Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              2SS9* ■n I vMr ■ M v. ' Jo ryj.mn* C*»'•? A vf , Ml AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. a Wttkltj Jhmspnprt--( JOenntrb to Mms, littratmr, $nlitir®, tlie Jikrrnntile, Mining, JtStctfnnicnl, niA %'irulttrnl UntafH of tfje Cnnatrtf, Snatrnrlinn, fmmitmtnt, to.)-€mn SdIIbw ~%n f tttmm, PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 299. VOLUME 6.--NUMBER 29. Cfittatan business Curbs, (fboicr |Wtnr. tlien, an I a in now opposed to ail tgiuiion and discussion of the subject. I desired harir.onx and peace. My objfctSvas reconciliation? ' Tfroutfh I voted Cor the so called finality resolutions, whenever a vote was taken that I was in my seat, I doubted the wisdom and propriety of their inD traduction. I was against all attem|ils at renewing, in Gongrfsu or out of it, the ai»- itation of the slavery question, no matter how, or under whatever shape or color the attempt might be matfe. ' This was my pokitior then, and thin is my position now. But 1 ain churned with inoonsiUenoy, for having aa'd in my first remarks to the Heuse, that if Ihe Missouri compromise line could be restored, 1 would be in luvor ol its restoration, but in viewof the «iifRcullies which surrounded 1 hat questiori,aud must defeat their efforts, I was oppo-ed to iis agitation ; white I subsequently declared, that (Congress had no constitutional authority either lo legislate slavery into or exclude it a Territory. These do duration*, astute and learned gentlemen say (hey are incBpahle of reconoilWfg. Let us see; I was in faj[or of restoration. What kind ol restoration, and how f .If rlie country could be restored—if the people could be oarried back—the satne condition of quiet, of repose, and of social harmony which existed two years ago} if past Utgialation oould be wiped out and forgotten ; if Kansas could be restrained, and we all made to stand, as before, upon the (J miprorniae of 1-50 as a finality—all sections of the country assenting to and abidint( by it t-r—if this were possible, without invoking any action of mine, 1 would certainly he in favor of such restoration. But I said there were difficulties which surrounded the question. What difficulties ? 1st.,.Thai in 'he present stale of parties it was impossible to legislate upon tl)e question ; anCl secondly, thero were constitutional difficulties : a grave question rcgirdinjj the power of Congress to divide the people ol this 0 nintrj by (feouraphicul lines—questions affecting State sovereignly, State equality, and other embarrassing difficulties, which I do not propose to discuss at this time. have his evts lost their speculation ; for he lias very recently, as I am well as- pic that the people of every community have a right to make their own local laws, one which ought to command the assent of* every section, and of every citizens of this Republic ? right there. No, sir, the would still be » State of the Union, with the right* of a * sovereign State. He would add, it is iroe, the admission ot a slave State carries with jt thai feature of the Constitution respecting representation which is so objections* ble to some. Slaves oannot vole, though three-filths of tbem are represented :—this is fixed by the Constitution under which we live ; and however much any gentleman may wish it otherwise, it is not such an objection as would infiusnoe him to vote against the admission of a State, Mr. Casey, another able and* eloquent * Representative, expressed the same views, as follows: A And I ask leave to inquire of the Gentleman, whether his proposition is intended to apply to all the Territories acquired by the treaty pf Cuadalupe Hidalgo,or whether it i» intended to apply merely to the Territories embraced in the amendment offered by the gentlemen from Missouri t Mr Inge. The proposition is confined expressly lo the Territories embraced in the amendment ot the gentleman from Missouri. Jt h«a no referenpe to any other.1WD # (Susquehanna Anlhracile Journal. i'(l«WSHBD IVBEItl'V BV 0«orce R.i°ll»rt. Brink n. tor («l» «/ Clark'* Sttr*—up stairs. IOB PRINTING AND RULING. IT|TE bate reeertly. procured In operation VY in our office, u liylin;* Mnchiiy,for the pnrpoee of rmnufacturing all Kinds of Ruled Work. »ucli tt» Chi ck toll*, Pay and Time Rails, Mining Atfftrncts, and indeed verytliiuK UelimiftiiK io iliut ctaM ol' work, nearly nllof . - which bis* liliSrrl" lDcrn "e:it t«Dth» riI; . *\ e c.mrule |m- M. • " I, uiiiiiiahCDC1 mi «rv P« r iu nil iminm i «»l w«}«, »nli l»«u)»|l.»-lilueand red lines. r,i, -Oi.itTTE fc .,o. «*4fc • pnWlrtod er«ry lddl, |irillUllc W. hu|ir uD »C•■»..ii Krld« u l.»o t® Jii i?i o» mIC1with In borwi'W mliKlty tbtw medlng rach-jobi. Wo Cttlferi »«d /iftr will ch«fged If no« paid within hDvr p,„,|uC„,d ,tlB Ursl and only wink »t Uiu dcacrlv iba ja»r. j , ,11.11. thm«»e* MuCiited In Northe rn rennnylttail*. The ma ft • . i or *in i* lUoontlnued nntll »11 arroara*u« *« c|)|nH, fur Ihla kind of work nr«- .