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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Wv hive supplied ourselves with a good
sSFP'tinent oE Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
-We a.e prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
:o£i!?9, rosters, mrge or sinan, -vaius, duu
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion. for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
PjBace, Constables, &c.
\. II. IHRK,
(Successor to II. I*. Vaughan,)
"W T HOLES ALE AND RETAIL DF.AL
VV ER IN
Stores, 51)cet 3ron, lUxvc, &t.:
Also—JManufacturer oj Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware,
Buena Vista St., (Opposite Nucleus House,)
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
,;h try Having bought the stock on hand and
material in this shop, from H. P. Vaughan.
Esq., the undersigned will continue to carry
on the above business, in all its branches. He
has on hand a (rood stock of _ __
CO 0KINGS TO VES, T1N
W.-1 RE, Sec.,
S which he will sell at Memphis prices.
Gl'i'TERING AND JOBBING
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
g §y A share of the public patronage is re
*%Sl?UUi-_«■ H. BPHK.
J. T. PA I t I 1 A M.
ARCHITECT,
ft A B I* E N T E U AND J O I N E K ,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Des Arc ami vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
ha- the contract for the same.
■ (jggr From his experience, both as an arclii
tectainl contractor, he flatters himself that he
■S . . ..... i „.. .. ¥ i oi' .zst i ini.OO.tf
'Mo
Carpenter and joiner,
t t WING perraaifSntly located at Des Arc,
.kJI Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
tyoi k in HIS Tine of Business,
in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
rience, he feels confident that those who favor
hmi with contracts will have no cause to re
•JoRDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
I. 't at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
■ \vi h prompt attention. jun‘29-ly
ALEX. LE DOERS r
HOUSE, SIGN, AND FRESCO
painter,
DF.S ARC, Ark.— Also, Carriage Painting,
Furniture Varnishing, Giaining. Paper
11 mging, tec. All work done in the best style,
ft*3“ Shop in the building formerly occu- J
« pled the “ Citizen” Office, near the Landing.
UUts-- .i"nl5-tf _
A S. HARRIS,
IJ* .1 T C U - .If .< K E 11
AND
JEWELiEIl
OFFICE on Buena Vista
street, opposite
fiSS-i’I Nucleus House Des Arc,
■I A• kaiisas. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry
paired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-tf
Fa in i hClrocery.
HENRY JACKSON,
■ at HIS “OLD STAND,”
M CORNER OF BUF.NA VISTA AND WOODRUFF STS.,
DES ARC, ARK.,
C10NTINUES to keep constantly on hand a
J full assortment of #
Family Groceries,
which he offers ?or sale at moderate prices,
| and on reasonable terms. .
(«p The highest prices will be paid tor
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
of the fa*in and the garden.
(gy His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liquors. .
(gp» Remember the “ Old Stand,” which
h* has occupied during the past six years.
P jun29-ly___
Fresh Drugs and Medicines,
A LW AYS on hand Wholesale and Retail,at
i i\. th» Des Arc City Drug Store.
apriltfi- D. P* BLACK &. CO.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TYR. tf. L. KAGLAN D. having tof
cated on Wattensaw, at the residence
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
ed. offers his professional services to the
j public.
Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
j [)R T J. CUMMINGS. havingpe7
! rnanently located at Atlanta, Prairie
| county, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
[W Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction (o his patrons.
553?" Office at Peebles’ Hotel [apr 1 -tf.
TYRTjTcT GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
(Hr Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(J3T Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store. _apr ifj -lv
r|R. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
-*-^ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan Sc Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in the healing art in fhe West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. IZ£T Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
T\R. W. F. WALSH, having located at
|J Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, (jy Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858-1 y*
DR. WM BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share *of the public patronage.—
Office at Lane & Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ F.rwin House.” may22-tf
TkR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
maylo-tr __
¥W. EDWARDS, Attorney at
. Law. Lake Village, Chicot county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Eastern Arkansas. £3?” Prompt attention
given to the collection of claims, &c.
octo-tf. _ _ __
R i. GANTT W. J. BRONAUGH
/'1ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
\T at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. _ septld tf
TACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at
J Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Suniish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD..J* A* MOON.
f\ ATE WOOD & MOON. Land
3 j Agents and Real Estate Brokers.
Oes Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
rp B. KENT, Attorney- at Law, Des Arc.
L • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran
cis. Jackson, and Independence Counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. £3?” Office on Lyon
street. [juno-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Lsw, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Arkansas, will practice in me ^uuuubb ui
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
april22-tf. _ ____
L. FEATHERS TON..z* p- H. FARR.
FEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
neys at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie. St. ;
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. jy!7
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
Law. Des Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas.
