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Meeting of the Democratic State Executive
Committee
The Democratic State Executive Committee
met in the Supreme Court Room yesterday af-
ternoon
Hon. William H. Welsh, Chairman, called the
Committee to order.
A select committee of seven was appointed to
report a preamble and resolutions.
After a brief rece.-8 the Committee made the
following report; which was adopted unani
mously
WHEREAS. The dismemberment of the Union,
by the withdrawal of the slave-holding Stares,
now in rapid progress, has been occasioned by
a departure Ir..m the Democratic construction
of the Comfit w ion of the United States, which
holds •the equality of th.. States of the Con
federacy," in respect to persons and property,
to be a fundamental principle of such Con-ti
stitution, and by a contemplated abandonment
of the conservative Democratic policy which
has, for sixty years past, sacredly guarded
"tbe rights of the States," and developed the
resources and capacities of the people by Dem
ocratic legislation; thus guiding the whole
country to an eminence of prosperity and re
nown:
And whereas, A speedy recognition of the
patriotic counsels anti conservative policy of
the Democratic party in the Administration of
the Federal Government, by the people of
Pennsylvania and of the other non-alaveholding
states, is the only and sure means of effecting
a permanent re-construction of a dissolving
Confederacy :
And whereas, The organization of the Demo
eratie party of. Pennsylvania, hitherto " the
Heyatobe of the Federal Arch," now harmoni
ous, potent and animated by a love of country,
and of the true principles of the Constitution,
is entirely competent, if called into immediate
action, to restrain threatened sectional vio
lence and to materially aid in reconstructing
the federative system on a basis of perpetuity ;
therefore,
React/sal, That a Democratic State Conven
tion, to consist of three delegates from each
Senatorial and Representative district, three
hundred and ninety-nine in all, be bed in the
city of Harrisburg, on Thursday, the 21st day
of February-next. at 3 o'clock, afternoon.
Resolved, That the several districts are bere
by earnestly invited to take, in the manner most
laNaptlt and arm/table , _to Alimir..tarouttlgyi
measures to insure a nu, tam an a e
representstion.
Resolved, That the Chairman of this Commit
tee issue. immediately, a copy of these resolu
tions to the Chairman of each County Commit
tee, each absent member of this Committee, and
such other Democrats as may be thus conveni
ently and promptly reached; and that to aid in
and facilitate this matter, each member of this
Committee furnish the C hairman with the names
and addresses of Democrats in his district.
The Committee then adjourned.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and the Ton.
nage Tax.
We commence, in this morning's issue of the
Panticer AND UNION, the publication of a
pamphlet which has been kindly furnished us,
which may be aptly termed an argument in
favor of the proposition soon to be submitted
by the Pennsylvania railroad company to the
Legialainre, on the subject of the Tonnage
Tax. We deem this course on our part as both
right and proper, in order that the public
should be put in possession of all the facts in
volved in the case, as welt as the arguments to
support the position assumed by the parties
interested. We are well aware that there ex
ists a strong prejudice in certain localities in
this Commonwealth against anything that looks
to a repeal of the Tonnage Tax now imposed
by law upon the Pennsylvania railroad; and
we are equally well aware that there exists not
a little ignorance in certain quarters on the
real merits of this tax question.
We purpose now, in the most dispassionate
manner, to devote as much of our space as we
conveniently can to what might be termed an
exposition of our own position upon this ques
tion of the Tonnage Tax.
We were among the first of our citizens who
exerted whatever influence we possessed in
favor of a project to connect the Atlantic sea
board with the Western waters by means of a
continuous railroad from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg, and to that end did everything in our
power to forward the efforts of those intelligent
and enteprising men who conceived the bold
design of making such a connection. In due
time the Pennsylvania railroad was chartered,
and the great work commenced. In a much
shorter period of time than the most sanguine
Mends of this great improvement had ever
contemplated, the waters of the Ohio were
reached by the iron rail, and the wished for
object was accomplished.
We remember with what pride and exultation
We watched the progress of this mighty work,
as it steadily made its way westward. We re
member, too, the wonder and amazement that
inspired the hearts of those who, like ourselves,
felt an interest in this great artery of trade and
commerce, when, by the skill, perseverence and
courage of the enlightened men who had charge
of the work, the almost insurmountable obsta
cle—the abrupt and precipitous elevation from
Altoona to Galitzen—was overcome, and a
successful passage was cleared through the very
haaai of the Allegheny mountains, rand' the
b e t res t natural barrier gave way before the
power of scientific skill and man's indomitable
wilL
The success that has attended this enterprise
nit() the presint writing has never ceased to
interest us, and 'never will se long as , we are
permitted to breathe this air of Pennsylvania,
because the Pennsylvania railroad is, to every
rimnseTaPitm, s,just source oflndividual pride.
When the company was chartered, the Com
monwealth was the owner of the Main Line of
the public improvements, embracing the Phila
delphia and Columbia railroad, the Penneylva
nia canal from:Columbia to Hollidaysburg, the
Allegheny Portage railroad, from Hollidays
burg to Johnstown, and the canal from Johns
town to Pittsburg. - In the location of the
Pennsylvania railroad. it became the interest
of the company to locate it so that it became a
parallel line of improvement, and, consequently,
apparently aformidable rival to the Main Line;
and for that reason the pruvi,ion was inserted in
the charter of the company, that a Tonnage Tax
should bepaid, as an offset to the rivalry thus cre
ated to the public improvements of the State. To
this imposition, at that time, no objection was
made, because there appeared to be much force
in the reason that controlled the mind of the
Legislature when it was inserted in the charter.
