Louisville Weekly Courier, 1859-05-18

The War Question in Europe It will be remembered by our readers that on the 1st day of January last tbe Emperor of France insulted the Austrian Minister in reference to the conduct of his Government toward the Italian States That insult has Deen gathering war clouds iu the political sky of Europe ever since It is thought that war has already begun by the Aus Austrian - trian Austrian army having crossed the Ticino a small stream forming a part of the boundary between Lombardy and Sardinia Such beiug the fact France has joined Sardinia and at least France and Sardiuia are at war with Austria if other powers are not already engaged in the conflict The following facts therefore in relation to the Italian question will be interesting to our readers and enable them to form a fair idea of the origin of the difficulty between Austria Italy and France The Italian Peninsula with au area about equal to that of New York and New England combined and a population of nearly twenty-five millions occupies such a position in Europe that were it united under one authority or leagued in one in interest - terest interest it must carry with it the command of the Mediterranean and balance iu tne South the pow power - er power of Germany iu the North Were the Italian States free aud independent no power could suc successfully - cessfully successfully undertake to arrogate to itself the do dominion - minion dominion of Southern Europe Were the Italian States subject to aoy one of the great Powers that Power might undertake the accomplishment of the dream ot universal European dominion at least as safely as France in the time of Napoleon I or Spaiu in the days of Charles V When exhausted Europe fell back in 1815 from its victory over Napoleon upon the re reconstruction - construction reconstruction of "principalities and powers" it was felt to be imperatively necessary not only that Italy should be put beyond tbe reach of uny of the parties to the Holy Alliance but also that she should be prevented from aspiring to any unity of her own No ruler could trust his brother-ruler with what Richelieu called the "Key of the World" and all the ruler were resolved that the Italian people should pot hold it Italy vus therefore -tfivfdett aTdllo V To the restored King of Naples was given his old realm the Italian inheritance of the Spanish Bourbons Upon an area nearly equal to that of New York this sovereign was to rule over ten millions of subjects and the whole Southern re region - gion region of the Peninsula To the Pope was confided au area equal to that of Maryland and Massachu Massachusetts - setts Massachusetts with three millions of people in the centre of Italy and stretching Irom sea to sea An Aus Austrian - trian Austrian prince ot the young branch of the House of Hapsburg held Tuscany with two millions of people and a fertile region on the west fully as large as Massachusetts locked in upon its north northeastern - eastern northeastern borders by the smaller States of Parma aud Modena also ruled by princes of Austrian extraction and alliance and with a combined pop population - ulation population of about a million souls Northern Italy was finally divided by the river Ticino and tho Lago Maggiore between the Houses of Savoy and Hapsburg the former as Kings of Sardinia pos possessing - sessing possessing a dominion to the West about as large as South Carolina with a population twice as large as that of New York the latter as Kings of Lom-bardo-Yenetia holding a regiou half as large as Maine with a population of about five millions In these arrangements it pleased the Congress of Vienna to see a sure guarantee of the impotence of Italy to menace the peace of the world But the House of Hapsburg had not forgotten its ancient mottu and was determined not only to retain Lombardy which had descended to it from the inheritance ot Charles V and Venice which had fallen into its hands in the chances of the last Napoleonic war but also to use Northern Italy 89 its lever for making all the Peninsula its own - It lost no time iu beginning operations It has never ceased to prosecute them The most for formidable - midable formidable engines of Austrian influence have been the systematic attempts of the Italian sovereigns to crush their people back into the recognition of "Divine Right" and to kill the hydras of "liber "liberty - ty "liberty and law" throughout their States The ink was hardly dry on the Conventions of Paris when in July 12 1815 Austria signed a "secret treaty" with Naples binding the King of Naples to "rule his dominions in accordance with the views of the Austrian Government" Five years later in 1820 Naples forced her King to grant her a Con Constitution - stitution Constitution Austria then appealed to this secret treaty and by virtue of it marched au army into "independent" Naples suppressed the Constitution and established that Austrian tutelage which has endured with the Brief inter interval - val interval of a few months in 1848 up to this time In 1821 Sardinia demanded a Constitution Into Sardinia likewise Austria -marched without a se secret - cret secret treaty and restored despotism there also An outbreak at Bologna brought Austria into the Papal States one or another point of which she has never since ceased to occupy The Grand Duke of Tuscany i3 strictly Austrian by family aud has therefore been left comparatively uncom uncomplimented - plimented uncomplimented by the armed presence of his kinsmen With Parma and Modena iu 1846 Austria con concluded - cluded concluded treaties allowing her to take armed pos possession - session possession of these States wherever "military pru prudence" - dence" prudence" should require it Within the last forty years therefore Austria from ruling five millions of Italians in one corner of the Peninsula has advanced to a practical control over the whole Peninsula with the single exception of Sardinia in which State Liberty has established itself and has held its own with incomparable spirit and good sense Far th i'vrlrriU'- Oourter Democratic Meeting in Allen At a Convention of the Democracy of Allen county held in Scottaville on Monday the 9th May 