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Tor tae Fa.II l.UIn
They Watch for the "---Tell

|. is painful and degrading condition 10
which We are reduced when the cause Of hu-
mani,v leads rs - hope that orr Goreransat
has jltfei in iss nefar.OaS .temptoa the rlgLts
Of its otcn citizens. from the free States. OF
late our opponents claim that peace Is
stored Ii 80 We greatly rejoice. If so, we
owe j. 10 the gallant sand taken BIZ Col.
Lane and hjS noble bs7l Tney lii not 20
in vain Tier mission IS 70 check III u~2rt
Of erpaLsion, to protect tie tre4f, % stay tier
le4rt-. II they have seen thai accomplished. i.
W know they Will be = Il 10 dIsband TIE
ac ion OF such men aS Governor 3 ashford. Of
Wisconsin, and cur former fellow citizen Col.
Lane, have made Pierce aaI Douglass quite
sure that free lon cauno. Be sub 'ued. -
Hence. OiI Liners war 30 exercised BY the
bold and chisalroIs movement Of the later
and . offended b. the manly and patriotic
proclamation of the former. Hence The living
bitterness wish winch they 50 grossly as>aiei
the freedom shriekers, as they con.empsu
ou>Iv termed the free State men even pur>u-
in them win more than Indian ferociiy ia.o
their lent graves. Msnr secret and thi "
gsar5-erIrr onens have cas-. their shadows
before" anI now the mos oollF aad pre-
Sump.uoas slaye5cra-> begin - realize tia;
there i lire Fee North a As i rou>es
TO tie encounter which they have provoked As
IL columns gather. dense and deep. 10 meet
the issue which they have male. he tyranrs
aa3 traitors quail in lear They have sen
DISPLAYED the majesty Of Is people. They
have heard il lion roar sounding through the
forests Of Maine They give wa in alarm and
awe. With singular hardihood they indeed.
withstcoi the warning voice from the prairie
Of Iowa and the booming rehase from the
home Of Ethaa Alien, Da. when the echo
raises il mighty and awia vo.ame from one
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Fer the Palladium,
NU:n 49,, Ill, ~, Il,

Fer the Palladium,
MRssRs EDiToRs: Will ven obligc an old
Hoosier by presenting again IN your columns
the following oft told facts. 1t is simply an
extract from the Indiana Gazetteer, page 100,
third edition. issued at Indianapolis in 1919.
Though the ararnjngs embraced in this
scrap Of Hoosicr lore, stand out like blazing
beacon lights in the record of the past, Vet
so perverse is the mere Party SPIRIT OF on:
opponents, that their editors and their ora
tors dare deny them, misleading the un:n-
formed of the old line masses, who this year,
at least, look IN rain to their leaders i1r the
truths of history.
Amid this unfortunate crowd of oar de-
ccived fellow citizens, there may be candid
and inquiring minds.
Perhaps they have in their own homes the
while, unconscouslv, ample evidence Of the
falsehood by which they are betrayed.
/ Perhaps this same humble Gazetteer is re-
posing on their shelves, with its finger of
history pointing with unerring fidelity and
distinctness to the yawning abyss, down
which the sguatfar sorareigH Princip}e would
/ have plunged our now free and happy State
This IS a practical illustration, worth 4 thou
sand finely spua but delusive theories
! Let me say, then, to Inlianians, list 70
the admonition, and remember Kansas at the
polls Here is the extract:
The Ordinance prohibiting slavery in the
Territory was not, at first acceptable TO all
the people residing in it, for in 1895 four OF
the citizens of Kaskaskja petitioned Con
gress that slavery might be allowed there,
but the petition rejected. The subject
was brought up before Congress again in
1903, and reported against by Mr., Ran
dolph."
