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INDEPENDENT STiNDlRD.
A. A. EABLE. EDITOU.
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REPUBLCAN NOMINATIONS,
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rOR PRESWEST,
.JOHN C. FREMONT,
Or CAI4F0HNIA.
yOH VICE J'RKSWtST,
WILLIAM L. DAYTON,
OF NEW JERSEY.
37 or Electors.
WILLIAM C. BRADLEY,
IAWREXCE BUAINAUD,
GEORGE W. STRONG,
TORTUS BAXTER,
JOHN l'ORTER.
Ccirrcsponittncc.
For the Independent SUudnrd.
Constitutional Amendments.
Mb. Editor, Aj the smoke and dust
of the late election in this Stale begins
,o clear away, I should like to invite d.s
cussion in your paper, upon a subject
that every freeman in this State should
fed a livelv interest in. I mean the pro
posed amendments to our State Consti
,ion bv the lata Council of Censors
In the Art place, I should like to be in
formed as to where the Council got their
authority for limiting the Convention thaf
is to assemble next January, to ninety
members ; for one I am in doubt about it,
and should like to hear the evidence in
the ease, so that we, the people, may un
derstand the matter.
A Subscriber.
Albany, Sept. 8, 1856.
On
Broke Jail.
Friday night of last week, two
Towers ana
For the Independent Standard.
Constitutional Convention.
Mb. Editor, As the State elections
are passed, and the time of another is ap
proaching, I had thought a word upontue
future might not be amiss. I mean the
Constitutional Convention called by the
Council of Censors to consider the amend
ments by them proposed to the Constitu
tion of-this State, and adopt or reject the
same. I am not about to argue the. pro-
authority over the subject of slavery,
with the National Territory. Will you
even then end the debate, by binding
Kansas with chains, for the safety of sla
very in Missouri? Even then you must
geve up Utah to slavery, to make it secure
and permanent in Kansas ; and you must
give over Oregon and Washington to
both polygamy and slavery, so as to
cuarnnty equally the one and the other
f those Deculiar and domestic Institu
tions in Utah ; and so you go on, sacrifi
cing on the shrine of peace, territory aaer
territory, until the prevailing nationality
of freedom and of virtue shall be lost,
and the vicious anomalies, which you
have hitherto vainly hoped Almighty
Wisdom would remove from among you
without your own concurrence, siiui uc
the controlling element of the Re
public He who found a river in bis
path, and sat down to wait for a flood to
pass away, was not more unwise man ue
who expects the agitation ot Siaverj to
cease, while the love of freedom animates
the bosoms of mankind."
l.rironers, named Heury
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Henry .Northrop, oroKe j . ,w A4W!v:n-or -iectine those pro-
. i .i.,:., Via rvif th r""-V " o
through me vem ... I, flraendments so much at this time,
1. tirtrwl fin IV I f
grates oer wim.u e v ' I s I am to consider the call for a conven-
Mmer I tioandthewayitisgotup. The forty
came Known mm - ... , : r .i rw.;t: f the.
Sheriff S. S. Kimball and " --
OtaiC 01 eriUOlll CApiCBffCa
tated. Deputy
others, flatted in pursuit of the runaways,
nnd before niclit succeeded in tuning
N'orihroi, who had got as far as Rich
ford. When arrested, he disclosed the
name of the person who helped them out.
.. i .i. ........ ,na 0'- Tlftrdincr. a
, -t-.. ; - delegation shall be chosen,
rountf man w ho for a few weeks past has fc
: . , .1.. ;;i ivh of Censors have seen fit to
n.,..,;,,! , the tion to meet next January, to consider
" . i nn fr th their proposed amendments, to consist of
rharire. He was to receive lor the r i
d -
... r rf.rl the chosen by general county ticket, we sup-
remainder was tohave been sent to him W PoInt we Proe of"
on the day of his arrest, but instead of
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manner tue council oi veusuia twu
chosen, and also their right or power to
call a convention if it to them appears an
absolute necessity. But it no where de
clares the number or in what way this
The Council
i call a conven-
the "filthy lucre," a document came
" Greeting," and he is in limbo.
