VA -v 1 - A 4v mi il! !:l THE BLESSINGS Oi" GOVERNMENT, t.tttf. THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED AT.TTTR UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR. jVE W SERIES. EBENSBURG, NOVEMBER 30, 1854. VOL. 2. NO. 10' TERMS: THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, ia publish ed every Thursday morning, in Ebeusburg, Cambria Co., Pa;, at $1 50 per annum, IF paid is advance, if not $2 will be charged. . . ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously in serted at the following rates, viz : - 1 square 3 insertions, - $1 00 Every subsequent insertion, ' " 25 --1 square 8 months, ' ; t -'3 00 . " 1 year, ,12 00 , "col'n , 1 year; . - , 25 00 . j .,' . ." , f 50 00 ' Business Cards with one copy of the DKMOCRAi" & Skstisel. per yt-ar, 5 00 ' From the Evening NaUonal Argus. :; THE USUHY LAWS. A proposition for tW repeal of the Usury Laws will probably be introduced in the Leg islature it its next session, and as a number of the newspapers have already declared them selves in fuvor of the repeal, I avail myself of the proffered use of your columns, for the pur pose of submitting some observations in oppo sition to as it appears to me. so disturbing and dangerous a measure. .In making this attempt, I freely confess, the embarrassment an J -diffideneo I feel, for, differing from the opinions expressed in an article in your paper of a fortnight ago,, whieh seemed ;o view the -question as an easy and simple one, it eeeuis to me to be oce of . the most complicated and difficult that can be presented for legislative action , and one that should only be approach ed with the utmost possible care and circum spection. In this light the subject has hith erto been regarded ; and though in the pro gressive age in which we live, many innova tions have been made in the laws and customs of former times, yet in regard to this a wise aud conservative caution has been observed, which we will do well still to imitate. The proposition fer a rtpeal of the usury Jaws has come in every instance from the tra ding and business classes of, the commuEity It hW been re-commenced by the Board of TraJe in tins city. -aadv by the Chamber of Commerce in New York ; and we are informed by the newspapers that js has been effected by lheParliauientof Great Britain, though the - precise terms of the Jaw just enacted there I believe are not ret .known to us. The great respaptability f these various authorities are ' deeply felt aai Xreely, acknowledged.. The Board of, Trade and the Chamber of Com merce are - doubtless, . ia general... judicious counsellors ia their respective rpbercs, and the most profound admiration 13 entertained for the eminence of the wisdom and ability that is concentrated in the British Parlia xnent. . a But these considerations are by no means conclusive of the argument on the great ques tion under consideration. The opinion of the Board of Trade, and similar organizations, may be based upon a partial view of the in terests of the class to which tbey belong, rath er than to a comprcnelf.sivc view of the inter ests and welfare of society at large, which are to be effected by such legislation as well as their own. "With great respect for them, it is thought, however, that cen in regard to their own special interests they have Eomctimes been seriously mistaken At one time they thought that their intercuts and the interests of the country would be promoted by the re newal of the charter of the Bank of the United States; whereas, many of them now regard that or any similar institution, as an irrespon sible oligarchy, 'which held, and would hold their interests ia subservience to any ambi tious schemes that it nii:;ht have held or might liercafter entertain: and which aimed . at a jcontrol over the legislative power of the coun try ran institution that . cculd and would ex pand, and - contract the vdiunic of current, and correspondingly raise and depress prices, and disturb and distress the business of the country, without respect to any thing but its own ambitious ends. , " , - . s Mistaken at the period referred to on that agitating question, they may also be now mis taken in the policy of - taking away from the .acknowledged standard of valua that which is one of .the principal elements of its stability and uniformity, to wit ; the prica for its yearly use. This reference to the former opin ions on that subject of the class referred to, : is not made in any spirit of unkindncss or disre spect, but simply to remove any prestige that may attach to them in regard to it, and to place them on the same footing of fallibility with the. rest of. the community, on a question of vast and like importance to us all. That question is, whether it is wiso and ex ' pedient to establish a fixed rate for the use of money, or whether it shall be the subject of f 0nv Ct ctween the parties borrowing and . lending in each individual transaction ? And that involves' the farther question whether money is a mere article of merchandise;- or whether it has not an additional and vastly important