1T came up again in 1So6-7, on the Peti-
tioa Of the CouncH and House Of RePreseA-
tattres ofthe Indiana Territory, and the low
er house of Congress appear to have adopted
a resolution suspending, in qualified man
ner, the article OF the Ordinance in relation to
slavery, for ten years; but the Senate retu-
sing to concur, the resolution did not take
effect
1t is apparent from the early legislation ot
the Territory, that slavery, TO some extent,
had been corertlY introduced and that the
privilege of holding slaves tcas thea rcg0ra
ed tarora5Iy By tie majority of' tlose u,
potcer.'
This is only a mere item; turn to the Gaza-
teer, and read pages 93 and 100.
Behold what squatter sovereisas would
have donei Behold how slavery. Ike poi
SON. spreads, until liz morbid inAueace per
vaaes the whole body polite Rouse, then,
oh trecmen, =. PH"L?>.
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Of he strongest hol3s of Democracy on the
Atlantic seaboard, their hears fail them
they fser in dismay. Ii the Old Liners say
truly that peace reiyns in Kansas, that homes
" aud fsirnes have At length been introduced
into The policy OF the administration, We are
thankfal-verv thankful AMI though the
Old Liners denounced the expedition Of Col.
Lane with every vile epiIhet, yet We see by
their assertions thar he has accomp pished his
mission. tha. he has brought the oppression
to al end an, the foe 10 terms, Every true
man viii rejoice at his success. What was
refused to humble and helpless petitioners.
is granted to 4 Potrsr istirt commands q re-
sPecttil aoti@s. power supported By a mighty
reserve already III motion. Ii Is Wei r the
insanity Of President Pierce has a5s,ed- L:
is well if the traitors and hyeaas who sur
round him. are benumbel with dFeal Of an
approaching retrbu:ion. Though our mur-
derei kinsmen cannot be restored. We Will
earnestly hope thai no more victims must fall
by the devourias man Of slaveocrats, marau-
ders, assasSins-employed and pro:ee.ed By
our own Government. o +.
Indianapolis, Sept. 29sh. 1856.
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the Union l shall be content 10 return to
peaceful retirement for the balance Of my
days"
Recollect, too. that the platform upon which
be stands, requires Of the next admini,tra
lion that it shall maintain our ascendancy in
the Gulf Of Mexico
Remember. too. that the entire s South from
whence he hopes to derive his chief, if not on
" support, demand this theft without delay.
Her speakers refer to the prospect Of lis ac-
QUESTION as being certain 10 follow the cleo
lion OF the "facie" Buchanan. and as being
equally cea'ain TO silence ali future efforts Of
tie North to prevent the extension Of slavery,
as they viii then have plurality IN the Sen
ate tia. they viii forever maintain. Her pa
pers. from Virginia to Louisiana, heartily en-
dorse the doctrine, and no man receive a
nomination from that party if ne repudiates the
Palmetto plank.
Why, then, should not the opponents of this
anti Christian doctrine unite in opposition to
ii and its candidates? Let US take lessons from
the Shareholders in political success, and for
once in our National history, let the nation
put a barrier of ballots against the extension
Of this sin. y.
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10 the Palladium

"-4H the old -45olttionists and Disunionisfs
ia tie country ere suPporters Of Fremont.
Garrison, Gerrit Smith, Abby Kelly, Hale,
Chase, Julian, and all Of that class, are lead
ers in the Black Republican y.''-Jef:,
Sept. %.
Do your readers swallow the above pretty
readily, Jeemes? It's really sin to stuff
the poor disciples of old lneism in that man
ncr-indeed it is, Mr.. JEFF Do they really
think Hale, Chase aud Julian are disunion-
lists? Do they think Abby Kelly can vote.
and that Gerrit Smith, himself a candidate
for the Presidency, Is canyassing against
himself! Poor fellows. | suppose they
don't often see the Laboratory, so they likely
didn't see that speech so jmpartiaHYreported
by YOU in which Garrison said Fremont and
his doctrine was more fatal to their Garrison
& Co.'S desire for disunion, than Buchanan,
and that if wishing would elect either they
would elect Buchanan. No, nor they don't
read Southern papers, so, of course. You are
safe in saying that all the djsnHionisty az the
country are supporters of Fremont"
But then, friend jeff. do You really think
they believe that jeff Davis Senator
Toombs, Post Script Brooks and other dis
unionists have changed to the support OF
Fremont! Amt You a little afraid some of
the party will want to see the "Iocuments'
in their cases, and Will lose little confidence
in your infallbility.
