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The National Era THE NATIONAL ERA. L. P. NOBLE, PUBLISHER. G. BAILEY, JUN., EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR; J. G. WHITTIER, CORRESPONDING EDITOR. BUELL & BLANCHARD, PRINTERS. VOL. II. ^WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1848. NO. 84. among his Wilraot Proviso supporters in tho free terviewswith Mr. Polk on the subject of the com-1 comes from abroad or is grown at borne. Taxes THE MOVEMENT. 8oil meetings all over the State. We are pleased ware, and that the votes of him and Ms colleague Street, opposite the Patent OUlce. munication I had reported to them from him, and States. on the raw material; taxei on every fresh value - to see that Samuel Lewis, Esq., of Cincinnati, is ,lrc in direct violation of the instructions of our TERMS. they were confirmed by bis immediate assurance that ia added to it by the industry of man. Taxes State Convention in Maine.—A Free Soil engaged, with his accustomed zeal and stirringBtirrine LeLegislature.gi3latnre- . Two dollars per annum, payable in advance. As excellent reading for the Wilmot Proviso in pursuing the course which they had resolved 6 U. Resolved, That our Representative in Con¬ Advertisements not exceeding ten lines inserted Taylor Whigs in the free States, we oan think of on in consequence of my representation of his on the sauce which pampers a man’s appetite, and State Convention in Maine was held on the last eloquence, in arousing the public mind ofor Illshis gress,press' John 1'WHousMnW. Houston, ^frfauestel be requested to vote three times for one dollar; every subsequent inser¬ no better papers than the Macon Republican, pub¬ purpose in regard to the point on which their ac¬ tho drug that restores him to health; ou the Wednesday in July, at Portland. Mr. Mussey, na,ive State. agah^against the passage of said bill, or of any other tion, twenty-five cents. tion depended. After the law was passed, and Mr. lished in Tuskcgce, Alabama, and the Selma Re¬ ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope of“ ,rPenobscot, ° c , presided." T ;It wnsT a TConvention T, jjrw YorkYork Cm-.—AnCity—An immense meetingng was Iftlaw,w, the practical operation of whichwhioh will be to Polk inaugurated, he applied to General Dix (as without distinction of party, and seventeen dele- hdd ft fcw d sinoe ,n Now York oU toi ratifyratif admit s,avei'y into territorynow free. porter, published at Solrnn, in the same State. I am informed by the hitter) to urge the Senate The national era. The price of tho former is $3 per annum, and to act on one of the suspended Cabinet appoint¬ ie brass nails of the gates, from the Whig, Democratic, and Liberty the nomination of Mr. Van Burell. Ron. StephenItephcn Belmont County, Ohio. — Large Free Soil coffin, and the ribbons of thejiride. At bed or P^ies, were appmnted to the Buffalo Conven- AUe]1 waa choson chnirman. Six vioe preBi. we believe, that is the price of the latter. ments, saying that he wished his Administration Presi- m®eting, without distinction of party, at Flush- WASHINGTON, AUGUST 7, 1848. But there is one paperof peculiarmcrlta,which organized immediately, ns he intended the imme¬ board, couchant or levant, we must pay. The f'ou. dents and two Secretaries, from each ward,I were 'n8> on l*18 Jesse Bailey was chosen Presi- diate recall of the messenger understood to have should find renders among all parties in the free shoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth Ontario County, N.\.-A large number of appoiated_alnounting in ftU to 180 Vices Presi-I’resi- dent. Hon. B- s- Cowen was called upon for a been dispatched by Mr. Tyler, and to revoke his manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a Whigs and others, of Ontario county, New York. dentg and ;!c SecTet!>rks. Tllc Trilmne BByBys that speech, but declined, owing to his official station THE LATE J. ft. ADAMS. States—we mean the Charleston Mercury, South orders, given in tho last moments of his power, to Carolina. It is able, spirited, without disguise, thwart the design of Congress in affording him taxed road. The dying Englishman pours his met at Canandaigua on the 27th. John Dickson, mimbor pres<mt was eBtimatcd at from flftecnfifteen 1:1(5 atflt°d> however, that he wns a Free Soil man We confess our surprise at the repeated ef¬ and sheds continual light upon the mystery of (Mr. Polk) the means of instituting a negotiation medicine which has paid 7 per cent, into a spoon formerly M.C, was chosen President Eloquent t0 twenty thoUBand. The enthusiasm was,s greatgreat, an<’ aW1'ig, t0° good a Whig to vote for Zachary forts of certain Whig gentlemen to use the name with a view of bringing Texas peaceably into the which has paid 10 per cent.; flings himself