sm.i.ivrzsitazcs . . . . • , • • • • I ; SINGLE COPIES,.}. . VOLUBIE X.--NURIBER. 39. THE POTTER JOURNAL, p ! JELtsIiED lIVERY TIRIRSDAY MORNING, BY Thos. S. Chase, 'To whom all Lettei•s : and Communications should - be addres , ,e,l, to, secure attention. Terms7lnvarialAy A4ivance : kiTI,!2S per ~cinnuin. 11111 l 1111 l 21[111:1/ 1111111111111 l MIMS, of a. s q uare po litic:sj 1 insertion, - - - at subsequent insertion h sthan 13, Stlitare three months, " " niue ca one year, Milo rind figure work, per sq.. 3 ins !hP I It ,IJII#(QII.IU1q!l `,;:, COIIIIIIII 6;1. Ot) ..10 00 „ 7 00 " per year. 30 00 4t 10 00 :jouble-colurna, displaye,l, per.anntim 65 (10 six.muut Its, 3 On three " 10 00 of 10 lines, each insertion under 4. 100 !Parts of columns iil be inzertott. Itt the saute ME ,Administrator's or Execntor's.Notice, 200 Aticlitor* Noti,•(..s, each, ' 1 50 tiu!es, per tract, '. 1 Marriage Notices, each, I oo ;Divorce Notices, each, 45 150 per ilinare foe 4 in ertions, a3usilaug Prtriessitmal Cards. each, Pot exceiling 8I u per sear. - - Special and Editorial Yid ic, , per tram;ient advertisement; most he paid in ad Vallee, nint no nonce will lie taken pf aflverti, , emenk from a , ii , tance, uul^,s they aro aN..omp:tuied by The money or sati4actory reference. r. . pwnimaillllllUlllolllllSlll 1111111111 u 111111 n 11111111 l MUM, ttttttttt JOHN N. 11.1 NS, ATTORNEY ..11) CorN:- , 11,1,011 AT LAW, Conder3port, Pa:, will attend the several Court; in Potter :mil Mlieari Counties.' 201 husinees entrusted in his .;ire wilt receive prompt attention. .)Tice cu Main st., oppo site the Court house. 10:1 F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CputicriTo,rt, Pa., will regularly attn.,' tlp.t Courts in Putter awl the adjoining Cou4ties. 10f1 ARTHUII, G. OL.MSTED, ATTORNEY S: COUNSELLOR' A7' TJW, . Coudersport. ra., will attract 10 all business entrusted to his care. with proalpineS awl fidelity. Office Temperiweo Block, sec ond floor, Main t 4 t. 1.0:1 ISAAC BENSON ATTOR.I k EY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted,to iiim. witn care and promptue..s. Unice corner of We,t and Third sts. 10:1 L. P. WILLISTON, ATTOWiII' AT LAW, Wellsburo'. TlO'ra CO.. Pa., will attend tide 12wirt....: in )'inter and 31 . 1(ean Counties. 9:13 it. IV. BENTON, scsvEyort AND CONVEYANCER, MUIld P. 0.. (Allegany Tp.,) Potter Co., Pa.. will atteud to all ou,due.,s iu his line, with care and dispatch. 9:33 W. K. KING, ,SURVEYOR, DRAFT:3:IIAN AND CONVEY ANCER, Smethport, I . li.t.au Co., ?a., will attend to busluez:s for nun-re,ident land holders, upon rea,onable terms. Iteleren cei given it required. P. S.-11aps . of any part or the County made to order, 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, reETeetially inturms the citizens of the vil lage anti vicinar that he will promply re . spypd tp all calls for id.Ofessional services. Mice 04 Main st., in building formerly oe cupied'hy C. W. El 9:22 =l3 53.11T11 JONES, !DEALERS 1N 111:15GS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oils, F;tney ArticL:s,Zitationery, Dry Goods, Grecerics, S: e ;; st., Cuudersiwrt, rat. 1(1:1 p, E, 01,3ISTED, PE,ALEIT TN DI rr GOODS, EEADV-MADE Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, 4:c„ st., Coudersport; 10;1 fi)) ALET LY 13000 KS & STATIONERY, 3fAG AZINE,S upd Music, N. W. curlier of Main And Third sts., Coaderspurt,l'a. 10:1 E.. R. lIARRINGTO.N; ,fEIVELLER, Coudersport, Pa., having engagr .o a window in 6choomaker A: Jackson's ?Stnrf3 will miry on the Watch and Jewelry puslivAi A there. A fine assortment of Jew - c(P4stantly on hand. *kV:ltches and jewelry carefully repaired, in the best style, ;on the shortest natice=all work warranted. 9:34 lipiltY ..T, QL,AIaED, (syprEssoit TO JAIITS w. SMITH,) VEALEIi.I STOVES, I'7 &SHEET IRON WARE, Muhl st„ peprly oppOsite the Court House, Coudersport, I'o. Ti' and ;Sheet Irpr k l Ware made to order, in il•OCId style, on short notice. 10;1 COUDERSPORT .HOTEL, D. F. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner of Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter CO., Pa. 1 - 5:44 ALLEGANY HOUSE, SAMUEL M. MILLS, Proprietor, COlesburg l'etter Ps., seven miles north of Cou dersport, 0 , 11 the We Road. t0:44 . . I," --- t . F < , . • I , r 0 • # f. C 1 0 ~ 1,,.,.. I ), ; 1 R ce yi s " , - 1 • ? . 