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JORN S. MANN,
TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
C.Oudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. Ali
business entrusted in his care will receive
prompt attention. Office on Main st., oppo
site the Court-House. 10:1
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW; Coudersport, Pa., will
regularly attend the Courts in Potter and
the adjoining Counties. 10:1
'ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
ATTORNEY. A coussuLLon. AT
_QQ4dersPlintPri.., will attend. to :tit htlaittes
eis , rusted to Itio care. with prouiptties amt
MIL ity. ip.TtniperaiicA: Lloc6 eec
wad .loor, Nain St. 1
ISAAC )31;:i i4O:
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Couder.4f.o7i.,
.P.r ,
attend to all business eotrosted bat:, ;F:;d
tare Anil promptness. - °dce =ram- al -Wes.
and Tbird sts. , tO: I
C L: 'HOYT
CIVIL ENG-IliFtE'IL., SUIt•V.EViM raze
DRAUGHTsILAN,- itiaghtm,:. Potter C 0.,;
Pa., will . Pramptly and eilleitutly *fttlywi
all busilitaa eatrusted Firat..-clus4
predetelutial .retereucea.eau be girea- if re
quired.
Stity.E.YOß; will nitend. to nll lim,inoss In his
tine promptly 2nd. Orthrs may
be left at the 1 1 4St_Oitk.e it Coudersport, or
at"the bowie of H. ,ii.lrUll. - 1 , / SViedeli 141).
atturitigiu paid to examining land
• for non-resiitme.i....'Good referenima given
revitizttld. 11:3U
V.- IC. KING,
SEIEVEYOE, DEAFTSNIA:i AND CONVEY
ANCER, Sulethport, M'licsa Co., PL,will
attend...l,o business for non-resident and
botdecs, .upon reasonable terms. Referen
ces given if required. P. S.—Maps of any
part A - the County made to order. 9:13
- R. T. ELLISON,
PRLCTICMG. PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.,
respectfully informs the citizens of the vil
lage and vicinity that he will promply re
spond to till calls for professional services.
Office on Main et., in building formerly oc
cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. 9:22
COLLI3IS SMITH
SMITH & JONES,
DRALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS
Fancy Articles, Stationery, Dry Goods
:Groceries, Ste., Main it., Coudersport, Pa.
10:1
D. E. OLMSTED,
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Clothing, Crockery,' Groceries, 110., Main st.,
Coudersport, Pa. 10:1
M. W. -MANN,
I DEALui IN BOOKS & STATIONERY, MAG
AZINES and Music, N. W. corner of Main
: and Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1
2kIARK GILLON,
DRAPER sad TAILOR, late from the City of
Liverpiiiii;Eugland. Shop opposite Court
Souse,goadereport, Potter 00. Pa.
N. B. =particular attention' paid to CUT
-10;35-1y.
IL J. OmiTED ..... .. .•.S. D, Liti3X
•
OLMSTED . it K j 4
DISALER DT STOVES, TLK k BREST IRON
WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court
House, Coudersport, Pa, Tin and Sheot
Iron Ware made Co order. in - good style, on
. short notice. . 10;1
COUDERSPORT HOTEL,
D. F. GLASSMUIN, Proprietor, Corner o
Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot
tar Co., Pa. 9:44
ALLEGANY HOUSE,
SAMUEL Dl. lIILLS, Proprietor,
Colesburg
Petler,Co., Pa., seven mike, no rth , of Con
devepett: ow the Wellsville Bond. "9;44
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Pals Conn.
0, intim*, proud• Anierica I ' •
Rome and land , of tht frau;
is *hat your noble sons would boast,
The land of Liberty?
They tell us how our fathers fought '
• For us, and nobly died. . .
That this should never be the land
Where bondage should abide ;
But hark! a plaintive cry is borne
Upon the southern gale r , =L .1
14 human rights in bondage,—•
'Tis the African's low wail. •
- ,
'Tis they that struggle to be free,
In this, our glorious land.
Where equal sights and privilege
Each person should command.
aft itty should the poor African • -
Forever be enslaved
Because their color differs, must
Thsy ever be deprav'd ?