But the people of the State soon became cla•
moroue for a sale of the public improvements.
and that clamor was only silenced by a com
pliance, in the sale of the Main Line, at public
auction, to the highest bidder. The Pennsyl
vania railroad company became the purchaser,
at a fair sale ; and in pursuance of the terms
of the act authorizing the sale, and of the sale
under that act, the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany became vested with the Main Line and
all its appurtenances; and in all fairness the
Tonnage Tax should have ceased to be imposed
en the company from the moment of the con
summation of the sale, because by the sale the
reason ceased to operate that induced the Le
gislature to impose it. But such was not the
fact, however; and now the company submit
a new proposition to the Legislature, by which
the difficulty thus involved shall be settled.—
The new proposition is one that will, we think,
commend itself to the intelligence of the Le
gislature and the good sense of the people
throughout the Commonwealth.
It is not a proposition for the unconditional
repeal of the Tonnage Tax, but for a commu
tation of that tax in such manner as will re
sult in benefits to the Commonwealth. In the
bill that will be introduced by the company in
a few days will be found the following provi
sions, or rather, the Company propose by said
bill to accomplish the following results :
1. They shall loan to certain lateral or
connecting roads, pro rata, as to their length,
the amount of tax that has accrued since the
Ist day of August, 1857, in exchange for bonds,
and thus aid in their completion.
2. The company shall pay taxes to the State
on all their property and franchises in such
manner as may be required by any other rail
road company by any general law now in force,
or that may hereafter be enforced by the Legis
lature.
8. The company shall ratthe a reduction in
their rates of transportation of all the local
freight passing over the road i quivalent to the
amount of tax now chargeable thereon—thus
beneficing the shipper in a (lin* 014170 Cr.
4. The company shall increase the payments
on account of the main line purchase $460,-
000.00 per annum—say $230.000.00 every tcx
months—until the entire price and interest
thereon is paid ; which sums. when paid, shall
be applicable to the reduction of the State
debt, and to no other purposes.
By this proposition it will be found that the
entire State debt will be paid Iv 1885, without
resorting to the disagreeable expedient of ad
ditional taxation. In view of all these advaa.
- which we are-. -• • - •••
careful examination, are nut over-estimated, we
are induced to give to thi+ fair, we might add,
Munificent proposition of the Pennsylvania
railroad company our hearty assent. But
whilst this is our own individual judgment on
the subject, deliberately formed, we do not, in
the slightest manner, desire to interfere with
the judgment, of others on this question. Can
dor, however, compels us to lay before the
public the argument of the co evilly in support
of their proposition, in order that each man
shall form for himself an intelligent judgment
upon a subject of general importance.
If the Pennsylvania railroad company asked
for an unconditional repeal of the Tonnage
Tax our course might be one of a different
character; but putting it in the form is which
it now is, as we find it in their bill, we feel
justified in giving it the benefit of our approval.
In conclusion, we ntk the readers of the
PATRIOT AND UNION to give to the articles
which ws will publish on this subject from time
to time a careful, candid and impartial exami
nation.
The Canada Extradition Case.
The Case of the negro Anderson, a fugitive
from the State of Missouri now in jail in To
ronto, Canada, seems likely to become one of
national importance. We have already stated
that the Canadian Courts have decided that he
ought to be surrendered, on the requisition of
the Governor of Missouri,but that the surrender
is delayed for such further legal proceedings
as are applicable to the case.
Late English papers announce that in the
Court of Queen's Bench, application was made
for a writ of habeas corpus on the affidavit of
the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society,
and that the Judges, after consultation, de
termined that the writ must issue. If this shall
have the effect to remove the prisoner to En
gland and to discharge him from custody, it
may become a subject of diplomatic correspond
ence betwe'n the two countries.
The principle involved is similar to that in
the case of Kentucky against Ohio. The offense
committed is against the laws of the State from
whence the fugitive fled, but as slavery does
not exist in the British dominions, it cannot
be a crime Mere for a negro to kill the person
attempting to prevent his escape from slavery.
If the British Government intended to limit the
operation of the treaty to crimes pronounced
such by English and not by Ametican law, it
should have done so by express terms, instead
of seeking to evade what appears to be a plain
agreement between the two countries.
Letter to a Member of the Legislature
Particular attention is invited to the letter
addressed to a member of the Legislature which
we publish this morning, It was written, as
will be perceived from the date, some time ago,
and its publication delayed until this time, for
various reasons which it is usit neeeesary to
mention ; but its truths are not impaired by
lapse of time. At the request of the author,
his name is not attached to the letter, but we
t a k e th e liberty of saying that he is one of the
most eminent. and accomplipled chi z rns of Phil
adelphia, who has been a private citizen' since
the days of Van Buren—under whose admin
istration he was Several years the represenla-
Live of the United States at a foreign court. '
The sentiments expressed in his letter are
those of ab p *mot of the old school, who has
no selfish purpose to promote, no object to gain
but the good of his country—and as such we
commend it to the careful attention of members
of the Le L iAlature and of all our readers.
