Stye fcolunkcr.
PUBUSHKD EVERY THURSDAY, MORNING
sy
BRAXTON* 4c KENNEDY.
office—south isabket s<|uabe.
XbbuS Two Dollars per year if paid strictly
advance i Two* Dollars and Fifty Cents If paid
within ttirep mbn'tha; after which’ Three; Dollars
mbd charged." These term's will be rigidly ad
ucred toln every instance.' No subscription dls
roiitlnhed until all arrearages are pal'd, unless at
the option of the Editor.' \ ‘ '
Vrofeadonat
EARLEY, Attorneyat Law.
.1,, Qfllco on Booth'Hanover street. In the room
formerly occupied by A B. Bharpe. Esq.
MO. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
. Office in Rheoin's Hall Building, In the
oftho Court House, next door to the “Her
ald" Office. Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1,1865. . ,
TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at
*1 Daw. Office formerly occupied by Judge
Graham. South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna.
Dec. 1,1805— ly. - .
nHAS. D. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor-
I j kbt at Law. Office In Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, a few doors Bouth of Han
non’s How.
Doo. 1,1865. ’ a .
al. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
. at Law and Real Estate Agent. Shepherds
town, West Virginia. Prompt attention given to.
all business In Jefl'orson county and the Counties
Adjoining it. -
Feb. 15, 1866-ly.
WM. J. SHEARER, Attorney &o.
at Law, Carlisle, Pa. Office -near Court
House, South side of Public Square, In “ Inhofl’s'
Comon” second floor. • Entrance, Hanover Street,
PrUotlcing in all the Courts of this Judicial
District, prompt attention will be given to nil
business in the Counties of Perry ana Juniata, os
well os of Cumberland.
May 24', 1806—ly*.
SF; SADLER, Attorney at Law,
v Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for
occuplod by Volunteer, Booth HanoVer
street.
Deo. 1; 1805;
TXT -KtJN'NEDY Attorney at Law..'
YY , Carlisle, Penno, Office same as that oj
the ‘‘American Volunteer,’’ South side of the Pub
lic Square,. i
Dec. 1. 1805.
TOHN LEE, Attorney at Ea-W,
• I North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
Fob. 15,1800—ly. , .
TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attobney At
#1 law, Carlisle, Penna. Office a few f doors
West of Hannon’s Hotel.
Deo. 1,1805. -
Tp E. BELTZHOOVER, Attobney
r , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna.
Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bontz’s
Store", By.spoclal arrangement with. the Patent-
Office, attends to securing Patent Bights.
Deo. 1, 1805. ' . 1
WM. ,B. BUTLER, Attobney at
Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office with Wm. J.
Hiicarcr, Esq;
Doc. 1,1805—ly. .
GOODS ARE REDUCED FROM 10'to 20 per Cent.
In consideration of the groat decline, the un*
derslgnod Is now offering the greatest induce
mpnts offered in (no county.
Ho Is selling best Prints at 20 ots.,
Best I yd. wide Bro. Muslin at 2i ots./ 1 '
yd. best Cot. Table Diaper at 02 ols.,
1 yd. best Tick at 65 cts.
DRESS GOODS!
American Delaines at 80 cts.,
Lustres,
Alpabcos all colors,
Cobergs all col’s. 8 to 0 quars. wide,
Wool DclalnesG to Squarters wide, from GO to-Sl 00,
88 inch French Merlnoes, best makes 8125. .
MEN’S WEAR! MEN’S WEAR 11
Broadcloths, very cheap,
All Wool Casslinores from $lOO upwards,
Sattinets, Jeans, <&o., &o,
A full lino of
iSUjotograpijing. | Notion.,
S NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Physl
. elan and Surgeon, Moonanlcsburgt Pa.—
akfat lor past favors, would most respectful
ly inform his friends and-tho public generally,
that ho Is still practicing Medicine ana Surgery
Iri all their branches. Special attention given to
the treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and
all other chronic affections.
Office In Wilson’s Building, Main St., up stairs.
Nov. 29, 1800. ' *
ER; GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den
tist, From the Baltimore OoUene of Denial
■ery, . Office at'tho residence of his mother,
East Louther Street, three doprs below Bedford,
Carlisle, Penna; '
Dpo.J, 1885.
aENTISTRY— Dr.W.B. Shoemaker-
Practical Dentist. Newvlllo, Pennsylvania.
io-ln Miller’s Building.
Feb. 22,1800.—ly.
PHOTOGRAPHS!
"The subscriber, after over five years of experi
ence In bis profession, begs to Inform the public
that he still continues his business at his old and
well known location, in the building of Jacob
Zug, Esq., South-East Corner of Market Square, over
the Store of Messrs. Leldloh «fc Miller, whore he
will bo .pleased to see his -friends and patrons,
and where he is fully prepared to take
PHOTOGRAPHS. .
CARi'ESDE VISITS
AND AMBROTYPES,
from miniature to life-like size, and to guarantee
perfect satisfaction in every case. The arrange
ment of my Sky-Light enables me to take perfect
too similda in cloudy as well as in clear weather.—
An experienced Lady Operator Is In constant at
tendance at the rooms to wait on lady customers.
Constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
rates, a fine assortment of
ROSE WOOD, _
UNION AND
GILT FRAMES.
XW Negatives of all Pictures taken are preserv
ed and persons wishing duplicates of the same
can have them on short notice, either by person
al application or by letter. Thankful for past fa
vors, will - hope for a continuance of the public
patronage JOHN C. LESHER.
Oot. H.leOO-Om
POSITIVELY THE BEST !
**■ O. L. LOOHMAN
AGAIN TRIUMPHANT!!
The FIRST PREMIUM ha* again been Awarded
to a L. LOCHMANJor the REST
. • v PHOTOGRAPHS
His long experience In the business and hla
Intiipate knowledge of oil that rolotes to tbo pro
duction of a PERFECT PICTURE, in chemistry,
trt and.mechanism, enables him to make Pho
tographs,, unapproachable In moat galleries, and
all work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
FINE LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS,.
• -, . Colored and Plain,
CARD PICTURE!* FOR ALBUMS, (
old and new size,
PORCELAIN PICTURES
of dzqulslte finish. ,
■ Every lady should have one of these taken';
they give the most charming complexion.
* AMBROTYPBS
■la every style of coses, and all kinds of work
done in a First Class Gallery. Copies mod# in
the most perfect manner.
Negatives are registered, and duplicates son he
had at any time. . * , ~
The public is cordially invited to pay a visit
to the gallery and examlnb^speolmens.; .
A large lot of FRAMES and ALBUMS for sale
cheap. ..
Photographs mhcTb In nil kinds of' weather
equally well.
Deo. IS. 1860
Mrs. r. a. smith’s photo
grophlo Gallery South-east Corner Hono
treet, and Market Square, where may be had
all the different styles of Photographs, from cord
to life size,.
