Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1849 — Page 4

col. iiextox's srrncii, TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI DELIVERED IX THE CAPITAL. jEFrERsox Cur, May 26, 1849. CmzEs: I have received certain resolutions from the Geoeral Assembly of Missouri, denying the rijlit of Cnngrrs to legislate upon the subject of slavery in Territories asertiri jj the riirht of the citizens of every State to remove to the Territories acquired by the Hood and treasure cf the whole Union, with thejr property declaring it to be an insult to the States to exclude any of their cit iz ::- from eo removing and settling with thiir property alleging euch insult to Ie the caure of alienation among th States, and ultimately of disunion; and instructing the Senators of Ihe State, and requesting its Representatives to vote in conformity to the resolves e. adored. Th"Je instructions, t.f which I now only give the pubtance, were adopted by the General Assembly, after the atlymrnntent of Congress, and after the time that it mn-t have been believed that the Pti!jct to which they refr had been disposed of in Congress, and while other resolutions incompatible with them, had bMi given by the previous General Assembly, and had been complied with by me, and were tili on oaniK They are a mere copy of the Calhoun resolutions, offered in the Senate in February, 1547, denounced by me, at the time, as a fire brand, intended for electioneering and disunion purposes, and abandoned by him after their introduction, without ever calling a vote upon tbern, for'a reason which will be hereafter shown. I produce them in order to justify the character I eive of them, and to show tbein to be tha original of those which I have received from the General Assembly of Missouri. THE CALHOÜS KESOLCTIONS. ''Resolved, That th Terri'oiiei of the United States beIons to ibe several Statet composing this Union, and ai beU by them as their joint and common pro.-erty. 'Resolved, That Conrrs. as ihe joint spent and representative of tbe States of this Union, bat no right to make any law, or do nr act whatever, thai shall, directly or by its ffrcts, make any dicrimination between the States of this Union, by which any of them shall be deprived of its full and equal right in any territory of the Uoitcd States, acquired or to be acquired. -Resolved. That the enactment of any law which should, directly or by it effects, depiive the citizens of any of the S ates of this Union, finm emigrating with their propeity into any of the territories of the United S ates, will make such discrimination, and would, therefore, be a violation of the constitution, and the lights of the States from which such citizens emigrated, and in derogation of that peifect equality which belongs to them as members of the Union, and would tend directly to subvert the Union itself. "Resolved, That, as a fundamental principle in our political creed, a people, in foiming a constitution, have the unconditional right to form and adopt tbe government which ihey tiiay think best calculated to secrre libetty, prosperity and liappinr and that, in conformity thereto, no other condition is imposed by the federal constitution on a Slate, in order to her admission into this Union, except that its constitution be republican, and that the imposition of any other, by Congre, would not only be in violation of the constitution, but in direct conflict with tbe principle on which our political system rests." These resolutions were brought into the Senate February 19th, 1917, and are the prototype cf Ihose sent me by the General Assembly of Missouri. I see no difference in them, but in the time contemplated for the dissolution of the Union, Mr. Calhoun's tending "directly" and those of Missouri "ultimately" to that point. In other respects they arc identical; and this difference not material, as the Missouri resolutions pledge the State to " co-operate" with other el&veholding States, and therefore to follow their lead, which may be direcVy, as the Accomac resolutions, vouched to be the voice of the south, call for a State Convention as soon as a bill can be passed for

..the purpusf, to organize the mode of action. I con- , ider the Calhoun resolutions as the parent of those j adopted by our Legislature, and entitled to the first j attention ; and, in that point of view, 6hall epeak to j them first, and begin with an argument against it, j derived from the conduct cf that gentleman himself, j Tp. the vtar 1S20. Mr. Calhoun was a member of: Mr. Monroe's cabinet, and as such was required by the President in common with the ret of the cabinet, to give his opinion in writing to be filed in the Department of State, on the question of lie power of Congress to prohibit slavery in territories, and on the constitutionality of the eighth section of the act for the admission cf Missouri into the Union, and which section applied the anti-slavery clause of the ordinancs of 1737, to more than half of the whole territory of Louisiani. The questions were momentous. The whole Union vra3 then convulsed on the subject of slavery, growing out of the Missouri controversy. Congress had just passed an act for the admission of iMUttoori, without restriction, but with a prohibition of slavery in all the territory north and west of her. The act was just coming to Mr. Monroe for his approval or disapproval. If approved by him, it became a law at once; jf disapproved, the act was defeated forever! for it was known that the constitutional majorities of two-thirds of Congress could not be obtained for the act if disproved by the President. The whole responsibility of passing or defeating the act then rested on Mr. Monroe. He felt the magnitude cf that responsibility, and saw that it was an occasion to require the gravest advice of his cabinet. He determined to have their advice, and in the most matured and responsible form. The act hid passed on the 3d of March. II immediately convoked his cabinet stated the questions reduced them to writing gave a copy to each member and required them to be answered in writing. Un the sixth all the answers were given, and all in the affirmative on both questions, and the act was immediately approved and signed, and became the law of the land. The law bears date on that day -March 6th, 1820. Mr Calhoun gave his written opinion with ihe rest, an' in favor of the constitutionality of the act, and no whisper was ever heard from him to the contrary, or in denial of the right of Congress to prohibit, or abolish slavery in territories, until the introduction of his fire-brand resolutions, twenty-seven years after his cabinet opinion had been given. These resolu tions were brought in near the close of the short session in 191(-7, and were intended for general debate at the session of 1317-8 the long session which preceded the Presidential election and to make a chance for himself at that election by getting up a test which no northern man could stand. But that general debate never came on. Before the time had ripened for it, the cabinet opinions of 1920 had been found out. and were produced in the Senate, to the confusion of Mr. Calhoun and the otter prostration of his resolutions. They were first produced by Mr. Westcott, of Florida, and afterwards by Mr. Dix, of New York. The proofs were in writing, and to the point, and from two different witnesses and the two, above all men in the world, the most competent and credible to testify in the case Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams both dead, but bo!h jeaking from the tomb, and in the highest form known to the law of evidence that of recorded evidence, written down at the time, as the true history of a fact, and without the slightest expectation that it was ever to be used against any human being. Mr. Monroe's testimony was in his own hand-writing, obtained from his son-in-law, and consisted of I wo pieces one being the interrogatories propounded to his cabinet, and the other Ihe autograph copy, or draft, of a letter to a friend. The interrogatories were endorsed thus: "Interrogatories, Missouri, March 4, 1320. To Ihe heads of depart ments and Attorney General:" The interrogatories themselves were in these words: "Has Congress a right under the powers vested in ' it by the Constitution to make a regulation prohibiting slavery in a Territory! "Is the 8th section of th9 act which passed both Houses on the 3d int.( for the admission of Missouri info the Union, consistent with the constitution 1" With these questions was an original draft of a letter in Mr. Monroe's hand-writing, not dated, signed, or adJre-sed to any one-, but supposed to be writ ten to Gen. Jackson, which letter 6iiows that these two questions were put to Mr. Monroe's cabinet, were ai.swered by them in writing, and that they were unanimous in answering the questions in tbe a türm a tive. This is the letter. DtA Simt The question which lately agitated Consress and the public has been teltled, as you have seen by the pisa9 of an art fir the admission of Mi-ouri as a State nrres'rstneiT, and ArUaoas l:irewie when it leacnes mvnii tv.snl the establishment el lh 36J. EOm. north latitude as Jte, auth of whirh slavery it piohibitrd, nd permitted to t'.e suuti I took the pinion, in writing of the Ad i.inttt rati-. i) as to tfie ebLi'utiuoalily of restiai;ing Territories. and the tote of tver- member was unanimous end which wa eiDlicit In favor of i'and as it was that Ihe 8 h section r f the act was applicable to Territories only, and not to Mates wlten they n.-iolrl te admiM4 into the Union. On ibis Ufer poirt 1 bad at ört some doubt i but the opinio of o'hers. whoe opinions were entitled lo tteiiht with me supported bv Ihe -er.se in which it was viewed by all who voted "it tbe nbjeet in Ongress, as will appear by tbe Journal, saiined me iepecting it." The words in brackets were crossed out by running the pen through them, and trie word explicit iubsti tutcJ a substitution evidently made to avoid viola

