Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-08-03

ton OF that good old party which, if uni
ted. is still the only national political organ
ization left in the country, which possesses
the power as we'll as the uiU, to protect the
rights Of every section of the country p
We believe you are not. On the contrary,
we fancy, the echo of the voice of jackson
is still ringing ia your ear-"THE FED
ERAL UNION--IT MUST BE PRE-
SERVED p
Hon. John Bells Views.
with regard to the constitutional power
of Congress over this subject, would say
that the only doubt have of the existence
of the power either to suppress the slave
trade or to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia, is inspired by the respect have
for the opinions of so many distinguished
and eminent men, both in and out of Con-
gress. who hold that Congress has no such
power: Reading the Constitution for my
self, believe that Congress has all the pow
err over the subject in this district which the
States have within their respective jurisdic-
tions "-Congressional Globe, vol. %, p.
1868. John Bell S Speech.
Again:
''But, however great my respect may be
for the opinions of others on the question of
power, there are some considerations of such
high account as in my Judgment, to make it
desirable that, unless by common consent,
the project of abolition shall be wholly given
up and abandoned, the remnant of slavery
existing in the District should be abolished
at once; at the present moment, however,
tho excited state of public sentiment in the
South, growing out Of territorial questions,
may seem to forbid such course" -IJid.
And again:
II would be glad to see all cause of dis
turbanee and contention in tho District who'll
ly removed; but let me say that this can
never be done by the abolition of slavery.
unless it be accompanied by some adequate
provision for the removal or the effective con-
troll of the slaves after they shall be eman-
cipated. With this qualification, and in or
der to test the determination of the North
in regard to any further and continued ag-
erosion upon Southern property, I would
BE CONTENT TO SEE SLAVERY in the District
ABOLISHED AY"-1bsd.
/ On the abolition of the slave trade in that
District, he said {:
"With regard to the proposition to sup
press the slave trade in the District, as al
ready stated, ! had made up my mind that
it ought to be done, on several good
grounds. Ibid
/ How JUDGE DOUGLAS BECAME A SLAVE
HOLDER 1t las often been asserted that
Judge Douglas, through his first wife, be-
came the proprietor Of a slave plantation,
with slaves upon it, The real facts are re-
lated by his friend and biographer, J. W.
Sheahan, Esq, who has recently published
life of Douglas, for the purpose of advanc-
ing the Presidential prospects of the 'Small
Giant" Mr.. Sheahan says in his book
that on the 7th of April, 1847 Judge Doug
las was married to Miss Martha Denny
Martin, daughter of Col. Robert Martin, Of
Rockingham county, North Carolina That
on the day of his marriage, Col Martin
placed in the hands of his new son-in-law a
deed of certain plantations, including the
slaves upon them, in the State of Missiasip-
pi, and that Judge Douglas declined to &C.
cept the gift that Col. Martin died the fol-
lowing year, leaving those plantations to
Mrs. Douglas and her surviving children,
with the wish expressed in his will that the
slaves should remain in the family. These
slaves are now the property of the children
Of Judge Douglas by his first wife. His
wife aoas, and his children are shareholders,
and he himself has said publicly in the Sen
ate, II have no wish, no aspiration to be
considered purer or better than she who was
or they who are Shareholders
PRICES AT Pixies PEAK.-A letter from
Denver city says: Sugar commands from
$25 to $28 per hundred; -four from $40 to
$l4; nails $1S to 500. Dry goods and sta
tionery sell at about a hundred per cent ad-
vance on Eastern prices, and clothing at
more than fifty per cent. Lumber sells at
from $40 to $55 per thousand; brick in the
wall at $16 and $1S, and at the yards at
$40 to $l2 Rents are high many buildings
paying from Toto 15pe cent. month on
their first cost. A one story building, thirty
five feet by a hundred and twenty five, is
leased for year at $3.50 per month, and
one and two-story stores, in the best locali-
ties, rent for $l0p and $3.50 per MONTH
Money is of course tight. and people are
wild enough to pay from 10 to 25 per cent.
a month for all that can be hired In this
city mechanics obtain from So to S. per
day, and common laborers from 81 SO to
So SO. In the diggings wages are higher.
Boarding is from 81 to $l2 per week. The
laundresses are doing thriving business at
So per dozen
Spicy. The following passage at arms
has taken place between the Petersburg,
Virginia. Press (Dem.) and InteUtyencer,
OK. NJ
Democracy survives. Press.
&c. Al J..