liinouitmnrnfs.
Election on Monday. 6th August, 1860
[Announcing candidates for State and
District offices, $7 ; County offices. $5; Town
ship offices, $3. Calls on persons to become
candidates are charged at the usual rates, ex
cept wh»n persons making the calls are sub
scribers to our paper. Political circu
lars charged as advertisements.]
The Canvass for Congress.
The candidates for Congress, Col. Gantt,
and Dr. Mitchell, will address their fellow
citizens at the following times and places :
Hampton, - June 14
Warren, - - - “15
Monticello, - - - “16
Hamburg, - - - “18
Lake Village, - - - “19
Napoleon, - - - “21
De Witt, ... 23
Clarendon, ... “25
Brownsville, - - - “27
Pine Bluff, - - - “29
Little Rock, -• - - “ 30
Perryville, - . * - July 3
Danville, - - - . “ T
Fort Smith, ... “ f,
Greenwood, ... “7
Waldron, ... “9
Dallas, ... “10
Mt. Ida, - - . - “11
Benton, - - - “13
Rockport, - - - “14
Princeton. - - - “16
Arkadelphia, - - - “17
Camden, - - - “19
Eldorado, ... “ 21
Magnolia, - - - “23
Louisville, - “ 21
Washington, - - - “25
Paraclifta, - - - “28
Murfreesboro’ - “ 30
T3TT-DT T/N CSTJTN A TTrarr*
John C. Davie, J. H. Quisenberry and
F. A. Thomason, candidates for the Legisla
ture, for Prairie county, will address the peo
ple at the following times and places :
Clear Lake, Clear Lake township, Monday,
June 25.
Pettus Place, Richwoods township, Tuesday,
June 26.
Hamilton Church. Hamilton township, Wed
nesday, June 27.
Belcher’s, La Grew township, Thursday,
June 28.
Devall’s Bluff, Wattensaw township, Fri
day, June 29. ,
McEwen’s, Centre township, Saturday,
June 30.
Des Arc, White River township, Thursday,
July 5.
Hickory Plain, Pigeon Roost township, Fri
day July 6.
Atlanta, Caroline township, Saturday, July
7th.
Nathan Trotter’s, Caroline township, Mon
day, July 9.
Brownsville, Prairie township, Wednesday,
July 11.
Public Speaking.
Messrs. Hollowf.ll and Harrell opposing
candidates for Attorney General, will address
their fellow citizens at Hickory Plain on Fri
day the 22d day of June. I860.
Editor Des Arc Citizen. — You will
please announce my name as a candidate for
’ e-election to the office of Judge of the 5th
circuit of this State, composed of the counties ,
of Conway, Pope. Yell, Perry, Saline, Pulaski .
"id Prairie, at the election to be held on the
first Monday of August next. ’ <
JNO. J. CLENDENIN. j
We are authorised to announce J. L. i
Holl#well as a candidate for re-election te
the office of Attorney General, and Prosecu- <
ting Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Districts. :
composed of the counties of Yell, Perry, Sa
line, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope, at
the ensuing August election. *
We are authorised to announce John (
H. Quisenberry. Esq., as a candidate to
represent Prairie county, in our next Legisla- 1
ture, at the ensuing August election. [t'eb8. |
We are authorised to announce J. M. <
King, as a candidate for re-olection to the .
office of Sheriff of Prairie County, at the
ensuing August election. * .
We are authorised to announce W. E. <
Raulston as a candidate for Sheriff at the
ensuing election. *
Jo the Voters of Prairie Co., Ark.
I am a candidate for Sheriff of said county, I
at the election to be held on the first Monday i
in August, next. WM. A. PLUNKETT.
January 4, i860.* <
„^We are authorised to announce Wm. '
Hoodrum as a candidate for Circuit Clerk of t
Prairie county, at the ensuing election. * (
Wo nra o uf Vi nr! jo/i f n onnniinpn
Charles D. Taylor, as a candidate for
Circuit Clerk of Prairie county, at the
ensuing election. * (
Devall’s Bluff, Ark.,
January 30th, ’60.
Editor Citizen—Please announce my name ]
as a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Prairie County, at the ensuing August J
election. Very respectfully. &c.. \
feb 15 • J. W. BLANTON.
EgT We are authorised to announce John <
E. HunsoN as a candidate for the office of k
Clerk of Prairie county, at the ensuing Au- |
gust election.
8^* We are authorised to announce W. W. £
Wair as a candidate for County and Probate
Judge of Prairie county, at the ensuing elec- c
tion. (
:©r E. W. Douglass is a candidate for I |
Copnty ami Probate Judge of Prairie county,
at the ensuing August election. t
Brownsville, Feb. 10, ’60. £
Mil Editor.—You will please announce (
my name as a candidate for Probate Judge
for the county of Prairie. J
Respectfully, J. L. HUNT. f
{EX?* We are authorised to announce Wm. *
J. Darby as a candidate for Common School .
Commissioner, for Prairie county, at the en- ®
suing election. (
We arc authorised to announce Wm. J ^
P. Preston, as a candidate for re-election
to the office of Common School Commission 0
for Prafrie county. * ^
85?* We are authorised to announce Levi t|
Byram as a candidate for County Treasurer, .
at the ensuing August election._* _v
or' We are authorized to announce Wil- i 1
liam D. Anthony as a candidate for County 1
Surveyor at the election to be held the first j
Monday in August next. • ^
-The cattle disease has increased to such c
an alarming extent in Massachusetts that Gov- ^
ernor Banks has expressed himself in favor of
a special session of the Legislature to take 1
action in relation to it; and although he has a
not positively decided to call one, there is but a
little doubt but that he will do so, and that it
will be held as early as possible.
