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Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07

was placed in coffin, and the coffin was about TO be
closed when physician happened TO look into the
coin and pronounced the man not dead, which PROV
ed to be the casc.-The man is alive, and likely
TO recover.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
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In Marlboro, June 9th, Capt Benz. Whitney aged So
In Gulford June 29th the wife Of Otis Aldrch aged H.
In Newbury 10th ult. Mr. Thomas Burroughs, aged IS.
In Bernardston June 90, Mrs Elizabeth widow of Israel
Hale SIN Haydenville Wild Lucy Lewis, aged n.
In Leyden, 18th ult of consumption a. n. Thorn, 20.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
NEW STORE.

THE subscriber having recently fitted mp Store in the
village of Jacksonville, has just received from Boston
market n choice selected stock Of
West India Goods and Groceries,
DRY GOODS,
CR0CKERY, GLASS AND HARDWARE;
Shoreis, Hoes, Manure and Hay Forks, Seythes and
Scytho Stones, &c. &c.
Not having purchased the largest stock that ever
heard Of but general assortment for cash. will sell for
cash ready pay at prices that cannot fail to suit
Call and before purchasing elsewhere. have license
TO sell all kinds of Spirits for medicinal purposes
DENNIS CANEDG.
jacksonville, July 2, 1852.
&C. All persons having old unsettled accounts with the
subscriber call and settle the without delay and
themselves and me much trouble
tf39 D. CANEDY.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
old Cane Seat Chairs.
STATE OF VERMONT.

ANY persons having Chairs which they wish new seated,
"A can have them done by leaving them at
A. L. DWINELL'S.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
Blanchard's ScVthes.

DIdIICIIdTuS OCV LIlGS.
1OO Doz "Blanchards" celebrated Scythes lust recoir-
wv ed and will be sold at wholesale usual, and war
ranted in all cases--ALso,
20 boz. Batcheler's and Van Ornum's Hay Forks
30 Scythe Snahs,
50 Iakes,
so Scyhe Stones Of all kinds.
All of the above Hayng Tools will be sold at Wholesale
or Retail ut the lowest prices.
BUTTON & CLARK.
Brattleboro, June 7, 1852 2m35
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RARE CH AN CE.

XVANTED,-severa well educated well dressed and "go-
w ahead" young Men solicit subscribers for of the
most splendid and popular WORKS in the U. States just
published in Boston, price $50 and SOD The encOur
the SouT has cleared $50 month"; for five consecutive
months Those who go great distance will require not
less than $50 capital to deray eXpensesa short distance
but small capital Apply, personally to the subscriber
sole Agent. j. GREENLEAF Gulford, Vt.
n. B.-Those who wish it, also take, at high COM
mission several Spldd and cheap works Gust receiv
from Boston) to sell they go aong-Bu need apply
who are 'afrad Of the Bears -
Name and residence will be given. 36
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
FOR SALE,

ON the most reasonable terms, an Excellent WATER
" POWER, suited to any kind of Machinery Timber g.
fuel plenty and at reasonable rates Also any quantity Of
Land for buildings other purposes.
Said Water Privilege located in the centre of the town
of Londonderry about one and half miles from either of
its villages. For further particulars enquire of Rev sen
PIERCE, Londonderry, SOLOMON DAVIS the premises
June 2S 1852. H38
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Soda Water.
Fairbanks, ScaIe

DURE Cold Soda Water, with Syrups of the finest flavor
and quality. Tickets for sale if desired-hy
June II WILLISTON & TYLER.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
Wool Carding.

THE subscrbers would give notice that they have Four
Carding Machines in perfect ORDER and that they VIII
carry te Wool Cardng business in the best possible
manner all OF the year. at Twenty-Five per cnt
less than usual prices. Where Lard is not found we use
the best of Lard OIL Please give call and see II we
don't KEEP MOVING. 5.-.gt -
DAVID 3. LAMPSON & son.
PondyiIe (Newfane) June 49, 1852 9w36
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Having Tools.

lust Blanchards celebrated Cast Steel and
German Steel SCYTHES. Also Scythe Snaiths Hay
Forks Rakes Scythe Stones Including Of those cee
brated Mortified Stones for sale cheap by :. 90,
Pratt, Wheeler g. Co.
Inne 30 1852 80
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

DRAFT, WHEELER & co. are selling off their entire
Stock Of DRY GOODS less prices than ever before
heard Of We trust customers win avail themselves of this
opportunity TO buy Goods at less than fair prices
July 6, 1852. 4w30
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An Excellent Farm for Sale!!!

nor SALE-0ne Hundred and Fifty Acres OF the well
known CARPENTER FARM" including all the build
ingswell watered, fenced mostly with heavy stone wall
and containing excellent fruit ;situaed mile and half
west of Gufod Centre. Enquire Of f. b. CARPENTER OF
this village (tfl5J Bratteboro, Jan. ~, 1852
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07

s. ALT.
25 Bags Liverpool Pine, 25 -" Coran fine,
for sale by FROST & GOODHUE
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07

THE subscribers Agents for the sale of Fairbanks
Patent Platform and Counter Scales and have on han
obtain Scales of any size. For sale manuacu
er's lowest prices. WILLISTON & TYLER.
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1852-07-07
WaNTED IMMEDIATELY
Six first rate Coat Makers.
IS PRATT, WHEELER & co.

