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MONTPKLtEU, JULY C, 1E55.
Election September 4.
for Goreroor,
STEPHEN llOYCE,
or Br.nxsmtiE.
Tor Lieut. Corernor,
RYLVND FLETCHER,
or Cavk.musii.
for TVcaJurrr,
HENRY M. BATES,
or NoRTHrir.Ln.
DEMOCRACY IN 1855.
"Thotimo has como when men of all
parties must rally under Iho banner of the
Union Democracy for tlio union of Ihc states."
l'l. Patriot.
Perhaps some of "the men of nil par
ties" will prefer to sec what 'Mho banner
me union uemocra-y is ..core nicy rem ,
ihcir necks in fighting tinJcr it. Here is
" Tho Banner of Union DomOO- '
raoy."
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED RY THE
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
1. The Union -but the Union as seconda
ry to tho reserved rights of tho States.
That is, Slavery first, the Union secon
dary.
2. The total non-interference of Congress !
with slavery ampere in the. States", in the
i crriipiieo nuu ui iiiu teiiiv t u, wuiuuiuia.
In short, Slavery must go just where the
KIsvocrats please, nnd do just what they
pleaso without let or hindrance
3. Tho maintenance of tho Fugitive Slave
Law, jujf nj if i, in'MoiJ amindnnnt n,id
trilhaiUrtpca!.
4. Tho principles established by tho No
braska Kansas Act, nhich mo tho rights of
tho peoplo of Kansaa to form a Republican
f Im-.rniTiffti? Willi Ar without ulnvrrv. nhfTi. i
eve they please, and to como into the Union
on an cqujl (biting with tho other States.
.Meaning that U ia the right of Slavocrata
to put down the right nf Suflrago by force,
nnd to corvc tho way for b'avcry in free ter
ritory by tho bowie-knife.
."5. Tho resolution of tho last .'Jeorgia Lc
glslalurc that any opposition to lhce princi
ples, by man or party, is an act of hotily to
the South.
0. Sympathy with the "friends of slavery
in Kansas in their manly cfibrU" (i. e., Ly
bowie knife and musket) "to maintain tho
nghts and interests ol the Southern peoplu"
over "tho paid adventurers and Jesuitical
hordes of Northern Abolitionism."
7. Opposition to every party at the North
which does not como up fully and fairly to
the Southern standard, including the Know
Nothings.
That is to say every Northern Demo
crat is to bo denied all share in the spoils,
and to be kicked out of Iho Democratic par
ty, unless he becomes a dough-face.
8. Retaliatory measures against Mnssa
chutelts nnd Vermont for " virtually repeal
ing the Fjgitiyo Slave Law ;" and
V. The annexation of Cuba.
Ah 1 that conjunction " and" lets day.
light into tlio Cuba business. Cuba is to
come in as two states, to balance Vermont
nnd Massachusetts.
N. Y. Dough-faced Democra
cy cnlistu under tho Dunncr.
Extracts from Htsoluliom adopted bj the
" A'ulional Democracy" in ,tir York CVy,
June 17, J8S5.
llttolved. That Conntcss hiu no nowcr to
ititcifcro with or attempt to dictate or con- '
trol the domestic inaiiiutions or States or
'J'ttritorio, and that its pont.r to do to in
the Diatrict of Columbia being gravely dis
ruted oujlit not lo bo cxeiciscd ! that wu
deprecate and opposo the agitation of tho
i r ' . i" -ingress "" ,,, limb j , together
shape or form i nnd while wc approve of. und ' , ' "
will adhere to, as just and coiiHitution.il, the , UP" a'l subordinate iiHttcrs-lo.i-rtechetr-cxlsting
legislation upon Iho subject of tha ' folly Upon all that il is really iiniortant,
rmditionol fugitive Blives, and the pnnci (good and true, and to remove every rock of
nle or the acts organizing the Tcrr.tor.e .,r Lp. numbllna-Mock, that may he
Utah, New Mexico, Koiuas and Nebraska, 1 " , , . ,
we demand, tit the name of the sound union ' " ,h! way 01 tht B,ca' Natlouil 1 riunipli
feeling of the country, that all insane sec-1 at the Presidential clcctiop. The Star and
lionai piejuuices unlraterml agitations
and hypocritical aggressions, fomented by
uesigmug aim U4iiguis men, fiiiaii ccabe.
futoitcd, 1 hat wo utterly repudiate and
disavow the Northern Abolitionists -First
I tntrln r.
the position thus assumed is one which finds
no warrant in the Constitution or in tho cx-
Z . . t. V .7 M r. , i. 7 , '
end remembering that tho first Stole, ndmit-
led by act or Congress approved by George
Washington as President, was the Slavohol-
ding Stale of Ken'ucky.
A mistake: free and glorious v,t
was the first: Vermjut iu 1701, Kentucky '
in 17S)al
rooked. That we aro in favor of
Annexation or tho Island Cuba to the Uiii.
ted States at the earliest moment consistent j
with our national honor and treaty obliga-
tions us demanded both by the political and1
commercial interests of tile country.
'
"THE BANNER OF UNION DEMOC-
liAl-VltTHF ATtnJt i
IIALA IS Till. NATIONAL
K.N.BANNER ALSO.
6ur reader, well underrtand thatK. Nism '
, ., , . .,, .
ss a National paity is now as Slavocrttic as
the Georgia Democracy every thing liav-
ing been forced to yield to Slavery. To
show the intensity of National K. Nlsm on
c .k ,u
Slavery, and its identity with tho - Union
uemocracy," we quote me loiiowmg:
lintlimore, June 20. A Mass Meeting to
ratify the doings of the National Convention'
Jrn0",.i li1'biUde,l,n, c01;
off here lns eyenuig. The vast square was !
denael crowded. The meeting was called
to order by John Dukellut, Esq., who made
a brief address. A.Kennedy was elected
President, assisted by lit, VlCo Presidents
ri r.,i..:- w j .
,.9 ,wiju iiig !&eviwi"ii "sis rn.Et,u .
Whereas the American Convention assemb
led in Philadelphia, Laving laid down princi
ples for the guidance of the American par-
ty, to purely national, American, and patri
otic in tone, so ccneenial wilh tho soirit or!
those republican tinstuuiious under which
w0bavebeen0u.uired,.ndih0K-rpetuityof
which we believe to be mentis to the tires -
enunciatej by the Uutlalo Convention, whl-h ! Northern K. Ns. have simply separated froai
T. "'TmiT .'" 'r,rtlioSlavocracy, their duty -is but half per-
Ihu "no moro Navcholding States" bhall i " , , ,
bo 'admitted in this Union bLdievinrr ihat formed, '1 hey must unite with the friends
erration of those cherished blessings and 1 grtalqutilion of tit campaign. We ogam
liberties which, our fotefatbera battled and j hail tho Vermont Patriot as an organ, ond
BlVltt ulesYo fllie HM K"LU
to thwart the intrigues or.d machinations of ii'S-uut-blavery party,
foreigners, and to exercise that demon of 1 , ..TT , , T 7Z, 7",
ectionaliam which lian threatened the vtryl TA Aiutiirfrorttr fur July Is the first iium
integrtty of cur hallo nnl Union, .therefore iber of the now volume. If any body wish.
Jtcitlted, J hat the principle, and -ntl-
mcnti enunciated by the Convention, nrcl
lien-bv cordially approved bvtheAoiericans'
of kU'lliiaore, and ifwvt we will endeavor tot
Mintain tncin is all their purity.
J&ltiW,. Tht Ai American Party fully1
ieognie ihe rights., of tlhe several Sui(o
a cotfrfeMt-d in the Cdnsliliition ol the Uni
ted ssktM, and Ihat Congress under ihat
Cocutkulioa smisusks tie I fetter 'to Ugttlate
0n tin Mulfat ef Slattry, and tkat any agi
allow f that qiusiiiin, tehtthtr teilhin or
jeiHwvt Co'ress, it a violative of tlial spuit
of compromise in which the foundation of
our Government was laid, and should bo
condemned by every truo lover of his coun
try. There, gentlemen of (he Patriot, wo have
done what you dare not do-cxhibilcd the
(lag tinder which you invito the people of Ver
mont. Now let us oo you rally them.
VlBIVlfi,
" Tim resolutions of tlio Stale Conven
tion at Rurlington were good t6 Var aa they
I went, tut they lacked that lintioratlve de
I tnand of the times, a.slrong Am"rtean plank,
which they ennrrot f fford to spare. "Star ef
Vermont, K. N.
