r- ' -PRINCIPLES, not MECT. . ..- "
D. V7. MOORE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXV WHOLE NO. 1818.
J1
6 r i H it ;t I ) a ti r n. cohghessional address.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,"
TERMS: $1 50 Per Amuiu. if paid in cdv&nee.
13G1.
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For the Republican.
MV Wilti,
by w. w. wisnnrnn.
Th thoughts of homo roeall to mind.
My youthful days gono pust ;
Revives thoso joyous scenes defined,
" Green spots on memory's wnato"
And glancing one reflective look,
Athwart my older year,
A longing, linKoring gaio r took, .
On childhood' jiyi and tears.
T viewed ngain, nnd fancied real
Thoee acnes I low when young ;
As thought uuwxipiicd, uh 1 to my weul.
Tho mystery round ino hung,
I sucmcd to hear the laugh of joy
King out upon the hreczo.
That escnped mo when a little boy
Of thoughtle;! idlo ways.
Ar.'l vrhon lifo's darkened aurgo reaoJj
III waves ol dotted yearn,
I could recall my boyish deeds,
As one by ono appears.
I viewed the place wnero oneo I strullod,
As frco from manhood 's cares,
As tho birds which then carolled
Their iui.ro aud ev'oing prayers,
WiM was our cbildUh thoutg that rang
Along the beauteous glen,
Harmonious with the fong 'twas sang,
l'.y Luzw now and thon.
l:ut wheu I mention Litzie'i niuuo,
My heart (irons tad and chill ;
l or though the live in uicm'ry's flanie,
the leopi upon tho hill.
I Hill bavo sitters whoiujl pray
Way live to lovo me yet ;
Hut sad reiuembmoce bring buck a duv,
That I fiball ne'er forget.
Tho fure.'t birds with pensive notes,
Jler solomu requiem sing;
And while o'er Lar grave tho icpnyrs Qoat
fcnclianting vulo ! I long once more,
Ttf rauiblo In thy bowors j
Or stroll tlong tho streamlet shoro,
An pluck the fairest flowers.
Thero Whitman' limpid waters gtid
Down through your bosom fair,
Whose murmur ever seeinod to cMdo
Jly daily roveli thero.
My thoughts were light, when I could lri
Aerois the verdant grove,
And in my playmate's hands I'd rtfp
,i Homo I'uiry gift of lovo.
And jot, oh, utmngo I that I should roam
l'onu tile's incandcriug tide,
'e'(r turning 1 m.k unto uiy homo
Vi Lire my dearest frieuda reside
; Within my breast etrtngo feelings burn,
V.'hith thoughts of homo impart ;
Ard e'en thono feelings I would scorn
; o drive them Train my heart)
' tr time will lead ma back again,
! And I will gladly great
Those friends for whom I still rotulu,
' , A loni'inj hopo to meet,
JhnvAiiii, i'ii, July 8th 18IH.
; An Embarrassed Administration.
Tlio present administration is more 'em-
Jan.i.-sod' than any that ever existed.
) If you vole nguinst the Abolition ticket,
Jon embarrass tho administration.
Ji'you speak lightly of the negro, you
inlmrrass the administration.
If you attempt to b teal a fortune from
the government, you embarrass the ad
ministration.
If you don't cheat the soldiers, you em
lairus t!ie administration.
'If you suggest that Abe I.inooln nnd
ill party are incompetent to administer
be Rflair3 of the government, and bring
he war to a closo, you embarrass the ud-
lii.iatrntion.
( If you don't RUggest that idea, why, you
.ttibarrass the admin iteration.
J If you aro tho victim of on Abolition
wcer, as were tho World and Juurnalof
5ri'i.m you embarrass the adrainistra-
. Ion
'If yon ain't as per tho Inland telegraph
jcipany, you embarrass tho aduunistra
Ion. (Ifyou nri in fuvcr of tho Constitution
(d the Union as it was, you embarrass
e administration.
'.If you don't leliove Abraham ought to
rc-flectcd, you embarrass tho aduiinis
ation. Jf you think for yoursolf, you embarrass
(i adminiMration.
If you believe in tho doctrine laid down
M'.ie lYnmors of the Government, you
Bbarruss tho administration.
Kyou Fpcak favorably of former admin
raiions, you embarrass tho adminislra-
t.
lO'on ore in favor of right, given to
"fns under the httbt.a corpus, you eui-
ass the administration.
you believe in froo spoech and a free
Js, you embarrass the administration.
f you say the war is prosecuted for the
Toso of cnmicipaling tho negro, you
Jnrrass tho admiuiHtration.
lyou oppoio misoegonation, vou cm-
Tass the administration.
fact, cverythino you do or snv Hint
dd favor a return to the people of the
er his excellency usurped, euibaiross-
administration,
any disloyal men, not having the fears
Jbraham nnd his bnatilos beforo their
e ly that the ignorance, stupidity,
ly and cotton contracts, eto.,whiolt
Ton it, ore really the most serious
M which embarrass the admiuistra
f It is also stated confidentially, that
'Vleveland convention lvs greatly
bailed the administratioii, and caused
question its favorite dootrine, the di
.right of kings to rulo the country.
