I '' 1^ :, ; v 1 v:.' - v 1 ••• ''' r.' ■ - ""'.'-.I " Jfl * :■ H ' ~T 7r [: *■’' ", - - *—- I VOL. 47. H L-.vu M,-:',: ~'.7 I • r;: H| • As some bright island of the sea, forever blooming,fiveir/fair; Though cold dark' billows round it bo, Eternal aunshiao hovors there, Thais o'er the silent sea of years, j: ' Our eager longing, looks are cast, 1 Wherorobed In fadeless spring appears The sun-JitEd’on. pftho post, ■ft H’: I “DO IF YOU DABB.” i- >UV FISLEV. JOHNSON ... U. lItT sr Ur ■ At 1 mx\ I Mmilmmß, ■ Blue Eyes Behind a Veil. lot He \ Htlu |r Bsl I Btl K/ 1 »h< K Hh' Bg' I ■e< ■Ol ■jghi Huai ■At H<ji Hpw Hi ■ u Bioi Bret HVel Ht> Hoi <5 * V)M-whed ; EVEnv . inonsDAr, uonmiro by ®*AOTPO*ii- ,: :■ ' -T:E RMS;. I (SpisciPTiM.-j-Ono Dollar'and Fifty ■ j£f anoo Dollars'if paid wiiuin.thoyo&r’j Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, ifnot paidwithin the year. Thesotor.ms will-bo rigidly .ddherodto in e y i No subscription discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the, option, of the Editors ■" Vf; ?-I r\s. . by thecksn/and pot, exoopdirig> one r square,-; will bo inserted; three ntnps for Oao<DoUar, and twonty-flyoogqU (breach additional Those of a greater length in . proportion. ; , a •. . ■ - k -' Vo»-Pn*i^iN(i^-Su6h { iia Hand-bills; Posting-hliisV Pamphlets; Blanks) Labels/Ac. Ac., executed'with' curacy and>at the shortest r notioo. i ■ ; .'•! ,m : , OhJ dimly through the.mist of years, . ? roll their dreary: waves beneath, . The gorgeous- Sunset Land appears,* /Arrayed in hues .of fadeless'greeiu 1 v ,'And freni the 1 far-off Btinny,cllm&/• ,1 Old half-forgotten songs arise/ v '• - And stealing o'er,the waves of Time/: - The sweetly lingering muaio dies. Thero.Memotfy Weaves her garlands'green ; ; ;Beside. lho lono hope-haunted shore; ' ..And rm|d the .bright Arcadian scene, - - .. Twine flowers that bloom for us no more. ,0h J ballowed clime ! blest land of lovo J Swoot paradiso ofoarthly dreams! Still,through thy vde my fancier jrbvo, ' '-Still-bask beneath' thy beams. '• pXpiii ■ : v ,.- ‘AM there they.dwcll-rr-thoso cherished ones, V»tM.no,w-white brows and. waving. hair ; - A Be P, them now—l hear their tones ; . ‘ /Of sweetness tfy along fho air ■ l ‘ -■ Hark ! hCW their silvery voices ring u ' In cadence with the wind's low sigh! Not sweeter is the! wind-harp's string , - makes at eve,its melody,. Thoycall toius; they wave their hands— ' h* Aa by the mirage lifted higb/ / ; \t That olimoia all its beauty stands' / • j; i; Against the forohoad of the sky. ; , wroathed brow—with laugh and song,' tender looks, hand clasped in hand,. filing—that lovcd-linked throng: Within the haunted Sunset Land. ortho fiDrest jjladoj.v.; ‘}■.'■' •"„. r H| lovelyoidfai? aa Ui(B*fairieiS-ow>^!l^7^»‘d s *?«£ yotith, hfltvlrtues and trutb J tetotj;. .-..' •,.,.|^ -too goiter amjspeak,, » i?r : '° r -.®?*# to Rictm*© or paint; " ‘ . i< : I MtcMpted jny. bliss d-kias . ; ' ibSr ,;/; >* • Bat ahv turned Mido* wifcfr o Maidenly prldo,= 3 -• / :And aaid/^klaa mo, eir;'flfiydn dor©.?.' ~ ;>-. : light.of thealora abhrighfc t . That my every shouM prove , ' ; true, as the heavbnsbluo,' ; My heart would 60 unto love; > ••; - 1 And I said in gloo,“ Ob,marriod wo'll bo. .:Andj then Iflltastethe.bliss - ; { I.Whioh J can sip from the, red, rod lip. , ','-. - In tho foria of a hearty, kiss;” . ; r fcwb'd dtfwnon the grassy c-roiind.'!’ . . With her every air/ ; ; And dendbrly cried, while she gladly • Do, dear love, if .you’dare." 1 'll6r bqminandsi obeyed) and soon wo both stroyod -In the beautiful'gardonof hive; ■ - ™?”. w? ”®^ e^0 sail'alloy, " 1 r ■The joys of the angels above;.. * "o^l,se3 not now, for bound dn lovo's vow, ' ;.IJor mind is no,w at Us ease; ,i >5?. ? co ? a squeeze find a press, TO kiss her whenever I please : ■ ' ' ind daily she ories), while loyo from her eyes: l ! Is darting, its glances so fair, , ■lmt ghe nevor again will cause my heart pain, j By crying, «now, do if you dare.” 1 ' ’ | Mr, Edge was late at breakfast—that was • an unusual occurrence—ondho'was a lit aisposed to be.cross—which was likewise nng new. So ho retired behind his news ir, and devoured his egga and toast tvith vonchsaiing any reply, save unsociable lOßyllables to the gentle, remarks of the : Poking little lady opposite—to wit: li; ■ ® 0 * 1 But she was gathering together final onslaught, and when at “*• Edge had got down to the lost pa nh, and:ki£ aside the reading sheet, it tir, diin’tiyou say youwere goihglto doUars for - my'tiiTe? Uh ffdt furs ?». /(Rather shortly •if wns . pshaw! what’s the use ofheinci W ;ant ? I haven’t any monovie B £ it in useless follies. The old furs are enough for any sensible woman to wear ’’ rs. Kdge, good, meek, little soul that she relapsed into obedient silence; she only s(t a soft # inward sigh, and presently bo rn a new took. ■ . ; y°ft 6? .with me to my aunt’s in’tydurgoaicinof’'; ; aorio I How would it look ?”' Mrsi Edge's IfeW-shw.bad one. thpugh it didn’t :of- W. , fairly roused. ; “Yon ! P?gleotfui,uf, thpso little attentions you to pay me once—.you,neve? walk with V Pick up.my handkorohief t nor notico iss.ias .youonpo did.” -ellj a? .fellow can’t beforover waiting fhewomdn, nan he V> growled Mr: Edge; -ou could be polite enough to Miss Wo. ast night, wbpn you never thought to ask n' hendob|i6, ; 'FdOh't bo-; youuare so mubh as you ueed tbi"’; u'.Mw. Edge looked extremely I’pretty 1 ’pretty jn her bluo byos aud a quiver on npd jr6ay;iips;;. l!; :1 r - :, a shawl” said the peevishly, don’t be sillyj Maria." 1 " “i't*?’. jjfl 1 .® *0- stpgo yesterday, you never ’A 1 , was warm enough, ,ofput my pn mo once, while Mr.Tlrowrt was so re to his wife; The contrast was very im g ,t° “o,.Honry--it wasindoed.", ? ia n t [know wpmojni, wore such' fools,” *•' M S°> sternly/ «6 ho drew on Iris . i i ': I 1 /I i eqoajp'e, the tempest which he paw rapidly, impending,;., - j‘ Am I the ;sort of,a man .tqmako ;a; ninny out of, myself; doing.