Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-08-20
VOL. 3.---NO. l.

Speech, Free Territory, Free Labor, Free
Press and Free Men, should be too numerous
for the Slave Labor, then the federal troops
organized for this special purpose under the
command of a Southern favorite of Southern
secessionist Secretary of War, are to interfere
and decide the contest in favor of Slavery in
Kansas. SO much for the chances of the Nor
thern principles and Northern men in Kansas,
and all that vast territors north of SO deg. 80
min. secured to Freedom by solemn compact,
in which the great minds of the country uni
ted to build up and preserve to Freedom, and
which the pigmies and traitors, aided by this
corrupt administration, have attempted to pull
down and destroy. Here is where Gen. Pierce
stands, and here where James Buchanan
stands, while asking for the support of the
frecmen Of the North.
l intend to go for the man who most nearly
represents the American sentiment, and the
sentiment in relation to Slavery of the Free
men of the North, which declares that Slave
~ is sectional and that Freedom is national.
At the same time desire to have the best rep
resentative of the progress of the age in which
we live. want man who has done some
thing for the great material interests of the
country. l want to his foot prints, not
promised, bat already made il the direction
that has led TO the developemeut of the resour-
ces of our Countrywide has enlarged tho field
upon which the labor and intelligence OF our
country is to be appIed-one who has done
something lor American interests and Ameri-
can rigLts-Cne who has done something for
the area of freedoms something for material
progress and benefit TO his fellow men. L want
no old politician, with his host of dependents
secdy as himself. Let US have man in the
prime of life, full of energy and yet sufficient
ly familiar with the vicissitudes of life to Judge
of men correctly-to appreciate the wants Of
the whole country-to avoid the intrigues and
traps of poiiticians-to, devote himself hon
estly and fearlessly to the interests of the
country-to apply The resources of the gov
ernment to the accomplishment of such i'm
pr0yemcntS as are national in their character
and that will result in the greatest benefit TO
the whole cOantry-one who has no old polit-
ical friends to reward, and no old political en-
emics to punish-one who will feel that he is
elevated by the people and not by intrigue
Now, Sir, of the candidates who are before the
people for the exalted position of Chief Ma
gistrate, prefer John c. Fremont. prefer
him because he is not an old hackneyed poll
tician, and all sold out. lie is in the prime of
Iife-forty three years old. He has been brought
into notice by the energy and exertion that he
has evinced as great explorer of the route to
the Pacific Ocean. He first opened up the
pathway through the wilderness that others
had followed to the golden fields of California,
and gave the most accurate and extended view
to the American people of all that vast region
| OF country between the borders of civilization
on the Atlantic slope and the Pacific Ocean.
He took active part and was foremost IN
raising and sustaining the American flag in
California. lie commenced first and went all
through that campaign with signal success,
! that ended in the acquisition of all that vast
| territory and wcalth--that opened up to A
merican energy such a field as has no parallel
in the history-which has advanced this coun-
! try p years at 4 single bound. 1t gave US the
| facilities for Increasing commerce. 1t en-
abled us to extend largely our railways and o.
ther internal improvements, and thus has
greatly increased orr manufacturing and agri-
cultural interest by enlarging the fields of pro-
ducc and consumption. 1t has added hum
dreds of millions to the capital of the nation.
| By his explorations he has opened up the most
| central and convenient railroad to California.
| He aided in the organization of California as
a State, and devoted her institutions to Free
dom, and she acknowledged her Indebtedness
| to Fremont by sending him as her first Sena-
tor to Congress He protected American in
| tcrcsts in California. He protected and advo-
Gated American interests in the Senate of tho
| United States. His antecedents. are Ameri-
can. He rose by his own energy, his own in
dustry and his own merit. These are antece-
dents that will be appreciated by the Ameri-
can people. They are not promises of to-day
of American principles under the expectation
of the suiirages OF the American party. but
| they are 4 history of his life from his youth
upward, when actuated by no other motives
than true American heart. thoroughly devo
ted to the interests of his country.
| am, with much respect, yours truly,
GEORGE LAW.
| To G. y. Scroggs, Buffalo, n Y
A negro woman having died in Richmond a
| day or two since, after q brief illness, it was
thought expedient to hold post mortem ex-