--A negro in Bridgeport. Con., lately en
deavored to pass himself off for a Spaniard, ^
and gave a lecture on the annexation of Cuba, o
During the lecture some one told h m that he 0
was only a Boston barber, and on pulling off
his wig, the black wool underneath was re- .
vealed, arnid the strongly displayed indigna- 1
tion of the audience. 3
——One wholesome reform has been ordered
by the House of Representatives. It is decreed
ibat hereafter only those speeches which are c
really delivered in tho House shall be printed , f
in ‘bp Congressional Globe. $
.pES ARCCITIZEN.
U 1
J. C. MORRILL, EDITOR.
RES AH'ARKANSAS:
SATURDAY,.*.........JUNE 9 1860.
Democratic State Ticket.
OF PULASKI.
For Congress, First District,
THOS. C. HINDMAN,
OF PHILLIP3.
For Congress, Second District^
EDWARD W. Gi-ANTT,
OF HEMPSTEAD.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
COL. JOHN C. DAVIE.
Canvass for Governor.
The Candidates for Governor, Henry M.
Rector and Richarb H. Johnson, will ad
dress the people of the State upon Nationa
and State affairs, at the following times and
places <
TOWN. COUNTY. BATE.
Springfield, Conway, Monday, June
Dardanelle, Yell, ' Wedns., " 0
Dover, Pope, Thursday, “ 7
Clarksville, Johnson. Saturday, “ 9
Ozark, Franklin, Monday, “ It
Booneville, Scott, Wedns., " 13
Fort Smith, Sebastian, Friday, “ 15
Van Buren, Crawford, Saturday “ 16
Fayettville, Washington, Tuesday, “ 19
Bentonville, Benton, Thursday," 21
Huntsville, Madison, Saturday, “ 23
Carrollton, Carroll, Monday, “ 25
rasper, Newton, Tuesday, “ 26
Burrowville, Searcy, Thursday," 28
Mount Olive, Izard, Saturday, “ 30
Batesville, Independ’ce, Monday, July 2
racksonport, Jackson, Tuesday, " 3
Smithville, Lawrence, Thursday," 5
Pocahontas, Randolph, Friday, “ /<
Jainesville, Greene, Monday, “ 9
Bolivar, Poinsett, Wednes’y, " 11
Madison, St. Francis, Fr iday, " 13
Helena, Phillips, Monday, “ 16
Clarendon, Monroe, Wednes’y, " 18
Brownsville, Prairie, Friday, ' “ 20
Little Rock, Pulaski, "Saturday, “ 21
Benton, Saline, Wednes’y, “ 25
Hot Springs, Hot Springs, Thursday, “ 26
\rkadelphia, Clark, Saturday, “ 28
Princeton, Dallas, Monday, “ 30
Warren. Bradley, Wednes., Aug. 1
JainDton. Calhoun. Thursdav. “ 2
Jamilen, Ouachita, Saturday, “ -1
Eldorado, Union, Monday, “ 6
The people are respectfully invited to ab
end these appointments, and all papers in the
State are requested to publish and direct pub
ic attention to them.
RICHARD H. JOHNSON,
HENRY M. RECTOR.
The Gubernatorial Canvass.—The
andidates for Governor, Col. Rector and
1. H. Johnson, opened the canvass at
Springfield, Conway county, on Monday,
ast. We learn from a gentleman who
teard them, that Rector's victory was
:omplete. Johnson most signally failed
n sustamiug himself before the people.
The attempt of the Johnson faction to
leery the supporters of Col. Rector as
lisorganizers, is falling back upon them
villi a crushing effect. They forget that
hey are occupying the position of the
Congressional caucus who nominated Mr.
Crawford for the Presidency—that Gen.
ackson opposed this caucus and its host
if government officials—that lie finally
riumphed over them and cleansed the
Vrigean stable, thereby inaugurating a
lew era in reference to conventions, and
be manner in which they were held and
ontrolled. The government office-holders
vere sheared of their power ; the people
ook the matter into their own hands, and
ompelled these intermeddffers to assume
heir proper position.
Col. Rector is the candidate of the
uasses, in opposition to the great central
lower which has its headquarters at
jittle Rock, and at whose dictum, since
Arkansas has been a State, those who
visited to hold office, either State or Fed
ral, were compelled to bow. The recent
itate Convention, which attempted to
ialm Mr. Johnson upon the good people
f the State, has been proven a fraud und
disgrace, and not entitled to the name
f a Convention. The President of that
ody is, and was then, a Federal office
older. He was warned that the accep
mce of the position would be out of place,
nd not in consonance with the practices
f the Democracy as laid down by Gen
ackson. Nevertheless he accepted the
osition, and how well he adhered to the
Johnson clique" is manifested in his
aving cast the proxies entrusted to him
after the first ballot) for Mr. Johnson and
ontrary to instructions. The nomination
f Richard H. Johnson by the late
Convention, was even' a greater outrage
lan that of Mr. Crawford by the famous
Congressional caucus General Jackson
iumphed over a national clique, and Col.
