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TO THE REPUBLICANS THROUGHOUT
TIE UNITEU STATES.
The Battle for Freedom not yet Won.
A WORK OF PERMANENT VALUE
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN DoCUARNTs-ls56


HAVING received, since the close of the Campaign
IL numerous requests for complete OF the Speeche
aud Documents issued by the Republican Association
the subscriber Is induced to reprint the important
Them IN neat octave volume of $50 pages II will be
membered that many of these Speeches and Document
were prepared with great and contain much valua
ole statistical and other matter that readily be OBJ
talned elsewhere, and although compiled specially fOI
The Campaign, possess permanent value, and will be
dseul for future reference, especially during the
.hree years
These Documents and Speeches may be considered
part of the literature of the day
The volume contains twenty six Of the most importan
speeches delivered in Congress by Republican members
together with the Speeches OF Senator Seward at
and Buffalo, his Plymouth Grafton, and three delivered
during the Campaign, at Detroit, Oswego and Auburn.
Also, Weston's standard Documents, entitled - Poo
Whites OF the South Southere Slavery Reduces North
ern Wages Who are and who may be Slaves in IN,
United Statesf Will the South Dissolve the Union7 tn,
uonali = ~
Report of the Kansas Investigating Committee
Kansas in 1856. complete History Of the OutraRes
Kansas, not embraced in the Kansas Committee Report
By an Officer ofthe Commission
Foot. - ~e
Organization of the Free State Government in Kansas,
and Inaugural Address of Gov. Robinson.
The Fugitive Slave Bill Of 1850.
LEWIS :CLEPHANE.
Secretary Republican Association, Nations
OF Era Once, Washington, ID. c.
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4 GENTS WANTED To sell three New and rr
"a qualled Inventions, wanted and selling rvery,,.y,
Ny agents hav" cleared over S2OOOO on them BD.q,r,
silver Medal and four Paeuts, granted Them Fo, In,
stamps you'll receive 40 pages parirusrs- Resi- Aeon,
IN ihe country. EPHRAIM BROWN
Lowell Mac
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NEW YORK CENTRAL COILEGR.

I'HlS Institution IS located McCirawviie, Cortland
Il county. New York NCGrawvillr Is a quiet fn5
healthy place. surrounded by influences favorable The
development nf the mind and the cultivation al the heart
admitted.
His 'esigned by The Trustees tha this INSTITUTION shall
be eNcelled ny no Institution IN the country Iu
ges 10 obtain . thorough AID rrac-ic sducarior
Iis Anu slavery and Anli-sectaran IN i's character
recognising aud ioo"shlpng him "A hristau U whom
il discovers the spirit and image of Christ
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~ city, throughout the Unirfd States 10 engage i'm
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The SCARCITY OF SPECIE.-In the United
States, we produce yearly supply of gold to
the value of sixty millions of dollars. 1t is
computed that the amount of the precious
metals in the country is equivalent to two hun
dred and seventy millions of dollars Yet,
strange to say, we are in want of coin for the
ordinary operations of trade; and all the banks
have suspended the payment of their debts, on
the pretence of an inadequate supply Of specie.
Apparently this is a very singular state of
affairs, but in point of fact the mystery is sus-
ceptible of an easy explanation. In virtue of
an incontestable principle of political economy,
sound currency is always driven out of crcu-
lation by deprecated currency. The multi
plication of banks, and the infinite use of their
circulation during the last few years, in a great
measure superseded the necessity of any other
currency; and of course the precious metals
were exported to points where they were in
greater demand. Hence the comparative scar
city of specie in the United States. In illus
tration of this theory, we may mention the fact
that, when, in the commencement of the presen.
financial troubles, a demand for specie exhibit
ed itself in New York, instantly the current
turned, aud gold and silver began to pour into
the country from Europe.
And this would have continued to be the
case, but for the action of the banks. As they
created the scarcity of coin in the first instance
by the undue expansion of their currency, so
again they arrested the importation of the
precious metals by the suspension of specie
payment, which still farther deprecated their
notes, and discourages the demand for gold
and silver. The tide has turned again, and the
precious metals are now being exported TO
Europe. The last steamer-the Fulton-car.
ried away ISL 900. 1t is evident that, under
the present system of suspension, matters will
only grow worse.-RichDaond South.
