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CORR EsPON NDEN CE.
LETTER TO COL. FREMONT.

PHILADELPHIA, June 10, l626.
Sir "A Convention Of Delegates, assembled
at Philadelphia on I7ih, 18th and 10Th days
Of June, 1856. under call addressed to the
people Of the United States, without regard to
past political differences or divisions, who are
opposed to the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise, to the policy of the present Administra-
ton, TO the extension of slavery into Free Ter
ritory, ia favor OF the admission Of Kansas as
Free State and Of restoring the action ofthe
Federal Government TO the principles Of Wash
ington and Jefferson, adopted declaration Of
principles and purposes for which they are unit
ed in political actiOn-a copy Of which we have
the honor TO inclose-and unanimously nomin-
ated you as their candidate for the Office of
President of the United States at the approach
ing election, as the chosen representative of
those principles in this important political con-
test, and with the assured conviction that you
would give them full practical operation, should
the suffrages of the people Of the Union place
you at the head of the National Government
The undersigned were directed by the Con-
yeniion to communicate to you the fact Of your
nomination, and TO request you in their name,
and, as they believe, in the name Of large
majority Of the people of the country, 10 accept
it,
Offering you the assurance of our high per-
sonal respect, we are, yonv fellow citizens.
II. S. LANE,
President Of the Convention.
[Signed. James NJ. Ashley, Anthony j.
Bleecker, Joseph @. Hornblower, f. r. Hoar
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FREMONT THE CHOICE OF THE
NATION

For FremonNs the choice Of the nation
The pride Of the fearless and freei
Wen drink to his health aud his station,
Though Fillmore has come o'er the sea.
His heart beats for freedom remaining
On the soil where fond liberty grew
He's for our pioneers sustaining
The free Aag-the red, white and blue
There are lands where millions are yearning
For freedom from tyranny's chain.
Though to Kansas our efforts are turning
To keep her from slavery's stain.
For Fremont he stands with devotion,
And swears to the Union he's true;
He crosses o'er mountain to ocean,
And plants there the red, white and blue.
No sectional bands e'er shall sever
The bonds our forefathers wrought;
"The Union forever and ever"'
Unsullied, unstained and unbought,
Is the watchword from Fremont we borrow,
And he stands by his promise so true;
Then who will their leader not follow,
When he bears the red, white and blue
Our voices are joined, then, for Union;
The stars and the stripes are above;
Huzza ALL for Fremont and Dayton!
HuzIa for the man that we love!
The old Union ship, when well guided,
Will be found that her tinbers are true,
And soon will the storm have subsidized
That threatened the red, white and blue.
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JUDGE COLLAMER's SECOND MI
NORITY REPORT ON KANSAS.

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, July 1, 1856.