-the polite, to' any female creature fDid you ■fiyei. jknow me to*be,con scious os to whether, a woman had quashawl or a pwoJUow-tailed coatf^"',; " '' Mwia Huo.eyes .behihda.li’ttle: PP9#P.tj handkerchief- ond Henry,. the savage, banged tho door loud endqgh.to give Betty, in the txtqhen, a nervous start, • ' " r:“" • -;!.®P? n }Sg P-gain 1 Ido believe -.that we are fi 0 . 1 ??* 0 have a second edition of th 6 deluge,” Said Mr. Ed^e,.do himself .tiiat evening as he ensconced his six feet of iniquity in the south west corner of a car at the City Hall, “Go ahead; conductor, can’t you,? , fvhat are you * y° u see .we’re fqU, and it’s dark already ‘‘ ln , ep e “‘hute, sir,” said the conductor,; board h f lpecl kittle woman with a baaket on ' m ®vo up a bit if you please.” , " i Mr. Edge was exceedingly comfortable, did not want to move up, but the light of the lamp, just igmted,! falling, full on the pearly torehead and shining golden hair of the hew altered his mind and ho did move up., ; , What loye y eyes 1’? quoth he mentally, as he bestowed a single acknowledging smile. , _ Heal. violent blue 1; the - very' dolor I ad mire most. .Bless mol what business has an Old married man, like, me thihking about eyes ? what would Maria.say, the, jealous lit , drawn a confounded' veil overher face', and the light is as dim as a &“ ow dip,, but-those were pretty eyosi” ; 1 , ; . T iH/ ai lP°^®W or 9f fl l ® blue eyes shivered slightly, and she drew her! mantilla closer around her shoulders.; ’ • “'Are you cold Miss ? Pray honor mo by wearing,my shawl. I do: not,need it at all myself”, ni , _ -. L .®* 10 J®.®of refuse ; she murmured some faint apology for troubling him, but It was hot a refusal.-',•!.: .. :,,, ~ ■ .- i (, “ i trouble-r-not a bitl” said hej with alacrity, arranging it on the taper shoulders; and then .as the' young, lady handed her fare to the conductor, lie said to himself, what a slender,! lovely little .band! If there’s any *hmg, I .admire in a woman, it’s a pretty handl Wonder what kind of a month she’s . huist hd delightful,, if it corresponds 1 !.: T B'hair and eyesl- Plague take that] ■veil!” . - But “ Plague,” whoever that mystical pow er may be, did not take possession of the pro voking, veil, so Mri Edge’s curiosity about the mouth of tie blue-eyed damsel remained un gratified. .. ‘' Have you room' enough, Miss ? ’ I 'fear you ate crowded. -Pray; sit a little closer to : mo.’,’ ... , i, , ; .. i ., . • “ Ihank .you, sir,” was the .reply, coming, trom behind the veil, as Mr. Edge, rapturous ly reflected, “like an angel from the gloom of a dirk-Cloud.” " And hia heart' gave aloud thump,i: os. :tho, .shoulder, . touched jhU jqwn shaggy overcoat in a nestling sort .of ihistsgetting mtherrdmaniib, !*h(U!gh(;'ho;;;qnd then how,gallantly ho junim f°i' herrt-by some faVota-J ;ble freak of fortune if happened to Be at the'i .very street where ho intended to stop. And under all, circumstances we can hardly blame "'to, when,, the, car. stopped so suddenly that she caught, instinctively at his,hand for sup-' port,' for the squeeze h o gave the plump, snowy palm. Any man in his senses would'have dono the same—rit was such an ipyiting little f • Out into this rain and darkness our two pil grims sallied, .scarcely more:than; able toisteer by the glimmering reflection, of on the streaming pavements.' ■ “ Allow me. to- carnr your basket,' Miss,' as : ■ as our paths lie in the same'direction,”- saidrMr, Edge, courteously; relieving.-her 'of her burden as he spoke.. “And—and may be y0.0.d loss difficulty in. walking if you’d just take ray arm!” ”"• ! ■; !', “."Wolk.-wasn’t,-it. delightful,Mr- Edge,' forgot the wot streets and the pitchy darkness too—ho thought tie was walking’on roses l>— .Only, as he approached his own; door, he be gan, to feol a little, nervous,-and wish .that;the jloyely ipeegriito, wbuld’nt, hold on quite, so jt'ght. Suppose Maria should be at the wiii |dow bnUho lookout for. hiin, as she often was; ' -how would she interpret the matter! He .couldn’t make; her-behove -that;ho only want °d to bopolito.toa fair traveller! Besides his sweeping, .declarations of the morning—she (would bo sure to recall them. •''“ l As b®,-stopped at the righ.t.number-and i turned around fp bid thq blue-eyod a i-egretful, adieu,' he was astdnishod to see’her'ruh light-' v' u P the steps to .enter ;likewise 1 ■ Gracious Apollo I he burst: into a chilly, perspiration at the idea. of. Maria’s horror !\ > '/ “ have a'niistake, Miss,” sta'm mtyred ne, “ this ciin’t bo your homo!” - _ But it was too late; —she was already in tho brilliantly hghtod, ; iiall,. and,.turning. ;round, threw off her dripping habilliraents, and made a low courtesy. ' “ Very much obliged to you for your polite ness, sir!” , r t ~ “ Why,it—it’s mywife!" I. " bappy to See that youhavn’t forgot ten allyour gallantry towards , the- ladies,” pursued; the merciless little puss, her blue: eyes (they wore pretty 1) 0 U in a dance with suppressed roguery. - ' Edge looked from the coiling to the floor in , vain search; for a loop-hole of retreat; but the search was unavailing. ~ y : , • . . “ Well,’’said ho,’ in the most sheepish! of all topes, ‘ it s the first time I over waS pbiite to if it shan’t « ai ® eostatio little lady, ® o d} ow bat bolated— didn’t expect to bo meefwlth 0 long ’ hadn’t any ideal should; meet so -much attention! iothe caw, and from m^ own.husband; tool, GoodneM gra. re - °'l enjoy the jpkel” !f you tell that old ,har{M” said' Edge, in' on aocqnf of despeVatidh,; “XnOVer shallheor the last of it.’ ‘t r ,r.>. ; IL.f ■ .yy., .:.. . 7 ■ ‘it probably, ’’ said Maria, provokingjy. “ Now look here; darling,said ;iMr.• E&o, cpajingly, <>u WQh't.pay nothing, wiU you ? A. fpUow,don’t want, to-be, laughed pt -by -all tho world!