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COMMITTEES OF osE.-Maior General William

Ider the control of rne r. S. Blannerhasset, Of
st. Louis, who is vested with Just the same pow
,,er towards the aforesaid William Augustus, as
our County Court sometimes give to individuals
nyer ~Innatics and natural born fools. The worthy
candidate, in company with his curator, are now
in the, South Eastern portion Of the State. VIII
the ST. Louis papers please inform us il this is
the sane Blannerhasset who came upto into orr
county in lS45 to kill a certain editor at Bow:
ling Green, and forgot to use his knife when he
got therep Wonder il he took the same knife
with him into the South East?
As the opinions of Mr.. Miller, free-soil wing
candidate for Congress in the Sd district. and
Mr.. Porter, the wing candidate in This district,
are substantially the same, as to the power of
Congress to pass the Wilmot proviso, we re-
publish the subioined editorial Of the North East
Reporter, which is altogether applicable TO Mr.
Porter, as well as to Mr.. Miller. We hope that
every wing in the county will read It slowly and
carefully. and weigh well its arguments. Citi-
izens of Missouri opposed TO the passage Of the
Wilmot proviso, should pause and reflect before
they cast their votes for a man, who snrrenders
the strongest argument against it. The North
has a majority Of the votes of Congress, and can
pass exclusive laws upon the subject Of slavery,
SO soon as the country shall have been convinced
Of their constitutional right TO do so. They are
divided as 10 the question Of constitutional pow
er over the subject, and that division OF opinion
on that question, has hitherto proved our saliva
Ition. Remove that doubts satisfy them all be-
yond question, that they have the constitutional
right 10 pass exclusive and prohibitory laws a.
gainst us, and your arguments about its expedi-
ency will not weigh more with them, than a feath-
err. You had then, as well attempt 10 stop the
current Of the Mississippi by q straw, as 10 at.
tempt to stop the current Of Free Soilisn and
ProvisOism by such arguments.
Mr. Miller and J. rec soiIisn.
Mr.. Miller is the independent wing can
Ididate for Congress in this district, in OPP.
position to Jas. S. Green. He is charged
with being a free soiler in principle, from
the fact that he wrote and published a let.
ter last spring, in which he declared that
Congress has the power under the constitu.
ton to abolish or broiibit slavery in the
Territories. He wrote that letter in an evil
hour and ever since has been struggling
lizard to get clear Of its blighting effects
7Mr. Miller is an ambitious a~spirant foi
Congress, and when he wrote that, he was
fishing for that Office. 1t never once en-.
tered his head but that the wings were all
fools enotigh to swallow the bait, and he
hoped and believed that he would catch
lots of Bentonites with it. But 10! and be.
hold! contrary TO bis expectations, the Ben.
~tonites are running a candidate of their
nwn, and many whigs won't su allow his
free soil bait! Hence, he is making speech.
es and writing letters like a mailman, 10
get himself out Of the dilemma which he
brought upon himself by his duplicity and
'ihis selfish and oyerwecnipg anxiety to go
to Congress.
And how do you think, gentle reader,
this southern trh g, ,oiM northern free
soil principles for we will prove beyond
cavil that he is SUCH attempts to get out
of his difficulty? Why, he says Congress
has the constitutional power TO abolish or
lprohibit slavery in the territories, but, that
he does not think Congress ought to exer-
else the power, and that he is opposed to
Congress passing the Wilmot p~roviso. al
though he comedies the power. Now,
what isthe difference between Mr.. Miller
and any other free soilist? simply, that the
northern free soiler acts ont his consfiiu-
kionGi opinion, while Mr.. Miller, Hrsng in
a free State, is afraid to act out his. They
both believe precisely alike as to the con-
stitutional power, but the one acts while
the other is afraid to sct-one is an acting
free soiler, the other a non.arting free soil
Ter; this is all the difference between them.
Now. since John G. Miller is an acknowl-
edged NoN-AcTING FREE soILER in Missouri,
according to his own words, would he not
be, were he q citizen Of a fee State, an
open red mouthed bowling, acting free soil
er'of HE darkest dye. Who can say with a
particle oSconscious truth in his heart,
that he would not be? A non-scting free
Isoiler now under the constitution, what
think You John G. Miller would be across
The line. or rather what would he not be?I
Is it too much to say, that a non-acting