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VOICE OH [E[lIRl AlDDEIo
SATURDAY, JULY S. 1915.
Letter from Chssius Nj Clay to the Anti
Slavery Convention at Cincinnati,
LEXINGTON, May 18th, 1915.

LEXINGTON, May 18th, 1915.
MessrS S u Chase d others Committee, dc:
GENrLEMEN--l have some time srce
received your letter Of the 2lst ult., invit-
ing me to attend Convention, to be held
In Cincinnati, on the | lth day Of jane
next, Of call who, believing hat whatever
is worth preserving in RepublcaniSm,
can be maintained ONLY by eternal and I'M
compromising war upon the cTlmlnaI
Ssurpalions of the slave power are resolv,
ed 30 use all constitutional and honorable
means 10 effect the extinction OF slavery in
their respective States, aud lis reduction TO
its constitutional limits in the Uni'ed
States pa have held your invitation I'M
der respectful consideration, aud whilst !
appreciate your kindness, ard should be
gratied TO meet you personally in coun>
Gil. must beg leave to decline being pres.
tnl on that occasion. The language used
by you is my own: it WAS written on the
event OF the gross usurpatlon, by the two
houses OF Congress, of the treaty making
power, which is vested by the Constitu>
lion exclusively in the Senate, repres mt
ing in action lwo>thirls Of the sovereign
States OF The Republic, instead Of mere ma
jorities Of quorums in each house; aud
This too, with the avowcd purpose of ad-
ding Stare territory ,d3his Union by which
YOU and we're 10 be deprived yet more
and more Of our equal right of representa-.
ton in our OWE government. But this
language also applies TO systematic de-
sign on the part OF the slave party relent-
rssly pursued from the formation o! the
Union to the present hour, to subject the
free labor OF this country to the slave Ia
Dor, and to make the freemen OF the rerub>
lie tributary to The Shareholders OF the
Countrywide slaves Of slaves, BY suppress
sing the right o! petition, trial by jury, Lbs
crty of speech, freedom of the press, and
the right Of bnbeas corpus. IN view Of
all which dcopolic acts, q speak NOT now
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STEAMBOAT ST. CRoIx off Bloom }
ington, Iowa, June 4, 1915, {
Writing is practicable only when the
boat is lying still which is at about hour.
ly intervals, land from five to fifteen min,
utes at time. Nothing transpired wor.
thy Of note on my way from Madison
to Galena. the impression, however
was distinct and strong, that better coun
try than eastern Wisconsin can easily be
reached by those who are not satisfied 10
'let well alone From AztaIan to Gal
ena, with the exceptions Of Madison,
Mineral Point, and Plattevile, there ap-
pears to be hardly the average of doz
en- settlers to township. A world OF
beautiful openings and prairie remains
to be filled up; less frosty, and more
fertile than the ne ghborhood Of the Big
Lake
The Wheat crop now growing, is al
most unexceptionably uxurant, afford
ing promise OF an abundant harvest; and
remoteness from market is out of the
question, as present prices clearly indi>
cate Price at Aztalan, 81 per bushel;
at Mineral Point and PattvIIe S. per
Darrell; at Galena, $3.50 per barrel
The abundant supply, and brisk demand
tor lead, continue to occasion a strange
neglect to cultivate one of the finest
countries on earth. At Mineral Point, |
visited one ofthe smelling furnaces, and
several Of the diggingsi and from careful
inquiry of diggers, smelters, printers,
merchants &c, ascertained the follow
ing facts AT Mineral Point, eleven
hesrths are in operation the year round,
with triAing exceptions, smelling on an
average, twenty one hundred pounds
each, per day, or about seventy tons per
week, This is stated by intelligent bu.
siness men, 10 be about one fourth ofthe
quantity shipped at Galenu. The dig
gings within the Territory wisconsin,
are Mineral Point Sugar River, Platter
vile, Potosi, &C, White Oak springs,
where the mineral is literally quarried,
probablythe richest lead ore in the world,
is nearly on the line between the Terri-
tory and Illinois. From the statement
of Messrs. Hampstead and Co., princi
pal shippers at Galcna, the quantity Of
the current year, is not likely to be loss
than sixty millions of pounds OF this
quantity, about three fouuhs are obtain
ed east of the Mississippi 1t is said
that the quantity ofthis year will soil al
about sixteen hundred and fifty thousand
dollars S2,75per hundred Is about the
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THE BIG CHINESE LIE TIER
tC0p !


