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              - . H I.- ' " - - . ; . -- . , ..' . - ..- j ' .V..-- j. -; f - ; ' '." ' -. ; V ; ' :7 - ' .' ', . ' ! v t -.';. . N. v-vv-: '- " jV J . ' '- - 1 - n" ' " - ' : ' ;; - .jssasw!s l ' ' . ' . . ' ' ' - . " ' - - -. . v 7 7T - . "TJ ' - - .. ....... . TI . , .. - i, 7 r ..'..-. . . . - ' . - " rT ' " r : ' ., : ; - -- - ; -J YOLTJIME 21. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY, . MAllCU 23, 1858. NUSIBER 40. 5 lb c lilt. iicM)C5Q Seoctqilfi "Qiwit VD HARPER. Qfles in "Woodward't Block, Third Story. ' ,T-KRMS Tira T)nr rr imtn, p7We in d-1 t $2,50 within ix month: $3,00 after th ex-. 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Marriag-e notie inserted for 50 eta; Deaths - 25 cents, nnles accompanied Vt obitoaries,- which v will be charged for at regular advertising rutes. la" Adrertisemenu displnyed in larjr" typ to be . charged one-half more than regular rates. . jayAU tranicnt adscrtitcments to bo paid for in drance. Steam, RUnd and Door ' - FACTORY. TITE subscribers, snccesors f the old firm of Thorpe, Korcross t Thorpe, are ?ji41 en,caird '. larjrely in the manufacture and ale of .&., iliA - ' ktl .wra. ' -In the TeeutloTi tf work, and material used, we challenge competition. f. s. j. p. thou re. ' SndnltT. Mar. ?ft;lr. " . Dealers in all k;nls Fxrciirn and Dnest:c ; STAPLE AND FVXCY DRY GOODS. - - ALSO V CARPETS, Oil. CLOTHS, AC, ' ' AT WHOITSAIE An BCTA1U I NO. 55. SUPEUIOR-SX., CLEVELAND, OIHO. V' . Cb-vclnnd. Mnr. 31:ly. v. i. t ooiii: &-30., Leather, Hides and Oil, SHEEP PELTS AND W05L, .V. 'ntr S'rrrt. t l.KVH.nD, OHIO. . Jtii Particular atteuttuu puiu to orJer-. r. V. rOt'KE. . K. DKXI.xOJt, Oicvclnn.l, tnar. 31:ly. : i:i:.AiN.ni a i;i ii;iiuk. ogray i:its. Lrruonu ii'iiCRS, AND DBAUOHT8KEX, , ')pjvf'tr It e'itlcl Mutter, Overland, Oh 10. . Clov-;.i'l. M h. IIE.MIY I. IS. JEW.17IT, f fMin-esswr to-.frwett, IVnctor .A Wortliinj. tn.) Pwbiisher, Bcckseller and Stationer, - - - Wlim.KSAj.K DK.At.KK iv r. ' Wall Papers, Itortfrrs, 4'ut .Vc, Vc, 102 r"or-f.. Cirrln'i, K BOOKSEI.I.'KKS. Merclinius, Teai Lers. Agents, and nil in u-.-inf of iVhool, l!l:i)k or Mi.-i-clhw e"U 15iMksl Stationery, .Wall PapcrsAc, supplied t the lowci-t rnlef, u.lorders aulicitcd. ,. CU-vtiaud, JLu-. ;U;ly. ; JOtrU IK.VMH K. X A THAX . HAKT" v Ii:.XOCIv &. II ART,' Of tb late firm of lVnnik. Mit bell f- Co.. " "Wiett0ttBe,"l41 Wood 8trevt, ; -. i'jTTSM:nar. pa. 4 CONSTANT STipply of Cookifi Stove. and t Kanjcs, Stoves and tirates,. Wajrn Hirsts, all izex, llolKttr U"re, l'luw CaMintf aud Points. Ten r Kettle, Sad and Tailors' In-tis, Wotor end lias l'ipe?, J run Fronts fuiloue5 and Miscellaneous CatUiis, made td order. ; Pittuburgb, Apr. 7. ' J. 5i. II. 111 1 I.I.I PS. OIL CLOTH MANUFACTURERS, - And Dealers in all kinds of indi A n it 11 it 1; 11 i o o r s. . Made under Irmnly ear's Pntt-nt, Xo. 2fi t- SS.'t. C't.iir ..S.-ecf,- I'it;l,Hr,,hr T. 4 GENTS for the sule of India Hulilr Heltihg, JtX. II"'! and Steam Packing. Alto, Patent Stretch-. i and Riyetod LoatUcr liolting. .. Pittsburgh, pr. 7. MANUFACTURERS WVioIcsaIc Dealers V . ; ..ITo. 5 WATEB STBEET, ; OKAlUrS A. DAVIS, I - b. r. nizorro. y II. D. Kendall & Co., wnOI-ESALK AKD RET A It. IKALCR IK STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS. .-. N MactiM-fll, nad N. X Pablic Hfaan "-l rT- ' CLEVELAND. O. . I AVINQ recently greatly c alarmed our establtsh- r, , JJ. neat, we would call the attention of ourcoun- . try friends to the largest and beat aaaorted stock of a lotneaU and. staple Dry tiooki ever, exhibited in ISorthem uhta. r.i) .An eiperienee of many years in the business has . ulM b to parehase our goods at prices that defy competition. To the trade we can offer, in oar . r.- Wholeeal department, iadueenienU unmrpassed by . . x Stay cUbuahmat wat of Xiew iorfc Uty; II. p. KENDALL 4 CO. Cleveland, ilar. 31:ly.. xiouo rorii houses ,0"v K II A3 the larseat and bat unlac Ld stock of 'Men and Bov'g Cloth In o-. nrfu" PDrniahinr uooua, uuunct vioming, V-loUja, Cassimer , Ves tings, 4eintb western eoqotry, and. is eelling them at, about twenty-fiva per eeni. lower than any other it fceuso ta Ohio.- ' '?" l'i " --: ",, .; . v.V 'lie f also a ?eat Ibr Thorn's Patent Improved SEW. ."V-nfQ MACHINE, the-greatest invention Of the ape, which BS aeff at about half the prire of other lit. '' eUnea. Dont forget tha plac, 88 Buperiot Street, at tha algv ef the Dif" Bod Coa Cloreland. .'I Clovla4, mar. 31:ly. " -: ' ' ' -.ra iricrraaa'ASi wholksalb balers tx 1 ';;b,oots &HOES .tJ'.l . J Jj halmr Strict, Cleveland, 0o. , . '. 1. BtxrT....,....L. BVBexsr OrrUndjMar. Bl:ly. 4 .'jr.a! 1P1M x .1x1x113? orncu agc.-vcv, . CrpomU tk WddU JIamm. CUtmland, OUo. Jntfrcsiing mmt) Original Asecdbtes of JT&ckson. la one of the Indian cinpifns, which is not recollected or m&terial jo oor story whilst ihe army was on the march, 8tTl ia Tennessee, on its way to the scene of war in Alabama, a drafted company was expected daily to overtake the main" body of troops. This company at length reached the rear of the train. Information of their approach was immediately carried to the front, where Jackson was at the time. As the message passed from rear to front, the fact that this company were without , arms, having left their guns at homo, was made known along the whole line. It was known to the entire army before iv reached Jackson's ears. Curiosity was on tiptoe to know how the irascible commander would act under such circumstances. A storm was anticipated. Soon the General was ob served making his way rapidly to the rear, and to the surprise of all parties seemingly in rather a smiling mood. Finally he met the company. He saluted them. They looked for a volley of curses, and an immediate dismission home the very thing they deaiied. Not so, however Old Hickory pulled off his hat, and with the politest and lowest bow, expressed his gratification at their arrival, and especially at the fact that they had no guns. They were the very men he wan", ted, just as he desired them, ?iJionf arm.