- I say, Maria, you shall havo tho prqttiost fiii-s ;ih Ndw York, if you'll only keep' shall on my honord'; - -:. -i. l. ,'ir Ti*® terijia wore satisfactory, antJMarifv cm pitulated—who wouldn’t? And that ia the way ano got those splendid furs'that filled the haarts of ,aU: hop female,friends ,with envy: W/l Mr. Eta such sfsf!?P*“P?Wy. pourteoua Kusbjmd over after? wort-twaettqin ,0f W I“ comer, no,(#lo.cap. quos- ITVTCT 1 “ n ,' no o™ o»ndecide. Thoyoiitig bohold it ft-ftfir _, futqro ;, the ogqd regard W.JB}* 1 M’flf; distance;, but .bpibVtfrrf sibufep suddenly as by a' bolt from the cloud—a sorr pent from the a 1 shaft ‘from an iin soon quiver;i Ihoro ia no'safoty, therefore; save in preparation which noth mg. can doocivo) ahd' nothing. surprise'; I F ' om the Address of the President to the Friends of Bf eoblnfiajse ( and Lane. ; , .iv. The great ratification meeting of Monday evening, last aweok, having adjo toned to the' Executive Mansion and paid theiffeapeots' to' the Chief Magistrato.Mr.BiicnANAN appear-' ed and spoke as follows:. V 'V;, Friends. and -Fellow Citizens : I thank you from my heart for the honor of this; visit. 1 i°°u congratulate you on the.preferehce which Jrou have expressed for Major;Breckin nage; and Gen.j Lane os candidates, for the Presidency and Vice, Presidency of, the United btates over, all competitors. , [Applause.]— ineyare men whose names, arejknowh to the country; they neodno eulogy.from me.' They bayo served their countryin .peace and in war; 1 hey ,are. statesmen as .wel! .as soldiers, and in theAay and hour of .danger, they, will, ever be. at.-tneiT; ppBfc. ; .Ihey are .conservfttiyo men; - e courB o-pf thoir administration. they wiUboxquaUyjust to the North and-to the South, to thp East, and to the; West. : [Ap- Above all,: and first of oil, they are ' friends of the Constitution and the Union, [cheers,] ondthey will stand hy ; them,to the death., . [Renewed ~cheers.]; But: wo. ought, not *0 forget that .they are also, friends to the ( equality-of the sovereign States of this Union I m ‘ h0 ' wmmon Territories .of the country.— W ! u ] ' ,Jheywillmaintainthnt principle which should receive the cordial ap probation of us all, ' Equality is equity. J Eve- of the IJnited. States -is.equal before the Constitution and the laws; and why should not the equality of the sovereign States com pesmg this Union bo held in luce reverence ? iliis is a good, democratic doctrine. Liberty and equality are the birthright of every Arne-, nca n citizen ; and just as certainly as the day succeeds the night so certain will.this prineb' pie justice eventually prevail’ over all opposition. : t; [Cheers.], But, before I speak further upon this subject—and-X shall not detain yoii very long—l. wish. tb : remove one stumbling block out of the way; - 1 t have ever boon a friend,-of.regular "nomi nations, I have never struck a political tiok ““ ‘".“yhf o - :,Nqw,-was thereanythingdone at Baltimore to bind the political conscience ot.,any sound dcmoorat. or to prevent him from Breckinridge and Lime ?-; '[“NoTl : fhehbinddh-; mpnl of the, old ■.P9ngresBionnl,convohtioh I of, caucus. This occurreid a, long time,ago;,Very' fc' v > *f a “y. of you remember it.' .'Under the old congressional convention-system, no ner son was admitted to a seat except the demo cratic members of the Senate and House of Kepresentativesr' This rule rendered it'absif lately certain that the nominee, 'whoever;he might bo, would bo, sustained at the election by tho democratic States, of the Union, Bv r ®“dered impossible that j codld not S>ve ! an electoral yote tor. the candrdato when, nominated should; con.trol the nominqtion,ond dictahftb the de-‘ W 1 express no 'opinion.' ; ’The Na fe 1 -Convention! was s&hstitufbd'inlts stead; < AU the, States;; whether .demberatio of .not;-! were .equally to send delegates to this,Conven tion according to. the number of their senators' and representatives m Congressi ’ ' l . '• ■ A difficulty at once arose which never could' pave arisen under the congressional ,convou ttpn system. If a bare majority of the" Nation-; al Convention thus composed , could nominate a candidate, ho might bo nominated mainly' .by the anti democratic States against the will' ;of a large majority Of; the democratic States., (TJaiW ;tho.nominating power,would be eepara-; jted from the electing power, which could not fail to he destructive to the strength and", har mony of the democratic party. vc. To obviate this serious difficulty in-the or ganization of a National' Convention, and at the same time to leave all the States their full ;vote,'tho two-thirds rule was adopted.- Itwas' believed that under this rule, no candidate i could ever be nominated without embracing within the two-thirds the votes of a deoidec majority-of the democratic States. This was ithe substitute, adopted to retain, at least in a grcati degree, the. power to . the democratic States which they would have lost by nbnn doning-the congressional convention system. This rule was a main pillar in the edifice of national.' .conventions.- Bomovo it.’ and the. whole must become, a-ruiii. , This sustaining pillar was to pieces at Baltimore by the Convention which ‘ nominated Mr. Douo- L . AB, 1 this the body was no longer, anas’ tional convention; aiid no democrat, however’ iovoted to, regular nominations, was bound to, rivo tho nominee his support; he was loft free to _act qcebfding to the dictates of his own udgmeht and conscience! And here, in pas iing,-1 may: observe -that the wisdom of the: wo-thirds rule is justified by, the events pos ing ’ nrOiihd \ us. ■ Had it been faithfully ob erved.no candidate-could have been nomina sd against the will and wishes of almost ever: y certain democratic. State in the Union, gainst nearly all the democratic senators and lore 1 than three-fourths of the democratic rep-' ssentatives in Congress. , [CheerS;] , ' I purposely avoid entering upon any disous ,on the exclusion from the Con ation of rcgularly-oleoted delegates from dif-' rent democratic States;' If the Convention hich nominated Mr: Douglas was not a fog-, lar democratio Convention,- it must he con sspd that Breckinridge is in the same condi m.m . that respbot. The. Convention that iminatod him, although it was composed of larly alj the certain aemooratio States, did it contain the two-thirds; and therefore eve democrat iff at porfeot liberty-to vote as ho inks proper, without running counter to,any tolar nomination of the party. "; [Applause cries Of “ three cheers for Breokinridgb ’.'Holding this position, I shml present some oftho reasons why Iprefer Mr,;! . Breokinridge to, Mr. Dpugias. This J shali Ido without aftemptihg to interfere with'any individual 'dehibbfMt of’ahy State demoeratio 1 orgonizationrholdihg different opinions-from' myself.