41 S ~...:t %Zs. " .w ilt* .t. 01 t t 1 , , e • P cil . --, 4 , ice'., $ --- :G 4/ 0 111 ,- . (:... , 4) ...- 1. . ' 1 I Have you read in the Talintid of old, the legends the Itabbini Live told Of the liminess realms of the'air 7 Ilave yoo read roftrvel , oos story Of :Sand:nphon, the Alike! of Glory, ;73,:loialplion, the Angel of Yryyer? ENE How, erect, at the outermost gates, Of the City Celestial he waits, With his feet on the livider of light, That, crowded with ang - Ais minim/I:urea, By Jacob wasseen, hi; siumbdred Alone in the desert at night Ltt 00 5 jU Ou 3 VU The An,ilels os Wina and of Fire Clean[ only one hymn, anii. expire. With sftesq— Expire iu their rapture 011 , 1 sunder, harp-Anings :tee brokettAsurkier By the tottsic li:cry ihrob to express. PAO, Fertile in the rsitturoui throng, Unnrived by the rush of the song, IVith eyes unimpassioned dud shill-, Among the dead athzels. the deathless ;.ialtd.lll,llon stands bsteuing, breathie.ts, one /42W1L11, 000 ptT Prom the spirits; on earth that adore, from the sunis that, entreat and implore la the frenzy and pas=ion or pray Cr— From the hearts that are broken with losses And we:nry with iliar•ing the crosses Too heavy for mortals to bear. And he gathers the prayers as he stands, And they ellate4e into flowers in his .:.ends lato ;_rarl,lnds I,:irple and red ; ..,1.111 beneath the Trutt at. aIR Ih , • ry" .$ Through the streets of the City Is wanted the fragran& the; shed. NM 5 (JO Iv It is but a kg - Pud, I kno\y— .l fable, u phautGui. a :=lo.w. 9f the :weient. It:il.hittFe: , l lore ; Vet the old me , 11,1-vat tradition, The beautiful, strange stipei... , tition, But . haunts•me and luilds me the more When I lonic h amy window at night, :I.nd the welkin abo‘e is all white, ail thr6hir.ug and panting with stars, Ainong them majestie , ,is t•tanding and,i'pnon, the expanding His pinions in nehulods bars. Aini the I feel, Li a I:art Of the huit,fer and thirst the heart, 'lan frellzy and iirc of the brain, That !:_`„i aSIIS at the - frulz,ge f3rbidden, The golden pomegraMit as of Eden, To quiet its fever and - pain, . —_Ltlailie.lfonthly Pabig ititt4 tatif,s, u For the Potter Jouruul. A FEW MINTS TO .W031F,,,N. Mn. Erirrort----4 am one of those peeu liarly constituted beings who, ! without seeking to becoMe notorious as the in. Ventor of new schisms, nevertheless have oine thoughts On themes which, perhaps, we're I better known to the reader, he would pronounce beyond my 'right or province to entertain. The great want of the wee , it age, is the discussion of the diLercnt phases' of hudian life by those who, from their position, condition, pr avocation, may be most properly class, ed as. spectators to the reality; and in this way gain new and fresher views of the dark as well as the light side of those antics of human nature which are most difficult to be seen by' those Most affected by them. In this light, as one of the apposite sex, I propose in this article to consider a few of the lesser faults in comparison with the-good points of tholincal descendants of Mother Eve. The women of the pries mit age have in.general, Many large faults, but they have many smaller ones which are the foundation and corner-stones of the large ones—indeed, upon which larg er ones feed, and froM which they .derive their chief subsistence, It is riot my !purpose to venture upon the censidem non of auy of the major faults of any of the worthy dames or fair damsels of this Isection—indeed, even if I. were so dis ! posed, my and inexperience, would warn me from the vontursoine attempt,— but for fear that my ideas may be ragard ed es without a local aim, I Will open M . “battery of words": tipon.ai few of the mi nor faults which the chimes of Couders ' port are imposing, by example, upon the characters of its damsels and future dames mid matrons, IMM3 In' the first placa, then, allow inc to consider the propensity-for "GADDING." This is a fatilt which in QUANTITY might be considered as a major one, but which belongs to the minor ones by QUALITY. And yet, when , fay considered, this fault will be found to contain. the germ ofone of the justly regarded greatest of woman's faults—nossir. Sociality, now a-days,fis fast declining into a system of eoncer44tpionage upbn private 6har aCter bnd\ doinestic, antic; of our neigh bors. UAL-not, 'censuring the women for this fault, claim that; our se are guilt-• less—on the contrary; .1 hold up toy hands in all sincerity, and exclaiui, ‘Tir.Ould-to God they were less _ginlpy,—less censura ble." I will, however,do our women the justice to say that their opportunities for espionage upoM their heighborS are larger than ours, while- nature' has endowed their se.v. ; with a proportionate I"btiMp'. 