gig; lariit7
intended Iy - theii anchor;
`l,:iiti•rs'etithrtieing terms that ougitkolo have
',Leen dedited ; and others still that require
toil ors - ucceeding: definitions - be
'ttnc the eau •be 'understood. Whatever
th:e. c,Taintuar may possess, it4tas
`none cla .
y t t e'A tale it to take ithc‘place of
•• , - •
Beyond :tll controversy Kenyon's Grim I
mar is an excellent text-booli. In sever-
at 1 1 1 . 1 411.414
.tiro
it prefers
32t1t to kind DOW in use.
1 ak:tl'it any' classes with entire
arid'atte.aess eilit.years.
ilot•leOniptilin• that Giauiunir
"ill)kie,#Y-sinti.l;::wi,tli - tills as standard.,;
n' - '" •
W. 11—.1tourms.
AFacfenuf,'
iSt36.
f • •
'l4a'ortife - s!lDOiiitfaxidejlt.
'" "Fdr.rite '•
. . .
.o . 6sti.or, of the next
~,,kpeiinteendnut begins to pre
ifselo.;.onr CoViiiicrratien:The time
erien tat Co ii'Ven tio n
.13 f. Directors
4F l' . :tSuperintendent
9. ceom f; y cce
41.t.tlre'sritaly, is the - ,first _Monday in
',glad' Ste"au editori
al ui.Lt.e_jtiußN A L a fc.',V weeks since,.
c ti tip j,l(e_ ball in nictign, and I would
Of ifl ne pee. •
ItaVing .bad "the good fortune to be
r i nil r.b•.
Directors of several townships
,durJki ;six mouths past, I. am prepared to
h~y t ~tfhere is a,general feeling in this part
"i"ef:'f-;e:yourit against the office; or if tlr:y
office exi=t, they would not
the sal a ry tibUve the
.. ,aritonir(tidw paid.
hold that if a system of Com.
I,sehools, suppoe.ed by taxation is at
'desirable, the County Snperinteinlen•
Ty must tie sul p arted. It seems. to WC to
-in"_ of the system.
,It
,p - ropeeics teer.Tavitle an impartial and equal
,eXamtuation of teachers. -It provides fur
si competent visttation 'and general super
ts.knn,,ta the scheets. It provides a ebau
;me' I through whirh So repurt frem eilabe
tii..v.:ot to , the State Department. A man
Will.ivalified for this office " well skilled
IP - scientific and literary. attAnnients"
.cannot be expected to devote his time
talent for. tiro small sum of*loo. a
.year.: Even if the salary were paid by a
direet-a . ddition to our county tax, I think
liberal:mindad men would say: "Pay a fair
salary:" MIL as the amount comes .from
14,. State Treasury, and is taken from an
elipFopriation made for that pwposc alone,
nud:as we held it tt:' be the duty of the
assist in the education of her'
Litizeni, no one cau reasonably ohjeet to
out drawing. our reasonable and just pro
po:liem.from this fund.
.. - In-proof &erne above intimation as to
tlt :source from whleli the salary
perrutentlOtos yen to
folloving correspondence
;:ppCars in' the Yenta. • S'clool
of May, 1557
CORRESPONDENCE.
HAlintsit&rici : April 18th, 1858
Hos: A. G. CUItTIN : Dear Sir—As
liiereeham,been.much dispute in regard to
the niaTaier in which the school fund is
Oistrilpted, as regards the salaries of
!..;otraty Superintendents., and there is still
roine tnisunderstanding existing in re
gard•to the Faille, will you please inform
us how the sclu.g.ll department construes
the following clauses . of the act of Bth
Nay, 185i:—
..." 1Y lijeh said compensation shall be paid
the Superintendeut of Common Schools,
bv his warrant drawn - upon the Stateqrcas
nry, iu half yearly iuStalinents, if Jesired,
ono shall be deducted from the amount at
i•itate . :appropriiitions to be paid to the sev
eral school districts for said county."
ttly yours -
OFFICI: OF SErict:TAF.Y OF THE
11arriSb111'2% April 19th, 1856.
CrEyrt,EmEN : Your note of, this date
is before too. In his last annual report,
my it me predecessor, Ilea.' C. A.
