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CLEAUr'lELP,
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 20, 1861.
Dismembered, bnt so far ne t Belligerent
States.
The Southern Confederacy, embracing
tix of tho late United States, ! now in
"A.
nrc-Hful operation, o far n a YoiwMna;!Suulh who have paid some respect, at
government can maae inw, nipy hto
Adopted tho pment Constitution, with a
very fw uiiimpoitHnt alterntions, and
elected a President and Vice President for
one- y-eau, t tli3 end of which period they
rtill le superseded by officer chorcu by
tho people, in tho same manner as has
been tho practice heietofore. . For all
practical nud realizing purriosei, this
. j i r. .1 . : .. , i i
ouu,... . v.u . m """'jV0,-.na reaped our petition.?
fact, fhnt Union which y.e were taught ,0 ojr r(,aJer ,lml ,ho
to Le'ieve impregnable, aii-porrermi, and
indivisiible, ij dismembered; but as yet.
thank God, not belliperent.
How long will this new Confederacy
Inrtf Will tho States composing it con-
. liutio to refuse all overture tore-unite
with thoir former sisters? Unles tl a
political party about coming into power at
'Washington coricedea to tho demand of
.the remaining sluve-owning States, they,
too, will secede, and join the Southern
Confederacy. If they do, thtn we see no
hope of a re-unicn, or i c-construction. A
Coof ederacy thu constituted with a pop
ulation of over twelve millions, an area
large enough to accommodate ono hun-
dred million, a tioil the richest and most
productive in the world, and whoe tmu
sual product'n of one article alone is worth
itwo hundred milliun dollars ought to be
one of the most prosperous. She i no-t
-comparatively destitute of manufactures- -the
only elemont wanting to make her
perfectly independent of the rest of the
world. But these will not log bo wait
ing. Enterprise will soon remedy this
nnd whatever nature has supplied her witli
:lho means of manufacturing, ingenuity will
not bo long in putting into practice j and
it is not improbable that tho South may
.in a -very few years, beoojne as prosperous
for its mantiffteturwig and shipping inter
eRts, as it always has been for its producing
intorcbls. The i'Wa that the South i a
.poor tountry, and cannot subsist within
itself, or without lha North, i perfectly
ridioulou.t. The South can subsist much
bctler without the North, than tho North
can without tho South. Indeed, if all
intercourse outween the two eetion
should cenee, tho South have vory many
advantages over the North ; and the
chances ore, tho South would advance
whilst we would retrngado. Nature in
tended the two sections to be mutually
beneficial to each other. Such ha been
their practice berelofnre. Fanaticism in
tho "North, and vivons of national ag
grandizement in the South, have put a
chuck to this beputiful harmony, and now
bid fair to blast these hope forever
Should attempt be made to eotree the
socededor seceding States into subjection,
then all hope aro gone. If these State
are allowed to depart in pence, it is pojsi
Vile that utter ruin will not be tho result to
either tection. Beside this, after livirg
a few year thus "divorced" which con
dition would enable each party to prop-!
erly estimate the advantages lost or gain
ed, just ns individuals can properly value,
blessings ai'ter they are lost a re union,
and a consequent resumption of our na
tional prosperity, may be brought about.
It now looks nsif nlldepended upon the
policy of tho incoming Administration.
Although a collinion is likely to occur at
any hour, yet wo have good reason for Senate and House, who feel the lashing
hoping that prudence will continue tojof guilty conscience nnd cower before
guide tho mou of tho South, and make no their offended Southern neighbors.
attemnt to wrest from the United States
her forts or property by force of ornu
btitas-oit the virtue of peoceable negotia.
tiong. Mr. Buchanan ha proved himself
tho eery man fot the times. Thus fur he ' polic government the soldiers,
has, by his superiorstatesmanship, averted What must bo tho principles of a party,
that most dreadful of all national calami- whon in an enlightmed country like thi
tiescivil war ; acd, after a few day shall it become necessary to call into requii
have passed away, ho will surrender histion all the elements of war and despot
pl;ieo to his successor, wi:h the prayer of ism to assist them into powvt? Tho corn
bis countrymen that ho tuay follow in hi' duct of the military authoritieiat Wash.
footsteps. lington is an outrage upon civilization, and
tajr-Hon. J. C. Wright, one o' tho only Soee to proro the cowardice of the
Teacc Commissioner from Ohio died at now ftbout enlcrin6 int0 Power
Washington on the 13th instant.' in the mTh r6ment that "Gunpowder
77th year of hi age. Judge. Wright ser- Plot ' WM " foot- ,0 ro,l th counS
ved .overal term, in Congress and wa, fo r '"f f tL' VOte, n w1y 'st.
a time .Tr.d of M, rw ;,' only a pretext to enable the leader of the
n - -
Ohio, and fr tLi. teen year wa chief i
editor of the Cincinr.atti Gazef.t.
