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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
MR.. BUoHANAN's LETTER OF ACCEpTANoE.

MR.. BUCHANAN'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
In the last number of the Louisiana Courier find
long, able and eloquent review Of Mr. Buchanans letter
oeptng the democratic nomination for the presidency fO
which we make the following extract
t has been said with truth that had the substance
Mr. Buehanans letter of acceptance eanated from som
unknown and private writer its statesmanke tone and ID
lofty patriotism would it the attention and a
mil alton Of every American. Had anything been wann
to recommend the wise statesman of Pennsylvania to 1
high regard and confidence Of the American people co
his countr ymen for forgotten the years toll
that he has spent in maintaining their rights and promoting
their welfare; could the glorious history of the last o
years. with viii CHI he has been identified, and Of which
has been conspicuous part be momentariy' obliterae
from their memories still the letter written the 18th
the past month, from the quiet shades of Wheatland wo
emotions Of congratuaory and patriotic enthusiast
that the choice of the democratic party had fallen
worthy in all respects to be its representative
The letter of acceptance is calm, courteous, and dgnd
in its Tone but at the time tho views it mbodes
definitely and vigorously expressed as to leave on no M
tional mind doubt of its meaning.
After due acknowledgment Of the honor conferred upO
him. the most notable feature of the letter is that in w
he plants himself squarey and Enthusiastically that ge
PLATFORM established by the convention with the
nmity they exhibited in nominating him. Knowing well
duty as candidate he took the wise prccauon to inoduo
clause for the purpose of precludng the raising of nc
issues by of Undergraduates, otherwise Ills AL
cepance OF the PLATFORM however unnecessary it may be
those who familiar with his political career, is e
as to leave but anxious fault chance
raise plausible objection"
Again
But in no part of this remarkable letter the feeling
of the patriot and the agacty of the true statesman
parent than in his remarks in relation to foreign po
This portion of the letter affords that all that
thought and wisdom do towards averng wi
will assuredy be done by Mr. Buchanan in the event of
election, but also that when real necessity shall arise
will shrink from the prompt and energetic exercise Of NJ
power to be placed in his hands for the maintenance of
rights the vndication of the national honor and the
lection of true interests The leading and goven
principle Of the administration will be strict and impa
a justice which has been the guide Of Mr. Buchans
private and political life.
alt idle for any to attempt to warp garbe a
of this admirable letter shake the position
in the outset by frankly and fully endorsing the CID
cnna platform Upon the issues therein presented he 90
before the country presidential candidate and upa
other. Standing thus, who approves the p
form can consistently object to the wso bed
made its representative"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
MORE CHA NOES.

The Selma Sentinel the Auburn Gazette and the Mon
evallo Herald three advocates Of
in Alabama last year have declared in favor Of Buchanan
and Breckinridge Colonel Bethsa, the know-nothng
senator from Mobile county John Whiting State-banlS
commissioner Hon. George D. Shortrdgc, tho candidate
of that party for governor last year. Hon NJ Witbes
the know-nothing mayor of Mobile and Hon. Alexander
White, wing member of Congress in 1852 from Alabama
have avowed their purpose to support the democratic
nccs for President and Vice President These few
Of the many accessons to the democratic party in Ala
bama since the nomination.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
RATIFICATION MEETING.

large and enthusiastic meeting Of the democracy
held in Montgomery, Alabama, the evening Of the 23d
ult Says the Advertiser Bonfres bazed from tho FIX
change to the hall the street crowded with people; the
verandnh filled with ladies' cannon laundering from
Capitol hill announced victory already achieved and
band Of music celebrated II in martial ssrainsn
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09

SuIcIDE TyNGsBoRo,-We learn from the Lowell Vor
Popul that Miss Martha Kdder cut her throat on We'd
nesday night while suffering under temporary insanity.
She alive Thursday morning but not expected TO re-
cover Miss X is the schoomistress who recovered dam
ages against the town Of Dunsabe at the late term Of the
supreme in LOWELL account Of injuries received in
consequence of a defect in the highway Subsequent
troubles growing out Of this suitamong other annoy
ances recent attempt to get the mother Of the young
woman indicted for peuryarc stated to be the primary
csuses of this sad affair.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
wnAr MAN nr ExpEoTEp FRoM TExAs.

