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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26
CLEAR THE TRACK" FOR
Railroad Stotk~-Impi ovemenl In Survey,

The first surrey Of the railroad route
through this section ofthe State looked So
trighliul tina, many who were able to 'aEo
stock, were deferred for the tine being
bn: an improvement! having been effected
from RotIlud 10 Mjddi,bury, me people
are more fully awake 10 the subject, Men
who were kept back from The appearance
Of said report Of survey ard from the de-,
cep'ions practiced by some OF our Eastern
competitors begin TO see things 10 their
true light, and will now go nheAd. te-
lieve Mr. FELTON, gave US bu! II miles Of
level on the uhole roate; while the las,
survey from Sutherland. Fails 10 Middle
bury, % miles The grade will not exceed 5
feet 10 The mile, and bot halt mile in dis.
lance is added The people nav see from
this, what may be effected in other places.
The reports OF tf,ils in several towns du>
ring the last week, hive net yet recched
us. Rutland has co nc up'o $4,000.
Wa'lingford has just percd her eyes add
go, up'o $40 900. Brandon tells now for
Sll6,4O0, and will oe good for more
believe ii is safe estimate TO say the p.o-
PIC On and adjoining the Western route
will be good for 81 500, 900. The sky is
cIear; then clear the track, and nuke
way for The engines and cars.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26
Annunciation."~NO. 3.

From expressions noticed in d ff.teDi
papers, respecting my annuncialion, ] per-
ceiye that some OF the editors, either did
not understand my views or chose to keep
back part. The G,esa Mountain Free.
man represents me as pulling down The
Liberty Party coors, mud Anging gu, The
pale fig 0! neutrality. The Woodstock
Mercury reprcs"nts NE as renouncinc tho
advocacy Of political ncrion in doing away
slavery. The Vermont Patriot and Bret
ueboro Picnic understand alike as 10 tie
sen'men, advanced, aud give, so far rs
they 60, correct version o! my nriicip.
Friend Marsou OF The Patriot, however,
furnishes an 0ppendose 10 my annunca-
ton which think best 10 ca. of before is
size increases grea, deal. The aprcnI
age | aIude 10 is The last clause Of " ha.
follow. We are rotdisl l,as,d at his,
tannuncioion) for we have no belief ir,
or sympathy for, third parties Of any scr;
but we susprc The finger Of Gov S ade Is
in the matter" We all know TIM, Gov.
Siadc has rather long fingers Ard that lie
has had them in UncIe Sans ehi the
Green Mountain States Cribs pretty con.
siderable many times; feeling ! suppose
for remuneration corn Perhaps this has
heightened them somewhat. Blu, MS to
their reaching in'o that 'annuncia,ion' mat.
ter, | must clear hun. and every o,hcr
man, For, happening to think some Kind
friend might surmise there W lule
bargaining, aud possibly corruption in
the change, thought BIS, 10 keep the
matter to myself until should pu, The de.
sign in editorial, and thus give 10 Just
GROUND for chargiug any one wi con.
nrlng with me 10 the matter. If that IS
satisfactory, Itrus, neishbor Marson will
say SO.
AS 10 the idea Of neutrality fl G.
have no thought Of taking one a. present
aud # should ever find such looking
thing, | very much doubt Whether could
practice neutrality on tie an,islnvery, or
any other moral or political question. A
man mus; be either for or against, asV
movement
AS to my renoun eiLg political sc,i, n
against slavery. think it cauoo; be found
/" the article alluded 10 BY friend Haskell
OF The Mercury. wiII now say to all
who do not already understand my views
OF the question Of slavery and of the
means to be used in removing it, that |
believe in acting poiiticaUy, so far rs we
consti'uionalIy can, in removing tho
shackles We have politically put on. Bm
" does bot necessarily follow that we must
have d!slloct organization to effect This
Nof does 1t follow that we mus place 20.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26
VOICE Or FREEDOM,
BRANDON. Thursday June 26, 1915.