Powers is still at large, but when last
heard of was closely cornered, and it is
conlklently hoped by bis acquaintances
!iere that they may have the pleasure of
-eeing hira safely lodged at his old quar
ters, lie is an old offender, and was
confined on two eharges forgery and
perjury. A reward of $200 is offered
i'jr his apprehension.
fering a few remarks.
First, we will enquire what course
has been pursued by our forefathers for
the last fifty years ? The answer is at
hand. Once in seven years a Council of
Censors has been chosen, and they have
invariably called a Constitutional Con
vention consisting of one delegate from
each town, thereby apportioning the del
egation to our representation, and by so
doing have established a general rule.
The President's Opinion on the
Kansas Outrages
The telegraph has stated the result of
a visit to the President by a sub-com
mittee of the National Kansas Commit-
tpp. The sub-committee consisted of
Thuddeus Havatt, W. F. M. Amy and
Edwards Daniels, and they have reported
to the National Committee a full state
ment of their interview with the Presi
dent, which we copy in full :
"The undersigned, in obedience to
your instructions, waited on President
Pierce on the 30th ult., and prayed his
interposition against the threatened slave
oligarchic invasion of Kansas. The fol
lowing is a summary of results:
T1EWS OP THE PRESIDENT.
The opinions expressed by the Presi
dent are substantially as follows ;
"While government has been exhaust
ing its constitutional powers (which are
limited) to maintain order, Kansas Aid
Societies have been actively stirring up
rebellion. A factious spirit among the
people of Kansas respecting institution:
which they need not concerned themselves
about, and which would have all come
right in time, originated the troubles.
From the nature, habits and education of
sending a special messenger. (Here the
President produced copies of the tele
graphic dispatches, which, we believe,
were made public at me time.; iu um
rages at Lawrence were not done by au
thority. The President admits mat mis
takes have been made, as is evident by
bis removal of Shannon. But an impar
tial man has now gone there, who will see
iustice done to both parties. If he should
catch either party in acts of violence,
they shall be hung up on the spot. The
Civil Powf.h of the 1 eritobt mpst
be maixtained!"
opinions of the president.
1. That Government has not the power
to rjrotect emigrants in rout for the Ter
ritory, because of the jurisdiction of the
States; consequently, outrages committed
on the highways of the nation can nly
be redressed by the Courts of thk respec
tive States on whose soil such outrages
were committed.
2. That Government has no power to
prevent or redress outrages commuted
within the Territory, except through the
civil arm or by martial law.
3. That the military can only aid the
civil power as & posse comitates, conse-ouenilv.
4. Government having provided &legal
moc'e of redress for the settlers, and
strengthened it by a posse at all times
available, the fault 13 with the settlers
where they have failed to get protection
oriedress; they have failed to get it ei-
tha- because they were not law-abiding
citisens, or because they made application
to the military, which was the wrong
souxe from whence to seek it.
i. That the mere possession of arms
b' emigrants entering the .territory is
nit prima facie evidence of threatened
hvasioa, and that the mere possession ol
srms by settlers within the Territory is
rot prima facie evidence of threatened
fasurrection ; that the bearing of arms is
i Constitutional Privilege which
cistinguishes American citizens ; and that
eien Government itself HAS NO bight
inder such circumstances to disarm
Them.
kep1t of the committee.
Me. President ; During the eighteen
months or more that executive power has
been exerted, as it is alleged, to preserve
peace in Kansas, and vainly exerted it
would seem from admissions here made,
the border men, it was natural to find
them excited by such an agitation. At 'tne disorders of that territory have grown
this crisis, the north, instead of sending m ony WOrse. At this moment they are
armed men, who went about boasting of
their ability to protect themselves, should
have sent in order-loving and law-abi
ding citizens ; should have sent in peace-
tt en aye Teceiveer-me ursr -nrrnroer or a
neatly printed weekly of sixteen pages,
bearing the above title, and devoted to
" The Turf, Field Sports, Literature and
the Stage."
From the character of the first num
ber as well as from our former knowledge
of the ability of the editor, Wm. T. Por
ter, we can recommend this paper as
amusing and instructive to any one, and
especially so to all who take an interest
in the history, best modes of rearing and
achievements of that " most noble of all
animals," the horte.
Price $3,00 per annum. Address Geo.
Wilkes, 3 16 Broadway, N. Y.
