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It in hi chnrgo. Address Kersey, Elk co.. Pa.
Oct. .'id 1SC0. ly.
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ELLIS IRWIN& SONS
A T the mouth of Link ltun, fire miles from
iv Clenrfield, 51 Kilt 11 A MS, and extensive
Manufacturer of Lumber,
Jaly 2.1, 1852.
You smooth the tangle from my hair
With gentle touch and fonder earo,
And count the year ore you almll mar't
Itrlght silver threads among the dark
Smiling tho while to hear me say,
"You'll think of this again, aoine day.
8omo diiy !
I do not corn tho power of Time,
Nor count on years of fadoless prime.
But no white gleam will ever hine
Among (hose heavy lecks of mine
Ah, laugh a gaily as you may,
You'll think of this again, some day.
Some duy !
Some day ! I shall not fool, a now,
Y'our eoft hands rove about my brow
I shall not slight your light commands,
And draw tho long braids through my band;
I shall be silent and obey
And you you will not laugh that day ;
Some day !
1 know how Ion, your loving hands
Will lingor with these glossy bands,
Wbn you shall weavo my latest crown,
Of theso thick braidings long and brown ;
l!ut you shall ee no touch of gray
Adown their shining length that day ;
Some day !
And whilo your tear.- nre falling hot
I'pou tho lipj which answer not,
You'll take from thoio one treasured tress
And leave the rest to si!ontne.-s
Remembering that I usedtosay,
H Y'ou'll think of this again, some day,
Some day !
J. I). THOMPSON,
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Dec. 2W, 1853.
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.; Physician and Kitrjeo ti,
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Office with Leonard, Finney t Co.
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April 4, ISfiO.
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Sept. 14th, 1858. lyj.
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SPEECH OF HON. WM. BIGLER.
I th a U. S. Sknatk, Di:c. 11, IS60.
The Senate havine under consideration the
resolution of fvnnloi Powell, of Knlucfcy, refer
ring "so much of the resident's muisnga as
rolnte to thetircsent aitiited II ft 1 1 lllKtnif'fml nun.
dition of the country, ton Couiuiitteo of thirteea
mem uers J
Mr. Piui.er said :
I took the floor, Mr. President, on f s
terday afternoon, for the nuriiosobf makin"
a very few reinm Its on the present unhnpi.v
condition of the country. I intended then
only to s.-y what was necessary to indicate
m in;iUu fiv tho Constitution, for the
eijuulity of tho Slides, anil for justice
among tho citizens of the Stntefl. Sir, I
extend to him the hand of fellowship, and
I met him in tho same spirit, and under
the sanio circumstances, for I havo no
idea how my views will bo received" on
this side of the Chamber. In tho spirit of
the Senator from Illinois on this side,
Mr. Douglas, I go with men of any parly,
and men e f cvciy parly who will devote
themselves to the great work of rescuing
the country from tho impending dungcr.
Mi. President, for weal or for woe, I am
a Union man. I am for the Union nn
ma'le by our fathers. I am for tho Conn
slitutionnl Union as it is, ami, in the spirit
of the remark of the Senator from Califor
nia, yesterday, I expect to be of and for
the Union as it is to be. Whatever n
humble individual like myself can do, or
suffer, or sacrifice in tha cause of tho
Union, shall be freely ofl'e:ed up.
T-ut, hir, what can be done? I think
the motion of the Senator from Kentucky,
to refer to much of the President's mes-
sagous refers to this sulject to a se'.cct
committee, is a movement in the right
direction 1 thank the Senator for it, and
I bhall cheerfully vole for its adoption.
I was somewhat surprised at the view
taken of that proposition by tha distin
guished Senator from Virginia, Mr. Ma
eon. That honorable Senator said he
would vote for tho resolution as a mere
matter of parlhmentary courtesy, because
the message shouM be referred to a com
mittee. Jle said that much, lest his vote
might be misunderstood by his conslitu
ents, that they should be urider the im
pression that ho had concluded that a
remedy fjr the present difficulties which
beset tlie country could by instituted,
while, in his judgment, Congress could do
nothing on that subject. That honorable
Senator must know, that, in some way or
other, any adjustment that may be made
on this subject nrist, to some extent, be
connected with Congicss. Concress must
aei wit li... should view this question in can discover tho slightest opportunity of
' '"t"1- l interfering to perform what they call duly,
After all, Mr. Lincoln is in a minority of they wiU keep up these assaults and an
nearly nino hundred thousand votes, and unjust war upon the feelings or the citi
in his election tho people of the United zona of tho southern States. Separate
States have not passed judgment against ' ll'em entirely, so that they can havo no
the claims of tho South to emialitv and connection which if. can in no wav inilu.
my own position on tho great question ' ni'cesfil1 ''y be connected with it, unless
which is agitating Mic people of ihU conn
try. That is my only purple this morn
ing. I shall reserve for some subsequent
occasion, when perhaps this whole subject
will be more fully before us, the discussion
of the main question which it necessarily
presents.
