with his company Rev. Dr. Campbell and fam- Hoping that you will in readily prosper your efforts be avowed by all, that America, with a The was addressed about the ily. You know the doctor, both personally and to redeem the meeting eloquently by in application of Kansas to be ad- that this issue, made at Syracuse five ANTI-SLAVERY slaves of your land, Constitution of a years ago, MEETINGS IN NIA “ pro-slavery character, has and the mitted by his Banner;” and you will not, perhaps, be I am yours, each of the above gentlemen, utmost to the Union, as a Slave State. is fast coming to be the issue the country GARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. very respectfully, reason to be proud of her to hear me say that he has one of the judiciary. unanimity prevailed, and there is an evident Now, let us see what would be the results of over. Come up to our then, and surprised ALEXANDER DORSEY. G. B. Anniversary Frederick Douglass and Wm. J. V.. determination on the part of our colored citi- the dissolution of Your readers Watkins, most powerful minds with which I ever came in the Union. help unite the voice and arms of the people contemplate holding a series of I have several copies of your paper, make the Con- will judge of Anti-Slaveiy contact. He is a modern John Knox. He ap- For Frederick Douglass’ zens in this part of the State to the correctness and probabilities of into one grand Habeas Corpus which shall Meetings in the above named counties, and shall show them to the Paper. com- colored people on vention a memorable one, and they call earnest- the statements here made. are : mencing on Wednesday, 15th. The pears just as thoroughly at home in anti-sla- the LETTER FROM A. H. FRANCIS. Here they give liberty to every slave, open the prison door August Islands, and ’endeavor to a list The following places been matters he lived New and obtain of ly upon their fellow citizens in other parts of 1. first result of a dissolution would be, of every Williamson, and send have already named by very as if in York; subscribers. Passmore every Mr. Lemuel Pratt, of North Portland, O. T., July 22, 1855. the State be up and doing, the weakening of the Slave the Ridgeway, Orleans I was both surprised and proud to hear him say to Power, by villainous Judge, whether he be Kane or Mc- County. The friends in each of these withdrawal of places, that as he is) he always Dear Frederick my last, two weeks Yours, &c., the sixteen Northern free States, Lane, cowering into retirement, imprisonment are called upon to make (busy looks over every For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. :—ln WM. immediate arrange- ago, I stated what I had sent. In the of RICH. containing a population of 18 20 millions, or ments for the meetings, and they are at column of every number of Frederick Doug- JUDGE KANE’S RECENT hurry or infamy. liberty DECISION. and 15 JOHN to fix the hour for the lectures. We He has a high business I omitted inclosing the ten dollars. leaving Slave States with a population THOMAS, hope lass’ Paper. appreciation of For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. nothing will be wanting on their part, The sticklers for the pro-slavery of I now inclose you twelve and one half dollars; of four or five millions to sustain Slavery. In JAMBSFULLER, towards the mighty intellect and noble manhood of our character FROM OUR CINCINNATI CORRESPONDENT. rendering them successful in MATLACK, every' respect: the Federal Constitution, whether they be 82.50 for the Paper—ten other words, now, 25 millions of people sustain, LUCIUS C. common friend, Rev. S. R. Ward; the dollars for a donation T. G. WHITE, West Kendall, u yjth. indeed, advocates August the or enemies of human bondage, for the benefit of the Paper. First of in Cincinnati. and suffer disgrace for sustaining, the “ wherever I go, I hear of the powerful impres- have worst MONTGOMERY MERRICK. Two bridges in town of Carlton, 18th. had, through the recent of I have nothing to since clouds us the system of slavery ever known,—certainly the Yates Centre, *< pg^ sion produced by the preaching and speaking of decision Judge important relate my Black hung over early in morn- Syracuse, Aug. 8, 1855. Committee. the of the County Line Corners, « Ward. In Kane in case of Passmore Williamson, am- last, except a flare up this morning with the ing, and much rain had fallen in the night, but worst 19th century; then this disgrace 21st. Mr. sober truth, Mr. W. is an in- Somerset, -22 ple occasion for themselves County Assessor. soon after sunrise the clouds and we had would fall upon the guilty parties only, namely A CALL FOE A d tellectual giant; and I never this congratulating upon parted West Somerset, “ more felt to the The the This would be 23d! soundness of their position. law of the a tax a brilliant day. The slaveholding Slates. a great Chari « be the case, than at the close of a long and de- Admitting for Territory levys on 21st year of Slavery NATIONAL CONVENTION ottville, 24th! the purposes of article, that stock in trade, &c., of which theBritish was change for the better, inasmuch as we are pro- or Olcott, - lightful evening spent in this they are cor- money, J per cent., Emancipation in Colonies cele- 25th. his this week. >\ « company rect their views makes it fessedly, (as free would then AMERICANS. llson, 26th- What in of that instrument, we must very heavy on large mercantile houses. brated by our Colored friends. States really be,) COLORED mental pigmies are people in general Ransoinville, « also acknowledge that the The Assessor newly on oath The formed on 6’h St., the freest nation on earth. 27th* judicial appointed of - when compared with him! It is officer just demands procession east Feu.ow of Youngstown, my decided alluded to, the value of We then would be the great of all Citizens :—The present aspect 28tb! has shown remarkable and your effects. and the ever example Lewiston, « opinion that Mr. Ward has done more to refute firmness Broadway, was largest known in the times, and the condition of our brethren in 29th. ability in maintaining its compromises, The law of the Territory forbids my oath this city. nations aspiring to become free. Pekin, « the charge of the negroes’ than and in on The band, Anderson’s (Colored) per- bonds, and our own as Free- 30th! inferiority any peculiar position •• carrying out provisions of “ account of complexion. 