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THE KNow-SoTHrSG PLATFORM OF THE STATE
OF MAINE.
BAseoa. February !. 1855.

BAsGoR February l. 1855.
Council No. 5.
Whereas recent developments Ia the political action or
this order indicate disposition in places ignore
The subject Of slavery and temperance considering them
as SIDE issues, having political connexion with
ganizaton, this council wishing express its dsapproba-
uon Of such sentiments in the unqualified manner do
unanimously adopt the following resolutions;
]. Rssosped That the party to which allie
glance Is not based idea alone but comprehends
and should always act IN reference every principle that
VIII promote the moral and political welfare Of free peo-
pie.
Resoicea That the Declaration Of Independence the
tone and of the constitution the ordinance Of 1877,
indicate that ioreahers intended that slavery should
be sectional, not natonaltsmporary, not permanent
Resolped That Rstspe inericaais aut-siapery, and
temperance the foundation stones Of order, equally
deserving consideration aud that before giving our
political support 10 any man for any Office viii inn
peratssly demand his entire ooutta in favor of these
great and cardinal principles.
A. Resolred That solemnly protest against the
peal Of the Missouri Compromise the passage of the Ne
braska Kansas bill and the fugtveslave law, viola
lions Of the rights OF the free States and tending 10 the
destruction Of the free institutions of country.
s. Resolref, That pledge ourselves TO our ut
exertons TO free national territories from the
Of slavery and that win consent under
any circumstances the admission of another slave Stse
into this Union.
g. Resciee2 That any attempt TO commit order in
the free States to the the slave
ry, 10 ignore il political question, stamp il
side Issue to enoin silence upon in respect to its
evils aud encroaehmens deserves and receives
est disapprobation and dissent
Published by order Of the council
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The Times fayors this moyelnent Tbe London News
says:
The times are out a. oluf The hsar Of lordy minis
tiers snd lordRg memhers begin TO fail with lear and
certain pTemOnitory OF political Judgment 10
makes them less eager than formerly 70 talk wanonly
lightly Of these lnAisers The atmosphere indeed is still
but they have Marc 81 stiffness which precedes the earth
quake aud for the life Of them they longer enjoy
the old Viscounts old jokes The dream Of peace which
thee chung has fed the brink of and
peons campaign and in spite Of their nsolent
deuee the governing CLASSES feel that by their inca
paeity ayarce and rcckessness they have thrown
the prestige which the country bad bought dear and
thai their leaders Al the present moment without pol
icy plan
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GEN ERAL NE w s..

