t 4 o 'b'.‘ over ' water.” ihey v | e
Vslf-bea.wd U«uon mt-n):
»»"> ud t>l«.-frb the King, Gcd bless the faith* s defender,
The devi) take the Pv>pe and the Preten 'er;
jjtii -wu* the Pretender is and who the Ktn^,
<3-cd ble-s usall, is quite another thing. ’ *
1 charge now, as I have charged before, that the
governor ol New Jersey wa? elected m th»- interest
ot Slavery, and that Democracy, as olhcered and
■ — r . in manned iu New Jersey,is iu syrapi.thy with Trea-•
-Mo ■PwitHroENT A year ago . I { * 0 son and Rebellion. If you decorate your Senate i
low“'hSS thia Ueli-latore in Chamber with tin American ling, a rtata flag must
Ee.-elnt.OLS offered and aavocatea^ B b e elevated beside it. , . „
majority ot the senators upon this noo 0 -j be doctrine ot State rights, a political falsehood
resolutions sought to purchase peac v and a delusion, is boldly proclaimed as part oi the
«f national honor. which the dominant new got pel of peac-. Three weeks eiuoe the Sena-
Tbese: resolutions abo“t wm si , eccd at ouo , tor f.om Bergen tMr. Holsman) declared himself
.party in,the ? euat anued the morality of in iavor ol a vigorous prosecution of the war. and
omluona and Q r Louis Naooleon I congratulated the Senate that since he was in
Dick Turpin, Ta«y taflSd favor,now ot a war wi'h white men, in the next year
with the Jangnage of Macc y he would be eloquent lor carrying the war into
with the f h^ e of me t"a“io“ Alma, with At. icans. Bat, Sir, the Peace Coni-
nnttee met at the New York Hotel on the 22d day
|br when onier .iub i v p Vfl riiatin« of February, desecrating the anniversary day that
W? 8 * 0 “
SrfJre which justice must ty nd and break, the Senator irom Bergen, _ in a most the^ idenUcal
then the great popular heart stirred to its depth, language of the pronupciainento of the Rebel
and conscience, with so delicate a voice that it is UOQgrese, dt £ a * es b8 ,>, 0 13
often stifled spoke in so clear a voice that Us ac- and has been 6 H l ? e _ firing
cents could neither be mistaken* nor its mandates upon Fori Sumter, against the war and for P<*ace*
Mv accusation against * v Democracy asit is” hath
uscameup slowly to the help of the this extent. Democracy in New Jersey is without
•Tord against the mighty. Mental servitude had honest purpose or principle. Tf Democracy pre
iflcome an attribute of the Norm as much as bodily tend to be for war in Pennsylvania it is for peace
Servitude was an irstitution of the South, till, in New Jersey. And when Gen. Lee was march-
Sth as much wit as truth, a son of New England iiig tbiough the beautiful and fertile valley of the
■aid, replying to Daniel Webster, “Yes! there Cumberland, up to HarrNburg. the Democratic
North; it is tae South all the way up to parry was joyously assembling in the State Capitol
Jjarfada! ll of Pennsylvania to nominate George W, Wood-
Soon it permeated the minds of the people that jward, who said ‘it was a siu to think against
when a Chief Justice said,in the latitude of Wash- slavery,” and that the time must come wheu the
ingtonCity 1 -that a negro had no rights wnich a South could fall back upon her natural fights, and
white man was bound to respect, ’' the trne intent > use all the means she possessed or conld command
and meaning of such language in the atmosphere jin defence of her slave pro erty T -
of Charleston was that “no Northern mudsill has • No wonder thar-Geu. Dee hastened .to ratify a
any tights which a Southern gentleman is bound nomination so opportunely made! No wonder a
to respect.” Then the shotted guns of Snmter single voice was uot raised ou behalf of an imper
apened, while manhood and moral courage took iled country in that Convention, which abandoned
l&e place,tii.- tbe mind and heart of tue American tile latitude ot Harnsburg as too suggestive of snot
people, of concession and pusillanimity. j and shell. And it rs nut singular that a retired
* “We have refnsen allegiance to oar principles: ! Mejor General of the U S. Army, who would
we have refused to pay the price of national honor • make a “ca* ital engineer for a - titionary power. ”
and virtue, and we are sued id ihe courts of destiny • wroie hit* distinguished considerations, on the eve
ai d the case is this day on trial. ” Andlneednot , of a roost significant tleciion to Mr. Woodward,
speak of the eagerness with which the eyes of ; who bel eyet that ‘‘Slavery was a blessiag!”
