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TIED THERE BY LAW AT THIS TIME; and the
effect, if not the object of his amendment, would
be to introduce SiaUsy By lao into country,
from schich 1 think large majority Of this
Senate are Of opinion IL is .soac erctuded; and
he calls upon us to vote to introduce 1t there.
In another part~of the same speech, Mr..
Douglas admits the power of Congress to pro-
hibit Slavery in the Territories, and determine
other questions affecting the interests of the
People; from which it would appear that he
rests his policy concerning the sef:governrnent
of Territory, not on any constitutional ground
but on mere expediency. Nor does he admit
the Southern argument, that the exclusion OF
slaves from a Territory is any violation of the
rights of property.
!" Sir" said he, / do not hold the doctrine
that to erclude aug species Of property 6y lac
from any Territory IS a ciolation Of any right 10
prOpe,ty Do you not exclude banks from some
of the Territories? Do you not exclude whis-
kew from being introduced into large portions OF
the Territories of the United States? Do you
not exclude gambling tables, which are proper
ty. recognised as such, in the States where
they are tolerated? And has any one contend
ed that the exclusion of gambling tables, and
the exclusion of ardent spirits, was a violation
of any constitutional right or privilege? x
Why, sir, our laws now
prevent tavern-keeper from going INTO some
of the Territories of the United States, and
taking a bar with him, and using and selling
spirits there. The law also prohibits certain
other descriptions of business from being car
ried on in the Territories. / am NOT, therefore,
prepared to sag that under the Constellation zoe
hare not the pO,cer to pass taacs eIcltding negro
,Slarery from tie Territories. II inrolres the
same principle"
Mr.. Douglas then proceeded to say, that for
his own part, he preferred that the whole sub
ect of Slavery be left to the will of the People
of Territory.
Practically, the position of Mr.. Douglas is pre-
cisely the same as that of General Cass in
doctrine, in one respect, he is more unsound, in
the Southern sense, than the latter, for he be-
lieves in the constitutionality of the Wilmot
ProviSo. Now, Mr.. Enquirer, why do you make
fish of one, and flesh of the other? There must
be a reason for it.
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ANOTHER. AUTHORITY.

Each public officer, said General JAcKsoy,
" who takes oath to support the Constitu-
tian, swears that he will support it as he I'M
derstands it, and not as it is understood by
others" Standing upon the Principle embod-
led in this declaration, Mr.. SUMNER, in his
Worcester speech, proclaimed that, in taking
the oath to support the Constitution, have
sworn to support it as / understand it, and not
rs other men understand it." The common
sense of this position is so obvious, that it
would seem to require no authority or argu-
ment TO support it; but the National Late'ligea-
Ger, in IFS anxiety to erect the Supreme Court
into DespOtism, overshadowing all the co-or-
dinaie departments Of the Government, de
nounces the Principle, and exclaims:
" The Senator from Massachusetts, so far as
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THE PRICE PAID BY THE ADMINISTRATION
TO ITS ORGANS.

The correspondent of the Pittsburgh Gazette
SAYS:
"The Washington Union receives directly and
indirectly from the Treasury not less than
100000 year; the Sentinel, about $4,000
the Star, probably, 100000. Several years ago
this same Union received 100000 at a single
dash, as indemnity for losses sustained, it was
said, by contracting to do the public printing al
a less price than it could afford it. True the
contract was of its own making, and every hon.
est individual or party would have considered
himself bound by it, no matter how great loss
it might entail; but Congress did not think so.
and so when the CniOn came up to the public
trough smacking its chops, and bowling a
complaint that it must famish if not gorged with
another instalment of Government pap. Con.
gress coolly voted it a cool 5000, 000-a sum
sufficient to provide hundred honest men with
comfortable farm and fixtures.-E reng Netcs
This is not all. The law directs that the no
tees and advertisements of the Executive De
partments shall be printed in the two newspa
pers at the seat of Government haciag the lar
gest permanent subscription, and in such third
paper as the President may designate" II
obeyed by those in authority, these advertise
ments would be given to the National Era
which has larger permanent subscription. by
thousands, than any paper published here
fact again and again proved by affidavit, and
admitted but the law is deliberately and per
tinaciously violated, and the printing is given
to the Lnteligencer, Star, and Union
Again: Some time since, an immense adver
tisement, filling on extra sheet and half of the
Washington Union, was given out by J. w
Forney, one of the editors of that paper, anc
Clerk of the House of Representatives. The
object, of course, was publicity. SO he gave i
to the Star, Union, hateiligencer, and Sentinel
also, to the Washington NeiCs, Metropolitan
and even Der National Dem0kTat- q mer,
city newspaper, published semi-weekly; one,
literary weekly; the third, German weekly
with an aggregate circulation of not more thar
1880, while it was withheld from the Nationa
Erai We have not word of complaint Il
utter. We desire nothing at the hands of tn,
Administration or any of its subordnates /; it i
an honor to be distinguished by their hostility
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THE ELECTIONS OF THE 7th OF NOVEMBER.

