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does from the cartridge box, in order to pro-
tect, purify and heal the ballot-box of the body
politic in that vicinity. Desperate diseases re-
quire desperate remedies; and when the life
of the patient—as in this case—has become hope-
less, a remedy that will either kill or cure must
be applied, as the last resort. The call for aid
from Kansas is urgent, and unless promptly
granted, accompanied with repentance for past
delinquincies of duty, and reformation in future,
we have reason to fear a just and more direful
retribution to overtake the nation. Let it not
be forgotten that the thre-fifth clause in our
national constitutional basis, requires persons
and not chattels for representation in Congress.

MARCUS STICKNEY.

LOCKPORT, June 20, 1855.