oial equality of the negroes. I wonder if
Jefferson meant tiiat when he wrote it.— ;
These old men that signed it did not think I
any such thing. It is "Your.g America" \
the** baa Wr< uaht their doctrine into disre- ]
pute. Our distinguished Yice-President, in j
a speech lust ye;n-, real an old resolution of
the Republican party of 1856. in .vhich the
word "equably ' was not in. It ws left out
for some reagjn or other. It was copied from
that old-fashioned Declaration ; and he said ,
that a careful scrutiny of it would show it i
meant negro equal ty. There was not a
word about equality in it. Ido not know
where be got i" ; but I Suppose all that was
there was copied from Jefferson. We cannot
make a platform but what a diseased imag
ination can torture it into anything, espe- j
ial)y in there tunes.
Concluded next we-k.
C|e Centre Democrat.
BELLEFONTE, PA,
THURSDAY, FEB., 14 1861
W. W. BROWN, - - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
~~ NEW TYPE AND PRESS!
Republicans of Centre, from this on, vre shall
devote more of our time to the editorial dop>rt
■tent of the Centre Democrat. In lour or fix
weeks we will purchase new type and press, after
which we will give you the beet and handsomest
eountv paper in the State. All we ask of tho
American Republican party is to be true to itself,
in other words to "stani ftill and see tho salva
tion of God" in the overthrow of disunion and
the utter extinction cf tho Democratic party.
W. TV. BROWN*.
Stop and Think.
While we must cordially endorse the doc
trine that a majority should rule, wo aro not
willing to give up the glorious victory wo
achieved over the cohorts of slavery and Free
Trade, on the 6m day of November last. We
entered the last campaign with Lincoln and
Hamlin, A. G- Curtin, Free Soil for free
men, Protection to American labor, and a
Homestead for every working m n, ins r b -d
apon our banners. Fur these principles we
wrote, we spoke, and worked with all the
•aergy and ability we possessed. The peo
ple rallied to our standard, endorsed the Chi
eago platform which contains these glorious
principles, worked witt us, shouted with us,
and better than all. voted with us, giviog
Gov. A. G. Curtin over 32,000 and Lincoln
sad Ilamlin more than 92,000 majority in
tke old Keystone State,
New we do uot wish to dictate to any man,
hat as a publiivowrnofw? we have a right to
thiak and act for ourself which we wiil most
aasuredly do " sink or swim, survife or per
iih." In accordanca with these sentiments,
thereforo we must call upon the American
Republiaaus of Centre to stop and tl.ink be
fore they make up their minds to apologize
for voting for old Abe Lincoln or Col. A. G.
Curtin, or for endorsing the Chicago platform
before the election. Iron masters, business
men, laboring men, farmers, mechanics of
Centre, let us reason together. Suppose you
•ay to. the good end true Republicans of the
East and West, North and South, that you
are unwilling to stand by the Chicago Fiat
form, or the triumphant majority in its fa
vor, declared by the people at the ballot-bi x,
er in other words, suppose by your actions
you ay. that you are willing to compro
mise with slavery " for the sake of puce,''
thus ignoring the 8:h resolution of your plat
form, which rends as follows :
" That the normal condition of all the
"territory of the United States is that of
"Freedom- That as our Republican fathers,
" when they had abolished slavery in all our
" national territory, ordained that, ' no per
" son should bo deprived of life, liberty or
"property, without due process of law,' it
" becomes our duty, by legislation, wbenev
"er such legislation is necessary, to rnain
" tain this provision of the Constitution
" against all attempts to violate it ; and we
" dery the authority of Congress, of a terri
" torial legislature or of any individuals to
" give legal existence to slavery in any ter
" ritory of the United States."
Sappsse we say you ate veiling to give up
this plank, this freedom-loving doctrine of
your platform, what assurance have you that
the Republicans of the New England States,
ef the middle States, of tiie Western end
Northern States, wiil not refuse to stand up.
on the Tariff plank of that platform? If we
refars, in Pennsylvania, to stand by our
wbolo Platform and doctrines, what right
have wo to exf.net that the Republicans afore
said, who are n >t as dr-sply interested in Pro
tection as we are, will stand by us, or vote
for a Tariff? Without the Ch : *go Piatform
as cur chart and compass, tho American Re
publican party must be scattered to the
winds, or rather sink in the ocean ci pontics
to rise ua rrcre forever. Uabrials trump
will never resurrect it. We kno* that you
•re unwilling to give up the Tariff plank and
will brand any Republican, who will vole
•gainst if, with cutercul it faiaj. We in
sert the r<s duuoLi;
12;h. " Hint. while providing rever.ce fir
" .lie eupp it of the General Government by
" duties u;">n imports, round policy requires
*' .uch an adjustment of these imp >rt* as to
" tucourage the development of the industrial
"interests of the whole country ; and we
" t'tum nd that policy of catiouhl excbang
*• which secures to the WVRXING HF.X lib
" ersl wugce, !o ASRICCI.TCBS remunerating
" pike*, to MECHANICS and MANUFACTURERS
" an adequate reward tor their sklil, labor
" and eit'ei prise, r.rid to the nation comma -
' giu l -prosperity and independence "
What sound, what glorious d loirltie, and
V u, r.o u are ready to say, wo* to the
member of C -ogress, Ilepub'ic in cr other
wire, who refuses to endorse it or vote fUr it.
Business men of Centre county, of Pennsyl
vania, remember tkat plank wan inserted es
2.cia'Jy for Pennsylvania. In tarn, Penn
sylvania wufi to remain steadfast aud true to
all the Freedom.loving and pati iotic .senti
m-n-.s of the Platform. Will you stand FIRM ?
