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MILLERSBURG,-. HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1836.
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Poetry.
SALT RIVER RIDE.
SALT RIVER RIDE. BY J. M. R.
li 0'tt fmr ike Wf.n
AU ytm wbo're bound to trmrH
Salt river-ward this Fall -;
Tbe bvom boat about to tare, '
Vlll take yon one and all. .
Sbe starts la aext November,
Buchanan fa her name,
And vhea yon hear bar Optaiii'i
Yea'll find it is the same.
" Wait for Bacaanati,
' Wait for Burfaatian, :
Wait 'till November
Whon he's bound to go I
Thv beat State-rooms are taken ii.
By men of Thorn toto Mheer,T
ferare men like Br Its and Attkwm
6o don't bo afcerT;
And Douglas and Stringfellow
Hare taken passage too,
With Shannon and his rvjfcv,
. Wbo Pierce murders do.
' v . Wait lor Buchanan, &c
Thero's Ednrandson and Kcitt too,
Cat'ltoa's "drmcz aClvfa,"
Who help'd to gg our Senators
They're packed up all tbvir dudK ;
And Breckenridge has got a forth,
Along with Captain BucL,
And n-hen tbey get well under war,
Ul course they'll hare good lurk.
Wait lor Buchanan, 4c
llill. Fillmore is Ihejrtt mate,
And certainly most know
That, as he says he mwmm't submit
Of coarse he'U have to go.
'o one who goes need be afraid
That boat will run ashore,
For Ijmris Cass the pilot is,
. And Ac's been there befvre. -
Wait fur Bnchanan, &c
T Is safe fnr any one to go,
Cnlem he's Irish born ;
But all wbo're from the Emerald Isle
liad best go "ia kar";
FoiHerbert's Judge, and Jurors, too,
llave all paid in their fare,
And ererybodr knows, of course,
With Herbert will be there.
- Wait iqr Buchanan, Ac.
Cap'a mBncV expects our Germen friends
When he gets under war,
But nearly all say "Air hum rsw,"
' The others "JV'ti vereUduT;
'-. The Yankee, too, he said he'd giro
Free tickets iur the ronte; .
fiat Joathsn screwed ap bis phis
And told bim to "git tout?
Wait for Buchanan, kc
The officers of enstosaa J
Are ticketed the scamps ;
Fostma&ters, who have sold themsf Ives, -
Way now sell oat thir tamj ;
Stare-drivere, with their bowle-knieet
And all their murdering ereV, '
Are bo U take tbe trip, and leave
- All honest lolka like yoo. . .
V Wait for Buchanan, ftc
2?ow, tf anybody here to-day,
Expects to, take the ride,
Upon the famous Saline stream,
y And stem its raging tide !
Or any doughface wBchaneer," :
, . la bound to take the trip,
Boat go without your PiomEEtt
I pray yon stop a bit
And wait for Bnrlianan, &e.
SALT RIVER RIDE. BY J. M. R. Political Matter.
FREMONT'S AND BUCHANAN'S PRINCIPLES
CONTRASTED.
Platforms of the Philadelphia and
Cincinnati Conventions.
LET ALL READ AND DECIDE JUSTLY.
FOR FREEDOM.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,
Adopted by the Republican National Convention,
Philadelphia, June 17, 1856.
. Tliis Convention of Delegates, assem
bled in pursuance of a call addressed to
the people of the United Slates without
regard to past political differences or divi
sions, who are opposed to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise; to the exteution of
slavery into free territory; in favor of the
admission of Kansas as a Free State; of
restoring the action of the Federal Gov
ertmcnt to the principles of Washington
-Jefferson ; and for the puqxise of pre
"stv. candidates for offices of President
anaV fce President, do
"1. Retolve, That the maintenance of
the principles promulgated in the Declara
tion of Independence and embodied in the
Federal Constitution, are essential to the
preservation of our Republican institutions,
and that the Federal Constitution, the
rights of the States, and the Union of the
tttates shall le preserved.
'2. Resolved, That with our Republi
can fathers we hold it to be a self-evident
truth that all men are endowed with cer
tain unalienable rights of life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, and that the pri
mary object and ulterior design of the Fed
eral Government were to secure those rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdic
tion ; that as our Republican fathejs, when
they had abolished slavery in all our Na
iiooal: Territory, ordained that no person
should bo deprived of life, lilerty or pro
perty, without due process of law, it be
comes our duty to maintain this provision
of the Constitution against all attempts' to
violate it for the purpose of establishing
Slavery in the territories of the United
States, by positive legislation, prohibiting
its existence or extension therein. That
we deny the authority of Congress, of a
Territorial Legislature, of any individual
or association of individuals, to give legal
assistance to Slavery in any Territory of
.a ITnitrtd Kin .
wHwa, -Aiiiiu uk) present ion
Btitution shall bo maintained.
