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J J VOL. XXXI. WIlOLli NO 16G2.
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1861.
NEW SERIES VOL. 1. NO 51.
' ADDRESS OF L. J. CRANS, Esq.
filtered at Pennvilk, Ju'y 4th I8GI.
Wo commemorate
i.. -i.;0i we have been accustomed
'J'
-Urate with ringing of bells, firing of
annons bonfires and other demonstra
tions of rejoins- A day memorable in
theannals of history for on it w as bora a
nntion founded on tho sound political nx
m-mca are endowed by their Creator
iih certain inalienable rights ; among
these are life liberty and the pursuit of
krpineiw ; that to secure these rights,
lovcrntnents are instituted among men
deriving their just powers from the con
sul of Hie governed.
fain would I dissipate every shadow of
tvlness banish might which could mar
the festivities of the day, and in tho nier
. riet moo J, bid
-On with " aanec 'et h unconr'n0J i"
hit I have obscr vod the dark and threat
ening cloud which overhangs tho land
covering it with a gloom which may be
felt, and have noted the devotion to your
eou'btry which has crushed out or wip
iiltnteJ every other feeling save a deep
solicitude for the welfare of our brethren
ml fiiemls. who ut the first call have
rmhed forward to stay the mad attempts
of those who would subvert the govern
ment, destroy the constitution and the
liirt and render those traditions which
have so often fillod our hearts with pleas
urable emotions a reproach. To day is
no da V for hilarity, for mirth, lor frivo
loin amusements. The circumstances sur
roiimling us fnibid it.
Jlut a few mot ihs miico the song of the
reaper was heard and our granaries were
filled to overflowing. Our marts were
crowded on every side the clatter of
wheels, the whirr of machinery, the wins,
tie of the engine, tho sound of the anvil
ml the ring of the axe, made the air uiu
lical with evidences of well directed in
dustry. Money was nbundant, peace was
in all our borders and mens' hearts w ere
buoyant at the bright prospects for the
futnrp. Sudden'.v fear seized on us like
utiong man. business was parulizod, the
implements ofjieace were ciua aside end
Urn stalwart arm of labor was extended to
receive charity,
Hnd there wni mounting In hot UnsU; tho stoeib
Tht muttering qwidron. nmt the cluttonni? cur
Vnl pouring forward with impetuous tpced
And fwiflly forming hi the rnnki of wr j
Antl the deep thunder, peal on pent afar
Aud nenr, the bent, of the sliinuing drum
Honied un tlie soldi jr."
wi,. n!i? Had Albion forgotten the
lessons of yore and sought to regain the
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colonies wrested Irom her
in '(0, by tno
wowes of our fathers?
'o: but the
eeil which nhe had sown in our midst hud
grown, producing Iruit criminations, re
criminations, distrust, hatred and their
consequence, civil war. An issue f r tran
scending in importance any of the ephem
eral issues of the day, because it involved
the integrity of tho Union, hud been
tweed upon the American peoplo. Our
government Lad show n itself strong for
tkfeuce in its struggles with Great llritian;
she had proven herself competent to un--lertnke
a foreign or aggressive war upon
the blood-stained fields of Mexico, and
trusting that our people would heed the
parting advice of Washington, to regard
the union of thoso stales as the pallidum!
of their safely, wo had hoped that she
would never bo celled upon to show her
self proof against internal dissensions-
The doctrine, new and startling, that a
Slate has a r'ght of its own motion, to se
cede from this Union, has been broached
more the action of certain States has
given the doctrine a tangible form. If it
It right, or it It can bo inuintnincd bv
force of arms, then our Union is dissolved,
irrevocably our prestige gone nnd our
traditions and our glories, source-" of re
gret rather than of honest heart felt pride.