Lector will triumph over the State clique
1 Arkansas. The Democracy of Ar
ansas are willing to be governed by
onventions acting in their proper sphere ;
ut when these assemblages are used for
ie benefit of a few—when the best talent
nd wisest heads must submit to the man- j
gement and unsatisfied cupidity of those ,
’ho possess no merit other than having j
een long in power—it is full lime that
ie great mass should rise in the majesty
f their thougt and shake off the weight
f corruption which a glutted and un
torthy combination have too long held
i their own hauds and used for their own
ggrandizement.
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-The Directors of the Agricultural Asso
Lation, at Clarksville, Tenn., have purchased
irty-three acres of land for fair grounds, at
4.225.
Address of How. A. Rust.—On the i
first page or lo-dny’s paper will be found]
that portion of Col. Rust’s address to the
people of Arkansas, announcing himself|
a candidate for U. S. Senator, and in re-1
ference To the “ rule or ruin” policy of the!
Johnson-Conwny faction. Truly has aj
swift witness presented himself against
the Little Rock junto ; and all will admit,
after perusing Col. R.'s production, that
there is a manly frankness in all lie
asserts. We have omitted that portion of
the address which has reference to Fed
eral politics. " Col. Rust fins emphatically
gone olT with the Douglasites, and cannot
hereafter hold any position in the gift of
the people of this State. We admire the
man and believe him honest, but he has
mistaken the bearing of the principles he
advocates. We trust the " sober second
thought” will restore him to the advocacy
of true Southern constitutional principles,
in preference to Douglas and bis Squatter
Sovereignly.
New Railroad.—The Helena people
propose constructing a railroad from their
city to Old Town Ridge, a distance of 12
miles, for the accommodation of the plan
ters and others tn the latter vicinity.—
[Jacksonpoit Herald.
The people of Des Arc and adjacent
country should bestir themselves in refer
ence to the building of a railroad west
ward. From Des Arc to Atlanta, some
twenty-seven miles, the grading would
not average six inches. We learn, ver
bally, that the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad Company have endorsed the
bonds of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad Company to the tune of several
millions. This will secure the comple
tion of the road from Memphis to Little
Rock. Had the last legislature granted
the charter to the road from Des Arc
westward, the work on the route would
have been in progress. We intend to
puonsn me names oi mose who voieu
against granting this charter, that the
people may know, who opposed them in
building a road with their own money.
Some of them are candidates for re-elec
tion, and we think their prospects will
not be brightened by this kind of legis
lation.
gl®"The Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Enquirer says: ‘‘Doug
las’ friends have given up all hope of his
nomination at Baltimore, and it is believed
that some compromise will be effected on
a platform, and that Breckenridge or Guth
rie will be successful. Benjamin’s crush
ing argument against Douglas, showing,
in a legal view, the utter fallacy of his
Squatter Sovereignty dogma, will do the
Little Giant a vast deal of harm. Pugh
has conceded as much. In the mean
while, the Douglas Club of this city is
mailing Douglas’ late speech to every
section of the Union, at the rate of a
thousand per day. It is sent to every
post-office in the Southern States. It
cannot counteract the work of the sece
ders.” ^_
M ississitpi Democratic Conven
tion.—A telegraphic dispatch dated Jack
son, Miss., May 30th, says: “ The Mis
sissippi State Democratic Convention met
in this city to-day. It is the largest con
vention that has ever assembled in the
State. Great enthusiasm was manifested,
and there was a unanimity of feeling in
favor of the course pursued by the Missis
sippi delegates at Charleston. Delegates
n L r..i..j ... T> :_A
Will UC lull Y UWI VUIIVU IV AtIKMIitUtlU utiu
Baltimore.”
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Trouble in the Cherokee Nation—The
Joneses in Arms.
Just as our paper was going to press,
we learn from reliable authority, that the
Joneses and their friends are up in arms,1
and that Andarson Johnson has been |
compelled to flee the country, and several j
others, opposed to Jones, have left or will
be coinpeled to leave. A messenger
from the nation came down here to warn
one, who the Joneses are after, not to re
turn ; but the man to whom the messen
ger was sent has not arrived, aril it is
feared that evil lips befallen him.
It is said, by those who know, that
Jones’ party will number 2,500 men.
Look out for trouble on your frontier.—
[Fort Smith Times, 24th ult.
