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BENJAMIN S. JONES, EDITOR.
"KO tXIOX witlt SLAVEItOr 0E11S.'
Ann tearso.v, publishing- agent.
VOL. 15. NO. IS.
SALEM, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1SG0.
WHOLE NO. 770i
The Anti-Slavery Bugle.
VICTOR HUGO ON GARIBALDI.
On Juno 4th, a mooting was hold in tlio Islo of
Jane; to express tbo sympathy of in peoplo with
the deliverers of Sicily. Victor Hugo delivered
Ibo following address, which, if Dot specifically
antl-cbuttelism, is anti-oppression. Freedom bo
inn one, as Despotism is ono, a blow struck for
the rights of man in Italy, in felt by the oppros
ore of humanity in America ; while, on tlio olh-
1 er baud.everj thing that tends to degrado tlio slave
'here, strengthens the power of despotism in
Europe.
"Gentlemen, I respond to your appeal. Whcro
' ever a tribuno in the cause of liberty is elected,
1 and calls to mc, there am I. It iv, in truth, my
' instinct and my duty. While eomo rimy act and
other apeak, let all bo doing. Yesa'! tj tho
work. The wind is breathing let public encour
agement to the heroes bo the joy of every s nil.
Let the multitude glow, like tlio furnace., with en
thusiasm. Let those who cannot fight with tho
word, fight with tho mind. Lot not a singlo in
' telligenco remain neutral ; let not a singlo spirit
remain inactive. Lit those who are struggling in
the fight fool that they are gazed on, that they are
loved, that they are sustained. Let there bo around
that valiant man, who is standing erect there in
Palermo a 3re on every mountain in Sicily a
light on every height iu Europe. I have pro
nounced tho word. Tho tyrants '. Havo I exag
gerated ? Have I calumniated tho Noopolitan
Government f No words ! Here aro tho facts !
Pay attention 1 This is living history bleeding
bistory 1
The kingdom of Naples that kingdom nhieh
now ocoupies our thoughts has but a single insti
tution the police. Every district has its cudgel
log commission. Two Sbirri Ajoisaand Matiis
caloo reign under tho King. Ajosta cudgels
Naples Maniscalco cudgels Sicily. Hot the cud
gel is merely a Turkish weapon. This Govern1
ment, has, in addition, the instrument of the in
quisitiontorture. Yes, tortuie ! Listen. A
biro, Bruno, binds tho aoiusod with the bend be
tween the legs until ho Oonfes-es. Another shire,
Fonlillo, fix:s him upon an iron grating, boncath
wbioh he lights a fire. This is callod the burning
chair. Another ebiro, Luigi Manisciloo, a kins
man of tho chief, has invented an instrument into
which the arm or the leg of tho victim is introduc
ed ; a screw is turned and tho limb is crushed.
This is called the 'Angelia Instrument.' Another
suspends . man by the hands and feet between two
walla, and then jumps on hiin and dislocates his
body.
There aro bIso thumb (screws for crushing the
fingers, a tourniquet for prossing tho head, an irou
' ring with a screw which almost forcca tho eyes
out of the head. Sometimes a victim escapes. A
man, named Casimiro Arsimuno.was one of these;
his wife, his tons, and his daughters wcro seized
and placed upon the burning chair. Tho Cape
Zafferana touches on an arid beach. Tu this beach
the sbiri brings sacks. Each sack contaius a man;
it is plunged into the water, and kept thcro till the
inan no longer movos. It is then taken out, and
be is commanded to ConTuss. If he refuses ho is
plunged in again. Giouanni Vienna, of Messina,
expired in this manner. At Mcnrealo an old
man and his daughter wero suspected of patriot
ism. Tho father died beneath tho whip : the
daughter, who was pregnant, Was stripped naked
and Bogged to death I
Gentlemen, there is a young man of twenty-
one years of age who docs theee things. This
young man is called Francis IT. This takes place
in the country of Tiberius. Is it possiblo ? It is
true. The duto T 1800 tho very year in which
we live. Add to this the fact c.f yesterday Pa
lermo crushed by bombshells, flooded with blood,
massacred. Add, again, this frightful tradition
of the extirmination of towns which seems tho
maniacal rage of a family, and w hich in history
will hidiuusly unbaptise this lamily, and change
Bourbon into Bouiba. Yes, a young man of twenty-one
commits all these deeds of darkness. Gen
tlemen, I declare to you that I feel myself struck
with a profound pity when thinking of this mis
erable petty king.