"3. Resolved, Tliat the Constitution
confers upon Congress, sovereiim t tower
over the Territories of the United States for
their government, and that in the exi-cise
of this power it is both the right and the
entire duty of Congress to prohibit in the
Territories those twin relicts of barbarism
r Polvcamy and Slavery. .
M4. " Resolved, That while the Consti
tution of the United Suites was ordained
and established by the people in order to
form a more ieirfect union, establish jus
tice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defence, promote tne gen
era! welfare, and secure the blessing of Lib
, crl v,' and contains ample provisions for the
protection of life, liberty, and property of
every citizen, the dearest constitutional
rights of the eople. of Kansas have been
fraudulently taken from them;
Their Territory has been invaded by an
armed force;
Spurious and pretended Li-gislative, Ju
dicial and Executive officers liave been set
over them, by whose usuqxd authority,
sustained by the military power of the gov
ernment, tymiiicaland unconstitutional laws
have beeu enacted and euforeed ; - ' .
The rights of the jx-ople to keep and
bear arms have beyn infringed ;
Test oaths of an extraordinary and en
taug'iug nature have beeu imosed as a
condition of exercisiug tile right of suf
frage and holding office ;
The right of an accused person to a
speedy and public trial by an impartial ju
ry Jias beeu denied ;
. The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, pajiers and effects
against unreasonable searches and captures
biujniueu violated ;
They Lave been deprived of life, lilierty
8iid property without due process of law;
That freedom of speech and of the press
has Iweu abridged : " .
The right to choose their own represen-
i.-ujves n.-is (-ecu made t no eltcct;
Murders robberies and arsons, have been
instigated and encouraged, and the offen
ders have been allowed to go unpunished ;
Hint all these tilings have lecu done
with the knowledge, sanction and procur
ment of the present Xati4m.1l Admiuistra
tion, and for this high crime against flie
Constitution, the Union, and humanity,
we arraign that Administration, the Pn-s-idi-nt,
his advisers, agents, suportcrs, ajxil
ogists and accessories, either before or af
ter the facts before the country anil be
fore the world ; and that it is our fixed
nuriKwe to brim-; the actual ix-riH-tralors of
these atrocious outrages, mid their accom
plices to a sure and condign punishment
hereafter. .
"5. Resolved, That Kansas should be
immediately admitted as a State, of the
Union, with bcrpreseut Free Constitution,
as at once the most effectual way 4f securing
to her citizens Ike rights and privik-g?s to
which thev are entitled, and of ending the
evil strife now ragiii!-; in her Territorj'. ,
"6. Jiesotveti, 1 hat the highwayman s
plea, 'that might makes right,' embodied in
the Ostend Circular, was in every respect
unworthy of American diplomacy, and
would bring shame and dishonor ujou any
government 4r people who gave it their
suction.
"7. Rosolved, That a Railroad to the
Pacific Ocean by the mast 4"cntral and
practicable route is imperatively deniandi-d
oy 1110 lnu-rest ot llie whole country, auu
that the Federal Government ought to ren
4ler immediate and efficient aid in its con
struction, and as an auxiliary thereto, the
immediate construction of an emigrant route
along the line of the railroaiL
"8. Resolved, lhat appropriations ty
Congress for the improvement of rivers aud
harbors, of a national character, are re
quired for the accommodation and security
of our existing 4ommerce, authorized by
the Constitution, and justified by the obli
gation 4f the Government to protect the
lives and property, of its citizens.
'9. Resolved, That we invite the" affil
iation and co-operation of men of all par-tk-s,
however 4liffercut frcim us in 4ther re-s-c
, in support 4f the princjiles herein
declared, ami lielieving that tile spirit 4f
our institutions as well as the Constitution
of our country guarantees liberty' of con
science and equality of rights among citi
zens, we- oppose all legislation imjiairmg
their security.
FOR SLAVERY.
BUCHANAN PLATFORM.
The Cincinnati Convention, of June,
1856, which nominated James Buchanan
for the Presidency, after reiterating the
Pierce "Baltimore Platform," of "l854,
repudiated "River and Harbor Improve
ments, a National Bunk, the distribution
4f the proceeds of the public binds," fcc
fea, adopted the following in addition, as
the Buchanan Platform.
Whereas, Sinec the fort-going declara
tion was uniformly ailoptcxi by our prede
cesssors in National Convention, an ad
verse jKilitieal and religious test has been
secretly orgnnized by: a party claiming to
be exi-lusivclv Ami-rit-aus, and it is proper
that the American Democracy sluuiid clear
ly define its relations tlu-reto aud declare
its detennined 4osilion to all secret jm
litical svietie., by whatever name they
may be called :
Rcsolvct, That the foundation of this
Union of States having lx-cn laid in its
prosperity, expansion and pre-eminent ex
ample in free government, built upoii en
tire freedom in matters of religious con
cerns, and no resjiect to iersons in regard
to rank or plaee 4f birth, .no party can
justly be deemed national, constitutional,
or 111 accordance with American principles,
which bases its exclusive organization upon
religious opinions and luvideutal birthplace.