-.'.The main,object of all goed domo-' or ,a% w b°l ; bor bßlonging to.tho bno.or the oth .wipg of ohf ; unfortunate division, is_ to "df feat the election of the republican candidates jf and l shall never oppose, day honosli and'hon orable course oalcnlatod ’to accomplish this oh jeet;. i; f. jji "C- ; * i' •' -_To, return : to.thoppint from whiohT'havo digressed, J pm-in fayor ofPrpphinridgo , beqaqao be sapotionsjond sustains the .perfect equality of dll,t|ie State? rvithin theirooininon territories,’! and the 'opinion of thd Supfotha Goiirt .of; tho’Unitod States establishing this mmisa states of this* Union ard ope- yrtat .pMtnotohip,.. The ; Territories were’ acquired' by.thif ooinlhon Hood rtbdl'oom mon treasure 1 of theW'ail. <EaOli State add enchoWaon-ofoaqliStato.hna tho same right , ? i . th ® T or J lto,lea aB:ony other Statodnd the citizens of iitny'otlrtt ■■BUM' possess;/- Wotv whatis sought forpt present is; that a portion or those State's shotfid tutu .around .to thoir sister States and say, “Wo dro’ lidlioc than* * Qtjß COHNIRYt—MAY IT ALWAYS BE ftIQ^_BUT,‘RIGHT OR 6VR fcoUNTRY ” CARLISLE, Fa;, IttiffiSDAir, j|,xy 36, 18 M. ' '.'.M'l ■. A it V -• '• - ' ' iT ’ : 'l- I 1 ■/ yon 4roi takdbur; Wropbity y° u . ® h f J J, no^P l !“o;Wt r J ro pe%:itt l th6 fldhin aedj for. ~ Whattthej d™ooralio party 1 niairi tam; and ■vyhafiiiitWUSUd prinoipfe'of fleinoc.' racy is,, that' all [sM/bmpy. the, gable rich ts' and that all shill ‘WSnMebt to ;ilie"Bfti*'diH' for the aiia proper ty-. pfbteotioaof which all wore es tablished; ! ‘But nojvfepiaco the property of the ;iwder, what is called the pnneiple;of•aMlltWViroveteimlyjin the powef tVe;territ6rmiepslathre W ; confis cate it at their ynlraMMeasttre.. • TB&fcflig principloeoughttOhl'tltablieheaatpreßent; and end lib‘Upon ever submittbd'totborwill'of the majority?—: property as an indx vidua! ypahold itundiptodentof Congress or of the State legisktttfe.orof the territorial i Midi your Constitu tion was made to prot*»t your.privdte proper ty against legielativepower.—’ COheora.J Well,.Botany set of which will; deprive your property is r against‘ the. .veryi esseWserof republican gov ernment,rand tothat extent makes you a slave ; for the'man' whoiißa® jpror ovet your proper l ty. to confiscate ftihad.'phybr: oVer your; means I of subsistence jsjtpd is contented that at though the Conetitnti#pf :the‘Uriited-States' confers: .no such • no, State legislature has .power, yet a rial legislature,. in- thoSjteniote ektreaities of th ? ® o s?try, can 'confisoKto your propertyd?T , i .{A ?Beyj<§n't, do it.;, -they. ain’t,' going to do it,”] • ;i - * .There is but pno'mtfle, and one alone, to. abohsh'slavery m the : That mode iS pointed Put in ,the Cincinnati platform, which;has been ,psmisrepresented- as apything I.hayo; ey^idwn,, Tbitplatform declares that a majordy of the actual residents in a Territory, whbtfetbif their number is’ suf hciout.to entitle them thfadmission ash'State.'i possess the ® r - to be admitted,in- J*E® n JtwW of perfect ‘equality with the other tfiere be squatter sovereignty m I havo never been able to ■perceive it^,- ( jlf there be anyref-, erencp inatjtp a Territorial legislature:it Has cntiycly escaped my 'notice: ■lf presentsthe clear principle that at’the time the people they Shah; then decide whether they .wHLhavft/.slaypryor.pot.;;. And ?u-i ft • .again, , a fp nomination ‘wider that platform' I Ptfaorsed tho'doctrine of squatter sovereignty. v I. snppoae<;yon have all heard this repeated a thousand times..}!. ..7/ „, f , ' ' COW' ™A o r\u laW0or^ 8 P infe tom the emigrants ? w fritoi; the-East jthey su l^pOM theif roatertil' 1 !j-they UvatogeOieriii Jpeaob ahdhdr -1 a jjMregonejcondhiwoir'befo^thwltoTOiiifiiSil' ■ '^ s to' ebfaythoCbibn: : Bfd c StStf.' 1 There will then be no Kansas’:’in ! ,tho Terri tonea;;they,willalllive together! in till •m n^^ra ßO ßy>!P I fOfnptjng tlipproepprity ?i y e r oyni; pissperHyrtfKr til dip aWVe whenifbeoomesrh'eb .essary ■fo''fratUe : -'aycbnBfitlitiori;- Theft'tlfe .wholo questionwiU be decided: to 1 thegeneral eatisfactioni .Bqt, upon the ,opposite .prinoi- Cl’^^?H.X9 u Aud.in;the Territpries?— .Toro.wul be Strife and contention .aft. the time;}- One territorial; legislature may es toblish.slavoryand; another territoriaV legisla ture. may abolish; it, and. soithe struggle; will the.;territorial .feds, te Poe. iTho people, instead bf dovoting “their, energies and ; their r ihdnstry‘ tb proiiio'to' the#.' own prosperity;,will-beftn d state' of constant' strife; and tnrmi)ij,!jnat : as; we; have, witnessed in . Xyanfias, iiiereforo, thpro is no possible can bp sp fnjdrions to the best interests of a Temfery as what has been call od’squatter*sovereigrify.'’l ,; y4'v--: ;.z : ■ jtne ,placothosubjectbeforo you .in anottpr.-pomt,pf. view., ;I Thp.pcqplo,of the oouthprn States. pan never abandon this great pnnoipleof'Statt equality in the Priion witb put.- selfdegradation. ' ; [‘tNoverP’l -Never without, snabknpwledgement that they are in in this respeofc -to -their- sister States.