4. 1 altogetifir upon the.Soutii. , the Bits of liberty was as intense. as ever, and as strong at the South as at:the . North and the lore Of gain was" common alto tooth sections. Here Were-two master passions to be adjusted under ckeutnitarides ofthe greatest delicacy. They wore adjusted :n the only manner pbssible. Concession and comproMise—consideration for each other's feelings and interests,.sacrifiees of Prejudices, forbearances and moderation -iAliese'were the means by 'which the ",more perTect'union was fOrmed."—And, What a work it was ! ,If the Union had nev'erbcoug„l4 - us .. s a single b_ leasing the Constitution 'of the. Vinieftates l would still have -been a magnificent monument to the unselfish patriMism of its founders. „Not iinee merely ; :but a close and pir t fet, union! between people equally ambitious, equally devoted to freedom, equally -bent on bet-. tering their condition, :lint separated by, State lines; and, jealous Of • State •tights- One section seeks itS•proPertY . under thtions which W.era tOmake every man• a freenian—the other Midei; institutions which tolerated negro slaver'. 'Had the Constitaition failed to work Q ut. the be--! -Spent results intended, here was 'stance of human efforis'to do_good, which would foreVer have challenged the iidmira-. tion of mankind. But it did - not fail,' thank God ;it has made us great and prosperous nation, and the admiration of , the World, for the inotives'Ofibe founders is swallowed up in wonder at' the success: Of their Work. ,Bnt all this the irrepressible contliet ig nores. The passion for liberty has burned: out all. Memories of the comproMise and, the compact in these Northerneeminuni ties, Which, under the false name 'oftiber ty Bills, obstruct the - execution of the bargain. What,part of the purposes of. Ithe'founders are the underground railroads ;intended to prdinote ? Whence came 'these excessive sensibilities that cannot bear a few slaves in a remote Territory !until the White people. establish a Consti .Antion? What does that editor,or preach er know of the Union, and of the men , : who made it, who habitually reviles. and [misrepresents the Southern people, and excites the ignorant and the thoughtless [in our midst to hate and persecute them ?, ! Be not deceived. Let melnOt prophecy !smooth things, and cry peace, :when there. is 'no peace. Let the trait.: be spoken, be heard, be pondered, if we inean to WIT,C the Union. The conflict bOasts that it is irrepressible. It allies itself with equal readiness to religion and _infidelity. It en lists all. our passions, good [or bad. It makes common-cause with the-champions 'of freedom, the World over,' and with the prompters of insurrection, discord snarl.' [ of at home. How is it to be • repressed ?--Govern mental administration cannot subdue it. • 'That has been tried for several successive periods, and the conflict has waxed hot [ ter and hotter. ' Will the next Adniinis i[tration be more -shecessflil? Hoping for 1 the best it can do, what right have you ! or I to anticipate that the honest man who !tis been elected will prove recreant to the maxims that have'made him President? Can trade and and commerce subdue it ? Look 'at the votes of Roston ; Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The atanufactitr‘ers and merchants are 'the , governing elassef. in • those cities. They. are intelligent and . - quick-to -discover their interests. They have weighed and - measured the Sonthern trade, and_then have voted against the Southern. people? But, what if they had not—what if, like the city of New York, they had voted against the conflict only to•be overruled, by the ebunties ? Com mercial cities cannot repress the conflict, if the people of the interior lend it their sympathies. No, no, there is reason in the boast that the States shall all-'he free. There is good ground to apprehend the extinction of property in slaves. All New England has decreed it. The great States of New York and 'Ohio hare repeated again and again the decree. • Pennsylvania seems to have sanctioned•it. The North western States stand for the present committed tO it. What hope is left for the Union? •Is there a man in this assembly who dreams that this conflict can gq on andAhe Union last ? If there be, that man is beside him - self; he has lost his wits. I will reason with no such man. • Fellow citizens, I profess no ability in this regard, but my mouth is 