Then tell me ; is this glorious land
ileottily Its Wide•spfead
The home for weary eniles rest=
The land that Freedom maims?
Sunderlinville, Pa.
From the New York Eaeaing Past
MOTBER'S LULLABY.
1 50
Sleep, bah sleep—the taiilight.has canal!,
Gently thy blue eyes with slumber are
drooping— '
Tiny ekibr ttiled, like day's azure dome_
When the bight falls and stars are a grip aping..
Like the mild stars n'erhending thee now ,
Angel-e, ed cherubita, nightly appearing.'
Round thee thelfluet , luting mantle will throw.
And a lullaily will sing, than mine more
. .
Tliot/ i Ilttle Pilgfilii. joy of our Way, - •
Cotner so blithe in this bleak World Blighting,
Thy innocent wonder proclaims thee astray
From that hal clinic where no sorrow
is blighting.
When morn opens wide thy Facet. laughing
. eyes,
Thou art lent 13 again, bonny gift, till the
even,
Thy day is for us—but thy night for the skies—
Away with thy mates that have missed thee
in heaven
NEW Your. September 7, 1859.
.Only IA joke We have nu patience
,uch te!imes. If they lived in euini
:t,,N t b..wst ri lig is fashionable.
.tr, woere a head they be sliced off. or a
•Au.oatt b.,gg,tl for them-king, they would
have your brother strangled, or your Wife
launched into the 130sphorus. done up in
a bag, like a kitten for transportation, and
when iiu complained,. the ready answer
would - be that it was "only in joker Or
they might do some similar good turn
tor yourself, and tell your executors the
saute story. They think that a-joke will
answer as an etiology for any thing, even
to the smashing of furniture, breaking of
glass; or fracturing of bones, and are par
ticularly hard and rough upon any who
may hapru to be tormented with their,
friendship. There is no getting angry
with them, until you are actually ruined,
past a jcke, in. body, purse or chattels.
to complain of any such small matter as
the dislocation of a limb is only to make'
the joke richer; fur the more you lament;
the riper is the fun. Say-nothing, and,
bear those injuries without remonstrance
or resistance, and half their amusement
is lost, True friendship this---enjoyment
of our neighbor's misery, and appreciable'
only by "the real good-natured fellows,"
the practical jokers—jolly companions.
Confusion to them and their like -
Edith - Blanchard ..was just one of the
most gentle, equable, inoffensive lasses
that ever lived upon earth as the incarna
tion of kindness and good humor. Jack
Robinson was good-humored too—but :he'
was one of these•satue blustering, noisy.'
tioublesowe toortale, whueeetu to live only
to torment all who are compelled to live,
in their association. What the . gentle
Edith found in such a chestnut burr to
loveythe blind god wily knows. Certain,-1
ly it was for nothing in his manners, for
the pair were the antipedei of each Other
in every possible respect. There was no'
single point in 'which they resembled I
each other. If poor Edith's heart flat-!
tered with that pleasure" Which poets and
lovers speaker when: he sal his approach,
It fltutert 4 with genuine . fear when he
Was present. He could not take her hand
iritlititit squeezing- her tinge:sin his :vice
of a paw, till the blood
.was ready togas!'
fiom those finger ends, and the rears did
start from her eyes. If he tried to steal
a kiss.(pass this sentence, maiden ladies.)
'alto struggled to escape in real earnest—
for she knew that tie was not thus affeo
tiokte, except when he had been cheat
ing the barber of his revenue, and his
shoe-brush ofabeard was fubbesisort*h
ly on her ..diunesk cheek" As to Make
scarlet of it.
If ho invited her to ride, she was sure
to Ind herself seatedhehind some harum
scarum animal of a horset,'Which:was neir-]
its haittessed except far sows swch Rarey
L. 1. JONES.
Debota fa 1444041 es of IN& kch2o9Neg, 4R4 tip Visibliimtioli'of pith-too 40 Yews.
Alg. the Potter Jouniii.
AMERKIA.
LACIZA:
WV Seib TIIOIINTON
liullang.
