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PLAUSIBLE SPEAKERS.

PLAUSIBLE SPEAhEhS. 81
II Great credit must be given the s Re-
publican stump speakers foritheir skill
in the art ofdeceiving. orlmaking things
appear as they are not land things that
have no existence as though they really
had a being, and dressing them up in 50
attractive form, as often 10 allure and
deceive men Of strong minds. who may
not have an intimate knowledge Of the
subject on which they exert their pow
ers.
In speaking Of the. "Homestead Bill"
they ask and with apparent plausibility,.
why the Democrats did not .samend the
Bill Of pass another, If Grows bill
was objectionable 70 them. In the first
place they we'll know that after the in-
PRODUCTION ofthe bill. there was not suf-
ficient time between TINT and the close
Of the session to do 50. IA bill Of that
name might have been introduced for
effect The same as Grow > bill was but
It is well known that the most important
business Of Congress was crowded into
the last few weeks Of the s. ssiorl, and that
then, no Democrat Of character was
willing to risk his reputation upon the
introduction Of a bill fraught with 50
much int est % the whole country md
which required The utmost care and
study even if there had been ! fair
prospect Of its complete success But
il was well known by both Republicans
and Democrats, that no Homestead
Bill &c the least practical use 10 the piio-
|ineer could be passed at that Session -
Both political parties ofthe older States
were, il reality, opposed 10 such i
measure. Hence the introduction 81
Grows Bill bill which Republicans
could sustains without mourning the cen
sure Of the people of the old States
whilst political capital might be made
IN the Western lStates through the al
lurements Of q nafne.ga II, al. I. II
These facts may, and have been ex-
planned, BY public speakers. thsoug
press, and W the faction sof' Congress-
but these stump speakers &c right on.
telling the same story over and over
again, until-like the songs used inthe,
canvass when Gen. Harrison was elect-1
ed to the Presidency-every boy in the
streets csn repeat them. why, do they
sill make uss II. Grow Homestead
3Bill!,' Il was not ,of prsciicsl use.
enough any where. much lesain Minne-
sota TO give immsrtnIity 10 the man Who.
|introducedsit. viii they acaach votes
.by III discussioni No, only where bat
ons side i understood, Then the Re
Clerk letter they bring forward \. i'm
bodyiag ths sentiments of lhs Adminis-l
trasiod. They know better, and when
they adduce Ibis. Why do they not give!
,thes facts ii The cases This i easily sn-
swered. They well know thatsif this Isl
done, The hobor &c tho Administrations
III TIN whole affair would stand vin,1i-
GATED, ai''l n that those they are striving
Az misaead would - ~ nnce thai I'LL
rhich hasbeen said md done Il, regard
y this. hae l,een Nh M purposes Oh
plaeing tie 1elnocrstic patty II I islse
position n IA is ;nAsaSso ike mind. ofl
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4 comniuni tim which appeared IN
our eplumnsg soon after the destructioo
Of M So. ClOad press We repablish III
sffor the oaly reason that we tsotics
csstain RspsbIic.u papers are shdsa-
voring to renew the charge that Gen.
Lowry, the Democratic candidate for
Lieut. Governor was participant IN III
destruction. and that politics had some
thing 70 40 with IL 70 those well ac-
quainted with that gentleman, his char
acter i ! spfIicient refutaiion Of the
charge, and the facts connected with
the whole affair prove to the satisfaction
Of al il this section, the falsity of the
charge that politics had any thing 10 DO
with il. tsa Aais
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sTEARNscouNrY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