And hclii-e a jolitii-al crusade in the nine
teenth century, and in the United States
4t -America, against Catholics and for
eignborn, is neitlu-r justifud by the past
history or the future prospects of the coun
try, nor Ls in unison with the spirit 4f tol
eration aud enlarged freedom which
liarly distinguished the America!! system
of popular ;oV4'niment
Resolved, That we reiterate with renew
eil energy of purpose the wcll-considen-il
di-claration of former couventiBis u)ii the
sectional issue 4f domestic slavery, and
concerning the resen'cd rights of the
States.
Resolved, That Congress has no power
under the Constitution, to interfere with
or control the domestic institutions of the
wwral States, and that such States are the
pole mid proper judges of everything np-
ivri.iiiiinir 10 uieir own annirs. not liromo-
ited by the Constitution, that all efforts of
the abolitionists or others, made to induce
Congress to interfere with questions of sla
very, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto, are calculated to K-ad to the most
alarming and dangerous eonsomiences: and
that all such eflort-s have nn inevitable
tendency to diminish the happiness of the
people, and euilanger the stability and jier-
mauancy of tlie Union, and ought mt to
be count4iianced by any friend of our po
litical institution..
Resolved, That the foregoing prorsi
tion ctivers, and was inteiuled to 4-mbtJice,
the whole subjert of slavery agitation in
Congress, ami tueretire, the Democratic
party of the Union, standing tij4n this
national platform, will abide by and adhere
to a faithful execution of the acts known
as the compromise measures isottliil by the
Congress 4f 1850; "the act for reclaiming
fugitives from service or kbor," included;
which act, being 4lcsigned to carry -ut
au exjiress provision of the constitution,
cannot, with fidelity thereto, Ik? reealcd,
4jf so ehangetl as to impair 4 destroy its
efficacy. -
- Resolved, That the D4-mocrntic party
resist all - attempts at renewing, in Con
gress 4-r 4Mit of it, the -agitation 4if the sla
very questnm, under whatever s!mpe4r co
lor the atteni it may be made.
Resolved, That the Democratic party
will faithfully 'abide by and uphold jhe
principles laid down in the Kentucky ami
Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in there
port of Mr. Madisou to the Virginia Leg
islature, in 1700; that it adopts those
principh-s as constituting 4ne of the main
foundations of its politit-al creed, ami is
res4lved to carry them out in their obvious
meaning and imxrt.
And tluit we may more distinctly meet
the issue on which a sectional party, sub
sisting exclusively on slavery agitation,
now relies-to test the fidelity of the jieoph',
North aud South, to the constitution and
the Union.
Resolved, That claiming fellowship with
and 4h-siring the oojxvation of nil who
regard the preservation 4f the Union, un
der tlie Constitution, as the paramount is
sue, and n-pudiating all sectional parties
and platforms concerning domestic slavery
which seek to embroil the States and cx-
cite tri-as4)H and armed resistem-c to law in
the- Territories, and whose avowed puqiose,
if consummated, must end in civil war and
disunion, the American ilemocracy recog-:
nizu aud adopt tlie principles contained in
the organic laws establishing the Terril4
ries of Kansas and Nebraska, as cuiIkhIv
ing the only sound and safe solution of the,
slavery question upon which the great na
tional iilon of tlie pwiple - of this .wlude
country can n-poso in ils detenuiiK-d con
servatism of the Union aud non-interference
by Congress with slavery in the Ter
tories or in the Distsict of C4lumbia.
Resolved, That this was the basis of
the Com iron lise of 1850 confirmed by
both the De-moeralic and AVhig parties in
national UonvctiUons ratihcd ly the peo
ple in the election in 1852 and rightful
ly applied to the organization of Territories
iu 1854.
Resolved, That by the uniform appli
cation of this domestic principle, to the or
ganization 4f Territories, and to the admis
sion of new Suites, with or without domes
tic slavery, as they may ehrt the equal
rights of all the States will lie intact
the original compacts of .the constitution
maintained inviolate and the perpetuity
and the expansion of the Union iiwivased
to its utmost capacity 4f embracing, iu
pence and harmony, every future American
Slate that may be. constituted or aunexed
with a Republican form of Government.
Resolved, That we recognise the right
of the people of all the Territtwies, includ
ing Kansas and Nebraska, acting through
the legality anil fairly expressed will tf the
majority of actual residents; aud whenev
er the number of their inhabitants just ifit-s
it, to form a constitution, with or without
domestic slavery, and lie admit ted into the
Union upon the terms of perfect equality
with other States.
