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NEW SERIESVOL. VII. NO. 11.
VOL XXXIII. WHOLE NO. 1923.
CLEARFIELD, PAn WEDNESDAY, SE'TOlBEIt 2G, 1866-
.STITIT10XALA!IIEXDMEXT.
FEECH OF SENATOR COWAN,
At Lathubb, l'k., Sei-t. 11, 1800.
The following is that part of Sena-
Cowan's speech, which gives his
ve of the proposed amendment to
1 Constitution. Read It :
j SECTION FIRST.
The first section of the amendment
not, by many, -considered very ma
rial,' although it is easy to conceive
a case in which it might work great
Ischief by compelling the inhabi
ts off. State to sutler themselves
, bo overrun by a totally different
ie of people, which for their own
fety they might wish to expel as
f instance, if the people of Califor
ji should find it necessary to oxpcl
tc Chinese. This provision would
in vent them from doing so, as to all
' that race born in the United States.
Ugain, a State might find it neces
jryto abridge the privileges and im
unities of some of its people for the
?ke of equality, as has happened
jjry often in history. Utah might
to abolish Polygamy when she
koines a State ; yet if that should
declared by Congress one of the
jivileges or immunities of citizens of
be United States, her power over the
abject would be gone und she could
sot regulate this domestic institution
i' hers at will, as is the admitted right
fall the States as tho Constitution
low btands.
Lastly, it will he claimed, under
bis clause, that Congress will Lave
be richt to define and fix what are
to privileges and immunities of citi
ens of the United States, and in that
kse they may include tho right of
iifl'rage among the privilege, and
bus lorce ncjrro suffrage throughout
lie Union br a mere majority which
ould be fatal to tho Republic
I hBCTlOR SECOND.
I This Becond section is a violation of
Iho fundamental T.rincinles of the jroy.
Iniment of tho United States, and
Calculated to change its character en
iirely. When the Constitution was
formed, it was intended to confer up-
ln tho General Government only suen
powers as were necessary to enable it
o irovern in all matters of general in-
Icrcst to the whole, reserving those
which the States lniirht regulate for
themselves by their separato action
The right to make- war and peace
establish i.ost offices make urn
form rules, for naturalization and
bankruptcy regulate commerce with
Foreign nations, and between the
tntcs and sett le difficulties between
States and the citizens of different
States, boinrrin the nature rronera
-ire instances of these powers. But
;.ho Constitution in no caso rives the
Federal Government any authority
to interfere in State affairs, where the
State itself could regulate them, with
out affecting any but its own people.
Thus slavery was left with the States,
because no matter what action the
State took UKu it, such action was
not felt beyond its own people, or out
ride of its own boundaries, und so, too
of a thousand other things ; especially,
that of tho riirht of suffrage which
ach State was left to regulate for it
Helf, and which it could thus regulate
without in any way affecting its sister
-tates.
Mow, if this amendment is adopted,
he right of suffrage will be given over
o the Federal Government not di
ectly it is true, but indirectly, and
vith the same effect as though it were.
Yt declares that whenever any State
"e.nios to any of the malo citizens of
he United States, being Zl years i
go, the right to vote, that then the
ower of that State, in the Union,
hould be diminished in proportion to
he number of voters so excluded,
'hat is, Pennsylvania has now 000,
M adult males over 21, and she has
But if we maintain our old opinions, i
which have been held by all parties
in all tho States of the Union hereto
fore (and in no one of which is ''man
hood suffrage" pure and simple, al
lowed) that the power to say who
shall cast its ballots is the essence of
State freedom, then this section be
comes an insult to us. It says to alt
tho people of all the States, "You have
"thought it unsafe to give to all your
"malo citizens an equal right with
"you. in. Government . atlairs j-ou
"thought it dangerous. Now, how
"ever, you must give up that opinion
"and encounter that danger. Why?
"In order that we who admit all may
"have more power, and that you may
"have less, and more danger." That
is just what it comes to. Georgia and
Mississippi say to us, that it would
ruin them to let negroes vote. New
England sa-s, "you need not let them
ote ; we care nothing jot luat ; out ij
you do not, let us have half your mem
bers of Congress.
