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THE SPEECH OF A VETERAN.
Not ninny days nr, n meeting, composed for
tho mist part of ihe solid men of Host,...." il.o
tuners and Miners f Daniel Webster, was held
In tho Old Crn.i!.. ,,f l.il.ertv, to rrotfnt ngainst the
.nipo'c.i n.-prnl ol t!
.it) ..:.. n l .Hn..r..mi.
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Among the a-e,l ,r wl,n e... ;.Y.Y ' '
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ti , , ,il.,,r- n'"i. still Inter, I're-nknt
innw.l l 1 ,,r iniiiv rmn I I,.
i.i.i iipti.i inini i r n s.,0.v:i. u.i every sido went
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to. to ncT,.ajM-r repwts, ho rcponled as follows:
.1. ... .V im,.:.-i
r. r ,r in pnnucai ni:aira, nrl lie was too
hone, t , well ... , ...i,,,,, rried of freedom
W allow him ..If to lesivelfnu, Li, mooring
the llood I, enCol,l.ed so ,ni,y of hi, itllovv-
Mt.irn.Snl-.Mi. Thi pe.,,,lo .t,l.'w on hi-1
M-?..i..n i.. K,n.u:i H:,!l, ,!.!,. hiio i.. their midst,
ton In. t rer,.i.. t!..,:- ...
Vhu riil lme vu to call tipnn nman eihlv-:"f
tbroo rears old to nd ireB Ton 1 br, I belong -to
othe.-timv. (A voice initio crowd nid, 'No, die
Cithers nro never Henf to the cries
tiio cliildi eii.') I came hero this cvvninir, lt onlv
unnske I, biilivilh a dctcrminiiti. n not to sp?kV
Mid, .Sir, what I sh ill sny will bo very short, mid
e-ill run in a different strain from nnvthing you
hive hvir.1. I suppose that vou eieect' me to ssv
sor.iethin ' n'loe.t the enotmiiv rf ibis nttoinot
rope.il the .MU-oui-i t'.inipromite. Not a word,
(hiii'hter. I shall Hint in vooner .n.l
abler men to men who nro in the current of the
ltme.. 1 Imivo boon out of it for thirty years.
JVrliapsyou e.rpnct aU.t I should sny something
M-ie.Diipi.il p.ilitiehuis-tho leaders of tl.o ulav
h-.l.ling Slate.-, Sir, I have nothi..;? to sny ajainst
the:n. Many of tliem are croat men thev are
Inn men thev nto faithful men true to their
o.rn interests : f.iiihfol M their nu n iv.wer And.
rir, tnev iin.leistiiiHl this to he Iho Inst net in
.oli.y which has hnen in operation since tho year
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.-.,..ii i nrr.vi imhii nHiii;rniTmrni m lit
(,.,.1-r..,. in ere ncio iwo projects
from the bejriiimr.'. 'J'he first w as to secure to
r-iesiav.ii.ii,i.n.n Mates tho power of controlling
ne ..:ivernment nt nil tunes; nn-l have they nol
Honn ii .' (Cries of "Ves," "Ves.") H.ivo you
but oi.o President in e!To -, ehni-cn l.v tho people,
that was front the five Stales f Tho next i.lnn of
li.e policy wast) est.-nd the power of tho tlaie
h.il ting State, nnd I'.t that pui poe Ihey bought
l.ui:i ina. nnd f..r that purpose they nndo war
upon Mer.i o. And, Sir what has been their
success T J hey have opened, or if Ibis law passes
they will have opened till the lands i f tho South
that are c ;a!.!e of holding slaves, l the extension
ef i!:eir p .nr. They have opened to themselves
a market, and th'y understand their advantages.
Wha, is ll.o coiise.iu i.eo of opening this market f
A teatHnan re. cully from the South told mo that
el.vei were in such demand, in consequence of the
o; oiiin "1 this c-mnlry, that ho knew of one family
i t's,.. .n; ten or twelve negroes n. en women nnd
children son.e of the latter nt the brcat nnd
t';ov s .1 1 1'-r a hen 1, d urn to tho very child
r.t ll.o mother's b;c .t. A good active slave is
r i:i!i at tiiis time l,?i.O. Ibis is tl.o effect el
ii:i -i.- f,vlem ..f ext. ;.-i-ii. S'ow the queotion is,!
I.i.vr JI I they g.-t this p..T.er? I said they vc-.cj
t j aTd t.ut h i id to their own interests. "Iwi.
1 e ai'. l sny ll e same thing. Sir, of tho political
men . f the free Mates (..-beers). Sir, it is n-.t
the-r slrengih, but our wcaknofs: it is not their
union, it i our disunion. And. Sir, they govern
the p.Mplc ..f the North by tl.o disii ibnli..n of the
hums ii-.-m the. treasury. I hey have iroverncd it.
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sn.l they will continue V govern it, , until tho pco-,
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... i ..u--. t.rv, in... i .uv. ..'mil ii ny i.rce. uin1
iicmeii, i saoi u.ai litis was not a now Hung,
tho vnitr lMt'T-H, Iwnsn lU-nrescntativo from
district in the Ciu-ross of the 1'i.iteil Smtes. nml
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...... .. ... mm i..,s inuuiaey unu greai oppor-
tunnies t.,1 i.co.!..nlnncn with ttin S.tn.linrt. .iiu.
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mm ..j... .....jiigii niu mcuiuin oi n gentleman
wnowastiio ijct Uepicsuntativo on the Ouor of
Congress of Southern feelings and Southern princi
ples. I uti-an John Uandulph. At that time it
was tno question concerning the cml.argo. Well,
Sir, who votes for the embargo? Who supported
u in una part oi tno country 7 Um sorry to inon
ti.m it, for I hnve a great luvo for tho Democracy
et tho country ; no man more so. I hold that
am a Ut-uiocrut. niysc If, and always have been.
But no man could speak with more contempt than
V- " tiidoiph (lid of the loaders of the Democracy,
wno wcro tlctcudiii;; the embargo. I remember
lh:lt l-.ft S.T1.1 to in. i,n in ...!., n V..