sac ~ ~ .fsf
Register q DEEDS. m I'll
Joseph Eddlebrock. /.
i Treasurer,
Joseph Broker.
Il aa Auditor, 4
Joseph NJ Reed. Z, ~.
: si91' Sheriff, 81
Michael Lau:rman.
2 Judge Of Probate,
w. D, Davis.
Surveyor,
Nicholas Schmidt.
4 ,5ss Coron, d. III i
Barnard Overlook sa,
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EB EfTectually as has been exposed
the falsity Of tho Republican charge
that Il il one Of the creeds Of the Dem
ocratic party 70 provide for the payment
Of the interest on the Railroad Bonds BY
taxation. it is still reiterated
with as much confidence as it would be
ifsuch charge had never been disputed.
They well know, that nothing in the
Democratic platform can be 50 construed
asto mean any such thing We give
elsewhere all that the republicans have
on which to base such a charge, and we
again ask all those to read It who may
yet have any remaining doubts in regard
TO the meaning Of the language there
used. We most humbly ask what can
be thought Of party whose leaders are
endeavoring 70 mislead the public BY
classifying records and distorting facts,
az they have In this ms. ance. What
will they not do to defeat the Democrat
ic party, or, to get hold Of the purse
strings Of the State.
u e. Gov. BANKs, IN his message 10 the
Massachusetts Legislature said ia re-
gard 70 the odious two years amend
ment, 81 respectfully but earnestly re-
commend a concurrence in this amend
ment" The Republicans have just re-
nominated Gov Banks for Governor BY
an overwhelming vote, and many Of the
Republicans in different States are ur-
ging his nomination for the Presidency.
Does this look as if the Republicans
were opposed to prescribing the foreign
err Gen. Butler in the Massachusetts
Senate earnestly opposed the two years
amendment, and the Democrats iunani-
monsly nominated him for Gov for
which Office he IS now making noble
canvass. Adopted citizens will, you
give your vote for the Republicans, and
thus give strength md encouragement
to Banks and his party?
The opposition papers are harping on
the lie CIerc letter which was written
IN the ordinary course Of business in the
State Department, % caution adopted
citizens A 70 the claim which France
would probably make On him if he vol
unfairly re aired there in, time Of war
They have not honesty enough to say
that Gen. Cas- ia his recent circular to
our Minister at Berlin. takes the most
decided ground ID defence of the rights
Of foreign born citizens, ! position SINH
lar III that enforced il Marcy's celebra-
ted Kosta letter. Gen. Cass fought
n Thy war 81 1912 for the suprem acy Of
our q 4 fag and as 4 politician against the de-
mands Of other nations, and the Repub-
iicahs exhibit 4 most contemplate dis
regard ~ truth when they misrrp present
the position hereally takes il regard To-
the jurisdiction DC foreign states over
ilat1ralized citi zens. ~ n
STEARNsr COUNTY AFFAIRS. 81
We understand that Mr. MiLLEa in
BIZ Stump speeches, complains 81 mat
te s n / Stearns county, owing To ! fail
1rs M building the Court House Hen
N ~ isshellps Republican candidate for
Ihe Senate islsurety Of John u. Wilson
lhe contraction Does NH. Miller insin-
nm ~ fkns m ssa . J. 8 ~ Vi, s:s s.. S..
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A magistrate asked an Irisnman whom.
he was questioning, !ss
lave you ever seen the sea .'
Yer seen the say. yer honors b
iahers and does var honor suppose Tint
I was trundiled VII tho way over the.
salt ocean in wheelbarrow ~ sss
Wine before dinner & moro palatsble
than s.tiss ajlsr dinner. SIS 8 l'lg
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DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

'6MVNkAlAONs OO MI 11NA0A
Sheriff. =
O. B. DAY. s,
Treasurer,
r. D. LANCASTER.
Register ef Dcsds, IN
TAYLOR DUDLEY. 1
S. .Auditor,
TAYLOR DUDLEY.
Surveyor,
r. n. LANCASTER.
Clerk Of Distriet Court.
!. D. @. CAKES.
Judge Of Probate.
GEO. w. SWEET.
Coroner,
DAVID GILMAN. &
E Road Commissioners,
A.. b. DAMON, ,
JAMES H. CULLEN. 4,
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SENATORIAL DISTRICT TICKET.
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Judge cf ~ .Jsdieisi DistTict. .i
EDWARD D, HAMLIN, Of Benton
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For Representatives. IN Congress,
JAMES NJ. CAvANAU I'll Of Fillmore
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM or Sibley
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
! STATE TICKET.

For Gorrnsr. u
GEORGE L. BECKER, Of Ramsey
Fbr Lieutenant Gorernoy.
SYLVANUS B. LOWRY, Of Stearns,
IS For Secretary cf state.
FRANCIS PAASEN, 81 Brown.
For .diioraey Gensrsl,
JOHN B. BRlSBIN, ef Ramsey.
i For State Ireassrers I III.
SAMUEL 3. Able, or Grow Wing
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
H Z EVENT.

unable to announce in this num Der of the paper
whether Virginia, being actuated by the Devil"
has put to death for his devotion to democratic
principles, and for persistence in acting according
to the golden rule, the most hon est, fearless, and
consistent friend Of liberty that ever set foot upon
her slave-cursed soil. ... .... .....
There are tens of thousands whose hearts, on
this lst-day of December, are deeply stirred by the
thoughts of the doomed man. who, ere the close OF
another day, will in all human probability, sleep
the sleep of death. And he who is the m, st deep.
ly interested personally, will be of all, the calm
est. He will meet his fate in the quiet spirit OF
christian resignation, and as compos.dly lie down
in his grave as though to a nights repose. God
bless him. - ,H- ti- goa
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
THE LIFE OF JOHN BROWN.

