V.-:_ ,...-——-’ \ issue. tion and with custom, and waiting our assent for admission into the Union, has" been subverted by a mingled process of indictments and martial demonstrations against constructive:treason '3 Who can fail to see, through‘ the cloud which Ex- ecutive usurpation and Judicial miscon- strnction have raised for the purpose of covering these transactions in Kansas, that it is devotion to Freedom which alone constitutes any crime in that Tet: ritory, in the view of its Judges, its ministerial officers, and of the President of the United States 9 And that the crime, in whatever it may be commit ted, in their judgement, constitutes trea. son '3 Who does not see that devotion to Freedom, applauded in all the world besides, in Kansas is a crime to be ex- plated with death ? I have argued thus far, Mr. President, from the nature of the pretended laws of Kansas, and from the cuel and illegal severity with which they are executed. I shall draw -my next argument from the want of consti- tutional authority, on the‘ part of the Legislature which enacted these laws. The report of the Kansas Investigating Committeeof the House Representatives, consisting of the evidence of witnesses, numbered by hudreds, and based against the conclusion at which the House of Representatives had arrived, has estab lished the fact upon which I insisted in opening this debate on the 9th of April last, that the Legislature of Kansas was chosen not by the people, but by an armed invasion from adjoining States, which seized the ballot boxes, usurped the-elective franchise and by fraud and force organized a Government ; thereby subverting the organic law, and the au- thority of the United States. Sir, at an- other time, and under different circum- stances, a single invader, after the man- ner adopted by Colonel William Walker in Nicaragua, might have entered the Territory of Kansas with an armed force, and established a succcssful§usurp- aton there. Let me suppose that he had done so and had promulgated the iden- tical statutes in the name of the Terri- tory of Kansas, would you hold, would the Senate hold, would the President of the United States hold, that such a Gov- ernment, thus established, wasa legal one, and that statutes thus ordained were valid and obligatory? That is the present case. It differs only in this’! that in the case supposed there is a single conqueror, only one local and reckless usurper, while in the case of Kansas an associated band are the con- querors and usurper. The Territorial Legislature of Kansas stands on the foundation of fraud and force. It at- tempts to draw over itself the organic enacted in 1854, but it is equally subver- sive of the liberties of the people of Kan- sas and of that organic law, and of the authority of the United States. The Legislature and Territorial Government of Kansfi stand on no better footing than acoup d, czar, a revolution. When honorable Senators from the other side of this chamber tell me that I am leading the people of Kansas into revolution. I fearlessly reply to them, that they have stood idly by, and seen a revolution effected there. Doubtless, they have acted with a sincerity of purpose and patriotism equal to my own. They see the facts and the tendency of events in a light different from that in which these facts and transactions present themselves to me. They therefore insist upon maintairiing that revolution,_ and giving it the sanction of Congress, by autlior- izing the standing army of _llie United States to execute the laws which that revolution has proniulgatee., The House of Representatives, on the contrary, de- nounces the revolution, and stands upon the authority of the United States, and, for the purpose of putting an end to that revolution and restoring Federal aiitbor- ity, insists that these pretended laws shall be executed. In this greaie con- troversy, I leave the majority of the Senate and take my stand by the side of the House of Representatives. You warn me that, if we do not recognize these revolutionary authorities in Kan- sas, the Territory will be without an or- ganized State at all, and will relapse in- to anarchy. The House of Representa- tives meets y,ou boldly on that issue, and replies, that if there are not laws in folce exclusive of these psetended statutes, ad- equate to the purposes of civil‘ govern ment in Kansas, they have invited you. in two separate hills which they have sent up here, widely variant in the character, but each adapted to the case, to provide for the restoration of regular and constitutional authority in Kansas. One bill proposes to recognise and es- tablish the State of Kansas, under the Topeka Constitution, and the other pro- poses to recognize the Territorial Legis- lature, with proper amendmmenls oflhc organic law. Thus far, you have prac- tically refused to accept either of these propositions. If,-when Congress .-hall have adjourned, the result shall be that Kansas is left without the protection of ' adequate laws and civil autliotity, look you to that. The. i-esposibility will not rest on me nor on the House of Repre- sentatives. I desire, Mr. President, on this greaie occasion——petli:ips the lst, one of full debate during the present session of Congress-—to deliver my whole niind upon this important subject. 1 add, therefore, that the tendency and end-—I will not say object—of the rev- ciliitioii which has been effected in Kan- sas, which has been effected by her £:0nqllel'0I'S ‘ through the countenance; and aid of th'e President of the United Slates, are not of such a character as to reconcile me to that ri-volut on. Thai end is the esiablshineiit of human slavery within the Territory of Kansas. If I should go with you and the majority ol the Senate in cniasculiiling this army bill, as it came from the House of Rep- ‘.~'EEelIl3l.IVC9, I should thereby show that I was at it-a~t iiidilfr-i‘ciit on so great an Sir. I could never lrogive my- sclflii:-reiifter, when reviewing the course of my plllilic life, ii‘ i bail consented to inflict upon even the present settlers of \Kansas, few poor, and scattered through \ii5 forests and prairies, as they are, what \. deem the iniscliiefs and evils of a sys cm of compulsory labor. excluding, as -re know by experience that. it always yes, the intelligent labor of free men, But it is not merely on to-day, and on t 3 generation that I am looking. I ca not restrain my eyes from the effort, list, to penetrate through a period ol iy.five years——-of fifty years-of a llilhdred years—of even two hundred year}.-so far, at ‘least as a statesinan’s visiou‘ou_glit to reach beyond the liori- 'Z0i| H13! éhreeiis the future from com- mon observation. All along and through that dimly explored vista, 1 see rising up before me liiiudreds of thousands, mil- lions, even tens of"-millions of country- men, receiving their fortunes and fate, as they are beiiig shaped by the action of the Congress of ll'It-' United States, in iliis hour of langucr, at tlfe close of a weary day, near the end of a protracted . and terliuiis sessioii. I shall not, indeed iiiect them here on lliecarib, but I .