IVORYTYPEB, AMBROTYPES, AND
MELAINOTYPES ;.
also Pictures on Porcelain, (something now) both
Plain and Colored, and ..which are beantifhlpro
duotlons of the Photographic art. Call and see
them. , . -• ‘ 1 . • '
Particular attention given to copying from
pagnerrotypesi&c. , ...
She Invites the patronage of the public.
Feb. 15 1600.
z . "//
G im p ( dray
GREAT EDUCATIONAL INDUCEMENTS.
. A First Class Justness OoUsge at CarlisleiPenn'a. -
rriHIS Institution is now entering upon
encouraged from tho xesulfrcfeffprta and
• shall spare.no pains or expense in building up
an institutionsecond to nonelp tlio countiy.
' Education adapted to all—the Farmer, the Me
chanic, the Artisan, the Business or Professional
m YOUNQ MEN of limited education. .
YOUNG MEN well educated In other respects,
but deficient in the branches
taught In a first class Business
YOUNG MEN of .llttStod Hasans, who -would
possess tho best requisite to em
inence and dlstlflollon. •
...YOUNG MEN who are desirous of receiving the
greatest amount of .useful infpr
-1 motion ut the least comparative
expense ore invited to investi
gate thopecullar merits of our Model System of
practical training and eminently popular course
of Study. BBANOHI a TAUGHT.
Single and Double Entry Book-keeping, In Its
various > forms and applications, Including Gen
eral Wholesale and Retail Business, Forwarding,
Commission, Exchange, Jobbing and Importing,
Railroading, Steamboating, Banking. '
Partoeramp Settlements, feusinossCalculations
Mercantile Law. Correspondence, Practical and
Ornamental penmenshlp, Phonography. English
Oramtaar,- Composition, Telegraphing,- Ac.
Or Students enter at any time.
None but competent Instructors employed,
and a sufficient number to Insure Individual in-
a Circular giving full partlcularH.
Address, fcT cirtkl?.Pa.
Aug. 23, isoa. ' .
A OBXOULTUBAL COLLEGE OP
J\L PENNSYLVANIA. —Thouext Term of this
luatltutlon, under its reorganization, will com
mence on the 10th day of January, 1807.
For terms of admission, catalogues, Ac., Ad
dress. ‘ '
. JOHN FRASER, Pres’t.
Jim-10 18^St UltUrftl CoUeB °* oei * tro C °** P °‘
®h's 9 .in iii ikiy villi' II a I in' ii T & (fair I
I I MS III US I I I II I. I I. ' I || I II II I I' fr I per lino for each subsequent iMertlon. ii
I I ■ I II ' I I B I I B . B B B- B H ■BBS HBBBBB B B forty, half-yearly, and yearlyodvorO*oin.nt. |
, Cash. When sent without any length of time 8
V specified for publication, they will be continued ’|
in
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
Mxs (SooUs.
JyJ’E W STORE)
NEW GOODS!
• B IN G’S
NEW DRY GOODS STORE,
MATE STREET,
Opposite the Mansion House,
Next door to tho Post Office.
Having rented the Store formerly occupied by
Mr. Wm, A.' Miles, the undersigned invites tho
attentionof the ladies of Carlisle and Its vicinity
to his WELL SELECTED STOCK of
DRY GOODS,
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
AND NOTIONS,
Just received from tho Eastern Cities,
By strict attention to business, and a careful
study of the wants and tastes of his customers,
ho hopes to obtain a share of tho public patron
age,
J. G. H. RING.
Special attention given to DRESS TRIM
MINGS.
. N0v.8,1866—1y .
JgARGAINS I BARGAINS 11
AT NO. 18.
QUEA T BED VCTION IN PRICES!
. WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS
AT
S. C. BROWN'S
NEW DRY GOODS STORE!
Hosiery,
Gloves,
Zephyr Hoods,
Shawls,
<tc., do.
Call and qe© for yourselves. Remember the
PlaC °' ■ S.C. BROWN.
. No. 18 West Main St., Carlisle.
Nov. 29,1800.
QREAT EXCITEMENT
AT- -
BOILING SPRINGS
SINCE SAWYER d HERD
HAVE OPENED UP THEIE NEW STOCK OF
FALL-AND WINTER GOODS!
■SAWYER A HDBD are now prepared to pre
sent to the public a magnificent assortment of
Dry- Goods. Groceries, Quoensware, Hardware,
Hats, Caps, Hoots and Shoes. SAWYER &
HURD respectfully Invito the especial attention
- ol the ladles to their elegant assortment of
DRESS GOODS,
containing tbo latest styles and kinds of goods
selling in tbo New York and Philadelphia mar
kets, Dress Silks, In varieties of colors and styles,
WOOLEN DRESS GOODS
of ©very kind, Poplins of all colors, barred
striped and plain, medium priced goods, Do
mestic Delaines, Figured ana Plain . Reps and
other cheap goods; SAWYER & HURD Invito
the attention of the ladles to their beautiful stock
of
DBESS shawls
In every color and style. Wo also invito the
special attention of the gentlemen to our select
stock of
FRENCH, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
Cloths,
Gosslmeres
Over Coattuga,
Cheap Casslmercs,
Battinois,
. Jeans, Ac.
A FIRST, CLASS TAILOR
whose reputation is wide spread, will make up at
short notice In the best style, any of the above
goods. Ail klndaof notions. UnderShlrts,Draw
ers.- Gloves, Hanover Buck Gloves,Ties, Hose, &0.
SAWYER <fc HURD request housekeepers to ex
amine their well selected stook of Oil Cloths,
Shades, Blankets, &c. All the various kinds of
DOMESTIC GOODS.
kept In immense suppllosLFlannels, Ticks, Cali
coes, Shirtings, Sheetings, Table Diapers, and all
kinds‘of Whit© Goods, ■
BALMORAL AND HOOP SKIRTS,
best and cheapest in the county. In fact every
thing to Induce purchasers to give i us acaU. !
4®* Highest market pilces paid for all kinds of
P Do not forget the place and well known stand
formerly kept by A; M. Leidich, Esq., Bolling
Springs.
X)eo. 6, 1866— 3 m '
GOODS I -DBY GOODS!
EALL 1866
A, w, BENTZ, South Simmer Street,
CARLISLE.
I have just made my second fall . .addi
tion to my already great and extensive stock
of DRY GOODS. 1 nave selected the most desi
rable goods that could bo obtained In the-Eastern
Markets, paid most special attention to variety
and lasl€.andam fully assured that ofter a tho
rough investigation Is made, my numerousi pat
rons (the ladies, ofooursel) wlu have all.their
W Kavo a vMtety of Ladles' DRESS GOODSsach
as Plaid and Plain Poplins, Lukins'French. Me
rlnoes, of every shade and quality, Cob urea. Mous
do Lalnes, ond Albocas, all colors. A, full line of
MOiIBNIM goodsi
Moumlns Bilks, Bombazine. Itepp. double and
Prints, &o.
' . ■ MUSLINS! : MUSLINS!
very cheap and good. .A lame Invoice of Cloths.
Cosslmereß, Jeans, Velvet Cord, ' A variety of.
