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NO. 36.
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: TH« ItlclJnio' uiquii'er aui» tir,
j "Circtu 'nnccs Altkii ( ..'s.”
I What a strats imal sag nichiiu’ 'nakesout
i of wait. J u»ts, hat those fotil-ri.' .thed fel-
i lows,■who sland^ •:abi'fe Mr. Fi»'’iiorf’ now,
I used tosay of him- an ae 'as not . -i^iididato
We a.sk the attenuf of the reader to t!i ■ tH-o
I following extracts,;;- parallel column.s, frun the
j Richmond Eiiquir'
i rooean price JiiiT ''
I Sepr. ‘'.i; *.''
; True.we‘-'ire;
, truthful a state
more in ’52. to
Imctstiireign org.m Eu-
'chanan, the one dated
'.iter in duly, 1805.,^-.
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; ui . -'1 to Ml. ; c .
4_ WHO ELKCrED BANKS.?
Allhong!) the eviueiiCe—clear and
unquestion-dble~is before the country,
that the Deiiioct * ic party enabled the
Black Repuhlir IS to elt.c: B irik.s to
the Speakership, and tliey . r> alone
re.sponsible for' the foul deta: of elect
ing an AbolitifO'-st to the t/urd office
in the Government, the effect it is haV'
mg in the South against tliein, well as
.uiOlir' ra ' " ‘ ‘ ' or!!.,
V il - '■«;
SAMUEL A. SMI TH, of Tennes.see | meeting, that a.s tlie Legi.slature of tins
offered a resolution to adopt tlie Flu- , Stale will be i)i session, it *-i!l be
ralily Rule in ffie election of a Speaker i liigbly deserving ot their patriotism to
wliicli finally prevailed, by someJtfi/j | take into their early and most serious
votes, which elected Banks, wliirh was consideration tlie property of instnict-
bdmded to elect Banks, and which was ! ing our lleprCs'entaiive.s in the National
eagerly seized upon by the Black Re- Legislature to rose the most zealous and
publican.s, wlio voted for it in a bnd>. strenuous exei'.ioos to inhibit the cxis-
The Republicans were nc'* strong tence of .slavery in any of the 'TerritO'
enough to carry this Bi irality ; rie- -vfucli m"',, liereafter be created
B ;'e. and •He-. !'■ -•. vhe, ‘ol' hv '■'■’haf the merpbers of
iJl- -.yCi' W' ’ .oin . urity hi
^establish slavery wiiliin its limits.
‘in regani to New Mexico, east of
tlie Rio Grande, the question has al
ready been settled by the admission of
Teva.s into tlie Union.
‘Bl)culd we acquiio territory beyond
the JUo Grande and ea.sl of the Rocky
IMounlaitis, it is still more irnpos.sible
that a majority of the people would
consent to re-e.stablisli slavery. They
are llieniselve.s a colored population
among ditiH the negro does not belong
snuitlly fn.-d degraded race.’
\ ■ ■‘it' ^ ^
any count
oilis executed
*’ in the Bis-
with neatness
^..titform of the Ameiican Party.
humble ncknowled;xenient to ibe
A-v-rji etn*^ being vvlr. rules the universe for ILs
vouch-(fed to our fathers in
'tes5- ■.! rcw. inr-oiiary 5trn"i;le, and
mnnifesteJ >/) p i. their decendants. in
liberties, the indepen-
• f f lhe.se States.
)n ofthe Federal Enion.
d'um (ffo .T civil and reliitious lib-
ffd the oriJy sure bulwark of American
.ependence.
