RATES OF ADVERTISING.
sour lines or lead constitute half a equare. Ten lines
or more than four, constitute a square.
one $0 30 , Ono eq., one day...». 30 60
Half sq.,
ek. ..- 120 one week.... 200
one we
one month.. 300 gi one month.. 000
" three mouths 500 " three monthS 10 00
" x nonths.. 800 " six months.. 15 00
onoo y0nr......1 2 0 0 I , one year —2O 00
Ur" Business notices inserted in the LOCAL COLUMN,
Or before marriages and deaths, TEN CENTS PER LINE for
each insertion. To merchants and others advertising
by the year, liberal terms will be offered.
EU' The number of insertions must be designated on
ate 1111VETWet uent_
alarriagrs and Deaths will be inserted at the game
jig" .
ides as regular adverthiements.
ftiigttltUtteau9,
FENsIONs, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
way' Claims and Claims for Indemnity.
STEWART, STEVENS, CLARK & CO.,
Asorne.v4 and Counsellors-at-Law, and Solicitors
far all kinds of Military Maims,
450 PENNbYLVANIA. AVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. C
This drm, having a thorough knowledge of the Pen
sion Business, and being familiar with the practice in
all the Departments of Government, believe that they
Gan afford greater facilities to Pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and fineness ful accom
plishment of Moines* entrusted to them, than any other
firm in Washington. They desire to secure such an
amount of thin business as will enable them to execute
the business for' each claimant very cheaply, and on the
basis of Mei , pay contingent upon their success in each
MSC. For this purpose they will secure the 4644464 M of
Law Firms in each prominent locality throughout the
States where such business may be had, furnish such
with ell the necessary blank forms of application and
evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instructions, and
circulars for distribution in their vicinity, withAsso
elates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
the papers and transmission of the same to them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
business here_
ID. Their charges will be ten dollars for officers and
jive dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Back Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
Claims for Military Supplies or Claims for Indemnity
lir Soldiers enlisted since the let of March,lB6l, in
any kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
by disease or wounds, are entitled to Pensions. Al)
soldiers who serve for two years, or during the war,
should it sooner close, will be entitled to .$lOO Bounty.
Widows ol soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow,
then the minor children. And if no minor children,
then - the father, mother, sisters or brothers are enti
..ed as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
MOTOR L. STEVENS,
EDW 3RD CLARK,
OSCAR A. FM/Mk
WILLIS B. GAYLORD
WAAILINEITON, D. 0., 1803.
V a Apply at our office, or to our Associate at
Pe.--JOAN A. BIG-LER. Attorney and
Counsellor.
Prmastrue, PA.—ARTHURB dc RIDDELL, Attor
neys-at-Law_
POTTSTILIA PA.—WM. R. SMITH, Attorney and
Comaeßor
PHILADIMPHIA, PA.—J. G. MINNIOHILD, de Atwood
street, WSt M. SMITH, Attorney and Counsellor.
W AeIIISESON PA ,-RQYC ORITAIRINCR, Attorney
,nd Counsellor.
jy3l-dly
JACKSON & CO.'B
SHOE STORE,
NO. 90jf MARKET
HARRISBURG, Pd.,
Wive?* they ntend to devote their entire time to tio
inanninature Of
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varieties, in trio neatest and most fast.
_enable styles, and at satisfactory
Their stock will consist, in part, of Gentiornmes
Calf and Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles
Leuitsel l ,and. Misses' (tatters, and other Shoes in greas
Variety; end in fact everything connected with the
Shoe business.
CUSTOMSE WORK will be particularly attended to,
and in all CMOs will satisfactiouribe warranted. Lasts
jinni up by one of the best makers ix the country.
The long practical experience of the undersigned, sus
their thorough knowledge of the business will, thee
trust, be safileient guarantee to the public that the.
will do them justice, and furnish thou. an article that
will recommend itself for utility, cheapness and dura.
bility. (Jane] JACKSON & CO
MIIRINGER I S PATENT BEEF TEA
a, solid, concentrated extract of
BEEF AND VEGETABLES.
g ou yertage im mediately into a nourishing and deli
aoup. Highly approved by a curiae of eminent
PAysicians.
Ths admirable article condensed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive propertied of a larg
bulk of meat and vegetables_ The readiness with which
It dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup. which would
require hours of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advantage in many situations of 11-e too
obvious to need urging. Its highly nourishing qualities
Oomoined with its delicacy, renders it invaluable for the
sick; while for those in health, it is a pertectstibstitute
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in
inmate.
It Is peculiarly well adapted VOA TRAVNIERS, by
land or sea, who es. thus avoid those accidentaldeprivil
lions of a comfortable meal, to which they are so liable.
FOR INVALIDS, whose capricious appetite can thus
30 satisfied in a moment.
FOR SPURTBMSN and EXOURSIONINTS. to whom,
both its compactness and easy preparation will- recom
mend it. For sal* by
sep24-tf
CHARTER OAK
FAMILY FLOUR!
VNEXcELLSS SY ANY IN THE It. SPATES!
AM SUPERIOR TO ANY
.stlL. I\Y - srx = e_ lT 3 f3
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
IT IS MADE OP
CHOICE MISSOURI WHITE WHEAT.
U7' Delivered any place in the city fraa of cheats
Tams cash on deivery.
iY3O WM. DOCK, Ja., do CO.
