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+ comsemPTIas. :
How i; was-viewed oy ae men in 1814.
Eaxtratts from’ the, Spléchis of Jeremia A
Mason. the greatest lawyer [of Ne 1.
and fram" CNef Justice "Daggett. th,
greatest lawyer of Connecticut, delrocred
wn the rv’ SUS ein 1841.
"REMARKS OF MR. MASON.
The honorable (gentleman, says the
ernment has the co
exarcizsed ap discretion
Cc ny $2 our
quire, of
for an
reguiar ar
ill lately «
ed by few, expressed by none. a
sudden chinges dnuopinion son imp rin
political subjor ro the usual forerunners |
of revolutions in States, This is emp
cally the case whae the foree of
ment res's on the common sentinel
cerely beheving the doctrine con
to be dnwananted by the Constttuiisgh, an
pregnant with consequences dangercu
the rights and liberties of the ‘country, |
unt permit it to pass with ut attempting
futativnit The fmost monstrond enig- |
vhen announced by high authority, |!
i by plausibility, will, if per |
coiiradiction ?
time ’
it
003,
and &
mitted
familiar to the mind, in
their eriginal deformity.
In return I take the hiberty of admonish
ing the friends of the Adun:i ation, to he |
eautious how they overstep the limits of the |
Constituiior. 7Of all our dangers 1 see
none more siarming thar apparent dis.
upport
to Y
ose much « fl
posinon to exercise arbitrary power. Rev
olntie Asures ean never, with safety,
Le resorted to by a regular Govern
They place the mamstrate and gp:
2en ou the sane level, and nope can |
into ing the hoiste ol
al clemenis, the 7
7
|
eRee
whose hands
tion «f the polit
power with mil
coin
Falarm and &
al} fear of that which |
no extremity of |
0 of Hag
the nation as the
danger wunld justify the exorei
authority. The inquiry is, whe the !
stitution gives to this Government the power |
contended for ?
The authority given to Congress “to raise |
and support armies,” eam prise $ their whole |
power on this subject
thaity for ealling forth the
tain circumgiunees, are the mean
presen
ral |
the Con_ |
Or the Legitiatine virtae
of power, adopt she isp sed
xeviption, and place by a
the population of the Uait
such perieds re shell bn
in thevauks oi the regular a
or po-tignseendant andodang
Justify the exerci fda of i be
plain principles, anddepend on
construction or subfld fiasoning
The power to. rise aud support srmies
muet be constradd ‘glegrding to the inten
tions nnd wm the people of
the Ugited Sates, who made th nskitu- |
tion’ consistantly: with all the known snd
established ¢ of tha! Sudtes and of the
people,
eral prineiplosiof
us must, Lo
dvr vid from
=o doubiful |
istently with all the gen,
ivi riatie cdg 1015
abd con
uses uly, and for a ser.
¥ wits of the Un ted’ Sta en)
and ander he cowibind of theiriown Stats]
officers, and as fihink for shore periods of
service, can this Gormnme nt the
States for ther milida. From’ (hide re
strictions it parent the prwer of ‘the
Untted States hus a very limited nature,
and that the States still retain
greatest portion of spthority over
Ae hd i
|
eal ‘on 1
B
by fa
milizia. Over the
went of the United States
power. ‘They muy use it in uli gases where
military foree is needed ‘in any partiof ‘the
world, under such periods ss, ey plesie
There always Liava been in this eouliry im-
portant distmetions between the militia aud
regular army. These distinctions were sl-
ways kept up, and in various instauces ex-
emplificd in the war of our Revolution, and
weronwetl widerstood by tbe: peopld\§t ig
United States at the time of forming the
Canstitation,
if any such potrer as that contended for,
col hae, been conceived to be granted by
o Condtitation, it would have heen detce- 4
t by those so muh “alarm, |
ved that such oor stras
tion was nob even sug.est ied, i any of the |
Conventions, ahhiugh: tho sibjedt ‘wis |
there most ably discussed. 3
The power clainied 18 doubtless vastly
greater aud wore dangerous, than any other
possessed by the Government. Ji subjec ol
ae. personal freedom of evaiy citizen, in|
smparigon’' with which the rights of propor,
are significant, to arbitrary discretion, |
All the recruits wanted for the ariny |
aght, af the Government should so please
a and poitited o
ed; yetitist
i weber we gegtioprof the Uniony, v Hus in time of sar, except that they mist! Bok:
tre power given this government to. raise
s. that power of ite: §
+ | Tha whale opin part mays a the vieasure |
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Leountry whulban its rich
“| President is anthonized to ell upon the say-
pe finite
Fthe ¢
a va RE
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be ofticered by the States. An Coslonitraton
13 THUS JusTiriEp. | Jt is openly. wrpwed by,
the same gentlemen as proper, just and legai.