ting the cabinet rule, not to tell the opinions of members, which the word unanimous would d'. But the word explicit is sufficient. Taken in connexion with the rest of Ihe paper with the result and with the (almost) thirty y?rs silen;e of" Mr. Calhoun, and that word is equivalent t the word unanimous. For it is not to be presumed that Mr. Calhoun was omitted in the address of the questions of that he failed to answer, and to answer as the President required, in writing or, that failing to answer, it would not have been noted or, answering negatively, it would n- !-ive been equally noted -r, above all, that diff ii g frin Crawford and other Fit!.rrti im n u t!.i delicate point, he would nt h?ve let tlie secret out, at the time, or produced it since as an evidence of his guardianship over southern interests, and" as a proof of his precious consistency. Tiie presumption is against him, and the ab-tnee of all these concomitants of dissent, are proof positive that he concurred with the rest of the cabinet nt thtime, and never thought of lenving it until cnuirht fast and Inrd in the fixed fact of a killing contradiction. But the other pice of writing is still more close and stem than the letter of Mr. Monroe. It is the diary of Mr. Adams, written down at the time, and clear and pointed to every particular the questions, the answers, the unanimity, the writing of the answers, and their deposit in the department of State. The extract from this diary, furnished and certified by the son, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, is in these words : Exlraets from the Diary of J. Q Adams. March 3, 1S20. When I tame this day lo my office, I found iheie a note requesting me to call at one o'clock at the President's Home. It wa then one, and I immediately went over. He expected that the two bil's for the admission of Maine, and lo enable Miouii to make a constitution, would hare been brought to him for his izn'u e ; and he had summoned all the members of the Adm'u. ist. atioii, o afk their opinions in writing, to be deposited in the Department of State, upon two quetions t I. Whether Congies had a constitutional lieht to prohibit slavery in a teirttory ? and 2. Whether Ihe 8th section of the Missouri bill (which inteidict slavery forever in the tenitoiy north of 36 j latitude) was applicable only to the territorial state, or would extend to it after it should become a State ? A to the fiist question, it was unanimously agreed that Congress have tbe power to prohibit slavery in tbe territories." mMabch5. The President sent me yesteiday the two questions, in writing, upon which he desired to hare answers in writing. t be deposited in tbe Department of Slate. He wiote me that it would be in time, if be should have the answers to-morrow. The first question is in general terms, as it was staled at tbe meeting on Friday. The second was modified to an inquiry whether the 8ih section of the Missouri bill is consistent with the Constitution. To this I em without hesitation answer by a simple affirmative, and so, after some reflection, I concluded to answer both. March 6. I took to ihe President's my answers to bis two constitutional questions, and he desired me to have Ihem deposited in Ihe Depaitment, together with thoe of the other members of the Administration. They diffeied only as they asrizned their reasons for thinking the 8th section vt ihe Miuri bill consistent with the Consti utioo, because they considered it as only applying lo Ihe territorial term ; and I barely gave my opinion, without assigning fur it any explanatory reason. The Presidtnt signed tbe Missouri bill this morning." This lestimony leaves no room for doubt or quibble. It is clear and positive at all points. It was overwhelmingly conclusive. Mr. Calhoun should have surrendered. His evil genius, and the fix he was in as the leader of a party fuunded on new idea, the reverse of his old ones, and the disease of consistency, made him hesitate and deny, not directly, but argumcntatively, and in the way of non-recollection. lie could not remember and he could not believe that he had given a written opinion in tuch an important matter without remembering it! Unhappy man ! he d.d not perceive that this species of argumentative denial was far stronger the other way ! that it would have been far more difficult to have forgotten his opinion, if he had stood alone in the cabinet, dissenting from all the rest, and disobeying the President's command to answer ! This would have been the thing difficult to have been forgot, and still more difficult to have been concealed? Sensible of the damage he had done himself by this non-recollection, Mr. Calhoun undertook to rc-habilitate himself by assuming to know all about the compromise, and by giving a statement of it which was intended to

convince the Senate that his memory was good, and entitled lo credit in opposition to nil the testimony' against him. He began with characteristic assumption of knowing everything, ?nd ended by showing that he knew nolhing. He su'd : w I know aM about the compromise! tbe cause which led to it, and tba reason r. hy, that the Northern ir.ea who voted against it were universally sacrificed for so doing. It is quite a mistake, as some suppose, that they wrre sacrificed for voting for Ihe compromise. I he very reverse is tbe case. The caue I will proceed ti stale: During the session of the compiomie, Mr. Lowndes aud myself icsided together. He was a number of tbe House of Representatives, and I was Secretary of War. We both felt the magnitude of the su'ject. Missouri, at the preceding setsinn, had presented herself for admission as a member of the Union. She bad foimed a constitution and government, in accordance with an act of Congress. Her admission was iefu?ed en the ground that her constitution admitted of slavery; and (he was remanded back to have Ihe objectionable provision expunged. She refused to comply with Ihe lequiri.ion, and at tbe next esion ajain knocked at ihe door of Congress for admission, wi'h ber constitution as it originally stood. This gave rise to one of the most agititing discussions that ever occuried in Congtes. The subject was one of repeated conversation between Mr. Lowndes and myself. Thr question wa, what was lo le done, and what would be the consequence if she were riot admitted i After full reflection, we both agreed that Missouri was a Stale, made so by a tegular process of law, and never could be icmanded back lo the territorial condition. Such being the case, we alsf agreed that Ihe only question was. whether she should be a State in or out of the Union f and it was for Congress to dcciJe which position she fchnuld occupy. My friend made one of his able and lucid speeches on the occasion, but whether it has been preserved or not I am not able to say. It carried conviction to Ihe minds of all, and in fact settled the question. The question was narrowed down to a single point. All saw that if Missouri was not admitted, she would remain an independent Stale on the west bank of the Mississippi, and would become Ihe nucleus of a new confederation of States, extending over the whole of Louisiana. None were willing to contribute to such a result j and Ibe only question that remained with Ihe Northern mrmbeis who bad opposed her admission was, t devise some means of escaping fiorn the awkwaid dilemma in which they found themselves. To baek out or comptomise, were the only alternatives left, and the latter was eageily seized to avoid the disgrace of the foimei so eagerly, that all who opposed it at Ihe North were considered traitors to that section of the Uuion, and sacrificed for their votes." Every part of this statement is erroneous, and to such a degree as to destroy all reliance upon Mr. Calhoun's memory. He says that during the compromise session he and Mr. Lowndes resided together, and that at the preceding session Missouri had presented her constitution, made under the act of Congress, and applied for admission into the Union. Now this is error. The constitution of Missouri followed, anddid not precede the compromise act. That act was passed March 6th, 1320, the constitution framed under it was signed July 19th of the eame year; and was presented to Congress in the month of November following Congresa in that' year having met on the second Monday in November. Hers then is an error of a year in point of time, and a transposition of events in point of fact. The constitution of Missouri was made ofier the compromise, and in pursuance of it; and not to know that much was to know nothing at a!l about it. Mr. Calhoun says the admission was refused, and the constitution remanded back, because it admitted slavery in Missouri. This is great error. The act of Congress under which tie Missouri constitution was madti admitted slavery in Missouri, and her constitution could not be, and was not refused on that ground. The admission was not refused for that cause, nor for anything like if, nor for any thing in relation to slavery, but the direct opposite for a clause in relation to free peopleof color, and by which, it as contended, the citizens of other States might be prevented from removing to the Stat of Missouri. Jlie clause was this: lo prevent free negroes and mutatloes from corning la. and settling in this Slate -under any pretext uhatner." .This provision was found in clause 4, section 20, of article 3, cf the constitution, and was objected to as being inconsistent with the constitution of the United States as in some of those States free people of color might le citizens. This was "the clause objected to, and not the one sanctioning slavery. Mr. Calhoun says the constitution was remanded lack to the Slate to have the slavery clause expunged. It was not re manded for the purposoof having anything expunged. but the contnry to have something ad ieu to obtain the legislative assent of the State to the joint resolu tion of the two houses of Congress declaring th it the clause in question should never be so construed as to exclude from settlement, and the rights of citizenship, the citizens of other States emigrating to Missouri. Mr. Calhoun says the State refused to comply with the requisition of Congress. This is more error. The State complied immediately the legislative assent to the required coniruction of the objectionable clause being given on the 2Gth day of Juhe, in the same year. He says, the State knocked again with her constitution at the door of Congress at the next session, and that this gave rise to the most agitating