'of curiosity: Indeed, Dame Nature haS been thvittV Patqc• SANDALPTION To ,utinds that ascend from below— 1311. A MAN 5")‘!601e,D, Io Th& s. ) rioclpies "of ',rev s)zipoeNcll la() ilc- of . 7_,Veiliti!!, "...14Nittree. , .40 ife.bis. • COUDERSPOR.r.f., POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1858. bountiful to them in all the attributes or this quality of "ungenerous and unnatural sociality" which develops all the hidden r”sources of their neighbors' private char acters. Our daughte'rs, instead of havin'g a love I of home and its assuciations.iustilled intol their minds by their mothers, are taught to seek companionship and social enjoy-1 went in the homes of their neighbors; and before they are of an age to under take the responsibilities of a \l'iTe and mother, they have acquired an insatialile . appetite fur visiting and gossiping which o/;‘,.r disqualifies them that position in life which should be the high est aim of every good and true woman—l a good Wife and a worew .)lotlier, In deed, so great a power dues this habitual gadding athiuirc over them, that many of them look upon married life as a prison lomse fur female .privileges---or rather liberties—and eVQII regal it as a mere arrangement by which they may acquire a resting.plaDO for the night from the toil some journeys of the day. There )roii be a wife or -daughter without a home, but there cannot be a home without a wife u r daughter. The wife is the acme of home —the light which casts a glow over all the associations of human nature; and in whose absence darkness, if there be *any, becomes a thousand-fold wore The daughter is the baser, but not the hiss welcomed beacon-light to man's du mestie nature ; and it is in the welcoming [smiles of the wife and daughter that his I wealth of labor will most gladly respond. [in purse, in heart and in thought. )laid ens, befit yourselve , s fur this ennobling position—wives and mothers, teach your dan.'-rbrent , by example, that true pleasure [is utlenest found •in what. shoidd 1E the first and last resort of social happiness— the family circle. . Mothers' will doubtless call me a pre-1 sumptious meddler; and thwie daughters already past redemption, will "thank him to mind his own business"—(a phrase. by-the-by-e, q uit e colltaloll here, but of doubtful propriety even among the unre fined.)—and not remind their mothers of their liort-turnings, and thus cheat them of their liberties. But as Ido not expect this article of mine is going to- - cure the disease at once, I hope those mothers will bear with my meddling this once\ and those daughters for the present deem it my business to whisper a few of their faults into their ears, that they may, if they wish, have private rehearsals on the Stage of Reform. Bonmms are the order of the day now—political, religious, mural and! business reforms—why not add one more; —a refiirm in the Social education of daughter? and those who arc to be fu-, ture 'wives and mothers? it only Deeds a Movement to this effect in the right quarter to bring it about. Let the moth-; ers.of to-day cease inculcating, by exam- , 1 ple, the propensity for gadding, and I as-1 sure them that the wives and 'mothers off the future will have home-loving hus-; bands, sous and daughters, • Verhaps my. fair friends will think I am bold, (for one so young,) when 1 tell. them that, if any of them having hus-: bands do not have opportunity to enjoy their society evenings--that time of all' others when the home-circle should be; most complete, and not a link out of the! chain of its pleasures—it is their own, fault, or, rather, the limit of their educa tion; fur, bear in mind, the mothers of, Ito-day came by their gadding propensity honestly—and it has been far-fetched by! preceeding