‘-hill! meet them all on that. day when I Sllflll" give up the final account of that. sleu- ardslijp which my country has confined to me. If I were now try consent to finch an act, with my opiiiious ,an_d con- \ » victions,.the fruit of early patriotic and Christian teachings, matured by reading of history; by observation in States where Freedom flourishes, as well as in societies where Slavery is tolerated ; by experience throughout a life which al- ready approaches the climacteric; by travel in my own and foreign lands; by refiection under the disciplineof cons- cience and the responsibilities of duty, ; by social colivetse, and by a thousand collisions of debate, I should be obliged, when that last day shall come to me (as it must to all,) to call upon "the rocks and the mountains to fall upon me, and crush me and my name—detested then by myself—into that endless oblivion which is the most uuwelcomeof all evils real or imaginary, to the thoughts of a generous and illuminated human mind. l Policy forbids me to do it ; Justice for- ‘ bids me to do it; Humanity forbids me to do it; and th Constitution of my coiintry—wises: all Constitutions-— most equal of all Constitutions——most humans of all Constitutions which the inventive genius of man has ever framed —forbids me to do it. I have arrived iiow, Mr. President, at another question inuch debated here, namely, whether the inhibition which is contained in the bill as it came from the House of Rep- resentatives, and to which the Senate objects, is germane to the bill. If that inhibition really has the importance with which I have invested it, their the question whether it is germane or not is worthless and trivial. Sit, in an act of such high necessity as the resistance and suppression of revolution subversive of civil government and public liberty, questions of parliamentary form sink in- to insiguificancé. But the question is germane. It is a normal provision, of a character identical with the bill itself. The bill proposes an appropriation to defray the expenses of the army of the United States for one year, and necessa- rily contemplates the character and na- ture of the service in which the army is to be employed. It is framed with such foresight as the House of Repre- sentatives can exercise of the places where the army shall be employed, whether in the States or in the Territo- ries, or in foreign campaigns, and of the nature and characterof its employmeuts —whether training in camp, building fortifications, suppressing Indian insur- rectious, repelling invasions, or carrying the banner of our state and stripes in conquest over an enemy's battalions in hostile countries. It is confessed that Congress, and not the President of the United States, has power to direct the destination and employment of the army in all these respects. And now, what does . the provision propose? Simply this, that while it leaves the discretion of the President free exercise to employ the army where he shall think fit; in maintaining Federal laws, and, consist- ently with existing.-statutes, the laws of every State in the Union, and of every Territory in the Union, he shall not do this one thing—einploy that army in ex- ecuting the pretended and obnoxious statutes of the usurpation in Kansas. On the point whether this inhibition is germane to the bill, you, Senators, think that yes are making an issue with the House of Representatives, on which, when you go down before the people, the Senate will stand and the House will fall. I know well the conservative pow- er that is lodged in twelve millions of dollars, Spanish milled dollars; but I know also the virtue, the consecrative virtue, which resides in the hearts and consciences of twenty-five millions of American freemen. The people of the United States, in this case, will never stop to ask whether the inhibition was germane or not. They are not yet pre- pared to receive their own money back at your hands, on condition of the sur- render of liberty or the det_ii_a_l__c_i_f justice But if I grant that the people will stand by you, and condemn the House of Rep- resentatives, still, in that case I take my stand with the House of Rep- resentatives. The American people have a persevering way of correcting to-day their error of yesterday When the temporary inconvenience which they shall have suffered from your act of with-l holding from ‘them the twelve millions of dollars which ought to be disbursed to them through the operations of the army, shall have passed away, they will call you, to account for the injustice which will have infiicted that" injury. and will then vindicate their fidelity to liberty and justice, while sternly bes- towing iipon you the censure you have provoked. Whatever may he the deci- sion, early or late, of the American peo- ple, the judgment now to be given will go for review to the tribunal of the civi- lized world. It needs little of either learning or foresight to anticipate the decision of -that lribiiiial, on the issue whether the Senate is tight in using bayonets and gunpowder to execute un- constitutional and tyrannical laws, tend- ing to carry Slavery into Free Territo- ties, or the House of Representatives is right in maintaining the Constitution and the universality of Freedom. The whole question of the propriety of the inhibition hinges on the point whether, under the circumstances, it is necessary. ,I_ appeal on that point to the Senate, to the country and to the world. Either armed force must be continued in the bill, and so take effect, or else the army will be employed to enforce these . atro- cious laws. Every other effort to defeat_ and to abrogate them has failed. This attempt is the last that can be made. It IS therefore this remedy for the revolu- lion in Kansas which we must adopt, or no remedy. I go. therefore, with the House of Reptesematives, for the inhi- bitioii which it proposes. You reply, that if the House of Representatives persevere, the bill will fail, and thus the action of the Government will be arres- ted. But although the House shall per- severe in the right, the bill will not fail, and the action of the Government will not be arrested, unless the Senate shall persevere in the wrong. If both shall persevere. and the action of the Govern- ment shall be arrested, on whom will the responsibility fall? Must the House necessarily sutrenderits own convic- lions, and adopt yours. in all cases, whether they are right or wrong '5 If so, pray tell me, Senators, what is the use. of a House of Representatives at all’! Sir, the Senate will find, if it shall assume the position of defiance against ilie House, that it has not weakened the strength of the House of Representa tives, but petiled its own. By the letter of the Constitution,the House of Repre- sentatives has exclusive right to origi- nate all bills for raising revenue. By custom, inherited from Great Britain, and unbroken since the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the House of Rep- tesciitiitives, exclusively originate all general appropriation bills. This exclu- .