The Tioga Couaty Agitator: BY at|‘ H. .COBB. ■OnWinhud every IFeddeidny mamwg uni msiTeifio FXFTTKJBSTS • r The papcUcseut-poiSge free tnconuty SMBoribors, ma|l»tpott-offl.ecB lo oted in' counties immediately adjoining, for eonven- TJi Agitato aitf tlife Official paper of Tioga Cot, and circulates in ever/.neigSbothpod therein, Sub scriptions being bd the’idvdaco-pay Byrtem, it circa lates among a class most lb the interest of advertisers U, reach. Tams 15 advertisers as .liberal as’ tlioaaiof feredby any paper ot equal’circulation in Northern Pennsylvania. ’• ’ f ,;/* . jSS'A cross, on the margin of a paper, denotes that the subscription is about to expire. • jpg- Papon wißbh sibpped when thb ehbscription time,expires, unloa? the Ijgent orders their continn anttt ' ’"7 ft" — T" V J - " ' JAS. LOWR£¥ & S. F. WIXSON, Attorneys & .counsellors at law, attend 6f Tidga, Potter and McKebn connticß.' \ ■ . [WelUboro, Jan. 1, 18G3.] . JOB* S. OTAJMt, A XIOBNBY £ £6nS(SELLOR AT LAW, Condersport, Pad will attend the several Courts id Potter-and .MoEwif.t counties. All business en trusted to his care'will receive prompt attention. He has tbeqgenoy of large tracts of good eottling land and will attend to the payment of taxes on eny.lands in said connties. f . Jon. 28,1563. U DICKISSON HOUSE, ’ ' C.OKSTNfi, N.-Y. Mai. A. F1ELD,.......' -•••• Proprietor. a [TESTS taken to and from the Depot free of charge/ ~ ' I . [Jan. I. 1863.] PfiJISSFWASIA house; COKN-ER o'f’ilAlN'SrfaEßT AND THE AVENUE, = i.'Vf&kffot*.' Pa. J. IF. ttIGONYy..., 1 ..;;...... Proprietor. THfS popular Bote}, bating been re-bned and re-furnished throughout, is now- open to the public as a first-Glass house. ’ [Jan. 1. 1893.] , IZAAK WALTON pOITSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa, H. C., VERMILYEAi THIS is" a new hoteil located within easy ac cess sf the best fishing- and bunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania , No pains wit! be spared for the accommodation of Jjeasuie seekers nnd the trav 'cliing public, - i , " [Jan. 1, 1863.] *SL WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWKLRT'! Repaired at B.CLLA&D'S df CO'.S. STORE, by tbe subscriber, in the beat manner. and at as low prices as the same work can dune lor, J)y any first rale pfae i tical workman in tbe State. ‘ ' WeJlsboVo, July WEUSBORO HOTEL. B. B. HOLIDAY,.'. I .', ; ...Proprietor. THE Proprietor having again taken possession of the above Hotel; «£}! spare no pains lo insure the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. t Wellsboro, Jan. 21, ISOJ.-tf. ’ a. rbiEir, Watches, piocka, Jewelrv, &c., £cc., ■REPAIRED/AT' OLD PRICES. post OFFICE 1 BUILDING, XO. 5, ? V/GiV BXOCK. Wellsboro, May . 163. ■ E. jJJLACK, BARBER diSeIAIR-DRESSER, SHOP OVER C.)£. WILCOX’S STORE, NO. 4,' UNION BLOCK, * 'Wcllsboro,* June 24, j&03» FLOVB ANXjjt.iFEED STOKE. iWMQBV & 9AUJ&Y HAVE hql£th,siv ttifj.thorougbly repaired and are receiving fresh ground flour, feed, day afctbeirstore in town. Cash paid for hU‘kii&s,of‘ grain. , ' *. .WEIGHT & BAILEY. ■\TellBboro, April 29, I$G3. Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing. THE subscriber -informs his oM customers and the public generally that he is prepared to card wool ami dress elotlr-ai the old stand, the coming season, having secured the services of Mr. J. PEET, a competent and experienced workman, and also in tending to give bis personal attention to the business, he will warrant aft work ;dono at his shop. Wool carded art five cents per pound, and Cloth dressed,at from ten tpltwcnty cents pet yard as per color and finish. * 1 - > J. I. JACKSON. Wellsboro, May 6, 18^3-tf.. JIARBIaESHOP. T AM now rteemng'V STOCK. of*ITALTAN L and RCTLInD (bought wiCh cash) and am prepared to Bdatfufaclaro all kinds of TOM B - S TONES and MONUMENTS at .the lowest ptices, _ HARVBV ADAMS my anthemed agent, and will sell Stone, at the swhe price* RB at the shop. WE B&VE MIT. ONE TRICE. Tioga, May 20, TOJ.-ly. A. D. COLE. JOMUfHOY, Dealer in ,dr%gs and medicines, Chemical?, Varnipj, Paints, Byes, Soaped Per fumery, Brushes, Glassjfputty, .Toys, Fancy Good?, Pure Wines, and other Liquors for medical use. Agent foStbe sale of alt the best Pnt-' ont Medicines of ibe diy. Medicines'wasranted gen ome and of the* ’ * . BEST jhUALITy. Physician's PrescripUhns accurately compounded. The best Petroleum Oil‘Which is superior to any other for burning in Kerosinfl tamps. Also, all other kinds of Oils usually kept in & first class Drug Store. 