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THE OHIO STAR.
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-t i SiU Sub-I)i vision, composed' 'of Trumhul
Poriage emd Mahoning countte. ' ': .
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Dr. J. G. Willis, )
1. -, . ' . ,1
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School Examiners.'
John B. King,.
Lyman Htne. "
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DirecCt Co. Infirmary-
Of'icen of theFamen' laiuraate Company
' of Portage Comity. 1
Richard J. Thompson, President.
' Darid M'Intosh, Vice Ptetidenl.
Henry A. Swift, Secretary.
.rEnoeP. Brainerd, Treasurer
Director David M'Intosh, Eli Booth.
AlrahUdall, Moses Bundy, Jr., Samuel S.
Spioer, Levvls E. Booth.
Officers Toitase Co. Agricultnral Society
David Mcintosh, President.
Enos. P. Brainerd, Treasurer. ;
Alson A. Harris, Secretary.
. Board of Government.
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ra B. Taylor, Enos P. Brninerd, Richard
J. Thompson, Wallace Williumson. Pon e
roy Reed, Marcus F. Spelman, Benj. F.
Pardee. ' , .' -.' .. .
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11. Campbell, President.
J. H. Ebbsrt, Cashier.
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Ilavenna, March 6, 18jJ.
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Office nearly opposite the Prentiss House,
KavMnna. Ohio;
ffAMLi STRAWUJt . - H""
. O. 1'. Ukowk
Sfrawder & Brown.
Attorneys at Law Ravenna, Ohio Office
the Court House.
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II. II. Willard.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA IVi
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY. -
; Palmvra. Portage County, Ohio.
' An?u,t21. 1819. - ' r' 3
Andrew Jackson.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELLOH AT LAW
And Solicitor in Chancery,
B A VENN A. OHIO.
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ANDfit-W JACKSON. NOTARY PUBLIC.
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ci tors in Chancery, Ravenna, Ohio.
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Parsons' Block Superior Street. :
D. XI. SOTJERV Il.LE,
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April 8,1851.
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Iron, Nails, Glass. c, north side pub
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'- F W .eynionr '
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Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Nails. Crockery,
Boots, Shoes Ac., nortli side pud lie square,
Ilavenna, Ohio,
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Dealers In Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Crockery, 4e.. Mason's Block, Main street,
Bavenna, Ohio.
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Hardware, Glass sc., Franklin, Ohio.
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Caps, Boots and Shoes, Bendy Made Clothing,
. Carpeting see, at their New Store, Main sL,
east of the Public 8quare.
C 6c J C Prentiss
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Stoves, Hard
ware, Iron, Naila, Glass, c, Brick Block,
' west side public square, Bavenna, Ohio. . ,
..'.E. T. Richardson,
Psskrin English and American Hnrdwore, Sad.
die. Harness and ilaariage Trimmings, Iron,. -
fialls. rtteeif Ac. Aic; at- the old stand ,
of Mason 4 Biaiuozd, tU venna OJim.
VOLUME XXlII-NBmber 40
The Tlon. Mr. Fmreice, of Pennsylvania, in his
speech in favor of the Homestead Law, when pend
ing befure the house of Representatives, introduced
the following striking poem, from the pen of Dogan
ne: .....
I : ' Ttao Acres and tlie Hand,.
- "The Earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof,"
. Paid God's most holy word, , :.
The w ater hath fish, and the land hath flesh,
And the air hath many a bird ; , ,
' And the soil is teeming o'er all the earth, .
And the earth ha'.h numberless lands ;
' Tet mDKons of hands want acres, r . "
- 'Whae millions of acres want hands.
; t . "V. ..V'- v - ' ' ' .
. j JSonlight, and mnsie, and gladsome flowers,
.1 i Are over the earth spread wide .'
- And good God gave these gifts to men . ,
To men who on earth abide. . . . , ,
' Tet thousands are toiling in powinpus gloom,
And shackled with iron bands, . ' ,
'i And millions of hands want acres.
1 And niillrn f- acre want Bands.
"Tis writ that " ye shall net muzzle the car, --;
' That treadeth'ont the cbrn,"
Yet behold you have shackled the poor man's arm,
! That hare all earth's burden's borne.
The land is a gift of a bounteous God, ' -
And to labor his -word commands ; .
Tet millions of hands want acres, -:
While millions of acres want hands.
AVno hath ordained that the few should hoard
. Their millions of useless gold,
And rob the earth of its fruits and flowers, -.
VTliile profitless soil tliey hold ; . ,; .
Who hath ordained that the parchment scroO, -
Should fence round miles of land,
"While millions of hands want acres.
And millions of acres wont hands.
Tis a glaring lie on face of day
This robbery of men's rights
Tis a lie that the word of the Lord disowns,
Tis a curse that burns and blights,
And 'twill burn and blight, till the people rise
" And swear, while they brtak their Dam's,
That the hands shall henceforth have acres,
; And the acres henceforth have hands. ''
DOCUMENTS .
l FOU THE
CAMP Mill!!
VBESESTED WITHOUT NOTE OR COM
MENT FOR THE CANDID COSS1DEEA
TION OF CANDID MEN.
1. Fugitive Slave Law approved by Mil
lard FkM more, Sept. 18, 1850. :
",' 2. Bultimore Democratic National Plat
form. ' . " .' y ' ' . '
3.
4.
Gen.' Pierce's Letter of Accpptance. ;
Hon. W. R. King's Letter of Accept-
ance.
5.
. 6.
"7.
De Leon CorrespoodeDce. ; '
Baltimore Whig National Platform.
Gen, Scott's Letter of Acceptance. ,
8. Gen.
Scott's Letter to Hon. W. S. Ar-
chor. :-y ".' . "" ".
