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Mt. PLEASANT MAKAwAo, }
East Man, May II, 1914 (

=" OF one thing um glad, aud on
this account. anne accused Of having
lei, ,hs board RICH. LII this be known.
Rev. Lowell Smnh writes to Rev Mr.
BIochan', that some If those VINO hav,
i-fl the board are SAL to be very poor. M
Richards and DR. Judd are government
men. Dr. JadJ, 1t IS said, has as much
salary US three missionaries. Mr. An
drrws aud myself are the only ones on the
ground who have left HE service of the
board. No" plead guilty TO this charge
Lam ind~ed poor. Snail lei, you AOao
this happens, that after aboring for six
Teen years--and appeal 10 any aud TO ali
of my brethren, if have not worked hard
and t"IthtuILy--,bu. ain poor2 Per-
hars | should always, aud in any circum-
stances, have been poor man. That
can never be known. will simply saw,
that | acquired what education have, al
most entirely by the blessing OF God on
my own efforts, and in 1927, entered the
ministry. In the autumn OF that year,
sailed Tor the Sandwich Islands as a mis-,
sionary Of the A. B. G. F. NJ, and until
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TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.

George L. Hodges William Page and
! twelve Other men of Rutland have r,spol,-
ded to the call oi the 0 we'll Temperance
Society, which WAS copied last uetn fem
. the Ra'land Herald, by urging the friends
o! Temperance 10 meet at Casic,oh on The
! lth inst. Tor the purpose OF nominating
suitable persons us candidates for The Coun
ty Licensing CoMmntee, TO be chosen next
m1ntn.
Another Convention is called 10 be held
al Rutland on The 18Th inst.-proiessedl Y
for the same object. From ii partial &C
quninance with mos. of the si?ners of the
Two calls, judge the last TO scent hui,
stronger Of old king alcohol han the
first This is diificult qars,lon to man
age-to draw the line between Medicines
and Drinks TO tell how far publ: opia.
ION will bear men out, especially Office
seekers, in acting Impar'ioly, g.. has
been my opinion that the sooner the whole
license system was thrown overheard the
better wou d be 1t for community. This ex.
pertinent however must be- tried, and may
BE- ii will result better than | think.
hope those who shall be elected rs Com
missiouers will go straight through one
way or the other, and not tell A. he may
sell, bu, B. he shall not, aud so on through
The alphabet Physicians have already
sufficient license to sell intoxicating Iiq.
uors for medicines; and why will the PEG,
pie oil this State forever debate the qnes-
lion whether it is morally wrong to L.
;ense men to sell intoxicating drinks 3
II 1t is wrong, license none--if right, let
people sell without license, and tax accor
ling TO profits.
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FOR THE VOICE OF FREEDOM,
Letter from judge Hutchinson.

FOR THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
Letter from Judpc Hutchinson.
Ater The most uEhtard ot aud perse
verlng exertlons Of the Two great poltIca
parties, each 10 elect their si,ve ho!d ng
candidate for the next President, cue 10
eXu't IN victory, aud the DINER 10 bear
The dlsdp, Ointment Of defeat, this last let
has t"iIe" upon the wings, do not now
take my PEN 10 express any kIudted "
or sorrow with these parties IN the Euul
result. would rather sympalhize with
both those parties, aud wlh cur common
country in view Of The fact, that there has
0een such contest, carried on wiki such
vehe!nence Of feeling aud action, aud al
such vast expense Of :ime and money,
which could result in nolhog better for
our county, than n victory Of slavery over
freedom, aud giving to Tie shareholders
Of he South and West the lucrative and
Tremendous patronage, which !Oodern ex.
perleuce shows 70 te YES ed ia the Presi
dent OF the United States. Ny otjeci in
wiring, Is TO express wonder That the
leading wings, and The leading papers OF
that party, are so hasly IN casting all the
b anr OF their defeat somewhere, aud in.
Putns II TO some cause, wilhuu, waiting
for information about the facts to guide
their opinion, or considering that different
causes may have had their Influence. -
Their has,y deounciaions of the Liberty
parry in New York, without tnovin.
whether their coaXGg the whlg abolition.