Consumption. The following record
of deaths has been sent us for publica
tion. Consumption has made sad havoc
in that family, by removing from it four
children in as many years. The first
death is that of Frederick A., who died
Nov. 24, 1852, aged 22 years; the sec
ond is that of Charles H., who died June
28, 1 854, aged 25 years ; the third is that
of Nancy Jane, who died July 24, 1855,
aged 22 years the fourth is that of Mary
Ann, who died August 23, 1856, aged 19
ynrs.
The above were children of Isaac and
Ann Cochran, of Albany.
County Vote.
The following is the total of votes for
Senator and County officers, revised and
corrected from our last week's report :
Fou Senator,
W. B. Cole,
leo. Worthington, Jr.,
J. II. Dwinnell,
Cocntt Ji-gf.&.
John Walbridge,
Durkce Cole,
Emery Stewart,
F. S. French,
W. J. Hastingi,
J'iseph Scott,
Joseph Rowell,
JrucK op Probate.
Marshall Carpenter,
Geo. Nye,
Nchemiah Colby,
SiiERirr.
S. G. Bean,
Horace Pierce,
M. Newcorub,
State's Attob
John P. Sartle,
John II. Kimball,
S. A. Willard,
1003
792
522
1205
826
842
631
282
393
287
1212
688
357
1224
862
262
1164
634
376
Mr. Mungovan died at Lowrll, Mas.,
J.i-1 Sunday, aged 107 year?.
. ...i.:i. ,k :
prucuce, ut cusiuui, nmw mien k ua . M , . j
1 ' seeking men, who would have promoted
not connici wun any statute law or coir- - , . , t-ui
. - , , . iconcora oy moral geucn.-s uiws
course woum nave strengtnenea tne hands
of the President, instead of tying them,
as they had been. The sufferings of the
settlers are, therefore, at their own seek
ing, and the legitimate fruits of that gun
powder-bible preaching which they and
their supporters at the North have advo
cated. Each side is doubtles to blame.
Inflammatory appeals are circulated both
South and North, and reports false or ex
aggerated, put forth by hated partisans
to stir up sectional strife. If each party
would only get rid of about a hundred of
their designed and restless leaders, agita
tion would eease, and a speedy end be
put to the disorders.
The interposition of the Executive is
claimed by both sides, each party urging
against the other exactly the same
charges. At this distance from the scene
of strife, the President cannot determine
between them. His action must be gui
ded by official reports. Gen. Smith com
municates a very different condition of
things from the exaggerated statements
which have gone abroad. No apprehen
sioH of an armed invasion need be appro
hended. But should it happen, the whole
power of the government will be exerted
to repel it, come from whatever source it
may. The army in Kansas is not there
to prevent or correct outrages unless
they amount to invasion or insurrection
The civil power alone is competent to
this. Application should be made there,
Gen. Smith had no power to redress the
wrongs of Mr. Strawn. He applied to
the wrong quarter. He should have
gone to the Courts. As to granting him
an escort, i,Gen. Smith thought if Mr,
Strawn was smart enough to find his way
sateiy to him without one, he ought to be
able to find his way back !" The Courts
are open to all classes of citizens, without
distinction. No authentic information
has ever reached the Executive of an in
dividual who has sought a redress of
wrongs at the hands of the civil power in
lumsas, and tailed to obtain it. If one
such case had been presented, he would
at once have removed the offending offic
ial, it the majority of the people in Kan
sas had wanted peace and quiet they
could have bad it. The way to get it
was tor the settlers amon2 themselves to
frown down all agitation growing out of
oinerences of opinion at to local institu
me executive had always felt
solicitous about the Territory, and had
exerted his constitutional powers to their
full extent to preserve order. The affair
at Lawrence had given him great anxiety,
u ne at mat time telegraphed both to
Col. Sumner and Got. Shannon, besides
this rule it would seem to me the Council
of Censors have over acted, or in other
words, forced that upon the people which
they should nave proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution, and given them
an opportunity to vote as they saw fit ;
yet such w the case, and the freemen
must act as their best judgment directs.