Bnrope *re turned toward America, that land of Ado while this subject is in my memory, let me
Wtich adisUnguished Englishman (John Bright) say that tbe sadrest fight that my eyes ever beheld
B&ys: “Privilege every morning, with blaiaat wa.* the sight ofthe weary thousands who thronged
breath* begins to curse breause it (America) dares tbe bridge across the Susquehanna on the 19th day
lobe prosperous and happy without a monarchy, of June in the j ear of grace ISC3 Old men, ten
witbout an arietociacy. and without a pries'hoo *, der womin and helple:-s children, lo' the first time
who are the licensed venders of salvation wrought aliens to their hearths and homesteads, had s,ath
bylove.” ered together their household goods and sought
mr. President, I confess the hesitation with shelter from the Gmhs and Vand.-.is of oarbarism
Which I approach the discussion of tnis bill which —sought shelter and proteciioi ou the peaceful
is sow before :s the Senate. My only desire is to banks of the Juriata. The recollection if these
f reclaim those sentiments of public policy which scenes will never be effaced, and till they have
believe are intimately connected with ihe future ; passed from my. mind, let no man ask me to pacue
gloiy and grandeur ot my country. And, Sir, I in my eff rts to point out-to my countr men the
trust that I belong to that class who believe the > perils which threaten th» Republic. One of the
greatest glory ot a freeman is to be a good citizen. • finest passages in Roman hiytory tells us thai a.ter
And a good citizen prefers liberty to luxury, and i thebattie of Canme, atter disaster aad defeat had
Aouor to profit. He holds that next to dying for ; followed the Roman General, the Senate went be
cne’s country the greatest glory is to live tor her yond the walls cf the imperial city to thank their
inteiest and honor. X have no-aspirations no am- General that he had not despaired of the Repub
bitions, which do not go forward in longing for that lie!
peace which shall dawn upon the end of th.s ter- Totbatmanwhowouldstopthevictoriousban
xible and righieons war, a peace which, in the ners of the armies of the Union, by caviling at the
language Lincoln, “X hope may Proclamation of Emancipation, 1 would answer
come soon, and when it does come will come to ! that it was six months after the Head of the Nation
»tay and will be worth the keeping for all future t had invoked the “considerate jurgmentof man
toe.” w kind and ihe graciou? favor of Almighty God” on
Whenever I look upon that flag,Sir, with every that proclamation before, standing by the unnum
impulse o< my heaft, there rises a sentiment of bered graves of onr dead in the nation’s cemehjry,
•affection, of honor. I know that God has given this we could say : “Uf th* two great effo r ts to euslave
country to men who can defend it, and to women the English race, in body and mind, the first met
who in its service consent to the sacrifice of their its grave at Marstcn Moor, the second atGettys
husbands, their brothers and their sons. And the i burg.”
man, whoever he is, and whatever place he may But to return to the political decline and fall of
fill, who will not protect and delend the land that New Jersey. In iBt9 both & ousts of this X«egisla
gave him binh, is a dastard and a coward. ture by jo nt resolution, cedaied Slavery to be an
The bill before the Senate, Mr. President, is en- evil, and instructed our Senators and Repreaenta
iitled “An Act to regulate the appropriation of tives in Congress to vote against the extension of
moneys raised by the authority of the State for humau bondage in the Territories. (Pamp.
War purposes.” I frankly confess that I differ with I*aw r s, p. 334, 1649.)
my honorable friend, the senator from Union (Hr. But soon the leading politicians who represented
Jenkins), in the views he entertains of the causes tbe dominant power, became by social ties, or by
and of the conduct of the war. General sagaoity the powerful mflueuce of interest, in favor of ex
and uprightness cannot contend against thepreju- tenoi-g Slavery into the Territories. New Jersey
dices among which a man is born, and those who became Pi o Slavery in sentiment, or at least, the
advocate the passage of the bill are influenced by dominant party wt re for slavery with the Union,
prejudices which have grown with their growth, or, if need be, without the Union. In all events,
as silent and yet as all-pervading as the air they were for Slavery.
which they breathe. As God hn* no attribute It sent Senators to Congress who defended the
which sides with the oppressor, so man ennobles institution. It sent members to the lower house
Rimseli by becoming the an YOv*ate of the oppressed, who worshiped the shrine of Jefferson Davis then
Bishop Hopkins may thunder, in a small way, to as now, the leading spirit of Southern aggression,
a very select audience, that slavery is a divine in- a monster monopoly, which subsidized news- j
atimuon, and compel buß auditors to bow down to papers and treated the consciences of legislators as
ihe narrowest interpretation of individual texts, a merchantable article; a corrupt corporation,
But the heart, relying on the spirit of Scripture. which may yet ieara that “corruption wins not
still whispers what every grand thinker the world more than honesty, ” aided or abeued this spirit of
has ever produced boldly proclaims—that all men Pro-Slavery fanaticism A man who was for
everywhere ought to be free. Liberty and against the despotism of the men who
"You cannot make science utter a liein the face of called themselves the “master race,” was os era-
Ihe universe, and declare that the sun moves cised In private and In public life,
round the earth and the earth stands still. The 'lt was then that James Buchanan made
terrors of the Inquisition are nothing, and Galileo ton a test. He and his viceroys made power tyraa
whispers, “E put si muove. ” “Jt dots mooe ny, and they made tyranny contemptible. I .then
Ay 1 And New Jersey moves. Only felt, as I now feel, that obedience to such behests
a year ago we were threatened with revolutiomn wasacrime. I declared, in 1655, that if the creed
the North if a single soldier who was not a white of Buobanan onthe-Kanzas question became the
citizen should enlist and fight against “Slavery in policy for New Jersey and the country, the Demo
arms”—and now a single township in the county cratic party would become a political and moral
of Warren has paio SlO,O 0 for bounties to colored abomination. * .
soldiers, and not less than 3,000 .black .men have The money power and the slave power triumphed,
left New Jersey to avenge their slaughtered and controlled Democracy In the district in which I
brothers at Wagner, at Port Hudson,* and at resided. The Kansas candidate who believed in
'Vicksburg. Ay! Even New Jersey moves. Buchanan was nominated and defeated.