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, July l, 1856.
Senator Douglas having on Monday morning
called meeting Of the Committee on Terrific
ries and read TO it Report he proposed to
make on the several propositions before the
Senate for quieting Kansas, Judge Collamer of
W., the minority Of said Committee, having
been taken completely by surprise, as he was
not previously aware that any written Report
would be made, asked permission of the Senate
TO submit a minority Report next morning
which was granted That Report was accord
ingly submiued-as follows-and l trust il will
be copied into every anti-Nebtaska journal in
the country. Though very brief and uns,ud-
led, it contains unanswerable reasons against
entering into any bargain or arrangement with
the Slavery Propagandists based on or nvolv-
ing new constitutional election in the Terri
tory. Let il be read and needed. H.. G.
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VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.
In THE SENATE OF THE UsIrED STATES, July
I, 1856.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED oTATEs, July
I, 1856.
Mr. Collamer, from the COMMITTEES on Terrific
ries, 10 whom was recommended The bill
Is. 342) "to authorize the people of the
Territory of Kansas TO form Consti,n-
"iion and State Government preparatory
''to their admission into the Union when
''lhey have the requisite population - and
the amendment proposed thereto by Mr.
Seward, and the amendment intended to
4 be proposed by Mr. Toombs to the said
bill, and TO whom were referred the bill
Is. 342) ''to restore order and peace in
Kansas the bill Is. 3i3) supple.
"mentary to an act to organize the Terri
"tories of Nebraska and Kansas !" and
the bill rs. 35l,) supplementary TO An
"Act 10 organize the Territories of Ne
"braska and Kansas, and to provide for
''the faithful execution Of the said act in
''the Territory of Kansas, according to
''the true intent and meaning thereof"
submitted the following, which was order
ed 10 be printed, and 10000 additional
copies be printed with Report No. 1913
Il is now proposed to pass the bill to enable
the present inhabitants of Kansas to choose
delegates 10 form State Constitution. 1t is
we'll understood that the only topic of difficulty
there, is the subject of domestic Slavery. As
there is not the number of inhabitants there 10
enlille them to a representative, according to
the present apporiionment, il is entirely mat
Ter Of Congressional discretion whether State
shall be formed al this time.
II the state Of circumstances there be such
as TO furnish a well-founded expectation that
fair, just, and impartial expression Of the opin-
ion aud wishes Of the actual bonafde inhabi-
tanis of the Territory cannot now be obtained,
then this experiment should moi be attempted
at this junciure of their affairs. A succinct
statement of recent events in relation to that
Territory, its present unhappy and unsettled
condition, and the causes which have produced
it, will fully show that no fair election Of dele
gates, no just expression Of opinion, no true
decision, can, at present, be there obtained
In 1854, when the bill establishing the Ter
ritOrial Governments Of Kansas and Nebraska
was passed, it was enacted that they should,
when admitted as States, be admitted "wiih or
without Slavery, as ,heir Constitutions should
"provije," This, however, was not salslae-
tory TO the Slayeholding States, and, therefore,
that provision Of the Missouri Compromise
which forbid Slavery forever north of 80 deg.
80 min, north latitude, that bill of repose for
which the Slaveholdng States had received
and secured forever their consideration, and
which had been sanctioned by thirty years of
acquiescence, was repealed, and The novel ex-
pertinent was professedly instituted Of submit
ting the subject to the people who should come
into the Territory. This was done ID admit
Slavery into the Territory, which that compro-
mise forbade, This breach Of faith was effect
ed by making another plight of faith, that is,
by providing that the settlers Of Kansas should
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10 all the free States, including Pennsylvania, a.,
the agitation Of the Kansas question. the sum
ner and Brooks affair, the conduc, Of Bisbop
Hughes and his minions, and the defections.
from the Democratic party, Of the Germans.
who have, body and breeches, horse, foot, and
dragons, gone over To Fremont leave Buchan-
an by far the weakest Of the three candidates
in The North.
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!, claims 5000 majority. A postmaster ia ono
of the towns was inquired Of from Washington
as 10 the prospects 10 his neiehborhood. He
wrote back that there was not Buchanan mau
in the towu--not even himself; and if he was
turned out Tor saying so, he had this satislac-
tion, that no one bu, Fremont man could bs
appointed, Us there ,csre no Others in fo,en
Gov Chase Of Ohio spoke to 1000 persons
a, Dayton, Ohio. or Col. Fremont he said,
The Philadelphia Convention proposed a man
for the head Of our government who never says
a thing he don; mean, and never promises
thing he don't perform. have the great pleas
ure Of knowing. personally, this man, and
have the fullest confidence that Mr. ]. C. Ere
mont will be the next President ofthese United
States"
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A Greek maiden being asked what portion
she would bring her husband, replied, 81 will
bring You what gold cannot purchases heart
unsPolIed and virtue without stain, which is
all that descended to me from my parsnts."
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Offering you the assurance Of our high per-
sonal respect, we are, yony fellow citizens.
II s LANE
Nrw YoRK, July s, 1856.

NEW YORK; July 8, I55b.
Gentlemen You call me to a high respon-
siblliy, by placing me in the van of great
movement of the people of the United States,
who, without regard 10 past differences, are unit
ing in common effort TO bring back the action
Of the Federal Government 10 The principles of
Washington and Jefferson. Comprehending
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tfor the Evening Post.l
FREEDOM.