Resolved, finally, That in view of the
condition of popular institutions in the Old
World, (aud the dangerous tendencies of
sectional agitation, combined with the at
tempt to enforce civil and religious disa
bilities against the right of acquiring and
4njoying citizenship, in our own land,) a
high and sacred duty is devolved with in
creased responsibility upon the di-mocratic
party of this country, as the party 4if the
Union, to uphold and maintain the rights
of every State, aud thereby the Uuiou tf
the Suites; and to sustain and advance
among us constitutional lilierty, by contin
uing to resist all monopolies and exclusive
li'gislntion ftr the benefit 4f the few at
the expense of the many, and by vigilant
and constant adhernnce to those principles
and compromises of the coiistituti4n, which
arc broad enough and strong enough to
embrace and uphold the Union as it was, the
Union ns it is, mid the Union as it shall
be, in ihe full expansion of the energ'n
aud capacity of tliis great and progressive
people.
Resolved, That there are questions con
nected with the foreign policy of this coun
try, which are inferior to no donutic ijues
tion whatever. The time has come for tlie
people of the United Sl-ilvs to d4-clare
thcms4-lve iu favor of free si-as, and pro
gressive free trade throughout the world,
and, by solemn manifestations, to place
their moral influence at the sido of their
successful examph',.
Resolved, That our geogmpicnl and jm
litical position with reference to the other
States of this continent, no less than the
interest of our commerce and the develop
ment: of our growing jxiwi-r, requires that
we should hold as sacred the principh-s in
volvctl iu the Monroe Doctrine; their U-nr-ing
and inqiort admit of no misconstruc
tion; they should be applied with unbend
ing rigility.
Rosolved, That the great highway
which nature ns well as tlie assent of the
Stali-s most immediately in its mainte
nance, h.-is marked out for a free commu
nication between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, constitut-is one of the most import
ant achievement! realized by the spirit of
modern limes and The unconquerable en
orgy of our jieoplc. The result should In
secured by a timely nnd efficient exertion
of the control which we have the right to.
claim oyer it, and no power on earth should
be suffered to iuqiode or clog its progress
by any interference, with the relations it
may suit our policy to establish between
our government and Ihe governments of
those btales withm whose dominion 11 ik-s.
We can uuder no circumstances, surrender
our jirejKindereuce in the adjustment of all
questions rising out of it.
Resolved, That in view of so C4im
mnndiug an interest, the people of the
United States cannot but sympatluse with
the efforts which are being made by tlie
jieople of Central American to regenerate
that jKirtion 4f the contineut which cocrs
the passage across the iuter-ocvan Isth
mus. Resolved, That the Administration of
Franklin Pierce has been true to Di-mo-cratic
principles, and thcrcfoiv to the gri-at
interests of the country; in the face of vi
olent 4pHsitiou he has maintained the
laws at luiiue, and viudicati-41 the rights
of America u citizens abroad; nnd tlu-re-fore,
we pmcliiiin our unqualified admira
tien 4if his measures and policy.
Resolved, That the Democratic party
will expect of the next administration that
every projMT effort will be made to insure
our assi-udency iu the Gulf of Mexico, and
to maintain a permanent protection to the
great outlets which are emptied into its
waters the products raised out of the soil
and the commodities created by the indus
try of the people of our western valleys,
and the Union tit large.
Buchanan as a Soldier.
The democrats attempt to make the im
pression that Buchanan was a soldiir of
the war of 1812 that though he spoke
against the war, he redeemed himself by
fighting in it. There is not a word of
truth in this story. The fiict is, he was a
member of a military company in Penn
sylvania, and when that company was call
ed into sen ice, he backed out and refused
to go. The company to which he belong
ed went off to Canada and fought at Lun
dv's Lane, and other places, and he stayed
at home. The war of 1812 lasted three
years, and it raged all around 1dm, while
he was a young man subject to military
duty, and if lie had any spirit in him, he
would have done some service for his country-
" . V.
We have the proof furnished by a Penn-
sylv.mia paper, published in the same
county where Buchanan was born : '
From the Frederic (Jld.)' Examiner.
We clip the following from the Cham
bersburg,' Pa., Repository St Transcript, a
newspajK-r published for the last sixty odil
years in the same county where Mr. Buch
anan was born and which is reasonably
presumed to know something of his peron
al history. It must be borne in mind that
the sham Di-mocrai-y claim great credit
for their nominee on the score of being an
"old defender."
The Phihulclphia Argus rejoices that
James Buchanan was not too much of a
Federalist ti shoulder his musket ami
inarch-to the defence of Baltimore in 18
14. If the Argus can show that Jas, Bu
chanan ever saw Baltimore that year we'll
deny that Franklin county gave him birth.
Mr. Alex. W. Hood, an early friend and
neighlxir of James Buchanan, but at pres
ent residing a few miles south of this city,
relates, that in August, 1814, several V4l
nntei'r compaim-s, in resionsc to the call
for troos, met at a place of rendezvous in
Franklin county, Pennsylvania, for the pur
pose of forming a battalion to proceed iu
defence of the country to Ihe Canadian
frontier, and that James Buchanan who
was a memlier af the "Mereersburg Volun
teer Riffle Company," nnd about tweentv
others BACKED OUT AND REFUSED
TO GO. Mr. Hood remembers the cir
cumstance perfectly, and heard a number
of young men TAUNT MR. BUCHAN
AN FOR HIS COWARDICE. The
companies marched off without Buchanan
and his recreant party. Mr. Ibiod went
with the companies, aud was at the famous
battles of Chippewa and Lumly's Lane, at
the hitter of which he received a bayonet
wound iu tho right side, the houomblc scar
of which he yet bears.