Ballard vale,- Bhaker and heavy twilled Flannels,
Mode, Bolferlnoi Blue, Brown, Wine, Green, and
Scarlet Saque Flannels, White and Colo’dHome-,
made Fldnnels; good canton Flannels {'Prints;
Gloves, Hosiery andßuttons of every kind; Shirts
and. Drawers; HOODS; .Nubias and Breakfast
Shawls; Blanketsat lowest prices. ■
Don'tforget the well known stand, 1 south of the
Court House, as we are prepared and will sell at
'the lowest prices, A. W. BENTZ.
October 11. 1886 *
. jgABGAXNS 1 BARGAINS II
r SELLING OFF AT COST
AND NO MISTAKE!
lam selling off my entire stock of Dry Goods
AT COST, consisting of French, Plaid and Plain
Poplins, all wool-Repps., French and English:
Merlnpes of tho moat beautiful colors, all wool
and American Delaines* Cashmeres, Black and
Cdlored Alpaccas, '
LADIES* CLOAKING AND SHAWIB,
Shirting and other Flannels,. Canton Flannels,
Checks* Ginghams. Tickings, Table Linen, La
dles’ Vests and Under Ware of ©very description,
•with a large assortment of Misses andjnfants Me
rino under Vests of every size, Calicoes, Musllnfc,
Balmoral Hoop Skirts, Ao„ Ac. ’ '•
Also’, a largo assortment of Wear,
Cloths,
% Cosalmores.
Saltlnets,
Jeans.
Shirting,
Flannels,
Ac., Ac.,
all o t which must be sold at eott until the entire
stock la aold. My goods have all been bought—
some at the lowestauction prices, the romafedor
at the lowest wholesale prices at the New York
and Philadelphia markets.
WM. A. MILES,
North Hanover Street, next door t toMlU&r &
Bowers' (formerly John P. Lyons) Hardware
Store. Renlember the number—B2 worth Hano
ver, Sign ottho Yellow Fanned
Nov.lfl. 1800.
i"ottiral.
ON THE ICE.
Across tho glittering ice I glide,
Tho lone lagoon is deep and wide;.
On steel shod feet with shrilly sound,
I travel swifter chan tho hound.
No skater skims tho broad lagoon
Whose skates can ring so blithe a tune \
And none there Is who can compare,
In point of speed, with Harold Ware!
Proud Ethel Vane, I loved her well!
She led mo on my love to tell,
And treated it with cruel scorn;
I cursed the day that I was born I
Alone upon tho ice wo met—
Long had I striven to forgot;
One glance upon her face I cast,
My lovo had turned to hate at last I
She smiled her sweetest smile on mo,
I know how cruel she could be—
-1 knew there lurked a hidden snare
Beneath her looks so calm and fair.
*• Proud Ethon Vane, I lovo you well;
You led mo on my love to tell,
You treated me with cruel scorn;
I cursed the day that I was born.”
“If you would win mo for ; your bride.
The ice is smooth, the course is wide,
Then match your speed with mine,” she said
And swifter than tho winds she sped.
I followed her on eager feet,
“ Revenge,” I cried, “ revenge Is sweet 1”
And far across the hroad lagoon
Our steel skates rang a ghostly tune.
Her flowing hair streamed out behind, ‘
As fleeter than the envious wind,
A swiftly-moving shade, she flew,
While more and more the distance grow.
Still on and on she kept her way—
The thinner ice before her lay;
I turned my face toward the shore,
•But Ethel Vane came back no more 1
ffituiffatuoto.
HU3IOILS OF A HUSHMX GENIUS.
Vivler, the celebrated horn-player, is
one of those men of whom anecdotes are
told—an eccentric insister upon having
his own way, and his-own way being
whimsically peculiar.
In England he made a great sensation
with his first concert, and invitations to
play at private parties were a necessary
sequent. On the day after, accordingly, a
noble lord called upon the artist, and,
giving a pull to his cravat in the English
fashion of a salute, he said, with his hat
on, in bad French:
“You must come to-morrow evening
and play for the Duchess of Sutherland.”
• Vlvier looked steadily at the nobleman,
and said, with a significant gesture:
“ Take off your hat!”
“What!” asked the visitor.
“Take off your hat!”
“ Ahi—ln England w.e have the custom
of keeping our hats on."
“Take off your hat!”
Yielding to thepernaoity of these three
worde, which the artist would have gone
on repeating thirty times if It had been
necessary, ,tne nobleman took off his hat,
and said once more:
“ Yon must come to-morrow evening,
and play for the Duchess of Sutherland!”
“You speak French very badly," re
plied the artist. “ Instead of that Impo
lite phrase, you should have said—“ The
Duchess of Sutherland wishes very much
to hoar you play, and she has requested
me to Inquire whether you will do her
the pleasure of coming to the party which
she proposes to give to-morrow evening.”
“Ahf—but in England we express it
the other way.”
“Very possibly—but unless you ex
press it in the better way I have described
to you, I shall take no notice of the Invi
tation.”
The Englishman, evidently very an
gry, repeated the Invitation ns directed.
“lam happy to accept the invitation
of the Duchess,” said the artist.
. “ They will give ten pounds,” added
the nobleman.
“There again, is an ill-bred manner of
treating a delicate subject,” said Vivier;
“X should have made no bargain In ad
vance and should have left it to tho dis
cretion of the Duchess; but, since you
have so unceremoniously overstepped the.
barrier, permit me to say that 1 tenpounds’
1s not enough;” , , ’ , .
“Ah? but in England we only give
ten pounds to an instrumentist. To sing
ers, like Grlsl or Mario, we give fifteen.”
‘‘X shall not play for any price less than
twenty-five pounds sterling.”
"Do you know," said the Englishman,
knitting his brow, “ twenty-five pounds
are six hundred and thirty-five franca of
your money?” ....
“ My price, notwithstanding.”
“ Well, you shall have It.. But do your
best, and be punctual.”
“I shall be ready when the Duchess’
carriage calls for me," said Vivier. ;
“Eh? do you expect a carriage to be
sent for you ? Itls not the custom In Eng
land." ’ .
” Ham very sorry—but I do uot ride in
hackney coaches, and if Madam, the
Duchess, does not choose to send her own
carriage for me, I-shall not got" •
“ Very well,” said the
looking perfectly amazed, but submitting,
in spite of himself, to the tone of authori
ty and dignified manners which the artist
assumed; “ the carriage shall be sent for
you.”
At nine the next evening, punctually
drove up the Duchess’ chariot, with its
footman in livery, and Vivier was receiv
ed with very unusual politeness—a result,
evidently, of the description of his man
ners given by her Grace’s envoy. From
that time.the eccentric horn-player be
came triumphant.
