titude of excellent people, who are shocked at the institution if slavery, because it involves the princi ple of property in man. Yet I have never been able to understand what it is that so disgusts tbem. No slaveholder pretends that this property extends any farther than the right to the labor of the slare. It is obvious to the slightest reflection that slavery van not bind the intellect or the son!. These, which properly constitute the yx*, are free, in their own nature, from all human restiaiut. But to have a property in human labor, under some form, is an essential clement in all the work of civilized society. The toil of one is pledged for the sen-ice of another in every rank of life ; and to the extent llins pledged both parties have a property in each other. The parent especially bus an established property in the labor of his child to the age of twenty-one, and has tho further power ol transferring this property to an other, by articles of apprenticeship. But this, it may be said, ends when the child is of age. True ; bcausc the law presumes him to then titled for free- I dona. Suppose, however, that ho belonged to an in terior race which the the law did not presume to be fittedJorfreedom at any age, what good reason could be assgined against the continuance of the property ? Such, under the rule of tho Scriptures and the Constitution of the United States, is the case ! of the negro. God, in his wisdom and providence, caused the patriarch Noah to predict that he should be the servant of servants to the p>=teritv of Ja phet. Andthesauie almighty Ruler, who alone; possesses the power, has wonderfully adapted the race to their cond tio i. For every candid observer agrees that the negro is happier and better as a slave than as a free man, and no individual belong- ! ing to the Anglo-Saxon stock wv.ul 1 a knowledge that the intellect of the negro is "equal to his own. There have been philosophrs an 1 physiologists: who contended that tho Africa 1 race were not strict ly entitled to be called men at all. but were a sort., •of intermediate link between the baboo a an 1 the human bring. And this notion is still maintained bv some at the present day. For myself, however, I can only say thai I repudiate the doetrino with my whole heart. The Scriptures shew me that toe r.e- ; gro, like all other races, de-vends from Noah, anl I I hold him to be a His AND A SROTHER. But though I he be my brother, it does not follow that he is my equal. Equality can not be found on earth between i the brothers even in one little family. Is the some house ono brother usually obtains a mastery over tho re3t, and sometimes rules them with a perfect despotism. In England, the el ler brother inherits the estate, andthe younger brothers take a lower rank, by the slavery of circumstances. Tho eldest eon of the royal family is in due time the king, and his brothers forthwith been mo Lis subjects. Why chould not the samo principle obtain in the races of mankind, if tho Almighty has so wiltvl it 1 The Anglo-Saxon race is king, not the Afri can race be subject, and subject in that way for which it is best adapted, and in which it may be more safe, more useful, and more happy than in any tother which has yet been opened to it, in the annals of the world * I know that there may he exceptions, now an i then, to this intellectual inferiority of the negro race, though I believe it woul l bo very difficult to find one, unless the intermixture of superior blood has oporate lto change the mental constitution of the individual. For all su*h enccs tho master may provide by voluntary emancipation, an 1 it is notori ous that this emancipation has been cheerfully given n thousands upon thousands of ins' tnees, in tiiS majority of which the gift of liberty has failed to benefit tho negro, and his. on the contrary, sunk hint far lower, in his soc' il position. But no reflect- lng man can believe tbat {he great mn-rs of the slaves, amounting to nearly four milliins, are qua 1- ified for freedom And therefore it i. incomparably better for them to remain un lor the government of their masters, who arc likely to provide for them so uiiv h more beneficially than they could provide for themselves. The difference then, between the power of the Northman parent and the Southern slaveholder, is reduced to this, namely, tTinf the master has a propert in the labor of his slavcfor life instead of