Whole No, 2624, Jaoob C. Blymyer & Co,, produce and Commission Mer chants, LEWISTOWN, PA. jgrFlour arid Grain of all kinds pur chased at market rates, or received on storage and shipped at usual freight rates, having >t , r ,.houses and boats of their own, with care ful captains and hands. Stove Coal, Liraeburners Coal, Plaster, Fish gn d Salt always on hand. Grain can be Insured at a small advance on cost of storage. n022 AIVS3ROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. riMIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth j The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholder ir* unsurpassed fi.r BOLDNESS. TRUTH- RbXKSS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames and Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1880. J. "JD £2 623 OITJCE on East Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will fie at his office tli' first Monday of each mouth to spend the week. my3l im. A. J. ATHIST&OZ*, UA\ ING permanently located in Lewis town, offers hts professional services is the citizens of town and country. Office Ws-t Market St., opposite Eiscnbise's Hotel. Residence one door east of George Blymyer. Lewistown, July 12, 1800-(f Dr, .Samuel L, Alexander. 2 "as permanently located ac Miiroy, T|r and is prepared to practice al! the branch Z es of his Profession. Office at Swine* hart g Hotel. my 3 ly EDWARD FRY SIN GER, WHOLESALE DEALER A .11.4X1'FACTIllER OF CIGARS, TOBACCO, OTP, &e., &c., Orders promptly attended to. jelfi *yr TJST T^ a s*.*s> Attorney at Lav/, office Mnrl-et Square, Lewistown, will at ti ;•! to buiness in Siltilin.Centre and Hunting .i counties. noy2G NI :\V R I MEDIES IOK •Sl'E I! M A TO lilt II (EA. A>S< M'l AT ION. PHILADELPHIA. A II /'• t Jstitut to* by tprrial Ewhnr //• ' f i/f" fin Sit katul D'tstf r:\srrf, atflirtrrj trrfh i 'nitl Chronic ami c&pccioily for thr. Cure ''' '' -oi tl,> Si jri/nl (Aryans. Ml.lrl< "Af. ADVICE ivwi gratis, by the ActingSor- M.S ABLE I. Kt'i)RTS "Si Spermatorrhoea, and otli ft ofthcSexnO) Organs,and the NEW KKV i - • iiijdi.y. d ii, tli,- Dispensary, sent in si-sled I"--', tree <,f i lmrge. Two or three stamps for '■ . ptat.le. Address, DU. J. SKII.LIN Howard Association, No. 2 S. Ninth St., ■ i i f 'j'lua. Pa. joC Mrs. Wertz again on Hand. H.\\ IN'G taken the stand recently* occu 1 i'-l by Mr. Holtzworth, in East Mar yd street, a few doors west of the Black Bear n 'tel. she respectfully announces to her old friends that she has now on hand a fine stock FAMILY GROCERIES, n\CV ARTICLES I SIITIUNS OF ALL KINDS, t}nd other useful Knick Knacks. ALSO, CONFECTIONERIES, CAKES, &c. Ilcr old friends are respectfully invited to give her a call. aplß a, asi ai, H AVING in connection with his Grocery . and Notion business, commenced the Manufacturing of Confection ery } 'B its various branches, and employed a prac 'ieal workman, notifies the public that he in tends to keep a well assorted stock of the al-' ve goods on hand, which will be warrant- H to give satisfaction, and be equal to any 1 nfeetioneries that can be bought from any eastern city, which he offers ta wholesale mer chants and retaiiers at city prices, with cost >jf carriage. lie therefore solicits the cus 'otn of the surrounding country, and re quests them to send in their orders or call * n, l examine his goods, which will satisfy all •uat they can be accommodated with a selec tion which will recommend itself. , t AKES, BISCUITS, &c., constantly on 1 jPound, Spunge, Bride, Silver wd (j o id Cakes, in the best style, baked to order, on the shortest notice. mh2B Glassware. Stands with and without covers. Butter Dishes " " " Bowls, Goblets and Preserve Dishes, itch era and Tumblers. All to be sold at lowest figure by H. ZF.RBE. ipwsnoiisssisis) ws n s ! 2 ,©wss' S ) scitififililISS* THE MIIITIEI, OUR BRAVE VOLUNTEERS. Gallant eons of gallant sir.-*. Guardians of our oountry's liros. Strike till every foe expire*, Nußte Volunteer*! O'er your head* our banner waves; Take it to the land of slaves; Bear it o'er the traitors' graves, Glorious Volunteer*! God give* strength unto our arms; Fear ye naught from war's aloi^as; Beauty keeps for you its charms, Honored Volunteers I Hear admiring million* cheer, A* your granito ranks appear! They will hold you ever door, Dauntless Volunteers! Let the Southern thieves beware! When your swords shall cleave the air, When your bay'net* glitter hare, Loyal Volunteers! Traitor hounds shall surely fly From the sturdy, flashing eye, Turning to that Flag on high. Conq'ring Volunteers! On to battle! heroes true, Countless blessiags go with you; Charge the traitors through and through, Patriot Volunteers! Stars and Stripes above you stream, Ami Columbia's bright eyes beam With a proud, a loving gleam For her Volunteers! JENNIE WOOD. The Child Heroine of Kentucky. 