A correspondent of the Little Rock
Gazette gives the following in reference
to the state of affairs in the Cherokee
Nation :
There are now two leading religious sects
in the Cherokee Nation,—the Baptists and
Methodists. The foimer comprises about I
eleven hundred members,—the latter fifteen ,
hundred. The Methodists to a man are pro- ,
slavery.—The Baptists almost wholly aboli
tion. [ It is just to say that a few true-hearted
Baptists have seceded from Jones’ dominion J
and hold firm Southern views.] Combining:
the numbers of the two denominations the
amount is 2600. This is by no means the;
total fttrnvtror of individuals old enough to be ] 1
church members,—the Cherokees being in I
this respect very much like white folks—a 1
great many not belonging to any church. But j
it is known that a large majority of die secular (
element are earnestly pro-slavery ; those iden- 1
tified with the Methodist power would be j
greatly more than able to overcome all the I
opposition that now appears so threatening. (
The probability. however, of the present ratio
of parties continuing being exceedingly'doubt- j
fill, it becomes necessary to prepare for the .
events whose shadows are so portentously cast ;
before. .
The abolitionists are mostly full bloods who
have been taught into their piesent. holding by <
one Evan Jones, long a Missionary among ■,
them, a fine scholar, and a perfect master of ,
their languagae. Against his teachings no
counteracting influence is available. It is
true the Methodist have a few native preach- 1
ers; but these proclaim the Gospel and ifo uot*i
intermeddle with the domestic <nd political (
affairs of the Nation. On the other hand, ,
Jones’ emissaries isist upon the abandonment
of slavery as a leading qualification for church 1
membership, and expet for non-compliance. 3
-- 1
-The Legislature of Tennessee has passed t
1 very stringent law against the adulteration
at' liquors. Using poisonous ingredients is (
JecftL’ ed a felony. I s
i
OFFICIAL INTERFERENCE.
If ever a poor people upon the face of
the globe had a just cause to complain of
the interference, iutermedling and offi
cious obirusiveness of the agents and offi
cials of the government in their private,
local and domestic affairs, that people is
certainly the people of Arkansas, ond
especially that portion of the Democracy
of the StatV who are opposed to the cen
tral and concentrated political influence
of hereditary families, cliques and dynas
ties.
Since the inauguration of a movement,
on the part of the masses of the Demo
caatic party, to sheer the Johnson family
of that undue and anti-democratic political
power and .nfluence which they have so
long held and exercised in the government
of this State, they have had to contend
against the combined hosts of Federal
and State office-holders, who have not
scrupled to use all the power and influ
ence which they derived from their official
position, to crush down this up-rising of
the people, and to trample upon their
rights as well as their will and wishes,
by attempting to fasten upon them the
perpetuation of a dynasty obnoxious to
their feelings and detrimental to their
interests.
We could point to many instances of
such official interference on the part of
both Federal and Stale officers, in trying
to defeat the will and wishes of the peo
ple of the Northern Congressional district
in their selection of a candidate for Con
gress, who was known to be opposed to
the vast concentration of power in the
hands of the Johnsons.
We could point to many instances in
which the same officials have used the
power of the government, entrusted in
iheir hands ostensibly for the people’s
benefit, to the great wrong of the people,
by aiding to force upon them, as a candi
date for Governor, the most obnoxious
member of that obnoxious dynasiy, against
whose influence they are so earnestly
opposed.
We could also point to another instance
af this unjust interference of governmental
lgents in the concerns of the people in the
-- „r TT _ J _ A T_L _ I :_1. •
u wi u v tinuu uiuiou xtji ci i ouu i uomg mo
official position, patronage and influence
in favor of Dr. Mitchell, the family's can
didate for Congress, in the second district,
ind against E. W. Gantt, the people’s
ihoice for the same position ; and used
igainst him simply for no other reason in
he world than because Mr. Gantt was
opposed to the further usurpation of the
people’s power by the reigning dynasty,
while Dr. Mitchell was in favor of per
petuating their power, and of building up
it the seat of government, a great mono
polizing political influence, whose will
and wishes should be as they have been
the supreme law of the land.
But the latest and most offensive inter
medling of government officials in the
people’s affairs of this Slate, was that
sxhibited by one of the clerks from one of
the departments at Washington, who was
sent as a special envoy and minister pleni
potentiary to this Slnte, for the purpose of
interfering with the Dover and Arkadel
phia conventions, in respect to the action
they should take upon Federal politics.
This man brought with him duplicate
copies of a series of resolutions which were
to be offered to. and if possible, passed
through the two conventions.
Mr. James B. Johnson was re-commis
sioned by the aforesaid Federal clerk to
:ake one copy of said resolutions to Arka
Jelphia, and the plenipotentiary himself,
in person, took the other copy to Dover.
The copy taken by Mr. Johnson to
Arkadelphia was submitted to the com
mittee on resolutions, and after some
iIterations were offered to and passed by
;he convention.
The copy which was sent, or rather
tarried, by this Mr. Clerk to the Dover
Convention, was treated by that body as
.he people of Arkansas should have treated
he said Mr. Clerk, that is, it was not al
lowed to pollute that body by being re
:eived.
This batch of resolutions, brought on
rere by this Mr. Pension Clerk, from
IVashinrrtnn In ht* crnllpri flmvn t it litmufc
if the Arkansas Democracy, were nothing
more thnn modified doses of Squatter Sov
ereignty.
We know not who sent this Mr. Clerk
'rom his desk in Washington, to cotne
lown here and dictate to the intelligent
Democracy of Arkansas ; but this much
we do know, that while in the State, he
lid not try by any means to conceal his
ievotion to tiie interests of the Johnson
amily, by abusing every man that was in
my wise politically opposed to the dy
lasty.— [Old Line Democrat.