function to perform as a measure, and standard, and representative of value, by which all other values are measured , compared, and ascertained ? These are questions of the greatest practical consequence, and being ab ptru$e and difficult, the observations that Bhall be made upon them are offered with unfeigned and great diffidence. In all former times, and up to the present time, the opinion has been entertained that money is not a mere article of merchandise, but that it is also a standard of value, and that to give to it additional con eistency and uniformity, a stated price must be fixed for its use ; and that in its combined character, as an article of value and a measure of value; by "which all other values are. esti mated and exchanged, it possesses a power not possessed by anything else, which, for the protection of the weak against the cupidity of the BtroBgit was necessary to . limit and restrain-. , , As n article of value, gold and silver art worth fair equivalent for th labor and difficulty and danger that is experienced in procuring them This standard, it is true, has varied at different times, and under differ ent circumstances ; but being in comparison with other productions scarce and difficult to obtain, and varying ,but slightly in quantity, they have been supposed by all nations, in all times, as the best adapted among the produc tions of nature for the purpose of forming a measui eand standard value, by which all oth er commodities should be estimated. And certainly they are admirably adapted to this end. Their senrcety, ,and yet sufficiency ; the cost of obtaining them ; and their beauty and capability of minute division without waste or Joss. They seem to ha.vo-bce.a-pccialiy designated by the All Wise maker of all things for this special oEice'. ' And , so have they been used, as already said, , by all people in all times. ' . The occasional increase, too, by new dis coveries, to meet the increasing demands of increased population and increased activity in the world, seems to add increased force to this view of the subject ! What do they want but a fixed andSstable price for their annual use to constitute them the best and most pro per article in the whole list of native produc tions for a standard of value by which all things else may be measured and estimated ? Silver and gold only are spoken of a, money ; for the paper substitute we unfortunately use has noue of the necessary attributes except convertabiliry and a fixed annual price of in terest to qualify it for the office of a measure cf value. Alas I it has but too often proved but a mere disturber and destroyer of values and just relative interests. But with gold and silver, and a fixed price for their use, unifor mity and consistency is more nearly obtained than with anything else And such a stand ard has been deemed necessary from the most primitive times Is it not necessary that something should be agreed upon for this pur pose? ; Certainly we. cannot tkll back to ex change in kind. We must have some stand ard, some rule possessing uniformity of quan tity and value to perform tbi3 ofSce, and that something has been found in gold and silver. These qualities and attributes, and necessities have removed them from the mere ordinary category of merchandise, and have imparted to at least that portion which enters into, or forms the basis of circulation, a different char acter from a mere article of commerce. And necessarily so. We must have something to perform this o8ic,' and that something to be just, and to -an s-.ve? the purpose, must have a fixed and certain' value. We have it, and why destroy or impair its adaptation ? '.r The advocates for a repeal ; of the usury laws pay that gold and silver ' are mere mer chandise. Are we then to have no nnifora standard ? One article is scarce this year and another is plenty. They will both be meas ured by the standard of value, and the first will be high and the other cheap. The next year the condition of these articles will be re versed, and then by the same uniform stand ard the last will be high and the first cheap ; but we want the same uniform and unvarying standard by which to compute them all the time. And so it must ever be. But make money a mere merchandise,' and where is this necessary standard to befi-und? Money is something more than merchandise, and the convenience of the world requires that it ever shall be, and that it shall be a meajnre and standard by which other things shall be esti mated. So much as to whether money is merely merchandise. . But money is niorcthan this. It is row ek And this is the practical and important attribute that is in issue in the present attempt to remove restraints from it, and to give it free scope to give more to him that has it, at the expense of those who are laboring to ob tain it; and the eertnin tendency of the suc cess of the attempt will be to make the rich richer, and the comparatively rich poor, and i the poor poorer still ' . It is in this sonse, doubtless, that the divine prohibition has been put upon it, and the