-
THE OREGON ARGUS,
Bt'wILLIAM L. ADAMS.
TERM Tin A am wiU h furnisktd at
Tkrtt Dollars ti fifty Ctnte in annum, in
t&wut, tt tiugli tubteribtrt Tkrtt Dollars
ttek it duke tin it tnt tffietin tdoanet.
Wktn tkt money it ( fid in tdoanet, four
, VtUart wiU tt that f 4 if paid wilkin tit
monlkt, and Pitt dollars at tkt end of tkt year,
(W Tun Dtllariftr tit mtntktNt tukttrif
iitns rtetivtdtr a lett ptritd.
tjf" tit paper ditctnliuued until all trrtaragn
art paid, uUu at tkt tptitn tf tkt puhlitkrr.
Newi from tho Atlantio States,
07 At the celebration of the aetlle-
men! of Jamestown, Va., on the 14th of
Way, it im estimated that 7,000 persons,
including eightoon military companies,
were present, hx President Tylor oceu
pled two hour and a half In the delivery
of ill ori ion. Gov. Via spoke in ret.
noma to tha roultiiudo. Fireworka and
grand ball terminated the ceremonies.
Sixteen ttenmer, gaily decked with flng,
ancborcd at tho iilaud.
07 There it a rumor that Mr Ruchnn
n and somoof hit Cabinet will vii.it Dot
ton, lo be present on June 17tb, at tbe in
euguratioii of the italue of Cenernl War
ren,on Bunker Hill. God. Scott will be
" on hand."
OCT The President's health it quite re
established. There it no doubt, tho inves
tigation having been very rigid, that the
National Hotel disease, which bat destroy
d to many persona, wholly a rote from bad
Ventilation and putrid effluvia.
' 07" Ex Pre'ident Tierce and Lit wift
are now in New York, after visiting Pirce
Duller, at Philadelphia, It it reported
from ickshurg, that $03,000 were tub
turiked, in that i;ity in one day, towards
buying a plantation, nt a gift, for Gccerel
Tierce.
Hon. Uoukbt J. Walker. Wo under-
ttnnd thnt Gov. Walker, who it nnw in this
city, will leave direct for Kansas on Mu
Jay evening next, or the following morn
lug. It it hit intention lo take tho oaih of
office in this city before starling Wash
ington Union, 0th.
OCT Hon. Hubert J. VVulkcr stated to
cine of hit friend on Suturduy that he
Mt confident of settling all difficulties in
Kansas, and that in l ho coming election he
should so arrange matters personally,
that order Miould be main'alned and the
purity of the ballot box preserved. '
07" The amended Dallas-Clarendon
treaty, in relation to Central America, Las
been r- jected by tho British Governmcnl.
It is thought, in some quarter, that in con
sequence of the rejection of tho Dallas
Clurondon treaty, our minister, Mr. Dallas,
will return homo, and that ex-Secretary
Marcy will he tent out as his successor.
07" Mr.J.A.Sandford, one of the Now
York merchant princes, has just paid the
tlbt of nature, at the age of fifty-one,
He was worth a million and a half of
dollars, and, in conjunction with Mr. Geo.
Peabody of London, once cleared 000,.
000 by one year's importation of iron, for
railroads. Latterly his mind gave way,
and in this unhappy state he died.
07" Mr. Oakley, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of New York city, died on
the 12th May, aged 74. After serving
two sessions in Congress, be succeeded
Martin Van Buron, as Attorney General
of the State, in 1810. Me was made a
Judge of the Supreme Court in 1823, and
was thus nearly 30 years on the Bunch.
07" The lion. Stephen Adams, late U
S. Senator from Mississippi, died in Mern
phis, Tenn.,on lhel2thof May.
07" Hon. B. M. Crenshaw, Chief Justice
T Kentucky, died lately.
07" Judge William Willson, ono of
'he earlies pioneer of Illinois, and Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court from 1819
to IS 9 died a few days eince.
$7 Mr. Bo i ill .mi, .elected in placo of
Preston S. Brooks, is a strong States'
Rights Democrat. He was in the South
Carolina Convention of 1352, and voted
for the ordinance declaring tbe right of a
S.t.V to secede.