Sir, it was too truly remarked by the
Senator from Mississippi, Mr. Davis, yes
terday, that we have fallen on evil times.
it be the question of secession, which be
longs to the States only. If it. be possible
to agree upon an adjustment in the shape
of a law, then Congress a;:d the Executive
will pcrfoim tho whole work. If the
Cointiirttee should find that it required an
amendment to the Constitution, then
Congress must either adopt that amend
ment and submit it for tho approval of
the States, or else, when two thirds of the
It k too sadly apparent that this great j '',!llcs I""tition Congress, provision must
liepublic of ours is in imminent daii'-er of i Le made for a Convention of the Slates
i
J he w hole political, social,
justice.
Mr. Pre ident, I want to call tho atten
tion of those Senators and of llicir friends
at home to a particular point in this case
I do not care to inquire into tho question
of the right of secession. Whether it bo
a right, or whether, when a State with
draws, it is revolution, the consequenco to
tlie seceding State and to tho remaining
States will bo essentially tho same, and
the remedy, if remedy ihne be, will be
the same. But the point I wish to make
is this: even if it be a right, is itjtit to
the other States to resort to that remedy
until redress has been sought and denied
at tho very fountain of political power and
authority, and through the precise chan
nels in which this Confederacy was form
ed ? I think not- Such precipitate uct
tion is not just to their friends. Let the
southern States ask of this Confederacy,
separate and asido from ordinary political
considerations, to consider and adjust this
question. J.et them asK redress for thei
grievances at the hands of those who have
th3 power to grant it, and in the form
prescribed in the compact under which we
live. If redress bo denied, if two thirds of
the Sia'es refuse to call a convention, or,
calling a convention, if three fourths of
the Slates decline to approve such amend
ments to t lie Constitution as they deem
essential to the protection of their rights
and to the maintenance of their equality
in the Union, then the time will lmve ar
rived for considering tl is question of dis
solution. Hut until all other means have
once the question of where slavery shall
be, or where it shall go, or whether i!
shall bo carried into onr new Territories,
or even from the question of the admis
sion of a State, whether it be freo or
slave.
How can that bo done? Sir, I do not
wish to bo understood as presenting uny
view to which I shall adhere with tenac
ity. I throw out general view for what
they are worth. I am so convinced of the
wisdom and the true policy cf maintain
ing this Confederacy entire, that I will
resort to any honorable expedient, uny
reasonable measure to save it. I think
the people of the North would go very
much further than their representatives
on the Republican sido believe, in order
to accomplish this desirable end. II need
be. sir, let the territory be dibided from
ocean to ocean ; north of which slavery
shall not go, south or which it shall not
be disturbed. Let us have a deep gulf or
a high wall between tho North and the
South on this subject. If that will not
allay the demon of discord, then, instead
"f the present provision that Congress
may ndmit Slates into tho Union which I
...vy..v- in niuuce a cerium class oi people i " " c I i-n v.ciory. vviiat is a
to be anxious to elect anti-slavery men, I r,,'y victory if the country is to be torn
in order thtt they may keep out a slave
Slate I say, lot the Constitution describe
potent, next to this slatory agitation, wa
the question of the tariff. The operatives
in the manufacturing establishments and
the mines away down in tho earth had
felt and believed that the policy of tho
Democratic party was prejudicial to their
interests; and at tho late election, though
they we-ie n.vtmally with lh9 Democratic
pi r y, they voted in n body against ns. I
doubt not that that vote was forty thous
sand in the Stale. No man is wananted,
therefore, in assuming that the State of
Pcnnsyl v: nia will adhere to tho distinct
ive doctrines o f the Republican party. I
do not believe a distinctie issueonthe
"irreprcs ible conflict," as usualiy inter
preted in that State, would got ono hun
dred votes. No war of aggression is in
tended Ly tho people of State. She will
respond promptly to any demand for
consideration and for redress made in the
proper spii it by her sister States; and I
doubt not she will avoid even the appear
nnceof wrong, by d:scarding certain of
her statutes, which, though in the main a
dead letter, have been made the subject
of complaint.
Put, Mr. President, I should bo glad
indeed, ir Senators on the other sido
those who speak far tho dominant party
would indicate what their present views
are. I think, sir, in tho imminent peril
which surrounds us, they ought to do
at least thin. It is no ordinary occasion.
