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DRUGS
DR. W. L. CREIGH,
Physician and Surgeon,
And dealer in Snip, Medicines. Ons, Paints, Ac:,
Main street, a few doors east of the Sank.
Sept 1881-Iy.
M. A. lIARVEY,
Druggist and Apothecary, and dealer in Paints and
Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure
Liquors for medicinal purposes.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
IMICERCIE&NTS
WM. A. PORTER,
Wholesale and Retail Denies in Foreign and Domes
•Uc Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street.
Sept. 11,1881-Iy.
GEO. HOSKINSON,
Opposite the Court House, keeps always on hand a
Burt stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots
and Shoes, and Notions generally.
Sept. 11, 18i1-Iy.
ANDREW WILSON,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, Notions,
01 1 1+ 1 1trace, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses,
Iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, lists and Caps,
Main street, one door eut of the Old Bank.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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Dealer in Dry Goods, Queensware, Notions, Hata,
Caps, Bonnets, die., Wilson's New Building, Main
street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
R. CLARK,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens
wars and notions, one door ww , t of the Adams House,
Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
MINOR & CO.,
Dealers In Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gro
siorieNsQueensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
sue Green House. Main street.
Sept. 11, 18411-Iy,
CLOTHING
N. CLARK,
Dolor ia Men and Boy's Clothing, Cloths, Cani
sters*. Satinets, lints and Caps, ice., Main strtet, op.
:pasha the Court House. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
A. J. SOWERS,
Dealer in Men and Bor. Clothing, Gentlemen's Fur
illehing Goode, Boota and Shoes, Ham and Cape, Old
Mang teildisg, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-4 m
BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COSGRAY,
Boot sad Shoe maker. Main street, riParly npposital
Shia "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of
{loots and dboes constantly on hand or made to order.
4s t. 11, 1281-Iy.
J. B. RICKEY,
!MS andighoe maker, tilayees Corner, Main street.
Stints ind Shoes of every variety always on hand or
Wilde to ord s
er on ho rt notice.
Sept . 11, 186I—ly.
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JOSEPH YATER,
Dealer in Groceries and Confectioneries, Notions.
medi c i ne ., percenwries, Liverpool Ware, Glass of
its. and Gilt Mou!dins and Looking Glass Plates.
Cash paid for good eating App!es.
. 11, Itl6l-Iy.
JOHN MUNNELL,
Dealer in Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety
Gonda Generally, Wilson's New Building, Main street.
leg. 11, 1861-Iy.
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ry, -Ink, Magazines and rapers, Wilson's Old Build-
VC Main street 'sent. 11. 1861-Iv.
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OUR COUNTRY'S CALL.
A NEW POEM BY WILLIAM C. BRYANT
Lay down the axe ; fling by the spade ;
Leave in its track the toiling plough ;
The rifle and the bayonet blade
For arms like yours were fitter now ;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, and learn to wield
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the buttle field.
Our country calls; away ! away
To where the blood stream blots the green.
Strike to defend the gentlest sway
That Time in all his course has seen.
See, from a thousand coverts—see
Spring the armed foes that haunt her track ;
They rush to smite her down, and we
Must beat the branded traitors back.
Hu! sturdy as the oaks ye cleave,
And moved as soon to fear and flight,
Men of the glade and forest ! leave
Your woodcraft for the field of fight.
The arms that wield the axe must pour
An iron tempest on the foe ;
His serried ranks shall reel before
The arm that lays the panther low.
And ye who breast the mountain storm
By grassy steep or highland lake,
Come, for the land ye love, to form
A bulwark that no foe can break.
Stand, like your own gray cliffs that mock
The whirlwind, stand in her defence :
The blast as soon shall move the rock
As rushing squadrons bear ye thence.
And ye whose homes are by her grand
Swift rivers, rising far away,
Come from the depth of her green land
As mighty in your march as they ;
As terrible as when the rains
Have swelled them over bank and bourne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And ye who throng. beside the deep,
Her ports and hamlets of the strand,
In number like the waves that leap
On his long murmuring marge of sand,
Come, like that deep, when, o'er his brim,
He rises, all his floods to pour,
And flings the proudest barks that swim
A helpless wreck against his shore.
Few, few were they whose swords of old
Wpm the lair land in which we dwell ;
But we are many, we who hold
The grim resolve to guard it well.
