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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-24

~ The editors Of the Democrat assert
noss vshemsnsly that they are the authors
q 81 the articles that sppssr. snder the
editorial bead. We. of course. cannot say
. TO that, but. # 90. We cannot refrain
Heu eomplimsnting the senior editor. a
Iesst, upon his improvement in the style
4 81 7sssrsetnsss Of his productions eompar-
Cd with former emanations from his rsn
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-24

represented the Federal Government as de-
sirous of needlessiy introducing the nation
al troops into the Territory. whether a
necessity existed for their employment to
support the authority of the civil officers or
not" and the widest uproar ensued-
was fully confirmed in the opinion that this
people, with thcr extraordinary religion
and customs. would gladly encounter cer-
tain death, rather than be taxed with sub
mission to the military power which they
consider to invoke loss OF honor
/" In my first address l had informed
them that they were entitled 10 trial by
their peers. that had no intention of sta
tioning an army in Immediate contact with
their settlements. and that the military
posse would not be rcsorted to until other
means OF arrest had been tried and failed
l found the greatest difficulty in explaining
these points, so great was the excitement
Eventually, however. the efforts of Brig
ham Young were successful in calming the
tumult and restoring ordef before tho ad,
|journment of the rncezing 1t is proper
that should add. tina, more that one speak
er has since expressei his regret at having
been betrayed into in temperance oflanguag'
in my presence.
1.-The President and the American peo-
pie will learn with ratification the auspi
cious issue Of our difficulties here Ire
greet the necessity mich compels me tc
ningle with my congratulations the an
nouncement Of 1 fact which will occasion
grave concern.
"The people. including the inhabitant'
Of this city, sre'removing from every set
Element in the northern part of the Terri
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-18

''"'S'o"" PoIuidtiolI, LlaL can compete
with us in produce per capita. Ii amounts
to SlG.CG per head, surprising that we have
twelve million people. En.l"nd, with all
her accumulated wealth, with her conccn-
tratcd and intcllectualizcd energy, makes
under SIG OF. surplus production per head.
| have not made Il calculation as to the
North, with her so5,ooo,ooo surplus; bu.
admitting that she exports as much as we
do, with her eighteen millions of popula-
ton it would be but little over twelve dol
lars head at the outside. She cannot ex-
port to us and abroad exceeding ten dollars
Il head against Our sixteen dollars. | know
well enough that the North sends to the
South vast amount Of the productions of
her industry. l take it for granted that
she, at least, pays us in that way for the
thirty or forty million dollars worth of cot
ton and other articles we send her. I am
willing 10 admit that she pays lis consid
crably more; but to bring her up to our
amount of surplus production, to bring her
up to S22o,ooo,ooo Of surplus production,
the South must take from her SI25.OOO.-
600; and this, in addition to our share of
the consumption of the $3.50, 100000 worth
introduced into the country from abroad,
and paid for in part by our own exports
The thing is absurd; it is impossible; it
can never appear anywhere but on census
.ststistic book.
With an export of s23O,ooO,0oO under
the present tariff, the South organized sep
aratcly would have about $40, oOO,0 900 of re-
venue. With 'one-fourth the present tariff
she would have revenue adequate to all
her wants, for the South would never 90 to
war; she would never need an army or a
navy, beyond few garrisons on the from
tiers, and few revenue cutters. 1t is com.
merce that breeds war. 1t is manufactures
that require to bs hawked about over the
world, and give rise to navies and COM
mercc. Bat we have nothing to do but to
take off restrictions on foreign merchandise
and open our ports, and the whole world
will come to us to trade. Tdey will be too
glad to bring and carry for us, and we never
shall dream Of a war. Why, sir, the South
has never yet had just cause of war
Every time she has seized her sword it has
been on the poipt Of honor, and that point
Of honor has been mainly Aoyalty to her
sister Colonies and sister States, who have
ever since plundcred and illuminated her.
But if there were no other reason why
we should never have war, would any
sane nation make war on cotton9 With
out ffring'a gun, without drawing a sword,
when they make war on us we can@brina
the whole world to our feet. The South is
perfectly, competent to 60 on, one, two, or
three years. without planting seed Of cot
ION, I believe that if she was to plant bd,
Ehalf her scotton, is would. be an immense
yaptage to.hsr. am.not 80 sure bu,
after tl,ise years ,cessatiion she would
flsSMs GIT stronger than ever she Sss ysf8f,
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-18

