gratifiol to the manifosi
;,, your streets of your military force
xceediugly gratified at your pro
r, to use that force upon a proper
gency, while I make these acknow
milts, I desire to repeat, in order to
Me any possible m isconstruction, that Ido
sincerely hope that. we shall have no use
a pplause)—that it will never
their duty to shed blood, and most
thy never to shed fraternal blood. I pro
int, (in so far as I may have wisdom to
if so painful a result shall in any wise
fight about, it shall be through no fault
[e. [Cheers.]
alien has also been made, by one of your
red speakers, to some remarks recently
by myself at Pittsburgh, in regard to
is supposed to be the especial interest of
reab Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I
lab only to say, in regard to that matter,
fie few remarks which I uttered on that
m were rather carefully worded. I took
that they should be so. I have seen no
in since to add to them or subtract from
I leave them precisely as they stand ;
use] adding only now that I am pleased
a an expression from you, gentlemen of
Ivania, significant that they are eatis
- you.
sow, gentlemen of the General Assem-
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, el
again to return to you my most sincere
Lincoln took his seat amid rapturous
rolonged cheering.]
veneer& SAUCER ' S ORATION.
Palmer now iwose and delivered the fol
, oration :
,is a great occasion. The day, the jit...,
tudience, the surroundings, the purpose
teaming of this vast assemblage—all com
to mask it as long to be remembered. It
anniversary of the Birth Day of Weitz
and bare, at the Capitol of Penn
are assembled her invited and
guest, the President elect of the Uni
, her chosen Governor, and tile Rep
tives of her more than three millions of
, together with a mighty concourse of
constituents. The National Stars and
3---the Flag of our country—of a Nation
;ty millions of free people—just raised to
len:tele of the dome, amid the exultant
Zg of cannon, the music of our Nation
, and the signs of great popular joy, by
Inds of veterans, who, nearly half a cen-
Igo, assisted to defend it against a power
luny, on sea and land, in a glorious and
;fel war, floats proudly over our beads.
t on this day, and in this presence, with
ords of that priceless legacy of his wisdom
ettriotism to his country, his Farewell Ad
still sounding in our ears, you have di
'me to speak to you of WASHINGTON. A
American and a great orator once said of
eloquence, that it must exist in the man,
subject, and in the occasion. The sub-
Ind the occasion are present with us.--
id that your chosen orator were more near
'nal to his theme
iis is not a newly established Anniversary,
lc return of an old one ; and although al
, hitherto celebrated by the American peo
witlt pride and joy, there must be some
for this unusual display of popular inter
n!' enthusiasm. It is found in the present
itiuu of our National affairs, in which the
is and minds of the people are turned to
an:plate the character, services and teach
of WASHINGTON, In order to draw from the
4raplation lessons of wisdom to guide their
min the present fearful emergency. And
t more natural and proper, when our Union
,reatened with destruction, than to turn,
anxious earnestness, to him whose wisdom
!eel in laying its foundations, whose valor
oli6hrd and sustained it, whose virtues
coed it, and the influence of whose charm
and example, we ell 'fondly hoped, had cc
mted and rendered perpetual I
And if all the people of every other State in
Union were to forget or neglect properly
:elebrate this day at this time, yet could
wople of Pennsylvania neither, forget nor
act it. as fully as WASHINGTON is identiii
iith the American Union, so fully is Penn
'aide identified with WASHINGTON. The
t principles of American Liberty, justice,
iy and love of humanity, which found in
their embodiment, were interwoven into
very framework of our original Govern
t, by our illustrious founder, William
, and grew with our growth and strength
with our strength. It was in in 1752,
a quarter of a century before the Deals •
of American Independence, under the
ton of Isaac Norris, Speaker of the Gen
lsembly of the then Province of Penn-
La, that the old Bell, with its famous
:ophetio inscription, "Proclaim Liberty
ghout the land, and to all the people
?of," was cast and suspended in the steeple
le State /louse in Philadelphia ; and it was
a just tribute to the well known position
1U State, that it was upon our soil the Sea
of the Federal Congress, which formed
, at Federal Union, and appointed Wean
] Commander-in-Chief of the Army, were
it was upon our soil that the Declaration,
;rest practical first step towards entire In
ndence, was made ; and it was upon our
that the Constitution of the United States,
h resulted In the present Union, was form
How could WASHINGTON do otherwise than
with entire confidence in this State and
)ple ? How can we do otherwise than
) his memory and turn to him for aid,
the great fabric of American Constitu
liberty is threatened with destruction by
lel enemies?
me the great Chief loved the Pennsylvania
of and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin,
how much he consulted his judgment on
;rarest questions, the world knows. how
wed glorious Anthony Wayne, Pennsylva-
Quaker General, and relied upon him in
times of greatest need, they also know;
for yearn, and to the day of Washington's
li, the highly prised portraits of Franklin
Wayne, graced the walls of his home at
It Vernon. And every schoolboy knows,
in the darkest hour of the almost seven
:s' night of the Revolutionary struggle,
JD hope seemed to have deserted the minds
men, Washington turned to Pennsylvania's
Ae son, Robert Morris, for relief, and received
Nur can we forget that good patriot, Gorge
er, one of the Pennsylvania signers of the
action, who so effectively assisted Robert
is in his financial arrangements for thli
;Ong colonies; or omit to name among
hington's consistent friends and supporters,
preacher-General, Peter ifuhleuberg who
Ay co-operated
,with Wayne in that . most
iant action of his brilliant career, the storm
of Stony Point; and the brave and noble
nal John Cadwallader, one of the heroes
3rmantown, Princeton and Monmouth, who
-.Mated, at the risk of his own life, the repn
alien of his beloved Co mmander-in -Chief, in
be punishment of the leader of the "Conway
)ahal."