\Vi*lI practice in the comities of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention’ to all business entrusted to him
MB" OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. febl3-tf
rW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
M8” Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and (lay
ing taxes on land. Office on Ly on street.
sept26-tf
SAM’l W. WILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS.
YVILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* ^ torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity’, entrusted to
them._
J. I.. HOLLOW ELL..W. I). JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law. Dardanello. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
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I. N. HENKEL.A- v- HENKEL,
Memphis. New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
may4-ly Memphis, Tenit
Dale, Ross & Withers,
No, 531 Market Street,
Philadelphia, Ponn.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE
-DEALERS IN—
SILKS. DRESS GOODS, SC.
nov23-6m.#
&S72B signs
John Jackson Co.
i '
Sylvaiiia Academy,
PRAIRIE_CO., ARK.
MINS F. D. 8AFFORD,
P>«l!NOI!=*AU.
HE exercises of this institution will be
_i_ resumed on the 1st Monday of September.
Terms, per Session ok Five Months.
Primary Department.$1® 00
First Academic Class. 12 00
Second Academic Class, embracing Al
gebra. Geometry, Astronomy, &.e • • 16 00
French and Latin. 10 00
Music. 20 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Incidental. 50
Iekerences —Rev. J. W. Moore, Col. J.
M. Bell. John McIntosh, Oakland Grove;
Dr. J. N. Waddell, La Grange, Tenn.; Rev.
H. P. Thompson, Bolivar, Tenn.; A. L. Lew
is, Oxford, Miss. aug3-ly.
educujtioMlT
THE third session oflhe“Des
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
reception of .pupils on the First
Monday of September next.
Terms, per Session ok Five Month? :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic. 12 00
The above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 14 00
High Branches. 16 00
Instrumental Music. 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Pupils charged from time of entering,
and no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc, July 27. lSS'J.-tf.
«SD RSO.\ & WO IFF,
HOUSE, SIGKN^
AND
Ornamental Painters,
Im it at o r s of till Kinds
W®©® AW m^tBUEp
PAPER HANGERS, FRESCOERS, GLAZIERS, &C„
X3os Arc, Ark.-,
ISigt'AH orders promptly attended to.
decl4-ly.
J. GRIFFITH,
BLACKSMITH
A N I)
wag-oixt
WOODRUFF STREET,
B©s Air©, lf'T -an°fi© ©©., Anr'ko
Wagons, Carts,
Y Drays, Wheel-bar
rows. &c.. made to .)■
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
paying cr stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
03?” All new work must be cash or its
EQUIVALENT. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark.. Jan. 21. 1859.—ly.
BLJCllWJl IT HI JVG ~
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
-, fPHANKFUL to the
I people for their past fa-K )jl
;?3SfeLaik3!3l vors,respectfully announces </
that he has opened a shop at T. V. L"e’s old
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of work in the above line.
(J^Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing. wheelbarrows, repairing. &c., done on
-u__x:_
(pg"Horse-shoeing done promptly,
feh 18-tf___'
JOHN He N AH EE 7'
T . S l l> O R ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
west of the ‘•Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute ail kinds of work in
his line of business, in a neat anJ fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859—[tf] _
' Fi.vi: vr.Jreni:si
TO THOSE persons who are very par
ticular with regard to time, we can now
offer Watches perfectly adjusted and regulated,
which will give entire
SATISFACTION
in time-keeping. We know this by trials of
the watches; we are aiming to supply TINE
KEEPERS, and are giving attention espe
cially to the regulation of all our watches, so
that our customers shall not be troubled with
faulty, or irregular pieces of machinery, that
have only the appearance of being watches,
while in fact they ai' not so. We shall al
ways hold ourselves in readiness to make good
every thing we say in regard to all that we
sell. J. E. MERR1MAN & CO..
mar25-ff] 253 Main street. Memphis, Tenn.
Private Entertainment,
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC.
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
YYAVING ereccted a large and-jV—^
coinmod.ous Building, he is now
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
His rates of charges are reasonable,
and bis Accommodations are inferior to none.
(gjjT He has excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, &c.
j jun29-lv _
C. A. JIJDSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
DOORS AND SASH,
—A L S O—
CONTRACTOR FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
HOUSE CARPENTER
AND JOINER WORK, At C„
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
-TERMS
Cash, unless other satisfactory arrange
ment is made.
I Orders from the country promptly attended to.
jan 8-J.y._ _
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE,
Des Arc, Ark.,
SLEEPS constantly on hand a general
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,
which he oilers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also— All kinds of Wines, Liquors,
Tobacco, Cigars, fcc.
ipy The highest price, either in Cash or
Groceries, paid for Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and
J all kind’ of country produce. raeyt tf
ABOLITION REVOLUTION SCHEME
—INCITEMENT TO TREASON AND
CIVIL WAR.
