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BY G. AY. BLISS.
MINERAL POIXT TRIBUTE.
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BIiSI.\ESS DIRECTORY.
J"m:hh H4NNM.AB, n. i..
Member of the College of Physicians A Surgeons.
University of the State of New York,
T-n ’ers his services to the inhabitants ..f D<vls;- ville
and v e nuy as Uhvsiciaa, Surireoa and Accoucber.
April |7, !555.-n22mG
OEO. \V. ( OKU A ( ()..
lor\v:ir.iiii3 and Commission Merchants,
AMD r. K A L X R S IS
PR'IDCCE, PROVISIONS, SALT, &c.
Warren, 111.
Nov IS, 1854. Itf.
1.01 is 11. i>. CKAIIE.
Attorney A Counsellor, Solicitor in Chancery,
AND GENERAL LAND AGENT,
Dodgeville, Luca county, I llsivnsm.
Tf. It. MTMK,
ATTORNEY 4t COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Fout. nll v 7 ] Wor.nrx
J. 11. (LAKY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW t SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
Mtnerat Point, ... Wisconsin.
I" zf~ ifldce over Johns fe Evan's Tailor Shop rn (f
1.. M . I KOMi,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Highland, Wisconsin.
lileciion* made, and all business entrusted lo
his care promptly attended to. 3vß
H4KI.F.V EATON,
ATTORNEY i. COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
M.neral Point, Wisconsin.
trr V>lU*iions promptly attended to. 4i.v6
J A tll.S II GUAY,
ATTO RN K Y A T LA W.
Mineral Point, [4s*] 11 itconsiis,
ittSA COBH. I . E . MESS.SOUK
coins A messmoke,
ATTOR NE Y S A T L A W ,
'iitsrrel Paint, Wisconsin.
I\M KA\(T AGENCI.
vrv.l IVSIHASCI COM PAN T OF H A RTFO RD, CON N
Capital $300,000.
orcr J. Miltons Store, Mineral Pott. I ', li'is.
ahty N.H. HOYDEN, Agent.
J■ B. M O FfeYtT m7dT~
ViN*; permanently Unrated in Mineral Point, wook?
respect fully lender his professional services to the
Citizen-of the town and vicini .-. **
• i k in the rooms formerly occupied by Cobh &
r nv. where he will be found at all hours,unlese
on Professional business.
i‘iue 7, hsil. n32v5.
i.. t uom\
A TTO R\ K T AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
M NKH\L P)l\r, WISCONSIN, office t*o door®
: I -' - ‘ s
•*. arid transact all business connect'd wi'h his
I t ullt-ciious promptly atu nded 10. 31 1 f.
I’A 1 I ()UI>Cl.
T iwoa . —lUytMdwrWa
I . - - citiaem ■ Hinetml toliil nd
■i'tv ;,>r pas: favors,sad inform tb-m that lie To
. - u-'rifi, nt kkaU nn High tX
' ,h " r e he Will be p!f*S3e>l lo receive a continuance of
pub’ic favitr,
rT“ GenUemen'i Clothes cleaned and cnshort
HENRY PRICK.
August 10, 151. v5n42.
KAMVBL WII KI I.Ktt,
/ ' NKRaL DEALER in Eaucy andStap’i Dry floods.
"T .- .eerie*, Crockery and Hardware, High stree ,
M u**ral Point. \finl3
joins A WAVS,
C* AS 111 >N ABLE TAILORS. Mineral Point, Wiscon
a - - licit a share of public patronage Their work
w • I'iiie m the most fashionable style, and on rea
i • i- rms !*h pn High Sir. el.
IXT o'oig done to order, and warrant, and lc> fit. if
P" f-erly made up. *-y
Jt)\ 71 I I.TOV,
f' oS'ERAL DEALER in Merchandize of nil kinds
f ' - -i the earner of *’hcfftfful atid High Streets.
Ml eral Point.
• OK6 E U . WNh
l ■ U DBA .1,11 in Family BioMm h Pr >\ is
■ • . . . ■. r
P, - the Central House, High Street, Mineral Point.
i ii tiii.Es r. iua ri:.
EVERAI, land AGENT. Mineral Point. \V,con
■ -i mi High Oh CM 3St7
GEO. I WILBER, ft I
UiMIIAI. f WT,W I**.
K. 1. I'l l IOKD.
R ; ■ N DENTI'T, sells Drue*. Medicines, Paints,
-. kc, at the Mineral Point Lire? Store.
HABLEB CMTCRBUe
JTThe only good and cheap HOUSE,SIGN and
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
ft iggies and Sleighs. Banners. R-galia* and
ir ‘ • renco-s Pain U-d with neatness and d.-spalch.
, Pi:-- -banging. White-washing and IVa 1-staining,
i the best style. Country orders punctually at-
Kesi i.-nce one door north of the Krsuklin
■ i s e. Mineral Point, Wis. vsrll
LIVER Y7~
i/ il ii-fi
” LL be ever ready and always willing to accom
* mutate his friends, on reasonableterms and in
• -d style
IT - The Missionary Stalionls at present loca'ed alit
' ■ Brother Solan’s, and south of Brother 3oyn
mm-dlate vicinity of the • >.S. Presbyterian,
■ ..M -c odist and Epis opnhan Cnurches—on the
‘ north of the Catholic Church. Surrounded
-e henedciai influences,both Horses andiinvers
“a- found taubful and trusty.
N .-ran ;B i. 1 jne IT, ILM. f3l tf.
( O.P A It IM IIMIIP.
I 1 J C. H tWELLS of Mineral Point and Da. J. L.
bst. recently of St. le*ais, Mo,, having associa
no nes in the practice of Dsstwtst, would
' -.fully inform the citizens of Mineral Point and vi
al they are prepared to perform all operations
•■oil. their profession, in a thorough and work
““Shiike manner.
-Ml) Wi',l visit Dodgeville, professionally, on
--sdav ihe 13th test., and can be found at the
* v "‘fern Hotel** by all those wishing his services.
*., • h^ urs f n>m sa.M.to6 P. M.
wal Pi i.;. j i u . !„ law
OI NN A- HE AD.
ATTORNEYS and counsellor? at law,
asn louctTot in caa *r * at .
eY* flee in Milton's Block. Mineral Point,
3*it. or*.,. {fT tfj . l. map.
MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE.
Poctn).
From the Morning Star.
THOUGHTS OF THE WEARIED OHF.
I would wander far away,
O'er the streamlet and the mount
-1 would watch the water s play.
And would seek the streamlet's fount;
I would hie me distant far,
To the rich and sunny west.
And would watch each twinkling star.
But my heart would find no rest.
I would tempt the rolling deep
With its waves so bright and fair,
I would go where Peris weep
In the gentle, balmy air;
1 would go to India's shore,
With its palms so richly dressed,
And would search the "olden ore,
But my soul would find no rest.
Y et there is a place more bright—
Not in India's distant land,
Nor where, wild with dreamy light,
Western prairies broad expand,
Nor where sparkling waters wave,
But a place by far more blest
Tis that home beyond the grave —
There the wearied one can rest!
illbccllaucous.
[From Putnam s Magazine ]
ET m N ALLEN’S CAPTIVITY.
Among the episodes of the Revolution
ary War. none is more strange than that
of Ethan Allen in England ; the event
and the man being equally uucouunou.
Allen seems to have been a curious
combination of a Hercules, a Joe .Miller,
a Ba}ard. and a Tom liver; He had a
person like the Belgian giants, mountain
music iu him like a Swiss, and a heart
piuinp as a Occur de Lion’s. Though
burn in New Lngland, Le exhibited no
traces oi' her character, except that his
heart beat wildly for his country’s free
dom He was frank, hint!', companiona
ble as a pagan, convivial as a Roman,
hearty as a harvest His spirit was es
sentially Western—and herein is his pe
culiar Americanism—for the Western
spirit is the American one.
For the most part, Allen’s manner
while iu England was scornful aud fero
cious iu the last degree ; however quali
fied by that wild, heroic sort of levity,
which in the hour of oppression or peril
seems inseparable from a nature like his—
the mode whereby such a temper best
evinces its barbaric disdain of adversity—
and how waggishly it 1 olds its malice,
even though triumphant of its foes. Aside
from that inevitable egotism relatively
pertaining to pine trees, spires and giants,
there wore, perhaps, two special incident
al reasons fur the Titanic Vermonter's
singular demeanor abroad. Taken cap
tive while heading a forlorn hope before
Montreal, he was treat and with mexcusa
ble cruelty aud indignity ; something as
if he had fallen into the hands of the
D} \ks. Immediately upon his capture,
he vrould have been deliberately suffered
to have been butchered by the Indian ai
lies, iu cold blood on the spot, had he not
with desperate intrepidity, availed him
self oi his enormous physical strength
by twitching a British officer to him. and
using him f or a living target, whirling
him round a> and round against the murder
ous tomahawks of the savages Shortly
afterward, led into the town, fenced about
by bayuuets of the guard, the commander
of the guard, the commander of the ene
my, one Colonel McCloud, flourished his
cane over his captive's head with brutal
insults, promising him a rebel’s halter at
Tyburn. During his passage to England
in the same ship wherein went passenger
Colonel Guy Johnson, the implacable to
ry. he was kept heavily ironed iu the hold,
and in all was treated as a mutineer , or
it may be rather as a lion of Asia, which,
though caged, was still too dreadful to
behold without fear ami trembling, and
consequent cruelty. And no wonder, at
least for the fear, for on one occasion
when chained hand and foot, he was in
sulted by an officer, with his teeth he
twisted off the nail that went through the
nn>rtise of his handcuffs, and so. having
Lis arms at liberty, challenged his insulter
to combat Often at Pendennis Castle,
when no other reveogement was at hand,
he would hurl on his foes such howling
tempests of anathema, as fairly to sho ;k
them into retreat Prompted by some
wl at similar motives, both on shipboard
aud in England, be would often make the
most vociferous allusions to Ticonderoga.
and the part he played in its capture,
well knowing that of all American names.
Ticonderoga was. at that period, by far
the most famous aud galling to English
men.
Israel Potter, an exiled Englishman,
while strolling around tbe Pendeunis
Castle, where Allen was confined, chanced
to hear him in one of bis outbursts of in
dignation and madness, of which the fol
lowing is a specimen :
*• Brag no more, old England : consider
that vou are but an island ! Order back
your broken battalions ! Home ! and re
pent in ashes I Long enough have your
hired tories across the sea. forgotten the
Lord their Gcd and bowed down to Howe
and Kuiphausen—the Hessian ’ Hands
off. red skinned jack all ! Wearing the
King’s plate as 1 do {meaning probably,
certain manacles.) I have treasures of
wrath against aou British.’
Then came a clanking, as of a chain :
many vengeful sounds, all confusedly to
geiber. with smugglings. Then again the
voice
“ Ye brought me out here, from mv
dungeon to this green —affronting yon
Sabbath sun—to see bow a rebel looks
But I’ll shew you b‘->w a true gentleman
and a Christian cat y> nduct in adversity.
Back. Dogs ! respec.. a gentleman and a
Christian, though he be in rags, and smell
of bilge water Y’es, shine on glorious
sua! ’Xis the same that warms tbe
hearts of my Green Mountain Boys, and
lights up with its rays the gulden hills of
Vermont!”
Filled with astonishment at M-ese
words, which came from over a massive
wall, inclosing what seemed an open pa
rade space, Israel pressed forward, and
soon came to a black archway, leading
far within, underneath to a grassy tract,
through a tower. Like two boar’s tusks,
two sentries stood on guard at either side
of the open jaws of the arch Scrutiniz
ing our adventurer a moment, the signed
him permission to enter
Arriving at the end of the arched
where the sun shone, Israel stood tranjs
fixed at the scene N
Like some baited bull in the rin ■,
:crouched the Patagonian captive, hand
cuffed as before: the grass of the green
trampled and -gored up all about him.
both by his owu movements and those of
i the people around Except some soldiers
and sailors, these seemed mostly town’s
people, collected here out of curiosity.—
The stranger was outlandishly arrayed
in the sorry remains of a half Indian, half
Canadian sort of dress, consisting of a
fawn skin jacket—the fur outside and
hanging in ragged tufts—a half rotten
bark like belt of wampum, aged breeches
of sagathy, bedarned worsted stockings
reaching to the knee, old moccasins rid
died with holes, their metal tags yellow
with salt water rust, faded red woolen
bonnet, not unlike a Russian nightcap,
or a portentious, ensanguined full moon,
all soiled, and stuck about with bits of
half rotten straw He seemed ju-t bro
ken from the dead leases in David’s out
lawed cave of Adullam. Unshaven, beard
and hair matted, and profuse as a corn
field beaten down by hail stones, his whole
marred aspect was that of some wild
beast, but of a ro} - al sort, and unsubdued
by the cage.
‘ Aye. stare, stare ? though but last
night dragged out of a ship’s hold, like a
smutty tierce, and this morning out of
your littered barracks there, like a mur
derer—for all that, you may well stare at
Ethan Ticonderoga Allen, the unconquer- j
ed soldier, by ! You Turks never
saw a Christian before. Stare on ! lam
he. who when your Lord Howe wanted to
bribe a patriot to fall and wn and worship
him by an offer of major generalship aud
five thousand acres of choice land in old
Vermont—(Ha ! three times three for
glorious Vermont, and my Green Mount
ain Bjvs ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ’)
I am he, I say. who answered your Lord
Howe, “ You. you offer our land ? You
are like the devil in Scripture, offering all
the kingdoms in the world, when the d—d
soul had not a corner lot on the earth !
Stare on !”
•• Look 3 T ou. rebel. 3’ou had best heed
how you talk against General Howe here.”
said a thin, wasp wai-tod epauletted nffi
cer of the Castle, coming near and flour
ishing iiis >word about like a school-mas
ter’s ferule.
••General Lord Howe? Heed how I
talk of that toad-hearted king s lickspittle
of a scarlet poltroon ; the vilest wriggler
in Gods worm-hole below. I tell you
that the hordes of red haired devils are
impatient!} - snorting to ladle Lord Howe
with all his gang (you included) into the
seethingest syrups of tophet s flames.”
At this blast, the waisted officer
was blown backwards as from the suddeu
ly burst head of a steam boiler.
Staggering away, with a snapped spine,
he muttered something about its being
beneath bis dignity to bandy further
words with a low lived rebel.
•• Come, come, Colout 1 Allen,” here said
a mild looking man, in a sort of clerical
undress, "respect the day better than to
talk thus of what lies beyond Were 3'ou
to die this hour, or what is more probable,
be bung next week at Tower wharf, you
know not what might become, in eternity,
of yourself”
•• Reverend sir,” with a mocking bow,
, when no better employed braiding my
beard. I Lave a little dabbled in your
; theologies. And let me tell you. Hover
end Sir,' 1 lowering and intensifying his
■ voice, •• that as to the world of spirits of
j which you hint, though I know nothing of
‘ the mode or manner of that world, no
, mure than you do, yet I expect when I
arrive there, to be treated as any other
: gentleman of my merit That is to say.
far better than you British know how to
treat an honest man and meek hearted
Christian, captured in honorable war, by
Ijust told me. and as crossing the sea. ev
i or}’ billow dinned in mv ear—that I.
Ethan Allen, am to be bung bke a tbiet
If I am. the Great Jehovah and the Con
tinental Congress shall avenge me ; while
I. for my part, will show you, even on the
tree, how a Christian gentleman can die.
Meantime, sir. if you are the clergyman
you look, act out your consolatory func
s ticn by getting an unfortunate Christian
gentleman, about to die. a bow l of punch ”
The good uatured stranger, not to Lave
his religious courtesy appealed to in vain,
immediately dispatched bis servant, who
i stood by, to procure the beverage
At this juncture, a faint rustling sound
as of the advance of an army with bar.
ners. was heard Silks, scarfs, and rib
bons fluttered in the background Pres
ently, a bright squadron of fair ladies
drew nigh, escorted by certain outstriding
gallants of Falmouth
“•Ah.” said a soft voice. *• what a strange
sash, and furred vest, and what leopard
like teeth, and what flaxeued hair, but all
mil ewed , is that he ?”
" Yea it is. lovely charmer.” said Allen,
like an Ottoman, bowing over his broad
bovine, and breathing the words out like
a lute ; “• it is he—Ethau Allen, the sol
dier; now. since ladies’ eyes visit him.
made trebly a captive ”
Why. he talks like a beau in the par
lor —this wild-missed American from the
wood.” sighed another fair lady to her
mate ; '* but can this be he we came to
see? I must have a look of his hair.”
•• It is he. adorable Delilah . and fear
not. though incited by tbe foe, by clipping
my locks to dwindle strength. Give
MINERAL POINT, AVIS., AA EDNESDAY, JULY 1?, 1855.
; me your sword, man.” turning to an offi
cer—“ ah, lam fettered. Clip it your
self. lad}”
“ No. no—l am •”
“Afraid, would you say* Afraid of
the sword—friend and champion of all
ladies all around the world ? Nav, nay,
come hither ”
The lady advanced ; and soon overcom
ing her timidity, her white hand shone
like whipped foam amid the matted waves
of flaxen hair.
“ Ah. this is like clipping tangled tags
-of gold lace,” cried she ; “ but see, it is
half straw ”
“ But the wearer is no man of straw,
[lady; were I free and you had ten thou
'atr*U foes, horse, foot and dragoon—how
like unfriend I could fight for you 1 Come,
you have robbed me of my hair—let me
rob your dainty hand of its price. What,
afraid again ?”
“ No. not that, but ”
“ I see, lady ; I may do it by your leave,
but not by your word, the wonted way <>f
all ladies There, it is done. Sweeter
that kiss, than the bitter heart of the
cherry.”
When at length this lady left, no small
talk was had by her with her companions
about some way of relieving the hard lot
ot so knightly an unfortunate : whereupon
a worthy, judicious gentleman, of middle
age. iu attendance, suggested a bottle of
wine every day. and clean linen every
week. And these the gentle English
women— too polite, and too good to be
fastidious, did indeed actually send to
Ethan Allen, so long us he tarried a cap
tive in their land.
1 he withdrawal of this company was
followed by a different scene.
A perspiring man in top boots, a riding
whip in iiis band, and having the air of
a prosperous farmer, brushed in, like a
| stray bullock, amongst the rest, for a peep
at the giant—having just entered thro
; the arch as the ladies passed out
“ Hearing that the man who took Ti
conderoga was here in Pendennis Castle.
I’ve ridden twenty live miles to sec him.
and to morrow my brother will ride forty
1 for the same purpose. So let me have the
; tirst look Sir.” he continued, addressing
' the captive, “ will you let me ask you a
few questions, and be free with you?’
| 4- lie free with me \ with all my heart
! I love freedom above all things. I’m
ready to die for freedom ; I expect to,—
|Sobe as free as you please. What is it?”
“ Then, sir. permit me to ask what is
I your occupation iu life ? in time of peace.
I mean.”
•• You talk like a tax frathcrer,” replied
Allen, squinting diabolically at him :
" what is my occupation in life? Why.
in my younger days I studied divinity,
but at present ] am conjurer by profession ’
Hereupon everybody laughed, as well
at tlie manner, as the words, and the net
tled farmer retorted :
•‘Conjurer, eb ? Well, you conjured
wrong that time you were taken ’
Not so wrong, though, as you British
did. that time i took ficouderoga. mv
friend.”
At this juncture the servant came with
the bowl of punch, when his master bade
him present it to the captive.
”No !—give it to me, sir, with your
own hands, and pledge me as gentleman
to gentleman ”
I cannot pledge a state prisoner, Col.
Allen, but I will hand you the punch will;
my own hands, since you insist upon it. ’
•• Spoken and dune like a true gentle
man, sir, I am bound to you.”
Then receiving the bowl into bis gyved
hands, the iron ringing against the chain,
he put it to his lips, and saying. •• I here
by give tbe British nation credit for half
a minute’s good usage.” at one draught
emptied it to the bottom.”
'* The rebel gulps it down like a swill
ing hog at a trough.” here scoffed a lusty
private of the guard, off duty.
"Shame to you.” cried the giver of the
bowl.
"Nay, sir; his red coat is a standing
blush to him. as it is to the whole scarlet
blushing British army.” Then turning
derisively upon the private ; " you object
to my way of taking things, do ye ? L
fear that I shall never be able to please
\e You objected to the way, too, in
which I took Ticoudoroga. and the way I
meant to take Montreal Seiah ! But.
pray, now that I look at you. are you not
the hero 1 caught dodging around in his
shirt, in the cattle pen. inside tbe fort !
It was the bieak of day, you remember
"Come, Yankee.” here swore the in
censed private, "cease this, or Til turn
your old fawn skin fur ye. with the flat of
this sword, for a specimenlaving it
lashwise. but not heavi’y. across the cap
tive s back
Turning like a tiger, the giant, catching
the steel between his teeth, wrenched it
from the private's grasp, and striking it
with his manacles, sent it spinning like a
juggler’s dagger into the air . -aying, "lay
your dirty, coward's iron on a tied gentle
man again, and these, lilting his hand
cuffed fists, " shall be the beetle of mor
tality to you !”
The now furious soldier would have
struck him with all his force : but several
men of tbe town interposed, reminding
him that it was outrageous to attack a
chained captive.
** Ah,” said Allen, li I am accustomed
to that, and therefore I am beforehand
with you . and the extremity of that I say
against Britain, is not meant for you.
kind friends, but for my iosulters. present
and to come ” Then recognizing among
the interposers, the giver of the bowl, he
turned with a courteous bow. saving.—
••thank you. again and again, my goo]
sir . you may not bo the wn.rse fjr it
i ours is an unstable wtrii ; so that one
gentleman never ku-jW' w .on it may be
his turn to be helped of another ’
But the soldier still making a r: ■r. an 1
the commotion growing gen rai. a- ;;
or officer stepped up. who terminated the
scene by remanding the prisoner to his
cell, dismissing the townspeople, with aii
strangers. Israel among the rest, and
I closing the castle gates after them.
SPEEITI OF TUOUAS 11. FORD. OF 01110.
[The following is a correct report of
the Speech which Capt. Ford, of Ohio,
delivered in the Philadelphia Know Noth
ing Convention. It is one of the most
truthful, comprehensive and bluntly elo
quent Speeches we have ever read ]
Me P resident; I feel much embar
rassment when I reflect that I rise to rep
resent the views of the mighty V\ e-t 011
this vexed question of Slavery, now un
dor discussion. I would to (fid that
some gentleman more competent to the
task had undertaken it Gentlemen from
other States have shown a string mclina
tion to discuss party politics in this do
bate With the dirty details of party
politics we have nothing to do iu Ohio
Our principles are patriotic and pure, our
purposes high and holy
The gentlemen who proceeded me have
all mistaken the policy of the founders of
the Republic They never intended to
tolerate Slavery, or even be responsible ,
for its existence With the framers of
the Constitution. Freedom was the rule.
Slavery the exception : Freedom national,
Slavery sectional But those patriotic
gentlemen from the South are desirous of
changing the rule, so as to make Slavery
national and Freedom sectional ; to ex
tend over territory now free, the soul
withering. God-dishonoring curse of liu-
man Slavery.
We, on the other hand, are desirous of
sustaining the p liey of our forefathers
a Bible-based, law loving, liberty built
policy And here we take issue The
honorable gentleman from North Car !i
ui. pointing to me. tauntingly says : - You
of the North refused to extend the Mis
sour: Compromise line to the Pacific,
when we offered it to you ” To this I re
ply, we did so refuse ; and for this reason :
We arc desirous of extending tJw men of
Freedom, instead of the curse of human
bondage
The honorable gentlemen from Tennes
see and Alabama have said that we at the
North were generally opposed to the cs
tabli-hment of that Missouri Compromise
line at the time the compact was entered
into, in 18ti0. On what pretext can you
base your opposition to its repeal / In
answer to the gentlemen. I say that the
peopb of the North I ceri op sed
establishment at that time, and tor this
obvious reason ; It was a base surrender
of territory to Slavery that had been by
the God of Nature and our laws conse
crated to Freedom. That at this moment
instead of the voice of freemen ascending
to heaven in ardent prayers for the per
petuity of this Union, thousands of hu
man beings were clanking the chains ot
abject slavery there. Those iiil-u who
were in Congress from the N<rtli and v •
ed Ibi this Comproa ; rgotl
somewhere —their memories have perish
ed with them So have tve sent those ir ho
voted for its repeal to their jmlit icai'graves
tobe remembered no more by us except in
the long !icing annals of infamy
The gentleman over the way asks me to
reconcile that position. I will, sir The
territory the South acquired by virtue of
that contract is already nigger ed. yes. nix
gered all over The crack of the driver -
lush (to the disgrace of humanity be it
said) is this day heard on its every acre
The voice of Freedom is not heard there,
but Slavery, dark and damning, curses
that otherwise beautiful country, having
territory sufficient to make an empire of
freemen That is the reason ice ojtposed
its repeal, arul nme ask for its restoration
\\ e cannot recall Slavery there now—-it is
too late ! If we could place that territo
ry in the same situation as it was in 1 '-20
there would be no trouble from our State
about the repeal of the Missouri restric
tion. No! we would, like men. enter the
arena and fight manfully the battles of
Freedom Yes. sir I we would see that
Freedom, our inheritance, was not turned
to stiangers and our homes to aliens, and
Liberty left desolate in the laud of our
forefathers.
But the dark and damning deed is
i done; and, regarding the rights of the
.States under the Constitution, we cannot
| change it now. And now. after our sub
! mission for thirty-four years to that in
j i.puity. you come forward and inflict this
renewed outrage upon us You say, u lt
is true, north of that line was set apart
by solemn compact for Freedom ; but the
i contract was unconstitutional, and consc
quently null and void ’
I care not from what point you view it ;
you have taken under that contract and
of course are bound by it You now
come to us wblningly and say. - This con
tract is void, do not attempt to enforce
j it/ 1 Sup] >se j 1 g . 5 >ur note to a
friend for one hundred dollars, borrowed
on the Sabbath : and afterwards to avoid
payment, set up for defence that the note
was given on Sunday, and consequently
void, and you would uot pay it In what
light do vou suppose ail honorable m n
would view you In no other light tnan
msummatv oJlains. unworthy the con
fide nee of ail honorable men In this
light Ohio and the teenrng millions of toe
mighty West, whom I feebly represent
i.ere. view you. Gentlemen, in relation to
this Kansas Nebraska iniquity ' I appeal
to Representatives from tne Ciouth. in the
name of all that is honorable —in the name
of God. to be this once influenced by the
pure promptings of right and justice, and
restore this compromise line, or trom this
dav hide vour deformed heads, and make ■
vour appearance no mure among intelli
gent beings
Rut I am resolved to place the gentle
dross Boot rn g
men—right on the record Many of them
do sav ti.at the repeal of that time hon
ored line (to use iheir own words) was a
wrung, an injury, and an outrage, and
t:,at it ought to be restored. I say many of
vou have said so to me : and inasmuch
as everv gentleman from the N rth has
been challenged to give the name of any
Southern man who has dared to even
br- atbe one word in favor of I reedom.
therefore, to avoid being asked so to do.
( come up to the confessional, or I shall
without hesitation, name the gentleman
to this convention. (Cheers and laugh
ter.)
(At length lion Kenneth Ravr.er, of
South Carolina, arose and stated that he
had so said, and took this occasion to sav
that he considered the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, a wrong and an out
rage. to which the North ought not to
submit He said if he had been a mem
ber of Coneress lie would have had his
riirht hand severed from his boiv before
he would consented to the inhmitv
G v Brown, of Tennessee, said he had
stated that it was wrong and unjust to re
peal that act: but inasmuch as it v\us
passed lie was opposed to ag:ration on the
subject by reinstating it
Four or five more, at this point, took
the floor at once, Ford remarking pleas
autly. •• Keep cool, gentleman : we are
going to have an interesting class meet
ing here ; but come up to the confession
al, one at a time /”
(Laughter long and loud ) A number
of gentlemen confessed in substance in
what Gov Brown did.)
Mr. Ford proceeded bv sating that
"an open confession ’ was "good for the
soul and lie hoped that the gentlemen
would learn another truism : That the
only way to get rid of guilt was to •• re
pent and sin no more All we a~k of
you. gentlemen, is to do right, remember-
ing that there are eternal and unchange
able principles uf rijjiit. which no circum
stances can vary, and which God himself
may n it disturb
]*y your confessions this day. coupled
with your action, you place yourselves in
the condition of a thief who. having bro
ken into your house and got possion of
your money, you detect and arrest. You
say to him. “ you rillian ! what are you
doing, thus invading my most sacred
rights The thief c ones up to the con
fessional, as our friends have this day,
saying, •• 1 know I have invaded your
must -acred right- T confess I have com
mitted an outrage and inflicted a great
injury upon you I have broken into
your house and stolen your money I
have done this mean thing. I regret. I
deplore it ; but. inasmuch, noheu/island
ing. nevertheless, as / have got in non . let
there be no disturbance between me and
thee I both fear and dislike n.
Let us just settle this difficult”. i uuju<t
step out and let. me deep your house and
the money too / ’ (Loud cheering and
langhter)
This is the ridiculous light in which
we view you Southern gentlemen cut in
Ohio (Here a Mis.-is-ippian interrupts
by saying, "This line was w rth nothing,
of no value to any person ”) Ford pro
ceeded by say ing : That is beautiful 1 you
will steal oui property and for excuse say
••’ti- valueless/ Upturn the stolen go >ds
and let thit oirnet fix the nha If it was
but an old jncknite. ’ti- not vours. Come
up like men and d> the great thir.tr
Confess your wrong and do the rii'ht—al
wavs remembering that to do the right
and avoid the wrong is the great end of
our being. Do not you. gentlemen of the
iSouth, shrink away from this contact with
truth : don’t you. I entreat you. through
falsehood or hypocrisy, meanness or fraud,
attempt to hide yourselves from tiie open
eye of Honor (Long continued applause )
You Southern gentlemen have said many
pretty things about the l u’on We. too.
are devoted to this Union ; first, last, and
all the time : and we do not make Slavery
a condition precedent to our attachment
to this Union, cither Can you say as
much ? Thank God I we of the west have
higher, holier, and m re patriotic motives
We are devoted to this Union, because
ere long, by its perpetu ty and advance
ment. we expect to become an empire of
Freemen, and because our Union is the
hope of struggling Freedom everywhere 1
(Cheers loud and long.) Kvcry public
demonstration I have attended here, pat
riotic gentlemen have attempted to turn
into a Union saving machine—until I am
sick of the endless prating about the
Union—being fully -ati-fied that thnj say
Union once and menu JSegio three times.
(Laughter )
The Union, rest assured, is in no dan
ger We of Ohio do not intended to go
out of the Union, or let any b dy else do
so (Loud cheering) And if you fiili
bu't- ring South Carolina g •ntleno. n think
of going out of the Union, please take a
retrospective xiew of your past lives, and
vou will find this is not the first time you
Lave tried to kick out of the traces And ;f
you make the trial, it will not be the first
time you are kicked back ! Remember
Old "By the Et.-rnal ! brought you up
standing, once, and we of the Centra;
Northern States and Western Slate.-?,
have determined to do so whenever ueces
sary (Applause)
The gentleman from Virginia asks, if
wc* are so devoted to the L nion at the
North, how it came to pa-s that we return
-ue-h men a Hale 1: son and •:< si: to
the gunite f I will answer him fully and
fairly. It is the south that brought such
men into notice, politically. At the
N irth. the continual njUaJion of the
Union for the purpose of >/tending Shirr
ru brings into notice the men of the fsortlm.
of giant intellect, and moral force Does
lie understand I A mote, like t o gen
tlemen or tnvself, ii-a l ' very comfortably
in a still and .juiet atmosphere ;* but it
takes the wild tornado to move the imbed
del rock That political tornado has
been raised by yourselves ; by your do
termination to extend, by fraudulent and
unconstitutional means, the area t human
chattledom Do 3 u understand me.
sir - Ye- iet thank Hod -■ ha’r sum
men as a ilsox. a> ; ae: a b :
and a Chase: ; men who. ku wing the right
Pave nerve to contend f-rit . m-n •! un
doubted integrity and ability, udr.se p •/-
cn t (jf nobility comes from haven And.
mark, ye gentlemen of the South ; the
davs of fltr keyism at the N >rth are num
bered The Scrrhern flunkeys arc all
dead and damned ! and if ever another
one appears to your vision, rest wkl as
sured be is illegitimate. We have selec
ted twenty one Representatives from
VOL. VIII.—SO. 31.
Ohio; all pledg'd for the repeal of 1! : s
Nebra-ka iniquity : and you will find,
when they arrive there; you will Lave an
accession of just twenty-one 111. > and
Wilsons on that <pu-tion. vdh * a
flunkey among th■ n Wc in Ohio do
not threaten them with polit; ml death
j only ; but have resolved that if they do
i not stand up for the right, in op-. -itiou
; . the ei kcbmeots of < 1
; gandists. we will hang them Ugh Ha
man ! (Long continu In; j-lan- .1 )
A goutloman from Alabama oric-s
•* ougias was from the North I r
replied: so was Benedict Arnold 1 I •
British took the traitor and we re' 1
the territory. Our Southern bret rca
ha\c the territory end leu us / ■
They ought to protect, if they do despise
him 1 (Applause and laughter )
Now. Mr I'resi.leut. -.vo of Ol io pro
'est against this plank in your j latform
as unjust and unrighteous Ti e majori
ty ot our di legation are from
the sons of Ler soil ; and \ irgii ii. in pu
rer Jays of her commonwealth, ta • • u
the lessons of liberty, dou will rer- ui
her by the cession your State ma ! ■ *
General (Jo. erninenf of the v i-: N h
west Territory, you Virginian- <• •
stipulated that neither Si ivorv n :
notary servitudo’should ever exist r! ■
except It r the punishment oferit .-■> V- . .
then, under the ordinance of -7 ar
first born in the cause of freedom : ai i m
Ohio, your chidlren have resolved to car
ry out your w : li by seeing to it that Slave
ry never does exGt there. and wo are
prepared and determined to Te.-ist its en
croacbments upon all soil com - crated to
freedom. Yes. \ irgiaians remember
this ; that with warm hearts and strong
arms, your sons will stand up for Liberty
and the right; and Ohio, cemented sho
is with the mighty West, is irresistible as
the armies of Israel. Striking for the
faith once delivered to the Saints, v
strike for Human Freedom at I
man flights ! (Cheers and cries of go
on.”)
(A voice in the crowd ) " Y i 1 1
better come beck to Virg 1 end a
condition” Ford answered: We have
been in your State and all over it Wo
know the situation of your pop . m
both white and blick We know \ir
ginia. in this age of advancement, has ret
rogated ; that the white and bla*-k races
b<>th sutler under the scourge of Slit’, cry.
I have been on some Plantations, wio-rc
from one to two hundred Negroes were
worked, who in the course of the v-.
like the locusts of Egypt, eat up e\. .
green thing (except the master) and he
was compelled, in order to make the tw >
ends of the year meet, to scud a few hu
man chattels Southward. In add it ft
this, ignoraneo and superstition. 1
monsters brood over your land, sli;
it in darkness indescribable. We of (J >
have no wish to return to vour
That white he•>, led old gentleman I o
yo x spent half hi- dav- in V.r; A J?-.
1 has kuown your peculiar iustiiuti • :■->
long: and lie knows that the genii. -of
Liberty having been driven out from
you has come to take her abode in tins
wilds of the Western world, where -he
may build up for herself institution
and laws based upon the immutable
principles of right. (Tremendous ap
plause )
Much has been said about N> w York
and Sewardistn: and. inasmuch as h<-r
delegates are here, I will say n .t’.i g
about the State; but will, I h' p- b
mited to speak of our own State
ardtsni. gentlenmn. at this mni.ient has ,
heel on •• Utims ’twkinOk>o : ", • /
less you give vs a h't r'v-in- nr. ju.-. • . -
like looking Platform, the Jn>s if o - ,-br
tn-xt urtll /iml Sciainlism standing in!h
both feet on the political grace of 'every
“ iSnnt ” in this land.
Already the voices of freemen are hear !
marshaling their forces lor the contest ;
the fires of Liberty arc n w burning on
every hill top and iu every valley throig,,
the length and breadth of the laud , 1
may they continue to burn i vnr, L
TV SHALL BE THE BIRTH Rl' -IT Of
American: until \vk have i
MENT WITHOUT A DfSUOTI-M; A Ifi
without a Lorn, an.o an E
out a Slave!
H3*Ue polite to your c :r m ■ j
expect them be mindful .f y-ur w .
To grow glad at your a' r
bound away to do your rfi- . ir* i. ■
tlie request is naif spok'-n 1 Then v. th
all your dignity and auth >rity mini: :m
litenes; : give it a niche in your 1. >uso
hr.ld temple. Only th n will y : vo
learned the true --ccret of scudm: ■■ it in
to the world really •• fii.ishod :: la.iic and
gentlemen.
What we say, we say unto all—bo
polite.
A follow having spite against 3 ,e
maker, rushed into his s'. p when crowd
ed with customers, threw a large a- aand
cat on the counter, and ,-aid •• i at a ah
nineteen we’ll settle when 3 1
so busy and made his ex.t He ..
1 Course f'dlowed by the sausage a-ma
emnty Lands i
! ‘ —■- ...
U3=* My dear. - tia asm . rig ti- :
to her other half. • I inton 1 to go a shop
ping—l want a lit s chan
iVoh," ra-pomie 1 be. •• the 1 would bo
no change at aii—you go a u iog eve
ry day.”
53* Those who excel in s;r , _■ !; are
not iu .st likely to show contempt f fit
ness. A man does not despise the weak
ness of a child
IXj* lla>ty cbtilii.ions are n
silence, fr the s’-Anie .hat
second sober thought pierces a ~ ‘ .an
rebuke.
£3* If thou art master. bes- . j
blind—if a serv.i.,t. be at
;i Ncccs-itv knows no law.' k\ il :.e
ce-.ity is l.ke a areal many lawyers.
* Whati.- a man like, in the middm of a
. river, that cau l -wiiu ? Like to drown.