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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03
PREPARE FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
READ, REFLECT, DECIDE, & ACT!

Deeply impressed with the Importance of having
the momentous questions that enter into the approach
ing State and National elections, fully and impartial
ly spread out before the reemen of Vermont we have
concluded to offer the FREEMAN,in bundles of five
ten, or twenty copies, sent to address, for fifty cents
per copy invariably in Gduance, during the last six
months of the present volume commencing on Thurs
day, July 6, and closing with the year. This will ex-
tend beyond State and Presidential elections, the
session of our Legislature, and reach into the next
session of Congress. The campaign papers will CON-
mence with the week of our State Convention, and
will contain the result of its dongs. The low rate
at which the Freeman is offered, and the imperious
necessity of arousng the great mass of the people to
the crisis before us, we trust will stimulate every
friend of Liberty in the State, and especially every
District, County, Town and School District Commit
tee, to make immediate and vigorous efforts to furnish
their localities with light and truth relative to the alb
sorbing subjects of slavery and freedom. Let this
work be taken hold of in earnest and all orders sent
in previous to- at the time Of the State Convention
so that we may be prepared to meet them.
JUNE l, l649.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03
Speech Of Hon, J, R, GiddingS
AT THE FREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON
JUNE 30
T r 1T nCt.1

The next subject to which allude was the
RECOGNIZING of Mr.. Folks war. Now fellow-cit-
izens I come nearer home than have been,
hnt Won will excuse me- When that question,
frauoht with such transcendent consequences to
this nation, the wagng war for the extension Of
slavery. was bro't before u.s. and the Executive
declared that war already existed by the act OF
Mexico. and that abominable lie was placed be-
fore ma to saw whether war did exist by the act
of Mexico, ask you, fellow-citzens, what was
our response? Look at our professions during
the entire campaign when we foretold this war
on eyery stump in the nation. | had foretold il
in Ohio and asked my fellow-citizens there il
thew desired to see the bones of our citizens
bleaching upon the plains of Mexico, or their
blood fattening the Mexican soil had pointed
out the horrors of the war; had spoken of wo.
men and children murdered by our troops We
had foretold all that, and yet in that hall who
went for it p? will tell you. Every man that
gave his vote for Gen. Taylor for President |
cast no personal imputations; | impugn no mans
motives; but it has been my lot to have my pub
lie acts scanned and scrutnlZed, and public acts
are public property. What is done in an official
capacity is spread before the nation and you are
bound to know and act accordingly. And now
turn you to the record. Look at those who
called this an ungodIy, piratical, and murderous
war, and see if every man of them does not sus-
tain Gen. Taylor or Lewis Cass for the Presiden.
cx. Is that Wing doctrine? don't care wheth-
er you are cotton wings or WOODEN wings;
want to address myself to every man, Old Hunk.
ers. Democrats, Barnburners and all; was this
wing doctrine! stand tonight where l then
stood have labored and call God to witness
that have labored honestly with sincere desire
to avoid war, and yet all but fourteen IN tho
House of Representatives, and two in the Senate
turned round and went over to the enemy, adop
ting their policy, and voting for the war They
say it was under peculiar circumstances, and /
must have been peculiar circumstances, to com
peI a man to vote against the whole course of hi
iife but saw nothing very peculiar about tn
circumstances. Men thus willing to yield VI
their consistency and propriety, ought to hav
their public acts spread before the people, and
is your duty to scrutnlze them and stand fortl
in the defence of your own rights
From that day to this the wing party has beer
dissolved. [Cheers.] 1t was not at the Pha
delphia Convention; it was from that momen
that our mortal power was gone. We could no
maintain our consistency; we had no moral pc"
er before the people of the nation, Could stan
forth before you and exhort you to sustain tn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03
Gen. Taylor and the Extension Of Slavery

1t is utterly astonishing that the Taylor presses in
of their readers by the assurance that Gen. Taylor is
pledged not to veto bill prohibiting the extension Of
Slavery or, in other words will bow to the will Of
the people as expressed by Congress upon this sub
ect Not particle of proof is adduced to this end
except garbled extracts from Gen. Taylors letter to
the editor of the Cincinnati Signal and this is
more than nuled by his subsequent letter. declaring
that nothing IN the Signal letter should be construed as
approving of the principles ofthe WilmOt PrOUisO And
yet Wing editors in Vermont protesting not only COM
honor but piey Also continue to parade extracts
of this letter before their readers to dceve them into
belief which Gen. Taylor himself has condemned
under his own sign-manual
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03

