wroohuil(c..Ärican.
. BROOKYIILErMÄRdr,' 26, 1853.
.. -,f -, ill Ii - - ' ' ' - n
PiMaja cf the' lecomptoa Constitution
' in the Senate.
,Tho bill admitting Kansas under the
Leemntiton Constitution rcieand vr '
ate on Tuesdav last by eight majority;!
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thrt rot twvl 'A'l (. O". V'h 1.. ......f
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was announced it wn greeted !v (n- i
Tne'.idons cheering nnd hissiner. Little,
... . .... ci u ii'uiu nio niturt nirn i erriTories,
uonot has ever existed in the minds of i i u. C1 ,.'n-a m 4- i t
. - .- '-, i and onl e 1.(.!2,1GS ;4 from tlio slave
any one as to the passage ot the hid in c, - , r. -
. , .. . .. T . . , t Mates. .Ihegro-.sexpehdituresaniount-
the fsenatt, but the majority is larger i rM , , ,.
;'- J ed to ?'i,IVJi.Ut2 22, including trauspor
. than was anticipated. Mr: Houston vo-; ,,. , . ' ,. .
i tation, salaries, and tho immediate- et-
'" nr 1110 um in ouca i' co it reso..
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-
. union? . iia.'vo.i Dv tue legislature t
.of Texas. Mr. Pugh. of Ohio voti-.ll
, aain.st the idll per in-truclionn of the) r ' c- . , ,' .. . ' . . ,
., 4 . . .r t t ueo SiatoH , and r. iTitones?. 1 he total
. , , uellcit lor. the car amonhftxl to $2,SI 1,
f!ntctir ha been the nu-ans of eircc-jj-j. jj
tinj the vote xo are tuuvblo to eay. It
i1 r"'"'vi-Jit t know that the thim? i
"
;. :, v. lar as me senate m concernea.
J, u1 far as the Sonate
hut the 4,tiiij of war rtvctloeouic. lhej
r,,!, ; r" Ilm,, ' Ü'.l..,.l.tr.,l !,.'
. . . . . '
ettrer , . o our m i n 1 . the nney -
incfeascd voto in lavor of lliuLi!! in t!
Senate, b ik rett omen of its vis
eii of its psv
Adiului.tra -
iage in tiie House
The
. lion will nnw work with increased vig
or, and no stone Will be left unturned to
Btcurc ih oly'iiU - t
Ths Republican State Ticket.
i a matter tf no ' little astonish
' tuent thut tho Jefferson ville' lU'puW-
can, or any other Ueiubli an paper in
J tho State should complain of the pro-
ewdings'of tho Convention nt Indian
apoli on the 4th inst., or refuse a cor-
dial in pport to the ticket nomfnated by
. that convention. How ujiy sano man
j could have expected a re -ad option of the
Philadelphia jdatform oftef publishing
the call fur the convention, and pane
cloning the name, i more than w o aro
tile to define. ' Tho call was pub-
luhoU by every Hepublican jajer in
'tho Stato nnd the policy Jifccisely as
'adopted by the Convention hould bare
been anticipated.- Jlcre js the call:
'"At a meeting of tho nndcrsigned.
.JJepublicans from different portions of
.the State, called together by the Cbair-
.tnati, of the Ju'publican fjtato t entral
Committee at lndianaolis, on this day,
it unanimously, agreed toCall n
3Iass Convention to be held at Indiana
polis on the the 1th day of March next,
at 1ft o'clock, A.M., anU to extend to all
persons, without rrfrird to j)ist juirti ''.
Agnations, opposed to the L'cowpton pol try
of the prefcht Admit ii rat ion, a cordial
invitation to attend and to participate in
its deliberations for the purpose ot form
ing a State ticket in opposition to the
ono nominated on the fc'th inst., by a
'packed "invention ot Federal oflicc
holder and expectants, who, while pro
fttsina an adherence to popular sovreigu
tL cordially unproved aud rttdorsed the
Administration in its efforts to force
Kansas into the Union ns a slave State,
contrary to the wishes of a vast major
ity of her citizen," Ac.
; To havo re-adopted the Philadelphia
platform would have been acting in bad
faith toward thoso who, from tho nature
of tho call, were induced to participate
in the deliberations of the Convention
portions who hate never acted or voted
with tho republican party, but who are
willing to join in tho struggle to defeat
the efarivtt policy of the Administra
tion to palm the Lccompton fraud upon
ho cvuulry. Yo affirm that there nre
thousands who will now support the
tickets nominated, who could never
have been induced to identify them
elvc with the party with a platform
against which they had mccessfully
fought, and against which they would
fight again.
It U very true thai there is nothing
in the Platform, adopted at Indianapolis,
tihich to tho smallest degree conllicls
with the doctrines promulgated in the
TMladelphia Platform, but thero arc
fomo things in the latter which to tunny
would have proved objectionable. We
havo nohesitcney in declaring that the
ticket would never have received our
upport with tho Philadelphia Platform,
for we never could have had any hope of
auceess. There is only one inducement by
which wo aro led to identify ourselfwith;
ny party, and that In, tho duty we feel in
joining in a common welfare against
,0 pcrpvuuHuu o, . avioua, w rong ,
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t. .. . i it..-. ..r .. . 4 : 1 '
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n t'iii, lur T im an me energy wo pus
ns, having faith jtMhc ultimate tri
umph of tho cause.