But it was after the bloody and disastrona
battle of Brandywine, and the ably v.lanned
and bravely fought, though unsuccessful field
Of Germantown—it was during the prolonged
horrors of that fearful winter at Valley Forge,
that the people of Pennsylvania learned to
know Wasuunrrow,. to revere his character, and
to idolize his memory. There they saw an
army destitute of every comfort naked,
tarring and fteezing—yet, under the influence
of the personal presence, moral power and
noble examplo of their beloved General, ex
bibiting a patient suffering and fidelity to prin
ciple which elicited the admiration of the
world, and has rendered Valley Forge more
glorious to Wasnmoroe and his soldiers, than
was Waterloo to Wellington and his victorious
army. It was this experience which bound
Pennsylvania to WASHINGTON, and his gre d
heart to her, ea that long years afterwards,
when the people of Western Pennsylvania
were excited in opposition to a law which they
thought bore hard upon their interests, he had
sufficient confidence in her sons to come among
them, and call upon them to follow him to
the re-establishment of peace and the preser
vation of the authority of that government
which had been framed upon her soil.
His first military achievement which gained
him renown was in Pennsylvania, when he
rallied and rescued from the savages the broken
fragments of Braddock's proud army ; and his
last service as a military commander, was when
he came amongst our distracted and excited
people, and by his courage and prudence re
established peace and order.
The character of WASHINOTON, as illustrated
during his military services in Pennsylvania,
and afterwards, during the years of his resi
dence at Philadelphia as Chief Magistrate of
the Republic, by his private and social virtues,
stamped itself largely upon the people and the
institutions of our State; and to his influence,
more than that of any other man, is it to be
attributed that they have been and remain un
surpassed by any other people for loyal patriot
ism, sterling honesty,.a love of truth and just
ice, a regard fir the rights of their fellow men,
and an unshrioking constancy and fortitude
when sumtnonod to the maintenance of these
great principles. If to this, candor induces
us to add that, perhaps, our peculiar weakness
is a strong hive of military glory, rank and
display, and a strong attachment to military
heroes generally, the world will recognise the
weakness, if it be such, as-one that does honor
to the people whom it characterizes, being but
an excess of their devotion to him whom all
mankina-1....An0t hesitated to pronounce "of
all men that haver...aved, the greatest of
good men and the best of grea‘me.,, And so
may it ever be. in all time to come. sturi---ar..a
ingenuous youth of Pennsylvania "still hold
up to themselves thkbright model of WASH
INGTON'S example, and study to be what they
behold ; may they contemplate his character
till all its virtues spread out and display them
selves to their delighted vision ; as the earliest
astronomers, the shepherds on the plains of
Babylon, gazed at the stars till they saw them
form into clusters and constellations, over
powering at length the eyes of the beholders
with the united blase of a thousand lights I"
Yon will not expect of me, in the limited
time reasonably allotted to this address, to at
tempt a detail of the life and services of WASH
/AMON. That work has been often and thor
oughly performed by abler tongues and pens.
His noble deeds have found their best record I
upon the warm and grateful hearts of the Ame I
rican people, and there they will be preserved
forever. The hearts of the thousands about me
are now throbbing with the glorious recollec
, tions, and they do not ask me to assist in their
' recall. It is to the grand results of all his la
bors, the Constitution and the Union of there
States, undeniably the best form of Govern
ment that the world has ever known, which
hove been recently attacked and endangered,
and the practical lessons afforded by his ex
ample and the wisdom of his teachings, to
which I propose to direct your attention.
I am fully aware of the delicacy of the topic
in the excitement of the present time, but I
conceive that it would not meet your just ex
pectations, as lam sure it would not sari ify
my own sense of the responsibilities and duties
of the task you have assigned me, were I to
shrink from approaching the subject in this
view. And I pray you to rest assured that, in
so doing, I have earnestly endeavored to ele
vate mysejf above the petty considerations of
mere personal and partisan expediency, to the
higher, clearer, and purer atmosphere which
naturally and properly surrounds the great
theme.
