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VOL. TX.
SPIRIT OF THE WEST.

The Conventions Of the people in Indiana
and Illinois, the result of whose proceeding,
will be published in next weeks Era, are, on the
whole, highly gratifying. 1t is to be regretted
that they have not, like their Ohio neighbors.
abandoned entirely their narrow exclusiveness
as to Catholics and foreigners but we think
that their resolutions show a far more liberal
spirit in these particulars than was expected
by the friends of Freedom and there is room
to hope that they will yet sec the proprietv Of
laying aside creed which must forever divide
and distract the friends of the cause, prevent =
cordial union, and Illustrate effective action.
Let all be ready to sacrifice something f..
the good Of the cause. Let Tariffs, Free Trade
and Nativism, take care of themselves, in III,
best way they can but let none of them stand
in the way of cordial union of all the friend,
of Freedom, on the all-essential platform which
declares that Freedom is national, and Slaverv
sectional-that there shall be no Slavery ont
side of the slave States. G.
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"Who, sir, that looks at this property as
legislator, and marks its effect upon our ma.
tional advance, but weeps over it as the worst
of patrimonies? Who that looks to this un.
happy bondage of our unhappy people in the
midst of our society, and thinks of its incidents
and its issues, but weeps over it as curse upon
him who inficts as upon him who suffers 1t p
Mr.. PHILIP A. BOILING, of Buckingham
said:
"The time will come-and it may be sooner
than many are willing to believe-when this
oppressed and degraded race cannot be held as
they now are-when a change will be effected
by means abhorrent, Mr.. Speaker, to you, and
to the feelings Of every good man.
" The wounded adder will recoil, and sting
the foot that tramples upon it. The day is fast
approaching, when those who oppose all action
upon this subject, and, instead of aiding in de-
vising some feasible plan for freeing their coun.
try from an acknowledged curse, cry 'impOs
si6le,' to every plan suggested, will curse their
perverseness, and lament their folly"
Mr.. FAULKNER, of Berkeley, said:
Wherever the voice of your people has been
heard, since the agitation of this question, ii
has sustained your determination, and called
for the present inquiry. have heard of courts
meetings, county petitions, and county memo
rails. have heard from the North. the East
and the South. They are all, with one voice,
against the continuance of Slavery-none for
it. The press, too-that mirror of public senti-
ment-that concentrated will of whole com
munity-has been heard from one extremity oil
the State to the other. Its power is with us ;
its moral force is united, efficient. and encoura
ging."
These extracts are taken from long and able
AntiSlavery speeches, made in the Virginia
Legislature twenty-three years ago. They were
the teachings Of the Virginia Democracy du-
ring General Jackson's first Presidential term.
But now, how changed From the most gen
erous aspirations for universal freedom, to the
most degrading maxims of despotism
Mr.. Faulkner, the last gentleman quoted
above, is now member of Congress, and, like
the Enquirer, a champion of Slavery.
The above extracts, from the highest South
ern authorities, would seem to be sufficient to
open the eyes of the most inveterate Hunker to
the deplorable degeneracy of the Southern De-
mocracy, and to absolve him, IN toro conscien
tie, from his allegiance to party. We think the
case is clearly made out, that man cannot
adopt or acquiesce in the modern Southern 20
litical dogmas, without repudiating those of our
Revolutionary ancestors, as well as those which
prevailed since the present generation came on
the stage of action.
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NEW YORK POLITICS.

The Wing Central Committee Of the STATE NJ
New York met at the Astor House on the Is,l
instant, and called Convention of the n,r,,.
to meet at Syracuse on the 10Th day Of Sen
TENDER, for the purpose of nominating caD5.
dates to be supported at the ensuing eerrr,I
election, and also to consider such question; or
public interest as may properly come before i
AT the same time and place, the Republican
party propose to hold a Convention for similar
objects, and, as is said on reliable authority
with the view Of forming fusion with the
Whigs-or, rather, with the hope of inducin
the Wings to join the Republican ranks. We
are happy III being able to state. on the reluc.
tant testimony Of the Commercial Adrertisey
which represents the Rip Van Wrinkle section
OF Whigery, that there is every probability Of
the success of this measure. The 1dcertiset
has drunk too deeply of the fatal flagon which
was the undoing of poor Rip, to learn anythin,
or forget anything-and hence its want of f,iih
In these new parties " - as if Whigery itse
was not new party twenty years ago, whch
never acquired consistency of principle or un;
formlty of faith and object among its members
In its very inception, and during its whole ey
lstence, (which is now happily, we wish we
could say honorably, terminated, it was conf
posed OF every extreme Of opposition to the So
called Democratic party, of which Gen. Jack
son was the head. 1t at the same time en-
braced within its folds Massachusetts Federal
Protectionists and South Carolina State Right,
Free Traders. Its leaders in the North and
West were Webster and Clay in the South.
