THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT TICRIU-Sl4O PSS /17411 X, IN AMIE& A. J . ca-anme-tignikwar, EDITOR, PUBLISHER, -AND PROPRIETOR. HOWITIOSE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18th, 1861. C-NT'Since the Republicans have 'plung .ed the country into its present deplorable condition, they are charging that the Dem ocrats have caused all the evils! Never Was a charge more desiguedly,, wickedly, and apparently false. It was the friends and bit - mediate. adherents of the present sectional' Administration (it is not a. Na. tional Administration), that began and • persisted in promoting the fanatical war that has forced our country into its pres ent 'state. Many years ago, a few fanat ics, such alSeward, Chase, lisle, and Gi& dings, began a fierce war upon.the South. The people laughed nt them; called them "abolitionists," and occasioually tarred and feathen,A some of their obnOxions followers. They persevered in their eff orts, and graditall* attracted numbers of • • weak-minded pi - 41e to . their, ranks. Fi nally they stalked, into Congress and ask ed for a dissolution of the ." slavery.{:ni's. • edUnion," sag they.calledit. This disease,. like some others of the worst form, became • contagious, and inany caught it—some in a lighter form, :it first. It at leugth be; . came apparent to a certain class of un worthy bipeds, than they-, could • best,', reach the public crib by a course of dirty abuse of the 'South, and as it takes but little brains to enable, a Villain to pour forth huge volleys of .binekg,uardism, a number of demagogues found that :the 'thing would pay. No sooner was the -discovery.Lmade than a numerous crew of rejected office seekers made baste to-claim that„ they were among the pioneer -A. of "Northern sentiment." At,.first the do 'ses of sectional hate were comparatively light. It wai falsely- argued that slavery . . would starve a people to death, and there ' foie its spread should be prevented. This' conclusion seemed correct, and many swalloWealt without reflection. Step by step the Northern demagogues plunged deeper and deeper into their false and ru inous course, until a party was arrayed which sought control of the government. By this time the line between the old ;lb ' Olitionistiandthe Republicans had been lost—the former being absorbed by the latter. But the abiorption had not been . ,allowed to take place without an acknOwl-• • • edgment of value received, and the new party was found ready to nioderately dis approve, wink at, oc endorse the odious acts of abolitionists, as circumstances seemed to dictate. Piersonal Liberty hills, •• anti-fugitive slave law riots, etc-, became the order of the day, accompanied with all the rile aliuse and threats that bad men could utter, until the vilest abolition book - ever printed, received a - special endorse ment from the representativekof Repub licanism, and was made a prominent cam paign doctirnent; A raid upon a Southern ,State was made by a band of foolish men, who dreamed that their brethren at the North would sustain them. • At once the South looked Northward to see how such news would be received. They hopc - 41 to gee a universal condemnation of the mad scheme, but were disappointed. The lle publican party, then large and •• refused to condemn it. Many prominent organs of the party fully endorsed Brown„ still more apologized for him, while :`or ONE -unqualifiedly declared it, wrong.— 'hilt"; were tolled, meetings, were, held, -sermons were preached, prayers were of fered, and collections were taken , up all over the No . rth, to express a hearty ap probation of Brown's raid. Books 'and portraits by the 'hundred-thousand were sold, to glace John Brown upop the rec ords of the world as a patriot., hero, and martir, in a just cause. The South cared' Much less for the raid than for the North. ern synipathy- for its perpetrators, and they - 1 torrectly reasoned thus:—lf twenty men ; - who failed. at the outset, receive so very_ . large an amount of sympathy from the *Nerd:, a more extensive and powerful fo , ray would receive a•degree of sympathy and support that would sender it. formid able, if not irresistible. In Texas, too,, an . extensive :plan of devastation • was laid, but the l• Northern fanatics taught their Proselytes to think that because-Sonie•of the villitins , ,v(ore caught and hanged that a great ontrage had been committed ppon Northern men !-, The South at length he • same satisfied that there-was little safety for them under *a government that was ii able to_ fall into the hands-of such fanatics, and they cast about them for.. means of self protection; in or out of the Union; Sc cession was the result of their, delibera • tions. This: however unwise, wrong; -.or treasonable we may consider it, is Only the effect or the threatening words and . acts of Northern fanatics. half of the South-;' ern States seceded, the -others - - linier to plead for guarantees of safety. What de they get from the. administration To begin, with, the cabinet, and otherofficial 1 departments of the government are given tap to the control of a large proportion of • the most violent _abolitionists and -Union; cursors in the land. "All attempts to' sub mit plans of compromise to the:vote of •the people . are indignantly .rejected, lest there be virtue enough left at the North to giVe the South her just rights and put . further troubles out of the'question. And