1!Y CHARLEY LA WTO N LOVELL. One of the first settlers of Kentucky was Daniel Wood. Leaving a comfortable home in one of the Eastern States, he, with his family, consisting of his wife and a lit tle daughter about eight years of age, sought a home on the far western borders of Kentucky. Here he soon built himself a log cabin, and, assisted by a lame but faithful negro servant, who had accompa nied him from from the cast, ho soon had quite a patch of ground cleared, and began anew the life of a farmer combined with that of a hunter. Prosperity smiled upon his efforts, and six months passed without anything oceur ing to mar the even tenor of his way. it was a bright, beautiful morning in June. Old Sol had just, turned out from his eastern couch, and peeping over the hills, was bathing the horizon in crimson with his smiles ; when arm d with histnis ty rifle, and a pack of skins strapped upon his back. Daniel Wood issued from his cab in door. He was bound on a visit to a neighboring station, some miles distant, to purchase a new supply of ammunition and other little necessaries and luxuries that were needed at the cabin. Pausing upon the threshold of his home, be took a long and anxious look around. 'Keep a good look out, Molly,' he said, turning to his wife, who was just behind him, and who had come to the door to bid her husband 'God speed' on his journey. 'Keep a good look out ; although the red skins ain't shown themselves yet, thar's no knowing whet) to expect the varinints; and they might pop out on you 'fore yet know ed anything 'bout it!' 'Never fear, Daniel,' returned his wife; 'there is no danger. The Indians have never been seen 'round here; besides, we have done nothing to anger them, and I don't think they will interfere with us.— But look to yourself, Daniel ; the trail through the forest to the station is a long one, and you know not what danger may surround you!' 'Never fear for me, Molly,'answered the frontiersman ; 'while I have faithful Sallie here'—and he lovingly patted the stock of his rifle—''twill be dangerous work for any redskin to come within shooting distance of me; so never fear, but keep up a good heart—l shall be back before dark.' And he pressed a kiss upon the lips of the buxom dame. Just at this moment the burly form of Lame Jake, the negro, made his appear ance round the corner of the cabin, return ing to his breakfast from his early labors in the fields. For a moment he gazed up on the pleasant scene, his eyes glistening with delight and mirth ; then he broke cut: 'I, golly, niassa! Arn't you gwiue to kiss ole nig, too, 'fore you goes? Yah, yah, guess you'd better! guess you'd better!' And Old Jake skook with suppressed mirth at his humorous conceit. 'Go 'long, you black varmint!' answered his master, laughing. 'Git your grub and then stay around the house till I come back; and take good care of your mistress and my little darling here.' And he patted the golden tresses of his daughter. 'Needn't tell me that, massa! needn't tell mo dat. Old Jake iook out for dem as long as he got a single bref of life in his ugly ole carcass, dat he will. Lor* bress you, massa, if one of deru ar red debbils come 'round anywhere near ole Jake, dey git fits, now I coax you. If dis ole nig gits one of dese ycr claws on him, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1861, ; Ingin gone sure!' And Jake held up one of his mammoth hands. 