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BY SAMVEL H. SMITH.
«EQUALITY IN THE UNION OB INDEPENDENCE OUT OF IT.”
TERMS—TW O DOLLARS a-year, in Advance.
"VOL. XI.
CASSVILLE, GA.., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1859.
isro. 39.
I^erlkmetrfs. . Xtikrtistmfnts. j HlktHanums.
CHEAP
GOODS! UKS9P GOODS!
FOR FALL AND WINTER,
JUST RECEIVING AND OPENING,
At Wholesale and Retail,
THE LARGEST LOT OF
Clothing:
EVER BROUQIIT TO THIS MARKET,
AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE
FIGURES.
Bo suro to call and examine.
OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFrCE,
Next door tu Kuy’s Book Store,
ATLANTA, GA.
M. LAZAROX,
Sept. 15, 1S5CL Agent.
Just Received,
A NEW AND LARGE STOCK OF
DRYGOODS,
SHOES
AND
Clothing,
v. liirli will be so!.! lit
LOWER. PRICES
than ever heretofore offered in
Cassville or Cass county.
At Levy's choap c isli store.
Sept, ■>■>, 1359 —3ni,
L. 8. SALMONS,., . .V. II. M-VTUKWS, . J. N. SIMMONS.
SALMONS, MATIIKWS A: CO.,
(formtin.y of griffin*, c.\.,) .
3Ui)oL’?diiJ init> ibliiil jK’olO's iii
iraiMESTElYCW,
LADIES: AND GENT’S
Shoos, Boots, lints, and
. R F, A I) V - M A I) E C LOTH INC,
WlllTKIIAU. Stkekt, Ati.vnta, til.
April as, ls.V.l ly.
SCOVIL & GO OREL'S
NEW GOODS
AND
CHEAP GOODS.
NEW
FALL AND WINTER
GOODS!
the status of a negro, whether of servitude J
or freedom, accompanies him wherever he j
goes, and adheres to him in every part of;
the Union until he meets some local law
which changes it
It will also be agreed that the people
The Territorial Slavery Question.
[continued froji last week.]
It was well understood that the repeal j of a StatCj t hrough°their Legislature, and
alone of the restrictjpn against slavery j the people of a Territory, in the Consti-1
would throw toe counti} open to every- ^ution which they may frame preparatory ,
! thing whicli the Constitution recognized ■ to thcir admission a Statei can»egu-|
as property. j ] a t e an d control the condition of the sub- j
We have thus given what wc believe to (jcct black race withiu the ir respective
. he the opinions held by the great body of jur ; sdictionSt so ^ to make them bond or
the Democratic party: namely, that the^^ 1
Federal Constitution does not establish
BRICK STORE,
CASSVILLE, GA.
H. W. COBB,
IS NOW RECEIVING,
Direct from New York,
ms STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Boots, Shoes,
HATS, CAPS,
Hardware, Crockery,’
CUTLERY AND GLASS WARE;
Saddles, Bridles, &e ,
to which he* invites the attention of the citi
zens of Cassville and surrounding country.
He proposes to sell Goods LOW FOR CASH,
and to prompt-paying buyers.
Cassville, Sept. 15, 1S50.
MANUFACTORY,
Cartersville, Oa.
BY JONES & GREENWOOD.
: the attention of tlie
slavery anywhere in tlie Union; that it
1 permits a black man to be either held in
j servitude or made free as the local law
j shall decide "; and that in a Territory
where no local law on the subject has
| been enacted, it keeps both the slave and
the free negro in the status already im
pressed upon them, until it shall be chang
ed by competent local authority. We
have seen that this is sustained by the
reason of the tiling, by a great principle
of public law, by the words of the Consti
tution, by .x, solemn decision of the Su
preme Court, by the whole course of our
political opponents and. finally, by the
most important act in the public life of
Mr. Douglas himself.