"CAssIus NJ Claws paper has rot
yet been received a, This cfi:c. II he Gun
afford ii he is requested 10 forward copy
that the readers oil The Voice may know
wha! is going On in KDnucky.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-06-26

The HALF OUNCE LETTER. 4 writ
er in the DoyIeston dice Branch has
been AT gre at pains TO ascertain how
much can be transmitted for five cents -
An avoirdupois half ounce is 2ls al
grams. Waters one grain. Sealing wax
usual quantity, five grains. A shee, of
fooscap weighs l72 grains. Letter pa
per, 1876 Small envelopes, 45 grains, -
largo 50, You can send 800 miles n
letter for five cents, containing, viz: the
sheet Of letter paper enclosing seven
bank notes sealed with wax; or the Lett
ter and three bank notes in an envelope.
Half sheet of letter paper with half
eagle enclosed under wax. A sheet
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paper with quarter eagle enclosed, Sc,
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on envelope sealed with wafer One
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With wax or wafer These calculations
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10 throw their business, as an acquisition,
into the commercial capital OF New Eng
land. They ask Boston to Judge fairly
between them and their rivals will not a
Aasty adverse determination agains, them
drive their enterprise, their zeai, and their
capital TO seek connection with their an
ciea, aud more distant markel2 G.
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V O L. VII. N G.. /.

are based upon the ordinary letter paper
in use. BY using very thin French pa
paer,a greater number OF sheets 90 to the
half ounce Of course. Express
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
r O e g D g ~ .

The latest accounts give no intimaticn OF
change in the posture of Mexico towards this
country. The determination seems to be to
stand at bay, and maintain an attitude OF deh-
ance and quas-war. From the first we have
predicted the adoption of just such policy as
Mexico lie now pursuing. Her impotence pre-
vents the prosecution Of active hostilities, while
the ehagrih of the nation equally forbids 90
turn to the cordial relations of peace. Az the
only alternative, amiddle course is determined
on, and sulky semi-bellicose attitude is as
sumed. III the meanwhile this relation OF nom
intercourse between us and Mexico suits very
well with the industry Of Great Britain. As
long as the embargo lasts, British merchants
and manufacturers will enjoy q monopoly of
the Mexican market. They can pourin their
merchandise and fabncs without the risk Of
competition from Yankee enterprise. Indeed,
Mexico for all useful purposes now belongs to
England The politicssof the country are en-
tirely under the control Of British diplomacy,
and every ingot dug from the mines is drsined
into the Golfers of British capitalists. England
has no colonial procession, yielding larger
revenue, or presenting to her subjects swidor
field for enterprise and speculation. 1t may
well be supposed, therefore, that the existing
state Of things COMFORTS admirably with the
views of the English cabinet, and that strong
influence will be sxerted 20 Prolong con
tinuance. What course our own Government
will pursue in The premises remains yet to be
seen. 1t is certainly NOT, for our advantage to
protract the non-mfercoursc which shuts out
our citizens from the Mexican commerce. A
state Of belligerency is much to be preferred to
the passive hostility Of existing relations. But
the magnanimity Of our Government and the
consideration that we are dealing with an im-
potent enemy will doubtless dictate a policy Of
long-sufering and forbearance. Yet there
should be limit to the indulgence even Of such
feelings; and after the lapse of reasonable
time, if Mexico still persists in maintaining an
unfriendly and menacing attitude, sense of
duty 10 our own citizens and the CONSUMING
ton of their interests must induce the Amer-
can Government to coerce our neighbor into
terms.
Mexico should be compelled to "defne her
positiep''-to declare. for peace or for war
1nffssAho ssrrvns n. sasure il. taken for that
purpose, it may be expected that our present
ambiguous relations will continue; and, for a
long time to come, Mexico will be closed as
efecually against our commerce as by the de-
claration of an embargo.-N o. BuRetia
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18

On Monday last was well attended and ad-
dressed by Messrs, Ewing and Singleton, two
of our candidates, in answer to the call made
upon them by The committee at a former meet
ms, Both gentlemen expressed themselves
favosablsto the object ofthc meeting, and in
behalf of heir respective colleagues, who were
absent, announced that they were also in favor
Of It. A Committee was also appointed TO
draft memorial to the next Legislature, to be
carried and presented by those elected as rep
resentatives.
On opr first page will be found two articles
from the vicksburg Wing on this subject,
which we commend to the attention, not only
of the mechanics, but OF every voter and rea-
der
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
From Texas.

