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est, 10 suspend the passage OF bill whose
merits cannot secure the approval OF two
thirds Of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives until the Judgment Of the people
can be obtained thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the cor
rupt and tyrannical domination OF the
Bank Of the United States, and from a
corupting system Of general internal im-
provements.
VIII. Resolped, That the Democratic
party will faithfully abide by and uphold
the principles laid down in the Kentucky
and Virginia resolutions of 1898, and in
the report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that it adopts those
principles as constituting one Of the nam
foundations Of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their obvious
meaning and import.
TX. Resohed, That the war with Mex
leo, upon all the principles Of patriotism
and the laws of nations, was just and
necessary war on our part, in which every
American citizen should have shown him
self on the side Of his country, and neither
morally nor physically, by word or deed,
have given laid and comfort to the
enemy"
X Resohed, That we rejoice at the res
toration of friendly relations with our sister
Republic Of Mexico, and earnestly desire for
her all the blessings and prosperity which
we enjoy under republican institutions;
and we congratulate the American people
upon the results Of that war, which have
SO manilest!y justified the policy and con-
duct of the Democratic party, and insured
to the United States indemnity for the
past and security for the future
ri. Resolped, That, in view Of the con-
dition Of popular institutions in the Old
World, high and sacred duty is devolyed,
with increased responsibility, upon the
Democratic party OF this country, as the
party Of the people, to uphold and maintain
the rights of every State, and thereby the
Union Of the States, and to sustain and
advance among us constitutional liberty,
by continuing to resist all monopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit Of the
few at the expense of the many, and by
vigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises OF the Con-
stitution which are broad enough and
strong enough to embrace and uphold the
Union as it was, the Union as it is, and
the Union as it shall be, in the full expan-
sion of the energies and capacity of this
great and progressive people.
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attorney. And to this end, the officer
aforesaid is hereby authorized and requir-
ed to employ so many persons as he may
deem necessary to overcome such force,
and to retain them in his service so long
as circumstances may require. The said
officer and his assistants, while so employ
ed, to receive the same compensation,
and to be allowed the same expenses, as
are now allowed by law for transportation
of criminals, TO be certified by the Judge
Of the district within which the arrest is
made, and paid out of the treasury of the
United States.
Sec. 10. find be III further enacted, That
when any person held TO service or labor
in any State or Territory, or in the District
Of Columbia, shall escape therefrom, the
party to whom such service or labor shall
be due, his, her, or their agent or attorney,
may apply to any court ofrecord therein,
or Judge thereof in vacation, and make
satisfactory proof to such court, or Judge
i'm vacation, of the escape aforesaid, and
that the person escaping owed service or
labor to such party. Wherenpon, the
court shall cause record to be made OF
the matters SO proved, and also general
description Of the person so escaping,
with such convenient certainty as may be /;
and transcript Of such record, authenti-
Gated by the attestation Of the clerk and
Of the seal of the said court, being pro-
duced in any other State, Territory, or
District, in which the person so escaping
may be found, and being exhibited to any
Judge, commissioner, or other officer. au-
thorized by the law Of the United States
to cause persons escaping from service or
labor to be delivered up, shall be held and
taken to be full and conclusive evidence
of the fact of escape, and that the service
or labor of the person escaping is due to
the party in such record mentioned. And
upon the production by the said party OF
other and further evidence, if necessary,
either oral or by affidavit, in addition to
what is contained in the said record, OF
the identity of the person escaping, he or
she shall be delivered up to the claimant.
And the said court, commissioner, Judge,
or other person authorized by this act to
grant certificates TO claimants of fugitives,
shall, upon the production of the record
and other evidences aforesaid, grant to
such claimant certificate Of his right to
take any such person identified and proved
to be owing service or labor as aforesaid,
which certificate shall authorize such
claimant to seize or arrest, and transport
such person to the State or Territory from
which he escaped; Provided, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed
as requiring the production of a transcript
of such record as evidence as aforesaid.
But in its absence, the claim shall be heard
and determined upon other satisfactory
proofs, competent in law.
HOWELL CoBB,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
WILLIAM R. KING,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, Sept. 1S, 1850.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
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INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST Il, 1852.

ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH. AUGUST H. 1852.