1t seems to me. Mr. jeff that the doctrine
avowed by the South Side Democrat" j"
against free schools, is mighty fine doctrine
to teach Just now, when such desperate rem
edies as the above are needed to stop the
! rapid thinning of the old line ranks | do,
really. Suppose we open school to teach
, it! y.
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Enr the Palladium.
For the Palladium.
From the National Democra ic PLATFORM


From the National Democra &c PLATFORM
-Idopted June Cd. 1886.
RESOLVED. That the Democratic party will
expect of the next Administration that every
proper effort will be made TO insure our as
cendancy in the Gulf of Mexico.
From tie Os'end Manifesto. Oct. 18. 1854.
III Spain, dead to the voice of her own in
serest. and actuated by stubborn pride. and a
false sense of honor, should refuse to sell Gu
ba TO the United States. then the question will
arise. what ought to be the course of the
American Government under such circum-
stances? After we shall have Of
!ered Spain price for Cuba, far beyond its
present value, and this shall have been refused j,
II will then be time 10 consider the question,
Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seri
ousy endanger our interest, peace 4 ID the ex
lsIence Of our cherished Union?
Should this question be answered in the af
hrmative. then. by every law. human or di
vine. We shall be justified in wrestling it from
SPAN, II we possess the power
The manifesto that the above was extracted
from, has for is sisner and one of its authors.
James Buchanan for another. Pierre Soule.
asenune re-ea,ing'' fllibus,er. Let Us ex-
anime il. and see whether Mr.. Soule has not
led the ''ftcile' James Buchanan into paths
that neither moral. nor divine" laws would
sanction Here is the plain English of the
manifesto:
Mr.. P.-Madam; wha. will YOU take for
your lirle farm down there?
Queen Isabela.-Mr. Pierce. l don't wish
to sell it,
Mr. P.-Why not? lis an expense to you,
snl besides, my BOYS are growing up and
want more room; I'll give You $500 900. o00
and that. You kaow. Is a good deal more than
its worth
Queen I.-Indeei, Mr. P. don't want to
part wiki i.--no price would tempt me
M. P.-Mtlam. I'll give you $500, 900.
700 Tor il; if you won't accept it. then %,
every law. human and divine" Ill take il b,
force. for my soa~ james. John and Pierr,
will quarrel with their brothers, and distur,
our internal peace" il | don give them some
thing more; and besides cor siierations eSs
which render delay in the acquisit on of thi
farm. exceedingly dangerous 10 ''my es
tate
What those considerations are, can proba
oiy be Guessed At pretty correctly when W
nnd TWO OF the Sj.uers O; the manifesto ultr
slavery exieaSjani>tS. aud the third, Jane
Buchanan endorsed By the South as havin
never given his vote or his voice against til
IN er sts OF sl,v, ry''
Are the Democrats of 40. 50 or So, read
% aiopt these considerations as sufficient /,
Justify great National >in--the sin OF theft
Are they ready 10 adopt the motto that .Mirh
makes right, 50 openly. so unblushlnply de
cared IN this document? Ii not, recollee
,aa' James Buchanan has declared in one :
MS speeches, since the nomination. that If a
yer Certain other acts, Il can then add Cubs
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Meeting at LewiSyille.

