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CARLISLE;
Friday, Febuary,l4lBol.
Appo'n6lloll'l, by.tho Governor
ROOT. MCC/OLT:11:Y Eery to bo AuctiOneci.
for the borough of Carlisle, in the. Om of
Wm. GovLn Esq.
• . Counting tho . latectoral Votc.
, -On Wednesday the formal counting of the
electoral vote for• President and Vice President
Aeok place in jho Flail of the house of Repro,
sentAtives, and Abraham Lincoln, and Hanni
bal Hamlin wets declared duly lectedyresir
dent and Vice:President of the finited Sines,
.for four.years from A° 4th of4llareb 1861.
Tile 22d 'Ettlistrgisbytrg
The nelebration of. Washington's birth day,
at 'Harrisburg, under the auspices of the joint
committee of the Legislature, promises to•be a
grand affair. A general inidtatinif is nstend
ed to the .Idilitary, Mason, Odd;tllows, and
other organizations, of the Slate, to participate
on the occasion. GOILVIII. 11. Kelm will com
mand the military, and Robert A. Lamberton
Esq., is to act as Chief ,Marslfat of the civic
portion of the procession.
If the , 4 „Militliry, ar other associations of
Carlisle, intend to take part in the parade, it
js high time they were making -arrangements,
No doubt a special train will be run by the
Cumberland Valley Rail Road. • .
151 St. JUNKINS SPEECII. l;,
We call the talent it'd' of our reader's' ittibe
'speech of Mr. Junkin, our representative in
Congress, refuting the charge made by Afr.
Webster, ono of the representatives from Mary
land, who stated on the floor of the House,
, that Mr. Kennedy of Hagerstown, had been
murdered in the streets of ' Carlisle While in
the act of recapturing a fugitive slave. Wm.
H. Miller Esq., of this place, who was the at-
Jorney of Mr. Kennedy at the time, sent a
' statement of the facts, to Washington and it
;is due to Mr. Junkin, to say, thathe took the
-! earliest opportunity, after receithg the infer
irritation, to vindicate the citizens of Carlisle,
from the slanderous charge: In (Ming so, he
has done full justice to.the conservative senti
ment of PennsylVania, and while he Oserts
the honesty of purpose which governs the Ro•
publican party, he is willing to concede to
the South, all that they have a right to ask,
orthat horioroble and patriotic men can grant,
to restore that fraternal feeling 'Melt is the
ctrest bond of union. y• commend thisspeech
to the careful consideration of our readers.
The Pcnco Congress
In the Convention now in cession at Wash-
ington. for. the purpose of agreeing on some
bags, by •dilGculu c s between the
Southern and Northern Stales may be har
monized, the following States are represented:
Fui:❑ STATES. ' SLAVE STATES.
New Ilamphire,
Mass:whoseits,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
Indiana,
lowa.
The several propositions for an amicable
settlement have been referred to a committee
of one delegate from each Stale. So far they
have sat with closed doors, and but little is
known of their proceedings. The general im
pression seems to be that .the deliberations,
will not result in any measiplittg peace. •
Later accounts fromell'asi4gton state that
it is thought the conference;wilriecommend
the reference of the questions' in dispute to 'a
national convention, and that they will not
seek the action of Congress: 'The plan is re
garded by ninny as the most practicable method
of adjustment.,
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM
The - annual report`of the Superintendent of
the State Lunatieqsylum, has been received.
The number of patients admitted during the
year 1860, was 144—males 73, females, 71.
The number discharged during the same peri
od, was 127 ; number iu the Hospital, Decem
ber 31, 4 1860; was 201, and the.wholanumber
under medical treatment during the year 418.
This'lnstitution has now been in operation
about nine years; dtiring which time, 1336
patients have been under its care. Of these
201 remain under treatment, 230 have been
discharged restored to health, 263 are in vari
ous states of improvement ; 368 have been ta
ken out without material impinvement, and
178 have died. .
The receipts from all sources during the
year, ineluding a donation of $15;000 from
the State, amounted to $56,705 54, and the
expenditureS , , to $56,702 95. - . The price of
board, including washing, mending and atten
dance, for all who aro supported at the public
cheap, is $2,50 a week. For private patients
or- those supporte . d by themselves or their
friends, the price varies from $3 4, - $t per
J...
week, according to the trouble and ex ens°
incurred, and according to their ability t pay.
Pereons'desiring special information on the
subject, will receive it by addressing, Dr. J.
Kirwan, Superintendent, Harrisburg Pa:
SLURP AND TO TUE POlNT.—Senator Hale,
one of the wittiest Men of theage, and barring
his ,abolition proclivities, as good a man as
there is now in the Sc . :tate, was prompted to
make one of his peculiar speeches on the oc
casion of the Secession of Louisiana, right
after Senators Slidell and Benjamin had Made
their farewell addresses. In this instance,
Senator Jo Lane "put his foot in it," by ask
ing Bale some questions as will be seen :
Mr. Hale said ho wanted to protest against
the assertion that the North were making war.
()tithe contrary, the position of the North was
such as toaubjeotthom to thechargeof coward
ice instead of making war. The tionorablo
Senator had said the use of force in the North
would be favorable to his section. Let not
the Senator lay that flattering unction to his
soul. If War' should come—which God avert
—the first thing wewill do will be takocare
of Northern traitors.
•
j, Mr. Lane, of Oregon, wanted t'o know, right
here, who ho called traitors.
Mr. Bale 'said ho meat exaotly those man
who fight against their owe State.
Mr. Lane—They are fighting for the 'Con
stitution and for the rights of the States; and
I wl.ll alloW ne man to call them traitors !
Mr, Gale, mild ho wanted to define no man's
' position, put ho repeated that, if, they were
forced into war, they would, first, take care of
treason ot home. The 'honorable Senator had
referred to the going out, of the ton tribes. So
they, did go odt, but they left the ark of the
covenant of the living God with, tlui tribe of
Judah. ' The tribes did go ,out, .and neither
!God:nor anybody, else knows where they have
'gene.lleltoped such would not be the fate.
of the tribes,uow endeavoring to get out.
.Itlfssi.—There Ives ooined at the U. S.
Mint-in Philadelphia, in the month of Jsnary,
just olosetl, $8,148,421 'OO, • 'nearly all, in
eagids, or $2O gold pieces. This Is the
largeni 7 aulcinnt ever coined in a single month
'at. thii:Mint erne - Untied States.
