iT ;\VER ARG-TJS.
i BEAVER, PEJfy’A.
April 130th.. 1862,
A Co.,'Proprietor.
V,Tj -\jg-r-OsE,Doi.tiii and Firrr Cest»
is advance; otherwise Two!Dot
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H a U arrearages are settled, 1 . J
and communications, brinall,
U isre prompt attention.
Weppiug .over the severance and?scat- i Long before tny political organization
tering; of domestic’affections and dt£ | bad its existence on this continent,
mgstic felicity. They have given as the spring waft opened from which
- fifteen States of slave i was to flow this driadly strclim-long
■titered.in the Senate, on Thursday ec& slave breeding. They have given us. £go the was planted which has
nil. March. 18, 1862, oh Senate bill fifteen, States of sterility and barren--grown, flourished,' arid fspread but its
»%, -entitled ■“ Joint Resolutions ness,- and of the blighting; of God’s poisonous branches tmtii-troailon drops
9o the abolition of shivery in the virgin soil of all its richness, glory and from its liriibs uU over the sotrth. Who
f or‘ Columbia, and the-subject promise. The have done this, not only 1 were that! :olony that •: la nded at
.ihlavery in.ibs.States. . . with four millions bf human beings, Jamestowli 7 were they devotees of
stated the question be- bf whom they became possessed either; liberty f They were men who had
■o -y c Senate to be upon the final by dtheft or by base money-making! been reared-in the mother I cou'ntrv
ot the resolutions., thfejvhavei not stopped) with jupder the femile of royalty, men who
\ir Krrciiiti. Mr. Speaker, the res- four millions of : Africans. Bat, in i had revelled ;in their baronial halls
i’-Vis uii'lci* consideration have al- clr cconomv - , in their distribution of; upon the friths of-thciribroac leagues,
v ieca aidy and patriotically dis- fhe magnificent empire of a million j and the hard earnings of ’their slaves,
onibodying as they do the s, lhare miles into jdantationsil they | —yea, white staves ! They vifero men
rciptcf- wliieh my own convictions have jexcluded from manhood and ! who boasted that neither they nor
-iijc-e led me to adopt as our only happiness more than five, millions,of j theiranecstorjhad stained their hands
of ! n!timate national harmony and white men. The inhumanity, th’cbru-,; with toil, and their high' prerogative
jyv. I cannot forego this Opportune- thli.ty, the degradation of the slave is i had been to courtly'array ;in
of contributing - my share towards consequence of-slavery, { the palace,; or in radiant pridbto form
iki> them the basis of a grand and But as a necessary result of the selfish- j the knight!}- fcircle around the sacred
~;f«iifEational policy. Tbev enuri-1 n - e ? s . a J nrl t!l « monopoly and of tjhoir king in defence of
iM no riovelidoctrinc. They propose B P irii pf the institution; it has doomed j the realms (lie chivalrjy of the land.
■Vtartllng innovation, the results of to poyerly,. 'dependence, ignorance, i They did riot wait until that Dutch
...I; are feeife conjecture. They do a pd: hebasement, worse, if possible, ;ship r furnished them 1 with [African
-;i k ns ;■ ijsail outuponan unknown thiin-lhatof the- slaves, jit least five i coinmoditiesof traffic, but theyopened
,of speculation, freighted with our millions of white men, womm arid ;« market for vvhitc flesh arid blood,
ilostinVi: ignorant- of: our children, compared with whose: asso- In their lore Jiness an I contempt fbr
the shore upon which we eiations,.present conditions and future obscurity and poverty, Lliey dealt and
•."tecastij The doctrines of the i prospects', the serfdom ofEussiawould ; bartered in i,ho blue eye* arid white
Lace, been sanctioned and a desirable refuge. ; jfaee^as freely [and as cheerfully as they
-:d;l v'T.it’l prayerfully ch’erifhed: by ! are not the‘qmorwdrite trasbi’'rever have in the sable .African. , And
;, r v great and patriotic mind, by cv-' tbe sa . fillers and crackers pf South '.judging from the' general exhibition
r iirielligcrfi lover of free '<»ofern- ‘ Carolina and Georgia, in the- enjoy-' of the old fei; dal spirit they {brought
foundation-of the Con-' "lent of the same moral, intellectual j with." them;—in .their distaste for the
; v Vrto !(,is day. Thomas Jefier-■ a,i< * economic advantages with the j arts, their disgust for Industry, their
..to ijhjem'yiie Sanction ■ of.ibis Jywirianiypf Pennsylvania '! Because j contempt i.o;poverty, I their! austere
N-. ipv the- ‘noblest tribute' be • hereditary feudalism, the villainage Of • domihhnce|t»v jr their dijpondiints, and
'lji.i -country is bis living, i M lO fifteenth century with all its yiior-/ the elieapries i in which they held
v... _• , r |i <n their favor. Ami the rinlies.forbidsif. Because it isincohSis-; untitled human.life, it huriy be riscrioes
~ geniiis of Clav nev-! tent'with the spirit oi mastery andy question whether, by- the landing of
.',.... h-yii i-y ijsiiial ■& Instrri upon ■ ex dusi,ve control that has come down ■ the first Alrieans among; them ■ this
• ••. . 'uai heart a 4 when in 'with th.o.-e w)io hfild rtilclu the South-1 »ya 5; not Saved, from the
r>y. iit'o he declared ngafist ■ ern: States-from gefieration to genera- l-spec-tii'-Ie "* i- more dejgr tiding white
ii\, “f'slavery and entered Üb> ,,: i"VTl;iI(? underllhe liberal'i>rogr.ess t slavd'-y th.aiv |yer moved the.pierey of
idUjmbri. struggle* to inaugurate! ot ’ tlle i a g' J '>' ie Vt '.ry iiisiiuitii.ms IV.om ; Ihe.coitri.'i of England tb'rillemate the,
•ifet-afion of ; the princi- which.; tln'Viiniye'drawn lids dominant ;aching heart <d' iier rcjilm-vvide villain-'
*' "iv-v'hyfsi.iriti j'ns in.th'e g.r'adit-,spirit! jhave faded from -the cotmiries age. <>r 'allracted' the. sympathies of
'h ■'bMihrit’fd' slavery. They early f”* they-had i|ieir origin.' still mankind tothe plaiii's;!of*lliis;|ia toiift
’■•i.afJbv'l4.e--e.i'ia be'uo poach while ; *be originalibarbarisjri. that gave them, the yoke of serfdom. | In. 1607 they
r j-tp-jii arid lh:u the ohir d-on- 1 b'Vt'o.: has eontinued in theroalpi of - bo.astcd • that .were bonl torhle; after
oi;v'i.4'u*-‘v' was iififs griidufil ri s b lv< -‘ry with uneiianging rig.ir.S In our disaster, al Bull; linn 'inll -Sfil, in .
