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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-21
TERMS OF WEEKLY TRIBUNE.

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VAUGHN, RAY Il MEDILL.
no5d Chicago. Ill
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
A DISTINGUISHED CONVERT,

We have heard much of British gold and British
influence in times past, in favor of Abolitionism.
But if we may trust our exchanges, that influence
is now changing sides and going over to tho advo.
Gates of eternal slavery. The London Times seems
to have become n convert to the ultra Southern
doctrine, that Slavery and Christianity are CONVEX,
title terms, representing the same institution; and
that humanity, even, demands the enslavement of
human beings. The Toombs's, Masons and Atch-
isons must be jubilent at this new and unexpec-
ted accession to their ranks, and they will doubt.
less consider it a foreshadowing Of that 'good
time coming" when American patriarchs shall no
longer be reprobated and scorned by the public
sentiment of the world. The Times is re resent.
ed as saying in its ommen upon the Presidents
late message:-
I'VE are not ourselves among those pRo think
Slarery incompatible with humanity or the Chris
tian religion"
Some of the eminent South Carolina Disunion-
lists, we believe, contemplate putting their chival,
rous State, again into colonial relations with
Great Britain, after consuma,ing their threatened
separation from the Northern Abolition States.-
If this lutte passage from the Times. indicates the
dnimus Of the British Government, it is becoming
rapidly prepared to administer rule over South
Carolina, to the entire satisfaction of that tclliger-
ent State, o. lave driving tories. This evidence of
foreign sympathy must at all events be eminently
comforting to slaveocrats generally. The people
of Great Britain. have, we think, a different opin,
ion both of the christianity and humanity of our
peculiar American institution. and will probably
give expression to that opinion in some effective
form, when the question of the remuneration Of
South Carolina to the British Empire, comes UP
for consideration.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
Che Anti 5laperp Bnale.
SALEM, ONO, JANUARY 80, 1867.
MEETINGS AT PARAMOUNT.

WATER.

Saturday and Sunday the 18th and 18th inst,
Anti-Slavery meetings were held at Friends Meet.
ing House, in Paramount Stark County. They
were free meetings, as the people in that ncighbor-
hood mean to be free men and women. The merits
OF the Republican and Disunion policy and philos.
ophy was pretty thoroughly canvassed, in good
spirit, by the speakers, DR.. Lamborn of Alliance
AMI Enos Hills of Paramount earnestly defended
the philosophy and compromising policy of the
Republican party, as the only effective course Of
action against Slavery and in the course Of the
discussion, had the candor to admit the conse-
quences of their position affirming that the
proposition of the famous Dunn's Bill, to extend
the Fugitive Slave Law oyer Kansas and Nebras.
ka and to hold the alledged Slaves of that Terri.
tory in that condition till 1858 and to continue the
enslavement of their pos:crity was right and by so
doing the curse of Slavery could be thereafter
kept from the soil Of Kansas. DR.. Brooke and
the editor of the Bugle, on the other hand con-
tended for the inalienable right of human beings
to liberty. That for no imaginary good have in
~dividuals or governments the right to enslave uu-
offending men, women or children; that the COM
promising policy of the Republican party and Of
the speakers who defended it, was the necessary
result of our Union with Shareholders, and that
we could neither hope to preserve our own liber-
ties, or secure emancipation for the Slave except
by the dissolution of a Government which treats
Slavery with the like consideration which it meets
out to freedom. A petition to the Legislature for
the withdrawal of Ohio from the Federal Union
was circulated and a number of signatures OBJ.
tanned, some of them we believe Republicans,
though the majority OF the representatives of the
party present seemed to feel themselves bound to
defend that venerable institution of the Slavehold-
ers, the Union.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

with the exception of the four sons of their master,
were remanded back again into perpetual Slavery,
to form another item in the terrible account the
South will have to settle when Divine Justice
shall make requisition for blood. These young
men were sent by their guardian to Iberia to pros.
ecute an education fitting them to become useful
members of the agricultural profession. l noticed
with pleasure that they were oil treated by their
fellow students with precisely the same consider.
alton that they would have been, had their COM
plcxion been that of snowy white.
The main object of this communication is to
apprize your readers that the College at Iberia is
one of the very few Institutions in the North that
will cheerfully receive young men and women of
color without making any degrading distinctions.
Iberia is q pleasant and healthful location and
accessible from all points of the compass. Tho
moral atmosphere of the place is good also and
all things combined, the Institution has great
claims upon the patronage of the Anti. Slavery
public.
Thine, in the cause of Equal Rights,
later
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
THE SOUTH DEMANDING JUSTICE.

