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WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS -AT -LAW,
CIcurBclD, Pa.
t aun-Leg al business of all kinds attended to
with promptness arm OoYIity,
Orhoa In residence
of Wimaea. A. WalMro.
jenl2:70
taot. 1. atoceiLorea dam l. ansae.
McCULLOUGH &, KR.EBS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OBoe edjoloing the Clearfield County Bank, Id St.,
Clearfield, Penu'a.
flrAU legal business promptly attended to.
Consultations in bolk English and German. no'SU
WILLIAM 1. WALLArt, J. BLAKM WAl.TVna.
WALLACE fc WALTERS,
Bead Estate Agents and Conveyancers,
Clearfield, PebVa.
"VSuReal Estate bought and sold, titles untu
rned, conveyances prepared, taxes paid, and insn
raaces taken. OtBee la new building, nearly
opposite Court House. janl.iO
H. W. SMITH,
ATTOENEY-AT-LAW,
je3 Clearfield, Pa. ly
A. W. WALTERS,'
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
fetvOltc In the Court Ilonse. deel-ly
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
ar-offlee ia the Court House. Jyll.'er
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
llewrSeld. Pa.
OSoe Market St, aver Hartswiek A Irwin's
Drag Store.
npae-Prooipt attentioa given to the securing
of Bounty, Claims, Ao., aad ea all leg at business.
March is, I87-1.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Odea on Seeoad St., Clearfield, Pa. novll.fifi
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And Real Katate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office oa Market street, opposite the jail.
aHar-Reepectfally offers bis services la selling
and buying leads la Clsarfleld and adjoining
eonatles ; nad with aa experience of ever twenty
yeara as a surveyor, flattera himself that be can
render satisfaction. febls.'oi-tf
WM. M, McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Office ea Market street one door east of tba Clear
leld County Bank. may4,'4
John II. Orris. C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA Hf.
Hellefoute, Pa. .epll,'t)5 y
DANIEL M. DOHERTY.
ABBES & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
JyW
CLEARFIELD, PA.
E. I. KIRK, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Luthersburg, Pa.
wXr-Vlll attsnd promptly to all professional
alalia. ang1S:ly:pd
DR. Al THORN,
rilYSICIAN k SURGEON,
n AVISO IdVavM t KrVrtown, Clearfield co.
PaV,, offer! bin frntnn trrrirt tr the
npl M tlw MrrondiTit aoantry. (Stpt. 39, 6I-y
DR. J. F. WOODS,
PHYSICIAN eV SURGEON.
IImimk rovd ( 4&nionvill, PtvfttTfri liii
rrfr utnal awrr inaaai tm tl uxtpl nf thmt fkltaa
nd tba Miroaniiig ooantry. All eU pnnnpfly
tum4ti to. Dre. I An 4.
F. B. REED, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SCROEuN,
tA"Havla resaeveA to Williaaocrnva. Pa.
wffera his proraarioaal eervioee to tba people of
Ut sarroaadiaf eeaatry. I Jy 1 1,'flT
DR. S
HAYES,
BT) UG EON
DENTIST.
OffltMOi Mtln FL, CnrwentTlIK P.,
'XTT'ILld mkt prof ion ! riiiu, for Uit o-
rniB ( lb pablie, eommeooiof la
April. I ai follows, rii :
Lalhr.baT)r Firrt Friday of tptj atanlli.
AaoaTilla Firrt Mmdij of trr ainnih.
Laaiher City Fir t Thnnnlay of avary Month.
F pen dine ,w ' a'tnr plara. All r4rt
fir work aeatld a prBi4 oa tlio day of hi
arrival at aach pi act.
Jt& Ttta ai tract! hy tba) appllcatloB of
nal an.vftboti eopa,rUTy vtlhoot pftio.
All klndr of DratfJ vortt f utu-tvotd.
. B. Tht pablit will pleoaa oottro, (hat Dr.
11 whtft aot OBtrKtti la tho mhaw vlriti, ay
Wo foarvd In hit ntttoo, lm CorwotltTilU, Pa.
CarwootTiilo, Foa. 4, S-41
DENTAL PARTNERSHIP,
Db, a. m. hills,
kpesires to Inform bis patrons, and the
ul,lic generally, u at he has associated with him
la tba praetire of Dratisiry,
S. T. SHAW, P. D. 8.,
The Is a gradaata of the Philadelphia Dental
College, acd therefore hat the highest aliena
tion of professions! skill. All work dona in
Its office I will hold myself personally respoasl
tle for being doae In the aioel satisfactory aaaa
ater and highest order af the profeasioa.
Aa established practice af twenty two years In
Vis place enables ate la apeak to aay patients
With oonOdenoa.
Kngegements freaj a dlitaiee should ha aisde
jy letter a ftw dayt before the patient drsigee
Canting. June i, ims i.
CLBA
GEO. B. G00DLANDER, Proprietor.
YOL.42WHOLENO.2153.
Cards.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Late 8urgeon of the 8Jd Rcg'ment, Pennsylvania
Voluntoera, having returned from the Army,
nflers his professional services to the oitiaent
of Cleardeld county. ....
JUT-Professional calls promptly attended to.
Office on Second street, Formerly oooup.ru .j
Dr. Woods. t!"4'
DR. T. JEFFERSON BOYER,
THYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Bcoond Street, Clearfield. Pa.
1 Hv.Mg pcrmttciitly Wetd, h. oew offers
Bia professional servioes to tho citisensort'lcortield
..j i.,iit. .nd the nublia generally. All calls
promptly attended to. oeilv-j
JEFFERSON LITZ,
rHYSlCIA.NSUBGEOJr,
HAVINO located at Osceola, Pa., affers his
professional sarvicaa to tba people of thai
ylaoo and snrroanding oountrr.