Watek, stated that " the addition of thirty
theilianddollars made last year (1554) to
usual amount appropriated to coramoe
"sehool's, was intended fir the pay of Conn
tY 'Sfi:Peyititendents, although not so ex
pressed.in the act." When I assumed
the official head of the School Department,
I,foand the appropriatiOm for the
,school
year, onding June, 1535, made out . and
entered on the books of the Department,
ju lecOrdance with the .opinion thus ex
pressed by 31r:'Bliiitk, and partly paid.
..1-itided by the precedent thus set we, and
reMil . ditt ii; for Obvious reason's, as sound,
paytatntS for that year were continu
ed
,islitfdiAted, 'and• the appropriation fur
the : Present school year is now being dis
bar:lM' upon 'the same prine;ple. You
will that the appropriation to the
Selina - 1 districts of the respective counties,'
rs_niA -ift..feted by the salaries of the Court
ty._StrpOititendeuts, as commonly suppos
tiervant,
A. G. CURTIN,
' ! "7.uperintetident of common Schools.
l'ai'Mossri.' J. lioLeome
'House of Rep's.
p. LAPOLTE t
VI!. 14 Pt"err, Senate.
..IvniTEn. in a Nashville paper. has
coicriled the probable number of free-ne
groes,nOw in tbe .. .slave..States, whieh is
265,000, al4ributed as follows
31,i'rsnid, 'Bo,o3o'j• Virttinia, . 00,003;
Niirili . •.Carolina, 30.000; Delaware, ;20,-
I.6ol . : • Li.iuh.ialla, 20.000; Kentucky, 11,-
Ceitiutbia, 11,00 . 0; Ttiti
• :
tu*see, ,D 00; Georgia;• 3,000; illisAs
/..4 , 0,..;;;000 -Alabama, 3,000; Florida,
f .2,o9;"Jlrssuuri, :1, 9 0 •; 'Testis •1 I 000 •
1
ArliilLaS; I ) 001 1 ...
. .
This rather:startling question .nanat
force itself upon the mind of every one
who notes. discerningly the -.line
_of argu-
I -
tneiw iif.T, - , - 4Sitr::pid-idayety‘*t e inporWrieX
#lo4'oriatd to the . ctitalifir.ofi l 'lluniaU:
Fights. : !z-: •
'' '':WhoeYer chooses tici,looi:_tiirongli the
files of what served ler »ewspapers sixty
odd years.ago, will find frequently occur
ring therein the names of
. John.-Adams,
Thomas Jefferson ant -Alexander Hatuil
ton-L-probably the three best abrtsettmen
of their time: Thuso Sonia:As - will by. l l
turns apprise you that one or the othertif
heseirtaTesnient tr u e' pat rio t s tiatligissati
uten.all;itliough, severally huffily, - therO 7
like not faultless)- - 7 vias, a
.demagogue,_ a
p moparchist,a.leveler,"an infidel, allyp
ocrite, an : intriguer, or. somethit» , of ..the
sort(for partisan hostility was &bitter
er and more personal. in those- days,than
in ours,)— bus we doubt that the most in
temperate reviler of either of theselvoi
hies ever- stigmatized him as a downright
idiot. The discovery that the grcat . men
of our Revolutionary era-were utter:sim
pletons: was reserved fur the Sham-De
mocracy in. - 185(3.-df).
For Jefferson deliberately w.ote, and
Adams as deliberie.ely concurred in,affirm
ing,'and Hamilton fought to establish, the
natural equality of mankind. " All men
are created equal," proclaimed the Decla
ration cf
.ludepcodence, and the cannon
of Saratoga. Monmouth, and Yorktown'
affirmed and emphasized- the assertion.,
In tunas days, ut American—Torres, of!
course, exoepted—openly dksented from
this fundamental base of American Free
dom and Nationality. To questions it
would hardly have, been safe elsewhere
than nutter the protection of British can
non.
But - did Adams and Jefrason mean
that every man is equal to any other man
in 'wisdom, lCuoivledge, physical strength,
endurance, or industrial efficiency
they did, they set their names to a man-
ifcst imposture and lie. There is .not a
child; seven years old who does .not know
better—kaurs tlmt, so • far froth all men
being equal in capacity or acquirement,
diversity ur disparity iu theuniversal law
—that hardly any two persons are achro.:l
- equal in natural gifts; and that, where
two are nearly equal, twenty are striking
ly diverse. If Jefferson really asselted
what our modern conscrvatiyes deny, then
must he stand refuted and Stultified by
the common sense of mankind.