Mr. Douglas imputes another absurdity
to his opponents when lie charges them
j with insisting “ that it is the duty of the
judiciary to protect and maintain slavery
| in the Territories without any law upon
j the subject.” The judge who acts’with-
! out law acts against law, and surely no
. sentiment so atrocious as this was ever
I entertained by ant- portion of the Demo-
I cratic party. The right of a master to the
'til'll j services of his slave in a Territory is not
jjj J j against law, nor without law, but in full
accordance with law'. If the law’be against
! it we are all against it. Has not-the emi-
i grant to Nebraska a legal right to the ox
team, which lie bought in Ohio, to haul
him over tlie plains ? Is not his title as
good to it in tlie Territory, as it was in
the State where lie got it V And what
should be said of a judge who tells him
that he is not protected, or that lie is main
tained, in the possession of his property
UiJ,
PATENTED JAN. 4, IsM*.
c ■''llIS Machine takes the double-lncK stitch,
L amt sen s with tiro threads, from common’
spools, anti is perfectly adapted lo all work,
from the finest to the coarsest, ltij extreme
simplicity adds erratic to its value. It is ea
sy to adjust, and tlie operator can learn its use
in a few hours with perfect ease. They are
durable, and cannot j*et out of order except
train arass c ireiessaess. These Machines are
far a tie in this place at my residence. Call
and s »e them —no charge for showing them.
J. .v. TEIillKLIi, Agent.
Cassville, March id -If.
M. McMURRY, dealer in
r rMlE subscribers in'it
JL public to their large
Manufacturing Establishment,
at R. II. Jones’ old stand. They are prepar-
etl to itirnt>L sill kinds of
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES AND HACKS,
of the latest styles and best finish—made of. “ without any law upon the subject ?”
m tlerials.lrom the best,Northern and Eastern yj_ AVe had a right to expect from
Factories, just such as are used in the best ° ,
simps in the Union. All persons wanting a Mr. Douglas at least a clear and mtelligi-
line Carriage, Kuggy, or other vehicle, are re- },j 0 definition of his OWU doctrine. Wc
quested to examine Uieir work before sending ,
North. Carriages ami Hacks’on band at all tire disappointed. It IS hardly possible
Orders filled promptly. All work tQ conce j ve anything more difficult to
irranled to be as represented. Repairing
done in good style, at short notice, on reason
able let-ins. Thankful for tlie pationage here
tofore received, a continuance of the same is
solicited. ROBERT H. JONES,
JOHN GREENWOOD.
Cartersville, Cass co., tia., Apr. 7, liSoU—ly.
The
celebrated Copper Toe.
MITCHELL’S
Patent Metallic Tip,
Family
| Groceries,
Mflf
CASSVILLE, GEO.,
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOlt
BOYS’, YOUTHS’ AND CHILDREN'S
Boots and Shoes.
N improvement has been applied to Bouts l prohibits slavery in the States or Territo-
comprchend. We will transcribe it a-
gam, and do what can be done to analyze
it.
•“ Those who believe that the Constitu
tion of the United States neiilier estab
lishes nor prohibits slavery in the States
or Territories beyond the power of the
people legally to control it, but ‘leaves
the people thereof perfectly free to form
and regulate their domestic institutions in
their owrearay. subject only to the Con
stitution of the United States.’ ”
The Constitution neither abolishes nor
K
EEI’3 constantly on band ,.u large and j
well selected stock of
Groceries, Contfectionarics, and
Hardware.
Also, agent lor Wright’s Indian Vegetable j
Pills, and Jacob’s Cordial. |
July 33—6tn ;
rtes. If it be meant by this that the Con
stitution does not, proprid vigore, either
AND WAG O iS s;
MADE AND REPAIRED BY
WM. HEADDEN,
CASSVILLE, GA.
H E has a lot of Buggies, Wagons, Ac., for
sale, all of which were made bv experi
enced workmen and cannot fail to give satis
faction ; those who need anything ot the sort
are requested to call and look at his work*
Blacksmithing promptly attended to.
July 23,1353—ly.
But here we come to the point at which j
opinions diverge. Some insist that no cit- j
izen can he deprived of his property in i
slaves, or anything else, except by the |
provision of a State Constitution, or by the j
act of the State Legislature; while others 1
contend that an unlimited control over j
private rights may be exercised by a Ter
ritorial Legislature as soon as the earliest
settlements are made.
So strong are the sentiments of Mr.
