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PORK OF GUARANTEE

The undersigned, --, Of --, In the State
Of -, hereby guaranty that in the foregoing bid
for any Of the classes therein accepted,
be they vial days after the receipt Of the contract
the post Office Named navy agent designated the
contract for the same, with good aud sufficient surete and in
said snail fail 70 enter contract af0rs-
said guaranty good the difference the Offer
Of the said aud that which may be accep ted.-
Signatures Of two guarantOrs. c d.
EF.
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GAS NO. J. hnlLe-uah NO. D Mulle
timber. No, 30. White pine No. IL Ash aud cypress No.
Il. Hickory elm timber and white wood. No. Is. Black
spruce No. 81 Iron. No. .. Spikes and nails. No. q.
Lead, zinc and tin. No. "a. Pig iron. No. . Hard
No %. oils sc. No. =. Flax No. o. Cotton
h. 20. Flax AID cotton tHne. No. 81 Glass No.
Leather. 81. Hose. No. -. Brushes No IS. Bunt
Ing and dry g0y No 81. Pitch rou. No. 3S. TaloE,
soap, oil. No. Ship cndie. Ne. 40. Stationery No.
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Central ohio and Baltimore and
Ohio Railroads.
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH!

ssss lsza;-
RUNNING TINE BETWEEN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND
BALTIMORE, q HOURS
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-, the state g.,
hereby agree furnish and deliver IN the respective navy yards,
all the articles named in the classes herento ANNEXED aeaby
provisions Of the schedules therefor and In conformity
with the advertisement Of the Bureau Of Construction, &C. Of
18th May 1855 Should my offer be accepted request
be addressed at and the contract sent the navy
agent st---, or to --, for signature and
certificate
(Dats0 Signature, A. B.
The schedule which the bidder encloss pasted bis
Offer each Of them signed By him. Opposite each article in
schedule the price be set the carried the
gsgate footed up for eaoh class and the amount Likewise H
ten in words.
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New Hardware Store, AZ Marker 81.

VTTlWs II. UGNCEAIN, dealer in HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
w GUSs Tools, &c.-ls opening bis establishment,
No. II Market street, door N. Burns, barge
Hardware Cutlery, Guns, which intends
offering exceedingly low for 70 prompt dealers short
time. Among the leading articles hand, will De found
the following, viz:
and Table Cutlery Carpenters and Blacksmits
Tools: Axes Of every description and make large
Locks; Hinges and Screws Plush and square Bolts ShOyes
Spades, Forks GrindstOnes, Cuks Rollers Rifles
Pistols Double and Single barrel Shot Guns Mill,
and pi Cotton Wool and Horse Cauis Trace, Halter
Wagon Log Chains Hames and Collars; Picks Mat
t0cks; Curry Combs and Horse Brushes.
NOOD THINGS FOR THE DEAR PEO-
IN PIE. We have received direct from the manufactures,
LOT of Sweeers finest Macab0y, and Carrots Scotch
Ande-sons S0ace and Amulet fine Chewing tobacco
keep the finest Virginia Chewing and Smoking
baoCo, and the best Havana Cigars in the market.
J. w. LANGLEY & co.
10 Al Union street.
SLIGHTLY AHEAD.--WE HAVE RECENTLY
the exclusive agency for this State for the
Halsey a BO0kes and Capt Il. Suits celebrated
Virginia Chewing Totacco This Agency includes all their
brands enables sell Factory prices We caudidy
bdeve give dealers better bargain than has
offered them this city, stock Of Tobacco,
Srs thd largest and best assorted that has
kept in this City.
J. ". LANGLEY & co.
apl LIT No. A. Union street. 9d door from Tenn
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PENNsYLvANTA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
$
Tnree Dairy Trains from PittsbuFg
80 PRiIadeInhia,
ALL POINTS IN THE WEST.

Passengers from the Wecn rely upon as being the short
and most expeditions route Philadelphia, Baltimore
New erk and all Eastern cities.
THOMAS MOORE, Agent,
auz2l Passenger Lines, Penn. Railroad, PIMA.
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CHANGE or sOnEDULE.