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Jlemher rrom tho neighboring town of Salem, who
ha. niido a .great speech in favor of the embargo,
V hy, Nr, is that gentleman a merchant.' 'Yes,'
Midi, and a great merchant.' 'Hois, ch 1
Sir, said he, 'he seems to me like a hog swimming
across a river, nnd culling Ins own throat with his
i ri VT 1 ,"I1r:h'or'- u" """"'or occasion, when
told linn, -II you go much further, Mr. Uandulph,
with nho embargo, there will be a union among tho
peoploot the .North. A Inion, said he,
Lm.m. (I.enienilicr, sir, I dj not ngrco in the
opinion, aim greatly honor Uio Pcmncrats, l,ut
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iii j-t tell it as it
was) 'Why Mr. uincy we
the South cnu calculate
upon our own negroes
( 21-cat huigl.ter). That wus tl.o
thing,
Sir. that
was liieicciing, uno ino not believe they caro one
Ivrtoingattheuth f.rthis, or other meeting
.n.. ....... i.,.-, u..i. . j.i.c iiicin, io no sure. iui
thev feci toward thtin as we should towards a hoy
Wit . l. .T.,iL'0. in llirt .IrnAl. . .I..... .1..A-. l!L.
annoyance, to be sure, but as to fear, they have
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none. Tho thing is cut and dried, Sir j anil if it
then you cm get your duo control! in tho affairs
me nv.inn, mil vou want no more.
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do what you cir. An I all I nsk, for this is the lust
li-.ne Is, all speak to my fellow-M-ituens in public,
I ask oftho peap e ol the North is to considtr their
own uno. csis. uo unite. l, net ns one ninn. and
uoncr
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From the A. S. Standard.
From the A. S. Standard. COLONIZATION---DISCUSSION.
At Norr'ulown, Pa., ou tl.o evenings nf Fob. loth
and loih, a d.s.ieussion of tho morits of the schemel
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Morris Pcate. Secretary of the Pennsylvania Col-
utiUation Society, and Hcv. Samuel Aaron, one
the soundest Abolitionist, a well as oi.o of
in .st elovpient pnlilic speakers to whom wo have
t-vcr iiu-iie i. .ir. i va'a visitcu Aorristown
his oni:i.U ."utioity to win support for tho Society
of which ho is an aent, nn having avowed
rcvliness to di'sensi tho question of Colonualion
with any r.i.e who nii.lit bo willing I.t meet him,
Mr. AarJD took up tho gauntlet. Each of
disputants fclcvteJ moderator, and the two select-
la third. Tim audience neio ndmittod nt 11
cents per head, ao J smji was the interest in
subject that the large hall was tilled fimu first
last. The Ci st crcuiiis the spj ila-ri were liiuitud
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ita h.ilfun hour each at a lime: the second eveniiior:
lo twenty wuiuKf ; and on the l.it occasion each
distant siiono f.iirliuK.
, aeonttf tle disreassion are before us.mie
...... w. w .v...j)M..r.ii Jirj-ittti rjA. d JVt.ft
.J:er 1h.it if the Olire flrnnrh. t'na Llic.-
oui.es r;e compile ths fwllbrwin stsu-nieut.
Prstss. in his lejiunes, ha4 uia.lo many
tuU.nwliis wliijl Mr. Aaron ntt.rr,br! l wb.
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uf tl.o ilnUsh l.s'i U.-.W dischnrcd
w. Mn., . cc ,ow.u- ii. L.UXJI. r itiis,
xinfr Lcue lo u.uiareU that
ia Lsbt-ria. suuie rars jilst. Mr.
that aid uJaoer was nner iiish!ejv.1, t-njl tiJJ
liuued ju llie Biitwli .si-y Mr. JVs eljJ w-i1
! ,h it tbtsniask-i ilutizjiiiui linOnia-uc'ijuWil
tiitltf landiL.1 tSuufiirl ihiv in UirH-'lii j-.trs.
Jjc -Salvia joukcJ as j-vrry hnkinS Vy iviiiht
Vatxr il-atjihe noiu'U.r tif slaves cuicncij.iitel
jXitl jai;utl i f i.iue, V-jr TJ tlie iftuaicjii jiui
liliv XU weoV4 Jifsy tlnnMntuJ
-.rUf,a Baiiihr-.J lavr UKojAuu.uiij.il-! (iorsi'i;
ItTr. I'.t. Asruifs uaiir ts tia rhose
::.ii':inii. Mr. Irw. djil jiJi e at all he
iiuioai.iit ta -Mjiiiutiiai, jvui ;uJ Jlfciin
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-Mc-iiru-a ti.ASvMi iii lwir fi-tJ fvki'itn
tUj. r45 M U
W"rirJtlO. 4Sud SM-CMMI t WKtMu.
lischari'd
iUavory etiidcd
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Ameri. an Slniery that unlives nro boueht and
.old, nnd beaten as here I n i t Tns next to i n
l.v i ,,o f. t , Hir' ',"' J from there 'J
,eV could n rK Z tX7VZXwo
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' ed to come t k I I ,r V wulTnWl w Mhiit
... . . .' ' ' "uiimy co uui n oi pei nw ny , umi
Mrs. M., Mr. IVaso nclnowlcdged ns true), nnd
; m"'!-T "' ""ne s"rt-
Mrs. (.nntts.nnollier colored lady recently re
ursiifilii. f f'om Aliica, tcslilicd to tho snme thinps.
' lr- ' l'n"0 "t"1 ,mi1 "10 meanness to impugn the
nl,""'"l "f these women, though he hud never
j",r1n ,,",re '"""""If- Ho was rendy to brand cvery
it J '""'.v Rn lllir ,v,' wou1,1 corrobornto his own
"rut"; though many rfthem had picviottsly been
toj r,r."'ril.mlsc " roml lonr list of Itoverends,
I , l''t "cveremls, fieneirtN, Colonels, llotiorubles,
I inciiihcrs of dilfci cut t'olonimtion So-
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ed up Mrs. Mann, Hie wife of a Presbj terian Mis
sionary in Liberia, who returned from tlint country
nix months ego, nn Recount of her health. She
stated that the climate exceedingly unhealthy.
...... u. hi iiif emigrant suncrcl greatly Irom ms-
caso ; that it was n rartiriiluriv ui.fnvor.ililt. roun-
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scum-, ns mo voionists nave their work
llflllA lit'
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I'li'uim names ami mat tno poor sutler tor wnm
;snn. , ino ,-oor sutler tor !
inncs f life that no effort is mode
natives, nnd that Ility nro not ad-
in nn mo necessaries
. to instruct llic
. initio 1 in chiitch
amined, nnd if unfavorable to the Colony, thev
wonin nor. 10 sent ; that I resident Jtodcrts, nnd
other UiKoitorics travelled on the Imcks of the
natives, ns wo do on home-hack (tho last statement
'.V01'"-'0 proxclbal it is ft good thins (tho "i'"c
"' dignitaries might be read to prove that N"-
TPI nnJ "l0 huin-triilhe nio good things). He!