extortioner is ranked in the word of inspiration with the covetous, and the idolator, as it said "Nor thieves nor cov etous, nor drunkards, nor revilcrs, nor extor tioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God." Money is power, and t'ie temptation to abuse it has been put under restraint, as society im poses restraints on other evil passions, and protects the weak - against the abuses of the strong; and the sympathies and sentiments of mankind are in favor of the restriction, and in opposition to the covetous, and the extortion er, and the oppressor. Again : Money 'is power, and different -from merchandise, as it places the borrower and lender on a' different tooting from that occupied by buyer and sel ler. Does a borrower approach a lender with the same ease and confidence that a purchaser approaches the seller of goods, or houses or lands? On. the contrary; in the latter case the purchaser has the air of ease, and indiffer ence and confidence which secures the most favorable terms," while in the case of the bor rower there-is a feeling of embarrassment and apprehension ia making ' known his wants, which oes far towards placing ' hira at the mercy of him who has to lend ; and this illus trates the necessity of legal protection against cupidity and extortion,- I will not do more than thus to touch the point to sh6w how dif ferently money is regarded from merchandise. But it is in relation to the practical and im mediate operation of the repeal that I desire to say a few words. The probable effect of a rep?al at the pres ent time would be the most disturbing and dis astrous imaginable In the present "excited state of activity; in the country, the demand for money w excessive and enormous. ' Rail way shares and securities to take a single instance-are offered to tho community with the most tempting estimate of profits and promises of high rates ofmtorest.' Now while the repeal of tho usury wouij not a1J a dollar to the circulation of tho State, it would tempt those having permanent investmentto reca!b:tho9o- investments', in-order that' tbey mihl place them ia1 the nrbre doubtful, bat perhaps more profitable stocks and securities thus offered them. At . any tate, they would be tempted to avail themselves of the excuse, if for no other purpose, at least to exact a high er rate of interest than previously allowed by law.' 'It would be an appeal to their covet ousness to oppress their neighbors It is, perhaps, not too much to estimate that one half of all the property in the State is subject to mortgage for part of its value at the present legal rate of interest. If, the usury laws are repealed, these opportunities for investment would at least afford an excuse to capitalists such as insurance companies, trustees, and those who invest their own money in that se cure; way to9 say to mortgagors that,' at the end of tiie year, or at some fixed time,' they would want the principal sum of the bond. -Now where would be tho power of resistance to debtors in such cases ? If the demand should be general, the business and trading members of the community, as wpll as the professional, man, and the farmer and mechan ic, would have to consent to a higher rate of interest, or, in many cases at least, be obliged to submit to a sale of their property , either privately or by compulsory process. Such a measure, if followed up in this way would produce a scene of disturbance and distress, such as we have had few parallels to. Why disturb these arrangements? At present "they are satisfactory to both sides ; and cer tainly with great reason tbey should be satis factory to the lender. Except in cases of some business property, and some speculative property, the man "holding the mortgage at G per cent, has hitherto received a higher rate of nett income than the holder of the fee There are new farms in Pennsylvania that will rent for G per cent, upon their sale able price; and of dwellings in cities and towns, the remark is evually true. The exist ing rate then is in favor of the lender, and why increase his advantage ? As a general thing, it is not asked ; though if offereo! by law, doubtless it would be readily accepted. A repeal of the usury laws, and an iucrease of the rate of interest would, at a time of great demand for money, like the present, be attended with an increased value of property, and would diminish the estimated value of taxable property; in the State to an immense amount The probable consequences of such a measure at such a period of financial wants are fearful to contemplate, and should repel as with horror from so distressing and revolu tionary a scheme a scheme to use the lan guage of another, "to make a lottery of property and merchandise of money. 