Corn and Oats.
400 Bushels prime Western Corn,
900 >" Oats, for sale by
June g. FROST &
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they were passed with full understanding oy
the Convention that they were to be the pia'-
form of the Party, not only in the coming con,
test, but for the Democratic Party the mex
four years, nationally and in the States ihey
are tie platform of the Party, and oil ltS caiu',
date, Mr.. Pierce. He stands upon it, is bound
by it, and if elected, will continue TO s'an'
upon it,
The paragraph from the Post contains 'he
individual opinion of its editor; the PLATFORM,
the authorized creed of the Party represented
by the Convention The man who votes lor It's
nominees votes for its platform. They are one
and inseparable If Mr.. Pierce does not repre-
sent the doctrines proclaimed by the CohVeh-
ton from which be holds his nomination, what
does he represent IL he does not represent
those doctrines, by what authority is he can
didste?
We have often had occasion to speak oil
the independence of the EUening Post, and
have seldom differed from it in principle or
policy but with sorrow, we part from 1t now
We think resolutions mean somethlng-that
nomination means something-that q vote
for Presidential candidate nominated be-
cause pledged to Principles and Measures we
hold to be fundamentally wrong, cannot be
justified on any calculation of consequences,
any plea of Party necessity. The philosophy
of our friends of the Post conducts them TO dill
fercnt conclusions. With such philosophy,
how long before they can hope to redeem their
Party from thraldom to Slavery
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delegate TO the task Of selecting suitable candi-
dates for his Party. The two things are dis
tnct and should be kept 30 Intelligent and
active men are not so scarce, that double duty
must needs be performed by one set of agents.
sthly Finally, let such Conventions be held
at some point 50 distant that they may act in
dependently of Congressional influence, and
Congress proceed with its business without in
terruption from conventional influence. The
improperly Of holding them in Washington
during the session of Congress would be mani
fest They would interfere with the efficient
discharge of Legislative functions aud, so far
from representing the popular will, would fall
under the control of Legislative caucuses. What
better is Baltimore than Washington The
railroad and telegraph bring them so closely
in juxtaposition that the Convention might
almost as well be held in the one place as in
the other.
For the week before the late Convention,
Washington was crowded, the lobbies of Con-
gress were filed with politicians, and the pre-
vailing excitement prevented the transaction OF
business During the week of its session,
neither House sat, except for the purpose OF
adjourning: the absence of a quorum, or the
excitement of suspense, anxiety, expectation,
would have averted all business.
These suggestions are thrown out for consid-
Grafton The evils referred TO are growing,
and, if not checked, Congress ere long will sink
its character as legislative body into that of
an intriguing, corrupt political caucus.
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Slave Law-who can doubt the glorious results
Of course, Anti-Slavery agitation will be put
down, and Democracy and Slavery reign to-
gether in perpetual harmony and peace! And
what beautiful sight it will be, to see the err
ing Democrats from the North, who for little
while went astray after the false god of Liber-
ty, now rejoining the elect host and partici-
pating in the millennial beatitudes of the new
dispensation!
Seriously, we think the Washington Union
is presuming too much on the pliability OF our
Northern friends There are at least a few
liberal Democrats Of the North who cannot be
persuaded that either profit or honor is to be
gained by enlisting under the banner of the
Slave Power in crusade against the prevail
ing sentiment of their own section. They can
not be persuaded to support candidate stand
ing upon the sublime issue expOunded by th'
Union.
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THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.

