No. 2584. yy j, lyyzs^ - pj - a-*, u_y v- f-i •' r y; n> 0 / vFFICK i'n East Market street, Lewistown, 1 / adjnining F. G. Francisco*' Hardware St re. PS- I >r - Uocke will be at his office the first Monday of each mouth to spend the week. * mj3l SR. A. J. ATKirffSOW, r r \VI \* G permanently located in Lewis [1 town, offers his professional servi -es j i the citizens of town and country. Office West Market St., opposite Kisenbise's 11. .te1. Residence one door east of George lilyinyer. Lewiftimn, July 12, 1 S'oO—tf Dr. Samuel L. Alexander. .9 His permanently located at Milrojf, i- prepared to practice al! thebranch -43 es of his Profession. Ollieo at Swine ju-iri's Hotel. my3-ly UPWARD FRYSINGERj 0 HOLESALF DEALER i 31VUF.UTIRER UtiAIiS,TOBACCO,SMIFF, &c., &c., iPiia Orders promptly attended to. j<-lG GEO. 7 r. ELEEKj Attorney at Law, office Market Square, l.ewistown, will at tend to bu*ii.es in MllHin, Centre and Hunting don counties. roy26 mwrn wtewsiN-i Heigriht's Cld Stur.d, Wear the Canal Bridge, Lewistoirn, Pa. Strong Beer, Lager Beer, Li udeiii.erger #!.d Switzcr Cheese—all of the l.est quality eoiiKtantly on hand, for sale wholesale or re tail. Yeast to bo had daily during summer, my 2 l-yr McALISTERVILLE ACADEMY Juniata County, I*a. I'iF.O y McFdPL.LVI), Piincipal Se Proprietor. J.ICOPi MILLER, Prof- cf .Mathcin.itie:, 4'e. .VIJJ .I.WS'IE S. CklS F, Teach.tr of .Music, See. The next session of this Institution com mences on the 26th of July, to continue 22 (*>-•.ts. Students admitted at any time. A Normal Department will be formed which will afford Teachers the ;.iMi opportunity of preparing for fall examina tion!. A NEW ATPA It ATI'S has been purchased, Lecturers engaged, &c TtKvis—Boarding, Room and Tuition, per M>jion,sssto s.'so. Tuition along q{ usual rates. Ly*C; r rularfc sent tree on application. SILVER PLATED WARE, C UAUVEI FILLLY, No. 1222 .Market Strict, fluliidelj hia, it AN I f ACTURF.R or Fine Xicktl Silver, and Silver Plater oj Forks, Spoons, Ladles, Butter Knives, Castors, Tea Sets. Cms, Kettles, Waiters, But ler Dishes, ice Pitchers, Cuke Baskets. Communion Ware, Caps. Mugs, GabUts.dc. ~ !p - v g-.i'-ra! aitortnfat, comprising mmt but the /.i. : maao uf tuo kit material* aha hvivily pUt <• ■ .i-iiitaaag thciu a serviceable ami durable art:-. !o hr !i •..-•is. .Steamboats and Private Families. U.,i Ware re-plated in the best manner. t'eb2S-ly WILLIAM LIND f has now open A NEW STOCK ov Cloths, Cassimeres AND VEBTINGS, which will be made up to order in the neat est and must fashionable styles. apl9 LEWISTOWN ACADEMY. milE Fal I Session will commence on MON DAY, SEPTEMBER 3d. We are happy to announce to those desiring instruction in Music, that wo have secured the services of Miss S. E. Vanduzer for another year. We have also employed Miss Nettie Stray as Pre leptress, a successful teacher, who comes to us with the best recommendations. "'e shall aim to make this institution equal !n ail respects to any in this section of the B:ate. f Thankful for past patronage, ve respect •u.iy solicit a continuance of the same. Hates of Tuition. 53.00, s4.£o, 50.00 per garter. Incidentals '2sc per quarter. i fimary Department. A Primary Depart ®nt will be opened in this Academy on the h of October, for all grades of small schol 4r'- Number of scholars limited to twenty. rav ' n 9 —A" excellent teacher of Drawing and Painting has been en ?afted, who will oommence giving lessons in hose branches October 10th. Specimens can w seen at the Academy. For fuither particulars inquire of M. J. SMITII, Principal. \TILLIXERS will take notice that our joi , stuc k bf bar.d boxes, wire ribbon, and j'* °'her goods in their line will bo sold he- V J" (J8 b for we are determined to clear out the " ock - JOHN KENNEDY & Co. POFFEK and Tea Pots of the most fash i 1() " al >le styles. Also, Cream Jo;is, Mo* S i Ditchers, &c.. &c., &c., all of the - * and latest stvles, at JOHN KENNEDY k Co's. IPSiiOTFISED <LSJ2> <JHii®lß(&ig ILL&WIISIMWSS's ; 1L'1152 , 2P^q Important to Everybody and all their Friends! 