Douglas in favor of the latter doctrine,
that if it be not established he threatens
us with Mr. Seward’s “ irrepressible con
flict,” which shall end only with the uni
versal abolition or the universal dominion
of slavery. On the other hand, the Pres
ident, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
nearly all the Democratic members of
Congress, the whole of the party South,
and a very large majority Noith, are pen
etrated with a conviction that no such
power is vested in a Territorial Legisla
ture, and that those who desire to confis
cate private property of any kind must
wait until they get a constitutional con
vention or the machinery of a State gov
ernment into their hands. Wc venture to
give the following reasons for believing
that Mr. Douglas is in error:
The Supreme Court has decided that a
Territorial Legislature has not the power
which lie claims for it That alone ought
to be sufficient There can he no law, or
der, or security for any man’s rights, un
less the judicial authority of the country
be upheld. Mr. Douglas may do what he
pleases with political conventions and par
ty platforms, but we trust lie will give to
the Supreme Court at least that decent
respect, which none but the most ultra
Republicans have yet withheld.
The right of property is sacred, and the
first object of all human government is to
make it secure. Life is always unsafe
where property is not fully protected.—
This is the experience of every people on
earth, ancient and modern. To secure
private property, was a pincipal object of
Magna Charta. Charles I. afterwards
attempted to violate it, but the people
rose upon him, dragged him to the block,
and severed his head from his body. At
a still later period another monarch for a
kindred offence was driven out of the
country, and died a fugitive and an out
cast Our own Revolution was provoked
by that slight invasion upon the right of
property which consisted in the exaction
of a trifling tax. There is no government
in the world, however absolute, which
would not be disgraced and endangered
by wantonly sacrificing private property
even to a small extent. For centuries
past such outrages have ceased to be com
mitted in times of peace among civilized
nations.
Slaves are regarded as property in tlie
Southern States. The people of that sec
tion buy and sell, and carry on all their ;
business, provide for their families, and j
make their wills and divide their inheri-:
in every iitiiiy’ii uuuu utaitu, vi.umvu, , -— •*- > —r i . 7
semi-barbarous, or savage, where slavery j held, and therefore the same as if express- powers of a sovereign Stale are regularly
has existed in any form at all analogous | ly prohibited. Yet Mr. Douglas declares- conferred upon them and properly limit'
to ours, the rights of the masters to the j that Congress may give it to the Territo- ecisoaslo prevent the gross abases which
control of their slaves as property have j rtes. Nay ; he goes further, and says that
been respected; and on no occasion has j the want of the power in Congress is the
any government struck at thoso rights, j very reason why it can delegate it tlie
except as it would strike at other proper- [ general rule, in his. opinion, being that
ty. Even the British Parliament, when ( Congress cannot delegate the powers it
it emancipated the West India slaves, , possesses, but may delegate such, and
though it was legislating for a people three j only such, as Congress cannot exercise un
thousand miles away, and not represented der the Constitution!’’ By turning to pa-
never denied either the legal or the natu- 1 ges 520 and 521, the reader will see that
ral right of the slave owner. Slaves were this astounding proposition is actually
admitted to be property, and the Gov- made, not in jest or irony, but solemnly,
eminent acknowledged it by paying their seriously, and, no doubt, in perfect good
masters one hundred million of dollars for faith. On this principle, as Congress can-
the privilege of setting tliem free. j not exercise the power to make an export
Here, then, is a species of property which \ fcicto law, ora law impairing the obliga
te of transcendent importance to the mate- j tion of contacts, therefore it may author-
rial interests of the South—which the peo-1 ize such laws to be made by the towu.
pie of that region think it right and mcri- j councils of V ashington city, or the levy
torious in the eyes of God and good men court of tlie District If Congress passes
to hold—which is sanctioned by the gen- an act to hang a man without trial, it is
void, and the judges will not allow it to
eral sense of all mankind among whom it
his existed—which was legal only a short
time ago in all the States of the Union,
and was then treated as sacred 1>y every
one of them—which is guaranteed by the
owner as much ns any other property is
guaranteed by the Constitution ; and Mr.
Douglas thinks that a Territorial Legisla
ture is competent to take it awav. We say
no; the supreme legislative power of a
sovereign State alone can deprive a man
of his property.
