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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20
LOCoFOCO STATE CONVENTION

! The Locotocos held their State Convention
at Montpelier on Tuesday last, and rc-nomi.
mated the old State ticket as folows-For
| Governor, Paul Dillingham;, for Lieut. Gov
crnor Charles X. Field, for Treasurer j. r.
Aiarston. II we were allowed to Judge from
report, we should say that the " uineosi ha,,-
mony" did not prevail. We understand that
AIR. Price Of Windsor, Barber of Middcburv.
Brown of ST. Adams, Chittcnden of Burlinc-
ton, and several others, 5oited" They an.
pearcd to be anxious TO ascertain, before pro-
ceedlng to nominate their State Ticket, if the
party in Vermont was to support the nonina-
ton Of Cass and Butler, and if so, they, the
" come-oWerS" should leave the party SC.
The Convention, however, as we learn, after
severe struggle proceeded to nominate their
State Ticket, after which, the darlsbQyneys"
resolved themselves into new pnrtv. appoint
ed committee from their number, TO call a
Convention at Miadlebury, to appoint dele
gates to the Buffalo National Convention
which is to be held the 9th Of August next
Woodstock Mercury.
We think no wclI-iniormcd man can Doubt that
tho Democratic vote Of Vermont ill be ma!nly Civ
en- to Van Buren, and Taylor; the party-oresscs,
conventions and politcians-by
to The contrary notwithstanding. In our own town
Banburners are getting plenty every day, aud in
our rnmblos recently among the Lake towns, among
4 large humber Of Democrats with whom we con- !
rcrsed, did not chance to find solitary support
" OF Cass!
On tho other hand, all the WINGS we have seen
'ere or elsewhere, with buttwo or three exceptions,
ire heartily in favor of Gen. Taylor, the National
Candidate.
The ST. Adams Messenger says it ia assured that
here Is bit one Supporter Of Cass in the town of St.
Adams.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20

DEATH OF Mr.. BELr"-lGon, Harvey Bell, of Mid
dlebury, formerly State Councillor of Vermont,
(beioro the institution of the Sonate) and for a
number Of years past Editor and Proprietor of the
Middiobury Galaxy, died of consumption Mt his
residence on the afternoon of Tuesday, the llth inst
We are informed that Mr.. Bells health had been
declining, md his life dospaircd of for some time
past The Galaxy printed on that day, was doubt
less mostly off before his deccasc, and we look for
an account of tho sHd event. from the next number
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20
MONDAY. July 10.

In the Senate, Mr. Hale of New Hamnsbrc,
asked and obtained leave 10 bring in a Joins
resolution in favor CT preventing speculatior
| IN public land, and providing that every male
citizen, owning no other lard, msy enter lCN
acres, and receive a patent for the same after
five years residence thereon. Read and
passed over informally.
Mr.. Upham Of Vermont presented A pe.i-
ton praying Congress to purchase Mt. Yer
non, for a site for National Botanic Garden.
deferred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. Niles reported bill in favor of ex
tending the franking privilege Tho bill
providing for international literary exchanges
was passed. MIR. Atherton reported a biz
from the Finance Committee, providing for
the payment of liquidated claims of citizcps
Of the United States against Mexico.
The Oregon Bill was then taken IN, and
Mr.. Reyerdy johnson addressed the Senate
at length with much ability.
In the House Mr.. Stevens moved that the
rules be suspended to enable him to offer a.
resolution calling upon the executive TO COM
more accurate information respect
ing the boundaries Of California and New
Mexico, as described in the recent treaty;
and asking whether civil governments had
not been established there; whether trials
and convictions had not taken place under
Of Gen. Kearney, and Com,
StOckton and if so upon what authority.
Upon this motion the yeas and nays were.
demanded, and the rules were suspended.
Mr. Stevens then addressed the House in an
excited manner upon the Presidents incon-
iis:ency and duplicity in claiming the Rio
1rando from its mouth to its source---in his
message of lS46-as the boundary Of Texas,
md yet stating in his instructions to Mr..
'lideil that Texas had not established that
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20

DREADFUL CARNAGEi
THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS, FOUR.
TEEN GENERAL OFFICERS, SIX
DEPUTIES, AND $4,000 KILLED
AND WOUNDED !!
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20

