CAN VOLUNTEER.
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
uv -
ATTOJf A KENNEDY.
■—Two Dollars per year if paid strictly
i ; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid
;co months; after which Three Dollars
larged. These terms will be rigidly ad
u eveiy instance. No subscription dis
until all arrearages are paid, unless at
of tlie Editor.
ivofesslonal (Kartts.
SADLER, Attorney at Law,
irlislc, Ponna. Oflico in Building for
•uplcd by Volunteer, South Hanover
WNEDV Axtobney at Law,
trlislc. Penna. Oillco same as that ol
•lean volunteer,” South side of the Pub-
B. BUTXjEK, Attobney at
r, Carlisle, Peima. Ollico with Wm. J.
.sq.
sOo—-ly.
jEB, Attorney at Law,
mover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
aKXiEY, Attorney at Law.
jn South Hnnovcr street, In the room
louplecl by A. B. Hharpc. Esq.
IS A. DUNBAR, Attorney at
Carlisle, Fcnnn, Olllce a few doors
lanuon's Hotel. ■
BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
'CounsblohatLaw, Carlisle, Pcnna.
outli Hanover street, opposite Bontz's
special arrangement with the Patent
*mls to securing Patent Rights.
•105. '
BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
iftw mid Real Estate Agent. Shepherds-
Virginia. Prompt attention given to
;s in Jolibrson county and the Counties
IHOO—ly.
J. SHEARER, Attorney &c.
Lav, Carlisle. Pa. Oince near Court
juth side of Public Square, in “ Inholl’s
second door. Entrance, Hanover Street,,
noticing in all the Courts of this Judicial
prompt attention will ho given to all
in the Counties of Pony and Juniata, ns
f Cumberland.
ISUo—ly*.
„ E. MAGL.AUGHLIN, Attoii
at Law. Ollico in Building formerly
.. by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han
iotel.
,• im.
WSHAM. Attounby at Law.
.ice with Wm. H. Jilller, Esq., South
nor of Hanover ami PlJmfrct streets.
18(io—tf.
HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
mice in Rheoni’s Hall Building, in the
lie Court House, next door to the “ Hor
icc, Carlisle, Beniia.
1805. *
iTTTvT. C. GBAHAJI, Attorney at
TjXw. Offlco formerly occupied l>y Ju;lko
linrn, goutli Hunovcr street, Carlisle, I'erma.
iip.T, 1805—ly.
SHORT, M. D., (for
merly of Centrevllle, Pa.) Physician and
Jn, having located in Mc
ijsburg, Pa., most respectfully offers his ser-
Ito the public in the practice of Medicine
Surgery in. all their various branches.—
I calls promptly attended to.) Particular
lon given to Surgical Operations and the
heat of Chronic Diseases.
•e on Main Street, opposite Rail Road avc
ip stairs. July 5, ’CO-ly;
L GEORGE B. SEARIGHT, Den-
Pist. From the Baltimore College of Dentcq
&. Office at the residence of ills mother,
Louthcr Street, three doors below Bedford,
lie, Pen|w„
jNTISTRY—Dr. W. B. Shoemaker-
Practical Dentist, Nowvillo, Pennsylvania,
[one door North of the Post Office.
[ 22,1800. —ly.
iHflctiical.
Certain preventive for
fcIIODEUA.
X.
1860
E G REAT .ZING AM BITTERS.
} wonderful remedy was discovered and in
ced about twenty years ago by Dr. S. Cheop
n eminent Egyptian physician,
had long seen and felt the want of some
ly which would strike the root,of disease,
r'evont much, of the suffering which the hu
famlly was then compelled to endure.
i great question was presented to his mind
day in vivid colors as he moved among the
ind dying, and observed the inefficiency oi
Jr all the remedies then in use. Thus he was
think and experiment; and after ton years
dy and labor ho presented to his fellow man
onderful ZINGAR.I BITTERS. The effect o
reparation in the prevention and euro ol
10 was so marvelous and nstonislung that
lost flattering marks of royal favpr were
red upon him who discovered it. His name
laced upon the Roll of Nobles, and a gold
. with the following Inscription ;•* Dr h.
sus, the Public Benefactor, .was presented
i.by the Viceroy. -
preparation has been used in several epl
s ofcholcra, both as a preventive and.cura
icasure, and with such great success, that it
»en introduced into nearly all the general
tals of the old world. .
>oid saying that an ounce of prevention is
h a pound of cure, applies with marvelous
> to cholera, and therefore any remedy that
protect us against this terrible discaseshould
eely and persistently used,
l-patliologists now agree that the cholera
Wi acts on the system through the blood,
that any combination which acts on the ex
>ry organs, and keeps them in working or
inust prevent a sufficient accumulation of
>oison to exert its terrible effects on the or
sm. Tills is true not only of cholcrra, but of
rly all other maladies, especially the diffor
forms of fever.
le Zingara Bitters is justsucharcnledy as the
re conditions require. It acts on the organs
(ccretloh and secretion, keeping up a perfect
neo between them. This Bitters is composed
rely of roots and herbs, so nicely concocted
every organ is acted upon and put in tone,
isto Is pleasant and its elfccts prompt and
ng.
merous cases of the following diseases have
cured by it: Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
Illy, Anteiuia,Dyspepsia, Flatulency, Cholic,
ice Ouo Dollar per quarthottle. ’
incipal depot , at the Walnut street wharf,
rlsburg, Pa. , , ,
so for sale by George Winters, wholesale and
I liquor dealer, Second Street, Harrisburg,
at Shower's liquor store, and at the Franklin
sc, Carlisle.
ly 17, ISoo—Ora.
YSPEPSIA!