.A1I calls promptly atunded to. Office
and residence an Curlin at., formerly ooeupicd
by Dr. KUne.
DR. M. L. KLINE,
SURGEON DENTIST.
HAVINU located in Wallaccton, ClcarHeld
county, Pa., offers his pn.fessional scnices
U. ths people of that place, and the surrounding
oountrv. All work guaranteed, and charge, mod
erate. f.oct.1.1, f.O-tf.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SUKGEOS,
HAVING hated at Pcnnfirld, Pa., offers his
professional services to the peolile of that
place and surrounding country. All calls promptly
attended to.
oct. H U.
AUCTIONEER.
11I1E undersigned will attend to the calling and
erving of sales anywhere within the limits of
Cloarneld county, oa short notice. Jh"?!1,I'
son.Me. Address C IIAB1 .KJ H. J"
BM-lmpd t-mithV Mill., Cloorncld Co., I a.
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER REER BREWER,
Clearfield Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Kntrcs Ilrrwo
hopes hy strict attention to hnrlncf
ilu, mmufscturo of a superior article of I
Ty
nno
the mMufacturo of a superior article 01 mir...
U, recejro the ;.atronge of all the old and many
new customer. Augtf.
THOS. S. WASHBURN,
SCALER OF LOGS,
C.lcn Hope, Clearfield County, Penu'a.
ritHK subscriber has devoted reach tiros and
i attention to the BCALINU 0 LOUS, and
tak ea Ibis method of offering bis services to those
who may need them. Any further Information
can ba bad by addressing as above. jJ -
SURVEYOR.
AVID RKAMS, I.nlherbnrg, Clcarlleld Co.,
I ) Pa., offers his services as l-urvt-yor ia the
,..! end of the county. All calls will Imi atlend.-d
to promptly, and the charges moderate. I:l:i
SURVEYOR.
TI1K undersigned offers his errrlees as a ("nr.
veyor. and may be found at his residence, in
lwrene townsnip. iHers w. -
toC.c.rhc.d.r. JMmmrmvLw
THOS. W. MOORE,
Land Surveyor and Conveyancer,
H AVISO recently located In the borough of
Lumber Citv, and re.umed the practice ot
Laud Survcving. re.iectfully t.ndera bia profes
clonal nrrvieee to the owners of and speculators ia
leads in Clearfield and adjoining counties.
Ilertls of conveyance neatly executed.
Office and reeidenee one door east of Kirk A
Spencer's store. aprlt pdtm.
N. M. HOOVER,
Wholesale A Retail Pealrr in
Tobacco, Cigars and SnulT,
Two doors east of the Tost Office,
MARKET fe'TKEKT, CLEAllHELD, PA.
AA large assortment of Pipes, Cigar Cases, Ac.
alwaya on hand. myl-ly
J. K. BOTTORF'S
rilOTOGRAIMI GALLERY,
Market Street, Clearflvld, Pa.
"VEOATIVKS mala la aloudr, aa well as In
i eleer weather. Con.tenllr on hand, a good
a.portmcnt of PRAMK3. gTl kKO.st'OI'FS and
STLBKDSCOPIC VIKWS. Prames, from any
style of moulding, made to order. epr28-lf
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, I'cnn'a.
YfvWill execute Jobs in bis line promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. ' errt.af
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DUALBft IH
GENERAL MKUCIIANDISE,
C.BAIIAMT(!, Pa.
Also, extensive msnnfaeturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumlierof all kinds.
JMr-Orders solicited and all bills promptly
tiled. J.'"J
sro. ALaanr naunv At.arav w. At. near
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturers A exten.ire Poolers in
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4c,
WCIODLANIi. P E N N 'A.
?70rdrrs solieitcd. Hills filled on abort notice
and reaeonalde terms.
Address Woodland P. O., Clesrffrld Co., Pa.
JcJi-ly W .UlKKT A Lima.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Frenchvllle, Clearfield Coanty, Pa,
Keeps constantly oa band a full assortment uf
Ilry tlooils. Hardware, liroceriee. and erervlhing
asually kept In a rclai) store, which will !e sold,
f,7 cash, as chesp as elsewhere ia the county.
Frcnchville, June J 7, ISc71y.
C. KRATZER & SONS,
MEIiCUANTS,
raALans ia
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Catlery, Qucenswarc, Oroceries, rorisions and
Ehlnglrs,
Clearfield, Pcnn'a.
.rv-At their new store eccm, on Second street,
near Merrell A lliglsr'a HarJwara store. janU
M0SHANN0N LAND 4 LUMBER CO.,
OSCEOLA FTEAM MILLS,
AirrArrraaa
LU11BEIJ, LATH, AND riCKETS
IT. n. PHILI.IMii'OIin, rresilcnt.
Office Fre.l ri.ee. No. 1 .'. S. slh si., Phil 'a.
dllil.N l.AWcllK. Hnperintcalcnt.
Je'f,7 1 Oeccola tlills, I Irarli. Id counlv. Pa.
VI)MIITI(ATIB1 WOTICI- Kolice
Is hciehy gi.ea that tellers of admiol.tralton
on tho estate of J. P. KKAT.KR deceased, lale
of the Itoroarh of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, having
been duty granted to the undersigned, all psreons
Indented to snid .slate will please make psrment,
and those having claims or demands will present
them properly aalhcntkiated for settlement
C. KRAT7.KR,
Clearfield, Jan. 19, latO-fiu Admini.trator.
the DEMOCRATIC ALMANAC. Only
cents, hvery voter sfeouia nave ona. u
THE llEPUDUCAN.
CLKAK FIELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY MOKNINO, FKD. 2, 1870.
A FAI SK 8TKP.
BY Hllrt, BROWniMQ.
(SwvNt, thna hui trod on heart,
I'luit! thom' a world full of men;
And women m fair at thou art
AluKt do ucb ihingf now and thou.