T,0";1 niul r.r.y Icttors from i"toroU-d pnrtips
" Africa, published in his own paper, lauding Li-i
n a parade.
Uii the . J rieiiin th .so women brought letters
I'l'f'Mt'S! that they nistaincd ni.imiicachablc
harac-'!
Ibnt..""' oou w ore prom incut In cm hers oi i no relics in
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' h'uh ''a.-their own pastor boinS present
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'.'''V'"' "rct several years on V , ,
nn" "orroDoratcl nil tno i'u'-'"' ""'i
ho had no know lediro. Hi-nllirtned most exi.licit
ci.uor , no iiuercepuon oi iciicrs ... .... .
!', that the stnlc of things in Liberia, was u hail
hi Wumy, though the system did not exist there
in legal form.
The last speech of Mr. Aaron, was a magnifi
cent effort. lie urged the peoplo to remember
that this nrrny of lirinir witnesses were moro re-
bablo and trustworthy than the luttcrs of tho in
terested men of tho 'Society that tho Coloniza
tion scheme was tho truckling tool of tho Slave
Power that it was originated and controlled by
slaveholders for their peculiar interest. lie rend
from Mr. Pease's own letter to an Alabama Plant
er, assuring him that Colonization should not in
terior with the Slave system in the remotest tic -..
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s.-l,e,,,..,.,ed!,r.lici.y,.f.o,oofl,,rr,;,incn,i3
.ic ..'.I'll ll.u ... u.HU 1.1... ITU 1 V 111.
volario, wiih thrillins clonuenco nud tiower. In
sober truth, every statement and nrgument nd-j
var.ceo ny .Mr. r. was promptly met, and uio,i
..-inniphuo'ly rel'ulc 1.
From the Tribune.
A NIGHT IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 4, 1854.
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ul0 lnc iinus,!, senator rcsscliucn. His usual
hombastio fourth-of-July stylo of oratory wa,
Lightened probably by tuo frequent visits tu 'vue oil
the nntc-chambois of tho Sennio room. Kven
Why.'Doiiglas could not endure the eloquence nf the
California Senator, nnd at last cunpellcd him to'
give way nud yield the floor. Douglas commenced
his soccch about mi.inight nnd spoke lill nearly
ihreo in the morning. 'J ho reports of his speech
which will rcudi you will convey but a faint iden
'n of its violence and vulgarity. It was made up of
! pcrsi nal attacks, maii.lv, which cave it all the id-
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nnninor.;wnoie Harangue abounded with such specimens;
nnd with frequent colloquies w ith different Sena-'
nil tors.
Among the Senators who wero particularly tk-
mini, were .Mer. H...I... ...,.i "i-i
two! bcl'mve such wmis as wisnacte4 jn tho Senate
! last tiighl is almost vuiprccdcDied, sn4 s-ry per
iir. ! situ svl.u has ituj haot inspect fur bis autMiy will
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As I entered tho Senate Chamber nbout 10
o'clock last night, I found the new Senator fn in
M :ll(n
Mr. Kcssenden. makinir a most gallant on-
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' in. ,vi",.-n. in. ... .nr., 11 11..,
a speech that they will remember manly, caustic
, nun ueuant. It v. as glorious to see tho litllo band
(,f liiiiliful men in the Si-mito nuido larger nnd
stronger by such nn addition, nnd deeply sensible
I know, nro his compeers of the strength and en-j
an. I ueuant. It a glorious to see tho litllo band,
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vui..i - i... ut. ...us l.rougllb to llioir TlinKS. All
around lnm were tho bullying, braggart majority,
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(flushed with anticipated victory, and some of them,
1 1 am niomueu tp say, uoastly drunk. Ho never-
lhcle!j with undaunted courage held them at bav.
twice penntor liutlcr cl South Carolina ndvnnccd
toward tho Senator from Mnino with clenched fists
nnd flushed face, as if to commit a personal ossult,
this only brought forth renewed and redoubled
1 1 h.WS l.f eli.O.in., ,n nn .1 I.,.!., fmm .l.AHAH.Un..,u!M.li.l.in.ellii.
Ha told tho South what they should have been
i..hl !.. is.',n .i.n. :r .i... ,i.;.. ... i .........
they need not delay their departuro an hour on ne-1
cunt of the North. They have frightened us one
too ninny times with that bunaboo. to succeed
time. Wcllcr, too, attempted to reply to some nf
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quaucy it possessed. Only ihoso who know Dm .r.
his, or those who heard bun. can bo aware of I...
low ' Short Boy " stylo of spenkins. His snccriinr
tone nnd V ub'l.r e-l-intncea nm.t 1a k.n.l ....I
rather than described. To Senator Sewaid he!
sub! in return to a courteous cxplnnntioi. " Ah,
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you can t trawl hehind that fico nigger dodge.
He always ust-s the word " uigger " nnd not lie-
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kiu in. ... appears in ins piiutcu siecches. Jo'
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vt oiler lio said, in Bowcrv sfvle. " Sii
that is mil fi.'lit, don't mix in."
Douglas arose to speak. Mr. Butler went tn I.i...
nn.i pin. ni arm arouuu ins neck, nnd said : " Ah,
aon t speak, liouglas, to-night, it is too lute, you
can t m justice to yourself. " JIis G d d ns
and by G vis w ere board quite distinctly in the
gallery, uiuid his loud conversation.
Gwin insisted upon Welter's going on with hist
spcecu against tno entreaties and remonstrances of
Douglas cxclaiining: "My colloacuo ihall snenk
um.. . vu. u .. ...u iieiiniG lasis a inousiiuu yours
" There' Soward, " said Gwin nt another time,
" he's got tho worst principles of any man in
" Senate, but be is tho bo.-.t friend t C.lir., r;
"know, " ot tho fame time slapping Seward cU
back.
Sam Houston, a h ue Temperance man I believe,
excited some merriment by having cups of tea
brought to him while ho was s caking. The
laughter among the ladies wns c.iiucd, J beliuvo
his manner of pouring tho tea from the cup into
the saucer mid by his seizing tho opportunity
ucvashiiuil interruptions in his speech to quietly
enjoy his beverage. Ho made nn eloquent speech,
widely in contrast with that of Douirla.