PERMANENTLY CURED XIY
SLDON’S DYSPEPSIA TROCHES
Iyspepsia Prrmanexti.y Cured on the
Money Eeednijkd.
esc Troches not only giver Immediate relief.
Bre sure to effect a permanent cure in Dys-i
|in. They are not a purgative, and therefore,
B use does not create a necessity for the ha
ll use of Carthatics. They cause no sickness
io stomach or griping of the bowels, and are
;ctly harmless to the most delicate,
oy will immediately correct a sour Stomach,
Flatulence. Heartburn;'Sickness or Pain in
Stomach, Costiveness; /Belching of Wind,
ir Complaint, HcadacheVxmd in tact all those
greoablo and dangerous symptoms of this
ase, which unlit one for the pleasures and
es of life.
calc and delicate persons who have been in
d by the use of powerful stimulants and.pur
vey, will lind them a mild, safe and sure res
r of the digestive organs to their original
ngth and vigor.
opared Holely by the &
Chemists, 718 Market Street, Phil’a.
avid RAiiSTON, Druggist Carlisle, Cumberland
uty. pa., solo agent for Cumberland County,
Sold by all Druggists,
mo 21, 1800—3 m.
VENTOES OFFICES
D’EPINEUIL AND EVANS,
'II, ENGINEERS & PATENT SOLICITOUS
TTo, -135 Walnut Street rhiladdplda.
‘dents solicited—Consultations on Engineer
• draughting and Sketches, Models, and Ma
n £ry of all kinds made and skilfully attended
Special attention given to Rejected Cases and
erierences. Authentic Copies of all Deca
nts from Patent Oflice procured. • •
•B. Save yourselves useless trouble and trav
lllK expenses, as there Is no need for personal
•orvlew with us. All business with these Otti
[t can be transacted in writing. For further
urination direct us above, with stamp enolos
lwith Circular with references.
Feb. 1, isoo-iy.
empire shuttle sewing ma
■iCIIINES are superior to all other for FAMI
\ AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES. Con;
n ah the latest improvements; are speedy
melcss; durable; and easy to work,
illustrated Circulars free. Agents wanted.—
„ etui discount allowed. No consigumcuts
aue.
ISfOM. EMPIRE S. M. CO., Broadway, 010 N Y.
2o,lBoo—ly
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
(Uitj) abbertteciiwuts.
//DIAMOND DEALER & JEWELER^
II WATCHES, JEWELRY * BUYER WARE, jj
V. WATCHES and JEWELRY EEPAIEED.^T
HAS ON HAND
A LARGE & SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
DIAMOND JEWELRY OF ALL
KINDS.
RINGS, PINS, STUDS, DIAMOND SETS, AC.,
A 1..50, ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MEIUCAN, SWISS A ENGLISH WATCHES.
COMPDETE IN ALL RESPECTS,
Embracing Articles cf the lliyhcst Cost ,
Articleh of Comparatively Small Value.
PLAIN RINGS ON HAND.
SILVERWARE OF ALL KINDS.
ALSO FANCY SILVERWARE
SUITABLE FOR BRIDAL
PRESENTS. '
ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING KINGS ALWAYS ON
Particulcr Attention Paid to Repairing Watches,
Diamonds and all other Precious Stones
AS ALSO,
OLD GOLD AND SILVER
COUjNTKV TRADE 80T.ICITKD,
Feb. I,lSoo—ly.
jgl REMINGTON & SONS,
REVOLVERS, RIFLES.
3IUSK UTS A ND CARBINES,
For the United States Service. Also,
POCKET AND BELT REVOLVERS,
REPEATING PISTOLS,
RIFLE CANES REVOLVING RIFLES,
Rifle and Shot Gun Barrels, and Gun Materials,
sold by Gun Dealers and the Trade generally.
In these days of Housebreaking and Robbery, every
House, Store, Bank, and office, should have one of
REMINGTON’S REVOLVERS.
Parties desiring to avail thorapelves of the late
improvements iu Pistols, and superior workman
ship and form, will find all combined in the New
REMINGTON REVOLVERS.
Circulars containing cuts and description of our
Arms will be furnished upon application.
E. REMINGTON & SONS, llion, N. Y.
- Moore & Nichols, Agents.
No. -10 Courtland St., New York.
April 12, 1800—(im.
JBtobcs, ®ntoare, &c.
& CLAUDY,
(Successors to J. D. Gorgas.)
The subscribers respectfully inform the public
in general, that they have purchased the TIN
and SHEET IRON -ESTABLISHMENT of Mr.
Gorgas, in rear of the Court House, where they
are prepared to accommodate the patrons of the
old establishment and all others who may favor
them with their work. If you want the very best
COOKING STOVE
at the lowest price, come to us. All insured for
six mouths or longer. ■ We have nothing on hand
but the best bakers, and warrant them to be
such, for we keep none other. Come and see the
great variety. Wo can give hundreds of testimo
nials if desired. Como and see our
PARLOR AND OFFICE STOVES
for wood or coal.
HEATERS AND RANGES,
Stationary and Portable.
of all kinds In great variety, made from tbo very
best tin-plate. All you need in our lino can bo
had from us at a saving of 20 per cent. Call at
our Store and Ware Rooms, In rear of the Court
House, and you will save money in your purcha
ses. It will fully pay you to come.
TIN ROOFING AND SPOUTING
done at short notice. , •
By strict attention to business the undersigned
hope to merit and receive a liberal share of pub
lie patronage. WALKE r * CLAUDY.
- July 12,1800— ly.
rphe Carlisle cooki
- L TO NEW AND OLD HOUSEKEEPERS.
A new and perfect Air-tight Gas Consuming
Cooking Stove for Coal or Wood.!
CALL AND SEE IT 1
At bur Foundry and Stove /looms, Main St. t . Carlisle.