2. The second result would be a final release Lockport, 3ist. man, visited the that covenant In compliance with formed exquisite Music—but the most interest- other who has England, from the with of the Northern States from the men, require of us some well-directed effort to Chesnut Ridge, Ist. death and agreement with hell.” Perhaps this outrageous law I refused to swear to my ing part of the procession was a con- enormous ex- Sept, United States, during the last eight years. large car, counteract the debasing influence that holds us Royalton Centre, “ He it serve a useful amount of The Assessor penses incurred by the general or federal 2d! may purpose to review some of capitol. has taken 60 of various and divers govern- <• has preached in the first Congregationalpulpits taining girls ages, in our present anomalous condition in this our Shelby Centre, 3d. the points in the case above or- Issue, and no doubt it will end in a law suit; the ment in promoting slave interests. These ex- of the has mentioned, in colors, all dressed out for the occasion ; some native For further information, the friends in country—he dined at the first tables are enormous the country ; and in obedience to the de- these der that we may see in what manner our Fede- fine for refusing to swear is S2O. I have con- of them “in robes of white penses considering free popu- places, can confer, by letter, with Mr. of the land—ho been treated as an flowing spotless mands of stem necessity for united the Lemuel has equal ral Courts discharge cluded not to tamely submit lation of the Slave States. action, Pratt, JVorih by some their share of the duty of to witnessing this others in the more variegated hues which de- Ridgeway, Orleans County. of the best and most “ undersigned, agreeable to appointment and by distinguished securing of on without 3. The third beneficial result to the free of the realm—ho the blessings liberty” to thepeople outrage my rights testing the le- light the eye, and gratify the taste. But the States, direction of the peers has been unexpectedly would National Council at its last of the U. S. and their descendants. gality thereof. of these children excited be that they would be freed from the un- detained inEngland, by important matters of a singing universal ad- meeting, held in the city of New York, May Col. John H. Wheeler, of Carolina—- Look for a moment at the pleasant and disagreeable agitation of the sla- nature, to it North detestable princi- miration. The songs were Freedom’s songs, 1855, do call personal which was his duty to pay we are 10th, a Convention of the People, unable to say whether he is entitled to ple here involved. Outrages, insults, or abuse, and the effect our citizens was very question, and its developments, such as lUhrtisfmnits. attention; but I understand him produced on through their delegated representatives, as- if aright, (and affix to the may be ministers of Christ advocating the constitution- to I do doubt his name letters U. S. A., or merely practiced upon me, and I have no oath highly beneficial, dne lady, wife of a member semble not this,) he has never, for a single N. C. in the city of PHILADELPHIA, Pa., THE M.; or whether, indeed, he may not have to defend myself. When taxation, without of our City Council, remarked to her friends, ality of the fugitive slave Law, and the duty of GREAT FLEA FOR FREEDOM. moment, forgotten the people with whom he is citizens on the 16th DAY of OCTOBER, 1855, under attained his military grade by establishing a representation is levied upon me, then my oath “ I saw several while children in that car, to catch, and send back 'to bondage, Read it and you identified, nor their cause; nor will he, in time it the form and title of a National Convention of cannot Resist it. line of stages, running a steamboat, or some is good in order that a heavier tax be col- seems me the panting fugitive. Many disgusting things to come, his home be in by may to I should’nt like to mix with the the Free People of Color of the United States. whether Canada or in other of the lected from me. of this sort, would end with the of thousand and one ways in which colored.” A friend remarked to her, “Oh ! the dissolution After close MY BONDAGE the West Indies, in the States or in England, the observation, and mature deliber- that honored title is acquired in our Never, no never will I open my lips in solemn children all happy, they no distinc- Union. The whole question would be taken AND cease to do all that in him lies, to their democratic were make ation, we have arrived at the conclusion, that promote land; but it to such injustice, short out ofChurch, and State, and we would be reiev- however may be, Col. John H. vows of investigation tion about the shade of the skin and color of the interests and to give practical evidence of their ed from the Free People of Color, if they would dis- MY FREEDOM, IV heeler, of North Carolina, is, in a succession before a higher tribunal than petty officers. the hair, and why should we?” “True enough,” heart-sickening, demoralizing sight, manhood. Yes! we have all reason to be proud of otherwise encumber themselves from whatever tends to BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS. of provinces, one of our I remain yours as ever, seemingly good men, proving them- One of institutions for “al rejoined the lady, “to hear them all sing ; any Yol., 12mo. 464 pp., Illustrated, Price $1 25. Samuel Ringgold Ward. selves knaves in order impede their march, and remove whatever ob- luring the States of Central America to liberty A. H. FRANCIS. one would think were full of to prove themselves con- An excellent old friend of call they happiness. I stacles are in the way of their fninebas just by the of stitutionally good citizens. The above results progress—if they IT WILL BE READ WITH AVIDITY. beauty our example.” In the per- never heard sweetersinging from white children.” sut)serve It ed on me, to show me some Southern letters, or For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. would would fully the cause of Liberty,which cannot fail to be read with avidity, as one of formance of his trust as minister to In this accrue to the North from dissolution of the most striking illustrations rather, I some letters Nicaragua, matter of singing, unquestionably, the is the cause God, they must take them of American Sla- should say, lately written To the Editors the Frederick the Union, and all of upon very, which either fact or he wishes to take with him among the number of Douglass’ Colored people cast the into the shade. very desirable, because real- fiction has presf nted to by an gentleman, White the responsibility of doing and acting for them- the public.