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'"' ' " ' r " A Cilia after a Storm. ' ' '
There has nut been fur a long time in the histo
ry of , the politics of this county, such a complete
.calm, a thoro has been ' since the t nominations.
.To say the least of our Convention, it was compo
sed of the very, best men the c ounty could pro--luce
and if they were nut as brilliant as those of
'other counties, they were the best our . market
could afford. They Sf-locted a ticket regardless of
Anything else, but the integrity of the party and
'the parity of its principles. To say that it pleases
everybody, is saying too 'much, but that it is the
best that could be made under all the cireumstan
tees., is conceded by a. vast majority of the demo-'
crats of the county, -It does not please the Know
iothing, nor, indeed, was it intended to please
'them. - There is -no nuui on that ticket, who does
not deUat an J despise.--that order,- with a most
'laudable cordiality, and who has not always been
'free '-'in7 -avowing those -sentiments. Hence," the
rder feels displeased and sore at the nominations.
It is premature however,' to say; inuch about the
ilLmi t.h'skt rnmiKKi' niir tii-kef. " Wft know not
jWhot their competitors -are yet.' The V"higs are
about to hold an adjourned , Convention, and the
JTickU .Jllters, may, or. may not have made their
nominations in their councils yet.,. It is said, and
indeed it' is the general opposition, that they have
their -ticket '.already balloted, for iti their dens. Jt
n also said, that their nominee for Assembly is
tieorge & King, Dr. Kern for Sheriff,' A; C.Mul
Iin: for Treasurer. 'If such be the fact, we think
that those men are by no means invincible; They
have not all-like Achilles been dipped in the river
Ttyx, and invulnerable only in the heel. Indeed
" they ' are vulnerable jn every .vital part from the
Jut-ad to the- heel. George S. King is full of frafltv,
.he has no ; redeeming political trait about him to
codear .him, to the Whig or even the Temperance
5 party. - He was elected as a-Whig and became a
Know-Nothing, he was expected by a great por
' titin of the Whig arty in the North and middle
or the county, to have some little regard for them
'as constituents,- but no, he was at home in no one
' measure of that party. In all the secret caucuses
of the Know-Nothings,' there was George to be
found in , their midst trading and trafficking for
votes forjiis new county.. It is. said again by
..others, .that William H. Gardner of Jefferson, is
tlm nominee of the councils for - Assembly, and
tliat a wn by the name of John Roberts, of Con
'emnngh, is their man .for Sheriff. We are unwil
ling torflisturb the calm that now exists in the
'politicul horizon, by saying any thing about these
.men' until they get out of the councils and become
public property. Then we will hold ourselves
in readiness to make some strictures on them,
and on the ortltodoxy of the councils, that gave
them 'to the public. Men may have tuperior
. claims on these lodge for their fealty to these ig
noble bauds, and by tbat means receive their noin
; n.ition, but the mass of the people whoee interests
are at stake in the selection of public officers, will
not consider their claims enhanced very much, by
'being of a superior brand in theso lodges. We
can afford ib sit quietly, and await patiently till
the campaign is fairly opened.
" Tie "Wax. in Europe.
t JTlie siege of Sebastopol 6till continues, but judg
ing from the late intelligence from the scat of war,
it w ill lc a long time before the eflbrts of the AI-
' lies' 'will crowned with niocess. Everything
tf late has grne in favor of the bes'tegwl, and the
glory' of Alma, has been eclipsed by the disastrous
' result of the atUick on the Mamtdon tower. We
tl.iak the tirr.e ia not fkr dlttaut, when the Allies
will rxfJ':ye that thoy Lave speut enough of blood
ami .re.-u,aie iu a fruitless undertaking, and that
s it "& tlcir true Y lit' to raise the siege. It is al
most iir.pissilve to ascertain the number of lives
: that - have been lost since the comraeucement of
the siege. Tuorsar.ds of gallant young men, who
1kft il:e shines of Euj-huid sa l France with their
'.rcasti iL'-w ir.g with ambcluin, and hoping to re
tiTA to tj.ur ccr.n'ry and friends covered w ith
fa?r:e and military' glory, have founJ sliliers
grave n a r.rtign laud.
'T5cre stjill they rot ambition's honor M. fools,
Yi-sliorior docks tbe turf that wraps tlrir ctiy.'.
" 'it Is vaiu t attempt to conjectnre . whtn the
war will cud, but we siucerely hope, f r the sake
of htujiauity,hat the tiuic will soon arrive. -
r. . i Strong iAnjjuage. , , ; ':
- . Some tf the oppcoitioii journals, of Indinna,
(have bevk circulating a report that Gov. Wright
, of that State, v:hn asked whether ho would call
an extra esiton of the Legisliture,' said, " ho
would see hell frozen over six feet thick U-fore he
would do so,."- Now although Go. W. has ncV
. rt ttcnied the tcport. we think that bis genuine
jDemoceacy would preveut him from Sirtg uch
The renioyal of Governor Kelcr appears to be
quite a Cod send to tlio Abolition and Know
Nothing press of the country. They were entire
ly but of fnl. Their fires burned but dfRily.
The indep itdence and ma'lipc exhibited by the
President in removing frppi eHice many of then
order, his untiring liottflity eiaTds them, created
a deadly fieiing of rewngu within their lwsoms.
Their, pent jip wrath waited impatiently for an
opportunity, and - the moment. 'that opportunity
presented it?elf their mad bowlings broke forth.
Meetings were called inflaraatory speeckes (IcIivt
ered -the great moguls of the order, glad to have
an opportunity f belching forth their foul slime,
worked oT their bile amidst the howlings and
cheers of the ignoramuses who blindly follow
them. - The' large dogs of the press are' making
vigorous .efforts to bite, while the smaller curs are
echoing their barkings. Wei these all who were
loud on the subject we should pass the matter
over silently, hoping that the rrlief given to their
stomachs by this emetic wopjd produce a healthier
tone'fut unfortunately some of the Ugroocratic
presses are equally severe on the subject.. With
out vaiting fur the President's reasons for jne re
moval, without taking into consideration what
causes there may be for that "removal, they come
out with tirades of abuse. Now is this fair 1 Is
it manly 1 . The President took time to consider
on the matter. He weighed things well, and we
venture the prediction that he will bo sustained
eventually when people reason on the subject. No
:Diau will deny that Go. Beeder, as an individual
and a private citizen, had the same right to invest
his money in land speculations as any other pri
vate citizen. But if he. took advantage of his po
sition as Governor, and the patronage which that
position gave him ; if he prostituted his positioiv
to'self agrandisement, Rnd by so doing forfeited
that coptidence and respect which it was necessa
ry for him to have, in order to fulfil his office as
Governor, why should he be retained? j Why
forced on the people and legislature of that terri
tory 1. Public opinion in the North has to a cer
tain extent, been created through the medium of
false reports. 'The statements which have gener
ally found their way into the papert, have been
manufactured for the pxirpose. In such cases gen
erally distance lends enchantment to the view."
Now wc do not wish to condemn Gov." Reeder,
nor will we condemn the President unheard." We
wait for future developments, and ask our breth
ren of 4 the press to do the. same, and when the
matter is feirly before the people let. justice be
Foreign Abuse. ; ' '
- Some scientific men, and many traveling vaga
bonds from Europe, whilst perigrinating the Uni
ted States, and receiving from our, citizens that
kindness which the ' Lord has enjoined should be
manifested towards strangers in a strange land,"
have abused the good offices of bur people sneer
ed at onr institutions contemned our Government
"--aud affected to despise our race. In mct in
stances,' these retailers of slang had been 'gorged
to the throat with the meal of America. But they
took care not to manifest their malignity until they
had. been wafted to their .homes, and : when the
billows and the breakers of an ocean intervened
between them and those they ;iiad vilified., With
out pausing to enumerate the: many instances af
forded by England and France, which have fur
nished abundant material for traveling defamers
of national hospitality throughout the world, we
will restrict ouisclvea for the present to the im
pleading task of dissecting a beast in breeches, who
hangs out the sign of D5ocqueville, who hails
from France, and who has- written upon the ' De
mocracy of America." Ilig work, contains four
hundred and four pages ; in : four of which, we
aver, there are more audacious lies fulminated,
than would be sufBcic nt to supply a text fb ac
commodate the libelling propensities of four thou
sand lesser lights of defamation. . With this com
plimentary jiotice, we fling out the following
pleasant extracts from DoTocqueville, which
should be read and remembered. ;; , -.'.'
Page 287. " Freedom of opinion docs not exist
in the United States?" : , - - : , ; ,, . .
He complains that ' there is no public organ
of infidelity inlhe United States I" He denoun
ces the majority of the people in terms varied and
virulent. The "Empire of the majority" The
" Tyranny of the majority?' The " Despotism
ol the majority" of the United States are among
this traveling caitiffs discovered facts, upon which
he chews the cud of satisfied malignity.
Tage 289, he Deplores the mutability and the
ignorance of the Democracy." ; - - I 4 :
' Thus speaks this vapid Frenchman fresh on re
treat from the " three days revolution" of Paris.
Speaks, ' at a time when his own nation was con
vulsed with intestine broils, and boiling over with
the concrete putridity of external peace ' '.
From the foregoing extracts, it can be gleaned
how much sympathy Americans owe to France as
she is. When Ciesar conquered France, he des
cribed tlie inhabitants as animals, formed of a
mixture of the Monkey and the Cat. The nation
still retains these characteristics. :"" x '
Cambria County Agricultural Society.
The Cambria County Agricultural Society will
hold their jirst annual exhibition and fair at this
place some time in October next, the programme
for which we publish oh the first page of this
week's paper. As full time and notice is given to
enable all who may wish to enter into competition
for the premiums, we hope for the credit of the
county to see our farmers enter into the matter in
earnest, and render the exhibition creditable to
little Cambria. Let no one be detered from bring
ing acy article from thiuking it may not be wor
thy of exhibition, but Tetall do their best, and the
result we feel assured will be satisfactory to all
concerned. We direct the attention of our rea
ders to the list of premiums, y
J5F The dangers of Catholicism in Ten
nessee are thus noticed in the Chattanooga
Adrertiser : ' , -
; The Know -Nothings are calling upon the
people of Tennessee to aronse, arm, and go
forward to battle to battle against what?
why, ' simply, against the three 'Catholic '
clturclu that the census of 1850 ives as in
Tennessee. . What a grand spectacle I Be
hold ! Iuq t)ujusanJ and , , deytn froteslatit
churcie are arrayed against three Catholic
churches I What a smash,! aud to pot down
these three Catholic churches I .0,- Temporal
Wbnt are we not coining to ! Only .think , pf
the fight two thousand and .eleven Protests
aot jcuorches and the outsidersr against three
Catholic churches JVill not.the.sua tand
prill to witness the contest ?" , ' . T'
-We this week publish the pledge prepared by
the County Committee, and signei by our cafidi
date for the Legislature, our candidate for Sheriff,
and our candidate for . County Treasurer. They
are now fairly before the public, and we can go
into their support with aright good wilL. We
have not time for .much comments this" week, as
we were going to press when we received this doc
ument. We wiirjiureafter say more on this subject,
and endeavour to do those gentlemen that justice in
our columns that their merit deserves. There has
not been time to hear from the other candidates
yet, but we have' no doubt all will be right w$th;
regard to their pledge. , '"''
' Having been nominated by the Democratic
County Convention for a seat in the next Legisla
ture, in compliance with a resolution adopted by
said Convention, I do hereby pledge myself to the
County Committee, that I have not been, am not
now, and do not intend to become a member of
any secret political organization, whether known
by the name of Know-Nothings, or that of any
other; and that in my official capacity, I will not
vote for, or support any person who is known, or
even suspected of being a member of such secret
political organization. Further, that I have not
been the advocate of the election of Simon Camer
on to the United States Senate, since the publica
tion of the Kirkpatrick letter, and.in the event of
my election, will carry out the instructions of the
Convention in favor of the Hon. Henry D. Foster.
Further, that I will also carry out the instructions
of the Convention 'elative to the division of the
County, and will oppose the same. And also, for
the repeal of the 'f Jug Law," and the restoration
of the three mill tax. -
G. NELSON SMITH. ;
Having been nominated "by the Democratic
County Convention as a candidate for Sheriff, in
compliance : with a resolution adopted by said
Convention, I do hereby pledge myself to, the
County Committee, that I have not been, am not
now, and do not intend to become a member of
anv secret political organization, whether knerwn
by" the name of Know-Nothings or that of any
other, and that I will not vote for, or support any
person who is known or even suspected, of being
a member of such secret political organization.
Further, that I have not been the advocate of the
election of Simon Cameron to the United States
Senate, since the publication of the " Kirkpatrick
letter," and I give my adhesion to the. resolutions
adopted by the Convention. . . - ' ;
. JAMES MYERS.-'
. 'Having been ' nominated bv the Democratic
County Convention as a candidate for , Treasurer,
In compliance with a resolution adopted by said
Convention, Ido hereby pledge myself to the
County Committee, that I have not been, am not
now, and do not intend to become a member of
any secret '.political organization whether' knowp.
by the name of Know-Nothings or that of any
other ; and that I will not vote for, or support any
person who is known or even suspected, of being
a member of such secret political organization.
Further, that I have not been the advocate of the
the election- of Simon ;- Cameron to the United
States Senate, since the publication of the." Kirk
patrick letter," and 1 give my 1 adhesion to the
resolutions adopted bv the Convention. ' .' '
1 - . ; CHARLES D. MURRAY."
Hear Both Sides--A Letter from the Rev. R.
': u J. Breokenridge. ;
v C7-The Rev.' Ri'Jf" Breckenridge','of' Ky.J has
addressed a letter to the Hon.' Charles Sumner, of
Mass. It ts in reply to an' Anti-Slavery discourse,
as some time since delivered at Niblo's Theatre.
The following passage its source considered, will
arrest attention : 4 ' u "; :'.-.'
.Slavery. Mr. Sumner, is not a modern institu
tion ; it is as ancient as human society. And yet
it is not a permanent institution, in the sense of
being perpetuated in' one particular race or coun
try. We have the sad advantage of being able to
contemplate it in every age of the world, in every
condition of severity, and in contact with every
form of civilization. We ought, by this time, to
be able to comprehend it. From this point of
view I have two statements to make, both of
which I fear may appear to you inaccurate. The
first is, that nothing concerning the structure of
human society is more cleariy established by the
entire career of man on this earth, than that, in
some form or other, the social subjugation of one
part of every highly developed community to an
other part of it, that is, servitude in some form
or other, is absolutely inevitable ; just so much as
the existence of crime, or want, o sorrow.
Let us bewail this as a badge of our fallen con
dition ; let us seek its constant amelioration, as
one of our clearest duties ; but let us respect truth,
and justice, and honor, and good fath, in all our
attempts. The second statement I have to make
is, that the general condition of negro slavery in
America, so far from beng particularly direful
and loathsome, as you represent it to be, is really,
and indeed of necessity, in all respects mitigated
and : regulated after the , pervading spirit of our
Protestant civilization, and is gradually requiring
a more endurable position, as the power of the
Gospel gradually extends its influence, and as the
Slave States gradually settle into the conviction
that their duty obliges them to accept this insti-.
tut ion as a permanent; part of their social system.
I do not myself believe that servitude in this par
ticular form is, as an original question, either ne
cessary or desirable ; and I am well convinced
that in many of out Slave States it might be grad
ually abolished, with great advantage ; while in
all of them it might be still further ameliorated,
without regard to the question of its ultimate so
lution. Nor is it my opinion, that the permanent
continuance of this servitude, in its present form,
is possible,-though its endurance may ba pro
tracted, and the methods of its termination ex
tremely diversified, over the immense are covered
by it. Your duty and mine, Sir, as American
philanthropists, , each in his own sphere, is to ac
cept this great problem as we find it, and by all
the means in our power, assist its final outworking,
in a manner most compatible with the interests of
humanity, with the true progress and glory of
our country, and with those internal principles of
nature and of Providence which our puny efforts
may .in some degree assist, but are wholly impo
tent to control. ' , . ; - . i . '
Mr. Breckenrtdge concludes by warmly urging
fidelity to the Constitution and to the Union. He
says : . . -.- .' .
"As to Slavery, it is a question about which
men may differ, according to the necessity of their
condition and the point of view from which they
consider it. But the cordial and indissoluble
Union of these States is a matter concerning which
no American who has a true heart in his bosom
can possibly have but one opinion- no purpose.
If tlUre be one political duty common to us all,
and transcendently clear and binding, it is that
we should visit with immediate and condign pun
ishment every party and every public man who
is not loyal to the Union and the Constitution.". '
. This, Wo eld's Fair o? Ail Nations.
Among the noticeable things on exbibition at
the Crystal Palace, we saw the contribution
of. jew Pills, from the laboratory of jL'Ji
C. Ayer, the author of the widely known
and . valued Cherry , Pectoral. As it is
against the express regulations of the Palace,
to admit any quack medicines, this fact shows
that his remedies are not placed in that' cate
gory, by ,tha authorities. Indeed, we bave
before known that hi . Pectoral was bighly
appreciated bj scientific men, and" bave seen
lately that his Pills are beld in great estima
tioa by those deeply learned, ia tbe healing
wTruc: Reformer, Mats, ,
- From the Rock Islander.
The "Sew Perserution.
V Onr "readers well know' with what intense
earnestness we have opposed the Know-Noth-ingism.
I We regard it as by far the most
' dagerous party which has ever sprung up up
on American soil. We feel assured that if
ever it gains extended and permanent power,
the Star of this Union will set amidst the tu
mult of civil strife, and perchance in a sea of
blood. Its influence is already most disas
trous, u A, few - days . ago :we , met ; with a
staunch Protestant gentleman, residing in a
county in a distant State, where the Catholic
and Protestant DODulation is about eo nal ' IT a
described to us, the rending of the old ties of
fraternity, which once bound all classes and
sects in common brotherhood, as most mourn
ful.. Friends are arrayed against friends, rel
atives against relatives, father against son,
and brother against brother; An atmosphere
of jealousy locates every locality. Men know
not whom they can trust! Catholics and
Protestants no longer greet each other as
friends,' with warm and open hearts, but eye
each other with suspicion and painful distrust.
The community is no longer one, ' in feeling,
but is divided into two hostile camps. It is
as if some moral Upas had cast its withering
shade over the land. . ' ' . '
But we bad not intended to speak of this.
We had wished to call the attention to the
system of proscription which is in too. many
localities practised by those members of the
new party whose hearts are most fully posses
sed by the fout-.ii end- of intolerance. It is
that of assailing all who cannot bow the knee
to their Baal, and who stand up manfully in
defence of the good cause of Equal Rights.
The Protestant who does so, is fortunate in
deed if he does not heas of himself being
freely denounced as unfit for, and unworthy
of membership in ; any Reformed Church.'
And he is still more fortunate, if he holds
any important station, if no effort is made to
deprive him of it, because of his opinions.
Of the former species ' pf intolerance, exam
ples are fresh' in our memory, and we doubt
not, in the memories pf many of pur readers.:
Of the latter, there has lately occured an in
stance so signal,, and whose rebuke has been
effectual, that we shall here narrate it. -.
There are few who know much of the his
tory of the great Methodist denomination of
the South,' who have not heard of Dr. Lono
strket a man now of hoary hair and failing
strength,. he is one of the patriarchs, as he
has been one of the pionneers, of the South
west one of those who have made its moral
wilderness to bloom and blosoni as the rose.
Admired for his eloquence and talents, belov
ed for' his Christian charity, ' revered for, bia
great services in the cause of the Redeemer,'
he is now, the honored President of a Missis
sippi University. , rt -.
When the Orderi with its secret and un
lawful oaths, and f cavern tactics" first rear-!
ed its horrid front in Mississippi; President
Lon'GStrxet felt it incumbent upon him to set
his face against . it. Profoundly conversant
with political science, he felt that every acces
sion of a new man to a country, is an acces
sion to its strength and its - treasure. Cher
ishing the most ardent faith in, and love for
his fellow-men, he could not believe that those
who seek refuge in our Freedom, from Euro
pean Despotism,; will ever aid in subverting
our glorious fabric of Union. A Minister,
he felt constrained to preach that "the love
of Christ is not bounded by State lines, " and
that all men are brethren, children of the
same Father, made of the same clay. : For
such sentiments as these it is now thought to
expel him from the place he honors and adorns,
lie has written a touching and eloquent let
ter, vindicating himself. Office, he says, has
no charms for him. Twice has he been upon
the point of resigning his high station twice
has be, by earnest entreaty, been induced to.
retain it. Never will he hold it upon condi
tion that he must treat Know-Nothingistn with
respect. We copy the concluding paragraph
of his letter. : ' -
" Nations, like men,- run mad at times, and
nothing but time and blood-letting can cure thenu
Still, while there is hope, all good men should
strive to relieve tbem. My course is taken
carefully, thoughtfully, prayerfully taken. I am
no Catholic. Put Methodism and Romanism ou
the field of fato argument, and I will stake my all
upon the issue ; but I am not such a coward as to
flee the field of honorable warfare for savage am
bush fighting, or a tool as to believe that a man's
religion, is to be reformod by harrassing his per
son. . iNor am I quite so blind as not to see that
when . the work of crushing churches is begun in
the country, it is not going to stop with the over
throw of one. All Protestantism almost will be
against me two thirds of my own church, I
judge, will be against me the trustees will be
against me the trustees will be alarmed for the
interest of the college, my colleagues of the facul
ty will be uneasy, my best friends will be pained,
but I have an abiding confidence that nothing
will be lost by my - course in the end. . It will be
madness in men to withdraw their sons from the
able teaching of my colleagues for my fault to
attack the coliege to injure me ; but these are days
of madness, and this is the wsy in which obnox
ious professors are commonly attacked. Be it so.
I bave done my duty, and I leave tbe consequen
ces with God. And here I sign my name to what
I deem the best legacy that 1 could leave to my
children a record proof that neither place, nor
policy, nor temporal interest nor friendships, nor
church, nor threatening storms from every quar
ter, could move their father for an instant from
principle, or owe him to silence when the cause
of God and his country required him to speak.
AUGUSTUS B. LONG STREET-
" Noble old man ! Well may those who shall
inherit his name be proud of him. Like Lu
ther's, his words are " half-battles' for Free
dom. We rejoice that our broad land yet
bears such men upon her bosom. So long as
they live, tbe cause of Equal Rights can not
perish. ''-l"
. We believe such intolerance as we have
narrated, to be the legitimate outgrowth of
the jealous and it tolerant spirit of Know
Nothingism. . ..Would to Heaven that . the
thousands of good and G od-fearing men, who
have been beguilded into its ranks, coold see
aright, and come out from them, at once and
forever. The day will surely come when
their eyes will be opened. "". May it be before
the war of races and religions, which has for
so many centuries fertilised the ; fields of the
Old World with human blood, shall be perma
nently transplanted to our beloved land, j
? A Toast bt a Prihtbr. At the Franklin
Festival recently held a Lowell, the following
sentiment was preposed, and most heartily
responded to by the company : ., ' . '
f The . Printer the master of all Trades.
He beats the farmer with his fast V. Hoe," the
. carpenter: with his rule, - and T the mason An
tettUtg vp taU cdumnt; he surpasses the law-
' yer and doetor in": attending to his ease, and
beats the pa""1 U the engagement of the
Ma. Cobden. This gentleman Las made
one of his fearless and eloquent speeches in
the British Parliament, in which .he. denoun
"ces the government for not' accepting the
terms of peace proposed by Austria. ; lie Bays
it was. a fatal mistake that will cost England
much blood and treasure, and end without
honor or advantage. The empire of Russia,
he believes, cannot be humbled. He says,
too, that the people are losing all confidence
in their public men, and that the events and
disasters of this war have " used up" every
political character in England. He says the
war is unpopular with the French people, and
must become more so as fresh levies of men
are called for ; and that England has not over
30,000 effective British bayonets in the Cri
mea, and he adds : : - - - r "
' " When you see the Emperor of Russia is
suing his ukases, and by one stroke of his
pen ordering a levy of 250,000 men, do you
think that you can carry on a successful con
test with him with 30,000 men, or .' that you
can do without having an extraordinary levy
of troops?";,; ; . ;
-. In conclusion he says t '
"I look back with regret on the vote which
I gave on the motion which changed Lord
Derby's Governments I regret the result of
that motion, for it has cost the country 100
000 000 of treasure arid between 20,000 and
30,000 good lives. IIear, hear. ' Do not
let us, then, be frightened by the threat of a
change of Ministry ; anything will bo better
than allowing the country to go drifting on in .
this war as it is doing, without any one hon-
estiy declaring to it tne ODject oi we war.
fHear, hear. Does anybody profess to solve
the mystery of what tbe war is carried on for?
Is it to take Sebastopol? If it is, you must
surround the place with 240,000 men,- and
starve the garrison out.' Are you prepared
to do that? Will you winter- again in the
Crimea, which I am told is now the talk in
vour camp? You had the opportunity of
making peace, but the Government rejected
the terms that were offered. . You have estrang
ed the other Powers of Europo from j'ou, and
left yourselves without any other important
ally than France. Under these circumstances
I entreat the House to speak out its honest
conviction. " I see tbe danger that is before
us in the loss of confidence In ' public men ;
and I only utter my own firm persuasion when
I say that I look upon the noble Lord's (Lord
J. Russell's) conduct as striking the heaviest
blow that has ever yet been dealt at that con
fidence. ; Hear, hear. As I wish well to
our representative system, I would earnestlj
exhort every member of this House who as
pires to be a statesman sedulously to shun the
course which the noble Lord, the member for
London, has adopted in this momentous mat
ter." ' ' ' '
We make one other extract, where he speaks
of the feeblo mode of 'carrying on the war,
and of the impossibility of taking : Sebastopol.
on the present plan " '
Until you invest Sebastopol, and besiege
it according to the invariable rules of war,
there is no chance of taking ' it. You- know
this, and yet you are carrying on the war un
der the' pretence that you are fighting a bat
tle for the liberties of Europe. (Hear, hear.)
It is not very complimentary to tell all Eu
rope that you are fighting for its liberties;
neither do I think that the Germans, the
Swedes, the Danes, the Swiss, or others, will
feel it as a compliment to be told so ; but if
you do act up these mighty - pretensions, do
not show your impotence, or use threats which
you cannot carry out. I, as an advocate for
peace, tell you that I think "this war might
have avoided, but I share with the rest of you
the ridicule which is heaped on this country
for the boast and braggadocio which in the
end are attended by such humble perform
ances. We are like the Chinese, UrandisU
inir Daner shields with tiger's heads on them,
sounding songs, and blustering in the face of
the world, and expecimg u io we ingatwiuu a,
these our. warlike preparations."
From the Fulton Democrat. ,
Temperance Legislation. .
This is the age of fanaticism. " Laws are
enacted to cure all kinds of moral and social
aVU whieh if left alone would cure : them-
selvea. The morals of the people are to be men
ded not by argument addressed to their un
derstandings but by the force of- prohibitory
legal enactments. . The effort has been and is
now being made to legislate men into cnris-
tians a process most absurd ana ridiculous.
The Blue laws of Connecticut are to be re
vived eating and drinking are to be regula
t4 hv 1aW. nd the law we suDOOse will tar-
tlonlariTA thfi r.nfc and stvle of our raiments.
v w " J u
It would be well to pause and reflect. It is
our belief, that the legal enactments of the
present-day, from the Main law down to that
most ridiculous and foolish of all laws, the
anti-License Jug Law of the Pennsylvania
TriKlatnrft. do more iniurv to the temperance
cause than good. In fact sound temperance
i j: : r wa
principles are uuppcu iug uuiu vu uuubi.,
n1 in tWir rdace we have the emntv and va
pid ranting of fanatical and interested place
seeking demagogues, luorai suasion is uu
carded. Argument is avoided. Laws are
sought to be enacted which publio . opinion
condemn, and as a consequence the cause
Bought to be benentted is reauy mjurea. v e
vmfUpntlv believe that no eood effects can
flow from so much legislation on tbe subject
-w 1 . , I .
of temperance, in an address v me peopie
of Kentucky in 1842. the Patriot Henry
Clay, made use of the followong memorable
language which should be laid to heart by the
temperance fanatics of the present day :
.""I protest against any inference of my be
ing inimical to the Temperance cause. On
the contrary, I think it an admirable cause
that has done great good, and will coutinue
to do good as long as LEGAL COERCION
IS NO T EMPLOYED, and it rests exclu
sively upon PERSUASION, AND ITS
OWN INTRINSIC MERITS."
California. The Democratic State Con
vention has nominated Governor Bigler and
Lieutenant Governor Purdy for re-election.
It also adopted a platform resembling tbe last
platform, with an additional resolu-
j 0 n 1'if i w a r aw
the Know-Nothings. This
:. ihinl time John Bitrler has been nomi
nated. It is a tribute to his talents and fidel
ity to the cause of Democracy which he de
serves. ...
Potatoes. Almost unbounded aa is the
crop of wheat this 6eason, that of potatoes pro
mises to be still greater. ' From the Eastern,
Western and Middle States, and the British
provinces',' the report is everywhere the same.
there was never suen a yeai.ior poiawes.
r?!graLL"-' '
Entrtp-KotEiag Fioq-aeucer
The Fredrick" Citizen says that Mr.-gteele,
from -Virginia, one of the most accomplished
orators of the great demonstration a.t Freder
ick, on 'the 16th instant, denominated the
Knpir-Nothlngs of his own Bute (who voted
for Mr. Wise) thus :
They are doubly damned, deeply-dyed,'
hell begotten, 'God-forsaken, bydra-beaded.
trebie-toDgued, and cloven-tooted, set of per
jured traitors, who if tbe earth was the ful
crum and the Heaven the lever. Almighty
Power could not in a thousand years raise to
the common level of culprits." -
These Know-Nothings mvst be rather bad,
as Mr. Steele surely knows them, being one of
the High Priests over the river apparently.
He, however, seemed to entertain just as
bad an opinion of what he called ' " the lop
eared Dutch and the stinking Irish Paddies'
and appeared, also, to be disgusted with the
real native population, who according to his
accounts, were sadly accessible to bribes of
"half a load of fodder and three months
COW PASTURE." . ,. ' .. V
From the Cincinnati Enquirer J
The Negroes aad Ch&as. - -Two
big. saucy negroes bave taken the
stump for the Chase Abolition ticket in the
north-western counties of Ohio - The Repub
lican alias Abolition Convention in Loraiae
county, Ohio, passed tbe fallowing resolution :
"Resolved, That it is the sense of thia
Convention that the colored people - are enti
tled to bave the elective franchise given themv
In noticing these movements the Columbus
Statesman well remarks :
' This is a proper preclude tb the change
to be proposed if the Fusion ticket shoidd be"
successful giving to negroes in Ohio the
right of voting and eligibility to office Yet
the ruling wing of the party .who will do this
tiring, if in power, are pledged-to shut out
white Roman Catholics and white foreigners
from tbe rights with which that party wish to
invest the African."