Will you fu.lil your part of the agreement?
It .-member that the Dcmoci atiC party vvo'd
have been strung and powerful to-day, bad
it not been for the treachery of Presidents
F <ce end Buchanan who violated, aye, ig
nored the pledges and platforms of the party
before they wore warm in the Presidential
chair. Wnl 'be Republican party take warn
ing frim the fate of these men and the Dem
ocratic party ? Or will we prove more faith
less than they and desert our principles and
Platform before Abraham Lincoln ;s inaug
utated President of the United States? Let
us stand firm. Let us adhere to principle,
to tbß Constitution as it is, the UNION* and
the enforcement of all constitutional laws—
ff we do this the people every where will
honor us, and Democratic demagogues will
cease to point the finger of scorn at us.
Remember, American Republicans of
Pennsylvania, that a compromise which
yields every thing to slavery and nothing to
freedom, will rot hold the Border States, will
not settle this vexed question of slavery, or
save the glorious Union. Courage on the
part cf the Republican party is all that can
save the Union, give peace and prosperity to
the country, and prevent a civil war. Com
promise can never do it. Courage, then, ye
braves. Ye good and true raeu of old Cen
tre, remember that—
" All are not born the glory of their race,
But all may shuu the pathway to disgrace ;
In humblest vales the patriot heart may glow;
7 hut nurtures men -they gi*e the inspiring
blow."
Where We Stand.
We know not what others may do, but for
ourself. vre will stand by the Chicago Plat
form the whole Piatlurm and nothing but the
Piaiform, if every other American Republi
can in Centre County should desert it. We
remember of haying read a very amusing
anecdote somen Imre, about an old Hoosier
who was engsgpd in the Battle of New Or
leans, where Gun. Jackson so manfully and
heroically, not only defended, but added
new laurels to the glorious State and Slripcs,
After the battle had fairly commenced, in
the thickest of the fight, Gen. Jackson saw
his Old Hoosier, standing out by himself,
and every time his gun cracked thv General,
would notice some British Officer bile the
dust• The General not liking this apparent
unsoldier'y way of lighting, galloped bis
horse across to where the Hoosier soldier
wis fighting, and as he approached him he
interroga'ed him thus : "Who are you ?"
"Well Gimral, I don't know as that is any
of your busioess." "What Company do you
belong to 1" "I don't belong to any Compa
ny." "Under what Captain do you fight."
said the General, becoming somewhat irrita
ted at the insolence of the Iloosier. "Oh,
well, see here now, Genera', there is no use
in getting riled about it, for 1 don't care a
d n for you or anybody else. I don't be
long to ary Company, I don't fight under
any CaptaiD, but I heard, a day or two ago,
that you weie going to have a little brush
with these Brittishers, and so I just came
over to help a little, and as Gen. Jackson
himself would say, "By the Eternal," lam
fighting on my own hook."
So we, if it is necessary, will continue to
fight with all cur energies, for the cause of
Freedom and the rights of man. We be
lieve, with Wm. 11. Seward, that "one, two
or three years after this, will be time enough
to talk about Compromising." If Seward
was ever right, it was when be uttered that
language. If we must Compromise, if we
must get down on cur knees to the South Bud
ojn logize for vuting for "Old Abe Lincoln,"
let us, for the sake of our manhood and prin
ciples, wait at least until he takes his seat,
and the Republican party comes into power.
The Crilfcnden Amendment or Compromise,
we will never vote for, or advocate in any
way, and we will have to change our opin
ions prodigiously, if we ever vote for any
man who docs. Other men can do as thry
please, but these are our sentiments.
We are opposed to secession. We are al
so opposed to dividing property which we do
not own, as is proposed in the Crittenden
Amendment. We are oppised to protecting
Slavery in the Territories, or inserting into
the Constitution the riyht of property in
mar. All this the Crittenden Amendment
proposes. We wiil fight before we will sub
mit to any sach doctrine. It is more than
the Bteckinridge Platform asked for, and it
asked for so much in favor of Slavery that
the people ot the United States declared
against it, voted it down by more than two
miLion majority. Let our members of Con
gress, our public men everywhere, stand
firm, adhere to principle and the pledges
made to the people before the election, and
the peopie everywhere, without distinction
of party, will honor them. L a t them prove
false, and the reverse will be true. The peo
ple, wo know, are for the Constitution as it
is. No chan-e. No amendments.
Emphatic language, says another, is rele
vant on a eulject like this. Hoe old and sa
cred traditions of our-nationality have not,
thank GC D, died out of the hearts of our peo
pic. The great politi3ttl dootrines of our fa
thers have not been refuted, and negro Sla
very shall not refute them. The tiearis of
you, Bullions of Northern freemen —in your
woiksbope, on your fields or at your hearth?,
surrounded by the children whom your
strong utmi nourish and embrace your
hearts respond to these sentiment?. Ycur
father?, on tits battle field, gave you the
right oi sovereignly the ballot-box, the lib*
crtv of religion, the freedom of the soil, of
honest labor, and of honest speech, and the
sword for their defence—they would disdain
you from the heavens, were you capable of
sacrificing them now to treason or disunion.
Strike down —not with your labor hardened
hands, but with your icd'gr.ant frown—the
man that dares to propose to you the exam
ple of Southern traitors. GSHRGE WASHING.
TON, SAMUEL ADIMS. THOMAS JEFFERSON, and
ANDREW J ACSSON, still live ID the hearts of
Northern freemen, and ir ,Lc ins-itutions of
American liberie.
