sive and tyranioal Government. [Applause.]
But perlups this Government, however
wisely planned, h< wever beneficial even in its
cpem'mn, tn-iy have been rendered distateful,
or any have become oppressive in one part of
the country an 1 to one portion of the people,
in consequence of -,be co-;trc! of affairs baviDg
been monopolized or unequally shared by an<
ether portion. Iu a Confederacy the people
of gee section sra n't well pleased to be even
mildily governed by an exclusive domination
of the other. In p( int of fact this is the aU
lcgati'T. the pr< si-tent allegation of the South,
that from the foundation of the Government
it has been wielded by the people of the North
for their speed, ofieu exclusive, benefit, and
to the injury and oppression of the South. Ret
u" see. Out of seventy-two years since the
organizitinn of the Government, the Executive
chair has for sixtyrfoor year* hjgen filled nearly
ail the time by Southern Presidents, and when
that was not the case, by Presidents possess
ing the confidence of the South. For a siili
longer period the controlling influences of the
Legislative and Judicial departments of the
Government have centred in the seme quarter.
Of a'l the offiees in the gift of the central
power in every department, far rnorp than her
proportionate share has always hern enjoyed
by the South. She is at this nomco'. revolt ng
agaio.'t a Govtriiirent not tn'y ai mi'ted to be
tie mildest and most brneficient ever organ zed
this side Utopia, but one of which she has her-'
self front the first almost raunopnliza d the ad
ministration. [Applanse.]
ABSAdiXCI'SFS FOR THE REBELLION—THE
FISHERY BOUNTIES.
Mr. Ev> rett showed how ridioulous was the
assertion that Si utu Carolina, or any of tbo
S:ate. below the Bordc-r States, bad suffered
seriously trom the non-fulfilment of the Fu
gitive SHve lw. and pertinently asked whether
if slaves did ccspe across the Bonier States,
the lat'er should not be held equally responsi
ble with the States that ultimately received
them or passed into Canada? On the
point of the alleged grievance of the fishing
bounties, he said:
All administrations have concurred in the
measure? Presidents of all parties—thongb
there has net been much variety of party iu
that office —havo approved the appropriations.
If the North bad a local interest io these boun
ties, the Houtb got the principle food of her
laboring population so much the cheaper; and
she had her cummin shore in the protection
whioh the navy afforded her coasts, and in
the glory which it 6hed ot the flag of the
country. But since, UDformpntely, the deep
eea fisheries do cot exist in the Gulf of Mexi
co, nor, as in the 'iage of Pyrrba," ou the top
of the Blue Ridge, it has b<-en discovered of
late yaar* that these bounties are a vinlatiou
of the Constitution; a largess bestowed by the
common treasury on one section of the country,
and not shared by the other, one of the hun
dred ways, in a word, io which the rapacious
North is fattening upon the oppressed and pil
laged South. [Laughter.] You will natural
ly wish to know the amount of this tyrannical
and oppressive bounty. It is s'ated by n
S nater from Alabama (Mr. Olay) who has
warred against it with perseverance and zeal, j
aod succeeded, in the )st Congress, in carry j
ing a bill through the Senate fur its repeal, to j
bV£ amounted, on the average, to an annual !
sum of 5>2 r 0,000! Such is the portentous
grievance which iu Georgia stands at the head
of the acts of oppression, fo. which, although ,
repealed in one branch of Congress, the IJn- !
ion is to bo broken up and the country to be
desolate by war. Switierlaud revolted be- j
cause n Austrian tyrant invaded the sanctity
of her firesides, and compelled her fathers to
shoot apple* from the heads of her 30ns; the
Low Coiatries revolted against the fires of the
Inquisition; our fathers revolted because they
were tax'-d by a Parlimant iu which they ware
not represented; the Gottoa Stite6 revolt be
oaase a paltry subvention is paid to the hardy
fisherman who form (he n-rveand muscle ef the
American Navy. [Laughter.]
But it is not, we shall he told, the amount
of the bounty, but the principle, ar our fath
ers revolted against a ihr-e penny tax on tea.
