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CLEARFIELD, ? WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, IBG3
N K W S KIM KIS VOI 1 1 1. NO W.
cr ir a i-ar '
i OVIf; II K A HTM.
'Tli not slons on Iriih toll
That loving hearts are found,
You'll meal the.n II lb wide world o'er,'
On every foreign ground i
And though our thoughts Initioctive turn
To tbote we've earliest known,
It wers not godlike, Juit, or kind,
To live for them alon e.
By mt tb Saxon li abhorred,
I hat his pirlured wajri,
Inwotoo wilb blood and loan
01 tbeie and former dayi
But jetwlthl. old Knglaod's ills.
ftfcae boon Bino to mo
And meet with lotno who would, I know,
I)u all but dio fur mo.
A ml pamng iwoat It ii to fool
1 bat wher loo'orwo roam
Through foreign climes, by foroign less,
far Irom our own lurod burnt
Still now and praoioui flowonof love
bhiill in our pathway bloom,
To brighten o'er InVs desert waits,
Aud cheer our ex ilod gloom.
lruh Kaliam.
From the Now York World, April 20.
L W YORK METHODIST EPISCO
PAL CONFERENCE.
HfteliitviH in Favor of the War Brother
'hb rne llnpts Threshing Copperheads is a
ritl.uan Virtue, that lie might "Jhg Into
,y, a m i f ir ... -riL- 11.. I ... 1
; .1 ineniogtcai nrw ty me uaunt
.urp " . Hiome Hectares lie nuuiu
prnd i. 'xe Men an I Xt the Measures A
The Conference held its fourth sebsion
on Niiunluy before a large aud ence of
n crlutot, w ho crowded the galleries.- '
I ne gi ut feature ol the day was the pres
m'ii I a' i n ol a report ! the Committee on
ti e Stale ol the Nation, by iU Chairman,
'lev. Alfred' Cook man. TL document,
which naslengiby, recited, by preamble
-. M1 ten tesoluiioiis, that the retellion
was unarallelef in its wickedneis, and
outinued to imperil tbe existence of the
Republic; lliflt our nation is a chooeu in
sirumeiii to extend the' kingdom il Christ;
that it is the solemn duty of every citizen
t ) rally to the sujiporl of the Union cause;
that the Conference renew their vows of
jr. r. I IT. M7..I3 CV.
unconditional loyalty to the United Stales, scene followed. Ne irly all the members
i njoined alike by the Bib.e and lh Hook called roe aud voted in their favor; some
of licipline; that in le present criiical cried ''yea" in a tone which made it sound
condition o public affairs there should oe ,ke "uay," and were requestionpd, when
r.viifi-.ed great prudence and caution; that they cried, "yes, With All my heart-"
liio.-e who oppose every warlike measure , Two clergymen who had supported the
tui'lxr the pretext ot discriminating be 1 resolutions in favor of the Union said Ihey
l .vcen the Administration and the Uov- did not approve of thosoj introducing
.iiriient, are guilty of covert treason-that I th slavery queition. The "no," which
eUvcry u Incompatible with C'Uristianity each of t!ni uttered, seemed to disoon
snd Republican institutions; lh-it the Con- ' cett the (Jonfcrciu-o considerably, and a
feienee concur in the righteousness of the toene of the greatest excitement followed.
Pri'Munii'i Proclamation of freedom to The namesof the clergymen who thus
the blacks; that there was reason for grat- !expreed themselves are Kev. Mr. Cnttell,
iintie tor the maintenance of the public Presiding Klderoftho Khinebeck district,
- n-dit, and that the member would an : aod ev. Mr. Satlcck, of Wesl Camp, Ub
oropriatt ly observe the Ust day ordered ' 8Pr county, X. Y.
by i lie President. Loud cries were raised for Mr. Cattell
"The reading ofihe report was frequent- t0 explain himself and show his "loyalty."
ly interrupted by loud Bpplause. 1 he
resolutions which ier.ounced slavery and
' treason" at the North created a scene of
aliuoxi wild enthusiasm. The clergy rose
vmst and marked their approxal of
them by cheers, clappingol hands, stamp
ing their feet on ibe ground end other
nodes of applause, to which a council of
reverends ruiaht be supposed a stranger.
The Hiihop seemed most d:?concerted
ft the event, and at once declared that be
disapproved of the maimer in w hich the
members indicated the approval of their
repoit.