discussion that ever took place in Congress. This is the very error of the moon. The Slate never applied to Congress again, but was admitted in the rectss, and before the next meeting f Coup res, and by proclamation from President Monro!. Tlf proclamation was issued the HHh f August, 1321, ii pursi. nco Oi the joint resolution t.f Congre-s of the Jd of March of that year; expressly framed to save the State from applying to Congress again, by referring it to the President to proclaim her admission as soon a she assented to Ihe required cons'rm-tion of the obnoxious article. The fact is that ConjrresJ did not refuse to

ndmif the State at nil on the contrary passed a joint resolution at her firtt session of the oresentation of the constitution, for l.er admission " on a certain anJilion "on compliance with which condition her admission was to be complete, without further proceediiij;8 on the part of Congress, and was to be so . nrm laimed bv the President. All this anDeara in the leffisdative history of the country, and was authentirally recited in the Proclamation issued on the occasion. This is the. Proclamation 5

"Whereat the Congress of the United States, by a J int exclusion tiom settlement in the territories bouglit by ieoluiion of tbe 2d of Match lasi, enti'led Resolu'ion'p'o- the Hood and treasure of the whole Union ! Ix)ui?ividing for the admis-i-n of the Sute of Missouri into the 0na was a territory, and Conp-ress legislated UO"n

Unionen a certain condiioo,' did deteimh-e aod declaie . t m a its . a . . ...l Kti-.! " i Z . upon the lundamentil condition thaf the fourth c'ause cf the 26ih section cf the 3J aiticle of ihe constitution submitted , on Ihe pari cf said State to Congics, shall never be cons rued to kirhoiize the passage of any law and that no Uw f nan oe pas. a in conioimity thereto, or wriicn any ciuzen r .i.h.r of ,h. s:t r it;.. ..u k a r.m . vb wi, wa-ai. U till j Ull0 ! II I I V AV-I

Ihe enj.ymentof any of the privileges and immunities to msuiiea, most remarhaoiy wcu, ior aooui miny which each citizm is entitled under ihe cormii'tn ion of ihe years; and, perhaps, would consult their own self-re-Uni'ed Sutcst Provided, That the Legislaluie of Ihe said soect. and lose nothing in public opinion, if thev

sia.e, oy a solemn puouc act, snail oeeiaie me aseni oi ; said State to Ihe said fundamental condiii n, and shall trans mit to the Treaident of 'he United Slates, nn oi before the fnsl Monday in Novembrr next, an authentic copy of said act j upon the receipt hereof, the President, by proclamation, halt announce tbe fact, whereupon, aud without any fuiihrr pioceedings on Ihe part of Cojigiess, Ihe admission of the said State int this Union shall be considered as complete : And rchereat; by a solemn ' put lie act of the Assembly of ihe said State of Missouii, passed on the 26th of June, in Ihe piesent year, entitled ' A solemn pu lie act declaung Ihe a-stnt of this Stale to the fundameot-.i condition contained in a lesulutiou oassed bv the Conre of the United States providing fur the admission of the State of Misouii into the Union on a certain condition, an authenlic copy wheieof has been communicated in me. it U solemnly and publicly enacted ind declared, that that Stale has assented, and dues ascnt, that the 4th clause of Ihe 26th section of the 3d article of the constitution of said State Shall never be construed to authoiize the passage of any hw, and that no law ahall be pased in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the United States shall be excluded from Ihe eijymentof any of Ihe privileges and immunities to whirh such citizens aie entitled under Ihe constitution of (be United Stale. Now, therefore, I, James Monroe, Piesideot of the United States, in pursuance of the revolution of Coneres aforesaid, have issued lbi my proclamation, announcing the f-ict, that the said State of Missouri has assented to the said fundamental condition required by the resolution afoiesaid: whereupon Ihe admission of the State of Missouii into Ihe Union is declared to be complete. In te-timony whciof I have caused the seal of the United Stales of Ameiica to be affixed to these Pieent, ami signed the same with my hand; Dated at Ihe city of Washington, the 10th diyof August, 1S2I, and of ihe Independence of the United States of Ameiica the 4G;bJAMES MONROE. Byt!ie President, JOHN QU1NCY ADAMS, Secretary cf Slate." Now this proclamation was issued from the cabinet of which Mr. Calhoun was a member, and appears to have been as completely forgotten by him as were the cabinet decisions of the same year in favor of the power of Congress to legislate upon the eubject of slavery in territories, and to abolish it in territories; for that was the effect of tho compromise act of 1320. He actually forgets that Missouri was admitted upon a Proclamation, issued from the cabinet council of which he was a member! and goes on to substitute the wanderings of his imagination for the legislative history of the country, in giving a supposed circumstantial account ofwhat took place between himself and Mr. Lowndes, after the second rejection of the Missouri constitution, and which led to the conclusions wliich, according; to him, produced the compromise. "To back out, or compromise, was the only alternative left ; and the latter was eagerly seized upon to avoid disgrace oj the Jormer. bo says Mr. Calhoun : and so saying he postpones the compromise a whole year, and couples it with an event to which it does not belong, and makes it the effect of a cause which never existed. It is postponed from the ses sion '19-'20 to the session of '20-'21 ; and it is con nected with the final admission of Missouri after she had become a State, instead of bein connected with the preliminary act which authorized her to. form a State constitution. Never was such blundering seen! It is even questionable whether he is not mistaken in in the statement that he and Mr. Lowndes resided to gether at the time that Missouri presented her con stitution, lie says they did. My impression is to the contrary that Mr. Calhoun lived with his family at that time, (session of '20-'21,) in D ßtreet, nnd Mr. Lowndes in a boarding, house. It is also ques tionable whether Mr. Lowndes did much towards passing the joint resolution under which the State was admitted. He was in declining health at that time; and although he spoke once in favor of the ad mission after the constitution was presented, and spoke with the manly sense and patriotic feeling which belonged to him, yet he 60on ceased to attend, and went abroad for his health, and died. It wan Mr. Clay who consulted me about the joint resolution, and wi h whom I agreed that it would answer the pur pose, and gave my opinion that the State would agree to it immediately ; which she did. Ey that joint re solution the question of admission was not to come before Congress again, and did not, and was purposely framed to avoid a second appearance of the State at the bar of Congress ; bo that all that history of Mr. Calhoun s, about the manner in which the compromise was seized, to avoid disgrace, after the se cond rejection of the constitution is a mere figment of the brain, coined for the purpose of getting out of the cabinet council of March 6th, 1320. Far better to have confessed what was proved to have admitted the truth of Mr. Monroe's and Mr. Adnms's disin terested testimony and to have taken the ground of a change of opinion since that time. That would have been the discreetest course. But, oh ! the dis ease of consistency ! that malady of his mind ! and Ihe hard fate of a leader, almost affecting a prophet, and bound, under all circumstances, to maintain his infallibility in the eyes of his followers, under the awful penalty of losing dominion over them Some search has been made in the department of State for Ihe written opinions of the cabinet, without finding them; but that weighs nothing against the positive testimony that they were put there. The wonder would be to find Ihem after twenty-seven years, and so many changes of clerks ; and it is to be remembered that no one of Mr. Monroe s cabinet has been Secretary of State since that time, but Mr. Cal houn. The fact is established1 established by the rules of evidence which convince the human mind, even the most unwilling that Mr. Calhoun, as a cabinet minister under Mr. Monroe, supported the constitutional ly of Ihe Missouri compromise act. This fact being established, let us see what that act was; and that will be shown by the title of the act by the act itselfand ly the actual condition of the territory in winch it was to operate. I his is the title : 'An act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with Ihe original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories." A very intelligible title, this, especially in the con cluding clause, and cnoagh to hare startled Mr. Cal houn if he had held the same doctrines cn the powers of Congrets then which he professes now. The act itself was in these words : 'Sec. 8. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United Stated, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of 30 degrees 39 minutes north latitude, not in cluded within the limits nf the Slate contemplated by this act, slavery ana involuntary servitude, otherwise than tit the punishment of crimes whereof the partus shall hat been duly convicted, shall be, und Iterily ij, forever prohibited." Stif h are the words of the act the very words of the Wilmot Prnvi'; and if any modern copyist is to j supercede Mr. Jefferson in the paternity of that prot it..-, it clinnl.l Kn Tnlin O.. f!.illinnn. anrl tint Davtr Wilmot!' It.hot.ld b called Ihe Calhoun Proviso and that f yr many and coprnt reasons. In the hrst place, lie was near thirty years ahead of Davy in iupport r.f this proviso. In the jiecond place, his sition was Ligher, beinjr cabinet minister, and his i . r .L. voice more potential, be.n? a eouthern man. In the third place, he w ns part nlMhe vefa power where three votPi wero m.ijontir: Davy only a member or Irgifllfitive power where it requires a majority rnboth houses to d anything. In the fourth place, Calhoun was successful : Davy is not. Finally, Davy's proviso ii a weak contrivance to prevent slavery from