And that is true. .Sew .Lngland
politicians care no more about negroes
than Pennsylvanians ; but they know
how to trade in him, and Le consti
tutes to-day the great bulk of their
.olitical capital. In tins very propo
sition they give him over whol.y to
the other butes, u Uie lutter will not
count him in the basis of representa
tion, "lou may have the negroes,
do with thera as you please, but we
want more members ol Congress; or,
what is the same thing, that you
should Lave fewer." This is the lan-
truaire of this section of tho amend-
ruent.
I have said that all this is a depart
ure from the original intention of the
founders of the Union, which, as far
as possible, was to preserve the free
dom ol the Mates, una leave to tueir
icople the right to adjust their inter
nal affairs in their own way. It was
in that spirit, too, that the Constitu
tion provides that the "( luted afdrr
shall gveri-ntce to each State a Jlepvlf
hcan Jorm of (jovernment ; or, in utn
er words, the "United States guaran
tees to ch State the rij'ht. to cstal
lish its own Government," and Mr.
Madison says this was what was meant
by the phrase, 'Kepubliean lorin oi
Government.
Now, if theneople of a State have the
riTit to form their own State govern
ments, it is not easy to we how they
i-an do eo. if some bodr outside the
dition of tho Freed men is such that on bih sides, North and South, and
they must bo put under tho control now, when it has come out unscathed
and" guardianship of tho Freedmen's fromtlmt fiery ordeal, I a;u for stand
Bureau, to make bargains for them , ing o a it is first last and all the
and attend to their affairs generally, j time. ; It secured us peace, progress
And these arc the ireo and indepen-land vanquility for three quarters of a
dent voters whose virtue and inu-lli-iceatiry not a difficulty or a draw-
gencc arc relied upon to maintain and l acicn iiU that time, save one, to mar
perpetuate our institutions : : : Is it ' our roa Joriul career, inai one cause
possible that human folly can go be- of d-s' trsion, "African slavery, is
vond this ? I remember when it was ! nov,-i5,u',is!tod, and there is nothing
tho universal sentiment with us. that !renl!- left to make one man differ
fellows were, a few years a ago, the the history oi ireiana oi uie -inmost
violent of slavery propagandists, crlands of Poland ofllungaryin
If they are representative men of tho deed, of all countries where measures
South, where were they before the not tho one hundredth pnrt ns severe
war ? What did they do to arrest its as this, have been resorted to with
progress? Whoever heard of any of, such disastrous effects to tho conquer
i,m ,,nf;i tho rphllion Rnucd them ors. An error of this kind would,
out as tho exponents of its rascality ? sooner or later, he fatal to tho dealt
TI.pp wov not. tniKted on its side, nies of the great hepul.lic.
and they came over to ours, is their
history ; and now they openly con
fess that the only chanco they have
wtl the ljcor.lo of the- Uiituai Omju, J Smniwt Uif. trmu ono eud . u the 1 rur lUiuo w lWtunc, is in negro euf-
v.p nnk- rwnnln with whom a other ottho L nion. 1 hat bona anu
republic like'ours was possible. It had ! bargain which held ns so long with
failed in Kngland, in France, and in-1 slavery, ought certainly to be good to
deed everywhere, but here we could
maintain it. Now, it is prpoed to
put it at the mercy of the negroes the
wards of the FrJedmcn's Bureau!'.!
I have said that the ower of a
State depended upon the number of
its people, and not upon the number
ol voters, now many men can u
bring into the field to defend the
country ? llow many heads has it
whom taxes can te levied :
upon
hold is now, that slavery is numbered
with :hethingt that were.
I nay say also to you, that these
amenlments are a mere contrivance
on tin part of politicians to decieve
the caintry that they are not receiv
ed wih favor bv the earnest men of
cithcrpartv, whether radical or con
servative. Charles Sumner is not
trage. lliey do not proteud that any-
white men confide in them, but they
say the negroes will, yuerc ac rtoc, as
the lawyers say, question as to this.
I am afraid that tho man who loses
great uep
KilltTll SKCTIOV.