But that was beoaase it was laid by a P.trlia
meat in which ;ha oolooies were not represented,
and which yet claimed the right to bind them
iu all oases. The fishing bounty is bestowed
by a Government which has been from the first
controlled by the B>u?h. Then how unreason
able to expect or to wish, that, in a country so
vast as oors, n pablio expenditure shou'd be
made for the immediate benefit for one part or
one interest that cmnot be identically repeated
in every other. A literal polioy, or ra'hor the
necessity of the case, demands, that what the
public good, upon the whole, requires, shoal i,
under constitution il limitations, be dono where
it is required, off setting the looil benefit
which may aairno from the expenditure made
in one place, and for one place, and for one
object, wiih the local benefit from the same
source, in some other place for some other ob
ject. More money was expended by the United
States in rem mug the lu Baas from Georgia:
eight or t#u fimes as mu 'h was expended for
she sarno object m Florida, as has been paid
for fishing bounties iu seventy years For
the iast year to pay for the expense of the
post office in the Seceding States, ami enable
uur fellow-citizans there t> enjoy tho comforts
of a newspaper and letter mail to the same
extent ss they are enjoyed in the other State*,
three and a half million of dollars were paid
from the oomtnon Treasury. The post offi e
bonnfy paid to the Secediog States execeded
seventeen fold the annual average amount of the
fishiDg bounty paid to tbn North. In four
jears that excess would equal the sura total of
the amount paid since 1792 in bonotiea to the
deep-sea fi-heryf (
As to the alleged grievances of the naviga
tion laws and tha protection of American
shipbuilding, Mr. Everett showed that they
were decidedly for the benefit of the whole
eountry alike, and above all the real cause of
the growth of onr navy without which the
Sonth would be at the meroy of aDy second or
third rata power m the world.
TH* TARIFF NO CAUSS FOR SECESSION.
Mr. Everett declined to enter into a gener
al defence of the protective principle, but
said .
The mnufetQrlng system ag a great North
ern interest is the child of the restrictive pol
icy of 1807,-181?, and of the war. That pola
icy was pursued against the earnest opposition
of the North, ina to the temporary prostra
tion af tlaeir commerce, navigation and fisher
ies Their capital was driven io this way into
manufactures, acd on the retnro of peace, the
foundations of the protective system were laid
in the square yard duty on cotton fabrics, in
the suppcrt of which Mr Calhouu advised that
the growth of the manufacture would open a
new market for the staple of the South, took
the lead. As late as IS2I the Legislature of
South Carolina nuaoimou.-ly affirmed the con
stitutionality of protective duties—and of all
the States of the UnioD, Louisiana his derired
the greatest t-en-fi from this policy; in Let
she owes sugar culture to if, and has for that
reason given it their steady support. ID all
the tariff battles while i was a member of
Congress, few votes were surer for the policy
than that of Louisiana. If the duty on an
article imported is considered as adde l to its
price in our market (which, however, is far
from invariably the case) the sugar duty,
of late,has amounted to a tax of five millions
of dollars annually paid by the consumer for
the benefit of the Louisiana pl.ntcr.
KING COTTON A CHILD OF THE TAKIFF.'
As to its being an unconstitutional policy, it
is perfectly well known that the protection of
manufacturer was a leading and avowed object
for the fo'tuation of the ComMitution. The
second law passed by Congress after its formt
tion W£B a revenue law. Its preamble is as
follow*: "Whereas, i is nece*B ry for the sup
port of Government, for the discharge of the
debts of the Utvted States, and the encourage
ment and protection of manufactures, that
duties be laid on poods, wares and merchan
dise inipor'ed," That act was reported to the
House of Representatives l-y Mr. Madison,
who is entitled as much as any one to be call
ed the father of the Constitution. While it
was pending before the House, aod in the first
week of the first eessiou of the first Congress,
two memorials were presented, praying for
protective duties and it is a matter of some
curiosity to inquire from what part cf the
country this first call came for fi at polioy now
put forward as one of the a :ts of Northern op
pression. which justify the South in flying to
arms. The first of these petitions was from
Baltimore. It implored the new Government
to lay o protecting duty on al! articles import
ed from abroad, which can he minufaetured at
home, the s-cond was from the shipwrights of
Charleston, South. Carolina, playing for such
a general regulation of trade and the establish
meat of such a navigation act as will relieve
the particular distresses of the petitioners, in
common with those of their fellow shipwrights
throughout the Union! [Laughter and ap
plause.]