Thoti only hart ateppfd -.nawaro
Mai too mnt ono oan iuipute.
And why vhuuld a heart have hon thara
In the way of m lair woman's foot f
It wan not a eton thai oooid trip..
Xur wnii it a thuru that twuld rt-ud;
Put up by thy proud andtrlip
'Twa men-ly the heart of a friend.
And yet, prradf cnture, one day
Thou, iittinn alone at tho gn,
Kt inarkmj; the hwm mn away,
W here the iniile in iu Uiuiplvuient waf.
And tfwkiiig around the in rain,
From hutidrodn who flattered before.
Piich a word aj "ih!" not in the main.
lo 1 hold thee h w precioui, but more.
Thoult 111(1', very like, on thy part,
"(if all 1 have known, or call know.
I wirh I had only that heart
1 trod upon agt-i aeo!"
LETTER FE0M JUDGE BUCK.
Hcrrrtary ailanloii'a Political Position lu
IHtMl, and HrrJiiularenara of the t lose
of lluchauau'a Admlulalratlou.
From tha Kew York Herald.
Since tbedonlh of Mr. Stanton gome
nowKpnper writers linve rovivctl the
Mnndnkiui! accounts which lir-iran to
bo propsRsted, I think, in 1802, con
cerning hid condnct while n member
of Mr. BiK'tiantin' Cabinet. It in
(tsKOftod Unit ho came into that
adminiptralion with views entirely
opposed to those of the President and
tho men who were to be hi collongoes,
nil of whom, except Messrs. Holt and
Iltx, wcro in luvor ol tho boulhern
Confederacy, and ready to sacrifice
tho Lnion; that supliorteil liy thenc
two ho bullied the rest ; that he tcrri
tied tho President by throats of reai;
nution into measures which olherwixo
would not have been thought of; that
he urccd iiumediuto war npon the
seceding States to crush out tiio rebel
lion; that llioucn aeieaicu in mis vy
the treason of his nsoociatos, ho car
ried with high hand other points of
sound policy; that by tlicno hardy
linnlnvs of hostility to tho adminis
tration which trusted him he promoted
the interests and won the gratitude
of its enemies.
This is tho snhstaneo expressed in
my own plum hnghtb of many state
ments cominr; from various sources
extensively circulated and so generally
believed tluil II not soon conirauicieu
they ro likely to be received as
authentic history. They are not
only false, but they must bo injurious
to Mr. Stanton's reputation ; and they
uro prossly unjust to others, dead us
well as living.
I am not tho special dotentlerol .Mr.
Stanton and I certainly would not
assail him. Poforo he lull away from
tho Democratic fuilh our friendship
was intimate and close, iliero was
no separation afterwards except the
separation which is inevitable between
two persons who differ widely on
ptiblio subjects beliovcd by bo'.li to be
vitally important. Our correspondent
of last summer and autumn (began by
himself) shows that I was ablo to for-
f:ivo him my particular sharoof injury
10 had done to the country, and he
had my sincere good witthes for bis
future health and wolfure. His polit
ical nlliludo toward tho Iluclianun
Administration previous to bis Ap
pointment as Altorncy-tioncral is
wholly misunderstood or else, wilfully
misrepresented, llo was fully with
ns at every Btogo of tho Kansas ques
tion, and no man flt a more loathing
contempt than ho did for tho knavery
of the abolitionists In refusing to vole
npon tho Leeompton Constitution,
when nothing but n vo'.o was needed
to expel slavery from tho now State,
and thus tcrminato tho dispute by
deciding it In the way which they
themselves pretended to wish, lie
wholly denied Mr. Douglas' notions,
and blamed him severely for tho un
reasonable and mischievous schism
which be had created in tho party.
The Know-Nolhingism of Hell and
Everett found no favor in bis eves
j In the canvass of 1800 ho regarded
lite salvation ui inv vwumry as Hanging
upon the forlorn hope of llrec kinriilge's
election. We knew tho abolitionists
to lie the avowed enemies of the Con
stitution and the Union, and wo
thnulit tlio Jtopublioane would nocoe
sarily bo corrupted by their ollianco
with them. As wo saw the marcli of
theso combined forces upon tho capi
tal vc felt Hint tho constitutional lib
erties of I he country wero in as murh
peril ns Jfomo was when the (inula
were pouring ovor the broken dvfensos
ol tho city. Whether we wcro r:!'!
or wrong Is not the question now. It
is enough to say that Mr. Stanton
shared these apprehension fully, llo
more than shared Ciem ; to some ex
tent he inspired Ibein, for ho knew
Mr. Lincoln personally, anil the
account bo gnvo of him wus anything
but favorable.
Tho C.t h of November eamo, and
Mr. Lincoln was legally chosen Presi
dent by the electoral machinery of
tho Constitution, though the majority
of tho popular volo was against him
by inoro than a million. Tho question
Was now to be tested by actual experi
ment whether A party which existed
only in one section, and which was
organised on tho solo principlo of hos
lilily to tho right, intercuts and feel
ings of the other, could or would
administer tho federal government in
ariglileotis spirit of justice, or whether
tho predictions of all our irrent states
men for thirty years must bo verified
that tho abolitionists when they got
into power would disregard their
sworn duty to the Constitution, break
down tho judicial authorities and
claim obodietico to their own more
will as "hit;her law" than the law
of tho land. The dnngor was greatly
aggravated by the criminal misconduct
".' ",TP" oooiea in I no otil It, RnC pr-
. lieu ill iij ill nuuill VHroillia, Where
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,
preparations were openly mndo for
resistance. What was tho federal
Exoctuivo to do under these circum
stances? Make war? Ho had neither
authority nor means to do that, nnd
Congress would not give bim tho one
or tho other. Should he compromise
the dispute T llo could offer no term
and make no pledges which would not
be repudialod by the new administra
tion. Could ho mediate betwoen tho
parties: Jloth would reluso his umju-
rage, for both wore as hoHtilo to him
as they wero to ono another. Never
theless, ho was bound to do them the
boat sorvico bo oould, in spilo of their
teeth; nnd that sorvico contested in
preserving tho peace of the nation.