IT is stated that from the free States alone
petitions containing the names of three hun
dred thousand citizens have been received in
bothllouses of Congress, urging an arrangement
on the basis of Mr. Crittenden's resolutions.
What is the response? "Stand firm!" "No
compromises—no concessions to the slave power
—no breaking down." "Whip them, aye,
whip them into subjection !"
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
LETTER FROM A eTTIZEN OFPENNSYLVANIA
TO A MEMBER OFTHS LEGISLATURE
PHILADELPHIA. January 8, 1861
Mr DEAR Fla :—I owe many apologies for not sooner
replying to your favor, but imperative engagements have
put it out of my power, and will Fhield me, I trust, from
the imput Con o' intentional neglect.
You a-k my views 6 - relative to the duties of members
of the Legislature in referen e to the questions which
now agitate the country,” and further say In addi
tion to the repel of the 95th section or the Penal Code,
dues the present exigency, in your judment, require a
Sate Con , ention ?”
Where the combined intellect, judgment and irttriot
isro of the country, as exhibited by the wisest and most
experienced ststt amen, seems to be at fault in devising
a remedy, sat erectors to all, for the evils we are suffer
ing, a private citizen may well distrust at leas: the two
former qualires in him at a period so momentous. I
need scarcely ray that I entertain the sincerest distrust
of mine, and cannot i.nagine that any views I may have
formed can be of any use to you ; but as you have ex
pressed n wish to hear from me, 1 will not withhold what
I think. I ewe this to your courteous letter, which
comes to me unexpectedly after the long interval since
we met, and agreeably recalls the recollections of a for
mer period.
With reference to the paramount duties of the mem
bers or the Legislature, such I mean as bear immediately
open the great subjects which now agitate and convulse
the country, they are happily clearly defined, and im
peratively enjoined, in that celebrated instrument of
government ordained and established by the PEOPLE of
all the States, in Convention assem:led, gi in order to
form a more perfect Union," dated the 17th of Septem
ber,l7B7. and signed " tiItORON WISHINOTON, President
and Deputy rom Virginia." It is gratifying to our pride
as Pero sylvanians to recall the fact, that that celebra
ted instrument bears more signatures from our honored
State am from any other member of the confederacy,
and may be added, as a curious fact, in passing, that it
also bears more signatures from the State of SouthCaro
/ina—all of them distinguished names too—than front
any other of the Southern States.
Happily the third section of the sixth article of th it
great instrument of government, thus ordained and es
tablished by the people of all the States "to forma more
perfect Union," is susceptible of no doubt or cavil in its
construction:
" The Stioaters and Representatives before mentioned,
and the members of the several State Legislatures. and
al. Executive and Judicial officers, both of the Weed
States and f the several States, shall be bound by oath
or affirmation to ..upport this Constitution."
Without, Meet fore, al strict, unqualified, unhesitating
obedience to this umnistakab'e constitutional mandate,
" SHALL be bound," I confess I do not see how any mem
ber of tne Legislature, of this or any other State, can
conscientiously perform his duty to his country gr
self, so long as the Constitution of the United States
remains, on its face, " the supreme law of the land, any
thing in the Conststution or laws of any State to the con
trary notto«thstanding," and until it be modifi d or ab.
regaled by the only power that ordained and established
it—the people of all th- States in Convention assembled.
Whether any of the Senators or Representatives of the
United States, or any of the members of any of the State
Lnsialatures, or any Executive or Judicial officers of the
Unit d States, or of the several States, whose names
have lately been a good deal before the public in an atti
tude of hostility to the Constitution, have been absolved
_ '
by what process of law the may have been accomplished,
I have nut heard ; nor do I believe that any earthly power
is capable of so absolt ing them short of that which or
dained and established the Conetitution, namely, the
people of all the States of the United States in Conven
tion aesemt.l.•d.
There is another clause or part of the Constitution
which is equal b yond all cavil or doubt. It is that
which is fou“d in the third section of the second article
of the instrument, wherein the duties of the Federal
Executive are defined and enjoined It is in there words:
He SHALL take care that the laws be ittithfultg exe
caged."
And this mandate, it' true to his oath, he cannot die
regard or evade
Now as the members of the several RAO Legislatures
are sworn to support the Federal Constitution, in all its
parts, it is to me equally clear that the site obligation
requires them to , upport the Federal Executive in the
execution of the Lira. Should the General Government
require the support of the States for this purpose, the
latter are bound, as I view it, by the oaths of those who
compose its Legislature, to furnish such support to the
full extent. The members of the respective State Legho
lotures van no trio 'e disregard their sworn obligations in
this respec , should the occasion arise, than the Federal
Executive can disregard his.
That Fu h an ..c.casian has arisen, has unhappily be.
Cehis a fact la history. Renee, in reply to the first part
of your letter, I should say, let our noble and patriotic
old Commonwealth, on the soil of which the Union was
first cemented by the sacred pledges of 16, and the Con
stitution ordained and established, and from whence
Washington issued to his countrymen his immortal
Farewell Address—let Pennsylvania take the lead among
her sister States in the full performance of this impera
tive c natitutinnal obligation. Ler hers be the prowi
dietinction, when the history of this First Great Rebel
lion against the Union shall be written in after ages, to
have rallied, first of the States, to the support of the
Constitution and the laws. Let Pennsylvania then be
unanimous aid prompt in tendering to the General
Gov rnment, at this great national crisis, all the vast
power and resources of the State, to enable the Execu
tive to perform his constitutional duty.
