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LANCASTER ?A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1881
Price Tire C its.
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CLOIIIINO, UNliERWEAU, &c.
TMPOKTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
Te-luy we open a lull line of Spring ami
Summer 000(1.4 for Men's Wear, which lias
never been eclipsed In this cltyerany beuse
in the country ler quality, style .ami high
lencil character. We claim superiority
ever anything we handled before during
our experience el quarter el a century In
business, and our reputation is established
for keeping the II nest goods in our line.
Our eiicning te-day U an Invoice el Novel
ties captured from the wreck of a large
ilcHten house, who-e lailme has precipi
tated these goods n the market tee late in
thCHcaeii and consequently at a sacrifice,
se they arc within icacli elall desiring a
llrst-class article at a moderate price. The
consignment includes a full liiiceftlie cel
bnited Talatnen's Fiench Novelties, the
iiamlseincst and ilnest goods Imported te
till" country, anew feature in MIk Warp ;
Talumen's Tricot a-Leng, Serpentine Tri
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Weave. A full line or Tayler's Kugllsh
Treuserings el beautiful effects. Alse a
line line el Choice American Sitings as
Ieway$2ta.Sult. All the Latest Novelties
In Spi ing Overceatingsat moderate prices.
All an; cordially invited te examine our
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we s.iy and respect I ill ly urge person te
place theirerderat once belere the choicest
styles arc sela, ler they cannot be dupli
cated this season. Fer lurther particulars
in regard te drcs consult
J. K SMALING,
THE ARTIST TAILOR,
121 N. (JUEEX STREET,
MW&S
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BY
ACItlAI. COUNT WW IIAVK
196 TRUNKS
TRAVELING BAGS
Te -elect Irem. And here lb mere than
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mi:
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W i' Keep ler n. en is evcryting they
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I have just completed titling up one of the
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which ler quality, style and variety el
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1 will keep and self no goods which 1 cannot
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HE 1IUS1NESS OF SELLING CLOTHING AT
OAK HALL
Has grown te its 'present greatness because these points are
faithfully observed :
Hancagfjpt JnteUtgencet.
WEDNESDAY. EVENING, AUG. 10, 1881.
THE EVE OF THE REBELLION.
IN MAKING.
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is always kept very lull in assortment, even te the
arc net approached by any Clothing
The Stock or MKS'S CLOTHING
end et the season.
In HOYS CLOTHING the Styles and Trimming
Heuse in the Country.
A cordial welcome is ready for all who come, and we expect te sell only when people are
sat I.-(led in every respect.
:e:
HIGHLY INTERESTING REVELATIONS
FROM JUDGE JEREMIAH S. BLACK.
dare indiscriminate war against all the in-1 siens of regret that the commissioners
the
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OTHINGI
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WNetlce the prices t s markc 1 in the window.
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Crlticlhiug Statements of the lien. Jeffer Jeffer
eon lavis Fieyd's Treachery anu Cass's
ReBlgnatleni-Gen. Scott Placed in
a New L.lght Judge Ulack's
Memeraudum for Prenl
deut Buchanan the
Preildeni's De
cision. Frem an Interview with Judge Black in the
Philadelphia Press.
Concluded.
" On page 213 of Mr. Davis's book, he
says, lie expressed tbe opiuieu te the pres
ident that the wisest and best course
would be te withdraw the garrison from
the harbor of Charleston, and then pre
ceeds :
" The president's objection te this was
that it was his beuuden duty te preserve
and protect the property of the United
States. Te this I replied, with all the
earnestness the oceasien demanded, that I
would pledge my life that if an inventory
were taken and an erdnanec sergeant with
a few men left in charge of therahcy
would net be disturbed.. As a further
guarantee I eiiered te obtain from the gov
ernor of Seuth Carolina full assurance
that in case any marauders or lawless
combination-of i-orsens should attempt te
scize or disturb the property he would send
from the citadel of Charleston an adequate
guatd te protect it and te secure its keep
el's agaiust molestation.'
" Mr. Davis disgraced his diameter for
common sense by making such a propo prepo
sition te the president. It was prepos
terous in him te expect that such a prope
sitien would be entertained for a moment
either by the president or the cabinet, and
it was of course rejected in utter disdain.
The president's declaration that it was
his duty te picserve and keep possession
of the public property of the United
States seems te be misunderstood by Mr.