Nashville a Chattanooga RAILROAD.
poUHLE DAILY TRAINS
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R. lIeEEILLT, ceM

Henry J. Biuklsy administered Of Wn lIsus dacsf W.
heirs Of Nm Mathews, decaasei-tctitaH ssIl iand
~ appearing IN this cause, Inst Eliza lIatt Sc
iendlltss Is uones dst Of the STATE Of Teilne
yond the reach Of e process q t couEl t IS therefore ordered
that publication Be made Ter three successive weeks
and American neEspaper published in s ctr NashTs
requiring her to appear hore the Judge Circuit Court sf
Dickson county, Is1nee q the Court House n t1Uu 81
ChaTlo1 on the 9Th Monday in Juae next Plead
deuur 70 comp snaut position, or Gle sane uiIl b =
ken for confessed her, and Tor hsaruz &C. uats
rasV4i-u.lt ur7 fes ErNrfrrw ri a. n
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/ c. c. Dresser, Clerk Of TIE Circuit Count Tor sd e5anf
certify that the foregoing Is true and pers COPS tie Forl -
approved In my ofe, the icing hl az &c May rm of ts
Circuit Court for Codee, icing cp copy f Jahn Charles
spori as Revenue Cocctor for tie year 57 Given under ~
hand At 0fes, this 1gth DAY Of Nay, 1853
ufav2f-r7t o. = uurr-uu o.
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The following are the classes required at the respective navy
. OF CIliRIlFI'sTOWY, MASSACHUSETTS.


Class No. TO- White Pine Class IL. Ash plank. No. u
Black walnut and cherry No. 81. Iron No. - Spikes
nails. No. 3. Lead, zinc and tin. No. q Paints oils &C.
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TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS,

T United STATES MAIL LINE Of New York and Charles
Steam Ships through in g So hourssem weekly.
The Steam Ship C0lUDl5ia 800 N. Berry Com
nander.
Nashville 1900 tons, ". J. Foster Commander.
Marion, 1900 tons, ". y. Foster, Commander.
4fIS Adgsy, 1900 tons 5. C. Turner, Commander.
SOarhcrgOr 1000 TONS L. NJ. Marry, Commander.
Es--.Eer. LEAVES Ad-ers Wlarvcs every Wednesday
Es5g and Saturday after the arrival Of from
- - the South and West, ''at high water"
t--7a-1 These Steamships all built expressly
Ibis line and for safety comfort and speed unryaed
Coast.
Tables supplied with every luxury attentive
Commanders, VIII travellers by this line every possible
comfort and accommodation.
Cabin passage, S25
Seerage passage, &
For freight passage having elegant State Room sccommoda
tOIs. apply HENRY MUSHROOM, & CO., Agents.
may2a ST Charleston. : C.
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. Best variety Of Apples, ) o
. Best variety Of Pears, so
STANDING through the whole Fruit Season,
report at the October Fair: I. Tanning, VIM PrtChard
A. W. Putnam, Lewis c. Lishy, and Mr.. Truitt.
4 Best Bouquet, 50 o
5 Best display Of HotHouse Flowers, 90
BEES AND HONEY,
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PENNSYLVANIA RATLROAD.
e ls55ss....5555l5