f wally £ war of extermination is clamored for at the North, and tire. fear each hour • , to "Bear that it has been begun—drat is to when and how it shall had we shudder to . inquitv. If fighting comes, it will have • been caused by the quarrel, in which acne. at the North but those Who sustained Lincoln, have mingled ;and all Northern resi)opaikitity,:thereforls.,- rests uPen them, • The world must hold Abolitionism, and abolitiOnized Republicanism responsible .tqW what has or may eorite-upon its head •be the blood that may be abed. • • Is Democracy responsible? ;No ! the allegation is 'I*IFAVOUSIX ; and these who nmlte it commit moral perjury; or they haVe been wrongly deceived _by bad men. Democrat's can their hands of all participation in our country's Misfortunes. They have iiOt ,quarreled with the Soutltkhave waged no War upon her interests; have not mlYised . violence; do not desire.stiife. -• • On the contrary, they have - advdentedequity, justice, peace, and fraternal harmony. They have al ways endeavoreilto preyent•sectioiial dif ; ferences, and Inliore;.l to settle those which lia:Yearisen, peapeably--.at the ballot-box. In every respeetc then,is Democracy inno cent, while lt,epublicanistu is guilty GUILTY!! Olt tYrY-! !!- • • —Since penning the' nboie,. we hear that the war Itniibeguii. We have noth ing to unsay. • • The Congigiiiional Apportionmint The proposed apportionment which we publish to da)li the most unfair, and un eqnal in al!,yetiPpetii of any on record . . To show wh - af hoil4st Republicans think of so Base an act by their party, we-copy the following; from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the leading ReP t i nblicau paper in i'ennsyl - au . . It is utifortiautely no- longer possible, .• for the pebple ott this city, or of the' State to be surprised 1)y the-scandalous conduct of the-Lep;islattite or this bill would aston ish them - by its utterly Shamelesseharacter. Indeed, it would be hard to .114 -in the annals of. free iroVCl.lllliClit a %%lora, in stance orunntiti,g,ated party despotism.l— subserve thelinbst censurable purposes the populbus coinity Of .31ontgOnlei'y •has been obliterateifroni the Congitqsional map '• 'a n4w Ward - has, been erceted in Philadelphia in Order to, hitch I the old Distriet•tif Iticlithond like a bobtail to Bucks county; the most dissimilar ele ments of bur population have been thrown together ;Districts have been erected .of a shape tq givoah admirer of geog•raphical fitness thb horr4irs to look atethein; the grossest ihequ4 . ties have been coMmitted in respect to population, and the Voice of lar g ea p*rtion of the citizein; of the State has b een absolniely stiflod Let us . 4 ..4 , ive ai few instances. In the Eleventh Distridt, the Counties of Li zerne Wayne aiid Susipiehatina are brought to get er,.wit a, population of •159,281; while in ithe Sikteenth Distriet, Blair, I-Iyhtingdon and,CAmbria, are allow ed a merti))er with only 101,427 ; and in the Fourteenth,!Unice:4 Snyder, Juniata, ;Perry and Cumberhuld are given a mem ber for 1d9,028 inhabitants. The" Seventh, Tenth, Vet-end' and Twelfth Districts, having *aggregate •Popidation Of 572,902 are allowo but four members, while the Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Sixteenth, with a population of but. 557,504, tl ace . been awarded -five mem bers. ;: • These are specimens of the " jerryinan dering" in relation to-nuMbers ; but the same pro Bess has been carried on in defi ance of geographialLfitness in an eqUally outrageous manner. The Eighteenth Dis trict-extends from just below Dunkirk on Lake Erie, by the most , iigzag and Eon= totted lines, almost to Tyrone, on the Central Railroad, in the very heart of the State, Two 'other Distrits,- the TWelfth and _Thirteenth, by a series ofraggo and jaggbd.lines that look like a piece of bro ken pottery, span ;the whole .State from. Chem ung county * New York to Baltimore county, ,Maryland.- Among. the cases Of utter andishameless despotism Which characteriiii the proceed ings of the present Legislatre this Appor tionment bill will stind out in ir.famons The Governor's_ _Message. The special message of Gov.. Curtin to the Legislature, advising an immediate ap propriatien to :tint and equip the milita ry of the State, although couched in tem perate and even conciliatory language, is significant - of the purpose of the Federal Administration to spread the. flames of civil war over the whole country. This wartnoVement has an object as that object cannot be the defence of the lives or the property of citizens of Pennsylva nia,..Whieh are not threatened with assault I from any quarter, it must be to cosperate with the Federal _Government in its war measures. Indeed we have an intimation that as soon as.the military of'the State are. placed upon a proper 'War footing; the. Governor intends to offer the services of the State to the Federal authorities for the purpose of assisting in maintaining its ; power. It is 'supposed that the Leol•sla ture will act immediately upon the sag gestion ofthe Governor, and appropriate icsoo,noo by way of a beginning: As this will ho .only a beginning, and as the N- Isources of the Treasury are inadequate to meet'lan extraordinary demand, it will, be necessary to authorize a-loan. War is an expefisive amusement,. As soon as; it, is fairrVinaug,urated under the auspices of ourliepublican rulers, the demand for a few )nindred thousands of dollars 'will be sucdeeded by demands for. million upon Million. 