Having assembled i'm National Conven-
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-
fiding 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 i'm our endeavors 10 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-
lation, 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.
iii. That the Federal Government is
one Of limited powers, derived solely from
the Constitution; and the grants Of power
therein ought to be strictly construed by
all the departments and agents Of the Gov
eminent, and il is inexpedient and dan
gerous 10 exercise doubtful constitutional
powers.
w. That the Constitution Of the United
States, ordained TO form more perfect
union, TO establish justice, and secure the
blessings Of liberty, expressly denies TO
the General Government all power 10 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, should at
once proceed to relieve itself from all re-
sponsibility for the existence Of slavery
wherever il possesses constitutional power
to Icgislate for its extinction.
v. That, to the persevering and impor-
tunate demands Of the Slave Power for
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 against man, 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 10 the senti-
ments Of 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-
fcation or repeal, is not in accordance
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BUELL. a BLANCHARD, WASHINGTON, D. 0
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MANUEL PEREIRA;
THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WITH
Vis,os of Southern Laos, Life, and Hospitality.
Written in Charleston, 8. O., by II. q. Adams.

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as these acts are concerned, we will main
tain them, and insist on their strict en-
forcement, until time and experience shall
demonstrate the necessity of further legis-
lation to guard against the evasion Of the
laws on the one hand, and the abuse Of
their powers on the other, not impairing
their present efficiency to carry out the
requirements Of the Constitution and we
deprecate all further agitation Of the ques-
tons thus settled, as dangerous to our
peace, and will discountenance all efforts
to continue OF renew such agitation, when
ever, wherever or however made; and we
will maintain this settlement as essential
to the nationality of the Wing party and
the integrity Of the Union.
john G. CHAPMAN, Of Nd,
President Of the Wig National Convention.
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AhkANSAS.
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Gascony, Richiend Swan Lake, Nicouoo, Cum
MINIS South Bend Arkansas Post, and Red Fork,
TO Napoleon, 266 miles and back, three times q
week.
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Friday at s a M
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vile, and Carlisle Mills, % Augusta, III miles and
back, twice a week.
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Arrive al Augusta next days by SPIN;
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Arrive al Raleigh next days by SPIN;
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ter, Lsak.vilis, and Wssooer's Rest Ala, 70
Mobile, ISL miles and back, three times week.
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Friday al 5am
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an
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pm;
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Old Washington 40 miles and back, once week
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miles and back, once week.
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Roads, and Jackson c. H., TO Mobile, Alabama,
81 miles and back week
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Mississippi Guy, to Biloxi Ill miles and back
week.
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week.
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week.
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The TIMBER CAsEs.-The United States
District Court, held at Detroit, in which nu-
merous indictments have been pending against
persons residing in this part of the State, charg-
ed with stealing timber from government land,
is still in session. Thus far the result Of the
prosecutions it seems have not amounted to
much. Many of the indictments proved to be
defective, and in the few cases which were tried
and went against the defendants, the damages
assessed were of no very great amount. But
one sentence has been pronounced. This was
in the case of Peter Dalton. At our latest ad-
vices all the cases not yet taken up, being ma
jority Of the whole, were postponed until the fall
term.
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There are many rumors afioat about the con-
duct of Mrs. Robinson, since the verdict. On
the way from the Court House to the Jail, she
INDUCED in the most unseemly levity, laughing
and joking in most gleesome manner. Yes
terday she arrayed herself entirely in white, and
by times INDUCED in mirth and frivolity. She
persisted tina: Judge Harris should never sem
tence her, and to Deputy Sheriff Hegeman she
remarked that we would have fine time in put
ting the halter about her neck. She walked her
room, INDUCING in language that exhibited the
alterations of her variable mind, and that show
ed that she was far from compromising her sit
uation. Albany paper.
A suspension Of sentence having been grant
ed the prisoner, the Albany Express in speaking
of it, among things, says:
The prisoner was in high glee, and walked
out of the room with firm and elastic STEP
The ladies with her, and the officers Of the Jail
also seemed to be greatly elated at the result
This woman seems to exert strange influence
over all who are permitted to have Intercourse
with her.
1t is now pretty we'll settled that she is none
other than the Henrietta f. Wood, who was
once brilliant, dashing and eccentric pupil in
the Troy Female Seminary, whose parents are
wealthy, and of high standing and character in
Canada. She married Robinson, it is said, in
Canada. He was British officer. They disa-
greed and were divorced. She the came to this
city, plunged headlong into vice and dissipation
here, and subsequently removed to Troy, where
she pursued the same abandoned course. She
is strange woman
She will be sentenced to death ultimately, but
never, in our opinion, will she be executed. Du-
ring the proceedings several ladies tainted and
were borne out of the room.