That Is a pretty good answer to the fol
lowing whopper i
"The Hindoo triumphed over the Whig
influence in tho Feberal-Know-Notbinir
Convention last Wednesday at Rurlington.
Vermont I'alriot.
The distinctions of Whig, Democrat, K.
N. or American, Free Soiler or Abolitionist
wcro entirely ignored nt llnrlington. Cal
led as a Convention of Friends of Freedom,
without distinction of party, who desire to
net together for Freedom's cause at the next
September and 1'feMdimtial elections, the
Convention irrrs precisely what it was de
signed to be. Nobody asked and nobody
cared whether tho nominees were K. Ns. or
anti-K. Ns. or whether they had been
Whigs, Democrats or Frco Sullen i they
were selected as men who ran he confided
in aa men of back-bones of genuiuo Ver
mont grit who can and will abide by the
cause of Freedom ngninsl every foe. Of
cof(0 mere was no contest, and no -'tlin
(,oo ;,,,,," ,ho t.atriot MKy Bnd fool.
mj Je!(,rt1 Tho nc,n)jIwlioni) wero ,,.
Imously and hoattilv nndo, both in Commit-
tee and Convention, without one word of
1 complaint, one lisp of disctil, and we trust
i ihey will be ratified by Iho peoplo in tho
1 same hunioninus and enthusiastic fashion.
In a word, Iho men of tho Burlington Con
vention were bent upon harmonizing and
concentrating tho Freemen of Vermont aa o
hind of brother on invlnciblo phalanx of
Freemen, plcdrred abotc all Ihittna elso for
Freedom' cause. Thc.l Is just what tho
Patriot fears; so it catches greedily at a
contemptible lio against Gov. Roycc, and
manufactures' nn imaginary " Hindoo tri
umph." The Patrbt will lio in vain. Let
it save all its strength fur tho defunco of the ,
" Hindoo" Platform of the Slavocratic nn-i
jorlty at Philadelphia. Tho " Union Domoc- I
racy, to winch tho las'. I'm not conletsea
allegiance, Am adopted Ihc Hindoo I'latjorm
&Varery
resolutions
fceo Gcorgii and Now oik
and compare them with tho
''Hindoo" platform. Tho Patriot is now (he !
ally of tho Hindoos : let it magnify its office. !
Now n word as to Vermont K. Ns. Wu
trust they are not " Hindoos ;" that they re.
pel the Hindoo Platform and tho Hindoo
organization ; that they sustain Wilson
nnd Gardner and Ford, and the intrepid
hand of Northern Freemen who dared to
beard the black beast in the Philadelphia
den. Wo trust, too, that they will justly
appreciate tho action of the Rurlmgum Con
vention. Truo it is, that thoy might have
been pleased by a recognition of some of
their di6tinctivo principles ly that Conven
tion. Equally true it is that the nntl-K.Ns.
would have been pleased by a distinct con.
damnation of some of those features of K. j
Nism which they abominate. Had the Con I
vention been called for the purpose of thap- j
ii (fa scheme of politics, wo coufiss that, in '
our opinion, it would havo been possible to j
bring the great body of the K. Ns.diidanti- j
K. Ns. to nn agrccmunl, uvennowi so much
have many of the K. N, yie'.ded recently
their secrecy, their oaths, and their intoler
oi.ee that the differences between them and j
their opponents ore fast fading awoy. Time i
will remove all obstacles, lint the Conven
tion wns ncil called totnako up a scheme of
politics. It was designed simply to bring
together those who desire to co-opcralo on a
singlo and paramount queation Fntrnuji
or SLAVtnr and it took ground on which
all can consistently stand and act together
K. Na. and anti-K Ns, Whigs, Frcosoilcra
and Democrats worthy of the name. When
once fairly brought to act together, to con
fide in each other, and to triumph together
in tho election! of I85", wo do not doubt
,t, party wc ttuat, am equally hopeful -ut
least cqujlly desirous of such a result.
I'iiey must he, else the noble prolr.at of the
minority nt Philadelphia was in vain. Iflliu
of Freedom, or nil is lost. Tha Burlington
Com culion has opened the way for umtcj
1 action ; friends op Freedom I we invito you i
,, ' , ' ,
all ,vo bul'ccl Jou alk ye in lire
straight path. I
- - i
' Freedom or Slavery. ,
7f" l'0' J tht Soulh llr' To''JS' of ,
Georgia, on the evening ol his departure fur :
KuroFo, w rote a letter lorf friend in Goor- ,
6'i closing with Iho following statement of
the course which, in his judgment, thu south
,lould pursue : '
i.ti.I i.ii..rit.o..,ii.i.i 1
, , 8 P '7 u'L ' ? ' !
to lay aside all party divtkion i Whigs, Deui-
't13 Kn"" Nothings klioull come to-
Eetlier. and ciniibmo for their common safe j
,y. If we are wise enough to do this, to
present one unbroken phalanx of tilteen i
Su,cs Co.r, tb V'vawu ol tliosr
own rights, the Constitution and tho Union. 1
and to uphold and supjiort that noblo band
of patriots Ulough facei at tho Noith, who
J1"" ""od lor the Constitution and the right, i
j s,mu ''T'1 of l"ii'n, f'dry and
' treason which have aasaiedOicin, wo sul
succeed, We shall then have conquered a
peace which will be enduring, and by means
,rl"c!l will not invite'furthcr aggrcsaiou."
Right, Mr. Toombi. Ltl Slavery umto
and do battle manrully on Slavery ground,
., ,, . , ' '
ai hx lhe ,kni' of 1 teeimn ""V a man
" lha trumpet call, and meet tho foe face to
face on a fair field. Toombs is onlhe wron"
ldo but he his hit the right way of fighting
le battle.
N'ud'cnal A' .Um. The telegraph an
j nounccs that lhe Georgia Stale Council of K
! Ns. has " adopted the Georgia Pialform"
Do
Ljllorj.i ;,,' , ,. ...
' , "... """" Na"ola'.A;
"" Ueinoeraey arc identical on the
w to bo surr of soinelhinir sereeable every
, , , ,
y. "u "
J" bf H'
belter cngago u teat at the
e editor of tho Knickcrtocker.
riinlsjajtllietiiuotoduit. 83 ocr vcar.
-New VoSaniue) Hehston.
rUioraf hi. Fine specinicnT or,' this
fwH ,n,y b? t White's Daguerco
typo Rooms, Ststo Strtt such as portraits,
life i nd sinsll views of Moutpelier Vil
lage, and of the Stato House.
Orange County Convention.
The Freemen of Orange County, who de
sire to co-oporate in opposition to tho policy
of the present National Adminiitration nnd
the propagandists of Slavery of every name
in the Union, for Freedom, its promotion and
defence, and the protection of tho rights of
tho Free States, aro invited to meet at the
Town Hall Hi Chelsea, Wednesday, July
1 llh, t 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose ol
making County nomination.
J. M. FI.tNT, ) Chairmen of County
11 HYDE, J Committee.
Vermont Central Railroad.
In pursuance of an order from Chancellor
Poland, the? Vermont and Canada Ilnilroad
Company took possession of the Vermont
Central Railroad on Monday last, to run the
same until the interest, due from tho last to
the first named road, shall hive been paid.
The Central, our readers aro for tho most
part apprized, has for eonio tunc been in pos
session of tho TiUstcca of the First Mort
gago Uolids. The Trustees did nit surren
der tho road to the Vermont and Canada, but
protested against the possession of tho same
by the Vermont and Can id a as unlawful, the
order nf the Uiancollor to Iho contrary not- ;
withstanding. Wc surnoac, therefore that
the Vermont and Canada takes possession at
its own risk ns to ulterior consequences. It
is understood that Geo. M. Dexter, Ecu,., of
Iloston, a Director in both tho Vt, Central
nnd Vermont and Canada corporations, and
formerly Treasurer of both, is to havo the
general charge of tho road. Mr. Sherburne
will doubtless remain at his post aa Supcrin
tendant, together with tho other heads ofde
pittmeiiti in the Northfield office.
Panorama of Pilgrim's
Progress,
Representing Ihu plincipal scenes in Run
yan'd Pilgrim's Progress, and painted on 10,
CCO feet of canvas, will bo exhibited at the
Free Church in this placo on Saturday clo
ning next. This painting has received tho
commendation of sonio of iho principal art
ists of tho country, and nlso m.ny eminent
Divines.
