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tAHlOn üown me .uruswa yi wu fc..m ...
Kansas, in opposition to their wishes and
in vVoUtieu of our pledge ? What jireat
object ie to be attained ? Om tow ? What
4 you going to gain by it ? Will 70
ueuin the party by violating ttt princi
nlec ? Do you propoee to keep ho party
STiedbY.alrtAm1 und by
th doctrine that leer the ppl,P'-
fectty free Id Ibrm ana reguiaie men .
tioni .for therrielve In their own way,
and your petty will be united and. lirtMti.
ible In power. Abandon that great prin
ciple, and theparty is not w, .
and can not be ved, it hall 1 be vio
lated I truet we ball not be rushed up
as this queeuon. W by hall it be done ?
W ho 1a vo be benefit d ? 1 the South to
he the valuer 7 la mo rorco to .no
r.aier? Neither the North nor the
inth haa a riabt to gain a actional
ad v '.tage by triekery or fraud.
ejtaurTMXirT or wem. ah.
But i did not rue for the purpoae of
controverting tbeee questions. I waa
going to aay a word or two to the Sena
tor from PeaneyWenia. He aeaaraed an
air the opening ol thia diacuaeion that
1 thought waa entirely uncalled for, aa if
ha wiahed rather to intimate to the Sena
tor from Illinois tl.at hie baaring wt not
exactly right an intimation of speaking
by authority not authorized and not re
enacted. Mr. Bin. Mr. President, I beg to
aay to the Seuator from Illinois that in
not one word that 1 uttered did I intend
the sUgheet disreepect of that sort, uor do
I wash the Heu tor from lllinute to mark
ma aa sueaaiiitf here ejeept tor mvsell.
I express on this subject the views which
1 have deliberately made up. liiey con
eur generally, il not entirely, with those
expressed by the President of the I unci
States.
, fla DoCola I have not another
word to say oil the point on which 1 waa
ipntinf. The explanation of the Sona-
tor twin IWsylvfcn i coucUuive on
that point. It may be thai I misuuder
elood tb manner in whiob be treated the
subject; but whether 1 did or not, his
statement is conclusive with me. 1 was
certain he did not speak for the Presidem
of the Uuited Slates, I knew thai; tor
th President had just spoken tut hirn-
aalf, in language winch condemned thai
convention lor not suiimiiuug wie cousii
tution to the people, aud be refuses to re
commend tbat vve should receive tue con
aUtution. The absence of a recommend
ation clearly shows that it is uot su Ad
aubisuatiou measure.
LITTLE DUO CA1VK8 OLD BOCK.
Certainly the PreaiUent is net going to
have, as au Administration measure here,
one to which no baa not couiuiiUoU mm
aslf and his Cabinet. The President ol
Ute United States is a bold, franx, man,
and if be intends to give us au Autnims-
irauou measure, he will say so m so man
word, tie has not said so. It is not re
spectful to Dim to assume that be wants
us to do that whiob be was not witling to
return rueuu. ue to do in nut annual mes
aage, wbeu avliug uuuer the authority ot
tn Uwustitution, which luakos iiüisumv
tu rocuuiiuend too measure wmcD the
uubl.o gwü requires. Hence, ul coure,
1 anew the äeuator did not speak by au
luonty , and 1 was goiug to deny Die right
to do so; but inaemuou as 1 misunderstood
htm. 1 have uo comments to make.
Ma. bioLXB Will the Senator permit
me a moineut r
MD Doüulas Certainly.
Ma, Uioi-xa. 1 thmk 1 am very sal
in saymii md 1 believe tbat tnu Seuator
trom Illinois will agraa with me that
the PresiUeut oi tne Lulled .-u.U. up
holds tue Uocinuein nia massaste tnultnui
Couvenuou had a right to iorm a Conan
tutiou; 11 had a iigui to submit it to the
people ol the lernlo.y lor their approval
or send it nere lor tue approueuou 01 uuii
grese end tue admission ol the ial luto
tue 1 niou. 1 mm 11 is very cieariy us-
duciote irom tue message m aUUHiou, mat
ine President Ol tue LuileU ÖUUee does
iui. L1111.H. lue etJSjuiiLoutiiccs ol 110I sub
nevnr chanaed an opinion
m.ur of irratification to me that I feel
eajph year that I am a little wiser than I
waa the year before; and I do not know
that a month haa ever passed over my
head in which I have not modified some
opinion in some degree, but I am always
frank enough to avow it. 8till, it is fair
for anv mrfri to hold me to a former
opinion until ( have expressed a contrary
ua.
DOl'OLAS MIICKI TO WAIT.
Rut I am beaeeched to wait until I hear
from the election on the 21st of Decern
ber. 1 am told that perha that will put
it all licht, and will save the whole mm
culty. How can it? Perhape there may
be a large vote. 1 here may be a large
vote returned. (Laughter. But I deny
that it is possible to have a fair vo.e on
the slavery clause; and I say list it is not
possible to have any vote on the Otistitu
tion. v ny wait lor the mocaerv 01 an
election, when it is provided unalterably
that the people cannot vole when the
majority are disfranchised.
But 1 am told on all sides, "Oh, just
wait; the pro-slavery clause will be voted
down." That decs not obviate any o
my objections; it doe not diminish sny
of them. Yon have no nr-re ncht to
force a free-Stale Constitution on Kansas
than a slave-State Couetiiutiou. II Kan
sas wants a slave-State Constitution she
baa a right to it; if she wants a free-State
Constitution she haa a naht to it. It is
none of niv business which wav the
slavery clause is decided. I care no'
whether it is voted down or voted up
Do you supisj, after the pledge of mj
uoiior that 1 would go for that iriiiciple,
and leave the jmople to vote us tbey
cbooaa, that 1 would now degrade myself
by votinu one way if ibe slavery clause
voted tliwti, and another way if It be
voted up ? 1 care uot how that vote may
stand. 1 take it for granted that it will
be voted out 1 think 1 have seen enouirh
111 the last igMee days es make it certain
that t will be returned out, no matter how
ihe vote may sumd. Laughter.
WKLL, WHAT ARK TOO GOINO TO IM ABOUT
IT ? WHAT DOL'OLAS WOULD DO.
Sir, I am opposed to that concern be-
t. 1 t - 1 l S
wise it look to me iiko a nvmicih 01
trickery and jugglery to defeut the fair
expression of the will of the pentile.
I here is no nerensity for crowding this
measure, so unfair, so unjust as it is in all
U asjiect, upon us. Why can we uot
now do what we proixised to do in the
me at this Ttfvmt, 1 wmn to K
authority 1 have -n the subject.
Mb. Douolab I vield the Hoor.
Mb. Biolk--I desire simply b s.y
that 1 was exceedingly anxious to under
stand tne precise position ot taut question.
it was difficult to tell, lrmc 1 ihguago
of the schedule. Yesterday 1 asked Col.
Henderson, of Kansas, who was an act.ve
member of the Convention, what it meant.
"Why," said he "it means this: That
there are two entire Constitutions, and tne
people vote separ tely for the Consitutioi
without slavery the lOtistitution in
Conventionahas formed, or the Constitution
with slavery." I understood him to say
that there were two Constitutions precise
ly similar.
Mb. Douglas It there are two Consti
tutions, a we have hut one, I should like
to see the other; and 1 want to know
which one of the two the Senator from
Pennsylvania is for, wheu he says he
eroe vuh ti.. I'm -. i.-i ' in going f.-r
this.
