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LMBRO TYPE ARTIST,
. OVER D. JV. DEPOT, ‘
NORWALK, Coxx.
GEORGE E‘. BEIDENI
MANUFACTURER Axi)
A W7i_oIesa.lc and Retail Dealer in
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, 0ONN.,
Opposite D. IV. Railroad Depot, mid
next to Sl.epIlc7z.son’s Ifolcl.
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Dentistry.
Doctors 1111.1’. 6!. FITCH,
Surgical &,lVIechanical-
I) ‘E N T I S T S,
miles over the Store of G. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. HILL. CHARLES Frrcn.
J. E‘. I'00'I‘.'£l,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER .M.élLLOR 1-”S STORE
N orwallis Conn.
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats, Ca1i:<-.1:-‘fl-llleii-’_s & BoY’S
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes,
'U'::n.'Iore11as, ciao.’
No. 2 Skiddv’S Block-
C. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS CARPETINGS
Carriage T-rionnlings. Clot/18. C“-‘f'3’5'
meres, Salinelzs,, Vestings, and Tail-
ar’s Trimmings, by the Yard.
, Piece or Package.
snEEr1Ncs. SHIRTINGS, JEANS,
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK. CON N-
C. 8:. E. K. LOCKWOOD, & G0.
NORWALK, CONN.,
MANUFACTURERS or
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
Ann DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery.
Britannia .Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen F urnimre
in general, Pumps, S/wet
Lead 4- Lead Pipe,
Norwalk Post Office.
./Wail Clos-cs.—WEs'r.7.:-10 A. .\l.. 3.00 ,r..\I.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. u., -1 30 P. 31..
do do D. 85 N. R. R., 8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
WESTON, Tuesday &. Saturday at 2.00 I‘.3[.
Jllrzil ])uc.—-D. A: N R. R. 8.00 A. M.
do do Wi-is'r,9.30A..\I..o.00 P..\{.
do do EAs'r,8.30A..\I.,3-l5? M.
R. A. WILLIA.\lS P. M.
Saugatuck A Bank.
BANKING nouns
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
“ 1 P. M. to 3P. M.
H. STAPLES, President.
B. L. Woonwonru. Cashier;
Westport, J uue 19th, 1857
New Goal Yard.
IIE subscribers have established a. NEW
COAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
25
‘ of the Bridge, on Smith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very superior
article of Goal, of the different sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is alljrcslz. and
pains have been taken to secure the best I.-imls
known in the market, such as Spring i\louiit-
ain Lehigli, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittslou vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
inuneratiug prices. A share of the public
patronage is respect-fully solicited.
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winuipauk.
tf35 ' G. H. &. J. C. RANDLE.
LUMBER! LUMBER:
ILL & HUBBELL have recently com
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, L"-*.h and Lime,
together with every variety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. M. HILL,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,
Wu. ALLEx. WM. '1‘. CLARK.
ALLEN &. CLARK,
Attorneys at Law, Real Estate
Brokers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Fd.l‘mS Houses and Lots leased. Real
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission. Money invested. Taxes paid for
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. tf28
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully an-
nounce to his patrons and the public geii-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phccuix
Block, where he has fitted up a beautiful store
which is now opened with a new and splendid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the ueatcst. and most
fashionable style. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and C0lltl.lllCf1 favors at.
my old stand, I shall endeavor wif.h renewed
exertion to merit their continuation.
N. B.—Goods bought of me will be cut gra-
tis if desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than Ever
At the South ./Vorwal/t
GROCERY STORE.
7 HE Subscriberhasoii hand by far thelar.
gest and best selection of Family Groce-
rises and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk,which he offers to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the waiits of his Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand trial of the same.
GEO. W. SMITH.
fl Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bi-idge,is of-
fered for sale upon very reasonable terms.
It is admirably adapted f'or building lots,
or for gardening purposes, having 9. quick
and rich soil, and a. large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thereon _; or it is
well calculated for afirst rate meadow. Itis
wellfenced, and in a very eligible location.
For further particulars enquire at this Of-
fice.
Horse and Ox Shoeing.
( Crjoc/ceri , Glass
FIWHE subscr_i_ber having taken the old stand
~. ' and C/Lina
‘ Ware.
I‘. H. NASH,
WHOLESALE Axn RETAIL DEALER IN
S T1 O V E S ,
MAxurAcronEn or
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
Has constantly on /zaml ala-rgc assort-
ment of general £Io.us_e—7ceepmg
Furniture, at So. Norwalk.
Conn.
AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court qfGla7377lS-
Washington, D.
‘"13. 3. BOOTH.
Attorney & Coun‘sel1or- at Law,
61 WAL
L STREET,
NEW YORK.
___._____.____
wholesale
PAPEII DEALERS,
MARS’-{ALL BROTHERS,
58 Com-tlanlt Sercet, N. Y.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sts.)
Ruzunr T. MARSHALL.
1)'24 BEN. L. MARSAALL.
Orders and consignment; respectfully so-
licited.
nut:-.nING MATERIALS.
Pressed and Common 31‘-iok,
I,im_e, Cement, Galcinedrias.‘
ter, Hair, and Marble Dust,
HE "Subscriber having dissolvcdhis Lou-
nection with W. C. Sri:Ei;'r, Esq. in mm
business, will continue it on his own ac
count, and will keep a good assortment of
c_)..;.above named articles constantly 0,111,111,],
which will be sold cheap for Cash.
CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office removed to Sellick’s Packet Qllice.
GROUND Feed—all kinds at
0LMSTEAD’S.
BATH Tubs,
at C. & E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
'.l.'in Roofing,
dflne at short notice and reasonable terms
“J
I“f6'im“i?2T“fy“ oébuiiréii" ‘"'- .~W.ati=1*bIiry and
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bakery, f<7)‘t‘v.'.‘-‘-'-
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
ilxen. for which he has unequalled facilities.
From his many years experience, devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business.
he is confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patimii-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
Horses with tender and diseased feet.
JAMES D. SHEA
Norwalk, March 27th, 1857. tf13
Cabinet Ware Rooms at‘
WESTPORT !
