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BEDFORD, Pa.
ft ey Homing April 24. IS "<
"Fearless and Free."
7JWID OvBR, EDITOR AND I*RGPIE7Vt •
" IMOS STATE TICKET."
FOR GOVERNOR:
DAVID WILMOT,
of Bradford County
-CANAL COMMISSIONER:
WILLIAM MILLWIKD,
of Philadelphia- !
SUPREME BENCH:
JAMES YEEUI,
of Fayette County-
JOSEPH J. LEWIS,
cf Chester County, j
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DEMOCRACY AND WILMOT IN
1840—'47.
When David Wilmot first introduced his
famous Proviso into Congress in 1816, his j
Democratic colleagues stood by him, an i
when in 1847 h renewed the motion to at
tach the Proviso to the three million bill,
it was Democratic to vote for prohibition, i
It was also Democratic iu Pennsylvania. ;
as tale as 1847, as witness the following ;
resolutions introduced iuto the House by j
Mr. Victor Piolett, a Democratic member !
frotu Bradford County:
Whereas, The existing war with Mexico '
may result iu the acquirement of Dew Ter
ritory; and
Whereas, measures are now pending in j
Congress having iu view the appropriation i
of money and the conferring of authority i
upon the treaty-making power to this end,
therefore
Resolved, <S"e., That our Senators in :
Congress be instructed and our Represeuta- j
tiv -- be requc3ied to vote against any m-?as
ure whatever by which territory will accrue I
to he Union, unless, as a part of the fun
damental law upon which any compact or j
treaty for this purpose is based, Slavery or i
involuntary servitude shall be forever pro
hibited, except for crime.
On the-28th ef Jauuroy this preamble
and resolution were called up, and they pas
sed unanimously, by the following vote:
YEAS —Messrs. Allison, Jlndtrson, Has- ;
lor, Bentz, Bingham, liiack, BLair, Bough- \
ver, Bowman, Breidentbal, Bull, Burns, :
Brush, Bushrull Clark, Colvin, Conner^ !
Dickinson, Dickson, Donaldson, Edie, ;
Evans, Fasset, FausolJ, Fcrnon, Fenster- j
tnacher, Fcrsylh, Fox, Gebley, Gould,
Cr.trff, Gratz, Haly, Harris, Hassan. Ihy
rnakui, Ililauds, Hunter, Ives, Jacoby,
Jackson, Kaufman, Keatlcy, Kerr, Kinnear,
Kline., Klingensmitfi, Knov Krick, Ladley,
Loughlin, Lawrence, Lev in, Lybuvu, Lock
hart, Long, Mackay, Jilat/icr, Matthts, Mon
telius, Morrison, jMyert, McAbee, McCal
lister, McCurdy, McOurley, McKnight, Mc-
Miun, Noble, Patterson, Pauling, Pence,
Perry, Phillips, Piolett, Pomeroy, of Mer
ccr, Pour ray, of Franklin, Reynolds,
Bobbins, Ross, Rupert, Sanborn. Sharp,
Shelly. Sipes, South'*, Thompson, Trego,
I'liet, Warner, \\ tiler, Wertsncr and Coo
per, Speaker—9s.
Nays—None. Democrats in Untie.
Thus it will lie seen that it was carried :
by a unanimous vote iu the House, but one !
Democrat being absent.
James Burns aud John Sipcs, were the i
members from Bedford, and both their !
names, it will be seen, are recorded in fuvor i
of tie celebrated Wilrnol Proviso, which j
embodies the doctrine upon which tlm !
Americans and Republicans now stand.— j
We never heard thou of Abolitionism. 1
!
and Black Republicanism being charged j
against those who opposed the further cx- j
tension of slavery. All parties in the
North, especially in Pennsylvania, at that 1
time occupied one common platform.
The resolutions were sent to the
of which Charles Gibbons was Speaker.—
Mr. Bigler, the State Senator from Clear
field, since Governor, and now U. S.bSena
tor, asked of Mr. Gibbons as a favor to give
birn the floor on the morniug of the 27ih
of January, to enable hiin to make the
Hlouse resolutions the special order of the
day. Mr. Bigler called up the resolutions
—made a powerful speech in their favor —
■moved to suspend the rules to put it on its
final passage, and the yeas and nays having
been called, the following vote was recor
ded:
YEAS —Messrs. Bigler , Boas Carson, :
Curnman, Crahb, Darragh, Parsie, Gillis, '
Harris, Hill, Hoover, Johnson, Jordan, j
Levis, .Mason, Morrison, Rich, Richardsj |
. !
