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JMW.
W.IIEif : 1 3IE.W TO'MARRY,
When do I Baoari.tto iuurry ? Well—
■'Tia idle todrsputo with fate; :
But if ypu choose to hear mo toll,
, Pray.listen-while Pfix the date. ,
Whon;/daugHWrs haste with eager foot, •
A mother's daily toil, to share; •
“ Can makefile•ppdil Jugs whieh'thcy eat,
And menii thflistddkings which they wear;
W h™ maidens look-upon a. man
, As in himself that they would marry,
Ami nut as army soldiers scan
’ A sutler or a commissary
Whongoptlo ladies;'wbo‘-havo got
The ollbr of a lover’s.hand, ..
Cousent-to sharp his' “..earthly lot,”
And do notnroaii/his lot of land ;
\Vhcn young ; hioeh.aD!CS are allowed
To.find and'woddho,.farmw’s, girls.
Who don’t oxppct
With rubies; disbuds and pearls ;
Wliqn wivegy : io.sti : brb;>ball 'freely, giro
Their hearts.Jiij’d their spouses.
And live as'thoy ; woyo wont : t6 live
Within their siros'-pno etory. huiises;
Then; marhirn-i-if I fim'.ribt top bid—
■llejoiuod to quit this lonely life,
I'll brush my beaver, ceasb to : scold,
And look about me lor. a wife 1
ffiWlniimitf... -
T:iH] J?lilM POLICE.
"I arrived in Paris a perfect stranger, anil
- ; tnok lodgingsml Maurice's.- famous English
Hotel. Having .been shown to,' my apart
moot, nmJ made sumo change-in mytuilet,, I
, went-lor a short stroll iii the groat andin'ag
: nificont city: —that heart, as it were, of-'the
■ world; I had-soiiio! letters of intrpduotion,
ibut as I had nofyet presented,(.liem.'.bolieved,
,myself wholly unknown to a '.living soul dtp.
.ip.-:r, omti\(j|aMis~urii;erit l i_t u\ight l)e,-,.t0. iftM
oiUoor's,.woo h atl' 1 ' rCiM'my pd^^
.gates, and the cleric win/llad■ s’pqtf",
ter my name—and that either shpirid:'have
fixed that name in their recollection, was
'something that my modesty had not yet per
mitted me to take into consideration...:
' ■ Judge ‘of my .surprise,’therefore, when -I
-■ had gone hot a lew steps froth, Maurice's too
wards the beautiful pa hide .gardens nearly
opposite, to hear myself addressed as follows:
, . • Will Monsieur 'Henry Neville liavortho
-kindness‘tu answer a few important; ques
tions?’
1 turned to tlio speaker, and saw lit a glance
he tras'ii total stranger .to me*—and never, to
.tuy knowledge, ’.looked upon hisfuce before..
•He was a middle aged man, of father pre
possessing appearance, with grey hair, eye-,
brows, ami moustache, and was dressed as'it
plain.substantial citizen. . :
, ‘ I will .do myself the pleasure to, oblige
you.’ I said in a kind.and courteous tone. .-.
‘ Permit uio first to remark; however, that
you have a little the advantage of mo in that
'you already know my name.’ ,
‘ Monsieur will please know me as Eugene
' ;St. Medard.’ ,
‘ Hid « o ever meet before?’
‘lt is Monsieur that ha-: now become the
/questioner,’ rejoined the* Prenchman with a
peculiar smile, and a kind itf formal ‘bnwf
half dignified, half poll o“fft%if lie Wouldhave
said tlio questions were only to come frbflf bis
side.
Somehow I felt just a trifle vexed and:hetv
tied at the look and tune, and remarked a lit-,
tie coldly: . . . ■ fi
‘I take it for granted one has tlio same
■right ty interrogate as tlio other.’
■The features of the stranger grew grave as
.one who (eels a little annoyed, and His reply
was impressive, without being exactlysterni
‘ If Monsieur will bo kind enough to waive;
his right in this instance,’ ho said, ‘it may
save us both lime and trouble.’ ’ "
I scarcely know why—perhaps something
in Ids look, tone and manner, but the ides
now suddenly occurred to me that I was.
speaking to a man in authority—aud sgid.ro
spoctfully.t • >
‘ Proceed Monsieur St. Medard.’ ;
* 'l’lmnk you. Mouaiour. • You are an 'Eng
■lisbman?’ ‘ °
* I am.’
‘You are distantly related to,thc Earl of
■ .Malvern.’
‘ So distantly, that his lordship could never
.get near enough to know our family,’ 1 re
■•pliod pleasantly, not a little surprised that a
•Ereueli stranger shouhl kiiow so niuoh about
mo, and wonder all the while to what result
diis questions might bo tending.
‘ Yon wore an only child V
•Yes.’
‘ Your parents are dead ?’
‘Yes.’
‘You wore loft n small inheritance which
Jyou have lately converted into money and
brought .with you. thinking it not unlikely
'Jon might take a fancy to settle on the Con
tinent?’ ..
‘ All true, Monsieur-; but your knowledge
of me and my private affairs astonishes me.’
‘ Lot that pass. The family of his lordship,
the Earl of Malvern, Ims been unfortunate —
tie near of kin remains to him.’
‘Two proljigato sons of a deceased sister
sro tjie nearest, I believe.’
1 They are both dead, Monsieur.’
1 Deal 1’ oxclaipioJ I with a start, for this
Was news to mo.
‘One died of heart disease in Germany
;-ho other was stabbed to death in Homo.’
| Aro'you sure f’ •
| Certainly, Monsieur.’
Good Heavens 1 this astonishes mo more.
* hud not heard of-this.’
4 1 know it.’
It seems to me you know everything 1’
B «'J I. with a stare of wonder. '
Jpnsieur St. Modard smiled and bontihned :
oiour’ U Ul ° * IUW * lo ‘ l Presumptive, Mun
you tell mo is true, I am 1’ ox
,i, . ln °d I> almost startled at the thought of
r IU S bo near an onrldom--lor the then lord
was old and feeble,- and might drop off at any
minute.