So, it appears that Hon. James Buchan
an is not entitk-d to the credit of being
one of Baltimore's gallant "defenders," but
that when called ujion to serve his country
in the luur of need, he positively refusetl,
although trained as a citizen soldier, to
take up arms in her defence. He has ever
been ready to reap tho spoiLs 4f victory,
but never did aught to deserve them.
John Bkough's Opisiox. Unpalata
ble as it is to the Buck-African corporation,
will have to be administered, and if it does
cause 4-onsiderable retching nnd squirm
ing, you'll have to swallow it, and gel used
to it too for there's more of the same
sort where if came from.
A few days ago John Brough was in
this plnec, and one of our citizens invited
him to address the Republican meeting 4if
the 12th. Mr. Brough replied that it was
no use to make speeches now ; that the
question w'ns already settled as to. who
would lie our next President ; ami that if
any sensible man had any doubts upon his
mind, the news from Maine, just received,
ought to eradicate tlu-m. He said lie had
some experience in political mutters; knew
somewhat how to judge of events by the
signs of times; considered that a current of
Northern and Free seutimcnts was at work,
such as would sweep everything before it;
and that this current w.-is as irresistnble
and would bo as ovi-rw helming as that
which washed tlie face of the Republic in
1K49. Alluding to that particular period,
he said, further, that in 1840 ho stum4-d
the State of Ohio for Mr. Van Buren, dur
ing which canvass he nuuje 121 speeclu-s;
that during a great jwirt 4f that time he
was working without faith; that he then
predicted the defeat of the Democratic can
didate, and that the. signs of the times
NOW indicated the same stale of affairs
they indicated then ! He also said that he
intended to make but one political spin-ch
this campaign, nnd he W4uiiT make it at
Cincinnati a short time before the election.
Lcllefontainc Republican. .'
GovEKMOii Shakson. This soiuowhat
notorious individual passed through Co
lumbus day before yesterday, for his home
in St, Clnirsvilln. 'Ho appeared downcast
and shunning observation. Slate Journal
of Thursday, '
From the Nashville Gazette.
From the Nashville Gazette. The Whole Truth out at Last--
Lewis and Gen. Jackson
Testifying.
The antics, in their wratli, vowed that
General Jackson never spoke 4f Buchanan
as represented by the American press.
The following letters will show on win'
side truth api-nrs. Major William B.
Ix-wis, the bosom frieiul 4f Gen. Jackson
for wrhVs thus:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 1845.
Mv Dear General : two tial
and v4-ry interesting letters 4f the 4lh
ami 5th hist, have leen roeeivi-41 and dis
jVised of as requested. I am happy to
say that I am entirely satisfied, and so is
Mr. Blair, with the gentlemen who it is
supjHiseil will constitute the new cabinet.
Mr. Biair nnd myself both think it doubt
ful, li4iwever, w hether Mr. Buchanan will
accept ujion the terms projioscvl, (lie should
not be appointed unless he does,) as he is
full 4f Ihe idea as slated to you in my pre
views letters 4f being a 4-audiihite for the
succession. If he should not accept, I
supjwsc the State 4lepartmi-nt will then
be offered to Mr. Stevenson. . With or
without Mr. Buchanan, however, I think
the Cabinet will be an able one, and fully
entitled to, and 4loubtless will receive the
coiifich-nce of the nation.
The truth is; General, I have never had
any great res-iccl for Mr. Buchanan, and
of 'bite I have even had less than formerly.
He did not come out upon the subject of
that "bargain, intrigue and corruption"
charge upon Messrs. Clay and Adams in
1825, as he ought to have done, and as
was expected of him. Besides, I have
lu-ard him say, not more than a month
ago, that he did not and Itvver had believ
ed there was any truth in the charge.
This occurred at Mr, 's dinner ta
ble, and the remarks "were addressed to
Jiulge Mangum, the President of the Sen
ate. But having taken placo -at the time
and place when it did, I have said nothing
about it to any tme.
General Jackson replii-d as follows:
HERMITAGE,
Feb. 28, 1845,
Maj. Win. B. Lewis:
My Dear Major. Your interesting hitter
of the 17th hist, is received, advising that
mine of the, 4th anil 5th had reached.
Before this reaches you Col. Polk's cabi
net will lie known, and I Am sure there
will no one compose it unless under the
terms I named to you. Should there lie,
then Col. Polk must have changed his
mind after he left me. Your observations
with regard to Mr. Buchanan are correct.
