fit® balls resembling sky-rockets ; but the *w«t brilliant skyrockets and fire-worss of art bftkfless relatiuii to the splendors of this ce lestial exhibition than the twinkling of the Riost tiny ;star to. the, broad glare of the noon day son. i- ; While JfcSes'e scenes of grandeur were viewed wilh unspeakabla delight by enlightened and scientific observers, the ignorant and supersti- | tinhs were with horror and dismay. > *THpse harmless meteors.the ignes.faiui, or jack i With a lantern, which hover above moist and : |fenny places in lbs night time,, emitting a glim- \ ■mering li£ht, have, been'regarded by the igno-i rant as malicious spirits endeavoring to deceive! the .bewildered' traveler and- iead him to de-j s traction. The plaintive note of the. mourning! dove; the ticking noise of the little insect calledf the death-watch, the bowling of a dog in the 1 night time, the meeting (if a snake lying in the; road; the breaking of a looking-glass, and even ; the falling of salt from-the table, and the corl-i log of a fibre of wick in a burning eandle, to-]; gether with many other equally harmless inci-' dents, have been regarded with apprehensions! of terror, being considered ns unfailing signs of impending disasters, or of approaching deafhi • ; ■ 'p. 1 , - SPEECH OP SENATOR CAMERON. | - “ Fellow-citiiens of Philadelphia ; I thank] you for this <|eniqnstration. I am not vain| inough to believe that it it because of any per-jj sonal merit In myself. I know it arises front ■ the deep interest you take in the unfortunate condition of public affairs. Philadelphia is thei metropolis of our State, in which every Pennj sylvaninn takes,a great pride. The labor of heis working men and mechanics has not only built up and-embelithed this great city, but has dc| . veloped the resources and power.of -our Comi monweaith. You believe that, in'all things, t have sympathized and acted with you,- amf therefore you hpnor me by your presence.* It has, indeed, beein ever my pride to have at heart| • and to promote to the extent of ray feeble abili ty, the interest of the laboring Classes. My own early life was employed ig manual labon end in after life, in every-public station whic| I have occupied, my. mind and energies have . hten devoted to the interests of the working man and the developments of the resources c|f the country. Your appearance bero convinceb me that my course is appreciated and approve! .by you. , J “ But you ash. me to speak of the is in 'danger. Misguided men in the Soutli, acting under imaginary wrongs, have controlled public opinion thero ngainst the Union. The calm, sensible, and patriotic men there are pre vented from exercising the influence which as due to their positions for the public welfare.-i- The mob' spirit reigns triumphant. Six Statek bars declared,themselves out of the Union, an|i I in several of them- armies have been organized and put in the attitiide of war. Our forts and our arsenals have been seized and the public - property of the country has'been forcibly taken possession of by nidn who set the Constitution and laws of the country at defiance. , f “To stay the progress of this rebellion, a red to preserve the integrity of the JBorder SlaVc States, Which have,/as yet maintained their fi delity to the Union,’! something is required |o be done on our partfto strengthen the power ar|d the influence of thS'Union-loying men of tbpse v States. In Maryland, such men as the heroic Ilicks, the fearless j) ivls, and the learned aifd patriotic Eeverdy Jo inson ; in Virginia, su|h spirits as Wm. Cl'j Rives, Sherrard Clemens. John M. Bolts, Jam eg Barbour, and others: In Kentucky, such p|tifots js Crittenden Gutbi-je, Prentice.anli their like ; in Tennessee, the lion-hearted Johnson, John B(|l, Ethridge, Nelsonflpnd a host of others ;an North Carolina" suc|i as Morohead, Grahatn, Badger, Gilmer, and many others like them flu all the Southern State's, deserve and commend themselves to our kindliest sympathies. The conduct of-theso nolao spirits appeals to us for simulation of their <rkn self-sacrificing spirit!— Shell we, my fellow citizens, be less generous than they prove themselves to be f Unless She border-slave States adhere:in there integrity, the Union will b.e-a|i an end. Ifwe but aff|rd those men ground t*! stand upon, to maintain themselves in resisting the mad spirit of sedrs , sion which surrouilds them, the integrity! of those States will mreintained and the Union be preserved. Shill Pennsylvania, herselfi a border State, hesjtntein this emergency, to ex tend to them her and her support in ‘ their efforts to sayalhe Union ? * “lam one of thdafe who supported the elec tion and moan to s&tain the administration of Mr. Lincoln, cordiality and faithfully, upon the principles laid dopjnlin the Chicago platform!