Not it to Time Tho editor who prom
ised to publish, for tho use of his render,
" the mort striking paragraph.." He mnt0f all cowards and da.pot-the mllitsrj
U after a wife, or an office, or pet haps as their rrolecior.
both
KS-Mtr.. Blood of the Senate, and' M, , 7 T" Jfr 8 n
. ' .ville, last week, ignored Governor Curtin
Lawrence, of the Houso, have our thank
fr valuable reports, and other public
docuTienl.
Ma. Lin-cols to Visit UmiiBURa.STr.
Lincoln has accepted the invitation of the
eommittee appointed by the .Legislature
to visit that city on the 81ft. He wO come
. , , iL.t firtillhum
gomery,
Aiaoomn, inm ww-.
Congress in session there, have deteriuv
edtcUccept of no compromise by which
. ui- msi, k. .tiloil and
our present trouble might be settled , ana
for thi
n,t. tl.v fire called "traitor "in tMi" "-iT '
1mt issue ot the Journal.
The conduct of our Southern friends in
' it.:. n.riiKiilm wn will never approve, be-
lieving :tto be wrong, and mut reiuli in
! untold evil, both to themselves and tou
1 in the North j bui if men acting in thi
J manner in the South are " traito-V wLa1
'shall we cy of the same da , or party,
'0r men in the North, who an like them,
enj gecm t0 nftve n,e ume .nds in riew T
j W(J CJm ge0 butft very Bigt)t difrorence bo
t,TCen t)ie llV0and that is in favor of the
leot, to their respective constituents.
They have allowed olection to be hold in
their respective State, in order to eon
suit the public will, and have respected
their petitioners, and allowed them to be
heard In relating their grievances j and if
they aro still "traitor," what hall we say
of tboso in the North who have acted like
jtbcm with the exception of allowing us to
U is well
that the republican
party control s all our State government
in the North, and the present " ruir.p "
Congress at Washington, but what have
they dene? Why, they are acting out the
same programme to the ve:y letter.
Has not our Stale Legislature rofused
to eUpr grant or accept any compromise
that, has been put forth by the real friends
of the Union, though petition after pe
tition ha been sent in to them ? Have
we do', alsu petitioned Congress to pas
some compromise by which peace would
again roign in our oonicrsr les, uuiy,
'
we have. More
than hlf a million of
Northern petitioners have prayed Con
gress to accept the (,'rittenden-Bigler, or
some such measure, for the benefit of the
common good.
Tho action of Congress and our Stale
Legislature ha been mere suicidal mi i
outrageous than that of the Southern Con
gress, and still we hear the cry of the in
satiated hyena, "Stand firm 1" '' no back
ing down 1" "save the Chicago platform,
if it uliould cost tilty Unions 1"
The men who give vent to theso senti
ments are indeed modest in calling their
allie an the South "traitors." If John
Cat heart will only adopt the argument
sophirtry, and brazen impudence of the
editor of the Journal, he will be rnableU to
declare before all men, and prove it, too,
with equal succee to himself, that Cain
wa a murderer, and that he is an
innocent man.
It waa taid of ono of old, " that much
learning hath made thee mad;" but in
thi instance it is "brass." For an Abo
lition Republican to find fault with a
Southern dis-unioniit, and prove him a
"traitor," for being guilty of the very
same acts with himself. ut bo truly
agonu.ng to a Mnall m,n4.
Strange Indeed.
On Wednesday last, Congress counted
the vote for President and Vice Presi
dent of the United Slate The count re
sulted as follows:
For Lincoln and Hamlin,
" Breckinridge, and Lane,
" Bell and Eveiett,
" lAiuglas and Johnson,
180
72 1
39l
u
Total.