I hike thee donetusions wre fairly deduced
from tl e premises. ‘If the" power of ‘this
Governisent over the militia is | in time ' «
war unlimited it does indeed follow that the)
freemen of this country, who are subject to
the duties of militiamen’ Way be eonverted
into solciers of the army of he United
States during the war, or for any definite
period. Phe exception that they shall not
be obliged toga from the State, or an wd:
Joining State, 18'a watter of form, and not
of right. They may bo ordered to Canada,
or any other rémote region, © But sir.’ this
whale doctrine is unconstitutional; it is an
Lou rane, upon its face''and its pameiples
sad provisions, upon the endoubted rights
wir, nnd vpn the character of ‘our
liberties
Hunt the powers of this Government are
{himiled—that those not eranved are reserved
—are position§’dnnctioned by un’ ‘amend-
ment tothe Constitution, Lend uvaiversélly
admitted. “'Theentire control over the mili
tin, previons to the adejition of the Consti-
tution, was mr the States. All that” control
of the onatitution except ivhat bag been delegated to ithe Uni
“ious (0 raquiraTany. reason to. de ted Stes femping. There is to
0. Tis Teowdver, In my opivion of | the Cohstitation delegating a single’ power.
[ies importance than the ol her, Which nflsets | Dyer word ‘employed on the subject ‘shows
Yo rights of personal liherty, as this does that itis ‘Timed, “Congress shall have
Bho the peanfe | POWEr (0 provide for calling forth the militia
slavery, and von may ke their proncrty | [to execute the laws of the Union, sdprreéss
All within hg Hicarreet: ons, and repealifiivasions* Whe
ibed azes, whatever: may bu their |£1Y¢ power to eall forth the wiilina in those
ite or abndifion in hfe, must anhimit fo | 2Xigenceis if the entire (nthorits over them
yoke. Priests must, ha: taken from | Whe elsewhere given? Theabsurdity is ton
the altar, and Judges frora the: heneh, apparent to admwitoferfument oriilestration
The hizhest officers, hoth civil nnd mili. |A£8/0
tary, muet be jens mininddly forced into the “Congress shall hase power tof rovide for
ranks of the afmy. The seminaries a ring, organizing and disciplining the mil-
Yearning are to he robbed of their professors | © tio, and‘iop governing such part of them ag
and soholarse 7b ther tefaturie: or seirndajd hy be émployed in the service of the Unic-
oxgoptt HAIR di heshvient to the military bey States. reserviugio the States, 1eapective-
: « the appointment of traming the ‘militia,
ing fo “the discipline precribed by
Were the Government nt liberty to raise.
Armics by fore reiblg, ia King men al their dis:
of ¢ he Sopstia ition, support them 2 ing, A
“property iu. a like munner. lhe armies
fren raised, might live at free quarters on
{ the people, Ina similar war.;a navy might
Je p rovided, by ssiziog the ships. of individ:
The right in both cases would be the
sam¢ ; the iajury and distress. in taking
en riy the least.
The States shill retaining the principaj
{tower aver the. wilitia, as bas heen shawn, .
uals.
armies must noi be construed as to destroy |
This surely an.
ihe militia, |
mihilates all Siaio. power over
{of this. Gosernmant,. Le converted into a
| repnldp army. and the nravi-ion of thé Con-
in this particular. torether with
destroyed,
the Sdere tar v's plamachich
all nroper.
order
a
Nis
To that oot of
nen
the states he
a te levied on a
: a tay
within ‘he precinct of theelas
pute for the peornitd, ehjee-
int
cur which in ordinary times wonid
insurmountable, The, tax proposed
« a vialation too plain
Hs of pr ronerty,
when and, as you please.
pn
the ron
will Be Held in estimating,
Such a weasurg; cannot, it ought not, Ja fas
If it eonld in no other | >
I nationly bat TH
tod. | ra
wonld be the ievitable fre !
i a firmer | PIOVE
wanner in ul
be sahmtted sto.
may provide for ar
to eompanie, ‘battatiors
des arddivisiors, © It may:
Ibe arm'd, and the
hati be dene;
be pr
way bé'avertsd heliove,
hope it ‘would he
uel
ques
when! this mengnre wae mentioned he!
