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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04

"oRNs--In quantity Of corrupted matter
t-:e Is always to be found a nest of worms
The! cannot, neither VIII they stay anywhere
e.ss- Weak stomach and bowels are subject to
t-en as they have not sufficient power to digest
t4eE iOol. Hence large heap of matter is
.t9gd, and worms must be the result A few
ss u these pills viii disturb them in theiI nest
II DIVE them out Of the system 1t should be
erellJerad, that ali occasional dose when in
alta, especially after taking cold, will prevent
d. disease from forming In the body.
.J-See advertisement Of DIR. Morse in another
i--a. Sold by Thomas Deyine.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04
ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA.

4 B1lerolef LlsfisIii0n established By sf0acial El
doicmeRt. for the Relief II the SicL and Dis
trcssea, afflicted witI JTrUlent and Epidemic
Diseases. and especially for The Cure ef' DIS
eases Of tie SeruaI Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis. by the
VA Acting Surgeon, To all who apply by letter
with description of their condition, (age, occU-
patton, habits Of life &C.. and il case of extreme
poverty. Medicines furnished free Of charge.
VALUABLE REPORTS on Spermatorrhoea,
and other Diseases Of the Sexual Organs, and en-
the NEW REMEDIES employed IL the Dispen-
sary, sent to the afflicted in sealed letters envel-
opes. free of charge Two or three Stamps for
Postage viii be acceptable. -...
Address, DR.. J. SkILLIN HOUGHT0N,
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. >
South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa By order
of the Directors
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President
GEO. FAIRGHILD, Secretary.
Feb. 8, ISG0.-1y.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04
N NAGNIFCIENT ENGRAVING or
I'VE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND

THIS Beaut.fm Engraving was designed bv
RUBENs, one OF the most celebrated artists tl,at
ever lived; the cost of the original design am
plate being over $500, size % by % inches.
The Philadelphia DAILY Ne,os, says, the mere
nominal sum asked for the engraving. is a suf-
ncieht indncement Tor persons to purchase, with
out the additional Gift"
SCHEDULE OF GIFTS
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Pays for Tuition IN Single and Double Entry
Book Keeping, Writing, Commercial Arithmetic
and Lectures.
Board weeks $40, Stationary s., Tuition ss5.
entire expenses S62
Usual time To complete full course, from
to 10 weeks. Every Student, upon graduating.
is guaranteed to be competent TO manage the
Books OF any Business, and qualified to earn
salary FROM
$500 to $1,000
Students enter at any time-No Vacation
Review at pleasure.
First Premiums for best Business Writing for
1859, received at Pittsburg. Philadelphia and
Ohio State Fairs. Also. at the principal Fairs of
the Union for the past four wears
eJ- Minister'S Sens received at half price.
For Circulars, Specimens and Embellished View
OF the College. inclose five letter stamps to
E. w. JENKINS. Pittsburg. Pa.
Jan. 4, 1850 Aug. II, ls5S,-2y.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04

,rT lATARRHi CATARRH CATAREHi CATARRH-
"ta IT Hoe cured2 Thousands of persons
s--sI al. sorts Of annoyance from Catarrh. Most
s7'g.e know what its Inconvenience and results
,,'=, yet Su: few know how it can be cured. 1t
: SIMPLY chronic irritation, and often enlarge
XII Of iolllcles and consequent thickening of
- ] Us nembrauce, lining the nasal cavities,
|. lataI sluuseS, and sometimes extending into
- l-IJat and lungs. From this result tightneSs
:. oiten vertigo of the head, obstructed nose,
| FF'lase How Of mucus, loss of smell, nasal
.g' -2 ana often impaired hearing and taste.
t"s cid-school remedies have never been able
!. any thing for it. Nasal injections and in
--''-ls are as painful and expensive as they
ieaaeTaily worthless. Yet Humphreys Ca
.a '2pee.tie, a simple Sugar PHI, taken two or
y, ''LAes per day, promptly cures the milder
~ ~ cures at once all colds in the head, and
- ~! cures, by pcrseverins use. the most 90
80 80 SssS, as is proved by the experience of
+ box. -'-- -''-- '''O-''' ~ ''--''
% D-A full set of Humphreys HOMEOPATHIC
5--.'CS WITH Book of Directions, and twenty
ie-' IN henedieS, in large vials, morocco case,
D. D. n plain case, 81; case of fifteen boxes,
To.44 ~ Single boxes, % cts and 90 cts
* hemedies, by the single box or case, are
y mai or express, free of charge, to any
- Oh receipt of the price. Address
DR.. f. HUMPHREYS & CO.,
Su, No. 462 Broadway, New-York.
:! L. j. MILLS, Ebensburg.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04
HARD TO BEAT.

THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the citizens of Ebcnsburg and vicinity that he is
still engaged in the WATCH and JENELRI
business, at the old stand of Stahl & Roberts,
Immediately opposite the Store of e. shoemaker
& Sons. where he always keeps on hand large
and well selected stock of
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04
4RD n Io, TO YOUNG LADIES AND GEN

ND M i,,I,O 10 YOUNG LADIES AND GEN
5.. Subscriber will send free of Charge to all
% a-;.Le It, the Recipe aud directions for ma
= ',tlple Vegetable Balm, that will, in from
g4t days, remove Pimples, Blotches,
r--,., ,,yt.'eS, SallownesS- and all impurities
ma l2.lleSS OF the skin, leaving the same-as
J,,.,e1 ,,.e1aed it should be-sof, clear. smooth
ir"y~. Those desiring the Recipe, with
ss ,-,5ac IN actions, directions, and advice. will
'-l ca Or address with return hostage. \
JAS. I. MARSHALL.
PRACTIoAL CHEMIST,
% p, l8so.-3m. ~ Ao'A'
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-07-04

.nsburg. MAY 8. IsGO.-tt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-10
YORK HERALD SATURDAY 10, lsso-TRpIx SHEET

WAILAoKs fAEArna
Des ~a All y es..s.ss - AsEssa.
uNpnnM;aaD TRIUMPH
Nh Isrn wAILAcK. m. saoUaaAx.
Mr. wAL0o1. M Drorr.
xRs HoEv.
M vmHox. xw CANNON.
MA wALoor. xrss xosAxr.
N snnR oRzAs
ORIGINAL 0HARAcrzas.
AD.s u
M. rosxa. Nh. LsvSEE. Nh. rAsno1 h.. n.
xvxRY NIaHr
TEE
ROMANCE
ORA
rooR YOUNG MAN.
xonss .A-i.ssa ssssp.As pres.
BOZ boos opss two weeks /. sAvs.es.
b.. . T III n s:..4-., ...,.
o.ovp;s1SS III s;lss ds'i's u s's-
MxEnss sUcmm q
. .,. ~. .s. ;s.' r..
JK&RY XND DAR BRYANf,
4: 1 Ps. !: ' ''s y: &c. :: %
JOLLY JACK TIE ROVER
New soasa dAnsss sar'ssquss osai As. pAaasaa ssns
Doors eps. .. sx O'CLOCK curtain risss u . quars~
w On Monday, March Il.
BENIFIT
BENEFIT
BENEFIT
BENEFIT
BENEFIT
BlSarir
0
JOSvPH JEfFERSON.
JO6kPH JEfFERSON.
JOSEPH yHrRKas0M:
JOSEPH JeeFERSON.
'os1 goss SfFr jnssrshsiRsox.
4 GREAT GREAT S SSxIS BILL BILL.
! S $::E::EE SS$$as4SS BIZ s45|.
4 61Ixf Co1ic BlI.
MES J0HE M00D
Ma MA JOIN JOHN w woSS
mrs. JOHN WOOD
. Ma 5 ySHE W WSSB
WIN appear IN ths-swc 81 Comedy oftAe
QUA0K DOCTOR.
To conc.sds with DA'.A' ~o
Boz book now open.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-10