— But lam willing make any reasonable <Jon ecssion, not involving, a- - vital principle, to skve this great country from anarchy and bloodshed, and to preserve thelproudpositlon which itioc cupies before thc.warld. may have mate rial; prosperity in, ft Northern Republic, but a separation brings .%yi|th it the loss of all irJflu ence upon the destinies of the world. -It is (not necessary to takqiij step backwards in suppsrt ing the resolutions; of Mr. Crittenden, wt icb seem to meet thefa(l approbation of the pec pile of- this city, if it bpjSpnended so as not to ext end to territory hereafter to bo acquired, and tc re move from it the,feature which proposes tc in corporate into thfl§onstitution the doctrine of the Bred Scott '^|sion. " I prpfer to I©®b the Constitution on That subject as jmada'bv.our fathers, until reason shall have agiiin netumed her proper sway over the public mind. ! In other words, I am ready and willing that the Missouri'Compromise s tall be restored. The'tjepeal of that measure' le Ito the organization of the Republican parly.— Upon that questioiwit gained its strength and ! secured Its victoryg If now ouy Union-lo’ iiig . Lrcathren of the smvo border States shall b j Willing to unite with us iu its restoration, and accept that jas th®saais of-settlement of c: dat ing difficulties, w|hy should we hesitate thu| to ■' meet them ? j ’ v| , \ “ Thesc sentimf]Bls! took occasion to cxpjress ,a few days siOce,;j|i my place in the Senate of the United Stktestf In doing so, I did not mean to endorse all>thej®Qtiments expressed by my colleague, Mr. Blgjer, but only meant cordially to'express my app|ubation of the spirit and sen timent in favor of Sia Union which he expressed. I did, however, egress my willingness to .sup port and vote for;Bis proposition, if that would satisfy the y'nilent pnon of the South, and bring them back |o the* duty,. His proposition is simply to submit, The Crittenden amendments to a vote of the geoplo of the .States fur itl.dir adoption or rejection. As a last resort, when Congress sfiall p|?vo itself incompetent tp ad just existing diffijSilties, and when the diferup tion of the jUnioii into ,two Confederacies-isholl become inevitable], I shall hold it to bemyjduty to join in an appeal to the people to taka Hie intutheir pirn hands, and determine it in their own way,, as they deem best. [ 1 •< for a lifetime, I have never yet seen; pub •.l• - " i j i He opinion 'wrong, formed after full delibera tion and reflection. | This in a government w of States, but of thejpeople of the .States, nnfl they will not suffer! this.glorious - Confederacy to be destroyed at tho dictation of selfish »«- tators, who may be (governed by personal--am bition. Failing in nil efforts,leiiher iri Congres|,. or by action on the .'part of; the people them selves, to restore concord and .harmony, and civil strife must coins upon ps, I shall be found among the sons of Pennsylvania, in defence of her soil;' her principles,-and her interests.” | At the conclusion] of bis speech; which wis loudly applauded, {he party went into the .ho tel, and congratulated Mr. Cameron on the conservative.course]he has-p.ursued since tlie opening of Congrew, ? THE AGITATORI HUGH YOPKG, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR WELLSBOHOCGH, PA., f WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. G, 18(|l HON. Wj W. KETCHAM, yOe learn that Mr. Caincron has definite decided to accept the position offered to him! a member of Mr. Cabinet. This wj leave a vacancy inlthe United States Senate! be supplied hj th« Legislature now in sessk In connection with this .office, ’several influi tial Republican newspapers have mentioned the very highest tpnns. the gentleman whi name beads | this 1 article. lie is tho Sena from Luzerne counjty, whose able speech agai: humiliating corop|omises is commented up by our Harrisburg correspondent in tq-dn; paper. It is; quite! significant of tho feeling the people in the jower part of the State, tl this gentleman’s jname was first proposed the position named, by the - Phoenixville Gu dian, one of the most thnrough-going, oat a out Republican prapersof tlie State : and eh<q Judge Wilmot nol be -a candidate (and wej n.ot think he wilLbt), we should be glad to* Mr. Ketcham takg the position which he wo|i so well adorn. ; ' .