Kev. Mr Foster said he supposed the
ttiahop oljcted lo their clapping of
hands
Kev. Mr. Wood thought they should
. i- .i - . : I. nrwla
not differ on the question. Clapprng hands
might be ell enough, but they could
give the expression ot the Conference by
(he old fashioned word of Methodism
"amen."'
Kev. Mr. Fostor said that at the great
event in his life, his conversron to Jesus,
tbe raistd his hand and clapped them for
very joy. Applause and cries of "Ulory
to Hod."
Kev. J. F. Newman informed the Con
teronce that (Jeneral Wool would have
been present, but that he had received a
'Ufge Irom Washington about a great
, ip. e of relx'l rascality in New York, and
bo wuted to put it down. He knew Ihey
would be saUiSo ) nt that explanation, ess
j'ectully if Gen. Wool should put down tbe
n.uiuous Copperheads at the North.
irreat applause.
The Hon. Moses F. OJell, in response to
repeated calls, avowed bisaifeelion lor the
Methodist Episcopal Church, ana declared
that it had rendered valuable assistance to
nif JUvertlLueni, iu piwituimi . - ,
He held that the Admrnhartton had i
made great progress in suppresaing the
ct-eliion. and cited tbe presence pi own
.r,..,.,.Wum ..... l,wu.
lucky ang Tennessee
and Western Vir
j.inia in support of bis
statement.. Ap-
jrbiue.J
Kev. Mr. 0-,1-orn. of W bite Plains, said
the Conference was under great and last
ing obligations to Mr. OJell tbe true
friend of MelhodUoi, Tor his words of
exploi t and hope respecting iberUleof
thai tfi-uuiry. Applause. During the
Ian yeo his R)iud bad been in a constant
!re ofanxiety about bis beloved country ;
and he had to contend against a ret
djl where be lived the infamous Cops
rerbeadi were a thick as blackberries.tnd
. . . i i
lev warn nt slinate. too. nnen no saw
nen ne saw
itbin bimfelf
ll.aiii il.ilv he often booed w
j . - -
,7,. .,::.;;;. man well aihUecome
A ""r r"-?".T.irtu.. thlthemk-ht
w... u, ,uo , --- c -
b..
kble consULtW to dig into .ucb
Wl.w. Lsugliter and applsuse-J-
Let the Conncrliead be Ptlld'
, . . ...
'iwn IIUIIIB-
fpplause If be were President, i a-
stead of suidendiiiE tb writ of habeas eor
r, l, r,,iiiri an.,. ..nit th Cotux-rheadi.
Applau-e
Bi-U-1. hcott thea rose and .aid he ap.
proved of the rewlution.. but he did not
like tne mode cf approbation adopted by
iU.i -omorjnce. Like mny, be was led
Vj tbok Ood f.r eur defeat at Bull Run
and other laoe. God understood them,
and they would lead to the settlement of
'the great question which ouu-ed the war,
forever. The Lord wan telling thern not
to heal the wound of the daughter of his
people (lightly. lie did rot consider,
however, t but hi minister before h:tn
j should forget tliir character or the pros
priolies of the occasion, Let them cay
''Amen' tilt they raise the very root abovo;
them, but they should ever remember
they were clergymen. Applause,
Kev. Mr. Fo.tersuid Dial although he
had been a menu to the Mouth by eduoa-
..wl li.,.w..,it inr. 1... ....... t 1 .L-
r :. - ---"" ru.o0
"V' V"
and proclaimed that we should h re two
gun- for each of the rebel' one. Ap.
Dlause. lie was rendu to awe alnrv to Uwl
lause. lie was readu to mve alorv to Clod
or our defeats at the rst Hull linn and the
teeund Hull Hun, for he believed they were
, still able to carry on the war; but he knew
I tluit f lliey succeeded slavery might be saved.
'The South hated the Yankees; they des
pised, scorned, and held them in ridicule;
and if a Southern man should say a Yans
kee had no soul, the Yankee would be
ifraid to say he had. Applause and
laughter lie hoped the war would con-
tiuue till thai hellish, devilish idea was
uiinmtMi out of the neonle of the Southern
stales ; and to aooomplish that object he
ot wr6 jf ibe war lasted One, two or
'
, vean
Rev
Mr. roster, recently Irom Jiew Or
leans, stid that w hile there the "ladies" in
suited every yank tiiey met in the streets
sometimes cnissing on the other aide to
show their contempt. Their common cry
was : ,-Look out fur your . pockets, here's
Yankees coming." He wanted that feels
ing whipped out of the Southern people
by shot and shell.
ltev. J. B. Wakely desired to inform the
Conference that the proper way to treat a
Copperhead was lo (tamp their heels on
bun. The speakar stamped his leal vio
lently on the flour, wh cli "brought down"
i the house, Kev. Mr. Fox remarking:
"Blotter Wakely, didyou make a hole in
the floor that lime "." Laughter.