Ms. bioLSii 1 said they wore precisely
similar.
Mh. Don. la. if there are two copies
of the same Constitution, I can understand
it. but that the Convention made two
Constitutions precisely similar, I do not
understand. Hut if they did, what differ
r . . . . 1 . . - a... . . .....
ou IMtUMH UUb Oil
Uiu Uuiou il ur Cubiiuuiiuu is liepubti
ceu and rigal in ait oiuvr respeci. Vu
that pwiui wo will agree. WaU tnat 1
UUdeiataud tbe Suator Irutu lllmois ww
take issue.
Mh Dot (las T infer from the mes
sage tbat tbe President of the United
States doea hold tbat that Cou von tion had
a right to frame a Constitution and semi
H up here ; but that was under the right
to petition for the redress of grievances
under the Constitution of the United
Susies, and not because the Legislature of
the Territory had the power to constitute
that a lenl Constitutional Convention
Ma. Biolxb Where do you find that?
Mb. DOCQLAS Yesterday a speech was
reed to this body, showing that the Presi
dent had held that doctrine twenty years
ago, and he had never disavowed it since.
In tuat Bteeo'i, the President declared
that a Territorial Legislature had no power
to create a Convention to form a Constitu
tion : and that, if they attempted toexer
eise such a iiower. il would be an act of
usurpation a high enme a crime sub
ject to impeachment. The President has
held these doctrines for twenty years. M
bald them at the same time General
Jackson's Administration held them in re
gard to the Arkansas case. The Democrat
ic nartv has held them ever since. I have
proved to-day tbat the Democratic party,
so far as it Is bound by our action one
vear and a hall ago, aaeerted tne same
doctrine in the Kansas report which I
mail from the Committee on the Terri
tories. 1 firmly believed then, that that
committee was a faithful exponent of the
views of tbe Kansas-Nebraska part . In
that report, we set forth that doitriue,
and, aa the Senator well knows, we pub
lished and circulated during the campaign,
in order to elect Mr. Buchanan, three hun
dred thousand copies of that report as
iiar v document I paid for one hundred
thousand copies of them myself, I never
heard it intimated that the loctrine then
expounded, and on which the President
was elected , waa repudiated by any por
tion of the partv, and therefore I said that
m a - m .a - em. .
tne 1 resident 01 tue unuou oiau was
with me on this question, so far aa his
record shows.
as '
11. UIOLEB t must euwr inv protest
and claim the benefit of the statute of
limitations, which is applicabl to a shorter
period than twenty years. I cannot con
et that the Senator irom Uli' oi shal
bold the President to prineiph which he
may have laid down twenty years ago.
under entirely diuerent circiimstanc
from those which now exist. It is not
baif so long since the Preeidouc of the
United States declared that the Missour,
tine would be the beat compromise of the
slavery dimeuity mat could be made. In
1B48, the Senator from Illinois advocated
tbe extension of the Missouri line to the
Pact ÖO ocean, yet he waa the man who
proposed and iaaiaied that it ought to Iw
repealed, tie was at one time 111 favor of
extending it, and therefore made bia prin
ciple aooepuble to him under the circum
stances then existing; he was willing then
to tax it. now, would it uot be very
ungenerous in me to bold to-day that the
Senator's argument was a fallacy, because
heal ous tune advocntod the uonaioii ol
tbe Missouri line ?
ÜB. Douola I deny the right ot the
Senator Irotn I'etiueylvauia to luierpose
the statute of limitations upou line occa
aieu, on tb well known principle that uo
one but tbe authorised attorney of the
party can interpose that plea. Laughter.
A tbe Senator has disavowed the authori
ty to act and speak for the President, he
haa no right to hie the plea. II the Presi
deau ol the United Stales himself III
tha plea, 1 shall admit it. I be
lieve iu a statute ol limitations .n regard
In .political opinions. I need one very
pjjeH myself, on many points. I am Bui
00 of those who boast that they have
last Congress ? YV e then voted throtigl
the Senate an enabling act, called " the
Toombs bill," believed to be just and fair
in all its provisions, pronounced to be
almost perfect by the Senator from New
Hampshire, Mr. fl.de, only he did not
ike the man, then the President of the
Un'ted States, who would have to mske
the appointments. W hy can we not taki-
that bill, and, out of compliment to tue
President, add i" it a clause taken from
the jiiiniesota act, which he thinks should
be a general rule, requiring the constitu
tion to be submitted lo the people, and
pass that ? That unite the party . You
all voted, with me, lor that out, ai me
last Congress. Why not stand by the
auie lull now f ignore uecompton, ig
nore Tosjka, treat both lhoe puny move
ments as irregular and void ; pass a lair
bill the oue that we framed ourselves
when we were acting as a unit; have a lair
election, and you will have peace 111 the
Democratic party, and peace throughout
the country, 111 ninety days. The people
want a fair vote. i'hey will never be
satisfied without a fair vote on their con
stitution. If the Toombs bill does not suit my
friends, lake the Minnesota bill of the last
seasiou the oue so much commended bj
the President 111 his message as a model,
Let us tNtss that as au enabling act, and
allow tlie pcopio of all parties lo couie
together and huvo a fair vote, and I will
go lor ;t. r 1. one any other bill thul se
euros a fair, honel vote to men ot ull
parties, and carries oul the pledge mat
in? f..m hall be left free to decide on
tin 11 dotuotlic inniitulions lor themael ves
and 1 will gj with you with pleasure, aim
Uli ull the ui.ur '.u mat 1 pooe. Hut
il this constitution is lo be forced do I
our throats, in v iolation of Ihe UiiMaJiieul-
al principle ol tree government, midur
mode of submission tnat is a moeenry
and au insult, paiiilui as it will be U me,
must break all aseociatious or couneciio
ranter tiiuu lorleil my principle, i nllv
uo tear ol any party associations b0.
irnlMll I Mlllllllil lllvTllt Ul MM . I
ai awia am
lineal ties sove od, out 11 11 Uun jf
J cannot act wim jou auu preserve mv
f-jth and my honor, l will stand ,.., ,1.,
gre4"' F""-'."e "l r'k"""" "overeignty
whicu ueciareg me r.giu 01 aU
, to be loll lecily free l0 türin Mu
reguUic lh"rd..me,l,c l"lu,,tun in thei
own v- 1 win "iiut principle
where"" " le-al a"' '"'al conse.iuei
ces my wke me, a" wlH endeavor to
defend 11 gitit assutl ,rom any and all
I muter-- No mortui ma" hall be resjsjn
aible for my action, bul myself. By my
action I will compruiuit no man.
At the conclusion of tbe honorable geii
tlemau's speech, loud applause aud clap
ping of hands resounded thnuigh the
crowded galleries.
Mb. MamON I ask that the galleries
may be cleared. The offenders against
the jsjace aud docorum of tho Senate
should becxjielled. 1 mo.ethat the gaU
leriea be cleared.
Mil Puoh I think thu Senator sokc
rather too lasL There were bul few ap
plaudere in ihe ga leriea.
Ms.. bioLEH I hope the Senator from
Virginia will withdraw his motion.
Mb. Mason I cannot witlulruw the
motion. This is uot the first instance
ut an oft. use of this kind. The peace
and decorum of the Senato must bj pre
served. I mo e that tin galleries be
cleared.