What horror I It is at an age when others lovo,
ood believe, and hope, that this miserable crea
ture tortures and kills 1 See what divine justice
does with a wretched soul. It replaces all the
generosities of youth and opening life with the
decrepitudos and the terrors of the end ; it fixes
the sanguinary tradition like a chain upon the
prince and the people ; it accumulates on the new
1 tenant of the throne the influences if the family. It
was necessary to delivery this pooplo ; I might al
most say it was necessary to deliver this king.
Garibaldi has taken on himself tho mission. Aud
Garibaldi who and what is Garibaldi ? lie ia as
hie follow-countrjmnn Virgil would turn him, Yi.
Has he an army f No ; a handful of volunteers.
Has he munitions T None. Has he powdor ? A
few barrels only. Has be cannon ? Those of the
enemy. Where, then, is his strength ? What
causes him to conquer ? What does be boar about
him ? The soul of peoples He goes he runs
bis march is a dream of flame ! his handful of
men terrify tho regiments; his feeble weapns are
enchanted, the bullets of his rifles check tho can
non balls ; be bears with bim revolution, and from
time to time, in tho chaos of the battle, amidst
clouds and lightning, like a Humerio horo, we see
behind him the goddess. However obstinate may
be the resistance, this warfare ia astonishing by
ite simplicity, It is the assault of a man upon a
royalty. His swarm floats in the air aiound him ;
women throw flowers at bis feet, men fight sing
ing, tbo royal army flees. The whole of this ad
venture is epio it is brilliant, formidable and
charming, like an attack of beos.
Behold those radiant stages of bis march, and I
predict to yoo that not one of them shall disap
point him in tho infallible fortunes of the future.
After Marsala Palermo; after Palermo, Messina;
after Messina, Naples; after Naples, Rome j alter
Rome, Venice j after Venice All. You who
now hear mo picture to yourselves this splendid
tieion Italy frec-frcc ; frei from the gulf of Ta
ran to to the Ugnnes of St. Mark, for I vow to thee
in thy grave, O, Mania! that Venice shall be pres.
ent at the festival. Tell mo does the mind's eye
sco t hat vision which to-morrow will bo a reality?
Sut it is done, All that was falsehood, ficli n,
darkness and ashes is dispcrsod. Italy lives, Ita
ly is I tul y. That which was a geographical term
is now a nation. Tbat which was a lifeless corpse
is now a living soul. That which was a spectra is
now an archangel ; tho mighty archangel of peo
ples ; Libirty ; Liberty erect with outstretched
n in;-9. Italy tho noble, Ita'y, that slopt in death
is now awake again.
Look at her, she rises and smiles upon the human
race, boo cries to Ureoco, I am thv t nugntcr ; to
France, I am thy mother. She has
her poets, her orators, hor artists, her philoso
phers all those councillors of humanity, all those
members uf the senate of ages, and on her right
and on her loft those two awful grandeurs Dante
and Michael Angelo, Oh 1 since politicians love
tho words, this shall be the most mnjasiio otaits
araimpU. What a triumph, what an advent,
what a wonderful phenomenon Unity with a sin
glu d ish of lightening passing through tho sister
cilics of Milan, Turin, Gonoa, Florence, Bi'.ogna,
Pisa, Sienna, Verona, Parma, Palermo, Messina,
Naples, Venico, Rome 1
Italy arises, Italy is in motion, paluil dca, she
bursts forth, she iaiparts to tho progress of the cu-
! tiro world tho great and joyous fever of her genius
land while Europe is electrified by this marvellous
I glare of light, there shall be no less ccstacy in
j tho eye of peoples, no less sublime reverberation
I on their brow, no loss dazzlement through this
new light that shall fall upon the earth than if a
no,v star (should shino forth from tho heavens.
Liberators are great. Lot the grateful acclama
tions of peoples fullow them in thoir divcrso for
tunes. Yesterday wo gave tears, to-day we sing
hosarmahs. Providence thus establishes tho equi
librium. John Brown succumbs in America, but
llari: nidi triumphs in Europe Humanity, stand
ing in consternation before the infamous gibbet of
Chailastown, is reassured befcro tho gleaming
sword of Culatifin).