"Talkin' of law" says Pompey, Snakes
me think Of what de mortal Cato, who lib
most thousand year ago, once said: de
law is like groun' glass window, that gives
light enuff to light us poor erin mortalss
in de dark passage Of DIS life; BUTT would
puzzle de debble himselfao sesatroo it,
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-18

+ The sx.presideht of tie conupdpaf Club
perpetratsg another atrocity. hi: !: What IS !
that which no man s;wlHiiisi IL sss Sc 3 !
he wosld not pa,t SO yilh fol ansS SMlas d ME as3istt 4
AusH q bah, ss 81 SIS. s..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
THE KANSAS QUESTION.

A late number of the Nashville Patriot
contains an article in reference to the subject
above, from which we take the following
suggestive paragraph, and which We commend
10 the attention of our readers;
"The appearance of yielding TO Northern
sentiment on the slavery questionable de-
sire, on the part Of portion Of our party
leaders, to ignore that all important question
combined with the issue arising from the
Kansas imbroglio, have driven us Qhe know
nothings) into n minority in every Southern
State except one. Can we hope to recover
our lost ground, BY continuing the same
suicidal policy? On the contrary, by sustain
ing Southern interests and rights, on all &C.
caslons, inhexibly, may we not build up an
invincibe party in the South, beat down the
sham democracy, and hqring established our
selres here, as great and controlling power,
command party in the north, that will re-
spect us and our rights, and demand of us no
sacrifices, whilst 90 operating with us in a
contest for the control of the National Gov
ernment? This seems TO US 10 be the true
policy Of the American party of the Southi
and, as such, we commend it to the consid-
GRAFTON of all who desire the success of the
party and its principles. What matter, if in
carrying out this policy, We support meas
ure approved by Mr.. Buchanan? Shall we
throw down the Bible, reject the Supreme
Head of the Christian Church, and bow the
knee to Baal, because to pursue the path oil
duty leads us beside those whose opinions,
on other matters, we abjure and despise.-
Shall We clap hands, and shout, and join the
followers OF Douglas, in bestowing incense
upon the arch Magician, to whose incanta-
tons the country is indebted, in great mea-
sure, for the election of the corrupt and IA
Gle Pennsylvania TO the Presidency? What
good are we to realize by magnfying the
Importance and prestige of the Senator OF
Illinois? He may create confusion and dis
cord int ranks of his party-he may, for
he once, divided it-but will the benefit en-
ure to US? Most assmedly ii ,oiH not. In the
end his course will only strengthen him in
his aspirations for the sham democratic nomi.
nation for the Presidency, and it will bind the
hands and clip the tongues of all Americans
who now sustain him, if he should become
the nominee. Then let the American Party,
South, pursue the policy which we have in
dieated, and at the present moment, by their
appreciation, nerve the arms Of their Repre-
senta.ives in Congress, who are sustaining
the LecOmpton Constitution, and endeavor-
ing to give voice to law and order, instead of
succumbng to the revolutionary and treas
enable plots of abolition emissaries in Kan.
sas."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
DISCLOSURES OLD. WILLIAMSON,
WASHINGTON, February 5.

# WASHINGTON, February 5.
The Tariff Investigating Committee have
got through with Williamson, and he starts
for New York tomorrow morning.
The Committee asked him If he had paid
any money to Horace Greeley for corrupt
purposes, or TO affect the action of Congress,
or of any member of Congress, upon the
Tariff or upon any other question, and if any
member of his firm, or OF the Bay State or
Midd!esex Company has paid Horace G eeley
any money for such purposes Had he or his
firm, or any o: them, paid $4,000? He re-
piled tina. he had not, nor had any member
of his firm, or any one else to his knowledge,
paid MIR. Greeley any money for any purposes
whatever.
He was asked the same question about
Mr.. Matteson, and made the same reply
Had he paid money to any member! No.
Did he know any thing about money having
been paid to members of Congress by any
body for such purposes! He replied that he
had in past years, from ls4l to 1856, but not
during the last Congress.
The Democratic members Of the Commit
tee objected TO hearing about remote transac.
tons, and the witness was discharged.
Williamson informs me that, if permitted,
he would have testified that European manu-.
facturers and the British Government had
authorized Sir Henry Bulwer and others to
expend two millions Of dollars to affect our
tariff, and establish free trade policy. More
than 100000 had actually been expended to
buy the members Of Congress, or to defeat
their election when they could not be bought.
Williamson also intimates that he could
disclose corrupt or disreputable transactions
of our own government, in connection with
the negotiation of the recent treaty with New
Granada.
He particularly duplicates Mr.. Buchanan
and Mr. Cass.
81 p. M.-Mr. Williamson claims to have
been the secret commercial agent for this
country of the Earrings, and other English
and French mercantile and manufacturing
houses, from lS4l to 1850. lie declares
that if he catches Speaker Orr or any mem.
Der of the House in New York, he will pros
ecute them for kidnapping and false impris-
onment. He was taken out Of his bed at
midnight.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