THE WAR IN THE EAsr---ExPEssIyE sHooTMo.-The New
York Mirror makes the following curious calculation:
In thirteen days the allies rained Sebasopol 1907
600 balls averaging 45 pounds in weight making daily
shower OF 2Tooooo pounds Of iron total storm of
s5 100000 pounds worth at the rate English pig iron is
selling at (let alone transportation and manufacture
S3l33s0 If the balls fired from the allied lines
during thirteen days rolled into rail bars weigh
xty pounds TO the yard the would three
hundred and thrtytwo miles If laid as railroad
would suffice for singleuack road from New York 10
Albany with all the necessary turn-ous II is estimated
that 4ssoooo pounds Of powder required push the
iron fifteen cents per pound this cost STo2 600 Lives
lost not counted
An army officer considerable experience Of the opi-
ion after careful estimate that the Russians and allies
expended upwards Of thirteen millions worth Of powder
and ball in the thirteen days bombardment
The NoRrH CARoLrNA Y1nEs--The loss by fires in the
woods in North Carolina be very great Scarcely
Of the counties from Brunswick 10 hyde escaped the FIRE
Two GIRLS aAslsHspy--Two young girls, convicted OF
larceny al ST. john r. have been sentenced seven
years Punishment from the colony.
RKHaaIougThe general assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church (od sehooi courenes az Nashville Tennessee on
the 18th instant
TKEeRAra 70 Inn CmaKA.--on the 2sth nit the cleo
trio telegraph pu, in operation from the War Office ia
Whitehall the headquarters Of Lord Raglan before Sc
bastapo and the government in the course Of the after
noon received communications which despatched
from the Crimsa At o'clock that morning. The subma
rne cable from Cape Kslcrgs in Bulgaria 70 the Monas
terry Of S. George ia the Crmea lies length OF 3ol
miles across the bottom Of the Black II laid
down on the 10TH llth l2th and 18th Of April Hence
forth reports o. all mporisn, VIII be made stimuli
taneousy Lord Raglan in the camp and 10 the War
Oeicr in London.
REcrsT pEsTHs--Dennis Morgan, old and wel-xnown
citiscn ~ Hartford Connecticut died suddenly Of apo
plexy the morning Of the 7th instant he had risen
from bis bed but hour previous in his usual robust
health.
Captain John A. Weber United States military store
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street l3b susss-<a nesdsy sfsness,
MAY IN ssa~crts~f wa Sou
H. l snd dsiy fssssasd
i7V tso, ssl tsls vss o. t"s 'A"d
81 70" -" ~ ~
square srosuag is<ss nsss and naass sscs
with npsovrsnent& hs~f~~s s"s
s,ss ssas three ssssa house. confusing
h
apAs ~ Me pop-st, Asd
m ns c~pised vIh wsthB ave days
hs he night fess De rsa sad ssvssss
~ NV Jas. C. MCGUIRE,
xsxJ t3-aawkA, Aaxn9e@ex.
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I'm petition socnm, smhGed Rhode fsIand,
extension ef granted hs
Of September, ssl for Improvement in machines
for from the
patent which place Inc 3h day Of September
IL il ordered thai petition
Monday lah Of Septembr IA O'Clock, and all
appear and show they
W petition ought 10 be granted.
opposing required e
specially forth writing
she day OF hearing all testimony sled BY either
be taken and ransmIted In
the oee which viii furnished sp
pcaiion.
The testimony closed 10Th af
gust dcposiuons papers relied sstmouy,
Office before the Of day
arguments any, within days thereafter 1900
Ordered be published In the Union, National
Evening c. Republican,
Bamoes scientific American, New York; and Post Ba~on,
week three weeks
to the 3oIh Of september next, The day Of hearing
CHARLES MASON,
Commissioner o
S.-Edo OF above papers will pcase copy and ssnd
Psen, oace with containing this notice.
Mag I2--iaw3w
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The following resignation Withdrawal Of entire
uuel oknow-nothngs in Jackson county has been sent
) a. for qualifications We hear too, Of many who
have gone before win follow suit and there
doabt that Jackson county viii give good majority 70
he entire democratic ticket The number Of knos-noth-
mrs who have already withdrawal and who bave sgni-
d heir intention Of doing before the election not
Il. thAn one hundred and ifiyt
We .be undersigned citizens u jackson coanty having
tharawn from the order known kn0wn0thngs, desire
= MAKE thai fact known aud also the which in
sgenced our withdrawal. We induced 10 believe
80 IL objects were conservative without regard TO any
rt principles prejadces, and for the good Of the
sgaatrg alone Instead Of such being the case have
ovre TO be the old federal whig party in disguise
80 IL real ends be the spells OF Office and the resusc
p II The whig party Add carry these ends aud
staa this party called upon 70 support for ohloe
s 10 whom NE personally and politically opposed
~ recc, those who enjoy personal and political pref
1900 Exercising our rights freemcn decline to
5erate any longer with order which demands such
ssrrisees At our hands and whose practices not IN
fpR with lis ayowed faith but We consider ourselves
Americans in truth and In fact much so as those De-
ongng 10 this organization and agree 70 osi u
~ principles Of their published platform with which Their
practices areEDt in keeping.
I, (, CSC. President A. J. Bush,
VIM. Goodwin, Vice President A. Nnies'
p II. Bush, Secretary, ApfAhAn Ssites
T. Whelherholi, Marshal, Jonathan Tiosr
"a Caste Sentinel Nathan Caste,
.hrsban, Wolf George NJ. Fore,
H. NJ Post 6eorge tast1
q IA plast Samuel Aekown,
n Williams Riley Caste.
John S. Hacker,
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~ >. = 1sNNHsxAs -
TRUsrYgs SALE or CITY LOTa--0~ Mos1~y snsrses~
"a sscttea ~ iaases 4. Ne
Gssse sshseSssv, Il ICED - 6ssea Aya sA
in a =, kss
psusea CAus
square ~
os.- cash : - ~sssAs
secured deed 81 Vsens4ass~
shs ss@yissa 80 vtAn ses A~ys ,ss
III C. uTALDaxc, trustee.
JAS. MCGUIRE,
Mxys-~ohAs Aacups.sr
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ny .. Z. neGUanE, Asssss.ssr.