But Jefferson never affirmed, Adams
and Hamilton never ratified, any - such
ridiculous declaration. lind Mr. Jeffer,
son been asked to. micbange his stature
for that of S. A. Douglas, or his manners
and temper for those of Tonaths or Senator
Mason, be would updouttedly have de
clined, deeating-the bargain proposed an
unfair anc. Such a trade could only have
been made to - hiS serious disadVantage.
What Mr. Jeteraon did assert, what
Adams and Hamilton affirmed, what the
Republicans of -o-day stand fji', is the
equality of Human Rights, manger all
plivska: or intelleoivaldiatrenetw. They
did . net, and we do not, oven affirm the
equal right of all human beings to vole
and legislate, but their equal right to b 3
protected, cherished, benefited, by what
, ever laws might be enacted, whatever
form of government might be established.
It was this righteous aid uMural
ecjuxli
ty—`• the ina:ienable right of all to life,
liberty, and the, pursuit of happincss'!--
that :Jefferson proclaimed it ; it was fur
this that Achim thundered, Washington
fought and Mercer fell.
The right of every man to his owu limbs
and earnings—the right of every parent
to the EUCiety and the Obedience of his or
her own minor children—the right of each
human being to-full and equal protection
from the Stare in every innocent exertion
of his own faculties for the promotion of
his own happiness and that of his family
—the right of each to produce, to enjoy,
and to accumulate—such is the • equality
affirmed by Jefferson in the immortal Pre:
amble to our Declaration of Independence..
In this theie is nothing absurd, fallacious;
nor impracticable. If it were proved that
no negro ever knew !Inif so much as the
silliest white man, the truth.,of human
equality would not thereby he affected.
Why cannot our modern Tories either
mat it squarely or let it alone.
J. HoLco3rii,
13. I..lroirrE,
4 WM. M. PLITT
It is ne.less unwise and weak,- acetil'il- 1
ing to all the laws of Ptlitical Economy,l
for one . portion of a people to enslave,'
and thereby degrade and impoverish an
other portion, Than the act of reducing a;
fellow-creature to the condition of a chat-1
tel is, when tried by the rules of morality!
immoral and base. It is cheering to see'
that rinee the great aet of Emancipation! .
by Great Britain, other nations have fol
lowed her exaTnplei and arc ridding them- •
selves of human s'avery, either on econ,
omicril grounds, or from moral convictions,
or both. In. either case, such events are
a rebuke to the most powerful rc i public in
the world, whose people are. not yet wise
enough or virtuous enough to have even!
wattled it.heyond a peradventure, that the;
virgin soil of pow territory should never
be cursed with the tliotstgp of a 'slave.—
The present conditiOn of the British
West commercial,
and moral—shows as conclusively as any
fact can be shown by a mathematical
demonstration, how great a boon . eman
cipation was to those islands. - Our win
try and Spain alone; among civilized tied
tioui. holding siavery under their con
trol, have.rejected this evidence ; others,
not; it is to be presumed, without the)
most careful examination as to ,ail - the
facts of the case, have permitted it to in
' lluence their legislation,. and the destiny of
_
Was Jefferson a Feel?
Exuancipation in the Dutch
East. Indies. • '
en6jEctcd races he,d by them in. bend
.
,
:Thelitestiestance is that of the Dutch
.
East `Slavery was: compleely
abolishedin- the Colonies of the. Netbes . - -
landkin the Indian .Archipelago,, oh the
SepteinVer lust. The evil , ' there , :
wee undeubtedly of &touch tnikler type
than,tlie. Aegio Slivery of .thiS hem-
Spherel lAirit was still absolutely chat
tel Slaiery,With all the wrong, :and
wretchedness, and. wealtuees„ as wcilsw
all the oonveniepies . end:Palliatipz 'Cir
ounisbanceS;'iCttiere:be-any;:-:whieb :at
tend the system here. ','Alli,however,:are
swept array:. - The - example of _ Great
.Britain seeing to , '.have bbeti followed' in
everything, ,and compensation Was pro
vided for the masterewgo. were called.
upon -se gire.up . their, property in staves.