Convention of Professional Teach
ers.—It is proposed to hold a Convention
if Professional Teachers of the State of
Arkansas, at Little Rock, on the 10th of
Fuly next. This is a commendable move,
ind we trust there will be a general at
endance.
-—_——
{ftrif* Hon. Hulbert F. Fairchild has
leen appointed a Judge of the Supreme
Jourt of Arkansas, by Governor Conway,
o fill the vacancy created by the resigna
ion of Hon. Henry M. Rector.
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Opposition State Convention.—The
Hamden Htrald publishes an address to
‘ die members of the Constitutional Union
larty of the Slate of Arkansas,” calling
or a State Convention, to meet at Hot
springs on the 21st of this month.
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The Milk in#the Cocoa Nut.—It
eems that Douglas is not Only a bankrupt
lolitically, but pecuniarily. From the
(few York papers we learn that he has
ilready spent over a hundred, thousand
lollars in the advancement of his Presi
lential aspirations, and that he has mortg
ged alt his estate for the purpose of
aising means to operate at Baltimore.
In the distribution of the corruption j
und it is slated the Cincinnati Enquirer!
ecetved about twenty thousand dollars, J
nd the Mobile Register ten thousand.— j
\e wonder if the big Appeal received •
ts proportionate share? Neighbor did
ou get the ten thousand dollars offered
o us? If you havn’t already been paid I
ir your services, it is high time you were I
nforcing collections, as the firm will
oon close out.—[Memphis Avalanche. |i
The 8»nate Caucus Resolutions.
In Congress, on the 25th ult., the Sen
ate returned to the consideration of the so
called Davis resolutions, relative to the
protection of slavery in the Territories;
and after considerable disettssion and
voting down sundry amendments, the
balance of the series was adopted by a
strict party vote. These resolutions,
which we give below, were adopted by a
caucus of thirty Democratic Senators, on
the 25th of February last, and they have
now received official endorsement. They
derive additional importance from the fact
that they will, in all probability, form the
basis of the Southern Secession Demo
cratic Convention, which meets at Rich
mond on Monday next.
1. Resolved, That in the adoption of th?
Federal Constitution, the States adopting the
same acted severally as free and independent
sovereignties, delegating a portion of their
powers to be exercised by the Federal Gov
ernment for the increased security of each
against danger, domestic as well as foreign ;
and that any intermeddling, by any one or more
States, or by a combination of their citizens,
with the domestic institutions of the others,
on any pretext whatever—political, moral or
religious—with a view to their disturbance or
subversion, is in violation of thetConstitution,
insulting to the States so interfered with, en
dangers their domestic peace and tranquility j
objects for which the Constitution was formed,
and, by necessary consequence, tends to weak
en and destroy the Union itself.
2. Resolved, That negro slavery, as it exists
in fifteen States in the Union, comprises an
important portion of their domestic institu
tions, inherited from their ancestors, and ex
isting at the adoption of the Constitution, by
which it is recognized as constituting an im
portant element in the apportionment of pow
ers among the States; and that no change of
opinion or feeling on the part of the non
slaveholding States of the Union, in relation
to this institution, can justify them or their
citizens, in open or covert attacks thereon,
with a view to its overthrow ; and that all
such attacks are in manifest violation of the
mutual and solemn pledge to protect and de
fend each other, given by the States respec
tively on entering into the Constitutional i
compact which formed the Union, and are a j
manifest breach of faith, and a violation of j
the most solemn obligations.
tl ml ■ i TT • I* 1L . O1 . J. 1
■), HcJUivcUj J, a v vuc muii v/l tu&oo uvuvvj
rests on the equality of fights and privileges
among its members ; that it is especially the
duty of the Senate, which represents the States
in their sovereign capacity, to resist all at
tempts to discriminate either in relation to
persons or property in the Territories, which
are the common possessions of the United
States, so as to give advantage to the citizens
of one State which are not equally assured to
those of every other State.
4. Resolved, That neither Congress nor a
Territorial Legislature, whether by direct
legislation, or legislation of an indirect and
unfriendly character, possesses power to annul
or impair the constitutional right of any citi
sen of the United States to take his slave pro
perty into the common Territories, and there
hold and enjoy the same, while the territorial
condition remains.
5. Resolved, That if experience should at
anytime prove that the judicial and executive
authority does not possess means to insure ad
equate protection to constitutional rights in a
Territory, and if the territorial government
should fail or refuse to provide remedies for
that purpose, it will be the duty of Congress
to supply such deficiency.
6. Resolved, That the inhabitants of a Ter
ritory of the United States, when they right
fully form a constitution to be admitted as a
State in the Union, may then, for the first
time—like the people of a State when forming
a new constitution—decide for themselves
whether slavery, as a domestic institution,
shall be maintained or prohibited within their
jurisdiction ; and “they shall be received into
the Union with or without slavery, as their
constitution may prescribe at the time of their
admission.”