'Good bye, nias j sa; nebber fear Ingin long as ole Jake's i 'round.' And with these words Old Jake disap -1 peared into the house, whilst the pioneer also turned to depart, waving a last adieu as his manly form disappeared in the depth of the forest. The sun had reached the meridian; Jake, true to his master's orders, had remained in the cottage, and was now helping to pre pare the noonday meal. Jennie, the gol | den haired daughter of the pioneer, wasset l ting the dishes upon the table, while the matron herself went forth to the little spring, some hundred yards distant from the cottage, to bring the pure, cold water that was to be their beverage. Slowly she approaches the spring, her eyes anxiously cast around to spy any supicious motion of a leaf or bending of a twig, for once or twice during the morning hours she thought or imagined she saw the suspicious movement of the under growth in the for est. She has reached the spring at lust. Suddenly she stops. What is that in yon der clump of bushes? It flutters in the air like the gaudy plumage of some forest bird. It is a bird's plume, but it rests up on the head of some painted savage. You would hardly have noticed it; but the eyes of the matron are sharp —for not only her own life, but that of her darling child, de pend upon her. Now for presence of mind. She must not let them know she has discovered them, and perhaps she may yet regain the house. Calmly she fills her pail with water and turns to retrace her steps. Already has she passed over one quarter of the distance between the spring and the house. 'Will she reach there safely?' her heart throbs audibly. When—oh, horror!—a savage and appalling yell strikes upon her ear; too well she knows its import: the savages have started in pursuit! She must reacdi the house before they do or ail is lost. She drops her bucket and starts on the race for life. Terror adds wings to her flight, and she will distance her enemies. No, one burly savage gained her side; but he harms her not, but swiftly continues on toward the hou-o. What means he by that ma noeuvre? alas! her heart tells her too well— the house once in the possession of the In dians, all are at the mercy of the savage foe. > Loudly she calle .Jake to close the door; but the negro stands with the handle of the open door in his hand, fierce determination depicted on his swarthy visage. The mat ron and the Indian gain the house togeth er, and both cross the threshold at the same moment. But as Mrs. Wood passed the servant, the faithful fellow calis to her : 'Bar dc door, missus!' And with one spring he is upon the savage. Jennie slams to the heavy oaken door as the rest of the Indians dash up to it. One of them, more speedy than tire rest, gets his rod visage caught between the door and the post, and thus prevents Mrs. Wood from getting the door securely closed ; but the matron has, as quick as thought, slip ped the bar into its loop in one side of the door, and using it as a lever, presses the oaken barricade tightly against the body of the savage, and holds him there a prisoner, j whilst his body protects the door from the assaults of his companions outside. But how goes on the fight inside. We left old Jake grappling with the In dian. For once the negro had found his match; and each, clasped in the embrace of the other had fallen to the floor. Now they rolled over and over from one side of the room to the other, and at last it seemed the Indian would be the victor. He had succeeded in getting the negro beneath him, and had drawn his knife to finish his ene my, when, with one great effort of strength, Jake, as the knife of the Indian was about to seek his heart, partially relieved himself and seizing the savage by both arms, held him motionless —the knife suspended in the air. ' Ole nig got you now, you red cuss!' puffed Jake. 'No use yer tryin',yer can't git away ! Ole Jake aint much on his pins, dat the truf; but jist luf him git dese yar arms onto anyt'ing and dey hoi' tighter nor def to a dead nig—shure !' And Jake spoke the truth; for though lame and feeble in his legs, his arms were strong enough to lift a ton. But Jake was in a bad fix ; for, although he held the Indian immovable, he was himself a prisoner, and for some time he cogitated what to do. Mrs. Wood could not help him, for she had as much as she could do to keep the door closed against the Indians outside. If he had only seized the savage by the wrists, he might have broken them, and so make him powerless; but, unluckily, he had caught hold of him about the middle of the forearm, and with the savage writhing t*bove him, it was impossible to shift his hold with safety. What could he do? A happy thought strikes him. There is a sharp axe under the bed, could he but get that. But, how could he use it ? That was the question, and he took a tighter hold upon the Indian, that made him,stoic though he was, writhe with pain. f I golly! you'll twist worse nor dat, you debbil!' muttered Jake, as another idea worked its way through his wool. Then calling to Jennie : Come here. Miss Jen- nie. Dosen't git scarf, chiid, he can't git away.' ' I'm not afraid of him Jake,' as .