-ive’ right and , cusloni oforiginatiug general appropriation, hills involvesat cast an iqu_al riglil, on llle pan of the Home ol lfepri-s.e=iil-atives, to limit ordi- re-ctilie appl.i-.aiion'of the moneys ap- propriuicil. ’l‘lie House-,in view of the revolution inaugurated in Kansas by the President, with the aid of the army of the U uited States, and maintained by the Senate, might lawfully, If in its dir- cretion it should deeiii such a coiitse ex- pedient. refuse to appropriate any money whatever for the support of the army. The greater iiicliules the less. The House may therefore attach the prohibi- tion as a condition of the grant of sup- plies for the army. The honorable Sen- aior from,Maine (Mr. Fessenden,) has sagely said, in the course of his excel- lent speech, that the-House has, by re‘. son of‘ its constitution, a peculiar and superior fitness for passing on the ques- tion involved in this debate. Its mem- bers are fresh from the people, and they go hence directly, to render an account to the people for their adniinisttation of the National Treasury. We of the Senate are so far removed, by the dura- tion ofour terms of office, as practically to be in a measure irresponsible. ‘House of Representatives is constituted by direct election by the peopfi them- Selves. We of the Senate are sent here by the Legislatures of the respective States. They are great political bodies, and justly represented here as such, to check, if need be, the too volatile action of the people through the House of Representatives. Bin. they are corpo- rations, nevertheless, and the Senate is a body representing corporations. More- over, the Senate, by force of its constitu- tion as a council of the President, in ap- pointments to office, and in the conduct of foreign affairs, is more readily in. clined toward combination with the President, and, of ‘course, to dependence upon him rather than the House of Representatives. It is to the House of Representatives, therefore, that the peo- ple must look ; and itis upon that House and not upon the Senate, iliiit the people must rely mainly for the rescue of pub- lic Liberty, if the time shall ever come when that Liberty shall be endangered, with design or otherwise, by the exer- cise of the Executive power. Thus far Mr. President, I have treated this sub- tect asoneinvolving only the interests of the people of the Territory of Kan- site, but you will see !|l_ once, without any amplification on my part, that you are establishing, byway of precedent, a system of government for not merely that 'l‘ernr.ory, but all the Territories, present and future, within the United States. It is worth while to see what that system is. It is the system of pop- ular sovereignty, founded on the abnega- tiou of Congressional authority, attemp- ted by the Kansas and Nebraska act of 1854. But it is the principle of popu- lar sovereignty, with the principal of popular sovereignty left out, and that of Executive power exercised with fraud and armed force, substituted in its place. Since we have entered upon a career of Territorial aggrandizement, as Rome, and B'ritain, and Spaindid, respectively we can look forward to no period when what we call Territories, but what they called Provinces or Colonies, Wlll not constitute a considerable part of out do- minion, and be a theatre for the exercise yf cupidity and the display of ambition. Let Congress now effectually resign the Territories to miljtary control by the President, or by Generals appointed by him, and‘two more acts will bring this grand National drama of ours to its close. The first of these acts will be the sub- version of’ iherty in the remaining Territories; and then, the Rubicon ea- sily passed‘ the second will be the estab- lishment of an Empire on the ruins of the whole Republic. But how is the Government to be arrested, even if the Army bill should fail, through your per. severing dissent. froiu tlie_I-Iouse of Rep- resentatives? In the army of the Uni- ted States, indeed and essentially, a civil institution-—a necessary and indispensa- ble institution in out republican system '.' On the contrary, It is an exception, an anomaly, an antagonistic institution, tol- erated, but wisely and justly regarded with jealousy and apprehension. We maintain a nstanding army in time of war, to supress Indian insurrections, or to repel foreign invasions; and we main- tain the same standing army in time of peace to be prepared- for war. But, whether in peace or war, we maintain it not without some measure of hazard to constitutional liberty: Happily, the In- dian disturbances within our borders have been suppressed; and if they had not been, the smallest measure of gen- tleness and charity toward the decaying tribes would more effectually secure the blessings of peace, so far as they are concerned, than the employnientof many legions. Happily, also, the dark cloud that seemed gathering over us from the ,_East, when this session commenced in December last, has been dispersed, and we have now a sure prospect of peace with all foreign nations for many years to come, The army of the United States is therefore immediately useful now only as a police to execute munici- pal laws Sir, eleven days hence Congress will adjourn, and it will|come back again one hundred and eight days after that time. No serious disaster, nor even any great public inconvenience, can happen wiliin that period. Congress will [be here in ample time to provide, if it shall be be necessary for the public safety, for ex- pelling Great Britan from Centrial America, for conquering Cuba. and for bringing into subordination any insur- rectionaty Indian tribes. Everybody will know that every dollar we owe to contractors, purveyors, merchants, ma- kers of gunpowder or muskets. or foun- ders of caution. as well as every dollar we owe to soldiers or officers, for pay or for rations, is guaranteed by the nation- al faith and of that faith money can be raised wilhoiit any considerable dis- count", And now, what other incoveni- the army bill? We are told that law and order will be «lost, and anarchy will prevail in the Territory of Kansas, ifthe army he not employed there to keep the peace and execute the Territorial laws. Look. I pray you,— through this report of the Investigating Committee, drawn out to thelength of twelve hundred pa- ges, filled with details of invasions, and robberies, mobs, murders and conflaga- tious, and tell me what anarchy could happen, in the absence of martial law, worse than the anarchy which has marli- ed its establishment in the Territory ?