It was bis special and most imperative
duty not "lo ombroil tho 'incoming
administration by a civil war which
liis successor might be unwilling to
approvo or to prosecute. Jt was un
doubtedly right to leave tho Prctsi
dont elect and his advisors in a situa
tion where they oould take their
choice betwoen compromising and
fighting. In fuet Mr. Lincoln was in
favor of tho former, if bis inaugural
be any sign of his sontiments.
Tho mind of no man was more
deeply imbued with theso opinions
than Mr. Stanton's. Tho idea never
entered his head certainly nover
passed his lips that tho President
ought to mnko war upon Slutes, or
put the wuolo pccplo out ol tho pro
tection of tho laws, and expose thorn
all to indiscriminnlo slaughter as pub
lic enemies becauso some individuals
among them had dono or threatened
to do what was inconsistent with their
obligations to the United States. He
knew very well that no such thing was
citer legally or physically possible.
(ien. Scott bad reported officially that
live companies constituted the wliolo
availublu force which could be sent to
tho South for any purpose offensive or
defensive, la it possiblo that Mr.
Stanton would have undertaken to
conquer the South will) half a
regiment r Jto was so thoroughly
convinced that a war at that time
of that kind and under thoso circum
stances would not only "flro tho South
ern heart, but give the Bccessionists
the sympathy of all tho world nnd
ultimately insure their success, while
it could not help but cripple, disgrace
and ruin the cause of the Union. Nor
did be feel pleasure in tho anticipation
of any civil war between tho two
sections of Ins country, from the
stand point which ho then occupied
ho said thnt war was disunion ; il w as
blood, conflagration, terror nnd tears,
publio debt and genernl corrtiplion of
morals, an onoing nt nest not in tne
union ol the States but in the subju
gation of some to tho despotic will of
tho others. Ho wan apt to tnko a
sombre view of things, and he looked
at the dark sido of this subject. The
glory, profit and plunder, tho political
distinction and pride of power which
brighten it now, were not included in
his prospective survey.
On the 20th of November I answer
ed the President' questions concern
ing his legal power, and duties, hold
ing that tho ordinances of secesoion
were mere nullitica; that the seceding
States were and would bo as much in
tho Union a ever; that tho federal
Executive was bound there as well as
elsewhere to execute the luw, to bold
tho public property nnd locollect the
revenuo ; Hint if tho means and ma
chinery furnished by luw for theso
purpose were inadequate be could nr t
adopt others and usurp powers which
had not been delegated ; that neither
the executive nor legislative depart
ments had authority under the Con
stitution to muko war upon a Stale;
that the military power might be used,
if necessary, in aiding the judicial au
thorities to execute tlio laws in col
lecting tho revenues, in defending or
re taking tho public; prperty, but not
in acts of indiscriminate hostility
against all tho people of a Slato. This
is the "opinion w hich has since been
so often, so much and so well abused,
denounced and vilified. Mr. Stanton
did not Btultily himself by denying
tho plain, obvious and simple truths
which it expressed. Tho paper was
shown bim before it went to the Pres
ident, and after a slight alteration
suggested by himself, ho not only ap
proved but applauded it untbubias
lically.
It disappointed tlio President. lie
'.ind hastily taken it fur grunted that
Congress might make iecession a cause
for war; and in tho draft of bis mes
sago already prepared ho had submit
ted tho question of war or pcuco to
their decision. Hut Ilia advico of the
Law Ilepnrtmoiit, supported by a pow
erful argument Irum lien. Ciihs, con
vinced him of his error, and that part
of the messugo wnB re written. The
substance of tho niessago so modified
received Mr. Stanton's hearty endorse
ment in everything that regarded se
cession and tho Ireutmcnt it ought to
receive.
Soon after this Gen. Cuss reliied. 1
was requested to take tho Slnto De
partment and Mr. Stanlon was ap
pointed Atlorney-tieneral upon my
declaring that I was unwilling to
leave tho euro of certain causes then
in the Supremo Court to any hands I
but bis. This appointment alone,
without any other proof, ought to sat
isfy any reasoning mind that all 1 have
said of Mr Stanton's sentiments must
be true. No man in his sober senses
enn believo that I would have urged,
or that Mr. Puchnnun would have
mado tho appointment, if wo had not
both known with rcrfect certainty
that ho agreed with ns entirely on
those fundamental doctrine of consti
tutional Inw to which wo were com
mitted. The faintest suspicion of tho
contrary would bavo put tho Attor-ney-ticiicrar
office os fur beyond his
reach as tho throne of Franco. We
took him for what ho professed lo be
a truo friend of tho l nion, a devout
believer in the Constitution, a faithful
man who would nut violm o his oath
of ofiico by wilf'till disobedience to the
laws. I am still convinced that he
did not deceivo us. If ho abandoned
Ihtwo principle in l!fi.' the change
however sudden and unaccountable, is! Washington, on tSntnrday night, for
not satisfactory cvidenco that he was: tho purposo of plunder. llo got
an imposter and a hypocrite in ISiitl. Uaughl by the nock between two ral
Ho did not find Mr. Uoltaud Gen.' ten In tli roof, and was found dead
RE
NOT MEN.
Ilix rontonding alone (or contending
ut nil) against tho President and the
rcHt ol tho administration. Mr. Holt
on the ;ird of March, lJli), appended
to his resignation a strong expression
of bis gratitude for tlio "llrm and gen
erous support" which Mr. Jiuchanan
had constantly extended to him, nnd
pays a warm tribute to tho "enlight
cited statcHtnanship and unsullied pa
triotism" ol the outgoing President.