He who does not recognize in WASHINGTON
the chosen instrument of a Divine Power for
the accomplishment of great and benign purpo
ses in behalf of mankind, takes but an Atheistic
view-of the subject. In the events which,
commencing with the discovery of this conti
nent. found their ultimate in the formation of
the American Union, a Providential design and
control may be clearly observed. The circum
stances which surrounded the inception of the
expedition of Columbus, the patronage of the
good Qaeen leabella, in the face of the common
and almost universal incredulity, the great inter
eat which she took in his object, even to the
pawning of her royal jewels to raise the neces
sary funds ; the incidents of the voyage, with
inexperienced and ignorant crews, for days and
nights out into the trackless and unknown
ocean; the mutiny of the sailors, and the dis
covery of land in the very hour when, under
threats of death from his mutinous men, Co -
lumbus, according to his extorted promise,was
about to attempt to retrace his way, in utter
failure and disappointment; all this true history
constitutes a story of wonderful and romantic
adventure, which is not only deeply interesting,
but which, in its most strange coincidences and
results, can hardly be deemed other than Provi
dential, as having been guided and controlled
by a higher than human Power, for the estab
lishment of a great nation on this virgin conti
nent.
No less wonderful are the events attending
the early settlement of this country. That Eng
land should see tit, by fterce and unreasonable
religious persecntions,to drive out from amongst
her people that wonderful band of God-fearing
men who made up the precious freight of the
Mayflower, and sought these shores through
perils innumerable, yet disregarded by those
brave hearts, for conscience sake, and for the
sake of reli?lons freedom, was surely a policy
hard to be accounted for on any rational princi
ple. But what 0!d England lost, New Eng
land gained a thousand fold ; and the world
everywhere has been vastly the gainer, for
what the persecutors meant for evil, God over
ruled for good. In their original character, the
settlers of New England were the chosen men
of the best blood of the earth ; and the trials
and experiences through which they passed,
rendered them unsurpassed in manly viatica,
and nobleness of character, by any other men
who have ever lived:
"Amidst the storm they 'mg,
An the stars heard and the sea ;
And the sounding Wales of the dim woods rang,
To the anthem of the free I"
It was impossible that these men and their
descendants should ever be other than free men.
They could not be slaves. The Declaration of
American Independence and the Revolutionary
War, resulting in the present Federal Union,
were but natural and logical sequences in the
chain of events commencing with the landing
of the crew of the Mayflower on the rock at
Plymouth. And the God in whom they twist
ed held these, His chosen people, in the hol
low of His hand, and preserved them and their
posterity for His own great purposes, in the re
generation of a Continent and the establish
went of this great Government. It will not be
destroyed until it has fully accomplished His
mission ; and we do not, cannot believe that
that time has yet arrived!
The extraordinary character of the men who
composed the Continentol Congress, and se
lected Walumrroo as their leader, awakened
the surprise and commanded the a dmiration of
the world. The papers issued by that body
have deservedly been pronounced master-pieces
of practical talent and political wisdom. CHAT
nAm, when speaking on the subject in the House
of Lords, could not restrain his enthusiasm.
"When your lordships," said he, "look at the
papers transmitted to ns from America—
when you consider their decency, firmness and
wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause,
and wish to make it your own. For myself, I
must declare and avow, that in the mas
ter states of the world, I know not the people
or Berate who, la each a complication of dila.
p e tut Ern 1n ania ilatl clEttegrai34, friOap 'Afternoon, 'finnan 22, 1861. /
cult circumstances, can stand in preference to
the delegates of America ass mided in General
Assembly at Philadelphia."
And of these giant men, WASHINGTON was
the chosen leader, and he justifieatheir choice.
What most forcibly impresses us, at this lapse
of time, is the perfectness of his character. We
may not doubt, as a general truth, that "dis
tance lends enchantment to the view." Close
inspection of the toweling mountain—with its
hoary rocks, and frightful gulfs, and blasted
trees, and stunted shrubs—destroys the illusion
of the "azure hue ;" and though we may be
bowed into awe in the presence of its symbols
of majesty, the poetical dream of perfect sym
metry has passed away from our vision forever.
We feel it to be thus in respect of all the great
men, the sages, the statesmen and warriors of
antiquity ; and this, too, though the perishing
of annals and traditions affecting their private
life awakens the suspicion that many of them
are little better than myths. It has been said
that "no man is a hero to his valet," and a
knowledge of our own infirmities, and of the
weaknesses of our contemporaries, allows of lit
tle scruple in endorsing that quaint conceit.--
We may concede it as applicable, in a greater
or less degree, to every mortal, in every age
and clime ; yet it would seem that one man,
by reason of his singular merit, has been ex
alted into.% memorable exception by the unan
imous verdict of the dvilized world.
This judgment is not born of ignorance re
garding his childhood and youth, nor of the
details of his eventful history, dating in the en
ergy and activity of early manhood, and con
summated In the dignity and solemnity of
Mount Vernon. He was peculiarly a "marked
man," from the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury until its ending. Born in 1732, engaged
in responsible duties at sixteen years of age,
and finishing his course in the closing month of
1799, he was so far the "observed of all obserli
ers" that no man's life is more minutely re
corded, in his domestic, social and public rela
nOne.---litindred who loved him, friends who
admired him, enemies who feared him, spies
who waited for his halting, traitors who
thought to supercede and destroy him—all
these, with loving or with ogreeyce, and with
abundant opportunities of knowing What . he
Was, in his inward life and its outward express
Mort, make and confirm the acknowledgment
that he was every inch fl man, in the nobility
of his sentiments, and iri every respect of char
acter which rears the column of imperishable
renown.