30* FANCY pYE'flil/ORS in packages all ready compounded, for th© n?y of pirate families. Also, Pure Loaf Sugar for ms|ical compounds. WeUsboro, June 24,5?83-3y* Q. W, WELLINGTON & GO’S. BANK, CORNER, N. Y., j;LocATEt> w Tjfa Diokisbos House.) American Gold andfSilver Com bought end sold, • Now York Exohangj, ' do. , Uncut-rent , do. United State. Demaiid Notes "old,issue” bought. Collection, made in nil parU_of the Union at Cur rent rates of Exchange. " ■ , Particular pains trill he taken to accommodate our patroos-from the Tioga Valley- Our Office will bo open at J A. 11.", and close at 7 P. 11., giving parties passing over the Tioga Hail Hoad ample time to transact thoir business before .the departure of tbo train in the morning, and after its arrival in ibe evening. Q. W„ WELLINGTON, President. Corning. X. Y., Nov. 12, 1363. ‘ , "■ HOMESTEAD. A NEW -STOVE AND TIN SHOP HAS just been opened.in Tioga, Fenna., where way fee found a good, assortment of Cooking, Parlor and Box Stores, of the most approved patterns, and from .-the tost manufacturers-. . The. HOMESTEAD is ad mitted to be the best Elevated Oven Stove in the market. The si- " , “ GOLDEN A(hS” & GOOD HOPE,’’ ire square, flit tap air;il|ht stores, with iarge ovens. Wits many advantages'over any other'elovo before made. Parlor-Stoves. .The Signet and' Caspion are both very n«at and superior stores* AUo Tin, .Copper,'and Sheet Iron ware, kept con stantly on hand and to’ 3 order of the host mate rial and workmanniip, all 0 f which; will bo sold at thedOTrcstfigure for or ready pay Job work of all kinds attended to on call. ‘ Tioga; Jan. U, 18&3* GUERNSEY; & SMSAD. EXECUTOR’S JCOtIcE. T T EXIERS J&Btamentjtry having been jjran 7r* tfl . dU ptafo©state:of Thomas J. fV*J* a^e Tioga, those indebted to the said state are requested to'toake immediate-payment, ud r oSfl the, dame, will present eo duly authenticated to the undersigned for aet- Ue i? ent • B. « I»°S*l J»ly 25,15«3, ;«t JOS. f Exrs - THE AGITATOR VOL. X. ©ttglnal aioettrg. We’ll let the “dead Past” Imried be, Porgnt its all of joy ancl care, And seize the Present io jits glow Of hope,.triumphant; posing /sir. 'Tia bidden then—well, let it rest; Plant o’er ita bead the asphodel, We’ll love this pleasant time the best, * The Palate, none can,te|l. Let’s Sit us down bloom ; * ' We’ll pluck a rose with eriry thorn, And bless the fate that brings ns bliss, * __ Prom mom ’till night, frbm night ’till mom. A misty base, a ptlrple-velL Drapes bill and valley sweetly o’er; And crowned by snowy wreaths of foam, Returning waves caress the shore. And rising from the ocean i depths, T!£e crescent moon with Ssilver light. Transforms to sapphire ev*ry wave. To gem and decorate the night. And thus it is, the coming [time Doth glorify the present bliss,* As prelude onto after songl As was the past time unto Ibis. .Proprietor. So these to future days sljdll scctn ; With holy hearts, with happy smile— Existence but a nectrona dream, Love shall the perfumed [hoars beguile. Tiogo, Aug, 21, 1553. .) Ivy, ©orrcfiiponiyctice. totter from the Rock? mountains. Denver Cur, Col. Ter., Aug. 11, 1863, .Friend Cobb; I have prproieed you along time to give the readers of The Agitator a let ter from this place, but time has been so pre cious 1 have not had an opportunity to do so before now. a.'b.hascy. I reached Denver, the great commercial me tropolis of the Rocky Mountain region, my tenth time on Sunday last, and after stopping three days eh all start back to the Missouri River. I am in the employ of the Overland Mail Co. and make a trip here and return every three weeks, remaining idle nine days out of that time, so you see I am only' six days on the road from Atchison here, and vice versa. — Being penned up in a printing office for ten years, and then starting out on the plains in the cold month of January can be imagined as a pretty hard job, but by being w.ell bundled up and having a good blanket and buffalo rube I managed to keep pretty tyarm. - The weather now is perfectly awful on tRo plains, I am well satisfied a journey can be performed much easier in cold than in warm weather. Mosqui toes and buffalo gnats are now the worst enemy I have to contend with, and £ shall rejoice when cold weather comes. The distance from Atchison here is about 700 "miles, and the land all prairie, but not until we reach Fort Kearney, Nebraska, do we fairly get upon the great plains, which is about 300 miles and the land all' rolling prairie : from thence to Juleeburgb, C. T,, a distance of 200 miles tjie prairie is flat and of no account at all except for grazing, JFrom the last named place to Denver, 200 miles, it is a perfect sandy des ert, produoing,nuthing but a little sage brush and bunch and buffalo grass. < For 100 miles west of Atchison to the Big Blue river the land is pretty well settled and several fine little towns have eprung up, Ken