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Progress of the Campaigu.

the most cheering character. The Democrats in al
sections are standing by their candidate, Judge Ellis
while Mr.. McRae cannot begin to obtain the full op
position vote. Pc,
We saw and conversed with number OF DemO
Gratis on our recent trip TO Forsyth. They are all ~
the best spirits, and determined to give Judge Ill"
full vote. Mr.. McRae's woes in the Forsyth coun
try will be few and far between"
Mr.. McRae will be /" snuffed out " and laid on 'n'
shell on the first Thursday in August next every =,
one will then see 10 that gentleman, or in what WIZ
remain Of him politically, the sad results OF that
"Vaulting ambition which o'erleaps ITSELF
And falls on the other side"
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A CURIos1TY.-The last Register contains the pro-
ceedings of an I" American Wing and Distribution
Meeting in Wake" Here are the fag ends of three
factions consolidated into one-and "what long
tail our cat" manufactures out of them. Why
didn't they add "Sam- Know. Nothing Sires- of 76
Independent Democratic Opposition Dark.
lantern-Our sheer" party? The meeting was held
at Springfield Academy, St. Mary's district-J Bus.
bee, ESQ.,, Chairman, and ]. j. Young, Secretary
Major j. P. Russ was recommended for the Senate
and Messrs. Albert Hinton, VIM. H. Hood and Wm
Fl. Harrison for the Commons. We have not heard
whether Messrs. Russ, Hinton or Hood will accept
or not; but for Capt Harrison we think we may
safely say, He has married a wife and cannot
come" Will there be any response to this meeting!
Who will get up another such in Wake?
But we desire to call attention to the following
resolution in the proceedings, as published:
"Rtsolued, That we will support Calvin ]. Rogers
for the Office of Sheriff."
Now, we have been informed that those compos.
ing the meeting did not then know that Mr.. Rogers
was already a candidate, and that they recommended
him. After learning that he was in the field the
resolution altered, think, to its above shape
for the purpose of trying to relieve Mr. Rogers from
the load of Know-Nothing Wing Distribution re-
commentator. Was not such the case? We pause
for q reply.
We quote the last resolution without comment
1t needs none:
Resoloed, That D. K. McRae, ESQ.,, the Independ.
ent Democratic candidate for Governor shall receive
our cordial support without regard to party ties"
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kansas:
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all who need pleasant and eficacious remedy and
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Bit:ers has cured me Of Dyspepsa by using it only
one week / recommend It confidently TO III suffer-
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t5s CLARA e. SCHUCHMAN.
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the following t.3 *
organs, amounting to severe attack OF DyspSpsiS
which had reduced my flesh considerably aife
was slso afflicted under same circust shces md with
same diseases Having used your medicine, called
Boerhsyes Holland " both 0linsd fealse
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hand upon our foreign policy. 1t has been occupied
with certain domestic questions; but, think, from
the antecedents of the President and the Secretary
of State, have right to expect more determin-
ed policy. read last session an extract from Mr..
Buchanan's Ostend manifesto. The language is so
good that de~ire to repeat it again. On the 18th of
October he says:
Under such circumstances ought neither to count
the cost regard the odds which Spain might enlist
against We rbear to enter into the question: whether
the present condition Of the island would justify such
measure? We should, however be recreant duty
be unworthy of gallant forefahers and commit base
treason against poserity should permit Cuba be
Aicanized, and become second ST. Domingo with all its
to the white and suffer the flames
extend to neighborng shores seriously 10 endan
GER actually to consume, the fair fabric of Union
These are bold and striking words.
W hat are the views of our Secretary Of State
the learned, accomplished veteran, Cass? Gentle
men will remember that in 184S, when he was be-
fore the country the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, he took ground in favor of the occupa
ton of Yucatan by the United States troops and
only two years ago. in letter to New York, he uses
this language: q LIS ..
free to confess that the heroic effort of
trymen in Nicaragua excites my admiration. while it
expression of these feelings BY sneers reproaches or
hard words He who does not sympathize with such
enterprise has little IN common with me.