THE Subscriber would respect-f'ullyiul'orm
liislriends and the public generally.
that he is still located a few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray: “’h‘31'9 ma)’ he founi a gcneralassort-
meat of CABl.\‘l-IT Funxirimi-2. -
Underlalringiu all its departmentsatten-
dcd to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD,
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY desci'iptiouof‘CAsrIxo done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps_.Iron Fence,Posts,Railings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasoiiablp terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
_fi
Corn Shellers.
EW pattern Corn Shcllers, a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
RR
DRIED Apples, Plums,I’eacliesand Cher.-
ries, at MEEKER cl: OLns'ri-:An’s.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLMSTEAD’S.
.[l\[0TlElY SEED. at
T s. E. 0Ll\lSTEAD’S
Preserve your Fruit.
IR-TIGHT Fruit Cans for sale at manu-
t .1 .‘ C .>
f“ _'"e(';.s.t”El LOCKWC-OD & co.
Refrigerators, &c., keep cool,
A G;UTTERS.Eavc Troughs, and all other
Jobbing in Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron
GEO. F. BELDEN.
ELOUR,
r’ 0LMSTEAD’S.
i’
some of the bestin market,§at
orstcds !
' VERY SHADE, by the Pound or. single
' skein, at the Jewelry and Trimming
530%. Main street. 0. S. CLARK.
Just Reserved
A LARGE lot of Summer Ranges called
_ the Lone Star which are considered Supe-
I"”' '30 anything of the kind, cver yet offered
In this market,aiid are warranted to give g00d
Satlsfflctlbni and all those wanting riingcsl
-would cordially invite to call licfu;-e purchas-
mgclsewherc. Also the celebrated Banner
Stove on hand and for sale as usual at,
BELDEN’S
Tooth Brushes.
A NEW lot just received by
KNAPP 8; LYN ES.
Norwalk Emporium.
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish "of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, dtc.
As good as thcmarkct. affords, constantly to
be found at the well known csfablislimcnt of
MEEKER. dz OLMSTEAD.
fl‘-Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms. .
Ifurther Notice.
HE undersigned having extended hisbu-
siness is now not only prepared to re-
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
Wagons made in every style to suit the pur-
chaser, and at prices to suit the times.
' EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK !
THE Subscriberliasjust returned
#531,, from New York with h. new Stock of
..~' Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to hisciistomcrs very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeoiis tuned and repaired.
Collin Plates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. O. S . CLARK,
S. E. OIIIVISTEAD,
Wholesale and RctailDealcr in Groceries
Provisions,&'c., ./\''o 14 and 16 Jllain-st.
HAsjust received an entirely new and
extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. The public are rcspectf_'ully in-
vited to call.
Norwalk,Jaii.1st,l857.
, New Styles. 2
'flNew Goods 8:. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemen and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers, as has ever been presented to the
publiciii this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful; while
the material is of the finest texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent-'s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. tf2]_
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and illachine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pergallon. pure Ncats Foot Oil. The above
Oils are of the best quality, and for sale by
the nnrrcl. or retail by W. C. STREET.
Great Bargains in
J’.-'l'J'1V.[B.'E::El.,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
THOMAS In. PIECE.
US'l‘ RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
’ bcr, all sizes; 150,000 Spruce Latlis,200,-
000 ft. Boards. 190.000 ft. 1 1-4,1 I-2. and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.’
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. 1
Notice.
“ THR 0 UGH B Y D./1 YLIGIIT.”
Se1leck’s Line of Packets
On and after Tuesday, March 17th.
1857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
' "commence her regular trips for the
so tson. leaving Norwalk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Noi-walk every Satur-
day aud 1’ike Slip every Thursday. One of
the above vessels will be at the Pike Slip
clock at all 9;’ es. so that Freighters may ship
their frciszhtil; any time, and belsure of hav-
ing it put on board.
tlll SELLECK dz DEMMON.
N. B.---All freight to or from the line of
the Daiibury Railroad, taken from and deliv-
cred at the Company’s Freight Depot, without
charge.
VIIBENGS, nor:-s a co.,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
. ‘successors to Jas. H. Beers,
I74 and 176 Chatlfain 'S"('juiil'c‘,‘ New York.
CiIAs. E. Yooxos,
LEwIs H0l'l'S, ‘
III-2.\'llY ill . I’iiowIr'r.
Norwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Dimon Finch, and lit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
.Mac/zine Jobbing and Repairing Business.
would respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery of any des-
cription. He has Lathes,a "laner, etc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in lllanufac
luring, and his familiarity with all kinds of
Maiiufacliii'er’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial and workmanlike in-inner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of For
illachiuery. Building of Blowers. &c., be is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 A. C. ARNOLD.
Through in Five Minutes.
N ASSEWS Five Minute Freezers work like
__ acharm. Call and geta circular and
receipt at Locirwoons’ Furnishing Store.
, _ Notice.
J IIANDES having furnished himself with
, g_ a suitable team fora. general Carmen
‘1Jl'lSlllf(:Sf, would rcspecfully solicitthe patron.
age 0, wpiitiiig carting done. Orders
lf. stcic of Chas. Murry, (Fish ]\[-,1,--
il be faithfully and promptly attended
to.
Norwalk, June 22nd, 1857.
11
tl‘25
Just Received,
NEW supply of those fine Pocket Books
and Portnioneas, which will be sold at
very low prices by KNAPP & LYNES.
Patent Chain Pumps.
NEW and superior Chain Pump. the best
in use.for sale by W. C. STREET.
OWDER and Shot , Pa.tcntFuse, all Caps,
at OLMSTE.-\D’S.
“7lE\"G’S PARINA CRACKERS, at
__ N S. E. 0I.usrEAn-‘s.
Selling on
LARGElol; of Dress Trimmings, Vel-
' vets, Moire Antiques, Fringes. Moss‘
Trimmings, &c.,at extremely low prices,
0. S. CLARK.
Soda ‘Water.
‘HE subscribers are now prepared to fur.
nisli their patrons with Soda Water of
very superior quality, acknowledged by the
bestjudgcs to be fully equal (and many say
superior,) to that made by the best New York
Houses.