-xpC'n»in-; and «f tru' D*M. Av — IhuM-huvina it lodo will Klvti us n (rial. AnDlhinK in (h 1 1 i Bine of Mianfe work or printing We have fully prepared oh Ax«ciitf, we irtist, io the uniiffjuitlo'' "** sured, exhibited extraordinary evidences oi vitality, in the shape of epistolarly oor- LIFE. lespondence here, as well as certain remarkable star productions at home. Tliexe remark* may not be concidered in order 'here, hut th»ir propriety will be well underload at home, and that I make them simply upon the principle of just compensation for compliments received. 1 have further to express the hope (hat his measure of usefulness is not yet filled ; nnd while his desires to " do the State some service" may not all have been realized, there is yet, " ample room end verge enough" for all his future aspirations.•The North American, of Philadelphia, also then and now one of the leading public journals in edited by a gentleman of distinguished ability, in many able and eloquent articles advocated the nonintervention policy oi General Taylor ; and upon the decease of lhat good and honest man," held the following language; '■In the midst of the gloom, however, which the dealh of General Taylor "hat caused, it is consoling to know that the position h« lately occupied in public art'sirs has been assumed by a man (Millard Fillmore) ot the highest personal integrity, of unqueatiouable patriotism, and of such views of public polioy as will insure, so far as his actions can accomplish those, great 'ends, prosperity and peace to the country. * * * Representing a parly, he will, nevertheless, prove '.rue to the interests of the entire nation ; and by maintaning the policy—the broad, comprehensive, wise and just policv—marked out by President Taylor, he will secure-to himself the esteem and affection of bis psople. In our grief for the untimely and irreparable toss, of the great and good man who has been called away from us, it is a grateful reflection lhat his official robes have fallen upon one who deserves to succeed him." Similar extracts, from these and other leading papers at the North, might be muliiplied ad infinitum. BT CUKKER BJELL. Life, believe, ia not a dream So dnrk as sages say; Oil a little morning rain Foretells a pleasantda; Sometimes tj Rut fcfclouds of gloom, (ie are transient all; tlii/shower will make the rosea bloom, Ob, why lament its fall 7 Rapidly, merrily. Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily, Enjoy them as tLey fly. X3. ta. Koon, AT TOR NE Y AT LAW, ' PITT8TON, PA CD:*£? with J«ne« U"l,«, K«q.,in Upper PitUton «DlveC Wioxectttf, we trust, to the •nifpfmifloii uf nil. W« have had a *tCt»dy pmcticul«*Xf.erH-ne«? «HQ»» now fur Dearly iwahy —and it our  give tnttarucMon we wiil U-fMiihWl V) *fmro •it'll printing fHcillti*-* ailer growing inline** of OWi-8 7^4 aro de_i^'ifTWTftptVne to make our .ateloilie of Ihu rapidly » vnlluj. .J C. R. GORMAN, M. D. aefioctfully Irndern his Profe»«on«l »ervice« to the rititens of PitUlon nnd vicinity. 'Of/irr «t the Post Office, fiU.slon. A 1H50. 'T- S! BLANKS! I am charged also, with lh« singular enormity of having vofed for the gentleman from New Jersey, (Mr. Pennington.) I plead guilty to the ehnrga. I did vote for that gentleman. 1 knew him before I came- her*. { believed him capable of discharging the duties of the Speakership with credit to himself and honor to the country- Further than that, I knew his constituents. I know the people of New Jersey ; and while it mov illy become me to speak of them in the presence of her able and more eloquent representatives, | may yet say, that having passed eight years 6f my life among them, that no truer people, none more loyal to the Constitution, more devoted the to Union, exist anywhere than a re to be found in that gallant State. No people will more firmly support the riglusof all the Slates than they of New Jersey. For mvself, I have voied for no man whom 1 believed hostile to any section of the oountrv, or who is in favor ol slavery agitation. i am an American, sworn, if you please, lo do justice to all men and defend the rights ol every section, to support the Constitution, and to uphold the Union ; nn I this 1 shall do, God willing, to the end of the chapter. W (lit of Blank* may always be found at our ill bc/sold upon the Won reasonable terms: NAMES OP BLANKS. The foil. office: any 8hj0*TfT ftnl#*, /OollStllhl*- ftil^*, j Judgment Contracts, What though Death it times itep in, WftitHRta, Summons, Promimiry Notes, JiiCltrm«n» Notes, Cherk Kulls, Tim** Hollo, Blank Deeds; MortffMges, 4t., fcc. G.M. RICH ART, And calls our best away 7 What though sorrow seem to win DR E S1IKI.I* would call the- attention of llio P"! Co a Now and hnprnvtnl plan of lnw»riliig y? T«**Ui on U hi la Por ha baae. Thi« l» muer)*' article tn jrot uml fur tomit iriry CDr illlflL"" hahv* piinoli Mtfcl lh» rmlu to Di» ihe I Parcha. Partial of fill aultsof teuthw ku plan with noalnen. j-r OffiiMi oiyP*^ f«T7?K O'er hope, a heavy sway ? Tet hope again clastic ipringi. . ri*#'to any find proved Guttn bo iiuurted on 1 .eiiM't, Hoik!