- tf' Gen. Scott's Loiter to .Gov. jones
10. Gen. S tt!s Conversation with
the
Mississippi Delegation.- - .
.11. Hon. Vm. A. Graham's Letter
of
Acceptance. . . . "
12. Hon. Wm. A. Gmh im's Letter de
clining to run on the Webster Ticket.
13. Pittsburgh Free Democratic National
Platform. . , "..
14. Votes never thrown, away.
(1) -
Fugitive Slave Bill.
As passed by the Senate and Hnvre of Rep
resenlatives, snepiemuer ivrn, 1000; anu,
proved September 18th, 1850, by President
Fillmore; . : -
AN ACT to amend and supplementary to
the act entitled " An act respecting tugi
tives from justice and persons escaping
from the service of their mastera," approv
ed February 12, 1793.:
Sec. 1. That persons who have been, or
tnay hereafter be, appointed Commissioners
in virtue of anyct of Congress, by t-e Cir
cuit Courts of the United States. and who in
consequence of such appointments, are au-
thor'.zed to exeroise the powers that any jus
tioe of the peace or other magistrate of any
of the United States may exercise in respect
to offenders for any crime or offence against
the United States, by arresting," and impris
oniog, or bailing the same under and by vir
tue of the thirty-third section of the act of tlae
twenty-fourth of September, seventeen hun
dred and eighty-nine, entitled " An net to es
tablish Judicial Courts of the United States,"
shall be and are hereby authorized and re
quired to exercise and discharge all the pow
ers and duties conferred by this act
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
the Superior Court of each orgnnized terri
tory of the United States shall have the same
power to appoint commissioners to take ack
nowledgments of bail aadaffidBvits.and to take
depositions of witnesses in civil causes which
is now possessed by the Circuit Courts of the
U-mied States ; and all commissioners who
shall be appointed fur such purposes by the
Superior Court of any organized Territory of
the United States, shall possess all the pow
ers and exercise all the duties conferred by
law upon the commissioner appointed by the
Circuit Courts of the United States fur simi
lar purposes, and shall moreover exercise and
discharge all the powers aud duties couferred
by this act '
- Sec. 3. . And be it further enacted. That
iIib Circuit Courts of the Uuited States nnd
the' Superior Courts of each organized terri
tory of the United States, shall, from time to
time, enlarge the number of commissioners'.
with a view to afford reasonable facilities to
reclaim fugitives from labor, and to the prompt
discharge of the duties imposed by this act,
Sec. 4. And be itfurther onacted, lun
tho commissioners above named shall Iwve
concurrent Jurisdiction with the judges of the
circuit and district curts of the United btates
in their respective circuits and districts with
in the- several States, and the judges of th
superior courts of the territories, severally and
collectively, io term-time and vacation; nnd
shall grant certificates to such claimants, up
on satisfactory proof being made with, author
ity to take and remove such fugitives from
service or labor, under the restrictions herein
contained, to the State or territory from which
such persons may have escaped or fled.
Sec. 5. Aud b it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of all niaislials ami uVpu
ty marshals to obey and execute all wut iunld
and precejita 6sued uulvf the provisions
i Family
this act, when to them directed ; and should
any marshal or deputy uieasha! refuse to re
ceive such warrant or other process, when
tendered, or to use all proper means diligent
ly to execute the same he shall, on conviction J
thereof, be fined iu the sum of one thourand
dollars to the use of such cluimaut, on the
motion of such claimant, by the circuit or dis
trict court for the district of 'such marshals ;
and after arrest of such fugitive by such mar
shal or his deputy, or whilst at any time in
his custody .under the provisions of this act,,
should such fugitive escape, whether with or
without the assent of such marshal or his
deputy, such marshal shall be liable on bis offi
cial bond to be prosecuted for the benefit of
such claimant, for the full value of the service
or labor of said fugitive in the State, territory or
district whence he escaped, and the better o
enable the said commissioners when'tiius ap
pointed, to execute their duties faithfully, aatl"
efficiently; in conformity with the require
ments of the constitution of the Uuited States
and of this act, they are hereby authorized
add empowered, within their counties, re
spectively to appoint in writing under their
hands, any one or more suitable persons, from
time to time, to execute all such warrants
and other process as may be issued by them
in the lawful performance of their respective
dutiep, with authority to such commissioners
or the persons to be appointed by thein to ex
ecute process as aforesaid to suinmou and call
to their aid the bystanders, or posse comita
tus of the proper county, when necessary to
iusure a faithful observance of the clause f
the constitution referred to, in conformity
with the provisions cf this act ; and all good
citizens are hereby commanded to aid and as
sist in the prompt and efficient execution of
this law whenever their services may be re
quired as aforesaid fur that purpose ; and said
warrants shall ruu and be executed by said
officers any where : i the state within which
they are executed. . , . .