Ciun. Dix Was not there atull when Mr.
; Stanton ennto in. He was appointed
a month afterwards, when thero was
no disagreement In the CabinoU Ho
took up bis residence attho President's
house as a member of tho family, and
remained there tho whole, time of bis
tjrvioc. as head of the Treasury Do
pitrlment. Ho performed Inn dutv
tuithfully, firmly, and in a way which
met with universal approbation. I do
not recollect that he bad ono word of
serious controversy with tho Presi
dent or with anybody else. If, there
fore, Mr. Stanton was at any time on-
gaged in dragooning tho President
and hectoring his colleagues, ho could
not have had Mr. Hull und Gun Dix
for his backers.
There wero dispulos and serious dif
ferences of opinion in the Cubinet dur
ing tho period of Mr. Stunton's ser
vice; but hi share in tbom has not
been truly stated. I am not writing
tho history of thoso limes, and there
fore. 1 say nothing of what others did
or forbodo to do, except so far as may
bo necessary to show Mr. Stanton'
acts and omissions in their truo light.
Before the election it was determin
ed thai the fort in Charleston harbor
should bo strengthened so a to make
them impregnable. Tbo order was
given, but the execution nf it was
unaccountably put off. When Gen.
Cass ascertained thut tho delay was
ucquiesccd in by tho President he re
signed. Two weeks afterwards Maj
Anderson, commanding Fort Moultrie
and apprehending an attack, throw
his garrison into Port Sumpter. Sim
ultaneously came certain Commission
ers from South Carolina demanding the
surrender of tho lutter Port to the
Slato. Tho character of the answer
that should be given to the commis
sioners und the question whether port
Sumptor should bo furnished with
men and provisions were discussed for
llirco days, each day running fur into
thu night.
On tho one side it was insisted that
tho surrender of tho fortress was so
utterly compatible with our plainest
duty that the demand itself wa a
gross insult. To leavo it in a condi
tion w hich would enn bio rebellious
cilir.cn to take it if they pleased was
still worso, for that would bo merely
another mode of making the surren
der, and a worse one, because it would
bo fraudulent and deceptive. Major
Anderson should, therefore, bo imme
diately so reinforced thntHiis castle's
strength would laugh a siego to
scorn, and thon no uttack would be
made. This last, instead of being tlnn
gorous, was tho only measure that
gave us a chance for safety ; il would
not tiring on hostilities, but avert
them, and if war must come al all
events, tho possession of Fort Sumpter,
which commnnded the other forts, the
harbor an 1 the city, would bo of in
calculable valuo to tho government of
the Union.
To this there wai absolutely no an
swer, exo pt what consisted in snying
that tho fort could not bo relieved
without citlictilly and danger of suc
cessful opposition ; that South Caro
lina woul I take it ns an affront, and
that it aria tantamount to a threat of
coercion. 'The replication was easily
mado. 'Jhero was no danger of even
an alien pt at resistance to a ship of
war; tin statements mado of tho hos
tile pow. r were mero brag ; if South
Carolina took offence al our prepara
tion for tho safely of our own men
and orr own property, alio must
alreail) bo in a temper lo makoreeon
cilatien impossible; and, ns to coercion,
let her tnko enro not to cocice us, and
she w II bo snfo enough.
At length tho President produced
hi division in the form of an answer
to the commissioner. Whilo it was
far f'nm satisfactory to the Southern
memlurs, it rilled u with consterna
tion a id grief.
Thin camo tho des-perato struggle
of one alone to do what all had failed
to cfT.ct. It was painful in the ex '
treme, lut unexpectedly short and
decisive. Tho President gsvo up his
first ground, yielded the points on
which ho had seemed most tenacious;
the answer to South Curolinn was
essentially changed, and it was agreed
that Foit Sumpter chould have men
and prov isions.
During these discussions Mr. Stnn
lon was always true, bit' tho part he
looV wn by no means a leading ono.
Ile aid ninny times that ho was there
onlj thnt I might have two votes in
sti ll I of one. On no occasion was
thcfi tho slightest conflict between
him and me. Ho exhibited nono of
thcfoarscncsji which some of his later
fiiclils havo attributed to him. He
nevlr spoko without tho greatest
resp ct for bis colleagues, and the
prol undest ilcferenco to tho Presi-
tlcnl. llo snid no word to tho Prcsi
dent about resigning. Ho fold me
that ho would resign if 1 did ; but
when certain concessions were hindo
to ny wishes ho expressed himself
perft -tly satisfied. He did not furnish
ono atom of tho influence nliich
liruuvht the President round on the
answer to Soulh Carolina. Nor did
no e,or propose or carry any measure ,
of Ins own, directly or indirectly, rela-
ting to tho secession troubles. He
nniiurmty proiesseu to oa as anxious
for tlio preservation of tho public
pence as any man there.
It vcmtlil Itn n-ennrt In ll,o mnmnet- 1
.. ... . ... , s ... ,. ' j
01 r, mh in on not to ii'M tii.ii so lar
as I know, he never gave c.unlenancei,
a. n. ....... . . .. . ... , l..,u. I .. I... I..... .
or encouragement lo thosei fabulous
storm of his behavior.
J KRKM1AU S. 1LACK
SiKi.ci.AR Pf.atii.-A notorious sneak
thief named Jame Diggs. nlins "Slim
Jim," broko into a house in U street,
HM I'd
1870.
OUTRAGING VIRGINIA.
l.ttrarts from the e-'toqueiit Arp;umenta of
linn. N K. cux, ol Stcw York, upon, the
t Irglula itcroiistnirtlon Hill.
After some witty and sarcastic pre
liminary romarks, Mr. Cox rouched
his earnest argument
My amendment strikes out the
second section. I would erase it, first,
because il destroys tho integrity of
the Slates ; second, becuuso il is inop
erative except for mischief ; ntii third,
because il ia unrcpuhlicuti in spirit, if
not in form.