On the 9th ult., the Treasurer's office at A US
tin was destroyed by fire, together with the re.
cords and papers of the department UP to the
commencement of these term OF President
Houston. The National Register has no doub,
that it was the work of an incendiary, who
sought by that means TO destroy existing evi.
dence of defalcation or indebtedness to the
Government. The Secretary of the Treasury
had announced his intention of placing the
books and papers of his department, in con
dition to exhibit fully the accounts Of debtor
and defaulters previous to the change of gov
eminent; and this circumstance, together with
the facts that the house was uninhabited ant
not near any other building, go far to show the
supposition well founded.-.M o. BuLletin.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
Iudge Battaile.

Extract from letter from Madison County.
81 receive cheering Intelligence from every
precinct in relation TO the prospects of our tick
ct in this county, and unless the signs Of the
times greaty deceive me, we shall have menu
Der, il nottwo, from Madison, in the next Leg
islature. Judge Bat,aie has proven himself to
be worthy of the aioeman's steel;" and though
he may be defeated, Gas I hope he will no y yet
he may we'll say with ST. Paul, 81 have fought
the good fight, ! have kept the faith"
.Nisisuppian.
From the above it will be seen what are the
hopes of our opponents in this comfy. We
gave last week evidence from reliable source
of the state of North Mississippi, and this week
Of part Of South on the ''Infernal Bill" When
these of our party have been disposed to vote
against US for this reason,see that their cause is
hopeless, will they not come back and do their
duty like men!
We know there is an objection with some TO
one of our candidates. They certainly cannot
deny that he's at least as well qualified as any
Of his opponents. They cannot deny that he
has ever hesp onsistent, honest and honorable
as politician. And il he has been guilty OF
an error as q man, for that one error will you
sacrifice your own party and vote for men who
have acted and still act with such men as
Van Buren,, Butler, &c. Those honest men and
politicians! Reflect before you pledge or give
your vote. ..
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
ITO be continued
For the Creole

For the Creole. q
''Friend Of my SOUL" dost thou think of me
Thou'st been my thoughts by day, my dream,
atnight;
Imagination, with airy pinions free, "a
In every changing scene still fondly turns to
thee.
When twilight with its sombre mantle dressed
Hath freed the full heart from its load Or care,
Then lot my image in thy bosom. rest
Sacred a. s.bis sweet hour, ens. sned w
When you walk abroad and view tie stars at
even
Think upon lonely being whom you've be-
frenGed,
And she will meet your gaze upon the face Of
heaven
With grateful recollection forall your kindness
given.
At evenings close, when all the worlds at
rest,
And thy feverish browl cooled by moistening
dews,
Let SOFT Whisper steal within thy breast,
Telling tale Of love with rainbow promise
dressed.
If friendship be SO blest as poets are wont to
to sing,
Then it must be purer love made calm and
gentle;
Let us indulge in this, bu; keep it pure az spring
When bnda maid he ebn l.
MARBLE love on downy wing.
Sweet evening stars that usherest in the moon,
How many thoughts ascend to thee in signs
How many dreams, how many hopes all wrecked
too soon:
Alas! that time should bring us nothing else
but gloom.
MANA
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
To the People of Mississippi.

FELLow-CIrIzEss Having become a candi
date for the Office of Chancellor of the State, |
deem it my duty to state to you the grounds
upon which ! expect or desire to receive your
support ..,....4.f .s,s
have beeu a citizen of the State twenty
four years. I was engaged in the practice OF
law from 1921 until 1927, when | was elected
by the Legislature to the Office of Judge of the
Criminal Court of Adams County, which Office
held about FIVE years. In 1888 was elected
by the people of the Second Judicial District Of
the State to the Office of Judge of the Circuit
Court of that District. held this Office during
the constitutional term Of four years. believe
that discharged the duties of these Offices in
a satisfactory manner. Itmay not be improper
for me TO add that whilst acted as Judge Of
the Criminal Court only two of my opinions
were accepted to by counsel, and that in neith-
or case were the exceptions sustained; and that
although ffty thousand cases were tried and
determined before me while acting in the ca
pacity Of Circuit Judge, no decision or legal
OPT MON made or delivered by me in any Of
them was ever reversed or overruled by the
Supreme Court during my term Of service. fer
as a Judicial funetionary, it was not my aim OF
desire to acquire reputai ion for readiness OF
decision Of Judgment at the expense ofmy own
conscience or the risk Of committing errors By
which one Of the parties might be injured, but
my great and only object was to decide correct,
~. H-elr ~
( The gentlemen Of the Bar who are presume
10 desire ali the information that can be obtain.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18