• At the time the Pennsylvania 'Rail' Road
Company, received al charter front tho t State
for the contitructie# l of a flail Road to Pitts
buig, the Legislature, under the impression
that the construction of thin road, would.seri•,
ously impair the trade, orAe tunin g line of
the PublioWorks, levied on the Company a
tonnage lax, .to oomponsate,the'State for'llte
apprehended loss of -irenue. It was held,
at the time, that the imposition of nits tax
was inconsistent with just and liberal commer
cial principles, trttf iffijust because no other
road was subjected to the same exactions. It
is alleged also, that this anticipated loss never ,
occurred, no the Public Worksoyere made more
productive, by the Meru:sod freight over the
With:We road, and that the revenue to the
State from thxalion had largely increased, in
consequence of the increased value of property,
arising from the argumented business of the
country thre f ugh which the road passes.
,sustain tliis latter position, the friends
of the company offer the following tables
compiled from the repofts of the Revenue
Boards of 1851 and 1860, to show the increase
in the valbe of real estate in the various
counties through Which the Pennsylvania Rail
Road passes, Which has, taken place during
the lah niue years:
Allegheny,
Blair.
Cambria,
Chester,
Dauphin,
Huntingdon,
Indiana,
Juniata,
Laneaker,
llin,
•Perry,
Philadelphia
Westmoreland,
Increase of valuation,
Add Delaware co. (casually
omitted:) Increase, $2,500,000
4228,561
If only half of this increased value, amount
ing in round numbers to $20,861,280 be ta
ken,'as having been caused by the comple
tion and successful operation of - Ibis great
commercial highway, then this Waren:. ed value.
at 26 mill rate, pays annually into' the State
treasury $54,321 00. '
There is also an objection urged against the
Tonnage Tax, that it opjrates unequally, -be--
cause it falls on that portion of the community
who use the road for (lie transportation of
their goods, for the benefit- oNhose who liave
no claim to the property thus carried.
The amount of tonnage. tax paid by'. the
Pennsylvania Rail Road Co'y. to the . State,
froth the date of its construction until July
1858i-was-$9&2--Bl*-a (+ha t- time-the tom pa ny
refused to continue this payment, until the
Courts should pass upon the oonstitutionnlity
of the law.., , ,Since.July 1858, until
1860, (lie sum of $061,188, has accruedagainst
the Penusylva'nia Itnil Road Company, on ae
count of this tax.
Virginia,
- - 13 : c I a wiirer - -
laryland,
Kentucky,
Alissouri,
North Carolina,
Tenumee.
Last week a bill was presented to the Legis
lature for the commutation of this TOll nage
ilta,xdilsjulropos ais_distribute the mount
now due, by the Pennsylvimia Itail 4 ReadCo'y.
to the State, among . - several miner rail roads,
to allsist, in putting them in operation t by
which certain sections of the State whose mine
ral resources are' still undeveloped, will ob
tain access to market; and apo, to anticipate
the payments duo to the State, on account of
the solo of the Public Works.
How far the interests of the Stale are to be
benefited by relie'ving this great thoroughfare,
front such exactions so' at/to bring it into
successful compelition• with the Now York
roads, we leave for others to determine. 'Cuts
reason for noticing the Measure now in pro.
gress, arises from the fact, that in this county,
there is a very generalleeling against the re
peal of that lax; on the ground that it. was
a condition agreed on betivcen the company
nail ilic&rite, 'for a' franehiSe—granted-brthq
latter. Our Republican County 'Conliention
la4t. fall, required a public pledge from the
candidates for the Legislature, that they were
opposed to the repeal of that tax ; and they
will assuredly hold them to a strict fulfilment,
unless they, can show good end sufficient rea
sons for a change of opinion.
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION
The Southern Congress, has adopted a Con
stitution for a Provisitinal Government, to con
tinue one year. By the Constitution the
African slave trade id prohibited, an4-mea
sures are to be taken for the peaceable settle
ment between the State forming this Provin
cial Government, and their late confederates;
the United States of North America, in xeln
lion to the common property. Jefferson Davis
of Mississippi vas elected Fresident, and A.
11. Stephens of Georgi&Vice President of the
Confederacy.
An ordinance was passed continuing in
force until repealed or altered by Congress,
all laws of the United States in force , ior use
up toile .firpt of November last, withiliaCou
stitutiontotthe Provisional Government.
, It is understooinbatmnder this law a tariff
will be laid ouall goods brought from the Uni
ted States.
A resolution was also adopted instructing
the Cominittee on Finance to report promptly
a tariff for raising revenue to s upport the Gov-
eminent
A resolution was adopted authorizing the
appointment of a committee to report a Con
stitution for the permanent Government of the
Confederacy.
On the 12th the Congress passed the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That this government takes under
its charge the questions of the difficulties now
e :fisting between the sovereign Stiles of this
confederacy and the government of the United
States relatingto the occupation of tbrts, arse
nals, navy yards"and other public establish
ments. And the President of this Congress
is directed to communicate this resolution to
thi Governors of the several States.
The adoptieit of this resolution, will very
likely postpone the attack on Fort Sumter.
JACKSON, Miss. Monday Feb. 11, D 361.
Gen. Davis arrived here this evening on his
way to Montgomery. lle was received with
grand military and civic honors. In a speech
at-the Capital he t4id, if war MIA come it
'must-be upon Northern and not upon South
ern soil ;. bdt if•tho North is prepared to grant
us pence and recognize .our equallity all will
be well.
POSTING TIIE BOOKS.—The Runt)Henna were
in glear minority in both branches of Con
gress fl, a full, representation. But alieady
six Locofoco States have gone out; with a loss
of 12' Senators' and 81 Representatives, all
secessionists and Deniocrats of course.; -- This
makes tho. Senate a tie—to wit ;, 26 Republi
cans, 21 Demeorats, and 2 South Americans f
while' the House elands: Republicans, 114.
All others, 61-41epublioan majority over al4
28. As soon as Texas withdrawsthaßepubli
cans will have a clear majority. in botOlouses
of Congress.
~!,.
ter JUDGE WRIGHT of .Ohio, ono of the
.Pcnon CorntnNsidere at Iyaahingian,died from
Tairalyeizi, on Monday. •
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1851 1860.
24,008.220 25,822,768
4,042,564 5,018,206
1,003.186 1,1108,111
21,899,48 . 23,785,709
9,781,49'3 11,796,225
6,403,663 4,666,405
2,634,692 2,753,062
2,700,392 2,762,705
30,615,081 35,025,37:
9,153,770 4,130,71'1
3,057,600 3,130 J 3
136 869,027 164,551. 82 .
7,663,939 7,888,650
$253,525,663 $292,754,201
253,625,568
Total,
Total
'4 The Per Went eleei. . ' CONGIREpSSIONAL. '
. .
On Monday 'ILA, Mr. Lincoln left Spring- Saturday Feb. 9.--In the Senate, Mr. Sew
field for Washington. As the train was about and presented petitions asking fora settlement .
to 'start,' he stood on the platform of the car, .of the
,difficulties 'of ..the country ;, also the
and spoke as follows: ' resolutions of the' Legislature .of New York.
