/ 1 / 4 74,311, EZI the States. It is already demonstiated that iu settling Territories the slave States stand no chance with Op free. Whither ithive . Py prohibited in the old end. bon ' Ast way s f y gerogressional legislatio, or Whether the question is settled by - ;the inevitable foreo anti fraud sti r bloodshed 9fi" squatter sovereignty,- deft notapicat eseeutiaily to vary ate resat._ As slave pi...polty:is timid, and cannot place int ilicit.v.euidence in the ()biter dicta ,of -:l l mTdiffAgotitisanOnjia4iciittobes,know 7 ing,',Oia,t. - :ei4Pae:tiertina and honest con :,,-,-Sritettonseanti opinions tof courts.are -liable • to telliskdililld letets4; as the young uretkOatif,d ilie-luxury„and natlitift of • ganiatiop orenot tract for the hard- . S j 445, cifbborerd ¢ er fc ; as the' man;siaveliold• fieMnee of Slat-O . Ci:99llltti - rice are and unelaterithising, it se, ifalipen that, ail favoring gorrupt Federal Ex - ec.l • tltive,*dy:Seren'ectirage any s,"elicine . of ra." - ud•nd violence; 'aniinterveniug and! hosille slave State to close and guard all the,,;c:customed routes of travel, and toy and dostruy their, se.ttletnents - leo:State cfniigrarion has triumphed, and . . . Ander all.these disemiraeements and dis p.dYautages has shaped' the policy tied fiz -9cl the institutions of theie Territories And tab oody instri.tetious are apt to re 'turn•to ptague: the inventors, so recent antrwelt It:membered events have proved impo:icy and daager of giviug free ' State nitittlip sort of training Kltieh they quire in Kmsas. 'There are, sir. weighty reasons for not permittings.lavery in the Territories. The sir.ttinetit, themohi subtile and fair-sectu logy:that the people of the -slave States, havine , an equal light in the Territories, have also a right. to take their property with them, and .that-to deny them the is'ilia""ju-t and unequal, is eutitely pljapiuls. Vic able arid ingenious Scu pper .from VI s, in •:14 veply.to the suggest:ens of the Sena " for "rope New York,- Cir. SEIVA.RD,I abOut capital States, spoke of slavery as _ . !..a.ferrn. of civil . srovenment." In truth, asidmall moral reasons for the de- . ."ttiaj. Ames - never have been, and never nature of the case can be, treated lucre y as property ; they aro men, ate• coral/le as such for crimes, capable al ways of - freedom by neautnissioa, and Lough:they.canaot, if the Supreme Court is, right, be recognized as citizens having ighta themselves, they are regarded as „persons giving important political rights to others. We therefore deny the right or justice of taking slavery into the Ter , ritories under the palpable lie that they arc taken there as property. We deny `it on political- oonsiderations. If, as the gontlein44 from Mississippi [Mr. LA said, with great spirit, we have, by oir consent in the old States, got the ante() in the constitution," and be is represented by twenty members on the floor, of this House, we will not consent • that the inequality shall' go further. We trill take care to exclude this "political relation" from-the Territories, and that it „does not steal in, in the mild disguise of _`'property" --4. wolf clothed in wool. - -We refuse slavery a footing in the Ter. - ,ritones fur economical reasons—it impor :Etishes'a State; for moral reasons—it be gets ignorance. A. system of cotnn.on; --Publie.education is physiCally impossible in a plantation State. It destroys the marriage relations, makes cruel 'tyrants of the masters, and brutes of the'alaves. For reasons of safety, for every comma- Aty_in.which, the relation exists is aoe .,stautly,liable to bloody and fearful ct omes tic ittsurreStiensi awl weak and- defetice. less against invasion. 