'‘vl. Ame-ric'HTi-T nri.E Amkhica ; and
- *hie end native “boVn citizens shouM be se
le tiu lor al/ S' fcileral and municipal oil!-
•'es of tg^overnmr^t .ernployment, in prei’erence
tc‘nivturalifr'*'! •cltr/^s ; XKVEaTiieiess,
4th. Persons bom of Amerif-an p:;rents re.
temporarily abroud should be entitled
to ail the ri^ditf^-ofnative born citizens; but
htU. No person should be selected for politi
cal station, (whether of nativt-. or forciijn
♦)irth,) who recoL'ni-se.s any allegiance or obli«
‘,fation of any descrii>tion (o anyl'oreign prince,
^)0en(afe or power, or who ref .scs to reco^-
mise the Federal and State constitutions (eacli
within it-s sphere) a.s paramount to all other
as rules ol political action.
Oth. The unqualifi'sd recoijnition andmainte
‘nance of the reserved righi.s of the severa.I
States, atid the cultivation of harmony an I
ifraterr.al •'ood will between the citizens of the
•several States, and to this en?1, non-interfer
ence by Con;rress with quB'^tions appertaininji
vsolely to the individual State., and non-inter
vention by each Stat?e with the affairs of any
♦other State.
7th. The recogniUon of the rij^ht of the nas
tiveborn and naturaHjse^ citizen.'S of the United
States, permanently rf^Uiuir in any Teirilory
*)-freof, to frame tlieir cc’nstitution and laws,
ti .'ti(ulate their domestic and social affairs
’.'n inole, su^Qcct only t9 the provi-
‘sions of the titution. wifhthf ritiht
admission into the Union whenever they
•pave thc'h*qUiai1e population f‘>f one Represen
tative in Con^res', Piup.TDF.i) alwats. that
none but those who are citizens of the United
^‘tates, under th** ‘'''.Tbiitati-on ami laws thereof,
and who have bxttn a residence in any such
Terrilcrv>ought to participate in the forma
tion of the constitution, or in the enactment of
aw3 for said Territory or State-
8th- An enfoivewient of the principle that no
J?!tate or Territory ought to admit others thjn
native born citizeua to the riijht ot snflVatfe, or of
^lolding poUlical ofli-e. ua':ss such persons
sliall have been naturaHzec. according to the
laws ofthe United States-
9th. Achange in tho laws of naturalization,
’makinir continued residence of twenty one
>ear«.ofaU not heretofore provided for an in
dispensable jequisirc for cilixenship hereafter,
iind e.xclixluig i.U paupers,and persons convic
ted of crime ft'om landing upon our shores ;
but no interference with the vested rights of
foreigners ,
lUth. Opposition to any union between
OhurC’^' ^»o.i State, no interference with reli-
oia»5 faith or worship, and no test oaths lor ol
fice. except thf>sc indicated in the Otli section
of this platform-
mb. Free and thorough investigation into
fitly and all alleged abuse of public functiona-
t :es, and a strict economy in public expendi
-es-
ith. The maintenance and enforcement o5
until said laws sheli be repcaltd. oi
V jT' deef .i» ’mill and void by competent
’’dhu ity.
/ )j,position to the reckless and unwise
ihe present adminislralion mthe jjen-
rai lUMi'^-^k-nriCut, of onr national affairs, and
more (Spt cially as shown in removing “Ameri
cans” (by designation and conservatives in
priixitilc,) from oince, and placing toieipners
Rjul nltraist.s in theif places; ns shown in a
tj tickling subserviency to the stronfAr. and an
iu.Aent and cowarilly bravado ti'»wa]ds
weaUei powers; as shown in ic opening sert-i«im,
«l agitation, by tlio repeal offiie Mi.'-souri Com
promise; as shown in graiiting to unnktnrali-
/.cd lorcignora the right to suffrage in Kansas
iiir Nehraska; as shown‘in it? vacillating
vour*
Kansas and N.-^‘
the ’-.emoval
..ciorshii
•a#a question ;
ilgc I'ronson
lon
.tnU
, ■ le grounds;'^ cor-
--t'liicb pi rvado 50\ -:u' dvp.art-
' the governmnus: ..r* v.iown in'dis-
1 racitu mv'itorious naval olficCTrthrongh pre-
cr .‘.'.price; as shown in,ihe blundering
, isstna 'gemp'ut of our fororgn-jTiatioh.s.