‘ Do you know who ia next of kin after
yourself, Monsieur?' inquired my strange,
interrogator. '
‘ 1 think I have heard it is one William
Byerly.’
‘Right. Do you know him?’
* Something by report.’
. ‘ Personally ?’
■ '.‘No.’;
‘ Did report speak favorably of him ?’
‘ I am sorry to say it dill not.’
‘ L rpm what you heard, do yoil consider
him mi’honest man ?’
•I do pat,’ . "
‘ As you alone now stand hetwp.en-ffiim and
an earldom, alter the present lord, would you
consider your lile safe in his blinds V\ *•
’ ‘ lianswpr this -question,, will you
permit mjr to ask some two or three?' said I.
‘ Proceed, .Monsieur,'
‘ Are you Williuiu Byerly ?’ ‘
. ‘No.’-- . ' j ,j .
‘ Do you intend to use my reply in a legal
W(iy ?’,••■■
‘ No.’
‘ Is your,ft!;joot -La.these questions friendly'
to. mo ?’■ . .
. Yea.’
' ‘d'lien |T will venture to say that I should
not,like, under,present ciren instances, to trust
my,life in the hands of William Byerly, pro- ■
yided there was a single chance of his escap
ing detection in case of. wilful ihurder.’
...‘.Very well. May 1 now proceed ?’'
"■ VYos, Monsieur.’
‘ You will please answer to each statement'
of mine as if. a question were directly
On your, way to Dover, a follow traveller
•made your acquaintance-?’
‘ Yes.’ - ■ . '
‘ You first saw him at Tunbridge,?’
- Yes.’ ”
. 4 You .first noticed him while you were ta
king some refreshments at a restaurant?’
Yes.’ ■ ', ■
1 lie came. tip of you, having a
carpet .bag in his hand, unit made some cum-;
mon place remark about the weather?’.
Yes,’ I continued to answer, getting more
.and more astonished every minute. -
,What emild it'all mean ? Xlad every ac
tion of my life beetl noted ? and for what
purple ? My : strangc interrogator procecd-
‘ This stranger was dressed'in a blue coat,
with.bright metnl'buttons, nankeen trowsers,
a blutt .vest, a parti colored iicckercbicl, a
white hat and black, boots ?’• - \ ' •
‘Yes.’
You replied that you wore going .to Jhu
is.?’
‘ Yes;’
.‘liowiis delighted to. bear it, because 1*(
was going there also, and it was'very pleas
int in-a foreign country to inivo a traveling
3.mu)anion Irom one’s native land?’ ' *°
4 ;Vcs> ’
On rbe whole, bo .made so favorable an
impression .upon . your , wrmpapicimis mind
• that yo.ii werc.cmlto ,pleased'to liCvo bis cum
yp'iy
• YcS/
‘ On your why to doyer, he gave you some
ot his past life—of his trials, strug
gles, disappointments and successes?’,'
* Yes,’.-
- lie was an inventor—a man of genius.
;wiio lived to boiielit mankind -and himself?
-Jiiiigland owed much to. Jiini,-. and so did
liyinco, add so, in fucfdid tlie-ivb.de world ?
; Hills statements wore to effijet.’ I
■ •v’yer.y -well, Monsieur, ns I hayo shown
you.that I know the nature of y;mr conver
sation,, it is not necessary that I should wea
ry you with detail. Thiaman; this'invontor,
was po; ne; to Paris intake out a patent lor
■ a.now motive power—om- thiit, was destined
.to revolutionize tlie world, lie was very
sorry that he could not show it-to you. then
but Until his papers should ho fi,lud in the
.proper department ho would net trust his
own..father with, the secret;’ -
All correct, 'Monsieur.’-
, ; : ‘oNii\v, ID'MI unfortunately, ao.it appeared,
.mid'caching Do.ver, whore you wore to take
tile -regular steam packet* for Calais', jour
n6w'aequaintan !0, in some wa}' unknown to
jiiii'i'.TCiioived the startling intelligence thiU
llisiliither was lying at ’ the point ofdcath
M'.lniili would require luip. to.post toJbondon
immediately, and would yon, in whom lie
hud every confidence, do him. the favor to
..t'iko.charge id a sma'll box, containing sonic
impendent papers—and mi your arrival in
iPitviß/Sl'pen it and deliver them to their prop.
-;8r “address ,?'
ih 1 \ * Yos, Monsieur,’ said I, becoming most
intensely interested.
* Curiosity, Monsieur,’ continued the
'Frenchman, *is not one of your failings, I
am, happy to say, or you might not now be
diving to hear wlnu I have to reveal.’
‘ Good heavens 1’ ejaculated I,
coming n nv ?’
‘ That same hnx, Monsieur, is an infernal
machine, intended* to destroy your life the
moment : ,jon opened it!’
‘Gracious God! 1 exolaiqted. ‘can this he
possible,?’
■ ‘I will proye.it. Clot it. and come with me
Jjoforo .a Onminissary of Policed’.
‘Pray, Monsieur, who are you?’'
. ‘A ol Police.’
•. I hastened to got the box, handling it with
groat care,-and together we proceeded to the
nearest Commissary, when, with
it . was split open, and lo! to my astonished
and;horified,gnze, was revealed a row of small
loaded pistols, so arranged that, had I unloek
ed and opened the box in an ordinary way,
they would. s have been discharged into my
.body,.. .
On miy subsequently asking for an explan
ation concerning this‘mysterious glfaiiv-liow
so.innnb connected with myself and others,
had bebomo km wn to tho'police of a foreign
city—l was gravely hut politely answered:
‘lt is not allowed us. Monsieur, to reveal
nuranureo of information. We are happy to
have thwarted the plans of the villain, and
saved your life?’
