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whicn Pave peace to the country in 1920, and
mat witch secured the peace of the country in
iso'', eight to be made good by the Govern
mept Of the United States, with the consent of
the An erican people. This is all we ssk-no
more, o less, no better. and no worse-that the
spir o. the acts of 1920 and 1850 shall be
MADE good in 1856 by the American people
OF tue South, let nae say, as well as of the
Norh, IN the place of the confagration, MUIR
der, anil civil war, that now prevail in Kansas.
To do this, no legislstion is required and it is
not necessary that the halls of Congress should
be again opened to agitation. We desire the
election of Q President of the United States,
with siisple views, and determined will, who
will exert the influence of the Government in
thas portion of the Territory of the United
STAKES, aud allow the people Of this country to
sette the question of Slavery there for them
selves. We ask no more than this.
THU VII remove all questions of agitation, will
givs. The country again the peace and quiet
whieh It had in 1852"
f'otv outstanding all this, Mr.. Banks will be
votd for by majority of the Anti Slavery
votrs IN the State, anu his election is advocated
by nary OF our best men, like Charles Francis
ADKINS, than whom no ADLER or more reliable
champion of our cause lives. Outside, however,
OF persons holding Office, the nomination of Mr..
bahks, with the position he occupies, is uni
versaly disapproved, and the support he receives
from them is enforced by party discipline, or
yielded as political necessity. Some say it is
necessary in order to defeat Gardner, who is
the Incarnation of all villainy; while others say
that Mr.. Banks, when elected, will see his own
interests, Bnd those interests alone are sufficient
to make him do right.
The Republican opponents of Mr.. Banks
who In party nomenclature are styled straight
Republicans" have started campaign paper
which ia Conducted with a good deal of holiness
and abili =, and have also issued call for
Republics q Convention to assemble in Boston,
on Octok r 10Th, "to nominate Republican
ticket of candidates who belong to the Repub-
lican parSS7, and no other" They have among
that number many long-tried friends of the
cauae, sone of whom aided nearly twenty years
ago il organizing the Liberty Party, and have
sigpalized their devotion since in many a we'll
fought battle. 1t is said they will adopt the
ticket noudinated by the Republican Convention
at Worcester, with the exception of Mr.. Banks
They have the sympathy of the Free Stale Ger
man papers of the West; and the Chicago Trib
une, Milwaukee Sentinel, and Milwaukee Free
Democrat, have also condemned Mr.. Banks in
HE present Know Nothing position, and ap.
proved the policy of the Republicans who OPP
pose his election.
NY letter is too long drawn out, and must
close.
IF Mr.. Banks is elected, it is to be hoped that
he will seq the folly and impotence of the at
tempt to force his Native Americanism on the
Republican party of the nation, and that he will
be CONVINCED that political success, as well as
the arrest of the progress of the Slave Power,
can rsvey be accomplished by intrudiDg such
ofentive issues into the councils Of Anti-Slavery
men. IF he shall rightly recognise the future,
he will hyve an opportunity to render service
to the copntry, as Governor of Massachusetts,
not less Valuable than any he has ever rendered
at Washington.
Confidence WANTED.-The Journal Of Com
mercs says, truthfully;
"1he public mind is too much excited to
CONSIDER calmly the causes which have led to
the Present trouble, and any argument On this
subject would now be wasted. All eyes are
seeking a remedy for existing burdens, and to
this We direct our attention. There is as much
acsual wealth in the country as there was two
mantas ago; and the great want now felt in
every department of trade and finance is CON-
rIpErCE. Whatever tends to destroy or even
to weaken public confidence, at such crisis, is
in the highest degree reprehensible; while the
efforts of all who have the interests of the coun-
try a. heart should be directed to sustain and
increase it,
The aspect of monetary affairs is already
more hopeful, and, with prudence, the "panic
will foon be over. Rotten concerns everywhere
may go to ruin-the more the better, if without
pania-and undoubtedly some honest and good
ones, but most of the latter will evidently get
up aud be prosperous again. AS thunder
shower clears the air, so occasionally does
"panic" benefit the business world by purify
ing it; but no one likes the shower or panic to
be too severe.
EMIGRATION TO MExICo.-The Mexican Gov
eminent is endeavoring to promote emigration
to that country. An exchange says:
"a grant has been made for the establish
ment Of line of steamers between New Or
leans and Vera Cruz, with compensation for
carrying the mails, with an equivalent for
the passage money of emigrants in an allow
ance of duties upon cargoes of goods that may
be imported. The Mexican Government offers
to each emigrant free passage in these steam
ers, with twenty.6v acres of land and lot in
what is designed to be central village of each
COLONY that may be thus established. The en-
igrapt is allowed three years to refund the pas
sage money; if it be not paid at the end Of
that time, the emgrant engages to pay five per
cent. annual interest upon it, and the Govern
ment takes a mortgage upon the land which he
has received"
The most important feature of this movement
is, that it is expected that free colOred people
will avail themselves of it. In Mexico, they
will find warm climate, and an absence of that
eolorphobia which disgraces so large part of
shis nation. Going to Mexico is by no means
; such an undertaking as going to Liberia-tbe
only drawback is in the prospect that Mexico
may be yet annexed" to the United States,
when the colored people might again have to
contend with the prejudice against their hue.
CANADIAN PROGRESS. The Cansdas are
prospecting wonderfully, notwithstanding their
cold climate. Compare their progress with
that of the slave States, notwithstanding the
superior advantages of the latter in climate
and soil, and free Canada will take the palm.
We quote the subioined from the Montreal
Gazette:
"The population of Canada may be safely
stated at almost, if not quite, two millions and
a half. When it is remembered that in lS48
the population of the United Provinces was but
1900, 900, the rate of increase in ten years is
indeed something to boast Of Twothirds add
ed to the population of a country, with such
variety of soil and climate, in that time, we be.
lieve, without precedent. The increase of the
United States during the ten years ending 1850
was thirty FIVE and half per cent. that of
Upper Canada during the ten years from l84l
to 1851 one hundred and four and half per