It provide for tho destruction of
the lulure autonomy of V ireinia in
mnttors whoro she bus full right under
the Constitution to decide for herself.
H says to Vlrginiu. "You shall uol
chungo your Constitution so as to
chango tho present qualification for
voting and office!" this, too, before
tlio fifteenth amendment has been
adopted a a purt of tho Constitution.
This plan would forco, indirectly, tho
fifteenth amendment on Virginia. It
is a new way of amending the Consti
tution, and is not tlio prescribed
mode.
It say further: "You Virginians
shall come in, but you must nolchango
J'our present qualifications for jurors,
or your present bcncficiuties of the
school fund. You must recognize
this as a fundamental, irrevocable
condition forever!"'
Truo, it provides that Virginia may
chango her Constitution, if the altera
tion is equally applicable to all voters,
as to tho time and residence; but as
to tho qualification and as to jury
trials and schools, never! It thus
makes by Congressional action a per
manent code for Virginia in defiance
of her present constitutional right to
regulate sueli matters for herself.
Allow ino to illustrate Suppose the
peoplo of Virginia, in that future
which will represent advanced ideas
of education, the basis of advanced
republican liberty, or better codes of
jury trial, the basis of equal justico,
should bo unanimously of opinion that
a chango of her presont system should
bo mndo, do you supposo this clause
will bind them J Supposo you place
upon tho limbs of Virginia every liga
turo which diabolical ingenuity can
invent, bind her hand and feet, muzzle
her mouth, nnd blind her eyes, do you
suppose such a people are powerless?
Is there nothing to bo learned Irom
her own history in that respect?
It i no part of my purposo nor
necessary to my argument that 1
should inqtiiro whul theso present
qualifications of voters, and what
these school and jury systoms aro. I
earo not whether black or w Into arc
excluded or admitted, cither as to
voting or schools; whether, liko Mas
sachusetts, voting and otlico-holding
arc limited by education or rcsidonce.
lor nil thai 1 care in this argument,
Virginia insv reluso to admit to suf
frage tall who can read or writo, or
hho may limit it to those who under
stand lio.slon transcendentalism or the
integral cauculus. My argument is
thai her statehood under tho Consti
tution, which tho bill professes to re
vive, is impaired and destroyed in its
essential life by this fundamental con
dition. Her statehood being thus
annihilated, nil tho States are in that
regard injured. Through these wounds
upon Virginia, New York, Calilornia
nr, Massachusetts is stabbed.
Of course such a condition is inop
erative and Void, and never ran be
executed except by a perversion of
power. It is the very system of
Utopia. Sir Thomas More made all
the Utopian conform to his precon
ceived idea of a State. Ho made
Ihcm uniform in all social and politi
cal privileges; and tho satire of his
work consists in the absurdity of
adapting to diver conditions an inex
orable and unchangeable rulo of con
duel and duty. If the Supremo Court
ever has the courage lo march up to
ilsconvictioiisregardlossof the frowns
and slorms of Congress all such con
ditions will soon loso their permanent
and fundamental quality.
Such condition aro unrepubliean in
spirit. It is not only foolishness to
bo tying down for all tho future the
Slato of this Union by law of an
irrrpcnlable character, not only unpro
gressive and null, but it is tho very
essence of depotism. Professing to
make a republican Slate, it enacts the
charcjeles codo of the Medes and
Perwians, the despotism of tho ancient
Orient,
Who will snr that a convention
mado up of tho Underwoods, Wellses.
and Chandlers, (the successors of Jef
ferson, t.eorgo I'.ison, and Madison,
forsooth!) who incubated thai sys
tem of iron-clad tests which even
tho military Schofield derided and the
peoplo rejected, wero fil legislators of
nil tho ages? Oh.ycsl they knew it
nil nnd for nil time I When they and
their indorsee hero die, nil wisdom
dies with them ! Laughter Your bill
say "never!" "never!" shall their
work bo changed? A convention
where ignoranco was representing
intelligence, and where spite prevailed j
antl not charity : and even the mulatto ;
barbery and black held bauds, who
htid sharpened their minds on tho
razor-strap, and cudgeled their brains
w ith their ox goads, laughter, and
had learned some lessons of kindness
toward llieir old masters, wero con-
strained to bolie their loving natures :
ny whilo uravami nnd cunning can
such a convention woik better than
Prvi(oll(.0 r n,n .!iriMMI r0 lo ,,c
rod , like icro, i,ut wo make
work ()f cU,rnul Tno
B, 8nJ . hi,. b
tiful procession along tho blue-tinted
.. ..'
mountains, but this lonlu ul structure
shall oullivo
their rocky ridiro 1 In
that grand future down which the
, Allison gazed when ho saw j
d ...
British greatness setting in the Old
to rise renewed in this New World;
when the name of England should
survivo under the shadow of ancient
renown theongh a hundred and fifty
million men In North America speak
ing It language and glorying in it !
descent;" when from ocean to ocean I
and eqiistor tn polo the ocean bound '
republic of our drranis should arise, j
sounding down this gore-otis, prespec !
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tivo corridor of tbo futiiro, wo hear
tho voice of this Virginia convention
of lSljS squeaking oul its little treble,
"You shall never, never chango the
work of this tesselated black and
whilo convention of lrHi8!" Laugh
ter. And when in that future the
toeuiing valleys and hills of Virginia
shall siniio with cultivation, her pop
ulation of twenty-five million shall
bo clevntod in tho culture of tho
advanced century ; her magnificent
rivers hear her products to tho sea
with inventions undreamed of by us;
her cities rival thoso of Iho Genoese.