ONLY IN JOKE.
COUDERSPORT, MT= 1:1,01anTIIta 18 /Att BEFTWR I ER 22, 1850
it = liarsc flesh its her toast suitor. 011ie
With - hil vietini seated by his side, be
would regale her ear with a history of his
broken vehioles, ~turns; and tuir:
breadth esCipes with;the same quadru
ped, and take, all the time. partieelar care
so to drive, and over such uneven gronod
as to inflict upon Edith the horrors of an
overturn, in every thing ,but the actual
occurrence of it, at every step. If, 'in
walking with Edith, he saw her step aside
to avoid in ant-hill. he would take par-
ticular pains to'go backend grind it lev
el with his ugly heel: He would coun
terfeit drunkenness so naturally as to
bring, the foolish child 'into tears; and,
indeed r there was no conceivable enormi
ty. short of knockingher doWn with MA.
ice prepense, that he did not practice.
All this, he assured her was "in joke; "
and when he wound. up his obstreperous
feats with tilt of laughter Its boisterous
as his jokes, Edith would faintly laugh
too, while tears stood in her ayes.
Poor Edith! She wondered if all men
were like Jack Robinson—but she-dared
not ask. Others treated - her *ith defer-
ential civility; and ensile remembered did
Jack once, but that was before he was a
declared and accepted lover; and she more
than half wished that she uad always kept
him on terms is distant. But just as
she had reasoned herself into half hating
hint, he would always regain his stand
ing by some real -proof of affection, un
studied and perhaps unrefined on his part,
and unexpected on hers. What could
she do with such an awkward cubof a lov
er? Hate and dismiss him she could
not; for his very gaucheries had become
tolerable acid even pleasant to her. - The
match was something like the affection
of.the bride of the bandit for her lord.
Jack was a bandit in manners, and be
hanged whin, with not half the refine
ment the, a real genteel romance or s tage
free-hooter throws into his love passages.
The :de., of being yoked fur life to such
an tuirtfut tiled gilfiln would sewn terrible
to her, in spite of ali her efforts to the
contrary. It certainly did to her friends;
but when they began to tell her so, Edith
showed all the woman—declared that
Jack was a great deal better than those
who maligned him—that unpolished
worth and sense was better than varnish-
ed villainy—and that she, would marry
tim_were he tws.ot.y. times Jack Maim_
sun. To this there was no answer, and
the dear friends of Edith only sighed
and shruggeu their shoulders, while she
se rutted out of the room like a stags. bowl.
cer. Gentle women CAN show tire some
times—and when they. do!—Let those
who know. speak.
Jack was a great lover of aquatic amuse
ments. Besides his inewbershio of a
boat club, he hoisted the poses:moon of'
various aeseriptious of a small water craft,
his pride in 'which was only second to
his loudness of his horses, if even to that.
Just at a umuiept when Edith had been
resenting the interference of her friends
in Jack's disfavor, that worthy wade his
appearance, and invited her to -take a
water excursion with him. This, which
was a standing invitation in the boating
season, she always resolutely declined.
She looked "up, as Robinson put the
question, and saw the malicious smiles of
her friends, which plainly intimated that
they knew she dare not accept. To atop
to think—to gratify them by a moment's
hesitation, her pride would not permit ;
and to Jack's surprise and pleasure, she,
l accepted his invitation at, once. She
onlyintimated to him, as they passed to
the water side, that she acceded to the
jaunt, to show he friends that she was
not afraid to trust herself to his guidance,
under any circumstances.. The rascal !
not to heed this delicate and maidenly
appeal to his generosity to spare her
fears. _ _
To do Robinson justice, he intended
to respect her timidity, and to forbear,
for once, to make it the butt of his rogue
ry. On the very point ofembarkation
the temptation to break over -hie good
resolution almost mastered him. Ilia
man Friday, who was in waiting on board,
regarded them, as they stepped into the
boat, with such a confident anticipation
of " fun," that Jaok regretted his good
resolution, As the sail was spread to
the breeze, and the little barque careened
tinder it, his determination to spare EdiZ
became weaker and weaker, u abe_be. •
gad to return, or " sail slower.'