The value was Assessed by. a ounimission,
and the antount was helaby 'the Go:em
inent Treasurer,. subject to-.the order of
the .owner; ..11ow it may have been at
the other ..colonies.we . do not know, but
at Sourabaya, as We:leant fi'elM n letter in
The Hong KeJng Rrgiiter, the slave:loll
era seem to have held some very pe.euliar
notions oulthis subject of coMpensa.tiorr,
Many - of them refused to reeetve - - an
equivalent for their pecuniary sacrifice,
preferring to possess the . satisfaction. pt.
the eonciousness of voluntarily restoring
their servants to liberty, rather than scout
to submit to the legal compulsion which
compensation in:some sort implies; Many
others however, accepted the sum with
the still higher and More unselfish pur
pose of giving it tu the en anoipated peo
ple Whose assessed value it represented.
We, of New:York, have some -reason to
be proud of tha Dutch blood witioh crops
out at the antipodes In such noble acts
of disinterestedness r.nd magnanimity
as this: The abolition of Slavery in' he
Dutch East Indies is another -of these
great national. acts which illustrate the
'Christian civilization of the nineteenth
eentury.—X. Y. Tribune.
'6llt BttCl
COIJDERSPOR.T,
c lipMq
T. S. CHASE. ETAGR. PUBUSH EFL
i;{;ti~-18G0.
FOR GON-ERNCR7
ANDREW G. CURT/N,
OF CENTRE COUNTV
NOW 18 .THE TIME TO
SUBSCRIBE!
- THE CAMPAIGN IS COMMENCED.
Ten Copies. or TUE JOURNAL
to eerie POst-Olllce, tilt Presi
denttal Election. Eight
Dollars, or SO cents
each - . -
LET ES EIEGIN THE wORK.
Tits Coudcrspert likepOlican Club will meet
in the Hall of the Sons of Temper:Met., on
TIMISDAV HARCII Gth, at bail
past seven o'clock. SETII Lulus, of Ulysses,
will Le present and address the meeting. All
persons interested in the supremacy of Trutli
and the overthrow of Wrong, are cordhtlly
invited to attend. The time for aet:un is upon
us; let us do our full share of the work nec
essary to succeed. Let. us been now. Come
to the meeting Tuesday evoniaa; anti enlist
for the war. JOHN S. MANN,-
Cli-iirir✓tn aj Central Cl 4-1.,
Virl'The official proceedings of the Re
publican 'main!! held at the Court linuse
last Thursday evenit.g, have not yet been
handed in fOr.publicatian—for what rea
son we are unable to hay.
We hope the Republicans of Cou
dersport and, vicinity will bear in mind
tho meeting at the Hall of alio Sons of
Temperance, do Tuesday evening next.
This is the first public meeting of our
Club. Seth Lewis is to address theMeet
and ne bespeak for him a large at
tendance of both men and women. •
Hon. Thos. 11. Ford fornrerly
Lieutenant. Governor of Ohio, was elect
ed Printer to the House at "WnAlintati,
en )16nday, by one majority. He is a
Republican, and "stumped" Ohio for
Freincrit is 1856. The HOuse has been
three weeks electing a rititer.
tla.. Our paper is late this week, in
consequence of sickness in the fainiky of
one of our employees, ana a death .
where Uotieed. - In consequence of our
delay this week, it:will be almost iwpas
sible for us to get out a paper nest Creek,
and we have concluded not to try: We
trust this apology will be smffieient to our
yeaders for the omission.
Wl"i Ir. I.ll'Pherson of Pennsylvania,
made a successful debut in the House.to
day iu a forcible speech, reviewing the
course of, tho Democracy in preventing the
organization for two months, and their
threats of disunion in the event of a Re
publican being eleeted .PreSident. l He
produced.a deep impresSion.-- Wash. Cor.
Tribune, 24th. . .
• When - Mac. was elected, we told our
readers he would make his mark,'
,far,
though he is sruall in stature he has a
giant mind, and a will that does not shrink
from any work worthy the mettle of true
manhood. 116 is a strong and, ready wri
ter, and in 1351 was regarded as one of
1 • '
tte ablest edifora ilie'litittint tills Stith.