'ihe Escitimcnt still continues at the Short a JUTuLL j FIUIF. subscribers have just returned from i J|_ the eastern cities with a choice selection ' ot New a>'d Fashionable Goods, for the season, embracing all kinds i f LADIES DRESS GOODS, ■ such us French Meriitues, Cashmeres, Do Luines, all wool Flail*. Murello Cloths, and in fact every kind of Ladies Goods for tfle : season. Also, a great variety of Ladies j Cloths, Capos, Mantillas. Net Shawls—a little • cheaper than e\or before offered in this mar ket. lu LADIES MOURNING GOODS: ; Sicilian. Marietta. Milanese; Mohair & Cnn , ton Cloths.; with choice Mourning Silks, with i Trimmings to match. | Also, ti large I,t of STEEL IIOOP SKIli 'J S, ranging from 4 to 5U hoops, at 5 i cents per hoop, of the best make. No mistake. I Our stock of Fall apd Winter Shawls iis good, .and very cheap. No mistake about | this. Ladies will please give ns a call and satis ify themselves. For gentlemen, we have CLOTHS, j Cas.-itneres, and Ycssiugs. and will sell them at prices that will astonish the natives. Gf HEADY SHADE CLOTHING ! we have a good assortment, and are determin- I ed to sell them a Utile lower than either Jew ior Gentile, to close out the stock. We will i also sell Ffoots and Shpes at J,'ost, | You are requested to call and examine for j yourselves, us we are not in the habit of ; That is so. Colored Carpet Chain, at 25 cents per lb.; ' white, 22 eta—with Cotton Laps and Wad ! ding of all kinds with prices to suit. ! Our stotk of <s> XJE E JNTS"W^ lis full qnd complete. We will sei! sets <>f j Tea Ware, 48 pieces, at three dollars and fif ! ty cents, with a!! o'her kinds in proportion, j Our stock of <SK£<2;@2il£i&3j3 is good. We will sell good Brown Sugars at 8 and 10 cents ; W hits, 11 and }2 cents; Cof fee as low as can be bought in town, and a j little better in quality. ; Ladies and Gent- will do well to give us a i call before purchasing tisowhere, as we arc i determined not to lie undersold. | B®-All kinds of Country Produce taken in i exchange for goods at Cash Prices. Gouts will please examine the above and I govern themselves accordingly. KEX XEI >Y "A JI X KIX. Lewis town, October 25, ISOO. Coal, Coal, Coa}. ! l"*** Wi!k sharre Coal, broken and | ♦a'""./ j,j„ ve size*. #4 12 ! 500 tons Sunbury, 375 i 2,500 bus. Allegheny st >ve coal, 325 j for sale at JOHN KENNEDY &> Co's. j ipiSII —lO bids Xos. 1, 2 ijnd 3 mackerel ; 1 in hi.l. qnd 4 bids. 10 bkls. herring. , 5 bids, white fi-i). For sale l.y JOHN KENNEDY A Co. Egductiop in Sugars. Brown and yellow S to 0 <;t*. per pound. Refined w'hire fr>>in 30 to 12 Crushed sugar 11 cts. For sale at JOHN KENNEDY k Co. CIOFFEE. — A superior article of Ilio, Tnr > key coffee, and extract used in place L f liio, for sale bv "JOHN KENNEDY * Co. A LARGE assortment of flasks comprising 4 pint, 1 pint, and 1 quart. Demijohns from 1 to 3 gallons, for sale bv JOHN KENNEDY Sc Co. OUR assortment of dry goods, groceries, glass ware, boots, shoes, cedar ware, stone ware, &e., will be sold at and below cost, as Mr. J. Kennedy, Sr., intends to relin quish the business. Notions and nick nax of ail kinds for saie bv JOHN KENNEDY & Co. STONE WARE.—Butter crocks, cream pots, milk pans, jogs, Ac For sale by JOHN KENNEDY & Co. 1 f\ BARRELS water and butter crackers, -■•"5 box*, s soda crackers, at JOIIN KENNEDY & Co. COAL OIL LAMPS of many beautiful pat terns; Wicks, Chimneys Ac., constantly on hand and fur sale by uol JOHN KENNEDY A CD's. NOTIQS TO GRNTS. T|THE subscribers being desirous of closing I out their stock of Boots, Shoes and Un der Clothing, respectfully announce to the citizens and all others, that they will sell any thing in the above line at and below cost. nol JOIIN KENNEDY $ CO. Groceries. ITT £ tf j!l sell good ltrown Sugar at Bto TV 10 cts. White, 11 and 12 ets ; Coffee as low as it can be bought in tywn and a lit tlo better quality. Gents wilj please e.jtarjjine the above and govern themselves accordingly. All kinds of country produce taken in ex change of goods, and the market price paid for the above. nol JOHN KENNEDY & CO. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1860. IREWifi For the Oazett"*. The following Acrostic Poem, written by herf>ran<i faiiier, is intended to convey som<- knowledge of the character of SALOME. daughter of Joel and Catharine Zug. who diet in t.'nion township on the 2Cth Octo ber, ag. d 17 years and S d.tys, as well as an admoni tion to lcr late play i nates: 8 he lets left a circle mourning, To bewail her early death As a pilgrim, here sojourning. She was fraught with love and faith ; L ook upon her chaste behaviour, And upon her virtuous walk. 0. that all our youth were like her, lu their actions and their talk. M ay our youth here learn a lesson, That 'hey never v. ill forget: E noh of them lias hut a season, After which death must be met. Zealously they come and labor, In the vineyard of the Lord, I.' nt.l the Stewart is commanded, To give each one his reward: O reat will our joy be then. While with chrlst we shall remain. The Lesson of the Garden. —A garden is a beautiful book, written by the fingers of God : every flower and every leaf is a letter. You have only to learn them —and he is a poor Juaee that cannot, if he will, do that—to learn and join then:, and then go on reading, and reading, and you will find yourself carried away iVoin the earth to the skies by the beautiful story you are going through. You do nut know what beautiful thoughts—for they are nothing short—grow out of the ground, and seem to talk to man ; and then there are some flowers—they always seem to be like over dutiful children —fend them ever so little and they come up and flourish, and sho.v as 1 may, their bright and happy face to you. Curious Incident—Was it a Miracle ? It would seem from an occurrence that has recently been related to us, upon per fect reliable authority, that the age of miracles has not altogether passed away. The writer is well acquainted with the person who was the subject of the remark able experience given below, having known him personally for the last twelve years, and though he has not met him since his singular relief from a congenital defect, has the particulars from persons in every way entitled to credit, who have seen him, and received the story from his own lips. Leaviqg our readers to determine for theinsplycs jipw far the intervention of a miraculous aid may have contributed in the matter, and how far it was the result ot merely natural or ordinary agencies, we give the story as it was given to us. The person in question is a gentleman residing in Beloit in this State. From his birth, he has suffered from lameness.— I The difficulty was in his right hip, the joint seeming to be out of place. His | right leg was, in consequence, shorter than ' the other. It was shrunken and very ; weak ; fle always wore a boot with a t'niek sole qpoq it and limped badly when he walked. In going upstairs he was obli- I ged to step up one stair at a time with his ; well leg, and bring the other up to, it, in i stead of putting it forward to the next, as i persons usually go up stairs. When fa tigued, he was acustomed to feel great ! pain in his hip. J Some two or three months ago he was 1 in Chicago attending to some business ; matters which kept hiui several weeks. — ; He is a prof'eseoj- of religion, and while there attending a series of religious meet | ings, became very deeply interested in the ! subject. One day, suffering from severe ; pain in his hip, he eallcd upon a surgeon I to have it examined and ascertain wheth ; er something could not he done to alle [ viate the pain. Some interruption occur red, however, and the examination was | postponed until the following Tuesday.