-he step ped forward, her eyes flashing hate and an ! ger on the savage foe. ' What can Ido to help you, Jake ? Oh, 1 wish I could kill ; hiui!' And she shook her little fist at the Indi >• 'Ugh! Me kill, scalp you, bymeby, may be!' growled the savage, as be made another desperate attempt to free himself. ' Maybe you won't, neither,' answered the brave girl. ' Hut what shall I do, Jake? —what shall [ do ?' 'I tell you, Miss Jennie/answered Jake, hope beaming on his dusky countenance. ' Dar's an axe under de bed—mighty sbarp one, too. Yah, yah ! ole nig sharpen him up yesterday. Didn't know what fordo— guess Indian find out, pooty soon. Well, Missie Jennie, you git de axe, cum up be hind Ingin, and gib him one good lick in tie head and kill him. Dat's what you do.' For a moment, Jennie shrank in horror from the deed. She was not afraid; but the idea of shedding blood had something horrible in it to the child, even if it was the blood of an enemy. She looked at her mother inquiringly. 'Shall 1 do it mother?' she asked. ' It is our only hope of safety, Jennie/ replied the matron, after a moment's hesita tion. 'J)o it, if you can, daughter; it is the only way to save our lives.' ' I can do it, mother, and I will!'answer ed the brave girl; and she sprang to get the axe. The Indian had listened attentively to the short conversation. Little as lie un derstood, he knew they were contriving some plan, but what it was he could not make ou. The appearance of the axe soon eulightencd him on that point; and as lie saw the young girl approach with the weapon, his struggles to get away be came almost superhuman; and he had nearly succeeded in his object, as the axe decended upon his bead. A sudden move ment of the Indian rendered the blow partial ly ineffective, and the axe glanced off, mere ly inflicting a slight wound. But again the young heroine raised the weapon, and again it descended, this time with fatal ef fect, and the savage sank dead at her feet. Dropping the axe, Jennie turned in horror from the sickening spectacle. Old Jake sprang to his feet, with a whoop that was audible to the Indians outside, and seized upon the axe. ' 1 golly ! missus/ he shouted ' dat's do ! way to sarve 'em out!' Then pointing to ' the savage who, a prisoner in the door, had | been a powerless witness to the fate of his ; comrade, Jake continued : ' Jos' let in dat j udder red cuss dar, and we'll sarve him oft I in do same manner. I golly! I t'ink I'll ' hub a cut. at him anyhow.' And he hobbled toward the door; but ! the Indian saw him coming, and knowing j his fate il he stayed there, he gave a yell, , and making one great struggle for liberty ami lift', he succeeded in releasing himself, but not without leaving a considerable por tion of his gaudy dress and painted cuticle behind as the door closed; and Mrs. Wood joyfully fixed the stout oaken bar. that had j done such good service in its place. Yell I upon yell arose from the savages out- j side of the house; but suddenly they were j drowned by the sharp crack of a dozen ri- j lies, and the hope of rescue sprang up in | the hearts of the besieged. Flying to a loop hole in the wall of the cabin, Mrs. Wood looked out. A dozen Indians lay dead on the ground, while the survivors were flying in ail directions. And issuing from the furest were some eighteen or twen ty hardy frontiersmen, headed by Daniel Wood himself, who sprang across the open space and was welcomed with open arras by his overjoyed wife at the threshold. The cabin was soon filled with the woods men, while Jennie—dear, brava Jennie, was lauded to the highest pitch for her courage. Nor was old Jake forgotten.— 'I he opportune arrival of Daniel and his triends was then explained. It seems that one ot the neighbors, while liuuting in the woods, discovered the Indians; and watch ing them, had seen theci make toward Mr. \V ood's. The man hurried to the station to obtain help, and there found Mr. Wood. A party was soon raised and op the march. Dur readers know the rest. But old Jake ever after asseverated; ' Dat if missus had only luf deni red cus is in, one at a time, Missie Jennie and dis ole nig wouid hab killed deni all off —shur's yer born.' Surprised. —A Minnesota paper tells this story of the battle of Stone Bridge : 'Adjutant General Sanborn reiates that when the Minnesota regiment was drawn up in line of battle