That the other loyal States of the confederacy will be
prompt to follow the example of Pennsylvania, there
can be little doubt. Good is contagious as well as evil.
The tide or patriotism will spread, and with a far broader
and more potent sweep, as it gathers strength from the
inspiring consciousness of the performance of a consti
tutional duty. Those States will far, far outnumber
numerically, as in power and majesty, and in the moral
grandeur of their mule, the rebellious States. Let there
be an overwhelming demonstration of the constitutional
power of the General Government, backed by all the
power and resources of all the loyal States, to support
the Constitution and the laws, at any hazard, wherein,-
ever and whensoever resisted, and mankind will see that
Mr Jefferson, that most philosophic of statesmen, was
right when he declared that our government was « the
strongest in the world.lt Nor can I forget to recall, in
this connection, the emphatic manner in which his illus
trious successor in the Presidency, Mr. Madison, one of
the purest and calmest of st.tesmen, proclaimed his in
tention, in his Inaugural Address on the 4th 6f March,
1809, " to support the Constitntion, which is the Cement
of the Union, as well in i is limitations as in its AUTHORI
TIES." "Our Constitution,” said Mr. Madison, on
another occasion, "was formed bs the Stetesi that is,
by the people in each of the States, acting in their
highest sovereign capacity, and formed consequently by
the same authority which formed the State Constitu
tions. Being thus derived from the same source as the
Constitutions of the States, it has, within each State,
the same authority as the Constitution of the State, and
is as much a Constitution, in the strict sense of the term,
within its prescribed sphere, as the Constitutions of the
States are within Owls respective spheres; but with
this essential and obvious dlfference, that being a com
pact among the States in their highest sovereign capa
cit,, and constituting the people thereof one people for
certain purposes, it cannot be altered or annulled at the
will of the States individually, as the Constitution of a
State may be at its individual will."
It by no means follows that such a course on the part
of Peobsylvania, of preparation for the worst, would pre
cipitate or bring on the result which all good citizens,
from their inmost soul , , would deplore, and shoed I
strive, ceaselessly and earnestly strive, to avert; On
.the contrary, such a course has the sanction of ages,
and the wisest and bravest of men, as the best. adapted
to ward off such a' result; i Awl:may Heaven seed it !.
May the .6 Great Author of Peace and Lover of Concord' ,
4 39inniand the tempest to Cease, And allay, by His mighty
agency, the winds and the waves of human passion ! May
His wisdom enlighten the minds of the people, and His
spirit prevail in their hearts, to the restoration, once
more, of the happy days of the Republic !
To this great end, and imploring His guidance for the
success of her efforts, let Pennsylvania, through her
Legislature and representatives in Congress, also be
foremost in tendering, and acceding to, every measure of
just concession and honorable compromise, with every
future guaranty for the establishment of the equal rights
of all the States, and every section of the confederacy.
And let her manifest to the world the sincerity of her
desire to give peace and stability to the Union, by the
repeal of all such laws of her own as, if not absolutely
unconstitutional, may have been found in practice to give
jest cause of offence to any of her sister States, who may
have thought their co-equal rights and dignity in the con
federacy thereby invaded. There can be no compromise
of self-respect in so doing where she manifests, at the
same time, her inflexible determination to sustain the
Government in upholding the Constitution and the laws
at any and all risks,
No wiser measures for the peace of the country and
security of her institutions -have been proposed, as it
seems to me, than those of the venerable and patriotic
and eminent Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Crittenden.
I would vote for them with all my heart, and should
anticipate the happiest results from their adoption. I
shoull rejoice to see our Senators and Representatives
in Congress instructed and requested, by a unanimous
vote of the Legislature, to endeavor to secure their
adoption, But I woull not reject other Conciliatory
measures, should Mr. Crittenden's fail. I would go for
any plan of adjustment, come from what quarter it may,
should it be found, upon the fullest consultation, most
likely ff to insure domestic tranquility," and secure its
blessings "to ourselves and our posterity." Of this,
the removal, by further constitutional enactment, of the
slavery question from Congress, into which it should
never once have been allowed to enter, would, it seems
to me, be the surest guaranty.
Replying to your next question, I see no necessity for
a State Convention in Pennsylvania. A National Con
vention, on the 22d of February, in the Hall of Inde
pendence, for the purpose of revising the Constitution,
adapting it to the experience of three score years and
ten, and the amazing changes in the extent and condi
tion of the country, could not fail, in my opinion, to
accomplish great good. One of its first lets should be
to read to the delegates of the States and people, there
assembled, the Farewell Address of Washington.
But I doubt if any Convention in our State would, or
could, now accomplish more for the peace of the country
std the integrity of the Union, than can, and I believe
will, be done by the present Legislature. In saying this
I give the best proof of my confidence in the patriotism,
wisdom and firmness of our representatives, and in the
spirit of devotion to the Constitution and the Union by
which 1 believe they are and will be actuated.