11 - have pursued this subject with a Aftet'Awthe inquiry, rhat is the North' fa &if And _. what has she done in the bait, *Met the could have omitted and littmained. faithful and true to her own history acrd prtnciples ? We would most gladly have been relieved from all action upea . ,- and all responsibility for, slavery .We had oueown, interests to protect and Advance. .We had discharged -our duty on am subject of slavery in geed faith and sincerity, according to the original sentiment of the people and policy of the ,Gcrvernment. We had abolished slavery and were busy with ,our schools, our fag teriesi our farms, our commerce, and our prosperous affliirs. We were not dispos ed; to interfere, although y'ou saw fit to -change . --your sentiments, and to abandon that, s)cl ,and safe policy which lieelt-ed to .free iustitations and the abandonment of islavery. • your aggressions forced the .North into this contest—to deend the liberty , of "speech and of the press; to xplintain,thte Jight of petition; to secure their citizens rights, plainly and in terms ..guirantied by - the-Constitution, awl as sailed by your unjust and unconstitution al • to prevent the acquisition of /On/Wry by unconstitutional pleasures, 1kt1.4 required for no purpoie other than that ot extending and perpetuating slave ituii increasing, its power and influence pr'tho Qovernment; to defend the Terri .;cries vories from. the curse of slavery,- and. • laltutaip the old and nell•sottled policy Agile country in regard to"- them. ' And • : sett .are now driving - them to a wore: do ;ermined-,-resistance to the 'redlining of 'Sle accursed traffic which has reddened • 44 pecan with its cruelty, and fteight= ad all -the Winds, of . heaven with its - : Tba natural; inevitable...and logical re hei, been the organiz:atiou of the iletiriblican, party, now the controlling ;od dolt ipant:party in all the free States. , It rests,upon the sentiment- and can wetion,that all are entitled to equal eirii'~rieitpt;-that freedom , and its lead- . *Whips are better foundations _for a new State..than,-elavo . ry-and its , attendants"; toul.tbe ilsimaislAtirs to ertabliel no goy ernment except in accordance !ill such principals. They claim no - power ,tto change or al ter the laws ,and institutions of existing states; -nor to interfere therewith, except so far as ; tlio example of eafety;, strength,' ri4 prosperity, and the Proper' aiscns:ion and defenc3 of - their princio Ales and instutions, may exercise a moral influence upon their policy. While they disclaim all interference tvit State laws, - policy, and institutions, they do claim the power, and will exer cise it whenever, in. their.judgement, it is just and prudent, fo' free the General Government from all rcsponsibtlity for the existence and ctatiiiiinnf3e of slavery wherever they have excluSlN:O 4 brisdietion over it. • - • . . 'As their'reSistanCb to' thediteasion of slaVery is founded' upon the denvictictti of its injustice and its unfitness, so they.will be led to onticse any . ; . neW demands which it may • make, and : any ancta"ll me titres for its-increase by the revitat of the for= ei'gn trade or otherwise. And Witio we are daterininta to adhere. inflexibly to this policy; we havo no unkindness for, slaveifolders. They harea great problem to solve, and "should have sympathy and' succor. 'The - Whole . power and' revenue' of the Government, should, with my con rent, be freely' exerted and expended in, their aid. TEle de•C nes of this R.:I - public hang upon the issue of tiA contest; and' l while I look on with .fear and trembling 1 I still look forward' with hope toathe time I when we may exclaim to• the oppressed of every aliule and langu",age..and birth-) place and complexion, as they their footsteps -upon ou'r shores, "bowl down and worship, fur the suit on which! you stand is sacred, and -consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation." rly.ll):Efttr .Pitrial. COUDERSPORT, PA., - c iOrst)qii Tjj:qlt , I Ci, 1860: T. S. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. ~jej~yliiariil ~~~fa ~ic4izf-~(8G0; "FOR GOVERNOR; ANDREW G. CU TIN, OF CENTRE COUNTY .ft - r• One fifth of the entire sum raised by taxation for public schools in the United States, is paid by Pennsylvania. Sar•The Lake Shore Railroads have agreed to reduce their fare one-half to delegites to the Chicago Convention. The N. Y. & E. will perhaps do the same. Be-Judge White and C. H. Seymour have been elected delegates to Chicego from Tioga comity and unanimously in. strutted to support General Cameron for theTreshlential nomination. ItZrHon. Lewis Minn and lady re hired from Harrisburg Wednesday. Mrs. M. is very feeble, but it is hoped that the and quiet of home will soon restore her to health. Still has been Sick since February, we believe. Mr. -Mann looks quite well. • It ia reported that the President intends to tap all bills. appropriating money to ray the expenses of the Inves tigating Conanitteesr• If we are not tils tahen the members of the House will have the'licwer in their hands to bring him to • terms. 