Ross, Sanderson, Smith, Smjser, William- j
son and Gibbons, Speaker—24.
NAYS— Messrs. Jlndsrson, B'nck and
Pofleiger—3.
This wag Democracy in 1847. David
"Wilmot is a Democrat still of the old stamp.
Will our Democratic brethren still sustain
him!
(£F"*Wc call attention to the sale of the
valuable Eecl Estate, &c., of the heirs of
I*. Shocnberger, dee'd, on the 28th of May.
This is a fine opportunity for those who
-wish valuable property. The sale is pe
remptory.
THE LEGISLATURE. •
The Attorney General bill has passed
both branches of the Legislature, with only
one unimponiaiit amendment in tkd House.
It will be signed by the Governor.
The new Justices' and Constables' Fee
Bill has passed both branches of the Legis
lature, and Leeu sigued by the Governor.—
It is now a law.
The Apportionment Bill passed the Sen
ate on Monday, with a few slight amend
incuts. Bedford. Fulton, Blair and Hun
tingdon compose this Senatorial District,
and Bedford and Somerset the Representa
tive District, with two member?. It is un
certain in what shape the bill will finally
pass.
Mr. Jordan is the author of all of these
iniportaut bills.
We publish this week, an able article
from the Chambersburg Repository and
Transcript, on the proceedings of the late
Baltimore Conference. It is plain and
truthful, and hare no doubt will reach
the heart of every true follower of \\ esley,
the founder of Methodism, who held the
same opinions on the subject of Slavery as
the writer of this article. IVe believe
that Northern Methodists, and other Chris
tians, will prefer the teachings of V esley
on this subject, to those of Collins. Read
the article, wh ch is also from the pen of a
devout member of the Methodist Church-
WILMOT AND PROTECTION.
We'wiil, in a short time, publish a letter
of David Wilmot, showing that on the sub
ject of the Tariff he is true to the interests
of Pennsylvania
We publish on our first page to-day, the
Report of the Select Committee in the Sen
ate, on Common Schools. Hon. T. J. Cof
fey is theauthot of this very able and inter
esting Report.
We will publish next week,the able speech j
of our Senator, ou the 14th ins!., on the
Constitutional questions involved iu the
Apportionment Bill.
Correspondence of Inquirer and Chronicle.
HAHKISBCBO, April 21, 1857.
Mr. EDITOR: —Since MY last letter great
progress has been made in the legislation of
the session. Aniona the many bills which
have passed finally is one separating the
Department of Common Schools from the
State Department. The Common School
system is considered of sufficient import
ance ot itself to be a separate department:
aud it seems to be now regarded ns one of
the permanent institutions of the Common
wealth.
The bill regulating fees of Justices of
tiio Peace and constables bus also passed
finally, and be-:ii approved by the Gover
nor. It passed the Iloti*e in the precise
shape in wbkdi it was put through the Sen-
ate some weeks ago.
The bill relating to the office and duties
of Attorney General, lias also passed final
ly, and will receive the Governor's signa
ture when presented. The House only ad
dp<l an unimportant proviso to one section, ■
when the bill passed unanimously, as it did '
in the Senate about six weeks since.
The apportionment bill reported by a
majority of the committee on that subject, ;
passed the Senate finally this morning by •
a vote cf fifteen to thirteen. Four were |
j absent, paired off; and Crabb. of the city, j
i Ameiican, voted against the bill, and \Yii- ,
j kins, democrat, voted in favor of it. It j
| has been got through the Senate in good j
i time, ami in a much better shape than its ;
friods hoped for. There will be trouble ;
in the House; in what shape it may ulti
mately pass, or whether it will ever pass at ;
ail or not, is by no means certain. I for- !
warded you a copy of the bill in the Daily j
Telegraph of yesterday: and you may pub- !
lisli an abstract of it to speak for itself.
The bill for the sale of the Main Line lias !
j been the special order in the House every !
i afternoou for about a week. It is now in
| third reauiug, and having been put so far i
jon its passage the probabilities are it will
I pass finally there in a day or two. The
j uiaiu difficulty is with the friends of the
j Erie and Sunbury road, who insist on get- j
! ting several millions of the proceeds.