-Forming them for rapid motion, at double quick step, under his own lead, they marched on till a baggage wagon was reached, then halted, and each man was furnished with an axe. For ward march, again was thefword. As they passed along the line of march; 'the General's object wan seen, -and laughter, loud and t uprparous, with many a hearty cheer, saluted them as they made their rapid way to lhe front, There these axe men were at once initiated into their cam-paijrn duties. They cleared the road, bridged the creeks or carried the wagons piece by p'ece. the baggage, ammunition, ic. over pu their t icks, when bridges were impassable ; They wore over in a post of danger, bearing the bur: 1 dens of the campaign. Sharing none of its honors, they were the lautrhtug stock of the whole army.' ' Axothcr Old Iliclrory crossed the Warrior 'river "at -the 'close of the campaign, at Carthage, Tuscaloosa county. There he halted and rested fur the recruit arid refreshment of the sick and wounded for- a" few days. The citizens of Tus-c;tUosar then a sma'l village, got up a public dinner for the General. . A deputation of militia vtiii-crs,- armed cap- pie, went to Carthage, to extend the invitation, to. Jackson. . Tbcy found him buyy, on foot, near the main road, dismounted and with well et phrase, tte"ir KKLesoiau invited him to dii.m-r. ' . " For how many have you made provision ?v asked Jaikson. " For ali my men ? ' No, only for yourself and officers.'' the- ..then,'" replied our hero," I, nor.no officer of mine, will eat a dinner not pro vided fur all our Iroyx ' " Then lumiug on his heel abruptly he left them. . i The powr malitia men were adly tliscomfiUed and mortified at this rebuff. But worse ws in sttjre for them. . A quarter-master, or his assist tint had laid hands on every horse of the delegation, and claimed them for public service. Furi os,"they appealed to the General. lie declined interfering, could make no distinction. Other men's horses were taken, why not theirs? was surprised at their want of patriotism, not willing to give up their horses for transportation of the sick and wounded soldiers! The case was hopeless the weather warm the military trappings, coat, sword, boots, ic all unauited for a long march in tlie hot and dusty weather. No conr veyance, however, could.be had. The Generals, Colonels, Majors and Captains of the Tuscaloosa militia, walked to Tuscaloosa ' And that's the reason," naively added my informant, "why Tuscaloosa,al ways voted against the General." I believe these anecdotes to be trne. They have never been published. The authorities from whom I had them are in every way reliable. The Fresident't GreenlioTise. On Saturday afternoons, from one to three the greenhouse attached to the executive man sion, says a Washington ! letter, is open to the public. The visitors having paid their respects to Miss Lane, at her afternooD reception, file to the west, and to the greenhouse, as inevitably as on. Tuesday (levee) nighu they head easterly. Then imagine the long lanes of flower spangled verdure in this magnificent conservatory, extending one hundred and seventy feet in one line, east and west, and sixty feet north and south, by a uniform width of thirty two feet. Imagine these lanes parterres chinked in to toe fullest with the beauty of the metropolis the , nation the. world draped: im brilliant collors, and each beauty fairly bubbling over with musical canary bird-like twitter and chatter, naturally elicited by the surroundings, and " every way in keepmg.with tbem imagine' all this, and say if the White House conservatory is not well worth seeing when thus in double blossom on a sunny Saturday., i - ' ' - . ' -" - i f How; th9 ,Xfifow Caugtt t, Httiband. The Bcheaectedy (N.'Y.) ReHector't'eUs this atom - . : ' ' " . ; ' ( ; Quite a miataka lately oecarred iaalove affair at Duanesburgh. A coupler of yourig' ooes agreed. Welope(lover,andl)y some mistake in the prelimioary arrangements, "the gentleman put his ladder up "to the window; of the room next (o the 6ne( in which his sweetheart slept, and which, proved' to' be that In .-which her aax ious mamma a handsome widow reposed.' .She turned; the mistake to lier own advantage! tot luw ota rmaj retamea bis alTecUonate .embraces'; was borne b"y Wm to tie ''carriage, anJ. bf pre8ervinbepomingsnence' until dayllAti kept vt-.i:CJjlift': ' "', . .. . iut tiuwi vi uu mvr,pa( oy tb potent power of her blandUhments," actaaJl charmed lum tAto mttnmooj wuli bersei Kapoleon'i Anlhority for Auauin&UdtL - , A.loa4on correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, filing of the- debate preced. ing the defeat of the Palmerstonian, ministry on the murder conspiracy bill, gives' the foHowing specimen of the reminiscences revived t i. Mr. Stirling opened a series of irritating at-by asking Lord Palmerstoo,'on Friday last, whether Louis Naptileon had or had sot paid to the sub officer Cantillon 10,000 francs legacy left him by Napoleon I. for an attempt to assassiuate the Duke of AVellihgtoa. Lord Palmerston re plied by attacking Mr. Stirling's good taste in as sumption was absolutely false, for Loots Napo leon had instituted a commission to investigate the claims of the legatees named in the will of the great Napleoa, and they refused to pay Can tillon's claim, on the plea that the testator must have been insane when - he bequeathed it. Of course so bold a statement was received with loud cries of hear, hear, and cheers, but it has since been proved that v Cantillon ' legacy has not only been paid in full, but he has actually re ceived some 300 francs more than he ought to have done. Lord Pl men ton's statement turns out to be exactly that which he characterized