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
when a person held to service or labor in any
state, or territory of. the Uuited States, has
heretofore.or shalL hereafter escape into an
other state or territory of. the United States,
the person or persons to whom such services
or labor may be due, or bis, her or their agent
or attorney, duly, authorized by power of at
torney, io writing acknowledged and certified
under the seal cf some legal officer or court
of the State or territory in which the same
may be executed, may pursue and reclaim
such fugitive person, either by procuring a
warrant from some oue of the courts, judges
or commissioners aforesaid, of the proper cir
cuit, district, or county for the apprehension
of, such fugitive from service, or labor, or by
seizing and arresting such fugitive, where the
same can be done without process, and by ta
king, or causing such parous to be taken forth
with before such court, judge or commissioner,-whose
duty it slinil be to r and deter
mine the cuse of such claimant in a summary
manner; and upjn satisfactory proof being
made, by deposition or affidavit, io writing, to
be takeu and certified by such court, judge or
commtssiouer, or by other satisfactory testi
mony, duly taken and corlified by some
court, magistrate, justice of the peace, or oth
er legal officer authorized to admiuiater an
oath and take depositions under the lawsef
the state or territory from which such person
owing service or labor may have escaped,
with a certificate of such magistracy or other
uthority, as aforesaid, with the seal of the
proper court or officer thereto attached, which
seal shall be sufficient to establish the compe
tency of the proof, and with proof also by af
fidavit, of the identity of the person whose
service or labor is said to be due as aforesaid,
that tha person bo arrested does in fact owe
service or labor to the person or persons
claiming him or her, in the state or territory
from which such fugitive may have escaped,
as aforesaid and that eaid person escaped, to
make out and deliver to such Claimant, his
or her agent or attorney, a certificate setting
forth the substantial facts as to the service or
labor due from each fugitive to the claimant,
and of his or her escape from the stale or ter
ritory in Which such service or labor was due,
to the state or territory iu which he or she
was arrested with Authority to such claimant
or bis or ht r agent or attorney to use such
reasonable force and restraint as may be ne
cessary, nnder the ciicumstances of the case
to take and remove such fugitive person back
to the state or territory from whence he or
she may have esoaped as aforesaid. . In no
trial, or hearing uuder this act shall the testi
mony of such alledged fugitive be admitted in
evidence ; and the certificates in this and the
first section mentioned shall be conclusive of
the right of the person or persons in whose
favor granted, to remove such fugitive to the
stale or territory from which he escaped, and
shall prevent all molestation of said person or
persons by any process issued by any court.
judge, magistrate or other person whomsoev
or' ' . '. " "; " - " .' ' - V
Sec 7. And he it further enacted, That
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any person - who shall kuowingly or willingly
obstruct, ' Binder, or prevent such claimant,
his agent or attorney, or nny person or per
sons, lawfully assisting, hunger or them from
urresling such fugitive from service or labor
either with or without prooess, as aforesaid
or shall rescue, or attempt to rescue such fu
gitive from service or, lubor, from the custo
iiy of such claimant, his or her agent or at
torney, or other psrson or persons lawfully
assisting ns aforesnid when so arrested, pur
suant to the authority herein given, aud de
clnred : orstiitll aid, abet, or assist sur.U a per
son so owing service or lubor as aforesaid d
rectly or indirectly to escape from such claim
ant, his agent or attorney, or other person or
persons legally. authorized as aforesaid, or
shall harbor or conceal such fugitive, so as to
prevent the disouvery and arrest of such per
son, after notice or knowledge of the fact that
such a person waa a fugitive from sorvioe or
labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of said of
fenoesbe subject to a fine not exceeding oue
thousands dollars, and imprisonment not ex
ceeding six months, by indictment and con
viction before the district court of the United
States for the district in which theoffence may
have been committed, or before the proper
court criminal jurisdiction if committed willi
ng any onp oflhe organized tortitoriea of the
Uuited Stales ; and shall moreover lorfetl nnd
pay by way of trtvil damsgos to the party in
jured by 8uc!i!k'j! wnfluct tho ounvof one
Stwspaptr, UtTotti lo Efntral Intellisrnte, JBisecllantons Eeadiag, and the EightsoT
RAVENNA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,, 1852.
thousand dollars for each fugitive' so lost, as
aforesaid, to be recovered by action for debt,
in any of the district or territorid courts afore
said, within whose jurisdiction, the said of-
foooe may have been committed
Sec. 8. Aud be it further .enacted, that
the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks
of the said district and territorial eonrts, shall
be paid for their services the like fees as may
be allowed them for similar services io other
cases ; nnd where such services are render
ed inclusively iu the arrest, custody and de
livery of the fugitive to the claimant his or
her agent or attorney, or where each suppos
ed fugitive may be discharged out of custody
for the want of sufficient proof as aforesaid,
then snch fees are to he paid in the whole by .
such claimant, his agent or attorney ; and in
all cases where the proceedings are before a
commissioner, he shall be entitled to a fee of
ten dollars hi fulT for his services in each caps,'
upon the delivery of tho said certificate to the
claimant, his or her agent or attorney ; or a
fee of five dollars in cases where the proof
shall not in the opinion of such commissioner,
warrant such certificate and delivery, inclu
sive of ail services incident to such ariest and
examination to be paid, in either case, by the
claimant, his' or her agent or attorney. The
person or 'persons euthorized to execute the
process to be issued bysuch" commissioners
for the arrest ""and detention of fugitives from
service or labor! as aforesaid, shall also be en.
tied to a fee of live lollars each for said per
son he or they may Tirrest and take before
any such commissioner as aforesaid at the
instance and request of such claimant with
such-other fees as may be deemed reasonable
by such additional services as raay be necos
sai ily pei formed by hiria or theai ; such as at
tending at the examination, keeping the fugi
tive in custody, and providing him wi:h food
and lodging during his detention, and until the
final determination of such commissioner;
and in general for performing such other du
ties as may bo required by such claimant, his
or her attorney or agent, or commissioner in
in tho premises, such fees to be made up iu
confurmity with the fees usually charged by
the officers of the courts cf justice within the
proper district or county, as near as may be
practicable, and paid by such claimants, their
gents or attorneys, whether such supposed
fugitives from service or labor, be ordered to
be delivered to such claimants by the final
determination of such commissioner or hot
Sec. 9. -And bo it further enacled, that
upon affidavit made by the claimant of such
fugitive, his agent or attorney, after such cer
tificate has been issued, that be has reason to
ppreheuded that suck.jFugitive will be res
cued by force from his or their possessions be
fore be can be taken beyond the limits of the
Stale iu which the arrest is made, it shall be
the duty of the officer making the arrest to t
retain such fugitive in hi? custody, ..'and to ' re-f Jh goy wn(nelU from bttuking ins,iluIin8
liiove. h.m to the state from whence he flpd.li!"ijrKiiSDerlSnble for the safelv of ihe funds
u n.t tiiQi-c in .IaIivai. Iim tn cntil I'lnlmn lit.