K Thomas, who is raising a regiment
lilndelnhia. made on appeal to the
n League of that ritv. hi these words:
'I bn't ask others to go, but emi your
j 4 tliote loyal papers', the TVcm and
Mmnvrtn, refused to publish his od-
t Kor fear of hurling the tender tensi-
j ) ol tho Leaguers.
j Vw-t a tangled web wo weave
:i iuJi firat wn nrnnlliui In .toMaia I 1
You have not, as gosd PatrioU should do. studiod
J actious among yuOrs.lv, f"iy .uch
Jo offireiuml Aonor,, at ne'er read
7 he element of eai inj pnlicy ;
But UKSPLY SKILLED IM ALL TUB PBIMCIPLR1I
XOAT USHBB TO DBSTniCTIoN.
Timoleon to the Cituen of Syracutc.
n7ifclTC0 of f,ee fiovcrtmeat in the
THE DEMOCRATIC IWRTV.
Tlie evil of uncontrolled party domina
tion in government will bo greater or less
nccord.ng to tho character and olyVcts of
V"?: .'n ?.0lver" Tho ''"ocratio
pnity, which ord.nar.ly has administered
the Government of the United States
even in the utmost plentitudo of ks
r"1''"11' n mil into cross ni,i,M
count p. Al.
it required lo tin I,....l,'i .
occasion, and li.-n. it. ..i;.. ,' .
press, no i.ically opposed to the present Bhoull L '"W'ctrd 1 "
'l-.. ftumims ration, and representing nn ,,c"v0 oi'position, there was creat
win uppesition union (eniimiuit nf n... fcecuntv nirainkt iu nl.n.o !,...,...? :
country we address ourselves to the peo- "e -niiciples and doctrines to which it
pie oi tlio Ijniled States: and our nl.iori held: (or its cretd
Bl.O'AT (AS fflf flA mair !,, ,L,A LV IIKlJCf tlio hmcl Ltn.li.
witniu the limits of nn address) that thero Profound wisdom, who justly nomprehen
a good reason for changing the Adminis- t!,e,i nture of free governments and
iranon ana lolicvof this (3.-iif.rfil
rneot through the instrumentality of auff- Hnc construction of the ConMitiition, a
wio present year. jrr,"",e " oi mo powers of (iovern-
..,,v.iuu iiiiu rue
nntv in m.l.l. i
. ... rv4.iiv, OIUWUI1. I in nnn i. law... UPCIIllA llm .ii-li-lno I . ..
' u political
Government
t AN ADDRESS
I o the ntonle of the. Unil.-,t Nin.,. i
lark to the WWA; '"2. W" ' ' V " ml .gross
to the IcJmU Gvvernmcnt. , f ,.i,..l, ; .- . . . '
As nierahen of t!w Thlrty-Eighth Con-
- - -k.iiiiji.;iib(ii u j "la'"'-"' no uuumi t
NEW SKUIES-VOL. V.-NO.
2.
of elections thus pver Kr'SfiT :K.",ion f tLat ,St!l' a
and expect to enjoy. i 'nite " '. 1 "J. a. Arkansas there have
pnaceahle fruit, of good "jrovcrtin enl and : T : '"u?!!? 01 1 ,,u,hr JcripUon.
honest rulef . " "''ih aau j Wie indications are clear and full, that in
Second. A- still more envo nUv i'80 T -eS. Qnd ' n,0,heM similar cl.ar
apainst the pnrity and indfnnJ 1 "iJ',ch ,na-v follow ". the rrwi
elections hreeifcolik T Ihro'u.h hho -
miniKtration in the Stat, r r T I IlPf.1"01 10 armV '"command in tho
.. ipiamB to uo represented. ninin. ...:n
1 he j dic-tato and control tho whole proccadinc
riiian. I ...... . a .
our settled conviction that men "nl, moderate expenditures nil onual
PUtillJ station ulm i .l ,i laws. Iinnmn ... .;-i ,.
p .i.- w""" mo ""hh oi a Tioutical
.- .v., w, iuU uovernmcnt, cannot or will c,ct)U M'lucii preserved tho Ocvornu
not peifoitn those duties' which are neoes- fln!n ft,)US0 nnd decoheracv kont
Sarv tO Suva ilia mnnl .1 . Slnloaln 7 . '1"'
sarv to save the country and perpetuate ,fctn,,e? ln -nrinonj., ar.tl secured tho Jrcwt
ts ll-eities. Many of them aro engrossed , a,ld Je'eloprpont of a material profit
uy political and personal objects which do , unexampled in (ho history of nations Ii
the
th
perity
HKtnri; r.f n .1 1 i.-v.. a 1 1 ..
