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"When such constitution las shall have been
framed shall be submitted 10 The people Of TIE
Territory, they must be protected ~ the exercise
of Meiv RIGHT OF VOTING FOR OR AGAINST
THE INSTRUMENT, and The fair expression 81
the popular wiH must not be interrupted by fraud
or violence"
But why multiply extracts Of this kind; who
denies, or will dare deny, that the Democratic
party stood pledged to the country to allow
the people Of Kansas to form constitution for
themselves as fully as the people of Minnesota
have formed one for themselves, or as the peo-
pie of any State have ever done? And who
can or win deny that they have been cheated
out Of this privilege?
1t now only remains to see whether the
dominant party, the great, immaculate, honest,
truth-loying Democracy, will adopt and make
the fraud of the convention their own, or
whether they will indignantly repudiate such
political chicanery and swindling as the con-
yention has attempted to practice
To this question there are two sides; and
already are the leading Democratic papers
North and South espousing the one or the
other, as they happen to feel or to view the
subject or think it will affect their party.
Generally, the papers at the North denounce
the action Of the convention, while those at the
South as generally justify and defend it. But
suppose the case we're reversed; suppose that
Kansas, instead of containing majority Of
Frec-Slate men, had amaority Of pro-slavery
men; and suppose the convention had been
in favor of excluding slavery from the State,
contrary to the wishes Of the majority Of the
bona fide inhabitants Of the Territory, and
had made constitution calculated and in
tended to do this; and had then submitted but
single section Of it to the people, and that
in manney not calculated to enable them
to carry out their wishes; what would the
chiyalrous people Of the South have said, and
what would they have done? Would they
not in the expressive language Of Mr.. WISE,
have been "goaded 6yindignation to acts Of
ciozence'" and would they not in his Ian
guage, !" tear the Constitution into tatters,
and TRAMPLE TT IN THE DUSTi" If not,
they would not be the high-spirited people we
know they are.
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aNot one of the contrivers OF the scenes which
have bathed Baltimore In blood, and rendered her
fearful place and word Of reproach, has been
brought TO suffer the penalties Of the law. The
same is true in this city, Union.
The Union has uttered the truth without
intending to do so. Who were "the contrivers
of the scenes" which bathed Washington in
blood2 They gil high places; they are clothed
with power; they are those who are now mys-
teriotsly colleagucd with the gang Of ruffians
that have vented their spite upon Amori-
can, Fillmore, liberty poles; who war even
upon the very name Of american; who rem
der our streets dangerous; who shoot orr
citizens, and commit all sorts Of outrage upon
them with impunity, knowing that they are
but doing the work Of those who pay them,
though they may in someinstanccs transcend
the instructions and wishes Of their employers.
Who would have "bathed Baltimore in
blood2n Governor Ligon and those who al
first advised him; and that other governor
who sent him 5000 muskets twas well for
Governor L., and for Baltimore that he event.
ually listened to other and more prudent coun.
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The NEWS from India.

The Atlantic brings us two weeks later intell-
gence from India, fully confirming the news Of
the capture of Delhi by the British on the 2lst of
September, and announcing the not less welcome,
and scarcely less important, news that the gallant
Hayelock has finally succeeded in relieving Lnck-
now, and thus achieving the object for which no
SO long and valiantly strove. 1t appears, from
the scanty information contained in the tele-
graphic dispatch to the British Government, that,
had Havelock's force not reached Lucknow just at
the time it did, the besiegers would have sue
ceeded in destroying the devoted little band
which has SO obstnately held out and defended its
position, under every disadvantage of inferior
force, want of food severity Of climate and pesti
lence. The besieging hordes, under the orders,
as is believed, ofNena Sahib, had almost finished
a mine, by the explosion Of which the place must
have fallen into their hands, together with the
women and children. Havelock's arrival forced
them 10 abandon the siege and defend themselves,
and resulted fortunately in their total defeat
The two chief centres Of the revolt are now
broken up, and the mutineers scattered about the
country, where they can still give great deal of
trouble, but cannot reorganize in sufficient
strength to offer any formidable opposition. In
every place where the mutiny has shown ITSELF it
is said to be suppressed and the rebels dispersed;
and il is confidently expected that " the neck of
the revolt" is now really broken. The expense
at which these victories have been achieved is,
however, exceedingly heavy. General Nichol-
sons death, fom the severity of his wounds
received at Delhi, and the fall Of the brave and
Mil 4 ltxl -
valiantly fought and nobly suffered was just
within his grasp, are severe losses 70 the British
army which will be deeply felt ifa
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M Y FAT II L r.
ny HON. HENRY n. JACKSON, OF GEORGIA.