'Loan «rill follow loan, and when the account comes to be settled tip, tax will be hmped upon tax, until the people gr e oan under the heavy burden and lvalize the criniinaLfolly of the . rulers who plung ed them into a wicked and uunecessaiy war. Let it •be clearly mideritood that this war.is Commenced in the name of the Un ion for its destruction: Those who are so infatuted-as to believe that the Union can ,be maintained by•l force, compose but a, small minority. - A .civil conflict is .the nmrest.road to disunion. In the existing temper•of the Border States there is every_ .reason to appreheriolthat they will secede at the beginning of the the conflict; aOd, if they remairi'noMinally in the Union, ; - their,efforts _.and . -sympathies may be 4gainst the -Federal "- Governinent. The Administration could adopt no measures more likely to consolidate. the slavehold ing States than to' attempt coercion upon the.Southern.COnfederacyorhile inducing the Northern Statei to'assuthe a threat ening -attitude. • .• A TILE • ALA= WltsnrwomiN.—lionest Old Abe's Administration is evidebtly im pressed with the idea that the. SOuthern revolutionists have, not abandoned their grand projeCt of the seizure of . WashinDtr ton. The local mltnry _companies tint at -a time, are undergoing the 'ordeal- of inspectionlor active service, and areto be strengthened by reinforcementi. With these tiniely precautions ' • it' is .Probable that:honest Old 'Abe - willnOt: be required, at least for some time yet,. to leave Wash= inzon as heuame-into it—to wit, in that famous swat r4,ip and kung Militayy cloak: • Aonsr.—Geo; Ashley, of. Btooklyn, baa been . appointed One of the 314 agents on thin D. Posr B;Gates hal -been appointed Posiniaster "Dintock, and Attics Williams at . Spr4igyil;e. - : •. *G oori.—Tl rumor that-G. G. Hemp= stead would not accept a clerkship at Washington is incorreet. He had better keep a copy of Gen. Jackson!s i Farewell Address in his .coat pocket, as a safeguard, in case the South invades the Capital. KILLING CROIVIL.B: 13. Butterfield killed sOVCII crows at one .abot, in • South Bridgewater, about two weeks sinee.L: They were • clustered together on Ile ground at the moment: Mr. B. is a young man—Son of the late 8.. A. Butterfield. Can any old hunt: beat this ? AlNcivn; \VAR.—While tho country is filled with of civil war at the. South; 'a fientLyet_blopeli , ss war is *Zing Waged inithis country over the little Post offices. In some •eases zwhere we halo been Confidentially posted,..there • appears to have been (piestionable means used to gain trivial ends. It is best to let these irrepressibles fight out these little matters in their own way. Presently, there will be larger - game, and hotter battles—in which outsiders May have a fair chance to fire a shot% now and then. Should the chains of tyranny be "bound too tight, they may •burst. pek . 'sona holding money raised on subscription, :to pay ftir the momuncht to the memory of B. F. Tewks bury, arc requested to forvard the same by mail to W. Faurot, Montrose.. The monument is nearly completed, and th 4 Money will have to be paid in it short time. 130 sinv to collect and send all the money . in, if possible, between' this and the 12th of May;next. W. F.tuuoT, Chair. Con. Court Procebdings. Conftli Vs, Nm. orth,How John Con nell, James Higgins, Dennis tasey. dictments, selling liquor :without • licene. Each plead guilty and fined 420 and costs. In the matter of the petition for chang, ing the place of holding elections-in Rush, Court order that the will of the voters be ascertained at an election to be held - on the 26th inst., of which Constable_ is to give due notice.' Com'th vs. Isaac Griggis. Indictment, selling liquor on Sunday. .Ten days jail and tine of *2O. Com'th vs. Philip Wall.. Rape. Sen tenced to solitary confinement in State Prison for period , of fifteen months, and • Com'th vs. U. and )1. %cannon. Ma licious assault. • Rach.fined sl'6, and LT. to three monthsjail. Com'th vs. D. F. Brundage. - Perjury. Bill ignored ; and . D.-R. Russell, prosecutor )3,V costs. o.„Cannalt vs. Arley and Sullivan. Verdict for clefts.: , Wm. N. Bunnell vs. John McAvoy and Jacob Deride. Ejectment. Verdict for plaintiff. • Geo. Strupler vs. B.*/liilden and Wm. I3uffum. - Ejectment. Verdict for' Osin tiff. - • - Jo. Hall ys. Wm. Nelson. In case. Ver. dict for deft.' Isaac Z. Babcock vs. C. C. Hollister and •llinkleys. - Trespass. • Damages given plaintiff' to amount of 371 i - ent,s, and costs. J. E. Webster vs. J. 'Ross., In case: No cause of action: E. 3ieNulty vs - . O. Ross and Wm.l3oyd. Ejectment. • Verdict for filiintiff. Decrees for divorces were granted in the following eases:. Sarah Marshall vs. Wm. Mar'hall, Isabella C. Hoiner vs. Adam Bayou, N. A. Eggleston vs. JaneA. Eggleston, Ann 13.. Miller vs. IL 'C. Miller, and Button vs.f Button. , ' ' SABBATH SCHOOL.Coxvzs - noN.