nnt.iiniiihA.i ,hin. .1 ii.' . i i ....... i j w. ....v,,.,, lta
.Tii " IUU" welIaro, anJ bt morn was that it was u constitulion-
- i" !erVe il : 0tlltrs Love M Bl,rr-y. (iu the true sense of the mm )
pctverted views of our system of free gov- Ejecting itself cheful!y, thoroucLlv
nZ'r, ?f ".,nM'irl bX passions which , an.tl ronssantly, to a'l tho rules and limit
continual y mislead them ; aiid l 0ppo- n;,0D9 -he fundamental law. Its prin
s.tiot, in Coureii fire ;,owc.loss to check ciIle.8 ".lemsclvM checked it and kept it
mo tnajoruy, and fire unable even to se-1 lth" bounds. As its contests for power ;
cure scU Uivejstication of the Executive ''ero 'Ton the very "round that il,...
- epwtmonts and of the conduct of Gov- fcnou1' be nn over-action of Government
riimhi ii 'I..... 1.. - .1.. . . .
ci.iiuctii uuiuiais, as wiu prevent ahu-e K "'J " uuo exertion ot its authorized
and secure honesty, economy, and c(Ii-! l,owers' ,l,f!ro ,vns the los necessity io
ciency in the public service. j confront it with a powerful opposition.
Profoundly, painfully iuiprewed by Yet fucI' opposition ulwoys existed, and
raising events, wo turn from the 1'ieeidcnt was no ,,oll,,t necepsary to tho Fnfo and
of tho United Slo'.es and from the majori- 8ccessful action of the Government under
ty in Gsngresi-, upon whom all remon-! it9 nianagoment.
wunce against midgovai ninent would le
wameu
cou
Kentucky, Maryland and T)pinn.
parucuiar circumstances of Government
..ii-iiorenco were somewhat different in
each of, Ihesa Stales, but tho mbstontial
tacts in all wwe these :
i. i nat trio military rower of tho fun
eral Government was directly applied '(o
control tho elections, nnd that officers and
oleics of the United States woo openly
UfPd for the purpose
-. that tho .Slales
the ti
for
in O'lestion pia -it
une in a stain nf i,rnf i i
(lUiet. and il.ol ...;n. n. : um eveni,
, . hi,. ... (.pin
urn. i.i.m.
Illl1f.iiil.)ii n.r... .. .. ...... . I . .1 . .
j laast uiieiiuui unjust anu oui
li. A recent attempt (o set up one of these
ous .States in Florida, under a presiden
tial !?ent. nnut be fie.-li iu tho recoiieol
lon ol tho country, as must okobotho
military di-astor by which that attempt
was rendered abortive.
ISul
Why
States U supply them, organizing them
into coiupanias nnd regiments, and ap
pointing their oflieers, were unquestiona
olo, as was oho tho poiverof the States to
select those troops which they were to
contribute, by diaft or lot.
cnsseitii'Ti j.v.
I5ut early in 1SG3 a now system for the
raising of troops was established by act of
Congress. This was u ystem of conscrip
lion, (iho word and idea heirs borrowed
from the French,) and w.n Without exam
ple iiU ho history of the United SLotM.
j I'msing by the State authorities and by the
ukuum mine constitution above men
tioned, it put the Gonenil Goverment in di
rect conimiHiicatirn with the whole arms
bcai iniT pojuilation of I ho country, and aa
jeneral oveinraent p.to iir-
Tnn r.tnTV ci- the apjiixistkatiov.
TirlnnlT 0Ur8elve,s 10 our I ut will, tho party a
ntrymen at larce ; and ca m,. .
thnm-tr, ' I r .. "'V ls """.V UUIeren t.
.w ....Vl'vfg hi uuiiu it. l ill 18, nnd I V
...... : . .. ii. .
"J" rorter 1,10 vroaM.ii,-. llm ,.nlL. .i . '..
its uiainslren.h;' ,,, " ' ' "
. : 1- r... . ... " -l "
v.ongressional district in Kentucky
no rebel iiad or invasion into them ivas'
then in pro;;re.-s or expected.