But the history of the greit Southern staple
is most curiou* and instructive. His Msj-sty,
"King Cotton," on his throne does not seem
to be aware of the influences which surround
ed his cradlp. The culture of cotton, on any
considerable seale, is we 11-known to bo of re
ccDt date in America. The household manu
facture of cotton was coeval with th- settle
ment of the country. A century before the
piano forte or the harp wi.s seen oo this conti
nent the music of the spinning wheel was
heard at every fire-side in the town ami coua T ;
materials were woul,fl>x and cotton,
the last imported from the West Indies. The
Colonial system of Great Britiin before the
Revolution forbade the establishment of any
other thun household manufactures. Soon
after the Revolution, cotton-mills were erect
ed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and
the infant manufacture was encouraged by
State duties on the imported fabtic. The raw
material was still derived exclusively from the
West Indies
Thus, in the infancy of the cotton manufac
tures of the JSTorth, at the moment when
they were deprived of the protection extended
to them before the Constitution by Stale laws,
and white they were struggling against En
glish compelition under the rapidly improving
machinery oj .drkwright, which it wis highly
penal to export to foreign countri-s, a henry
burden wis laid upon them by this vtofeciing
duty, to enable the planters of South Caroli
na and G-orgit to explore the tropics, for a
variety of cotton s-eJ adapted to their climate
For seven years at least, and probably more,
this duty was ia every sense of the word n
protecting duty. There was not a pound of
colton spun—no, not for eandliwicks to light
trie humble industry of the cottages of the
wY jrth, which dil not pay this tribute to the
Southern planter, [Cheers.] The growth of
the e-stive article, as wa have seen, had aot in
to 1794 reached a poiut to ho knov, u to Ghief
Justioo Jay as one of actual or probable ex
port. As late as 1790, the manufacturers of
Brandywiac, in Gelaware, petitioned Guogress
tor the rep"%i of this duty on impo:tc<i cotton,
and the petition was rejected on the repoit of
a committee, consisting of % majority from th*
.Southern States, on the ground "that to repeal
the duty on raw cotton imported would be to
Jsujp too growth of raw cotton in our own
Country." Radicle and plumule, roof and
branch, blossom and boll, the culture of the
ootton plant in the United States was in its
infancy the foster child of the protective svs
tm. [Applause.]
KING COTTON A DEBTOR TO TIIF. TARIFF.
If hen, therefore, the pedigree of King Cot
ton 7* (raced, he is found to he the lineal child
of the Tariff; called into h i ng by a spec f;ic
duty; reared by a tax laid upon a manufac
turing industry of the JVarih, to create, the
culture of the raw maferirl in the Soul It.—
Lite Northern mcnufaeturerg of America w re
slightly protected in 1739,. because they were
too feeble i, stand alone. Reared into iiigci
tude under the restrictive system and the war
of 1812, they were upheld ia 1810 beuanse
they were too important to be sacrificed, end
because the great staple of the South had a
joint interest in thci* prosperity. King Cot
ton as one, not in |,j 3 manhood, not in his
adolescence, not is his infaocv, hot in his etus
bryo state, was pentioned upon the Treasury
—before the seed from which ho sprang was
cast "iu the lowest parts of the earth." In
the book of the Tariff "his members were
written, which wero fashioned in oouotenanoe
when as yet tbcie were none of them."
But it was not enough to create the culture
of cotroa at the South by tixing the maoufac
-tures of the North with a duty on the raw
material; the cxteusion of that culture, and
the prosperity which it has conferred upon
the South, are duo to the mechanical genias
of the North. What says Mr. Justice John
son, of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and a citiaen of South Carolina?—
"Y\itb regard to the utility of this discovery"
(the cotton gin of Whitney), "the court would
decui it a waste of time to dwell long upon
this topie. Is there a man who hears us that
bai not experienced iu utiiity ? The whole
BiBFORB mmimß.
interior of tlif? Southern States was languish
ing, ond its inhabitants emigrating for want of
some object to engage their attention nod cm
ploy their industry, wlieu the invention of this
machine opened at once views to ibeui which
set the whole couatry in active motion. From
childhood to age it lias presented us a lucra
tive employ ttu nt. Individuals who wore depres
sed io poverty and sank in idleness bare sudden
ly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts
have bce-D paid of*, our capital increased, sud
our lands tiehied in value. Wo cannot ex
press the weight of the obligation which the
country owes to this invention; the extent of
it cannot now he seen." Yes, and when hap
pier days shall return, and the South, awakicg
from her suicidal delusion, shall remember
who't was that sowed her sunny fields with
the seeds of those golden crops with which
she think• to rule the world, she will cast a
veil of oblivion over the nieunry of the ambi
tious toon who have goaded her io her pirrsent
madness, arid will rear a monument of her
gratitude iu the beautiful city of eiius, over
the ashes of her greatest benefactor— Eli
Whitney.
Mr. Everett quoted at great length from the
most eminent writers and statesmen of the
South, to show that until quite recently the
Soub wis in favor of the uliituatc extinc
tion ol Slavery, and continued.
KO COtfPa J~*I3E.
