THE MONTROSE ' DEIMO~ to
- IS PI:MASHED TIIIIESD)1TS : , ? u t.
orrivn oN ItlttlC AVENtT.i
1
MEE MIOVII 611 A MU'S I OTT.TI
Tl:ll.MS.—Si.tid) tier annum in AiTrANct;
otherwise will he charged --and fifty ecntii per antiitto
added to arreara , :.•?.. at the option of Pabliahrt, to raj
apcw.c vf collection, etc. Anya Net parnient ptefe .
A 7 DVF'.IITISI.:3IV.STA Will be inserted at t ie
rate of $1 per mt are. of tcti lines or 1e..., &Id ttitke
tor..eeta , , and cent.• for each additional creek- , pay do n.
3terchants, ral , l csthcrG, who mivertisay
the year, will he charged at the followhig rates, rig.: ;;
' For one Avitarr, r,.r fur. r.he yrar.- with el,aneYs ;
Bach cdditionol at Ihe rat t (11: tfi
No credit giyen c,seept In tlicee of known reetynnpibliltt
BUSINESS CARDS.
WM. lIL cOurr.t , totNitY Dr.mxtp.
WM. 11. ( . :0()I'1:11 k
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BANKETZS.—MontI'o. Sncte rt'ytn POSt.elliVer
A; Co. onic,..,l,,,Llirol , 'Lew wilding, Tuniptkelt.
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ATTORNEYS and cf.liseltors at La IV, tro mil Pa.
office in Lathrni,, ::en . bu liniZ, over the Bank.;
lIENIIY 11. .)Icli - EAN,
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TTORNEY Coun , cllor at La7,—Tow.moui Pn
Onkl! in the Vu je35,1t1
1)1Z. F. F. WIT;110T, 1
RATTATF. of fhe Allopathic and Ifonmopathi Col-
NY . let: o re of Medi eioc.-I;kat Bend. ra. egnter
of Main at 1 nearly oppositc, the Methodist
. a " tf
DR. AV I LTA )V. AV 11141 ATONJ,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN R. SURGEON DENTIST'
WITH PR. MYRON 117/FA TON;
Mechanical and Sorzie.ll pod h• - ,. reconfly,of rdrilehrttnton,
N. Y. tender their profe—ional sereieef• tf,fhlt , whn ePpre
cift`j, the " lloneleed Pm. tire 05 Phy:ie :" tenri•pd nm i
opernticol.. on Teeth: u the te,ist acientifle arid
approved of p!Mer , orl:. Teeri,exureded without
pain and nll worlt
Jacks , ,n,lano i I N :, 7*
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~.. I)IZ. 11. S:11ITII &. , .':'3ON,
c l unciEo:s:DENTisTs.-7 ,, , ,, , , tr05e.
P. ~.
1 - 10ttice in Lathrop,' 1:,.., I,!l,linq. ei.er
the Btt,h, Ail Den:al ei , t.r:ltiont lvill lti -......
performed in ~.el -1: :e :.n.l w::::. , ntert.
-
J. C. OLMSTEAD
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,DRS. OLMSTEEDe.4 HAD
7017L1) N. 01: NCH :to the Public
that they love - enterel into a rartnerrhip for the,
-Practice of MEDICINE &
and are prepAreitto attend lo all eta , in the line of their
Itenfea.lon. otlico—t one lornielly occupied Iv Dr. J. C.
Olmstead, in DUN D.CFI'. • me 7 lint.
Dn. N. 1. LEET,
Physician and Sur7 , on, o.ffiet ploposite
TAU. LEFF nbir atlvnti.ll to the tr,eritment
jUr of dl.eacc— , r t h.. E r aral if crtundeitt that
tat. loom 1,1_ , ,c and j:. that brnneh of prac
tice will cu thic hint to t'll , •ct a tune 'the mot difficult
ri,r trvatillz Alt , o Is, (If ”111 fele Will
be rSar,lva 1!1.• 11.111 , 111 i• bi tt. , filloil by thd treat-
ILlhtt I Arv2:ll.t :Nth. 1-,CO.
SOUTIIWORTII VADAKIN,
zw ysi-T A cTL - REiht ."?it 11FALliltS In Italian *nd
; t1 A r , t • T i c „,, • \I A -14, • f.er
Towll-Ta,lll--. e,l 'Cjarl..-T,0114 , 1 . All4O
e.Mjer, Marh1'....4151:11.• •eitt A . e.
•.. Shop a few flwor, Zof :I!...tric - . MAO on Turnpike
street. Moiltro..e. P.t. . oc4 y•
W . SNOW,
Ti - STICT: Cri 111 E 11,116.,„P5t. • office
on Main %Vo.tom nso4
:1()IIN UTFES..
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T.ll . lllkfal for p f
—pleLl2ing him-a-1110 alaa :11l kr
nth! aaa -la 01 r :11,1 ~.I.lTAIltt- i t to
:Motaroe.e.. ht. Zr 2: , If.'
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FANCY GOODS.
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61:91:UE IIAV1)1:•;.
P. E. 13ili 11 D.,
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CA s nj attend to Ilto Ictirn I:to s tprel - 0 , F40n promptly
eilice at .5. Lathr.4.7.
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NEW 31111,FOltni PA.,
PL\CES TIP TO BU 701.71 t.
HARNEASES,
crimp:p ren CAS'S,
AND GET THE WORTH OF YOUR MONEY.
Dol.:, Ara H. S'AITH.
MANCE • tOMPANLI
Of 7....T0w.e5P - catqx..
CEO.
IP CAPITAL, ONE MiiLION DOLLARS.
AssrrTs Ist It:f PG:), I *44,81911. •
" 1 43 , 0 0: 60 . '
Sfnlth. C.:11:1',. J. Martin, ,rt , .i4,•
.ulin NlaGee, Asl", . lii-W.Uniarth.Nliz-"
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Policia. I.cned sad renewed. bk; t h e 0 1 ,1h.r.A.mid. at la,
crlce. one 111.1..1T :1 . 00•.e Searb.elllllo..lli.taro.e; Pa. •
nova 9 y ISII;LIIING,. STROUD: Amt.