WHAT IS THE DTFEREScEl-A Gso...-
correspondent Of the National Intell;o.no1-
recently submitted the following question.
Will you be kind enough to point nm, =.
me the clause of the Constitution in wbicS
Congress at IFS present session, found aptbO,
ity to pass the net empowering the Secret,
~ of the Treasury TO issue those twenty mill
ions of Treasury notes! lit is consti,St;on.I
COZ our Government 10 have struck off 80
then to utter these same Treasury no,ss
which are but mere promises TO paw. wonIl
not the same clause in the Constitution md
which this power is claimed, expressly or \.
implication, justify the establishment r,
Congress of United States Bank, properIy
regulated and restrictedl
The following is the reply of the editor
We do not ourselves see how il /. ,h,,
The same instrument, in the performance Of
It's organic functions, finds itself capable Of
supplying at pinch, what are called T',,o,'
liry Notes, while it is against its nature 10 Az
the same thing under the name of Rani
Notes; but we have no doubt n satisfacto,,
reason can be given for this contrarie,y. by
those whose task it Is 10 work the macb;ns.
and, as our querist is Georgian, we taks
the liberty Of referring him 10 his worthy
fellow-cltizen, the present distinguished head
OF the Treasury Department, who, HAVING
been specially called to consider such difs--
cult questions, will doubtless be able 10 uyo
him more satisfactory answer than any wa
could possibly furnish.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

EMPHATIC.-'rhe Baltimore Patriot has
the following emphatic paragraph on Fill
bustering:-
"Whatever radical extremists of the South
or elsewhere may say, there is something in
the lawless filibusterism, in the violation of
International law, in the usurpaiion Of illegal
powers, which solicits condemnation from all
honorable, right-thinking conservative men
wherever found. Human nature in its most
elevated bearing revolts against the unjust in
fringement Of rights, whether individual or
national. Every good citizen owes it rs
duty to his country and himself to discoun-
tenance sucn treachcry and lawlessness.-
Walker has been publicly proclaimed, by the
highest official power in our country--may
we not say in the world?-an offender against
the law of nations, renegade, an evil doer,
II reckless adventnrer, with no moral aim or
good eud in view. We are surprised, there
fore, that the cause of this repudated out.
cast, and himself with it, SHOULD be upheld
by men tenacious Of horror mere marau-
der, who has been foled in his wild, iIlegti.
mate career, TO be supported, sanctioned and
maintained in his illegal, condemned course
by those who should be advocates of law
and order, Of civil rights, of international in-
tegrity, is propostsrous, absurd and almost
degrading"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19
IArFp FpoM KANSAS

81. LOUIS, Feb. 9.-The Leayenworth cor
respondent of the 81. Louis Democrat says
that bill providing for the formation Of
new Constitution has passed the Kansas Leg
islature, at Lawrence.
Letters are published in the Leaven-
worth papers. containing the proceedings Of
the Board OF Commissioners to investigate the
alleged election frauds. Mr.. Mclean, the
chief clerk in the Surveyor Generals office,
testified to having sent the returns Of both
elections to Platte City, at the request Of
President Calhoun, and that he had not seen
them since. Also, that the returns from Della
ware Crossing had never been received at
LeoomPton. This being doubted, Sheriff
Walker was despatched to Lecompton to
search President Calhoun's office. This search
was successful. and number Of returns were
found buried in the ground under a wood
pile. Among them was the identical return
which Mclean swore to having sent to Platte
City.
Governor Denver, the President OF the
Senate, aud the Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives, examined Mclean, who swore
that they were the same returns that Presi.
dent Calhoun counted on the l4th ult. The
Delaware Crossing returns were also among
those found, footing up three hundred and
forty-nine votes. Previous to this Mr.. Dire.
fendorf testified to having given the Della
ware Crossing returns to President Calhoun
at Weston, subsequent to the count at Le-
compton.
1t Is said that evidence will be produced Of
the presentation Of these returns to President
Calhoun when engaged in counting the other
votes.
Writs have been issued for the arrest OF
Mclean and Sherwood. who have fed to es-
cape arrest.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