Programme for Ihe Revolutionary Cam
paign— Contributions Fund for Treason
and Revolution —- Governor Morgan,
Thurlow Weed, David Dudley, Gerrit
Smith. Horace Greeley. Ex-Judge Pea
body, James Kelley and others implica
ted— The Republican Party Abolitioni
zed—The Indorsement of the Revolu
tionary Scheme.
New York, March 9, 1859.
Dear Sir:—If you have read and criti
cally examined the work, you will probably
agree with us that no course of argument so
successfully controverting the practice of
slavery in the United States, and inforcing a
precise and adequate view of its prostrating
efiects, material and moral, has equaled that
of the volume entitled “The Impending Crisis
of the South : Ilow to Meet it,” by Hinton
Rowan Helper, of North Carolina.
No other volume now before the public, as
we conceive, is, in all respects, so well calcu
lated to induce in the minds of its readers a
decided ami persistent repugnance to slavery,
and a willingness to co-operate in the effort
to restrain the shameless advances and hurtful
influences of that pernicious institution.
The extensive circulation of a copious com
pend of the work in question among the in
telligent, liberty-loving voters of the country,
irrespective of party or locality, would, we
believe, be productive of most beneficial re
sults; and to this end we trust you will assi t
us in carrying out a plan we have devised for
the gratuitous distribution of one hundred
thousand copies of such a compend. which if
contracted for and published, will contain
about two hundred pages and be bound in
pamphlet form.
One hundred thousand copies of the con- i
templated compend. which, on about two hun
dred pages, would contain very nearly all the
matter now embraced in the regular volume
(which sclls-for one dollar per copy,) can be
had- well printed on good paper, for sixteen
cents each—$10,000 in the aggregate. This
amount we propose to raise in such sums as
you and other good friends of a good cause
feel disposed to subscribe.
In all cases, when convenient, contributors
to the cause will please make their subscrip
tions in the form of drafts, or certificates of
deposit, payable to the order of the Hon. Wm.
II Anthon, Id Exchange place. New York
ciry, our treasurer aim uisDurser, vvno win re
gularly, through the columns of the Tribune,
acknowledge receipts of the same.
Every person who subscribes ten dollars, or
more, will if timely application be made, be
entitled to as many copies of the compend for
distribution as he may desire, not exceeding
the number that the amount of his subscrip
tion would pay for at net cost.
Subscribers’ names, with the sumi severally
subscribed by them, in all cases where the
amount is ten dollars or more, will appear, al
phabetically arranged, in the latter part oE
the compend.
Correspondence or personal interviews in
relation to this enterprise may be had with
any one oE the undersigned, who will be
pleased to receive subscriptions in aid oE its
speedy consummation
An early response from you is respectfully
solicited.
Win. H. Anthon. Treasurer. 1i> Exchange
place. New' York; S. E. Sewall. lioston. Mass.;
Win. Gunnison. Baltimore: S. Padleford, Pro- j
vidence; L. Clephane, Washington; W. B I
Thomas. Philadelphia; Cassius M Clay,
Whitehall; W. McCauley, Wilmington; F. P.
Blair, Jr.. St. Louis.
The undersigned having been appointed a
committee in New York, to aid in the circula
tion of Mr. Helper’s book, on the plan pro
posed above, beg leave to recommend the ob- ;
ject to the public and ask their co-operation.
Subscriptions may be sent to the Hon. Win.
H Anthon, No. lti Exchange place. N, Y.,
directly, or through either of the undersigned
committee.
Charles W. Elliott, H. H. McCurdy, Abram
Wakeman, David Dudley Field, Wm. Curtis
Noves. James Kellv, O. A. Peabody. Edgar i
Ketchum, Benjamin F. Mamerre, Jaimes A.
Briggs.