It is not as viewed through the githering
haze of distance that Wasnnurrox claims this
honorable, universal testimonial ; nor is there
decreasing regard as we consider him, not in
segregated completeness, but in the details of
his thoughts and life. A few fanatics, indeed,
have, of late years, cursed his Memory as a
slaveholder ; and others of an opposite ex
treme, may be equally bitter in denunciation
for a different reason ; yet the views of the
great moralist and statesman were far in ad
vance of pnblic enlightenment on the vexed
question of involuntary servitude, and those
views were confirmed by his deeds.
"I never mean," such was his record in 1786,
"I never mean, unless some patticular circum
stance should compel me to it, to possess an
other slave by purchase ; it being among my
first wishes to see some plan adopted by which
slavery in this country may be abolished by
law."
Eleven years later, that record was renew
ed. "I wish," said he, "I wish from my soul that
the Legislature of this State could see the poli
cy of a gradual abolition of slavery. It might
prevent much future mischief," a thought
prophetic of embarrassments which hangs, this
day, as a dark cloud upon the horizon of this
land of light and liberty.
By his last will and testament, dated a few
months preceding his death, he provided for
the emancipation of all his slaves, at the same
time expressing his regret that legal complica
tions prevented the Immediate consummation
of his wish that freedom should forthwith be
the inheritance of all whom he held in bonds.
The aged and infirm he directed to be comfort
ab4y clothed and fed by his heirs; and all the
dlnldren bound to service until they reached
the age of twenty-five years, he directed should
be taught to read and write, and be brought
up to some usetul occupation agreeably to the
laws of Virginia providing for the support of
orphan and other poor children. "And Ido
hereby expressly forbid the sale or transporta
tion out of the said Commonwealth of any
slave I may die possessed of, under any pretence
whatever. And I do moreover most pointedly.
and most solemnly enjoin it upon my executors
to see that this clause respecting slaves, and
every part thereof, be religiously fulfilled."
Such were the long cherished views, and
such the solemn injunction of the noble man
whose birth we celebrate this day. I make the
allusion to his estimate of slavery with no sec
tional, political or party feeling or interest ; but
in answer to the criticism of extremists, who,
on this hand, condemn him as a slaveholder,
and on that, ignore hie comprehensive desire
that the institution of slavery , should be utter
ly abolished; and in justification of Pennsylva
nia, and her ancient and consistent position on
this subject. If the people of this State love
their free ioatitntinna better than any other, it
is largely because a the teachings and example
of WASECINGTON.
We usually consider it an axiom of justice,
that Et man should be judged by the age in
which he llied,and by the standard of the com
munity in which he has his citizenship. Itisthe
high encomium of Wasurzarow,that he has lit
tle need of the charity which springs from this
fair method of estimating character. He, was
a slaveholder by inheritance, but an emancipa
tionist by conviction; and it is a justifiable
thought that, were he living this day, he would
inhignantly rebuke that ultraism which, both
on the rostrnm.and in the pulpit, has endorsed
involuntary bondage as an institution of value
to both races, to be perpetuated world without
end. Gathered around West:mama, and stand
ing reverently =covered in his presence, we
confirm his judgment in the premises ; yet
would , we also remember that he was the own
er of men as chattels, though he wished it were
otherwise ; and so, in this seemingly two-fold
character, feel him to be a bond of Union be
tween the North and the South.
Is it only a fancy, indulged in my hasty pre
paration for this occasion, or is it a reality
growing out c.f the cross purposes of Divine
Providence, that the apparent incongruity to
which I refer was needed in the building up of
a truly national man f Had he ignored and
practically condemned the institution of slave
ry—or, being a slavebolder, had he upheld it
as of Divine authority, or as an institution ho
norable by reason of its morally wholesome in
fluences, little sympathy could have been
awakened for him in one or other of the ex
tremes of our great Confederacy, as affecting
this overmastering element of governmental
policy; and this day there would be silence in
regard to hie memory, or faint praise, in one or
other of those extremes, according as he bad
been wholly on this side or on tkot of the absorb
ing question. Yet now may we form a circle
of brotherhood in this broad land of seemingly
adverse interests, and with WASHINGTON stand
ing by the central shrine of Political Liberty,
claim him to be the National Man, whose name
shall yet recover the lost Pleiades, and re
store the harmony of the constellation of the
Union !I
It is therefore with no partisan or sectional
view that I refer, on this occasion, to his prac
tice and his convictions, in antagonism.—
Bather would I make his mediatorial character
a theme from which may be derived a lesson of
charity and conciliation, without any compro
mise of principle. I would fain hope that as
he stands in majesty before us, extending one
bend to the South and the other to the North,
we may bow ourselves to receive the blessing
of the Father of -his Country, and rise invigo
rated by his spirit of forbearance and concord.