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in the murniiiL'. nt whicl. limn th.
.'i ..".j icn me gnueries i.lw.ul -J o clock
I the oudienee, aiso, had became somewhat thio
Tho Henatoiw wore provided with eutuhlcs and
j drinVal.W-s in uss A tji adjoining risiuis of the
j C.CI
nennte Lhiunhsr. w-lm fa M.e lnu.it.ui.ltt .-l.lt.i
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i ita IIIUT1U1.J acuui oj ijaruiuer. iiniuip it orl
nun i giej oi'llieiyjuato, pud Uui repeal uf the Mismsuri
i C.onT.iMuiie on tlrfpurtW Uiat body, will tpnli
Jlsnon ; erUU a dark jiaj iu our liirtoi-, IV,
il M Uu.r!
Tim Leglidarur Ue.ria bsve j.nfcel resolti
t'iuiTiitli liwtfiv fliBt'u.iuioes, tu Lite effect,
that It is msi uiiijrVMit i'ikngBes to i.pcu-e
nnj Te.Lri, l.un fcj tlKS csuilenoe lit l.iiry
.riooiij; tlmoj siiMiB tt. ni'utisss muvtrtg lido ai)d
snttliiii irjKiu Uki Xenim'vtt ilie rjj'nui aeq-a'iisjd
ir;wiieleiKfr a.syjised; lart tbsttlse ijoestion
w3fctlrer taaiery sluulJ f ut nn fart ti lieir
(bmieMtM iuiit.taitiosis, "n.for tirtaa -ahane W deter-nruti-f.0'1beie-VisHi
-J-lrt I.ejialature. l iJ.B-e.
j mstrui sJitir W7ireeiilat5ves jn mgis W vote
j f.fr a4 vpi-Mlr. IW;Wi Vilt, nod aH others
. baaed iiutdar jmarajAta.
TyiHo rn ie.isrm.Ti ares,: UamitJ KJwarl,
MoiWu 'in, ttv ti-Mt Kotr weveral yoara Ilia jst.ao
itrrf kaahmK(tiny affwt4rn.3aWw. Last
yeas fUe & xirn yery nevcwe ynsiirt, snaMied
in. 4a SsnuMliaT.AmKitsMiwd 3se sil iitU-tJjexl
tnrm yjr ssnawrse. -Krn tro-J ale aroes, ami
THE IRISH MECHANICS AND JOHN
MITCHELL.
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""?re"1 ,n W f"' . '7 "n'l"t
nd sy,pBtl,.ed most sincerely .tb you ,ur;nR
M,t ,r"m y."' I"'"'9. e1,,UBl,Tyu,,t.d,,Jrin'J
your confinement in n distant hind. V e believed
,h".t T WCr' W,'8 tMr C'' "n,J ,? Kcn.u,.ne. fr'Cnd
. TO.nW 0f the freedom of tho whole human
u"3 rcuowiic'i puirioi donn .niiciicu, who so i.nicr-
' ly condemned the Brilibh Government, nud then
npologincd for American Slavery! What reply
tuulJ S""T friends mnket Would they not be
! confounded ? What would Daniel O'Coiinell, that
Krcllt inn. "' of s-oiir Into conduct wcro he now
i "livc? What would the hundreds of Irishmen
bo heard your donunciutioi.s of English Govern
1 ment l,nv '"1 nJ )'"" interpoied some upoWics
f,,r American Slavery, and soino earnest prayers
r"r a rliintuti.ni in 'Alabama stocked with 'fat
bcarty nruroes? They would, at least, have con-
ur"' to learn tho painful lesson that the treason may
bo vcd urd the traitor scorned. We bnve no
j apology to offer for our plain speaking. AVe an-
Pr0J jour course in Ireluud. sympathised with
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plantation j w hile the children ol Ins lovo aroannu
. ! o"y. ono nfter tho other, sold to tho sluvo-tradcr, to
'' scnttercd over tho broad torritory extending
fri.m Chcsnpenko Bay to tho borders of Mexico.
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J
I
",,ul 1119 J'i'itish Uovernment wcro anxious to get
r, of you, nud secretly connived at your escape.
Ve shall, now, express no opinion on that sub
hut .icct. But certainly it would Ite n most deep and
. hli.lrn..! m.linw nn llin n.l ..f .I.a
11,0 apologist ofAincrican Slavery. Suppose some
' Jour ' eud in Ireland should ngoin attempt to
ii.iJniriiiito.m.w easily could the minislurnl papers con-
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We extract the following from nn address to
John Mitchell, signed by forty-two Irish .Mechan
ics of New York city i
Ji.hn Mill hill Sir : The subscribers to tliis let
ter were nil natives of the same country as yourself;
, cf u, n(1Rrd yolir e,)qucnl , iims,
jn ()f ,.)e , nf tnion'iith Knglnnd ;
R(,mir(,, tn0 ea'rncsl real Ton displaced in the
rneo. hen wo were miormeu mai you nnu made
your csenpo from Australia our hearts nil fairly
leaped with joy, and surely none in thisbrond land
moie cordially approved the triumphant welcome
necorded to you by the nlmost unanimous voice of
the American people. We all rejoiced to believe
that soother true and eloquent friend to lilicrty, to
univcrsnl freedom, was ailded to our number. Ve
rejoiced in tho belief that Ireland bad sent abroad
an npostlo of univcrsnl emancipation nt least as
sincere, earnest nnd disinterested, if not so elo
quent, ns tho noblo orntorof Hungary.
Judge, then, uf our surprise, our mortification
and digust, w hen we henrd thnt yon bad become
tho apologist of American Slavery, that nccursed
system which converts men mndo in God's image
Ii.Ia nknhnl. n.lif.tni f l.infi.li n n.l laA V...
Heclnimed lnir and well too airainst the eineti.n.
f ,,0 llriti.h Hovcrnmcnt, nnd yet, Sir, permit us
(() mt , (juvrrnmcDt hua never cliattelisod
nm1 YoH sir wcr0 l.rought up from childhood
, nml,.im. ....... ,imt (nVn,,1111P'Ilt . there ..... .
..-;,r,i education, could rcn.l vonr Itil.ln -.i
contract marringo with tho woman of your choice,
a marriage which would be sacred nnd inviolable
n iii.ir.i.iiiu i, . ...ti .
. . . r ,i, l. .,i,i ,,.. j j.