1;t8r . The Rev. Daniel Worth, wbowas recently pUt in jail in North Carolina for circulating "Helpey's.Crisis" in that-State, has been released and has arrived in New York. lie is a native of N. Carolina.—l 110 told his story to a Net' York andiencN on Monday evening, rod does not give a very flattering account of Southern jns. tice—nobody can, in fact, .who has . tested! it even partially. fter - We are indebted to the lion. Si mon Cameron, of the U. S. Senate, for -a copy- of the " Message and Puma-merits, 1859—G0, abridged.'' his quite con venient, being the Message with the re, ports proper of all the Departments. . We are - also indebted to the Hon. gen tleman for a copy of "Nov Nursery Rhymes for Political Babies; a Loving Satire, by JUDITH." • Published by J. L. Magurn, 79 John St. New York. It par aphrases, in nursery ditty, the polities .of the present Administration., is well gotten up, and is a good campaign document: it contains 70 pages. • Ems' The '° Constitutional Union" Na, tional Convention was to meet at Bald- More on Wednesday (9th). It is thought they will nominate John McLean, %Tulin Belt or Sam. Uouston—perhaps all of them-- - z-in order to'sa - yo the Union. If their creed'is, the nomination of at least four candidates by them would seem to, be atasolutely. ,necessary---as Cotton, Iron, Moneyand 00113 merce r are each call ing loudly upon them (they say) fur pro tection fro the probable stray bricks of the falling,U.iimi. Their price fur the . campaign'has not yet transpired, bat the, Democrats -being in most Ilea of their vvtes 7ill-doubtlesi pUy there a high pried-to put shein is thtl way'of. Repuhli eatLiteee*s. , - • afir-The4choOl Direetori of this cowl, ty Met in the.. Court Il!Wse on :i';Morida7. cud elpated 'llr, - Seth Lewis, of.f:Ulyeses-' County .Superintendent- three 'years froni - the first of July next...- , -He will no doubt .bcan elfielepi - ofricer; but without any dispataguueot.to lritu We Would say , that 'We'sineerely regret•thii defeat of so effieient and worthy: an. offieer„its ; Mr. Hendrick, has been. fie has dote-Mu;lk toward *perfecting ..the , system in f this county, and couldhrivedoi.e muolt i morc in the next three years than any nlj• ew elected lierson can do. The Conception done'very wisely in raising the salary to $5OO, and the vote Was- raoreunariiip . ons . on this point. than was expected. ;The increased salary will- add ninch.to the. ef ficiency of the.officer: and the We give the official •proceediims, in, our local column. - - The brealcinit up of the Chart stet Convention by per;onal:isines, is. a s A len: did - lesson to Republicans every Oere, and we trust will be duly heededin this anti • campaign. Leading principles all that art needed' tcr work fur *Emmy, and• ev-j cry attempt to interlope abstractions or personal pieferenees will :invaria.b‘ re suit in disfnptlOn.. \Ye:give an excel lent article this week, on this point, frOm , the Erie Gazette,.wbicli Fe hope every cue of.mir readers will talm into mini& eration. Its sentiments are as adjustable to the polities- of .this county as awy sug gesqpes we could offir ourselves, and . we commend them alike to lenders' and the. rank and file . --none will hared by, the reading of them, while. same* may b;:' immeasurably benefitted. ;the article is \ headed 7' A. Word of Counsel." Read it —and if it rebukes you, weal it graceful... 7 lv; if you are beyond its point you occu py an enviable position, for we are all more or less apt to stand ,in our own or some one else's light. We - cupy it for the benefit of all. The'Charleston Convention. After 57 ballots, the Charleston Gen.