho aPpointed by the Court of Common. Pleas,
District Court, and the Supreme Court,insteed
'of, by the Court of Quarter Sessions.' . The
ratio of tavern•lieenses granted is made one
to every hundred tumbles in the cities and
counties.of the,State, instead _of owe hundred
in the cities and two hundred in the comities.
The punishment of the violation of the provi
sions of the law relative to the sale Of vinous,
spirituous; malt or brewed' iirythirs, has been
modified, to ri fine of not less than. $lO, nor
imprisimuuntfer_a
secondeonviation being struck. out. Brewers
of malt *liquors and tiatt ufacturera of domestic
wines finny btittle and sell the same, buttiot in
less quantitietpthan one dozen bottles,. with-
- The bill %Vris then sent to the . ! Senate
but•returned by.thet .lody on -Saturday
morning with the ieformation . that the
Senate-could--not concur, but .had
poirtted.:a committee of conferenceon.the
subject. = On—Jeceiving r .the . the
ihniseLtipribieted,---ti 7 s'imilar-. Comm ittee:
The Senate COminittee iscompoied, of
Messis. Browne, Jordan, and "Whe'riy:
The house Committee are . Nessrs..
Wri - ghti, 'Getz; and -'They
have net Yet reportettatind it is : rumored
cannot agree.
HoN. B. F. WADE; Republican, has
been electdcl U. S. Senator by, the Ohio,
Legislature- for the full term of till Years,
commencing with the slogs - of - his pres
ent term on, the 4th of March,- 1857.
The-Vote stoodfor WArn 102 ;Tone
36; scattering 2. ~He :Was fo - imerly a
Whig, but is now a, straight-out Republi
can.
- -YRom - SANrx-FE.--We received last
week the Santo Fe (New Mexico) Weekly G&.
zette. doted December 29; 'We find the fel.
lowing notice of chtietnuufestivities;in,which
eoveral of ourfriends partioipay: •
THE frommys.—The holidays, thus far, bag
been observed in - Santa Fe about all• usual.—
On Christmas" eve there was a ball at the Fon
-via, whitibi, we understand, passed off in-a
blaze of glory, and that;"=.'
"They danced all night, unti' broad day light,
And vi ent homo,3rith the, girls In the nierning:"
The dragoon hand was in attendance,• and
diseoursed.swect music for the tnerrylnakors.
On Christmas day our fair countrymen .kept
open , hottse,andthere-was-ageneral.-time- o f
culling - mid paying respects, to say nothing of
the-many-good eatables-mad drinkables spread
for the visitors. During the week .we haie
had a,nurnber of strangers in town, among
whom wo potice Lt. Col. St.,Vrain and Lieuts.
Magruder, Mercer and MeCoolt, U. S. A froM
Fort Union, Lt. Beall and the Surgeon - of the
post from Fort. Massachusetts;,Capt. Gibefon
from Alberquerque;atici Ageift Kit Carson of
Don Fernandez de Taos. The two Houses of
the 'Legislative Assembly
_adjourned over
Christmas from the previous_ Saturday, but
resumed their labors again eniVerdnesday the
26 , inst. . •
DUAIVINg OP-TIJE COSMOPOLITAN . AIM Asso.
crierroN.—The second annual distribution -of
paintings, Statuary, and. other -_works of art,
among the members - of
_the - cosmopolitan Art
•Association; toorplace at SanduBl4, Ohio, on
the evening cf the 28th ult., in . the presence
of a large 'number, of ladies and gentlemen,
who had assembled to witness the procbedings.
The ballots were, draWu from the wheel
folly little girls, and the rises 'were, announ
cod by the malingers. he - exquisi:estatue of
the'. Genoa Cinci r, costing originally -len
thousand dollar!, was drawn by Francis Boise,
of Mineraiille, Alan adcountof thepro
ceedin'go, together with the address 'of Mt.