• ' ; GEN. CAMERON. i’"" We publish in kinother column a speech, le livered by Gen. Cameron, bn "tho Occasion if a serenade given hidi by the friends of tbe Union in Philadelphia, dn Saturday night last. I* takes occasion to Explain—-and Wo think v -ry properly too—his position on the great quest on now before the »oqiintry, to, which we alluded last week. We iajre glad to assure his mt ny warm, friends in tins section of his entire fealty to tbe principles the Chicago Platform, ind we trust that no sxigenoy may arise whereby his action or voice may be lessened in their be half. The opposition to Mr.,Cameron’s npprt roent to a seat in Mr. Lincoln’s Cabinet ex only in a desperate clique of political wj pullers of which |A. K. McClure is the ceh| The position.of t|iiB last named individual] Chairman of the (State Coriimittee last fall, a him a prominence} which neither his ability! his political honesty entitled him to; and! great fear of himself and bis followers is, -j if Mr. Cameron gets into the Cabinet they,f not got the they are seeking for, as | well know how hlsartily they are despiseil the General and p.ll other decent men. | If Mr. Lincoln allows ; himself to be ij eneed by Mr, Mp-Clure &ICO., to exclude t Cameron from his councils, and Pcnnsylvj from her positioii in the Cabinet, then \ye S only regret that ji position like McClure's d ly accidentally acquired shall Lavs been pel ted to such a bad end. i , j j kansab| The admission of Kansas into the Uniin as' a Jree State is a significant fact, especially at this time when several of the slave States have “ resumed the powers delegated to the Ge ieral Government” £(nd set up again on theirown : individual hook.| Fur five long years, the I emo craio party sought to curse her soil wiih Gave ry against the ioften expressed wishes of her people. Long and nobly have her people suf fered the evils brought upon them by twa.suc* ccssive Administrations who lent themselves to the dirty work]- of the propaganda. Bui the Bight has triumphed at last. i As if to remind her of the years of degrada tion and insult to whichrsho had been exposed, l , the Senate attached an Amendment to the Bill of Admission, itbe design of which was tl give the appointment of a life judgeship to Bufclian ai. Of course that functionary will appoint Pettit — the mm who-novii bods it^— 3 tnan who is famous as "being denounced by the groat Missouri Statesman as “in liar and b dirty dog.” But the friends<of Kansas in jtbe House th iught it best to submit even tcithis obnoxious a nend ment, rather than run any further risks. Mr Grow entered his protest against this kl legislation, on his motion Kansas a State of theiCuion under the Wyando stitution. h wius adopted by the convent the £7ib of Jdly, avid ratified by the peo the Jib of October, 1859! By it the hour of the new State are fiied thus; The S Missouri on'the East, the 371 h parallel tude on the South, the 23J meridian of tudo from Washington on tjio West, ni 41st parallel of latitude on tlie North, area is about sixty thousand square mi^es. Oar readers will remember that oh ttie 6th of December 1859, officers were elected funder the Wyandot Constitution for the Stale cju rem anent. They were as follows t Member of Con gress, Martin F. Conway; Governor, Charles Robinson; jLiebt. Governor, J. P. Root jlSeere tary of Slate, J. W; Robinson; Treasurer, Wil liam Tholen ; Auditor, Geo. liillyer; Attorney General, B. IF. Simpson; Superintend ent of Public Instruction, W. R. Griffith ; Chief Jus tice, Thos. Ewing, jr.; Associate Judges, Samu el A Kingman atii L, D. Bailey. Mr. <?oaway has 4at#» l+s seat in ths Sogge. j THE TIOGI COTJSTY AO ITATOR. r s of lat hey' Icar- nd of ionme , Con- ion on )Io on Janos ate of f lati- •longi id the Tbit : i It Is believed that the Legislature now in session will elect Marcos J. Piirrott, late Delegate, and Fred. P. Stanton, as Senators from the new State. At any rate, the gentlemen are sore to be Republicans amliricnds-of the Union, and the Constitution as it is. CXVII* WAH. . Every intelligent rendcr of this paper will bear witness that since the day South Carolina passed her ordinance of secession, until this moment, we have abstained front advocating the idea of civil warfare, as between the States seceding and the States adhering to the Union. The Republicans are not in favor of civil war. They do not seek it, nor do they propose to fight anybody. Like all good citizens who have enjoyed the liberty, the benefits and the blessings of the Union, they simply propose to preserve arid perpetuate that Union for the sake of themselves and those who are to come after them. It is of little use, therefore, for brainless ed itors of so-called Democratic sheets who are. furtively aiding and abetting the traitors of the South, to falsify the / position of 1 the Republi cans in tins'crisis. Their policy is known and read of all men. What is the real state of the case? Here it is in a few words : “ A great and powerful party, conducting its proceedings in u constitutional manner, has succeeded in .defeating its opponents and in. electing its can didate to the Presidency. But before its actual policy has been declared, or its