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ADVERTISEMENT LEGAL.

ToUs CONTEMPORARIES
RcOO. qni mont pasencore pays leurs Taxes
de Paroisse pour 1854 sont, par ces prtsentes, avcrtis
que lie soussigne fat servir maiiitenant sur chaque
retardataire, une notice ecrite ct requise par In loi,
ct que, trcnte jours apsts lie dit service, il saisira ct
vendra les propritt6s de chaque delinquent pour lie
pavement dc ccs ditcs Taxes.
On pourra lie trouver pendant les trente jonrs qui
suivront cette date (les Dimanches eXccptts) aux
Opclousas, au bureau de F.& =. N. Cullom.
ELBERT CAN'T. Collector.
Opelousss, 5 Mai, 1855.
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JUDICIAL ADyERrIsExENTs.-The attention
Of Administrators Of Estates. as well as de-
PENDANTS in judicial processes, is invited to the
following section of a law passed at the last
session Of the Legislature:
AN Acr relative to Judicial Advertisement.
See. Q. Be it further enacted, That when there
are two or more newspapers published in the Parish
where such proceedings are had, or such sale is to he
made, the Defendant in the judicial process shall
said advertisement is to be made Provided said
selection be made within three days after the notice
Of such proceedings, or the seizure made under said
process; and if the Defendant neglect to select, then
che plaintiff shall have the right to do 80. N-rt
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ENTE PAR LIE SHERIFF.

NENTE PAR lie SHERIF.-E-Ar DE
' LA LOUISIANA. .Cour de District. Paroisse st.
Landry. No. 4743. La Banque de Mechanics
and Traders, de la N~ouvslle- Orleans, We. Solomon
Hudson ct al. ~" -
En- vcrtu dun writ de f. ia. aeliyre dams r'affrire
~ci-dessus, par la Cour de District dams ct pour la Pa
roisse st. Landry ct lie susdit Etat, ct a moi adresse,
il sera expose en- vente '%puhlique, pour du compliant
a la Maison de Cour de cctte P~aroisse, SAMEDI, lie
seme jour de Novemhre proclaim, commencant A
IL heurss ct continuant de jour en- jour, sill est ne
c~essaire, tous les titres, droits, inter6ts ct preten-
ton des defendeurs, Solomon Hudson ct all. a Ia pro-
priets s%uivante, saisie pour s~atistaire 10 dit ordre,
SAVIOR:
I'm certain moroccan de terre, situe au bayou Chi
cot, paroisse St. Landry, mesurant deux cents qua
torze acres, plus gu moins, borne au Nord par les
terres de John Grooves, au Sud par Obert Griffith, a
FOuest par -- ensemble toutes les batisses ct
ameliorations qui sly trouyent.
Bureau du Sheriff, Opelousas. 90 sept. 1875.
Ua.7 H. j. /. DAVID, sherif.
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MULET EPAVE.-Arrete par IL -
1X1 signe, a la Coulee Croche, une .Mulet A.
cain, couleur rouge, age d'environ 9 ans, taille 3
enne. ii y a deux on trois mois que lie dit Males "a
dams les e%nvirons. II a sur lie cou, une tache -
formant presque 10 lettre H. lie propriftaare -
,Mnlet est prize de venir le reclamer, payer y ~
70 reerer. Z e. ANDRE AECA4t
MULE EPAVE.-Arrete, par letss.ee
~ signe, sur son habitation au Bayou 3D.
environ trois miles de Moundville, une nnieisSs
leur dun brun-fonce taille ordinaire, Ages d'e1f1Es
dix ans, marque a peu pres ainsi: RE. u -
possible de decrire an juste Ia dits mArqus9 -
pristaire psut obtsnir "a kuls susditS N lNFyNyyf
- PFoprisH Of - Payant lss ffa1. s-...