Htb ■ •‘'.rore. to remedy exisfii g evils, and
. ;-vontt7ji diva>rtrous consep»efi('*s otherwisi
sultin;: ' "j.qVom, we wonW buiUJ up the ‘-A-
fnericat-: ty 'upor. th-e principb herein be,
'oie Rta ’d) eschewing all ■Rectio'»' 1 qnestions-
-d «.n,‘.,'U)'ori those purely inmal, and ad-
(ting Mto said party all American citizens,
■'iVrfrf to *11 the 3d, 4th and 5th sections.)
‘10 openly avow the princt^les and opinions
^■•'retclore e.xpiessed, and who will subscribe
names this jdatform. Provideth never*-
thclchSi ’■ ‘-majority of those members pie-
jionl at any meeting of a local council where
an ai>pl.caiit applies for membership in the A
*4»»»*ican p-irty ma*', for any reason by them
deented sufficient, deny admission to such ap
plicant.
i5th. A free and open discussion of all poUt-
ical principles embraced in our plalfonn.
• Seju j-b'/,. f,
“Gen. Tayloi died at x.«thi
the very cruiais of af-!racter and
j Lira.” The coun/ry/e//j have been written in
\ relieved from mi aii'ful (ig-U phrase. Jle
■ ■ony, u-hfti Mr. ore j has been cruelly sa-
^ toufeihe reins of ^ouern-tirized and stereolyp-
me7it, threw aside Genera/'ed. Truth and sar-
i Taylor's advisers, formedlcx^'n equally abound
; a Utter cabinet, and f'av lin that idirase “Wash*
^ his consnence to nthe ington-fike.*’ lie af-
j keepers than A^etcard.’'—jlects the bearing and
yThe 7vh)le policy o/;manner ot Washing-:
hfrorenimeTit tea.-? on lie is about tiTe '
: ately changed ” jrame size and vveigiit. i
*'The Coffipromtse meaS‘\Ue plays 4Vash-jiig. '
^ ures quickly passed. ANulton in the reception-1
I THE wnoLK cou.VTRvhooiri,and enacts his i
WASRELIEVLDFROM iTs'part as Will as Kcan i
I GAINFUL ANXXIETY.” {did of Richard tho i
“Ever since thatlThird. or a.s Cr-cner
change the SoutheiB'that of Macbeth, lie
Whigs have be c omejis adead Wa'shington,
more and more devoted a statute ofWashin'j-
to Mr. Fillmore.” “i/ejton. He is as much
became their chosen /cadcriliiie him, as a spnri-
their special and jjar-|ous bank note ’
ticular condidate for ths'
Presidency. ” “ Whilst
ihe North, desertjna him,
to )k up with another,
who suits t:
bctier, a7in
put down Mr. .Fi7/j7w»*,Ja part, not the real and
because he ventured to-|earne.st man that
brave their inJi;jnation.*'jwields power and di-
“Thi.sis all m.story.”|iect.s events. “ Wti-
“It istnuli!” Mum siinilist- est idem"
“Gen. Taylvn* was|—“nothing i.keistho
born in Vi'ginia, lie wa.'s same.” He is like
reared in the Soipli, was Washing on, but not a
a large slaveholder,whilst Wa-bington. He is
Mr. Fillmore h d b^en nobody, he js n-.thing,
educated in New, York, and hn admirers liave
and was proved to hold so pronounced him bv
doctrines exceedingly o'/tlie very eulogy ^ they
Jectionablj to tlie South, pass upon him . V^ash-
Rut iiow weak the re- ington-Jikej Tb' yic-
straints of education wifli tore, the s'tatw, the
these men! The one, ,-hudow of VViaffiing-
lintening to »he voite of t.m for Preiiid.cnt, and
aii insul-o..