Leaving the bea'en path, to gluiico' at
tbis nil absorbing topic, will, I trust, nuet
with your approbation. IfaStatehtw the
riyk to secede., then the government can
not piopeilv prevent any Stato exerci.ing
that right, but if no such right exists, then
secesfion is but another name for revolu
tion, devolution may be peaceable or vi
olent, bloodless or sanguinary. Those who
resort to revolution, do o with tho un
demanding that should tho goreriuuont
not locitly acquiesce in their proposed
clianuo of snvernmont. they must smlain
the position thev have assumed by force
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warms, ana in the event or imiuro, Buuor
the penalties of treason. The ri'jht nfrcto
'''ion exists in evory community. Its ex
ercise m.iy bo justified whenever a gov
ernnient becomes subversive ot lire onu
for which it was establ ished -the preser' 1
tion of the richts of man
but Ii'ditand 1
transient causes are no justification. To
4eny this position is to assert that our
forefathers were wrong in declaring these
suited colonies are, arid of right ought to
I free nnd independent States; to charge
them nth needless nnd criminal effusion
f blood, and to admit that we are not en
titled to the liberties which we now enjoy.
Prior to the revolutionory war, the col
onies, though distinct political divisions,
deriving rights through different charters,
ere integral parts of the British domic-
n, mm to all intents and purpose, one
KIHm,. ft'i .! ..I.. It..!. .!m
eommnniiu i'k:. .n,im,,iv thair aim.
..H....J, iHCII VUllvigui.j, I
narity of laniruaae, customs and laws;
weir intercourse and trade drew them to- several freo. independent ana soverei0u
Pher. They weie separated only by im States, to create one free, independent
Jgicary lines, which served to mark the and sovereign Power.. The Artic.es ol
hmiUoflho respective colonial jurisdic-, Confederation were merely a league ot
tlni Their wrongs, nnd their acknowl- firm frieadship-thc Constitution, the ba
djied inability to redress them singly, : ais af a new government. Ly the formor,
only strengthened tho hit crest which each ' certain limitedowcrs were conferred on
?lony felt in Urn others, and brought ' Congress under the latter, tha legislative,
bout their political nnion, which was fed-1 judicial, and executive poweri, attributes
owed by the recognition of their indo. ! of lovoreignty, were lodged In the toree
Pendence by the mother country. The co-ordinate branches of the new govern,
eolonies could have formed a league ofTon ment. The one professed to be an agree
' and defensive; they could have lodg- ment between the dVegates of the rospoo
M thoir respective sovereignties in anowltive States the other to emanate troro,
Wflmment, or each could have refused ' and be ordained and established by, the
0 enter inirt .u:..,,. Th nnrnneu. ' neorde of the United States. 1 he Articles
':.. t , i i .
iui.ws ui mo noverui colonies, nisiung to
unite tho wealth, strength and councils of
the whole, so that they might bill defiance
to external violence and internal dissen
sions, and nectira niiblin nrttdit. both at
home and abroad, ngreod to certain arti
cles of Confederation and perpetual Union.
In tho circular lettor which they trans
mitted to their constituents, along with
the articles, urging their adoption, they
said ' Let them bo carefully reviewed
under tho sense of tho difficulty of com
bining in one general system, the various
sentiments nnd interests of a continent
divided into so many sovereign and inde
pendent communities; under a convic
tion of the absolute necessity of uniting
all our councils, and all our strength to
maintain and defend our common liber
ties; let them bo examined with the lib
erality becoming brethren and follow cit
izens surrounded by tho same imminet
dangers, contending for the same illustri
ous prize, and deeply interested in beit:g
forever bound and connected together by
ties the most intimate and indissoluble."
The articles of Confederation being a firm
lcuime of friendship with each other for
their conm'on detence, tho security of
their liberties and their mutual and gen
eral welfare, binding themselves t) assist
each other agniust all force ottered to, or
attack made upon them or any of them
on account of religion, sovereignty, trade,
or any pretence whatever, were adopted
by the respective states hach state ex
pressly reserved its sovereignty, freedom
and independence, and every power, ju
ris'liction and right which was not by I lie
Confederation expressly delegated to the
tinted States in Congress assembled.
Tho rover nment, if so it can bo called,
was merely a Cong:osss of '.ho State. The
powers of the Congress were limited, but
the compact which conferred those poW'
ers, contained tno provision mat me ar " i-,wu.,, nuiaj jn.-
tides of Cjtilederition shall inviolably bo presume that there is no such right,
observed by every State, and tho Union The doctrine that a State has a right to
shall bo perpetual ; nor sir ,11 any altera, secede is donved from the belief that tho
lion nt any time horeafter be made in m.v , Elates rcspcctivly have not relinquished
of them, unless such alteration bo agreed ! tlndr sovereignty, but have only entered
to in the Congress ofthe United States, into nn offensive ond defensive alhunce.
and be afterwards confirmed by the legi-.- 1 n other words, that the general govern
lature of everv State. ment, is no government, and it like a gar-
. ' . -f. I ment used for protection, may be put on
1 ho insufliciency of the powers confer-. ... .. ...... . .