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SLAVERY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Through the Lennon case, Just argued il
our First Judicial District, the " National De
mocracy " has delivered its Laws and its Politics
respecting Slavery in the State Of New York
In the lengthy argument Of Charles O'Conor
pleading for Virginia and for the right of prop
erty In man, the following points were deliber
ately taken, and boldly maintained. The free
men of New York can see the condition to
which democracy is determined to bring
the Empire States
The ancient general or common law Of this
State authorized. the holding of negroes as
slaves therein. The Judiciary never had any
constitutional power to annul, repeal, or SCI
aside, this law.
"The Judiciary never had power to aunul
repeal, or set aside, the slave law of this State
which we have shown existed with the sanction
of the Legislature prior to the Revolution.
"The Judicial department has no right to
declare Negro Slavery to be contrary to the
law of nature, orimmoral, or unjust, or to take
any measure, or to introduce any policy, for the
suppression of it, founded on any such ideas.
" 1t cannot be pretended that there ever was
in England, or that there now is in any State
OF the Union, law, by any name, thus outlaw
ing Slavery. The common law of all these
countries has always regarded it as the basis oil
individual rights.
" In fact there is no violation of the princi
pies of enlightened justice, nor any departure
from the dictates of pure benevolence, in hold.
ing negroes in a state of Slavery.
"Negroes, alone and unaided by the guard
ianship of another race, cannot sustain civil.
zed social state.
"Who shall deny the claim of the intelIectu-
al white race to its compensation for the men
tai toll of governing and guiding the negro la
borer?
" 1t follows, that in order to obtain the meas
ure of reasonable personal enjoyment, and of
usefulness to himself and others, for which he
is adapted by nature, the negro must remain
in state of pupilage, under the government OF
some other race.
EVERY American citizen is bound by the
Constitution of the United States to regard
Slavery as being free from any moral faint
which could affect its claim to legal recognition
and protection, so long as any State in the
Union shall uphold it.
" The STATE OF New YORK CANNOT RESTRAIN
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES FROM PASSING
THROUGH HER TERRITORY WITH HIS SLAVES.
"The general doctrines.of the Court in bred
SCOTS case must be maintained, their alleged
novelty Notwithstanding. ALBANY Journal.
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SUCCESS IN LIFE-There is a wonderful
amount of truth in the following, and parents
should ponder when giving advice to their sons
as to their occupation in life. Success would
attend them in the one path, and failure in the
other:
"We often see men who seem to have the
Fates against them. Their business and IN
dertakings mildew, and they struggle, struggle,
struggle, going through life like drowning
man, clutcning in his extremities after some
thing, that he may renew his hold on life.
Others are marked by brooding care; their
countenances are plowed deeply by the burrows
of anxiety, and premature old age creeps upon
them, stealing away their vigor of mind and
elasticity of limb. Much of our success and
happiness depends upon our business or pur.
suits being adapted to our taste and our mental
conformation.
Take delicate organization and mind
attuned to the Influences of the beautiful, whose
ideals are perfect harmony, sketched with the
artistic skill which knows no defect or blemish,
set it to work amid the drudgery and dirt of q
grocery store, and the man will be turned off
in less than months time as good for moth.
ing fellow. So those of coarse and rough ma
terials-place them ont of their appropriate
sphere, and they will fail. The truth that each
individual has an adaptedness to fill well only
the station for which his talents or mental
characteristics fit him. is illustrated almost
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A REMARKABLE SToRY.-We take the follow.
ing from the Walkulla Fla Times of the I4th
inst, and give it to our readers for what it is
worth
" A friend informs us of the following occur.
renee, which is reported to have taken place
recently at Aaapulgus, Georgia. A gentleman
who had received considerable sum of money
was compelled to go from home, leaving his
wife alone in the house, situated some distance
from any other dwelling. Towards evening,
two negroes entered the house and demanded
OF the lady the money, or they would take her
life. Being a woman of great GOODNESS, she
saw at once that it would be useless to attempt
to evade the demand so she produced the
money, and gave it to them. The negroes then
remarked that, as supper was nearly ready,
they would stay and eat with her. She told
them to be seated, until she got it ready. The
woman had q vial of strychnine in her cupboard,
and, in sweetening their coffee, managed to put
dose of the poison in their cups. They
drank, and in a few moments were dead. The
neighbors were called in, and the negroes dis
covered to be white men in disguise-near
neighbors and friends of her husband, who had
known of his receiving the money and his alb.
sence."
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POLITICAL FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE

P. 8. Board is s1.75 ineueing room rent. part o.
which . paid vVnrk SA7
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ERon Ia rASoga .. a Curisus story.
A1lAAt.

ERon Sa rAsoga "A Carisus story;
Asisas.
Correspondence Of the N. Y. Express.
SAsArosA, Asg. e
Mrs. Robert Schuyler (widowl, bs6Aer
known ~ Mrs. Spicer, the widow Of the cel-
ebrated Financier, has erected 3 sort Of Co.,
tellated cottage on Saratoga Lake, about
half mile from the great place Of resort
the Lake House, where oil the world 70 to
drive, or to dine on the famous "fried pota-
toes" Mrs. Schuyler having planted mas-
sion Of some pretensions near . resort so
fashionable,-- the tourists Of the United
States will, Of courss, drive to take look ct
her, and for sixty or ninety days in tho year
she must expect the people TO DO almost look
ing into her windows.
The selection OF spot to build upon, in
40 conspicuous Q place, has started hspub-
lie gossip into ali sorts Of romances, lotions
and fancies while there 10 an earnest
inquiry "where did the money como from ?"
there is not less earnest assertion that
Robert Schuyler 10 not dead. Whist gives
strong interest to the whole affair, 10 little
stone building, some one hundred feet from
the mansion, with high windows, up out Of
sight on foot, erected nominally for Roman
Catholic Chapel, to which runOr adds-I Dc
not--for have never beenAoo to See
that there is subterranean passage from
the house. The workmen have been sspump-
ed' and "re-pumped, and some Of them
hint, If not give out,-that Robert Schuyler
is there, yet alive, and that whom anybody
comes into the house, Mr.. Schuyler runs,
under ground, to the chapel, and gets into
his coffin there "dead, TO which his ghostly
appearance, when living, would add an cir
n prnhnhtlsfvf HhA ~ =
and 10 the natural result Of his widows
erecting conspicuous mansion in 90 con-
spicuous q place. There seems to have been
4 very lively impression in consequence OF
the story and the mansion, that Mr.. Schuyler
is not dead, but yet liyeth.
The hotels here arc about full but there
Is room for everybody. The company is
good, and the water never better. From so
to 200 carriages are driven to the Lake every
good afternoon, and the livery stable men
roll in the V's at random.
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A MODEL DIpio,n ari.s.

Tha n. Y. Times tells the following, on
some accounts, laughable story about the
Commissioner whom our government sent to
New Grenada to arrange the difficulties be-
tween that country and this.
'slt is said OF him that when he reached
Bogota he called upon the Limo de Pombo,
the Minister for Foreign fairs, unoffcially,
and suggested that there was no use Of their
trying to humbug each other, told him that
he (Mr. Morse) had come down to arrange
the pending issues between New Grenada and
the United States, that these were his in
structions,- submitting them, (which he
would like to have him look over, &c.
GAN this is said to have occurred in the
presence of third party-a music master in
Senior Pombo's family through whom the
whole story speedily found its way into the
usual channels Of public gossip. Pembo
took Morse's papers and kept them for two
weeks, during which time our Commissions
was utterly bnftled in his efforts to get an in.
tcryiew. Meantime, having thus learned
exactly what our government had instructed
its agent to ask, the New Grenadian Minis
ter was able to set about the manufacture Of
public sentiment against them, SO that when
ut last he gave Mr.. Morse opportunity, for
maliy, to present his demands, it was the
easiest thing in the world to reject them, on
the ground that public sentiment would not
admit OF their entertainment
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LIE MKT CoscREss.--,rhe \. Y. Herald,
IN figuring up the prospects Of the Black
Democracy in the noxi Congress, says they
Will have majority Of sixteen, but tina, il
cannot be relied upon as compact working
majority, for six or eight impracticablcs
will pe able to defeat any scheme or policy
With which they may BIO dissatisfied; aud ii
makes two remarks, which are unquestiona-
bly, ,fue,--frst,
''one OF two things appears 10 be ineyi-
'abie-a split in the democratic party South.