1859 it being county court day R S Foil is was appointed to the chair and B F Cockrill made Secretary when the following pro ceedings were had : Upon motion of Dr R H Paris M Y H Hol Holland - land Holland J R Williams N K Pope W H Gav Gav-ing - ing Gav-ing C W Ilatten N G V Henderson H Devashever W Dodson J N Grey A S Pol Pol-lis - lis Pol-lis Len Allen J H Murry J E Moore P flrawford Mulligan J W Landers and J W Foster were appointed delegates to represent Alleu county in the Convention to be heid at Bowling Green on the 4th Monday in this month for the purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate for Congress The Convention then proceeded to the nomina nomination - tion nomination of a candidate to represent Allen county in the next Legislature of Kentucky when U B Ford Esq was unanimously chosen Whereupon a committee was appointed to wait upon Mr Ford and inform him ot his nomi nomination - nation nomination when he made his appearance before tho Convention and in a short and pertinent speech declined the nomination expressing much grati gratitude - tude gratitude for the honor conferred and regretting very much the circumstances that compelled him to decline The Convention then resolved after some discus discussion - sion discussion that it was inexpedient to make any further nomination at the time and that the proceedings of the meeting be sent to the Bowling Green Standard and Louisville Courier for publica publication - tion publication Ou motion the Convention adjourned R S FOLLIS Chairman B F Cockrill Secretary May 9 1859 For the Louisville Courier Homicide Near West Point - Further Particulars West Point Ky May 12 1859 Editors Louisville Courier: - My statement on last Monday concerning the affray at Murrier's Toll Gate was correct except that Tarrence was not killed When he (Tarrence) fled from the bloody scene he betook himself to the woods and has been iu the neighborhood of his home until yesterday when advised by Ex-Governor Helm he gave himself up for trial Though we mourn the death of T V Davis (age 50) we still respect his old friend and associate A G Tarrence (age 70) They had lived as brothers and by a kind action of one for the other some time since were sworn friends Not a eloud had arisen in their domestic and social relations to mar the happy coincidence of feeling nor had a single link of friendship's happy chain been exposed to the corroding cankers of enmity eveu to the very moment when reason fled and blood gushed from the gaping wound inflicted by a man strik striking - ing striking madly aud furiously in defense of wounded honor Tarrence had been called a liar had re retorted - torted retorted aud was struck In a half bent position and blinded by his hat he thrust his knife (with which he had been whitling) forward and alas ! the heart's best blood followed it Davis died without a struggle and was takemto his bereaved family The distress and anguish of each family can be imainged better than described Notwith Notwithstanding - standing Notwithstanding tbe manifestations to avenge the death of Davis by mob law the feeling is prevalent from a chain of evidence that will be adduced that Tarrence will be acquitted Yours D

Mason County Resolutions -Protection Slavery in the Territories We publish this morning the proceedings of the Democratic meeting held in Maysville on Monday the 9th inst We call the attention of the Democ Democracy - racy Democracy of Kentucky to the resolution upon the sub subject - ject subject of slavery in the Territories of the United States It is in these words: Resolved That we approve of and endorse the Democratic doctrine of "non-interference by Con Congress - gress Congress with the subject of domestic slavery in State and Territory or in the District of Columbia" we hold that Congress has not the power to legislate slavery into a Territory or to exclude it therefrom but that the right of citizens of the United States to carry with them to the Territories any proper property - ty property which they may possess including slaves and to hold and use the same therein is guaranteed by the common law and under the Constitution of the United States We deprecate the drawing auy line of demarkntiou between this and any other species of property and we maintain that the right of property in slaves in the Territories of the United States should be protected by Congress v benever the necessity may arise in common with the rights of any other species of property what whatsoever - soever whatsoever and that such legislation over the subject matter of slavery in the Territories would not be "interference" but a prevention to interference by professed enemies to slavery either from with within - in within or without the Union Now this is sound Democratic doctrine It re recognises - cognises recognises the palpable existence of a platform upon which all true Northern Democrats stand with the united Southern Democracy It is the platform of the Constitution itself sustained by the inter interpretation - pretation interpretation of the highest judicial tribunal in the land If the Democracy of the North can't stand with us of the South upon the Constitution as interpreted by a co-ordinate branch of theGov erpnie' then the soorer we know it the better It will be seen that the Democracy of Mason use the right words to express their meaning They employ the term non interference when they mean it instead of non-intervention The former term is a household word in Democratic plat platforms - forms platforms but the latter is known only to Know Nothings and Black Republicans Non-intervention is an interpolation into the Democrrtic creed has no existence in our platform? and has no well-defined meaning in Democratic parlance It is not to be found in the Cincinnati national platform nor in the Kentucky State platform It is a mere scare crow gotten up to seduce Democrats from the true faith and to serve some would-be lead leaders - ers leaders as a nostrum to cure all their diseases of judgment maladies of logic and unsoundness of principle Let us have no more cries of non-intervention but let those who are Democrats and who pretend to stand on Democratic platforms