'opened, and I *ill'utter some of the thoughtsthat pass up from the heart:to - the lips. • When, under the articles. of confedera : tion which carried us thrOugh - our revolu tionary war, -States had grown jealous, , unfiaternal, disobedient, and the general government had proved itself too Weak' to Euppriss jeonflicts that Were arising, the people took the remedy into their own hands, called a Convention, and formed a strong.government. The call of the Con vention, the election of deputies, the State Conventions which followid, all served to engage the public-mind and - to direet itto the common 4anger, and the possible . remedy. Thus_ the popular mind' prepar ed itself to receive, with aprobation the Constitution that was formed and im pending dangers were averted. - History is said to be . philosophy teach-:1 ing by example. Let us be instructed by j • this example. As we were.the first State j to abolish slavery, let 'us be the first to j j move for the salvation of the-" Union— . the amendatory clause of the Con ititution, Congress is bound to call agen eral convention on the•application of the. Legislatures of two thirds of the Sta4ut. - Our Legislature will assemble neitnitinth. • Let us:petition them to 'deinanli the Con : vention. Good .examples, like bad' ones, are Contagious. Perhaps one -and anather of.the Northern and SbutheriStates may do,the like, until the requisite number have concurred, and then we•will N'ational Convention, to cOnsidertheeiili and darigers,of the day, and, to devise • remedies which, it may be hoped shill prove as salutary, as, those of 1787. And now, as then, the progress of these nieas , urea will awaken inquiry and thoughtful-1 nen in the masses—rwill call off tlicir j minds from - theirtty politics of, he day: and from the mischiernma agitation of slavery questions;_to the 'grand problem , of how we can render-this glorious Union -perpetual. In what form and to what extent the, power of the General Government, should be increased is not for me to-intlicate,lint j • 'with the confessions of Preisident-Buchart ab and attorney-General Black , hefore. us,_ that.-the Government, aa.now constituted , is unable to prevsent or-prirkish secession, cirto suppress the proud' conflict that die ttirbsone peace and boasts itself irrepres= . sible,:h3ivei nova-right to assume that - thoGovertimentseedsto be strengthned?, !five nOt a right-to say that a govern.: meet; sufficient for the- cotuatry years 350, ‘ ,- , When•:.isoil- and climate and State' sovereignty Could 'be trusted to reg ulate Stireisdetslaverf,isinstifficient - telny when every upstart politician can stir the poeple to mutiny spilt! t the domestic in- stitutions of our .Southeren nei ggbors when the ribildl, jests ofseditious OitorS a y like Greeley and peecher, ca!tiwa Leg islatures and . popniir votes .: "7 - - a gain st the hind-Work of Wnshington • ml.:,- m#i, t unc , ... 'when the scurrilous libels or,...iiieti ` a book as Helper's f bedoilie a tiveirke CiOnpnigii document, - and aVe.iicieptedAiy thtmitnnds as law and gospel - both—r*hen jenlonsy i and hate have killed off all our fraternal feelings for theSe who •were -bOrn our' brethren,..nnd who have done us no harm. .. .34 .tiOditiomi-Prgiii;aders.:liilggrPd i!), the generations which immediately suc ceeded tl4ndePtiop of - the Constitution; and their passion • s for freedom, just as strong as _nitric - was chastened into loyalty -to the -Union rand- veneration for the' rights ef:the.Statei: - The, Constitution; whiCh Was strong. eneugh ,to govern•inekrnen, ^. too Weak to restrain iisiwhn,haVe, _out grown the grave and. 'Moderate'. *isdont that excited no irrepreiiible. COnfliettOie tiveeri brethren, but taught thern'te. dwell together in unity. I - wonld make it strong enough to restrain the Madness i of our e'Judge then spoke at length of the benefits to be-derived from PreSeirla tion-Ofthe Union, and concluded", ainiciet loud applause. • . '; . . . i . . •'s - New fro m'Vislithedri. • On the 24th, the Spealser laid`befcire the, House a communication froth diet:Secrets ry of the Interior, stating that on` Saiar day last he was informnd bir voluntary confession of an offi,cer of the bepartinerit, that•Stite bonds _held ; in trust by ItheUni ted States :for - the benefit of !Indians, amounting to $870,000, haYe beeniabstrac ,ted 'from his custody and cony ited to private uses. , The Secretary pays the enormity ef‘the fraud