'And who asks for this great and radical change in our business relations ? Is it the farmer R'not producer upon'the" filtration of whose products the merchants and traders live and grow rich ? No. ' They are not only content with the law as ic stands, but averse to any change that will so disturb their peace. But this great class possessing immensely greater wealth than all the others combined, are passive and com pari tively. inert. Their great interests are left to protect themselves quetly and unobtrusively ! while the dealers and traders the more active classes make the press and the Legislative halls of the country to resound with their wants and the importance end necessities of their wants and the importance and necessities of their inter ests. These latter are the classes that now ask for a repeal of the usury laws, under the vain expectation that it is going to create new floods of money and reduce the rates of interest. Vain expectation ! It cqnnot create a new dollar, nor will it draw a dollar from elsewhere to the State. The peek to disturb the relations of the community, and to de range existing contracts upon the supposition that it will bring new money on Change to enlarge the operations of note holders and shavers. ; They would seduce those who have retired upon their fortunes to call in their in vestments, ia order to make them extortion ers and more covetous than they otherwise would be. . The evils that would follow such a step at this time, in this country, are legion not nowrfo be numbered or mentioned. It would be as bad, too, in myrals as in policy. In stead of elevating the moral sense, it would tend to degrade our sentiments of right and wrong, and is not only calculated but design ed to make us look upon oppression and ex toriian for the sake of gain with satisfaction and allowance. " Now, and still more former ly the shaver has been i"egarded with an aver sion akin to destation, and when losses have been known to have fallen upon such, no more sympathy has been bestowed upon them than upon a captured pirate The feeling - in op position to their calling is a hly emanation, and comes from the same source as the divine interdiction a sympathy for the oppressed against the oppressor. . But now it is pro posed to legalize the pursuit, and to encourage some of the worst passions of our nature, tempting men to get gain, though they should thereby lose their own souls. Fearful tempt ation ! The true characteristic of money, and the restraints upon the price or use of it, whicb are measurably secured by'the laws a3 they are, ' should yet ba preserved for many years. I he time may como when it will be both safe and wise to make the proposed alter ation in the law. The saered voice of inspi ration tells us there is a time for all things, and it may be that there will be a time for a repeal of i usury laws ; but it should be a very different, and perhaps distant time from tho . i - T. -I, .l .it , v , present xc is possmio mas mat ume nas ai ready arrived in .hnglaud the only nation that has yet ventured the experiment and that only just now. ; .'" But England, let it bo borne in mind, is the great centre of capital- and of monetary transactions; Iti3 to the world what the centre of commerco is to a State, and. the rate of interest there ia so low from the im mensity pf their cash capital, that the -epcal of such laws leave all former 'contracts, as much undisturbed, . as if it had not taken place,, and , does not give to money any" in crease oi power over property or pivuuwuu But such is by no means the case here. When Pennsylvania becomes like England, densely populated, and all our proposed improvements madi and no more demand for money,' than there ia money to supply; and inteiest is brought to the same rate, or even a somewhat higher rate than it is there, then we may think of imitating her example. Then the time, may have arrived when s"uch a, repeal will not disturb contracts, stimulate avarice, and convert our citizens into shavers and ex tortioners. But until there is a similarity in our condition,' the example is no precedent for us, and the argument derived from that source falls powerless to the ground. The mov'erntnt here,"" is - premature, -partial "and unwise, and it can hardly be supposed that the legislature of Pennsylvania, will adopt so disturbing and disastrous a measure, as the repeal at this time would assuredly prove. A Beautiful Extract On the 4th inst. ,. at Detroit, Gen. Cass made a lengthy speech, part of which was in reply to an attack made upon him by the Richmond Enquirer. We take from it the subjoined extract which is a fair specimen of the eloquent style of the author, and will am ply repay perusal. It will be seen that he gives a homo thrust at the Fusionists, and his remarks, although intended for a Michigan audience, will admirably suit this meridian : 'Do not abolitionize the great Whig party, said Mr. ' Clay. I am afraid thiswarning voice has been unheard or unheeded, and that the deed he feared and denounced has been done. And though we may regret, yet we are not responsible for this act of political sui cide but we are responsible for tho integrity of our own party. Do not, my friends, do not abolitionize the Democracy. Let us have no fusion by which our fine gold is to be mel ted in the melting pot of political amalgama tion. Do not lower the standard of the party by alley of