Never again will an insolent majority on bended I said in the Philadelphia l 3 ress y October 19,
knees supplicate for peace, add herald to all the 1859: •♦Themanwhoischosentobearthe.Demo
world that this war for Law, for Liberty, audfor cratic standard this Fail must bend 10 the Autl-
Bumanity is “causeless in its origin and danger- Lecompton sentiment; the principle will not bend
©ufctoihe liberties of the people.” Never again to him, and no shilling or truckiu gon that ques-
Will men offer upon the floor of this Senate to join tion will satisly the peoule or subdue the voters of
any ol the sister States of the Union to carry into the First District, and woe be to the candidate for
practical effect a war upon the Federal Govern- Congressional honors who has already pledged
ment. The utter change of front in regard to Sla- himself against the double-dealing of a treacherous
. very did not take place till alter the year 1856. But Administration and has then turned back. *
so wide-spread and so thorough became the delu- From that day to this, I have been in undying
sion about Slavery in the remnant of the Demo- hostility to that sort of democracy which hates
cratic party, that they unconsciously became the liberty, loves slavery, _and would rather celebrate
apologists and delenders of haman bondage aad the funeral rights of Constitutional liberty amid
oli its villainies. the incantations and orgies of {secession and Re
"We find the present Executive ol this State de- bellion, than see tho triumphant advauce of ci vii
claring in his inaugural address (page 14, 1863): ization which strikes the soackles from the slave
«‘We are told that slavery is the cause of the war, and tells the oppressed to go free. _
and that the war can never cease and the life of the Since 1860, the history of New Jersey has been
nation be preserved until slavery be abolished. written se that all the world may read It, I yield
This has led to a departure from the original pur- to no Senator on this floor m regard lor the honor
pose of the war. This is the radical error of the ■ of New Jersey—dearer to me than life itself. ; ror
Emancipationists. Slavery is no more the cause i her I have made sacrifices which it does not be*
©f the war than gold is the cause of robbery and : come me here to narrate, and for her fu-ure destiny
murder.” I I shall do battle with my latest breata, hoping,
Compare this with the avowal of Alexander H-- ; a 7 praying, that she may yet be f ee. But,
Stephens, the associate of Jefferson Davis, in a , Sir, and I say it with shame, the political history
S eecu delivered at Savannah on the *2lst of ol this State foT three years is,one of which no pa-;
JKtrch, 1861. Be says“ The new constitution ’ triotcan be proud, save as its darker lines are
has put to rest forever all agitating questions rela- 1 made glorious aud lustrous by the deathless cour
ting to our peculiar institutions. African Slavery age of New Jereey soldiers. They have made
Os it exists among ns is the proper statuß of the ne ; crimson; on every battle-field from Roanoke to
gro in our lorm of civilization. This was the im- ; Gettysburg, with their blood ihebat.ner of victory,
mediate cause of the late rupture and present re- Mr. President, I may be charged with being po-
Tclotion.” j liticai raiher than argumentative. But, sir, this
Between such eminent advocates of Slavery as , is a political qnestiou. It is a capital cause we
'the Governor of New Jersey and the Vice Presi- are now The Nation is on trial for itslife.
dent of moribund Confederacy, who shall de- The Democratic party ha* already been tried and
aide? condemned, has it anythiug to say why sentence
of this State, excepting Jeff. Davis’s of death should not be pronounced against it! I
majority in the city of New York, ldo not know pauce for reply. Who are its mlvocat*B I
Where it is seriously contended that ‘ ‘Abolitionism Isittbesage of Moniiceilo, Thomas Joffersou,
oiid Sececsionism” were the causes of the war. a "Virginian when > irgtnia was th? “Mother ol
Yet such was t&e opinion deliberately expressed -Presidents, 1 * and not the grave of Northern pa
by Joe) Parker m bis inaugural address in 1r63, iriots? No..
and boldly avowed in his annual message of Jan- ; Who is it, then, who cometh with dyed gar
nary 12. 1663. ! meats to defend “Democracy as it lbl” Ah! Now
H. tbinis that if the policy of Emancipation had ; I taltoW
Potheen inaugurated the mass of the people in I 'i T dellot *^S <l xP e Sfh2»S^*^>Sfr t T w »Uhrti?nhaniwws
O'- rttp Southern States woold have * •auppli- Hurte ol the Hermitage, | y
•Med then TulerB and returned to their atle- * urr . thH ull, t or from Ber K eu 1 311 - Holsman),
Ar V hL“ran: a few words upon this measure,
tutl--^ ere son eanuot And any fugitive slaves. which I understand has the sanction, ol the Demo
iom Wwf "k 1 " 18 ahoutid. There, where wis- cratic caucus, aud I have done.
beeu toT a of ihi** terrihl« rnutoat. thwv I oppose the bill because
Slavery, uke Achan’s wedge of gold is First— li contravenes the laws of Uongress.
i tUn,! ’ aBd they gladTy teardtfwn the Second — it is agalust public policy and
Ent tn Ker, ,wV Un u '> ‘ “>»? beautiful flag ” ag.inst the rights of mankind.
