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OU R, G- Now our flog Is flung to the wild winds free, Let it float o’er our father land, And the guard of its spotless fame shall he Colombia’s chosen band. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOE AUDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER, Union County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: JAMES P. BARR, Pittsburg. COUNTY TICKET. CONGRESS. Gen. GEO. M. STEINMAN, City. I ASSEMBLY. ABRAHAM PETERS, Manor. NATHAN WORLEY, Manheimß. Dr. JOHN MARTIN, Bart. A. J. CALDWELL, Fulton. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DAVID G. ESHLEMAN, City. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. JOHN M. MILLER, W. Lampeter. DIRECTORS OF THE POOR. GEQRGE L. ECKERT, Paradise. JOSEPH M. WATTS, Columbia. PRISON INSPECTORS. A- Z. RING WALT, City. J. DIFFENDERFER, W. Donegal COUNTY SURVEYOR. CHBJSTIAN HOFFMAN, Earl. AUDITOR. JOHN L. LIGHTNER, Leacock. COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING, The Democratic County Committee met at Shober’s Hotel, in this city, on Wednesday last, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and elected Henry Shaffner, E-q., Chairman, in place of Mr. Tshudy, who volunteered and is now in the service of his country. The selection of Mr. S. is a most excellent one, and he will per form the duties to the entire satisfaction and best interests of the party. The Committee adjourned to meet at the same place on Thurs day next, the 25th inst., at 11 o’clock, A. M., at which time a general attendance is desira ble. ANOTHER WEEK OF BATTLES. The last week was another memorable one in the history of the war, and the soil of Maryland has been moistened with the blood of thousands of the slain and wounded of the contending armies. From Saturday a week until Friday, there was a constant succession of battles, when the rebel army retreated, leaving the victory with General McClellan, who remained master of the field. Some of the particulars are given in another oolumn, but the pnblip must wait a day or two longer for the offioial report when something reliable will be obtained. The most we know is that our brave soldiers fought with unflinching courage all the time, and the rebels with desperation- Our loss in officers was particu larly severe, and the surrender of the fortifi cations at Harper’s Ferry, with nearly twelve thousand men, is a calamity which could not have been anticipated. The latest accounts indioate that the whole rebel army have retreated aeross the Potomac. Their welcome into Maryland was a bloody one. Instead of swelling their ranks by thousands of reoruits, they have left whole regimentß of dead behind them ; and although not apparently disorganized, they have lost the prestige of viotory; and if our army is in a condition to pursue them, they will probably not take back to Richmond half the number with which they left. McClellan’s manoeuvres and sucoess have been splendid. He has released Maryland, and saved Penn sylvania from invasion ; and, if properly sup ported by the Government, he will soon eon' qner, or drive Lee and his legionß from the soil of Virginia. OCR CANDIDATES, It ia scarcely neoessary to say a word about our excellent candidates, nominated in the Convention of the 10th inßt. They arc one and all so well and favorably known to the people of the oounty that nothing we could say in their behalf would' add anything to their well-deserved popularity. No one ques tions the ability and integrity of Gen. Georoe M. Steinman, Abraham Peters, Nathan Worley, Dr. John Martin, A. J. Caldwell, David G. Eshleman, John M. Miller, George L. Eckert, Joseph M. Watts, A. Z. Ring walt, Jonathan Diffenderfer, Christian Hoffman or John L: Lightner. They are all competent and deserving, and, if elected will discharge the duties devolving opon them with credit to themselvfs and to the advantage of their constituents. The ticket as a whole, including the State ticket with Messrs. Slenker and Barr upon it, is. such an one, in point of sterling worth ■and incorruptible integrity, as has rarely, if ever, been presented to the people of Lancas ter county. The candidates are sound Union men, of undoubted-patriotism, and in almost every respeot the superiors of their opponents on the Stevens ticket. They are pledged to the advooaoy of the Union as it was and the Constitution as it is, and they , will oppose any and every, attempt to destroy the one or trample under foot the sacred injunctions of the other. Nay, more—they are pledged against all extravagance and peculationm the Nation, State and County, and will exert their best efforts to introduce honesty and economy into all the departments of government, whether local or general. The people of Lancaster oounty have now an opportunity of showing their devotion to the Union and the Constitution, by eleoting the sound and conservative men'placed'upon the Democratic ticket. That they will do so, *oarcely admits of a serious doubt, unless maduMS rules the hour and they are totally blinded to their own best interests and the welfare of our beloved country. ABOLITIONISM EXPOSED. ~ It is universally conceded, that President Lincoln is governed by an honestyof pnrjgße in. hirefforts to suppress the gigantio rebellion .which is desolating theywuntry. With Sim tWmaintenance of tbeUniM, nndiir’the Cgn stiiption, is the paramonp question. |He fed* the respiesibUity of Ais qwelfion. fflis cohieienoetrtUßOt .p^^him.toyiriolatahhis official oatßto support the OoudSfatiori.-'' So &ri therefore, ae tiha who snr ronnd him, permit, the efforts of his adminis tration are directed to the maintenance of the Union... But the honest, conservative masses throughout the country, of bb’tlFth’e' Republi- j can and Democratic parties, view with un. -feigned alarm the-pressure of the Abolitionists upon the President to induce him to violate his oath, by shaping the policy of the admin istration to suit the. views of these fanatics, whose sole idea of Union 1 is the abolition of slavery. Men like Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Suhnek, of Massachusetts, Wade, of Ohio, and Lovejot, of Illinois, have no desire to see the Constitution maintained as it is,.and the Union restored as it was.— They hailed this fraternal war with gladness, beoauße they believed they oonld make it sub servient to their long-oherished purpose of abolishing Blavery. In their zeal to remedy the fanoied wrongs of the negro, they oared nothing about the interests of the white man. They plied their vocation of agitating the slavery question, until they sucoeeded in en gendering the feelings of hatred between the two sections of the country, which have at length oonvnlsed the whole Nation in the mad fury of civil strife and bloody and relentless war. When patriotio men saw the gathering storm arise and ready to burst npon the peo ple, Stevens listened in vain to their appeals for compromise by whioh fraternal fellowship might be oontinued, and fraternal bloodshed averted. He cared nothing about the sorrows and affliotions whioh oivil war would bring in its train. He oared nothing about the horrors the oountry would witness, nor the desolations which would be produced by fraternal strife; but, on the contrary, he gloried in the conflict of armß, because he believed that in it he foresaw the consummation of his long oherished objeot—the abolition of slavery.