officers inaugu rated, the variquished faction, working upon the" prejudices anil fears of a large part of the community, proclaim, their intention of resist ing the peaceful advent of that party to power. They have seized the public property, fired upon the American flag, resisted the execution of tho laws, and compelled state after stale to withdraw from the federal Union, in the hope of producing a general dissolution of the gov ernment. No complaint-iff madepf therpast action of that government; no reasonable fears can be entertained of its future management; covery guaranty of the security of the disaffected ; states has been proffered time and again; and yet, because an unacceptable party has been successful, that government, beneficent and glo rious as it has been, js to he destroyed.” Now if the above |h a fair statement of the case (and we claim that it is) what is the duty of every good fcitizey ? Is it to try encburage the traitors by sneering at those .who would preserve the integrity of the Union by aiding to prevent its demoralization ? 1 > , The parasitical scribblers who are still slick ing to and gnawing pt the effete carcass of the late Democratic party will wake up some fine day and learn that there are but two parties in the country, viz., CpionistS nnd-Disunionists, and wlil have to stop in their career of covertly aiding the. latter while pretending to favor the former. There may be differences of opinion .about how to maintain the Union ; but there will be, and ought to be but one opinion in the North in regard'to its being maintained. Civil war is now being forced upon the country by the South, and the newspapers of the North which refuse to denounce these traitors, are in secret sympathy with them, and would be glad to see one of the two things succeed, viz., the backing down of the Republican parly from its principles, or the complete dismemberment of the Union. These arc just inferences. We do not advocate civil Uvar: it is the Loco Foco Mexicans who are id favor of warfare. ' lo Mex - i ico for the past ten years juat.as soon as a party is defeated at the pulls, their leader issues his pronunciamenio and appeals to arms. If that policy is hereafter to obtain in this country the sooner we know it i the better. Meantime let Republicans cling :to the Constitution and the Union and if civil war after the Mexican style is forced upon them, let them meet it like men who know and feel how sacred are tLs rights which, a maddened slaveocracy would wrsst ’ from them. . j "LEU tTS COMPROMISE.” We fear that too many tif the Republicans at Washington are getting weak in the knees, and are adopting the above as the wjjteh word of their action; latest news from'Washing ton assures us that we are; still a colony of South-Carolina, jTruly, under the Circumstan ces, why not compromise? Let us I look at the history of the .past few weeks : 1800—Dee. 27—FWt Moultrie tied Castle Pinckney occupied by the rebel forces. - Deo. 30—ThjS Arsenal at Charleston seized. 1861—Jan. 2—Foils Pulaski and Jackson, and the Savannah Arsenal captured by the militia of Georgia. - , • Fort Mason and the Arsenal at Fayetteville seized hy order of the Governor of North Caro-, lina, j Jan. 4—Fort Morgan and the Mount Vernon Arsenal hear Mbbils, captured by troops of Alabama. I i Jan. B—Forts Caswell add Johnson taken by North Carolina militia. Jan. 9—The insurgent batteries at Charleston fire into the Star, of the fVest, drive hef out to sen, and prevent the reception of reinforce ments at Fort Sumter. Jan. 10—FortiMoRae, at Pensacola/ occupied by Florida. 1 ■ 1 Jan. 11—The National Arsenal at Baton Rouge, with Forts Jackson, Pike and St. Philip, taken possession of by Louisiana. Jan: 12—The Navy Yard, with Fort Barran - cas, at Pensacola, taken by Florida and Ala bama troops. Other outrages upon the national dignity andl honor might be cited, bat these will suffice. After all, Why; not compromise ( 6adinago aside, gentlemen, If yon compromise with the traitors until thfese outrages are atoned for in some way, then the people will compromise with you *» yon deem* or w» will lose our guesr, FBOM WASHINGTON. Summary of the News of- the Week. - [Specially prepared for Tho Agitator.] WasnixOTOS, Feb..s, 1861, The Peace Conference met at Washington yesterday, and organized temporarily by an-.., pointing Mr. Wright, of Ohio, Chairman, and A. ;E. .War'd, of Maryland, SecretaryA com mitteerfa) select permanent officers was appoint ed; and'it is supposed es-President Tyler will he chosen to preside.. Without transacting any other husinesh, at half-past one o’clock the Con-, vention adjourned. All the Slates that have' appointed Commissioners were represented, ex-; oepting New York, Tennessee, Missouri and . Illinois. Eleven States were fully represented, j No reporters were admitted to the Convention. There was considerable excitement through out the city yesterday, caused by-a report that, Fort Sumter had been reinforced. There was, ; however, not the least foundation fur the rumor, j The United States storeship- Supply, from j Pensacola, arrived at this port yesterday, bring- i inp; quite a number of officers of the navy and their families, and among them Mrs. Sicmmer, the wife of the cemmander of ForfPickens. The latest accounts from Pensacola make, no j mention of the arrival of the sloop-of-vrar Brook- j lyn off that port, '. . 