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HAS ih,t received a 1ar......• ritoek o,'
1. new c otOVCP. 04:
- 1:700ki W.!. l';:rlor.Grrice,ite. l l'el.op inurpoece. for W 01.4
I;4' 2 . 4.C1i, with 5t0v,,1.11,, zinc. 4“.. 1
Ms 3-, - ortzrtel,t i, evlect and 'Lie iniNc , „ and will be sold
on the annv fa.urabkl ter:as LQ. .4.1.1,/i, or to PrOiklit " 1 " 1.
4 . p , riiitt foyer'. . ,
Se* li Ilford, Oct. :::.th.,..iiSrA.f. - e -
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DalidelionP . Coffee,
REALTuy I,,,etaze. ontiponuci of Ulla CoFe...,e siu
11 make aN MO 4104416 er.pther 1. or
;ale L}' ! A hilt. PC/I.,_ 11ET..t.
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IVIEDT.C.AL L . CARD. -
r_olvz .
•, M. , Gradttate
E. the ki? ro X 16.• Ouilegoit of Ned-
Im'. would TottrotOw t r i , yaok,, ttio people of Gt.
ilenfi and t , ;erk liberal patronage. with
hielt they Lace f•t.`fer hoe. nyil he hopes ln• a at elet
tout ion ti) 11/)entl eleue of the public
!:o:l4l , ieuce. pond. January 22d. 1861.
TAKE NOTICE!
r. 71.1513. X 2 Etl.d. tor 3X.11.41.44iii t
Ir„ri S"' T
filtoes Tz.nueryt*+hup on
Main Struut. •
Muntrwv, . P. ~r! K.FE7. ER
- DAI"ID C.. A$ El; N. IT.,
T0r:A.V17 4 .7C.; 10 w 1 p , relanettly at New Milford.'
111.,wi1l at Wad t., a call. ivith which Leinay
hefarnee4. Office at
New Milford-July.l 7 . 1:41-111
ABEL 'T'VRRELL ,
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i_lr VS , for sale. 'netalttr. 01, 1 for Sewhif: Machinei.
1.11. , ..n.0pk 4 Watch Oil, Jtell:liug. .Rat and liousn 1"44-
Pon, Hoineopathic Enniodlet., !Pond's ENtract, and a Vre4t
r.trlety of Llnlmolts. Salve.; Plitt. and Illteters,atid-lsn
r-idirlo, varier; - of PatPrt M.4cino„ - . .
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We . Join Ourselves to, no Part* that : Dogs not Carry the Flag and Iteeti Step to the, ,Music of the Whole . 'Union.
Death of Samuel Co Th lt,the Inventor
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Another l. proadaeat man has departed
from among the living, ] .Col. SamuelColi,
inventor 4 the revolving fire arms, ' died
(in 'the 10th 'instantafter a few
. days' . ill
ness, at his native -Plade,.lLartford, Con
necticut. !llle.was one of New England's.
most energetic men. - From being apoor
bop witha very Moderate' education he
carved liiiiway. upward, to wealth and re
nown. He was born in i Hartford on the
19th of ,TUly, 1811, and was'therefore only
47 years of age at his ,decease.. It has
been statiid that be was'wild ,andjuntuly
I in youth, fand that when he Was fourteen
years oi - ige he ran away from school and
shipped as a sailor bov inn a vessel bound
to Calcutta in the 7 East Indies. One
voyage ciited him of a desire for a " life
on the (Mean wa . ..e." ' On his return from
Calcutta lie served . a *brief aliPrentices hip,
and learned the art of dyehig,in a fiuitory,
at Warc~i where he acquired considerable
knowledge of practical ekin istry. When
he. left thi situation,die..assumed the' title
of Dr. Col l .; and traveled throngh the Uni
ted States aml Canada, giving lectures on
chemistry in the various eit ies and villages.
,Ilecomingtired of this wandering profess
ion, and baring acquired a .considerable
amount Of money by his lecture;,- he set.
tied dOwni to-comMOce the active life of
an inventor and manufacturer, The' first
thing wide!' he did to this end' was to
leomplete 'a working Model of his revolv:
ing pistql,lthe idea of which was first
guggestedlto his mind while on his voyage
to the tidies. The next step-in his ea
reer.(ano nrost wise one) ' was to take
out pateo, not only in America, but in'
France, England and some other Europe;
an kingditnis. This. was in 183:34 when
he had edmpleted his twenty-first year, at
-which tithe he also succeeded in organi
zing a conipatiy with a capital of $300,000
for the pmpose of carrying onthe inanu
fin:titre of revolvers at - Paterson, N. J.
This turned out to be an unsuccessful tin;
dertakingi as the company suspended in
1842. Kiit, altliougli'Col. Colt was sdis
coutaged'll he- was not dismayed. He
waited patiently for the hours of seccess ;
and at 13.4 it thirivel in 1847, during the
war witlolexice; ' Gen.. Taylor, had ob
tained and use," a revolver pistol during
the u/ar *itli the Indians io Florida, and,
knoiving,its value, .he sent Captain Walk.-
er, of theiTlexan Rangers to New York re.
obtain a Opply ofpisiol,s for the officers
.in his coriimand. Not a single revolver,
rhoweverle!tmld be obtained. Upon apPli-'
cation toTf2ol..Colt, be Midertook a eon
tract to ,:i l pply 1,0.09 pistols for the army;
and hired' a machine shop, temporarily, at
Whiten4ville, Conn., to execute. his "or
der, m hieli he finished with sari action
to the f. - cOV erinthret, Froth this time forth
the.cartvr of Col. Colt was one 'of business'
prosperity: Orders fiowed. is upon hint I
thick and fist.., and he. finally purchased a 1
tract of laud - at Hartford, erected an purchased_
ezory, and comnienced Inannfattnrhig re-
Volvers Upon a-a extensit . e •scale:' The
land, Ilnildivas and machinery of his ar-
Linory dt:Hartterd cost, front first t - ,e - last,
i m a 0,,(404),000.` ;fire fame of this acme
has become World-icid a g - 12 Ach on
irY . . , . ,ei .
