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SPEECH
OF THE
-tlon. A. K. i?2cClLUKE
On the Act for the commutation of ton
nage ddties upon all the internal im
provements of the State, delivered in
the Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1861.
The Senator trout JLSerks, ( M r. Uly tuerj
hat certain
lly achieved a brilliant i-uccess
astounding bimaelt; ana I risk
yin-i that he should be p-epared
r sensation when he shall d'u-
in greatly
little in ssyin
for another sensation when he shall
cover now rnuuaiy auu Mraugeiy ue uns
erred. I do not mean that be has erred
in any matter- of theory, or of judgment, flattering encomiums, lavished upon bis to rival commercial marts around as that millions of ton-- have found a market
or of State policy for f-uch errors I was own immediate constituents. I concede which a beneficent God marked on this since, to the exclu-iou of foreign con pet
fully prepared, and meaut to cxcue them; eveu that they o;ifht rai.-e their hands rreat map bl nature as the tribute of our itors. The same iuoxorahle lawn of trade
but nhco ko learned a Senator as the and thank God that thev are not as Wentern Empires to Peno'ylvania T It wbioh demanded tbe abandonment of the
pcntlenian from Berk" deGes fcts and
tbe simplest rules of arithmetic I -carccly
know bow, Vin in charity, to reconcile ht
reaiark with his claims to irauku s- aud
iutcllicence. I believe that be m-ant to
fi.'h: this bill fairly. I do not question
-the Mnccritj of hi- convictions in re-i.-tm goods mu.-t pay a tax when it parses structiou of tbe Penu-y I vania Railroad in propot-ing to receive a bonus of a o il
thi measure; but ho ha- mail.-stly htud- : throukh Lancaster to Philadelphia, and has, in ten years added fifty millions to Hon aud a ball for the release of all tax
ied the question his array of tsbles and ' why it must go free if it pasr-es through our taxable property along its line; and, es of every kind, Pennsylvania would now
calculations, -o often appealed to in sup- j the county of Berkn. Upon thi point addition, it pays in legitimate taxes, he surpassing both New York and Mary
port of bis position, gives evidence that the Seuator was stranel remiss. In independent of tonnage duties, what is land in every element of eommeroial pro
be has exhausted bis "mathematics to hi- almo.t frantic energy in advocating a the mtere-t ol nearly two millions of our gress and advancing industry. Nc-w
swell tho tide of ruin that i to overwhelm tax upon tonnage, he rhouid not have for- dett. For thi- it is treated a- a n onster York has set the example by uncoudi
us when the bill shall bei-ome a Is.w. It ', gottqu that f qual and exact justice to all, aDd a curo. It pays more direct taxes tioually repealing all taxes, upon tounage,
is but fair therefore, on a qwion .so mo- iu itnpo-inn tbo f urdens ot the State, is for Irtate purpo-e.i in ten years than the -8 soou a-Peuns) 1 vania aroused troru her
mentous in its re-ults, to bold him to a one o! the Grst dutie- of the LegiMaturu. : whole county of Berk- baa paid iu the slumbers and stretched her iron land
strict accountability for hi- htartlin dec- j When he leave- hi.- beautilul City of! I8!"t century. Still it is to be regarded over the Alteghenien to compete for the
laralions; audi shall leave to him the ; Reading for the commercial emporium of a a mere beast of burden to tbe State wealth of tbo west, and Pennsylvania
task of cxplniuiu how he has n ared lor 1 the Commonwealth, he jasses oier a road ' while every other railroad i- incorporated could hesitate to follow only at her peril.
himself sucb a frightful
monument of ,
blunders.
