Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 19 April 1860 — Page 1

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From the T^T. A. Tribnne.

'Col. Lanf. Judge Morion, and Mr. ilesadrSe-Si!?. A short time after Mr. La no was nominated bj- the Opposition party of

Iudhiu-i" as their candidate for Governor, lie addressed the people tit Greencastlo. in an elaborate, frank, and honest expression of his views. No stibjp'et," whether local or belonging to the polities of the State or nation, but that CVi. Lane gave the people his candid .views thereon. His speech was bold, pointed, earnest, frank, manly, fearless, and candid. Free from demsgogism. evasion, or deceit. As comprehensive .as the "Onion, and as states man-like as jthe oeciifeiori demanded. Ho ro?e above .'tlio.st uinp-speaker and politician to the -liig.il estate of a statesman and patriot. -Taking-a stand point where he could only contemplate the political sea with "enlarged ideas of the National necessities

requirements, he developed

•fi'iiily his own convictions of the course *to be pursued by the patriot and states•'lnaii, whether presiding over the affairs ''of a sovereign State, or representing that State in the National Legislature.

His speech has been generally published, and met the warm and decided approval of his own partizans, and commanded by its frankness, the admiration of his opponents.

A few days ago Judge Morton the candidate of tlie Opposition party for eu ten ant Govern or.in the same frank "and honest manner spoke to the people of Terre Haute. So far as we have observed notwithstanding Judge Morton's speech has been extensively published in all parts of the State, unscrupulous as the "Democrats are in their attacks upon, and their denunciations of their opponents, we have discovered no especial-disapproval of Judge .Morton's speech. Few -men speak, if we may use the term, so compactly as Judge

Morton. He is a close and frank reason er, without pretending to eloquence, or appealing to passions. lie has none of the demagoguery of the politician. With the skiilfulness of the anatomist, ho graspVhis Subject, and holds ifc before his. audience, displaying it in all its parts. Few men of the country reason more closely, and none have ever with more candor defined their position. Surely, the members of the Opposition party may congratulate themselves upon the honesty and candor of their candidates.

This evening ono week ago, Mr. Thomas A. Hendricks, the Democratic candidate fori Governor, addressed the people of I/awrcnceburg, in a matured and carefully Studied demagogical camtpaign speech, devoid ofhoncsty or candor, and disgraceful to the candidate for the high position to which ho aspires. Well befitting tlie land-job-ber and trickster.

He commenced by informing his heavgi'-srthat^ li,o: was tlie Democi*atic cflrtdidate for Governor. This it Avas drnportant for him to 'state, for before ^old-man Birch is done with Hendrfcks AS Commissioner of the ,Geniei*al Land Otlico, the Democrats will sw.ear that ^tbey neVer nominated him.

He then stated that lie had served in ''£h&.StateiLegislature,'the Constitutional iCoBwnttori, and then Mr. Tierce made-him^- Commission or of the Land Officer^{ft^ fb^bt'td stdte-iha^ when ^member off.Congress he leagued with Joo iLane to swindle the Government o«t of' some $2,500. That was natural Tvilhf'a Democratic ex-official, howevei*. He did not forget to state that his corn-

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served four years.-! The position of Commissibner of. the Land Office, he avowed, neither he' nor his friends ever .asked for but Mr. Pierce, hearing of his wonderful capacity for that important oflice, and his great .fame generally, .gaveii t6 hira,unasked, unsought, and -hot wanted '^Upon whatmieait doth this,our Caesar feed that he hath grown so great."

As a matter of course, he was very violent, abusive^ and bitter towards Judge Birch, of Missouri, who is about to develop our Great Ctesar's shortcomings and overdoings,: and little departures from: what honest men' call iustin •the sight of hoaven. With increasing: years, all the ferobity, and bitterness, and malevoioncoiahd bad ^passions of Mr. Hendricks' nature, seems rising to the top. And he emptied it pi'etty freely upon the head- of (to use his own language) "old map Birch." But we have no idea that this infernal outburst of passion of Mr. Hendricks will: deter "old man Birch" from an honest development of his (Hehdricks malfeasance as Commissioner of the General Land Office. These things were suggested a year or two ago, but by threats and overawing the matter was then suppressed. But hundreds and thousands of bur people then believed the chargcs preferred against the present Democratic candidate, aijd still believe them.