O brothers in humanity, this is tho hour of joy
and congratulation. Let us put nsido all shades
of delusiveness, all political differences, which,
in a moment like this, are so little. At tho pres
ent 6actet hour, let us fix our eyes exclusively up
on that holy work, that solemn object, the vast
daj spring of enfranchised nations, and let us
send forth the sentiment of our united hearts in
ono formidable cry worthy of tho human raco
J7re la Liberia.' .Yes, siuco America, alas, eul.
lenly conservative of slavory, bends towards dark
ness, let Europe illuminate herself. Yes, let that
livilization of tho old oontinont Which has abolish,
ed superstition by Pascal, slavery by Wilberforce,
and tho scaffold by Beccaria, yes, let that elder
civilisation reappear with its splendor, which can
never be again extinguished, and let it erect above
mankind its ancient pharos composed of three
grand flames France, England, and Italy.
Gentlemen, ono word more. Let us not leave
this Sicily without throwing on her a last regard.
What is to be the conclusion of this splendid epo
pee ? What is to rise out of it ? A moral law,
a noblo law ; and that law is this Force coases to
exist. No, force is no more. Right alone exists.
There are now only principles, only peoples, only
.nulls those fotces of tho ideal; here, below, thcro
is only conscience, end Providence above. And
what is force? What is the sword ? Who amongst
those who think feels terror at tho sword Cer
tainly not we the free men of France ; certainly
not you the free mon of England. The sentiment
of right causes the head to bo borne erect. Force
and tbo sword are nothing. The sword is but a
hideous flash in the darkness a swift and tragio
a) phantasm. Right is an eternal ray ; right is
the permanenoe of truth in the soul ; right is God
living in man. Henco is it that where right ex
ists there is the ccrtitudo of triumph. A man,
a single man, who has right may be named Legion;
a single sword ocoompanied by right, is a thunder
bolt. To speak of right is to speak of victory. Obsta
cles! thare are none; no, there are none. There
can bo no vnto against the will of tho future. See
liow resistanco stands iu Europe. Austria is
stricken with paralysis, and resignation is coming
upon Russia. Look at Naples. She struggles in
vain) tho dying past waets its labor. The sword
evaporates in smoke. Those creatures calkd Lan
za, Landi, Aquila are phantoms. At the pres
ent hour Francis II fancies , perhaps he etill ex
ists. He deceives himself. I tell you here that
he is Dothing but a shadow. In vain he refuses
to capitulate, in vain ho assassinates Messina as
he has assassinated Palermo ; in vain ho clings
to his attrocilies there is an end of him ; ho has
rosigned, and the dark borscs of exile are now
pawing at his palace gates. Gentlemen I tell you
that right alone exists. Would you compare right
with force ; listen to these figures.
On the lUh of May 800 men landed at Marsala;
twenty-seven days afterwards the 7th of June at
Palermo, 17,000 terrified men demanded permis
sion to embark. The 800 represented Right, the
1700 represented Force. O I let the suffering
whorovcr they may be, console themselves ; let
those in chains take beart. All that is passing
now is logical. Yes ; Hope is coming on the four
winds of the horizon. Let the Mousiob, let the
Fellah, lot the serf, let the pariah, let the purchas
ed negro, let the white slave hope. Chains are a
net work whose mesbes bold together if one is
broken all is undone. Hence the solidarity of des
potisms. The Pope is more the brother of ths
Sultan than be fanoies. But, I repeat, the end is
come. Oh, bow admirable is the force of oircum
stanoes. There is something superhuman la deliverance.
Libeity is a divine abyss, which attraots. The
irresistible ia at the bottom of revolutions. Pro
gress is nothing else than a phenomenon of grav
itation. Who then shall arrest it ? Once the im
pulsion given the indomitable commences. O,
despots 1 I defy you. Stop the falling stone, stop
the torrent, stop the avalancbe.stop Italy, stop '89,
stop the world, precipitated by God into the light 1
(Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering.)
around
i,nr'in
[The following article was written while the
Methodist Conference was session in Buffalo]
CHURCH ACTION ON SLAVERY.
Ono of the most important lessons of history,
and yet one of the must difficult to learn, is the
fact that religious and political associations are
never thoroughly reformed. Through all the past
a corrupt Church has never been regenerated.
