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al Pitisburg, on which occasion procee-
dings were gone into, for the purpose OF
bringing his pretensions to nomination
as the LocoFoco candidate for the Presi-
dency, prominently before the Convention.
The address which was adopted was un-
merciful towards Mr.. Van Buren, and can
not but be very unpalatable 10 him and his
wire workers. After urging the claims
of the Key Stone State 10 the nomination,
and exhorting the friends of MIR. b. 10 re-
lax no effort in publishing his cause, the
following paragraph occurs:
"And now, Fellow Citizens having dis
cussed the evils and objections that are
most obvious, lei US see why we should not
succeed in making Mr.. Buchanan the can
didate Of the Nation as Of the State. 1t is
all true that there is profound combin-
alton, of active; efficient, and able polit-
ical leaders both IN New York and else
where, Whose papers are connected with
the elevation of Mr. Van Buren, who are
sustained by the great influence Of the
Globe, and BY unparalleled treachery, and
secret schems o. official promotion anon
pest ourselves, are united for the purpose
of defeating the nomination of Pennsylvan.
las favorite son. But is ii less true, that
if our energies are once aroused in his ia,
vor, that this dangerous combination may
be destroyed and that the moment il be.
comes obvious, that we are earnestly pre-
pairing for Mr.. Buchanan's nomin alton,
and are determined rather 20 retire from
the Convention, Than TO unite in a second
choice. this artificial fabric will be found
based upon foundation so void of all con-
sistency and right, that it will totter TO its
fall"
The following resolution was also part
of the proceedings:
Resolred. That criss has now'arisen
in which any sacrifice by the State of
Pennsylvania other own eminent states.
men so far. from promoting the harmony
and union OF the democracy. would, in a
great measure, be attended with con-
trary tendency, and would create immin>
ent risk of the total defeat of the party.
That the Democratic party it Peunsy +
vania will therefore insist upon having their
rights respected Hon. James Buchanan,
distinguished son Of Pennsylvania, and
one off The most eminent statesmen in the
Union, upon the National Convention,
as candidate for the Presidency.
That we recommend TO our fellow CHI.
zens that the delegates sent by US TO the
National Convention be instructed TO nom-
mate and insist upon tho nomination on
the part Of this State. of James Buchanan
alone and that Pennsylvania has no Sec
ond choice.
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IMPORTANT DIscozERY. Miss Bishop
of McConnellsyille,O hio,prosecute6 Stock
ton & More, proprietors of stage line
running from Baltimore to WheeIing.-
The action was brought to recover dama>
ges for injuries sustained by Miss Bishop
by the upsetting of stage of the defend
ants in January, 142, and the case has
been tried in the Circuit Court of the U.
States for the Western District Of Penn
sylvania, sitting in Pittsburg last week.
Both parties agreed that the stage was up
set, that Miss Bishops arm was broken,
her elbow badly strained or bruised, her
face cut or scratched in several places,
wound in the scalp two inches long, and
the upper lip cut and swollen so as to pros
duce some deformity which is gradually
subsiding. 1t was also proved that the
driver of the stage was drunk. which caus-
ed the accident by which Miss Bishop
was injured. The Jury returned verdict
for the plaintiff for $4,000, and costs of
the suit.-N. Y. Daily Tribune.
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20. ADAMS ON ABOLITION.

Mr.. ADAMS was waited on at Pittsburgh
by committee of The Political Abolition.
lists, urging them TO meet and address
them. This he declined, avowing that
he was as much opposed 10 Slavery as an.
y of them, andcspecially to the represen>
taiion Of Slaves in Congress, but express
ing his opposition to the Abolition meas
ures ofthe day as follows Tribune.
"With regard to the subject mentioned
in this nole,-the annexation of Texas,
and the abolition Of Slavery in the Dis
IIct of Columb,a-I have no opinion
which lwish 10 conceal. The Texas
question is very delicate one, and it is
probable ii will occupy much of the atten-
ton of Congress. the ensuing session. My
views Of it have been already avowed on
more than one occasion, On the subject
Of Abolition. Abolition Societies, Anti.
slavery societies, or the Liberty Party -
| have never been member of any of them.
