OSS DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA : Thursday Morning, March 29. 1862. ©rigiual [For the Reporter ] .. c„. G...T. -i'j• - K, ST, ment o! the ira Y' l \ ,/rA*< 6ratw Vn on so ditrt omi buned ..; and a monument of re mark* prtcedl vim hunur, ight ... bet inhuman 1 . 3 N - Ame i e 3s strewn white on the Shroud the bones of the Name.e" t P * n ' , , w we the conflict has past, From the deep g'aveo dAj.wa.rew While the red tide of battle has past on.e a r *i . ind the £,b of war speed, the recreant host. Smtelo**. ori this > l'-ject 1 shall t • : do tl e i..tt< r, and I t.av no exp ctution of do -g the former. 1 eau.iot txaaurt the snl-jeot 1 hope not turxh .u t the . audience But.s.r, I propose for a f< w moments to t.p-"uk ira.ukij, to speak fully ; as the tld lirev.sui sii i> cipOse to put ft window be toT'? n.v t. art and let any man who uesiressee w:' -l heart in raferei.Co to certain f: -tfs i should be happy if my ideas were p.'ea-n,'to those around uic 1 shall not lor- Itar t ie ntteraiice of those sentiments wheth er tiicy please or displease. Tnal is irai.k. I have a..vais beeu treated by the members of 11- jriime w in even more courtesy tiiau I have u.-ked, aud i shaii try to reciprocate it and do it now ; aud one of the evidences of courtesy in a legis.a'ive body is for ea.-h uian to le frauk in h.* utterances. I prt cetd, then, s r, to li e remarks 1 intend to make. I sbal. not uk anybody to p iy altention to iue ; I snail adiircsß you, sir, and betwt-eu ~s wc sha.i cauvi-.s this su -j-ot for a i ttle l.iue If we do not get a heari'ii; upon this matter, we are cot to be alarm, d, not to be discon certed. Do you no', know, > r, it is u fact that in tli s wjrlo ot ours, up to this dav, train has had to fiuht i f s way ? Are you not aw .ire that Fa ton, wtitn he discovered the hid i u power of steam und had tuanag-d to construct ma c. ry by wnich he thought io employ his power and make it Serviceable to t .e woi.d's w-, I > y.iu not r member thai he went to \Y ;. gton and asked the American Co igress ! r the use of their hall that be might detuon and iildsiraie his tiieoiy, a.ad they re- j •-> . a ? .Now, alter the troth ol hi< theo ry r.s been fully denionstratei and app.r pri atcii *o ; numerable ißcchanical ano oeuehriul ; :r. '-.s, those very moi that refused the ha.l s ' sneered at b:m as a t-mutic, w:!t be among t .. £ to do reverence to his memory and w: ;e eulogiums opou his name. 6 >, sir. there ar- s. ; cts today that may gain on y a dull and I n. that every natioD aud every gov er&UKbt vooner r later has its crisis, its or - &ti I may say its test hour. It iseaiied . i-5 through its political struts where ro is proved or it? weakness develop f: ■* 's dignity l- illustrated, or its folly e3 ■* e;e begin its rise ai,d progress pr ii aeanifaii. Eogiaad had her ordeal *-: ra j of Charles I. was brought to " • b; i a; d Cromwell, a common plough Es ". vd-g :th the jwople and with right, 1 it „.s crown and Lis throne. France baa or lev, lieruaany has had hers ; a- d we ' •'* a G jveriiment, are having ours. I'hese ' * taost come. They do no harm, they 15 r * l -.er IciicGcial; provided the people of : --.V a-eadtquaie to the tmerg.ucy there- I P r ted tb-ir priocipleu, their wisdom and ' 5-ureccmmei surate with the great ' f fi.e 'vcasson. Ttiis struggle of ours •* c ar country no barm if we are but true - : *eivt N true to our history, true to the - 5 o* ph lanthropy and patriotism.— ' > r, when the storm cotne? sweeping Gowo Bjvoo the sew swelliug the sails ot the ves > liitter hew wildly the winds may roar *" J'ily '.he teuipest may bellow, provided the ? i •• el, built aud well maued, ber timbers a:,; banded togetuer, her keel under- < *. * h great r.bs of iron, her captain in | ■ e ac-.-, the ere* true men, the compass all -"'•i ; then. sir. the tempest only develop the -"A of the vessel and hurries it on in its • 3 "plieB niUNt be purified or health must fail and death close the scene. The present Secretary of S ate never ut'-ered a trier sentiment—and I know not but he was unconsciously in-p'red at t! -• time —tha i when he affirm i :n r f'ereuce to the two great anta gonistic system existing iri this couutry, that bet ween lucir. threw as an " irrtpresno t con jlictr l do not know that he iu'.euded to ut ter so great a truth ; but he never will utter a gre.*.