having it only to the age of twenty-one because the ! law regards the negro as being always a child in on- j derstanding. requiring a superior mir: l to govern an l j direct him. But, on the other hand, the slave has 1 just as realty a properly for life i i his masters sup port and protection , and th's property is secured to i him by the same law, in sickness in I in health, in , the helplessness of old age, as well as in the days of youthful vigor, ipeludidg, besides, a comfortable | maintenance for his wife and familr. Caw anv ra- i tional jndgment devise a fairer equivalent ? The fifth objection, which olden meets the North em ear, proceeds from tSe overweening value at-t tached, in our age and country, to the name of liber- j ty, since it is common to call it the dearest right of man, and to esteem its loss as the greate-t posiible calamity. Hence we frequently find persons who ! imagine itiiat the whole argument is triumphantly I eettiep by the question; •' kois t could you like to btl a tlace } In answer to this very puerile interrogatory. I' should say that whether any con 1 itton in life is to be regarded as a loss or an a Ivautage, depends entirely on circumstances. tMipjtos©, fur example, that the — —Moyor of Xo*v-\ork shouM ask one of its mervh nt * princes : " How would von tike to be a p licinan 7" X doubt whether the qnosiion might not he taken for an insult, and some words of indignation would probably be uttered in reply. But suppose that the same question were ad JresseJ to as Irish laborer, with what feelings would he receive it ? Assuredly with those of gratitude and pleasure. The reason of tho difference is obvious, be.nuje tbe employment which would be a degradation to the one, offers pro motion and dignity to the other In iike manner slavrfry, to nn individual of the \nglo -Saxon mce> which occupies so high a rank in human estimation, would be a debasement n.t to bo thenght of with patience for a moment. And yet to the Unities negro, sunk in heathen barbarism, it would bs a happy change to place bun in the hands of a South er i master. Even now. although the slaves have no idea of the pagan abominations from which their forelathers were taken, it is notorious that they us ually value their privilegeg as being far superior to the condition of the free negroes around them, and prefer tho certainty ot protection and support for life to the hazards of the liberty on which the abo litionists advises them to venture. How much move would they prize their present lot, if they under stood that, were it not uot fur this very iustituti on of slavery, they would be existing in the darkest idolatry au llieentiousn'ss among the savages of Africa, under the despotic King of Dahom* v, desti tute of security for earthly comfort, and deprived of all religious hope for the world to come II umu would reflect maturely on the subject, they would soon he convinced that liberty is a bjess ing to those, and euly those, who ure able to use it icisdy. There are thousands in our land, free ac cording to law, but so enslaved to vice and the mise ry consequent on vice, that it would he a tnn rc v to place them, supposing it were possible, under the rule of some othet will, stronger and bettor than their own. As it is, tfcey are in bondage to Satan, notwithstanding their imaginary treedoui ; and they do his bidding, not merely in the work of the body, but in the far worse slavery of tho soul. Strictly speaking, however, the freest man on eart'u has no absolute tiberty, for this belongs a lore t< God, and ie not given to any creatare And hence it is the glory of the Christian to > e the bond servant of the divini Redeemer who brought us to hiiust f with his precious blool." The strcke ofCiuu:i saith'the Apostle, is '"the only perfect freedom." All who refuse the service, are slaves of necessity to other masters ; slaves to Mammon; 3laves to ambi tion ; slaves to to a thousand forms of anxious care and perplexity ; staves at bo3t to pride and worldly decorum, and slaves to circumstances over which they have no con trol. And they arc compelled to labor without ceas ing under some or nlf of these despotic rulers, at th ■ secret wilt of that spiritual task-master, whose bondage does not end at deaih, but continues to eter dhe sixth objection arises from the fact that slave ry separates the husband from the wife and the pa rents from their children. Undoubtedly