nekuk, Grenada, Seneca and Marysville will some day be flourishing country towns. We strike the Platte river at Valley City ten milee.east of Fort Kearney, and in an hour we reach the garrison and take a last view of the “Stars and Stripes,” the bristling bayonets, and the burnished cannon. This is an nld post, the buildings are built of wood and are old and dilapidated, but the site is as fine as any I ever saw, with any hunriber of beautiful shade trees and handsome shrubbery. Thirty-five miles farther west is Plum creek and the greatest buffalo country on the whole plains. Every time the coach now passes I can behold droves of them numbering hundreds and thousands; but not millions as Mr. Gree ley saw while crossing three years ago. Early last were plenty, ,but they are now divided up in squads and only a few are to be seen. The emigration across the plains this season has been enormous, and man; sa; has exceeded that 1849. In traveling ten hours' on tha coach one da; in June a distance of 75 miles, I counted 613 wagons on their wa; to Colora do, Nevada, California, .Oregon, Beaver Head mines, & o. Travel is now dropping olf, bat I can still behold the white covered wagons on the plains almost ns far as tbs eye can Teach. Denver is without a doubt the fastest town of its size of an; place on the continent. The first log cabin was erected in 1859, and the place now contains upwards of 5000 inhabi tants, and some of the finest brick buildings in the western country are here in this place.— There are two daily papers, three large first class hotels, five or sjx churches, two theatres, Ac. Here gambling is carried on to perfection and the finest buildings are used for that pur pose. The D. S. Mint here is a beautiful struc ture, and in a month will be in operation. In six weeks,Denver'will be in direct communi cation by telegraph with every city in the Union. The line is also to be extended up in the Mountains to Central City and the Gregory gold region, I am sitting in the Planter’s House writing this, and from my window I can behold the Rocky Mountains; Pike’s Peak 90 miles south, Love’s Peak ;75 miles north, and the Snowy Range covered with a white mantle 05 miles west. I can hardly believe the fact, yet the nearest point to the Mountains is fifteen miles, still they hardly appear two miles and a half. The lofty peaks towering up in,every direction present a scene grand and sublime and the sights ont here are well worth a visit. Timber is a scarce article on the plains, and fire-wood commands from $lO to $5O pet cord. At Julesburgb wood has to be hauled 105 miles, and at a great many stations from 40 to 75 miles. Here there is an abundance of coal at $8 and $lO. per tun, brought from ithe Mount ains, while wood- is worth from $6 to 18 per cord. Wages of mechanics here arc about as fol sebotrir.to tRc of t&e am of iFmtrom atis tfjc Spmft of.lUcaXtbg 3Rrfotm. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG pNRXGHTED,.AND UNTIL “MAN’ 3 lUHtTMANITT TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. | WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 186-3. -[For the Aglta tor.] PRESENT AND FUTURE, lows: Carpenters and bricklayers $5 per day ; brick makers $4 per day ; harness makers $3 to $4; laborers $2,50 to $3 ; printers $lB per week, or 50 cents per 1000 ems, &c. First class board and lodging costs from $lO to $l2 per week. Fresh butter is worth 60 cents per lb.; fresh igga 90 cents pet doz.; coffee 50 cents per llj. <fce. Traveling a distance of TOO miles on a coach in a country that is nothing but a vast, plain, night and day for six days without any rest, -and very little sleep, can better bs imagined than described. Stations on the road will av erage fifteen miles apart, still one change is twenty-two miles. From Junction to Fremont's Orchard is {eighteen miles and sot a honse on the road. The fare we are provided with on the plains is pretty good considering all things, though at some stations a person would need the stomach of a bog to sit down to the table and notice {the operations of the cuok getting up a meal. | I bare now been traveling on tfie plains nearly seven months and can go rnsty fat bacon with a good relish. Since I have been on the; Overland line I am perfecty satis fied that I,have eaten my “peck of dirt,” and at one station I refused to. eat, and told the keeper that ! did not like to eat my “peck” all at once. ‘ The gold imioes were never bo prosperous ae at the presept time, but a man needs capital to make them pay. Not less than $30,000,000 will be teken out of the Rocky Mountain gold mines (he present season, while hundreds and thousands pave gone, to the upper new mines at Beaver Head and