da,si an day Of October the yss s and rscofdea
isn O4,sics st
vs.ba an liber 81, s.. Ill Ae,
sns1oasd and nj ths
request the
BY saaserbw will Ger f sais ssd
psbe ni.hcxs MoeAAy, Of
Nay aSlsa parcel Of GosaA ping sad
ey Distnct Of Coaaanh& wrssh d8sa
saiA n&mssss4
saAe samssrsd hundfsd and as No 70
800 Sss npd ~ - is>t
nora street, between l3n Aas led stses6s wsst
be made the pssasS.Aa - o'cscek,
hp,0Wann tnn4o tr< foafts
purchase nsA - Sae = - ss u ss snd ne
twelve And s,1A&ssn nponshs sh~ssanss
purchaser viii required gre his fof tss ssd
esa ray@snts payable Il tbs LINES sossA was Interest
thereCn.
shs pasrhassr ccmpsy
n hin~si
rs~s The said o ssSc cash, on s
aforesaid his dscsfos, = As rssh ~ kasehAser
JOHN uARDLRt, TruSc~.
Jas C. MCGUIRE,
May Ie-eodhds Ascf'onSss.
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TEAS AT AUCTIOAWe have received from the Norh,
will sell 10 o'ciock a Saturday the
inst, front Of our store, large LOT of
Gunpowder, Imperial fouax Hysop, aud Black
ages varying from TO ie ibs. each.
invited sale
approved quality and from the Of the packages believed
be well adapted 10 this market
Samples had the sale
GREEN h SCOTT,
May III ID Aucisnesrs.
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Tbs sacred and miscellaneous concert given At the smith
sonian Institute last evening under the direction 81 PROBES
sor Woodbury. attracted large and highly intelligent audi
enoe Several q the concerted pieces warmly aP
paadsd. The musical convention Will presume adjoarn
to-day.
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The speech received with iumultuous applause and
Mr. Forrest retired crowned anew wth the sweet voices
Of the people like victorious Roman from the ovations
Of the Capitol.
The tragedy well got up, and the leading and
actresses particularly Madame Ponis, played well their
rarfs
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As UNHEALTHY cIrys-MeFsiasi Viewer Of Bangor, Ne
hss seized 800 gallons Of liquor 10 o. The drug stores
Of that place.
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IIIxras or JoHx c. SFGSeER---We learn from Albany
mat the life Of Hon John Spencer IL despaired Of His
4ass has been induced by excessive mental and physical
labor
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FRosr.-we learn tsays the Alexandra Gazette) tia
there slight frost ia this eghborhood on wednesda,
night, not however sufficient 20 injare the fruit
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HY JNnEs Q. sec uIRE, A.es.sneex.

rrRUsTEE's SALE or VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY
IN The Maaday s1ernoon Asy III, nj o'clck.
Of BY vrtur ofA deed Of trust sy recorded
property
Pennsylvania aud l9th Ths
aud eomnasoos STORY
house, aad other busidipSs
Terms cash. w - MlA, trustee
JAMES T.. MCGUIRE
lid Aacuonesf.
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BY ELEo RAPH.
Later yrom Haeaaa.