demands 11111.1111.es tigationby Congress,in order to. Vindicate his own honor and expose the ~aiiilty and 'derelict.. He therefore appeals, to the. Mouse for the appointrn' cut of a Coinlyat tee, with full power to,send fori.persons and papers, and asks , for ; investigation with the view that. full justice [may- be -done in' the premises.. ' I , A Committee was chosen conSistingiof Messrs. Morris of Illinois, Conkling id - New York, Thonms of TenneSseti, Harris of Maryland, and Case of-Indiana. It appears fiom the:facts in connection With the late nbatractiOn. of he Bonds! of the Indian Truit Fhnd, that about five months ago Wm. E. Russell; of the firm ofMajors, Russell•tt Waddell, held abOut a million:of dollars of the Official acceptan- ens of the Secretary of War. The adp tances had been ; given conditionally,`; in accordance with the usual course of busi ness. for transpOrtation supplies. Inf the ar my cinder contract with the . Government. Mr. Rusiell not finding himself able to negotiate these acceptances and being greatly embarrassed, pecuniarily; and: as' - certaining from Godard Bailey; . a Clerk in the Interior Departmeiit,• with whom he was Intimately acquainted, that the lat ter had control., of - over three raillionis of Indian Trust Voids invested' in lboadri of 'different States, 'arranged with hind to' let him :have about' half a..millio* dollars; these bonds to be . hypothecated in - Nen: - York, and as security for which Ihe gave Bailey the 'acceptance of-the War Dephit; 'Tne4t, w,hieh Beaty placeti in the safe where the bonds were.kept: , I Recently these bonds have greatly de preciUted,- and the bankers in New York who made advances on them, therefore, } called for additional security. liailey, in_i order to saveithe bonds, delivered' Over 1 *300,000 worth of then= additional, in all $870,000. On the 18th *inst. hcfraddress- ed a letter to the Secretary of the' Interi or frankly imparting thefacts, and request ing, an investigation. The investig,ation proved the truth of these staternents. ILp-- ter, Lea A; Co: compose the banking firm . -through which the negotiation 'Was trans-1 acted. . I 1 s Nothing, either in the, paperi or in Ithe in vesti mation, • shows :that any • parties 1 ex cept those immediately concerned' 'in itliis business 1• as 'above 'related,- are in• i the slighteatniatiner concerned in Oa trans- actions. "rlt may be stated that the accep tandes I,g the Secretary of War ihavebeen given fromtime -to .time in. compliance with a cOntraei with Majors,' Russell & Co:, anMuntit recently that firm havei had no difficulty 43 negotiating theta. Russell was :arrested, and committed to was tid ielhalt• 44560,000 bail:l Godard . was detiiiiedns awitness. Further revelations show that •Majors, Rusiell 4k CO.'`.contract hasiWo years to run. • The alleged-acceptanies Of the Sec retary:of War are iorto consist of mere memoranda, 'stating that so umeh-mOney , Would be due Orithe-exedrition'of certain service ,tinder the contract for I the trans portatio of ariny supplies Whi'eli Russell' from trine to tifne used as collateral seem rity'in horroiving money. , Sndh rumor -ands or IcertifiOates have heretefore'been given b) the other DepartreentS-undarlike ,eircumstances. Godatd Bailey, in his letter Of confess ion to Secretary Thompson, says that no officer 4 the Government had' any. corn plieity 'dr the iliglitest knowledge of the fact of his her g abstracted klie bands,: and 64 it w=as confined' to the persons di,:- .1 • ... 're - etly iiTi' plicated and heretofo-e named. A B F Atftimisiim....—" Th poor wren the most diunikutive of birds,for the Yonitg'oatAin tier nest :against; the owl"—',And so *lll the dotinentotherpght against 'those fell Aisease . which threaten for a gespoil het 'of the objeet - of her love. ,Trying and 'critical indeed is the teetting . affOrded by the tinily v i se of Mirii..-Winslow's SOoth- Mg Syrup. And who have ever nsed;it, are deyghted and apcak In "teinit- of. commendation of its' magi,* effeCtS. greatly:fgalititei the' 'proceitiof the.`gnms arid 140U01001 lit will:4l4' pain spasmodic, action, '° and is sure to regulate the 'bowels.* Mothers mai4ePend.4l,o it" ; an'dits-eitraordina , rY lQw i price (tscente),plaees t!withm the . reach of aIL r r r -• I J. , Aykii i it4 -- AkietnisriAutAiiie. haenow arrived. 