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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-24
Mr.. Camp received. ........5? votes.

Nr. lamp RECEIVED. ........ %! votes.
Mr.. Gowan " .............
Mr.. CAMP, having received a majority Of
all the votes cast. was declared duly elected
Surveyor for the Second District.
The Convention then proceeded to vote
for Surveyor for the Fourth District.
MIR. j. X. PERKINS received Sc votes and
Mr.. Dickson vote there being no quo
rum present, the election was void.
Mr.. BALCOMBE moved call OF the
House.
Mr.. RICHARDSON moved to adjourn,
which was agreed to.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-24
SENATE.

SATURDAY Dec. ~. is57
The Senate was called to order at 10 A.
VI, prayer by the chaplain, and reading Of
the Journal.
RESOLUTIONS
Ma. FOLSOM introduced the following
Resolution
Rssuiued That the Governor be. aud he Is
hereby, respectfully requested 90 communicate
to this body the whole of the election returns
Of the late general election. both Precinct and
County as canyassed returns, made TO the Sc
crrtary of the Territory Also the testimony
aud other papers laid before the Board of Gen.
eral Canvasser-, with the record OF their pro.
reeaings aud their report thereon.
Mn FOLSOM said the Resolution was
of vital Importance for the cnlghtmcnt Of
the constituents Of Senators.
Mn. COW AN giving notice that b. de-
signed discussing the Resolution il was laid
over under the rules.
JOINT RttSs.
Mr. VAN EI'rEN reported Joint rules
for the government OF the Senate and House
in joint conventional report was received
and laid on the table to b. printed
Mw NORTON gave notice Of change
in the rules
The senate then took a recess OF ten
minutes.
The Senate met, after the LAPSE OF ten
minutes, aud immediately proceeded 10 the
Hall OF the House.
See proceedings Of Joint Convention
After the adjournment OF the JOINT Cou-
ven,ion, the senators proce,d,d to their
chamber and, upon motion, adjourned until
Monday.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-24


Messrs. BATES Beman, Chase. Cook, Folsom,
Hodges, Hudson, LIndslcy, Mchune, Norton.
Phelps. Reiner. Rdpatch, smith. Somers,
Thomas, Watson. Bacon, BaleOmbe, Bartlett,
Bcarce, Bevans, Bargess, Campbell, Chowen,
Durham, Gaskiil. Gibson. Grover Hanson,
HiukIey. Heyd, :. L. Johnson, smith johnson.
Keith. Leonard. Llbbey, Lord. Lyle. Parker.
Peekham, Petite, Powers, Randall, oeeley,
simpson, Shee,x. raitersan, TEN, 7. TAOmp
son. Townsend. walker. Wakefield Way.
Mr.. Narthrup voted Tor Mr., Ramsey.
whole number Of votes pooled 10.
Mr.. shields received ....-,.....+. 81 ys,e-
Mr. Haf received, ............,,.. 50 "
Gsn. JANIS SHiELps having rcceived a
majority OF votes. was declared elected L.
:. senator from the State Of Minnesota.
The Convention then proceeic,i TO thu
election Of surveyor General fW the first
pls,ric, Of Minnesota
MS VAN ErTEN nominated ALBERT
SrivsoN,
TIA the vote being taken Ms SrNsoN re
ceivei log votes. and Ms. M'kCsIcS I
votes.
Ms CRUTTENDEN offered the follow
ing resolution
SssS~sd, That Il 10 the wish o. this Conven
ton, tia, Henry N. Rec represent the state Of
Minnesota N the senate 81 the United states for
the oES term.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
Important from Washington.
NEW YORK, Tuesday. Dec. 2.