The bauk bills have at last made a fair
| start through the democratic House, and
' there is no telling where they will stop.—
I The Union Bank of Reading, the Lewin-
burg Bauk, the Beaver County Bank, the
Jersey Shore Bank, the Chester Valley
Bank, and several others have all passed
the House; aud the chances are that some
fitteen or twenty more will receive the like
favorable action.
No day has yet been fixed for final ad
journment, aud the Senate seems inclined
:to determine upon no day until the appor
' tion men t hill and the Main Line biiis are
j finally passed. The apprehension is that
i there will be no final adjouruineut until
about the middle of May.
Yours, truly,
SPECTATOR.
For the Inquirer and Chronicle.
STONEBSTOW.V, April 20, 1857.
Mr. OVER: —As the time for electing A
County Superintendent of Common Schools
will scon arrive, I wish to make a few sug
gestions on the subject.
I have noli icd that in some counties per
sons from the different professions Gil iLe
i office, they devote a portiou of their time to
' the interests of the schools, and the balance
to their professional business. This is ob
viously wrong, for if the comity pays a man
for his services, it ought to have them.—
Besides, the duties of the office require the
whole time of the Superlßtenden|. Every
school in the county should be visited once
a year, and wheu the school is badly con
ducted, the Superintendent should not leave
uutil a better method of teaching has been
adopted by the teacher in charge of the
school.
I think a good practical teacher would
make the best Superintendent, and when
none>ncb can be found, it will be time
enough to make a selection from among the
Lawyers, Doctors or Clerjy.
LIBERTY.
THE LATE BALTIMORE CONFER
ENCE.
The Chambersburg Repository speaks
as follows on resolutions presented and
adopted by the late Baltimore Conference
of the Methodist Church:
Rev. Isaac Gibson and N. Wilson sub
mitted the following resolutions:
Resolved, fry the Haiti more Conference,
in Conference assembled, that we highly
deprecate the agitation of the slavery ques
tion, which has already resulted to the great
detriment of the political and religious in*
terests of the couiitjy.
Resolved, That as heretofore, we will op
pose with zeal any aggression which shall
be attempted bv the abolition agitators of
the country.
Rev. James H. Brown moved to lay them
upon the table. Adopted.
Rev. John A. Collins deprecated such
action, as it placed the Conference in an
equivocal position, lie would therefore
ask that they again be taken up, with a view
to a direct vote thereupon. Agreed to by
the following vote —yeas "210, nays 4.
They wore then put upon their passage,
and the first, resolution adopted by yeas
220, nays 3.
The second one was taken up and also
adopted bv a vote of yeas 197. nays 14.
Some of the Locofoco presses are rejoic
ing with great gusto at the passage of the
above resolutions by what has heretofore
been known as the Methodist E. Baltimore
Conference, at its rtcent session iu Balti
more. which embraced in its limits a con
siderable portion of Maryland, \ irginta
and Pennsylvania.
'lt's a poor bone that affords no rr.eat,>
and the seeming greediness with which sonic
of these Locflfoeo curs gnaw this bone, it
must be sweet to their palate. The though'
that a Conference of the Ministers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, on so vital and
a'l important a question as that of which
these resolutions treat, should take a posi
tion affording an occasion for rejoicing on
the part of tvicked and ungodly men, is
painful to us. However unworthy, we nev
ertheless claim to be a member of this
branch of the Christian Church, and so far
as we are concerned, if she is p°'"tg to
seek a truce with dealers in human flesh—
if she is disposed to desert the field aud
quietly yield the ground she has ever so
honorably occupied, we want none of her
At its last session, this Conference was
divided into what will be hereafter known as
East Baltimore Conference, to be composed
mainly out of Pennsylvania, and a small
portion of Maryland—and Baltimore Con
ference, to be made altogether out of parts
of Maryland and Virginia.
It was after this division had taken place
that these resolutions were submitted, a
large portion of the members who are to
compose the East Baltimot" Conference,
neither voting uyc or nay on their passage.