For Senator's:
SAMUEL KENDALL, Enosburgh,l
CHARLES FELTON,, Franklin, Franklin County.
ELEAZER JEWETT, st. Adams,
JOSEPH soMERBY, Montpelier, Washington ca
ASAPH TOWN, Woodbury., "Sshins'o" 20
T E2Hss sA 1H,TH M Cornwall Addison Co
S5$3SS s FRS$S51
JAMES F. GEORGE, Topsham,
WILDER DEARBORN, Chelsea, Orange Co.
FREDERICK BIGLOW ,Brookfeld,>
WILLIAM sIAs, Dunville, lc.,.,..,. r..
JONATHAN WOODMAN, Sutton "aeuo"io 10
WIN. H. JONES, Dover,
DANA HYDE, Townshend, Win dham Co.
NATHANIEL CHENEY, Jr, do
GEORGE H. PAIGE, Greensboro, Orleans Co.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03
For Representatives to Congress :

Dist No. H-RYLAND FLETCHER.
Dist. No. IVA. JUDSON ROWELL.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-03
From the Marion (.4Ia.) ReUieto Of JuEy6.
GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE WILMOT
pROVTSO

ing something akin to desperation when they think it
necessary, in order to sustain the Democratic cause
to Gen. Taylor of unsoundness on the question
of slavery. The charge carries such absurdity sn
its very face as not to deserve serious refutation
General Taylor, Southern man, the destiny of him
self and his children identified with that of the South
his immense wealth consisting in slaves, and land
which have to be cultivated by slaves TO render it
luable-he enemy to the South he in favor of
prosratng Southern rights and Interests! The very
quintessence of absurdity They might well say
that General Taylor is a free negro They would be
believed just about soon, and exhibit fully as much
reason and truth in making the charge.
E.o,, JLo NoI,,nb,,o /Co Eoo,,;r,r
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
RAIL ROAD MEETING, TUESDAY
EVENING.

At meeting of The citizens of Bloom
lngton, convened for the purpose OF re-
spending 10 the call for Convention. 10
assemble a, Davenport, on Friday The Isl
day Of December. Dr. JOHN H. DAYTON
was called 10 the chair, and N. l.. Stout
appointed Secretary.
At The reques. of the Chairman, the
Secretary stated the objec. Of the meeting
On motion of Hon. S. C. HASTINGS, a
Committee of ten was appointed to attend
the Convention, at Davenport to collect
and furnish the public with all the infor-
nation in their power; 10 arrange fol
making preliminary survey of the route
from Davenport, by the way Of Blooming
ton, to Council Bluffs, and 10 make all
other necdful arrangements, calculated 10
forward the enterprise.
Thomas NJ. Ise,,, S. G. Hastings. j.
l.. Cummins, Adam Ogilvie, ]. A. Par
vim, H. @. Jennison, Suel Foster, r. p.
Lowe, Piiny Fay, and ]. NJ. Barlow were
appointed such committee.
On motion of Mr.. Hastings, i! was re-
solved lha, the proceedings of this meets
ing be published in the Herald and En-
quirer of this place.
JOHN II. DAYTON, Chairman.
N. l. Stout. Secretary.
Bloomington, November %, lS46.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
Arrival Of the Cambria !!
BY TELEGRAPH, FOR THE HERALD.

BosToN, Nov. IS, 1913.
The Cambria arrived at the dock. The
market for provisions has been firm since our
previous notices. PoRK has been freely taken
and bacon has advanced from 25 to IS shl-
lings per cwt. LARD is in fair request, al.
though lower in the early par, o. the week,
has entirely recovered. CHEESE is in less
active demand. The imports Of foreign grain
and produce into Liverpool, London and 9th
er leading ports in the United Kingdom are
increasing, and lhis, combined with pretty
fair quantity Of home grown, keeps the mar
ket on the whole we'll supplied. In the alb.
sence Of speculation the trade exhibits want
Of animation. Buyers only purchase for the
supply of immediate and pressing wants.
On Monday, last, WHEAT was sold at 81 a
IS 9. for req, and IS GO 9. per quarter for
best English white. White Indian Com
brought 81 38s per quarter. The sales
Of American Flour were dull. The price
quoted, varies from % to 81 g. per Dbl. for
United States, and IS to IS 8. for Canadian.
The market was rather dull, and in some in
stances the price Of English wheat receded
one penny per seventy lbs. The following
rate was paid for American descriptions -
Canadian red S 9. 6 d. S 8. 8 d.. per bushel,
White 8. 10 d. to S. 2 d. United States
red 8. 8 d. 8 9. d., White 8. Q d. a 8
8: I'D. Both United States and Canadian had
dull sale; but prices were maintained.
AUSTRIA Vienna has at length surrender.
ed to the Imperial troops, after eigh. Gays
siege, till 2sth.
Six days were consumed in endeavorine to
bring the Venoise into subsection, and sever.
al attempts were made by the inhabitants to
obtain better terms Of surrender from the I'm
perial troops but all to no purpose. On Goth
Windischqrtse, therefore, commenced an at.
tack on the suburbs. On the 28tb, the en-.
gagement was chiefly on the southern and
eastern sides, while on the western gallonies
the oombs-were heard at intervals in the
evening. Jelachich had completely taken
the suburbs Of Vienna. Many national guards
threw down their arms, and great many
arms were found in the canal the workmen,
on the contrary, displayed great valor. No
students were observed, and i, was, therefore,
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

