The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-04-28

| as friend Of Freedom, ready at all times,
' when any practical issue arose in Congress
, between Slavery and Freedom, to record his
} vote against the former. Mr.. Davis, elected
from the eastern district, had been known for
many years as a consistent, genuine, and an
, active AboIitionist The Free Democrat says,
that to him probably, as much as to any one
man in Rhode Island, the present Free DEM
ocratic organization in that State owes its ex-
istence
"He it was, who did so much in ploughing
up the sterile soil, aud sowing the seed and ma
turing that harvest which, we trust will soon
be ready for the ingathering. We can testify
to his faithfulness as an officer Of the Rhode
Island Anti-Slaycry Society to the wisdom Of
his counsels; to his fidelity to the slaves to
the liberality of his contributions for carrying
forward the Anti-Slavery cause, both in this
State and in the neighboring Commonwealth"
He preferred to be nominated by the Old
Line Democracy, and hence the nomination
of another candidate by the Independent
Democrats. His election is equivalent to a re-
pudiation Of the Baltimore platform.
General James ~ Bethune has started q pa
per at Columbus, Georgia, called the Corner
Stone, for the avowed purpose of advocating
dissolution Of the Union-believng that the
General Government is administered solely for
the benefit of the North, and that the union
of the two sections is evil, only evil, and that
continually"
Death at last completed its work with Viii
u l. Al
States: He died on the evening Of the lSth,
at his residence in Selma, Alabama He was
a Representative in Congress from North Caro-
lima, from 1911 to 1876 then Secretary of Le-
CATION to Russia next Senator from Alabama,
from 1919 to l845; then Minister PIenipoten-
tiary to France; again Senator from ls49 to
1853, closing his career as Vice President of
the United States.
Mr.. Stanly late Representative in Con-
gress from North Carolina, is in Washington,
on his way to California, where he intends to
reside, and follow his profession We do not
believe he will give countenance to the con-
spracy to plant Slavery in that new State.
The sailors remember their benefactor. A
few days since, Mr.. Hale who succeeded in
having an act passed prohibiting fogging in
the navy, was invited to visit the u s. sloop-
of-war Germantown, by Commander Nichol-
son. The crew was mustered and he made a
short speech. The sailors cheered him most
vehemently According to Commander Mich
olson, his crew gets along" admirably with
out the lash
Maryland is too much under Papal nflu-
ence. A bill, now under consideration in the
Legislature, to divide the school fund-in other
words, to break up the present common school
system, and make Appropriation for the sup
port of sectarian schools--is exciting much feel
ing in Baltimore. Recently an immense meet
ing, to protest against it. was held in the Ma
ryland Institute.
The Baltimore correspondent of the Repstb-
iie in letter dated the 9th, says that Father
Gavazzi, the famous Italian patriot formerly
u Catholic priest, has been refused the use of
the Mechanics Institute in that city, and that
there would probably be much excitement at
his lectures, which were to be delivered in
Temperance Hall. Have we Tuscany in this
countrya Has the Pope of Rome suppressed
freedom of discussion in Baltimore!
gentleman in Georgia, advising the breaking
up OF the Union party, and the reorganization
OF the old Democratic party. The Union
party having made him Governor, and Mr.
Toombs Senator, has of course done its work,
fulfilling that whereunto it was appointed.
We notice in the Ahtabula Sentinel, very
kind response to our late article on the subject
OF the independent Democracy and Free Trade
NC ~ presents no new fact or argument; and
our views remain unchanged. If the Free or
Independent Democratic party would secure
the confidence of the People and the control
OF the Government it must form and declare
its views on every question of legislation in
which the People are interested, and these
views must be in harmony with its funda-
mental prnciple-equality Of rights. The pol
icy of evasion or non cOmmittalism, which it
has always condemned in the old parties, it
will hardly adopt for itself
|
day, March 26, contained the following edito-
rial notice:
ave learn from gentleman, Just in from
the West, that a couple of negroes, belonging
to Mr.. Lott on the San Antonio river, stole two
of the best.horses he had on his plantation,
some ten or twelve days ago, and made off for
Mexico. They succeeded in making their way
to the neighbOrhood Of Brownsville, when they
. were oyertaken by party of United States
soldiers who ordered them to surrender they
refused to do 80, and, manifesting disposition
to resist any attempt that might be made by
the soldiers to retake them, were immediately
shot down.
The killing of the negroes has been seri-
Gus loss to MIR. Lott as they were two of the
most valuable hands he had upon his place.
Are United States soldiers paid for catching
runaway negroes Is it the business of the
officers Of the army stationed on our Texan
frontier, to play the part of overseers to the
planters And if this be so, are the slaves
under military rule, and to be shot down, like
brutes, at the pleasure of the soldiery! The
comment of the editor of the paper is charac-
teristic. He is not shocked at the murder of
the slaves, but grieved at the loss Of the mas
ter! "The killing of the negroes has been Of
serious loss to MIR Lott" We shall not be
surprised to see q claim submitted by MIR. Lott
to the next Congress for damages! This para
graph from the Commercial will 20 to Europe
in the same mail which carries denunciations
of Uncle Toms Cabin as libel on our nsti-
buttons
The Nsp Orleans Crescent gives an interest
ing account of lad of thirteen, held as a