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gent or attorney. . Ana to tius ena, me om-
cer aforesaid is hereby authorized and requir
ed to employ so many persons as lie may
deem necessary to overcome such force, and
to retain them in his service so long as circum
stances may require. The said officer and
his assistants, while so employed to receive
the same compensation, and to be allowed
the same expenses ns are now allowed by
law for transportation of criminals, to be cer
tified by the judge of the district within which
the arrest is made, and paid out of the treas
ury of Vie United Stales.
Sec. 10. And be itfurther enacted, that
when any person held to service or labor in
any State or Territory, or in the District of
Columbia, shall escape therefrom, the party
to whom such service or labor shall be due,
his, her, or their agent or attorney may apply
to any court of record therein or judge there
of in vacation, and makes satisfactory, proof
to such court or judge in vacation, of the es
cape aforesaid and that the person escaping
owed service or labor to such party. Where
upon the court shall cause a record to be
made of the matter as proved, and also a gen
eral descriptioa of the persons so escaping,
with such convenient certainly as may be.
and a transcript of such record authenticated
by the attestation of clerk and seal of the
said court being produced in any other State
Territory or District in which the person so
escaping may be found and being exhibited
to any judge, cominissiouei or other officer
authorized by the law of the United States
to cause persons escaping from service or lu
bor to be delivered up.sball fie held and taken
to be full and conolusive evidence of the f ct
of escape and lhat the service or labor of 4I10
person escaping is due to the party in such
record mentioned. And upon the production
by the said party, of other and further evi
dence, if necessary, either oral or. by uffidm
vir, in addition to what is contained iu the said
record of the identity of tho person escaping,
he or. she shall be delivered up to the claim
ant. ; And the said court, commissioner, judge
or other person authorized by this act to grant
certificates to claimants of fugitives, shall up
on the production of the record and other ev
idences aforesaid grant to such claimant a
certificate of the right to take nnv such pnr
son identified and proved to be owing service
or labor as aforesaid, which certificate shall
authorize such claimant to seize or arrest
and transport such person to the state or ter
ritory from which he escaped, Provided, . ,
That nothing herein contained shall be con
strued as requiring the production of a tn:n:
script of such record as evidence as afore
said. But in its abscenco the claim shall be
heard and determined upon other satisfactory
proofs, competent in law.
Approved September 18, 1850.
MILLARD FflAiUCXtlE.
(2)
Democratic National Platform.
: Resolved, That the Amnricuu Democracy
place thoir trust in tho intelligence, patriot
sim, nnd the discriminating justice of the
American people. ' '
: 7Zesoti,,Tlint wo regard this aB a distinc
tive feature of our political creed, which we
are proud to maintuiu before tho world us the
great moral element in a form of government,
springing from and npheld by the popular will;
and we conirarf it with tho creed uud prac
tice of Federalism, under whatever nailioor
torni, wluh eoks to vulay the w;ll tf tii.
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constituent, and which conceives no imposture
too monstrous fur the popular credulity.
Resolved, tierefore. That entertaining
these views, the Democratic party of this
bmon, through their delegates assembled
in general convention of the states, coming
together in a spirit of concord, of devotion
to the doctrines and faith of a free repre
sentative government, and appealing to
thir fellow-citizens for the rectitude of
their intentions, renew and reassert, before
the American people, the declarations of
principles avoweil by them when, on for
mer occasions, iu general convention, they
presented 'their candidate for the popular
suffrage: ';
L That, the federal government is one
oT limited powers, derived solely from the
constitution; nnd the grants of power made
therein,' ought to . be strictly construed by
all the" departments and agents of the gov-
rnueni; and that it is inexpedient and
ai Bgefoiis to exertyse tkmhiTul consliiution-'
7 hat the constitution does not confer
cpon ftie general government the power to
cornmecce' and carry on a general system
of lnlerhut improvements. . , j
"'3. That'ihe constitution 3ops not confer
authority upon the federal government, di
rectly or indirectly, to assume the debts of
the several states, contracted for local and
infernal improvements, or other state por-
fios-es; nbr would such assumption be just
o'r'expedien". ' ; -)-w4.
Thai justice and sound policy forbid
the federal government to fotter one branch
o( industry to the detriment of any other,
or, lo cherish the interest. uf one portion to
the, injury of another portion of our com
rnon coun.ty; tpjif every citizen,' and every
section of the country, has a right to de
mand and insist upon an equality of
rights nnd privileges, and to complete and
ample protection ot perons ana property
from domestic tiolence cr foreign aggres
sion. 1 "i " ' . -
ill 6. That it is the duty of every branch of
Ua government to enforce nnd practice the
most rigid economy tn conducting our-pub
lic affairs, and that no more revenue ought
to be raised than is required to defray , the
accessary expenses of the government, and
Jor the gradual but certain extinc:ion of the
public debt.- ,
i ' U. That Congress has no power to char
ter a national bank: that we believe such
'institution one of deadly hos'ility to the
Riest interests1 nf the country, dangerous to
Ccur republican institutions and the liberties
L'tMhe people, and calculated to place the
business f tbe country within the control
of a coucouuated money power, and above
the laws and the will of the people; and
hat the TefuTts'of Democratic legislation,
in this and alt other financial measures up-nrf-
which issues have been made between
tb: two" political parlies of the country
have demonstrated to: caiioid and practical
man of all1 parties. ilheir soundness, safety.