-.r o \ Ai i the man w!. > stands at the beim *• dy and guides the s'.iip of state, never uttered a pratoiinder truth than when he averred that wiiere the bail of a c■■unlry was slave on the one side, and the other half was free, tue ci untry could not prosper per petually under that r'gim?n ; either the slave part must overrun the free part, or the free part absorb the slave part. 1 say he uttered a truth to which 1 subscribe. Wi.y, sir, if one side of a minis paralyzed, his muscles contracted, the cireulatio i of the blood imped ed. an 1 the other side is seemingly liealthv, eidirr the paralyzed pirt will, by degrees, send its ereq ug paralysis over the well part, destroying i', or tue well part will set.U the current >f vitality through the diseased [>or tion. it I say, sir, in a country where the one portion is free a: d the other slave, there is a uu_:g e as to which inu-t v.rtualiy predouioiate. These arc general principles, for 1 am df-u .iig hi principles. In ail gener al em• rgtmcies trie part o' wisdom, of patriot isoi, of lu roism, of manhood—tlie part ot rrne psrtyisiu is to meet the emergencies fr inkiy, piainiy, ui.fultcringly. Now, sir, there is a great emergency in this country 1 care not to what party a man may belong, if he has anything of patriotism, of vri-Jom or marhood tbMt imu. ii bCcomee him to look the aner genc fai ty and squarely in the face and meet it acc :u---g to the need-, of tile day. L.t hioi be once a partaan, but seven limes a [aliiot Now listen to me for one moment. S/ur-vy in this c \ , :' r u is the i~h le causer,f cur cristi** troubles 1 know <; Has been said that our dif ficulties lure ar.aen from t.he extremists of the tiorib or a •olitiouists. I know it has been said also that our trouoies have been caused by the overwhelm ug and overweening desire of cer ' tain men in the south for power, goaded on by an insatiable and vaulting ambition. Strip it of all dx_'ir the election ot a ilupu dican Presi dent. X >w, sir, what followed ? The intellectual perceptions of tbe wise, the moral convictions 1 of the good being agai .st' them, the sceptre of power being wrested from Ui ir crasp ; nnu tearing they m : g'u not consummate their plaus while upholding the country, th y resolved to establi-h their pro-slavery c!u r m, by destroying | thnt country. Blind as Samson, and thrice as I foolish, they rah madly at the pillars of the Government, resolved that if tuey are not allowed to monopoliZ' its adm i-i.-traiiou, tht-y will upheave its foundations, though they b;:y them-elves beneath its failing ruins. Dead to a!! the nobler impulses of manhood, and only aiive to the acquisition and exercise of tyran ical power, tbeir is the lauguage of M.ilou's Monarch Fiend : "To re i- worth amUlioa though Sa liell. Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." If inert- hi I been no slavery in this coantrv there wou d have been uo war Deuy it—who can ? The interest upon the national debt must be paid annuaay ; aud iu iatsing euougu to pay that interest ou the debt of the Genera! Government, the pro rata part of Pennsylva t.ia will sixteen millions of dollars per annum. Hear it, ye hardy men, from the ceo - tre to the lake shore 1 Sixteen tuuhous of . dollars are tu be wrung troca your earnings as i a tribute necessarily levied upon yoi in main taining the Government and upholding the country against t.e of pros' .verr as • s;iNsins. Bat tor slavery in the country yon wou id have saved tne uation that expenditure. Mr. Speaker, that was ~n unlorlunate occur , rer.ee iu the year 1620, whets ft Du'ch vessel lauded its cargo tf twenty slaves npon the shores of Virginia. The institution was plant ed there, the dragon's teeth were sown there : aud DOW we are reaping a harvest of bayonets The institution was weak then ; it vva- lis • a lion's whelp—a child could fondle it aud a chil J could lead it—bnt that whelp has grown, ud grown ! and grown ! until it has become a monster ; and to-day it is that monster that crouches upon the banks of the Potomac, be leagures tour capital and cualieuges your very nationality. Gentlemen must not try to shift the cause of our difficulties, nor to cover it up ; it is slavery from beginning to end, from the foundation to tne capstone. 1 think I have dwelt upon that point long enough. Tuis is now a contest, Mr. Speaker, of nationalities. About ten months ago, wuea we were a>senibled in this place, there was a screw looe in the Southern State s , something was wrong ; there came op, stealing npon our ears, certain passing and troublesome sounds ; and we called it an insurrection, a little rebel l.oa. 1 remember we thought it was necessary to take some cognizance of the natter acd make some preparation for the defence of the country, aud we introduced a resoiution here to appropriate five hundred thousand dollars for the defence of the State. I remember with < what reluctance some nu-n voted for it : and I r'meiiber toi with what earnestness some men voted against it ; and I remember also that b lore toe flowers of Jane had fuiiy developed ihemseives, the same geutiemea who voted agaiust the appropriation of five huuared thuu sand dollars, were rcas>embled herewud eager ly voted the appropriation of three and h half mil. .on dollars. And I say. hy way of appii cation of toat fact, geutiemea here to day woo vn.. vote against this measure for the abolition of slavery in the D.strict of Colombia, before three years— nay, sir, before one year has passed—will gladly sustain m*asores a? much to advance ot this a* three aud a half millions of dollars were iu advance of half a mdhoo.