Now that there seems a possibility, that despite
all the chicanery of their national legislature of
the executive and the rufianism of Missouri, that
Kansas may become a free State, the South is
casting about for the most effective means Of indem
nifying herself for the loss of that territory, as
well as to regain her superiority in the United
States Senate. We find the following Indication
9Th inst. Utah, new Mexico and Southern Califor
MIA will soon be knocking for admission to the
Union in obedience to President Pierces demand
for the 'equality of the States" Says the Yir
ginia Paper:
"In the Kansas Nebraska act it was solemnly
agreed that hereaftr government would not exclude
slavery from any territory, but would leave it tC
the people OF every nascent sovereignty to deter
mine their institutions for themselves. This is g
wise and wholesome principle, but it's recognition
in the policy of government comes too late for the
relief of the South. We did not only want Justice
for the future, but VIC were entitled to indemnity
for past spoliation. The North has been enriched
at our expense. Our growth has been dwarfed to
aggrandize the political power of anti-slavery.-
The South has been held back in the race, until il
is almost hopeless to think Of again getting abreast
of the North. In reason aud in conscience we
might claim compensation for our losses, and dc.
mand to be put upon an equality with the free
States. But the North is deaf to the voice both Of
reason an of conscience, and we need make nc
such appeal to its justice or its magnanimity.
"Butw we may insist that henceforth the North
and the South shall progress pari pdSsu in the
march OF power; that the prepOnderance of the
one shall not Increase over the inleriority Of the
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

other; and that the slave States shall retain in
their own hands the means of repelling an assault
upon their institutions. In the Senate the two Sec
tons stand upon equal ground, IL this .eouality
IS pcrpetuated, the South may find a defense
against aggressions in the confederacy. If the
North is allowed to attain an ascendancy in tho
Senate, no constitutional check will restrai, its
encroachments, ard the South will be driven to
seek security cut of the Union.
For many years it was the policv of corern.
ment to balance the accession Of "a free State by
the simultaneous admission Of a. slave State into
me Union. why may not government revert to
TINS equitable arrangement? There is an abun-
cahce of territory south of the dividing line To al
Low OF an indefinite multiplication of slave States.
Inc only difficulty is in the obstinate Injustice of
aboltionism; but, the South encounters that obsto.
Gle IN all ITS IIcnccrorth, we repeat.
let 'he Tree expansion of its institutions be the nj.
timatum of the South"
More than this. 1t is reported, says the Nation.
nj Era, that q curious correspondence has bes,
going on between the Executive of the United
States and that Of Mexico in relation to certain
o~vertures OF the latter, looking towards an alliance
between the two countries. The Government of
Mexico is in a weak and crippled condition, and il
Is doubtless thought that the present would be a
favorable opportunity to secure the whole of Mex
leo OF which the slave holders have been taking
such slices MS their inclination and ability promnt.
ed 1t would be a good compensation for the los.
OF Kansas to seize and appropriate the whole of
Mexico And this might be found an easier task,
than the seizure of Cuba, That would be n 8lli-
clustering stroke worthy of the ambitiop Of our
Democratic slavery extcnsionists.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
FREE NEGRO SEIZED AT ST. LOUIS. 2