— And now, when this unnatural strife has been go'mg on for eighteen long months, and but little accomplished towards oonsummating his wicked and unholy purpose, he abuses the President, without stint or measure, because he will not shape the polioy of the war to suit the purposes of the Abolitionists to destroy the Constitution and the Union. The masses of the American people rever ence the Union of the States under the Con stitution, and in their oherished devotion to it have been willing to make every sacrifice of life and treasure. Such is the sentiment of the people in this county particularly, and when they are asked to vote for such an ao knowledged Abolitionist and Disunionist as Thaddeus Stevens, they will rejeot him with scorn and indignation. They will have no man to represent them in Congress who is not loyal to the Constitution. They want no one in that body to weaken and destroy the honest efforts of the President to end this civil war by maintaining the Constitution in its integ rity in every part, and restoring the Union under the Constitution as founded by Wash ington, Franklin, Madison and their illns trions compeers. When the Republican County Convention, which nominated Thaddeus Stevens for Con gress, called upon him for a speech, and sat by and applauded his abuse of the President in this hoar of the country's peril, the.hopes of the patriot sunk in despair, for it demon strated that the leaders of the Republican party were as thoroughly abolitionized as StevenB himself. We have confidence, how ever, that the masses, who have heretofore aoted with the Republican party, have no sympathy with Disunion, and willreject every effort to induoe them to give their suffrages to an Abolitionist of the darkest dye, such as Thaddeds Stevens is known to be. They will not unite with this man in his insane abuse of the President, nor will they weaken the Government in its efforts to crush the re bellion, by sending Stevens back to Congress to assist the traitors in arms to destroy the Union, by his wicked attempts to impair oon. fidence in the Chief Magistrate. Conservative men, without regard to former political affilia tions, will vote for George M. Steinman, and thus rid the country, now and forever, of that pestilent Abolition demagogue, Thaddeds Stevens, who has done so much to produce the present unhappy condition of the country, and whose mischief to the Union will require generations to obliterate. A GREAT MEETING. Notwithstanding the busy season of the year with our farmers, and the unpromising appearanoe of the weather which prevented hundreds from coming to town, the meeting on Wednesday last, to oelebrate the anniver sary of the adoption of the Federal Constitu tion, was a deoided success. Fulton Hall was crowded to its utmost capaoity with a multi tude of our most respectable and loyal citi zens from every part of the county, and the greatest harmony and good feeling prevailed throughout the deliberations. There was but one heart and one mind in the vaßt body and that was to sustain the President of the United States in all legitimate efforts to orush out the rebellion, and to defend and protect the Constitution and the Union against Seoessionism in the South and Abolitionism in the North. The speeches were all in ex cellent taste and to the point, and nothing offensive was said or done by any one who participated in the meeting. The allusions in the several addresses to Gen. McClellan and his brilliant successes in Maryland were received with rapturous applause, and the ad mirable resolutions Were adopted by acclama tion. The Fenoibles’ Band was in attendance, and the excellent music and patriotic airs with which the audience were favored, added greatly to the good feeling and fine spirit manifested du mg the entire progress of the meeting. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Sanderson, Hiester, Steinman, S. H. Rey- NnLDs, Reese, (in German) and Dr. John K. Race, and the meeting adjourned with three times three cheers for the Constitution, for Gen. McClellan, for the speakers, and the Fencibles* Band. It is a meeting whioh will long be remem bered by the Union and Constitution loving oitizens of the Old Guard. HARPER’S FERRY. The most disgraceful aot of the present war seems to be the surrender to the rebels of this important place, with nearly 12,000 men, about 50 cannon, a large number of small arms, and an untold amount of ammunition and military stefeß and provisions. The guns and ammunition were used againstus in Tues day’s fight. The blame of the surrender is plaoed by the New York Times, and Tribune on Col. Thomas Ford, of the 32d Ohio, best known for his anti-slavery epeeoh in the Philadel phia Know Nothing Convention of 1856. It is said he abandoned the Maryland Heights against Col. Miles’ positive orders, and when there was no necessity for it, and this act brought about the earrrender. The place ha* sinoe been evaouated bv the rebels. STEVEII ALARHBDI - We slip the following ewcd from the depress evening last, and publteb-it ii*: Apriority i» ite way and as the fousdatioh t>Ta few. remartapgfc ” ,-~X ( ■ -W% Lancaster, Beptemtw<;l7th, To tbeß4!torof The KveaiiieJSxpraM fZ Sir : I was abMatlMt week when the Democratic Ooanty Convention wu held. I kaewnotMiwof.tt* m) caSed.tortWm, asrvepftKsagln yoarpapefr; On* raolntloaatatee “that thcdedaratioab} Thaddeus Stfvens, on the floor of Congress, that rather than trover a hatr's breadth from the Chicago platform, he mouldprefer to tee the Union shattered *n to ten thousand fragments etc. George Sanderson, In his speeeh, asserts that Mr. Stevens said, “ that rather than compromisein any | toay. ht would See the Union rent into ten thous -1 diul atom*, 7 ’ do. '■ If the troth of thee* ehsrges rested. on -the word of Mr. Sanderson alone, it wootd be unnecessary and Improper to notice them. Bot.tbe ‘-resolution* is endorsed by a respeetable Convention. The oanae : of truth, there (ore, requires me; to say tfiat'the as sertions contained in both the resolution and speeeh 'are sheer fabrications; without any foundation*in fact. I never uttered such a sentiment. I was pleased to see that the falsehood found no countenance in the speeeh: of my friend General Steinman, who is a man of. trnth, and who, I have no donbt, will oosdnot the campaign on honorable principles. THADDEUS STEVENS. So far as the resolution oi the Democratic Convention, which he qaotes, is concerned, we have nothing to say. The resolution was not written by ns, nor had we any agency in preparing any of the excellent resolutions passed unanimously by that respectable body, although felly endorsing them all after Bering them in print. In referenoe to onr own speeeh on the floor of the Convention, at the close of its delibera tions, we said, in the form of an interrogatory, in referring to Mr. Stevens, that “ the man who boldly avowed in the halls of Congress, that rather than compromise to save the conn try, 1 he would see the Union shattered into ten thousand fragments—is each an individual the proper person to represent the good and loyal Union people of Lanoaster county?” This is the heighth of our offending—no more, no less, npon the occasion referred to. But let us see what he did say in the month of January, 1861, as it was published in all the Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York papers on the next day—from one of whioh (Forney’s Press) we quoted verbatim in our issue of the sth of February, 1861. The same identical language can be found in so many words in the Publio Ledger of January 30, 1861, in the Congressional proceedings of the previous day. The quotation is as fol lows: “ Rather than give concessions to rebels, I would see the Government shattered into ten thousand atoms !’’ This is what we wrote and. published, and if there iB any substantial difference between it and what we uttered in the Convention, we should be pleased if either Mr. Stevens or his organ in South Queen street wonld point it out. We said then, and we repeat it now, that he did not epeak the sentiments of his constituents—that suoh was not the desire of a very large majority of his own party friends —and that it was “ more than probable he wonld find it to be so if ever he came again before them for their suffrages.” But, in the face of all this, and notwith standing the identical language whioh we printed was published in all the daily papers of the large oities, it remains for him, after a lapse of some twenty months, to have the hardihood to deolare, over his own signature, that he “ never uttered Buoh a sentiment.” But his mere denial, on the eve of an impor tant election in whioh he is personally and deeply interested, amounts to nothing without proof to sustain the negative. That proof he has failed to give the public, and we suppose he relies upon' his speeoh as modified by him self and published in the Congressional Globe several days after it had made its appearanoe in the papers above referred to, and after he found that a storm of popular indignation was gathering and ready to burst upon his head for the ntteranoe of the atrooious senti ment. We shall refer to the " record, and see how muoh he has improved it by the modifi cation. At page 622 of the Globe of January 29, 1861, we find the speech of Mr. Stevens, re vised and corrected by himself, and published under the authority of Congress. The follow ing is his language; “ Cannot the people of the' United States choose whom they please President, without stirring up rebellion, and- requiring humilia tion, concessions and compromises to appease the insurgents ? Sir, 1 would take no steps to propitiate such a feeling. Rather than show repentance for the election of Mr. Lin ooln, with all its consequences, [a terrible oivil war included,] I would see this Government crumble into a thousand atoms.” This, then, is the official version of his speeoh, and we aßk any unprejudiced reader to point us out the difference in sentiment between it and the extract we copied from Forney’s Press and which was published in all the city papers. In the opinion of every candid man—Mr. Stevens’ disclaimer to the contrary notwithstanding—it will be con sidered “ a distinction without a difference,” altered somewhat in its phraseology, to be sure, but conveying the identical idea that, sooner than make any concessions or compro mises with rebels, he would prefer to see this glorious fabrio of Government crumble [shat tered] into ten thousand atoms, [fragments.] The record is an ugly thing for Mr. Stevens, and he could wish, doubtless, that his speech in reply to Mr. Webster, of Maryland, on the 29th of January, 1861, from whioh we made the extraot, as well as some of his previous and subsequent speeohes were obliterated from the Congressional Globe and the newspapers which gave them publicity ; but it cannot be done. They will remain there to plagae the inventor. He and his lacqueys in Centre Squafe and South Queen street may deny the “soft impeaohment” until they get as black in the face as the black cause whioh he and they advocate, but the truth telling record still remains in full foroe, and, like the poisoned shirt of Nessus, will cling to him with undying tenacity as long as be lives. We have thus ventilated the card of Mr. Stetens, and vindicated the Democratic Con vention and ourself from the charge he has seen fit to make against us. We have “noth ing extenuated nor set down aught in malice ” but wo have merely vindicated the truth of history, and will for the present leave the subject to the unbiassed judgment of the can did reader, who will decide, from the evidence, which of the parties in this controversy is guilty of prevarication or misrepresentation. If the Republican candidate for Congress comes off second best in the controversy, it is his own fault, and he will have no one to blame but himself. We may refer to the suhjeot again. *®"We direct attention to a war sermon on our first page, delivered in this oity in the month of June, 1775. soon after the qommence ment of the Revolutionary war, by the Rev. John Carhichal. As a “relio of the olden time” it will, doubtless, be interesting to most of our readers. A terrible accident. On Wednesday afternoon last, the Labora tory at the Allegheny Arsenal, near Pittsburg, was blown up, and, shooking to relate, about* seventy-five persons lost their lives, principally girls employed in the establishment. Th« arsenal contained a large quantity of powder and also the filling of cartridges, shells, canis ter, grape, &o. It is generally supposed that the acoidentwas occasioned by friction of .some powder iq several barrels.oniqaded os. the poreh of the main bailding. eE«.GEOReBE,EcCLELLAN. This gallant, aooampliahed and patriotio Chieftan is still, notwithstanding his unpar alleled success; the objectof envy and tnajjce by the Abolitionists... No-generous native .could bate, as General. And why alljSbis ekirjfoon part to pluck from him ? .Simply because he tßw viitSton jMi- Sbtiitional principles—W^puMmirarebeHfon,’ and-'restore the Union as it was, and cat to emancipate the negro. He has kept these objects steadily in view from the first; they are the polar star by whioh he is directed, and their accomplishment is the endFand' aim tof-hiis ambition l .? Od tbia ninth dtlaSTliiSllth; when again assuming command of the. army of the -Pj tepaac, hoissoodaparder from which we make the following'extract: “ The General commanding takee this occa sion to remind the officers and soldiers of the army, that we. are engaged in supporting .the Constitution and laws uf the United States, and in, suppressing rebellion aguoat their, authority; that we are not engaged Tn a war of rapine, revenge, of subjugation ; that this is’not 1 a contest against populations, hot' against armed forces and political orgaoiza tions; that it is a straggle carried on. within the United States, and should be conducted by us upon the highest principles known to Christian civilization.”. - What a strange contrast, says the Pittsburg Post, these words present to the malignant crew who are .constantly disparaging their author 1 How patriotio and sensible they are, compared to the b’eated ravings of Abo lition "deolaimers—-those; miserable reptiles who have npon more than one’ ocoasion ac cused him of sympathy with the rebels, while they were themselves praying for the rebels’ success, in order to orush him out of the ser vice, to make way for some one of their own selection. ■. McClellan’s late suocesses have not in the least caused fanaticism to hide its head; his viotories are not denied by them, but weaken ed by unpardonable oomment, and the oredit of each aohievment given to officers under him. Every little disaster that ooeurred while he was General Commanding, no matter where it happened, he was held responsible for, and now every triumph is awarded to those who aoted m obedience to his commands. This is the coarse of our genuine Abolitionists to wards the leading officer in the service. The Chicago Post alluding to these reptiles, a large number of whom are to be found in every neighbood, qaotes them as follows: “ Give us a rebel victory, let our armies be destroyed, Maryland conquered, Washington captured, the President exiled and the govern ment destroyed ; give us these and any other calamities that can result from defeat and ruin, sooner than a victory with McClellan as General.” If there be a man or set of men in this land more detestable and more infamous than the rebels who are in the field seeking the forcible destruction of the country, it is that olass of creatures, that circle of political outcasts, who sit at home snapping and snarling at everybody and everything, end who, by day and by night, pray most lustily for national defeat, national disaster, and national rum, that they may have’the satisfaction of .saying, “ I told you so 1” The man who refused to rescue a drowning ehild beoause he had tqld the child not to go near the water ; the man who refused to give food to his starving neigh bor because he had told that neighbor not to engage in the speonlation which had impov erished him, were aDgels of mercy and benev olence compared to the miserable fanatics who are hoping for the sacrifice, defeat and ruin of the federal army, because McClellan ie at its head. The country can now under stand why he was not reinforced before Rich mond. more: sroop, “We have never been of that class of moral ists who believe that “all’s fair in politics.” We believe that a man is just as guilty a liar if he frames a falsehood in a political conven tion, ntcers it in a political speech, or prints it in a parly organ, as he would be by commit ting the offence in the course of business, or in the social relations of life. But a certain school of partisans do not take this view of the matter— honce the monstrous falsehood written and spoken by Mayor Sanderson . and endorsed by the late Democratic County Con vention, which is frankly met aDd promptly disposed of by Mr. Stevens in the following note 6 [Hero follows