07" Sew -Bedford has appropriated
$3000 for ike celebration of the Fourth of
July
07" The latest accounts from Mr. Sum
tier report him at Paris, rapidly improv
ing in health. He declined a public din
ner. 07 Gov. Wise it again in the field, with
pro,0"1 10 IDfus8 nftW int0 Vir8inia
by a tax y,tf rs ,nd "l11' bU'
OT-MsrTiwa.'" died recently' at W"
coming, Camden cou "ty, New Jersey, at
the age of 103 years, 4 months and 24
days. She made many eac 'fices to the
eaute of liberty in the days of Reso
lution, doing much in contributing to tbe
wants of the army.
Jy The great Burdell murder case in
New York, about which to much fuss wat
made bat beeo brought to a close. In the
caieef Mn. Cunningham, the jury return
ed a virdict of not guilty, and Eckel was
released on hit own recognizance.
The proprietors of the New York Timet
for a reward of 85000 fur information
hich shall lead to tha detection and con
viction of tht murderer of pr- Pardfll.
-A Weekly Newnpapor, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and advocating
Vol. III.
LATE FROM NICARAGUA
Sown&ll of Walker (
From the 23d March, when the Allies
attacked Rivas and wore repulsed with
considerable lost, to the 11th of April,
there doet not appear to have been any
righting. on t,e latter day, the allies at
tacked Walker in hit entrenchment, and
were again repulsed. Cen. Ilrnninctcn
estimnlet the lot of the Allies at 000 men
in killed, wounded, and prisoner, and
Walker'a lost at 10. Tbit action It taid
to be one of the most gallant affairs evtr
witnessed. The Allies mustered about
2,!()0 men, against less than 200 of Walk
er s who ware in action. The fight lasted
five hours. The Cos la Ricon papers admit
(hat ihe attack was an uuforiunuteoue.
On the 27th of April, the Allies again
commenced a heavy fire upon the city.
On the 28th, "tbe firo was continued."
Just at the moment (be cannonade com
menccd, Col. Titut, with seven or eight
other officer and about 70 men, deserted
and went over to Ihe Allies. On the 20th,
"the fire was augmented."
On the 30th of April, Walker being re
dticed to about 200 fighting men, and offi
cer, Capt. Davis of the U. S. sloop-ofwar
at. Mary s, appeared in Ihe camp of the
Allies,- as a mediator between them and
Gen. Walker, when negotiations were at
onco commenced for Walker's capitulation
On the same day, Cupt. Davis addressed
letter to Gen. Walker, stating that he
wut aware of his desperato position, and
offers, by authority from the Allies, to guar
anty his personal safety, and the lives and
safety of all under his command, in care
he would cupilulute. He also offered lo
take him to Panama, and notified him that
en. Mura consented lo suspend hostilities.
To this Utter Gen. Walker replied, that
Capt. Davis's propositions were too vague,
and requested a personal interview. Capl.
Davis wrote to express his surprise that his
proportions should be found vague re
states them moro plainly, asking him to
abandon his enterprise and quit the coun
try, pledging himself for his safety and the
safety of all persons in Rivas without ex
ception; but declines the personal inler-
icw.
The same day Gen. Walker writes that
he agrees to suspend hostilities until noti
fied by Capt. Davis that they are to recom
mence, but begged him to notify Gen.
Mora that he would consider attempts to
nduce Lit men to desert as acta of hosiili.
ty. tie proposed to send two officers to
Capl. Davis to treat, provided they could
have safe conduct. To this Capt. Davis
responded, by sending a pass for two of
is officers to visit him, and Gen. Walker
ppointed Gen. llenningscn and Col. Wa
ters, as Commissioners, to negotiate with
Cupt. Davis.
Tho next day, May 1st, articles of cnpil
ntion were signed, and Walker issued
them in a general ordur, as follows :
IIkad-Quartem or tub Armv, )
Adjutant-General's Office, Ilivui, May 1, 1857. J
General Order, No. 59. The Cuiuman.
der-in-Chicf, in communicating to the army
the following agreement, thinks proper to
state that he entered iulo it on t tie solemn
assurances from Capt. Davis that Col.
Lock ridge, with his whole command, had
it the ban Juan river for the United States.
In parting for the present with Ihe brave
comrades who have adhered to our cause,
through evil as well as good report, the
Commander-in Chief desires to return his
eep and heartfelt thanks to the officers
nil soldiers under Ins command.