Mrs. Swisshelm writes to the Pittsburgh Journal
that as sho was coming into that city, on monday
last, she met an old colored woman, Mrs. Barbara
barclay, who has resided on the Braddock Field
iarm' until the memory of the oldest inhabitant
runne'h NOT to the contrary" coming to tho city
to hunt proof that her son is not a slave. Mrs.
Swisshelm says:
Il myself have known her for something in tho
neighGorlood Of thirty years; and some of the OLD
people know that her children have all been born
IN the house where she row resides. But one OF
her sons, James Barclay, has been running on the
river for years. She met me with n troubled face.
ana handed me u letter from W. Bruce Thompson,
attorney ut law OF st. Louis, to Col. Hawkins, say
ing that James Barclay had been taken off his
boat and imprisoned us a fugitive slave. and that
he VIII be sold as sucE unless he can bring proof
Of his freedom.
10 hunt this proof his poor old widowed moth
er had set out in the midst of this terrible storm.
che las his daguorreotype, taken by a Cincinnati
ARTIST ten years ago. THIS she Intends forwarding,
WIN her alhdavl's' that IL is the portrait Of her
son, born IN Pennsylvania uf free parents. Sho
VIII send the deposition Of Mrs. Coston, now wife
Oh the hev. i. ii. COston, and formerly wife Of
Vol. wallace, proprietor Of the Braddock's Field
Estate, with that Of several other persons who
have known all her children from infancy.
Shame on us all, who boast Of our great free
DOM. llero.ls a persOn-who dare say he is not
" ""' Se''"'niy u human being, VINO Is supposed
TO oe a slave until he can prove he is a free man.
why IN our courts do we not reverse the immem-
oral apothegm of the law and take every man
against whom lies an allegation of crime, for q
criminal, until he proves himself innocent? We
have no doubt that Barclay will get off from the
river thieves, but think of the degrading fact that
a man is liable to be kidnapped upon a wretch
swearing said man is his lslave. in such place and
at such time as might be impossible for the injured
man to procure proof of his right to freed ON I
There are many, cases, doubtless, which never
meet the public eye, of persons sold into life long
slavery under the tyrant's rule that might makes
right Pits. Gazette.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
KANSAS STATE LEGISLATURE

This body assembled at Topeka on Tuesday. tho
9th INST. AT II O'Clock the Senate and House
were called to order. Prayer having been offered
by the ChaplaiIs, the rolls were called, and tbere
not being a quorum, both houses adjourned Till
three O'Clock p. M. The Legislature met ma nor
adjournment, and organized by the election of Off
GERS.
"A committee was appointed by the House of
representatives to draft and report n memorial
to Congress, setting forth our grievances, and ask
ing admission into the Union as a State. Tho
Senate concurred ia the resolution, and appointed
a committee of one TO act with the House Commit.
tee' A committee was also appointed to draft and
report an Election Bill. Both bodies then sd.
Journed till Wednesday, at 10 A. NJ.
HedneSddy III inSt.-The Legislature Assem-.
bied, ard on motion the House invited the Senate
to hear Tho report Of Committee on Memorial.
Immediately after the reading of the memorial.
a report reached the Legislature that U. S. Deputy
Marshal Pardee was in town, with a, writ from
Judge Cato for The. arrest Of members, on the
charge OF %usurping the Government on the 4th of
March, 1856 After consultation, it was resolved
to adjourn till the second Tuesday in June next
The Marshal then appeared in the hall, read the
writ which was sworn out by Ex-Sherif JONES'
The persons arrested were taken to Tecumseh, and
on Thursday were brought before Judge Cato.
who admitted them to bail in the sum of $500, on
their own personal experimentation. Tr,b.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
B.. S.. j..
LECTURE ON EUROPE BY HORACE
GREELEY.

DEAR Mr.. RoBIYsoN-Did you ever hear Horace
Greeley lecture? If you have, perhaps all your
readers have not, and a very brief sketch of his
style may not be uninteresting to them. Happen
ing to be in Owego last evening, l repaired to
Ohwago Hall to hear this distinguished person.
Before commencing upon his main subject, he
made some remarks upon Benz. Franklin, il being
a Mechanics Association he addressed and further.
more it was the anniversary Of the birth of that
illustrious man. Such awkwardness, such hating
and INSTALLING of words, and such want Of point,
rs characterized those few remarks, is not common
sven among schoolboys. To one accustomed to n
sphere where fuency is at discount, and "eloauence
dog cheap" it was strangely Gisagreeoble. But
then some people cannot extemporize, and there is
no use in contending that the ability to do so is
not a natural gift. They can talk some as Horace
Greeley did last evening, but they can do no sort
Of justice to themselves or their subject, with all
the practice that the most favorable circumstances
can give.
His lecture, as one might expect, was decidedly
good but it was read in the worst possible manner.
lie sometimes had a sing-sOng tone, somewhat
Quakerish. Some words were uttered in a drawl-
ing, p~laintive strain, and before the sentence was
concluded, as if spurred on by some irresistible
propelling power, he would speak go fast as to be
unintelligible. The sense and the style so far
from requiring this, could not bear it. 1t was not
dramatic but quite the reverse. Such a perform
ance would have been Kissed on the meanest
country stage that ever was erected. And further
more he is not the man to read for effect. lie
probably did as well as lie could and that was
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31
NICARAGUA ADMINISTRATION OF
WALKER.