The paterns of this Stove are new and original
in design and gotten up expressly for our use. Wo
therefore call It
It combines every new«nd Valuable Improve
ment in Cooking Stoves. It is exceedingly hand
some in appearance—is a perfect Air-tight and
Gas Consuming Stove, and may safely bo pro
nounced the cheapest, best and most complete
Cooking Stove in tue country. Wo cast two sizes,
adapted to the wants of both large and small fa
milies. Experienced Housekeepers will ana
upon examination that the
NEW CARLISLE COOK
combines every, requisite for economy and effi
ciency In cooking. The public are specially re
quested to call and see it, ns wo are confident 11
willfully recommend Itself. „ __
t F. GARDNER & CO.
Maveh 22,18G0.— ly.
F. RAHTER,
Sole Proprietor.
pOAL AND LUMBER. .
The subscribers beg leavo to tnform the public
that they continue the
COAL AND LUMBER BUSINESS, -
at the old stand of Delancey & Blatr, where
&iey will keep the best, and cleanest Coal in the
TJarkct, and perfectly dry, kept under cover. 1; a
m Liles will do well to try us: as we are determin
ed to sell cleaner Coal, and at as low prices as any
other Yard in the Town. Try us and bo con
vinced.
We have also on liana, and will keep all kinds
of Lumber usually kept lu a first class Lumber
Yard, which we will sell as low or lower than the
lowest.
Notice, — All orders for Coal and Lum
ber can he left at Martin & Gardner’s, Harris’ and
Pallor’s Groceries, and at Creamer’s Jewelry
Store, and at Wunderlich’s Glassware and Gro
cery JJepot, corner of South Hanover and Fom
frot Streets, which will be promptly attended to
aha at the lowest &
March 15,18GG.
Qoal and lumber yard.
ho subscriber having leased the Yard formerly
occupied by Armstrong & Hoffer, amVpurchasod
the stock of
GOAL AND LUMRBER,
hr the Yard, together with an immense new
stock, will have constantly on hand and furnish
to order all kinds and quality of seasoned
LUMBER,
BOARDS,
sdANTLING.
FRAME STUFF.
PALING.
PLASTERING
Lath,- Shingling Lath, Worked Flooring and
Weathorboardlng, Posts and Rails, and every ar
ticle that belongs to a Lumber Yard.
All kinds of Shingles, to wit; White Pine, Hem
lock and Oak, of dlferent qualities. Having cars
of my own, I can fufplsh bills to order or any
length and size at the shortest notice and on the
most reasonable terras. My worked boards will
be kept under cover, so they cau bo furnished
at all times. -
I have constantly on hand all kinds of FAM
ILY COAL, under cover, which I will deliver,
clean, to any part of the borough, to wit: Ly
keus Valley, Broken Egg, Stove and Nut, Luke
Fiddler, Treverton, Locust Mountain, Lauborryf
which I pledge myself to soil at the.lowest prices.
Limeburnm'a' and Blacksmiths' Coal, always on
and whl ch I will sell at the lowest figure. Yard
west side of Grammar School Main Street.
Deo. X, 1865 AN DREW H. BLAIR.
AtnrdQn sfmtotoij
jOB Chegtnnt
SUCH AS
MY ASSORTMENT OF JEWELRY IS
AS ALSO,
AVEUYLARGE STOCK OF
HAND.
BOUGHT FOR CASH,
MANUFACTURERS OF
TIJV. irMiJ-B,
THE CARLISLE COOK!
JLumtcr anti (Coal. '*
(ttlortjmg.
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!!
CL O TUT JVC ! CL O THIN G !
my motto
" Quick Sales and Small Vro/ils."
Tho subscribe!* begs leave to inform his custom
ers and tho public, that be has removed his
CLOTHING EMPORIUM
to the Room formerly occupied by 11. S. RUtor,
on Main Street, two doors West of Saxton’s
Hardware Store, where he will continue tho
CLOTHING BUSINESS,
In all its various branches.
MADE UP CLOTHING
constantly on hand.
COATS,
PANTS and
V EBT.S,
in every style aud variety.
Shirts, white & gray linen, Stockings,
Undershirts, Neckties,
Collars, Handkerchiefs,
Drawers, ’ Suspenders, &c.
Also, the best of French Cloths and Casslmores,
in every variety. Ho has engAged tho services of
an experienced cutter, and especial attention
will bo paid to putting up customer work in tho
latest and most fashionable styles.
JOHN TREIBLEII.
April 19, IB6o—Cm
E M OVAL!
BARGAINS IN CLOTHING !
Henry S. Ritter would announce to the public
that.ho has removed his
CLOTHING AND
GENTS' FURNISHING STORE
to his now Store-Room, on West Main Street,
three doors west of the First National Bank, Car
lisle, where he is fully prepared to
MAKE WORK TO ORDER.
at short notice and In the best and most, fashiona
ble style. He has recently returned from the city
with a very large and carefully selected lot of
Goods, such as
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES,
vVESTINGS, &c.,
which ho Is prepared to soil at greatly reduced
rates. Ho will always keep on hand'
READY-MADE CLOTHING
of the best quality and style, and warranted to
bo as represented. Call and examine for your
selves and bo convinced. His stock of
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS
has hecn selected with care, and embraces
SHIRTS,
BRA WERS,
COLLARS,
STOCKINGS,
Fine and Common
GLOVES,
NECKTIES,
S USPEXBERS,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
and,all articles in that lino.
Our custom department now contains the lar
gest assortment of all the Fashionable Now Fab
rics for our patrons to select from.
GOODS SOLD BY THE YARD OR PIECE.
Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
We are always ready to show our Goods to old
and new customers.