But in opposition TO Slavery 60 as far as
any Of these; my sentiments, believe
very nearly accord with theirs. That
slavery vii! be abolished in this country
and throughout the world, firmly beleue.
Whether ii shall be done Peaceably or by
blood, God only knows, but that it shall be
accomplished, have not doubt, and by
whatever way, | say let it come.
"As TO the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia. have said that
was opposed to it--not because have TN
Y doubts ofthe power Of Congress 10 abol-
ish slavery in the District, for have none.
But | regard it as violation Of republi.
can principles, TO enact laws al the petition
ofone people. (which arc 10 operate upon
another people against their consent. AS
the laws now stand lie people Of the Dis
lrict have properly in their slaves.
81 do no. admit that,these laws are in
accordance with justice, for it can never
be true that one man can rightfuly have
property in another man. Still these laws
have had an existence since before that
part of the country became the District of
Columbia, and was brought under the pow
err of Congress and l think they should
MT be altered ,cithoui the consent of The
District. This consent believe will yet
he obtained, and slavery will be: abolished
there"
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the Locos have increased their vo.o
1s4O sufficiently to carry the state nm :,
number of votes then given. If M;..:
Ippi should abandon her repudiat;o,.
should be willing to have her vote f.. "
Clay, but not otherwise. As TO Georyi, :,
appears that by her last election. and
the largest vote ever given in the stoto i,
has attoned for her Loco Foco doDc. -
lS41, by electing wings in every dep,,,
ment of her government by large ma;o.
tiles. The state Of Maine in ls4I inc,a.
ed her Loco vote 1903, which wouId
the number of votes given in s4O.bavec o..
ried the state for Van Buren,. but bv 81,
ing the increase of votes for one vaar =.
cording as the population had increased :,
former years it would add 1887 moro v,,..
10 The vote of ls4O.cons equentIy the Ioco.
would have been in small minority. Thu
Locos for two years past have carried III.
state by very diminished vote. and :,
may be safely classed among the doubtful
IN 1874. The state of Indiana in ls4o
gave Gen. Harrison 653O2 and Van Buren,
5l6O4 making l169O6. In August last
Whitcomb, the Loco, candidate for eoyerpo,
received 6O7l6. Bigger, wing 5s64l Dem.
ing, Abolition 1855 being an increased
Abs over the vote of 1870. think II
may be safely calculated that the popula.
ton has increased in the state for the la,t
three years as much as it did previously
and II so the increase would be lO2sle
consequently the increase of votes would
be 1882, which added to the vote of 1870
would be l3443s, from which deduct
WhiIcombs vote would leave 1922 with
i whig majority of 1906. 1t NAV Ie
contended that as many Locos as wings
did not vote in August last but it is not
so, and whoever live 10 see the result Of
next November election in that state wjI
see over ten thousand majority for liauy
of Kentucky.
When any Loco Foco shall have The
hardihood TO claim any other state that
voted for Gen. Harrison, there will ts
time enough TO show hun his mistake.
X.Y.Z
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u tI1c IVFTs W.
TROY CONFERENCE ACADFyry

TROY CONFERENCE ACADEMY.
Mr.. EDIToR, DEAR SIR:-iDor me
through your columns to call the attention Of
the patrons Of learning to an institution that
is doing much for its promotion. refer 70
the well known Seminary located in the
pleasant village Of West Poulmey by tie
Troy Annual Conference Of the Methodist +.