Lincoln's majority over all,
303
67
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. I.in
coin had a majority of fifty -seven votes in I
tbo Electoral College, yet by the popular
voto he is ni the minority by nearly on1"" ll,ira'. i ni action otourSoutli.
million of votes. And for the first time !e, n friends takes the sails from off the
in the history of this country has it be- abolition ship, who have invariably asser-
como necessary to overawe tho metnbei
of the National Congress with a military
forcjof 2000 men, in order to make them
ds their duty, and to act as a body guard
to the Black Republican members of the
The Capital of the United States now
present tho appearance of European cap
italfilled with glittering swords and
bayonots, and the upholders of all des-
!ni.i n..ii: , , - , . . i
. -n:s i.ieir
ipian. ihey loel that they Have, by the
election of their tectionil candid.ila. in.
suited a largo majority of the citizen of
'this counts, hence thev eok the refuen
and Senator Cameron, but nobly sustained
iGreely, Gordon. Wise A Co. We hopo
,...ii,.f..i1i,f..i.'.itf..,i...!.L..- '.tr.
o u, ins miiiiiui ui luriuniin iurnill
M
. r. Arthur, nd a few others, with a little;
more ''backbone" and few knee-stiff-
t
tier, or thev mT ive wav: and pr.,
would be the fall. The cato.tror.b- tM '
etly be eieeeded U so rth quake, j
'come "o'er" tne arcams ot our ow"i" " " " . ' 7 ,, . . '
I. l i.ikIm ir- v.. Clearfield, on Saturday, the loth instant,
... .. Tjpmoor.tj0 .n-ecbe bv tho l hMf Pstsx o'clock, p. m., in pursuance
publishing WnoonUo Relies b thf tc,Uof the Chairman or the County
-column, m which if he continue we hall"1 v"
Committee, to elect Delegate to repre.cnt
ri.. ....l. ALiARitm. ... fit- ..;r..t
him in thi is, that he did not do the ...no
........ ....
thing belore the election, and hereby slow
that he was opposed to aectionalitm.
We are lorry that he cannot find a Re
publican Union speech wherewith to re
gale hi render. We know they aro ve
ry scarce, but be might give an a touch of
Cameron' cndorsfmi-nt of Senator Bigler,
by way of variety. We will not, however",
insist on him doing so, knowing very well
that ho occupios a very perilous situation,
and not knowing whether Lincoln' Cab
inet will be fillod by Crcelyisni or Came
ronifui, ho must contimio to pray "good
Lord and food David" not knowing
whoso hnrds lie may Cull into, when he
applies for hi office ; hence, h refuse
to publish the speeches of the several
wing of his party.
Our reader are, no doubt, aware that
the white coated General Oreely has
commenced chopping the hed off a
number of the member of hi party;
among them, Seward, Cameron, and le .
ser lights ; and this ha alarmed our little
neighbor awfully, fearing that tho utile
axe might be ued in his case ; hence he
till continue Oreely I Greelyll Gric
it 111
We can imagine nothing else that
could have caused hitn to titter the "whop
per" that he had in hi last issue, in
speaking of the suocess of the Union men
in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky,
he say:
"This ha been done bv the firm ;.
...l. .r.i.. Tl t ! .
'""V. V" " . p" ,cars ,n. V01!""
ui iur. juincom, wno, ny reiusing to assent
to any unreason ble plan of compromise,
have given the most efficient pledge in
their power that the new Administration
will stand by the Constitution as it is."
It is well known that there are not Re
publicans enough in iheKe three State to
form a respectable volu
,and the editor who attempts to cram such
.... ..... ,
"stufl" clown the throats of hit readers,
must believe them to bo either children
or fools, and the citizen of the States
named as cowards and slaves. Such
"stuff" might pass unnoticed, if it ein i
riatcd from an inmate of the lunatic a.y
lum j but coming from the elf-proclaim-cd
patriot (!) who presides over the col
umns of tho Journal, it need a passing
notice.
From Washington
The Teace Congress Committee, at
Washington, on Friday last, agreed upon
a plan of adjustment The vote in tho
committeo stood yeas 12, nays 9. It is
substantially the same a offe'rrod bv Mr.
Crittenden in the Senate.