. . . ' r .. . r
P '.i." ". 1 . i .1 -' .w- i-'.i
nt me travermueiu. mil: lob
rights ot the
people. . . " . . . -. '
' 8. That the liberal principles embodied
by Jefferson in the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and sanctioned in the constitu
tion, which makes ours the land of liberty
and the asylum'of the oppressed of every
nation, have ever been cardinal principles
in the Democratic faith, and every attempt
to abridge th,e privilege of becoming citi
zens and owners of soil among us, ought
to be resisted with the same spirit which
swept the alien and f edition laws from our
statute book.
9. That Congress has no power, under
the constitution lo interfere with or control
the domestic institutions of the several
states, and that such slates are the sole and
proper judges of everything .appertaining
to their own olluirf, not prohibited by the
constitution; that ' all efforts ot ihe aboli
tionists or other?, made to induce Congress
to interfere with questions of slavery, or lo
take incipient steps in relation thereto, are
calculated to lead to lbs most alarming and
dangerous consequences; and that all such
efforts have an inevitable tendency to di
minish the happiness of the people, and
endanger tha'stability and permanency of
the Union, nnd ought not to be countenan
ced by any friend of our political institu
tions. .
Resolved, That the foregoing proposition
covers, and was intended 10 embrace the
whole subject of slavery agitation in Con
gress; and therefore the Demodrutic party
of the Union, standing upon this national
platform, will abide by and adhere to n
faithful execution of the acts known as the
Compromise Measures, settled bv theTast
Congress the act . for the reclaiming of
... f ' , ...i.jj
iugitives irom serv ce or laoor mciuoea.
which act being de.-igned to carry out an
express provision of the constitution, can
not," with fidelity lhereio.be repealed or so
changed ns to destroy or impair its elh
ciency .. Resohedr That - the . Democrat ic party
will resist all attempts at renewing, in
congress or out of it,, the'. agitation of the
"slavery rjuest-ion, under whatever shape or
color tne attempt may tie mane.
Resolved, I bat the proceeds of the pub
lic lands ought to be sacredly applied to
the national .objects specified in the consti
tution; and that we Hre opposed to "any law
for the distribution of such proceeds nmong
the states, as altlje inexpedient in policy
aiid repugnant to the constitution
:Jlesolved, That we nre dfcidedly oppo
sed to taking from the President the quali
fied veto power, by which he is enabled.
tinder restrictions nnd responsibilities am
ply sufficient to euard the public interest,
to suspend the passage of a bill whose mer
its cannot secure the approval of two-thirds
of the Senate nnd Ilo ise of Represents
lives .until the judgment of the people ran
be obtained thereon, and which has snved
the American people from the corrupt and
tyrannical domination of the llnk of the
United States, and from n corrupting sys
tern of general internal irr provements. I
Resolved, That ihe Democratic party
will faithfully abide by and uphold the
principles laid down in the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions of 1708. nnd in the
report of Mr. Madison lo the Virginia Leg
islature in 1799; that it adopts those prin
ciples as constTtu ting one of the main found
ations of its political creed, and is resolved
to carry Ihem out in their obvious meaning
and import." ; (
Resolved. That tho war with Mexico,
upon all the principles of patriotism and
the laws of nations, was a just nnd neces
sary war ; on our - part; ' in which every
Ameiiuan citizen should havo shown him
self on the side of his country, and neither
idoralJy nor jiryiciuly by wutd ?r deed,
have given aid and comfort lo the enemy
Hesolved, That we rpjoice at the resto
ration of friendly relations with our sister
republic of Mexico, and earnestly desire
lor her all the blessings and prosperity
which we 'enjoy under republican institu
tions and we congratulate tha American
peopie upon the result of that war, which
have so manifestly justified the policy and
conduct of ihp Democratic party, and in
sured to the United States "indemnity for
the past and security for the fuiure." .
Resolved), That in view of ihe condition
of ' popular institutions in the old world, a
high and sacred duty is devolved with in
creased responsibility upon the Democratic
party of this Country, as th9 party, of the
people, to uphold and maintain the rights
of 9very state, and thereby t lie union of ibe
states, and to sustain and advance -among
U9 constitutional liberty,, by continuing to
resist all monopolies and exclusive legisla
tion Tor tKe benefitUT .the. fe w rjt.ta.es.
pense of ths rnahyi and by vigilant .and
constant adherence to those principles anp'
compromises of the constitution, which are
broad enough nnd strong enough to uphold
the Union as it is, and Ihe Union as it shall
be, in the full expansion of the energies
and capacities of this great and progressive
people. - -,
(3)'
AcccpUincc of i lie Democratic
Nominations'. .
We have received for ' publication the . fol
lowing correspondence, from the Committee
delegated by the National .Dfinucratic Con
vection to .communicate its nominations for
the Presidency and the Vice Presidency to
the distinguished gentlemen upon whorri they
were conferred ; and we have great pleasure
ia now laying before tho Democracy of the
country tho patriotic and. eloquent letters in
which its chosen leaders signify their accept
ance of the elovnted position to which they
tiav'e been called. . . ... . .
. . llnfi-aining at this time from any extended
comment upon these letters,- we would yet
call uttention to the explicit and emphatic
terms in which they approve and nddpt Ihe
declaration of democratic principlev aud poli
cy as set forth by the convention.
The above ia from the Washington Union
of this morning, w hich contains also the let
ters addressed to the candidates, but we
have only space for their replies. Ball.
.Irgus: ' ' .'. .........