We trti§t our young frkerldSvillcootiotte
to aisebuifit theOnensy iivliilO wincing and
wearin laird troth to
this sod neit 'oesstori of Congress:
The XlVlltit distlriet 'Cannoi Well tiettifft'
better. leprt:sentativo to VieOshingtoti thin
Ed. 3lOPherson. ' •
i
Da.tlii the House of Representatives
'at WaSbioritoliotrihelith ult4Mr. Love
-0
joy (lb.), askesi f Leave tv , inticiduce b
preamlidand resolution.. . The former, .af.-
.
teir rerting the rights and'prlVtleges of
citizens of the se'veral Ades -- tinder th i e
Ceek ..t+tis.4 orthe United Stato r . reads
. .
"Wlierc, , nr . -It is, alle.ed by res'ponsib!e
parties that that the citizens of some. of the
States going into other
,States on business,
such as the coilection of debts, teachini
sehool and other - lawful huSiness, harp
berm perseMally-trcated:with indignity and
viiilen4., being incarcerated in prison (#
drivenj from their property for. certain
armaments they held, and. without - anY
alteenJtitit as to the crime 'they had cod
_r•
Mittba I ; - • 1 - i
—dial, iclzereas; -An alleged practice stair
ilar to the 'European, passport system i'•
sprint ijug up, th•irefore be it .
ReOved, Tni
hat a cou4ttee of five b 1
appoin ed' to inquire into ihe 'above reciti
ed Lot • and whether any further leg,il
don is'neceSsarr to give Ofeec to the sat" •
provistuns'ot the • ConstitUtion,. and .that
the ...:iiii committee be empowered tv seri'
for periiew and. papers. i.
~-• . . .
retiOthr frte• u'd Dri,bert, of the, Ceni
tre 1) 41.ocrat, makes - the untentle hororl r
able aslfullows, iu his last. 1- If the presl
gout/rally would give ." honor .to whomhonor 6 duo" there would! be a vast .
ferenee,:u the editorial :hatter of . song
newspapers : • •
4 1.10N0R I'o WILOM 110X0It. IS MM. -7
In the ,1),..nt-oeritt. of the 2.6 th ofJa q uarY,
we' published two articles on our outside'
viz. , . "So'longer' Mud-sills" and " The
estraviaance of the pro-Slavery Party.'r
Thes4rtieles were copied from that ster' r
ling slkbd, tha Potter Journal, but were
net ereiNted to that paper. The' P.lditot.
Mr. Chase ; justly complains of our af;-
propria:tiniz his articles to Mir - colunnifi
without the Pvoper credit. We can a
sure him . it was not our in-tenth - al. to d 6
so, .huefa mistake which octhurred in 'the
reading of Cae'preof. ' We'haro no d(..
sire AO use the labor of other poople'
britins, without givin2 them the proper
credit, 'nor do we wish, anyone to do so
with 1.0„ We hope this explanation may
prove satisfactory, and that our friend of
the dournul may write many articles 1103
those we copied."
TM PORTANT CU A.NRE
The'rullowing important announcement
appeitri in the telegraphic column of die
Traimie of Wednesday. 13y this change
of lime we have gained almost eight
wecks'i work while only four weeks in
tima, and a surer triumph 'of the Repuli
licati clause. The . Cominittee have ex
hibited great wisdOm iu.the following 4
„ion : . ,
. 11 .-
4.'oe: l question of Elio prop.iety of chang
ing ihe time of liolding the Republican
National Convention having been subm
-Evil to the ineinbets of the
their
National .C.mitnittea,. and their vieivis
having been communicated by letter, it
is deterwined, in accordance with the
witshes of a majority thereof that, the
said qinivc ution belie4l on Wednesday,
the Iqt ti day of nay next. (Signed) I
ED VIN D. 3161.1.61 AN, Chairin2u.