I never know who that villain was, though
I always auapeotoAßyorly o( having a hand
in it. I do not; kpoyy.'fnat’Jjiy life was ever
again attempted—hnf certain it ig I never
again permitted intimacy from an unknown
'stranger. ' ,
On my accession to the title and,.(prates
which occurred the following year, l aid not
forget to reward fuigene Sti -Modard. alias
Henry I’ouget, Secret Agent of Police, ns 1
thought he deserved to bo rewarded for the
preservation of my life—-and to this day I
liave not ceased to wonder over the perfection
of the-French system of police.
' OCT” One’hour lost in the morning will put
hack all the business of the day ; one gained
by rising curly, will make one month in the
year.'
ICT” Patience is very goo I, but persever
ance is much bettor. While the .former
stands ns a stoic under difficulties, the latter
whips them out of the ring.
The hero veteran, who was citizen, cap-'
. tain, colonel, brigadier and major general,
within a space ot nine months, though a
id disciplinarian, and a perfect ironsides in
, the discharge of his official du.ti.es, could pn
joy a good yoke, and is always ready to per
form one when an opportunity presents.
Indeed, among his acquaintances, h# is m,u'ch
howned for his eccentric, humor,'as ho is for
liis skill and bravery as a commander. *'
When Grant,yyas a -brigadier in southeast
Missouri, bp commanded an expedition
against, the rebels under Jeff. Thompson; in
northeast Arkansas. " 'pie distance from ‘the
.starting.pointof tii.e expedition to the sup
posed itendpavous of tlpa rebels was about one
, liuudrpd and ton ciiles, ,aud the greater por
tion o,f .tli,3 route lay thhingli a howling wil
derness. ■ Jho iipaginsry suffering that our
, soldiers-endured during, the first two'days of
their..march wa,s enormous. , It was impos
sible to steal or “ oonliscatif’ uncultivated
real estate, and not- a hog, or a chicken, or
an oar of corn, was -anywheres to lie seen.—
On the' third day, hnwcver, 1 affairs looked
.'more .hopeful, for a few small specks of ground
in a state of.partial cultivation, were here
and there visible 1 ; On that day Lieutenant
Wickficld, of an Indiana cavalry regiment,
commanded the advance guard, consisting
of eighty, mounted 1 mini.' About 1 noon hej
oamo up to a small farm house, from tile
■outward appearance of which he judged that 1
there,might he something fit to oat inside.— ■
110 halted liis company, dismounted, and
with two second lieutenants entered the
dwelling. He, know that. Grant’s incipient
fame hud-already gone out through all that
country, and it occurred to him that by rep-' ■
resenting himself to he the General, he might
obtain the host 'he house afforded. So;‘as
suming a very "imperative demeanor, lie nc-. 1
costed the inmates of", the I .house, and told 1
thorn he must have something for himself ‘
and staff to .-eat. 'Ahoy desired to know who *
ho was,and lie’told, them that,he was Briga
dier, General Ghmb .Ab-the -sound of- that
name they flew around with alarming-alacri
ty; nnd served -upfibdut ali tliey, had in the
bouse, taking great ••pains.’ gU ■tha- while do,
make hiiid professions of loyalty;' The lieu
tenants:ate as much as they could of the not
over sumptuous ipoal, .but .which was, never
theless, good for that'country, and demanded
wliat was to pay. And they
wont mi thqir,wu\f rejoicing.
lii,the meantime General Grant, yvho had
Imbed, his army a few miles further back for
a re.-ting spell, came in sight of, and whs
ratll3r.Utvorab.ly ip:pressed, with the appear
mice of, this same,house. ♦ Riding .up to the
.fence in front of the tmor, Up desired .to know
if they would cook him a meal.
“ said m Icmale, in a gruff voice,
“ General Grant and his stall' have just been
hero aud„cL:iten everything in the house ex
cept pie.' }i
".Iliinljili r’tiuurinurod Grant*; what Is
your nmnCT’-
a .hair dollki* irrhfc the door, he
asked, h"'slio-would keep that pie till ho sent
an to- which she replied that
she wuurttj?.
•That .'evening after the camping- "round
had been selected;; the various regiments
were notified that there would ho one grand'
parade at hull’ past six, fur orders.' QJlicers
would see that their men all turned out, &u.
in jive minutes the camp was in a : perfeet
uproar, nml*tilled' with all sorts flf rumors.—
Sonie.ihouglit.tlie eiieinv was upon timm,. it
being so unusual tohave parados when on a
inarch. ’**•''
■At half past six -the parade was formed
ton columns nearly a quarter oi l
--mile in lenilth. After the. usual routine o(
ceremonies the-A..A. A. G, read the follow
.order,; ' ' ,
. Headquarters, Arm-7 -ki./t-mB I'ielp,—
Special O.rJcr A r o———-Lieutenant Wick-
held, of-th.e — : —^-Indiana 1 cavalry," having
up this day, eaten everything’in Mrs. Sul
vidge’s house, at the crossing of the fronton
and Pocahontas,.and Black Uivcr, and Capo
Girnnlnaij , roads, except' one pnmkin # pie,
Lieut. Wicktield is hereby ordered to return
with .an’-eaciii’t of one' hunurecl cavalry, and
.oat that pie also. - .
Grant's orders were law, and. no soldier
'ever attempted to. evade-them. At seven
o clock tile lieutenant.filed out of camp with
his hundred men,'amid the cheers uf’ the en
tire army. The. escort concurred in stating
that he devoured the whole uf the pie, and
s< j| inic d to relish'-it. —Chicago Spirit of ike
‘ what is
.Editing a paper now is a .very .pleasant
business. If it contains too much political
matter, people won’t have it. •
,11 it contains too little, they ; yvon*t have it.
;If the type is igrgeifc d,an't contain enough
reading.matter. .
II the type is small people can’t read it,
li. we publish telegraph reports folks say
they are nothing hut lies. ■
It wo omit them, they say we have no on
.orpriso or suppress, them for political effect.
ll we have in a low jokes, folks say we arc
milling, hut a rattle bead, ’
Ii wo omit jukes, they say wo are an old
issil. ■ - ■
It wo publish original matter, they damn
us for notgiviqg 'sel’eiitions.