Price five cents per glass, or twenty-five
tickets for one dollar. KNAPP & LYNES.
Norwalk,June 1st, 1857.
POETRY.
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J/I-E‘ We have seldom read anything more
forcibly illustrative of the ravages of Time,
(1:
0
Stop Thief.
I saw a figure in my rear,
With Sta-altliy steps lie ventured near
And iinatclieda curl away.
“ Give back the riIiglet—gi\'e,” I cried,
" lneed it a defect to hide--"
He gave but it was gray !
Then with a cold and formal how
He touched his pencil to my brow-
Ah, what a mark was there I
“ Oh, wipe it oil‘, you imp,” ICl‘l9lI ;
He left another by its side,
And mocked at my despair !
And then, as ifto leave a trace
Of all his foot-prints on my face,
He stole the peach’s bloom
Which niantleil o’er my rosy cheek,
And left me sallow, pale, and weak,
Fit tenant for the tomb !
He stole my merry heart so guy,
He stole my ringing laugh away,
He veiled my lustrious eye,
He stole my firm elastic step,
Stole allmy chai-ins,—is stealing yet,
And will be till 1 die l
“ Stop thief! stop thief! stop tliiefi-" I cried,
A gentle angel-voice replied
“ Weep not for faded flowers,
The arrant thief you so much fear,
Your beauties has replanted here,
'l‘o grow in angels’ bowers”
-<0
Many Things that Adam Missed.
Adam nc’er knew what ’twas to be a boy,
To wliecdle pennies from a doting sire,
With which to barter for some pleasing toy,
Or calm the rising ofsomc desire
To suck an orange. Nor did he
E’er cast the shuttlecock to battledore,
Nor wore‘ his touscrs ever out at knee,
From playing marbles on the kitchen floor.
He never skated o’er the frozen rill,
When ii-inter’s covering o'er the earth was spread,
Nor glided down the slippery hill. 1'
With pretty girls upon his trusty sled.
He never swung upon his father’s gate,
Or slept in sui-isliine on the cellar door ;
Nor roasted chestnuts at the kitchen grate,
Nor spun his humming-top upon the floor.
He nc’cr amused liimselfwith rows of bricks,
So set, if one full, all come down ;
Nor gazed delighted at the funny tricks
Of liarliquiu or traveling circus clown.
By gradual growth he never reached the age
When cruel Cupid first invokes his art,
And stamps loves lesson page by page,
On the glowing tablets ofa youngling’s heart.
He never \vau«lei;erl forth on moonlight nights,
With her he loved above all earthly things,
Nor tried to mount old I’indar’s rocky heights,
Because he fancied love had lent liim wings.
He never tripped it o'er the ballroom floor,
Where love and niiisic interwiue their charms,
Nor wandered listless by the sandy shore,
Debarred the pleasures of his lady’s arms,
For Adnn1—so at least ’ti:-i said,
By many an ancient and modern sage,
Before a moment of his life had fled,
Was full runvrr YEARS or AGE.
MISCELLAN Y.
SLAVERY IN OREcox.—The last arrival
from the Pacific brings only more evi-
dences of the purpose of a powerful sec-
tion of the Democratic party to force
slavery into Oregon, and of the indisposi-
tioii of the rest of the party to resist. the
effort. The Occidental Messenger news-
paper, published at Cornwallis, thus ar-
gues thc question for slavery.
“Upon the subject of domestic slavery
now agitating the public mind of Oregon
from one exteremc of the territory to the
other, we cordially and fi'aiikly avow
ourselves in favor of the institution. We
not only believe that the prosperity of this
portion of the Pacific coast, depends in a
great degree, upon its adoption here in
our embryo state. VVc desire to awaken
the people of Oregon fully to the impor-
tance of this subject. African slavery
is the conservative feature in our system
of government-., The slavery representa-
tion iii the U. S. Senate needs strengtli-
euiug——tlie prcpoiidcrance being in favor
of the free States—-and a fine opportuni-
ty is now presented to restore the equil-
libriiiin by the admission of Oregon with
a slavery clause. There is one great im-
'p'g’;,'}j_I_11_eut to the prosperity of Oregon and
that is the high ,;:Iiee of..1a,b0_r. The only
remedy that we can .~uggest';io‘i‘i“‘zL _ ‘
Should this scheme succeed, and Ore-"
gon present herself for adiiiission with a
slavery constitiou, it would give It new
and extrao1'diuary phase to the slavery
question, and tend still further to the
Democratic party. It will be ren_iembeI'-
ed that the “ VVillniot Proviso” was ap-
plied to Oregon as a tei_'ritory,_ the motion
of Mr. Winthrop ; but the friends of the
introduction of slavery say that the Dred
Scott decision wipes all this out.
Boston '1'rai-cllcr.
.——————o<<.>>>———-
fir A gentleman of Cincinnati states
that N icliolas Longwortli, who was in his
native state a shoemaker, practiced law
on his removal to that city during‘ the
years between 1804 and 1820. He once
received as a legal’ fee for defeiidiiig a
horse tlieif two second hand stills. The
gcutleinan who had them in possession re-
fused to give them up but proposed to
Mr. Longwortli to give him a lot of thirty
three acres on Western Row, so called,
in lieu of them—~ a. proposal which the
latter, whose sanguine opinions of the
value of such property were ahead of his
time, gladly accepted. The transaction
formed the basis of an immense fortune,
the naked ground being vvorth over two
millions of dollars.
—:—-oo<Q>oo—2——
A DEAD-HEAD RIiiE.—-Tlie Syracuse
Journal tells the following story of the
dangerous adventure of a “ dead head :_”
“A chap, whose name we did not learn,"
who was determined to have a cheap pass-
age from Utica to Buffalo, even if it was
a dangerous one, packed himself and val-
ise away on the truck gearing iiuder one
of the coaches of the Express train, and
in that position rode as far as this city,
when he was discovered by the car in-
spector.’ He was hauled out-, but he
couldn’t stand, speak, or wink, for the
‘dust in his eyes,’ and looked as though
he had been whipped with a soot bag.