As to the concessions of the Nortn, Mr. Ererett
said: the North has compromised until the very
word has become almost sickening. [Applause ]
With respect to everything substantial in rhe com
plaints of the South agiinst the North, Congress,
and toe States have afforded or tendered ali reason
able, all possible satisfaction. She complained of the
Missouri Compromise, although adopted in confor
mity wit! all the traditions of the Government, and
approved by the most judicious Southern statesmen,
aud after tbirty-four years' acquiescence on the part
of the people, Congress repealed it. She asked for
a judicial decision of the territorial question iu her
favor, and the Supreme of the United States,
in contravention of the whole current ol our legis
lation, so decided it. She insisted on otrryrog this
decision into effect, three new Territories, at the
very last session of Congress, were organized in
c inf omity to it, as Utah and New Mexic hit been
before it was reudered. She demanded a guaran
tee against amendments of the Constitution adverse
to her interests, and it was gi\cu by tlic requisite
majority of the two Houses. She required the
repeal of the State laws obstructing th" surrender
of fugitive slaves, ami although she had taken the
extreme remedy of revolt into her hands, they
were repealed or modified. [Applause.] Noth
ing satisfied bar, because there was an active
party in the ootton-growing States,led by ambitious
men, determined on disunion, who were resolved
not to be satisfied. In one instance alone the
South has suffered defeat. The North, tor the
first time since the formation of the Government,
has chosen a J'resident by her unaided electoral
vote; and that is the occasion of the present un
natural war. [Cheers.] I did not, as yon know,
contribute to that result, but 1 did enlist uuder the
banner of "The Union, the Constitution, and the
Enforcement of the Laws." [Cheers for Mr.
Everett.] Under that banner 1 m an to stand, and
with it, if it is struck down, i am willing to fall. —
[Loud applause.] Even for this result the South
nas no one to blame but herself. Ilor disunionists
would give their votes lor no candidate but the one
selected by leaders who avowed the purpose of af
fecting a revolution of the Cotton States, and who
brought about a schism iu the Democratic party
directly calculated, pre bably designed, to produce
ttic event which actually took place, with all its
dread consequences.
After exposing the injustice of the three-fifths
Slave representation, Mr. Everett said :
WHY SHOULD WE HOT RECOGNIZE TH* SECEDING
■ram ?
And now let us rise from these disregarded ap
peaia to the trutii of history ami the wretched sub
tleties of the secession school of argument, and
contemplate the great issue betore us, iu its solemn
practical reality. "Why should we not/" it is
asked, "admit the claims of the Seceding States,
acknowledge their independence, and put an end
to the war ?" "Why should wo not 7" 1 answer
the question by asking another, Why should we?
What have we to hope trom the pursuit of tint
course 7 Peace t but we were at puree before.
Why are we not at peace now? The North has
not w iged the war ; it has been forced upon us in
self-delence ; and if, while they had the Ooustitu
tiou and the laws, the Executive: C ingress, and
the Courts, ail controlled by the mselves. the Sooth,
dissui.-lieit with legal protections and constitutional
remedies, bus grasped the sword, can the North
and South hope to live m peace when the boa Is of
the Union are brokeu, and amicable means of ad
jnstment are repudiated 7 Peace is ike very last
thing which secession, if recognised, will give us ; it
will give-us nothing but a hoUcsc truce— time to pre
pare the means oj new outrages. It is in its very
nature a perpetual cause of hostility ; an eternal,
never concealed letter of marine and reprisal, tin
everlasting proclamation of Border-war. How can
peace exist, when all the causes ot dissension are
ind*finitely multiplied ; when unequ 1 revenue ]av.i
shall have led lu a gigantic system of smuggling ,
when a general stumped: ot slaves shall take place
along the border, with no thought of rendkrou, an.l
ah toe thousand causes of mutual irritation shall
be called into action, on a Irotuier ot l.fiOO miles
not marked by natural boundaries and Dot su j ict
to a common jui i?diciiou or a mediating power 7
We did believe in peace; fondly, credulously be
lieved that, cemented by the mild umpirage of the
National Union, it might dwell forever beneath the
folds of the Star Spangled Banner and the sacred
shield of common Nationality. That was the great
arcar.um of policy ; that wuc the State mystery
into which nun ar.d angels desired to look , hidden
from ages but revealed to us:
ft hich kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found.
After a thrilling description of the nttack on
Fort Sumter and the existing civil war, Mr. Everett
eloquently set ior-.h the er.orinolts cost of the Ter
ritories arid the utter impossibility of Allowing any
foreign power to occupy any portion of these U.