. Ifo'v i!i*'.’|-thet?e was the ;ii t, c> me samo.io'.o <*i exdusiye . ;he icoel ov; ,hm at iiiehim|nd, Jelf.
: v ,tuftvigave ns.'anil' how fear-: P°wevrand ■inipatidf.ee of i-omrnunfty^. Bavis boasted ‘-that they'wpi-e born'
- this n:iti*'.n"atorie for; privilege ;has wielded the powers-of; to mle;” aiid along: wltii- thlit. boast
'•: tigl.a.iar'icm-liir.gV , ; this government from its luundatfoii went the sneer for I'liiiversalfsuftVage
iugh-jrand' solemn purpose of Ithevprescjii1thevprescjii day. almost exclusively Nah'd equal pan ieipatipn in ih«|• ailnmi
■intidns is the hivcmoriy and ; tl,r tiic, benefit •>! the slave States,— isti-juion <»f; govcriiirieriit’, arid tbe as-lj
r, rilv 'of the country and the W henCyerao issue has occurred in the • suiription thgt wealth arid blopd earri-ri
r of'lhefigovernmeut; - And for '.administration of riio government he !cd with it .wisdom, andj furhirihed the j
• hev appcll to every hearthv all ;'t"'een the and Southern ; Utie to distifutipri arid j the C|xdiisive!j
sacred in. patriotism—bv pll i Stated, the northern majority has al-j right of government. It wai not nc-il
r Me ip four: eorintrv’s glorioiis the southern mi-icessan-/or,UB to., vfait for'
all,oriVsVkpathies for berdn !'»orU^ : ,D' •.»£. 'tbfi...
i irier : grifrid. yet" fearful southern influence has -in the stTeels) of Pliiiadclphii
national; existence, and by alfouv' baftthy pyepouderauee,; and we have; (ermine whether was 4
•? of hpr triumphant amlglorious .learned, this Imippn has bitterly: in the' Sohthi' I 1 '
REMARKS op
„).W. “VV . Ketcham,
or ir2m*x cocstt,.
. leaftied. at the co.-il of! untold million.'
- iroiferomciii. more than anv '■d tue fruits'of hurl hern industry, arid
•uniciiit.' tjiat • over existed, -is the t ! ie blood ‘of legiojis of her noblest
;;re ami. the set-vaiii ’of the ped- • sol '?r that .the southern ‘minority ‘-have
T- vio-yi hie ■i' hi the virtnousW ia d. a feafejtri power in the army and'
■e'iirfyiit; devotion of the people the*cmrntry. • • • ' . ’ *
■ y-iiieij'iys; and sustained, inspi'ry ‘"And. what has the £<riith given in ;
ai'hnjiiiiaterod -virtuously and in-’; return ?—what Ims siaveay eontrihu
: atiy. iiiitst 'continue, as -ft has I ted to the honer: safety and perpetn, :
tiia.es• gone by. the grandest i ity of this goverriinent* for our gener
.Mi.etitality in the hands of Prov- osi ty, ourjliherality, our forbearance?
lot triej civilization, the dereP*; It has conftrjjbutcd to-our position and '
if the elevation of mankind, character Jaipong .the. nations of the
d ove all the goverhmenis’ot the earth, ypi our physical resources and ;
;it haf J-tobd in.its proud emi- domestic■ecdhbmyjaiid loathe porpet
c- of freedom 1 Haw its benign nation dll the! government" fifteen slave
has : cheireled. the earth and j .driving; slave trading,and slave hreed-i
KvO‘irniji,generous hopefulness thej ing States, and ah army of Tpiii ;hun-j
v u! iiveijyjWsppf— ; id red thousand traitors shedding itheiri
'. v ahove ytii the nations of the J.-blood and the blood [of :palriots to de- i
s tare we been' blessed in this sa-; stroy this, government! .Here is. the
• gii' y. wjiilo the spirit of those | result? of slavery. Cap wo. Will Vye. :
s“ v v- ti| :f= followed it along ; from dljeforee of-habit g’rotyirig-upori '
-p-y mission, arid inspir-1 u|s for the- last sixty years, still close
■ • p.vion and bound fast ’pur eyespaiul deny to opr' senses ’the- 1
’;'4-ee and fidelity of the; great truths that arc shocking all
-i ; s beneficence.' But I christcndum ? Can we deny that we
•••I: j.apped its, foil n da-J arc fighting battles against slavery'for
s• Id .’lity and' infidelity 1 the existence of (.his government?—'
yd ,!id-.v : helpless, how Can we deny- that slavery has forced :
•W; - : r, 'e., aiid of power., and ins to send into the- field six hundred ;
in n.ih-dfoyns-life I It jwas i thousand [of our sons, to, waste and,
■ c -to jjiljr its subjects withjthe 1 die, that! the government- may., live ? !
i:;ii;., .of; power; it was-riot made j Gan we deny that pur own dear land ;
• i'i‘ yen. ifof the dominance of W lighted up with the flames of civil ;
: r'-''.";vr■;hc'many; it was created j war, And her soil saturated with' the’
ytHfg* vjyiies. the will.'the vir- j best blood-of the nation by slavery?
■i 'J tl.e patriotism ,of thiisc who ■ Tljis is w;|mt slavery lias douedor the
receive, land lb he the objects j Safety.' perpetuity, and 'the • honor of;
- .-I gii njidiK-ivee.; Entering upon ;this goVerniiij-nt. ft is the inevitable, i
; if. -tiny with a government d legitimate, fnjll growth of the spirit of •
. : ; y to benign and. so elevated in of the institution. Its very life 'is a
g :; ''".Jr .p-' 1 ? I-purposes, what became ;.*far- upon all free government.; It
y!i''s thc.f[|cpplo over whom, in.i lijvesaml flourishes aiid'triumphs in tbo'j
--..iiess ifiProvidencc, this gov-.! dbcayjni.id death "of liberal pjdriciplSs,!