-
EEHHE Great Central Route connecting the Atlantic cities with
II Western Northwestern and States BIZ con
tuoUs Railway direct This road also connects Al Pttg
with daily lines steamers to an ports on the western Rye
sud az Cleveland and sandusy WITH ports on the
Sorth1estern Laes masking the direct cheapest and rs
axe r1e by which FREIGHT be from the
RATES BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND PTrTsBURg
FIRST CLAss.-Boots, shoes Dry Goods Gin x, ~ INA
boSesl Furs, Feathers, &C., '''' Per "OB'
eEcoSD CLAss.-Books and Stationary, Dry / en- 80
Goods On hales Hardware, Leather, &c, ' Per luOB-
AAlSD Ass.-Anyiis, Bagsins, Bacon and "a. ma. 7ooH
ges1s CEAss-Conse, Fisl, Bacon, and Pork 40. ,oo.
a) Lard and ION, 4Oc per lVb.
Gro5.ts. FeT IS5 51li ,I I4r'i i Roti9e,
Coon-Ss per bale, exceeding 5000 lbs. weight until fur
Be particular 70 marx package 0iG Philadelphia Rqrogd
81 . "a gents o. tais Railroad at Phsdel
FREIGHT AeENTs-Iiarris, Wormley Co., Memphis Tenn.
Indiana Dunsuil, Bell and Murdock, Cart & Jewett
LOUISVILLE, ky r. O. Medium Madison, Indiana springman
lesvlle, Ohio; Leach Co.. 81 Kilby slreet Boston:
1each Co. Asor House New York; No J. William stsast
aud No Battery Place, New York - snesd tuii delpha
Aagrew Rooms B9ltimore Geo q EEane s Ptgq[g
II. J Lo1IRAERT, sagt, AHoona, PolA
PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
g -
TnFee Daiy Trains from PittsbuFg
30 Philadelphia.
THNRAINs leave Pts5urg as follows Mail A. NJ; East Line
III 3P. NJ Express Nail $40, p. d.
Express Mail daily, the other Sundays ted;
baking DIRECT CONNECTIONS with all
Louis NO. Dubuque K0kuk and Iowa City Iowa; Cairo, Rock
island aud Chicago illinois, Lexington and Louisville, Ky;
Grs aute, Indianapolis and Lafayette Indiana; Cincinnati,
Columbus Dayton, Toledo, Clevel0nd, Evansville, Creue,
MasOn, and Wooster, Ohio. Also, Kansas
nes0ts, and
ALL POINTS IN THE WEST
FARE AS Low As ANY OTHER. ROUTE.
Passengers from the Westoan rely upon being short
sst and expeditions Philadelphia Baltimore,
New " rk and all Eastern cities.
THOMAS MOORE, Agent,
aug2l Passenger Lines, Penn Railroad, Ph'a
Central ohio and Baltimore and /
Ohio Railroads.
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EINrs TORACCo. Title YEARs DID.

CAPTAIN z. sTULTs has sent a small lot Of bis hne
TWIST for retail, thst 70 be three years DID
). W. LANGLEY & CO.,
Agents for T. Suits and Halsey Boxers fine Virginia Chew
ing Tobacco. lmayAe
II EBAN0N BILLS FLOUER,-zWe have been Hads
superior brand.
asyso-s oARIER, Mckay 4 90.
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ON THE PLAN or SINGLE NUmBERs
EACH sATTRD4Y IN IUNE!

FIVE FOUR HUNDRED AND ErsHTY-FTvE P2Izrs
NEARLY ONE PRIZE TO EVERY NINE TICKETS.
Magnificent SehemeI
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G. 0AHDEN, dealer u Lumber. stinE'as. and 1sarfs.
has hand large Dog ai Cedar feez ana white
Fae Flooring, Cer White Pine Poplar eIlul 5os
ling square Cedar Ceilr ankl and Popilr Singles llla
Eve Mills cutting Poplar and Cedar, dressing iuu1r-
yellow Pine Flocringi Single Miela, nlEn SOB
Poplar 2hlnslesal be- constant operation slals
quantity q Lumber or Shingles 90 The saolteat l. M Z. s
lsWest prices f1r cash. y. g. UlE1EN
MARI NASHVILLE Llllfef lard. I'D. III dr1a.latr.
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CHAMPAIGN, WINES, BRANDTES, &C.


~ ENUINE imported Havana Cigars. The subscribers have
n received by recent large addition their stock,
Of the noted brands Of Havana Cigars consisting Of
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WhsTeapon lis considered b iaast - ana
is hereby entered ast tie Aforesaid tracts Of ns town
In The Of The s 81 annexed o. e1r
being the amount Of taxes, cost and charges, i ssgair therein
for the 1851 and * is court ad several
tracts o. land and town lots much thereof shah
heient q each Of them % satisfy tie z charges an
nezHd % them seTerally Be sold As Tie law directs.
a rTr Nr I'd
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EACH-NAY OvER TIE I.oAp.