• and hentrehre' S?' whare beutratity prevailed- The laws of Uongress passed in and sinco the
• larbsTlem ii a miS” 18 " betweenffeedom aud y p ar 1662 authorize the President to enroll, arm,
uSiert we i w bere nentrality pre. ' equip and receive Into the land and naval service
•ninsfto e n ?i o . venior Br ‘tmle te th?eat- oi the United States such number of volunteers of
Sierir “ We, .„e W onhstment of negroes as sol- African descent as he may deem useful to suppress
eouth Cardin,aapplauds’" 8 N6W • lerB6y ’ wllil « the present reoellion, for such term of serviceas he
assertion that outside the m Under 6 'and e ’hy virtue of these several acts of
a- Hdv Ta -Ssri DO , legislature that Congress, as lam informed by the Chairman of
»A d f eral Government by i the Military Committee of tbe United Stiles,Bo,oo:)
pasa re as the one colored men, many of whom, were once slaves,
of unlessi J be the Legislature a &d are nowfieedmen, are enlisted in the armies
to heart is of lho Vh-ou. At least 3MOO more of these des
it. re^s*, thls pifeed Africans, about whom the majority ol the
ahtii Senate talk eo much and care so little, are em
asonevs »nis for P art °f l he ployed by the Government, though they do not wear
kaisea.'fm^J!? 1 . 1 * °- r '**¥•**: may he_ hereafter a soldier’s uniform. These black men carry a flag
. 3l6vineiit of a » p d for the em- 'Which is the symbol ot nationality, of power, and
- Cfiendinc aeai«R?^£« 8 . as P9^ iers i an y one ot liberty, and th/*y have never disgraced it. It is,
for each ann evpv? o.vfrrov,B!olfß 0 .vfr rov,8!0IfB of thlB act eb ta.ll then, the settled policy of the United States Gov
*uhject to a fine of ncS I r 11CP » hpon conviction; be ernmentto employ black soldiers. Theexperi
lars and impiieoiiTnpnt taa n flvehnndred dol- ment has been made according to law. Itha3buc
five sears’’ “ment for a term of not less than ceeded.
'•R^s?«,? ouWbeBlad to know vrbafK..'4.k< And now I suppose the Legislature of New Jer-'
meets the anprevHi «f the Govc7nr^fS er sey sends greeting to the War Department, with
' a measure whs uronoaprtrJ. ?? Jersey, instructions to desiet from enUsting, under a pen
policy Of^ls?ftL b n°? UTxt ? (for.citizens of this State) ol “attne not less
turner thelaws of the XJniten Statea i than #5OO, -and imprisonment for a term not lees
Aanctipn of the Executlue °f this Stnin tbe • tba n five years,” lam pleased to be able to state
glHd to erfdit him with BUBtHiuins the ; lb at Democracy with Edwin M. 'Stanton does not
aDerhlft own fashion. I appreciate the bopw? ( mean “strategy and peace,” but means “Fidelity
•Jbesof^ Jnel Parker, butl am not bouwdtoSJi. .to one’s country.” The prospect, therefore, of
* iff*;***! iiolitteal virtue, which writes a svmil® ! impreEslng the peculiar views ol a majority of this
. - ihitieg letter to a meeting « m that aunrier is qnltefclender. ..
•gftlnet the mspensionnt the writ of habeas cormiß -, Theo t > jpc r
And says, in the lace of a popular mMontv of nearly ?fcS OTtotin ' ba ’ rraB ®^ bfc Go^ erifUinen *« If to deceive
two hundred thousand, that tbe FroctainAtinn ivf not a new game which is now
Xmftscip&uou is a mistake, Intimates that it is un- eritmil I°*. tbe .firpttime. If to the Gov
jonstiTutumf*l, and ends by declaring it an “obstacle the?itV.H« U 1a0,,, y anew foe with ,an old faoe, for
the way of peace.” ooatacie the eleoHon of Horatio Seymour on a war platform
• Sir 1 ‘we have had too much of this stvle of ZJ a J e ! nt °? load *'theocc-sionfororganizingaQarmed
worting the Gov-rnm-m. New da "?. J ? o °re " h «“ «“ y «•*
fell of Uni n men with nrh.ni.»h>c 1 t * llb v Ccba » d sword t
Xike the liavnitere In the a.ya ofTbe PretSnrler 1 "he Mncerity between u». The South
hold lh»ir win«.gta»w»U) there lm. anan.Cfw l ,p V anlhiB war in the intere t. of Slavery. They
, . 10 tueir Up, anddruih wage n m the lntere.t ol Slavery. We began tha
NEW JERSEY FOR THE UNION.
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THIS DAILY EVENING
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VV4.I ■ -I.V t
t«i u vi t •will *ndit »*y subduing tat* rebitli *n and
by sub.ugatiiig the “fugitive mis.-ra” m the
j»oi*‘h * ihe w.rfor ub id necessarily and justly
in tbt* interett of Freedom, f r -flayery is tae lion
mtteway. Gi d b ud»* up the auou's wounds
witb Emancipation Th** Oo istitution was meant
io * ‘BFi-ure liberty, * * liot to prote.-t Slavery.
No principle of law is plainer than the one which
• deuiea to a S>a e the power to pass laws in conflict
with ti e Jaws ot the Uuited states And this bill
piau’ically raie.es ibo.banuer of resistance Decause
it r»Bists me law of the Federal Government, and
I am gWd th«t the Sen-ttor from Union (Mr. Jen
ku-h) abjures the political heresy of state Rights.
Peibaps we can on <riendly ground (as I le*rn
be wsb OLce a Whig) when 1 quote the language of
Henry » lay: % lf Kentucky u..furl to morrow the
banner oi iesistaiiCe, I will not fight under that
fi«g. I owe nll*-giance to Tny native State, but I
owe a i aramount allegiance to the United States
Government.”