Church. Erected for the whole conference
and patronized throughout its entire extent
This Seminary lays no claims of local char
acter and nterferes little with local institu-
tons. 1t has generalness of purpose and
object that rarely appertains to seminaries Of
similar grade, and it therefore has right to
claim more extended notice and attention
particularly from the members of thatdeuom-
nation whose foster child it is, and many Of
whom are doubtless subscribers to your vain
able periodical. The past year has been one
of uninterrupted prosperity; large number
OF students are now i'll attendance. OF tL,
ability of It's officers of instruction and gov
ernment we need not now speak. They are
all men of experience, and too well kown and
appreciated to need any commentator from
us. To. tlco points we especially invite at
tention, and as the guardians of the Interests
of so praiseworthy an enterprise we feel in
terestcd to place them before the public
The first is, that through the active person
al agency of the Principal the Institution il
entirely freed from debt. The other is 10 ac-
commodate the young men who teach during
the winter the terms have been put tw weeks
later, making for the present winter only, a
vacation Of four weeks. The catalogues say
that the spring term will commence on the
first Thursday in february. The present
arrangement win bring the commencement
on the third Thursday in February. With
many wishes for the prosperity of Semina-
ry so ably manned, so nObly endowed and SO
evidently under the blessing of the Divine
Being we subscribe ourselves the servant and
well-wisher Of yourselves and readers.
Middlebury, Dec. ], 1913.
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The Press in Pdris.-The Newspaper Press
of Paris, though abundantly talented, it is in
all other respects far inferior to that of Eng
land or America. The papers are all estab-
lished by associations of men having person.
al objects to accomplish. But few, if any,
of them support, or are expected to support
themselves. Instead of being devoted to the
common welfare, they are made to subserve
the views of the individuals or cabals by whom
they are owned and controlled.
There are but few occasions, if am cor
rectly informed, when the voice of an I'M
shackeled French Press is heard. Ambitious
men use them as ladders to attain the eleva-
tons to which they aspire. The Typography
of these Journals is most unworthy of the
taste and intelligence of the beautiful city of
Paris. They are printed upon small sheets
of inferior paper, and there is scarcely
newspaper in any of the villages of our State
that is not executed in more neat and
workmanlike manner.-Mr. Weeds Letters.
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COMING TO THE WORK !

The Troy Wing of Monday makes
the following gratifying announcement {:
"a STUMP AssocIATIoN.-We are graf
ed of the most eminent Wing orators in
the State,wil be formed early next spring,
for the purpose of addressing The People
in every County, previous to the Presiden-
tial Election. They will take the field as
soon as may be deemed expedient after
the nominations are made by the Nation
al Convention. and keep it until the day
Of election. II is their determination TO
carry on the war in New York in the same
manner that Gov. Jones and his gallant
allies carried on last swimmer in Tennes-
see; and they will be happy to meet their
opponents face to face, and discuss with
them the great questions of public policy
which are to be decided by the next Presi-
dental Election
This is great step in the right direc-
ton. We want in addition an Association
of Wings who may not be speakers and
yet are able and willing to aid, either by
means or gratuitous exertions, the univer-
sal circulation of Printed Facts. With
the advantage we have of our opponents
on the Tariff question, it will be disgrace>
ful if we do not beat them in this State
and all adjoining it by heavy majorities.
Give our opponents our side of the Tariff
question, and they would not lei US get
one vote in hundred of the men who
live by their own labor. We only need to
place the facts and arguments distinctly
before People. and we must triumph
Who will aid IN this work? Speaking will
be in order next summer, but Reading will
be most affective this winter. Every day
we are called on to give documents for
distribution, or let them 60 at half cost for
that purpose. Do we mean to carry or
not TO carry the State for Henry Clay?
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Mr.. CLAY'S REPLY
ASHLAND. Non. 10. IL

ASHLAND, Nor. 10, 1913.
DEAR SIR dulv received Your favor,
as chairman of the Wing banner Commit
Tee of Baltimore, requesting a staff to be
cut by my hands al this place, for the ele-
vntion of the banner 10 be presented in be-
half of The Wings of Baltimore to such
State delegation TO the Young Mems
Wing Convention of Ratification as shall
have The largest proportionale number of
delegates in attendance.
| shall take great pleasure 10 comply.
ing with this request. A stick of white
or blue ash (,he best description of timber,
| think, of all the kinds that grow in our
forests) has been already cut. and is in
progress of preparation for the Staff.
When completed, will forward it through
such channel as will ensure its safe arri-
val.
The conception of the plan of Young
Mems Convention. TO ratify the nomina-
lions previously make by the Wing Ma
tional Convention, was very fortunate. and
it will be productive of the best effects.