Letter from Cirn. Pierce. "
Coscord, N, H. June 17, 18527
Gentiemek: I have the honor . to" ack
nowledge your personal kindness in present
ing to me this day, your letter officially in
forming me of my nomination, by the Dem
ocratic National Convention, as a candidate
for the Presidency of Ihe United SffitesJ
The surprise with which I receivedHlie
intelligence of the nomination was ' not''":8h-
mingled with painful soliciouJe ahifyet it' is
proper for me to say that the. manner in.
whish"it"Was conferred Was peculiarly gritti-'
fyingi , The delegation from New Hamp
shire, with all the glow of state .pride, and all
the wnrnuh of personal .regard, would not
have submitted my name to the convention,
nor would they have cast a vote for me un
der circumstances other than those which
occurred.. - -
I shall always cherish with pride nnd grat
itude the recollection of the fact lhat the
voice which first pronounced for me and
pronounced alone came from the mother of
states a pride nnd gratitude rising fur
above any consequences that can betide me
personally. . "' , ... j , -
May I not regard it as a fact pointing to
the overthrow of sectional jealousies, and
looking to the perennial lifo and vigor of a
Union cemented by the blood of those who
have passed to their reward a Union won
derful in its formation boundless in its hopes
amazing in its destiny. I accept the nom
ination, relying upon an abiding devotion to
the interests, the honesty and the glory of
our whole country, but, beyond an 1 above all
upon a power superior to all human might,
apower which, from the first gnn of the rev
olution, in every crisis through which we
have passed, ia every hour of our acknowl
edged peril, when the dark clouds have shut
down around us, has interposed as if to baf
fle human wisdom.outmurch human forecast,
and bring out of darknesss the rainbow . of
promise.. Weak myself, failh and hope re
pose there in security. 1 accept the nomin
ation upon the platform adopted by Ihe con
vention, not because this is expected of me
as a candidate, but because the principles it
embraces command the approbation of my
judgement; and with them I believe L can
safely say there hus been no word or aot of
uiy life in conflict. V - " ,
' 1 am, with the highest respect, ,
. ' Your most obedient servant, ,
, Frank. Pierce. .
To Hon. J. S. Barbour, J. Thompsuu, Al
; pheus Felch, Pierre Soule. -
Letter from William K. Kins;.
Senate Chamber, June 22, 1352.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter, noti
fying .me thai I have been nominated by
tho Democratic Convention ns Vice Pres
ident of the United States. . ,
This distinguished manifestation of the
respect and confidence of my Democratic
brethren comnianda my. most gratefnl ac
knowledgements, and 1 cheerlully accept
the nomination wilh which 1 have been
honored.
Throughout a long public life I nm not
conscious thai I have swerved from those
principles which have been cherished and
sustained by the Democratic party; ond in
whatever situation 1 may bo placed, my
countrymen may rest assured that 1 shall
adhere to them faithfully and zealously
perfectly satisfied that the prosperity of
our common country nnd tha permanency
of our 'free institutions can be promoted
and preserved only by-administering the
government in strict accordance with them.
The platform as laid down by the con
vention meets with my cordial approbation.
It is national in all its parts; nnd 1 am
content not ouly to stand upon it, but on all
occasions to defend it.
For the very flattering terms In which
you have been pleased, gentlemen, to char
uetei ize my publio services, 1 feel' that I
am indebted lo the personal regard which
Jarn proud to know you indiviUnally n?ter-
nun vim vou emu
I mm ror v.ri. nut' vim vou r.rT"niuTJV'rr. 1
"Whole Number 1185
them.. The cwyTnewican lay claim to
is on honest discharge of the" various posi
tions with which i have been honored.
This I claim nothing more. -;
With the highest respect and esteem,
1 am, gentlemen,' your fellow citizen.
William R. King."
To Messrs. J. S. Barbour, J., Thompson,
Alpheus Felch, Piere Soule. ; ,
De Leon Correspond e nee.
The New Hampshire Inde endatf affirms
that Gen. Pierce made the following remarks
in a speech delivered by liim at New Boston,
N. H., in January last t ; . ..: ' . . ,
"The speaker now took (ip the subject of
slavery, He said it was the greatest trouble
of the country, and was so regarded by Wash
ington. . As for himself, he never saw a hu
man being in bondage without feeling his heart
revolt at hi .- Slavery is -jumtrary to thawn
fiiluiiom.ia sicS) iWepWte -tr-rral btot vp-
.. ",'.i ;j s. : ! ' .:.- " 1 ."' ""
"I have bpehnsked ir.IJike, this fugitive
slave' law.' I answer no. . 1 have p. ..most
f tfvolifiig ffielihjr ht the giving up pf a slave. .
;.'. rA It is opposed to moral; nsU.'I '
Gen, Pierce ai. tcBostou, sAitu 1852. : ' -I
r. The-. VashirjglpirjAMOiiV inserted the
above with, comments;, in. consequence cf
which the following, cprrrsgondence ensued:
To the Editor of Ihs Republic: : V , '
DEah-Siss-a-O'C'SA appearance in your
paper ofa chaiinded, if not calculated,
,- -. , .
tousy to nwpal", n.r perchance lo destroy
(confidence oftren; rierca'ssouihornsim-T
serious
the confidence of Ven; x" lerca e soutuorn sup
porters in his Sn'iitldnees ori tho slavery ques-
linn, t auaresseu nun a, loner, which, togom
:.u iVvj;' T'....'. ...t. . ,
cr with his reply,' I now ask youi as an act of
justice, to puMish. " i-."
, 1 uiaKO ims request, prerunuug youroojeor,
like mine, to have, boon the discovery uf the
, - ' Jf ' ' ' - "' . ,
truth. , . .-. ?'",- 4 .'.!
Vory respectfully,. "; . r '
"1. , , - Edwin De Leon.
WttstiugtonAngins, 852.
WisniNOTON, July i7;1852.';
t -Dt.ar SiRr-J-Eocloeed yen- WBI find an ar
ticle,, in whicbas en:f the editors of the
Soutliem Prissi of this city i 1 took issue with
my collenguej in- adfbcacy of your-claims to
Sonthorn suppawt far the Presideuoyi ' That
action was predioaJed'UpOn ny belief cT your,
entire soundueasvupootho slavery question.