! The Elections of the 18th of November in
New York, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin,
resulted, as was anticipated, in the utter over
throw of the Administration forces. Ia the
States in which the Fusion or Republican
movement was successful, the revolution was
most complete The details are not all re-
; ceved, but in Michigan, Bingham, the Repub-
lican candidate, has been elected Governor, and
the whole Anti Nebraska ticket for Congress is
chosen. And in Illinois, Richardson, the right
hand man of Douglas, is beaten, and al the
districts heard from return Anti-Nerasks Con-
gressmen. The two to be heard from are now
represented by the two Aliens, and arc be-
nighted regions. Two Republicans are elected
in Wisconsin, and one Democrat, Anti-NebraS-
ka, it is said
In New Jersey, with the exception of Vail,
Administration man, all the Congressiona7 can
didates elected are Wings, or Fusion Anime
| braska.
| In New York, only two Administration men
are known to be returned. The probability is,
that the whole of the delegation besi5es is
Anti Nebraska. Mike Walsh and tina, tribe
have received their quietus. The Assembly is
overwhelmingly Nebraska, and it i said
strong majority are friendly to Seward The
WIHS State ticket, with the exception of Clark
is supposed to be elected. AS to the Goseror,
there is doubt At first, the returns shored so
large majorities for Ullmann, that the Know
Nothings began to elaborate the moral of the
election, and to buy all sorts Of combtstibles
for grand celebration. The KnOW Nothing
Standard, New York, complacently ann unced
that the new party had various mis:ion to
perform, and it had performed it wei. In
New York, for example, its work wa, "to
rebuke the higher law, woollyism, and ali other
sms not compatible with the just rights Of the
People, and therefore especially Sewardism,"
and it was "nobly done" The crowi,sg was
premature The next news put Seymour ahead,
Clark next, and, good way behind, the man
whose mission it was to put down the "higher
law Incontinently the Sofs then began to
exult a Qualification meeting was called in
New York; the Washington Union gravely an
nounced to the country that the People of the
North were returning to their sanity. The
Tribune was indignant and denounced treason
in the camp. The Commercial AdDeItiser said
it knew it would be so : nothing but National
Whigery could succeed, and the Wing candi
dates ought to have known it. The albany
Register, who had supported prolesse ly the
ticket, was very complacent over its Supposed
defeat, dashed Seward without mercy, add talk
ed of the triumph of the American clement
And so they all discussed results ami their
causes, before the results were ascertained!
At last, looking again, they found that addi-
tional returns were rapidly changing the aspect
of things. Bronson stood still; Ulln,ann re-
coded, Clark gained, Seymour's success became
doubtful, until at the latest dates we fsnd the
Albany papers footing up the returns as fol-
lows:
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DILLsBoROUGH, IYD., October, II. 1854.
TO the Editor of the National Era:

DILLSBORoCGu, ND OCtCb6r, IL. lSJ4.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
We have succeeded in defeating "BiIl Ne
braska" for Congress The Old Line caudi
date was Judge Holman, man who has here.
tofore held high place in the hearts of the pea.
pie of this district. Had he been the anti
Nebraska candidate he would have beat any
other man 1000 votes. Great efforts were made
here by Wright, Bright, and all the family. ey.
cept Petit. To capt the climax. we had Gen
Joseph Lane, all the way from Oregon He
said he had learned there was an important
crisis, and free fight going ON in Indiana. and
he came all the way, at his own expense. 10
pitch in;' and he did "ptch in" Such q
speech j never listened to- He said he saw
nothing in this Nebraska Bin that the Mctho.
dist preachers ought To oppose; it only declared
that man was capable of selfgovernmcut lie
had been n member of the church for twenty
years, and he could support it heartily Man
was capable of sefgovernment, from the fact
that God had stamped his image upon his intel
lect | asked him if God had stamped his in.
tellect only on white men. He said there VISA,
no evidence that God made black man. ai
which the Pierce men cheered him He asked
who was this Party that opposed the Nebraska
Bill? They have grown from the six thousand
who voted for Hale in 1852; and where did
lney get Jhelr uOctrlneSI From Garrison and
Fred Douglass, who held n meeting lately in
New York, and burnt the Constitution Of the
United States. Garrison, Fred Douglass Hale,
Chase, Sumner, and Wade all took part in the
meeting. | was a little provoked. and asked
him good many questions: odd Garrison
support Hale in 1882" Lane: eyes"
told him it was false aid those men. Hale
Chase, &c, subscribe to the doctrine attributed
to Garrison and Douglass, where they were
made TO say it was necessary to spill the blood
of Americans and burn the Constitution. a
order to bring about the redemption Of the
black mann" Lane replied: The whole Of them
supported the proposition. ] told him twas
false, and gave the Cincinnati Commercial re-
port as evidence. He went on with Just such
monstrosities clear through, finally ruling it out
OF order for me to ask him questions. and be-
came personally offensive. ! retired. and ahOu.
twO-thirds followed, and left him a thin house.
The people were much insenscd at the speaker,
and would have treated him roughly, had not
interiered. j told them he had slaudcrcl
good many Of us, but we must not disgrace our
selves because he had. ! told them | would
publish him in your paper if you would ALLOW.
have only given you few specimens Of hi.
speech. If you will give to the American PEG.
pie the sentiments OF the Governor of Oregon,
you will Obligc an old subscriber.
SAN'L WYgoyu
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Don't let your papers stop. As we have no
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Even if Seymour should be the Gov rnor, it
will be a barren victory. Elected by a'neager
minority Of the votes of the State, OWN to the
divisions of the rest and to the strongly of the
Rum Interest, the result can add NOT hing to
the credit or strength of the Admin tration.
Many sOcalled Democrats voted for hi n, who,
opposed to his position on the Nebras' a ques-
ton, satisfied their consciences. accord ng to
hint in the NeO York Ecening Post, h voting
for AntiNebraska candidates for Cfngress
and we have the testimony of the AHany ar
gus, that the Liquor Wings of that cf-y voted
for Seymour.
AS to the nomination of Ullmann, hatever
may have been the influences that started
it, it is notorious that it was actively sustained
by the Silver Grays and the Hards The Ma
tiOnal Wings and the National Democrats, as
they affectedly style themselves-with view
primarily to defeat Clark, the representative of
the Anti-Nebraska and AntiLiquOr Parties.
With them it mattered little who was, elected,
50 that Clark was defeated II were well for
the country if they would remain unteS. They
are one in opinion, feeling, and policy They
are opposed TO anything like progress And are
disposed to accede to any terms the sBvehold-
ers may dictate, as the basis of what SCALED
a National Party. Withal, they syn pathize
with the Know Nothings in their war on citi-
zens of foreign birth. What is thereto pre-
vent union of the three factions
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NOTICE TO CINCINNATI SUBSCRIBERS.

S. y. Peirce, 81 Cincinnati, is no longer an
thorized to receive moneys or subscriptions for
the National Era, or to act as agent for it in
any way. The agency of the Era in that place
viii henceiorth be in the hands of John Kir
man, who is authorized to receive moneys and
subscriptions for it.
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REMARKS BY THE EDITOR OF THE ERA


The writer of the foregoing totally misap
prehends the true nature Of the political Anti
Slavery movement. The absurd dogmas con-
corning Slavery, to which he alludes, might have
been agitated by recreant preachers and polti-
clans till doomsday. Had the supporters Of the
system done nothing more than utter such non
sense, political action against them would not
have been undertaken inthe free States.
Slavery concerns primarily the relations of
man to man, and is therefore legitimate sub
lect OF Governmental action. 1t is regulated,
maintained, and iostered, by human enactment,
and is therefore legitimate subject of politi-
cal action. 1t has forced itself within Federal
jurisdiction, surrounded itself with Federal
protection, usurped the control Of the Federal
Government, through which it seeks to subject
| the whole country to its will, and to use its
power for its extension and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1t is therefore pre-eminently question of ma
tional politics. To confront and battle it on
all these points, is the object of the political
Anti-Slavery movement We aim to over
turn its usurpations, to dispossess it of Federal
power, to strip it of Federal protection, to root
it out of Federal jurisdiction, and, by placing
the Federal Government in the hands of its
| opponents, on the side Of Liberty, to restrict
the system to the States in which it exists and
to give countenance and. support to those of
their citizens who may seek by constitutional
methods its removal The Republican Party.
if it truly represent this movement, proposes,
through legislation and judicious use of pat.
ronage, not to correct or punish religious dog
mas, but to abolish political abuses, redress
political grievances, and provide against politi-
cal evils and dangers.
Eow, before our Know-Nothing friend can
show the analogy between our position and his
own, he must show that the Catholic Church in
this country is a political organization, has bul.
warked itself by Federal enactment, has de
terminate representation in Congress, has OBJ
tanned the mastery of the Federal Government,
and is using the Federal Power to propagate
itself and subject the country to its will. Prove
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THE CURRENCY

J. in miserable condition. Under the head
or d. New. Of the Week. the reader will find the
names 81 other banks that have suspended.
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BILLS! BILLS!

Our subscribers will please look out for their
bills. Don't let them slip out, unnoticed, OF
lay them away unattended TO.
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Ina MAY.-A reviewer ia the New York Ere
ming Post attributes hid Nay to the pen of
Mr.. Stowe. We believe he Is mistaken.
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but it is due to the People to state the facls, SO
that they may see how and on what principles
their moneys are expended. -
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WASHINGTON, ID. C..
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IC, 1854.

THouAs MCMILLAN is our authorized agent
for the city Of Philadelphia and can be found
at No SD Lombard street.
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VOL. VIII.

she likes to describe Southern life. She la,
always lived in the South, and writes from ber
own observation and experience. One excer-
ton we notice-the story of Marx ISgtie,}aaI
which has its finale in the Vest; but the West.
ern scenes she there depicts Witnessed a brcl
episode in her own private history.
Mrs. Southworth's ideal of statesman do4,
her credit. There are few actual statesmea
from whom she could have CLEANED the brilau,
attributes with which she has clothed her hero
for although she calls Falconer her hero he is
not-Daniel Hunter is the real hero Of tbs
book. His character is fully developed and
carefully delineated. In every crisis. his is tb.
master spirit. Falconer is in every rcspec,
subordinate character Selfindulgent. indoler,
and thoroughly selfish, his life is blind ana
useless struggle, tormented by wage aspiration,
In some sort a genius poor without energy d,
purpose, ne would have lived and died on hi,
few patrimOnial acres and negroes. as many
Southern youth has done and will DO. until
change comes. Governor Hunter was hi, firm.
genius. Had it not been for the contr,llio,.
power of the strong man, the vacillatng you,b
would have remained in the obscurty to which
he was born.
The picture of harmonious welded TE. in
these pages is truly refreshing. Mrs. south.
worth has for once let her married pcople Iiy.
together like Christians. Nor has he compra
missed herself on the womau's rights question
for she has adhered TO the old orthodox stand
ard of implicit obedience Like mother Eve
her wife calculates, What thou commands
unsrgUed obey. God is thy law thou, mine
We commend Mrs. Southworth's prudence in
this truly conservative course for unless a
woman would run the gauntlet of all the mas
culine wits of her acquaintance, let her b.wqr.
how she questions the divine right of her mas.
ter
We protest against anything we say beir.
construed into a reflection upon Mrs. South
wOrth's model wife. Gentleness and ,iety or.
excellent in woman-the more especially. a.
they do inspire love Of virtue and gooiucs, in
hearts that would have been otherwise utterly
insensible to religious influences. And il i, NOT
little remarkable that those men who have
the smallest amount of religion themselyc,. ar.
most profoundly impressed with its importanc,
to women. How many plotting statesmen and
Flooding men of business do all their religion
by proxy, send their wives to church alone. and
stay at home, leave them to tutor and train
the children, because "religion is especially
beftting the female character AS if those
who 90 out into the world, encountering all its
vices and corruptions hand to hand. have no
need of armor, which is only serviccable IN the
quiet nursery and at the protected Grcside-
thus practically teaching their sons that piety
is a sort of feminine virtue, beneath the dignity
of manhood, and of small practical importance
to one who is engaged in the great business, of
making living or a name M.L.B.
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n.y. The last mail from California brings IN
telhgence that the Supreme Court of that STATE
has decided that the Chinese fall under the
meaning Of clause of the Constitution OF Car
ifornia, which says that no black or mulatlo
persons shall be allowed 10 give evidence in ia
yor of or against a white persou,-Sar,
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NEWS BY THE NORTH STAR.