generations. A man cannot! be expected toenjoy home without there' is some attraction there—he marries a woman expecting that with the declining sun she will prove a magnet which will draw him, from the cares of business to the home-circle, and keep hint there .un til he is refreshed and invigorated for the trials of the morrow. if he has a wife and daughters, he expects them to find true enjoyment at home, and not in run ning after and borrowing the thimestic troubles •of those to whom trouble would scent to be an inherence. Our own troub les are sufficient "for the day thereof," and need all the nourishment we can spare them. But, I find the subject too prolific of ideas—too susceptible of discussion—to be fully comprehended in one newspaper article; and for. fear Of exhausting the printer's patience this time, and thereby forfeiting all claims upon hisfuture for bearance, I will, close, with a promise of again taking up the'subject: DIOGENES: Till: USE OP 1 7 1:31ININE SIA AN G.,--"Tim othy Titcomb," whose letters to young la dies, in- the Springfield Republican., have been 'videly circulated and justly com mended, thus alludes to the too anamen use of ! slang phrases by the. young ladies of the present .day ;-11 you wish to be an ".A ~")jo. -1". woman, you have got to "toe the mark," and be less "hifalutin." "You May bet your head ou that.!' You! may sing "slightually" "like a niartingale; you may "Spin street yarn" at the rate of ten knots an-hour; you may "talklike a hook;!' you May dance as if you were on "a reg- ular break:thorn," and. play the piano. mighty fine;" but "I tell you," youl " can't conic to tea." "You may. be handsoma, but. you can't come in." V Yon toi f dit just " cave in," first as last, and -81isquatulate," fin• you can't "put it through." -any way you can fix it." if you imagine that yoU May "go it while" you are youme, for when you get old yod can't." you don't " come " by a long chalk." " /v.-n up," now, and "do the' strain lit thin , ` , .." and " set you down" ; as " one of the women we read of." If: you don't "con e ri.t to the .ierat.-..;11," why. I must "let you But if you have sneaking notion" for being a " re; , ular brick." there is no other way—":not you knows on"--" no sir-rcre, boss 1 0 - Jr young man should kind o' shine up to you," and you should "cotton to him," and should hear you say ,:by. the jump ing, Moses," or "'by the living jingo," or "my goods. or or "I vow," or go it. Betsey, hell your bonnet," or " mind your eye," or "hit lin twill," or "take 100 away," or dry up, now," or "simmer down," or "draw your sled," or "cut stick," or "give him- particular fits," he would pretty certainly "evaporate." .C.t7r - Grace Greenwood, whose Little ! Pilgrim wanders to thousands of homes, with its messages and cheerful words, and who has herself, personally, seen something of the world, and acquired nal an unenviable note as a writer and a no hue hearted woman, thus proclaims, that American housewives have become freed from their mistresses servants.) and.' ; that as a result of hard times. Ameri can women are finding out that they have heads to mana: , :e. their own household, and hands to work with. The will only im.; been wanting, and may be wanting yet; but necessity is a motive power estronzer even ta.a woman than the will, and by that they go. at last. This is one I great good which has already come out of f the evil of these troublous times. NCticaL GOV. WALKER AND LE- CQMPTON ills Letter to the Indiana. Anti- Lecomplonites, in Full: WAsurxaToN, Feb. 20th, 1858. AUSTI IN H. Buows, Esq (CT Stu :—Your letter in behalf of the com mittee, inviting me to address the mass meeting of thee - Democracy of Indiana, on the 23d of this month ; at Indianapoli., has been received. It would have given rne sincere pleasure to have COmpliedwith Your request, but on the 2-fth of this ato»th one of my most important cases, now pending in the Supreme Court of tile United States, is set duwn for argument, and I cannot be absent on that, occasion. The power of Congress to admit new States into the Union has heretofore, at various periods, been fully discussed by ine. This power of ad m most clear ly implies the previous consent of the peo ple of the inchoate State, not only by the