IS a
genuine one. He is n
“counterfeit present of
a man ” He is noth-
ine: sui^eneris, noth-
'ir pnrposesling of his own. Me
ised him /olts an actor that plays
■Andrew
iqg Fre
ricket].
advices into whose roul? ir
Seward hadbrp; '!iod the Jackson
poi*:-'/! uFhi.' IE., 'dy L'ol • sidett'^4
itic-. * * “‘-'Mi-j-v .
which it u
ing this :. ation ■
shoalsoi di«nniou;^itthile f ^.,>0 n d Is
the other, cleansing the ^.iae'es5.,*^.hnrftct^-
capiiol of its 1r ilttjroiis*!. :s Tiumbugs,^Tnt^^
denizens, di-regarded the wholy unfit the
whispers of early stations to which they
dice, and fieiped by the'aspire as any twoTnen
mighty engine of exeou-hn the u tion. Every
live inflijence, to quiet.inan of every part of
the country, and to .savcltlujy^dion understands
all portions Ifoin injury thefj'• chiiractcr, or
and dishonor ,* rathej their total -want
of character; but some
dec'ivc themselve?;
with the hops that by
doing nothing, and by
electing men who will
do nothing, the storm
will pas.s off and the
t^hip of State reach
the port safety. It rs
a fatal delusion. No
phantom captain, no
inconipotent pilot, no
similitude of a man
Jean command the
crew, still the storm
Und save ■ he ship.
Notice.
ri’^HE undersigned having administered on
JL the Estate of Mitlachi Fletcher deceased,
rcspeclfully requests ail persons indebted to
the Estate, to make immediate payment, and
those ha\ ing claims again«t the said Estate
airc requesteti to pres^mt them for payment, or
th’S notice will be plead in bar of tiieir rerov*
rev.
THAI). F. BAN'Kt?, AdmV.
Sept. e
We would like to prpnpunce a
few questions to those \vh'o;^»r^pposs
ed to Mr. r'illniore:
If Ihe Union is in danger, does it not
require the man who stood by the Cotis
stilution sotiolily^iH 1850, to come to
the rescue noy.?-
If honesty and capability are to be
made the test of itlfice, does not MiU
lard Fillmore deserve the s'alinn?
If experience in carrying on the af
fairs of Government is of any avail,
docs nbt Fillmore deserve the support
of the people?
If the lest of Nklianali^v is, m be aps
plied, is not he the mdrt''N.mi m^
m the ' • V"
If sectionali ur is to b-e-.>d Is-ue
not the man to calm the troubled
waves?
Does be not merit the special sup
port of Soulhf rn men, as opposed to
the doctrine of ‘Squatter Sovendgnty;”
so injurious to Southern interests?
Did he not, white President, perform
his whole duty, as a man faithful to
Union and the Constitution?
When he left the Presidential Chair,
was not the country in a quiet condi
tion, and freesoilism almost (tefund?
Did not all then unite in .Jiling.him
Ihe‘model President?
Was he not the iniimnle friend of
Webster and Clay—those h'rcak-waters
against the flood of sectiuiiaiism?
Was not this Albany speech the very
embodiment of National senliinenis,
given forth at a lime when they could
do him no good, but as the honest Con
victions of a man ‘who would rather
be right than be President?’
Ca'n the warmest friend of Mr. Bu
chanan bring forward reasons as stroiig
as these for the support of his can it-
(late in these irojlilesomc liuies?
h, ,-.-.>cnptree,
' slanderous, and blackguard resolution,
j in opposition to the American party, re-
I fusing to affiliate with them in any mat
ter whatever, then, or at any coming
time. They then proceeded to put in
nomination for the Speakership, Gen.