The GREAT EMPEROR presents his
regards to the PREsID EMIT, and trusts HE
is we'll.
The EMPEROR having looked up and
received the manifest WILL of HAWK,
hold the reins of Government over, and
soothe and tranquilize the Central Flor
cry Kingdom, regarding all within and
beyond the border seas as one and the
same family,
Early in the spring, the ambassador Of
your honorable nation, Caleb CuShing,
having received y0~r letter, arrived from
afar at my pr0rincs Of We. He having
passed over the vast oceans with I'M
speakabe toll and fatigue, | the Empe,
ror, not bearing to cause him further
inconvenience Of travelling by land and
water. TO dispense with his eon1tng TO
Pehlng to be presented at c0~rt,specal-
y appointed He Yieng, of the IMPERIAL
HOUSE minister and commissioner extra,
ordinary, to repair thither, and to treat
him with courteous attention
Moreover they having negotiated and
settled all things proper the said minister
took the letter, and presented it for MY
INSPECTION, and YOUR sincerity and
friendship being in the highest degree
real, and the thoughts and sentiments
being with the utmost sincerity and truth
kind at the time of opening and perusing
it, my pleasure and delight were exceed
ingly profound.
All and everything they had settled re.
gafdlng the regulation Of commerce the
EMPEROR, further examined with utmost
scrutiny, and found they were all perspi,
cuous, entirely and perfectly judcious,
and forever worthy of adherence.
To Kwang Chow, Hen Nun, Fuh
Chow, Ming Pc, and Shang Ha, it is
alike permitted the citizens orthe United
States, to proceed and according to the
articles Of the treaty, at their conveu-
fence to carry on commerce.
Now, bound by perpetual amity and
concord, advantage will accrue to the
citizens ofboth nations, which trust,
must certainly cause the President also
to be extremely satisfied and delighted
loan Kwang, Gath year, l lth mo and
9TH day 10th Dec. A. ID 1874.
Great seal ofthe en- { Sgnet of)
pire in Chinese and : the impe-
Tartar. I rial will,
(Signed) PETER PARKER,
Late Chinese Secretary 10 the l. e.
CATION.
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From The Cleveland Herald.
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From the Cleveland Herald.
The Fireman.
Amid the flames he stood,
Aud the white smoke foImed his wreath
And the swelling waves ofthe fiery flood
Came surging from beneath.
The cracking tinhers reeled-
And the brands came cleaning down,
Like the scattered wealth that the forest yields
When their AUTUMN leaves are brown
! he tempest howird in wrath
And the fire wheeled mudly on,
And the emhers far, on the winds wild path,
Through the muky night hud gone.
Yet there, in his pride he stood,
With q steady hand, and strong;
And his axe came down on the burning wood,
Fill the heart of the old oak rung.
There WINS many nm earnest eye,
through the rolling smoke, that gaZed
While he stood with his duuntless soul. high,
Where the hottest fre-brands blazed.
And prayers were faltered forth
From the aged and the young;
For the safety Of many household hearth
On the strokes ofhis strong arm hung.
There was many proud knight there,
With his mantle round him rolled
Tint aloof in the light Of thai sweeping fire,
Stood shiyering in the cold.
And Oft from the fremen's bands,
A summons for ali WAS heard;
But never the tips Of their well gloved hands,
From their erLlincd cloaks were stirred.