This proposition is so plain, so well es
tablished, and so universally acknowledg
ed, that any argument in its favor would
be a mere waste of words. Air. Douglas
does not deny it, and it did not require
the thousandth part of his sagacity to see
that it was undeniable. He claims for the
Territorial governments the right of con
fiscating private property on the ground
that those governments are sovereign—
be executed; but the power to do this pro
hibited tiling can be constitutionally given
by Congress to a Territorial Legislature I
AVe admit thkt there are-certain’powers
bestowed upon the General Government
which are in their nature, judicial or ex
ecutive. With them Congress can do noth
ing; except to see that they are executed
by the proper kind of ollicci-s. It is also
true that Congress lias certain Legislative
powers which cannot be delegated. But
Mr. Douglas should liave known that lie
was riot talking about powers which be
longed to either of these classes, but about
a legislative jurisdiction totally forbidden
to the Federal Government, and incapable
of being delegated, for the simple reason
that it does not constitutionally- exist.
Will anybody say that such a power
ought, as a matter of policy, or for reasons
of public safety-,- to be held by the provis-
have an uncontrollable and independent ional governments of the Territories? Un
power over all their internal affairs. That J fiouhtedly no true patriot, nor no friend of
is the point which he thinks is to split the j justice and order, can deliberately reflect
Washington Hall
- \
ATLANTA,
GEORGIA.
BY E. R. SASSEEN,
(Formerly of the Supper House, Calhoun,)
O LD frieuds will please take due notice and.
govern themselves accordingly.
July 8S—8m I
Valuable Invention.
PEELERS
Economical, Variety and Steel-Blade
PLOW STOCK.
R IGHTS tor families, districts or couutiee
may be purchased bv catling on
S. H. SMITH, or
JL A. LEAK, Agents,
Sept 22—tf. Cartersville, Gv
V and jiLines, by which a saving of expewsi
to the consumer, of two-thirds, is realized, by-
actual experiment.
THE T11’ consists ol a piece of copper or emancipate-any man's slave, or create the
other indestructible material, neatly fastened! . ,
to the toe of the boot or shoe, forming a com- j condition of slavery-, ana impose it on tree
plete protection This invention is now pro- , IK ,„ r0CS but leaves the question of every
sented to the public, with the fullest fcnowl-i e \ . * .
edge of its practical utility, haring been test- ! black’man s status, in the Territories as
ed over two years, and is destined entirely to we ]| aR (j le States, to be determined bv
supercede the old stvle, for children s, boys j , , .. .
and youths’ boots and shoes. j the local law, then wc admit it, for it is
The importance of this invention will be , vorv same proposition which we have
readily appreciated, as it is known that chil- J . 1 1 „ .
dren invariably wear out their bools and shoes been trying to prove. But if, on the con-
first at the toe, and with this protection, they trarv, it is to be understood as an asser-
wi!l upon an average wear at least two or three ‘ . . , ,
times as long as the old style, while the ex- tion that the Constitution does not per-
pense is but a trifle more. mit a master to keep his slave, or a free
to rn'inera^ boons', andall occupation^subjecb negro to have his liberty-, in all parts' of j tances on that assumption. Itis manifest j
mg the toe of the boot or shoe to be cut or tbe fjm 0n where the local law does not | to all who know them, that no doubts ev- j
"’ ,,rn - - - c— * theu the error is er cross their minds about the riglilfulnes.
of bolding such property. They believe .
they have a direct warrant for it, not only I
in the examples of the best men that ever j
the subscribers, (owners of the’patent.) prohibits slavery in the States or Territo- j lived but in the precepts of Divine Itcve- j
I1ASK, McKlNXEY I CO., ries beyond the power of the people le- lation itself; and they arc thoroughly sat-j
gaily to control it This is sailing to isfied that the relation of master and slave j
Point-No-Poiut again. Of course a sub- is the only one which can possibly exist
jcct, which is legally controlled, canuot; there between the white and the black,
be beyond the power that controls it.—, race without ruining both. The people j
DRUGGISTS, But the question is, what constitutes le- of the North may differ from their fellow-.
Cartersville Cass Co., Ga. gal control, and when the people of a citizens of the South on the whole subject j
AYE constantly on hand a full assort- State or Territory are in a condition to but knowing, as we all do, that these sen-j
‘meutof DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, exercise it. \ timents are sincerely and honestly enter-
Dcmocracy and impale the nation. But
it is entirely- erroneous that it must vanish
into thin air as soon as it comes to be ex
amined.