We stand to-de.y where all the fathers
stood. it we are wrong, UENRV CLAT of
flossed memory was wrong, when lie uttered
the folk wing glorious language : "Coming,
as 1 do, fruui a Slave S.ate, it is my solemn,
deliberate, and well matured determination,
that no power, no earthly power, shall com
pel me to vote for the positive introduction of
Slavery, cither South or North of that line."
But who will dare say that Henry Clay was
wrong, therefore we are right. And for the
right we will 6tand, though we should sacri
fice the CENTRE DEMOCRAT Office—the good
wishes of our friends, and all we hold must
dear this side of Heaven.
"0 for the swords of former time,
0 for the men who bore them,
When armed for right, they stood sublime.
And tyrants crouched before them !" 1
"OPr-SO®! C33E23KF K 3E? , 3Fi.3g3 X>3EH2:OC3EI. J aL K 5? 1 .
The Tariff-
The Telegraphic news irotn Washington
informs us that a Committee of Importers
from New York, are at the Capital, working
to defeat the most important provisions of the
Morril Tariff Bill, the abolition of the Ware
housing system. The principle reasons urg
ed for this step, are almost identical with
thoso urg=>d for the abandonment of other
principles laid down in the Chicago P.at
form.
For instance, they say, "Oh, don't pass
this B 11, because it will be distasteful to the
South." Again they say, "They are not
represented at Washing'on." Honest men
of Centre, are these good reasons why we
should have no Tariff ? But again they say,
"If you pass this Bill it will be a bar to re
conciliation."
Now we are not inclined to stop to refute
these arguments, or rather objections to the
Tariff. Their source is their own refutation.'
All we wish, is to call the attention of our
Republican friends, who appear willing to
give up the fiee soil plank of the Chicago
Platform, to this new and impudent demand
on the part of the South, and the free traders
of New York City, on your patriotism and
love of peace. Will we, must we, give up
the Tariff plank too, to appease the rebel, to
ry, Free traders of the South, and save the
Union ? If we yield everything to the South
and their allies, how long, working men of
Centre, will it be before they will endeavor
to makes slaves of us—by taking the right of
suffrage from us, perhaps, by Selling us into
Slavery ?
It looks''very much now, as if we dare not
vote for the man of our choice, as if wo dare
not vote as we please, or vote at all, without
first consulting the nabobs and nigger drivers
of the South. Tariff men of Centre, again
we ask, wi'l you complain when Eastern Re
publicans abandon the Tariff plank ? If we
have a right to abandon one part of the plat
form, have not they a right to desert the
rest? And must all this be done to satisfy
Southern Democrats, and sate the Unioh ?
Ccncssions ean never save the Union, there
fore let us stand firm. Let there be no divi
sion in our ranks, but lot union, harmony,
peace, and a strong patriotism, dwell in ev
ery heart now as they did before the election,
when we all stood shoulder to shoulder, and
heart to heart, battling for the cause of Free
white labor—the cause of Cod—the cause ol
humanity.
The Southern Congress
Wo learn from our daily exchanges that
' the Southern Congress, now in session for
j the purpose of forming a Southern confeder
; acy, have adopted the Constitution of the
' United States as it is as the supreme law of
; that Confederacy. Now we usk if the Con
' stitution of the United States as it is without
1 change or amendments is good enough for a
! Southern Confederacy why should we change
;it ? If after they have seceded, they say, by
adopting that sacred instrument, that it is
' good enough for them, why can they not
live in peace with us in the Union, under
! the same sacred instrument without disgrao
: ing it and us by attaching the Crittenden or
any other amendment to it ? Who will an
; swer these questions ?
Every thinking man must see that seces
sion is a humbug, that all these men want is
| to break up and annihilate the American
I Hepublican party, by whipping us into a dis
! honorable compromise. Will we suffer our.
, selves to be caught by such flimsy tricks ?
j So far as wo are concerned, we say never.
He Paper Last Week.
Thpre was no paper published at this office
last week. The reason for not issuing was,
that we were disappointed in getting paper.
We had an agreement with Mr. Cacanee of
Columbia Co., who was to delivor us a lot
paper on Court week. lie did not come and
we waited until it was too late to send el.-e
--whero, a d we were com soiled to omit our
publication. Wa are sorry that we had to
do so, but the loss is curs and not the sub
scribers. Wc will send them the full num
ber of papers for a year. We have now got
; puper and next week Mr. Cavance will de
liver us another lot. Hereafter tbo CENTRE
DEMOCRAT will be issued regularly and earli.
er than heietofore, so that the paper will
reach till our County subscribers by Satur
j day at the latest.
Here is a verse we used to sing with
a great deal of gusto before the Oubernato
; rial and Presidential election. Let us all
j siDg it once more :
| " Here we are as you diskiver,
; All the way from old salt river,
Awoy, away, away, away.
! We all go lor Abo Lincoln,
! Away, away,
! And when wo get to Washington
Oh how we'll make the Loco's run, _
Away, away, away down South to Dixie."
1 We hope and tray that the Republicans of
j Centre will conduct themselves so as to give
| the Locofocos no chance to make the Repub
-1 licaDS run away from Washington before
: President Lincoln takes his seat. If they do
where will wo go ? Echo answers—
" Away down South to Dixie."
A Good Speech.