Don’t forget the Stand, West High Street,
in the room lately occupied by K. E, Shapley’s
Jewelry Store. „
* If. S. RITTER.
April 20.18(50—ly.
QLOTHING ! CLOTHING!!
Git EAT FALL IN Fit ICES.
The undersigned Is now receiving his complete
assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
which for style, beauty mid price, cannot bo ex
celled. ‘ ,
His stock consists in part of fine Black and Blue
French and Knglish Cloths, Extra Heavy Doe
skin, three cut and
FANCY CASSI MERES.
Also, a large variety of Cassinots and Tweeds,
Kentucky Jeans, and Cottonnades, Linens, and
Linen Drillings, in great variety. Also a great
assortment of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
of every stylo and quality, White Linen and
Woolen Shirts, Summer Drawers, &o. Constant
ly on hand a large assortment of Ties, Collars,
Hosiery and Gloves, Linen, Silks and Cotton
Handkerchiefs. t
Also a full assortment of Trunks, Carpfct Bags
and Valises, of every size.
Clothing made to order at the shortest notice.
Call and examine the slock.
Don’t forget tho stand—South Hanover Street,
adjoining Miller & Bowers’ Hardware Store, Car-
ISAAC LIVINGSTON.
May 10, 1860.
?£}artitoai-c, faints, &c.
MILLEE & BO WEES,
SUCCESSORS TO
LEWIS F. LYNE,
Worth Hanover Street, Carlisle, P«
Dealers in American, English ami Genhuu
HARDWARE,
Cutlery,
Saddlery.
Coach Trimmings,
Shoo Findings,
Morocco and Dining Skins,
Easts,
Boot Trees
and Shoemaker Tools
of every description. Solid and Brass Box Vices,
Bellows, Files, Rasps, Horse Shoes, Horse Shoe
Nalls. Bar and Rolled Iron of all sizes.
HAMES AND TRACES,
Carriage Springs, Axles, Spokes, Fellows, Hubs,
&c., &c. Saws of every variety, Carpenters Tools
and Building Material, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
Plated -Forks and Spoons, with an extensive as
sortment of Hardware of all kinds and of the best
manufacture, which will be sold or re
tail at the lowest prices. Wo are malting great
improvements In our already heavy stock 01
goods, and invito all persons in want of Hard
ware of every description to give us a call and wo
are confident you will be well paid for your trou
hie
Hoping that by strict attention to business and
a disposition to please all wo will be able to
maintain the reputation of the old Btnnd.^
Dec. 1, ISGo.
XT ABDWABE. —
"TnTo subscriber has just returned from the
Eastern Cities with the largest, cheapest, and
best selected assortment of Hardware, ever otter
ed in this county. Everything kept in a large
wholesale and retail Hardware store, can bo had
a little lower than at any other house In the
county, at the cheap hardware store ol the sub
scriber.
NAILS AND SPIKES.
Fifty tons nails and spikes just received of the
very ‘best makes, and all warranted. Country
merchants supplied with Nails at manufacturers
P Sixhundred pair Trace Chains of all kinds, with
a large assortment of
BUTT 1 CHAINS,
HADTEh CHAINS,
BREAST DO..
FIFTH CHAINS.
log chains,
tongue Chains,
COW CHAINS, Ac.
HAMES.
Three hundred and fifty pair of Hames of all
kinds Just received.' Common pattern, Loudon
pattern, Elizabethtown pattern with and without
patent fastenings, cheaper than ever.
PAINTS XND OILS,
. Ten tons White Lead, 1,000 gallons Oil Just re
ceived, witli alarge assortment of Varnishes. 1 ur
pentluo. - Japan, Putty, Lltharage, Wl itlng,
tllue, Shellac, Paint Brushes, Fire-proof. Paint.
Florence White, White Zinc, Colored Zinc Red
Lead, Lard Oil, Boiled Oil, Sperm Oil, X;ish Oil,
«ic. Colors of every description, dry and In oil, in
cans and tubs.
FARM BELLS
• Just received the largest, cheapest, and best
assortment of Farm Bells in the county. Green
castle Metal and Bell Metal, warranted not to
crack.
POWD E R
Twenty-live kegs Dupont Rock and Rifle Pow
der. with a large assortment ofSaiety Fuse, Picks,
Crowbars, Stone Drills, Stone Sledges, Stono
Hammers, itc.
PUMPS AND CEMENT.
Fifty barrels of Cement, with a very larr o as
sortment of Chain and Iron Pumps of all 1, inds,
cheaper than ever, at the hardware store o
HENRY SAXTON.
Deo. 1, 1805.,
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,1866.
NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION.
ADDRESS.
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Having met in Convention, at the,city
of Philadelphia, in tho State of Pennsyl
vania, this IGth day of August, 1806, as
the representatives of tho people in all
sections, and all the States and Territo
ries of tlie Union, to consult upon tho con
dition and the wantsofourcoVnmon coun
try, wo address to you this declaration of
our principles, and of the political purpo
ses we seek to promote.
THE LATE WAI!
Since the meeting of the last National
Convention, in the year 1800, events have
occurred which have changed the char
acter of our internal politics and given
the United States a new place among the
nations of the earth. Our government
has passed through the vicissitudes and
the perils of civil war—a .war which,
though mainly sectional in its character,
has nevertheless decided political.differ
ences that from the very beginning of the
Government had threatened the unity of
our national existence, and has left its
impress deep and ineffaceable upon all
the interests, the sentiments, and the
destiny of the Republic.