» honfrable member. T oealted ib ithe dis
The most adioug
slay
es ol suhmissian
prescribe
ie 10
won k
nf and wi Xd. O40 mature Heotion, Hor g Lem whl ¢inthal Eerie of
LT res grogransenidn ml erm yopinion of tn the © States to which “they “mighe
| character. Iris weak: (or itis ealealared | Be called fren dn the cases bifore specified
to eflarICHS Toh AR I a ges [AL ! i Con gress may do’ to “establish
» Ta i un fortiity and order which are so és
i snce Hit ven Ts troy ithe Contin = ton welt regulated mil lia, (This is
tion and Jihertiea of the conntrpl Tega diff. (hv 0 ivioas atid ies meatiug of the clause,
cplt tn adaor fin Al fortainte iba motive | SESE mar
hy! ©The President shall be Commandeér-in-
HH Chingrof the Army and Navy of ‘tha United
ites) and of the militia of the several States
when called nto thd ‘set al” servies of the
| United 'Seates,»”
wasnt] Lin these articles of the Constitution, Con!
unl [gress end the Preside. t ave every where lim-
iin. lited, aid eviry whore the power of He States
The militia earnot ba’ called
of statesmen : [and Tt matters Titel to
<5 and bberties are |
3orawickedness of 48
wd by
lost thronzh the weakies
its Public men are to be judy
Px.
ASULHS:
blond: and
ay gated in the pursuit of ano
dy imo. much
Te) cannot he g!
IN apparent.
For the fwfbsmnry: mn ¥iproner: deforcbof] furth® asa reghiar army: at all—th y may
eonnire, ndicher wien mop pi nig | De walled ns a militia. They cannot be
ns Are, in my pinion. to be withheld. [tres ined and ‘oi: cred iy any case, except
to the pregant Admuistration, so i der the ity of the Stiles. ner com.
wanded even by the President, except when
ealled forth'1n the exi gencics specified, who
‘hese provisions a pret tence
at ye wilitia are’ ‘constitu.
ag thew continue to br ela hed with Congiitn |
! avthari vv apd sha have given)
< a i ye
mest uncqgniwncal and dee
tien
the
af havine abandon i int defnsa, Low itl
for that pornos, and vesnteréd «to that ahi 1
je!
a wise and’ pra ot Admimasoation
r, must, be. wiih in. the limi's, :
and ing! respects: acearding to the Provice why
CUonstituli Bevind
not
a, evil ris
antall that eaild ba necessary under |
Buch |
ove the Constant of
tends rely on those clauses
eto Cop av = tha rig ht “to raise
{ sroies,’ = to provi le for
crantss how
dons of the thean & acd
Ymits, and in altro
proc iSfARe" tho Ct :
thse WBE, Jad Ide 260 vrei ‘of feirgu me {en powers did aro an 50 a
stances, will I consent to gn. Should the Ii the first, pavy to Congress. any power,
Nat? ‘oma; d nse bag'laadoned by: the Gen joe ar, ‘the militis as such, it gaye, a genera
eral Government, T “rust the p ople. if «iif An! hority, and if 80 the subsequent provis-
oR, regarding them, are worse than use-
retaininz a good portion of their resoniees,
way rally wader the Sate” Guvarnments esse They tend only to perplex and be-
nzginst Foren i asion and, rely. with | wilder. The truth 18. this clause has no
HbR Biden er Ohh BE A conrae and virtoe, "ference ta the militia and more shan to
lawyers or merchants. 1t
JES OF MR. DAGGETT:
3, this bill {the on
: [mrInies in a ma ik and by mean consistent
iin Novi Curtin A814, before che Santte,) the ym 8
{with the. gr at principles of cil lilerty
eral States and Territories for their respec. |
tive quotas of 8) 430 ‘militia, to serve for|
two years, unless sooner dischirged. They
are to chdfimte part of the Rouiar Army.
of the United 5 btes, and to be treated in
every 1espsot as such, with! the exception |
that they cannot be compelled io serve he |
yond the limits of the S'ate or ‘Territory fur |
nishing thew, und the limits of an ndjoining would revolt at its they would shake a
State or Perruory, and’ tlialiie offfsers Ae inrome which Lr attemptit. It is alike]
to be appointed by the Stare or Territorial | odious here acd T hope will remain Ro,
authorities, The object of this force is de- Te ig said. however, that our country is in
elared to be the defenea of the frontiers, of great perils men must be had, the army |
the United States, must be filled,
The! prineipteris assumed that Congress | pw, sous for res rting to unconstitutional and
y by law, order the militia of the’ several} oy nrossive measures? The plea of neces-
service of the United States, [sity isto ol]. to well understood to be ad-
outiers and garrison thelr) j mitted. This peaple have seen times of im-
5, or for anv 50F | mine dungor, To the war of the Revolu-
period, op during the war, nies tion d s'ruction assailed us on all
itry is invaded, or fu imminent dan- | cao Whe, did we, fora moment, admit
ENgAZ- | these doctrines ¥
n send | ded lB A pes LL
always | (Om Coutterteis $3.000 bills on the Troy!