In our opinion, here is where they were in
error, inasmuch as they were still in session
as the Baltimore Conference, and, until they .
had assumed a position as an independent ,
body were morally houud and fully com,
promised by the acts of that Confercnco.—
But they thought differently, and desiring ■
to part in peace, their voices were not raised
in opposition to those abominable resolu
tioos. We, too, are lovers of peace, hut
peace can be purchased a! too great a cjst,
as it was manifestly in this instance. World - (
!y men or politicians may compromise with
evil, but Christian men—and especially
those who set themselves up as watchmen .
on tbo walls of Zioa, can never do so un- :
le.s it be at their peril. The doctrine of
the Apostle is "first pure then peace
able."
To the last resolution we Sad no objec
tioe. The man who drew it up is neither
more nor less than a politico religious dem
agogue. He has used the terra 'abolition
| agitators,' when he knew in his own heart —
j if he knows anything, that there is not one j
I member in the limits of the entire Confer- ;
euce, ulrat can really be called an Aboli- i
I tionist. The term has been used by him in
|.a genuine Border Ruffian sense, and is a
: direct insult to a large and respectable body
jof Christians, with whom it would be an
I I'onor to him to be allowed to associate.
T<> the first resolution we do object, and
as a feeble and unworthy member of that
i branch of the Christian Church, we enter
j our protest. We protest against it in the
name- of bumuuiiy and Christianity, we pro
test against it in the uame and oil behalf
of the membership of that Cauroh in Penn
sylvania, whose very soul revolts at t.c uu
uutural, inhuman and barbarous institution
—we protest againt it iu the name and on
j behalf of the cherished memory of its aint
ied fouuder, JOHK WESLEY, who, in his
I agitation of the subject, denounced Slavery
I as 'the suin of all villainies'—we protest
against it in the name and on behalf of the
BEDFORD I NQUIRER AM) CHRONICLE.
spirit <if Philanthropy that ia lwppily ((Bread,
ing rapidly over the world. And is a body
of Methodist minister?, they who make such
loud uy feasi ; vvho have always been
foremost and opeu mouthed in their denun
ciatioos of evil and crime of every hue and
shade, now found passing a resolution sol
emnly deprecating the agitation of the
slavery question as detrimental to the po"
litical aud religious interests of the country)
when slavery, by the very founder of Meth
odism, is defined to he the sum of all vil
lainies. when i' is thn Devil's master piece
of iniquity upon the earth, violating every
principle of humanity, and out ot its hideous
form proceeds incest, adultery, fornication,
violently sundering every family tie of al
fection, love, du'y and obedience, and ma
king the count nuds of the master para
mount to the command cf Clod?
Such a resolution would have been ap
propriate and fitting had it emanated from
Captain Rynder's Empire Club of New
Yoik, auJ it would hrve been deemed a hue
Mro'sc of political policy, had it proceeded
from some rm Loaofoeo pdrFtfrus of the
Five Points, hut coming from a body of
Methodist clergymen, endeavoring thus to
compromise the church tliey represent, and
speaking for them, is beyoud endurance.-
To cry 'peace, peace, when there is no
peace,' and according to the nature of
things, there can be, aud ought to be r.one
oa this subject, until the church is purged
of this iniquity, is like the prophets that
caused the people to err, and while they
were bitiug with their teeth, they wore cry
ing'peace.' '
What was heretofore known as the Balti
more Conference, was composed of some
302 members, while the highest vote cast
on the above resolutions was 222, showing .
that a large majority of the members that
will hereafter compose the East Baltimore
Conference tverr sib-nt, thereby assenting
to this action of the Conference. In this
we hold they wore wrong, for the reason, j
that it has gone forth to the wirld, that the i
Method'st Church is opposed to the agita
tiou of this subject, which if it, were, would
be guilty before God, of winking at the op- ;
pression of a race. If they saw the danger
approaching, it was their duty to warn the
people, and cry out 'the sword, the sword,'
and leave the consequences with God; but
their silence upon the occasion, for the sake
of peace, is r.o extenuation. These resolu
tions have emanated from 'lie Baltimore
Conference?—from the manner in which they
are sent forth, would appear that all united
in "giving this wicked counsel." Those
who were opposed, should bare put them
selves right upon the record.