— Aiiswer me still further, what measure of anarchy could reconcile, or ought to reconcile, American citizens to a sur- render of constituttional liberty in any part of the Republic I Answer me fur- ther, what is that measure of tranquilli- ty and quiet that a republican people ought to seek, or can wisely enjoy ! It is not the dead quiet, the stagnant tran- quility of cowardly‘snbmission to usur- pation and despotism, but it is just so much of peace, quiet.,,and tranquillity, as is co_nsietent.with the preservation of constituionnl |ib.€l’t;I. It would be a hard alternative, but, if the Senate should insist onfotcing on me, or on the people represent, the choice between peace under despotism, or turbulence with feedom, then I must say, promptly and‘_fc-ail-ssy give rm so much of safely as I can lia_ve,and yet remain a free- man.and kl up all quiet and all -safety beyond that for those who ;il'..- .. i ling to be slaves. The , ces are to result from a failure to pass- ll'lllll§l Chfidifild. 'norwaiir, Tuesday, Sept. 2, I856. Haunt our on SI.AV'F.'RY.——“I have said that lnever could vote for it myselfi and I repeat that I never can, and never will vote, and no earthly powerwill evey make me vote to lsprend slavery over territory where it «I095 not now exist.”--lIenr_i/ CIay’s Speech, Feb. 6, 1850. they take notice of so humble it person as myself, will reproach me with, when, 1 say, as Isiiid the other day, 1 had made up my mind, l'or one, that under no circum- stances would I consent to the further extension of the area of Slavery in the United States, or to the further increase of Slave Representation in the rfouse of Repre- sentatives.”-Speechqfoamr-l Websteron Oregimflill, ’48. ' ‘ ‘ Tm: xaouriox or noxirsrio Si..i\'ariv is the greatest ob- ject of‘ desire in these Colonies, where it was unliappily introduced in their infant .-itate.”—J¢]'erson, in 1774. - F08 PRESIDENT Joint c. 1-armour, OF CALIFORNIA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, wn.r.nm r. Jonnsrorr, OF PENNSYLVANIA . American N atsonal Plattonn. 1. Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and in- separable. ' 11. Freedom of the ballot-box from foreign influence. III. Freedom of conscience. IV. F. eedom of speech. V. Freedom of the press. VI. Free Territory and Free Kansaa—No advantage to accrue to Slavery from the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. VII. The improvement of rivers and the construction and improvement of harbors, as well upon the great lakes us on the seaboard. VIII. The immediate construction of a railroad across American territory to the Pacific States, by such aid on the part of the Government as may be necessary to ric- complish .-inch result. Political Lying. There be some men who call themselves respectable and even Christian, but who nevertlielcss think nothing of propagating a monstrous lie for political ejfect. To such, the command “ Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” is niillilied by party spirit, and, sometimes, by personal malignity. The enormous salsehoods dfly invented against Col. Fremont and sedulonsly propagated by .deludetl or knavisli individuals, well illus- trate the above. statements. Here is a. young hero, whose whole life has been de- voted to the service of" his country ; who has’ been honored by Jackson, and by nearly every Administration since Jack- son left the Wliite House ; who has made himself a voluntary exile from the com- forts of home and the refinements of civi- lization, for the sake of extending the area of human knowledge and developing the resources of the national territories ; who has faced the howling wilderness, the in- hospitable mountains, the driving snows, the ferocious beasts, and scarce less fero- cious savages, without it thought of self- ish fear or selfish interest, and all because duty and his own indomitiiblc energy im- pelled him onward; a. man, who has ad- ded new honor to the name of American ; whose exploits have awakened a thrill of admiration throughout all Christendom; a. man upon whose good name no stain ever rested, and whom within the last sixteen years it has been the delight of_ all men of all parties known. And now what do we ‘see ? Profess- ing as he does the true Democratic prin- ciples of Jefferson and Madison, having shown his devotion thereto by leading the van of the friends of Freedom in Califor- nia, and more their any other person, having saved that young state from the curse of slavery, he is put in nomination by those who love American and Repub- lican institutions as founded by our fa- thers, for President of‘ the United States, and straightway, a. shower of LIES and filth, such as hardly ever before disgraced a political canvas is poured upon him by unscrupulous opponents. He is belied as to his religious faith ;" he is slantlerctl as to his birth and nativity ; the grace even cannot protect the good name of his sain- ted mother from these Ghouls of party ; lies about his habits, lies about his public services, lies about his private life, lies about his pecuniary affairs, L I E S WHOLESALE and LIES RETAIL —these form the weapons and the ONLY weapons to which his foes resort-. And yet we are in nowisc tlislierirtened when our adversaries bctake themselves to such means of warfare. The honest Heart of the American People will rise up indignant against this evil brood of slandcrers and overwhelm them. We mourn indeed, over the exhibition of hu- man degradation which they portray, but nothing more. Our oppmicirts feel the power of Col. .F7e7n.mi.I,s Character and Position, and unable to assail him or his Principles with the armory of truth they resort to LYING, as their only resource. The cunning of the Bucliaiiaii Democracy is well exemplified IIOWCVCI‘, in this mat- ter; like the monkey wliich thrust the paws of the cut into the grate,’ to draw out the roasting nuts, the Bucliananicrs get some reckless Fillniorite to invent and circulate the frilschoods, and their endeav-. or to turn them to their own account. Gentlemen l its of no use ! To make your lies tell, for the ciuididate for whose benefit ihey ‘are ‘intended, you must go south of Masons and Dixon’s line, where the people cannot read. In this land of Schools “ Tm!