adopted, and deemed sacred in a free Foy-
{erment. Bat iy is utterly inconsistent
A with oss pn iples to compel any man to
!hocone g . soldier for hfe, duri,e (he war, or |
for any fixid rime, In Great Britain, a war
{like ration, a nation often the reproach here
| for the Ln of its Government, no such
raetics is or can be resoried to; the peogle
tes into the
to defend the
fortresses or two yéars,
where
Fo vas in. This country while
nowar with any nation whic b
{ithe or fleets or Armies mratist' ie
LEer
&
be in such condition and eousequently the City bank are in. circulation in differant
militia are sabjec: tothe control of Congress parts of this ‘State. They are snd
{ Thcre is. po ligne Say: the advocates wf this to be ‘well execated with some de-
| law to the power cf Congress, over the mili- | gree of skill, and the signatueds ar quite reason why women should not be allowed ; and could not fail to carry eonvietion to the |
lo becowe medical men,
.
1. and ‘make law,’
oN. Lez AND ‘RETALIATION IN
PENNSYLVANIA.”
From the Mobile Evrning | News. |
“Iv was said that ‘uu blade of grars ever
grew whers the horse of Aldlla had one
set his foot.” Let the Conf derate army im-
tate the leader of the Has in this - partien-
lar.’ So holdeth forth the Richmond Dis
patch, and all the ‘people say Aen !
Robert E. Lee, the rival of, Aitilla!
Robert E. Lee laying as‘de the ‘mantle he
hath won so fittingly ; the mantle of him
whose grandson he i3‘worthv to be :
‘The firet, tho last, the bust, .
Vhom avy. dare not hate; i a
of him to. whom was»
{‘Bequenthed tho name of W stl ietod
+ To make man blush théve was but Ons. ”
Lying aside that unsv!fed mantle ‘for the
barbaric role of Attila, the ;fScourse. .of
Rovere Eu Lee. whose name is
a synonym for honor, tiuth, modesty, digs)!
Mankind 1”?
nity. piety —all a// that constitutes moral
as well us military grndenr—canying ar-
som, rape, murder. destruction: and. desola-
tion smong unaraed men, and onprotected
women and children !
The army of Northern Vrs onith
article in of Nontherns
(known to the people of this country, and]
¥
.
|
what pride we write the sentence—thearmy
Virginia! Hows have: these,
our boys, ti whom 1ife Had teen bith a bright
play-day, bared Uric breasts to the 8 orms
of wind. and hail, and snow, and sleet, and
grape, and hall, Lecoming suddenly, under
the michty re Sponsi “ality resting uron them:
veterans ; an invincible host ; a nation's
safeguard? Now, when victors on eve TY.
battle-field ; now, when they spread an un-
stained banner before’ high heaven 3 now,
when all earth is amazed at the reserve,
strength and honor of the Southern charac.
ter. a3 chown by these. ow exponents:
now, now shall the army “of Northern Vir
ginia our pride, cur boast, our glory, with
their youug Isurels around them, become a
Hunnic baud— a band of marauders—burn-
mg delenceless farm houses, tearing down
fences, robbing henroosts Stonewall Jack-
son conquered all his foes, moral and epirit-
ual, ere he had resehed his full
came the greatest general this country
hath produced V (Loudon Times) the
est embodiment of the Christian virtues
purest illustration of the ( hristian warrior,
Now. when all the nations are rejoicing and
houoring him az a he bla and mighty man of
valor, fuller, nay rather risen to his fisting
plice amid the hosta of the Lord God om
nipoten.. now shall the corps, so long ani-
mated by his great soul, with hs holy
name for a Bartle ery, his gnardian spirit
tor a guide, that corps to whom the taki ing
of defended cities is but as child's play,
high-
s, the
shall that corps smash mirrors] tear up li.