The East Baltimore Conference, as we :
before said, will bo composed principally of
I'ennsyivanians. Its first mectiug will not
take place before March next, and at its
first meeting we hope to see, and we trust
the church wiii take occasion to urge upon
it an entire severance from all Slave Terri
tory, and to adopt other resolutions morn in
accordance wiih their sentiments upon this
vital subject. Until she shakes off the least
and last remains of this evil, until she washes
her hands of this blood, tit ! Church is still
morally guilty of the support of this iniqui
ty. As a kind of gag to close their mouths,
and as an opiate to ease their consciences,
a few nice and comfortable stations in Bal
tituoie city were hitched on to the East Bal
timore Conference, which operated like a
charm. It appears they like ease as well
as j/tajc. Judging from their action, we
fear many of theui are lapsing into mere
'time-servers, and not wishing to wound the
teuder consciences of the Slave-traders, ma
ny of whom, daub, ess; throw into the Lord's
treasury much of their substance, aud arc
the very pillars of the Church, their mouths
were sealed. Those resolutions, however,
morally, received their support, but in fact,
were adopted only by the Slavery-loving
p irtion of the Conference—those who pre
tend to find In God's Good Book a justifica
tion for the institution of Southern Slavery,
and, doubtless, if they were required, could
produce and construe a portion of tho saute
Book to justify ntuider. They were con
cocted, urged and adopted by Preachers
whose hearers have "itching cars," and will
have "smooth things" prophesied unto thctn
It appears they are fit for such duties, and
they have discharged them.
But so far as tho East Baltimore Confer.,
encc is concerned, we call upon the Cburch
to set itself right upon the subject of this
monster evil. Unless it docs, there are inc.
Ny of it, members who will seek other coui
; uiunions with which they can fellowship
; without seeming to countenance an evil, the
i like of which does not exist in any other,
! civilized and christianized portion of GOD'S
i footstool.
A NEGRO BABY IN A MOLASSES BAR
REL. —The Wheeling (Va.) says thtt
a short t'uie since a man who keeps a
grocery in Fair view, Va. some distance out
on the National Road West, catuc to Whee
ling and bought a barrel of molasses. lie
took it hou|c aud commenced retailing it in
small quantities' to his customers, ail of
whom wete attacked with a strange sort of
sickness, froi which, however they speedi
ly recovered. No one could account for
this singular fact until the molasses barrel
was pretty well druined and the head knock
ed out of it, when the whole comtuunty was
astonished at the discovery of a negro child,
about eight days old, inside the barrel. The
child was lying in the bottom of the barrel
1 in a state of partial putrefaction.
THE ST. LOUIS STItl GCLL
It is impossible to exaggerate the impor
tance of the recent struggle in St. Louis be
tween Pro-Si a very and Ar.ti Slavery, result
ing, -js it i n d ie election of the Au'i-
Lilavery municipal ticket by so deeidd a
majority. It is the firs', indication ever \< t
given on the part of the laboring white
population of any Southern slavehiddiug
community of Anything like a just compre
hension of the bearing <>f the slaveb'ddntg
system ou themselves, and their social po
sition and economical interests. It is, in
fact, a dcntocratical uprising such AS rm
Southern State has ever before known.—
There has been a great deal of talk at the
South about Democracy, but bitbeito it
has been only talk. In every Southern
State the planters have been everything,"
and the laboring men, merchants, mechan
ics, professional men, nothing—we may
say, in deed, less than nothing, abucgaiing
themselves and their own interests to be
come mere echoes of the planters. In St.
Louis we see the commencement of e process
by which Slavery is speedily to be driven
from all the most enterprising and vigorous
of the Siiveh'dditig State-. We have spo
ken of the Anti-Siavery triumph in that city
as the act of the laboring men. But they
were not the only actors. The moneyed men,
the Lusiuess leaders of the city, concurred
and co-operated in it. The combined forces
of capital, industry and intelligence carried
the day over the long-established authority
of the country planters, who havb hitherto
ruled in St. Louis with the s.-ttue authority
almost as on their own plantations.
It is observable that in Europe the abo
lition of Slavery and serfdom began with
the towns. As the spirit of industry, pro.
ductiou and acquisition developed itself, free
labor came more and utorc into vogue. It
was soou discovered that slave labor was
incompatible with the higher degrees of skill
and industry, and still uv>re with the higher
degrees of produ it ion and consumption both,
cf which depend mutually ou ejclt other.—
Throughout Europe the towns, as they grew
in size and wealth, became the scats of free
labor, and places of refuge to the serfs who
fled from the oppressions of their masters.
From the towns the same system of free
labor gradually extended itself into the
country. It was shown in the vieiu age of
the ci'ies ihat free labor had no less ail -
vantage over slave labor in agriculture than
in manufactures and the. arts, un 1 hence, by
degrees, the totai abolition of slavery
throughout Western Europe.