it some times does so, from necessity. Before we adopt this fact, however, as an argument against slavery, it is only fair to inquire whether the same separation does not take place, perhaps quite as frequently, amongst those who call themsolvet free. The labor ing man who basa largo family is always obliged to separate from his children because it '8 impossible to support them in his humble home. They are sent to service, therefore, one to this master and an other to that, or bound as apprentices as tho case may be, and thus tho domestic relations are super ?e led 1 y strangers for tho most part beyond recove ry $ So among the lower orders, tho husbands aro separated from their wives by the same necessity.— How many, even of the better classes,have left thei r homes to seek their fortune in the gold regions ! TI w many in Europe hive aban 1. nel their fami- , lies for Australia, or the United States, or tho C in a las 1 now many desert them from pure wicked- | ness—a crimo which can hardly happen under thr Southern system! But above all, how constantly does this separation tike place amung3t our soldiers , and sailors, so thit neither war nor foreign commerce coul lbo carried on at all without it! All these | aro borne bv freemen, under the slavery of circum- ! stances. Is it w : .3e to declaim against this necessi- ! ty in one form, wV>n we are to reed to submit to it in j so many other kinds ot tho same infliction ? There is only one other argument which occurs to ; mc, requiring notice, an I that is based upon the] erroneous notion that the laws of God, unler the ; Mosaic dispensation, allowed polygamy as well a.? slavery ; and. therefore, it is inferred that the legis- j lation of the Oi l Testament is of no authority upon , tho subject, but as the G >pel did away tho first, so j also it should do away the other, The facts here are misunderstood, and the infer enee is without any real foundation. Let us look nt j the mat'er as it is explained by the Saviour himself j • The Pharisees came to him. tempting him, and j saying unto him : Ie it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every eiuse ? And he answered j and said uuto tiierr. . Have ye not rea l that he , which ma le them at the beginning maJe them mala j and female ; and said, for this cause shall a tr.ao ■ ' leave father and mother and shall cleave to his , wife, and they twain shall be one flesh ? Where- j fore they are no more twain, bnt one flesh. What, ; therefore, God hath joined together let no man put j i asunder. They say uato him : Why did Moses then j j command lo give a writing cf divorcement, and put , her away ? lie saith unto them : Msscs, bccau">9 of ■ the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away i vour wives, but from the beginning it was not so j And I say ur.to you, Whosoever shall pat nvray his J wife, exoept it befor fornication, an I shall marry i another, committe.h abultery." (M itt 19: 3-9.) t Now, here our Lor l plainly lays down the original ■ : law of marriage, referring expressly to A lam anl 1 ( Eve, one man anl one woman, declare! to be one j 1 Jtesh, and adding th < command, TT7iaf God hath ' joined together let no man put asunder. But it is evident that polygamy must, of necessity, interf re ! with this divine union. The ticain can m longer be i onejltsh . when another wife is brought between I them, because the new wife must deprive the former i one of her exclusive rights and privileges, and the j husbanl destroys the very uaitv which God design ! <>d ir. j in'tng together. T'os diotrine of our Saviour, therefore, res'ores the law of marriage to ! its original sanctity, an 1 the apostles, nccordmgly always speak of the wife in tho singular nnmHer, in no instance appearing to contemplate the possibility (of the Christian having moro wives than one while, l in the case of a bishop. St. Pau! spocifies it as an es ' eential condition that be shall be " the husband of | one wifo " (1 Tim. 3:2) But how had the chosen people been allowed for ' so many centuries to practice polygamy and divorce j their wives for the slightest cause ? Our Lord ex- J I plain* if by saying that Moses suffered ihem to put . | away their wives " because of the hardness of their ! hearts " The special questions addressed to him by j • the Pharisees, did not, indeed, refer to polygamy, bnt j only to the liberty ef divorce, for at that time