Aud no white and ferven lip,
For their welfare or safety prayed;
For no cldren's veal aud no mothers hope
In The strength Of their arm was stayed.
Were searching carth's mingled throng,
For shelter, my claim would he
hand like that FIREmAN's, nerved s. strong,
And a fearless heart for me.
Cleveland, Feb Is, 1915.
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Something that should be looked

TO The Elitor Of The Richmond Wig:
GENTLEMEN--Il was with some degree
of surprise that have lately been inform
that there is now in our city three Negro
Sabbath Schools under operation. was
incredulous Of the fact OF their existence
until last sabbath morning. A spirit OF
inquiry caused me 10 visit 81. James's E.
piscOpal church. where | saw assembled
several hundred Negro children, together
with somGgrown ones, asked wha: it
meant, and was informed that it was a
Sunday School for Negroes. Whether
there be restrictions or not as to the extent
they are to be taught, am not aware-but
would respectfully ask hose who are con-
cerned in the matter 10 give The intorma>
ton.
am clearly for allowing servants all
religious privileges consistent with their
condition. 1t is ii pleasure, 10 doubt, to
them to assemble 10 worship God accord
ing 10 the lights before them it is graf
iftarion 10 owners Of Slaves 10 see them
:hus interested but, am of opinion that
it is clearly against the policy Of our Slave
in the capacity Of Sunday School Scholars,
TO receive instruction, no matter of Uhat
Kind Those who are engaged in the oc-
cupalion may assume i, through motives
of philanthropy, but ] doubt very much il
they have counted the injury that may re-
sull to the community at large, by mis-
guided idea of christian kindness and be
nevoIence. Do not cOnstrue nv words
into an intention to impugn the good mo,
uves Of persons thus engaged in this ito
me) dangerous enterprise, but on de-
sire 10 have this m,lter attended to before
evils arise whichwould be difficult to quell.
II this measure is ohc that has been con
sider,d by the proper authorities, and
granted because of il belief that il may A.
me!iorale the condition OF our slave popu-
Iaton in any religious point Of view, and
that it has been sanctioned by the commu-
nifty who are TO suffer any evil that may
result trom this plan, Their it is enough
that this matter should only be represent
ed in its proper light in its infancy.
have always conceived It doubtful
policy 10 allow Negroes TO worship in
masses exclusively of slaves those re-
strcions which are necessarily placed
upon them by The preseuce of white per-
sons is removed, aud they are left free TO
act upon any measure their iuclinations
or some of The more crafty may suggest
hope this may call the attention Of the
public 10 his affair those who feel inter,
csted in the matter should examine the
law in relation 10 The course, before they
proceed farther A CITIZEN,
In reply 10 the above article probably,
aud to aIlay the excitement produced, The
rector Of s., James Church has come ont
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Letter from VIM. ii. Seward to the Ante
Slavery Convention at Cincinnati.

Slavery Convention at Cincinnati.
AUBURN, May ooh 1915.
Geuemen, Your letter of the }.h Of
April, inviting me 10 a rs jutharn and
Western Convention The friends of Con :
slitulional LlbeIty,at Cincinnati" has been
received. You inform me that the Cons
vent on will MT be composed exclusively
Of members Of the Liberty Party, but will
be open 80 all who are resolved 10 use
every constitutional and honorable means
to effect the extinction OF Slavery 10 their
respective States and its reduction to It's
constitutional limits in the United States. !"
am profoundly sensible OF the honor
thus conferred upon me. But uncontrol,
able circumstances concurriog with my
own disposition, oblige me 10 avoid the
political arena and devote myself assidu-
ously to professional pursuits. III could
at all attend a Convention so distant, |
shoad 40, stop to inquire of whom i! was
composed. Il would be enough thai lis
design was to promo.c the abolition OF
Slavery an object whose importance is
paramount to tina, of every other which
engages or can engage the consideration
of the American people.