Davis as referring only te such articles of
personal property as were then within the
fei t, and Mr. Davis would guarautce the
safety of the portable articles and get the
assurance, of Governer Pickens that he
would net let them be carried away nor
misappropriated. Of course, by public
property, Mr. Buchanan meant the fort
and the land that it was built upon, which
belonged te the United States. The
Seuth Carolina government was net a lit
party te be trusted with-the protection of
either real or personal property of the
United States. They had previously
seized the custom house, arsenal, arms,
previsions and everything else of the
United States which they could lay their
hands upon everything in and about
Charleston except one fort aud then,
according te Mr. Davis, they proposed, if
we would let them take that, they would
at some future time account for a few
articles of insignificant value which were
in the fort. I de net think Mr. Buchanan
ever submitted any such preposition as
that te the cabinet. Certainly he never
submitted it as a thing te be seriously
considered.
" The demand for the evacuation of Fert
Sumter and the surrender into the hands
of Seuth Carolina was. take it all iu all,
the most impudent iu the history of the
world. It is impossible te excuse it en
any grounds, political, legal, moral or
military. It belonged te the United
States was bought and paid for by them.
They had a full and undisputed proprie
tary right te it, which was net impaired
in the slightest degree by the Seuth Caio Caie
lina act of secession. Yet Seuth Carolina
insultingly insisted upon its surrender te
her, avowedly with intent te use it for
hostile purposes against the government
te which it belonged ; and new Mr. Davis
complains that this alisurd demand was
net acceded te.
"In one of our cabinet discussions
upon this subject I said that theie never
had been a period in the history of the
English nation when any minister could
propose te give up te an enemy of his gov
ernment a military pest which was capa
ble of being defended without being
brought te the block. Mr. Buchanan
thought the expression a harsh one but
didn't deny that it was true. He had no
thought of yielding te Mr. Davis's solici
tations. Floyd would have done it at that
time, that is te ray, after he was net died
that he must resign from the cabinet for
ether reasons, or be removed, Thompson
might have been persuaded by his stat9
after it went out te de it, but never te my
knowledge asserted that it would be right
in us. Ne Northern member of the cabi
net would have tolerated the thought for
a moment.
After the Lincoln administration came
iu, the question was submitted te the new
Cabinet and all but one voted te give it up.
Lincoln vacillated aud finally decided, after
long delay (Welles hays for political rea
sons), te scud reinforcements. Seward
had previously premised that the fort
should be given up, aud after the president
had determined net te de se Mr. Seward
did his best te thwart the execution of the
order. The whole thing connected with
that fort was miserably managed from be
ginning te end. Mr. Davis says that it
was what Talleyrand describes as some
thing worse than a crime a blunder.
There was crime and blunder enough, te
be sure, but Mr. Davis and the party he
led had the biggest share in both."
With his own hand Judge Black wrote
that portion of Mr. Buchanan's message
of the 8th of January, 18C1, from which
the following quotation is made : " I cer
tainly had no right te make aggressive
war upon any state, and I am perfectly
satisfied that the constitution has wisely
withheld that power even from Congress.
But the right and the duty te use military
force defensively against these who re
sist the federal ejliccrs iu the execution of
their legal functions and against these
who assault the property of the federal
government is clear and undeniable."
lliese views, se emphatically expressed,
habitants of a section, couteunding
innocent with the guilty."
The opinion of November 20, I860, for
which Judge Black has been se severely
arraigned, should be read in the light of
the above declarations and his specific ad
vice upon events as they arose. Mr. Bu
chanan had asked bis attorney general for
an opinion upon certain constitutional
questions affecting the rights of states.
Judge Black prepared an exhaustive paper
upon all the legal points involved, and
then went into the discussion of the atti
tude of the two parties te the Union. This
paper was even stronger in its presentation
of the duty of the president towards the
rebellious states than the quotation abeve
made from Judge Black's memorandum
for the president, from which Mr. Buchan
an drew a part of his message te Congress
of January 8, 1861 Mr. Buchanan called
for the paper before it was finished, aud
when its tenor and scope were presented
it was entirely tee radical te meet bis
views. He said te the author that such a
severe arraignment of parties would have
a tendency te provoke rather than restrain
aggressive action, anu concluded by re-
Istricting the attorney general te a cold
answer le uue law points nc nau asKeu uis
opinion upon. The opinion of November
20 was, therefore, the outcome of a decis
ive paper of wider scope, discussing the
constitutional rights of states and their
relations te the general government aud
the duty of the government toward the
states, and emphatically explaining the
rights of the general government in case
of rebellion. The right of discussion and
explanation being cut oft iu the opinion of
November 20, Judge Black's interpretation
of it must be found in his after deelara
tiens and conduct during the trying months
which followed.