lFrhe following compliment to our fell
low townsman, O. H. Kelly, Of the Tele-
graph, we copy with qualification, Knowing
as we do. that the subjec. is EN- inenlly worthy
of the highest encomiums. for the energy and
un,iring perseverance with which he has dis.
charged the duties of his Office during the re-
cent season of excitement and anxiety. So
long as Mr.. X. remains in charge Of the
Bloomington eff ce, the patrons Of the line, in
neighbo.ing towns and the country, may con-
fideu,ly rely upon the execution ofiheir wishes
with proDp'i'ude and efficiency.
awe take pleasure in rendering our SIM
cere and hearty thanks TO Mr.. 0. II. Kelly
the TeIegraphic operator at the Bloomington,
Iowa, office, for his prompt and efficient alten'
lions, in forwarding Us election and other news.
Bloomington is the nearest point at which
we can Cor the present reach Te|egraphlc
station, aud we are sure that those who wish
10 avail themselves Of the advantages of the
lightning line, cannot find more polite and
efficieni agen, through whom to transmit mes
! sages, than Mr.. Kelly.-Rock Island .4drertis.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

IL The following is copy Of a letter
received by w, Makay, New York. in
reply to one apdressed TO NJ. Lamar'ins,
accompanied with fril length portrait Of
General George Washington
PANS, Sept. IA. lS49.
Sir: return you thanks for your let
ter and your gift. You could not have
made me handsomer present than that
of the portrait Of the creates. man ofmod-
ern republican times. This portrait
should be adopted by the republic, and
become the popular ensign Of virtue and
patriotism. May the cage and religious
genii Of Washington be imprinted on Dem
ocratic France, and thus enlighten the fra
,ernal name OF the two worlds. and make
the name Of an iliussrious man glorious
and dear to both countries. Please, Sir,
receive impressions Of my true respect,
and the assurance Of my distinguished
consideration. LAMARTINE.
To Mr.. w. Makay, New York.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

Tri. Weekly.-Our issue on last Thurs.
day being designed merely as a feeler, we
regre. to be compelled to say, that we are
forced to abandon The idea Of getting ou,
a regular tri-weekly paper. A few Of our
liberal business men. among whom we
take pride in naming Messrs. Wallace e.
Breadng, ]. Bennett. and Ogilvie & St.
John, propose to advertise in an issue Of
the kind; but, wilhou. much greater
support than, withou. direct imposition
upon good nature, could be expected from
these gentleman, the expenses oflhe pub.
LEGATION would eat US ouI in very short
time. Although we cannot take aivan-
,age of The liberal offers made US from
these firms. we shall ever bear in ,emem-
brance their kind propositions. May
their success in business correspond with
theft deserts, F.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
A THANKSGIVING SUPPER.

UPON TELECRAPHIC Principles.
In company with some thirty or forty
Of our fellow TO wnsmen, we partook OF a
splendid supper, on Thursday evening, at
the Monterey House, given by Mr.. 0. ii.
KELLEY, Of the telegraph. Mr.. K. con
templates, we understand, return to The
east-to the friends, scenes and endear-
menls Of home and, in view of this de-
sire, ayaled himself of Thanksgiving
day. TO call together, at social board.
his warm hearted friends in This section OF
the west. The supper was unexceptlon.
able, and honored alike, the donor and the
house in which it was gotten up. Not
outstanding the absence of alcoholic
drinks, quite degree Of animation perva-
ded the company verging, at times. up
on the sentiments were Offer
ed, speeches made and songs sung. AL
together, we had good, decorous, heart
warm time of it, long 10 be remembered
Among the ,oasls Of the evening, we noted
the following:
Henry O'ReiXy and his associates;-To The
energy and enterprise of these gentlemen are
the people Of Iowa indebted for the daily com.
munica.ion between the Mississippi and the
Atlantic coast.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