The difficulties which Gen. Walker has encountered and
will his name high the roll of the distin-
guished of his age he has concated the people he
went TO aid the of which he part
forming its functions internal tram
guilty marks the wisdom Of its policy That magnificent
region fol- which God has done much and
peeded some process which
new life may be impaired toit Our count will plant
there the seeds Of and God grant
ON he States o. Central ne trde Is our
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FOR GOVERNOR:
HON. JOHN w. Ellis
or RowAN -,
FOR THE SENATE:
NJ OS e 8 A. EDSOE.

FOR THE COMMONS:
G. III. FARIBAULT, J.. F. H1rrcu,.
ED. G. HAYWOOD.
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TIE REGISTER ON "RENEGADEs THE Raleigh
Register. speaking of the appointment of Mr.. Cling
as U. S. Senator, says:
We have seen very little in Gov. Braggs course
to complain Of but we 90 wish that he had taken
counsel with u.s. and appointed an old sinner instead
of renegade" =.
The Register would make the world believe that
it has holy horror Of renegades" and yet the
name of Duncan K. McRae a renegade Democrat
stands at the head of its columns as its candidate
for Governor Verify the Register hates "rene-
gades' when they renegade" from abolition.
lied whiggery or corrupt know nothingism, to Ma.
tional Democracy ?-Ashecilk Neaos
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FOR SHERIFF:
. WILLIAM III. HIGH. -
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feghted with African egranis would be regarded BY Brit.
ish cruisers engaged in the African slave trade Ills Ex
ceency said that there had been
between the two Governments and the British Govern
ment would not object to the French scheme while the
wants of the British colonies being supplied by the
Cody trade The Minister urged that the plan adopted
secured African labor which indispensable their
colonies Thus the emgrants free and rescued
generally from impending mmolaton; that relieved from
and heathcnsm of the most degrading character
they would be hunauzed and Chrstanzed being placed
in contract with the French colonists"
Thus, Mr. Speaker, it is settled between two coun.
tries that this system is on France taking negroes
and Great Britain the Asiatcs. What is the field
they have to take them FROM and what is the ex.
tent to which the operation be carried? In
China there are four hundred million people. Great
Britain is now conquering parts of the country,
and will have free access to the people of the Chi
nese Empire She also holds in Subsection one hun.
dred and seventy million East Indians, whom she is
killing for mutiny, &c. There at least forty mil
lion negroes on the western coast of Africa within
the reach of the slave traders You will see there
FORE that half of the human race is open to be
preyed upon in this way. 1855 1s=zt
Now what is the inducement to carry on the trade?
1t appears that they will bring from two to four
hundred dollars apiece and the cost of transporting
them from China is only eighty or eighty Eve dol
lars, and from Africa about half that so you will
see that there is indncement enough Here are enor-
nous profits to be made. How many will thev
transport when this system is IN full operation We
know that there have been half . million Of emf.
grants brought one year to the United States BY
American ships mainly L take it thea that the
navies of France and England, with the help 81
American shipping, will enable them to bring over,
perhaps millions year certainly half that amount
You will then, perhaps, see 1 vast system Of emf.
grstion by which all these islands and Genital Amer.
ics may be flled up, not 10 some VAR
With thls IIiey Qnly: kfi 81
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to the shoot five tons of guano per day. failure thereof
Is rewarded with the lash from strong and such
their horror of the ash and the hopeessness of their
dition that every week there less suicides In
the month of November have heard fifty of the bUldes
of them joined hands and jumped from the precpce into
the sea- In December there twenty three Suicides
This is from authority. In January, quite num-
ber but have not learned how many"
Now, there are hundreds of these facts constant
ly published or made known, and they do not ex-
cite any attention in this country when, if it
known that ten negroes had committed suicide in
one of our slave States, it would be published, per-
haps, in every newspaper in the United States and
we should have many speeches on this floor, and
elsewhere, against the horrors of slavery, &c. But
these are only white men, who die under that sys-
tenn by thousands; and no Abotonist, or other
special friend of humanity realizes it, or takes the
slightest notice of it.