1 (,,,oa. . li... ,,o,...silt; for nrov
dinu for the public debt created by tno
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. ' . r,i ..! .,:) i,io
e. growing out of the regulation , o trade, ,
Tet ?U1 ..Ci! "1" rjl
ar, h..u O.UU-..U.U.B. . p..
lesu
at i lie instance oi uie uenerai .uuim
of Virginia to consuler the best meani of
remedying the defects of tho Knloial
mum iiij,,ii.ovi ...w v.. ..v, u. .-
u ycrnmoiii. ngrass 1'romi.uj
lion of delegates, for tho sole ami express ot wlmt- ...... Cl .
purpose of revising the articles of Con fed You may object that the Mute Consid
eration, met on the 2nd Monday of May tions would forbid such a change, and I
I7f7. The manner in which that con- answer, these Constitutions provide for
vention, lomposed of tho most eminent intendments, but should they not, rovo
und patriotic men of the day, performed lutions destroy Constitutions. Wlmtthen
its work is shown by the Constitution of becomes of that prt of our bond of union
the United States, which they, nfter cure whereby the United Stales guarantees to
ful and mature deliberation, framed and every State in the Union a republican
presented to Congress. Tho views ofthe form of government? lhourh every cit
delegates may be gleaned from the discus- izen of such a State, save one, should de
sions during their protracted session, nnd sire such a change, that one. alone, could
are embodied in the letter addressed by absolve u from this Constitutional obliga
te convention, through their President, tion. You are aware Hint ie Constitu
(ieorgo Washington, to tho President of tion provides for reciprocity 0f citizenship,
Congress. I quote its language. "The and puarnnteet to you and nie and every
friends of our country have long seen and citizen wherever we may cast our lot in
desired, thut tho power of making wor, this broad land, the privi oges and immu
pcuce, and treaties ; that of levying mon- nitics of the several States, If you admit
ey and reguhting comment, ami the cor- State sovereignty you practically ignore
respondent executive and judicial nuihor- this right and acknowledge secession,
itiex, should be fully and effectually vest proper. ,
e l in (he general government of tho( .ii,e r;ht of secession is not counto
Union; but the impropriety of delegating ntneed by the Constitution either by ex
such extensive trusts to one b:ly of men, preH iRnp,lnf,e or by implication, but , is
is evident, hi nee re-mlts the iuvvKity of a nepativei i,y the terms of that Constitu
dijlcrci t organization. It is obviously tjon Secession i revolution. Those
impr-icticabli! in tho federal government states who have passed acts declaring their
ol these States to secure all rights of hide- nncpiarice to the general government ab
prndent sovereignty to each, and yet pro- ROed. have placed themselves in a hos
vido for (he interest and safety of ull. In- t;t0 Rtlitude, and by throwing down tho
dividuals entering into society must give p,,,,,,)!,,. ,ve ownmeo the responsibility
up a share of liberty to pit-verve the rest. of lnnuglirating civil war. I shall not ol-
The magnitude of the sacrifice must do- irnpt to Jic'isg the rjucstion whether tins
pend, as well on situation and eircum- ' gece,jC(i Stales have endured tvrones thro'
stance, as on the objects to be obtained. ' ftcf,on 0f the Federal or Slate Govern
It is wt oil times difficult to draw with melltgt for our courts, where wrongs are
precision tho line between those rights j ropd, are open to all, and tho high
which must bo surrendered, and thoso est j,jieial tribunals in the land have
which may be reserved ; and on the pres-1 unequivocally recognized their broad
ent occasion, this difficulty was increased est rnim 0f tipnti uut nssumethe position
by a uitierenco among tne several omwa
as 10 incir situation, exieni. nauns aim
particular interests. In all our delibera
tions on this subject, we kept steadily in
our viow, that which appears to us tho
ureatcst interest of every true American,
i . . , . r f- ... i- n.
llie COhSOiiaauon nj our i in nuiui 10 in
volved our prosperity, felicity, safety, and
perhaps our national existence. 1 ins im
poriani consideration sisnousij- inu .aw-
ly impressed on our minds, led each state
in the convention to be less riidd on
oints of inferior magnitude, than might
lave been otherwise expected; ond thus
the constitution, which we now present,
is tho result of a spirit of nmity and of
that mutual doferencj and concession
which thepeculirrity of our political situ
ation rendered indispensable."