I think the above rule has been received
and regarded as law by our supreme and
county courts, and why this Council of
Censors have acted so differently from
those who have preceded them, is best
known to themselves. I hope you will
publish the proposed amendments in your
paper soon, so that the people of Orleans
County may kow upon what they are
about to act, and I hope no one in Ver
mont will slumber at this time, when so
much is said about constitutional rights,
but may all awake to their true interest
as touching the Constitution. More anon.
A Voice from Orleans.
Jay, Sept. 8, 1856.
Our Country's Curse.
This is well set forth in the following
paragraph from the closing portion of
Mr. Seward's speech on the admission of
Kansas: u Senators of the free States, I
appeal to you. Believe ye the prophets !
I know you do. You know, then that
Slavery neither works mines nor quar
ries, nor founds cities, nor builds ships,
levies armies, nor manns navies. Why,
then, will you insist on closing Bp this
new territory of Kansas against all en
riching streams of immigration while you
pour into it the turbid and poisonous wa
ters ot African Slavery ? Which one of
you all, whether of Connecticut or of
Pennsylvania, or of Illinois or of Michi
gan, would consent thus to extinguish the
chief light of civilization within the State
in which your own fortunes are cast, and
in which your own posterity are to b"ve ?
Why will you persue a policy so unkind,
so ungenerous and so unjust, towards the
helpless, defenceless, strugdine Territory
cf Kansas, inhabited as it is by your
brethren, depending on you for protec
tion and safety ? Will Slavery in Kansas
add to the wealth or power or glory of
ine itepuoncr iou know that it will
diminish all these. You profess a desire
to end this national debate about slavery
uicn nas rxcome tor you intolerable,
Is it not time to relinquish that hope ?
You haf e exhausted the virtue, for that
purpose, that resided is compacts and
platforms, in the suppression of the ri"ht
J of petitions, and in an arbitary parlimen
: ti'ry laws, and in abnegation of Federal
more threatening than ever ; a peaceful
olution of its troubles seems still more
uncertain than at any period of its former
history. The President affirms that he
has exhausted all his constitutional pow-
T--, , v ota is not restored
juuci such ci
irCUmsfann -i
worth wLue to uiquire whether the germ
of the evih is not to be found in the ter
ritorial laws themseloes f
President This question I do not
propose to discuss at the present time
Committee. From whatever source,
then, Sir, the difficulties in Kansas have
originated, this one thing is patent to
the country and to the world, that not
withstanding all the efforts of the Gov
ernment, disorders of that would shame
the worst desposition of the worst ages
disordeis so wide spread and so atro-
coious, o bloody and infernal, so deeply
damning and inhuman that to escape
them, tie wretched inhabitants would
make a gain if transfered to the despotic
Governnent of Russia, of Austria, or of
France. ; During this dark reign of blood
and terror, during this fearful tempest of'
violence and anarchy, these poor unshield
ed victims of ploted vengeance have
broken m law and committed no crime.
For hating slavery, because they loved
Liberty, all these things havecome upon
there.
Such, Sir, is the nature and character
of the events which have transpired in
Kansas during the past eighteen month's
policy of the Government. As repre
sentatives of the National Kansas com
mittee, we are here to-day to ask whether
any change in this policy of the Admin
istration is to he expected?"
president "No; Sirs! There
WILL BE NONE
Such gentlemen of the National Kan.
vviiMuiicc, w mc suDsrance ot our
interview with President Peirce, the duty
of commenting on the facts here stated
we leave to you. Our mission is ended.
IJEATH BT DROWNING. A painful
accident occurred in Plymouth, Mass.. bv
which Dr. E. Webster (a brother of the
Revs. Alonzo and Harvey Webster of
the Vermont Conference) and his little
son four years old were drowned. They
were sailing on a pond known as " Bill
mgton Seas." In the boat with them.
was Dr. Webster from Vt.; the father of
Dr. E. Webster and the son, who was
recentlv
orotner, Key. A. Webster. The boat
was eapsized and Dr. W. in attempting
to rescue his son was himself lost. At
counts the body ot 4he father bad
not been found NorthfUld Messenger,
CiTA Clarksville paper speaking of
iuj iow water in the Tennessee, says that
a rise of three feet came down a few day's
previous, but eooM not get ovr the
ihoaliM
Representatives.
. w a list of the Repre-
sentatives in this State, so lar
from. Those marked with a star ;
.-inktrntion men. AU the rest are
vut
Republicans:
ADDISON COLSIf. .