It is not a timo when men may stond
by violence, by riot, and mobs, in your
eomrvrcu! cities, on questions of employ
ment and bread? What is a nartv tri
umph worth if the Government should
not endure. Sir, it is worse than a delu
sion. I kno,v, Mr. President, the crave re-
a State, fix its population and other ele
ments, and provide Tor its admission bj a
proclamation of the President upon the
establishment of the facts. Then, sir, the
North would bo senarated Ti om lliii nues.
been exhausted, it should not, cannot be I tion ; ihe North and tho South on this 1 -Tonsibilities that attach to what I sav
seriously entertained. j disturbing element, would be entirely freo 1 ma-v be l"!?'cI at for much that I havo
Mr. President, I am one of those who ! pf Cacl other ; .viiilo all tho other, rela-' uUereJ' l 8- 1 would not have ut-
belicve that the remedy for the present i tio,ls would remain, and this great Gov-1 . 11 11 not feel lllilt the times re-
crnnvmtgo on performing its functions. , u"e l,mi evcry nun regardless of conse-Wesho-ild
retai.i its power, its prowess, ''I""0, should perform his part. J dial
its dignity, and its influence in the world. nly r(Teat. therefore, that in theremain
rerhnps less radical changes may do If in? Pfl-t of "'J' t"'fcf official career here,
so, all the better. I whatever it may be possible for me to do
The President or the United Stle, !tl, . "'J." """"PPy Uillorences, I
dissolution
and commercial system is sitinnlu
so that, in any event, Congressional action
will be necessary. That is a reason w hy
turbed, and shows unmistakable evidence . 'I'1'10 should be no hesitation whatever in
or deprts-iion and distress. Commerce. ' considering the question here, and inimir-
trade, and finances are disturbed. The !'" cr.lmly, sobci ly, and earnestly of each
banks have ecased to redeem their notes other what can be done to rescue the
in specie, and the Treasury or tho United country.
Slates is unable to meet the current do- Sir, 1 have a word or two to sav sneebd.
mands upon it. Indeed, sir. n Iv inmrfriimlinn ii,;,,i,i r.i. -i
I I 'I i ' i. i fiv,. uil M - .-IIIU , I II IT 1 I llll.
iV Clearfield, l'a., Office in Shaw's Row, op
osite the Journal office. '
doc. 1, 1858. tf.
'MOORE .1 ETZWiLEhT"
Wholesale and Retail Merchants. Also
extensive dealers in timber, sawed lured
Iter and shingle. Also, doalurs in fiour in
grain, which wiU be told cheap for coh.
Oct 14,1859.
1IENRV WHITEHEAD,
JVTICK of the peace
' Rockton, Union tp., will attend
promptly to all business entrusted to his eare.
Sept, 12, 1860. ly.
A' ry large stock of Spring and Summer
. lothing of the lat-t styles for sale low by
wwenville, May lfl, 1860. E. A. IRVIN.
nkeret and Herring for sale at thecorwer
tore oT . A IRVIN,
wens vuio, Jay 16, 'CO.
B
M(t Shoe. A lnrrrer atnrk .r h,mrr
rJV thM Irvin' fhenpoit corner.
WJrwensiyille, May Jr, '00-
loom seems to have spread over the entire
country. Why is nil this ? Hove the ele
ments of prosperity, progress, and thrift
in the country beccmc suddenly exhaust
r.A V . ,1
ou , tucso were never more
abundant than now. What is it. then
Why, sir, disguise it as you may, this tad
picture is hk3 result of a political panic.
l -almost siinnk from enunciating tie pre
cise cause, obvious as I think it is to every
:senutor, ana to evcry intelligent man in
the land. The startling cause is, that men
are beginning to doubt the integrity and
iu',ure existence oi (Ins Union. Slate
after State has taken step on the subject
of withdrawing from this Confederacy.
h e near oi J-egislatures being assembled
conventions of the people bein? ordered
all to consider the grave question whether
our relations are to continue or not. It
is not singular, then, that we haro seen
manifestations of deep concern and dis
tress in tho land.