thraries, cut fami'y portraits, break ofien
drawers, and steal women's garments? Yet
this is the retalistion wn kind— who wishes
it—who, who so fallen? "The Generals of
the Northern army have become a “Secon
tert, 8 hissing and a’ by-word"” wherever
civilization has a foothold, Shall our Gene
erals beerme 0 2 Is the “rebellion at the
lust gasp’; must it Tesort to petty revenge
becanse too powerless to do like unto those
we So detest and despise ¢ Said Wood in
New York, “We cannot compare Lincoln,
and Butler and Bdrnside with Davis and
Lee and Jackeon,”and thirtvthousand of our
enemies applauded. Would you make it
vosrible to compare them ¥
The question is not WITAT Do oUR FOES DR-
BERE, (they deserve annihilation) BUT wiTAT
18 WORTHY OF US 2 Because a cur has bitten,
‘ne, MUST 1 BITE THE OUR? The nations bad |
been taoght to hate and despise us, that we
were semi civilized, ent-throats and assas-
'8ins PAR _EXCELLENOF, : bat or. very, foes
“Ihave been forced to acknowledge. that we
'| Wave taught them lessons | worthy of imita~
tion lessons of maonunimiry in the haar
of victory. * Now, when we have compelled
this tritute—compelled if not the nominal,
the real recognition, and ad niration. of the
worlds when we have laid the charge’ of
barbhraid brazearts and fixcft ‘it pon the
fov—now shall we yield afl (hit moral digni-
ty and erandear, YIELD IT FOR ALL TIME AND
ALL RISTORY, for the poor pleasure of devas.
tating a few acres ‘of Pennsylvania, or gut.
ting a few Duct | Stores 2
No, a thousand times NO 3: Xe be to.
God we have no need to aught cortemptible:
a us then’ cease’ this shout so'tinworthy of
Let us strive. to visita ‘TERY AND MA-
rh VENGEANCE, Let their country: be
"dismembered, bankrupted ; ‘their once great
name a by-word } lut them be compelled to
sit at the foot a they hive at the “head of |
nations ; as great, as hath been their. pride,
so great let their degradation be}. |
“This would, indeed. avenge our ‘monrners
‘and aur exiles venge them as is deserved |
of our focs, A318 WORTHY oF US. But let us
néver area. of accomplishing this great
What then? Are thesq Ye hEeANCE: if we bave succeeded by our in-
I'kane cry, in debasing, demoralizing and dis-
gracing our noble boys, our glorions army.
“Great God of Ueaven! in this breathless
hour make Thou Davis and Lee deaf to the
(too thoughtless voice of a people exaspera-
i
ted by Jong suffering ¢ keep them worthy to)
be a nation’s saviors, WOLF to be Thy hon
ored sons !
The Luzerne Union says it sees Norling
to prevent the election of Jadge Woodward |
by at least one handrd th n and majority,
rear eG EB p—
“An Tishman says he ‘an gee no earthly
f
i cape or e:
1
DEMOCRATIC 4LETING.
ialamp, |
Qer, afd afferie usual Prelim busi. | we found this feliow porverting the nation,
say-
prime, be- |:
| warned tha: war, bloody, and rainous, would,
§ finished d,’n tiotion was add that mad furbidding to give | 1b Ceasar;
ov. T Alexander, Bq yof Bellefohutd laadress [it Usb imself is Ohuse a Kor 8.
ho meeting. Mr. Alexander resprnded fol 3 Aud Pilate aeked him, saying ari thon
the call in sn abie and eloqhent addvese of! the hing of Jews 2 And be answered | him,
over an hour's davation 1, his argument being | and said, thon sayest if, .
mild and temperate, and entively devoid of [04 When said Pilate to tha Chief Priests
the cant pheases £0 common to politicians. | kod 10 the People, iad no fault in this
He treated the republican purty in a re tun
spectful manner, and attributed the many | 6.
errors they hud committed and the evils tivy | Flu s
have brought upon the country, to a mista [Jewsry, Le
ken idea in regard to our form of ; govern. | pace,
ment, and to their prejudices in? the [ 6. When Pilate heard of Gallilys lie nsked
democratic party. He helicged the masses | whether tha wan were a Gallilean.
of that party were honest men who w tia he belong.
their countiy , but who had been misled i to he sent, him
support of the repnblican partly by the fulse
teachings of alolilion demagogues, ile
Auld they sare the more flerce, saying
surzeil up the peop ¢, teach ng \irghout
gruning this
{rot Ga vil to
loved 7. Aud as soon as he ke
(unto terod's jurisdiciion, ty
Herad who hunself also was at Jurusalem
at that yma.
dwelt elaborately upon the cause of the war, 8. And when Herod saw Jesns he Was
charging it, where it justly belongs, vpon | cx y glad for hie was desirous to
the abolition and republican pariies, and by ! him for a long season, becanse he
1 conclusive proofs established the fuect, that { had henrd many things of him; and he
the disregard of the plain teachings “of thie
Constitution, the violations of thé law, the
demial'ot the authority of the deciciors of
the Supreme Court by the abolition and re
Jtiopad to have seen sowe miracle dove by
him, .