— That night, after going to bed, the pain returning, it occurred to him whether or not, if he asked in the proper spirit some Divine assistance, it would not be vouch ! sited, as in the old time when the pro ' phets and apostles walked ;he earth. He arose from his bed, procured a light, and, taking his Rible, opened by chance to a j chapter in the New Testament where j Christ miraculously heals a lame man. After reading it, he proceeded to in : voke, in an earnest prayer, gome similar intervention ifi his pwn behalf, and then I feeling greatly cheered and supported by , trust in the Divine beneficence, he again I rs'ired to rest, and soon fell asleep. Du j ring the night he dreamed th t Christ ! came to him accompanied by a surgeon — • the same upon whom he had calle J during i the day. The surgeon examined his hip, and told him it could be relieved, but ' only by an operation. To this he raised . some objection, desiring that it should be postponed ; but the surgeon seemed sud- I denly to seize and overpower him, and ! witL some instrument laid open his hip to the bone, and arranged the joint in its proper place. During the operation he had the impression of suffering a severe physical pain, as if really under the knife of a surgeon. After it, he had no further remembrance of anything until morning. I Cpoji rjsirig, he found to his utter aston i ishruent, not only that his short leg was lengthened out as to be even with the oth er, and his hip all right, but that he eouhl walk without iituping or inconvenience. He walked about the room several times, then put on his clothes, and ran up and down stairs to assure himself that he was awake and no longer alamo man, but sound and whole, tlis joy and gratitude cannot well be described. He immediately dis carded tlie boot with a false sole, which had hitherto been a necessity, and put on a pair that were mates. His leg was yet weak, though limping slightly from long habit, he could walk -as straight as any man when he chose. It has since grown stron ger, and his general health very materially improved. He of course considers the cure a direct answer to his applications. It ts certainly a strange story, and we com mend it to the attention of Mr. Robert Dale Owen as a proper incident to find a place in the next edition of his 'Footfalls.' —Mmhson ( ft is. ) State Lournal. >1 tRY OF I'HE GLEN- H i- any body .-poke for you, Mary of ibe glen't Is there a heart that's broke for you, Mary of the glen ? I have lands, and 1 have leases, 1 haye g Id an t cattle too, I have sli.-op with finest tieeces, Can 1 in.;; i y you r Nobodv. - . tia- spoke for me, Mary of the glen. There is 110 1. -art that's broke for me, Mary of the glen; But there is blm--<-yed Willie, Who labors with the men. Who brings the sweet pond lily To Mary of th gi -n : He has neither land nor leases, But his e'.'.-k is eh-rrv red, And riuer than your iioe<-> s Are the curls upon Jus head : And tlio" he never spoke for me, I know he loves nic true; And tiis heart it would be broke for me, If I should marry you. No. no, no! no, no, no! I eau not marry you. The Latest Snake Story. About tbrce weeks ago a Mrs. Judy, who lives a few miles northwest of German town, Ohio, went into the pasture, some distance from the house, to get the cows. As a storm was coming up rapidly, she took a ' near cut' across the fields, and had pas sed through a quantity of brush on the way. Having started the cows toward home, she stopped for a moment to detach from her dress what she supposed to be a piece of brush that had become fastened to it, and which impeded her progress by getting fast against everything with which she came in contact; but judge of hersur prise and alarm, when stooping to take hold of it, to discover that it wqs a long black snake! Horror stricken with fright, she was incapable of ridding: herself of the rep tile, and turning, she fled straight for the house, screaming af tfle top of her voice As she neared the house, her husband and one of the workmen heard her screams, and ran to see what was the matter. When they met her she was nearly exhausted, and faintly crying "snake," fell into her hus band's arms. He carried her to the house, while the workmen discovered and killed the snake, a 'racer,' which was about six feet long. Mrs. Judy had crossed several fences, and the reptile had clung to her till the last fence she claqibercd over, just be fore she met her husband. The worst fea ture of the case remains to be told. We learn that the fight threw the woman in to convulsions and then finally