Ma. Puon I shall ask for the yeas und
nays.
Presently, however, the Senator from
Virginia was prevailed upon to withdraw
his motion.
K0W FOR POOR B!OLER.
In tho Senate, on Tuesday, poor Iliglor
had promised to defend tho President.
When Mason' row alwut the tumult in
the galleries had subsided, and there hud
been some talk about pnntiu' the mes
sage, KXr Bigler thus opened up :
Mr. Biclkb It is not my intention,
Mr President, to speak to the mere propo
sition to print the message and document;
nur do I intend to-day to attempt to mi
drees the Senate at length on the grave and
difficult subject which has been unhappi
ly precipitated upon this body. I never
felt so much responsibility in my . ifo. i
never felt a greater anxiety to do my
duty. Never since I have leen connected
with put in affair have I desired in my
whole soul much to do what would
jUal be liest lor this grout coiintn.
i fool my weakness, and how much 1 re
gret the suggestion 1 made yesterday
evening, that I concurred with the Presi
dent of tho United Stales 111 tho views he
had taken, and should endeavor to deich 1
those views, for 1 now feel how much 1
am unprepared. But while 1 shall not
make a speech to-day, 1 desire verv
briefly to notice some of tho propositions
ol my friends Irom Illinois, which have
fallen ou my ears as most extraordinary.
And in snort, Mr. iltglormade a mourn
ful fissle of iu
Senator Mason came to ihe rescue, and
Mr. Mason and Mr. Douglas had a slight
twist, when Douglas, having disposed 1 f
a poor quibble ol Maon, turned on Bigler,
and then followed the
dkbatr b:twbbm BIOLXB AND Don. LAB.
One word in reply to tho gentleman
from Pennsylvania
euro does il make? You may vote for
this Constitution or the other oue ; but
tbey are jusl alike, and you must Like
oue or the other.
ÜB. IfiobSit- -One will nmko Kansas u
free Slate, and the other will make it a
sieve Stute. 'I hut the di
Mk. Douwlab You ma vote for this
or the other CoMKt tutifiPk'wl if you vote
for either, von muv voto on ti e slavery
question ; but unless you do vote for one
or the other of theso Loiistitultons, you
cannot vole on that suhjecL It makes uo
diUereuco how many copies they made;
the Simple question is, do they allow ill
people to vote on the slavery question
without casting a vote on any other sub
Uea. Bv thai Constitution you cannot
vote on the slavery question by itself.
You are compelled to write on the ballot,
" For the Constitution," us preliminary lo
votlli". Your right to vole i then condi
tional, nol free.
Ua the President of the United Slates
over withdraw 11 ihe opinion ol which
.iave spoken, expressed twenty years ago
tu regard lo the power 01 tne iwiaasi
Legislature ? I show that Ibe Democrat
r naae lood bv it lusl veur. Is uot that
- j w 'j e er
naher a short iwriod for the application ol
the siaiufe of limitations ? 1 hope you
are uot going to oul off the Cincinnati
Convention by that statute. 1 deny your
nght to pleud lue Ulme against the Cin
cinnati Convention, until aller the meet
ing ol the Charlostou Couvenuou. The
Cincinnati plallorm la the luudumeutal,
unalterable law ul the leiuocratic party
until the meeting of the C nur. clou Con-
veutiou. Congressmen huvo no right to
bange iL Senators have no right to
hange lt. Cabinets cannot alter it; and
the President I know, will n.,t uwuijrt to
do so. 1 deny ihe Seualoi's right lo come
111 wilh this pieu for the Presideiji, imply
nx tnereby tnut ho tias c hanged his opiu-
lou, when Una same ojunioti was butt jear
the doctrine of the Democratic puny, and
cannot be changed lor lour yeais to cmne
by the parly organization. 1 um perfect
ly at homo when you come the discus-
ion ol the queslion w helher a man is
inside the parly or not. I have boon m
Ihe habit ot discussing ihuse plullurms
and helping lo matte mein. Island now
where 1 stood but year ; not because 1
am tiiiw tiling to change, but because 1 be
lieved 1 was nghl thou, and believe 1 am
nglit now. The Senator irom Pennsylva
nia bus told me thai 1 actually voted lOi
the i ooiubs Out lost y eur. ii.ut is true,
aud as 1 said lo-duy, I am ready lo vole
tor il agatu. lie voted tor 11 last year,
and so did the geulieiuon around me. Lol
us vote tor it ogam and have ho quarreis
among outselves. Il will not do to taunt
me lor buviug voted lor a measure last
year which 1 am lor now, but which wu
are not l i,
Mu. BniLXB 1 certainly did not pre-
sent lue case iu thul spirit ul all, nor did
1 look ai in mat jioiuini view. I gave it
no such aspect wiialovor. 1 presented it
iu mis iHJim of view : Tue Senatorin his
opci 1I1 10 U.i) hud held thul it was a great
wrong Upou lite people ot Kansas lo put
a government in operation, through the
agency ol then' territorial convent. on, ihe
whole ot Which bad uot beeil submitted
lor their approbation ; and yet ouly a short
year ago ho voted fur au enabling uct
wuieii jmi a State government into ope
ration, without submitting any part as il
to tne people. Thai is hui 1 said.
Mk. DoUula My explanation of that
is to be given in me precise language ol
me Proaidoul ul the United Sun. s in hi
message, iu wu.ch lie says mat, in ms Hi
stiuctions lu Uovoinor W aiker, he look II
lor grau tod lhul the constitution was to lie
suoutiiiod lo me poopie uuder u law thul
was siluhl on tne subject. Tho Toombs
bill being s lent, 1 took it for grained too,
and 1 sujqjose every oilier man dm, mat it
was lo be submitted. 1 nierciy adopted
tue same process of reasoning thai the
PioBi.iont lomsell says he udopted, and
wuitii uo was aiuuzed to Und was not
carried out. It the President wa right
iu uk. 1 g that lor graulud, 1 do nol know
why 1 was nol 1. gnt iu taking the same
thing to' granted
n any wav altem ot hi reflect
n bim.
Mb. DouoLas I will bring this lo a
close. I will release the Senator from all
secrecy, if there is any, and ask if he
knows that, directly or indirectly, public
ly or privately, anywhere unn the face
of tho earth, 1 was ever present at such a
consultation, where it was called to my
attention, and 1 agreed to pass it without
submission to tho people ? I now ask
bim tln.t question, with all secrecy re
moved. Mb. Biolk.r 1 shall say distinctly
what my recollection is clear about, re
gardless of any consequences. I remem
ber very well that question waa discussed
111 the house of the Senator. 1 am not
certain that he participated 111 that die-
BfcL. .a V 1 .
cussion; out 1 Know mat 1 oiu. it was
tirued I think more especially by the
8enator from Ueorgia, Mr Toombs, not
now in hi seat that, under the circum
.i.iti. es, ere .1. ..t imt to i. a ptovision
nserted requiring that constitution to be I
ui .milled to the penile I do not suv
that the Senator from Illinois participated
in the discussion. My recollection is not
lear ou that point; but it is clear that in
an interview wian some tin..- or lour
members, who weje talking about tb in
troductioti of that bill, that suhjnet was
talked over. I have said that it always
was my understanding that that conven
tion w uld have a right to make a constitu
tion, and send it here, without submitting
it to the i-eople.