.Jy 1 ' 'p'dained;:?! It hadln its; and it decays arijl dies with freedom I
! 'WWfioii, in its vent ihspirg-[in the asccnciaui.l This is a necessity i
'y-very act of it? creation. an‘l of -aiature. • Why, sir, found!
f Wt'Ueprid irrevocable claim to'■ a| State, divideWjb its soil and; parcel ■
gV;;’ Wtiic and intelligence, and'! it but into priricipalilies of frojn three i
• - 'ir. cot Idicontributo to it? per- jlo thirty ghousarid acres, cover it all t
- ;-’i, and.Mthe full, free. unob. I over withi-pettyj princes, each ;pwning ;
t-of its high pnr-j ing as-absolutely as his cattle, jthe !
’• b haf| has slavery.... doric to ! Whole' coiimiiutiity. around' him, and ,
f'crpiettiate the-! gnyern- j what bavo -yon made?. You havcj es-;
■ lias stayiriy built up the causcj tablislied a nei-work ofj monarchies. |
.V'" l : bj llas iliestudyaiul'labor! Begin at Jamestown in 1007, and eon-.
- -istviipiori been the disseinina- j.tinue on .until' you have spread over;
.•E'i'U.W:intelligence? lias the j fifteen." States-tins. system .of petty';
••nivcryl .been, to jirirify, lyfirie '.-tyranfiie's. | teaching day after day for 1
'IU-iii-liuman heart ? Ha'sit j tvvo hundred and fifty years, that :
f r ! ; : l> siori fa make herWoinain | man’s rank and dignitj', and consider--
knowledge, w-h-dum.' vir- ‘ation is yneasured by the number of
‘ ’'i'.b-' hijd patriotism ?,' Book J bondsmen iwho render to himtlie trip-!
.' a ! ; Southern map, and ; ute of their life-long toil— is ,
e '- 1 rue., if ,y° u ; , can; i tpp.evidenee i uecessaiy for me then to argue that :
y high piii-jioses.''Show- me, if | you have established in this land a ;
vj. : 'b ''.V/rieh-tesuit.or tiie history I dangerous bphfljet with all free gov-1
:? ’ Vi i ni ' ss ‘ : m in the domain of; erhment ? j iV|e have it to-day ripened •
'' ' y tevelrj'■ .of rebellion and l and matured.j Here, ii\ this, land of;
f tptve they .given usiwisdom, | ours, the oporld beboldsTthe .-conflict ['
'patriotism’ Have! between the great principlds of qlvil!
ns brutality and ‘ and religious liberty on one hand r iind
-'and 'sorrow ? j oi" studiedj progressive, systematic,
siatj -L c fifteen. States ofj fully developed tyranny .on the Other.
j^. n <|ageiof .-traffic in human | It is idle to: talk abont the dissolution
«’g gigeb- os fifteen 1 of the Union and this war growing but
■ 'y.ith-oppression, and ! political parties.
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' 13eavcn% 1 ';F -•-.t.: :|:vi:;|:
liOi/k nuw to the landing in they
Xnrili. Vi lio were they-1? Did they
citme flaunting their heraldry In the
face of shrin «ng obscurity They
came ilie persecuted gml;down trodden
victims.-of. po.ilical and religious op-;
pre&sion. > for ' liberty Is sake they
braved the pgfilsof the wlldcuiess and ■
inclemencies; of the whiter, and led
llic-ir- wives and ! little dues over ihe
snow path,J and* reared I their I cabins, ;
whose only furniture, nn(t oidy evi-;
donee Of earthly wealth, was the'
' cradle, the rifle;and tl>e' Bible. But,
oh ! what a; beginning of greatness
and glory I , Qn that ,ro<fk-boii id coast
j rose the stair jif trecdoid—thei beacon ■
j to guide Ihe [oppressed (fall the earth
i to a hoinexthd a refuge; and si ice that
I dtty with -what al conlin ted, u ichang-;
ing radiance .{lias '.hat star »;hdt 'its 1
beams on and 'oiffrom that cob., bfptik,
eastern coast] guiding the pathway 1
of progress ltd where the Pacific rolls
its solemn Whay a nation.has !
; it.lighted intojbeing, arid what a na-!
lion reflects: list 1 radiance- over’the :
: world l! Behold | thei g ories pf that;
landing in the wealth, t te power, the';
intelligence, ; ho virtue, tbef great
1 community of rights,;: and |.He' GocD
■ like dcvolopmeijt of man [in -tlicsoi
; eighteen frc<t : States.- - Behold the
-contrast !' Seloiwhoihjs contributed |
; to honor and;,/perpetuate this
[mentd See Who pours outs her blood
and treasure’i i defonce.pf tbeiConstiy!
tutiou and the Union! See w lio have
; sent, sis . hunt red thousand Of their
i sons to rescue the Cot and
• the Union, that they: may descend-tif
Diccoetiing generations. idle Co
talk of abolitionism: in the city of
j Boston, or in’ [lew 1 in
; Charleston, p/odiicing this- gfeat na-:
j tioual col|isK>rr*|Secesalon ; is ibut the t
I sullen recoil- of [treason two liufndred ■
i years old, -breaking against th b resist-.;
[leas .wave of human progress.. [As-’
; well might you tell me that the signal i
t flame of the volcano ga|'e birt.ji to the |
[surging earthquaiee, : as to refer to |
[Wendell Phiilips.'and "bis felloiv aboli-j
: tioiiisls as thejcaiiKo of this great an-i
; tugonism of tjortiucijile; , [WMy,, -Mr. i
[Speaker, we; 'Arft 1 all; ol’ us naturally, i
; instinctivelyabolitionist?., Us were j
[born opposed to slavery. You are!
iopposbd to it; and I am opposed to it. j
[ uud so is the Senator from Berks op- j
posed to it. [ Yes, even tic Who has |
: become the fhainpion pf slavery in,!