1 The election of delegates to the Virginia j State Convention took place yesterday. The i reports that have reached us indicate that the people have declared against secession, j Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has.demanded of; Gov. Morgan tho immediate surrender of the arms recently seized in the city by the Metro*, politan police, by order of Superintendent Ken nedy, and in his communication expresses the ( j hope that alike outrage will not again be com mitted. Gov. Morgan has not yet replied to; the demand. The United States Senate yesterday pre sented another scene of painful interest.— Messrs. Slidell and Berfjamin, the Senators from Louisiana, both withdrew from Congress, their State having seceded from the Union, and both delivered eloquent valedictory addresses. The members of the House fnup Louisiana, with the exception of Mr. jßouligny, will proba bly withdraw to-day. Mr. .Wilson offered p resolution calling on the President to commu nicate to the Senate whether any arsenals, forte, arms or munitions of war belonging to the United States have been seized by any persons in the State of Louisiana, and especially, whether the mint of the United States at New Orleans has been taken possession of unlaw fully by any persons ; and if! affy money ol the United States, and, if so, how much, has been unlawfully appropriated by! any persons, and by whom. Laid over. Thejdebate on the cri sis was resumed, and Messrs. C|ißgman and Hale made speeches on the subject. The bill providing a government for the Pike’s Feak re gion was taken up. The name ( of the Territory was changed from Idaho to Colorado, and the bill was passed. The £25.000,000 loan bill was reported by the Finance Committee, and made the special order for to-day. , In the House Mr. McClernard, of Illinois, asked leave to offer n preamble setting forfti the reports relative to the seizure of the mint and money at New Orleans, and the refusal to pay drafts drawn by the United States on their own money, and concluding with a resolution calling on the President to communicate to the House at an early day, if in his judgment not imcompatiblo with the public interests, all the facts on the subject, and what steps, if any, have been taken to restore the government pos session of said property and treasure. Objec tion was made, and the subject was passed over. \ resolution to admit the delegates to the Peace Convention to the floor of the House was also objected to. In Committee of the Whole the Deficiency Appropriation bill was discussed. The Senate’s amendment, appro priating 5300.000 for the Chiriqui Isthmus pur chase, was rejected. The Senate’s amendment, appropriating $135,000 for the purchase of a government printing office, was agreed to.— During-tbe present week the House will hold evening sessions for discussion on the crisis. About fifty speeches have already Wen made on ibis subject in the House, and should all who desire to speak on it obtain an opportunity the debate will probably last to the breaking up of the present Congress. VIRGINIA ELECTION—UNION TRIUMPH. Monday, Feb, 4.—The lion. Shcrrnrd Clem ens and C, D. Hubbard, Anti-Secession under any circumstances, were elected triumphantly to the State Convention, over their opponents, who refused _to pledge themselves that they would not.sign a secession ordinance. Reports from all the counties of the " Pan Handle” elect the Anti-Seccssioti candidates by decided majorities. A dead-set was made at Mr. Clemerts by- the ultra disuniouists, reducing his majority some what, but he was triumphantly carried through. Thus was bis position in Congress victoriously sustained;, Richmond county elects one Secessionist and two Unionists. Henrico, Chesterfield, Dinwid dle, Prince George, Greenville, Surry, Alexan dria, Petersburg, Norfolk, and Portsmouth elect ’Unionists, Henrico elects three Unionists. Augusta, three Unionists. Campbell, two Unionists. Charlotte county is for Secession. Amelia and Nottoway, probably so. Pittsylva nia and Union. Lynchburg, Union. The vote is generally in favor of a reference to the people. ; Virginia clemens’ speech. The following brief summary of a speech made in Congress’ on Tuesday, by the Hon, Sherrard Clemens of Virginia will be read with deep interest, and the glorious sentiments enun ciated will be hailed as another bright omfen for the future: Mr. Clemens, of Virginia, would speak as a We ttern Virginian, indentlfied by hirth, educa tion, residence and affectum with the sooth. Many of.those who inaugurate the present revo lution cry out witlnuplifted hand against the effusion of blood. It was' the inventor of the guillotine who was its first victim, and the day is not distant when they will rely on the mag nanimity of the people they have outraged.