The yeas and nays were then taken on
the resolutions siriatim, andan animated
and several members pressed around hiin.
nl length ue appeal eu neir me (iuiui niiu
..i . i ,. .i.. ...i. .i i
declined to make a speech. Some minis
ters declared be should be excused, while
others exclaimed : "llring him up ;"'Tut
the screws on him ;" "He's not loyal, "and
other kindred expressions.
Mr. Cattell said he h.id been dragged up
to explain his views and it they would
force him to speak, he would do so. He
and all his family were from the Puritan
stock, and were born in Massachusetts, and
he loved the Uuion. But ho would tell
them he would not swallow their resolu
tionson slavery. Hisses. Ten years
since he was a. loyal man, when those who
now questioned his loyally were there
'verse, and when they did all to oppose and
i . if ii.:
embarrass the Government. Loud hisses.
The Administration was supported by the
w hole North ; they were not embarrassed,
as was said in the report. Cries of "No,
no," "False," and loud hisses. He had
a right to his opinion, and he would soex
rires himself. Cries of"No.'",Sit down."
lie would support the government in ev
ery just constitutional measure to carry on
the war, but he would never give up his
right to free speech. Loud hisses.
When this stormy ecclesiastical scene
subsided, it was arranged that the absen
tees should be called lo vote or. the reso
lutions this morning, when a similar scene
may be expected
GiMtAL IIocxir'sTestiiiont General
Hooker's testimony on loo conduct of I ho
wsr is a remarkable document. He has
bad hii "campaign of a hundred days"
in tho uud, yet when interrogated by the
IVnf f imniillAA Iia I nnka ln. nlct.lpl-
, mj ht afler , bat,ie of Williamsburg
i,... m i.' nlinn.l in Ln ituvi 1
..QueKljon by the Committee.-Is ityour
judgment that you could have gone into
- Ri t d ,hen . (Afler the battle of
WilluMB.burg.
A. I think e could have moved right
on and cot into Richmond by the scconii
day after tue battle wi'Mut another gun being
red."
It takes a bold and reckless man to make
such an answer to such a Question, lie
lie:
miffbL inai as wnll have wiid. "I am a bet
ter Ueneral than Mctlellan. aud I wou d,
"STC UUOWJ IMCUIUOIIU III ' I Y
We shall mark the time when h gt. out'tn
. ... .umu. anu men vwiu
lanes rum to lake bis breakfast at
mS't i, , , i u u
H hen Uannioa.1 wi. asked whom he
,i, .. .. . .
i "jf,:" eneV' of ' 1 t,me8:
r"T - ' - "n?Hr?,Ja"oea?n.!a"'
" 1 ur on 'nou a
Diva iiwn IMS ni Ml." lienoral llnnlr. i
i. u r..n..-, . S.V.Y 7t 1
WilhlluL u':, 1,1 wolllli i,, i "i, .!
cable. 'Philadelphia Age.
' J i
, A j. -i a
latf-Seeretar y Coase declines the bans
n.i .hirii .irtvfivx Itlark Renubl-cana
in New York tendered him. lie is too
busy keeping gold down. t
.Wby Is i ne vspaper like an apoth.
evary' shop? Because il coutains tx
tracU. .
SPEECH
o r
HON. C R. EARLEY, of Elk County,
IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES,
April, 8, 1803,
On the Resolution! on the State of the Country.
Mr. SrfAiiR! Before casting my vote
on the final passage ot these resolutions,
in a few words touching tbe present state
ol our country, and why I am found vot
v u.j .uv , B..
. f the re80lutioni agthey ,
li is
well known that the resolution, now bes
f . d . eve particular
Zl, " mim , h. lv r JL near rieht
J ... ' .,
as we can us a pain njrr"j uuuii omio
time, and 1 shall thereiore vote tor mem.