"My friends: No ono, in my position, can Mt. Crittenden presented the memorial of
appreciate thasadness I feel at this parting.--
To the people 1 owe all that I am. 'Here .1 citizens cif' Kentucky in favor: of the Crit tea
haveliled more than a quarter of a century; den : resohitions. The Indian Appropriation
hero my children were born, and here 'one of bill wardisenssedat some 'cow h. The Naval
thins his buried. 1 know not how soon 1 shall , Appropriation bill was passed. The Senate
see you again. A duty devolves upon me which
•is, perhaps, greater than any which has deoiolv; "then adjourned till Monday. •
ed upon any man since The days of Watffiington.. In the House, Mn'. Cox, of Ohio, offered an
Ho never would have succeeded, exhelit for tht amendment to the .Senate" bill, providing for
aid of Divine Providence, upon which he 1e , .,;e territorial government Of Colorado. It pro
times relied. 1 feel that I cannot suc ed-., -
'without. the same Divine aid which sustained-'' poses to 'allow the people , to assemble, and
him, and in. the saute Almighty being I place ,form for theinselvos,ah.organic law and terri-
my reliance and support. 1 'holm you, my
tridnds, will all pray that I may receive that
Divine as:aistanco without which I cannot suc
ceed, but:. with which suceeEs is certain,—
Again, I,bid you all au affectionate farOvell."
[Loud applause, and'eries of " IVe will pray
tor you."]
During the speech Mr. Lincoln betrayed
touch emotion, and the crowd was Affected to
tears. The train left precisely,at half-past
eight o'clock.
The following persons accompried Mr
Lincoln: J. G. Nicolay, private secretary of
the President elect; John Hay, Robert L. Lin
coln, Major Hunter. If. S.A. ; Colonel Sumner
U. S. A ; Colonel E. Ellsworth; lion. John K.
Dubys, State Auditor; Colonel IV. 11. Lamer,
Aid to Governor. Yates ; Judge Ddvid Davis,
lion. 0. II Browniugt E. L. Baiter; editor of
the Springfield Journtlll; Robert'lrwin,• N: B.
Judds and George "Lathain.
' Mr. Lincoln, on his way to WashingtOn,
will visit Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany and
New yorlr. It is expected that he will visit
Trenton N. J., about the 20th.
At Cincinnati the President elect was receiv
ed with an enthusiastic display t. he, made. a
short address to the people, which was received
with great enthusiasm.
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Returns from Tennessee, of the election
held for • Delegates to the . I Stato - Convention
indicate that the Union Candidates have an
aggregate majority of about 50;000, and that
the question of calling ii convention, has.becu
negatived by ;10,000.
$3U,228,611
$41,728,561
The Koinelcy Legislature have adjourned
until the 20th of 1lltir(311, to await, the action
of the Peace Commissioners at Wa,agion.
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The Legislature is busily eugagrd dispatch
ing business, and will probably adjourn - next
week. Several Railroad.bills have been pas's
ed, niakiug a State appropriation therefor
Tiki Revenue bill, now under consideration,
Lowers the tax on many articles.
The Texas Convention has passed an ordi
nance favoring the formation of a Southern
Confederacy, and elected seven delegates to
the Southern Congress.
Tho Convention boo 'adopted a State flog.
It conEists of a red field with a single pale
yellow ti tor, and thirteen stripes, blue, white,
and red.
The ordinance tanking it a penal offence
for pilotsat the 11.ilize to bring over the bar any
United States war vessel has passed.
Theordintince to accept the criminal law of
the United States District Court was adopted.
The Governor transmitted Co the Legislature
a communication from Judge Robertson, CoM
missioner to the seceeding State's, dated Mont.
gomery Feb. 3. He 0030 the Governor of
GeOrgia accepts, the mediation of Virginia;
and gives assurance authentic that Georgia
will abstain, during the period contemplated,
from all nets calculated to produce a collision
of arms between that State and the General
Government. The Commissioner believed that
the Governor of Alabama will give a favera
ble'answe'r, and tiled. South Carolina will,con
form her course to the action or recommenda
tion of the Southern Confederation.
-LEGISLATIVE
riday Feb,_B.--4n noun, aietter_Was
read from i‘lajor Anderson, in which lie re
turns thanks for the -resolutions pasSed last
mouth by the Legislature.. Some seventeen
bills were announced to have been signed by
the Governor, The House then took up the
message from -the Governor, transmitting a
communication lie had received from the Sec
retory of the Treasury of the United States,
relative to the endorsement by the State, of
the bonds of the general government, to the
amount of 2,800,000, that amount having been
loaned thn State by the government in the
distribution of the public lands among the
States in 1830.
After some discussion Ale joint, resolutions
accompanying the message, were passed, hav
ing previously passed the Senate.
In the evening session/the bill increasing
the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace from
$lOOlO $2OO was passed. The bill—relative
to mechanics' liens, extending theAen to all
mechanics and lumber-men doing work, and
furnishing materials for agricultural socie
ties or associations, was negatived. (louse
then ad%urned until three o'clock on Monday
afternoon.
Monday Feb. 11.—In the Senate, a number
of communicatimm,seports, etc., Were receiv
ed. and several bills read iu s place. Several
private bills were passed.
In 11% House a large number of petitions
'memorials, etc.; were presented. The annual
statement of the University of Pennsylvania
was read. A resolution was adopted reques
ting the PennsylVania delegation in Congress
to advocate the immediate suspension of the
postal system in the seceedinges.
The debate on the resolutions relative to
arming the Stato.was renewed and the sub
ject postponed. :'tA resolution was adopted re
'9uestAgthe Auditor General, to inform the
House of the amount in arrears and due friim
the Pennsylvania Railroad on account of the
tonage tax.
Tuesday, Fob. 12,—1n the Senate, a large
number of petitions, memorials' and rmnon•
strances were read, and several hills were read
in place. A large number of 'private' bills
were4mased.
In the House the proceedings were unim
portant.
The Georgia Reprisals
Our renders aro aware that certain boxes,
containing muskets destitied for Georgia •on
board the ateatM , hip Monticello at Now York
were seized by the authorities. The Gov.
of Georgia, made a demand on the Gov. of
New York, for the immediate delivery of the
arms. As no response was given to this de
mand, the Governo . r ordered all the ships in
the harbor at Savanah, belonging to citizens
of New York, to be seized, and hold until the
arms were delivered. In consequence of, this
order 6ve vessels were taken. It is now sta
ted that the muskets have been giVen up, and'
the vessels .released..