The alag published at Brownsville the Rio Grande
heretofore neutral in politics has hosted the democratic
ticket and embarked in the with great energy and
spirit And assured BY our Texas exchanges that
the Rio Grande democracy will roll mp majority such
has never been witnessed in the history Of parties,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
NATIONAL DEMooRAno COMMITTEE Roons,

NATIONAL DEaooRATIo COMMITTEE RooNs,
~a rs .&.. ..-14oE July g. 1856,
State executive committees county and city clubs and
associations organized to promote the election Of the dem
ocrac nominees for the presidency and vice presidency Of
the United States will address their communications TO
Hon. CHARLES j. FAULKNER of Virginia, chairman Of he
National Democratic Resident Committee Washington city,
DC MI . ....
Democratic papers throughout the United States
quested to copy the above notice
by order Of The Committee
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
A SAP srrcTAcLr-A Philadelphia paper says

The hrst ward was yesterday the Of melancholy
spectacle growing OF the calamity at Reed street
wharf The funeral ceremonies Of Hannah Rnedollsr and
her nephew and niece John Durbn and Elizabeth Ann
HARRISON took place and the remains of the twin children
Of Mrs Harson whose birth and death have taken place
since the disaster also inferred the time The
collins placed in three heares occupying the whole
width of the street and attracted dense crowd Appro
pirate religious services took place at the Wharton Metho
dist Episcopal Church. which also thropged 70 over
flowing"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN FLAG.
The Portland lMel Argus says.

TIC TuTIIHIU IHF.T fTRUa HHJHi
The black republicans Of Norway, in this State, have
boldly thrown TO the breeze the banner OF dsunion They
have raised flag bearing upon its front but STARS
designate the sixteen free States thus striking from
the glorious galaxy Of the conederacy the heen southern
States"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09

DrsrosEp or AT LAsr-The New York supreme court
have denied the motion for trial in the Forrest d.
vorce case,
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-09
rnE PArRIorIsM oF FANArIcIsM.
raE AGITATION MUST NE KEPT UP.

..glal4qozq sna =0}ibl .GogfcHofE a 80 ~
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-02

n. o. MOLASSES.
S00 BBLs. in store and fer sale by
IOU my26 NJ REILLY
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-02

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Architects Builders and the public in general stock
consulting OF Italian Egyptian senns American and other
Marbles Of the finest qualities which be sold lower
any other Establishment in the west
Dealers will and Il their advantage examine his stock
before purchasing elsewhere. ~.
His the most elaborate style and he would
invite the attention Of inspect his
and other carved work. Monuments Cenotaphs Tobs
Head and foot stones &c, and Grave yard
ety being enabled by his superior facilities 10 supply this
ment In the country.
Please give me Aican and examine my work. e
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Marble Mason and Vault Builder.
~ Also Oalclned Plaster, Hydraulic Cement Plaster
Casa and Models and Marietta Grind Stones
the lowest trade prices. Iyd
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
THE NEW SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH AND SLAVERY.

The New School Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, met in New York in May last. Its action on
the question of Slavery was as compromising and
cowardly as hitherto 1t had not enough of hu-
manity or morality to declare slaveholding sim;
But like the Methodist Church is disposed to rec
ognize it as divine institution SO long as the
government APPROVES and sustains it. We give
below a speech of DR.. Ross of Tennessee, which
shows the aninus of the Southern members. what
uses the bible is made to subserve, and what sort
of moral heresy Northern orthodox Divinity can
fellowship. We also add a document issued by
the Southern members after the adjournment of
the assembly, expressive of the entire satisfaction
of the savehoding delegates with the action of the
Assembly:
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
THE HEREsY THE CHURCH APPROVES

We subjoin the comments of the Free Presbyte
rian on the action of the Assembly:
l. The exposition of the constitutional power OF
the Assembly over the subject, contained in the
report of majority of the committee, and adop-
ted by the Assembly is in our judgment correct in
the main.
2. In view of the power asserted by the Assem-
bly, as belonging to itself in this matter, it is gull
ty of the grossest dereliction of duty in failing to
exercise its power in bringing Shareholders, ard
the advocates of slaveholding under discipline.
According to thoir own showing the General
Assembly has power to cite try and discipline a
synod when 1t appears from its records or is re-
important delinquency" or is permitting heretical
opinions OF correct practices to gain ground, is
suffering offenders of very gross character to
escape" Not only may the Synod be cited and
disciplined for such neglect in Itself but also for
overlooking such neglect in Presbyteries and ses,
sions, 50 according to the Aesembly's own report
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
A NOBLE TESTIMONY.