If it were required, Sir. I could produce vo
lumes of testimony to the bravery aud efficiency
ol our coloied suldieis. Gen. Hunter, m speaking
of the Ist regiment of South Carolina Volunteers,
sain:
“lam glad, to be in the mid tof yon— glad to
have seen bo fine an exhibition ot proficiency as
you have shown this day. I only wish 1 had a
hundred thousand of you to fight lor the freeoom
ol the Union. “
Commodo' e Dupont wrote from Port Royal his
gratitude to the contrabands who had rallied
a.ouud hm, and.hU declaration is: “They serve
us wnh zeal, make no bargains for their remunera
tion, eo ui oerflre without the slightest hesitation)
and. indjeed, in onr cause are as ‘insensible to
fear 1 as Governor Pickens, some of them are very
infrlNgeSt.”
AtWskner. when the gallant Shaw, of the 54th
Massachusetts fell with his feet to the foe ano his
back to the field, a black s rgeant,- wounded and
bleeding, dragged himselt forward when the color
heartr fell, and wiapping the flag about his body,
crawled back amid a ueanly rain of artillery, and
when he whimpered to tae wnite soldiers in the
hospital ‘ ‘I saved the flag,* * three cheers went np
for the bl»ck sergeant of ihe 54th.
L»r m» assure the other side of the chamber that
the reign, of force is ended, end even Gnivalry
begine to understand ihat tdeas rule ihe wo'll —
Civilization wrestles with prejudices, as the angel
ol old wxvstled with tne patriarch, and prejudices
will be smitten io the death
1 oppose thib bill because it is against the rights
cf man km a. The nation has outgrown the Dred.
treottdecision, and th<* lonsciei ce of t».e nation at
last is latisflt-u that God’s lesson for America is
that absolute justice to the African is mental and
moral emancipation to the white man.
1 beg leave to reit-r io George Bancroft's views
upon the effort to betray the rights of man at the
command cl passion and piejndice. He says
“That ill starred disquisition is the starting point
of ibis rebellion, which or a quarter ol a century
had been vainly preparing to raise its head. ‘When
coni ts ol justice lail, war begins.* The so-called
opinkn of Tan y who 1 trust did not intend to
hang ont the flag of disunion, that rash offence
to the couscions memory of the millions,
upheaved our country with the excitement
which swept over those of ns who vainly hoped
to preserve a strong and sufficient though uarr) w
Isthmus that mi*h< stand between the conflicting
floods. No nation can adopt that judgment
as its rule and live; the judgment has in it no
element of political vitality. I will not say it is
an invocation of the dead past; there never was a
past hat accepted »>nch opinions. If we want the
opinions received in the day- when our Constit
ution was fiamed, we will not take them second
hand irom our Chief Justice. We will let the men
of that day speak for themselves. How will onr
American magistrate sink when arraigned as he
will be belore the tribunal oi humanity! How
terrible will b* the verdict against him when he is
put in comparison with Washington’s political
teacher, the great Montesquieu, the enlightened
xnagist.ate ol France, in what are esteemed the
wotsi da\ s of her Morarchy !
“I he argumentlromthe differenceof race which
Taney thrusts forward w.uh p&s-ioaate confluence
as a proof of complete dk-qualiflcation, is brought
forward by Montesquieu as & scathing satire on ail
the brood of despots who were supposed to uphold
Slavery as tolerable In itself. The rights of mam
kind—that precious word which had no equivalent
in the language of Hindustan, or Judea or Greece,
or Rome, or any Anti-Christian tongue—found
ibeir supporter in Washington and Hamiltou, in
Franklin and L vmgston. in Otis, George Mason
and Gadsden, in all the greatest men of our early
history.
“The one rule from which the makers ot onr
first Confederacy, and then of onr Natioaal Con
stitution. never swerved, is this: To fix no consti
tutional disability In any one. Whatever might
stand in the way of any man, from opinion,
ancestry, weakness of mind, inferiority or incon
venience of any kind, was itself not formed into a
permanent disfranchisement.
“The Constitution of the United States was
made under the recognized influence of the eternal
rule ol order ‘andnght,’ so that, as far as its juris
diciioD-extendf, it raised at once the numerous
class who had been chattels into the condition of
persons*, it neither originates nor perpetuates
inequality.’ *
If the Constitution does not perpetuate in
equality, shall we !
Thomas Jefferson said: “ The opinion that they
{the colored race) are inferior io the facnltles of
reason and imagination must be hazarded with
great difficence. ” (Jefferson’s Works, vol. Sp.
366.) He said afterwards: **l express these views
theiefore with great hesitation; but, whatever be
their degree of talent, it is no measure of their
right. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to
others in understanding, he was not therefore
loi d of the person and property of others. ’ *
We are now paying the price of our National
vices as well as virtues. If this Nation had been
without virtue*, we would, possibly,have been at
peace, but it would h.ave been the peace which fol
ows dissolution and death.
The monumental Bunker Hill stands for Pres
cott and Putnam and Warren, and it also stands
for Salem, the colored man who shot the gallant
Pitcairn, ps he mounted the parapet
Red Bank, in the Revolution, and Bl&densburg,
at a later day, attest the valor of the colored sol
diers.