It is in accordance with the nature ot
things that the advocacy of free labor and
effectual opposition to the slavehoiding sys
tem in our Southern States should find its
first firm poiuts of support in the commercial
cities of those States. The failure of the
agitation set on foot by Jefferson, and
countenanced and supported by Washing
ton, Madison, Henry and other distinguish
ed Southern statesmen of the Revolutionary
period, for tint abolition of Slavery, is tnainly
to be Ascribed to the fact that, like
Archimedes, they had uo ground upon which
to fix their machinery, and whence tr, carry
on their operations. Hitherto, the planting
interest has beer, entirely predominant
throughout the South, and the mercantile
and town interest utterly insignificant.—
There were no towns, or next to none, in
which the advocacy of free inbur could
organize itself. Such towns as existed were
but mere points for collecting the produce
of the planters and furnishing them with
supplies, and the men engaged iii this busi
ness sought to secure planter custom by out
doing each other in humble submission and
deference to planter dictation. St. Louis is
almost the first Southern town which has
outgrown, or which has felt itself to have
outgrown, this condition of shop keeping
vessalage. St. Louis aspires to become a
great commercial city—a <;enter of trade
•tealth, arts, literature, science, elegance
I and enlightenment—a focus of civilization
and production; aud to become that, her
; inhabitants perceive not only tho necessity
i of freedom and free labor for themselves and
within their own limits, but the necessity of
freedom and fiee labor for the couutry
around them. Comparing Missouri with
Illinois on the cast, and lowa on the north,
' the vast advantages of free labor arc too
palpable to be overlooked. The citizens of
St. Louis do not desire that the State of
Missouri should become a new Alabama,
whence, after a settlement of from twenty to
thirty years, the inhabitants arc now rushing
in masses from exhausted and worn out
plantations to find new lands in Atkansas
and Texas on which to repeat the same ex
periment. The citizens of St. Louis have
tho sagacity to perceive that a permanent
and progressive prosperity can only rest on
the basis of free labor; and perceiving this,
they have had the courage and the spirit to
emancipate thcmso'ives from planter dicta
tion, to proclaim tneir intention to act up
' to their eonvictions, aud to seo what they
| can accomplish toward doing now what
i ought to have been done when the State
! Constitution was first formed.
:
It is impossible that the example thus set
by St. Louis should not be followed in ether
Southern towns and cities. Louisville and
Baltimore occupy a position, in the econom
ical aspect of this subject, precisely similar.
Though they have always suffered them
selves to be domineered over by the planters,
! free labor and the expulsion of Slavery from
the States of which thoy form a part is no
j le-s their interest than it is the interest of
St. Louis. Even New-Orleans itself, iu
which the employment of fire labor has
within a few years greatly increased, has
substantially ii<o same interests and will,
we apprehend, b.-fi-ro !mg, no found occupy
-1 ir.g inucli iho - .11.s j i -itinii. Liberty, as
was tiiy case with Christ unity, will first
! estuhlisb itself .n ibi/gii-at whence it
will gradually jq.r-.d iiself through the
neiriiboriug • ouutry districts, till the pagan.
: ism of Slavery finally dies out as did the
: paganism of idolatorv.—.V. i Trib'in.
State Debt to be ELdnuldatCil.