Whenever a great and radical change occurs in
tho moral and religious character of a pooplo, it
is accomplished either in spite of thoir existing
religious associations, or on their ruins. This
truth is so plainly written out iw the annals of
the past, that it ought tu be received as an axiom
the philosophy ot history. From tho days of
Jesus until now it has been illustrated ovor and
over ogain. When ho told his hearers that tliey
could not keen new wine in old bottles, be told
them a truth which has been repeatodly verified
in every religious revolution from the full of Je
rusalem to the present strugx'o fur Church reform,
now going on in thi9 ojuntry. Luther labored
long to confine tho now truths which burst upon
his vision under the forms and within tho enclo
sures of the Papul Church. But it was all in vain,
and he was com polled to burst away from her en
closure. Wesley did his best to keep tho new
wino of a moro evangelical religion within the faco
of tho English establishment, but tho effort failod.
The Engjish establishment is yet unchanged in its
general drift and influence. And so iu our day,
no great denomination in this country has as a
body evor been reformed in its relations to Ameri
can Slavery. There has been a growth of anti-
slavery sontimont in these denominations, but
whenever the question of cutting off their man
stealing members lias come to a practioal issue,
every one of them has failed. Churehanity has
always been too strongfur their Christianity. The
spirit uf the party has always been too powerful
for tho spirit of Christ. Tho desiro to proscrvo
tho Church from dissension has in every instance
trampled over love for the poor slave. The revolt
ing crime of mau-stcaliug still holds a place in all
tho leading denominations, with tho whole power
of ecclesiastical officialism in favor of its tolera
tion. Nor is there any well grounded hope that
any of theee denominations, as such, will put
away this ehnme and crimo from among them.
Take for example tho Methodist Episcopal
Church. Fi r a dozen years, or moro, a portion of
that community hero in the North has been labor
ing to drive slavery out of tho Church; but thus
far tho effort has beon unsuccessful, and ths Gen
eral Conference now in session at Buffalo, prom'
ses to lurmsu us another illustration ot how r ,t
to do it."
Petitions to the number of twenty thousand
names have been poured into that body in favor
of such a ohangti of the discipline, that it will com
pel the exclusion of slaveholders. But thesu peti
tions coma mainly from theluity, knd the church
is entirely governed by the clergy. These twenty
thousand petitioners hove immensely weakened
their power, by tho perpetual reiteration on their
part of a determination to stay in tho Church at
all hazards.
Hoemcr, Mattison, Bristol, and thoir associates,
have constantly broken tho whole force of their
denunciations of slavory in tho Church, by de
claring that they would continuo in tho body wi'h
the woman whippors, and cradle robbers of the
Southern Conferences.
On Buch a platform they Can never wioll moral
power over their colleagues. They denounce the
robber in one breath, and cling to him as a Chris
tian brother in the next. They preach against
man-stealing on Sunday morning, and comnu.ne
with tho man-thief in the evening. They adver
tise the Church on tho btart, that all thoir blowing
and blustering in favor uf freedom will amount to
nothing, provided she has tho ncivo not to be
frightened by it, and they thus lose the entire
power which a diinority has ovor a ourrupt majori
ty, by holding over them the prospect of secession
when the corruption becomes past cure.
Let tho thousands of Methodists who believe
slavebulding to be a crime, say to tho General
Conference, put away this crime, or wo will leave
your communion, and they w ill not be met any
longer by trickery and evasions, but the question
will have assumed a dignity which will bring the
Conference to terms.
If the horlhern Independent, and its suppor
ters, are again driven to the wall and snubbed in
this Conference we shall not be disappointed, nor
will our sympathies be strongly excited. They
have invited the Conference to trample upon their
rights. They have made tbeir own glorious cause
contemptible in the eyes of their enemies by put
ting their own ecclesiastical standing above that
cause, and protosting tbat they only moaut to make
some (uss in the Church, but that they would cling
to their man-stealing communion until kioked out
of It, notwithstanding their abolition speeches.