EACHtEFAE OVER THE ROAD.
ana afr THURSDAY, April g. 1855 tie Passenger Trains
~ VIII be run follows.
Leave Nashville daily at A. n. and ?. n.
Arriving az Chattanooga a20 P A. and 1856 A. N.
Leave Chast8nooEa az 100 A NJ. and 9-25 p. N.
Arriving az Nashville 9.l0 a. NJ. and s-l0 p. NJ.
Passengers for Wilmington n c., can leave Nash
vile etsr and clos concessions throughout Via
hno17e, Tennis and " aehburg, Va should leave Nashville On
TIE morning % the connections.
PASSENGERS for Memphis, leave Nashville the NJ aio
which connects al Stevenson with H. & c. Railroad
Those for MeMinnve and Sparta win leave Nashville an ne
p ~ train which CONNECTS directly Tuahoma vi IL tie fsn
ior AeAlnnTe. The tain which leaves 8cAnnvilLe al 10 al
Nashville st ol0P. NJ
AT NASHVILLE there aday connection with boats for St. Louis
Cincinnati, Louisville Memphis New Orleans Pittsurg ~
*. alsos daily line Of Stages for LouisviIe
no Tickets can be procured at the Depot before the starting
o. tle tains for Ac4nnVe Huntsville hernphis LUNCHEON
Wilmington anG Knoxville. C. u ANDFRs0N s'
.plos l595 General Ticket A rent
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NOTIOE.--DUos RIVI.El "a. I5s FoIl 81


pursuance Of an interlocut1g derea rendered the Mas
term, lels, Of the Circuit Court Of Cos coun
OF Wiley Hczeson and Others heirs Of Lcuder czers5
eelse ~ FaTte9 vii proceed sell AZ the Court
In Achestes on The Jth day Of July, 555 rht. clam
and Interest which said heirs have and 20 thre on ~ =
parcels Of land in Coffee county four miles sous Ma
chester luozn ne Joseph Hckerson lr aeh the lid "a
ander Hckers1n died, seized and pol containing
twelve hundred l00 acres, aVd upon ien Tires
hundred acres IA cultivation. Duck thaa-t
ter Of the antss and upon which Is splendid and G7t l
and there no less than my good snru1l ul1a ii
sEid land gill he sold credit 81 and years except
or $40, which . 60 Be paid n h1ud Nol WITH good serl
viii BE required and lien retained tas lands u Pa
for. complete survey VIII be made 81 Che lands ana na
hbited on The day q SALE any person wishing q -e re l
Ec viii apply % Wiley Hickcrsous Hao VIII enlU tlsf
lorany othsr nioralion adirass Manchester. This Say
d, 1853. @. G. BnEWEH.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24
The Slave Trade in Georgia