—' Whilst it is vital to them' to- preserve their equality, the Northern ; Statea surrender noth :!Pft principle. In doing ( this they only yield obedience to the'Constitu tion of their country as expinirided by the Su- P»“f Oodrt'pf ■ United States. !■ While for the, North.it w:coinparotively ,a;roero ahstracf -On’yyith'thp South it is a question of 00-equal otate sovereignty idthe Union. i- 6r ®s s e hi eH: tribunal'esiab-' ushed by tho- Constitution:, for ’ the yory pur posp are tp .be get at naught, and disregarded, it t*Ml, tpnd to render all property, of every de- Mriptwn mseoure' ' What,, then, have .the North to dot. Merely to say that, as good old jzons. thoy .will yipld,obedience, to tho deois lT °i Court, and admit the right of a Southern'man to take his property into the Territories, and hold it there, just! ias-a'Nor thern fean may and-Hiis to, are the most extraordinary,thjng in the, worjd .that .this p 0 P«MM4 now he:distraoted ahd divided because-certain persons dt.the ' NbrtlT wiirhot agree .that their cbrethren at tho .South shall hayo the.,same rigbto.in the Territories which they enjoy. : What would I os-a Ponhsylya : te “® tke legislature of any Territory could outlaw.iron and obal within the Territory?— [laughter and pheors.] The principle is pre ; rfntiL 1 so s . am P - Supremo .Coprt iof the United Statos.lmvo.deoidea—whatwasknown to usjitl ito have beonthe.existing stilte of af- Ta !B slaves'are, property, J m - <ib,b Territories must ho protedtod- precisely in the same mannei with f„“TA er i»ifbe not so .protected iau h i!.J err^ rles ’ e holdors °f it are degra dea bofore the world. i .'"vL-oM ''V-vJ told that non-iuteryontion on tbo .part, of Congrpsp , with slavery,ln the Tor. the, tyue poliby.’, Very ’well I mort phbb.rfuftyfadihlrthaf' CongrMa'-hbs ho' "M'fc to pass' any law to ostablishi imphif, or abolish slavdry in. the: TerfitorieScniLet this principle of non-intervention ■ be-oxtendod to the 'territorial legislatures, ond let iK be de ciaredthftt.thoy.inlikb'rnanner hayqno pew iW pHtablisli,.impair, pe, destroy slayety^and, . tno cpntroFersy offodt dpdod. JPliis i is all-that'is required at presdnt, and I verily boliovo all that will ever pe required. Hands: off by.pptfgresß and hands off by ,thoTtorrito riaTlegislqturo.'.' fT/Ouffapplauso-J ‘With the' Supremo Oourt' of. thb' trnitod' Sfiftoh'l' hold that noitiior Oongrosa nor the territorial logr islntdro' has any power to establish, impair, or abolish slavery in the Territories.,; But if, in the face of this positivo piohibition; the tolri- J (orial.lojjialaturo should exercise thepowerof thon thas would bo a more Irons* proviso and the Buffalo platform from Congress, to bo carried into ek eoution-m the Territories to the destruction of all-property in slaves. [Renewedapplause.! Wpd, if inafle In ■ Com ’rn o ii?J }0 rcai - 8t -' 1 b y abl ° n ‘® n on the floor of both-houaes, and probably defeated.-: Wot so min remote; Territory. To every new -'Hi 1,0 a rusl > of free-soilera frpm tho Northern States.; .They,would elect tl!^ a l^c n ul lat I ?£ ls,aturo Wore the peo-1 pie of the- Sodth could arrive with'their' prop erty, and.this legislature would settle forever the question of slavery according to their, own shall we for, the sake of squatter sov ereignty, which froni its nature; can oily con tinue during the brief period of territorial ex- risk; of dividing , the demo-; country;into tyro sectional Sk « 6 ®?P..N or *fc’ and the 'other. South ? Shall this great party which has govohied the country nr peace and War; which has raised it trom ; humph) beginnings to, be one of the most prosperous, and power®,nations in the world 'mV® for sucli.a cause? That is the question. The humer ousi powerful .pious,! and respectable Me'tho dwt .Church has been thus divided, The di -TO??.- a: severe shock, to .the,Union. ’ A *{?■ {*£ greafcdentocratic parky. ShoaW it continue, would rCnd Asunder one of the most powerful links which binds the Union:together*. , , mjf ontorta ih no such fearful apprehcnsions. The present ispue is transitory; and will spee dily pass away. Tn the 1 nature of things 'it cannot continue, i. There! isbut one possible contingonoy which can endanger the Union: and against this all democrats, whether squat -4W jpveNigns or popular sovereigns, will prC seht audited resistance. Should the time ov gr arrive wheh;Northem agitation and fanat mism shall proceed so far as terondcr the do meatio frosides of,the Sooth insecure, then *? n 'the Union,hein danger. C '■Noftherd democracy will dresent’ a °t ire against such a catastrophe? : ; I There are in cur'midst numerous persons Who predict th T e dissolution:of the greatcfemo- 1 ?® 10 , party, and;6thora, who contend that it k as . alro “ d 7 h«°n dissolved, - The wish is fa the* to the thought. It’has’ been heretofore m : great peril; but when! divided for the im* jnent it basal ways' closed up. its ranks-and b ®?, oDie : !B°rp. powerful; even from defeat.: r lt wiJl noyer dip whilst thp Constitution and the Union survive. It will live to protect and dd-‘ fend both.- It has its roots in the Very vitals' of the .Constitution, and; like' one of tho an glo?4 ceriars.of Lejbonon, ,it will flourish to af ford shelter , and protection to that sacred in- BCTument, aud to shield'it against,every stb^ I Pf‘faction.^tßeaiowe'iapplausei] ’ • ; fnends and fellowHsitizeua,it is prob t .political: speech- that kftSS T?