Congress it doing nothing, but all eem
willins to await tliA b.m
;commiiou,. lt ig said that Mr Cor.
win. Chairman of ih- r: r tu..
ty-three, is withholding his report from
the action of the House, and is awaiting
the action of the Peace Conferonco, with
every disposition to adopt their agree
ment in place of his contracted plan.
The latest account from the Capital of
the Southern Confederacy, state thut
they have made arrangement by which
thev will burn Fi'.ienn mlii;... r ,tn
UiUCi.r 11...L . ......
-v "umnui ncxi, una nr.y regi
ment of troops ready to take the field
against any foe that my appear within
11,eil' borders,
Tho Constitution of the Southern Con
eracy, lika our own, prohibits tlm Afri-
tea t nut the foq.iel to secession wa tho
ebiablwhmentof the slave trade
The President ElecT
Mr. Lincoln has been for tho past week
wending hi way eastward. When he left
Sjiingfield the people " all wept and
cried ;" at Indianapolis " the people near,
ly tore hi arm ofl j" at Cincinatti he
nearly " went up," and so he continue in
this perilous manner, in order to reach the
national capital, now protected by an ar
my. In his speech at rittsbnrg, on Fridsy
last, in speaking of ths troubles in the
country, he remarked " there is really no
crisis except an artificial one ;"
" I repeat, then, that there it no crisis,
excepting such aone as may be gotten up
at any time by turbulent men, aided by
designing politician.
My advice then, under the circomtan.
ccs, is to keep cool."
In speaking on the ubject of a Tariff;
he very generously admit what every
man of common information was aware of.
"I must confos that I do not under
stand the subject in all its multiform
..... ...jov. , u in niuu
bearing j but 1 promioe you that I will
give it my closest attention, and endoav.
ur 10 cuuijireiicnu ii nioro lully."
Thi is the language of tho second
.Jackson, only "more so," an avowal or
more ignorance than usually fall to the!
ot of a com mon " clod hopper."
'rsNSACOLA.O n January 1G and 17, and
after the State force had reached Fensa
cola, Lieut. Slemmer sent a boat to Fort
McRae and destroyed 40.000 nound of
powder in store there. He also earned'
over to Fort Pickens all the shell and)
in
.hot whir 1 hi luinMnK,..- Tl.. I--'
' avuJVW. AllO IllUUri
of tho State troop had been greatly din-l
pened by Ihe discovery that the one hun.
..J KKJ u 1 . i i
u,cu " ou men in tne ion were nuiner-
?H f. "Hfh ,0 ,h.e nd that
at the rate of Uo hot. per minute.
Democratic Conyention.
ru.Ku in tt St.i. P(nil(,n
Clearfield county in tho state Convention
i hML Jlri.h.rg on (he ai.t inM. ,
On motfon.3eoriioErhait. La..ol Knox.
township, was elected Tre-idem j Willitrm '
- ' - . -..,,,.. .j f. I
McCracken, sq, or Fe.guson, and C..
Kratxer, Esq., of Cleai field, were elected
Vice Presidents j snd Dr. J W. Totter, of,
n;.,,.,i .mi rnnMli I'.V.f rtf tTnn
elected Secretaries.
The object of the .Heeling was then
Stated by Israel IVsl, Eq , a member of
the State Executive Committee.
The following resolution offered by
Israel Test, Esq., was adopted:
Renhed. That Wm. A. Wallace be and ha
! lmrfliv nlnrloJ Spnnt.llinl l)ili!?nt. anJ
James T. Leonard and Frederick O. Miller
Representative Delegates, to tho Conven- jir. Halo's ancestors. Not content with
lion tobeheldet llnrrhburgon the 2Ut driving the Southern Suite out of ihe
of rebruarv; and that wo concur in thciUnion, the next olject of tho fanatical
selection of William P. Jenks, Knq., o cruadei i to force all men of liberal
Representative Conferee from Jetlerson ideas out of the Northern State to sub -
county to said Convention.
The following resolutions were proposed
v xif . r ,, u i
by W. A. pa lace Ksq.,.. rxpress.ve o
the views of the Democracy of Clearfield
county. On motion of L. Jackson Cram
Esq., they were taken tip separately, dis
cussed, and finally adopied, with b,t on.
dissr nting voice,which seemed to be ' still
for war:"
JlaolviJ, That we prefer our common
country, united and happy, to the dog-na
of politician, or the creed of any set of
partisan
HfjolvfJ, Tint we approve the course of!
all Senators and Representees m Congrew be, certain it is they weie the first coIo
who, regardless of party affiliations, have nit who set an examplo of persecution
patriotically thrown themsrlve in the in this country . They had hardly hind-
trach to stem the tideof Northern fraati-
cism and Southern disuntonism.