Onr unfriendly legislation will not stay the eter
nal laws ot o?der and right. Let us rather hasten
the advance of that day when we may “realize
tiuth witbontsuffVring,and follow the triumphant
road of justice without watering it with tears. ’ *
1 he ivvolution through which we are passing is a
n*ce.-sary one, and if we are true to ourselves, it
will be one fortunate for all the world. Let us en
deavor to elevate a race which, for centuries, has
been despised, and in doing this we elevate our
selves.
The struggle will soon be over. The right never
fails in the eternal year* of God. And this country
will become what Garibaldi and Cavour dreamed
ib:'.t Italy might be. Privilege will no longer stalk
in our tireets while justice speaks with “bated
bieatb and whispering humbleness. 4 * And as we
look over this continent we will say of our native
land in the next four years that, “Under such an
AdminiMration &z that of Abraham Lincoln this
nation will become what itonght to be, and what I
believe its Divine Author intended it to be—not a
vast plantation for the bleeding ot human beings
for the purposes of Inst and bondage, but a now
valley of Ji horiiaphat in which the nations of tbe
earth, acknowledging and woishiping a common
God. will a-semble and celebrate the resurrection
ot hi man freedom. 11 '
TOBACCO ANO riEGARS
PENNSYLVANIA SEA LEAF TOBACCO. —
10 Ca**' Pennsylvania Sea Leaf Wrappers and
Filers, in store and for sale by GEORGE Ab-
KIN’S & CO., 154 North DELAWARE Ave
nue,. mb!7
HAVANA CIGARS.—3WO Havana Cigars re
ceived per Brig Marie Louise, and for sale by
GEOFGE ALKiN’S & CO. * 154 North DELA-
W AKE Avonne". mh!7
Havana cigars.—
A good assortment constantly in Store aud
bond— at lowest rates for cash.
STEPHEN FUGUET, Importer,
mh‘2-!ftnos No. 216 S. Front Street.
Tobacco.— oaj?es andekson’S navy
Pounds. 57 cases Pennsylvania Seed Leaf
Tobacco. 45 Hbds. Maryland Tobacco. 25 Hhdfl.
Kentucky Shippine Tobacco. For sale by
BOLDltf & WARTMAN, No. 105 North Water
Street. * ‘‘ *
VIRGINIA MANUFACTURED TOBACCO
THE FIRST ARRIVAL SINCE THE WAR
BROKE OUT.—iJS boxes superior sweet lnmpa
Sust received from Norfolk, now lauding front
schooner Florence, and for sale by
THOM AS WEBSTER, JB.,
General Agent Union Steamship Company,
1i North Tielnwnre a-enne.
XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the un
dersigned has made application for the re
newal of Certificate No. 5745 for one hundred
shares of stock of the North Pennsylvania Ran
read Company, issued to him and dated the
eleventh of November, 1863. .
' fe24-w&sn-Bt# . T. KIMBER, Jr.
LOST— A CERTIFICATE of 5 per Cent. Loan
.. of State of Pennsylvania, for $516 05, dated
March 12th,.1830, No. 754, in name of WILLIAM
MEREDITH. Also, a Certificate of 5 per Cent.
Loan of State of Pennsylvania, for the sum of $2OO,
. ated June 30th, 1845,. No. .1452, in name of ELI
K. PRICE, Administrator of William Meredith,
in Trust. Application has been made to the Audi
tor-General for a renewal of said Certificates.
ELI K. PRIOE,
feO-hmft . tsr„ an AtvD gtrttfft
ET ARTIN LEANS, NO. <un OHESTN Ui
JjrJ. Street..
First Premium awarded by Franklin Institute
to MARTIN LEANS, Manufacturer ol
MASONIC MARKS, PINS, EMBLEMS, *O.
New and original designs ol Masonic Marks ana
Templar*' Medals. Army Medals nud Corps
Badges of STsry desexlptiss, jaM-amo
LOST,
k K oJlft & DaWSON
STOCK BROKERS,
No. 27 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
V ,
FREDERIC E. KNOBS, OH AS P. DAWSON
mbll tm* _
G. F. WORK & CO.
p. F. KEJbIiY, B. K. JAMISON.
P. F. KELLY & CO.,
Bankers and Exchange Brokers,
NORTHWEST OOBNEB OP
THIRD AND CHESTNUT STS.,
J ai 9 - 3m} PHILAI)ELPHIA:
EXCHANGE ON LONDON,
FOB SALE
In Sums to Suit, by
MATTHEW T. MILLER k 00.,
Ho. 45 Third itreet.
st^Sks
Bonght and Sold on Commission,
Matthew T. Miller A Co.,
<l3-*® No. 45 Snnth Tlii*d (t.
G. F. WORK & CO.
JOHN C. CAPP & SON,
STOCK AND NOTE BROKERS,
No. 23 South Third Street,
Directly opposite the Mechanics’ Bank]
Government Loans, Stocks and Bonds
Bought and Sold on Commission at the Board oi
Brokers.
MONEY INVESTED
AND
NOTES AND LOANS NEGOTIATED
ON THE BEST TERMS. fell-3m
JOHN HORN, JR.,
Stock Commission Broker
140 SOUTH THIRD ST.
UP STAIRS, Philadelphia.