Mr. Stirling's as being, viz: absolutely false. A Hodel Letter. The Editor of th Uondo&t Courier has warm ed up the feelings of a delinquent subscriber, it appears from the following letter received in reply to a "favor." It cannot however be reckoned under the head of au "ill wind," for it has blowed somebody good: ' Dkar Sib : I received yours favor the 3 inst I suppose yau Doubtless remember that it is hard times for Money About these days But Being you are d n short about the Matter I can kqnese out five Dollars Most eny time qr llageman Now here is you Money take it and pay some of your debts you owe I have often thaut of calling in your office but I did not want to unless I had the spondulix. Now plea-e send me a receit in full of all De mands up tie dAte you Must Not sene me No more papers. your friend once, There are doubtless a good many publishers that would like to be served the same sauce, ' The Topeka Legislature andUonstitutioa. "The General A ssembly under the Topeka constitution have issued an address to the people of Kansas, the following paragraph from which may be considered as the "last dying words and confession" of that usurpation : "High executive officers under the State con stitutioti have publicly declared that the constitu tion is dead. Discouraged, many members of earn Docy nave gone home, and left Us without a quorum. -Wo -'are still ready to perform our du lies, should the will of the mairity desire it. Should a trying hour for the people of Kansas Rrri re, by the Acceptance of the Ieompton con stifutioii by CHgriss, we shall be at our posts, should the people in convention decide to fall back ou their tild government. We are thus compelled, by a necessity that leaves us no choice to adjourn for the present, and to refer back to the JeopIe who elected us the question as to whether the Topeka constitution is dead.' . . 'i V A lliser's Prayer. , The following . singular prayer was made by John Ward, of Hackney, Lngland. The docu ment, which was - found in Ward's own handwriting, might be called the miser's prayer. It is one of the examples on record of men combining in themselves the utmost fanaticism, with the total absence of anything like moral feeling.; "O, Lord, thou knowetit that I have nine estates in the city of London, and likewie that I have lstely purchased an estate fee simple iu the county of Essex; I beseeeh thee to preserve the two counties of Middlesex and Essex from fire and eartliquakct; and as I have a mortgage in llarlfordshue, beg of thee to have an eye of compassion n that county, and for" the rest of the countiee, thou mayest deal with them as thou art pleased. Kj, Lord, enable the Banks to an swer all their bills, and make my debts on good men. Give a prosperous voyage to the Mermaid sloop, because I have insured it and as thou hast said the days Of the wicked are but short, I trust in thee that thou wilt not forget thy pro-, mise, as I have purchased an estate in reversion, which will be roiue upon- the death of that pro) flieate young man, Sir I. L. Keep my friends from sinking, and preserve me from thieves and hoTise breakers; and make all my servants so honest and faithful, that they may attend to my interest, and never cheat me oat of my property, night or day." ..-...' ST The TJ. S.'Treasurer'a weekly statement shos the amount on deposits to be pver $6,000," 000; subject to draft, nearly $4,000,000- receipt, $053,000. : - . - ' " - ' ;.t2? The Legislature of Texas adjourned on the 17th ulL The Stale" Treasury is barren of funds, and creditors of the State are compelled to take warrants, which are at; 5 per cent, dis court. " ' ' ' ' . It is understood that Mr: Pratt, eon in. law or liufus Choate, will be appointed Assistant Tceasnrer at Boston, in place of Thomas W. Beard; who has been transferrew to the Postmas tership of Lowell. r: - f -XSS The grand jurv of .the district of. Columbia, who have, txnder the Jaw of Congrees, power to puskb contempts ; of. tbo : aothority of (either House, found a. bill ;of iudictment agaioet Mr! WoVcott, the recasaat, witness the aliased tar I - iff bi-ibery caser ? -V.-f' :i- .ti -iuCl ' j IS!? The ; Detroit Tribune 'ayst M A' loving eoople wwe married1 at ' AtbiotTs few dayyeUce, by a Justice, and having no "money, they paid himJwtt1iVwolj:U8h",e'l8fof black walnuts. I:'"-''- ' f :i - rSyr TU "disbanded 'Tolunteer of tbB Ni'Y; Stt.ad ay Times, ays.hh3.,Mba ,bt, to wuo par 1 ty serae fcToyeinber, aqd every boddy lacked as ef they'd cum thar from the funeral 0 rich, relasb ins that-hd left - 'etn' trathin, and hed lost thar pocket bucks' on tbaTfod?.TJ ! f s: t, n V;?-:, Ui ? , 3r:Tb e Uu ffato zprest , tells , a sory of Quaker who was charged the exorbitant Bum of seventeen dollars for Jt horsa and. buggy for a short dnve and, npon ( being presented ith'a bi!l. emply remarked, "Thou -mistakest mo t "1 ij'o - utv .... ..v. .... jr. do not wish to parehase thy Tehicle, bat only to hire it." DEMOCRATIC ? Hass Convention One of the largest and most enthus aeUc Mass Conventions of the Democracy 6f old E0.0X and the sarrcunding Counties, ieX ever- assembled in this County convened in this cJty,!on Monday the 15th inst., hallowed as the birth Hay of A score w Jackson The Convention was called & order by M. II. Mitchell, Esq., on whose motion- Hon. J. K, Miller was chosen temporary Chair, man. .- ' -.-- ;- ' x 1 On motion of E. W. Cotton, Ej:, A. Bald win Norton and Dr. J. Sherridan, were chosen Secretaries. "' ':'V ". On motion of A. B. Norton, Esq V Commit tee of five were appointed to report On permanent officers of the Convention. "The Chair an-nonnced M. H Mitchell j O. A. Hall, E. W. Cotton W. Hartsook, and A. Thrift. ? ' On motion of W. Dunbar, a Committee of nine was appointed to report Reeolatioas expressive of the sense f this Contention," ' ' The Chair announced th 'Vln- .'