One day last week, the Near York Tribune
paid its respects to us, as follows;
"The National Era is about the most unfair
and untirng enemy of the Wing party that
we know We find the following in its article
ON the late Slavery triumph in the California
Legislature:
There is curious fact connected with
the proceedings in relation to this infamous
BILL Its chief advocate in the Senate was Mr..
Van Buren,, who, according to the New York
EUening Post, figured as a Whig Free-Soiler
in New York in the Presidential campaign of
lsls, while it's principal opponent was Mr.
Frederick, who in the same year ran for Con-
gress on the Hunker ticket
Now we are quite confident the Evening
Post never said this Van Buren, was Whig
Free-Soiler for he was no more such than his
namesake Martin and son John. But the Era
finds chances to stab the Wing party when it
can, and invents them when it cannot.
Had the present Legislature Of California
been Wing the Era would have made that
fact conspicuous in its article before US; but an
it is strongly Democratic, its politics are not
aiinded tor
: The next day it contained the following:
To the Editors of the ~ Y Tribune
GENTLEMEN: The Tribune of this morning
has the following "Now, we are quite conf.
dent the EUening Post never said that Van b.
rem was u Whig Free-Soilern
The EreEing Post MAY ~ thus comments
on the debate on the Fugitive Slave Law in the
Legislature of California
at is worthy of observation, that Mr. Van
Buren,, who figures in the debate as champion
OF the Slavery interest was Wing Free
Soiler in the Presidential campaign of lS4s.
send tins correction to you, in justice to
the National Era Respectfully,
AN INDEPENDENT STRANGER
Well we publish the above as it was sent,
8 in Justice to the National Era But it il none
the less true that the Van Buren, in question
was Van Buren, Free-Soiler in 1913, and we
are content he now claims to be Democrat
And it is further true that the Era has ge-
MUS for picking up every stick which can be
used, fairly or unfairly, for a shy ut the Wings
"And il is further true" that the Tribune
"bas genius for picking up every stick which
can be used fairly or unfairly for a shy at" the
Era,
The Tribune, in quoting our paragraph con-
corning Van Buren, represents us 10 have put
the word "Whig" in italics thereby directing
special attention to it. This is just rs unfair
a. il he had put in our mouth word that we
had not used We did not italicixs the word
q Wing" nor did we make any use Of the fact
stated, against the Wing party The only use
made Of twas this:
Ii would DO instructive to know by what
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SOME HISTORICAL FACTS.
A correspondent writes

A correspondent writes
81 with many more, want this point of his.
torical information: By what mode the United
States Constitution was adopted By the
people in person, at their elections or by dele.
gates in convention or legislative bodies! And
is it proveable that the people of the free
States adopted that instrument with the knowl-
edge that the Pro-Savery clauses in it, so called,
were there inserted with the design to favor
and aid the cause of Slavery That is was it
understood by the people of the free States
that those clauses were framed and inserted
for that purpose Thousands of sterling Anti
Slavery men are unadvised on thesespoints, and
It would be of signal and great service if you,
who doubtless have the source of that history
would give an exhibit or exposition of it in the
Era We need all the historical facts in the
premises that we can hayep
The Federal Constitution was ratified by
CONVENTIONS of the several States-that in
strument itself providing that
"The ratification of the Convention of nine
States shall be sufficient for the establishment
of this Constitution, between the States ratify-
ing the same"
These conventions ratified the Constitution
with the knowledge that there were certain
clauses in it touching the subject of Slavery,
but not one of them held that these clauses
sanctioned or sustained in any way the system
On the contrary, they were spoken of in the
North Carolina Convention as Anti-Slayery in
their tendency, denounced in the Virginia Con
vention as investing Congress with power to
interfere for the abatement of the evil, explain
ed by Judge Wilson in the Convention of Penn
sylvania, and Judge Dawes in that of Massa-
chusetts, as being concessions on the part of the
South, which in reality paved the way for ult-
mate emancipation; and these explanations
were accepted.
The article in relation to Slave representa-
ton was assented to by the mons layehoding
Interest, because it made provision for the ap-
portionment of taxes according to the repre-
sentation of that class of persons
As the slave trade was at that time univer-
sally considered the parent of Slavery, it was
held that the extinction of the former would
put an. end to the latter. Hence the provision
of the Constitution allowing Congress to pro
hibt the traffic in the year 1908, an act beyond
the power of the Congress of the Confederation,
was referred to as a clear gain by the oppO-
nents Of Slavery.
The provision in regard to fugitives from
service or labor excited no discussion or agi-
tation in the Federal Convention; and, so far
as we can judge from an examination Of the
proceedings of the State Conventions, attracted
little attention The reason of this was, that
its consequences were not foreseen, and besides
it was the prevailing belief that Slavery was a
temporary institution, rapidly tending to ex
Constitution in relation to it would become in
operative.
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appliances such changes have been brought
about. Indeed, the change in the character OF
the politicians Of the new State, from iooo,
when they adopted with great nnanlmity an
Anti-Slavery Constitution, to lSol-2, when
they are laboring insidiously to smnggle ga
very within its limits, is astounding"
The Tribune must try again. 1t missed fire
tbia tipa
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VOL. vi.

ton of the present work The author ayows
himself TO be an enlightened friend Of tbo
People and of free institutions and speaks
plainly of the duplicity, fraud and violence n
Despotism; but his narrative appears to be i'm
partial, and there is nothing extravagant IN
his tone of comment His detestaton g
Tyranny does not lead him to the omission ..
misrepresentation of facts necessary TO the al,
cidation of his theme, or blind him to thu
errors and vices of its opponents
The style Of the work is clear and vigorous
and the arrangement as satisfactory as the
complex subject would allow
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WASHINGTON. d. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1852.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.