While it has inflicted upon the whole
country severe losses in life and property,
and has imposed burdens which must
weigh on its resources for generations to
come, it has developed a degree of nation
al courage in the presence of national dan
gers—a capacity for military organization
and achievement, and a devotion on the
part of the people to the form of govern
ment which they have ordained, and to
the principles of liberty which that Gov
ernment was designed to promote, which
must confirm the confidence of the nation
in the perpetuity of its republican insti
tutions, and command tho respect of the
civilized world.
Like all great contests which rouse the
passions and test the endurance of na
tions, this war has given now scope to
theambition of political parties, and Iresh
impulse to plans of innovation and re
form. Amidst the chaos of conflicting
sentiments inseparable from such an era,
which the public heart is keenly alive to
all the passions that can sway the public
judgment and affect tho public action;
while the wounds of war are still fresh
and bleeding on either side, and fears for
the future take unjust proportions from
memories and resentments of the past, it
is a difficult butan imperative duty which
on your behalf wo, who are here assem
bled, have undertaken to perform.
ASSEMBLAGE IN AMITY.
For tho first time alter six long years
of alienation and of conflict, we have
come together from every State and every
section of our land, as citizens of a com
mon country, under that flag, the sym
bol again of a common glory, to consult
together how best to cement and perpet
uate that Union which is again the ob
ject of our common love, and thus secure
tho blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity.
In the first place we invoke you to re
member, always and everywhere, that
tho war is ended and the nation is again
at peace. Tho shock of contending arms
no longer assails the shuddering heart of
tho Republic. The insurrection against
the supreme authority of the nation has
been suppressed, and that authority has
been again acknowledged, by word and
act, in every State and by every citizen
within its jurisdiction. We are no lon
ger required or permitted to. regard or
treat each other as .enemies. Not only
have tho acts of war been discontinued,
and the weapons of war laid aside, but
the state of war no longer exists, and tho
sentiments, the passions, the relations of
war have no longer lawful or rightful
place anywhere throughout our broad do
main. Wo are again people of the Uni
ted States, follow citizens of one country,
bound by the duties and obligations of a
common patriotism, and having neither
rights nor interests apart from a common
destiny.
DUTIES OF PEACE.
Thu duties that devolve upon us now
are again the duties of peace, and no lon
ger the duties of war. We have assem
bled here to take counsel concerning the
interests of peace; to decide how wo may
most wisely and effectually heal . the
wounds the war has made, and perfect
and perpetuate the benefits it has secured,
and the blessings which, under a wise
and benign Providence, have sprung up
in its fiery track. This is the work, not
of passion, but of calm and sober judg
ment, not of resentment for past offences
prolonged beyond the limits which jus
tice and reason prescribe, but of a liberal
statesmanship which tolerates what it
cannot prevent, and builds its plans and
its hopes for the future rather upon a
community of interestand ambition than
upon distrust and the weapons of force.
POLITICAL RESULTS OP THE WAR.
In the next place, wo call upon you to
recognize, in their full significance, and
to accept with all their legitimate conse
quences, the political results of the war.
just closed. In two most important par
ticulars the victory achieved by the Na
tional Government has been final and de
cisive. -First, it has been established be
yond all further controversy, and by the
highest of all human sanctions, the abso
lute supremacy of the National Govern
ment, as defined and limited by the Con
stitution of the United States, and the
permanent integrity and indissolubility
of the Federal Union as a necessary con
sequence ; and, second, it has put an end
finally and forever to the existence of
slavery upon the soil or within the juris
diction of the United States. Both these
points became directly involved in the
contest, and controversy upon both was
ended absolutely and finally by the re
sult.
FRUITS OF VICTORY
In the third place, we deem it of the
utmost importance that the real charac
ter of the war and the victory by which
it was closed should be accurately under
stood. The war was carried on by the
Government of the United States in main
tenance of its own authority and in de
fence of its own existence, both of which
were menaced by the insurrection which
it sought to suppress. The suppression of
that insurrection accomplished that re
sult. The Government of the United
States maintained by force of arms the
supreme authority over all the territory,
and over all the States and people with
in its jurisdiction which the _ Constitu
tion confers upon it; butitacquired there
by no hew power, no enlarged jurisdic
tion, no rights either of territorial pos
session or of civil authority which it did
not possess before the rebellion broke out.
All the rightful power it can over pos
sess is that which is conferred upon it,
either in express terms or by fair and un
necessary inanimation, by the Constitu
tion of the United States. It was that
power and that authority which the re
bellion, sought to overthrow, and the vic
tory of the Federal arms was simply the
defeat of that attempt.
The Government of the United States
acted throughout the war on the defen
sive. It sought only to hold possession
of what was already its own. Neither
the war, nor the victory by which it was
closed, changed in any way the Consti-
TO THE
tutiouoftho United States. Tho war was
Carried on hy virturc of its provisions, and
under the limitations which they pre
scribe, and tho result of tho war did not
either enlarge, abridge, or in any way
change or affect tho powers it confers up
on the Federal Government, or release
that Government from the restrictions
which it has imposed.
Tho Constitution of tho United States is
to-day precisely as it was before the war,
tho “ supreme law of the land, anything
in the constitution or laws of any State to
the contrary notwithstanding;” and to-,
day, also, precisely as before tho war, all
the powers not conferred hy the Consti
tution upon tho General Government, nor
prohibited by it to tho States, are “ reserv
ed to the several States, or to the people
thereof.”
Tills position is vindicated not only by
the essential nature of our Government,
and the language and spirit of the Con
stitution, but by all theaotsand language
of our Government, in all its depart
ments, and at all times, from the outbreak
of the rebellion to its llnal overthrow.
SOLE OBJECT OF THE WAS,
In '-very message and proclamation of
the Executive it was explicitly declared
that the sole object and purpose of the
war was to maintain the authority of the
Contitution and to preserve the integrity
of the Union ; and Congress more than
once reiterated this solemn declaration,
and added the'assurance that; whenever
this object should be attained the war
should cease, and all the States should re
tain their e(jual rights and dignity unim
paired. It is only since'the war was clos
ed that other rights have been asserted
on behalf of one department of the Gen
eral Government.