,1C diiien of your love, fearless of any separation
from ll.cui, mid undisturbed by tho crack of the
wi,ip ofony brutal overseer.
slnvo trader could chaffer
ll.ere no master and
slavo trader could chaffer nnd higgle nbout the
rri,.e of tho wifo or the children voii loved
i(( ,,. ir,,ln1(i wns npreil,f,l b. taxation and
l.ppr
unequal laws ; but tho w ilo of your bosom, the
children of J our love were sccuro to you. Tho ve
rv law which pressed so heavy upon you pecuniar
ily, sanctified and protected thoso objects dearer lo
every good man thnn nil other earthly objects.
Yon, however were not content with tho protec
tion there afforded you, you would ngitntc for n re
peal of tho union which gave birth to such legisla
tion, nnd for this ngitntion we hnve no thought of
censure.
At length however yon reach America tho land
where soma three millions of human beings arc
held nnd owned, just ns cattle nnd horses nro
owned, w here tho marriage tics nnd parental re
lations of those unfortunate beings have not the
. ..... . ....
people little more than sufficient f.,r a comfortable
nij of tho runnly and tho cduention of the
children. In America every hour of tho lifo of the
slavo is nt the nod nnd I eck of his owner, nnd thnl
nlnvc may toil from childhood to old nge, nnd then
not have a ront or n hat which he can call his ow n.
Yet even this, bud ns it is, and worse ns it is than
what you complained of nnd so eloquently de
nounced in Ireland, is by no means the darkest
feature of the Anieri.-nn slave systcir. Tl.o unfor
tunate American slave, while he is wearing out,
year after yenr, his lifo in daily toil, may have the
iniie..f I.;-,.n.. i.,-., f-,,. ..,..i :.i
v ...... ..a, ........... ... v.'..n,u..VU
to a speedy death in distant cotton field or sugar
pianuilioii ; While the children ol Ins lovo aroannu
Yet, John Mitchell, it is for tho system producing
such results that vou apologize, it is a plantation
Alabama, thus, supplied with stout, hcarty-ne-
grocs, unit you win to possess.
Soino j.erson-, Mr. Mitchell, have suppposcd
Uiitish Ministry to permit you to oscapo and come
! ,l,un(1 nntl silenco them by reminding tho people of
1.1 ........ . , . 1 i.
eluded that Cumin's t-cnius of Universal Knmnei.
Ption had departed from you. nnd that some mi.
calculaii.m ns gross ns it wus baso nud selfish had
un-.cd von.
V. o trust that you will soon discover thai your
",asc bow ing of tho kneo" and kissing the foot of
";0 l" k spirit of Muvcrv" was as stupid as it
was hase, nud thus havo 'loisuro to repent of a
...... . ... . . ..
so wiiicn nas nit only iinure.i you pecuniar Iv
I ... . .1 ...... . . - - . -
1,111 detriuled vou even in tho est.iiii.iion of l,.rn.
portion of tho slaveholders. You will tint t. ih.
trnlia. reinieed i.t vn.ir nu.. r.a
I "nd arrival in America, nnd now ki. k lit nml n..m
I your npnsmey.
I 1)1111 Kossuth been guilty oftho baseness of
apologising lor American Shivery, Australia would
,,ave beM a jubilee over his nposiaey, nnd ho would
have rapidly sunk to that low level which you are
fast appioaching. Tho noble hearted high souled
I GerninnH would have shaken him off with the same
scorn that wo now leel towards that man of whose
conduct wo wcrooneo so proud.
GREAT STATE PROTEST RALLY:
TO
MAINTAIN PLIGHTED FAITH,
AND THE
COVENANT OF OUR FATHERS.
AT COLUMBUS,
ON THE TWENTY-SECOND OF MARCH.
To People of Ohio Opposed to the Introduction
To People of Ohio Opposed to the Introduction of Slavery into Nebraska.
l
La
or
At a meeting held by citizens of Columbus, of
all parties, on the evening of the 14th ult., the
opinion was expressed that a Convention of the
I'f.orLt or Uuik should bo held, to make known
their views uton the proposition now before Con
gress to irsru.' lie .Vus.jm'i Lumpromue, and by
act of Congress li open up to Shivery the vast ter
ritory lying mirth oi 3tt W north "latitude, and
which is l.y law now free. On consultation with
n..lL.men fr,..,. .liir... ..f ... w...." ....
1 ... V. 77. I ine
i v -- .'i-i.a.i uts ueen agrcea upon as
aizrcea un.ni a.
the lime tut holdins tho Convention. Tl.a unrW.
signed d(jij w meet this rill iu the spirit in w hich
it was nisde. a4 sj ouhl thereforo recommend to
our iVilo-ir A-uiifiis uf nil parties to unit ia this
r... i-i. . . .-r: ..... .
v..u..-u.unj,b inuui io ue preseaiea lor
coiisi.Wraiion Is or. m wVu.li cvcay rats rinuN
Iu trtuilo.tr p'i!ituhj fxwtjf lut HM15 belong, baa a
diiwt iteritoiial iukcsevt, jui4 ia m lu.oi the right
a rd huituijjf eiery jVurthera mil Westera au is
iinurwd. IV arnesl1 invite the EOW.l to
ouBnitis) IS MASS lr.au .eterj uunty, city, H
Inge and townaliip in .the State.
E. IT. ECKIT.T.
IV . LAWRENCE.
If. IV. KM1 T,
J. 8. M'JtUJJiT,
It. 8. IK1CK,
IV. F. UEIUtlC'K,
A. 0. -S&illL,
JAMES UUWSLET.
i'.O. SiJ.MKUS,
J. M IlAitltKUK,
' OOfISi MrCIX'JIK, -
j. n. KiiAt'rji,
1KSTJ-.:R TAYIJi.
r.. n. er mow,
A. Ifuil K.
WtiOoiiFEUjO'W,
'!'. ti'AKS
C'HAfS.C.JO.J.iX'Ua,
IV. H. M,
X.&TOWN'SIIEXD,
TWOS. I), AI'STIX, JOHN A. FOOT,
W. V. MOHHI, DAVID AI.I.KN.
(JOSHUA JUDY, J. J.WOUTHIXaTON,
i. i uLiu.r.r.
The following eminent sentlemen have heen In.
vited to be present nnd Address the People of Ohio
nn tlia 9,l ,'..... . 1
-- - ...i.i.. ... .
Hon. THOMAS EWIXO, Lnncnster, Ohio:
" D. K. 0A11TKR, Massilon, Ohio!