9- Then he questioned him in ma-
ny words; for it he wnswered him noth.
publican parties, under the plea of a * 1 ig.
er law," way thie beginning of the civil war. | 10. ‘And the Chief Piiests and scribis
That the recent riots in New York and clse-tsrond and veh ‘menently arcased pa
where, were but the legitimate off pring of | 11 And Herod and his men of war get
hm at nought, and moclced Aim aad array!
ed him in a gorgeous ‘robe, and 8erit him
again to Pinte.
12 Aud the same day Pilate and © Herod
were ‘made’ friends together,” f6¥ “before
they were at enmity between themselves,
13. And Pilate, when be had called tos
gether thie chief priests and “rnlers, and all
thé people,
14. Said unto’ them.’ Ye have Sronght
this man unto me as one: that prevertheth
the pecple, and nehold: I having ex min ed
him before you, have found no fanitin this
wan, touching thege things whereof | ye ac-
cused hm.:
15. No, nor-yet Herod for T gent you to
him, and lo, nochmg worthy of death is done
the disregard for law ag taught and prac-
ticed b; the administration itself.
counted the wavy errors and crimes com ait.
ted by the sdniinistralidn in its conduct of
the war, showing that the ‘many lives that
have been cst, the wmiilions of treasure
that base been squandered nud stolen by
corrapt officials, were chargeable to the im.
heeility and corruption of the President him
self—that 11s whole policy, as shown by
proclamations and orders, was to .the end
He re-
that slavery shou'd perish though the Con
stitation ard the Urjon should fail with it
and be buried in one common grave, He
closed his address amid rounds of applause]
calling tpon the honest masses fo rally
arcund the standard ‘of democracy for
Woodward, Lowrie and Liberty, and theu, ie HH as
although the Union, under the present mis- 6. , will hererons, chastise him ol re-
ease him.
rule may po to pieces before another presi
dential election, (which he hoped Providence
would prevent) the independence, the dignity
and Government of the country would, at
Teast, be saved from the general wreck, and
the liberties of our people remain intact,
Upon the conclusion of Mr, Alexander's
remarks, the Indies sang the song of <The
Repentant Wide-Awake” in eloquont'strains
This song, wherever it is sung, must make
¢ Wide Awakes” feel like asking Providence
to forgive them for ever having worn a cap
and a’ cape and for carryiog 8 lamp.
At the conclusion of this beautiful and
impressive song. J. H, Orvis, ‘Esq., was
called out amid the cheers of the ‘audience
Mr. Orvis is one of those engl, calculating
thinkers and logical reasoners, who always
carries conviction with his argament. Ile
spoke mm an impressive and feeling manner
of the troublesome times wjon which we
have fallen—traced the rebe ion to its legit.
fwnte sgurce and sustained his argument
with proofs fram Iistory. “He recounted
the warnings of Democratic statesmen ‘and
of the press against the dogmas of seetioa-
al parties in years past, and showed conclu-{ 96. dn as they led im away ther lad
| sively that the present war is nothing but! hold upon one Simon, a Cyresiwm, coming
the legitimate: consequence of the triumph gut of (he couniryg, and 03 biwm they laid
of a sectional par.y. The people had bee Ni the cross that be might bear it afer Jesus,
27 And there foliowed him a great coum-
follow the triumph of. {he “irrepressible pany of people, and ot women, which also
conflict” of President Lincoln, yet they had few. aled and I: mented bun,
not heeded’ it, hit had ridiculed | idea 28. But Jesus turning nnto them, sic
and stigmatized those who had uticred (fe { dug rs of Jerusalem weep not, for ms,
‘warnings ‘as ‘Union shriokers,” Union sa- bat weep for, yourselves, and for your
vers," ‘ge. | Their warnings had proved.’ oy fren.