! We call the attention of our readers to the
j able and eh quent speech of Senator Sim
! inons of Rhode Island, which wo publish on
I our outside to-day. Let every reader care
[ fully read it and then hand it to yonr neigh
i bor, It is emphatically the best speech we
Lavo yet seen on the compromise question,
and every one should read it. We publish
part of it this week and the balance will ap
pear in our next issuo.
Secretary Dix recently sent a dis
patch to New Orleans, ordering the arrest of
Captain Brushwood, of the revenue cutter
McClelland, and directed, if he resisted, to
treat him as a mutineer, and if any man of
fered to haul down tbe American flag to
shoot him on the spot. The dispatch was
intercepted at Montgomery, by order of the
Governor of Alabama, and 6ent to the Gov
ernor of Louisiana —thus Brushwood escaped
arrest, and the cutter was seized by the
Louisiana secessionists.
Position of the Republican Party.
The Springfield Journal, the home organ
of the President elect, which is presumod to
speak his sentiments, takes strong grounp
against any surrender of principle. "In the
late campaign our party platform was he
fore the country—the speeches of our lead
ing men were printed and scattered like tho
leaves of Autumn—our presses, hundreds in
number, and issuing a combined circulation
of millions of copies, ail united in proclaim
ing, in language that could not be misunder
stood, the real principles, aims, ohjocts and
hopes of the Republican party. Under 6uch
circumstances we formqff the belief that the
whole country understood the Republican po
sition. We have been charged by our ene
mies with favoring tbe equality of the black
and white races; with a design to interfere
with slavery in the States where it lawfully
exists ; with opposition to the admission of
any more Slave States ; with a determina
tion to deny to the South the benefit of a Fu
gitive Slave Law ; with aiding and inciting
slaves to escape from their masters; with
approving of the raid of John Brown ; and (
finally, with cherishing hatred to our South'
ern brethren. Each and every one of the
above charges are bass falsehoods. It was
dishonorable in our enemies to stoop so low
to conquer in tho recent campaign ; it is
criminal to reiterate those charges now. The
Union of still loyal to tbo Consti
tution—the ultimate return to duty of thuee
States which have so unwisely attempted to
secede —the avoidance of civil tvar —the sal
vation of the Government, and the restora
tion of fraternal affection, all depend, in a
| great measure, upon a true understanding of
I the position of the Republican party by the
j people of tbe Southern States. To preserve
I interests so vast, and to bring about results
so earnestly desired by all good men, may
| we not cherish the hopß that the honest and
I patriotic men of the opposing parties, North
| and South, will take some pains to post
I themselves as to the real principles, aims
j and objects of the Republican organization ?
It would be a little matter to print the Re
publican platform in the leading Southern
| papers, and to accompany it with the ques
tions proposed by Mr. Douglas to Mr. Lin
| coin, and his (Lincolo's) answers thereto.—
If this could be done, the Southern people
| would at ODce understand that the Republi
can party does not favor the equality of the
black and white racos—does not oppose the
admission of more Slave States—does not
propose to interfere with slavery in the
States where it lawfully exists—does not
propose to deny the South the benefit of a
Fugitive Slave Law—is Dot in favor-of inei
\ ting slaves to escape, nor in aiding them to
;do so—did not apprave of John BTOWD'S in
vasion of Virginia, but severely condemned
j it—and, finally, does not cherish hatred to
ward the people of the South, nor seek to de
prive them of any Constitutional right. If
; the Southern people would read our platform
| they would find the whole matter resolving
J itself into this : The Republican party be
lieves that Congress has a right, under the
| Constitution, to exclude slavery from the
Territories, and that it is the.duty of Cong
: roes to exercise that right. It is the fres
-1 dam of the Territories, as such'aloae, that
we demand. When the people who may in
habit those Territories shall bring them to
J the doors of the Union for admission, ihey
I should be admitted with or without slavery,
las said people may deter nine* This is the
belief, the dociriue, tho principle, that we
urge Republicans to cling to, to the last. It
is to this we refer when V e say -. No SURREN
DER—STAND FIRM -BE TRUE."
" I Have Not Begun To Fight Yet."
The above language of the gallant ami
brave Paul Jones, when the British comman
der asked if he had struck his flag and sur
rendtred, ore memorable words. Although
bis deck was slippery and streaming with
the blood of bis gallant crew, his ship was
on fire, his guns were nearly all dismounted,
bis colors shot away, and Ins vessel gradual
ly tinkiog, P'inl Jones with an immortal
heroism, continued to fight. "Do you sur
render ?" 6'noutod the English captain, desi
ring to pi event further bloodshed, and seeing
the coiors of the Bon llomme liicbard gone,
supposed the American hero wished to sur
render. llis answer was "I bavs not begun
to fight yet 1" The scene is thus described :
—There was a lull in the conflict for an in
stant, and the boldest held his breath as
Paul Jones, covered with blood and black
powder stains, jumped on a broken gun car
riage waving his sword exclaimed in the
never'to be-forgot'eu words, " I have not be
gun to fight yet!" And the result was the
battle changed, and in a few minutes the
brave Paul Junes leaped upon the British
vessel a conqueror and a hero. What an
admirable watchword for the battle of life,
does the above stirring incident give to every
man. Reverse may uvcrwhelm for a time,
dospair may ask hope to strike her flag, but
planting the foot more firmly, bending the
back more readily to the burdens imposed,
straining the muscles to the utmost tension,
and bracing the drooping heart, let him who
is driven to the wall exclaim, " I have not
begun to fight yet." Ttiey are words of en
ergy, hope and action. They deserve, tbey
will command success In the darkest hour
let them ring out aod forget the past, the
years wasted and gone by, and give tbem as
an inaugural address of a uew era. When
the misfortunes of life gather too closely
ar< u id, let the battle cry go forth from the
thickest of the conflict, "I have not begun
to fight," asd you will find your foes flee be
fore the new strength imparted, and yielding
the vantage as you press forward in the bat-
He strife.