—A . Y. English who is travelling in : r Tribune. .of his attaches a black woman and her two lit- Paper Their voices are rich and mellow. ly beneficial, —durably so. the Southern States. In one, selves—of out and directing the work of A WORK OF INTRINSIC MERIT. bearing date, tle “ Gentlemen:—Will you But there are others of so pleasant laying boys, who are persons held to labor or suffer me to state, After passing through the principal streets, not a It is a work of intrinsic merit, and speaks vol- Montgomery, Alabama, July 12th, he says: “ I their own elevation. That so far from being mere umes service” by him. under the laws of State. through your columns, that it has been through the character, which would be felt directly by the in praise of the man, his Intellect and cul- have not yet given his own procession moved to the river, when over aids and lookers-on, the tirrje has come ture. The incidents of his life, you my opinion of the Am- ignorance, and not perverseness, if I have South. fully woven up in the Doubtless, he desired, through their instrumen- done 700 embarked on board a Steamer, and spent web ofnarrative by his polished and classical mind ericans; the emotions they excite in me in these The slaves would flee without when they must be the guides, leaders and ac- and graceful ality, to put a to the injury, as a missionary, or in attempting to get 1. let or hinder- pen, are full of interest— Ex- stop fandangoes and oth- the day joyously in a pleasant Grove ; and Buffalo Southern States, are unlimited contempt, dis- -8 nee in every direction. of tive operators in this great Reform. press. er un-American of aid for the relief of the newly arrived fugitive Thousands people and caperings equality which, ac- were addressed by J. Langston, Peter Clark, Who, it may be asked, can lay a A MASTER AUTHOR AND ORATOR. gust animosity. Their vices are only sick? If there has been who now refuse to assist fugitives to escape, stronger cording to a late correspondence of the New any speculation iu this and others; friend "Walkerread the act of Brit- Frederick Douglass is a remarkable man. Aa a equalled by their ignorance and would then openly and claim to a cause, and who, having the power writer and speaker, he self-sufficiency; York Tribune, are wont matter, it is not known to me. As an Ameri- freely assist them.— ranks with the most effec- not an to take place in that ish Emancipation. Who will read the act of and ability, can better promote it, than the tive and natural—after our master authors affirmation without an oath; not an oath can by birth and The fugitives would find open and avowed and part of the world between amateur education, I would not stand American ? When that be orators.—Utica Herald. without the sacred name fillibusters Emancipation will most deeply interested ; and upon whom has of God; nor an act | and connected with an association friends in all quarters, and any and all of the TRUE, AND CF colored maidens varying in complexion organized as read ? And ? It ABSORBING INTEREST. without the of the where will rank among the the elevation of the People of Color in these The story of manifestation tyrant, the “from maintained solely for this object. It might be free States, would be assafe as Queen Victoria’s . Frederick Douglass’ life as detailed snowy white to sooty.” But meddling Magna Chartas, Declarations, and Constitutions in this volume, posseses an interest which .coward and the bully. Sensible men (viz.:) any dominions. (The colored population of the free United States a stronger claim, and who can is really philanthropy does not permit him to arrive expected that a rival society, such as the “True of other days. absorbing. The truthfulness of thenarrative which who have eyes and apprehensions, admit ex- at better direct and promote thework,than the Peo- he gives his the his destination. It Band” professes to be, would do its best en- States would increase in ten years 50 per cent, of. bondage will be generally con- traordinary dares to show itself, of all We admire the noble Declaration of Inde- ple of themselves? In our elevation the ceded, and certainly realizes the truth of the old physical, moral and mental degen- deavors toward opponent. if not 100 per cent. It would put the colored Qolor lies adage—“truth is places in the world, at Philadelphia,' the its Had I property ! We hallow the Constitution of the strange—stranger than fiction.”— far city pendence freedom of our enslaved brethren ; in that ele- eration, already advanced, and rapidly pro- the to warrant the it would churches in a flourishing condition.) Boston Journal. whence glorious Declaration of charge, annoy me; but United States. But we for another docu- gressing. ****** Independ- long 2. A second result the South vation is centered the germ of our own high EXPOSES THE BANE OF THE REPUBLIC. ence was proclaimed; and being destitute of but the lot which to would be It Such are some there, deprives him anything ment, the act of American Emancipation ! destiny, and the best well-being of whole reyeais the miseries of servile life with an in- of the fruits of slavery; that' slave insurrections. These would the tense vividness and oi this indispensable portion of his suite. He, cost less than sso—having lived frequently on This precious document will be produced disturbances impressiveness, that can hut gigantic upas tree,which is overwhelming all here, be excited and encouraged by Indians, people. fasten its facts and arguments upon the reader’s I veiy properly, to the scant fare, and spent nearly fifteen years in Can- Mexi- mind with appeals Federal Courts some day, and if a Jefferson can’t be found to of well effort have been ex- as a pen of iron and with the point of a physical, moral and mental, and so does Provi- j for ada, cans and Yankees. By Indians, and Mexicans, Years intended diamond.