REFERENCES—Messrs. Thas A. Biddle s
Co., E. S. Whelen A 00.. Bnzby A Co., Alexan
der Biddle, Esq., G. M. Troutman. Esq., Messrs
Gaw, Ma’alesterA Co .Henry J. Williams,Esq,
1. P. Hutchinson, Esq., D. U. Cummins. Esq.,
Drexel A Co., Jas. G. King A Sons, N, Y. fe3s-2m.
G. F. WORK & GO.
MICHAEL JACOBS,
BANKER,
He. 40 Snath Third Street, PbilL
QOTtrnmeat Securities, Specie ut Unetxxuu
Money Bought and Sold.
Stocks Bought and Sold on
Particular attention paid to the nagotlatteft *1
time papers, 1
City Warrants Bough*:
SAMUEL W. LAPSLEY,
STOCK BROKER,
No. 40 South. Third-Street.
bonght on Commission In Philadel
phia, New York, Boston and Baltimore. le2B-2m{
G. F. WORK & CO.
GOLD,
lILTEB, ▲»
BANK NOTES
WANTED.
DE HAVEN & BRO
20 SOUTH THIRD ST.
G. F. WORK & CO.,
BANKERS
AND
STOCK COMMISSION BROKERS,
48 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
mhlB-6m{
STOCKS AND SECDKITIES
BOUGHT AND SOt»
ON COMMISSION.
DE HAVEN & BRO..
SO SOUTH THIRD STREET;
feß ;* *1 ,
COKES, SO Bales of Spanish Oorks Just received
and lor sale, by DALLETT A BON, 129 South
JfrOßkatreet.
TmpLE SF^T.
A.R. t HriRLhS-* PAGfS,
Fa-sot ably known for the last twenty years as
principal Designer of-
GaS FIXTURES '
FOB
MESSRS CORN El ICS A BAKER,
Is this day admitted a p inner in out firm.
We will con tin ne the bale and manufacture of
GAS FIXTURES,
Under the firm name of
VAN KIRK & GO.
MANUFACTORY AT FRANRFORD.
SALESROOMS,
912 ARCH STREET,
Feb. 1, 1804. fei9 th satn-Sm)
FRESH AND PRESERVED FRUIT.
PEACHES. '
CHERRIES.
STRAWBERRIES.
TOMATOES.
&o*» &c*
ALBERT C. ROBERTB.
DEALER IN PINE ÜBOOEEIES,
Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets
The Sunbeam Stories,
Containing the charming, bnghi Stories of
TRAP TO CATCH A SUM BEAM, .
CLOUD WITH SILVER LINING,
HOUSE ON THEROCtf,
ONLY, OLD JOLLIFFE, MERttY Chbistma b ,
DREAM CHINTZ,
STAR IN THE DESERT, Ac.
Six beautiful volumes, Illustrated, S 2 50.
W. P. HAZARD,
ja2l-t iyl SI south SIXTH Street.
HEAVY CANTON FLANNELS
AND
STANDARD DRILLS.
FOB SALE BY
Vrothinsham A Well*.
FVRLOIJGHS.
Officers and Soldiers, visiting the City on Fur
lough, needing
SWORDS,
AND OTHER MILITARY EQUIPMENTS ar»
invited to the very extensive Manufacturing Es
tablishment of
GEO. W. SIMONS & BRO.,
SANSOM STREET HAT.T.,
Sansom Street, above Sixth..
PRESENTATION 8 WORDS
Made to order at the shorten notice, which tor
richness and magnificence challenge competition,
no other house in the country combining the MA
NUFACTURING JEWELER WITH THB
PRACTICAL SWORD MAKER. mhS-lm}
E OFFER FOR SALE,
ON FAVORABLE TERMS,
$350,000 FIRST MORTGAGE 6 PER
CENT. BONDS
OF THE
Western Pennsylvania Railroad Com’y.
Parties desiring a perfectly safe investment, will
please call and examine the Bonds and the evi
dence as to their security.
EL W, CLAEK& CO.,
mhs-lmt 35 SOUTH THIRD ST.
SPRING, 1864. SPRING 1864.
EDMUND YARD ft Co.,
617 CHESTNUT STREET,
AND
#U JAYNE STREET, PHTT.AD~KT.PHTA.
Hare now in store their
SPRING IMPORTATION OF
Silk and Fancy Dry Goods,
Consisting of DRESS GOODS of all kinds,
Black and Fancy Pilks,
Sauna, Glores, Hitts, Ribbon mid Dress Trim*
minge. ~ B
ALSO,
White Goods, Linens, Embroideries
and Laoes.
A large and handsome assortment ol
Spring and Bummer Shawls,
BALMORAL SKIRTS,
OP ALL GRADES,
Which we offer to the trade at the lowest prioe*
oc*-U«»
gTOCKS BOUGHT ANT) SOLD ON
GEO; HENDEBSON, JE.,
atS-Sm* No. S23DOOK BTRRET
James ». Earle A Son,
816 CHESTNUT ST.
Immense Assortment of
LOOKING GLASSES,
Oil Paintings, First Class Engravings,
rOETBAIT ANB PIOTUKE FBAMBJS,
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES,
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
WINDOW CORNICES,
PTKH t rr,nJ,r:--x i-n
** %
& WEIGHT & SIDDALL S
* • •
No. 119 Market Street.
Between Front and Second streets.
O. W. WBIBBT. n. H. amßiH.
DBOOGISTS, PHYSICIANS. AND
CETTE RAJ. STOREKEEPERS
Can find at onr establishment a foil as
sortment of Imported and Domestic Drags,
popular Patent Medicines, Paints, Oca!