" S. I. CHASE. V. S. Senate;
" JOHN 1. IIAI.K, Now York Cityi
" THOS. OOKYVIN, Lebanon, Ohioi
" TH03. II. BENTON, St. Louis, Mo.;
" HKM.AMY STOHKK. Cincinnati, 0.;
" J. BKINK KltHOFF, Mansfield, O.;
" WM. H. SKWAltD, I'. 8. Senate;
" 8AML. HOI STON, V. 8. Senate;
" CHAS. RKKMKMN, Cincinnati, O.;
" IlENJ. F. WADK, V. S. Senate.
Communications.
NOTES FROM THE LECTURING FIELD.
BATTLE CREEK, Feb. 27th, 1854.
Tho Albion convention adjourned at half past
twelve o'clock on Fridoy night till the following
Tuesday. Mr. Junes and myself immediately
started per railroad for this place, to commence a
covontion the following day. Boing accompanied
by Chnrloi and Richard Morrltt, we had no diffi
culty in finding an asylum at four o'clock, for the
balance of tho night. Somowhnt rofreshed In body
and mind, wa mot the members of the convention,
a goodly number of whom wore presont, both from
the village and adjacent country. The usual com
mittees were appointed, and addresses mndo by
Mr. Jones and myself.
Tho Fosters arrived in timo for the evening
meeting, which was as all subsequent ones were,
deeply interesting. The house Icing filled with
earnest listeners.
On Sunday the houso was crowded to ita utmost
capacity, during the whole day and evening. It
was proposed to close the discussion on the resolu
tions in tho afternoon, but Erastus Hussy express
ed a desire lo liavt them open fur discussion in tho
evening, w hich was cheerfully agreed to. In the
evening the political bearing of the subject was
pretty thoroughly discussed by Mr. Foster and
myself on the one side, and Mr. Hussy and some
other friend on tho other ; after which the resolu
tions woro carried with great enthusiasm. The
convention was very spirited throughout, the very
best spirit prevailing.
Never was tho causo in so hopeful a condition
in this place as at the proscnt'time. Sallie Holly,
W. I.. Garrison, and the Fosters, were bore at dif
ferent times in the full, but' notwithstanding this,
over a hundred dollar was raised fur tho Mich.
Society.
I was urgently rofnicstcd to return and deliver
lectures on "Anti-Slavory the highest manifesta
tion of Christianity," and "What ia Law." By
the advice of my coadjutors, I consented. On
Tuesday, with tho exception of Bonj., we roturnod
to Albion. An account of the meeting will be
furnished by Mrs. Foster. Early on Wednesday
morning Stephen nnd I started per rail, to attend
the "Free Democratic State Convention," at
Jackson.
This was nn important gathering, being the
largest I understand ever held in the state. There
was a great amount of certain kind of enthusi
asm, and things were put through with a rush.
Tho court house was crowdod to its utmost capac
ity. Tho leading spirits were St. Clair, Fox, Ba
kor, ana t'.iu Detroit members of the Central Com
mittee I cannot give you the names of tho offi
cers. But suffice it to say they filled their differ
ent stations admirably. A stnto ticket was nomi
nated, a kind of "fusion ticket," made up of "free
sellers," "whigs" that voted for Genoral Scott,
and who declared on accepting the nomination,
that they had never actod with the Free Dom. par
ty, and that if a ticket ahould bo nominated by
some other party, that would fill their idea better,
they would support that, Free Dcm. or otherwise.
The candidate for Govcruor, I think, is an old line
Dcmocrnt. But I liked his appearanco much.
A presiding elder of tho M. E. Church was nomi
nated for an important office, which brought loce-
ding methodists "up standing," Mr. McBrido and
others declaring they would not vote for him.
All opposition to the candidates presented by
the committee was treated with marked indiffer
ence. Somo of the members declared that some
of the nominees never had a particle of free soil
blood in their veins, and uevcr would have.
But "availability" was everything in the estima
tion of the leaders. Every shade of opinion, from
the most conservative to tho most radical, was rep
resented ia tho convention, and a good deal of dis
cussion was had on some of the resolutions, es
pevially on those declaring the powers of Congress
and the chnractor of tho constitution ; one party
contended that we had no responsibility for the
existonce of slavery in the states, another that we
were responsible. All difference was settled by
the old American npplianco "a compromise."
The convention endorsed the character of the
" Freo Democrat," nnd recommended it to the
support of tho peoplo everywhere. A member
offered a resolution requesting the paper to open
its columns to free discussion or the admission of
answers to all attacks. This was inlondcd as
rebuke for its course towards Mr. Garrison, Foster,
&v. But it was rejected, on the ground that the
papor was privnto property, and the proprietor
must determine fur himself what he admits and
what he rcjeots. A resolution was offered by a
member of tho convention to invite all friends of
tho slave to participation in the discussions, wheth
er they agreed with the Pittsburgh Platform or
not. This was also rejected. Our Free Soil
friends, I mean the leaders, in this state have
quite a lesson to learn yet and I am mistaken, if
they do not learn it before long. At the close of
the Free Soil convention, it was announced that
Mr. and Mrs. Foster and myself, would hold three
meetings in the same place on the following day,
at which aome of the positions of that diy would
be reviewed.
We met, with quite a good attendance. The
course of the " Froe Democrat" was introduced
by Mr. Foster, which led to quite a discussion da
ring the fore and afternoon sessions, some free
soilors defending, and other opposing ita course.
At the clone of tiio afternoon session, Mr. Winter,
a free-will Baptist Minister, undertook a de-Sen oe
of Mr. Baker in having charged Mr. Garrisoa and
tbe rosters witu uiutielity. lie wo very severe
aa4 personal, (ar more so thaa his former treat
ment of asyself Lad led me to suppose be oonhl be.
Every day brings fresli evidenoe of the earruptiag
inQuesoc of a narrow aeoUrtaoissa. May w
aUHUieoiuiU be saved from it At night the
audience was good conuderurg the circumstances,
and tli feeling was very good. Soustimet cntbo
siaQe. After I was through, Mr. Guriey, a colored
brother, spoil e wit great power.
Mr. Fester returns to Albion t duaas tha char
acter or his book, "The Brotherhood of Thieves,"
with tlie Rev. Mr. BrocVway and Mrs. Foster
has jont lo Indiana Winter Is still with us, the
ground is covered with snow. Yestordny w had'
a severe snow storm which lasted all doy, prevent
ing the country people from getting in to meeting.