CHARLEsroS, Nay e.-The schooner Hayward, with Ha-
dates the sth ast arrived Everything then
quiet
The yellow fever bad made rs appearance The San ia
cnto and other vessels Of quilted Havana In order
to preserve the health o. their crews
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OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Neo Post OHces.Lst Of Offices established since April
i, 1854:

. Arkansas.
Hermitage, Bradley county.
Goldsboro', Poinsett county.
Greenville, Washington county.
Mount Adams, Arkansas county.
Cut Of, Drew county.
Poplar Creek, Green county.
Big Bottom, Independence county.
Blue Mountain, lizard county
North Greek, Phillips county.
Rock Hill Pope county.
Big Flat, Searcy county
Valley Springs. Van Buren, county.
Velvet Ridge, White county.
Cold Water, Poinsett county.
East Fork, Conway county.
Oak Valley, White county.
Woodville, Ashey county.
Pearson's Mills, Arkansas county.
Royal Colony, White county.
Marshall Prairie, Newton county.
Texas, Scott county.
Usage Mills, Benton county
Strawberry, Lawrence county.
Cypress Bend, Chicot county.
Pine Grove, Monroe county.
Vel, Clark county.
Mount Retreat, Pulaski county.
Lima, Randolph county.
Cypress, Monroe county.
Geeseville, Pope county.
Genoa, Clark county.
Bayou Metoc, Pulaski county.
Eagle, Fulton county.
Hico, Benton county.
Grayely Hill, Yen county.
Casa, Perry county.
Lochbee, Poinsett county.
West Fork, Washington county.
kanzas. Scott county.
. Rover, Y ell county.
Bluffton, y ell county.
Nebraska, Scott county
Table Rock, lizard county.
Green Plains, St. Francis county
Linwood, Lawrence county.
Locust Cottage, Jefferson county.
Pennington's Mills, Pulaski county.
Tate's Bluff, Clark county.
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preferred bond hpders
81 me oce sf w. w Cor
essan Riggs Esnhiug House, Wssninssoa TnSs
dsy. Inc raj dsy af May. 1855, a. 10 O'Clock a. "a.
Ass he pserfsd bond holders, BY
oabes
chubh following day, May 49,
att O'clock, M.
desired saer soads
secuted W. w LDkIphANf
q. H. SMITH,
0EoRCE POE, ~,
Ia3s ofte Trustees o. h~ Preferred koS< hosd~rs
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SALES TO-DAY.
Hy GREEN 4 SCOTT, AuctAosae~rn.

HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE AT AuC-
Ii TIoN.On Saturday shs t2sh inst shnf seI
al . O'Clock, extensive assortment Of
Mahogany, wsinuf, and ether furnisuTr
Feather beds, sind shuck
many other articles which deem unnecessary
ALSO
large OF fresh teas just received from the NORTH
Terms cash. GREEN Il SCOTT,
siHy lid Aucicaeers.
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ATToRSgs ggSsa4L'x orFIcx.
ApgoiAfsaf. Thomas B. Mccoy, attorney Of the United
States for the district Of Louisiana place Of r. w
Noise, resigned
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u OOMs AND nOAnD--Tws ss a~~ly fuspsshes and
de.r-tis ss with ~ssd, " sa 20 uses-
in Union Row.
May s-dfw
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NEW YoRg, May 1I.--Cotton is firm and unchanged.
Flour has declined l29 centgood Ohio $40 50 $40 is
southern heavy at $40 81 sl 81 Wheat is unchanged,
and limited in demand Corn Ia triAe hgher--western
mixed 81 H. Pork has advanced 6 Beef Is
changed Lard is dropping Whiskey is hrmer--saes OF
Ohio at SO cents.
BAlTInoEE May li.-Fiour ia very frnl this morning
Howard $40 T5 Sales Of 800 bbls Of Howard
and city Mills There wheat in the market
Corn has advanced Of white at 81 0s 81 os yellow
81 Os 81 TO-
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rYDedc The basement OF the Capitol Hin Meth
Episcopal Church. est and 3
worship Almighty God
The Janes McKendfe Riley,
more viii preach At II O'clock The Rev Benjsan n.
Brooke OF O'Clock the Rev Iaac r. Cook
Of Baltimore at o'clock The public generally
specially invited 70 attend. May ~
C-U.isariAn Cnarch-Rev. N. Conway, minister viii,
on sunday
eoodiion necesnes, and the given them by
churches May
Co na Anniversary VI she Hometown society
.I&mestowB
Having chartered the Geosc Wae
ngoa
O'Clock stopping at Alexandria ard proceed -
address VIII be
AfcY allowing
10 everything Of
Country proceed
Pavilion, the society will paiiake
~ prepared for Them.
The Marine Sand engaged for
Tickets dinner 81, which
Tho@ Parker w. NJ. Morrison,
ngt,n, and of the officers OF the society.
May 9--dst
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NY ,. G. MeGUIar, Aaeasn~sr.