very terms, but as required by the funda mental principles of our Government. In deed, I presume it will hardly be contend ed that Congress possesses any power to force the people of a State into the Union against their will. The Union is com posed of a.' - eonfederacy of coequal sove reignties, and each must have freely en tered into the federal compact. By the people of a State, under our Federal Con stitution, is always intended the majority of that people. The people of a State, iu entering into the Union, always indicate their previous assent by the adoption of a State Constitution. My own opinion, as heretofore often ex- I pressed, distinctly repeated - in my letter of acceptance of the Governorship of Kan-' I sae, ,reiterated hi my inaugural address, was . . that the' assent of the people to-their constitution can only be ascertained by a I direct popular vote for or against its adop tion. Indeed, in what other way can it ever ; be known that. the people would have'. asSentcd to the constitution, unless they are permitted to vote for or against its adoption Y The President, in his message ofiDecember last, 'admits this must be done as regards the question, of slavery ;- as re , ulated by a State Constitution, although he concedes that his instructions. to me as regards the subthissio.n of the constitution w( l ,rel "general and unqualified." It is mist mifortunate that such an opinion 1141 remained so long dormant in the brbast of the President; for if the slightest suggestion to that effect had {been made to'toe, ria' it is quite evident from y life-long opinions on this 'very point, so often and di s tinctly expressed, - repeated in my letter of heceptance of the Governorship of 41:in itnd' reiterated in my inaugural ad dress,- that on such conuitious -I Ind - ver would have g,one, to kairsas.. It is true that the President, in his mes sage, .4108 t frankly concedes, not only that instructions to me as regards the sub mission-of the . abbstifutiou.were ,", general and unqualified," but also that he • then supposed that the constitution itself would ) 4 have been subinitted to the vote of the people, and that iu, Iris lodgment this ought to have been done: But, neverthe less, his message of December last, to my surprise and astonishment, first develOped the astounding fact that the President considered that; noth l ing . but th.s slavery question was required to be submitted to the vote of the people. I do not mean to' charge the rChief Magistrate of our country with vs'iltUP deception ou this question, but this I do say, as indicated by toy life-lotipTinions, published again and again, repeated in my letter of accipt aocc, reiterated in my inau:imral -address and various disyatelies, that the Preshhot 1 and all lii.: Cabinet well know my opinion , l on this subject,' and that I - never would have gone' to Kansas except upon the con dition of advocating the submission of the constitution for iatifieation; or F. j cut ion by i a vote of the peliple. 'Phis, w; 111 me, was 1 i a vital question; embodying the only fair, just, peaceful, and con;titutional Method, lot' settling the ditlieulties in Kansas. I It was with critrome reluctance, and ac companied by great sacrifices, and after re peated refusals, that. I at lenrth did con sent to go to Kansas, but upon ne other terms would I have gone than upon those 1 above indicated, and if the President had Istated to me that.the slavery question was only required to be submitted' to the vote lof the p,:ople, he very' well koows, nod all His Cabinet well know, and all my friends who conferred with me at that date know, !that on such conditions I never wuuld have gone to Kansas, . . - hi my administration of the affairs of Kansas, always conutiunicated frmu first to the President I faithfully' carried out these views as regards the submission of the constitution to the vote Of the peo?de, and by these means, as the President frankly admits in his-late Kansas message, prevented a sanguinary revolution there in June last. This revolution would have covered Kansas with blood and desola tion; it would have I.?cie.ri marked by all those horrors which Over Itulcompany civil war, which nius - t, have extended to border ing States and TerritorieS, and involved, but