Wi:, the undersigned, members of the House
of Representatives of tile National Congress,
Jo cordially indorse the opinion and approve
the enterprise set forth in the foregoing cir
cular:
Schuyler Colfar, T. Davis, (Mass.,)
A. P. Granger, It. E. Fenton,
J. R. Giddings, Charles Case,
Wm. H. Kelsey, H. E. Boyce,
John Sherman, It. B. Hall,
H. L. Dawes, David Kilgore,
J. A. Bingham, John M. Wood,
Benj. Stanton, Chas. J. Gilman,
John Covode, J. W. Sherman,
A. B. Olin, O. B. Matteson,
E. B. Pottle, E. P. Walton,
F. E. Spinner, G. A Grow,
A Burlingame, C. C. Chaffee,
Ed. B. Morgan, Henry Waldon,
Ed. Wade. Daniel W. Gooch,
Wm. A. Howard, 1- Washburne, Jr ,
Geo W. Palmer, E. B. Washburne,
J. S. Morrill, C. B. Tompkins,
Wm. Kellogg, S G. Andrews,
Edward Dodd, N. B. Durfee,
C. C. Washburn, John F. Potter,
Sidney Dean, C. L- Knapp,
DeWitt C. Leach, M. W. Tappan,
J. F. Franswortli, James Pike,
Philemon Bliss, A. S. Murray,
T. Davis, ( Iowa.) F. H. Morse,
I. D. Clawson, Snn'l R Curtis,
V. B. Horton, S. C. Foster,
Wm. Stewart, John Thompson,
John M. Parker, J. Buffmton,
Chas. B. Hoard, G. R. Robbins,
W. D Brayton, S. A. Purviance.
Richard Mott, S. M. Burroughs,
James Wilson, Owen Lovejoy.
Mr. Helper is a native of North Carolina,
who, as the result of careful observation and
extensive inquiry has reached the very obvi
ous and just conclusion that human slavery is
the great primary curse and peril of the South,
impeding its progress in morals, intelligence,
industry and wealth. This conclusion, with
the facts on which it is founded, is embodied
in his book, entitled '‘The Impending Crisis
of the South”—a work everywhere received
and hailed by tin advocaes of Lee labor, as
one of the most impregnable demonstrations of
the justice of their cause and the vital import
ance of Us triumph to our national and gen
eral well being. Were every citizen in posses
sion of the facts embodied in this book, we
feel confident that slavery would soon peace
fully pass away, while a Republican triumph
in i860 would be morally certain.
It is believed that this testimony of a South
ern man. born and reared under the indigence
of slavery, will be moie generally listened to
and profoundly heeded, whether in the slave
or in the free States, than an equally able and
conclusive work written by a Northern man.
And it is very desirable, therefore, that a cheap
coinoend of its contents, fi'ted for gratuitous
circulation, be now made and generally diffused
in those S ates—Penusylvannia, New Jers y,
Indiana and Illinois—which are to decide the
next Pi e-idential yontest.
Horace Greeley, J. C. Underwood,
Jas. Kelley, Chairman A. Wakeinan,
S. C. Com., Wm. H. Anthon.
B. S. "Hedrick, Wm. C. Bryant,
J. A. Kennedy, E. D Smith,
I K H. McCord)'.
\V. C. Noyes. '
Marcus Spring,
AIM OF THE REVOLUTION.
And now to the point. In our opinion, an
opinion which his been formed from data ob
tained by assiduous researches and compari
sons, from laborious investigation, logical rea
soning and earnest reflection, the causes which
have impelled the progress and prosperity of
the South, which have dwindled our commerce
and other similar pursuits, into the most con
temptible insignificance; sunk a large majority
of our people in galling poverty and ignorance;
rendered a small minority conceited and tyran
nical. and driven the rest away from their
homes; entailed upon us a humiliating depend
ence on the free States; disgraced tis in the
recesses of our own souls, and brought "us
under reproach in the eves of all civilized and
enlighten'd nations may all be traced to one
common source, and there find solution in the
most hateful and horrible word tbit was ever
incorporated into the vocabulary of human
economy—sla.very.
THE STUPtll MISSES IN THE SOUTH.
It is expected that the stupid and sequacious
masses, the white victims of slavery, will be
lieve. and, a- a general tiling, they do believe,
whatever the slaveholders tell Ihem; and thus
it is that they are cajoled into the notion that
they are the freest., happiest and most intelli
gent people in the world, and arc taught to
look with prejudice and disapprobation upon
every tievv p. inclple of p ogressive movement.
Thus, it is that the South vvofnlly Inert and
inventionless, has lagged behind the North,
and is now weltering u> the cesspool of ignor
ance and degradation.
RESULTS or “TU3 SUM OP ALL VILLAINIES.”
Write in Virginia, very recently, an elderly
slave holder, whose religious walk and con
versation had promoted him to an eldership in
the Presbyterian church, and who supports
himself an 1 family by raising negroes and to
bacco. told us that, for the fast eight or ten
years, aside from the increase of his human
chattels, he felt quite confident he had not
cleared as much even as pno_per cent, per an
num on the amount of his investment The
real and personal property of this aged Chris
tian consists chiefly in a large tract of laud
and about thirty negroes, most of whom, ac
cording to his own confession, are more ex
pensive than profitable. The proceeds arising
from the sale of tile tobacco they produce arc
all absorbed in the purchase of meat and
bread for homo consumption, ami when the
crop is cut. short, one of the negroes must be
sold to raise funds for the support of the others.
Such are the agricultural achievements of slave
labor; such are the results of "the sum of all
villuuies ” The diabolical institution subsists
on its own flesh. At one time children are
sold to procore food for the parents, at another
parents are sold to procure food for the chil
dreri. Within its postilental atmosphere no
thing succeeds; progress and prosperity are
unknown; inanimation and slothfulness en
sue; everything becomes dull, dismal and un
profitable; wretchedness and desolation stand
or lie in bold relief throughout the land; an
aspect of most melancholy inactivity and di
lapidation broods over every city and town;
ignorance and prejudice sits enthroned over
the minds of the people; usurping despots
wield the sceptre of power; everywhere, and
in everything between Delaware Bay and the
Gulf of Mexico, are the multitudinous evils
of slavery apparent.
RE VOLUTION AltV APPEAL TO SOUTHERN NON
SLAVE HOLDERS.
To nndeeeivif the people of the South, to
bring them to a knowledge of the inferior and
disreputable position which they occupy as a
component part of the Union, audio give pro
minence and popularity to tiiose plans which,
if adopted, will elevate us to an equality, so
cially, morally, intellectually- Industrially,
politically and financially, with the most
flourishing and refined nation in the world, and
if possible, to place us in the van of even that,
is Lite object of this work. Slaveholders,
cither from ig lorance or from a willful dispo
sition to propagate eiror, contend that the
South has nothing to lie ashamed of, that sla
very lias proved a blessing to her, and that
her superiority over the North in an agricul
tural point of view, make amends for all her
short-comings in other respects. On the other
hand, we contend that many years of eontinuil
blushing and severe penance would not suffice
to cancel or annul the shame and disgrace that
justly attaches to the South in consequence of
slavery—the direct evil that e’er befel the
land—that the South bears nothing like even
a respectable approximation to the North in
navigation, commerce or minufactu1 es, and
that, contrary to the opinion entertained by
ninety-nine hundredths of her people, she is
far behind the free States in the only tiling of
which she has ever dared to boast—agricul
ture.
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It is possible that the rickety monster may
make a netter show on a new track; but If it
makes a more ridiculous disply we shall not
be surprised. A careful examination to its
precedent, has taught us the folly of expect
ing anything good to issue from it in any man
ner whatever. It has no disposition to emu
late the magnanimity of its betters, and as for
a laudable ambition to excel, that is a charac
teristic altogether foreign to its nature.
Languor and inertia are the insalutary viands
upon which it delights to satiate its morbid
appetite; and "‘from b id to worse” is the ill
omened inotfo under which, in all its feeble ef
forts and achievements, it ekes out a most
miserable and deleterious existence.
NORTHERN PRODUCTS IN SOUTHERN MARTS.
The person whose curiosity prompts him to
take an account of the immense piles of north
ern lumber now lying on the wharves and busi
iv.ss., I in Unltiiniv-Q I f i « • K I ■> i \ M 11 anil Alhor
slaveholding cities, will not, we imagine, form
a very flattering opinion of the products of
southern forests. Let it be remembered that
nearly all the clippers, steamers arid small
craft are built at the North, that large cargoes
of eastern lumber are exported to foreign
countries; that nine-tenths of the wooden
ware used in the Southern States is manufac
tured in New England; that, in outrageous
disregard of the natural rights and claims of
southern mechanics, the markets of the South
are forever filled with northern furniture,
'vehicles, axehelves, walking canes, yaid
| sticks, clothes pins and penholders; that the
extraordinary number of factories, steam en
j gines, forges and machine shops in tile free
' States require an extraordinary quantity of
| cord wood; that a large majority of tile mag
I nificent edifices and other structures, both pri
i vate and public, in which timber in its various
I forms is extensively used, are to be found in
I the free States—we say, let. all these tilings
i be remembered, and the truth will at once
flash across the mind that the fore ts of the
, North are a source of far gi eater income lliar
' those of'the South. The difference is sirnplv
this: At till: North everything is turned to ad
vantage. When a tree is cut down, the main
| body is sold or used for lumber, railing or pail
ing, the stump for matches or sboepegs, tin
knees for ship building, and tile branches foi
fuel. At thf.‘ South everything is either ne
glected or mismanaged.
, THE NORTH MUST SEIZE THE RICHES OF Till
SOUTH.
Nature has been kind to us in all things
The strata and substrata of the South are pro
j fnselv enrich- -l with gold and silver, an<
I precious stones, ami from the natural orifices
' and aqueducts in Vii iginia and North Carolina,
'flaw the purest healing waters in the world,
i But of what avail is all this latent wealth?
Of what avail will it ever he, so long as sla
very Is permitted to play the dog in the man
ger? To these queries there can he but one
reply. Slavery must be throttled; the South,
so great and so glorious by nature, must be
reclaimed from her infamy and degradation;
our cities, fields and forests must be kept in
tact from the unsparing monster; the various
and ample resources of our vast domain, sub
terraneous as well as superficial, must be de
veloped, and made to contribute to our plea
sures and to the necessities of the world.
REVOLUTION MUSI’ FREE THE SLAVES.
The great revolutionary movement which
was set on foot in Charlotte. Mecklenburg
county. North Carolina, on the 2iith day of
May, 1775, has not yet been terminated nor
will it be, until every slave in the United
States is freed from the tyranny of his master.
Every victim of the vile institution, whether
White or blae.k. must be reinvested with the
sacred rights and privileges of which he has
been deprived by an inhuman oligarchy
What our noble sires of the revolution left un
finished. it is our duty to complete. * * *
To this principle the North has adhered
with the strictest fidelity. How has it been
with the South? Has she imitated the praise
worthy example of our illustrious ancestors?
No! She has treated it with the utmost con
tempt; she has been extremely selfish—so sel
fish, indeed, that she has robbed posterity of
its natural, inalienable l ights. From the pe
riod of the format ion of the government down
to the present moment, her policy has been
downright suicidal, and, as a matter of comse,
wholly indefensible, She has hugged a viper
to her breast; her whole system has been par
alyzed. her conscience is sealed, a d. still
holding in her embrace the cause of her shame
and surt’oring, she is becoming callous to every
principle of justice and magnanimity. Ex
cept among the noo-slaveholdcrs, who, be
sides being kept in the grossest ignorance, are
under the restraint of all manner ot iniquit
ous laws, patriotism has almost ceased to ex
ist within her-borders Aid here wo
desire to be distinctly understood, for wo shall
have occasion to refer to this matter again.
We repeat, therefore, the substance of our
averment, th it, at this day, there is scarcely
a grain of pure patriotism in the South, ex
cept among the non slaveholders.
THE NOnTH TOO SCRUPULOUS-THE THEORY
THAT JOHN 11KOW.N PRACTUEIl.
vVitli regard to the unnational and demoral
izing system of slavery, we believe the ma
jority of Northern people aie too scrupulous.
They seem to think that it is enough lor them
to be mere Freesoilors, to keep in check the
diffusive element of slavery, and to prevent it
from crossing over the bounds within which
it is now regulated by municipal law. Re
miss in their national duties, as we coutend,
they make no positive attack upon the insti
tutions in the Southern Slates.
»#«#«•*
Did they not, in ‘-the days that tried men’s
souls,” strike as hard blows to secure the in
.1___.1 ... ^a .. .. . n,a„ .1: i .i
ing the liberties of Massachusetts, ami is it
not notoriously true tlut the toryism of South
Carolina prolonged the war two yea:s at
least? Is it not, moreover, equally true that
the oligarch:; ol' South Carolina have been
unmitigated pests and bores to the general
government ever since it was organized, and
that the free and conscientious people of I he
North are virtually excluded from her soil in
consequence of slavery? It is a well known
and incontestiblo fact the Northern States
furnished about two-thirds of nil (he Ameri
can troops engaged in-the Revolutionary war;
and, though they were neither more nor less
brave or patriotic than their fellow soldiers of
the South, yet. inasmuch as the independence
of our country was mainly secured by virtue
of their numerical strength, we think they
ought to consider it not only their right but
their duty to make a firm and decisive effort
to save the States which they fought to free
from falling under the yoke of a worse tyran
ny than that which overshadowed them under
the reign of King George the Third. Free
men of the North! we earnestly entreat you
to think of these things. Hitherto, as mere
free sellers, you have approached but half
way to the line of your duty; now, for your
own sakes and for ours, and for the purpose
of perpetuating this great republic, which
your fathers and our fathers founded in sep
tennial streams of blood, we ask you, in all
seriousness, lo organize yourselves as one man
under the banners of liberty, and to aid us in
exterminating slavery, which is the only
thing that militates against our complete ag
grandizement as a nation. In this extraordi
nary crisis of affairs no man can be a true pa
triot without first becoming an abolitionist.
THE NON-8 LAVISH CODERS TO STRIKE FOR
TREASON.
Non-slaveholders of the South, farmers, me
chanics and working men, we take this oecn
I sion to assure* jfou that the slavehohllng poli
a i a wo iiilinm irnn lintm alnnloi) frt one iif
i honor and profit have hoodwinked you, trifled
with you, and used you as mere tools for the
consummation of their wicked designs.
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Now, as one of your own number, we ap
peal to you to join us in our earnest and time
ly efforts to rescue the generous soil of the
South from the usurped and desolating con
trol of these political vampires. Once and
forever, at least so far as this country is con
cerned. the infernal question of slavery must
be disposed of; a speedy and absolute abol
ishment of the whole system is the true policy
of the South—and this is the whole policy
| which we propose to pursue. Will you aid
ua? will yon assist us? will you be freemen?
or will you be slaves?
• •••••
Do not reserve the strength of your arms
until you shall have been rendered powerless
to strike) the present is the proper time for
action) under all the circumstances, apathy
or indifference is a crime. First ascertain, as
nearly as you can. the precise nature and ex
tent of your duty, and then, without a mo
ment’s delay, perform it in good faith. To
facilitate yon in determining what considera
tions of right, justice and humanity require at
your liands, is one of the primary objects of
this work; and we shall certainly fail in our
desire if we do not accomplish our task in a
manner acceptable to God and advantageous
to man.
REVOLUTION—PEACEFULLY IF WE CAN, VIO
LENTLY IF WE MUST.
Now. sirs, we ask you. in all seriousness, is
it not apparent that you have flinched from us
nearly five times the amount of the assessed
value of your slaves? Why, then, do you still
i clamor for more? Is it your purpose to make
; the game perpetual? 'liiink you that we will
i ever continue to bow at the waive of your
wand, that we will bring humanity into ever
lasting disgrace by licking the band that
smites us. and that with us there is no point
beyond which forbearance ceases to be a vir
i tue? Sirs, if these bo your thoughts, you are
laboring under a most fatal delusion. You
can goad us no further; you shall oppress us
no longer. Heretofore, earnestly but submis
sively. we have asked you to redress the more
atrocious outrages which you have perpetra
1 ted against us; but what has been the invaria
ble fate of our petitions? With scarcely a
. perusal, with a degree of contempt that added
insult to injury, you have laid them on ^he
table, and from thence they h ive been swept
into the furnace of oblivion Hencefoitb,
sirs, we are demandants, not suppliants. We
demand onr rights, nothing more, nothing less.
It is for you to decide whether we are to have
justice peaceably or by violence for whatever
consequences may follow, we are determined
to have it one way or the other.
THE BASSES TO STAND OR DIE BY.
Inscribed on the banner which we herewith
unfurl to the world, with the full and fixed de
termination to stand by it or die by it, unless
one of more virtuous efficacy shall be present
ed, are the mottoes which, in substance, em
body the principles, as we conceive, 'hat
should govern us in our patriotic warfare
against the most subtle and insidious foe that
ever menaced the inalienable rights and liber
ties and dearest interests of A in orient
1. Thorough organization and independent,
political action on the part of the non-slave
holding whites of the South.
2. Ineligibility or pro-slavery slaveholders;
never another vote to any one who ndvocates
the retention and perpetuation of human sla
very.
3. No co-operation with pro-slavery poli
ticians ; no fellow-hip with them iu religion ;
no affiliation with them in society.
4. No patronage to pto-slaverv merchants;
no guest-hip iu «iave-waiting hotels; no fees
to pro-slavery lawyers; no employment to
pio-slavery physicians; no audience to pro
slavery parsons'.
8. tfo more hiring of slaves by non-slave
holders.
0. Abrupt discoutinuance of subscription to
pro-slavery newspapers.
7. The greatest possible encouragement to
free white labor.
ABOLITIONISM OR REVOLUTION IN I860.
In taking leave of our readers we know not
how we can give more fo clble expression to
our thoughts ami intentions than by saying
that, in concert with Iho non-slaveho ding
whites of the North, we, the non-siaveholdiug
whiles of tint South desire and expect to ele
vate to the Presidency in 1860, an able Bud
worthy re .resentative of the great principles
enunciated in the Republican platform adopt
ed at Philadelphia in 1859; and that, foiever
thereafter we will, if we can. by onr suffrages,
hold the Presidential chair, and other high of
ficial positions in the Federal Government,
sacredly intact from the occupancy and pollu
tion of pro-slavery demagogues, whether from
the North or from the South; and fmthermore;
that if. in any case, the oligarchs do not quiet
ly submit to the will of a constitutional ma
jority of the people, at the ballot box, the first
battle between freedom and slavery will bo
D .. i . . U _ _ .. I _ s-r i l a . . ,
“v wuu ucicnu imd
right.
THE FEEDERS OF TREASON AND REVOLUTION.