Haolvtd, That we earnestly invoke seal
ous aed or.crgetic action, at once, by Coti
gress, ciilicr by the adoption of the Crittenden-Bigler
amendments, or by some
other full nnd clear recognition of th
equal rights of the South in the Territories,
by such enactment for constitutional Ac
tion, as will finally removo the question of
slavery therein from our national legisla
ture. Jtctolvcl, That we are opposed to the
coercion of any State ; that our Govern
ment ran never be sustained by bloodshed
but must live in the affections of the peo
ple.
HttohtJ, That tho third and fourth!
clauses of the D5th section of the Act of
31 March, 1860, and the 9Cth section of
the sairn law, known as tho renal Code,
should be forthwith repealed by the Legii-
lure ot 1 cnnsyivania.
Resolved, That we believe the. General
Government is right in maintaining with
strong Uetensive hand tho fort and ar
senal in receding State., but that we
deprecate all attempt to invade their ter
ritory, blockade their ports, or retake the1
fofts now in their wssesMon. as tending
to embroil the country in the horrors of n
civil wai, and prevent the restoration of
an era of amity and brclhcihood ; that
peaceful separation i preferable to inter
necine strife.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
G tO ROE EKHARD,
J. W. PoTTr.s, IVetident.
On sad Baker,
tVccreUrlet.
Isaac OnrrLY Ooitoox. We learn from
the Brookville Jffertunian, that this pen
tleman, after hnving enlightened hi bro
ther member of the Lislntv.re upon
A hoi it ionism and tho Chicago pliitfbrmf
'nas "te'y been striving to inculcato and
distit hi radicalism into tho minds of hi
neighbor. In his speech at Brookville,
past week, he urged the Republicans to
stand up to '.he Chicago platform not to
give nn inch ; for if I hey did, the Repub
lican partv wn dead. Thi is the exact
language of hi prototype, tJreely ; prefer
ring the perpetuation of their party, if it
overturns fifty Unions. The gentleman
asserted that he was well sali fied that the
pcoplo in this Iistrict were determined to
back up what they did last fall, not only
with words, ' tit with powder nnd ball. If
war should bo brought about, by the teach
ings of these fanatics, we hope Mr. Gordon
will take the lend upon the field of car
nage as he no doubt covet this distin-
puished position, in order to extinguish
himself.
. , ...
..o ..F . ,H,.Miion smeuing oi moon
will be aisigncd to Brisbin, Gordon, and
McKnight
Democratic Standing Committee.
In accordance wilh a resolution passed
at the Democratic County Meeting, held
at Clearfield in September last, the Trcsi -
uvin, iion. oamcis i. j.eonsrd, nas up
,1 . .. IT I 'T . . ,
pointed the folio s ing named person a a
Standing Committee for ISGi :
Clearfield- L. J. Crans, Chairman.
Beeraria John f). Miller.
Bell John Ros. jr.
Boggs George Dimeling.
Bradford -Samuel P. Wilson.
Brady George J. Yoas.
Bloom John Smith.
Burnside James McMurray.
Chest Robert McCully,
Covington P. T. Hegiirty.
Curwcnville Daniel Faust.
Decatur Cyrenius How.
Ferguson Grier Bell.
Fox James McClollan.
Girard Alexander Livingston.
Goshen Robert G. Shaw.
Graham Samuel Launsberry.
Gulich John Jordan.
Huston II, J. Woodward.
Jordan Joseph Patterson.
Karlhau William S. Sankey.
Knox Conrad Baker.
Iawrence Josiah W. Thompson.
Lumber City William W. Wright
Morrii Edaard Petk.
New Washington Joseph Breth.
Tenn David T. Sharp.
Pike D. C. Dale.
Union William T. Johnson.
Woodward-ThoniM Henderson.