OC7- Gov. Skunk Of Pennsylvania has resigned
his office on account of extreme ill-health. 1t is
feared that bis life willnot long he spared. Peunsyl-
vana (says the Tribune) has now a Wing Governor,
the Office devoying upon Nr. Johnson President Of
the Senate
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20
-UCITpsVU TIC sun,
And bl0ttc1 ont fhn sfore Of IJno,-o,,

Honor and worldwide rcnown to the NATIONAL
GUAKD!-a name sacred to Fame henceforth.-
"FDtecn hundred National Guard. A,1 '' "' me
Cnurch Of 50. SerernF' No clue can be had at
present to the amount of the multtudcs slaughtered
i'll other scenes of the contest. Oh, dear-bought
Liberty Noblest and most haplcss nation!
eve use mainly the reports of the N. Y. Tribune,
being by far the most clear and succinct which we
have SEEM
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20
CONGRESSIONAL
HaahTqp'S Lid, eAS


UT VITA = 7HTIV y
The Senate refused by vote of II to q,
to adopt Mr., Buffers resolution in favor Of
adding two additional members to the Com
mittee on Territories, Mr.. Davis of Mass,
addressed the Senate at length upon the Or,
cgon Bill and in favor of the light of Con-
gross to Icgislate upon the subject Of Slavery
in the Territories OF the United States.
The proceedings in The House were, devoid
Of general interest.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20
The Arrival of the Steamship
N IA G A Z A.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM
EUROPE.
IMP RTANT
Terrific and Bloody Instruction
in Paris
I'M P O r 7 A N T !

Four Days Obstinate Fighting !!
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20

On the left bank of the Seine the left wing
extended to the Pantheon, by the steep and
narrow line Of the Rue St. jacques, which
was completely barricaded and even fortified
with cannon. The attack on this position
alone cost 10 hours hard and uninterrupted
fighting; yet it was the first which was re-
conquered by the troops.
The position of the insurgents throughout
this line, was immensely strong. The bar
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
Anti- Slavery in 0lden Time.

The National Era continues the publica-
ton of Stray Leaves from Margaret Smiths
Diary" and here is one of them.
august ye LIST, l67S.-Capt. Sewall, r.
Pike, and the minister, Mr.. Richardson, at
our house to-day. Capt. Sewall, who lives
mostlie at Boston, says that a small vessel
loaded with negroes, taken on the coast of
Madagascar, came last week into the harbor,
and that the owner thereof had offered the
negroes for sale as slaves, and that they had
all been sold to magistrates, ministers, and
other people of distinction, in Boston and
Whereabouts. He said the negroes were prin-
cipally women and children, and scarcelie
alive, by reason of their long voyage and hard
fare. He thought it a great scandel to the
Colony, and a ~reproach to the Church, that
they should be openlie traficked, like cattle
in The market. Uncle Rawson said it was
not so formerlie. He did remember the case
of Capt. Smith and one kesar, who brought
negroes from Guinea thirty years ago. The
General Court, urged thereto by Sir Richard
Saltonstall and mamie of the ministers, pass
ed an order that, for the purpose of clearing
a witness against the heinous sin of man.
stealing, ~justlie abhorred of all good and just
men, the negroes SnOulu Dc taken DdCk 10
their own ~countrie at the charge Of the Colo
nv; which was soon after done. Moreover,
the two men, Smith and kesar, were duly
punished.
Mr.. Richardson said he did make a dis.
~tinction between the stealing of men from a
nation at peace with US, and the taking OIL
c%aptives in ware. The Scriptures did plain
ly warrant the holding of such, and especial
~ if they be heather.
Capt. Sewall said he did, for himself, lool
upon all slaveholding as contrairie to tn,
Gospel and the Newe Dispensation. Tn,
Israelites had special warrant for holdin!
the heather in servitude; but he had neve
heard any one pretend that he had that au
thorite for enslavlng Indians and Blacka
moOTs.
Hereupon Mr.. Richardson asked him if h
did not regard Dea. Dole as a godlie man
and if he had aught to say against him an
other pious men who held slaves. And h
cautioned him to be careful, lest he shout
be counted an accuser Of the brethren.
Here Robert Pike said he would tell
matter which had fallen under his notice.
:. Just after the ware was over" said h
" owing to the loss of my shallop in the Pt
nobscot Bay, I CHANGED to be in the neigh
borhood Of him they call the Baron OF Cat
tine, who had a sttong castle, with muc
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
Van BureD'S Letter.