A Territorial Government is merely pro-,
visional and temporary. It is created by
Congress for the necessary pre.servation .of
onierand the purposes of police. Thcpow-
ers conferred upon it are expressed in the
organic act, which is the character of its
existence, and which may he changed or
repealed at tlie pleasure of Congress. In
most of those acts the power has been ex
pressly reserved to Congress of revising
the Territorial laws, and the power to re
peal them exists without such reservation.
—This was asserted iw the ease of Kansas
by- the most distinguished Senators in the
Congress of 1856. The President appoints
the Governor, judges, and all other officers
whose appointments is hot otherwise pro
vided for, directly or indirectly, by Con
gress. Even the expenses’ of the Territo
rial government are paid out of the federal
treasury. The truth is they have no at
tribute of sovereignty about them. The
essence of sovereignty consists in having
no superior. But a Territorial government
has a superior in thcJUnitcd States Gov
ernment, upon whose pleasure it is depen
dent for its very existence—in whom it
on the probable consequences without dc
predating them.
This power over property is- the one
which in all governments has been most
carefully guarded, because the tomptation
to abuse it is always greater than any oth
er. It is there that the subjects of a lim
ited monarchy watch their king with the
greatest jealousy. No republican lias ever
failed to impose.strictlimitations upon it.
All free people know, that if they- woutd
remain free, they mhst compel the Gov
ernment to keep its hands off their private
property ; and this can be done only by
tying them up’With careful restrictions.-*^-
Accordingly onr Federal Constitution de
clares that “ no person shall be deprived
of his property except by due process of
law,” and that “private properly shall not
be taken for public use without just com
pensation.” It is universally agreed that
this applies only to the exercise of the
power by the Government of the United
States. We are also protected against the
State Governments by a similar provision
in the State constitutions. Legislative rob
bery is therefore a crime whicli cannot be
committed either by Congress or by any
State Legislature,’ unless it be done in flat
rebellion to the fundamental law of the
land. But if the Territorial Governments
Merchants, and the public generally, will interfere to prevent it,
see the importance of obtaining these goods t j . a ver ,- grave one, but it is also
immediately, as they are destined, for general ■ / , ' ° ,
use, to supercede all other kinds. * absurd seli-contriiuictor^r.
The goods may be obtained of nearly all the -p bo Constitution neither establishes nor
wholesale dealers in the principal cities, or ot ;
CHASE,
Aug IS -Cm
Boston, Mass.
KRAMER & BRO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
lives, and moves, and has its being—who j have this power, then they have it with-
has madp, and can unmake it with a breath. ou t an _ v ihnitation whatsoever, and in all
Where docs this sovereign authority to the fullness of absolute despotism. They
deprive men of their property come from? ; aru 01nn ip 0 t C nt in regard to all their in-
This transcendent power, which even dcs- j ternal affairs, for they are sovereigns, with-
pots are cautious about using, and which 1 ou t a constitution to hold them in check,
a constitutional monarch never exercises \ n fi this omnipotent sovereignty js to be
—how does "it get into a Territorial Legis- j w ielded by a few incn suddenly drawn to-
lature ? Surely it does not drop from the ! ge ther from all parts of America and Ku-
clouds: it will not be contended that it | r0 p Cj unacquainted with one.another, and
accompanies the settlers, or exists in the ignorant of their relative rights. But. if
Territory before its organization. Indeed Mr. Douglas is right, those Governments
it is not to the people, but to the govern- have all the absolute power of the Russian
ment of a Territory, that.Mr. Douglas says Autocrat. They may take every kind of
it belongs. But riot a word of the kind is j property in mere caprice, or for ant- pur-
to be found in any organic act that ever ’ pos e 0 f lucre or malice, without process of
was framed. It fe thus that Mr. Douglas’
argument runs itself out into nothing.
H
OILS, GLASS, Ac.
Physicians; Planters, and the public gener
ally are respectfully intoruied that we are re
ceiving constant supplies of the above articles
from first hauds, anil are se'ling afws low pri- ly U'd‘,
The Constitution of the United States
* * leaves the people perfect-
* * and subject
ces as any Drug Swre in the Southern conn- oa j y to tbe Constitution of the United
trv. Knowing the adulterations that are prac- - . , , „ .
tised in powdering and preparing' Drugs, we States. This carries us around a Full cir-
tained, we cannot wonder that they feel
the most unspeakable indignation when :
any attempt is made to interfere with their
rights. This sentiment results naturally j
and necessarily from their education and
Uq I LA ti t. ^ ^
very body subject to the Constitution is Northcanavoidabhorringathieforhou.se-
’reaker.