- ! von tion adjohrned . on the 3d inst., to. meet at Baltimore on the 18th of .June nest, one month later than the Republican Con vention. On the 57th ballot the vote stood : Douglas, 1513.; Guthrie, .65; Hun ter, 16.. The Douglas vote varied during the ballotings at 150, 1511, 152 i, show ing that his strength was fully, tested in tho ballots fad, and that any further ef forts would be fatal at Charleston. Hence, Mr.. Douglas telegraphed from Washing ton to his acents to seek adjournment and change of place, which resulted in the se lection of Baltimore. The objeet . of mak ing the time a month later is two-fold— first, to. allow a full popular expres'sion on . I the result of the Chicago Convention, and secondly, Ic order that the different Dent ' ocratie , candidates might have an oppor- , tu n ity to Cani•ass tttw their claims 'upon that result.. A ttve-thrcis yote'(2o2) was necessary to a notninitioi? ; and Douglas saw very clearly that he ectUld not Obtain that vote in the Charleston Convention, and that seine of the SOuthern delegations having seceded, a reconstruction of those delegations at Baltimore might result in his favor; therefore a measure which they . rejected the evening before as ooming from the other side; became with him on the next morning e necessityadjourn. went or utte'c fallure being the issue. The result, however, is by many regarded as fatal to . Mr. Douglas in any event, or to are other candidate on that side. The breach is thought to be entirely too wide to be bridged over; and yet, this will de. pond somewhat. upon the result at Chita. go, next week. We are a the opinion that Mr. Guthrie, or some other person who is. objectionable to neither - section, will be nominated at Baltimore on the 18th of June; but - an. entire re&rgarriza , tion of their party will be indispeusPble to effect any nomination 'there. The New Terrltorle. The House Committee on Territories have agreed to the formation of five new ones. They argue that as they are set tling, they might as well have a settled. organization of government now as Ihere after. The names of these Territories are Chippewa, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Dakota. cIIMEIVA tbe-noith!half of Nebraska and Dakota; extendinp- front Washington Territory to Minnesota, bounded lay.liritish.America on the north, and the 4lith parallel on the south,. and *containing 135,000 square.. trifles. . ARIZONA is to be bounded by-Utah on the ninth, Mexico op the south, the 108th meridian on the east, and. California on the west. It will contain nearly 200,000 square miles.. • • . - • - 'NEVADA will be •boanded south and wart by California, north by Oregon and , ........ . . .. ... . ~_.......... . . .. ....... ~. ilie-43t1 parallel .of latitude; tuid : eas' C-.by Utah and -the -114ili nierldiaroind - 'frill 'etttlain.l.l,,s,oo9 stinao4. l ctl,l ,- - - .Ple,Pasi . cilrri'boundary is,withie ).0(:) niqeS pf--A.4,t Luis; Ci if.' i- ,, . If a al: es 'considerable- lron' lltaiyaudi'somelrout', Washiokttin and :in dlucleirthit,liasJiectf-Called COrsolt - Irtilley. 1 . . liiiitti.i.is,aliLlir.iliau . .word; 'signifying ili Ge in 'of the - Moulitai n. 7 It is- benudeil Aorth by the .434- paralieri'iontli•bricie A7th ; east by ..the 102 d meridian ; and Mast by Green - Riv,er. ' - It corn prises .150;- (LlOO square. miles.. -- - It thlte-rono lialt: from ttab, a. small portien from - Nelarasi,m and etv-Mesico,- - , and the-,-- remainder. from ICadsas: e, -_ .• . . ~. , ..._,-..,,, . , ...,, j DAKOTA - in pitiami a part'at t,he...ta . rrito: ry 'bevy so called, and a•plet ilif',.Nebrillta. It is bounded , north by the 46th Parallel; east . b-rMiiiriesota''and Itivrt4 south, by the 1 igSiou7r, ancl. west' by the 1132 d :iiieridi--, air.' . It will Contain 'I3-s,oooSquare miles. The same Comintttee . have *attached 2,0.000 ',square :tulles, hitherto belonging tO'Utah,- east of Green Itiver,-to'Nebras- Ita, . 'which will redtiee ,Utah „ to 90,000 square miles. 'As I these'- o'rganizations wall be reported by the 'regular Commit tee, they ,will pass the HOuse., What the Senate will do with them cannot be fore seen. - - k ..ThO TerritOrdal Rldis.