Bannack City, where it is currently reported gold is taken out by the pound in the late discoveries. F. A. R. political. A Page of Impartial History. WHAT GOVERNOR CURTIN I)ID IN APRIt, 1861, When the red hand of rebellion was raised against the government, the people of the coun try were appalled. .The nation, so to speak, was apparently powerless for a time, i Our ships-of-war had been sent to distant waters. Our arsenals and forts in the North had either been robbed or relieved of their little garri ■sons. The small ‘ army of two thousand five hundred United States regulars bad been sent South, under the command of the meanest of traitors, General Twiggs, by the order of the band of conspirators, who, though' solemnly sworn to support the constitution, were plot ting to overthrow it. The country then was tilled with gloom. President Lincoln hsd very recently been sworn into his high and respon sible pesitioh, surrounded as he then by n few armed soldier? and 'patriotic citizens, who sprang to such arms as they could readily ob tain. Treoaon flaunted its red fisg all over Washington at that period. It was then that President Lincoln called around him the Gov ernors of the loyal States to advise with them on the desperate nature of the emergency. They met in the White House. It was a sort of premature, mental Valley Forge. “Gentlemen,” said the President to that little party of patriotic men, “ the machinery of the nation ia out of order. We must run it as we 6nd it. Its intelligent wheels, its rods, belts, are'separated, but the boiler seems to be perfect. We must repair the work, with such skill and ingenuity as we possess. There is wisdom in council, and therefore I have called you that we may reason together. What shall we do to crush out this foul rebellion and pre serve the country from wreck ? I have mode up my mind, with implicit confidence in an overruling Providence, to meet all emergencies that may arise. It is time for work" contin ued the President. “ What shall I dp about issuing a proclamation to the people The President, with his hands fbjtaS behind his back, paced up and down the apartment. The six or seven Governors, who formed his auditors, were wrapped in the mantle of deep meditation.; Each expressed his opinion, but their sentences were punctuated with too many “ ifs or ands.” While ail this was going on, Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, fresh from his Blue-mountain home, was standing at the window looking through tbo panes, upon which he was drumming with his fingers, while at the same time he was humming “Hail Columbia.” He was an at tentive listener to all that was going on. He had not yet been approached by the President. Presently there was profound silence in that small but thoughtful party of distinguished gentlemen. Mr. Lincoln finally broke the silent spell, and, standing erect in all the pride of a West-, ern gentleman, turned to Mr. Carlin and said, Andy, what will Pennsylvania do if I issue “ay proclamation ?” Silence still more profound prevailed. It Was a momentous question. It seemed as if the fate of the country depended upon the re ply about to bevnade. Manifest destiny trem bled in the balance^ Gov. Curtin still drumming on tho panes with his fingers os aforesaid, turned, faced the President, and with uplifted hands, said; “ What will Pennsylvania do f" Hera he paused. “ Do!” another pause. “ Why, sir, (with emphasis) if you issue your proclamation, Pennsylvania will furnish you a hundred thousand men in a week." “ Give me your hand, Andy," said the Pres ident, and as be convulsively grasped the same, and then throwing his arms around him, be ejaculated: “ Thank God for that noble reply. I will at once issue my proclamation.’’ The President of the great American nation shed tears—they were tears of joy—which mingled with those that suffused the cheeks of the patriot Governor of the Keystone State.— The gloom that enshrouded that conclave of men now -passed away like tbs morning mist before the power of the summer sun; hope re vived the drooping spirits, joy took the place of sorrow; the Governors sprang to their feet and with one accord congratulated Mr. Curtin. The Governor' of Pennsylvania telegraphed tbe faotof the forthcoming proclamation to the capital of the State, from which if radiated to all ports. It was announced on the newspaper bulletin boards la Philadelphia, before the ink of the immortal document was dry, and thus theyeoman population of the old_ Keystone of theiFederal Arch were aroused to wholesome enthusiasm. Two battery companies, of Beading and Pottsvllle, on the receipt of‘Governor Curtin's despatch, "called tbs roll" at once, and the next