3. That in ench of them thero existed
an cohering StateGovernment.Pxeiwinc
complete and unquestioned jurisdiction
tiriccr Governors and oilier State otlici ds
whoso devotion nnd fidelity to the Gov
ernment of the United .Slates wero un
questionable. 4. That there was no oflicial call upon
the Federal Government bvil.n tv.
er Legislature of any one of thoo States
orpiotection against domestic violence
(under tho particular provision of the
Constitution of the United Staled author
izing such call,) hut that the interference,
in most cases, was against tho desire, and
notably in the cnte of Maryland, against
tho protest of . State authorities,
5. That thoustmds of qualified persons
were prevented from voting at these elec
tions, nnd in most of tho?e States the
result of the election wtu changed from
what it would have been without military
interference. Tho npe.l nnd timid were
deterred from attending tho elections-
ninny 111,0 attended were, kept from
sumcd lor tho G.
why icier to p;,i tieiil.tr caes ?
on events that havo li':in,nno,l ive and absolulo eontrn! nvor l !
or upon jirobaljilitie which pi-ese-U them-! "cedit; of raining ti ooi v Thrt vnlidltv nf
uiis enactment lias t.een q-iestioned, and
it u one ol tho debatable points which be-
I f il.. 1 . : e . . 1 ...
ol' to tUO hlitol'V Of lllAlvnl- Iwii. It hm
bicu iirgui'd with much of force and rea
son that the power of Congress tor.iiso nr
mio ahhoiigh a goneial power is cot un
limited, and that laws of conscription by
it arc not 'iieeoa.--.ii-v nnd iimnoi.'1 ii.t..
tlie !orce3 i-cquiiod cm bo raucJ with por
u feet certainty and convenience from taa
l.. ! miiitia of iho Sliitm
) up- j ?l luc I'jntitulion above cited- iiut, pass-
suij-; ,IJo "i'a ioiiii, too inquiry uiisc
I . . ...
iiitO 11 V ... ..I. ... 1 t m
braces that school c f opinion in this coun-
i all'irs, is, ihe consolidation of lStftte powers largo public expenditures, I ,
in the tioWrnment of the Uiii- antJ generally spiaking, to constructions !'
n in the hands ot a single politi- ' '" -"iisuiuiiuii i.
Ii-li f "v. ttt.ii hi I
trauquilizod, sayed I
BXGllOSSXK.VT 07 1'OWBR.
What wo propose to notiee in t.hn firul
place, us introductory to our oxaminni Inn
ot puono
all powsr
iu Maten m me Hands ot a single politi
eal interest. The party of die Adminis
tration has n6t teen suMeeted tu nnv
efficient check upon iu action from an
opposing inlcret-t or party, since its attain
ment ol power in lSiil. Carrying all the
Northern, Western, and Tactic Slates,
with a single exception, at the Prcsidm"
tial election in 1S0O, and being relieved
from all Southern oppoMtion in Congress
by the withdrawal ot the States of that
neclion, it wasabto to do its will and plea
suto without check or iiindranco in the
Government of the United States. All
public pitionago was subsidized to its
iiy wnicu nas always held to extrcmo
action by tho Federal Government, fnvnr-
itism to pm-ticular intereUs, uKtironlion of
m .w uuimtn pievciKCIl lllO e"!l Vi.loi.
from exerci.sing hi right. Tho full pi-nnf
..i nn in. niniears in a numi)crol contest-
i-l-UCS l.HKire US t in 'm ,
I nitod Males, has, hinuelf, in tiio mes
sage ut tuo opening of tho present so ion
of Conrrress. and in his 1.rc.ui-.alion ap
pended thereto, announced hi.-jprogranuno
tor tho reeor.si ruction and conrcitK-nt
M '-"-"i.uiuii oi uio states which may
le rescued in whole or in uni t f-,., n...
. , r ? i i t -.w m viii i'iiv.
v i.ii.i-iiei-aies during ino existing va:
I'lio proclamation extends a pardon
iU persons in tho rebellious States, (ex- j miiitia of iho Siatos under the provision
,t nr. Inln I '-..1 . 1 .. . I .... .. .1.1. ......'. 1 .. .
v.. . vi nun vuuieciciaie 0.11 jerj, eve,
"ii cuii'iuioil lliai t lev shall In:: wii U in I il 13 POinl . inc. mi 1 mrv li'Laj
Sl't Hi mill L-t.n. n ....'A . 1 I Iu. . .. i... : 1 ..- r. . .