No ono can contrast tho articles of Con
federation with the original Constitution
of the United Stales without arriving at
tha eitneliision that the adoption of the
Constitution wits for the express purpose
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of consolidating the Union ; thatis.outoi
of Confederation were intended to creute
a perpetual Union- the Constitution to
form a more porfeel Union. In the first
compact, each Stale expressly reserved its
sovereignty, freedom and independence.
I n the second, the sovereign ty of the differ
ent Slates was merged in that of the gen
eral Government. No right hm reserved
but by implication until by an amendment
to the Constitution it was afterwards do
clarcd that fie piwers not delegated to
tho United States by tho Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively or to the peoplo.
If such a contrast should leave a doubt on
the mind of any one that the general,
government operates directly on persons
and things in the respective States, and
in such States, the Constitution and laws
in pursuance thereof constitute the Su
preme lair of the laud, which cannot bo al
tered or annulled at the will of tho States
individually, I would re Tor him to the his
tory ofthe times immediately precedingtho
adoption of the Constitution, and to the
speeches and writings of Washington,
Hamilton. Madison, Monroe, Jefferson
and other eminent men who assisted in
the framing q securing the adoption ol
that instrument, nnd who expounded it
or commented thereon. At the time nul
lification, eldest born but least mischiev
ous of the heresies of South Carolina, was
disturbing the peace, James Madison
wrote " 1 know not whence the idea
could pneeed thrt I concurred in the
doctrine that ulthouirli a Stale could not
nullify a law of tho Union, it had a right
to secedo from the Union. Both spring
from the samo poisonous root." Time
would not permit, nor hive I the inclina
tion to quote, and more of tho scores of
passages equally as pointed us this which
abound in the writings of the fathers of
the republic. Until some proolof the ex-
v" 'vl" " - .
cument. and seewhere it leads us. Admit
me respective-nates to ue sovereign, nnu
I . c . . . . , - I
ticn (ft)r guc,i., Ul0 meaning ofthe term,
men ttor sue us uie meaning oi me term, i
A , f unc)ntrbol,ublo j)0WCr
- k.iownosuprrior - cannot U ealled to
i.,, i,:,i..
. Qf t nnd
, MyJ , liou ,uch M j .,ieasefi be it tt
U' I ,mit ul h ni rmml Ml,
nlonarciiymiiitary dictatorship, or I care
,)int jn R povornment like ours, where the
right of expatriation is rccognizod ; whero
the peoplo can, nt tixed and snort periods,
change those who lnve the direction of
affairs ; where they rule, and their will,
controlled only by the Constitution, is the
law j whefft the Constitution provides a
w ay by whfah it can be altered or amend
ed, and where the different branches of
government act as checks on each other,
and keep each within the limits prescrib
ed by the fundamental law, thero can be
no good, substantial, solid reason given
for revolution until the powers that be,
usurp authority, disregard the laws, over
ride the barriers of tho Constitution, nnd
render the Government destructive ofthe
ends for which it was instituted, which are
declared to be to establish Justice, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the com
mon defence, promote the general wel
fare, Bnd secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity.
The government has a right, aye I it is
its duty to protect Itself and to use all its
legitimate powers in preventing its anni
hilation. It is the duty of very citizen,
not merely by passive obedience to the
laws, but by active eo-operation, if neces
sary, to aid the Government in 10 lauda
blo an undertaking. The man who ac
tively enpapes in subverting the Constitu
tional authorities may plead as an excuse
for his conduct the belief that sufficient
cause existed, but be ts no more guilty
than he who throws obstacles in tlie way
of the Government and attempts to
thwart its legitimate designs. In our
present distracted fnd unhappy. ataUl
of affairs, there can be no neutral ground.