7. Resolved. That the provision of the Con
stitution for the rendition of fugitives from
service or labor, “ without the adoption of
which the Union could not have been formed,”
and that the laws of 1793 and 1850, which
were enacted to secure its execution, and the
main features of which being similar, bear the
impress of nearly seventy years of sanction by
the highest judicial authority, should be hon
estly and faithfully observed and maintained
by all who enjoy the benefits of our compact
of Union ; ami that all acts of individuals or
of State Legislatures to defeat the purpose or
nullity the requirements of that provision, and
the laws made in pursuance of it, are hostile
in character, subversive of the Constitution,
and revolutionary in their effect.
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The Tennessee Resolution.
There is no longer any hope of a re
union of the Democracy at Baltimore upon
the basis of what is known as the Ten
nessee Resolution. The Douglas men
cannot themselves vote for this resolution
without forcing their great Chief to eat
•his own words, as he recently declared in
the Senate of the United States that Mr.
Howard’s proposition was ambiguous,
equivocal and uncertain. The South can
not swallow it because she justly regards
it as a cheat and a swindle of the first
water. We have seen good and true men—
Democrats, loyal to the South and the
Constitution, who have signified a willing
ness to accept the Tennessee Resolution
as a basis of a compromise. For one, we
have no compromises to make, because
the Constitution cannot be compromised
away, and if our friends will give this
Janus-faced resolution a careful perusal
they will see that it is full of deception.
In the language of Mr. Douglas, “ it
bears on its face the evidence that it is to
be construed in two opposite wings in
different sections of the Union." Here is
the specious resolution, overflowing with
duplicity:
Resolved. That all the citizens of the
United States have an equal right to settle
with theih property in the Territories of
thtt TTnit.Pri StJlfr.P* nnri that- nnilor Ihn daaiciAn
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
which we recognise as a correct exposition
of the Constitution of the United States,
neither their rights of person nor property
can be destroyed or impaired by Congressional
or Territorial legislation.
This resolution, in a round-about-way,
denies the doctrine of Squatter Sover
eignty, but it furnishes no remedy for the
evil complained of. It ignores the doc
trine of protection. It guarantees the
right of a Southern man to settle with his
property in the Territories, which property
cannot be destroyed or impaired, by Con
gressional or Territorial legislation. Such
a resolution is no shield to slavery in the
Territories, as Douglas denies that slaves
iu Territories are properly. In Harper’s
Magazine he said :
i
A slave, within the meaning of the Con
stitution, is a person held to service or labor
in one State, under the laws thereof, not uffleT
:he Constitution of the United States, nor by
:he laws thereof, nor by virtue of any Federal
authority whatsoever, but under the laws of
he particular State svhere such service or
abor may be due.”
This is in truth the very essence of the
Republican doctrine. It denies the right
)f property in slaves, and furnishes an
trgument m favor of the odious nullifica-.
lion laws ui me I T
dignified by the name of “ personal lfb- I
eriy bills/’ It implies plainly that if n h
slave should escape into a State in which s
there are no laws by which he can be held h
to service, he cannot be recovered under fi
the Constitution or laws of the United
States. . . ... f , °
We repeat, then, it is impossible lor the h
party to unite on the Tennessee Resolu- (
tion. The South, believing, as she does,
that the Government was created for the c
purpose of protecting persons and pro- 9
perty, will submit to nothing less than a
plain, emphatic and unequivocal reoogni- ^
tion of this right.—[Memphis Avalanche. ^
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NEWS ITEMS, &c.
-The papers at Augusta, Ga., notice the 1
receipt, in that city, of flour made from new
wheat. Some of the flour has been shipped to g
New York. t
_“The London American” has made its
appearance. The project of starting an t
American journal in England is thus to be
tested.
-It is thought, by several men of science,
that I860 will be marked by more tornadoes, j
storms and high winds, than have occurred in j
any year of the century.
-The slaves of Huntsville, Ala., recently
made a common purse and purchased a splen
did hearse, to be used for the interment of ^
their dead. .
_In the Sunday School procession at
Washington on the 21st ult., a Baptist school ^
was out in strong force, and like another ^
among their banners and emblems, bore a rep
resentation of the flag of Japan, in honor of j.
our visitors, having attached to it a streamer,
with the words, “To far Japan* give light
divine.”
-1—Within the last sixteen months, eigh- *
teen cotton laden vessels, valued at $2,452,
000, were destroyed by fire, in the ports of
the United States. It is supposed by the In- *
surance Companies that a large proportion of
the fires are intentional, and one company, *
the “Great Western.” offers a reward of £
$1000 for the detection and conviction of an j
incendiary, at sea. .
-Mr. Rarey has returned to England from
his travels in the desert among the Arabs. He
is to give fifty more public exhibitions in *
England and then return to America.
-The Spirit of the Times states that the
great match between the race-horses “ Daniel
Boone” and “ Planet,” over the Ashland j
Course, Virginia, for $20,000 (on the latter)
against $15,000 on the former, has been made,
and will come off on the 12th October next.
-Tom Hyer, the noted pugilist, was one ^
of the Republican delegates to Chicago. He
is an active Lincoln man, and was the leader ■ _
of a grand procession at Chicago, on the night
following the nomination.