train bore them to the defence of the cap tal Of the nation. We well remember when those hardy men from the interior, some even is their shirt sleeves, passed through Philadel phia, and took the cars at Broad and Prime streets. They arrived in Washington so quick ly that the red-mouth, bloody-minded traitors •hot surrounded 4he patriot President, wad-had Washington within their grasp, were attack with astonishment upon the sudden appear ance of the batteries.. They thought they bad been deceived. They were seized with the idea that Pennsylvania was at once ready for the emergency. The foul conspirators wore para lyzed from their own fears. The next day the famous Massachusetts 6tb, the Washington Brigade, of Philadelphia, pass ed through Baltimore, when a-morderoua out rage was committed, and the first loyal blood was spilled ; then followed the Now York 7lb ; then came the Massachusetts Bth. The capital of the nation was saved, much to the surprise of the conspirators, and to the gratification of the loyal people of the country. Truly, Andrew O. Curtih waa the right man in the right place. Noblejjbrave, daring, pat riotic, honest, he alone fixed the spark of pat riotism .in the bosom of President Lincoln, and aroused the nation to enthusiasm and deeds of valor. Ha is the Bichelieu that thwarted the conspirators of the great American tßebellion. Had he equivocated ; had be put in an it or and ; had be said, “ Well, I don’t know— Pennsylvania is the keystone of the arch—a brave and trusty people within its borders— they may respond, 1 suppose—can’t say, but guess they will"—the deep gloom that shrouded the White House that moment would have been made,blacker, indeed, and the capital of the nation would have been lost. —Philadelphia Press. The Rebellion and the draft—An Important Speech by Sir. Genitt Smith. In the Albany Evening Journal of a few days since we find the following report of a very interesting speech by the dietinguished Abo litionist, Gerritt Smith. Mr. Smith, it will be remembered, recently assumed a new position in politics. He now stands pledged to the Union and the suppression of the rebellion above every other cause and issue : WHAT IT IS TO BE TOE THE COOKTRy, Mr. Smith opened his speech by faking tbe question, What is it to go for your country ? Emphatically is it our duty now to go for our country when she is all right and her foes wrong. To go for her is to go for all her do main—to be unseotional—apd to love her with that Jewish love for Jerusalem, which took pleasure even in her stones, and favored ths dust thereof. He who is a true patriot will nev er give up any portion of his country even to se cure the abolition'of slavery. Togo for our country is to go for her chosen form of govern ment—for her Constitution—not to prate for it, or to affect a regard for it, for the very purpose of aiding the enemy, but to favor it for its great principles of Justice, Liberty, and Equal ity. But the most effective way to go for our country is to go against her enemies. We must stand by tbe Government. Not to stand by the Government is not to stand by the country. The Government represents tbe country, and it is tepseuted. by strong, pure, and patriotic men. THE PRESIDENT The President, for whom I did not vote, is a pure and an intelligent man. Washington al ways excepted, we never bad a President more to he honored and more to be loved than Abra ham LiiOoln. Whatever ie pro-slavery in his character is the result of early education, fur which no man is accountable. You may not have detected this defect, as I have ; fbr your thoughts have out, tike mine, been concentrated on this one subject these twenty or thirty years. The evidence I have found in bis re cent retaliatory proclamation. In that proclam ation he saye: “For every Union soldier taken and sold into slavery, one rebel prisoner shall be put to compulsory labor on the public works.” But this is no due off-set; for com pulsory labor is sot slavery. The minor and the apprentice are subjected to compulsory la bor. The great calamity of the slave is, that he is deprived pi tbe protection of law, and thrust down to tbe level of the brute. But a mao put to oompnlsory labor on tbe public works is still unde; the protection of Law. Qow could the President have fallen into such a mistake ? Fur every Federal soldier sold into slavery, at least a thousand rebels should be put to compulsory labor, to render tbp lotion equivalent. UNCONDITIONAL SUBMISSION. I hare said, we must insist on the uncon ditional submission of the rebels. Our oppo sition to the rebels must also be unconditional. We must make no conditions on behalf of the Republican, Democratic, or Aholi'ion