opposite to the Missis- | sippi regiment, the vagon master of the Minnesota regiment, our old friend Anson Northrup, was in the ranks with musket in ( hand. The regiment, practising the Zou ave drill, in which Northrup was not very proficient, fell flat on the ground after the first round—every man killed as Northrup thought. Resolved to have another crack at the rebels, Northrup reloaded his mus ket, and just after he tired, up jumped his comrades aud fired another round, so much to Northrup's surprise, he said, as if so many dead men had come out of their graves.' Edward Everett on the Rights and Du ties of War. Mr. Everett's last paper in the New York Ledger discusses the rights and duties of war, with especial reference to the proper distinc ! tion to bo observed between the ordinary usages of law and the necessities of military i authority in time of war. We copy a part of Mr. Everett's remarks an*;: , subject: SECESSIONIST JOURN ALS. There are presses, for the nmst part in the | Border States, though some of them are found ; in cities more remote from the scene of action, which arc daily pleading the cause of the enemy, misrepresenting and villifying the Government of the United States, exaggerating ever}' article of unfavorable intelligence, and exerting themselves to the utmost to disheart en the friends and defenders of the Constitu tion and the Union. But such is the all but superstitious devotion of the people to the liberty of the press that these pernicious journals have, with the exception of a single instance in St. Louis, never been interfered with. It seems to have been thought better by those in authority to tolerate the mischief of these unpatriotic presses than to elevate them to greater importance by prosecution, or to encroach in the slightest degree upon tiiat freedom of public discussion which in ordinary times is justly regarded as one of the great safeguards of liberty. But it is preposterous to sacrifice the end to the means. We should in this respect learn wisdom from the enemies of the Union. While we regard as unbecoming our Chris tian civilization that resort to Lynch law by which every expression of opinion adverse to the popular sentiment is suppressed in the seceding States, we ought lo remember that in tolerating a traitorous press among ourselves we practice a liberality which awakens no gratitude at home, and is never reciprocated by the opposite party. It is in fact an absur dity in terms, under the venerable name of the liberty of the press, to permit the syste matic and licentious abuse of a government which is tasked to its utmost in defending the country from disintegration and political chaos. The Governor of Malta was once censured in Parliament for some alleged se verity toward the editor of a journal in that Island, and the liberty of the press was de clared to be in danger. The Duke of Wel lington said he was as friendly as anybody to the liberty of the press in London, but a free press in the Island of Malta was as much out of place as it would be on the quarter-deck of a man of war. We suppose the most enthu siastic champion of the liberty of the press ' would hardly think it right to publish a jour | nal within the walls of Fort Mcllenry, in which the officers of the garrison should be ; daily advised to desert and the men be con ; stantly exhorted mutiny; and whose col umns should be lilied with persistent abuses 1 of the Government and all engaged in it* j defence. Why should journals of that , description be allowed to diffuse their p son beneath its walls, amidst the excitable papu lation of a large city ? FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN* DEBATE, So, too, with reference to the freedom of speech in debate, one of the vital conditions I of republican liberty. The late session of Congress has witnessed a magnanimity on the , part of the majority in both Houses of a truly romantic cast. The acts and the motives j of the Goverment, in the suppression of an insurrection (admitted by one of its most distinguished chiefs to proceed mainly from the disappointment of leading aspirants to , office), have been assailed from day to day with a virulence and a persistence which I would be harmless in time of peace, but which ; in time of war can have no other effect on the j popular mind than to perplex and dishearten those who are staking life and fortune in the cause of the country. This generosity excites