Republicans of Pennsylvania, let us ndopt
this as our motto. Let each one for himself
say : " I have not begun to light yet."—
" Nothing is wanting but a firm hand and a
steady rein, and a most glorious and over
whelming triumph awaits us." Lot us
show to the world, to our enemies, to the
enemies of freedom, and.tbo Constitution as
it is, that we are in earnest. If wo do this
hundreds of honest Democrats will honor us
for it, and next fall they will flock to our
standard and with our motto, "I have not
begun to fight yet," inscribed upon their
banner, they will go into the thickest of the
fight with all the zeal and ardor of new and
honest converts. God is in history. He is
working out tae destiny of tlis great nation,
lie is on the side of freedom. Let us be
careful that we be not found fightiDg against;
ffod.
From the New I ork Jl orld•
It is remarkable bow often the cause of
the Union has been favored by what men
call good fortune, in spite of tbe confessed
weakness of the head of the government,
sii os tioason set out in its wicked sareer. It
needs no effort of ?be memory to recall many
notable instances.
The discovery of the state bond rubbery,
just at the timu it occurred, was a great piece
of good fortune. Treason ruled the cabinet;
the treasury had been made bankrupt; the
War department has employed every means
to arm and strengthen rebellion; the head of
the ißterior department was on a treason
mission to a doubtful southern state ; the
President, c owed aud nerveless, was manag
ed like a puppet, and the venerable pa'riot
who occupied the first place in his council
resigned in dispair ; ruin stared upon the
laud. But suddenly, at the very darkest
hour, a monster fraud, which had lain un
known in the departments for many months,
by nco'dent came out lo tho public eye; con
tusion seized upon the conspirators, and they
fled from their posts ; the President awoke
to the iniqui y which bad been around bim ;
he resumed his manhood, and called true
men to his side; a patriotic policy was set
up, and the government which had been
driven on so fearfully, end apparently so
helplessly, toward destruction, was saved.—
It was the mere chance development of some
thing qui.e extraneous from the peril itself
that bad this mighty effect upon it.
It was good fortune that Major Anderson
took the resolut on at the time he did. in
spite of the opposing plans of bis chiefs at
Washington, lo abandon Moultrie for bump
ier ; good fortune that, notwithstanding the
rigid surveillance of the Charleston rebels,
be accomplished the feat so successfully on
that clear moonlight night; and good for
tune that, after this was done, while yet hib
preparations for delease were incomplete, a
stoim arose and continued for days, that
kept his enemies at bay, and allow-ed hira
the amplest opportunity to put his new post
in a condition that might defy their rage
The rebels had counted upon this command
ing fortress as surely their own ; and its 'oss
so strangely brought about and so entirely
unlocked for, was a terrible reverse which
they will not oeaso to feel to the end.
It was good fortune that the Star of the
West, when dispatched with reinforcements
under the mistaken idea that they were nee
ded, did not persist in pushing through
Charleston Channel, but turned as she did,
since it is new kuown that a minute more
wcU'd have drawn from Major Anderson a
fire upon the assailants that, had it occurred
must have immediately kindled general civil
war.
It was good fortune that the cannon at
Yicksburg aimed at the A. 0 Tylor, did not
send forth its missiles of death, its priming
only flashing. Had that discharge taken
place, and destruction Deen scat'ered thereby
among that c ompany of peaceful travelers,
fury would have seized thousands of the ve
hement spirits of the already irritated North
west, and a bloody conflict would have prob
ably been the sequel.
Ir was good fortune that Fort Jefferson, at
the Tortugas. and Fort Taylor, at Key West
po.-itions whieh are the keys of the Gulf of
Mexico, commanding all its commerce—were
reached just when they were by the federal
detachments sent out from Boston. Had
this been a day or two later, those impreg
nable fortresses would have been found in
the hands of the rebel forces, and treason
would have been strengthened immensely.
A like good fortune attended the transfer of
troops to Fort Pickens, at Pensac da, which
proved not to have been aa hour too soon to
secure that must important positiou from the
GvO-gia and Alabama troops, who had rush
ed to secure the prize.
We might cite other instances where for
tune has well served the cause of the coun
try ; but there is no occasion. We have said
enough to show that the good cnue Las thus
ar been signally favored, and that all things
are conducing to a slow, sure, and bloodless
victory. But fortune is a pagan word. It is
a word that ought to have no place in Chris
tian Speech—least of all, when the destioy
of a nation is in question. There is a provi
dence in national affairs, none the less indu
bitable though we may not scan and fix its
precise workings. The most hardened poli
ticians are obliged to recognize it. With all
the resources at his cornina= d. and with his
a'most su! erhuman energies, Bonaparte call
ed himself a fatalist, feeling there there was
something out of biro that dealt with bim,
controlled him, disposed of him. The red
Republican and reckless Ledru Rollin cer
tainly is about the last living man to Vie
charged with superstition ; and yet he was
constrained to declare in a speech, alter his
flight from Paris, " For the last two years it
seems that the course of events in the world
has. been governed by a sort of fatality, and
that all human combinations have lv en
thwarted by some mysterious hand." The
gray-beaded Prince Czartoryski only spoke
the irresistible conviction of all the princes
and all 'ho Domocrats of Europe when he
proclaimed to his coun'rymen, " The time is
rile with signs which show us that the ruling
of the world belongs not to human hands,
but onlv to Providence, and that Providence
ah,tie leads us to those ends which defy our
subtlest calculations," The public mud of
the old wcrlf, however strenuously it engag
es iu the activities of the times, has long
since learned that the times will, after all,
work out their own destiny—or, rather, that
a higher power will, through them, voik out
his will, whieh is destiny. Bath the poten
tates an 1 the masses are understanding bet
ter than before that they are not the control
lers of events—that though " man proposes,
God disposes." And cur revolutionists, we
believe, will find that their ends, rough-hew
them as they may, will be shappd by a
stronger power. Machinate and muser as
they please, they will never be permitted to
break up this inheritance of our fathers.—
This magnificent republic has a part yet to
perform on the parth whieh they are impo
tent to defeat. They will find to their sor
row that the notiun that " history is but the
devil's play-bill, performed with the sublime
mechanism of depravity," is a great mistake.