I now come to the la-t section,
which declares the validity of the pub
lic debt shall not he q'uuoned, and
that the debt of the llc-bellion shall
not be assumed. Now, when we con
sider that the obligation to pay the
national debt is tho highest and most
sacred known anions' men that it
the confidence of his white fe.llow-citi- reposes upon the honor and faith of
zens would soon lose that of tho ne- the United States, we cannot fail to
be struck with this provision. ny
JIas any body except
more friendly to them to-day than I
am, aid that I know. lie will not
What share of the nubile burdens can ! deny i.
h bear? These are the true u sis of the! Let me explain. I have great re
diure it ou"ht to have in the rovern-' sped tr an honest radical in thiscon-
mcnt of the Union ; l et this amend- test. 1 nnaerstana mm, 1 snow nai
bo waits, and where to meet him.
He fiankly avows Lis policy, and
however much 1 may think him mis-
1
groes. The latter can tell a gentleman
as quickly us anybody, and you could
no more cheat him with your Erjwn
lowsand Haniiltons than you could
cheat the ladies of Paris, or those of
Latrobe with tbem. Their cry, bow
vcr, was "Negro suffrage," from first
to last ; but their Northern allies
were obdurate, and the despairing
wail of these philanthropic statesmen
died away on their ears without
ment ignores all these, and while it j bo waits, and where to meet him. reaching their hearts. Aueywoumm
,frtTSAna trt (limitiKh T li TMiIlIH 3i I lit lUlhklV 3 UttB LIS IHJilL!. , lliarvc ILOi nil itwuv.
iower of some tatc, vtt it gcks noi uowcmt iuwcn 1 may uunt umi miv iut- ut-iii vi i"""' v-r
' i- i .1 : :.:,.. M - 1 nr;n t.. A.Ai.ln.r1 trhn Mi.ra.rfl in fl 1 n lOn H nflt Weil
r01OSe TO U tUllIi 1M1 llll'ir pMllU .ll lur- uiu. 1 vauuvi iviiaiu iivtu tt.wiu.ii , " v -
1 . a ..r-t ;,.r, Vh.n s rt Kin fKr Tnrv,1 tT hnlr ami rn:. n- undcrst(XKl in tlilS COlintrV. 0 arc
u A nnrl tn t!l im ili ranks : HnosH lie starts out w ith the idea apt to forirct that our system ol Oov
11 still re- i that i men are ennui, and that the emment is double in its nature that
main the basis, an i not the voters: $o uecrc is jut as much entitled to his there are two powers our people are
when direct and capitation taxes are s-hnre in the government of the coun- j bound to obey, that is that i$ federal
levied, they will count the whole j try ai be is entitled to be paid for his j and State Governments each has its
population, an 1 not a part of it- Thus days labor after be has performed it. teperate claim to our allegiance, and
voa see a Southern State will Lave ! He believes the r.cgro ought to have j the claim of each within its sphere is
to bear as i.iar.v covt-rn mental bur- a votr, just as Le ought to have a equally vaua. .-ow, suppose
dens a she row d-s, nnd yet she may jchalhnge to the jury wlio is to try
te deprived of half her rovcrnniental : him r his lite, tins is radical grouna,
... . V . ; I jt t . i i i : .
power, which changes the wio.io na-iana i My i reseci i unumiauuii,
tu re of our system." It niav be said I but you will perceive these t'onstitu-
that this can all be avowed by giving . tional amendments don t cover that
i. nnrmnc tnffpr.i Trn tuit that rrou i A. Indeed, thev abandon it. and
; ;.-t i.., (jt".iil,irl-8 it r annot ! trade it off fr a conderation. They in doinz ? hvery one answer -No,
i i ri. .1...,-. j;.n,i.i'.i,iiirtii-f1r onnnl r-,litil ri hts f if course, but how few reflect that
we, outside the State. cok to compel jfor thf negro they do not insist on
it to run any ruck ri.-k, or encounter ibis right to suffrage but they pro
pose MU Lllu to - wt
State can dictate to them who sha
man. i a
this respect, provided the latter will, the United States comnianded him to
! agret to yield up their political power , refuse. AVhich was he to oVy : 1 he
n as it is hased on tti ir , law here comes to reieavc uiai uu
vote or who not vet a. It w re useless , it. Nay, it even
nt we must pro-j shall be passed
Lhebalbas." . The be made to si;
to sav to them, you ' shall elect your declares that -no cx post
own State ofiu-crs, tnt
vide who shall cast tl
people might we'd answer, "if you
dictate the 'voters, the voters will elect
the officers, so that 3-ou really dictate
both." That is not freedom.