RtCHARDSo.v, of Illinois, a man who had
: gained his seat in the contest of the
' previous summer, by advocating the
[ \\ ilrnot Proviso, and byavowino' ihe
Kansas Nebraska Act, a measure of
P’reedorn! This same Dcmocmftc candi- ^
date for the Spc-akersldp, (or whom the i
seventy-four Democrats in the House, ^
voted for near two long and dreadful
winter months, had made . -ank and i
violent Free Soil speech in Co. gress, on ;
the 3d of April, 1850, in the hearing i
of more than half the Southern Demos ;
crals who had nominated him, and who j
were then supporting him, as the cans |
didafe of the parly! In that speech he
said the time had gone by, when Sla
very could be carried and estahlisheil in
new countries—that the spirit of Ihe
age was against the institution of Sla
very—that Congress had full power to
legislate it out of Ihe Territories.? Still,
these seventy-four Democrats continued
to vote for this free-soiler, until Gen.
Zoilicoffer, ofTennesee brought up this,
old speech, and interrogated Richard'
son as to whether he held these opins
ions still? He replied he aid, when the
party ashamed of themselves let him
slide, and put in nomination Col Orr,
of South Carohna.
The American party, voting 35 and
40 votes, cast their suffrages for Henry
'T rV rri.-r,K, Ol i-consylvan'is, a sound,
conservative, and national man, whose
answers to Zollicoffer’s interrogatorits,
proved him to be sound, raucii more so
ihan, was the Democratic candidate.—
Col. Fuller was put in nomination by
W. H. Sneed, the Representative from
the Knoxville District, but not until his
political record was fully examined,
and found to be a clean one, in all
respects.
The Black Republicans put in nomi
nation Nathaniel P. Banks, a Mass
achusetts Democrat, and a renegade
from the American ranks, whose elec
tion to Congress, over a Whig, was
hailed by the Washington Unio?i, as a
Democratic triumph, and the more so,
because he was the nominee of a Demo
cratic District Convention. Upon this
man, all the ‘odds and ends’ of Aboli
tionism in Congress, united, giving him
usually about one hundred votesl
Members of the American party-, told
the Democrats that neither of them had
the power to elect, thouKli they might
billot until Doom’s day, and .some of
them went so far as almost to degrade
themselves, by supplicating the arro
gant, proscriptive, and insulting Demo
cracy, to let them unite with them on
some conservative man of the Demo
cratic or Old Whig parties, and termin
ate the struggle—a struggle which was
costing' the people hundreds of thoii'
sjhids of dollars!
SAMUEL A. SMITH, of Tennessee
who was understood to represent the
Democratic Administration, on the floor
of the House, rose i.; his place ttnd
^ (hat Delftsct'cy oau. no proposi-
tioii.’ for conciliation In make, and
would receive none! HOW P^LL COBB
of Georgia, the ‘Great Buldokus’ of Ihe
Spuihern Democracy, stated in liis
place in the House, that they regarded
both the American and Black Republi
can parlies, as unconstitutional organ-
izalious having uncons'titutional objects
in view, and that Democracy would
not affiliate with either! And MR. EN
GLISH, the ‘Bell-weather’ of Demo
cracy from Indiana, rose up in his place
and announced by authority, that
Democracy would not compromise loilh
the twelve Jlpostles of God!'
The American parly, thus refused the
privilege of voting with the self-styled
Democratic patty, continued to vote for
Col. Fuller, until an opportunity was
afi’orded them to vote for Gov. Aiken,
of Sou’h Carolina, a high-minded
Democrat, who refused to vote for the
insulting resolution heretofore named.
He could have been elected, but the
Democracy refused to support him, on
ly, however, because he refused to en
dorse their slander of the .American
part)!
rilory,
are eiilstled to
•ii-
I wh' V; til 1 ■ ■
j Rule, and it vvoiild have carried with
out him,an:l even against his vole!
But, when iMr. SMI TH offered his
Plurality Rule, Col. Sneed went to
him, and implored him to withdraw it,
as it would drive the national .^inerN
: cans from the support of any man they
I might possibly agree upon, hut no. Mu.
I SMTTTI pressed his darling upon Ihe | papers iii tlii.s city.