Still the house was well filled, and the impression
made, I trust will be lasting. To-morrow I return
into the neighborhood of Adrian, where I have
meetings appointed for two weeks.
Tours, W.
NO COMPROMISE.
MaSicji The following resolutions were pre
sented to the Nebraska meeting, held in tbe Town
Hall on Saturday evening, March 11th. They
were accepted but not adopted by the meeting.
They embody my sentiments on the question
which is now agitating the peoplo of this eountry.
Whereas i The institution of Slnrerv in this
eountry, has proven itself to be, what John Wesley
ions ago termeu it, "tno sum ol all villanies."
And whereasi The workings of this novernment
has proven the sentiments uttered by John Quincy
Adams, to be true, vii! "that the preservation,
propagation and porpotuation of slavery," had be
como "the vital and animating spirit of the na
tional government."
therefore, Kcsolved, That whilo we enter our
earnest ond determined protest against tho intro
duction of slavery into territory now free, wo also
pledge ourselves be for o Almighty God, never to
censo from tho azitation of this nucstion. until the
jubilee of freedom shall have been sung by every
BH..O iii uur lanu.
Resolved. That we rceard slavcrr as a direct
violation of the eternal law of God, and we look
upon all compromises between slavery and frco
dom as "a covenant with doath and an agreement
with hell," and we would sooner league with a
horde of devils, to " legislate for the elevation of
the race,' than with men fresh from a southern
Sodom, with hands reeking with the blood of mur
dered innoconcei and we would sooner welcome
to the communion table Judas Iscarint, than tho
polluted wretch who makes merchandise of virtue
and innocence.
Hesolvod, That the onlv salvation for freedom
in this country, is found in the wnninir of an un
compromising and extorminiting war against the
institution of slavery ; branding as traitors all
who compromise with, and treating as piratos nil
who give their support tu, or apologixo for this
monstrous institution of iniquity.
On this question I have taken my stand, I place
the rights of man above all constitutions, nil com
pacts and all compromises. No frown of political
demagogues, bor porsocutions of a corrupt slave
holding and slave-breeding church, will ever cause
me to yield obedicnco to compromise between
slavery and froodoin.
WM. H. BETTES.
LETTER FROM J. MOSHER.
GILEAD, Ohio, 3d mo, 5th, 1854.
Dxar Marics: Permit me, throuch the columns
of the Bugle, to make a few remarks, nnd givo my
opinion on tho subject of non-par tioipancy in the
use of slave-grown produce.
1 have regretted exceedingly the position of such
men as Garrison, Pillobury, the Fosters, Trent and
others, names w hich I honor and revere for their
constnncy and persevering opposition to the slave
powor; that they should fall so far in the rear on
this important subject. If I understand their po
sition correctly, they are not willing to adopt a
theory which it is impossible to reduce to practice
in all its minute dotails. It is horo, it seems to me,
that they do err. Not that I would charge them
ith inconstancy to thoir duty ; but it does seem ns
if tbey had satisfied their consciences, and predi
cated their conclusions upon false and uutonablo
premises.
They admit it to be wrong and sinful lo support
this pro-slavery Government, by voting or holding
office according to its Constitution and laws. I am
with them here. But do wo not, in many ways
directly or indirectly, give it our eountenanco nnd
support? Do we not pay our tnxes, to avoid the
sacrifice of property ? Is there not a tax levied
annually, upon the printing press and apparatus
to the office of tho Anti-Slavery Bugle, and paid by
the Executive Committco into the coffers of the
Stato Treasury? And is not our money taken,
more or less, to swell the funds of the National
Treasury? Did not we, by and through the chan
nels of commerce, help to build those slave pens or
prisons in i aslnngton, and furnish our quota of
the mouics taken, to keep in rcadinoss the army
and navy of the I'uitcd States to quel! slave insur
rections?
. I admit wo do not do it voluntarily, but from the
force of necessity ; that it is difficult to avoid it,
anu retain a nome lor our wives and little ones
within the precincts of the Government. Yet we
are not willing, (like many Free Soilcrs,) to aban
don our premises, in consequence of not boing able
to carry them out iu all their nunutia, and cease en
tirely from supporting this pro-slavery Govern
ment. Then why any moro inconsistent for free-lnhor
men to cease purchasing the blood-stained fruit of
slavery, in consequence of not being ablo to extri
cate themselves tntirthj from slave-grown produce?
We might as well abandon our disunion views be
cause we canuot tnlircly extricate ourselves from
the guilty Government. In the language of Jos.
Treat to Whittocro, "Is it right to support the
Government at all ? if nay, then why do it ? We
support the Government every day at home or
abroad, in what we eat or wear, or in buying tho
land we till, in paying duties or taxes some way or
other; and if it is right to support the Govern.
ment, then why make such a noise nbout other
people supporting it?" I cannot see, for the life
of mo, why it will not apply to us in supporting
the Government, with equal force, as to those who
are trying to abstain from the voluntary use of
slave produce On neither horn of the altar would
I hang my hope ; but encourage all to abstain as
much as lies in their power from countenancing,
supporting and sustaining slavery in either way
and if we cannot walk over the surface of the
earth dry shod, is that any excuse for wading and
plunging in mud and nuro to our middle, or even
to our necks and ears ? It doos appear to me,
there is a heavy responsibility resting upon all who
are making no efforts to extricate themselves from
the participancy iu the crime of holding their
fellow beings in hopeless bondage, by buying.
selling, eating and wearing the price of their blood.
By so doing, that is, meeting the slav produce
trader or merchant at the landing, or depot, with
money io hand, to buy his cotton, sugar, rice, cof
fee, molasses, tobaoeo, Ao., and paying him f-;r
same, ws become participants with him j0 the
crime of sluveholding, and furnish the sneans, the
mails, whica keep the system moving. Tis like
the mainspring to a watuh or weights to a clock,
is money, awaey, and (hot too, of northern and
British freemen, which enables tlx) slaveholders to
sustain and perpetuate that dark and diabolical
system. It is the awe w Licit tbey obtain in es-
eliaage lor ttteir cotton, &e-, that enables timca to
ply Um laek. to the peor cotton picker. It is tbe
mtuey f northern freemen, with which they jwr
chase slaves; bire overseers to drive and whip
Uteas ; uc Slav trader to bey and sell thesn, with
all tbe brutal and heart-rending scenes eonneetod
with this dreadful trafick; and remunerate the
manufacturers for forging fetters, chains, thumb-
screws, and all tho various Implements of torturo
with which the poor slaves are afflicted ; nnd pays
the slave breeders of the more northern of the slave
States, for rearing little boys and girls for the mors
southern markets, tn be sold on the auction block
to tbe highest bidder.