I shall not refer to the numerous speeches
made on the other side of the House. I
think thev
, ... i t
have given their views, and
hall be content in uivine mine. Holy
Writ says, "Kemove not the ancient land,
marks thv fathers have set." It is not
i T.-Li- l.... :. :..
f rr'"" r.:T:.
, .1 j i t .
we have kept our ancient landmark. Lel
us or a snort t.rne reiresn our or
w.th the landmark, of our na .onal h.sto.
ry.andseerf we have 'V P ndin
the faith of our fathers, or departed there-
from ; and, it we haye departed, how we
can return.
Three vears ago we possessed a country
-, r.i ,
the most prosper.jus and one of the ruost
powerful upon the face of the earth
race ot men bad attained in it almost un
and politic liberty
four millions of the African race had
reached a civilization never attained by an
equal number of them in any other coun
UuiuOT u,u., , .
in auy other age. ibe agricultural
iry or
produc ion. of the esl susia ned the
tropical productions in the South and
both aided the manufacturing industry of
the St-lhe whole presenttng an aggre
gate oi weaitn nownere e.se exceeaeu,
equalled. Ihtrtyslour n e.gn S ales
w..,u....fi - ' : II .
themselveS absolutely uurestricled social
d w
pressed, and a fortrsss from which all bos.
tile nations instinctively recoiled, and a
shield under which all the nations of the
Western Continent reposed in safety from
the subjugating attacks of Europe. For
all this happiness- -for all this prosperity
for all till IreoUom lor all lliu vreojtli,
power and renown for
all our clorious
l. r r. ...... ,i.r.i
have we now f
Abraham Lincoln and the negro !
.... . . . ... . . .
WI '
ham Lincoln and his questionable policy!
That is the sum of all that isnowollered
to us in lieu of the result of two hundred
and fifty years of incessant toil, sacrifices
and war " Of two hurdred and fifty years
of unparalleled
.nl,iu.mMtin,l mimu.
that is tbe sum ot all the wisdom anu pat
riotism of our fathers a wisdom and pat
liotism which, by the judgment ot tbe
whole human race, has never been excell
ed. This is the sum of all our life-long
eflorts which, until now, equally challen
ged the approval of all men.
When we examine the Declaration of In-
dependence it will be seeu by every man
that the thirteen colonies were separate
and distinct, and having separste and dU-
tinct charters. each and alias entirely dis-
tinctaedsepa-ate as to their governments,
as toihe power of one over another, aa
Eneland is to-day to control America.-
The Governments of the Old World, from
Ximro.l down, with few exceptions, de-
pended upon the will of the governors
ours upon tbe will of the governed. Theirs
upon force ours upon voluntary choice.
Tbe punishmenlor repression ofaotsenm
inal in themselves, as murder, theft, riot
and disorder, is common to all govern
e"'""
menu, but
with ua political questions
among communities ot men were always
only subject to voluntary arrangements.
Hence mutuality of concession, hence as
similaliou of interests, hence the absence
of the waste and horrors of war and end
less burdensome taxation, hence continue
ual advancement in wealth and comfort
of ihe working classes and national great
nesa, hence, above all and chief of all, we
have untrammelled freedom, for in the
chub of arms not only are the laws silent,
but liberty is dumb tin axiom ot all limes
and of all nation. It is an axiom of
which every man, woman and child in
Pennsylvania uow knows and feels by ex
perience lo be true in spirit and in letter
of (act. This is the brsl great and funda
mental principle of liberty the consent
of tbe governed, the direct and only an
tagonist of despotism. To this let us re
vert. It was by such voluntary consent
that in 1043 was formed by Plymouth,
Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Ha
ven, Ihe United Colonies of New England.
It was by such voluntary consent that
Rhode Island, refusing the restriction re
nu, red of her kept apart from the Union ,
1 .. :. I
...,. . k n n inin will. fl.A Paolrifttlith
.... ,. , ... . , ,,. i
l0 COOTM on tneir part Rhode Island
By the same voluntary content thethir
,n colonies met in Congress j (a word a
mwledgeof the meaning of vhich-a
kMowleJii of the meaning
K'cn-.coming tgether-seems to be lost or for-
gotten by many ;) two year, afterwards,
P...'. .u: i-..;.
in me year uiu, mnn mniwu tuiuin
'declared themselves .overeign and iades
indent Sutes. basing
noon thesame broad principle of volun-
r .