The following testimony slavery was adopted
by the Reformed Presbyterian (Old Side Covenant
er) Synod at its late meeting in Philadelphia. 1t
is just what the times demand. and is noble con-
trast to the serviie course of the New School As
sembly.
"The Committee on Slavery reported. Report
accepted and adopted and is as follows.
Whereas, 1t is the Office and the imperative duty
Of the Church and witnesses of Christ to presen,
an open and faithful testimony against all sn-es
pecially against public and fragrant violations Of
the law Of God and infringenlents Of the rights o
man aud this the moro, when these sins arc
cherished or countenanced Icy the protested follow
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
SPEECH OF REV. DIR. ROSS,



| There is not n man on the floor of this house
who, in reference to slavery has sustained greater
loss of property than | myself. cmancipateJ
my slaves. III had kept them, they would
now have been worth TO me forty thousand dollars
do not mean to say that when l emancipated
them they were all the property possessed, for ]
had other means besides but now, in the prov.
idence of God, all is gone, and not worth a
dollar.
| l have always advocated the slavery agitation
have differed from my Southern brethren in that
matter. l have advocated every agitation which
would bring out the life and light of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. By reason of the agitation of
slavery, the Bible doctrines in regard to slavery
are now better understood at the South than they
were twenty-five years ago. We do not believe
that God looks with frOwn upon ownership in
man, and we base our convictions upon the Bible.
l think the Northern thinking mind is nearer the
South now than ever before, on tho question of the
Bible in relation to slavery. You could hardly
have had so sublime a book as"U Uncle Toms Cabin"
twenty years ago. That is q book of which may
say this: Every fact is true, but every impress
ion false. That glorious genius has taken isolated
facts, not one Of which is more horrid than the
murder of DR.. Parkman in Boston, and piled them
up to make false impression in regard to slavery.
You could not have had from New England such n
book as DR.. Adams "South-Side View" or Miss
Murray's Narrative"
One Of the good effects of discussion, upon the
South, is, that our high-toned men, our men of
high education, who took upon trust all that was
said upon slavery, by the North, twenty-five years
ago, now look to the Bible. When the subject was
pressed upon them that slavery is sin, per Sc.
they Investigated it, in the light of the Scriptures
There is a respect there for the Bible such as
was n ever known before. But in the North, the
agitation of the subject has driven off many of
your good men into abolitionism, and the rankest
infdclity. Are you not afraid that they have cast
this Book into the fiery furnace, where it has been
melted, and compressed, and tortured and twisted
into Sharp's rife?
What is meant by holding slaves from humanity
as was mentioned in the Detroit resolutions
What doss humanity mean ? If man can hold
three slaves upon the principle Of humanity, he
can hold thirty If he can hold thirty, he can
hold three hundred. If he can hold three hun
dred, he can hold three thousand Why. the Gear
of Russia controls SIXTY millions! And say that
a man would be great fool who thinks that God
looks down with frown from heaven upon the
monarch Of Russia with his sixty million servants
If he is as good ss he is great, he is God upon
earth Or, is there another style of fool here who
will say that God looks down from heaven and re-
CARDS the king or emperor as sinner? Then, the
czar of South Carolina might, upon the principle
Of that resolution, own thirty thousand bondmen,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19

day OF Christ this has been in force. And now
it is sinful to have more wives than one. That is
my theory in regard to polygamy
Judge JEssuP-If the laws of South Carolina,
and the state of srciety existing there should throw
no impediment in the way would it be the Chris
tian duty Of Gcv. Aiken to manumt his slaves?
DR.. Ross-To settle that question properly would
take very wide reach Of thought laughter But
think in argument have got the best of my
Northern brethren, and they must submit (laugh-
teri
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19