He seems to have resolved upon tbe
sensation style of oratory a stlc per
haps well adapted to bis clarion voice and'
his admiring cou-tituenti wteo clustered
uround tbe hu-tiugs but the Penn-jlva-tiia
Senate owe- higher and holler dull s
to a Commonwealth than tickling aim
quated fancies or resi-t:n- true and en
hbteoed progres- by perv-rtin fact- and
ligurcs. Ke as most uufortunate in bis
ery starting point. I was amazed at his
poitive declaration that wo bad -arrificed
millions of revenue by the ron-truction of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and wa- lost
in wonder as to where h" meant to ieit a
pretext for the a-sumptioo. At la-t the
explanation came, an 1 the ribt of way
of the Baltimore aud -Ohio Railroad
through a portion of our Stte we.-ittard
was the canvass 00 which the thrilling pic
ture of wrong to Pt nnsjlvania wa- paiu
ted. And what ii it when reduced to
wmple, unvarni-h d trut 1 1 A- the fir,-t
reislntion was bad before I was born, the
Seuator from Berk- will excuse any waut
of details; but the main fact- are few and
easily understood. In 1H27 the Legisla
ture of this State granted the Baltimore
sod Ohio Railroad tbe right of way our
our soil; aud as it was the corporation of
a rival State aim in to build up a rival
commercial city, a tax was iaipo-ed by the
terms of tbe charter, upon it- tonuage, and
pcrhap-s upon its passengers. This would
doubtless have been a fruitful soure of
revenue to our treasury, but for the fim
plo fact that tbe corpora ors or stockhol
ders declined to accept it. Jiut now the
Pennsylvvnia Railroad company, then
nearly a quarter of a century tu tbe Ju-
ture and nuthouht of by any one. is now ple, I-hould. I think, nt least be silent wben I pameut-i to the State for thirty yearn reserved, with the obtiou-ly ju-t condi
to be held responsible for that loss. ill one tortiou o! the State asks a.erelv to under the provisions ot this bill. tion that, if ever re-iustited, it -ball visit
nnrl.inl . a A i ffi n 11 1 nf !it!.flltnrt) STI.In.
vbitmuij uiujium v.. 1.KV..IUV.VIJ
nation. It is true that in later vear- the
charter was renewed to the Baltimore and
flhtn nnA if It: fll.-n IrnA flint l(l. n 1MB
uuiui " ww. " "
Ventra road was incorporated it was en-
acted that if a certain pornon of the Cen-
tral route nhould be completed within a ,
ieu uiue, iub i igui, 01 way iui iuc iu -
ryland road would then cease. But the ;
Senator from Berks cannot be ignorant of
t
tbe fact that sinre the coo-truetion of tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad, tbe Legislature
has chartered a company to occupy pre
cisely tbe same route as that a-ked for
by the Baltimore aud Ohio, leading di
rectly thorough a portion of ourSute into
Baltimore, without impo-rag a farthing
'of tax either upon tonnage or passengers,
and the corporation is bankrupt, and the
road has never been made. This is the
brilliant revenue scheme that baa been
blasted, according to the theory of the
Senotor from Berks a road that no one
will baild, wbo-e stock is valueless, and
whose bonds are worthless. I need hard
ly nay that I Tefer to the Conuellsville
toad.
Mr. CLYMER. Do I understand the
Senator to say that in the Act incorpora
ting tbe Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad, or
giving it the right of way, there was no
tonnage tax imposed ? Do I uoder-taud
him to say further that there waB no tax
tipon passenger-I
Mr. M'CLURE. I certainly said no
such thim. I stated, I tbiuk distinctly,
that a charter was given, and a tax im-
poned upon toDnage, aod it may be upon
passenger; bit tbo people of Baltimore
taever accepted it. They were too wise
' "they looke,J too carefully to the inter-
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est- or luuir cu-iiuilt Mil en j mu- 10
trammel the trade that entered their sea
port: and, in after years, wb.n our own
Legislature re-chartt-ro i the samp route
to a Pi nnsylvania company, to carry the without it. and if impo-ed equally upon
produce of our own people to a loreign B- rks and Dauphin, Franklin aud We-t
city, no tax ol any kind was imposed. I .uorelnnd, would be much greater still
tru-t the gentleman under-tands. me now. But it inu-t bo remembered that we have
His trani reveuue bubr le has been pier had no revenue from this source for three
s ced. and it wa-te- into nothingness. The' years, aud the State was never more pros
untold millions of revenue whi b he insi- porous. It if, therefore, not now a no
ted we kad bargained away, in order to cessity; and wo provide in this kill that if
construct tlio Pennsylvania railroad, it -hall over become a necessity, it inu-t be
proves to be the offerings of a road that rein-tated on th- Penn-ylvnnia Railroad,
, B-altimore twice refu-ed to make, and aod bo aj.-o levied upon the Reading-and
Pennsylvania still refu.oa to make, and and other roads. Then it will be just,
; that bos giveu bankruptcy to all who at- however uuwi-e may be the policy. But
tempted to bring it into life, although it the great is-ue is above the que-tiou of
i free from all restrictions upon tonnage reveuue. Shall Pennsylvania be para
aud travel. lyzed in. her euergies in a ,-reat strurglo
Let me here sugje-t to the Senator fr the wealth of a coutinent, by unequal
from Berks bow his eloquence mijjht have tase imposed upon her own capital, her
appealed to this Senate witk all the now
er of ju-tice. Relying upou hi- premiie-
a- harmonizing, with a correct State poli-
cy, he should have gone farther than
merelv to derand that tl.e tran-inorter.