Calhoun and McDuffe. Every one knows that
these men were in principles and measures at
the opposite extremes of the political compass
and only agreed as to the proprcty OF putting
down Gen. Jackson's Administration. So
through the whole existence of the party, there
was always the same incongruity between the
Northern, Southern, and Western wings of the
Wing party. In fact, it never was in any proper
sense a party, but merely coalition Of discord
ant factions, headed by most able and for the
most part patriotic men, who agreed in nothing
but the propriety of overthrowing their com.
mon enemy, the Jackson party.
How different the Republican party, and the
platform of principles which unites its mem.
bers! 1t has unity of purpose which has
never yet actuated any party in this country,
except that which constitutes one Of its princi-
pal elements - the Independent Democratic
party. Not to have faith in it, is not to have
faith in the triumph Of Truth aud Freedom.
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States. 1t IS eDtirssntly the State Rights par
ty. Every leading man in its ranks is fully
committed9b this platform. Mr.. Chase, Mr..
Sumner, Mr.. Giddings, Mr.. Hale, General Will
son, have thousand times expressed these
views and the distinguished Senator from New
York, whom we now feel authorized to claim
as of the same party, has been equally explicit
in placing himself on the State Rights ground.
The effort to ignore the existence of this
great party, or to misrepresent its principles,
by confounding them with those of Mr.. CARR
son on the one hand, or of Mr.. Gerrit Smith
on the other, will be shortlived. 1t will make
itself felt. We wish the South to understand
the position of this party. We regret to see
false or exaggerated notions prevail, which are
well calculated to excite and irritate the pub
lie mind. 1t is better that the people of the
South should know the simple truth. The peo-
pie of the North propose to take from them no
constitutional right to interfere in none of
their domestic institutions; but they mean to
divorce the Federal Government from Slavery,
and to make it what the Constitution declares
its object to be, the conservator of Justice and
Liberty.
We believe that the peace of the country
would be greatly promoted by the dissemina-
ton of correct views through the South, as to
the nature and character Of the Republican
party; but if the demagogues persist in their
misrepresenations, and the people persist in
shutting their ears to truth, they will wake up,
as by a thunder clap, when they have heard
the result of the next Presidential election. 1t
is better to learn in time, and prepare for the
event. 1t will set easier on the mind, by ma
king the idea gradually familiar. Whether they
intend to submit to an Anti-Slavery President
or not, it is best to know exactly what he is to
be beforehand. Let the South have light. g.
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POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

The Pittsburgh Gazette suggests the proprl-
ETY. of holding Republican State Convention,
in that city, on the 29th August, for the pur-
pose of organizing on the true principles OF
Freedom and the Constitution. Without ex-
pressing any opinion as to the propriety OF the
day named, or the place of meeting, we sim
cerely trust that the friends of the cause will
see the necessity of immediate and energetic
action. Now is the time-t to effect an organiza-
ton in which all friends of Freedom may CO.
operate, free from the spirit of prescription Of
sects or classes--an organization which, if wise.
ly framed and well-directed, cannot fail to
sweep the State by thousands at the ensuing
elections. The spirit of Freedom is in the as
cendant, and the disposition to cast aside all
secondary questions was never SO favorable.
The enemies Of Slavery will be inexcusable il
they let slip this glorious opportunity. &.
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A. The Test Vote in the House on the Ne
braska-Kansas Bill.
45. The Duty of Northern Men-The Hour
for Union Come.
46. Remarks on the Remark of Edward Ey.
erett, that no Material Interest is at Stake.
AZ. Parties and Slavery.
as. Shall there be Party of Freedom?
AZ. The Diference-Two Millions and Fiji
teen Millions.
90. The Programme of Party of Freedom
in power.
