No. 2584.
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/ 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