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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25

a very easy matter for hs constituents to ascer-
tain whether he approves or disapproves OF Swans
decision, whether he regards il rs sound law, or
no law but mark i'll the Republicans Of the
Reserve wont dare to investigate the matter-they
are, in this respect, both in theory and in practice,
Know-No,hings Of the most ultra stamp.
The Mahoning Register, referring to Judge
GholsoD, says,
1.-THE Democratic press Of the State have sud
denly discovered that Mr.. Swan was q second
Daniel come to Judgment and oil because the
Republicans cav fit, by o two-thirds vote in Con-
vention, to nominate just as good o man in his
place."
the Spaulding men, wasn't il 7 TO curse wan for
his decision, and then 60 to Columbus, and NOM
mate Just as good a man for his place /"
The Ohio Repository says,
w feel perfectly satisfied with the official &C.
tions Of Judge Swan, his decision in the llabeas
Corpus cases included; and had he been nomina-
ted, We could have voted for him cheerfu!ly. Blu,
we can just as cbeerfully vote for his more sue
cessful rival in the Convention. In him, also, we
have the utmost confidence. His worst enemies
dare not charge him with incapacity, want of in
tegrity, or unsound Republicanism. We dc not
know or seek to know his opinion of the %constitu-
tionality of the Fugitive Slave Law. When q
case comes before him for adjudication which in
wolves that question, he will decide it justly, nc
doubt, as he will all other questions. That he
looks upon that law, as odious, tyrannicnl and anti
Republican. we know, and that is enough"
The editor of tho Repository also seem, to be q
Know Nothing in regard to Judge Gholson's opin
ION of the constisutionality of the Fugitive Slave
Law, but being perfectly satisfied with Judge
Swan, habeas corpus decision and oil, we suspect
he forms q pretty good guess Of the opinion Of
Swans possible successor in regard TO this matter
Then bear 10 mind that after the Reserve dele
gates had compromised, and unlimited to have the
ticket saddled with Collisions name, they voted tc
a man for a resolution, declaring they pointed
with entire satisfaction and pride to the conduc
Of their State officers. If they told the truth wher
they passed that resolution, they didn't tell i
when, before going into the Convention, they de
nounced the decision Of the State Court. But al
the latter declaration was obtained under threats
Of disruption of the party-e1tracted by fear of
failure in political success if thoy did not yield
perhaps it would not be right to blame them fol
their lack of moral courage, cut rather pity then
for the cowardice which may have been, with
most of them, constitutional.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
THE JUDGES.

The defeat Of Judge Swan has been very morti-
Tying to his friends; and it has been hard for them
to reconcile Themselves to it. They ought to have
known better than to have risked such a thing. H.
deed it VAS currently reported theConyentioptha
be wished to withdraw; but the enthusiastic consery-
atives insisted upon. making a stand on his name.
The people have rebuked them for it. lie couldhave
retired quietly, and the matter might have dropped
there but after the high anti-slavery ground TAX
en- by the Republican party, it was an outrage to
press such an issue upon the Convention. The
Court was di yided; and some of the ablest Jurists
and Statesmen of the country arc with the minor
ity. Insisting upon his nomination then, was but
asking the Convention and the people to act upon
the very case just passed on by the Court. Well,
the Convention did act upon it, and reversed the
decision ; and the people will seal that reversal in
October. Sentinel.
Judge Swan was not re-nominated-tha is a
fact which cannot be gainsayed. Judge Spauld-
ing was not nominated. as the delegates from the
Reserve meant to have him-another fact which
cannot be gainsayed. The Republicans of the
Reserve were bamboozled, and most outrageously
beaten at the nominating convention, which every
body but themselves knows to be a fact. The Sem
tincl, in the same number frcm which we copy the
above. admits that the Reserve delegates were ap-
preached by compromise, that they consented to
take a man who was not committed upon the ha-
beas corpus question, instead Of Judge Spaulding,
on condition that the convention would demand
the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act-the dele
gates from the Reserve having consented in
Committee, as We are informed, to withdraw the
charge Of Unconstitutional" against it. And
now they are endeavoring to cover their failure to
nominate Spaulding. under a cloud Of talk about
the defeat Of Judge SWAMI defeat which is prac-
tically worth nothing unless a better man was put
in his place. Have they done this, Perhaps 80;
let US look at the testimony. The Sentinel says,
"To us of Northern Ohio it would have been
very desirable to have nominated a man for Judge,
who was knOwn to stand with the two dissenting
Judges ; but this was a point that did not seem to
be within our reach and for the sake of the har-
mony. upon which our usefulness appeared to
hang. we acquiesced in the support Of a good man
in Other respects, but untried in this"
These Spaulding men, then, it appears, consen-
ted to take a nominee who pas not known to stand
with the two dissenting judges. but who. from the
fact that be pas kno1n to favor the denomination
of Swan. and was brought forward by men who
ieere knoon to app rove Of Swans decision, would
indicate that had he been questioned, he would
undoubtedly hare made knocn the fact that he full
ly sympathised with Judge Swan in his views, end
endorsed tbs decision Of the Court. II would DO
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
A BiLTIMOREAN'S NOTION OF THF
LATE SHAREHOLDERS CONVENTION.