They will learn that the great destinies of
the race are not left at the mercy of men's
madness or weakness—that God is in history,
and that, though we cannot clearly scan the
divine polity, there is, amid all the restless
ness of human passions, a divine influence
that sets bounds to every destructive agency,
and, from the turbulence of evil, educes good
We have an unshaken faith that, this repub
lic will emerge from its present troubles, not
only uninjured, but stronger, and grander,
and purer than ever.
Even so doth God protect, us, if we be
Virtuous and wise. Winds blow and waters
roll
Strength to the brave, and power, and deity.
OVSTERS ! OYSTERS ! !—lf you want a dish
of prime, fresh Oysters, just call at the sal
oon cf Mr, 11. H. Stone, on the corner o*
Bishop and Allegheny streets. Henry is' a
good fellow and will do anything in his pow
er to accomodate his friends. llis saloon iB
well furnished and his oysters are good.
After considerable opposition, tho
President has wisely concluded not to inter
fere with the distribution of the necessary
force iu Washington to defend it in case of
attack, but to leave the whole matter with
General Scott.
Ths Southern Despot.
Our direct advices from Charleston confirm
a pretty general impression that ihe force
wtiich created and has sustained the Seues*
sion movement, whether it was the fever of
an angry excitement or an attempt to com
pel the North to concession and humility by
loud and violent threats, is gradually subsi
ding. It is very certain that the natural
tendency of the present positio 1 of affairs is
to produce such a result. It is not in the
nature of things that a treasonable revolt
against constituted authority should stand
still. Born in the culmination of passion, it
dies of good sense and soberness, if the in
surgents stop to think. Even revolution
springing from good motives, and aiming at
righteous ends, must have a large ehare of
that power which comes from the strength of
passion ; and how much more must this be
true of a mere rebellion conceived in iniqui
ty and brought forth in madness. It is not
truer of a woman than of this movement in
the Southern States, "that she who hesitates
is lost." Any one of them, even the arch
traitor herself, South Carolina, may sit down
in her gates, clothe herself with negro-cloth,
and strew ashes over hor venerable head, be
cause her sons have returned to their senses,
and put on the garb of soberness and sanity,
if she stops to reflsct. Thinking will be her
ruin if she ventures to indulge in it. Even
whisky will not save her if she fulls into a
meditative mood in her drink.
It is precisely tbis condition that she
seems to have fallen into. The stars and
stripes floating over Fert Sumier are sugges
tive of very sober reflections, for which there
is likely to be ample leisure now that the
trenches are dug, the embankments made,
and the batteries in order. From the frown
ing guns of Fort Surapter the contemplative
eye will naturally wander over tho hay and
haibor ef Charleston, will rest upon the spot
where sunken vessels obstiuct a'most all nav
igation, and will turn to the deserted d >cks,
the silent quays, the warehouses too full of
cotton, and the coal-yards too empty of coal.
It is aver? desperate madness indeed that
will not be checked by such sigh's as these.
The sight of the cotton alone will work a
marvelous change in the South Carolina
mind if rhey will look at it long enough to
take in its full meaning. Cotton is moie
than King in Charleston, at this moment,
and is getting to be so in all the Cotton
■States —he is a terrible despot, that rides
them as the Old Man of the Sea did Sinbad
the Sailor. lie will neither give them to eat
nor to dr.ok ;hi will neither permit tbvm t >
stop for a moment of rest; nor will be get off
and leave them to take care of themsel *es.
In short, they can do nothing without Cot
ton, and having got it, they can, under pres
ent circumstances, do nothing with it. Un
less the crop moves, Secession stands still ;
unless the crop moves there are not even
slaves' rations of allotted corn and bacon ;
much less are there, unless the crop moves,
munitions of war, Columhiads, Minnie rifles,
marching armies, swift men-of-war, commis
sariat, and all the rest that go to the arming
of a great revolu ion. In the mean time
while contemplating this state of things arid
looking for a remedy, the thought will be
born in many a brain, sobered by mere rest,
what is all tbis for? Lloes it pay '! llad'nt
we better give it up ? And when they get
to the point of asking this latter question,
they are also very near its correct so'utior.
In the mean time we of the North need
not talk of Compromise. We may safely
have the matter ro Co'ton, for as long as
three millions o! that precious nv t tiul re
mains immovable in South Carolina store
houses, wo are sura that the Sou'h has a
master that will keep her in check, and
bring h"r to her senses. The North hai on
ly to keep as immovable as the Kit g.