Each' State then, if free, has the
ri"-ht to' say who shall vote, and if it
is not the right, then the Union, in
stead of being a I' nion ol States, be
comes a Consolidated Government,
and tho whole power must eventually
concentrate in the J-ederal centre at
Washington
anjrer
Tuutn stmos.
Thitext an 1 third sect'nn i ennal-
1t- -i.-ilatiAD f.fthp. whole mint of 1 in proisjrti':
our Constitution. According to it no negro population. How this would ' says, "obey the one vhocan yrot,vt you
man could be punished for any offence, benefit the negro no one can explain ; f r the. time being." Or, in other words,
no mattter what by the legi.-lative but an) body may tee that it would ."obey the Government, which, in fact,
department f the Government, be- not incline the ji-ople of the Southern has the power over you, and even if
caiie '-bill of attainder" and bi!: oft States to treat him bettor than they wrong you shall not be doomed guilty
are urbiddin in ' now cd. May they not loot upon ioi crime. i his, 1 iiutih., was uieja
oes further, and I i.im as the cause -f this new huniilia- Jn all times, and with all nations
l .M.r law . tion. and visit r.iHn him that ituli-'iia- why not : is 11 noi reason :
is it nut Jicre 1
its authors ever dared to question the
validity of this obligation 7 And is
any bondholder fool enough to sup
pose that this amendment win aaa to
its strength, or that it could not bq
repudiated just as well over the new.
as the old constitution r rjureiy au
leaders ought to know that much.
What is there here to compel Con
gress to impose taxes, or to compel
the people to pay them, more than,
at present exists"? If they could vio
late the honor of the nation in ono
case, why not in the other? Tho
truth is, that this amendment is the
worst blow our credit has received
since the war ended nt admits a doubt
of our integrity and honesty, which is
the 6Corn of ever) American gentle
man, and is a low, vulgar piece of
c'.ap-trap to alarm misers and fools
into the belief that their bonds arc in
danger, and is only worthy of a sharp
er who wants to buy them at a dis
count. It is about the same as though
,w- n, i. nt,iUd because they it had been proviaea, inai ocioro wo
1 1 mistake, and bo hanged for treason in iresunie specie payments, all the coin
l!doin" what they think they arc rightiin the country should be scoured, and
IS equally 1 lun uivu?.
The next clause, that the rebel debt
shall not bo assumed, is fellow to tho
other, and alike significant of the folly
and fraud of thoso who framed it.
Alter Lintin? that tlicro was dancer
that we would not pay what we were
solemnly bound to pay, it i's next very
properly insinuated that there is dan
ger that wa may pay that which no
body in the world thinks we ought t3
or have any riirht to pay. Is
a con
fliet upon a question about which
even lawyers Lave diticrent opinions
how are lavment to decide ? Are
because
this was just the dilemma in which
the Southern man was placed in 1SG1.
tut comutuailoJ inni to spcpoiv
pains and penalties
tti-n which Lis Lalf hiarted fr
i really deserve? This is m!iv
I - .. 1 O .... I .
en is -ow, apply lias : in 101 ouuiu
true 'Carolina called uimn her people to so-
so that no mu could
.iff..r TkTiv 1,,'riSltV COt
.v rf . .... . 1 - .1 11
prescribed bylaw as due to his oncc j radical oppo: it, and stigmatize it cede. 11 tncy rciuseu, iney cou.
before it wa's committed. This is the as an abandonment of the negro to Lis only do so, relying on the I nitcd
... iin.t in fate, order !eirive the SAiithern i.States for nrotectioti. M here was the
ViULIliUtV'U i4? II nvn riu.iv.-., I 1 . . . .
the
view ol me earner a presciiiv--.- " . i
ress propose to over-ride its j riiicj
ples and nullify its provisions by pui-i.-hinc
all those in the South, who,
after having at any previous time
taken an oath to support the Consti
tution of the L nited Sutes: nntarny
encased in rebellion, by declaring
thHinin-li"-ible to office under either
Lastly, it is argued that this section the Federal or State governments in it to justiiy tnem tuiner.sKS tney r ...
