davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-28
BUELL. BLANCHARD. WASHINGTON. D. O.
have now ready for delivery
MANUEL PERElRA;
TIKI SOVEREIGN RULE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WITH
Visps Of Southern Laps, Life, and Hospitality.
Written In Charleston, 8. O., BY =. Q. Adams

TINE above work forms beautiful limo volume Of
Il over 800 pages small plea Prioo-in paper, 80
cents muslin, rs cents. The usual discount TO the
Trade Orders solicited. Copies scnt by mail, pre-
paid any distance under 5000 miles, for 81 ccnts.
The above work IL a dclineation OF the scenes and
incidents connected with the imprisonment, in 1852,
Of Manuel Pereira steward Of the British brig jan
son, In the jail Of Charleston, s. @.
The following notice Of this work ID copied from the
National Era OF February II:
"The above Is the title Of work now In press,
founded upon that infamous statute Of South Carolina
by which her citizens claim right TO imprson ooorsd
sc0en, OF all nations and even those cast upon their
shores In distress We have perused the book In adj
vance Of It's publication and find that IL gives life
like picture Of Pereira the vessel In which he sailed
the storms she encountered and her wrecked condition
when brought into the port Of Charleston, g. o.; to-
gether with the imprisonment Of Perera several sea-
men belonging TO the New England States and two
French seamen the prison regimen, character of the
Charleston police, and the mendacty OF certain on
cials, who make the law medium Of peculation. The
work Is replete with incidents Of Southern life and
character pointing Southerne TO the things that call
for correction at their own hands with force that
cannot be mistaken The work Is written by one who
has taken prominent part in the affairs Of the South,
and cannot fail TO interest alike the general reader
commercial man, and philanthropist"
The above work can be obtained, at wholesale
prices, from
JoHr p. JKwKrr Co., Boston, Mass,
SERvIUs J. BATES, 48 Beekman st., New York.
Willis p. HAZARD, Philadelphia,
And from the publishers,
BUELL. 4 BLANCHARD Washington. D. %
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-28
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST IL, 1856

ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH AUGUST IL, 1852
Having assembled in National Conyen-
ton as the delegates Of the Free Democra-
cy of the United States, united by COM
mon resolve to maintain right against
wrongs, and freedom against slavery; con-
fding in the intelligence, patriotism, and
the discriminating justice Of the American
people; putting our trust in God for the
triumph of our cause, and invoking his
guidance in our endeavors to advance it,
we now submit to the candid judgment Of
all men the following declaration of prin-
ciples and measures:
/. That Governments, deriving their Just
powers from the consent Of the governed,
are instituted among men to secure to all,
those inalienable rights of life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness, with which they
were endowed by their Creator, and of
which none can be deprived by valid legis-
Iation, except for crime.
III. That the true mission Of American
Democracy is to maintain the Liberties OF
the people, the sovereignty-of the States,
and the perpetuity Of the Union, by the
impartial application to public affairs, with
out sectional determinations, Of the fun
damental principles of equal rights, strict
Justice, and economical administration.
Ill. That the Federal Government is
one of limited powers, derived solely from
the Constitution and the grants of power
therein ought 10 be strictly construed by
all the departments and agents Of the Gov
eminent, and il is inexpedient and dam
gerous to exercise doubtful constitutional
powers.
w. That the Constitution Of the United
States, ordained to form a more perfect
union, to establish justice, and secure the
blessings Of liberty, expressly denies to
the General Government all power to de-
prive any person of life, liberty, or prop
erty, without due process Of law; and,
therefore, the Government, having no more
power TO make slave than to make a
king, and no more power to establish sla-
very than to establish monarchy, shonld al
once proceed to relieve itself from all re-
sponsibility for the existence Of slavery
wherever it possesses constitutional power
to lcgislate for its extinction.
v. That, TO the persevering and impor-
tunate demands Of the Slave Power fol
more slave States, new slave Territories
and the naturalization Of Slavery, our dis
tinct and final answer is---no more slave
States, no slave Territory, no nationalized
Slavery, and no national legislation for the
extradition of slaves.
vi. That Slavery is sin against God
and crime againstman, which no human
enactment nor usage can make right; and
that Christianity, humanity, and patriotism
alike demand its abolition.
VII. That the fugitive Slave Act Of 1850
is repugnant TO the Constitution, to the
principles Of the common law, to the
spirit Of Christianity, and to the senti.
ments or the civilized world. We there.
fore deny its binding force upon the
American People, and demand its imme.
date and total repeal
VIII. That the doctrine that any human
law is finality, and not subject to modi-
fication or repeal, is not in accordance
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-28