: acconot•44' um superior machines employ-
I ;..d to fabricate the differect parts of ..,re
'; I'ol v ers„ , as frfim the dial-Lc:4r o , f zhe arms.
t., heittf.o..... uke :uost. 1.11:111li ill clurers
. Iwho have achieved snoo t ess, CoL Colt set
.1 .'out with the wise determination to employ
ilthebestkalent, and use'the best machine
ry that Could he devised., .for facilitating'
i
and perfecting 'the, various operations con
-1 tlected 3::j-ith. his peculiar manufactures.
In 1'.. - 1 - , he visited the World's Fair,
for the first time learned': that firearms
having il rotary breech -chambers were
Habout'til - o centuries old. brie of theser,
Ilmade ingthe reign of Charles 1., was i n the
United Service MUsenin, but it did not
I possess 7 the improved device for rotating
the ohafabers and operating the hammer
'by pulling, the trigger. .Ai 'the request'
of-seveihil distinguished persons, Col. Celt
prepared a liaper on revolving firearms,
which vilas,read before the United Service.
Institution,
in whiellhe explained the op
rationqd. the old -revolvers, and pointed
°lathe itiperibritv aids own.' 'This . '-
lec
ture was well receive), and it led- to the
..1
reVolveil becoming, a favorite with the offi
cers or?the British Army. ,In the ware
at the Clape -in South Afriea,in the Crimea
and in India,every - officer engaged -carried
a revolver. There is - now.a "large mithu
factorylOt such pistoys in London and. an
dither at Tnla initussid Colt's revolvers
are of !world-wide. reputation: Perhaps
there .i.not an offieet in any army 'ln En
! ~,,
* ,,, -,e- and not one ituLninerica, who 'does
r',l A . v. : " destruetive imnlo
not earn. one c, 1.t0 , b
.. "-, imp 10.
111411te - lof war, 0. . -. • _
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Co.l. ..,o l. ' it did not.c.onfte liiiipelf to WWI
subject fiegladsa , _proli4c mind, and_ as
far back as 1843 heanade experiments in
'Nevi Vork with submarine infernal • ma-- ,
chines .!1; and, wi'llrl galt:Wp battery situ,
ated inkhe Merchants' Exchange, Wall
street,ilie - succeeded' in blowing up a
sunken! hull down in the Pay. The, sub
marin4 cable Used on the occasion was a
metal :Wire . covered with cotton and wax,
incased in a lead tube. -
~I
All the parts of the revolver firearms,
litewiiie, balls, cartridges; Molds and oth
er acclssories`are mantifaetur r ed• at
_Colt's
armor • by special machines,: invented for
the
.Il4pose,and.secured by nanny patents.
The facilitias for making pistols are so
excellent that about 60,000 were filNio
amandie befohe the war commenced : but
,tiring the past year this 'number was
more4han doubled. Many -of -the ma- -
. chineSaised ware itivented.by Col, Colt;
*others by able mechanics iti his employ,'
meat : It .is, to his credit that,- with
increasing .wealth, his solieittide for 'the
welfare : of his operatives also increased.—
A publib hall, a library, Courses of lectures.
and d series:of concerts were maintained.
for.hia workmen. . • . -
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1,14 t immediate cause of--- - his_ death is
supped to have been an excess - of men,
jai labor arising *girl the 'deMands - Made.
111 1 0 11 ,1iini to execute orders for -the war,'
together with:other pressing . - cares •con
nected with the distracted . eonditioti of
the iipuntry. - ,Ho has - gene Where " the
wean are 'at:rest; but his name competed
withltbe.fatne of - his' reyotiiiig "'fireartns
wilq,6" doWn fo, otheiwetieritienii:'''''' l
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VOL , 19.
. A Tankee. Courtship: -
Well, yoikseei the and gal got along
for some time, Oa made.np
my mind to fetch things, to, a hed, for I
loved her harderand harder every day,
and I had an Idea that 'she. had a• sorter
sneaking. kindness- for Inc, but ho wyt.o do
the thing np right. pestered me orful. I.
gbt same lore books and red 'how fellows
got doWn on their marrow bones and
talked, like parrots,' and the gals they-
Would So inter a sort of tranceoußl then
hbw they would gently fall into a feller's
arms; but some : how that way didn't suit
my notion. • I asked marm how dad cour
ted her, but she said 'it -had been •so long
that 's'he'd forgot all about . it. (Uncle
Joe said marm done all the court-
At last I made- up MY mind to go it
blind, far this thing was fairly- consuming
•
my inners. • So I goes over to her daddy's
and when I got there I sot like) a foal,
thinking how I should . begin, - Sal she
s!ed stunthina: was a- troublin' me, and sez
she, 'ain't •you sick, Peter 7!
sez I ; ''that is, I ain't exact-
ly well: Ithought eome, over it to
night, sez I. That's a mighty putty be-
Onning, anyhow, thinlcs 1; so I tried
sez I, and about this time I
Sett nighty faitity and oneasy.
'What,' sez
'Sal,' sez I again.
sez. she.
got to it after a while thinks I.
'Peter,' 'sea she, 'there's smuthite. a
troublin' yen powerful, I no. Its Mighty
Wrong for you to.keep it . from a body, for
a inner sorter is a consuming fire.' She
'Said 'this, she did, the dear sly creeter.—
She noel what was the matter all the time
mighty well, and was just tryin' to fish it
Out, but I was gone 'so far I didn't see the
Pint. At last [kinder Sorter gulped down
the lump as tivas raising in my throat, and
sez I—'Sal, does you loVe everybody ?'