The man must be prodigy who can retain BID
manners and morals undepraved by such orcum-
stances, 1.-THE commerce between master and slave
And with what execration should the statesman be
loaded, who permitting one half the citisens thus
TO trampe ON the rights of the other, Transforms
those into despots and these into enemies destroys
the morals Of one part, and the arincr ratri9 o.
the other. - Themes .lfcrson.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-07-19
CHE Antt- 9laprrp Bialc.
From the Liberator.
FIRST OF AUGUST.
by GEORGE W. PUTNAM.

hear shout of victory
Across the rolling sea;
The sun Of August shines upon
A million of the free
IT'S many years since England's arm
The mighty barriers rent,
And freely from his prison.house
The slave rejoicing went.
To-day, where England's banner hcats,
The red cross of Saint George,
Waving On Hindoston's bright plains,
Or Rocky Mountain gorge,
Bids eech free breeze that lifts it,
Bids every passing wave,
Tell the broad earth that meath its folds,
There pines no chattel slave
To-day, beneath the stars and stripes
The slave bows to his doom,
And proud nation, wreathed in chains,
Is rushing to its tomb.
Which mark the tempest nigh;
They will not see the reclining bolts,
That flame along the sky
To-day, by sunny mount and glade,
The chapel bells do ring,
And in the palm trees grateful shade,
Their free-b born children sing;
And, answering from our own bright land,
Peals from thousand marts,
That piercing cry of woe which comes
From breaking human hearts
v.
To-day, above old Pilgrim graves,
The SLAYER counts his gains,
The Meachaut for the fet!er raves,
The pulpits forge the chains
And DER Nebraska's glorious land,
Oe'er Kansas fertile plain,
Dark Slavery rides and Death aud He'll
Are following with their train
o, Thou who rulest in the heavens.
The Day hath ceased to be
The Night is all-encompassing-
We turn alone to Thee
Some token of Thy presence give,
Thy frey column show,
That where it holds its cleaning way,
Our weary feet may go
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

THE CAR SEES A GHos1.-An ex.
traordinary story is circulating in the
Paris saloons. Here it is:
Towards the last days of January,
1854, the Gear Nicholas, when alone
in his study, saw, all at once, before
him a monk Of gigantic stature, Of
whom he instantly demanded what
he wanted. The monk replied: 4
have come to warn you. If you
undertake this war from pure motives
you will succeed; but if from your
own personal ambition ysu will fail;
your armies will be vansuished, and
you yourself will come to an untime-
ly end, before the close Of the war;
The Gar rushed at his visitor and
called his guards from the ante-cham-
Der. The guards came and found
the Gar clutching at thin air, and ex-
claiming, The monk! the monk!
Who has seen him? Prevent his
escaped Such is the tale that was
stealthily whispered in st. Petersburg
in the last days of January, 1854,
and which was written on the LIST of
February by diplomatist, then in
Russia, and transmitted to Paris"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

CARLYLE. Friend Ayer:-In this age of
ouacks. charlatans and mere windy, gaseous
pretenders to heal, who blow at every street
corner, and in the face and ears of all men
their loud, blaring Jericho trumpets and
other noisy boisterous wind instruments of
marrelously twisted brass. in such woefully
sham-r;d den epoch as this, Isay, it is comfort
ing nay even cheering to the earnest well
wisher of his race to know there has arrived
in this world genuine Physician-to light
once more upon something besides mere San
grandos aud Don Mercurial Jalaps, with their
phlebotomies, poisons and warm water.
Your Cathartic Pills and Cherry Pectoral
carry us forward to Halcyon days-to mill
email Pbarmscopoeas. where Science, deep
diving down into the principle of things, shall
with infinite cunning. bring out the genuine
Elixir Vitae: for truth there is manifestly
enough somewhat for that same Life Essence
in your suitable vegetable distiilation and com
pounds. ~.
You realize TO us the visions of those pain
fullest smoke-dried Alchymists--b ootless seek
ers-dreamers among retorts and crucibles.
touching the Quintesssntial hidden Virtue OF
the Universe which antidote distemper. and
break for msn the Wheel Of Time.
- March l3-lt.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

