Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-16

them iIom every one OF Wc t"c"y wv"
Wards. The powers of the Mayor ana
Councils are quite plenary, and with those
of the Commissioner and Controller, include '
the management of all the property and {
finances Of the city, the appointment oil Tue
Police, regulation Of the Fire Department.
and so forth The Importance attached 70 $
the election may be inferred from thus men
ton of the officers and their functions ,
The sham Democracy entered upon the
contest with the prestige OF old ana recent I
successes in nearly all instances, IN whlSh
the whole field had been between II ana ine
Whips. The candidate OF the former lor
Mayor was gentleman OF the old QUAKER
stock, of considerable public experience as
I Recorder. Prison Inspector and otherwise
man Of irreproachsble character and hap
/ its. The candidate for Solicitor was the
standing Chairman of the Democratic State
/ Committee, a personal friend and particular
pet of Postmaster. General Campbell-who
/ it will be remembered is a Phiadephlan
I and thus especially backed by the Admins
tration. The fellow candidates OF these
were also good men, 50 far as sham Demo
Gratis are possibly such. Thus stood mat
tiers when the Nebraska crime was IN pro-
/ press. The Wings at the same time had
chosen their men, and chosen them 30 well,
/ that the Native, Temperance, and tree-Soil
/ parties each TOO small to avail singly, found
these candidates acceptable also on their
rcspec tive principle, and hence united on
them. The consequence to the forces OF
! the Nebraska conspirators was n defeat Ut
/ tcrly overwhelming. The average majority
| of the Wing Mayor, Solicitor, &c, as our
/ readers have seen, is about ten thousand.-
| But this is the least evidence OF the depth
and breadth of popular adherence oil the
/ Federal Administration and ITS agents. Ol
/ the twenty four Wards, but four returned
! Select Councmen Of the Administration
! faith. Yet, Of -Four Congressman represent
/ ing Districts of these same Wards, hree
I voted for the Nebraska laiauyl Every one
/ of these Districts has thus promptly con-
| demned the treachery Of their false repre-
sentatves Let this immense triumph, tins
! Nemesis Of the ballot.box, speak comfort to
the nation r. Tribune
I prNNsYLvANIA.-A call for an anti Nebr s.
/ ka meeting at Laportc, sullivan County, Pa,
was warmly responded TO, few days since
/ BY numerous attendance, and without dis
1 tnction Of party, though "A majority OF the
meeting was composed of those who have
I heretofore been accustomed TO rally under
/ the Democratic banner. The asscmblage
was ably addressed by Hon. David Wilmot,
who denounced the conduct of the present
/ Administration in emphatic terms. Strong
resolutions were passed in reference to the
Nebraska swindlc. among which was one
avowlng a determination TO support no man
for Office who approved the action OF Con
gross in repeating The Missouri Compromise
lPenn..l on the 3lst May, renomnaied David
Richie the present Representative IN Con
press from that District, by acclamation; pass
ing 10 resolutions but those having reference
10 Slavery. The following are a SIMPLE of
the series:
Resolred That for the future the Sunth .
must take care of itsef-take care of its
peculiar property. supply its own bloodhounds
and doughlaces the freeman Of the North
design to, and will, crush out and exiermln-
ate the breed.
Resolred That in view of the dangers of
the crisis crisis overriding ali party dis
hereby pledge ourselves as
soldiers in the cause OF Frecdom-we in
scribe Free Men, Free Labor and Free
lands upon our banner, and enlist for the
whole war.
Ohio. A general fusion of all the oppo-
len,s of the Nebraska bill is taking place
throughout the State. The Transcript,
Democratic paper published at Canton, Stark
County, gives spirited sketch Of an SIN
llgnation meeting" recently held at that
place. A committee, consisting Of Demo
,rats, Wings, and Free Soders, was appoin
ed to draft resolutions, and the meeting was
by old-tashioned Democrats Of the
strlctest sect, insisting that oPposlf.on to the
Nebraska bill WIS the true test OF Denocra-
cy.
The Nebraska mon in Warren, Trumhull
Co. Ohio, undertook to fire a salute in honor
of the bill, ON Tuesday last; but they had
hardly commenced When every bell in town
was manned, and such a doleiu tollng as
was kept up between the stlutes. was never
before heard in that vicinity. Another at
tempt was made at nine O'Clock, aud almost
instantly the bells again rung out mourniul
dirgc. AT noon the Nebraskians rallied a.
gain with no better success. After supper
the shooting was undertaken once more
by tins time the Warren Brass Band had
mounted to the cupoll of a church, and be-
tween the pauscs Of the firing, played the
Dead March in saul, the bells all the while
tolng solemn hnel.
.Muine. The resolutions adopted at the
Convention OF Morrill, Democrats at Port
land, on Wednesday, assert that I'VE deep
" lament the abrogation of the Missouri
COMPROMISE in the passage of the Kansas
Nebraska bill and we hereby pledge our
selves to exercise the right Of suffrage as
shall most speedily and eilectuilly result in
its restoration; that the pretence that Con
hoe f,n tn luA
as the ordnance OF 81 Is not only false and
ground ess, but at yarience with the known
views of the trainers of the Constitution, as
well as with the entire practice of the gov
ernment for more than half a century and
that IN consequence of the action of Con-
gress m repealiog the NJ ssouri Comprom-
Use, all Compromises on the subject of slave
~ have ceased to be obligatory as SUCH
No resistance to the execution of existing
laws is counselled, and it is no, proposed to
Interfere with slavery in the States in fact,
the resolutions aver that "we are willing that
the South should have every right they can
fairly claim under the Constitution" They
conclude by rendering "our hearty thanks
TO all the members of Congress who resisted
to the last the passage of the lniqultous Ne
oraska bill, and especially to those of our
Massachusetts, The Northampton Cour-
Ter, a leading FreeSoil journal, advises IT'S
friends that what they should do in this crisis
should not be a matter Of doubt, and in
speaking for them, It gives assurance that
they are ready to relinqush their organiza
ton and act with any men, or any party, re-
CARELESS of names, who will heartily oppose
the aggressive schemes OF the slave power,
and faithfully uphold the rights of the North. /
Ii also adds:
1--WE think we know enough Of the Free /
Sellers to say this much and further, that .
nothing less than the successful support of
every northern member of Congress, be he .
Wing or Democrat, who has proved true in
this crisis, will satisfy them. And here we
may remark, that III this district, and also in .
the Berkshire district, the free solers next
fall will be foremost in demanding the return