—There will 'be an'adjourned meeting of the Simla. Co. Sabbath School Convention on • Wed nesday the ist, day of May, 1861, at. one O',clocli . P. M.., at the Baptist Church in Montrose, whore the Constitution for the S.S. - association will :be presented for adoption. • • •It is earnestly hoped that all the riends and patrons 'of Sabbath 'Schools will 'be present on that occasion, and titat each Schdul . in the county will at least be rep reented by - its Superintendent • and • two* delegatot %Y. 11. - JEssur,•Pres. • (*: C. lialseY, Sec. Teachers' Examinatioru3. Meetings for the examinations of the Teachers of Sustfa•Co.; for the • Spinner Schools ofi IS6t, will be held 'in the difer, en!, Townships as follows. bimock, SAI. Apr. 15, 9 a. in. Auburn, 4: Corners, S. H. " 16, 9 " Springville, S. H. " 17, 9 " Lathrop,. H illsd ale, S. IL " 18, 9 " Brooklyn,-Centre, S. 11. " 19, 9 " Ilasford, Village,: S. II; -" 20 i 9 " Jessup, Bolles, S. II: " '22; 9" • Rush, Granger, S: 11. " 22, 2p. m. Forest Lake and Chapman, Church near J. 'S. Townes, April, 23, 9 a. in Middletown, Friendsville, and 'Apolacon,. - FriendsvillelLApril 24, 9 a. m. Montrose and Bridgewater, Montrose, School House, - April 27; 9a. in. Lenox, Glenwood, S. H. April 29, 10 " Clifford and Dundaff, City, • • ' S. H. April 30; 9 " Herrick,F.llollow S. H. May - 1, 9 " Ararat, Church, • , " 2, 9 " C.ibson, Gib. Ilill, S. H. " :3, 9 '", New Milford add Borough, Graded S. H. " 4; 8 " Cifoconut,Chuit's S. H. " 6, 1 . p, m. ~.Lake, BrackneyS.,ll. " 7, •9 a. in. Liberty,Brookdale, S. H. " 8, 9' " Franklin,South • - * S. H. " 9, 9 " Beri, S. S. Riv. S. IL " 14, 8 - Oakland, Susq'a Depot, 'and Harmony, S'us‘fa Depot, S. H. " 15, 9, " Thompson, Centre, S. II. , " 16, - 9 " Jackson, No. 2 S. H. " . 17,'.9 " - It is. expected that the examinations will commence promptly at the time ap pointed. Private examinations will in no cases be granted except ill accordance with the provisions of the School' law as found en page 51. Each teacher wilt . bring a reader,Guilt as used In the school, two or three.heets fool . s-cap Taper, pen „nd; ink, and also a specimen ortneir wri tn* in both Coirsfrand. fine hand. 'The people generally and especially the School Directors,' are earnestly invited to be present: at the examinations in their ' respective townships. • A. N: Buu,Aitn; Co. Sup't. Dissmarrlow &c:—.-. l 3lr,Derinaul having ret,iredirnm the-firm, and entered-op bu : singes for bhuhOf at 'Elmira, iflie Brotherh• Illiselimann continue thZir, busineiis nt Bingliainteii, which by a siiecestfut &urea (if indUstry alike titer priae, they tad. buijt nphinffirinlyei tablished.—Eing. R. • Teachers' Association:— The members of the Susga. County Teachers' Association, and all others that: feel interested in the cause- of education, in the county,of are ? -mvited,, convene at the AeAdeinfl tall iu the tor ough of Montrose, (according to :Opium mumt,) on Thursay,- and Friday the *th, 20th, of April at 9 O cloaCeneh day: • The Roil. 'rho. 11. Burro Wes, State Supt.. has promised to be present, and it is ex pected that he will lecture before the .As; sociationThttridayevening the 25th. The 'exercises will he class drills in the usual bran'ehes taught in our .cmittnon SchoolS, and discussion upon various •sult jects 'relating to Teachers,Pupils, Dares tors, Parents, Text-books&43 in which all present Mn particillate: , Will not all the l'eaeherikin the county, and the friends of good ;Schools everywhere come forward and assist ? . . 'The School Directors that were present at our last meeting •(provided any one can distinctly recollect of being present.) j haVe.the hearty, thanks of die association 1 „ 1 /or their aid and encouragement, and we . i • once more invite Lts many ofthem 10 be present as can make it convenient at pity future meetings of the ASsociation. - INVe had a very interestim , time .at our la 4t meeting and we hope to have - a far better time at our next. J ..A:1103: IC ENT,'. . . . 1 • A.N.But.t.xito, Corn. 1 - i B. O...CANIP, . , Montrose April. Stli r 1861. I LOST, STUATED, Ott. SToL r llook containing the constitution and minutes of 1 the" Susquehanna County Teachers' As -1 sp ;.istion: Any persott haVing. knowledge oflits whereabouts, will confer a greatfa vor upon the committee appointed to look it up, by it at the Book Store of Alll. Smith, or , with the subscriber _in 31Onteose. • A. N. 1313..ukED. -.11. A 1111tmsTim cosirt.istEsTno.—At St. l'auf,tteently, Otev.. W. Fisk deelarea " ihat John Brown was a see.ond Jesus ChriSt." Some sensible men asseinbleil tolconsider certaiii political 'natters con- . ccrning the domestic interests of Minnes ota,-and in view of the above, adopted the following: Whereas,-The Rev. Mr. Fisk, of Sf. Paul has declared from the pulpit "that John Bon was a second Jesus Christ, - there fore, , Resolved, That Mr.' Fisk, of Sr. Paul,' has _made himself a sccand Bala ant's ass ; priwided, lio*ever, nothing herein con tained is intended to slander the ontatsm, asi by intimating that Mr. 'Fisk is his lie peal descendant. The attention of certain John Brown treason:preachers in this community is call edltci the above. itOOTS FOR FEEDING.