DY VIRTUE or A DEED or TRUST TO THE sUBScRi
December, IN The 1854
corded amons s land records q county n me Die
q 1sb rhefsr mentioned,
OF the atesssAd tbs s1seuoa u Inc
said deed SnhscshsS will cs for ae
seq public aue'ios % The Aehss AdsF - Mcnaay e sh
May, lots m 81 land Nash
nsson city u Coinsha distinguished
hsrsS Ave DsvdsoM snbdivssoc 81
The said lots front
street, an Of n aad i3sh sAsess west.
In front Of the al IN O'Clock
she fsiowfss trsso wit oasth
Of purchase moa~y nnsi b. pd IN tae any and tns
twelve and c~hs encscAfes The
will be required his ~ ss said deferred
payable ssosessid, win hssr0n-
purchaser fails . cSnDy viii s tss@s Of saae within
day III such nDls,
privilege resell ta kp~eat such deaultss
public aforesaid
JOHN MARBURY, Trustee.
j. q. MCGUIRE,
Nsy i0-sodAds Aucuoneer.
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Notice to Travellers between washington and
Baltimore.


dare, passesSex Washington
BALTIMORE BaInmor~ SIS, Wash
ngton, SUNDAY WILL BIZ DISCONTINUED The oniy
from will leaving At 30,
M. nd fromf baltimore Is a. N.
Washington Junction
express leaving Balmoss 5lJ for Wheel
ng and the West
JOHN III. DONE,
4--let Mas1sr Transportation y. d o. X r.
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Bosrox, May 1.-THE house continued Ia session ssvon
hours after dark AT O'Clock tins morning resolution as
passed by yeas i3T, nays IS expeling Hiss.
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Possmasser Kendall, 81 ysw Orleans, Agasa Avresed-
Nxw OaLKAss, May s.-Posmaster Kendall has been Al
rested another charge Of robnng letter. from Galveston
to parties in this city, Of $500.
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Completion or Panama Railroad.

Completion or Panama Railroad.
Redsess~ F1e 10 Csisernts.
SN. Uatxa States mail steamships lTssv New fcrs
8 fos AaPsH~nn ih1 3th snj 1tn ~ each month,
connecting wiih mali steamers FROM Panama 90 saa
Francisco.
approved Navy
Department, and guaranty sYssd s.d safety
cvmaAsted ftn
The baggage ~ >nssaa
checked 10 NEW yo4sh
gers NJ the es@pany
in I'll OF ths
Reserve In in New Y"rh, Panama, And
OF accdcni that
yeitatie-
Passengers day they arrive A~pn
wall
Conductors roush BY each and saAe ch1 o.
and children wsthoag other protectors
Fer through uekss the lowest apply Al ts agency "a
West street, New York. /. W. RAYMOND.
MayC-dn
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THE NoRrH CARoIna FInEsThe loss by fires in the
woods North Carolina be very great Scarcely one
Of the counties from Brunswick hyde escaped the FIRE
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ST. LOUIS May l0A letter from the part of the
Territory dated the evening Of ths
bad appeared in malignant form, thirteen deaths hayinx
occurred In twenty -four hours II il also to be
bad, worse, in Kansas city.
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Treasury DepArsaAsns.
Aa.l 4 4