HSfAcorrcspondent entered au office
and accused the compositor of not having
punctuated bin communication, when
the typo earnestly replied, I m not a
pointer, I'm a setter." A stranger In our
printing-office aoked the devil what his
rule of punctuation was. “ I set up as
long as I hold my breath, then I put in a
comma; when I gasp, I insert a semico
lon- and when I want a chew of tobacco,
X make a paAgraph.”
b©- The French journalists report a
good thing attributed to Mrs. Bigelow,
Wife of our. at Paris, on the
occasion of her taking leave of the Em
press. Eugenie expressed.great regret at
the departure from Paris orMr. Bigelow,
whereupon the’ latter quickly replied
“Oh, your Majesty may be,sure.that I
. wouldn’t have sent in my resignation.”—
This was a very delicate way of saying
that the ,Empresa had made Mrs. Bige
low’s stay in Paris so agreeable, that she
did not Ilka to leave it'. ■ '
: “ Weil, sir, do you entertain my propo
sition?” asked a spendthrift of,n person
from whom, he wished to borrow some
money. “ No, sir,” was the reply, but
your proposition has entertained me ex
ceedingly.”
As the bosom of earth , blooms again
and again,’ having burled,out of sight the
dead leaves : of autumn and,loosed the
frosty bauds' of winter, so does the heart,
In spite of all that' melancholy poets
write, feel many renewed springs and
summers.
Bgy- “Do you know who I am?” said
an officer to a fellow whom hehad bv
the collar. “Not exactly, sir,” the fel
low replied, “ but I think you must be
the malignant collarer.”
An Irish girl at play on Bunday was
accosted by the .priest, ‘ Good morning,
daughter of the devil. 1 ’ She meekly re
plied, “ Good morning father.”
El
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 186 T.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF'
GOVERNOR JOHN W. GEARY.
Fellow-citizens. —Honored by the selec
tion of tho sovereign people of my native
State as their choice for Chief Magistrate
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
it is with mingled feelings of humility
and gratitude that I have appeared in the
Presence of my fellow countrymen and,
eforo the Searcher of all Hearts, to take
the solemn obligation prescribed as a
qualification for that exalted station, “ to
support tho Constitution of tho United
States and the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania, and to perform my official duties
with fidelity.”
Profoundly sensible of everything that
is Implied by this manifestation or the
people’s confidence, and more deeply im
pressed with the vast importance and re
sponsibilities of the office, than elevated
by its attendant honors, let it bo our first
grateful duty to return fervent thanks
givings to Almighty God for his constant
providence and unnumbered blessings to
us os apeople, and especially mine to im
plore His aid and counsel in the discharge
of civil trusts, who has been my shield
and buckler amidst scenes of peril and
death.
In addressing you on this occasion, la
accordahce with a custbm originating
with tho Republican fathers, I propose
briefly to express my opinion on such
questions as concern ou?common consti
tuency, and relate to our common respon
sibilities.
- Like countries of tho Old World, our
nation has bad its internal commbtions.
From the lost of these we have scarcely
yet emerged, and during which “ War’s
desolation” passed over our laud, leaving
its blighting influences principally upon
those unfortunate States whose people re
belled against the government, and not
withstanding the agonizing sacrifices of
a great civil war, the States that main
tained the government and determined
that the Union should bo preserved, have
constantly advanced in honor, wealth,
population and general prosperity.
This is the first time a change has oc
curred in the Executive department of
this State since the commencement of the
war of the rebellion; a brief reference,
therefore, to that conflict, and to its re
sults, may not be Inappropriate.
We hove the consolation of knowing
that the contest between the North and
the South was, not on our part, one for
ambition, for military renown, for terri
torial acquisition, nor was it for a viola
tion of any of the rights of tho'Bouth, but
it was for the preservation of our own
rights and privileges as men, and for the
maintenance of justice, liberty and the
Union. The object of the South was
avowedly the dissolution of the Union
and the establishment of a confederacy
based upon “ the corner stone of human
slavery.” To have submitted to this on
our part, and to have shrunk from a
manly resistance under such circumstan
ces, would have been deeply and lasting
ly degrading, and would luivtf destroyed
the value of' the priceless fegaoy be
queathed to us by our fathers,and which
we are obligated to transmit unimpaired
to future generations. The patriotic and
Union-loving people felt that the alterna
tive was that of lifeor death to the Union ;
and under the auspicious guidance of
Abraham Lincoln, that virtuous and pa
triotic Chief Magistrate, with the blessing
of Him who directs the destinies of na
tions, after open action and arbitrary vio
lence on the part of the South, the appeal
to arms was made. We had a just cause,
and our citizens approving it with a de
gree of unanimity heretofore unknown, in
this or any other country, left their vari
ous employments, their homes and all
that was dear to them, and hastened with ,
enthusiasm to the scenes where duty and
danger called, and as the surest pledge of
their unswerving love and fidelity to the
Union, they unhesitatingly offered their
lives for its preservation. Nor was any
other tribute withheld in providing the
means necessary for the support of our
fleets and armies. Nearly two millions
of soldiers entered the field from time to
time on different terms of enlistment.—
The citizens generally exhibited the high
est degree of patriotism in the prompt
payment of taxes, in their liberal contri
butions in the shape of loans to the Gov
ernment ; and the world was astonished
by the amount expended in their benev
olent care for the sick and wounded,
through the agencies of the Sanitary and
Christian Commissions and other charit
able associations. More than six hun
dred sanguinary battles and shirmishes
were fought, in which nearly three hun
dred thousand of our heroic defenders
laid down their lives in their devotion to
the nation—“ for God and Liberty."
In every phase of this terrible conflict,
Pennsylvania boro an honorable and con
spicuous part. She contributed three
hundred and sixty-six thousand three
hundred and twenty-six volunteer sol
diers to the fescue of the nation; and
nearly every battle-field has been mois
tened with the blood, and whitened with
the hopes, of her heroes. To them we
owe ouirvictories, unsurpassed in bril
liancy and in the importance of their con
sequences. To the dead—the thrice hon
ored dead—we are deeply indebted, for
without their services it is possible our
cause might not have been successful.
It is natural and eminently proper that
we, as a people, should feel a deep and
lasting Interest in the present and future
welfare of the soldiers who have borne so
distinguished a part in the great contest
which has resulted in the maintenance
of the life, honor and prosperity of the
nation. The high claims of the private
soldiers upon the country are universal
ly acknowledged, and the generous sen
timent prevails that the amplest care
should be taken by the government to
compensate them, equally and generous
ly, with Bounties and pensions, for their
services and sacrifices.
I desire that it may distinctly be under
stood that I do not speak of myself, in
connection with this subject; but I am
happy to avail mys ( elf of this opportuni
ty to speak kind words of Pennsylvania’s
gallant private soldiers, and the noble
'officers who commanded them.
The generosity of the people of Penn
sylvania to the Union soldiers has been
imitated, but notequaled, by other States.
There is something peculiar in the loyal
ty of Pennsylvania. . She seemed to feel,
from the first, as if upon her devolved the
setting.of a superior example. The foot
that she carried upon her standard the
brightest jewel of the Bepublio, that in
her bosom was conceived, and from her
commercial capital was issued, the Dec
laration of Independence, gave to her
contributions, in men and money, and
her unparalleled charitable organizations
all the dignity and force of a model
for others to copy. The rebel foe seemed
to feel that if he could strike a fatal blow
at Pennsylvania, he would recover all his
losses, and establish a resistless prestige
in the old world. But thanks to Divine
Providence, and to the enduring bravery
of our citizen soldiers, the invasion of
our beloved State sealed her more closely
to the cause of freedom. .