AcfiTRla. Austria has made a declaration
to the Frankfort Diet on the state of affairs,
of which the following passages are the most
important i ..
' The bonds of alliance (with the Waters
Powers) continue to exist, and in the eyes of
the Imperial Cabinet no cbinge has taken
Elaee in the relations of the Allied Towers
etween themselves. Tbe Emperor did ,not
think that it was in tbe interest of bis count
ry to take up armsMbr the interpretation giv
en by France and Ecgland to tbe Third
Point." ' t ' -
" Resolved to persevere in the actual path
(that is to say, neutrality and meditation,)
"Austria will invariably maintain tbe recog
nised basis for peace, (vi : the Four Points
already abandoued by England and France.)
She will support tbem, commensuratcly with
the obligations she has contracted, with all
her influence and all her force."
" A peace which would not assure the car
rying out of the Four Points of guarantee as
defined at the Conference , By whom ? By
England and. France, or by Austria and Rus
sia? would not offer sufficient, guarantees to
Austria for the future tranquility of Europe.'
Her troops xtiU remain in the Principal
ities tcnttl the conclusion of peace, and she
hopes to be able to fulfil - her mission to the
end " -
. The London correspondent of the New York
Tribune, in commentiflg on the above, pithily
remarks: ' This is plain enough. Austria's
vards are all in favor of tbe West-ber acts
in favor of Russia. The Polish army of the
Czar is marching to tbe Crimea, since Francis
Joseph has given sufilcfetit proofs of his
fricndlv feel in Era towards Russia bv the re
duction of the army of observation in Galicia.'
Are thky all Swor? We copy the fol
lowing instructive story froth the Columbia
Tim: '
A verv instructive as well as amusing inci
dent occured at Crawford. Rtfose! county, Al
abama, during the discussion there between
Messrs. Dowdell and Watts, Mr. Dowdell
charged that the Know-Nothings took certaiu
oaths in their several degrees, which a free
man ought not to take, and was making it
tell against his adversary, when tbe following
dialogue occured J
Mr. Watts. "I never took anoalli.
Mr. Dowdell. If there is another Know-
Nothing in the house who has not been sworn,
I hope he will rise and ni?ke it known.
Mr. 13. II Jiaker. " never wasswora.,
Many voices." "We were," "we were,"
we were. -
Mr. Dowdell. "How is this fellow citi
zens ? The chiefs of the party, tbe wire work
ers, it seems, are not sworn; their pledge of
honor, I presume, is sufficient! But tbe
wool-bat boys. the . honest yeomen of the
country, are compelled to taie an oath before
they are permitted to enjoy the Dcncuts oi
Know-Nothingism." . .
The effect of this bit may be belter imagin
ed than described The house rang with ap
plause. How is it? Are they all sworn, or
does the order discriminate between its mem
bership, and take tLe words of Boine and pin
others down by solemn oaths.
Poofitjvctf aw- MonirovisM. Twentv five
years ago tbe " Prophet" Joseph Smith or
ganized the Mormon Church with .six mem- ,
bers. At tne present time mu .vuuiv-
TTfaK TVrrifi-irw contains three Presidents, sev
en apostles, two thousand and 'ent7'fiJ
priests, nine hundred and ninety-four elders.
i " J on rtrimta. four hun-
C " eATtfltV li TfTWI rRtl M1IU Uivv
uve nunarea iuu iuuhv.. t -
drd and seventy-one teachers, two handred.
and twenty-seven deacons, au
ratio of persons in trainipg for the ministry
but not yet ordained, and four hundred and
eihty-nine missionaries abroad. During the
month endinir with the beginning1 f
April last, nine hundred and sixty-five were
. . mm - . A IT. a . 1
boro in tne Territory oi utaa, iwo ounarsu
trl.i rrfrsnna died, four hundred
and seventy-nine were baptized in the Mor-
r . 1 , . ....ti.
mon iaii-Q, ana eigniy-six wenj h-obuuuv-ted
from the Church. . - r - '
'- Mk7 Dallas. A correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commercewho signs him
self the Spirit of 76," has a long communi
cation Bhowiag that Geo. M. Dallas is toe
most available eandidato for the next Presi
dency which the " Constitutional" party could
nominate, as the friends of the constitutiOB.
both North and South, could unite in harmo
ny in his support. The writer thinks that at
the next election the question will be the
"Constitution and ita (mprornisea, or the
Free Sailers and Diaorganizatioa."