Threats' against "Traitors" Conse-
State Senate, Mr. mm, 01 new namp-
.j,. . irHn nd bo'.iticniKt tf the
lrUe bluo type, threatened all the Inoi-
tbe.n men wlio did not, mriM' tvtth
.. renublicans n thj r no cy nf no
' f ,i
cuu.pih...- - V.:
SoulVrn states-threatened tl.tftn with
,i,e first vengenee of lVni.e tic J-I
bones iiivadmK nimy. II )d tl.eir
fi'l busine.. we.ild be r- take caro of the
traitor at the North tnkecaroot thorn
uh dnimhd court ,,., Mnd ,,).
A Danton said, in tho first French
revolution, there i nothing in such ct-
vot-n'IiRo " auuactlv. audacity, audacity, tne
real traitor at the North ars thoso who
hare violated the constitution, to whicn
j,numi0VIt loyalty of all i due, and
I who ate now feeking to completely sub-
vert it to a j u.nary ae.poim... ;.c
S'Jbo.? ton? R
tended as the term " witches" had for
; the cood and virtuous women in New
I Vn ,.l..irl l.r. in I tin rmltnv iluvs of Puii
I tnii rule, fell victimx to the hinuticUm of
jject them to persecution, even to death,
if they do not ostracise themselves Koin
thei- native land.
reccnlIy lll0W j lw0 hi..
toriral tkel-ihee-one "The History of
the Puritans," and the other " The Rise
r Ahiiliiiotiigm" such havo
r been the pnuc.pie, anu loy o.
IUO AlljfiatlU i UIIIHIIS. JJ bJ p- p I
they left old Kugland because they were lie meetings.on the rostrum, on the bench,
pemecuted there. But the truth of hi u the press, n thd pulpit, in the S-inday
lory show that they always persecuted school, by trod and pamj hleU, by cri
when they had the power, and that this cature;, by lyinfj novel ami more lying
was the chief reason why "even halided statiaticsi by emissuries inciting servile
ititiceconitiinded the poisoned chalice
. . .
4o their uwn lips." However that may
ed on the American shore when they be-
can to put their priiicijjl into practice.
J hev persecuu-d all other sect, tuid even
'their own brethren. The rult was a se
cession to Rhode Island and Connect eu'.,
whore the persecuted founde 1 new settle
ments, to the great loss and detriment of
tho old colony ; lor population is the
wealth of States, and whatever diminish
es it in a new eomniunity is a public ca
lamity. It wa thu the Moor in Spain
the most valuable citizens of that coun
try, who preserved the arts, the sciences
and the liteiature after the fall of the Ho
man empire, who developed the resour
ces of the peninsula, and ave a wonder-
ful imj elus to its commercial enterpriie
- were persecuted and exterminated tor
their religious opinions by the inquisition
under heruinniul, Charle v., rinlip II..
and Philip 111., ttiuhutof whom totally
banished the Saracens from Spain a do
lopulation which inflicted a wound upon
the nation from wlii:;hit hits drooped and
pitieu for nearly three centurie. At that
time it stood at the head of the Kui opemi
lowers. Where is it now? More ihiin
one hundred and fifty thousand of the
persecuted Moor took refuge in Fiar.ce,
where they weie rcceiwd w.th great hu
manity by tho enlightened and liberal
monarch, Heniy IV., and wheie they re
paid the hospitality iih iniercH by in
troduciug tbeir an and muiiufacturrs ;
whilst to Spain the result wa destruction
to its manufacturing interest, nnJ finally
bloody civil wars to break down t he tyran
ny of an absolute monarchy and inquisi
tion. Tnere is a second histoiicnl parallel
equally instructive. After Franco lor a
teiir ofyeaithud been devastated ty civ
il wurs of religion and mtusaens, including
tha-, of fct Bui llick neiv' day, Henry IV.
in the year lS'JS, iktued the relelraird
Edict, of Nantes, which granted to the
Huguenots, or French Piotesiants, the.
privileges of cil izenship, the right of wor
shipping God accoiding to their own
taiib, and ceitam lands to support their
churches and garrisons. For ih.s toiera
tiou Henry nut assassinated, but the
Huguenot continued to flourish and the
country to prosper under the libeml poli
cy which he established, till Cardinal
Richelieu controlled the rcyul council
and vigorously pursued hi maxim, that
" there could be no peaee in Franco un
til i he Huguenots were entirely suppress
ed." At length, in the year 10?5, Louis
XI V., revoked the Edict of Nantes, and
ordered the relonncd diuretic to return
to the faith of Rome.