use the Democratic word non-interference when they refer to this subject We repeat that this Mason county resolution is sound Democratic doctrine We hold with the Mason Democracy that as an original proposi proposition - tion proposition Congress shall not interfere with slavery in State Territory or the District of Columbia - or to use the words of the Cincinnati platform "non "noninterference - interference "noninterference by Congress with slavery in State and Territory or inthe District of Columbia" But as said by the Mason Democracy there can be no law lawful - ful lawful line of demarcation between slavery and other property in a Territory The Southerner goes there under the guarantees of the Constitution with his slaves upon an equal footing with the Yankee with his clocks and when the Southern Southerner - er Southerner is prevented by a Territorial Legislature or by the squatters from entering and remaining in a Territory with his slaves upon an equal footing with the Yankee with his clocks the act of pre prevention - vention prevention is interference by the agent of Congress for which Congress as principal is responsible and thereupon the Southern Democracy are so releas released - ed released from all pledges as to non-interference as to be compelled in self-defense to prevent interfer interference - ence interference itself to assert and to demand Congression Congression-al - al Congression-al protection against such interference If the Northern Democracy are so unjust as not to join and support the Southern Democracy in this de demand - mand demand for protection then they are no better than the Black Republicans and we want no more to do with them They are not our friends who would thus refuse a Constitutional right which alone can make us co-equals in the Union and when they take such a stand we shall class them with the Abolitionists and sever all party ties with them If we can't have a National party that will do right we will have no National party at all The Hon Stephen A Douglas a candidate for the Presidency in I860 has proclaimed upon the stump and asserted in the United States Senate that a Territorial Legislature may rightfully and lawfully pass laws unfriendly to slavery and ex exclude - clude exclude slaves from a Territory during the Territo rial condition by hostile legislation or by no legis legislation - lation legislation at all for their protection The issue is thus made and the question pressed upon the South by a former leader of the Democratic hosts who now has confederates in the Democratic party even in the South such as the Louisville Democrat Lexington Statesman and Frankfort Yeoman persistently helping him to corrupt the Democracy with this Black Republican heresy It is against this un unfriendly - friendly unfriendly actioD or want of friendly action by a Ter Territorial - ritorial Territorial Legislature all of which is interference against slavery that we claim protection We are not therefore interferers or interventionists as the Douglas Democrats call us but we are protec tionists We emphatically say non-interference as an original proposition and proclaim hands offall'round But when hands off all 'round ceases and there is absolute interference against slavery in the Territories we must then have pro tection This is our position and from it we will never swerve We will stand by it to the defeat or victory of any party in the Union - We would not sacrifice a living principle redo redolent - lent redolent like this with eternal truth and justice to the South to make any man President of tkt United States If the Northern Democracy fan not stand with us on this platform it is bcause they don't wan't to stand with us and wesay to them plainly that we don't want them to stand with us on any platform less just to the South than this Who are With Us The Squatter Sovereignty papers are quoting largely from the speeches of Southem statesmen to show that they are with Douglas in support of his unfriendly legislation dogma But none of the extracts quoted show auy such thing Almost every quotation made contains the reservation that the Territorial Government may frame their institutions "in conformity to or under the Con Constitution" - stitution" Constitution" Now that qualification embraces ev erytbing we claim and everything we have con tended for The Territorial Legislature is re restricted - stricted restricted according to this view to the Constitu tion and hence cannot pass unfriendly laws against slavery or jeopard its existence for that would be a palpable violation of the Federal Constitution But most of the gentlemen whose views are quoted boldly declare that they never understood non-interference with to mean the non-protection of slave property This is the po sition of Green of Missouri Bigler of Pennsylva nia Mason and Hunter of Virginia Davis and Brown of Mississippi Gwin of California and we understand that Linn Boyd John C Mason Joshua H Jewett Robert Richardson &c &c coincide in this view

The Convention agreeably to the call of the Dis District - trict District Central Committee assembled at Lagrange on Saturday May 14th 1859 to nominate a can candidate - didate candidate for Congress in the Seventh Congressional District On motion of Mr Smith of Henry countf Judge John J Joyes of the city of Louis Louisville - ville Louisville was called to the Chair and on assuming its dities made a brief address thanking the Convention for the honor conferred upon him and irging the delegates to harmony and una unanimity - nimity unanimity of action On notion of T S Phillips of Louisville Col Ben Selby of Oldham J H Harney and F L McCh©ney of Louisville were appointed Secre Secretaries - taries Secretaries On notion of Dr W R Jacob a committee on resolutions was appointed consisting of one from Tftch Legislative district represented iu the Convinlion Thetollowiug gentlemen were then selected as a Committee ou Resolutions : COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTOKS City of Louisville - E Sutton T L Jefferson T S 'Phillips R T Durrett Jeffersjn County - J F Bullitt Isaac L Hy Hyatt - att Hyatt Shelby County - J B Cochran S Hansboro Henry County - J P Smith Oldham County - E F Waide The waxies of the following gentlemen were re reported - ported reported as delegates from the several counties : LIST OF DELEGATES City of Louisville - First Legislative District - E Sutten Wm B Hoke T Smith J F Gunkel H W Ilavtes Col Doup J Jacob Hawes and Col Fairfax Secor d Legislative District - Wm Kaye R C C JorfT M Heath Dr Wm R Jacob E V Bonn V T- rjtnoiers C Finley N J Busier J M Summers M O Bryan T Arterburn T L Jefferson J J Riley J C Johnson jr Third District - Thos P Hughes Dau'l McCal McCal-lister - lister McCal-lister Sam Gwyn John Roberts D B Whar Wharton - ton Wharton F L McChesney Wm Hurst Thomas S Philips Fourth District - J R Smith Hon John Joyes John Bowser Richard Ronald Elisha Applegate R T Durrett - Alexander W L Kellv Jefferson County - J H Harney J F Bullitt Samuel Womack W J Robards Elias Dorsey L L Dorsey Johu Bulks R W Hawkins T J Read Esq Conn I L Hyatt E J Simpson C Hoke Jacob Potts W F Simpson Robert Conn J Oldham F Gilliland John Harbold S Wood Wood-small - small Wood-small H Drake S S Gaar H Smith Elias Dorsey jr Shelby County - J B Cochran C M Harwood M V Bailey Thomas Smith W B Bowlaud J F Chim John Todd Wm Sheare W J Stivers L B Wright T Merriweather S Hhnsboro W H Mason Janies J Thompson James Hughes E Vancleve Jas Mclvor W T Borrigby J A Middleton Johu Hinkle George Turner A F Scearce James S White George Hudson John Wright Richard Pearce R R Russell J S Middleton James Edding9 Henry Coauty - J M Barbour John L Jenk Jenkins - ins Jenkins Billy Smith Wm Bryant J D Taylor Samuel Dumwell B F Lamar G A Gallup James P Peace John P Smith Samuel Thomp Thompson - son Thompson James B Smith Isaac M Smith W A Smith Oldham County - S E DeHaven Col B Sel Sel-ly - ly Sel-ly A Bootoff Capt J M Speer F G Allen l)r J W Griffith Wm M Gibson Hampton Sparks Wm Barnhill W G Willett James S Head John M Kerlew John C Mounts W M Rice James Garrott John Fidds E F Waide T R Pinkston A J Oldham Dr W R Jacobs of Louisville moved the adoption of the Masonic rule of representation - the Democratic vote of Revill in 1858 being taken as a basis Adopted Nominations for a candidate being in order Mr Smith of Henry nominated Col Thos II Holt Mr Hunt of Louisville nominated Col S S English pending which ou motion the Convention took a recess until 1 o'clock P M During the recess Col Ben Selby of Oldham made a speech of great force eloquence ability and humor which elicited frequent and enthusi enthusiastic - astic enthusiastic applause EVENING SESSION At 1 o'clock the Convention re assembled On motion of Squire Barbour the Convention proceeded to vote lor candidates Dr W R Jacobs nominated Dr R J Breckin Breckinridge - ridge Breckinridge of Louisville Col English then made a few brief remarks urging conciliation and har harmony - mony harmony He defined his position on the slavery question and then asked the gentleman who nominated him to withdraw his name His name was accordingly withdrawn The name of Dr Breckinridge was also with drawn The Committee on Resolutions through their Chairman Joshua F Bullitt reported the follow following - ing following resolutions : Resolved That we re affirm our devotion to the plat platform - form platform and principles of the Cincinnati Convention held in 1856 Resolved That we endorse the resolutions and pro proceedings - ceedings proceedings of the 8th January Convention in Frankfort and pledge to the State ticket their nomination our un undivided - divided undivided anivVl Resolved Ti:u ' -e have undiminished confidence in the patriotism of our present distinguished Chief Magis Magistrate - trate Magistrate Resolved That we will give our undivided support to the nominee ol this Convention Mr T L Jefferson made a minority report which was laid on the table The report of the committee was then adopted by a considerable majority Col Thos H Holt was then nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress by acclama acclamation - tion acclamation Col Holt being called lor responded in a brief speech cordially thanking the Convention for the distinguished honor conferred upou him accepting the nomination deprecating the agita agitation - tion agitation of immaterial issues and pledging himself to make a laborious canvass in behalf of the time honored principles of the Democracy E F Waide of Oldham then offered the fol following - lowing following resolution which was adopted : Resolved That the Hon James Guthrie the justly celebrated Seen tary of the Treasury under President Pierce and the noble exponent of the everlasting truths of our faith is a national Democrat and patriotic states statesman - man statesman in whose spotless fame and matchless administra administrative - tive administrative ability the Democracy of Kentucky take pride that he is our first choice for the Presidency in 1860 and that we unanimously recommend him to the Charleston Convention as the best nomination that can be made for the success of our party the development of our prin principles - ciples principles and the preservation of the Union S E De Haven Esq of Oldham responded to an enthusiastic call in a brief yet eloquent and forcible speech Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for the nomineo and after a parting address from the Chairman the Convention adjourned sine die JNO J JOYES Chairman Ben Selby J H Harney Secretaries F L McChesney