ISIS carried them FIR Cay, or whether
Their attacks upon .he character OF Bruev
drove the democratic aboI.lionists to vo,,
for Polk, reminds me of the story of tht
woman, who, when suddenly vexed with
her husband, as suddcnIy gave the peace
ab!e dog a wofuI Kicking
IL appears TO me- that candid, consider.
ale men among the wings viii not declde
so hastily, but will bestowa thought upon
several things which may have tended TO
this result. A glance a, the apparently |
successful campaign Of 1910 tells the sad |
story, that a northern man could not he |
the wing candidate for Presidea,, without
a stakeholder flashed 10 The no,i,ic,I cor
10 torn The balance ia the Senate, and in
one event, which mich, bannen. and which
has actually occurred, WELD the presiden
Lihl patronage in favor Of The slave in,er.s,
Alter this event, i, would seem s,ranoe.
if that party could command al, their no.
,tical strength in eleclino q sIaveboider
FOR President
Again, their candidate for Presidon,,b;s
wear is M, onlv . s,ov.boI1.r Inn, s,.ad.
undeuiabIv cb,rced with bay,n,r b..n co,
,erned in several duels aud oS co nm, nm
Ter bonds IN rr4v.,, his r.oso,;rr ,bo
,rime. 1t would be strange, if there
were not some Geemsn, scattered over III.
zee States, possessing pielv so SINGER,
md elevated that nothing could induce
hem to voc for such a mao, and, in so do
pg virtually saw, that the commission Of
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From the Vsrssnues vermon,er.

AT meeIDg OF the clllz lis pf Ferris.
burgh called for the purpose OF consider.
ing The case Of Della a Webster, Of this
town, who is now 10 confinement in The
city Jail Of Lexington, Kentucky, on d
charge Of being CONCERNED In entIcing
slaves to cave their masters, held OH Wed
nesday evening the 18Th Of Nov. 1874.
Ine following resolution was adopted
unanimously,
Whereas, reports are IN circulation thro
the public prints pref adicial 10 the char.
acter of D. A Webaer:
KssoIred, That commt,ee BE- appoint
ed by this meeting lor the purpose Of as
cerlaIniug tarough au!nen'Ic SOURCES the
facts il relation 70 the character aud stand.
ing Of the said d. A. Webster, embracing
SO much of her past history as may have
any oterlog upon her present cl'coms'an-
ces.
The following were appointed said com.
mitlee, to vii: Benjamin Ferris, Rowland
T. Robinson, Cyrus PrindIe add Henry
Rogers,
The committee were authorized to pub
ISL this report together win the foreso.
ing proceedings # the meeting.
BENZ. FERRIS, Charm.
Il. 7. ROBINSON, Secty.
The committee appointed by meeting
of the clzan5 of Ferrlsburgh 10 cuqul:e
into the facts in relation to The characlei
Of D1iia Il Webster, &c. made the ~ low,
lag Report;
We dud ny reference to the family rec.
on that D.lla A. Webster is the daugh>
ter Of B3n:i4h aud Esther Webster, and
was born IN The city OF Vergennes in the
county O. Addison, and State of Vermont,
December, II, 1917. The family having
resided lot many years in Versennes-
ot.r neare.: market iowa, and Tor the las
thirteen wears in Forrisburgh. have long
been well known to the committee, as re.
spectat,o c. ztus.
1t appears hat at an early age Della
A., the suoject Of our presen. enquiry, D.
nited with The Congregational ciuf.n III
Vtrlenucs and remained in full fellow. I
ship ~ 70 the lime Of her leaving thi.
part otlne country for HE southwest, be
ing regarded as one of more than oFdina
~ pely and corscirntiousEess. The
committee are wnraated in bearing tests
mopy 10 her unb!emished character and
they have the satisfaction to add that in |
the various relations of life bo.h as a school |
teacher ana as member of civil and re,
iigpous society her department has been |
such as to gain The esteem OF large cir
Gle OF friends WHO deeply sympalhise with |
her in h'r present unhappy condition.
RGAJAM1N FERRIS,
r I. ROBINSON,
CYRuS PRrNDLE, oo"'
HENRY RoGERs,
Ferrsburgh, Nov. 22, 1874.
