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VOL. .. NEW SERIES. WeST BATON ROUGE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1856. NO. 42
TIE SUGAR PLANTER,
mawn sTrU sORManrY KORn.G
HUNRY J. HYANS,
Editor & Proprietor.
o00ee ear the Coart House,
WEST JATON RO UGE.
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aent Jb Printlnsg.
ch as Pamns.s, BrAxict. CAns, BRnws, FUNERAL
8al other. .stices, executed with neatness and de
spatch. In aU cases, cash on delivery.
AYER'S PILLS,
Ssaw and singularl' successful remedy for the
a eueof all Bilious diseases - Costiveness, Indi
_ Jaundice, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Fevers,
-SSI, Humors, Nervousness. I rritability. Inflamma
tion, esdache, Pains in the Breast, Side. Back,
a:.d imbs, Female Complaints, ec. &c. Indeed,
ery fwase the diseases in which a .Pnrgative Medi
.eine is ast more or less required, al. d much sick
:-- and saelring might be preventel. if a harm
.IsIta&tede. Cathartic were more freely used.
3I pe anm eel well while a costive habit of
'y ll; besides, it soon ganerates ser.ous and
l diseases, which might save been avoided
tti.' y and judi5cas, use of a good purpgtive.
s alike ef ofO Co, Fevesish sv mptoms, and
fmdse u . They all ad to become or
teLh s ated and formid"ble -'istemper
.bhihlet th e s all ever the land. Hence a
Jlirh B y physie is of the Arst imh ort.iree to
A ul PA health, and this Pill has been p er, et
wita amaiate skill to meet that demu . An
Strial of its virtues by Physicians, pA of -
Pat.Psi ients, has shown results surpassa'ng
y tbhiberto known of any medicine. Cur.es
hae been effected beyond belief, were they not sub
ettiated by persons of such exalted poeiriop and
.he#cter as to forbid the suspicion of untrth.
Amoan the many eminent gentlemen w-o have
teided d favor of these Pills, we mar mention:
I~Ot J. M. LOCKE, Analytical Chemist, of Cin
irsati, whose high professional character is en
Joaar McLean, Judge of the Supreme Court of
-ke Uited States.
Tues. Coawm, Secretary of the Treasury.
HRo I. .. W aIGHT, Governor of Indiana.s
N. Loxowoarm, great wine grower of the West
Also, Da. J. R. CHILTox, Practical Chemist, of
esw York City, endorsed by
Rox. W. L MAkcY, Secretary of State.
WI. B. Aaro, the richest man in America.
I. Las.aDn & Co., Propr's of the Metropolitan
Betel, and many others.
Did space permit, we could give many hundred
5til.ate, from all parts where the Pills have
ben used, but evidence even more convincing than
At eq of eminent public men is found in
hei ts pon tril.
These Pills, the reisult of long investigation and
stday, e offered to the public as the best anad
'st Ucmplete which the present state of medical
ames can aford. They ar. -opounded not of
t -dm. themselves, but oa ,i medicinal virtues
Sof egeable remedies, extracted by chemical
C i a state of purity, and combined together
"se.e a manner as to insure the best results. This
S.yen of composition for medicines has been found
a. h ey Pectral and Pills both, to produce a
* .tefient remedy than had hitherto been ob
. prmoc ness. The reason is perfectly ob
h ios. . by the old mode of composition, every
.ais bur.dened with more or less of acn
, and injurious qualities, by this each indi
l? t virue only that is desired for the curative
ispresent. All the inert and obnoxious qual
tiof each substance employed are left behind, the
Urative virtues only being retained. Hence it is
'devident the effects should prove, as they have
oved, more purly remedial, and the Pills a surer,
4 po antidote to disease than any other
Mdane known to the world.
As it is frequently expedient that my medicine
o be taken under the counsel of an attending
bhysiiu, and as he could not properly judge of a
w~.jwithout knowing its composition, 1 have
ppli ,tie accurate Formule by which both m
`tbua d Pills are made to the whole body of
tiot in tie Unite,4 States and British Amer.