If Napoleon or Wellington exceeded him in
the splendor of their military achievements,
we must remember the masses they controlled,
and the feeble means at his disposal. He more
than illustrated the "masterly inactivity" for
which a great Roman was renowned. Eut
when occasion served, as at Trenton and at
Princeton, he stooped like the eagle upon the
prey, and his proud and powerful enemies
found to their utter dismay, mortification. and
discomfiture, that, with all: the disproportion
of means, wealth and power, there were "blows
to be received as well as given" in the great
contest for liberty. And when we consider the
diverse and opposing interests of the Colonies
engaged in the War of Independence—that
there was no consolidation, but only a confed
eration, of weak and insufficient powers to en
force its decrees, and that WASHINGTON succeed
ed in harmonizing these conflicting elements,
educing order from this chaos, and in bringing
the war to a successful issue, it is here that the
perfection of his character and his statesman
like qualities, shine even more conspicuously
than in the after years of his accession to the
Presidency, when the experience of its necessi
ty bad compelled the people to the adoption of
the present Constitution, "in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare and se
cure the blessings of liberty to themselves and
their posterity.'
Through the long years of the Revolutionary
struggle, in the formation of the Constitution,
and in the organization and administration of
the Government, God was with WASHINGTON,
and has been with us as a people since. The
tree of Ametican Liberty, which our fathers
planted and nurtured with their blood, has
grown to be of mighty proportions and exceed
ingly beautiful, Ito that many thousands of
men, of altthe nations of the earth, have gath
ered under its protecting branches, and sought
comfort in its shade. One practical lesson that
we would draw from these great truths is, that
as God was with WASHINGTON, and as his la
bors and their results, the Constitution and
the Union, met the Divine approval, and have
received the Divine support, there can be no
"higher law" for the American citizen than
thh cconstitution of his country, and no higher
duty after the servicekvf the God of our fath.
era, than the faithful obiervance and support
of that Constitution ;
and that those who
would "hawk at and tear it," and by their
teachings seek to set aside its binding force
upon our consciences, under pretence that
there is a " higher law" for us, are not to be
regarded. The work of John Brown, in Vir
ginia, whatever Northern fanatics may say,
was not God's work, but that of the adversary
of men ; and those who follow his example,
will meet and deserve his fate. So those who
would have Pennsylvania repudiate an obliga
tion to the Constitution of the United States,
under pretence that it is contrary to good con
science to fulfill it, seek to be wiser than that
Omniscience who, for great and good ends,
raised up Walantorox and his contemporary
sages and patriots, and inspired their hearts.
And those Southern extremists, secessionists
and dis unionists, who madly hasten to the de
struction of the noble fabric of our Govern
ment, under pretence of securing for themselves
greater freedom, prosperity and happiness, will
gain only an immortality of infamy, in compar
ison to which that of him
"Who fired the Ephosien dome,"
is honorable distinction.
Not that I desire to be undetstood as advan
cing the doctrine that the Constitution is per
fect, and therefore; not to be altered or amend
ed. Only that, as it stands, it is the most
perfect instrument of its kind, and has secured
the best form of Government, and the freest,
happiest end 'most prosperous people that the
world has ever known, and that any alterations
or amendments of it that may become necessa
ry, in our National development, need not be
sought by fanatical nullification or repudiation
of its existing provisions, nor by the hand of
revolutiomy 'violence, but may be bait had in
the regular, peaceful and orderly mode provi
ded inathe Constitution itself. The conclusion
whioh we have drawn from the work and teach
ings of Wasauwros, that It is our highest duty,
as citisiens, to sustain the Constitution and
faithfully carry out its provisions, involees no
unmanly sacrifice of principle nor surrender of
our own convictions, but it does involve the
Christian duty of "rendering unto Caner the
things which are (Inset's," and "of doing un
to others whatsoever we would that others
should do unto us."
I folly appreciate the entire and apparently
irreconcileable difference of opinion at preserit
existing between the people of different see
tions of our common country, on the subject
of the institution of slavery, and I do not ex
pect soon to see this difference removed. But
is its existence nenellearily a cause of strife and
enmity of one portion of the people against
another ? Cannot we meet together as our fa
there met, and discuss and decide this, as they
discussed and decided equally grave questions
of difference f Is there no other or better way
to settle disputes in this latter half of the
nineteenth century, in the American Republic,
and in the full blaze of Christian light and
civilisation, than for, - brothers, possessors nits
common heritage of liberty, to war with each
other, destroy the noble legacy of their fathers,
their own posterity and happiness, blight the
rich future of their prosperity, devastate with
fire and sword, and deluge in fraternal blood,
humanity's refuge—the world's last,best hope.
Certainly such is not the lesson Pennsylvania
l e a;-ned from WASHlNGTON—certainly this is not
th e s pirit nor these the objects with which she
w ill apk iroach the question of the solutioq of
eurivphreenet. et .e N n a t t i l y on v el ifi
Virginia invited
pennsyivanid
to
j oin w i th
,her in an effort to preserve and
perpetuate the Fork of WASHINGTON, the invi
tation was promp. +ly and cordially accepted.