1 and* now, ready , ler delirerY, 4,, , ratis c py all=deideni to 'all who calk' for it. Our readhrs maY-be surfenised te know. that) ,tliis litilS"pairphlet-i'vhiiiblas hemline' so, turtib 01'109.y:011W iif,'.nui '-fiectiiiir Lis' quite the laygest - circulation: zany, one; book~ in the`*orld, except the Bible, IV is printed in Mapyl.Fleage . s and mattered , thrdalt - u*Sf - nath-ens'm well IS iiithilied te aliii it tlicTelikirepopulatiott or OuriaiV 1 domain. i Extery family shouldlieeri'it: for 1 it, 00.11 *0 !:information which altare lie -1 hie to'irequW, - when • eickneu . oveitikes, so ! them- ; and 1 NObjek ` may4'.'"l3- invaluable from `being it hand in , - .p . ; 'lf you take our idsice-you' Wlll ( - 141 sOdit _,. ad Ave.r'S Alniahact"and.„ when' 'got Iceep' it. .2.---Gt• Iry ittlagOffin e4ed an tetra sstiioli of th+.lKetittiary Leghilitnre, foi the 17th of Jaititary, to, confider the die= tracteti emaition of the country. t THE - MONTROSE DEMOCRAT .. TERiteritiorsisiarui; Antqw_ a'.`cw*ltEmsimcowr, EDITOR PUBLISHER AND ~ P ROPRIETOR:‘ TO •i'Sffi 3P'tII3TaMC. 111,1011ROLKOMIL :IMRE 18th VOLUME or zwa:IIONTROSE DEMOCRAT M commences with the-number te tie festied'on the 3d day of January;l36l—being.the6th valuate since we have been connected with theroMee; and : the Art state , it been "under our excittsivaaintrol ; and we are glad babe' enabled to announce the fact that the business is at this 'Sabin a much - more hinilthyandatondition; In, NI ..respects; than at any tomer period Zince.weentered upon our arthinni,but, not altogether unpleasinteuterPrise; . s 7Wa lir o disirablestate ofriffaire oaring, to a4reat. extant, 'Ming syston of mating Off those enervating excr e scences, (non-paying ' patrons'f, which are thiamine deny ended lands of business, and cistmeially,Youroudism.... As another, importantanzilliary to the prosperitynt bit nide:taking; . we may refer to our erperienee of pest rigs, as Weinman: acquired knowledge of the practical duties of the-ferait' ' enabling us to conduct affairs with prudence and success.s, and attend to , the wants of. our patrons with an.increased . degree of promptness andeegularity. :, . It shall be our eeriest endeavor ' to - iftake.ottr paper a desirable family.journal-one-thatatiallbeesgerlynenght ..for and read with pleiteare and profit litcach member of the familitircle.-Belleying that no'country - orloaility - can. 'benefit itsiMby destroying orailipling the interests of any other, we Shall opplete, .... both Binational andltiter-natien4 politics, all measures based uptutaefristuiess ;And sustain such docfrinea only, as recognlne.the fruidamental Idea of univeriarprogress. 'lt( nstifitialatralmi , partictilarly,..that .class of. measures which lookro the advancementot one section, at the apparent eipenee of another, shall 'continue 10 receive our earnest and unqualified candemnation. It will be alike our duty and our choice to oppose the present wicked stark of aectionid bate ; which now prevallalcr a 'fearful exit,aed'which.waless ecionchettedandreplaced , by words andactaeldndetesaandpantual coneession,musr, utterly defittOthOhentglivernmental stricture'ever reeled We shaillulkocate; fraternal balmonyeruid friendly national 'lntercourse, because they are Just, and desirable, and in rilicitherspitit can - An:Mile:tut Liberty be sustained. . We aPPefilionlifrionelWfraiee, national men to aid is in the good work before us. .. It hi otaiy ihrough.the medium of welt' sustained local papers that our princfpleleanever •prevall;for iris by Means of , county organizations that,,ge national triumph is "achieved; and a count*DemocracV that neglects IbAtistaln their paper; always bChaldi the bulk of the party enc. nlphed In the whirlpool of fanaticism, error, and Nectloiil hatted that aneeps in upon them. Lereach 1 trite man stand Ora; and.add hie influence towards doing our common, duty. Subscribe for the SIONTROSE DEMOCRAT—stud pay, for .It In ADVANCE, and ask your Mends to do the same. Send your adverti sing and job printing to thlaof ice. and pay for-It, not next week, or next year, but "cash', down. , If you think It strange that the Printer cant watt for you lo pay him the trifle 0r51.50, just remember the em4irritsament 'caused by say 300. like you - keeping • back 7130. Our . friends must not forget that wo are in' a .minority, . here, and that the-want of- ilvorttlem from Officials who -control public patronage; renders their cash patronage more desirable and necessary. ' But we do not wish to ba understood is