-The New’ York Journal of Commerce J
says, if on the assembling of the Baltimore *
Convention, intense partisanship shall be
found on one side, and unyielding hostility on
the other, “ there can be no course for pru- 1
dent men to pursue but to look for a solution *
of the-difficulty through the nomination of t
some man whose record is fair, and who will 1
not be obnoxious to any large portion of the
country.”
-Letters from Amoy, China, dated Feb
ruary, state that the Chinese authorities were
taking the most cruel measures for the sup
pression of the coolie traffic, and the punish- |
ment of those engaged in it. One Chinese (
woman w’as sentenced to be crucified and ]
flayed alive for kidnapping thirteen China- '
men. Two men were burned at the ankles,
hung by the toes, whipped with one thousand
stripes, and then beheaded. i
Is it a Fact?—The New Orleans Delta
says that in Cincinnati there are inanufacto- ]
ries for old barrels, to contain good old Ma
deira wine, which has lain for an age among i
the dust and cobwebs, in some ancient cellar.
A new barrel, fresh from the cooper’s hands,
is made to undergo a remarkable metamor
phosis in a short time, exhibiting all the evi- j
dences of antiquity, stained, and having the
marks of the French and Spanish custom
houses, and the imperial arms nearly worn ]
off, and even cobwebs drawn across the bung.
States Unrepresented in the Baltimore t
VppU91l>AUll VUUVCUtlUU, *1
1. NEW HAMPSHIRE, J
2. RHODE ISLAND. t
3*. SOUTH CAROLINA, a
4. LOUISIANA, I
5. MICHIGAN, J
6. IOWA,
7. WISCONSIN, 1
8. CALIFORNIA, I
9. MINNESOTA, '
10. OREGON,
11. FLORIDA.
The Baltimore Opposition Convention I
did not represent as many Slates as the i ‘
Charleston Convention did after the seces-j (
sion movement.—[Baltimore Republican, j j
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Death or Bryon’s Widow.—Died, *
May 16, 1860, at No. 11, St. George’s <
Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, Anne! f
Isabella, Baroness Noel Byron, widow of $
the late Lord Byron. This lady, who was 8
born in 1794, was the only daughter and
heir of Sir Ralph Milbanke Noel, Bart., c
by the sister and co-heir of the second S
Viscount and ninth Baronet Wentworth.
On the death of the other co-heir. (Lord
Scarsdale), in 1856, she succeeded to the r
barony of Wentworth by writ, the vis- j,
county becoming extinct. She was mar- t
ried to the great poet in 1815, but the ?
union, as is well known, was a most un- [
happy one for both the husband and wife. v
Their only child, Ada, was married to
Earl Lovelace, and died in 1852. 4
Ha rd Cement.—The following cement I
has been used with great success in cov
ering terraces, lining basins, soldering
stones, etc., and everywhere resists the i
filtration of water. It is so hard that it J
scratches iron. It is formed of ninety-14'
three parts of well burned brick, and sev- f
eral parts of litharage, made plastic with t
linseed oil. The brick and lith i rage are b
pulverized; the latter must always be re-' 1
duced to a very fine powder; they are ^
mixed together and enough of linseed b
oil added It is then applied in the man- ! A
ner of plaster, the body that is to be 0
covered being always previously wet with '
a sponge. This precaution is indispensa- e
ble, otherwise the oil would filter through I
the body and prevent the mastic from ac- 0
tjuiring the desired degree of hardness. ^
Wtien it is extended over a large surface, fi
it sometimes happens to have flaws in it, v
which must be filled up with a fresh quan
tity of cement. In three or four days it e
becomes firm.—[Scientific America^. I
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.xplain It.— Douglas now claims . i
nve been a consistent non-interveno ’ ]
nee 1847. We are curious to knowl"1
is friends reconcile this claim with J* ^
illowing facts of Congressional record ? li
In the United Stales Senate, on the v
f June, 1950, a vote was taken on [’
illowing amendment of Mr. Chase " -
>hio, to the Compromise bill;
“ That nothing herein contain»d sh.ii
jnstrued as authorizing or permjttir » J*
itroduction of slavery r the holding nf ™
>ns as property within said Territory » ^r'
Among the yeas was Stephen J], £>0
is, of Illinois, voting with the promm^
indidates before the Chicago Conv'1'
on—Chase, Dayton and Seward. e°’
On the same day Mr. Seward m0vcJ
le following amendment:
“ Neither slavery nor involuntary serin, j
therwise than upon conviction for cri ■
bail ever be allowed in either of said t.®*’’
jries of Utah and New Mexico.” rri"
Among the yeas were Douglas, Day
m, Seward, Chase.— [N. 0. Delta. *
M* Harper’s Weekly, of the 26th alt
ontains a likeness of Hon. Abe Lincoln'
Lepublican candidate for President. On
loking at it, our hands involuntarily q
lutched at the pocket that usually co^
tins our funds, for a meaner looking couj.
e’nance, or one more suggestive 0fdis.
onesty, eyes never beheld. West, tfcj
ortrait painter, on being introduced t0
’alleyrand, observed to a friend, that "it *
lat man is not a rascal, God Almighty j
ever wrote a legible hand.” We say •
lesame in regard to Lincoln, judging him j
y his portrait.— [Vicksburg Sun.