Ho shew a want of moral courage in the
affair of the intrijruo of Adams and Clay
did not 4I0 me justice iu the exjiose'he
then made, and I am sure about that time
did believe there was a jierfect understand
ing lietwcen Adams and Clay about tho
Presidency aud the Secretary of State. -This
I am sure of. But whether he view
ed that llicre was any corruption in the
case or not, I know not, but one thing 1 do
know, that he wisheil me to C4imbat with
them with their own W4-npou that was,
to let my friends say if I was elected, I
would make Mr. Clay Secretary of State.
This to me app4an-4l dtn-p corruption, aud
I repelled it with lhat honest indignation
as I thought such corruption deserved.
Mr. Buchanan is a man of tine talents, and
if ho comes into the department of State,
will execute the duties with ability.
I was truly astonished at some informa
tion brought by Mr. A. Jackson, Jr., from
Nashville the other day. It was this; that
Col. Laughlin had went on to Washington
had boui'ht an interest in the Madison-
inn, and expected to make it the organ of
the administration; llus,"if true, would
lie one of the most fatal sleps for Col.
Polk lhat could be taken it would be
placing him in the shoes 4f Mr. Tyler, ami
Laughlin traveling on with tho Col. to
Washington would place CoL Polk under
the implication of taking him there f4ir that
purposi-, which I am sure was not the
c-ase. Common sense will at 4nce show
the evil cons4Xjui-nci-s that must ensue to
Polk, to put himself in the attitude 4f fa
voring Mr. Tvler, for the smression. It
would split the Democracy to. pieces, and
redound to the great injury of Polk's ael
miuistration. 1 have, from the moment 1
heard it, put my face against it, and hope
I have clu-ckcd this iiiconsith-rnto move
ment. I hope there is no truth in the ru
mor. If there is, there is less common
sense in the movers than I calculated up
on. Let me hear from you. Your sister,
Mrs. LesU'r, and one. of her -daughters,
sjM-nt day ln-fore yesterday with us. They
all enjoy gmul health. All my household
join me in the kindest salutious.
Your friend,
ANDREW JACKSON.
P. S. My shortness of breath incrctaus,
I am greatly afflicted.
The undersigned have examined a letter
in the possi-ssion of Allen A. Hall, Esq., of
which the above is a true, 4fim-4-t and ex
net copy. They are acquaints! with the
hand writing of Gen. Andrew Jackson;
and herewith certify that every part of said
letter is in his hand-writing, to tho best of
their knowk-dge nnd Miff.
S. D. MORGAN,
WASHINGTON BARROW.
G. M. FOGG,
EDWIN H. EWING,
JNO. S. BRIEN.
JNO. TRIMBLE.
Nashville, Aug. 14, 1856.
Reader, licit! you have the whole truth
out at hist, Major Lewis and Gen. Jackson
testifying. Pray, what do you now think
of the alien squatter sovereignty candidate
a man who 4-aused a dark cloud to hang
over the immortal Clay until ho closetl
his eves in death ! Can you vite for him ?
Never!
Contemplated Negro Rising in
Texas.
Tho Galveston News has a letter from
Columbus, Colorado county, Sept. Oth, dis
closing the discovery "of a well organized
and systematical plan fnr tho murder of the
entire white population of the ixmnly, with
tho exception f the young lndi4-s, who
were to be taken captives aud made the
wives of the diabolical mimleit-rs of their
parents and friends." The coinmitlee of
investigation found the negnx-s in posses
si4n of arms and ammunition, their motto
being, "Leave not a shadow behind."
Tli4-v wt-re to rise on ' the Cth, complete
tln-ir work of death and plumler, and th-o
to Mexico. Happily the plot was-discov-eiwl
and frustrated. More than two hun
dred negroes W4-re implicated, ami thn-eof
the ringk-aders were taken ami hung ou the
5th. Every Mexk-nn in the county was
arrested and sent off, never to return under
iH.-naltv of death. The Vigilance Commit
tee sav "We are satisfieil tlie lower class
of the Mexican Hipulntion are incendiaries
in any country where slaves are la-Id, and
shouid lie U-lt with accordingly.
Such au "institution'' the Buchaniers
would establish in Kansas and westward to
tlie Pacific
From the Progressive Age.
Maj. Sapp and Mr. Dunn's Bill.
From the Leaders of the Biu hanan pnr
tv in this congressional district, dowu to
tie little wifiets that yelp af their heels,
there has b-cn for the lt month, a con
tinual howling against Major Sapp, and
the Rejml'lieau liiemliers of Congress, be-4-ase
thev votel for Dunn's bill; the 41b-
ject 4f which, was the restoration of ihe
Missouri compromise, tlie abrogation 01
the infamous territorial laws of Kansas,
the pacification of the troubles in jhal ter
ritory, and to s4-cure tho peace of the coun
try. "
And with a gross misrepres4nation of
the object nnd tenor 'of the lull have charg
ed that it fnsteucil slavery uon Kansas for
two years, ami extended the Fugitive Slave
law over that country.