other metals. We received it un debased from the patriarchs of our faith. Un debased let us preserve it. I have as little personal interest, my fellow citizens, ia the determination of these ques tions as any man" who is now listening to me in this numerous assemblage, be the other whom he may. Having passed the term of human existence assigned to man by the Psalmist three score years and ten lam warned that my hold upon life is a frail and a fleeting one. But I believe the duration of this government is closely interwovent with the duration of our party. I have lived a Democrat during my days which are passed, and I mean to live a Democrat during my days, however few, that are to come. The lucuuioni ,nqvirer; indeed, you see, has read ma out of the party, proscribing me, dis avowing me, and loppiag me off as a leprous limb ; for these are the terms, in its mijrht or in its. wrath, which it employs. But I do not acknowledge its jurisdiction I do not submit to its decree of excommunication. I shall not say, as idr. v eoster saia, unaer circumstan ces not entirely dissimilar, " here shall 1 go V for I do not mean to go anywhere I mean to stand upon the ground 1 have occu pied for half a century. I was a Democrat in the days when the llichmond Enquirrr was born, years before the Lu th of its present edi tors. . . I am among the very few public men now living .appointed to important civU ofiice by Mr, JeS'eraon, nearly fifty years ago; perhaps I am the only one. And I prize this testimo nial of the confidence of that great and pure statesman as one of the most precious memor ials left to me ; and I feel that fi-om that day to this I have adhered to his principles, and have done nothing to forfeit his confidence were he yet living. During a long and active public career I have received far more, and more important proofs of the fuvor of my coun try than I ever expected or merited. I car ried little to her service beside a desire to do my duty ; and now, when my days are almost numbered, and my aspirations for political distinction are among the things . that have been, if I can make no other return for all this kindness, I shall make the return of fidelity, by my adhesion to those principles which have so long been the rule of my public conduct. I have no griefs to assuage, no resentments to gaatify, no purposes to attain but the great purposes of the party and of the country My heart is filled with gratitude for all I have re ceived, and not with regret, because I have not received more. Animated by these sen timents, I shall hold on to my party and its doctrines till my hold is broken by that great change which sooner or later comes to all." Stringency in the Eloney Market. There is much complaint about tightness of the money market, or the scarcity ot mouey I it any wonder money is scarce with tho majority of folks, when the universal cxtrava gauce of the times is thought of. ' ; Look at the dresses on the streets aud the expensive furniture in the houses. - Look at the young girls sporting silks at two and throe dollars per yard bonnets at glo and and crape shawls at 075 auj ft 100. Look at. the young men with 10 bootees, 12 and 15 pants, and 030 to 50 coats, with gold watches and quizzing glasses to match. Is it any wonder Cmev is scarce if all these things are paid for? Verily, one might tuiuk we had got to California, or Australia, cr the fabled EI Dorado itself! . - Let the people go back to the. simplicity of our lathers, when a good calico dress was worn to church by. the frirls and their moth ers, when a felt bonnet, costing a dollar, or a uouur ana a nail, , would lasi several khis, and when irood cordurov pants and a home made , cloth coat was the court and Sunday dress of their fathers. Lot us go back . to, this Ilenubl 1 can smi", lioitv and independence. and there will soon be an end .to the cry hi hard times, and a tight money market. : It L the universal extravagance of the. times which make money scarce, and th idleness ' Which prevails to an alarming degreevn every circle. The young ladies who used to make their fathers and brothers clothes and . knit their stockings, now caa't make their own, and the young men patronize French tailors, and wear French kids Truly", it is no diiEcult matter, to account for hard times and a stringent money market.' - ,: Pennsylvania. . 1 . - TOTE FOR GOVERNOR FEO 1799 .TQ 185-1. 1799 Thomas M'Kean, democrat, SC.244 ; - . -r . James Ross, federalist.1 32,(5 12. . 1802 Thomas M'Kean, democrat, 47,879; . . ' - James. Eo esfederalist, 17,034. 1805 Thos - .M'Kean, democrat, 40,614; Simon Snyder, dem., 38,378.; (No 1 ' ' federal candidate, the federalists vo ting for Mr. M'Kean.) 1808 Simon Snyder, dem., 67.G75; James Ross, fed., 29,575; John Spayd, quid candidate, 4,007. ' 1811 Simon Snyder, dem., 52,318; Wm. Tilgman, fed., 3.C09. 1814 Simon Snyder, dem , 51,099; Isaac Wayne, fed., 29.5GG 1817 Wm. Fiudley, dem., CG.333; Jos. Iliester, old school Republican, ', 52,272. -1820 Joseph Iliester, old schoo) republican, 07,905; Wm. Findley, dem., 60',- 300. - .: . 