W3l. 14: CHASE, Sceretany,
Alblany, Feb. 28, isao.
it
The
CU
Stale Convention.--A. 6..
pAtTIN Nominated l'or
1- - GovernO.
met
at
eißepublicau State Coneentiou met
at Harisburg, is the Ball of H
the ouse
,
of Re reaeutatives on Wednesday, the
22nd idt. it was thelap - gest convention
ever lip Id iu Ilarrisburgy•and was templiti
rarily organized by calling lion. Franc
{s
of Somerset, to the.. chair. A
comtulttee, consisting of one from milli
itiematdrial district; was appointed to nom
inate ermanent officers, rrhO rePorte l d
Ex-G vernor JAmEs PoLLocK for Presi- -
t dent , ith 33 Vice Presidents an 9 .Sef l --
I retariets. After the organization was com
pleted' Mr. -Lowrey,',of Erie, offered a
resolution declaring Gen-Sin:in Cameron
to be he-candidate of the People's Party
of Perinsylvania; fur Pvesideitt, subject to
the decision of the Chicago Convention.
After considerable discus:ion, the resOlo
was adopted by a vote of 8.9 yeas againt
39 nays'--Mr.savertem,delegate from this
, voting against it. • A resolotitin
ten - offered by Mr. Lowrey, in favM.
appoiniment of delegates to Chietio
i convention ) • which led to a warn
. . -
4, and was finally aniznded and adopt
bl tho following forru r by yeaa 128;
count
IP red, That a committee of seven
pointed by the Chair to prepare an
4 and resolutions—and also to re
'names of eight Senatorial delp
o the National Convention, to be
Chicagi.,, in June rest, and the
of two persons fur. Senatorial
ud that the delegates from the
Icongressional districts report to ti }e
aition A
the names of four persons
EOM
ferenti
DM
fibiWenodoisgrestionaldistilet, who shall
be t i heilerxresentative delegates-to theNtt;,
tionat .Convetition, - eutt'frout:6ch ilis •
trict as Efectr. ;
provide - 4, in tilte' - di,striets. where
the ieleoutesnte suelocl
- he occept'ediby
Provided - jit44e'":, Ittat-viiertt theCou
,i,reisional ditricrts repreSented lit
Convention decline to present - the name
of any dele t .„irate to .Chicago,_ in those dis
tricts, the elution of delegates to•the Na-.
tional Conve4ion at Chicago shall be re
ferred to the people.
Resolved,' That the delegates froin this
State,'appoiuti.l by this COuvention, to
the NhtiOnat ponfention- are - hereby:in-1
strutted to cut .the vote of the State as'.
unit, atid. to Y,ote for Gen, CASltutdx- while
his panto -remams before that body. ,
The convention selected James Pollock
and Thomas-1). Howe; Senatorial Elect
ors, and David Wilmot, Henry D. Moore.
Samuel A. .1 5 ti' i rViance, Andrew. 11. Reed
or, Thaddeus Stevens; - Titian 'J: Coffey,
John 11. Ewing, and . Morro* 13. Lowrey,
delegates at la ge to the ChiCago conven
tion. •
The selection of delegate in the first
four districts teas referred to. the - People,
and delegates from most of the. other dis
tricts reported"; front this district, Wtn.
Butler, Kline 4. -Furst, LindsaY Meltafl
fey and -- G 7 B; Overton... •
On the• third ballot,. Andrew G. Curtia,
of Bellefonte, c as nominated' for Gover
nor, cad'the•notination made unanimous.
Mr. Curtin was Gov. Pollock's Secretat S•
of State, and . is one of the ablest lawyers
he State. lle is well acquainted with
resources and wants- tts , State, and
honor the choice of the people as
Ir Executive—for t;rz regard his elec
.as certain. We understand that' he
Inris to c.atiYass the State ,in - behalf of
üblican principles during the summer.
place his na l ine at our mast-head this
with no ordinary pleasure, and pro
him our hearty and earnest suppirt.
intsl
Rel.
.we
IMS.
ME
. .
A . Cosiverted Dentanicrtit-56e Et e
nounee's the Pro Sla
v - - erg - Party.
- For llic l'oller Journal.
EmTtkt QP ~TC), l t'ktN-NL:--,L-St. . )' : Were
you. note or less, of a pubic ; man than a
, ;
jouri alist, or mare of a strati:4er to-me, 1
1
shouldnot presume to trontle you , with
Ihiti communication. But occupying the
posit on you do4--uf a medium to column
nicatic with the public.-1. think it end
ue:nth-properyou should oettasionally sub , -
wit t" . ) sucit - an infliction as this.