/r is migllty and will pre- mil.” N orwalk Fremont Club. The great demonstration~ at the Cabin in South Norwalk having been of such recent occurrence, we are requested to state that the regular meeting of the Norwalk Frernent Club for the present week will be omitted. Due notice of the next meeting will be given. The County Fair. Our Agricultural Society has voted to lo- cate the next Fair, (which opens three weeks from to day,) upon the Mott. Park, in the rear of the old Mott Mansion. It is one of the most beaiitifiil and convenient locations that could have been secured. A train is tobe run t6 and from South Norwalk at short intervals during each day so that our friends there will be accommodated even better than last year. It is most earnestly requested that Manu- factiirere "and others having articles to ,exibit, will, without. delay, inform the Corresponding Secretary of the character of the article and amount of spacedesired for its exhibition. §*At the special town meeting on Satur- day, a vote was carried construct a new Road from Juda’s Island to the “ Old Field Road,” an improvement very much peedell by the public interest. ' The Selectmen were also instructed to lzikg legal mcniis to force through the improvem-‘Ill: of Grcgory’s Point Road, they were also in- structed to pay the claim cl‘ James Finney for damages sustained by his H00 in his fall min: the Stone Work of the new Bridge. . ,. . . .3.-its-.:..;i-ms:-<mwte-vet-rr~€"-::v.>£3rJ:EI§d§E:F “I rent. there is nothing which the civilized world, if Challenge to Mr. Ferry. The ‘Hon; 0. S. Ferry. of Norwalk, some time since, delivered a Black Re- publican Know Nothing speech Westport, and in the marks gave out a challenge to any man in the State to meet him and publicly discuss the claims of the respective candidates for the Presidency upon the sulfrages of the American people. Upon the fact being made known to L. A. Lockwood, Esq., of Greenwich, the chal- lenge was promptly accepted, in a note to Mr. Ferry, of which the following is a copy : 39 W.u.t. S1-., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1856. To Hon. 0. 8. F33!!! : Dear Sir.-—I understand from a gentle- man who was present at a Fremont meeting, , held at Westport, (Conn.) on the evening of Thursday last, that you challenged any man in the State of Connecticut, to debate in pub- lic the claims of the respective candidates for the Presidency of the Unites States, upon the suffrages or the American People. And further that you oflered to meet any one who would accept your challenge, at any time or place by him named. New, therefore being an advocate of the claims of Buchanan and Breckenridge in op- position to those of Fremont and Dayton, I accept your challenge, name Westport as the place (because there you publicly gave the challenge.) and will meet you at the above named place at such time as may be conve- nient to us. Please communicate your pleasure with re- gard to the above acceptance at your earliest convenience, and state what time will be most agreeable to you. I am, Dear Sir, your obedient Servant, ' _I.. A. Locxwoon. Mr. Ferry, we learn, has not yet found time to reply to this note, from which fact it is presumed he has as yet been unable to fix upon any can/vemfent time for the discussion. Mr. Lockwood, we understand, is but little accustomed to public speaking,and does not pretend to any natural gift in that direction, but he can state facts, and knowing that "thrice armed is he whose cause is just,” be is willing to meet Mr. Ferry. on equal terms, and "abide the issue." Does Mr. Ferry "back down '3” ‘ Bridgeport Farmer. filf a person were quietly pursuing his way along the side-walk, and a seedy looking individual should pop out of a corner grocery across the street, exclainiing with brandished lists and inflamed countenance, "hallo! you there! they say you want to fight! come over here and I’ll whip you !” the aforesaid quiet individual would probably keep right on his own way, about his own business, without no- ticing the seedy-looking chap who was en- deavoring to make himself conspicuous, and this the Bridgeport Farmer would doubtless call “backing down 1” If this Mr. Lockwood, who hails from “39 Wall st ,” is so exceedingly anxious to push himself into notice, we presnine that he can be accommodated in this vicinity, even though Mr. Ferry does not pay any attention to him. Have the Buchanan Men all gone over to Knnwnothlhgism '1 Mn. EDITOR :—-Being an adopted citi- zen of Connecticut, and a democrat from principle, I feel a little curious to know how to explain the movements of the lea- ding Buchanan men in town during the past week. We know that most of them became members of the secret knownoth- iiig lodge at its first introduction into this town, but we have been assured over and over again that when they found they could not control its more zealous members from efi'orts to prescribe the for- eigner, they denounced the whole thingas anti-democratic and withdrew, renouncing forever all connection with the unfruitful works of darkness. Yet, during the past week, their pledges not regarding, they have been seen pasting up the bills calling a meeting in aid of the election of the knownothing candidate for president, and most persistently urging all their po- litical friends to attend and give the aid of their presence in support of this know- nothing movement. One of the party, who aspires to the position of Sir Oracle, went so far in his devotion as not only to put up bills and distribute invitations to democrats in adjoining towns, but even to go about from store to store and shop to shop, telling his political. friends they “ must be sure to come over to our meet- ing” l Now if we are to be thus sold out to knowuotliings by our leaders, we wish to know it, and no proffers of lager beer or bad whiskey will satisfy the demand made for an explanation by more than one FOREIGN Vort.-: R. ‘:3. Our naturalized friends are not up to the tricks of‘ the trade. Notwithstanding the whole democratic press and party of the coun- try joined in villifyiug and decrying the Ad- ministration of"Mr. Fil1more—charging him with want of nerve and imbecility on account of "the Cuban question—cliarging him with “ prescription” whenever a democrat whom Gen. Taylor had retained in office" was remov- ed, etc. etc. and etc. efc—the sagacious mana- gcrs of that party now discover in Mr. Fill- more a most hopeful ally. Their former bit- terness is smothered and there are to words too soft and honeyed to cajole his followers over to the lustful embraces of locofocoi.-int.- As the most effectual means for an ultimate winning over to her bed and board, the Buch- anan Delila proposes to preface the nuptials with a sort of nine weeks copartuership, under the name and firm of Fillmore, Buchanan & Co. who are to do a general political stock jabbing business till the eve of election, when the entire interest of the first named partner is to be sold out and transferred to Messrs. Buchanan it Co. No natural afllnlty can exist between these two parties, and not only is the foreign voter to be duped, but every honest Fillmore man is sought thus to be entrapped. Let these things be Remembered, and if they do not prove true as we have predicted, let us share the fame of a false prophet. Anny Bill Passed! ! WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. A clean army bill has been passed by the House by four majority. The House concurred with the Senate in striking out the Kansas proviso. 