When the batteries of Charleston opened
upon Fort Sumter a cry went throughout
the land like tho v oice of Joshua to tribes
at S" hochem "Chcoie upon this day whom
ye will servo." We luivo answerod in
tones which cannot be misunderstood,
thaj) our best emotions cluster round our
country, her flag, her traditions and her
glory : that our government is founded
on the affections of the people, and must
and shall bo prcseived. We have sent
forth an army prompted neither by a
feeling of revenge, rivalry or ambition,
but a stern sense of duty: who would
rather embrace, than sumand and con
quor ; protect, than destroy ; forgive, than
punish ; but who have sworn upon the
altar of their country, if need bo, without
slint, (o tho last drop their blood shall be
poured out in defenco of tho Union, its
Constitution and its laws.
Tho persecution encountered for opin
ion sake ; the sundering of domestic ties
and the hardships endured in reclaiming
the wilds of America, tho wrongs sulfered,
and the blood and treasure poured out
during the Revolutionary struggle, sum
med up may approximate to the cost of
this Union ; but who can estimate its val
ue T To the muter ial progress wo have
made during the lust Ho years ; freedom of
speech ; freedom of the press ; religious
tolerf tion ; the happiness and prosperity
we have enjoyed, add the hope and ardor
ve hr.vo inspired in he breasts of the
down trodden ot other nations, tho ame
liorations wrested from or granted by oth
er govern men ts prompted by our cxampie
aud in future '.iges, when nil governments
shall recognize that man rscapablo of. and
scllogovernment is his r ght, when gov
ernments shull derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, add the
innumerable blessings which shall have
flown from republican government, and
you will know its value. It is worth pre
serving ; fighting for ; dying for nnilst
thero is vet hope for the ltepublic, let the
memories of tho past increaso our love
for the government frumod by our fathers;
let us this day renew our oath of feality,
nnd swear, God williir.g, that the blood
bought legacy shall bo transmitted from
sire to son, and with one heart and ono
mind, let our priiyei ascend to Him, who
ruletii the destiny of nations, that tho vi
olence of passion may be stayed, peace and
fraternal love be restored, mid our coun
try remain an rusylum for tho oppressed,
its government a beacon light to the
world.
Celebration of Centre and Pleasant
Grove Sunday Schools.
The Schools met on the old Camp
Ground on the farm of Capt. A. Addle
man at 10 o'clock A. M., when A. Cu'd
well. Kso.. was chosen President, ami J.
Hoover, Abram lUiley, Orris Hoyt, Wm.
Cnrr, Jacob S. Cole, John C. Wright, Juo.
Welch, Wm. McCullnugh, Sr. and Jos.
Itniley, were elected Vice Fresiden's ; and
W. J. Hemphill, Wm. Leek and tieorgo
Uoal were elected Secretaries. W'hen the
exercises were opened with singing and
prayer by the President after which tho
Martial iiund played several national airs,
which were calculated to arouse th: pat
riotism sf nil present.
At I o'clock, upwards of three hundred
,it. .Imrn in hi Hiifniituoin u, dinner as
mnM well bo uotten up. which the ladies
of Centre and Pleasant Grove aro fully
competent to do. The cloth being remov- '
ed the Ieclaratioii of Independence was!
read bv Wni. J. Hemphill, after which J.
B. Mcl'.nally, Ksq , delivered a very ablO;''ho patriot nn I statesman, revered
. I
cheered
and enlivened by musio from (he Band
at the conclusion of which Wm. McCul
lough, Sr., and Wm. Cat r, entertained tho
audience with bIioi t and patriotic speech
es. After which the following lingular and
Volunt ier toats were read. Alter which
the Company dispersed, all well pleased
with the part each had taken, and with
the proceedings of tho day gonerally.
Eegular Toasts.
1. The ln, ve cehbmte. The associa
tions of this day rekindle tho tires of lib
erty to the end of time.
2. The Union. Cherished by eveiy true
patriot. Paralyzed bo every traitor's arm
that is raised agains it.
3 TU Sttii Spar:h d Rnoier.Out glorious
flag may it speod'ily wavoo'er the soil trod
by traitors and over their grave.