Venetian, Dutch, and Spanish in com
mercial enterprise, then, methinks I
hear tho penny-whistlo of this Vir
ginia convention and this Congress
still sounding down tlio gorgeous pros
pectivc, "No change! Never, never
disturb tho work ot tho mosaic states
men of IMS !" Laughter
Such legislation ns this, Mr. Speaker,
is vain and foolish, and therefore it is
revolutionary. Tho attempt to con
strain men from altering their funda
mental Inw is a provocation to rcvolu
lion. Tho quiet revolutions provided
in alt our constitution are neither
violent nor tempestuous I do nol
belong to tho fonienters of revolution
by mean of repressive measures;
whilo I would nol tio down thofuturu
of Virginia by irrevocable laws, I
would not give to this or to future
Congresses or Legislatures prutexU
to enforce penalties by armies.
We want co pretext, no provoca
tions, and no temptation liko this
bill, "no Federal chapter to be bucked
up by Federal bayonet." Tbo device
of this bill, thus developed in the
remarks of the gentloman from V. is-
consin Mr. Painel and tho gentleman
from Ohio IJlr. Jawrcnce , show a
disregarded as well a tho safe pro
cesses of judicature a of the calm
movemcntsof rational progress, lhci c
is in this measure the seeds for a crop
of armed men. At the first blush il
seemed an atrocity in advance oven of
the Georgia advance upon the vindic
tive legiBlution of Congress; but as
wo have progressed in this debate its
enormity hits grown into gigantic
proportion. II 1 a bold, bad step
toward that consolidation which, to
bo secure, must bo armed ; which, to
bo Buro of it slave nnd victims, must
throtllo them with tho mailed hand.
In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I will
ho pardoned at least by this side of
House it 1 allude to associations winch
should have some influence, in dealing
with irginia. I was pleased to note
tho reverence paid to tho mother ol
Suites and statesmen by tho He publi
can member from Illinois Mr. 1 urns
worth in charge of this bill.
Ha seemed to forget, in tho benevo
lence of his heart, the monstrous error
of Virginia in theso later days. He
dwelt with prido upon her ancient
renown. My friends from Ohio and
Now Y'ork Mr. Morgan and Mr.
Wood brushed from tho historic past
some of tho dust which has been
gathering npon theso early associa
tions. For ono I was touched by the
recital. I am no lauJatur tmiporis
acti except when the deeds of the past
arc praiseworthy. Where in ull the
annuls of our country can wo look for
incidents, events, and deeds o con
spicuous for disinterested heroism,
elevnted thought, eloquent spoof h, and
political philosophy as In Virginia?
In dealing with her errors, have
these associations no genllo amenity,
no tender voice ? There ia amnesty
in the very name of Virginia. Upon
her soil tho white man from the Old
World first act his foot and planted
his settlement. Her youth was atten
ded by romances lo which the tales of
tho story -teller benr no comparison.
Sho mado a model of republican gov
ernment before tho boasted institu
tion j of other sections wore conceived
or framed. In heranto-revolttlionary
times she gave us soldiers for the field
and statesmen for tho council men
of churactcr, refinement, scholarship,
dignity, nnd probity . beside whom tho
giants of theso days are pigmies
beneath a colossus! If alio has had
her recent shame, let tho drapery of
oblivion drop over it. Draw aside
nnothor curtain, that we may gnae
upon tho majestic front of our l'ater
Vatriir! Have tvo ceased to recall
Randolph, Pendleton, llichard Henry
Ia'o, and Wylho, who ten year before
tho Revolution bounded tho tocsin of
independence? Fen tho school
boys remember Henry' burst of im
passioned cloquenco when he warned
tho House of lturgesses that the clank
ing of their chains could bo heard on
the plains of Boston. Theso chains!
Is thero no link in them to.rovivc our
better patriotism? Or aro these
chains, or. co forged for Huston and
Virginia, now forged by Boston for
Virginia?
Let Appomattox bo forgotten at
Mount Vernon; let him who inspired
nnd penned tho Declaration nnd him
who aided so much lo devise and,
shape the Constitution bo remembered.
Uy all tho benignities which have
flowed from tho precept and exam
ples of those demigods of our early
day npon
especial I v
ISorlli and South, and
upon tho West, let Iho
justico winch thoso our benefactors
would crave for the Stnto they cher
ished bo awarded. Virginia is not
only tho mother of statesmen, but of
States. Siio gave tho Northwest to
the I nien. Guided hv her hand tbrv
grew to honor, and even to rival and
surpass lier. Vt ell lliey remembered
tho teachings of their mother. When
that mother comes to them in humili
ation, shall sho be met with scorn?
Shall sho bo cast from them in her
hour of need and despondency ? Shall
her very pride, pnr lonnblo when it
gnzc upon her past, ho cast nt her
with reproach? To instill, menace,
distrust, nnd tlo"iade a mother is a
scandal onlv less "than a crime. Even
. .' . ..
if that mother I. as wandered from the
household, errnlle and soiled with the
wanton waywardness of the world, it
is the sign of an ingrato and a coward
to taunt and iibuso her in her distress.
l.vu the cniiii 01 snnmo would best
tale to heap fresh disernee upon the
mother which boro him. When he
adds matricide to ingratitude, the
depth of social infamy i rem lied,
There il no lower depth.
IiTnt Woifrtii
With n'l their Vit.rni'iS nml nler
dili.s il ii'H-t l' admitted thai
"slroi'g'liinili'i.'" wlonen sonicl one
any filings well worthy lo be read ami
pondered Itead Ihia from a speech
of Ere. Ilurleigh at the, V an
Suffrage) Convention in New Jersey :
"My Iriends, has it ever occurred lo
yon what a commenlar' upon civil'
znlion are theso lost women and the
attitude of society toward them? A
little ill i 1 1 1 strays from tho li'dmo en
closure and a whole community is on
tho alert to find tho wanderer snJ
restore it lo its mother's arms. Whut
rejoicings when it is found, what tear
ful sympathy, what heartiness of con
gratulation ? Thero aro no harsh
comment upon the poor, tired feet,
bo Ihey ever so miry, no reprimand
for the soiled and lorn garments, no
lack of kisses for tho teue-stuincd faco.