Copies of this work are for sale at the Office
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Persons at a distance Of not over 500 Males
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its passage. Why do you want to agitate it
We do not care particularly about the agi Ia
ton but object to your Juggling in such doc.
trines as these promulged to-day. Laughter.
When you ask US 10 pronounce finality upon
such sentiments, we shall not do it,
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FREuIGRATHs POEM.

A friend at Norristown, Pennsylvania, re
grets the appearance of Freiligrath's Poem III
| our last number
It's publication was solicited by respectable
man, who feels an interest IN the cause oil Eu-
| ropean revolution, and we could see no harm
in acceding to his request, though we might
| not concur in all his views.
The Poem is from the pen OF one OF the reyo-
lutionary poets of Germany, and is iull oil
strength and generous sentiment Our Nor
| ristown friend entirely mistakes when he ap'
plies it to Kossuth. But even were this not
the case, why has not Freiligrath as good a
right to denounce the particular measure Of
giving money in this country to aid revolution
| in Europe, as Kossuth has to advocate it We
have no sympathy with Reaction, or with the
miserable assaults upon Kossuth by the Conser-
vative press but we are not a man-worshlp-
per. Whatever we have said for Kossuth, has
been said, not from devotion to the man, but to
the principles he has so eloquently advocated
As to the money raised in this country, if wise
ly appropriated, as we trust it will be, it will
be of service to the Revolutionary Committees
in obtaining and spreading Intelligence and
that is all Revolution, actual revolution, must
be the work of the People themselves. "Who
would be free, themselves must strike the
| blown
AN ANTI-SLAvERY LEAGUE-A word to the
writer of the proposition on this head on our
fourth page. You have no right to place the
Era in the category of those who are in the
habit of wrangling with each other about
modes of policy. No facts warrant this CLASH
fcation The Era assails no one for a differ
ence of opinion, unless that difference involves
question of Principle, and its assault is then
one of argument not denunciation Our friend
will allow us to say that we are in all respects
as exempt from sectarism as he is.
The ERA AND Tit PosTMAsTERs. - Gener-
ally, Mr.. Fillmore, postmasters strive to do
their duty and the Era suffers no detriment at
their hands. Now Snd then there is an excep-
ton, like that we s,s about to notice. A friend
sending US the maine of new subscriber at
Brady, Kalamazoo dDunty, Michigan, adds the
following:
ale informed me that he had been at the
abOye-named office, to get information from the
postmaster (who is > Whig) RS to the amount
of subscription. HI told him that your paper
could not be had Tot hess than two dollars, and
that it would not be sent more than one-hali
Of the time and he prevailed on him to sub
scribe for the Detroit Tribune instead"
The New York Tribune will please take no
tice that we quote this, not from that unrelent-
ing hostility tc the Wing party it is in the
habit of imputilg to us, but to show that a
man may do a very mean thing even if he is
Wing
By the way, i our subscribers at Brady fail
to receive their papers, they will please inform
us of the fact The General Post Office De-
partment is generally prompt in remedying
such diffcultis, SO Ear as may be within its
noxyar
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Kate Penrose is a young girl, with many
good qualities, but headstrong and hasty, who
marries against good counsel, and finds her
reward in the humiliation and agonies of do
mestic indifference, tyranny, and brutality 1t
is a short story, well told, and to the point.
Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-24
Can the Wings Elect a President.

We should answer this question at once in the
negative. But our opinion would be likely to
have but little weight with our whig friends, we
will let some of their writer's answer the ques-
ton.
We make an extract from the New York Tri-
bune, which not only asserts that Mr. Fillmore
cannot be elected, but admits that no wing can
succeed unless he gets votes outside of the wing
party. Every democrat knows this, but the wings
will not always admit it.
But to the article itself from the Tribune:
..Now we take it be most excellent reason
why Mr.. Fillmore would stand small chance
of election, if nominated, is the fact that nobody
ever thought of him for President before the An
gel Of Death hurried Gen. Taylor from his seat,
and left Mr. Fillmore the Constitutional head of
affairs. Mr.. Fillmore never reckoned to have,
never did have, any claims or pretention to the
Presidency. His nomination, at no time, was
ever dreamed of by the Wing party. The sug-
gestion, at any time, would have been received
with derision. Why Not because Mr.. Fillmore
was not an excellent man and an unexceptionable
Wing, but simply because he never had the ele-
ments ofpersonal popularity, so absolutely essen
tlal to the success of the Wing candidate For
1t IS NJ to be denied that the Wing party proper
is in minority, and that we must have some
votes outside of that party in order to elect our
candidates. Mr.. Fillmore never was in position
to get them. There was nothing in bis history or
character to inspire popular fervor, Are things