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prescription Of all anti-slavery opinions MI
Chase proceeds to express kind feeling for Cen
eral Houston, and would like to support him II
nominated, but his inclination would not govern
his action. Whether he would support him or
not would depend upon the position he and the
Convention that had nominated him should think
proper to take. The whole letter shows that
Mr.. Chase would like to act with the Democratic
party but that his resolve is fixed, to act always
as his principles, so often and so clearly stated
and enforced in his speeches, addresses, and reso
lutions, shall require.
We have said this much lest the mere circum-
stance Of his having answered the letter Of MIR.
Donaldson, and expressed kind feelings towards
Senator Houston, might lead some to misconstrue
the language But we must detain the reader no
longer from the letter:
"CNcINNATI, august 2, 1851
"DEAR SIR: On my return home, after an alb
sence of some six weeks, found ypur letter Of
July 18th, for which beg you to accept my
thanks.
am not prepared to express any opinion at
present in relation to the next Presidential cleo
ton can only say that while | greatly desire
the union and harmony of the Democracy, shall
act, when action becomes necessary, as my prin-
ciples require.
81 wish that Democrats in all parts Of the
Union could return to the simple platform Of the
fathers or American Democracy, and be content
to leave slavery and the extradition Of slaves to
the several States, to be acted upon under the
obligations of the Constitution of the United
States, according to their own discretion thus
severiDg the National Government from all con.
nection with the matter, and leaving to it only
the duty, SO far as this subject is concerned OF
maintaining all persons, where its jurisdiction ID
exclusive, in the enjoyment Of personal freedom
This, however, is hardly to be hoped for at pres
ent. The next best thing would be cordial toll
GRAFTON, in Congress and out of Congress, of diff
ferences Of opinion and action on slavery among
Democrats, leaving, in good faith, the decision
of the questions in controversy to the people and
their representatives, after untrammelled discus
sion. But liberation, perhaps, is as little to b,
expected as agreement
al entertain for General Houston Q very sin.
cere regard. His kindness and courtesy towards
me during orr association in the Senate could no
! fail TO win IT, Should he be nominated for tn,
| Presidency, should wish to support him. Wheth
er should do so or not, however, would depend
upon the position which he and the Convention
making the nomination should think proper I,
5 IaSe. 80, 90
Should you return to the South through thi
city, shall be happy TO see you and IL You vii
remain lew days wrn us, / win endesSor u
make your stay as agreeable as possible. Very
respectfully and truly, yours, ). p. CHAsE.
&C H. Donaldson, Esq"
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LAST WORDS.

O. BY MISS PHGBE CAREY.
Close, come closer, bending over
This, my weary dying bed,
Tell me, q, my mortal lover
wilt thou love me truly dead
Now my eyes may scarce behold thee,
Through their bitter, binding rain,
Aud my arms cannot enfold thee,
Laying weak In helpless pain
Yet II faithful, | shall know II,
Though thy lip make no replies
Loving truly, thou wilt show 1t
In the loye-light Of thine eyes.
When thou turnest from my shro1ded
Psleness, to fsirer face,
Let my image not be crowded
Wholly from its dear old place.
All thou answerest, to conceal IL
Would surpsss all mortal art;
can see IL, | can feel IL,
Burning down into my heart.
Close, come closer, and lean over
This, my weary dying bed;
Nov know, my mortal lover,
Thou wilt truly love me dead!
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, c. SEPTEMBER H. 1851

Northern Democrats either sanction or say moth
ing about It,
The Hunker leaders Of both parties are labor
ing tremendously to bring the rank and file to
cordial support Of it, so that at their National
Conventions it may be adopted as the platform Of
both on the subject OF Slavery. IL Is part OF
the humbuggery of politics that newspapers at
tempt to attribute to either party exclusively
the reproach or glory OF it. Both are respOusi-
Bile; and so far as the maintenance Of It by
Northern Wings and Democrats is concerned,
both are apOsiateS or eispeih-hoW mn.
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PENNSYLVaNIA.