From the Tar is Flag The Nickolasville Democratic Convention We have the pleasure to lay before our readers tbe letter ot the committee deputed to inform Capt Simms of his nomination and his reply Our party is now prepared with a leader in contest whose principles are sound whose zeal and activity may be relied on and whose talents are worthy of the cause in which he is enlisted We cannot but indulge the most hopeful antici anticipations - pations anticipations of the result Capt Simms in his reply to the committee has truly stated the real issue which is staked iu the approaching election The Opposition party of Kentucky is in fact and truth neither more or less than the Know Nothing party under a new disguise Suppose that this new party should elect a member of Congress in this district what would be his power or influence as the represen representative - tative representative of Know Nothing principles? He would And himself in company with a small band chiefly from Maryland and without the power to carry a single American measure Will he become the partner and the ally of the Republican party of the North? If he does we are sure that the pa patriotic - triotic patriotic people of Kentucky will scorn a coalition which shall place the Federal Government in the hands of the Black Republicans whose great aims and purposes are war upon the rights and equal equality - ity equality of the slave States and whose ascendency would endanger the cement and union of the Con Confederacy - federacy Confederacy We earnestly entreat our friends to be watchful and active in preparation for tbe August election that they will not allow themselves to be divided by any personal or minor differences and that their zeal and energy will be commensurate with the mighty stake involved in the contest: Broadway Hotel Lexington Kr ) May 3d 1856 f Capt Wm E Simms: The Couvention of the Democratic party of the Eighth Congressional District which assembled at Niohlolasville to-day have by a unanimous vote selected you as the staudard-bearer of our party in the approaching contest aud have assigned to us the agreeable duty of aunouuciug to you its action and re requesting - questing requesting vour acceptance of the position in which your political friends have placed you We feel sure that you will properly estimate th© import importance - ance importance of the impending crisis iu our political af affairs - fairs affairs and that you will promptly respond to this call for your services and enter with energy and zeal upou the contest for the maintenance of the great and fundamental principles upon which de depend - pend depend the security of the rights of every section of the Confederacy We assure you of the cordial and unitea support of the Democracy of the Dis District - trict District and pledge you our earnest exertions to se secure - cure secure your triumpnant success JOS SHAWHAN B F EDWARDS REMUS PAYNE A A McAFEE JAS TH WAITES W A MOORE THO D SCOTT J A PRALL Paris May 4 1859 Gentlemen: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication informing me of the actiou of the late Democratic District Con Convention - vention Convention at Nicholasville on the 3d inst con convened - vened convened for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress in the Eighth District I accept the position assigned me by the Convention and will use my best efforts to defend aud uphold those time honored principles "upon which depend the security of the rights of every section of this con confederacy" - federacy" confederacy" I entertain great confidence that the Democracy of the Union which has hitherto con contributed - tributed contributed so largely to the expansion liberty and prosperity of the confederacy cannot fail in gain gaining - ing gaining renewed approbation so long as it firmly ad adheres - heres adheres to the Constitution and the rights of the States reserved by it as defined by the supreme Federal authorities of the country The Demo Democratic - cratic Democratic party aided by the patriotic support of a large and choice portion of the Whig party has nobly triumphed in redeeming our State from the misrule of the American party who now propose another battle under the disguise of an Opposi Opposition - tion Opposition party of which the leading dogma is hatred of tbe Democracy It is obvious that this American party is so very small and impotent that it can hardly hold up its head in Maryland and that its only hope of gaining any share of Federal power is by an unholy coalition with anti-slavery parties of the free States To every sensible and informed politician the only great aud powerful party in array against the Democ Democracy - racy Democracy is the Republican party of the free States and if the Democracy is cverthrowu which I cannot believe to that Republican party will euure the main victory It is already obvious to the Democrats of Kentucky and the Whigs who have co-operated with them that this is the real contest and when such au issue is presented to the people of the South I entertain no doubt as to the result The cause of the Democracy is in my judgment the cause of the Constitution and the Union and with a reasonable harmony and activity we must succeed For the flattering terms iu which you have been pleased to communicate the wishes of the convention accept my grateful acknowledge ments Your Obedient Servant W E SIMMS Joseph Shawhau B F Edwards Remus Payne Allen McAfee James Thwaits Wm A Moore Thomas D Scoot Jno A Prall From the Maysville Express Democratic Meeting in Mason Pursuant to a call the Democrats of Mason county assembled in the court house in Maysville on luonuay May ytk lor the purpose u f selecting candidates for the Legislature and attending to such other business as might demand their atten attention - tion attention The meeting having been called to order by Dr J L Russell Judge E Whitaker was chosen Chairman and F H Bierbower and J L Scott appointed Secretaries On motion of Dr M Smith a committee on nominations consisting of oue from each elec election - tion election precinct iu the county was appointed as follows : Dr M Smith John Booten J C Wheeler E M Best Jos Frank Ben Kirk Jacob Thomas C