intimating-that our patronage Is, or shonld.be, confined fo any class; and men of all parties are respectfully invited to embrace the advantages molting front ending in their orders, and we doubt notthat alfwhdare not blinded, by bigotry, to their - own Ind the public goodwill bontinue m do so: •We prefer being judged by our efforts, rather than by a glittering array of buncom44 pmmises: During the past year a large sum has, been expended for new type,.ete..,for .theDemocrok and further improvementlfwill be made, ad 'our patronage,,itarrante. Let our pronipt patrons be true to their old custom, and our •slow: ones quicken up for 6 NEW YEAR-and Ali remember that " the- more the merrier," andthit there is always" room for more," and our future intereonrsemill be mutually agreeable.its we expect—life and health - beingspared-ito cot/thane - at Our present business , and o devote our whOJethne and Wen. to our paper -we invite our old,friendafthd•pittronstO still continue their friendship and favors; and sttive to convince all that we intendto so dealthat each min will :find it both pleasant and prOdtable to "Cali soin." • Anyone procuring us Ave:nese cask sitbscithens;thr one .iear. will receive an exUy Copy, gratis. Ver 'ernias—fl.3o per annum, in dictranee. _6O •• Pay in Adv*Pcii. We trust that each of our' patrons will take We first opportunity to pay us. in ad vance for the Montrose Deuidcrat, for the Coming year. I The hard times cannot but severely affect us, and our friends should Ale the more prompt in our aid: All who Want to keep up a •Qonserv4tiv6 paper in this county; should marelyisquare up to the line in tinics like these. .Pay up Artearages; • lire - earnestly appe:il to 'every one hi debted to this 'office, to , make it a point of honor to settle their bills as soon. as possible. Several hundred dollars are now duo ns, and we need•it 411, immediate ly, to .pay our current bilhc and add to the improvements of our piper. _Honest; lint:negligent gentlemen, dO we appeal to you in• vain ? Be just to yourselves and the Printer. o.W'Although South Car'olinabds adop ted a - resolution that she is out. of the Un ion, yef she has put in operation no new system of Government ; so tkat,in fact,she is still'with us. We think-flint Stme will 'attempt to do nothing alone; and-wheth er others• follow her, the next Week may determine. Alone, she haims nobody. r4u'intense interest s felt to know the - final- result .of the.presutznati'onal dif ficulties of the country. im possible to - tell \ We have ptill hoped , that `the counsel Of 'cool . helnia , aflkwarnihearta would prevail over thatiifyOt licade and - cold:,hearts. But the pasifons of men threaten to-destroy only cOuntry". It seemagoubtfulnowthat - ai settlement can - be niaae--stlll -we nom :But the CAUSIi of our troubles must lie removed, or-it will only be putting off the ,evil day. The dominant party, which is about to take charge of the federal government, insist that the people of fifteen ofthe:States are Piraiesthia.the South reents - ; and we are firm in the belief that !the charge of Piracy.never ought to, and never will, go out from the official-departments against any section or portion, of. our people .When Republicans cease- - their mad.howl ings and treat our Southern, people as. brethren, just as' Washington and Jeffer son did, all'willgawell. flutkeep.up.thia slavery hobby, and ruin is .the ultimate result.' . :glr."%yehave received the first num ber of the konoita Cordon4printed'at Ona wa City, Marion?, connty; lowst, It is an independent' paper,. devoted ioter este: AddigonTinitilok,l EA-, formerly of this conney, Editor. ' ' GnßssON'S lii usTßiimi LiithtsitY`cdif PANIOI.i.7--Ilik;yaluable Literary Weekly commenced a•new 'Velumer.on tho - Ist ..oi January, 1.861; in - grand style, with, new. type Add nevy. diese throngNcint. :- The Companion ii aitelegarkt,!Mciral and. refin ed nijscellage,ans FamiliAonl.nal, - Its;Colt mi?tia are entirely 'devoted ,to , liolite :Liter atjure;*-it - and;lllimor4tese andzEinetic ;Gems; An ti l givined:*of 'Of "iivi - MrEi: and• artists. have heen engaged for .the coming yeari 4 4 ( kaav " *.44.*IF and to nP,nlar: Mares Swill beintrixinced: zßach-number. , Will:be •beautifally. illuatinted.- .In size Ahe 1 ' , EiteVari:Cennpamonlis slome !Mee htm dred square-inches, fmning -. a , minuMpth iveekirorsixteetihetivOloges, • "and ocin -tainitigneirly4riee asinneh ieading