Know Nothingism in the National
Council ignored the slavery question,
and then to save itself from utter
dissolution attempted b hitch itsef
on the names of Willard Fillmore and
the nephew of Andrew Jackson
one Donelson, the former editor of
the Washington Union. It takes
refuge under the shadow of names.
1t hides its principles as far as posi-
bic, and points to men. To catch
the North the Council ignores slavery
To deceive the South the Convention
nominates without a platform. To
delude old line Wings the fragment
airy body dominates Fillmore to hold
Democrats Andrew Jackson Donel-
son is put On the ticket. But it will
be all vain. The ostrich hides its
head but does not deceive the hunt
err. Know Nothingism remains the
same.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

Singular Death of the Late Minis
ter Of Peru. The Petersburg Intel
Hgencer has received a letter from
Lima, Peru, dated Jan. 1856, Civ
ing the following account Of the sim
gular death Of the late Minister oil
Peru to this country:
The Late Minister Plenipotentiary
of Peru to the United States, who
returned to this country about six
months ago, died lately in Lima in a
singular manner. While asleep he
swallowed three Of his false teeth,
with the gold bands which confined
them, and died from the effects short.
ly after. Efforts we're made to ex-
tract the teeth, but without success.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

The sagacity Of the horse is we'll
illustrated by an incident which oc.
Cured in Boston a few days since
A gentleman was passing in sleigh
through Charles street, and had just
reached the edge of Cambridge bridge,
when a small boy, in running across
the street, fell down exactly in front
of the horse. The driver promptly
checked the speed Of his horse. who,
however, stopped with one Of his fore
feet in the air, which the bystanders
expected would come down with
crushing force upon the body Of the
PROSTATE boy. To the admiration of
all, however, the sagacious beast kept
his foot suspended until the boy had
scrambled out of danger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13
Neatly Printed Ranks.
Shaving for Money :

We pity the man who wears on
his energies in the accumulation o.
riches, which, when am assed, he vii
have lost the capacity to enjoy. He
finds himself at the end of his labors
a glest at his own feast, without an
appetite for its dainties. The wine Of
life is wasted. and nothing remains
but the lees. The warm sympathies
sof his heart have been choked by the
lasxorable spirit of avarice, and they
cannot be recuscitated. The foun-
taiu-head Of his enthusiasm is sealed;
he looks at all things in nature and
in art with the eye Of calculation;
hard m,tter-ofisct is the only pabu-
lum his mind can feed on; the elastic
spring of impulse is broken; the poesy
of existence is gone.
Are wealth and position an equiv
alent for these losses9 Is not thu
millionaire, who has acquired wealth
at such cost, miserable bankrupt?
In our opinion there is little to choose
on the score of wisdom between
the individual who recklessly squan-
ders his monsy as he goes along in
folly and extravaganza, and the false
economist who denies himself the
wholesome enjoym,nts of life in Or
der to swell the treasure which, in
the hardening process Of scraping up,
he had becom, too mean to spend,
and too selfish to give way.
The only rational way to live is to
mix labor with enjoyment streak
Of fat and streak of lean. There is
nothing like streaky life-a pleas
ant mixture of exertion, thankfulness,
love, jollity and repose. The man
who slaves for riches, makes poor
return to that God who took the trou-
BILE of mixing him for better pur-
pose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13

"a BLESSING TO MOTHERS. III
there is any truth in the following,
it will certainly justify the caption of
this paragraph : "a crying baby may
be stilledin one minute by pressing
the finger gently and repeatedly a
cross the upper part Of the nose.
An old bachelor thinks the most eff
fectual way would be to "press the
around the noisy brat's throat
The wretch. =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-03-13
fn>osyepi Notice.

DURSUA nj to AZ, oflcr Of the Clerk Of
i the County Court of Lincoln County
Tenn, upon the suggestion of the Administra-
tor of the estate Of Eli f. Evans. deceased.
of the insolvency Of said decedent's estate,
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them to
the Clerk Of said County Court properly au-
thenticated on or before the 1st Monday
I'm August. 1857, for pro rata distribution,
or they will be forever barred.
JOHN L. ASHBY, Aam'r.
Feb. %. l856--4w