this-discussion cannot, refuse 'pj -stop /
[down oft’ the pu'-'ty. plattforra and meet;
. me as .man anti man,'-and say! “I- do,'
[ not like bondage anywhere.! .-Not 1
! even he would to-nig(iti be willing tor,;
j atiy cause oil elirth to admit slavery-!
jinto this old Commonwealth, this';
I noblest illustration of genuine, Democ-:
j racy" —the Democracy that kr ows no'
'difference among'" then, i except their
worth as men and asj pitizen i—that
Democracy wi ich has, 1 for its; motto,
“the greatest good to the greatest
"number.” /No, sir, riot/even he, the
champion of | th[e jrnfslavery I party,
bore, would tier bee. ’if tided bi, to oast
off his party ha
Commonwealth
Born and rearei
rounded : by I tl
mstitutions.anid
of their glorious
abhor it, and lih
justice, and hula
mice to partyjji
tions, and put'
feet in defence)
good" old State
are all born op
may be fanaticji
is full of it.
W
.hl|.'U. ..... ... .. .
< c may at w ;11 any thatitq| > gleam 9ricndigjous urdtencPof ejixteridHig the
flashing (Vom th's ptort^cccn^tff-the orea : of* ■fyepdot|i,;'they’ expended: two
wave is piW:«wlio|^.ssibeJpdWidHisMf
sny'that this liar dfii lof abstr widpnistß ahp the blood of thjirty then sane 1
who, in their wild'ihasegfter pfe idea cHizerihjhjjMeMcan copqneSt; and |th i
have separated thoipßejii’es [forii this fPckaik - : toV- yndpn ytho
rest of the 1 world, ind 4bfftj-behind |j?Kal|thp;pb|y<|r;. : <jf| slavery •
them, are■, the ;!< ! :dH; or are .|Sfd ;giyje ajh totroason. Ijbeii
responsible IbrjJ; ;hiis IgrPaf jtp tq| : ip(|i|^tion;;<glife people;
They are only the dfßtajni |echo,ja add fojns|tfy |WjMghtrnl ; hdvaDCC i
ripple on the sui faip, toadtrPnish us M the-pave power!, the [party tririnet
of the rising tid 3 d Bea of slavery! propagandists, add the whole
hutnanity that is swotting- up toja land echoed wi|h the defence of south,
mhve exhaled Iji e, ind l‘am tarry forj tigmlfck jvpre arfaihg.
the man Who 1 spss so diitaty -the .cnyll’«|» sumieipns .pf thpir soiith
rents of our iptipiiial destiny; as tp lfl? brathernv uld;{idtltnjqal^ed ,;byjth<c
concede to a fp| v miserable fanatics,! cfy ofjabolitionisni, th'e natiorfput itn
either North oy South, the imwer of rindel its"feetiantj,cast oi'
the great leverage hat is m King this Spott fbr Pierce.— :
nation Ip its cep re \ It.Wtlie inevfl 4hd again| and|flHaliy lb complete th(i
table conflict o|f hhtagbnisiib idea| wrvic<| toistarilp|thj«f.wokd-jwith jtlio
that have been d sve opedhstl agrowtli I Opliniri.itlpn of h nntjond lolly; in ! th< i
and progress of the couihtry jhns on-1 wildcsf reyplry bfWwr'ty mi ajdhcss;|.' by
larged their fipld <j>f inffepmitf. It 5s I browbeating,' tyjdimtiiniditiod,,'by
the revolt of riiistreracyjagftirist du-; nfmsc c f the pu )Fic predii[!ity! by for
nice racy ; of dV spotisra rhgainist free, j f miting, thjp pu >llc Wogril!y!,j by ilefi
grtvcrnhicnt; and if it cgmd &tacooed,\ap c ® of lajtv am tfampUpgi'jpnddr foo;
the Southern Conf rap-, tno sanctity’ Of Ihe Pleetiyc; |fraincl)iise,
idly mature intp aniabsomte ripd ti‘frifying|thc 'matsbs. with }tlie'
despotism, .because! its formation, its tfi tor's cry of. disunion, they elected
source grid insjjr'clion; fhh ylroducb BuihaiuSi.flitcsiilc id ; ipd"- djdj v•
nothing else; pi id! : ho| other form of <j|«d hi ni oyer tb si a Very bpijnd liam I
government can suh.MHt ph slavery aji 4| , . c * j Than yame jtlipj j'days! of
a basis; and pe •pt(pate.lfspjf-ngaihix f 1 ‘ibtiltt ionjto laisipcople—then -enm<i
the pressure of IdKipyi in.herjprogfesii f ( P r J’f ifs of paralysis to tlibj.ipatlop , n
in all tlß> world ivroupd iti’ If |is the ft ejultitsj t/hen fairie foil it yrflaifs of |dy
War of despotisin a [P g <p'i;.lie hopes; I tlbpri elimi
al liberty’; and ji nbyer will h}>;''effccts' grig bi:i thirloxpressibn bfithe pbn
all-end T 1 |f Lf! *! i»|ar w|j • f ! hefreSU'’ J
nally.auw pertnai
the vigor .and
moving cause sli:
broken iip. it ii
awhile; but" if s!