As die the cmbcrs on the hearth,
And DER the floor the shadows fall,
And creeps the chirping cricket forth,
And ticks the deaih.watch in the WALL
see form in yonder chair,
u, That grows beneath the waning light;
There are the wan sad features-there
The pallid brow and locks Of whitel
Ny Father when they laid thee down,
And heaped the clay upon thy breast
And left thee sleeping all alone
4 Upon thy narrow couch Of rest,
know not why could not weep
The soothing drops refused to roll;
And obi that grief is wild and deep
Which settles fearless on the soul
But when saw thy vacant chair,
ts Thine idle hat upon the wall,
Thy book.--the pencilled passage where
Thine eve had rested last of all
The tree beneath whose friendly shade
Thy trembling feet had wandered forth
The very prints those feet had made
When last they feebly trod the earth
And thought, while countless ages fled,
Thy vpcant seat would vacant stanu-
JTnworp thy hat, thy book unread,
EfF.ced tky footsteps from The sand;
And widowed. in this cheerless world,
The heart that gave its love TO thee;
Torn Ike n vine, whose tendrils curlcd
More closely round the falling tree
Oh I Father, then, for her and thee,
Gushed madly forth the scorching tears,
And Oft, end long, and bitterly
Those tears have gushed in later years;
For, as the world grows cold around,
And things take on their real hue,
IT'S sad TO learn that love is found
Alone above the stars with you.
Savannah, Ca, 1912.
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ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF FOREIGNERS
BY THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING
STAR.
s"THE TIMES IN NEW YoRK-The unemployed
and hungry are holding open-air meetings, de-
mandDg what they call their rights. THANK
GODl NO NATIVE BORN AMERICANS ARE
YET OF THE SAME OPINION AS TO THEIR
RIGHTS, BECAUSE TO BE OF THAT oPIN-
ION ARGUES ONE TO HOLD TO THE DOG.
TRINES OF DANToN, RoBEsPIERRE, AND
THE QUITE AS DANGEROUS SOCIALISTS
OF LATER TINES THEY TALK IN THEIR
FIERCE APPEALS OF GOVERNING CLASSES
IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH PROVES THAT
THEY ARE PERSONS WHOLLY INCAPA-
BILE OF APPRECIATING THE THEORY
AND PRACTICE OF OUR GOVERNMENT
THAT THEY ARE AMONG US, BUT NOT
OF U.s. Warrington Eveni,y Star, Nop1nbr
6, 1857
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assitwss beuutifal sightto witness this union Of
spirit, this oneness Of sentiment--the eagerness
and hxedness Of attention which pervaded the as
semblage as they listened to the discourse which
portrayed the numelouss instances Of kindness,
both general and special, vouchsafed them by an
almighty overriding Providence. aR
The sentiment of Thanksgiving, should be the
universal sentiment Of the people Of America.
God has made them a chosen people--he has
hyorsd them and blessed them above all the ma
tons Of the earth. He has thus far preserved
their liberties, in spite Of the efforts of sectional
lists and disorganizers to oyerturn and destroy the
fair Ito sever the bonds Of union which
make the states links in the chain which binds
them each to the other in bonds Of unon--and
makes them forever one and indivisible. One
thing only can produce this chaos---one thing only
can cause this fair land to become the dwelling
place Of the hireling and oppressor--one thing
only can ALLEVIATE it from the possession OF the
ldren Of Puritan ancestors, and cause the des-
ccndants Of Godfearing bible-loving, revolutionary
fathers to be. cast forth wanderers on the face Of
the earth, and strangers in the land won by their
parents blood, and that. one thing is their in
gratitude to God-the God Of their fathers-the
God their mothers worshipped, ia whom they
trusted for support and guidance, and who did
support and comfort them, and make them VIC
torous at last and cause them to dwell in the land
which He gave unto them through long years of
peace and happiness, and prosperity.
Ye, who call yourselves Americans-rcmemb
that there is an overruing Providence who directs
~ Al
that people only can expect to be prosperous,
happy and free, who love, honor, and obey Him.
FEsrIvAL.-We visited Island Hall on Thursday
evening, where the ladies Of Gorsuch Chapel are
having d delightful timc with their splendid fes-
tval. It does us SO much good to go there that
we shall make an effort TO visit them again.
Man is such an obtuse animal that, like the
donkey, he often needs persuasion to do those
things which are for his own good. He likes to
be happy, but he grudges the means necessary to
make him 30 and to keep him 90. He knows his
duty but hates to perform II. He will not be
forced to do anything. Not he. He is stubborn,
and likes to be coaxed-coaxed to do bis duty
even. He ought to be whipped when he cuts
such capers-but as that would give the poor fell
low pain--the ladies' prefer to coax the mulsh
biped. .st
Lives there the man with soul SO dead
Who never to himself has sale, }"
I'lftake wfe-Ill wed?
II there is such an one, we would advise him to
go to Island Hall, where, if he is not too old and
ugly and cross-grained and stingy, yea, whether
or not, he will be induced to say it, and to act
upon it too.
God help such fellow, any how.
Finally, brethren, do you wish to be happy? Go
to Island Hall!
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"Scenes which have disgraced our city and
ended in blood and death have been contrived in
the Know Nothing lodge.rooms by those claiming
high positions ~ Union
This is a wilful, deliberate, malicious LIE.
Whether the sentence was'pennedb by the cour-
teous and gcntlemanly Editor Of that paper,
(for politics aside, he is gentleman of urbane
manners,) or by any one Of the scriblers who
write for that paper in consideration Of recciv-
ing, in the shape Of a salary, share of the
rpublic plumber" it is as black falsehood as
ever came from the lips Of The father Of lies, "
and the writer knew il to be So
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PORTRAIT OF A CITY UNDER DEMO
CRATIC RULE.