being where it is not, and where it never will be: Calhoun's proviso was a manly blow to kill slavery where it then existed by law, and where it woulJ now e:.ist,. in point of fact, if that blow had not been struck. The proviso supported by Mr. Calhoun actu

ally abolished slavery where it existed by law in all j the upper half of Louisiana from ob degrees uU minutes to 49, aud from the Mississippi to thePocky Mountains over territory nearly a thousand miles square nearly a millim of square miles enough to make twenl States of 50,0 :U square miles each more, in fact, than all California, New Mexico and Oregon put together. Over til this vat territory, the proviso supported by Calhoun, abolished slavery itbolislied it, then existing by law and shut it up frorrr the slave emigration of the the Sou'h. And now what becomes ot tne cogma in ins mourn, anri that of his followers, so recently invented, of no powcr in Gmoress to legislate upon the subject of slavery in territories! What bccome3, in their' mouths, of .the new fancied point of honor, just Ml for the first lime in thirty years, of insult to slave states in their Btaverv jn it aml legislated sliverv ou of a million j - - - - n j cf Hl miles of it, and Mr. Calhoun .opported that legislation. Louisiana was a territory acquired by the treasure, if not by the blood, tf the whole Union, and the proviso of 1S20, supported by Mr. Calhoun. gjjut up the one.liaf cf it from slave emigration. If ; ":i, i, ,l u: r. n i ...T,, i v. bat is insult, he and hia followers have s-tood beinz - . Ill I I f ltfhould Continue Standing It, With like fortitude.'for the remainder of their lives. Continued ti our next. Iro.prHis of THE UNION; A DAILY, ftMI-WFEKLT, AS WEFKLT BEWSPAFER! Published at Washington, D. C, and devoted to Politics, Literature, and General Intellig'nce. On and after the fiist day of June next, Ihe M Uirioit " i " published, under ihe i int editorial management and i control of the subscribers.. As both t the undersigned have been before the public in J din" rent station Kne of :us. for nearly hair a century, and h other fir sevifil years we believe it will not re deemj d rraganl in o o suppose that anything more than a gen- : orcmaiion oi our principles, ana me course wbicu we L ""O ' pu'Sue, will be necessaiy at Ihis tune. The political chaiacier of ihe M Uwi 'ir " will remain un changed. As it has bitheilo done from V e date of its publi cation to the piesent time, it will continue to advocate the ffieat principles of the democratic paity as expounded by its illustrious founder, 1 hmas Jeffersoit. and earned into suc cessful practice in the adminitiaiion of the eovernmnt by subsequent democratic Presidents; principles which have secured for our beloved country an expansion, proxies and gloiy unexampled in the history of ancient or eotemporaiy empires, and elevated it to the first rat k amor? the nations of the earth. Those piinciples have been mure fully de veloped in Ihe original Piocpecto which was published at the commencement of the publication of the " Utriow," and republished in its columns a few davs ago. They demand a system of taxation and revenue which shall be equal and just upon all classes and individual onniessin none and fa- I voting none; economy in the expenditme of the public - ... V moneys i Ihe separation of the fiscal affairs of the eeneial government fioin all connexion with State institutions or corporations cieated by itself ; a strict construction of the constitution, confining the several brandies of the general government to their particular spheres of action, and requiling oi all a lailhlul peilorrnance of duty; and especially demanding and insisting that the Piesident of the United S ates shall not abdicate his high poweis and responsibilities to an irresponsible cabal, under the name of a cabinet, who weie not chosen by the people, and are not accountable to tbern at Ihe ballot box. Such aie, in general, the principle which the " Uwioit will advocate : and, in performing the duties which they have jointly assumedlhe undeisuned are aware that, in the present ciisis, it will devolve upon Ihem to discuss Ihe policy and measures of the paity in power with fieedom, and per haps, on some occasion, with aeventv. Cut, in executing their hih lunrtious as conductors of the public piess, they will not foiget the dignity nnr (he amenities due (o their position, while Ihey peiform Iheir duty to the people with the firmness and fidelity which the occasion may demand. Aware that ihe" Union " is the sole orean at the real of government, of the gieat democratic party, which represents tne people ol tne United 'ates not only in piinciples and sentiments, but also in numbers, the undersigned will en deavor to conduct it in that liberal and catholic spirit whirh the tiue inteiests of their country and party demand at their hands: ihey aie not blind to the Pet that in a republic so extensive as this, ami embracing such a wide ranee of lati tude and climate, diüeient interests aud different institutions must spring up apparently conflicting with each other, bnt, in leamy, eacn coninouting to the advancement ol tbe who!?. This apparent conflict of interests and institutions, of course, gives iie to sentiments and opinions as apparently diveise, buL whicbr rightly understood, and under just iestiaint.Tan do tny injiwyia each other. With regard to these" conflicting sentiments and opinions, growing out of local causes and institutions, it will be the object of the undersigned not to intei fere, except to inculcate concession and fotbeatance on all sides, and to secure