ASSERTIONS OF CONGRESS.
It has been proclaimed by Congress
that in addition to the powers conferred
upon it by the Constitution, the Federal
Government may now claim over tho
States, the territory and the people invol
ved in the insurrection, the right of war,
tho rights of conquest and of confiscation,
the right to abrogate all existing govern
ments, institutions and laws, and to sub
ject the territory conquered and its inhab
itants to such laws, regulations and de
privations as the legislative departments
of the Government may see Ill'll) impose.
Under this broad and sweeping claim, that
claties of the Constitution which provides
that “ no State shall without its consent
be deprived of its equalsuffrago in the
Senate of the United States,” has been
annulled, and ten States have been refus
ed, and are still refused, representation al
together in both branches of the Federal
Congress. And the Congress in which
only a part of the States and of the peo
ple of the Union are reresented has as
serted the right thus to exclude the rest
from representation, and from all share in
making their own Jaws or choosing their
own rulers until they shall comply with
such conditions and perform such acts as
this Congress, thus composed, may itself
prescribe. i
That right has not only been asserted,
but it has been exercised, and is practi
cally enforced at the present time. Nor
does it find any support in the theory that
tho States thus excluded are in rebellion
against the Government, and are there
fore precluded from sharing its authority.
They are not thus in rebellion. They are
one and all in an attitude of loyalty towards
the Government, and of sworn allegiance
to the Constitution of the United States.
In no one of them is there the slightest
indication of resistance to this authority,
or the slightest protest against its just and
binding obligation. This condition of
renewed loyalty has been officially re
cognized by solemn proclamation of the
Executive department. The laws of the
United States have been extended by
Congress all over these States and tho
people thereof. Federal courts have been
reopened, and Federal taxes imposed and
levied, and in every respect, except that
they are denied representation in Con
gress and the Electoral College, the States
once in rebellion are recognized as hold
ing tho same position, as owing the same
obligations and subject to the same duties
as the other States of our common Union.
UNRESTRICTED REPRESENTATION NECES
SARY.
It seems to us, in the exercise of the i
calmest and most candid judgment wo
can bring to the subject, that such aclnim,
so enforced, involves as fatalan overthrow
ol the authority of the Constitution, and
as complete a destruction of the Govern
ment and Union, as that which was.
sought to be effected by the States and
people in armed insurrection againstthem
both. It cannot escape observation that
the power thus asserted to exchnle-corhiin
States from representation is made to rest
wholly in the will and discretion of the' N
Congress that assorts it. It is not made
to depend upon any specified conditions
or circumstances, nor to be subject to any
rules or regulations whatever. The right
assorted and exercised is absolute, with- ;
out qualification or restriction, not con
fined to States in rebellion, nor to States
that have rebelled ; it is the right of any
Congress in formal possession of legis
lative authority to exclude any State or
States, and any portion of the people
thereof, at any time, from representation
in Congress and in the Electoral College,
at its own discretion and until they shall
perform such acts and comply with such
conditions as ifmay dictate.
Obviously, the reasons for such exclu
sion being wholly within the discretion of
Congress, may change as the Congress
itself shall change. One Congress may
exclude a State from all share in the Gov
ernment for one reason ; and, that reason
removed the next Congress may exclude
it for another. One State may- be excluded
on one ground to-day, anti another may
be excluded on the opposite ground to
morrow. Northern ascendancy may ex
clude Southern States from one Congress
—the ascendancy of Western or of .South
era interests, or of both combined, may
exclude the Northern or the Eastern
States from the next. Improbable as
such usurpations may seem, the establish
ment of tiie principle now asserted and
acted upon by Congress, will render them
by no means impossible. The character,
indeed, the very existence of Congress and
the Union is made dependent solely and
entirely upon the party and sectional exi
gencies or forbearance of the hour.
We need not stop to show that such ac
tion not only finds no warrant in the
Constitution, but is at war with every
principle of our Government, and with
the very existence of free institutions. It
is, indeed, the identical practice which
has rendered fruitless all attempts hitherto
to establish and maintain free govern
ments in Mexico and the States of Soutli
America. Party necessities assert them
selves as superior to the fundamental law,
whicli is set aside in reckless obedience to
their behests. Stability, whether in the
exercise of power, in the administration
of government, or in the enjoyment of
rights, becomes Impossible; and the con
flicts of party, which, under constitution
al governments, are the conditions and
means of political progress, are merged
in the conflicts of arms to which they di
rectly and inevitably tend.
It was against this peril so’conspicu
ous and so fatal to all free governments
that our Constitution was intended es
pecially to provide. Not only the stabili
ty but the very existence of the Govern
ment is made by its provisions to depend
upon the right and the fact of representa
l tion.
VOL. 53.—N0. 11.
KIGIIT OF KKI'KESENTATION.