Mr.. FOSTER. would ask the honorable gentle
man whether he intends bringing in bill to sup
press this Coolie trade?
Mr. CLINGMAN. l will come to that point in q
moment. In this matter I hope that I shall have
the cooperation of the gentleman from Maine.
also read portion Of letter from the author
of this work e
officers placed on these islands to supernteud the
delivery of she gnauo order check this business Of
sedestruct0n adopted the plan of rcscung he dead bo
dies from the and burning them the gnano heaps IL
return to their native country through the gates Of death
that the bodies should on the island was IN
formed that this burning of bodies Of frequent occu
Il have recently conversed with intelligent CAPTAINS an
gagged IN the Cuba trade; who tell how the Coue trade
IL done English commercial houses have at Annoy
hong Kong dos who are empoyed in enticing the Chine
men, ~ oilers Ct wages de- to emigrae to the and
They pick up the population who live outside tbs
towns, the short and sprnklnr Of betts,
elssss Nno ars tas
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Dut, III punt Oh TACT, tnerc are only SIX hundred
thousand. Into Jamaica alone, the British and
Spanards have carried eight hundred and ninety
thousand negroes; and at the emancipation, in
1880, there were only three hundred and eleven
thousand left-one third of the original number
need not enlarge the fact of the vast increase of
slaves in this country, of their condition being above
that which their race has ever occupied anywhere
and OF their immense productions. Compare that
with the degraded position of the British Islands,
Great Britain, however, emancipated her slaves,
and the consequence has been that her colonies are
lapsing into barbarism and savagery. To relieve
her islands from their unfortunate and desoate con-
diton, Great Britain mas adopted another expe.
dent-the Importation Of large bodies of white men
as slaves, under the name of the Cooe trade
sGentlemen may perhaps remember that during
the last session had occasion to make speech. in
which discussed this subject suppose that in
the course of that speech had commented on some
7of the transactions of the Secretary of State in
manner tina: may not have been entirely acceptable
at any Fate in two three days AFTER there appear
: co IN newspaper in this city-a paper which rep.
resents the foreign interest always-wha purported
to De an extract from report in progress in the
ntate department, giving an account Of tho cond.
non Of the Coolies in Peru, and stating that they
naa perfect paradise there. And this thing was
published as reply to my speech. L should not
have objected to its being put in juxtaposition with
II, provided they had thought proper to publish NV
speech so that their readers could decide for them.
selves. ~ 5.
Now, If gentlemen will look into the seventh vol.
ume OF the Commercial Statistics they will see all
the information that Mr.. Marcy and his assistants
were able to collect on this important subject; and
StN aoes not make one page. II would be well for
gentemen to read il, to nee how little truth there
may oe IN an official report. It deserves to stand
sue oy SIDE with that passage in the old eeoera.
tL Mnc9 represented Indians as ventnrng over
10 me rails OF Niagara, in their canoes in safety
Ihe two statements arc cnn.lyv re. lI,ss 81
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-16

We invite the careful attention OF
our readers to the letter of Joshua X.