A letter from Baltimore to the New York Post,
speaks very unexpectedly of the late Conven-
ton:
1.-THE mountain has been in severe labor, and
the mouse that has been brought forth is small
indeed. We have had here, within the last day
or two. on unlimited party Of gentlemen from the
counties of this State. calling themselves The
Shareholders Convention This affair was start
ed on the eastern shore of Maryland, and grew
out Of the circumstance Of a mob that tarred and
fsAthered an inofensive citizen of Kent county,
charged with being an 'abolitionisr. This body
of men invited themselves to come to Baltimore
where they have no sympathizers except a certain
Beale II. Richardson, editor Of an obscure Demo
cratic newspaper, and an employee Of the Custom
House. They were headed by an old ex-Judge.
who, perhaps. did not know any better. and backed
up by our eastern shore senator. who soon found
out that he was making q fool Of himself and so
hacked down. The people here have given them
Tie regular cold shoulder, and they have generally
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENTS.

The secret history of ono of the Administration
organs in Ohio has been suddenly and curiously
developed, in the course of q law suit before the
Cleveland Court of Common Pleas. A few months
ago there was started in the city Of Cleveland, a
daily paper, in the Administration interest, under
the title of the National Democrat. 1t was never
edited with marked ability, but made amends for
all deficiencies by inscriptions partnership. 1t
praised all the acts of the Administration past,
present and to come, and waged incessant warfare
against the Republican Press of the State. A few
days since, the publisher, Mr.. P;nkerton, appeared
in Court as complainant against Messrs. Benjamin
Harrington, Mathew Johnson and Roberts, from
whom BIO seeks legal redress for non-:ul6lment OF
contract. 1t appears from tho testimony that the
defendants are all Government officials. One is
United States Marshal, the third is Collector of
the port. These parties having been appraised of
the restitution of the Ohio Democracy, held out
inducements 70 Mr.. Pinkerton to undertake the
pu OBLIGATION Of the National Democrat. Mr.. P.
says these inducements were Every flattering; !"
and, in order to establish this statement, divulges
the express stipulations into which the Office
holding gentlemen aforesaid voluntarily entered.
1t was simply a matter of exclusive patronage.
The Democra. was to enjoy the following"pap:"
First-in giving to the establishment The print
ing of the laws and the advertisements appertain-
ing to the Federal Government.
Seoond-The printing of blanks for the census
Of 1860.
Third-Ths increase Of subscribers TO thu
National Democrat until the number shosla=xsacl
sir thousand. by means Of the esnvassiuk n til
United States Marshsls while taking the consus
and the %exertions of the employees in the Pos,
office.
Tho terms of this contract having been violated
and the Dem ,crat being in q bad way, plaintiff
sues for IS 900 damages. Moreover he AYERS that
not content with keeping him out of the dues, tn
defendants have summarily expelled him from tb
premises, and he declares he will have justice, i
there ia any such thing in Ohio, even if he Ia
to fight the administration. The quarrel is
pretty one.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
From the Milwaukee News.
DECISION OF TIE WISCONSIN SUPREME
COURT.