He glories very much over tho prosperity of Indian, which ho claims exclusively for the Democratic party, afid intimates pretty strongly: that Governor Whitcomb was a greater man than James Iv. Polk. He is .opposed to a protective tariff, and says tariffs were only created for r©venue.

He then assailed fiercely the Opposition party of Indiana. The assault was a tissue of falsehoods and misrepresentations.1 '-Thefigment of the brain of a falsifier and a demagogue. The denunciation of a truckling office seeker.

In regard to that portion of his speech referring to tho slavery question, the Cincinnati" Gazette says as follows:

Mr. Hendricks endeavors to convey an entirely erroneous impression of the attitude of the Democracy, in regard to the admission of Free States. He wisely omits all reference to Califbrnia, whose application was determinedly opposed by the Democratic party for no other substantial reason than its freedom, and he covers up the fact that tlie admission of Oregon was voted against by a large portion of the Democratic Senators. As to Minncssota, lie gives no fair account of the position of those very few Republicans who voted negatively, and seems.intentionally to leave his hearers to draw the false inference that the party generally was oj)posed to the admission of that State, liis pretensions as to the impartiality of the Democracy in admitting free and slave States, are emphatically belied by the Well known conduct of that party in regard to Kansas. They notoriously offered special inducements to her to come in as a Slave State, and at the same moment imposed severe restrictions upon her, if she chose to tie free. They even attempted to force her into the Union, by all the partisan appliances at command, in spite of.the deliberate legally uttered protest of a large majority of her people. Such is the kind of Democracy which the people of Indiana are invited to indorse, and it is to put down such Slavery propagahdism that the Republican part)' was organized.

Washington, April 5.—The factsconcei'ning the alleged deficit or defUlcation in the New York Postoffice, are as follows: In auditing the accounts for the quarter ending December 31st, it was discovered that the balance due by the Postmaster was $1500 more than had been paid in. He has been notified of. this fact, with a request for immediate payment and satisfactory explanation. The Department have no mode of detecting this discrepancy until the quarter's arc rendered. Weekly statements are made of the deposits of the Sub-Treasurer, and a comparison of the previous returns show that they wero proportionally larger than heretofore, averaging some $12,000.— Mr. Fowler's bond is Cor $75,00.0L,:h».?

Tho President is preparing a message on. our relations with.Mexico,whicli lie intends sending to Congress soon.

A man named Watson, claiming to bo from -Vermont, requested to be summon cd before the Harper's Ferry committee, professing-to have knowledgeof tlio John Brown affair

Mr. Mason telegraphed to New Jersey and Vermont for references which he gave, and got an answer from Mr. Patterson, disclaiming any knowledge of tho person.1 He is evidently under a delusion.

The New Orleans Picaune, of Tuesday, says that Captain Swazer, of the ship Marcona, from Liverpool, reports that on the 8th of March, while he was passing off'Cuba, he Was chased and 'fired'atby a War steamer^carryirig:the Spanish flag: He hove to, and was questioned by the steamer whither he was bound. The steamer then sailed away without giving any explanation. The Marcona had Ameriean?colors and private signals flying all the.lime. ^emi-pfficial .adyices frojoi Vera Cruz l?tdt^,Jin addition tO Ayhat has already been published, that the Litj^rals defeated the 4tK regiment of. cavalry, jbelonging to Miramon, on the ^tli ult., ten miles west of J^lapa, taking their houses, arms and ammunition.

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Xen. Arilaba, (Liberal) had defeated' 500.reactionists at San Martin, 25 miles west of Piicbla, taking seven piece's of artillery^ together with a cohsidcrable1 quantity Qf Arm«-,-aiid-.-ainunifci6nv

Gen.. Puebl^,(Liberal): .yrjxs besiegoing Leagardo. ,.,•

The city of Puebla was threatened by the coihMhed'forces of Vallaldy, Allatesto and Cavajali

Several letters state that the city had already been taken, but this needs confirmation.

Judge Mason' clbsedkhis%rguiWenttoday beforo the Commissioner of Patents, in favor of the Morse. {Telegraph patent. The opinion- prevails that the decision will be favorable..].f

It is'a matter of comnicnt* 'that the anti Poligamy bill .Which passed tho House yesterday excepts-the District ol Columbia from its operations so-far. as marrying more than one person is concerned, but prevents liviug or cohabiting hero i£ the marriage of the pblygamists takes placo else where! There is however, an'oxisting law against poligamy in this Districtom ,i srMi

Congressman, .Dimmick, one of the Pennsylvania delegates to the Cliai'lestoh Convention, publishes a letter today declaring for Douglas.