• „„
. EFFEOT or THE....,0T0MV.-J./10 storm Of last
week curried away three spans of the North
-4n Central Itailrord bridge'aoross the Swing ,
henna, at Dauphin. 'The, loss: of the :bridge
will uot interrupt the travel, althoughlts cd:;
feels will be seriously felt by Die comppay.
Itenthelcy
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Lo ulnlnlift
N I rg In I n.
aerial governmwt, to consist of a Legislature,
Judiciab'und Executive Department, &c. It
is substantially the Douglas amendment which
was offered in the Semite: It was ordered . l o
)be printed. Mr. Thames, of Tennessee, ob
jected to the consideration of a-bill, :reported
from the Committee on Military Affairs, rip
.propriating $ll5O to pay the musiciansettal
_soldiers for instruments, clothing and furni
ture, lost by them in the removal from Fort
Moultrie to Fort Stunter:.
The consideration of the report of the EOM . -
m i itteo of thirty three, was postponed until
Tliursday. • •
Monday Feb. 11.—D1 - I,he Semite, a num-.
ben of petitions in relation to the state of the
country were presented. Another conference
committee was appointed on the Deficiency
bill After postponing Ahe consideration of
the President's message till Thursday, the Na
, yal Appropriation bill wits luken up. A num
ber of a infindments were mace in thecominittee,
including one ordering the building of seven
sloops of-war. After the amendment was re
ported to the Senate, considerable discussion
ensued, but no vote ivas arrived at before the
adjournment.
- In the - noose, several pel it ions and memori.
ale were presented. A series of resolutions
were offered and referred to the Committee o n
Foreigh AffairS, instructing the Presided!. to
acknowledge the inderiendzace of the southern
confederacy, ns Boon as he receives
olliciuliu
formation of its establishment.
A resolution was ndopted recomending to
the people of the United States, the celebrat ion
of the 22d of February, no a National holiday.
The following resonation was introduced Ly
Mr. Palmer, of New York : That neither the
Federal government nor the. people, nor the
government of. the non slaveholding' Stales,
have any purpose or n constitutional .right to
legit - 311de upon, or_ interfere with slavery in
any State in the Union. The yeas and nays
were called and the resolution passed.
The following resolution offered by Mr. Sher/
was afterwards adopted a substitute:
Received, - That. 'neither Congress nor the
people, nor the government of the non-slave
holding States hose tiny constitutional right
to legislate upon or interfere With slavery in
any of the slave holding States of the Union.
Tuesday Fel, 12 —ln the Senate, the wand
number of petitions, memorials and remon- -
strances'were
„ itresented. { linongst otherpe
titions was one presented by :llri Crittenden,
in favor of his comproptise, and signed by 23,-
000 citizens of Massachusetts. A sharp de
bate thed ensuedbetween Messrs. Sun n and
Crittenden, after which the Naval Appropria
tion bill was token up. Mr. Green, of Miss
ouri took the flocir, and spoke at sonic length,
taking the ground that-Fort Sumter is not the
property of the United States, and conse4nent•
ly is wrongfully withheld from South Crrolina.
In the Ilitute, a report was received 'from slue
Committee 041 the Indian Trust Bond abstrap -
Lions and iirdo , red to, be printed. After some
unimportant business the Senate amendments
to the Pacific Itaihmid bill were taken Up,- dud
discussed at some length, when the Mouse ad-
journed.
Lotrot front Ohnrletiton:
1116 following startling,,and and highly in
flammatory, telegram affords the late and
later anti latest news !Vora our irritated "
sis." - Special and direct through the only
line nLead of time,:
" CHARIXSTON, Slipper time; Feb. 4, A. D.,
1861,—A1l the babies in thert,iro South are
in arms, and many in this eity, are now em
ployed at the breast works."
" Two and One•holf Later.—lhnt
dredu of the noble women of Smith Carolina
are•behinll the breast works, and they boldly
express their detern.ination to remain there.'
Later—Three•quarkrs of a Minute.—
A number if the young ladiei were in arms
daring the gloater part of last even ing, and
many more are still anxious to follow the self
sacrificing example of their met Shame
on the young men."
!'.!One Quarter of a Minute Later.—We have
learned from a reliable source, that the study
of military tactics will be introduced into the
female schools of this State immediately, as
the spirited girls declare is willingness to take
charge of the South Carolina •infantry,' which
is yet to be raised."
"A report trom the interior says the ne
roes 'wear' drilling, but it needs conlirda-,
lion. Everybody is in ablaze of enthusiasm,'
and thq gas company lens suspended in cause
quenci."—Ar, Carolina Standard.
AN.AurnED man named
Wet. Weaver, of Bloomfield, •Perrs Co., was
arrested near Christiana, Lancaster ,Co., last
isteek, on- the 'charge of having murdered
his wife, who died in Bloomfield, on the 24th
of December last. -;
Three days after the'death
of his wife, he left Dloothfield, and a girl
mysteriously left at the same time.. Ills wife's
remains hove been exhumed, and the stomach ,
sent to Philadelphia to be analyzed.
GEN'. LANE.—Joe Lane . I , li , ofe a let
ter to his wife, giving his views of the staie . of
the Union. , Hero is the letter as reported fur
the' Ka nkaree Gazette.:
Nu orleuso, jan 10 1861
Dear Gone,
I write to tel you that i have disso
lilted, in kommon with the Sowth. We ar
afeard of Jeems linehanan, he Is 2 korrupt
fur us, & we hair rerolved to thro him on the
tender Mercy of the north. i can't tel when
i 1%11 ce you. the Contry neds my service; and
i wou't giv bar up. Ur rite, eel the cow and
get som money, fur, i expect a offie now, .
Your husband,
• Joe. Lane.
Attempt at Murder-with nu
11=11=121
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb: 11, 1801
There was a dinbolimil attempt to destroy
the family of Augustus Hoevieroz well-known
citizen of Lawrenceville, by an " infernal ma
chine," on Saturday night. The machine was
plaued on the, window sill, and fired by means
of a fuse.
The whole front of the building was shat
tered by the explosion. which was as loud as
discharge of ordnanCe, Several bullets struck
in different. parts of the roam in which Homy-.
ler's family were sleeping, but nll miraculously
escaped injury. There is no clue to the per
petrator of the fiendish act. .
Shucking vedaintiy.
thinamlo, Monday, Feb. 1.1; 1861,
'Seven parsons .were drowned yesterday,.
while attempting to .eross a small stream - in'
Mercer County, Illinois, in a sleigh. The
party consistmlof 'an old.roan named - Minty,
Mrs. Mary Haydes. and two children Mrs,
Elizabeth -Hodson (1111 Li% children, and-Mrs.'
Barge andtwo children. ,lilinty.saved himself
and ono of Mrs. 'Hodsons ohildrou by swim
ming. Mrs 'Hodson 'remained in tho•sleigh,
holding her. uther child'on hour and a half on
the side board. until ;assistance 'oame, Both'
were:taken. out but .the mother
shortly after.
158PBE CH OF HON. B. F• JUN - KIN
• ON PENNSYLVANIA...
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
• ' I , :clorttOly, 7, 1861.
The Hoorn Lnvlug under cont.hkistion the report
from the Select Committee of Thlrty.Tts
Mr. ,JUNKIN said: .
Mr. Set:Asian: Ijise not 'coy the purpose
11 •
of making a speech. :do not know that I
have anythieg to offer upon the important •
iuestions' p - resented to the consideration of ~
_this body ; but now, at this late hour the
night,'l will. endeavor, in a few remarks, to
.vindicate a portion of my constituents from
a charge preferred against them by a gen
tleman from Maryland [Mr. WatisTnad
the 29th of last month. Sir, I was surprised
and, confoundeCl when I heard a gent leta'n
whose district joins my . own - , and between
the people of whose district. and 'the people
of toy district there exists the most complete
harmony, assert here in' this place that the
citizens of toe borough of Carlisle had mur
dered a chizleti of the Stale of Maryland, in
cold blood, When he was in pursuit of his
slave., I hope he uttered the remark without
due. consideration. I hope that it 'was noth ,
ing more than ahasty and ill considered ob.
servation; or that, in the heat of the struggle
and contest which prevailed here,.he uttered
the--eharge without complete knowledge of
the facts. Why, sir, when .1 shall have sent
to the Clerk's desk, to be read, a statement
of the ruts of the case, a statement made
by the very attorney of Mr. Kennedy himself,
and who witnessed the proceedings from the
beginning to the end, you will learn the fact
that this alleged -murder Dever was commit
ted at all; that the man died of indieestionf
probably, utinsued to the solid living of Penn
sylvania,- he may have eaten saurkraut or
cabbage. [Laughter.]
Itt 18-17, Mr Kennedy, together with some
other men, claiming to be the owners of two '
slaves who had sought refuge in the'lierono ,
of Carlisle, cutnte up there and obtaiNd pro-
Cues folder the act of 1826. Ills attkwney
was not apprised at the time that the Legis-'
latureof Pennsylvania had repealed that law,
in consequer.ce of the decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States declaring
it to be unconstitutional. Ile arrested the
staves upon a warrant issued,by a justice of
the ninon!, in conformity to the act of 1826,
and 10,1 ed them in thejsil of Cumberland
county:, There wits an excitement raised
among the free negroes of thii'borough ; the
white citizens paying but little attention to
the matter. They had 110 difficulty in ar
resting the slaves. In the, mean time, the
negrovs obtained counsel and took out a writ- .
of / a ll rerint. , :,:ind brought the slaves be
tore Judge Ileplowniwho was the judge of
that judicial district. Pending the exami
nation, somebody informed the counsel of
these two slaves that the Legislature hod
just passed an net repealing the act of 1826,
and to cling the law of 18-17, by which all
our j ial and other officers were pruhibi-
Ccd from taking cognizance in the case of an
escaped slave, ur of issuing process in order
, 0 arrest him. Judge Hepburn, after aseer•
icing this fact, declared that he had no
jurisdiction over the case; bat he told ilr.
Kennedy, "There are your slaves, and you
have a right to carry them home, by the
common law right of re•capture."
Mr. Kennedy availed himself of that ad•
vice, and having sent 'for earriarr ' es for the
purpose of conveying them, Mr. Miller, his
coutisel, with HOMO others, came down the
stairs of the court house together ; and as
they approached the carriage, a free negro
of the borough made a rush at him, helmv
ing charge of the female slave at the time.
They endeavored to seize the slaves, and to
get them oil'; and in doing this .1 am not
aware that they used violence toward Kea
nay. Bid they endeavored tagettlie female
slave away. lie battered the, negrues over
the heads...with a stick ; and in the mean
time the parties commenced moving from
the carriages, and the whole party stumbled
upon a pile sit boards, upon which Kennedy
tell and fractured his. kneepan. lie was .
taken to the hutel,•;•the best physician was
employed, and the' citizens of Carlisle made
every elfurt, , ,to . re arrest the female slave.—
They also arrested all the negroes who pan
delimited in the riot, tried them, and sent
them to the peniteatiary. Six weeks after
the oceurrenee, Kennedy hail recovered low
the injury.sustained in the fight, and he
made preparations-to go home. lie was
about to leave next morning, when, contrary
to the advice of his physician, he ate some'.
.thing which produced . colic, and be died
aunts time in the following night.
Now, this circumstance is attested by the
enamel of Kennedy, a man Of different poli
tical complexion from Myself, and who never
supported-mule-either of my-canvasses-11e—
sends me s a letter detailing the facts in the
case. That letter I send to the Clerk's desk,
and ask that it may be read. *.
The letter was read, as fellows :
' Ca February 1,1561.
De An Sin: On the 29th IVtust rAI. of Mary.
land. In reply to MIL of Pennsylvania, raid:
Iwo be 1010, a student at Carlisle College, be sax• a
uldte luau dint colt after ids negroes wandered in the
street.'"filis statement has excited gloat indignation
among our people. As It el, Idently riders to the
ed Mr. Kennedy, 11l Maryland, and as I was his counsel
111 the attempt. he made to get lack Ills slaves, I am
called upon by 11 11 0111 1.1.0 or our eilliens to give you a
sistement of the facts lirdenial of Mr. IVEOLTEIt.
They Ire simply these: t , oolo tittle tie Slay, 1847, Mr.
Kennetly,.of liaAerstown, came bete in company with
Mr. Hollingsworth. in pursuit of I broil slates, tell of
whom belong"! to Mr. Acura dy. and 0110 to Mr. Hob
lingsworth. With ut any knowledge of our act of 1847,
whieli hail not yet beer. published, I pursued the old
process, and bad them amid"' and taken h.tfore 111 job ,
LlOO of the peace. Ile remanded them to their masters,
and coma fitted them , to the jail el our county until
their otastets were ready to trove them.' Immediately
afterwards, a large (tidy or Ir 4. blacks employed counod,
and procured n 101 it of 11.1 1 .1 ti WRITS to have theta
brought berme Judge I I o , lll.htin. Atter the hearing,,
Juilq Hepburn wens abont remanding the negroes to
the custody of the slim ill, 10111.11 bollle 0110 11l the crowd
came up and mentioned to their counsel the existence
ut the :Mt or 1047; forbidding jailors to receive' slaves,
which he had seen published in 11 new simper. 'the
counsel immediately asked 1111.10 111 1 autos 110b4101110111ellt
of the case, until they could obtain the paper. It was
brough & nod resulted In Judge Ileplntrit declaring that
he could ' not send the negroes back tifjall. and dischtrg
lug thorn (non the custody of the sheriff. But, at the
same time. lie rental heti that it was clear to his mind
that the owners had a perfect legit) right to take Imme
diate liikession of them without 1800000, by the 14011110
act pr recant MO. Thu toasters did so at once, and sent
nil for carriages to mkt: thorns away. Thu masters, as
140111d by 001110 odour citizens, kept the negroes In the ,
court 1101.1111 1.1 11 1 I tile can loges sbould come. As semi
as they came, the masters and Omit assistants started
1101011 01.11119, 010.11 negro having a leoooll on each side,
and I accomPanied 111 • 111. Ido nut think any oneseri.