The CUorioui Vourlh. The cclthration
catno olf in this place, on Wcdncsdiy, very
much to the satisfaction nf that important
.-j- .i . .... ,
portion oi mo coram u i ty ca cu "every-
, . I
body." The exercises nt the Drlclc Uurch
wcro listened to with marked attention, nnd
the oration received with applause. The
dinner, nt Washington Hall, got up by land-!
, , , . , ,
,om i.urmnim w.-., cxcoueni ; and tlio regu-
lar tuasts, after the reiuotal of the cloth,
short, nithv. nnd to the noint. In thn nfinr.
noon. Iho Montnolier Regulators worn .!. 1
l , f ,, . ., .
observed of all obserters." '1 heir ' urn-
fiimis," and ihoir " evolutions," no two nlike,
were fantastic m tho extreme nnd excited
more mind humor' and fun ninon ihn mnlil. I
tudo than we havo witnessed Or many a day,
The evening was a favorable ono for tho
fire w orks, nnd a fine exhibition of artificial
light it v-as, enjoyed by thousind, of admir
ing spectators. Tho Cominiltoe or Arrange
ments, Ihe Officers ol Ihu Day, the Military,
and the Montpalier Brass Rand, did honor to
themselves nnd to the occasion. The regu
lar toasts ill bo given in our next,
Hrawberriis. Tho papers, throughout the
country, speak of this delicious fruit as abun
dant the prrkent season. Tho garden of the
editor of this piper has yielded some fine
specicimens to help celebrate the fourth of
July, ono measuring three inches in circum
ference ono way, and four Ihe other. It was
as rich in flit or ns large in size.
Arthur's Home Magazine, (Philadelphia,)
will prove nu agreeable and useful visitor in
every lainily especially to the ladies ond
young people.
(ty Purchasers of Carpeting who visit
Huston, should read the advertisement oud
scale or prices,' in another column, of the
Ne England Carpet Company, of Ilo-ton.
" GOV. ROYcK nill.ONGS TO A
PAST G UN V.W ATION." Temp. Standard
Tlio meaning nf tins is, he is not fit to bo
Governor of Vermont. If by ihu tho Stand
ard moans that Suphen Royco does not
write Icttens and prctly paragraplis lor news-1
pipers i lint lie does not deliver Icrluresatid
stump tpi'eches ; that he is not a hanircr-ou
at CuuyentioiH ; th il ho does not belong to
uieiarioui reioruimg ' ami ueiomnng "so
ciitie"orihu day; and that ho is not willing
to believe that ihree fourlhs of tho people
aro rascils, and is nit willing to bo in a per-
petual quarrel with his neighbors, then, Mr.
Standard, he '-docs not belong to this gener
ation." Hut, if a birth, education, and a life of per-
petual labor in the Stato of Vermont do not
unfit ono to be the Governor or the Mate j if
a pound mind in a round body, nnd n good
nnd generous heart in the right place, nro not
old fogy qualifications ; if love of law and
justice, and clurity to all nnu, aro not sun ;
ir simple manners, plain speech, and the cor-
rect speaking and writing or tho fti;llsli
language, are not ' byegonts (' if aporlcct
knowledge or general and statute law is not
a degradation : if a thorough ncuuiiiitance
will, the artiot! of our Cnurta for twenty fit o
years, doe. not disquahfy man lo live in 1
the "present age ;"-if t entt years .rssion
on mo oupreme uencn does noi utitit ono to
live in iho nineteenth century i if obstinenc.0 .response from tho people of tins and other
from party action, nnd freedom from party Northern States. It received the assent of
bias, aro nut "tne virtues of this glorious nearly all of the delegates fiom tho Northern
age j if strength of head is better than i Slate's to tha National Council at I'hilodel
chronic ossification of the bruin ; if philan-1 phm. Il has been endorsed by tho peoplo of
thropy is better than misanthropy ; ff toting Maine and Massachusetts, ond it will receivo
ngaimt slavery as a M votes, is better than I the assent of every ami administration cun-
votltnr as "otlr oarlt vntis " it' llin nrnrur-n ............ I.-.I.I ... i. T. .
" n I J I w (-"-
or temperance is '.ettrrthan preaching it;-
present generation" provided the 'V-s-m
generation" be a decent one.-llutland Iter-'
aid.
-
"BntSTor. niLL" l'Anno.ini!
Governor
ll.v ..!..,.. ......l...l . ,ui. 1... 1
....., .... ...,,.,,. ,u ,,, llatu. 10 1Norm accept me issue there can there
cued, desperate criminal, n uncoinhtiunn 1 foro bo no ju.t cause for complaint.
pirdoiu hat earthly reason can havo in- i'rom ,,e antccedeiiU ofcerUin individu
duced this act or clemeiiey, wo n-e at a lus a)a whose nlniea figutcJ Urgel.. in ,1C con.
to conjecture, fhe public w ill fccl anxious venll011 wu t,ould supptaciT that had thev
toknow.-Vm. Standard. considered the principles ol the American
Gov. Rnycn his nor granted a pardon tu ' party of sufficient iniporiance to deinind a
Un.iol Rill. Thiii man was tried in the Cal. I national Ooutention fur their elimination, they
cdonia Co. Court, in the summer of 1650 would have made some movement for their
for counterfeiting, found guilty and sentcne- recognition in a Slnto Convention in which
edtoten yours imprisonment. Five of the they appeared as prominent actors, Ilow
years have noarly expired. Here is the true I ever, we will commend tho good Ihat was
statement of the casu by the Caledonian : j done and " bury Iho cv ll oa of sight."
t iiu pi isuucr was uruugni up nero lor
trial at the present ttrin by the Attorney for
the Government, at the suei-cbtlon nf the
Governor. Probably ho will not pardon bun
till he has received his trial on this indict
ment
Gov. Royce says "no further proceedings only J'JoO. Since the building of the rail
dan properly be lud on Wurburton's petition road through that corner of the State, these
)ot pardon, now, ir ever.' Hutland Herald.
Gov. RmcE a K. N. The editor tr (he
Tcnipetaiico Standard, who ought to know,
being a K. N. himself, says Guv, Royce has
joined the Order, having been induced to do
so by tho Si. Albans Messenger and Rutland
Herald nun, in order to secure his le-clcclion
as Governor. Wonder how "old linu" Whi"s
will like this 7Ilclloui iaiU .1rgui,
To this the Rutland Herald replies)
I. The Standard has said nothing or the
kind.
ii. Gov. Royce is not a K, N.
Tho editor of the Messenger has had
nothing to do wilh Gov. Royce iu reference
l- at. im.ii;.... - t- t 1
IV V. I-I0UI, Mil. .lulling IS llVJt 0. t. p.-l-
Mr. Davis is opposed to them.
I. The editor jf the Herald has hail no
coipmnaication wi(li Gov. Royco, in any form
whatever,) IK rife mice lo Ju Nitmjand
morcoier s nol belong to tho order,
Will the ,drgut try sgjin '
From lli rjnrlinxt ' rp TifM.
State Convention.
Tho last year's extraordinary zeal for po
litical convention! could not bo looked for
this year. Tim reason is plain. The ground,
which tho people or the state would assume
on tho absorbing question of tho day, had
then to be taken. He-idea it was the year
when, according to prevailing custom, a now
tickets for state officers was to bo brought
forward This year no new ground hadlo
be taken. Tho foot needed only to bo placed
more nrmiy on tnai nlroatiy occupied. Tho
present occupants of the chicl state offices
wcro so generally satisfactory that there '
wns no reason lo suppose that thn.n un I
helped to place them in offirc. would I'nnnv.