NOTICE hereby koades sfocks u this Unicd
of comprising purchase VI s therein
notice. the
~, sssd offered
ceived here prior 70 the nfSi day o. Jsns assts
TasAsUaY DEPARTMENT.,
January ], isaa.
Notice hereby xven following
Un,sed department.
beTsof and thS LIST day
sdons, IN the and the eas hereinafter mem
In o any competition
preference. Ut which
may daily ssss@ned thu usit~d
by who hs SEcan slrrso. must
transmitted this Tins whereof,
h. yHla~ specine4 In ssck csrtiheAts.
NJ the te&a sahos,xed by The act Of
Juy isss November H. sS ~ ihs
Of The aahoxed by he 81 of lS J De-
is4 Tedeeshte, he Stat
Iwne, 1855 o Ii
Of the tho Of irs-
dssmahie the as OF Decemhe i4 tcomnony called tbs Aa
indemnity. 4
Inees, the par jaaussy
settlement bs Treasury with Tbs
allowance (r reach the nvaer) OF
a addition.
Boston, New York;
Philadelphia tbe dxf<ct-
But no benefit th notice
received ths Treasury bers e
-' " - JAMES cUTnaU.
Secretary of tbs Treasury.
Nns--dtJaneia lini- and stsrl
Aw P.rtasrshir.- ROEERT J. WALKEa 4 LOUIS
JASIN scsnd under the arm Of WALKER
fivy al
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Bosros, May live in possession a despatch,
dated Canton March a. received via Lenon per telegraph
Trieste, which says there change In The market
and teas for the United States.
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Rrsaoug.-The general assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church (old SCHOOL, oonvenes at Nashville Tennessee
the 18th instant
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The large stable in shs Of printing ssAbshmeo
was on fire late hour Thursday evening last, ba
through the Of vgsnt Waterman. the flames
we're promptly xtingused II parents guardians, the
ubc authorities would look after lot os whskay drink
The daily union., 1855-09-14

OF know nothngis anarchy its twin brother But the
national democracy and national wings arrayed side
side would make aainst harlo Of the ma
ton under the broad pepan of the party they
would array themselves in the great battle for our common
country. Victory would be ours.
% Governor Willard numerous instances OF the aeyo
ton OF foreigners TO country, both upon the battle field
and in the civil Office. They for interests OF
the country heart and soul The first great battle re-
igon freedom in this country fought 1900 by Thomas
Jefferson The second battle for the principle would
be fought In 1856 and the democracy the nation
the champions of this principle If would
churches liberty, and country, stie this
monster Of know nothiugism by combination of all the
patriots Of the counrywbgs and democrats. Then shall
and religious liberty.
Governor Willard concluded his address amid the most
deaenng applause Indeed throughout his whole speech
he frequently disturbed by the aud cheers Of the
assembled multitude"
The daily union., 1855-09-14
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

Among the prominent speakers in the democratic State
convention recently held in Massachusetts, was Mr. Phelps
who stated that he had joined the democratic party
III most nearly represented those views and principles of
tolerant lawahidDg, and constitutional character which
he entertained Ia regard the Missouri Compromise he
said
= IL time permitted it would be easy to show that the
ory OF northern members OF Congress assened to the
admission of Missouri into the Union from the
she has never regarded this compromise nvoabe that
she has BY word and by deed epudated that part which
relates to the surrender of fugitive slaves that long prior
TO It's repeal her delegates Congress repeatedly parties
TO attempted violations of this compromise spoken of
a solemn compact and that in than instance prior
To its repeal the Of the North in Congress
were, without objection the part their constituents,
parties to actual violation Of this soen compact of
Aed character that whenever has suited the purposes
OF the North to amend this repeal other act of Con
gres equally bindng she has not heated to make the at
tempt and, if able accomplish it and that the well in
formed OF those who seek to excite the North against the
South under the plea that in the repeal the Missouri Com
promise there has been gross violation of solemn promise
never before paraeed in the annals of legislation well
understood all this and well know that the uproar which
they have stirred does in fact rest very shallow found
anna foundation which would be used the basis for
apoca par but for the lack Of sound materials build
upon"