to each the just piotecuon wnicn tne constitution promises to all. Our endeavors will be to unite all the elements of the democratic paity in suppoit cf ils common principles, and in an effort to regain its ascendancy, which has been lost by the mistaken trust and confiJence which some of its mem bers have reposed in a man, now occupying ihe presidency, who bad gained nigh military honors in a noble and patriotic cause, and who, in order to attain the highest civic honors, mane promises and pledges which be has, from incapacity to fulfil his high duties or from intentional design, giossly violated, thus betraying to the enemy thoe who confided in him, and bringing oigrace upon the Presidential office. In carrying out these purposes aiJ intentions, the under signed fiel that they shall stand in need of the active and energetic co-operation and suppoit of the undivided democ racy of the country. Tbe paity in power has secured in ascendancy by a fraud upon the people, and has most shame fully violated all Ihe pledges which it made to attain power. It will endeavor to maintain its ascendancy by the same unsctupulous means. It is the paity representing the foreign sentiments and principles now too openly prevalent in this country, and which are at war with the principles of our government and with popular liberty. It is the parly which always allies itself with every foreign enemy with which our country may happen to be at vaiiance. It is tbe party that espoused the cause of Great Biitain in the war of 1S12, and leagued with Mexico in the war of 1845. Sound politi cal morality, nde.ity lo republican principles, and that spirit of true patiiotism whichever fiowns upon treacheiy to one's country, rrquiie that this party shall be expelled fiom Ihe power which it has gained by such reprehensible means, and is now exercising for such unjustifiable ends. And in this great wot It we invoke the energetic and untiung aid ol eve ry patiiot and every fiiend to popular liberty and free gov ernment, assnting tl;em that we shall endeavor not to be wanting in honest efforts to accomplish that part of the work of reform which may devolve on us. But, while the "Usioji " will be mainly devoted ta poli tics, it will not overlook Ihe demands of the domestic cncle, It will contain all the important news of the day, and devote a reasonable portion of its columns to matters of interest relating to science, the arts, and general literature. THOMAS RITCHIE, EDMUND BURKE. TERMS. DAILY, per year. - $10 03 SEMI-WEEKLY, (published tri-weekly during the session of Congress,) WEEKLY, Clubs will be furnished as follows : Five copies of Ihe DAILY, for -Five copies of the SEMI-W EEKLY, - -Ten copies of the ' -Five copies of the WEEKLY, Ten copies of the " - - - 5 00 S 00 40 00 20 00 35 00 8 00 15 00 ! The namo of no person will be entered upon our bonks unless Ihe payment of Ihe subscription he made m advance, Distant subscribers may forwaid us. money by letter, the postage on which will be paid by os, aod all risk assumed by ourselves in its safe transmission, OOPOSTMASTERS are authorized to act as our agents and, by sending us ite DAILY subsctibets, with $50 enclosed, or five SEMI-WEEKLY subset ibcrs, with $25 en closed, or five WEEKLY subscribers, with $10 enclosed, will be entitled to retain SO per cent, for their commission, (Xj JF request the favor cf all our exchanges to give the above an insertion tn their papers. IT7In a few days agencies will be formed, one or more in each Slate of Ihe Noion,t procure subscriptions and extra copies of the Prospectus will be transmitted to many of our fiiends in vaiious sections of the countiy, for the purpose of enlisting their best exeitions for the extension of our subsciiption list. Z-3w Prosprctii of Vol. III. of the NATIONAL. Kit A, An Anti-Slavery, Political, and Literary Newspaper. O. BAILT, FDITJmt J. O. WHITTIER, CORKEfPOitDINO ED1T0. Washington, District of Columbia. TF.R-fSi Tita Lkillarw mt naauia. avable in Jldvanet. The oigan of No Tarty, standing upon the docttine of Equal Rights, opposing every form or Mavery, Uppiession, or Selfish Mononolv. TA National Era advocates reforms which it believes calculated to secuie the Personal Rights of all met), and to harmonize social and political lelatioos wi h the demands of equal and exact justice. Especially will it labor for the success of tht treat Movement whose doctrines 1 aie summed up in the brief maxims Free Though, Free Svrech. a Free Press t Free Labor, and Free Men. its plan embraces a regular recoid of current News and Events, contributions to Liieratmr, reading for the Family, 'll tnJ , railhfui ide. 0r ilt .irjt ,ni unreeoided movements. the I Able conti ibutor have been engaged for its columns, and po - ! no reasonable expent will be paied in maintaining, and, if p-'"oie, er.nig...K us aneauy v.iuauie muvoue ..- i All communications, whether on buioess or fur publicamuj tMlpmt'A ,0 g. BAILY. : Proprielor and Editor of the National Era, Washington, the 2 3w D. C. ILOTIljt, Cassimeres, Cas&iuetts, Vestings, and all kinds of St. linen wear, lor gentlemen, cheap at 9. DUNLOP'S. HJITT$BUROII gtona Coal for sale by JL 04 Iw THOMAS BUI8T.

A Patriotic Song for California. COXFOSEU BY SIX IDIT0F.S. A young gentleman poetically inclined, haa attempted o wrim a poem on the California expedition, lie got to he end of four lines and there stopped : Ye sons of Ireedom who would shine In history's brightest tory, Come join willi us and take the line Thai Lads to Ciliforney. .Veto I or Day Book. There's numerous ways of get there ting, ßy. shin, or mule, or wagon :