IMPORTANT DIscovERY.-A Frenchman, NJ.
Colleagues, announces that from numerous
experiments, he has discovered that immed-
ately after death, murmurng sound is heard
in the body, lasting five, ten and even fifteen
hours. 1t diminishes gradually, and ceases
first in the parts Of the body which are fur
lhest from the heart. In an amputated mem
Der the same sound is heard for several min
utes. The non-existence of this sound may
be considered MS sure sign of the total cessa-
ton of life. NJ. Colleagues calls this branch
of auscultation dyndmiScopia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

New ORLEANS, Feb. lO.-The ste,ms,
Tennessee brings Vera Cruz dates of ,he
seventeenth.
On the morning of the 2lst Comopfort
abandoned by his troops, left the civ of
Mexico when the Pronuncados entered the
palace aud named A. Corzjo De No.ables a.
the head of the Government.
Notables elected Zuloaga Provisional Pres.
ident of Puebln, Tobuca, and other point,
within the radius of the city, He acknowl.
edges the Government which has been or.
ganized, and nominated its Ministers. Thew
had, however, up TO the 7th not a single
port and were depending on the clergy Tor
support.
Juarez as President Of the Supreme Court
is President of the Republic under the Con.
sttution, and has called Congress together at
Guiana fanatic, the great point of Union Of
the Liberals. While Parodi De Clardo and
Artenja De Gallado at several points are pre-
pairing to unite and march against the CITY Of
Mexico.
In Stare holds Orizaba.
The castle Of Perote is in the hands of the
Liberals.
Alvarez is said to have his forces under
arms in the State of Guerrero.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

ARIzosA.-The ensuing extract, from a
letter in the Boston Journal, shows that a
new battle ground is already preparing:
LAWRENCE, Sunday, Jan. ga great
deal Of interest is manifested here relative to
the proposed Territory of Arizona. A great
many Free State men haze stated their de-
termination to 60 in the Spring or when the
difficulties are settled here. know of Sc
lect party, composed of men who have been
active here on the Anti.Slavery side, and
who intend starting the LIST of May-the
principal renson for going being the desire to
help the cause of Free Institutions there
Sheriff Jones, Newsom of 1ecumseh, and
number of others, Ultra-Slavery propagan-
dists, arc also preparing to leave in the
Spring. 1t is said Jones expects to be made
Marshal of the new Territory, Newsom
threatens the lives Of all Free State men who
may 60. Circumstances 60 strongly to prove
that Arizona will be the next battle ground.
A crusadng element is one strong charac-
terisiic of the Kansas people, and wherever
there may be struggle for freedom many of
our citizens will be found engaged 10 it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

The LEcoMPToN CoSsTITUTloN.-It is an.
certain when the anti-Lecompton Constiiu.
ton Democrats will issue their address
giving their reasons why they cannot vote
for the admission Of Kansas under that instru.
ment. 1t has not yot been finished by tho
Committee having il IN charge. The Union
of Saturday morning reads Mr.. Harris, Of ILL
nois, out of the party, calling him and the
Democrats who act with him little corpo-
rails guard of renegades.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

Suspension OF A U. s. CoURr-We thought
the suspension of banks quite bad enough for
one time; but it appears the cOntagion has
reached the United States courts. The same
cause that produced the one is alleged to
have occasioned the other-the want Of funds.
The Kansas papers say that Judge Cato, Of
that territory, has discharged the grand jury
and adjourned the United States Court for
that cause In this dilemma the Judge should
have fol warded to s. Swan d Co., Of Angus.
ia, Ca, $40, IS, or $3.50. and he would have
received by return of mail a whole, half or
quarter ticket in their legalizsd lottery,
which draws every Saturday at Augusta, Ga
It is not too late yet, however. Should the
United States Marshal of his district hOld on
to the government money and thus prevent
the Judge from holding his court, be can have
an opportunity Of drawing double that amount!
without quartering the marshal in the splen.
did prize Of $4,000. Besides the drawing
and quartering him, he might then afford to
suspend him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