On THURSDAY. the lth inst, several hun
dred of the citizens ct Henry and Rush coun-
ties met in Lewisvile at | O'Clock, =. ii -.
according TO previous notice. The company,
preceded by the Franklin township four horse
aud the Spriceland six horse wagon with
their banners. proceeded 10 q beautiful grove
north of town, not, however, ul,ll they had
made the little village ring again with their
shouts for Fremont and DAYTON. aud drowned
the voices of few Old Liners who Sc, up 4
feeble crv for Buck and Breck il perfec;
tempest of groans for the same notable indi-
viiuaIS. Ga arriving at the grounds Benz
s Parker called The audience 70 order aaI
offered the following resolution. which was
adopted by three cheers for Dave Holloway
aud the cause Of freedom-yiz Resolved
That we tender our sincere thanks 10 Hon
D p. Holloway for his n"ble and unfllteriaI :
course IN behalf of free Kansas and freedom.
sai that We most especially endorse his late
action in regard to the army APPROPRIATED
/ bill Hoa. z. \. Hack leman. Of Nashville
/ then came forward and addressed the meet
/ Ing for nearly three hoar> in one Of the ables
! eal most 10 -jcal q guments | ever listened 10
When he concluded the audience rendered
him their thanks for his able address BY Civ.
( ing three hearty cheers for the republican
cause TIE number il attendance was Va
riouSly e<gimated a. from five hundred TO .
thousand There were near thousand peo
pie present and the meeting had tine eitect
You NAV rely on Old Henry for 1900 MAORI
Y for the pathfinder
Yours lraternaly, PBILoN-
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ours. with great respect,
WILSON SHANNON
GE5RsE W CLARK. Esq

RETURs OF DR DAVIS DR.. James Davis,
the gallant leader Of the old line forces in
1854, for Congress in the 8Ih District. has
been driven on: OF Kansas. and comes home
to engage in the fight for Freedom and Ere
mont. He viii be welcomed every where and
Old Lineisn viii wilt before him fIEa aaAassf-
ons uuieran August sun. A friend IN Tip
pecanoe writes as follows:
"Our whole community j. in high state
OF excitement. growing out Of the sudden re-
turn OF James Davis from Kansas. he having
been driven out with his family. He wsa
here il 1854. Dan Mace's opponents oppo-
nent. and pro-slavery man out and ont. bat
now commences the canvass In charge for
Freedom and Fremont that viii most certain
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There eaano: be a doubt that an over
whelming majority OF the people ol Virginia
viii stand by the Union in The event OF FIRE.
monl's election We have already given CO.
plouS extracts from the 1t speech o. Mr.. Bolts
al Richmond. which. he it remarked was high
y apPlAuded by large audience. The Eu-
qUrer and Examiner denounced him
Black Republican, and threatened him with
prosecution. Bolts and his friends show
their contempt for this gasconade bv getting
up another demonstration. 10 which thev invi-
ted Henry Winter Davis. of Baltimore, who
voted with the Republicans for the Army Bill
with the proyi>o attached. Mr. Davis attend
ed, and made a bold onslaught upon the repeal
OF the Missouri Compromise and was received
with great applause. The Enquirer and Ex-
amlner are incousolable and make terrible
threats winch SEEM 10 frighten nobody. They
can scarcely believe their senses Ii IS in
creiitle 70 them. after having vapored 50 long
and loudly about the treasonable sentiments
OF Mr.. Davis, TO see him come under their
very noses 10 reiteFate his heresies. But the
most sisHifcuHt fact was the appearance Of
James c. Bruce. Esq. of Halifax in the ranks
OF Bolts and Davis! Mr. Bruce IS not only
one of the most accomplished gentlemen in
Nirsinla, but he Is perhaps the largest Stare
hoiier ~ the State. The Enquirer reports
HIM to have sad. - IT 1rouid be bstteT~ f9dk
epsry Ering beng in tie United States Ao,tli
perish iron. The earth rather than Tie Union
end tie term Of our Gorernmeht sAoali be
destroyea,' This. we must confess IS gong
il lI-tIe too strong, supposlng Mr.. Bruce u
BE- correctly reported. Rat we th!ak it prob
able that there Is some exagg geration or strain
ing on the part Of the Enquirer. At any rate
i shows that Mr B.urc IS looking in the ri yh,
direction. The Enquirer proceeds to remark;
s. We see the ohjfc.: tits to prepare the people
OF the South for abjeet submission under every
extremity Of insull and aggression" This is
unjust. We doubt not that Mr. Bruce. who
has more slaves than all the editors and dems-
-ogues in Richmond, does mean By his Ian
@IaTe to prepare The South for submission 10
the laws under Col Fremont's Presidency; and
have little doubt that four fflhs OF the
South, ineluling majority of every Safe,
vii submit, The Terrorists are nearly at the
crisis o. their fl,e The idcs OF November
Will seal their doom. Reason and common
sense are about to resume their sway in the
Sou h; and then the cunning devices, the
guilty phanta>ies,' and the absurd anc de-
tes,abie doctrines Of the sham Democracy, de-
vlsal for the purpose of keeping down the
spirI, of Liberty, VIII.