The jurists, legislators, and people of
A ND all lynds of Jewelry Repaired, to good
style and at short notice. All persons
wanting any kind of. such work done are re-
quested to give me a trial.
• WVR. MOUSTOAKaYLE.
March 81, .1853—ly. Cartersville, Ga.
It J. CRAWFORD, ’
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Rissoou), Catoosa Co., Ga. -
4 LL holiness entrusted to his care wilt ba
'
tisea m powdering aim preparing’ urap, owes., Amov«u»w # .
have these articles prepared under our imrae- c j c an j £ r0 p S ^ precisely at the place of babit&_of thinking. They cannot help it
°“ r CU3 ' beginning. Jhat the Constitution leaves any more than an honest man in the-
ts-p hysicians and others are invited Lv eve rybod
call and examiue our stock before purchasiue - > , , - . . .
elsewhere. ' most mm. We are tar from denying it breaker.
SP-Fw^srations not officinal prepared to never heard it doubted and expect we:
{^“‘Orders by mail promptly attended to never will. But the statement of it the Northern States, have always sacredly
and satisfaction guaranteed. proves nothing, defines notlung, and ex- respected the nght of property in slaves
* * bbo plains nothing. It merely darkens the held by their own citizens within their .
voefti subject, as words without meaning always own jurisdiction. It is a remarkable fact, j
do. —* ; very well worth noticing, that no North-
But not withstanding all circuity of ex- em State ever passed any law to take a,
presslon and consequent opaqueness of i**?© fro® fete master. All laws for the
meaning in the magazine article of Mr. abolition of slavery have operated only on
r-:Y,.iq=p.v--MS^ Doughy we think *re «> gowswhii «s th» aufeoen descendants of tfeo negro race,
MlffrffiLBmieeTaHihwei-iitie. of the opinions are of witibe when he crimes and the vested nght of masters have not
W OberSfcee Cireuii, and in the adjoining rooonsidor rRf yfbj'*-* Jle will adait<at been disturbed ip the North more than in
coentiea of other pircn^a^Pari^liu-attend - ’ - -
tion given to eolle
share
fully solicited.
Corner opposite Jones Jt Greenwi
Apr. 14- Carriage Factory.
P. H. LAKEY,
Attorney at Law,
law, and without providing for compensa
tion. The Legislature of Kansas, sitting"
But if Congress would pass a statue ex-' at Lecompton or Lawrence, may order the
pressiy ti^give this sort of power to the miners to give up tv.qjy ounce of gold that
Territorial Governments, they stiU would has been dug at Pike s Peak- -If the au-
not have it; for the Federal Government thoritics of Utah should license a band of
itself does not possess any control over maurauders to despoil the emigrants cros-
men’s property in the Territories. That sing the Territory, their sovereign right
such power does not exist in the Federal to do so cannot be questioned- A uewter-
Government needs no proof: Mr. Douglas ritory may be organized, which Southern .. ..
admits it fully and freely. It is. besides, men think should be devoted to the cul-. suppressed laugh that v.as s a ing im a
established 8^ the solemn decision of Con- ture of cotton, while the people of the j over; and Smith and Sm » wt ■ vr
gress, by the assent <0 Executive, and by North are equally certain that grazing a-; joyfully home and kissed one o leir
thedirect ratification of the people acting lone is the proper business to be carried j children. The little ® ® c ' cr ^ c "
in their primary capacity at the polls. In on there. If one party, by accjdent, by that their father and mother had ever been
addition to all this, the Supreme Court, force, or by fraud, hap.a majority in the
have deliberately adjudged it to be ah un- j Legislature, the negroes arejaken from
alterable and undeniable rule of constito- {the planters; and if the other set gain a
tional law. j political victory, it is followed by a statute
always accompany unrestricted power in
human hands!
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
Divorced fey iBrtakft
One winter there came to Trenton, New
Jersey, two men, named Smith and Jones,
■who had both of them designs on the Leg
islature. Jones had a bad wife and wa»
in love with a pretty woman—he wished
to be divorced from his had wife, so that
he might marry the pretty woman, who,
bv the way, was a widow, with black eyes,
and such a form ! Therefore Jones came
to Trenton for a divorce.