Godwin, and the annual report of the Actuary,
will he published and forwarded to thq mem
bers of the Association i e April number of
Ab.sit.reepstattLigee
uhlre held er State . elealon
yerter4y, and• will hie the et gun la the
Presidential eampoign:'
edam ante_
CARLISLE I)iikisii"tigit.—The
tentlozi of fhb:public ie - direotecl fojkim fid!ec
tioemtit of 'the Carlipto J3toposit' l 13onki -, by,
-which it wi)l,l?o,t3l3:h„iiiitt flew and Obieodbiff::
-I Y - libOral - rates - o - fioterestiiternowAlffer - eti -I for
ifepopito.
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'HALL 'A.cADElttr.—Theltltteti
tioti Of pitfalls and gunidinne le,itivited to the
adveTtidenient"tof this Bourishir4 Academy,lo.
oared fn' the eastern tfectioa of•the'couniy,. but
fehr miles'distant from•llarriebiirg.
..3101tEISNow t --;-Anotber fall -sof . snoly . '
'making a depth' of a couple of inches, took .
.place'on Suaday !oat. " There have been over
eiventy - naye oleontinuipue sleighing ibla
ter. )ire suspect that even, Aim • "oldest , in-T
habitant;" among 'all the•extraOrdinary eients
..f - the - paatiemiumfroutetph'er whit ti o: so
much-al/ow and :sleighing
,POLEMIC.CONTEST.—The second con-,
test between the Big Spring literary.lnstitute
and the Ship' ensburg
in - Literary Hall, Neyiiille, on Tuesday evening.
the - 18th Inst. The - neeashiu promises to be
highli.ezeitiug and interesting.
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT,—_-WO had
the pleasure of attending a few evenings since
in Harrisburg, a musical and floral entertain•
merit given by tbe pupils of Mrs . :' Le.6mite's
Fernale'Seminary.- A large nm.l_,fashionahle
audience was present to whom. it is •fleedless
to say, the-beautiful spectacle-and exquisite
sitiging;,gave the highest delight. Several of
the-pupils-who-T . iirticipatmltwere - from - etnn. -
berlaild county. The performances reflected
the highest credit upon - the character of the
school. . - • .
LECTURE BY PROF. JOHNSON.—The
lecture by Professor Johnson, delivered at the
Court House, was 'unusually well.' attended,
The celebrity of the, lecturer, the popubir
theme, together with:thepromise of a - musical
treat, drew crowds. •
- *
Upon the merits .o fhb: le:otpre Ire need,
scarcely p'bnounce.• We presumes large por:
ion ortko intelligence and good sense . of the
town walpresent. The masterly manner in
which" the lectuer analyzed his subject. showed
him to benotyrcinthe art of criticism.' The,
appearance orfairness and candpewas mani
-rested throughout -bier diecourse,-and- - was
only at the conclusion, that weknew whet .
Judgment to impute - to the ltictet7, such were
his efforts to set iii - a
olearlight_boi
and merits of the work. A fine vii
pervadenia Introductory reparke.,
somabing of quaintness he dwelt I.l]
'of the
.: consequence. attendant upon the ad
vent of 6g/hauls/he • He considered Hie' age ,
to be exacting in its demands. and no longerwil
lng to follow obsequiously the'freake of genius
but requiring genius to. follow 'it. Homer,
Dante, Clutuee'r, Tasao,:Shakspeare and others,
each gave charaoter tol s ‘poetic• spirit of his
age—poets now study what the tendencies
of the age , require. He defined with. sue
.cess true poetry, drawing a wide distinction
, •
between what is frequently denominated po
etry, and that which is the genuine product
of the true poet. - Short lines, abroad margin,
capital letters, similarity. of sound in certain
sillables,Are not poetry, nor do they contribz
titeto the value of it, wh ere
y other essentials are
' wanting. Aristotle had, said rightly,., that
three things are necessary to a poem, a begin
ing, a middle, and an end. The obseriance of
certain metrical lima he deemed essential, and
and int this: respect'‘Longtalio w had failed.—
He had atteinpted a measure 'unsuited to our
language. ---- ltiore - essentialatill-to - -a-pestals
'subject,':--1r !he-poem-is an-epic, -deeds;-and
not men,' must form its subject. All attempts
to substitute men for deeds have proved fail
ures. in tide respect, he thought 'Longfellow
fortunate.. His subject was a grand Opec The
sate of,Hiairotho, wore befitting the, lolly
co, .eption. \ * . illawatha, he considered the
Indians Redemer, under the form of a mighty
hero, working the good of his people. His
exploit's form a theme. • lofty, enough for the
most gifted epic bard, It bad manyfaulte, •
among which were- 7 ,,a,,,,want of conformity to
the laws of meaadiia, a monotony . consequent
bpbn this want of•conformity to metrical•law,.