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the best way Of doing business. Omss~
IONS through inadverence Will sometimes
occu'; but hen an article is thus taken
tn leading editorial, the right 10 lay il
to cdre'e$sneSs looks rather slim. i'll
Make an axe, no her man has "a rghl ~
say he made j,
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J, N. SPENCER, JaiIor.
May Is, 1874"

A PuILoeoPHER.-The last Watch-
man, in drawing encouragement 10 tho
Wigs from the recent presidential Eleo,
tion, adds, &C.," here is. the lhi,d PGysy-
but 1t is PROSTATE "a suicide" In 34l
The Liberty party cast between 6o00and
1000 votes - this year they have cast No.
ween IS 600 and 100000. 10 1870 The
wings obtained 2S4 electoral votes A.
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Glorious uncertainties Of Law.

Ia The IasI EfauicOofO' PEAK, two
Law cases just disposed Of, are reported.
lnuhIug Some ot the readers of the Voice
might wish 10 know how 10 avoid such
'6'eakers,' cohc uded 10 insert them
Read The Repors, who please, and See
whether YOU viii not consider i: worth
Squeezing 10 know how TO Ike, p at proper
distance lrom such suugo' Ia Lar!
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The following advertisement is from
The Nis5$SjpPton, a paper which some
times finds It's way into our Post Office
box, by mistake. What mus. be the
public sentiment Of community, in
which such advertisements can be pub
lished as matters moi at all ou. Of the or
binary way? The Mississiopiao, by the
way, is a thorough Democratic paper!-
Penn Frtsm4n.
"CCMMIF TED to the Jail in this
place, on the 18th of April last, ruDa.
way slave - negro woman who calls
her name CaEE,Y, and says she belongs
TO William tinrrow Of Carroll county,
Mississippi, said woman is stout built,
5 feel / inches high, ard appears to be
about 2C } ears old; size has a band Of ivOu
on EACH anlete, and trace chaia around
her neck, fastened ,oih common pad.
Iock.
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CoLoRFD VOTERS. I, is stated in 6
Portland paper, that there are l4O coored
men vofaIs in tha; city, only FOUR o.
whom voted for Bmney. We DO MOI
doaDs this. Nearly every colored man
entitled 10 vote in Ohio voted fJr Cay
about 900 3o,ored voters in Rhode lsland
did the saoe; while IN Massachusetts and
New York a large portion voted for their
arch eppyessor. In the latter State, two
presses owned by colored men, and some
81 .heiS speakers. dree.ed the whole force
OF their poweS against US. But because
these men are as blind 70 their own Inter
este as iee large majority OF the white
votsYs oil the North, we must not conclude
tina. we should neglec! our duty 10 them
and ourselves. We ighs, it is true. for the
disen.hralment add elevation OF color, d
men, aud colored men oppose Ne in SO do
Ing. But the fight is not for them alone {;
j. is also 10 secure The white race from vi.
innate slavery. We believe ihst he lha
enslaves the black man 10 day, will
enslavo the white at some future day, il
no. checked in time. And We. the whites
oppose Us tor fighting against prospective
white slavery. W. labor for the eleva-
lion ofthe blacks, and me blacks oppose
US; we struggle Ial the security OF the
whites, and he whites oppose US. Well,
we must lament the error of these people.
The time will come, we trust, when both
will he JUST 10 themselves and to each 9Th
er.-.-SpiriI of Libertv
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j. 81 CIR EEN.sSandVvich Islands Mission
In the last Emaucipltor is a letter from
JJnnhan S. Green, who for some Is years
has been a missionary at the Sandwic
Islands. Umll within about two wears.
he was under the patronage and direction
Of he American Board OF Foreign Mis-,
slons. Ii appears that during The sixleeu
years, his patronage amounted 10 nothing
more than The suPpor! Of himself and fam
l'y, aud that, not of the most envlabe kind
1t seems that since MI Green left the
Board, be has ec'lYed support from the
Natives, and, accompanying his letter,
seut twenty dollars for aiding the fugtlvrs
10 Canada, and as much more for lhu Uu-
ion Missionary Society,". The following
is an ex.rac. from Mr. Green's letter, da-
ted
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ewn sharaster and standing in the commu
unity inpera.ively required, and nothing
Nuk what we have the most ehnre and
abiding coufdeace tina, the law will trl-
umphantly sustain 10 ia doi"g.-Mass.