Perhaps no time during theso memora memera memora
ble months when Judge Black was en
deavering te force upon the president and
cabinet the necessity of making the power
of the government felt 111 defending its
property m the beutu irem thelc ana as
sault shows his fidelity te the country
mere strongly than during the remarkable
meetings aud discussions in Mr. Buchan
an's cabinet during the four days and
nights, beginning en the 28th of Decem
ber, 1860. Three citizens of Seuth Caro
lina appeared in Washington styling them
selves commissioners from that state, em
powered te treat with the government of
United States upon certain questions of
property belonging te the federal govern
ment in the state of Seuth Carolina. They
notified the president of the object of
their mission, but insolently threatened te
suspend all discussion until Majer Ander
son's removal from Fert Meultrie te Sum
ter since they had left home should be
fully explained te them. MJjer Ander Ander
eon's action, which met the hearty ap
proval and warm support of Judge Black,
who had been the instrument "of se fram
ing the orders that Andersen might leave
the defenseless aud take the strongest
position in the harbor of Charleston
whenever he thought proper, was severely
criticised by several members of the cabi
net. The cabinet then consisted of Judge J.
S. Black, secretary of state; Edwin 31.
Stanten, attorney general ; Philip F.
Themas, secretary of the treasury ; Jacob
Thompson, secretary of the interior ; Jehn
B. Floyd, secretary of war, and Mr.
Teucey, secretary of the navy. It is need
less te say that Mr. Floyd, Mr. Thompson
and Mr. i nemas bitterly opposed Majer
Andersen's action, and the president eVen
was careful about approving it. Majer
Andersen's action, however, formed the
least pait of the important controversy
which took place during theso four event
ful days. Saturday evening, December 29,
an incident occurred which came near
driving Judge Black from the cabinet.
Mr. Buchanan laid befere hi3 advisers a
paper in the form of his answer te the
preposition of the se-called commissioners
from the state of Seuth Carolina. It was
a surprise te the whole cabinet, aud only
Mr. Teucey, who always agreed with the
president, approved it. Thompson and
Themas opposed it because they regarded
it as tee hestile te Seuth Carolina, and
Floyd's opinion had no weight. Judge
Black, Mr. Stanten and Mr. Helt opposed
it for the reason that it conceded tee
much te the belligerent state. There was
net much discussion of the paper in the
month preceding their utterance te rein
force and defend te the last extremity the
public defenses in the Seuth. But Judge
Black's opinion as te the right of the gov
ernment te reduce a revolution of any
lowing quotations from a memeraudum
given te President Buchanan early in De
cember, 1860 for his private use.
" The Union is necessarily perpetual.
Ne state can lawfully withdraw or be ex
pelled from it. The federal constitution
is as much a part of the constitution of
every state as if it had been textually in
serted therein. The federal government
is sovereign within its own sphere, aud
acts directly upr.n the individual citizens
of every state. Within these limits its
coercive power is ample te defend itself,
its laws and its property. It can suppress
insurrection, fight battles, conquer armies,
disperse hestile combinations, and punish
any or all its enemies. It can meet, repel
and subdue all theso who rise against it.
But it cannot obliterate a single common
wealth from the map of the Union or de-
cabinet meeting, for it seemed te all its
members evident that Mr. Buchana'smind
had been fixed upon the points he had
made, and the meeting adjourned with the
indications that this, document had ex
ploded the cabinet. The next day Judge
Black notified Mr. Teucey and also Mr.
Stanten and Mr. Helt that he should leave
the cabinet. His purpose was reported te
Mr. Buchanan and he sent for him. He
went with great reluctance, for he knew
the appeal that would be made te the
warm friendship which had existed be
tween Buchanan and himself through se
many years. Hohadsemo indications of
what he would say in the arguments he
used te induce him te accept the state de
partment against his inclinations when
General Cass resigned. He went, how
ever, at his solicitation, and demonstrated
te Mr. Buchanan the indefensible attitude
in which he wVrald place himself did he
send the answer te the gentlemen from
Seuth Carolina he had prepared, aud hew
impossible it would be for him te remain
in the cabinet an hour were such an an
swer returned. The impressive interview
ended by Mr. Buchanan handing the paper
he had prepared as his answer te the inso
lent demand and piopesition of the Seuth
Carolina ambassadors, with a request that
he modify it te suit his own views and
return it te him immediately. Judge
Black took it, went the attorney general's
office, and in the presence of Mr. Stanten
wrete the following paper :
"Memorandum for the President en the subject
of the paper drawn up by him in reply te the
Commissioners of Seuth Carolina :
"First. The first and the concluding
paragraph both seem te acknowledge the
right of Seuth Carolina te be represented
near this government by diplomatic offi
cers. That implies that she is an inde
pendent nation, with no ether relations te
the government of the Union than any
ether foreign power. If such be the fact,
then she has acquired all the rights,
powers and responsibilities of a separate
were emphasized by the struggle of a I government by the mere ordinance of se
cession which passed her convention a few
days age. ( But the president has always,
and particularly in his late message te
Congress, denied the right of secession
and asserted that no state could threw off
magnitude is best illustrated by the fel- her federal obligations in that way. Mere
ever, the president has also very distinctly
declared that even if a state could secede
and go out of the Union at pleasure,
whether by revolution or in the exercise
of a constitutional right, he could net
recognize her independence without being
guilty of usurpation. I think, therefore,
that every word and sentence which im
ply that Seuth Carolina is in an attitude
which enables the president te " treat" or
negotiate with her'er te receive her com
missioners in the character of diplomatic
ministers or agents enght te be stricken
eat and an explicit declaration substituted
which would reassert the principles of the
message. It is surely net enough that the
words of the message be transcribed if the
doctrine there announced be practically
abandoned by currying en a negotiation.