Giddings to Hon. Gerrit Saith, Of New
York. Mr.. Smith is the nominee Of
the Abolition party Of New York, and
he adopted the Western custom of
canv assing the State, IN his own be
halt. He is attracting large audiences
and diverting the public attention from
the other candidates, and bids fair to
outstrip Morgan, the Republican nomi-
nee. In one Of Mr.. Smiths speeches,
he said that, "The party which Joshua
R. GiddingsIrepresents, does not seek
the abolition Of Slavery nor does il
even 60 for non-extension This AS
sertion, that the Republican party is
not the Abolition party, has elected a
reply from the venerable Giddings, in
which Giddings takes Smith to task
and asserts in the most positive Ian
guage, that the Republican party IS
the Abolition party, and proves his
assertion by quoting from the Phila-
delphia platform. He quotes from
the platform as follows; Z" We hold i,
to be self-evident truth, that all are
endowed by their Creator with tho
unalienable right to life, liberty, and
the pursuit Of happiness and then
quotes this clause in that Platform
That the primary object, design
and Interior Of our government was
to secure the enjoyment Of their rights
toALL persons rithin its jurisdiction "
Then says Ar..Giddings, in triumph,
it was the doctrines which distin-
guished the Republican party from all
Others. Without these doctrines there is
no Republican parsy." And he further
adds "you assert that it 1.-THE Repub-
lican partly does not seek the abolition
Of slavery. Will you be so kind as to
inform me when the Republican party
abandoned their avosced faith! When
and where was this apostacy proclaim
ed"
Thus We have it proclaimed from
one Of the great leaders of the party.
that its National Platforms an ayow.
ed and openly proclaimed abolition
platform, that at no time since the
adoption Of that platform has there
been any apostacy from abolitionism
Hereafter when the great National
Dsmocratic party charge that the Re
pab,isan party = . asetioaal party, TIA,
~ ~ Abslllisa pattn M Il ssst
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THEATRICAL MATTERS. - The papers Of
Louisville relate ludicrous incident which
occurred during the performance Of the
"Gamester" by Mr. Murdoch in tina city:
"In the third act, whilst Stukeley is en-
deavoring to brighten and terrify Mrs.
Beverly Mrs Alexina Fisher Baker, to
yield to his designs, after having failed to
accomplish his object by fair words. some
fellow clambered up from the Arquette
upon the stage, and. walking up, folded his
arms,and boldly confronting Stukely Riley
exclaimed, in voice quivering with emo
ton, Here ! am For one moment, the
whole house, actors and all. were electri-
fed into the silence of death. Mr.. Pierce,
the prompter. broke the silence by entering
and dragging the fellow out. His exit
called down the house. He was, to some
extent, drunk, but more excited with the
play."
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THE NEWS.

IL ID PtoP-~ W.
...,...r;.n Monument TO Washington. In the
.1.,.r Of washington square, philadelphia
Z :, CO.. Of $4,000 This monument - 70
- made Of bronze. upon massave grs0'.s
ued1,sAi, standing in miniature lake u
fess deep, fed BY fountAin-jst'. aud su'r0uh-
asd BY massive iron railing.
The Benecia Boy, Who 10 to hight
v,sh Norrisssy next Wednesday. strike'
.neh blows. says the Albany K"seAe'SoesT'
,h.. h,s trainer viii no longer instruct him
b.ins - willing to act - groom TO tnp-
hammer. 1.-The beats Norrissy, he will 90
70 Eogland to Eight Tom Ssysrs. the cham
pion.
Washington Irving, though suffer
,ue constantly from asthma. il engaged on
thu fourth volume OF his Life OF "ashing
ton. This will comprise the presldsnt'si
,.rms of the illustrious subject OF the WORK.
The President has appointed Dr.
James Mcdowell. Of Missouri, Consui-'ene-
raj TO Constautinople. He is the oldest DO"
If the late Governor Mcdowell, OF Virginia.
They say Of Ex-President Van bu-
rem that he arrived At Oswego just At the
olo,s Of the terrible storm Of Friday. and
va told that the hotel which he selected
hsd Just been struck by lightning in seven
olseea. IL think" said he "thsts the
house for me. II wont come again" The
.araeious statesman showed his usual eau
. ton.
The New York Tribune estimates
that about 80, 900 children were prevented
from making application to the public
echools in New York for want OF room, and
that over 10000 were actually refused ad-
mittance.
jeremiah Austin has been sentenced
in Boston. to pay fine Of 800 for leaving
= colored seaman on desert Island, in Nov.