PERM; me, with the utmost Difference,
10 express hope that the deliberations of
the Convention nav be conducted in
spirit Of wise and enlightened moderation.
have always sympathiscd with Adolf
liouiss too deeply to be Que of those who
buder or cmbarass them, by comp vain
ing of their Incorporate z"al and exposing
the righteousness of their measures
But the cause Of Emancipation has now
reached an Interesting crisis, The senti
men. OF justice TO the African race has at
length become political element too i'm
porlant to be overlooked or dsrcgardcd
BY either OF the great poltical par,ies.-
The rxpcdiency Of practical Emanc'pa-
ton +e~AiIeciIy discussed in one slave
STATE, and thousands are prepared for il in
other States where the institution has
seemed impreguable. is advocates full
10 convince the people that 1t is humane
or necessary, or even harmless anom-
! ally in our constitution. Nevertheless
popular action is checked by alarms con.
corning the threatened dangers of Email
cipa'or, Civil Wars, and Dissolution of
the Union. We live in an age when tie
pacific Influences Of Christianity are
widely dia'used and we shrink from pros.
ecnting even the most benevolent designs
if they seem to involve the calami'ics OF
war. If we anayse the national passion
of patriotism, we shall find it TO cunslst
chiefly in vencra,ion for The Constitution,
and devotion to thc Union Of the States 49,
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WIN a statement from which the U. S
Gazette makes the following extract
any one wants 10 know what Southern
rell2 ION is al the best, he can here have 8
fair specimen
J." The su bScriber, therefore, informs all
whom 1t may concern, that they will be
taught in exact accordance with ,and under
The restrictions imposed by our laws. [See
Tute's Digest: CHI Slaves, Free Negroes.
and Mu'atoes art. l8 sec. l5.l They
Will not he taught to read or write; that,
from the first, was publicly discIaimed.
They vi exclusively, be taught orally !;
they will be taught the great truths and
duties of natural and revealed religion
their duties 10 themselves, their fellow
creatures, and their MAker-lhose things
only that Tend to make them better men
and better servants more trusLy, dutiful,
and obedIent--more virtuous and pious,
more useful, exemplary, aud happy more
aOhat all masters aciSh SerrantS TO BE-
they will be taught all those things which
God commands parents and masters to
teach their children and servants, in order
that they may become wise unto saliva.
uon; and for the purpose of teaching
which all the Sunday Schools in christen-
dom have been established. They will
be taught by white teachers duly au-
thorlz ID, lin the day Time, and not a,
night, for the purpose of giving that re-
IIglons Instruction. for which the above
cited laws of The State make provision u"
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J. HOLCOMB, Editor Il Publisher

OF the right, politIca or natural, the SOW
elelgn States bv municipal law 10 hold thu
African, or any other race. in Slavery
with that, as ii politician, discIaim hav
ing anything to do,) | have not scrupIec
10 denuunce them us ".he criminal usurp,
atoms of the slave power" declare once
more that shall never cease to oppose
them "by speech, by the pen, By the press
and by the ballot" 60 for vindicating
all these rights, by re>estabishing The
broken Constitution, and by Graduating
the root Of the evil so far us | have legal
power. am Tor abolishing slavery in
the District of Columbia, by paying the
masters an equivalent-for enforcing the
I habeas corpus in all the territories aud in
oil places of exclusive national Jurisdiction
for The to'al abolition of all the slave
clauses in The National Constitution, so
soon as il can be done by the ballot box.
The Constitution and laws of the land are
binding on me so long as they exist; but
| utterly deny that there is. or ever was
"mcamt 10 be, any compromise" by
which my ancestors agreed that should
be enslaved any longer than the ballo, in
its omnpotence, could strike of my letters,
aud restore me 10 that political equality
which, in an evil hour, they deemed them
selves meceSSjlaled TO put In temporary
allegiance.