FREEDOM. r.
Free soil. free men,
Free speech, free pen,
Freedom from slayery's tlrall
Free North, free East,
Free South. free West,
Freedom for one and all
Free ports, free seas,
Free ships, free breeze;
Free homesteads for the people;
Free bells on every steeple,
Free pulpits and free preachers,
Three cheers for all the BEEcnERs)
Freedom from Southern rocks;
Freedom from Southern "Brooks;"
Free schools. free books;
Freedom to worship God,
Freedom to read his Word;
Freedoms star-spengled banners
Waving DER gallant Kansas,
Freedom from Border-Smugglers,
Three groans for Pierce and Douglas y
Preemen to bear the battle brunt,
And, rushing to the battlefront,
FREMONT FREMONT
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

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EsTEY & KATHAN,

Dealers ia all kinds OF
MARBLE, GRANITE, SLATE, SOAP
STONE, &c.
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ALEX. ii. PIKE,
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LoCKHART BARRETT,

Manufacturer Of
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IT Powder, Shot, Caps, Flasks, Pouches and Gun
Materials always for sale.
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BELLOWS FALLS HOTEL.
By S0LON 8. FINLAY,

BELLOWS FALLS, Vr.
EDMUND JONES, Superintendent
Passengers conveyed TO and from The Cars Free.
Towns Bellows Fails Livery in connection with this
House.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26
n. MURPHY.
DIED,

In this place. on the 10Th instan', very suddenly,
JAS. MONTROSE GRAHAM, IN the oath year
OF his age. Mr.. Graham had been long afflicted
with Pulmonary Consumption, and as all hope OF
his recovery given up, his friends had long been
expecting so sudden termination To his earthly
career. In the morning, alter partaklng OF break
fast he seemtd as il he might still hold out few
DAYS longer, bat he was seized with tit OF cough
ing, which ruptured blood vessel, and in a few
minutes he , eathed his last.
In this place, the llth inst, Of Congestive
Chill Mrs MARGARET &. MCCONNELL, wife
of Mr. J. Ii. Mcconnell, and daughter of John II.
and Margaret A Harris, of York District, S C., in
the 23d year of her age, leaving atecuonate hus
band and two small children TO mourn her loss.
In this county, on the 29th uitimo, OF B!hoYs Fe-
ver after an illness Of two weeks, Mrs. MARY
MORRIS. wife of Mr. T. L. Morris, and third
daughter of Mr.. VIM. Parks, in the 18th year OF
her AGE.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26
ANOTHER WIG VOICE.

| George L. Curtis. Esq, an able and dis
| tinguished old-lne Wing, of Massachusetts,,
| has come out with a long letter, warning
the country of the dangers to the Union, If
the Black Republicans get the ascendancy,
| and appealing to the Wings of the country
to vote in such way as they deem best to
defeat the disorganizers, Mr.. Curtis says
"This is the first time in the history of
this country, since it had constitution,
that political party has been organized to
| carry a Presidential election upon doctrines
that are positively revolutionary. All for
mer parties that have ever existed, and all
others that now exist, have been content to
take the Declaration or Independence for
what it truly was-a bold assertion of ma
tional rights by colonists who were about to
throw off the yoke of their mother country,
by revolution, but who never thought of
dissolving by it the existing internal rela-
tions of the inhabitants of any of these col
onies. All other parties, too, have been
content to recognize in the federal Consti-
tuition compact between sovereign States,
some of which are slaveholding and some
of which are non slaveholding communities,
for certain limited and special purposes =
and all have respected the limitation, which
the Constitution expressly establishes, when
it declares that one Of its objects is to Sc
cure the blessings of liberty to the people
ocho made 1t, and to their posterity. But
now we are told that this Limitation is to be
disregarded; that the principles of the De-
claration of Independence, in all their naked
force, are ''embodied' in the federal Con
stitution; and the primary object of their
constitution was to enforce and carry out
the doctrine Of universal emancipation.
1t is an attempt to reverse, by the solemn
judgment of the American people, the whole
basis on which the Constitution has hitherto
rested, and to overturn the principles on
which it has hitherto been administered;
and when majority of the American peo-
pie have sanctioned this doctrine. there can
be and will be no step backwards, but all
the results Of an inevitable sequence must
follow III quick succession from the prem
Uses.
This is not day for the indulgence of
personal wishes. 1t is day for patriotism
to do its natural office-a day for sacrifices
in behalf of our country, that we may pre-
serve its institutions and strengthen the
bonds of its Union.
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THE wHIGS HOPE.