The power of Congress to legislate for the rem
of slaves "has never been denied by the
Supreme Court of any State-the Court Of Wis
consin, Notwithstanding the popular impression,
not forming an exception"
We invite the attention Of our readers particu-
larly to the above paragraph. Very few. compar-
atively, are aware of the fact stated, and yet it is
literally true that the Supreme Court Of Niscon-
sin did not pronounce the fugitive slave law uncon-
stitutional. Mr.. Justice Smith expressed his opin-
ion to be that the act was unconstitutional, but
neither Chief Justice Wilton nor Mr.. Justice
Crawford concurred in that opinion, and the lat
ter expressly disscnted from it. It will be found
by reference to the decision of the Court in the
last case, where Booth was discharged after trial
and conviction, that the opinion of tie court was
delivered by MIR. Justice Crawford, who never
denied. nor even questioned, the constitu:ional:y
Of the act itself. Mr.. Justice SAITH, while concur
ring in that opinion. which was the opinion Of the
Court, wished to make a more elaborate display of
his own private vie VS., and nvailed himself of his
privilege to publish them through the medium of
his own reports. But they acquire no additional
importance from being 80 published. In fact, it is
evident, from his being obliged to present them in
that form, that they were discarded and repudia-
ted by the Court. Failing to induce the Court to
adopt his views, he resorted to that mode Of pub
fishing them ; and his opinion, which was express
ly rcpudiatsd by a majority of the Judges which
constitutes the Court, has been mistaken for the
opinion of the Court. The Supreme Court of
Ohio at once detected the error Of the public in re-
gard to the decision Of the Supreme Cour. Of the
State Of Wisconsin. Judge Smiths opinion was
the stone that the builders rejected but in the
popular mind it has become the chief cornerstone,
when in a Judicial point of view it is not of the
least importance, and would not be cited even as
an authority in any enlightened court of CT Tisten-
dom. 1t was weighed in the judicial balance Of
the State of Wisconsin and found wanting.
what great thing did the Supreme Court of Wis
consin do then 2" exclaims the astonished render.
1t discharged Booth. "On what ground 7" A
in the Indictment. "Was that all 2" Yes,
''Oh. learned Court! mark Jew a learned Court"
Now, it must be obvious to the most obdurate and
benighted Abolitionist in the State of Wisconsin
that the Supreme Court Of the State of Ohio could
not find, even in the decision Of our own Supreme
Court a precedent for discharging the Oberlin res
cners, unless it could first find a flaw in the indict-
ment.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
Che Anti-9laperp Buale.
SALEM, OHIO, JUNE Is, 1859.
MIDDLErIELD, Juue 6, 1859.

TIE BUGLE can be obtained, every Friday, o
Isaac Trescott. at Steers Book Store on MAR
street, Salem, Ohio.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25

BaS-FRANcEs ELLEN WATKINS is authorized to
obtain subscribers for the Bugle, and to receip
or any monies paid on account of the paper:
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25
THE CAP OF THE CLIMAX.

The Know Nothing Central Executive Commit
tee Of the State of Georgia, has issued an address
to the members of that party, in which occurs The
following passage.
There is q party in power composed Of the
worst elements of all parties, which, under the
sanction Of the Democratic name, has committsd q
series of unparalleled abuses and frauds upon the
American people. 1t has perpetrated the Kansas
swindle squandered the public money in the
most shameless manner run up the National e.
penditures in time of peace 10 near ninety mil
lions of dollars per snnum ; encouraged sectional
feucs for its own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and even son.
nived at Mormon protection. Worse still f: il has
elected an abolition Governor over a Soutbsr-.
State-a State which owes more to tia insti,utis.,
Of slavery than all the South besides, having "a
quired riches and power by the professional hss;.
ness OF breeding slaves for SALE"
As neither the mail nor the telegraph had
brought us details Of the intelligence contained in
the last startling sentence of the above paragraph,
we were forced to turn to other sources for fuller
information, and learned that the terrible calamity
referred To, occurred in the Old Dominion, when
the Democratic nominee was chosen by the people
for their Governor.
''Where ignorance is bliss, tits folly to DO wiss,y
and we are very sure that neither the people Of
Virginia nor of any other State, Know Nothings
everywhere always excepted, have the lssst idea
that their governor elect is an Abolitionist.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-06-25

The hour Of freedom, come it must
q, hasten II, in mercy, Heaven p
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-11-25
School Examination.