From the Geneva"(Kaue Cp...,) Advertiser.

Strange Affair isi a Poor Mouse— Kals Bcvouriiig Ouc of Uie In*!

Truth is stranger .than fiction. havo the' following facts from an authcntic'sburce: _T ''j

There has been ah inmate of the poor houso of tliis county ever since its establishment, an old man by the name of McCarthy. He has had a fever sore on his left ankle, which has. niade him a cripple, although with the' aid of crutches he has been able to hobble about. For the last three years he lias occupied a kind of out house,- "solitary and alone." He was hard Iy ever, know^n to leave his quarters, except to get his meals, when lie would hobble over to the Poor House proper, and his meals would bo handed .to him, and ho would retuiui, and'nothing more would be heard of him until he got hungry, when he would again appear atthe gate .with his plate, exchange it for one containing what was prepared for or allowed him. This ha3 been his habit until recently, beingtoo feeble to got out, .his meals were taken to him. On Monday morning last, when his breakfast was taken to him, the discovery was made that the rats had eaten the flesh off one of his feetj.leavingit a perfect skeleton as high as tho.ankle joint. He was removed to the larger building and given more comfortable quarters, and on Tuesday Dr. Mead, the county physician, amputated the leg just below the knee. "VVhoii removed. McCarthy .was found to be very feeble, and the doctor thought by amputating- the limb his life might be saved, but it is veiy doubtful whether lie can survive long. It was his right foot that was eaten by the rats. The fever sore was on the left .leg near the arikle.

That the rats ate up McCarthy's foot there Can be no doubt, and that he would have been literally "carried out atthe rat holes" there is little doubt.— He,had been removed only a lew minutes when at least a dozen rats were seen on his bed. I'hat' the old man should have been neglected in the manner detailed to us is unaccountable. We hope for the honor of the Superintendent and the keeper some better excuse can be given for neglecting a human being in this manner, than any we have 3*et heard. We give tho matter as it was detailed to us, and have every reason- to believe the details above to be true.

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:.}.f..JTho Baltimore Exchango decidedly approves tl Anti -Polygamy 11. ich has passed the llouse by .a vote of more than two to one. It states the substance of the arrangement in a very few words, which we commend to the favorable consideration of the Mormon sympathizers in this region:

The people of this eountiy accord, with a few insignificant exceptions, in denouncing polygamy as inconsistent witlrtheir notions of good government, and repugnant to their ideas 'of civilization. They may, therefore, insist that its votaries shall abandon the practice, or withdraw from tho country.— If such an edict-wounds some eccentric conscience', which is'unable to disconnect a mode of life from a mode of faith,, the public is not called upon, on that account, to forego itsown opinions. And when it deliberately, thinks that a vicious custom imperils the integrity and vitality of society, it should strike it down, whether it is sanctioned by a State, or a church, or is practiced by sccts or parties. ..

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deacon residing in Ashtabula county, Ohio who was acting in.the capacity, of colporteur,: called at a shop, in Windsor,, where,, they ,had dry-goqds, hardware, notions, and sometimes a lit-, tie whisky to sell Tlie' main who o'wh-. ed the store ,was absent,-and his wife officiated as clerk. The deacon passed .the t^rne of,.day tallving. ^bput religion, and finally asked if they had jthe one ingnee'^ftijJU(iHfeaning the Bible.)-— The 'lady's answer was "5F6/ arb just out butiny husband is going to Cleveland, next^week, and will gtCj a .barrel ^3'?vr^

Tlie. TJiiion, in any event.

OEAVFGRDSVffiLF, IIDIINA, APRIL 19,1860.

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Extraordinary Election.

A NEW CHIEF CHOSEN, AND THE ACCOMPAN Y1NG CEREMONIES.