no gratitude on the part of those to whom it ; is practised, and so far from being reciproca ted, the member of the Confederate Congress at Montgomery or Richmond who should assail the conduct and policy of that body as the Government of the United States has been assailed by the sympathizers with secession j at Washington, would not reach his hotel in safety. He would swing from the next lamp i post. Not merely is all freedom of speech and of the press prohibited in the eeceding States, but the most quiet and the humblest rights of citizenship are interdicted. When the Ordinance of Secession was about to be j submitted to the vote of the people of Yir ginia, a distinguished Senator of that State > in Congress; and who in that capacity was under oath to support the Constitution of tho i United States, published a letter, signed with his name, in which he declared that such cit izens of Virginia as did not approve the ordi nance must leave the State; a summary sen tence of banishment and confiscation against about a third part of o ancient Common- j wealth; a sentence which the seceding major- i ity are now attempting to enforce at the point - of the bayonet, to illustrate the principle j that 'the right of government rests upon the i consent of the governed.' Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden, at Columbus, Ohio, August 7. But a few short months ago, said Mr. C., such a calamity as is now shrouding our country in gloom was unthougbt of among the people. But now that we are involved in it we must meet it like men. It is not a war that is to be prosecuted for the sake of war, and ought to he conducted with none of the common barbarities of war. It must, nevertheless, be prosecuted by no half-way measures. My friends, we must gather the utmost strength of the country, and gird up the energies of our minds to tLie most momentous contest. And let it be pros ecuted only for the purpose that it ought to be carried on, and concluded for the restora tion of our Government and the Lnion. In any event,' it is a war that cannot last long, it will prove itself too oppressive upon ali classes of our people to permit of its being long continued. It becomes, therefore, a duty io maintain this great Government and this magnificent land from the terrible calamity of disunion. This I would aim by all the powers of my New Series—Vol, XV, No. 42- ■ j life to prevent. Hence it is that I have just ; come from vomiting millions of money ami ] hundreds of thousands of men in order that ' j the issue may be decided more speedily, and j our erring brethren united to us on o more. There was a time when both parties could | have adopted measures < f peace which were . tend -r-d oy resolutions ; the power cf secur . | ing pea' i was then in their hands, hut their . p ' r:3* pride prevented both from accepting ! the plan proposed. On* insisted upon this, and the other upon that, till between tho ; tliis and that of parties the present unhappy ! quarrel has been forced upon us. ft is wisl I for us all t > purify cur own hearts, and seo i wherein we have been in the wrong. Wo cannot expect to carry ourselves along l y vaunting either our courage or our cause.—• , The burden of the contea' is too serious lor that; and it will rest with the people them selves to end it in a manner satisfactory to themselves. I have tho stronger, confidence j in the general intelligence and virtue of our I people, but 1 think the world has never seen i such a degradation of political intelligence a prevailed among partisan leaders when this war began. ( To such a degree had this came to pass i that our secession friends had concluded that there was no power iri the Government, and that they had only to put forth their hand, and, at a single shove, overturn tho wholo i structure. But the Government thus assailed, though 1 powerless itself, turned to tho people, aud be ; hold ! it was found to be the strongest Gov . eminent on earth. Even the great Napole | on, in the fullness of his power, could not have rai.-ed. from all the legions of France, ! such an army as Mr. Lincoln has raised, iu i the brief space of but ninety days, for the de ; fence of tho Government. The Government j has not been and cannot be overturned. My | friends, my failing voice warns me to be brief. But let me add that the world aro spectators lof this unexpected strife. And we must con sider that we are now holding in our hands I not only the material interests of the present but .also the political interests of all futurity, i In this light I look upon tho present contest j as the most momentous event that history I has recorded for a thousand years past. Let us then he wise and be watchful iu guarding | such mighty interests. ! The Administration and the Slavery Question. [From the Providence Pi-ess.] Hon. Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the In terior, having visited our State for a day, for a brief respite from hia severe cfficird duties, yielded at a late hour yesterday afternoon ! to the desire of Gov. Sprague and ether prom inent citizens, that he would address a Provi dence audience in the evening, on the solemn j issues now thrust upon the American people. A meeting was accordingly extemporized in a very brief space. Mr. Smith, on advancing, was received with tumultuous cheering, and | in a clear and with an eloquence of manner i that instantly secured admiration, proceeded in a few introductory remarks to speak aa i follows : J The theory of this Government is that the ! States are sovereign within their proper sphere. i The Government of the United States has no more right to interfere with the institution of Slarery in South Carolina than it has to in* terfere with the pecuniary institution of lihode i Island whose benefits 1 have enjoyed today. 1 My friends, 1 have known the President long and well. It has been my fortune to be selected as one of his constitutional advisers. I have the honor of being connected with tho I Administration since its commencement, and j I tell you to night that you cannot find hi ; South Carolina a man more anxious, religious ly, and scrupulously, to observe all the features ; of the Constitution relating to Slarery, than Abraham Lincoln. Had the people of tho South been willing to wait and see whether he would regard that oath which in the pres ence of the assembled nation he had taken, they would have found that no Adminjstra : tion ever organized in this country would i have more concientiously regarded and pro | tected the rights oi the South than this Administration would have done. 1 know I speak the sentiments of the President and his advisers—of those who have controlled the Administration. But these people, however, were not willing to wait until this test could be applied, and ! no sooner was this President inaugurated than the tocsin of war was sounded through ; every Southern State, and the armed strength ' of the people wa9 summoned to drag down , the Administration, to undermine the foun ; dation of the Government, and to crush in ruin this fair fabric of our republican insti i tutions. What, I ask you, could the Admin ; istration have done? One after another of | the forts of the United States had been taken; i one niter another had the possessions of the Government been seized; State after State had renounced its allegiance to the nation; j in State after State the glorious flag of the nation had been trampled in the dust, and to its place had been lifted the emblem of tho : pirate and the traitor. What was the doty j of the Administration in this emergency ? 1 Should we stand by and seo, one after anoth er, the pillars of our glorious fabric disrupt ed and broken ? or should we appeal to the patriotism of the American people to sustain the institutions of their fathers? If Mr. Lincoln had not pursued the course which ho has, would he not have been unworthy of j th 6 confidence that has been so generously | placed in him? He has adopted this course, and he has appealed to you, the peopic of j the States, to rally round the standard of our ■ country, and teach the world that Republican ism still lives upon tl;is continent. My friends, ice make no war on Southern institu tions. We recoguizo the rights of South Carolina and Georgia to hold slaves if they d<sire them. But, my friends, we appeal to you to uphold the great banner of our glor ious'country, and to leave the people of that country to settle these domestic matters accor ding to their own choice, and the exigencies which the times may present. I do not invoke you to engage in this war as a war against Slavery. We arc way ring for a different principle. But there is an old adage brought down to us from the ancients: 'That whonj the gods would destroy, they prsj madden." They are afflicted by that inadnes^
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers