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President's Message.
[Concluded.]
TIM WAR ',SPA RnilpiT.
The report of the Secretary of War ad
interim exhibits the operations of -the ar
my and of the several bureaus of the War
Department. The aggregate strength of
our military force on the 90th of Septem
ber last was 56 315. The total estimate
foe military appropriations is $77 124 707,
including a deficiency in last year's ap
propriation of 813 600 000. The pay
ments at the Treasury on account, of the
service of the War .Department from
January Ist to October 26th, 1867, a pe
riod of ten months, amounted to $lOO.
807 000. Tt.e expenses of the military
establishment, as well aii the members of
the army are now three times as great as
they have ever - been in time of peace,
while the discretionary power is vested
in the Executive to add millions to this
expenditure by an increase of the army
to the maximum strength allowed by the
law.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
The comprehensive Report of the Sec
retary of the Interior furnishes his inter
eating information in reference to the im
portant branches of the public service
connected with his department. The
menacing attitude of some of the warlike
bands of Indians inhabiting the district
of country between the Arkansas and
Platte rivers and portions of Dakota Ter:
ritnry, requiied the presence of a large
I..rce in that region. Instigated
by real or imaginary grievances, the Indi
ans occasionally committed acts of barbs
rons violence emigrants and our fron
tier settlemvnts.
But a general Indian war has been
providentially avoided. The Commis
sioners under the act of 20th of July, '67,
were invested with power to adjust exist.
ing difficulties, negotiate treaties with
the disaffected bands, and select for them
reservations remote from the traveled
routes between the Mississippi and the
Pacific. They entered without delay on
the execution of their trust, but have not
yet made any official report of their pro
ceedings, It is of vital importance that
our distant Territories should be exempt
from Indian outbreaks, and that the coq=
struction of the Paci6tß,ailroad--an ob
ject of national importance—should not
oe interrupted by hostile - tribe...
These objects, as well as the material
interests and the moral and intellectual
improvement of the Indians, can be most
cfr,tctually secured by concentrating them
upon portions of country set apart for
their exclusive use, and located at point
remote from our highways and encroach
ing white settlements.
PACIFIC RAILROAD
Since the commencement of the second
session'of the Tuirty-ninth Congress five
hundred and ten miles of road have •been
constructed oil the main line and branch
es of the Pacific Railway. The line from
Omaha is rapidly approaching the eastern
base of the Rocky Mountains, whilst the
terminus oo' the last sec , ion.of constructed
road in California, accepted by the Gov
ernment on the 24th day of October last,
was but eleven miles distant from the
summit of the Sierra Nevada.
The remarkable energy evinced by the
companies, offc,rs the strongest assurance
that the completion of the road, from Sac
ramento to Omaha, wig not. be long de
ferred. During the last fiscal year, seven
million forty-one thousand one- hundred
and fourteen acres of public hind were
disposed of, and the cash receipts from
sales and fees exceeded by one half' mil
lion dollars, the sum realized from those
soarces daring the preceding year.
PENSIONS
The am't paid pensioners, including. ex
penses of disbursements,
was 818 619 946,
and thirty-six thousand four himdred and
eighty-two names were added to the rolls.
The entire number of pensioners on the
30th of June last, was one hundred and
fifty-one thousand four hundred and sev
enty-four.
PATlM'ffa
Eleven thousand six hundred and fifty.
five patents'and designs were leaned du
ring the year. ending September , 30th,
1867, and at that date the balance in the
Treasury to the credit of the Patent
Fund was $286 607.
TIIE 'NAVY.
The report of the Secretary of the Na
vy states that we have seven squadrons
actively and judiciously employed, under
efficient . and able corn - menders, in protect
ing the-persons and property of Amer--
can citizens,-and maintaining the dignity
and power of the Governmen t, end prof
meting the commerce and business inter
este of our countrymen in every port of
the -world.
Of the two hundred and thirty-eight
vessels composing the present.navy of the
nailed States, filty-sir, carrying five hun
dred and seven guns, are iu squadron ser
vice.. : plying, the year
: the number of
vesselsin commission has been reduced
twelve, and , there are thirteen less on,
striadroniiiity
,tban ',there Were , 'at 'the
date of the last report. A large 'number
of vessels.were , commenced,' and -in , the
ll'course of construction when the war ,:ter
minate4,l - mad - VthOugh 'Congrest'
vitae :thitneeemary app*nationa for
their tompletion, the department has eitfi-
er suspended work upon them, or limited
the slow completion of the steam vessels,
so as to meet the contracts for machinery
made with private establishments.