Mb. D"UOLas I never have insisted
that there was a clause in that bill ex
piessly requiring the constitution to be
submitted io the people. The point I
have made was, that Isjiug silent, it was
understood as a matter of course that it
was to be submitted, buch a clause w
iiiiiieresiarv. 1 hut was the President's
construction of the act of the Kan
Legislature. That wus my construct i
ot the Toombs bill. That I tn iv hv
known thero wim 110 such Uiv
uueel'ionabfy true, but that I was a pa
e lh bji private conferences at my 0
house, or otherwise, to a man to lori
constitution on the people uf Kuiihus
without submission, is not true. That
the bill was silent ou the subject is
true, und my attention was called to that
abtiiil ihe time it was passed; und I took
ihe lair construction to be, thst siwera
nol delegated were reserved, and, that of
course the coiistittiliou would be submitted
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LHDIAW APOLI?, INDIANA.
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fon Strri't, mar iflvrid-
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flertiMrM will ptaan.'
U'vrop at Ihr Oilier
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Dsaglu'i Mpoecai.
We make no apology for devoting so
much space to this speech, to the axel
siou of our usual variety. It is oue of the
most important document of the day.
The revelstions it make are important.
It appears from Bigler confession, that i
was the intention of the friends of the
Toombs enabling act, not to allow the
people of Kansas to vote on the Constitu
tion, and Little Dug squirms under this
revelation, and the fact th at at the same
time he preiiared the enabling act for
Minnesota, expressly providing for the
ubmission of that Constitution to tho
people.
No wonder that Republicans enjoy these
Tbe AVemeus on-iiiition.
We aak Democrats to read the fol
lowing demonstration of the swindle
perpetrated by the Convention, by tVi.
John W, Forney, the man to whom,
morv than any oilior ue man, James
Buchanan owes his election to the
Preaidancy :
TUB MODS IB WHICH THB SLAVKKV
t-aTION IM HOBMITTII BT TUB
K-IUCDULK i'P TUB KABBAH COBBTITl
TloaAt CONVENTION.
If il wer true thai tbe Hlavery
iiueation waa tairly submitted lo the
people, of Kaiuiaa by ihe schedule of
in. Kaiirui" C oiivenlion, we abould de
Took tub Stabch oct or Him. An
instance of "taking the starch out" of
an orator, occurred at one of tbeworB-
ninuen's meelinifs in this city Aa
the speaker presumed himaeif on tbe
EptfOrm, be laid down his hat oenina
im, Iben gracefully pulled off hie
over coat, and, with a Webster-Use
air, oame forward Hiid -.mmen !
hare addreawd you ibis evening who
ere better qualibed than I am 10 dia
cuaa theae queeliona--',
"That 'a o !" apoke out a grufl
voice from the gallery.
- . I a 1.1 . . a
it ie neeuwee loaaa mat tne response
'brought down tbe bouse." Lynn
News.
r-.-l..i- ti. :.i t .Li ... cidedly object 1., the Htlmiasion of thai
............... 4 iID vulllla.lol aJI lUIUXV in ,,. 1
-1- , . .. .. . . 1 erntorr into the Union
kiiubi IB iirnei.iv Ihuv aal. O iu.... .1 '
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coiMsHerftifr
CBBBmtsrr wm 1 1 1
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"'IT
I., tlui I . 1 1 1 il .4 Iii. 1 11 1 1 1 f I 1 1 1 1 . i . smn 1 I 1
V MV I ! SW I' .11 1 t' WL. I 111
Senator wus that he insinuated that 1 was
a party to such an urrungeiueut privately
which he JIM not at liberty to tell, and
yet he insinuated the very fuel lhat ho,
as an honorable man, could not tell. It 11
point ol honor haa restrained him irouW--f..
11..... s. .. t i 1 ......... ;1 platt
BBJMMBK tfc, IW.II.VI ilwi.wi IUUUIU IU.MIHIU'
him Irom itisinualing it.
Mr. liiuLKB In my anxiety to relieve
the loebogs ol tho SoniUor from Illinois,
1 fear 1 may havj done injustice to my
sell. Now, sir, 1 wish to uccount for the
impression winch was on my mind, and
10 make no imputation on him. 1 had
I. a a ...... . . .1 Ut L .
CU11UU Ills niiuniiou IO 1 1 1 0 1UOIII1W Ulli
bucuuse 11 was in dcroguliou ol the doc
trine he hud luid dowu here to-day.
i nun ho says there was no suiitiiimni of
ihal kind declared in the Senate, 1 suy
I no nl thai boiiaior only 10 the reooio
hero only lo the Journal of Debates.
VV hat next, sir ? I justified mysell in
wnai 1 have said by uu allusion to a dis
cussion ol lhul precise 411011011 with
members ol lins body. My purpose was
lo snow lUe denuior thai I aiiuuid nol
nave made this ullegatiou witboul some
ciour impression ou my maid. I'lial im
pression, 1 tell me Senator Irom Illinois,
wus struugtueiiod uy other things. It
wus strengthened by me fact thai when
uo uiadu ino piopaiauiry bill lor ihe ad
mission ol Jiiiiuosola, he provided 111 ex
press words, lhul llio cotistiitiliou should be
suomilkod. il 11 is au inlereuce irresisti
ble, thai a coiisiuulion aiusltsj subiiiillud
wueu tue ouaudug act la siieni, why iu
svrl it in the Minnesota bill '! iliure it U
tuMOiied, and I thought 11 luasunable 1
uiwaj beilvvod .. 1 Ueiieved il wus WaeJ
U ,,ul 11 HI Unit sUUoe, III new oL III
siiuouno.i ; in true lo.nt.. v uf Kifn.
1 do not impugn lue' bouaior's intogrity,'
or bis ua"1"4"4". or "UgB motive, or ills
courage, auyUiiUj mat riains lo him
teneSMstU "u "ilB ua" 'o more cousiaiu
...uuuer iiuu uijsoii uutui wao has do-
leiided h'' . I mougtit 1 was
doma iusl'Cu 10 niysoll. iju account ol
wn.it 1 he'd, regaru to tho .VlinuesoU
bill, 1 not 1440 "npionsion thai unless
Jougress ru'iuiiüd lue submission ot the
constitution lo u volo ut U10 people, that
course need Hot bo pursued.
Mk. .1 ..i. 1. 1 rise simply for me pur-
oose ut ni.tkin an inquiry, this mailer
I loa bee
out tin-
bli-n inir (enlrstl Com.
, Mnd Ibe tu rn i Ion .
Republican Stale Central Cora mi t-
this city, about two weeks ago,
t the propriety of calling .111 ear-
publican Convention. After fully
the matter, they deemed it not
)w to do so, but recommended
irguhizaiion of township clubs,
to county and district me
CToVtdy wise lothusorL'a
fe, d we are not displea-
thc i.-tponement of the Conven
tion, tliougli our advice would have been
iu favor of as early a meeting as possi
ble.
It is certainly desirable to unite all who
opposed to the corruptions of the par
tv in ower, through whoso mismanage
in. ut our Stute bus been brought almos
nto anarchy, und the flames of civil war
have been kindled ouour western borders
both iu Kansas und Utah. But how shall
tliil be done ? Tho Republican party il a
yosng and vigorous party , well organised
ti4 well manned, and standing on the only
piaiiorra mat cuti opiiose tne usurpations
of tho sluvo power. It carried triumph
antly, last year, almost the entire North,
si recent elections have shown that it
iial lost 1. one of its hold upon popular
I fetor. Shall it be abandoned t Are not
Tsprinciples right ? Can any platform
ho presented sufiicicht to oppose the mon
stsr iniquity, differing materially from it ?