WiUiin the inst week, a speech; purporting
to Jiae been delivered by you iu January last,
baa bean republished from two Democratic
papers in year. own State, (which are said
now to support you.) On the truth er falsi
s 'tjt'this.rtofth' depends.o' Neitlier- those
with whom I act, nOr myself, can consent
tbtitway doulit lrouM rest on a matter of such
iiaportanoe bat placing full reliance en (he
.iearless franUDess of your character, on their
beiwlfaBd my own, I respectfully ask of you
.whether; lbs iepbrt, ' which your Southern
HuoiMitlui-s fcoliesato bo without foundation.
as opposed jrrTtstMrsefwifr
The peculiar position which I occupy must
plead my apology for troubling you with this
letter. - - ':
Very respectfully, ' - ' -;
Your obedient servant, - -Enwiif
De Leoi.
. Gen. F. PierceConcord, N. H- . ,
Cokcobd, N. H., July 23, 1852.' I
Mr Dear Sir: Surrounded by pressing ;
engagements, I seize the earliest opportuni
ty to reply to your letter of the 17th inst. .
I much regret that any thing connected
with myself should have been the cause of j
disagreement between you and gentlemen
with whom you have been associated iotttm
editorial department of the SoulJicm Press.'
1 do not remember ever to have seen what,
purports to be a report of a speech delivered
by me, at New Ronton, in this State, in Jan
uary lust, nnlil my attention was called to it,
as republished ia the Republic. The preten
ded report is, and, I presume was intended
to be, an entire misrepresentation.' .It is not
merely untruthful, but is so grossly and ab
surdly false, as to render, in this vicinity, any
donial of its authenticity entirely unnecessa
ry. The two pnpeisquoted the Independent
Democrat, published in this place, nnd the
Democrat, published in Manchester, are
thoroughly Abolition j unials, and have been,
and are, zealously opposed to Ihe Democrat
ic party. For a long time prior to the meet
ing at New Uoston, and eversice, they have
been unsparing ia their attacks upon me per
sonally, and. iu their bitter denunciations of
what they have been pleased to terra, my pro
slavery Sentiments. But it would be some
tiling new for either of these papers to deny
the consistency of my opinions upon the sub
ject of the consrirution.il rights of the South
in relation to slavery. 1 My opinions, and the
avowal of thnm, have been every where the
same. Ever mindful of the difficulties and
dangers which so long broodod over the as
semblage of wise mot nnd pura patrinta tn
whose spirit of concession and earnest efforts
we are indebted for the Constitution under
which we have enjoyed such signal prosperi
ty .advancement and happiness, I have regard
ed the subject as too vital and delicate to be
used as an element of sectional appeal in par
ty conflicts. ' My action and my language in
New Hampshire, touching this matter, have
been at all times and under all circumstances.
in entire accordance with my action and lan
guage nt Washington. - My votes iu the Sen
ate and House of Representatives were not
republished in the Era for the first time.
Theyliave been again and again paraded to
arouso the passions and prejudices of our pdo-
pli against me individually ,nod against the par
ty with which it has beeu my pride aud pleas
ure to act. There has been nonttempt to evade
ho force of the record. ' It lias been at all
times froely admitted, and. my position sus
tained upon grounds satisfactory to uiy own
mind. , I am not surprised that the attempt
to prove me an abolitionist provokes mue
merriment among men of all partiea here;
and this weak and untruthful sketch of .what
purports to be my speech, ia really -too ridic
ulous to be considered in any serious light
I am in the daily receipt of letters, pro
pounding the greatest Variety of curious ques
tions, upon all.aanceivable subjects. - Letters
of tills character can not bo answered, of
couifO. - No individual could command either
Hue time or U10 strength, the . herculean task
would require. , 1 way add ilmt such a cor-
TiV'l(t'l;Fr wouiu r-y ). nrtimc rnrino:
nuri mm
. .. , ' -
my views of -duty LTKe' Democratic, party
sent its delegate lo .Baltimore,' not alons U
nominate candidates, hot, to- reaffirm princi
pie, and to present theUoading issues upon
which iWcaovass should be conducted.
If I could deem myself cBpttble of hnprov- .
ing the platforuilher adopted, it isq'uite cer-"'
tain that I should deofltra either at the call of
individuals or associations.'to mem the cbargd '
of arrogance,, to which any atteuipt to'oHor;
amend .or enlarge it, would inevitably subjei
me. -." . . I . ...
Your letter is of aa entirely different char-. 1,
acter.V. It seeks troth in relation lo an Pledg
ed fact;; it speaks of history, to lvhich too '
searching an appeal oannot.be rtde. I ep
preciate-the.est imateyouBeomto have of my
eharacter for directQees, and beg you to accept
my thanks fur your efforts ; to vindicate my
claims to tstet trait, at least before, ihe public: '
I am, with high esteem, your monr , obedient -servant,
: Frakk. Pierce. .
Edwin De Leon, Esq.t Washington, D. C; .
.... . .
. Wblsr Kallsual ff attorns. . -
' The Whigs of th United States, "ia
(Sontention assembled, firmly adhering U'
the groat conservative republican prmcK :
pies by which fbey ore controlled and gov-. -s I r
erned, and now, as ever relying upon tho -i jj
intelligence of -the American people, with - ,4 j!
an abiding confidence in their capacity for , . j
self government, and thoir continued devo-
Mob to the .Constitution and 4be Union, dr . -V ?f
proclaim the fallowing as the political seu- ' -j
uments and determinations, for .-the) fwuh - i:
lishmeht .?no niaintenncs fithfeh tbJfeaSji i
national oroiuuuLn a a jartv js J'iWt;s v" f
iiB of Titniteid'dbaiabteiV.tenil kisreonfineu'- - i t
to tha exercise orp'owers expressly grat lad -by
the. Constitutir;, ana such as may be '
necessary.; and proper for carrying the
graated ; powers .into-full execution; ano
tliet all powers not. thus granted or Deces- -
jsarily implied.. .are, expressly reserved fo-
,iae oinies respepiiveiy, sno to tn people.