• , • ;.A dipatch from Washington , to -the Associated Press recently stated that Mr. crow had reported bills crcating the Ter ritories of Chippewa, Nevada; Dakota, !Slops (Pike's Peak); and Arizona, with the following proviSci respecting Slavery Provided, that, neVertheless - , Slavery has no existence in said Territory; and n,Pthinft herein contained shad be con *lied...to authorize or permit its existence therein." - • The true reading of the proviso is as fellows : • "Provided, Tl at r rwhereas Shivery has no, legal existence , in !said Tetritory, ing herein .. contained shall be construed tiiauthoriie or peewit its existence there- I 6 {lTh - is is substantially identical with Mr. ,lay's proviso in the Compromise of 1850, slid ought not, to be objectionable to any . - chrnest actilicate . of " Popular Sovereign ty." We hope it may prevail.-- - -N.F. Tribune. I . Philadelphia Election. .1, Four years ago, .in the -opening of the ?residential canvass of -1856, Philadel phia—which had previously been Oppo sition—elected:, a, Democratic. Mayor t ) ,llliehartt Vane) - by the decisive majority ef 3,813, ohoosing.a Democratic MuniCi - - . • pality. throughout. That result. paved the way fur the operations whereby the City was carried largely far Buchanan 1 ver all opponents- in the ensuing State, ncl overwhelmingly ,in the- Preidential Ilection. .141 i; Buchanan's votei,was then, '4 gigantic and. complicated frauds, car ried uptu3B,?.22r--souae.s,ooo more than bad ever before been polled fur any party. against 7,993 for Fremont, and 2.1,084 for Fillmore. Bualianan's declared ma- I Jprity :was thus 6,145 over all opponents ; tivhild in the whole StateraPid'adelphla !neluded—he had but 607 majority—not a tithe of that counted fur tam in the City. , i n t y d o nr a t v l e i Opposition. heavy vot vote; ,av electing carried the their 1 layor:(1)Ir. Henry) by 816 majority, with '-\ preponderance in both the Seket and f3umnion Couqutls. , This is a very happy augury for the pending Presidential boutest. .. The gain..to the tide of Right is not 4 litnited to that above exhibited in the rel efive Note. The Opposition in Philadel phia are no longer discordant, jealous, ic pellant, but harmonious, if not absolutely lionmaeueous, and determined .not to be divided and. defeated in the g, eat strug 14le 'before is. Thoir triumph on Tues day will powerfully contribute to that which, we; trust, awaits us in the Nevem ! her Election.—N. Y. Tribune. .tohn Covcde. This gentleman seems to be the favor ite. mark for locofoco, abuse. He is trouli Insoine to them. He wants ta. find out t!oo much. He provokes the President to "p.otest," He brings out all those mat ters atott the post-office printing and the sti l bsiclizing and pensioning of the- public press, eanvertitig- it into a "political ma chine," as Alt. Bice, erst of the Pennsii?- . raairrii, testified. Ile persuades Wen• dell to tell all abont i his transactions and ;a . pplications of ninny, with the knowl edge. cif the President ; , to electiOns f '• He screws, out of Megargce some of the " items" about - " third party" splits got ,np for the benefit " the. democracy" and paid for with money . . He brings to light the long.hidclen popular sovereignty iletter of Buchanan tO Walker—sets Walk er to inviting Black to pistols andcoffee . , Attoiney General (declines, sand in lieu of them, gets up a tattle of iwotcis in the 'newspapers between those doughty champions. He.: draws from Vandyke the little transaction .about the District Attorneyship in Philadelphia, and the story of Bnchinan's duplicity in the affair: Heis said now to be hot foot after the Lecotripton pioceedingi in Con gross,. resolved, • " like a sleuth•heund steady to his• purpose," to track and seize upon the , proofs of corruption in that. af fair.. It is no wonder that " the Democ racy" hats Covode! But •why sperd their spite upon" him ? , Why not assail [Wendell, Walker, Megargee, Vandike, 'Rice, and other good ." democrats' :of 1856, who have peachid, and - tell-their party, thr;mgh their - presses, who thesn men are, and what i chey say under oath It cannot be very satisfactory to the pea- 1 ple to see: the papers boiling over with-1 wrath at John:cored°, and not' tell them W. haTie Will: a' fteif . Insi let *ll4*, flab What' the -witnessC,S4estify,,a4itlieti' • jet them ' at. the same'timti.abusiOtikeeloC With all their might. *441 'Rake 'ltome p l tipitl e - apital;iliat; *ay; 14. t.; firel;i#y -•ttiey*ittld uoi .pail mest likely .the;;tld 4 4614 . Iradcyptgi.l • 1 • .