She clung to -the windivard side wit
the agony of -a drowning woman, and
Jack,, who would have laid down his life
for her at that moment, had such a
sacrifice been necessary, made no scruple
to laugh at her misery—for what is more
miserable, more ' tormenting than tear?
Step
. by step they advanced, Jack
and his man Friday, in the audacity of
what they. Balled such " good fun."
They rocked the tittle 'shallop ill- Edith
screamed, and at last almost fainted with
terror; and they steered sous to cause a,
dash of spray from the bow to'. thervstern,
and frighten the poor girl with the idea'
that 'the boat Was going under. . For two
or 'bye° long hour% " all in joke."- did
they thustorment her until the became
a matter, of serious earnest, kr- sudden'
/kw, annaticed'in its apprcesltl.by the
two priding joke!, capsized their boat,
antilhe three, were, at a blow, spilled into
tins alien • • '
liottinion's first and only' thought was
for; Fleeter than the winged
lightning is the activity Of thought in a
moment. Of eitrennty: ' - As' hp madly
plunged, unaware of - whit:course to pur
sue, orwhither to look, the whole life.
the whOleiore'.of the gentle Edith piss
ed through his - mind, Ile felt that he
was . a.murderer; and as he vainly buf
fettedthe.wave,.the deep' damnation of
of eteniity , `seemed his lot iu few'
short-,Moinenti that were spent by into
in frantic iitruggiee: lie, stroVe! to - cry
al. ad, and the salt water mocked all'
. his
attempts at utterance. Despair} bonnie
despondence; fatigue paralyzed his limbs
and mocked his 'skill as a- shimmer;
crainps seized him, and the light . was
shut out from his eyes' as ho = thought_
forever. , .
When he recovered, it was as though
heaven's whole artillery were pointed at
his bmnin.
_Thunder vung in ilia ears,
and the first gasps for breath , were infin
itely more
_painful than when th i at ,breath
departed. With returning consciousness
his memory did not iminediateli return,
l and he looked. about him with vague .
surprise, at the crew of lheballestdroger,
who had , been his ' d livenince from a
watery- grave. Incident byl incident
events came to hini. He remembered
the most distant first; thciught by
thought, the excursion and its cii,cumstan
ces came to him. For la moment -- still,
all was indistinct, till the last sad event
of his the fell upon hi. 4 heart,; with an,
echo like the damp sodion a colfin. In
a moment inure he started wildly up—"
Edith ! Edith I where ire you rMy lied !
Ms God! Ifwas ONLY A ,TOKEr
" No Edith answerednobody answered
The sailors knew nothin g of Edith—they
knew only that they hadsaved 'a drown
ing man: They could suggest! nothing
—could say nothing. Emblem:in sunk to
the deck insensible, and white; the hu
mane mariners strove to restore him to
animation, their vessel sluggishly plough
ed its way to the city. Slow as its -pro
gress was the return of Robinsiin to con
sciousness. Upon his ' arrival' et the city
he_was at. once tarried home : and when
his messengers could bring 'him no in
telligence of Edith,
- again
.relapsed'
into insensibility.
_ _ _ I
Better tidings awaited him , l upon the
recovery of his senses, the third time.
Edith too Lad be.en saved iby another
vessel; and though Robinson'si,deliverere
knew that some one had been picked n 2,,
the circumstances of I ti* woman's being
in such a boat had never once occurred
to the m; and the ravings oj,,*. Robinson
seemed but incoherence. Her safety
was better than any. 'physician's pre.
scription could be ; and a very few-days
cattied him to her house, to'(tenden his
subdued congratulations that she bad
mi. been drowned " all in joke."
!Edith did not reproach him , It was
net in her nature to 'dissemble ; it was
net in her h eart . to 9ffar w: 1 3.04-4. usic
with whom she could only mingle con
giatulation. After the first meeting,
ihs affair of the boat was never alluded
to. ,1
One . day—it is stratlige how a narrow
escape enjoyed togethit, or a aottnnunity
of misfortune, or of o. od fortune, will
endear two people - tol each ether—one
day, Jack bluntly . asked Edith to fix. a
time for the nuptials.
date."
b One year from this
" Surely yon joke."