aThe records Of crime are never deficient In
materials for the horrible. Shooting, stabbing,
and garroting, are among the everyday occur.
rences; yet il is q rare thing to hear that the
shedding Of blood has been expiated by blood
sBone and muscle seem to be popular qualifs
cations for places Of trust under the City Govern
ment. Street Commissioner Conoser has APP
pointed Tom Hyer to be superintendent Of lands
and places and other pugilists have been selected
for conspicuous stations. 1t may all be well
enough R the huge paws could be judiciousls
used upon the heads Of the rowdies who carry
deadly weapons in all parts of the, City Y
Correspondent National Tnteliigencer.
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THASKservlNe DAY.--We cannot say how the
day set apart by the authorities to be observed as
day of Thanksgiving and praise to the Giver OF
all Good was observed in other parts of the city,
but on the Island, IL was devoted In part at least
by members Of five different denominations OF
Christians, to prayer and praise, all uniting in one
edifce 70 express their gratitude to God for bis
mercies and loving kindness 70 them during the
year. g8,G2
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Just SEVERITY.

Brown and Carroll two Five Point rowdy rob-
bers who were on Friday convicted in the Court
of General Sessions of garr6ting and robbing
French sailor at New York, were sentenced by
Judge Russell to fourteen years snd six months
each at hard labor in the State r:ison.
This is an example Of just severity which it
would be well for the community if all courts
and judges would follow. Had we Judge
Russell to preside over our criminal courts had
we iuries who would do their duty, and a Dis
trict Attorney prompt to do his, without first as
certaining whether the individual accused is a
supporter or an opponent of the Administra-
ton, we. might hope that the rowdyism, ruff
fianism and crime, which now disgrace our
city and render our streets dangerous to all
peaceablc people, would soon be put stop to,
by the ruffians and rowdies being arrested and
incarcerated where they ought TO be.
We remember well when it was unsafe for
any respectable, or well-dressed person to ap-
pear in the streets of HAVANA, after night
fall and when assassinations took place there
almost every night. But upon the appoint
mcnt of the Chevalier TAcoN, as Governor
General of Cuba most extraordinary and
salutary revolution was at once effected. An
efficient police was established and required to
do their duty; assassins were arrested and
promptly executed punishment followed close
upon the heels of crime; and though it some
times turned out that men Of wealth, Of
family, and of influence in the community,
were among the guilty, vet blind-fold JUSTICE
rigidly enforced the penalty Of the violated
law, and no influence, no prayer, no petition
could stay the hand Of punishment The
maxim was, the higher and more conspicuous
the criminal, the more terror would the pun
ishment strike into the bosoms Of others.
And what was the consequence Of this rigid
and energetic enforcement Of the laws TWAS,
THAT in "a very short time it was as safe for any
one to walk the streets Of HAVANA, at any
hour Of the night as it was to walk to church
on Sunday.
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A NEw MovEMENr.-A corresponds

A New MOVEMENT. correspondent Of the
Providence Journal, writing from Dixon, ILL
nois, says:
"a move has been made by the ladies' of
Dixon, Illinois. Some twenty Of the daugh-
tiers of Rhode Island, now residing here, have
resolved that until every factory and calico es
adjustment Of their native State is again in
successful operation, they will neither pur-
chase nor consume any fabric, unless Of Amer
ican manufacture, and will give the preference
to the labor Of their native State. The sons Of
Rhode Island, also residing here, have adopted
a similar resolution, and ten Of them will APP
pear in afew days with new suits Of broadcloth
the materials Of which were furnished by
Rhode Island factories"
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DAGUERREOTYPE OF "THE FEDERAL