°- r J9 400 - “ hope S ot , 1 - J. ,“ »8 now nearly forty.years since l l night that during whole Xhaye received nothing but from Washington was lien: pom parahvelya small townj iiow it has grown to wlahvlf'at 4 u, nd rieautjfnl:?city; 'and the. first | jwsh-of fliyleart is thaf its citikeiis.may rin joy .unintorruptcd health, and' prosperity I tkank: you, .for the, Wnd ; attention: you iave, LETTER OP THE HON. WILLIAM If WELSH. . We publish herewith the letterof the Hon. ,WKluu.H. Weish, Chairman of the Demo, cratic State Executive Committee, in answer; to the Hon. Kicharu Vaux. ; : - -<IWe mo'st earnoatly/commend this very ex cellent.’and-.well-timed letter to the 'attention of the Democracy, as a masterly and clear; ex position of.the; object of the; compromise and union upon qur.'oleotoral ticket as reooramond ed-by the State Executive Committee :, r ; ts ' 7 - ; k York i £»•. July 16th, I 860..; - '. I have the honor, to ac knowledge the receipt pf your'letter .of the ;£™ wstant; which, however, it was iny priv- Uego. .to see in the daily papers, before you .furnished mo with a printed copy. lam triad yon have adopted th,V public method of an swering my, notoj as it enables me to lay be —l?:SoPec*Pwin,tire same manner, my rea- 1 nctmg with the majority of the* Dem ooratjo State Executive Committee' at its lost meeting. contented yourself with a simple refusal, to accede to the' compromise ty the .-State Committee,> / would i have remained silent; but the around you have • publicly' taken, demands from me a respectful in justification of. myself to those who placed in the responsibjo.position of Ponn- The public will look in vain throughout your letter, for any tangible objection to ; the proposed compromise, on the score of expedi-’ lenoy, policy or principle. The one and only point in your communication, is,' that the State. Committee acted “without, any authoi-i -r'V:. ,v .question.of jurisdiction, is thus' ra.sedinyonr own mind; and : s promptly decided by yourself, without' argument, in your own favor. ' ! : Now,,.witli ;aU yeur political knowledge— an,, t arn wilhng to concede to you the most enlarged experience,'and .the highest integri ty of purpose—l am afraid you have failed to dearn what, really, ore the- “certain specific duties’which belong to a State. Comiiittee. Certainly, I have po wish'to- extend , the pow ers of the one over which I have the honor to preaidoj nor do I desire to shield., any action °t 0WD i under thC broad and general, terms otnthe resolutions-which; authorized itsiap pomtmenti and ,for which, I believe/yon co£ the Rending Convention.;'.But it ‘but. a'State'Committee' is, fully c °wpetobt to acfc upon all. questions ,which involve the working machinery of the party I ifor wh°s6 beneflt-itwas-espeoially created.; as well as to arrangb and direct ; alf the 1 ‘details oi organization, and to.proposeandeifectiveiy Uftlfy.P'Ut fliti Pleasures whiphftend.to secure successful, results Jn, an impending struggle,:, ;UonCo_ if Was) that tlm - National Executive by,thh,Domooratio Oon- < ivontion which hjol di/ih<ji street Tfieai tibi'in' the'Cityof Jfoltlmore; - without other authority than thaiihiplied power eon- .. tained in the resolution .which created' it, as- : suraod the right to make a nomination for the ; Demobracy- bf. the Union, when" Donjabun ('Fitzpatrick deolined.to, accept the, Yioo Fresb lidenoy.on the ticket with Stophou A, Douglas '?“d too adoption of the, resolution, binthe same Committee; ih reforotfob'to thbpOWOr'of itsmomhers-ovCr Eleotorkli tiokels form'od by' hod.es ontire'y separate, anil distinct froth ‘,3 wluohgavo U political life, clearly shows that the'gentlemen .who ebm'pohd t'ha'fc'orga'ni--1 W-^orynarrow, or c'qntraptod oSSff * X If- i.'/v. (CV^; ■il iit t‘i i.'-i.'ivO ' — .'-T.n-Ji i'" '7/ - - ;7 • j'V 1 ' (Tj; •; •y, iij 'I.. ;; 'Yousaypinyonr letter,thht“tha Reading Convention gayo no power, to its Committee to compromise the ciples, the Democratic oratio candidates.’' l This ia striotly true. i>nt while your: premises are correot.your conclusions.are fallacious., K[o torturing of language, no.ingenuity of expression, Can fas ten such an interpretation upon the coin-promise* rocominetided by the State Committee.-Conte, lotus-reason together,:add! see how far:the Committee s resolution bears you out,- in the position you hayo thus voluntarily assumed. You, as a candidate for Elector, akh but the creature of the Beading Convention. RnuaUy so is the State, Committep.. - You are both the Offspring of the same parent. Without any of 1 power on' the bait of either, it is your conjoined duly to endeavor to arrange the'machinery of the State organization, eo as tp )make, it most potent _and, ofSqient against the forces, of the common enemy. He Who fails in this high duty, is false to the sacred wust reposed in him, by tho .Convention -thoroughly imbued With this ’feeling, a ma- J?f, y.°t,tho Statp Committee resolved, ifpos -6 1, i e ; t^J )rO P OBe some plan for-united action, Which,,if accepted, would .enable'the 'Democ racy of Pennsylvania to assist in the,defeat of Hie Republican candidates..; The head and front, of. its .offending, hath, this extent, no. more.- "' ■ If you; carefully read the resolution 1 of the Committee; you will perceive that it only “re commendsa certain course of action to the Democracy of Pennsylvaniav-and then, ,“qu (no)fs:es,.’itB Chairman to correspond with the several Electors in regard to the proposed ba sisof compromise.- ‘ Surely'anExecutivo Cbm-- mitteo has this power, if it,be vested with any. at all—rand after an affirmative or negativo response has been returned, by the Electors, to the Committep; through its'Chairman; that’ body, at a subsequent meeting,' Will- dptor mme what course is bost to be pursued for the welfare and integrity of -the Democratic party. Who then.the Committee Iwill undor take to place,other names upon ,the Electoral ticket, or. prefer id submit the whole matter to the State Convention which’ formed them questions for' future .consideration ana decision, . ;In the, meantime, you .may withhold youj; assent,to the line of policy, pro-; posed for the defeat of the Eepuhlicdh biindi dates for President and Vice President of the Dinted. States and-..Governorof Pennsylvania 1 ;' hut.l.mpst .emphatically deny-your r right to tto jurisdiqtion oftheStafeVCommit tee, in its earnest and patriotic labours ‘ to" unite the fragments of a broken and dissever ed party. • ‘ ~.