Thayer & Eldridge, Of Boston, are about to pub
lish the life Of Captain John Brown.
The %Ilarpor's Ferry afait has been a fruitful
harvest to many pictorial Joufhals, and to writer's
whose regard for truth was never much above zero.
The country will probably be soon flooded with
various volumes, each purporting TO be The Life
Of John Brown" No one should pt rchase such
a work unless entirely satisfied Of it's reliability.
What we need and desire is, o true picture of the
old hero; and If we can get it ID such form that
each sentence will sound like the crack Of q rifle,
and each page seem a miniature Bunker Hill, so
much tie better-it will be in eeping with John
Browns character.
Who can SO we'll write the life of Osawatonle
Brown as James Redpatb, who was with him in
Kansas, and fully identified ia feeling with the
noble otjec. of the old mans lifeH Had John
Brown selected n biographer, James RedpatL
would unquestionably have been the man; and it
is he who is engaged upon the work the firm above
named are about to issue.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
LATE AND IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE
p FROM NEW YORK.

The Observation-Disclosures paper, as it is called
says that the Congregational pulpits Of New
York expose and denounee the sinfulness Of Ameri-
can slavery. If it means to be understood literal,
lN, we are not prepared to deny ii. for We think
have read somewhere Of the very stones nthe
wall crying out against oppression, aud the beams
of the house tsstifying against i~niquity, aud why
should not pulpits 20 as much, But If we are
to believe that the occupants Of the Congre-
pulpits Of New York are preachers of
anti-slavery Righteousness, we must be excused
from complying until our bump Of marvellousness
has increased wonderfully.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03

Gen. Talliaferro has also issued a proclamation
today announcing that all strangers who snuno.
give a satisfactory account Of themselves will be
promptly arrested. That al strangers Approach
ing Cbarlestown, by railroad or otherwise, Under
pretcxs Of Witnessing the execution Of John
Brown, will 10 met by the military and turned
back or arrested. ss..f. ....|. u- aff
Tie also enphatically warns the people of the
county to stay at home and protect their property,
assuring them that information from reliable
sources indicate that by 70 doing they will best
consult their own Interests. Several reporters Of
the Northern Press having arrived at I~Iarper's
Ferry yesterday, were compelled by tho military
to return to Baltimore,
Tine military now 10 Chaflestown numbers over
l5OO. Several companies more will be here to-
morrow. swelling the number to 2000.
Governor Wise has issued a proclamation an.
nouncing that the State has taken possession Of
the Winchester and Potomac Railroad, and that
on the three first days of December it will be used
entirely for military purposes. lie also warns the
people Of the State to remain at home on patrol
duty on the day of the execution to protect their
own property. ... .sa
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
NOT MUCH PRACTICALLY.

BY an article from the Pittsburgh Gazette IL will
be seen that an il important decision has lately been
rendered ia the Cumberland County Court-or
perhaps it would be safer to say that the decision
aaay DO made important, but We very much appre-
bend that it will amount to but little. The Penn
~sylvania authorities have in their possession the
man who was a~djudged guilty of kidnapping. and
he can easily be sent to the penisentiary, and that
without any conflict Of Jurisdiction between Penn
~sylvania aud Maryland, or any inconvenient qucs-
ton as to State Rights. There is therefore but
little doubt the kidnapper will DO punished, but
who believes that under that decision Gov. Packer
will make the least effort to obtain the kidnapped
men from Maryland and restore them to freedom!
And yet. while both are desirable, the latter con-
summation is far more devoutly to be wished than
the former. But Maryland would have something
to say in that case; she might not feel inclined 10
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
SHORT, BuT E