4. Our Arm; and. JVV.tf. Glorious in
their past history. May they still success
fully protect our flag against foci without,
and rebels within.
5. The President 0 the United States. let
him sny like Andrew Jackson : "The U
nion must and shall be preserved."
(5. Lieut, (ten. 117 Jidt Swtt. Tho great
est military leader in the world, uud. as
patriotic as he is great. His name end
his deeds will fill the proudest page of our
present history.
7. Pennsylvania. Steady nnd loyal.
The Keystone of tho arch. She will stand
immovable as a rock in defenco of the
Country, and tho Union of the States.
8. George- WatMngtor . The father of his
Country, and friend of the Union. May
the flag of (hat Union ever wavo o'er the
soil where his ashes repose.
9. Seeceaion. A word that fehould cvor
be despised by all true and loyal citizens
of America.
10. American Mother. Teachers whose
lessons are nior forgotten. May they
ever Uach theit children to love God and
their country.
11. Sunday School. The nurseries of
virtue in tha rising .generation, the safe
guardians of libert y and indepondenee.
May all future generations enjoy their
Hustings.
12. 3W America. "Let thy noble
motto We Gob 1 Thy Counthit s LrnEitrr !
Planted on Koligion's rock,
Thou shall stand in evory shock."
13. The Lailiet. Their presence has
lent new charms to the enjoyment of this
occasion. May we all live to meet again,
"With woman's cheerful fall before us,
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us."
Volunteer Toasts.
Jacob Hoover.
General Tu-iyt. The arch' traitor who
betrayed the confidence reposed in him
by tho Chief Kxeclive of tho best and
most liberal Government the sun ever
shown upon, by basely betraying into the
hands ot the rebels the loyal soldiers un
der his command and by robbing the gov
ernment of money, linns, munitions of
war. May he speedily meet tho doom
which awaits him.
Win. .T. Hemphill, lhm. Andrew Juha-
ton, e JaiiuAsfi: 1 he able and tearless
champion of tho Constitution and the
Union, who has never evinced either
weakness of the knees, nor rottcness of
the heart, cither when assailed by South
ern rebels with arms in their hands, or in
the Senate chamber by Northern dough
faces, his services will bo rewarded by an
elevation to the highest office in the gift
ofthe American pecple.
G. li. Hoover. Our Xitional and State
Cotitiit'xns.TUcy have both been nlllicted
for along timo by a weakness, somewhat
allied to the splno complaint, may they
speedily recover.
Edward Goodfellow. The .Sunday school
has beer, the means of reclaiming many a
youth from tho forwardness of his ways,
and pointing him the way to God. May
much moro interest be manifested i'l the
good causo and may it provo the salva
tion of the souls of thousands of our
youth.
James K. Hancock. The Clearfield lie
publican. The hired orcati ofthe late Ad
ministration, deserves the contempt of
every patriotic and loyal citizen, for the
(reasonable sentences which it weekly
publishes, calculated to give aid and com
fort to the rebels in arms against the
Government.
Wm. T. Hook. Our Citizen Sihlieri.
Who so promptly responded to the call of
the Chief Executive to repol by force of
arms, (he intuit offered our Hag will ever
bo held in grately cmbrance by a loyal
people.
li. F. Cnrr. Mpy the day come when all
men will live on the production of their
own labor.
Jno, S. IJoyt. Let us learn to respoct
all good men whother living or dead
though it pain many to speak the truth
concerning them.
A member.
The Pleasant Grove Sunday School, may
it long remain an established fact nnd
never cease to eclcbrato the fourth of July.
A. G. Hoyt. Tho Federal Union and
the Constitution which recognize the sov
ereign rights of the peoplo of each State
to form their cwn government and InstU
lutions, may this timely Republican prin
ciple of our fathers be understood and ad
hered to in nil time to come and may all
trance by the American people, and may
' . . .
generations yet unborn revere it with the
samo pulr iotic demonstrations that wo
have boon (aught to do.
Wm. H. Hemphill. Stephen A Dovyhs.
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, nnd be oved tv all who knew him. His:
untimely lU.-atn 11.1s cost a gloom inrougii-
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traitors, usurpers, interlopers and med- ers ofthe Sunday Schools gave to their
diets be smoked out and choked up. charges quite a "Pic Kit." at Blaik's run.