The fact is, that eome-out-ism is tho only effec
tive remedy for slavery in the Church. It is the
anti-slavery men in a pro-slavery Church who
keep up its reputation in the North. It is always
the case, that the good men in a corrupt Church
keep it in countenance. Talk to a Catholic about
the wicked deeds uf his Church, and bo will toll
you that it containod such men as Thomas Aqui
nas and Fenelon, and such women as Madam Guy-
on. Talk to a Methodist about slavery in his
Church, and be says yes. but we have an anti-
elavcry paper, and some eloquent anti-slavery
preachers, and something will be done. This has
been the great Methodist conscience plaster for
twenty years, and yet the slaveholders continue in
full fellowship, and the Abolitionists are the per
secuted olass. The Abolitionists stand on the de
fensive merely, and are cowed and snubbed at
every Conference.
Tbey have invited this treatment by continuing
to declare that they will not leave the Church for
any cause, and just so long as they oooupy this
crippled position, they will continue to be driven
to the wall. Let these anti-slavery leaders raise
the banner of revolution and secession, and they
will either bring the unwieldly body to terms, or
build up a new and strong Church, unstained by
the blood of the slave. FrtdcrUk Dowjha' l'aixr.
RIOTING AT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
It is an instanco of poetic justice, such as rarely
happens, that some of tho ringleaders in the at
tack madolast winter upon the freedom of speech
owed their defence from n similar attack aguinnt
themselves at thr Ircckinridgo moeting lust night
to that very police interference so bitterly tlcnoun
cod by them. Now that the boot is on the other
leg, and these gentlomcn find themselves on an j
side, we make sure of their speedy and (
complete conversion to the principle wo huvo j
always advocated, and to Mayor Henry's impartial
enforcement of that principle It is ono thing to''"-
be in the jubilant and insulting mob who claim !
the constitutional right to hiss, provided they have
their nionov, uhti it Is anothor and a verv i
different thins, as thesn iXTiniitiiler uf tho bill of
! riiztits now know, to bet the oLicctsj of such innults.
Kecant, then, gentlemen, all your legal arguments
and newspaper disquisitions, and confess that
when tho right of free speech is assaulted in your
own persons, it is very proper for tho polico to
intervene for its protection Philadelphia Inq.
1
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A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY.
We give tho following Republican and Demo
cratic accounts of a Ratification Meeting. One
aide or the other misrepresent, if nut Loth.
This is tho kind of stuff that is dislud up in parti
san papers husks, not fit for men. to feed upon,
though there may bo four footed brutes which
nature wuuld expect to grow fat on it.
DOUGLAS DEMONSTRATION
IN NEW LISBON.
TREMENDOUS ABSENCE OF THE
DEMOCRACY.
A SKELETON CONVENTION.
Miserable Fizzle!
WALLACE AND REILLY BACKED OUT.
THE BOSS TAKE POSSESSION.
ENTHUSIASM OVER THE LEFT.
NO RATIFICATION AT LAST.
i'S-vertisemonts in newspapers lor weeks back,
and great flaming posters have been extensively
circulated throughout the country, calling upon
the democracy to meet at the Court House jd Mon
day evening last, to ratify the nomination of Ste
phen A. Douglas. Monday night arrived, but tho
democracy "owing to their absence," did not
make their appearance, and when tho hour ap
proached for the gatheiing io of tho great masses
of the utiterrificd, it was really pitiable to witness
tho solemn Countenances and the despairing move
ments of a few of the wire workers, as they looked
in vain up ono street and down another, in search
of the expected delegations. At last, "a solitary
horseman;" as tho novelist would express it, was
seen dashing into town, and rounding to at Ham
ilton's tavern, hurridly asked if "there was room
for another horse." A loud laugh from tho bovs.
soon announcod to his astonishment that he was
bored bored through and through. A delegation
from Koox soon made its appearance in the shape
and form of the Ex-Sheriff, who was cordially
welcomed as adding another dulegato to tho most
skeleton looking convention that probably ever
assembled in New Lisbon. Tho delegation from
Perry came pouring in, to tho number of twit,
wccurately counted by our reporter. Wayne town
ship furnished another, and Franklin was equally
larychj represented. The streets and pavements
of tho town soon became crowded with just fiftcou
delegates from the country 'ncluding our friend
Jonathan anxious and determined to do Some
thing for democracy, they ilidu't precisely know
what. Tor,ey Wagoner the wheel horse of the
party refused to conio, doubting in his own miud
the democracy of Douglas; and hundreds of others
refused to come, having been humbugged lung
enough by the rotten and dishonest demagogues
who havo so long dictated to them what their prin
ciples should bo and for whom thoy should cast
their votes.