OR "Window Class, Prescription Vials,
etc., at as low prices as genuine first class
goods dan be sold.
FINE ESSENTIAL OILS
for Confectioners, in fall variety, and of
the best quality.
Bengal Indigo,. Madder, Pot
ash, Cndbear, Soda Use, Alum, Oil of
Vitriol, Annatto, Copperas, Extraot of
Logwood, Ac., FOR DYERS' use, always
on band, at lowest net casb prices •
PITRE SPIOES FOR FAMILY Ct>B.
Ground expressly for our sales, “ua • ->
Wblcb we Invite attention of those in wan
of reliable articles.
Also, INDIGO, STANCH. MUSTARD, <*«•
tf extra quality. J -ju jb**!
Orders by mail, or oitj" poe’ laJ qno tg.
• S ®®B§SS??s i§BS£
■CIOB. SAL.E -A p "v F Io t H.^WXNSOR~&
.-v~s —57ir,ails l>a-ra landing, and Tor sale
D by JOS. P B. BOSSIER & 00.. 110 Sontll
VbUVM.
COMMISSION, BY
J OHN C. AKRISON,
Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth Street
MANUFACTURER Off-
The Improved Pattern Shirt,
FIRST CUT BY J. BURR MOOBK,
Wan anted to Fit and Give Satisfaction
Importer and Manufacturer of
GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING GOOD!
n ’ ade m a superior manure
by hana and material.. ood-gm
J. F. IREDELL,
No. 147 NORTE EIGHTH STREET,
Between Cherry and Race, east side, Phils.
Has now on hand and constantly receiving an eii
<ant assertment of.
Gentlemen’s Famishing Goods.
“SJHJ and made to order in the me*
IST - A 1011 Un ® o 1 Oentlemm?
?^SLS S,r S!_ Drawera - Also—Ladles’Mfc
lino Vests, Drawers, Hosiery, Ac.
0017-6 m 147 NORTH EIGHTH ST.
Old Established Shirt, Stock and Collai
EMPORIUM.
No. 146 North Fourth Street,
Charles L, Oram A Co.,
Are prepared to execute all orders for their oel*.
orated make of Shirts ox short notice In th* mow
satisfactory manner.
These Shirts are cut by measurement onsolentiflt
principles, and surpass any other Shirt for naatnesi
ofFIT on the BREAST, comfort in the NECK ant
ea*A or tbp 55HOTTTJTIER 0c27 sa. tu. th fimi
Patent Shoulder Seam Shir
Manufactory.
Orders forthese celebrated Shirts supplied prompt
ly at brief notice.
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods.
Of late Styles in full variety.
WINCHESTER & CO,
706 CHESTNUT STREET.
Fine 1 Shirt Manufactory,
The subscribers would invite attention to th.
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS,
Which they make a specialty in their business.
Also, constantly receiving, 4
NOVELTIES FOB GENT’S WEAI
J. W. SCOTT A CO.,
Gentlemen's Furnishing Store,
814 CHESTNUT 'STREET,
al6 Four doors below the Continental Hotel.
SMITH & JACOBS.
1226 Chestnut Street, Philadelp]
Money Refunded if not Satisfactory I
FINE SHIRTS
Mad* el New York Hill* Hulls*. T«ry Flu
ITUS T.Hißf, Bosoms, only *3—usual pile* S 3 75
WUliamsTille Mulls S 3 75, siraal pile* S 3 SS.
Vary reasonable deduction to wholesale trad*.
PAPER HANGINGS
JAMES C. FINN,
FORMERLY OF THE FIRM OP
HOWELL * BROTHERS.
"Wall Paper Decorations i
SHOW ROOMS;
614 CHESTNUT STREET
1e24-3m»
CHARLES EMORY. ALEX.BENSON,JI
CHARLES EMORY & CO.,
Stock and Exchange Brokers,
No. 15 SOUTH THIRD S'
Philadelphia.
«n Hnds of nncnrrentfunds and Gold and
yer beoght and sold, and Oolleotlon* mad*.
particular attention given totbepnrobaie an
*ale of Government, State and other Stock* an
Loans on commission. ia33-3m;
Ice Pilchers, Castors and Plate
Ware,
OX *rery descnptmu e^EPA i IEED and B 3
JABDEN’S,
S. W- comer Tenth and Race Sti
gia2o-3m»
FOR SALE.
The Three-Story Brick Dwelling,
No. 510 SOUTH TENTH STREEI
Has THREE-STORY BACK BUILDINGS.
improvements.
Lot 18 by 87 Feet.
■y Only a small part of Cash required.
INQUIRE ON THEPREMISES^ISj
patent hinge-daci
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
lUieTSen pS? I fl at without injury or stra
t by photographers and Booksellers;
altemtjs&co,,
N . W. CORNER FOURTH AND RAC
fsao-imfl Entrance on RACE Street
GREEN CORN AND TOMATOI
Hermetically Sealed by FITHIAN A POGUE,
Hew Jersey, are superior to all others. Th
large and varied stock of-
Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Jellii
Sauces, Meats, Soups, etc.,
In cans, Is offered, te the trade at the Lowest M
ket Prices, by their Sole Agents,
ARCHER & REEVES,
. WHOLESALE grocers,
Me. 45 North 'Water St- and No.
North Delaware avenue, u