DHRRM0. ~ Y
SrEAx TO soUsHAxPros AnD HAvHE AND BACK
"a ".g SoRiAidhf bsswssa new Yosk, asaihA.'ts
g, 20: s.s ss.o 5000 :.ss. ~
yAxpsRBrIz Lsfsvrs.. Sal s HsresM Wa. xpS a
ILLINOIS 0r.asn....." - - All ASra w Wsd, ~
7ss.s ..les have .si.r.i,sis sd.Sa1 s
r;: An sis$ s:::sa 49, . = = ,.s,. :st.ss
p:fss Greer. New York
TArscorT's LINE LIVERPOOL PACKETS -rAs.
lei 's 2 s,n = <. p y
f fer iny Sg 3 q S,s
A UsrRAlLA PIONEER LIME E.rABLIsH1D !as1
s .s s gV:ss ssf - seISs s 81
s - -
S1A6 wREToN s.lis sis .ssl p! ..a u. nj ave ,u
e ~ 81 so Ssuias sSe T. 50
I'll for sale sed s:si :dy.sGs %s1s q Con-
s.. 1T, 70
c ~
E,oR HAVANA VIA NASSAU. N. P-rHE BRITISH
and SSs.A Apasrsc.H royal MAJ s.ss.s.aas KARSAk
Cpsny: WHAT = jersey cv On o. about Is s q H.rS
nd s: Of Apr Ths, |: On hs arrival Of the steamers OK
Passage ncesy 70 EH.,sS,
Sss"ssa N;:..u and a:,;a...:.:. e
"eSn' o. ''ss { .e SSUjiN3RD. No. Bowling Green.
Fog sAyAEsAH AID OTHER POINTS d IS BELOW
sss s w On 3.
sI VI sss sss: =; ~; Esss:.: =
VILE so 10 Knoavle S% 81 hsmphis 81 IS; Augusta 81
For freight and passage apply !; S !; c1rcS aor
The s.r q the South viii snsossd. ssd II o. TassS,
Eos cHARLxsToE. 8. O, AND TIE SOUTH AND
s' VIII sse T.: sss@s . meek
;a nRc.a pier
lsas. sss IS IoOus Ss MonigS@slz Ais sss N..I.ie
e zuss.s * ia 10 A'sas ssl q oo ~ :4a
sSs s!s s s issS
by the company.
E,REIGBT FOR TENNESSEE, NORTH CAROLINA,
Portsmouth,. Norfolk, CITY Point and Richmond reosivsi
fhs ss.3.sP JAMESTOWN. Capt Skinner. leave. every
ses1.hip koAKoKE, c:p. Couch. every THURSDAY.
po cents sS g Sh% os cent? o'n per ''' 70 my
Passage % Norfolk sxeroom and meals included. 81 -
f'''''OlI i L 1fi1Is' aEnEksx " Broadway.
EOR NORFOLK AHDPORrMNoUrH THE NEW FIRST
q class sesnssip roTO LAC. Capt g. w. w:son. wnl
ports r. NJ connecting with The Norfolk and Petersburg
Railroad for Petersburg and Richmond Freight for Noo
Scents foot and TO Petersburg pro-
poronase rates Goods forwarded 70 all Of NORTH Caro-.
Ina free OF commason. Apply 10 II. B. CROMWELL CO.,
s. West street
EoH ALExANsRlA, WASHINGTON AND eEoRen.
= ewp.-The New York and Virginia Screw 6sAnsAip
Coupanys new and OAot
csSe ytn lsAvs p'r No IA NofaA river. sssy sassi'
f.sssSc Including skatsroorn "A mail. ~ n
rresht eight cents per foot o. propordooate rates.
Apply % Il b ca0iwELL 1 CO.,
s. Wek 0neo.
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sssIPPTu0.

o..AN - - 80
U:S ;ItEs :ta :siss .s:s =! y4 e; 81: 81;
=: -. az e.
: :::::s:s. ": S: e. T. SS; :sy; AZ q;
xEH - osly 3. p..ss 80; :sssaA cabin ~.
. ToRSxsoi. xss.s 1S 10 Bowling or.sa. New Yors.
p. n0yAs NAL ETA. EAvIe .r,os Coz.
ne Ye.S ~ 8 sks sssSda and poss9sai sssa.
~ - e. ssssSes y ;oss s X = r:as9s
g sS:: q 81 s: ~
..y ss ny Sn ss $s
Pm: 81 20 9
pssSs s :SsHS s:s:: Z; M ron q 81 ia
Ss@ isspSo 81; ana rom sisasoI sci "a ''''a'' W.
AI safs (. a sss liz. z s, e;
TUE sRrrnA AND NORTH AxHRIoAx ROYAL NAN.
rnox NEW YORK 70 LIVERPOOL
ca s.Sl p p.s.s.s
''''n0 'A'n ssSs ioSIOs 70 mvI.rcol
Chief cabin passage
.Sir si rom Boston q. al .iii and oo:I a:;Sa.
5:Is ri ;fis5s S fSsSa =:
. .. SCOT SOFIA eesz s;Ssas O.s'. .'As-
'ss r. 81 York x.e..y
zssSISa s:s e: X:Ss::s:; s:::s
SStiz, Iea - |. Sss York, xsans:s.y, x.rss )
SixaxRx, Snl.r. Boston. Msdnssdss. zprs Is
sersSs no. secured until psid Tor. A''A
Az eaperisncssd. surgeon ,. on board ..,.,,.
:.ss bullion sDscs precious stones metals.
therein ssprsssed For sshs o. psssaSs apply 70 Z CU.
WEEKLY COMMUNICATION BIZ STEAM
o, NEW J. YORK sEs Amp 5SysRf ;o,
10 and '- 4ss SsssS ss .1a s4
ss ss~ sssa.s ss: s;s n Ss
-- FROM new YoRK ROE LIVERPOOL
SLzSSSW Sturdy HsrSs Il
And every SATURDAY i1rcushou lie ysr nom pier No. 4
CABIN CABIN 70 9ueen.toxn q Liverpool
ssssrass 70 Qusesstown Or liverpool Observation-Disclosures
ssr.ss issa1n 1ais: available for six oa. from -
Fs:ssnssi: 70 lavrs. Pa1i. H:aSur:, bs.asS
:s:s s s'v
=. siy VIZ Is
JOHN @. DALE Is Broadway, New York Agent
ad,: 9Sss y W. VI NH si Ssa s :s
ZOE SOUTHAMPTON AND HAvRE
The United States mall steamer
FULTON,
J. A. Wotton cc muander.
WIN loave for Havre touching South sxnpton land he
mas and passengers, Saturday, March ST. d II O'Clock
from pier 81 Moth river foot Of Beach street.
1hb ohp has I'VE water tight compartments enclosing
ssss e, s.. "a &. c. "a
saey q he vesso and paa.eneers would IS secured
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-10

EvOR SOUTHAMPTON AND HAvRE.
The United States mall steamer
FULTON,
j. A. Wotou ccmmAnder,
w eave for HAvre touching IT South smpton 10 land The
man and paenee on Saturday March 81. 81 II O'Clock
from pier 81 North river, foot Of Beach street.
lbs shp has i've water tight compartments enclosing en-
gne 20 that In Tie event Of cooD orandnx lie water
could NOT reach he ana The pumps being tree 70 work. the
safety Of ne veal and passengers would Do occurred
Rrice Of passage IN second cabin Us and 60
For freight or passAgs apply o.
a1o. s EGHa6,krxzu, }Assa.
No, broadway.
Aprl q. :
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-10

UALNUr STREET THEATRE. PHI,
W crowded nighNy 10 sea NJ. CHANT
::s:sss. s .:sss':s ssss =: - 80
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-10

LNOR sALE-oNE SIX SEAT RoCKAwAY, WITH
ass quarters one Gig seat kocksway. with curtains all
round ROckAway square box Wagon
-four BnRsies one Gig suky Also elegant close
coqDe kockaway on four spring. With pole and
longing to private gentleman Apply It g Wet twenty.
third street, In the smih shop, under the livery sable
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04
The Newport CamouGct.

The people of Newport must be highly
edited by the exhibition which the persons
who have hitherto assumed the management
of their political affairs, are making of each
others character 1t is as if cdmonHet had
exploded in their midst. However, unrelia-
BILE the testimony of one who declares that he
betrays his confederates for revenge, may be,
as TO others, il must be received as unim-
peachable as to himself The Postmaster
closes his defense by saying; 81 now take
leave of that bloated mass of moral and po-
utical corruption, known as Fl. D. Helm. y
He had accused Helm of nothing ofwhich he
was not guilty himself and this bloated
moral and political corruption consisted en-
tirely of the very things that he himself was
guilty Of Therefore he admits that in thus
| characterizing Helm, he was describing his
own character As to himself his evidence
| is unimpeachable; nor do we pretend to say
that the testimony of these public officers is
not good against each other.
1t is shown that, between the Sheriff and
the Postmaster, the colored man (Waggoner)
was hustled out of the reach of a process of
| law which was to try his right to freedom,
and Foster says he and Helm were to divide
the profits; which, if true, is legal crime on
the part of the Sheriff, and is no less a moral
crime in Foster. Becoming alarmed by
public sentiment, Helm got Foster to bring
| the man back to Newport to abide the course
of law; and Webster, fhe attorney who wa;
prosecuting Waggoner's right to freedom
4 not knowing the state of affairs between
Foster and Helm, and anxious to get Wag
goner back, was induced, as compromise
to give statement for publication partially
white washing Foster and Helm; and now
Helm quotes that to defend himself agains
Foster. i.i 1868 '- a.
Mr.. Webster's tactics were judicious he pur
sued the most available means to get the MAJ
within reach of legal process. 1t is show
now by Fosters statement, as was know
to some at the time, that the men wer
4 brought back because they found that publ
l-sentiment was suspicious of the affair an
they knew that it would not bear the ventil
alton which il would probably get. .-.n..
This mutual exposure will probably be in
proved by the people of Newport. 1t
not probable that these are such men as the
wish to control their political affairs; and
would be well to remember the lesson whie
it teaches in regard to the numerous fugitiN
and other negro claims of which the bord'
is prolific, and to note that, under great re
, for Southern Institutions there may often
found nice regard for the profits that a
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04

were to announce the end of the world. Can
il be possible that these signs portend the
fall Of our country from the strife of factions
in the Presidential contest2 Will parties
persist in their seetionaLstrife in the face of
these mighty warnings just as the Jewish
factions did, while the heavens were covered
with fiery warnings, and the battering-rams
of Titus were laundering at their walls3 b.
city railroad man, who saw the meteor,
suggests that II is a warning to our City
Council to repent and take off the per-cdpitd.
Much rs repentance may he needed by our
City Council, we are taught by the Scrip
lures that miracles are not wrought TO bring
people to repentance, for when Dives wished
a missionary work done to save his relatives
from his fate-a wish which, considering bis
circumstances was very credtable to him
Abraham replied to him that if they were
not convinced by Moses and the Prophets
they would not hear though one rose from
| the dead; and as TO the per capita, il is SC
much according to human nature-which we
are taught is just the worst nature that God
could make--to interpret omens and proph-
estes to suit its own desires that we suspect
that this per-cdpita Interpretation is begotter
| of human wishes, or of one of those evi
spirits which seem to have been on familiar
terms with the best of Prophets.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04

A large meteor was seen from this city last
night, soon after ten o'clock, in the Southern
sky, at an apparent attitude of about $50
and passing in south-westerly direc-
tion. A gentleman, residing at Clifton,
two miles from the city, gives us the same
description of its altitude and course, and
states that FOR moment it lighted up the
whole country. He describes it as one large
meteor giving out a halo of fire, of color
similar to a Bengal Light, and three other
balls apparently of fire of the usual flame
color.
The account which we have received is too
exact and reliable to leave any doubt that il
was meteor similar, if not identical in APP
pearsnce, TO that which passed over the
country in contrary direction, about the
time of the eclipse. We shall doubtless hear
more Of itfrom other parts Of the country.
These meteors must portend something
momentous, and their increasing frequency,
aize and nearness indicate that the crisis is at
hand. Portents in the heavens have preceded
great events In all ages Of the world A
flaming sword in the heavens over Jerusa-
lem, and armies of fiery horsemen and char
lots contending with each other in the skies
portended the destruction of that city while
Titus beSieged il, Wonders in the heavens
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04
COVINGTON NEWS.