II we publish soleelions folks say' wo arc
lazy -for not writing more nod giving what
they have .hot read in some other papers.
It wo give a man complimentary notices
wo are censured for being partial.
If wo do not, all liands say wo are n greedy
hog. .
If wo insort an article which pleases the
ladies, men become jealous.
If wo do not eatoi to their wishes, the pa
per is not lit to have in the house.
wo attend ohuroh, they say it is only for
•effect.
I f we do not, they denounce us ns deceitful
and desperately wicked.
H we speak well of any not of the Presi
dent, folks say we dare not do.otherwise.
It wo censure him they call us a traitor.
If we remain in the office .pud attend to
business, folks’miy wo are too proud to mingle
with other fellows.
■ If-we goout they say y:o never attend to
business.
If wo do not pay all bills promptly, folks
say wo are not to bo trusted.
If wo do pay promptly, they say we steal
the money'
It wo wear poor clothes, they say business
is poor.
If wo wear good ones they say wo are a
spendthrift.
’ Now whnt is a poor follow to do ?
DC7” A Gorman proverb.expresses, i n thir
teen words, the substance of social philosophy; ■
what you would have in the nation you must j
.plant m the school. 1
“ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE IUOIIT—BUI .HiIHT'OJI WRONG OUII COUNTRY.”
A STORY OP GBAMV
. .U, 6. GRANT,
Brig. Gen. conmnu.ding.
Milins a Paper..
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY; AUGUST 20, 1863.
|3olitimL
ADDRESS
r ’ OF THE
JHSIIGCRATIS STATE CENTRAL fe'MmEE.
To the People of Peitnsylvania ;
An. important Election is at }U<qd, anil the
issues involved in it may noi&dlaim your
attention. Tl.o tide of war injij been rolled
back from our borders, and wifi?-,- thanks to'
God, and gratitude to the sk{3.s and valor
which, by His favor, aeliieveclyho prompt
deliverance of our invaded Con •nonwealtli,
wo may now give ouf. solemn consideration
to the causes that have brought foils present
condition a country once peac> ful, united
and secure. It is now the scene of a groat
civil war between States that- 'ately minis
tered to each other’s prosperity.in a Union
founded-for their common good, _lt was this
Union that gave them peace at home and re
spect ’ abroad'. They coped -successfully'
with Groat Britain on -the ocean, and the
“doctrine” uttered by President Monroe'
Warned . off the iMonarchs of Europe from
the whole American Continent, Now, Franco,
carves out of it an Empire, and ships built
in England' plunder-uur own commerce .on
I every sea. A great public dfbt and com
I scriptioh burden the people.■: .The,stranger
and wealth of the-na i m are turned from
productive industry and consumed in the
.destructive arts of war. Our rrfen-ios fail to
.win pence. Throughout the laml' arbitrary
power -'encroaches ii.non civil liberty'.'' " ' ’ .
AVlmt has wrought the disastrous change?
■'No natural causes embroiled-.the -J,\ T oftii and
.the. South. Their iiitorcbaMgei.blo products
.and commodities, und various institutions-,
were, smii-ces of reciprocal benefit: and bxclud
ed competition and strife,. But'an artificial
cause of dissension .wifcf’iimnil iiitlie'position
of the- African race; and the ascendency in'
the W-.Uiu.nal .GutinciW of uipu .picdgod to an
aggressive ' linii uiicoustiiiifiomii Abolition
policy hits.brought our country .to ,the condi
tion of ‘-the luius'o dividcil against itself/’ The
.danger-to.'the Unitin'begun wliore statesmen'
had furcseoh it—it began in triumph Ufa
sectional party, founded -on''principles ill rev-’
ulutioiiary hostility ■to the 0 institution'and
the laws. The leaders of this party were,
pledged to a conflict witli rights 'recognized
nod sheltered by the Cimstitutli:?; they called
this conflict' • irrepressible.” mid whpnovor
one parly is dcterminod.to uttiu-k what anoth
er is determined to defend, a conflict jciui. al
ways ho made “irrp) possible.” ■ They:eminted
on an easy triumph through tlmctfid of insur
gent slaves,--.and, in tins care
less how soon . they provoked; a collision.
Democrats- and . eonservutites..,strove to a
vert conflict. Tl.ipy saw that .Union was the
naramount. interest' of their country, and
they stood by the, great bond of union, the
Constitution ■of the United States, They
were. content to leave, debaieabip questions
noiler. it to tgU>v,\\n.l fraoilid 10 decide
tlie'oi ; they p.i-dltirjjbd it«to' ; .tl.wrtfa-iq-iT.-as.ii.n
•arlxtTdr o'titl'd'
to merit Hid ti*io which their. mints
them in sc.n-n—thu title of .‘Min’on-savers/:
Wm will not, nr rehearse their efforts.
In tiio 'i'liirrv-Sixtli the Republican
lenders refused their assent to the Crittenden
Compromise, On this point, the testimony
<d Mr. Douglas will suflide; lie,said; “I be
lieve this to b(j a lair basis .of amieable adjust
| monc.' .ft you of the Republican side -are
:Uot willing lb accept this, nor the' proportion
ol the Senator from KonUudcyv (Mr. Crit
tenden) piay tell us wlpit you mo willing to
Ufi? I address the inquiry to the Republicans
done, for reason that, hi.tHe Committee of
Thirteen. a Jew day',' ta/n every member from
Ihe South inchaliny those from the' Cotton
Stale y ( Messrs. JOacisand- Toombs. )exprezsed
their readiness ,to accept the propositions of
my venerable, friepd-s frem. Kentucky* Mr.