A consultation was now held as to whether this
great nigger, Mass County Convention had better
bo adjuurned to a more propitious time, but it
was finally concluded to send for a drum or two,
and by mahiug a dosperato effort in that way, en
deavor to get at least a sufficient number cf per
sons in the Court House to muke a show of busi
ness. The drums were procured, but they uttered
a dull, heavy, unearthly sound. Even tho man in
the moon couldu't stand it, aud soon retired be
hind a cloud. Beck rung the bell, and at about
oight o'olock, the meeting got to work. The House
was ahout half full, a largo number of the audi-
nco were Republicans, about forty democrats
present a number of them Breckenridge men
aud a lot of boys who were placed in the back
seats to do up the stamping and cheering. It was
a sorry looking sight iudecd, and if poor Douglas
birusolf could havo looked ia and witnessed the
miserable farce that was being played off ostensi
bly for bis benefit, he would huve discovered that
his humbuggory of squatter sovereignty could not
entrap very many of the honest yeomanry of Co
lumbiana county.
The only rcspeotable speakers announced On the
bill, Messrs. Wallace and Reilly, made it conve
nient to be absent, although tt was announced fur
number of days previous to the meeting, that
they were seloeted to address the Convention, and
bad, as was generally supposed, agreed to do so.
But they were not thar, and the meeting was left
to be addressed by any political loafer whom the
boys who bad oorrtrol of the concern might gee
proper to place upon tho stand.
Tom Woods spuke. The boys called hitn oat
with a rush. After giving a long detail of the
proceedings of the Charleston and Baltimore Con
ventions.he indulged in a few facetious and harm
less remarks about the Republican party. After
,lon "f ouglas had tuken the wind out of repnb
unpopular 'icons. This nobis thought should bo well aired.
voto w fts taken on the ratification. Thore
wer0 '00 mar1 anti Douglas tmn present to risk
Thcvo was no a ljonrnmcnt, every follow went
"ut Bfl UB cnm0 D. on his own hook. It was a
nl0U liI"3 proceeding throughout tho silliest hum
paid "K-0 t'dicul ms C?.lo nnd the most contcmpti-
Woods pot through, Mr. M'Curd was oalled upon,
but declined to speak. Somo thought they wcro
yelling desperate!) for the use of a cord, but we
do not believe that any Democrat wished to bang
liimsoll nt present, desperate as may be their par
ty prospects or their personal aspirations. Nut a
resolution was offered or passed ; and no allusion
waB mnJo ,0 1,18 platform, excopt that the nomine-
hlo farco over enacted. There was not enough of
enthusiasm to roC6e a fly, and the wholo thin
mowed tho utter foolishness ot trying to keep up
n" organization in this county, based upon non
intervention, and thus fiiving to the slaveholders
the right to ttiko their slaves where they ploaee
and keep them whero they please, The only fear
is now, that wo shall huvo no opposition this fal
no contention, no fight.
GREAT RATIFICATION.
GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION.
PATRIOTISM AROUSED.
IMMENSE CHEERING.
The Court House Root in the Canal.
COMMISSIONERS BEWILDERED.
DEMOCRACY ON THE WINDING WAY TO
EASY TRIUMPH.