Mr.. EDITOR Agreeable to an invit-
alton from the Principal of the Barton
Academy "a J. Ssnborn, A. b. l at
tended the public examination of the
students OF that institution, at the Aca-
DENY, on Monday afternoon of this week.
The students showed an acquaintance
with their several lessons not to be ae-
quired by superficial study. The aim Of
the teacher seems to be rather to learn
little aoeQ than to pass over large
amount, and be obliged to relearn next
term what they pretended TO this. l
will venture to assert that when they
again assemble for the winter term they
will be able TO commence where they
now leave of, instead of going back, as
is the case in too many instances. ]
think the Trustees of this institution
may congratulate themselves on their
choice of Mr.. Sanborn, as principal, and
that they cannot do better than to make
permanent arrangements to secure biz
services for the future. Under his man
agement the school might become one o
the most fiourishing in northern Yer
mont. Location favors this view.
This term was very pleasantly close
/ bya Levee at the Hall in the evening
participated 10 by most of the young PEG
pie of the village, together with students
; The winter term commences on Mon
! day, December 9th, under the instruC
: ton of Mr.. Sanborn.
SPECTATOR.
Nov. Is, 1859.
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No one will say that we have not as
good voices among these green hills
and healthful breezes as they have
in the close and fetid air of a great
city ike New York. And in the
volume of voice that would be pro-
duced in a great congregation lit
tie discord would be less noticed
than in the small choir. Our voice
isfor congregational singing. What
say the people Of Orleans County ?
Shall there not be a trial?
But it would demand some effort.
Some of the old tunes would have
to come back, and the people-not
a paltry half dozen-but the people
come to the singing school. The
whole who wished 20 sing would be
required to learn. Not that every
one would be expected to be " "a
professor" or even to read with IA
cility the notes, but they must have
the time and the tune. The most
learned and observing have long
since concluded that all, or nearly
all, can learn, and though we belong
to neither class, yet it is quite plain
to US that all can learn who should,
certainly make such proficiency as
to enable others to join in our grand
old tunes. The painter mingles va
rious colors, some very dark as vel
as bright in producing the exact tint
required, and music is the painting
of the voice instead of the pencil
( Let them come; let them mingle.-
Thought shall be somewhat coarse
or harsh, vet twill mingle with tn
sharp and the sweet, to swell a gran,
and heavenly chorus. But we mus
stop lest we trench upon the groun
{ of the professor" or the artist
choir. Yet we fearlessly throw /
our vote for the practice, howeve
it shall be brought about. and we il
. vite five hundred people in Ira
r burgh to attend Mr.. Whitney's sins
4, ing schools, and if there are fewe
q people who attend meeting on tn
r sabbath in our neighboring town
we invite them all to make the tria
5 We urge it upon churches, if the
y would see their houses filed on Il
4 sabbath; we urge it upon each me-
and woman in particular, if the
5 would do their duty or have Il
I greatest enjoyment, to become sin
i. ers in the assembly Of the saints.
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T e K a S