-j persons as said Committee : W Dunbar, of Knox ; G. W. Belden, bf Stark t Dr. W. Bushnell, Of Richland W.S. V, PrenUss, of Franklin ; EH Miller, of Knox ; II. S. Kaapp, of Ashland ; M. II. Mitchell, of Knox j Dr. McCi Hum, of Seneca j G. A. Hall, of Knox. ' ; ' ' On motion of M. H. Mitchell, Esq., a Com mil tee of three was'appointed to wart upon Hon. G. W, Belden and invite him to address the Convention.: The Chair announced M. IL Mitchell, Joseph Ankeny, and Edward Taylor, said Committee. ':. .-'--;'"-: :' ." -:' - ': -'" - After the Committee retired, the Bnbjoined letters from Hon. Joseph . Lane, lion. G. E. Pugh, Hon. Robert J. Atkinson, Hon. John A. Corwin, and other distinguished persons to the Convention, were read t ' . . On motion the Convention adjourned till 2 o'clock p. m. , : 2, o'clock, P. M. Convention met. The Gora mittee oti perman. nt officers reported the following, viz i -'-.'":' - . -- . a . Pbksidkxt Hon. John K. M31er, of -Knox. Vtcx PaEStDtKra J araea Cantwell.......... Richland County. A. McGrtgor,.... Stark ; do Charles Patterson....... .Harrison do M. Martin, Frauklin Elias Shipley, ,......... ......Knox - II. H. Y.OlinJa,ej MMiii,ii (t do do do do do do do do do do -do""J do do do James Loveridge,,... do do -d o-do James Honey. Amen M. Shipley,.:. Christopher Wolfe.... Robert Co'wden, - . a do Wm. Hartsook...... ,. A. Thrift Moses McWilliafns,. Henry Levring, ..... do do dO ; .'-;".. v ; Secret ABtts. A. Baldwin Norton........... ..... do do John Sheridan,., ....., Ashland do Samuel Axfell,.. ................ ...ilvnox do M. N. Scott,.., ................... .. do do Joseph Ankeny............. ......... . do do Capt. Edward Riley, do do Benj. Tullos......... do ; do John Adatns,..,.,.... do ; . do W. SV. Prentiss, Franklin do James Marlow...... ..... .. .... Knox v do Wm. L. Bam,.....;........... Licking do Report received and adopted. The Committeo on Resolutions report lhe fo owiugjwhich were read and adopted unanimous -llesolvetl, That we the Democracy here assera-1 plea, revere aad.cuerisa the memory of Audrew Jacksou whose birth day we now commemorate, as one of the purest Patriots and Statesman that ever lived; that his inflexible fidelity "to the Constitution and the Uuion, endeared him to the American Democracy, and have. placed his name high upon the tablets of fame. " esolrer,1 That we reitera e and we affirm with renewed energy of purpose, the "well considered declaration of principles embodied rin the Plat form promulgated and sauctionedgy the .Ciociu-naty Democratic National Convention, ai the creed of the Great Democratic party, which rec ognizes no sectional or geographical distinctions, but our common country organized into our glorious Union under the Aegis of a Const tutton ga anteeing the equal right of its several members. Rcsoloed, That we have undiminished confidence in the integrity, Patriotism, and Statesman like ability of James Buchanan, President of the United. States that we regard his long and eminent career in the service of. his country, as a sure guaranty of his fidelity to the Constitution and the Union ; that the policy of his Ad minis, tration, so far as the same has been developod, and especially in regard to Kansas affairs, meets our unqnaV.ned approbatson, sustained as ttis by the letter and spirit of the organic act, and sane tioned by the clearest principles of law. c Jiesoloed,- That, ia aocordauce with the princi-. pies of Popular Sovereignty we declare that "all political power is infaereut iu the people, and that all free governments are' founded on their authority, aind instituted for their benefit; and therefore they bare at ali times ;an inalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government Ira such manner as ithet '.may think ' proper f that we - regard these rprtpiples as the baais of our institutions of gov ernment, and as Clearly reeognizing the right of the people of Kansas, at any time after that Territory has been admitted as a State id the Union, to alter, or abolish ber constitulion and ordain another, nu such caanner as they may think' pro per, subject oaly to the) Coustitution of the United ; States, t n :- -b. k-.-,u-u J-r-.-:i' 'i ' i Jiesolvedi That we fully Indorse the 'policyiin. dicated ia the-Jate Message of Mnr Bucbanau ki regard to Kansas, and fullr ooncur in his recommendation foe its speedy admission into tb' Union; as the best means f localising tbo agitation of the distracting-questJom -thnt have ao'losg dialarbed the harmony and peace of. that Territory, and threatened such disastrous onsequenceg to the stability ad. perpetuity of the Uuiouj it. self. : 1 ' ."Jf i.iii 1 ! i ! , -i ' I -iltsolU' That '"Aronghont ohr whole Uoion, and .wherever free government 1 prevails, those whr) abstain front -the; exercise of the' rizbt ofl suffrage, authorixe those' wo do 'vote' to act for them in tbt contingency, and the absentees are as much, bound nnder the laws and constitution thus ordained, as though all kad participated in the election; that we regard this a tl.tr true theory tRepreaentsvir govern weritjitrtd that -other 1 "vote' to act for wise anarchy and despotism wvuld remain the only altornaUTea. '. ' Resolved, That the people of Kansas, having been invited by the highest authority known to the Constitution, -to participate freely and fairly i i tho election of delegates to frame a Constitution and State government, and haviug voluntarily refused" to participate in any such election, are estopped, by every principle of law and eth ics, from complaining of the acts of that con vention. - llesolred,' That in oor judgment the best interests of. the country teqnire the immediate ad mis sion of Kansas into the Uuion as-an, independent State, and that it is the bc-unden duty of Congress, to declare, by solemn enactment, and without further delay, the State of Kansas to be one of the United States" of America, and, admitted to an equal