The meeting at the Court House on Monday
night, was all any Democrat could ask. At an
early hour in tho evening tho people commenced
coming in from the country, and distant parts of the
county, aud at 8 o'clock they rushed in and filled up
up tho Court House fuller than we have
seen it for years. The meeting was im
mediately organized by electing Gen. Arm
strong President, and John Dellenbaugh Secre
tary. As toon as tho organization was per
fected, Judge Clark was called on for a speech,
and responded in an effort that was listened to at
tentively by the large audience, aud received with
frequent demonstrations of npplauso. The Judge
argued ably tho question of popular sovereignty
and tho claims of its great embodiment. He
showed up tho perfidy and recklessness of the
office seeking Abolitionists and hungry hangers on
of tho immortal rail splitter, and concluded with
some happy remarks as to the qualifications of the
Republican candidate. Mr. Wallace being ah'
sent, Mr. Woods was then oalled upon, and re
counted the proceedings at Charleston, and apoke
with soino ardor of the pride and hopes of Democ
racy as evidenced by tho demonstration of tho
night and the enthusiasm that was spreading over
tho whole oountry. The meeting was kept up till
a late hour. The utmost harmony and good feel
ing prevailc.d. The spirit and enthusiasm we
have never seen equalled. The campaign is op
ened and is now running itsolf. The Democracy
is on n rising wave of triumph and euro to win-
Black Republicanism stands aloof, cold, ghastly
and appalled. Republicans seo plainly Ihey have
no bopet. Tho coming man is foreshadowed, and
they have concluded to devote themselves to fight
ing for euunty spoils. Let them fight " 'tis dogs
delight." We hope our fellow Democrats will fol
low up the brilliant opening that has been made
uf the campaign, and lose no advantago they have
gained. Keep charging on Black Republicanism
till it is blotted out forover.
Methodist Slaveholders. The action of tho
recent Convention at Buffalo, whereby Methodists
weie advised not to be slave holders, has induced
some uf the members jf tho Southern Methodist
Society, thruugh J. D. Ouius, of Louisvillo, Ky.,
to invito members of the Northern Church who
j0 not bolJ nnli-Blavery views to unite with their
southern brethren. The following is the card of
invitation, as it appears ia the Louisville Journal:
"The Northern Methodist Church has, up to
this time, hud a part of six conferences in slave
Territory, numbering over 50,000 communicants
in slave States, which Bhe is now likely, oyo certain
to lose by secession. Tho action of the Buffalo
General Conference, thoy say, 'has put the last
feather upon the camel's back,' and it is broken
"Whether the secession will be an accession to
the Southern Church, or whether they will form a
separate organization is not determined, but will
depend in a large measure upon us of the South,
as some of them of the Baltimore work informed
mc; but be their final aotion what it may, seoes
sion is now inevitable.
"May I not say in bohalf of my brethren South
that a most hearty welcome i extended to every
one, minister and layman, to the bosom of a ehoreh
that preaches the religion of Christ as taught by
Him and His apostles, and leaves the institutions
of States io be managed by the States in tbsir
legislative bodies?
J. D. ONINS.
Tug Sanborn Seizure. The Grand Jury of
Middlesex county, Muss., bave just returned an
iudiotmont against the men who seized Sanborn.
The counts in the indictment are as fullows:--
First That they inveigled and seized Sanborn,
without any lawful warrant or authority, with
intent to send bim out of the Commtnwealtb.
Second An assault.
Third A foroible seizure with blent to confine
in the Commonwealth. And
Fourth--That they seized, confined and hand
cuffed bim with design of transporting bim out of
the Commonwealth,
No bill was returned against Sanborn, tot as
saulting the officers. Boston Herald.
A proposition has been made lo eonstruet an iron
Railway ovor the stioets of New York and to run
locooioiivea to all parti of the city,
YOUNG MEN.
The Republican party Is ths. party for youn
men. Its mschincry is not ulder the control of
sly old politicians, as is that of the Looofoco party,
who 'run' it for the purpose of lining their own
pockets. Its leaders are all comparatively youna
men, who have impressed opon it a portion of
their own generous views, and it looks to tM
young men of the country to secure it the
ene.y. It requires young, active, energetit) men to
fight battles and conquer its fues. It does not
deem it nocessary for a man to be throo score and
ten yours old before he is qualified fcr an office. Ii
protects the interests oX the young men wbq lfSttlf
for their sustenance in the rich Territories in tai
west, and aims to secure there free homes for free
men. It is opposed to the political fossils who)
would surrender ull our Territories to the domod
of slavery, rather than encounter any strife in re
gard to their disposition. Its bugle call to the rai.
ly for Freedom stirs the heart of a yoo'hg man id
its lowest depths, and beneath its banner will sood
rally a large party of the young men of the na
tion, and their aid will make it irresistible. Id
its ranks tho path of promotion is not crowded
and crammod with legions of hoary parasites who
trample down every young man who presumes to
ask a substautial recognition of bis services, as is
the case with tbo locofoco party 1 Its canJida.es
are both comparatively young mon, and its c'aief
honors aro bestowed upon those who are still id
their prime. Young men of Stark county take
your places in tho party vthich is worthy of Jctnr
ardent Bupport, end ia whith you will find a cod
genial home. m
So says the Slark County EepuUican. We
think the sad experience of all past Fresictehtal
campaigns are faintly and but faintly set forth
in the following paragraph which we copy frorrl
another paper. More to be dreaded than small
pox, more fatal than yellow fever, more terrible)
than cholera is the presidential pestilence.")