SProvines. If, how'ever, there should be any
use who has not received them, they will be
[ptly fadedtby mail to his request
Sediein tat e offered, how
Swold be take if their eomp."ition was known !
life consits in their mysiery. I have no
Sab position of my preparation. is laid open
la, ad all who are eompetent to judge on
tebject fr.ly acknowledge their eonicetions of
hir nmerits. The Chew Pecu.ral was
P00a0u by scientie men to ;o a woderful
befotre its effects were town. Many em
Shave dcl~rt e esme thing of
l and even more e sA mt m~a ly, and are will
that their ettiipajtions were more
by their effects upon trial.
ol tea by their powerful influence on the
int a. to purify the blood and stimulate it
th acetion-remove the obstructions of
bowels, liver, and other organs of the
y ws t ir irregular acio to halth, anad
Wy seheg wherever they esit, such derau -
at e the irst origin of disease.
gar-wrapped, they are pleasant to take,
.h y is r vegetw.le, no harmean arise from
ei ti , se .swrapper on the Boa,
PREPARED BF
SDR.L AMES C. AYER,
ý anne A nes"1 ste c hz emie
n idIant ýa e i " sosor St.
SOLD BY
H. T. WADDI L
J.L. VIOLET .
SBata Roug.e La WWM. BOGLE.
Pregnares dr a i ea Blips as i P arab
Ouast Baton Bloup.
- 1
A une sesinn reguliere du Juri de Poliee de l sans
dite paroisce convoquee conformement a la loi, Lund,
le premier Septembre 1856. a Ia Maiesn de Cour de Ia
dite paroise., let membren suivants furent present. C
IPt'mrar-t.ouis l.avrot, President; Frank White,
Adamis Hebert, L Caldwell. Jamnes R Devall, W D
Winter, W W I*mmion. et J W Pipes-
Aasa.v-B Landry. J CWoods et Janvier Hebert, n
Let proctedures de la session precedente furent hies a
et approuvees.
Quand Ia resolution suivante fut offerte par W D1
Winter, it est
Resolu. Que James R PDeall. L Caldwell et Adamia
Hebert, soienu appointe une comite pour confere avec
A W Camaron. atn de voir a' I vent retracter le con- d
trat ci decant passe entre luo et le comite appowute t
pour vo'r aux reparations de la vielle Matson de Cour.
Sur motion, la dite resolution fut adoptee
Le rapport -uivant fut alors soumic an Jnrl et adopte ,
OrmTr BAlot Roeae, Sept le ler 1856.
Le eomite coussange ayanot ete appointe pour con h
fere avec Mr Camaron, pour voir s II voulal: retramc;
le contrat dans le quel it s'etait ttl;ge de repaerhr it
rielle Maison de Cour, raporte qu'its out vu Lr Cam
arun. et qu'il abandoune nen centrat, comane tI r
aftta par la note nuivante,
L Caldwell. ci
James Rt DevaIl, Comite.
Adamis Hebert
Au President t az cmbre du Juri de Police d'Ouat u'
Baton Rouge.
Je propose d'abandonner moon ontrat dana lequel
je m'etait obligo da reparer la MatsonJle Cour de cette tt
paroisse pourru lue vutre lIon Assemblee y conente. q
(signe) A W Caoaron. ri
Onest Baton Rouge Sept le ler 1856.
La resolution suivante fut alora olterte et aduptees. tl
Attendu, Que lc cnmite,. appointe a cet effet. a apr.e- g
une entrevu aveer Mc (knaren. raporte son consate l
ment, pour about le contrat, resemmant conventl avec
loti. sous la resolutions adoptee a to derniere session, t]
pour reparer a Mlaison de Cour, et
Aitemtu, Que eesnt lopinion idu Jun de Ia dite vielle P
Maiaon de Cbur, ne peut pas etre reparer, ave unr
economie prudente pour unlice du besoin auqnel elle at
doit e'apliquer. 11 est
Resoui, 4ue In resolution pourvoyanta celandoptee
a Ia derniere session, soit et est par cea presents an- It
unlee et abacdounce. et que le president du Jari de e
Folice x.it, et tl e-t maintenant autorioe pour et au
nom de cette parois.c, d'acrepteDrdu Ir P M Enders. CI
un transport doe I terre et des improuvemsntis offerta h
par lut, et sur les temnes proposes via:
Huit mlle piantres payable comrue suit, en 1 2 3 et n
4 ans palt nent aunuel. touts portant interet a ramon
de huitiour cent par an du jour de Ia vente ju-qu'au
paiement, or que les bongs en billets de la pototsr-e
soient donnes et r.gnes jar le presidelnt 11 eat W
Rceson , Qu'un coonite de troit sait appointe tl de
voir duquel seas depsuederinosoediatemet a fair ialre
les reparations et cni.augmens a. ttts tmnprounements t;
neceasaires pour eufair one ialsain de Cour colvenable a
avec le moins de depense possible, de raport4 Ia des
sus a la prochaine assemble du Juri.