The Democracy Of Pennsylvania, should they
endorse the principles put forth by the late
Reading Convention, will cast dirt on the mem
DRY of their much-oved deceased Governor, Fran
els r. Skunk. Gov Skunk approved the bill OF
Sd of March, lS47, denying the use Of the State
iais for the detention Of fugitives, and during
his life not an objection was heard or doubt
raised Of the wisdom OF this law. The character
of Gov Skunk for honesty and integrity to the
Constitution was proverbial; but since the pas
sage of the Compromise measures it is adjudged
necessary to unsettle the wise legislation which
he approved, and the Reading Convention, by
the passage of the subjoined resolution, calumni-
ates the memory of dead Governor, whose life
exhibits the honesty of his purpose.
Resolved That the sixth section Of the act of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, passed on the
ID of March, ls47, denying, under severe penal
ty, the use of our State ails for the detention of
fugitive slaves while awaiting their trial, ought
to be expunged from our statute book, both be-
cause it interposes obstacles, by means Of State
legislation to the execution Of the provisions Of
the Constitution of the United States, and be-
cause it is a virtual disregard Of the principles OF
the Compromise, and is calculated seriously to
endauger the existence Of the Union"
Ii may be remarked that this resolution does
not declare the law of ls47 to be unconstitution-
al, but it is virtual disregard of the principles
Of the Compromise" This is the test of Democ-
racy, as laid down by the Reading Convention
Mr.. Wilmot and the Democracy of Bradford
county, while repudiating the resolutions of the
Convention, seem inclined to support its nominee
for Governor, Col Bigler; but notwithstanding
their disclaimer, the election Of Col. Bigler will
be claimed as a triumph of the Compromise meas
ures, and new demand will be made for the
repeal of the law Of ls47.
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For the National Era.
THE ARTISTS BRIDE.
ny JANE kAVENAUGH.


10 temple old, that was lone aud cold,
A painter his easel placed
That the mellow light might make more bright
The image that he traced.
For a maiden rare, and wondrous fair,
Had wed the child Of Art,
And he longeJ to trace with as rare grace,
The beauty that won his heart.
The chastened shade which the sunlight made,
As from above 10 crept
Through the crimson pane Of the dim old fame
On the artists canvass slept.
And mellow aud rich, through each wiudoWed niche,
There fell in q thousand dyes,
On shaft and nave and srchiuave,
The smile Of Ausonian skies.
His work was begun when Itaia's sun
Its rosy light first shed,
And by his side sat the fair young bride,
Til the last bright ray had fed.
Aud strangely fair, meath his pencil there,
Rose the lOVeliest dream Of Art;
With the Real inwrought was glorious thought
The Ideal Of the artists heart.
Yet not a dream-though strange It seem
For the living paler grew;
Aud the radiant face, with its witching grace,
From the dying it's beauty drew.
For each weary day, a. il passed sway
Left the bride more sad and lone;
And the thought Oft came, that the syreu Fame
Kept the heart she had called her own.
Aud yet she smiled, and her grief beguiled
Though the light diInmed in her eye
With the rapturous thought that Of her he wrought
semblanee that should not die.
The sounding chime that the spoiler Time
Rung in the quaint odd towers
He needed not for he had forgot
That there were spsiug hours.
He sought him a Names glorious name
To be heard when he was gone;
And IN after time, in every cline,
His memory lived on.
For the boon when bis work Mss dons,
But the tints thar he had spread
Were the life Of his bride, and by his side
Sat the s;ll form OF the lead.
In fallen Rome-Art's chosen home
Other glory gone-E part,
Matchless in grace, IL the radiant face
Wrought in cOIOrs Of the heart.
Genius and Taste on the work have placed
~ Es{,%NA SIX. ga ,z 49, ,
And the desthless mind within eushrined,
Lives sanctihed by time
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AMERICANS IN AUSTRIA.