—One • thing is pretty certain—mettle are exceedingly . fond: of-roots of all kinds. They are great prilinoters of health, and as we treat our selves,to various kinds of delicacies, I see nd reason why their palates should not be gratified. I estimate roots for feeding, something like this—ituta.Bagas 10 cents a 'bushel—beets 12 cents--earrids2o cts., and potatoes 25 cents: And then six cts: a bushel may be added for the gratifica tion of 'seeing with what gusto they -are caten. [Country Gentleman.' ,An Abolitionist Rebuked. • Some-time hack, one of the chief agita tors of Abolitionism, now Black `Repub licanism, Mr. Lewis Tappan, of New York, addreSsed a • letter 'through the New York Tribune, to Gen., John COcke of Virginia, in which With inuch impertinence and unblushing hypotiacy, he proposed to the Virginian to manumit in; conjunction with his son-in-law, the thousand slaves owned by theni• in order that they might g i ve substantial proof of their' christianity and " eause'the apolo giSt of slavery in the free States to brush." We =not do better-than quote the an sWer of Philip St. George Cocke, to Mr; Tappari's modest propositions:— Now, Sir, as it is, well understood—at least in the o°lll=ll4y - in which I, live—. that I am the person alluded to by you, under the designation of tfie `son-in-law' of Gen. Cocke, I shall take the_ liberty of, expressing to , you, through a channel public, the contempt I feel for the fil;brisaiad, canting and ungentleman- Irtone and tenor of your whole letter, and of:saying, sir, fuithur to. you, that. when you, together with your whole fraternity of Abolitionists; shall have clothed, hous ed; fed and otherwise cared for, and prove - 4 4 one thousand' of the wretched •free -negroes in your own midst ; or shall have-done the same thing - for 'one thou sand' -of the white slavi'S and paupers ' among the tens of thous:MAU of such who arc allowed to experience, every whiter in-your great, cities, all the miseries of .:m utter physical and moral-destitution, and when you shall have placed your 'one ' thousand' free negroes or white patipers in circumstances of as much physical cOm tbrt, social and moral irriprosemerkt, as are .now enjoyed by Gen Coeke's - slaVes and my; own, - you; sir, will have - given to the world a better proof of yoUrr own Christian itv, than you. can ever .hope to do, altho' You should, spend a long life of imperti nent and ranting interineddlipg with the affairs of southern gentlemen. • ! "I remain; sir , with due respect, PIIiLIP ST. GEORGE COeKE. " - g4rA correspondent of the Sieele I'arie,.the governinent organ of France writes from Tnnis,Al ers as follows "Our College of philosophers at bothe, may; and probably do accomplish a great _deal for the cause of science; hut •-the Arnerfcans are the people to turn their dis coveries to practical account.—Many' of 'the . modern-inventions in vise here are Amerivm, and one American Chemist, Dr .l. C. Ayer of Lowell, supplies much or thd, medicine.constkmod iii 'this country. Cherry Pectoral, .1)914,, Satrap:lrina. nig Ague Cure constitute the staple remedies here, because they are:of easy application,, sure m their resrolti, and hate the confi dence of the people. While the 'scienee. of-Medieine is carried to a higher PerfectiOn in our own country (France) ,thao other; It strikes 'a Frenchman - as a 'little' singular that Americin- Phys:iCian, should furnish .the medieal l ill and'renie. dies for,,our Principal Prol::ince, We . are happy to infSnn our readeri that these superior medicines 'which the Emperor's principal . Province, ,is _ obliged to get from America may be had' by our neighbors, at all the:dituts. :-. - 0 - Our State Logishiturc; lias voted to Spend-f.4500,000.t0 arm the State. ! • Message from the Governor The following message - was .41eliVereil io the Xegis4ture.,nlythe9th.'.After - ' I'4o. ~, e 0 in liotislOnses,entnmittetall of cone -ferenwert.iippoilited insesuCtions., to r,eo4ibklyill q0.130*, bjectiitTarly a* praetibAhle 're thr, Scyiate and Hoita of _4epresentdr tiers of the Conpfnontrealtrif Pennsylvvnia : GENTLEMEN: As the period fixed for the adjournment of the Legislature is rap. arroaellitio., I feel constrained .by a aemie oftlutVto7pall:ioar attention to the condition pt the military :orgaiizatiou of the State. • Jt iiiseateely-necessary to say more Luau that - the niilitia'syStein a the State,• du rinvi.long period distinguished by -the i ursuit of peaceful industry exclusively, p has beCome , whelly haeflilatint, and the, n • terterence of the Legislature is required to reinovelts defects, and to tender it . useful and, available to the • public service. ManY -Of our volunteer companies do not possess the n'timber of men required by our militia law, and, steps - should bO forthwith taken to supply these deficien cies: Thereare numerous companies, too that arc without the necessary arms; and ofrthe arms that are distributed, .but few are provided with the more Modern ap pliances' to render diem serviceable. ' I reconimend;therefore, that the Legis lature make immediate provision for . the remoyal of these - capital defects; that arms be procured and distributed to those- of our citizens who may entef into the mill: tart' service of the State ;-mul that steps be taken to change the guns already dis tributed; by 'the adoption of such well known and tried improvements as will render them effective hi the event of their employMent in actual service.. Iu this connection I recommend - the establishment of a Military Bureau at the Capitol ; and that'tlielmilitia laws of the .Commonwealth be soinodifid and amend ed. LISA() impart to the military organiza tion 'of the State, the Vitality • and ene gy essential to its practical value and use ill ness. . . • Precautions, such as "have suggest d, are wise and proper at.all times, in a Gin.- ernment like ours ;hut special and mown •tuous. 