NEW 1oRh, 1uesuaS; bcc- -
The HcruGf's Washington correspon-
dent says that an important movement
is on foot, which promises an easy set
element Of the Kansas agitation.
1t is intended, when the Lecompton
Constitution comes Oh, to take it up, by
the friends Of the Administration. both
as a party measure and as a formal as
scrtion of the Democratic principle of
popular sovereignty.
The Constitution will be passed with
a proviso that it shall be presented 10
the people of Kansas Tor a final aceep-
lance and ratification. The movement
is a Southern one. ..-5- mi
Hon. Henry Potter, Judge of United
States District Court of north Carolina,
died at Fayetteville on Sunday, aged
ninety-three. .-.. tEI
The President nominated to day to the
Senate cx-membcr of Congress, Hall, of
Iowa, for Chief Justice of Nebraska, to
gether with Mcssers. Reed, Wright, Muir
ply and others, long ago appointed and
heretofore announced for foreign mis-
SlonS. f,.-
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
.To.fhosc

Two more numbers of the -"Demo-
crat' will close out the present Volume,
aud we would be much pleased if those
who are in the arrears would call in and
square loft" and commence the next
year by paying for their paper in ad-
rtnee- We have a goodly number on
our book, who promised to pay US in a
very short time after they subscribed for
the paper, but who have not done so
yet. We would be glad to have them
call in and "see US" before the close of
the Volume. We have also a number
on our subscription book, who have
been promising to pay us ever since we
have had charge of the paper. 0 close
on three years-to that class We will
just say that, if their accounts are not
settled by the time the present year
expires, their names will be then strick-
en- from the book and the amount of
their Indebtedness sent to a Justice
of the Peace for collection. We have
found their promises are a very slim ar
ticlc to live on, and we will not de-
pend upon them any longer. We mean
to, do just what we have now said, and
those who wish to save costs had better
take heed of this notice.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
s.Unhappy Ireland" NO Longer

One of the Dublin papers thus raises
a shout of gratful exultation ove the
present condition of Ireland:
We can hardly be grateful enough for
the high position our own Ireland holds.
Here no banks have stopped payment
nay, by wisely assisting trade, they are
paying unheard-o of dividends. No man
ufacturing establishments have failed,
throwing out of employment numerous
hands. The storm reached Us and pass
ed over, leaving US unscathed. Posi-
Bly, as we are deprived of the profits
resulting from gigantic factories, so also
are we free from their fluctuations
Probably the terrible lessons which our
country learned at so fearful a price in
former visitations wrought their effect,
and we arc wiser and better men,
Thanks be to God, our harvests were
great. What trade we have is steady Z;
our people have abundant work the
neccssaries of life are cheap. We are
informed that thousands of our peasant
ry, who left our ADMINISTRATION land
some years ago, are threatening to re-
turn. Let them come; they will be
welcome. We shall find work for all.
Glad, only too glad, shall we be if, in
the Western land they sought and 10Y
fly from, they have learned industry
and prudence.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
The New Kansas Excitement u
y ARailmre in Washington.

according to our advices from Wash
ington the Kansas coup d'etat of Gov
.ernor Walker and Senator Douglas is
nothing but a fash in the pan, after all.
It. appears that upon the question of
confirming Mr.. Denver, the new Secre-
tary Of State for Kansas, Senator Doug
las led off with a speech in opposition
tothe confirmation; but that when the
vote was called, the democrats in a body
stood firm by the administration, ex-
.eepti6g Mi B2oderiek Sf0CaIifolnia,
who left the chamber in the wake of
Mr.. Douglas. This is a sorry show for
the rebelliousgSenator, and pretty fqrei-
bly, indicates his weakness i'm this new
movement. In the House of Repre-
sentatiSes his detection does not appear
to have made the slightest Impression.
From these significant evidences of the
temper of the democracy of both bran
ches of Congress, w begipqto think that
this Walker ana Douglas eotP d'etat
against the administration will proba-
bly, prove as ceontemptiblea fzzle as the
terrible uproaar of the Southern fre-eat-
crs last summer against Mi. Buchanan,
for his audacious refusal, upon their de-
mand, to remove Gov. Walker. Let
the Lecompton constitution be brought
before Congress-, without sslaverryJ, and
let Congress adopt it: and leave Kansas
to take care of herself, and the political
capital Of Northern d1rt-eatefs and
Southern fre7eaters win be scattered to
the winds.-N.' r.. Herald.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
Who is he !