— Vt. redress; and thus is Passmore Williamson, a administering to what I supposed the write it, a Douglass can. Not an Arnold Journal. deuce attach to great crimes, an to retaliate for the pended for the especial freedom of the slave, open, apparent.! man whose conduct wants of my colored brethren—when, too, I injuries done them; and by NO ROMANCE MORE EXCITING. shows that he is grossly ig- Douglas, but one who has tasted the bitter while the elevation of the free colored as No consequential and inevitable retribution. The the Yankees, as a matter of policy, to get sla- ipan romance can be more exciting to the reader j norant of the true principles of modern consider I am white, and would naturally be- of and drank it to the thereof. than this truthful narrative. productions of the are cotton, repub- cup Slavery dregs an inseparable priority to the same, has been The work is having a physical country licanism, brought under rich of the and am very off the continent, and to encourage free wide circulation.— Yates Co. j the ban of the law. come poor, yet myself in the The Trimball overlooked. whig. tobacco, Indian corn, rice and sugar, watered Nomination, labor and to make it and praise- entirely But to every true friend IT STIRS j The mode in which this was effected, claims es- greatest straits—indescribably so—l am for honorable THE FEELINGS. the blood Which occurred 9th inst., at Columbus, of freedom it must now be too obvious, that We have not read a work- which has with of the African race—the moral, j thankful on the worthy. stirred our pecial admiration. Judge Kane, by a flight of once forpoverty. feelings to a greater extent for some years, and the whole category of crime, from cold-blooded was a miserable affair. The design of it is, if The final and grand result would be, that the whole process cf Operation against the glad that we j judicial genius almost inconceivable, extends his The charges made that some agent lives thro’ are Mr. Slosson intends to keep a good murder sanctioned possible, to defeat our worthy citizen, of whom slavery would be abolished—it would end sooner huge and diabolical system of oppression and stock on hand. We think he will need it. The to and reiterated incest—the j jurisdiction so as fraud, book to take in the present case, and without work, should be proved. I “ is a powerful, vivid picture of a life, religious we feel mighty proud,” Salmon P. Chase, of by the dissolution of the Union than it will if wrong, has been shorn of more than half its slave’s and ef- , hypocrisy ineffable, under and | “ fectually false endeavors to get hold of the fugitives from heard of such things being said of Elder W. removes the gloss which pro-slavery men lying priests.” whose election we have not the slightest doubt. the Union cotiuues, and all the States where strength and efficacy, because of this neglect of attempt to throw over the this aid to or service” Carter, but “ labor by means of a writ of habeas presume the charge groundless and the highest state of human existence !”— Such are a few of the made Some few disaffected persons found a mouth- Slavery now exists, would come into the Union the interests of the Free People of Color—in- Osiceso“ impressions upon ■corpus. Ices; this “high prerogative writ,” a flourish of words, as was the charge of his in- Times. one of the piece in the Times, who has been using all his again, thus constituting one and terests so vital that we dare not longer permit A present English travellers in the this “ writ great free SELF-MADE MAN of liberty,” is destined hereafter to humanity concerning Mr. Beckwith. If Mr. This volume, besides its many Southern States; uud this is the system that my influence to defeat Chase ; but if we may judge Republic. There can be but little doubt of them to remain in a state of neglect. If noth- moving and thrill- be made use of for another and (who will dare Carter did not aid in carrying the man from ing details, affords evidence of’a most remarkable Louisiana of the signs of the times, Chase will distance all this, where we reflect that now slavery is pro- ing else, then, these years of experience have man. Mr. Douglass fellow-passenger, Dr. Taylor, assured yet more danger, let it be There has emphatically made himself. deny?) appropriate end than any for proved. was not the his the election. tected the whole er of the federal taught every friend of that the As a writer and speaker, he has but"few equals in me had been altogether mistaken and overstated competitors in next by powT gov- true Liberty, which it has heretofore been employed. It is least danger of the man’s burning, far as I know. the country. His book is readable and interesting. “ There is a marvellous these elevation of the free man is by the writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and inconsistency in ernment, and it would only be sustained then inseparable from, —Christian Advocate. useless to attempt imagining the glorious con- This accusation would be as much against three at others. Ido not think I told you, in one of my bolters; they oppose Chase because he is an by the power of the Slave States, a power, too and lies the very threshold of the great work AN INTERESTING AND REMARKABLE WORK. sequences which may result from this new or lour Hundred presem na t£ny single pciauu. ap- ‘ AUOIIUOUIsL. Tliey will Til.uV.oU W ttocvU to suppress the discordent elements of its of the slave’s restoration to freedom, and equ- The book is one of the most interesting and re- former letters, that the day before we left the “ As plication of the writ of liberty.” Let him, to care and nursing of Beckwith, it is ac- markable ever published—a well written work on “ cause he is one. They say Chase is a own existence. essential to the “ Theoreti- ally highest well-being of our one ship Yorkshire,” Dr. Taylor told me he u-as only, who can the effect of Ithuriel’s knowledged he cared for himself, having been Slavery, by who was bom and bred a slave.