On ordinary party questions—questions of administra
tive policy—it is my misfortune to differ with a large
majority of the Legislature. But happily there is no
"party" in Pennsylvania on a question of allegiance to
the Union. On that inspiring question we are of one
party—one and indivisible; we are all Republicans, all
Democrats, throughout the length and breadth of the
Commonwealth. I voted against Mr. Curtin for Gover
nor, and Mr. Lincoln for President, and exerted myself
to the utmost to defeat both, within the rules of honora
ble party warfare, believing that their election would be
productive of the most eerie= evil. Under like cir
cumstances I would do so again. But the former is now
the constitutionally chosen Governor elect of my native
State; the latter the constitutionally chosen President
elect of my country. It is my duty to respect each as
the future Executive head of the State and Nation; and
while each remains the embodiment of the popular
choice in his high office, and keeps STRICTLY TO TER
CONSTITUTION AND TR& LAWS, I hold it to be the duty of
every citizen to support each in the righteous perform-
ance of the oath he moat take faithfully to execute his
office, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution he is called to administer.
I have endeavored to answer fully the questione is
your letter. I only fear I have said more, a good deal,
than need have been said, and have tired your patience.
And ye; if you will bear with me, I feel, while the pen
is in my hand, as if its subject might fairly warrant me
in a little piece of history before I conclude, with a word
or two of the Palmetto Fin..
While Mr. Calhoun was Vice President of the United
States he gave, as I find in the National Intelligence,' of
- 141119 mn et last mwircirjheloitowrag — remarkutire-crourt
a public dinner on the 4th of July, in his own disstrict of
Pendleton, South Carolina—remarkable, certainly, as
compared with present events:
"By John C. Calhoun—The State and General Govern
ments—each imperfect when viewed as separate and dis
tinct Governments, but, taken as a wkole, forming one
system, with each checking and controlling the other,
unsurpassed by any work of man in wisdom and sub
limity."
Could that celebrated statesman and pure-minded man,
for such I believe he was, whatever we may think
of some of his latter theories, have been suddenly re
called to life to wituessiu MienCe the proceedings of
the State of his birth, within the last few weeks, which
are now a part of history, I wonder what he would have
thought, had his mind unconsciously wandered back to
the above sentiment, uttered while he wielded the power
and influence of the second office of the Government!
Alas! he would have looked in vain for the "wisdom
and sublimity' , which, according to that sentiment,
Could only co-exist in the General and State Govern
ments so loog as they formed "one system;" more than
that, he would have beheld that same 4th of July blotted
from the calendar within the limits of his native State,
and his eagle eye would have gazed upon the State he
adored es the disjointed fragment of a matchless con
federacy—an "imperfect" structure, with a "separate
and distinct" emblem displayed in the breeze over na
tional defences, which, as War Minieter to President
Monroe, and earning his early laurels as snob, it had
been his highest glory to protect and preserve with the
Stars and Stripes!
The Palmetto Flag This is new to Pennsylvania, and
to the Union. I honor South Carolina for memories
of the past, which will never die; for her revolu
tionary history; for her great names in peace and war;
for her legislators, her statesmen, her warriors; for her
contributions to the renown of the nation. They are a
part of the property of the nation, and are the property
of Carolina as part of the nation, protecting and pro •
tatted by its flag. I say this with something of the
feeling of early, as of subsequent yearn, for 1 was edu
cated among Carolina boys, and some of my first, most
agreeable and cherished associates were Southern men,
and men of Carolina connection, whose high principles,
accompWhmenis and courage I could not fail to admire
and respect.
But none know better than Southern men, and none
better than Pennsylvania men, that to gain the respect
of others we must respect ourseivea, an 4 that the err&
ted code of mankind is founded upon the acknowledgment
of mutual rights. The grievances of Carolina and the
South, in the confederacy, have been enormous, In char
acter, duration and amount. I have said so again and
again, in public and private, in my own State and in
New England, on more than one public and marked ones,.
sion. The South may well Complain and demand re
dress; and redress she ought to have, ample constitu
tional, satisfactory, with every constitutional guaranty
for the future.
But Carolina has no right., nor halt any Southern State,
to take the law into her own hands and seek redress by
tearing down the pillars of the Union; that costly and
magnificent fabric, which was equally devised to Penn
sylvania and her heirs forever by the illustrious testa
tors who constructed it, and to which, therefore, we in
Pennsylvania have an indefeasible title, with all its in
estimable blessings and precious memories. We are no
tenants at will or sufferance of this glorious confederacy;
our estate in it is one of inheritance, to us and our chil
dren, and no earthly power has the right to depth% t s of
it, without the deliberate and united assent of eta. with
whom we hold jointly, and who constitute the Union.
If the Palmetto Flag shall continue to be displayed
by oAreifria as the embleill of other doctrines, let us
ardently hope that its converts may be few and of short
duration in the Republic. The flag of Pennsylvania, on
the other band, is the proud emblem of doctrines which
unite the allegiance of all loyal hearts. Nor is it new
to Carolina, for it derives part of its lustre from deeds
of her sons, in former days. It Is one to which we are
enthusiastically attached in this State, for it is imper
ishably entwined with all the proudest and moat endear.
ing recollections of the Republic, from the hour that it
was first unfurled in honor and in token of the nation's
birth. It is the same that waved in triumph over Wash
ington at Yorktown; Jackson at New Orleans; Scott et
Vera Cruz ; Hull, Bainbridge, Stewart, Decatur, MiDon
ough, Perry, on every deck, everywhere, on the ocean
and upon the lakes; astonishing Europe and the world
by the rapidity and splendor of its achievemente, and
which at ones eiteblished this young Republic ee the
'onlylpower ihat could cope with :the. klistress.ottke
Seas,Ahd'was.able to vanquish her;; .the. flag which; i n
one hour, confers more honor and protection upon an
American citizen in the remotest quarter of the globe.,
than be could derive in a life-time f om the emblem of
any disjointed member of the confederacy, and which
has now become immortal in song, making the heart
strings vibrate under its magnificent cholus ! In the
patriotic language of two distinguished Senators of the
United States in a telegraph to Georgia, not many days
since, let us "cling to that flag;” yes, cling to it ever.