" the absolute humiliation Of the North ern
democracy
and, second,
nc old democratic party of Gen. Jack
son has run TO seed and run out. It's an.
cient landmarks have been obliterated, and
the perhictous administration Of poor Pierce
has reduced II In the North 10 mere bal
anee o. power, ind in the South to mixed
commission upon The slavery question, in
winch the secession ultras claim the r,uh.
and the power TO rule or to destroy.''
Nothing in history IS traer than that the
old jackson party Is as fairly dead aud
buried as the old Wing party. The issues
have changed, as have the principles upon
which they were decided. The name and
technical organization have been preserved,
but the masses have in good part scattered
and the party machinery is managed by 9th
cr engineers. Il 10 now almo st solely Pro-
Slavery party. Whether il shall suffer from
the secession Of the Southern ultras, or sue.
cuub TO their lead and explode entirely,
il question: which the future will soon de-
.rmine.
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ca We have heard a good many clever an
ecdotes of the old and bright sayings of ssthe
dark people," but we have seldom heard a
keener satire than was expressed by color
ed boy, as related to US just now, by friend
upon whom no good thing was ever lost. 1t
seems that he was looking through grave
yard fence upon the tomb stone Of u villager
who in life had been known as rather close
listed citizen, whose principal care had been
the ''greatest good OF the greatest NUMBER
the greatest number with him having been
"number one"
After apompous inscription, the following
passage OF the scriptures was recorded, sslie
that giyeih to the poor lendeth to the Lord"
"Dat may be so,' soliloaused Sambo,
abut when dat man died do Lord didn't own
him a red cent! E'yah. yah.''
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DANGEROUS CoUErRRFKIr.-Th Chicago
Press of yesterday says:
We were shown to-day, by O. P. Bradley,
q very handsomely executed counterfeit go
bill on the Farmers and Drovers' Bank Of
Waynesburgh, Penn. We learn. that it is
very nearly fac simile Of the genuine,
and the only safety will be in refusing ali
twenty dollar bills on this bank. The bill
was sent on as specimen to our detectives
from Cincinnati, but doubtless the knaves
who circulate them have sent them west Of
us.
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GTkrautsalaat's wife has . great fancy
for country life, and insists on keeping :
hen in the back yard, ~ Hood says, ssto fur
nish milk, butter and eggs" for the family.
The other day she came 70 krautsalaas IN
great trepidation, saying, "My dear, the hen
has commenced to set. took tho eggs away
from her, and she l. setting in one corner q
my dear" he responded, il his sabdued,,
bilious way, elf the hen Is setting on "a old
axe-head, 1t is quite likely that she may
hatch-itn'
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DELINQUENT LIST OF LOTS,
nNwhich Special Taxes arc due and unpaid.

NOTICE is hereby given TO the owners Of the
Lots described IN the foregoing lirt, situated In
the City Of ksokuk, Loo county and State Of Iowa.
estcd. that . special tax has been assessed and
levied ON said lots, by the City Council Of said
city, for grading the Alley through Block No
l39, as designated In the above list, and un-
less payment be made Of the taxes 90 levied
and also ell costs before the 18th day Of August
d. 1897, the said lots, much thereof q shall
be necessary 70 discharge said tax and COSTS will
be sold on the day Aforesaid, n the Mayors ONCE
in said city. between the hours u o'clock =. m.
and o'clock p. m. O. c. STEVENS,
Collector Of the City Of Ksokuk.
August 8. 1S61-dtd
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How A BRUTE WAS TRgArEp.-On FRIDAY
forenoon, as respectable woman was cross.
ing the Western X. r. bridge in this city,
she was set upon by burly lrishman, who
attempted to ravish her, but she fought him
and screamed till her cries brought q party
Of men to her rescue, whereupon the fellow
lei her go and beats retreat. His pursuers
chased him through the bridge, when he
took to the river and waded in up to his chin,
but they followed, and, dragging him out,
administered justice on the spot. Ii being
unanim ously decided to kick him, ring was
formed, and the scoundrel was ssbooted', by
dozen pairs of sturdy legs till they could
kick no more.-[ Springfield Rep.
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The n un for the q - . W ood CuR-The
American ~ erses Beaten.
