The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-09-06
VOL. TX.

reauer snoulo z2ferlook the brilliant essay com.
menced On the 6rst page, which will be conclu.
dsd nsxtweek r conceived in B>ttae spir.
: generodl young freeman, and must
+ ~ sraken a kindssa feeling of enthusiast
IN the breas q thousands of our readers The
article from me apis hstslfgencer is sign
of the timesuzKt ms the reaction of public
sentiment kinst the unparalleled
scoundrelis Ter ruffians The Intel
hgencer is fashYohed Hunker Wing pa.
per, and until recently has been either ProSla.
very or nlpably silent while the villany of the
Shannon Stringfellows has been culmina.
ting IN We are glad to perceive that
the Bal = pers, and the National INTEL.
geneer . rs a,4aFoundly condemned
The outlav So the.L Union, at length,
has sro&p o. sfthem. It is apparent,
however, ttAs organ would never have
said a ord e Missouri ruflians for any
1outrag icy G copznif ON the people of
AAKansas it has bs1 Ra!sted to utter
faint di' FovAlof bscspse they
have had>ke temeriiy " Gel snd deride the
President. eeszlaAs "a
Therufiians have lately been guilty ofagross
outrage upon Rev. Mr.. Butler, whose offence
consisted in saying that he would Y to make
5kansss a feor1State. For this. offence these
squatter 81 gns BACKED bis face, da ecIs ID
p, and al nve him into the Missouri
|tNer,in a small without oar or rudder.
President PiercS Sho is ready to call out the
Unite&States troops 70 assist in recapturing a
l0gitiye. slave, has never issued so much as a
proclamation commanding the peace in Kan,
.sas. So far from it, he has removed Governor
'Reeder, because he would not become the mere
tool Of Atchison, Stringfellow, & Co. James II.
considering that he was King, ia an age
which knew little of Liberty, except as a wild
dream, offered not half the insult and outrage
to the people of Englapd, which Franklin
Pierce has heaped up Resple of the Uni
ted States.
The latest news from ls, that the ruff
fan legislators have passed an enactment for
the election of all county officers in the Terri
tory by themselves, to hold their places for six
years, and that, suiling the action to the word,
they have already engaged in the work of elect.
ing sheriifs, constables, &c. We presume the
next news will h1kthat they have, in imita-
ton of the Frena tional Assembly, declared
themselves en- permdnence. We hope so. The
St. Lawrence Democrat, quoted with approba-
ton by the National Lfelligence,, speaks in
terms Of just Indignation at this unparalleled
outrage upon constitutional Freedom. We are
clearly Of the opinion that neither Barataria
nor the Isle of Pines has ever been disgraced
by band of pirates half so lost to all sense of
decency and honor as those rufIians who have
usurped dominion in Kansas. 1t would be nm
just to the memory of Lafitte to compare him
with these pets and favorites of the Administra.
ton. The Pirate Of the Gulf had touch Of
generosity and manlness, accompanied by
dignity and urbanity which the best of these
border ruilians could not understand.
MExIco.-It is said that as consequence
Of the downfall of Santa Anna, the freedom of
the press has been revived, and that several
newspapers suppressed by him have reappear-
ed. The populace threw down his statue, and
would have dragged it through the streets if
they had not been prevented by the acting
Government.
DEATH OF JUDGE CRANCH.-This excellent
man, who has resided in Washington since the
year 1876, and for the greater part Of that time
held the office of Judge of the District Court,
died on Saturday evening. He has for several
years been in feeble health. The intelligence
says, "there never lived a more upright, hon
est man than Judge Cranch" This, we be-
lieve, is the general estimate of him in Wash
ington.
THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPIsCOPAL XroNs
CHURCH IN AMERICA.-Our attention has been
called by respectable member of this Church
to petition presented to the last annual Con-
ference, which was held in this city in April,
and which is published in the Minutes of the
Conference. The petition is signed, in behalf
of the Quarterly Conference, by the Rev. Jacob
Trusty, President, and Anthony Bowen, Secre-
tary, and prays for an "equal, full, clear, and
unrestricted lay delegation, with power to vote
for Superintendent, and to speak and act as
reason and justice may dictate" &c. We must
be excused for declining to enter into this
vexed question of Church Government, which
is out of the proper sphere of the Era. We
allude to it as passing event, illustrative Of
the esprit of the age" We remark, that our
colored friends, after all, are not so radical az
their petition would imply, since they lay stress
on the fact that they are free male members
THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD Mas
sAcRE.-We have given as fall particulars of this
terrible disaster in another column as our limits
will allow. We have never read details more
heart-rending VIII the American people never
awake to the duty of Furnishing Railroad Com
panes and their agents, for their murderous
recklessness of human life? And are we never
to have a reform in this matter2 Such mas
sacres never take place in Europe, and they are
utterly unnecessary here. In Great Britain, all
railroads pass under or ocer common roads, and
the track is securely fenced in, so that no ami
NAL can stray before the trains, which in this
country is frequent cause of disasters. Every
railroad there has also double track, which
renders collisions impossible. There is no
reason in the world why these precautions may
not be taken in all the Middle and Eastern
States, where the accidents are more frequent,
from the rapidity of the rates of travel and the
great number of trains moving to and fro to
satisfy the demands of the public business.
Where this is the case, the companies are
able, and should be compelled to build double
tracks; and where there is no such press OF
business, as in the South, serious accidents
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