it will grow ano
the licit genert
as suie to l eomo,l
of nature,works
by the Almighty
saw itj ajnd sdi
ancstioo -?•%*«? 1
That itiiasTjcen
influences; there
freedom, been all
of her own grain
day might
and whoir it ! di
own inherent el
.tlie limitation ■<:
peaceful ednqui’|i
gross-slavery mis
jan antagonist fai
has reared* its hl<
hellion (if . IS6I
- by half
ing it half- its pd
part\ - iswesponsi
nearly all the lif
it Inis been the p
erning political
country— the,pa
the masses, ' ar
the popular 1 hearj
ed tlic ’governmetl
national destiny 7 ;)
cst ! political ppjv
.through -its servi
through its lustdi
when it should h
became the seryn
havpl vindicated
lihejdy and cqpjii
had its pr.igin, |ijt
a, to de }
Recession .■
instrument bf af
ism.l? "When the
save the goyernn
•its purity,.find p
to conciliate, the
spised itfoij[ittj I I
Dpmocraticlpaff;
the country; over
enemies, whose (
session was for it
nullification of ].;
retribution I its «
the spirit of tresi
broken,:its|.c‘add
a Itt-c-word ..anil
followers would
oyif woi’ks only t
pending Vengeai:
disloyalty. Bui
ty, then in po'\v‘3
vengeance of G i
ed him to argue
oiir southern 1 i
parley with tn
loaders of treasf
leaders. .The p
and it was Jits t
and thu country
trolc.d to, havt
biiftVs the bra i
and banished iht
councils, andj the
to have protecU <
its; great irfljere'
its enemies. ,| Bu
of t|ie treasoji,
thechiofof tnotoi
made him a Dome
Calhoun instead k
cast from life piii
ter, and the; aut
Confederacy wfll
brandished abot
gave it the hinnt
transferfof the g
ern control; and
encc to the slav
strnction of the
and the dissolnt
Thb f«an of the
— : —t i• m* ' : "H I' • I 1; i•- • h
■ncas.tto*Bav|a| this (rid boon o
• fix»w|ioftT(m|ai ini-ati | tcvF, k\
i i j roreTO|i
l| c ;:t^^ce ( ii|of:;fTOp }tlie.pW
c :■ sbgtnor
i
i . ftithfn
■ anijty,’-would lind'defe; dfervic j=!
f ide j and tier in:ji I
tbem. aQr’ beeeatb choice >
lof|Jthe;:|»oiK»j >bf tljja cli 1
J j-tellf t you,! Bir, wo i of the [.
; ?d .tq-slavpy. It | a*nd : in|i
Nat i*SO;tH6 worl4; t|y a to
: " ■:■!■! \ Hot 1 ; kill
II oat IV ptjp <1 Mvil til Ij
vi alitly ip! great 1
all be wntqniered and
may be mispressed lor
laTeryi isMidt broken
War ftp
tion.. Klfl&olHrin was
as) that ahV.jfbeat law
thfe resultiaasighed it
'. jAH precast
.istb bedday political
is .no doubt. Had
awed the •advunrtagea
id IprogrcSs, tile evil
acfjh put far iff, and
id |come, th rollits
li'inont of dcflay and
:f its verge jbV the
its of the worms pro
gh t have; beim: jibu ikl
i hiss forniidabl4 than
oo Jy head iii the re-'
For hastejiinjg this
' a century, a id giv->
aver,- the jDejn ocratie
1 1 For sixti r years,
b bn,the; govoi nmont',
c imninant fnd gov
ni ganizations lof the.'
•t;; ithat'cui'i led* with
d; had coin uuiul 'of
t. : It hasud iwiiisterj
lit} and nj6u Jed our
r. hasbeea tin‘great-!
v< r . on^ car h. j Yet
ility ami po\\ardice.
for power and place, 1 :
lis.ve been master, itij
ai tY when: it. s|rouldi|
.he broaf buds of]i
ality upon w ii|eh fit }
t became: the tearful ;
is ooraej' afd deispof
World loiikid to jit to!
fi(t of the;country in 1
•elect it Iron all evil
very powe* |t jiiilt do- j
il e'r.al doetrijnbs} the,
r delivered itself and:
1 1 the ser'ipe of its
nly desire br its pos- 1
s destruction j- If the!
132 had revived the |
dnpnnity \ cemaiided,
son would-liaije been j
;*6 .would hif ;
f •cpi'oaeh ianu their
K.jve romenber tlicir
0 shudder it the im-i
ci s that evd uSvaitod
t lie'Hemofatic!par-J
r, {stayed tic Sbbncst
n jJacksonaiid'forc
iyithii the 'lights of
ethern” ail liold a
iibfsJi,- As pew J the
n, were limocratic!
.rty had to power,
ole mb duty tci itself
v hosexlestny It con
s tamped O 'ii their
d !of elerni lifainy
ni fprever K. their
1 clorth ait]
I the govern!
L from thee
tliei verya
i stead of a
s 1 b eternal .j
r ttic herofaij
f i vagatjanq
*ty, became]
nit of the |
i jho clnb p
efits devotj
5 iting alter
> .{ornment j
thquestiom
{power, ot
iDemocrat
of tHe 1
loivvvr.
iciitand
;rMp 6l‘|
uiuaeity i
iopriiiii^']
• I U a ®-l
nclniin\-, I
1 Jiio.X 1 ’!
knu I'ont- j
Its inas
“ni (.hern
(treason
ijhcad,
■nv-o, a
sputh
’ Jpbedh
-ne| de-
Mty
□ion..—
etlth®
Icxistor
d in-tb
after; t
speetivi
t of th<-
of the
y did it
At th
lefiahoe
of its lu
{sated; 11
homiimt
his steal
ian jit c
ow;[ ah<
‘ " . ■- I
ce with s»
jir oxcessj
10 chief pi
: cntididaf
party for!
JEiepubiid
perform I
3 eonnnaro
and coini
nofit mass*
mini: Tali
oh for tli<|
1 flirieed tip
id ! not -jwjr
with hi'
'•"'ftiofi
li of ty
rdririyan<ll.vi(/l(|iot, andj*yjtfecp(inp.:
tori Cajis'Htiilion ill Kansas; theriftht
dtcreeibf iunit'crsui sia-refyl went fhrtl
iif the jiDred Scott j decision,| tleclatinjj
whcfevciv&cjflajf onioui
Si|il .orjjtno Co|st|tntionj aisbrted if
majestic po werlthere slaveryi Was sa
icjfecl—-that slavpry was jtlho"rn l t e, jane
freedom tho cx|eption. yi • ;
-.not the Sonth: then teiilize th&i
rsKt
i tjyt rU le f | WHfc iv southern President
.in bis:.imbecility, madly ifevote<|Jc
! tlreic interest, :|nd madly poisoned hy
i tlie enfdnies cjt'ihi; councils'ah.d iriter
<|ts ofiliis With the arim
;ii| [their - in
; t jj'cir hiinds|-with Conjir6f!s- ! iij tiieii
I hetids-p-\yith tlL\ Snpn mb Cdiirb 'ol'
| t|(j Uijitbd Statl'a'iii liieirhandy, their
; fiU-orite ' idejas lof --gov rimmon t 'and
; ll|dir.shpreffiney in the 1 x'liij recojiniz!