tbecard of Mr. Stevens which we publish elsewhere.] W e clip the above from the Express of Wed nesday evening last. When we read the article we turned to tho file of the same paper of Wednesday evening, January 30, 1861, and there found in' the Congressional pro ceedings, published conspicuously at the head of tho fourth, column of the editorial page, a synopsis of Mr. Stevens’ speeoh of the pre vious day, in which the following paragraph appears, being the identical one, word for word, which we published on the following Tuesday, and which had previously appeared in all the New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore papers: “Rather than give concession to rebels, he [Stevens] would see the Government shattered into ten thousand atoms.” And yet in the very face of all this, with the knowledge that he had published the very same paragraph without expressing a ddtibt of its authenticity, the editor of the Express has the unblushing hardihood to assail us as having written and spoken a “monstrous falsehood,” and denounces us as a “liar,” &c„ for doing the very same act whioh he had previously committed himself l Could brazen faced impudence and foul-mouthed malignity go farther ? It is a trite but true adage that “liars should have good memories.” The Cassius looking editor of Stevens’ South Queen street organ would do well to profit by this some what antiquated saying. WHAT I f COSTS, Under the above heading the New York Tribune says: “Congress, at its reoent session, passed bills, which, in the aggregate appropriated out of the Treasury, reaches $913,078,527,63. At the extra last summer, Congress appropriated $265,103- 296,99. The total amount, therefore, for the two sessions reaohes the enormous sum of $1,178,181,824.62” Eleven hundred and seventy-eight millions, one hundred and eightv-one thousand, eight hundred and twenty four dollars and sixty-two cents, the Tribune thinks, will cause the memories of “our Southern brethren” to be very dear to posterity. We are not aware that it is treasonable to let the people know what the present Congress has been doing with their money, or rather what amount of it has been appropriated ; but if it be so, then Horace Greeley is the traitor —not tec —for we have only given it to our readers as he has given it to hiß, and in his own language, and the Tribune is undoubted authority with the Republican party. 86?“ The New York World says “we have traversed the entire circuit of the military ex periment into which the Administration was ooerced by the radicals, and are brought back to the point where we were when their clamor .against Gen. McClellan first setjn. Events have demonstrated.that the interference with his plans has.been a gigantic and most costly blunder. Silibe this foolhardy experiment was ventured on, the war ;bas been one of the bloodiest in history; but the heroic prodi gality of life by .our gallant soldiers, has been • produativs of bo corresponding advantages.” LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Military Matters —Several companies te'ttHe d-y for othota Cap* 'Ulus Cox’s, Moore's, Bekerps,■- Keodig’a sod fpera’s. former composed entirely of men frcm. Capt.pog;b*s -stbeer.bean a Idea* tenant ldeal. Uiffy Slaymak&hAi"b*mjoo'' CapUin^SCapt.company va£.rectitlted at.lffw in-tni-icity... Hi* Lieutenants are Johar-WI- of thls3gsy. Cspt. Eckert's Sfempabywaa rbnuit*&*& the &Vt. KeadJg’a Friday etoning—one from Norristown, and the o*h?r from Ooates rifle, Chafer county. Ther ware quartered at Fhober’s &n<l?precher*s Hotels, and Tefs forßarrfiburg on Saturday morning.. - O. J. Sicker, Eaq, of this dty, has been appointed Colo* nd of the 12 th Regiment, P.'SL, now ja.sertiee at Hagers tows. Md "’""E&traaus. serve* passed through this cily on Fudday night, about 0 ; the Ftate Ti»a no lodjfßrkoy need for trbops fir her de r pnce. and «e : prtiame oar inoeaster men are. n«»w on their way home. - P. 8L Capt. Moore's company returned bcina yesterday. —Drs 'HeNKF Carpbntbb. P. Cassidt, H. E. Muhluuso. J ATO. Ebixß and K. RAUB led this eity. in response lio a ca’l from Sorgaon Gen eral fimra.io the 120 train on Thursday morning last, for HagerstbwnVM<L, to assist in attending to the thousands ■ojf wounded and dying made by the late battles in Mary land Dr. Job* H' Loirocracxn, of thisdty. has been appoint ed &o Assistant ia the Volunteer service, sod as signed to the lcOih R>'gim?nt, P. V, Col. Zino, for doty. TTito regiment is now lying at Washington We congrat ulate oar excellent frieud on his well earned promotion. « - Fatal Accident.—Mr. David Stauffer was billed in oda of the qaariies near Qutrryvilla, this county, oq Tbnnd-iy aftertiO >n last hy tho premature did- of a blast ■ He was a gentleman of abaut 52 ye ire of agr, and unnwried. He was much esteemed in the ccmuiunl’y in which he red led. S<K Patriotic Family —Mr. George Ilaff eagle, formerly one of the City Police, left on Saturday la the New BoTlaDd.eompauy. for the seat rf war. Mr. Hoff nagfe has fror sons aod one son io law in the army HU son in-law, Capt. Miles, and three of his sons, are In Col, HalnbrigbC- 79th regiment, thu fourth in Major Pyfar’s company, 77th regiment, 001. ctambangh; and not content with this, he now goes himself to do battle for tbe stare and stripes.” • Appointed. —At the request of the County Commissioner, the Mayor baa appointed tbe following gentlemen as committees In their respective wards to ex amine and report upon the condition and needs of the families of volunteers who are entitled to relief under the late resolution of tbe Board, appropriating money for that purpose,: » North East Ward—Robert A. Evans, Jacob Zecher. South East Ward—Junius B. Kauffman, Hugh S Gara. North West-Ward—Charles it. Fradey, Michael Zahm. South West Ward—George Mnrtin, Henry Shaum. _ Personal. —Capt. Bolenius arrived borne on Saturday afternoon. He is doing well, and, considering the severe char cter of his wound, looks well. THB TRUTH OF HISTORY. We think the Hartford Courant 1 runs no risk in making the following statement: We think that history will reveal the facts that at the time McClellan was charged with derileotion in not sending forward troops to the aid of General Pope, he had virtually been stripped of all his troops, even to his body guard, aod that he himself was asking for the privilege of going himself, in almost any capacity—that while the President was led to believe from Pope's dispatches that all was going well, McClellan was assured that all was not well, and that when the President learnt of the disgraceful retreat’of our army to Centreville, be called upon McClellan to take command and save tbe army. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Traveler , who has been strongly anti McClellan, says in his letter of Thursday week: “Today, McClellan is a rising man. The soldiers new and old adore him. I can not account for it, l)ut such is the fact. I re veal no important secret when I state that the Government was compelled to reinstate McClellan by the violent feelings in his favor among. the troops;' He rode out among the troops yesterday, and they went wild with entbnsiasm at the bare sight of him. What is the BecreVof this feeling in his favor ? Who can tell me ?\ Under the circumstances, can any one ceoeurte the President for the course he has taken ?” \ The WashingtonxCorrespondent of the New York Express , speaking of Gen. McClellan’s high, popularity soldiers, says : On Saturday last, when McClellan was at Alexandria with his body, guard of lens than one hundred men—all tbd rest had been or dered to join Pope, and heYhere listening to the sound of cannon, knowfhg that his fine troops were being sacrificed ajid he not al lowed eveo to bo present—he telegraphed to the War Department again for permission to go to the battle even with out command, and only as an amateur; think ing that his presence might cbet-r his own troops, and at any rate c »uld do no harm, but he was refused and absolutely forbid den 111 Tbe New York Herald pays that “a perfect acoord now exists between McClellan and Preident and the Cabinet, and all that is asked by Gen. McClellan is that be shall be allowed to carry out his present purposes.