A correspondent, who dates from Feather River, Oal, shows how he and a friend elected a new chief of the Digger,

Indians,r who.lopate thereabouts: 'Tiie/oid chief died in .1856,. and his mantle fell on the shoulders' of his only son, the last of the'Diggers, and he was. a poor, drunken imbecile, unfit even to'be a rooter. Heibecame sa.unpopular with .the tribe- that they consulted with Ben and self about impeaching liim. It was done, and lie was^driv-en-"down' into the settlements. Ben and I were regents. We' gave notice by posters 911 all the big trees in the vicinity that an election Avould be held on the -1th day of July, for the purpose of electing a big Captain of the tribe, and as the office was a lasting one, there were somo candidates. One young, fine, noble looking fellow yas nominated at the Digger State Convention, on account of killing a big she grizzly with a pistol. Ilis nan or yras Pitsauk (lizard.) He spoke Englis'i pretty well, and was a good marksman —an excellent hunter, and was useful to the emigrants and traders as a pioneer and messenger, and strictly honest.'

i^uhrlse on tiie 4th, Bon and I raised tile stars aild stripes oil tlie top of a gigantic fir tree. I played ankee Doodle imd the Star Spangled Banner on'aft'bid fife, made a' speech on/ the glorious privilege Of tinivershl suffrage, and the election commenced. Captain Bessy was Judge and ourselves General Inspector. As we had all the tickets written out with Pitsbuk's' name on, I10 ran a very large majority. The election closed at- ltoon, as Jim Lee, an old resident of Butt Valley, arrived with two, veiy large.square bottles, marked Sclieidam Schnapps. Pitsauk indulged slightualy the Mohalasv squaws took some the old Injines wetted their lips and wanted more, but we were afraid of injuring their constitutions, and retained pnebottle^'qr medicinal purposes.

Pitsauk was inaugurated. First we ducked him in the river then greased him welbwith deer tailo'w then put a stove pipe hat on htm and apair offlannel drawers put ail old musket in his .Kaiisis then married him to a likely*

Mohala put the flag on his bark marquee, and left him alone in his glory.— He has made a good chief, and done more lor the whites than any Indian 011 the mountains.

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The Aurora Commercial is guilty of the following5amusing obituary Mtstuu

Ei)ATru:—Jem bangs, we arc

sorry to stait, has deseized. He departed .this Life last mundy. Jemwos generaly considdercd a gud feller. He dide at the age of 23 veers old. He went 4th without ary struggle, and such is Life. Tu: Da we are as pepper grass mity smart—t Morrer we are cut down like a cowcuniber of the grow nd. Jem kept a nice stoar, wich his .wife now watcs 011. His vurchews wo9 numerous to beholde. Slenny is the things Ave. hot at his growcery, and we are happy to stait to the adniirun wurld that ne never chectcd, spe.shully in the weigh of niackrei,. which wos nice end smelt sweet, and hissnrvivin wife is the same wa. We never new him tu put sand in his'shuger, tho ho had a big sand bar in fruiit of, his hous, nor water in his Lickers, tlio the oliio River run rite pasthis dore. Piece to his remains!

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a grate bigbuk he red,a prej'-er I10 lowdly sed, then turned over on2 his bed, and diirned if he dident die—dead! He leves a wife, 8 children, a cow, 4 horses, a growcery stoar and utlier quodrepeds,to morn his loss—but in tlie spa, len did langwidge of the poit, his loss is there.eternal gane. [Payvet—Mr. Nellson an puml: if you wil stomp the abuv on2 yurc valerable colyumes, I wil be oblegated send mo a coppy as dont take yore pay per only after my next dore nabor has tlirev/ Avitli hisn. ...M!. Yores

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abuv on2 yore entertainen jurnel, wich is at yore optshun send a coppy to bangs remain in widder, as she only gits mi nabors payper to reed when Imo dun with hit. Yores till deth do us part.}

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PatrioticandWarliici?.—Weunderstand that Capt. Wallace of the Montgomery Guards, has tendered to tho President the services of his company, in the event of a war \vi th Mexico. If this is true* it is an action consistent with the speech made by Capt.. W. on the occasion of tho recent visit of the Montgomery Guards to this city, when he declared, in the National Guards' Armory that he was anxious to wipe away the .disgrace which had unjustly been east on Indiana, by the false charge of cowardice: on the part of her troops at Buena Vista.: No braver men, he said, than the Indiana regiments at Btifipa Vista, oyer ,took station on a battle field, but tho charge of cowardice had been made, and, nothing but future deeds of .valpr would ever obliterate it. This is the. first tender of military service tb the'President ahyKvhere btftsi'de 'of Texas. In csiso war Should be declared, we presxune the Montgomery Guards wiUiT^nk as Company A, in the first Indiana r^iment.-rrrii^., Jour^

Anntlier Richmond in liie Republican Field—Another String to Douglas' Boiv.