The result of the battle of Gettysburg
broke the power of the rebellion, and al
though the final issue was delayed, it was
inevitable from the date of that great
event. The battle rescued all the other
free States; and when the arch of victory
was completed' by Sherman’s successful
advance from the sea, so that the two
conquerors could shake hands over the
two fields that closed the war, the sol
diers of Pennsylvania were equal sharers
in the glorious consummation.
No people in the world’s history have
ever been saved from so incalouable a ca
lamity, and no people have ever had such
cause for gratitude towards their defend
ora.
Aud here I cannot refrain from an ex- I
presalon of regret that the General Gov
ernment has not taken any steps to Inflict
the proper penalties of the Constitution
and laws upon the leaders of those who
rudely and ferociously invaded the ever
sacred soil of our Btate.
It is certainly a morbid clemency, and
a censurable forbearance, which fall to
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punish, the greatest crimes “known to
the laws of civilized nations,” and may
not tho hope be reasonably Indulged, that
the Federal authorities will cease to ex-
tend unmerited mercy to those who inau
gurated tho rebellion and controlled the
movements of its armies? If this be
done, treason will be “ rendered odious,”
and it will be distinctly proclaimed, on
the pages of our future history, that no
attempt can be made with impunity to
destroy our Republican form of govern
ment.
SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS.
And while we would remember " the
soldier who has borne the battle,” we
must not forget “ his widow and his or
phan children.” Among our most sol
emn obligations is tho maintenance of
the indigent widows, and thesupportand
education of'the orphan children of those
noble men who fell in defence of tho
Union. To affirm that we owe a debt of
gratitude to those who' have been render
ed homeless and fatherless by their pa
rents’ patriotic devotion to tho country,
is a truth to which all mankind will yield
a ready assent; and though wo cannot
call the dead to life, it is a privilege, as
well os a duty; to lake tho orphan by the
hand, and be to him a protector and a
father.
Legislative appropriations havo honor
ed the living soldier's, and entombed the
dead. The people, at the ballot-box, have
sought otit the meritorius veterans, and
the noble spectacle is now presented of
the youthful survivors of those who fell
for their country cherished and educated
at the public expense. Even' if I were
differently constituted, ray official duties
would constrain me vigilantly to guard
this sacred trust. ■ But having served in
the same cause, and been honored by the
highest marked public favor, I pledge my
self to bear in mind the injunctions and
wishes of the people, and if possible to in
crease the efficiency and multiply the
benefits of the schools and institutions,
already so creditably established, for the
benefit of the orphans of our martyred
heroes.
The infatuation of treason, the down
fall of slavery, the vindication of freedom,
and the complete triumph of the govern
ment of the people, are all so many proofs
of the “ Divinity that has shaped our
ends," and so many promises of a future
crowned with success if we are only true
to our mission. Six years ago the spec
tacle offour millions of slaves, increasing
steadily both their own numbers and the
material and political power of their mas
ters presenter! a problem soappaling, that
statesmen contemplated it with undis
guised alarm, ana the moralists with
shame. To-day these four millions, no
longer slaves, but freedmen, having in
termediately proved their humanity
towards their oppressors, their fidelity to
society, and their loyalty to the govern
ment, are peacefully incorporated into the
body politic, and are rapidly; preparing to
assume their rights as citizens of the
United States. Notwithstanding this
unparalelled change was only effected af
ter an awful expenditure of blood and
treasure, its consumation may well be ci
ted as the subllmest proof of the fitness of
the American people to administer the
government according to the pledges of
the Declaration of Independence.
We have but to estimate where human
slavery would have carried our country
in the course of another generation, to re
alize the force of this commanding truth.
And as we dwell upon the dangers we
have escaped, we may the bettor under
stand what Jefferson meantwhen,in the
comparative infancy of human slavery, he
exclaimed, “ I tremble for my country
when I,reflect that God is just!"
A simple glance at what must have
been our late had slavery been permitted
to increase will be sufficient. In 1830 the
slave population amounted, in exact num
bers, to three millions nine hundred and
fifty-three thousand seven hundred and
sixty. Taking the increase, 23 39 percent.,
from 1850 to 1800,as the basis of calcula
tion for every ten years, in 1900, they'
would have numbered at least upwards of
nine millions. What Christian states
man as he thanks God for the triumph
of the Union arms, does not shudder at
the terrible prospect presented by these
startling figures?
But while there is cause for constant
solicitude in the natural irritations pro
ducedhy such a conflict, he is butagloomy
prophet who does not anticipate that the
agencies which accomplish these tremen
dious results, will successfully cope with
and put down all who attempt to govern
the nation in the interests of defeated am
bition and vanquished treason.
The people of the conquering North and
West have comparatively little to do but
to complete the good work. They com
mand (he position. The courage of the
soldiers and the sagacity of the statesman,
working harmoniously, have now sealed
and confirmed the victory, and nothing
more is required but a faithful adherence
to the doctrines which havo achieved
such marvelous results.
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.
The overthrow, of the rebellion has
changed the whole system of Southern
society, and proporti'onateletiy affected
other interests ana sections. Demanding
the enlightenment of millions, long be
nighted, it forces upon the North and
West the consideration of _a more perfect
and pervading educational policy.
Much as we have boasted, and have rea
son to boast, of our common Schools, we
cannotdeny, whenwecomparothem with
those of New England, and contrast them
with the preparations for the education of
the Southern people of all classes, that we
have much to overcome if we would
equal the one or stimulate the other. The
recent convention of County School Su
perintendents of Pennsylvania exhibits
some startling facts, which deserve the
attention of the people and their repre
sentatives. Yet It is not by legislation
alone that any people can be brought
to understand their relations to eacb oth
er as citizens. Their best Instructors are
themselves. However liberal the appro-
Eriations may be if these are not seconded
y that commendable spirit which impels
the parent to impress upon the child the
necessity of a sound moral and intellectu
al training, your representatives are gen
erous in vain. Everything depends upon
the people; hence the great complaint
preferred by the convention of teachers,
of shortness of terms in some districts, of
the small attendance of enrolled scholars,
of the employmentof nnqualilled instruc
tors, and of the want of proper school
houses, results unquestionably not so
much from the indinereuco of the btato,
as from the negligence of those who are
invited to share and to enjoy the blessings
of a cheap and admirable system of popu
lar education. If my fellow citizens will
only recollect the difference between the
opportunities of the present generation
and those of their fathers, and how much
is to be gained by a cultivation of modern
facilities, they will require little exhorta
tion to the discharge of duties which re
late almost exclusively to themselves and
to those nearest and dearest to them.