Reduced lo our present position by the
cowardice of some, the incapacity of oth
ers, and the tn achery of many, the army
as yet written a page of American hitory,
moll it is impossible to torget or erase.
rom the future, if not from tho present,
we may expect just judgment.
Rivas, May 1, 1857.
An agreement is hereby entered into
between Gen. William Walker, on tbe one
part, and Commander Charles U. Davis, of
the U. S. Navy, on the other part, and of
which the stipulations are as follows:
First Gen. Walker, with 16 officers of
his staff, shall march out of Rivas, with
their side-arms, pi-tola, horses, and per
sonal baggage, under the guarantee of ihe
said Capt. Davis, of the U. S. Navy : that
they shall not be molested by tbe enemy,
and hnll be allowed lo embark on board
the U. S. vessel of war St. Mary's, in the
harbor of San Juan del Stir, the said Capt.
Davis undertaking lo transport them safely
on the St. Mary's lo Panama.
Second The officers of Gen. Walker's
array shall n.:.'cb out o: .ttivas, witb ibeir
side arms, under the guarantee and pro
tection of Capt. Uavis, who ui.ieruaea lo
I . j r -. :
see tnem tateiy iransporicu io rauamt
chirge of a United States officer.
Third lbe privates ana non commis
sioned officert, citizens, and employees of
departments, woonded or unwounded, tball
be tut rendered, with their arms, to Capt.
Davis, or one of bit officers, a ad placed
under his protection and control, he pledg
ing himself to have them safely transported
to Panama in charge of a United States
nffieor. in separate vessels from the desert
ers from tbe ranks, and without being
brought into contact with them.
Fourth Capt. Davit undertakes to ob
tain goarantees, and hereby does guarantee,
inept!
OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 27, 1857.
America, now in Rivat, and surrendered U
the protection of Capt. Davit, shall be l
lowed to reside in Nicaragua, and be pro
teoied in life and property.
fifth U it agreed that aucb officers
at have wivet and familio in San Juan del
Sur, shall be allowed to remain thore. un
der protection of the United State Con-
tul, until an oppertumiy effort of embark
ing for San Francisco or Panama.
Gen. Walker nnd Capl. Davis mutually
pledge themselves lo each oilier that this
agreement shall be executed in good fuitk.
Sigaed Wm. Walkbr.
Cuas IIenbv Davis,
Commander U.S. Navy.
rreteni anu aoiinjr:
laigneoi u. t. iiemninosen.
C F. IIen
John P. Waters,
8. WiMTintop Tailor.
Fy command of General Wm. Walker.
Commander-in-Chief.
Th. R. Thompson,
Adjt.-Gen., N. A.
On the tamo day Gen. Mora wrote to
Capl. Davis, thanking him for putting a
stop to the war, and Capt. Davis wreie to
Gen. Canas, notifying him that he placed
at hit disposal the Plaza of Rivas and all
the materials of war.
In a few days afterwards, the St. Marys,
with Gen. Walker and 17 of his officers,
sailed for Panama, where she arrived May
17th. From thence they would proceed
by railroad to Aspinwall, and lake steamer
to Now Orleans,
Walker tht Isthmus.
On Tuesday morning, (May 10th) about
9 o'clock, the boats of the United States
squadron lunded Walker and his party on
the beach near the Railroad station. They
immediately proceeded to Mr. Nelson's of.
fice and remained thereabout half an hour,
until ihe cars were reedy to receive them,
A considerable number bo'h of natives nnd
oreigners, crowded round them as they
landed, and round the Railroad office, cu
rious to see the man of whom, for the last
two years, I hey had heard so much. The
general exclamation was of surprise that
" un hombre tan chiquito," (such a little
man,) csuld bo the dread filibuster who
had convulsed Central America so long.
One or two among the crowd made some
insulting remarks, but there was no gener
al demonstration of nny kind. The mili
tary were on the ground to keep order, and
the Commodore had hia mariners lying off
in boats, ready to act in case of necessity,
but they did not land. On the arrival of
the train at Aspinwall the tame curiosity
was manifested by the people to see Wal
ker, who, wilh his party, went immediate
ly lo the Steamship Company's office where
he remained until the hour of embarka
tion. Panama Star.
From tkt Panama Star $ Herald.
Will Walker Return U Nicaragua 1
Rufore three months have expired from
this date, June 1, unless the U. S. Gov
ernment interferes to prevent him, Walker
will most probably be back again in Cen
tral America. lie talked about going back
as be came down on thn St. Marys he
poke about it, we are told, when on the
Isthmus, and no doubt he will use every
means in his power to accomplish it when
he returns among his friends in New Or
leans. If he can raise tbe means to equip
fifteen hundred or two thousand men, all
Spanish America put together cannot keep
him from gelling a foot hold in the country,
and if he does, he never will be got out of
it again. We cannot imagine how Gen.
Mora, when he had Walker in his power,
did not bind him and his officers, in the
terms of capitulation, never to put their
foot iu Central America. We fear he will
live to regret this important omission.
In the mean time, ihe Central Am
erican Slates should remember that the
snake is scotched, not killed, and, instead
of quarreling over the remains of Nicara
gua, as they seem inclined to do, stand pre
pared in case of emergency to put down
the first attempt at another invasion, for,
as we said before and believe, if Walker
once again gets a foot-hold in the country,
the combined forces of Spanish America,
from Mexico to Cape Horn, will not be
able to resist him, and a new nation will
rise on the ruint of the Central American
Republics.
Ballmers SI. Louis.
The almost concurrent completion ofj
three important lines of railroad is spoken
of as realizing a nearly air-line route from
Baltimore lo St. Louis, and shortening the
distance from upwards of one thousand
milea to eight hundred and eighty-nine
miles. Parkersburg and Cincinnati are on
tbe route. Cincinnati ana ou i-ouis win
be brought within twelve hours of each
other. This it accomplished by tbe use
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, in con
nection with intermediate roads ; and the
travel between tbe Patapco and Mississ
ippi riven will toon be brought down to
thirty-seven hours.
In f tha .inr1ar eonenrrence of:
lime in tbe completion of the three graod .
divUiontof tbit route, (tbe Baltimore Sun
savs.Ht beeomea aaubjeetof truly nation-
lemplaied, at we learn, to make a conjoin!
opening ceremony at a convenient period
in June, the occasion lo be graced by the
President of the United States and lift
Cabinet, ihe Gerernort of all ihe States
from Maryhnd te Mitsouri, and oihort le.
(.'itimaiely belonging to ihe event. The
New York and Erie road wat opened by
President Fillmore, with Mr. Webster an'd
a brilliant cortege, and a fair precedent
wat tnus established for rresideniial coun
tenance upon an eocaaion of far leu mag'
nitude than that of the proposed inaugura
tion of this " grand highway," which ia to
directly nnd mdiretlly unite the national
metropolit and the city of monumenta with
the tt rent commercial centrett of the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys.
Tho President and several membere of
his Cabinet, have accepted an invitation
te join a grand excursion in honor of the
opening of the Parkersburg and Marietta
railroads, by which an air line it secured
from the Chesapeake lo the Mississippi
river. The Governors and Senators of
Virginia and Maryland had likewise ac
cepted similar invitations. It wai to be a
grand affair. The party was te leave
Washington on the morning of the 1st of
June.
The American Homk Missionary So
ciety. The American Home Missionary
Society celebrated its thirty-fifth anniver
sary on the evening of the 13th of May,
at the Church of tho Puritans, Union
Square. In the report of the Executive
Committee was embraced a resolution, that
no aid would be granted to churches con
taining slavehuldiug members, except un
dr very pecnliar circumstances.
Tub New York Tract Society. The
New York Tract Society held its annual
convention on the 13lh and 1 Ith of May.
Contrary to all expectation, everything
went on amicably, the annual report was
accepted, nnd resolutions unanimously ad
opted declaring that the " political aspect
of slavery lie entirely without the proper
sphere of this society," and generally
avoiding the dangerous topic. Much joy
was manifested by all parties at the sensi
ble) conclusion this very useful body came
to. Its dissolution would causo much pain
to every man in the community. Of all
the societies which mot in Now York, none
stood more high for its members indulg
ed in neither cant nor fanaticism.
lTov America was Peopled. Rev.
Dr. Hawks, a learned and eloquent sehol.
ar, has recently been delivering a series of
lectures, intended to show that this conti
nent was peopled by successive migrations
from the old world, at different eras and
by different races. First from the shores
of the Mediteranean, which was the earli
est seat of commercial enterprise, and the
people from which have left their record
upon the vast ruins of Yucatan ; next
from China and Japan to Mexico, Central
and South America, and next from North
ern Asia, from which the American tribes
of Indians came. These theories are sus
tained by remarkable analogies between
tho languages prevailing indifferent parts
of the Ceastern continent with those to be
found on this continent.
Large Time Piece. A recently pub
ished description of tbe English Parlia
ment clock includes the following items :
lis dials are twenty-two feet in diameter,
nnd are the largest in the world with a
minute hand. Every half minute tbe
point of (he minute hand moves nearly
seven inches. The clock will go eight and
a half days, nnd strike only for seven and
a half, so as to indicate by its silence any
neglect in winding it up. The mere wiud
ing of each of the striking parts will take
two hours. The pendulum is fifteen feet
ong ; the wheels are of cast iron ; the
hour bell iseijht feet high and nine feet in
diameter, weighing from fourteen to fifteen
tons. The weight of tbe hammer it four
cwt.
07" Washington Irving, who is now in
his seventy-fifth year, recently received an
invitation to be present at the oration de
livered by Edward Everett in Albany.
He returned an answer regretting his in
ability to attend, on account of hit being
so busily occupied in getting ihe last vol
ume of his work on Washington through
the press, and Lit being incessantly sub
ject to the printer'e-eall.
07" Dlaek-eyed ladies are moat apt to
be passionate and jealous. Blued eyed,
soulful and truthful, affectionate and con
fiding. Grey-eyed, philosophical, literary,
resolute, cold hearted, liazel-eyed, quick
tempered and fickle.
07" Two negroes of the four who were
" J implicated in tbe murder of the Joyce fam
0 ily, near Louisville, Kentucky, tome time
tgo, were ntnged by a mob at Louisville on
the 14ih of May. It appeara that one of
the four negroes turned stales evidence,
but bis testimony net beine corroborated
they were acquitted, when toe raoe, as
I above stated, attacked the jail, aad two of
them bavins: been surrendered by tbe jail-
or, were banged. The third cut his ibroai
with a razor, and tbe negro who l u rood
Statea evidence, wa permitted togonnmo-
the side of Truth iu every issue.
No. 11
For tkt At gut.
Hlave Laker er Trie Laker.
No. II Concluded.
0. Mr. Stephent assumes that the trans
action in Kansas which has been called a
fraud, an iniquity, and a crime, " it the
simple declaration of the principle that iht
people of the Territory ef Kansas should
have the right, without limitation or re
ttriolion from any quarter, tare the Con
ttitution of the United Statet, te form and
mould jutt tuch inttitutioni for their own
government aa they pleated." p. 6.
nir. oiepuent net, most ooviousiy, under
a mistake in tbit matter. Noitiier tht
principle above stated, nor the declaration
of it, nor any action in conformity wilh it,
hat ever been called a fraud, an iniquity,
or a crime. On the contrary, the Repub
lican party, against whom he is arguing,
have adopted, and endeavored to act upon,
that very principle. They wished nothing
better than the opportunity lo act upon it
without limitation or restriction from any
quarter. That which they have justly
called a fraud, an iniquity, and a crime,
was the forciblo imposition of limitations
and restrictions, in the shape of bands of
armed men from Missouri and elsewhere,
preventing the votes of actual settlers iu
Kansas, substituting illegal volet of their
own, and committing various outrages
upon tho rights, property, and persons of
(hoso settlers who were known or suspte'ed
to be opposed to slavery.
This brings us to the seventh unfounded
assumption.
7. Worthy Mr. Stephens is a zealous
advocate of "law and order." He says,
page 8,
" A strong and generul tendency to dis
regard law and order is one of the most
lamentable evils of the day. It is not
couGned to Kansas, but it is seen and fell
everywhere. And our object, and that ef
an gnou men, stiouiu be lo check it rnlher
than excite it."