The North Star brings highly interesting
news from California and the Pacific The IN.
dependent steamship Yankee Blade left San
Francisco for Panama, with 500 passengers and
$4,000 in specie, on the 30th Of September.
The next day, while fifteen miles above Point
Conception, enveloped in fog, she struck reel
of rocks, and in twenty-five minutes SUM, be-
low the promenade-deck. In vain attempts 10
seek the shore, and washed overheard from tho
wreck, some thirty were lost. The remaindcr
were taken off by the steamer, and mostly car
ried back to San Francisco. The specie was
sunk. The passengers blamed the captain. The
captain attributes the accident to some under
current. The Coast Survey says that an irreg-
ular variation of the mariners compass prevails
in the channel where she went down.
Henry Meiggs lately failed for $4,000 or
Whereabouts; then he forged some $5O0,OOO
worth Of Comptroller's warrants then he over
issued stock Of the California Lumber Comps
ny (of which he was President) to the amount
of $3.50, 900, and concluded with forgerics Of
$4,000 on different firms Having hypothec:.
ted the warrants and stock, he took his family
and his brother, the new and popular Know.
Nothing and Reform) Comptroller, and probably
some 100000 IN money, and, on the Sd, depari
ed in his bark american for parts unknown
Rumors of forgeries and failures in other quar-
tiers prevailed, but at the last accounts quIri
was coming over the TOWN.. ]. Times.
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The Canadian True Witness says. that 1t
thanked God Gin reading Capt Luces nara
tive-thank God, the Arctic was not a Brit
ish vessel, nor her lubberly crew British sea
meni" Not so fast; since it is put upon the
footing Of nationality, we hesitate not to aihrm
our belief, that if the crew and servants OF me
Arctic had been American, they would have be
haved better but in looking over the Inst, we
find them chiefly born subjects OF the English
Queen. The people who remained with the
women were chiefly Americans.
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Fer the Young.

wooDwoRTH's Yours cABIsET, as pos
sessing deepest interest and most inssruc-
ton to the young, we must recommend frs;
to the rising generation. 1t is published
monthly a, 81 90 per annurn. Here, await
ing us, is the number for December and 1t
closes the old year by promising to do still
better the ensuing twelvemonth.
TIE YorTH's CAsKEr, for January, is
already here. tits published BY Mrs. H. E,
G. Arey, Buffalo. N. Y. at the low price OF
so cts. year. 1t is neatly executed and
we should think well worth the low price
asked forit.
OAK HALL PIcToRrAL.-This is juve-
nile, pufatorial pictorial Of the celebrated
Oak Hall at Boston, gotten up on the suppo-
sition that BY interesting the children the
parents will be induced to purchase. The
Establishment is celebrated one.