it . Sliou'd seem that the practice of polygamy had well : nigh censd in Judea , and it is certainly not counte -1 nanced by the Jewish laws at t his day. The prinei- I pie, however, is precisely tho same in tho two cases. I Dissatisfaction with the present wito and desire for i another, were the cause of action in both and when :j the husbanl did not wish to be burdened by the ! murmurs or the support ot his old companion, he \ w. u! I naturally prefer to sen 1 her away, in order to make room for her successor. X) o see then, how readily this faecititv of divorce became the mod* in ! which the Jews of that day sought for the gratifica- I tion of the'r capricious attachments, instead of the more expensive and trocblelome system of polygamy. I And hence our Lord applied the remedy, where it was specially required, by lorbidding divorces unless | fc.r the weightiest cause, such as adultery. \et this was no change in tne divine arrangomci't. which had been the same from the beginning. He expressly I declares, on the contrary, that the latitu le assumed by tho Israelites was an indulgence granted by Closes, on aeeoount of " the hardness of their hearts'" and this is a very different thing fr m an authatita tivo decree of th ' Almighty. It is surely there fore manifest, from this language of our that G'd bad never given any direc t sanction to polygamy. Doub'li-ys, as we must infet j from many parts of the Old Testament, it had become I common amvng the Israelites, who supposing them selves justified by tho case of Jacob, had probably adopted it in so many instances that Moses did nor think it safe or prudent to put it down, lest woise evils might follow, ui less he was constrained to do ' so by the positive comm. nd of the Almighty. All i that can be truly stated, therefore, is, that no suck positire'commind was given, and the Deity'left the human law-giver to use Li-own discretion in the mat ter. Such is the a.-pect of this question, according to the 1 statement of our Lord, which must be conclusive to every Christian. And hence we may perceive, at once the case is in no respec! parallell to that of slavery lor here the Almighty caused his favored servant Noah to predict that the posteiity cf Ham should be the servants of servants, unoer the descend" ants of Sliem an 1 Japhot Ue recognized the bond man and the bondmaid in the tea conimamroent? Jle laid down the positive law to Israel that thev ebon! 1 buy tho children of (he neathen that wre round about them and of the strangers who dwelt in their land, to serve them and their families forever The Saviour, when ho appeared, made no allusion to the sueject' but plainlyly declared that he had not come to destroy the law The first church of believ cis in Jerusalem were all " zealous" for the law And >t Paul pica, bed ohccdicnre to tl e slaves among tlit Gentile churches and sent n converted slave back back to his Christian master, j Where, then. Is the resemblance between these cases ? Iu the matter of divorce and p lygamy, the Deity U silent, leaving them to the discretion of M si s, until the Messiah shouid tome. Bui in regprc/ to the slavery of Ham's posterity, he issues his c'm ; inands distinctly. And the Saviour disclaims the intention to repeal the laws of his heavenly Father* ; while he asserts the original dosign of marriage, and and his inspired Apostle gives express sanction to slavery, and speaks of the one wife, in direct acord l ancewirh the word of his divine Master Here, therefore, it is plain that the case 3 are altogether un | like, and present a contrast, rather than a compari | son. We know that the doctrine of the primttive church was in harmony with this, for polygamy was never permitted, nor divorces for trilling causes, while slavery was allowed, as being perfectly lawtul, so long as the slave was treated with justice and kind - ness The ancient canons sometimes advert to the mode in whbh siaves might be corrected Bishops and clergy held slaves. In later times, bondmen and bondmaids were in the service of convents and min asteries. And no scruple was entertained upon the subject until the close of the last century, when the new light burst forth which now dazzles the eyes of so many worthy people, and blinds them not only to the plain statements of Scriptures, but to the inter ests of national unity and peace, Thus, then, I have examined the various topics embraced in your