Let us resolve to live and die under it, and transmit it
to our children's children, still blazing with Stars and
radiant with Stripes, though the lustre of a few be
dimmed, not, God grant, with blood, but tears, when the
present shall have become the past, and shall .tell its
mournful tale!
Weil may the patriotic John Leteher, Governor of Vir
ginia, occupying at this moment, IM I Cone ive, the most
responsible, and therefore the proudest, position ever held
by a citizen of the United States since tlo Union was
formed—for the decision of Virginia must inevitabvy
exercise a tremendous influence at this portentous mo•
inent--well may that enlightened and patriot c Executive
Maestrate exclaim, in his message yesterday to the Vir
ginia Legislature, " Ia it not monstrous to see &govern
nsent like ours destroyed, merely because men cannot
agree about a doaseAlc - inatitutirn, which existed at the
formation of the government, and which is now recog
nized by fifteen out of the thirty-three States of the
Union?"
All honor to Governor Leteher for his noble eff irta to
stem the tide of disunion, and preserve this great con
federacy, on a just and honorable basis! And all honor
to him who is laboring, as only true patriot • an labor, in
the same righteous and hallowed cause, the intrepid
Hicks, of Maryland ! Posterity will applau 1 their efforts
and their names wil be held in i everence !
Old and honored Virginia! Birth-place and home of
Washington, a-d where his mighty duet repos a, whose
shores still echo the tolling bell of the vessel .sit glides
noiselessly past his tomb on the banks of the Potom •c
in token of the veneration of the American people; that
tomb in presence of which the youthful heir appa•
rent to the throne of England. scarce three mouths sine
stood uncovered! Virgini%. horn- of Jeffe , s D, of Madi
son, of Monrce., of Patrick Henry! Printu• - inter Pares;
oldest of the 011 Thirteen! the mother of Slates! lee
pride and hope of the confederacy It, is impossible
that Virginia can forget her loyalty and go down to his
tory with hostile States ! Rather let us hop in the
sublime language of Him who spake as never man spake,
that Writs QUEEN" OF THU SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN THE
JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN
And Maryland, chivalrous, patriotic Maryland, seventh
in order of the Old Thirteen, and linked to Virginia by
a thousand ties; 'who gave to the confederacy the " last
surviving signer," and whose soil now holdi his ashes,
after lingering among us more than half a century, at d
witnessing the unparalleled success, and some of the
most splendid trophies of the young Red üblie he helped to
found; Maryland, on whose shores the Star Spangled
Banner" first echoed is immortal chorus; birth-place of
genius and valor, and parent o the highest order of social
and individual accomplishment! It is imposible that
Maryland can leave LIS and go down to history with a like
blot on her escutcheon. No—never ! The very stones
of the capitol would cry out !
I had not the most remote intention of inflicting such
a letter upon you when I took the pen, but drawn out by
yours the subject has grown upon me, and now that it
is written it may go. The date of my letter recalls that
illustrious man of iron nerve, and hero President, of
whom it was said by his great competitor for the Presi
dency, the younger Adams, that in after ages, when
nations have crumbled and all other men been forgotten,
there were nevertheless two names that would be im
perishably associated with the fame of the great Ameri
can Republic, WASUINGTON and JACKSON.
I am rejoiced to perceive, by this evening's telegraphic
news from Harrisburg, that his great Nullification Pro
clamation of 1832 was read to-day in the Legislature.
Nothing but the principles of that majestic State Paper,
with its unsurpassed combination of Roman firmness,
with the most affectionate conciliatory tone, can save
us now, as it saved us then. Very truly yours.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
The President has approved the bill for the
admission of Kansas into the Union.
The number of Federal troops which arrived
hoitA-ase niah4. yr ems 00,
300. These are divided into three companies
of artillery and one of infantry. An arrange
ment has been made for concentrating them
tot any particular point in case it becomes ne•
cessary to quell disturbances of the public
peace.
Acting Postmaster General King has received
complaints from Northern gentlemen that their
lettere from the South have been violated. One
person writes that six letters addressed to him
by a lady in Mobile, and not on political sub
jects, have evidently been opened by amnin
ized parties. The department has promptly in
stituted an investigation.
Lieut. Sanders, of the army, will leave Wash
ington to-day, with dispatches from the War
Department for Florida.
A delegation, consheing of a committee of
thirty-three, representing fifty thousand work
ing men of Philadelphia, this morning waited
on Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Cameron, at their
respective residences. They were introduced
by Senator Bigler in a brief but appropriate
address. I. B. Nicholson responded for the
delegation eloquently and patriotically, stating
the object of the visit to be to testify the ap
preciation of the Union held by themselves
and those they represented, their desire for a
settlement of the national difficulties on a
satisfactory basis, and that the proposition of
the Senator from Keigrucky, whose character
they revered and whose patriotism they ad
mired, was heartily endorsed by them, and
they wished its adoption urged and secured.—
The Senators feelingly and hopefully re
sponded.