The Congress, upon which is conferred
all the legislative power of the National
Government, consists of two branches,
the Senate and House of Representatives,
whose joint concurrence or assent is es
sential to the validity of any law. Of
these the House of Representatives says
the Constitution, (article 1, section 2)
“shall be composed of members chosen
every second year by the people of the
several States.” Not only is the right of
representation tints recognized as possess
ed by all the States and by every State
without restriction, qualification or con
dition of any kind, but the duty of choos
ing representatives is imposed niton the
people of each and every State alike, with
out distinction, or the authority to make
distinctions among them, for any reason,
or upon any grounds whatever. And in
the Senate, so careful is the Constitution
to secure to every Stale this right of rep
resentation, it is expressly provided that
“ho Slate, shall, without its consent, be
deprived of its equal suffrage” in that
body, even by an amendmentof the Con
stitution itself.
any State is excluded
from such representation, not only is a
right of the State denied, but'the consti
tutional integrity of the Senate is im
paired, and the validity of the Govern
ment itself is brought in question. But
Congress at the present moment thus ex
cludes from representation, in both bran
ches of Congress, ten States of the Union,
denying them all share in the enactment
of laws by which they are to be govern
ed, and all participation in the election
of the rulers by which those laws are to
bo,enforced. In other words, a Congress
in which only twenty-aix States are rep
resented, asserts the right to govern, ab
solutely and in its own discretion, all the
thirty-six States which compose the Uni
on —to make their laws and choose their
rulers, and to exclude the other ten from
all share in their own Government until
it sees fit to admit them thereto. What
is there to distinguish the power thus as
serted and exercised from the most abso
lute and intolerable tyranny?
PRIVILEGE op citizenship restored.
Nor do these extravagant and unjust
claims on the part of Congress to powers
and authority never conferred upon the
Government by the Constitution find any
warrant in the arguments or excuses
urged on their behalf. It is alleged:
First, That these States, by the act of
rebellion and by voluntarily withdraw
ing their members from Congress, forfeit
ed their right of representation, and that
the.y can only receive itagain attlie hands
of the supremo legislative authority of
the Government, on its own terms and at
its own discretion. If representation in
Congress and participation in the Gov
ernment were simply privileges conferred
ana held by favor, this statement might
have the merit of plausibility. But rep
resentation is, under the Constitution,
not only expressly recognized as a right,
but it is imposed’as a duty; and it is es
sential in both aspects to the existence of
the Government and to the maintenance
of its authority. In free governments
fundamental and essential rights cannot
be forfeited, except against individuals,
by due process of law'; nor can constitu
tional duties and obligations bo laid
aside. The enjoyment of rights may bo
fora time suspended by the failure to
claim them, and duties may be evaded by
the refusal to perforin them. The with
drawal of their members from Congress
by the States which resisted the General
Government was among their acts of in
surrection.—-was one of the moans and
agencies by which they' sought to impair
the authority and defeat the action of the
Government, and that act was annulled
and rendered void when the insurrection
itself was suppressed.
Neither the right of representation nor
the duty to bo represented was in the
least impaired by the faefof insurrection;
but it may' have been that by reason of
the insurrection the conditions on which
tho enjoyment of that right and the per
formance of that duty for tho time de
pended could not bo fulfilled. This was,
in fact, the ease. An insurgent power,
in the exercise of usurped and unlawful
authority in the territory under its con
trol, had prohibitedthat allegiance to the
Constitution and laws of tho United States
which is made by that fundamental law
the essential condition of representation
in its government. No man within the
insurgent States was allowed to take tho
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, and, as a necessary conse
quence, no man could lawfully represent
those States in the councils of tho Union.
But this was only an obstacle to tho en
joyment of the right anti to the discharge
of a duty; it did not annul the one nor
abrogate tho other; and it ceased to exist
\Wjcn tho usurpation by which it was cre
ated had been overthrown, and tho States
hadiagain resumed theirallegianco. to tho
Constitution and laws of the United States.
THE REBELLION AN INSURRECTION.
. Second. But it is asserted, in support
of the authority claimed by the Congress
now in possession of power, that it flows
directly from the laws of war; that it is
among the rights-which victorious war
always confers upon the conquerors, and
which the conqueror may exercise or
waive in his own discretion. To this wo
reply that the laws in question relate sole
ly, so far as the rights they confer are con
cerned, to wars waged between alien and
independent nations, and can have no
place or force, in this regard, in a war wa
ged by a Government to suppress an in
surrection of its own people, upon its own
soil, against its authority. If wc had car
ried on successful war against any for
eign nation, we might thereby have ac
quired possession and jurisdiction of their
soil, with tho right to enforce our laws
upon their people and to impose upon
them such laws and such obligations as
we might choose. But wo had before the
war complete jurisdiction over the soil of
the Southern States, limited oniy by our
own Constitution. Our laws were the
only national laws in force upon it. The
Government of tho United States was the
only government through which those
States and their people had relations with
foreign nations, and its Hag was tho only
Hag by which they were recognized or
known anywhere on the face of the earth.
In all those respects, and in all other
respects involving national Interests and
rights, our possession was perfect and
complete. It did not need to be acquired,
but only to be maintained ; and victori
ous war against tho rebellion could do
nothing more than maintain it. It could
only vindicate and re-establish tho dispu
ted supremacy of the Constitution. It
could neither enlarge nor diminish the
authority which that Constitution confers
upon the Government by which it was
achieved. Such an enlargement or
abridgement of constitutional power can
lie effected only by amendment of tho
Constitution itself, and such amendment
can be made only in the mode which
tho Constitution Itself prescribes. Tho
claim that the suppression of an insur
rection against the Government gives ad
ditional authority and power to that Gov
ernment; especially that it enlarges tho
jurisdiction of Congress and gives that
body the right to exclude States from rep
resentation in tire national councils, with
out which tlie,nation itself can have no
authority and no existence, seems to us
at variance alike with tire principles of
tho Constitution and with tho public
1 safety.
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WAY TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.
Third. But it is alleged that in certain
particulars the Constitution of tho United
States fails to secure that absolute justice
and impartial equality which the prinoi- 4
pies of our Government require; that i,t
was in these respects the result of com
promise and concessions, to which, how
ever necessary when the Constitution was
formed, we are no longer compelled to
submit and that now, having the power
through successful war and just warrant
for its exorcise in the hostile conduct of
the insurgent section, the actual Govern
ment of the United States may impose its
own conditions, and make the Constitu
tion conform in all its provisions to its
ownideasofequalityaudtherightsofman.