inquiry, and the conclusion which I have been compelled to adopt must be sufficiently manifest. The slavery of the negro race, as main tained in the Southern States, appears to me fully authorized both in the Old and the New Testament, which a3 the written Word ot Go J, aff >rd the ODIV infallible standard of moral rights and obligations. That very slavery, in my humble judgment, has raised the negro incomparably higher in the scale of humanity, and seems, in fact, to be the only instru mentality through which the heathen posterity 11am have been raised at all Out of that slavery has aiisen the interesting colony of Liberia, planted by slaveholders, to be a place of refuge for their emancipited bondmen, and destined, as I hope, to be a rich b er.cfit, in its future growth aud influence, to Africa and to the world. Ido not forget, and I trust that Ido not undervalue, the missiona'y work of England and our own land, in that benighted con tinent. But I believe that the number of negroes Christianized and civilized at the South, through the system of slavery, exceeds the product of those miss . ionary labors, in a proportion of thousands to one. And thus the wisdom and goodness of God arc vindi cated iu the sanction which hi? word has given, and the sentence originally pronounced on Canaan as a curse has boon converted into a bleating. I have now gone o/er tbo whole ground covered by your kind application, and would only here repeat thaton ihc question of slavery, which lies at the root, of all our present difficulties, I have obeyed the rule of conscience and of duty, in opposition to ray habits my prejudices and my sympathies, all of which would tend strongly to the other si le. I need hardly say that lam no politican. More than forty years have elapsed since I ceased even to attend the polls. But as a Christian, I ana bound to accept the doetrine of the apostles for my guide. And as a citizen, lam bound to sustiin the Constitutionof the United Stares, and defend those principles of law and order, and friendly comity, which every State should faithfully regard in its relations to tho rest. Nor is this the -Srst time that I have expressed re.v opinions. In a lecture at Buffalo, published in 1830, and again in a volume entitled The Arrerican Citizen, printed by Pudney & Russell, in 1837, I set forth the same views on the subject of slavery ; a Iding however, a plan for its gradual abolition whenever tbo Bouth should con sent, and ihe whole strength of the Government cou'd aid in its accomplishment Sooner or later, I believe that some measure of that character must be adopted But tt belong# to the slave States themselves to take the lead in such a movement. And meanwhile their legal rights and fcht-ir natural feelings must be respected if we would hope for unity and peace. In conclusion, I would only say, that I am per fectly aware how distasteful my sentiments miift be on this very serious question, to the great majority o my respected fellow-citizcns, in the region wheref divine Providence has cast my lot. It would assur edly be far more agreeable it I could con3cientio usly conform to tho opinions of my friends, to whose abili ty, sincerity, and zeal I am ready to give all just commendation. But it would be mere,moral coward ice in me to suppress wht I believe to be the truth for the sake of popularity. It can not be long before 1 shall stand at the tribunal of that Almighty and unerring Ju Ige, who has given us the inspired Scrip tures to be our supreme directory in every moral and religious duty. My gray hairs admonish me that I may soon be called to give an ac -ount of my steward, ship. And I have no fear of the sentence which He will pronounce upon an honest though humble effort to sustain the authority of His WORD, in just alliance with tho Constitution, the peace, and tho publie welfare of my country. W th the fervent priver that tho Spirit of Wisdom unity rnd fraternal kindness may guide our National Congress, tie Legislatures of fha several States, and the sovereign will of our whole people, to a happy accommodation of every existing difficulty, I remain, with great regard. Your faithful servant in Christ, JOHN H. Horsitts, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont. Soldiers Aid Society An Lemon. The report of the Ladies Relief Associa tion in I.emon, shows that they hive succeed ed in filling one box and forwarded for the relief ef the soldiers. Consisting of 14 shirts 5 wrappers, 5 pair of drawers, 22 towels, 5 ■pair of pillow cases, 7 sheets. 8 pillows, 9. pair of woolen socks, lint and bandages.— 37 lbs. apples, 19 lbs. berries. The following are the Contributors and Cuntriimffniis. Mr. David Amy SI,OO. Mr. Joseph L Meeker, Si.oo Mr. Xaihan Ktne, 50 cts Mr John Avery, 25 ots. Mi. C. L. Avery, 25 cts- Mr. Joseph A. Meeker, 50 cts. Mr- Parker Ely, 50 cts. Mr. Will-urn Shaw, 50 cts. Mr. Cvrus Shaw, §I,OO. Mr. Benjamin Sternplee, 20 cts. Mr. Michael Clifford, 25 cte. Mr. B. H. Trav.s 15 cts Mrs. R. 11. Travis 10 cts. Mrs. Rebecca Mitchel, 25 cts. Mrs. Ehzaboth Ste-i pits 50. Mrs. Hannah Ely, I pair of pil low cases, towel, apples, Mrs. Marv Patter son, one flannel shirt, one towel, Mrs. Lydia Sbfiw, one pair of pillow cases, one C'dton shoet. Mrs. William Shaw, one pair of draw ers, 13 lbs. of apples, 3of currants, Mrs. Hannah Loomis, one towel, one pillow, and case. Mrs. Lydia Meed, 50 c's. Mrs. Sarah Hine, 2 shirts, 50 cts. Mrs. Miles Avery, one shirt, one towel, Mrs. Daniel Avery,ls knots of woolen yarn, 50 c's Mrs. C- L. Avery, one pillow, 42 cts. Mrs. Wallls, one towel, one pair of socks, <>ne ib of currants, Miss -Ruth Stark, 04 cts- Miss Lizzie Stark, one peck of apples, 3 lbs. of currant*, Miss Amanda Mitchel, one pair of woolen socks, 'Miss Vir ta Knapp, 4 lbs of fruit, Mr*. Harriet Cran dul, one pair of socks, Mrs. Emma Winnings, one shirt, one pair of socks, Mrs. Grace Earl, one shirt, one towel, one pair of socks, Mrs. Mary Kme, one pair of pillows, two towels, Sirs. Susan Staik, 25 cts. Mrs. Sarah Day, ton, 48 cts. Mrs. Samuel Hine. one Linen sheet, Mrs. Joseph >L. Meeker, 14 knots of woolen yarn, and apples, Mrs. James Knapp, one flannel wrapper - , Mrs. Ellen Langly, 13 lbs. of apples, 50 cts. L. M. Kelly, 4 lbs of fruit, 8 owels. Miss Mary Mitchel, 7 hand kerchiefs, Miss Addie Meeker, two shirts, two pair of drawers, Mis* Mary Amy. one j air of socks. Mrs. H. H. Mitchel, one sheet, Sirs ILram Ely, 80 cts. Mrs. Lewis Illy, one Ib. of currants 61 cts, Mrs. B. D. Jaques, one pair of pillows and cases, 2 lbs of currants, 4lrs. John. Avery, one pillow and case, 3 lbs of currauts. Mrs. S. M. Kellt, Secretary Mrs J. L Meeker Pr3 idcut. (Tin Dtmocrai. HARVEY SICKL.ER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA. Wednesday, Aug, 12 1863. S. M. Pcttenglll & CO-.— No. 37 PARK ROW NEW YORK, A 6 STATE ST. BOSTOW, are our Agents for the N. B. Democrat, in those cities, arvl are author ize! to take Advertisements and Subscriptions t!3 at our lowest Rates. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. G. W. WOODWARM OF PHILADELPHIA. FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT WALTER H. LOWRIE, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Delegate Elections, The Democratic electors of the. several Townships in Wyoming County and Tunk hanncck Borough, are requested to meet at the several places, for holding elections in their several election Districts on Saturday, the 29th inst., between the hours of two and five o'clock, P. M. and elect Delegates to rep resent them in County Convention , to be held at Tunkhannock, on Monday, the 31st day of August, 1803. Some of the returns from the Delegate elec tions of last Fall, showing the Committees oj vigilance chosen at such at such Delegate elections for the present year having been mislead, and sufficient time not being allowed for correspondence with Ute hoaxds of the several townships, the standing committee has appointed the following commitees of vigi lance for the 6treral Districts In Wyoming County. COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE. Brain trim—T. D. Spring, N. Overfield - Albert Overfield. Clinton.—John Wilson, Benj. Carpenter, John Bedel. Eaton.—Wai. Benedict, Hiram Bodle, John Lee. Exeter.—Benj. Coolbaugh, Thos. D. Ilead lev, Win. White. Fork at on—Hiram Ifitchcock, A- P. Bur - ges, B. Vose. Falls.—N L. Furgerson, G. W. Sherwood, D nil. Post. Lemon.—Sides Averv, Henry Harris, Benj P. Carter. Meboopany.—Sainl. D. Ingham, C. L. Vaughn. G-'n. lienhing. Monroe —Ziba Billings, 11. W. Carpenter, John Wall. Meshoppen.,—E. Mowry, Jr., Jam s M Kelly, Michael Coyle. North Branch,—Jas. G letches, Jos. Bur gess, John Champion. Nicholson.—E. N. Bacon, Elijah Ball, N. Oakley. Northtnoreland.—Absalom Carey, Robert Caton. Rogers Ilallock. Overfield--Lewis Ager, Joseph Osborn, Oaleb Patrick. Tunkhannock Twp—Jeremiah Osterhout, Win. B. Overfield, Perry Wilsey. Tunkhannock Boro—Harvey Sickler, James Young, Jacob Rittispaugh. Washington—John Crawford, 6. P. La throp, John Kintncr. •Windham—Henry W. Fassett Wm. Ta}i>r and Thos J. Wright JICLF.S FOK THE GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRAT IC CONVENTIONS, &C. 1. The democratic electors of each election districts in this country, shaK annually, on the last Saturday in August, meet at the place cf holding their General and Township elections ; and elect three suitable persons to serve as a Committee of Vigilance for the ensuing year, whose duty it shall be to super intend the next election of delegates to the County Convention, and aiso to call and su perintend all oilier meetings of the Democrat ic electors of their district. 2. At the same time and .plate, shall also be elected two dvlega'esto the CoHntv-Con vention, who shall, on the following Monday, nioet at the Oourt House, in the Borough of Tunkhannock, and after organizing by elect ing one of their number for a President, and two Secretaries, shall proceed to nominate such District and County Officers as are to he voted for at the ensuing General Election —elect Conferees for such District officers as they shall nominate—appoint Delegates to the next State Convention and a Standing Committee for the County. 3. All County -Conventions shall be held with open doors. 4. All candidates for nomination shall be voted for viva coce ; and the one rec iving a majority of all the votes poled, fur any office shall be declared duly nominated. 5 The Contention 6haii keep a journal of all its proceedings, which sharil be duly pub lished in the Deuu ctatic paper or papers of the County ; and any nomination not made in conformity with the foregoing rules, shall be declared void, and the vacancy or vacan cies so occurring, shall be supplied in the manner herein after provided. € The standing committee shall conist of nine Democratic eiriens of the coautv, who shall hold their office for one year from and alter the date of their election ; and it shall be their duty, during that time, to uall at County Conventions, Mas* and other meet ings of the party—to fill all vacancies in the ticket, occasioned either by the declination f oomineM, by a want of conformity to the foregoing rules, or where the Convention shall have failed to tnake a nomination, and also in case of special elections, where the necessity for doing so occurs after the regular time for holding County Conventions— and to fill vacancies in the Committees of Vigi lance, occasioned by removal, death, or fail ure on the part of the citizens to elect them. 7. The Standing Committee shall annually, hereafter, in issuing the call for the election of Delegates to the County Convention, cause a copy of tho foregoing rules to be pub lished it) connestion therewith. 8. These rules may be amended, or new ones added thereto by a general meeting o<" the Democratic citizens of the county called for that purpose by the Standing Committee, or if the same shall pass two successive Coun* ty Conventions without amendments, and not otherwise. J. V. SMITII, Chairman of Standing Com. FRIEND SICKLEB : DEAR SIR :— I sec in tho last issue of the Wyoming Republican , an article from your special fiend, Billy Button. A very elaborately written editorial. I think Billy must had a severe touch of the cholic at the time, or he c *uld not have got off so much of the invective. He widens out by saying that some one has been mutilating a horse belonging to one Mr. Doud, of Mill town, your County, by shaving his mane, tail, &c ,as a punishment to Mr. Doud, for his being a true friend to his country. For sooth. Who ever heaid of such an accusa tion against an Abolitionist, before, for such he is in fact, and not a union man as Billy has falsely accused hiru. So far as relates to the trimming of Mr. Doud's or any other per>ons horse, there is or can be but one opinion, and that is of condemnation in the mind of every good citizen. If Mr. Doud ha 9 taken a position which renders him odi ous in the sight of the Militown boys, I would suggest that he and not his horse must answer for the offence. But Mr. Edit or, there is probably not a word of truth in the whole statement,judging from the follow ing, from the hands of the same gifted au thor. I will give it eat.re