Wu wish to be charitable und conciliatory (
buj we can not conceive of atiy principle
contained in that plutfor .1 to wiuuu an
earnest opponent of slavery can soriously
. . I .viiiwi I aaaw hiv w iii.'ii w ' ms . . . . .
. tili 1.1 I .. ' . . . 1
mu ur 11 I iin.itlliilii.il u 11. I .... I n.11
, . I -a....v vvi.niiiu.i.iii tt a. v .. .a.a a. v T
oe-M every aens.ble man, not blinded by rwaiTed the aanfAion of her ciÜBeus.
party, knew it would be, from the ouree The fcsue involved rises above any
pursued by the administration party- mere rational queetien. Tbe whole
The Kansas act was an experiment a de- doctrine of self-government is at slake,
parture from the long established and The principh-e bf the Democratic per-
hitherto successful method of oivanirinic l7 nnV ben The right of
territories. The Republicans remon.trat- uer PP1, 10 P8" J"gral "In
a i i. Mi. n r..ta UbeiroWn funuaniental law has been
eaeaisiajw it, vuiiw tuv iMiiuunaw I 1 I L I 1
i-,.uu..M... nave prov., . . ,U1HOHta,M wlln IVd It. A
themselves the true friends of popular Couution , eted by a meagre mi
sovereignly, wnue iney oouuemn me oo- uonly of Ibe people, has arrogated to
gus article, which, under pretext of popn- lUielf supreme power on a uuealion
ar righu, has filled thul territory with which ol right belongs to the people
strife and drenched iu plains with blood: uply. We obey but the irreaistible
aud is likely to produce still areau-r and pnunpunga or geuume Dei locratic
more mischievous resulu. We hope ., uPul 1,1 . proujsimg against this
ndiguant und awakened ,ople will re- M'P. 11 IS nolülllg leas, l ue
1 .leBiiriiiM 1 nur Hu. S ivurv 1 1 111..1 1. 1 11
pro,o .no pauuerer. vo slavery as i"V L,()M)j,loul( ubuiilU-'d U the peo-
deservo. But read tho speoch.
Fouaal Help from the F.siet.
Tha few notice which hkve appeared
in our paper relating to the movement in
New York, to send west females of good
pse ie au untenable one. Hie same
ie which reudeie,! II desirable r
Ir U nubmu thai oueaiioti. ope
.. 1 - 1 . - M . ß JL
UHliy Htrouo; in favor or a hu-
mission ot ihe whole Const uui 1011
The Democrats of the Northern
character in search of homos, have brought Suites have been fighting lor ihe Kan
M .ejjl
pr.
us iiumeroiis letteru and personal applica
tion for further information. As we can
not afford U write to all, we say here that
we know nothing about the matter except
what ha. been published. We uudor-
Beuer be tbe ct in to philan
thropist's family, than a mutton pie
for ihe royal banquet.
If we can still lore tboae who
have made us suffer, we lore Iben ail
tbe more.
In order to learn, we must at-
tarn.
T Everything great is not always
good j but ail good things are great.
The secret of prolonirimr life,
is nol to abridge it
He who lays wagers lay a gold
en eggs.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THORNTOWN ACADEMY,
X. WW MOW BJfaBS
l.o V
Hav. LB VI
Mi. C A I
M.. JKNNII
1
SIMS I'mwinsl
JAKKA.i
IMIDIN. V-l.tai.1:
aaa-Nebraaka bill for three years, on
the ground lhat the right ol selt-gov
eminent by the people of lue Territo
torieft was a sacred one, nol only in
one bul iu all renpeola. They have in
sisted upon their right lo decide ihe
II S 4 H' 1 HI. M A W -
BW. W - W
lin.iituu..n loeatrxl in ÜM qoUi ms
SsounJ T
ul...... A i.i n
Apnl Ivih, ai
in
aland that girls from a few years old to Slavery question for ihemselvea, be
forty, seek homes in the West, through cause of the universal concession thai
this movement. Il in desired tbat farmers thev were authorized lo decide all
and others in tha West, co-oierate with olher questions. Tbe 11 mil aeulemeni
the benevolent persons in the East by 04 the question, by leaving them ,,per-
sendiug 416 to the ageut at New York, IWJUy irm w B;lU, lue 4u"ou. Hnu
11 t m e .l . ! . 1 iiieiii 01 wie ruzui 01 popu-
" Hev. Mr. Brace, ageut of the Children's , r, n .1 V
... Q ,. lar decitiiou uikiii all olher quect.iouH,
Aid Society," to pay traveling expenses, would J- an JQmulgRUJd outrage, and,
inclosing two postage stamps, to pay re- beyond all doubl, a clear violation of
turn postage, and city postage, in case the all hitherto acknowledged National
bill cannot be filled, and the money is to Democralic theories ou ibis subject.
be returned. Ihe money advanced will liul even the öüivery uuealion ut
be deducted out of the wagea of the girl not. fairly submitted, aa all who have
received. I1'4"' 1 '"' slighie&t attention lo the sub-
We have aotilienti nn from .11 -r f must be fully awsw. The liberty
the State. Would not th. Uity Benevo- rÄKS S i1"'1 f7 S
v ...... .. .aKluiria.il In .nmnli.n.ia. .a il n
, . ra t . a M .'ill, vrv uuwhi.u ii vv .a. a. a aa a. w i...
lent Sociotv do a nood work, sufficientlv i i. i . a-
B ou.uv.1...., uiiiust und huimliuliliL' condi-
in . 1...I. liw.. ... 117 . A I ... O
in tuen iiiiu, iv win esieru Agency
auin, 1 will asK me senator to show
mo an intimation from :iny one member
in the Sen.ite. iu the whole debute on the
Toombs bill, and iu tho Union from My
quarter, lii.it the constitution wus not to be
submitted to tho MOOS. 1 will venture
to say, thst on all sides ol the Chamber
it wss so understood ut the lime. If the
opponents of ihe Inli ti.nl understood it
wus not, they would huvo tnudo the point
on it; snd il they had made it, wo should
certainly have yielded to it snd put in the
clause. lout is a discovery made since
tho 1 resident found out it whh not safe to
Use it for granted thai thut would be
done which ought in lairuess to huve been
done.
ABOUT THB SKCBKT COWKEKt i AT 101 i,
LAST imcsk.
Mr. Biulrk 1 do not pretend to
know .my tiling on tins subject which mav
m. upeur in the Jotirtiul of Debates. I
shnl! not hold the Senator to aBYtkUB
thut does not iippcur there; but this I will
say, thut I wus present when that subject
was discussed by ncnutors before the bill
. . i . i . i
was iniro.iuceu, uuu me ijuestion uiu
raised und discussed w hether the (Jotisti
tution, when formed, should lie submitted
to u vote of the people. It was held bv
those most intelligent on the subject, thai
in view of all the difficulties surroiindiii
thut Tcrri ory, the dimmer of any exjicri
ment at that time of a opular vote, it
would tie better thut there should bono
provision in the Toombs bill ; and it wus
my uudersUiidiiig, in all llio intercourse I
ban, thst thut Convention would iti.ike it
Constitution and send i here without sub
mitting it Ui a popular volo
Mb. Douglas The Senator suys he
will not undertake to stuto anything thut
did not occur here iu debate und upeur
ill the pulilished debuU-s, ilitiiniiliiig thut
he has no right, a uu honorable man, to
do il. 1 will not undertake to mt invito
and iiisiuuuto that w hich, us an houoruble
mini, 1 am not ut liberty lo express in a
body. If he means l insinuate that I
waa present at such uduhulo und sanction
oil thul doctrine, let him suy to. If he is
not willing to say it, let him not insinuate
thai 1 was present privutely sanctioning
a measure that I now publiciy in not
willing to avow.
Ma. BioLKB If I am constantly at
Mull in mailers ol courtesy, it (, pniulul
to ino. 1 never have so failed to observe
propriety before. Perhaps I have spoken
wrongfully on this subject. I have told
th Senator from Illinois before that 1
object. Will not these show as much
ctnciliation as the friends of slavery ?
North und South, all other iusues have
been ignored to promoto slavery propa.
gindistn. The present Democratic party
if tb great fusion party of the nation.
Oemocruu, Whigs, Know Nothings, Mol
ly Maguires, and all, have buried all mi
nor differences, and united ou tho platform
whoso principles and practices have kept
Kansas a battle-field for three years.
We hope the Republicans in every
towuship will ut once organize. Read
und adopt the Philadelphia l'lalform.
(.all your county convention, in due time,
d send your represniitatlves to tho State
Convention when it is called. Let us
present a Und and reliable front. Let us
be all tho more tenacious of our principles
ttnennse iiniiiar events prove them lo be
oorrocl.
iilitn... ... 1 I ......v.
si. pioiiy ioieruly well eluciaate.i; I
honorable honuUr from I'onnsyl-'
vuiiia, it 1 did uot inisuitdeistuud nun,
suia Una, ui u private meeting at the
in. use ol the honorable senator irom UU
noise, inure was u LalK thai, owing lo aoioe
peculiar cucuuisuiuces, il w as hoi pruUeiu
to submit llio coiisiuuliou lo the people
ot ..... ... 1 dosiro Uiiu lo sUie wuui
souiool loose peculiar circumsiunces woie
Aiiiili i. i. ..oiu. i il inexpedient aud unpu
Uiollc. I have hol the slightest coulio
vcrsy Willi iho äonulor Ii m Illiuois on
thai auajeot,
.UK. BlQLBB The Senator Irom New
Uampshiro Is Niuek more lumiliur with
the surroundings iu Kansas ihun he otfucls
lo be to-day.
Mu. Hai.i 1 did not know what you
laiko.i ot over tlioro.
Mk. Bioi.kb 1 hud reference (uud I
Temperance .Tlovrmrnis.
The people uro waking up on the Tom
peranco question. The result of the sus
pension of the Prohibitory Law, by tho
Supremo Court, is being felt, and every
where men and women Are aroused. Id
some places they resolve to resort to mob
law and forcibly destroy tho destroyer
This is not left to "fanatics." At a meet
ing in Dauviile, Hon. Mr. Uregg, Demo
cratic Congressman, from this district.
took au active pari In other placos,
olforts uro making to enforce tho remain
ing portions of the old law, and the in
sufficient provision of some city laws. In
Richmond, near u thousand dollars have
been subscribed Uward enforcing the laws
ol ihat city. Thus the Inboring men aro
forced to pay tho tuxes und endure the
ills consequent upon the truffle, and then
tax themselves tor contributions to prevent
its being worse. The law of '55 enforces
tso If, when it can be permitted to do so
for this truly Christian Charity ? Let
them receive applications from those need
ing help, and information and supply from
the East.
OCT Wo "grot to learn that Mr. With-
roo, of Greensburj,, formerly a staunch
Republican has joined the Democratic
party, lie was an efficient aud active
man, and his defection will bo seriously
felt, lie disapproves of tbe national
policy of the Democratic party, but
being jailor of Decatur county, he oppoa-
es tbe Republicans because they oppose
his busiuoss. He Bays that about four
fifth of his boarders are Domocruts, and
. .. .. M . . . .
nouny an o mom come lo film, hoi
through love of him or his boarding
bouse, but through the love of liquor, and,
but for the Democrats, his boinMa wottld
have been entirely dried up before thie.
Chbistmab Pbese.nts. The cheapest
Toys and Christmas presents that wo
have seen are ai J. J. Drum's ou Wash
ington street, about half way between
Mcr;d. an and Illiuois. Our little readers
who deterve ., Christmas gift, will do well
to remind their parents of this, just about
this time. They can buy pickles and
peaches, coffee and candy, and all kinds of
eatables, including ftrkeys and chit kens
at the samo time and place.
think 1 inuuo mat very clour) to the con- by the courts. It operated like a charm.
dit.on ul the leuitory, ihe bitter loud f,,,, it wng anuiod Kvery where it
thai divided the people there, the suites ... ,
a...! violence thut wore likely to interfere 11,18,1 P lhu lr,lffic' h 0PPr 'd no ono
wuu a bur election. 1 said distinctly that 'at l-,luor sellersj it taxed no one to en
iuu circumstances rendered a fair exercise force it. We loum that in Howard cotin
oi mo ciocitv e uanchiso exceedingly diffl- tv it is sustained by the courts with hap
cult, VV ho has said mole on tuut jioinl ' --.i,,,
thuti the benaior from New lluuipshiro? "
Who lias luikou more uhoui usurpation We are XlaJ to hear of temperance
and violence there, und keeping tree-State meetings in every p.-ri of the State Let
people Irom the pods f 1 i,Ha the sumo them be hold In every town and neh,hbor
iu.prea.iuiu tbei. thai 1 have now Iu ftml kt or.atli,.tion8 gotten up
all tue vole I gave I was controlled aud 7 . , , . .
impedou.by nearly the same motive as on the U,W,H reeommemled at tho Chicago
now, au.amut was to gel Kansas mto waDBaniuii. The WOXt lagoiog on brave
l nun, whoiiuvoi sue came up man allowJy jn this city. The Iii vision is increas
aoie shape, lu order lu setilo tUo coniro jj ftt thJ rftt(J uf fron ,0 to ao &very
aia i.i ... niifht. und the Lodo of 'ood Templars
Mk. DoUulas 1 must ask mo Senator, 8 h , ,
Iron Pautwylvauia wUoiher no meaus to' dso rapidly increasing, ai.d quite an
lutiinute tnui in uiy house, or any oilier, Ihitercst is felt iu the Temple of Honor,
theso consideration woie urged why we
snouid pass tho bill without u provision ",m
,.i l llio constitution to the people f Froci eiUnae of llir Miimit) wnooi
Does he mean lo say thai 1 over was, pn
vuieiy or publicly, in my own house or
C on t rillion.
We may have been misunderstood in
any olher, in uu oi oi a constitution wilu- Lr !,. notice in regard to printing the
out iu being .ununited to lue poopie ? of .,. ul0 undav School
.MK. tnliLKtt I HUVO llialdo HO SUCll " . " . . . '.
allcalioii. Uonvention. w win e pwn. - u
only question is whether the smooches in
Hull a reported by the stenographer shall
be printed or merely an abstractor them.