Crittenden, as a final settlement of the contro
versy, if tendered and sustained by the Re
publicans members, lienee the' sole respons
ibility of one disagreement, and the only dif
ficulty .in the way of an amieable adjustment
is with the liepublieun January ii,
Tiie Pernio Congress .was another moans
by which the B n-der States strove to avert
the impending strife. How the .Republican
leaders tlioii conspired against.the pence of
their country may lie seen in a letter from
Senator Chandler, of Michigan, to the Gov
ernor of that State :
“ Ti> his Excellency Austin, Stair:
; “ Governor Bigham and myself telegraphed
1 you on Saturday, at tho request'd? Massa
> chusotts and New York, to send.,'delegates to
the ponce ur compromise Congress. .They
admit that we were right and they were
wrong; that no. .Republican State should
have sent delegates ; hut they are, hero andj
and cannot, got away. Ohio,- Indiana arid?
Rhode Island are'caving in, and there id}
danger of Illinois ;;.°.rid now they Leg ns, for
God’s sake to come to then-rescue, and save’
the Republican party from ruptilre. I hope
you will send stiff harked men or, none. The
whole thing was gotten up against my judg
ment and advice, and will end in thin smoko.
Still, I hope, ns a matter of courtesy to some
of our erring bretliorn, that you will send
the delegates. Truly, your friend.
h. CjI.VNDMia.
.“jP. d3.—Sonte of thcgrianuTacluring States
.think that a light would ho awful. Without
it little blond letting, this Union will not, in
iny estimation, he worth a rush.
•• Washington, Feb. 11, 1801.
In Pennsylvania, too, the same spirit pre
vailed. It was not seen how necessarily her
her position united her in interest with the
Border States. She has learned it since from
contending armies trampling out her har
vests and deluging her fields with blood.—
Governor Curtin sent to the Peace Congress
Mr. Wilmotand Mr. Meredith.
Mr. Wilmot was chiefly known from the
connection of his name with the attempt to
embroil the country by the “ Wilmot provi
so.” baffled by patriotic statesmanship, in
which Clay and . Webster joined with■ the
Democratic loaders, just ns Clay and Jack
son had joined in the tariff compromise of
1833. , ’ ‘
It was the triumph of the Abolitionists over
the Democrats and Conservatives of the north
that secured a like .triumph to the Secession
ists over the Union men of .the South, The
John Brown raid was taken as a practical
exposition of the doctrine of “ irrepressible
conflict.” , The exultation over its momenta
ry success, and the lamentation aver its fail
ure had boon swelled by the Abolitionists so
as to seem o'general expression of Northern
feeling. Riots and resegos iiad nullified the
constitutional provision for the return of fu
gitives.' . No danger to the Union arose from
Blavpry, whilst tho people of each State dealt
calin y and intelligently with the question
within their own State limits. Tho strife
began when people in States whore it was an
immaterial question, undertook to proscribe
the course of duty upon it to Stales in which
it was a question ot great importance and
difficulty. This interference became more
.dangerous when attempts wore made to use
the power of the General Government, to the
injury and proscription of some of the States.
In Pennsylvania, the.' party on whoso .yets
you will pass at the ballot-box, has trampled
upon the great rights of personal liberty and
the freedom of the press. . The dignity of our
Commonwealth has been insulted in the out
rages perpetrated upon her citizens. At'
Philadelphia and at Harrisburg, proprietors
of newspaper's have been seized at midnight,
and burned bfi to military prisons beyond,
the limits of the State. Against acts like
these, perpetrated before-the eyes of tho mu
nuipal dnd'State authorities, there is neither
protection nor redress. The seizure of a jour
nal at West Chester was afterwards the sub
ject of a suit for-damages in. the Supremo
Court of Pennsylvania. It came to trial be
fore Chief Justice Cowrie. Rehearsing the
ancient principles of English and American
justice, he condemned the acts of the federal
officers us violations of tho law that binds alike
the private citizen and the public functiona
ry. lie said “ all public functionaries in
this laud ure upder, the law, and none from
the highest tp the lowest are above it." 1 Im
patient at any restraint from law, ii partisan
majority in Gongrtjss hastened - to.puss an act
to takfdVonJ.the State Courts to the United
States Courts all suits'or prosecutions “lor
trespasses or wrongs done or committed by
virtue or under color of any authority derived
from of exorcised under the President of-the
"United States;”, and’suchi.authority was de
clared to be a full defense for tho .Wrong doer
in aiiy action, civil or criminal. ;Tho Amer
ican Executive is,' as the"word imports, the
'executor of the duly enacted law.a; yet the
'pretension,is made that his will can take the
place of the laws, .'jlho liberty, the character ■
of every citizen is put at the iuerey pf new'
lunctionaries-called " Provost Marshals.”—
A secret accusation before these Officials takes
the place of upon hearing before a lawful
.magistrate, and no .writ of haheds corpus mly
inquire tlio cause of, the arrest. To illegal,
arrears, have hsen added the mockery of a
trial of n private citizen, for his political
opinions, before a Court Martial, ending in
ttie infliction of a new and outrageous nennl
ly, - invented by the President of the United
Siutes. Wo need notcuminent upon nets like
these.- The President of the United States
has no authority, in peace nr war, to try oven
an enlisted-'soldier by Court Martini, save by
virtue ol and in strict conformity with, the
.military law laid Jown in the act of Congress
." establishing rules and articles for the gov
ernment of the armies of tho United Stales.”