UrT consent. By mm voluntary consent
they formed tbe confederation Known
I T . . fcJ,,M n, A n..,nn ,n IhAIIII,
the midst
I of the war thon sustained by them against
Mia Ultllil .-inirvui aiuc.ivu, ,
Great Britain, and for the establishment
of this very principle. By the same vol-
unlary consent Stale alter State withdrew
from lh "perpetual Union" of 17i8. to
enter that proposed by the confederation
of 1787.
The States, truo lo the principles on
which tbe confederation wa. based, used
no coercion to prevent sister Stales from
withdrawing, but, to the contrary, by the
same voluntary consent, a convention of
the States assembled in May, 1787, and
labored long and patiently to compromise
1 and adjust the dill'erent wrongs, or Ktippos
sed wrongs, which were com (.lamed ot by
the different States, growing out of I ho
confederation.
I Mr. Speaker, had we, had Abraham
Tincoln and his party, tested upon this
Rt ijnarij 0f our ftt(her8, we would
not to-dav have been consKterinu these
resolutions on the state of the country
we would not now have men from everv
household cold in death.
By the same voluntary consent eleven
of the Stales put tbe now government in
to ellect in the year Hliooe Island,
breaking the continuity of the territory of
the new confederation in the east ; North
Carolina and Virginia breaking in the
. i. i , 1 1 i.., L i :.. i
suuin ueiween me r-iiutis ui ieuri:ia lino
. ... . . v-w Yorlt. tll Km,.i,
State, breaking the Mine continuity and
dividing the States of Connecticut. M tssa
Kiiuouiia
chusetls and New Hampshire Irom Perm
!!.. During M yearsdid .h,
confederation attempt coercion 7 Sir.
. Jn (,
conciUa(ion , , love, harniony Rml c,mri,
Jinkg w,ich wljj n(,
the landmark, which guided, and which
, ovpr he
f ooun.rv-. 'hl8torv fl fulure c e'.
'i;nn in mCu. n thoir nniu .imrt )w
. . ;.. ..i.: 3
nuiuii iu nnvirmo uui iui:v.iuua nuii.
WhQ doubtg b)ft lhat thig was ft wjw an(,
,..,:., uv conciliation a ereat na-
, J
A. . dooarted from the land-
inai ks of our fathers ? Yes, sir ; we have
departed Irom this all-wise and christian
policy t-vo year, since. And what have
' a ' . , . Bt. nnr ...
erg M havhad hnd b a(, d thp
.. f u ,rnjpn we . ,
V 1 f fa d
J he f ,d l fa
andg of ho
mourning
.g -n rnrnisboU6e. and desolation
stands ike giant despair,
mi p n' ri m a nun nrru ia
rZ
and.sir.wlmay still send and
reeking in
1 all over,
1 pile up
the bones of our brave sons mountain
high, and the result will only be more
sure separation, the inevitable resup,
unless we return to our old landmarks,
and conciliate. The day is here
when men must speak their solemn
convictions when they must toll the
"" " stana nere avor.ng rnese
resoiuuons i u i '"ivve to oe my
11 lit V .
li l I . i .1
. '7 "" 3
"f' '' 1U'n"
By the same voluntary consent
eleven
in
operation, and Rhode Island and North
it I . l ; tf, it ,
.mm. e toreu in r,y m. same
H'cy. . voluntary consent Mate alter
"'""J"" l" U,J, 1 lIH"U.
until the number of the States was nearlv
doubled, and they were thus kept togeth
er until there was elected to the executive
oflice of the common government, by a
minority of tho people, a President npon
sectional principles, and the principles of
oppression, force and coercion.