Pourvu, qu'en coasodleation de l'abandonnement
'-i contrat ci dessus il sera du devoirdu dht comile, doe
donner la uorference au dit tSmaron pour faire ees
dites reparationns, aeoaditltA qu'ille fasaesaussi bun
. :., .4 .. - , cuu i utre ouvrier- tr.
Lecomite appoint ,a cct effot Adamoas ber, Laafa
yette,Caldwell et J lievall.
W 1s Winter presents Is resoti l a uisant-e. '
treasli, Que idebormais e lute Districte des :haemines
et levees, a'etende deptuis Ia lgme iaferieure de John t
L Lobdell, jusq' a la hgne sulericure de la paoiare.
Reso.:tion outerte par W W Lcmmon. b
Resoa, Quoe le nouveao chemin, etabil par le Juri a
a derniere session, courant dn lenuve Mississippi a Ia
&'et. 8 56 R 11 E aoit omma oet dogC omme I thelm
mi da Lac. t
Lt que W W Lenmmon soit nomme Inspetetrdandit t
rhemin, julaa's lappointement regulier de laparoisse
p. le Juri. P
urimAORT DC COMIT Dl rANCE. u
rt ctomiie ie i noce tsp, urt qu llsi out examinei Is tl
rom te sndivants, les truvsent cO'rects at en recomu
moanoe. tt Is paimont.
.e ebt 1 Enqueto........ 25 00 Ii
L EBourh Coroner •" . .... .... ,....... 0
W Pope Therief, frats lea affairs d'Ltat,. 41 40
J 1 05o. Je. ei E B Rooge.................. 13- al
W 1 Winter Io p chemin et levee......... 00 K
0 Bernard Jr... " ................. 5000
T Bergeron GreBe. ...... .. o tl
Sugar Planter..... ...................1:6 00 i
WD Winter, S.
Adamias lesrt Comite
Frank White, eJuri "'ajourna jusquau H
Et u'ayaut plus d'af aires, AtB tresint. bi
22 Septembre orant. L. ,
Theodore Bergeron, Greffier. it
.- . mePag I . a4 ,.
Theodore Bergeron, Greffler.
Parish Commnaltte, oie s mthe a
At a regular meeting of the Ameo irt party or this
parish, held on the 24 day August the f.lwig nam
ed gentlemen were appointed upon the several com
mittees.
VIGILANT COMMITTEE.
CUT-Oy PaItmICI. cOURT nEOuss r CT.
Theodule Tuillier, A Brooks
Belisare Hebet, Gustave Dubroca,
Joseph Braud, M C LeBlanc,
Louis L Brussard Valmon Trahan.
oaOW ve taiCTr. POYDRAS ParCT.
H A Castle, W W Immoan,
T Broussard. Louis Petit,
James R Deval. H H Germeny.
acLTr AruDIeG aceaIcr.
Edouard Leltay. Arcade ferret,
Joachim Ailet, Edward- Burg,
J Bte LaBnuve.
EXKCUTIVE CJMMITTEY.
Dan Htckey, T P Vaughn,
Theodore Itigle, N W Pope,
J V puralde, H W Allen,
B R Chmu, H M Yavrot,
D N Parrow.
ORIGIN OU' uls. us OUt AMubT POPULAR
SoNGs.-The "Old Oaken Bucket" was
written by Samuel B. Woodworth, while
yet he was a journeyman printer, work
ing in an office at the corneref Chambers
and Chatham streets, New York. Near
by, in Frankfort street, was a drinkilng
house, kept by a man named Mallory,
where Woodworth and several particular
friends used to resort. One afternoon
the liquor was super excellent. Wo(d
worth seemed inspired by it; for after
taking a draught, Ibe bet his glass upon
the table, and smacking his lips, declared
that Mallory's ean de vie was superior to
any that he had ever tasted. "No,"
said kMallory, "you are mistaken, t..ere
was one which in both ofourestimations
far su rpassed this in the way of drink
ing "What Was that I" asked Wood
worth, dubiously. " The. droughts of
pure, fresh spring water that we used to
drink in the old oaken bucketthat hung
in the well, after our return from the
labors of the field on a sultry day in
summer." The tear drop glistened for a
moment in Woodworth's eye. "True,
true," he replied, and shortly after quite
ted the place. He jmmediately retunsed
to the offie, grasped a pen, and in half
an hour -the "Old Oaken Bucket," one
of the most delightful compositions in
our language, was r6idy in manuscript
to be embalmed in the me.aiodi of su.
ceedi Ig ratiopL
THE MEETING SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE ADDRESS OF COL. WILLIAMS.