ended in a fever which terminated in her death. Kissing the Jla mtsonic Girls. —One of the candidates, it is reported, (we don't know which one, whether democrat or op position,) who is 'up to a thing or two,' and has a keen appreciation of live beauty, when about to set off on an electioneering tour recently, said to his wife, who was to accompany fiiig lor prudential reasons: ' My dear, inasmuch as this election is complicated, and the canvass will be close, I am anxious to leave nothing undone that would promote 1113- popularity, and so I have thought it would he a good plan lor nie to kiss a number of the handsomest girls in every pdace where 1 may visit. Don't 3*oll think it would be a good idea?' ' Capital !' exclaimed the devoted wife, 'and to make your election a sure thing, while you are kissing the girls, I will kiss an equal number of the handsomest young men !' ohn W. Grist, of Washington, N. C., a most estimable gentleman, was as saulted and killed on Thursday last, by two brothers named George A. and Charles 11. L atham. The affair had its origin in politics. The two brother? drew their revolvers on Mr. Grist in the open street, followed him, and fi red. Grist also drew his weapon and return ed the fire. Fifteen ehcts were fired. Grist was wounded in several places. Several peo ple on the street were struck. Grist received a mortal wound in the abdomen, the ball pas sing entirely through hint. shocking affair occurred in Charles ton, S. C., on Sunday. A man named Rich ard White, notorious for maltreating his wife, brutally stabbed the woman six times in the abdomen with a dirk knife. The poor crea ture was enoiente ; her intestines protruded from the incisions, and she cannot I've. She leaves two children. Untie ai'o.-rv-rds at tempted suicide by cutting his own throat, in which he nearly succeeded. There are yet doubts whether he will recover. £<?y*Therc is a policeman in every man s conscience, though not always around on his beat. PO LIT IGAL THE TRAITORS REBUKED ! Lettftr from Amos Kendall, the Confi dential Friend of Gen. Jackson. WASHINGTON, October, 1860. To the editor nt the Constitution : Y our paper for a few days past has forci bly reminded me of the day's of President Jackson, when Amos Kendall was the theu:e it" a thousand scribblers. Circum stances, however, have somewhat changed. Then he was abqscd by the enemies ofthe Old Hero and his Aduini.dration ; now by the organ of an Ad mini.strut ion which claims to be his friends. NY ho has chan ged '! Is it Amos Kendall, who has not uttered a sentiment which is not an echo of those avowed and acted upon by that purest of patriots? Or is it certain men who claim his mantle while they repudiate his most dearly cherished principles?— When he heard disunion foreshadowed in dinner table speeches, he rehqked \\ i his celebrated toast — The f'nh vol I uion — lt At, iat ft Preserved /' god when lie saw the sentiment about to he reduced to practice, by his eloquent and patriotic appeal lie called into existence one hundred and fifty thousand volunteers to preserve it. }>e cause I alluded to the fact, and expressed the opinion that, should a similar emergen ey arise, two hundred thousand would res pond to a similar Call, you denounce me as a bloody monster, read}* to slaughter wo men and children ! Yet, no eulogy is too strong for you to bestow on General Jack son. You are right in the caption with which you head your comments on my letter to Co!. Orr. 1 Threats will' never bring peace.' For two months past, the papers toti trolled by the enemies of the Union in the South , have teemed with threats of disunion in i the event of Mr. Lincoln's election, and my ! tt'T was in resppq.se to q startling thiLat of that description. There will not be peace tiil these threats cease, or until Southern Union men cut loose from the enemies of the Union and cordially unite with the friends of the Constitution in the North to put down Black Republicanism on the one hand and disunion on the oth er. 1 made no threat ; you have misap plied tl,e sgutitqcqt qf yoqr caption. Your