81. An Argument with the New York T5-i6-
une on the Old Policy.
81. The Movements of our Home Popula-
tion-the only article of the kind ever published.
53. Speculations of Southern Politicians con-
corning the Union.
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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1856.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

The August No. of Facts for the People is
now ready for mailing.
Contents.-Political Facts and Comments
A General Survey. The Slavery Question, in
its Precise Relation to American Politics A
Speech by the Hon. George w. Julian.
Our friends who are impressed with the i'm
portance of circulating truth among the Peo-
pie cannot find a cheaper or more reliable me-
dunn than the Facts
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G. BAILEY. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR:
JOHN C. WHITTIER, CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
The National Era is an uncompromising op-
ponent of Slavery and the Slave power; an ad-
vocate of personal, civil, and religious liberty,
without regard to race or creed; foe to all
secret combinations to control the Ballot-Box.
whether under the direction of priests or laymen;
a friend of Temperance, the Homestead, and
all reforms calculated to secure to Labor its lust
consideration, recompense, and political weight
and to Trade, its Natural Freedom, in virtue Of
which every man has right to buy and sell in
whatever market he pleases. q 1t believes in the
right Of individual judgment in all matters
whether of religion or politics, and rejects the
dogma of passive obedience and nonresistance
in both Church and State; holding that no man
who swears to support the Constitution of the
United States can deliberately violate his own
settled conviction Gifts meaning, without incur
ring the guilt of perjury, and that no citizen can
obey a human enactment which requires him to
commit injustice, without immortality.
1t regards Slavery, and the issues involved in
1T, as forming the great Political Question of
the ine grOunu, slavery, from
Its necessities, instincts, and habits, is perpetu-
ally antagonistc to Freedom and Free Labor,
and unchangeably aggressive; that its workings
can be countsracted only by permanent sys-
TEN Of measures that the Wing and Democrat
ic Parties, not having been formed with a view
TO the issues raised by the Slave Interest, but
being held in thrall by it, so far from present
ing any resistance to its exactions, afford fac
tiles for enforcing them and that or both
must be broken up, and the true friends of Lib
erty be united, without regard to old issues or
preiudices, on Party Of Freedom, as a neces-
sary preliminary TO the overthrow of the Slave
Power. 1t, therefore, gives its earnest support
TO the Republican Movement, so far as its policy
has vet been developed-a movement which
promises TO effect such union.
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two opinions about it."
| Mr.. POWELL said:
| II can scarcely persuade myself that there
is solitary gentleman in this House who will
not readily admit that Slavery is an evil, and
that its removal, If practicable, is a consumma-
ton most devoutly to be wished. have not
heard, nor do expect to hear, voice raised
in this Hall to the contrary"
Mr.. PRESTON said:
| Sir, MIR. Jefferson, whose hand drew the
preamble to the Bill of Rights, has eloquently
remarked that we had invoked for ourselves the
benefit of principle which we had denied to
others. He saw and felt that slaves, as men,
were embraced within this principle"
Mr.. SUMMERS Of Kanawha, said:
But sir, the evils of this system cannot be
enumerated. 1t were unnecessary to attempt
| 1t. They glare upon us at every step. When
the owner looks to his wasted estate, he knows
and feels Them"
| Mr.. CHANDLER, of Norfolk, said:
| at is admitted, by all who have addressed
this House, that Slavery is curse, and an in
creasing one That it has been destructive to
the lives of our citizens, history, with unerring
truth. will record. That its future increase will
create commotion, cannot be doubted"
Mr.. RANDOLPH, of Albemarle, said:
| "How can an honorable man, patriot and
a lover of his country, bear to see this ancient
Dominion, rendered illustrious by the noble
devotion and patriotism of her sons in the cause
of Liberty, converted into one grand MENACE
rie, where men are to be reared for market
| like oxen in the shambles?~
Mr.. THOMAS MARSHALL, of Fauquier, said:
Wherefore, then, object to Slavery? Be-
cause It is ruinOus tn the wbites-roforde i'm
Provement, roots out an industrious population,
banishes the yeomanry of the country-deprives
the spinner, the weaver, the smith, the shoe
maker, the carpenter, of employment and sup
port" &c.
Mr.. JAMES Mcdowell, jun, of Rockbridge,
said