'Well,' sez she; 'that's dad and marni,
and. (counting her fingers all the time with
her eyes sorter shut, like a feller shooting
of a gun,) and thar'S old Pide, (that I,wer
an old cow of here,) [can't thiiik-of 'any
body else jist now,' sez she: Now this
wer orft d for a feller ded in Itiv;. so aver
a while I tries another shuts. Sez I—
'Sal I'm powerful lonesum to hum, and I
suintimes think if I only had a putty wife
to love and talk to, and to move and bay'
my bein with,-I should be a treniendous
feller.' With that she began and named
over all the gals within five miles of that,
atidnever wunst cum - a nigh namin her-
.
self, and said I orter get' one of them.—
That - goiter got my dander up, and so I
hitched my clicer close to kern, shet my
eyes and tremblouslv sed : 'Sal, you are
the very gal I have been hankerin"•arter.
fo'r a long time, I lux you 'all over, froth
the sole of pinr head to the filet of your
erown,atull don't eare who knows it; and
if von sae so, we'll be joined together in
thellolyhons of matrimony ,e. plitribus
mum, world without end,' 'sez I ; and I
felt like I'd throwed up 'an allygstur, I
felt so relieved. IVith that she fetched :t
-sorter scream ; and after - a While she sez,
sez sheePeter?" - -
'What iff t SelAy ? sez 1. .
'leg,'. sez , gbe- a itidlif': or her putty
face behind ter "hands. You may depend
coos it I. felt orful good.
.
'Glory ! glory!' sez I. , 'I must holler, ,
Sal, or I'll bust wide open: .1-Loon-IN,' for {
hoora y . I kin junip ever a ten rale fence, f
I can do everything thatany fellow could,_
would or orter do.' With that I sorter
sloshed Myself down by her ' •and clinched
the bargain with a kiss—and such a kiss
—talk about your sugar—talk about your
molasses—talk about yer black-.berryjani
, —you couldn't have got me to cone nigh
!'em ;.they would- all a. tasted - sour. arter
that: Ef.;Sars thel k tly hadn't hollered out
its time for all honest folks to be in bed,
I do believe I' s d'staid• there all Hite.. Yer
orter seen inc when I got hum. I pulled
dad 6ut of bed and bugged-him. I pull
ed mann out of bed and hugged her. I
pulled antJAne outer bed and hugged
her. I pulled the nigger servant outer
, bed and hugged her. I roated,l hollered,
II danced about and cut up • more capers
than you ever heard tell or, till dad tho't
I .was crazy and got a rope to tie me with.
'Dad, 'l'm gwine to go for to get married.'
'Married!' bawled dad. _
- 'Mai'ried !' squalled marm. •, . .
"Married nsquaked ant Jane., , '
'Yes, married!' sez I; jined in wed
lock • hooked on Air worse or' for better,'
for life and for death, to Sal; I ant that
very thing, me, Peter -Sporum, Esquire.'
With that I up and tolled theM all about
it, from Alpher ti.) ; Omegar. They Were
all mighty pleased and mighty willin',and
T :went to bed as proud as a young roos
ter With his.firt spurs. • -
0 Jelibsifat! didn't I feel tremendous
good; and kept a getting -that way all
With, I MAO. sleep Willk ImPkcPpt , mil:
in' about and thinkin' till my pup Pf.ihnk•
piness was full; presspd Apwp and 'it. min
nin' over, , . ..• _
The Cavalry Speculation.
• A diffieulty•is prisented at Washing
.ton, as to the disposition of all the caval
ry regiments accepted in the.serviee. The
commanding General asked-.for twenty
seven regiments, and the whole number
accepted and aiithviized be raised -. by
General Cameron, the late Secret:ifs-sof
War, is seventy-three! This is forty-six
more than General McClellan either wants
or knows-how to dispose of. This excess
'will cost 'toe Government just about fore
ty-six n ilionsot:dollars needless-expense,
but Whet of •that Owner-
On's.friends an, opportunity .to buy: up
aboutforty thousand old horses, and' sell
them to the government at sit enormous
profit. The government now owns so
many horses that they don't know, what
to do with them, and.' the animals , have
been put outlP:board, by.tha. 'thousand,
Amoi4 the farmers in tielaivaro,Maryland,..
and the-lower part of rennsylyania, at
forty sents a:day, • has now been de
termined -that ilia number of Cavalry reg
iments actually required shall lm rendered
Ss efficient as possible, And the others
'either disehargect.or turned into infantry.
...After Aliat,is'doue, OM:Veer:old horiies
- be,e ill iold atfrora thirty— Cents
dellareAheit& '..tlio'inscalA, • ybp forced.
*Oa k - 034 pn the 'l'4i49l4ta,
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MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY', JANUARYgO, 1862.
Speech of Ron. H. B. Wright, of
Luzern County.
DELIVED.ED lii ITIE MOUSE OB lIEPEESMWA.-
I purpose, Mr. Chairman, to make a
tew remarks upiin the objects of.tlio war,-
and what I conceive to be the just and
proper method of carry ing it on. And it
is also my. purpose s if I can, to take that
middle, conservative course, avoiding an,
gry extremes, upon which we must rely
in our efforts not only - to save the Consti
tution, but to save the Union itself. Ido
not-rise, sir, for the 'purpose of indulging
iu anrangry; reflections towards any gen
tleman upon this floor. This is not the
time, nor the occasion, foe an , indulgence
of this kind.
I came here elected upon conservative
principles ;. and I • say to you, and J assure
t his Hotise, that kbave not cast a, solitary
vote, since I have been a.' member upon
this itoor, but what has aceordild—with
my owl) convictions of what was right
:hid proper to be done: I claim to be the
representative of, my whole district. I
was returned to this House by both 'po
litical parties in my district. -Both politi
cal parties agreed upon a , common plat
form, and upon that platform I catne here
as their Representative_; aud therefbre, if
there be an individual member of this
1
1 House who stands—if I may tine the ex
pression—above polities, who stand - in a
position to 'be solely governed by just
and proper influences at all times,it is My
self.
was elected as a Union man, and as a
Union man Lam ready to stand or fall. Thereare 'no party shackles upon my
hands that shall divert me from the true
and consistent course that I deem to be
expedient and proper upon this most mu.
inentous occasion.