PRINTING.
PAMPHLET PRINTING neatly executed by
BUELL. a BLANCHARD,
Sixth street. south Of Pennsylvania avenue.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

a WARn1na 10 JEAIous PERsoNs. "A
young manin Providence, Rhode Island Who
had avery handsome wife, recently became
dissatisfied With The tatcntion Of others to-
wards her Without cause, Of course, and
started Oft and travelled sons tWo o three
hundred miles aud visited several hospitals
Ior he purpose Of catching the small poz,
% that Be might give i q his wife thinking
Il she should Be pretty vel pitted upon the
face It ould have 3 tendency e ep away
her admirers. Dnt The fpn Of Tie Joke ms
hat hstook &c disease himself and went
home. and died end TIE yong widow
\ Is aid nst fake q = ~ lias since married
hhndsone man i Ao ne Jealous
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31


BarTisH sAILoRs n THz D. R-sOms a
English papers are discussing the question
lotthe impressmsas of sailors, end The n.
tsaer looks at its posi- Die boarinssupoa
the amicabis relations Of Greal Britain viii
ths United States. All the journals CODcsds
lthatimpTessment cannoi be resortsd 70 aud
10 truth theFe i no probability Of any diais
oulty 10 fully manning the Engish navy ~
IyOlunteers but the majority seem cOntsns
that this royal PerOgative ShcuId rathef 8
considered absolute than negative 81 act
Of Parliament But the Eraninsy considers
the public abolition Of thot power necessary
Cor reasons thus set forth.
We know that our authorizes are quite 4.
ware that Il will not do to attempt pressing
Amy more thatit must be abandoned; but
false pride and respect for the ancient perog.
atoFy OF the crown, induces them % wish
that the question should be put aside quiet
| u and that nothing should be said about IL
And were there no United States in the
world this might do. Butts il possible 70
suppose that Don as the news of war be-
tween Russia and England arrives in New
York an English sailor just stepping on
board liner ia which he has served for sew.
Ieral years had been paid 40 a month wa.
lges bound for Liverpool will be fool enough
to expose himself to the slightest chance %
being seized upon his arrival there, robbed
gilmore than f2 m nth at once and pos.
sibly sent to look after Russians in the North
Pacific when By simply stepping to IN Office
over open BIC can provide himself with Ger,
tiicate Of American citizenship secure his
wages and see his wife and children when
he likes or marry the girl Of his heart III he
chooses? If We desire to present this formid
able deBerlion we must lose no time not
week---in solemnly proclaiming the total ab-
clifton Of impressment by short and easily
Ineligible act or proclamation which shall
be forthwith posted up in great numbers ID
every port in the United Kingdom and Of al
our colonies so that the English Sailors Ia
In allthe world may at onee know that there
is nothing TO lose by continuing an English.
man and nothing for him gain by becoming
an American. Is it not sufficient to say that
impressment is dead 'lettei-is obsolete.
we must convince the ilOTs that II is 60:
and no means of doing this will be effectual
butt simply ofeonspicuously and direct.
" renouncing it utterly, and abOlishipg IL
forever.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

10 would take NE, and ordered j. draymau
70 carry meto the Depot. But before !
left the mill house the miller put some ink
On brush, and placed on lhe head Of the
barrel, "charlie Clifford. Bolivar, Tenn !,
4 few moments after this, The drayman
came, and ! was soon thrown into the dray,
and jolted to the Railroad depot; and there
! remained till the freight cars came. which
was several hours. Nothing worth relate.
ing happened to me While going to Bolivar.
AS soon as reached Bolivar, servant
with ! dray came and carried me 70 Mr..
Clifori's. who resided about half mile
from there. soIsoon as Preached Mr, Cliff
tord's was carried to the store room
When old Dinah THE cook J came to get
out supper, she brought with her some
tools for the purpose Of opening the bar.
rel Of new -four ''to make Missus some good
biskits for supper" and when the head
was taken of, She dipped out enough to
make biscuit. She then got some Soda,
eggs, butter and water, and put them With
me and kneaded US together, and made Us
into biscuit, and put US into an oven to bake.
It will be useless for me TO describe my feel.
ings while baking.
All Of me was not consumed till about
two months. / was made into pies, Gust
ards, dumplins. cakes &c. The last that
remained Of me, was made into 2 pound
cake. and expired altering these words,
..Truth is stranger than fcticn."
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31
A Barag sEaFon OF NaBaAsEA.-Ia Il