Now the question arises, shall we of tho North,
who lo liberty nnd hate slavery, because we can
not entirely extricate ourselves from these evil,
forego tho vast amount of gio-l which lies in our
power, and thus destroy tho fell monster from off
the earth ; for if Ihero w ere no market for slave
grown produce, whnt Inducement would there t o
for holding slaves? None nt nil. And it does sp
pear to me, that if tho people of tho freo countrief
generally, would adopt tl.a free laW system, and
reduce it to practice, even though they could not
entirely extricnto themselves, but como nbout as
nonr as we can to withholding support from tho Gov
ernment, that it would snap Ihe mainspring, break
the cords which support tho weights, dry the foun
tain which keeps tho eluve machinery in motion,
nnd slavery would die. Then let us work, work,
and work on, turn nt every handle, keep all tho
irons in tho fire, pull nt every cord, that we may
rest with the consciousness of having done all that
wo could for tho deliverance of our follow croatur
in bondage, and the enfranchisement of tho race.
So, in love to nil tho friends of freedom and uni
versal brotherhood, I subscribe myself thy friend
and co-worker in the good cause.
Fraternally thine,
JOHN MOSHER.
THE GOVERNMENTAL TRACT SOCIETY.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, March 5th, 1854.
j
Dia Mami-9' Aro you and tho good peoplo of
Ohio, aware of tho activity and enterprise of that
great Tract-Sooioty, at Washington, of which w
are all members, and to whose funds we, whether
with or against our wish, must so largely contrib
ute. Do favor the readers of tho Bugle, who be
ing mostly unsound as to Democratic orthodoxy,
may not havo ready access to the originals, with
the subjoined brief extracts from a splendid vol
ume, with this titlo page and imprint:
"32.1 Congress, )
2d Session. J
Skmate,
1 Executive,
No. 30.
" EirroitATiox of the valley of the Amazon, mad
under direction of ti.e Navy Department, by
Wm. Lewis Horndon, nnd Lnrdner Gibbon,
I.ientcnnnts of the U. S. Navy. Dart First, by
Lieut. Horndon. Washington. Robert Arm
strong, l'ublio Printer i 1803."
After descending the Amazon from its utmost
sources in the Chilian mountains, to its mouth, and
admiring (at who would not,) tho vast natural
wealth of that country, he adds by way of i'm;tror
men!, these pious nnd practical suggestions i
" To niako then the rich nnd vnriod production
of this country arailablo fur commercial purposes,
and to satisfy tho artificial wants of man, it is
necessary that labor should bo compulsory.
Tho common sentiment of tho civilized world i
against tho renewal of tho African slave trado,
thoreforo must Brazil turn elscvvhcro for tho com
pulsory labor necessary to cultivato hor lauds.-
Her Indians will not work. Like tho Lama of
Peru, they will die sooner thnn do moro than ia
necessary to support their being. I am under th
impression that wero Brazil to throw off a cause
less jealousy and a puerilo fear of our pooplo, and
invito settlors to tho valley nf the Amazon, thor
might be found among our southern planters, men,
who looking with apprehension (if not for them
selves at least for thoir children) to the stato of
affairs as regards slavery at homo, would undor
sufficient guarantees, romovo their slaves to that
country, cultivate its lands, draw out its resources,
and prodigiously augment tho powor and wealth
of Brazil."
Don't you think so and that a market might
there bo found fur some, raised in Virginia and
Kentucky, whoso masters would not live them
selves among tho musquitos, alligators, nnd other
pleasant things of the lowor Amazon ? But to re
turn to our Tract.
"Tho negro slave seems very happy in Brazil.
This is remarked by all foreigners. I
have frequently soen these gangs of negroes carry
ing cocoa to tho wharf. They are always chatter
ing and singing morrily, nnd would stop every few
minutes to execute a kind of danco with the bags
on their heads, thus doubling their work."
" Churches are large and ajundnnt in Para." -Who
doubts it ? One has seventy-four priests and
levites. Hence also other benevolent institutions,
of one of which our naval missionary gives th
following nai're and most edifying account:
"This is a placo fur the reception of foundlings,
maintained Vy tho city. A cylinder with a recep
tacle in it sufficiently largo fur the reception of a
baby, turns upon nn axis in a window, aud any
person may come under cover of tho night, dopos
ito a child in tho cylindor, turn tho mouth of the
receptacle in, and walk away unseen. Nurses ar
provided to tako chargo of the foundlings. Tho'
I pumped all my acquaintances, I eould got no
statistics concerning this institution, or whether it
was thought to be boncficial or not. I judge how
ever, that for this country, it is. Publio opinion
hero docs not condemn, or at least treats very le.
nicntly the sins of fornication and adultery. This
institution thoreforo whilo it would tend to lessen
tho crime of infanticide, would not encourage the
above mentioned sins' by concealuiont for where
there is no shame, there is no necessity for con
cealment." P. 3-11-2-3.
With this apposite sontiment I conclude my ex
tracts. Shall we not bo thankful that while ws
sleep, with our means and on our account, such
work as this may be done for us, by our excellent
college Dt Propaganda Fide at Washington ?
Yours, E. JAMES.
No. We have never soon the by-authority tract
referred to. Aud we are obliged to our corres
pondent for communicating these extracts. Those
most watchfnl of the tricks of the slavery-propagandists,
and with the best means of information,
are not likely to know nil. Slavery bos an omni
presence in this country with all moan at ita
command, and cunning, unscrupulous and untiring
in their use. Ed.
SOUTHERN INDIANA.
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Hiram Rigg, writing under date of the 2d Inst,
from Vernon, Jeoaings Co., Ia., says :
"They are playing Undo Tom in the Theatre at'
Madison, and our underground railroad ha been,
sod is doing a grand business. Traelr from.
I'm Ohio river to Canada are numerous. . Soma of
the passengers take the afore groaod track. A
ourapany recently passed in this way. And the
blood hounds of Vernon are still on the watch for
them, but they will probably watch in vain. W -have
a few noble friends of tha cause in-this re--gion
; among them is Washington - M' Dowel, of
New Marion. IU u ever th firm friend of th
lave, and dares to put justice above fogi live slave
taws, constitutions and Vnions. Th Brotherhood