— Before God, he believed that slavery would" be crucified, if this unhappy controversy ended in a dissolution of the' Union. If not crucified, it will carry the death rattle in its throat. He might be a timid man and afraid to take, up arms in his own defence, but it remains , to he seen however, whether treason can bo' Carried on. There was still a brave arid holy minority in the slave States. “ Lazarus is not dead.'but slecpcth.” The stone may be rolled away, and wo hare rill the chances of n new resurrection. We live in an age of political paradoxes. Our broad, expansive lands have become a disease. Patriotism is a poor starveling, of the statesman of the country mrist be like the blind horse in the hark milt, obeying the whip of perverted public opinion. He must stand in the Senate r.nd glory in being a rebel and a traitor, lie mush, declare the death of the Union, and, Tike tin undertaker, invited the people to ihe tunernl. He can take an oatlvto Support the Constitu tion, but at the same time enter into a conapi racy /to overthrow the government. He cart advise the seizure of fortfc arsenals, navy yards; etc., and then find a convenient retreat in State authority." It has been said, before" we Were “ muling and poking in our.mother’s arms,” that there an obscure individual by the name of George Washington, who became emi nent by perpetrating a joke of infinite moment, to the effect that “we ahobld properly appre ciate. and cherish an attachment to the Union, and indignantly frown down an attempt to al ienate one portion from the rest, and separate the ties which bind them together.’’ He refer red ito the ultras, north and . sooth, who have cordially shaken hands in their disunion move ments. Like the ox decorated with the gar lands of sacrifice, the Union was to be led to the death. They weie knights of a new cru-' Ba d f ;—the Constitution is the sanctified Jerusa lem iagaihst which the cohorts arc arrayed.— These are State rights, forsooth ! While South Carolina declares for State rights to preserve slavery, the northern State-rights men—the rabid abolitionists—declare for State rights to overthrow slavery. He asked no favors for the south but demand ed that justice only which springs from honest magnanimity. North Carolina, which first proclaimed independence, and Virginia, which give birth to it, were both allied to Massachu setts,. He believed there yet lingers a patriot ism) which will save a country whose glory be longs to us alt. Will you be appealed to step forward and meet us in a Spirit which made yctir fathers illustrious, and not shut out every access to sympathy ? Mr. Clemens proceeded to.sbow that the ir reversible law of population governs the ques tion. It was population' and capital that the south wants, not territory, He could show thait there must be ah irrepressible conflict in-a southern confederacy, for there will he a horned hand to grasp the reins of power. He showed that the object of socb an organization was to re-open the African slave trade, for a negro coiild be purchased.from the cost of African for on'e hundred dollars, and be licked into shape byltbe blessings of Christian civilization, while to jjuy a slave in tills country, in the siaveLinart costs sixteen hundred dollars. Suppose the soutji does not get the equality she claims in a southern confederacy, what then ? This is a problem to be cyphered put here after. He showed that the south, out of the Union, would never be able to secure any ter ritory, not even so much as he could (told in his hand, and alluded in terms, of reprobating to |tlie south pending commissioners to Europe to effect offensive and defensive alliances against their.brothers in language and lineage. But inlthe midst of all. these troubles, he trusted thkt we are brothers in affection still. He read from aJetter of John Morrill, the land pirate, dated in 1834, os now applicable to the south, substance of which was the stirring up of the blacks to insurrection, and keeping a dissolu tion of the Union steadily in view,- Mr. Avery, of Tennessee, .interrupting, - said that Murrill bad served out his time In the pen itentiary for