AT the recent Anti-Slavery Convention, held at
Cape Cod, Mass Al T. Foes offered the following:
Resolved, That tho Rspubliean' Party is the
white mans party 1t does not profess to be an
antfslavery party, but only aims to restrict sla-
very to its present bounds. This party is pledg.
ed to sustsin slavery where it now is; and we de-
nouncc it as unworthy the support of honest men.
Mr.. Foss said the Republican party was a par
ty of compromise. We read of Jesus casting dew
ills out of q certain man. Suppose he had com.
promised with them,-given them the south half
of a man provided they would give him the other
half. The Republicans ought to be friendly to the
anti slavery cause, for they owed toi all their sue
cess. They were constantly tapping and drawing
off our water. and pouring it upon their wheels to
grind out their own party sch emes si..gs -.l l
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
AID FOR JOHN BROWNS FAMILY.

p 1t is to be hoped that those who are actively en-
gagged in adopting means to place Browns family
in a comfortable position, 50 far as regards this
worlds goods, will not forget there are those con-
nec,ed with his companions in suffering and in
death, who may be left in a destitute condition.
If we had a voice that could reach to the proper
place, we would suggest the appointment of q
Committee who should enquire into the necessities
of the families of the condemned, and Of those who
we're killed, or self-exiled, and when found desira-
BILE that assistance should be given, report accord
ingly, and take the necessary steps to secure it.
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in vain, The index 6ngor of progress seemed to
tern backward to the dial, when 10 a new actor
stslked upon the sceno.r Cd
etoo'Aud the old gods, the austere
Boz 0ppressors in their strength,
Stand agast, and white with fear
At The omlnous sounds they hear,
And tremLle, and mutter, "At length !"'
Yes, at length the heart nerve of oppression
IL reached. Slavery could laugh at sermons, and
mock at prayers. II could burn documents, and
mob lecturers. 1t has long snecred at arguments
and treated appeals az insane rant. With the OPP
pressor there was power. 1t had eptrenched it
self behind bulwarks where light never penotrates,
and shielded itself by walls which moral consider
ations could not o%verturn. Its bulwarks we're brute
force, it's d%efences were rufian arms. 1t scorned
argument as mere wasted breath, and treated sor-
mons and texts as the idle wind. But the first
crash Ct John Brown't rifle exploded its fancied
security, and awoke its heretofore confident hosts
Sn pale fright, to contem plate the stern reality OF
. battle with a foe armed with the only weapon 1t
has learned to dread. Its defenders well know
xbst it's own garrisons are filed with combustibles,
ind that :hey have an enemy in their own camp,
who only needs to learn his strength in order to
70 o~verturn his op2ressors. The flash Of John
Browns rifle has giventhr oppressors of Gods
poor a glimpse down intothat long vista Of retri-
button which forms the dark background ofcoming
American history. .rr..l-
Of course the bloody results which may follow
will be charged upon the agitators for freedom
This is the old falsehood of tyrants and oppres-
sors. They drive humanity desperate by cruelty
and murder; they outrage justice and murder
liberty, until the people are reused to confront
them at the swords point, and then charge the
horrors of war, not to their own crimes, but upon
the heads of their justly maddened victims. lIor-
rors of war! Why, ten years of slavery murders
more victims and produces more indescribable tor
Sure, than was the consequence of the seven years
war for American Independence; and while we
Hlorify our fathers for having expended thousands
of lives and millions Of treasure, in resisting a
tax on tea, shall we shrink and cover under the
charge Of blood-thirstiness, In view Of the short
and comparatively bloodless struggle necessary to
set four millions of people free from the crushing
yoke Of inhuman personal slavery? IF these mas
Sers dread scenes of blood aud horror, let them
break every yoke and let the oppressed 60 free
If they will not do this, on their own heads be the
consequences.-Frederick Douglass Paper.
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EDWARDS ALL!

The following telegraphic dispatches indicate
Gov. Wise idea of a public execution-an execu-
ton which strangers are forbidden to attend, and
which the people of the County are significantly
advised to stay away from. Why did he not sen1
an officer to bowstring Brown in his cell, and be
done with it,
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The New York Her
AIDS Harper's Ferry dispatch, IN referring to the
execution of Brown, says that the most stringent
regulations have been adopted in regard to the
presence of civilians at the execution. All appli-
cations for passes for civilians to attend within
the military lines are refused by the Governor, on
the groand that it would conflict with the military
programme. He said that a civilian could not,
under any circumstances, be admitted within the
military lines, the outer one Of which would be
nearly a mile from the scaffold. Not a word OF
what John Brown may utter, if he should say any
thing, will therefore be audible to the men form
ing even the line next to the ~gallows. Governor
Wise stated the cause OF this exclusion Of all per-
sons other than the military to be, that in the
event of an attemp pied rescue an order to fire on
the prisoner will be given, and that those within
the. lines, especially those sufficiently near the
gallows to hear what Brown may say, would inev-
itably share his fate.
CHARLEsrowN, Nov, 29.-Women and children
will not be permitted to approach the scene of the
execution, and strangers are cautioned that there
will be danger to them on approaching Charles
town or near it on that day. That if it is deemed
necessary, martial Law will be proclaimed and en-
forced. - -
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OFFICIAL ACTION.