parties. We must make no conditions. If the rebellion triumphs, let all else die—for family, wealth, party—all would bo worthless without'a conn try. The rebellion must be put down at whatever cost, or whatever sacrifice. The Republican, or Democrat, who is intent only on helping his party, is in league with rebels. Are there Abolitionists who will not go for crushing^trea son unless Government shall pledge itself to prosecute the wat untill slavery is abolished ? Let me say to them, I have no syvtpaihy tpilh you, I know you are enemies of my country. The true doctrine is—let come what may of temperance, of .Abolitionism, of Republican ism, of Democracy, the rebellion must and shall be put down. It is not now put down, only .because we have not been as earnest in putting it dowh os/tbe rebels have been in put ting it up; We are, in this war, to he brothers. We are to know no man by his party Bathe, but only as anti-rebellion mem In the coarse of my l>Tg life, I bate bad to do something against intemperance and slavery; but since the bombardment of sumter, I have been ready to work with all against rebellion—tof work, if you please, with the greatest drunkard on my right, and- the greatest pro-slavery man on;my left. If Abolitionists refusei to work with me, without some, plsdgefor the abolition of slavery, it is little to, their credit that they allow the sin of slavery to blind their eyes to. the greater sin of rebellion. If, -as some say, slavery and rbbellion are one, then pat down the l rebellion, and slavery falls with it. oov. eiYHOca’a views, Gov. Seymour had said that the 'North-had annoyed the South by-talking against slavery. Bat talk Is nojaariacatronfnrwar. Our Go vernment, tolerates talk even against- better thing thin slavery—if anything better can be imagined I Bat you legislate against slavery. Very well, perhaps so.: But has not the South legislated unconstitutionally in favor of sla very 1 But for both North and South there was the open door of -the Supreme Coart. The South, however, preferred war to that tribunal. Dwelling upop this point at length, Mr. S. said be had spoken 1 somewhat disparagingly of one idea men. But I would we were all one-idea men in the sense of pilttiug down the rebellion. I would not allow any other idea to interpose. Then we should conquer—conquer speedily— conquer grandly. Tfiß DRAFT NOT OPPRESSIVE, Now, I wish to say a word on ths draft, and the conscription act under which tbe draft is made. It is held that the Constitution does not give Congress ths power to compel men to join oar armies, and, drive back and subdue those who are seeking lbs life-blood of the na tion. Why, then, doej it mock Congress with tbe power to declare war, raise armies and create navies ? It seems to give much power, while in fact it is only a scarce of weakness. But it has tbe right. It could not be a national legislature without H. Of course, I am glad the Constitution recognizes the right, but it don’t create it. The right is older than the Constitution—it inheres in every nation. The Constitution no more creates the right than the Bible creates the right of a parent to govern and correct his child. The one is an inherent pa rental right, the other aa inherent national right. "~ ' •; But the people tell us that the oppres- tbe poor. The State Militia law is op pressive to the poor, but the national conscrip tion Jaw ssvcs| the poor. Under the State law, many minor officials are exempt; under tbe national law ojnly tbe President and Vice Pres ident, beads of tbe Executive Departments, tbe Judiciary andlthe Governors of tbe States, and these in tbe main would naturally be exempt by reason of their age. In addition, none but the poor are (exempt. Let us look at the ex emptions. [The speaker here alluded to the different classes of persons exempt by reason of having dependent relatives, and then pro ceeded.] i v Now, whatjthink you of stigmatising this' law ns oppressive ‘to, the poor ? Did you ever see a law'so tender of the . poor, so mercilessly unsparing of the rich f I never have. But it is said that three hundred dollar clause—that three hundred dollar clause 1 You surely will not be so impudent as to claim that that does not oppress tbe poor? I will be so impudent. [Applause.] There is no pro vision of the law so merciful to the poor, 'Were there no commutation clause in tbe law, the price of substitutes would ruh up three, four, and five times that fixed by thie danse. That would pot exemption put of the reach of every poor man, even though ho had friends wilting to aid him. With the clause as it is, a large number of the poor,may commote, either from their own unaided resources, or by the aid of fheir friends. But you say, we cannot lei you off this way. If the Government desired to serve tbe poor, why did it not place the price of commutation at say $5O? Because, with that money it could not have obtained substitutes, and con sequently, repeated drafts would have Been necessary. This would have resulted very dis astrously to the poor. It would have enddd in the final drafting of every man who conld not raise §5O; and if tbe Government bad not then men enough, it would hsvo to go without. 