too probably, the ruin of our beloved country. How was this) dreadful catas trophe. averted ? BY ni± addresses and dispatches, quoted by e '.the President, ad vocating the submissibn Of the constitu tion for ratification ('.ir rejection by the vote of the people. Tikled my only al ternative was to suppress l this revolution by the bayonet, or by ad4cating the sub nussion of . the constitution as above 'stated; and pledged my best exertions to obtain a fair election for the people of the Terri- Htorial Legislature in the then ensuing October. These ! pledges land these alone, it is conceded, preventedl revolution and civil war. And why should they not now -be re deemed ? For myself,[these pledges have been thus far most faithfully maintained, and they will be redeeniechby me, if neces sary, with the la;it drop' of life's blood, and to the latest hour of my existence. These were pledges well known to the, President and all his Cahiiict. They were', pledges given by me iu good faith, and ' 1 any abandonment of them on my part, after the people Il i ad accepted and acted upon them, would), be to, Over myself with infainy and dishonor. Whatever, then, way be the action 'of the v,-avering, timid, or corrupt, menace andl - nloscription have no terrors for me. , : I will continue - to tread the -path where eoUscience and duty call me, regardless of all consequences or sac rifices, personal or politieal. But were the case OW exempt from these pledges and their icensequeuces, is it true that the people, in framing a Stat Constitution, are only to dceide the slavery question ? - Has it could to this, that the people in their sovereignty are to decide only the destiny of stull4fricaus as may be iu their limits, and net] upon all those far greater rights which leencern the life, liberty, property,:and haPPiness of a free people ? llas the African become so ele vated above the free meplof this Uniqu that they, in their sovereign capacity may not decide upon all that Iccincerus their own government, but -0n1 .. 1 , upon the fate of thatsable race that maY be..within their boundaries ?' And is it tine, that the peo ple iu inclioat States can neither ratify nor reject any part of the State Constitu tion, but that this can beltione in inchoate States only, and then Qnly as regards this one particular institution ?I' The liansas and Nebraska bill declares it to be "the true intent and meaning:of the act to leave the people thereof per fectly free to form and rezilate 'their do-. mestic insritUtionsin thei r r own way, sub ject only to the Constituti u of the United States.? Now, the PreSi put in his be comber message admits that the term " peePle" as here used, meqUs what it says, the people-themselves-in. heir sovereign capacity (as contradistiu l'slicd'fronicou veutious) in voting for-or #gz' tiuSt - the rat ification Of a State ConstitUtion. But he says the forms" domestic institutions,". in the plural,. means only 'One .institution, namely, that of-slavery.- But the ternis, " TRErnldomestie institnti4ns" must clear ly include them all, becaus 1 extending iu -,' FOUR CENTS PEI. f ! word 'and letter to alli the irerr4o 7 r - icisef the Union, Whether bond or fre4 The President regards this liatisas and Nebraska bill as an enabliny act; but en-. abling whom, or what, or how? - Why; en abling the people to tam and ',regulate. their domestic institutions through a State Constitution. Thy word "form'; is - here . slgnitieant. Whoever spoke of forming,- the institution of slavery?: • This word most cle implies the forming of a State constitution; and if it does not mean this it is not au enabling - act, for that is the great object and purpose of such an act. These words then, do enable the people to frame a State Constitution, and by whieh alone they shall turn and - regulate their institutions; and the President con: caaes 'that the word "people," as "here us, (I." means as it says, the pet ple thinn selves, as centradistingnished from Coif:. ventions, by a direct vote fur ratification or rejection. 