Who is that Calhoun who figures so
%conspicuously in the Kansas Conven-
ton, and is denounced so ~furiously by
the Abolition press in such unmcasured
terms. The St. Louis Leader says
"Mr. Calhoun Was a citizen of Illi-
nois before he was appointed to Office
in Kansas; he went into the Territory
a Free State nan in opinions; was elect
ed as such to the Convention; acted as
such in it; was made its President as
such; was entrusted, with a full knowl-
edge of his opinions, with the powers of
which these presses so loudly complain,
and will certainly vote to exclude Sla-
very from Kansas. These facts we are
authorized to state, and they are enough
to discrcdit everything emanating from
the Black Republican Press on the sub
inct
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
The Kansas Question.

Abiding to the action of the Kanfas
Constitutional Convention, the Indiana
State Sentinel says
awe believe that the admission OF
Kansas with the constitution framed by
the Lecompton convention with the
prohibition of slavery by the vote OF
the people, would be an act which would
give peace to hat territory, settle all
the political difficulties which have SO
long disturbed her, and would be hailed
with satisfaction by the country gene
rally. Yet we would not, as we have
before said, desire it at the sacrifice OF
any of the political rights of her peo-
pie. But the difficulties which have so
violently agitated the country upon Kan
sas affairs did not break down the dem
o%cratic party, as was confidently pre-
dicted by our political opponents, nor
will those now existing have that effect.
The democratic party: acting as it al
ways has for the best interests and with
a just respect for the rights of the whole
country, will move on in the same sue
cessful career which has characterized
past history"
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
"A Singular Case .
HAVEN, Saturdays Dccg19.

NEW IlAN N,'CdluIuttJ DCC-A0.
Last winter, a boy named Charles E.
Sage, about nineteen years of age, was
missing from his home in Cromwell,
near Middleton, in this State and an
Irishnan, named Patrick Nugeht, was
arrested on the charge of his murder
and putting the body under the ice in
the Connecticut River. ilI JIM t'"
In a'!few months afterward a body
was found in the river, without a head.
This body was believed to be that of
the missing boy, from several m~arksuP-
OH it, as well as from a portion of the
clothing. Soon afterward, the lining of
an o~vercoat was found, answering to the
description of that worn by the missing
named Benson, directly charged Nj
gent, the Irishman, with the murder.
He said he saw the deed done, and
assisted Nugent in putting the corpse
under a haymow, lie described accu-
rately the lads appearance, his dress,
the color of his hair, and declared that
he had not had any peace of mind since
the murder, and that he. had come to
Cromwell expressly to divulge all he
knew about it. '
lie confronted Nugcnt and charged
the deed upon him. The accused de-
| MED it, but trembled from head to foot.
a true bill was found against Nugent,
and he was to be tried this month
Within a few days, however. the missing
boy has been discovered IN the interior
of Pennsylvania by his uncle. y spc-
ciaI court was Immediately held, aud
Nugent was liberated. 81
Benson, the sailor, has been arrested
for perjury with intent to take life. lie
acknowledged his guilt of the crime,
which will send him to States Prison
for life.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

Ia \ prisoner, says the Madison
CWis.) Press, in the Green County Jail,
by the name of Sam Whitman, has been
amusing himself and astonishing the
jailor with feats of strength. Unaided
by a single instrument, he broke a set
of the strongest patent handouts, rent
the shackles from his feet, tore off sew
eral locks from the door of his cell,
broke a large iron door which served as
an additional fastening, and passing out
into the hall of the Jail, exercised him
self in the satisfactory mysteries of a
pigeon wing! A night or two since he
concluded to give another entertainment.
which consisted in breaking two of the
heavy iron bars of the CRATES of his cell
door, but his performance being unsea-
sonably checked by the entrance of the
keeper, he retired from the scene in ev-
ident confusion.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

MURRAY & LANMAN's FLORIDA WA
Terri the price of an article were al
ways the measure of its value, we might
suppose that this exquisite perfume and
cosmetic was inferior to some foreign
scents of which a fourth of the quaint
ty contained in one of the Florida Wa
ter bottles, is sold at four times the
price. But as we yankees have an
Independent way of forming opinions
from the evidences of our own senses,
our conclusion in this instance is a very
different one. We have tested the pre-
paration in various ways, and unhesi-
tatingly pronounce its fragrance as in
destructible, as fresh and flower like.
and in all respects as agreeable as that
of any toilet water with which Cologne,
Paris, or London has ever furnished us.
This is the verdict of all Spanish Anne
RIGA, and to it we say amen.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, .
.-s .5Decemhor II 1877