■ . ; iautwhneit ; ,°anpot be, successfully estabr: iished that the Committee exceeded, in the ohghtest degree, Us jqgitimate 'pqwers on tlib ! 2a inst.i X freely 1 admit that its rccoimneuda tion is: entirely, new.andia calculated ;to dwd- deepest pad reflection,in the Pi? b 1 • -i.W I 8 necessarily novel, because tho actual ptisuion of the Democratic" partv at the -present timei different from its,condition m . any,;.pre.vioiiß.^>{ l rtioqv.of 'ite for the rights of. thb|efdwlim;#f^ W e majority of the Deinqqrfttio masses,'’ firmlyi ; Wedded,.to,thoirparty,¥egardthis.BchiBmwith jUputterqble regret. . ;Those masses are. very j ;?p,ff o jS.2Sffl e j n &with you, in assuming that I i (the only Democratic candidate' for the ■Presi- '-whomiyon..prefer; Tens ,-of thousands. of them’-, ore, to: say . the least,.quUq as much .inclined, to, respect the *?fi!l! a M QD r ,a gentlemen' .at the Maryland Institute; in Baltimore." a 8 they are to Support that of “araee'tidgbf gen- 1 tlomen'' at Front-Street Theatre, in the same Clt y-., t not propose to discuss the relative (merits of these nominations in. this letter -but the fact is patent to ; every one thii't there is unfortunately; a great diversity of opinion as to this point. bpibion cannot bo ignored the division Clearly exists—and while .the respective adherents of tho several '‘meetings ot gentlemen referred to, are divided in senti ment as to their Choice, of Presidential candi dates, there-is ope point, I-am happy to. say, in reference to which* they do occupy a com-- mon ground; They are Closely united, in de siring a chance! to strike a. common blow at the enemies of. the Union and’ the Constitu tion, To enable them to do this,, the State Committee, offered them a plan % which, all the sincere opponents of the Republican par ty, i“ the Democratic ranks; could , unite upon one electoral'ticket. , Those' who prefer the success of the Opposition, candidates, will of course, array themselves against this fair nnd equitable measure bf compromiser-while those who. honestly desire the triiimph of the Dem ooratiq; party, without reference ito more men ,wiilgivo'their cordia! adhqsion 'fo the action of tho State Committee, I indulge’.the hope that more mature reflection will induce you like Martha of old, to “choose the better part.”..,- If the proposition has not tho color of pre cedent (;o recommend it to your favor, it is well for you to know that those’who made it, learned.a hfedongdesson from you ind.your: political confreres, when you exultingly swept 1 tho old landmarks” of the,Democrafcic party from the portals of the Reading Convention In your eloquent address before that body when you wore; inveighing in forcible, lan guage against “time-honored usages” in tho selection of delegates and electors, you frank lysaid:-“VW have ,nothing to do with tho past; we have’ nothing to do with prece dents ;wo have nothingtodo with rules; wo are to legislate, upon the -condition of things that has arisen f since. this, room was opened ter, our reception;”, To this borricst appeal the :Convention responded Amen!—and the’past, with its crowd of witnesses in behalf of “us- W'as igaorod, anil the representatives of tho peqplo, swayed by tho popular impulse, ;followed the Gamaliels' of a new and , revolu tionary faith, ■ Speaking for'yoursblf and your ' companions, you boldly proclaimed' to 'those who differed - with-you ,- “If you want our ■ vbtos, you roust hot only preach union, prenbh , harmony,..and preach conciliation, but you j must show tho'frints of all this preaching." j I how, unwillingly, toommond thb same , chalice id ybiiroWn lips!'-’ I was for “union," ■ I‘-harmony,ti and. “conciliation,” then—l anl ! for "union;" “hprmony,” and “conciliation,” i now. It is enough for ,mo to know that'the' Domboratio party is divided' lihd distracted; More anxious for the defeat of tho Ropubli-: can candidates,, than for.- the.advancement of Pato9nql- 9.mbitiqp.in tho Demo-. ■ ora,t.io rqnk.s, I-saw in, thib proposition, adopted’ by tlie State Committep' the "only ’feasible moana of accbmplisliihg the bvorthrow of the Uppositioh foroes in Pennsylvania, and sc ouring thq election of our gallhn'i- qandidato for. Qoyprnpr. Jleqry. D. Foster. I’he iksuo' waq Plainly presented to my mindMt : Was :Bqpublicanism;; bi‘ ■ unhesitar tm Biy.;acbqpted;tho latter. ,-. y, . . riiavb no fears that thb action of tho State Uomnnttob' will not bo sustained dnd uphold by tito odlnv,- good sense of tho DbhiOorhoy of <?!V,' s y lvuu ! iU But Doo of the largo number of Elootora wlio Ilavo nlcady responded to tlio resolution, have refused (o’gtvo it their ns- I * I' 1 - - ■■f- I - jjM Wk'Kw ■ ■ ••_; ■>. 1 ■ ;,i ' jo l ■l*'., 1 ■ • m . <»-I rfiOl 'I ; 'i'f 7. •[• j. t/.in V- 1 I-'. As this monster Steamship; the largest ve& arrived tiero'Qfter a J y(waM; ,of tirolWdavS;' some'of'our feadera'.may be ' - c i“?v lm 7 ln £ ;» pf 1858. | v SBe w^ty by Ist^erdlfi■■’ Brunei,- iS owriddibT Sjfcst. igahon Company,” .and 'has'Cpsti-lnPludrng^W- 1 large sum spent in Jaunohmg.arid for repairs ' rPnderpd 'necessary By Bn' .erfddsidiiV Sprite' thing ovei-thrfee millions- of dollars;-. Shd ; is of iron, the plates .three-fourths of-id juch ln diameter.,' She- was. Built .on;-the, eastern bant, of .the .Thames, at. MiUwall r adjoinitfg ; London. ~ The,first effbrts to launch BerTwero made op the 3d. of November, 1857!: Vtit'M was not until the 31st of the suedeoding- Jatt- •' uary, that she floated. hJi-oin that me 7th of September, she -was bdlng tSddo ready for her trial, trip, which’ took place off' that day. ■ Her hull is 680 feet long, 83 broad, ante some idea of the'immense size of; the. vessel" may bo formed from the fact that the North.