i tie secono; great principle ot cur gov
f"1 18 l,jf ngh of he sovere.gn.v of
,e II for1t,". principle that
he Su es waged war during the revolu-
'" It(was "P ftl'18 principle they
r.raie;1 e old Confederacy and upon
Jh is hey formed yecond and more per,
fact Union. It delegated to the n aw gov -
ernmentafew stnctly defined and closely
f M I"w. lu.os which relate,
l" "B'"e .i u, .oreigu ai.a.rs, anu
to intercourse and commerce among the
citizens of all the Slates. They (the
States) reserves.! to themselves respective
ly all the essential powers of government,
viz: regulation of marrage, the tonure
and descent of property, llie defiHition
i , .- i : - ... . .:
Punl"""""1 '711.1.11011
I'l I IID I lllt ui uiiior, null hi, vir.i II If v.,
expressly delegated and distinctly grant
ed, these were held by their Stale Kxecus
tive, Legislature and judicial nlficers,
guarding so carefully these rights of emi
nent domain and their sovereignty that
the Confederate government, by the ex-
press article iu t lie Const it ut ion, could not
enter or send any troops up"n one inch of
soil of any State not even 10 suppress in
surrection, except by the invitation of the
legally elected authority of tho Slate. But,
Mr. Speuker, in litter disregard of all
State laws and sovereignty, (and without
sovereignty there i not and cannot beany
State) we have in its place a person called
Abraham Lincoln. S;r, the white man
i has been pushed away; the poor mn
I made to tight -the rich man to pay his
I three hundred dollars and walk free ; the
poor man ground down by luxation, day
j by day growing poorer, day after day less
able to rchool hi. children, who grow up
in ignorance and are at last driven into
I the army, with crackers and salt pork as
! their daily food. This is not ail. Ai
"ajiy we nave growing ., m our midst
and sustained bv the-hard labor arid hons
est sweHt of our working men, a class or
men (if I may be permitted to call such
things men) a ho talk about a monarchy
)& io i.:k about a monarchy
I nd raor" elleK goynment Sir, my
T? Vlh 9J,ck" 8t U 1
think of such doctrine. Had we, in those
dreumy day. of peace, walked along and
looked at our reckoning and asked for
J c , - r
the landmarks of our lathers, we would i have plundred up resisting inliabitant. and -the fool's fingers are tho .hive, in tin.
not have been in this death grapple. burned their dwellings, and who have republic of rbo body. Their black leatli
For the sake of the negro, and never 'committed that last alirocity which men ei n integument is only the mask ol their
knowing or neglecting our fathers' wins CHn nevpr forgive the dishonoring or servile condition. I hey bear the burdens,
dom, the President,with the aid ol a Con the:r women. while the hands, their while masters,
gress like himself, has dismembered the' Mr Spesker, will the people suffer Mr. htridle the money and wear the rings.
State of Virginia, and now at this mo-' Linci miicl, longer lo wield this tyrun- They are crowded promiscuous y in nar
menl has his soldier, all over it lo mane nif.ai power, which he and his imps so row prisons, v lule each of the hand s bn
the people vote a. he detires. Sir, let me ong used, and thus to thwart their views gcrs claims its separate apartment leading
call to your attention that nearly a cen. to defeat 'their objects, to outrage their from the antechamber in ihedainty glove,
turvaco the despotic allies in a similar feelings and to make them the unwilling As a natural consequence or all this then
turyago me uespouo a mes in a similar e w , wllinb ,,eirowii faculties arc cramped ; Ihey grow into .
manner dismembered Poland. 1 manhoc.d would resist to their desili if in- noble shapes, they become cull .us by ou;.
To-day the ntimo of Poland sends a Pnipted on them by others? Abraham abuse.nnd all Iheir natural gift areeru-b
thrill of joy lo evei j frrenian, and today Lincoln has defeated our armies by cor. edand trodden out of them."
all over the .South Poland and the exum-
pie of her brave sons excites liny r sooi n
and indignation against our course, and
incite ilium to greuterexertioiiMind bold.
er deeds. By ouch means Mr. Lincoln
li'ios to obtain two uiuro olt(ui,uis sen
ators, and with their aid, ami ihui ol rep
reHcntatives elected by his soldiera, ho
may divide as many .States as he sees tit.
lie is trying to ovenidd the honest old
Ueiuootuy, uud his been, ind is now, by I
every power of force, ol secret police, Ly a '
sytiiem ot Austrian sines ami uustnes, miu
, wl.eie all ini will not do, by money : lor
was not f lii.OUO.UOU ot money used for se
cret service If
Now, sir, this muy do for a time, xie
bus thrown down llie glove ; I hope he
I may replace it, ir it will only bo a jue
j tion of time, uud u uori time ; it iiol.then
It Hill bo U lie ii up. And, sir, tho issue
will be liken uoidly, uud by brave and
resoluto men, w ho may think u belter aud
easier to die like brave men near their
tiresidns than Iodic like dogs, fighting lor
thenej'ro and toenslave themselves.
But tiieio priiicipiea and these nistitu-
tions were intended to guaad tue personal
liberty and the rights of property of tue
individual man. Tuesn lii'eiiies aud
these rights are the ei.ilowmeut of llie
Creator, and are inalienable, and govern
meat is only rightful and useful us it pro
tects them.