' burly anticipated all attack, although we understood
there was 11 01110'd 11( free negroes around the carriages.
58 hen we gut down it, the door, bar. Kennedy was In
tout, with the negro woman, and the others followed
In a 1,1 101 or ptocession atter, A passage nits immedi
ately opened to one of the carriages by one of our pollee
and 10 hods Mr.-Ketned)• gut close to the carriage '
the
1111:11). closed around hint and attempted pull the
100111011 away. Sir. Kennedy bad n sinaLl cane in his
Mind, and commenced beating them over the' head.
They continued pulling the 110111011 away. and the tight
',mine general. The to of negroes was dense around
hint, and they succeeded in dragging the woman -off
0011111 thirty yards, he still beating . them over the Laid,
until they got to a pile 01' Innards: when Mr. Kennedy
11.11. and unfortunately Iwo, the cap of his knee. In
the wean time, the man was secured and driven off.
The. thing 111101 Stt sudden and unexpected that every
one was tattoo by tulprisol and, unfortunately; not
many white mum were about but (11000 1/010 were there
Immediately took shieswlth Mr. Iteunedy. and attacked
the negrows: A pile of curd-word was lying stone by,
from which sumo of our ribbons supplied themselves,
atm beat the negroes over the head. A number of the
tiegroes were severelY Injured; audio ten minutes after
the riot conuneueed, there was not a negro to be ken
in the square. 4flor die liennudy fell, they succeeded
in tearing the ninnan loose front 11101, and running her
off Into some ono of the little alleys; and, although hot
.purault was immediately made by such wino nom as
wore present, the negrous seal taring in every direction,
and no ono of our citizens being able to indentlfy the
the woman II they did see her, she escaped.
Mr. Kennedy eras cnrriad to the hotel, where he lay
for Wino five or FIX weeks, apparently rapidly recover-
To the Burial•e and grief of every one, and while
Ills physician and family thought Lewes doing as well
.as could possibly be egpecteted, he sudenly died. From
what cause it is Impossible I suppose. certainly to tell;
but his physician (one of the most eminent in our town)
dielared-lt to be from cramp In his stomach, caused by
certain indigestible food whit h ho bad eaten.
When his corpse was taken from town, our elthens
turned out EN MAEXE as an escort, to express their deep
regret, nod all the bells In town woo toiled.
1 have several Mines since visited the relatives of the
deceasedond they have always expressed the kindest
feeling- for the eltisens of Carlisle While the occur
once has been to en a source of deep and unlvertel re
gret, it Is it slandermt our people to charge them (with
two exceptions) .with taking any part in it, other than
to defend Kr. Kennedy to the hest of their ability un
der the cireutestaners. As I skid, but a few white men
were present. Ni, attack was aftprehended from the net
groes; and, after the bearing to the court, nearly every
one supposed the matter was Mhl, and returned
home,
, After the riot, the most intense excitement prevailed '
against the negrbes. Our eitixonsasiembled in crowds, ,
and it woe with dillicultymany of thous wore restmined
from attacking the 'negro' houses,. and tearing them .
.ftowu. Nodauger.was apprehended, at the time, of Mr.
Renneily'i life, or I have nu doubt the negrorn would
have to driven 'at once lion, The town, 'Fifteen of
thommero'sobvieted and sentenced to the penitentleiy. ,
This explains, the feelings our. ell Merit had on the nub. •
Ject, .and' shows - ill:tether, Mr. -WEnTrrx, Jualliediu
representing' Them Mt murderers. ,
•If an opPorttultj'occurs, our cilicens wish you to cor•
sect his amortions., Tours truly, • • '
Mra
thin. IL h'. Jumtin.
Mr:3 LINKIN. I' will adds single word.
If any ,man can make murder out of thos?
facts detailed by eye witnesses, by a man
who •participated in the struggle, by the very
attorney. (if Mr.,Kennedy himself—if, in the
teeth, of that testimony, the State of Maryland
or any one of her Repiesentatives can charge
the people of Carlisle with • being guilty of
the murder of Kennedy, then all I ean say
is, that' th4.haye the queerest kind of .no
(ions about criminal taw I over heard of.—
The very negroes themselves' soul under
the circumstances, be only convicted. f
gaging in a riot, • They were so convi cd,
and sent to the penitentiary for two or turn
years. Thao-Fidgment•the court, however,
had no right:to° pronounce, because "by the
law they could only be sent to the' county
jail, and they were one year afterwarda.re
leased by the Supreme Court upate-/Was
corpus.
I would state furthe'r, hit this is not the
first tittle that I have heard this ease referred
toan,debate. - 1 know that the people of the
South have been made to believe that two
men have kett murdered in I'entisylvnnia
liennedyisate. and a Mr. Gorsuch the other.
I know, and my friends upon both sides of
the House will beta• me out in the asseriattn,
that these two cases Lave been referred to
again and again i and I am free to conies's,
that I was not heretolbro particularly ac
quainted with the Carlisle case, nor did I feel
mysClf at liberty to speak of it until I ob
Mined the necessary information, which was
last Monday morning.
Now, I can, in some degree, at least to my
own mind, account for the'extraordinary
'citement which prevaila.at the South. for if:,
in such At case like this, a near neig hbor 16
Pennsylvania can see murder, I am not sur
prised that the people of the South expect
the North to liberate their slaves. To What
proinirtions miry not the acts of the Re - publi.
- Can party be niagnitied, when they distort
circumstances like these into willful and
downright murder? and that, too, charged
against the people of Carlisle, who mire not
only intelligent, but loyal, Union lovittg, and
law abiding citizens. Let me tell you it is
the grossest charge which could have been
made against the character of that people.