s> that your readers may have the full benefit of it. Bil ly says: r there is not a shadow of truth is the whole thing. I live in Newton, and consequent I) speak from per>onal knowl edge, and here let ine say that when the ed itor of the Republican again wishes to get up a sensation piece, he had better get his information from some one less notoriously vile, than that s'x footer, would be in mater of a C<4porter, Mr. II >ltHes. It is very hard for an Ab ditiosist to speak tho truth in these times, and for an ab dition preacher the thing is entirely out of the <] nest ion The Presbyterian Church of this place, has not been broken open. Mr. Adams himself, had a lock of huge dimensions, placed upon the Church door, and put the key in his own pocft, a self constituted sexton, committee &c. Tbe following Sabbath, as there was to be services in the house, and himself not ot officiate, citizens, on their arrival, found the house in a sad condition ; the bible and all the hymn books missing, tlie cushions torn up, especially those belonging to the Demo cratic members of the Church, and thei' contents scattered in wild profusion all over the bbvlding. The bible, hymn books an 1 Sunday School Library were not tor nup, oh ,no, but were safely secreted in this same Mr. Adam's studio, to be brought forth when he again wishes to use them. S >me thing more than a year ago the citizens of this place told Mr. Adams if he did not cea-m preaching the Nigeor and reading to there the New York Tribune , as a pai tof his re ligiogs duties, they* would dispense with his services altogether, if in no other way they would stop his bread and butter, and now as the people are about carrying out their part of the programme, .the elder is resort ing to every kind ol ruse, to see if lie cannot deceive the euemy anil somehow get up some sympathy for himself. But comment 4s unnecessary. The facts are truth! ully ■before you, and your readers must make their own deductions. Yours Ac. ISAAC. Newton, Pa. Aug. 7th, 1803. better from tbe 143 rd Rcgt. P. V, WARRENTOWN STATION, rep f.,i duty at a disigna ted r-.uid. zv us on pain of being regarded a? a deserter Iron. service, and f pun ishment by death : r d---iei ti >n HI; ler tho ar ticles of w ar. He is advised that the act of C. mgresi tiß ut his consent and contrary to his will. is in der-gat'iou of sjte reserved rights of the State anl of the lib- >- tic s and rights of the citizens thereof, and thai '-Uv SAIUC is unconstitutional and void, there being delegated by the State a.id the pe .pie thereof to tho Federal G jveramen' no power to enact su:h a law. The bill further charges that by reason of I the omission fro in the enrollment of many in-1 dtvidquls, able-bodied male citizens of the! United S : a!es. and persons of foreign birth,! who have decided on oatlt their inUu'hCS '.•) I become citizens, between the ages of IS ar.i| 45, not a= aforesaid excepted by the saiil act, and resident in the TnirJ ward of the | city uf Philadelphia, the sai l enroilrajut and | draft wvx.t: feauJule.it and void. The bill further charges that the proceed ings undiv the draft are against common jus tice in this, that the dra-ft -is being enforced only in certain of tlie States not in rebellion and insurrection, auJ .certain other States and dintricts and parte. of States are not be-1 tug drafted for, and the plaintiff charges! that by reason thereof ill# dralt is unlaw ful. The bill concludes with . prayer for a writ of injunction against the defendants, to re strain them from further proceedings with or under said .enrollment, requisition or draft of citizens of this Commonwealth, and of ail pereons of foreign birth who shall have de clared their intentions to become citizens, uj pursuance of the laws, to perforin compulso ry military duty in the service of tiio United States, and from all other proceedings which v olute the rights and invade tUo p_rsonal liberty of such persons, under preteioce of executing the said law of the United States and particular'/ from all proceedings under such pretence against the person of this plaintiff. iio time has been fixed for a bearing, but it will take place at an early day, before the full bench. SINGER & CO'S. iETTEH "A" FAMILY SEfllß Mill H ith all the Recent Improvements, Is the Best and Cheapest and Most Beautiful of a. Sewing MM oh iocs. 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