A gentleman who recently returned
from Texas, having purchased some co.,
900 head of cattle, gives some interesting
particulars of that fine country. The
cattle raised in it, he says, grow to an
enormous size, many Of them at six years
old weighing eleven and twelve hundred
pounds, and none scarcely coming under
eleven hundred, and they keep fat both
winter and summer. The horses and
mules are tough and hardy, and when
bred from Kentucky stock are equally as
large, and susceptible Of enduring much
more fatigue, hence, are more valuable.
1t is also most admirably adapted 10 the
growth of wool, which will in a few years,
with the exception of cattle, form their
chief article of export. For hogs it can
not be surpassed, as they feed and live
very well through the summer on the
mnsquito grass, and become exceedingly
fat on the post oak mast, which is abund-
ant in winter.
Fountains of the purest water are met
with at almost every mile, and the lands
cannot be surpassed in the production Of
all the cereals. For hundreds of miles
:. up the country is pleasant, healthy and
fertile, and most happily adapted to the
rearing Of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs anc
every species of stock. It will produce
J excellent cotton, but being at presen
: somewhat remote from market, whea
] and corn pay better profit. The countr,
: is, as yet, thinly settled, but emigrants ar
}, rapidly pouring in from every portion c
e the Union
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ger has been sent to Charlestown. Arm
ed guards are patrolling the streets and
roads of Harper's Ferry.
BALTrMoRE, Nov. Is, A. M.--The mes
senger has not yet returned to HarPer's
Ferry. He left at 10 o'clock. and was to
have been back in two hours and half
probably detained by the guards.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM RIDICULOUS
FIZZLE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. Eighty
seven infantry and rifemen left Alex
andria for Charlestown to-day via Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. Sixty men,
with four pieces, went by special train
on the Manassas road via Strausberg, and
thence will march eighteen miles to
Winchester.
Government to-day ordered 20oO
pounds of powder and a large number Of
Minnie balls and howitzer shells from
the Washington arsenal to Harper:
Ferry.
BALrrMoRE, Nov. Is. The Harper:
Ferry excitement last night was caused
by the burning of wheat stack abou
three miles from Charlestown. The
military and populace were called tt
arms. and the widest terror prevailed
among the people, the general supposi
ton being that Col. Davis had some in
formation of approaching danger.
The panic among the people EXTENDED
to the Colonel, and a messenger was sen
by him to the Ferry with dispatch 70
Gov. Wise, calling for two companies G
cavalry this morning.
The fire was found to be the work {
an incendiary, and no person could b
found in the county on whom suspicio
could rest.
There are now 1000 men under arm
and no enemy to be found to encounter
The troops from Alexandria arrived 1
. Charlestown this afternoon. Those b
the way of Winchester are expected t,
morrow morning.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railros
Company have sent CO... Shut with &
armed posse to Harper's Ferry to gual
! the bridge, and the property of the Cor
pany at that point.
There is much dissatisfaction, DO
here and at Charlestown, at the preciF
tate action of Col. Davis, in sending d
: paches for troops, instead OF sending fiji
posse to inquire into the cause of t
fire. They think they have been ma
: to appear ridiculous before the country
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The Washington correspondent of the
New York Ecentng Post writes:
" Candidates for the elective Office Of
the House are already thick as black
berries. Sherman and Grow are talked
of for the Spearkership. For the Clerk
ship new men are coming forward with
claims every day-Forney, McKibben,
Underwood. Schouler, Hoffman and 9th
ers. The last named gentleman is de-
feated Maryland Congressman, and
clans the vote of Republicans on two
grounds; first, because he owes his de-
feat to the Harper's Ferry outbreak;
and again, because he owes his defeat
TO the fact that when last in Congress
he voted for the expulsion of Bully
Brooks. For the Poslmastership of the
House is Lewis Clephane of this city.
Born on slave soil. be has for ten
years worked faithfully against slavery
extensions, and in the elections Of the
last four years has, in connection with
the Republican Association here, Of
which be is Secretary, sent off millions
Of documents to the free States. He
has never sought or received Office nor
pay for his work, and he is the spe-
cial mark for the arrows Of our pro-
minent Democratic bullies in Washing
, ton. Mr.. Goodloe, of the Era, hear,
Is prominent candidate for the pub
, lie printing.
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RELIEF FOR Brownsville

RELIEF FOR BRowssvILLE.-
Washington, Nov, 14.-New Orleans
papers of Friday say General Walker
proposes to take company to relieve
Brownsville. 1t is also reported there
are active movements in Texas TO succor
Brownsville.
Washington, Nov, 1.-THE New
Orleans Picay1tne of the 18th inst, says
that Gen. Palfrey's brigade of that city
is willing to go to Brownsville, if their ex
penses will be provided for. The public
authorities are doing nothing in the
matter, and the Picayuas therefore urge.
the citizens to furnish the money.