recent Vienna letter to the Boston Atlas
contains an account Of the way Americans are
treated 10 the Austrian dominions They have
great trouble in getting their passports revised
by Austrian officials-Are closely watched, and in
one or two cases have been told that there was
room enough In America for them to travelp-
IVqshmgtoa Union.
Austria lie quite lenient compared with South
Carolina In the last named empire, Yankee is
not only closely watched, but he is in danger of q
coat of tar and feathers The American People
sympathizcd warmly with the Hungarians in
their revolt against Austria-they execrated the
cruelties Of Ilaynau and the measures of his en-
ployers; in the Senate resolution for terminal
ing diplomatic relations with Austria was intro
duced, and her conduct denounced unsparinply,
as base, atrooious, abomnable; the press abound
ed in inveotive against IL our most distinguished
statesmen made it the subject of public animad-
version and the Government openly announced
its sympathy for the patriots. No one can be sur
prised, then, that American travellers in a conn
try thus arraigned and condemned, should be
closely watched, and occasionally receive a hint
that their room would be better than their com.
pany. South Carolina would not be half so
moderate She allows no one who has denounced
her domestic institutions to travel within her
borders. lie is promptly warned out of the
State, or summarily punished according to the
code Of Judge Lynch
We all grow very indignant at the unfriendly
conduct Of Austria but that South Carolina
should lynch an American citizen for opinions
sake, is deemed q matter Of course
Slavery is a worse despot than the " Holy ALI
ancep
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In Justice to Mr.. Chase, we republish in the
Era Of this week, his able letter to the editor oil
the Tol.do REPUBLICAN.
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subject. And yet he knows nothing OF the thou
and other inventions Of equal worth, we have
chosen. for reasons best known to ourselves 70
keep at home
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BEVERLY TucKER.-The Southern Press an
nounces the decesse Of BrvERLy TucKrR, one Of
the Faculty Of William aud Mary College, a dis.
iinguishsd Disunionist.
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LITERARY NOTICES.

LIoHr II DARK PLACES. From the German Of the late
Augustus N eandsr. New York Lane Scott. For sale
by Austin Gray, 9TH street, below Il, Washington.
In the chaos following the Acknowledgement of
the Roman Empire and the Eruption Of the Bar
barians, the vitality Of Christianity was mani
Tested in the heroic constancy Of many Of its
professors. Affecting memorials of their doings
Ind sufferings, their trials and triumphs, have
been carefully collected by Neander, and grace
fully recorded in this little volopsa He hopes
the simple narrative it contains may convince
those Of their mistakes Wis have hssz accustomed
to end in the middle ages nothing but miracles
OF monsters.
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BucHASAn's JOURNAL or MAN.

This unique journal is enlarged and improved
in various respects The editor has lately re-
moved to Louisville, and his publication is to be
carried on both at Cincinnati and Louisville The
number before US contains an interesting CORES
pondence between Miss Bremen and DR.. Buchan-
an, showing that during her sojourn in Cncin-
natl she had become deeply interested in the
Doctors resear ches, and much impressed with his
bold, original views.
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lamation of military commander, for which the
Government was not responsible, and by which 1t
was not bound, reply, that, unfortunately for the
honor Of our Government, las things have since
terminated,) the proclamation Of X earny was rat
ifed by the Government at Washington In the
instructions given TO Kearny from Washington,
dated Sd June, 1916, the Government says:
Should you conquer and take possession OF
New Mexico and California, you may assure the
people Of those provinces that 1t is the rish and
design Of the United States TO provide for them a
free Government, with the least possible delay san
liar 10 that whi1A erists ia TyrRorieSR
Now, it is well. known fact that all the organ
lied Territories then existing In our Government
had free form of government Oregon was pro-
vided with Territorial form Of government IN
December, ls47, ereiuiag slaoery by lam Inc
promise OF our Government 70 New Mexico was
that " it was the wish and dengn' OF our Govern-
ment to give them, with the least possible ue-
lay,n form Of government similar TO that IN .ne
other Territories How WAS this plighted 's''s
keptl For two years, New Mexico Was oan ',.s
like foot. ball In Congress, outraged IN 800
by opprobrious epithets bullied ~ tnren1 i
Delegate rejected, and finally a. oresno -,
aicted upon her, defective In all 's pS w.. Tass,
at least as adapted 70 this pcop'e, ~ s,avs,v
tory thrown opea TO the
|" SO much Tor tnhs ""S- that after thia
- ID nth on the part OF our uovern-
80, .hs vould u least try 70 make some anenas
%e1. ing W. ~ jsssios-that she would put forth
" IA Effort TO redeem her own suliied
svsry s"".Ss he wounded feelings OF the people,
ao non a. shen isso the hrmest concord and am'y
LII tAs GsasrAl Government We might have
supposed sA. the Gsnsr. on her ,o
~ s.,sh Nv It least appointing officers for this
T.-.;s~rv vhs would do all in their potter, under
- CIRCUMSTANCES, TO fulnl the original pledges
80 Hev has she fulfilled this expectation
: $500. in her appoistnents, almost all Who
SsS ~ degree Of sympathy with freedom or iree
;.seltvsions, she hss chartered upon the Terr'o
~ : 81 Of SHAREHOLDERS, slavery symPsihiser anu
slavery ~d.61snis in such . manner - 20 eie.aas
slposs ss.srsly he Possibility Of frssdom nsuSs
ssy share OF voios In the of'ciaa innusn's " wv
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The FIRST Book OF ORAroRy. BY Edward Marshall
New York d. Appleton Il Co For sale by T. Farm
ham, Pennsylvania avenue, WAsl ington, ID. T..
collection of extracts, from orations, speech
es, poems, and dialogues, chiefly by American au
thors MIR. Marshall has executed the wori
very creditably, and made school book of ma
tional character
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THE STAR OF THE WISE MIN. BY Richard e. French
BID. Published and for sale as above.
This is concise, learned commentary on the
second chapter Of Matthew, and few can read it
without obtaining new ideas from it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-01-16
The Voice of the Legislatures
must be Stifad