— conceive cal Abolitionist; but Trimball a practical one, In view of the facts here stated, and others own common country. Vt. Watchman. a disunionist he added that the States could the hands in the about two years, and rented at a spear in of Satan, set about that for- country for he emancipated his slaves years and re- It is obvious that NERVOUS, CLEAR, AND TELLING. not remain ago that might be stated, I would ask why should equally since the work of together; they must, in time, be midable task. It is true, that, in the of low rate, because a nice, religious man. He It presents a clear and graphic of bistoiy moved to Ohio. AVe admire this act in the citizens of the free States at the oft- elevation of the Free People of color is to picture bis separated; and that “he shudder (so slave-life from his earliest recollections : would, for his part, English and American jurisprudence, we notice hired his washing done until a few weeks.— his es- man, but feel sorry he should be so ready to be repeated threat of dissolutions ? U. B. speak) the lever by which the must rise,whole cape and his life since, including his experiences rather see his State, Louisiana, buried forever—- various commendable Those who cared for him, far as I am in this country and forms of habeas corpus, concerned, slaughtered by his would-be friends. His no- that work must now receive Europe. No one will deny Mr. a second —than would a vigorous and Douglass the possession of genius and Pompeii he consent to such as the habeas corpus ad prosequendum, the were colored, except his physician, Dr. Miller, a character of mination fell on the State in a still bom style.— hearty support from all of those upon whom it a high order. He writes in a nervous, clear and yield one iota of hisrights.” “So say they all,” habeas corpus ad subjiciendum white gentleman of reputation. We paid con- most telling manner, clothing hjs and many others; The votes he will get will be very few. He has a claim. narrative w-ith in- said two friends to me, the other day, who have and it is also siderable for nursing, physician, &c., simply be- tense interest,and conveying his moral impressions true that these various forms have possibly have the wisdom Special The work with a vividness that leaves the reader seen a large may before the Octo- Iloticcs. thus foreshadowed for the consid- scarcely any number of Southerners during the been productive of a amount of good.— cause others who complain, paid no attention.— escape. The suhject is deeply tragic, and, his vast ber election to withdraw his name. Ohio will eration of. the Convention, is various, and much in last two years; “they all want the Union to be and FOURTH masterly handling possesses an engrossing interest. But all sink into Mr. Mrs. and doctor can ANNIVERSARY OF — they nothingness in comparison Wyne (colored) no doubt a THE JERRY RES- of the N. Y. Evangelist. “ give good account of herself next it difficult; yet, power of its accomplish- dissolved.” Where will the slaves be then?” is with this last crowning effort of judicial inge- be enquired of. I believe the nnrses tried to CUE. fall, and we trust all the Free States will fol- ment lies in systemization and direction of it—- WORTH A HUNDRED VOLUMES OF ROMANCE. a question I leave for you and othersto answer. do duty. There have been head The We recommend the book nuity—the habeas corpus ad servimdum —or may lice on example. Really first day of October, 1855, the- 4th An- and while we as worth a hundred low her we have but two par- would make no direct specifica- volumes of the trashy literature of the Pitts- How curiously extremes sometimes meet! It is to make use of a constitutional, the man, as often is the case; but having of the memorable Rescue, is dav.> euphemistic been ties now in the State, one for Freedom, and the niversary Jerry tions—while we would be proscriptive in noth- burgh Herald, nearly post time, and I have not yet told you periphrase, uttered in plain, unmistakable Am- bedrid but a short time, and having been at hand. The spirit that HOW IT other for Slavery, one for fraud and corruption defied oppression ing, still tve would recommend such a course as DIFFERS FROM OTHER WORKS. anything of the wonders of the Palace, washed all the doctor’s We have before listened to the Crystal erican—that form of the “writ of liberty” over, by orders, would and scorned as a filthy rag the enactment of a shall us, homely tale of the other for honesty and justice. The present prepare and .those to come after us, to the liberated slave, but it did not impress us as nor of my visits to the Botanical Gardens at which requires a person to have a certain body contradict the assertion that the man was not law defying Congress intended give oppres- administration loves plunder and has signalized to take a manly part in all things in which we have does this narrative of Douglass, for the reason that Keer, and the Zoological Gardens in the Re- before the honorable court, in order that the said tidily kept. sion power and dignity, we thank Heaven, is an we were left to supply the commentary which is itself by bluudering, villanous legislation. We an interest, in common with the rest of our fel- here pressed upon us by one who lmsboth gents Park, and of the many attractions and body may render the labor service required The statement that newcomers were turned seen and or fee! utterly disgraced at having such a man embodiment at Syracuse. Its proportions are low citizens. We would have the Convention telt what he relates. The story bears throughout beauties of these lovely places—nor of my in- by law. Certainly, it does seem, that if this away unaided, while boots and rolls of various expanding in of and the impress of truth, and the manner in which it is as Senator Pugh, taking the place of our contempt political limits ascertain the precise point now reached in told the as “ noble our stamps writer a of teresting meeting with St. Annd Ragged of the writ had itself kinds of cloth were burned, I know was not so, man geniUß, and a employment suggested Ex-Senator Chase. political parties. As the organ of such embodi- present progress. We would call its attention high order of talent,— Ohio State Journal. School” at the Gardens, together with the good five years ago, there would have been no neces- as we had no rolls. I aided Mr. Johnson to se- ment, we appeal to our bold countrymen, and CIRCULATE IT WIDELY. Salmon P. Chase’s Speech, to the state and character of Education and