'considerations arising from the limits, j'et of incalculable consequence to the people, and demanding the gravest at tention .of the Legislature of Pennsylvania,, invest the subject , to which your .ac 7 ,• tion is invited by this communication,! with extraordinary interest, and impor-! twice. We cannot be insensible to thel fact that serious jealousies and divisions distract the public mind, and that, iu pori tions of the Union, the peace of the corn-I try, ilnot . the safety of the Govertnnent l itself; g endangered. Military organics-1 tions L of a formidable character, and. which seem not to be demanded by ..any exist-, Mg public exigency, haVe been formed in! certain of the States. On whatever pre-! • text these extraordinary military preps ' rations may: have been made, no purpose that may ' ! contemplate resistance to l the enforcement of the laws, _ still meet! sympathy and- encouragement front the! people 61 this Commonwealth. Pennsyl4 vaunt yields to uo State in her respect:for,' and her willingness-, to protect, by .all needful guarantees, the _Constitutionalf 'indepeudence of.her sister States ? 'nor in' fidelity to that constitutional Uuicin whose 'unexampled benefits have _been showered . I alike upon herself and them. The most exalted public policy, and thd .learest obligations of true ftattiotismi therefore, admonished us, in the - existini deplorable and dangerous. crisis 'of Old* than ourmilitia. system s4euld! receive 'from the Legislature that prompt attention which public exigencies, colter of the State or Nation, may appear to de l mind, and which may seem in your wiel dom, best adapted to preserve and secure, to the people of Pennsylvania . and the Union the blessing of k beace, and the in.' tegrityand stability of our unrivalled eon, constitutional government. .. I The Government of this great State was, established by its illustrious founders" in deeds of peace;"_ our people have been trained and disciplined in those arta which lead to the promotion of their own Moral and physical development and prog ress, and with the highest regard forth rights of others, have always cultivated' fraternal relations with the 'people •of al; • the States devoted to the Constitutioi and the Union, and always recogniz Mg the spirit of concession and comprorml ise that underlies the foundation of the Government, Pennsylvania offers no wan] ; sel, and takes,no action in the nature, a a menace ; hesidesire is for peace, and hot. object, the-preservation of - the true sovi ereignty of States, and the . supremacy of law and. order. • -I Animated by these sentiments, and-in l dulling an earnest hope of the speedY restoration Of those harmonious any • friendly.' relations 'between , the varion members of this Confederacy 'which have brought - our beloved country to a condi-, tion of unequaled power amid. prosperity, I commit the grave- subject 'of this coiml munication'to your deliberation: A.G. CURTIN. Harrisburg, April 9th, 1-131:. CAusg'tin 'll:FFEur.—Ncarly thirty Tears ago Messrs. - Tappan, llale and Ilal lock set up an anti-slivery nciwspaper iii the city of New York. Instead of pub; lishingthe news, they devoted their .colt umns to details of alleged cruelties praci ticed by slaveholders uon.their chattlesl A baser attempt at political _deruorelizei tion was never attempted, and the, worst publications of - French sausculottes tors are innocuous compared 'with thesj recard.i. The establishment of this ,pestii, lent sheet was the commencement of thd anti-slav-ery crusade which has now rei suited in the dissolution of the Union, the overthrow of this hitteito • great nation; this superb govermnental fabric, the world Washington and the patriots and sages wholighted the torch Ofliberty. at Lexl, ington and saiv itis full blaze, •at Yorki town. • This .was a cause, of which secession ond civil' war are but 'a portion of tlie effects. .. ll•inEcgirrlL TE.H The conduct. of cer; tam politicians in theCongressional.diStric recently represenitediby Colonel Scranton has been eoriimented on here, as not ihowi ing much respect foehis memory,, -Before, 'he vas buried, they were at the Post'Offiee I)epartment,4lavang scoured , the , `aid of other Congressmen by representing them 4 selves. as the political . executorti of their; deceased friend, and were disputing the officei.- 7 Phi/ad'als'quirii(Repubricen..) Such zonduct . ias the above I.epresents should meet the condeinnation of inen of every party. ;Marge portion of the above' rebuke, is due' the county. , Columbia.! Shame on you . gent.lemen.—Bertpirk Ga zette. - During service in a Atwell at Tr,oy,N.Y.,, recently, the pocketti of no less tban, six o the (long ee,gationvere rifled by sonic adroit &Lief. What Caused Piaanionl The North American eve that the "controls ng i*'ority of,t,he Democratic party . areflistiOeniste," and labors to hold Oat parti reeked,* for.the secession of lltel4outhem *t45..;". 4 is an old story . repeated:ivitkniany4aiiitions - both be fore and smirqic.Ahe',;,•Presidential .clection, and May. be dispoe6d or in a Very ,few words. In the first place, itisneceissry to have a clear understanding of what constitut to esa Alisunionist..''