strictures upon tqyijelf need no re ply. If I have not, during a life of sev enty-one years, a large portion qf which has been spent in publip positions, estab lished a private and political character which no name you can give can mar, and no association in which you may place nic can taint, it is useless for me to care for the future. It ig a higher aim than self dc- j fence c.r self distinction which induces me to resume my pen. Sir, it is a sad sight to see the organ of a Democratic Administration attempting i to establish the doctrine that it would in ! any event be a crime in the President to defend the Constitution and enforce the laws of the United States constitutionally enacted. Disguise it as you will, your l doctrine amounts to this and nothing less, j Already the peculiar organ of nullification in the South is recommending secession while Mr. Buchanan is still in office, upon the assumption that he may not enforce i the laws and defend the Constitution, which by his official oath he is bound to do. ! Doubtless the assumption is unwarranted, though justified by the tqnecl bis acknowl- | edged organ. Let it be remembered that the question is not now what the South ought to do in case of actual and irremediable outrage upon her rights and institutions. The threat is to secede if Mr. Lincoln shall be elected. Will his mere election absolve the South from their allegienpe to the Consti tution and laws of the United States, or re lieve the President Irom the duty of de fending thp ope and executing the other? This is the real question under decision. Yog talk about coercing States. States ape not the subject upon which the Consti tution and laws of the United States oper ate. The 3* cannot commit treason nor be hanged as traitors. But neither can they, by any act of theirs, absolve their citizens from their allegiance to the United States. The Constitution contains the following provision, viz : 'This constitution and the laws of the United States which shall he made in pursuance thereof, * * • * shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall he hound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laics of ang State to the contrary notwith standing.' The same Constitution declares that 'Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against then? or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.' It also declares that the President ' shall take care that the laws be faithfully exe cuted,' and prescribes to him the following oath, viz.: ' I do most solemnly swear that 1 inll faithfully execute the office <>J President, pud will, to the best oj my ability, pre serve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.' Now, supposing Mr- Lincolp were elect ed, and a citi?en qf Charleston acting with or without the sanction of the State au thorities, having a cargq qf sugar entering ♦be port, should rafaiw-to pay the Jogal du- New Series—Vol. XV, NJ, 2. tics, and with an anncd party should re sist the officers attempting to collect theiu, thus levying war against the United States, do you t'iiuk the President would lelaith t'til to his duty and true to his oath, il he did not. if nc.cess.iry. use i'.e n. ti-. army and navy, in j < • laws be faithjuit't/ -.<<<• to'-•/, an ! 11; jto.vn *'"J) l'o >duly, aiid thji7ll/1 n-f thr Civ t tut on oj the Lniti.il States'', Could .e, without official perjuring, and becoming a traitor himself, fold his arms and say this iconbl be ,■<„ ,■ i,iij a S ate, and under such a jdea suffer the Oonstution and laws to he subverted? If bloodshed ensued, what would be responsible—the President, who, WU'.ld, be. *to the best of his ability,' at tempting to perform his sworn duty, or the traitors who were attempting to subvert the Government ? Your doctrine. I suppose, is that tho State authorities or a State Convention may declare a State out of the Union, ami in absolve ail its citizens from alloj i. ; the United States. Now. each State, bv a convention elect ed by the people, agreed with every other -date, bv the adoption o! the Pon.