These charges, we say, aro without the
least slindow of foundation in truth. The
act d4;nominated the Fugitive Slave law
aln-ady extends to all the territories as
well as the states; and no further act coufil
further extend it; therefore it was not iu
the frnst degree, altered or tnlarge4l by
that bill. As to the other feature of the
bill; the proviso was offered by way of
compromise, liie Kepubheans m con
gress were anxious to'put an end to tho
crime and outrages committed Uwm the
Free Stale men in Kansas, and had made
several propositions to their opjxments to
secure the abrogation of these infamous
territorial laws, but in vain. Notwith
standing these laws had been pronounced
by several distingnishid members of Con-
gross of both political jmrties, as unconsti
tutional and a disgrace to the age. - Under
these circumstances Mr. Dunn introouceil
his bill which provided for the abrogation
of the infamous territorial code, tlie restor
ation of the Missouri Compromise, and the
pacification of the trouliles in Kansas. It
also provides by way 4if compromise, that
the Fugitive Slave law should have the
same binding force that it had under the
Missouri Compromise, and no more. And
that any person latrfully held to servk-o iu
said territory, shall not bo discharged from
such service by reason of the repeal of said
laws, or the restoration of the said Mis
souri Compromise, if such person shall be
permanently removed from said territory,
prior to the first day of January, A. D.
1850.
Now we claim that no mau of common
sense can honestly consrtue that law so as
to make it fasten slavery upon that territo
ry until 1858. It merely gives nn oppor
tunity to those who legally own slaves in
the territory, -if any such there be, to re
move them before lhat time; but it does
not legalize slavery there by any means
the legality of holding slaves 111 the terri
tory is a matter to be settled by the pro
per courts. This is the sum and sub
stance of that part of Dunn's bill at which
these slavery propagandists howl so loud
ly. And to snv the least 4f the matter,
this howl comes out with a bad grace from
a parly that are sustaining the executive
and senile took, the Border Ruffians, to
enforce the laws which tend to perpetuate
(he curstnl system of slavery in that terri
tory, awl by whose legislation, slavery has
been carrx-d there. Had Dunn s bill lie
come a law it would have thwarted these de
signs and secured Kansas to Freedom for
ever after Jannary, 1st 1858; and would
have prevented any further outrages in
Kansas. We say emphatically that tlie
course pursued by Maj, Sapp and the Re
publican party, was right under the
ttreumstances. Had the Kepulihcan party
been able to secure those ends without this
proviso it would doubtliss have liecn done,
but every piopositi4u that temle4l in the
l-ast towards the n-stru-tion of slavery m
Kansas was opposed by tho South ami
their northern alli-s, the self-styled De-
moemcy of the Aorth.
More of Shannon.
- followinir Ii-tter from the late nor
Shannon has come to light :
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jan. 4, 1856
SHAWNEE MISSION, K. T.
Mv Dear Sir: Your two last favors
are nwived, and I regret exceedingly to
hear 4if your unpleasant situation. I hope
things will grow lietter. The evidence yon
siH-ak of must sntisfv every one that vou did
;nt kill Barber. This difficulty out of the
way 1 hope you will havo nothing to fear.
I think that all organizations to take the
law into the hands of self-constituti-d judg
es 4r C4hservntors (if the peace will only
lend do bad omstiqiieiiccs. The 4ther par
ty will do tho same by the way of retalia
tion, and no 4ne will know when he is snf4
I am glad to learn that vou discourage such
limvements,
I will leave in the morning for Washing
ton City, stopping some davsnt home 011
my wav, I shall urge on tho Pivsident
the pofioy of stationing a company 4f U.
S. tioops in I,e4omplou or such otli4r phn-e
in that region as you may all think best, I
shall also urge hmii him tlie policy of qui
etly stationing a company at 'lYp4-ka, about
the middle of February' next. The Free
State Government, you know, is to lie in
augurated on the 4lh of March, and the
Legislature at that time will convene its
session.
The President has the power to station
the troops at any place he sees proper, and
thgtc will be no uccessiiyof his tnying for
whtit purjiose he stations a Company at
Toiek. It will be looked upon by the
Free State men as a significant sign, and
may induce them to pause in their mad ca
reer of folly ami treason.
I would be glad if you would write to
your friends iu Congress and get them to
back me up in what I may seek to accom
plish for the Territory. Moreover, I desire
to see and talk with the leading men of
the. South iu relation to matters in this
Territory. I wish to post them up on the
real state of things out here and what the
South must do the eoming year, or lose all
dominion in a few years in the affairs of
the Repubiic. , , . , .
Write to nie frequently at Washington
City, to the care of Gen.'WhitefiehL Post
me at least once" or twke a week as to all
that is going on out here. I shidl feel
great solicitnde as to the state of things in
Kansas while I am gone.
with"
WILSON SHANNON,
GEO. W. CLARK, Esq.