In every one of the States I hoy are
guarded by express restiiciious of the
sovereign people lliceol'. Ol the powers
of the Government and in the delegation
of power to the common govern men l these
rights are expressly guarded ngitinst uny,
the slightest infringement in the tml and
third of the seven original articles ot the
Constitution, and no less than eight of
the ten articles of amendment first are
worded to the prelection of these rights.
Of these ten articles g larding your per.
sonal rights, eight have been openly viola
ted by Abraham Lincoln. Ha has strick
en down l ighls older than the Const'iu
tior. o'dcr than Magna Charta older
than the British Go eiument older than
I he Roman Empire yea 1 as old as i (Mi
lieu itself, for it pleased the Su picnic Jii, -ler.
omniscient and omnipresent, t, nt
a hearing to the hist iu. in. Ad.un, and l,
the second man, Cain, before be condemn -
ed. These swcied rights, coeval Willi ere -
ntiou, and stumped with the solemn sane -
lion of the .Supreme Ruler of the univer-e
these, Aoninain hihcoh, u eun nil
scorn and mukes the playthings of bis
subalterns his spies und inlormors and
the contemptible jailors of liis army, lie
has d rugged tbs priest trim the ul'ar
tin judge fro n Ihe bench tho legislator
from ihe hull the eiii.eii from his mid
night bed transporting thern lo distant
places holding their destination from
the anxious inquiries ol their wives and
children put thetii into prison without a
sii gle precess of law, until iiluimed by the
first whisper of your rising wrath he was
forced to let them go, while he was com
pelled to testify to their innocence by dis
missing them sithout even the preser.ta
lion of a charge.
He has seized in, and transput ted from,
the Capitol of the country unprotected
woman pushed her into prison in the
very midst of the gieat population of our
largest city, separating her entirely from
those of her own sex. exposed to the ma.
chinalions of his creatines, without the
slightest defence except her own virtue
and Ihe guardianship ot that Divine Being
who ever keeps ihe virtuous Irom the
power of the evil one, conducting bis
movements under such darkness and se
crecy lhat hpr late could only be discover,
ed by accident.
Mr. Speaker, how long will a onco freo
people sillier that, tyrant, suppoitedby
that mass ot cortuplioii, (the Republican
parly,) to bold the power I hey so shames
fully used for the overthrow of our hbeis
lies! Being s insane us tyrannical, ho .
hus so waged ll.e war commenced avow-I
edly to eniorce the Constitution and res
tore the Union as utterly 10 destroy the
f:rnier and render absolutely impossible
the latter. Throwing aside the eub,,s!i
ed principles of universal civdualion
lhat infractions of la v must be pinched
by and according to lav he uas proclaim
ed that the .South l.-not entitled to the
benefits of tiie Constitution, but sim.ll be
punished for its iiil'ruo ion, not by usown
provisions, but by bis own arbitrary will,
under the convenient plea of military ne
cessity, thus actually liampling under tool
the-t'onstitution, which he is able to do
bv the permission of the people of llie
North, in order to enforce it in the South,
which he has shown himself utterly una
ble to accomplish. He has so conducted
the war as to shock Ihe moral tense of all
mankind and to unite the people of Ihe
South as one nun against us making llie
war, on ineir pari, not, moreiy a contest,
for independence of us, but one for the
preservation or ail that Man noius ( ear,
and thus, as far as in Ins power, mak nig
the Union intolerable and impossible, lie
has, as far as he was atle, broken up the
iustitutions of the South, for the preser-
vation of which it professed to withdraw
from the Un.on. He has armed their
slaves against thern and sent unscrupu
lous fanatics among them to tire up their
minds and induce them to wage a war of
extermination, murdering their women
r. .1 ftl.tlilcm 11. Lahl in lilt, s.., .
i p,, ... ... i v uas - 1 ' ...
maud officers of rhn armv who ironi.a
rupnoii. Ti,e wimln .Sin.tu.ni cuuat iu
Hliewn with the vwerk ut :r.itispoits, not
lost by unusual strcM, i.f H ln r. but by
the villainy of the im'ii win lor l lie sake
of tuoney are pel miili-l t )t,d in lines to
sea in ahips long In I re cuiidemiifU hi un
' seawoMliy, Coi ruiituni d i, rives our bi1
(licrs ol iu-edlul clotiiing, food and meuna
ol iinn..i'tiiu.n. W'v aie publicly told
by a Kint Kev. Hishop that the L'upitol
stink ot it, and that its foul hand natoh
n for pnltry gain the husieuance even Ironi
our sick una wounded soldiers.