The following extract from the letter of
the ex-President. to the Barnburner's Conven-
ton, will be read with interest. 1t is one of
the many signs which indicate that the reign
of slavery in this land is drawing to a close
that the days of the tryant are numbered.
A detailed account of the numerous acts
of the federal government, sustaining and car
rying into full effect the policy OF its founders
upon the subject of slavery in the States and
its extension to the territories, and the steps
taken, in the non-slaveholding States, TO sup
press or neutralize under agitation in regard
to it, would be alike instructive and honour
able to the actors in them. But it will be
readily perceived, that this could not be given
within the necessary limits Of a communlca-
ton like the present.
1t must therefore suffice to say, and from
1897, the date of the ordinance for the pre-
vention of slavery in the north western terri
tory down to and including 1888, at least
eleven acts of Congress have been passed,
organizing territories which have since be-
come States, IN all of which the constitution
al power of Congress to lnterdict the intro
duction of slavery into the territories OF the
United States, is either directly exercised, OF
clearly asserted by enactments, which as
matters of authority are tantamount to its ex'
ercise; and that the only period when the
peace of the slaveholding States was snpPo
sed to be seriously endangered by abolition
agitation, there was a spontaneous uprising
OF the people of the North, of both parties. by
which agitation was paralyzed and the Soutl
treasured of our fidelity to the compromises
of the constitution.
In the laws for the organization of the ter
%ritories which now constitute the State o
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
and Iowa, slavery was expressly prohibited
The laws for the organization of the terrific
ries of Mississippi, Orleans, Arkansas, Ala
bama, and Florida, containing enactment
fully equivalent in regard to the extent o
power in Congress over the subject of slave
~ in the territories to the express exercise Q
it in the other cases. These act were appro
we'd by Presidents Adams, Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, Jackson, and myself, all hound b,
our oaths of Offices 10 withhold our respec
tive approvaIs from laws which we bellev
unconstitutional. If in the passage of thes
laws during a period of halfa century, an
under the administration of SO many Pres
dents, there was any thing like sectional d
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
Rather Personal.

Geo. Bradbuyn, of the Lynn Pioneer, in
an editorial letter giving an account Of the
Buffalo Convention Of, what he calls, ''the
true Liberty party" thus discourses.
"Stealing niggers," as r~ascals have de-
%signa,ed the act of helping kidnapped men re-
cover their stolen liberty, is surpassed in true
nobility by no other employment in which
human beings ever engaged. 1t is heartless-
ness, sheer heartlessness, or base eowardice,
which disclaiins all sympathy with such EN-
%ployment, whether exhibited by the Presi-
Dental nominee OF the falsely named Liber-
ty party, by the reputed organ OF that party,
the National Era, or the vulgar slave-pirate,
Slater. The noble trinRvirate of men, who
helped the seven human beings, in our ma
tional District Of Columbia, in their struggle
TO regain the freedom Of which they had been
plundered by a horde Of Republican pirates,
is pre-eminently deserving the thanks and
the admiration of every friend OF humanity.
Some have attributed DR.. Baiiey's giving
the cold shoulder to the Washington vic
Tins, 10 the Doctors position there in that
nest Of robbers. But, from a remark made
in the Convention by Gerrit Smith, it would
seem there is no just ground for such an at
tribulion. Mr.. S. stated, that, when those
other three men, Work, Thompson, and Burr,
were thrust into the Missouri Penitentiary,
for a similar act of humanity, DR.. b., then
editing a paper in Cincinnati, declared, ''they
committed an imprudence, for which they
ought to suffer-" So, it is not a residence
amid the great national slave-pens of the
country, that makes DR.. Bailey %eonnive at
the punishment of men for attempting 10
snatch the oppressed from the oPpressors'
clutches. Mr.. Smith did not hesitate to re-
ter the disgraceful fact to the Doctors want
of that sympathy with black men, which he
doubtless feels for white men. Who ques-
tons, said Mr.. S. in substance, but Dr.. Bal
ley would have exulted in the conduct of the
men now imprisoned at Washington, il, in
stead of black men in American slavery, the
persons they sought to liberate had been A.
merican white men in AlgeTine slavery
think the question a most pertinent one. The
Doctors intimation, that he knew something
of the Washington victims, which it would
not be well for them to have stated, outraged
my feelings more than they were shocked
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14

