Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-06-19
An,;-yebraska convention.

Anti-NebrasEa Convention.
tits proposed TO hold State Antl-Ne-
braska Convention at Madison on the
18th of July next.
Democrats and Free Democrats, you
ought TO take the lead in such movements
to ssstop the wheels of Government,
because your parties have caused all the
niger bedeviltry and agitation about
slavery and abolition, about nltra-siave
propagandism and Red RePublicanism,a-
bout Fillibusterisms and depradations up
on neighboring peoples, nations and gov
ernments to increase your territory
whereon to plant negro slavery, for the
last twenty years. You have been kick
ing up muss about your extremeisms
and have now came to reap the whirl-
wind; you have finally got terrified
because you see reign of terror ap-
preaching, like the black cloud which
deluged the earth in the days ofN oah.--
The Wings preached righteousness ant
judgement to you like old Noah, but you
were dumb to it all. They foretold the
p enalty years ago, so you could not be
mistaken-all have to meet it, Wing:
and all. We int end to come up like mel
and surrender for your transgressions. L
does seem hard but all we ask is for you tt
go up to Madison like men, G ct down OF
you marrow bones and repent, -promiss
to.say emo" to every negro man ,orNebras
ka man, that offers for your suffrages
and we viii helpyo out of the infer
nal scrape.
Wings tried long to keep slavery with
in its old boundaries, and to abate ne
gro excitements, negro Legislation ant
negro troubles generally then built
compromises to prevent revolution
and disunion. You have commenced
tearing down our compromises, 1.-The mair
one is now gone yes, you have kicked
out the bottom of the Ark Of safety
and that old vessel which our fathers hat
so much trouble at building is ready te
fall in pieces We are opposed to the
Wings tinkering any more at the old con
Germ, unless it is all surrendered into
their hands. We may fall in and hell
little by-and-by, but you must take th'
lead. Or, if you will give up the con-
trct and acknowledge yourselves inca
pable Of managing the old ark, we will
give it "home, sweet home,'' to the tune
of Yankee Doodle up to the end of thu
wo rid.
WHEaE's HoBBs?-Mr. DIT. PARKEr
Of Lancaster, received lately from St
Louis new iron Safe, weighing some
1900 lbs, marked by engraving on door
plate, "JoHN ScHRoErFEL & Co., Fire
Proof Safe, Manufacturers "a Smithfield
ST., between 4th and 9th St's., Pitts
burgh, Pa" Mr.. P lost the key on his
way back, and Immediately wrote to the
House where he purchased the Safe
ENDURING what upon earth was to be
done. The reply advised PARKER to
send back the Safe to St. Louis, that il
might be returned to the manufacturers
where possibly in might be broke open,
or by chance key of some other Safe
be found TO unlock it.
MIR. VIM. PRArHER, an unpretendinl
Gunsmith of the village, was called il
for consultation. He soon made up his
mind to open the Safe; and after work.
ing day or SO at the complex apparatus
of false springs, dark chambers and com
pound snatch work, generally, all were
surprised and himself too, to get peer
Unto the iron temple. 1t was triumph
of pure ingenuity, of which he may Just.
lily claim more than an ordinary share
In justice to the manufacturers, wo state
THAT Mr.. PRATHER considers their locl
exceeding hard to beat and as deserving
none the less favor because he succeed
ed in making a key to open it. If how
ever, they have Safe with a pile o.
treasure within, to be divided with TIL,
one who makes key and enters, h,
desires to take hand.