3 CITY" UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
We have nothing to regret but the brawls and
acts Of violence which have of late furnished the
reputation of the Federal City by the gangs of
rowdies who nightly niest our streets They
have, step by step, grown bolder and more defiant
until they now trample the laws under foot with
out the slightest apprehension. Continued immu-
nifty from punishment always invites the repei-
ton Of offences. The insubordnate spirits in this
city have become more reckless, aud their viola.
tons Of order and the public peace more glaring.
WashingtoA Union.
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1.-THE RECORDS OF CRIME ARE BLACK
ENOUGH THE PAST WEEK--NO LESS THAN
SEVEN CASES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND A
HEARTLESS CASE OF INFANTICIDE."
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"MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AND
WILL BE THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
THIS WINTER" 5a 4.s
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POETIC EFFUsIoN.

The annexed beautiful little poem is from the pen
Of the Hon Henry R. Jackson, Of Georgia, for seve-
raj years past Minister Of the United States to the
Court Of Austria, post which he has filed with
honor to his country and himself The lines are
eminently creditable to the poetic genius of the
writer, and do honor alike to his head and heart.
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ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF A model RE-
PJJRIICn UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.

PUbLlC UNDEh DEMoChAliO RULE.
The city Of Washington was on Saturday night
the scene of riot bloodshed, and pillage. Hun
dreds of armed rufians held possession Of the
streets, and firearms were heard in various quar-
ters It is difficult to learn tho particular deeds
of the night, or the persons by whom they were
enacted; for the rufiaDs operate in clans, and
those clans are protected and fostered in their
organized capacity by the Corporation ITSELF
The States ets,t t~.
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TIE EVERLASTING

Kansas, slavery, or "squatter sovereignty !"
question is to come before Congress again, in
a shape calculated to create much heat and to
keep up agitation so vastly important to
certain classes Of politicians and political
mountebanks in both sections Of the Union
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0fnearly | 300 men employed in several estab.
lishments in Springfield, Mass, last August only
$50 have been discharged. gE
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4" NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO
BANKS HAVE SUSPENDED"
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The Newark Advertiser says that revivas of re-
ligion are in progress in many Of the Methodist
Episcopal churches, in tlat city and vicinity.
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2 =. I VT
ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF "a MODEL RE
PUBLIC" UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
ave, of the old Republican party, used to
charge the Federalists with infdelty to our free
institutions when they maintained that the people
were their own worst enemies. But the rapid
growth Of crime, and the defiance of law and or
der which have recently written the annals Of our
free country inblood, would go good way TO prove
that there was more truth in the imputed Federal
dogma than was conceded by their political ad-
versarics. Pitched battles with firearms now take
place in our cities, not only in the darkness OF
night when ruf6anisIn was wont to cloak its
crimes, but in open day, among citizens Of the
same town, and without any rational cause that
would justify even fair round of boxing The
untralnmellei freedom of elections, heretofore the
boast Of our country, suppressed by armed mobs,
and man now advances to the polls to give his
vote at the hazard Of his life.-Nat. Int.
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! MARRIED.