Under this .head, the Louisville Journal unfolds in detail the scheme avowed by the Ne-^ York Courier and Enquirer, a leading .Seward organ, in regard to the nomination of Doitolas at Chicago .as its second choice. We liave before given the remarks of the Courier and Enquirer on this delightful project. The" Journal thinks the Seward champion clearly, '-'makes out a strong case," and yet "hardly does justice to Douglas's high claims to the Chicago nomination." This, of course, is mere badinage. Its concluding comments are as follows:—Cm. Gazette.

This remarkable development of the plans and preferences of tho Sewrard faction in tho ranks of the Republicans obviously places the Charleston Convention in a .very singular and embarassing attitude with respect to Douglas. Assuming the authoritativeness of the development, which is nowhere disputed, the Convention will find itself virtually called upon to nominate a party rccusant at the price of his not becoming a downright recreant—to reward a schismatic under a threat of open tacy—to refuse to bestow the leadership of the Dcmooratic forces 011 a reyo.lter, at the hazard of converting him into a renegade! How will the Convention probably answer this call?— How will it be likely to rid itself of this disgraceful situation? We know it is not completely safe to calculatc on the self-respect or manly spirit of Locofoco assemblies, but, nevertheless, Ave vontjire the opinion that the Charleston Convention will possess enough of both to kick Douglas out of the body with precious little ceremony. We have small'doubt of this. Wo consider it morally ccrtain. Whether or not the radical"element in the Republican party will afterwards be powerful enough to nominate Douglas at Chicago in the event of Mr. Seward's rejection, we do not know. We trust not. Yet the bare possibility of it should warn moderate Republicans of the gulf on whose brink they aretreading. When prominent Republican leaders are not only reckless enough to conceive, but shameless enough to avow the determination to accept the nominee of the Charleston Convention, or to pick up the cast-off suppliant for its nomination rather than support a Constitutional Unionist, like Crittenden, or Bell, or Rives, or Houston, it is tinic for the sober Republican masses to open their eyes, and inquire anxiously whither their. leaders are leading them or rather, this single pregnant fact ought to convince these masses that they are blindly following their leaders to shame and ruin. What does Mr. Seward, or what does Mr. Seward's personal adherents care for slavery or anything else save as an instrument of "power or a source of individual aggrandizement? Clearly nothing.— i'hey seek through the Republican organization their own" advancement alone and failing in that exclusive purpose, they are prepared to dash the organization to fragments, or sell it to the use of kindred demagogues in the ranks of Democracy, sooner than see it generously dedicated to tho restoration of the public peace and tho preservation of the Union. Do the Republican masses sympathize with this purpose or with the desperate and develish spirit in which'it is prosecuted? We know they do not. They sympathize with neither." Let them, then, like citizens and patriots, take tlie management of the Republican organization into their own hands, resolving with equal earnestness, that the Chicago Convention shall select a standard bearer outside the Republican ranks, and that it shall not select either tho Charleston nominee or Douglas if he is not the Charleston nominee. To this end it behooves every honest and enlightened member of the Republican party to exert his utmost influence. The route of the Democracy as well as the triumph of the Union depends on its achievement. This is as sure as fate.

jg§r*The Louisville Journal seems to be alone in its scornful repudiation of Mr. Bates for stating so frankly that ho was not an advocate of slavery extension. The Bal timore Patriot says:

It will'be observed that Judge Bates occupies the identical ground taken by Henry Clay in his great Compromise speeches in January and July, 1S50, upon the policy of extending slaverj-' into tlie territories ofthe United States, and-upon the doctrine that the Constitution carries it thither.