How could Perinsylvt:Ma refuse the invitation
of Virginia to such a we. k. Pennsylvania and
-
Virginia I " Shoulder to sZ'oulder they went
through the Revolution—Mu: 4 ,h" hand they
stood round the administration oi IVAlmmorec,
and felt his own great arm lean ok:t them far
support;" and with the help of that God, in
whom he trusted, and in whose great name; and
fear he acted, and through whose strength
triumphed, the sons of Virginia and Pennkyl
yania sires will yet sustain the mighty fabric of
the Union 1
And here to-day, assembled under the flag of
our country, to do honor to ourselves in honor
ing the name and memory of Wasunvorosr ; in
the presence of him whom the American peo
ple have recently chosen to administer the
duties of.the high office which WASHINGTON
first filled so admirably and with so much ad
vantage to his country, and of these noble men,
whose brave hearts and strong arms sustained
its stars and stripes during the storm of war in
our country's youth, and by whdhe hands it has
just been elevated, the veterans who remain to
remind ns of the deeds of valor and patriotism
by which that flag has been made the univer
sally respected emblem of our National great.
ness, power and glory, let us renew our vows of
fidelity to the Constitution and the Union.
Let us unite with them in a prayer to God,
that gcwhen our eyes shall be turned to be
hold, for the last time, the sun in Heaven, we
may not see him shining on the broken and
dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union;
on States dissevered, dhcdrdant, belligerent ;
on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it
may be, in fraternal blood! That their last fee
ble and lingering glance may rather behold the
gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now honored
throughout the earth, still full high advanced,
its arms and trophies streaming in their origin
al lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor
a single star ob.icured—having for its motto no
such miserable interrogatory as, What* all this
worth ? nor those other words of delusion and
folly, Liberty first, arid Mica afterususk; but
everywhere, spread all over in characters of
living light, blazing on all its ample folds, at,
they float over the sea and over the land, and
in every wind under the whole heavens, that
other sentiment, dear to every true American
heart—Liberty and Union, now and forever,
one and inseparable !"
And may God protect and bless the Presi
dent elect of the United States, whom He has
called to the performance of high and import
ant duties at this solemn, and difficult period
in our history. The people of Pennsylvania,
by their votes in favor eft his election, have
confided their interests and their honor to his
keeping, and the vast destinies and future wel
fare of the Union are largely committed to his
charge. And here, in behalf of r . the people of
Pennsylvania, let me thank him for his recent
public declarations of fraternal feelingand just
ice of intention towards the people of the
Southern States—that."they are to be treated
as WASHINGTON, Jarransog and MADISON treat
ed them — that their institutions are in no way
to be interfered with—that he will abide by
every compromise of the Constitution." And
further, that "they are our fellow citizens,
friends and brethern, equally devoted with
ourselves to the Constitution, and that there is
no difference between them and us, other than
the difference of local circumstances." These
are the sentiments of WASHINGTON, and the
sentiments and principles Pennsylvania meant
to sustain when tier people voted for ADHAEI&N
Llama ; and if they be made good by the
President of our choice, as we trust and be
lieve, and are confident he will make them
good to the extent of his ability, peace and
quiet and fraternal love will soon be restored
to our country, and with hearts overflowing
with thankfulness to Almighty God for rescue
from threatened danger, and renewed and in
vigorated by a sense of His kind Providence,
in relieving ne from present perils, we will
again enter on oar former career of glory and
prosperity as a Nation ; and the people will
rise up and bless the name of him who was the
chosen instrument in the great work.
But whatever may be the result of these, our
National trials, WASHINGTON belongs to the
world and to mankind ; and if his own coun
trymen see fit madly to cast away the priceless
blessings he so largely assisted to bestow upon
them, the world elsewhere will still remember
to blessusa-eherieh his memory as a distin
guished benefactor — or - his race—as one who
assisted materially to advance the best interests
I of humanity, and "when oblivion shall have
swept away thrones, kingdoms and principali
ties—when human greatness and grandeur and
glory shall have mouldered into dust, eternity
itself shall catch the glowing theme and dwell
with increasing rapture on his'name!"
In the erection of the Washington Monument
there were contributions from every nation
and every clime; from the half-civilized Mo
hammedans of the African coast ; from the
sands of Egypt, a nation whose history has
long been lost in the dim ages of the past—
from the classic pl line -of Italy and Greece,
Verse ancient nurseries of the arts and sciences
-z-from the newly found islands of the'pAcific—
from every nation of modern Europe, as well
as from every mountain and valley of our own
beloved land. These will remain enduring
monuments to his memory, even if the disrup
tion of this country prevents that shaft from
towering to the skies.
Should a dividing line be drawn between the
North and the South, that spot upon the banks
of the Potomac, where he passed the peaceful
days of his life, and where his mortal remains
now repose, will ever be, to the philanthropist
and the friend of liberty, hallowed ground ;
and the pilgrim from every land, when he visits
the shores of America, will turn his steps to
that tomb, which the patriotism of her daugh
ters has given to futurity for an inherit.
ance. For
"Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines,
Shrines to no creed or cola confined ;
The Delphic groves—the Paleatinee--,
The Meccas or the mind."