Then hsslo wliilo life lias days to spare, Aud wefchli has joys to brag on. Troy Post. And when we touch the promised "land," We'll hasten to the 'diggins,'.' ' And scratch away among the Fand, The biggest of the big-uus." Toledo Republican. And when we get our pockets full Of this bright sliinin dust, Wu'll travel straight lor home again ! And spend it on a ltbust." Sandusky Clarion. And, when we're busted up and dead, r Laid out upon the counter, They II raise a guide board aj our head, To tell wheie wer'u all gontcr! Scioto Gazette. And on that board, with tears of wo, Some friend these lines will chscl, Ho y who would gold hunting go, Behold how great a "fizzle." Clinton Republican. The Democri s of Dearborn county have nomina ted Richard D. Slater for Senator, and Daniel Conaway, jr., and J. F. Watkins for representatives. CI . I I . i r.il i . . I Mater lias been a member Of t he lower llOllFe of the legislature some two or ttircc limes, and always made . ,1 Tfl,e-l.i:..- ttt. ! bu"a iicicmmm;, ic uic It'Biiy Pl.Ttl to Ee8 Jjiin put in n initiation for Senator, for lie will mate a good one. Conaway is a new man, but has the qualifications fur a fjood member. We aro unac quainted with Mr. Watkins, It is hardly necessary to add, that the ticket is certain to be elected. Madixon Courier. TO! SALE. r-THE undersigned will sell a lare h;-ick storehouse, situated A in the town of Montezuma, Parke county. The lioune is titty feet oeep. ant: twenty-two front, and is suitably constructed for a mercantile business. The town in wliicli it is situated is rapidly increasing in population, leinir immediately upon the lunu auu me term win uo maoe 10 suit tne par. cliaser. s. A. ntlVAL. The Parke County Whl will copt to the amount of at. and ciiirg, o. a. iUTBi juneo X IHSMILI I IOW JOTICE Is hereby given that the copartnership heretofore exBrann, wa, dia.o.ved oa tbe t day of May 1H12 by mutual CJun,T,1. MA iV.RANDT. msiug uci'i-eii ine auDKc-riners, unoer me line ot Laui & HALF SIMMSII CIGARS. lO Oflfl SL'PtRIOR Half Spanish 1U)UW for sale low by 1.1 in Oil,. OOO GALLS, uperior summer strained Lard Oil, lut received na ior sale low oy p. a. duval. ZM.mm 2-y Next door to Little tt Co. LIXSCCD OIL.. A LARGE lot of Linaeed Oil just received and for sale ty the barrel or gallon by - 8. A. PUVAL. 2-y . Next door to Little fc Co. Al minis,! -;i!OI S -IXOtlCe. - . ' ui ice. nereny eiven. tn-u me underpinned has DwnouriDi, r 1 . .. . . . . . .. pointed by the pioliate court of Marion conntv. Indiana, ad - tn i n i jl ri ... rF i K. ..1.1. er ..... - f :i A I ceased. All persans Indebted 1 said edtats are hereby notified to i,-ii,-iiai'i m ii. c cmin in vjtmiijc i cull, idle im sam rimmy, iirmake immediate piymsnt lo the undersigned, aod those having ciauns Pgnnsi gam esute, are n.itmea to present them legally authenticated for settlement within the lime prescribed bylaw. The estate la supposed to be solvent. June 5tn, IM). 1-Jvr HENRY BRENNEMAX, .dmr. COMBINATION AIR-TIGHT. URLLOGG V YAXDES, tri HATEFUL for lormer very liberal paironase, wouia msie W know n that they continue to keep a lull supply oi ine aoove tiiprlnr nuKin stoves Together with many other patterns, of which no better attestation Is needed man re leren re to the following among tue mscj -u "" to its unrivalled qualities. Misirn I'm utt Kamuel Menu, liervey uairs, i.m uuonc. Bamtiel Hannah. Ed w aid MeGuire, Jesse Jones, D ,,:,ra' Dunlop, Mra Goldsbury, Jno W Hamilton, Danl Kinirer, t. has HobInann Arthur Vance. Thoi E llolbrook. A A Louden, ttoocri, urown - lue. Deaf and Du nib Asylum, Insane Asylum, John McFall, Rev F U lloinaay, j jonnson, ana any numu-i u unwri - . - Ucn,irn Conxir James Diiün. Jotepb Morris, Asa Ballard, J S Matlock, Chas Reynolds, G C Waterouse. Curtis liarnet, Bobert Downard, Henry Roger, Josepn aienainan, m i.ime. Hancock Coowtv Chas G Atherton, Jesse Allen, William Aurtrir Semnel Khocklev.J Die. J Delany. fee. JoHson lOUSTV i nuup uean, isauw .uumw-i --- - r. ." . I If !.. ..... TT.,..,. Kobt Lyons, kc. Hamilton Coojctt. Azariah DInninr, 8 Howard. J Williams, J Davis, Barnaby Newby, James J resier. Sueur ennntt. Koni llollun. U smun. RnoKicocirrr Henry M Marvin, J Rumly.H Miüer.J Spencer, J Smith, George Stioetnaker, Jacob Johns, Jon.it han bcotl. llnailn . . nlT K T T . lOWDn IJ. r-norD. BlieTlll. Pctbam Coustv, Isaac Lawrence, J Smith, P Strader.C Call.J Davis, John Savage. tiir Ji in :iiia oiipcr Business is still as noisy as ever; and our ban.ls are ready and happy to wait upon those who de-ureany thing in our line. Cash for old copper and brass as usual. KLLLOGG k YAXDF.3, I Sign of the Padlock and Cook Stove. Buck's Improved Talent ritnirivn fiTrvaxvr rw.c . . ,, a. . .. , , i- m - -..am rffHE subscribers offer to the public four sizes of a new paern TIF.ll.lLl VS i3 a. km w Ai, ..n.ln..i. ...Uri ... k. ... n.l. tK. i twrroet 1, Vi,. Ha ä i BUCKS coomnz- Btove, ereauy inipzovcu, wu.cu .uc. a-laA Iha arnAe n wm n a. liaOiittlnl i"W L" V r CT Hin W mt fWr IlllPr . "j "-"-" r" i .Z ," L' ,Z'S i.rt,7niih,,.i,i. ed to tbe public. Its capacity for baking (which in the old Bucks stove exceeded every other stove,) lias neen .greaiiy ucreweo uy the aJiirüon of another oven, which enables it to bake at one lime twice as mnch as ordinary cooking stoves. Being made airtight, and having danfeis, the fire can be regulated to suit every occa cion. Those who want a good cooking stove, one that can be relied upon, should see this new stove, ss it cannot tail to please. We warrant the stove to eive satisfatcion, and can refer to ban drcdsof families wliich have them in use. We will In every case i nuuiu .Ii iu icaK fvu mw'i the money. we nave on nana tne largest ana oest seierxea ever brought to the market, consisting of Premium Catting S'sees of the latest and most approved patterns, ten plate stoves, yery heavy plate, seven plate stoves. several sizes, one size to take three feet wood suitable lor churches and school houses, box troves and air tight stoves ; also, tbe celebrated Stanley's and Saratoga air tiüht parlor stoves, the two most beautiful patterns of air-tight atoves in the market. In addition to the above, we ma lufxctnre and keep constantly on hand a. general assortment of Tin It are, whrca we oiler wholesale or retail at very low prices. We are prepared to man nfucturc all kinds of copperwork at the shortest notice. C. It J. COX, 31 w&swtf Washingtonstreet.west of Meridian MIS. WM. A. WIIIGIIT, rvWOULD respeotfully inform the Laditt of Indianapolis and K.iJ the public generally, lhat alle U now receivins direct from V'J, Philadelphia, the Spring ,tvle of Bonnets and Is prepared to execute all orders lo the Millenery Business in tbe latest and most approved et)le. Every description ol Bonnets and Trimmings constantly on hand, and will he furnished oa the most leanonahle terms. Mourning Uonneu of all kinds made lo orderatahort notice, In the best style. Panev Can. Ilend Dresses, on hand, an.1 m ide to order. Bleaching and Pressing in all its branches done to order, and all work vaiTaitled to five satisfaction. InanMitaai-tntuilh lit atiA UMram t 1 1t til I nniYtirrr1 hf 1 lady ln.ni New York, wlioJs competent lo give enüre iatbtaaiontoall who will favor us wilh Iheir p-Vronse. an... Vesettes. Mantillas, aeks, Caps, Party and Bridal Dresses madeia sunerior stvle. at t-luH-t nrice. and wananied to 6u Terms reasonable. Entrance through the Store, one door east of Ilannaman's drug store. N. B. Tbe latest fashions received monthly. 84 J TA tÜI FOR S.4 LEi fWnC Subscr'bers offer for sale on accommodating terms a farm of JL 120 acres la Hendricks county. Indiana, Immediately oa the BlHle road lendin from ladinnanolls to Crawforrisville, twenty one miles Irom the former place. There are about 43 acies Improved, with a loir-house, stable, smoke house, and a well of rood and never failing water. For particulars inquire of th e subscriber., or Robert Da vies, at the Pleery-Dale Factory nenr Richinond, or John Keeney livinj near the farm, w ho wi'i snow it to any one. - ' fleecy-Dale, March 10,149. K. & J. HETIIEIUNGTON. Richmond Jefferson ian. 96-3miStoa CFATUAL KOA CO.Ul'AXY. 'HIE Stockholders are hereby notified, that contrtcts have iL Wen made for the prosecution ol tha work on the Central Plank Road. And for the purpose nf meeting the estimates, it wi I I t necessary for the subscribers of stock to make the following payments, to-wit : On or before the SCth dsy of June next, fir dollars on each share of stock ; and on or before the 24th day of July est, tea 4oV.ar on eaoh share of stock. May 36, 1319. 1U9-3W w JAMES BLAKE, President.