\V e live in an age of progress and gi
gantic financiering on tlin most approved
bysis of judicial mora'ity and ennstitu
, lionai etlmlogy. As an evidence of this,
sags the Ti-n-s we learn from the Venar
i go Star that a huge and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Pemocracv of that umuty was
, held at Hieeville {named after the editor of
Pennaylvinvm, we presume,l on Monday
!of last week, for the purpose of endorsing
I the decision .-f the Supreme Court in the
Di ed Scott case. Eloquent sjieeehes were
made, which are not reportce, sue! must,
therefore, be lost to the world, but James
P. Wood offered a resolution 'Moat the
Biack Republican party, by its malignant
abuse of the venerable members of the
Court, has shown that irs real aim and ob
ject is tr subvert and destroy the very
foundations of this glorious Republic,'
andCoi. Holland immortalized himself by
presenting another, that'// State Legis
Inhere be requested to inquire into the ex
pediency of liquidating the debt of the
State, by the sale of persons of color now
residing in Peunsylv-inia.' The Star
tells u> that Col. llollaud, in supporting
this resolution, said that although this prop
osition might seem to be a startling oue,
yet a little reflection would convince every
thinking man that the plan was not only
perfectly in accordance with, the decision
of the United Slates Supreme Court , but
Was also perfectly feasible. He Spoke at
considerable length, developing the details
of the proposed plan. lits remarks were
ilstcucd to with profound attention, and at
their conclusion the meeting adjourned
uuril the 27ih instant, when final action
will be taken on the leaolu.ioi:. We shall
await find action with soma utii.ety, but
in (be meantime suggest to Col. if. thv
propriety of modifying his lcsoiutiuu, so
that tho surplus cash shall go towards buy
ing every white man a larui, and. sby'ihi it
fail short, let us iueiutic in the sale all oth
er persons whose complexion is of the
'ournßh livery of tiie sun'—the white
slaves who have to work for io-ir livings,
to the great disgust of tire South. We
see cheering signs of the speedy advent
of 'the good iliac coining.'
JEFFERSON AND*~OO LORE D CITI
ZENS.
The Democracy hive always professed lo
swear by Thoaus Jefferson. Ju?t n<,w.
however, some appear to differ iu reconci
ling allegiance to '.be doctrines of Jefferson
with feuity to tlio3' 1 of Taney. The Latter
gentleman alleges iu his decision <•! the
Pri-d Sco't esse, that the statesmen o 1 the
revolution did not recognize the colored
man as "possessing auy rights which white
men were bound to respect." Mr Jeffer
son, on the contrary, asserted in the moat
unmistakable terms that they wore '■'■ cit
izens of the. United States."'
During the administration of Mr. Jeffer
son, the British man-of-war 1 jeopard forci
bly took from an American frigate, f>nr
seamen, claiming ibt they were deserter,*
from the British service. Two of the four
were foreigners by birth, the others colored
men, Datives of Maryland. In Mr. Jeffer
son's proclamation, issued on the occasion,
is found the following passage:
"This enormity was without provocation
or justifiable cause, b? was committed with
the avowed purpose of taking bv force fioui
a ship of war of the United States a part
of her crew; and that no circumstance might
be wanting to mark its character, it had
been previously ascertained that the seameu
demanded were native citizens of the Uni
ted States.''
Bat Mr. Jefffrson goes even further than
Chancellor Kent, whose opinion on this sub
ject we gave a few days since. In that pas
sage which has been so often repeated, that
almost every school bey knows it by heart,
lie claims this dignity not only for the free
man of color, but also for the slave.
"With what execration," says he, "should
the statesman le loaded, who permitting
one half of the CITIZENS thus to trample on
the rights oj the other , transplants those in
to despots and these into euetnios, destroys
the morals of the ono and tbe amor patra of
the other."
We say to our Democratic friends, in all
candor, ye cannot follow Jefferson and 'Parl
ey. If Jefferson be your leader follow him,
if Taney, follow him, and no longer "halt
between two opiuions."— Stevbenville Her
ald.
NATIVE AMERICAN CAMELS. —We have
some camels in Texas to whom the natural*
ization laws would not apply—three baviug
been born under stars and stripes. The
Washington Star says they arc tli riving, and
five or six more births arc expected. From
the reports of the condition of the animals,
at present, and through the eleveu months
that the first iuiporta'iou havo been on the
continent, we may regard all doubts as to |
their acclimation dissipated, and that so
much of the experiment is a fixed Jact. —
The only remaining intermediate point is
the character of the stock that may be pro - j
uuced. For this time will be required.
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL.
The follow ing is a copy of the Appor
tionment Bill as it passed the Senate on
Monday:
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS. .
Dist's.