--EF '- EDGCOHlUCI IL, 1901.
To the Editors Of the Union:
SIR: In the New York Times of Sat
urday, under the head of Interesting
from Washington, 1 find the following
paragraph: & ri
sit is stated in confidently circles
that the democratic delegation from In
diana have had a long interview with
the President, in the course of which
they said that in full consultation they
could not support the Lecompton con-
stitution, after the erposc of Senator
Douglas. There can be no doubt that
such a consultation was held"
Permit me to say that I was present
at the interview alluded to, and no such
declaration was made by the Hdemocra-
tic delegation from Indiana; or any
~memberyef it then present; and all were
present except Mr.kDavis. The visit
was . ~ political character at all,
but merely a social call, to pay our re-
spects to the Chief Magistrate of the
nation. y -'
As far as I am concerned, 1 shall
deem it Soon enough to define my posi-
ton when all the facts are before me,
and the question comes up legitimatcly
for action.
Very respectfully,
VIM. II. ENGLISH.
Washington Union.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
How tho Senate stands.

Our readers will remember that Stan.
ton was removed from his post as Sec
rotary of Kansas. Gen. Denver, who
represents the policy of the President,
was nominated to succeed him. When
the nomination was sent to the Senate
for confirmation, Senator Douglas led
off in a speech against it, aud was fol-
lowed by Seward, Hale, Trumbull and
DoClittle. The friends of the Presi-
deut sustained the appointment. Bro
derrick alone, of all the Democratic mem-
bers, voted with the Senator from Hi
nois.
The above is generally considered a
test rote, and the former champion of
our party stands almost alone. So says
the Dayton Empire.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

country are not of greater Importance
than the mere temporary triamph of Ell
Their of the political parties in Kansas"
The position the President here takes
upon the legality of the Lccompton
Convention and the dutyo Congress,
is plain and cannot be misunderstood.
So upon all the other important subjects
that occupy his Message Upon the
currency question he lays down the
principle that the first duty the Banks
owe to the public is to keep in their
vaults a sufficient moun of gold and
silver to insure the convertibility of
their notes into coin at all times and
under all circumstances.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
Thc Kansas OuestlOn.
The following pointed article appear

The following pointed article appears
in the Albany Argus.
.The constitutional convention of
Kansas, it must be admitted on all hands,
has fairly submitted the slavery quesZ
ton to a popular vote.F All citizens of
the Territory of full age are at liberty
to vote upon it Such a cote is the neat
act IN the drama, and since learning
what the convention had done we have
preferred to press home upon the repub-
llcan leaders, and upon the free State
men of Kansas, the responsibility of
deciding the question, and of being an
swerable for the result, instead of anti
clpatlng and discussing in advance the
neat question of how Congress shall act
after their decision. 1t will be in time
to meet that question when it arises, and
1T is quite obvious that the action in the
Territory on. the 21st of December may
materially affect the course which Con-
gress will pursue. We have not been
disposed to release the republican poll
ticians and coadjutors in Kansas from
the just responsibility of meeting or re-
fusing to meet this subject at the polls
on the 21st inst, by g~uarantying to
them beforehand indemnity from a dem
ocratic administration and a democratic
Congress. -
"We have preferred hat they should
take the hazard and the responsibility
of making Kansas--
State, as they evidently can at their
election. When they shall have dis
charged their duty at the polls, then,
and not till then, will that of Congress
begin,
"The Evening Journal of this city,
one Of the leading shriekers for "bleed-
ing Kansas is constrained to advise its
friends in Kansas to vote on the 21st
inst, and to vote down the slavery clause
of the new constitution. 1t dares not
meet the responsibility, pressed home
upon it, and its partizans, of allowing
a slavery constitution to be adopted
when they confessedly have the power
to reject it. The Journal says: H.
eve know not how the free men of
Kansas may act upon the abstract pro-
position to be submitted in December.
We hope, hoteerer, that they qciU deem ii
proper and fitting to giive 1t a strong and
emphatic NEGATIVE. ~ ,
This is fair and manly on the part
of the Journal, and if its friends in
Kansas adopt its sensible advice, it and
they will accomplish a greater service
for freedom than they have yet rem
dered, and will strip the Kansas ques-
ton of most of its embarrassments. +
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
The Extremists of the South and
President Buchanan.