*, Marriage C«-riiHctilei, RximmiiIoiim, Attachment*, SuUpov litis, Unconquered, though she (ell j Still buoyant are her golden wings, Still strong to bear ns well. inkll* nlrnf I, Wliketbitrre, P» GuzDDUe "tie, 'cnkliiM* Block,) PilUtoti, Nov. IB, 1H5.S -if. ( Manfully, fearlessly, Tlio day of trial bear, For gloriously, victoriously, Can courago quell despair 1 Mr. Casey, f am (n favor of the prio. ciple ; but if that is the intention and view with which the amendment ia offered, I am opposed to it. A. PRICE & C Ojfite—West I \ Att|CU.HO OAL MERCHANTS. re" Main street, Pitltlon rmi county, Pa. HK. KB KMT. ileslre* to announce to the |iulDhc that he is now prepared to take contract* for CARPENTERING & BUILDING. /IBM Mr. Inge. I will say that the principle is true in its application to all the Terrf. vVby Q, wC MERCERAU, „ No. 883, Greenwich street, near Duane Building ard Furnishing Material* for Houses and a I oiher descriptions of buildings at the most reas mable figure By arrangements which he has recently concluded with lumbermen in the State of N«*w York, he ix enabled to procure Bill* of Lumber almoRt ready to put together for any description ot dwellings whatever: nt the shortest notiee. He has row and will constantly keep in his employ Tn* BcU of Workmen, and hope* to We ahle lo gito entire satisfaction as to bis work, and ,to accommodate to a greater extent than has ever heretofore been done in this Vttlley the desire to havet Houses splendidly and substantially completed. lh* Unit* cxjenenct and general acquaintance with the people ol the plr.ee and vicinity, he trusts, will he sufficient lo secura f»r him a reasonable share of the best work required in thi* neighborhood, Ipfllitical. tories. NEW YORK. Mr. Cagey. If it is made to apply to hll, I will vote lor ihe proposition ; and I take occasion to say, in my plaoe, thai, if California had come here with a recogni. lion of slavery in her constitution, I aho'd have voted for her admission if there were no other objection. I said so the other dajr in answer to the gentleman from Kentucky ; I said that if New Mexico comes her® recognizing sinvery in her constitution, I will vote for the admission. I am not deterred from the assertion ol a principle by an appeal to my constituents, anywhere. I have avowfd myself here, and at home, and everywhere, against ultraism. • * * * * # v • I am in ftvor of the President's plan, which the "gentleman from Tennessee has allured to, 1 tell him, sir, that I am Dot alraid to sert the principle embraced in that plan. July 15, 1853 GEO. ST. OKISWOLD, AESIDENT DENTIST. CARRONOAI.R. PA. SPEECH OF Non-inter volition or. the subject ofalave— ry was a prominent feature of that policy, which it then pronounced "tne broad, comprehensive, wise and just policy," and which was commended to Mr. Fillmore to "seoure to himself the esteem and affection of the people." HON. HENRY M. FULLER; •On* «t«or from i#oet it Ray nor, on Main Street flf Cttgh paid for old tcoUl.  OF PENNSYLVANIA, Delivered lu the U. S. House of Ra'pre«eiilullves, Saturday, May 10, 185G. HoWokopatihc Pm»iir»N »M) StlC»ON. Residence, Fraukli" Street, 1st dour above HUJntn't H»tel, Wilkes-Bnrie, Pa. March '4,|l850—287 «m  T. A FEIRCE, M. D., [Concluded] Such, too, was the result in other disliicilf, in which inore or leaol the same fueling existed. I may safely say, therefore, that il was because I could not and would not take extreme ground, that my Democratic competitor obtained the Freesoil support. True, I avowed tnvselllobe avprse to extending slavery, bin I made no such committals on grave constitutional qucsiions, by addretsi-ing public letters to Fieesoil conventions, as my Democratic Now, I have felt it my dufy, with reference to slavery iri the States and Territories. io declare in favor of this same doctrine ol "non-intervenlion"— ROBERT BAUR B ooli'Blnder V.rl* Eul Ctratr »/ I'M it iy»ar« and M;n Sir's l'ituton, Jan. 18. 1856. 