BY the steamship Canada, arrived at Hal
flax yesterday, we have partial accounts
of the Goodwood races, in which Mr.. Ten
Brock had entered the American horses Pry-
or and Prioress. Il appears that these hors-
es were beaten; but VIC cannot wait Tor
further accounts for the causes OF their de-
feat. We were not altogether unprepared
for this news, however, as we had been IN
formed that there were considerations other
than that Of a desire to win operating upon
the persons having control OF Pryor and
Prioress. The race has excited attention
from all classes, and it's result was looked
for with anxiety by persons altogether stran-
gers to the turf; in fact, it was national
matter, and il it shall appear that there was
any trickery or foul play on the part of any
of our countrymen having charge of the
horses, they will receive, as they merit, the
scorn and contempt of every American. We
believe from the record of the previous per-
formances Of these horses that they were
fully capable Of winning the Goodwood cup,
Notwithstanding the disadvantages under
which they labored, and in this view OF the
matter we are sustained by the majority OF
those best able to judge. 1t was not neces-
premacy in all those arts which indicate the
true progress of the age; the victories OF
peace are no less renowned than those OF
war. But we know that our horses are su-
perior to those trained for the turf in Eng
land and as the race was apparently not
we'll contested, we shall demand, in the name
Of the American people, full explanation
of all the circumstances attending the race.
1t seems to have been trumped up affair
altogether y. Herald.
This horse-racing business is almost If
not altogether joekeying, gambling affair.
Having been beaten, Mr.. Ten Brock can,
we have no doubt, at the next trial take al
most any odds he chooses, - and tein. And
we presume that was the speculation he had
in his eye when he permitted his horses to
be beaten the other day. Men care precious
little about patriotism in n horse-raee, but a
good deal about the almighty dollar.
Missouri ELEcTlos.--Th Rollins men at
the last accounts were little down. The
official returns had made some alteration,
and the chances were in favor Of Stewart,
by small majority. The St. Louis Demo
crat unqualifedly charges that frauds have
been committed in .'amcnding" some OF the
returns, and that still others were contem-
plated. We shall soon see what the facts
are. Certain il is, at all events, that the
regular Slavery Buchanan party
has been run very close in Missouri, if it has
not been entirely defeated; and perhaps the
popular vote will show that it has been de-
feated, even if the technically legal vote
does not.
Mills County. - The Republican candi-
dates for Sheriff, and Recorder and Trens-
urer, and the Dead Rabbit candidates for
County Judge and Surveyor, were elected in
Mills county. The vote on the Constitution
is not given in either Of our exchanges from
that county.
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Of
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hen eli hespas
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FIJI. O'ComnOr = Bro.

Q1DMl0Eo AID D0U001oT0e
A r0THICAnt1s' HALL, eornsrof JoAn- .
IA son and TAira sesseta, Keeksk, Iowa.
Wholesale asd Retail Dealers in Druss,
As4iaiass. Chemically, Oils, Dire Stun, sn6 -
nss1umeFy, Oeats. Itbaeoo md oas1b fa1sat
Medicines q al ktnds now II ne, and ass co.,
elAaly ressiving, dieeet lren The kssssrp citiss,
vsll-eeleeee sesehs - which thsy iAsiae ~ ~
Cuseo9ees sad Physisiaas viii always IA lt
enis oeaeli.hnsnt 1soeh aaA upa4a1tssa1ed -.
- tA!s naskee. - tAsis 49, - - lev = ~
Other Aeaee = ~ olAss. q
4 y D.-xteaes eli asA examine tAsir ets4k ~
- pnsetne saeswhsrs. laAg1
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The Pubic HEALTn SoUrH.-The health
Of all the Southern cities continues remark
ably good. Private letters from New Or.
cans say there is NO sickness Of any kind
here, though owing to the large number Of
absentees, things were rather dull. In
Charleston the number Of deaths for the
week ending LIST inst, were only 81, and Of
these IL were negroes. The interments in
the several cemeteries in New Orleans, for
the week ending Goth ult., was III. OF these,
ii were from the Charity Hospital.
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HARD 80 % kO0AbOFe
The arrangsmsnts for transportation " Lumber
% the K. n. D. = y. b. n. ase completed, and
am new ssnding v the yard near tAs Depot fron II
to tAO0cft. daily. A large and good supply Of
LUMBEK, SHINGLES AND LATH,
will b kept constaatIy On hand. Special care will
Ls iAAeA !. iaIAi.A tiiis flou4 tie Mill up.n me
shortest notice. O. BALDWIN.
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