-j i --- - b
nerel to demnd that M.r f rsrunnrter-
j ------ (
ou me renusyivania ivauroau anaii pay a
tax to the State. I can appectatu hi-
other men that they are not radical, cuoyfin time, effect a million of direct rev- policy of taxing tonnage on certain arti-reckle-t-
iunovaters. But when we come p"ue. oi ten millions if vou plea-e, while, clec, applied with equal force to every
to the qu-'otion of taxatiou, lobkin-; to -n the period, its removal will enrioh ton of produce ot every kiod;aod iu lb.V7
that equality that is due from the govern- our corumeree, and our producers of eve- the Le-ri.-lature aj-ain receded aud re
ment to eery cla-s and section ot our rJ kind, and add score, of millions to tbe pealed tbe tax absolutely But tor the
' people. I cannot understand why a ton oJ
runuinu t'.roUifh the Iruitiul faru.s of bin
1 .
con-tttuentn, that has a cupitul cuu-ideru-bly
greater than that of the monter cor-
poratiou that ha- tbrouu him into -uch ! 't is throw u directly upou the stroug arms
viohnt paroxysms 00 thi- floor to nit'ht;'f jour owu sous, who make your lore-Is
that 1 ay le than on- third the orditid !ae with golden harvest- your moun-
( ry taxes to the tr-Beury paid t? the C' n
tral road; and yet it ha- uevcr paid a tai-
1 thing of tax upou its tonnage. Cau be
inform thi- Senate wby the farmer, fac
tor, or miner, who live- iu the interior or
western 1. art of th- Stntc, alnu thr Penn
sylvania Railroad, must pay a tribute to
the trea-ur tor tb- nKht to teach a home
murki-t while the farmer, lactor, or mi
n-r. ot Lebanon. Brrk-, Seliujlkiil, &e..
aie uutHxed ' Su po-e that we should,
to day. iu po-e a tx uj o: the tonnage ol
the R adiuj road, upon tbe more than
to i;,iiiiou- ol ton- ot coal it anuu-ill)
cairi-s to market, as well as the rich bur
vuft ot the farm, and the iruit- of the
furnce- and i nctori'S. uhien ha-e no
other channel for tran-poi tation 1 Iuthe
pre-ent depr-ssed coudiunn ot our indu-
t ry it would be. gar a thousand Ijoae-i,
and parahze countless energy aud cni
tal. It we should adopt the nohev of the
Senator from Berks, he surely cannot re-j Under thin bill it pays, as the Senator
ist its g neral af plication; aud if e were ' from B rks admits by hi- own multipi
to impo-e this tax upou the indu-'try oljoation ta' le, more than it oes for the
bi-onn peopl". he could uot return to hi- M-uu Liue with interest, and pays it,
con-titueut-. Yet, what au-er could he i too. in a mmh -horter tt ue than it- con
ixiake to ffceir lameutatioos 7 He could j tract with the State dmaud?; aud ho over
only say that be advocated tbe doctrine ' look- the very important tact that in ad-
of taxing the energies of tbe people of tbejdiuou lo that, they pay aubuallj, lor all so as to destroy tbe present untair, but
State, and tbt the Stte bad acce; ted bi-jtiine lo come, the regular rates of tax, perhaps until now unavoidable, discrim
theory that it had not wronged his p-o i upon all their property , w hi-b uow amount ination aain-t home trade. We require
pie, but had been ju-t to them. Do I e'n
;u tnj.T -f 1 bad ,, ed a ,.jt and rll. n :
Ut0 it ou this que-tiou, by appealing toteadily increasing reveuue from the tax-
the pa.j.ion- or tr-iudiees of tuv owu neo
i I - . f I . '
lift piaceu upon lermi oi equality witn f
r r,.., nr ;"f ....... , a r.., '
aDf.wer, I would -ay boldly tax m con
- - .
Miiueut - . tax an. mr bu suouiu nav anue
. . it r II l lj I .-1.
js tbe S uator from Berks prepared for the value of our Main Line of improve- ,
tbi - 1 If -o, he is consistent, and be meuts. He based a cou-idorable portion
bould to-morrow bring in a bill to tBi;Ot bis argument on this point, and press-j
tne tnr, lt ana hJne w 0i UH Bd ruired and
admirinr con-tituents. If be is not pre-!
mired for such a law how in the name of
. .
iustice can he demand that this urn qa! ,
restriction shall be impo-ed upon Others T
' . . r .
"V or does tbe force of his argument end !
here. We not only tax tbe tonnage of,ures are ou thc "i-eltes ot tbis Hall ry ot Irade, scattering w.altn proiuseiy bavegivenusadvancemont- theybavegiv- proT0 the difference of the people in both
our farms and mines trnsported to or bow are "ucb -'"takes, gointf to the very ou every side as it progren-.d rearing en us hundreds of millions of wealth, and action, and the justice of tbe cause ani
fmn. nnv nnint hr..n Hnrr-nVmr Br,d heart of his argument, to be explained I . town- as if by magio, aud adding to tbe opened up for our great Stte its present K.tlDi( e.ci, Th 4,reat n.niorJtv nf thn
Pittsburg, while all our other lines'lead-
ing to Philadelphia are free; but wo have
ODeued a direct route to New York from
r
thi-i Tilare. over which our nroduee
ice cau
be carried free to a rival city, while it is
taxed if it goes through Lancaster to our
own great emporium of trade. Is this
just to Philadelphia ! Is it just to our
own producers T Is it ju-t to to tbe State,
The tax upon tonnage is either right and
should ba universal, or it is not rijit aud
should be abandoned. E-pecially should
we not discriminate agaiu-t lines leading
to our own eitv. or in other words make
r r
our trade to a foreign city free, while it
taxed when it coa.es to enrich our own
State and p-ople. Can the Seuator from
Berks, representing as be does a coustit-
uency tbat has free trao-portatioo. recon-
cile his , opposition to tbis bill with that
golden rule that bids him do unto others
as he would have them do unto him ?
t must here refer, in plain, practical
terms, to a point that baa elicited tbe bit-
terest denunciation from flic Senator from
Di ri a a a
xitk.h. ne lu-i-t- Unit we will diujinisn
the revenues of the State by commutintr
the tonnage tax. Our revenues would
certainly be greater with such a tax than
own energy, tier own indu-try? Shall
rtne 'tand t-C i 1 1 while all the world moe
Shall -be be as a giaut. bouud hand
hand and foot, while on every ide of us
the liberal teachini-s of experience have
. J - - -
the liberal teachinurs of exfjerienee have
or
- iiupui.te iu every uue 01 wcaitn
and enlightened lobulation has.j-othered
taxable wealth of tbe Slate. The con-
ou the urioeinles now recot?nized bv all
other Staler, and all other eulihtenod
nation). Ifitbefor reenue, remember
, taiur yield up their exlmu-tloi- riches-
Iwtio "tart tbe bum of jour spindles, and
roe rune music 01 your ior)-es wno rear
our school aud churches, and scatter
in wild profu-iou, tbc beauty aud bounty
01 pioressive civilization Aud il falls
upou them uuequally, aud therein, at
tea t, unju-tly It lall- upou them, too
uot tor their owu b nefit, Dut lor trie com
petlug energy or n-ai cities of rival
State? ot rival thoroubiares.
Tbe Senato Irom Berks is also ruista-
ktu iu tbe a-suuiption that tbe Peun-yl-
auia Railroad gaiua a million and a half
by thib bill over the bill oi l-o7 lor the
-a!e ot the iMaio Line. Juri the reverse
i- the truth. Bj tbe Act ol 157, the
Raiiroau was to be relea.-ed from all tax-
es upou tonuag-, aud also from Slate tax
es on alt it- property perpetually, in con
sideration ol the payment ol one aud a
hilt millions additional lor the M-tiu Line
to ihe ibturu&t of uear two million- of
tt.eir bouds.
We have thus a certain aud
ies ot this corporation, in addition to its
A. .!.... 1...... A ..- i .1 O . -
auuiuci iatai uiuuun ui me ocumui
imn. M.rlr - mid n-rhnn, rhulsnst -th. i
!sable of all is his a-sumption that tbe
.
uuuhiui uuu ui iiju iihuuu ur.niuicu
.... ft. n I. I? . ; I A A .. ft .11
eJ it upon me oeuate nitu aimo-i start,-
liuu earnestness. I canuot think that be
- utterly indiffereut to tbe trutb ol his
assumpuous; bUi wuen me iacis upon mia
.: . i.-i .i .
liupoimu eaiure oi uis comeoy o er-
i. i . i. ..
-Ul" u,c " "UKU caBJ -uo
So far from tbe Railroad destroying tbe j
Ma,u Line ol our public works, their rev- ,
euue sieauuj i;iuarCU
, ... f ... i i .... i 'Pi, lf;i ,
aner ine xvaiiiuau - uuut u '
TOaa orougiu 10 ou. oian; ui.i.ouo o, Pu-
duce that otherwise would nave sought
rival channel- of trade, new sources of
trade were created 'along the line, and all
ot it had to pass over the Columbia Road
t burned onward to build up our own
commerce. Look at tbe records, and the
cloqu. uce of tbe benaior is forgotten in
t of intelligence,
But when all argument is answered,
j , , . ... o.. : n. .
we are met itb tbe allegation that it is a
solemn contract. They tell u that it is
so denominated in the bond, and although
it takes our life blood, it must be paid.
Pray, wbo made the contract and wbat
is its history? Tbe bill incorporating tbe
Peun-yNania railroad company was
thrown uj on our Legislature as a meas
ure ot protection to our State, in the
midst of the movements of rival citieB to
- - i
tap our commerce. It was not the child
of favor even with many of our commer
cial people, and had the State impo-od
twenty mill- it uould base ocea-ioued
little or no coucern. In accordance with
tbe illiberal spirit that ha so long and
so fatally characterized our legi.-lative
policy, a tax of 6ve mill- per to'n was
levied upou it- tounage. When tbe road
was built, aud its treat sources of wealth
to Pennsylvania were forc-hadowed, tbo
tax was fouud to be destructive of it use
fulness and pro-penty. The Lei-lafuro
was compelled to recede a utt p and the
tax was reduced from Gve to three mill.
, .
ut even that amount wa, a positive nro-
hibition upon certain article,; and it as
not until our coal dealer, found Pniladel-
pbi. and Harrisburg lighted by ga- made
from foreign coal, that the suicidal poli-
cy ol thr Lagi,Iuturo wa- clearly mani
fe.ted. A tax ot three mill, per ton per
mile on coal and lumber was ab-olutely
prohibitory; and Virjnia and Europe
took pos?es.ion of our ooal tr, arkeK whilo
( untold millions nlumbercd in our mines,
and our o n people were pleading for the
privilege to develope them. Airain the
r r r n
privilege to develone them. Ai-nin thn
V
-jBgisivuic hum to receue, ana me tax
upon coal and lumber was repealed, aud
uufortunate mistake of the LeiMt-lature.
khe has hesitated lonjr, and has suffered
immea-urably therefor. We bowed to
imperative State necessity in reducing
tni lax, aain in r pealing it on certain
ot our own products, and again in re
p-aiug it abi-oltitely; and oow, in ohedi
ence to tbo same imperiou- rule, we u.u.-t
recede trom it again, or tbe wealth of a
liberal ae will recede from us. The
time has come wbeo, in ju-tice to our
State and its energies, wo must declare
that h re, as in all the world beside, in
terna commerce mu-t be free.
Sir, I bad not intended, and did rie
to debate thin questioa in detail. It
seamed to be uece-sary that tbe mis
statements made itb such apparent
caruestne-'S and po-itiveness should be cor
rcected, le-t men here and elsewh-ro
uiight be misled into condemning a meas
ure tc wisdom of which will be uudis-
puted in I.ss than a Senatorial term. B;
this bill we make po-itive prosi.-ion for
tho paymeut of our St-te debt, aud under
our ameuded Cou-titutlou no luture Leg
islature can dtert tbe means we are no it
about to provide. The payments, wiib
the ordinary resources of the Sinking
Fund, will entirely caueel the debt in a
quarter of a ceutury; and in five yt-ars
our State taxes cau be reduced nearly if
Hot quite oue-hlf. We propose also to
affrd protietion to tbe people of Penu
sylvania by requiriug the Rmlroa t coo
pany to reduce its tariff lor local freight-,
bat this tax ne released to tbe people
not to tne oorporauou ny compelling a
reduction of freight to tbe exact amount 1
rf Ii f f.r I. n .1 tllM r I . 1 t tfk f i l mnn-n t . ti '
r
itH Kllnwa! tl . Iinntl thr" llimuL n( Hi.rL'u I
". r t r -
well as upon the people of tho interior I
i . . m. . i
and western counties.
1 ll .1.:.. ft-.. 1 . ..L.ll t I
xvuu vtueu iuia -irutri-ie suan uave ueeu
ended, aud this last relic of fatalism to
our varied interests be blotted from our
statutes, pray wbo will not rejoice!" Turn
to ruuaoeipnia, me second commercial
and the first manufacturing city ot the
- . .... . .