" Second. I would strike eat all exprei-
are unwilling te proceed with the nego
tiations, since it is very clear that there
can be no negotiations with them, whether
they are willing or net.
" Third. Above all things, it is objec
tionable te imitate a willingness te nego
tiate with the state of Seuth Carolina
about the possession of a military pest
which belongs te the United States, or te
propose any adjustment of the subject or
any arrangement about it. Theferts in
Charleston harbor belong te this govern
ment are its own, and cannot be given
up. It is true they might be surrendered
te a superior force, whether that force be
in the service of a seceding state or a
foreign nation. But Fert Sumter is Im
pregnable and cannot be taken if defended
as it should be. It is a thing of the last
importance that it should be maintained if
all the power of this nation can de it ; for
the command of the harbor and the
president's ability te execute the revenue
laws may depend en Jt.
" Fourth. The werJs ' coercing a state
by force of arms te remain in the Confed
eracy, a power which f de net believe the
constitution has conferred en Congress.'
ought certainly net te be retained. They
are tee vague, and might liave tbe effect
(which 1 am sure the president does net
intend) te mislead the commissioners con
cerning his sentiments. The power te de
fend the public property, te resist an as
sailing force which unlawfully attempts
te drive out the troops of the United
States from one of the fortifications, and
te use military and naval forces for the
purpose of aiding the proper officers of
the United States in the execution of the
laws, this, as far as it gees, is coercion,
and may very well be called " coercing a
state by ferce of arms te remain iu the
Union.' The president has always assert
ed his right of coercion te that extent. He
merely denies the right of Congress te
make offensive war upeu a state of the
Union, as such might be made upon a
foreign government.
"Fifth. The implied assent of the pres
ident te the accusation which the commis
sioners make of a compact wiih Seuth
Carolina, by which "he was bound net te
take whatever measures he saw fit for the
defense of the forts, ought te be stricken
out, and a flat denial of any such bargain,
pledge or agreement inserted. The paper
signed by the late members of Congress
from Seuth Carolina does net bear sueh
construction, and this, as I understand, is
the only transaction between Seuth Car
elina and him which bears upon the sub
ject Bither directly or indirectly. I think
it deeply concerns the president's reputa
tion that he should contradict this state
ment, since, if it be undenied, it puts him
in the attitude of an executive officer who
voluntarily disarms himself of the power
te perform his duty and ties his hands se
that he cannot, without breaking his word,
" preserve, pietect and defend the consti
tution, aud see the laws faithfully execut
ed." The fact that he pledged himself iu
any such way cannot be true. The com.
missioners no doubt have been se inform
ed. But there must be seme mistake
about it. It arose doubtless out of tbe
president's anxious aud laudable desire te
avoid civil war and his often expressed do de
termination net even te furnish an excuse
for an outbreak at Charleston by rc-anferc-ing
Majer Andersen unless it was abso
lutely necessary.
"Sixth. The remotest expression of
a doubt about Majer Andersen's perfect
propriety of behavior should be carefully
avoided. He is net merely a gallant and
meritorious officer, who is entitled te a
fair hcariug before he is condemned. He
has saved the country, I solemnly believe,
when its day was darkest and its perils
most extreme. He h;is done everything
that mortal man could de te repair the
fatal error which the administration has
committed in net sending down troops
enough te held all of the forts, no has
kept the strongest one. He still cemmads
the harbor. We may still execute the
laws if wc try. Besides, there is nothing
in the orders which were sent te him by
the war department which is in the
slightest degrce contravened by his act of
throwing his command into Fert Sumter.