Thev can be printed in full only if 1000
topics are ordered. Orders are coming In
One man sends for 32 copies. Will not
preachers und SuperiulendenU order thorn?
rice i5 cent. Send your orders to F
iC. llolliday, J. W. Mclntire, or R. R.
Itewurt Tho complete Proceedings,
vhich will probably Ihj printed, will be
i excellent book.
Will the papers in the State please give
mt a- of this book ? No ono mukös any
thing on it.
Mk. DoUolas Voii have allowed it to
bo .moiled. I do nut waul a lulse im
piession to be interred because the scone
is located in my privuio parlor. Ol w hut
unporiuuco is .1 w hether in my house or
ji ours, unless 1 was u purly to uu agree
ment ol tu.il Kind 't Ii 1 was, iel ll be
said ; il 1 was not, acipuL mo u it.
Mit liiui.tR 1 stated lhu. 1 nad no
loculieci.nu ol ihe Senator participating
ui mal coiix orsuiiou.
. ... DoI'oLa -Woil. il 1 had nothiug
to ... wuli it, a 1 was not .uure, 1 do not
snow wnal BJjf uouso bad to do with it,
Mh. biouaa What 1 Mid was thai
truth, an. i lual is tnu only defense 1 bevS
lo in.iKo belore m Senate, and the coun
try, and my Ood.
.1 f There are lew defects in our
imune ho glaring uu not to bevelled
by poliu.ues.i4 and good breeding.
XfS" Tho wi-e i nun .-uaiuls firm io
all exii'i unties, and hours the lol of Iiis
humanity Willi a divine leinjwr.
ti inu'grnv, however rough, ta
beti'M iliau am h dissimulation.
l. .mmI leiiiplnre.
- We noticed some time ago tho organi
sation of a Lodge Of Qood Templars in
tie city. It meets ever) Wednesday
nlghl iu Temperance Hall, and promises
god resulu. We commend it to Temper
asce men snd women as au efficient and
vigorous Tsmpsrauuo Society.
07" The Prosident has positively re-
fusod to receive Gov. Walker's letter, or
permit it to be filed amoug tho archives of
the government. Were ho to do so, he
says ho should soon bo flooded with simi
lar documeuU from every subordinate
officer w ho might bo dismissed, or should
lake a notion to resign.
Kotten Cohn. Farmers will do wel
to select seed corn, for next year, as oarly
as possible. Very little corn muturod last
season so as lobe deotided uiwu for seed
The complaint is general in the West.
SfSCSfiuSXO
bo vuh io oduoau. omnia n
' ul health, guod morals, and
pi.-asa.il v ill no uf TUorniuirn. thirt-sis etilos
irom i!i.iisiia)siii.. u tiir la-iaii iie and Indian
IIH.'ll- KMiiriiS.l. el
lliu Stale. The ait
desirable Ut those who
ua the advaiitiit:.'.. .
lllUllllMUCC.
lll'-ri- urr. Ill til. VI Ul Slid vmililli fonr
nur. ii.-.-. in su ol wüten are rsnlsv
sod a mural lecture is dshvtcsd srsr.
in uis Acaasm L tiapei.
Tb. building, will now aeeuutnodats ue hun
dred and ttll .tudeou. and the Trustees hsve
oontraeUNl lur Uieir ooiupietion so tar as tu aflurO
suipie room tor su who uis i
i si I W; PER SE8810N.
Tuition, I'rimar. Dsparteasaa, - - - - aJsBO
rirst Acauemioal, lou
Seound Acadenueai, Site
All. Student Issum one or inure studies in mi.
tlu i ol the aUvaiiceU deDl Im. UU will lae rhu.
od in proportion.
J suitor lees, twenl. Ore oants in frimar, BJM
flfU csuu in each of Ut. other dcparlmunls. Tu
iliun and Janitor I.e. to be paid tu all eaes be
töre Usui.- cm be enrolled.
Vucsiand inrtruucuial music, drawing, snd
needle-wors, xtrs, iu sdvaue.
." a music, per ssssion, ...... $iiu
lii.Uuuiriiiai Music, with u.- of Inslru-
lileut, " BHW
Drawing and NsWls-Work, eeeh, - - - MM
in . ... ui irntrs. to.l illness, luune will berr-
07" Tho Republicans have not had n
chance to put in a single thriek for Kan
sas this session of Congress. Old liners
are so ouU.hrieking thom that thoy h ive
quit the business.
fJDan Mos. keeps an excellent 'bus
at tho Greonsburg station, to carry strangers
and olher to an oxcellout hotel. You
may trdst the ' Moss House."
(T Lrowry Lynn wants to have some
lulk with hi cuslomois about New Your.
Will souio of them be k.h.1 enough to re
isirt what it it about ? 4
fj We regret to hear of tho death of
Enoch McCarty.of Brookville, one of tho
oldest inhabitant of Franklin county.
(rMr. Douglas has ordered twenty
thousand copies of his speoch. The Re
publicans have ordered one hundred
thousand copies.
ftTAUINO IT TU THE PACIKIC The
overland mail line now in operation
from .-!! Antonio, Texas, to !San Die
go, California, carries paaaengers
through. On the sixth irip weatward,
four wer ilius conveyed to 8an Die
go. The way mails are much incroaaed.
The entire road is now storked with
lour hundred animals, tweniy-five
coaches, and seventy-five meu ( mes
sengers ami guards). With ibis out
fit they can accommodate ix passon
gers. Further arrangements are be
ing completed to accommodate passen
gers through to New Orleans by this
route. The fare from San Diego lo
New Orleans is 920U, which sum in
clude" meals on the route. The eighth
mail from San Diego waa to have been
dispatched on the 22nd of October,
with a full complement of passengers.
The Hchediile time for the inp of this
line is thirty days.
tW Fortune grows tired of always
carrying tbe tamo name on her back.
lions. Ihese are as follows
First : Every voter who is chal
enged must swear U support the Con
stitution, it adopted, uuder peril ot
trial for perjury under the Territorial
laws.
Ihe deaiirti of this clause teems to
be to provide a convenient method for
inflicting criminal punishment for a
mere political otlense, in case any ob
noxious voter, after having taken the
oath, tdiould not be aa zealous in hie
devotion to the Calhoun Constitution
as ils authors require. At all events
it is an unheard-of requirement in
republican country, and one which was
no doubl specially desigued to drive
all high-minded citizens away from the
Dolls.
cMcono : lletore any man can vole
against Slavery, be must vote for the
' UU' 'Ull ' ' I I -l I I III I' 'I
lie may feel that the very act of fae-
leuiug lhat Constitution upon him as
the fundamental law under which he
must live, without submitting it to a
voU" of the people, is an infamous
wrong. He may believe the Constitu
tion to be a bad one a Know Nothing
Cotisiitulion, a Bank Constitution, a
Communion which makes in advance
an apportionment upon a trauduleui
election reiurn, and thus seeks to give
a preponderance of political power for
ever to a minority yet be moat en
dorse all this without a murmur before
he oan vote against Slavery.