Addison, II. Cornwall,
Bridport, II. Smith,
Cornwall, O. Field,
Granville, A. G. Allen,
Ferrisburgh, G. F. Stone,
Leicester, L. Sayles,
Middlebury, J. W. Stewart,
New Haven, D. Meaehatn, .
Orwell, E. Catlin,
Panton, P. Bristol,
Ripton, M. K. Day,
SaUsbury, E. H. Weeks,
Vergennes, G. W. Grandy.
Bristol, W. C. Rider,
Goshen, WT. A. Belknap,
Hancock, Ehud Darling,
Lincoln, C. P. Bush,
Monkton, Norman Finney,
Shoreham, James M. Lamb,
Starksboro, L. Taft,
Weybridge, Isaac Drake,
Whiting, Abram Ellsworth,
Waltham, H. S. Cross.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Manchester, D. P. Walker.
Dorset, G. B. Holley,
Arlington, Normau Hard,
Bennington, Thomas Jewett,
Glastenbury, John Etwell, jr.,
Landgrove, C. P. Mead,
Peru, A. T. Byard,
Pownal, P. Wright,
Readsboro, S. Mason,
Rupert, M. Denio,
Sandgate, John Brownjr.,
Searsburgh, S. Robinson,
Shaftsbury, Henry A. Cole,
Stamford, J. R. Houghton,
Sunderland, G. B. Bacon,
Winhall, J. T. Leonard,
Woodford, Wm. F. Park.
CALEDONIA COUNTT.
St. Johnsbury, II. Hastings,
Barnet,Alex. Johnson,
Waterford, J. D. Stoddard,
Lyndon, D. L. Ray,
Ryegate, C. Somers,
Peacham, Moses Martin,
Walden, Samuel Currier,
Burke, Lewis Jenkins,
Ilardwick, J. Underwood,
Newark, A. P. Taft,
Sutton, J. C. Blake,
Sheffield, J. G. Kinaston,
Wheelock, W. Chase,
Kirby, none,
Danville, T. Howard,
Groton, W. McLaughlin.
Bolton, E. M. Colton,
Burlington, H. B. Stacy,
Charlotte, B. Beers,
Colchester, R. Newton,
Essex, L. M. Williams,
Hinesburgh, A. H. Post,
Jericho, L. A. Bishop,
Milton, R. Bascom,
Richmond, R.!Stephens,
Shelburn, P. E. Smith,
Underhill, E. Hanaford,
Westford, J. H. Woodward,
Williston, A. Shaw,
St. George, R. Lockwood.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Swanton, E. C. Wait,
St. Albans, H. F. Stevens,
Georgia, G. W. Ranslow,
Fletcher, R. Armstrong,
Fairfax, A. Ufford,
Bakersfield, H. Denio,
Montgomery, S. Goodspeed,
Berkshire, B. B. Smith,
Fairfield, R. C. Soule,
Sheldon, D. D. Wead,
Franklin, V. HorskinsfT
Highgate, J. Carman,
Richford, L. II. Goff,
Enosburgh, A. S. Ladd.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Cambridge, E. Bentley,
Elmore, L. M. Grout,
Eden, A. Stevens,
Hydepark, W. P. S. Noyes,'
Johnson, D. G. Perry,
Morristown, M. W. Terrell,
Stowe, J. Robinson,
Waterville, A. Hartshorn,
Wolcott, L. Tileston.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Bradford, Strickland,
Braintree, A. Fitts,
Brookfield, W. E. Chamberlain,
Newbury, A. B. W. Tenney,
Randolph, J. B. Hutchinson,
Strafford, Rollins,
Thetford, A. George.
Chelsea, II. Lincoln,
Fairlee, A. II. Gilraore,
Orange,
Topsham, 0, II. Watson,
Tunbridge, John Moxly,
Vershire, D. M. Baldwin,
Washington, B. W. Bartholomew
West Fairlee, J. II. Quiraby,
Wilhamstown, L. M. Martin,
Corintb, M. C. Henderson.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Albany, J. C. Rowell,
Barton, M. Natter,
Greensboro, J. W. Smith,
Craftsbory, S. Chamberlain,