1? H. W, Hyatt on account of ill health sold the Liichfield Enquirer to E. C. Goodwin, who will be hereafter Editor and Proprietor. There will he no change in politics. Mr. Goodwin is grandson of the late GEORGE Goonwm. Esq., former proprietor of the Couraiit. Newspaper management runs in the family, and we have no doubt that Mr Goodwin will continue to make the Eu- quirer au excellent paper. Cpnpnprk, S. $3., Aug. 29. . A large meeting was held this even- ing to welcome P. S. Brooks. The Mayor presented a silver pitcher, a cape and other testimonials of approhaton.-— Brooks responded at length. Much en- tbllsiastn prevailed._ \ \‘_. \ in = course of his re- ' Ili_raI1d—NIlemonstration ! for Fremont and Freedom at SOUTH NORWALIU 150D Republicans in Council ! The Fremonters of South Norwaill: hiiviiig erected an immense Cabin to hold their meetings in, assembled to dedicate it on Saturday evening, when ,notwif.li- standing but two days notice‘ was given, the building was jammed to its utmost capacity long before the speakers arrived and some 600 to 1000 persons congrega- ting upon the outside three tiers of boards were removed around the entire edifice, and here the solid mass of interested lis- teners stood their ground in the open air till near midnight. A delegation of two lmml-ml were present from New Canaan, by actual count-—much more than a ma- jority of all her legal voters which speaks well for that heretofore locofoco town.—— Het delegation was headed. by one six and five four horse teams. From old Ridgefieltl (14 miles distant) came down 88 with teams, and many others by cars, while more or less poured in from the en- tire length of the Danbury railroad. The Ridgefield Glee Club sang several of their best songs in their best style, and the speaking was opened by E. D. Benc- dict of New York, followed by Lieut Gov Raymond of the Times. The speech of Mr. Raymond was one of the most effec- tive which could have been made, in short it was an incontrovertable clincher. He was followed by J. A. Underwood, who kept the attention of the audience rivited till near midnight before they would re- lease him. His plain unvarnished niirra- tive of his expulsion from Virginia and the present state of society at the South, was receivd with the most absorbing in- terest, and when he drew forth the flag borne by the gallant Fremont to the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, it seemed as if an electric bolt had roused the audience to their feet, and, as if by instinct, tlmze loud mid hearty slicers burst forth for FREMONT and JESSIE. We had intended a report of the seve- eral speeches, but find ourselves obliged to omit them. Westport Fremont Club. There will be a meeting of the West- port Fremont Club on Thursday even- ing, at Betta’ Hall, and will be addressed by eloquent speakers. Dal-ien. The Fremont Club meets on Friday evening at the Club Room. Speaking may be expected. I ‘ Camp Meeting. The annual Camp Meeting of the Method at Church will commence at the usual place in Reading, on Monday the 8th of September.- The Daubury cars will make special trips to the Camp Ground at reduced rates of fare. All huckatering will be prohibited by law. 3* The speech of’ Mr. Brooks on Sat- urday evening drew forth a rcspetable au- dience both in character and numbers, but composed principally of Buchanan men, as a matter of course. Destruction ot the Latting Ob-_ servatory. New Yorur, Aug. 30. This tower, near the Crystal Palace, was destroyed by fire, together with the surrounding buildings. The los° is heavy; variously estimated at from one to two hundred thousand dollars; parti- ally insured. The Hydeville Marble Works occupied the Observatory; loss $l00,000—-instance $17,500. Important from Kansas. CHICAGO, Aug. 30.. We have the following intelligence from Kansas dated the 23d inst. 3000 Missourians are collected at Westport and Kansas City, and it is expected they will match on the 30th in different de- tachments along bolli sides of the Kan- sas River, surrounded by Free State settlements, all the way west as far as Topeka. Gen. Richardson had marched north ostensibly to intercept and capture Lane but actuallyto prevent assistance com- ing to Lawrence tlitougli Nebraska.— No communication could be had with the river except at the risk of life. Pro. visions were very scarce at Lawrence, and the citizens had asked a government escort to obtain supplies. but they were refused. An attempt was to be made to. obtain supplies under a guard of the Free State force. ‘ s Uannectz'cut.—Some 4,500 Fremont- ets assembled at Norwalk, Conn, on Sat- urday evening last, to listen to speeches by Lieut. Gov. Raymond of this city and Mr. Underwood of Virginia. The speeches were good, the songs of the Glee Club no less so, A and the people in the best spirits. There was nothing to be regretted, except that most of the Buchanan men felt under obligations to attend the Fillmore meeting held at the same time, in order to keep Orator Brooks and his dozen or two-of disciples from collapsing. But for this, the Good Ca use would have gained more converts, but every thing else wasjust as it should be.—N. Y. Tribune. p- Our friends of the Tribune have about hit the nail on the head , only the compositor has inadvertently, we presume used a figure 4. in- stead ofa2 many estimating the number pres- ent at 2500. Our own opinion is that it did not exceed two thousand yet if entllnsiasm could count anything it might be safely put down at ten thousand. Monsieur Tanson, again .’-We per- ceive by the Hartford Coiitant that a young man, giving his name as Joseph Whiting, has been arrested in that city for forgery, stating that he wasa re- porter for the press and acquainted with sundry great ones, 85. Circumstances suppose that he is the same hopeful character who a few weeks since cut up some queer capers here imposing upon the proprietors of the Scoville House and tried to pass some spurious drafts upon the Banks. From here he went to Not- walk, and tried the same game, but was forced to decamp; leaving his landlord in debt there also. He gave his name here as‘S_. Stebbins of New York City. If our copjectiire is right ma jiis_tice"oyer- take him!- Waterhgzry glmmigqn. p- A gentleman from Ititlgefield informs us that the same geptlenian, as it is supposed, recently turned up in that town us it j.'i.liti.cal OFMOI‘. ’ []f? The following-is a copy of a let.