Hut let tho child bo grown to woman
hood, let hor be led from tho eneiosuro
of morality by tho voice of itfllietion,
or driven from ilby thostrongscourgu
of want what happens then Tt Do
Christian men and women go in quest
of bur? Do they provide all possible
help for hor return, or, if she return
of her own motion, do they receive
her with such kindness nnd delicacy
assccure horaguinsl wandering again ?
Fur from it. At tho first false step
sho is denounced as lost lost, echo
friends and relatives we disown you
don't over como nonr us to disgrace
us. Lost, say society indifferently.
How sad theso glrht are ! And lost
irretrievably lost ia the prompt ver
dict of Conventional Morality, whilo
ono and nil unite in bolting every doof
between her and respectability. Ah!
will nol theso lost one be required at
our hands in the great hereafter?
Royalty on a Bender.
When Prince Arthur wa at Lon
don, Canada, he occupied the house of
AldcrmanUluckmeyor. After Prince
Arthur left the A Werman sent in
bill in which he charged 11,800 for the
use of his house. T his was regarded
a an extortionate charge, and Glack
meyer was pronounced disloval. It
was intimated that he should have
sent in no bill, the honor of entertain
ing royalty being quite sufficient.
G lack me ver failed to ace il in that
light ani o gave tbo items of hi
account, from which wa learn that
Prince Arthur i as wild a yonlh a
his big brothers, who have left o
many unpleasant reminiscence of
tbemsolves in various part of the
world. It seems that Glackmeycr
lost from hi homo, during the royal
occupation, ono and a-half dozen lablo
cloths, besides stockings, and fingor
towel unnumbered. Hi sister had
only one pair of stockinirs left, and
ho lost a pair of trousers. The princely
party made as free with tho property
of their licgo as did ever prince or
king of the most rapuciout breed of
Tudor or PlanUganel. The Indignant
Glackmeycr further says thut "a
splendid brussels carpet in the room
occupied by Colonel Elplnnston was
almost ruined." Two tubs had been
sent for in which lo wash, although
there was a bath in the house, and in
tho morning the tub wa upset and
tho soapsuds went nil over tho room.
This wan truly a right royal method
of repaying hospitality, and we do not
wonder that the Hamilton Timet
rocommonds an ofliciul inquiry, and
observe that "nothing meaner or
more contemptible thurt the accom-
rianimenls of tbo PrineV visit to
.ondou hn ever happened in Canada.''
"Old Blaze "John Barry, better"
known a "Old Maze," go long; stag
agent In Nevavda. Cal , died in that
place July 13th. He was a "fellow of
infinite jest; of most excellent fancy."
If all tho droll and comical things he
ever said were published, tbo book
would put to shamo half tho Work of
modern humorou writers. Ho wa
given to drawing conclusions such as
no one else could think of, and in rep
artee he was wonderful. As a speci
men of hi whole life, we will produce,
as near as we ennj tho scene that
transpired between him and James
Hay worth, on final settlement. Hay
worth was presidont of the California
stago company, and "Blaze" was tha
company' agent at Nevada. Hay
worth said : "Hla!c, yoa havo over
drawn your account to the amount of
sixteen hundred dollars. In consulting
with tho company directors, that in
consideration of your long und faith
ful service thoy wotlld throw off half
the amount and bo satisfied, if yon
would refund eight huudred dollars."
This was Blaze's opportunity. Iteach
ing over, lid took and wrung Hay
worth's hand, and In broken utter
ance exclaimed : "Mr. Uayworlh.the
magnanimity of the company almost
overcomes tno, but in consideration of
tiio length of time yod have kept me
employed, nnd td show yoa that no
slngo company that ever existed can
excel me in magnanimity, 1 will throw
off tho other half and cult it square
with them!"
A Sharp Trap. A curious case
hasjust been triod at St. Petersburg,
which proves that il is sometimes well
lo look tho purchase, if not tho gift
i ; .i. . ,u a l ..:., r.
liorse, ill WIU lliumi. n nu.muii vwi-
onel recently sold one of his horses to
a merchant at a very high price, inti
mating nt tho samo time that he was
very loth to put t w ith It, the) animal
being so capable and Intelligent as
"onlv to want a tongue in order to be
perfect." Tho merchant's delight al
his bargain, however, wa somewhat
lushed by Jho news brought him the
next day by bis groom, that the Lorsc
was incapable of drinking properly,
having only half a tongue. At this
fatal revelation of iho colonel's real
meaning, his victim nt once laid the
ease before a mngistntlP ; but the de
fendant maintained, timid the nproar
ous laughter of tSo entire court (in
eluding even tho presiding judge him
self) that he had given his customer
fair win ning of the defect, his words
being that th horso "only wanted a
tongue to mnko him perlect," and he
appealed thtf plaintiff himself for a
confirmation of this statement, which
the Intler, with cxlremo reluctance
nnd numerous iinpriutnblo comment,
eventually gavo. Tho mngilrt
pronounced that nothing could be
dono, and recommenJed that tha af
fair fhonld be compromised.
The South Carolina Legislature ad
journed a R-w day sinco, lo attend a
circtiu. Mr. Do 1ortrn, the colored
lender of tho House, the great otator
of the I'epttblican party, snitl: "Mr.
Speaker, do cieens hah arrove, and
dnroforc, I mobe yon, air, dnt wo ad
journ." The colored legislator were
highly pleased with iho monkey.
an .owl a
A dutch din-tor has published med
ical tcact, in which he maintains that
"ladles of weak nerve sboald not bo
allowed lo fclccp alone."