Franklin" and "Harrison" are genuine Demo Democrats - crats Democrats and they are not the only ones in the imme immediate - diate immediate neighborhood of the Yeoman and Age who entertain their sentiments as we might show by other letters from those regions and as the people will show when they come to speak for themselves at the ballot-box - Courier We should like to know what the editor of the Courier means by outgivirfs of this sort which have several times appeared iu his paper - Louisville Democrat We will answer you with a great deal of pleas pleasure - ure pleasure We mean that those candidates of the Dem Democratic - ocratic Democratic party who go before the people in this State avowing the power and asserting the duty of Congress to protect slavery in the Territories just as the gallant Magoffin does and who come nearest to the views honestly and fairly but firmly and uncompromisingly presented by us on the subject of protection will be elected by the largest majorities and that those who are mo9t at variance with this sound Democratic doctrine and nearest to agreeing with the Age and Yeoman will be elected by the smallest majorities if in indeed - deed indeed they are elected at all We may say fur further - ther further dear neighbor if it will be any gratification for you to know it that we mean that no Democrat in this State who advocates the Black Republican heresy of squatter sovereignty or the rightful pow power - er power of squatters to exclude slavery from a Territory during its Territorial condition and denies the power and the duty of Congress to protect slavery in the Territories against the aggressions of Doug Douglas' - las' Douglas' squatter sovereigns or Seward's sovereign squatters can never be elected to any State office in Kentucky Such a candidate might make a successful race in some Abolition hole where true Democracy had no existence or power but the Democracy of this glorious old commonwealth at large would repudiate him with scorn and ab abhorrence - horrence abhorrence This is plain talk dear neighbor but it is solemn truth and if you don't quit your at attempts - tempts attempts to Douglasize Kentucky with Black Re Republican - publican Republican arguments the Democracy mayjrepudiate you The Journal says we have misrepresented the position of Hon Humphrey Marshall ou the slavery question We shall not concede that until we hear Humphrey make a campaign speech on the particular question of protecting slavery in the Territories He is a very uncertain mau es especially - pecially especially on the slavery question and no one knows one day where he will be the next The speech from which we quoted contained the extracts which we gave and those extracts fixed Marshall just where we placed him How much influence the Journal may have in whipping him into the ranks or what may be his position hereafter we don't pretend to know - Courier The Louisville Courier knows just as well as it knows that it lives and a great deal better than it knows that it will live next week that Col Mar Marshall - shall Marshall iu ibe speech it quoted from took disunpt grounds directly opposite to that which it repre represented - sented represented him as taking Whether it chooses to do him justice or not is probably of precious little consequence to anybody or anything - except possibly itself - Lou Jour Now we say most emphatically that there is not to be found in this speech of the Hon Hum Humphrey - phrey Humphrey Marshall a single word or line orseutence that directly asserts the power and the duty of Congress to protect slavery in the Territories - We have read the speech as well as the editor of the Journaf The extracts we published from that speech allowed us to assume the position we nr nr-signed - signed nr-signed Humphrey along with certain Democratic papers in Kentucky and the extracts the editor of the Journal published from the same speech did no more than to allow him to draw the infer inference - ence inference that Marshall was with him on this ques tion We say then that as Marshall is a very uncertain man ou tbe negrti question - a perfect weather cock - first blowing black and then white but more generally and more intensely black we shall wait until we hear him express himself upon the direct question under consideration before we can thiuk of giving him any other position than the one we have assigned him And if he takes any other than the one we have placed him in we shall prove that he has no business in that or any place except the one we have given him Guthrie in Mississippi The Weekly Mississippian a sterling Democratic and Southern paper published at Jackson Mis Mississippi - sissippi Mississippi in its issue of the 3d inst has the follow ing to say of the Hon James Guthrie iu connec connection - tion connection with the Presidency in 1860 and the esti estimate - mate estimate in which he is held by the Black Republi Republicans - cans Republicans of the North : A Freesoil Paper on Guthrie - Committed to no one for the Presidency and standing aloof from the mere contests of partizans over the assumed "claims" of their "favorites" we have at times published the opinions of exchanges to

Burgess J D Cushman and R Dawson On motion of the same tne following gentlemen were appointed a committee to report resolutions for the consideration of the meeting viz : R McKee Peter Lashbrooke Jacob A Slack W W Robb John Lamb John T Macoy Gen W B Crupper During the absence of the committee the meet meeting - ing meeting was addressed at length by Major Robert Richardson the Democratic candidate for Super Superintendent - intendent Superintendent of Public Instruction who ably elo eloquently - quently eloquently and satisfactorily discussed the great questions now agitating the country At the conclusion of his speech the committee on reso resolutions - lutions resolutions through their chairman made the follow following - ing following report: resolutions : Resolved That we the Democrats of Mason county in Convention assembled deem it proper to announce our firm adherence to the platform adopted by the Na National - tional National Convention In Cincinnati in June 1856 believ believing - ing believing it to contain a true exposition of Democratic faith Resolved That we have unabated confidence in the Integrity wisdom and sound statesmanship of our pres present - ent present honored Chief Magistrate and heartily endorse and warmly approve the general course of his administra administration - tion administration Resolved That the Congressional career of our late epresentative in the Congress of-the United States meets our entire approbation and admiring his integrity as a man his loyalty to the true principles of his party as a Democrat and his fidelity as a public servant we sin sincerely - cerely sincerely hope he will consent to once more represent the "old ninth" in the councils of the nation Resolved That believing it best for the interests of the party as being conducive to the harmony thereof and as setting a safe precedent for future action we are In favor of holding a Congressional District Convention at such time and pla:e as may be agreed upon by the District Executive Committee and we hereby appoint the following persons delegates fron) this county to such convention: Emery Whitaker Richard Dawson W W Lamar John L Scott Frederick II Bierbower W Sul Sul-ser - ser Sul-ser John T Dye John Grant Dr J L Russell Alex Maddox Joseph Frank F McClanahan Nelson Whita Whitaker - ker Whitaker Robert McNeely W Watkins Isaac Nelson E M Rest E M Groves Peter Lashbrooke A K Marshall W T Casio Charles Burgess W W Robb W S Rand James Davis John Booton I M Elliott J R Lash Lashbrooke - brooke Lashbrooke Capt Jenkins D 8 Bradley Thomas Calvert W S Calvert Dr A H Wall Elsa Berry John Lamb Jno K Best D Downing Anthony Killgore A Doni Doniphan - phan Doniphan Abram Bledsoe Dr M Smith Gen W B Crup Crupper - per Crupper Jerry Masterson Thomas Worthington J H Worthington Jerry Wheeler John Collins J T Sum Sum-rail - rail Sum-rail Alf Peed Silas Clift Wm Carr Jesse Worthington JakeSlack B O Pickett J H Dwire M J Collins Thos Gaither W T Forman R H Stanton Thos B Stevenson J J Wood J B Claybrooke D Rees Enos Myall B F Walcott J H Watson F M Weedon James Curtis Ben Perry Alexander Rader John Brough John R Bean John M Pickett G II Hick man John Finch and such ether Democrats as may at tend - Resolved That we approve of and endorse the Demo cratic doctrine of "non-interference by Congress v ith the subject of domestic slavery in State and Territory or in the District of Columbia" we hold that Congress has not the power to legislate slavery into a Territory or to exclude it therefrom but that the right of citizens of the United States to carry with them to the Territo Territories - ries Territories auy property which they may posseis including slaves and to hold and use the same therein is guaran guaranteed - teed guaranteed by the common law and under the Constitution of the United States We deprecat ' the drawing any line of demarkation between thisard any other species of property and we maintain tb it the right of p perty in slaves in the Territories o the United States should be protected by Congress whenever ihe necessity may arise in common with th rights of any ther species of property whatsoever a a that such lei lation over the subject matter of slavery in the Territories would not be 'interference" but a prevention to interference by pro professed - fessed professed enemies to slavery either from within or without the Union The resolutions were unaniu ously adopted The commitu u uotni nations reported by recommending to Nieiug W T CastoandJ R Lashbrooke a b table persons for nomina nomination - tion nomination as candidates for the next Legislature Their report was received and Messrs Casto and Lash brooke were declared the nominees of the conven tion by acclamation Rob't McKee Dr M Smith and E M Groves were appointed a committee to wait upon the nominees and inform them of the action ot the convention On motion of Gen W B Crupper the seer eta ries were instructed to furnish the Maysville Ex Ex-Dress - Dress Ex-Dress with a copy of these proceeding tor publica tion E WHITAKER Chairman F H Bierbower j Secretaries John L Scott J

his followers It is the great question that he has put to the countiy and we claim that the legisla legislation - tion legislation he proposes thus to inaugurate in the Terri Territories - tories Territories is interference with slavery It is against this interference that the question of protection is raised and the great question is therefore inter interference - ference interference Or PROTECTION And we are told by the editor of the Democrat that the Democracy cannot repudiate Douglas on this question and elect a President in 1860! Is it possible that we have come to this? Are Southern Southerners - ers Southerners to claim the power and the duty of Congress to proteet them with their slaves against the law lawless - less lawless encroachments of Abolition squatters in a Territory and not assert the power aud demand the exercise of tho duty for fear of not electing Douglas or his friend President In 1860? Truly this is a humilating position m which to place the South and the editor of the Democrat ought to be ashamed of it We tell the editor ofthe Democrat plainly that the South can be placed in no such a disgraceful position The Southern Democracy hold that slavery exists iu the Territories by the recogni tion of the Constitution and the opinion of the Supreme Court in the'Dred Scott case and that it cannot be interfered with there until the Ter Territory - ritory Territory comes into the Union as a Sovereign State And they further hold that it is the power and the duty of Congress to protect slavery or to see that it is protected by the Territorial authorities against any interference during the Territorial condition This is the creed of the Southern Democracy and thev will not abandon it for the purpose of electing Douglas or any of' Douglas' friends to the Presidency in 1860 On the contrary they will repudiate Douglas or any one of Douglas' friends who presumes in defiance of the rights of the States of the guarantees of the Constitution and of the opinion of the Supreme Court of the nation to pollute their pure States Rights principles with a filthy Abolition heresy The Southern Democracy are willing to stand by the Cincinnati platform fairly interpreted but they will not stand by it with the odious Black Republican planks that Douglas and his disor disorganizing - ganizing disorganizing confederates are trying to dove-tail into that fabric We have said it more than once but we now repeat that the Douglas planks attempted to be worked into that platform by the Democrat the Statesman the Yeoman Ac will crush it to atoms It cannot stand a moment with such a leaden and deadly weight p ressing it down to the dust and filth of Abolitionism The delicate Southern and Northern ties that bind together antagonistic parts will be sundered by this fatal Douglas lever and the fabric will be shivered - And if its fall is not a premonition of the dissolu