A BRIEg SKRgcH OF NRBRAsKA.-In the
course oflhe address recently issued By Sea.
ator, Chase. Sumner q Co. they give .
brief but comprehensive sketch Of Eebras-
Ia It occupies the very herat Of the Amer
can Continent an islarger BY $500 squire
miles. than all the existing free States, ex-
GLIDING California. They say:
From the southwestern corner Of Missou.
ri pursue the parellelFof3i eg. so min.
North latitude Westwardly across the North
fork Of Canadian 20 the Northeastern boun-
Diary angle Of Texas then follow the North
eastern Boundary Of Texas TO tho western
limit Of New Mexico: then proceed along the
western line to its northern termination: then
again turn westwardIy and follow the north-
ern line Of New Mexico to the crest Of the
Rocky Mountains: then go northWardly the
crest ofthat mountain range to the line which
separates the United States from the Brit
ish possessions in North America on the 48lh
parallel OF North latitude; then pursue your
course eastWardly along that line to White
Earth River which falls into the Missouri
from the North: descend that River 70 IFS
conAu nee with the Missouri; descend the
Missouri along the western boundary Of
Minnesota, Of Iowa Of Missouri to the point
" here it ceases to be boundary line end
enters the State in which it gives its name
then continue your southwark course along
the western limit ofthat State to the point
from which you set out You have made
the circuit Of the proposed Territory Of Ne
braska. You have traversed the vast dis
lance Of more than three thousand niles
You have traced outline OF an area Of AGO.
600 square lies; more than twelve times
as great as that Of Oh ..
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31
TIE LoKRD.


They are going one byone,
From the altar and the heazths
With the music Of their tone
And the sunlight oftheir mirth;
With ihe hopes their bosoms cherished,
With the joys tlselr memory knew,
Hopes that in their radiance persisted
Like fading flowers Of early dew
From theyalleys broad and green,
BIT From their monntlinp stern. YET dear
From their rivers crystal sheen,
Silently they disappear:
All the visions Of their dreaming
Fade away and are forgot, 80
Andthe brain with wisdom teaming,
Sinks to earth and rises not!
Onths hill side, and the lea,
Forms were sporting -whers are theyl
On the air were sounds Of glee;
Listen they have passed away;
Fade the aoonest, allthat's rarest,
Hopes the Brightest, first decay,
Friends the truest-fcrms the fairast,
Melt like summer clouds away.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

a AhY's DEBlckIloN On 81 Tie most
exquisite beoatiful graoeloland sloquent
dediesll61 ever filtan 8 iht following
What need of namef rs one love ard
One Who loVeep @ One whose word Bus
been my aas bose encororg erlfnt my a.
ceniiF g and whose rfa'se nY IS.
biti5a q l Chs nipple volume ii mo.l
tkionalels 'ie6ie
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31
FrOm the Looisv lie journal.