When the, invasiotf. into Virginia was made
brjohn Brown, and some id Ilk followers
escaped, and made their way into the moon•
talus of Pennsylvania, this very borough or
rested One of the conspirators and coadjutor
of Brown—arrested hint without process o
law, and upon the merest suspicion dust he
teas concerned in the' raid. They noj, oniv
arrested him without authority, but confined
Lim in the counts. jail; and'still more, when
the agent of the State of Virginia, whin made
the demand upon the Governor or Pennsyl
vania for the delivery of the fugitive, Was not
able to identity him, these very citizens of
Carlisle, who are deeounced as murderers by
a Representative of all adjt ining State, held
that criminal until Virginia was able to get
evidence there to identify: , hint ; and he wan
returned to Virginia, tried, conideted, and
- suffered death.
I submit whether it is fair, when we stir.
rendered up . e. man, even in eft:ince of law,
who had been guilty of participation in the
John Brown raid—l submit whether it is
fair, or whether it will tend to heal the, dif
ferences which now exist between the North
and the South, to make ex pule statements,
and convert a 'nerd riot into a willful, mall•
cious, and felonious murder. Why, sir, we
have lived near to' the Commonwealth o
Maryland nearly a hundred years; we h ase
delivered mi to them a tbousand slaves with•
in the last sixt:y years ; 'and we have done it
without stint and without. limit. We have
done it freely and cheerfully, not niggardly
and grudgingly ; and I tell you that,'out of
the one thousand slaves that we have Miv
ered up to the :irate of Maryland, there never
was any difficulty except about the two that
I have already named— the slave of Mr. Ken
nedy and The slave of Mr. Gorsuch. I sub
snit, then, whether it is fait to make such
charges against that good old Commonwealth.
God bless her l she is a great State.. She
sleeps there tonight with three millions of
wlcite men in her bosom—more white men
than there are in all the six seceding States.
She bas not as many negroes, and, of course,
no shaves, fur which God be thanked ; but
there she sleeps to 'night, is .giaM in repose.
She is not arming against the people of
Maryland. We have not bought a musket
nor even uniformed a single mart. belonging
to our militia. We repose in the , confidence
of our strength. We are ready at any and
at all times to meet the enemies - of the lie-
public, either without or within. We have
confidence in the State of . Maryland. I do
not believe that the people of Maryland
themselves would make any such charge as
this against the people — of Pennsylvania.—
They have known us too long.
.We have
lived together in brotherly love for a hun•
dred years, and, by the blessing of God, I
know we will live togethet a thousand years
longer. I know that we are not going to
make war against one another. She shall
have every right to which 'she is entitled un•
der the Constitution. I pledge the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania to night that not a
slave will she fail to deliver up nhenever die
proof is made that he owes service to his
master. I assert that she never did refuse
to deliver up fugitive slaves. I assert that
she has delivered up more slaves than any
Commonwealth in this Confederacy, and has
done it cheerfully and without grudging.
, Let, me now refer, for a moment, to the
Case of Mr. Gorsuch, which occurred in Lan
caster couilty. It has been asserted upon
this floor, time and again, since Phase been
.a member of this House, that Mr. Gorsuch
was murdered by the people of Lancaster.—
The tact is that Mr. Gorsuch was .murdered
by his own slaves. He was warned, belbre
he undertook to arrest them, that the negroes
were known to be desperate, and that they
would undoubtedly take their muster's life ;
and Mr. Gorsuch swore by his Molter that he
would arrest them, or die in the attempt. • Ile
.made the effsrt, and was shot down by his
own slave, and not by Pennsylvanians.' But
it May be said that white memwere engaged
in i - Well, if diet be true, I•should like to
knot why they could not convict those white
men? One white man was tried in 'the Fed.
oral Curt, before a Federal Judge, and by
t. \.
a jury /selected from one half of the entire
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—men who
entertained nc, prejudice towards the State
of Maryland or the South; for my own father,
an old Democrat, was• on that very jury. I
should like to know why they did not con
vict that white man if he waiguilty? Look
at the charge of Judge Grier, in which be
told the jury that there was no case made
out, and that there could' not and must not
be a conviction ; and the jury returned •a•
verdict accordingly. And yet men stand up
here, and upon their responsibility as Repro.
sentatives, charge that as murder!
I will not trespass upon the time of the
House much longer, because I feel that I am
rubbing my,friend from Ohio, [Mr. At.t.EN,]
and I- feel uncommonly grateful for the op
porttiniti of saying anything upon this occa
sion. I do not see much use in being 'a
measlier of Congress here; it would certainly
be much more creditable to he a-member of
a decent debating society, because one can•
not get the' floor when'he wants, and should
have it, to repel such charges as t e. I
have watched fi ve days for this opp tunity;
and it comes even now only by the iirtesy
of my friend froM Ohio, [Mr. ALLE,..I
Is
Mr. SMITH, of North Carolina. 1 would
ask ' the gentleman froni Pennsylvania for
what offence the white man to whom ho al
luded was tried in the Gorsuch case? '
Mr JUNKIN.; For treason, in resisting
the laws.of ,the United States, and for con
spiracy to prevent the execution of the fugi
tive slaVe law. That was the charge, and
the jury did not convict him., • • .
Mr. SMITH, Of North Carolina. Was he
not, discharged : on.the ground that this was
a sudden ,rescue, and not a premeditated
combination to resist the execution of the
law ? . ,
Mr. JUNKIN. Ond of the grounds of his
discharge was • the entire 'absence of proof
establishing a pre arranged • conspiracy . to
defeat and resist the execution of the fugitive
slave la*. And farther, if any such prof'
did Exist, (as it' did not',) the prosecution did:
not offer . it'as testimony in chief,' but offered
it itt rebnitar 'of thedefense: . ',Nevertheleas,
it was' weldknown•tbet no Snell proof could
be ,made., lianway •sois a miller, and was
summoned in his shirt sleeves, and in a felt
hat, by the sound of the horn and the shouts
of the negroes. Under these fitco, sir, I
claiM a verdict of not guilty, on -tli;is count
also.