-' Cpshirll Aft,
Fly o'eE ne htoA-i4a of the rli far of
Iafo Gmha,' wl;h
al! ,hJn-s trla.itory and vain.
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NEv PORT, September 50.


EprroRs PALLADIUM--Gents: \ leotle the
richest affair came off last SATURDAY., at Lynn,
Randolph county. that has transpred during
the season.
That hu9c pattern Of Democracy. William
Freeman. Esquire, concluded that nothing
would immor;alize him in this campaign but
discussion of the various questions dividing
the people
Well Thomas Stanton. of this place whose
organ OF political combativeneSs become excl.
ted, repaired 10 the scene of conflict, ami
gave battle to Billy" Stanton opened the
discussion in a beautiful. forcible, logical
style. defining the issues as they really exist,
producing considerable effect.
Then came the champion Of the ''unterri-
fed. " and oh! what an effort, The eloquence
OF DemoStheneS. the ora:orical powe ; OF a
Cicero. the profundj,y and wisdom of Solo
mon. were school boy play TO the depth OF
thought expressed By Freeman He rayei.
bawled and beloved worse than the noise at
a donkey's jubilee. l laughed 80 my sides
are vet Sore-'I girgled, | gag-|ed gug-
gled'' The poor fellow ravei ike an lnfuri
a,ed manisc. Stanton was mild, St.aight-for-
ward and gentlemanly. | have heard but
one opinion expressed. and that is. the cause
OF freedom triumpked.
There was quite crowd out. and all seem
ed TO be satisfied that Freeman iaileI in every
pint except whisky, which, i is thought by
some, lie may have produced and-.wo pints
More anon. Yours for free men. free speech
free Kansas. freedom and Fremont.
Very respectfully. w
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was no 20. You are sold. Governor It's
an old Joke Blu; don't be alarmed about yoar
niggers Fremont only proposes 10 keep them
those high attitudes. Really and honestly. Is
it not too cold there for nisgers, Governor
What's the use, then, of >laus ushtefiny the
willie settlers 10 make room there for nj gers
That's the question-N l. Herald
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KAN SASt
This Is the land We hoped 70 find
To freedom doomed BY squatter will,
But now o'crrun by every kind
OF ruffiar, rum and shing steel.
Are wF the spJerejgus Of the land
Doomed meath the yoke our necks TO bend!
And shail we crouch a. DO the slaves,
With craven soul and fcttered lip?
Move on a. 'twere unto our graves,
And trenblc at the drivers whip
Bend 10 the earth plant knees,
And speak but as masters please!
Shall outraged nature cease to feel?
Shall mcrcys tears no longer flow?
Shall ruifian threats Of corj and steel
The dungeons gloom--tne assassn's blow,
Turn back the frecmen reused To- save
Ksnsas-our country-and the slave?
Shall tongues be mute when deed are wrought
Which well night shame EXTREMIST hellt
Shall freefucn lock the indignant thought?
Shall maray's bosom cease to swell?
Shall honor blcea--shall truth succumb2
Shall pen and press, and soul be dumb?