From the Louisv lie Journal.
a WARsrsG rRoM THE MORN - The New
York Tribune isa Freesoil paper, but i
Eexerts an immense influence. lis able edi-
tor knows perhaps more than any other
man in relation to the feelings Of the North.
and what he knows he fearlessiy proclaims.
We ask the attention Of the South to the
[subioined paragraph from his last paper
We would have the South fear nothing in a
Just cause, but the people Of the South may
well dread the consequences, If they them
selves bring agitation upon the country by
countenancing and promoting violation Of
plighted faitlIsN The whole people Of the
South, even the fre-eaters Of that section,
were bat recently protesting to stand upon
The platform Of 4 determination not to give
countenance under any circumstances to
renewal of the slavery agitation, but we
wonder If any Southern man can be 80 stu
pid or so infatuated as ever to have supposed
1T possible that the abrogation Of the re.
Istriction Of the Missouri compromise could
be effected or even proposed without cTea.
limo tremendous sectional agitation Let
no one imagine that the Tribune is alone in
its accounts of the intense excitement at the
North. for all the leading papers OF New
York, Wing and Democratic, use similar
language:
sSouthern gentlem. n may not heed the
warning. but we tell them once again that
The repeal ofthe Aissoari compact begins q
Isect;onaL contest Suck as Uds never kaoaOt.
The prospect may CRAFTY Dtsunionists like
Toon,bs and Stephens, but there are others
who now yield themselves to this measure,
who hereafter repent it With sincerity they
cannot perhaps now conceive. Let them
delude themselves into the belief that the
North will acquiesee in the robbery after It
is consummated. Let them remember how
IN 1850 it required the utmost exertion OF
the commanding influence Of Henry Clay
and Daniel Webster, aided by the great
majority Of our diyines and Journals, to
make Us acquiesce. Now. where IS the
statesman Of any weight at the North,
where the clergyman or the Journal, whose
influence is worth estimating that asks US TO
acauiesce in this gratuitous outrage They
are nowhere The unanimous consent OF
the North is indignant resistance. The
whole population are full Of it. The feel
ing Of '48 was far inferior to this in strength
and universally. The North is resolved
that territory north of SO 80, consecrated
to pREEDoM FOREVER, shall never be opened
to slavery, and that resolution Cannot be
overthrow. We of the North have not
sought the struggle, but if it's forced up.
on US, why, we are ready y
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31


Tn GRREK ELEMENT ~ TIE Rrsso-Tu
IaH WAR.-Co Considerable stress has been
laid upon an alleged disco tent among the
Christian population 81 The Turkish empire,
The London Issss gives the following ex.
PLANTATION:
"The evidence Of the English consuls
and 81 the English Ambassador hoWs that
this alleged discomfort. IL Il exists anywhere.
Is confined to the Greek rae. Now. though
the so-called Greek Christian subjects 70
Turkey amount "a some twelve Oh fourteen
millions, those of the Greek race 10 10 NOT
exceed two millions. Ofthese one million
are IN Asia. and except perhaps a. Smyrna
have shown no oisahection. The disanec-
tionin short Is confined n few wealthy
Greeks in Consianiinople. Symrna, and 9th.
er commercial epirepoll, and their country-
men and trading partners settled in Europe
The disaHection ia this class B easily ac
counted for Under sho Ga system 81 mis-
rule il Iurkeys they were bankers fcr Che
great land owners, and The f1cel agents Of
the Porte Is many provinces They abused
Their powers worse Than Irish stewards anl
middlemen O. protested usrrefs. This
eonrce q unjust gain has 81 laie years been
dried 80 ihey are ferrous SO their loss
They hare epn hen lrrgin a ihea
so Is.'a eld serve i 81 promoting % ~
porting local dialn fhnncrs in tdFtey, ~ cise
culadnr any false ntv lke Gar Uisl Is a..
disssuinaie
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

| a PARAGRAPH FOR PoslTIvE PEoPLE. -
Quickly. yet strongly expressed. Is the val
q bic idea ofthe paragraph annexed. Its
the opening passage Ofan articlein the last
Westminster Review. a
From time to time there returns upon the
cautious thinker the conclusion that, consid-
cred simply as 4 question ofprobabilit;es, it
decidedly unlikely that bis views on any de-.
batable topic are correct. Here" he re-
fleets, are thousands around me holding on
on this or tina. point, opinions differing from
mine: wholly in the FIRST eases partially in
the rest. Each Is as confident as am ofthe
truth Of his convictions Many then are
possessed Of great intelligence and rank my
selfhigh as may, ! must admit thatsome
are my equals. perhaps my superiors. Yet
whilst every oneis sure be isright, unques-
tionably most Of US are wrong. Why should
not be among the mistaken? True / can
not realize the likelihood that am so; but
this proves nothing; FOR though majority Of
us are unnecessarily in error we oil labor
under the incapability to think we are in err
ror When I look backinto the past find
natiors, sects, philosophers, cherishing be-
'liefs in science morals politics aud religion
which we devisely reject. Yet they hold
them with faith quite as strong as ours;
nay, stronger il their intolerance of dissent
is any eriterian. OfWhatlittle worth there
fore seems this strength Of my conviction
that / am right? A like warrant has been
cit byme all the world through; and. in nine
cases out of ten has proved delussve war
FAINT Isit not. then, absurd in me to put so
much faithin my judgement.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