nv which is now covered by five great States,
and peopled by more than four millions OF
rteemen, in the full enjoyment OF every bles-
sing which industry and good institutions can
confer. They did this when the opinions
and conduct of the world in regard to the In
s|titution Of slavery were very different from
what they are now.
They did SO before Great Britain had even
commenced those gigantic efforts Tor the sup
preston of slavery, by which she has so
greatly distinguished herself. After seventy
four years enjoyment of the sacred and lnval-
liable right of selE-government, obtained Tor
us by the valor and discretion OF our ances-
tors, we, their descendants, are called upon
to doom, or if that is too strong a word, to
EXPOSE to the inroad of slavery, a territory
capable of sustaining an equal number OF new
States to be added to our contederacy-a
territory in a great part of which slavery mas
never existed in fact, and from the residue OF
which it has been expressly abolished by the
existing government. We are called upon to
do this at a period when the minds of nearly
all mankind have been penetrated by a con-
viction of the evils of slavery, and are uni
ting in efforts for its suppression-at a mo-
ment, too, when the spirit of freedom aud re-
form is every where far more prevalent than
it has ever been, and when our republic stands
proudly forth as the great examplar of the
world in the science Of free government.
Who can believe that "a population like
that which inhabits the non-slaveholding
States, probably amounting to twelve mil
lions, who by their own acts or by the fore
sight of others, have been exempted from the
evils Of slavery, can, at such a moment, be
induced by considerations of any descrip.
ton, to make a retrogade movement of d
character so extraordinary and so painful g
Such a movement would, in my view of the
matter, and | say it with unteigned defer
ence to the conflicting opinions of others
bring r%eproach upon the influence of free in
stitutions, which would delight the hearts
and excite The hopes Of the advocates of ar
bitrary power throughout the world.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
SALEM. OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY II, 1913.

Now you may say that this trader is an in
human tyrant, because he buys and sells hui
inan beings; but you will r~ecollect that this
man is only doing a lawful business, encour-
aged and protected by the laws Of the State
OF Delaware-laws which were enacted by
men protesting 10 be Christians-laws which
are esteemed and called sacred by men, who
say they are called by the Great Spirit TO 90
forth and declare the word of truth and JUS
ice to a dying people-men who pretend to
say that they are opposed to sin and unrigh-
robustness of any and every kind yet they
uphold and applaud those slave tralfickers,
and those inhumar and unmerciful leeches,
IN their soul.damning conduct, by making the
colored people legal subjects for their bloody
principles 10 feast on for whatever is law
tul' OF course ought to be right, and whatever
Is right is justice, although ignorance of the
law excuses no one. | have suffered enough
10 know, that the constructions of an unjust
law ought 10 excuse any one. My dear
brother, you will hear from me no more I'M
III alter my first sale. ! mean the sale of my
body, the first time; and then you will hear
through the Pennsylvania Freeman what my
dlstreSses are, and what has become of my
body. | propose writing TO all my friends
and brethren before the day comes on which
| am 10 be sold.
| hope you will not think hard of me for
not writing to you before, as | did not wish
TO give my friends any uneasiness on account
OF my awful situation. | would be glad 10
hear from you, if you get this letter in time
10 mail one for me by the 18th of April ; and
# so, you will perhaps hear from Inc again
by letter.
The notable slave-trader mentioned above
was simple enough TO try TO persuade me TO
have the last four months of my imprison'
nent taken off, so that he could buy me and
take me Immediately. He said it would be
the best thing | could do-and if | would, he
would buy me and sell me 10 som good mar
in Virginia, who would make an overseer OIL
me, and give me a chance to get my wife anC
children, &c. And although | did not tel
him what | thought, yet l intended that h,
might keep all his happiness to himself-fo
liberty is the word with me, and | would no
consent to be President upon any terms tina
be mentioned, for | consider the lowest con
dition in life, with freedom attending it,
better than the most exalted station under tn
restraints of slavery. ! have felt the bite
effects of oppression, and though | have ha
one of the mildest men that ever was a slav,
2 holder, for sheriff of the prison in which | al
confined, and have had the good fortune
> have one of the tenderest and most Christian
hearted women in charge of the Jail, that ev
was a mistress, yet | cannot forbear takir
i ~ opportunities TO express great abhorren
! OF servitude, and my passion for liberty, up'
any terms whatsoever. ! deem a state of 81
very, with whatever seeming grandeur an
happiness it may be attended, is yet so co
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
From The Li6eraiOr.
Letter from another Martyr in thu
Cause of Freedom.