We then ask every voter In the State!
to read the Platform adopted by tho Re
publican Stato Convention. The re are
principles which must not only meet
the hearty approval of every Rcpubli
can in the State, but we ask every nnti
Lecomptoti Democrat to ponder over
hem and corlrnt them with those
adopted by the Sth of January Conven
tion. There is no evasion. They are !
so plain ns not to requiro a "Philadel
phia lawyer" to define whether they
aro Lccompton or anti-Lceompton, nnd
tho candidate arc known to bo right
Uon the only quest ion at issue, between
the advocates of freedom and slavery,
while on the other hand, most if not nil
the candidates on the Democratic ticket
uro known to favor . the policy bf the
administration in regard to ti e admis.
Jon of Jvm"
Tue Postokfkk "Dkpaiitmf.nt'. '-The
Committee of Ways nnd Means in the
Houso of Representatives recently call
ed upon the rwtglliec Department iura
statement of their receipt and expendi
tures, for tho fiscal year which termina
ted on the MOth of Jane, lfcST. A ro
port wai submittedaccordingly; und we
gather from it the following interesting
Ir,' ' . . - -
. The entire receipts of the rear from
' J
alhlhc StaU,H tuiJ Tcrritorie.s amounted
r .v. K, , r .im. .vrmna
e-.... .. ,i t.. . im ..
I IlfMlKf nl I 111. VU'li.tM fllll'lM
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Of tliis
amotit-t 1,131,102 12 accvued in tli;
rla.vo Slates nd ?3. 73.", ISO 10 'in tU-
The- oxceM (C cxjensd over re cipts
i in the edave Stjites wu $2,400,51)6, und
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1 he Staffs of .Muachnsotts, Uhode
!rt'.i(iA.
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M. Xcw.'YorV
i-kt ft '('i'hi:i.l
I'em:
!a an-
i r.ni.t. the.' P
Wasliiiigton ;i t..,t--jry ;Ji. th( oifly
''s in which the reccipti exceed the
gross oxpenses.
" Tho Domoerulie party has been
preaching up non-intervention by Con
gress with the affairs, of n territory
most assiduously for a' long time, Fny
WheSeyinore Time; but has Ukcii.gVeat
earu not to practice what it K0 '.vehe
mently preached.'. Nay, -while -Joudly
proclaiming nwi-intervcntion, itf has
kept iuterferirg all the time. Thel)em
ocratio Congress ; and. Democratic Ad
niimatrationr have interfered' with - the
affairs of Kansas iti every conceivable
way. They have ceaselessly continued
to interfere and to intermeddle. Thero
has not n day passed since the repeal cf
tho Missouri. Compromise upon which
this non-intervention party has not In.
terfered impudently and wb-kedly to
thwart the will of ihe people. They
now propose to accept Kansas under a
constitution reeking with fnutdnud tb
interfere again b ordering J ho' people
at once to niter. thatt constitution in de
fiance of its own nroviciou. If thev
are for non-intervention why don't they
quit interfering ? "Why 'don't they re
move the army and lot the people set
tlo it to suit , themselves ' Why do
they continue to lyranir.o over a territo
ry that they nil the time fwcar thev
have n power to meddle with?
Inconsictant
Tho Democratic Pres throughout the
Country, contiiiuo to hold out the idea,
that fealty to the Loeompton fraud, is
not made a "party tci, or that De-no
crats are not read out of the party on
srrTTTritifirrrTp.o.T totbi. "W -
nre Almost everyday we receive the
intelbgeneo of antt-Lecomptor. Demo-
crats being removed from office,, and L
complon Democrats appointe in their
places, and that Lccompton jmpcrs arc
selected to adtortise tho mail routes to
the entire exclusion of nnti-Lecompton.
There is no denying the fact, that, the
administration looks upon the anti-I.c-coiupton
Democracy with more hitter
animosity than any other political par-
ltd The Chicago 7Vw of Tuesday,
says that Mr. Cook, the new Post Mast
er who wus proved by Mr. Douglas to
1c n defaulter, and still indebted to the
Department on account of his defalca
tions, returned to that city a flavor two
betöre, and was welcomed with bonfires
and processions, and by a speech from
the President of tho Democratic Club.
The oration was concluded "with three
(Inters lur Buchanan and thm yioaiix for
Douglas." That lat manifestation
strikes us rather ominou. Ls it possi
ble that Lccompton will r strangle
tho "Little Ciant" in his very den !
StlNATOK CniTTKNI'KN's St'KK' tf. The
telegraphic report of the speech of Sen
ator Crittenden on Kansas shows that
he made some telling hits against the
Lccompton juggle. He regarded "the
facts'' as all-important in this case,
niul wns disooved t Inul fit t!iilli hern.
utK, h ,() hU
ijudgment. Ho was convinced that an
()U rwbeltiiin inajorily of the people
"-1'' reetonded Constitution.
IDs speech created a great sensation.
It will go far towards determining the
course of the Soulhern Opposition, and
sealing tho doom of this infamous meas
tiro. e.The new Lccompton paper, which
is intended to combat the heresies of
Douglas at his home, has just been is
sued in Chicago. It is called the .Na
tional Union , and i edited bv Messrs.
Divcrsev A Schade. It looks very w ell,
as new papers alwin s In, but its edito
rials are evidently the productions of
men of no particular abilily as writers,
whatever maybe their powers as "whip
pet's in" of Ii ih voters. It is a forced
growth driven into bloom by tho heat
of the Leeomplon quarrel, and tho ne
cessities of the Administration and
will d!o jiift as soon an tho quarrel is
ended.
fv -Why is an oerlojtded gun lik an
office-holder? Because it kicks might
ily It i ili-chnrgod.
'KnixBCRciir, Ind, Maixh '1 "!"'" 3. "
Mr. KniToit : I think I told you in
my last letter, that the general morals
of our toyn aro only "sort o'so." How
many helUUoles thero aro here, I can't
precisely Pay, though I think there
are eight enough to mako drunkard
und gamblers -.of "a great many yeung
men. One of the peculiar features of
the. late religious revival was that men
unaccustomed to attend church were
brought into the church, nnd tru con
verted. . Situe my last letter live more
have joined. Uno man had nut been
in a church for thirteen year?, but now
ho in glad to be present on all occasions.
W'c hope the meeting will result in per
manent good to our town. -.
One of our citizens, Mr. Scott Moore,
a merchant tailor," Avas robbed on Satur
day night, of about $300 worth of fine
cluths. The burglars entered at the
window, und made almost a clean mvecp
of goods..' The loss will bo setercly
felt, ns .Mr. Moore is a young man, with
but little to depend on, save his daily
labor. But us ho is sober and indus-
trious. ho Avill wh rennir IiimIokm. n
, , jk . . , , .,
i- no .hastbeer obU.ucd asto. the roMe.
1'his-U the .irst lldng that has occur-
cd hire" fur fumo time fo tYcalfc excite
ment, i except the burning of a smoke
house. We were almost stagnated.
Speaking of stagnation, I am reminded
of a stagnant pool -.near town, or in
town, hcnido tho Indianapolis k Madi
son Pallroad." I refer to tho Tilth from
t!ie distillery Ji"g jrns, "Tho passen
ger approaching J'diuburgh from In
dianapolis, is forcibly and pugnently
taught that this city is :v very & tro uy
niie.' A nastier place jcannnt well be
im'aginei,and we expect to live in an
atmosphere of stench, during the sum
mer; The people vote the trhoje. con;
cent" a huisar.cu'and heartily wish it
were abated. Ol course,' men owhinsr
or governing such an establishment are
not very religious; and unless the hands
arc. willing to. work 'on Sunday, when
desired, they forfeit their place. A .man
told me lately that ho never could get
to heaven from a"distillery,and, though
a wicked a man, ho intends to leavo
therein soon as possiblo. lmay notice
this establishment more at large bcrc
after. - . ' '!
Py some means our graded school es-
caicd the destruction aimed nt schools
generally, by our ftber, intelligent nnd
IMfc lnl.l WMl' Iilll- TlrfITk!l
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putmcnol common sense, on the Sn- mos, son fl.lt ..t nn, revered Common
preine bench lie.t fall? .Apropos of wraltli; h't StantmiT of Tciii.eee, whose jen
.1 . . i i i . i.. i .. and lvi'i: Imve unwnvi rinplv ' eliamiiioneil
this ww a question, aUed me lat.-U bv .lllP ru,1ur!ri.-,.,F,e. H nän.ey, ot' Ken
an intelligent citien of our place. 'tuck v. who ciorVtlv illntnite tla nit-morii-s
While I was heartily commending your
Congressman. Foley, for hi.s course up-1
on the Kansas ijucttion; this gentleman
i.i. :r i ' t .
asked me ii 1 oh-y was act ng so put-
J '
j, (,v tp,n r;,f jLb fnrK he. "he
;,al,Ily hasson,e enough tojlVnnyth.ng
sc,lsibU," I 0uj!tvtcJ,.Uit like Dy.
jfocfle, I "says nuttin'ifor I am j0t
prtMiif, or vuicunnne yisi nanpeneo iq
posted as to the, (icneral s abilities J '! TMiAnTSTlr.c:iox.Jndgo McLean
rlo know, however, that anv sometimes j has 'recently -made a decision in wdjich
ashed if I ever liycd in a county nan. cd j hVliohN -that tho endorsement of ccr-
T- ir. ,.-i-,r. irwU;.,.. i itain bonds of the Columbus, Pinna &
Frank in, lroin which . boooicj .nnd,. .. , . . ' ..
' , , Imltana KailiJad Company by the Cm-
drunkards wcro sent to tho House ol jt.nnaü) ('hliribus Ä Cleveland Compa-
nepresentatives, and to tho Senate ? I jny is legal, ami -that the latter company
am no politician, and I generally cva le is held by the endorsement rondo lor
such questions. I refer such questions lormrr. The case came into court
. , ' ; n . t t i u j I'V ,UI injunction granted against the
to Dr. Raymond. But if I don t clow cinr.i,,atlfColumh5 & Cleveland Board
my letter soon, your readers will think nf Directors, restraining said board from
I am brief in 'urcornutum'' ( in a horn) ! paying the Hit crest on tho bonds thus
ns a voting ladv once said. So no more i endorsed.- -
till the next time, und I remain yours .'' 'f U. Z Vu' T,"' "
1,111 ' j will tend tff, strengthen confuleuco in
till then. Jl. ( railroad Vionds of one company tiro en-
.... ... 0 dorsed by rther making it the in-
Bi5t. Tho llichmond (Va) fi"j"inr. in , t crest of all unitedly to sustain corpor-
spcaking of the Charity Discourse of , :trl,trrli,i, . . ' T .
,, ... I i. , .,, i. .4 " his decision or Judge McLean wi 1
lion. Ldward Lverett, in that c,h , last , ( j. Um l Clm) ? &
weekdays : "Seldom -never, we might ; n,jia)ia ro:jf inasmuch as that road is
venture to say have we listened to an j jn tho hands of bondholders who nre
oration so full of mingled pathos and tho only parlies hy which it can bo com
eloquence. Aged eves wept with the' l'1 D give them additional, hccu
1 s ' . 1 ..ritvtor the paper held by them, and
young, and now, and then a suppressed iwj- tH1,i greatly-to restoro confidence
sob struck the car. Those surrounding n pi osent and ultimate value of the
the orator, on the stage, visibly wept, 1 bonds. 'Matters now look nioro favor-
and wc hear that one of the fuiictioua- f1'-1" heretofore for the completion
....... , , . . . oftbis great thoroughfare. Indiana r0'
i'li.w nt' Ilm (tiA-iti'i. wliriKn Inte it wi s1.. " .
...v.... , -v. j
to attend to the lowering of tho curtain
was so much" moved that he could not
attend with proper rapidity to hisoflirc.
Eleetian cf Pest Hastcr.
in the House of Representatives on
the l)th inst, Jlon. B. 1 Leiter of
Ohio, introduced a bill for the election
of Post Masters by the people. We re
gard this i3 an important move in the
right direction. Ji. ecu live patronage
is becoming fearfully omnipotant for
evil, and It is high time it should be
curtailed In every possible way. The
merits of popular elections for 1'ost Mas
ters, uro not confined to the curtailments
of executive patronage, but it would
be more democratic, than the appoint
ing yy.stem.
Tt Me. Livingston, the missionm-v
and eminent explorer of Southern Afri
ca, is about to leave l'ngland on anoth
er exploring expedition in the region of
his former enterprises. Ho goes out
under the protection and patronage of
the British (iovernment, who havenp.
prtpriatcd for his expenses,
and will send him to tho mouth of the
ZamboM river on tho Kastern const of
tho continent, and then as far up that !
river as if shall be found bootable,-
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Most interesting results ure expected
from these new laborers ot .the eminent .
triiveUr. 1
lecompton not a Unit.
Tho Lecomptonitcs, as they progress
in tho ptrango and "nnomalous work of
dragging a'Territory into tho Union
against tho official prote?t,at the ballot
box, of four-fifths OfAicY people, icing to
show ibrnuduble if not fatiil signs of dis
cord. Agreeably tj the IVident'sSpe
Vial Knnsas Jless;ifN. ot,? wing of thi
party aftirms that the people ofKansas
have tho right to change their constitn
tiouat apytiine, after becoming a State,
notwithstanding the prohibitory clause
which cuts. xir all amendment Mil 1SC4,
ami will insist upon a declaratory clause
to that effect being inserted in the bill
of admission. - The other wing, the u-
tiu Souther.' men strenously deny the
right of tho peoplo to chango their con
stitution, -xcfi t m fctrict accordanco
with provisions rf thc constitution it
self, und wijl ri-U anv attempt to cii
graft an amendment recognising that
right, upon' the b:U to admit Jvansas us
u State. On tins! joint they ,'aro firm
and unyielding. , If they can carry it,
thev fee aXhancoof securing iCansas as
a Slave State; when to abandon it
would inevitably make it a Free State
1j1
Unless . the Northern . Lecomplönitcs
back pquaro down from tho position
they have taken, hat tho people of Kan
sas have tLe right to change their con
stitution whenever thevchooso to do ho,
let the büFTro "through Congress witb-
uut fln s, ; - . -( am f. h r- hl ft
'"i-ililill r - SM.u'ncrn vou- win be
aiycd aiV ";Thls, (d' course,
would seal the late of Lccompton for
ever. After taking tho position thej
have on this point, and more especially
aller being advised of tho views and
purposes of the ultraists of tho South,
no Northern Lceomptonito can relume
to vote for such ; provision in tho Kan
sas bill, without adding ten-fold to ihf
odium which mint attach to a support
of that m ok sure In any form. ,11 they
do nott entwind all, comoto the conclu
sion, before they get through with this
business, that "Jordan is a hard road
to travel," we will never again venture
to cnchroacji upon tho Yankee's prerog
ative of 0if.M'rty. They have already
Involved ' themselves in inconsistencies
and absurdities of which they will soon
er or later, be heartily glad to rid them
selves. Slulbyvtltf. Yt'ht utter. - ,
National Anti-leccirpton Convention.
The "tn-nngoinrnu- nre nearly i-oinjilttod lor
hr(llii n prent Aiiti-Leeomjlun Coiivnitioit-of
the North-wcitrrn States nt Cliienpo, " wliidi
will Miirtle efxc-liuhlois1 Tin riiilnJ'ljhia
Trc, iti slliuliiig In t)io mutter, fny' : ,
' "bet tin people tali the matter in haul, and
by tlicir jin.iiipt rcsjtouso to tlie call, pivft' tlint
lii ivrty jprt'VHt w hielt fiiut strike ithirin into
tlio li" wx of ihfi'e y Ii; nre cowardlt rtriking
id the l'ate!t r,Aif Aiuciicau freemen.
Let tl JvrH"i Vm- Site h- iiniong iiic tinu to
signalir. her syaipnü in tan important move
ment Let St; te Omentum co-ojii iute to
seinl thoir fcli-oiipet nu n. Let Lunulas tli
' Clu'Wilii r I'oVa'd ' of the uniti-d I'emoei iKv
lit.,,..,.. I,, i Wi.r nl n-ftmii tlw furo
clinging to' ''thedail; Oiel hloo.lv prouiul;" let
Walker, wlio.je course ha. kindled admirstion
in cm ry tra '
l''f:s' ntojin i tieurt; let l'un-
Jeron, ho-si nii',' the world over, in inrep-
larahlr 'ji.-of-tntA-wiili our i.ationul history ma!
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thtf-rnt m- let I rodetV !c, 4Jic.jrHllnnt e.i iieril
,,r ihc4iT,.mimiin nenment ct t.'ie JJeimTuey
Sf ."'''''lA t'.''-'i wt Smurt, v.' vote
. n jvTfu-lftMlrse lc?i their
rrn tJer the Mu,S Cote
!'c"t,nuyr'lCT j
! ; .iMirjial.
sttvvmvnTirVv .v. 'ii... r.ii :.
- " ' .... in.; luiiiniill"
obligation was administered to the
graduate at tho late commencement of
the Oglethorpo Medical College of Sa
vannah
Von hrrchy .pnuiii.se ami declare on
the receipt of your diploma, that you will
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ill, out. um im. iHMior, o Igllll y n I1U ICSpeC
i I i ....... I I . . " . 1 .
tammy oi tue legitimate proiessiou in
.'..nj iy liVr' " V "'! 'hut
you will nciMirr r fm, tenancn nor nflili
ute with any svstcrn of irregular prae
ti'-e, nor engage either in the manufac
ture, salo or recommendation of "quack"
nostrums, or patent medicines, nor
countenance, tho practice of the reuse
lerss dogmas of Hydropathy, Homco
patny, or i iwrnpionianism, under the
penalty of having tho degree confer
red upon vou revoked by your Alma
Mater.
Vou.s Km i.ainTiv Tucf dav's Phila
dclphia J'rcx has tho following from its
Washington correspondent :.
"Several Ahli-Lecnmpton Democrats
from J'ennpyjvania Messrs. i diapmryj.
Owen, Jones, &e. voted on Friday last
to lay Mr. Harris' appeal from tho de
cision of the Speaker upon the table, us
they considered that decision in accord-
nnco with pst-Iiaioentary usage. On
. . i
the mam quoiinn. wnen it comes up.
they will Ih- found, when they niwavs
been ..standing firmly upon the
plat form of Popular Sovereignty, and
maintaining the right of the majority
to rule. I nmko
this tatemnt not
w ithotit nuthoi-p v
The School Queition.
A: correspondent of tho Kvansvillo
Journal, comments on . tho decision of
the Supreme Court, on tho School ques
tion, width he illurtrales in a simple,
practical w;ay. . The individual was no
other than Mr. Pierce's Ex-Jputrlct At
torney, M.orton.' He says: ' s
On examining tho first section of the
citfht article of tho constitution, the
point on which tho Supremo Court de
eded relative. , tQ. taxation for free
schools, 1 am at a loss to seö thegrounds
for their decision:-" Instead of requiring
agenwal smiform education it is a gen
eral uniform system of Common Schools?
,We have all organized under, that sys
tem,, una .whether tno ecnooi is Kepi
three months, six months or a year, the
same system is maintained, and so it is
in tho tanie manner whether'the teach
er is paid out of the general sthopl fund,
the sehoohlax or corporation tax. . To
illustrate, suppose two farmers agree to
manage' their farms on scientific princi
ples. They got the rules they can pro
euro and they put them in pamphlet
form, and each takes a copy; would it
berntional to contend that their syutcrn
of Agriculture was not uniform, bo
causo one man cultivated ono hnndred
acres, tho other one thousand; and be
cause ono man paid bis laborers out of
the profits of his farm, the other from
J the profits of merchandising.- Wo of
mo country cannot luy on u tax, uecausc
we havo no administrativo or municipal
ae.;hority, but I cannot see why ncity,
and after they havo expended their
school-fund and school tax, could not
exereiso their municipal untboiity in
that M well ns in any otuer ordinanco.
The Canvass of 1860 Southern
Views. Tho raco of 10C0, it is nowev
ident, wilt be between Mr. Seward, the
Democratic candidate, (whoever he may
be,) and Mr. Douglas. Tho latter does
not expect,' of course to carry, tho elec
tion, but w;ill hope to gel it into tho
Jkmso, and' there dictate terms to the
colored' Republicans. Ho. presumes,
naturally enough, thut they will prefer
him to the Democratic candidate. Ho
is marshalling his forces for this result,
and- is determined to "rulo or ruin."
MchihOnd tiouth.
On this the Charleston Mercury makes
the following comment :
The above, wo think, truly indicates
the probability of nn ultimato combina
tion between "pMCsoi I Democrats and
Black Kepublieans at the Xurth, to de
feat the Union and State Rights Demo
crats in tho election of a Southern man
at the next. Presidential el'1'1'0"- '-fho
nominations of Pierce aud Buchanan
from the Xuih, must be followed by a
nomination from thisscction, where the
strength of the party lies. We think
the prospect, if not desperate, yet cer
tainly not radiant with the hope' of suc
cess for the South.
Rkancii Rank at Madison. The
Cincinnati Commercial publishes the fol
lowing statement, made on tho author
ity of a bank firm in Cincinnati:
Tho Madison Branch of tho Bank of
the State of Indiana refused to pay coin
to i messenger, sent by oi.e of our
Third street banking huiis.es with con-
sidertiblc amount of their notes. TIkm
lhoil. Vl,(1 buck- promises lo pay," unles:
l!u) hlMt.r j, l0 ij.mit to ex
pensive delays, or pay them a premiuu
icy
lee if i
nu urn
for gold at their counter.
The doubtfully enacted charter under
which they issue their circulating notes,
provides that they must redeem all
notes on tho day of presentation or
pay 12 per cent.
When a merchant or trader rcfuees to
pay his obligations his name and paper
is at once discredited, and he is consid
ered insolvent a bank of h-suc, acting
in a like manner, must also bo looked
upon which were presented nnd; la
ment refrscd, amounting to upwards of
$1,300, have scaled them up and had
them duly certified by witnesses, as
provided by the Indiana law, and will
prosecute tlic Bank for principal, inter
est and costs.
fcir J. W. (Jhay, of the Cleveland
J'laiii Dealer, ( Democratic) has made
tho amende honorable, to Hon. Horace
Grecly, as we at tho timo informed our
readers, brought suit against (Jray, for
libcllously charging him with corrup
tion. The Plain Dealer, of Suturday,
quotes tho lato telegraphic account ol
my. droelevs examination before the
Tariff' Investigating Committee, and
his ncquital, und appends the lollow
ing
Vc havo no doubt of Horace's si ncer
ity and honesty in this matter and we
I I . I .1 . il .i'IM . ..
nave nccotno sausncu mat mo " inou
wnul Dollar check," which bo carried
, . . ,. , i I I ....
uooui in ins orcccncs pocitci so long,
while the Des Moines matter was pend
ing in Congress, was a liko innocent
affair. But in theso days of bribery
and corruption it stands Political Edit
ors in hand' not to be caught w ith such
suspicious nieces of paper in their pock
cts. They should be liko Caesar' wife,
"above suspicion
t' Lust, week wo puplishod an arti
cle from the .South Hcn( Jtnjitfcr, expo
sing a schemo for swindling people out
of their money, adopted by a set of
sharpers in Xew York, known ns the
firm. of Todd V Co. Since then we
have learned that Bevern 1 of our Citi
zens have invested in the "enterprise,"
and havo received prizes valued at fif
teen dollars, but which in reality aro
not worth much more than thut many
cents.
On Saturday last we received a pen
cil from this firm, which is pronounced
a good article by those w ho have exam
incd it, and u chain which hasratheran
attractive appearance. Wo e oppose
the object in sending the article to us,
was to receive a puff and that tho en
terprising proprietors may net bo dis
appointed, wo would advise all who havo
firu dollars that they wish to "hink" in
worthlecs jewelry, to send to Todd it
Co. Weh. Urotniaxe,
C-j3r The Cleveland Plaindealer savs:
"Of the 170,000 Dcmoeart.i in Ohio
who voted for James Buchanan, 1 00.000
at least, nre opposed to the Lccompton
i mi in iii mit . i
t
I
Washington, March, 19. Mr. Clay,
(Ala.,) said that inasmuch a the Legis
lature of Alabama bad passed- resolu
tions lör t& call of a Convention to de
cide its Course Of option, in the event of
the rejection bf the Kansas bill, he felt
bound tp defend the course ofthat State.
. ' Allerg rctiewing'-at ' length this
eventä in Kansas, with the strife of par
tics there, which he maintained was
not a struggle between two geograph
ical sections, but' between n party op-
posed to tho administration aridjtUat
favorably to it.
" He proceeded to enquire Mntd" the" Va
lidity of the Constitution. Many States,
ho said, had been admitted without a
submission of their constitution, and ho
thought that the Lecompton Conven
tion would have acted more in accord
ance with tho principles of tho country
if it had not submitted tho constitution
to the ; people, cither in whole or in
part. Our government is not a democ
racy, but a republican. ..To this point
ho quoted Madison, adding that our
fathers knew that pure democracy is
tho voice of a demon than tho voice of
God. 'Iiistöry has proven that pure de
mocracy is the most rapacious ot tyran
nies, wholly irresponsible, acknowledg
ing no master, becauso it is a law unto
itself. . ; i
It is even ready to carry into excess
tho prcjudico.of.thc House, rather than
tho principfv. .Ho regretted tho grow
ing proclivity towards democratizing, or
rather mobocralizing, every department
in our government. This, ho asserted
is Red Republicanism of Revolutionists
sheer radicalism. God forbid that it
should supercede and swallow uji the
philosophical republican principles of
the government of our fathers.
Turning next to tho question of sla
very, ho remarked that property was
always tho foundation of a social Xabrio
and that, in tho formation of our Con
stituion, slavo propert' was especially
pro toe ted. Tho Cuion owed its being
to-day to tho institution of slavery.
Sluve property is sheltered under its
Constitution.
Notwithstanding theso facts, there is
a party in this country pledged to tho
extermination of that property,
He proceeded to comment upon tho
principles of the Republican party, us
promulgated in their platform, and con
fessed that he looked forward with fore
bodings to the result, if that party ob
tain possession of the Government.
When that happens, and protection is
taken from slave property, tho bond of
Union is broken, and the South has no
longer n motive for its preservation;
hence Alabama has declared that sho
will resist 'aggression upon her righu.
Sho has acted wisely. '
When tho X'nioii becomes an instru
ment of oppression to the South, he
would destroy it at once. - - 1
Mr. Houston animadverted- upon
some of tho' remarks by Mr. (May
against tho opponents ofthoNebraka
Hill. - ,
Mr. Clay said that he intended no por-
son nl disrespect. His remarks bad on-
ly a political bearing. He compliment-j
ed .Mr. Houston on his courage in the
field, as well as bis wisdom in council.
Mr. Houston replied that every
American citizen bad courage, and if
he had ever displayed any in an emi
ncnt degree it yas when ho stood up
here a.'iJtiHUt'jr pinionsvof Ids fricjJs.
Heop.Led thu Nebraska Bill, and re
gardeill it as a fatal measure, festered
by demagogues, originated by ambition,
and intended only to unite the 'South
with a few Northern States to make a
President.
Mr. Clay answered that the Missouri
restriction placed the badge of inferior
ity in tho elaveholding .States. Tho
Legislature of Texas has condemned it.
Mr. Houston said he made tho State
of Texas, but did not mako tho people.
They canio there anyhow; but their
condemnation of his voto did not dis
honor him.
Washington, March 22. Senate.
Evening Session. The Senate ro-asscm-bled
at seven o'clock.
Mr. Douglas on entering tho Cham
ber was received with applause, which
ho deprecated by shaking his head and
m a king gest u res to t he in u 1 1 i t udo to stop.
Not a foot of vacant room was loll in
the galleries, and tho reporters were
overrun by the invading bonier ruffians.
All tho seats on tho fioor were also oc
cupied, and the windows near the roof
were tilled. Mr. Douglas, nfleralluding
to the repeal of tho Missouri, Compro
mise, said that Congress eventually had
decided that new territories should
make their domestic policy for them
selves. Ho was one ot thoso who, for
want of power to carry oat his own
measure, agreed with this new lino of
policy with it view of healing tho sec
tional strife nnd restoring peaco to tho
country. The object was to localize,
not nationalize slavery. The people of
Illinois approved of his course, ;md the
Legislature baro passed resolutions to
that effect, subsequently.
Asn Senator from that Statc'bo felt it
his duty to apply to tho Kansas and
Nebraska bill tho principles which had
been substituted for tho geoginphlcnl
line. Now, said Mr. Douglas, the ques
tion arises, is tho .Lccompton constitu
tion in accordanco with the principles
of the compromise of IF.'O, and in ac
cordanco with the organic act ? Have
tho people been left to manago tlicir
own affairs in their way, subject only
to tho Constitution of thoUnited States?
Does the Jjecompton constitution em
body the will of tho pcoplo of Kansas?
If it docs you havo a right to admit her
into tho Union under it, and waive
anything that may havo occurred in de
tails. Tho whole' action of this House
turns on this, "Whether or not tho peo
ple have had a fair expression of thoir
win in that act.'' jlut what evidence
havo wo that it is so ? At a subsequent
election tho voto against it was 10,000.
This was cvidenco enough that tho Lc
compton constitution is not an expres
sion of tho will of tho pcoplo. It has
been said that the election in Kansas of
the 2lst of December was legal, and
that of January 1th was not legiil. The
liCgisiaturo possessed as much power
on January Hh as on December 21st
and February 20th. If you can judge
this constitution bv tho technical form
of Jaw it was voted down, and vou are
now calkd upon to give it. imlitv. But
if Ton approach i in a spit it ofs stnfct.
Congressional
jnnslijip,yqu find it jvascottbecmb'jd
hafcnt bf. the will of.thbi people',; LAce
I deny your right to make it the organ
ic law, and if it becomes so it will be by
un act of Ccngres,,aud nol-by tirowill
if tho' people. .We', arc. told that the
constitution may be 'changed, and that
it, is a email, matter. The principle is
the same when you act the example of
violating the Trinciplcs of a free gov
ernment for a day, as for a year, and
give precedents to unscrupulous men.
Further, it is said that the people may
change the constitution when they will,
that thev had no right to tie their hands
tilt ISC I ' He did üct 'agree'that' fhe
te oplc cannot tic their owq hands; ; He
held, as a fair interpretation, that when
ono mode of changing it was prescri
bed, every other modo was prohibited,
and it could not be altered until 18C1.
lie did not object to it because it bound
them till 16G4 if itis'the will of the
people, and if it is not you have no right
to bind them to it a single hour. What
right has Congress to annul the provis
ion prohibiting a" change till 1864. If
Congress can chango one clause it mar
annul pr alter, another, and another, till
tho whole instrument is subverted.
You have no right to annul It, to alter
or construe it. Lay not your sacrelig
ious linnds.on it, if it be tko people a
act and deed. Farewell to State righta
and Stato sovereignty when Congress
undertakes to construe State constitu
tions. ' States would become provinces,
with no more independeaco than their
counties now have.
Mr. Toombs went into a severe attack
on Mr. Douglas's course in relation to
tho Missouri Compromise, and asked
how many of present confederates then
voted with him. Tie then retorted on
the Douglas party that whereas they
had Haid that no ulavery constitution
should bo imposed upon ' tho people
against their will, the had no objections
to cramming a free Constitution down
the people's throats. . Toombs then fol
lowed Mr. Douglaa at length, character
izing the gentlemen who now voted with
Douglas ns hypocrit, Ac.
Mr. Stuart briefly remonstrated
against applying terms so ill advised to
Senators who bad only followed what
they believed to be tho line ot their du
ty. In personalities, when arguments
had failed, the Senator from tieorgia
had certainly won the laurels. Ad
journed. Washington', March 23d. The Scn
ato Chamber is again crowded. Unim
portant preliminary business was trans
acted. Mr. Green withdrew the Minnesota
bill altogether, and moved three amend
ments to tho original bill: Firstly, To
striko out tho preamble, and irscrttho
following: Whereas the people of the
territory ofKansas did,"by a convention
of delegates nt Lccompton ou tho 9th of
September, 1857, form for themselves a
constitution and Stato government,
which said convention having asked ad
mission of tho Territory into the Union
as n Stale, tc., Ste., tarried. Secondly,
To amend tho second section by insert-
j ingthc followingclause:'That nothing in
this act shall be construed to abridge vr
i infringe any right ol the people assert-
ed in the Kaunas constitution ut all
times to alter, reform or;abolish their
form of government in such a manner
as they may think proper, . Cong rem
hereby declining to intervene ordeclaro
if !t ouistf ution o sixteen States uc-r
cepttosee that it is Kcpubiica?) in lerm,
and not in conflict with the Constitution
of the XT. fc. Tho amendment was
agreed to yeas 31, naya
Thirdly, A' verbal amendment to tho
11th Ugie of tho second section 'of tho
bill, to cancol the word "of" in tho sen
tenco in the ordinance of said constitu
tion, and substitute therefore the vords
"annexed to," making it read in tho or
dinance, "annexed tosaitl constitution."
Mr. Pugh 'withdrew his amendment
of Marc; 2d, to tho amendment of Mr.
Green, and substituted another, setting
forth that Federal laws aro not inap-
Idicablo to bo extended into tho State of
vansas, and that a iadicial district bo
formed, and that a Judge, District At
torney and U. S. Marshal bo appointed
and paid as in Iowa. Tho amendment
was agreed to yeas 37, nays 19.
Mr." Crittenden moved ft ubstitute
or ho bill in substance to that Consti
tntion formed by the Lccompton Con
vention, bo submitted to the people of
Kansas now, nnd tliHt if be npprovod,
tho President shall admit Kansas by
proclamation if it bo rejeetod, the peo
ple of tho territory shall call a Conven
tion and frame a new Constitution.
The Mibtilnto makes a special provision
against tho oecuranee of frauds.
Mr. Green accepted the suggestion of
another verbal alteration.
Mr. Orittcnden'B substitute was put
and lost Yeas 21, Nays 34.
The bill as amended' to admit Kansas
into the Union, was then put and pass
cp Yea's 3; Nays 25.
The vote is as follows:
Yeas Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Briggs, Biglcr, Hright, Brown Clay;
I'vans, Fitch, Filzpatrick, Green, Gwin,
Hammond; Henderson. Houston, Hun
ter, Ivcrson, Jones, Johnson of Ark.1,
Johson of Tenn., Kennedy of Md., Mal-
lory, Mason, Pearce, Thompson of Ky.,
Thompson of X. J., Toombs, Wright,
Yuloc-oT
Tayfr Hell, jJroJerick, Chandler;
("lark, Collamer, Crittenden, Dixon,
Deolittle, Douglas, Dnrkoe, Fesscndcn,
1'oote, Foster, Palo,-Hamlin, Harlan,
King, Pugh, Seward, Simmons, Stuart,
Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, and Wilson
-23! .
Absentees Bates, Davis. Reed of N.
C., paired off with Cameron of Pa.
rl ho Senate then adjourned.
Later from General Calhoun.
Washington, March 20. Gcnersl
Calhoun publishes n letter in this even
ing's States. Ho says that recent infor
mation from Governor Denver and oth
ers loaves no doubt in his mind that tho
returns from Delaware Crossing should
bo rejected, and tbat certifies tcs of elec
tion should bo issued to pet sons having
tho highest vote,' Irrespective of those
returns. Ho regrets that this decision
will give tho control of Knnzas fo a
party which he views as enemies to
good order and tho Constitution, the
laws nnd the Union. Re gives the
names of all Senators and KrnrescnU.
tires to whom cert ificates will bo issued.
f'rCol. Rithar l Ten Broeck i noT '
'topping in Lou:vil!' Ky.