States, ot in a.iy event to control ill - ouilet to the
g.eat t dley of the Mississppi. The following was
the peroration :
Louisiana, a fragment of this Colonial Empire,
detached trom iis tuain portiou and fl - rat organized
as a State undertakes to secede iroin the. Union,
and thinks by so doing tUt. she will ij allowed by
the Government and people of the United States
to revoke this imperial transfer, to disregard this
possession and occupation of sixty years, to repeal
this law of nature and of God, and she fondly be
lieves that ten millions of the iree people of the
Union will allow her and her seceding brethren to
open and shut the portals of ttiis mighty region at
their pleasure. 1 bey may do go, and t lie swarming :
millions which throng the course of these nob! ■
streams ami their tributaries may consent to navi
gate them by sufferance friuu Montgomery and
Richmond, nut if J may repeal the words which I
have lately used on another occasion, it will be
whin the Alkigbaniea and the Kockv Mountains,
which form the esterii and western wails of the im
perial valley, shall sink to the level of the sea, and
the Mississippi and the Missiouri shall tl iw back to
their fountains.
Such, fellow-citizens, as I contemplate them, are
the great issues before the country—nothing less,
in a word, than whether the work of our noble
fathers of t%e revolutionary and constitutional age
shall perish or endure ; whether this great experi
ment in national polity, wiiich binds a family of
fiee republics in one united government the most
hopeful plau for combining the homebred blessings
of a small State wish the stability and power of!
great empire- shall be treacherously aud sbame
fully stricken down in the moment of its most suc
cessful operation, or whether it shall be bravely,
patriotically, triumphantly maintained.
We wage no war or conquest and subjugation ;
we aim at notfiiDg but to protect our loval fellow
citis.-ns, who, against ieariul odds, are fighting the
butties of the Union iu the disaffected Slates,, and-
to establish, not for ourselves alone, but lor our
misguided brethren, the mild sway of the Consti
tution and the laws. The result cannot be doubted.
Twenty millions of freemen, forgetting their divis
ions, are rallying as one man in support of the
righteous cause—their willing hearts arm their strong
hands, their fortunes and their lives, are laid upon
the alter ot the country. We eontend for the gr< a
inheritance ol constitutional freedom transmitted
from our revoluutary fathers. Wo engage Irf the
struggle forced upon us with sorrow, a against our
i misguided brethren, hut with high heart and faith,
j -<s we war for that Union which our sainted Wash.
! iugtou commended to our dearest affections. The
! sympathy of tne civilized world is on our side, and
: will join us in our prayoars to Heaven for the suc
j cess of onr arms. [Applause.]
The address occupied an hour and a half in its
delivery, ai d though listened to with 1 rent ideas at
tention, was repeatedly interrupted by prolonged
plaudits. The walls of the Academy never before
resouded with more flittering testimonials to an
orator, or more enthusiastic patriotism.
THE SOUTHER!* REBELLION.
The Lale Conflict iu iUisouri.
St. JjOCIS, July 10.— A special messenger
arrived here this.evening by the Pacific liail
way, wnh despatches from Col. Siegei to Ad
jutßnt Harding, at the. arsenal*
the following in rn abstract written at
Roil* for tba Democrat:—
"On the morning of the s'b, Col. Siege],
with a portion of his regiment, a part of Col.
boloaian's, and ten pieces of artillery —in all
; about 1100 to 1200 men, were attacked by
0,000 rebels, under Geo. Raines and Col.
Parsons, about seven miles east of Carthage.
Tiie enemy had many mounted uicn. Col. Sie
gei began the action at half past nine in the
morning, breaking the enemy's centre twice,
and after halt an hour's fighting, sleneed their
artillery. ihe rebels had three Sags, one of
the S;ato of Missouri, and two of the Confed
eral* States. The latter were twice shot down,
and were raised no more.
"i he enemy rried to outflank our troops
wi'h their cavalry, and cut off the retreat of
our bftggagt-; but Siegei made a retreating
movement keeping up a coostaut firing, and
a"<li-red the baggage train to advance, which
was formed into columns, with the bstillion of
infantry, supported by four pieces of artillery
iu frout aud on tbe flanks. The rebels then
attempted to out off his communication wrih
their cavalry, bur. our artillery took them at a
eros* fire, which played bavec with 'beirtaoks,
and opened a road.
"Colonel Siegei then fell back on Carthage,
the enemy hat tasking his flank up to the town,
where another stand was made. Tho rebels
being in possession of tho place, Siegie sur
rounded the town, throwing shell and grenades
into the enemy t> cavalry, aud using his lofaut
ry with great effect. While attempting to
reach an adjacent woo l, (o prevent the use of
th.ir cavalry, the rebels made the most serious
attack, and there the bloodiest patt of the bat
tie was fought; but *bc asiewy were finally
routed, and f reed to withdraw.
"Siege! then fell back on Mount Vernon,
where he could be supported. The sole cap
tive was an officer, who was taken about five
o clock. He reported the enemy's loss at mar
250; hut, as the reverent fight took place subs
sequent to his capture it is believed their less
is considerably greater. Forty five prisoner*
w- r t ikeri. Uur 10-s is eight killed, and forty
five wounded and missing.