The steamer Texas arrived at New Orleans ON
the 18th, from San. Juan, and the New Orleans pa
pers avail themselves of the occasion to %communi-
cate confused rumors, respecting the condition of
things in Central America. Gen. Herningsen. be-
seiged in Granada nineteen days, having received
reinforcements, gave the Costa Ricans battle, and,
it is said, routed them. lie then marched upon
Rivas, which was evacuated on his approach. An
other account. however, says that Walker made a
descent upon Rivas, and captured it-also, that
the two adventures had joined their forces, were
in good spirits, and fighting among themselves!
This is very lucid. Ali accounts, however, con.
cur in representing that the Costa Ricans have got
in the rear of Walker, taken possession of the riv.
er, and cut off supplies and reinforcements. The
pursor of The Texas says:
THE Costa Ricans, protected by the English
fleet, had seized every steamboat on the San Juan
river. The steamer San Carolos left Virgin Bay
with passengers on the Sd of January. but was
captured hy the Costa Ricans soon after she got
into the river.
"Col. Lockridge, with $50 men, had possession,
of Punta Arenas; but a Costa RIGA force of 1000
men held every other point on the river"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

If thcre be one decree of the Almighty which
stands out in holder relief than any other on the
book of %Datuie, it is that 'one part Of thu human
race must be tho slaves Of the other asd that all
men are not born free and equal Thomas Jefer-
son to the contrary northumberland Of
lillian %. Ga"lden Of Georgia, ~ ne aate SoSthers
Contention.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

has been stamped into the adamant Of the past,
there to remain forever.
Concluded nert Ucck.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-01-31

The United States officials in, Kansas have pulled
down, or caused to be removed, oil the houses in
the town of Pawnee, on ths ground that 1t was
built on Indian land. One Of the houses destroy
ed belonged to Ex-Goy. Reeder, and cost $1,000.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
PEARcE 4 SPENCE, Editors.
MACARTHUR
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1857.
The Kansas Constitution.
Nov. 80, ls5T.-4v

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
no authorized publication has YET been
made ofthe constitution ofKansas or
of any part of the same, although three
weeks have elapsed since the Conven-
tion adjourned. What we have got OF
It has been by piecemeal, through
Black Republican channels, and with.
out any evidence of authenticity.-
We have seen two or three publica-
tions OF what purports to be copies of
the schedule Of the Constitution, each
or them differing in important par
ticulars. Our latest private advices
were of the date of the 18th of Nov
two weeks ago--at which time the
Committee on Revision had the Con.
stitution in their hands. What they
have done, if anything, has not reach.
ed this part of the world by telegraph
or mail. And in what shape the con.
stitution may appear, when the public
may be favored with sight Of it, it is
hard to say, Probably it is not the
intention OF the Committee on Revis.
ion to give it to the public, or, if at
all, too late to afford an opportunity
for its peruSal by the the great body
of the voters. There is one body,
however, that will have il before it's
members vote on it. Congress, which
will be called on to ratify or reject the
constitution, will have it published.
and then we shall not grope in the
dark as to its provisions. The con-
stitution may be, in itself, all fair, or
it may be a most miserable thing,
with provisions calculated to repel the
votes of Democrats and Black Re-
publicans alike. We outsiders, how.
ever, can afford to wait, as our juris-
diction does not properly attach until
it shall have been acted on by thepeo.
lple of Kansas and sent to Congress for
their approval.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
Strength Of the MOrmOns---TheiT
Position.