He was urged to get in again when the
train started, but pcremptorily refused,
saying that he had concluded to ship on
roulc of the “ ragin canawl.”
0
3? It is reported that Mrs. Cunning-
ham has retained David Paul Brown,
Esq, of Philadelphia, as her counsel in
the coming trial upon the bogus baby
charge.
than these verses by “ Torsr,” Life illustrat-
Aunt Sally's Muff.
Aunt Sally, as the villagers universally
called her, had received the bulk of her
propcrty’from a deceased aunt, which her
shrewd business qualities had enabled her
to invest so advantageously that she iii-
creased wealth as she did in years, and,
like many other rich people well advanced
in life, had scores of affectionate young
relatives. Her cold gray eyes were too
shrewd not to see through their eager
attentions to the very selfisliucss of their
source.
One nephew, however, did not belong
to this class of schemcrs. On- the con-
trary, the old lady was very often the
victim of his jokes and he would dispute
with her just for the fun of having a hot
argument. Yet for any real service, she
would apply to him oftencr tlian to any
one else. She had even loaned him 9. sum
sufficient to stock 9. fine store, but still
this Frederick so often annoyed and vex-
ed her that public opinion was pretty
equally divided as to whether he would
be the favorite heir or be cut off with a
shilling.
One evening, upon the meeting of the
parisli sewing circle at the house of the
clergyman, this nephew perpetrated a
joke upon his aunt, the result of which
he never forgot. She unlike most maiden
ladies, considered these gatherings a sort
of fashionable nuisance, but usually was
present in order to engage in her sarcas-
tic remarks. Her nephew was there
ostcnsibly to wait upon his aunt, but the
fair Lucy, daughter of the worthy practi-
tioner, Doctor Blood, particularly allured
him with her charms.
The evening passed off pleasantly and
when the party broke up, as Frederick
was taking leave of his young friends,
with his aunt upon one arm and the fair
Lucy upon the other, the old lady sudden-
ly remembered that she had left her
muff.
“ Oh, never mind, aunt,” said the
young man, “I will get it and send it up
to you in the morning.”
“ But I do mind, Fred Strong, for it is
not my way to leave things about in this
manner. But where can it be? I cer-
tainly left it with my bonnet and cloak.”
Search was immediately made, and
a.fte1"a little while it was found stuffed
into a deacon’s hat.
“O, fie upon you, aunt ! Such ahint,
and the deacon only a recent widower 1”
exclaimed her laughing nephew.
Aunt Sally seized her mild, but the hat
adhered most affectionately to-it. By an
angry wrench it. was liberated, and the
uuoffending hat flew across the entry,
projected by the vigorous foot of the iii-
censed maiden. When it arrived at the
terminus of its short journey, it had as-
sumed a most questionable shape, and
its condition might cerainly have been
termer “ shocking bad.”
“ I will pay you for this, young man.”
“Don’t trouble yourself, dear aunt.--
So far as I am concerned, you are entire-
ly welcome.”
“You will perhaps tell me that you
i have had no hand in this matter ?”
“ No. I will tell you no falsehood
about it; but I intended it as a joke
upon our stiff deacon, as much or more
than upon yoursclelf.’’ ,
“ At best it is but an ill trick you have
played upon me, and now mark my
words : You shall have reason to remem-
ber this muff to the latest pay of your
existence.”
“As you please, aunt, since you take it
so seriously ; but I di<lu’t think a silly joke
would have thus offended you.”
Time passed on, and young Strong
prospered famously in his business. He
had amassed sufficient means to be ena-
bled to repay his aunt the sum she had
loaned him, butslie declined receiving it
alleging that she prcferi'ed to have it re-
remain on interest. In the meantime, he
had also persuaded the gentle Lucy to
share his fortunes. As for Aunt Sally, a
singular mania seemed to possess her. In
the matters of real estate, stocks, ctc., she
had become a. perfect alchemist, turning
all to gold.
The neighbors looked on and wondered
but none ventured to remonstrate with
her.__ She was often seen to visit the of-
—,;‘ice of Squire A————, and it was ru-
mm-ed t'[{a;"s;,:,e was making the final ar-
rangements for the n'esnLw.‘u‘-.cf.lier prop-
erty after her dccease. The affair of the
muff was not forgotten, and it was cur-
rent with the good villagers that Fred
would have to pay dearly for that joke.
One morniiig the village was all inac-
tion. Duriiig the night the spirit of the
redoubtable lady had quietly taken its
flight. She was found dead in her chair,
and had died as she had lived, alone.-
Slie had alarmed no one during the
night, nor had she sufl'ei'e(1 previous
illness. Clll'l0Slty, of course, was intense
on the subject of ‘her will, and it was pro-
duced as soon as decency would allow.-
All her connections were present, and
their eager, hopeful, anxious couutcnances
would have furnished a rare subject for
the pencil of an artist. The reading of
the will proceeded until it was finished,
except a simple codicil. Each of her re-
latives, excepting her nephew, had been
remembcred—some to a. greater extent
than others, but none coiisiderably.
At all events, not one third of her for-_
tune had been d_ispen::_ed, and as the
coclicil only reiiiaiiied, all eyes were turn-
ed to Frederick’ Strong as the lucky one
after all. ‘ But what was their surprise,
when they found it only made him the re-
cipieut of her old sable muff and contents.
The word “contents” again excited their
curiosity and, to satisfy them, the article
was produced and found only to contain a
simple paper sewed on to the lllllllg'.—-—-
When detached and opened, in the bold
hand-writing of Aunt Sally were found
these words ;
-“ DEAR NEPEEW :——You will doubtless
appreciate this, the last joke I shall ever
be guilty of, as I appreciated yours on a.
certain time you will remember. God
bless you and yours. Farewell.”
Frederick declared he was satisfied.-
Tlie old lady had fairly rctoi't.ed upon
him, and he certainly deserved nothing
better at her hands.