— The world move s , aud men are compelled to move with it, or be craved by it. This is a contest for rationality—kingdom* against kingdoms, force grappling with force 0 " RESARDLE3S OF DENUNCIATION FROSI ANY QUARTER." " —arms on armor clashing, bray Horrible discord." Our hosts are uumbered by the half million. That little cloud that rose in the heaven 9, no larger lhau a man's hand, has expauded and unfolded until it covers the whole political hor- 1 izon, and poors its crashiug thunders over the ; whole country. It is a question of national!- j ties that is to be decided. We must not un- j derrate the strength of the enemy who is , against us ; we must not consider that the ; difficulty is near a terminus either, sir. The j euemy is strong in numbers, haviug almost as . many meu iu the field as we have, with others i ready to come. They are strong iu that pecu- j liar element of strength—will—re oiution— j j determination. They adopt the language of the archangel, fallen Belzcbub, when he was ; floundering iu the sea of burning marl, who, j according to Milton, (and I do not know but that there is a blood relationship between our enemies and that rebellious spirit)—when he found himself hurled from the heights of heaven and his vengeful cohorts w ere repulsed and dismayed, addressed his burning hosts— " what though the field be lot, all is not lost while there remains the firm resolve aud un conquerable will." So, s.r, when the enemy have retired from a place at which they have been defeated, they say to the people of the country around about, " buru your houses, de stroy your property, leave a wasted country for ou" iuvaders to live upoa." You recollect, sir, that address which Howell Cobb and other rebels issued to the people of Georgia , Do you remember how much of vengeance was iu it I It reminded a man of Moscow when the Russians determined to destroy that beau tit til c.ty, to buru it dowru iu order to defeat. Napoleon, that " thunderbolt of war.'' Aad it is this determination to rival, if thej can, all • that is told in history ; it is th. ir determina tion to conquer or perish ; either to be victors or corp-es, that makes tliera strike, though ; they are defeated. Furthermore, this very iu stilUvion we are d'scuihng to day lias always | been their btreugth—tneir pi itieal strength— , ecclesiastical strength-—and t.uw it is their martial strength, i'aa youug gentlemen go • to the battle field to win epaulets and the slaves dig the trenches and facni>h NUpplit-s 1 You leave the institution of slavery u itouciieJ, and it is an element of strength to the enemy; and so long as you leave it undisturbed it is a. ( pregnant source of power against you. Tin moment you d.s urb it, however, it becomes at element oi weakness and danger to the foe.— ' The question is oi.e of nation dity, not a ques lion as to the mere extent vf the war. Tut question is thi*, and the Contest is based upon it : In this country and on thin co'.tiuent, J which shall triumph—freedom or slavery 1 — . Strip it of ail d semises, it ctraes to that naked j question : wnicb snali triumph on the battle field, control t.he pulpit and guide the country freedom of slavery ? That is whut we are fighting about Now, sir, I say lraukly that . whatever lies in the way of saving our country. ! upoolding our government, suppressing entir -! iy and forever the rebellion : whatever stands j in the way should be swept aside. When a j fire breaks out in the city, when the breath of j the burning element threatens destruction to : every inflamable material within its rang", and there is no other way to head it off, the cus- j torn is to go in a lvar.ee of the fire and blow np the buildings, uo matter how rich, costly and antiquated they may be. As slavery kiu died-this fire of rebellion and uow adds fuel to its fart, let it be biown oat of existence that the conflagration may be stayed and our cita de l saved. I affirm w.th al! caudor and coo!- ; ne.-s that sooner than see this government overthrown by these rebels, and this country with all its wide spread interest* made sabject to slave domination. I Would, had I the power, uncap the magazines of perdition and sprinkie every square rod of rebel soil with i.e.l fire and brimstone. I would not hesitate at aii to do thus to save the country. S.r. it s'naii be saved; there is no doubt about it. And whatever man or whatever institution, wnatever interest, what ever association or whatever pians stood in the | way of the complete and perpetai salvation of thsdconntry and government, I would sweep ' al; away a* the whirlwind sweeps the gossamer. Am I to go hiding around the pillars of your capitol, whining about slaveholders' constitu tional rights, when those very pillars are tremb ling to their fall, under the ruthless attacks of these meu ? Constitutional rights of slave holding traitors—traitors who are stabbing to the heart that very documeut which has hith erto shielded them in its mighty embrace ! ! S.r, they have no constitutional rights save the right to die for their crimes. This question of slavery meets us at every turn, it can neither be dodged nor evaded. No Senator upon this floor, belong to what party he may, can evade it. It meets the j President and his calibe*, the Secretary of War and Lr? counsellors ; it