.t.I. I .1 ... ..... . . J
thing lrss than to voto for their re-election ,
next September. Wo looked thcreforo for
a much smaller assemblage I'm il..rn,,.a I
Our town hall, a very largo room was well
filled. Probably four hundred intelligent
nnd earnest men were present from different
parts of the state, except from two or three
remoto counties. Tho proceedings wcro
harmoniously conducted, and tho results of
tho meeting we are sure, will prove satisfac
tory to tho great mass ol tho people of tins
atal". The nominating committee, chosen,
in the iitinl form, had an easy task. As
soon us they woo organized, without any
discuasiun ns to who should ho nominated,
the ballot wns taken, and every billot con
tained tho name of STEPHEN ROYCE.
onj-lt ,vaa .mm.nateJ for Linn, ?..., I
wim me tamo unanimity RYLAND FLET-
and HENRY M. RATIOS for Stato Trras
urcr. IlieliPurty response by tho conven-
nan to ma nomination! wiicn they wee re
ported by Ihu committee, thawed that the
peopleol tho stato looked for ho other.-
With great pleasure hnto we hoisted the
flag of Inst year at the head of our columns. '
The resolutions adopted will speak Tor lhm-
selves. Nevertheless wn hIihII lm n. ,
ihiui' to sav of ihnm nnnihor iNv I
Tho uprechs wcro nil straight forward and topics t'pon which ho should speak, the at-I tional. Their most sacred duty to their
to the point. That of Ho.v Ati-Aif Slni.i, I tempts which had been repealcdly made to ' country, to themselves and to posterity, con
was aenhn nnd toreiblo selling forth nf iho ! extend tho frontiers of tho country in order strain them to utterly repudiate) those views
bearings of tho Mrugglo between freedom!
anu slavery in our republic. He considered !
Ihe present juncture, a crisis, not omi mum.
factured by demagogues, but a rnl and t
most important oi.u. Ho alluded to Ihe nir.
gressioua or slavery and to the outrages in
Kansas, and thought that (he duly of Ihe
Administration wns to maintan, by Iho uo
of every means in its -pow cr, tho rights or
the ballot box and or Ihu settlers on tho oil
of tho territories. If the Administration
should refuse to check Iho foray of armed
slaveholders, ho wns mmlllmf- tn rnnni.nl
violence, but thuee outrages should be slop-
pro. He dwelt also upon Ihe importance of 1
keeping the main issue constantly in view, '
and tho propriety and necessity oDa.ting
aside all otlu'r o,ucstions ti-1 the great oiic is
settled. Ilo.!. J. L. Monniix, the repres
entative of ihe 2d Congressii.nal district in
, . , " :
nexl ' ongf, nude an excellent speech,
ipiCcd wilh quiet hit nnd quotation, from
Shakespeare. He reviewed with cool sever-
"J" "IU curso of the Administration, the cx
fit lt' , ""''l-", of wh"? "P
pointment, if the pencclul ncnnisilion o
peaceful acquisition of
Cuba was aimed nt, he considered on a pir
with that of the gonna who hired a lux to
carry her across tho riter. &e. Hothnwid
'i10 "ecess.ly of union nnd firm rcsistineo to
re i4-.muii ui uiuierv, nnu enuiiU Willi ,1
warning aea.nst tho intVoduct.oi, f any side
issues in iho struggle. Hon. Portus Ilivti-r
modo an anhmted and effective tpioch.
'viewing the steps by which the slavo
power had made its runner ndv.uicos In the
nation its progress consented to when it
ought to bo by lovera ol' Freedom hu re
peated the mecr with which a soctherner '
told him that as tho northerners hud in other !
cases grumbled, nnd then submitted, so it
would bs about tho rcDenl of tha .Missouri,
Compromise. Hut ho felt sure nn end to
that process wns come. Wo lud put on the
harness for the ftrucglo - and we did not in
tend to lay it o.T till Ireedoin was victorous.
Hrier remirks wero mido by Mr. Iloecher,
lion. I.aitrcnci Ilrainerd, Dr. Wheeler.
Hon. Samuel GrePii nnd othe.s. Of Ihu res- 1
millions ana ins remarKj concerning them we
will epenlc another day.
1'ioni llo Unllleloto Piicnill.
In another column wo publish a full report
of the proceedings of tho State Convention
held at Uurlinglonon Wednesday. '1 , res-
.riutwitv, ni ilm oxrpiiaii "fu coin
phmentary nature rehling lu tho ticket put
in nomination, are confined to two subjects
slavery nnd tmnporanee. The first five nro
devoted to nu enunciation of the principles by
w Inch the Frceni'-n of the Stato proposed tu
be governed in their Ireatment ol tho subject
uf slavery, and they may be expressed in few
words-" ri more Uoiiipromiaes, and nu
I further extension ol Slavery."
I ho Souih havo fir a lnnjr serins or vears
sought lomake the ex ensinn of tlicir pet m
atitiitiou tho eardinl object el their statea
miiiHlnp; nnd they have beou c ninenlly auc
ct'isful in nceomplislnii' thoir purpiMes in
this rerpnet. Slavery nnd the desiru for its
firther extension lei to Iho annexation tT
Texas and tho consequent war with Mex
ico ; it leu to tne ono-an!cd L-omuro-
mines of IH.iO: it is at
the bottom or our
! difficulties with
j i-
the lillibustierini;
, ,mni nf Ih
n,r,i nf ihn K.mil, .ui,! ,.i,..,ni. ,.. ,
piritol Iho fcoiilli.niidlhe iittrmptstocrealo
60,no pretext for the nequsitioti of Cuba. I'
; cuntruli the government of Ihe nation und
I jlrrcU tn0 mtercuurso ot Ihu govermnent
I uli most of tho foreign powers. I.'vcry
I question of a national imiiertince that his of
late years been asttntcd ut Congress has been
cmindrrcd, argued aud determined, so far ns
the action of the South is concerned, by this
standard. Slavery is the crucible in which
,a ,ejr notions of politics and government i
aro prepared : it is their test or political pr- i
thodoxy.
1 To such an extent huo the demmds of
j tfa local institution been carried, so com-1
j plctely has it permeated all Iho ramifications '
0r government, that Iho North aiu compelled ,
t0 by aside all other questions or policy and
.unite in defence or the principles upon which '.
1 110 government or this nation wns founded, 1
mot m uiuHi H.ir r,l,i., .rn i...,i
The position assumed by lhe Stato Conven-
tiim ., Uorlinfton In drlar,ng for lhe Free- 1
Join of all territory where Slavery does not !
Wisi he o.-n aw. mil mrri n hm
tuuiiuil liciu 111 HID 1 I CO OlaiCS.
l'r0in present indication wo cannot cs-1
present substantially, U.o test upon which the ,
next Presidential contest will b ni..1. Ir
!,T,,rtcttlh. w-
South, nnd hft lit-im nrcapntnil tiv tlinm nt
.... ... .......
.i.n.i ,..,,...,,.. r... ic
v.... ........ '
.7 gooJ Land Speculation. A few years I
ago a gentleman purchased 1100 acres of
land In the viciuity ot Island Pond. Some
of it ho bought for taxes, und all of it at such
low rales that the whole 1 1(10 acres cott him
aim an ouier Unas in ihu vicinity havo been
increasing 111 value, and willnii a few months
ho has sold tfie 1 ICO acres for $3,.VJ0. Con
sidering tho email capital embarked in en
terprise, wo doubt ir any land speculations,
either cast or west, hate yielded better re
turns iu so short a tune. Il'indeor Journal.
Most noniu rauita ir Rum. Oo Tues
day, a brute by the name of Johnson wns
found guilty of Rape and Incest, In our
Court i (his own daughter being iho victim
the wifo and mother being present.) U is
said (hat this man was filled for Ihrtn trim.
"'ceping hiaiself in rum Um. Standard.
The, body ol a lad thirteen years of sgc
was fqujid in the Merrimae Rtvcr, in Con
cord, onThuraday inorning of last week.
In lus pocket was a memoranda contalnln"
the mine of "Lymau J. Drake, llortforJ,
t.n Suspicious are cnteruincd that tho
boy was tuurdf red.
Interesting Political Meeting
in. Concord, N. II.
Srxtcni.s or Sejiatobs 1U:i,i. jttin IUi e.
A meeting of tho members of tho legis
lature anl tho ciiuens of Concord, N. II.,
was held in that city on Wednesday even
ing, to hear addresses from Hon. James
Hell and Hun. John P. Halo, tho newly elect
ed United States Senators from that State.
Mr. Eisunan, on takinc tho chair, made
soma briel and well chosen remarks
upon
the interest of tho occasion, and offered his
hearty congratulations tinon the election of
Senators whose sentiments ho believed were '
llMt'y in accordance, with tlnso of the
people of New Hampshire. Ho remarked
I1t oll i-,"P!' ""-'l passed away and hecoino
.k.lnn ni,.l llin .....nt r, ... Im,. .' nrlU.
freedom or slavery. Instead of a snbordin
ate, that issue now held tho most prominent
position in tho politics of tho country. Aflor
a long struggle we have now raised tho flag
ol freedom. Shall wo rally nrotind it ami
keep it floating in tho breeze, or shall we let
the black ting ofrlavciy wave in it, place?
The ansncr will depend much upon the po.
anion which we take. If we plant ourselves
upon the constitution, nhd itislt upon tho
interpretation which was git en to it by the
founders of our government -if n-e insist
that no State shall be admitted into tho U
iimiii wilh the right to hold slaves until the
Missouri Compromise is restored wo shall
ph. J akinti this for our platform, if it
brings about n geographical division of par-
tics, tlio lusponsiliilily is not on our Menus.
Hon. James Roll was then introduced to
the audience, mid was received wilh hearty
applause. In coinincnciiir; his remarks, Mr.
Rell disclaimed any intention to give dircc-
tmn to public opinion, and said that in any-
thing ho had to say ho should express his
individual opinion, for which ho nlono was
responsible, though ho hoped it may be found
In accord with that of tho ereat miss of the
people of tho Stair, lie nnnounccd ns the
,u introduce slavery, tho protcct'on of, or
riulIcr l"v rcuimai ui, wic uinnu nines irum j
I'reo labor, and tho injury which had been
tloiic to Ireo labor by tho squandering ol ' such a plnttorm ns lis rule ol actum,
tho public doma.ii. Upon all these inattcru I The State Council of Massichusclts does
gross injustice and wrung had been perpc-; not recognize the truth or the declaration
trated,and there had been awido departure j "that the American Party hating arisen on
Horn principles and policy ol the fathers of the ruins, and in spite of the opposition of the
our government. Tlie policy of our gotcrn-1 Whig and Democratic parties, cuiinol leieW
iiuint now looks outward and not inward ! m any manner ntponamt far the obnotious
it is not to develop our own resources, but'nrOor violated ;;(egrs of either. Itisthu
tu meddle with the affairs and encroach up-! plainest duty of every party, as well as of
on I he territories of other mtions. It was every individual, to aid m the repealing of
'I'0 policy of Ihe fuuiideis of our government I
and was by them announced as n principle,
to 'have poaco with all imtious nnd enlnng-
1 ng alliances with none. Least of nil did they ,
contemplate thn further extension or slavery,
which th-y looked upon as a great evil, by
territorial acquisition or toreign conquest. j
Dwelling upon tho existing policy oT our
gnvernnien' in relition to territorial ncquisi-
tiunand the extension of 6laterv, he said
thttif this policy was continued it would
brin" about a citil revolution, subverting our
government in' its cry essence nnd chang
ing us wnoie imrnoso. no iini.sii-nieu mis
point by citing iho attempts to acquire Luna 1 tne systematic agitation ot me aiatery que
a rcheme only poa'poned, not nbiudoncd. tmn by those parties has elevated sectional
He denounced these attempts as a muru ex- hostility into a positive element of political
rcntivo molmn a usurpition of power. I power, and brought our institutions into
They aro conducted wuh rer-sy nnd as pel il," and " it has therefore become the im
UhMJgh tho peoplo havo no right tu bo heard, perntive duty of the American party tn in
flow, hn akrd, do jnu distinguish the ac-; terfere for tho purpose of giving peace to
lion of our government in this respect from , the country nnd perpetuity to the Union."
that of any despotic nation in Furope? ' In all this the American Party of Massa
In continuation of this subject, Mr. Bell 1 chust-tta fully concurs, and with iiiueh inter
asked, can these millt ns of people, who are I ost looks farther tu see how the " National
an.iexcd to this nation with the their foroign , Platform" proposes tu perform that " imper
sympillncs and attachments, be oonverted i ntito duty" of " interfering" " lo give peace
into free and intelligent American citizens? to tho country nnd prosperity to the Union."
IIu denounced thcea territorial ncnuisilions
as contrary to tho Constitution, which no-1
w hero gives the power to purcliaso Luja orl
any oiner cutiuiry, il nns a clear uiurpaiiou i
or power.
Passing from this topic to the Kansas bill,
he said that upon Ibis the people did not rc-
quiroor their representatives argiimsiit, but
action, lie denounced the bill in strong
term", exposed tho popular sovereignty dor
trine, and argued th.it the peoplo or the U
nited States wero the only true sovereigns,
and could legislate as they see fit for the ter
ritories, lie examined somo of tho provi
sions of tho Nebraska bill, ond said it gave
thn oiiU i l... in-.-- - -VL- "J
nut or uxcludo slavery until ihey come in as
a Stato. They cannot exclude shivery with , mi of the majority of the Nalionrl Council
out a direct exercise of physical poner . that ' Congress jiossepses no power under
Those individuals ho introduced ond sup-' tho coitslituliun to exclude any State from
ported these bills urver meant lo confer upon ' nihuisaioii into the Union because lis coniu
the people of th" territories Iho power to ex- j lution docs or does not rroognize the lnsli
cludo slavi-ry. Th-y dij not open a fair field , tuuon of slavery ns n part of us social sys
for Iho people of ih" free Stales, nnd must 1 tern," Statesmen of distinction, from Midi
have contemplated that they would bo oter-1 son to W'bsnr, both inclusive, bold that
borne by marauders from a neighboring slave i the confederation is a partnership of States,
Stale. and that the existing partners can at any
In continuation Mr. Hell demanded what tune dictate on what tenna a now member
government had dmio to protect these set-' shall ho admitted into the confederation So
tiers? whit means government has found ' bolieves Massachusetts now, and she refuses
to quiet the disturbance in Kansas? Hits ( her adherenee to a plntform designed to pave
It exerted the military power of iho govern-: the way for tho admission of slave States
menl to protect the rights of tho people of 1 from territory forever dedicated to freedom
the Territories, as it was houii i to do, or has j by a solemn national compact of thirty-four
it left llieiii to bo overborne by the millions I years duration.
ol the Uo powor? Alluding to tho journ -
' f 'ovcrnor itecurr iu t atninjriou to
, ' ,.;.,.. , nrntPr, wlll. ,
asked significantly, whit means had hern al Council that Congress ought not to lugis
fijuiid to quiet htm? Ho alluded to the) lain upon tho subject of slavery within the
peoplo of tho United States as the Irua soy- territories of the United Stales." This is
ereign, nnd asked if it was not unfit that Ihey t going farther than Ihe South ever asked of
should abdicated and leave the institutions iho old Whig or Democratic parties. This
of ihu Territories to chance and the few nullifies tho ordinance of 177, and tho en
teltlors who first go there. What could ax- j tiro Missouri prohibition. This sunonders
weu 1110 ion) oi looting tuosu settlers to
light it nut ? Is it not true wisdom tu re
turn to the jiolicy of the fathers of the gov
eminent, leaving nothing to be settled by
chinee or by n civil or?
J ho question arno whether oil theso ag
gres,tons of the slavo power wero to bo sub-1
inuteuior icvor, said .nr. lisil, wim cm-
plinsis ; ubu)l?sion was Ihe very way to In-
titefurih?r oggression. If wo submit no
the slaveholders mil demand Southern Call-
forma, Utah, and every territory where elav-
wn.tx,!!t- , M true poll
""Jf"!,Jr "d Jful'f
Pl5t f,ccu"7 fur ,llB,fu f
I ho true policy is to demand ;
lruiou uir uiu
ire. Wo should
resist to the last moment -the acquisition by
thesUvery oxtensiomsls of any advantages 1
nnd benefits which theyjliftd promised them-1 Compromise, ought not to be restored, refer
selves from tho passaji ofUho bill. Wo to their oddilional declaration or " a lender
should resist the admhslofuSri" any Stale and sacred regard for tho30 acts of statcs
wiih slavery into iho Union from territory I minship, which aro to bo contradistinguish
which was protected by the Missouri com- ed from acts of ordinary legislation, by tho
promise. Il is our tight and our duly to seek 1 fact of their being of the naluro of compacts
tho restoration of tint compromise, and wo , and agreements; and so to be considered a
1 111 ... , ,., , ,
f '.uM bo Bat,sll,;J wUI' "0,1""B B,'" ol
, . Bell rererred to the cry tin agitation
fu ' 1 Missouri compromise wou d endanger
the Union, and n.gued .that the Union must;
no inaintaincu uv eacu nan 01 1110 cnun-rv 1
rendering equal ond Cact'jiistifc. llo re- down at the beck of slavery. Yet the Na
niarked that the North' hd already made I nonil Council did not intend its application
many sacrificis fur tho rjTOrvalinn of thovjje
union. 1 lie compromises 01 iciu were 01 ;
this character, and it was then promised that
these wcro lo ue the last that were to bo re
quired of us that iho destiny of all the ter
ritories for slavery or freedom would then bo
irrevocably fixed. Hut the South has belray
ed us, and shown that its promises are or po
value. Every lrecman must now feel that lio
is bound to give slavery no more lliaii its
constitutional rights the pound of flesh and
no more.
Ilo expressed a hope (hat whalsovcr ac
tion miy be Lad upon these great questions,.
wo should act entirely independent of any
patty which might attempt to trammel our
free action upon that subject. Organized
parlies aro things i.f convenience, but prin
ciple, right, morality aud justice aro ever
binding obligations, otcrreachiug those of
party.
Mr. Halo dwjlt upon the cheering pros
pect, alluding to the fact that every North
ern State, except California, where the Ne
braska issue had been made, had condemn
cd that measure. Turniii? lo tho future, he
maintained that it was thedutv or tho people I
of thu North to forget all past differences, son to bclieyo was substantially aggrecd up
end to come up in one solid phalanx to give on beforehand, they would sccedo from the
cllhacy, vitality and effect tn lhe sentiments Convention. Thoy not only would not adopt
nf their hearts. For himself he said he iho just and lair proposition of lhe Missouri
cared not what the antecedents of aliy man Compromise, the violation of which they
were j he was willing lo unite with him und confessed in wale conrrrjation nnd private
support him 111 this good work. Let our Jib-1 speeches to bo ' unnecessary,-inexpedient
cny, he said, be a liberty iff lidclily to the,nd uncalled frir," " nn flutrsgo" and " a
Looitiluiioii, and obedience to thelaw of wanton violation of national faith," but they
God, Levour liberty sprun the catchwords absolutely relied by dirtct voto to abstain
or party,' and turn a deaf ear to party lead-1 from any expression of opinion upon the
ers. Let our priy be our country. Rut if subject of slavery. Trie question teas forced
w must, hve imiies, let us remember that (m ihe ,VutioiiaI CopiiciV by tht men f the
we have a God to obey as well ss a party to South, and was carried by tho power of
, ' numbers in'a Convention most unjustly' con
No live In a great lime, said Mr Hale, slituted. The majority reort was tdoptcd
whtn it has falUn to us to develop the grca by a vote of 60 to 50, and yel the free States
principles of rttr forefathers when the
forces of freedom and slavery aro marshal
ed in hostile array. It has fallen to us to de
cide whither the reward of a successful
contest shall bo ours or the. minions of des
potism. Ho thanked God that Wo lived in
a time when it had devolved upon us to car
ry out the principles of our fathers when it
wns ours to liberate the slavo and to etnke
off the shscklrss of tho bondmsn. Ho ex
pressed his belief that this great work would
succeed.
Mr. Halo closed his speech in a strain of
muich clmiueiice, tuintinir and reciting Whit
lint's nocin cxultum over the triumphs of
freedom,
Repeated and hearty applause, creeled Mr
Hole during Ins addrcs, which was pronuun-
... ..ri.l. t..l nIT..,t. Tl. maaI
Tho
was largely attended, and among the audi
ence wcro mi uy Indies.
Address of tho American
Party, to the People of Mas
sachusetts. The following address to tho people of
this Stato was iidopld in the Know Nothing
I State Council, held nt tho Mcionaon, ycslor.
'day afternoon. Tho vote is said to have
been nearly unanimous. Motion Journtl.
" Recent occurrences constrain tho Stato
Conned of tho Amonean parly of Mnssa.
chusctts to present nn nddrcsss to their re
low citiz'tn, declaring as concisely as possi
ble their mows of its duties in the present
crisis.
A platform expressive ol tho principles of
a majority of tho National Council has re
cently been adopted, and made public, at
tested by the signatures of its oflicors. This
pUtlorm contains views and dcclarnlions on
Iho subject of slavery utterly repugnant to
tho convictions of the American party of
Mnssachusetts, and winch aro deemed ly
thfin. Inexpedient, uutruo and uncoustitu
nnd declaration', and to entirely dissever
uii'inseivi'a at unco iruui uu (iuiuiuhi leituw.
ship with any organizilion which proclaims
' obnoxious acts" or making tood " violated
piedges. it o cannot and wc will not aid
m placing in power those who publicly and
unnocessarily pledge themselves in advance,
riot to repeal the obnoxious nets nnd not to
uiiku amends for the volated public faith of
the present national administration. Wo
hardly see tho necessity of their removal
Irom (lice if their " obnoxious acts" aro
not to be repealed, and their " violated pled-
ges not to be mado good. I ho peoplo de
nund, and will insist on, bath tho one and
the other.
The National Council then declare "that
! Repealing '-obnoxious nets" and making
good " violated pledges" would lu our judg-
inent at oncoand lorever nccninpnsn incae
ursiraoic enus. .tot po uruin uio inai'jruj
of the N.ititnal Council. They pledge them
selves nnd desire to pledge Massachusetts in
following words: "tho National Council iho
l.ai deemeJ it the beat guarantee of common
jus' e "and future peace to nbnloby and main
lam tho existing laws upon the subject or
slavery as a final and conclusive settlement
of that subject in spirit and in substance."
Massachusetts dues not beliuvulliat cnntont
ing to " violated pledges" and "obnoxious
rcta" are the best i;ii.irantces of common
Juiico mid ot luture peace.
Massachusetts utterly repudiates the dot--
1 Massachusetts enters her earnest protest
, ojjinst, nnu reiuscs ncquiescence in, ine ue-
..P,..,; ., ,i ; ' . r,l, re n.
tho whole domain of Natioml Territory,
from Minnesota tu Oregon, both included, to
tho embraces ot blavcry. i hts literally
makes slavery national and liberty merely
sectional. This declares the very reverse of
the proud bca't ol old J.nglurl, so that
wherever lloita our national standard, under
the control or our national government, there
shall exist African se.vilude.
These vital questions como to the consei-
Cnce of every northern man, however high
r however humble. Il is needless to speci-
Ty other portions oT the platform wo are con-
siraiucil lo ilissent irom and proicsi ngaimt.
Wo would, however, in conncclinn with their
assertion tint "national compact," and "timo
honored agreement" known as the Missouri
1 fixed and settled national iiolicy." i hero is
no " compict or agreement," no act of "fix
ed and settled national policy" tint this ap
plies to with such peculiar and pertinent sigm-
ficaney as the great Missouri Compromise
nt ik"ii w uri, h.. im nnv imnn Kirtrkpn
(hat outrage, for they distinctly affirm that
me violati
,'iolation of such a national compact must
t, ..,-i...i,...i ...... itn.t ...! ..i;,-.,
Jvlilcmunt of ihat subject in spirit and in
substance;" they opply tho above expres
sions, which they demand tho north to en
dorse, " or a tender aud sacred regard" to
tho rVgi'i r Slave mil. Tho shattering in
public laith of tho National Compromise of
1820, must bo acquiesed iu, says the Phila
delphia platform, " as a final and conclusive
settlement or that subject in spirit and 111
substance," but it adds tho Fugitive Slave
,$w,of IHoO " is contradistinguished from
ac&of. ordinary legislation, boing in tho nv
tuthVjpft a compict nnd agreement, and so is
t&-1ia considered a fixed and settled national
policy."
It would appear from the platform adopted,
tint the majority of the National Council
cared little lor those American sentiments,
that so move lhe great heart of the country,
provided they could aid in riveting more
strongly the chains, and extending more
widely the sceptre, of tho slavo power.
like ifiat nronosed. and which we have rra
i hey dcclarcd.uniefs a piaiiorm was adopted
(having l?fi electoral voles, against 120 from
the slavo States, gave but eight voles in its
favor, It was carried by tho South on
them will rest the responsibility of its con
sequences. And now in this platform thn boillh ask
us lo " abide by and maintain the existing
laws upon tho subject of slavery, as a final
nnd conclusive settlement of that subject, in
spirit nnd in substnncc." Wo well remem
ber when tho compromises or Ifc50 became
national laws, thosamo request w as make or
us. Wo complied, though we then deemed,
as wo do now, that some of their provisions
wcro unjust and wrong. Yet the great body
or Northern men accented them as a finality.
Nn sooner, however, did the propagandists
or slat cry obtain power in tho nation under
the distinct and posilivo pledge or acqui
escence in gooij faith to the existing laws,
than n now and most outrageous infringe
ment of plighted faith and national justico
was consummated by huirying through Con
press tit the wnitilig pen nf n willing Pres
ident, tho abrogation of Iho Missouri Com
promise. The peoplo of the free States, and
many honorable men or the South, felt that
the day of farther compromising wns pass
ed, that they ns one man would demand the
restoration of th"t broken compact. They
do and Ihey will demand it Ihey can and
the) will secure iL Demagogues, alarmed
for their coveted offices, will doubtless again
raise the cry of danger to tho Union. Wc
do not hcliet'o tho Union is so frnd n bond
ns to be jeoparded by restoring a violated
national compact.
One fnrtunato result has been in a rrrcat
degreo already attained by thi-i perfidy or
the National Administration. Tho rice or
northern men with southern principles has
become nearly extinct. Doughfaces exist
now chiefly in history. Men cannot be
found hereafter, who dare brave the disgust i
and loathing of a united public sentiment
for nny office, however elevated, or any
emolument, however courted. Our south
ern breihren may continue to hold their
black slave, under their own municipal, but
they have forever lost their northern white
ones, ns obsequious and more valuable, than frequently of mail agents opening letters.
even the blacks. Has consollel tho dcpirtmcnt in rogardtj
Tho State Council of Massachusetts with the opening letters ; they do not approve it,
prido and entire unanimity endorse tho action but they want it."
of her delegates lo tho Convention at Phila-' In n report nf Whitman's testimony,
delphia, and in so doing but reflect the pub- which appeared in tho New Orleans Truo
lie sentiment of our citiicns. Wn accept Delta, his narrative or tho circumstances is
the platform promulgated by those delegates .thus reported:
and Ihoir associate-,, on the l-lth of Jew, as 1 It had the Cincinnati post mark. 1 took
expressive of our sentiments nnd declaring the letter, in company with Mr. Verger, tha
our tinibated attachment to American prin- clerk in the post ollice, who reeeived the
ciples, nnd our determination to do all in our valuable letters. Wo took it lo the kitchen
poner to extend the time of residence ro- of the City Hotel and steamed it, in order
quisite for naturalization, to prevent the de- to open it, but by ai do.og we destroyed tho
portation by foreign authorities or criminals i envelope. We then gut the letter copied
nnd paiiprs to our shores, and to extend the , by a clerk of McDowell, Milts At Co., and
constitutional limitation nf birth now rxist- , put it in a now envelope. The post mark
ing as to Ihe Pirsident of the United States, we had to imitate, and this wc got dono at
to other high officers, especially those en- iho llulletm office, tho circumstances hav
trustcd with tlio very grave powers of diplo- ing been first explained lo Col. Soymmir.
malic positions, tins Council hereby declines The letter was ihen put in the office, and wo
itself independent of thai or any organizi- , watched it all dy.
lion which places these principles siibordin-1 Mr. Whitman recalled : Tho letter using
ate and sei-ondnry to their pro-ala.ery oh- , shown him, he said: that H the letter I op
jects and determinations. Therefore, eued and unclosed k now envelope.
lltsotvtd, That this organizitton bo hence- When asked if he would open it agam and
rorth known as the American Party In Mas-! rrad it, he naid: I nm a Jackson man aod
(achusutts, and dues hereby sever all con- will 'take the responsibility.' I have no
nection with tho majority nf tho .Nition.il .uitlioritj from the d, p irtii.i nt to opi-n irilcrr,
American Council recnlly assembled at ho ever, when then they are surrounded by
Philadelphia, 1 Vihoicioos nrcumatanri-s, and far the dia-
lleaotrtd, That this puty affirm w ith re- I envcry of oltttnder. 'I h Post Office De
tiewed energy the distinctive principles nl partrrient does not authorize the opi ning of
Americanism which we have heretofore ix- letters, b-it
pressed. Mr. Uenjainin suggested : Winks at il 5
Uttolttd, That the action nf a portion Witness: Yes, 1 suppuae lhit' the
oi me eouin, in attempting to esnu rapists word.
into the late Council at Philadelphia, affords , "In what a fallacious idea have mrrrlunts
grounds for suspicion that Ihey have olh-r and others brn indulging! Private cn-re.-and
ulterior obji-cts in view, which thny seok piindeucc inviolable, indeed! The Umted
to strengthen by an ulliancu with the Auieri- I States mails sacred from inspection ! Not a
can Party. j bit of it. These secret, irresponsible ngents
Jiesolcd, That this party hereafter stinds of the governoicnt think no mere of opnning
distinctly pledged to use all constitutional the most private lettors than of drinking a
means to effvet tho restoration or the prohi- cup ol cnflVe. They nro to be Tonnd cuii
bilion cliuso of the Missouri Comproiniie, i eumly traveling with the iniils, and accord
and to secure free institutions in Kansas and ing to oilier testimony given at the samo
Nebraska. i time as tho above, they carry keys to open
ftjolre , Thit the interests of the whole ' the mail bags, to which thry hive ucctas at
country imperatively require the union and ' all tunes. ' Tliey open Istters from the ron-co-operation
or tho peoplo or Massachosells tents or which 1r!-y I rune decoy letters.'
and the Free St iles, and wo unite the co- Who then is ale ? Nu one knows of theao
operation of inim of all parties in Massachu- j doings, and the pei petr.itot s or this secret
sc'ts and iho Free States to mitntain and espionage are equally unknown, until some
advance the prinoiplc.s we profess. trial brings them to light, nnd then thev nro
lltsnlttd. That the MeMscl.usrtts Conn-1 toiilly niUnnit responsibility. And such a
ril declarea tint all Iho principles of tlio Or- , gents, such unprincipled emisaarire and
der elull be henceforward everywhere op'-n- ii,g, our government employs, with thn
ly avowed ; ami that coeh member shall be ' knowledge Hut they are practicing such an
nt liberty to raoke known tho existence or i espionage. Were a merchant once detect-'
the Order, an I the fact that he hunsell is a - gd brooking tho seal of a letter commuted
member; and it recommends that there bo , to his charge, or conniving at such a mean
nn concenhnrnt nf the places of meeting of nrss on the part tf ou of his clerks, he
subordinate Councils. would torevcr h, e to bid adieu to ih.- scio.
I'W That the stove Address and Re- ly of gcnlllemcn and honorable people.
solutions be signed by the Commuter and And wo cannot sue how it is less ilisbouora-
the oflicrra ut this Louncil, nn I published.
SIMON IIIIOWN, Middlesex,
CHARLKS II. HALL, Suffolk,
ROIItlRT 11 HALL. Plymouth,
II. II. WHEELWRIGHT, Rristol,
JAMES K. CARPENTER, Norfolk,
W. H. THURSTON, Worerster,
CHARLE) A. PERRY, Franklin,
RI HARD GOULD, Ilarnstablc,
DAVID DWIS, Dukes.
J. F. CON KEY, Ilimpshirc,
J. il DODGE, Ilerkshirc,
I). II. SHTH. Essex,
AI. THAI-TON. Hampden.
J. W. FOSTER, I'reiUent.
V. C. IlxKf.R, Secretary.
Ifainr Demicrucu..-
ThoIaM Domofentie
Statu l
Ju
lhe '
Iho present administration. Tho filth roso-
Co.ivention of Maine, which nominated I " "i'.'f iv.l:...M.U..1. !;i :r.. ;IA;:
idgo Wells for Governor, wns controlled by I:11 -V l-wiiwiai.ui ouitauiuin i ti.
" Wild Cats," but it seems that they wcro ' ortii-PuFiV v t, i-v principle,
.vi 1.1 nnnii,. i In wnll.i.ff . Ih. f W w w i , , 4 ivj , m 1. -, liu uiaiiri niMiii'iJ
lution, as reported to the convention, stood as I '? A i-u.hlt I f.i l li y h i v .11.
follows- , More csfiecislly Las THE SOUTH reason
' 5. 'lUsohed, That tlio National Admin- I '? tJ,i"lb " ,;.'r lh" bolJ elml il ,,a1, uen for
istration by its faithfril rxecut.on of lho H10 recognition or oar righte, and tho pro
lawsjbyils adherence o lU constitution i tect...n It throns around our peculiar institu
by its admirable foreign policy and by Ha I110";. . , . o....u
resolute miintonanco of ine old land-ui'irks I , '"o Pro-Slavery journals of the South
of tho Democratic party, will command the "vo 8 riFhl "joeo over this Plitform.
respect and support of all true u.en . ll concwios all they have demanded. In-
An animated discussion followed its roa 1- 1 "te"'1 "S"z" . "'f !" f "T
ing.-Mr Williams of Auausta, was Ihe tt rcpu.liUea the principle 0 I rcrdom. It
only member of tho Committee who disap- ge farther Ihtu any Convention of any par
proved of it, while all the office-holders rat-, V h." dare 10 " Uc '"- ,
hed to its sunnort. Hut it was "no rroJ .