Tle pride of 'party and the fear of cen
sure art the gre:itt oppitentS of party re
fortn.l By .. .the :hitter, hone'st and well
locating men, When convinced of error,
hesit...l
to to avow, it, lest cupidity and sin
ister motives be attributed to them ;' whilst
the fdriner, commencing with the early
p•-ej ndieesof youth; intimately woven- with
our first - actions as
- men, and clenched by
the Optionsitessktf that period of life, so
wise Only because so inexperienced; with
'ttnents during contests, and the
iality in Success,—too often pro
-ates.if they do not entirely prevent
otval of convictions which wili call
lions hostile to former associates and
LEM
COEIM
MEE
the av
MEI
creeds,
Yu
Sir, prolably think by this time.
that, Ijam ping to pitch into you with a
fat} r parson-power." • No such a thing :
Emerely wish tolstate that I think I have
been in this predicament, especially in re
lation to the huwanitarian policy which
seeks to confine ',lavery to its oldf and ha
bitual 'limits. There sir, I haVe said it,
and if you please to publish it my actions
shall not belie your types. Never in my
life halve I, or could I, utter one word in
favor of the diabolical institution. I have
ever cOnsidered tt wrong,—wrong from
the be,intling, Wrong in all its progress,
and 'kejudiehd in its moral, pecuniary and
social. a l spects-; 2,./t. with this conviction I
could never before bring myself to rank
my elf 'with.-those who, thought as 1
thought, but direred from me in this,—
they :toted -as I thoght. I have road
Helpers book, 7d cordially endorse it
so far as it does lot conflict with the Con
stitutinn and Laws. Indeed', I do nor
now have in my ;iwind any recommenda
tion fer the viulaiiou of either. .
• What must be the condition of, that
people whose uneasy sliimbers are disturb
ed bylthe thought that the morning may
find them' weltering in their
. own blood,
shed Eby a .property, merchandize, the
utensik, as. it •were, of their business ? If
our pl: ,- nrs were at any time liable or likely
to raise their cou'hers against us, •*or our
liorsei their heels oar seytheS to turn their
edges mpon us,
.oir our cows. their horns,
What ' , sort of pleasure and - conteatinent
would be ours Y 1 Or what Must theirs be
where!, tho advent of a stranger is looked
upon With suspicion, if not; as' Ciiminal; .
and if he eliance; to le natiVe to a section
of country in slavery is looked up
onl wi n peCuliar !horror, the prison,:the i• ~....., A .
,— tr ----
whip, or . the-tar-bucket. and feather-sack £ We are requested to state
are the kentle hitsa that a magazine is in Mrs, Brown, the' widow of the mart)
danger of explosion from-the Inciter touch Harper's -Ferry; is much enibarrassed.
.of a white-oak him or a wooden nutmeg ?' annoyed by the multittide of letters
Or theirs in %Alai- the lionest expression dressed - to her, for one purpose orani
of au opiniciii amiverse to any cherished, er,hv entire Strangers, who have no 6,1:
notioo,=i4 'followed by an ostracism . which' upon licr htteution, :and who seek to
hardly finds . its !parallel in that Of the i Moto ilisjr own interest or gratify
"Just, Anthenkin ?" - I dpubt not' but 1 cariosity,- regardless of :the restran
there !are thousands more ,vho, if they i delicacy and propriety. • Want of •
would give theinselveste thibk upon these! ners, in such a ease,- certainly Indicat
thing{, and could divest. themselves ofl want of sense, but -we hope this pc
those two " lip:lslin the .path," the Pride' maybe ~,, ,e nerally copierLby the press
Of Party and* Fear of Censure ; would be 1 lead, at least, to d isoine abatement of
couricted, like the Apostle, in a hlazo of I evil alluded' to. -.E.--Iribuite.
.
Igti,
_an Itaiurnow o)
to lef& au eUscor, the oppressed.