-; South, Fourth, Pearl-streets, St. John’s and' Presbyterian churches, in New York city ■ could etand upon her ■ deck lengthwise, and > with 58 feet to spare. Across" her paddle boxes she is 120 feet broadband the length of her npper deck is 692 feet, x Hcrf capacity* > 18,975 tons.; The height-of.her hull is GO 1 , feet, and a walk aroiind.hdr deck is equal to' a quarter of a mile. ; The vessel is designed' to-accommodate 4,000 passengers—Boo'first* piass, 2,000 second class, .and; 1,200 third, piass. The engineers and crew,,3so in num ber, will bo accommodated near the two ends 1 of the vessel. The forecastle is 140 foot lon£r J jmd 8 feet high. The hull is divided intotdte water-tight compartments. There* are two'; longitudinal walls of iron running throqghr “? r ’ „ feet apart, so that her hull, is a'sefios’ ol cells, oho has accommodations fpr 5,000' tons of freight and 11,000 tons of Coal; Tlio accommodations for passengers : are of course ' ample..; Thero aro ten saloons live on the upper and five on the lower dock . Pf 0 -varying from sixty to severity teet. Tho furniture is rich and beautiful; Moat ,of .these saloons arc fifteen feet high, and adjoining sobio of thorn arc two'tieis of splendid state, rooms, one above the other, - : Some-of the state rooms are ,as largo as au‘-* ordinary, parlor, and fitted up for. the conve nience of families. i ‘ ; i The propolling power is in onarmoussfdahi ! engines; acting upon both paddle whobls.and ? screw.; The paddle-,erigirtes.are,l, ooo, horse > joowpr, and tho screw I.OQO horse power, giv-_, 1 lug a'total of 2,600 horse af a pressure pf2s ibsj though if necessary, thdy;cariworfc r; I to a force of iipwnrdsof 10,000 horses. -Thero,;.’ I are. ton boilers,, and each boiler can he out off ; /from its neighbor, and used or, not, as deair- I ed. Tho boilers aro placed longitudinally J /along tho centre qf. the ship,.and are entirely I independent of each other. ' Every paAdlo boiler has ton furnaces,.and each screw bolide; ■ twelve furnaces, thus -giving ,td the xwhohnthp I large number of one hundred and twelve fur-, paces. Thp fuel intended to. bd .■used'-is an-' thracito coal. Tho Great' Eastern - 'Has ‘sue ' masts, five ~of; which are madooi-, hollow Wrought, iron, and. arranged to carry 6,500 y il F da canvass. A telegraphic apparatus: is in the captain s office,- by means "of 'which his orders are conveyed to every paft pf-thor ship, . She parries twonfy. large boatapndook. ,®vfings op &vits two screw stoWersi odd r hundred loot-long and liottveb’n sixty arid sdv-- 1 onty tons burthen* Ib is . expected that tho - Grcat Eastern.wiU bo.,anohored for about-ftr „°f, the Battery,- and then- taken to him Bast Bivof; at the foot of street. Thoslup started on a trial tripon the' Jth running twelve hours ‘ out to sod,' and' twelve hpurs back. Tho trial was' regarded : nS satisfactory; although the rat&of spddddid; not at any tund exceed 13J knots, the average'; being 12| knots. . . . b • C 7" A man ia bdtmd to keep' liis agreements ■ no matter at what cost 1 to. himself, unless ho* can, got a quittance front the party ho has con-' trftctou or s that party acts in such a maW' nor ns to render the carrying out of tho agroo-' 1 mont an inequitable or unfair thing; ■ ■ n-O! noi .7 JMtO&Wi ! sent and approbation.*- Nor havef ,baan dis appointed in myexpoctationscf. tboi wanner in whioh it would be. recoiycd by.the true hearted yeomanry of this CommonWeaith.' - They Jknpw that its only oKcpt, is to preserve 1 ’ if possible, the unity of thoDeiibblratiopartyl and prevent the State- of Pennsylvania from .being mpdo the unwilling■ instrument.fn the ' election .of Lincoln, Hamlin, and Curtin/jvhen She has the. power within herself/ if .properly directed, to ward off suoh 'a’dire calamity. Alreadyhas the .voice of hearty approval gone up,.from all those who love Rome'better than Cmsar. .-r; , : , f ' / The Democratic,basses of the “CUd.Rcy stone” stand, unllihahingly, by the ? ,n6ion ? of, their party, for the .sake of the Union.and tlip, Constitution of their country. . ThehopOsand • aspirations of millions cluster.aroundfhoold creed,; which'hqa always jonifal ity of "the .citizen,'/ and' the couality of tbd - ■ States !"■ ..The farmer in his field.of toilthe i mechanic in;his busy ‘workshop ; the/ nrtizap i by his humble fireside, and the;mnp of letters"/ m his quiet study, in finfincei ahd. its regenerating„ppwpr.-. i: ApjbssS the blue waves of the Atlantic, inhomes made' desolate by . the despot’s touch, where eyes grow bright as thoy : turh to tho land of the’ setting sun, prayers ascend to Heaven for the ’ triumph of that deed in the Hour' of battle.' Spurning all : sectionalism, 'the.'Democratic'' faith has bravely ..struggled bnfor more than half a century, and has stamped its indbllfaltf impress upon the civil-and pnlitibal WiM/ ' tions of the freest and. happiest people b&thh ' globe/, ■, ■ •■’f' ■ ■ in ■- . Those whofebrand appreciate the hlesSibgs * •'/ wbibh follow thednanguration of. DbmbcraHch rule, will unceasingly struggle to encourage “union,” "harmony;" -' our ranksbeoauso. without them/thcy know ' • that oiir columns will/be broken, and hebonjd : hkp : rSbds shaken'in the wiiid.- Let' ; snch ; ' - “union,’,’ “bbneilirtttorij’* are now proposed by the compromise pf 'thb -' State Committee, once,more, sit by us in-our ' councils, guiding us calmly with their ihflu- ■ pnte, and driving; from our midst HU Ideal*', jedlohsierand all ungenerous o personal rival- V! Ties; and the Dornocratio legion willhigaiu bo able to march, against' its united : foes' in an ' ■'/:'/ iron .phalanx, and will still be perpetuated tuy , i the true and only consoryatbr of ouf National' freedom; it/;'vt,, I ;Th conclusion, permit tae tho - sohtiments. of personal rospoofc contained in your letter, ana believeme.to bej-sir,' ii ;V.Vy :, ' /Very*respectfully,’• n ■■on v i-.h-* J .Your Obedient'sorvdnt,‘ ;; ' / WittiiAib'Hv^ienstf, Chairman of the DemoCratid' State EieoU- 7 1 .. tive Committee. r -v,; v.rfit , 1 To Hoh. Richard yaux. Eleotor at ljdrgb: ' : The Grieat Eastcril. hJ.'J •j ~!M
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