footing with the original State in all respects whatever Resolved, That the dictum 0 Hon. S. A. Douglas, in bis late Report to the Senate,that the people of Kansas "were not authorized,. at their Own will and pleasure, to resolve themselves into a Sovereign power, and ordain a constitution and State govern ment, without the consent of Con-ffress" is inconsistent with the principles of the Kansas Nebraska Act which "leaves the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United ; States,? ana wholly at war with, the principles of Popular Sovereignty aS maintained by the great Democratic party. . . llesolred, That Robert J. Walker, the author of the two third ru'e in the Democratic National Convention the father of. that stupendous swindle upon the .National Treasury, the Ocean mail Steamer system- of the interior Department, and the agent of Cochran and Iliggs in securing the government loan ia the Mexican war, is a fit representative of the Shriekers for bleeding Kan 8as in: their traitorous resistance of the laws, and the regularly constituted authorities of the government. - IXesoltvd, That, while we fully recognise the right of the general Assembly, when fully advised of Che -wishes of their; Constituents in regard to any public measure pending in Congress,' to instruct our Senators in Congress, either for or against such mea?ure, we nevertheless regard the recent Instructing Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, as wholly rcpiignant to the-feelings and wishes of ninetenths of the Democracy of the. State, and we therefore unhesitatingly declare that said Resolutions should be expunged from the Journals of both Houses by drawing black lines around the same, and writing across the face:.' thereof, Expunged by order if the Senate and House ofXicpresentdtiecs. lleolwd, That Hon. S. A. Douglas by Inaugurating the most stupendous system of public plunder, (0 bestowing large grants of public rands upon private corporations, that has been devised -since the days of Alexander Hamilton more corrupt even than the menstfr Bank a system which no honest Democrat could ever defend, and one which brought indelible infamy upon even the last Black Republican House of Representatives, has, by his last and crowning act of treachery his base' desertion of the principles of his own Kansas Nebraska law. identified himself, with the enemies of the Democratic party throughout the Union. llesolred, That the Almighty never made a mere man so great- that- the Democracy would worship him ; principles not men is a great car- Ldinal article in the Democratic creed 1 let Dem t . .-.. .."- , . ocrais fcppijuwwn wieir priue ana arogance lest they be their ruin. - llesohxxl, Tb t the Democratic partf founds itself upon a glorious array of unchanging principles; when men forsake these principles they nre no longer of as ; they need no reading out ihey read themselves out by their desertion of tho brotherhood of Democracy. Kejorcf, Tbat the institutions of America are Democratic to a decree unknown in all the past history of min ; that by the wisdom and foret sipht of our.ancetors they are so improved as to be applicable to the largest extent of territoi7 the highest degree of population a thing unknown to ancient Democracies ; that the great peculiarity of our sjrstem which gives it this great superiority consist in its representative charac tet ; that a mast Democraey in a country of the wide extent and great population of ours is whn! ly impracticable and this the federal party will know The sovereignty of the people in our Democracy does not consent in voting upon laws Puirectly but iu chosiog represent atives and dele gates to constitute assemblies -for making these laws; that the action of these assemblies.iu all our American governments, are in contemplation of law uniformly held to be the action of the people themselves; any other system than this the enemies of our Democracy, well know would be impracticable and wholly destructive of our form of government; and for this reason especially do the federal Abolition party favor tb change. - Resolved, That we are ia , favor of a resort to the ancient usage of the government a Presi dent for wo terms, constituting as it does, the only true test of the sanction of the people. ', llesolred. That a dogma tenaciously clung to and insisted upon by the old Federal party, now the Abolition Republican party, was and is that poor White men should not be allowed to vote. That when defeated and overwhelmed in this odious position, by the Democracy of America, They immediately adopted that hateful Abolition doctrine that negroes also should vote. This they did through heermaevolapce toward the Democracy, and not from any kindness or sympathy for the negro. V V -.Whereas the An,ues on (VtfjfliTnst., Resolved that the courserpursued by the Ohio Statesman, Cleveland Plaia Dealer and Philadelphia Press received their warmest approbation t And whereas it is iaUtuafced in ttte Zanesville Aurora, and charged by -ethers, that the Ohio Statesman is owned 'at Cleveland by parties bps. tile to our Democratic Administrations Atad whereas the editor of the Philadelphia Press, in the Pennsylvaoian of the 23d, of February 1850, bold j the following language in re-trard to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and its then and present ditor J. W. Gray: V- ; .".We, bay some knowfedge of the PUladeaier, and Its editor. . lie it s notorious conservative, or 'oft,' as they call men of dilapidated Democracy ltt the. Backeyo -Stats, and refused ta support that exemplary radios!, David , Todd K for Gevernor several years ago, until he w-s forced to Jo so by the pressure of that gentleman's popularity with the .maaaes. Like ..lhe. Bradford Ktfuter, Mr . Wllmoi'e organ, the 1'la'indcaUr quarrelled with, the glorious administration of Mr. Polk, necaase Postmaster General Johnson " weald not tlvw-le It tho advertising for tho mail contracts. -When defeated In the application, tho editor returned' to Cleveland, sod published the falsehood that he co aid pot get; the advertielng beeanao he-wotld not promise to go ' against the. Proviso! W.e be lievelt has uerer. beea 'den!ef, 'that in-order r make .air weather -with the Department he was willing to: reduce .hie anti-slavery - views to Zero tlaeir; bat bo was refused the, favor'he bcgr.,d; aDd tiobooafno at orrce a furious assailant M the ad-mliilstration. - Thla is 1 the paper that now emails suon a Democrat a Jobs K.