Sir, this is a startling picture; but it
seems to me it is the part of patriotism
and duly to took it fairly in the face. My
own impressions first were, that tho less
that was snid here the better. I have
changed that impression. I believe that
the times require that the public men, tlie
selected men of tho nation here, should
come up to this great question. Let the
people understand what view is taken
of it here. For one, I nm prepared to
separatiMnyseiras far as possible from past
prejudices and party allegiance, and con
sider the condition of the country in a
spirit rf devotion to its interests- I most
- heartily commend the coble position of
uie cc-navor irom Connecticut, (Mr. Dix
on. "Without understanding the desires
of the m-eu of his own party, as he has
told us, regardless of his connection with
them, of his party prejudices for I be
lieve he is a friend of the President elect
he Las ccwe boldly forward and taken
his rosit;on for tho Union, for the Union
her 1 mean those from the far-ofl'South ;
those with whom I have so long and cor
dially co operated here ; for whose )i"hts
I zealously contended long before I met
them on this floor; whoso cause has been
our cause in the. North ; and whose cause,
to some extent, in the late contest for
President, fifteen hundred thousand
northern men embraeod. It scarcely be
comes me to undertake to judtio of their
case. I confess. I am, perhaps, incapable
or appreciating their precise position and
reelings. I acknowledge, as they nre
aware, the justice or somo or their com-,
plaints. 1 acknowledge that there has
been kept up a war of aggression upon
their reelings, well calculated to alienate
them from the people of the North ; that
in some instances their clear constitution
al rights have been vexatiously embarrass
ed, and at times defatted ; and further
more, that the party about to assume the
reins of Government, in tho late contest
avowed doctrines which, in my judgment,
aro inconsistent with the equality or the
Slates ; for so I regard the doctrine of the
exclusion of the owner of a lave fro n the
common Territories unles he leaves his
property behind him. Put, Mr. President.
is dissolution a remedy r Is that the best
and wisest of all Ihe alternatives left?
Has tho time come to embrace thut reme
dy ? I think not. 1 said before, that it
was rot for ne to speak of what concern
cd them and their interests ; but I eay no
more fatal step can bo taken for tho inter
ests or the great State which I represent
horo and, as I verily believe, for evcry
other Stale in this Confederacy.
1 know, sir, it may be said it was said
yesterdaj by the Senator from Mississippi,
Mr. Prown, that war, and even death,
are to be preferred to dishonor, and that
a State remaining in this Union less than
an equal, denied of its constitutional
distn cted condition of the country, after
all, must, sooner or later, come from the
people, if it is to come at all and bo per.
manenl. 1 do not say that amendments
should not be submitted here. I am by
no means intending to indicate that the
effort should not bo made; but I do say
that I little hopo that measures of adjust
ment can pass Congress that will meet
tinscaie. it is hardly to be expected
that the politicians or partisans of the
country brought into position in the
midst of parly slrug-les, conniilled to
one sido or other of the controverted
points, aro prepared for this delicate
work. It must go into other hands. Let
the people se'.ect representatives on this
single subject alone, and to remedy the
defects which experience has shown, and
if needs bo give now guarantees, to the
aggrieved States. Then, sir, you will have
a singleness of purpose, and our southern
friends will ascertain tho leal sentiment
of the northern people in reference to
their rights and position in the Union;
and while I confess that all the evidence
seems to boon the other side, I have a be
lief that in such a tst the conservative
element of tho North would prevail that
the South would be met in a spirit of jus
tice, fraternity, and even generosity.
Put it may be asked, as it has been al
ready, what is to become of tho country
in the meantime ? What measures shall
be adopted to arrest the progress or disso
lution? I confess, Mr. President, 1 am
not prej ared to answer thai queslion.
Thatisinoie especially for our friends
from those States which aro moving for
secession. If they know no means of ar
resting the progress of reparation, then,
sir, we are truly in a hopeless condition.
But I nm not so despondent. I have still
patriotic desire to settle this quest'on, has
suggested what he supposed would bo suf
ficient for the exigency. I must say and
I Fay it with regret, that I do not think
bis remedies will men the case. I think
thu disease is deeper and wider than the '
re medy in the first place, the points pre.
sented by him embrace tho controverted
points over which parties have struggled
for years, the very source over which the
bitter struggle for ascendancy was made
in the late presidential contest. And I
hopo that if there were such indications were not a leading issue ; and never fallen
from the North or a disposition to deal that I did net full by tho wcH.tofa
kindly en the subject; to hear theirsouth- southern issue. '
shall do. I am not entirely despondent.
I cannot bring my mind to realize a Repa
ration of these Slates, much les calmly
to contemplate tho causes which would
follow.