meets ns here and it meets Congress in the halla of natiouai legis lation ; it meets us in our diplomatic relations w.th foreigu powers ; it meets us at home and i ou the stern and bloody battle field ; and I i avow with emphasis, ice must sw.' it. But how? Necessarily io one of three ways. We can submit to it, be ruled and ruined by it. But for this mode of meeting it, uo sane man U prepaYed. The proposition carries its refuta tion with it, for it is but a covert mode of re commending suicide. In the second piace, we ' can contiuue as we have been doing, fight the rebeihon with one hand and boid up s.avery with the other, until both parties are exhaust ed, then sett.e our difficulties by allowing cr by eorn[)e!iing the seceded States to fall back into the Union with slavery, slave representa tion and all its concomitants as aforetime. I have ie&red there were too many men in high- j er places who desire this mode of meeting it. j But this would be a false aud fallacious care i for our existing ills. Let no one delude him self and others by pointing to this as the path way from the wi.derness to the prom.sed land. It never should, it ceTer can. it never will be done. My reasons for so affirming are twe, the general governmeot caanot meet it in tots way, and the people never troutd aiiow it if they could. Lst roe explain. Slavery is the creature of State taws. The general govern ment ts bound to protect each State ia the maintenance of it* local laws and local institu tions, so long as these do uot conflict with the Constitution of the United States, aDd so long as the State herself bows to the supremacy of that instrument. But when au individual State iguores the Constitution, and swears allegiance to an alien and hostile Government, its local laws full to tLe earth, and all the institutions created by theui go down with them. The re sult is, there is not to day a &iogle slave in all the seceded State. There are millions of col ored people, but no slaves. To wLvm do they owe allegiance ? To the rebel confederate government ? If you say yea, you acknowledge that a legitimate and authoritative government. Do they owe allegiance- to their masters ? Traitors whom you are tryiog to kill are inca ble of receiving allegiance Being outlaws, they are entitled to nothiog by law. If you say they owe allegiance to the United States Government, as they certainly do, then I ask, being relieved from all allegiance to the power that made them slaves, and owing allegiance only to the general government, which never made a slave, by what authority, by what con stitutional rule caa that government reduce these millions ol free men and loyal subjects to slavery? Congress never can do it—never will dare allow it to be done. On the contrary, the general authorities must proclaim to them, " free we find you, free we leave you." The people of the free States will never consent to the restoration of slavery to its former status. Political backs, office seeking demagogues miuht allow it. but the people never. The present war is nurturing in the public mind a deep and avenging hatred against this institution. Ttie mother at home lies awake at the dead of uight, tearfully thinking of her first born, of him who once lay upon her bo.-om, euwrappeJ in the gushing sympathies of maternal love, but now far away upon the battle field, baring his manly bear: to the cold steel and the showers of lead. In the agonies of solicitude she inquires, Why is this? Why is he absent ? The silent response steals in up a her convictions, " because of slavery " At th * depot at Elmirn, there is a daily average arrival ot eight coffins, and similar arrivals at .-very point ad over the land. Each rough box brings not only the clay of a dead warrior, but the spirit of a living lesson. Whatever their former fe.lings, your soldiers speedily be came biters of slavery, excepting the very few who have not patriotism enough to preserve them from putrefaction, nor go./J sense enough to pull the trigger of a raseket. The pulpit is awake. After a slumber of years it now arouses itself in majesty. The pulpit, the herald of the Son of God, the ful cruui of moral power, the citadel of light and truth, after wearing for years upon its mouth a pad-lock, they key of which was ia the baud of slavery, now opens its lips and speaks in thflnder tones for justice and judgment.— Throwing aside all shackles, as Sarnsou burst frcm his giant limbs the ereen withe*, the throne of the Prophets now remembers " those that in bonds as bound with them." Men are not ashumed Uow to preach io'favor of freedom and against despotism—neither ashamed nor afraid to do it. Ave, -ir, the people demand it, and the voice of the people is Almighty They Lave become wearied and disgusted with the stale and false trash about a pro-slavery Christianity—pro slavert Bible, and a pro-slav ey God They spam and naueate therto-*e ; Gained aii the voyaje* nf then I ' Ji bound ia nhaUowt Uii in nieoss. On saeb a full sea are we now tfi- ; ▲ad. we nojil take tbo current wnen it serves, Or lose oen venture." [Nee feur'h fig*.'