ed- conduct of these no longer neglected little ones, sity for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. lect a pair of boots not four days before the to the world, to confess its justice, The encroachments and usurpations of Slavery Delivered in Fifth St on legitimacy, ucational privileges among us, with a view to are becoming more flagrant every dav, and a “ fire, and the Market, Tuesday eve- work and of my interview with their teacher. God At any rate, this weapon of the lawcan now be person aided only left when we and authority. Therefore we call them to be animating the public mind, it ning, was listened to with deep by a their improvement, or, if need be, change and eniighte’ning upon bless Lord Shaftesbury,” say all good people terrorem were burned down. interest, this bane of the American Republic, and from the held in over the heads of the succes- at Syracuse the Ist of October next, at 10 adaptation to our demands. We would direct high whence “He ISAAC J.RICE. highly respectable mass of citizens. There source this emanates, onglit to he here. is the English Gerrit Smith,” sors of Ben Franklin and those other revolu- o’clock a. Ji., to the first succesful and very extensively read in the Free States.— White- could not been than honor it to an examination of our business relations Mr. Ward tome, the other evening. “So I the Penn- Rochester, Aug. 28th, 1855. have less 2,000 persons glorious hall Chronicle. tionary fanatics who, as members of strike, which, in the United States, res- and habits, and devise such ways and means as have present. It was an able effort, worthy of the HOW WRITTEN—ITS CHAFACTER. already christened him,” I responded. sylvania Abolition Society and other associa- cued an outraged slave and set him free. Yea, will For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. man and cause he represents. He touched all render them more available. We would Thebook is written with the happiest descriptive This is a very hastily-written letter. I can- “ the clutches power, with nerve tions of kindred principles, would abduct” from of the Judge and Marshal, have it give, if possible, to whatever of mechan- and vigor of expression, and The four held in the these points which affect the Republican move- with richness of It has an not even begin to tell the particulars of my go- more than three millions of native-born days’ meeting, Rye despite the irons which bound and style. ample resource Ameri- in they him, ical or artistic skill there is in great a Neck Grove, AVestchester Co., ments of Ohio ; he stated clearly and fearlessly among us, impetus phrase, perspicuity, and musical, reson- and last scribbled a few lines “ Congregational ings doings since I can citizens from the blessings of liberty” se- the deluded posse they employed to keep him and extension. ating, and half rhytbmatic style, which reminds N. Y., under the auspices of the First Colored his views of duty, and was listened to with ea- the reader of the author’s origin, to Rochester. I heard the grand church service cured to them by our glorious Constitution—- bound. And if they cannot then and there and of the native gerness all through. His speech has made a To the department of Agriculture, also, we melodies of his race. The book manifests a high, at the Temple last Sunday, for the first time American Congregational Church, Sixth Street, and, to the right to owe labor or service to be freed meet, let them send a cheering expression of would have it direct its attention and encourage- us, unexpected polish. The interest aroused New York commenced its session on marked impression on the public mind for good. and kept up by a perusal of this hook is of a high since you and I, and others, now gone hence, from all care, and to have a master to City, their sympathies. good one man has expressed and meut; so that, in all, there will be begot in order, and rarely degenerates.—Detroit Daily Ad- heard service there eight years ago. There lie Thursday, August 16th, 1855, and continued Only dissatisfaction, look after them—blessings for which, even Sen- Truth glows, and the spirit that rescued Jer- us, and in our youth especially, a strong and vertiser. “ that is the of the 7'imes, who de- the iron knights of the Temple, like warriors until the following Monday, 6 o’clock, A. M.— Editor boldly IT IS PECULIARLY ATTRACTIVE. ator Brodhead, of Pennsylvania, according to ry by the boldest resistance to iniquitous pow- increasing desire for these pursuits. There are their The occasion was highly and we be- clares, he did not touch the points at issue.— We need not say that the volume possesses taking rest,” with brows as rigid and im- his own recent declaration, would, under certain interesting, er ever made in this country, grows, because it extraor- The fact was, he was not down like thunder also Political and Social Rights that lie at the dinary attractions. The life of surh a man cannot movable as ever. Remember me to all my en- lieve productive of much good. The number is a fail to excite an interest the public contingencies, be most thankful. true spirit. In the light and heat of it, how very foundation of our manhood, to be obtain- in mind seldom friends, of persons upon the ground on Sabbath after- and lightning on the foreigners—the Catholics equaled, even in this hook-making age.— Christian quiring Thus, in the present instance. Although the is that other, the non-resistant spirit, melting ed and ourselves to be corrected, Ambassador. noon, was between two and three thousand, of in particular. Capt. Ford spoke in his usual errors among And believe me, votirs truly, down, and the vanishing ! THE employment of the writ of habeas corpus did felicitous, style, his blows on theDem- delusion away It and confidences to be strengthened or restored. AUTHOR POPULAR-HIS BOOK IN DEMAND. JULIA GRIFFITHS. all shades and complexions, who paid every at- humorous This is not result in the restoration of the diplomatic was a brave decision, that the Constitution was Much of the work commenced in the JYational a splendid work. The personal worth of tention during the hours of divine service. An ocratic "party were startling and effective. the author, the deserved popularity he has secured adjuncts of Col. Wheeler, yet it gave occasion made to establish liberty, and that justice is the Convention at Rochester in ’53, demands now a throughout this nalion, and the univeisal desire For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. was made the audience at close of Yesterday a meeting was held on AValnut the wholesome appeal to the basis of law which the that prevails, to have a momento of one ofnature's for exercise of a degree of se. front of Lane only people in the highest vigorous prosecution; other portions of it re- Yankee Hill, California, June 3, 1855. the afternoon services, in behalf of the new Hills, in Seminary, beneath the noblemen, wilkeonspire to create an unprecedented verity towards Passmore Williamson, the med- function of judicial power will acknowledge, modeled or shaped to meet our newer expe- demand for this book.