The Question of Questions
ft has always been tho glory of the Utiited
States that, hnwevet heated the minds uf the
people during an election, all parties were
sure at ones to acquiesce in its result. It is
th's peculiarly ol our national habits which
has given permanenco and respectability to
the Republic, while eountries that have p>ac
ti;<ed the opposite system, like Mexico and
the States of South America, have dragged
on a preear ous ixi* euce, involved in civil
wars and military conspiracies, poor, weak,
and of little account is toe affairs of the
wi r.d.
Now however it is proposed to abandon
tho method under whiob this nation ban be*
come great, w-althv, and powerful : tied to
introduce <o its stead toe usage which has
everywhere produced weakness, disorder
and degradation. For the first time we no
the party defeated in an election making
that d feat the occasion fr rebellion, civil
war, and a teuohemu* attempt to overthrow
the Government itself, and plunge tho ooun
try into universal anarchy,
This thin is the que-tio itohe Jo 'ltd to
day by the American P ople. It haa noiuing
to do with Slavery; it is superior te all our
ordinary political conflicts ; for it involves
not merely the cx atence of our present Gov
ernment, iiut of any Government whatever
except a despotism. The question is simply,
Shall the will of the majority, constitutionally
and legally expressed at the ballot-box, be res
pected, or shall we resort to rebellion and civil
■war whenever tee are beaten man election ? Is
it possible that the American people will
now sanction or tolerate th a introduction of
the Mexican system in place r.l that which
has brought them peace, honor, and UH'iuual
power? Can tbey do otherwise than lay
their strong hand on rebellion, aud say in a
manner not to be mistaken that the Consti
tution of the country sha.l be maintained,
the Union of the States preserved, and the
Laws enforced against all trnnsgveesors?
WHAT WILL BF. GAINED ?—Suppose vre
make the concession which the South de
mand, will anything be gained towards a
just settlement of the Slavery question?—
Those who think so, neither reason very pro
f undlv nor study history to much profit.—
The North can gain no territory for freedom.
Tha South cannot stop the moral or political
agitation of tho Slavery question. Absolute
ly nothing would be gained for peace or per
manency in the country.
One portion of the Slavs States are already
armed traitors to the government. The oth
er portion threaten to turn traitirs unless we
do something, and that something just what
they demand. We submit that, between the
traitors in arms and the traitors who threat
en to arm, there is not much to ohoosr. We
do not think that any State or government
having a proper amount of self-respect,
would negotiate with either. It is negotiat
ing under menace, in any event. South Car
olina threatens to shoot, having arras already
in her hands, while Virginia threatens to
shoot to-o, as poon as she can take up ber
arms, unless we comply with her demands.
figy- The Baltimore Sun, a rapid peccsion
paper openly confesses that the sole purpose
of the South Carolina Rebellion was to
break the Republican party into pieces, and
that the failure of the Border Slave States to
side with South Carolina and go out of the
Union las blown up, not the Republicans,
but the Cotton States.
ggp Despatches from the South, dated 4th
state that the attack on Fort Pickens wiil be
abandoned, and tha secession troops will ba
withdrawn from Pensacola. The Fort is
deemed too strong to be taken without the
aid of ships of war, which the secessionists
are destitute of.
i ■ - —-
RBFCSI.NO TO ABST TRSASO.V.— The Hudson
Riyer Railroad Company refuses to trans
' port the munitirn* of war recently purobas*
ed in Troy for the us of the southern trui.
tors. The Troy Daily Times has the follow
ing information on the same subject:
"Wo are gratified to learn that orders
hnye been received by the freight agent of
! the Hudson River Railroad Company in this
; city, from the Buard of Directors, not to
tranship any arms or munitions of war from
this place to any southern city, outside of
the demands of the government. This action
;is timely and just—jret to tbo people of the
North—and the community will applaud tha
step. Where eit'zens will incur the hazard
i of a criminal prosecution for treason for tha
sake of money-making, they should not seek
to bring others down to the level of them*
selves, lhe railroad and its agents and em*
; plojers, in transporting over its ron'o appli-
I anco of warfare, designed to be used against
the goyernment, would be legally guilty of
treason also; and this view tf the oase no
doubt stimulated the management to deny
i parties in this city the privilege of rendering
i them tit subjects for an ignominii us scaffold,
;if the government saw fit to prosecute. We
understand that a considerable quantity of
! warlike implements are notv stored in the
I freight depot at the foot of Adams street,
having been cut off from shipment by these
orders. The Directors deserve a public ex
| ptessicn of thanks from the people for their
patriotic course,
j "We learn that six tons of ontridges we:
; shipped a day or two since, over the Hudson
' River Railroad from the Waterv/iet Arrenal,.
(or the government, designed for the uistri
' bution in several southern fort*."
MARRIED.
A the M. E. Parsonage, in this place, on D'.a.,
24th 1860, by the Kev. Thomas Sherlock, Mr.
ROBKRT A. CASS IDT, of Beilefonte, and Mus
CARRIE M. JOHNSON, of Boalsburg.
See how the printers go ! But two weeks ago
wo chronicled the marriage of Fred. Kurtz, of the
Eerichtcr, and to day we publish the marriage
notice of our true friend "Bob," of the Prte—
Many are ihe happy hours wo spent in fellowship
while serving our apprentisejhi) in the Democrat
office. And the recollection of those jovial times
causes us to with back again those " good old
days" which will always, as we drift along tLr
current of time, be a source of pleasant thoughts.