dissolution - tion dissolution of the Union we shall be more than joyous to learn the fact in the inscrutable future The Bowling Green Standard with Us That sterling Democratic paper the Bowling Green Standard published at Bowling Green Kentucky in its issue of the 14th inst endorses our position upon the Territorial question The Standard is true to the Democracy to the South and to the Nation and is not to be swerved from the true path of Democratic statesmanship by the powerful influences which have recently been brought to bear upon the public mind of Ken tucky for the purpose of Douglasizing the State and handing it over to Black Republican influences in the shape of squatter sovereignty or the power of a Territorial Legislature to exclude slavery before the Territory becomes a State The Standard assures us that it is with us upon this Territorial question and the Constitutional rights of the South and that the Democracy of the Green river country will stand by us in resisting any attempt to fasten the Douglas heresy of squatter sovereignty which we are combatting upon the pure creed of our party Here is what the Stand Standard - ard Standard says: We can tell you how nine tenths of the Dem Democracy - ocracy Democracy of the Green river country stand They are with you (the Courier) heart and soul and there is no man or set of men that can ever cram Dougias Dougias-ism - ism Dougias-ism down their throats Your course is and will be approved by a large majority of your countrymen "'The Black Republican Platform for 1860 - Here is the Black Republican platform for I860 aslaiddownby the Lafayette (Ind) Journal a Black Republican paper It seems that the In diana Black Republicans are stealing the politi political - cal political thunder of some of our contemporaries in this State We subjoin the article from that paper aud commend it to the careful perusal of our read Read it aud compare it with the editoriuls

which arrived at Gbnoa on the 27th brought a proclamation to the Tuscau army inviting them to await the signal of war and advance in a com pact body of 12000 men to reinforce Piedmont - A similar proclamation has been addressed to the troops in the Romagna Turin Friday April 29 - Generals Canrobert and Neill have arrived here and gone to join the King The Austrians are concentrating iu great masses at Piacenza where a proclamation nas been is issued - sued issued by the Austriau Commissioner extraordi extraordinary - nary extraordinary Fifteen thousand of the French Inperial Guard land to-night at Genoa making the force now there 40000 men The force atSuza is also increasing fast Turin Saturday April 30 - The Official Bulle Bulletin - tin Bulletin confirms the passage of the Ticino by the Austrians Yesterday the King accompanied by Generals Canrobert and Neill visited tbe line of the river Dora The corps d' armee which entered Piedmont by Gravellona consists of twenty battallions and eight batteries of cannon Turin Sunday May 1 - The King has gone to assume the command The Austrians are atNevaro in force and also at Paira The French infantry and artillery continue to arrive No decisive movement has yet been made Berne Saturday April 30 -The Austrians have seized several Sardinian vessels on Lago Mag giore and commenced hostilities last evening Vienna Saturday April 30 - Count Buol has forwarded circular notes to foreign Governments stating the diplomatic and political reasons for the declaration of war by the Emperor The Weiner Zeitung publishes decrees ordering the income tax of the third class to be retained by the pay office immediately upon the interest of the public bonds being paid - ordering a loan of £20000000 but as at present it is impossible to contract it the National Bank will advance 2-3 of the nominal value of the loan in new notes A third decree releases the National Bauk from the necessity of meeting its notes with specie and a fourth ordered the duties and excise dues to he paid in specie or payable coupons of the national loan In England a royal proclamation has been is sued offering a bounty of ten pounds to seamen with the intention of recruiting 10000 additional men The greatest activity prevailed in the English dock yards preparing for war The Emperor Napoleon was expected to join the French army on the 3d inst Instructions from the British Admiralty were received at Woolwich April 30th directing all possible haste in the completion of the new class steam frigates now on the stocks A telegraphic dispatch was received at Sheer Sheer-uess - uess Sheer-uess on the 29th ult to send the Royal George to Davenport the Colossus to Portsmouth and the Edgar Queen and Trafalgar are to be got ready for sea immediately The Osborne steamer Yacht has been ordered' to be got ready for immediate service Its desti destination - nation destination is reputed to be the Mediterranean and it is to be placed at the disposal of the Prince of Wales The Prussian Governmsnt has resolve to put its army in readiness to march London h±iy A grai mauy failures me re ported on the Stock Exchange From all quar quarters - ters quarters failures are reported Wolf & Co of Ber Berlin - lin Berlin have suspended and a considerable failure at Vienna is reported The impoverishment and ruin on the Paris bourse this week will be beyond all example No failures occurred on Monday Consols closed to today - day today at 89a90) Foreign Commercial Liverpool May 2 The sales of cotton for the past two days have been T000 bales including 2000 bales for speculation and export All qualities have considerably declined and some circulars say prices are fully others nearly lower The market closed dull and irregular Breadstuff's - Richardson & Spence quote the market as buoyant with a large speculative inquiry at a con considerable - siderable considerable advance for all descriptions but that it is impossible to give the figures Provisions - The market closed with an advancing tendency Quotations are nominal but the speculative feeling continues Rice - Carolina continues buoyant and holders demand an ad advance - vance advance Sugar quiet Saltpetre advanced 2 Other ar articles - ticles articles slow of sale but prices continue unaltered