The Raleigh Standard having remarked
that it never expected to see Mr.. V. c.
Barringer President of the =. States nor
Sheriff of Cabarrus county" the \ ortiz
Carolina Wing expresses the same belief,
but adds: I'VE do hope to see him (NIr.
Barringcrl a representative from this Dis
trict to Congress, some of these days.
Some of these days. Well, it may be
that the Wings hopes" are TO be realised
"some of these days. but we fear some of
these gears will pass before Mr.. Barringer
revolutionizes this district by his oratorical
hourishes in favor of now-nothingism. and
secures a seat in Congress. At this time
the prospect is particularly bright, for the
realization of the Wings hopes. There is
not more than 3,U0O Democratic majority
to overcome. to elect Mr.. V. c. Barrinrer
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NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
Counties heard from since our
Last
The Elections in other States.

MIssoURI.-Polk's (Dem.) plurality over
Ewing TX. n in Missouri 1000. Benton
ticket nowhere.
kENTUCKY.-A large majority Of the
Judges elected are Democratic, and the
Democratic majority in the State between
5000 and 1000.
Democratic except two, and they, it is be-
Iieved, viii also be Democratic in Novem-
Der. The whole Democratic Ticket elect
ed by about 10000 majority.
TExAs.-More thoroughly Democratic
than ever-so far as heard from.
These elections leave no doubt that the
whole South will present an unbroken front
for Buchanan and Breckenridge.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26
HOW CAN YOU ACCOUNT FOR TIP,

We have been frequently asked by friends
of Mr.. Gilmer, chow do you account for
his overwhelming defeats Our answer is
in word-ignOrance and prejudice Ig-
norance of the principles and aims of the
American party, and prejudice against what
they do not underestimate Salisbury Watch
The truth is, however, that know-nothinr-
ism tiourished, so long as its principles and
aims were but little understood-so long
as Ignorance" prevailed concerning the
secrets of the prison house" it was sweep
ing over the land like wild -fre-but when
it aimed to cross Mason and Dixon's line,
a certain VISe man accidentally got hold
of its ''principles," and exposed its aims -
and ever since, know -nothingism has been
travelling the road to ruin, until it is now
: low that the hand of resurrection cannot
reach it. The more the people know of it,
the more they are ''prcjudiced" against it.
countryman characterised know nothing-
ism truly, the other day, when he said it re-
minded him of a wasp, that was bigger
when it was born than ever afterwards
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to Congress from this District! Will the
Wing be kind enough to inform us what
time is cOmprehended in ''some of these
days1" We wish to let our readers know
'ohen Mr.. V. c. Barringer is to become
their representative in Congress. Some
may live to see it, but we fear there are but
few of the present generation who will have
that pleasure. If he will see the error of
his way, magnanimously acknowledge it,
go down on his knees and ask forgiveness
for the sin of supporting Know-Nothing-
ism, and work right hard a few years in
the cause of Democracy, we don't know
what office might fall to his lot. The De-
mocrats are a forgiving people, and the
worst sinners some times, after repentance,
make the best Christians.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26
LATE FROM EUROPE.

The Cunard Steam ship Africa has arri-
we'd at New York, with dates to the 9th in
slant. In the commercial world she leaves
Cotton unchanged-salesf for the week So
OOO bales. Flour declined and 4 shillings.
Wheat declined shilling. Buyers are
holding back for lower Prices.-The crops
IN Russia are excellent. All the Russian
authorities in the Crimea, have resumed
their functions.
e The Liverpool Tines says that Sir
Robert Lowe is charged with the settlement
of the Central American question.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26
GOOD.