-—
g@“ Judge P., of Indiana, has his
ccentricities, but an abler jurist canon f
e found in the West. A young, windy f
iwyer was once making a plea in a mao. f
lauirhter case before the Judtre. To.
iwyer talked beautifully, but didn’t touch
te points in the case. As he was about
losing, the Judge asked bim which aide
e was retained on. “ The defence,your
onor,” replied the astonished lawyer,
Then,” said Judge P., “ why the deuce
on’l you say so ? ” This is strictly true.
TO MERCHANTS
la Ike Surroundiug fountry,
I HAVE a large assortment cf
B»****** Ladies’ Fine Dress Goods,Trim,
lings and Bonnets, two-thirds of which I
'ill close out in lots to suit, at five per cent,
n cost, for satisfactory note or notes, duels*
anuary next.
je9-tf J. H. QUISENBERRY.
WANTED.
A NEGRO BOY’ Oil GIRL, large enough
X. to nurse a child ten months old. Apply
t this office. je9-tf
STRAYED Olt STOLEN
A MUSTANG PONY, of dark color, very
v. near a roan—with white face and white
jet. He is a range horse about six yearsoM.
l liberal reward will be given for his delivery
) me at Des Arc, or at the livery stable of
F. Greer & Bro.
june9:tf J. E. GATEWOOD.
VALUABLE
IMPROVED LANDS
NEAR DES ARC, FOR SALE! }
jD£T"| ACRES of Land,in Jackson county,
I- three miles East of j J Arc—forty
cres cleared and in cultiva, h. On the
iremises is a neat frame hou ye. with two
ooms, a passage and piazza. Also a good
veil and four negro cabins, together with
moke-house and kitchen.
These lands are of the first quality, aid
veil suited for the opening of a large farm
Yny one wishing to purchase can obtain ill
lecessary information by enquiring at tit
Citizen Office.” june9:tf
I. WASHER--H. P. VAUGHAN • • R. C. m’CARLET.
Washer, Vaughan & Co,,
DEALERS IN
staple and Fane;
1MVX ®®©®8»
tEADY-MADE CLOTHING. HATS
Cups Boot Siaoes 4. nrdware,
Queensware, &.C., &c.,
9 e 8 .f r c , .# r k a n ft as
[7" EEP on hand a heavy lot of Plantatioi
[\_ Goods ; every variety of Goods for g®
ernen’s and ladies’ wear. We have a largt
nd well assorted stock of White Goods, Ea
roideries, Handkercheifs, Gloves, Hosiery;
Hack and Fancy Silks, &c.
A good assortment of Cloths. CassimerM;
restings, &c. A heavy lot of 10-4 Brown aM
Beached Sheetings and Drills, all grades aM
vidtha.
A good lot of Tobacco and Cigars.
Jewelry in gets from $10 to $150; Breast-1
In. Par or.l Pi .. arn p ButtOUS.I
tuds, Watches, Lockets, &c.
A large lot of Trunks, Carpet and EniB*M |
lags. A good stock of Ready-uiade Clothing. * j
loots and Shoes. We have a large
,adies’ Dress Goods, such as Fancy
nd Berages, Organdies, &c.,that we will*1
>r cost to cash buyers.
We have a lot of Negro Brogens. left
•om last fall, which we will sell at $1 *
1 35. We will sell the remainder of
;ock of Hats at cost.
We have a two-horse Carryall to disp<»e
heap. In fact, we will give you good »*
iins in all we sell—come and see.
je9-tf WASHER, VAUGHAN&_^
Worth Not C«*.
rHE undersigned takes this method of *'
knowledging the receipt of one of c ,
nproved Repeaters, presented by my fr
.. P. Walker, of Desha county, Af»*
he act betokens a generous spirit, and w*:
>re, all recipients who possess an apPr*c
ve heart, will not pass such unnoticed,
ill by some means make them public.
I hope some day to be able to bestow F(1
le generous donor, some act of kindness,
■ill be as worthy of consideration 8
resent which I received of him.
A. G. COCHRAN;
Buffalo City, Ark.. May 26,1860-1__
N >t ce. „
IT AVING been appointed by the Ch*11^,
IT Court of Prairie county, at lts ,
rm, A. D. 1860, Trustee in the stead §
i. Dalrymple; ci,eiB
Notice is hereby given, that I will P .(fi|
> sell in the town of Des Arc. to the u S T ;
dder and for cash on the 5th ^ay, ,S!lrl
>60. the following described property, “ fKI
•operty of Joseph Griffith conveyed
. Dalrymple as Trustee, on the2d 0‘
)r, 1858, by Joseph Griffith for the H
. Stewart &. Bro’s. To wit : A cer ^■
r parcel of land in the town of p®9
aunty and State aforesaid and descria
slip of land fifty feet wide, oif of the
ad of lots number Seven, Eight and ,.j;M
lock twenty-six, in said town; 'he \La
F land fronting fifty feet on Wo"drun
nd running east parallel with the a' J.
ivides Block twenty-six, one hundr ta
fty feet. Also, blacksmithing t0°s’ H
ork &c. ,he "> M
I will convey to the purchaser of t
itate, such title as is vested in me as jS
J. E. GATEWOOD, Trust* J
Des Arc. June 9,1860-3t.
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