UNIFORMITY OF TEXT Books IN OUR PUBLIC
ScHooLs.-The following remarks of our
State Superintendent of Common Schools,
relative 10 a uniformity of textbooks in our
public schools are very appropriate, and
deserve particular Attention.
"The Board of Education in Kentucky are
authorized to recommend the course of in
struction in the common schools, and the
cass-books to be used. They have already
adopted the Goodrich series of Readers,
edited by Noble Butler, of Louisville; the
Arithmetic of Prof. Dodd, and the Grammar
of Prof Butler. As | am informed, no other
textbooks for common schools have been
adopted by the Board. | concur with the
recommendations hitherto made. There can
be no question as to the general excellence
of these works, and their adaptation to all
the purposes of common school education.
Tn this field of educational labor something
has been done; and much remains to be ac-
Complished. The object of these recon-
mendations is to secure uniformity of text
books throughout the State; to guard against
empirical and dangerous innovations, and TO
exempt the public from those useless and
burdensome expenses consequent upon ire
quent changes of school-books. This sub
iect can not be too warmly pressed on the at
tention of parents, of school commissioners,
aud of trustees and teachers; for on them the
whole matter rests. Many parent who is
now taxed from twenty to thirty dollars pei
annum on account of school books, ought
not to be subjected to an expenditure of more
than $40. As general thing, books
cost more than tuition. The present mode o.
purchasing them is at variance with all cor
rect principles of economy. The publisher
| realizes an immense income from them; the
| wholesale merchant makes broad margin o
profits; they then come to the hands of th'
retail merchant, or huckster, and are finally
disposed of at double, treble, or quadrupl'
their original cost, TO the parent or scholar
| a complete series of the best and cheapes
textbooks should be adopted, and used in al
our public schools; and arrangements Ough
TO be made TO furnish such books at tn
lowest wholesale prices, direct from the pub
fishers to district schools"
REPUBLICAN MEETING LAST NIGHT.-Ther
was quite large turnout at the Republican
meeting at the Pike-street Engine-house las
night. After the usual prelimnaries, Nh
Jas. Elliott, of Cincinnati, was called upol
and made very forcible speech, in which h
defined the principles and explained the oh
iects of the Republican party His remark
were frequently interrupted by cheers TIL
President likewise addressed the meeting
and the utmost harmony prevailed.
TREAsURE-TRovE.-A box of weights, be
longing to some Troy-scales, was yesterda..
found secreted in the stable of Andrews
| Tyrack, on Madison-street. They had evi
IDENTIFY been stolen.
ARREST OF FUGITIvE FROM JUsTICE,-
| Elizabeth Hopkins, charged with larceny
whose fight from West Covington we notice
day or two since, was yesterday arrested
and will be examined to-day.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04
Tn. Tennre nr sInrcrx.

In pursuance Of its announcement that in
discussing slavery, il should look beyond the
trifiing and the feeting issues of party poll
tics and fetch up the fundamental truths
which underle things, the Commercial islay-
ing down the logic of the tenure of slavery.
The following is specimen;
"Under the law of nature all men are, of
course, free. Under the Constitution, all
men are free, except such as are held in
slavery bypositive law. .rrh
''This follows, not only from the express
sions tantamount TO a bill of rights, in the
preamble, but from the clause declaring that
NO PERSON shall be deprived of life iberty,
or property, without dueproeess Of lar Now
there is no process of law by which slave
can be held in the Territories for a moment.
Slavery, If il exists there at all, exists as a
naked usurpation, without rag of legality
TO cover il. -
Now, not one of these positions has any
foundation. Under the law of nature all
men are not, of course, free, for the majority
of them were always in bondage, and the
| Government most according TO a state Of ns-
ture the overwhelmingly ran into
slavery. The natural rights Of man are en-
tirely of an artificial growth, and are recog-
nized in but limited part of the earth.
Under the Constitution all men are not
free for il was the Constitution of slave
States. and never was held to interfere with
slavery. There is no exception in the Con-
stitution, for slavery by positive law. What
II beautiful Constitution il would be that
read: All men shall be free unless enslaved
| IL. ~. a..
press our admiration for, is the logic of the
above extract. The position is this: Slavery
can exist only by positive law, because the
Constitution says that "no person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
! due process of law" The Courts have held
that due process oflaw meant in pursuance OF
the verdict of court; even the Supreme
| Court in the Dred Scott case held this. But
according to the Commercial, process of law
means legislation; that is a man may be de-
prived of life, liberty or property bypositiv6
law-legislated out of them.
According to this original reasoning our
constitutional bill of inherent and inalien-
able rights, means that we have these
rights until deprived of them by legislation.
This is not an affair of color at all. If the
constitutional right to freedom ends with
positive law, it does in case of white men
lust as much as black. This is no new feat
ure. We have often noticed that anti-slavery
logic would make all the inherent rights OF
white men subject to legislation and party
msjorites, in the blind attempt to make out
that Congress can prohibit slavery.
If these are the fundamental principles
which the Commercial finds underlying things
had it not better devote itself chiefly to tn,
| tri1ing and the fleeting?