... between the two great leading parties, refuse to vote for a candidate who is not pledged to their views on the question of slavery. The esutest has produced great excitement, not only in the contesters, but throghollt the country. In the pro- gress of the ...

... perpetuation vf slavery. is the b Iheaviest b]low w*hichl that form of tyranny has recel ed in ti the United States. and is thus no unniportant event in r- history. In the first draft of the constitution the inter- si Le diction of slavery wlas accompanied ...

... the pacific relations which exist between America and other countries. The r message touches slightly on the question of slavery, and } also on the affairs of the new State of California. b I Speaking of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal, -the Pre- D sident- ...

... holidays, prevented the discussion, in Congress, of any sub- ject of importance until within the last two or three dais. On the slavery question Mir. Benton has thrown down the gaunt- let in the Senate, and the bitterest feeling is manifested by the members ...

... diplomatic relationsv with the court of Austria. There is ait n a prospect of a brisk contest on the vexed question of Os Slavery in the States. Business was favourably re- 0N d. ported Exchange on London was quoted at 107g' to 108. swi 'm nal lieeetr ...

... found clad in thin dresses of cotton, or in the grass cloth manufactured in the ?? China. Ruinous Effects of Slavery.-It requires no anti-slavery predilections, no jaundiced eye, no European prejudices, I to recognize the two states of activity and inertness ...

... defect, there did existceartain importanitsocia-l plenousena, ly iat whidth must give trouble in their direction. Alluding to slavery, te or and the Coloured race, he sasid this subject was too Important to tu Od discuss cursorily, and that ha would treat ...

... introduction of slavery withlin its lumits. In the 2d resolution it is provided that territorial government should be established by Con- gress in the territories acquired from Mexico, without the imposi- tion of any condition on the subject of slavery. The 3d ...

... oEncd. Lecture.-On Monday evening, Dr. W. Pennington, of New York, delivered a lecture, in the Trades' Hall, on American slavery. The lecturer, who for twenty years was himself a slave, gave a graphic description of its horrors, and showed the injurious ...

... Rev; Dr. 'King's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Penning- MIu 6ton, a gentleman wh~o spent the first 20 years of his life Br' in slavery, but who is now pastor of a Presbyterian DI: .Chqtt,h' in New York. Every available portion of space sta *ii-occupi~ed with ...

... ENGLAND. Mr. Ellis, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey on Thursday at the Home Office, to convey to him an anti-slavery petition to her Majesty, signed by 59,686 women of the United Kingdom, praying her Majesty to promote the use of free-labour ...

... merchants, ploaters, tradesmen, and others, mullatoes as well as negroes; and its prayer was that their Lordships should root out slavery and the slave trade at every hazard, and by every means within their power; that they should not assent to any mea- sure or ...