Smith had a good wife; good as an an
gel, and the mother of ten children, and
Smith did not waul to be divorced, but did
want to get a charter for a turnpike or
plank road, to extend from Pig’s Run to
Terrapin Hollow,
Well, they, with these different errands,
came to Trenton, and addressed the as
sembled wisdom with usual arguments.—
First, suppers mainly composed of oysters
with rich background of venison.; second,
liquors in greatplentv, from “Jersey light
ning,” whicli is a kind of locomotive at
full speed, reduced to liquor shape, New
ark champagne.
To speak in plain prose, the divorce man
gave a champagne supper, and Smith, the
turnpike man. followed with a champagne
breakfast, under the mollifying influence
of which the assembled wisdom passed
both the divorce and turnpike bills ; and
Jones and Smith—a copy of each bill in
their pockets—went rejoicing lwwie, over
miles of sand, and through the tribulation
of many stage coaches.
Smith arrived home in the evening, and
as he sat down in his parlor, his pretty
wife beside him—how pretty she did kiek!
—and five of her children oyer hearing the
other five studdying their lessons in the
corner of the room, Smith was induced to
expatiate upon the good results upon hi»
mission to Trenton.
“A turnpike my dear ; I am one of the
directors and will be President. It will
set me up, love; wc can send our children
to the boarding-school, and live in style
out of the toll. lierc is the charter, hon
ey.”
“ Let me see it,” said the pretty little
wife, who was one of the nicest of wives,
with plumpness arrcl goodness dimpling all
over her face, “let me see it,” as she lean,
cd over Mr. Smith’s shoulder.
But all at once Smith’s visage grew long.
Smith’s wife’s visage grew black. Smith
was not profane, but now he ripped out
an awful oath.
“Blast us, wife, those infernal scoun
drels at Trenton have gone and divorced
us!”
It was too true ; the parchment which
he held was a bill of divorce, in which the
names of Smith and Smith’s wife, appear
ed in frightfully legible letters.
Mrs. Smith wiped her ey es with the cor
ner of her apron.
“ Here’s a turnpike,” she said sadly,—
“ and with the whole of our ten children
staring me in the face, I ain’t your wife !
Here’s a turnpike.”
“Blast the pike and the Legislature,—
and—” •’
Well, the fact is that Siuitli, reduced to
single blessedness, enacted into a stranger
to his own wife, swore awfully. Although
the night was dark, and most of the deni
zens of Smith’s town had gone to bed,
Smith bid his late wife to put on her bon
net, and arm in arm they proceeded to the
clergyman of their church.
“ Goodness, bless me!” exclaimed the
old man, as he saw them enter. Smith
looking like the last of June shad. Smith’s
wife wiping her eyes with the corner of
her apron—“Goodness, bless me, what’s
the matter ?”
“The matter is, I want you to marry us
two right off,” replied Smith.
“Marry you!’’ ejaculated the clergy man
with expanded fingers and awful eyes ;
“ arc you drunk, or what is the matter
with you?”
However, he finally married them over
straightway and would not take a fee;—
the fact is, grave as he was, he was dying
to be alone that he might give vent to a
made strangers to each other by legislative
enactment
Meanwhile, andonthesame night, Jones
i returned- to bis native tpwn—Burlington,
■Yytwf least he will not asdsrUfee to deny) that ^ the South,
This acknowledgment that Congress has ’ plunder the gwiers of their cat^
power, authority er jurisdiction over! Such things cannot be done by Federal,
the subject, literally obliges Mr. Douglas j Government, nor b, the Governments of
to give op his doctrine, or else to maintain theStates j.bnt, if Mr. Douglas is not uns
it by averting that a power which the they can be done by the Temton-
Federal Government does not possess may *1 Governments. It is not every way bet,
be given by Congre& to tHrYerritorial terto wart until thej^w mhab.tents know te^cho*.
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I believe—and sought at once the fine
btoek eyes Which be fcfl hoped shortly to
call his own. The. jweHy w idow sat on
the sofo, a. white handkerchief tied care
lessly about her rouoid white throat, her
black hair laid in silky waves against each
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