Even if these orders, sent without your
knowledge, did forbid him te leave a
place where his mem might have perished
and shclti r them under a stronger position
we ought all of us te rcjoice that he breke
such orders.
" Seventh. The idea that a wrong was
committed against Seuth Carolina by mov
ing from Fert Meultrie te Fert Sumter
ought te be repelled as firmly as may be
consistent with a proper respect for the
high character of the gentleman who com
pose the Seuth Carolina commission. It
is a strange assumption of right en the
part of that state te say that our United
States troops must remain in the weakest
position they can find in the harbor. It is
net a menace of Seuth Carolina or of
Charleston, or a menace at all. It is sim
ple self-defense. If Seuth Carolina dec3
net attack Majer Andersen no human be
ing will be injured. Fer thcre certainly
will be no reason te believe he will com
mence hostilities. The apparent objection
te his being in Fert Sumter is that he will
be less likely te fall an easy prey te bis
assailants.
" These are the points en which I would
advise that the paper be amended. I am
aware that they are tee radical te permit
much hope of their adoption. If they are
adopted the whole paper will need te be
recast. But there is one thing net te be
overlooked in this terrible crisis. I en
treat the president te order the Brooklyn
and the Macedonian te Charleston with
out the least delay, and in the meantime
te send a trusty messenger te Majer An
dersen te let mm knew that Ins govern
ment will net desert him. The re-enforcement
of troops from New Yerk or Old
Point Comfert should fellow immediately.
If this be done at once all may yet be net
well, but comparatively safe. If net, I
can see nothing before ns but disaster and
ruin te the country."
Mr. Stanten made a copy of this docu
ment, sheet by sheet, as it was written,
and the original was at once sent te the
president. Mr. Stanten retained the copy
he had made and indorsed it " Observa
tions en Correspondence, President, S. C.
Cem,, by J. S. B. " This paper, of which
this much-maligned man had had te de
with forcing the issue and peshing Mr.
Buchanan te the acceptance of aad action
upon his views for the succor of Majer
Andersen can be seen from the fact that
en the 20th the president ordered th sec
retary of war te send re-enforeaBMBts at
once, and the order was made in cabinet.
A few days afterward Messrs. Thoaptea
and Themas retired from the cabinet, aad
General Dix and Mr. King were appointed
te succeed them, and from that time ea"
there was harmony in the -cabinet se far as
its business was concerned.
There are many things in the ample
evidences of Judge Black's upright, man
ly and courageous conduct during these
eventful days which I have been reluct
antly permitted te examine, which will
make, when collated and given mere space
than can possibly be accorded them in a
newspaper article, a history that will re
verse the generally accepted estimate of
the loyalty and fidelity of mero men thau
Jndge Black. It is a fact beyond contra
vention that this leug-silent man, who
has steadiiy refused te make his own de
fense or permit any one te make it for
him, or even te soe the defense he had,
was the power that forced the preparation
of an expedition early in December, I860,
te re-enforce Majer Andersen whenever it
was thought necessary, and who saw
that an officer was dispatched te acquaint
him with the fact and order him te
defend himself te the last extremity. Fer
mere than a month this expedition was
delayed against his pretests by the official
opinion of General Scott, who kept the
man-of-war Brooklyn at Fortress Menree
for nearly a month waiting some overt act
en the part of the Seuth Carolinians. On
the 30th of December, by Judge Black's
earnest advice, the president determined
te succor Majer Andersen at all hazards,
for the Seuth Carolinians had taken pos
session of all the unoccupied forts. Majer
Andersen had retreated into Sumter, and
General Scott's excuses were no longer of
any force, for overt acts had been commit
ted. But General Scott found ether rea
sons for delay, and recommended that, in
stead of the sleep-of-war, which had been
waiting a month te meet the objec
tions for action before taking en three
hundred disciplined troops from Fortress
Menree and munitions of war, that two
hundred and fifty raw recruits be sent
from New Yerk in a merchant vessel se as
net te hurt the feelings of the Seuth Car
olinians. Mr. Buchanan promptly over
ruled him and gave au order through the
lieutenant general .for the dispatch of the
Brooklyn. General Scott, instead of send
ing it te the proper officers, quietly pock
eted it and called upon the president te
say thas he thought " it was only gentle
manly and proper that he should await
the reply of tlie Seuth Carolina commis
sioners before dispatching the reinforce
ments." This caused another delay te the
2d of January, when Gen. Scott again
changed bis mind about the sailing of the
Brooklyn, and en the 5th, against the
earnest pretest or Judge Black, substitu
ted the unarmed Star of the West for a
formidable man-of-war.
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