stealing. Mr. Clemens resumed, and in a further dis cussion of the southern confederacy said, that if the south should take the Constitution of the Unitod States as a provisional form of govern ment, the cotton States will have the legisla tive power over the border-Statos, which will be bound band and foot io a policy as oppressive as fbey ever were under our Constitution, in tensified fifty times. PHOM EARBISBUEG. Special Correspondence of Tbe Agitator. j IlAimianußO, Fob. J, 1661. May be you did not know that all speeches— set speeches—made in the Legislature are called by the genanl name of “ Remarks.” Well, I have befortrme a high pile of the “ Remarks ” of. nearly every talking member in the Assem bly. First; let me tell yotrbow it is done. A member wants to speak on the question before the House. If he be really worth listening to he speaks extempore, and at once enlists the at tention of bis audience, no matter how dry or unimportant may be the subject. The best speaker of this kind in the House is Mr. Wits lianas of Pittsburg, a lawyer of more than ordi nary ability and a true blue Republican of whom I havexpuken to you before. Mr.'Am-i strung is also a good speaker, and there are several others who aspire to shine as ex temp ores, but have yet much to learn, In the Senate nearly all 1 have heard speak yet, are good speakers. London, llensoo, MoClurc, Smith, Keicbum—all are good. By the way, tire lat ter -gentleman made a very able speech on Smith’s resolutions of which I spoke in my last. He set forth clearly and logically the only true and manly ground to he taken by those who earnestly and sincerely desire to see the Union preserved, the laws enforced, and treason condemned. Rut to return to* speechifying. The yotjng and modestjmember wishes, per haps, to .speak fur Buncombe. His constitu ents, he thinks, will be glad to see that he has! had something to say tirthe "assembled wis-l dom.” He accordingly writes cut his speech) reads it off, find takes his Seat. He is relieved; He feels better. , He" has made a speech.- ■ it Will appear in the .Record and in the Telegraph, I ,know how it is. I have beep thar. He buys a hundred extra copies the nest morning. He' sends them to hi** friends—the State paying his postage. All right.’ i j ' The great/ event of this week has been the appointment of the Commissioners to meet the Border Slave States in Council on the 4th of February it Washington. The Governor sent fn his Message with the Virginia Resolutions, and asked the Legislature to appoint seven Commissioners. An, amendment was, offered, giving the appointments to the Governor. This wrfs fought bard, but was finally carried. Sev eral good speeches were made in the Senate in opposition to the appointment of Connnission ers atali, the whole thing being considered— and I think rightly too—as being superfluous after the expression made on the Smith Resolu tions. But Gov. Curtin (who is losing the con fidence of the real Republicans very rapidly) was urgent enough, and anxious to have the bill pass. * It did pass the Senate en Wednes day ; six (Republicans—Benson, Imbrie.ilrish, Landcm, Penny, and Robinson—only voting against it. The bill came to the House, and af ter quite a spirited debate passed that:body, only thirteen Republicans—among them yoUr Messrs. Elliott and Strang— voting against it. So you sea that there are really nineteen Repub licans left in the Pennsylvania Legislature. All honor to them I . This brings me to an opinion of my own which will not surprise you. There is no Be publican-majority in the Pennsylvania Legisla ture. That's truth. You will regret this; so do I, yet it is -no loss true, H ito we not seen enough to dottWnce os of it? I regard tj,, on the appointnldftt ofCommissioners - ginia as .ft test.. True there are Eepobli ( both brooches who toted for the bill, wht not bare done so if left to tbetaeelves. jj, pressure: Was! too great and orerpoKerir you livea cOople of iveeks longer am your eyes open, you will see this sane j licdn Legislature repeal the act tombing fcj ping a crime. Tbe People’s Party are power, and the Republicans are only tol as allies.' Cdrtin is under tbe thumb ol men as Gideon J. Ball of Erie, and McMichael of Philadelphia—men who that a email advance' of the tariff on iroi infinitely; more importance than tbe protj of human rights. These are hard nr me to write but they are true, and I m faithful tp nJy trust as your correspondent speak oujt boldlywithout fear, favor, or t tion, has been absent f c coupleiofj quite anxious to’ who I wfijs, several newspapers hating |on that gentleman's coam ■poller. Bat be has enoo/ jioat trying to find out so - my strictt political v hi? hands witl lua] !I y 'P? as tfiyeelf, and I may tai an indirii ia in my next a few