( filler, of Ohio a man who' never falters on any great questt6n,and whats tho very embodtmeni of an Inflexible and wneompromialng Democrat in dd and la truth a disciple of that stern school, ia which no weak l P? temporislag doctrines' are. n r doctrtneo' are. ever taagni or loier- ateL . Th'6 following passage- from the rUindtalcr is eminently characteristic: . . , ; - , V, like to see represents tires nd their constituents living- together. - Mr. Miller's district ouaht tM ioin Qsn-ral Taylor's planUUont ad like the Utter 10 should have a big bell to eall bis eonstltoaasa together. II represent no portion of Oiiio or any other Xrso etaU. . The offence f-Mr. Miller consists in his eteady and consistent support f the regular Jjetnocrati nominees for office ra of the House, and his vole gainst Root's reflation in favor of the Wilmot Proviso! Grave .offences these, i a the -ews of free-soi!lsm. We presume the next denaneaatioa will be, because be was not willing to rote tor each a malignant Whig as Root for Speaker. The progress ef the champions -of the Proviso into the arms of Whiggery, is so natural, that they will aoon lose their temper, because Ihey are : not followed, into that political Siberia by others, . . . . .: ',- The eoiiTpIiment to the noble agricultural district represented by Mr. Miller, In the comparison instituted fey this Cleveland editor, between the people there and the slaves of the South, .will doubtless be duly appreciated. The voters of that district hare earned for. themselves an eo viable fame by their resolute resistance to tas free soil freaty; and they can now see how their wise and patriotic course has been sustained by the' progress of events. Thr censures and calumnies of such, papers as the : PUindenler and the Era, Are ao many evidences that the havS dene their duty, by eending such a Democrat to Congress, In the present Juncture, as John Ki Miller. And whereas the Editor of the Press seems to have been seized with this "Free Soil frenzy, and be in a fair way to follow the Editor of the Plain Dealer, into that "political sibera" who now denounces the President because he will not re new his appointment as Postmaster at Cleveland, therefore, " Resolved, That this convention is compelled to withhold their confidence in. either of said Pa pers, and to warn the Democracy against them, . On motion of II. S. Knapp, the following resolution was adopted : . , Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings ;of this tyonvention, be torwarded to the rreeident of the -United States, and to the Democratic Del egation for Ohio, to wit i . Senator Pugh. lie pre, sentatives Burns, Miller, Pendleton, N'allang ham, Lawrence, Cockerell, , and -Grosbeck. and that they 1e furnished lo the Washington Union. Cincinnati Enqyutr, Newark A d voeafe, Ashland Union; and Democratic Banner, with a request for their publication. . ; . - The ' Committee .'appointed to wait upon Hon-G. W. Beldon, report; and the Hon. G. W. Bel-don is introduced to the Convention, received with great applause, and delivered a most elb quent and logical address to the -entire satisfaction of the vast assemblage with which he was surrounded. ' After the conclusion of Mr. Beldon's addrcs" three deafening cheers were given for tho old Wheel Horse of Democracy, the lion.' S. Me dary who was introduced to tbo Conventu u and took the stand, spoke for upwards of, otic hour, and made -one of the happiest efforts ot his life. " :'.r ' ' :. : v After Mr. Medary, old Sledgehamer was intrb-dnced to the Convention. Three cheer were, given for Hon. Wm. Sawyer, as be took the stand He delivered a-plain, blunt speech, filled with common bense, and interspersed with illustrations and anecdotes, which repeatedly brought down the honsa wiih deafening applause. Then,after three cheers for the Administration the Comvention adjourned. , ' ; A. B. NORTON, : Y'. ,.-'J.-; JOHN SHKUIDAN, j &c ys. TTT3G3 XjUI TTJIJ IX J3 - LETTER FROM JOSEPH EASE. Washington, March Cth, Ceaflemn . I have received yours of the 2Glh ult., iuviting me to. be present at a mass convention of tho Democracy of " Old Knox," to be heUl at Alt. Vernon, on tho JSih lust. Nothing I assure you, would afford me greafai' pleasure than to meet the gallant Democraey of that County on so interesting id occasion, bat tho lute re Is of the Territory, now Inchoate state, which I represent claim my undivided atlantion at this time, a id im. pose duties which occupy ao muoli of my time as to preclude tho possibility of my accepting your invitation. But, whil I am thus rebictantly compelled to forego the pleasure of being' with you, on the oo caaioa of a meeting deslgne"1 to glvo hn exprenslou Of approval, on lha part of tl.H Demoorajy of Knox, to th policy of President Buchanan in reference to Kansas affairs, as developed in his late messtge, I cannot omit the opportunity which your invitation affords me, of expressing to you and through you to those whom you represent, my Unqualified approbation of that policy, and my sincere gratification that In all sections of the country It ia receiving the indorsement which it ought to receive at the baud of enlightened and free people. It has been remarked by soma oue, portraying tho American character, that the most prominent trait, the very basis of thut