-tiiutio; that all its provisions and the laws pissed in pursuance thereof, should be Ufa sw on me la ic if the fa ml.' They all agreed to take a portion of the power theretofore possessed by their ri sjective State governments and ve- them in a common government (based ou pie ei-itly the same authority a< their State governments -, whose Constitution, ami ilia laws passed in pursuance thereof, should be above the reach ot all State authority. How, then, can any act of a State absolve i*s citizens from obedience to this 'sw prente late of the html,' declared by it§ highest authority, a convention elected by the people, to be binding, ' anylhimj in the Constitution tfli'l lit.us of any State to the con tea rj nvticithstunil i"i/.' To me it is a wonder that : ny man can entertain an idea to my mind >o absurd. The theory of our Government obviously is that the citizen owes allegiance to his Staff Government to the ext-o.t '-/ its re served poic rs, and to the General Govern ment to the extent of its granted powers, and that no act of the General Govern ment ean relieve him from allegiance to his State, and no act of his State can relieve hiin from ins allegiance to the United States. Let me net be misunderstood. Ido nof, deny the right of rebellion in the peoplo of any State when unconstitutional outra ges shall be committed on their rights and institutions, and ail hope for redress by peaceful means harp vanished Hut I de ny that tiie language ;•! aspiitug dema gogues, or the election of one of them to. the Presidency, would constitute such an outrage, though a just cause for alarm. 1 also deny that in such an event the South would be without the hope of re dress. It is not to be found, however, it; personal denunciations of eminent demo crats, in attempting to force on the demo cratic party new and useless issues, or in threats of disunion. Let ail this cease, now and forever. He just to ths Northern democracy; in devotion to the Union emu late Washington and Jackson, and you will rally an irrcsistable force, who, by the aid of the ballot-box only, will rescue your institutions from danger and firmly main tain every constitutional right. You say that Southern aie,i are demand ing only their constitutional rights. J>o you think you have a ' constitutional right* to destroy the Constitution . Such, indet d, is the claim of a r'ght to secede from 11n* Union, if based on any other ground thai, a right of rebellion for gross and irremedi able wrongs. Yog say that the South Cnvolipiaps ' wilj even suspect that he (meaning me) is gov erned by disappointment and the revenge consequent thereon,' and that. ' under nth er circumstances, be entertained anoth - sort of sentiments.' 1 pi :_.h; j to tu charge of disappointment, though it J:as filled me with sorrow rather than revenge. My disappointment was in the apparent fact that the present Administration had not. the sagacity to perceive that their pol icy would inevitably destroy the democrat ic party, and minister to the designs of those whose ultimate object is tbe destruc tion of the Union. As evidence of my consistency, you quote certain sayings of Senator Douglas ! I might, with propriety, demur to this tes timony; but I adopt those quotations as in the main my senti in nts thdn and now un changed and unchangeable. 1 believe that fealty to the Constitution in the North and in the South is tjie only means by which the Union can be preserved. I do not doubt that when the theory of Senator Sew ard, false in fact, and treasonable in design, that slave labor and free labor cannot ex ist in the same community, becomes tin. settled rule of action in the General Gov ernment, the Union will come to an end. But my faith is equ ally strong that it is in the hands of the friends of the Constitu tion in the South, by a cordial union with its friends in the North, to avert this ca tastrophe all its consequent calami ties. In conclusion, I implore you and those who act with you, to abandon your denun ciations of men with whpiu you must ulti mately act in proaervjog the OuosUtution
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