Onion. Eleven million- of her capital ;
I i : i. i . :n
are emoraceu in tuo tuiriy mimou- r
quireu 10 ouuu lue n uu-yi vau.a
i ipi ,j u:
r"B" -- uu-cu e7-" -
value of every acre of soil to which it o-
pens an aveuue of trautportatiou. Ihey
u.tc iucu iu u.
f ., . . i
one bait, and we now mean 10 reuuee it
still more; and although millions of tax-
able property have been added to tbo
Commouwealth to enrich its treasury, we
interpose an arbitrary, unjust -tatute, and
repel the wealth of other States. It can
go to New York, it can no to Baltimore,
it can pass through the British posses-
sious to a foreigo market, without any
restrictions whatever; but wbeu it enters
Pennsylvania it has passed the bounds of
liberal ideas. The next generation will
be amazed when reminded of the earnest
struggle in tbe bighe-t legislative tribu-
nal of tbe State to-night on tbis question.
B . . 0 . . .
They may be told that while none no
-
not oneventured to defend the po iey
of taxing tonnage, yet a large minority
voted nteadily in favor of
it because they
feared thev should not be su-taitie
d
Tboy have oreattd and cherished preju-
dices amonht flftir constituent.f, in their' Toleration in Medicine;
petty contests itb p tty men. and they The practice of Medicine i of nocessi
funr to be just to a mighty Common- lJ progressive. It bad it- origin jt, t,0
wealth, lest new meu should supplaut ni ce.-ities of the race, nut ro-e from the
them for the criite of beiojf riht ralhi-r iost otsonc and awkward beiouiufis.
than toni-tent. Sir, it i- humiliating to 'Fhe fir"1 Pracli f.ee.-an!y empirical.
witnesH tlii jieMtn,. of rave legislators MeJcne- are not ued with refr nee to
to error. The Senior from Berk should b3 Pr"cuUr principle, but because a
remember that he is not to lciBite mere- druS bce" ,rp 10 a Iail,ar case
ly for to-day; that he i called upon to act w,tfi benefit, it is reeomm-nd. d aain
oo que-tion- which mu.t tell upou the Ah tbe domain of poMtive knowledge be-pro-perity
of the State when be and I C0UiC' fnlnrd, new method.- of cure,
ball have paed a,ay. He may h?e DeW Tcaie van doctrines obtain,
to combat tbe prejudices of the iooraut and tbc old aud ,e' efficient become ob-
l i ... ,i , ,
and tho - 'e reekUs,; but tbe
true f a Pub' -J-OMore by wlioh a
8Worn Jgator- hod be guided, l iu
iDherenu.Ja,tiee--iu P'offered ble?inK
Poplo who have confided their in-
tcrcts 1D oar h.nd. 1 b, sculptor of old
bo employed to prepare a .tatue for
he PJnoacle f tt I'roujht it be-
ore the people and they jeered and de-
"Ufia. 0,U1 tliey ht00d ,ace to f00 t0 th0
untfalD-y. -haped form. But bo bad
uot 0D--u(-! jt to ftind before them; and
Qs he raised it to its place, and di.-tanco
, 4 : . I i
as ne raisea it to its place, and di.-tanco
. , . ,
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, , 7. 7:
Oir. It IS OnlV too trim that fhirt nnn.linn
" t 1: u. u" . r-
uuiuscuijr ngui, uruvex prejuuioes in
some sections wnicn nine alone can oif
pel. However pneeleas its fruiti, there
are those wbo will not understand it; but
I prefer not to be one wbo shall shape
the statue so that when placed above the
fatal prejudices of the day, it will prove
. i .
unsightly and ill-proportioned because it 0lli08 for hm0al aj tlie n, t0 wh,ch tb
was fashioned to cake tho world stand are surject; jet the profes-iou are far
still. I submit to Senators whether this from welcoming the new method. They
issue is sot the inevitable policy of the acknowledge the learning t-,-uius, and
State? whether it will not stand the practical ability of Prof. H., but affect to
searching test of time and experience! consider his talent- and zeal n.ia;plied '
If it be so. let no man who has worn to 0r perverted. Meanwhile Huu-pbrevV
discharge bis duty be faitbles-to his con- Specific, are daily gamin currency and
viction. Brave, true men, s.ldom fall, becoming "hou-eboid words" with tho
while the timid, time serving pas-, away people, and tbe profession will probably
with tbe errors that flung them into life., remain unoonviDccd until everybody a
The constituents of tbo Senator 'from und theci has adopted tbe new idea.