1. Goodfellow. Thedu,, we ceUrate.-TUo buinC, oxtrcinoly fine, quito-a
day American Independence was declared. , crowd was gathered, pcrtaking rcely of
rav it ever a held in LM atefi.l remom. " refreshments furnished by their pa-
out our land, scarcely paralcilud uy the c,i ; tho balance only boing original with
death of ony of our public men. I he loss j,,,,,. ne delivered a philippic to thorn,
of his eminent service to his country, at jtcndcd,howcver, for tho adults present,
this trying lime will be severely felt by n,(,kmg i,lloker than h II, Southern sla
tho American people. Teaco to his ashes. ,elyal)j ,southern secession both being
M. S. I.awheud. The ii repressible con- subjects illy adapted for tho mindi of eii
flint between liborty and despotism; tho ' liter women or children, 011 an occasioij
struggle will be long ami severo, but tha 1 mch ns this.
harder the conflict tho 111 oro glorious the j Another instance was a candidate for
triumph. bodlam, twisting and siptirming about liko
A. G. Hoyt. Tho Agr of Reason, which a skinned eel trying to get people to look
broke tho chain of Uclosiiwllcal oppression ' at caricatures o7'Jcliivis and emptying
and proclaimed Ircedoin of conscience to a out hi knowledgo-box to unwilling list
Miotii-A world. I lepers, on tho merits of tho great Ijc'cl-,
pm tn,-r Our bi-nl ln-rt in ilmni-mv
n, ,. t...i
with lauruls, and ever after bo permitted
to live in peaoo ben cath their own vino
and fig lice,
M. J. Carr. Tho Slr.r Spangled Banner,
may it wove in Iriiimr.h ovoi every city of
the South, ond bo acknowledged now ns
. ... .
ever the Hag of our country
A Republican. Our Union May it bo 'all, by R moro flourish ofthe pen. I may
preserved, ond the rebels and traitors ami ' posdbly givo you a history of its opera
ihilated. I lions in my next. That "fist Liftcnaid'' is
Philo. The ytiunq Ladies. May their a broth of 11 boy, only needs . little polish
shadows never grow loss, and may their j to make him as bright as a rusty apooij,
patriotism; bo rewarded by the embraces of I Yours A c.
their lovers, when lliev leturn fiom the ' Becccai :a, July Cth, 'CI. FIDDLE.
war.
B. F. Carr. May ovcrj
independent home in this
man have in
world, a".d n
happy home in tlie iidxt.
!. F. Cnrr. May tho seekers of
find it, and tho lovers of virtue
truth
never
grow less.
Jelf. Dtvis, nnd his Northern cohorts
alike, traitors and rebels to their country,
may theyrecx-ivo their just deserts at tljo
hands of the law abiding and Union lov
ing American citizens. By James Morris.
Wni. McCullough, Sr. Our Banner the
fetors and Stripes-may it float in the at
mosphere of freedom whon every traitor's
head is laid in the dust.
Wm. McCullough, Sr. Th bailor. lie
that sympathises with the enemy of his
country, may he have a short life a happy
death, and may we hve 00 more like
him.
Wm. MuCullough, S,
irL .r. H. ,nVvL.lpnit vOJ
tor General', and Secretary of War under
Jas. Buchanan's Administration. May
be live to realize the aspirations of his
heart, and way hia children and grand
children repeso under the Banner of a
glorious Union.
Hurry ilemplull. The J,a(ttes. lho
oonsoliir of men's' troubles ever smiling
on occasions like the present. Piewitch"
ing alike with . their smiles and their
good things, long may they live., and many
nn independence day may they mukchapr
py wni; (heir presence nnd good cheer.
Wm. Mincer. May Southern tmati
cism fall a victim to Northern Democracy,
For the Clearfield KcpulllcnnJ
Messrs Kiutohs
Tho great Simon appears
to be rather n leaky vessel. Although he
is in Abraham's bussow, ho however, lets
the cut out of the bag, and gives the peo,
plo an inkling of tho projects of the Ad-,
ministration, in this crusade against tho
South.