A large nnmber of our citizens assembled at the
Court House on Saturday evening last, for the
purpose of ;earing Col. Williams of West Baton
Rouge, on the political topics of the day. The
meeting was called to order by Col. H. M. Pierce.
and on invitation, Mr. J. M. Elain took the Chair:
Mr. IH.J. Ilyams being named as Seeretary. Ci.
Williams was then introduced, and there appeared
to be a general disposition on the part of the an
dience to accord to him most respectful and pa
tient attention.
Col. Williams commenced by stating that he
was laboring under a severe cold, and was really
unable to perform the duty he had assumed, but
he would use his best efforts in behalf of the cause
in which he was enlisted. It was his first appear
pearance on the "stump" in East Baton Rouge
indeed it might he considered his ddeut in the dis
cunsion of national politics. It was not his inten
tion to take in the whole range of political topics.
and it was his intentipn to avoid any imputations
upon the opponent of the candidate whom he sus
tained for the Presidency. lie would select the
question of Squatter Sovereignty in the Territo
ries as his text. He was the more inclined to do
this, as the Democratic party had made the Kan
sas-Nebraska act the test of faith. They had said
that the principles of this bill formed the issne in
the present contest, that by it. the Democratic
party would stand or fall. Senator Benjamin
was telling the people of Louisiana that the Kan
saa bill was the sovereign protector of the rights of
-bhe South, and since the com:nencenment of the
last session of Congresa that bill had been regard
ed as the rallying point of Democracy. Demo
crats had been required to subscribe°to it. and it
had been virtually incorporated into the Cincin
nati platform. He (Col. Williams) would address
himself to Democrats particularly. and he had a
mass of Democratic evidence to show the position
which the party had taken upon the Kansas bill.
lie would take the principle of squatter sovereign
ty which that bill contains, and place it at issue
with the subject of slavery; an issue, by the way,
which the Democrats had made themselves.
Col. Williams gave an extract from the address
of Mr. Richardson to the Cincinnati Convention.
on behalf of Illinois, thanking the Convention for
the honor done to the State, and to Mr. Douglas.
in giving him so many votes, and stating that
what was most flattering, was the acceptance of a
political principle which Mr. D. had originated
that the endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska act
by the Convention was a greater compliment to
Mr. Doaglas than the votes given to him for Pres
idemtial eandidate. iHe (Col. W.) remembered
that some of the enemies of Mr. Buchanan had
taunted Doagla0ay the remark that a Douglas
platform had been made, and Buchanan. placed
upon it, but at a ratification meeting in New York.
the former had emphatically said it was not only
a Douglas, but a IBsehanan platform-that the po
litical principles of Mr. Buchanan were identical
with his own. and that he wtild give the nomin
u ation his cordial support. Having shorn that the
Kansas bill was made the Democratic test, Col.
p Williams asked of Democrats what there was in
0 that measure so beneficial to the interests of the
South, that they were willing to stake everything
to perpetuate a party which had originated it.
u He said that the Democratic party. in placing this
bilu before the country and asking support upon
its merits alone, were asking support or
they had done, and not for what they p
Is do. The Kansas bill had been a lon ore
the people, and had long been poi W n the
South as a monument to Democrati me. The
Democrat. in Congress had said its principles must
be perpetuaed-must be co-existent with the
Union. Those principles had been drilled into
every Democratic Governor who had been ap
pointed for Kansass, and it had cost the Govern
ment money enough to buy such a territory, to
keep the measure alive. These facts beingplain.