The importance of common schools, in
a republican government, can never be
fullv estimated. To educate the people is
the highest public duty. To permit them
to remain in ignorance is inexcusable.—
Every thing, therefore, should be en
couraged that tends to build up, strength
en and elevate our State on the sure foun
dationof theeducation of the people. Eve
ry interest and Industrial pursuit will bo
aided and promoted by its operations:
every man who is educated is improved
in usefulness, in proportion as ho is skill
ed in labor, or intelligent in the profes
sions, and is in every respect more valu
able to society. Education seems to be
essential to loyalty, for no State in the
full enjoyment of free schools, ever rebel
led against the Government.
Pennsylvania should bo the vanguard
in the great mission of education. She
should remember that as she has been the
mother of States, she should also be the
teacher of States. “ The great problem
of civilization is how to bring the higher
intelligence of the community, and its
better moral feelings, to bear upon the
masses of the people, so that the lowest
grades of intelligence and morals shall
always bo approaching tho higher, and
the higher still rising. A church purified
of superstition solves part of this problem,
and a good school system does the rest.”
THE STATE MILITARY.
Nothing, after the education of the peo
ple, contributes more to the security of a
(State than a thorough military system.—
The fathers of the Republic, acting upon
tho instinct of preparing for war in time
of peace, embodied -this knowledge
among the primary obligations of the
citizen. Yet tho rebellion found us al-
most wholly unprepared. Our confidence
in our institutions was so firm that the
idea of an attack upon them from any
quarter, much less from those who were
too “spoiled children" ofthe government,
was never believed possible, however
threatened. The first clash of arms found
us equally undeceived and unorganized,
and we very soon experienced that the
contrivers of the great slave conspiracy
had not only strengthened themselves by
the stolen snips, and fortifications Of the
government, but had been for years de
signedly instructing their youth in the
science of arms; and when the bloody
tempest opened upon us they were ready
to spring at the near! of the republic,
while the citizens in whoso hands the
government was loft, were compelled to
protect themselves and their country as
best as they could.
When we reflect upon tho terrible sac
rifices weendure to main tain our liberties,
and anticipate that glorions period of our
country when the whole continent will
be dedicated to human freedom, and when
the despotism of earth will construe our
example into a standing threat against
their tyranny, wo cannot disregard the
consideration of this important subject.
As before remarked, Pennsylvania con
tributed over three hundred thousand.
troops to the national cause. Deducting
the loss of nearly thirty thousand by
wounds and disease incurred in the field,
what an immense army has been left to
circulate.among and to educate the mass
of our population! Properly comprehend
ing this thought, wo have at once the se
cret of our past success, our present safe
ty and our future power. It would be
easy to create an emulation in the science
of arras among the youth of the State, by
proper organization, and to disseminate,
in all our schools, that loyalty to the
whole country, without which there can
be no permanent safety for our liberty.
In their late report, the visitors to the
West Point Military Acadamy laid a sig
nificant stress upon the necessity of such
preceptors, in the future, as would teach
the students of that institution their first
and unavoidable obligations to the priuoh
pies upon which thegovernmentitsolf rot
poses. The neglect of this kind of in
structions was felt in almost every move
ment during the recent conflict; and itis
not going too far to say that many who
disregarded their oaths, and who drew
their swords against the government that
had educated and nourished them, found
a meretricious consolation in the fact that
they were permitted to cherish an allegi
ance to tlie State in which they were
born, which conflicted witli and destroy
ed that love of country which should be
made supreme and above nil other politi-
cal obligations.
If, in our past and recent experience,
there has been exhibited the valuable and
splendid achievements of our volunteers
in the national defence, there has also
been shown the necessity for military
skill, and that knowledge of, and famili
arity with the rules of discipline soossen
tially necessary in their prompt and ef
fectual employment. In order, therefore,
to make our military system effective, we
should have particular regard for the les
son, that to prevent or repel danger, our
State should always have a well discip
lined force, prepared to act with prompt
ness and vigor on any emergency; nor
should wo forget that it is impossible to
tell how soon our warlike energies may
again be required in the field.
HOME RESOURCES AND HOME LAROR.
In nothing have our trials during the
war and the resulting triumph to our
anus, been so full of compensation, as in
the establishment of the proud fact that
we are not only able to defend ourselves
against assault, but what is' equally im
portant, to depend upon and live upon
our own resources. At the time the re
bellion was precipitated upon us the
whole business and trade of the nation
was paralyzed. Corn in the West was
used for fuel, and the producer was com
pelled to lose not only the interest upon
his capital, but the very capital ho had
invested. Labor was in excess, and men
were everywhere searching for employ
ment. Mills and furnaces were abandon
ed. Domestic intercourse was so trifling
that the stocks of a number of the most
important railroads in the country iell to,
and long remained at, an average price
of less than fifty per cent. But the mo
ment danger to the Union became immi
nent, and the necessity of a self-reliance
was plainly presented as the only means
of securing protection, and the gradual
dispersion of our mercantile marine by
the apprehension of the armed vessels of
the rebels, the American people began to
practice upon the maxims of self-defence
andaelf-dependende. From havingbeen,
if not absolutely, impoverished and al
most without remunerative enterprise,
depressed by unemployed labor and idle
capital, all their great material agencies
wore brought into motion with a promp
titude, and kept in operation with a ra
pidity and regularity which relieved
them from want, their country from dan
ger, and excited the amazement of civil
ized nations.
Protection to the manufacturers of the
country, when rightly viewed, Is merely
the defence of labor against competition
from abroad. The wages of labor in the
United States is higher than those in any
other country, consequently our laborers
are the more elevated. Labor is the foun
dation of both individual and national
wealth; and those nations that have best
protected it from foreign competition
have been the most prosperous. It is
clearly, therefore, the interest of the na
tion to foster and protect domestic Indus
try by relieving from internal taxation
every sort of labor, and imposing such
heavy duties upon all importationsot for
eign manufactured articles, as to prevent
the possibility of competition from abroad.
Not only should individual enterprise
and industry be thus encouraged, but all
public works, a liberal and properly re
stricted general railroad system, and in
ternal improvements of every kind, re
ceive the fostering care and most liberal
aid of the Government. We are rich in
everything necessary to meet our wants,
and render* us independent of every other
country, aind we have only to avail our
selves of our own resources and capabili
ties, to progress continually onward to a
degree of greatness never yet attained by
any nation. Our agricultural, mineral
and manufacturing resources are une
qualled, and it should bo our constant
study to devise and prosecute means tend
ing to their highest development.
Why, then, should not the wisdom of
government make available the teachings
of experience, and at once legislate for
the manliest good of the people? Why
permit our manufacturers to beg that
they may live? - .