Now, strange as it may seem, tho above
calm and peaceful-looking sentiment is not
uttered in condemnation of the "border
ruffians" of Missouri, or of their outrages
just mentioned. They were good and
faithful sonants of the cause, in another
department of which Mr. Stephens ia la
boring. The "law" which bo befriends is
the law of slavery. The "order" which
he wishes to maintain is the order that
reigned in Warsaw complete and utter
subjugation of right to might the still
ncss which follows after every effort to re
sist oppression baa been conquered. So
Mr. Stephens assumes the violations of
law and order to have come from those who,
after long nnd patient submission, at length
took arms to repel force by force, and fur
ther assumes that, if slavery thould be
overthrown, anarchy must nccessorily
come in its place.
8. Ho assumes that the Constitution of
the United Statet contains nothing incon
sistent with slavery, or adverse to it.
When asked, ns the Republicans are con
stantly asked by the Abolitionists, Does
not the Constitution contain tomo pro
slavery clauses I Mr. Stephens replies, ad
opting literally nnd seriously the common
Western formula of exaggeration It
doesn't contain anything else I IIo entire
ly ignores the Preamble to the Constitu
tion, setting forth the purposes for which
that instrument was ordained and estab
lished. In his fan nt io zeal fur slavery,
(which did, to the disgrace ef our fathers,
find a lodgment in two or three clauses of
the Constitution,) he utterly disregards the
account by the instrument itself of its own
purposes namely, " to ferm a more per
fect Union," (which slavery perils,) "to
establish justice," (which slavery over
throws,) "to ensure domestic tranquillity,"
(which slavery destroys,) "to provide for
tbe common defense," (which slavery pre
vents, as in the case of South Carolina
above quoted,) " to promote the general
welfare," (which slavery fatally wounds,
with a poisoned blade,) and, finally, "to
secure the blessings of liberty lo ourselves
and our posterity," (which slavery seri
ously limits to the nation at large, exten
sively and most injuriously limits to the
small body of actual slaveholders, and an
nihilates to that considerable proportion of
their posterity which they bold, work, and
sell as slaves.)
Thus Mr. Stephens assumes that tbe
Constitution is wholly, thoroughly, and
absolutely pro-slavery, and that the claim
of constitutional action of course excludes
everything opposed to slavery.
0. lie assumes, (by quoting cerlaia lan
guage of the advocate of tbe pro-slavery
Kansaa government in tuch a connection
at to tbow that he agrees wilh and adoptt
it,) that the passage of laws imposing from
two to five years' imprisonment at hard la
bor for speaking, writing, or publishing
against slavery, it no interference with
freedom of speech or of tbe press. Here
ia the language, on p- 8 of the pamphlet :
" There ia nothing in the act itself, as
bst been charged, lo prevent a free discus.
tion of the subject ot slavery. Ittlsar.ng
on toeiety, iu nwralitr or expedin-r, or
AOVI'.ltTWINO KATES.
One fjiurt (lit line w kwj out iiiMrtibn, $3,00
" " Iwo iimrt:utt, 4
" " tlirto inn-nlons, S,'1'
Eaeh subsequent inwt.on, t,l-o
r.eatiiasble dtducuoiie tn ikuse who advertise ty
tlit yi ar.
JOB r HINTING.
Tut raorairroa ur Tin AltCil'M it turrv
lo Infurm tlit nubile ilmt Lt du jiwt reveivml a
large stork of JOU TVl'K and othrr imw print'
ing omk-riol, and will be in Ilia aily rx-eint of
adilitiona auited lo all the requirements of this lo
fll.IV. UA.MJIIIl.US 1'UMI.KH, lil.A.VKH,
CAKDS, CiKCl'LAltH, I'AMrill.UT-VYOUK
and other kiu.lt, dun to order, on sliurt notice.
whether It would be politic or impolltio to
make tbit a slave S:aie, can be discussed
here at freely at in any State in this
Union, without infiinaing any of the pro.
visions of the law. To deny the right of
a person to hold slave, under the law in
Mi' Territory, if made penal; but, be.
yond this, there it no restriction to lbe dis
cussion of iho tlavery question in any as
pect In which it it capablo of being con.
tillered."