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G. G. Foster, a writer of some talent, I'M
was confined in Moyamensing prison Tor css|
raj months past, charged with having fosga
the amt OF VIM. Il. Burton, has been relcuse4,
no one appearing against him. s Ss
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RELLE RESIDENCE A vENDRE.-
y Je vendrai ma residence dams 10 village des On
elousas pour Ia, somme de Quatre Mile Piastres. IN y
qqatre payements annuels ct egaux, portant interet
sera donnee dams un mois.
J July 81, 1855. j. N. uApT1S
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ETAT DE LA LOUISIANA Ccur de
~ District, Paroisse st. Landry. Nc. T541. .Ta-
bleau ct classification, ct des dettes de George n.
Rogers, cessionnaire.-
CALLER L. SwAyzE, de Ia Paroisse ST. Landry, Syn
die des crcancicrs du dit George N. Rogers, ayant
presente un tableau de distribution de ses biens, ac-
compagnd dune petition demanlant Iiiomologation
d'icelui; Eft attendu, quill a etc fat droit 4 la dite pc
tition par un ordre de Ia Cour en- date du "a Aolt,
1855;
En- consequence, avis est par lie present aannt aux
a deduire dams les trente jours qni %suivront Ia date
du presentayis, 81 aucunes ellcs ont, pour l~esquelles lie
dit tabteau ne serait pas hemologu6 ct conirme.
Opelousas, lie | Septemlrc, 1855.
h A.. GARRIGuES, Grefier.
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PHARMAClE.-Les soussignes. ont lhon-
neur dinformer lie public quils viennent de rece.
voir, q leur Pharmacie, encoignure Main ct Bellevue
aux opelousas, uR assortment tres frais de Drogues'
Medicines, P%arfumeries, Peintures, ETC., qu'ls offrent
a yendre AIDES prix raisonnables. - ~
lis tiennent aussi un assortment de MEDICINES
PATENIEES,e ct gdnGralement de tous les articles
qui concernent leur partie. ~
On trouyera dams Reimbursement, a toute heure din
Jo9r et de Ia mutt, I'm Pharmacien don't Pexperience
ct Iattention quill portera aux ordonnances do mos.
sieurs les medicins, ofrent une pleine garantie mn.
families. "a p, LEONCE HERR m = NE qua
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VENTE PAR LIE SHERTF.--ETAr ri

NENTE PAR LIE SHERIF.--ErAr DE
' LA LouIsIANE.-Cour de District, Paroisse St.
Landry. No. 1880. =, John ct Samuel Lyons, Ad-
ministrateurs, vs.. Benz. r. Rogers.
En- vertu dun writ de fl. ia. dtliyrt dams l~afraire
~ci-dessls, par Ia Cour de District dams ct pour la Pa
roisse st. Landry ct lie susdit Etat, ct a moi adressG
Il sera expose, en- vente publique, pour dn compliant,
= la Maison de Cour de cette Paroisse, SAMEDI, lie
Sine jour de Novembre proclaim, comineneant a IL
heures, ct continnnnt de jour en- jour, sill est ntces-
saire, tous les titres, droits, ~interdts ct pretentions
dn dtfsndeur, Benjamin R. Rogers, h Ia propri&te
%suivante, saisie pour s~atisfaire lie dit ordre, savair:
lie tiers indivis dun moroccan lie Terfe, sur lie Bayou
Wake, dams lie Township 1 Sud, RangGe 4 Est, con
tenant a-peu pres cent arpents.
Bureau du Sheriff, Opelousas, 90 Sept. 1855.
j. B. DAVID, Sheriff.
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VENTE PAR LIE sHERIF.--ErAr DE-

NENTE PAR LIE SHER1F.--ErAr DE
~ LOUISIANA. :. .Cour dc District, Paroisse st.
Landry. -. No. 1880. =. q. John ct Samuel Lyons, Ad-
ministratenrs, VS.. Benz. r. Rogers ct ais.