Yet by Ids proclamation of, September' 24,
ISu2, he has nssuiued' to make all,'eitize is'
amenahie to military courts. He has violated
the great principle of free government,., on
'Which Washington conducted the war of the
Rev. 1 nLion, ami Madison the v-T-r of
the principle of the subordination of the mil
itary to Ihe civil power.' lie has assumed'to
put “ martial law,l’ which is tho rule offeree
at a spot where ail buys are silenced, in tho
i-yUico of cif 1 1 justice Throughout tho land, and
Mias thus assailed, in turn.) ol I tic Slates, eveii ■
,Oftthc-ta'Jhit-.-adi re.hoL
I occasional acts, done'in haste,"m iioat,.or ig
norance;-but a. new system of government j
- put in, the place of that ordained and estab
lished by the people. That the Queen con It] I
not do what he could, was. Mr. Seward’s boast
to the British Minister; .The “ military ar
rests” of Mr, Stanton received the “hearty
■oummondatiOu” of the convention that venom
untied Governor Curtin ; and |t pledged .him
and Ins party to hearty co-operation in.'sueli
acts oi the. Administration in future. Such
is the degrading platfonp. oil which a candi
date fur, .Chief Magistrate of Pennsylvania
stands before.her people. , These pretensions
to arhitrary power give otninons significance
.to il hue change in our military establish
ment. The time ■ honored system of mailing
oh the States lor drafts from’ their militia,
has beep replaced by a Federal conscription ■
on tho model of European despotisms. W.e
would not minister to the excitement which
it inis caused among tneti’.hf all parties. Its
constitutionality will be tested before, the
courts. If adjudged to bo within the power
»f Congress, thd people will decide - on tin
propriety of -power, on which the British
Parliament—styled mnniputent-r-hns never
ventured. On this you will-pass, at the
polls, and tho next Congress will nut ho deaf
to the voice of.the people,
Em* ail political evils, a constitutional
remedy yet remains in the ballot-box. We
will not entertain a fear that it is not safe in
the guardianship of a free people. If men
in office should seek to perpetuate their power
by wresting from the people of Pennsylvania,
too rjghtof suffrage ;if the servants of the
people should rebel against their master,
mi them will .rest the responsibility of an
attempt .at revolution of which t o man can
foresee the consequences or the-end. • Butin’
now addressing you upon tho political issues
Pif, tile day, we assume that too 'institutions
'of our country are destined to endure.
Ttlio 'approaching election derives .further
importance from the influence it willjex'oruiso
upon tho po(;uy of the government.' The aim
of men not fanaticism arid-,-party
spirit you id bis to reap tho best fruit.ufroin -
the victories achieved by our galiantuarmies
—tilo best fruit would be peace and 'restora
tion of the Union. ; JSueh is not tlio dim ol
the party in powef. '.Dcii-iininaiQil by its
most bigoted it wages a war for the
negro, and bVrt-foriha Union. It avows the
design to protract tHoyvar till slavery shall
ho abolished in all the Southern States; in
the laiignag of ono of its bainp’oloteors, “how
can a man Imping, and praying for the de
struction of slavery, desire that tho war shall
b > a shoit one.” Mr. Thaddcu-i Stevens, the
Ropuhliuan leader in tpe last 11-iuso of Rep
resentatives, declared, “The Union shall nev
er, witii' my consent, be restored under the
Constitution us ii is, witli slavery to bo pro
tected by it.” Tlio same spirit ..appears in
Mr. Lincoln’s latp answer to the 'citizens of
Louisiana, )vno dosird the return of-that
State under its present Constitution. Mr.
Lincoln postpones them till that Constitution .
shall bo.amended. - Tho '.Abolitionists dotiro
tho war ti) last tilTfreodom is secured to all
tlio slaves; hordes of politicians, and contract--
ers, mid "purveyors, who fatten on tlio war,
desire it to .lust forever. When the slaves
are all emancipated by the arms, a
.cimsfant'ihililucy intervention will lie needed
to keep them above or equal with' the white
race in tlio Southern States. Peace lias no
place in this platform. - It proclaims Confis
cation and Abolition as tho objects of the
war, and the Southern leader catches up the
words to stimulate Ids followers to fight to'
■tlio last. 16 is not the interest of Pennsyl
vania that a fanatical faction shall pervert
and protract tlio war, for ruinous, perhaps
unattainable ends. What tho North needs
is the return ol the South with iis people, its
territory, its staples, to complete tho integrity
of our common country. Tins, and not mere
devastation and sooial confusion, would bo
tho aim of patriots and statesmen. Tho Abo
lition policy promises us nothing bettor than
a Southern Poland, ruled by a Nintern des
potism. But history is full of examples liow
. ... I,
\y!se rulers have assuaged civil discord by
mnjeration-aml justice, while bigots and des
pots, relying solely on force, have been baffled
by feeble opponents. That a temperate Coh
sit tutional policy will fail, in our case, to
reap the fruit of success in arms cannot be
known till it is tried '
The times are critical. Franco, tinder a
powerful and ambitious monarch, is entering
on the scone, willing again to play an impor
tant part in an American Revolution. The
English Government la hostile to us—-it-ha«
got all it wanted from .abolition, and will
have nothing more to do with it. The seces
sion -leaders, rind the. presses under their
Control, oppose ro-uriion, proforing, perhaps,
even an humble dependence .upon European
powers. , 12ut from many parts of the South,
and'across the picket lines, ami from the
prisoners and the wounded, has come-the
proof of a desire among the people of the
South to return to Constitutional relations
with the people of the North. Early in the
contest thisdesiro was shown in North Car
oline, one of the’old Thirteen associated -with
Pennsylvania on the page of'Revolutionary
history. Rut the majority in Congress m ul’c
haste.to aliovy that Abolition, not Re-union
was their.aim. In a moment of depression
on the 22d of July, 1801, being the Jay al
tor the battle of Roll Run, they allowed th
passage of a resolution, offered hy Critton
don, denning a policy' for the restoration o
the Union. Rut thuy.siiou rallied and.filleii
the Statute Books'with aots of .confiscation,
-abolition, and emancipation, against .tie re
‘monstrances of eminent jurists and o mser
vativo men of all parties. Mr. Lincoln, lop,
yielding he said, “to pressure,” put his
proclamations in place of the Constitution
and the laws. Thus every interest ami sen
timent of the Southern people were enlisted
tin the side of resistance by the policy of a
parly, which, as Mr. Stevens said, will not
consent to a restoration of the .Union, with
“the Constitution as it i-sl” It is this poli
cy that has protracted the war, an 1 is now
.the greatest' obstacle to its termination’.—
The fe iii'iion 1 ofthe States can alone give
them their old-security at home, and ppwer
and dignity abroad. This end can never ho
reached upon the princijdos ofthe party now
iu, power. Their ‘'principle's are radically
false, and can never lead to a good conclu
sion. Their hope of sating up, the negro
in the 'place of tho white man runs counter
to the laws of race,—the - laws of nature.- —
Their 'statesmanship has been weighed in
the balance and found wanting; their “lit
tle blood letting” has proved a deluge. Their
interference with pnr armies has' often frus
trated arid never aided 'their suoeest,,tili it
has become a military proverb that the best
thing fora General is to ho out,of reach from
Washington. The p;;rt-y'v.msfcumied upon
t.Up.political anil ‘moral heresy of opposition,-
to, compromise, 'which is the only means o(
union among States, and of.peace and good
will on earth among men. In a 'popular
government tho people are tho sovereign,
and.the sound sense ofthe whole community
.[ clivrocm, at the-*pylls, the errors of political
people.,of Fpnnsylyan.ia have.