COUNTERFSITS. Cure for Consumption. CHKKKV The frest r. is oi ua lrtt or Head the juliovintr In accordance a itb the prevsiling custom, and in order to show the virtue of this meJicUie more luilr.'lie lol'o ine certificate have been K-lwted, nd as it it not oui wUli lo trifle itb the lives I or health of those afflicted. e aincecly pledge ourcelves to make no abortions of "fdl-e tateroellt', oi us etnracy ; nor i!l ss hold cny hope to Buttering humanity Lieh facts i I ttt -r-rant-The proofs aie here given and vretotirit an ii cair lrora ihe puhlic into every caws we publish, and leel assured they will und It a meuic;ne wen oefrrrui; mnr I'aiionac sua cuuoutiice. REMARKAULU ULKES: Of all the cures that have been recorded, thre are certainly none equal to the one tint mrntionetl, nicu plainly nows the curability of Consumption, even in some of its worst forms. Jarrraso Co., I.. Keb. 87. 18-19. Messr. Samfard Parkt Galt -Tin U to certify, that mr ife N'anry Dokooey has ber in a dc linirtf stjte of health for the last two rears. Her disease rarnea me ikui oi me Dt-si nieoicai ia 1 could procure tier physicians pronounced herdiseaMS "Consump tion in the lau stfij," ana Mia in ner recovery wi pn an human liopM. Asalct reiort who, vtry little liote, I procured Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. Aftor uin a few bottles, I (bund to my agreeable surprise, that her health was iLiprovinf rapidly, she i now fo lar reviurea as 10 nt i-;e 10 aueiia to iter regular household dutie without iiffrring ny inconvenienre. Her ratiiJ improvement and pnent htalih warrant mc in the be lief tl.ut she will soon l.e entirely restored. State of Indiana, JeftVnon county, ss : I, James M. Humphreys, a justice oi tu peace in and lor and COUmy ana Mate, no cermy iuii n.c uiuru nuuun LTVhonv lurweribed and made oath to tli foregoing certificate before . i - - - i . : , .1.. .1...... I T 1. 1 n m0 wius.tn y l oruary, . JA .11 1. 3 .1. I1U -11 III K, i z, j. r. T tki PuhOc I. Jacob Green, of the county of Jenninra and Slate of Indiana, do herebv certify that in the earlv tart of Urt extort, 1 was taken with a violent cough, attended Willi a pain in the breast, and sometimes fever, and that I employed a skiltul physician for some time, who raid be-couU give me no relief. I then rommenred using Wistar's Daiam of H id ( brrrr, and felt - almost Immediate relief and alter taking tnri i.otue. i una myself in as eood health as I enjoved lor a number of vears, my re storation, under the h lending of GoJ, I attributed to the use of the medicine above named. jawjb ijjtLi.. March 1st, lc-18. Stati or IüDiim, Jennings county. I. David S. Skinner, a lust ice of the peare in and ior said coontv and State, do certify tbu tlie above named Jacob Green, sotJ . . , ... -i r . c r . l scriHeo ani maae oam to ine loregoine ccmn.-si-, i-nre mr tue 1st day of Marrh, P49. DA Vit) S. flNER, J. P. - The following communication has just been received from Mr. J. F.Wooster, wholesale Drusrist. Nona a!k, Hnronconnty.Okio. Tbe amicted wi.l please read and juJire ior uem-ive. .oa als, m arm in, i?-i:i. John B. Park Dear Sir Having been afflicted with the Liver Complaint about eight years, hile living in Elvria, in this Stata, I had become so low and emaciate!, that I was oUued to give up my business entirely to my brother, and w a advised to travel and try what benefit it would "have on me. I started, and was gone tail Ttiom i.,crfW ".ft reuei na'sver try Vi .tar's To my own surprise, and after usinr tvo bottlixf, I was completely rerto ed to had failed. Yours. Ac. JOHN F. WOOSTER, Druggist, Norwalk, Huron county, Ohio. Friee $1 per bottle iix I oitles for 83. Roll bv J. D. PAUK, (successor to SANFORD & PARK,) Fourth and Walnut streets, Cincinnati. O., general agcnU for tbe onib and west, to whom all order must be addressed. Tomlinson Brothers. IJ. cnuehead, ana w. PU ; Siddall. Reeves It Co., Madison ; Geo. I Winrtandley At Newkii k. New A";any ; Tomlinson Brothers. I). Craiirhesd, and W. Honnaman, innianW I'slmer, Cotiim C. Bell, Evancville: . j n a., ou nr., mil. i ... - - , - i.. c.a Vmi-nn.i . fl, o V Wnnil TWra Haute! John Un.u rr..rW,Uvillf.. H. H. f-.ldririire. Lufavettes L. W. Brnre. a v v , r , . - . .. ... . i n-rintnmi: I.. IWchflr. f ort Wavne : A. u. Merrill, oum ena: 1 Am.j s Hnllid.iv. Mifliiiran Citv : and J. Heed. Richmond. 93epv IS the only remedy that can be relied oa Tor Ihe permanent cure fur Spinal Complaints, paFniodic Contractions. InKiitlnnof it IServea, Nervous or tick llead.icne, ;civua 1 rcmcra, veuraip , Affections, Apoplexy, TaraMris, General Debility, Deficienr ol Nr vous and I'hysical fcnerpy, and all .Nervous Disurdeia, including the most diendlul of all dieiresiliai ever afferl ihe human race EPILEPTIC FITS. Or falling sicknesa, hysterical fits, convulsions, spasms. fce. Doctor Hart would impress il upon the n.inds of the alllicted that the Veee table Extract is the only remedy ever discovered thai can be relieöo for l lie permanent cure of this most dreadful of all diseases. As It tendency is to insanity, madness and drain, ihe most SKILI UL riilSItJIAISS of Enrope aa well as those of our own country, have pronounce hpilepsy incnrable. And It line been socoiwictcrcd hy many, until this most important of all discoveries was made by Doctor P. Hart, nearly sixteen years since, during which lime it has been performing some of tbe most REMARKABLE CURES npoc recoid, and has acquired a reflation which lime alone can el face. Physicians of undoubted skill and experience. Ministers ot various denominations, as vt ell aa hundreds of nur eminent citizens. all unite in recommending the use of this truly vrkiahla medicine lo their patienu, charge, and friends, who are thus afflicted as the only remedy. ANOTHER REMARKABLE CURE PERFORMED BY THE USE OF HART'S VEGETABLE EX TRACT. Dr. Hart i It is with no small decree of shtisfaction that I am en abled to announce to you the comp ete restoration lo health of m dauphter,hy the use of your Vegetable Extract. At Ihe aee of six years, (her ase at present is sixteen,1! she was first attacked with this I dreadful malady called Epileptic Fits. And n mil she commenced 1 ,,i,in.th. v,imrt cnirvnH wiih ail arts cf fiw almost incessant I ly nj M severely as to threaten to drive reason from its throne, autd jender her Insane IDIOTIC. Physicians pronounced her