The President in his late message urges the
acquisition of Cuba on the score that it would
put an end TO the Slave Trade. Suppose the
Government fist efficiently puts forth its en-
ergies to arrest the piratetrafic opened on the
coast of the Southern Atlantic States The
Augusta Chronicle of December 18th, states on
reliable authority it says, that about two hun
dred and seventy OF the wild Africans, Por-
tion of the crew of the Wanderer, are on a
plantation in South Carolina, only two or three
miles below Augusta, on the Savannah River,
having been brought there but few days pre-
vious on board steamboat, from some point
near Savannah, and that sales have already
been made of some of the cargo. The ChrOni-
Gle invokes the aid of the federal authorities to
suppress the traffic at once.
The prosecution of some of the parties i'm
plicated in the case of the Wanderer at Savan-
nah, has established the fact beyond cavil that
freshly imported Africans have been landed at
Jekyl Island. The trial, it is stated, will prob
ably be protracted for weeks.
The Washington Union, in referring to the
SLAYER Wanderer, admits that sit is highly prob
able that cargo of slaves have been landed in
one of the States of the Union," but characteIi
zes the act as zone of those ftful gusts which so
often overtake US, and which serve rather to
purify than poison the atmosphere"
The Augusta, Ga, Dispatch of the 18th inst,
after stating that 277 of the cargo of Africans
were landed three miles below the city the day
previous, and that the original cargo from Afri-
ca consisted of 42O, INDUCES in the following
jubilation:
FRU1rs OF THE DScUssIoN.-We learn that
one of our citizens has bought a slave from the
lot recently landed Just below this city, for
which he paid $3.50. He is stout boy, about
IA years old, and considerable curiosity has been
manifested this morning to see the distinguish
ed visitor"
The question has often been asked what prac-
tical good can result from the agitation of the
revival OF the slave trade! We point to this
cargo of sturdy laborers, delivered from the
darkness and baTbarism of Africa, TO be eleva-
ted and ehristianized on our soil. We point TO
the price paid for this jolly son of the jun
giles, and compare it with the exoTbitant prices
paid for the fancy and less valuable negroes
here. And we claim that these results are the
beginning of the blessings to flow in upon the
South from the fearless advocacy of revival of
the slave trade by one or two independent press
es in this State and South Carolina. This
trade may be called piracy by false construc
tion of foolish law, but the day will come
when the South will make it the right arm of
her legitimate commerce.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24
The Blair and Barrett Contest.

The taking of testimony at St Louis in the
contested election case of Blair against Barrett
occupied nearly SIX weeks of incessant labor,
and the st. Louis Democrat has published a
three column synopsis of it. The evidence
discloses the grossest fraud ever perpetrated on
people, deliberately planned and carried out
by the slave Dem ,cracy of St, Louisa fraud
quite equal TO the worst Kansas
The evidence shows that in some precincts
the ballot boxes were literally stuffed full of
fraudulent votes and the poll swelIedto an enor-
nous number, making total Of not less than
1900 Illegal votes in seven precincts. In some
precincts Barrett's returned vote was six times
larger than the vote for the Administration can
didate two years before, though there had been
no corresponding increase of population. In
Others the Judges were not sworn, and permit
ted everybody to vo.e who would ''vote early
and vote often From the frauds proved there
can be no doubt but F P. Blair is entitled to his
seat, and we trust the next House will so de-
eide. A desperate effort was made by the
Administration forces to crush the noble cham
PioH of white men and free labor in a slave
State, and their rascality has o'erleaped itself
Mr. Blair has the documents to sustain his
claim
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24
The Explosion at st. Louis.

The damage to property by the explosion Of
the boiler in Belcher's Sugar Refinery is esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000. The regu-
lar engineer was at breakfast,an the engine was
in charge of an experienced assistant, when the
great boiler exploded. He escaped. Cause of
explosion not ascertained by CornOer's inquest.
Boiler had been in operation some two weeks,
and was tubular. Both engineers thought there
was plenty of water; the chief engineer thinks
that the explosion may have been caused by
gases formed in The boiler. The force of the
explosion was tremendous. The Republicans
account says:
The whole length of the wall eighteen inches
thck) of the boiler room three stories in height,
was leveled to the ground in few seconds,
and such was the force of the cOncussiOn, that
part of the boiler, eight feet long, and weighing
at least l 600 lbs, together with fues weighing
$500 lbs more, were lifted into the air, carried
sixty yards, and thrown upon the peak of the
roof of the main building, which is seventy-five
feet from the ground, where they fell through
the roof to the floor beneath. A steam drum,
weighing ton, was projected over high stack
of boilers, and fell at a distance of thirty feet
from its original position. One of the fues OUT
of the main boiler went into the roof of a dwell
ing house on Bates Street, making a hole SIX
feet long by two feet in width; and another made
the singular flight of passing through two oppo-
site windows in the third story of the refinery,
falling on the top of two-story building be-
low. Pieces of machinery, timbers, &c, were
thrown in all directions and scarcely pane of
glass in the neighborhOod was left unbroken.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24
Indiana Senators Elected.