En- vertu dun writ de fl. ia. dalivre dams ~l'affhire
cidessus, par Ia Conr de District dams ct pour la Pa
roisse st. Landry ct lie susdit Etat, ct a moi adressf
il scra exposG. ell vente p%uhlique, pour du compliant,
4 la Maison de Cour de cette Paroisse, SAMEDI, lie
smc jour de Ncyembre proclaim. commencant a IL
henres ct continuant de jour en- jour, sill est ntces-
des defendeuls, Benjamin R. Rogers ct ais, a la pro-
priete %suivante, saisie pour s~atistaire lie dit ordre, sa-
voir:
LIE tiers undivis dun moroccan dc Terre, sur lie
Bayou Courtableau, dams lie Township I Sud de Ia
Rangee 6 Est, contenant a-peu pres cent arpents.
Aussi, le tiers indivis dun moroccan de Terre. sur
rAtchafalaya, u l'embouchure du Courtableau, etant
dams lie Township s Rangee Z Est, mesurant l-peu
pres cent arpents.
Bureau du Sheriff, Opelonsas, 90 Sept. 1855.
L r DAWN Shnrif
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ELECTION.-Attendu que son Excellence
w P. o. HILBERT, Gouverneur de FEtat de Ia Loui
siane, a lance sa proclamation, date lie &c Juliet 1856
ordonnant qu'une election soft tenue aux diffareuts
precincts detection de cette Paroisse, lie Ter lundi do
novemhre proclaim, pour elire,
I'm representant' du 4me District Congressional
compose des Paroisses de Yermillion, LAFAYETTE, St
Landry, Calcasieu, Rapides, Sabine, Natrhitoches
Win, Desoto, Caddo. Bossier, Claiborne. Bienville
Jackson, Union, Morehouse, Ouachita, Caldwell et
franklin.
I'm Gouyerneur ct I'm lieutenant Gouyerneur dc
lEtat. ~
I'm SecrGtaire d'Etat ct TN Avocat General.
I'm Tresorier, I'M Auditeur DIES complies publics ct
un Surintendant de obstruction p~nilique.
Trois reprGsentans 4 FAssemblGe Geneia!e de
lEtat. - Wy
I'm Ayocut de District pour ce district.ci.
I'm Grefier de cette cOur de district.
I'm Sheriff ct IN Coroner de cette paroisse.
I'm Assessor de taxes pour cette paloisse.
Deux JUICES de PaiN pour II vile DIES Opelo,sas,
deux pour la villc de Washington, deux pour la VILE
de Grand Coteau ct I'm pour clacun dcs al,tres wards
qni ont droit Il I'M representant an Jnri dc Police,
I'm Constable pour chaque reimbursement
Aussi pour on contre lie transient dl siege dc Con.
vernement de Baton Roug d Ia No~uvellc.OrIians.
En- consequence, je, J. Is. David, sheriff dc Ia Pa
roisse st. Landry, commencement a In Lei ct ii la ditc
proclamation, dome avis aux colnmissaires d'tlcc.
ton de Ia susdite Paroisse que la dite election devra
Sc tenir dams Ia dite paroisse, lundi, 10 de noyem-
bre 1866, entire 8 heures A.. NJ. ct 4 heures z. NJ.
lie scfutin sera ouvert sous la surveillance dos
commissaires detection dc Ia Paroissc ST. Landry
sans autre avis. lesquels devront les re.
tours de ladite election au soussiync con!o:mtmcDt A
Ia loi.
Bureau du sherif, st. Landry, 1s aoat 1865.
Il r DAWN Sb.s,;r
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THEODOSE S. ROBIN, Avocat, ofIrc SEES
i ses services a ses amis ct au public du Quatorzi-
eme ct Quinzieme District Judiciaire. Son bureau
est aux Opelousas. Ayril 7.
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NALERY ROY, Collector, effre respect.
' uensement ses services ccmme tel, an public
Tout ordre, laisse au magasin de Ncy 4 Estorge, sera
promptement execute.
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AVIS ~JUDICIAIREs.

ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE-Cour de
lLDistrict, Paroisse st. Landry. me. 755l....
Succession de Benjamin McCleland, 'decede. e
VALENTINE G. CLARK, de IL Paroisse st. Landry,
Administla at ,ur de Ia susdite succession, ayant pre-
sente I'M account dc son administration, accoml,agne
dune petition demandnnt lhomologation dicelui ;
Et attendu, quill a etc fait droita la dite petition par
ordre de Ia Cour en- date 'dut IA Scptenbre 1855. ~.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present donne, aux
~interessGs dams cette succession, d'ayoir a deduire
all CRETE de cctte cour susdite, dams trente jours qui
~suivront Ia date du present avis, les raisons, 81 aucu-
mes lis ont, ponr l~esquelles lie dit partage ne serait
pas homologue ct confrme, ainsi quill ut demandt
dams Ia dite petition.
Opelousas, lie 20 septembre. 1885,. j.
A. GARRIGUEs, Grcfier.
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A LPHONSE DEBAILLON, Encanteur
~ Public dams ct pour Ia Paroisse st. Landry.
Tout ordre laisse chez lui on an bureau de 7. S
Robin sera promptement execute.
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ONEzIME A. GUIDRY, Notairc Public
dams. ct pour Ia Paroisse St. Landry. Bureau
aux Opelousas. Avril Z.
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TOSEPH D. RICHARD, Notaire Public
- dams ct pour la Paroisse st. Landry. Son bureau
est au Grand Chteau. 10 Mai.
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lTTLYSSE GABEREL, Encanteur Pubiique
" ct Collector pour la Paroisse St. Landry. Blu
reau aux Opelousas. Mars 10.
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TAKE DU RAIL ROAD DE lg5a-

TANE DU RAIL ROAD DE lS54-
l. Avis est par lie present donne A toutes les per.
sonnes de Ia paroisse st. Landry qui mont pas pave
leurs taxes de Railroad pour lannee 1854. Qua
moins qu'elles ne payent les dites taxes au collecteur
dams les trente iours qui %suivront la publication de
Get avis, les differeutes sommes daes par elles seront
remises entire les mains de fAvocat de Paroisse pour
etre collectees mmediaten,ent. ~
Par ordrc du Juri dc Police.d st. Landry,
GUY H. BELL, Grefier.
So Commencement a l'avis susdit, le soussigne.
collector de la take du Railroad de 1854, sc tror.
NM. +. Il L. N. Cullum, aux Optlousas pendant les
trentes jonrs qui ~suivront, la publication de Get avis,
depnis 10 heures du matin jusqua 3 heures de la.
pres midi (es dimanches exceptes) % f",
& 70 Opelousas, Is septembre 1865. I. B. 81 .t..
4.ts EBERT CAN'T. Collectenr
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II L DOCTEUR Il. BURR, Dentiste, anrfs
- vihst-cinq ans d'eNpdrienee dams ga profession.
ohre ses services au public en- general, on fe %trouvera
pressure to's les Jours aux Oneloslsas, OH a sa de-
meure tout pres du village. Mars IL.
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r TOLEDANO & TAYLOR, Marchands
AIs Commissionaires, cncoigfure DIES rues Saint
Charles ct Union, Nouvelle- Orleans.
BENZ. TOLEDASo. j. M'poNALD TAYLOR.
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THEODOSE s. ROBIN, JRge de Paiz
i dams lie Premier ACCOMPLISHMENT, Paroisse st
Landry. Bureau aux Opelousas.
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VENTEs A L,ENCAN.

vyENTE PUBLIQUE.-n serA vendu par
Vie miniatere dun e~ncanteur public
Ha@ MARDI, l6 Octobre 1885.
d Ia derniere residence dc Jacques Lastrape, les pro-
prietes suivantes, appartenant o P. Leonce Hebrard
ct 4 son 6pouse Louise Felonise Lastrape, q SAVIOR
TREIZE BEAUX ESCLAVES
des deux sexes ct de diffGrents ages,
Parnii lesquels Sc %trouvent ~plusieurs jeunes negrcs
de champs, domestiqpes de maisons, etc.