the : peaker would again turn to the Squatter Sov
ereign ty principle of the bill, which was patent
upon its face. To prove this, he would call only
Democrat.'. witnesses and Democra)ic records to
the stand. He would first introduce Mr. Cass,
whose evidenc e, he presumed would not be ques
tioned. e
Gen. Cass was a man whom the party bad de
lighted to honor, an d he had been, not inaptly
termed, the " warhorse of Democracy." He was
a man for whom Southerners had been called up
on to vote, for the higheLt office in the land--a
man whose integrity and casecity had been lau
ded to the echo. The next wi tness was Mr. Doug
las, a gentleman whom the So uth wished nomi
nated for the Presidency-a man who was regarded
at Washington as the head and fro,3t of the Dem
ocratic party, and a witness who, the speaker pre
sumed would notbe questioied. These witnesses,
by their votes, their speeches, and their writings,
proved all that he (Col. W.) had advanced,- in re
gard to the power conferred upon the people of a
territory by the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. They not
only say that full power to legislate upon the sub- 1
ject of slavery is conferred by the bill upon the
people of a territory, but that Congress has the c
right to delegate such power. As Mr. Benjamin t
had said, the whole Northern Democracy were i
united upon this bill, and the Northern Demo- s
cratic Senators had stood manfully by it. Messrs.
Richardson, Pugh, Bigler, Glancy Jones, and all t
the prominent Democrats of the North agreed n
that, under its provisions, the Territorial Legisla- 1
ture of Kansas had the sole right to exclude, or (
admit slavery into the territory..
Admitting that the Kansas-Nebraska Bill con- i:
tained the principle of Squatter Sovereignty--a
principle which gives to a handful of people the i'
right to settle for all time the important question i
of slavery-the right to legislate on so momen- F
tous a question for those who were to make up the d
population of a State, would not any Democrat c
say that the principle was a wrong one-a dan- c
gerous one to the interests of the South. During c
the last session of Congress, said the speaker, Mr, t
Trumbull introduced an amendment to the bill, e
Sdeelaring it to be its true intent and meaning that I
Sthe people of territory should have fall power to 1
adopt, or prohibit slavery, whichamnendment was '
voted down; Messrs. CassDouglas, Bigeler, Pugh, to
and others, declaring it to be mere surplusage, Ii
They opposed, and voted down the amendment a
on this ground only. They considered that the
bill itself expressed all that the amendment would W
add to it. Another amendment to m'uch the same ci
effect, was offered, and when that had been dis- K
posed of, Ms. SENATOR BENJASIN, who had tamely w
listened to the promulgation of doctrine so fatal 80
to the South. himself offered an amendment con- as
sisting, in purport, of four words, "Subject to the Ii
Constitution." which meant, precisely nothing at pi
all. Would not any true Southern man, said the hk
speaker with much vehemence, have risen and hi
denied that-the Kansas bill contained any princi- cl
pe so inimical to the ipterests of his constituents? th
id Mr. Benjaumin do any thing of the kind? No! bi
He simply said of Mr. Trumbull's amendment, so
" there is no necerityfor it n o.," thus endorsing the el
doctrine laid down by Mr. Cass, Douglas and th
others. Mr. Brown of Mississippi. and Mr. Mason ti
remained quiet, and Mr. Brown is now stumping pi
his State for a candidate who has ..ccepted and en- ec
dorsed the principle that a few d zen Sequatters V
may foreter debar a slaveholder from entering a (t
territory of the United States. do
Throughout the long discussion which took of
place upon the proposed amendments to the bill, tl
not a single Southern Senator was bold enough te t
raise his voice against the Squatter Sovereignty si
doctrines which were being preached, and which In
were demonstrated as being inherent in the Kan a
sas bill. Col. Williams would challenge any re
Democrat to show, or attempt to show that he of
placed a wrong construction upon that bill. He uJ
defied contradiction, and he would say to Southern
Democrats that in supporting such a bill, they it
stood upon dangerous ground. Before many
months had rolled around, they would bite th'eir ti
lips with regret, in reflecting that they had given tk
countenance and suplport to a principle which, in w
all its practical workings would prove antagonis- tO
tic to their dearest rights and interests. Col. Wil- CT
liams said that. alth,,ugh the Kansas bill was at
first hailed as a Sout1iern triumph in the National
Legislature. he had never looked upon it with C
favor. Iie believed at first, it was a cheat, and '
now he was sure of it. At the time the news ot
its pasesage arrived, he, as a member of the Legis
lature, proposeda joint resolution, condemning ai
Mr. Douglas. and the Southern Senators who had W
voted fur it, but the construction placed upon the
bill by his fellow members was different from his! I
and hI was overruled. Only one member con
curred with him in his opinion. He was told
that the Kansas measure was peculiarly advanta
geous to the South-that it threw open the Terri
tory to slave holders, and that in all probability w
it would become a slave State. Mr. Toombe had "
said that the repeal of the Missouri restriction E
gave back the Territories to the South. Was thi, a
true? ,o.' Mr. Toombs either knew that he was
saying what was not true, or he betrayed great
ignorance. In opening up the Territory of Kan
sas, the law of Louisiana, which was peculiarly a l
Southern law.was repealed. That law was blotted
from the statute books by the law which gave y.