‘alas, too true. Scctionalism. triumphed and ! 29. Tor behold the days aro coming in
war, terrible and devasta ng, hal followed. | {which they shall say blessed are the barren
He showed the efforts. that were made hy gud the wombs that never bare, and the
the democracy to compromise the difficulty | pups which never rave suck.
by the adaption of the Crittenden Coipro- ——————et
mise. He showed that the proposition Was| 15 Charles Sumner, we believe, is the
a fair one, and gave the South no advan-! President of the ¢Americin Peace Society,”
tage that the Constitution did riot warrant.i Why does lie not eall it to zether 2 Neay
The Compromise was spurned by the repute! Dow, now Colonel Neal Dow, was also one
lican party, while the democracy both North | of (he shining ligh's of that societ y. AP
and South were willing and anxious to pass | 1863, just ten P yiits ago, ho wrote as fol-
1t, if the republicans would agree to vate! lows si ;
He reflected severely upon them forrefusing | «War as an arbiter of national dis putes,
to settle the difficulty and avoid the war.— | is an absurd and wicked relic of a barr:
He spoke of the inability of the administra bat 3 hd i iro hig iy demanded on
tion to ran the machinery of so great a gov. the Hi tpl Fie Lght'nf Oho re
ernment ag this—proved it by their many-land a higher snd “purer civilization. That
blunders, and cited their violations of the the time will come when war shall be no
Cons; itution a8 evidence that they did nog mere known among wen [ have no doubt i:
intend tha tho Gai: shouldbe sawoned, SLL 1001 to bei day ot very ne
His arpuments on all these and many TOT | tq the utmos, of bis power.
Kindred points, were powerful and logical | a — te
17. (For of Heussity he must release one
unte them at the feast.)
18. Aud they cried out all at once, saying
away with the man aud release unto us Bar
rabusg.
19, Who for a certain sedition made in
the city, and forgpurder was cast unto pris-
on.)
40. Pilate therefore willing to releas Jes-
us, spake again io them.
21. But they cried, saying crucify hin,
crucify him.
£2. And he said unto them the third time
why what evil hath he done? F have found
to cause of death in him, [ will therefore
ciustise him and let him go.
23. Aud they were insiant with Joud voi.
ces, requirring that he might be erucitied.
Ad the ‘voices of them ‘and the Chief
fF prevailed,
- And Pilate gave sentence ha should
— as they required.
25, And they were instant with loud voi.
ees, tequireing that he might be cousified .~
And We voices of them aad the chief priests
prevailed,
fe
J}. W/RT A{UB 1iTLTE.
5:1 as a subsutate for him 0
“A what 30 asked Mos.
FOE eX lien nt. i
>I am willing 10 taky his place,” said (he
stranger,
Pilkwson with
“Youtake the place.of my. i »
wreteh 1 12 teagh yan te insnit 8 di,
cd woman, you vazabond 1 cried Mp
Kinson, ny she discharged the dirty soapsuds
in the faca ofthe di scomtbivted and astoni. hed. .
substitute, wha {a3 to big Heels Just in tim,
to escape having Lis head brohiei, Ly the
bucket.
tt) A emi LL
T= As marriage was not designed for ith a.
fants, A shonld not be allowed to pop
the question bifore they are weaned. ©
to the wealth ory
vty of the offander.
LL is wrong to mete ont justice according
Man's worth consists iy his virtue and nat
in his doilars and cents,
Beauty adorned in the fl ners of virt ie ia’
more lovely than (fiat arrayed in the, 9. Joes,
of Golconda,
The bad mechanic wilf always, “con enn
his material,
There are some on a ptritety ©
wind. 4 that they scarcel, oer dr 7 8 sober
breath,
We should pen. our injurioy in ‘the an
bat our benetiig in brasq,
He that piurs’in his rom pours out bis :
reason,
The way that provides not in summer,
muse want in ‘winter,’ .
"We should never mourn for that we can.
no: have,
A dollar 1 hand is generally join tan
in the ledger.
None of us should be idle; the Hen with
one chicken is as Binge 88 "the one with” °°
twelve, i adul,
ER yo) n ¥ or oks
ad Mn Sn never Eke truer words |
shan when he said, mn his, Fours of July ..
speech, that he was not prepared tomaks a
speech worthy ef the occasion, Unfortuu- ;
vtely, he never is prepared to make a speech
worthy of the oceasion, and itis a fact be.
coming tho settled conviction that =e never
will be. Tt is a very bad comment on. the
capacity of a Chief Magistrate that cannot.
geil upon his feet and say a few ‘words to
the people without blundering through his
part as a stripping lawyer would ue asham-
ed to bluuder. Frow the time he enuuciat-
ed the “nobody hurt” joke to the present,
he bas placed himself and the country in a.
mortifying posiiion alevery public appear-
aner. We can survive bis ancedotes but
his speeches are tou much for equaniuity,
There iy probably but one other peculianty,
that can rival thew, and that is hig vein of
letter writing Considering that the nation
allows him to dv the goveruing, the least _
he can do to show his gratitude 18 to
make uo maie specches and writs no more
jetters,
ac
= > 1 2 Et
dn Sufehienee of A ffevt " hit - The weeting was a great snecess; and | re uitlavoll ty
i a previous snnoancement 4 5
the Detnberatic CIHGItHE Bofors Kool TY. i showed that the b rit of demotracy is not Me. Pilkinson, s small farmer in Pan.