"-ii- j'icri:i men uain, one U,CI "yf.viu, in,vuiving stato cj-op-
provision of which is. that they will abide ,0l';it;n' ab.indor.cJ, and a now and
by and la'uhfully support all proclamations ! quostionablo ono substituted: Xo clear
ol tho 1'roMdent made Uiiiing t!iu existiii " '"-'I adequte te.-ucjior tl.o mciisuro
i( -hellion, having rclerjnoe to slaves, bo appears in tin deb.itus oftlu Cougresi
long and so far as not modified or declared w,lc1' P11" '( unles tho suggostioa madt)
vonl by decision (il'tho Supreme Coun t. l,y ono of il.i reading supporters in tho
Audit furthor proclaims, that whenever I ot-?o "f Kepre-eutativcs that it was in
m any ono of the (.'.mfudorato Slates, "a , htiltyto "the accursed doclrino of Stata
number of persons tmt less than one-ienlh igt,t" be accepted as such rea-wi. Wo
m number of tho voles cast in such State ' luu',t- therefore, concluded tkat it was tho
at the 1're.sideQiial election of l.Sid, hnv-' I'olicy of thea-ilhors of ths lav Kt dept-ivo
mg luken and kept tho aforesaid onth.i s,3tcs of the Appointment of iho offi
.'e., shall re-e.-l.il.li.-h a Stale Govt rnilnnt , "'t l)f 1,10 trOupa raist-d, anj absoib t!int
which shall he i-epublic.m, and nowiso con- j i'ower into the handj of th Fe-leraJ Ad
travening said oat h, nidi Sute shall bo ! '!".. ration ; that the act wi the maas
ieoo;:n;.ed as iho true Govcrument of the Ul'e ol" 8 !!,r,y t,J onaroriso its influenua
s,e. and power, and to prevent the possibility
.111 piesiueiiiiui paper must he regard- participation tnerein by tlie
p,l-le,.i;n., .'o, :., r-'. . . , I i-"..:..i,ui iapcr must he regard- v'' ,""-n-iiauun tnerein by tue uov
, " "' "-'""f'1"! oi.iciai pa-, en as me, mobt remarkablo one ever ii- : 01 'ument ol the S:nt-:u.
ZZlTl?:, Ali'-i iocutiv,, Tho! Wo leli,voit inU, certain tj,,t
nee, to
of o
puijeci, as one ot tcnilul import
io examination and jud'iient
counirvmen.
CKKATIOV OF 11(101-3 fiTATf s.
The steps taken towards e.-lablishini; n
queslion. in reports of committees of the one-tenth "parV Tf h 'po, n ' . t ' rro V i Nr " u
ercoi? whole, Jndlf Ti the Unid
mil ;Pet r. ,.r c. '. : .1., "i- ' ",u 10 ,'1 reinesenteU in " ."caiuu unnecossunly u laruo num-
uio uoveininent ot the Limed States and IIC,'1 1'uderaljolhcera, distributed thr ough
in our electoral colleges for Iho choice of out tho country ; and that, while it ha:
authority ana extend its pretensions.
heidlH. it. U ni.CAntil.tlll Cnnllnnul nn.l
prpssive -iho very embodiment of Ihnti )-lt',n ," f'-'-e atiJ unjust representation
disunion party ism foreseen nnd deno-.nc-1 ",' ,", ''overnmeiit of the United Suies,
ed by Washington and Jackson in those i , ",. --"eiuiiy considered.
rurewt'll addresses which thev left nn i . 1,1 '.m ' "lbr face, let us consider whnt
ins uiKcii piace in rerrard to tho Sini,. r
I 'i iisli (.in I
fins one-tenth is to he mn.lo n'n i.f mon
wtrPrATB.lcy-i'fleVaVVo.,,
It fiiV,
satisfactory.
ity lor nii.ing troop l y eon-
recoid lor tho
tney lett on
ipstruclion of their eoun-
...v. II.IIIH.IIUII ui uicir ruuu-i ... . . ... .. .. L.i
en, arid by Henry Clay in a memora-1 , n irgiuia hud a popu-
address to tho Legislature of Ken- l?""" ,IM:luJ,n -'-es), of 1 ;!.'.;. 'Us,
y. That it could not bo safely in- .vnni. :'K';,nW a opulation of 2,!H)i',,21 j;
ed with tho powers of the Federal i..?v,,'k a population of :i,S'(,7r).-
trymen, arfd bv
Wo
tucky.
trusted with tlio powers
Government is a conclusion which inevit
ably results from this statement of its
composition and character. Hut the
uses j all Uovernmont outlays (and they question is no longer ono ol mere opinion
wero enormous fn amount) were disbursed or conjectuie. Having been tried by tho
by its (Hicials ; oil jiublic power was ac'ual possession of Government powers
wielded by its arm ; and this condition of BUl- jee" permitted to exhibit fully its
things has continued to the present time. true nature, it has completely justified' the
It has revelled in power, and of inevitable . -beory w hich cundemns it ; as will plainly
necessity, from its very nature nnd Irom appear frotn eonsiderirg paiticular meas-
the opportunities presented it.it has U'es of policy pursued by it. Fiomamong
abused its powers j it has forgotten cr dc- l''cse we shall Bck-ct several (or particular
spised and trampled underfoot the duties examination, in older that our ger.eml
imposed upon it by the people, rnd the Malt-merit of Hepublio.an unfitness tor the
object announced by it in the outset have possession of Government powers may be
been supplanted by others, which now in- illustrated, established, nnd mado good
spire its action and occupy its hopes.