Such hu ibis tyrant made our country
at home- What bus be made it abroad T
So exalted was our position that the eyes
of all imn were lixed o;i us. Wo find in
our career our enemies tveie confounded
by it. Wo were held up as the exemplars
of liberty as the models of virtue. The
Republican party has made America at
scoll'uiul liberty a derision. They have
given lo the English language that pen-,
Unit disgraceful, horrible word, the Am
erican hast ilo; and, as if lo make it ims
perishable, thev have associated it with
' in undying names of Columbus, Lafay-
en- mid vvarren. Jieucelotth no man
shall pass through the portals of the North
without seeing il engraved upon tho walls
ol the furiresees which gunrd them. The
x resident bus tampered with great ques
tions uf internr.tional law, violating them
with the reckless sudncity of ignornnco,
and Bhru.king from the consequences,
with the ungraciousness of impotence,
surrendering not voluntarily but upon de
mand the passengers of tho British ship
and llie money ot the Holland bankers,
aud promising, when confronted' by Eu
rope, to block up no more harbors with
stone.
Now, Mr. Speakrr, let us look our af
I'.iirs square in the face. We are degraded
and buttled at home ; we are degraded and
despised abroad. Can the people, will
they, endure this for two years longer?
Never! The people, in thunder tones,
have spoken to this corrupt and infamous
administration, calling upon it to return
to our old landmarks, and what has been
the answer? Insult has been added 19
iiijuiv shall we not 'speak ngain and
njiuin? Let us Legislators spenk with but
i one voice und see it Mr. b'ncoln will not
1 bear. In four yeurs more we will be loads
' ed down with a debt greater than lhat of
j Great Britain that burden which keeps
; ,er laboting population ever poor and
, ,:J(lP,li,,.1i1.h will re.le i.s t,i the
same condition.
In two yerrs more, (unless we can pre
vail on the present administration to -change
its policy.) discussions alreudy ap
pearing will widen between the east und
the west and between tho Atlantic and
Pacific States. In two years more the
stalling laborer of our cilits will be arrays
ed against the capital Accumulated from
the distresses of the country. In two
years more Europe, alieady covering
Mexico with Hrmies and tho gjif with
fleets, which two years ago wculd nevei
have been attempted wit bout our consent,
bJt the propriety of wLich Abraham Lin
coln's Senate declines even '.o discuss ii
two years more, in contempt of our weak
ness, will dictate terms lo the Cabinet and
will not hesitate to make war upon us.
In two years more the rnyn of Abral am
Lincoln, for coaled 'emancipation and sus
tenance, will vi-it uf w-iili locust plagu
of Egypt, eining up what the caterpillar
has left , and the plague of bis lice will
weep into all llie houses. In two years
more this war
jects, will 511
unless changed in its ob
our rivers with blood, and
ay
mt the dead in every house.
Mr. Speaker, let us then pass the?e res
olutions unanimously, and coming as they
do from the immediate representatives ol
the people, backed by u large majority ot
the popular tote, and cle.uly indicating
the voice of Fennsylvanw, perhaps they
will !e heeded by the lyr mis at Washing
ton. At all events, we will have done
our duly, and at the end of two years.
more, when the present despotic and im
becile a Iministralion shall have ended
llieir infamous career, -ve will endoavorl-t
save what may remain i f our once glori
ous Union- unlock the fellers which tin
base Abolition Congress lifts been so ac
tively engaged in forging foi u restoi.
our own liberties, and show lo l!io peoph
of the South lint we huve no desere b
destiov their. We will invile them, up
0n the American principle of mutual con-
f cmmiw.ux ;,lteicourse -!
' , . . ,.
uninterrupted postal communication -
lo political re union, and to old joint
i.uardiatishii) of llie American Continent.
ami then mtd not till then, can we reas
onubly hope to restore the Union as it
was under the Constitution as it is.
Hanoi and Fs.t.-A writer in the Ai
lanhc MmM, speaking of the cruel li.j-is.
tunnc JIi"Hll"t 1'-" "
i.- t.. i.ii ii the feet are subjected, aay