- iet just received by the Nriiioiial Kan- sas Committee, signed by several of the sriiicipal men of Kansas. and is l'0ll0\V- ed by an appeal from that Coiiimittee, which we hope will he imvnciliately re- sponded to : ' LA\VRENCE, Kansas, Au;'_r, 13. 18-56. To the National Kansas Coizmzittee .' GENTLEMEN :-The eme-grant train which left. Iowa a few weeks since, has we un- derstand arrived in safety at Topeka. The presence of so large a body of men, and the prospect of still more following in their footsteps, is highly encourage- illg I0 Olll‘. people. In other respects, our cause in the States and at Washing- [ton seem to brighten. We would glad- ly awaitthe complete organization and operation of‘ your scheme and the sure operation of other causes for our peser. vation, but a pressing emergency com- pels us to Anticipate them. and we ap- peal by a special messenger to you for _more prompt and efficient aid in men, arms ammunition and provisions. The Contest is upon us, and instant destruction. It may seem to you a pro- mature movement, but we are forced to it. The details will have to be explain- ed to you by the bearer, Esq., who is fully acquainted with all the facts and upon whose statements you may fully rely. The leading facts of the case we will briefly state. We have three slements upon the most reliable authority, and on no hearsay reports. Since the attack upon Lawrence of May 21st last, with the exception of a few skirmishes, matters in the Territory have remained in comparative quiet.-— Tlie presence of the Government troops while it seemed to impose a check up. on the designs of our enemies has served them with an opportunity to make more extensive preparations. Provisions arms both guns and cannon and ammunition have been severally introduced into and stored in different parts of the Territory, bands of from 50 to 200 men each from Missouri and the South are fortifyiiig rhemselvs in a continuous line through the settled portions of the‘ Territory, in readiness for a simultaneous “descent. by night npolf our scattered and defence- less people. M Fully satisfied that this extreme dan- ger impended over us, we appealed to the military to afford us protection by the dispersion of these armed hands.- This has been refused us in the case of a band of upwards of one hundred men encamped about six miles from this place on Washington Creek. We must have immediate help. The hoards from Mis- souri and other parts of the South will be upon us. We shall stand by our homes to the last. To the neighboring Free States and to the National Committee we look for relief. Shall we not have it 1’ The battle, as you are already aware, is not for Kansas alone, but for freedom ofthe entire north. Suffer us not then we entreat you to be overwhelmed for want of timely aid. We will do our duty.- If the reports our friends bring to us be true, the North is alive toils danger and dut , will stand by us. gommending ourcause to your im- mediate attention and to the Almighty, we remain, Yours, &c.. APPEAL or NATIONAL KANSAS COMMITTEE. The above letter comes to us from the most reliable of sources. We have for some time been aware of the steady and determined preparations ofthe South for a decisive stroke, such as is indicated above. The opening of the contest has happened sonnet than it was planned by the South, but we are convinced it will be a severe one. In the border towns ofMissouri, large companies are prepar- ing to enter Kansas under Atchison. Strinfellow, and Buford, for the pur- poses of exteminating the entire Free State force. There can be no doubt the same will be the case from other parts at the South. Kansas is now a state of open war. It is not a war in which the interests of Kansas are alone at stake, but the case of Fteedoni in the whole country. Shall those who have emi- grated to that Territory from the North with their families be driven out or as- sassinated—becaiise they are opposed to extending the curse of Slavery over that beautiful country! aria questions which are now forced upon us. The country must answer them by action! by money and by men ! Let every man who can go to Kansas, go immediately, and let every neighborhood that can send one, two or more men send them now. Let them comr with means sufficient to car- ry them into the Territory, and such arms as can be procured. Emigrants will need them for their own protection. But let no man go to Kansas except as a bona fide emigrant. We hire no man to go there to drive out peaceable citizens, we only ask those who are desirous, ofmaking that beautiful land their home, to go there. But we ask the Freeman of the north to go prepared to defend their rights and rights of those noble men whose homes are in peril. We want men who love Liberty, and will defend it. Let such go to Kansas now ! We would ernestly entteat all Com- mittees to send their funds to us imme- diately, and put fottli every effort in their power to raise large monthly con- tributions. ' If the North is ever to do anything for the cause of Freedom we expect it to be done now ! By order of the Committee. H. B. Hunb, Sec’y Kansas Coin. 03- Wliete is Alderman Fulmer? Where are the editors of the Know Nothing organ in this city who vouched for the correctness of the Aldermans statement, Where is the state central penny whistle at Albany with its one bun dred and one witnessesand proofs that the Path Finder wasa Catholic’! If they can be found, let them read the follow- ing :— ’ TO THE anrron or -ms. HERALD. The matters have entered largely in the present Presidential campaign, which I wish to dispose of by applying the argumenzum ad lzominem. 1st. I will bet -$5.000 lliat John C. Fremont is not, and nevever was, a Ro- man Catholic. 2d. I will bet $5,000 that he is not, and never was, a slave holder. The money will be be doposiied with Duncan, Sliermon & Co. whenever any party signifies his acceptance of either one or both of these wagets~ Yours, for freedom. W. J. A. FULLER. FTIIO Democratic Convention for the appointment of Presidi.-n_ti:il Electors, assembled at New Haven, last Wednes- day. The attendance was very large from all ‘parts of the State. Hon. Sam, Ing. l‘iam‘and Coll A. G. Hazziitd w‘ere nom- inated electors at largaiarid R. Hub- bard, Ralph I. lngersoll, ‘James A Hovey, alid Royal L, Caufield, District Electors. action alone can save our people from- Tlie fiampaign Gazette. Wc llll.\'c at lat.-l. got. tlirough with the Laws Fisliiug Exciitsions, etc. and are now ready to oil'co:if_. roll up .-luevi,-s; and enter with right good will info the labors of the Campaign.- A ciiiitest. in our c.:tiin:it.ion as important as that which summoned file Fathers of the Rev- olution from the licld and the workshop to re. pel the aggressions of a foreign slavery not half so repugnant to the genius of Liberty as that which would spread the blighting curse of human bondage over the fariest portions of the American Continent.