A Cute Criticism.-The editor of the Phila.
delphia Republican has made criticism on
the programme Of the water celebration in
Boston, which seems TO call for change in
the arrangements. He says:
1.-THE Mayor and Aldermen of Boston, in
their arrangement for the water celebration, on
thu 25th ult., have assigned the editors of
New England aplace in the grand procession.
The programme puts them 10 The rear of the
medical faculty. aud in front of The lawyers
The committee Of arrangements would hit the
correspondence better by putting the printers
first the Doctors next, and the lawyers last;
at least that is the order Of the Apocalyplic
procession. There Famine went before, and
Death and He'll followed after.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
/ UNION DlVlSION-NO. 2-SONS OF
81 TEa0dPERANCE.


Report Of the Committee on the Expense to
this Country arising from the use Of intoxicating
drinks:
Your Committee Gnd it difficult to come 10 salts.
factory result in their report. We have examined
the receipts land expenditures of the County as
found in the Ledger, commencing with the year
1885; previous to that year, the sum total of the
expense is put down at SiI84. From 80 to AT !,
inclusive, being eight years, the expenses $685.,
54i. The united States Government has paid
our annually, by estimate $500, which from the or.
ganzation of Muscane County TO the 4ih Of July
1916 when Iowa became State, eigh, years and
some months, is $4,000.
The cost of the Poor House and Farm We have
added entirely to this sum; for had it not been 70
the use Of spurious liquors the county would no,
have built, nor should we have needed Poor
House fora great number Of years.
We make our estimates from the hest au,hori-
ties. taking for our guide the city of New DIRK
and some Of the counties and other principal
towns in that State, where similar estimates have
been made.
We pat down the following items in these pro.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02


The following comment taken from the ST.
Louis Organ, twits upon matter Of deep in-
leres, to every community:
The current Of vice and morality is strong
and deep, it is constantly encroachng; and
great vigilence and perpetual effor, is required
TO avoid and resis, its perncous influence
The number Of drunken men tina, are daily
seen in our streets, the crowds that resort to
dram shops, tipping houses, and doggeries Of
various kinds, disguised in tanciul names are
so many living evidences of a vi,iaied taste
and corrupted state of public morals. The
Recorders court, the Criminal court, the Jail
the work honse. the hospital, the county farm
aud the ppni'en'ary, are receptacles in which
the victim Of the multitude OF tipping houses
is deposited. The heavy bills of cost paid by
the State, city and county, are part of the
fruits Of these nurseries, Of vice. The people
Of this city are not properly aware of the pro-
digious tax which they pay for the privilege
Of having these dens Of morality in our midst.
Respectable men aid in paronizing and sns.
tanning these manufactures Of crime, and in
giving them aid and comfort. BY frequen,ing
them, they lend their aid to render them at
lraciive, respectable and fashionable, and by
their example induce the young to enter these
scenes Of temptation and corruption. Men Of
standing and influence, heads Of families who
have deep influence 10 the cause of public
morality; daily spend their money in these
wholesale factories Of immortality. and thus
aid IN keeping them up and in extending their
vicious influence. Men who pass as moral
and respectable, contribute largely to sustain
tashinable doeeeries, aud to render them lu-
crative and influential for evil. ldleness and
intemperance are closely connected the dram
shop is closely connected with the gamblers
den, because there are acquaintance made.
and associations formed. tina. convert young
men into gamblers and blacklegs. These as
sociations lead men into licen,ious courses
and carry them through the whole circle of
vice. Vice leads to crime, vicious habits
produce criminal acts. The tipping houses
Of city are tine recruiting Offices for houses
still more infamous. Under such circnms,ap-
ces is i, proper for men of standing and inhu-
ence, to aid such establishments by their pres
ence and patronage, or 10 give them tone and
character by freqnen,ing them! If all moral
respectable citizens would keep aloof from
tppling houses, they would soon go into dis
rerute and become questionable and unProf-
table.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