Sir, le: us, as one man, address surgelvos
lo this subject. Why should our friends
from the far-South desire to separato from
thow in tho North who have so long
stood by them ! Why, gentlemen, moro
men m the Siatcsof New York and Penn
sylvania alone espouwd your cause in tho
contest f find rm lw Cm,., .1 :.. .,i ,,
cansevnoreascntoaiticipateth-iralopJ, . ... . . . v , "u n" iae
tion by ,e dominant pa ty in , he North W "I f T"5
Nor do 1 think Ihey would reac ti e t ' dMf ofrolcr.
or the disease if tliey were .tp led - ,1!;Ve' :,c n--'. identified them
for my beliefis. thisvar of crimina i'o nTll l,?U
andfccimination is the seat of this di" llhn rty ; anditismy inv
ease ; and if you waat pen J, It pen ' ,l"S f fiwe-
youmus.Mrikeatthe eatoft. diSi "T"? "6 l h
you must .operate the non-slavehoS Z 1 F - 7n PULliCan
States from the question of slavery ? ' ' Mct,0M ""f " Mr
otxler that the question may h,ve no rest! !" " ' ' " ' P
ing place in the northern mind. oer was driven ,n th,, country- I am no
I prophet, nor the son or a prophet ; but!
Honorable senators yesterday said tho predict thai it is thel.st victory the Re
hears or men must bo changed. The publican party will ever gain. Lt us re
hearts or men ought to bo changed. I trust main tooetl.er. U..n - ! -
.. God name hat many or them will be your rights within ihe Constitution and
changed ; but that is no work for politi- the Union, and in a thort time you who
cians or Senators. It will be idle to hope are now desponding and explaining and
for an escape in that way. You must sep. ' threatening disruption, will r.e the triuru
aratc the agitating cause, ir you expect ' phant party, you and your friends North
those men who are bitterly anti.-sla -cry to' will control the Government once more
drop the subject. 1 am 0r those who ' and long era that, I solemnly believe ir
th.nk they ought to have done so long ago, the effort be made in tho rid,t direction
1 have never been ! a political si ruggle the people of this country will cite all
in my hfo tnat the rights of the Sm.it, 1 u, n... .i. . 6 ...
i t ., i - " . ... "l,v" 1U1
enection, will demand.
em brethern fairly and fully, and answer,
if possible, favorably their demands, there
Put, Mr. President, I do not know that
I can usefully pursue this suhjert further
would bo a feeling of reaction in the! I desire to say, however, in reference to
South; that men would liso above the' my own Slate, notwithstanding Us vote
madness of the hour, and stsy the fatal ' for the. Republican candidate at the lale
step, at least lor a brief season, and an. election, that it in a conservative and just
other effort would bo made to t,nvi Mm ti.i- . n.. o i ..... .
- .- iii.ii. uui- i-ouii.ern irienus can re-
uovernmen., ami losausiy ,.,c southern ly with confident upon the future action
State, that they can maintain their rights of that State. If they ask redress in the
within the Union. ' form in which t have indicated, or any
Sir, I am not oT those who view this dis- other in which the people can act separ
ease iig.uiy. l am sensible that it is deep ( a'o lrom other con siderat;ons, I have not
seated, and to some extent malignant, ' doubt that they would give all the gitar
but not incurable. It is not my purposn 1 antees which any reasonable southern man
to talk of distinctive propositions now; would demand.
but I do say that the best possible reme- It may be said that, in a minority, as I
dy that could be applied, to silence forev- am, I am not warranted thus to speak, for
er the war of crimination in the North J I should not ba regarded as authority v,,it
- i o '"J ,
sir, every intelligent man of my State
Hi thut is good will infallibly beconio
hotter, and he thit is bad will as eortaini
become worse; for vice, virtue
time, nre Uire-o things that will
stand still.
v
and
never
would be to separate this qnestion of sla
very, as far as possible, from the popular knows that ether potent influences than
elections in the non-slaveboldine States. 1 the mere distinctive Principles or the Re-
There are a class of men. we all knnur in niiMli-nn rarfv -rAhili in 41,,. 1 .1- !-.
rights, is in wmc measure dishonored; but the North who are rciloua and ime lion. T . Mnnv,.nnn ,r tnti,..
my friend from Mississippi, and those who enemies of slavery, and so long as they 'enccs against uf,Bdamer them the most
The violet grows, imv nrd covers itsoir
with its own tears, and of all flowers,
yields tho sweetest fragrance. Such u
humility.
The wasp attacks the ripest fruit first;
so will slanJer.nttempt to wound llioniost
honest fame.
Innocence. What a power there is i
inuocenco 1 whose very helplessners is its
safoguard ; in whose presence even Ta
sion himsolf stand abasLed, and stands
worshipping ul I ho very altar he came l
duspoil.
High blood, like the finest wine, ma
bo kept so long that it shall entirely las',,
its flavor. Hence, the last man of an old
family may bo like the last, bottle of a ft'
mous vintage-a thing to talk of, not U
uro.