At Wesley Chapel, on the oath instant, by Che
Rev. George w Israel, GEORGE w. CISSEI,, 10
Miss ELLlNORA GATfRELL, both Of this city.
1grsas @ baltimore Sun cory.
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INTERESTING DECISION. LIN the circuit court,
last week, upon the motion Of q judgment
debtor who had served garnishee upon the
directors OF the Western Lunatic Asylum to
attach the salary Of one Of the employees at
that institution, Judge Thompson decided that
salaries. or wsgcs Of persons accruing, but not
due, were not attachable or assignable by
operation of law, and only assignable by the
party himself as an entirety, and not in por-
tons. In this instance, there had been pre-
vious assignment by the party to whom the
salary was due.--Stdnton Va.) indicator.
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The Springfield Republican finds that over
one thousand workingmen have been thrown
out of employment in that city since Septeln-
Der Yet there nre very few cases Of suffer
iuc in the citv ~ }8 La fit
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TO sUBsCRIBERs.

We issue to-day a half sheet. We are NOV
ing the Office of the " Ameilcaa." This is at
tended with great deal Of labor and difficulty
but will eventuate in giving you hereafter, a
neatly printed sheet--a paper that you can
read, and it will enable us to do better for you
in every sense, and viii add very much to our
comfort and happiness.
Congratulate us, good friends, that this paper
is hereafter to be aoeU printed.
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DEsTITUTIoN AND DISTRESS STARE US
IN THE FACE" UaE |
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THE AMERICAN.
..ENTs EoR TItE AMERICAN.

AGENTS FOR TIE AMERICAN.
For First, Second, Third and Fourth Wards, Henry
johnson residence 400 street
For Georgetown (The Embodyment)
For Sixth Ward, George I. Dykes.
For Fifth aud Seventh Wards, MORTIMER SMALL-
swooD
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MATTERS IN PRovIDENcE.-W learn from
the Providence Journal that the steam cotton
mill in that city, running 10000 spindles,
closed work on Saturday and all the operatives
were discharged. The mill has been for some
time running short timc working up the stock
on hand. The whole number employed there,
when all the machinery was in operation, was
over three hundred, and the monthly wages
amounted to between four and five thousand
dollars. The mill has been running nearly
thirty years, and it was never before stopped
on account of any money pressure or of any
of the many fluctuations in business which
have occurred during that long time Boston
Journal.
Well, why should not our cotton mills stop
work; can we not bug our goods abroads
What's the use Of encouraging American
manufactured II is contrary TO the princi-
plies Of the great Democratic party" and is
therefore hcterodox and wrong
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PORTRAIT OF A ssMODEL REPUB.
LICE, UNDER DEMOCkATIC RULE

LIC'' UNDER DEMOCkATIC RULE.
MURDERS, SUICIDES, ASSAULTS, BUR-
GLARIEs, AND LARCENIEs, AND ACCI-
DENTS OF ALL SORTS, FORM A GLOWING
CHAPTER IN THE RECORDS OF THE DAY.
M [N. Y. Correspondence Nat, INTEL
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ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF "a MODEL RE
PUBLIC UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
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TIE WASHINGTON AMERICAN CLUB win hold its
next meeting in the East Room of the Temperance
Hall, on E street near Ninth, on Thursday evening
next, at o'clock. We hope that the members
Of the American party from every portion Of the
city win be present a A
The old camp fires are burning. Come one,
come all. americans shall get rule America, "or
Molly Starks a widog" This is our country.
We are for law and ORDER and determined that
mob-lule shall no longer triumph in our city.