But what had become of Aunt Sally’s
money? That was the mystery, and it
became a wonder to the worthy villagers,
who discussed it on every occasion; She
was known to have large sums of money
at various banks, but all this the anxious
relatives ascertained was drawn out a few
was consiilted, who had di'aftcd the will,
but he stoutly maintaiiicd that the will
covered the whole of her property and he
would have nothing further to do with it.
One evening, about six months aftc-i~
the old ludy’s death, while F rcderick was
conversing with his wife, the subject: of
the muff was iiitroduccd.
“ That was a costly joke of yours, dear
Fred,” said his wife, gully.
“ But I got the muff, at all events,
Lucy, and what is better, no one has
come forward to claim the three thousand
dollars which she loaned me. I feel con-
fident that she intcnded to present it to
me, and therefore destroyed my note.”
“ Let us have a look at the old relic,
Fred. if the moths have not eaten it
wholly up. I will return with it in 9.
moment.”
The muff was produced, and as Lucy
predicted, the lining was wofully moth-
eatcn. '
“ My dear wife, you must look to this,
for I prize it clearly on good Aunt Sally’s
account. I think you had better rip out
the lining, and renovate the whole with
camphor.
Lucy took her scissors and coininenced
at once upon the task.
“ Wliat can the old lady have stuffed
it with, I wonder? “Thy, Fred, instead
of cotton she has wedded it with dirty
brown paper.”
“Dirty brown paper, indeed !” exclaim-
ed her husband, springing from his chair
and catcliing her hand, as she was about
to zhrow a bunch into the grate. “\Vhy,
it is bank notes, or I am dreaming.”
The mystery of the word “ contents”
was now explained. Note after note was
drawn out, until more than thirty thous-
and dollars lay on the table before them.
A letter was also found from the aunt,
which stated that she always intciidcd
him for Iicr heir. His own note also came
to light, from which his name had been
torn off. This new revelation of" course
created an immense excitcmeiit among
the villagers, but Frederick and his wife
kept on the even tenor of their way—re-
spected by all, not for their wealth sini-
ply, but for themselves. One evening.
during each year, they open their splend-
id mansion to all. It is a famous affair
for the villagers, and is known as the an-
niversary of “ Aunt Sally’s Muff.”
_Ro<-1Q»-..._..—._._R_
Literary Men of France.
Call the roll of the “young men of
1830” and ask where they are! Do Bal-
zac is dead—cofl'ec killed him. Fl‘£‘fl(3l‘-
ic Soulie is dead, the victim of coffee and
liceiitioilsness. Eugene Bi'ifi'aut died {1-
madman iii the Charentoii Lunatic Asy-
lum. Grandville went mad, and breathed
his last in a private insane house. Las-
sally died at the Charenton mad house, a
raving lunatic. Lowe \Vcimai's died
from opium eating and licciitiousiicss.
Rabbc, after suffering agony from a loath-
some (lisease, took poison to end his pro-
louged torture. Alfren rle Musset died :1.
victim to the bottle and the cigar. Count
Alfred cl’ Orsay was killed by the aigar
and licentiousiiess. harles dc Bernard
died from coffee and licentiousness.
ri Beyle died from coffee and women.
Hippollite Royer Collard died from to-
bacco and coffee. Gerard dc Nerval, af-
ter oscilliating between plenty and want,
absteiniousiicss and licentiousncss, went
mad and hung himself. All died of soft-
eniiig of the brain or spinal iiiarrow, or
swelling of the heart I All mowed down
in the prime of lifo—in the iiierida-ii of
their intellect and fame.
Eugene Sue’s name is added to the fa-
tal list. Coffee and women were his ru-
in. He died away from his friends, away
from his family, away from the home he
had adorned with elaborate care, on exile
in a foregin land. Who would have pre-
dicted such an end to Eugene Sue in 1841,
when he was the favorite of Paris, rolling,
in wealth, courted by every one, a daiidy
of most aristocratic pretcusioiis. ‘
Cor. Boston Tr(L’€clleI'. ’
<<Q>~o———-———
A Srnoxo-WIINDER CANDIDATE FOR MAT-
RInoNv.—A lady advertising for a hus-
band in the water Cure Journal, give the
following dicription of herself. She cer-
tainly has some fine “points :”
I am just twenty, but will not marry
days before her death. Squire A—————
l
beforelam two years older. I am a
graduate 'oi‘.d.‘A‘2l‘ifltta Seininary. I can
IIen- ’
To his Excellency JAMES BUCHAN-
AN, President of the United States.
In July last. {I llllllll)(!l' of citixciis of
Connecticut addressed to you, as (‘liii-,f'
.\lag-istrate of this iiatioii, a _\lcnioi'i:il on
the off-.i.i1's of Kaiisas. To this you re-
plied, nuclei‘ (late of Aug. 15, 18:37, in 21
inaiiiicr which shows that you iiiisiuidcr-
stood, to some extent, the groiiiid tzikeii
by the Ivlcuiorizilists, for we would not
iiiiputc to you the iiitentiou to inisi'cpi'c-
sent them. As you liavc tliouglitpi'opc1°
to lay the Memorial and Ileply before the
public, a large part of the ,\Ieni0ria1ists
have conferred on the subject, and have
felt themselves coiiipcllcd ago‘-ii to flllfll‘CSS
you. We would 1‘Cll‘l1ll‘l\’, tl:.~ii, //ml //w
moi-n facts a/lcgcrl in l/ml Jfnzioriul are
ail/zcr passcrl orcr 1Ulf}Ifl'1Ivl /I.-air:/, or are
c.rpIlcill3/ (wozml in your rep/_:,/.
These facts are two: First. “ that the
fiiiidaniciitnl principle of the Coiistitiitioii
of the United States and of our political
iiistitiitions is, that the people s/mil m./1/.1:
//zrlr own. laws, aoul clecl I/icir ozr-)1. rulers.”