879 I will now, as brit fly as possible, notice a different class of assailants. While members of the House and others have been engaged in representing me to the pnople rf theSiuthas an Abolitionist, a portion of the publio press in the north have on the contrary, assigned me another position, that of a prc-slavery propagandist. Under other circumstances, I should he dispogi-d to suffer these antagonistic assumptions lo answer each other : but as considerable surprise, real or affected, was (expressed here and elsewhere,because of my position, and many gentlemen for whose opinion 1 have great respect who, no doubt, from conscientious motives, liave different views of publio duty, I am induced, now that the smoke of the conflict has passed away, calmly and dispassionately to review the past to re-examine uiy own posi lion, lo ascertain am really changed— if I have becomc suddenly translated, and made unconsciously to wheel into some new oibit of political relation. H'ilkeieBarr*. PICTURE Frame*.common, Ollt,and jrahogany,orns mooted ftud plain, made to order, of nny size. Job Binding neatly executed. A llljlfwloetljollof common and fine plclnrcs,.*lbu Itnk ftftoktf, Stationery, Noveli,fcc. .always on hand. ! VvnIZ. 1053. \ - NOTICE. TI1E SUB3CRIBKK bigs leave to inform the inhabitant! ol I'ittsion and viciuity, that he is still carrying on the limine** of ♦The hend and front of ray offending Huth tbift e*teul—no more," Yet I am denounced with having abandoned the cherished principles ol my Stale and party ; and sober, sensible gentlemen will now declare that their right eyes shall he plucked out, *nd ihi ir right arms suf frred to wither, before they will endorse any such abominable doctrine. Theii political sky is unehanged. Xliero is no inconsistency here—none whatever. - HOUSE BUILDING AND CARPENTERING in all its department* ; and that ho returns his sincere thanks, lor the liberal rjM'Ouragemt-nt they h«»ve given him, hoping that they wilj Mil/ give him a shire or public By being punctual in business and employing the bent of tradesmen, ho is determined aa heretofore that all jobs intrusted to his care, shall be done in a substantial and workmanship like manner, also on hp reasonable term* as possible. Please favor him with a all. / D-■ \ MICHAEL B. BROWN, MERCHANT TAILOR, Between the store* of James Wel»h and James Vrowit, Pine street, Pittston. Pa. No*. 16. 1855. 'Ho muht vnve optics nhiirp, t Wffii, Who nut* wlial i» not lo btt gi-tm.' Why was I opposed lo tho territorial Ipgislaiion ol the last Congress f My answer is found in the published declarations of Democratio Senators who voted lor its passage. What are they? Judge U luglas, in a speech ai Spiingfield in 184S), is reporied to havtj u»eCl vhe following lungumte : "All tho evidenoes of public opinion at.lliat day seemed to indicate tlut the Compromise had become canonizia in the hearts of the American people as a sacred thing, which no ruthless hand would ever lie retkle»s enough toditurb." On the 23d of December, 1851, he made it a matter of sell-congratulation that ail his- on the subj-ct of slavery were in perfect harmony wjth the Compromise of 1821). On the 4th ol Jan uary, 185-1, in his report from the ComnruD tee upou Territories, he expressed his unwillingness to depart from the Compromise ol 1850, by recommending the repeal of that'ofl820. Senator Aichinson, as late as 3d March, 1853, expressed his conviction that the MissouH Compromise oould not be repealed,and his willingness to sub- Such were the views of Messrs. Butler, and Casey, and such the position taken even by Senator Seward, in hia celebrated California speech on the 1 lib, of March, 1830. In that speech, that distinguished gentleman declared, in reply to a question put to him by Senator Foote, ol Mississippi as follows : " I reply, as 1 said before, that even if California had come as a slave State," * * * "I should have voted for her admission." It is true, ha afterward* said h« should vote to admit no more slave Statea, unless, "under circum. stances absolutely neoessary." This is a qualification, so far as his own action ia concerned ; but he concedes the principle announced in Mr. Inge's resolve ; and conoeding that, no qualification as to' what he might deem ''circumstances absolutely necessary" can change his position, so far as the principle ia concerned. I made no qualification or reservation, for the aimpla reason that, if the principle be correct, it will admit of aooe. The truth is, ihut everywhere throughout ihe North, the feeling was adverse to ! slavery, and the resolution* of Democrat ic conventions assumed this lorm purhnps without inquiry or rcfl'oiiori regardinu the policy or constitutionality of the measure proponed lor it* prohibition. Why, Gen. Cuss, in a K|vech delivered in ihe Senate, on the 20th day of February, 1850, frankly declared, that " when the Wilniot proviso was first proposed, * * ♦ had it been pushed to a vote, he should have voted lor.i!;" i»iuji as a reason, that he " had never examined he cons'itulionul po»er of Congress," a.id, because, " when the sulject was proposed it did not excite thai opposition from the Souih which we have since Witnessed, nor lead refli cling men to doubt whether such a provision could be enforced without danirer to the Union." [,5De Appendix, (10.)] Il Gen. Cuss, who all his lifia has been et,gaged in the public service, as