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90 who Is dat knocking at my door?
o let me in, let me in. let me i'm saw

Ethiopian Song.
The Detroit Tribune, concluding fusome
enlogy of Hon. Kingsley S. Bingham, Free Soil
candidate for Governor, imploringly asks "Wl
the Free Sellers permit us to unite with them
upon fair and honorable terms!" Of course
they will--take him in. Does he not speak
In bondsmans key,
With 'bated breath and whispering humbleness 2"
We trust the turbid elements of Slavery Ag-
itation and Disunon will combine their forces,
and present a united front. The Democracy of
Michigan, need but such union, to ncie them
to rally as one man, to united, glorious, and
triumphant contest.
Black spirits, and white,
Red spirits, and gray;
Mnge, minglc, mingle
You that mingle, may"
State Journal.
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BAD BET FOR DAN--The Jackson Missis-
Sippian of the 18th ult. says:
The inimitabe Dan Rice was with us this
week, and large crowds attended his laughter
provoking entertainments But, with all his
shrewdness, we think Dan got "picked up" by
some of our good Democrats before he left. He
made bet of thousand dollars that Willard
Fillmore will be the next President of the u.
States and deposited the TIM or its equivalent;
so he hasn't got any advantage of us after all.
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THE GRAND RIVER TIMES.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE Ii, 1854.

SAULT CANAL.-An article in late number
of the Detroit Times contains information to
the effect that rapid progress is now being made
in the construction of the ship canal, at the
Straits, and that it will without doubt be CON-
pleted By fall, according to contract-recent ru-
mors to the contrary, Notwithstanding. This
intelligence, if correct, is of the most gratifying
character, for the accomplishment of this i'm
portant work must open new era in the histo-
~ of the Northern country besides contributing
most materially to the progress of the whole
Northwest. The resources ofthe Upper Pen
insula are known to be immense, and much has
already been done towards their development
in spite Of the obstacle to navigation at the Soo
A great amount of capital has even now been
invested in the mining country. Emigration has
to some extent been directed thitherwards, and
considerable commerce has sprung up on lake
Superior. Under the influence of growing
demand for all kinds of iron throughout the
West, and the facilities that will soon be afford
ed by the ship canal, the industrial pursuits Of
that distant region must, hereafter, be pushed
forward with a marvellous degree Of rapidity.
Existence will consequently be given to vast
trade which will largely swell the commerce of
the lakes and give new impulse to manufactu.
ring interests in this and even other States
Sagacious men in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland
and Buffalo, are alive to these facts, and cacu-
late largely on the prospective advantages to be
gained by establishing an early intercourse be-
tween their respective cities and this new field
of enterprise Extensive establishments, too,
are in contemplation at these places for the pur-
pose of working the ore of lake Superior into
such various articles of iron manufacture as are
suited to the demands of the country, and upon
the completion Of the canal, these, as well as
other lake cities, will in all probability rise to
high manufacturing pretensions This ship canal,
it seems to us, must prove to be one of the most
fortunate undertakings that has ever received
the patronage of our government. The work
itself is of a stupendous character, being suited
to the future as well as the present necessities
of commerce, and the region which it opens to
the world, possesses such elements of greatness
as will cause it to become, at no distant day, one
of the most important parts of the Union.
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"SNAIKs."-We are informed by gentleman
who did the job that he killed forty-two snakes
while walking in a furrow half mile in length,
where team was breaking prairie. They were
yellowish snakes living on the prairie, and had
collected for the purpose of eating worms. The
killing took place yesterday, about two miles
and half from town. Monmouth Atlas
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SINGULAR CoINCIDENcE.-J l.. Brown was
recently nominated for the Legislature in Pacif.
ic county, Washington Territory, died very sud-
denly the day before election. Mr.. Scudder was
then elected, and he died suddenly few days
after. A special election was then ordered, and
Fl. Fiester chosen to fill the vacancy. The late
steamer brings news that Mr.. f. proceeded to
the seat of government, and on the next day
fell dead in the House.
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An election is to be held in Texas, in August,
when the question Of License" or No Lii.
cense" is to be decided. We observe by the
Texas papers that strong temperance feeling
is awake and growing in that State, and the
friends of the prohibitory law seem to be quite
certain of success in the election