and that peculiar* in its measure, which ex
poses it to the most ridiculoue' sort of imita
'en. Notwithstanding all these objecitions,he
,had-ho doubt, but ',that when the neve* of
_the measure has lost povreri_ and - .when'thO,
Work began'to be read with a desire
ainte Its real merits, it wonlci.take its place
by the aide erfililton, lasso, Khmer, and Mb
ar greatTepics.' • • ,•
Weoffer but a single remark further.: - While
the feature was a fair And candid' iliscussibn
of the Merits and demerits, of tge , poem, and
as such 'deserves. our highest approval, we
cannot but, confesa otir - ifribensions, that in
lite;* of all the objections enumerate d against
"tftogother with some'ethers which will a; 7o t..
Ites.,bezfelt-and-r:appreoilited hereafter, L on g...
ffeliow,ean hardly: with safety reckon • upon .
- sharing much of that - immortality which Lao
ME
Counto- matters:
':`:',v , , - : ,, : ::5 , •,: - _,...i : H,::::.;,i,7,:•..,..:1 . -; : !,...,
ororned.tbe,efforts Of some - of tbe 'epics of _
_others_an toenean,—we op he --
PPem - may taligl 3 igh tank nth *vary world
and be to the tribes of -4tnericii, •
1010 tbd has' been' to 'the , ',Trojan
heroes, ,or what die "jiiissalem al"' has -
been - to - the Crusacters, • . •.
eL.I3, G. from
' 1!11/- . c,liatriiit,, basi 3 OnOpped fr.obert MCCortney,
101 fif. MOcatritioyi of 'Cortialei-,11 , 4 a
cede iktlie *O4 Rointi.Aop.dotoy f Mr. :Todd
referpiut , t4ol!oice , to ; ino,:aohool Direotors„- of
ee!eiteit yanni -McCartney 68
possessed of the necopsary;attoioroens.
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,PUBtio, SALEl3.—Bills for the .follow
owing,
~ &lea. or Stock, ' Farming Uteosile„
ifouieho i ld Furniture; Sic., have been , printed
. ,
...
at thie•nffice, vii - : - .
- -43 ale at Ihu,resideoce of JOhn pipit), deo'd.
-- irrifokeitto‘ri on iiiiiiitorou 25thi" ' I
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Situ by Lowis - :Sponsler, in South •Middle
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top, toirnship, - on Fritiny, Mnrch 2lst. - -
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' CoNatfaszoltst.-1114 Ilielmtx,--frora the
Committee on Ejections, made a long report
to-the Renee on' Wednesday' last; giiing Ake
•
reasons for - requesting pow to sendnfor tier
eons and papers in Reeder's case.. The report
occupiis three columns of closely printed mat-
I ter, and is a very able 'document. .It embod,
ies the allegations of the contestant—Gover., .
nor Rooder c7 that the legislriture which passed
the election law, under.the provisions of which
General Whitfield . was ohoseri, was imposed .
upon the Territory by a foreign invading force,
who seized lition the governmotit, and -have
exercised it ever since, and that • the - people
I. there are in a subjugated state. The follow. "
questions are then discussed at lencth_: let,
- The neceirtyf having an invesiigation of.
the facts in dispute. 2d• The effect of the am
of Gov. Reeder, in issuing certificates of elec.
tion to a portion of the Legislature. 3d, , •
-Whether the evidence to eretblish_ the - facts
can be had satisfactorily by depositions. The
report is signed by-.sit members of the Com.