'House! Mr. Carlile, an American ' -James Hopkins,
i from Virginia, onered to Mr. Smith, as | Wm. Jenkins,
■a .substitute, a resolution declaring I J.v.mes Buchanan.
i Gov. Aiken, of South Carolina, Speak- i 'The ioregoing resolutions being read,
i er. I his Mr. SMITH SPURNED, • were unaniinously adopted, after which
and called the previous question upon | the meeting adjouiried.
:h. - .-vvS' ^ iTf-s
J. , n- ■ ... tr ,
cau.se of justice, tiiiinaiiity and pfi-‘=4ifciffAJEFicE oF the State E.xecutive C (fits''
ism, in opposing the inlroduciion-mf |' wittee of the American Party of
■slavery into the Slate (hen endeavored j Kentucky.
to he formed out of tlie Mi.ssouri 'Ter- i Frankfort, Oct. C, l856.
his Plurality Rule, cutting off debate
and forcing liis odious measures upon
the House. But even under this iron
rule, Banks could not have been elects
ed, as he only .succeeded by two voles'
had not SEVEN DEMOCRA'TS, siaveryt
t-nirrj r .1 .. 1-I'l i ij l-L' .
Wai.tur Fk.'NKL’n, Cli’n.
Aiiesi: W-’m. Jenkin.s, Sec’y.
In a .speech in Congress, 11th of
April, 1826, Mr. Buchanan thus ex-
pie.ssed himself upon the subject of
FOUR from the NORTH, and 'THREE
from the South, refused to vote for Aiken
upon the final ballot! Here are the names
of the men who elected Banks, by re
fusing to vote for Aiken.
HICKMAN, PARKER and BAR'
CLAY, of Penn.sylvania.
WILLIAM A, RICHARDSON, of
Illinois.
BURTONCR4IG ofKorlh Carolina.
JAMES L. SEWARD, of Georgia.
Mr. 'TAYLOR, o‘f Louisana.
Where were these men that they did
not vote for Gov.
the seven could have elected liim.—
Some of the Dem ■ 4s say (hey ‘puir.-d
off’ \(itli Rei)ublit ...IS,’ although they
woula not compromise with the .Apos- , raiinc'.ation
lies ofG. ; them, on i Treai#
the grounu,jhoFt.'*x A-n- — - ' ■
North, voted for Fuller,
but Aiken was not.the candidate of the
SEN Americans, while be was the candi
date ofthe seven Democrats! No, Dem
ocracy elected Banirs, and they desired
his election, as a means of buying off'
the Free Soiters, and jireventing their
running a Ibii.’- Presidential candidate,
but in this they have been disappointed
'They tried to conciliate Aholiiionisrn,
the wannest j It having been industiiously as.serb
thanks of every fricn-.l ofluimaniiy. j ed and circul.ifrd by ilic an:isAmeri-
Resolvel, 'That the proceedings of jean and Sag-Nicht press, that Ren*
this meeting he published in the iiews-j lucky will give tier electoral vole 10
Buchanan and Breckiniidge;
'Therefore, to sali.sfy ant! assure ottt
friends thro’out the Union, we an*-
n lUiiee to them that the vote of Kens
tucky will be cast for Fillmore and
Donelson. From information derived
from correspondents and from many
other reliable .sources, we tell the peos
pie of ihe country that, notwilhstand-
ing tlie iraportaiion of foreign voters
and the distribution of large sums of
money, that the States is certain and
sure for Fillmore and Donelson.