Mr. Psmanes oration was delivered in his
usual able, eloquent and impressive style, and
abounding as it did, in strong Union i3entiments,
was enthusiastically applauded by the large
audience.
Hr. Hoz,. I move that the thanks of this
Assembly be tendered to the Hon. M. Per,
MER, Speaker of the Senate, for his able and
masterly address.
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
The Sms.xxs.. The exercises for the occa
sion are .110?" concluded. Whereupon the crowd
immediately dispersed, and at four o'clock the
President elect was escorted to his quarters at
the Jones House; by the military and an lm
memo crowd of people. ,
SPECIAL KENTIOH
The zones House was elegantly decorated,
with small Sags at each of the windows. The
triumphal arch on the Market Square side of
the House, previously noticed, was gaily trim
med with small American Ilags,'and a banner
contained the words, "Welcome President to
our Capitol," which made a tine appearance.
A series of gas jets shaped into letters form
ing the word"Welcome,"is placed at the corner
of the building above the portico, and will be
illuminated to-night.
Across the street opposite the Hotel is a large
American Sal bearing to motto "Protection
. 0 American Industry."
Over Market street, at River alley, was sus
pended a wreath and banner bearing the motto
" Welcrittis Lincoln•"
At Scheffer's B oo k store
: was a splendid ban
ner,'with red and white I.. tr `P es and gold stars,
con t a i ne d i n a wreath, heariek, -:the motto, "The
Union must be Preserved:"
A beautiful American Flag was st. spended
from the the Harrisburg Bank.
A handsome American Flag was also mg•
psnded from Dr. Gross' Drug Store.
There were various other points in the city
where handsome flags were suspended, but our
time, to-day, prevents us from making special
allusion to them.
The fine display made by the National Guard
Regiment of Philadelphia is the theme of uni
versal remark. A finer looking set of military
men we have never witnessed. The same remark
may be made of the "National Grays" of Phil
adelphia.. Indeed, the "city of Brotherly Love"
was nobly represented in the procession.
PICKPOOICE7I3
As usual on occasions of large gatherings the
pickpockets were on active duty, and in one
or two instances, that we heard of, they suc
ceeded in relieving strangers of their wallets.
KIIITABY DBILL9.-
Several of the visiting military oompanies
entertained our citizens during the afternoon
by going through the manual of drill, in which
they showed great proficiency.
Most of the military will leave town this
evening, on their return home.
The festivities of the day will wind up with a
grand Union ball at the Exchange to-night,
which will be largely attended by the belles and
gallants of our city.
We did not notice &solitary case of drtmkea-
;less on the street ; nor have we heard of
arrests for violations of the peace. The fact
People could take no time to get drunk, nit
amild they let their angry passions rise ax, ;h
to get up a fight. Everybody partook of I he
general feeling of patriotism, and for once f
got self and its pleasures in doing homagt to
that flag the emblem ofA
A anion of Liken- -a Onion of lands,
A Union of Staten none can Rove*:
A union of hearts—a union of hands—
The American flag forever I
Miciallantono..
JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLO , CES,
FANCY GOODS, &O.
ALFRED F..ZDOCERMAN d z CO.
NO. 52 MARKET STREET, Efarriaberg,
Pa., opposite Him's Hem and admoin g th e
Etraoreas ROM, having purchased the 'toot of E.
Jennings, and added a large assortmeta of Nr.W JEW
EMT, we will sell.thesameat the lowest cosh prkskand
sone% patronage.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry neatlykad pranipar re
paired and delivered.
ALFRED F. ZIMMERMAN & CO.
Having disposed of my stook of Jewelry to A. Ir. Wem
merman & Ck.., I clmercelly recommend them to ray Itir.
tiler customers as practical and experienced Walsh
Makers, and solicit ex them a riontinnance of the patinae.
age which has been sogenerously extended to me dor*
the last six years.
At the Math Rxhsbition of the Mass. a gw it a bk
Mechanic Associagon, 1860,
MESSRS. CHECKERING 66 RONB
WERE . AWANDED
THE GOLD MEDAL
rce. TEE mere
GRAND, SEMI-GRAND, & SQUARE PIANO - FORTES;
AND TEL OILY PEILVVON,
A SILVER MEDAL,
FOR THE BEST UPPIGHT PIANOS,
WM. KNOCE(E,
COLE AGENT FOR THE BALE OR 'Masa PIANO%
No. 02 HARRET ST., ZjARRISRURG.
febeAtt
NOTIO .
THE UNDERSIGNED has opened his
LUMBER °FRIG'S, garner or Third ata,et and Black
berry alloy, near Herr'a Hotel
Also--T WO ROOMS with folding doors TO LE* Wu'
ble for a Lawyer% ARO. Paasession can be h
imme
diately. W. F. MURRA.Y.
Also-30(8E3 AND CARR' WE% to hire at the cane
office.
feb4
Cure Clough, (bid I loofroe c bytie
H, f enact, any .Irrifwian or Soreness of
fl.)' the Throat, Relieve the Hacking
RN CH ( Al a" chils,l; 6 l,lT:Yr n'
B iT,Z
i?oo\C
Clear and gin etren3th to
Mt yoke of
PUBLIC SPEAKE RS
and SING' E RS.
