The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-05-19
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On the LIST Of June next we shall commence
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rs q FcnS pemN,ra,io missionary. especially
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htp,Arly - the purpose named.
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IN tin1ing.
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Washington, d. C., April 7, 1883.
p S. Editors of newspapers favorable to the
foregoing, will entitle themselves to six copies
of the monthly, by publishing the Prospectus
and directing attention to it,
A correspondent asks "What is the postage
on the Facts for the PeOple!' The postage
will be six cents per year on each number,
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ANNExArIoN--Th Fairfield Is. c. Herald,
q Southern Rights journal, commends the ac-
ton of Gov Lane in regard to tho Mercilla
Valley, and all other territory that can be con-
yerted to the use of shareholders. Hear him:
ave 90 in for tho whole of Mexico, the an
nexation of Cuba, and the conquest OF every
foot of soil which can be- converted to the use
of shareholders Uncle Sam il rich, and can
afford b. buy it. but if any fighting is to be
done, We think that New York, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts,, and indiana, should be atloic,d
TO furnish the soldiers, so rs to retrieve u pos
S,bLe. the character which the men from those
States forfeited in the Mexican war;
The soldiers from New York, Pennsylvania
MASSACHUSETTS, and Indiana, will probably fee
fattered by the complimentary terms in which
their services are spoken of by the Herald
They will be diIo,ccdn to fight for the extern
sion of Slavery, Gracious permission
CALIfoRNIA.--lt would seem, from the fol
lowing paragraph, that the efforts to divide
this State may yet be defeated:
"The Convention bill did not pass the Senate
on Wednesday The vote upon its final pas
saue stood fG to TO- Wewish we could assure
our readers that this was the finale AZ well as
final vote on this question, until it is called for
by the people themselves. It's friends in the
Legislature and elsewhere have managed most
adroitly, and if they should fail. to secure the
passage of u bill calling for Convention, II
would bc n rather discouraging result to all
their efforts San Francisco Journal Apri 9
The COMPROMISE VIoLATEp-The N. York
Express it is well known is one of the most
rabid bunker papers in the Union. 1t warmly
sustained the Compromise" the platform Of
the Baltimore Wing Convention, tho Union
Safety Committee, tho Treason trials, &c, and
the editor bound himself, by u Congressional
pledge, never to discuss the question. A recent
notice in that print, Of the key to Uncle Toms
Cabin, thus speaks:
at is too late in the day to say slavery mus
not be discussed ID must stand discussion OF
50 down la Congress, it has stood for year
tho most thorough and the most severe ant
searching dscu,~,on, and by very able mon
and the consequence H. that much light ha
been shed, and much better understanding
been had
NEw GRENApA-The steamer Illinois ar
rived at New York on Sunday last, bringing
S22oI, 900 in gold from California.
The 4. egislaturo Of New Grenada was dis
cussing the Constitutional Reform bill. The
most absorbing questions are-tho abolition Of
capital punishmenl, the separation Of Church
and State, and the ci>ction Of Governor by
the people