By the memory of Wa.shiiigtoD; by
the battlefields of our Revotulion, and
the btoofl of our forefathers; by ouf
glorious constitution and the triumph^
ant flag of our country, we invoke the
people ofthe Slates to come up to the
help of the Union,, now in danger from
the strife of contending and reckless
sectional parties, and to cast their votes
for Millard Fillmore as the man who
cah'give peace end tranquility to the
country,
^ Kentucky has feVef loved and beett
j loyal to the Union, as the best of hu-
I man governments. She will stand by
j it to the last one—come what willj
come v\ hat mayf She led the Ameri
can Polumn ill 1855. She is yet un*
^onquered aij(U unconjiuerable, despite
j_i.';frau;ts'arfij:‘(irges:.eS. Stana iy ner
in this hour of our country’s dangerj
patriots anil L'nion men of all parlies*
and we will elect Millard Fillmore*
and crush out and silenCe forever the
Permit me here, Mr. Chairman, far
a moment, to speak upon a subject, In
which I have never before ail verted
upon this floor, and to which, I trust,
I may never again have occasion to
advert. I ineatv the subject of Slavery.
I believe it to be a great political, and
a great moral evil. I thank God, my
lot has been cast in a State where it
does not exist.’
j In January, 182ft, Buchanah voted
[ to ABOLISH Slavery in the Di.strict
! OF CoLUMBi.v, and for other R.ANK
Any three of j ABOLITION PROPOSITIONS suh-
I milled by Mr. Minor!
: In 1844, Mr. Buchanan made a
! speIPch in the Senate, in favor of the
ratific'.gtion of the '.T • ■> Annexation
the tha
icei.s Horn the ..^.jjj^-yij^very in die fanning
So they did, : ^ ^ ^
‘In arriving at tlie conclusiof) to
support this treaty, I had to encounter
inn strife.
by running Richardson for Sjie.'.ker!
'They sought to win over Free Soilers
to their support, by appointing
GEORGE W. JONES Chairman of
their Congressal Caucus, the only man
then. South of Mason and Dixon's line,
who had come out for the odious doc
trine of‘Squatter Sovereignty.’ What
a party!—Knoiville Whig.
RE-
BUCHANAN’S ABOLITION
CORD.
The Slavery record of James Bu
chanan grows darker every day he
lives, and his party in the South will
yet be forced to withdraw him, as they
did Richardson, the Illinois Abolition
ist, for whom they votetl two months,
last winter, to make him Speaker in
Congress!
No impudence on tlie part of his sup
porters, nor hostility towards the
American candidate, will induce his
I partlzans in the South to cling to him
much longer. 'The following resoiu
[tion offered to the United Slates Sen-
fate, in January 1838, by W.m. C.
I Rives, and not heretofore published,
was .'.'s ■;T agulii-U iry Jasi- Duc’-m’' A'e
on a direct' rote: ■. '
'■Resolved, That any int,-FLu-ence with
the subject of Slai ery, in llie Terrilos
ries of the United Slates, in which it
may exist, is inhibited by all the con
siderations in regard to the rights and
interests of the inhabitants of the said
Territories, the security of the slaves
holding States, and the danger to the
Union, which are^pientioned in the pres
eeeditig resolution as forbidding any
interference with, or action on, the sub
ject of slavery in the Di.strict of Co
lumbia; and for the further reason that
the people of those 'Territories, when
admitted into the Union as State.s, will
be exclusively entitled to decide the
question of the exi.stence ot slavery
within their respective limits for them
selves.’
From the Lancaster Intelligencer, of
November 27, 1819, Mo, Vol. 21, a
public meeting is reported, at which
Buchanan served as one of a commit
tee, and a preamble and resoluiions,
from which we take the following ex-
tract:
Resolved, As the opinion of this
hut one serious obs'acle, and that was ^
tl e question of .ffavery. Whil.st I ever ' and sectional
have maintained, and ever shall mains j
tain, in their full force and vigor, the ■
constitutional rights of the Southern |
Slates over their slave properly, I yet i
feel a strong repugnance by any act of|
mine, to extend the liiniis ofthe Union
over a slaveholding territory. Alter
mature reflection, however, I overcame
these scruples, and now believe that
the acquisition of Texos will be the
meaps of limiting, not enlarging the
dominion of slavery.
‘In the government of the world.