Tar MousrAcHE MovEMEsT.-Foot boy
"Well, sir, master his 1t 'ome but he's
confined to his bed. He's CROWN Of znoost-
tarshers' and amt allowed to see nobody
but his 'airdresser. =
The Yankee who was lying 81 the point
Of death, whitfield il off With his jack-knife
and IS now recovering.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31

remained II the mille1s charge o q
three weeks. when. one dry gentleman
came into The mill house and said BE Wos. d
like 70 pufchaes some neAIs an1
s. courss Z Nas shown sohim iol shat las
IS name I assumed Is ihat ihel Iirle an
slter 4 brief COW 80 q price
81 me and vas toId 81 aollat said
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-03-31


WoMAa'a RIaHTs The editor ofthe AL.
bany Register diseourses naively thus ouch.
ing ''Woman's Rights"
Mol Mol The prudent man forseeing the
evil, hideth himself. Man must surrender
his supremacy. He must yield to his des.
inv. He must rock the cradle and throw
the shuttle and spin. Woman must be re.
deemed. She must be made free and in
dependent voter. She must take seat on
til Bench and in the Jury box. She must
be elected Supervisor, and serve on the
Police. She must 60 to Congress, and
have place 10 the Cabinet She must car
nv the bod and have voice in Legislation.
She must go to the wars aud carry mus
ket and revolyers. or a lon sharp sword to
cut and slash people with. She must have
an exclusive and antagonistic existence, a
separate identity from man. She must be
a sep rate and distinct people, moving by
herself on one side OF the track and man on
The other. There must be two races, two
sets Of humanities, two destinies, two Eocial
and political existcnces, the one man, and
the other woman.
They must no longer go together like
cups and saueers, nor be put il the same
box ike knife and forks They must each
possess 8 distinct nationality though occupy.
ing the same territory, and imperium IN
imperiol II they can agree and abide by
canpacts, all very we'll. II they cannot,
then they must 60 ck to frst principles,
and make tooth and nail business Of il.
Being man Of peace. 90 IN for No
mans Rights. Like the reverend M. Mar,
ard him 81 The combed.back hair, We sur
render and hand over The unmentionables.
We we're not made FOR az oppressor, and
have nostomach for fighting. Bright eyes,
flowing ringlets beautiful heads. and smiles
Ike the sunlight. are cur weakness. Yesl
Yesl Women must have their rights.
They must no longer Be down-iTodden.
made slaves oi--lyraniaed over. tomahauk.
ed 81 scalped. They must sc free. aye free
and independa !. nnietered and batteries
as The Wild ass colt
St. Mary's beacon., 1854-08-10

NOTICE is hereby given that the
- subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court Of st. Mary's county, m
Mary land. letters Of administration, with
the will annexed, on the personal estate
of Eleanor Leach, late of said county de-
ceased. Allpersons having claims against
the said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the proper vouch-
ers thereof, to the subscriber, on or be.
fore the Sd dav of February next, other
wise they may be excluded by law from
all benefit Of the said estate. Given un-
der my hand this Sd day Of August,
1854.
GEO. /. SPALDTNG.
.fdministrafor NTH viii ANNEXED.
August 3rd. 1S54-4w.
St. Mary's beacon., 1854-08-10

belonging to the late EIwily Smith. and.
more lately to George Fl. Smith, Esq.
This farm is beautifully situated on the
Potomac river, a few miles from Point
lookout, aud contains about 400 acres,
more or less Considered largely more),
well wooded, fine harbor landing for
the shipment of wood and produce imme-
diatelv before the door of the dw elIing
The houses are not II very good repair,
but could be easily made comfortable -
The estate is well known to be the best
within the limits Of st. Marv'S county.
II has upon it two fine Oyster Coves of
considerable size. one of which belongs
entirely TO the estate. II Is adapted to
the general crops Of the State. Its fields
have produced twenty-five to thirty
bushels Of wheat to the acre. Lands OF
the same character have produced this
year, with better cultivation, forty BUSH
els to the acre.
The terms will be made known upon
the day of sale.
C. FRED. MADDOX, Agent.
August 10th, lS54-ts.