Secondly, “that Governor Walker, of
Kaiiisas, openly reprcseiits and proclaiiiiis,
that. the President of the Uiiiteil States
is cmployiiig tliroiigli him (".l':i,lkci') an
ariiiy, one purpose of wliicli is to force
the people of Kansas to obey laws which
are not their own, nor of the United
States; but laws wliicli it is notorious,
and established upon (}\'l(lOll(_‘t‘, l/w_7/ 'Ilcl'i!/‘
made, (mzrl rulers they never rl--rte/I.” As
to these two facts, the ni:i.tcri:=.l facts al-
leged by your Meiiiori-.1lists, and which
chiefly require viinlicatioii fi‘or.i you, they
say that they find no Ilcniul of them in
your reply. They do not sag: that you
have attempted -no 'l‘l)Ltll:(‘.(l/zllzh of your
acts and doings through Gov. \V-.ilkei';
but, only, that they can find ii. your reply
no plain or explicit denial of the facts
referred to—iiot even what tlicy consider
the sliadow of a denial. The i‘-acts stand
in the Meiiiorial, then, uncmz//'(I.(ll(/e/.1, by
what you evidently consider at t-riiiiiiplniiil;
reply. \Vliy is this? Are these asser-
tions, on wliicli the whole subject at issue
(lcpeiids, untrue, and yet 710 denial of
tliem——iiot a word to prorc tlicm untrue?
Witliout such denial, what can you ex-
pect your Mcniorialists and the country
to believe and to say? \\'li:it, but that
the facts which they allege are notorious
and iiiidcui-able?
As to the allegation rcspcctiiig the
fiiiidaiiiciital principle of the Uoiistitiitioii,
your .\[cinoi'i-ulists hope that the time is
remote wlicn the ciiligliti-iicil ClllZ(‘llS of
this couiiti'_v will (lciiy flint piiiiciplc;
though p‘.ii'ty Ztill, in its irifutiiatioii, ili:i_'.'
one day trample it in the llii.-"t, \‘.'llt“.l, in
sight of the ruin, Liberty -.iii.i ll:-ligicii,
in exile, will togctlicr weep ova;-r the dose-
cration. *
Your FOR.\[.»\L \'ixnIC.i'i'io.\' ll~‘.‘\’i? flclllllllxls
notice. -
Of this, your )lcii10i'i-.iiisl;-:' :ii~r-, coni-
pclled to say, tliat, in tlicir view, it is en-
tirely g‘l'Ollf|(llt:.~‘S and iiiis-.itisl';ictoi'y.
Resting it solely on what you call
“ the plaiiiest and most palpzililc historical
facts,” you say that, at the Iinic of your
iuaiigiimtioii, you “fouiid, iii f-.ict-, the
gO\’el‘lllllcllt of Kaiisas as well establislicd
as that of any other '1'eri'itoi'y.” You
then ask, “was it not my duty to sustain
this govcriinieiit-——to prcvciit it from being
ovc1'tui'ncd by force? in the l-.=.iig'ii-age of
the Const-itu=iou, ‘to take care that the
laws be fziitlifiilly executed ?” You then
acid: “It was for this 11lll‘p0;=.e that I
orderccl a. military force to I{=.ii.-szis to act
as a posse comilalus, in aidiu,_.=‘ the civil
iuugistrates to carry the laws into 0.\’(‘(:ll-
tioii.” Here then, is the distixict adiiiis
sioii and dcclar-.ition, on your part, that
you oi'dcI‘cd a niilitary force to l{aiis:is
for the purpose of siistuiiiiiig its 'I‘a.-i'i°ito-
rial g'cvci'iiiiiciit, and of ciif'ui'ciiig its Tor»
ritorizil laws. So fiir, tlic-ii, in respect to
one matter of fact, you admit the asser-
tion of your .\lci110i'i=.1li'sts.
Your vindication, tlierclorc rests upon
the assertion that there was, in fact, a
goveruiiieiit iii 1{aiisus—siicli E govern-
ment as it was your duty to siistain. The
essential question, on which the whole
cont-rovcrsy turns, is thus raised; it is
simply this: IVus More a. Gorcrizmcnl, or
wcrc t/zcrc laws, in Ifmzsus, in 1/10 _jilsl,
proper, and out/zo7'i:czl //;1ca7iing of [/16 [rm-
guoge, “when you ciitc-rod llpf‘-ll the da-
ties of the Presidential ollice on the -ltli
of March last ?”
If this can be proved true, your Memo-
do, and love to do, all maliiiici” at" ..‘:0l1se-
work, from making pies and bread to .
to u‘c"tt‘uc,' _
example of the triitli, that poliiical pred-
udioe is blind oven to the exist-tiicc of the
plaincst aii(l most palpable of liistorical
facts.”
that you 0i'(lci'cd an army to Kziiiszis, to
sii:-rtaiii a so called g0V'(.‘l‘lllll.b ivliicli is
not :1, goveriiiiiciit, and laws which are not
laws.
washing shirts : 'I do all kinds ofsewiiig,
from embroidery to linsey paiituloons ; I
can skate, ride, sing, dance, play on the
piano or spinning-wlicol, or do any thing
that may reasonably be expected of my
sex. If required, I can act the part of
a (luuce in society of the “upper ten,” or
the part of woman among women. As
for ridiiig, here allow me to make a ban-
ter ; any man may bring two horses, give
me my choice and ten feet», and if he over-
takes me in one mile I am his ; if not
the horse is mine. Beware l
I am a believer in liydropatliy, and use
no tea or coffee, neither do I wear cor-
sets ; but am willing my liusbaiid should
do either, if he desires. I believe in “wo-
mau’s rights,” but believe I have no right
to meddle with politics or man’-s business
in general—neitlier have the men the
right to meddle with ours. As for ap-
pearance, I am neither tall nor short,
large nor small, but I am just as I was
made. I have never a.tteinpted to alter
my shape or color, as I am perfectly sat-
isfied with tlic same. By fops I am styl-
cd handsome ; by the young men on
whom I please to smile, I am styled
the hight of perfection ; by those I fi-owii
upon, “ the devil’s imp ;” by the wise and
sober, I am called young and foolish : by
my female acquautaiices “Moly,” and by
my uncle I am callcdToni.”
If I marry it will be a man who uses
no spirits, tobacco, or profanity. He
may be young oi- old, handsome or lionic—
ly, rich or poor, but not in the extreiiic.
He Inukt; have a good common education.