Big Thunder found Guihy.-A letter from
Hudson, of the 30th ult., states that DIR. Bough'
ton (Bg Thuhder,) was found guilty by the
Jury, and at 2 O'Clock Judge Edmonds called
the Court to order. The prisoner was ther
brought in, and ordered to stand up and say
"why sentence should not be passed upon
him!'' Bough,on arose, and in low tone sta.
ted that he wished for few days enity, in or
der that he might see his wife and settle his
family affairs, which request was finally COM
piled with. The Judge then addressed the
prisoner at some length, and concluded by pro-
nouncing his sentence to be "confnement in
the Clinton County State Prison during the
term Of his natural life.n-.N Y. Herald.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
M A r X | ED

In Attala county, Miss, on the 9th inst, by
the Rev. J. T. Russell, James McA dory, Esq.,
of Kosciusko, to Miss Jane A. Buford, Of Tenn.
In this place on the 18th, inst, Mr.. Alfred
Galloway, to Mrs. Eliza Dinkins.
In this place on the l4th, inst, DR.. Charles
Galloway.io Miss Elizabeth A. Dinkins.
Accompanying the last two, of The above
announcements, we received liberal portions
of cake and wine, for which theyhave our best
wishes. The bride that shares her cake with
the Printer, shall certainly lead long and
prosperous life. We convey our best wishes
in these two lines:
May your union ever be,
A real Of love and harmony.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18

lcoumunity saS sudS work has hithsr,o 80
OK orbtan,ly Nigh with cs--highss, pethabsb
thar any otlacr Stale Q fstbe ur.ioss 3D., ~
the profits Of mechanical labor, notwithsta nd
ling The influence of tue. present Penitentiary
! system, axe now moro than 100 per cent. highs
er than those of the agriculturist; 4tl, that an
unfair competition on the past Of the State has
been etTectually guarded against by an act Of
the last Legislature, prohibiting the sale Of ar
ticles manufactured in the Peniienlary Of les
than the regular markctprice Of similar fabrics;
9Th, That, il the objection be ienable IN the
case under consideration, il might be fastioaz.
" urged, with equal force, against the sndgrar
ton Of mechanics, the importation or minus
features, or The employment Of slaves asarti-
sans. ~
AS to the objection, that il degrade, n,eetani-
cal pursuits, it seems TO SAVIOR very strongly Of
the Phariseos: those respectable udividualss
so highly commended by our Savior, felt SO
holy horror of the sinner, that, to escape the
lcontanination of his touch, they passedovef
10 the other side of the way. Such sensitiye-
ness is not the highest evidence of pure religion
or sound morality. Those only, whose pretepS
tons are questionable, ever manifest so much
fastdousness. If SIN and crime degrade the
pursuits, through which men are enabled to
live, we are all equally unfortunate; for 'sthe,
trail Of tie serpent is over them all.v There
is no peculiar honor or disgrace attaching to
one occupation rather than another il itafiord
the means Of an honest support. 1t is not the
Office, but the conduct Of its incumbent, that
| gives or takes away responsibility.
"IIonor and shame from no,condiuon rise; n
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
YOU'LL find, il once the monarch acts the monk,
Or cobler-like, the parson will be drunk,
Worth makes the man, and want Of it the fellow 1
| The rest is all but leather or prunella,"
II, then, the pursuit, in which an individual
may be engaged, cannot, of itself, affect HE
standing in the estimation Of thinking com<
munny, it would seem passing strange tbat,hV
infamy Of others, pursuing the same vocations
should drag him down from his high estates
But, let it be granted for the sake OF argumenq
that the objection is trus-Aat IL does degrad(
mechanical pura1its. The Penitentary convictl
must labor, must be employed in some way 3
otherwise, it would be better at once, to convex
the Pentcntary into Luuaic Asylum for t6e|
benefit of these agitators. Employ them al
you will, those laboring in the same fold may
s;ar the objection, which has been raised By
the mechanics,-laat ii tends TO degrade aseif
employment. And, at lenglh--if the position'
contended for be conceded-we may expecttoi
hear the startling declaration, that the concicis
should not be employed at all, because Il deyrades
labor. To such ridiculous extremes will men
run, when they once lose sight of principle.
ARATOR.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1845-10-18
New York Politicians.