What a mockery it is to say, that
when these humiliating conditions are
iidixed to the right of suffrage, the
question of Slavery or no Slavery is
fairly submitted 1
Mut independently of all this, the
Slavery question is not fairly submit
ted, because there is no guarantee
whatever that the election will be fair
ly conducted. Tin- whole regulation
of it is lodged in Calhoun, the Presi
dent of that Convention a man de
nounced throughout the Territory as
one of ihe most unscrupulous men it
contains. He has furnished convinc
ing proof of his perfidy by tbe im
thai, after pledging himself full;' and
unreservedly to submit th whole Con
stitutum to the peoyl-' of Kansas, be
violated that pledge, and was a leading
spirit in preventing a submission of
the Constitution to the people. He
haa been charged by nearly the whole
press of KamutM with complicity in
the infamous Oxford fraud, and, we
believe, has never denied his oonnec
lion with that disgraceful affair. Yet
this man, publicly self-convicted of
perfidy, and accused of fraud, haa ab
solute and dictatorial power giv-n him,
to regulate the election ordered by the
CoiiHiiiulional Convention. Hx ia to
appoint three men in each county, who
are to appoint three men in each dis
trict to hold the election, and when
the returns are iratismiued, he is to
decide upon the legality of tbe votes
cast, dec. The ordinary and existing
election laws of the Territory are all
set aside to give full play to Calhoun's
genius in this Constitutional election ;
and we do not doubt that he will be
fully equal to the expectations- which
his supporters formed of him.
Who, with these facta before him,
can pri'tend for a moment that the
slavery question is fairly submitted by
ihe K:inas achedule '! Who does not
feel that any election ordered under
such provisions aud such auspices,
can be nothing more than a mere dis
reputable swindle, which, did il not ex
cite our indignation by (he wrong it
-eck-, i" shield and pej't-ate, we
-.In mid deem ridiculous and absurd?
tuna 'l in pr..p.irtiu n.
application be aaad. prior to in ciuea
winii.
Hoarding in private families, at
rs.
ll 1. vr dvsirable tksl nil
the (ipeninx ul a fem. but
tune, and bs charged aocurdiugl.
a.-.' u
pruridsd
3 Se
JO COUNTRY MERCHANTS!
H . Smith V ..
C tJYC sV.V . T, .,
Have mosored from So. a Main 8t. to th.ir
M.w AND C0MM0D10U8
FIVE STORY. HOUSE,
No. 137 Wau.it Strmt,
Between Third and Fourth.
EeraciAL Attbktiob Paib to 8i-rrLYi.ro
Country Merchant
Who may wish to pershase Uoodf at
LOW PKI OKU
For oanb. .
html -Books ia every vanU, Paper, Btaok-
Books, Stationery, A..rverT desoriptloe weal
ed bv th. Country Merchant, at very low prices.
Your patronage is respect In' I, solicited.
dec -w U
KNAPPS PATENT L.A 5 1
for bersinr
ROSIN COAL, AHO KSROIXNX QJIA
I'll l.K U1L8, in Knapp'. Pat.nl Lamp, pro
. duce a superior liht U Caaaphina, Burning
Fluid, or Lard Oil, aud at a eost of one-third or
less price than those. This light is universally
admitted to be the most brilliant, steady , and
sott portable light now offered to the public, as
t...iiU..i to b ttie numerous u-.ttmornsJi'rwoeired
from the vsriou. psru of the oouatry. It is pear
Ucularty reoummuiiUed lor famil use. it being
perfectly safe, as it is free from any egploaiv. or
uang.-r u- ijiiii.iii .
0K0. PRATT has for sale town and count,
rights; also the Lamps, OU. Wicks. Ac, on the
most reasonable terms. Persons wishing anagre.
able, sate, and ver pnifltablu employment lor the
t ouiiug S inter, oan not, for a email iure taunt .
do so well otherwise, sa to enawffe in this basi
ns... The pulmo ar. invited to call and examine for
themselves, at the hardware store ot
JaineK. Pratt.
Coajraa or Wabhinuton A Mbbidub St.,
noviRi lm IMUANAWLIS. INI).
FtCRTILITf AHD MoKTALITV. In the
Ely cuinetery is erected a grave-aUne
on which is the following iuacriplioa :
"To tbe memory of Mr. Richard Wor
ster, who died May 11, IB.J6 ; alao to
the m mry of his iwenty-two eons
and nv' daughtera." Th'H twettiy
aeven comtHiaed the whlof Mr. Wor
steds family, bul not one remains I
The mother uf ihem all still livea, and
is in good heal lb.
t4T We open the hoarta of other
when we open our own.
Q T4 Vf AND SHIRK.
PEOMJCE k COMMISSION
JHERCHATS
And Dealer ia
A' .I.Ii I 11 l la M. I Ml I.KMKM
Krobrscing th. best sules of
BS&PUtt, MOWERS, WHEAT D MILLE,
THRESHERS. PLOWS. Ac,
liaüroad Street, oppottt, the Depot,
Greenuburgh. Indian.
deett-wSmr
Mh W.la Have Th.egbi
That th. EXCELSIOR SEY-UUHT PIC-
1 1 ki. (i.M.i.KU eeaM mm aaM sub mm
enoursaing and unparalleled success? It is even
so, from tie fact that Lowar always gives the
u. ... perfect satisfaction lo hi eaaaaaaef, to
executing likenewe. Superior Ui any ia th. city.
..ml i ust es cheap aa the cheapest .
A lacgu, fine, and varied assortment of Frame,
Cases, Lockft.. Broa'tpin.. Atv. Ar . on hsrvl t
all time.
InstrucUons given on reasonable terms, and
Apparatu and Stock geaereJlr fornish.-.l at
lowest figures.
Bear in mind, if you waat a superb Likeness,
call on Lowar, No. 93 West Washington Street,
over Pop.'. Drag Store, second Boor. Examine
specimens. Room fro. W. M. L0WMT.
dec SB-Ü
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
.Notice i hereby given that Letter of Ad
ministration have lhu day been granted oat of
tho Court of Common Plea, of Marion Count) to
tu.. uinitTi.igiie.1 upon tne estate of Abs.ii.iim
i.liiNtKP, lateoi saiaeounu.a
Th.
täte is probably solv.nt.
JOHN A. LEO.NARH.
leo. ia, lST.-t-a Adniiuintraior.
VEW YEAR'S I'KKSKNTU
I wish to tee all who bar. had deallaji
at tn .hop .lunug the past sear, on or about the
first of Jan uar. for particulars, inquire wiOj
iu. Ilease bnng along your neighbors who don't
linotivill, lse. -Bw
1.1 W Khl LYNN.
Si ALT AUENCY ! The Uwdee-
O h mi s ir. Aaout for Ruffner. Donl.y A Com
for the sal-..I ."viM .. lii.lianap.ilis. has now la
his Yard a hi supply ol Saltin ? andH.bu.h
el I' Ulfl. : . Ii ! i si r r prices, with freigbl
and uu . . n- i..l lo.i
dec mi wU S. L HEACH.Ag.nt,
GOLD TENS
Price Fifty cent.
v .ill aael ..i .
oU Will rwtiv.' the Tuna
dec U t
COHEN'S IMPRESSION PAPER.
1oKtakiuglmareeehNuof Emkroi
Bl Flowers, Leaves, Ac., Ae. rot
.lo. or .ingle peak to J, m.ln
novfi No. I lllinoll street.
IRYINO S LUE OP WASH1NOTON,
PAJ 0 W oomplel. ia Koar Vol warn. Jest msit
IB ed and for sal. 1b
RE-POINTED.
Enclose Pen ie a letter,
... and b return mail
go.! a new. Aaggaa
E ELLIOTT.
Sr. uss, N. Y.
b th
BOV
nur olumes. Jut renei
ls.lI.!imuklt.