Here then is my ground. 1t is bro d
enough for all parties, and to whoever
takes it, give the right hand of fellow.
ship, under whatever party organization
he may be arrayed. In the meantime,
abide the destiny Of that party in which
have grown 10 manhood, until some other,
numbering more friends Of liberty than
we, shall give indication of more speedy
success. | claim TO be Wing because
stand upon the same ground of the illus
trious decIara;ors Of '76. If the New
York Courier and Enquirer and others
like not the principles Of these men, let
Them yield The name also. II they are the
fends Of prerogative, The abettors of the
violation of the Constitution, the lovers of
despotsm, the advocates of political ine-
quality; if they are tOaSerraliUeS' only
by basely submitting TO see every princl,
pie Of human liberty tramp'ed under foot
by the slave power, then let them strike
lheiI coIors and 60 over 10 the enemy -
But as for my single self, while there is
a banner flying, soied and torn and tram
pied though it be, by an nthinking and
multitude, Yet ndrIibly inscrb
ed with the faith of The iIustrious dead
and living, " Political equality, un,ram-
IneIed social progress, liberty and union
now and forever" there sill ralIying
would be found, with an uneonquerabe
spirit; wherhef7 overwhelmed BY numbers
Or borne down 10y superior force, ever
ready to sacrifice all things but honor and
he right, those ennobling elements of self |
elevation aud unialIing security, which
are no more when liberty is lost
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
G.. NJ. CLAY.
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/ would not live always,
BY JOHN PIERPoNr,

l would not live always; ask not TO stay,
Where must bear the burden and heal of the day:
Where my body is cut with the lash Or the cord,
And hovel and hunger are all my reward
l would not live always, where life is load
To the flesh and The spirit since there's abode
For the soul disenthralled let Inc breathe my last
breath,
And repose in thine arms, ny deliverer, Death!
would not live always to toll as slave:
Oh no, let me rest, though | rest in my grave;
For there, from their troubling, the wicked shall
cease,
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A newly married couple went TO house,
keeping not long since in poplar street,
AT breakfast, next morning, after their ems
trance, the gentlemen said 10 his lady, my
dear, this is Poplar street, end by putting
n (you) in it, it becomes popular."-
And by putting as 10 it," promptly res
pied the lady, "lt becomes popuIou',"
Boston Sun.
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JUVENILE DfPRAvITY. A lad only
10 years of age, stole $40 from his uncle
in Philadelphia, on the day Of the Cam.
den races, and went TO see the fun, where
he spent his money SO freely as to ex.
cite suspicion and on being arrested, he
confessed the robbery. He was for.
given by his uncle at that time. but on
Friday last, he again stole $50, from
private drawer, and was sent 10 the
House Of Refuge. Bee,
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MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Major BeaIe
of Woodstock, Brock District ,commite ed
suicide at the British Coffee House, in
this city, on Thursday last. 1T appears
that he had been taking prussic acid,
incidentally, and it is supposed took an
extra portion which caused his death -
On post mortem examination ofthe bo>
dy three large tenpenny nails we're found
in the stomach. - Toronto Examiner.
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Pro SLAVERY. The following copied
from the Richmond Wing, will give some
idea Of the diabolism of our American
slave system.--Penn. Freeman.
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months and within the year from the commencement
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Such pay as Messrs Waltons of Montpelier, or
Solomon Parker of Mddlebury will take in pay
me nj for paper, and give their receipts, will be re-
ccived. Also, mos, kinda ofproduce al cash value
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TERMS,

PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT BRANDON, VERMONT
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ny UeNT NJ -
have had the honor OF receiving
through you an Invitation from the Com,
miuee oil Arrangements, 10 attend "ihe
Southern and Western Convention Of the
friends of constitutional liberty" to be held
il Cincinnati, The / llh OF Jane.
Please TO present TO the commlnce my
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In reply 10 the above article probably,
aud to aIlay the excitement produced, lho
rector Of S., James Church has come ont