The government of Great Britain has,
by her protective system, “ piled duty up
on duty,” for more than one hundred
and fifty years, and hence upon protec
tion is 'founded her manufacturing su
premacy. Yet her emissaries come to
this country, and for sinister purposes,
extol “ free,trade,” speak scomngly ol
“ protection,” and endeavor to persuade
our people to believe and adopt the ab
surd theory, that “ turills hinder the de
velopment of industry ami the growth of I
wealth,” . . .. I
The great Republican party, in the j
Convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln, in Chicago, in 1860, as if prepar
ing for the very war which most of our
statesmen were at that period anxious to
postpone, adopted a resolution, “which,
to use the language of au eminent I enn
sylvaninn, 14 declared that the produce of
the farm slibuld no longer be com polled
to remain inert and losing interest while
waiting demand in distant markets; that
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the capital which daily took the form of
labor power should no longer bo allowed
to go to waste; that the fuel which un
derlies our soil should no longer there re
main tobe a mere support for foreign rails:
>that tho power which lay then petrified
in the form of coal should everywhere be
brought to aid the human arm ; that our
vast deposits of iron ore should be made
to take the form of engine and other ma
chinery, to be used as substitute for mere
muscular force; and that all our wonder
ful resources, material and moral, must
and should be at once developed.” Such
was the iqtont and meaning of the brief
resolution then and there adopted, to bo
at the earliest practicable moment ratified
by Congress, as proved to ho the ease
when the Morrii tariff, on the memorable
2d of March, 1801, was made the law of
the land. To that law, aided as it was by
tile admirable action of tho Treasury in
supplying machinery of circulation, we
stand now indebted for the fact that we
have, in the shortspaoeof five years; pro
duced more food, built more houses and
mills, opened more mines, constructed
more roads than ever before, and so great
ly added to the wealth or the country,
that the property of the loyal States would
tins day exchange for twice the quantity
of gold than could five years since have
been obtained for all tho real and person
al property, southern chatties excepted,
of the whole of tho States and territories
of which the Union stands composed.
If the principle of protection proved to
be such a talisman in the time of war,
shall wo reject it in time of peace? If an
answer were needed to this question, ref
erence could be had to the repeated con
cessions to this principle by the recent
free-traders of the South. Scarcely one
of the ambitious men who led their un
fortunate people into rebellion but now
freely admits that if the South bad man
ufactured their own fabrics, on their own
plantations, and cultivated skilled labor
in their great cities, they would have
been able to prolong their conflict with
the Government; and now to enjoy sub
stantial, instead of artificial prosperity,
they must invoke the very agencies they
had so long and so fatally disregarded.—
Words need not be multiplied upon this
important theme, either, to make my own
position stronger, or to impress upon the
people the value of adhering to a system
which has proved itself worthy of our
continued support, and of the imitation
of its former opponents.
FINANCES.
The exhibit of the finances of the Com
monwealth, as presented in the late an
nual message oi my predecessor, and the
report of the State Treasurer, is certainly
very gratifying; and the flattering pros
pect of the speedy extinguishment of the
debt which bos been hanging, for so ma
ny years, like a dark cloud over the pros
pects of our State, combined with the
hope that a reasonable reduction will be
made in our habitual annual expendi
tures, will cheer the people onward in
the pathway of duty.
Among the most delicate and impor
tant obligations required of those in offi
cial positions, is astrictand faithful man
agement of the public revenues and ex
penditures of the Commonwealth. Tax
ation should be applied where its burdens
may bo least felt, and where it is most
just that it should be borne. Every re
source should be carefully husbanded,
and the strictest economy practiced, so
that the credit of the State shall be main
tained on a firm and enduring basis, and
the debt surely and steadily diminished,
until its final extinguishment. Unnec
essary delay in this would, in my opin
ion, be incompatible with our true inter
ests.
That these expectations are capable of
speedy and certain consummation, has
already been demonstrated. The public
improvements, the cause of our heavy
debt, which seemed* to be an incubus up
on the prosperity of the State, so long as
they were managed by her agents, have
been sold; the tux on real estate has been
abolished, and considerable reductions
have already beeniqade on the State
debt.
This important branch of the adminis
tration shall receive my constant and
zealous attention.
EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.
The general and essential principles of
law and liberty, declared in the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, shall be watchfully
guarded. It will bemy highestambition
to administer the government in the
truespiritof that instrument. Care shall
be taken “that the laws be faithfully exe
cuted,"and the decisions of the courts re
spected and enforced, if within their au
thorized jurisdiction. Influencedonly by
considerations for the public welfare, it is
my imperative duty to see that justice be
impartially administered. That meroitul
provision, the pardoning power, conferred
upon the Executive doubtlessly for cor
recting only the errors of criminal juris-
Erudence, and securing justice, shall not
e perverted to the indiscriminate protec
tion of those who may be justly sentenced
to bear penalties for infractions of the
laws made for the security and protection
of society. Those “cruelly” or “exces
sively" punished, or erroneously convict
ed, are alone entitled to its beueficientpro
teotion, and only such should expect its ex
ercise in their behalf.
Whenever the people deem it expedi
ent or necessary, from actual experience,
to alter the laws, or to amend the Consti
tution, it is their undoubted right to-do so,
according to the mode prescribed within
itself. I here repeat, what I have said
elsewhere, that “so long as the people
feel that the power to alter or change the
character of the government abides in
them, so long will they be impressed with
a sense of security and of dignity which
must ever spring from the consciousness
that they hold within their own hands a
remedy for every political evil, a correc
tive for every govermental abuse and
usurpation.”
TIIE NATIONAL SITUATION.
We are confessedly in a transition state.
It is marvelous how predudice has perish
ed in the furnace of war, and now, from
tlie very ashes of old hatreds and old
parties, the truth rises purified and tri
umphant. The contest between the Ex
ecutive and-a Congress twice elected by
substantially the same suffrages, a con
test so anomalous in our experience as
not to have been anticipated by the
framers of the National Constitution, has
only served to develop the remarkable
energies of our people, and to strenghen
them for future conflicts. That contest
is virtually decided.
- The victorious forces, physical and mo
ral, of the patriotic millions, are simply
pausing before the work of reconstruc
tion. Twenty-six States have not. only
been saved from the conflagration of war,
but have been crystalized in the saving.
The unrestored ten, still disaffected and
still defiant, seem to be providentially de
laying their return to the Union, so that
when they re-enter upon its obligations
and its blessings they will be the better
able to fulfil the one and enjoy the other.
Their condition is a fearful warning to
men and nations, and especially to our-
selves. , ~
Until slavery fell we did not. fully un
derstand the value of Republican institu
tions. Accustomed to tolerate, and in
inauv cases to defend slavery, we did not
feel that its close proximity, so far from
assisting, was gradually destroying our
liberties; and it was only when rebellion
tore away the mask, that we saw the hide
ous features of the monster that was eat
ing out the vitals of the Republic.
If we are now astonished and shocked
at the exhibition of cruelty and ingrati
tude among those who, having inaugura
ted and prosecuted a causeless war against
a generous government, and having been
permitted to escape the punishment they
deserve, are once more arrogantly clam
oring to assume control of the destinies
of this great nation, how much greater
cause would we have had for surprise had
slavery been permitted to increase and
multiply? , , . ,
Boast ns we may of our material and
our moral victories, yet is it not true that
there Is no such thing as a Republican
government in the ten Btaes that began
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and carried on the war? There Is not,
to-day, a despotic State In Burope when
the rights of the individual man are so
defiantly trampled under foot, aa in the
sections which were supposed to have
been brought into full submission to the
Government of the United States. But
the disease has suggested its Providential
cure.