No truth is more ccitain. none better
established by history, than this, that
political power is aggressive; that it will
always seek to enlaigo itself and to in
crease its domination, and that no free
government is possible wJiero by Iho vory
Constitution of tho Government itsell,
power is not mado a check to power.
Freedom is secured ly tJiecliiui and re-
ngainbt any pottiblo contradiction
MIMTAKV lMKIUEnc.StE IWTU KLECL10N3.
This has taken place in two ways:
first. Vy tho selection of soldiers of
Iho army lo be sent homo temporarily to
participate in Mute elections.
This practice, in connection with sond
ing home on such occasions large num
btri of Government filliccrs and employ
ces in tiio civil service, has chanced the
action upon sacii ouierei political torccs, iCM,lt 0f many Slate elections, nnd given
soorganizcu ana so limited that no ono io tho parly in power an unjust ndvanl-
uuu uusuiuiny uouimmo over or control nge. With the large powers possessed by
the rest. And hence, the necessity of u,e Administration for tho purposes ol
Constitutions Which Shall BO divide OCd war Willi tho h.r innrnmin nf nrnmnl.
arrange the powers of government, that ixcrits to civil ollico and tho employment
no ingle interest, class, or individual, ' 0f vast numbers of persons in nil parts of
shall become supremo and encross tho the rnmtrv in dm lnuinrai. nf timCm..
Whole mass of political power.. Now the ' rrnment. Ihendminitriiliniv nn.l iu imriv
capital mischief (or rather source of mis- have been enabled to influence elections
chief and evil) in the Government of the to an alai-mins extent. Tho powers con-
Lnited Mates dunno the past three vears. fei red 1
and at this moment, is that a single polit- Government, and the revenues derived by
icol interest or parly, of evil constitution, i taxation from the whole people, or do
has obtained and exercised tho whole' rived from hums which Immn Mmm.
massof Government powers, freo ffotn all; ed noon the wholn mn ,r iA.Tivi.i.
check or limitation whatsoever. The ual nronertv. have been used in nn infln.
fatal lesults nre obvious. It has Ijeeu ' it0 number of wavs for patty purposes!
false to its promises made as the condition jand to securo tho'llaiuiblican interest in
upon whicli it ottainea power; it has tho Federal and State Governments, the
broken the Constitution shamefully and contiuued potsession of power. The in
often; it has wasted tho public treasure iustico nnd corruptive tendenev of this
. . .1 : . . : . r i-i " . . t . . . . -1 ' T
it Las suspended the ancient writ of lib
erty, tho "hiheat corpus," rendering it im
possible for the citien to obtain redress
against the grossest outrage ; it has
changed th wur into a humanitarian cru.
sade outside ef any constitutional or law
ful object ; it has grossly mismxnngcd the
war in tho conductor military operations;
it has degraded the currency of the coun
try by profuse issues of paper money, and
confiscated private property by a legal
tender enactment; and, to retain its
power, that it may riot in plunder and
suhjiroted to no check and to no restraint
from public opinion, it has undertaken
to control state elections by direct military
force or by fraudulent selections of voters
from the army. Thoso are somo of the
results already ochievl, end "the end is
not yet." No impartial observer can con
template tho future without apprehen
sion of still g'eatcr evils, or can doubt
that some reai 'ivision of public power
or its lodgement iu new bands ii necessa
ry, not meroljf to iho saecof j tot to Hio
system cannot be denied, and alone should
be held sulhcient to condemn Ihepaity
of the Administration. It is notorious
that time after lime, on tho eve of doubt
ful elections, thousands of voters have
boon sjnt homo from the aimy to turn
the scales between parties and to secure
an Administration triumph. And this
has been dono, not upon the principle of
Bending home citizen soldiers indiscrimi
nately and without reference to their po
litical opinions nnd attachments, (which
would havo been just,) but upon tho prin
ciplo of selecting Kcpublican oldiers, or
of granting furloughs upon tho condition
of a promise from the persons favored
that they would support Administration
candidates. V.'e mention elections in
vew llampshiro, Connecticut and Fenn
pylvanisf, as instances of such base and
unjust proceedina. bv which linorrtinulnus
power has defeated the true expression of
i-vpuiur upuiiim, anu obtained political
advantages which wore shameful to it and
deeply injurious to tho country. Will a
hllo Iho two Slates last named n Hiorr.,1
faithfully to iho Govei ntnent of the Uni
ted Statfs,aud have since borno on its be
half their proper share ol tho burdens or
the war, Virginia revolted, and two-thirds
of her population was thrown into the
scale of the enemy. What result follow
ed ns to the representation of that Stato
in tho Congress of the Union ? Tho com
paratively fcmall pai t of Iho Stale which
adhered to tho Union was recognized ns
constituting, for political purposes, the
Stato of Virginia; an improvised Legisla
ture of this adhering fragment of the Stale,
eleolfl 1 two Senators, who were cdmittcd
into the Senate of the United Stntos, and
ueprvsenintivfs Irom. the same territory
wero admitted into tho Federal House of
representatives. The liberal principles
of construction upon which this was dono,
may stand justified by iho peculiar cir
cumstances of tho ease. Hut thero was a
further proceeding for which no warrant
ol power or pretence of necessity can bo
shown. A part of the adheiing Virginia
territory was permitted to form itself into
a new Stale, was admitted into the Union
under Iho namo of West Virginia., (al
thuugh tho Constitution of the' United
States declares that no Stato shall bu di
vided for the formation of a new ono with.