Berk be-itato long and move slowly to
accept any departure from the policy of I
their fathers; but tbc man who leads them j The Great STystery.
to liberal progress will deserve well of The following benutitul p-9agc is ta
them aud of tbe State. Pennsylvania ken from Timothy Titeoafc's 'Preacb
turns to-day with pride to the men who ina- upon Popular Proverbs," which the
were in advance of their time. Go to Springfield Republican is now givin to
our national capital and you will see a tbe world;
man wbo ban reached the age alloted to "The body is to die: so much is cer
mortal-, weediut: his way to his seat in ta'n. Whit lie beyond? No one wbo
the House o Representatives. His eye is pas.-es tbe charmed boundary comes back
uudimuied, and his heart still strong iu to tell. The imagination vi- ts the .realm
its fidelity to his convictions. Hi- rsce ' shadows sent out from some win
is well nigh run, and ke nball soon be i --ow of the soul over h'e's re-tless waters
gathered to the city of tbe silent, unwept, -,ut wings its way wearilj back with no
it may be by a single kin-man within our,'ivt leaf m its beak as a token of merg
borders. He may bavo erred in his po- ,DK life beyond tbe closely bending hori
litical policy, hut when all bis real or im zou. Tbe great sen comes and goe- in
aiuary errors shall hate been forgotten, : heaven, yet breathes no seeret of the e-hi-
memory will be oberi-hed, as is that' thereal wilderness. The crescent isoon
of Gov. Wolf now, by every philantro-- cleaves her nightly passage across the up
phist and patriot, for giving to PocsyI 'per deep, but to.-ses overtoard no mes
vaoia, in advance of her prejudices, a I saf?e and di-play no signals. The senti
beueficent system of univer-al education. ! nel stars challenge each other as they
Every village or rural school, where the; walk thtir nightly rounds, but we catch
humble and the opulent can alike have no syllable of tho countersign whinh jHes
trained tbo immortal minds committed to passage to the heavenly oaup. Shut in!
their care, is a monument as enduring as Bttwi!t,n lb aoii the other life there is a
the hills to the wi.-uoai of Thadeus Ste- 1bat fcuif--xcd. acfOSs which neither eye
phens and his coadjutors, who braved the uor foot caa travel. The centlc friend
prejudice- of their day. lookm,- to the in-l.wbo:'e e-fe? we cl-fi1 ,a thtir ,asit
telliaence of our people tor tbe safety and lor JC!irs -0' dted WIth ler i hur
fatness of tbe government. tt may I --pture.t,tricken eye-, a -tuile of inefiable
have co-t him success, if you pleanu; it ' uPon. ber ''P"' an(1 h,'r hand3 foldtd
may have driven him from power, as! over a triumphant heart: but her lip were
Berks and other counties from year to Pa?t hPuet,b "ud '"""-"ted nothing of tho
,a.,r ronrnrl th bn n.,rs nf frn J T,d0-- that eljtbrallod her."
-otioois, and protested in tlieso ualls a-j;aiu-t
beinji compelled to educate their
own sons the (uture guardians of our
free institution-'; but to truth belong tbe
lit t . 1 IT I
etemial years of God, and even Berks nowi
blesses tbe policy of the friendless New
ry I a t rr . i .i
hutfland adventurer. He is to-day the
1? .... - ft M n nt flu. Innlni. ..... C
If n J
the Hjast, eboseo by a unanimous vote;
. i . , j . .l. . l - j u
standing eonfes-cdly at tho head of bis
. ,
Ann.nlnrk nmt t r Ii, fan if mi.
Mtionuu, auu uuu i uuu ic n uj
in enduring national fame. Whre are
-
'
tboMe who, fought the battle, again-t blm.,
1? l 1 I. . it.l - I-
aim iriumpueu on tue uue oi nreioatce:
Forgotten! Certainly unknown, sive to
be marked as the lingering relic of pop-
uUr ignorance. It is so of those who
gave us puniic improvements, lbeyco-t
the State some good men, aod iiate it
-'
many very bad men; and although their 1
i r- management may te blotted with infamy, more for00 tU9n arjJ declaration of prin-Rail-
, a,,d their hi-tory be but an unbroken re- clple whlcb couli posbiy be ,n(ibj s
arte- cord of peculation aud wrong, yet they convention of Southern politicians. Ther
. . . . -. e 1
ru u. pc.nuu uuu v-iui.g, yei vuey
glory. Is this not the truth of hi-tpry!