Territorial Governor, as Secretary of War, as Minister tc France, a* » Senator of the United Slates, as a candidate for lh« Presidency itself—if he, wjth all his vast opportunities, and his acknowledged intellect, had not then made up his mind as to the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the Wilmot proviso, how ihen, in the name of all that is reasonable, could I, a young and humble can didate for the unpretending office of Canal Commissioner, be expected to lake a public position, or to have bad any definite or well aeiiled convictions on the sulD- jecl ? i have ever fell it to be ihe duty of all good citizens to discountenance every effort calculated to weaken existing relations and to create unkind feelings between the differentD parts of the confederacy. In 18SjD the Compromise measures were passed. The representative from my dis trie!!, Mr. Buller. than whom no purer or belter loan ever lived, advocated their passage. He was my pditical friend and neighbor. In the canvass of thai year, I became tbe Whig candidate lor Congress against my late competitor. 1 was sup potted liy tny niauy -leading national Democrats in my district, for I was known to be a friend of the Compromise measures. 1 was elected. Of that 1 bold a two-fold certificate. conitx tilor did WASHINGTON G. NUGENT, M. 0. Let us inquire what was said by distinguished gentlemen from Pennsylvania be loouing to the Whig party, in 1830, upon (his subject. "|) Mpecifully ofTssr* his services as .physician ■lv an 1 surgeon to the inhabitant* of Pittston *nd »ieioity. O.'fi-e at H. Hall's Drug Store. — Paul H. Goddard, M D., Phila. DW n. Coram St. D., ,Yorrist«Dvn, Pa., Messrs. •Wciu A Kean, Pittston. N»*. «, W55-«y  K7~ Shop alvyve Steam Mill. Oeorge street. Window Frames of all sizes always on hand HF.NRY STliVENS On the 15th of June, 1850, Mr. Inge, of Alabama, offered a proposition in these words ; rjiikton, April 18, !H(D. S TELBCIUPtt OFFICE, IN '•That the people of any portion of said territory, when assembled in convention, in pursuance of constitutional authority to frame a Stale constitution, have a right to adopt or exclude African slavery,' and their determination of this question, by the adoption or exclusion of African slavery* sha4l be no obstacle to the admission of such Sta'e into the Union." This proposition led to discussion, in which Messrs. Chester Butler and Joseph Casey, from my State, participated." - J. BOWXIEY & LEYSHON ■COAC MERCHANTS—office Corner of Mam » and Railroad Streets, llxtm, Pa. 16, 1850 — if.  Pittston Gnzelt« Printing Office, OR J A. HANN, Olfic# in Dr. Dorr's Drtiu Store, «»in Street OR. H. WENTZEL, "PITTSTON, PA December 17, 1WD2. Oer man r» hy«lolan * respectfully announce to the peo pie of Pittston ami vicinity that after an ikaence of foiae mnnthn he has returned anil pertinently lac ate J in the place. He will Ik happy o wait upon any requiring hia professional servile*. Thankful for past favors.hi will enJeav Dr ».e merit D continuance of the same. My declaration, in substance, wss, that I would vote lor ihe admission of states without reference to the qne&iion of Sla very. What is the past history of the Government/ Eighteen hpw stales have been admitted—nine free, nine slave. It LIVERY AND EXCHANGE. NEAR T«K P°ST OFFICR. KCllANTON, PA. Ready at all limes In atcommndale wil/i Ike best of horses and rehUles. Scran ton, Feb. 24, 18S4-j».  A . K E NUER'S (Office, at Frederick Hell's. HYDRAULIC CEMENT ON hand and forsale at HAI.I.'S Prug Store, opposite the Basin. (June 3». 1H56, ias thus been nine limes solemnly affirmed that it is no objection to the admission of a Stale that its constitution |reCjognises slavery. It has been as o.'ten affirmed that it isD no objection to the admission of a State that its constitution prohibits slavery. Mr. Butler, in a speech made by him, June 8, 1850, expressed himsell as follows: In declaring my sentiments upon the floor ot the house, 1 could not justly be charged with having in view any increased suffrage or any expectation of an election. I know, then, full well, the opinions I announced would not accord with the prevailing sentiment here. 1 knew that my deelaratiot would be seized upon by enemies at home, whose interest it was to rtut«n, Feb, 17. 1851 tt * * • "He admitted fully the right of the people to form their constitution to suit themselves, and when formed they were entitled to come here and claim admission as a State into the Union ; and that there is a pro slavery clause in 'heir Slate constitution, form* no insuperable objection with him to such admission, any mrffe than an anti-slavery clause in her fundamental law shall form sue!, objection. He believed such to be ihe sentiments of his constituents ; and so far as his expressis« of the views he entertained may hove an influence, he was willing to let it go, with the hope and expectation that it may be sustained by those who hereafter rebreaent those constituents on this floor. C. R. GORMAN & Co., ■nit to it PITTSTON, PA.. (genti tor Tapeeott'a General Kmigration and fareign Eichange. Peraona residing in the country, and wishing to engage passage or aend money t« their friends ill any part of Europe may do so*with safety by applying a the Po't Office. Tapscott Jt Co'«. receipt will'ie fnrntshd Iwr r« Curn mail I Pittston, Aug. 88, 1W53. GEO. W. BRAINERD A Co. 103 Murray, aear Welt 8treat. New York Geo. W. Bhainkbd, david bbldkn [Aug. 2, 1850--ty».  (Jen Cass, on the 20th of February,1S54 ezpressed his regret :hatthe repeal question had bsen introduced. The proposition to admit a Slate with or wi'hout Slavery has thus been eighteen times solemnly affirmed. It stands upon tb" solid basis of repeated sanction. There is no principle more firmly established.— President Taylor look the ground, with reference to California and New Mexico that the people ol the Territories should decide th« question of Slavery for ibeinselvp*, u hen they came fcD form their Slate constitutions, in his annual message to Congress in December, in J840, he recommended the non intervention policy oa the subject of Slavery, and suggested eireu non action as to the establishment ol Territorial governments for New Mexico and Utah, preferring that the people of those Terriipries should settle their own domestic policy bj forming State Cons'.iiutions, and be admitted into the Union as Slates ; and these recommendations were strongly re. iterated by him in his so-called California message on the 21st of January, 1850. The Washington Urtion, as late as 20th January, 1954, depredated the measure •poke of the Compromise of 1820 as a "solemn covenant," and of the attempt to fepeal it as an interpolation upon that of 1850. They doubted the expediency of the measure. S6 did I. They believed ihe practical advantages resulting therefrom would not outweigh the injury which would accrue. So did I, and I should have acted according to my convictions, and whatever may have been my views regarding the propriety or Impropriety of its original enactment, I should have felt myself under obligation to regaid theiCom promise of 1850 as a finality, and would have opposed any and alt eff»ys to renew the agitation of the slavery question. JAMES L. SF.LFRIDGE, EXCHANGE AND BANKING OFFICE. TIIK subscribers have opened an o#ce of CSe posit, dlacount and erchnnpe.in this plaee, «f Wyoming avenue, apposite tar Wyoming House we doara northeast of Mr Chnse's store. MASOM, MBYLEB.T & Co. «cMntCm, Way. IH, Mi •  TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS (No. 58 North Third St., 3 doora above Arch at., full I, A DELPHI A.  wholrialr Prater in "Distort the tratfc,"accumulate the 11«, And pile the pyramid of calumny;" the mow industriously to oarry on their of abuse, misrepresentation and detraction. As no measure of prospective censure deterred me then, so no degree of muliplied reproach has disturbed roe since. .1 could not—I would not—surrender ray personal independence, or purchase popularity at the price oC my»conviotions. I was prepared to adopt this declaration of the great Senator of Massachusetts, the expounder of the Constitution ; CHARLES TILLMAN, Fashionable Barber and Hair Jjrcsscr, (Opposite the Engle Hotel,) flTTST'iN, PA. ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. David Sehooley WOULD tMpae'fatly auiiouaes to tfco public that lis slill eaailniKM the practice '»! tfc« above profession, la all M* brsuch.4, and holds n-ediues* at all times w atteoCl to any business in the Pne nf Surpeyinif.Eaeiiiesriu?. Eshmalina A Drrtftin# tW~ Customers attended to Willi tlm utmost care and despatch. public puiromwo respectfully solicited. rutaton. April 14,1850.  '•Such States have a ri«ht to come in on an equality with the old States, and to enjoy all the benefits and be subject to all the compromises of the Constitution. * » • * * "He thought if all parlies would lay aside their passions and prejudices, and give fair and full expression to their real sentiments, the piopoaition to permit a state to come into the Union with a Republican Constitution, the work ot her own hands, recognizing or excluding slavery, as the thought best, would receive an almost unanimous vote here. The discussion tbis morning has furnished cheering evidence that such would ba the result."Architecture, 'pHOSE wanting anything designated »lw' L will please give the subscribers call, who ia prepared to .nnke drawings for buildings, write Tpeiiflcations. C*c. May Ims found bj inquiring a the Eagle Hotel. GEO- W. LUNG. Pittston. January 2nd. 1854.  