Providence generally produces great
uhange.s by gradual means. 'There is
P. SwiGERT, Chairman*
S. M. Hewitt,
A. G. Hodges,
T. VV-. Dudley,
Ly.sandf.k Horp,
J. T. Roberts,
'T. P. AtiIT :us Bibb,
CominiiteC*
-.-.-iJi-i
Frauds in Pennsylvania-—.A pri*.
Vale di.spatch received from PhilaiJel-
phia last night state.s that the estimated
number of fraudulent votes init-oduced
by the efforts, the money, Ihe hribcfy*
nothing rash in the counsels of the A1 ! the trickery, and general rasCality of
mighty. May not, then, the acquisi-| the sham Democrats is from twenty to
tion of Texas be the mean.s of gradual-I forty thousand! 'There is no doubt
ly drawing the slaves far to the South, j from fads vvlrich have already tran.spir-
to a climate iriQre congenial to their
nature; and may they nut finally pass
off into Mexico, and there mingle-with
a race where no prejudice exist.s against
their color? The Mexican nation is
composed of Spaniards, Indians and
negroes-, blended togetiior in every va
riety, who would receive our slaves on
terms of peilect social equality. 'To
this condition (hey never can he ad
mitted in llic United Slates.
‘'I'lir.t the acquisition of'Texas would
ere long, convi-rt .MarylanrI, Virginia*
Kentucky' Missouri, and pFohahly
«'h»-r;s ot die more Northern sla'-eS'«U^
into free. Slates, I entertain not a clMifrL?
* * **■ *
‘But should 'Texas be anneXpd to
the Union, causes will be brought into
operation which must inevitably re
move sla’.'ery from what may he called
the farming State,s. From the best ins
formation, it is no longer profitable to
raise wheat, rye and corn by slave la
bor.
In 1847, Mfi Buchanan wrote Ms
Berks County letter, in which he says,
in reference to the Missouri Gorap-
ornise Line, Ilirough the territory that
might be acquired from Mexicoi
•Neither the soil, ilip climate, nor the
productions of California south of 36
deg. 30 min., nor indeed of any por
tion of it North or .South, is adopted to
.'lave labor; and besides, every facility
wauld be there afforded for the slave
to escape from his raasier. Such pro
perly wouid be entirely insecure in any
part of California. It is morally iin-
possihie, therefore, that a majority of
emigiants to that [lortion of the territns
ry south of 36 deg. 30 min., which will
b« chiefly composed of our citizens.
I ed, that inore lhan.five hundred thousand
'• dollars were expended by the sham
I Deiiioctals In the Pennsylvania eiec-
I tion! It was the last expiring elTorls of
j the ‘squatter sovereigns.’ Our .reliable
friends in Philadelphia assure its that*
j were the battle to be fought over again
' nexfweek, they would give 30,000
I majority for the Union ticket, ant! that
j Buchanan will lose Pennsylvania PD
! the 4th of November by from forty tp
sixty lh»usand votes!
Somebody .saws, ‘i'ortnne ^ is
.fick'c.’—No .such thing. ForUii";- 'rs
alwavs pouring forili plenty, hap.pineV^
and honor; but men somclioies get ls>N
and Catnic.ss, and hold their platflA.s
wrong side up* aiid llien blow away at
Foitnne because she dpesn’i fill! the'rhi*
That’s the truth ot the story.
A recent Dublin newspaper coti*
tains the following curious adveriis-'
ment;
‘1 hereby warti all persons from trust
ing my wife, Ellen f'lannigan, on my
accoumt* as I aiR riot married to her.’
A Wretch.—Old Mr. Singlestick
mystified a teasparty by remarking that
women were facts. AVIien pressed to
explain his meaning he said; Facts are
stubborn things.
Bucks always lose tlieir horns in No
vember. How will Bndiannn do, wht)
is placed upon the horns of a ililernina?
Oh! that Cincinnati platform!
.y
If it take-s a spoonful! of yeast to rai.se
a lo^'f, how much will it take to raisU
will I n loafei?
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