Nor could aEv place be more suitable, for
the assembling Of such q convention, than
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members, who were concerned in it, after
wards bitterly reproached their northern
confederates for the disappointment.
have more than half dozen times
expressed, within the last two or three
years, on public occasions, the opinions,
which now communicate as to comb
nation of the principles of Revenue and
Protection in a Tariff. | send you here
with the last speech on that subject which
made in the Senate of the United States,
and also brief sketch OF the principles
of the Wing party, as understand them,
which prepared.
have no other objection to the publ
cation of this letter but that it would i'm
ply sensitiveness in regard to my opinion
which do not feel, land think it has been
already sufficiently promulgated.
| am your friend and obedient servant,
ii. CLAY.
Messrs JOEL BRANHAN, and
RoB'r BLEDsoE.
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From tl,c Georgia JoCnal.
Mr.. CLAYS OPINION ABOUT THE
TADIEE
TARIFF

TO THE EDITORS 1T will be recollect-
ed that Il very Jews days before the last
general election in this State, an extract
of letter from the Hon. II. Clay, to
Messrs Joel Branham and Robert Bledsoe,
WIS published by them, presenting his
views on the subject Of Tariff in a very
odious light. The whole letter was with
held from the public, because, as alleged,
that he had requested no part of it should
be published. | Immediately applied TO
MIR. Clay for copy of the corresPon>
dence he Enclosed me letter, directed
10 these gentlemen, requiring them to
give to me, or any other FRIEND a copy
of his letter TO them. l applied to the
gentlemen accordingly. and met with eve
ry favorable disposition from zen. bied'
soc, to comply with the demand. Ut.
Branham pertinaciously persisted in his
refusal to do Mr.. CLAY the justice he de-
manded-and it was alone by the perse-
verance of Gen. Bledsoe, who permitted
no honorable exertion to pass without ma
king it, that he obtained a copy of the
letter from DIR. Branham, in whose posses
sion the original was, and which he has
furnished to me. From him | have OBJ
tanned n copy of their letter to Mr.. Clay,
and his letter in reply--both of which |
send you for publication.
EAroNroN, Geo, July 18th. 1919.
DEAR SIR conflicting opinions of the
principles You now entertain in relation
10 the protection of Domestic manufac-
turers are held by many of the citizens of
this State, while all who have acquainted
themselves with your public course on this
subject acknowledge you TO have been the
distinguished advocate of the system of
protection.
MANY have been induced TO believe and
TO assert, that your views of it have under
gonc,ir not an entire change, at least some
modification.
The opinions we have always entertain-
cd of YOUR frankness, candor and indepen>
dence, ard of your unwIllingness TO con-
ceal your principles, or suffer them 10 be
misrepresented, induce US respectfully TO
PROFOUND to you the following questions:
Are YOU in favor of Tariff for the pro-
cotton of American Manufactures
Have your principles in reference TO this
subject undergone change or modifica-
ion
A reply will oblIgc,
Very respectfully, &c
JOEL BRANTHAM.
ROB'T BLEDSOE.
The Hon. Henry CLAY,
Lexington, Kentucky.
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POST-OFFICE REFORM.

We are very much graiifed 10 see, at
last, that The public are moving in the mai
ter of Post>Office reform. The city Of
New York, as we peculiarly appropriate,
in matter of this kind, in the full and
spirited meeting at The Exchange on Sat-
urday, gave a lead which we hope will be
promptly followed throughout The interior,
especially in tie populous places.
These northern and on-saveholding
States are particularly interested in this
subject. The multiplicity of their occupa-
lions, their intense internal activity in all
the departments ofagriculture. manufact-
ures, and trade-the loco motive and mi.
gralory habits of the people-every thing
contributes TO render The amount of CORES
pondence 10 these non-slaveholding CON-
muni,ies, very much greater than in the
other sections Of the country.
Indeed, so material Is the difference re-
fered 10. thai the post.office revenue deri-
we'd from the slave.holding States would
probably be found insufficient 10 keep the
mails running and The surplus of this rev.
enue beyond expenditure, in the non- slave
holding States, furnishes the facility with.
