The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-10
VOL. VII.

a Just, equal and righteous Government 70.
pressing only the wrong, encouraging ONLY tho
right, and working out for universal man IT,
highest developments of which God and na,,ro
have made him capable Such an exor,rio
were more potent against dtspots and dr.,
isms, the world over, than fleets and armies
ReSolued, That every nation possesses tho mn
doubted right to meliorate and aboli,b ;ts oa.,
social, political, and domestic evils, witbort ~ !.
intermeddling of any other nation and any t ~
reference on the part Of our Government -
prevent Spain from mitigating or abolsh;ro
Slavery in Cuba, would be Infamous. and ;m.,s
ly subject the Administration to the ind;coar 49,
scorn of the world.
ReSOlusd, That the Democratic and WA.
parties, by their national platforms. the naa!h
ton of their candidates, and the tones of r.
organs, have shown themse yes utterlv mn
thy of the support and confidence Of thoa,
having at heart the great truths Of the ~
ration of independence; and therefore ALI go
persons should at once cut adrilt from ~ oai
parties and enlist with the Free Demos
which alone is striving for the practical ami
cation Of those principles. Fi'''
Many animated speeches were made, COUNTY
committees were organized, and the folloU;r,
State Central Committee We're appointed.
j. p Morse, Jacob n. Ella. l.. D. Mason
P. Atkinson, G.. G. Fogg, J. H. Goodale, s w
Bufum, Joseph Weber, s C. Bean, w. HOLM.
OFFICIAL VoTE OF OHIo.--The vote GrIss,
for State officers, stands:
Gocernor.-Medill, al, SOB; Barrere 81 500.
Lewis, 5J,342. '0'
Lieut.. Governor. - Myers, 1881; Allen
l27,272.
Secretary of Stdte.-Trevitt ISL. O92; Van
Worries, 81 1923 Graham, 33. $3.50.
State TredSurer.-Bresln, $50 g55 Bracb.
man, 95,6O6 Chafin, 80 500.
attorney Generak-McCook, I49 371. 9Th
son, 97,14l Watson, 80 500
Supreme Judge .-Bartley, 149 $50 Backus
90, $50 Hitchcock, 35373.
Board of Public Works-Grswold. I49A7
Waddle, 81 $50; Blair, 81. 900
Superintendent Of Common Schools -Barnev
las. $50 Andrews, 1877 202
The first named, in each table, is Old Line
Democratic; the second, Wing; the third, Free
Soil
AS the Independent Democrats voted for the
Wing candidate for the Office of Lieutenant
Governor, on account of his concurrence of
opinion with them, some thousands of Wings
cast their votes for MIR. Lewis The real Free
Democratic strength, we suppose, is to be meas
ured by the vote given for the candidates for
the subordinate State Offices, viz thirty five
misunderstanding an increase, since the last
election, of ten thousand To what extent the
introduction of the Maine Liquor Law agitation
helped or hindered the new Party it is impos-
sible to say
A STATE CONVENTION of the Independent
Democracy of Vermont was held at Montpelier
On the 9th ult John Mclean was elected
President A State Central Committee was
appointed as follows:
Hon. John Mclean, of Cabot Chairman c.
Hicks, Patrick Welch, J. NJ. Slade, I. J. Hig
yinson, l.. +. Guernsey, J. Morse Flint, Dens-
ow Upham, VIM. H. French, Geo. n Paige, A.
G. Babbitt, Geo w Bailey, Charles FELTON,, w
rrask, H. H. Reynolds.
After speeches from f. D. Barber and 9TH
,rs, the following resolutions were adopted
Resolved, That now, as ever, we stand upon
the doctrines promulgated at Pittsburgh as the
creed of the Free Democracy; and rejoice to
witness in the history of the times and the aus
picious ordering of events, proofs prophetic Of
The final triumph of our principles.
ReSoiUed, That we regard the platforms laid
Down by the two parties at Baltimore as con-
tanning doctrines repugnant to the fundamental
principles of civil liberty and true republican
SIN.
Resolved, That we have lost no iot of our
faith, that the organization of the Free Democ-
racy as a political party is an agency ndis-
pensable for the times that the foundation
principles of the American Government may
become active and living realities in its admin
stration
RELIGIOUS ToLERATIoN TIN TESTAMENT
IN THE SCHOOLS We publish to-day an in
decision, just made by the Secretary
Of State in relation to the right of school teach.
ers in our public schools to compel pupils to
read and study the Protestant Testament The
question arose upon the complaint of the Rev.
DR.. Quigley, of Washington county, whose child
had been .chastsed and expelled from school
for refusing in obedience to his parents COM
mand, to commit parts of the Testament to
Mr.. Randall very properly held that
the State had no authority to compel the pu-
pills to receive any sectarian instructions against
the wishes of their parents.
N. Y. EUening Post
This is right The State would have inst as
good right to compel Catholic children to 20
to Protestant churches, or Protestant children
to 90 to Catholic churches The only wonder
is, that any school teacher in public school
should venture upon such an outrage on the
rights of conscience Let us maintain our
schools against the attempts of the
Jesuits to break them down let us withstand
every attempt to establish tho policy of sepa-
rate appropriations by the State for sectarian
schools; but all this can be done without forcing
Catholic children to conform to Protestant
modes of worship or read the Protestant version
of the Bible
A NOVEL IDEA.--A writer in the Charleston
Evening News is under the impression that
there has been no peace between England and
America since the first btOp r0S struck at Brit
iA supremacy on The seas, by The planters Of The
South, behind the Palmetto logs at Fort Moul-
triei 1t is doubtless tho recollection of this
blow that restraints Great Britain now from
overt acts Of hostility against us
The " ORGAN."-Lstely, on the strength of
derived, we have no doubt from
informants as trustworthy as those who supply
the news relating to the tripartite treaty and
Cuba the Union announced that it was prob
able that Forest, our newly-appointed consul
10 Germany, would not be received. II pro
ceeded to threaten Sardinia, and bravely de-
clared that it must receive Foresti, or nobody
1t turns out that Foresti has not yet left New
York The LAtelHgencsr thinks "our model
Republic has a model organ"