The ten pie of the Huguenots were i'e
molished, and the worshipper niHssacred.
Filty thousand escaped to ihe Frutrstnnt
countries of Euiope, and lew to the
Biiiish Colonic of America. They cr
lied with them their arts and wealth and
enterpiise, by whicn rival nat on were
soon mailed to excel the French in their
'nun iiiniitiruntm n. . ik. -
established over the human mind ly the
-. .......... ... ..... . , ..ii-, urttiiirui
f u-nch monarchy it became necessary to
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.. , .... .,,. . r.Mgumnr)
re o.unon, ,c may one da,- bo nocee-
, in".:.." ,CI, :Ame,;lc,Ul
Uhi. ; . na ion " "
"
Another pregnant example of the of-
feet of prosecution i to be found in the
' modem history of our own Anglo-Saxon
race. After the .Muai ts were overthrown
in tnginnd, too Irish Catholic held out
for them in Ireland, and in the fortified
ci.yiu j. inenc maae ineir last tand.
i ne r.ngiisn iniied to take it, and, and a
the rreneh hod delayed to come to their
aid, -.ue tripli garrison surrendered bv
.... conauion oeinj that
the Catholic of Ireland should be guar -
ar.iecd in their civil and rehgiou liber-
..... -.m iui.i ...ns muse oi ine niiuia-
ry who did not choose to serve in the
tngiisii army might emigtate to r ranee,
... ary on ine parcn-
mi. lii, nnu iuo ueiL-nuerft oi ine counirv
removed, when penal law -ere enacted
again.t Irish Catholics at which hi mani-
ty at this doy may well blush. What was
the consequence I At that time the Brit-
isn were behind the aee in nionufneturen
l,;i l.;.u ii-.i -- -
mou riraHci ,n uiem, anu,
t..icuuieir ariinio every
Catholic country of Europe, to the eriou
uB.ungo oi uriusu interest. Hut rur-
ther, the military clement, which bad
emigrated to I ranee at the time of the
urmy, was ennsteu in the service or that
country, aud known at the Irish Brigade
Other Irish emigrant, afterward joined
their standard, making in all 400,000
fiphtin? nipn h kni air) 1.....
saved from British conquest, and the En-
jglish arms defeated on many a bloody
j field. Their battle err, wM, "Remember
Liraenck ana British faith." It ,".
tho battlo of Fontenoy, which wa WQB
for France by tho valor of tho Irish Br;,
ale, that King George II. exclaim'
"Cursed le the law which deprive mP tf
such subject I" It is the iniquity of Bri.
tisli law.via Ireland which hit driven
many of tho population to America
puople it State and developo it reont,
oes, to the grtat iinpovcrUlunent of
British empir. ;
History is evr repeating itself, tn
Und has paid a severe penalty for I,',
violation of tho treaty oi Limerick. .Fer.
diuand and the Spanish Catholic brok
fttlili with the Moors, on the principle
held in that day, that "no faith is to
kept with heretics." The MusuhnM
kurrendwed Granada by a treaty whirs
formally Insured their religion frerdnm,
But they were denounces a rebels bel
causo thev would not cley tuolninbV
coming t'atholics snd were persecuted
and put to tho sword till their final em
pulnion, sovrnty years after the treaty,
in like manner faith was broken with
the Hugenots, who were driven from
- I France
trance ei,?lityseven years alter tbeir
'charter of freedom was granted by Henry
orjwivnrre. i mis a solemn league und
covenant was established thrt e-quarten
or a century ago between the Northern
and Southern State of North America,
! guaranteeing equal right to all. I
' about thirty years atle.r the persecuting
ur nan, who ....u ,...-,, u .en out
1 the best of their own citizen to enricli
'other communities resolyed to bre.k
taiin. r.nn commencea a crusaoo agasnu
the Southern Mates ana tneir insiitutiom
which, with some intfrvals ot intermix
. . . .;, -;; . .... . -
insurrections, ending run jonn tirown'i
: r T:. if.. t... .
ed possession of the federal power, the
army, tho navy and the public purw,
they avow tbeir determination to cirri
out tiie'.r design o; exterminating negro
servitude and making th black iqual to
the white man, or of exterminating thi
slaveholders and all who nustaiii them in
tho Southern States. Without this imti.