-- I tried in vain the other, day to obtain
the floor aftey the • gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Bingham] had concluded what I
conceived to bef—and be.will pardon me
for using the`expression—a speech in
which he used language and uttered senti
ments inconsistent with his position as a
distinguisheA man, and amymber of the
American Congress. If the, doctrine,
which the gentleman from Ohio the'other
day proposed be' carried out,, which was
the unconditional emancipation of four•
millions of slaves, I appeal to him. in his
moments of reflection, and when calmness
and candor shall take possesliion of his
mind, whether he has powe'r to estimate
the consequences tl,lat would follow a step
.uf that kind. The very idea of carrying
out a principle of that - nature strikes a
blow .at the foundation of your Govern
ment, and overturns that vital source
which .gives life to mean our Consti
tution.
CONRESIONAL.
?IVES, J.I..NITAIiY 20.
I ant not, sir,lan advocate .Of -slavery ,
but I ain one of those'who are illiiig to
take the-Constitutiou as our fathers gave
it. to as.. lam willing to be governed by
those landmarks which they established
and sealed with their blood. I ant willing
to be confined within those limits which
the Constitution prescribes ,but lam not,
one of those who are , prepared . to substi
tute any of those theories which have
been proposed here,an-1 which go beyond
_the limits of the Constitution,and in viola-_
tion of its spirit and letter.
• I ant also in favor .of maintaining this
War—for we must now call it war.,--upon
the sole issue upon,which it was inaugura
ted. lam willing to stand by the nrinci
•pki which gave the war existence; and
principle which inaugurated the policy o f
the war, according to my humble concep
tion,,ismot following that rule of proprie
ty whichconscience , reason, and judg
ment dictate. .
What was the policy of the It ? •I
refer von, I - refer 'the committee to that
proclamation of the President of the Uni
ted States issued on the 15th day of April
last, calling out setenty-five thousand
men, in response to which six liundred.
thousand men.. are to-day marshaled in the
field. And I want gentlemen on the oth
ther side to bear with me while I refer to
to a paragraph from -that proclamation;
which went out from the White Meuse on
that day. Iwant the attention: . of gen
tlemen calling themselves Republicans
upon this 'floor, because i was enuncia
ted as a part of their .policy, because it
lets been carried out .by the man whom
they placed in Bower. I yant them to
adhere i to that policy; for it is to them
am talking to-day. -I now ask the -Clerk
to read froth that proclamation the para- -
graph I have indicated.
.The Clerk read, as follows :
" I deem it proper say that. the 'first.
service assigned to the force hereby call
e4 forth will probably be to repossess the
flirts :Ma PrOPertir wbi eh have been
sciptd front the enion;:and in every event
the utmost care will be observed, consist
ently with the objects afoiesaid, to avoid
any, devastation, any- destruction of or in
terference with property, or 'ally distur
bance of peaceful citizens in any pan. pl'
the country." - .
- Mr. Wright. There, Mr. Chairman,ds
the first summons that went out front the
American Government in regard to • the
objects_ and design of this war when the
first demand for troops was made. i
wish Republican gentletrien of this House
to tell me what the President, means by
thiS•latignage; •
" In' every event, the utmost care 011
be - observed, consistently - With the Objects
aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any
destruction Of or interference with proper=
ty, or any disturhance of peaceful citizens
in - any - part of the country.'
- What did the President mean by alleg.
ing;whea he called a military-force' into
the field, that there should lie no interfe
rence whatever With - property of anyitinti?
Sir, if he Meant anything, lie Meant that
this , . question • of slavery' agl,tatiow,
should be let •alone;. or . in other, language,.
that there Slionld be no interference with
property. If you adopttlie tloctrines !iust !
vanced b the'getttleman front 9hio,plr.
Binghairipti his .Plage a - few: days; sinet4
mid declared that four•millions of slaves:
'shall be Manutrattedand set free, you . . do .
interfereiyitlitherights'Of property,
,
veil
riwopposo Ine.riceiv "
q?' - roOkmati;jl34v.e
•
. .
A gentleman the other day—l. dO'not A',e
member who. It.Wtis- 7 -' intideuse of this Te
. inarkable expression, that. the President
meant well.". I say co. the
. gentletnim
•who uttered - that • sentitnent,- that the
President of the United States not. l i ly
" meant well," hut he • acted wet. e
acted well when he declared to the , Amer- ,
'can people, before bringing out this vast'
army, that its object was to pot doNin
hellion, mid to let the question of proper;
ty alone where the 6institntioriplacedlit.
Therefore,- gentlemen must'not say that
the 'resident nut oarl means well, but
they must 'excuse me in saying that he
bas acted.
[ Mr. Loiejoy.. Wil the `gentleman
mit me to say a . wordl? .
Mr. Wright.- I wohld-rather not be [in
terrupted.: I have one connectedthcrts
on this subject Whichll wish to present)lto
the HouSe. After Iget, through,the gentle.
loan may ask me as ntiany questions aOie
likes to; for I do not intend to occupy`an
'hour. 1 ;[.
3r.:iairman,tlixttlingthatga s
dneithe:iroess , ti:.todei:ehe
o i j,ettthe‘ar,vaiieadopiionofhe
rooiit::nsoftied r ltiisrote-byie
a,tie:ifroicecki:r3..citen
:,,l.ontie.i;hj.iasticn
c:grsassemie teselailstiere
:i:t,t,tttt iodoftine,ten
aii;,sitiolotparofaiymatt:
,etiei,st ipliicithislar_ia4
been inaugurated ; b;ut, sir, upon the r pd
day of July, in the - House of Representa
tives, and with only iwo dissenting voices
there were passed 4rtain resolutions Sub
mitted by the distl nguished' gentleman
3.
from Kentucky, [ r. Crittenden,] .?and
what was the character and nature of
those resolutions ? 1 They received an al
inctst unanimous vote of this' House of
Representatives. Those resolutions i de 7
Oared that this wail is hot waged Upon
our part in any - 80 1 k of - oppression or
purpose to overthrow or interfere pith
the rights or est:ll)l46d institutions ef the
: southern States, but to detinul and Main
tain the supremacy of , the ConStitution,
and to preserve that, Union with all: the
dignity, equality, at 'rights of the Sere
val States unimpaired ; and that, as 'soots
as these 'objes orelaccomplished, the war
ought. to cease. This was the platform
upon which the m4mbers of this • House
sustained this war. I. It was not to be a
1 )
war of conquest. t _was not to be a'; war
of subjuqation. N) ; it was to be a'.: war
to pat down this re ellioit and to sup Press
this insurrection..