" I never j oke—an d it is td give you
a chance to prove your reformation, that
I set a day more distant thanto tell the
truth---layown heart prompts,"
The:time of probation has jtist, expired.
The pair are just married:;'; and tlitre,
after the fashion of all storyttellers, we
shallconey.
moon.
very
fond ;paring
for him,..._ _____- qs, _ifferent
woman ; quite young and rosy again ;
and though it did not last—thought)
.
after be Was really come, she grew ,sharp
and cross often, to. n , never to him, of
course—she much e joys bis, being here.
They do not make' o much fttss over
one another as they Ipi yeard ago, which
indeed would be ridiculous in lovers over
thirty. Still, I should hardly like my
lover,. at any age, to sit readipg a novel
half the evening, and spend the other
half in the sweet cora bb pany Of hiss, cigar.
Not that ho heed always hankering
after me, and. " paitrg me . attention.
I should ate that.. For shat is the
good of people being fond
~ofone another,
if they can't be content' simply,\, •in one
another's company, or without it even, inl
one another's love? , j letting leach gt on ,
their own several ways, and do o their , Bev- '
eral work in the beet manner they can.'
Good
_sooth I I shOuld be the most con
, venieut and - least Oublesome sweetheart
that ever s man wall blessed with; fix I
am sire tshoulifieit all thseileningquiti
happy—he at one eii: of. the-room, , and
at the other--if' 4613 , 1-knew
py, and taught ikow ani then a lotikand
a smile; providedithe look MA the ladle
were my own petiMnal
,Propettyi nobody
else's Life for a Life!!
Dirrxrrigm OP A. PI 'IILADit,PIIIA LAW,!"
YER;--,-Mr.,lfyde l i Clarke. his, its' ned.
dietionary - in London of thi.E.;glish lin.
gnage wore full than any ' of his prede
cessor?, The Philadelphia Pram:selects
the ',following degpition of the_name of
that, city:ard its derivstive:s as an illus.:
tration of itg fullness:!
Pint §fot Pareb. §: also for Putii-
DEr:•PIIIA, § city in Pennsylloailia:;
PHIAN, ti a native of Philadelphia; sec
tarian of the fMnily . of' love; Nall. n.
relating to do. oi• Ptolemy Phtladelphns;
PHIANISM, ta• saying or practise of Phil
adelphia ; PHIA LAWYER n a notorious
shark; PHI& CATE-MUM, ii. waking
seamen work on
,Sunday.
_~~~~i~:.~~c~.
II
Address of the Republican State
Committee. "
[The extreme length of this document
renders its adtuission in our columns en
tire very ioconvenient at present, but we
herewith give the most important , portions
of', it comprising More than . half of the ad
dress. The entire address is able and
statesmanlike, and we regret that we can
not publish it entire.— ED. - JOURNAL.]
To the People of! Pennsylvania:
The State Committee appointed by the
ConveLtion of Delegates representing the
People's Party of this Commonwealth
which met at Harrisburg on - the 9th thy
of .tune last, was this respectful address
to You on the condition of the _public af
lain of the country, and the questions
which invite your deliberate consideration
in v:ew of the approaching annual elec
tion. The ballet box is the instrument
thrimoh which the. People exercise their
sovereignty over the governments of the
State and Union; and every recurrence
of an opportunity for them to mph)) , this
power, and discharge the correlative duty
which it involves, is an occasion which
calls then to a careful examination of the
course of condua of those wham they
have deputed official functions, and to a
determination respecting the principles
and measures which should be recognized
and adopted iu the adiniuistrtition of their
republican institutions. These repose for
their safety on the vig ilant s ipervision of
thepeople fur whose nefit, and by whose
authority they have been established; and
unless the popular masses exercise .over
them a constant watch and care, they are
liable to be perverted in the: hands.ofselfl
seeking and unfaithful agents, to the base
uses of private advantage or merely par
tisan, and even enriupt designs. Protec
tion. is the great purpose for which gov
ernments are instituted. When men re-
Sign a part of their natural liberty, and
enter into a political compact, it , is that
th
privileges which belong to them, as mem
bers of the State. It, becomes, therefore,
the first duty of those who are charged
with the administration of governineut,
to guard the rights, protect the interests,
and promote the welfare of the great body
of citizens. ' •
Happily relieved by the achievments of
our ancestors , from the oppression of
crowned monarchs professing to:rule by
divine right, and from the imposition of
Privileged elasses f the peap'm of this coun
try, occupying l a position of equality be.;
fore the law, have the right to. require
that the government of their own institu
tion shall be administered with a. Single
reterenee to their advantage aud benefit.