Territorial Legislature the right to prohibit sla
very. In supposing that the repeal of the Mis
souri restriction restored the Territories'as in th
case of Louisiana. the South was deceived. While a
one clause of the Kansas act repea!ed the Mis
sonriItpriction, another clause, so far as the legal b
effect r, re-enacted it. t
i.,, ...r.. -.11 A";-1 by hO Cnl. t
Slaveholders had been well advised by Col.
Pond not to take their slaves to Kansi s. He, Col.
r W., would repeat that advice, for as the case now
1e stands, they could not hold their slaves in the
re tertory. According to the words of the act there
at was no protection for them in their rights of slave
,e property. Every slave taken into Kansas would
. be free. Mr. Benjamin's language, "subject to
. the Constitution," had been pronounced by Cass
. Douglas, and others, to be meaningless, in the
o connection in which it was used. It only required
1. a writ of kabaes carpus as the means, and any slave
taken into Kansas could as easily obtain his liber
t ty as though he was taken into Ohio. Slavery
y could not exist there now, and it never could go
;o there. Col. Williams had a mass of documents
s, which he had thought of reading, but he waived
that evidence in strengthening his position. as he
thought it already strong enough. The clause of
the Kansas bill which repealed the Louisiana law,
y withdrew all protection from the slaveholder in
w the Territories. Until the Territorial Legislature
acted upon the question, there was no chance for
a slave holders, and Southerners well know that
there *euld be none then.
The following proviso in the Kansas bill effect
ually withdraws all protection. It reads as fol
d lows.
1" Provided, that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to review, or put s firce any law or
regulation which may have existed prior to the
S6th of March, 1820,eithler PROTECTING, establi.
" ing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery." The
- above proviso, which repeals the Act of 1820, is
conclusive on the subject."
The Democratic platform, said the speaker, had
nIot one word about the peculiar State rights doe
trines for which that party had been so much lan
:'ed. It was true that in the platform, they said
they would abide by the resolutions of 1799, but
he thought they would not altogether like to
stand the test of those resolutions now, They
were the Calhoun State rights nullifying resolu
tions. Calhoun had argued that Congress should
never compromise the Constitution by submitting
it in any form, to the arbitrament of the Supren
Court. How do the people stand on that questi
now? Mr. Benjamin said it had bebn agreed t
in case any question arose in regard to" the econ
stitutionality of the provisions of the Kansas b .4,
it was to be submitted to the Supreme Court. le
would ask Southern men if they would agree to
place any of their constitutional rights in jeopar
dy, by submitting the Constitution to the Supreme
court. In contesting their Constitutional rights
on the s avery question, who were slaveholders to
contest with? Who was the party opposed to
them? Why, a party having no interests involv
ed; no rights to aontest. It would bq nothing
moms nor less than a party voluntarily placing in
litigatioa, the proporty to which he had an undis
, puted title. As the ease stood, the South was sold
to the North-they were made by their represen
tatives in the National Legislature, defendeatain I
a trial for their own constitutional rights.
Col. Williams, then proceeded to show that
when the Southern Democracy went into the Cin
cinnati Convention, they went pledged to the
Kansas Bill. Northern Democracy now sas;s, "we
will hold you to it." Having shown the squatter t
sovereignty feature of the Kansas act,Col.Williams
asked how Mr. Buchanan stood on that question.
His letter of acceptance hade learly endorsed the
principle. Not a word need be added, or one ta- t
hen awry, to give it the fullest approval, andin t
1 his remarks on Kansas legislation, he, ~Ir. Bu
chanan) had expressed an entire concuri5ence with I
the views of Case, Douglas, Pugh, Bigler, Trum
bull, and others who hold like doctrines. He had 1
said that the bill only gave the force of law to an
elementary principle, and their deductions from
this elsentarycourse of reasoning, all center in
the great principle of squatter sovereignty--that
principle which, apart from partisan prejudice,
every true Southern man must abhor. Martin
Van Buren had elaborated that principle, and he
(the speaker) had looked in vain for a Southern
denunciation of Van Buren and his construction
of Buchanan's letter. Neither orator, nor paper in I
the South had uttered one word against the squat
ter sovereignty construction. He would ask if this
silence upon a suject of such vital importance was
not ominous to the rights of the South. lie would
ask Democrats, if the principle of squatter sove
reignty was one of the tenets of the Southern wing
of the party, why the leaders did not come out
openly and defend; or attempt, to defend it. If
it was dangerous to the South, why not denounce
it. In the language of Mr. Douglas in one of his
speeches, "away with quibbling." Col. Williams
then alluded to the action of the last Congress on
the subject and said that al; the Southern Senators
were committed; for proof of which, he referred
to the records. lie would ask Southern Demo
crats if they did not value their State rights; and I
if they did not see that those rights were all being
taken away. Did not they believe the Kansas bill
to have been acheat put upon the South, by de
ilgning freesoilers. Could they carefully examine
the provisions of that bill-take the testimony of
the ablest Democrats as to what their tendencies
are, and not be convinced that those tendencies
were bitterly hostile to Southern interests-sub
versive of the most cherished rights of the South.