He must be iiiclusti-ioiis ; he_ must be on-
pable of so bearing liimself in any socie-
ty that he will be beloved by all ; his
disposition on and after acquaiiitauce
must please in every respect. He, after
marriage, must allow me to follow the die-
tates of my own conscience, provided I do
not trample on his rights, and he may fol-
low suit.
<0
16" Bangs, Brothers &. Co., an old
establied book sales firm in New York,
suspended.
tiou, that .\'0'i*III.\'G CAN BE l‘RL'l.\' (:0\’l£l{.\'-
ME-.\I’l‘ oRi..\w wuicii uxs .\'o .-\l"l‘Il0l{l'l‘Y, and
that .\'0riiI.\'o SHOULD BE
Enxiisxr on LAW WHICH .l’l‘.'r1:1l.-‘..\"l‘S NU Evi-
DENCE or .-\.L'THORl'l'\’.
foot all lllllllilll rights, and is 3. known
rialists will know soiiictliing, wliicli they
have yet to learn. If it can be pi'oveil not
‘it will nieseiit {L ‘l)!.L’)Ilo)‘i2?/li;I"
;\'or is this all. It will show,
Herc your Memorialists take the posi-
'l‘l-thl.-\TEll AS GUY-
Cuu -.in_v thing which tmiiiplcs under
outrage upon our coiistitiitioii and our
political iiistitutioiis, wl-.r.tcvur be its name
or form, he jiistly i'cg':ii'Llcil us g'ovcriiiuciit.
or law liaving nutliority uiiilcr our Uoiisi-
tiutoii? Can such an 0llLl':l,g'C be clotlicil
wit.h.uiitlioi'ity by a I.’i'csiilt-zit, Senate,
Congress, or a whole C0llgl'C.\,‘S of Presi-
dents ‘.7 Can usurpation beget zi. valid gov-
criiiiiciit or lll\\", or iiiip-.irt that iiglit to
goverii, which implies an oliligaitioii to
obey? It-s niiglit may iiiaikc it ‘.1. iiizitter
of priidcncc to avoid ‘its wrath by submis-
sioii, but Cull usurpatioii create all obliga-
tion to obey when none exists 2’
Suppose the G-i'cat Mogiil, or any oth-
er tyiniit hail csfablislicd the same so-c:il-
led g0vcrnii1_ent and laws of Iiuiis-.is, by
the some means by wliicl1,as all the world
knows they were cstublislieil-—'—'o_v iiiv:isioi.i
and uruis ; would any citizens of the Uni-
ted States call them “govcriiiiiciit ‘.lll'.l
laws” except in derision aiid with loath-
ing? Is a- bogus govcrniiicii£;——goverii-
uncut! Arc bogus l:l.l\'S——lilW.~'i Is this
“ goveinnieiit cstablislicd,” uiirl are these
“laws enacted ;” and yet kiiowii to pos-
sess no otlicr or liig-lici' aiitliority tliiiii
that derived from Boiu>I:i—: l’tUri-‘I.\.\’s I
Are “ We, the people of the U-llllictl
States,” to be stultilicd into ‘.lic belief of
such a dogma I For tliat result, wait at
least for the more absolute doiiiiniou of a
tyraiit.
Your Memorialists will now present
\\'l|:l.lJ lll(,'_\' (?OllSlfl4.'l' the fiiiidaiiieutal error
of your i'L-ply. In their view, in i'ec0giiiz—
iiig; flic tci'i'itoi'i:il govci'iiniciit and laws,
you ll:lV(: pci'i'oi'tml the gciicnil principle
upon wliicli _‘.'0ll l‘1:Sh yoiir vindication,
and have violalr.-<_l its l,‘;3$Cll'ul{lI spirit and
iiiuziiiiiig‘.
Tliat general priiiciplc may be thus
stated : Wlicii rules of action, claiming
to be valid laws, present on the first as-
riglitful law-inakiug power, it is the duty
of the people and the executors of law, to
recognize them as authoritative. To this
as -.i. gmmrril priiiciplc, your Memorialists
s_iibs<:i'ibe. It is the only means of giving
przicticul authority to law, and of proven-
ting violciir.-c and uiiarcliy ; nor do they
yield to any man or class of men, a. high-
er cstiiiiutc of its importaiice, or 9. firmei:
determination to adopt; and defend it,
than tlienisclves clicrisli. But to say
that .ii.I. govcriiiiients and ALL laws,
elaiiiiiiig to be valid, must be recognized
executed and obeyed as such, is as pre-
posterous as to deny the gencralpriiiciple
itself. To inistakc the general rule for an
wnircrsul rule, the coiiditional for an un-
coiiclitioiial pi-iiiciple, must lead to false
rcusoiiing and to practical conclusions of
the most dangei'ou.-1 cliziractci‘ : This, in
the View of yoiir Meiiiorialists, who be-
licvc that none that are to wise or good
to err, is wliat your (they trust inadver-
tently) have done.
In recognizing the territoral govern-
niciit and laws as authoritive, have you
not violated the whole spirit and mean-
of the general principle laid down ?
Ilavc you not wholly disregarded the es-
sciitial COll(ll’l0ll, that the only govern-
ment which is your duty to sanction, must
presciit some evidence of riglitful author-
ity ? You recogiiizc the teriitoral laws
as valid. \VIi:it. is this, but to :i‘c‘l!“‘up9:.'
the priiiciple that, wlic-u the so-called gov-
oriinieiit and laws conic before you, with-
out tlie sliudow ol'cvide1ice of their pro-
cccilliig froni :1 riglitfiil law-makiiig pow-
er, but with the iiiost decisive and over-
wlir-Iuiiug' prooftliat they have originated
in a palablc and violent usiirpa.tioii——that
ovcii tlicii—-—eveii iii a (-a:-"c so flagrant, it
is your duty to siistaiii and execute. them,
even by the armies of the United States ?