| n|ml tnid sanctioned by the Coirftittf
ttipn 'of (lip cotta try. v n;,y| |tho iyery
! C|)nstiiirtioh-Hu|riehdercilj to thejf in
( t'lrprcttior., di| they nc tjitlherr- rule?
still the gn|af hody-pf pc Dcmo-
I «j;>tie phrty vin|icatcd tl eJHdmiiiistra
j tttrh' arid dcfemjbd and ijitiifiod
j ®W-'i indignation of t ibj people was
coiih iyj'and/Wjhinj
i;tl(o|Soukli saw tpe|gi|cat prlit ieal: i-ev
!|o mlonitha't wife'; to IIVI P them froth
jp|wer, fand irefertec th >ir J decree ot
j pimrxmAcy,l J.hckr i robbeli* the, public
| tneasMiT}’, destroyed the public crtjdit,
1 the {fronts' of;He"’gorfefn-
i intent, ytjdrrupter [' the off ibis. of! Ithe
jßßihy «ld navy, stole Jh< p[ blie afms.
j a |d trim the (u vbrnmei tfh dplcsSand
hflpflraFO at flio feet of ret son. they
j raised the uphoi y flag bfj if shell job. ■[-
j-Si|iJl Dchi omits excused nld jdstitied
I n h A- n< i no v that •uej I: rej in the
ifrost <|i( this nr ist .terri Ile j ya#,! when
leyeily tu'cczb ciirhesj fropji |thd .Sojuth.
; ’lajlpn' With: thi blood of patriots,
water . n idofoncp; of
! thy- government against tho war that
j tlfej sla|p holde s Kayo' raajde to ! de-
J stfoy iCji the Dc aocfacy are, hero dp-1
! ynting ani soul to the vindica-
I tion of the very ground upon which
t hp reb|ls of th| South j jstify thei re-j
rbidlion j and still Under the !inpnaee of
i t;fe Southern' club,{still iiiudetythe lia
ifluencojlif the: ojl|l. jchro^loTfeak they
] %»,ui ;ag4iKBt|the
1 evjea. ff it he proiudtp
! thß safety andi honor btl tho goyorn
;n»|hfc: i'■ j, .Vi-i‘:l' ' “
- j lTuhnljC. C?ulli(|an liaijl
in the |Deihocratih pm
tr ::isoti,| and so John: C.
ha in ilie samejjparty,
of dpYfjjJed advb|atep ai
aifl c-vc j onj this|flbor,'
cai.cs ajiici defeiidlu-i-of
tuj ion fi r Whobeltriunij
,co no a -hief in Ihe rat
elst, . f
it a'f larfuj P<
lias jcrverjte
jyitli what i
cm 1 'omui to
jc'ali) a sly' th
id; v’itli ivli
they
e ;dt?livor|\fl(
power, i W
1 sal!e|;|iu|d-lj
De noerac-yl
•ecu tioa of |
iji
ouli |oji6p«
cot rage w)
3at i o the cq
ge.tj promo
.Vith
slay
ivhail
•' »• k
in e i
I .holds tli
tji i|Wt|
ogntf. u
iWeiislons
vji of tl
n |frtf?)i i ii.s
their 6w.
in|try! ■tha
:i justj app
:ir] couhtnj
them! J f M
sej to j that
igeh ip ■gi
ll of, Cpnra
|!
U a jcoDstitut
rei kelit and.ar
jd th|t protec
I'Conltitiition
ional pi
e.jVrillini
:s; slave
lauction
nlliern maf 5; as those for
-of-devoldo 1 performs 'flu
traitore wa i tioliing and n
c of a hirg 3 rpspoct and K
thd highest! fn the name
|. ! Ch, I hot ’ ijjold the coni
Its stipulated cred with the)
piof I its jinas protection |%
empt olljth i On the-.cohdii.
eef j It mean- arftli Pntlipsc
i Buren idut slavery., Wc \vyu
preridehey, tutionul provisions' that
km IhpcPurbut dp not us to Ipyp
hilt |and| did .tolerate it btyond the r<
iv 'under it lip of tlie Constitution, and "
•tend' >eav’\yh' —— «nd h>
IK erever an> whqmvci it can
beconstitutionally: removed.. This,
and this qnlrf is»>K6 p'ro| twltfon bo-"
fore ns ;, this| and this tmlyf is the
purpose of. the ? resplnti rns under
jconsideration!;: I andv fori' the' bone-'
»fit. of Ullei) Senators! wpibl* oppose
F tlioin .sofuripusly, and wiidse. course
|of argument has beenap "strangely
| foreign ,£o ttib real before us,
|that l am alrnofjt led to think, in their
excitetnent,; they ihayo. fq|gbtten the
nending questioii. and to. lbring thedr
back to a contemplation [|>f the true
[issue, before they cast theibfinal vqte,
i l. will read the -resolution ;J J
“WhkiieAs, [The /Constitution of
■ [the United States was ordained and
adopted to establish justice and se
cure,- the blessings of liberty to the
People';, :! ;■
And fit -is provijied in tlie
[eight section ofithe Cbrislitviiidn that
Congress-shall have power to exer
. [cisc exclrfllve legislation ;i|i| all eases
.! whatsoever over’'the Dlstribt of Co
; 1 limbi a; i ■ ' ; t.’-,'-- . ■
■■ And if Arm;
iii Congress
[ t ion of .slaver
.! fore,
1/ Jtcfolcril hy
••! JteprewHp'iria
•! Ptijinsyfltuiin'.
[J That jt is- j
Uinid mariitest
j'islpslavery in
| bia. . >:|
That, our' Senators in
joiiui... Curigfjcss be
• dnefthoy ,‘arej,.hereby Jinffidtdcil.iand
; oiir Representatives j ijccMijssted,' to
yvotedor tlpUtotai arid 'hum jjliate abo
ylitipn ofalayhry in said; District, ton
siuli teriiiS ii|4 iii'ay fe decrire.l jdst and
; ! l^q.uHable|t^\Un- therein;
| and to iiitotheif respective
[ j Hbuses of tjojngress. ai i-ejc obirnended
j by the President im his lake rpessage,:
i aiid support ilie same whyi so fmro-.
| djieed, aa’eoulyLion wUioh fhalbfae sub
totahtiully astoollows:. !! .1;;
j ■ Mm/,- That the United. State?