Strike for that broad and goodly land,
Blow after blow, till man shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand
And glorious must their triumph be.
gittrt i,strilan.
Scene on the Battle-Field.
The following account of a scene
on the battle-field is copied by a
Richmond paper from the correspon
dence of the New Orleans Crescent:
"A most touching scene took place
in the affair of Major Hood's, already
alluded to. Among those mortally
wounded was a Northern man; he
was shot through both hips, and, had
fallen on the road, where he was dis
covered by a Lousianian. He
suffering the most intense pain,
face and body distorted by his agoi
zing sufferings. He begged for wai
which was promptly given him.
head and shonfdeis - were raised
make him comfortable, and his '
and forehead bathed in water
urged the Louisianian to pray
him, who was forced to acknowle
his inability to pray. At that
ment one of the Mecklenburg trot
era came up, and the poor fell,
urged his request again, with grel
earnestness. The Virginian knelt
his side, and asked the wounded man
if he was a christian and believed in
the promise of Christ to save repent
ant sinners? He answered, Yes.—
The trooper then commenced a
prayer, fervent, pathetic, and elo
quent. The soldier's face lost all the
traces of his recent suffering, and be
came placid and benignant, and, in
his new-born love for his enemy, he at
tempted to encircle his neck with hi
arms, but only reached the shoulder.
where it rested, and with his gaze
riveted on the face of the prayer
trooper, he appeared to drink in t
words of hope and consolation, tl
promise of Christ's mercy and sal'
tion, which flowed from his lips,
the parched earth drinketh up t,
rain ; and as the solemn amen dig
on the lips of the christian soldi
the dead man's hand relaxed its '
and fell to the ground, and his spirit
took its flight to unknown realms.—
The scene was solemn and impres
sive, and the group were all in tears.
The dying never weep, 'tis said.—
Having no implements with which
to dig his grave, and expecting the
return of the enemy in large force,
they left him—not, however, with
out arran,ging his dress, straighten
ing his limbs, and crossing his hands
on his chest, leaving evidence to the
dead man's companions that his last
montente had been ministered to by
humane and Christian men."
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prew;)§ a desire to Nd i lit Alqliandrie,
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WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1861.
A Singular Case. •
Recently a little girl, daughter of Mr.
Wilson, of Syracuse, New York, was sick
from a severe fever, when she took a sud
den relapse and to all appearances died.—
Although cold, the body was not stiff, but
as limber as in life. Every symptom was
that of death, and so the family believed.
Arrangements were made, the body was
washed and clothed in its grave habili
ments. The corpse was laid out on the
table, and the friends of the family wended
to the house where the deceased lay, to
sympathize with the mother in her bereav
ment. A coffin was ordered and the death
notices prepared for the newspapers, but
lo I and behold, about 8 o'clock that even
ing the supposed dead child made a ter
rific scream, and the next moment began
to breathe. Heavy perspiration poured off
the body in great quantities, and the pale,
marble form assumed a healthy red ap
pearance. When the "dead" child scream
ed, all those present, except the mother,
became greatly alarmed, and ran out of
the room. The mother rushed to the
body, enclosed it in her arms, and re
moved it to a bed in the side room. The
family physician was immediately sent
for, and the parties alarmed about the
house gradually resumed their steadiness
of nerve. The physician arrived, and ap
plied proper restoratives, and the child is
now in a fair way of recovering. This is
truly a singular case. One step more and
that child would have been incarcerated in
a tomb. The deathly arrangements about
the house were soon cast aside, and cheer
fulness took the place of tears and sad-
ELM
The French in Rome.
The Paris Journal des Debats holds
the following bold language with re
gard to the French occupation of
Rome:
"For our part—and this is not the
first time that we have had to pro
nounce on this point—we believe
that the French Government has no
need to keep an army of 20,000 men
at Rome to assure to the person of
the Holy Father and the spiritual in
terests he represents the protection
and security to which they are enti
tled. To doubt that would be to
insult France, for it would be to doubt
the influence and ascendancy she
exercises in Italy, and which she has
all the more right to exercise from
the fact that they are the price of
her glorious services."
Steadily the work goes on of un
dermining the French occupation of
Rome, and we may fairly presume
that in a few months more the city
will be left to itself and fall into the
hands of the "King of Italy." The
death of the Pope might be the signal
for such an event, but it is more
probable that the silent march of po
litical necessity will effect the work,
and put an end to the temporal sov
ereignty of the Pope, whether he lives
or dies. Such a result would not
diminish the power of Popery, how
ever much it might cripple the Pope.