• A Word of l itc,kunlieli t _ We Would avail our l ATlxes of this the& .p 4 4,49pßipg„a . wort), of .CounSel :to the Republicans of . Erie qity and County.--;• We forni'a portion of great national par. _ ty, banded - the tiviiwed per= pose'of securing the success of principles whiolistuderliebur:bOble. system uf:tliW 611=4 Letals, then, for,,.the sake,-of thos.e, IliSturbingifoi, ces in our• . ranks during the ebining,fion; , teL . Personal bickeriogs, seld:Sh ings - atid,loeal enntroVersies -_shoud have no place in the great japtironellitig battle,' wind!' .will . assuredlyirequire our strong est - effortsitr• one eitatentiid : 'brottherhood to carry it suce2SsftillY thro ugh. • If we permit any' jealousies in regard to . men.- to interfere with our exertions, we will do nothing efficiently or well. -There may,. indeed almost neeesarily will be,-thoSe. anioug us towards whoui.we hate not , ways cherished the kindes.% feelings ; aye more, there may be 'those in whose dis interestedness and ihtegrifY we di) pot. repose the fullest . confidecce . ;- - --boe our obligations as theinbe!rs of the same :parr.; ty demand that wesbould overlook these tuatter.s.and move finward in solid col umn to battle'and i to vietory. ind4lien again, we should be Careful to ascertain whether. our eavillings are not based up , on sheer selfishness 'the offspring; of a . , desire to promote private ends, io the. way of which we inayt suppose the person or persons objected ;to stand. This is i'ectilj the case generally, audit eousoitu-1 tes one - of chief Übstzteles to Iharnienious ; and successful effort.; • Now we are es- , ; pecially anxious that ;the. Reptiblicans,ot; Erie City and County should cast :aside! all such• disturbing; causes. If they choose,- they can introduce and azitate elements:which will retard, their progress and diminish their lnumbets; but we trust,a sentiment of Common patriotiSoil will impel them to a- different litre of pol icy. So far :IS. We are coueerned, we arc willing to give our tithe, • our labOr; and whatever o - f means and . influence we can command, for the benefit of the Republican cause— willing to give. all this without re : gard to.personal iprereA or personal: re ward—lfnd fur the aceounAishuieet of the desirabl- objects contemplated,-are ready to stand side by side with those from whom we have widely differed Upon ques-1 tions of a local or even general nature.-1 We will of course make no concessionsl derogatory to our character aslione,t and hotiorable men but Iwe so, highly esti mate succors in the Icomiug campaign; betkas it relates to :the State. 'and Na tion, that we can " burl much of the past ; and•join hands with - ipt. f i end every man whO calls himself a R,enuuliean: We lay.l claim to no special credit in setting - fertn, for ourselves, this eoerse of aetiots. IVe only desire to be unselfish. and sineere..l. and to ;contribute milt utmost to the tril umph Of the .o7ganiiation whose declared.; creed We heartily applvveend endorse.-1' Deeming- the exempOication of this it necessary to succe4—that is, that har. ntoniuzrs action withhut which' success cannat: be achieved—We beg to zommend it to our Republica? friends. Let us come together as brethern: and with united hearts and liMids strike, for Free dom, the - Cens . titt;' t;ul4, and Eric Gi;zette. The Admissioo of Kansas. Southern Senators have de.erinined to manage if possible se as to keep Kansas out of the. Union till 'after the Presiden tial election, lest he irate might exercise a controlling influence in case the choice should come-to the House. Her Omis sion would make eighteen States neecssa:. ry,to choose. They liä-re now some little hope of gettin the i - equiAte s..venteen for a - Southern man, or failing in that, to defeat the election by the House, and. thus devolve it upon?-the Senate, where tht:ir elninces will be greater. But even here they muchpre i ter not to haTe_two Republican Senators!from I