We stand by Judge Bate's position to the very- letter, becausewo hold it to be right. The Patriot has never held any other opinions upon it. It was with Mr. Clay when he held this position up before the country. It is now with Judge Bates, as the standard bearer of this principle of non extension of slavery into tho territories And Judge Bates deserves the support of every old Clay Whig, and of every other oppositionist, in the country, and every friend of the Constitution and the laws, for his bold avowal of this doctrine at this juncture, when the Democratic maelstrom is engulfing so many of the old conservative lights in its-vortex There is not a Whig in all the Southern States who Would not cordially vote forjudge Bates for President, if he is once fairly before the country as a candidate just as readily as he. would for Mr. Clay, after this noble and fran^ avowal of Clay Whig opinions.

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Mistaken Policy.

[We copy the following article from tho Jiicfimond Jeffersonian, a stanch democratic paper published at Richmond, Wayne county, this state. Mr. Elder, its editor, unwilling that the people of the State should bo so wantonly and unmercifully abused by one in power—though a member of his own household—thus speaks of one of the old-line candidates on tho State Ticket Mr. Samuel L. Rugg the present Superintendent of Public Listitutions and who is again before the people asking their suffrages. Read what the Jeffersonian has to say of this man Rugg, democrats of old Montgomery, and then decide for yourselves whether this tyrant governor of your common schools shall bo continued in power

We have received a Circular issued by the Hon. Samuel L. Rue,3, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, dated February 16th, 18(10, and addressed "To the School Officers of the State."

We have read this Circular with care^—portions of itwitli regret.- With Mr. Rugg's suggestions, in the main, we have no fault to find. We would gladly stop here, condemning nothing, even if unable to approve all the measures he favors but some of these are of so remarkable and unfortunate a character, that we feel compelled to comment upon them. Justice to the people, and •fidelity to school officers, in regard to whose legal duties this circular is calculated to mislead many demand that we speak out in opposition to the extraordinary position which Mr. Rugg has thought proper to assume, and protest against the singular and extra-official "order" which lie has published.

This edict—and it savors strongly of the nature of an arbitrary edict—is as follows: "Ordered, That the books named in the following list, be introduced into and used iii tho public schools of the State, as text-books for instruction in tho several branches of learning to wlncli they relate."

Following this "order" is a list of books recommended." Now, the School laW' does not confer the slightest authority upon tho State Superintendent for issuing any such "order." The law authorizes him to recommend a list of text-books for the Schools of the State. Having made a recommendation, his authority ceases. His power is simply advisory, not compulsory. It imposes upon the people no legal obligation whatever to use the books recommended. They are at perfect liberty to acceptor reject them, and exercise their own wishes as to what they will or will not use.

Such, in our opinion, was the plain intention of tho framers of the school law and such is its evident meaning.— It was so understood by both of Mr. Rugg's predecessors in office, who wisely acted upon this understanding. He Avould have avoided a serious mistake, had he regarded the precedents they established, and thus escaped the embarrassing position in which lie has placed, not only himself, but hit political friends.

We are surprised, and exceedingly regret that through the influence of bad counselors, or upon immature and hasty consideration, Mr. Rugg has been betrayed into issuing, without authority, so arbitrary and unfortunate an "order,"

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must be regarded by ev

ery parent in the State as tyrannical and not Democratic. Suppose the recommendation of tlie Superintendent did impose a legal obligation upon the peoplo to observe it, Avlicre would the matter end? The Superintendent is elected for two years. The laAV confers no greater authority upon one Superintendent than upon another. If one has the

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pel the throAving aside of all the books in use in the schools of the State, and the introduction of others, so liaAre his successors. Then, in case each Superintendent recommends a new list,

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shall have all our school books changed at once, at least every

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years.

But the law says nothing in regard to the frequency or number of recommendations which may bo made by each officer. Suppose the Superintendent determines to make a neAv recommendation every year or every six months—and there is nothing in the school laAV to prevent this—must the people be governed by these recommendations, and subjected to the enormous expense which they Avould necessarily impose upon them? Certainly not. *A

The true test of all laAvis the penalty attached to its violation. Where 110 penalty folloAVS the infraction of huv, such law is nugatory and

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If Mr. Rugg proposes forcing upon the citizens of Indiana the text-book he has recommended, it becomes him to ascertain what means tho laAV places at his disposal to coercc the people into compliance with his "orders." Does he suppose that he has power to compel obedience to his mandates? The laAV gives him no such power. He has yet to learn that the people are

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be advised, but will not be driven. -^Speaking of the duties of School Di-rectors-and Trustees, Mr. Rugg says: "It is proper for them in contracting with Teachers, to make it a condition, in writing, in th^ contract, that their Teachers shall hear ho recitations ex-

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cept from authorized text-books. Let every teacher in the public schools throughout the State, understand that the penalty of disobedience in relation to this matter, is a forfeiture of his contract, and dismissal from his trust."— [6'ee Circular, ige 5.]