No! by zach spot Of haunted ground.
Where freedom wceps her childrcn's fall
By Plymouth rock and Buuknr's mound
by Lawrence smoked and shattered wall
BY BARRIERS ghost and ~honbre's shade
By all the memories Of our dead!
BIZ their cnlar.ing souls which burst
The bands and fctters round them sat
By the free Pilgrim spirit nurscd
Within our ium1st bosomS yet
By all above -around-bclow-
Beours the indignant answer, No!
X, guided by our couutry's laws,
Bor truth and right and sutferng man,
Be ours to strive in freehom'- cause
IA Hoosicrs mny--a7 Buckeyes cam
Still pouring on unwilling ears
The truth tho tyrant only fears
What. shall We Weld to foreign foe
The ballot tox that sacred right
Which cost our fathers blood to flow
In long and hard and angry fight?
Shall we, the soveregns of the Ian I.
Yield this great boon to ruiIian band?
Must we submit 70 have our men
In dungeons doomed by bogus laws?
Our buildings burned and highways watched,
Our goods detained without just cause2
Our men sent back, AMI women. too,
And ull that Pierce and Jones can do?
And mast that nun in Congress ball,
Who dlrss defend 4e rights OF man.
Be- ippca and srourgei by ore and all
of S4avcry's dark AMI curse clan?
Say, must the npbfc Summer b,
Thus caneI by Bro, Ks for slavery?
Istnatenaug gh that this Is barnc?
And asks our hau-hty ne. ghbnr more?
MuSt f.tt,r. which ht- slaves have worn.
CnnllrounI the Kansa' ftriu rs door?
Must HG b. tnli beside tbs plpw,
WHAT h. mast speak, aul WHEN and How?
Rail on then, "b-ethrcn of the south
Ye shall not hear the truth tho less!
NJ seal IS on the Freeman's mouth,
No fetter on the printing press!
From our broad prairies to the sea,
Kansas MUST and SHALL. be free.
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HEMp--This is now a favorite expression
with OLD Liners. Having banded themselves
in a lea gue with disunionists and traitors, with
barn burners. seal pers. murders Of old men and
msidens, they begin like them TO swagger,
and when opposed. they cry hemp, hemp
We are told by reputable gentleman that
the other day the cars our Governor-our
pious Governor, who has lectured Sunday
Schools SO much on "order' and 'law" grew
very yiolen. in his d .nuncia.lons OF one Of
our city clergymen and said that man Nc.
Mullen ought 70 remember that hemp i'll
grows" ,Nc., intirna:i K that his neck was in
dangerl
Now the Governor surely did not mean tha,
Mr. McMullen had been guilty Of any capital
crime he did not mean that he was likely TO
be condemned to suffer death by jury Of his
countrymen-nor did he intimate that he had
done any wrong forbidden by law, but he had
said some things the Autocrat Of all Clay
county didn't like. therefore he should re-
member that hemp grows"
True, the constitution and laws guarantee
free speech. but if any one shall go so far as
to exercise it, hemp grows
Free discussion has heretofore been regard
ed as blood bon III. right. but il G. II. Clay
shall speak in Kentucky. Sellers in Missouri.
Miller in Madison, or McMalien. in Indianap
oils. hemp grows
Let US understand the Governor II thers
is no way hemp can be administered legally,
and vet these men are in danger, does it mean
that he intends 10 head mob. and turn Jack
kstch himself? Ii so, We should know IT,
Thus, citizens Of Indiana. by such brutal
threats do old line demagogues aim 70 sup
press discussion, 70 terrify freemen and sub
due the land TO slavery.
The Governors threat is Of piece with a
scheme laid some months sso by another old
line magnate To draw city clergyman into
SwrEng sharp letter, and then to cane him
fpabIicIy-
ao.7Fe mere bugbea-s-thsy may scare chill
dren and intimida,e tools, but MEN. true heart.
ed. intelligent, free men. can neither be bought
nor sold Ind Journal