J .1 . rl ..i 4, 4k; iiAn 4 u !,!!! fif in ipstmvinj' the ireedoni ot the
OlIIlT t'lil, tun m " - - r
pains and penalties," and x;f.icrjjSLates. aud in consolidating power
'ttv both m one which is intended over them in the Federal Government.
to inflict new punishment on rM the jit is in invention that may I made
I rincipal men ot the tnv futJi lor the , to plccuo the inventors, and a jetam
part they took in the Ii -U-llion, and jthat might hoist its own engineers. It
that without providing anv mode 01 .twenty seven States can dejrive nine
states ot a few members of Congress. United States at that time ? Could
Nor are the authors of it anxious they protect the citizen in his refusal,
for its success. "With no love for the; or not Let the fact answer. They
iegro, they offer this as a sop to the j could not, or did not, for the only
aboJ.tioi.isis, and expect, by means of; force they had was iu Fort Sumter,
it, to keep them quiet till after the and so far from being able to protect
election. The heads of these men are the ieojle. it could not protect itself,
icool enough besides, to know that and was obliged, afterward, to sur
thereisnot comiKHisation cnonirh in render to the Slate. What then was
jiasiij , h i" ui j,ui ' . - -is
necessary to equalize the power of
voters Nonh and South, which is as
contemptible a sophism as ever was
hatched in the brain of a demagogue.
The power of a voter, like that of an
officer in any State, is precisely what
the Constitution and laws of the State
confer and. no more, and if ono State
chooses to limit the numlter ot both.'
and thus increase the deposit of power
in their hands, upon what rational
ground'ean the Kople of other States
complain ? Tower resides in the peo
ple, and Pennsylvania, baring 21
times as many people us Massachu
setts, she has two and a half times as
mnch lintror as Massachusetts. Now
the Legislature of the latter State
consists of tK0 members, and that of
Pennsylvania only of 1 3:1. Therefore
nnn of these 1C3 wield 10 times the
nt. one f.f the fidO does, and
very 25,000. But if we suj.posc that ; yet nobody ever heard JIassachussct s
be has 25,000 male negroes of the j complain of this. If she did she wou. J
1 i ...i . .1 l.i. r.L-nniil a loot, and laii'-hcd at lor
uuireu ace, unu to w noiu tni-y . . -. . .
1 .. e . . , !, . . .1 l.n.Mun it rnniirtt hint nTitress(J.
. . . 11. 1.,1. . I ... n
iifi.rt her in any vossioie
t ullow
then she
votes,
bli'red to accent one member of Con
trial or nens ot e ape. except ty a
two-third vote of Congress removing
the disability.
It is imo-ible for one not well ac
quainted w itU the result of measures
similar to this in other eon n tries to
estimate the probable tmoant of mis
chit fit mi-lit do in this iustance. To
ostracise and j.roscr.be the leading
men of a population numbering mil
lions, jnst at the time when we want
to reconcile and unite them with os in
the bonds of loyal citizenship, is sarcly
one of the most rash and dagerous
inweedinr imaginable, and would.
brvoiid nnv doubt, sow tho see Is of
another and much more formidable
rebellion than the one which we have
Not only th'a un
der the Un wo-ti resent it, l-ut
connei ted wi;h tl.em in any way,
hl.r. i or fricnd-h;n. womd become our
hi.
bv
" -'x i i ...
i i . it. -
l a . I'intifcv ranill WOU d IlSVC I we nn:
utionsonsto allow tho negroes to right to ask her to reduce her I.cgi-
rotc. That s the a ternat . ver.resent- Uiure Hal fcne wcuia io a si. i
d to rennsvlvanin. Hither hi the crease ours.
wqroes vote., or else lose a tnendtrr ojto put the argument
.frtf-'s as the vcnaltu that is all of, ment on that
i n,, : ,. ..,.i. r., ...!.... il, nulr shfivs
.u. jiui .t rui:n ii.i.e... ia. uio. hi ...v . ... ., r .