We are astonished at this language. We can not conceive AA'liat could havo been Mr. Rugg's motive for thus Avriting. Did he think to impose upon the School Officers of the State, largelypresuming upon their ignorance of thelaAv? Does he really mean that "the parent has no right to choosy Avliat books his children shall use, and that the assumption of any such right Avould debar his children from school privileges?"

C?ould he havo intended to convcy t-Ro idea that ho has any control over the school fund, or any power to withhold its distribution, as a means of enforcing compliance

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ders?" Prof. Larrabee, Superintendent for 1857 and 185S, in his Annual Report to the Legislature, says: "The

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Superintendent any control whatever over tho school fund. Over this matter he has no more control than he has over the revenues of Russia."

We regret the necessity which compels us to thus speak of our State Superintendent, and some of the measures ho dictates. We believe that had Mr. Rugg maturely considered his course, he would have seen that it

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injure his standing and impair his influence that it would furnish material to his enemies with which to endeavor to defeat his re-election and that the publication of his imperious and extraofficial "order," just at the opening of an exciting political campaign, during Avliich no occasion will be neglected by the opposition to injure the success of the Democratic part}7, would be made capital of, and used to the prejudice of his political friends, and to the injury of those to Avliom he owes his present position. -.

Polygamy Forbidden by.tUe Mormon Bible. •In the course of the debates on tho Anti-Polygamy bill, in the House of Representatives, both the supporters and opponents of that measure seem to have been hopeslessly befogged upon the simple question Avhetlier polygamio prat-ices are enjoyed or forbidden in the Mormon religious creed. Mr. Hooper, the delegate from Jtali, declares that polygamy is a part of the Mormon faith. MrPryor,

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had "examined the dis

gusting farrago called the Mormon Bible," averred that lie couldfind there no word recognizing the tenet of belief.

Neither of these gentlemen Avas'riglit. The member from Virginia did not read his copy of Jo. Smith's Bible with care noi'Avas the delegate from Utah quito honest. Mr. Pryoi'

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serting tliatthe Mormon canon does not recognize polygamy, but he omitted the purusal of one chapter, which positively forbids it, and thus ovcrsots Mr. Hooper's declaration, in the most summary manner.

In the Book of Jacob, authorized edition of tho Book of Mormon, the following passages occurs: "Behold the Lamanites, your brethren, whom ye hate, because of their filtliincss and the cursings which hath come tipon their skins are more righteous than you: for they have not forgotten tho commandments of the Lord, Avliich Avas given unto our fathers, that they should have save it Averc one wife, and concubines they should have none: and there should not bo Avhoredoms committed among them. And

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this com

mandment they observe to keep wherefore, because of this observance in keeping this commandment, the Lord God Avill not destroy them, but Avill be merciful to them, and one day they shall become a blessed people."

Considering that the Book of Mormon is accepted by the Latter-Day Saints as their sacred record, this is tolerably clear testimony against polygamy. It may very properly be commended to the notice of the honorable gentleman from Utah, whoso acquaintance Avith the theological literature of his co-religionists is evidently limited. —New York Times,

Tlie Kansas Question*' "Occasional" Avrites to the Philadelphia Press:

It proves the madness of the Administration party that the}7 should interpose at this late day to prevent tho admission of Kansas into the Union, and so to remove that disturbing element from the Presidential campaign Should these men again succeed in^defeating the wishes ofthe people of thkt Territory, a terrible retribution will be insisted upon at the polls. The whole battle of 1856 will have to be fought over, with the superadded enormities of Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet, hanging like a millstone around tho neck of the party. I saw a Republican Senator, however, yesterday, who informed me that ho had strong hopes of the passage of the House bill through the Senate. 1 am glad to seo that Senator Bigler has lately been stiffened in the knees, having taken, an extra supply of courage since the Reading Convention, and that he stands willing to do his best in atonement for the past. It is believed that Crittenden, of4 Kentucky, Latham, of California, and other men heretofore, counted against the bill, will unite with the Republicans in disposing of this important question.