YOUNG MEN AND POLITICS.
Very many young men contract habks of indo
lence nnd dissipation in a Presidential contest
which they nevermore overcome. Excited, enthu
siastic, ambitious, they identify their personal for
tunes with those of their party, often dreaming of
some post in the customs, some post-offico, or oth
er well paid place, as the reward of their zealous,
persistent exertions. Rut the eleciion passes; and
their party is defeated ; or, evc9 if successful,
there ire forty aspirants for every place; 8!hd of
course thirty. nine must be disappointed and desti
tute. Sometimes the babits tbey have insensibly
acquired in seeking tbeir coveted place render ita
bestowment impossible. The general tritimpb it
achieved ; but tho personal advantage tbey hoped
from it has eluded tbeir grasp. Blighted In Hopes'
and shattered in constitution, they now bid adieu1
to energy and aspiration, seeking oblivion and a
wretched momentary solace in the drunkard's pois;
oned cup or the suicide's misorablo end;
'The Ohio delegates brought back with tLenf
from Chicago, a rail, one of the original three)
thousand split by Lincoln in' 1830, and though it
bears tbo marks of years, is still tough enough for
service. It is for Tom Corwin, who intends taking
it with fiirt as he stumps the Buckeye State for
honest old Abe.'
The abovo is told by a paper devoted to the 13
tcrests of 'old Abe' and is tuld with as much self,
complacency &nd assurance as if the ability tat
split rails qualified him to perform the duties of
President. And why t Simply o gull boftirt
folks to make them think that the 'Iloti. Abra
ham Lincoln,' the lawyer and demagogue, is 'old
Abe' the farmer? Shame on such mean, lowlived
craft! And then see how rowdylsti 'old Ab
sounds I bow wanting iu respect for one whotn
tbey are tryiDg to raise to what they call the
highest office in the world I I should think every
honest man would turn away from such party
in discus!: and vet the other early is no belief.
Hungry, unprincipled deniagogiies lead botk, ioej
will deceive, and cheat, and wheedle and gull the'
people all they can, though not, perhaps, in the
same way. Pleasure Boat.
Crews of Slaters Discharges. Judge JfafM;
of tho United States District Court South, has dis
charged the crows of the slavers Wildfire and
William, captured with hundreds of African slaves
on board, add brought in to Key West. Tba
Judge decided there was nothing in tho law of
1820 to bold tbem. A passage was given them
over to Havana, and they are at liberty to ittor"
upon piratical expeditions ngain, assured of safety
and good treatment if caught by Uuited States
eruisers. The mockery of holding some of tbo
officers for trial is still teing enactod. Lender'.
THE PLATFORM OF ALL THE PARTIES.
I. Every man for mvself.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Rotation from one office re ariotberV
To (be victors Lelonjr tK9 Spoils.
Out With (be tot, and iu with the OutsV
All's fair in politics.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ratuir Overdone. "The talons of tbat proud'
bird whiou tore th? flag of Ireland's' Oppressor"
from the cloud-piercing topmast, which for suoceK
sive oonturies pierced the belt ofOrion as Be beef
ed bis nightly course in the heavens, will not pause'
to elutub with fierce iro and to scatter in a thous
and shreds the breee-ffaunting emblems of oceans
io peuedo-sovereignty. Gentlemen, the beak of
that glorious fowl will dart With' the velocity of
lightning to avenge the wrongs of outraged Ire-
land, and to vindicate the bleeding of lbs f lorrodi
fatherland." Extiaot from an oration by John
Minor Botts.
But suppose Oritn should lake the topmast out
of his bell, and, wreathing in the rainbow ami
blame of pseudo-sovereignty, bit the bird a sockl
dologer with the bull and, bow would that strika
the glorious fowl, Mr. Jluttf
Tba total length of railroads i.n Gsrnarjy, ( lb
close of 1859, was 7,CU9n)ileV ' . w " .

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