1855. where he remained several months
Austin was also sentenced to pay the col
0red man $500 damages
Though the laws Of California de-
clare a colored man incompetent to testify
in court IN that State. it has recentle been
decideded that Ia cases affecting his own
personal rights, a negro's testimony is adj
sniAible
A new bank called the Bank Of the
Metropolis with . capital Of 5000 900, is to
20 into operation on the 9th Of next month
at Boston. Samuel A. May President
William ii. Foster. Cashier.
II is reported that the Litchfield
Bank Of Connecticut wen: into = receiver
hands Wednesday.
The bills Of the Tioga Bank, of Pa,
are thrown out at Philadelphia.
During the progress of the Republican
mass meeting at Joliet on Tuesday, can
non went of prematurely. severely injuring
two young men named Hill and Wood, resi-
dents Of Plainfield, Will county, Illinois,
Hill was fearfully burnt about the head.
breast and arms, and Mr. Wood had both
his arms badly shattered. one of which was
nmputsted below the elbow Thursday, and
it 10 feared the other will have to be taken
off. They will probably survive their in.
juries
Nebraska papers represent the gold
fever as having reached very active stage.
carrying off companies from all the princi-
pal towns in the Territory. Some OF the
companies are provisoned for six months.
and all are sangune of success. A letter to
the Omaha Times says that from four to six
hundred men were 81 work on Cherry Creek
and all doing well
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-16

STAND FROM UNDER.-A statement" il
published in the papers concerning the fall
Of Thureton the eronaut The elevation
was thought to be three miles when he was
last seen, and assuming this to be the dis.
lance he fell, 1t would only require thirty.
one and half seconds for him to reach the
earth. . mean velocity of 95 feet per second.
Assuming his weight to be l60 pounds, he
would strike the earth with momentun
equal to 100000 pounds, or little tore
than 80 tons, . power sufficient to scatter
his body, bone and muscle, into atoms q
minute . scarcely to be perceptible, II moi
to bury him deep into the earth. d
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JEFFERSON, O., September 90.
Hon. Gerritt Smith: The newspapers
report that At . public meeting in Ro-
chester the following interrogatcry was
propounded to you: "Is not j. r. Gid
dings an abolitionist To which you
responded:
ale is qualified abolitionist. The
party which he represented does not
seek the abolition Of slavery nor does
it even 60 for non extension. 1t once
said, mo more slave States" now it
says, mo more slave States unless the
people wish it," If Kansas or Utah
wished to come in as slave States, the
Republicans as party, would admit
them"
The Republican party was formed at
Philadelphia in 1856; is National
party, and, of course, the same IN all
the States. 1t was founded upon GER
tain we'll defined truths, which were
clearly expressed and most solemnly
avowed. That last convocation Of
patriots and philanthropists associated
together upon two essential doctrines.
The first was expressed in the following
language: 1--WE hold it to be self-ev-
ident truth that all are endowed by
their Creator with the nnalienable right
to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness." This was believed to express
the foundation OF mans political, moral
and religious rights in as comprehensive
language as was ever put forth.
| But this abstract faith would be of
little purpose unless some agent was
specified and pointed out as the means
by which these rights were to be secu-
red and maintained. The Convention
therefore proceeds to declare "That the
primary object and Interior design OF
our federal government were IT. secure
the enjoyment Of these rights to all per-
sons within ats exclusive Jurisdiction
1t was these doctrines which distin-
guished the Republican party from all
others. Without these doctrines there
is no Republican party. If they be
abandoned, the party must of course be
dissolved.
You assert shat it does not seek
the abolition of slavery, nor does 1t go
for its non-extension !" Will you
inform me through the Cleveland Lea
der, if you please, achen the Republican
party abandoned its avowed faith
When, and by whom was this opostacy
proclaimedl
! entertain no doubt Of your perfect
sincerity, and trust you will have a
little Of mine, when l ask you to an
swer at your earliest convenience
through the column of a daily paper
in order that the people may be more
generally informed if your objections
to the Republican party, as we'll as OF
my reply to the charges you make.
With great respect, your friend,
J. X. GIDDINGS.