Peculiar Deli
The Journal du Havre says that a sol
dier lately died in the hospital of that city
was under the delusion that he was dead.
He had been hit on the head by a bullet
at the battle of Solferino; the wound had
healed pretty rapidly, but from that pe
riod to his death he remained under the
strange delusion just named. The in
sensibility of his skin was almost com
plete, and being tried several times with
pins while speaking, he was found to
evince no pain. Another patient, also
wounded on the head, used to speak of
himself in the third person feminine,
exclaiming aometimes,"liciw she suf
fers!" "How thiret she let!' A Zou
ave, whose head bad also been wounded,
had lost hie memory in one respect
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discharged. It is said that Baudelocque,
who in the latter years of his life suffered
from blindness, also lost the conscious
ness of his existence. He often said, when
asked how his head was, that he had
none ; and when desired to give his wrist
for the purpose of feeling the pulse, he
would say that he had no arm.
The Stars and S t.
"Sir, I must detain yo no longer.
I have said enouel, and more than
enough to manifest the spirit in
which this flag is now committed to
your charge. It is the national en
sign, pure and simple; dearer to all
our hearts at this moment, as we lift
it to the gale, and see no other sign
of hope upon the storm-cloud, which
rolls and rattles above it, save that
which is reflected from its own ra
diant hues; dearer, a thousand-fold
dearer to us all than it ever was be
fore, while gilded by the sunshine
of prosperity, and playing with the
zephyrs of peace. It will speak for
itself far more eloquently than I
speak for it. Behold it ! Listen to
it! Every star has a tongue; every
stripe is articulate. There is no
language or speech where their
voices are not heard. There is mag
ic in the web of it. It has an answer
for every question of duty. It has a
solution for every doubt and every
perplexity. It has a word of good
cheer for every hour of gloom and
despondency.
"Behold it ! Listen to it ! It
speaks of earlier and later struggles.
It speaks of victories and sometimes
of reverses, on the sea and on the
land. It speaks of patriots and he
roes among the living—among the
dead; and of him, the first and great
est among them all, around whose
consecrated ashes this unnatural and
abhorrent strife has so long been rag
ing—'The abomination of desolation
standing where it ought not.' But
before all and above all other associa
tions and memories—whether of
glorious men, or of glorious deeds,
or glorious places—its voice is ever
of union and liberty, of the Constitu
tion and the laws.
"Behold it! Listen to it! Let it
tell the story of its birth to those gal
lant volunteers as they march be
neath its folds by day or repose be
neath its sentinel stars by night.—
Let it recall to them the strange,
eventful history of its rise and pro
gress; let it rehearse to them the
wondrous tale of its trials and tri
umphs, in peace as well as in war;
and whatever else may happen to it
or them, it will never be surrendered
to rebels ; never be ignominiously
struck to treason, nor never lie pros
tituted to any unworthy and unchris
tian purpose rof evenge, depredation
or rapine.
"And may a merciful God cover
the head of each one of its brave de
fenders in the hour of battle !"—Hon.
R. C. Winthrop.
What Has Been Done in Biz 'cloths.
Six months ago the great conspiracy of
the Southern aristocracy bloomed out into
open rebellion. Let us review the months
which have passed since the day of Sum
ter, and see what we have done. Six
months ago we had not 600 soldiers within
each of a defenceless capital. To-day we
ye probably two hundred thousand
med on the line of the Potomac, and an-
her hundred thousand in the West.—
ix months ago we had not arms to put
to the hands of seventy-five thousand
lunteers; to-day we have muskets, car!,
in, and every supply in abundance for
ur times the number. Six months ago
could neither feed nor move an army
five thousand men ; to-day every de
.tment of our military organization is
.plete, and we can make war across the
mtinent. Six months ago we had not a
izen ships at hand; to-day we number
it navy by the hundred, and are guard
ig a coast line of more than two thou
id miles. Six months ago the Govern
it could scarcely borrow a few hun
id thousand at twelve per cent. ; to-day
ilve millions of people lend it fifty
ilions at par. Six months ago the ques
in was would the people support the Gov-
.nment ; to-day the only question is
hether the Government will support the
)ple.
A Marriage a Hundred Years Ago.