—. McClellan said on Thursday he bad no quar rel with any one. lie desired t let the past be passed. We have enough to do to fight the common enemy, and all he asked was to be let alone and he would put down the rebel lion.” WHICH IS RIGHT? Benjamin Wade, one of tbe high priests of so-called Republicanism in the U. S Senate, said in his place, that the man who “quotes the Constitution in this great crisis is a trai tor.” Daniel Webster said : “ The Constitution of the United Stales is a written instrument, a recorded FUNDAMEN TAL LAW ; it is the bond the ONLY BOND OF THE UNION of these States : it is all that gives us national character Mr. Stevens, the Abolition candidate for Congress in this diatriot, is a follower of Ben jamin Wade. Gen. Steinhan, the Democrat ic candidate, occupies the same ground that Daniel Webster did. Which of these caDdi dates will the conservative men of Lancaster county choose on the day of the election ? WEBSTER ON FREEDOM OP SPEECH. Daniel Webster, in Congress and at a period when free discussion of the acts of the Administration was sought to be res trained, offered the following, in defence of the freedom of speech : “Important as I deem it to discuss, on all proper occasions, the policy of the measures at present pursued, it is still more important to maintain the right of Buch discussion in its full and just extent. Sentiments lately sprung up, and now growing popular, render it necessary to be explicit on this point. It is the ancient and constitutional right of this people to canvass public measures and the merits of public men. It is a homebred right, a fireside privilege. It has ever been enjoyed in every bouse, cottage, and cabin in tbe nation. It is not to be drawn into contro versy. It is undoubted as tbe right of breathing the air, and walking the earth.— Belonging to private life as a right, it belongs to public life as a duty : and it is tbe last duty which those whose representative I am shall find me to abandon. , This high constitutional privilege I shall defend and exercise within this House, and in all places ; in time of war, in time of peace, and at all times. Living, I will assert it; dying, I will assert it; and should I leave no other legacy to my children, by the blessing of G<>d, I will leave them the inheritance of free principles, and the example of a manly, independent and constitutional defense of them.” THE “STAR” IN THE E?AST. The Maine State election on the Bth inst., was carried by the Republicans, of course ; but their majority of last year was reduced more than one-half, and the Democrats elected one member of Congress, (Mr. Sweet,) wbith is more than they have had from that State for several years. This is an indication of popular sentiment which cannot be mistaken. The great reaction has commenced in tbe East, and it will go on swelling £nd increas ing in magnitude, until every vestige of Abo. lirioniem is rooted out of the councils of the Nation. Then, and not till then, will the old Union be restored, and peace and tranquility re-established in our borders. The gallant General McCall, of the Pennsylvania Reserves, is the Democratic candidate, for Congress in the Chester and Delaware district.- X®" Amongst the killed in the recent in ; Maryland, was Lieut. (Colonel Thomas & Bell* of . West Cheater—a «on of the late Judge Bell. _ „ Anniversary of the Adoption of 'iKfeOo®tutio.n. • AROUSED f The Loyal Men of Laneaiter County Moot t& their Devotion to the Consttutton an it ft*, and the Union as ft wan. Wednesday last was the seventy-fifth anni versary of-tbe-adoption of the Constitution, or the United States, and the day ”w'm most appropriately commemor ated by the loyal men of Lancaster coon ty. Tha Democratic Co. Committee had called a meeting Constitution and Union loving men for that purpose, and;notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the weather, the attendance was large and the feeling haraoulous and enthusiastic The meeting was held at' Fulton Ball; Inttead'cf In Centre' and the hall wan crowded.: The Fencibles’Baud were present, and at intervals discoursed eloquently their choicest music. The stags was beautifully festooned with American flags. . 1 At 2 o’clock, P. SL, the meeting wm' called to order by H. B. Swann, Esq, who moved that Hon. Gao. SaitsmsoN take the chair, which was greeted with loud and enthusi astic applause. . MAYOR 8 ANDERSON’S'BPEEGH. On taking the chair, the Mayor spoke in substance as 'follows': After thanklneihe meeting for the distinguished honor conferred upon him, be proceeded to state: that this was not a partisan meeting for the purpose of furthering the interests of any political party at this crisis lu our National history ; but a meeting of conservative clti*«DB of every party who love the pood old-Constitutionof our fathers, and tfa'e star spangled banner of onr common country. He spoke of the ti-e of free principles in Erg’aud at the time the Great Charter was extorted from an unwilling Ring by 1 the Barons at Runnymed- some'five or elx eeoturiee ago. He then alluded to the emigration pf the Pilgrim Path-rs to this continent and the principles of freodom which they established. He tbeu give a succinct and luc d a?coaut of the difficulties which environed the thirteen independent States tor the five years immediately succeeding the close of the Revolutionary war, and the necessity which was found to exist, among the patriot statesmen of that period of anarchy and di-iot der, for a more perfeet form of-goveru meet—one which could protect the rights and .interests of the whole people of all the States. . He then referred to the history of the Convention which met in Philadelphia in the year 1787 to form a Coußtituil-n which should be the supreme law in all the States, and said that the pro ceedings'of that body were conducted throughout in a spirit of compromise, concession and true patriotism, which it would be well, he remarked, if the statesmen of the present day would Imitate. [Cheers.] After commenting at some lung h upon the unparalleled b eatings and prosperity we bad enjoyed ati along our Na tional history down to a very reboot period, he came to the immediate object of the meeting and askrd the question: “Why tta- necessity lor this meeting? Why the necessity for assembling the people in mass contentions to mew their devotion to the Constltuii >n and the Union? Is it because an unholy and unjustifiable rebellion is periling the Nation? bacaue one portion of ’he country has ar rayed itself in arms against the otbe-?” Not so, at least not wholly or mainly so. It is because some of the Ro-etiled statesmen of this latter day, assuming to be wise above what has bten written by tho great statesmen and patiiots of the < Idea time, have set at defi-tnee the Constitution of our fathers, and trampl-d under foot that, sacred instru ment which was framed by the greatest intellects and ce mented by the best b’o >d of the country—because s me of the rights guira-teed by that stored Instrument have been ruthlessly atsiiled, and a higher law attempted to be en forced lu its stead He then proceeded to say that f ir the last two conturies free speech, a free pre.