"The battle iu which Coloael Wolff was
killed, wa* fought on Saturday, thirty-miles
from Springfield. The Springfield correspon
dent of the Democrat says under the date of
tho 6th, that immediately after the arrival of
Brigadier General Sweeny at Springfield, he
despatched a messenger to Colonel Seigel and
feolomans, who were ene.-nuped at Neosho, to
move their columns to Carthage, which was
promptly done.
''Last night a messenger arrived from Colo
uei Siegei, stating that Governor Jackson and
Generals Pi ice and It tines bid united their
forces, about 4,000 string, and were encamped
eigot miles north of Carthage. Siegei and
SolomuDS pushed forward rapidly, attacked the
rebel forces early yesterday morning, sdJ con
tinued fighting during the day.
•■Mce-engers are continually arriving, bring
ing information that the rebels are retreating
southwardly between Sarcoxie and Mount Ver
non falling eack OD Ca-siilie with their Ing
gige and plunder under cover of their can
non, und that Hegel is attacking their rear.
" I tiis afierrid.au Gen Sweeny commands io
persou, and a flying column is moving south i
wardly to intercept the rebels at Vorcna, thus
crushing them completely between our column?.
Large bodies of mounted men are congregating
on tho Western Plains and at Forsythe, wilb
the intention of joining Jackson's force, but
Geo. Sweeny has a detachment of 250 mounted
men through Douglas county, to prevent their
union-and drive them back.
"ucn Mcßrido's command and a company
of Home Guards arrived last night, I ringing
C'd. t'oflVe, late a member of the Legislature,
us a prisoner.
"Later advices sty that a report reached
Springfie.d, on Sunday morning, of an engage
ment between 500 Federals, under Colonel
"> olff, and about 1,500 tobels. WoJff occu
pied a prairie when tbe battle began, but the
rebels retreating >o tho woods, be followed, and,
iu skirmishing in the timber, lost thjrty killed
and wounded, lie himself hetLg among the
killed. 1 lie loss of the rebels was considerable,
but it has not been definitely ascertained. A
iness-mger was despatched to Springfield for
reinforcements and the whole force at that
place immediately pushed forward.
''General Lyon was at Loesville, Sunday
morning, and Major Sturgis was at Ciintou oil t
the same day. They expected to form a
jqnO'ioQ about two miles from Clinton ou Sun
day nigbt."
From flflsMirj—Fsrtber but Better.
Sr. Lonrs, July 10.—Authentic intelligence
received here from an ofltcir in SpriDgfield on
the i i'l), states that G.o. Sweeny, with Iris en
tire forces, reinforced Col. Sego], and at last
accouuts were pursuing the State troops near
Vernon.
Wo congratulate our readers upon the discovery
of a sure cure for Rheumatism. Gout and Neuralgia,
and all Mercurial Diseases, which~dvtroy the con
stitution and giro tesnporiry relict onlv. In fact
it is the only known remedy effecting a per'eot core,
and we feel warranted, front ite recommendations
in calling the attention ot the afflicted and those
fiaving friends suffering from Rheumatism, Gout
Neuralgia or the pernicious effects of Mercnry, to
the advertisement in another column of our paper
of Dr. Leland's Anti Rheuraaths Band. '
June *2, 1861.
BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORD, Pa.
Friday nwri'lof, July 19, l6l.
"JEAItLBSS AND FREE.""
I*. (JVER-Edllor and Proprietor.
UELEGITK EtECTioxI "
ASP
COUNTY CONTENTION.
i'HE Ilepublicar.fi of Bedford County are
requested to meet tt the usual pUcos of bold
ins; election- in tho several Boroughs and
Townships, on Saturday the 10th day of Angus'
next, to elect two delegates for eacli Bor
ough and Towns'ip, to represent them io a
County Convention to be held at the CWt
II"ti-o in Bedford on Tuesday the 13:b d.iy of
August, next, at 10 o'clock P. M. to nominate
u County Ticket and a candidate for the Leg
islature, and to appoint Conferees to meet sim
ilar Conferees from tho other counties of the
16th .Judicial District, to nominate a candidate'
for President Judge of said District, and to
appoiut a County Committee for tbe ensuing
year. Said delegate elections will be hel i be
tween the hours of ono and five o'clock P. M.
in tbe Townships and between the hours of five
aud seven o'clock, P. M. in the Boroughs.
By order of the County Committee.
S. L. RUSSELL.
Chairman.
July IC.h 1861.
| "THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION, 40."
"What's the reason treason never prospers?"