Your Bleinorilists are here anxious to
call your attention to an important dis-
tiiiction, whicli you appear entirely to
overlook. '_l‘lie_\' rcaCiily concede that, in
(.‘:lS(‘S of no iiiil'im-qiieiit OCCl1l‘l'(2IlC€, one
g-o\'ui'iiiiiciir ni:i_v pl’0p'.‘l'l_V1‘L‘(:0glllZ0 anoth-
or as ill1ill0l'll:lll\'L‘, :18 :1 govt-riiinent do
_/"or/o on :i very long (logrcc of evideiice,
vcitlioui‘ l'l"__‘,‘l<ll_\' iiiv:-. _ ‘:‘.l”.lll}_’,‘ltS authority
or even <':;nsi<l~. i'iii-3‘ its origiii. For exam-
plc, the g'(i\'C-l'lllll:_'llE of Great Britain,
wlscii Loiiis Nzlpf)l3f)ll entlironecl in
Ifniiicc by the umiy of the Einpirc, and
vi h the .’l(."jlllC>'=.‘~"lli.‘C‘ illltl coussciit of the
people, llllfl no /-ig/z/ to iiitei'l‘t—:i'e with a.
gun-1‘iinicnt thus “ cstul)lislii:<l.” The
Britisli, as it forcig)1.. Govcriiiiieiib had no
riglit of qiiestioii or of control in the mat-
ter. But does it follow, because the
Govcriiniciit of'Gre::t Britain liad no right
to iiitcrl'ci'c with what v.':is an uiicleniable
usiirpiitioii iii a f0i'i:igii kiiigdom, that the
G0\'cl'lllllclll’. of the United States had no
i'iglit, and were iiot bozuzzl to iiitcrpose,
and put down, in one of their own Terri-
tories, a ruffian usni'pat.ioii from .\[issouri?
In respect to Iimiice, there was reason
ciioiigli, why other iiatioiis for purposes
of natioiial iiitci'coui'se, should recognize
its present g,'0\'L'l’lill1Clli. as an “ establish-
ed g-ovci'iiiiiciit.” But is not the Consti-
tution ef the Uiiited States the supreme
lav‘ oftlie luiid? Hus not our govern-
uient the right to 2tlll’.llCl'i;’.0 and regulate
the govcriiiiiciit of its OWll Territories ?—
Czlll Coiigrcss or the I’i'esidc-ut abandon
this right, or the duty, wliich arises fi'om
it ! If this govcriiiiieiit owes any duty
ivliatcver to the co-niitry, is it not most
sacredly bound to protect both State and
Tci'ritoi'y against the imposition of agov-
oriiinent and laws by a. 1'uf’liaii and violent:
iiivasioii from aiiother State? Your
lleiiiorialists, then, stieriuoiisly insist,
that the only principle on which recogni-
tion can ever be justified, is tliat there is
some evidr.-iicc, be it more or less, that
the goveruuiciitP1iocEEus rnon .\.\' AUTHOR-
IZED LAW-.\l.\Kl.\'G POWFZR. Ancl they fur-
ther insist, that when such government is
within our own borders, under the super-
vision and control of the Fctleinl Govern-.
ment, and clalniiiig to derive all its sanct-
ion from a law of C0llgl‘CSS 'l'lil~2 F.\’IDE.\'CE or
Irs .\L"i‘iiou1'r\' .iii'sr 1:1: ci.EAi: .\.\'n DEcIsIvE.,
But how is it, wlieii tliere is no such evi-
dence I’. How is it \\'-llcll aIl'i.ii'e‘..“l’lf1€DC€’l .
is sti'oiig'ag;iiiist its ziiitlioricyif How is’?
it, when tlicrc is the best Cl'lLlOllCe‘ the,
case ailiiiits of, even decisive, uiiqnestion-
able proof, that the so-culled govcrnmcn‘.
ll-as no other authority than 1'uliiaiiis11‘:-
zlllfl 0lltl‘tlgC? Is sucli a “gove1'iiment"
to be [\l'ilCi.l(,':lll)' rccogizcd, and that too
witliiii the limits of our own Republic ?
'l‘liei'e siiix-ly, may be I-uses in which it
would be a gross wroiig to sustain a ter-
ritorial govcriiiiieiit which has no author-
ity. And now, we ask, what govcrunicnt
could you refuse to siistaiii, if not one that
lltlti its orgiii solely in a violent invasion
of rullizins from aiiotlicr State ? This
fact in the pl'L‘.\‘L‘lll case can be denied ;
so c-.iii God, when his sun sliiucth in the
licaveiis.
Tliis usui'pcd _£,"O\'(:l'lllllClll3 cannot be
sziiictioiicd by the law of Coiigress author-
l7.ll.l5‘ the foriiiutioii of ii tL‘l'l‘lt01‘i5.l.I gov-
criiuiciit. Tliat law declares t.liat“tl1e
true iiitciit aiid iiivziiiiiigf of this act. is to
lcaivc the people (of the tei'ritoi‘y) pet'-
lcctly free to i-<-giil.:te their domestic iii-
stitiitioiis in their own waiy, subject only
to the Coiistitiitioii oftlie Uiiitu.-ll States.”
To 'l‘lIl-I iiizoi-i.i«:, uinl to tlicni alone, it ex-
prcssivcly gives the right to uizike their
govciviiiieiit and ld\\'S. Ilcrc is no salic-
tioii, no niit.lioi'ity, for a got-'ci'iiiiiciit not
lrziiiiccl by the people, but fouiidcd solely
Ull invusioii. Can this law eiithrone in
riglitl'iil sovcreiugty bandits from a neigh-
boriiig State? As well say that it
autliorizcd them to seize every acre of
Kaiisas, for their own use and bi.-li0of—It
can as well deprive the people of one
right as of ziiiotlil-I‘, of all rights, as of
one. It is said, “ that Congress author-
ized the cstaiblishiiiciic of :1. govcriunent ?”
-‘Yes ; by the people, not by uiar-.iiide1's.
Is it furiliei‘ said, “that we inust adhere
to 3. general principle ?” \V hat princi-
ple? Wily as your whole argumciit im-
plies,—-that a govcriimeiit “ established,”
is a government to be recognised. We
deny such a goveriiiiieut in Kansas. Be-
ware how you stretch a general principle,
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port, evidence that they proceed from a. _
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