Tn aid of the general fund for circulating one
hundred thousand copies of the woik In hand,
subscriptions up to the 15th of June, 1059,
amount to about $2,700, of which the follow
ing, as will respectively appear, have been re
ceived in sums of from $10 to $250:
Beer3, Abner, New York city.$ 10
Bonney, B. W., “ “ “ loo
Brown. Nicholas, Warwick, R. 1. ltfo
Burdick. Asher B., Biooklyn. N. Y. 100
Clarke. J Freeman, Jamaica Plains, Mass. 10
Clay, Cassius M„ Whitehall, Ky. 25
Clay, “ '■ for a Ky. clergyman-•• 250
Clay, “ “ for several persons--*. 10
Darrah, Robert L., N. Y. city.. .... 10
Dudley, E. G., Boston, Mass. ..... so
Endicott, Wm.. Jr., do. ... 100
Farnum, Jonathan, Millville, Mass. 10
Fiske, Edwards W., Brooklyn, N. Y-.-- 100
Fosdick, Samuel. Cincinnati,Ohio. 10
French, Stiles, New Haven, Conn.. 10
Frisbie, M. J., N. Y. city... 100
Frothingham, 0, B., Jersey city,.XU. J... 100
Goodloe.D. R , & friend, Washington,D.C. 10
Greeley, Horace, New York city-..- .... 100
Greenfcuf, R. C., Boston, Mass.... 50
Harris, Edward, Woonsocket, R.1. 100
Hendrick, Benjamin S., New Yoik city-. 50
Helper, Hilton R., New York city... •• 100
Hulburt, F., Brooklyn, N. Y. 25
Jay, John, New York city. 100
Keteham, Edgar, New York city... ... 25
McCaulley, William. Wilmington. Del-- 10
Maible. Nathan. Port Byron, N. Y. 10
May. Samuel, Boston. Mass. 100
Morgan, Edwin D., Albany. N. Y . 100
Nesmith, John, Lowell, Mass.. 100
Norton. John T.. Farmington, Conn. 100
Parsons, .J. C., New York.. JO
Pinner, M.. Kansas City, Mo. 10
Plumply, Benj. Rush, Philailelphia, Pa 10O
Randolph. Evan. Philadelphia. Pa. 20
Republicans of Pootsville and New Cov
entry, Pa , $40; Ci own Point, N. Y.. $11 51
Republicans of Shawnee Mound, $20;
South Bend, 1ml., $10.. . 30
Roberts, W. 8.. New York city... 10
Robinson, H , New Castle comity, Del -.. 20
Ryerson, David, Newson, N. J. 64
Sherman, S. N., Ogdensbmg, N. Y. 32
Smith, Gerrit. Peterboro, N. Y. 20
Spring, Marcus, Eagleswood. N. J. 100
Stober. John A., Smyrna. N. Y.. 10
Stranaban. J. 8. T., Brooklyn, N. Y. 100
Tap pan. Lewi's. Brooklyn, N. Y. ...... .. 100
Thomas, Win. R , Philadelphia, Pa. lid)
Twnmii; IVnu/nnrt. U 1. 1(1
Wadsworth. Jus. S-New York city •••• • 100
Wakeman. Abram. “ .. .. 1U0
Weed, Tharlow, Albany, N. Y-......... ,100
White, Aaron, Thompson. Conn. 10
Wright, E. N. and J. A., Philadelphia-- 30
Wood Bradford, K-. Albany, N, Y. 100
A. A.. $50; B. B , $50; C. C., $10; D. 1).,
$10; E. E.. $20; F. F.. $25; N. Carolina 165
S. F. M., Wilmington, Del •■. .. 10
A friend, by S. E. Sewell. Boston. Mass.,
$10; E. B., Brooklyn, N. Y.. $25. 35
Total.$3,518
A Lunatic on the Bench.—The fol
lowing incident in Court at Hamilton, C.
VV , is mentioned by the Spectator of that
place :
Yesterday morning, while Mr. Free
man was addressing the jury, in one of
the most eloquent portions ot his speech,
to his horror he saw a broad grin on the
faces of the jury, after winch they seemed
involuntarily 10 burst out into a loud
laugh. The learned counsel sppeared for
the moment oonplussed. not being aware
of the cause of this unseemly proceeding.
On turning to the bench, however, the
reason was evident. The Chief Justice
had retired to ins room for a moment, and
| in the judicial chair, in all his majesty,
i there sal no less a person than Mr. Rob
i ert Lines, an insaue man well known
l here. Bob, as he is familiarly called,
j looked smilingly on the learned counsel
: and said: “Go on, it’s all right; 1 ii see
I justice done,” amidst roars of laughter.
i At this moment his lordship returned, but
the would-be Judge did not feel inclined
to vacate bis prominent position, and it
required three constables to remove him.
It was som ■ minutes before the Court set
tled down to its customary solemnity, and
i the learned gentleman was able to con*
| tioue bis speech.