' In reply to a gentleman near ine, I will
say that neither the.gentleman fromPhio
[Mr. Bingham}] not the gentleman Ifrom
Pennsylvania [Mr.SteVens] voted on those
resolutions.
They were resollitions dechirinii, that
the object of the %Uar was to.puetio*n re--
' bellion, while at tlie same time the rights
of pro.perty shouldlbe respected. SO this
House almost unit imously resolved upon
1 the da3-safter the .1 sastcr upon the plains
ofManassas.' The eis not a gentleman
here who - does not haie a fresh and !ivivid
',recollection of the.. ay after that disaStrous
battle. We met here upon tile 2.2 d ofJu
ly in this House, a id the general _feelink
was one of sadness and sorrow—one. of
distrust for the ex stence of the Crevein
ment—a question
_fir life - and death ;;and. if ,
)•
there was ever at me since the establish
ment of the Rep iblic when wise men
should come‘together in coi's-el and the
hearts of patriots ihould beat in unison, it
was' unon that - vet day when those reso
lutions were brought up; with two dis
senting voices ex c'onted,the3, , ,received the
unanimous assent b l f the House of Itepre
sentatives.
• 'Up to that point, then, there had been .
no change of pc licy in refarenceto the,
prosecution of th . war. Those 'resolu
tions embodied the principle on which the
warWasinaugurated, to wit :.to put down
rebellion, and not to manumit slaves, and
to set theM loose upon community—four
millions of illiterate,' and .I may almost
say half barbarous. people, withoilt any
means of support,' leaving the govern
ment to take enrelof them, or the ;people
to guard themselves against their inroads.
YeS, sir, the adol Lion of the principle con:
tended for by the gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. Bingham] would lay waste the. fair
State of Kentuekkr.- Its ailoption, would
,strike from the. tarter of our liberties
Maryland and W stern Virginia, and the
State •of Missouril 'Why, then; will gen
tlemen contend firr carrying out :in .idea
which strikes at he
_homes and .'hearth
stones of as loyal the Govern er men as exist in the IN
x
ion 7 thisery day? Let it be the , polieV
iiirot* a, -to - carry out the
Crittenden . resoliitions, and I firmly
believe, Mr. Chairman, that the Union is
safe; but if you imike this a war Of slave
emancipation,. as God is - my judge, I be
lieve that the Govo'nment is irretr'eVablv
1: -
gone. This is no war for slave ,emanci t
-
-nation ;. it is to put down rebellion. and
treason; t save a great "and . mighty-re
public'fronroverthrow and runt.`'
• My venerable= friend from .Kentucky
['M, NVickliffe] informs me thattthe reso
lution I have referred to passed' the Sen
ate as *ell as pal . House. - It that be so,
If they have pasied
~. -both braneyes, of the
national legislature, then Congress and
the President 11(14 acted in -concert and
with great ifideli yof Purpose. ' - 11 .-, •
i
,
What- Will be he effect,sir,if you change
the policy.Of th war, and make it a. war
of negro emanci ation 1) - The six pindred
thousand men in the field this day, enlist
ed with the pledge of: the GoVernment .
that they wereronght into - the l i field to
l r)
save the Union y,erushing Out as unho
ly a rebellion as ever disgraced the history.
of a nation. _ Whets the President , issued
his proclamation that the Goyerntnent
was in danger, Ind
. ealled fOr troops to
presme it, all 0 the loyal StateS
.respon
ded promptly: [change the polieyof this
war'at the presbut time, and, m Any Mg
meat,' 'the - eff4ctive . „force of tthe army
would he Weakbned—indeed, it( - would be,
dentoralized,if he war were tea is
,st , war
'of etaancipatiot ... I venture,' t i e say that
`there are hund edsand-.thousands, : who
compo - sethe Tablt.and file, of _that: army,,
- who jvoultl leaire it just as soon its they
werein eking 'that its,- Mission: was, not
down rebellion,,but to . entancip4e
elsares.: , The &eat State,Of j Pentiftylvanm,
'whieb,l havelbehopor c irk;'pait tp F.ePc,P-7-
Rent, has sent more troops into the , field
than any other State.
_Shehas far exceed
ed her quota. She has one hundred 'thou
sand men in the field. In our army of six
hundied, thousand men; every fourth man ,
.is a Pennsylvanian ; and of that onehuu
dred thousand. of Pennsylvanians, I ven
ture to say that there are not three •thou-
Sand who went into the field with 'any
other impression than that they were to ,
carry out the principles - of the President's
prothmiation and of the resolution of Con
gress, to . Which,l have referred. Why;
then, from thein ? 'What:: good,
reason is there for so doing?
_ Mr. Potter.. Let me ask the gentle - than
from Pennsylvania a question. I would
like to know whether the - troops which
left the field•On the day of the . battle of
Bull Run left under that same impres
sion? - [Laughter.]
Mr. Tallandigham. .They were only in
-vilvance of certain members of- Congress.
[Renewed hinghter.] .
Mr..MePherson.• The Tennsylvaiiians
show how they 'could do' their duty at
Drainsville.