; CJU Meyers and ••one of tbc twenty" answer
] thar question? If they can and will, then
I t! ey aud the loaders of tiie Gazette will un
derstand tbe difference between the Heaven
aided and successful American and Texas re
volutions, and tbe eauseless, accursed and un
holy rebellion of tbe traitors of tbe South.
We doubt, however, whether they ran, or, if
; they can, whether they will aqewr tbo ques
tion. Suppose we aid them and answer it for
j them Lt us suppose a case. We only sup-
I pose it. We do not give it as an actuality
I Suppose Meyers and "one of the twenty" de
| sire to revolutionize the Government of the
j United States. They raise a compmy com
! pi*ed of Mbe twenty"—a company, say, of
j cavalry—Mirers as Captain—he would look
| so well en hoi.-thack, end "one of tbo twenty"
as LheuteDant—another "one" ■ Judge Ad
vocate, because he is a profound constitniioDal
lawyer and reads a vast deul another "one"
as Surgeon, because he is a very learned doc
j tor and cm tell tbe difference between a cotn
| pound fracture and tbe measles- -another "one"
i as the wag, because he can suiuse the company
with his plan "how to settle this war" ano
j ther "one," we might suggest, as Chaplain,
j but we will make no such suggestion, as we
, think that each member of the company wifl
fiud before he proceeds far in his revolutionary
efforts that he must do his own praying.
Suppose t ie company equipped and well drilled
—particularly in tbe "pocket pistol'' eiercise.
Ibey march with banners flying—'"sonorous
metal blowing martial sounds." Awav they
go o'er hill and dale—the tianipof their steeds
resounding through the valleys. "We see
them on their winding way." Suddenly the
Captain cries out halt! He smells something.
.Meyers is good at smelling. Something com
ing at him at no "fame" gait. Suddenly tbo
"tweuty" find themselves surrounded by Mc-
Mullin's Rangers. "You're my prisoners,"
says Mac; "Ob! no," says the Judge Advo
cate, "we're only exercising the sacred right
of revolution I've read much about it."
"So have I read about it," replies Muc, "and
I have hiso read when ; w-s so Alderman in
Philadelphia, that treason against the United
S'atrs consists :n levying war agaiuat them,"
"Oh:' says the Judge, "I see you don't take
a comprehensive grasp of the subject.
"Well," answers Mac, ,; my grasp is sufficient
ly comprehensive to take yon and these nine
teen men prisoners— you are all traitors—
, ~
levying war—.arid Ive 'caught' you ia fla
grante delicto The "twenty" are lodged j
with the "French lady" in Fort McHcnry. j
They are tried before Habeas Corpus Taney, j
but their guilt is manifett. The jury convicts !
them of treason, and they are sentenced to be j
and are huogcd as a)! traitor* should be. The
soeno was a solemn one, .and the only sound
heard cauie from the wag, who hi bis last mo- j
ments ejaculated, "this is how to settle tbc
war !" What became of their right of revo
lution? They failed to sustain it. Their
treason did'ut prosper.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMO
CRATIC EDITORS.
It is a cc in in on etror, too readily believed I
by mauy persons, that the chief duty of :ho
editor ot a political newspaper is ?p depreciate
and oppose everything done or said by a poli
tical opponent. Some Democratic editors
would deem themselves unpardonably unfaitk- j
fill to their party by admitting that anything
could be either well done or well said by
Abraham Lincoln, whilst others have the cour
age nd manliness to approve with cordiality,
what they know to bo worthy of ootnmondation.
The narrow spirit of tbe former elas- will ne
ver he able to rise above tbe region of partj
xan tactics, whilst the latter, tn this tinje of
great peril to the country, are found manfully
sustaining tbe President in his efforts to main
tain tl;e integrity and authority of tbe Gov
ernment.
The editor of the Bedford Gazette is the
| type of one class, and the talented editor of
j the Chatuhrrsburg Times is an honorable rep
j resentative of tbe other. The following ex.
: tracts from tbe editorial columns of ibest
j papers, will furnish the evidence of tbe troth
of this assertionr
Froni the Be lfor<l Gazette.