«-s, the right of trial by jury, and the habeas corpus, had been folly enjoyed by the people of England and th- United Btates—aod if his hearers would examine ihe Const! ution at their leisure, they would find them.guaranteed to us in the Bill of Rights appended to tb t instrument; and, though Kngland was a mouarchy, the Queen w >u!d not dare to violate those rights lost her throne be overturned, while here, on the soil of free Amer-’ lea, men high iu power bad set these rights at defi idcs. — [Applause.] It was to speak of thera things, and pledge -,aoew our devotion <o the C* nstitutiou which guarantees tbo-e rights, that w« have, met together on this seventy fif h anniversary of its adoption, and ioyal men of all par ties are freely invited to speak their honest sentiments. After spying that we should be willing ro shed the list drop of blood in onr veins and spend tb- last dollar in our pocke's to save ani d-fend the Union, bo ask*d why, if the Government had beeo formed and conducted for more than two generations in a spirit of compromise, the same spirit sh nld not animate us now? He claimed as one of the best signs of the times, the late glorious >nrress of our salient armies under a General who loves the GmstituHonJ [Tremendous applause.] Ho concluded by saying rhat the rpirit of loyalty manifested by this meeting w< ul l con vince everybody that the true Uni a feeling was burning brightly in Lnucaster county, and that wo are in earnt-at when we pledge, as our patriot fathers did, our undjiog devotion to the Conatituti n and the Uuion. The speaker was raptotoutiy applauded throughout his remarks. At the conclusion, the Band played “The Star- Spang’ediß-inner,” and three loud and hearty cheers were given for Mayor Sandvpson. The organization of tho meeting was then completed by the selection of the following officers : Vice Picsidents: James Patte s->n LUtle Britain, : Uenrv Sh -ffuer. Mount Joy Bor., Emannt-l Keener, Penn, C. M.’ Hess, Drumoro, Juhn M Mtiler. Wept Lampe'er, Ji»hu Kehleman West Lampeter, Charles G Beal Ci’y. Daniel L- fover. Druomre, John Mhbou, SHlisbory, William Witmao. Caernarvon, Christ-'pl e- Graham Bart, Levi II B ar. Coe nnrvnn, Jt>ho F->rt ey, West Rail. Franklin Cl-»rk. Strasburg Twp, Dr. Isaac C Weidler, Upper Leacock, Henry rt uiL-r East Lampeter, Bolden Miller, Paradise, Henry Eckert Paradise, 2 Anthony Carpenter Earl, Michael Cjep;.er. Columbia, Philip Tluber. East Cocalico, Henry D. dtehraau, Conestoga, Jeremiah Brown, Folton, s Dr—N W. Sample, East Lampeter, Hon Ema.iuri Schaeffer City. \ William Hays. Sr.. I frtle Britain, \ J-hn *rndt Manheimßor, Richard MrQranu, Manbelm Twp., \ John Brand’, Br, Manor, \ Joseph De w tier. Rapho, William Spencer, Esq., Btrasburg Bor. «Sswc*art«; Hiram R. Hall, Penn, , Charles J. Rhodes, Manor, Dr\B. Welchens, City, *' " Andrew J Steluman. City, Alfred Sanderson, City. A committee of\soren, consisting of Hon. William Ell sheer, Earl; Lir.aT.NEa, Leacock; Dr* John Mab tis, Bart; Dr. A. Upper LeacockWilliam Don oan. Eden; Dr. City, and Christian Widmyeb, City, were appointed to draft resolutions. MR. HIESTER’S SPEECH. Hon. Isa to E. Hiester wraSthen called on for an address, and hi* prompt response was greeted with long and loud applause. \ He thooght that in this hour he must speak plain words of earnestness and truth. We have met to celebmt- ihe anniversary of the adoptlori'of the federal Constitution; whatever of greatness, prosperity, power and inflaence has been achieved by our common whatever re‘peet we have obfainod abroad, has been acquired coder the auspices f that sacred instrument. But two years ngo we were the most prosperous nation in the world: Peace and plenty reigned in all oar borders. The bum of industry .rose from every hamlet, and ecb- ed tbrongh'-tbe marts of all onr cities ’We were united at home and respected abrad; but in two short years a sad ch nge has pome over our beloved country. A wicked rebellion, at first only confined to a few States, cow devastate one-tbird.of onr glorious laud and min and desolation everywhere prevail. It is not my pnrpose to inquire into >he primary cansen of this rebellion. It is en* ugh for me to know that it i« now to be sternly met and treated as a startling fact 'lt is true that for more than thirty years there openly existed In the booth an organized faction who constantly ored to raise the standard of rebellion. They waited lon r and patiently for the opp rl unity, but it never came until afforded by the machinations of Northern Abolitionists They fonod no response in the spirit of their feoole For the same period there existed in the North a resolute and determined f-ction of Abolitionists, who were resolved to emancipate the negro at whatever cost to the conntry The South, go»ded tofreDzy by the bigoted fanaticism of bad men at tho North, has plunged ns ioto the deep and dark abyss in which we are now struggling. [Appluose.] This is a Government of Compromises. The Constitution -was founded and orgmized in a spirit of.compromise There were demands on one side and generous conces-io’-P on the other; and if (be present crisis bad been met in the s-me epiiit of coucesrioQ. mutual forbearance, and magna Diuilty of action, it ctnnot be doubted that now peace, piosperity and plonty would reign throaghonf onr borders. Nor was the offer wanting The windows pf Heaven were opened, and the earlh submerged ; the dove • f peare weut forth vi'h the olive branch, but fonod no resting place The proffer of peace was made by Crittenden, the noble successor of Kentucky’s favorite—the immortal Clay; [Great avplause;] but all his efforts were in vain. If bis proposition bad bum accepted by Congress., we 'should now a glorious peace and the deliverance of our Udloq from all its troubles This is not a mere unsupported as sertion, uncorroborated -by facts or tbe records, but is proven by tbe declarations of Senator Douglas. He declared that it this pre position bad been accepted by tbe Republi can Senators of the North, it would have met the hearty approbation of the South. Batons Slate would have re fused. -and that the State of South Carolina'; and would *n God 1 tint; etiy Comaoawealth bad never been sptwed fi> m tbe depths of the ocean. Congress rejected thin prop osition, and we are here to-day in tbe mi&t of a gigantic war. ! • Sixty jiays were first given as the allotted time to crn»h oat this rebellion; but now eighteen moDthshave esji-ed und it is more formidable than ever, and| rages over the whole of oor ?on*hern territory. We have now a universal rebellion, embracing not ouly tho Cotton States, but even tbe loyal States of the border, nntil the end seems more di-astrons than tbe lemoning. Our country has lost Lr position, hopes and prospects during tbe raet year Tbe situation ■ not neatly ‘O ar rable as it wad ten months ago Then there wbs a tiivi. ed, distracted South and a united enthusiastic and rapturous North. But now we have a di trarted North and an aim *rt consolidated South. And why? Because the Constitution has been assailed Be cause the men at Washington have been directi g *h“ir ecergUa to tbe dratructlon of the fabric upon which tbts great Government rests. Before going into the causes which have been Instrn me? til In bringing about the present crUDt. let me pay a deserved tribute to one. who commands the respect of the entire people Abraham Lincoln, the Pr*sident of tb* Uni ted States. We meet here to-day ,to cast noasp»rs{aos npon bis character. .There is neither doobt norqoestion as to his patriotism;'but It is because be has not been permit ted to steer the *hip of SUte, as he desired, tbat we have now to lament these troubles It Is a singular fact, bnt no less sh gu ar than true, that we, conservative men: tbat we. Democrats, wbotartenh and persistently opposed bis el-rtlon. now rally to his support to save bim from tbe radical desperadoes of his own factl- n We say also that there is another man who stands as high in tbe • nfidence of this meeting—-a man who; through the radlcal opposi tion of rank Aboiilunuts. was relieved from.bis responsible position, and consigned to a temporary obscurity; but is now restored to Jhe command of the Army of the Potomac —I refer to George B. McClellan. [Great applause 1 We are now not the followers of the traitor Breckinridge, nor cf the lamented statesman, Senator Douglas; bat we are all the friends of Abiabsm Lincoln and Ueorge B. McClel lan. [Tremendcus'applanse.] But two short weeks ago a Convention assembled in this Hal!. It was composed ofthe very essence cf tbe factious Republicans cf this county. A nomloatlon was made of the most pestilent Abolitionist tbat ever disgraced this district-in the halls'of Congress. (Lbud cheers J Did this man express devotion to the President? [Cries of no! nol] Out of every ten men present th-re was scarcely did not wish In bis heart disgrace to Gen. MoClellan. -f Ap p’anse.] And why ? ■- Boranne he is a national mao -and a pure patriot, ready and willing to obey the President In nil bis orders, so long as they conform to the Constitution', of the United States. [Applause.] - : Why, then, b&ve we a firmly united South against us, and a distracted nnd almost divided'Nortbt/ It Is.because, of the disgractfal course and Infamous c-nduct of the ei isting-Congrefß of tbe United States! Buta single Act in the history of tbat body redoonds totita^rsdlt—the pas sage ot the Crittenden resolution, which declared .