-
Mr: Wright. If any troops left, the
field onsthe day of the' battle lam not'
here to justify them: Ido not stand here
to be their apolOgist. If they went into
the field it was their duty to have remain
ed there, and to have defendcd the flag of
the Republic. I say that the one hundred
thousand men who are in arms to-day.
from the State of Pennsylvania are as loy
al to the Government and as brave men
as are mustered into 'the United States
service from any state; and they have
gone -into this war far the .purpose •of
saving the Union and the Constitution.—
It is the liattles of the'- hite man they
are ebliked to fight, and not the battles of
the black man'. They are for the • princi
ples of Mr. Lincoln's proclamation and
Crittenden's resolutions. As I have said,
I had'no part in the elevation of Mr. Lin•
coin to the executive chair. He was not
my nominee; be did not receive my vote.
I had no hand in elevation. I: assert;
howevei—and I speak it nut
,only to the'
House but to the world—that. I : belie - Ye
Abrah'inLincoln has a patriotic heart in his
body; and, as long as he pursues the meas
ures he has introduced io reference to the
management of this war, and
,the object,
which he gives for bringing meeintethe
field, I am ready to stand by him and sus
tain him, because in doing that,l stand by
the Constitution and the country: •
lam one of those who think not only.
that he "means well," but that: lie acts
well. He acted well when he issued his
proclamation stating that his object was
to put down the rebellion, and to respect
the rights of property. - He acted well
when he reiterated the same principle in
'his message at the meeting of this Con
gress:. And I refer you to a clause in that
message. _He says: • '
"I have, therefore, in every case, tho't
it proper to keep the integrity of the Un
ion prominent, as the primary object of
the contest upon our part, leaving the
questions which - are net of vital military
iMp'ortance to the more deliberate action
of the Legislature." -
_ ' , He. says further :'
"I have been anxious and, careful. that
the inevitable: conflict for this :
. pitrpose
shall mot degenerate into a violent and re
morselei.s revolutionary struggho
When Abraham Lincoln penned that
paragraph he.not only 'meant well,' but
he wrote well, end enunciated princi
ple and a sentimetit'which he. will be jus
tified in before the' AmeriCan people. • It.
should not be a 'remorseless revolutionary
struggle.'- I say, sir, that Abraham Lin:
coin acted well when he sent "supplies to
Fort Sumter in the early part •of this
Struggle, and I justify him „ to the \ act
which he did then ; and, in filet, so-11w s
regard,s the prosecution of the •, war and
the objects which brought it; into exist
ence;he has nniforMly- not only 'meant
well, but uniformly acted well. And that
is the reason why he is recieving . at • this
tune the support of the couseryative men
pf the nation everywhere. - I do not, of
course, include that class - of pen who de
clare, that the Constitution is a 'league
with death and a covenant with If'
he received the approbation and counte
nance of men who adopt such,
.heretical
opinions,3 conld'not myself be a suppor
-ter efLineoln in . this "great and trying
emergency. Nor can gentlemen .justify
themselves by bringing before the •coun,
try, the frauds that have been practiced in
the Departments of the Government, crud
atteu*t to make a capital out•ofit, when
a great prominent issue is before the coun- !
try. Your constituencies will not stop to
inquire how you have cast yoq vote in
regard to frauds and speculations. You
do not justify yourselvesapowan issue of
that kind. there is but one great • abid;
ins andpowerful issue to-day, and that, is
the issue whether-the country and the-
Constitution shall be saved, or!wheth& it
shall be utterly and 'entirely atinihilated?
Gentlemen have gone so far -I do net
stop to inquire whether or notithey are in .
the House—upon this•que§tioti of negro
'slavery, and it the question were put to
them, whom. will you have • deliVereit
to you to-day. 2. they' would. , say,
`Barpbas ' the negro; crucify the white
man. Ido not make ; the charge upon
gentlemen upon this floor; but I say there
are fanatics throughout the length and
breadth of this - land.- who would adopt
that as the cardinal and- ruling idea .
their lives... I would go tar to proteet i
the interest of the black man, but I have'
in my mind an. overwhelining sentiment
and opinion 'Which leads . me first to stand
by-the Constitution and <the country;
knowing that by standing by She Consti. ! ;
tutiori and the conutry notonly protect'
the interests of twenty,-five millions of
white men,bnt also four millions of blaekS.
Gentlemen -will not understand' me as ap=
ologizing fQr slavery. - .Do not understand
the that I would extend it one inch be
wid the terriOryVrhich it new occupies;
.but,that, at the "present time; and; in the
present • efnergency4 . I would go fOr That
line Of policy which would leave the con
tscation of' property,to - the :great emer
gencies as they arise. You cannot lay
,doSwn a role ; for the eonduct of your army
;ri 'regard to' this' '• . *paitwubir, unless • you
'change the .entire fine ofolicywvhich7ins
adopted - 4-iteijeseOration Of the sal', -:
JOB PRINTING Of ALL KINDS,
zinc 0 It AL M u 7 .
'N - fe, AND mama:
"LIVE AND LET LIVE" TRICEL
',Tut once orthe*Moiltrose Democrat
bits repentlibern alpplied withn new end choice Treaty
of type, etc., and we are now prepared to print pampbleta
cite - Odra; etc., etc., in tile - belt 'style, on abort notice.-
. • -
• Handbills, Posteis, Programmed, .-and
other kinds of work In tide line. done accOrdlng, to cider
Business, Wedding, and Ball CARDS.
Tiskets; etc., 'printed with DelltlMS and despatch.
- JustiOs' aild Constables' Blanks, 'Notes,
Deeds, snanllcthcr Blanks, on hand; or prlntesfic..rrOci
1140. 5.
wyr,TobArdek grol ranks, to be pt!d for ar delSves
--- • -
I defy the House,l deffthe national"Leg
islatitre; I defy the generals in comp - Mt:11,
to lay. dawn aline of phliey that i; to he
pursued anon this question of slavery that •
shall mete out equal' mid eat justice
everywhere. Therefore, let the etnergen:
Cy of the occasion pr; - Vide for itself. - Let
the Government fotniA men,; let the
Government furnish money; let the Gov. _
ernment eoinmission intelligent generals,
and that is fur-enough to go in relation to
policy..