The Phehjde.ni h Message.— Were wo to
obey the behes's of those special friends of
civil liberty, who advocate the doetiioe that iu
j the present condition of aff.irs. tae President
i ctn do no wrong, we would feei contr rs-j
j either to bold our peace, or indulge in t > -■<-
j pression of fulsome applause of the President's
| views ami opinions. Bat a- we are the per
of those who preach that doctrine, W9 shall
{ exercise the right to differ from them, for w>
j cannot cor 8 ientiousfc subscribe 'o tbe virw-of
•he President on a number of Constitutional
questions involved in the prosecution of the
; war. nor do we believe it necessary for Con
) gress, at a single tremendous upheaval, to load
j the country with jo eorrmons a debt as that
| reeecmm*DGrd by the President. Still, if the
four hundred millions of dollars demanded bv
tie President, will restore the Union as it once
was, we say- let tbe sum be freely given. As
to tbe Constitutional questions to which we re
fer, our readers are already well posted, and
as our space is limited, we sh rli not di-cu
them at present, but reserve them for future
consider;-tioc. On the naked question of SE
s?-sion, tbe President is, of course, correct,
j ihe I resident of the United States, sworn to
support the Constitution, could not have done
otherwise then deny the right of Secession,
though, we must confess, that had Mr. Lincoln'
recognized that pretended right, his doing so
would not have been inconsistent with pon;e of
| the acts of bis Administration. There i ore
point, however, in the Message that is odious
üb, ve evctytoing else, viz: the iorimatiou that
tbe Chicago Platform is to be ibe rule of ae
fiou which tbe Executive and bis advisers in
tend to observe in tbe sdministratien of tbe
Government. We merely quote tbe language
of the President upon this point, and conolude
our article with the extract, intending, how
ever, to refer to this subject iroie at lecgib, in
the fnture:
"No compromise by publio sentiment could
jin this case be a cure. Not that enmptomises
are not ofien proper, but that no popular gov
ernment can iong survive a marked precedent
that those who carry an election can only save
the Governuunt frt m immediate destruction by
giving up the main point upon which the peo
i pie gave the election.
j. ihe people themselves, and not their servant
, "an safely reverse their owu deliberate deci
: SIOUS"
From the C hambersburg Tim s.
; The Piiesidenx's Message —We, thij
week, give our readers the first itupor'an mes
j sage of Abraham Lincoln, sent to both Houses
of Congress on Frtdjy last. It is a fair, hon
est, stiaight forward document, recapitulating
the important events which have transpired
smoe tne adjournment of tbe last regular session,
without any flourish or attempt at <iUp!y, giv
ing in detail and defending the course of tLs
administration in reference to the rebelll u*
States, and eskmg an appropriation of
j §400,000,000, and a forco of 400,000 mm to
I tbe certain and speedy restoration of the pow
j er of the Government throughout the eouniry.
There can be no doubt that the recouitnen
j dations of the Administration will be acted
; upon promptly and favorably. Every man
i who believes it to be a sscred dusy to sustain
j the Government under which he lives, io these
' times of trial and danger, no matter who, fir
| the time teing, holds tbe reins of power, will
| cheerfully vote the money and men rtqaired;
i and if thero be any who refuse to acknowledge
tbe biodiDg foice of such a duty, it is gratify
ing to know lost tho Government can get
along without their aid. Truly doe* the Presi
dent say, when speaking rf the appropriations
asked. "A right resuit at this timo will bs
w->rib more to the worid than ten times the
men and ten times the money." Fes, the
blessings of Liberty are far too dear to bv 7ln
ued by the low standard of dollars and cents.
Her revolutionary struggle cost us six bundled
millions of dollars, and the war with Mexioo
nearly tlneo hundred millions. This wsr, in
the vast importance of its results, far trirs eids
either or both of the others. t\ bat is fear
hundred millions, or four times the amount,
when the perpetuation of the American Gov
ernment is involved in the issue? Who w-toid
not be willing to risk tbe twenty-third part of
hia effects, to save the whole frotu irrctneva®
ble ruin? There should be no difference of
opinion cn this question. We believe there
will not be. Tbe sutu may seem large, and
tho tax may for a short period be heavy, but
yet when this war shall Lavs ceased, when
peace is once more restored to tbe land, aad
tbe nation rises op like a vigorous man, to run
a race of unheard-of prosperity and success
•n the future, it will be gradually lifted from
our shoulders and felt no more through com
ing time.
vi c think our readers will have no diffi'uity
iu deciding which is the man and which is the
mouse
Who is guilty of the lie, Gssette, in regard
to the expression that we should have unide
use cf in reference to old John Brown? Is it
you, Meyers, or tbc retailers of private con
versation, S. Davir and W. Hartley? The lie
is between you trio and we would as soon be
lieve one guilty as tbe other. Come, Meyers,
which one is it?
Congress has voted 600,000 men, and
§600.000,000, to put down the rebellion—
twenty-five per cent, more than the President
asked, Congress baa great confidence in the
Executive, and has approved all bis mtasares.
Tbe news which wo publish this morning
froui the. seat of war in Western Virginia aud
Missouri, is very important.
Haevkut. —Oor ft rovers are nearly all done
cut iug their grain. Crops never looked better
in Bedford County