The first settlers of America, for the most
part exiles from their respective countries,
who sought au, asylum in,this, then west
ern wilderness, in order that they might
enjoy the civil and religious liberties
which were denied them at home—poor
in circumstances, and Strong only in their
devotion to the fundamental rights of hu
manity, which, were afterwards so glori
ously vindicated" amid the toils and suf
ferings, and on the battle fields of the rev
olution, founded here a chi ilized and ,
tiara state, in the midst of, hostile savages,
and subdued. the forest and waste places
to cultivation,* the strong arm of man
usl labor; and the, industry of free men '
then.was, anct always has continued to be
the great primary 'interest of the people
of this country--the basis of its prosper- 1
ity, and the only, firm column on. which
our popular institutions, rest for support.'
kis this which has not only filled the for
-
tile vilifies, crowned the verdant hills,
land adorned the rugged; slopes of forest
covered mountains with• the_ happy homes
of a rapidly increasing - population ; but
Spreading over prairies, crossing-the ma
jestic rivers, and scaliao , ! the summits of
heights and peaks clo thed in , perpetual
snow,,has extended the boundaries of the
Republic to the margin of -the great . Pe
ale Ocean, and eatabliahid hew _ Qom-
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FOUR. CENTS.- 41,a4.3-
1 .-41.25 PER
- inanities of freeiimM4hJE ! . . .. •
the new sin of sirrerelgrit . -
lc astellatiOn - which idorwelike Willat
' Flag,-and.gladly ettaint44ll,_thOlilitid
and liberties which our palitielCUPPPMl
duns, if administered in their Ana fititifoi
and . on their reel prittOpke, wink.**
extentwhich no other goverztaieotaborlaill
,have ever bestowed npon-thotierWitiailreit
under them: Theixt hashowevefiaPelyal
been an interest which has array.ellitaelt_. -,
in opposition to free labor ;• iind:Oftlatilk .
years it has acquired an itecenderobVjah ,-
the councils '
and over the'tiotimtigAilltii_ -
party,. which has, without just title, 41111 . 11 ffrA
ed the - mine of "Democratic."..stid-ay its.,
co•operation been.enabled-to °hadn't/Witt
!troLover the policy•of thellotimattasM -
I which has been inimical to, laitteatiatilko
ire of, the:welfare and simatimityieithilli
productive! industry; of ireentettetAbilk,-
'hostility finds its root and its indeasenagillk •
in the systm of hereditary negreleveg ..,
We do notlqw ation the sovere44.lll 4 lM
of the States in which this futOMaientedidi.
exceptional labor exists; to, maielekt4llo4
perpetuate! it among them, if they,*
proper. ' With' that we hitVit•detb,%afie - " •
'do—no right to. interfitre t rigibel ; Wft
the mere expression of opinion- Otale#4llii - !
'But when that system becomMlA
i
ive, and insists upon establishiet
upon the the virgin Belief our fry tereßal t 1 -
even against the will-of the l tuderiff_.: >-'---
the.reaident population, :we bold i4-14tRif
both -a right and,a duty to - porseis*
The wise, enlightened,and for4etingfirk_
riots and statesmen whiz fraMed-90 ilkft -
stitutions-rWashingtonf httiliant„talnif .