1823 John Andrew Shultz, dem., 89,993 ; Andrew Gregg, fed., 64,211. 1S2G John Andrew Shultz, dem., 72,710; John Sergeant, fed , 1,175 ; scat tering 1,174. 1829 Geo. Woif, dm., 78.219 Joseph liitner. anti-mason, 51.77G. 1832 Geo Wolf, dem., 91,355 ; Jos Itit- ncr, anti mason, 88,105. 1835 Jos. Ritner, anti-mason. 94,028; G. Wolf, dem.,' 05,804; Henry A. Mahlenburg, dem., 40,563 1838DavidR. Porter, dem., 127,831 ; J. Ritner, anti-mason, 122.325. 1841David R. Porter, dem , 130,504 ; J. Banks, whig, 113,478. 1844 Francis R. Shunk, dem., 1C";322; Joseph Markle, whig, 150,040 lS47Francis R. Shunk, dem , 145,081 ; James Irwin, whig, 128, 14S; E. C Reigart, native American, 11,- 247; J F. Lemoyne, abolition, 1,- 8G1. 184SWilliam F.- Johnson, whig 1CS, 522; Morris Longstreth, dem., ' 168.522. . : 1851-WUliamBigler, dem.. 180,499; W. . F. Johhson, whig, 178,034. 1 854 James Pollock, whig and know-noth ing, 0U8 ; imam ligler, democrat, lt7.001; i Benj Rush Bradford, native amer- ican, 1,011. ;' ThevZansas Settler. The following article upon emigration to Kansas Territory, which we copy from the St. Louis Herald of the 10th inst.. embodies to our mind tho most sensible views we have yet read on that subject in the newspapers. We think it should be ccr.ied by the Press generally Advice from Kansas still reports a large emigration into that territory Missouriaus are constantly moving in to lay their claims there, while numbers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, are making their, homes alongside ot them. Jew Jbngland ana more! northerly emigrants, including those sent out by Aid Societies, form, it i3 supposed, about the fifth part of the population. It is remark ed, however, of the emigrants last referred to that they turn back disgusted and disheart ened in larger proportion than tha emigrants from other quarters. . We are not surprised at this circumstance . The emigrants from the Western States are true pioneers. They are in the most part hardy farmers who' have been used to things in the rough, and are pa tient under toil and exposure. ' 'It ' is only such that can stand up against the privations, discomforts and hardships incident to break- ing in a new country, lney endure solitary labor without a murmur. The excitement of crowds, gossip, lectures and discussions, is not necessary to their existence. But a forced emigration of uch materials as would bo likely to offer to the Emigrant Aid Societies from the restless, excitable impatient, mercu rial part of the population of a New Eugland village, is of quite a difTcreitf character. The appearance cn the Missouri river of . a company of these aid emigrants, with a band of music, fiddling and dancing on their way to the promisedand, remind us of a similar apparition in Louisiana, some ten years ago. At that time a company of French Socialists were marching musically on their way for Texas. Perhaps they thought they were about to realize the fable of Orpheus, and to melt down the clods of Texas without plow or harrow, simply, through tho sweet sounds elicited by drawing cat-gut over horse hair. Of that company there is nothing left but the memory of their musical tour. Texas never had the benefit of their labors. nor they the Donor 01 uc fiujft!, 4 new dav KDOrt ries. building cabins, hgiitmg tvcr ami ague or winter typhoids, with the dootor ten miles off. the blacksmith twenty, and the mill thirty. with evry other aocommoJatiun equally unhan- dy, and no chance to tauwita aueignoorun less by a mile's walk on purpose, will fin themselves egregiously mistaken It is ; kind of life so utterly opposed .to , auything known in the cities aud villages of ; long set tled countries that wo are not surprised to find some of thoso who have never before been out of those cotjes and villages, content with a very brief trial of it Still," opinions differ as to 4ho question whether slavery will bo permitted in Kansas. In the territory itseIfA and among. the settlers,' very little is said about slavery Nearly all there ieel tnat tne aiscussion-01 ifc oum, uy leading to a useless agitation, b injurious. Emigrants flocking to a country entirely . Willi UIO I-Juiosi luta ui lujiiiL,, uj.i- ' ..... .- , , " of lelimg timber,: iireaiung up prai- Not only the Missouriaiis, but nearly' all the emigrants from the Wt-etern States, are quit willing to ignore the. whole subject,, in their laws, organic or otherwise; just as is done in Utah and New Mexico. Their belief is, and that is the belief pervading the best informed classt-s of our citizens, that elavfcry cannot un der any circumstances attain any importance in Kansas. , II the law ignored it, there might he, as there now is in Kansas, a few Elave&beUas house-servants. But few think ing mn in St. Louis suppose that thero will be a migration thither of planters with their field hands. There is so fat no such emigra tion ; nor ia there any the slightest - fympiom -that there -will bo any fau.h If Southern planters wanted land to cultivate by slave la bor in the latitude of Missouri, they would come to