■ ought to eo-operato with any Stale
.i winch may adopt a grailhaf abolish.--
ji ment of slavery; giving to;suehi l S. f .at&'
: pecuniary aid, to ;he used; b\| such
j State I Hits' discretion to: bprivpgnsate
.i;fbr tlicj both; jpiiblie
* and private. produced • by: such c!hange
lof system'. .■ : ’ . ■ !!■•
f.' Is it not astonishing, that such a
j proposition, has led to such an'j oppb
isition;.; - .Surely no question ever re-,
' eeived so stfapge,- so qxtra'drdinary, a
I discussion, as-juts this (jitpstioniat.tho
i blinds-IJ;e opponents of these reaolii
! tions. .'The Seiintorj from Clarion.'
; (Air. Lamberton.j has issued, a store
tiiruix to revive a judgment whose
' hen has; long;s-inee [expired,.and yhieli
: the' ‘country aside! dor a, [fraud.:
i which has, since culminated hi. trea
son. lie has alfempted to meet the
t question- by. oho],of the[ [Bi-eck in ridge
| campaign" Speeches of: iSiilu ith|o; doc- j
I trines, ot . which thbir _.dintili > guished j
| author is bow I con for in the j
[ ranks of. the rebels, and have: tip more j
i relation t,p tlie questrjru before tis than
they have to Uid ehristaiii religion.: to
The Senator from Berks,;(ilr.Cly
| inct\) did; set out with some promise
lof treating the subject, fairly, and
i give the Senate some' hope that he.
: would argue tlie- question upoii its
j merits. .But he did not proceed far
[ before; he got off .the ,track; and open
jed; his; : magazine - in- defence of the
j Constitution: f Whetheh he intended
j anythitig .niorC) he: kriowsj best him
: ? e d, ■ but that hie succeeded^in a:; woifc j
i derful display of all sorts of artillery:
iJ'WOjall agree Hi§ corisjLj,tutfOnal bbmb
j shells were huj-lecl qion the Senate in
jalmpst as briltiahti and ovphvholming
J.a storm as that wh|ieli covered With
j eternal renown the . Union fleet at j
| Port Royal. But 'in looking around
j *<>r the carnage, I find if Is' 1 11 in. the- 1
| Senators, own ranks,' andtove ’ may re
joifce in our own, safety,: with piily one;
•regret,: tlhft fgpm the Seugtp 4 consti
tutional defence, the Consiil uipn ba&.
been roughly handled, and got the’
worst of It, and has good , heason -to
praj' for deliyjeranee; from ! its; Demo- 1
cratic friends. How many pin poses
has that blessed old instrument.-been'
made tbrsubsei'Ye ! How many *her
siey have!invoked;its shelter j and how
■many: bgd, bansiis have-invoked; Us
sariqiion j and how many good piles
have suffered from unfgir'and dis;en
getiiiousiiHeiprelation of itsdoctrlnes!
d’ye yreat; bo :ly of 'his arguments ftias
hyen du’cctid against interference
with slavery in the States,;-.certainly,
ai/ iimaginart creature'
ofj-.his own brain for their is- no
such question: under consideration in
this Senate. ; -With gi’cat i he
I quotes bur fiepuhlgun' President; as
■ aiithbrity against Hst] Jj
i to him ibr this|cbnipjihyeht to fhe rep
[ resentative,: the embodiment of bur
principles. But uiifoflUnateiy fpt’the
Senator, Mr. Lincoln is bghinst him
fregn beginning; tp end,, arid it turns
opt; that these very rpsolulidnS, whose
passage he so, furiously opposes,! em
body the life sentiments o£ the
President, and are really an adoption,
■.y ’ i ! ;j| i, :j. - - |; , »■
I . I ■[
pis followers
iy after jhia
pßrcckinridge
111 l thousaiids
fl idefenders—
leveled advo
|e very inifti
| die has ibe
feiof the bob-
over the spell
d, the'|niihdJ*j
nfatuafioii it'
its dictation;
?y guard jits
at dread, ap
approach|ng
eioitbe ha-,
oiild to Gbd,
ic sake ol the.
! could aijise
their dutyi to
[dernands np
} they could
bichi sees irio
[untry as the
[te ilswelfare
_ ,b i :
[ligation, ,jve
? to keep.the
y ■ wherever
s'itj so;long
shield
»f- sanc
inue to
alldn-.T—
wo will
■ers sa ;
irfoit its
■ditions.’
'tntion;
.derate
it;
jSluvery., or
■qutreinents
it disap
: * it
I
ijlv pending
ithe afrf)ti
.|rict; there
, rr ' v.:i
thi> SiTiiiii' .rt.'tjd Jloitse .of
i? ‘of the Cota ion wealth of,
hf General A:fnitj\y met.
, liej y un(j.uestit üb'o right
| duty qlj' Coiu: ’css to übol
|i lliu Distrie , pf Cidum
,s ongr|os.'
is.'A bill is nij)
p.roviditi<fi for
•y in said Dist
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS^'
.drertisements inMrted’ at, the’-rata
its per eq?vtje>-each iurntjoS' r
cfenU. A liberal discount mode to yearly
’ertisers, slid dn long advertisements. M 4- 1
. epa6jK|!qual to {Wects linis : ,
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rajtca. . j > ; ■
Business Cards, 75 cents ia. line,. per jjear,
. iiat’tiages and Deaths, feeligious, ’
and ptUer Notices of a public nature,'free.
and in parsu'ance of hiS rcceiit official !
recommendation to Congress. ' i ''' : j.
i He iciles Andrew Johnson; of Ten-,
r essee, as 'against ns.* But be' krtovt-s? -■!
himself tbatgAndrew Johnson ,is
rgaihst' him , and as the .Senator from,,
Huntingdon, (Mr. -, Wharton,)' !;as.