Cass in Ioya.-Cass received l2,O6l
votes, in this State. Taylor received TO-
617. Cass over Taylor ,434, Add the
vote in Po,,aw a,,amie county, SCI for
Taylor and AZ for ss-majoriy for
Taylor 1876; this reduces Cass' majority
TO 949. Van Buren's vote is l,l26 /;
which leaves Cass lI9 in the minority
TO say nothing Of 900 scattering votes
throughout the State. Iowa is not very
badly Locofoco. The opposition will,
some day. ne united, and Locofocoism will
be ono where" s.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02

D." The trial oc HENRY NASH appre-
hended for The murder of deck hand on
board the Ohio Mail, last autumn, was
terminated on Thursday; the jury render
ing verdict of manslaugh,er, and the
Judge sentencing the culpyit 10 seven
years confinement in the States prison, at
hard labor, and fined $4,000.
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
From the Galena Gazette Of the 10th inst.
TRAGIC AFFAIR--THREE MEN
SHOT.-TWO OF THEM DEAD,

II is seldom our lot TO record more
tragical even, than that which occurred in
our city on Saturday morning, about O.
clock.
Mr.. James Morris and Mr.. W. L. Har-
ris were conversing in the stree! in front
of Harris e. RabIin's Foundry, when
Morris was seen TO raise pistol-a six
revolver-and shoot Harris. The ball
entered his head just back Of the ear, and
lodged somewhere inside. Mr. Harris
Immediately fell, bu. the wound is not
considered mortal.
As soon as Morris had sho. Harris, he
ran into the foundry, and shot David Ross
who was quietly a. work. The ball EN-.
tered the back part of his head, and he
fell dead instantly. Morris then advanc-
ed with his pistol presented toward Rob-
er. Barnhurst, who seized gun and pre-
sen,ing it at Morris, kept him at dis
lance until he and the boys Of the shop
could get out Of the door.
After Morris had got full possession Of
the shop, he came 10 the door and said he
had had his revenge-said he had killed
two men, and would like to kill some
more. He then Withdrew in the shop.
and in few minutes the report of pis.
tol was heard. He had shot himself
This ball entered his head jus. back of the
ear, and produced instant death. A .coro-
ner's inquest was held over the bodies,
and the following verdic. rendered:
"That David Ross came TO his death
by sho. from pistol fred at him by
James Morris"
That James Morris came TO his death
by shooting himself intentionally. with a
six shooting revolving pistol"
Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
II. W. THoRsros, Esq., is respectfully re.
quested to ac. as our agen, at Miersbs,o m,

: Interesting Eau Case.-From the pti,.a.,
phia North. American We learn tina, sn;,;
now pending before he United States CT:
brought by The only heir, which involves IT,
estate OF Peter Miller, deceased, late of Ess'
ton, Pa. Said Miller in his last will and ,as
lament, alter some minor requests. divides
the residue OF his properly 10 the fclIovio.
manner:
lie declares hat none Of his real es,a,.
shall ever be sold, bot the rents thereof as,s.
deducting repairs, and the whole of his mo-,
sonal property shall be- loaned to sarne,s
ana mechanics purchasing property, who NAV
lind 1t lnconvenient to borrow Of The ha,L
the loans to be secured by bond aud mo,'
gage on productive farms, or houses and io,.
made sale by Insurance, and the interest ana
dividends again loaned in like manner: and II
case it should happen, in the lapse Of ,ims
that should there be no application to bor,nu,
the saId fund, AID the same be likely 10 -.
main so, II the amount unemployed wonlj ho
| safely justify the undertaking, and mechanics
| aud others should be in want of enpovnen.
then The income Of said fund shall be emnf,,
ed in the erection and maintenance Of an aor
lnm in Eas'on, for poor and indicen, widow,
aud single women.
| The testator's estate is estimated a, from
to 100000. Surprising i, to he worth "a
600, and to be faithfully applied to the num-.
ses of the will, if the law would ne,mj, !,
in one hundred years it would amour 10 ahovs
$4ooo,ooo-'hls at six per cent, wuud n,o.
duce an Income Of about SOC, 900. and ,bs
capital would absorb all til, moneys and n,o,
perry directly or indirectly, of the coun,v ~
:. Northampton, and bali dozen adioin;n,
counties.
The principles involved in this case are in.
| porlant to The public as the amonn, in con.
! troVersy Is 10 Ire parties concerned. The
whole doctrine OF perpeiulies, charities. mon,
mal", &C., VIII no doubt receive foil and
elaborate discussion from the able counsel
concerned, and calm and deliberate consid.
Grafton from the learned jnrisl before whom
| the case is tried.