. . . ... ' . ... i ..re....... i... . i-i.rT.T ' i..ninirin l Tl. : i .iti i i -
Ol IV U. U u i.l'i. ......... c . .
elective l7iin-ah( Kiseives aiti) a pari) wi.hu oma
tii-.t ' ,,i.vf.r t;.r t.r fch-n tint.l they hud
not
a
form
ii t u-ith voter and ..l.i.i.rtut.itv lor vengeance in iur
. -v...-.' --,ii . - ... - . r !
f..r the amend-irver-sh.ttii.gtviiditis-noi jan.es. ian.
mrA U ftUnrd. and ' ai,v one believe thai in time, n.ese
n c ue t.ien. Lonn l together I V mo lies oi
ilfl M I lIH . - x"
f - .1 , . . ni M 111 L? .. . - . t. ii S fit i'tit lift B. Tl fiUllTlllUl lm.liMM, ' v.v
southern M4iles.fc l hot wouhi bu kwc u-ic uum- y
m i j ill 4 1 1 1, xfirknLtln r i I
niMU'i i T'uri rt inn nnn t- hi i i niit ii it line i im i'iv -.i.. .
- - . .. n I-,, not r.i.vpr t.re or s hn unt.i they lt
'Xivc up one-half of their members in ciuse in ou... .-u.., . V . , ,.,, ani mde
-ho House of Ileproscntntives. Hut ' affect them ; but, if they were to .... wiped 3 u.:vt?Ldt
.. lu ..... W. ihn' n-Tfere at all. one would thit.k it more those who u.Cm ted it.repei t that the.r
. 1 rU:ii f.r T.nr. s hiuei.t bad C-VelOomO
w isc ii in. v eie 10 ri.".. t ----
race than Set k to or .ion -o it, : there u-lt.-r judgeuii.ti r i-ci iosv-r;
S..r.,lr no wise man can believe that answer, n nas net-a o
Male vi one-hall tlieir nte moors ot
C'.ncrcss by amending the Const ution
the same number of States might de
prive New F.nglaud of one-half her
rScnators; and this is made jnissiblc
whenever the precedent is set, that an
anicndincnt can te made which is not
only in harmony with, but directly
contrary to iho original instrument
itself. If you change the basis of rep
resentation, pass Lilts of Attainder and
fx j'tft faiio laws, you can do any
thing. Such changes are not amend
ments at all they are really violations
attempted undercover of a power to
amend, and ii successful, the instru
ment becomes the sport of faction,
loses all efficacy, and is not worth the
paper upon which it is written.
1 think the proceedings of the laic
Convention at Fhiladelphia, called, by
way of eminence, the Loyal Southern
Union Convention, ought to ojhmi the
eyes ot the people as to the true na
ture of the issues involved in the next
elections. Surely no such body has
ever nnt in tho world before, or one
whieh exposed its nakedness more
than this. All the bedlams of
operation of this sect on is not only
equal in all the States, but is absolute- ' negro su..
y unjust to some, in order that others
may profit by it.
states which Luve few or no negroes,
tlainlv
toe country seemed to bejet loose in it.
Ye G.hIs 1 if the spirits ot Washington,
Franklin, Madison, Adams, Hamilton
and Jeerson were permitted to look
in upon it, what must they have
thought. To have seen a tuircol oi
the citizen to do ? Was ho expected
to be stronger than the United States?
Certainly not. lie was expected to
obey the Government over him, whieh
has tho power to enforce obedience.
This is common sense anythiug else
is b.r.y.
The State then having power over
him. be engaged in the rebellion. Did
he do it voluntarily! is the question
put by the amendment. 1 answer
that is not the true question, i ouia
he help hiuvtflfl is far better. Well,
suppose he thought he could not help
it. and went in. Was that a crime r
Clearly not, and no court would say
so, although to all appearance he went
in voluntarily. This amendment may
punish him, "and so far is unjust and
unlawful, lict us hear Aon first.
Let this amendment bo adopted ;
then farewell to peaco and union.