.We-sepposertb.". ternr Mean themail'or the party w ho. facers disunion. as in itself a desirable thing, or . who has pUriued such a coursetp_oliticid ly, as tecausedisunion. ' • Thu Deinociatic.party did neither. did not desire : Asunion, da .anytliing to promote it.; TOM contrary it strove rn most eaestlyito vert the calaMity- of disunion: Had its warning been followed and its counsels heeded, the seiession of seven StnteN formatiOn of - a Southern:Ciinfederacy out of p*Fts of the ivotild :not now be s diSagreeable truth; and instead ola feeble and irretio;' lute Admintst,ration at Washington; hesi 7 toting- what :policy "to r urspe , towards States defying:its. :authority, .we- should new hpve. an. AdministmtionA Eliot] con- , ducting the affairs of an unbroke n and prosperous .nation.'' It cannot be, denied that this would have been the betit:rn re sult% of )einoetat c• success at the i re si ept election, for . .. the obvious reason , . that the principles of the Democratic : par ty were national'; therefore, it iktiot any thing contained in Democratic .principles that has wused disunion.. Where thetisball we seek for cause but in the-disregard *of those national princi ples—adherando to which WOld have spared nS . the evil and mortification of dis union? Where but,in the Republican ,bandonment Of, the great ' d whoie . sererance of the States principles, produc ce- in fact? The success fi s tite - true cause of disun is patent, disunion- could I no other way.than by its Kchnsed triumph at a.price ~i warned in advance ; and part. ,- whose national idea,', slave and free . ed their seVera of this part• w ion. The fact have occured i success: p of which n. w yet did i noti hesitate. Now, when held accountable for the •consequence of Its nets, it socks to shift the responsibility upon those who would have maintained the .Union int4et, had their advice been heeded. There is jus one Other point to be dis posed of. Secession was not carried in the South-by the Democratic party as a political organization. It was not a patty movement, but was effected, without re- gard to previoiis divisions, by the life-long enemies as well atitho 'former friends •of• the - DemocratiC party. • Disuni i tri was the uprising of one section, to throw Off the evils—real .ore. imaginary—apprehended from the domination of - another section. It was' not the:work of a party, accom plished-under # party name and organi zation. • The Movement has, obliterated party distinctions in the seceded 'States; -where the Democratic - organization _is practically dead, bdcause its vitality con sisted in its nationality. • The Republican War - Party. .... The Republipans are fierce for civil war, and no longer Care to conceal their bloody purposes. 6+. Curtin of this State ; Gcv. Dennison; of Ohio ; Gov. Morgan, of New York ; Gov. Andrews, of Massachu setts.; and some of the other Governors of the " irrepressible party," have appeal ed officially tottheir party friends to 'pre pare to cut the throats ofas many . of the Southerners 4 possible. They recom mend that millions of the. people's money . be appropriated. for . munitions of war, and that thouishinds of the citizen soldiers be summoned to the fatal battle field. - . In other, tines, these, men were' for peace. ' When heir country waist ' war with foreign enemies, they took sidea against her,_ an enconraged the British, and•then the Mexicans, to strike down the American ) Army. Now these anti war men have ) changed- entirely around ; and for the,sak t of 0 f., .. ffice, and to be re venged upon the Southern politiCians they , declafed pr -war. .. , t , How shockin' is the decree. _How ter rible will be th result. The thousands of widows and ,rphans, left to weep over the sacrifices, will bear witness before the greatArbitcr ef all human events, against the wicked rulers - of ;these times.. .The consequencesla civil war- none can fully fathom. Prop rtY liberty,- religion, .and life, will be-sacrificed fora military spirit and trampled under foot by mighty 'ar mies. Allthat it dear and near to n chil i ized arid Christ an people will be lost for ever. The Id sin„ ,, s pf political and i-elig ious liberty, wi I be no more, and a crush; ing military de potism will raise vp to sway in 0 e land. Every man of peace . should-protest against - the. wil l ; and every' man opposed to. axesort to arms to adjust political iiis pine's, should raise his voice against it.— I An enlighten° and self governed 4reople should settleal internal questions wheth , er obout Forts, Territories; sece,:sion;.or division lines, Without bloodshed. It is - barbarous and,l,savago-like to resort 'to force to settle 10ivil matters.. May the God of Peace protect this country from the demon of .War—and perpetuate . the civil liberty,4clueithed to a free rople by their patrioic fore-fathers.7/onesdnie Herald. I .' ' ' Avinng.Uu)Milita. The project started early in ihe'session of the Leg islature, and temporarily aban- . doned, - of-,appropriating a large sum of money for the purpose of arming the tia of the State; is about to • be revived ; 1 and there is realm to believe that GOV ernbr Curtin, in accordance with instruc tions received atWashington, will send'a. special, message to`the Legislature reco:ra mending immediate preparation;and that. the Legislature, which misses no opportu nity of plunging its hands into the Thai. nry, will act• accordingly. Not. eOntent with dispatching - a large-Jon* "to.-the. South to initiate chil war' the Federal Administratioureseettis determined to in woke the Nortlusru States in the ssime s ixt: lamity. Pennityleania is not :menaced with in attack from any quarter: .There' is not thcreighteett dapger , ;• , -it. isiset pro; tended that there is the most emote ay: preltemion, that n hoitilts'arirly witl taloa& any portion of our territory. What the is the meaning Of Ms military preprithitif Is it -partoof the'Republiesucecins tO t 'drive the Border-States Cut 'of tin:Mame', While the Federal army Is ':_opetating aglunat-the seeediaAstatee, lire; NiasylL , yards and Ohio to maugnrate eieirw'ar ' urn the border, Sad thusfairdah ari addi- Wad provocation to impell:Virginie Maryland into the secession mofeMent? We put thesis quedtioria Seriously 'fol . ' there is no , other purpose, in the entire ab. sense of danger ofinvaiion, to which armed force could bi " applied .