• ,Suppose you adopt the policy of negro
emancipation, that slaves every where_nre
to be • emancipated, you weaken • itnd
•
iraralyze the strong arm of the
power of the cdhntry ; do 'injustice
to the loyal men in the eonntry, in '11.4..-
sotiri, in * Kentucky, in Western Virginia,.
in Maryland ; because although they are
represented upon this.fleor, and although . •
they are loyal men, _yet still ha e
that species ot . property which :the Cop- •
kitution.tiays we shall protect them iii.
And so long they. are loyal men, - 1
one of those who are in favor -to .the ut
most; of protecting them in the enjoY
-ment of their spitperty. Andso the Pres
jaent of tbe i LTnited States said, when .he
sent out 'his Proclamation calling Men into : •
service to defend 'the Government—not
to emancipate slaves, and not to' interfere
in regard.to the rights:of property. All,
therefore, that I have to ask olf•entlenien
who-pursue extreme measures upon this
other „side . of the• House is to M:tnii the
policy laid down by the Executive the -
nationi.a Mn .Whom 'they have Ht . into--
power. Arid of those' gentlemen and
Representatives from the i Sialfe of Penns
ylvania—and they are numeron: up , ar the
other side of the .Chamber—let me 'ask if ."
they - do mot "believe. that Pennsylvania is
not conservative to day; that Rennsylvani:•
is in favor of sustaiiiiiin- the 'Constitution..
to day'? great heart ofretne.ylvania
is beating td day for the eau: -e s of the
Union. There is with her no question of
slavery', it is a question of national, ex is
tence, of life or death. I have no censure.
'to cast; Upon my colleagues. tonly
peal to them to - stand- . 1*- me• 'von - the
'conservative principles 'that President
Lincoln has laid down in re , !ard to . the
,manner ofyarrying cm this war, and to
stand by the principles - Upon which
war becaine an absolute necessity.
Mr. Kelley. 1 ask whether the gentle
men believes that the - people of Fctincyi
vania will repudiate the war it one of its_
results. be to give significance to the word-.
DONE At TILE OFFICE OT TIIR
. _
,parent, ehild,horpe,- family Mid country
to sonte_poor man whose Saxon father',4
spirit chafes finder the servitiule their
darker skin etrtails upon them ?
Mr. 'Wright. • I will inforni my'respect
ed colleague from - Pennsylvania thauthe
father, mother, brother, sister, Child of
the white race are a thousand times dear
er. to Me than the inferior castes of blac;l .
man. .[Appraise in thegalleries4
I will also inform my worthy collrarlio
front my "own State:that in preserving tho
Conslituti•Ch, in living up to the policy .
that inaugurated the war,• - upon the part
of thc Administration and upf , n, - the part
.of the Jlouses,he will find his only gtiaraa
tee that his wife and his child are to he
secure in
. this: great haul , 40 11 (..alalitity.
That hour is.upon us• and it is our Si,i
etun duty to take care of theAngl6 Amer
ican race, and SUVeitif there be power
and vitality left in the GoVernnAt.to do
••
it. •
I have a heart, I trust, as large and
comprehensive with' regard to the wants
and -necessities of this race as My col
league, but the Anglo-Si!xon race with
inc is the first thing-for my consideration.
And let me say, further, with regard to
the appeal tliat*. broughtl one hundred
thousand men from the State of Pennsyl
vania into the Army, that had they known
before the day of. their enlistment that,
their services were required to fight for
emancipation, I venture to say that that .
army of one hundred thousand men would
have been less formibable titan ; the. con ,
temptible company of men thin Falstaff
was 'ashamed to march through
,ebventry
with to the battle of Shrewsbury', Sir, -
the contest in.which we arc. engaged to
day is hot for the elevation. of the black -
race.' : It. is for., the imperishable principle
.of liberty, of MP government', of the right
of maw to govern hiMself. That is the
spirit that leads tin our I.lrmv. It is not
the groveling principle that looks :to.the -
elevation of the black race; - it is to 'decide
,the great question . whether the liberty
.which bits been banded down .to us by
ouriathers shall be ',remitted to remain
in the land-or whether. chaos and tresola
,
thin shall blot out the eon ntrY ankh the
Governmen s t for ever. - That is thn feel
ing and the principle that brings to day
one hundred thousand millirem the State •
1 of PennssylVallia into this: great conflict.
It is,a conflict for an imperishable principle
it is a conflict fire liberty.; it is a conflict
to preserve those sacred colors- that Fare
suspended above'-the Speaker's chair in
. the House of Commons of this land ; it is
. a conflict to give a character and-a name
to the gre:it country we inhabit,- and not
to. elevate the condition of the black man
alone. . ,
_Sir; I Will go with that gentleman, or ,
any -other "gentleman, to confiscate - the
property of the rebel, Avlierev.er• he may
be teund ,• but I do want to lay down.
rules With rer , ard - to the principle, of COll-
Lt es t the hour provide-for ifself; - .
Let the time. and the occasion point
s sit
to-the military -cotimianders, or :the ex
ecutive chief, the mode,- and manner in
,which thin object shall be. accomplished.
• Mr. Lovejoyi I wish to ask the „gentle- .
min whether he recognizes the right of
a general to adopt what rules (if conlisca-
Om be:deems best from time to time.
Mr. Wright. I recognize the right of a
cdmmanding general to -adopt what rule .
,he.deems expedient, subject . o a revision
that,conservative,power that is to-day
'located in the White . House, so that if any
man shall play Fremont, we have a man
-there who has • nerve enough- to undo
what he'dOeS, if wrong.
Mr.
LoVejoy: Then I understand, Mr.
Chairman, that the gentleman means that
when a general is pro-slavery he believes
hiSitcerees are right but when anti-slavery
Ite.belinveS:they are wrong.' •
fMr,- Wright: I -will tell. the gentleman
what I mean — I mean that the President