At a stated meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the Western Anti-Slavery Society held in
Salem, Ohio, November 9th, 1859, the following
cd = .4sd. g
Whereas, Captain JOHN BROWN, who has been
sentenced by the Government Of Virginia 70 be
publicly hung on the End Of Decembor next, be-
cause of his recent attempt at I~Iarper's Ferry to
practically establish upon Virginia soil the doc
trines of the Declaration Of American Independ-
cnce: aud
Whereas, In .ha. attempt he did only what the
charter of our political rights fully authorized
him to do, observing in his course toward the
foes of humanity, a moderation and a forbearance
as unusual among warriors as it was commenda-
bic /; and although the Western Anti-Slavery So
ycier does not in its organized capacity resort, or
propose to resort, to any measures of physical CO.
ercion for the overthrow of slavery, yet we, its Ex-
ecative Copmitree, recognize in Captain JOHN
Brown, a true friend Of impartial liberty, work
ing out his own convictions of right. by means
which he believed to be justified of God there
fore lt....Ir -.f.. .a.. g-taa..-.-
,ResOhed, That in case Virginia shall persist in
executing the sentence of it's court upon Captain
BRowN, we to the members Of the
Western AntiSlavery Society, and to all tho true
friends of freedom in the West. to observe the End
of December as q day consecrated to a renewal of
their antislavery energies. and to an increase of
their anti-slavery efforts and that on that occa-
sion tbey publicly or privately testify, in such
maaser as commends itself to their judgment, TO
taeir hatred of slavery, and their opposition to
that government composed of Democrats and Re
pablicans, which captured John Brown, and having
shot low his sons by his side, handed the old
wounded soldier to the authorities of Virginia for
the mockery of a trial, and the ignominy of an
execution. ,
Signed On behalf and by direction of Executive
Committee 1sH i
oa 81 JOHN GORDEN, Chairman, pro. tenn.
BENZ. s. JONES, Secretary.
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ANOTHER PAPER THREATENED WITH
MOB LAW.

II appears from the last number of the "PeniR-
sula, NerS and ADVERTISER" published at Milford,
Delaware, that mobocratic threats had been made
to destroy the press and office of that paper, and
that arrangements for this purpose had been 50
far perfected, that the editor and his friends had
armed themselves, and prepared to defend the
property,
The editor. who is a Republican, in q calm and
digniGed article defines the position Of his paper,
and the party with which he is connected, clearly
showing that Republicanism is not. abolitionism (;
and he attributes the animosity existing against
him to the false and slanderous charges of abo-
litiorism circulated by his enemies. The views
be holds, be says were the views of Washington,
Jefferson, Adams. Monroe, Madison, Clay, and
Webster, which we do not doubt, albeit four Of
the six were Shareholders, and one of the remain
ing two certainly no better. Among the patrons
of his pa~per-which of course reflect the views
of the editor-are "some who are Republicans,
and Shareholders also Z" and to confirm his own
souhdness by parental autecedents, he says, "Our
honored father is himself o Sussex Co. Slarehold-
ing Republican ~ .a
We can understand why the Free South was
mobbed in Kentucky, for that was an anti-slavery
paper, and hooted at the idea that fighting slavery
extension could do aught to abolish slavery, and
affirmed that the principle Of ehattleism, wherever
it existed, must be struck at. Now the Stare
South had a very excellent reason for putting
down the Free S,u,h," but why Shareholders
should mob, or threaten to mob the Advertiser. ex-
Gel thr ugh misrepresentation of its character, is
a marvel. Its object is not to abolish slarery, but
to establish RepuJiicanism. Democrats, as such,
might perhaps find some excuse for breaking
down an opposition paper even by mob law but
to strive to array Shareholders, as a class, against
it is absurd, and impracticable unless misrepre-
sentation be resorted to-, for while Democratic
Shareholders might be ready to mob it, Republi-
can Shareholders would, Of course, stand by and
sustain their organ.