We have planted enemies in every
neighborhood, village and hamlet all
over tho South. They are the leading
men they arc persecuted into des
pair thev have nothing to hopo lor
from a Government which refuses
them a trial by law, or a chance for
defence ; but, on tho other band, tt
one fell stroke, the whole mass" of
them are forever shut out and secluded
from all the honor and rewards cf tho
country, covered with laslinc disgrace
and shame, and made, in this '
ready to revolt against ns on all
casions.
any man serious in supposing
A luerican people would repudiate their
own debt, and pay that of the Con
federate States? If there is such an
one, he is out of tho pale of reason,
and ought to be let alone.
Now, fellow-citizens, I have review
ed these proposed amendments to the
Constitution, and whieh arc paraded
as tho platform of the great liepubli-
can party of this coun-. I think I
hazard nothing in 6aymg that tney
never will bo adopted and become a
part of the Constitution of the United
Statei God fo'b'd ibat that great,
sublime a"d glorious instrument.which
embodies in itself all that is good and
wise of tho world's political experi
ence in tho past, should ever be en-enml,M-..,t
with such absurd and wick
ed conditions as these are, and which
we should all repent of w hen too late.
II AllLEY & SO N
FOUND K 11 S,
-Clearfield, Peim'a.
I i lit r . i
I'tii ji a V r tw i-li a "prill war one Oi : ru iuc a iium uw tvu iu. v n v
....v,v, v,. .., t- . ,c.il, inci in !it.,)rt and mamlA.a the : l Im.uu lor iuuc 10 mo nvru, lor
hey run no risk, and ctmnot lose, but ospec. y the ncgroesof theNou ju j t -to o, t J 1; to in ?rdcr ive
in.- v I'M. in in THiwpr in kt. ii inn n n viuii-.' "'n j- ----- - -
i hey cain in nower inst as the others emcrgt
ro dennrod of it. Th s is the secret is graveiy
of their ansifty for its succe-s. . very mim men who ay thx.t the oca-b jed o. baa
i . :.. U iA.v ,i.'t.:t,-?n We l.ve Unused it in t he libera a constituency, when
argues; wi . yj ; ..r. -.-tr... .:,-M. fftrlv; fh.n n-n otit often
m
it is no-
of thtse
The; ktiby aotifj lb public, that lbe Foundry
in tb Borough of Clearfield,
bin ben put In full bla.t, and ihfy are now ready
to aromiuiHlaM the tominooity with anjtbing
peitaining to their line. They keep eoBBUnt'.y
hand a gcntral auorlmeot of
Cook, Farior and Ten Flato Stoves,
for burning
E 1 T II Ii R WOOD OR COAL
Salamander's, Number 4,
Hdsc Stoves, Number 3 nnd 4,
Wash Kctilcs 16 and 20 gallons,
File UitM 20 and incbea,
FARM DISNKR BELLS TWO SIZES,
I'lnwaaud flow ("Msling
We are
kmda of
CUIT A Nl SAW MILL IRONS,
and i t-ciul attention i paid to the r
pairing of
Thrcsliing Machines.
Tersou in rant of anything, in our
OC- jli". would do well by giving ua call.
jMl kind of country produce, aud old
MeUl. taken inexclmnce for our Aianu-
also, prepared to make al
. , ., . . I : . , lKen in rii'innce nir vur mac
bi.pj.ose then wo were engaged in a rciur; lfce h,
foreign war which side would they 6 nAKLEY i SONS,
lake.' Which side does the juncud- cieatfield. Ta.. Nomlr Ut. If65.-tf.
Mi rely
mer.t invite them to taker
.,.! lUi. i.nm.ll,nni.rqllr lOwatmn'
panarea, Kennedy'! medical DI-
1 hey would be strength to our eno-! t,llf j,n,.' tai Aj-, medic'.oetof arery kind
mies. and weakness and danirtr to us.1 Fr aalo t.y n. I.
and perhaps lose US the one-half tho f-tn.und and un?round fplrrs, Citron, Kng.
Union. I urrn, eollee and Vinegar t,f
Let ns then pause, my countrymen, ZJjUiS L
before we lend ourselves to such ex-i T.. 7. , 7, r; r
- ,, i u , , 1 1 luflaln KbeKue and llure 11 lan V Ma at
tremc folly. Let us be warned by JJ Nu, MLKKiXL d-EIOLKR-S.