The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-01-01

: n late number of the Era, was erronec
IND sends us the following renort- from
L Fpening Journal, which he thinks is
Hspoke of the high and noble principles
?ah cans had to fight for, and closed with
lea& expression of the wish that the members
4 aEollege of 1856 might reassemble on the
ira kesday of December, 1860, and give, as
nyN i've to-day a unanimous vote for Repub-
al andidates for President and Vice Presi-
enk Which 1could be effective in investing them
office"
Mr. EMMoNs, of Union Village, New
says that our table of votes for 1852 is
Dor in allowing Hale only III votes in
I that being the vote of only one district.
Ither, he says, gave him 827, so that his
tGote in the State was 1904, making his
agate in the Union, l58,9O0. Our table
whken from the American Almanac, but
i've no doubt Mr.. Emmons is correct.
= An intelligent subscriber in Gardiner,
e, comments with some severity upon the
festo Of" Colonel J. II. Harvey and ninety
Estate settlers in Kansas, denouncing "the
fRas Aid Society as a specializing concern"
II We did not print the document in the Era,
lsisirlply q bri telegraphic despatch an
! sing "a publication, 90 that it is hardly
y. while to bestow much attention upon it.
r ubscriber pertinently remarks that as there
fmany Aid Societies, it would be well to
FhH the one against which the denunciation
IIshed We read regularly the Free State
aTts published in Kansas, observe receipts of
3rfi1utions for the benefit of the suffering in
lat Territory, but thus far have noticed moth
rg h them confrmatory Of the statement OF
clonel Harvey Any misapplication Of the
snds sent would hardly escape the attention
those papers.
sa~ In reply to subscriber, concerning
e vote CT 1849, we state that Martin Van
lren received 29I,678 votes in the whole
lion, I20,5l9 of which were given by New
,rk State alone. Van Buren, electoral tickets
re run in only four slave States-Delaware
lryand, Virginia, North Carolina-his vote
lag, 80 in the first, l25 in the second, 9 ii
third, IS in the fourth-total in slave States
a. The Richmond (Va.) Wing deprecate
everlasting discussion of the Slavery ques
in Congress, and thinks the best plan t.
an end to it would be for Southern men t
tain from all participation in it. Let tn
lublicsns rail and denounce, but let no mem
4 from the South reply.
ongress talks about Slavery, not becaus
tmembers have a special fondness for tn
sect, but because they cannot help then
ses. 1t is great practical question, d.
nding action, and there can be no intelligeI
aon without discussion. When one Part
poses the establishment of the Protectiy
4 Fey, and another Party opposes it, how ca
4 prevent the discussion of the subject
II lection? When one Party proposes Pro
andism, and the other opposes, how are yc
4 torevent discussion?
/ There is but one way in which the agitatiC
keSlavery can be banished from Congress, al
TIT is by diUorcing 1t from all connection aoi
til Federal Government, and leaving it subje
alOne to State regulation. The Party of 81
vory will not agree 10 this is,z.-.:-..I-f que
ton Federal one, by seeking - ct t
Federal Power to the Slave Interest, al, 10 u
il for its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: opposition, disc'
ion, agitation, are inevitable results. HI
absurd for the champions of Slavery to der
ate what they provoke.