out tho ex pi e$s assent ol tho Legislature
thcreol.) and Senators I herefrom wero ad
mitted into the U'nitod States Senate. A
very small part cf tho old State, not inclu
ded within tho boundaries of the new one,
i t-uiuiiitu iimon our miuini
as well os tho new State.
two members in thoSena'o. Thus, under
wuo win solemnly swear that thev ivi'l n. l,ef n muchieis
bey and keep nil tho Fivsidoiifs iii-nebi.1 If 'ta nece-
mations upon a particular subject, issued H'tiou bo n-soitl, then it would follow
during the present war ; nut proclama- ti':"' revolutionary policy ot tho Ad-
tions which he iiiny havo issued already, j '"iuistration h.n alarmed and disgusted
but future ones aluo. A more abject, nath ; ''IC people, and chilbid that enthusiasm
wMsnover framed in the history of iho ' w,li"'' the earlier days of the content
whole earth. Was a relicious obligiliou ; !'lll 1 ou patriot army wilhlT ; vc and will-
evir before required of citizen or Ftibject, j n5 volunteers.
in any ago or c luntry, lo obey and keep 1!01.nt:es
the future arid unknown ed cU of I lis Ex-j What ia further lo bo mentioned in this
ecuiivu wi.l ? And If usurped nutl.orilv connection i llm Luiuniani. nr i.m.ni;.i,..
I J I T...'J. UUUI,l.-g III
I ..I 1 1 f ..1 - I' . 1... 1 I. ...1 f. . . - I .1
'"'"S'w," iiumi.ui oi i mo c iniuii niuies, ty tno ftiato uovern-
can aciomplish
men in a State, degraded by such an oath,
are to wield representative votes in tho
Government of tho United States, and en
ter electoral colleges lo extend tho power
of tho master to whom their fealty is
sworn.
Tho lawless nnd dangerous character of
tho Administration must llicst evident lv
meiits, and by ciiies, counties, t.nd other
muncipalities. In their payment thero
has been great want of uniformity and
system. The policy of the General Gov
ernment has not been tho same at all times,
nnd in the .States thoio hai been iulinito
divercity Upon the wh ile, tho sysloia
en uouniK'3 has been cosily end unequal ,
appear Irom tho foregoing review of its the amount ofindel tedncsscreuled by it U
policy and conduct regarding popular el- enormous, d'-iinequal sums havo been paid
eel ions and the organiz itions of Stale. to soldiers of the samo grade of merit.
Hut its incapacity (if n.il proHi-u-y) will Under any system of local bounlics t
as clearly appear from ar. examination of j avoid conscription, tho wealthy parts of
its measures in tho prosecution of the war,! the country enjoy an advantage over oth
aad to someof those measures wo will now ! crs, and especially where manufacturing
direct attention. and other interests find it to their frofiliu
k aim no of Tiiooi's. providing the supplies of tho war to re
in April, ISC.l, at tho outbreak of hos-J lllin their laborers at home, sulift t iting
tilities, the army of Iho United Nairn ,. payments of money in their stead, unless
sninll and wiiolly inadoipiato to meet the 1 c'!':lj 'S"lto s,ial- be fii mly required to fur
exigency of the wnr ivliicli had nrion- i n'jl' iho substitute to fill up its quota
i lie i iesideni c iile l lor seventy-li v "OI11 ls ort l citizens- nut the General
thousand troops from tho States to'servo tiovernnienl has pcrmited tho agents of
fer a period of thteo months, and sulne-, 8llc!l 'erests in a State to go into other
qnently made other calls. Finally, in tho!,l;iat?9 nntl int0 tl10 S(,uthern country and
latter pint of I .-02, drafts were oi dered in j obtain enlistments lor bounties both of
several States to liil up their quotas, and I wlli,e nl"1 '',a(:, troops, lobe credited up
Ihe proceeding fov that purpo-o was un-1 ?n the quota of tho State of tho agent. If
dcr the State authorities, pursuant toStnto lt" happen hereafter Ib&t local pay
laivs nnd some genorai rej'ul il ions of the I 'enti of bounties, whether by States or
War Department framed lor t ha occasion. ,lV uinioipa!ilies within them, bo assum
Thus the ca-e blood ss to Iho raising of I rJ by tho Government cf tho United
troops nt the commencement of 1;C, and '?l;ll?J. t!l3 inequalities of Uiotybtem mi l
the troops in service at that dale consisted 1 'ls ftravagi-ncc in many catcs will be
ol'tho Ileguhir Army of the United Slates con,c a t-llll,pr of concern to Iho whole
is it stool at tho outbreak of hostiliti..-. people. And il is just in iltetof complaint
Kcpulilicnn nianipulation, one third of ! with sub-cunent enlisinuints ...M-.J - ut'uinst thoso who havo held authority in
the ancient State of Virginia hm four of volunteers nnd drafted militia Vf ll-o' lliC -'"ederal Govti i.u.rnt, that by their
votes in tho Senate of tho United Siates. States Ol'niiind mi l Dili ni rr 1 1 mm ? nm.m Inm
policy and want of nolicv on this subicei
and may neutra'.i.o the vcles of both New- and regiments by Slate authnrilv Vol-1 burden of the war has been vastly in-
loik and 1 eniifylvania in that body. Tho 1 untccring had at one limo been checked "eased, und boon dialriLuted irregulatly
uuii iiuiuuiy
"AtlCieut Dominion." with a POnulnlion a! bv tho Administration iinnn n ci.,im.