The total expenditures of the Navy
Department for the fiscal year ending
June 80th, 1867, were t3l 034 011. No
appropriations have been made or requir
ed since the close of the war for the con
struction and repair of vessels; for steam
machinery, ordnance, provisions and cloth
ing, fuel, hemp, ttc., the balances under
these several heads having been more
than sufficient for current expenditures.
Ii should also be stated to the credit of
the department, thar, besides asking no
appropriations for the above objects for
the last two.years, the Secretary of the
Navy on the 30th of September last, in
accordance with the act of May Ist, 1820,
requested the Secretary of the Treasury
to carry to the surplus fund the sum of
563 000 000, being the amount received
from the sales of vessels and other war
iiroperty, and the remnants of former ap
propriations.
POSTAL AFFAIMS
The report of the Postmaster General
shows the business of the Post Office De
partment, and the condition of the postal
service in a very favorable light, and the
attention of Congress is cared to its prac
tical recommendations. The receipts of
the department for the year ending June
30th, 1867, including all special appropri
ations for sea and land service, and for
free mail matter, were $l9 978 693 The
expenditures for all purposes were $l9-
235 483 ; leaving an unexpended balance
in ftvor of the department of $743 210,
which can be applied towards the expens
es of the department for the current year.
The increase of postal revenue, inde
pendent of specific apprdpriations for the
year 1867 over that of .1866 was sbso
- The incrua-e of revenue from the
the sale of stamps and stamped envelopes
was $783 404. The increase of expendi
tures tOr 1867, over those of the previous
year, was owing chiefly to the extension
of the land and ocean mail service.
During the past year new postal con
ventionshave been ratified and exehang
ed,with the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, Belgium,ttie Nether
lands, Switzerland, the North German
Union, Italy, and the Colonial govern
ment at Hong Kong, reducing very large
ta-and from and within those countries.
AGRICULTURE
The report of the acting Commissioner I
of Agriculture concisely presents the !
condition, wants, and progress of an in
terest
eminently worthy the fostering I
care of Congres, and exhibits a large
measure of useful results achieved during ,
the year to which it_refurs:
FOREIGN R ELAT lONS
The re-establishment of peace at home,
and the resumption of extended trade,
travel and commerce abroad, have served
to increase the number and variety of
questions in the Department of Foreign
Affairs. None of these questions, howev
er, have seriously disturbed our relations
with other States.
The Republc of Mexico, having been
relieved from foreign intervention, is ear
nestly engaged in efforts to re- . establish
her constitutional form trf government.
A good understanding continues to exist
between our government and the repub
lics of Hayti and San Domingo, and our
cordial relations with the Central and
South American States remains unchang
ed. The tender made, in conformity
with a resolution of Congress, of the
good offices of the government with a
view to an amicable adjustment of peace
between Brazil and her allies on one side,
and Paraguay on the other, and between
Chili and her allies on the one side, and
Spain on the other, though kindly re
ceived, has in neither case been fully ac
cepted by the belligerents.
The war in the valley of the Parana is
still vigorously maintained. Ou the oth
er hand, actual hostilities between the
Pacific States and Spain have been more
than a year suspended. I shall on any
proper occasion that may occur, renew
the conciliatory recommendations which
have been already made. Brazil, with
enlightened sagacity and comprehensive
statesmanship, has opened the great
channels of the Amazon and its/tributa
ries to universal commerce. are thing
more seems needful to acquire rapid and
cheering progress in South Amerida. I
refer to those peaceful habits, without
which States and. Nations cannot in this
age, well, expect material prosperity or
social advancement.