The following letter is from Samuel d.
Burns, a worthy colored citizen Of Whining
ton, Delaware, who was sentenced some
time since to a cruel Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary of that State, on charge and con-
viction of having remembered those in bonds
as bound with them, by giving aid and coun-
sci to certain. wretched slaves, who attemp-
ted to make their escape to Canada. Hear
this martyr! Tho letter was sentt a friend
in Nantucket.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
Tightening the Chain.

The following Bill was reported in the
Senate from the Judiciary Committee. We
shouldn't wonder if it became a law, and
shouldn't be very sorry TO have 1t so. We
presume there is a point, beyond which the
North will not permit the South to go, though
the sggressions of the latter have not yet
been too much for the ~servility of the former.
When that point is reached, the Union will
be shivered, and the sooner we have the
breaking up, the better. Tighten the chain
until the link snaps.
n Bill 10 proride for the more cfectual crecu-
Hon Of The third clause Of The second section
of the fourth article Of the Constitution Of
The United States.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That when
a person held to service or labor in any State
or Territory in the United States, under the
laws of such State or Territory, shall escape
into any other States or Territories, the per-
son to whom such service or labor may be
due, his or her agent or attorney, is hereby
empowered TO seize or arrest such fugitive
from service OF labor, and to take him or her
before any Judge of the circuit or district
courts Of the United States, or before any
commissioner, or clerk of such courts, or
marshal thereof, or any postmaster Of the
United States, or any collector of the customs
Of the United States, residing or being with
in such State wherein such seizure or arrest
shall be made, and upon proof, to the salts
faction Of such Judge, commissioner, clerk,
marshal, postmaster, or collector, as the case
may be, either by DIAL testimony or affidavit
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-16
Stage Notice.

ON the arrival of the cars from Boston,
" Stages will leave Wells River daily and
run as follows; .. Ir." IN.
Wells River through Barnet and st. Johns.
bury to Lyndon the same day; thence north
the next day through Barton, Brownington,
Derby and Stanstead, to Sherbrooke in Can
ada ::
Wells River through Ryegnte, Peacham.
Danville, Cabot, Walden, Hardwck, Green's
borough and Craftsbury to Albany, Vermont:
Wells River through Bath, Lisbon to Lit
Teton the same day, and thence to Lancaster
and Colebrook, New Hampshire
Also, from Barton, Vermont, through Gov
entry and Troy to Richford
Also, from the Depot in Bradford, daily,
through Corinth, Topsham and Washington
to Barre, Vermont; .....,.. .r.
From the Depot in Thetford on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, through West Fair.
lee, and Vershire to Chelsea, Vermont
From the Depot at 'Pompunoosuc on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, through I'm
ion Village to Strafford, Vermont.
b. A. NEWELL,
...a Agent for the Northern Stage CO..
Wells River, Nov. 3, lS4S. 5S9m3
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-16
Return that Shawl !!

VVNIIE lady that took (by mistakc) light
d colorcd worstcd Shawl from Curtlss
Hotel on Thursday evening oflnst week, and
left similar but much interior one, IS invited
to leave it at the same place and take her
own.
st. Johnsbury, Nov. 81. 6olu
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-16
STATE OF VERMONT,

Caledonia District, IS. 90.
At Probate Court, holden at Probate Office
in Danvile, within and for said District, on
the god day of Nov, A, ID. lSlS, present, the
Hon, Samuel b. Mattocks, Judge, Wei.
A N Instrument, purporting to be the last
"A Will and Testamentof Leonard Harring-
ton late of st. Johnsbury, in said District, de-
ceased. being presented to the Court here by
Charles Blinn, one of the executors therein
named, for Probate; tits ordered by saidCourt,
that ali persons concerned therein, be notified
to appear1at session of said Court to be hol-
den at the Probate office, in Danville, on the
last "Wednesday of January, 1640, and shew
cause, if any they may have, against the Pro-
bate of said win; for which purpose, it is fur
ther ordered, that copy of the record of this
order, be published three weeks successfully
in the Caledonian, printed at st. Johnsbury
previous to said time appointed for hearing.
..r SAM'L b. MATTOCKS, Judge.
A true copy of Record, [592w3N
Attest, > Is. MA lloCho, 'uuSe'