tution it i impossible for either the wbitu
or the negroes of tho South to exUt. Th
nlave owner, nhirmed for his rafety, te'.li
the Tuntan, "You take away my 'if if
you take that by which I live, and henet
wa must part compaii." Thus have the
intolerant sect capped the climax of their
national crimes by forcing out ol Jheoon
lederacy seven Slate whoso staples lure
been (he great source of our nationil
wealth, giving the United States the bal
ance of trade against Europe, and afford
ing employment to the half starved pop
ulation of the barren soil and ungeniil
climate of New England. Seven or eifhi
Slates more will piobal ly follow the other
evcn from the same cause- thus taking
away llin nrcost, tho most terlile and bj
Fur tho most valuable portion of tho toil.
Nor is thi all. Their grasping greed Mi
tyranny are likely to drive to the South
the skill, the enterprise and Uio rapilil
of the North, and thus doubly impovmt
the unlinppv people loft behind, wliiw
nii?ror!nt.e it to have their lot ou:
among those covenant breakers and
diniry persecutors who. from the time t'.
their dis-cmbai katioi, on i'lvinntitli Krvkl
to the present, have been the fn:ilfui
ion i re of strife and disenrd to the countrt,
which hitherto has prospered in spit fl
the ir facalicism, but wlm-h h.i ro-v w
reived at their hands a blow from whc.J
eueois u may never recover. .yew if a
Herald
Congressional.
roVNTIXO THE M.Lt 10!iT. VOTf,
On motion of Mr. Washburne, (rep.)ofl
III., a message wa ordered to fce sent to
the benate inlorminc them that tin
House wa now wuitirg to receive thfmJ
no that in a joint body the electoral vote
tor I resident and V ice President niy hi
opened, ana ine remit announced.
After a -hcrt interval the Senston, pro
ce.iea nv their otliccrs, were announced.
The members of the Hoiife immedisto
ly rose, u d remiiineJ standing till tin
.Senator took seals in a senii-cireuUa
range, :n front r,f theClerk s devk.
icp i rrsicirni iirecKinndge wn conH
lifted to the right of the Speaker. nJj
tne teiiers vii; Senator Irunibuil n
Representative Washburne, of UlinoiJ
and PI elp, took seat at the Clerk'1
desk.
hen order wa re toretl Vice rreiil
dent Breckinridge rose and said :
We have assembled pursuant to Ihi
constitution, in order thst the elector
votes niar be counted nnd the result irl
cared for President ntu! Vice rresidfti
for the term commencing? on the 4tln
March, ICl, and it is made my duty, unl
cier tne consiuuiion, to open the certim
cates of elrclion in Ihe presence of thi
two non.ifs, and I now proceed to tf.l
periormnnce ot Hint duly,
Ii.. P..;,l,,. u. i. :" .i
.....,i-iriiHiuP8inrnnpi-
et, the packaire conta nine thn i W or
vote 0, Maino nml handed it to the tell
. '' hc certificate thereof was
I f
inereoi.
Th leeiorvl
, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conned
'cut. Vermont 'and New York
were nail
, larly disposed of.
Senator Douglas, (opp.) ot III , sugee
cd, and no objection was made, that H
formal part of the certificates and Hi
name of the electors be omitted fronit
' reading.
I The reading of the vote of South Car
Una wa productive of good humored e
citement.
The reading of nil tho electoral vo
Having been completed, tho teller rcp
ted the result.
i Whereupcn, the Vice President, risin
said, that Abraham Linco n, of Illmo
hm nf rrn i fi m ,r.;i t !. ht
number of -elecioral vote, is duly elect
President of the United Mate, for t
tour vcars commoncine on the 4th
March. I8C1 ; and that Hannionl Hm!
of M!n .
-.....-, ......, ..v.u ,.,ujw..v
tne whole number of electoral votes,
duly elected Vice Tiekident of the ir
ted States for the same term. He dd
that the business for which the two Ha
sea assembled having been complied,'
Senators will now return to their c
chamber
Tho member of tho House rose
remained standing until th Senator
tho hall.
i
lThe opinion of Judge Woodwsnl
,bc Cathcart ease, will be found on
e.n.ife of t !' paper Read it.