The Exposition of Universal Indnstry
at Paris has passed, and seems to have
fully'realized the high' expentations of the
French Government. If due allowance
be - ",made for the recent - political derange
ment here, the part - which the United
States has borne in this exhibition of in
vention and art may be regarded with
very high ;satisfaction. During the Ex
position al conference was held of dele
gates frcnn _seVeral -nations, the United
States being one, in which -the inconven
iences cif, commerce and social inter
conise xeSnititig friim the
. dimse stand
aidS innneylvalue were discussed, and
plane vivre developed for-establishing, by
univetind I:Conierit,'. a • cdtnnion ' principle
fer the eninage orpold.= ,
Tbese conferences are expected - to be
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 1867.
renewed with the attendance of many for
eign States not hitherto represented. A
report of these interesting proceedings
will be submitted to Congress, which
will, no doubt, justly appreciate the great
object, and be ready to adopt any meas
ure which may tend to facilitate its ulti
mate accomplishment. On the 25th of
February. 1862, Congress' declared by
law, that Treasury notes without inter
est authorized by that act, should be. le
gal tender in payment of all debts public
and private within the United States.—
An annual remittance of $3O 000, less
stipulated expenses, accrues to claimants
under the convention made with Spain in
1834. These remittances, since the pas
sage of that act ; have been paid in such
notes. The claimants insist that the gov
ernment ought to require payment in
coin. The subject may be deemed wor
thy of your attention.
No arrangement has yet been reached
for the settlement of our claims for British
depredations upon the commerce of the
United States. I have felt it my duty to
decline the proposition of arbitration
made by Her Majesty's Government, be
cause it has hitherto been accompanied by
reservations and limitations incompatible
with the rights, interest, and honor of our
country. It is not to be apprehended that
Great Britain will persist in her refusal to
satisfy these just and reasonable claims,
which involve the sacred principle of non
intervention—a principle henceforth not
more important to the United States than
to all other commercial nations.
run 'WEST IN'DIA ISLANDS
Were seilled and colonized by Euro
pean States, simultaneously with• the set
tlement and e.)lonixit ion of the American
continent. Most of the colonies planted
here became independant nations in the
close of the last and beginning of the pres
ent century. Our own country embraces
communites which at one period were col
onies of Great Britin, France, Spainolol
land, Sweden and Russia. The people in
the West Indies, with the exceptions of ,
the Island of Hayti, have neither attained !
nor aspired to independence, nor have
they become prepared for self-defence.
Although possessed considerable com
mercial value they have been held by the
several European States which colonized,
or at sonic time conquered them, chiefs
for purpose oftnilitary and naval strategy
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Revolutionary war ports and harbors in
the West India Islands were used by our
enemy to the great injury and embarrass
ment of the United States. We had -the
same experience in our second war with
Great Britin. The same European policy
for a long time excluded ns even from
trade with the West India Island, while
we were at peace with all nations. In our
recent civil war the Rebels, and their pir
atical and blockade-breaking allies, found
facilities in the same ports for the work,
which they too - successfully accomplish, of
injuring and devastating the commerce
which we are now engaged in rebuilding.
We labored especially under this disad
vantage, that European steam vessels em
ployed by our enemies found friendly shel
ter, protection and supplies in West In
dian ports, while our naval operations
were necessarily Carried cn from our own
distant shores. There was then a univer
, sal feeling of the want of an advanceed na
-1 val outpost between the Atlantic coast
I and Europe. The duty of obtaining such
an outpost peacefully and lawfully while
neither doing nor menacing injury to oth-
I er States, earnestly engaged the attention
lof the xecutive Department before the
close of the war, and it has not been lost
sight of since that time. A not entirely
, dissimilar naval want revealed itself during
the same period on the Pacific coast.
I The required foothold there was fort
) unate'y secured by our late treaty with
the Emperor of Russia, and it now seems
! imperative that the maze obvious nceessi
, ties of the Atlantic coast should not be less
I carefully provided for. A good and con
' venient port and harbor capable of easy
defense. will supply that want. With the
! possession of such a station by the United
States, neither we nor any other Ameri- i
can nation need longer apprehend injury I
or offence from any trans-Atlantic enemy.
I agree with our early statement that the
West Indies naturally gravitate, and may I
be expected ultimately to be absorbed by
the Continental States, including our own. i
I agree with them also, that it is wise
to leave the question of such absorption to
this process of natural political gravita
tion. The Islands of St. Thomas and. St.
Johns, which constitute a part of the
group called Virgin. Islands. seemed to
offer us advantages unusually desirable,
while their acqusition could be, secured
in harmony with the principles to which
I have alluded.
.A treaty has therefore been concluded
with the King of Denmark for the ces
sion of these Islands, and will be submit
ted to the. Senate fur consideration.