Aud has the time not come, in this noon-
tluo u, ,UD u.u.-v.u nucu u
D ...u.l.ni. Q.m.u i..n k
i bumji'-u u.ip wu "-- -u-
founded prejudice, and move onward with
tbo liberal pro.Teps of tbe world around
us? If we would do o, we aaust make
our internal commerce free; we mu-t un-
shackle our own producers; wo must in-
vite, by an enlightened policy, tbe rich
offerings of the industry of every State
that seeks the sea-board, and let it build
up our cities give new vigor to our eom-l
mereo, and new energy and increased
prosperity to our people.
. . . ,- , i 1 1
CCTA roach mamnuai, wnose kuowi-
a t " ft
edge of classical language was not quite
complete, had oeen sick, anu on recover-
ing w- told by his doctor that he might
taKo a little animal ioou. -no air sani
he; "1 tooK your gruel eay enoun, out
bang me if I can go your hay and oats"
ovinia uiiu iu iaiu u.iuf i ne nrauuco
nf tHn V0n nttn . nnt ... , t
,ara , 5 lbo actjce f J
i not that of to day
yet a expetience h bhovu notwitt.
starjdin f the,e tact3 an(, kown t
qI1 fflenbof rcflcclio ph-jcia0ll 5r(
proVt.rr,la,j irjtorerarjt ot prores-i,, their
m arJ fa eUus wi
o any ood in W.ier Cure, orio Home-
opatby. Cure may take place eer
ajj aroun(j lDern jvt every po-Mble
i reported to in order to evade theii
u..-.,,),;. ,,!,,,;.;,, ;.i.
eery hour
means
I icJuiicu iwiuuiun lUKiUBUIIll'ir lorcc.
u., . v. :.. i !..
eir force.
uuiulujiiiuiw Liu .iibi uu- ul CUIJ1 Ul ill U
0f tui!i intolerance and are vet iu-.t a a
menable themselves. Dr. Humphreys
. . .. '
lte rroless
sor of Theory and Practieo in
the Homeopathic Mednsai College of Phil
adelf hia, has made the most remarkable
improvement of the age in the di-covery
and preparation of bis Specific Homeopa
thic Remedies, which dive, ts the Homeo
pathic System of all intricacy and uncer
tainty, and uive the neonl. Sr.peinV Rm
Which is Acceptable
The Secretary ol the Tra-ury, Mr.
Chse, lately adverti-ed for a loan of
S. j . 1 1 t li.llllnn.l n f r I it 1 I m it A .
t . . . . F , -
lOtt'Ts were made, teudunng thirty three
T j . . J
muuuHs imnieuimeiv aner tne con. hi.
. . , , - ' ,
vertisement was made askint' proposals
, r , . , ,,. v
alro for a loan of several millions, hut n
n.tinn nf Mm f pno.An n ,Un w ..... I. -Ji
proDOHition 11 she
V - F . . SS . e.3 tsa,i? t0 "UP"
irtin.iATTiiu - Bii n ir 11 n w - 1 i m
ui f u i. j-i is a i in n uu at uunai.
Frtm this
Wt, can :at,..0 hoff accei.tBbIo
tbe provi-
t i. ,. .t
a
people whora it eeks to govern If what
js tru( 0f t,e much boa-ted resources of
lue South, they lack confidence in their
own leaders, and if they bavo confiuence
-h,, i, r,ni iL In.n ni thotr
uwv-wwMwu-Maa huici u ill I'll ,
at onfl(, tftk,.n7
Koveromeut
These facts speak with
convention of Southern politicians. Ther
pt.op.0 n tjj8 North tMr Ub()r anJ tMr
CJipital, are devoted to the Union, not of
btaten for sectional objects or tor purpo-
.... . . r r
scs of defending impracticable dogmas,
hut for ends aud aims that are national
and sacred. The government that i un-
able to elicit tbe confidence and upport
of tbo-e whom it aspire to govern, is un-
worihy of tho respect and recognition of
others, and should not bo permitted to
obstruct tbe patb in tbe progress of civil -
ization and religion,
BaTTbo new code of law for Maryland
contains a very stringent enactment a
gainst all secret societies of colored ner-
...,..
eons in tue otate. Fersons renting hou-
m
s to colored secret societies, including
masons ana udo ltellows, ii white to be .
fined $5;i0, or confined iu the p'emjeijtfay1.
lor not lus than uve nor more tjtflm tea
years, aud it free colored, to beTsoltiai
slaves