— Wesleyan. church edifice, which is now under course of leafy trees, at which Hon. L. Campbell, Capt Frederick Douglass: Dear Sir:—Although, dlesome philanthropist, who had taken part in say politicians and debauched Judges what and the whole THE EVILS OF SLAVERY UNFOLDED. Ford, and Geul. Cary spoke. Each iii his way riences; to receive a stimulus CALMLY “ erection, which resulted in fifty-one dollars cash. a stranger to you personally, I have occasional- their abduction.” And here, again, we can- they may. In the light and heat of that tran- that will forward it towards its completion.— There are no lines of ranting madness here.— The stockholders of said grove merit great interested a considerable number, in the great Camly, dispassionately he unfolds to us ail the evils ly met with your newspaper, and think it is do- too much admire the nf the bondage not profound learning and question the day, Liberty. saction, also,how are thepassions and sentiments The progress of events, too, may have given rise system in its varied aspects, and one the praise for the very rapid improvement they have of must thus commend his disclosures to all ing much good. lam myself of class exceeding perspicacity of Judge Kane. of the people ! Who now would to exigencies that require additional true Am- For, A bountiful Providence crowned the la- conforming agencies ericans, south as well as north. The. entire work is on of and when a made within the last few months. Said meeting has proscribed account my color, although Williamson’s return—that he never., attempt to arrest a fugitive slave at Syracuse ? hitherto unforeseen, but now demanding atten- of a high intellectual order, and intensely interest- called the attention of who spoke in the bors of the husbandman this year with amazing ing from its child lived in the city of Washington. I after- had had the “ abducted” members of the Amer- many How diminish number of tion and direction. all beginning to its close.—American A’egetubles of all kinds cheaper rapidly the those who In this, fcllow- Spectator. wards became a subject of the British Empire, highest terms of the enterprise, and hoped that success. are ican legation to Nicaragua under his control—- are deluded by the felon sentiment that slavery cilizens, there is enough to concentrate our THOUGHT AND REASON IN WHAT HE it might mature all its desires, by way of bene- now than they have been for years past. AVe SAYS. and under that so-called oppressive power en- may have been true in point of fact, that did is entrenched and protected in the Constitution! united wisdom, enlist our most hearty co-opera- Mr. Douglass is a spirited and pointed writer, fiting and the surrounding commu- doubt not this abundant harvest will bring and his oratory will bear favorable comparison joyed a freedom which the boasted land of not prevent it from being, in point of law, a improving How rapidly diminish the number of those who With these views,fellow-citizens, we again ear- nity. along with it a revival of trade. There has with any of our public speakers. There is thought liberty denied me. Having been prospered in shameless falsehood, the utterance of which de- admit the integrity of the scoundrel Judges who nestly entreat you to come together in the true and reason in all he says, and though his language I am yours for the been in our midst this sum- is sometimes bitter, it is usually calm, business as a trader among the islands of the served a commitment for This is all considerable sickness spirit of men having a clear conception of our dignified, contempt. advancement of cause, give slavery an asylum in that instrument, in and earnest—Buffalo Courier. California, having the mer. Cholera has carried off many to the Pacific, I finally came to and, perfectly clear now; but everyone must admit, -scorn of its obvious terms and intents, and needs, a just sense of our rights, and an abiding WE WONDER HOW HE DID L. TILMON. grave, but it has now greatly abated since the in IT. met with reverses of fortune, I at last wandered that it required an insight eminently Pickwickian dishonor of its and determination to do our duty. The election for As an orator, the publichere and elsewhere have New York, Aug. 22d, 1855. weather became cooler. origin cotemporary history. had abundant to to the mines. Here, however, there is no real to perceive it in the first instance. Convention will be held on the opportunity judge ; and we sup- And every- CINCINNATUS. And how clearly in the light of the Fugitive members to the pose that none haye ever listened to his graceful freedom for any but a white man. I have had one must also admit, that, although Judge For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. Act, the Nebraska 3rd Tuesday of September, 1855. The people in elocution, his cutting satire, and his frequent burst# Cincinnati, Aug. 23. ’55 Act, the still more astound- of without a rich claim, but efforts have been made sys- POLITICAL MEETINGS. neighborhoods, eloquence, wonder that a man who Kane may have violated a law of Congress in ing attempt to compel slavery in Kansas, does the various Church organiza- emerged from the dense darkness of slavery, after render uncomforta- his manhood, who tematically to my situation this exercise of judicial authority, still, this pro- A For Frederick Douglass’ Paper. the Slave Power declare that the only issue it tions, Benevolent or Literary societies, are re- reaching in fact learned his highly interesting meeting of the colored alphabet after coming to maturity, could deserved- ble, so as to compel me to sell out for a trifle. ceeding upon his was OF spectfully urgedto meet on that day. and elect part perfectly proper, citizens of Troy was held in the Liberty St DISSOLUTION THE UNION-ITS PROBABLE, will accept is, the legality of slavery anywhere ly rank among the first orators of the day.