At if one thould say This law indeed
permitt the ttrikiug a man over the la aJ
wilh a gutta percha cane at any time when
it face is turned toward his desk in wri
ting, nnd also (he repetition of lbe blows
until you arc safe from the danger of imme.
iate retaliation on his part, but, beyond
this, there is no interfertnea with the secu
rity of a in a n't writing at his own desk I
We do not find this figure of speech de
scribed in any of the modern writers on
rhetoric, but an old author named Milton
quotes the following description and char,
acterization of it by a personage called
abriel, who wat commenting on the lan
guage of a contemporary personage styled
Sutnn.
"To ny anil elra'irM unsay, protruding first
Wwe to fly pain, profaaini; u)tt iht spy, ,
Arguea du lea.Ur, but a fur, Tatceu.'1
10. Mr. Stephens assumes that ihe lun
guage of the Republican loadnrs, in Kan.
m and elsewhere, is dunigtied to preps ru
the party for "a erusnde against tho
South," and " a war of extermination
against their Southern brethren."
The foundation fur this announcement,
that a Northern force is threatening to de
scend, with firo and sword, upon the peace
ful plaint of the South, it the following
passage from Gen. Webb's Courier end
Enquirer. After spinking ef tho extent
to which the patience and peaceful for
bearance of tli6 Kansas people continued
to bo abused, by the incursion of armed
bands from Missouri, parity te control tho
oluctions, and partly te drive " Free Stale
moti" from the Territory, llio Courier and
Enquirer said, (June2dih)
''Tho remedy is, to go to the polls, and
through the ballot-box repudiate the infa
mous pi ii form put forth at Cincinnati, and
over which the black flag of tlsvory wave
with characteristic impudence; and, fail
ing in this, do as our fathers did before us
stand by our inalienable rights, and drift
back, with arms, those who Jaro to trample
tqwn OUR INlir.RITANCE."
To this announcement of an intention to
repel tbe armed invaders of Kausas, Mr.
Stephens replies p. 14 i
" Do you wish to go bofore the country
with the question, to inflame the public)
mind at the North, to move their passions,
to stir up ihuir blood, and prepare their
hearts for a war of extermination against
theit Southern brethren J lean
not believe that the great body of honest
business people at the North are prepared
to join a set of reckless leaders in lliU era
sails aqai.ist Til a South."
11. He assumes that the injuries actual
ly inflicted on the " Free Stale men" were
not sufficient to justify either Ihcir com
plaints er their resort to arms, lie speaks
ef these injuries at "difficulties," and aski,
p. 7ih, "Are they not greatly exaggerated
aud magnified I''
We reply They are not exaggerated.
The testimony of numerous, various, and
reliable witnesses, spoken, written, and
printed, the reports alike of residents in
tho Territory and visitors lo it, the loiters
of emigrants to their friends, and Iho state
ments of (hose who went abroad to obtain
supplies of food and clothing for the suf
ferers, the evidence recorded in the daily
press as the strupglo went on, and tho
three or four volumes since published, con
taining histories of tho war, and ef its an
tecedent and nttending clrcumstancos, Ly
persons actually concerned in thorn, form
an impregnable body of evidence, which
cannot be sot aside by the doubts and
queries of Mr. Stephens. The incursions
of armed men from Missouri and elsewhere,
first assailing, with profune and brutal vi
olence, iho "Free State men" who bad as
sembled lo deposit tholr votes, and thru
taking forciblo possession of the ballot
boxes and securing a majirity for the
cause of slavery by voting themselves
the tubsoquenl indiscriminate ass.iulls
upon prominent fiicnds ef freedom wher
ever they were found, with numerous in
stances of robbery and murder tho at
tacks, at a later period upon their houses
and towns, involving burglary, arson, wan
ten destruction of cattle, crop, ntid prop,
erty of every sort, and the grossest abuse
of unprotected women all these are prov
ed ; there is no need to exaggerate ihem,
even if that were possible ; and the char
acters of Mr. Nute, Mr. Phillips, Gov.
Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, and Mrs. Ropes,
who have given minute and detailed ac
counts of these enormous outrages, are
our ample warrant for a negative answer
to Mr. Stephens's query Have nut these
difficulties been greatly exaggerated and
magnified I
The last of Mr. Stephens's assumptions
which we have space te notice it found on
the 15th page, incorporated with Lis aru
nunt. Speaking of lbe law given to the
Jewt, he iiyt ' It it to be noted tbtlllieii
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