,-seen, wfcti ‘regret, th>i‘‘uo%nsißjtlifiirilp‘aiins
of the Abolitionists substituted fiir.tho’origin
al .objects oi the .war.’ 'They have seen, with
indignation-, many_ gallant ■ soldiers 'of .'the
Union driven from its .service, because they
hare not bowed down to-the Abolition iihii.
Ihoy will see, with horror, the war protract
ed in order to secure the triumph of a party
■ platform,,or as Air. Chandler said, ‘;tu save
the Republican parly from rupture,”
The time is now ar. hand when the voice of
the people will he heard. The overthrow of
the Abolitionists at tho polls and 'the'reestab
lishment of constitutional prnoiples. at the
North, is-the first imtispensahre step tow- '
e-rds tho restoration op tho Union, and the 1
V-inilioaii m, of civil liberty. ' To this great
service,to his country each citizen may con
tribute by his vote. ■ \
Thus the people of tho North may them
selves extend the Constitution to tho people
nt the South. It would not ho a spec! ms of
fer of politicians, to he observed with no bet
ter faith than the resolutions of July, -ISGI.
It would ho a return to the national policy
of the hotter days of the Republic, through
the intelligence of the people, enlightened hy
experience. It would strengthen tho Gov
ernment for a constitutional government is
strong.when exercising with vigor its legiti
mate powers, and-is weak when it scfs°aii
example of revolutionary violence, hy inva
ding the rights of the people. Our principles
and our candidates are known to you. The'
resolutions of the late Convention at Harris
burg, were,' with some additions, tho same
that had been adopted hy the Democracy in
several States, and hy the General Assembly
of Pennsylvania. They declare,, authorita
lively the principles of the Democratic pin-tv.
It is, as it always has been, for the Union
and tho Constitution against all iipposors.-
The twelfth resolution declares “tjjpt while
this General Assembly condemns and de
not;-apes the huilts of the Administration, and
the encroachments of' the Abolitionists, it
does also most thoroughly condemn and de
nounce the heresy of secession, as nowai’raiit
ed hy tho.oonBtiu.tlim, and destructive alike
of thC'tiocurity and perpetuity of government,
and of the' peace and liberty'of the people!
and it does hereby must solemnly declare that
tho people of this State are unalterably, op
posed to any division of the Union, ami will
persistently exert their yifhole iiiQnmioo and
power under tho Constitution, to maintain
ami defend it.”
- We have re nominated Chief-^'nstice.-Dovvric 1
f"r the bench wh ch ho adors. Our candidate
for Governor, Wood ward, in his public
and pri.yr.ii character, nfforts the'hest assur
ance that, ho'will bring honesty,, capacity, I
firmness arid patriotism to tho direction of the
afioirs of,the Commonwealth. Long with
drawn by judicial function, from the political
arena, ho did not withhold his warning voice
when conservative men took omiiisertrigether
upon the danger that menaced our country.
Ills speech at the town meeting at Philadel
phia, in Dec. 1250. has been wind ioated by snh
seqnoiitevonts, as a signal exhibition of states
manlike sagacity. Under his administration,
wo miry hope that Pennsylvania, with God’s
blessing, will resume her place as “the key
stone ofthe Federal Arch."
RIDDLE, Chairman,
K 7" book not mournful! into the past
it eiu lint return; wisely improve the present
—it is thine;' go forth to moot the shadowy
future without fear, and with a manly heart.
0“ Wise men are instructed by reason ;
non of less undenitanding by experience, the
mist ignorant, by necessity ; mid boasts by
latnre. J
tC7“ People who have been ruined by law
suits, will probably find happiness only when
they are reduced to necessity, for it knows
no law.
jCT” fiothihg so adorns .tho face ns cheer
fulness. When tlio heart is in flower its
bloom and beauty paes to the features.
ROBERT E. MONAGHAN* ESQ:,
Before ike Philadelphia Democratth Central
f luh, on Saturday Evening, April 20, 1863.
A large meeting of the Eeranoratic;Club,
on Saturday evening, greeted Mr. lie bert B.
Monaghan, of Chester county, who was an
nounced to deliver an address before the
members at the Club Room, Walnut Street
near Sixth. Mr. Monaghan, on malting Inn
appearance on the stand, was received with
great applause. Ho introduced himself by
announcing that it required a good and 'a
brave man to tell the whole, truth upon all .
occasions, and arrogating to himself no more
of these qualities than alt good citizens
should possess, ho proposed to state a.few
plain facts, and enunciate his sentiments.—
lie Came to speak of the Constitution and of
the equality of all the States, in one great
and glorious Union.
lie came to speak not as a party than,' but.
as a citizen with others', to renew our pledge, ,
that through peace and through'war, we will
.maintain the constitutional rights of. tho.