sbowfi among many-other good things
ho lias .said and., done iir the course Of '-J
tjhm discussion, Andrew ' Johnson ■■ has'
from the begin n i ngo f this rebellion
bgon one of the most opeilandunqual-’
ified fden.hnciators of slavery as ilia :
source of all our troables. . I biVvo''
with -my owh eaSt time and. again >- i
heard 'him denounce slavery, and de-.-
nouncc' this rebellion os the. ilavjo- ; d
holders' rebellion.' : ■ / , $; -
| Again, he appeals to the high au-'y
thority of MrrClay against the pqw- .
ef ami right of Congress ;o abolish. "
slavery in the District of (?61umbia.-p ,
Here, he : was peculiarly: "unfortunate. :
for no perv<Jrsibn’ , or distortion of the ,
language of Mr. Clay can wring tbbtrff
him oven a concession that it would
be unconstitutional to abolishj slayery' ■!
in.the District Of Columbia.. Mr. v-
Clay never pre ten ted that Congress
had not a constitutional right to aboi
sh it. He quotes Mr. Clay’s speech
of 1850 pn’.thelgreat" compromise, and V
•vhat, *pray, does .he got from it, on
:he power of Congress over this ques
tion ? Discussing! that clause 6f the
Constitution which' days- CohgresA -|
ohalhiiavd power j l -* to exercise :;exolii
oive legislation in all cases: whats’oey-. '
er over such 'District, (dot exceeding - ;
ten miles square,) as may by cession -.
■of particular. States .and the acccp- , :
tance of-jCdpgrcss,. become the' ‘seat
of government of;the United States,” ■
he says: dthe object Of’the ’ grant |b
Congress was to make, the District of : ,
Columbia, .the seat of government of,
the Unitecl Statesi Th.it the great ;
paramount, suhstatitjal object of the ’
grijtiit; amjl in exercising all;ithe pow
■era with which we are invested, eont-)’
plcle and! full :(s 'thstr .y;v,;v: it lid' ,
great pulpcfo of th-
.been to qrjeave .a.’suitablo sctlt 'of goy- ‘ .
crnmont,|thai ought Io.be the leading
and controlling idea with.Congresklfn: C
the exercjiseiOf this power,vand, lhas
much as ii not-neceSsary, ,iu order -to ‘
render itja[ proper and suitable, seat of
government that slavery should jbe
abolish within, the limits of the-fen
.hiiles squarej” and. (not to;.take; i^qre - -' ,;
time, reading'front the -Speech,) after -
referring' to the faith,of Maryland and
Virginia (yit the' tithe' of the cession', ;
that slavery. would - not bw ab. l>.hed j
id the pjVtrict, and 'concluding Coji
gresstcoijlh hot in good faith to those ■'
States abjdlish it, he .;dee)ares himself
opposed’ tc it. No where does he in -
timate a - doubt of the,’ constitutional..-"
•l»pyt»ri o| Congress to -abolish-it,’] b'hfc
redlh' cofaijcdes it and admits ifasibep
y-ond. queit ion. jHe'savs, “exercising all
the power; wij.li l which weare invested,
ct>mplete\(\hdfutt'aS-thiy,iMy:'t& ; \ What
fuller, anil -more conclusive language ;
cpnld he hive used to admit 5 that the.
power of Congress ivas 1 beyond it,
doubt?' Tie never- had u doubt p([ it;-
and if the English' lungijage jnieans.
ai ly 1 1 1 iri g” t hoc la usooft h e Constitu
tion- giving excfhsjvo legislative now-'
:eh overithij) District, giyes, this power.
I Air, Clay’s whole "action dWtbo sub-
ject was i controlled'by consideration
of 'expediency.. The constitutional
question wasjsettled, \vitli him; iliyon
ly qiicsti on was a question of expedicn-
| cy and bfnecessitj: at Jhetime, lie says,
j “inaimdeh as it is nrst in
iyhotl'faith iifliMan/hiuf aud Vin/hiid;V{‘
j thefeforcrjie is opposed to it.-y That.
| was in 1555. when it might n'ojT Have
j been rtccessar i y, arid when iff would '
not have lyejeivin good faith*with these'.
States; strain, at.that ydi-y time he
was urged|ahd filially snc'cedeil.iii pas-,
siiig thro’ ’CbUghess as pkrf ofliisown
great Comj)irpn\iso,-the abolishment.of,,
tbeslave District, and
Gonipromisojhe ceded
iback the "Viirginia'portioii of the DiS
trict to the 'State of Virginia. Ho
had already taken a' bold step . and:
nearljt shorri 'slavery in that District
of much was hb opposed
fo itg presence there that he had liot
only removed its traffic from-the -pres- j
cnee of the capital! but gave away half :
of the District to got; clear of slavery
in it; and only retained slavery in the
balancyas |npcace offering to the “in- .
jealousy
and .indignation at.-the banishment of
the slave trademyAVashingtoh'diad in-
d r?
not bear the total rooting of it out at'
once. This was twelve years ago; and
so we'see bow far Mr. Claywcn tt hen. !
and how hit; felt’ towards slavery at .
that time.:| It jwas the boldest leap
in the abolition tof slavery that has
been taken,! IhJthis country' during iho„-
present .yer turyi Tie thought it un
necessary t ion to go any further:. It'
Was eijougb for the time. If he lived *
hr thiil day of; rebellion and frehson, .
when slave:-y >is every Where arrayed
aga i nst fh o eovi n Iry; a nil ;brca t hgs .only "]'■
treason, theye is no’reasdn to doubt -
that lusfyolhf and oil liisiejVanq povrer^:
qtid influet ;c wV.d t be Txeiiod": to. /
I finish the w ipk-hc h:id so boldly hodan
twelve year? ago.i His life-long- oppd
,sitiori[l(rslavory, /and hit life ofglori
ous and inf piring' patriotism all war
rant us in tlm| assumption, v / |
I am obliged to the [Senator for
.quoting Mr. Clay. lam glad, trt; see •'
that the Senator retains] >o-feuelijot’ •
his, old admiration for this ■groat <man;
We were both once disciples of that
illustrious teacher. My highest politii v
cal pride is that my first yote. givqrt'
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try tyasjfof Ifehry Clay when ,
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