“that this war U hot wsged for.any purpose of conquest; bnt to deliißd and nalntatit tbs npramaoy of the Constitution, *nd wwmtfa'Uafoawith all dignity.acrt dgoallty and rfchr* of the •everalSratre tmlmpalwd." - They pissedan not abolMilog. slavery io fba patriot p* Ooambia. trod would hare made of tbhi act In ordinary tlmtai s In b ive UlaifiaHber side nt iheqtiMtioo ;bu£llfoh.one-third ot the' peoP'*’ r 'j this RetmMie were the con*titaai .authorities of the land, whSirtbeyhad severed their ewo ; nectihhlwßh. the Qoremmefct lt »M.ao time to pass soen r a lawyTAud yet that-aot against the n isutmiou* ophosltion audfi«JTiastif>e>te<t o' the eooserTa tive mem hereof the Senateand. Souse. And why wee this OcthorHed the-Ohlrego plaifonb demanded K±'aad.-xMte ; ;Wfera there InCoogreaa 1 wh<V«oOTer4ittn:waTer'di»jMdri.breadth prin ciples jKuiQdated In that platform. would see tail uniott shattered Into tan thousand atoms! .. What else did they do? They passed a law abolHhmg slavery In tha forts arsenals and dook-yards of ths waited States. There was nos perhaps at that dote, or say other time, within the limits of the forts, arsenals, or doe* yards, a solitary negro slave, Forts pre not designed for • permanent habitation, bat are Intended for the temporary oeenpalou oTfljthtingmeiiyareenals are novintended-jo be occupied by. staves. bnt for the storing of Are-arm* »nd ammunition; dockyard* are hot made for the occapatlon of negro slates bnt for the repairing of Teasels. Because those frt*. arsenals-and :d'>ek-yerde were d died .about through staveterritory'—ln Texas Ft<>rl«l*i' Alabama, dontn Carolina. North Carolina. Virginia and other ■liVe. SttUf —Congress allied on them fnr,tho~puron*e of scattering specks of free soil throngh e a»e Jiiri*dl« tl>is; and the [measure wait passed for the sole and ringteobjeet, and with tha evident pnrpoee of grossly insulting ana defying the people of the South. - • •'"* , But this is not ell 1 While oar armies were engaged in the mo*t desperate fights; while- HaittGK was advancing In the West, and MoCullsx was marching bis legions upon Richmond; while the were eollectiog their numerous armies, and energetically .enforcing their conscription act; In this desperate straggle- for life and death, Republican Senators arose in Congress, and declared th«t this was a moat excellent tim* to stop enlistments, and—ca,t»U the - army I They said that' the war was getting too expensive; that we had already a debt of over $6OO, >OO.OO >, and that one-half of the army then in the field was amplv sufficient to croah oat the rebelti m! F-seondeo'said bo; Wilson of Massachusetts, said so; and the result was, that the Secre tary of War. who by the way, sympathizes with them, adopted their Idea and summarily stopped enlistments It (s said tbatthere were then over 100 recruiting offices in the Mate of Pennsylvania elans, and a proportional number in other States; and all th-ee were closed by the . Republicans, who feared thtt this war was becoming too extensive. Wo*l,now they cry out for 3iK) 000'more vnluu leers; and thou 800.0 0 conscripts In addition! Whose f<tult i< it that MoCWlta was held at bay? Whose tault is It that onr armies Iq Virginia were-hurled b*ck by superior numbers and forced to take refuge iu the fortifica tions aronnd Washington? That of the men who stopped, the enlistments that sh'ntd have recruited these two im portant armies. '/ The inevitable negro sgiin thrust himself into their de liberations. They resulted to p&sa a confiscation and eman i cipation bill. They could not dolt for the Constitution. But that bill-was passed, and, but for the intimated objec tion of the‘President, the Constitution would have b eu recklessly violated Tha Constitution prohibits the confis cation bf~all property of either a traitor or other enerav tor a longer period than the life of tho offender. Yet they passed an act confiscating all property hot for life hat >or overl It was not long since that he heard a gentleman i-ay. when our armies advanced southward rebeL property should behold for dhe use of our armies. This is Dot a question of expediency or policy—it i« a questiou of conj stiiutional right. Even traitors have rights under the Tontolta'ion, and how can we them to submit to Its prov eions when we unscrupulously violate them our telveß? Last Congress was uonsualiy corrupt. In saying this, I mean no imputation upon the pecuniary honesty of the represeDtat ve from this district. But be Is o>-e (o a ihoos.-ind. I take, for example Simmons, of Rh Me Island, who admit'o) tint he had made JMJ.QOO la a eo itract. and the simple tethm thought there was no harm in it! And th«* Republicans coiin-ided with him. They did n>>t expel him! lie wa« net kicked not, but quietly dismissed into the open air through one of their eldwdonr anaugdments. [Laughter.] I do not propose to criticise the conduct of the Secretary of the Navy, nor hi» b*-> t'ter in-law. I have to • much dls- cretJon for that, lest, instead <f retiring hence to a c in tertable lea at my own h< a-e I should be accosted a> tbo door by the I’r voftt Marshal, wi'h an invitation to accom pany him toF*>rt Lafavotte! [Great laughter.] I have s'a’ed what t couelder the canveS of the pro<ießt condition of our couutrv. Now, as to ih j remedies for this unfortunate state of affairs 1 shall di'rusp manures by Republican Con gressmen The firef remedy proposed by them Is the Abo lition of Slavery. .Let us conni :tr it calmly, lu tho l‘ght of expediency alone, and see what renreu is in It. 1 do not propose to set up the oxpress pn hlbitinos of the Constitu tion, hot will consider !* merely as a rattler of expediency. The proclamation for tbo Abolition of Slavery would be ab surd and inefficient, because it could not benefit tho si ve, «h->o bis master in arms stands between'up and him. and forbids If. It is simply ridiculous Tho care to operate must be applied. But there is a wall ofUre that yon can not pass l Tf v"U can pass it, there is no need of tho abo lit too of slavery. If you conquer them and restore the States now In re* bellio'i, you dou’t need tbo remedy of Kumncipatino. Sup pose you do conquer the South, (and I hope it will be dune.) what Is to become of the millions of negn> slaves f Are they to bo kept there, or turned loose t > run ov-r the North? If you liberate them, each slave will bo bis own master, and it will be for him to say where he shall go to seek his forton*^; an> ; most ce< Ulnly be would seek them among his sympalblzitg friend* in the North. But another remedy Is proposed—the arming of the Negro-s White men have *or the past eighteen m nths been making »be tft -at desperate off rts to <ru«h the rebel lion ar d h ve f iled Wboje arelstauc-' do they now bosp- ak —thatof the Almiehtv Power above? No! not exactly! bat they invoke the nHriUaneo of the almighty niggnrt It is an insult to our soldiers in th** fiel t. and a disgrace to < urselves. toconfess that 1 300 000 whitos cannot suppress this re v ellinn And if they c* not, it in idle to expect deliverance from a few hundred thousand degraded n- genes. To a*m the negroes would merely encumber our se ven with uaolesa mouths to feed, and worthless soldiers to equip. T" place weapons io their hands would be little bettor than to present th>-m to the enomv. The Harder States are v*f 1 'yd. but aboli-h slavery and arm the negroes, and you wi 1 turn sealns* us 100.000 loyal havonefa of the South. you expect K nfucklans and Mis«oo’ians to make wvr upon their «o,u h-rn brethren, si eby side with rhelr own si ve!? How lung c- uM vou rXpect Maryland to afford stuh man He-t »tioos uf loyalty as greeted the elnriou*|M''Clell-»ii at Frede-Jik ? But ” says -t-vone, “there is no. loyal ahiteamao in the *0 >th. Is Crit'eoden not io« el ? Hi It no loyal? Andrew Joans m «otl-<\hl? Hrownl >w n«»t loyal ? t-ov Hick* no' U>'M? rionti i?y and mad ess r»l-* the hour and fr-nzv has seized uc-on »h« minds cf the people! If we had uno hundred more John-o is and one hundred 1-s < Kteveo's, we might' gr und our weapons, forihe Strath would come back « f her own accord. Ano»her remedy recommended by the Republicans is a desolating war l with fire and sword. Encircle the rebellion with firm-. burn if out. and make the conotry beblod our army a howling wilderness. Is this the way to divide the •outh and unite the North ? to gtiu tho sympathies of the civilized world * Resides, this is a game that two cau pity at. “ The race is not always to the swift nor the batile to the strong.” Tho fickle fortunes of war might turn against ns. as we have recently h*d cans* to apprehead. The anxi.etv excited by tbe’approicb of Jackson has not yet subsided Troop* are still wanting to repel Invasion. If McClellan should bo overcome the terrible strugg e now taking place not odo hundred mile* fr< m here, tne rebel horde* of the South wonld d sennd up >u us like the locusts of Egypt Whu would that invasion bo if this is to becomp a .war r-f destruction and dev.'St*tlop ? Imagine thefa’oof our beautiful ci-moty—this earthly paradise— under tbe iron heel of an invading army, avenging a war of desolati >n and extermination. Coneeivo our cltv a heap r f ashes, and our county a howlintf wilderness 1 Tbe late of Virginia m ! gi<t th-a be ‘rare, and toe ch dice w* admlils ter to others might be commended to our own lips. Such a system o barbarous wniftre Ih belter adapt'd to the lati tude < f Minnesota and the savages of the north west than to a e ntest between clvlltz°d Sinter. whose people have lately bet-fc brethren, and we fondly hope, will soon become compatriots again. Yet another remedy_is suggested. Mr. Linro'n, they say. Ih an imbecil*-—be Is gnnd. and bone*t, but not sound on the nlvger qnretioo. “ We want another and higher power iu the Adinioivtrrttioo. We want him to resign; if Dot willingly wo - ill supplant him by force.” This has not yet been annonneed here, but it ha* been proclaimed ia New York by the leaders of h* Republt -an faction They ask «or a Dimator He is an officer unknown to the Con stitution of the United States He could be put la power only over its ruins, by suppressing this Jovemment, and establishing in its stead despotism and anarchy. B >t. my fallow cliizeas, do not be alarmed—tbe danger of Fremont's elavßiion to a dii-tat >rship ia not very imminent. These people have v c nom eoon-'h to destroy, bnt they lack tho frags to strike. Tbo peril is intercepted by the loyalty of tb>- people, the army and its generals, who wonld n-ver pern it this fabric of coostUnttuoal liberty to be subverted without striking a blow in its do'ence. * ‘ Tbe true remedy is to -©turn to the support of the Con- Btltutiou of tbe United Sta'es; repeal your obnoxious laws, an<» pass uo restore the great prerogative writ of habeas corpus, and above all the Constitution of tbe United **a e* Year repr- s mtativ-s derive their ..ower from whit ? F otn tb© voice «‘f the people expressed through the box omier the CoostituGon of the Utilfed Bfates. Yonr President rtiles by no divine right bat by virlae of the sniTr-u-* of a free people cast t.c<*ordirg to tbeir funda mental law. Paspeud or subvert tbatCon-iftation and yuu iJi-artn the Presld-nt of his power to oreserve tht Union, dos roy the ooly auth rily by wht>& the Representa tives of tbe people con 1 pr« same to act. libgtl arrests must eas». and freedom of speech and of the press b*< vindicated. The halls of Congress mast te parkj*-d\and purified, ilk© a Inzsr house with brimstone. Saltpeter, appropriate dose for traitors, and brimstone fur domestic vampyr**» Were it not facti* ns I should re commend a in - he C»bine*, not the Premier , who has 1' curred the hostility of nur representative., but in others, whose ro- m in homely phrase, wonld be much beit-r than their company. To the ballot b<ix, then, to cleanse the Aujean stables of Corgrees and restore tbe CensMtntfon of our Country 1 To the oattle.(]eld t» restore the Union bound upia that Con stitution t it* pristine integrity und glory I Let ns pledge our stout, hearts and strong arms alike to tho prot-otlon of -oar constltutionel r'gb'ts, end the preservation of ror be loved Crnntry. And as we Ftmggle for liberty on the one band and on the other. 1-t us adopt as our rativlog rrv the-memorable language of tbe immortal Webster, *'Libe'ty and Union, now and forever, one and inseperable.” [Grejt applanse ] GEN. BTEINMAN!B SPEECH. Gen Bteikhas the Democratic nominee for Congress, was called fjr, and came forward amid much applause. He made a few remirks in substance as follows; Feliow-Cit Z£NB: After the eloqoent address of my frlen \ Hon Sir. Hiester, I bare very little to sav, and; more particularly to, as several speakers are expected to entertain you. whom no douht yon will be pleased to hear. Strang* times have befallen our country. A few years since it was tho prned boast of au American citizen, that beres'ed his rof hope oq the CoDriitutfon of our country; that CoDfl'ltution' which was adfp*ed by our fathers and rendered sacred by tile name of Wa«hiogton; that instrument which I have always been taught to lore, reverence aud respect; now it seems since the traitor Breckinridge qunud it in his last speech in Congress, it should be drepised; as well might we hsve been ssked to belh v- that the Bible should u»> longer he respected if he bad quoted it. F»rco such reason must we "desert mr r nlr hope for the salvation of tbo Union. Beware of false logic 1 tte Constitution fcmlsh.es the President with ample po*« r to msJnuin the integrity of th* Union andisupp-ess the rebellion. The law of nil nations authorizes martial l*w when the Piste is in peril, and tbe Con t tu'lon • f the United States empowers Congr ps to suspend tbe writ of habeas corpus in case of rebel ion or -invasion. But tbe Cona'itntion doe* not authorize the abolition of slivery, except by the citlzons of each State; and fnm this cause. I fear, arises tbe great hostility to it ot many of onr citizens. But dark as is tbe rlnnd with which ftoa’fclsm fo < b«core th- true spirit« f the Constitution, 1» t unrest sat isfied that final’y “ Truth crashed to earth will rise again, The eternal y* ars of Gcd are heris; - But Error, woonded, writhes in pain. And dies amid her worshipers [Applause.] MR. REYNOLDS' SPEECH. Samuel H. Reynolds, Esq., of this city, was then called for, and came forward. He was greeted with the most enthusiastic applause., He said be now occupied a position he would far ratlJer shun than seek—for any effort on. his part to entertain the audieuce. after the able and eloquent addresses of ihe gentlemen who bad preceded him. mast result in a fill are. He coold not decline, however to make a few remarks upon the occasion that bad railed together- this vast as semblage of the royal people of onr county! -[Applause.] There never was a-time la th* history of tbii country when ft was so necessary to give proof of tbrlr devotion - to the Ooostitnth n as now; [Applause;] and to make good their prufenionsby pledging their lives, their fertaneaand tbyir sacred honors to defend and maintain it at all hazards Against its assailants, whether they come in the shape of armed rebels from the f outhj or. in a form equally danger oos, v the radical AbelHirfntola of tbe. North [Great ap plause.] Deprive.the Ameri-»n citizen of the protection he has boasted of under the Constitution, and you'make him the subject of tyranny.aod oppression.. All our rights, all onr liberties spring from that fountain, and Heaven grant, that those .who now' control the destinies,'<of onr country may preserve *t Inviolate.and sacred. [Applause.] He referred to the unexampled prosperity of oo« cpur.try up to the "commencement of thls UDboly.'retielHob, and said has taught na that upon all questions which' hvve or miy agitate the'country there Is'bOt one safe role of oonduct, asd tlut !• to stand by tion. - [AppQioM.] *lt is tbs anshor ot out nope, and hav-
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