lie would ask if the bill had not given to a sec
tional party, strength, which it never before
thought of attaining.
Speaking ofhimself,and the AmeriFan party,Col.
Wiliiamssaid; 'If that act has given usno rights
which we did not prossess before, why ask us to
sustain itt Has iit done anything more than create
internal broils, and exclude slavery from Kansas,
and will its principles do anything less than shut I
out slavery from eves territory which we are yet
to acquire." "I have said that Mr. Buchanan was
in favor of Squatter Sovereignty, and that he be
lieved Congres had tne power to delegate to a Ter
ritorial Legislature, the right to exclude slavery.
ilis Sanford letter proves it, and with Mr. Cal
Ioun. I hold that such a doctrine carried into op
eration, is worse than Wilmot Provisoism. Mr.
Buchanan and the entire Democratic party North
are committed to the Kansas-Nebraska act, and I
those who vote for Buchanan, vote for Squatte
Sovereignty-they vote away their constitutional
birthright to an equal participation in the advan
tages afforded by the territories." -
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tages afforded by the territories." -
Col. W. remarked that he had not said'anything
about Mr. Fillmore. He thought it almost en
tirely unnecessary to say anything in his praise.
e "No language of mine" said he, "could add to
the effect of the testimony which has come from
{ his opponents. No eloquence of mine can equal
the eulogism which has patriotic course while
President of the United States, wrung from those
who were the most violent opposers of his elec
tion. He stands before the country, spotless!
When he vacated the Chair of State the whole
SUnion sang peans to his praise, and on all hands.
the exclamation was heard, well done thou faith
ful servant. When he returned home after a long
absence,1nd landed amidst political turmoil, and
in the hot bed of sectionalism, he boldly stood be
fore wild fanaticism and rebuked it.
f His friends feared, (what was really the ease)
that his candor and manliness, were driving
strength and support away from him-that the
South had confidence in him, and did not demand
sudhia course. But, although friends bit their
lips, he would not be swayed by policy. He said
he *ould make a clean breast of it,, and he did.
Sie said he stood there to east aside thh votes of
Sthose who would ask him to devote himself to any
plrticular section of the country, or to any see
1 tional interest. I do not deem it necessary to de
fend Mr. Fillmore from abuse. Abuse of him I
wI ill only recoil upon the heads of its originators. r
It is urged against him in the South that he was
opposed to the repeal of the Missouri restriction.
and the Kansas-Nebraska act; but I applaud him
for it. It is urged against him that he will favor
a restoration of that restriction, but this argument
is idle. He hat boldly said that he is otn in favor
of its restoration. The North does not want that
line restored. Everything works to their satisfac
tion, and they ask no better measure than the
Kansas bill to secure freesoil for every State Which
may hereafter come into the confederacy. They
will hem in the South with free States, and then
Southern Democrats will learn what a stab they
inflicted upon their own rights and inte5resti in
endorsing and advocating Squatter Sovereignty.
While Southern Democrats are saying that Mr.
Fillmore cannot get a Southern State, he is bat u
tling with the Black Republicans at the North.
The South is asked to unite on Buchanan, but
when Buchanan Electors are asked if they would
come over to the strongest side, in case Fillmore
stood the best chance of being elected, they reply, t
no!