• The Legislature of Georgia.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Jan. 30.
The Convention refused to re-consider the
revenue ordinance adopted yesterday.
A resolution was introduced, giving the
Governor power, under certain circumstances,
to make reprisals and grant letters of marque.
It was tabled.
An address to the citizens of the South and
the world, detailing the causes which prompted
Georgia to secede from the Federal Union, was
adopted.
An ordinance, declaring it to be the fixed
policy of the State to grant security to all the
States, was adopted.
The Convention then adjourned to meet at
Savannah at the call of the President.
The Miasourl_Leglelature.
ST. Louis, Jan. 30
A joint resolution passed the Senate yester
day, appointing Gen. Doniphan, Waldo P.
Johnson, J. D. Colter, Judge Hough, Gen.
Atchison, Ferdinand Bennett, and Judge Back
nor, commissioners to the Convention to be
held at Washington, on the 4th of February.
The same resolution was introduced in the
House, and laid on the table. Mr. Vest, Chair
man of the House Committee on Federal re
lations, reported resolutions taking strong
grounds against the action of New York and
Ohio, in offering aid to the general Govern
ment to ioerce seceding States, which passed
by a vote of eighty-nine to sixteen.
Anti-Slavery Meeting at Syracuse.
BYRACI3I33, N. Y., Jan. 30.
The anti-slavery meeting again convened
this morning and proceeded to pass the usual
resolutions. At noon a large mob took poses
sion of the platform and one of their speakers
addressed the audience. During a temporary
lull the Abolitionists adjourned sine die, claim
ing that they bad carried their point of holding
the meeting. Egan were thrown at the police,
but the hall was finally cleared.
Secession ... Meeting at Wilmington, N. C.
WILMINGTON, Jan 30.
A large and enthusiastic secession meeting
was held here last evening at the theatre.—
Prominent gentlemen formerly opposed to the
movement, took a strong position with the
South and declared that they were a unit with
the,Boutk.
• .New)Mook Tobacco Salm...,
Naw Yoax, Jan. 80.
The tobacco sale to-day was spirited, all on
the catalogue being disposed of 260 110. 1
of Kentucky tobacco were sold at 4i®,111,
•
Conviction of Armstrong for Murder.
PHILADISLPIIIA. Jan. 30.
The jury in.the case of Armstrong, f or tho
murder of
of murder C in tbe rawford first degreed,, ret urn a verdict of guilt 7
e
CASS FOR LIVERPOOL.--The next ; mow'
which flails for Liverpool from Philadelphia
sill take out five handsomely finished po on , t :
ger railway cars, which are to be used up on a
Liverpool city railway.
DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN ttoArto,-....The
donations to the American Board of An s , ions
from August Ist to December 318 t 1860 ,
amounted to $78,000. This is a much smaller
amount than wne anticipated.
New '2tbuertisements.
TO LET.—Thy DWELLING Part of
the House at the north-weet co ner rf 11f rket . 11 4
Fourth streete, from the tiret • f April n•lct. ro.. CRC
more years Inquire uf THOMAS J. REHRER. or
jan3:-std*
J J AVANA MC-ARR.—A I ine A Mort.
meat, comprioing Figar... Zoiagnzons, i ,a Rom
Bird, Fire Fly. Etelvina. La Serb:lto, Capitolio
nt a u
t•izes and valities, in quarter. th and uue-tenth
boxes, put received, awl fur ,ale low by
JOON 11. zr I•GLER,
73 112trket Street.
N ORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY.
Ea
NOTICE TO T it A VELER S.
The Expre s Train South at 7.40 A. M., and the Ex.
prem.; Train North at 8.15 P. M., will be diaennteued
Pram this date until further notice.
jar.n3l-dat JOHN Iv. HALL, Agent.
OE RI4s•NT— A. good DWELLING
r noun, with considerable gro"nd and T ABLE at.
tached—near the Water Basin. Po•aecsioa given innne
dia,, iy. CHAS. C itaWtt.
Harrisburg, !Antlikry 30, 1861, jan3l dlw
lOH S ILE--f Ins first-rare HI G'4I,ES
CARD PRESS, in excellent order—works from 800
to 1000 Cards an hour.
One small CARD AND CIRCVLAR PEWS, In goad
order—Platen Balo.
Both Presses will be sold at very moderate prices.
TilEO. F. SOD DETER,
}tmrrisbarg.
jan3l-d2t
1)0,- ITIVELY the lapt chance to buy
BOORS at your own prices, s BEN F. FRENCH
will only sell on T.HVIINI)AY, RID YANDS
ATUR-
Yh. V h.: N NG S, at No. 1< IlttrkA stre-t 5aL3l-dst
N ORTHERN UEls4 rIiAL B,AILW
M_NEIMMI_MRN
NOTICE. .
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY SOra,
lht 1 the Passenger Trains of the Northern Central Bad.
way will leave Harrisburg u follows !
GOING SOUTH.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave at.. 8.00 a. m.
MAIL TRAIN will leave at 1.00 p.m.
GOING NORTH:
MAIL TRAIN will leave at...... 1.40 p. m.
The only Train leaving Harrisburg on Sunday will Is
the ACCOMMODATION TRAIN South, at 8.00 a. m.