ANTI LEcoMProN DEMOCRATIC MEETING
AT Observation-Disclosures, Feb. g.
Pursuant to call "the Democrats who are
opposed to any violation Of the Kansas Ne
braska act" or in other words are opposed
to the Leeompton Constitution, held NEE
ting to-uightat National Hall. Col. Forney
presided On the occasion and FIX Governor
Stanton, of Kansas, made along and able
speech. Hon. R. J. Walker was not present,
other engagements having prevented his
reaching the city in time. .i,....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

NAPoLEoS's SPEEcH.-The French Empe-
ror, in his address to the National Assembly,
thus alludes to the recent attempt upon his
life:-
81 cannot conclude without speaking of
the recent criminal attempt, and | deplore
the sacrifice Of so many victims in the at.
tempt to reach the life of one individual
Such plots, however, convey n useful lesson.
In the first place, those who resort to them
betray their own weakness and Impotence
In second place, assassination never serves
the cause Of the assassins. Neither they
who struck julius Caesar nor they who
struck Henri Nv. profted by their murder
God sometimes permits the death Of the just;
but never the triumph Of crime. These at
tempts can neither disturb the present nor
the future. If | live the empire will live with
me. If fall, the empire will be confirmed
even by my death; for the Indignation of the
French people and army will afford new
prop to the throne of my son.
Let us look upon the future with conf
dence; let US, without disquieting pre-occu.
palions, acquit ourselves of our daily labcrs
for the advantage and grandeur Of our coun
try. Dieu protege la France"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

W George Peabody of London, writes
to the Times that the liabilities of his house
during the crisis, were 81. 100000, instead
of $30,oOO,0OO, as reported; that the Bank
of England agreed TO loan them 100000
which loan Peabody & Co., made use of only
$l,5O0,00O. He further states the payment
of about S7,5OO,OoO of the Company's paper
since that time, showing very creditable
strength, and the immense business Of the
house.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-19

LEGIsLATIvE.-In the Senate, on the 18th,
the bill for the promotion of the education Of
the poor was indefinitely postponed. The
bill of MIR. Burch to regulate banks and bank.
ing was also indefinitely postponed. Mr..
Walker had leave to introduce a bill to
amend the revenue laws and regulate the tax
on merchants. (1his bill places the taxes
paid by merchants upon the same footing as
taxes paid by ether persons upon land, me-
groes, and other property; taxing the capital
employed instead of the invoice of purchases.
and exemPting retail purchasers from pay
ment of tax after it has once bean paid to
the State.) Passed first reading aud referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
In the House, on the 18th, the bill for the
benefit Of the Cleveland and Chattanooga
Railroad, passed a third time.
In the Senate, en- the 18th, Mr.. Bullen in-
troducsd bill to regulate Interpretations,
giving the Legislature power to alter, amend,
or repeal charters whenever it may determine
that the public good requires it. Also, bill
to amend the bank act of the present session
and other acts now in force, so that all fines
and forfeitures obtained from banks under
such laws shall go to the State-referred to
Committee on Banks.
In the House, the resolution to adjourn sine
die on Monday, the 9Th March next; amend.
ed on condition that the Revised Code shall
have been disposed of-and the whole subject
was LAID on the table--ayes "a. nays 25. A
bill for the relief Of holders of bills on the
banks Of Tazewell, Claiborne, jefferson, and
Trenton, was introduced.
The Senate, 18th, passed to the special or.
der, being thu bill to increase the capital Of
the Bank Of Tennessee. Mr.. Davis offered a
bill in lieu, providing for the sale of the stock
of the State in turnpike roads and adding the
proceeds thereof to the capital stock of the
Bank of Tennessee, and authorizing the issu.
ance of twelve hundred thousand dollars Of
State bonds to be sold at par, bearing inter.
est at per cent, and the means thus raised
to be added also to the capital stock Of the
State Bank. The bill also provides that a
branch of the State Bank shall be establish.
cd at Memphis. with three hundred thousand
dollars of the capital raised as above, and
another branch established in like manner at
Knoxville with a capital Of one hundred
thousand dollars.