back speeches were made by Hon. AW. \oung, Hon. The resolutions wero exoelIent Numeron8 let. iniquity which works in the hearts of the Ser- oub let- I’ay'or- Strong anti-slavery resolutions were of the illustrious Adams to promote party inter¬ Union. Your friend, P. P. Blair. viles from the free States. upon his chintz bed which has paid 22 per cent.; A- Bascom, and H. B. Stanton, Esqs. Sixty dele- ters from distinguished persons were rend, giving !tcl°Ptetl- Ten delegates were appointed to the ests. Letters have lately appeared in the news¬ “ Hon. Benjamin Taiwan, Steubenville, Ohio.” makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and ex- gates to Buffalo appointed. ;n their warm adhesion to the movement, among Buffal° Convention. The Convention resolved to papers from Mr. Daniel P. King, of Massachu¬ pires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid Onondaoa—The Free Soil Whigs and others them, one from Mr. Dix, and another fromim Mr.Mr carry tb0 principle into the State and Congres- setts, and Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of of Onondaga held an enthusiastic meeting at Sy- ]\j Be5, Major Blair, of Missouri, son of the s*onal emotions, and appointed a committee to in- designed to convey the impression that Mr. A correspondence, lately published in the New putting him to death. Hiswholeproperty is, then, racuse, on the 22d, at which James Thrayer pre- former editor of the Washington Gbobe, wasms one Arrogate every candidate. Adams was in favor of the nomination of General York Evening Post, throws some light upon the immediately taxed from 2 to 10 percent. Be- sided. It was addressed by Messrs. Slocum and of tthehe speakers. He most" zealously sustained Adjourned Taylor as a candidate for the Presidency. True, transactions connected with the annexation of MODERN REFORMS AND REFORMERS, sides the probate, large fees ore demanded for hu- Sedgwick. A central committee was chosen, to the oause of free soil. 26th of August. they contain but loose impressions of whnt was Texas. It consists of two letters, one addressed rying him in the ohanoel; his virtues ore handed appoint.point three or more delegates from each town, TheTbe New YoYorkrk Liberty Association appointed Winthrop,w Maine. — Free Soil meeting on by ex-Senator Tappan to the editor of the Post, spoken in the freedom of sooial intercourse. No down to posterity on taxed marble, and he is thenhen to the Buffalo Convention. the following delegates to thothe National Conven- July a2d- Joseph B. Fillebrown, President, J dated Steubenville, July 21,1848; the other from distinot, positive statements are made which de¬ No. 12.—The National Debt of Great Britain—The Norristown, Pa.—Convention held on tho tion at Buffalo: M. IBenjamin, Secretary. Seven resolutions pass- F. P. Blair, former editor of tho Globe, to Mr., > monstrates suoh a preference in Mr. Adams; but | Lavish Expenditures o) the Government—Its enor¬ •I | 22d. L.E. Cusen, President. Buffalo Convention Lewis Tappan, Arnold Btiffum,luffum, James O,O. Ben-Bon- ®d,edi i1n vrhioh they pledge themselveB to vote for the impression of the writers, it is thought natu¬ Tappan, dated Silver Spring, July 7th. mous Taxes—Will the Debt be repudiated?— ined. net, Seymour Wliitney, AndrewirewLester, Lester, A.S.Ball, nonno man, as a candidate for Congress, not openly Mr. Tappan, after referring to his course in the rally enough, will be received as sufficient evi¬ Will it occasion a Revolution?—Plan, of Mr. DUPLICITY OF THE OLD PARTIES. Sf.nf.ua County, N. Y.—The Free Soil Whigs S- M- Raymon<L Jo,ni Benton,enton, Luther Lee. Ccommittedomr against slavery extension. The first dence by the mass of unthinking people. Senate on the Texas question, remarks that the Ricardo to pay the Debt—Mr. Hume’s Efforts at ' Seneca county were to hold a Convention at A Free Soil Meeting in Pennsylvania.—A rc3°l inquiry is a very natural one, how men who de¬ Suppose Mr. Adams were living, would any Retrenchment. mcoa Falls, on the 3d instant meeting of the citizens of Kennott Square, Ches- plcs- sired the admission of Texas, and voted against gentleman deem It proper thus to invade the free¬ Great Britain is the riohest and poorest nation Unionville, Chester Co., Pa., .. ’ r, „ x ' ,, . , ,, tcrter,i Pennsylvania, of every political party, in ; dom of private intercourse, by dragging before the tho treaty of annexation, could afterwards vote July 24, 1848. Michigan, Freef ree Soil StatsState Convention held favor of bindingM0,udin’g slavery9,avery fromfJom thetbe 'NationalNational I regardless^rega; of modern times. Her sea-sweeping commerce, public remarks dropped at the fireside, indicative for the House resolution on the subject, which was Dr.
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