I Tho rank and tile of the pirty i miiluJ"V
I swnllow ,ho p,.. un.il it hjd Lei. heavily g f f J C'ol'Z
1 Tri hi Wr" S Tzev' S I,r0V,S0, Orfer In thsuto to tho Plalform. Rut
I Ltl!:J'JZ,',T., at r J this contract has not yet been ratified At
,1 V-;- T- - ' ' . " Vilio South, the master has the right to sell
Me .Yationnt .Mmniisfration 11 ciurusire of .. '.'...... 1 11,7.1. i,i.,i.
no opinion i;t relation to lAc repeal of the .Vi'j
touri Compromise."
A tempting bait was never more greedily
seized by a hungry tun than was una amend
soizeu uy a liunjry iisn uiau won una uinenu -
ment by the member, of the Convention, It
was un'nimouily adopted ; ond thus was the
administration
uauinuu w in luini praise
1
by the Maino Democracy,
1
Vermvxl Degraded. Wo
believe .that
Vermont nassed Iho irjt nrolnbitorv linuor
Uw ever passed in this country. This was Order will not bo ratified. While the pur
in I8lti. Tho I nv wo pissed then, was of as ' pose was hidden, thoro was danger. Now
marked a prohibiton character as tho present Ihat it is atowed, it will bo defeated. The
one , although it did not enact thu Baine Freemen of New York will be found tida
penalties lor disregarding prohibition, and , by sido with the Freemen of Now England,
was henco far more inefficient. Thus Vcr-! in the struggle between IhoSlave Power ana
mont led the van in tho prohibitory liquor
Legislation. Rut we too her now degraded
tu tho third or fourth rank in all tho papers
who report the Slates aa having enacted pro
lubitory liquor laws. And with some reason
wo are mortified to confess. For while other
States place Temperance in tho culls and
doings of Conventions 111 a bold, manly way,
Frrmonf shrinks back, and is afrau' or her
true character and temperance history.
7 Vnnwruiicr Standard.
Successes of IT. S. Traons over the Ulahs.
St. Inuis. June Ui. Tho trniiWicuii has
advices from New Mexico lo the !IOlh ofa
May. On the liOth, Col. l uuntlcroy attack.
cd n camp or Utahs, pear Arkansas River,
twenty miles from Rreuchi Pass, killed forly,
and took six prisoners. Tho command had
ono manslhhllv and one mortally wouuded.
All tliQ camp equipage, horses, 6h?cp, provi
sions, &c, were captured, unpin 1st ol
.iloy.tl.esame coinmanu a lacKcu a camp 0.
thlrty-fivo Utahs in the Schowalch Valley,
killed four, wouuded four, and csplured
horses, provisions, &c. Among tho prison
ers taken Is a chief, who is inclined lo sue
for peace. The command returned to Fort
Massachusetts On the S'Jth ut May.
,1ore Hanks. Vo observe thstnotfee has
already been giyen that- application will 1
made at tho next session ot'lln Legislature
for tho incrwruui of a bank to be hicaled
nt Fairfax;' and If is reported that another
Dank is about to commence operations at
Northfield, under lhe General Hanking Iaw,
Post Ofllcc Espionage Need
of a. Reform.
Tho statements And comments below aig
from nn article In tho Now York Coinunr
cinl Advertiser :
The very thing for which a certain llntinl,
Minister brought down upon himself the
scathing rebnko or tho Rritish llnuso or
CommonJ ami the withering scorn of tho
press and people of Grcnt Rritain and Iho
United Stales, is it seems constantly prac
ticed by the irresponsible agonls and tools
of tho department at Washington, with tlio
knonledita and connivance of iho depart
ment. Ono of theso secret agents uniilush
ingly envo Iho following testimony on tha
examination of .Mr. Kendall, Postmaster of
New Orleans i
" George Whitman-Was mail agent for
some tune, and was di missed about Ufih
March last. Is not now engaged in tho
service or Iho mail department When
shownlho Mari-ha! Hanson letter, says tha
first time ho saw it was four or five months
ago i the second Hanson letter he saw about
1st of March, shortly after it was written
On 1 Ith of March h directed one of tho
post office cleiks to bring linn a letter fiom
Cincinnati, directed to Marshal Hanson
lie took Ihu letter Iq tho kitchen or thel'ity
Hotel, there opened it, took a copy of it,
then resealcd it and placed it in tho lost ofli
ce, (a copy of the letter was produced and
indentitied ly the witness ) It was addrrsi,
cd to I., and II. of Cincinnati, nnd a proposi
tion to publish a bogus newspaper, ami con.
taincdon the revereu side the answer of tho
publisher. After destroying the envelope,
witness caused it to bo resealcd and newly
enveloped, and had n Cincinnati pokl inaik
fabricated for it, mid the Idler placed in the
r.n.1 nlltn "
III the course of tho examination. Whit
man was recalled, and the following report
of what ho said is given :
" Witness never opened a letter before :
had no special instructions as tu opening this
or any other letter. The letter was cmcl-
i oped in n self-senlinir enclosure t has heard
,110 for a Postmistc-r General to connive at
such doings. It serin, lo us Immeasurably
I more dishonorable and base, to say nothing
l ef tho offaii'iveiieiM of exercising such .1
i spying ovrr a free people by a popular (jov-
ernmeiit. If the American peoplo willal-
low of this kind of espionage, they havo less
i of the real loio of froeslotu and independ
i once than they claim cr dit for. 'iruly, wo
lute need ol post othce reform
Tho Slavery Platform.
Fiomth. nieliamna U'bi;.
"The Plairarni or the Nalinnsl Amcricin
parly, adopted by tho hto Convention nt
Philadelphia, will be round on the first psgo
ot -aty n paper. " embodies prin-
??,La. J.l'l".' r..l"y.iH".!' . J0.1 'l'.c.al . .'.m,"Ue'''
41U I 114 4SV I HUIUIV) I (IV UVUIIi IUUIH . u.t..-
nl" ' iiindooisin," although they may have
iinpiidenlly assumed tho right, have no Power
10 treat the subordinato members of iheir
, ,, ,. . ,,.1. 11
1 C"u"c,ls " ch? ,. '
I nclned the sa.o of white
he laws which
men have been
1 r,.i . r. r .i. ;.n.i. i !,,
I Tim tnnn nf mnst ol tlio lournals 111 lilts
Slate which havo been heretofore identified
wilh "IlindooUni," justify tho opinion that
1 tins baru'iin to sell the rank and file of the
Freedom. .'llbany Evening Journal.
,'otieitlislamling tho North and Northwest
wero refused what they asked, thoy will
nevertheless, in our opinion, units in'lJ tht
South on tho American platl'oun. 'uiAim
ton Organ.
The Organ bases its opinion upon lhe
bitiding force of tho Oath taken by tha mem
bers ot tho Order on their initiation! That
platform, it ants, "liv a vote of fcO to C9. be-
come lAe law of the Organization, in tehich
cjch member ton bound la acquiesce" Is this
' ihQ fJci ? llaVo tho members of Iho Order
11a
bound themselves by an Oath lu extend Sla-
te,y, if tho majority so 1!
iler.iftn ?
Weinistako the K. Ns. or tho North 11
they do not repudiate lhis,-.-Wianjt Eve. Jour.
Olfln 1'm.lTICR. There has besn danger
or a split among the opponents or Slavery
. ... 1 t . i- .u.' Jlflieiillt-
1 - - - , " - -1 :";v;t riiflkuliv
" "-:' - ,: ,: '. OI1 bEt.,..eu ,,o
two organizations whoso vjowa correspond
iu rennrd to the leading irsuo involved in Iho
approaching contest. JIul the first tr.rtting
held for tho appointment of delegates to tho
Slate Convention, givfs promise of entire
unity of action. It was called in Cincinnati
by those outsifl? ef the "Republican" organ
ization, whose neetiug ,is et down Tor tne
7lh. But a Committee of Consullatlou'wss
sppoinled, and Delegates selected who, 1 t
b'e ievedi will be acceptable to the " Mepub
1 :.i u.i.n nmnesw bo submitted
to ihe'nieetinc of the 7lh lor ralifieeliou.
1 ins nuvLS atuuuiiuu. uu. iuw - ......