'ibis, then, being an emit) . - lin , : net, an act, as construed by•the Tres ! ident, enabling the people to frame their own constitution, this term, the'' people,'.' cannot have two interpretations, one mean,. lug the people themselves, and another al; , ), as the President insists, conventions . only. No ; these words the people; in that act have but one signifiCation, as applies hie t o all their domestic institutions; and it can never be interpreted to • mean, as the President would construe it, what Ito calls an enabling act, the people, so far l as regards the question of slavery, and conventions only, as regards all other sub o ; this great act, - declarato.ty up on its very face, was intended to recognize the right of self-government - in its broad est and most comprenensive sense, as vest - , ed in people themselves,. extendimg to all their 'domestic institutions,. in ratifying or rejectintf their Slate Constitutions, whose provisions could only he known and acted on by them when submitted to their de- . cision by the corlvention. And thus it was that the Kansas, and Nebraska bill was a recognition of that great fundathen: tal princinle of public liberty, embodied in the Federal' Constitution, reserving all sovereignty to the people of the several States, admitted or inchoate, and, not as vested in conve r t tisns who poSsess no soV ereignty, (which cannot be delegated, or divided,) bdt as servants of the.'people only, Mid not their. masters. • • _ . BIM Such is the true meaning of the term "people" in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, as now and alWa'ys advocated by distinguished author. Such was the in-= terpretation given to this act. by both [louses of Congress in the Miiniesota act, (which is but supplemental ,and in execu tion of the Kansas Nebraska, bill) in :re ' the.cOnstitution itself to be. sub- . witted, for ratification or rejection, to.the vote of the peOple. And why should thii odiouS distinction be made betircen Kan sas and - Minnesota? Why should the peO % pie of the latter be permitted to .tolp for or against the ratification of theii State constitution ; and this great sovereign and. constitutional right he withheld from the people, of Kansas ? Is the one - a sovereign and the other a subject. State? Where are we. and in what'direetion are we drift ing ? Are we upon the banks of tho.Bos phorus or Danube, or upon soil consecrated to popular sovereignty by the blood of the Revolution? Is it Exeoutive edicts or sovereign rights that constitute`the ties of our coudtry ?, Are we freemen "who know our rights, and-knowingdare maintain" or are we vassels, serfs; or slaves,•palace slaves, that will cringe ,or change at the stamp of the foot of annas , ter.? Is it the people and the States; 'as represented in the Senate and Ilouie of Representatives, who are to 'record 'their votes as indicated by their unbiassed- judg ment ; or are they merely- to yegister Ex ecutive edicts under penalties for - refusal of denunciation and proscription ? Is the President tile Master or the servant'Of the - . people, that he should thus dictate to theni or their represeutaeiveS under threats of exclusion from the party of their choice? Is Democracy 'a name, a shadow s or a sub"? stance? It weans the pow e r . of the pen-? plc. This is its vital essence. Or has it 10.§t, its signification, Or are we moVing-from- it with viewless'but rapid strides towards des potic power, to make and unmake theritles- , of polical under pains and-venalties - , abhorrent to the souls of freemen? ' Is this, the eighty-second year of- our . indepen-'• dente, or.the first year of Amer/con. Mon- arch'', that is now dawning Let the people—let thdinasses cOinpoS- - ; ing tile true Democracy—arotise frotntheir slumbers. Let them break- the ehnini . which would fetter the free tlioughtiafith free opinion, and assert their blood-bouglit . : rights, and especially the great ifideleasi ble sovereign right of Self-governntOnti,::: We -have fallen upon evil tituei, the lib= erties of the country are in. dim*.' the people in every "town, county- and.' • State rise in their '.utajesty:td the les . Let the timid- or corrupt••falter rati:thOp may; let the Deinoaraby of Indiana," riots: meetinr , assenibled;:proetafin ton es that: shall e_ throng' hout4iir public, that -the'spititoftiiii".R.Pvitilutidii i : is - not citinet-fn ;their besoiris;- from the lakes on the North to the lovely' 0 II I
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