It will hirdly be necessary to call the
attention of Congres tn. the subject of
providing for the payment, to Russia, of
the stun stipulated in the treaty . for
the
cession of. Alaska, possession having been
formally delivered. to our, Comwissioaere.
_The territory - remains for , toe present in
care of a military. force, awaiting , such
civil organizatiob as shall be direoted. by
Congretis: . , .
TUE NATURALIZATION QUESTION.
The annexation of many small German
States to Prihsia, and the reorganization
of that country under a new and liberal
Constitution, have induced me to renew
the effort to obtain a just and prompt
settlement of the long vexed question
concerning the claims of foreign States
for military service from their subjects
naturalized in the United States.
A...‘7 ENBAREASSING INTERNATIONAL
'QUESTION.
The attention of Congress is respect
fully called to a singular and embarras
sidg conflict of laws. The Executive
Depafitment of this government has hith
erto uniformly held, as it now holds,
that naturalization, in conformity with
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, absolves the recipient from his
native allegiance. The courts of Groat
Britain hold that allegiance to the Brit
ish crown is indefeasible, and, is not ab
solved by our laws of naturalization.—
British judges cite courts and law au
thorities of the United States in stipport
of that theory against the positiOn held
by the executive authority of the United
States. This conflict perplexes the pub
lic mind concerning the rights of natural
ized citizens, and impairs the national au
thority abroad. I called attention to this
subject in my last annual' message, and
again respectfully appeal to Congress, to
declare the national will, unmistakably,
upon this important question.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE
The abuse of our laws by the clandes
tine prosecution of the African slave
trade, from American ports, or by Amer
ican citizens, has altogether ceased, and
under existing circumstances, no appre
hensions of its renewal in this part of the
world are entertained. Under these cir
cumstances it becomes a question, wheth
er we shall not propose to Her Majesty's,
government, a suspension or discontinu
ance of the stipulations for maintaining a
naval force for the suppression of that
trade.
[Signed.] ANDREW JOHNSON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3d, 1867.
The Impeachment Sickness.
From the New-York Afercantile Jour
nal, neutral in politics:
"With no politic.' ....any things
occupant of the White
House has done, we must say that a care
ful perusal of the majority report on his
impeachment in Congress, has convinced
us that our duty as journalists call for
our emphatic denunciation of the testi
mony therewith presented, as the lamest,
weakest, paltriest, if not the vilest trash
ever thrust before the eyes 91 an indig
nant community.
We seriously think that the honorable
gentlemen who are still lending the dig
nity of their names and office to this af
fair must be out of their senses, if they
imagine that the people of the United
States can stomach such loathsome stuff.
We have not conversed with one man or
woman, of any shade of opinon, since the
publication of these reports, who does
not scout at the idea of treating them
with-any other feeling than that of dis
gust.
Moreover, all are amazed to think that
such creatures could exist and find em
ployment upon American soil, as the
pimus and spies whose manceavres are
here revealed. The bottled monstrosities
of the naturalist's cabinet are not more
repulsive than the human trichintes, and
it is surely not the official whom they at
tack outside, but the body politic that
has taken them into its intestines that is
likely to die of their filthy presence.—
For the honor of the Nation, ere
'Men of al} lands
Laugh out with a scorn that shall ring to
the poles,'
We hope that this shameful page may at
once be obliterated from our contempo
raneous record.
ErMijor-Gen. Hancock has assumed
command of the Fifth Military District.
In his first order he congratulates the cit
izens of Louisianna and Texas upon peace
and assures them that it is his purpose to
preserve this condition of things. He re
gards the maintenance of the civil authori
ty as the great means to accomplish this
end. Ho declares that the right of trial
by jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of
the Press, the freedom of speech, and the
natural right of persons and the right of
property mast be preserved. He directs
that in all cases where the Courts fail to do
their duty, reports be made cto him, when
he will issue such orders as he may deem
necessary. He concludes by giving no
tice that forcible resistance to the laws
will be instantly suppressed by aryls.
4
--.-Judge James Thompson on Fnesday
received his commission as. Chief Justice
of. the Supreme Court' ofPennsyl vania, vice
the Hon. George W. , Woodward, who re.
tires• at the'expiration of his term. The
court as now constituted is composed as
follows : James Thompson, chief justice,
and - William Stroug,John M. Reed, Dan.
jet Agnew, and George Sherwood, as
aaeiate•.austiees. • .