A few weeks ago several of the Southern
members OF Congress arrived at New York, and
were publicly received by the great Union
Safety Committee of the new party Among
these Southerners was senator Downs, of Louis.
lana, who made a speech at this reception meet
ing; in the course of which he said:
"The South did not wish for anything unrea
sonable. They do not expect you to silence
the camor of abolitonists. Let them utter their
outcry against slavery, but let them not CREEP
into high places to speak for you as their consti-
tuents Ii is not so much the fanatics OF the
North we have to dread. We listen to theiI
vtuperation as to the Idle wind. But when your
local legislatures assumed to take the power Of
the COVE nment into their own hands, and SEND
forth their instructions on all subjects, it wat
sufficient 10 raise fears. We must depend on
you In a friendly and patriotic spirit to proven
these things recurring, for they disturb the kline
feelings OF the country"
So we find the south asks nothing "unYedSon
dbic'' OF US, We can talk as much as W,
please against slavery the South cares nothing
about that The South does not expect us t.
silence the 'abohtioniSts !" the "fanatics" it doe
not dread. But the State Legislatures must bt
kept silent. Anti slavery sentiments may b,
SpOhCl Wy ullu SOuth VIII
it all down the wind, as the madness of a few
powerIcss fanatics but when the State Legs
atures speak, it looks too much like the genera
sentiment of the Northern people to please thu
South. Therefore Senator Downs issues hi
prOnNnciameniO to put stopper upon the North
ern Legislatures. He tells his Northern friend
of the new "Union" party that they must proven
the recurrence of these things.
This is certainly very modest in Senate
Downs, to come here and tell our State Legisla
lures what they must do it is nothing "unreGs
enable" OF course the faithful followers o
Unonsm" will bow in obedience to this South
ern ukase and hence we shall find the Union
| politicians in our own and other Legislatures
very anxious to avoid saying anything upon The
slavery question. The edict has been issued
and all who refuse to obey it will be regarded
as disunonsts, and will be cut off from al
chance of sharing the plumber of the fedora
treasury-Dem. Standard.
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The Contrast.