Good "Sell." The New York Express
editor attended the late German Fremont
gathering -in the Tabernacle, and the next
day his jmper came out with a most dis
gusting caricature of it insulting to ihe em
inent tiermans who were chief m calling
the meeting, insulting to those in atten
dance, and outraging the public generally
by its abuse of forc'gncrs who bad tlra
manliness to declare for Fremont. The
paper containing this disgusting article, of
course, sold like hot cakes, and the publish
ers found it necessary to issue another large
edition. One friend so the paper an
nonnced in its next aay's issue took fift
teen thousand copies ! "and from that it
was inferred how approvingly the public
looked upon such onslaughts on the Ger
mans. But the secret soon came out :
those fifteen thousand copies were ordered ,
ami paid for by an agent of the Central .
rrcmont Committee; ten thousand were
given away gratuitously among the Ger-.
man voters m the 11th andlith Wards of.
the city, and the other 5,000 were sent to"
Pennsylvania as Fremont electioneering
documents. Thus was the viper made to
sting itself to death. It is said that article
would make ten thousand votes for Fre
mont in New York.
How Elder Cartwright Baptised
the Ferryman.
A new work with tlie title of the 'Amer
ican Pulpit,' tells the following anecdote
concerning an eccentric old Methodist min-ist4-r
in Illinois, well known as Peter Cart
wright, who not only preached the gospeL
but lectured quite often on political matters-
ami spoke his mind freely upon "men and
measures. It resulted of course, that the
jHiliticians became very angry at the min
ister, had much to say 'about ministers not
dabbling in politics,' Sticking to their call
ing.' Ac, fec. It happened that on one oc
casion he rode tg a ferry across the Illinois
river, where the country was more thickly
jxipulated, and met a little knot of people
who were tliscussing politics. The ferry- ,
man, a stout fellow, was holding forth in :
excited terms, about some old renegade
prefixing a good many expletives to his '
name, which we omit one Peter Cart-
wright, swearing that if he ever came that
way, he would drown him in the river.
Cartwnght, unrecognized by any one,
said, 'Stranger, I want you to put me
across.' "You'll wait till I'm ready," said
the ferryman. So when he finished his '
sHcch, he added, 'Now I will put you over
Cartwright rode his horse into the boat
ami the ferryman began to poll it across.
Cartwright felt it his duty to make him
self known, and assert his principles; but
he wanted to be sure of fair play. So,
when he reached the middle of the stream,
he threw the horse's bridle over a staka of
the boat, and told the ferryman to throw
down his pole. 'What forf said the fer
ryman. 'Well, you have jnst now been
using my name improperly ; you said if I
ever came this way, you would drown me
in the river. Now you've got a chance to
doit,' 'Is your name Pete Cartwright!
said tho ferryman. 'My name is Pete
Cartwright,' said the preacher, Down
drops the polt?, and at it go the preacher
and tcrryuian,
They grapple tor a minute, but Cart
wright was remarkably agile, as well as
athleti4-, and in a trice he had the ferryman,
with one hand by the nape of the neck,
and with the other by the seat of his trow
sers, and whirling him over the side of the
lxiat, plunges hiin umler the tide his as
touished comjianions looked on from shore,
fair play being' secured by the distance.
Twice or thrice the preacher souses the
HHr ferryman under, saying as he did so,
I baptise thee (k'splash) in the name of
the devil, (k'splash) whose child thou art,
(k'splash;) then lifting him up, dripping
with the watT, and gasping for breath.
Cartwright asked him, 'Did you ever pray V
rray ; said me icrrvnian, no.' 'Ihen it's
time you did says the preacher. "Sav
Our Father which "art in Heaven.'" "D "l
if I 4h," said tho ferryman. K'splash
gxs the poor man under the tide again.-.
ill V4iu now T said the preacher. rN o
I won't sitid,' the strangled, ferryman,
K'splash, undi-r the wat4r again. 'Will you
pray note f said the preacher. Til 4h any
thing, gasjxnl tho ferryman. 'Sav Our
t ather which art m Heaven. Uur r at her
which art in Heaven, snil the ferryman.
and folloW4"l him throngh the Lord's pray
er. N4w h-t 1110 up, said tho ferryman.
Ntit yet, snid the preacher." "Y4ti must
make me three promises first, that you
will rejieat tb it prayer every morning and
night a long as you live; secondly, that
you will hear every Methiidist minister that
i-onn-s within five miles of this ferrv: and
rlhinlly, that you will put every Methodist
preaclur over tins ferry free I expense
Do you promise ! 'I vromise, sam
ferryman, and resiiUKil his pol Cart
wright went on his way, and that man not
hng after became a convert.
JtiTOf one hundred and seventy-Jive
clergymen bekmging U tho Indiana Me
thodist Conference, all but one are in fa
vor of Fremont's election to the Presiden
cy.