"Bob" has long been a prominent member of our
social circle ; hut qpw that circle has been bro
ken — one, whose pretence always rendered Hi
lt appy and mirtlif ul, has been aken from us anl
we mutt r.orv look upon him, notas we were wont
to do a short time ago, as a b >y among us, but as
a man, deserving our highest respect. lie 2s
a good fellow, we always said he was deserving
of a good wife, and we are glad to be able *o say
that lie has succeeded in getting one. Wo , 'sh
them each all the happiness imaginable.
Wo would not fail to speak of the delicious cake
which we received with tho notice of this mar
riage. We Lava received many good eakos, at
this office, but we never had one to excel this.
"IVJ OTIdE.—An election for managers of the
J. 1 Centre and Kishacoquillas Turnpike Road
company will be hold at the otii-o of the Treasu
rer iu Beilefoate, on Monday, M*rh 4th, 1861.
WM. I' WILSON, Troas'r.
Be/lefontc, Feb. 14,-1861. 3'.
TITHE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PKE-
I SERVED, and so everybody ought to pro
serve bi3 botlih in this cold weather by going to
A. STERNBERG & CO.,
Sign of the Rod Flag, near Liviugston's Book
Store, and provido himself with a suit of warm
clothing at u trifling expense. Overcoats selliuj
at cost price. Knitted Jackets, under*clothing,
Ac., Ac., cheaper than ever. [Feb. 14, '6l,
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY !
A LARGE find splcudii assortment of V*'nti
u\. tiuos just being opened at Livingston's Book
Store. [Feb. 14,-1301,— — It,
VTOTICC.—AIt persona ura hereby csuiioael
is against meddling with the fallowing abated
property now in the hands of Arohoy Moore, as I
have purchased the fame at Constable Sale, and
have loaned them to him during niy pleasure.
Z spring colts, 1 cow, 13 bend of yocog eattle,
2 sews trnd 10 pigs, 11 sheats, 6 sett liorto jjears,
threshing machine, horse power and cunber, 3
p ess, singletrees, 1 road wagon and bed, 1 two
horse wagon, three fifths of 60 acres of wheat ia
the ground, three--fil'rhs of 20 ocr 3 of rye in the
ground, three-fifths of wheat in vt-afin t ho barn.
40 bushel of rye in games, 100 bush, of oati In
garni rs, 200bu-b. of cars'of corn. 00 bush, tertian*
ing, 2 cultivators, 1 sled, 1 lot ot hay and corn
foddor. JOHN MOORE*
Jan. 17, '6l —3r.
X] OTICE.—AII person* arc hereby oamined
is against meddling with the billowing named
property now iu the hands of Robert Ration, a*
we have purchased the same of C'uustubte Bale,
and have loaned them to him during our pleas
ure.
Ouo thres'ng machine and borre power, 1 wind
mill, I sled, 1 strawberry loan borce. 1 grey
horse, 1 bay mare, 1 small bay mare with ioal, 4
setts of wagon gears, 3 hea l of yenning calves,
twofifih of 46 acres of graiu in tha ground, two
fifth of a lot of wheat, rye and oats in the sheaf
in the barn, 2 cows, 1 plow and 2 harrows, oa*
\ cariing cult, 4 head of hogs, I wagon.
THOMPSON, LINN A CO.
dsn. 17, '6l.—St.
BEAD QCARTKKS, CPSTKK BATTALIOX.
I'ine Grove Mills, Jan. lilst 1801.
To the Companies of Centre Battalion.
In view of our present
(listing National difficulties ami in obedience to
the orders of our commanding officer Brig. Gen,
Jonathan Wolf, you are hereby notified to ha in
readiness to march, at one day's Ditice to defer J
tuo Ceustitution and the Union,should ths ot.
irnmcut need jour services.
JETTERS of Administration on tho Etatc of
J I'red'k. Shank. Into of Howard twp., dee'd .
granted to the undersigned who request* all per
tens knowing themselves indebted to make im
mediate payment, ahd those have claims to pre
sent them duly authenticated for settlement.
CHRISTIAN SHANK, Ailm'r.
Jan. 24, '6l. 6t.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on th- Estate ot
John Jurrett, late of Taylor twp., dee'd.,
granted to the undersigned, who requests all per
sons knowing themselves indebted to nuke im
mediate payment, and all those having claims to
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN THOMPSON, Ex'r.
Jan. 24/61. 6t.
LETTERS Testamentary on the Estato of Eli
jah Boyce, late of Ferguson twp.. dee'd.,
have been gruntod to tho undersigned, who re
quests all persons knowing themselves indebted
to make immediate paymen', and those having
claims to present them duly authenticated for
tlemcnt. SARA U BOYCE, Exc'rx.
Jan. 24, '6l. Ct.
STRAY. —Came to the residence of the subsc: i
ber in Harris twp-, about October la-t
yearling brown Steer The animal has no partic
ular marks. The owner is requosted to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and take him
away, otherwise he will he disposed of according
to law. CYRUS WASSON.
Jan. 31. '6l. 4t.s
A O. FURST, ATTORNEY-AT-LAV,',
iX BELLKFONTE, PA,, will attend promptly :o
all business entrusted to his caro. Oihso on
Northwest corner of the Diamond.
Will practice in the several Courts of Centra
and Clinton counties. Jan. 24,'61-tt
STRAY. —Came to the reioence of the subscri
ber in Ferguson township, about the ,6th of
August, a white yearling steer, with red fp .•
and a small crop off the right ear.
Jan. 31 'CI At. J. I. R08-
DLEYDEN & CO., have just received a fini
w assortment of Fall and Winter Geods wh-.-k
they offer very luw for cash or WHkf produce.
Sov. S, 1866. —U.
J. IRVIN ROSB.
Commanding.