Col. Williams then spoke of the deep corruption
which characterizes the politicians at Washing
ton, and of the necessity of hurling them from
their places. The time for doing that had arri
ved;, and the means, the election of Millard Fitl
mor, U
The above report of Col. Williams' remarks i
made up with the aid of rather meagre notes, ta
hen on the spot, and we have not attempted toe
closely follow his language. At the conclusion,i
t Judge Morgan was called for. but owing to thei
lateness of the hour, he declined responding, buti
in a few remarks, expressed hie willingness to do'
so, at some future day, daring the canvass, and
the meeting then adjourned. p
EIR OULAR DYING r Scsls.-According tot.
Fielding, Jonathan Wild picked the pocket (<f
the ordinary while he was exhorting him ini"
the cart, and went out of the world with the
parson's cork-screw and thumb-bottle in hise
uand. Petronius, who was Luaster of cere
I monies and invention of pleasures at the,
I court of Nero, when lie saw that elegant in'-t
Sdlulgencies were giving place to coarse de
bauchery, perceived at once that his turn oft
favor had arrived, and it was time to die. He Z
resolved therefore, to anticipate the tyrant,
and disrobe death of his paraphernalia of
terror. Accordingly lie entered a warm bath
- id opened his veins, composed verses, jested
with his familiar associates, and died off by
insensible degrees. Democritus, the laughing
s phllosopher, disliking the inconveniences and
infirmities of a protracted old age, made up
his nuid to die on a certain day, but to
- oblige his sister, he postponed his departure
until three feasts of Ceres were ov r He
f supported nature on a pot of honey to the
e appointed hour and then expired by arrange
ment.
James Carden, a cele1brated Italian physi
cian, stewed himseifgradually,and calculated i
with such mathematical nicety, as to hit the
very day and hour foretold When Rabelais
was dying the Cardinal sent a p4ge to inquire
how he was, Rabelias joked with the envoy
I urtil be found his strength declining, and his
- st moments approaching. He then said,
"Tfell his eminence the state in which you
left me. I am going to inquire into a great
pJasibility. He is in a snug nest, let him
tay there as long as he can. Draw the
curtain; the farce is over." When the
- famous Count de Grammont was reported to
Si,e in extremity, the King Louis XIV, being
told of his total want of religious feeling,
" which shocked him not a little, sent the
tMarquis de Dangeau to beg of him, for the
credit of the court, to die like a good chris
tian. He was scarcely able to speak, but
turning round to his countess, who had al
t ways been remarkable f'r her piety, he said,
a with a rile, "Countess, take care, or Dan.
Beau wil filch from you the credit of my
Sconversation."
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CouVeTrannIun.
A FREMoNTER.-Joshua R. Giddings, a
supporter of Fremont has said: "I look
,.rward to the day when there shall be a
is rvle insurrection in the South; when the
.,Iack man, arened with British bayonets, and
I tu,,manded b, British officers, shall wage
a war of extermin;tion against the master;
when the torch of the incendiary shall light
Sp the towns and cities of the South, and
!,lot out the last vestige of slavery."
"A foe who misqiots you,*.says Horses
. Walpole, "ought to be a welcome antagonist.
e Uh is so humble as to confess when he cen.
e .urean hat you have not said, that heoa
S.onfute what you have said; and he is
Skind as to fanishi you with an opport y
S,f provino himt a liar, as you may refer to
tour bool'to detect him."
Savans, auT Just.-A fellow in Lond
recently, attempted to levy black mail on a
wealthy individual, by threatning to charge
)him with a benious crime, if a cernain sum of
r oney was not forthcoming. He was tried,
..rovieted, and sentenced to transportation
for life.
Fanny Ellsler is at Paris, and her hair, it
is said, is almost white. Some of her old
companions at the Grand Opera-there are
onome yet !--asked her if she could still dance.
The once charming Fanny sepled, " My
friends, I have golden castaneta, but I do
not dance any more!"
The woodman wbo"spared that tree" has
run shot of wood and is almost splitting
with vexation to think how green he was.
1He now "axes" a donation from the gentle
man at whose request his destructiveness das
,tayed.
Why' was Moses, floating on the Nile,
like a buffalo huater I
Ans.-Beeause ha was asbll rusher.
An old lady being late t church, entered
as the congregation were rising from prayer.
-ba r' said ihe, courtesying, "don't get up
on my account."
Biucxs, l.sgxai.-"A paper iving an ac
count of Toulouse, says: " It is a large
town, containing 6Ob000 inhabitants, bu6it e.
tirely of bricks:' Nearly as bad as the Dutch
description ofua Dutch town, which contained
500 houses and 2500 inhabitants, all with
Lheir gable ends to the street."
The weather is changing very fast and it
is quite cold.