"Married, in June, 1750, Mr. Wil
ma Donkin, a considerable farmer, of
Tossen, near Rothbury, in the
county of Northumberland, to Miss
Eleanor Shotton, an agreeable young
gentlewoman, of the same place.—
The entertainment on the occasion
Was very grand, there being no less
than 120 quarters of lamb, 44 quar
ters of veal, 20 quarters of mutton, a
great quantity of beef, 12:bams, with
a suitable number of chickens, Sm.,
which was concluded with 8 halt
makers of brandy, made into punch,
12 dozen of cider, a great many gal
lons of wine, and bushels of malt
made into beer. The company COD
sisted of 550 ladies and gentlemen,
who were diverted with the music of
22 Madre and pipers, and tlo whole
was concluded with the utmolit order
and uninixatty."
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THE WORLD WOULD BE THE BETTER
FOE IT.
If men cared lees for wealth and fame,
And less for battle-fields and glory ;
If writ in human hearts a name
Seemed better than in song and story :
If men, instead of nursing pride,
Would learn to hate it and abhor it,—
If more relied •
On love to guide.,
The world would be the better for it.
If men dealt less in stocks and lands
And more in deeds and bonds fraternal ;
If love's work had more willing hands
To link this world to the supernal,:
If men stored up Love's oil and wine,
And on bruised human hearts would pour it,
If "yours" and "mine"
Would once combine,--
The world would be the better for it.
If more would act the play of Life
And fewer spoil it in rehearsal ;
If Bigotry would sheathe its knife
Till Good becomes more universal ;
It Customs, grey with ages grown,
Had fewer blind men to adore,—
If talent shone
In truth alone,--
The word would be the better for it.
If men were wise in little things,
Affecting less in all their dealings ;
If hearts had fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feelings ;
If men, when wrong beats down the Right,
Would strike together and restore it,
If Right made Might
In every fight,—
The world would be the better for it.
TO-DAY.
BY THOMAS CARLYLE
Lo, here hath been dawning
Another blue day :
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip uselescaway.
Out of Eternity
This new day is born ;
Into Eternity
At night will return.
Behold it aforetinie
No eye ever did ;
Bp goon it forever
Fro:n all eyes is hid;
Here hath been dawning
Another blue day :
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip useless away.
CORRESPONDENCE.
JEFFERSON, Sept. 28th, 1861
Rev. WILLIAM IlvssA.—Dear Sir: Hav
ing listened with great satisfaction to your
very interesting discourse relative to the
affairs of our country, on Thursday last,
we would respectfully ask you to furnish a
copy for publication.
Most respectfully yours,
Thomas P. Pollock. Isaac F. Randolph,
Solomon Zook, R. C. Hawkins,
A. D. Rush, John Prior,
Wm. Davis, Moses Morton,
Robert Morton, Wm. Kelly,
James Dougherty, A. S. Milliken,
Samuel Colver.
Hoar, Oct. let, 1861
Messrs. Pollock, Hawkins and others:—
I received your note asking a copy of the
Sermon to which you refer. As the Ser
mon was delivered without manuscript, I
will only be able to furnish the substance
of my remarks. This I do with pleasure,
and remain, Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM HANNA.
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ON PAST DAY. SEPT. 26th, 1861.
TEXT :—Galatians, v. Chap. 1. Verse :
"Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty where
with Christ bath made us free."
We admit, respected audience, that the
interpretation generally given to this pae
sage is, that it refers to the christianshle
livered from spiritual bondage. And, there
fore, it may be conceived as by no means
applicable to our present purpose. We
trust, however, we will be allowed to use
it in an accommodated sense, without incur
ring the charge of perverting theword of God.
Presuming that we have this liberty, we
will notice two things that we think nat
urally arise from the language now before
us.
The nature of the liberty with which,
as a Nation, we have been set free.
1. It is the liberty of conscience. There
can be no subject more melancholy than
the contemplation of-a being, who is ac
countable to the author of his existence,
left without a guide to direct the course of
his actions. Such a guide is an enlight
ened conscience. An eminent poet has
said:
"What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do,
This, teach me more than hell to shun,
That, more than heaven pursue."
But it is-evident that this conscience, in
order to be a source of good, must beim.
And this freedom is precisely what our
fathers toe ht in fleeing to these western
wilds, and here laying, the foundation of
this great nation. It was, that they and
their children might enjoy liberty of con
oience.
When during the reigns of queen Eliza
beth and the Stuart's in England ; ihnaeyo
isntates undsrtpoir, to dipplojp:AthaigignAt
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western forest, rather than surrender his
liberty of conscience. And shall we, their
descendants, be less jealous of our sacred
rights than were our noble sires? Surely
not! As American citizens, we claim the
right to think as we please on all subjects,
holding ourselves acoountable to God
alone.
2. Another feature of American liberty
is, liberty of speech. Monarchs may
boast of their toleration; they may claim
that they allow their subjects to think as
they please; but the liberty of speech is
peculiar to the American people. They
have heretofore claimed that the humblest
cottager has a right to speak freely of the
acts of the chief executive of this mighty
nation, and no one dare call in question his
right. The history of the past shows that
this right has been exercised to its fullest ex
tent. When the "immortal Jackson" re
fused to sign the bill for the recharter of
the United States Bank, he was denounced
throughout the length and breadth of this
land. And no one . called in question the
right of the people to pass their opinion
with reference to the correctness of his
public acts. In the year 1840 I heard
John Tyler publicly say, "I go for a 40
per cent advalorem tariff." He denoun
ced the subtreasury, and declared himself
in favor of a National Bank. When, not
withstanding these declarations, he proved
untrue to the party that elevated him to
power, he was burnt in effigy—his name
was cast out as evil, and men of all polit
ical parties admitted the censure was just,
and no one called in question their right to
speak their minds freely. Nor were the
American people less sparing of James
Buchanan when they supposed he sym
pathized with Lecompton minority in Kan
sas. They thought they had a perfect right
to denounce him as a tyrant, or turn his
picture upsideldown and let him hang with
his head to the earth, and all was right.—
And is free speech wrong? Now let this
sentiment prevail where it may, it surely
cannot be entertained in Greene County,
where, five years ago, from the cupola of
your own Court House, a banner, with
this proud inscription, "Free Speech, Free
Territory, Fremont and Dayton," was
thrown to the breeze. Let each then es
teem it as a sacred privelege, to speak
his mind freely, but modestly, on all sub
jects.
3. In America alone has the entire lib
erty of the Press existed, and it has been
the palladium of our liberty. And 'never
could Southern demagogues have caused the
masses of that sunny clime, to put forth
their fratricidal hands if the liberty of
the press had still existed. But on the
contrary, we find that mighty engine per
verted from its proper use, and instead of
diffusing light abroad, and warning all to
stand fast in the liberty wherewith they
had been made free, it has been made to
echo only the sentiments of corrupt polit
ical aspirants, whose motto is, "if we can
not rule we will ruin:" the masses of the
South are therefore ignorant of the true
issues between the North and the South.—
If consequences so dreadful have befallen
our Southern neighbors, shall not we of
the North beware lest a muzzled press
should bring upon us consequences equal
ly fatal. Let a mark be placed on that
man who advocates the destruction of the
press, because it does not breathe precise
ly his sentiments. Let us as free Americans
inquire why the republic of France was so
easily enslaved? And we will find the an
swer to be, that the President, Louie Napo
lean, bought up part, and gagged the re
mainder of the press. The consequence
was, that instead of being the President of
a free people, he is the Emperor Tye. a na
tion of slaves. The same may be our fate,
if we suffer the spirit that now but too
plainly developes itself to prevail: Let
the first word in this direction meet with
a stern rebuke ; and then we shall be able
to stand fast in our liberties. We may
now be permitted to notice our second
proposition which was to present to view
some of the means, and encouragements to
"stand fast."