1 have beard men say that all ought to be com pelled to go that are drafted. Such comments are ill naturedl and illy considered. There are many among the poor and tbe rich who ought not to go. Where necessary, let the poor man stay home afcd attend to his family, and tbe rich man remain to keep bis factory in oper ation, that those who are home may have em ployment; that the country, may continue prosperous, add itd wealth productive, in order that thbre may be something to tax to famish money‘to carry on the war. - " constitutional” treason.-; The speaker next alluded to the clamor against the conscription law, and the demand of Governor Seymour, in his letter to the Pres ident, that the draft be suspended, and its con stitutionality tested. The country could not afford such suspension. Men were needed, and we most assume the constitutionality of this law the same as every other. Let those who desire to test it, but in the meantime the draft must go on. Tbs law must he enforced, because it is a; law for ihe salvation of the country. [Applause.] Governor Seymour makes the great question to be whether the law is Constitutional, while I make the great question to he whether we have patri otism enough among ns to carry it out. [Ap plause.] Had there never been an unpatriotic breast, there never would have been a question raised as to the constitutionality of this law, [Applause.] Was there over anything so shameless os' to see people—when rebels in arms ere stalking up to their very doors, in tent on the disruption of their country and the ovcrthiow of its institute s—!o see them sneaking up 1 to the Constitution, and poring over its provisions, that theyf'msy find some way .fay which they con constitutionally avoid doing anything for its protection 7; Oua “J)evil” says if tie' young lady would sack-him without burring' his feelingii. let her give him the sack she hason—contents included. Rates of Advertising. - Advertisements wilt be charged $1 per sqaan of 14 tinea, one or three insertions, end 3Aeon(e-fer every snbreqnent insertion. Advertisements of less then IP tinea considered, aa w square. ' Xbe aubjelnei rate» wilt be charge Jfor Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Tetrly sdvertlaementi:' - \ 1 uostsS. 6 Stearns. XSxosnu. 1 Square,.,,., .$3,00. $4,50 . $O,BO 2 do. ... 3,00 '6,50 - 8,00- s <t® ; T,oa 8,60 ie,oo J Column, ; B >o o 9,50 12,56 4! do. ....13,00 20,08 15,08 1 <t®. - ~...23,00 36,00 40,00 Advertisements not having the number of inser tions deaired marked upon them, will be published until ordered outand charged accordingly, , Poaters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Lotter-Beade, and. all kinds of Jobbing done in country establi«hmeat» • executed neatly and promptly. Justices?, Constable’s and other BLANKS, coastai.fly-Oa hand; NO. 3. Letter of Another Indignant Soldier. "The following letter from a" young Demo.' crat who volunteered from Luzerne county, Was .written in answer to a letter from his brother advising him to desert; and' expressing $n in tention to resist the draft Gey. Hospital, Poikt Plxasast, ) ' , May 22d, 1863. f i Charles :r—Your cowardly and disgraceful' letter is just received. You can better imagine than I can define my disgust at receiving such' a contemptible and treasonable letter from one claiming to be a citizen. of the American Re public. . A man raised and educated under the . ausnicea o£ vb«.,bf’Bt CcTcrmnenv eVM gßJoyed by any people, who Has so degenerated lit the scale of morality and love of country. Is an object of contempt ratber than of sympathy.