On Monday evening, the 22d of December, at
the dinner the New England Society at the
Astor House, man profaneIy styled the God
Ike and fusomely Wanted as the Defender
or the Constitution, made speech in which he
Landed the sterner virtues of the Pilgrims, and
vet declared that their descendants are not cal.
led upon to initiate but only to emulate those
virtues.
At the same hour there was lying in the Gus.
tody of the United States Marshal ofthis district
another man, whose Office was not that of making
speeches at dinner but of waiting on the table,
who had been arrested as fugitive slave un-
der law which would never have become law
but for the influence and efforts of this same de-
scendant Of the Puritans, who would not initiate
their stern regard for right drawn from the high
er law While the Defender was drinking down
wine and fattery at the Astor House, the De-
fenceless was in the lookup revolving in agony
the probabilities of being made slave by the
Constitution
On Tuesday morning, the god-like' received
at the City Hall the adulations of the Union
Safety Committee, and dilated upon the benefits
and glories of the Union. At the same hour,
and in room of the same building, the mighty
power of The Union was remorselessly applied TO
crush man made in the image of God.-I,de.
dent.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN

their own is no evidence that they are not
men.
Hath not a negro eyes? Hath not a negro
hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,
passions? Is he not fed with the same food,
hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same
diseases, healed by the same means, warmed e.
and cooled by the same summer and winter, as
the white man is? you prick us, do we not
bleed If you tickle u.s. do we not laugh? And
if you poison US, do we not die !? And if you
wrong us, shall we not resent But why need
reason thus? Who that is honest will not ad-
NIT that negroes are men, and therefore endow
ed with certain nalenable rights, among which
are life, and liberty, and the pursuit OF happl-
ness p
Who does not know that if this Fugitive Slave
Law should be so applied as to operate on but
twenty of our white citizens the whole country
would be convnlsed, from Maine to Florida, from
the golden sands Of the Pacific to the Atlantic
wave?
Twenty millions of freemen would instantly
rise up, in the dignity of their manhood. and ap-
peal to higher law than that which gives a
license to barter, buy and sell the bones aud
muscle of living men, Bnt say the savehold-
ers and their apoogists, such doctrines would
- dissolve the Union. roor, indeed must that
Union be, which can be perpctuated only by the
. groans, and sweat, and tears Of black men,
u While the South complains of the North for moi
: catching her slaves, does she not know that she
y daily violates one of the plainest provisions o
# the Constitution by imprisoning, fning, ant
= then enslaving, every free colored man of thu
. North who may chance to touch her slavecurset
s soil?
e Need tel her that she has held, for the las
ten years, brother of mine, Tree colured mar
of the North, in slavery, because he coull no
pay his Jail fees ? With some, Slavery aud tn,
Union are identical. We have not the will,
:. eve,y body knows we have moi the power to des
:. troy this Union. But one thing we know, tina
if this Union cannot exist without ensavlng a
e live the free colored people of the North, it
! dissolution is certain. And then we will eav
e the South alone in her glory
rs Hold, while ye may, your strugg ing slaves
= and burden Gods free air
, With womans shrek beneath the lash, g. man
' hoods wild despair;
re Cling closer to the 'ceaving curse that write
upon your plains,
The blasting of Almighty wrath against Ian
of chains
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-01-16
One Important Point gained from
the South,

Southern statesmen nave ever, till within the
past year, strenuously contended for the doc
trine Of strict non intervention in regard to
the action of Congress on the subject of slavery,
and unanimously, and thousand times over,
laid down the rule, that Congress had no right
or power to legslate in any way which should
effect this institution in the States, But the
past year they have come up and demanded, and
obtained, the most stringent law ever enact
ed in Congress, for the protection and snstainlng
of slavery by all the States Now, according
to all admitted precedent in Controversies, are
they not forever estoped from all objections to
the legislation of Congress on this subject, tho
that legislation may 90 to the prohibition of the
inter. State slave trade, and even to the enamel
patton of the slaves in any or all the States
where slaves are holden? If this be SO, need
we, at the North, longer HESITATE and especial
y since the slave power has become so alarm-
ingly aggressive, to come out boldly and de-
mand of Congress to abolish slavery, not only in
the territories, but in all the States themselves
Congress, on the asking Of the South, has most
clearly established the precedent Tor leglslatng
for slavery at large, and shall it now, on the ask
ing of the Morrill, refuse to legisate against it
And can the South now open their mouths, i
we insist on following that precedent of the
own setting with al the force we can muster il
Congress-? Freesoilers, have you thought o
this? Do you not see that we have thus gained
from the South, the past year, the most impor
tant point ever conceded in the slavery contro
versy? So it certainly appears to us, and We
propose henceforh, to avail ourself of the ad
vantage.