Gov. Willard, as was anticipated, vetoed the
bill passed by the Legislature of Indiana to pro-
vide for the election of United States Senators
To pass bill over the veto of the Governor re-
quires a majority of all the members of the
Senate and House. In the Senate, the question
being" Shall the bill pass, the objections of
the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding"
the vote stood yeas 26, nays %, one excused
from voting The bill was then sent to the
House and the vote on the passage stood yeas
49, nays 4s, which was two less than consti
tutiOnal majority. A motion was made to re-
consider, as some members were absent or had
paired off The next day the motion prevailed,
and the bill became law over the veto.
On the 22d inst the Legislature, by con-
current resolution, elected Henry 5. Lane and
VIM. McCarty, U. S. Senators, in place of
Messrs. Bright and Fitch, the former ill 1868,
the latter till 1861. Although the people of
Indiana through their immediate representatives,
have declared the seats held by Bright and Fitch
to be an usurpation, illegal and void, the Dem
ocratic majority in the o. s. Senate will be like
ly to pay but little heed to the popular sove-
reigns." The Senators who got in by such party
means and votes, will hold on quite as shame
lessly.
Mr. Lane, one of the Senators elect, is very
able man, and as President of the Philadel-
phia Republican National Convention. Mr..
McCarty is also man of note, and an Anti-Le-
compton Democrat.
By dispatches to the Cincinnati papers we
learn further particulars Of the election. The
resolutions providing for the election of United
States Senators declared two vacancies in the
United States Senate. The Senate gave Lane
and MeCarty 26 votes. The Lecomptonites,
% members, refused to vote. One bolted, one
absentee The House passed the same resolu-
tions by vote of 81, majority of the House.
Forty six refused to vote. Three members
were absent The -Lecomptonites of the
House all voted for the Senators elect. Tre-
mendOus applause greeted the announcement
of the result
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24

Amos Timmons, colored man born and rais-
ed within few miles of Salem, COlumbiana
county, Ohio, the Salem Republican says is now
confined in Jail at Memphis, Tenn, oD the
charge of being fugitive slave. He went
down the river as a boat hand, and because
black was seized at Memphis and imprisoned,
and will be sold into slavery undo. the laws of
the enlightened and Christian State of Tenne-
see, unless he proves that he is free man.
Documents have been forwarded to Memphis
from Salem to establish this fact; but Timmons
will be lucky negro if they reach there before
his white captors have disposed of his soul and
body to pay the costs of his Imprisonment, for
the terrible crime of entering slave State with
out first changing the color of his skin This is
a free as well as great country
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-24

cases mentioned, seem to favor this view of the
subject The passage of the Kansas and Ne
braska bill may be regarded as grant of power
from the general government to the people of
those Territories to exercise the right Of popular
sovereignty in the formation of local govern
ments. 1t was to all intents and purposes an
act of Intervention upon the part of Congress in
the local affairs of the Territories; and the
people of Kansas and Nebraska have, in no ill.,
stance, been permitted to act except in obedience
to the same Such have been other acts of a
kindred character passed by the last and previ
Gus sessions of Congress. They have all been
subversive if not in palpable violation of the
doctrine of popular sovereignty.
With such cOntrariety of views upon this
subject, fellow citizens, and all growing out of
the different Interpretation of the Constitution
and the relative powers of the general and local
governments upon that subject, it is not to be
wondered at that the great Democratic party,
which is united upon all other subjects, should
be somewhat divided on this 1t is to be ex-
pected. The people are naturally jealous of
their rights. 1t is proper that they should be-
They should always be protected to the fullest
extent in the enjoyment of the same and
should guard, with watchful vigilance, against
any encroachments of arbitrary power, especial
" when such power is sought TO be exercised
in an unauthorized or an unconstitutional man
ner I hope, however, that this apparent d.
vision in our ranks is but temporary and, that
in the end, we will all be found supporting, with
the utmost harmony and efficiency, those great
cardinal principles and measures whose triumph
aud success will contribute o the permanency
of the Union, and to the prosperity and glory of
the country.