- 1i rria= burg . Fqtriot • ,4 r Fattita"....Apptortionitibitt... - • The oorturunittee oppOinted. by the Lcg. islature to prepare and, report. a...bi1l up, pertiaing • the Stite into - Con ~teseional districts lAre'agreed upon the following. TheState.is- entitled t 0 4 ,3 members of Congress;the total population. is. '2,90u,. 370, 'arid he ratio 126,351 • - 1. The 2d, 3tl;4th,-pth,6th, • 14th wards of , Phil'a.. :130,000 . TIM .Ist, 7th, Bth, 9th, ' "lock wards of An., 129,353 'lll. 'The 12th,' 13t1il l 16th, 17thil8th,19th; wards „ 1 125,843' IV. The. 14th, 15th{ 20th, . -211 t, -24th - wards. of 427,864 ry. Bneks,• MontiOniery, • • . part,) and the 25th, • • .23d, and 22t1 w irds of .• • Philadelphia 129,9513 VI. Delaware - 130,597 ' . • Cheater • 1 74,578. • • Montgomery, : of Schuylkill., .10,500' 1 . - , 115,675 VII. perk 5........ 03,819 *nitgoniery, • in ft 3,g 19 , • V11j,1;466:64er ..... . ; ... ... '116,315 TX. Kaitivlkill .89,51Fi• , '; Lebanon ' •31 Q^l X:. 14.1ligh : . ' 1,155 i• Mon Fop 10,739 Carbou 7.1,033 A ortluunpton . 47,90.1 . . Xf.'Sus9oohathia. 36,30 1 . Wayne3n 0 - .79 Luzerne. 90,•443 XII. Nortiouuberlanil;2s,92 • Mintour • - 113,Q, - ,3 - . . Columbia 1 2ii,065 • ! Wyonthro !12,540 Bradford !•18,7a4 ...... i Hulliran , -. ti,037 • XJII. Dauphin* 1-113;751 68,9:00 14,145 Snyder 0.5,095 . —.; juninta !16,984 Perry • '22,794 Cumberl4nd.,-.40,098 xy. Somerset Bedford. F'ulton:. • Franklin Adams.— XVI, Cambria 29,156 - I Ilunting_don !.. Mifflin 16,341 XVII. Tioga Potter ' Lycoming.. Clinton Centre . XVlll.Jefrersou 4 18,269 - --. 1 Erie...... :.... 19,1:11 . 'Warren ''l9 190 , 11I'Kean • 8,859 --.EI . : 5;915 Forest ' . ! 898 , . Clearfield . ' 18,7.5.8 XIX. Crawfurd....,...48,755, • , .31ereer ',36,857 Venango • '25,044 Clarion • , 24,994 • . :33,647 Westmorelatifl-53,736 Fayette 39,009 ' ---'.12.1,33.2 XXI. Allegheny Co:, Sonth of the .Ohio and illeghe ny rivers . ...... . XXII.' Butler " I Armstrong... .-.3:1,707 • Allegheny; part ; b2;f74 123,867 XXIV. "Lawrence :22,999 . Beaver...... '...29,144 • Washington .; .: , 46,804 Greene ... ... 1.. 44,31; *Lower Mahannv township IS taken from ,Nottbarn berland enmity in7tlteilltimlistrict and attethed to thin district. ; • • ,• • Gieeleyiam at a Discount. permitted a friend, says the CRego Gaiette; to niul d ' the following extract Wont a private letter from a dis tinguished Republican in the interior of Pennsylvania ; and take pleasure in, directing attention to the; patriotic tone. and sentiments which contradistinction t? th(;lliigettid, • Union-liating apiriv of t i lie•Greeley . . ' "None butdonageglies will hold on tc,', platforms created Merely for party parpo— _ ses Honorable neon, , ftio, matter to', Which pAitical party allied, will kick from-,• under them every plaiik4-bo they many or few=if such planks- kliotild prove ' • ten or insecure! ,Our beloved Union is the happy . theme that all true- Americana . williyevere - Fire-eaters and, filtky aliolitiOnists, those rabid- creatures of impidse;.governeil s teo by prqiudice;and passion ; not a tittle Air . jut or . -ceinlnon.-.. sense governs their actions! ItePubi I am, but alivaVs conservative, as most of • the party- are, .though branded with a war-. like proclivitV. .Lettia *via* • Seuttern brethren ; us!teiider the ()l ive branch, and peace with :all its grand, and joyeits reatilti Wfir.iinen brighten up the present • dark. and ; !sullen ,era!, ',Ehe ; Soutlihds had great Nason for complaint; but she hus gone ton 'far lin her lanail . ca- -- reer ! Let. wt,-riotwithstandino,l)anish -the very; idea of coercion ; let us kill - the fatted lamb mid invite the South. to enjoy, • to partake of it, and thui be. again united in our-Wonted pateriiiiklsind. • Dissolve • the Union, forbid-it heaven! 0, never ; Jet us sled a brether'S blond _ 'War un der any circumstances a terrible evil ; :but an internecine .-wait. a', war '.amongst .ourseliees',.the good.totd only can foresee ' -the direful . eniiiiegdences. • Asti*tit .or sorrtormrs . ?sty, • *seven s f kalledllepribliean reprer.eutatiVers . `and twelve senatentvoted against - 'a reso- • „lutiOn that .Congress shnulk neiier 'inter fere with slavery ht thetates. 'Yet, when ' t we 'charge it upon these . men. that they 'mean to intefferec.with Savory: in the States, they :opeit•theirrifigates of . liagWgate, and dielaia wo uisrepre, "sent them to the South! i. . Curckoci, " April . B.—rhu!' 'hundred and leflAltift! city htStjniglit . for Canada, via. the'...tichigan. Southerh Railreait.' It is'estianated‘ ' that over one thousand fugitives haik arrived in . 'city Sineelist fait, most; of :ivinatii;haveAelt. since the recent arrest of five by the Uni • led States Marshal. : . POPULATION' .10,000 121,3-46 -13,751 1:16,60:, 158,789 132,912 114,95:4 109,0:Al. :0,784 26,7:17 •' '9,131- ' 11,128 ,28,012 1.32,7142 101,4'27 31,045 -.11,470 .37,398 117,7.23 i 24,736 1210213 I 3 5,051.1 126;364 123,290
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