—A - . shocking thing to.thipk of—s gal.
van;o'battery. .
The Independent Farmer.
Let sailors sing of the windy deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor,
But in my heart this toast will keep—
The Independent Farmer.
When first the rose in robe of green
Unfolds its crimson lining,
And 'round his cottage porch is seen
The hieneysuckle twining ;
When banks of gloom their sweetness yield
To bees that gather honey,
lie drives his team across the field,
Where skies are soft and sunny.
The blackbird clucks behind the plough,
The quail pipes loud and clear,
Yon orchard hides behind its bough
The home he loves so dear;
The gray and old barn doors unfold
His ample store in measure,
More rich than heaps of hoarded gold,
A precious, blessed treasure;
While yonder in the porch there stands
His wife, the lovely charmer,
The sweetest rose on all his lands—
The Independent Farmer.
To him the Spring comes dancingly,
To him the Summer blushes,
The Autumn smiles with mellow ray,
His sleep old Winter bushes ;
He cares not bow the world may move,
No doubts or fears confound him ;
His little flock are linked in love,
And household angels round him ;
He trusts to God and loves his wife,
Nor griefs nor ills may harm her ;
He's Nature's nobleman in life— •
The Independent, Farmer.•
DOD TM! It COSTDOSZ DEMOCRAT.
AL g=f9TORY
Of the Great Struggle between Liberty
and Devonian for the last
Hundred Years.
IDNrjon
THE ec j arr updEi f eciay
s Eir e r N E l
JACOBLNS
N W SO A N NT .
The TO
ft.
committee have reported
in favor of impeaching the President of
the United States. They report that" in
accordance with the testimony herewith
submitted, and the view of the law here
with presented, the committee is of the
opinion that Andrew Johnson, President
of the United
_States, is guilty of high
;rare Rouse", i atreTollerwillifhtiescita
tion, "That Andrew Johnson, President
of the United, be impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors."
The reading of the resolution,. says the
reporter, was greeted with an outburst of
applause from certain parts of the gallery,
clapping of hands on the floor, while
counter demonstrations of hisses were
made on the floor and in the galleries.
Now, let Andrew Johnson he placed
on trial before a professedly civilized and,
Christian world, and answer to the high
charges made against him. .
"The charges made, and to which the
investigation of the committee have been
especially directed; aro usurpation ofpow
er, and violation of law in the corrupt
abuse of appointing, pardoning, and veto
powers, &c. It will be observed that the
great salient point of accusation, standing
out in the foreground, and challenging
the attention of the country, is usurpation
of power, which involves of course a vio
lation of law ; and here it may be remark
ed that perhaps every abuse, every fla-
I grant departure from the well settled
principles of the government, which has
been brought home to its present admin
istration.' Whether discovering itself in
special infractions of the statutes, or in
the profligate use of the high powers con
ferred by the Constitution on the Presi
dent, or revealing itself more manifestly
in the systematic attempt to seize upon its
sovereignty, and disparage acid supersede
the great council to which that sover
eignty has been entrusted in reference to
the one great purpose of reconstructing
the shattered fragments of the rebel
States in accordance with his own wishes,
in the interest of the great criminals who
carried them into the rebellion, and in
such a way as to deprive the people of the
loyal States of all chances for indemnity
for the past and security for the future, by i
-pardoning their (Armen: aid restoring
their lands, and*ringing them back to
their hearthsunrepentant, and their hands
yet red with the blood of our people, in
to a condition where they could once
more embarrass and defy, if not absolute
ly rule, the government which. they had
vainly endeavored to destroy. It is
around this point, therefore, as the great
master key which unlocks and interprets
all of them, that the attention of the
House will first be directed."
Has the President usurped any unlaw
ful power in pardoning the people of the
Southern States referred to in the above
indictment, or has Congress usurped the
power belonging to the President P--
Let one of the signers of the Constitution
answer. Look at that instrument and you
will see attached thereto the name of Al
exander Hamilton. This great statesman,
writing for the i "Federalist," says of the
"Pardoning Power of the President :"
"The President is to be commander in
ebief of the twiny; 'and navy of,the 'United
Stet& '.He is Alan authorized to-grant re.
Frieine And - pirdOns for offenies against
the tfoltia ttetee, except irr oasediof iat.
I VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 51
peachment. Humanity and good,poliey
conspire to dictate that the benign power
of pardoning should be as little as possi
ble fettered or embarrassed. The amnia"
at code of• every country partakes so
much of necessary severity, that without
an easy access to exceptions in favor of
unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a
countenance too sanguinary and cruel.—
The expediency of vesting the pardoning
power in the President has, if I mistake
not, been only. contested in relation to,tbe
crime of treason. This, it has been urged,
ought to have depended upon the assent
of one or both the branches of the legisla
tive body I shall not deny that there
are strong reasonate be assigned for re- ,
quiring, in this particular, the concur
rence of that body, or a part of it. Rut
it is not to be doubted that a single man
of prudence and good sense is better fit
ted, in delicate conjunctions, to balance'
the motives which may plead for and
against the remission of the punishment,
than any numerous body whatever..
It deserves particular' attention that
treason will often be connected with sew
ditionl
'Which embrace a large proportion
of the ommunity, as lately _happened in
Massa husetts. In every such case, we
might expect to see the representation of
the people tainted with the same spirit
which had given birth to the offence ; and
when parties were pretty equally poised,
the secret sympathy of the friends and fa
vorers of the condemned, availing itself
of the good nature and 'weakness - of oth
ers, might frequently bestow impunity,
when the terror of an example Was neo ,
essary. .>.
On the other hand, when the sedition
had proceeded from causes which had in
flamed the resentments of the major par
ty, they might often be found obstinate
and inexorable, - when policy demanded
forbearance and clemency. But the prin
cipal argument for reposing the power of
pardoning in this case in the chief magis
.trate, is this: In seasons of insurrection
or rebellion, there are often critical Mo
ments, when a well timed offer of pardon.
to the insurgents, or rebels, may restore
the tranquility of the commonwealth, and
which, if suffersd to pass unimproved, it
may never be possible afterwards to re ,
call. The dilatory process-of convening
the Legislature, or one of its branches,for
ting slip the gOlden opportunity. The
loss of a week, a day, or au hour, may
sometimes be fatal. If it should be ob
served thit a discretionary power,*ith a
view to such contingencies, might be oc
casionally conferred upon the Presi'd'ent-;
it may be answered in the first plate that
it is questionable whether, in a limited
Constitution, that power could be delega
ted by law ; and in the second place that
it would generally be impolitic befoF6
baud to take any step which might bold
out the prospect of impunity. A proceed
ing adds kind, out of the canal course,
would be likely to be construed into au
argumen t of timidity or of weakness, and
would have a tendency to embolden
guilt." •
Here it is seen that - the Constitution
confers all the pardoning powers upon
the President, and none whatever upon
Congress. Congress therefore should be
impeached both for usurpation and con
spiracy to deprive the President of the
powers which the founders of the govern
ment conferred upon him. They alsogave
him the veto power for the very purpose
of saving the government from destruc
tion at the hands of just such traitors as
are now preparing to impeach him for ex
ercising it in behalf of the principles of
our free government.
The impeachment report, in order to
excite revenge against, the Southern pea
ple, speaks of " their, hands yet red with
the blood of our people." What could
the Southern people say in reply? They
could send the same message to the party
in power as Dr. Franklin sent to England
—as follows :
"Mr. STuAnAIT : You are a member of
Parliament, and one of that majority
which has doomed my country to destruo•
Lion. You have begun to burn oar towns
and murder our people. Look upon your
hands! They are stained with the brood
of your relations! You and 11 were long
friends. You are now my enemy and I
am Yours, B. FuANELDr."
"It is impossible," he says again, "that
we should think of submission ,to a
government that has, with wanton barber
ity and cruelty, burnt our defincislese
towns, and excited (=slaves to murder
their masters." 4
The Southern peepie have done what
the rebels of 1776 refused , to do—submit
ted to a government that treated them
with , more b arb arity . and. cruelty thaw ,
England itself, awl itecanse they have/
subinitted, this party have determined to:
hold them in slavery, and turn the Pres 6
dent out of his.office' for refasing to aso,
silt bitforgiug their chains.
The next number will prove his righi ,
to veto the-acts of Congress,, which
charged as a crime AgOuat.tvinn
.
NViir biko a Goaft,Ttireplei oughtilof
to have kivire Z. 4 - 9 6- ause h AT, n O lti l"
'porter.' .
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" PIIILAD'A, July sth, 1775
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