Character, ia common sense. If ever In tho hijtory of bur country was such an apportuntty presented for an exeinpllfics. tion of the truth of this remark, as at prese.it, anJ if the signs of the times K not deceive me, never will tber be. nor ean there S", a mote trlumoliant vindication of Its truth than there will bs afTurdrd by the result of the present agitaliou and excitement on the affairs of KansaaV , ' j la the-Taonth f May, 154, altera violent struggle ia Coucresa, and in the midst of au aJmoM unprocedeStod agitation of the public mln , the " Kansas Nebraska Bill" was passed, by which the people of Kansas were declared lo possess the right of managing their domes' Ic Institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of tho United Mutes The adoption of this measure by Democratic Con cress forms a new era In the history f tho Repu ill and, though now Sepndiatad by its astbor. Is doar to tho heart Of every irue Dsmocral, as one f that brilliant series of tri-amphs which have marked the progress of the priuciple of rilf-goverament in its iru glee with despotism frsss the.' first conflicts of these opposing elements, en the plains of Lexington , and ' .the heighU r Buuker III l.to ihs present time. .The passage of tho Nebraska, Bill, though a victory, was a victory of theory only. It was the recognitor, on tho part of the Representatives of the people, of an abstract principle which all candid men admits to bo irue, but was stilt nnirid, nn-tcsted by n practical application to auy of the Territories previously organized. : 1 .; V 1 The opponents of thla great measure fullng to defeat It in Coagreoo, have sought to defeat it on the plains of Kaua by throwing every conceivable obstacle la tho way of Its practical and peaceable application, lo .the political condition of the Territory. , Emigrant Aid Societies formed under the auspices of violsnt anti-Slavery propogtndlstsf re-vols tie nary convention! J resistence to tho taws, to the legally eonstltuted authorities military or-ganitalions, f;rtten op at the lastanco of reckless n sari net pled demagogues, broken down politicians and adventurers, wUti Sharp's rifles, have been the agencies apd lustrumeta'iliea employed to thwart the action ot'Concresa and embarrass tho' present and lto AdminUirations, iivtheir honest endeavors XA uphold the laws and Secure a fair test of lite capacity of th people of a Territory for sdf gov-eramaaU if there bavo been scenes of violence in Kansas, lrregularties, frauds, bloodshed, let the blame rest On those' who have fustigated and maaUd thoao disor Jera, to whatever , section they belong; let no one, on nccoout of these disorderly proceodloga, delude himself.with tho idea that in-jostles ha boon done the "people bf that Territory Ly the Administration, or that, the result ef the present m shoppy, sgitatfoq will not vindicate the policy of the present Chief Magistrate, and settle forever a qurstioa which ha toe ionj disturbed the psb'lc repot, and unset!'.? i, t'i friendly rela-UoDS which ought over to exist btwa diL'oreat members of the same great family r-f Stat, ; The action of the late Convention at Lecomn- ton, is made the occasion of au agitation which, though at first violent and threatening, is rapidly ubsiding under the sanitary eperatioa of that " sober second thought," to which the public mind Is always brought, when passion has cetised to rage, and reason resumed her sway1-. The objection most. alroBgy argisJ agiosl the Lecompton Constitution is, that it was not. submitted to the people for their acceptance or reject tion, that the Convention had alight to trans-niitheonslitution to Congress without such submission, I presume cone will deiiy. ' To deny tt,1 t place several of the new States without the pale of the. Union i for several have been admitted,-whose Constitutions were not prnioaly submitted and ratified by a vote of the people ( and In nearly every case where a Constitution has been so submitted, ithaa been ratified by minority of Ib.e whole number of voters. It is a iiule singular that this objection should he urged egltist tlve-Lecompton ; Constitution by the earne men whe ', . lees than two years rgo Sjvere clnmeron forths; admission of Kansas uuder ha iustrumnt adopted - Bt Topeka, Which In no-fespect whatever could' Clalrnvtsjbe a legal and authentic expression of tho popular wUL and -whose authors seem never to have dreamed x( sufimitting it, of any part of It .''-.. to the people for their approval or rejection, and-it Is still more singular lo God Democrats, hereto. fore prominent In the party, aud disilngnfshed In the Councils of the Nation, co-operating uith these men, voting as they vote,i.iig and encour "gelng them In their opposition to the policT e-f the Admiuistration upon this important quest'lon. They have made a mistake, and wi'l hare to wheel into line, or before loiig they will find themselvea l full fellowship with the Black Uepubiican party. Kansas ought to be, and will be brought in under the Lecompton Constitution, peace and quiet will, be restored to the country, the liifiicukies will bJ located, the people will alter, amend and cKpiigol the Constitution as they please, the AdmininrsV tion Will be sustained, and in GO the Democratio party wfll be united and stronger than ever before. , Tit the dlsllngnislied speakers who will doubtless be with you .-.on 'the- occasion of your meeting I mnst leave the argument of ibis question, if 'ar--gntnent be needed lo convince anvcnnHid ,) in. et Democrat, that the Lecompton Constitution has the sancUon of la-, and that the peace of the country demands that U shall go through Congresa Without delay. The public lias b-en surfeited to iiausea with discussions on tho affairs or Kansas. There seem lo boa stroi'g and growing desire to take the matter out of Congress; all good men ought to go for it, and I hope w ill. Tly investing that Territory with the attributes of a sovereign Stale, her people can shape their own Institutions as the majority shall decree, and fix their destiny for all comlns? time. Ilils Is Ihe true policy and I do not see how any rational men can doubt It. I am very llespectt'ullr, ynnr OS'4 fervt. . " JOSEPH LANE. Messrs - W.Dcv8S,J. K. MiLLcK.audy.lsBASL, Committee. " ' LETTER rno.11 SE.VATOlt PfGir. 