CoNDlrIoNs.-LA motto du prix de l'achat paya-
BILE lie Ter mars 1857 ct l'autre Motto lie Ter mars
1858. Les acheteurs, .fournissant leurs billets avec
bonnie ct s~ufisante caution solidaire, ct les ~esclaves
demeureront hypotheques jusquA parfait placement.
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THEODOsE S. ROBIN, Notaire Public
i dams ct pour Ia Paroisse st. Landry. Bureau
aux OpelOusas.
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JOSEPH CHENIls1s, Collector pour la
- Paroisse st. Landry. Bureau aux Opelousas.
r .OUIS stage, Encanteur Public dams
~ ct pour la Paroisse St. Landry. Bureau a la
villa Platte. Hn
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John MACDONALD, Ingenieur Civil e,
= Arp,enteur, offre ses services au public, il ex
ecufera immtdiatement toutes les commands oui In
scfont donites. S'adresscr n Mr.. Charles N. I1uler
encoignure DIES rues Maine ct Landry. Opelousas
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WAS. n. EAI.ER EFT Gle. v@iennent de
- recevoir IN grand assortment de Bellies MON.
TRES, BIJOUTERH, etc, dc diIsre,tcs nual;tsS
Guils otfFent 4 des prix r6duits, pour du compliant
Ioute espece d'ouvrage, concernant leur meter. sera
execute dune mani6re satisfaisante. M. Ealer con.
tinuera a bonner son attention personnelle i Ia repa.
RI de faire plaisir a SEES nombreux amis ct an nuhl;c
Bureau. enc. des rues Maine ct Landry, Opeiousas,
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WILLIAM Fl. SPIN GER, Avecat.-
w Exercera sa profession dams les diftGrertcs
GoHrs du. l5me District JRdieiaire. Par son ~a-silui
te ct son industrie il compile mtriter Encouragement
public. Bureau aux Opelousas.
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A NDERSON u THOMPSON. Entrep6t
- de Marehandises ct d'Exptdition, Washington,
la, ayant compltmetent installt leur lnagasin &c dc,
pot dams Water street, sont prepares n %rccevoir Co.
ton, MNalasSe, sncrc, ct toUtc cspecc de produits ct de
merchandise que l'on lcur cnverra pour veudre on
pour tre vendac Ell commission parles consicnataires
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A LBERT DEJEAN, Ayocat ct Consei:.
~ Ter, Opelousas, Le., s'occuppera toate atlaire
concelnant 50 profession, tant dams Ia paruisse de St
Landry que dams les paroisses avoisinantes.
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I'D. P. DOREMUS, Dentiste, offyc res,.ec.
~ tleusement ses services ii ss amis ct an pub]i.
en- general. Tout ordre laiss6 4 &C bureau sera
promptement execute. Opelousas, 3 Mars, 1855.
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Clysopompcs (~nouyeau style), etc. 3 q
quils effrent A vendrs, a bon marchs, a leSrs tsrme
ordinaires. Mai ~.
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murderer two or more lives are sacrificed,
instead of one-disease destroys the latter; the
murderous hand aud the gallows destroy the
others. Hydroph phobia warns, aud enables us
t." quad. against dauger revenge strikes in the
dark, without notice. The former paralyzes the
mental powers, by its paroxysms, and is excasa.
ble-the latter produces rage as Violent aided
by increased mental yigor 70 plan aud execute,
a!,gravating ,criminali!y. The one is sometimes
cured by medicine the latter, only by sacrifice.