— I.blush to think that one ef my brothers, who, bat s short time since, boasted of love', for bis country and her free institutions, is to-day, from motives of dastardly cowardice, cringing in the attitude of supplication at the shrine of the Southern Confederacy. iWbat has so recently come over the spirit of your dreams, that you can thus-meanly repudi ate both your God and your country T The sentiments which you express, savor very much ofhuraan depravity. Have you lost all your pride of manhood f Have you become so de moralized as thus to Acknowledge yourself af once a traitor and disgrace to the free institu tions of the country which gave you birth T May God in bis infinite justice prosper the glo rious cause for which tbs Federal. arms are - contending; while to the wretched fbrment of fire and brimstone, in the deepest gorge of hell, consign not only the rebels in arms against our Government, but.alsa—and three-fold more de serving—the unprincipled and cowardly wretch es who openly avow themselves traitors, but have not the moral courage te take up arms in favor of the rebellion for which they prefess'so ninch sympathy. , If such men as George Headly and his fol lowers expect to receive mild treatment at the hands of the soldiers in this department of tbs army, they are laboring under a most woful do . lusiop. The scorching Same of ball would bs to them a welcome relief if they should be un fortunate enough to fall into the hands of our justly irfdignant army. You greatly mistake the loyalty of those who so freely gave their blood at the battle of Stono river, if for a sin gle teoment, you entertain the opinion that we would justify you in resisting the draft-- We will with one accord, lay down our lives in sup port of the cause fur which we enlisted, but never, till the last armed foe expires, will we ingloriously lay down our arms, as intimated in your letter. We will return home for no other purpose than to bayonet, and, if heed be, exterminate such cnntemptable treason-mongers ns you have described;. This letter, will, no doubt, conclude our correspondence, to-which I do not object; arid since you have token tbs liberty to write such an- insulting letter to me* I propose to deal plainly with you, and in doing so, allow me to say that all yoorboast about resisting the draft, is mere cowardly bombast. Yon and all your stripe, lack the courage to lift an arm to, oppose the draft. Yon will, no doubt, purchase a revolver, and talk loudly about resistance, as ait cowards do; but, marl: me for the expression, you will never use them. I despise a coward us I do the devil, and forev er hence, you, in my humble estimation, are a cringing coward of the lowest order. Only think for a single moment of a spirit *0 eon temptlble as to express the wa>h that we might desert the graves of our brethren, to thedese cralion of the rebels. Go on in your mad career of opposition to the war, but rememberthattbe day is fast approaching when yon-will gladly give your right arm to be able to reoal! the treasonable acts of the past. If you desire to know how your letter was received here, you can readily determine from the following remark of one of the boys pres ent when it was read; "If you were here, your skin would be taken off and twitted into a.whip-laah, with which to lash your seal on the road to bell.” All denounce the- author of each a treasonable letter, as a mean, contempt ible coward, who dare not fight for or against his country. With, every sentiment of pro found disgust, I subscribe myself forever tbs enemy of traitors at home and rebels in arms, while I am unalterably for tbs Union. I. B*Dcm,a»d, Company D, 9tb Penn’a. Cavalry. The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gazette say* that a Copperhead in that place, declares that he i» opposed to the draft “because every Democrat who goes to the army and lives to return home, is sure to come bach an Abolitionist," —Who said that all men ara created equal f Thomas Jefferson, the father of Demooraoy. Who gave negroes the. right of suffrage in New York ? The Democratic party. Who presided over the Convention which gave this privilege to negroes ? Martin Van Boren, a Democrat. Who afterwards elected Martin Van Boren to the Presidency of the Coiled State# t The Democratic party. ' ■ Who made the negro a oitjrsn of the State of Maine! The Democratic patty. Who enacted a similar law Id Massachusetts f The Democratic party. a Who gave thp negro a right to rote in hit? Hampshire ? The party. . Who permitted every pel.-red person earning two hundred and fifty dulUrs in New I«k to become avofer? Tub General Assembly,pure ly Pwaocratip. ' ' Who repealed the laws of Ohio which requi red negroes to give bonds .aud ,itecnrity- before settling in the-Stata-J- .The-Cemocratio party. Who made molattoee legal votere in Ohio I A Democratic supreme court, of which Brakes Wood was chief Justice. ' , What became of ReubeuWood t - The B*m ooratio party elected him Governor three tamer, aad ho Is still s leader of the Demooratid par- ty- • ’ • Who belped -to give free negroes the right to. vote in Tenneseeß,.under her Oonsiitofera ef 1796? Genoral Jaetitcff. | , nrwm * |i What dress beoontee » wdßtnt be**? Her yeddag Am; ;• j.' -
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