GU; which very considerable portion of
the South and Southwest would be very
materially limited in their mail accommo-
dations.
1t is the consciousness Of this state Of
things, which renders Mr., Wickliffe so
ayerse TO the reduction of rates of pos
tage.
His policy, however. only shows that he
does not understand the practical wor>
king Of the system. If any thing has ever
been demonstrated by experience. it is the
fact that the present rates Of postage are
the real cause ofthe decreasing P. o. rev.
enue.
The memorial adopted at the N. Y.
meeting on Saturday represents that "rot
one third of the correspondence of the
country now pays postage" l, is sur
prising TO see how perpetually the propor>
tions, in this respect, are understaied.
1t would, take the Union al large, be near
er the truth TO say that not one-tenih of the
correspondence pays postage while, in
relation TO the great routes between the
principle cities, especially where there is
water, as well as land carriage, the proper
ton of correspondence that pays postage,
is not more than fftieth of the whole a.
mount. On the North River, for instance,
it is certainly moderate to say that not more
than one letter in fly is mailed.
The only way 10 get these letters into
the mails is to put the postage down TO
such low rates that the postage will be Jeh
to be cheap, and will present no motive TO
look for any other conveyance.
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OF THOMAS Fl. BENTON in a Speech
made to the Loco-Focos of st Louis Co.,
Missouri, at Manchester, on the 4th inst.
uttered the following, among other equally
gross and flasitious falsehoods
The election [of Gen. Harrison1 was
carried by bribed votes, paid for with sus-
pended bank notes-by false votes, given
by people who did not exist-by imported
votes, carried from State to State-by
simulated votes. changing their dress and
names twenty times-and voting as often
and by changing tickets after the vote was
in the ballot-box. By these, and such
like means, the election was carried; and
judicial proof has since established the de-.
grading facts"
Mr.. Benton each of the above obser-
vationg is a deliberate falsehood, and Won
are an unqualified villain We dare Won.
we defy you, to produce Judicial proof"
or any thing like it, of what YOU assert
You knoU you cannot, and you have here
lied deliberately, wifuIly
Not only is there no proof of what YOU
charge on the Wings, but there is abun-
dant proof of the very contrary. The
States which in 1910 cast the largest vote
in proportion to their population were
New Hampshire and Illinois. both voting
for Van Buren,. Illinois, we think it will
be conceded, was carried for Van Buren,
by the votes of aliens. not Naturalized ac>
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cording to the requirements Of the Federal
Constitution. At any rate, these votes
were admitted by the Van Buren, party.
and were cast accordingly for that party.
New-Hampshire not only cast an enor.
nous vote in proportion to her population.
but the voie of the Van Buren, townships of
that State pas fen per eent, heavier in pro-
portion to their population than the pote of
the Wing townships. In this State, we
have not shadow of doubt that four H.
legal votes were polled for Van Buren, to
one for Harrison. We do not in this
charge our opponents with designing foul
play but the material for Illegal voters is
overwhelmingly on their side. as every
one knows, and it would hardly be possible
that majority of illegal votes should be
given to the Wing tickets.
Col. Benton is one of the leaders who
are determined to bully the Loco Foco
party into the denomination of Van Buren,.
We hereby wish them success in this; for
the man to sustain whom>y you are obliged
to contend that the People are a debauch-
ed, befooled, unthinking mob. and their
Elections mere farce, can ever be elected.
But he shall not utter such gross and dis
graceful libels on the People and their
emphatic righteous Verdict in 1910 with
out castigation. Tribune.
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THE Wines OF New HAvEy.-The town
of New Haven, Conn. held its annual meet
ing for the election of Town Officers, on
Monday last. The Wings turned out in
goodly numbers. The vote was large one,
and the election strongly contested by the
other party. The entire Wing ticket was
elected, by a majority of 500 votes! The
name of HENRY CLAY is the great gath
ering-word of the Wings of Connecticut
and we have the strongest assurances, from
our friends in that State, that her vote will
be given in the next Presidential election, to
the great Statesman of the West.