1. We shall best perpetuate our liberties
by granting to law its entire supremacy. The
secret of American liberty was but poorly
understood by the rude sdn of the "Emer
ald Isle" who found himself incarcerated
and fined for a street riot, when he ex
claimed, "a purty free country this, to fine
a mon for knocking down two or three
men, and breaking half a dozen windas or
so." But we that are American born, un
derstand that, while we are free to think
and free to speak, we are yet to be subject
to law, as regards our actions, and if we
inquire into the cause of our troubles, in
time past, it will be found that it was be
cause we have not granted to law its su
premacy. What led to nullification in South
Carolina? Was it not because they pro
nounced the , tariff of 182 W "the bill of
abominstiens," and would not grant due
supremacy to law? When the Missouri
Compretniair had been repealed, and the
Ktinfis-Itibraska bill "pissedin Its stead,
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their lawless resistance. But we do say
that the entire difficulty was beeause due
supremacy was not granted to the laws of
the land. And do we not stand on the
brink of the same gulf? Do we not
hear from time to time, the cry df "trait
or! rope him, rope him?" Now is it true
that our laws are so defective that treason
cannot be punished without the aid of
"Judge Lynch" and Mob law? Surely
we will not bring this reproach on the
statutes of our country. Why then not
grant to law its supremacy? If any one
has uttered sentiments that are treasona
ble, the law is open ; and when a fair and
impartial trial has been had, we will be
the last to offer a word of apology for
the traitor—let him swing. But Oh ! we
beseech you, seek not to become judges
and executioners of your fellow men. If
any are guilty of treason, inform the legal
officers of the fact and let law take its
course.
2. We shall be encouraged to stand fast
by considering the true position of our op
ponents in this fratricidal strife. Is it true
that the inhabitants of the Confederate
States unanimously despise the Union, and
have solemnly resolved, right or wrong,
they will have no more connection with
us? If this is the case. and if there is
a Divinely implanted antagonism between
the North and the South, I say, and I hope
I will not be called a traitor, but. I say I
am ready to see the line drawn, and the
treaty signed to-morrow. But I do not be
lieve this ; none of us believe it. We
are repeatedly told that there is a vast
amount of Union feeling in the South ; in
all the States except South Carolina. Ifs
fair expression of sentiment could be had,
perhaps large majorities would be given
for the Union. When an opportunity is
given for this feeling to rise, and the
bayonets and revolvers of the demagogues
no longer hold in bondage the unwilling
thousands of the white population of the
South, when the Stars and Stripes, one for
every State, shall be unfolded in the South
ern cotton ports, and we say to the mass
es, `we have no war with you, deliver up
the men who have led you astray, return to
your allegiance;' then I doubt not, that from
New. Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, and per
imps Charleston, the shout will go up;
aThe Star Spangled Banner, oh! long may
it wave,
O'er .the land of the free, and the home of
the brave."
In conclusion, we would say, stand fast
by the old Union and the old Constitution.—
While you claim the right to think and
speak your sentiments freely, grant the
same to others. Say not these are war
times, and therefore the case is different.
We all remember the expression of a man,
oft in "high places," which he made
during the Mexican war, "I would tell the
Mexicans to meet our soldiers on the bor
ders of their land, and welcome them,
with bloody hands to hospitable graves."
And that man has not yet died a traitor's
death ; and we ask not for his blood,
neither do we advise any to !Atreus the
same course. All we ask is, that like lib
erty may be enjoyed now that hae been in
times past. Again we say, stand fast by
our national institutions. Seek not to
destroy the masses of the South, but seek
to correct their error. If they press a fight
upon us, I will take the old Quaker's posi
tion during the battle between the vessels
at sea. He would not fight while the ene
my were at a distance, but as the first
man of the enemy stepped aboard of the
vessel, he caught him by the neck and
hurled him into the foaming deep, ex
claiming, "Friend, thee hes no business
here."
Stand fast we say, because days of dark
ness have been experienced by this nation
in times past and thus far the Lord has de
livered us. Humiliating as it yet is to
Western Pennsylvania, we remember to
have heard our fathers tell of the days
of the "whiskey insurrection." And ii
every man suspected of treason Iltad beau
hung then, some of the clamorers for
mob violence would never have existed.
Again we and our country engaged in mor
tal strife with a powerful foe in the year
1812. The community was divided with
reference to the war. By one party it was
denounced as unholy, uncalled for, and de
structive in its tendency. Some even re
solving to leave the Union, if the war was
not brought. to a speedy close. Similar
division of sentiment prevailed during the
war with Mexico; hard things were said
of the President and his Cabinet. It, was
denounced as a war of conquest; and ma
ny whom we haveeharity to think are true
Americans in heart, (although wrong just
then,) gave great aid and comfort to the
enemy by their speeche's and opposition.
Be not discouraged, fellow-citizens, if you
find diversity of opinion now. It i s t o b e
expected. Fathers in the North who have
sons in the South, may suffer their sympa
thies to evereom,e their judgement. They
may not be prepared to go the entire length
others wish, tont we trust they are still
"good,men and- trio ;" and Intt e final con
flict will be found on the sid,liftlie right.
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