Missouri, where they can yet find arr abundance of the richest soil at government price. But they do net coirie here. Why then should they go beyond to Kansas, when they certainly cannot locate themselves so eligbly as they can in Missouri? If Missouri planters watted more land in this latitude, they would also find it in Missouri TLey need not go to Kansas. In point of fact they are neither going to Kansas nor staying ia Missouri. Tlwy are moving to Texat. Sla very is no doubt relatively declining and de clining rapidly in Missouri. What is .'the probability then of its making any great head way in Kansas ? We say, thero is none hat ever. : ' ' ' " 1 As we believe the views above presented are correct, we should be gratified to find them generally adopted by our countrymen at tho East and in Ne w England. In that event, the settlement of Kansas, .instead of Icing perverted into an occasion of exciting acri monious feelings between the people of Mis souri and those of the North, would be suf fered to proceed to ward a wholesome develop ment by peaceable process. , There is really no need of these Emigrant Aid Associations and other unnatural methods of nocking Kansas with settlers. Let the emigration of the Yankees be unforced, sjontaneous and wormed up only by healthy stimulants, Kan sas will then have from Yankee land settlers, whom she will cordially welcome. For they will be ingenious, industrious, painstaking Yankees ; not brainsick speculators iu those multitudinous itiu which are the only blot on the otherwise fair face of New England. Theory mongers or vain babbWs, everlast ingly seeking some new thing,' and who in six months time-would find Kansas ' too old and worn to suit their tastes and fancies,' are not the material for building up that territory We repeat it then, let all these artificial stim ulants to cniigration be dlscoutinuedr Let Kansa settle herself. She will ' do it much better even mora . certainly in accordance with the views of the least ultra among these Emigrant Aiders than by all the machinery that they can set in motion. Lvkch Law in Illinois. The Blooming ton (111.) AitM Letter gives an account of the progress of a war that has been going on in Polk Township,' Monroe county, between a party of self-constituted "regulators' and notorious counterfeitors, robbers and thieves, who are connected with a nest of lewd women The "regulators" have lynched several of the outiftws, demolished the mansion of Sallio Quick, and notified the villains to leave tbo' county within a given time. Geo. Washing ton Fleetwood, Thomas Jefferson Fleetwood,' Andrew Jaskson Fleetwood, Wiley Davar, and Hiram Fleetwood, were all severely whip-i ped, but the latter, on account of his old ago and ignorance, "was lot off with only ninety lashes." the Seetwoods openly confessed that they had been guilty of house-burning, coun terfeiting, feh-K'p-i-tealin?. robbery, fc. ' . CC7"TLe tide of emigration that is sweeping to wards lexas id immense. 1 lie J'ort Oibs-m lit r.ild of a late date saya that upon a'wnls rente that lies through Port Gibson and llodncy, tliero p;u-: ed within tho previous twenty day, between fur and five thousand per ns. 1 besc tuiiiuLts are principally from lwwe: Tcimtse &ud the uj per part of A anama. - The IIottextot's Cocsel. Every now and again we find in our contemporaries some' such thing as "Chinese Maxims," or "A Fa ther's Counsel from the German," or "Tho . Ten Golden Rules of Usene.razor, the - Arab Chief." Now it may be that thpse rules may be wise and worthy of attention, but a learn ed Hottentot, Professor Squashee Bumbo, has communicated to us the makims ia uso among his nation, and claims for them a place in our columns for which he has expressly translated thess pithy aphorisms : Truth u a good thing but too good lor cvery-day use. N . . ever, steal more than you can conve nient! v carrv. Never have less than three wives one to cook, oce to plough, and one to fan you whiltV yon are sleeping. . " ; ' ' Whenever you slausruter an ox bccu ' uio best, cut to the judge. . .v Dcfrauu not your neighbor unless thcj is no one else whom vou can cheat. , ; . , Keep your wive's busy, but labor, none yoursLlf-rem?mber it is your purpose to watch; the husband's eye w as good as two wives Never sell your daughter to a man worth le.;$ than five hundred oxen, and never allyw your son to give more than three hundr:d ox en for one wife. ' ' ' i t By so doing you will come to bo a rich and respected man in your tribe yonr kraai shall abound with cattle, you shall have a nu merous family, and perhaps become a . chief, gOT The secret is out at last ! We know all about the Know Nothings, They had. their origin in Scotland, and must have cmU grated from there; elso, why does Shakespoara put these words intothe mouth cJfLord llosse, in his tragedy of MaclibotU? , .. Alas, poor country I almost, afraid to know it-, : , - self, . . . . . . . It cannot bo called bur mothor, but oar grave; Where . nothing, but who Knoy r Noting ia fCa to smlhJ,
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