——A bondage which seeks a moral and mental domination over every freeman who dares assert independence of thought, of‘ word or action—a tyrany which would drive out and exclude FREE LABOR from the Free territories, that it may convex-l; its fertile plains into a vast mart for a. ti-affio so abhorrent, that, carried on upon the high seas, every civilized nation has joined in pro.’ nouncing piracy, and punishable with death ! A Contest in short, where Free Democracy combats a Slave Aristocracy !—Where Free Labor insists upon its constitutional rights to Free Territory ! We propose therefore for the few weeks in- tervening the Election, to devote such portion of our columns as may not be required for a faithful record of current news, to the fair and earnest discussion of these principles. We feel confident that those of our readers who here- tofore have been mainly interested in our mis- cellaneous selections, will waive temporarily, their preferences, for the furtherance of the glorious cause of Freedom and Fremont .' That our endeavors may have the widest, sphere of influence, we propose to furnish the Gazette to Clubs. for the next ten weeks. at the bare cost of ink and the white paper. For Bundles of 10, to one address, 25 cts. each. M H (6 fr it [5 .6‘ 36 st H H ts rt (5 “ 100“ “ , “ 12 1-2 -- H ‘L If (C (I. it t‘ c1RcUL.q TE THE D~00U.ME./VTS 1 P. T. Ba.rmmz.—The N. Y. Times and Messenger in connection with a notice of a recent sale of a portion of Mr. Batnums’ estate, says of him what we believe those best acquainted with the man will cheerfully subcribe to : " It is not much to his credit as a shrewd man of the world, we admit, to be so deceived in his knowledge of human nature. But the error was clearly not in his head. The soft spot was in his heart. With all the dishon- esty of mankind generally that experi- ence had taught him, there still lay, at the bottom of it, the original kindness of his disposition, a readiness to con de in those for whom be entertained a yearn- ing affection. It was on this hidden rock be split and with a single dash of his pen wrecked all his fortunes, his health, perhaps all the energy and spit- it of enterprise, not to mention the au- dacity, (which the uncharitable persists in calling by a much ruder name,) that characterized the wonderfully successful efforts of his earlier life to achieve noto- tiely and affluence.” The same paper mentions his where- abouts, and present occupation. _ " Mr. Barnum is now residing, we are told," at an uuromantic place on the ocean shore of Long Island that luxurates in the unpronounceable mile of Quogne, where he recruits his health and spirits by narrating comical stories to the un- sophisticated country folk, practises with his gun upon the decoy ducks of local sportsmen, packs up very carefully in ice, for exhibition in New York, all the young whales that stray from their mamma’s side§ and get ashore in his neighborhood, and sits making calcula- tions as to what he can do in London land, Willi the " original Uncle Tom, the original Eve, and the original Top- sy,” A ’ |Q'The‘Stamford Advocate says that on Eonday Prof. Avery, of Hamilton Col- lege, Ohio, visiting at Stamford was thrown from a wagon in consequence of the horse running away and had his leg broken. - I []3- A Train on the Naugatuck Rail- road, a few days ago came through a. flock of sheep belonging to Win Durand, a short distance below Burrville and made mutton of eight or ten of them.—-- The iron horse resembled the woolly horse after the collision. Young Ad'r1emurers.—-A youth seven years of age, having in charge a brother and sister younger, says the Detroit Ad- vertiser, came up on the Western World, bound for ‘ Wisconsin. They are from Oregon, where their parents, whose names were King, were killed by the Indians, last winter. These children were with their parents when they were killed, and narrowly escaped death. An Indian leveled and snapped his gun four times at the eldest,’but the gun missed fire, and the boy escaped. His mother, as she lay dying_of her wounds, gave him directions for reaching their home, which he pursued after she was dead, and by the aid of an old friendly Indian succeed- ed. His care of his little brother and sis- ter was so paternal and manly that it ex- cited admiration wherever he went and at San Francisco a benefit was given him at the theater, from which he realized $1,900. [§ Resolutions disapproving of Brooks’ attack on Sumner and of the acts of the Administration it Kansas were ta- bled in the Fillmore Convention at Syra- cuse. ASSAGE CERTIFICATES, and FOREIGN DRAFTS. Drafts payable in any part of England. Ireland and Scotland- also, Drafts on France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prussia, Poland, Russia, Nor- way, Sweden and Denmark, for any sum from $5 upwards—sold at this Office. Dress Goods. 3 C. .1. Gr-umiin has just received an entire new as sortinent of Ladies Colored Dress Silks, and also, new: Fall Dress Goods in_every variety of style, at low prices, 3 We trike pleasure in calling attention to the adv in another column, of G. W. Sfone’s Liquid cathgrfij, and Family Physic, believing it to be one of the most valuable compounds ever offered to the public and one richly deserving the great success that has already at- tended the efforts of the proprietors in introducing it _ Judging from the immense quantities being gold gun the testimonials in its favor by those who have urged it we feel warranted in recommending the afflicted to t " it.——Lou-‘ell News. Beebe A Son, sole agent for Norwalk B So. Norwalk, H. H. Taylor, Stamford. ’ °m° T”1°" To Nervous Snfleters. A Retired Clergyman restored to health ‘ r days. after many years’ of gr-at nervous sutllgrigg oi: anxious to make known the means gut; cum, Wm gend (free) the prescription used. Directthe Rev. Jon}; M, D.m.\'.u.t., No. 59 Fulton-at., Brooklyn, N. Y. 43.33 into the composition of the blood, and thus produce‘, and sustains every fibre of the body. The cures ac- complished by this famous remrdy are complete, be. cause it expek from the circulation the seeds qf dis¢ag¢_ 'l‘lie oldest practitioners are tliunderstruck at the 1-5. pidity with which chronic dyspepsia and liver coin- plaint are eradicated by I-lollmvay’.=i Pills, after all they apei-ients‘ and tpnics in tlicir ?'fepc7't0i)'_€8‘ have been f.r;i'e'd in vain. The philosophy of "the niafter is LTIIS-.-Nntxuxe _,alyzg her action, and then assisted in hp; ego“: to 1.9, rcuperate the system. ' ' " next spring, before the Duches of Suth‘er- ' Holloway’: Pilhi purify the secretions which entai- salutary effect upon every organ ; for the blood feeds ' is first relieved of the poisonous 'lnfiuenc,esvr|iich par? ' . , J
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