States., [Applause.] He asked nothing but.
the'Constitution as our fathers.made it. Tt
was made in tho midst,of excitement, ancl ,
thcrc.is.no. necessity that it should-be viola
ted-fir any purpose. [’Applause.]-■ Tho eon.- -.
stitutiun was forined by the people. '-It .is a
wisely and oarblully prepared instrument,,
and it is the noblest piece of workmanship --.
that' has ever, been made by. the reprospeta- '
dves-of the peiTplo throughout the-world.: tit ■
uearis jifstieo. and meaning justice, it mcariii
peace.: [Applause.] And this is tho secret
of pur unexampled prosperity..'ln thotpaat.
We.need go back'but three years, and b,V
ascertaining-what we were and whivt we .
needed, wo can suggest a retuedy for our pres- "
eut ills.
Tiio speaker'sketched rapidly theprogro::.-. :
of tho nation under our Constitution, growing
from three, millions to thirty millions, ami
Iroiii three colonics to thirty-four States.. A'
If'ecr people, and a more God-blessed people,
never-existed on the face of the glohCi Why
this unexampled -prosperity? '.-The opurcb .
was but a single one.
It was singie-wnen those brave men met in
yonder hall, and declared that the thirteen
Colonies were free and independent States.
It was single when they there and than
pledged each to the other, their lives, their, -.
fortunes, and their sacred lienors in support.
of that declaration. It was single when they ;
planted the tree of liberty, and watered it
with the mingled blood of their hearts.' ;Yos, ,
sir, it was single when tho.men of.tho f3outh
and the men of the North stood 1 side by aide
in tho war of tho Revolution, and full togeth
er on the battle Helds of Runkoi' 1 llill aml
Yiu-.htuwn/' Saratoga and 'Monnioullr, anv..
own native Brandywine— ,
and at Pauli.and suffered’ .together through .
the long, dreary Winter at Valley Purge.-A'-
[ Applause.] It was a single source during
that long and bloody struggle of seven years
' which won for us the Liberty and Ihdeperid
, .once., wet,now enjoy.;'Slfj, that source .w'atj . j
singl».-qibgn. jTnmqs. -
Maciisop. of Virginia-^fCheers]—’anil John"
Larigddn of New Hanipsiiire, and Rufus Ring
of, Massachusetts, .and Roger. Sherman"'of.
Connecticut, and Alexander Hamilton of New;
Jersey—[Clieers]—and Reed of Delaware:
and Carroll of Maryland—[Clieers]—and .
Blunt of North Carolina; and. Baldwin of
Georgia.; arid -Untlege, and Pinckney, and
Butler of South Carolina ; and .Eranklin, and
Mifflin, and ..Clymor, and Ihgersol of Penn
sylvania, mot together as brothers and its
oqimls, meaning right, and intending and
doing justice to each and every section of the
country. They, nla-mied and devised, ond
after mature deliberation adopted and signed
an agreement of Union for the general vrel-
posterity forever. [Applause.] Yes, fellow
citizens', that course was single when little •
Delaware first, and great Pennsylvania see
oid, and after them the other eleven States,
ratified and confirmed, .in theuyndivid.ual
and sovereign capacity, the pet of those gfca.t
men, and sunt to the .world With their united ,■
approval that wise - and best chart of freedom
ever bequeathed to a people—the glorious
Constitution of the American Union. [Grdat
applause:] The eoorgt (if our success .ffoilj
that day to this, through -ail our .wars, ml.r
trials and our changes; was tllep and hac beeii
UNITY I v ...
The unity of the hearts of par people— ■
the paternal unity of the nation nndof ,that
constitution. .It was the ;iihity of mutual
love, the true unity of a prosperous and hap
py-people.' /Fraternal liivo alone.'can bind
together'a, self governing nation its constitu
tion and tho laws. It was no coercive uni
ty (Cheers.) Force never can croito nor
sustain a government of a'free people, for
tho one destroys the other. [Applause.]
Up to 18G0 wo were blessed -by enr'ryingp'v
out the Consign ion and tho principles of
unity as intended by the framers of thisGoy
ernuienf. What is tho cause of the present
disorders ?
too, in my opinion, has .our present odaiisi
ties but'a single cause.
Tho Democrats tor yetirc pointed, outtb
the people where leading,
I and wore c?Jltd'‘v£ough laces” and “ Union
savors." ,d'lio cause of'onr. downfall is Abo
litionism, which was born in Old England,
and thou sent tcrNow England to bo nursed
■ until it should sting to death the young gi.
ant of tlio Western world. It was born in
Exeter Hall and shipped to laneuil Hall,
there to ho nursed until it would poison and
corrupt the bipod of our people, and brealf
down the power that was competing with tie
British Empire. (Cheers.]
Win. Lloyd Garrison, I believe, was the
first agent of the New England Anti-Slavery
Society to the world’s Anti-Slavery Conven
tion, held in London 1n.1803. In that Con
vention he denounced the Constitution of
this Government, and.declared that the men
who had made it, had by their act “ dethroned
the Most High God." lie returned to this
country and started the first organ pf Amer
ican Abolitionism—the Boston
which had, and still lias,for its motto, “ The
Constitution of the United Sta'es is an agree
ment with death and a covenant with Hell;”
and yet that paper, no doubt, is taken by the
Union (?) Loaguero, and is permitted to go
through thb mails; and is, no doubt, road by
Mr. Stanton at bio breakfast table. The
speaker was not sb sure but .tile,President
took it. (Laughter rind hisses.) And yet
those men . call Democrats “Copperheads"
and “ Traitors," Abolitionism has divided
the country. The speaker reviewed the pro
gress of Abolitionism, conjinoriceing with tho .
time.when it entered tho Methodist Episco
pal Church and dissolved its union. It on
tered tho Huptist Cliurbh and dissolved its
organization. It invaded the Now School
brunch of tho Presbyterian Church and
served its union. So, too, with the Ameri
can Tract Society and Homo Missionary So-
Conduded dn Fourth Page.
ADDRESS OF
•e of the whole country, end for the purpose
securing liberty to themselves ami their
As our success hart but a single source, so,
NO. 10.
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