On our first page will be found some letters
extracted from sshe Book of Mckenzie. OF
their authenticity, there cannot be the least
doubt. Bennett acknowled ges that those at
tributed to him are genuine, aud say that be
has some letters in his possession which will
place Van Burenism and Tylerism in still
worse light. O
The letters which we have given this week,
are speeipens only. The profiigacy, hypocrisy
and indeceney of men who have filed the
highest stations in our country, and for the
last fifteen years controlled its affairs, is only
>dimly shown by them. We are informed that
other letters fl exceed these in every respect.
No wonder that every attempt made by the
Wings to obtain commissions to examine into
the exemptions Of ths party in power has been
frustrated.
Wicked and reckless as we know the Alba
ny Regency and New York politicians gener-
ally to be, we confess we never thought them
qeiA 50 oeat as to entrust their rogueries to one
another, "Honor among thieves,- like many
other old sayings, is not always true, as this
ease proves. Ills really laughable to see the
" tsscoo tApcoco fhtaihs, Ut
-noaaeinV the suth or Of this book'for breach
'ofcsn6denes or Pitt larceny. whail when
ths pious B. r. 6s<lAg, through the agency of a
Bsnk, was stealing thousands upon thousands
/. from the peep,s, shall the poor Mckenzie be
denounced for stealing . few old lstiersi And
when that same Batter is getting the syoung
Ratrsosr drunk, and manufacturing practical
H. tina. shroueh his innocent agency, the poo
pie may be deceived and cheated, shall they
-sAlk a breach Of eon6dencel Such men have
no sight 10 expect honor or honesty from one
to The csher, when they do not show it ia their
transactions with the rest Of the world. We
do not attempt to justify Mckenzie, hut ne say
these men have no right TO complain. Were il
not for such men ss he, how often would crime
90 unpunisned. Society has the riehsto make
nee Of such disclosures, and 90 FAR ss in US
liss, fhsy shall hsvethe benefit. More letters
In our next.
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For The Creole.
The Penftentiary and the Mechanic,

The Pennentiary and the Mechanics
Attcml is have been made from time to time
during ,he last three years, to agtate the pub
lie mind as to the propriety of changing the
present direction of convict labor in our Peni-
Tertiary. This movement, originating with
certain small-fry politicians end lazaroni me.
chanics in the city Of Jackson, has at length
assumed The respectaJiity ofa regular o0ice-seek-
ing hunabgg-an out-and-out hobby, on which
hungry demagogucs are expecting to ride into
the public crib.
The gentry, who constitute the head and
front, the body and breeches Of this (. ciion,
have rarely, If ever, been known to eiitertain
in the tabernacle of the soul more than one
idea at time; and, SO n,onaretieoi are their
views, that they would, by force or fraud. bend
the laws Of nature, the principles of morality,
and the regulations of society, into subseryien-
cy to that solitary tenant of the brain. They
belong to that short-sighted portion of man
kind, who are fanatics in politics and in reli-
gion-inquisitors in the old world, and Church
burners in the new--and are always found the
clamorous and unreasonable advocates Of class
legislation.
Contemplating the wild, chimerical, and ru-
inous schemes of these one-ideaagitators, every
good citizen and sound patriot has great cause
to thank God, that The agricultural interest is
sasasle eeeonirol1g he liquidation oftts country.
Impoten. are the schemes of the professions to
live upon the toiiing million, vain the combi-
nations Of tie crafts for the purposes of plum
der, whilst our rights are thus protected from
aggression by hardy, laborious, contented,
and virtuous yeomaniy!
So much by way OF Internationally OBJ
ject is to examine, as briefly as possiblr, the
prominent objections urged against the Peni-
Tertiary system, as regards the present direc-
ton OF convict labor; and then to offer some
considerations in favor Of continuing that sys-
ten. The objections understand to be list
that il diminishes the profits Of mechanical la.
Dor: I'd, that it degrades mechanical pursuits
To the objection, that IL diminishes Dae profit
Of mechanical labor,i it may be replied: LIST, that
the employment Of one hundred inferior york
men in the Penifentiary can scarcely produce
a Perceptible effect upon the substantial in
ierests Of eve thousand superior .workmen: I'd,
that reduction in the price Of mechanical
work is demanded by the interests Of the whole