inruralJe, and could do nothing more for her. tVebad almost despaired of a cure, when lieniine of tha remarkable cures perfimed by tbe Vegetable Extract, we deirrm nrd to eive it a trial J he result h is exceeded our moal saniuine expect ations. asbyits use she islreeJ fioin a most dreadful malady , and re stored to PERFECT HEALTH. Should any one feel desirous of seeine her, and of ascertaining the particulars of lhecae. such wish may be pmtified by calling on or addressing a letter lo me, post paid, at my residence, two miles "mm the village of onkers.U ebtclies:er, ew liik. From the Watchman of the Valley, the leading Presbyterian paper of the West, published al l incinnati, Uhm: CUKE FOK FIJ S. Advertisements of italent medicines, our readers are aware, have been excluded from our columns for several years past. Ourubject tions to them are 1. We are not in f ivornf keepins secret either moral or physical remedies for "ihe ills thrtt flesh i heir to." 2. The grossest Impositions are often practiced oa the Community by the venders of such medicine. 3. Patientaare often induced, by the flittering recommendations f Them to drug themselves without dicretnn, and mucn to men injury many times; an evil, by I lie way, wnicn is commoa to tne ase a at active medicines, without professional advice. On the other hand we have nodnttot mere are patent medicines. whatever mi he our objection to tbe principle of patenting them. that are valuable lemedies for certain specific diseases,lhe publication rf which is an aet of benevolence. Believing the art trie advertised In another column to he of thai clous a belief for vilikh WE HAVE HIGH MEDICAL AUTHORITY we have inserted it. A cure lor eoileplic and other fits, which often baffle ihe skill of the bent physicians, would bring joy into many aa afflicted family. In making THIS ADVLUI1SLML.M an ei mention to our general exclusion ol patent medicines, we have fj lowed the example of other religious journals that have adopted lb same general rule. This valuable medicine (Hart a Vepelai.le t.xtrsct, I lor aale by Thomas fie allies, 1 47 Main street. Cinrmnati, Ohio. THE TIME IS NOT FAR DISTANT Wben thousands who are now trembling under ibe hand of thia dreadlul disease, and fearing that every attack may prove fatal, wil lj . eji. . a nr. i.- .t.:- I. I Boa permanent leuci.auu or icmuich iv uew ins uj uiiui iu.acw I ij n,e(ijCine f V . " . , dj..h v tu u.....i v. vrir h.rins nt ih. I Veeeuble Kxtract aeeeeecrullv In Ins lamiiy.Bieniy recooiiueudt It to I - - I peranns ho are afflicted wittj fits. .j , he E.Pra,, corIwr of gjl,h Avenue and Twentyixth , N Vork.atatea that Mr. Clins. II. Boorblns.. a member of bis family, baa been an severely afflicted with epileptic (its formany years, tba the was obliged to reTinniiixh his business. Having uet Dr. Hart's Vegetable Extract, ssys Mr. Pratt, he was soon restored to perfect health, and let! this city lot lae Stale ol unio to resume Du business. Rev. Mr. Smith. Rector of St. Peter's Church, Fpotswood, New me that he has used Dr. Hart's Vegetable Extract, and hid Jersey, who has been afflicted with epileptic fits for more than forty . j,eain nai nee n so mucn improvea intt ne nopes oy uivine oiestiog .to have no more fit. We would tefer to the fullowini; persons who have been cur ugjn. fal egeuble Extract: w. nennet,ai8icted nine ve?rs, 171 Grand streeU J. Ellswort h.sevtsn years. 13 Dover street. Joseph McDougal, nine years. East Brooklyn, L. I H. VV. Smith, iVew Yoik custom htsise. 8. Kelly,tweiity years, Staten Mar.d. Miss K . McKeef,t wenty years, Vnrkville. Miss E. Cane, twelve years, II 3 Hammersty street, Wm. H. Parsell, twenty Ihree years, 73 Norfolk street Jacob Petty, four years, (74 Delancjr street. Philo Johnaon, twenty-eight years, Creenranle, Cl 7'homas R. Jones, of i:-e United M ite Navy. Cr.ptain WiiluiiA Jennings, Stale street, Bridgeport, Ct. References also made to Dr. W. L. Monrne, Guilford, Ohio. Rev. Richmond Tacgett, West I Is von port. N. V Rev.T. L. Birshnell, Ball imore, Mar) land. Mr. Joseph Bradley, 1 13 Orchard stieet, N. V. V. II. Douchton,"! Eighteenth street. N. Y. Mrs. James Bert botf,r bester. Orange county, N.T. John Fsber.lTS Elir.sbelh street, .! V. D. A.Richlon,2lrl Del a ncy street, N . Y. James Smith, I3n Sntfolk street. N. Y. Charles Brown. 100 Water street, IS. Y. All of whicli may he called upon or addressed, poa UAK THt)LSAII t.EKTIFIlJATES Have been received in leMimon v nr tl beneficial results produced the use of Dr. Hart a V egetahle fcxlract. I I . a&jl Ik st W IIa kS HI I t SW a .m VrAl Prepared by S. Hart, M. U-, New York. Price One peck ace, . - . . . f 3 CO ' Fnnr packages, qo Eiglil pack-es, . CO 00 $3f-!t iscnrefully packed upi a boie sfor transportation. and sea any part of the United tfialea.Tems, Mexico, and Westladies. THOMAS it WILES, 147 Main street, between Third and Foutth. Cint innatl, O. Ueneral Aeen.s for live l'nitd Slate CAD I'll A PIN, Corner 8ih and Market st-rets, scent for Iiiisvüle.Ky DA VI ll CKAltjHtAll, InfianapWis, ln.iana; K. L. Lawsence & Hon, Lafayette, do.; Henry Mayn.ird, Madison, Cn, N. B. All eommnnicallons in relerenre lo Dr. Hart's VertMahl Fxtrart.theonly cure lor Kpilepsy.irnst b addressed (post raidn THOMAS ic MILES, Cincinnati, Ohio. 4 swfcw Stufe of I iittimi a, Blutlou CJsuiiilj-. A T ihe April term of tbe Marion Probata Court, A D. IM iSL said court declared the estate of John Jameson, rieceased, to bpror-aMy insolvent ; cmli-ors are therefore required to 6le their elsims aspiinst the estate for alloa-ance. in said rroSate Court aithin ten months Trout the data hereof, or they ill not be enti-tit-d to parment. My6.iS4!. 104 4 w WILLIAM PCLLIYAV. Admr. JUST received, 75 tons Pitthnrt) Iron; lno keos oo assortec Nails, low at wholesale by 8. ts V. MOOBI3. 4 j

WISTAR'S BALSAM OK WILD

1 mefly tor t otisumpuon oi n.e lai.gi, Anrcnoi i l.irrr Acthm. Bronchi:, rftins or mknts of tbe

I lungs, and other aflictioni of the puimonar) organs. 1 Head the fullovinp Testimonials !

Cij-ars Just rec eived and of the'olJ complaint( or ,nT &WlM.t, f ,ny other Tnd. I -nd V- Ii U n Li, I fc .. . V. i., ,L,a .. M.w Ii b . MM Af it S VAU Bl.T dMIfl fit - I'DAV

I a UL lis. - - - - HK A.. iknnt anr tr ml tnfnl

Next door to Little fcCo. i ""I". .. . .. j Tic '. i,i ..

I In as 1 GO, Vnal Ue liaisam savea my iu w urn murr laacun