1-.."""''-'. "Vashhiotouc, Mirch 4th, GrntUmm! Your letter or 2Gih u't., Intitiujf -me -to attend and address the Democratic Convention at Mount Vernon," on the 15th Instant, was duly received.; It wbuld give me tho utmot pleasure to accept this invitation, hut a great crisis is upon ns, in the Senate, aud inuat new beds- elded. Yon are well aware; rrntlemer), that the Ohirt Legislatnro adopted certain resolutions, nu tlm ' 2Uihof January, '-relative to Kansas affairs," by which I have been instructed, suleuntiall v, to op poso the policy of a Democratic PresldtMit and the Democratio organisation ir. Cohgress. While the legislature declares Its ''entire con fidence" In Mr. IJiiehanan, and Mirirm "hII Uipp-princlplos" of the Cincinnati platform, it requires me, nrvertheless, to vote against the admtiou of Kansas. into the Union, upon the constitution and form of stale government regulurly established by-her convention of dclrgalef. In an ordinary esse (whatever my own opinion) t should conform to wishes cl our Democratie Senator and K'prsi'iitatires, In the Legislature-, without any expression of ilixcniiient. Atpres nt, however, I deem It essential to the peace of the country, as w ell as to tho peare of Kansas, that the Conslltiltlon estahlihed nt lecompton, on tho 7th of Nevember, 1-o7, should be'rerog-':-- uixed S4 nuthoriiative and valid; so fur, at leant ns to be the constitution llroHirh the mediuiii ot whb'h Kansas will find ndmUslon as a Stale The Topeka constitution Is revolutionary as well as Irregular; and I ctmiiot agree to its recognition for any purpose, or to any extent. To reject ihu Lecompton Constitution absolutely, or send it back tor an eddlllonat ratification, Would be to prolong a ten iMe controversy for twelve or eih-teet"month, and subject the Whole Union, ineau-while,lo disturbance and serloui danger, fsnv, gentleman, su additional ratificaUoii; because it cannot be pVetemied, with aBy regard to truth, to history, to the well-settled usage In similar rase? that a constitution is of less authority when fornrt ed by o convention of delegates than if submitted to and approved by a vste of the people. Looking to th future,' and not to rhe pnst, for the elements of a fair Conipromlsej unobjeotionatde In , detail, and f onformble to Democratic principles. I believe that Kansas ought to be admitted, as soon ' aa possible, With ali express recognition of tho ' right of her people, mnij rim-, by tha consent of tho Legb.-tturn, to amend the present cnnsiiiu-tion, or adopt a new ono,; That U thj sliortort praclictiblo method to ensure jostie aod peHcen remeily complete in itself, an enabling act" of the most comprehensive chartoter. ft would be the rstablishmeot of "popular soveretgnty" on a kure busts, and that basis which, as I hv" alwnyn Understood, was affirmed In the Kansas Nebraska act and, afterwards, la th Clnrinnutl platrortn. If it be true, aa cUitnred, that frait is Itavs ben committed In the election or tho return of rnem- . brrsof -lhe Legislature, from Leavenworth, Johnson , McGee, and other counties, eacli flouso .can fully invesligals tho subject, sud arrive at a cvu-elusive determination. - - Ilia provided in the Constitution of Kins., ankle fourth, section second, that the rrturn- vf-"every election" for Governor shall b snbmlti-d to and canvassed by the LegUluture. Whntev-r the decision of Mr. Calhoon. at firsl, th election for Governor and State ofiWrs, ,u the 4t4i ot ; January, must be' adjudicated by Mi legislators of Kansas', finilly should a contest arUa. And as It now appears, from Mr. Calhoun statement, lately published," the ''Free Blatf partisans' (" called; hate two-third of the IIoum and almost two-third of tho Senate, In that legtflatore. " Thus, by asirnple and sum pror-, the ft ef Kansas may b determlnd -and the. wili of bf peopl (whatever thnt will is) truly ami inclusively ascertainedIn a f-w montlisi wlieri-4an 'ensbli-ig cr-of Congress, or any othr pln, must defer a icttl-meat of the controversy whioti now threatens to alienate the lavehpldlng and the noi-slafhoidlng States of oertnlon. The difference befwesa Ihs I'resldeBl'o policy and that Indicated by the resolatisns of our Leg - " lilatnre i reducrd, In faot, to amers questioa of .-tltfle. 'i BhaU Kansas bo allowed to airieoH hr Constitution, or adopt a new on. berr or afer admission, as a Ftate, iota the UiiionJ 1 era hd to say, wiUioat Intending. !i.repect, thattho-dlf-ferenc 1 too email beiug cuo (if met form, and not of substance to justify pntriotlo UVin-n, North orSonth, Inn postponement ef th isu now -presented., S;jmmi1 Is tha Denwcracy.of Ohio, In thess clrcumiUiices, for their support of lb policy which I have. indicaUd CfuC Jest .that tlieir support will snaure iu success, aud tltat It will (If successful) redouud to our advauruge.aud to the welUr of the county at large .. . iTh Democratio members ef 'tlie'-Leclslal"' Ought to bo reminded. In tbi cosnectinn. th.it power and responsibUlty srs ineprtU cornda-live ; and lhat whenever they Mm ha sonifot of my rvim, as a 3onalor, t)iy rvli -v m. at ouca, from ell tha consequence of -ohdieja. Hn th othr band, whatever my action, mnit-weUJ, tk repooibility will not ba on their hea.U, but on mine, I mean notlUng unkind, end f-r l, ny Ihlng cf faclios character but, surdy, sf!o ten year ef4 almost. eonUnBous ,p '.' ia sert.0 during which my devotion ta te p'i.Klplea mn4 , th organisation of tba Denocri pry W never boon quosllond, I tusy t pardon: 1 a c - 3