SPY.
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the democrats 60-this year the demo
Gratis have ITO TO the wings los. Now
man who can drawsa conclusion from
these promises, to show that whigism is
on the rise, and the Liber y party ''pros'
trate-a suicide, fought to be taxed tor
his faculty. -Green Mountain Freeman.
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Ou Tue ftso, 0uu INC AtUtT purify pIoS
trate-a suicide, "-ought to be taxed tor
his faculty.-Green Mountain Freeman.
AmER1cAX SLAvEu. The United
States Brig PoIpoise, says the Courier
and Enquirer, arrived at this port IA few
| days since, from the coast of Africa. -
She ID ings intelligence OF the capture Of
the Spanish Slave Brig ,BtIadero. She
was taken 10y British man OF war, OF
course; the patriotism OF our countrym n
torbids their committing such an act. -
| / his is The third time The b. ladere has
been taken having been each time con-
demped and sold, and purchased again
10y the slayers. She was built al Bdlti-
more, aud was sent from that port IN the
frs instance with enigrants for LlbeIia,
and sailed tor llavanna with cargo .!
slaves on her return voyage She was
celebrated Tor her beauty and fast sail
ing, and her capture has caused great
excitement A. S Standard
PHILADELPHIA SLAvETRADER.- The
suhjoined is from the the Liberia HeralI,
'u'S HiCo vi WHtSu We nave just IeCGlV.
ed.
Who is this HILL who lives in Phila-
eIphia, and owns the vessel called the
"Cyrus, engaged in the African slave
trade! Something more must be knGwn
about this matter. Penn Freeman.
From the following information COM
munica,ed forthe Herald by an officer Of
the U, S Brig Porpoise, it will be seen
that American capital is still employed
~ the slave trade, and lhe Americaa dag
still used to cover it.
Il he Cyrus was taken by Fl. b. Nj. !
steamer hydra, The Cyrus was under
Amer can colors, but when boarded by
;he Hydras toats she hauled down the
American ias aud threw it into the sea-
also bundle thought to her papers.
The Cyrus belongs to Phladel ph,a -
owned "y--iiall. She had slaves
on board.
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not but express to my fellow travellers
my astonishment at the rapidity and
force Of the march of a popular Ameri-
can movement.
Before | conclude, | must add a word
on the position of Louisiana. By what
arithmetic or learning the wings arrive
at "cheering newso from that State, l
am wholly at a loss to determine
When they count greatly on the fact;
that Mr.. Morse, representative elect
from the 9TH district, received a much
smaller majority than his predecessor,
they forget that the lamented BossieI
was the most popular man in the State,
with the single exception Of Gov. Nor
ton; and while they rejoice in major
ity on Joint BALLOT in the Legislature, a
Circumstance wholly attributable to To-
cal and personal considerations, they
lose sight of the important fact, that at
this moment there is in session at Jack
son, a convention for re-adopting or
altering the constitution of the State,
a large majority Of which is Democrat
ic, and in the election Of whom, party
feeling was infinitely more excited and
agitated than in the election of mem
bers Of the Legislature. Louisiana is
too jealous. Of foreign influence on A
american soil, too closely allied to Tex
as, to stain her pure and glorious es-
cutcheon with the desertiono of her Tex
an children; but with her sisters of the
South, will show herself worthy of her
old renown and republican integrity.
| am your obd't sery't,
ARIES.