Sri»f provtdwl with n fit It and complete sol of iMtru ■tents, «ud hud ituiplu experience, he flutier* hlin' •«lf c ipabte of ..'i »tiinJ'aclloa ia any audev«ry department of hi® «;ttlDj»i£ offlce with U li i.A JOB, Odd Pellowt' Building. fiiUton. N Dv. 10. lH35.tr "1 shall know but o«r country. Tha ends i aim at, by ihe blessing of God ahull be my country's my God's and truth's I was bom an American, ] live an American and 1 shall die an American. But I mean, to lbs extent of Cny abilities, to perform the duties incumbent upoa me in tbat character whether public or private, to the end ot my career ; and I mean to do this with an absoluted isrfgardot personal consequeces. what are personal oonsequenoes 1 What ia the amount of all the good or evil that could betide an individual, in comparison with the good or evil which, in a crisis lika this, may happen to a great nation ? Sir, let the consequances be what thsy may to me, 1 am careless. No man can hardly suffer too much, and no man oan fall too soon, if he suffers or if he falls in defenoa of the Constitution of his oountry." fl is further alleged, thut in the last cunvass I defeated my competitor because vi hii support ot the Kansas and Nebraska bill, and that alone.: "Tttat I was elected the official returns declat-ed ; that hi was defeated because of his support ol that bill J deny. The majority of our penple disapproved of his action in regard to that measure, I fully believe ; but it U well known at home, that there were, particularly in the country where wo botJD reside, local issues ol a more absorbing character, which influenced, and lo a far greater extend controlled, that eleetioa. The Democratic caodidate lor Governor carried a majority iu our district, while mv compel nor was defeated over 3,01)0 Four lime* hua my oottipelitor canvassed the district, and thrice has he been de- Ira'ed. it waa once contested, but u Democraiio Congress having 54 major, jiy decorded hoBoraWy and jumly adverse to his claim. Twioe hi»ve I sinned in toia defeat, and lor these olTanoes I neither ask nor Mtpeot forgiveness. The people de aided between lis,' and to their deoision 1 sliall always bow with respectfwi de ference. For, whom they wiH, they wil •et up, *hd whom they will, they will »e ■down. HAY I) EN, BROTHERS, dealers (n Button*, Coimha, k*uiDpendurs Thread*, Kmbrotd cries, Vnucy Goods, Wntclu*, Jewelry, t P _» SILVER AND PLATED WAR£, •old 'Peps, "ishing Tackle, k«, fcc. Merchant* and rsddlenaupplitxl on liberal terms. Wtur # \ Tracy Hsyden, JobuHavdea. t } Geo. Ha)den. KeW*£uford, P»., Nqt. », 18M.  BUTLER HOUSE. PITTSTON, LUZKRNKC(H1NTY, PA HBNUY 8rARK,Proprietor. This policy of Gen. Taylor was sustained by tin pili'.ical journals at the North. The New York Courier and Enquirer, edited then as now by a gentleman of admitted ability and* of wide reputation, in May, 1850, held the following language: Drll 1, 185A. EAGLE HOTEL, Fituton, Fa. HUPFORD & POLEN, Proprietors, Pittston, Jan. 18, 1856. Mechanical Engineering. O PKCIPICAT10N Plans aoCl Rstimntcs for J5 Steam Engines, Boilers and Machinery of «very description will be made with dispatch on .application to 1 GEORGE D- WF.8T, .V. Coasuiting Mechanical Kntfineer, r j. at the Pittston Foundry. Pittston, Luaerne Co., Pa. Aj,ril 35, 1856. At a public meeting, held in Wilkes barre on the 1 jLth duy of November, 1850 convened lor the purpose—in llie languuae of l!ie call, "to take into consideration the subject of the Fugitive Slave Bill, and lo support the supremacy of" the law"—!, among other*, addressed the large meeting there assembled in favor of the Compromise, measures, urging all good citizens to abide by them as a settlement, and to sustain the Government in maintaining the supremacy of the laws. The resolutions passed at that meeting received the unanimous vote of thivm prpsent, and speak for themselves. jSee Appendix (11)] During my term o) service in Congress, I pursued the same course. J regarded the Compromise as a permanent settlement of the question, ajid so voted on all occasions when present, as the record will show,and as my colleague, (Mr. Allison,) Who was then also a member, will well recollect, and whioh, as he informed hie himself at the corameAoeriitnt of the present session, formed one of the reasons for not voting for me as Speaker. It is true, I made no speech on the subject during the entire term of,my service ; but I refr#ined from so dping for the very rsasou th»t I was ■"What, is the precis* point in controversy 1 The North insists upon positive legislation precluding slavery. The C3ouih insists upon positive legislation recognixing slavery, either in terms or by silence, Here is the "wound." General Taylor recommends that Congress let the mailer entirely alone, and leiwe ike peaple ihemtelaet to legislate upon the master to suit themselves General Taylor does "deign to disclose" the operation by whiob tbe evil will be cured. He proposes a resort to tbe tundamental principle ol Republicanism—tbo right of tbe people to govern themselves. In