Few are aware of the lmpor.ance of checking a Cough
or "Common Cold" In its first stage ; that which In the
beginning would yield Io a mild remedy, if neglected soon
Wanks the Longs. "BROWN'S EtitoscatAl TROCHNS,'
containing demulcent ingredionts, all ty Pulmonary and
Bronchial Irritation.
"That trouble in my Throat, (fur which
(made
"TROCIIES" are a specific) having
imade me often a mere xhisperer."
N P. WILLIS.
"I recommend their use to Public/
Speakers "
BROWN'S
TROCHES;
BROWN'S
REV. R. H. CHAPIN.
"Hama proved extremely serviceable
or Hoarseness."
REV. HENRY' WARD BEECHER.
"Almost instant relief in the distressing
hibor of breathing peculiar to Asthma? ,
REV, A. C. EGGLESTON.
"Contain no Opium or alyti.ing
DR. A. A. HANKS,
TRocuir.sl
BROWN'S
TROCHES
BROWN'S
Chemist, Boston.
"A simple and pleasant combination he
Coughs, km."
TROCHES
BROWN'S
TROCHES
"Beneficial In Bronchitis '
DR. J. F. W. LANA
Roane.
"I have proved them excellent Sr
Whooping Cough."
REV. H. W. WARREN,
Boston.
“Beneficial when compelled to speak„
offering from Cold."
REV. S. J. P. ANDERSON,
St. Lodz.
"Bffecinal in removing Hoarseness and
Irritation of the Throat, so common with
Speakers and Singers."
Prof. H. STACT JOHNSON,
La Grange, Cia.
Teacher of Music, Southern
Female College.
BROWN'S
TROCHES
MOWN'S
TROCUE
MAN%
TROY liE
BROWN'S
TROCHE
BROWN'S
"(}real benefit when Wen before and
after preaching, as they prevent hoarse
ness. From their past effect, I think they
Ftil be of permanent advantage to me. ,,
REV. S. ROMA r, A. M.,
• • •••--,. ll*liege, Tenn.
TROCHE
.1.-
"RGWN'S
vitocital
Primldous _
sr.lold by all Druggists at 25 icsVas
a0.16-dawe
Select Schools for Boys and Girls.
FRONT STREET ABOVE LOCUST.
THE Fall term of ROBERT bf'ELWEITI
School for boys, will open on the last &fonder In
August. The room is well ventilated, conaroriably. (tar
nished, and in every respect well adapted for Bahasa
purposes.
CATHARINS WEINSE'S Scholl for girls, located fa
the same buildingl will open for the Fall term at the same
time. The room has boon elegantly Sited up during the
srAeltion, to promote the health and comfort of scholars.
jan3l-titf
U. S. FLAGS
OF ALL SIZES AND PRICES, on hand
and manufactured to order. at
BERGNER'S CHEAP BOOKSTORE,
feblB 51 Market dtryet.
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N u -TIESIEr-
SHAD. No. 1,
SALMON, No. 1,
HERRING, No. 1,
COD FISH, No. 1,
MACKEREL, No. 1.
.Of the above we have att the efferent sized packages
from the Ern to the BARRIELL to store and for sale at the
owes ma , ketrotet.
thole Wbf. Writ, ;FR &
FIRST CLASS GROCERIES!
LARGE ARRIVAL!
'ANING JUST RETURNED from the
t E . to i cities wh3re we nave selected with the
a l .
en and complete assortment of titt
perio, - goods which OM vt'Pe an. th tny . 4"::1,4 in the beet
city gr 6 Vercall iet,we reapeottady sad cordially invite the
public k and examine our stook. and Kenos ova
MGM
feblB
FREISH A.RRIVAL
Homoenr, MUM,
Saar, Germ,
HOYOII7, &USSR . °?"'
spin p lun %BM,
' Nf l ic :tOW EAT MIA"
WllOl.ll PUS, &0.,
Jut received and for sale at the I. W ' rgSTAlg P. M&
f ebl.6Wtf D 1 ' l4 it MI
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MOURNING GO 0 08
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
...
Holeery, Gloves, GauntJetts, itaarge quurgear.
Great assortment or Embroideries.
Ladies Underwear, different slam and quail*.
Gentlemen's do do - -do
kisses' do do do
Boys' do do do
Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts, Jesus,
nod everything for Men and Boys wear,
Gentlemen' Shawls. a
Alildua very
alight goods, withoontgdas advance ,
t,
and et
Less yleo
than
rquality, wiii
be soooet.sC
Importation. •
CATHCART & BROTHER,
Next door to the Harrisburg Bank
dl7 1 .1..00.t. geln.we.
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FOR. RENT.
SBTERAL COMFORTABLE DWELLING
BOWES In different parts or this any. Steed
monad to some or them Possession tan the
April next. 111 2 - 31 0 • o
II
El
ELMER F. lININIIIS.
FRANK A. MURRAY
DR. G. F' BIGELOW,
BoistaL
WM. DOCK JR. it 4XIO