One of our Mississippi exchanges, in no.
ticing the proceedings of Democratic
meeting in that State, notices the fact that
a DISTINGUISHED member of the American
party gave in his experience and took his
seat with the mourners. He said he had
got off the platform of the American par
ty-but he didn't jump off, nor he didn't fall
off. He was standing erect, with head lift
ed, and suddenly he dropped through
Somebody pulled out the 18th section
plank on which he was standing, and he
fell through the hole in it-that's Fillmore S
Philadelphia platform.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-26

~ The Directors of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Com
pany, met at Columbia last week, and or
dcred the Engineers to proceed to locate
the road from Lumberton to Walkers Fer
~, in order to have the same ready for CON
tract by the first of January next in case
the Directors shall determine to adopt said
route; and if said route is not adopted by
the time the survey is completed, then the
road to Whiteville shall be located for the
same purpose-and that the President and
Chief Engineer proceed to put the road I'M
der contract from Lumberton to the East
bank of the Pee Dee, under the same res
trictions as are prescribed for the Western
Division by Resolution of 18th June.
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HON. RUFUS CHOATE.

This distinguished old-line Wing, of Mas
sachusetts, has followed the example Of
John NJ Clayton, of Delaware, and hun
dreds of other prominent Wings, and avow-
ed his determination to support Mr.. Blu
chanan for the Presidency.
Mr. Choate, in his letter addressed to
the Wing state central committee of Maine,
closes as follows:
1--WE (the Wings of the country are to
do what we can to defeat and disband the
geographical party. But by what specific
action we can most effcctually contribute
to such a result is question of more diff
Guilty. 1t seems now to be settled that we
present no candidate of our own. If we
vote at all, then. we vote for the nominees of
the American or the nominees of the Demo-
cratic party. As between them | shall not
venture to counsel the Wings of Maine, but
| deem il due to frankness and honor to say
that while entertain a high appreciation of
the character and ability of Mr.. Fillmore,
/ do not sympathize i'll any degree with the
objects and creed Of the particular party
that nominated him, and do not approve of
their organization and their tactics. Prac-
tically, too, the contest in my judgment is
between Mr.. Buchanan and Col. Ere mont.
In these circumstances / vote for Mr.. Buch-
anan. He has large experience in public
affairs :; his commanding capacity is univer-
sally acknowledged his life is without a
! stain. I am constrained to ada that he
seems at this moment, by the concurrence
i of circumstances, more completely than any
other. to represent that sentiment of nation
/ ality-tolerant, warm and comprehensive
without which, without the increase ofwhich
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Tie intelligence which our paper con-
tains to-day, from Washington and Kansas,
is well calculated to excite alarm in the bo-
som of every one who desires a longer con-
tinuance Of the Union. 1t is now apparent
shat Black RepubIicanism aims to over
run the South, and rob her Of her property
and an equal participation of the benefits
of the Union, or bring on anarchy, blood
shed, and disunion. The fearful crisis at
which we have arrived, is clearly set forth
in our columns to-day. May there be pa
triotism enough left in the country to avert
the direful cala.lity which seems about to
overtake all who regard the Union as a
blessing. Sectional rule or ruin, is the mot
10 Of Northern famtticiSm.
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HIGH PRICE OF SLAVES.

The efforts Of abolitionism do not appear
to affect the price of slaves. In all parts
of the South, since Christmas last, they
have commanded very high prices. AT the
sale of the late Mrs. Margaret Reds pro-
perty, near this place, on Thursday last,
by D. NJ. Lee, Esq, Administrator, a ne
gro boy and a girl (twins) aged twelve
years, and an old woman, were sold to the
highest bidder. at the following prices -
The boy $l,2l6, the girl $I,OI5, and the
old woman ia cripple) 5l5O-six months
credit, with interest from date. These pri-
ces would Justify $500 for young men,
and 81 200 for young women.
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.

Inc NUMEROUS liil'in6 esl"oii7iilliell'S'
lor tiie MANUFACTURE Vi ii"ur' iio" SP'i"9''9
up 'nrouS ''ou. inc 'oo"'"'i,i COUNTY ih'is'
DC d source % Prlue aS wen d Proii' 70 'ne
people, Ill "'ioSo ii,'us' 'iiey are eIeo'e"-
lll'herto' inc 0ou'L mas oeeil cliieily co'-
Foh' 'ooaceo' ana corn painting country
lo"' II Is becoming also an extensive wheat
growing region Inc evidence Oh TINS IS 10
De seen IN our own community IN TINS
NheoNiono"'9 oo"ii'yl '"elo arc e"i'io Pin