"'2. 'The T jtate, government should, be helc -'
secure) in their reserved rights. and -tha''
renral Gbvernirieiil sustained in its con-
tilartorral powersl-nrid the Union should bcJ1
revereii and watcher! over ns -'She fjallncL'
urn ef our Uberttai-f' -
- 3. lhat, while struggTrtieTreedomtMrv
.-!,. tf',-6 .. !,'
. . - ,n -vti '- .L- a .
of the. Father of his-iJouBlryns announced
in his arewell, '.Address, f keeping' our- .
.selves free from nil entangling alliances"
with lorcign, countries,-: aud vf nevenquit- -ting
bur own to .stand. on foreign, ground; '
"That '"bur mission as a. Jtepublic is not to'
propagate our opinions, or impose on other
countries bur form of goyernnHiht by arti-" '
fice or fo.ee, but to tench' by example, and 1
show by our success, moderation and jus-
lice, tHe hfossings'of seif government, and !"
the advantages m ire institutions.
4. That where "the neople rnak a nnd
control the government Uiey should obey tit-1
constituJon, laws .-and treaties, as they''
would retain their be! f-respect and the res"
pect -which they' claiirt and. will enforct"'
from foreign powers.' ',' '
5. GoiernmentBhoulJ be conducled upor.' .
'principles of the'strictest- economy, ana ! '
revenue sulucietil lor the eiipenses thereof-'
in tiroe'pf peace, ought.lb be mainly den-'
ved from n tlut'y on .imparls nnd not froti..' -
direct taxes; and, in levying such duties..- '
sound policy requires "a jtist 'tjiscrirniiiatifii.
and protec'.icu fio'm fraud?"by peci fii
Uesi when- prsctrcoble,. whereby"uitLik '
ecconragemeut may be assured lo Ancr. -
can industry, equally to all classes and le " -all
portions of the Ciiuotry,. ' :
6, The.Conslilutioa vests io Congres 1
the powe'r-to open and repair harbors, uoti
rerrmve ob-tructionti from navigable rivtut- ;
and it is expedient that Congress 'ehouUi ex- - .
po-wtT z-?.
iiieiiis ore utruessury nw 11)3 CCfflri)! u----
fence or for. iKe protection andfucilttv ol
commerce wilh foreign nations or n "oiij -ibe
States such improvements being, iti7"
every instance, national and general m -
thoir character ' . . .-
7. TheFedernl and State;Government8S'c-i
parts of one eystem,, aliko. necessary fiu
the common prosperfty, peace end seournv '
and ought to be regarded alike with a cor- - -dial,
habitual and immovable attachment
Respect for the authority of each, and ac-
quiescence m the constitutional measures o!
each" are "duties required by the plainest
considerations of National, ofState, nnd ot .
individual welfare. '
8.- The series' of acts of the thirty-firs.
Congress, commonly known as the Coin- - j
promise or adjustment, (the act for tho re
covery of fugitives from labor included,"
are received and acquiesced in by iht
Whigs of the United fctntes, as a final set i
tlement, in principle and substance of the ? V
subjects-to which they relate, nnd so far as
these acls are concerned, ws will tnaiutaii:
them, and insist on iheir strict enforcement, 7
nnlil time and experience shall demonsrir-Wi
he necessity of further legislation to Rtiarc,.: j
agatnst the evasion of the laws on the cn- -
hand, and ihe abuse of their powers on the -
olher not inipaii ing their present efScien - ; 1
cy to carry out th requirements ol ih j
constitution; nd we deprecate oil Junhc: -
agitation on the questions thus settled,- r.:.
dangerous to bur peace, and will discoun-7 )
tenanck all efforts to- continue or renew N)
such agitation, whenever, wherever, -cr
however made; and we will maintain this.
settlement as essential to the naiionstliiv !
heVVhig party, ocd tha inteeritv of IU-
Union.
(7)
Gcn.Scotrs tetter of Acceptance.
1 ne loiiowicg is tne reply ot Uen. Scoit;
to the letter of the President of Uie Convene
tion formally notifying htm of his noromaUoib .
' ' WASHi.vtri-o??, Juno 21, lSo2.
a TTnnnrnhln J. f? rhinmnn. Presi
siller
of the Whig NaUouarCsnvoBtKn-"-'!v
Si r : I have bad' the isonor So receive from- )
your bands the official notice of my unani- 7
mous nomination as tha Whig Candidr-.le foi f
the office of President of the United States,"-1
togetherwith "a copy of the Resolutions pane ,
edby the Convention expressing their opiuious f
upon some of the most prominent questions
of National policy." ' '.. ' ' i "
This great distinction, coDferred by A atnuav
ous, intelligent, and ptrioticbcu!yrepr.sori,r-
ing millions of my country moiv sinks Jf,-
iuto my honrt, and, remembei ing thm i-
eminent names which were bef ore O.ie (',.-. ,
ventiou in amicable compoti'ioo with n'y oa
I am mado to feel oppressively lh$ weisbr.-
responsibility belonging to my new posili xi, '
Not having written a word to procii'- 'iT?.
distinction, I lost not a moment. sfto '-')) '
been conferred, in aildressiicj a lett'.' to , ,
of your members to signify' what vo '
at the proper Ume, the substance cf my r ip! .
lo the Convention, aud I now l avo the 1 -to
repent, iu a mora formal -maimer,
occasion Justly
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domamls, that I accept tt ri !
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