The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-28


The Democrats are making great ado
over the Helper Pamphlet, : and declare that
any man who endorses the doctrines therein
eontained. is q traitor, and sonft to live.
Taking them by their own standard, where
would Senator Iversou sbring up
Hear the Richmond Wing verify it's loyal
ity to the Union. 1t says:
ave only state that we firmly snd religious
y believe, that the Southern States will not
submit 10 the Inauguration of Seward as
President Of the United States. We go
farther, and say that the Southern States will
not submit 70 the Inauguration OF any Black
Republican President whatever-that is, any
man elected by the Republican party, as such,
in its capacity of q separate and distinct po
litical and sectional organization"
Yet you don't hear the Democratic organs
bowling over this. Treason is all right except
when uttered by q Black Republican.
South Carolina stakes the field, thus go
!. SIN the South Carolina Legislature on the
18th inst. Mr. Whaley, member from Charles
ton, submitted to the House of Representa-
stives. the following preamble and resolution !:
2 Where's, fraternai relations ore dissolved
between the North and South. the. slaYehold
ing States demanding the dissolution of the
Union 10 be consummaied and this State Of
affairs will probably render resort to arms
Therefore be it resolved that the sum of
5000. 600 be placed at the disposal of the
Governor to be used al his discretion accord
ing to the expediency Of the lines
Free speech. free thought, free manhood.
are beautifully Illustrated in the very capital
OF the @freest Nation on earth" by the follow
ing etrikiDg incident. The Washington Re
public says: e4 e''A ''isas'' sF'.i' :
aDr. Daniel Breed. Of this city. was arrest
ed on "Wednesday evening last. on charge
Of using seditious language in reference to the
acts Of John Brown ct Harper's Ferry. = We
are not informed as 10 the specific words he
/ is charged with having uttered, hut we under
stand that the prosecution is founded upon
some remarks he made IN the course of a rath
er excited conyersaiioB Nitb DR.. Van amp.
/ on Wednesday, in the presence of MIR. Sta
bier. The case is set for hearing before Jus
tiee Dom at o'clock Ibis afternoon.
DIR Breed wasian examiner in the Patent
Office during the administration of Gen. Pierce.
4 eh0 70 ~" SbSc6SN 80 q PoeSus cS'ieiios.
The result of the examination was the hold
ing of DR.. Breed to bail in the sum of $4,000
to keep the peace. Senator Stewards views
were the topic of conversation, 10 connection
with the case of John Brown. s52
/ The respect for the rights Of Northern
men. and their safety in 'slaveholding commu
munities," is pointedly illustrated by the fol.
lowing-:y - s; s.,so .,s;,.slf
THE ART OF PRINTING IN SOUTH CAReLINA.
t-RoDE ON A RAIL Two struggling printers
from the North. were caught at the depot last
evening. in company with some negroes, and
rode out of town this morning on rail. We
intend to extirminate all such characters from
our community.-Kingstree. Is c. Star.
Edmund o. DAILY. and Andrew Dunn. print
ers. we're arrested here on Friday. and commit
ted for examination ns suspected persons, on
information which identified them as the sub
jects and recipients Of the attentions from the
people Of Kingstree, as boye mentioned
ChGrleston Courier. a7as
Directly under the above announcement we
found thesfollowing local item:
To JoURNEMRS PRINrERs.-One for two
for month or sol can find an excellent si,ua,
tion on immediate application to the. Indian
Land Chronicle. at Rock Hi York District,
s. c., on the Charlotte. South Carolina Rail
Road. 70 a6s es1 sHsll 6sea1as.se saH
A youth, of good character, who can read.
will be taken as an apprentice.-C Charleston
Courier. -'-
The consistency of offering excellent stu
ationa7 to two printers just after driving out
two, and riding them on rail, without stating
that they had committed any offsnse. is beau
ltifully apparent. and is another illustration ol
the liberality and intelligence of South Caro-.
1 lima. ssT ss9ls5e edI 9sss.i3s 81 q 21ft
i "A Richmond. Va. correspondent of the
my. Herald, speaks aof the prescription oil
| Northern men, and of the adoption of bus,
ness non intercourse with the North. Is not
the Union thus practically dissoIvedi : The
correspondent referred to says:9b eai qsifA
"A man named Rood. who has been for
some time engaged in Virginia as canvasser
4 for the Eclectic Magazine, was arrested at
1 Charlottesville few days ago on suspicion OF
being an abolition emissary. On examining
his person papers were discovered that went
4 far 10 confirm the suspicion that led TO his
arrest. He was brought before magistrate
and committed 10 await further examination
before called Court Of Justice 1t behooves
4. Northern men coming South at this time TO
be cautious in the expression of their views
j upon the subject which now sgitates the peo
4 pie so generally Virginia is so CALLED by the
!, liudignties and insults recently offered to hel
as to make her peculiarly sensitive to any re
marks in jusii 6cation Of the course of that
old wretch. j John Brown 1t is utterly need
Hess. moreover, for any man to come South to
canvass in behalf of any Northern enterprise
ANY application of that character would find
little favor now; it would rather tend TO excite
those 10 whom it may be addressed, and would
/ icertainly be met BY a very emphatic negative
/ response There seems to be universal pur
pose to cut off all business and social inter
course with the North. And this feeling j.
not the result of any preconcerted movement
but a spontaneous resolve reaching to every
individual, no matter what position he occu
tpics. This sentiment will be developed in {
more organized and substantial form BY ant
!, by. isifz s,aor,47 3as 7iaa sa4.toos
? The Governor of South Carolina is his mes
6 sage to the Legislature says: s @
3 "If, as solemnly believe, we can no lon
) ger live in peace and harmony in the Union
we can form confederacy, with the ability Il
protect itseIf against any enemy. and com
lmand therespect and admiration of the world.
He recommnnds such measures as will obtai
the cooperation of the Southern States in
!, concerted action 10 defense of their institu
Itions, whenever they may be put in jepoard
by all the departments of the Governmen
passing into the hands of their enemies. Tn
election of a Republican President, he say,
will settle the question Of their safety in th
Union. ssss alda 81 sse 13aas