Congress at its last session proposed
amendments to tho Constitution, enlarg
ing insomevory important particulars the
authority of the General Qovernmentover
that of tho several States, and reducing,
by indirect disfranchisement, the repre
sentative power of the States in which
slavery formerly existed; and it is claim
ed that these amendments may be made
valid ns parts of tho original Constitution
without the concurrence of tho States to
be most seriously affected by them, or
may bo imposed upon those States by
three-fourths of tho remaining States, as
conditions of their readmlssion to repre
sentation in Congress and in the Electo
ral College.
FULL CONCURRENCE OP THE STATES RE
QUISITE.
It is the unquestionable right of , the
people of the United States to make such
changes in the Constitution as they, up
on duo deliberations, may deem expedi
ent. But we insist that they shall be
made in the mode which the Constitution
itself points out, in conformity with tho
letter and tho spirit of that instrument,
and with the principles ofselfgovernment
and of equal rights which lie at the basis
of our republican institutions. We deny
tiro right of Congress to make these
changes in the fundamental law, without
the concurrence of three-fourths of all the
States, including especially those to be
most seriously affected by them; or to ■
impose them upon States or. people, as
conditions of representation, or of admis
sion to any of the rights, duties or obliga
tions which belong under the Constitu
tion to all the States alike. And with
still greater emphasis do we deny tho
right of any portion of the States, exclud
ing the rest of the States from any share
in their councils, to propose or sanction
changes in the Constitution which are to
aflect permanently their political relations
and coerce tho legitimate action of the
several members of the common Union.
Such an exercise of power is simply a
usurpation, just as unwarantable when
exercised by Northern States as it would
be if exercised by Southern, and not to
bo fortified or palliated by anything in the
past history either by whom it is attemp
ted or of those upon whose rights and lib
erties it is to take effect. It finds no war
rant in the Constitution. It 1s at war
with tho fundamental principles of our
form of government. If tolerated in one
instance, it becomes the precedent for fu
ture invasion of liberty and constitution
al right, dependent solely upon the will
of the party in possession of power, and
thus leads, by direct and necessary conse
quence, to the most fatal and Intolerable
of all tyrannies—the tyranny of shifting
and irresponsible political factions. It is
against this, the most formidable of all
the dangers which menance tho stability
of free government, that the Constitution
of the United States was intended most
carefully to provide. We demand a strict
and steadfast adherence to its provisions.
In this, and in this alone, can we find a
basis of permanent Union and peace.
LOYALTY OF THE SOUTH UNQUESTIONED,
Fourth. But it is alleged, in justifica
tion ofthe usurpation which we condemn,
that the condition of the Southern States
anu people is not such as render safe their
readmission to a share in the Government
ofthe country; that they are still disloy
al in sentiment and purpose, and that
neither the honor, the credit, nor the In
terests ofthe nation would be safe if they
were readmitted to a share in its councils.
We might reply to this:
1. That we have no right, for such rea
sons, to deny to any portion of the States
or people rights expressly conferred upon
them by tho Constitution of tho United
States.
2. That so long as their acts are those
of loyalty—so long as they conform in all
their public conduct to tho requirements
of tlie Constitution and laws—we have no
right to exact from them confornlity in
their sentiments and opinions to our own.
3. That wo have no right to distrust the
purpose or the ability ot the people of the
Union to protect and defend, under all
contingencies, and by whatever means
may be required, its honor and its wel
faro. .....
These would, in our judgment, bo full
and conclusive answers to the plea thus
advanced for the exclusion of these States
from the Union. But we say further,
that this plea rests upon a complete
apprehension or an unjust perversion of
existing facts.
ITS PEACEABLENESS.
Wo do not hesitate to affirm, that there
is no section of the country where the
Constitution and laws of tho United States
And a more prompt and entire obedience
than in those States, and among those
people who were lately in arms against
them, or where there is less purpose or
danger of any future attempt to overthrow
their authority. It would seem to be
both natural and inevitable that, in States
and sections so recently swept by tho
.whirlwind of war, where all the ordinary
modes and methods of organized indus
try have been broken up, and the bonds
and influences that guarantee social or
der have been destroyed: where thou
sands and tens of thousands of turbulent
spirits have been suddenly loosed from
the discipline of war, and thrown, witlji
out resources or restraint, upon a disort
ganized and'chaotic society, and where
tiie of defeat is added to tho
overthrow of ambition and hope, scene?
of violence should defy for a time the im
perfect discipline of law, and excite,anew
tlie fears and forebodings of the patriotic
and well-disposed.
It is unquestionably true that local dis?
turbances of this kind, accompanied by
more or less of violence, do still occur.—-
But they are confined entirely to the cit
ies and larger towns of the Southern
States, where different rav.es and inter
ests are brought most closely in contact,
and where passions and resentments are
always most easily fed and fanned into
outbreaks; and even there they are quite
ns much tlie fruit of untimely and hurt
ful political agitation ns of any hostility
on tlie part of the people to tho authority
of tho National Government.
ADHESION TO THE GOVERNMENT.
But the concurrent testimony of those
best acquainted with the condition of so
ciety and the state of public sentiment in
the‘South—including that of its represen
tatives in tins Convention —establishes
tiro fact that the great mass of the South
ern people accept, with as full and sin
cere submissions as do the people of the
other States; the re-established suprema
cy of the Kational authority, and are pre
pared, in the most loyal spirit, and with
a zeal quickened alike by their_ interest
and their pride, to co-operate with other
States and sections in whatever may be
necessary to defend the rights, maintain
[ the honor, and promote the welfare of our