"Observe" Simon says, "that when a
Scotchman, or nn Irishman, or a German
comes to the United States, ho nicics
his own nationality into tho country that
adopts him as a son. And so, when Ibis
revolt 13 suppressed, and this war is ended,
our beneficent government will no longer
bo perplexed by doubttul questions; thein
will bo no more talk of Virginians, Mary
landers, Pennsylvanians, or Mississippi
mis. No, gentlemen, thank God! wo shall
then bo ull Americans,"
Here, Messrs Editors, is a beautiful
specimen of logic and patriotism us clear
as mud, too lor Simon generally makes
things clear. State lines, ami State gov
ernments to be abolished, and tho wholo
to be merged into one central govern
ment, of which, "I, Abraham Lmcitm,"
am to le Emperor, nnd Simon, chief bot
tle holder! Tim above quotation from
the speech of Simon Cumeron, to the
Scotch regiment, either means the utter
annihilation of the great and glorious
structure, erected by our forefathers, or it
means nothing aud if wo givo his words
their plain english signification which of
the two Simon, or Jell". Davis is tho
greater traitor? The one an open foe;
the other sapping the very vitals of tho
nation, by lavish expenditure, that his
friends mry be enriched, and by tho de
struction of that basis of the government,
in destroying State governments, No
wonder, gentlemen, "Uld Abe," in his
pilgrimage to Washington, gave utterance
to the original idea, that States were noth
ing more than counties, and to beobliter
ated by the mere wag of his 'feeble arm,"
It was merely thrown out us a feeler, to
see how people would take it, before he
attempted his stroke of State, for the de
struction of the most glorious Kepubliu
ever established under the canopy of
Heaven ; or make the nigger the equal of
the white man, and yet, forsooth, any
man possessing moral courage enough to
oppose these schemes of demagogues, is
to be branded as a "traitor."
But let the above pass for the present.,
my friends in Beccaria tp deserve a little
attention.
"A cliUTi ninung tho in Inckin notes
And In i til lia'l prunt 'oiu,
On lltA imtnl lintf nf l.lin nnft.m i.liA fehn.li.
,-ontsi nml it-imniu It. tvnt tnilnnil n Imtint
'scene, to seo them thus enjoy themselves.
No care to mar thoir sports, they were
. blithe as a marriage bell. No north.soutU
'oast, nor west, entered their joyful hearts.
! Thus the day was joyfully passing away,
UIILU a DUI'l'lllllllUIVVI llll.Ullll.1 , vi imvui
1 .. ji n. if., 1 n.:. i.
IIWJIIIU BUT. Ull bllU lllIIV UUWA lll,UU. MU
Uoes gny ol10r ,,, brains lnm,ructur,
''ol, What a pity, men "bom nalcily
smart," shoul
Id have lost their birth- right.
Tliii t'nlliiiv'ii i.linnmt Tor n lil.ir.il
in the
Temple of Fa mo is about enual to Ibat of
. a stump-tailed cow ii; fly timo! Why
I don't some of his friends tak caro of
him? By tho way, I understand that the
i "Homo Guard" of Glen llopo has disbuiir
. dod, some wag having knocked it into tho
middle of next yo;ir, ". L-J'tcnant" and
r"l, Although the number of miners
has increased Iron) .'i.l.OOfl, in lMj.'i, to
(JII0, at the close of tho past venr, the
yield of gold in tho Australian fields was
StM),0tW,()M, iulj:;, but only !W,W),00u
in 1800.
PhiyA Col. Henderson is the agent of
tha Southort) rebuls in London for tho
purclniso of arms. His bankers, Messrs.
Poabody fc Morgan, it is said, have aU
ready paid out largo sums of money to
manufacturers of arms.
fa?"Col. Williamson, of iLe Sickles Rri.
gftde has sworn that "the Tribnno rnnt
not and should not Ue circulated among
the soldiers at Camp Scott,"
teif There are in tho city of Brooklyn.
V. between three and four thousand
places where spirituous Jiuors are sold
BF Twenty thousand gallons of water
are sent from Baltimore weekly, to FortT
1 's Monroe for Uo U38 pf th gnnison.
I nr.Iohn Brown, Jr., is said to bo orga,
' niing cotten-growing colonics r.monjj thrf
colored people of Canada.