-mittee.
•
Alr.,Stephens, from the same Conimittee,
submitted the minority report.
_lt insists the'
Congress has no right, to look beyond the leg.,
'militia - it of Kansas, but nnist - regard its laws
as valid and of binding force. The Conimittee,
it is said, stands si.x - to three.
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cans have issue 4 . pewerfatly-loitten addrestr,_ _
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and of cousiderable ..
hengthr-imitlressed. to the
_whole country,'in which the Policy that has
-brought-the-party into - existenceis - searphingly --
irtestigated. In speaking of the'priginal hoe
tility of our government, supported,Joy all see..
tions of the country, to the extension' of lila.
very,--ond of. the diffitrent policy that - hat: -
characterized our.adminietration for the last -
several yzers,, this address says - - -
4-Ihus for a period of twenty-five years has
Slavery been contending, under various pre. -
texts, but with constant success, against the
tends cies of civilization and the spirit offal
insti tions_for the extension and perpetuation
.ot ' power. -The degree in ,which the Gen
al Government has aidetrits efforts may br:
traced in the successive steps it has
In 1787, all the States in the Coefederacy
united thet•Slavery. should be forever prohib- .
iced from all the territory. belonging to the
United States. In 1786; the first_ co_ngretir- ---
of the United States passed adow re-affirming
this ordinance and re-enacting., the prohibi.
tion of Slavery which it contained. In 1.820,'• •
the slaveholding interest secured the adraisSion
of Missouri as a Slave State into the Union,
4)13 acceeding to a similar prohibition of Slave
ry from the Lousiana territory lying north of
36 deg. 30.”, LI that prohibition wits "
repealed, and the people of the territory Wert
left free to admit or exclude Slavery, their
own discretion- In 1356, the General Govern
meut proolain,m Ica deterniination to use at
the power of the United Ststesdo enforce up
on the people obedience to laws imposed upon
tlitn by nrnied invade'rs, establishing Slavery
end visiting with.terrible penalties-their ex
ercise offreedom of speech and of the press
-Apqn that sul),ject. vsyo
American people livein Sikes where Slavery
is:forbidden - by - law; and rwhile - five - sixt'aw - of
the capitill, enterprise and productive' Indust.
ry of-Ihrt country, rest upon Freedom as their,
basis, Slavery thus controls all departments of.
their government, and wields their powers or - •
its - own behalf.. -
PIIPLOINING A Rivuu.—There is:a little con. -
troversy springing up betwein New2York and .
Pennsylvania; in relation, to the Chemung riv• -
sr. That river rises in Northern Pennsylvania,
flows northward into the State of New York, ~
and then turning southward,, flows backward
into our State, and empties into - the north
branch of the Smegmbanna river, Near Cor,
ning N. thelfew Yerkers haVe built a dam
aceoss the Cliethuitg river; in older-to turn its
waters into Chenitung canal. That oanitl ex
tends to'•the.fieneca lake, and discharges its
waters there. The' outlet of the Seneca lake
Is into Lake Ontario. So that.the wafer thus - -
taken' out of the.Cheroung thief , ' is never re-,
stored to It, so' that, when it returns into 'this
State, its volume is,greatly reduced as ti feeder
-of the Susquehanna river, and our public im-•
provoments are injured. 'Our, State govern
ment has taken this.-matter in 4 `bindl, .and
quite a. difficulty laity arise out of it.
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