—Rock. than live in constant trouble and vexa- since this law interfered with ALMOST CERTAIN RESULTS, delegates to the to meet at American. Bather a higher one—the Presbyterian Church on the 20th inst., and and everywhere—and that the reliable force Convention Phila- tion, I have now sold out, and go again to the provisions of the Constitution—the delphia on the 16th day of October at T*tf~ For sale by all booksellers and News Agents pro-slavery delegates appointed for the coming Convention Mr. Editor :—As I have seen nothing orig- on its part to that end, is, not the Constitution ensuing, and also at this Office. Islands. The enclosed amount of SSO is for- law which a true American Demo- o’clock. _fs3' mail, only higher of our fellow citizens of the Empire State, and inal in your paper, on the much and long-talked and laws, but the force of arms. Single copies sent by post paid, on to to be devoted to the cause of William J. Wilson, ) receipt of price. warded you crat should reverence. This correct view ot other important of dissolution of the Union, and having some We are not for strife—we are for peace.— business transacted. Stephen MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN, liberty. You will please to give one-half of it matters enabled the learned Judge to cause’a that be of we are we Smith, v Committee. The following gentlemen were appointed as thoughts, may interest to your And because peace men, acknow- John Publishers, 25 Park Row, New York, and 10T the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Roches- W.Lewis, ) to sunbeam of humor to glisten upon the keen delegates: Mr. Wm. Rich, Mr. Jonathan C. readers, I deem the present a fit time to express ledge not the claims of slavery any where, or at Genesee st, Auburn. ter, and the in such manner as sword of his while CONVENTION. apply remainder justice, by declaring, order- Gibbs, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Har- them. Our friends, Hon. Daniel Webster and any time; because slavery, everywhere and at LIBERTY PARTY * you may think will most subserve the good the imprisonment of Passmore ing Williamson, risson. Henry Clay, used all possible means to save the all times, is war upon the constitution and laws The Liberty Party of New York, will meet cause. that he would not impugn that gentleman’s mo- to their and wel- After the necessary business was disposed off, Union, up last moment; the first by his made for the common defense general in Convention at Utica, on Wednesday, the 12th “ Crate’ Column. Having travelled much as a seafaring man, tives in the alleged witty and There- 4 abduction”—a Mr. Kelly came forward, and addressed the magic influence in speech and act, the latter fare, war upon human nature itself. day of September next, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and seen the results of to Africa, clear intimation, that God Almighty at emigration although meeting in an eloquent manner on the rights of by tears, speeches and compromises. But fore, we give notice, Syracuse, that when it to nominate a state ticket for the ensuing elec- a situation, or apprenticeship for as compared with that to the Islands of the might direct the destinies of other parts of the these two of great, the comes to with claims, when it crosses our a colored lad, aged 16—prompt, active, can citizenship. though the if not us tion, and to discuss the great principles of Uni- WANTED now Pacific, let me suggest to the of universe, Americans should rqje America. In read and write, and understands cane chair you : propriety I have justreturned from an intensely inter- greatest, American statesmen, used their com- track, or attempts to kidnap our citizens, (>we versal Liberty, and their legitimate application work a place iu a country village in New York, urging all who are to that point, at Judge Kane or a New England State colored persons disposed least, is a decided esting meeting composed of the colored citizens bined influence and efforts to save this Union, care not for the forms,) we shall meet it as the to mankind. The Committee solicit the at- preferred. Apply to leave the United States, to make their homes and Know the of the J. McCUNE SMITH, determined Nothing. of Cohoes, Waterford, Batestown and a large yet, present appearances do indicate, that the enemy of human nature, enemy con- tendance of the Liberty men and women of 55 West Broadway, N. Y. City. those conclude, when it is in Islands. They will there enjoy perfect To added to other points from Troy which was held Union is not yet out of danger. Indeed things stitution and laws—the enemy indeed of the en- to this number in Lansing- this State, Convention. a situation to learn the liberty, and with one or two hundred dollars of this important decision, that, in the view of on which no carpenter’* burg the 21st. The speakers were Mr. look as though they were just coming to a crisis. tire plan and providence of Jehovah, aged ; Dated, Minetto, July 28th, 1855. WANTEDtrade, by a colored lad, 14 has a they can make as either Judge Kane, is to be or or can instal over good ; has good common school education ; is themselves independent Pennsylvania classed with Stephen Myers of Albany, Mr. Wm. Rich of This crisis will come, if they South mean what Congress Court other despot Timothy Stowe, ) farmers or traders. wherein can r i i stout and active. A New England town preferred. I will write you more on those States persons be “held to Troy, Mr. Jones of Lansingburg, and also they have declared, and the North are true to the rights of the people of this or any other J. C. Harrington, > J. McCUNE Mr. Committee. Apply to SMITH, this subject, after I reach the Islands. labor or service under the laws thereof," it will Jonathan C. Gibbs of Troy. their interests. This crisis will be brought state. He is a poor observer who does not see W. W. Chafman, $ 55 West Broadway, NewT York.