For further information apply at the office, in Peer.
sylvan's. Railroad Depot. JOHN W. HALL, Agent.
Harrisburg, January 80, JUL—Jana,.
M A N H O 0 D,
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OF SPERiILiTORDHONA, or Seminal Weakness, Sexual
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bungles, luetrumenit, r. vas or cord ale, p itatiog 'lv so ode
or cure at once certain and effecurl, by wi i b en r- ,uf
lerer, no matter wlrit his canditon may tie, may tare h;m
self char, ly, pr ra egg and red eal , y. This Lecture will
prove a boon to Mona/ode and Mouton&
Eentunder seal to any addreae, pest 7.42 id, OD the Mar
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aplO-dt• wl •
COAL FOR s A LE.—ln rd, rto elm
the business of John Wallower 13014 the dobserb
bore will deliver in any part or the city of Harrisburg,
first quality of I.YRI:NS VALLEY COAT , at Tao Dol
lars and Seventy-Five cents per ton • or they will sell
Seven Hundred Tons at a reduced wholesale mice.
jari3o-3tda3tw
COAL REDUCED!H
CONSUMERS OF COAL, 7:1 kE NOTICE!
_Coal delivered to any part of the city limits by the
Patent Weigh Carts, at the following low rats, for
cas4, vie ;
Lykene Valley Nut Coal at $2.00 per ton.
ts Small Egg 2.90 "
cg Large do. 2.90 "
Broken 2,90 gg
Balt. Coal Co.'s Wilkesbarre Steamboat, 3.00 per ton.
cs Broken, 3.00 "
Ear, 800 IS
it zt Nut, 2.28 "
Broad Top Coal, (for Smiths' use,)]2X eta. per bushel.
2,500 Bushels OATS for sale, at lowest each prim.
A large lot of superior HICKORY AND OAS WOOD
for sale, at the lowest rates.
Agent for DU PONT'S GUN AND DDAsTING
POWDER—for sale at manufacturer's prises.
Coal delivered from both yards at above rates, by
Patent Weigh Carts, which are certified to by the Sealers
of Weights and Measures.
11 - Every consumer will please weigh their Coal os
delivery, and if it falls short 10 pounds I will forfeit
the Coal.
A. large, full and complete dock of the boat kinds of
Coal will alwaya be found on hand.
JAILER M. WHEELER.
Harrisburg, January 29, 1861.
1 1 L1E ORIGINAL
AND CELEBRATED
GENERAL TOM THUMB ,
SMAI.LEST MAN ALlrst
AT BRAN T'S HALL,
HARRISBURG,
FOR TBRER DAYS ONLY!
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 1,2, 4.
Two Brilliant Entertainments each day—Afternoon at
3, Evening at 7ji. Doors open half an hour previous.
The General appears in all his new Songs, D 111300 0? Imi
tations, °mien Statues, See- assisted by Mr. W. TOM
LIN, the great English Baritone and Buse, from the
Nobilities Concerts, London ; Mr. W. DE WIRE, the
American Tenor, and Mr . C. G. TITCOMB. Pianist.
Admission—Day Entertainment. 25 cents; Children
under ten, 18 cents; Evening Entertainment, 15 cents;
Children ender ten, 10 coats p Reserved Seats 25 Gents.
Schools admitted on liberal terms.
The Little General rides in his miniature carriage fm
the Jones Hotel to the Hall. The Grand Piano used is
one of CHICKERING'S BEST, from W, Mown
Music Store, 92 Market street.
ALFRED GATELY, Business Agent.
jan24-411w&2tw
A 88IGNEW8 AL,}4.7.-Will be sold at
Public Sale or Ont-cry, at the e , rner of Fourth and
Chesnut streets, In the city of Harrisburg, on THURS
DAY. FEBRUARY Pre, 1861, at 2 o'clock, P. /12., the
following articles ~ — FOUR HORSES, one Two-Horse
Wagon, three One-Horse Wagons, one Cart, two Wheel
barrows, one Patent Straw Cutter, Single sad Doable
Harness, lot of Lime. Bricks, Boards, Rails Chesnut
Posts, Board-fence Posts, &c. E. BYERS t
Assignee of Daniel Rhoads!.
Harrisburg, Jan. 23, 1861. jan2l-dts*
j UST RECEIVED—A large Stock of
*1 SCOTCH ALES, BROWN STOUT and LONDON
PORTER. For sale at the lowest rates by
JOHN H. ZIFOLFB,
98 Market street.
CM
VIEBLE ON DIVORCE.- 2 the
owing 'words are , from Mark a. v. 8,12:
"What, therefore, God has joined together let not matt
put asunder."
“Whetit+fter shall put away blawifo #iud idol arotheg
committeth adultery. And if a woman shall put away
her husband and marry again she committeth adultery."
Legislators and others, the above is the edict of the
Supreme Lawgiver, from which there is do appeal:—
"What, %herder% God has joined together km PO !Pam
put asunder." jan7J.4ll/
AT COST!!!
1 - 10 E W.ILV BRATIPIE4
.LIQU9.ItS 0,.. f ErE.R.Y D.E.StCRIPTIoNt
.
Together with s complete assortment, (wholresie snit
retail,) embracing everything in the line, will beladdike
wet, without ra3erve
Joni
A. 0. ►►IESTRS ►
C. P. bithlture,
Assignees
WM. DOCK, Js., & Oa.