The Southern extremists are quite as
hostile and bitter toward President Blu
oHANAN as are the Republicans of the
North. Here is a specimen of their
abuse, froma correspondent,of the Rich
mondISoutA, who thus writes IN a recent
issue of that paper from Georgia. Here
it is:
THE National Democrats had gotten
themselves into an awkward. fix, denouner
ing Walker and ordering Buchanan to
recall him. Alabama and Mississippi
run into the same cUI de sac. Buchan-
an would not recall Walker, nor would
he deign to reason to the National De-
moeracy of the three great tItessWithz
out whose support he would now have.
occupied a private station--a. beaten
demagogue. He could reply to the
New England clergymen for aud on, ac-
count of the great responsibility of the
source from whence their letter emana-
ted, but he could not deign to reply to
the address of his friends, constituting,
two-thir6s of those States; he would
open no door for their escape. In pure
derision he left them to sweat and
swithe in the Buck. basket into which
they had unwittingly stepped" .,aL
If Mr.. BUCHANAN is SO strongly COM
United to the South as the Republicans
pretend, it is singular that he should
thus be denounced in that section of
the country. The fact that he is de-
nounced in that section of the Union by
the extremists proves that he is nation
aIia er-. D-. aid ief.. III Iadrf
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24
The Kansas Consti,ution

The provision of the Kansas Consti-
tuition in relation to future amendment
is as zellows:-=
SEcs 10. "Afer the gear one housaad
eight hundred and sicty fur, whenever
the Legislature shall think it necessary
to amend, alter and change this Consti-
tuition, hey shall recommend to the
electors at the next general election, tro-
thirds of the members of each house con-
curing, to vote for or against the calling
of a Convention and, if it appear that a
majority of all the citizens of the State
have voted for a Convention, the Legis-
iatureSshalf at its next regular session,
call a Ganvention," E,
Then. Y. Times, a well-known Ere
mont organ, remarks that "this provi-
sion is expressly confined to amendments
that may be desired after the year 1864.
Previous to thatStime the Constitution
even s6yits Own terms, will be entirely
in ~the~hands Of the people. Indeed,
this must be so in any case. There is
no power which car bind the people of
a sovereign State not to change, alter or
amend their Constitution whenever they
see fit, This point has been tested over
and over ngain,--by the State of New
York asMell as other States. The old
Censtit6a5a Of That state prescrfbet a
mode for its own OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in form to this clause in the Constitution
of Kansas But the Legislature, disre-
garding utterly this provision, submitted
to the popular vote in 1916 the question
whether they would have a Convention
to make a new Constitution-and it was
voted by a large majority. The Conven-
ton was called and the Constitution of
1916 was framed. Precisely the same
r may be pursued in Kansas. The
rery nert aeeek after the admission the
Legislature may summon the people to
declare whether they will have a new
Constitutional Convention or not. The
entire control over their domestic affairs
then passes into their own hands" i'jl,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

Bg Governor Wise, Of Virginia, in
one of his three messages at the opening
of the Legislature excuses himself for
emitting the customary acknowledgment
of the divine goodness, because a State
ought not to interfere in religious mat
tiers. Governor says:
Politics and religion ought not, in
any way, to b. brought into contact
They rollute and destroy each other
Two of the worst evils of the times are
political religion and religious politics.
[ ar not constituted and appointed to
handle Gods holy things, and [ will not
dare hypocritically and cantingly to
huckster them in the market of popular
ity. -r-.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-24

ReD-We understand that an impress
sion has got out among the Democrats.
thatiif the Democrat establishment is
not disposed of the paper will be DIS
coatiauetay We will just here say that
such is not the case, that if We do not
sell. the paper WM be published, and we
earnestly request every good democrat
to7send in his name, and then use every
effort to induce his neighbor to become
a subscriber We want more readers
and in the democratic party too. Shall
We not have them? Let each demo-
crat rcsolvcto get US one new name, and
our list will soon4be large enough,