things icd Erie, and the Tonnage sion tcTW the Sunb matters. appointed Gov. Pollock, Dai M. Meredith, Thomas- baa W. I Curtin Wilmot, Tlmmas ] mklin, A. W. Loomas, and > Commissioners to meet of Virginia, at Wiishingfc Up to this time Vilmot h . iis friends here don't think McKenn; Tyler & Monday accepted ah, a Co., next, and ] will. 1 iTha we ia quite cool. MO The N< the head i mbttoef ft the cot s cans, wh stick the “Xwil adjrise i a or I com p; privilege msnt lo i bebause. of the vm should r< menace a itsplf, in tem shall existing d: But thii tl in (the han to |eair» C complainei perfurman oppose. [ BS, FOB THE TIMES,. ork Tribune keeps standanj -editorial columns the folio s times. We commend thi ion of compromising Rej Id do well to cat them 01 heir hats for reference r thu terat vrou r death before I will consei ids tp consent to any cone; i which looks like buyir ring possession of,the Goi we bare a Constitutional ri ver I might think of the propositions before Con/ any oonoeesion ip the destruction of tbu Gb\ nsent on alt hands that oat ought down to a level wii mized state of affairs in M will hereafter be, as it is the people i and if they t otion to remove any grien nr to give new guaranties fc vested rights, it is not m [Abraham Lixct ly friei in raisi ir obs c prd is the a co je bi sorg ling ion first; adjustment aft [Salmon P. Ci “Inaug ‘‘ I OWB it to tbej st cnald in|du fon the jntl not before - to myself, I ojre it to truth, I ibject, to state that no earthly ce me to vote for a specific reduction of Slavery where exlel ed, either south or north line. Con ing is Ido from a Slave State, my solejron, dt liberate, and well-umturet termination tbtt no power—no earthly —ahull eoripel me to vote for the positin troiinction of Slavery either south or nort that iineL Sir, while yovt reproach, and jail ti>o, our [British ancestors fur the introduc of this insi itutbn, upon the continent of . icn, I am, of oje, unwilling that the post of the present inhabitants of California New-Mesico shall reproach us for doin; what we npronch Great Britain Tor doi us. If the citi Jens of those Territories jo establish Slavery,.-! am for admittir with such provisions ■in tbeitrConstiti but then, i; will be their own work, ai ours, nnd lheir posterity will have,to it them, arid not us, fop forming Consul allowing Ihe institution of Slavery to aejong thept. [Henrv Clj.\ BAD co: 'iOK oi'afae peopl. KANSAS. m, Kan., Monday, Fab. 4,! tt and Pomeroy have p« Idjress to the people of the S its truly, the condition i as, without question: in Kansas!' Bat one sti Jople and death 1 An af ae country, to the Churci > State Leglatares, to philr 3 humane everywhere, country, or a miracle from this people. The famine,! > its frightful center ail ( •ho had food yesterday, id they who have food I M I Messrs; the which rij people of I “ Stajjvii tween 50.( the Press Congress, piats, and action can nloi kortex, i lions. none t (haveni rived ; ;o-morrow. Seventy team; . Fifty wete loaded and away ihe day before.' Ten thoQsand dm ■worth tf clothing has been distributed si: the past week. - Sis thousand dollars in c within four days, have been paid forfiti Eighty-one car-loads of provisions have: withid thatt time, and yet-starvation is ia. Dent. l Tiie 'people are living from J&d mouth, and are Irarely saved alive. Our fo are now exhausted. The nmnbers of the titutc increase fearfully. The melting ■ ol February and the overflowing streams shortly prevent the distant sufferers frot ing/herfj to get supplies. —Their ealvatic penjds upon our- promptness in establisbia) pots of provisions at accessible points. If fuiids the whole work must cease. The ■ mlssiori of a week is death and desolath Unless/ the country gives us seed there c no harvest, and the seed wheat should be' ground within forty days. At least I 1 bushels is heeded for food, and as msel for seed,to the heart of the country, #ftd aamejof Christ we make this earnest apt (Signed) THADDEUS HVAT I I In behalf of n perishing ' i endorse cVoryword’of the above. I i Signed) S. C. POMEROY, Chairman of the Kansas Relief Committee, 01 j eral Agent for Bistribotion, Fiocre. —The Mecilt* Jeffersonian says f “Like one of those w> Dl Iruefcing (.tones reared by the Droids, ' l bn |fingir pf a child might vibrate to its centre, the might of an armyoouH not nw* 6 its {dace, our Constitntipn is so nioelj andj balanced, that it seenpa to stray w ’ breath of opinion, yet so firmly rootei hearts and affections of the people;,t wildest storm of treason end over it in vain.” Ejdward A, Lawrence, (Lem.) of * Queens Co. is the only Member of L (Bisliittfte’who nrovrs in tbit body 9 ness to pertnit the curse ,of iSlavery * ! now Prcey SSOSOSAS!,
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