little exceeuing one-half that of rennsyl-; by it that all the troops needed wero al
vania, is represented by four Senators in 1 ready in sorvice. Soon, however tho .1...
tho Congress of the United Slate?, and niand for
by two in Ihe Confederate Concress at beeinnina of lhG.t the number cnllod f.ir
KK hmond l I ennsylvania, with her throe and raiicd had become enormous. 15ut
millions of people, remains true to tho . for tho after purpos.es of tho Administra
Union, and retains her former voto in the! lion it was perfectly feasible for it lo e.-ill
Senate; irginia turns traitor, sends two-
thirds of her population under the Con
federate Hag. and forthwith has her repre
sentation doubleu in the Senate of the
I nueu .-nates, nnu tint, too, in nehanco
for ndJilionaal troops in tho manner here
tofore practiced, whicli involved Stato ns
sittarce and co-operation and secured lo
tho troops raised Iheir regular organiza
tion as Mate rmiitia und?r llm Utva r
oi a consiuutionai provision toi bidding it, their rcspeettvo Stairs The nrm
and avoided only upon a (.trained con-! mainly, the character of a public fo-eeCOn-struction
or implication totally at vaiiance trihutod by the States under the fifteenth
with the plain fact. Against tho plain and sixteenth clause! of the eicht section
truth of Iho case and without necessity of tie first rrtide of tl.o Constitution,
it was assumed that tue Legislaturo of a which nulhorizo Congress "To provide for
fiaumont of (ho Stato represented tho calling forth tho militia lo eiecule the
whole lor Hie purpose or assenting to its , laws of the Union, suppress insurrection,
division and the erection theicfroui of a and rebel invasions," and "to provide for
new member of the 1-cdoral Union. I nMinni-inn n,,i., .i .r;;. t;.,;n ii.n
W c pass from this case to speak of mat-1 miliiln. nnd fnr .m..nrnin .nr l. rnrl of
l. r-..,o., I A Sl.l (. .1 1 .. ' V O '- . ..
vim Ji-Yciuujeninn tnem as may be employed in tue ervice
been set Up in Louisiana, under thesu-'of the United Stales, reserving to the
pervision of a Msjor-General of the United Slalo respectively tho nppoiDimcnt or
Slates Army, which, although it holds tiio the o.1ieers,"..c.
allegianco of but part of the population, ! The pbwer or the Federal Government
wo suppose n to have tho former reprc to rail for troof s, nnd th power of the
Tho pecuniary outlay nnd indebtadn,
ccused by payment of local bautieo, beVg
mostly incurred by powerful and influen
tial communiiiej, it is quite possible that
they may be recognized hereafter by Con
gress as nllegitirnato object of nationul as
sumption ; and if this happen, those com
munities that have retained their labor
ers at home, aud thereby kectired lltoir
prospority during the war, will cl a part
of Ihe burden of their exemption upon oth
or sections.
Obviously what hns been wanting has
been wisdom nnd foresight in those who
havo controlled the public measures ol
tho war, nnd irho havo resojgted to onfl ex
pedient nfier another without a fixed pol
icy ; who havo acted whore they osvht
not, and have failed to act wW-re nction
und regulation were demanded.
Kruno t Rout's.
But a subject which require particular
notic.s, is the employment of negro treop
in the war. An act ef Congrcw, passed
the 17th usy cf July, 1802, authorised th'c
resident "to receive Into the servico o'
the United States for the purpose of con
structing intrenchmenU, or performing
camp xcrrice, or any other labor, or any