this lie takes ground coincident exactly with that of the South in 1847, when Mr. Calhoun asserted the right of the inhabitante at tbe Territories lo just stioh seil-governmeui as the President proposes to give them, la ibis doing nothing ? It there in tbis no remedy for tbe evil ? is there any man, any party,, or anv section, which can justly complain of this policy 1 Does h violate the righta, or disregard the interests of any section ? Does it violate the rights, or disregard the interests of any seotion 1 And is not the principle upon ,wbioh it ia baaed, which give* to it vitality and strength, the prtncL tffe I Ri JVflrtjglci But whether this would be so or not, Mr B. thought there was no use in quarreling about it, and that nothing was to be sained by refusing to admit a State on this ground. Suppose a State should offer herself with a constitution containing a clause parmitling slavery and Congress should strike out the cleuxe and then ad mit her, could she not, as soon as aha •could call a convention of ber citizens, alter her constitution, reinstate the pro-slavery and admit slavery I If she does so, would she not still bo a state of the Union, on an equality with the other State* f There is no doubt «f ibis, nor that if a State (California for instance) should be admitted wiih an *nti*lavery clause, she oould its mediately afterwards change her constitution in tbis respaei.and become a slave State* Mr. B■ did CD«t see when there would be any remedy e*eo if Ohio or any other State which came into the Union under ihe operation of the ordinance of 1787, should change her conn it u tion add beoome a slave State. If she did, however it might be a breach of that compact, bar Senators and Repreaentatives would not be turned away from the door of (ba Capitol .aa intruder*, having no B R YA NT HO USE, Great Band, Pa. ADDISON BRYANT, Proprietor September 1st, 1854.—ly.  SCRAN TON HOUSE, WIRE ROPE for Shafts, Slopes, Planes, Jfcc., ot a very superior quality, all sue*. Ashcroft's Patent Steam Guages ; Woodward's Improved i*team-pumps for supplying boilers, *rtinguiffeUz fires, clearing Mine*, ttc AIm all improved attachment® and fixtures '«s"*r " at ths Pittston Poundry. Scranton, Pa. D. K . KREsSLlSR ,.Propbibtor In conolusion, J am in favor ot liberty —constitutional freedom—freedom North and South. 1 will draw no lines of aooial or physical geography across ttas continent of ours. No river or mouatain bv any act of mine shall ever divide it the jtSeotiona of the American people. The Territories of the Union acquired by cowmen blood and common treasure I would bave free to the natural and unrestrained occupation of Northern and of Southern men. As in time of war they marohed to battle tide by aide and • D shoulder to shoulder, so now in lima of peaoe let them move arm in arm to tha possession of • common hei itage—let th* hardy pioneers of all sections preaa for. ward with their with (ho implements of industry,, with their Biblaa and school Hooka, with whatever ejse w w Da4 ti - t .a it; N. I).—A cHrriugo will twin raadllMD»»'° convey guests lo this housH.on ilie orrlvul ofihe pnseehgeHrul» st I he Uiillroud Depot. I B»pt' -•*- 1 rt...Hy WHITE IS WAN HOTEL ' By Baldwin & Brady 108 RACE 8TRKBT, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA, April as, l«5«. ISAAC 11. niiDVlN.} July in, l«is, if. fSfmiiiA A- BKADJO NEW BAKERY AND CONfECTIONABy .. STORE! nndersigned informs the eitiiens of Pittston, and the WORLD In general, that be has opened a New B ikexy and Confectionary »»**•. o» Main street, (U front of the Cacti Basin, In ths store formerly occupied Dr. Ball,) where he wjfl always be found rea4y to wait tibIJ« eniUaeri, wtth »och a» Good Bread. Cakes, Pies, aa« all kinds of Oonfec- Uoaaff; CTfonk's Bear, Lemon Beer, SarsagDarin?B#er, Ginger Beer, and Meade s Boef. me B Ca"onK WASH, jjy Or CANDY JACK- PORT GRIFFITH HOUSE, Port Griffith, Luzsrne Co , Pa. M I 0 rt A K L P H I L B I N, PROPRIETOR. subscriber having completed bis newtav- X ern house, at Port Griffith, is prepared lo my commodate travellers and the public generally, ill the best manner and on reasonable terms. The rooms are convenient, and the proprietor wHI spare no efforts to make his guests comfortable His Bar is supplied with excellent liquors, and bis table with an abundance ol the best the markets afford. Good stabttag attached. * MICHAEL PHIL3IN, Pa* Griffith, Jans 9, 1864W W hHe iapan rtiis sufejeot, I will further cay; that I am afforded the agreeable satisfaction of being able to entirely quiet the apprehenoions of thoee member* who, duiing ihe eontdit heie, saw, or thought they saw, the bloody ghost of my muttered tom~ full tor. 1 am mbxt happy to say that in* dividual yet liveth his blood i* not all coldj nor his boas* tU marrowlese, nor ; «»nli W .fcwiobd* * }rwi»p-!e ,n v:«. ■f5 illfliti'w'iljA