;It to - utention, to_enter it
hiptnes e erit „of the two
oils, my former or: sent one, •
I.ititei,,but I shall • bald iii3^self.,ll
anyliino,to'rend. , r to My old pat
eirtos good. stal .sufficient mamma
leastlcr - myself) fur _the course'
pursued: and sincerely trust not
thorn will attribute to me tuereanati
tives, for I have taken midetemma
nuadvisect by any-onolyco or con,
vim!) _aptimpating no 1
froniony,orte.os any, party, and at ai
whod6r , myself dader'entner
gationi terTaM66ali,llltiiiiiincterney
.
thatflone to , Repubactrac
I understand that the` - Republic:
ty does not aim:to inttudirtipou or
the war orelerity of sit'y,State, but,
by all lawful,
_constitutional
the stam ptti o of tlie,blivlttingcurse
any of ourincipient ' Belie
this I 4ec9pt the - invitation '
out of "&itite ye tleisitly" • not limit
without the conviction that soine.tril
"‘depart -ye cursed," which, hotrevl i
will bear as phjtsophically , ns 1 can,
With this seuilineut-- 7 The
it untluzu torever,—l remain, sours,
wise.. - g. o—AusTIN..
_
S LVANI.:I., February 20, 1860.
[On behalf of : the Republican
and its principles, : tVe welcuiiie Mr...
tin to our ranks; and may he bat
bravely and consistently for the cause
whose .beliulf he has thus enlisted vet
V.ll i 7 6). Jouit.3
" SWEAR HIM, 31 Y I.AMD r ."7-1 . 110
islatare of Virginia has - under consh
Lion a rceoltAlson requiring _every atm
who may take up his reiiidt.nee iu
State. to take an-oath of allegiance. I
dersatth la law every man would be
quired,to swear fealty to the. peculiar
stitution'l and all the outrageous
fraMed to sustain -. lNre apprehend 1
the. 111,211 reared, in a free-State who - I*w
concnt to bind his conscience with oi
an oath, -would not f" , wcl-houpd to a
sacred observance of-That oath- To
everlasting credil of some of 'the' Elan
holders themselves. let it be s&d, t(iat tl
113 not observe some a. the roust put
sive laws - enacted f.q. the protection
Slaydry. • Should . sueh a law be.plassee
Virginia, Utah will no doubt follow
her wake with a law requiring 11 . siuii
oath of alieuJanee to the laws establishi
aud, protectim: its " peculiar institution.
Sew- :Mexico will minim an oath' of all
glance to the- laWs which fail' to pun'
roblNryandassassination, and . the Glint
ton' Conventiorr will bring . pp- the
with a nile . requirimi - cvery applicant-
a meMbership in that party to be ai
coMplished hiEr,hwayrother add a to
pocket in a public way,--diarristurg
egrup . h.- -- /
TttElrish Serrant';*irts of the cities
New York and-Bruoliryn, during the:
1859, sent !Louie Sa their parents, bn
ers and sisters, the enur:nouS sutu of!
williou three hundred and fifty thous:
dollars. .
ix - the Elmira l'eess appears, Am
the regultir notices, the following -
one: Eli= Carter has -been at
ed as an own &AI& into the fatui
Witiatii P. Armitage. Her name
after, will be Eliza Arinitage."
Tn_E.Kanstts- Lehi lature is said to
hardened with bu,iu SF.,
.which ratberl
barrassep the men bars, who are, for
most part, inexl erioneed •in
After much' declamation, the . bill pn
iting Slavery in the Territory, passed
vote of 30 to 6. .The . Territorihl Cet
just published, though incomplete, sk
a population of from 60,400 to 70,000.
Nnw DoDGE.—Wc saw a letter
terday, directed to one of our whel
grocery houtses, the writer of which wo
ed-the Troprietorx . that certain mill
West were tualtiog . flout: out of white.'
and „Wheat mixed, and . selling it fur
genuine article: The correspondent
ted that a barrel of - . this stuff bad I
inspected in 'Cincinnati, recently,
when- placed in .water it -would
straii;ht to•thelbottow. When bake
is .brittle and has un tenacity yrbatel
We-are- not advised as to the extent
thointposition,-but it has been though)
proper subject for a letter of warning, at
is entitl"ed to consideration.— lilted;
Intel. Feb, 17; :
AN AGENT of the fleuglas .Party
Illinois r is said to bent Washington,
860,900, to he expended in Fuming
nomination of Judge Douglas at Chart
l'he:agent will proceed to Chart
ton in a few. days - to make his :wilt
tents. - 13.epOrt says that- two mill
copies of Douglas' recent-Senate spet
are being. circulated: One llnts'
thousand copies:will be printed in stii
or" style. A large central committee
actiyely.employcd-ia 'Wtishiiigton in i
paiing the vcay fur-seeuring. the nowt
ttun of