Now, Mr. Speaker, we of Pennsylvania do
not pretend to be better than the people are
anywhere else. We have bad men among
10 , who nometimes attempt, to resist the ex'•
ecution of the, fugitive sfalve law, but very
rarely, because -public opinion is overwhel
mingly in favor of the exceutionlof thilt
We look tpon the man whe'lwould attempt
such a thing (a rescue) 11.4 • worse' than a
rcep rhif ; .fit is trite, we Will not permit
A groes to lie taken from within our borders
unless they ate taken upon good and legal
grounds; and that we have,4.lo) to do.—
But fassert here in my place, to•night,•that
so Inr from there being any dispogition to
run away slaves, I know of no underground
railroad in Pennsylvania., As I said last
evening, Southern men are allowed -to bring
tbeir'slaves into thitt State, and. hold them
there; and to return with them to the slave
States from which they'eame. There is liv
ing now in my town'a slave who was brought
frOm the Stale orGeorgia, and has been there
for thrfie or four years. I kbow•two gentle
men who conic there annually from the State
of Mississippi and bring their servants there,
and hold - them in a Republican,town, in a
Republican county, and, as I believe, in a
Republican State; and any man in our com
munity who would attempt to induce those
slaves to leave.theirAgristers would be looked
upon.as.a thief. a-
I, for one, do,not understand republicanism
to moan negro stealirig.:Of it is, then I ant
no Republican, and nem. will be one. 111
believed, at the slime !lime, that it meant
abolition, so 11011).111(i God! I would be the
first ti) abandon and denounce it; and when
ever gentlemen upon this floor develop the
Net that the Republiciin party-is tending to
Oulitionism—whenever 1. find the Republi
elm ship fregintdrig to direct its prow into
that terrific and fearful sea, why then.l want
to lump overboar.l, even at the risk- of Jo
nail's fate. I.will go with them in MI con
stitutional measures, in everything that is
right and fair and just, to both sections of the
country; but they cannt, so help me God I
pass me one step beyourl what I conceive to
be my bounden ,duty. Parly or no party,
plathirm or no platform, Ewalt net under the
obligation of my oath,te 0 all its my power
.to heal the breach that tiow - exists between
the North and the South, for the sake of' the
loyal Union men who .su braxely stand by
the ()Id !lag of my country, even when that
loyalty is pronoaeeed treason by the mad
revolutioeists iii their midst.
• But, 1 find thai. I was about to enter on the
diseussio'n of the great question. On that
my mind _is irrevocably made up. I have
my verdict in my heart, and am ready to
render it whenever called upon to vote. I
will tell you Mr.• Speaker, what this contro•
versy reulinnis me of. It puts me in Mind of
a story related. inn one of Bulwer's novels.—
A worthy couple, trained John and Joan, had
lived happily' together ninny a I°4; year, till .
'one unlucky day they bright a new bolster ;*
Juan said the bolster was too hard, and -John
said — the bolster was too soft; so of course
they quarreled: Aber sulking all day, they
agreed to put the bolster between them,nt
night. After theihad thus' lain apart pi little
time, very silent and sullen, John sneezed.
"God bless youl" said Joan over tlie bolster.
"Did 'you say God bless, me ?" cries Jahn; .
''then here goes the bolster." [Laughter.l
Now, sir , the acquisition of territory. And
the 'negro question are our bolsters, and we
have been sulking fur some years with these
bolslcis bet weer' ; and ;whelloui d isngrec
ment begins to threaten the integrity of our
great Union, the voice of the Old Dominion
ishiard shouting in unmistakable •earnest ,
ness over these bolsters of contentipn,"Ged
bless the 'Union 1" Sir, I must,lll3 a true
man, respond to the noble sentiment of Vir
ginia. I say, away with these bolsters of
contention, and let us settle these contempt
ible causes of quarrel in some way honorable
and satisfactory to both.
,• Now, sir, What are we quarreling about in
this matter? What are we talking about?
, As I understand it, the Republican party are
apprehensive that slavery is going into the
Territories nortlfof 3G° to`. Or rather, they
know that it cannot go there; and a great
number of them think that it will not go .
south of that line. Then the entire difficulty
is whether we can draw this line, It is not
for the benefit of anybody, as I unde . rstand
it; for no one is going to derive any benefit
from it. Ido not believe that it will either
cause slavery, to go in or keep it out. I do
nut believe it would have the effect of putting
one-slave-the-more south - of - that - line - or-one
slave the, less. 'But one thing I do know; I
know that the line of 36° 30`, is consecrated,
ay, canonized, in the heaits of the people of
the free States ; and although some I{epub•
'leans may main( up and. say that the:people
would never consent to.restoring that fine, I
do know that„,the Republican party spruni
ihto existence on the abrygation of it, I
know the fact, that we havd gone before the
pdople of Pennsylvania, over and over and
over again, and said that - the Democratic
party had repealed the old Missouri exonpro.
mise lino, and that we were determined
slavery should never go' north of it. 1 - do
Nut ham.° it will ever go north of it. We
have made our word good. I believe that
eVeryifootof territory north of 30° 30' is con
secrated to freedom, although the line is ab•
rogoted. Therefore, to myymlginent, it does
not-make a particle of difference, so far as
the, real question is, concerned, whether you
restore the line or leave it alone. For any
OVill part, I shall vote for the propositions
reported by the committee of thirty-three,
because I think they effect a substantial re•
storsttion of the Missouri Compromisi. Sir,
it is cowardly for the Republican party and
the great tree North to refuse this small boon
to our brethren of the South. Fair play, is
my. motto; and I would scorn to take advan
tage of the paucity of their numbers, by Io•
&lathe bar.
Now, it is true there are some dozen slaves
in New Mexico. Ido not see how we can
get them out. Ido not see how we can have
any control in the matter.. I do know that
the legislation of 1850 settled that question,
and ixnd the :dap/sof that 'territory, or left
it to the people of the Territory, „which
amounts to the same thing. When I was a
Democrat, I felt bound to stand by the legit•
lation of 1850. 1 stood by it then, and I
stand by it now. It made a settlement of
the controversy ; and I understand that the
propositions ol' the committee of thirty three
do nothing' more than,carry that legislation
into effect.
=I
ing of the objects and purposes of the Repub
lican party. I ask bins whether ho under.
stands that one of their objects is ever tor
interfere with slavery in the District of Co.
lumbik, or in the docklards, arsenals, and
navyyards,or with the inter State slave trade.
Mr. JUNION. So Ihr as my knoWledge
goes, in canvassing, not only my own dis
trict, but others, and so far as I have heard
politici discussed.in the free States, I do nut
bel . 6is there ever was an election of any
kin in which thequestion of slavery in the
Die rict of Columbia entered as an element
in any shape .or form. The idea that the
people of the great free States should under
take to make a specific issue on the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia—a
little place less than ten miles squareohat
you could hardly have made a decent shoot
big match out of when I was a boy in our
county —and should make a quarrel with
• respect to it, is supremely ridiculous. Ido
not believe that any , Mau elected to Congress
in the free States over discussed that sebject
at all. They do not' think 'about it. The
people de not care 'about it, rind do not want
to have anything: to do with it. But they
have always bad in , their mind the great'
tittestion - whether they would secure the ter
rltory north of 33° 30' for wh i m they call
freedom. That is to say, that the freemen of
the north do net want to work along side of
slayes: ,, That is all. • .
INV hen! you talk about lhe hostility, of tyre
people of the free States to slavery, you are
greatly. in !error. GO into these distrietti;
where the people are supposed to be so in
tensely hoitile•to the runt itution, and you iv!II
'find that , they talk very little about it, and.