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dous looking cracker, wearing a broad
brim hat with Grape, Il never saw a
man south Of latitude thirty-three that
did not wear white hat with Grape,
and proceeded to admonish him that
the jury wereyery much in the habit
Of coming in drunk with their verdict,
and that if it happened in this case he
would discharge the prisoner, and put
the punishment upon him. The bail
if gave a significant glance at the
( judge, and replied that other people
beside the jury came into court
drunk, when some people were drunk
themselves The jury then retired,
ane so did my friend
The next day he returned, and found
matters in statu quo, except that Day
and his wife had made up, and We're
discussing the merits Of an old fowl and
Ia quart of beer, and now and then
interchanging kisses, despitethe frowns
ard becks of the officers. The Judge,
clerk and sheriff, had been up all night
and looked wolfish; and the ballltt was
seated on his white hat at the door Of
the jury room; and his face indicated
that he had swallowed the concentra-
ted venom Of a thousand wild cats
The most awful curses, oaths and
sounds proceeded from the jury rooms
some were roaring like lions, some
crying like children, mewing like cats,
neighing like horses, &c. At last a
short consultation was held at the jury
room, between the foreman and the
bailif; whereupon the latter, patting
his hat one-sided on his head, came
into the court,ro room and addressed the
Judge thus: ''Mister, Tom Jakes says
the Jury can't agree about this here
man; and if you keep him (that is, Tom
Jakes) without grog any more, he'll
whip you on sight . The judge ap
pealed to the bar if this was not a con-
tempt of court-and" Green and Lump
kin's Georgia Justice" having been
consulted, it was finally decided that
it was threat addressed to the Judge
as a private individual, and was to
Gwhip him on sight, and not on the
bench, it was not, under the free and
enlightened and democratic principles
Of Georgia legislation contempt Of
court. This being settled the judge
directed the bailifft to say to Tom Jakes,
the foreman, "the jury should agree if
they staid to eternity" The ballif' re-
tired and SO did my friend-but he gives
it as his opinion, from the frame ofmind
in which he left all parties, the jury
and bailiff are still there,
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England on the North-we would have
her on the extreme West-we would
have her on the Banks of the Sabine,
the Arkansas and the, Red River
With her Islands dotting the gulf Of
/ Mexico, we would be surrounded with
British power. Opposition to Texas
is friendship to Great Britain. OPP
pose the annexation, aside from the
national and political Importance Of
Texas, and you open to Britain the
greatest cotton growing country In the
world. You give to that tyrant and
robber power a secure resting place for
her Vaccinations against the United
States. You give her what should be
a home market for the sale Of our man
ufactures and agricultural products
You give Great Britain monopoly Of
Terian markets and commerce. Eng
lands flag would float in the ports Of
Texas to the injury Of our commerce
British goods would food both Tex
as and the Union to the injury
of our manufactures and revenue
and British intrigue would have a
clear field to operate to the creation Of
civil war in the South, and the prob
able downfall Of our republican institu-
tons. Democrats, Americans of eve
~ party, how can you hesitate for a.
single moment, to raise your voices a.
gainst the British opposition to the an
nexation of Texas
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From the Ne,c York Plebean.


ggAaNExATIoN OF TExAs=v1Ews OF
THE BRITISH GovERNMENT-stTH
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY MUST NOT BE
LOST"
We subjoin an extract from an ar
ticle in the Edingburgh Review, Of
1841, in regard to the importance of
Texes as a commercial ally of Great
Britain. 1t should be read by the
merchant, the manufacturer, the oper-
ative, the cotton growers, the traders,
laborers and agriculturists of all kinds.
1t should be read by every man who
loves our institutions, no matter to
what party he belongs:
"The foundations of the new repub-
lie (says the Review may be said to
be laid in the principle of free trade
Her wealth consists in her raw produce,
her wants in manufactured articles
Our utmost demand for cotton may,
and in a great measure will, probably,
ere long, be supplied from Texas; and
no fantastic scheme of encouraging
imperfect manufactures of her own will
be allowed, we may be sure, ever to
sacrifice her true source of prosperity
by refusing to take the wrought goods
of Manchester and Birmingham in ex-
change for the produce of her SOIL
Here, then, we have a security against
that entire dependence on the COM
merce of the United States, which with
all its pacific influences, contemplated
without apprehension. Texas will Ell
Their repeal the Tariff Of the United
Stateso or nullify its operator; and how
ever States and factions may job in
Congress, and produce general sys-
tenn of prohibition, as the result Of the
dishonest combination between the
manufacturers Of New England and
the sugar planters of Louisiana, the in
dependence of Texas and the identifi-
cation of its interests with the prlnci-
pies Of free trade, will secure to Great
Britain market where she can buy
and sell in defiance of any unwise le-
gislation that may be adopted at Wash
ingt0n.'
/ Who so blind as not to perceive
that refusal to re-annex Texas to the
Union, is in fact permitting that mag
nifcent country to fall in the arms Of
England Whata dreadful catastro-
phe would this be- We would have