A Washington correspondent ofthe
Philadelphia Argus, speaking of the
Mormon imbrogIio, says:
Brigham Young can bring into the
field 5000 fighting men-men Of great
endurance, perfectly accustomed to be
in the saddle for days, skilled in the
use OF fire arms, and led on by their
spirit OF fanaticism and the belief that
they are fighting for their homes,
their wives and children, and their
religion. They have also completely
won the Indian tribes to their side,
who will join them in large numbers,
while $4,000 Mormon emigrants are
now on their way to Utah. The only
approach to Salt Lake City is through
canons or defiles worn through the
Rocky Mountains, which tower up
hundreds of feet above, and where a
hundred men could hold the passes
against ten thousand.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03

and carefully Investigated said report, which we
deem unnecessarily long, aud ara Of opinion that
the business and Official Of said body,
as exhibited in said report hav, been transacted
and conducted in accordance with the law pre-
an examination Of the accounts which have been
presented BY sundry individuals and allowed by
said commissioners. that some of said claims are
exhorhitant and should have been reduced or re-
ected. The undersigned would therefore re-
commend and advise said body to retreneh the
county expenditures in future by contracting with
all parties who perform service or labor for the
county, where the law does not fix the compen-
satiou to be paid. The undersigned find some
costs are due to the county on road petitions, 30,
and we recommend that Immediate measures be
taken 10 collect the same.
B. p. HEWITT,
Z. A. BRATT0N,
F. SHADES.
Nov, %. 1s5T.--4v
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
leading from Richmond in

lies about hIIh,riiC Xdr'elps,Fs,-.:..J r
Herring) would pick him up and
dash his brains out upon the pave
ment." This is Mayor SwauD's chief
conservator OF the peace-a man in
trusted with the lives and property OF
the citizens Of Baltimore. What pro-
lection can the opponents Of this Know
Nothing party expect, when the very
head of the police-.-the most decent
Slan in that body-thus publicly
threatens to take the law in lis own
HANDS. and by brute force punish
those WAC dare to tel! what is doing
in this M2b-ruled city! We tell
Chief MarshSe Herring that we shall
continue to speaS the truth about him
and his master, egAsdless of the anger
or the threats Of eitheNor both.-BaL-
-. ID D.x..LIs... DE 1p
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03

OWm. B. Woods, of Newark, S.
W. ellison, Of Mahoning, George w.
Andrews, of Anglaize, j. j. Green of
Pike, and Hunter brook of Hamilton,
are being commercially their friends
for the Speakership ofthe next House
of Representatives Of the Ohio Legis-
lature. Mr.. Woods, in our opinion,
should be the Speaker. M
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
PRACTICE VS.. PRECEPT.-Thus NOR.

PRACTICE VS.. PREcEPr.-Thus lnor.
alizes the Winsted (R. ~ Herald:
A queer world is this. We recol-
lect young lady, a former resident OF
Winsted, beautiful and accomplished,
and the daughter of pious and ven
erable Methodist elder. We remem-
ber her as a most ardent advocate OF
the humanity side in politics, a raptu-
rous reader of Uncle Toms Cabin in
the village club Of young ladies, and
anti-slavery in all places and on all me-
cessary occasions. Not long ago we
recorded the marriage ofthis young
lady to an Alabama planter, who is
the owner Of some five hundred mig
ners J.. A queer world is this.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
REGULAR DEC. SESSION, 1886

Free Tad Anderson, Pesented his
Graduates from r.Rn-5ner of Vin,on
lucrative and responsible, 6no $780,
Book Keepers, and Railrt i've tn1usanu
ferent sections of the couood and Wash
ferred by business men to which was ap-
Mercantile College. Ilonc
leled inducements. which | bis bond Eor
superiority of my instr, ,t''r,,' ~ "
warrant " 'li,'ii ' dollars. with
The PriRcipa'f His Laain Richmond
Ecal dcomtdat f'r q Longer which was
TacE1r ia the Western country. -.
Address the undersigned for foe. ,
lars. WM. W. io' eie
Nav l4.1s57.-tf he sum
NJ Il
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
RrGuLAR sB&IoN. DEC.. 1s5s

roasting ear or tomato that may aP-
pear for seed ? and yet, if we would
bring forward the whole crop, two or
three weeks earlier, it mus! be done.
Let it be settled maxim of the gar
dener. The first and best ofevery
thing for seed."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-12-03
NO(ice.

THE business affairs ofthe lai
i & GUSTIN. DRUGGIsTs,
the undersigned. 1t is positi
this shall be done forthwith.
said firm, therefore, are hereby
forward and square the books.
.Tuiv '57.-niS #