The abhorrent doctrine, that defeated
treason shall not only; be magnanimous
ly pardoned, but introduced to yet strong
er privileges, because of its guilty failure,
seems to nave been'ihsisted upon, as if to
strengthen the better and the contrasting
doctrine, that a nation, having Conquer
ed Its freedom, Is its own best guardian,
and that thosewho were defeated ih hono
rable battle should be constrained to sub
mit to all the terms of the conqueror. :
The violators of the most solemn obli
gations, the prepetrators of the most'
crimes in the annals of time, the murder
ers of our heroic soldiers on fields of bat
tle, and in loathsome dungeons and bar
barous prisons, they most not, shall hot,
re-appear in the council chambers of the
nation, to aid in its legislation, or control
its destinies, unless it shall be on condi
tions which will preserve our institutions
from their baleful purposes and influence,
and secure republican forms of govern
ment, In their purity and vigor, In every
section of the country.
That they are indisposed to accept ,such
conditions, is manifest from their recent
and even arrogant rejection of the propos
ed amendments of the National Constitu
tion —amendments which are believed, by
many true and patriotic citizens and states*
men, to be too mild and generous.
They have, however, been fully consld*
ered by the people during the late elec
tions, and approved by majorities so large
as to give them a sanction which it would
be improper to either overlook or disre
gard. And certainly, in view of this fact,
none of the late rebel States should be ad
mitted to their former 44 practical, rela
tions'’ to the General Government, while
they continue to oppose these amend
ments.
To the Congress of the United States
the heartfelt sympathies and overwhelm
ing suffrages of the people have been gen
erously given. They have fearlessly pro
claimed their unequivocal verdict—
4 4 Well done, good and faithful ser
vants.” Upon the deliberations and.ac
tions of Congress our present interests
and future welfare all depend. In its
firmness and courage the whole experi
ment of genoihe republicanism is indis
solubly involved, That this firmness and
courage will be fully exhibited by ils con
trolling minorities, In the origination and
adoption of measures of wisdom and
discretion, even more radical and deci
sive, if necessary, than those of the past,
I entertain no doubt. Such measures
will meet with my cordial, approval. And
I may well add, that while Pennsylva
nia will confide in a loyal Congress,'she
will not hesitate to sustain it with her
entire influence v and power.
That in the administration of the gov
ernment I may err, is.only what should
be expected from the infirmities of the
human mind; hut as I enter upon the
discharge of my responsible duties with a
firm resolution to act with honesty ah 4
impartiality, I trust errors will be regar
ded with charity and treated with the
gentleness of magnanimous forgiveness.
And I earnestly hope that my Inter
course with my fellow-citizens of the Sen
ate and House of Representatives will be
so frank and cordial, that our duties to a
common constituency will be pleasantly
and faithfully discharged. Different
branches of the government as we are,
with distinctive duties, we are neverthe
less parts of one organized and well regu
lated system, and as we co-operate or disa
gree, the interests of the State will proba
bly be promoted or retarded. Elected by
the people, desirous to promote the welfare
of every citizen, mere party differences
should not be allowed to interfere with
the maintenance of a generous, a true*and
comprehensive public policy.
It was the illustrious Washington, equal
ly distinguished os a warripr and a
statesman, who gave utterance to tl*e dec
laration, 14 that the propitious smiles of
Heaven cannot be expected on a nation
that disregards the eternal rules of order
and right;” and Jefferson, who asserted
that 44 whatever la morally wrong cannot
be politically right.” These utterances
express my deepest convictions of the
rales and principles which should per
meate nnd control all governments. Xet
us, fellow-citizens, adhere to them % be go?
verned by them, and our efforts will bo
happily united in surrounding the insti
tutions of our State, as well as those of oujr
nation, with a rampart of truth that will
repel the madness of ambition, the
schemes of usurpation, and successfully
resist the changes and agitations of all
coming time.
Temperance Eloquence. —Paul Den
ton, a Methodist preacher in Texas, ad
vertised a' barbecue, with better liquor'
than usually furnished. When the peo
ple were assembled a desperado in the
crowd' cried out: “Mr. Paul Denton,
your reverence has lied. _ You promised
us not only a good barbecue, but better
liquor. Where is the liquor?”
“ There 1”. answered the missionary, In
tones of thunder, and pointing his mo
tionless Anger at the matchless double
spring gushing up in two strong columns,
with a sound like a shout of joy, from the
bosom of the earth. “There!” he re
peated, with a look terrible'as lightning,
(while bis enemy actually trembled on
his feet.) “ There is the liquor which
God the Eternal brews for bis children 1
“ Not ia the simmering still, over smo
ky fires, cooked with the poisonous gases,
and surrounded with the stench of sick
ening odors and rank corruption, doth
your Father in heaven prepare the pro,
clous essence of life, the pure cold water;
but in the green glade and. the grassy
dell, where the red deer wauders and the
child loves to play—there God brews it;
and down, low down in the deepest val
leys, where the rills sing, and high upon
the tall mountain tops, where the storm
clouds brood and the thunder-clouds
crash; and away, far out on the wide,
wide sea, where the hurricane howls mu
sic, and the big waves roar the chorus,
speaking the march of God—there ho
brews it, that beverage of life, health-giv
ing water!
“And everywhere It is a thing of beau
ty ; gleaming in the dewdrops; singing
in the summer rain ; shining in the Ice
gem, till the trees all seem turned to liv
ing jewels; spreading a golden veil over
the setting sun, ora white gauze around
the midnight moon; sporting in the cata
ract ; sleeping in the glacier; dancing in
the nail shower; folding its brlghtsnow
curtain softly about the wintry world:
and weaving the many-colored iris, that
seraph’s zone of the sky, whose warp is
the rain drops of earth, whose woof is tho
sunbeams ot Heaven, all checkered over
with celestial flowers by tho mystic hand
of Refraction. Still always it is beautiful,
that blessed life water! No poison bub
bles on its brink ; no madness or murder;
no blood stains its liquid gloss; pale wid- .
ows and starving orphans And no tears
in its depths; no drunkard’s shrieking
ghost from the grave cursing in words of
eternal despair. Speak out, my friends I ‘
would you exchange it for the demon’s
drink, alcohol 7”
A shout like the roar of a tempest an
swered, “No!”
BSf A Western editor “ disgusts" him
self at the vein of Artemus Ward's hu
mor, giving ns a primary reason “that the
darned fool doesn’t know how to spell.”
BSy " The ocean speaks eloquently and
forever,” says Beecher. “Yes,” retorts
Prentice, “and there la no use telling it
to dry up.” ■
ESy A little girl hearing her mother
observe that she was going into half
mourning, inquired if any’of her rela
tives were hhlf-dend. -- -t .
“ Bai., what time does yourfolks dine?"
“Soon as you goes; that’s missus’ orders,
JOB PRINTING.