Tie one Communicated the other, An inherent
las,i'u, induIgpd without excuse The ore has
it, moments Of repoSe at intervals; :; the other
prry> upon the mind like Promethean vulture:
The Course Of Revenge is, right onward it fol-
lows the object Of its vengeance with the per-
severance Of Lion, and is held in check only
by self love, based upon the first kw Of natlrs,
self preservation The dread Of punishment for
overt acts .of violence, ois the most powerful
shield. to guard us from the attacks of Revenge.
SeK love, not the most alniable passion of our
nature creates fear, which, like the safety valve
Of steam engine, regulates the steam genera
ted by Revenge. Were it not for this wise
provision Df our Creator, we should have an in
creased and increasing number of explosions In
society, retaliation would increase resentment,
acts Of Violence would BE- multiplied, anarchy
would mount it, diScurlant throne, peace and
order would cease. confagration would be
produced in the moral world. which, like fire
in the natural would increase the wind, and this
would give tpnfold impetus to the fire. Re-
vengp rests only in the bosom of fools. Hence
the benefits arising from laws Furnishing wrongs
and crimes, ii faithfully administered, and not
paraIyzed by an injudicous exercise of the par
'lnning power .-.. 49,. NIL .....-..
Like all other bad passions, the fruits Of, Re-
vcn:e are bittcr-ts psoj"cte force recoils on its
protector, like the scorpion enclosed within a
circle of fire. it s,iugs itself to death. %. Like
other vile passions it can and should be sub.
dued no man should permit the sun to- 60
down u on his wrath. BY kindness and for.
givene<s we may obtain a far more, glorious and
trium; ;pllart victory over our enemies and enjoy
the unsrakahei happiness of obeying the pre-
ctpt, aud initiating the example. of our immacu-
late RGdermcr, who closed his earthly career,
praying His Father in Heaven to forgive his
murderrs, for, they knew not what they did .,
Revenge produces a maniac insanity, and con-
rerts its victims into demons, exposing them to
danger, and rendering them, dangerous in COM
munity. 1t is a burning fire, soaring all the
noble<t powers of the soul. .,-PRoBE. as
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now, in unbroken pllalanx. the North confrnnts,
threatens, and insults :he South. Even those.
like Gen. Cass and Gen Shields, who in the
Senate supported :hi> measure, MS one oi JUS
tice and equality, t'' all parts of The Unl"'''
appalled, by the tempe I they had rasei, Igno:
mninusly assumed the, position before their
people, that it " as the very best antlslavery
measure; that not another slave State !wp1ld
ever arise under its operation, or be Admitted
into the Union and that in .repealing the Mis-
souri, Compromise. they had,"nly broken down
barrier for the extensions Of freesoil, over ter
ritory which would other \ ise he slave. The
refined casuistry of such position did not
avail them before the people. Gen. Shields
has been turned out Of the Senste, and 1ien.
Cass has teen instrnrted tn vote out his own
false principle Ir, m the St,t,te bork. Yet
however. false the p.inci le nf. sq,atter .sove'
reignty is. we give President Pierce, and the
whole Democratic party. credit for an earnest
and patriotic. effort, by its nstrumentality, tto
remove from, Congress the agitation Of slavery,
and to save, the peace and existence of the
Union. They have tailed, because it is impoS
sible, by any measures III Congress, to arrest
the aSitatlonS or aSSreSSiohs vi Tue N"''h w
the subject of slavery 1t is Impossible. ip
Congress, or out of Congress, by any conces-
sions, to prop,iatr the spirit of Abolition. lis
whole history shows that it never has stopped
in any country. short Of carrying out its pur
pose, of extinguiShing, slavery, wherever its
power has been permitted to extend. Its as
cendancy in the Union We hold to be certain
and inevitable. Gen. Pierce and the Demo
cratic party are prostratc h"fnre it. The weak
submission If The South in 1852, under. thu
cry of the = Uni"n." has "I'ly rendered it more
incompatible with the rx>pnce of her im>iitu
tions. The South might then have saved The
Union, and saved herself by II course nf reso
lute resistance. Now hui We will np' antiri
pate event. CanrieStoa Mercury. -. ....