Jefferson in the south; as Melt dalfillate !
lin, Hamilton and King in the deltit-"A
regarded slavery is an evil. - They,tfuei
ed to permit the word to .apptettli : - '
s
Federal Constitution and trepretitteit 4 . :
talunited hope that ereiong, 11011 , - -
of gradual' emancipation, it Wtreiti,flisps ,
pear from the Union.! They caltplatitit
fixed a time after which, andetthedagdOrt
lotion of Congress, the itopertedtabolit
slaves should be prebibitesileadC*ollllA--:.
acting in accordance with the atikellailit -
snnso of the civiiiied world, -plitted„eit
brand of piracy upon the inhuman 4Al•'?•,`
can Slave ! Trade. - Peitikaing_theiagailf
Ipolicy, Congress from elm"! to:Ahar;lo4: .
without question of its CunatitutitmakP*
er, in establishing govermneutcterit OM -
'Territories' of the Union, aithogoiti4
advance of, settlement larked *Ms Iri
whatever means of cession or• preheat,
those territories were acquired, up, to, dot
organization of Oregon m 1848 tuagartillit .
Presidency of Mr. Polk. expressly ON*
ed that involuntary servitude eleilltilelit
crime shoUld not be permittedin;A%
and with the agreement of !dr. Mount
and his Cabinet. Including such
m nothiq_
en as Calhoun, Crawford autiVitilmoto
of a Congress where Clay,,Viehey,-110$
other; most enlightened stetswineu AMlN
coospicuotts, fixed a geographical; , Mfrswhich was henceforth to.define tlutiturth,
ern boundary of slavery,. Itt4 : ial*6 0:-
ceived the; long subsequent reartaili
the Government in the terine , theorntii
pact by which Texas beemne atk.fotts*
part of the; Union. • Itaiall&tavidat -
emnly set apart for free labor hftiil4, ,
souri Compromise, having papW,t , ,
the' trying ordeal of a.Territoilid . .
tion, in the exercise of rights 04 gii4
received frequent Congrins,iesid.
tions, presented , a ConstitutiOn, of -- 91,0'; •
ernment and applied fat', Jidtnissien,imi*
State into, the Union, that idiatiretiNr •
have been the theoretical, deelinutlopi4
ultra Southern iropagandiate at tillitl*;
any practical attempt was mitaiiikovii*
throw this established policy . of;6.00.
erntnent fortified by so many iiiiiptift
precedents, to the authority whit***
t*:
parts of the Union were bound by*
Lion of their representatives..-. 411.4 - ORO
like this both to overthrow' eiitabrii64_
principles and to suppress the *ice Of"
majority . of the people or Irtuiiiii!;:vtialier
compained, of course, by age lie! ofd .
rages, unexampled in the Itistnil Aoki
country. The ballot box its i s i 44011..
with fraud, and coritiptedlY,lii- - .4404
I The right of free election wits. ilaile4p.
Ithe people. The residentnwere iiveritilNi
by invasions of armed men, who',ntist-
I I ed arson, robbery, and mtit . * to,
pose slavery upon the:Teed', fig ! :
their forcible and. fraudulent . ;
~..„
~,, :
og
were ricnized as legitimatee " . --: , .
of the popular will by the Teititiliiiik!
thorities acting under `the, -- Ctitetilatnish
and with the approliatlci3Oftlie, ; _& l llealt
omtio" sulaliqbAnitt9a;it: l 7, - ,40,44,
In 1856, in otder .to IrshemB
part of of the odium 'which It:Was;ilintikelhp
to bear on account of thesis atrocious v*
ceedingii, the Delooratio plirtr, l 3
ted a candidate for President
. . .: • -
sense from the country, dutch Itip
pe
from the imputation, at lsast lt _ imeil:
portionid, participant in the site' nr .
predecessors; and, in iimordance,w4*
predetermined policy of iltstioiklitblels
was to be pursued'iluring the** *
Mr. Buchanan at aide - Ixnuniiimsgto*
the most solemn written .itSges(.*:so
be an accomplice in farther Tyllstimdr•
the Tights of the UtiOli% tty,14).,*110
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