" ; and cannot be crushed cat in the borous gh! sylvania, was some time ago drafied for the
ionviile, mer at the schocl-honse on Satar- aid: fowaship of U { f hi
day evening tie 25th of July. Al Hous bi wuship 0 0. 55 vice of hil country. Hrs wife, (ho" ihe |}
te wElither Wess asl HE, ie, ‘Widrd a A voice of thanks wastendered to the la. |! 1 possessed general informaiion, is one of the
‘ i c
mocracy turhed nt in this night hol a) Qies for their song, and to the speakers for | best cenjugal partners, avd she was much
i g
ay ently hie (RG . J ’ i 2 Th jaar elo yuent and insiructive speeches, fp at the thougot of paring with her
i ) $ GIL g + 3
ladies ot rs p is 3 ‘ 50 ap os | wherenpon, the meeting adjourned to meet bi usband. | AN'she wes dngaged vi serdbhi g
8. 0 MESS 07 anchi 1 8
3 4 3 : AL | again in four Beis Jassson lott her doorsteps, a rough luoking siranger
spirit of patriots, and ear e to cheor with ini cams up end add Thi :
8 dd. esved her}
their presence, those engazed in the ‘good’ CASE IN JUDGES PON ys PILA° £3 wf hear ma'am, iw bushaudn!
¢ i 14 , that sou 8
cause of restoring the democracy (6 power. | i SOUET. bon Ghia. ? RL SUar.Lashaugy | ay
ey, al ois; ISiraticliisee y the laws | +e . ; (odes 8
They, alth a fitsed ty the 1 ’ hi, SEO
‘ v i o Yes sir, he has" mvowercd Mrs tas
of the Tand) a 1¥Enes 1hvol d CANTER Xxx. ki = ji #;
e and “hate Qadir | ftps : sen on ugh di £ knows thers is Fe
Si a =e > wen thaico 43 t 0
mined to't of rH Tr aflaence! 1. Aud Yhes whole mul til y, oT e i : ae Wi tei pr he Paid thei
{4 ides Amis
on the ‘side of hy dogide FAR. Ortle “Présit| ardsci and led hionnrito Pilate 1 1 WN BRAT pp ———
dent of the (IaH Ehitel tho ment to ‘or 2. dndihey began toageuse him, saying In am, 1 have coms to offer wy
ad 909
gna
a
aw
£
i fasdw
> A young man in Oalifornta, Whos H
friends at howe hod neglected to writs ta ©
him for 8 Ding time, adopted” the expedient
of sending letters to variods business ‘men
men mn the neighborhood. inquiring the
prices of land and glock, intimating that'
fio had large sums 'to “invest, By return
mail he received no loss than seven letters
all anxionsly inquiring afc hig heaith,
when he was coming howe & . incleding
some warn anes from an oki aad tery cold
Sivesihbacts 4 1g
a Bre ar nd Sr
To The Tribune Was once ® Yesrtarian
‘and antisw-r. . Is New. Orleans corre spon
dent having related that in a btile at Porgy
“Hudson, * one nemo was observed with a
rebel soldier in his grasp, tearing tho Hesh
from his face with his_ teeth’ wi hus)
exclaims ibe Lrrbuns, “prgses one regiment
blacks to everlasting fume." 1a ig, yesrn
Greeley will advocate cantiiniine
OAD
= If the {et papers are full o
treason, and of enmity to the solders, i.
dow’ the BlazkRepublizan anthorities lot
the soldicas sce them 2
Lm te Gebrmemg
Among the diated meu 1n Boston ‘sre two-
a
Ja
Catholic Clergymen, six editors the United:
States District Attorney, the Provost-Mars:
shall General, an artillery Air gs
three John Smitha. busgssib |
Bt Brean s
A young doctor on being asked x contri:
bute toward enclosing and omamenting. a .
cemetery, very cooly replied that. in fl Bag... oc :
it he should do his part. -
dic
b> Deiir me, how Ruidly Beles m said
Mrs. “Partington pecently at af Neuiphtanteiis 80,
meeting. *“T dm always rejoiced when he
mounts the nosnil for hig’ eloquence warty
[TF Always look up. Every good thing
heart of any honest mun that ever ware a {cometh from above,
me in every eatiriise of my body.»
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