J. Philadelphia city, 4
2. Chester and Delaware, 1
3. Montgomery, 1
4. Buck*, 1
5. Lehigh and Northampton. }
0. Schuylkill, I
7. Berk*. 1
8. Lancaster and Lebanon, 11
9. Dauphin and Cumberland, 1
10. York, 1-
It Adams and Franklin, 1
12. Bci rd, Fulton, Blair and Hunting- 1
don, " l
13. .Somerset, Fayette and Crceno, 1
14. \Y ashington and Hearer, I
15. Allegheny, 2
10. Indiana and WesTtporeland, 1
11. Lawrence, Butler and Venango, 1
18. Crawford and Mercer, i
19. Erie, Warren and M'Kean. ]
*2O. Armstrong, Clarion and Forest, 1
21 . Jefferson, Elk, Clearfield and Cam
bria, j
22. floga, Potter, Ciinton and Centre, ]
23. Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder and
I uior., y
2L Northumberland, Montour and (Joiuni
'•ii, > *1
25. Bradford, Suiiivan and Lycoming, ]
23. Susquehanna, Wyoming and Wayne, 1
27. Luzerne, 1
28. Carbon, M juroe and I'ifce, ]
Total, 33"
B I.RRI S ENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
First Ward, PbiUdelDiiia city, J
Second Ward, 1
3d. 4'h and s:h Ward-", do. 1?
Gth, 12th and 13'h Wards, do. 2
7th, Bth, 9'h Si 10th Wards, do 3-
11th, Phil Si 18th Wards, 00. 2
Utii 15.L Si 2U'h Ward.-,, do. 2
17th and 19th Wards, tin. 2
21st and 24th Wards, do. 1-
22J and 23 i YVurJs, do. 1.
,Ciiy < i Philadelphia, 17
Delaware count., I
Chester, do. 3
Montgomery, de. H
Buck.*, do. 2
Northampton, do. 2
Carbon and Lehigh count ins, 2-
Berks counts, 3
feciiaylaiil, do. 3
Lebanon, do. 1
1.-anrster, do
\ orli, do
Dauphin, rt<>. o
Cumberland county. }
Adam*, do. 1
Franklin and Fulfou counties. 2
Huntingdon, J
Bed lord and Somerset, 2
Fayette, y
Greene, 1
Washington, 2
Alleghany, 5
W t-sin • r> irn i, 2
Anu-ornrie ttid Jefferson, 2"
Butler, 1
Beaver, and Lawrence, 2
Mercer and Venango, 2
Eric, ' 2
Warren, and McKean, 1
it' rii-'. Bik, and Clearfield, 1
Clarion, ' 1
Indiana, 1
Cambria, y
Centre, j.
Potter, =nd Cimton, ]
M iffl'ii, l
Juniata, and Snyder. ]
Union, ar-t Lycoming, 2
N Tihnmbe: land, 1
M mtour, ami Columbia, 1
Tioga, 2
Bradford, 2
Way up, 1
Luzerne, 3
Susquehanna. Wyoming, :nd Sullivan. 2
Monroe, and Pike, 1
Parr;, i
IP air, 3
Crawfor.i. 2
Total, 100
GF.N. CASS. —"lndependent." tho quick
eyed aud impartial \\ ashington cerrespon
dcut of tlie Pbii'a A'orth is of o
piuioii that the new Secretary o f State ha*
already exhausted himself, lie says the
conviction is very decided in Washington
that Gen. Cass will uot remain Lug in the
Department of State, and it is shared Iv
men who ate in high position and who Lave
access to the best information. It has al
ways been nvini.'est to those who havo be
stowed any attention tipen diplomatic
that Deiilitr Ins age, his habits of thought,
nor his training, fitted hits for this respon
sible and laborious station. In tho Senate
he was accustomed to take his e .se; now Lo
is compelled to labor whether equal to the
toil or not. The constant requirements of
new and complicated issues must be iuet
and, with all tho good dispositions which
Gen Cass may bring to their investigation,
he lacks the physical stamina to tr.swer
these unceasing demands. In council upon
the public policy he has not fulfilled tue ex
pecta'ioas of his colleagues, who, at a dis
tance, were accustomed to regard him as a
niong tbe wisest and most sagacious of liv
ing statesmen. These and other deficiences
have made their impression, and tended to
confirm the belief that a vacancy in the
Premiership must happen at no distant day.
EF** D '* something to be a citizen of this
republic, after all. Lord John Russell tho
other day, in pleading with his coostitucntj
for a re-election, among other fine things
which he proiessed, with a politician's road,
iness to promise, declared mat uc would
take tae "best and ablest men in tho Uni
ted i:tales" for his example. Or, if ho did
not put tho pledge in precisely these words,
he said "ho looked to the diffusion of edu
cation atqtha security for uatiou.il institu
tions, as the best and ablest men in the U
nited States look to the diffusion of educa
tion as tho best security for the peace and
order of the ootumunity."