A BOOK FOR THE TIMES i
American Amami Cyclopedia and Register
Important Events for the Year 1861. En 1 rod.
8 too. over 760 pages. Cloth .A, Leather $8.50
Published by D. Appleton 4. Co., New York.
The design of this work is to furnish a record of al)
the important knowledge of the year. The events of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, ot
copy a conspicuous part, but all other branches—Poi
ence, Art, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, &c. 2 will re
cern) doe attention. The work will be published es
eititiire/y by subscription , and ready for delivery In June
nest
also, now complete
Bentoatt Debates of Congress,l6 volarines, $3 and $3 00
per volume.
Drofors , s Thirty Years at IL S. Senate, 2-volumcsi $3.50
and $8 per vol.
Crimped:a of American Eloquence, entstaitsiag the
spathes oftbs most eminent Orwors of America, 14
chat ?introits, 2 vole. 12,60. each.
Parson s Life and nines of Andrea, Jackson, 3 vauttiLf,
$3.30 each.
Adams J. P. BTBASBAIJOH, llarrientrg. Pa.
clenetel Agent for D. AP eLittnN & Co.
For Circulars deem4ptive of Annual Cyclopedia.
aprilliaawtr.
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JPANE E TEA.—A choice let of
this celebrated Taejon received It is of tits Snit
onete ever imported, and in mu - h Partial . to the t hi.
nese Tear in quality, strength and ragrancs. and is also
entirely free of adulte,ation, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Japanese Tee Plant.
Per sale by WM DOOR. Jr & co.
3.oAft 811811 ELS York State Potatoes ,
ut. of different kinds,
1,40)9 Sneak York ittel.
• eltosee lot of York State Butter.
Also. a eaterior lot of Catawba G r apes, m a 80 b us h e l.
Ithellbarke, Jan , received and for mile low by '
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BURKHART & ROBBINS,
(FoEmmy BURNHAIIT AND STRING.)
IMP.ROPED SKY-LIGHT
PHOTOGRAPH AND AMBROTYPE GALLERY,
Ncrth Third street, opposite the "Patriot and Uniony
Oifioo, Hrrrisburg, Pa.
BURKHART & ROBBINS have fitted up a splend'd
new Gallery in Mumma's building, on Third street,
where they are prepared to take •
PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTES DE VISITE AND
AMBROTYPES,
In all the improved styles. Particular attention given
to CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Also on hand, a complete
assortment of GILT FRAMES, which they will sell at
very low prices Call and examine specimens.
Cartes de Visite $2 50 per dozen.
Vignettes 2 00...d0.
Whole size Photographs in frames from from $2 to $5
a piece. _ . .
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rhOpgraphers
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DR. SWEET'S
INFALLIBLE LINIMENT
IMEI
GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY,
FOR RHEUMATISM, GOUT, NEURALGIA,
LUMBAGO, STIFF NECK AND JOINTS,
SPRAINS, BRUM . % curs do WOUNDS,
PILES HEADACHE. and ALL LIMED
MATIC and NERVnIIS DISORDERS.
For all of which it is a epeedy and certain remedy,
and never fails This Liniment is prepared from the
recipe of Dr Stephen Sweet, of Connecticut, tue fa
mous bone setter, and has been need in his practice for
more than twenty years with the most astonishing suc
cess.
AS AN ALLEVIATOR OF is unrivaled
by any preparation before the public, of which the most
skeptical may be convinced by a angle
This Liniment will core rapidly mind radically, RilEtr-
NATIO s , ISORDERS of every kind, and in thousands
of cases where it has been used It has never been known
t o fail.
NEURALGIA, it will afford immediate relief
in every case however distressing.
It will relive the worst uses of HEADACHE in
three minutes and is warranted to do it.
TOOTHACHE also w 11 it cure instantly.
FOR trotTS DEB ILITV AND GENERAL
LASSITUDE, arising from imprudence or excess, this
L•niment is a most happy and unfai lug remedy Act
inic directly upon the nervous ',issues, it strengthens and
revivifies the system, and restores it to elasticity and
vigor.
R PTL EB.—As an external remedy, we claim that
it is the best known, and we challenge the world to pro
tium* an equal. livery victim td this distressing com
plaint should give it a trial, for it will not fail to afford
immediate relief, and in a majority of cases will effect
a radical cure.
QUINSY and SORE THROAT are sometimes ex,
tremely malignant and dangerous, but a timely applica
tion of this Liniment will nevmr fail to cure.
S t'R INS are I•orn.tunnes very obstinate, and enlarge
me,,t of the joints is liable to occur if neglected. The
worst case 13 ay be conquered by this Liniment in two or
three days
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BURN% and SC DS, yield readi'y to the wonderful
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Li' IM wblT, when used according to directions. Also,
CHILBLAIN s, FR(*STED FEAT, and INSECT
BITES and STINGS
EVERY HORSE OWNER
should have this remedy at hand, for its timely use at
the first anearanea of lameness will effectua ly pre•
yen , those formidable diseases to which all horses are
Laille and which render so many otherwise valuable
boraee newly worthleffp,
Ovrr tour "undred voluntary testimonials to the won
derful curative properties of this Liniment have been
received within the last two yea s and many of them
from persons in the highest ranks t.f life.
C U TION,
To avoid impesiton, observe the Signature and Like
ness. of Dr. Stephen Sweet on every label, and also
Stephen Sweet's Infallible Liniment" blown in the
glees of eeeh bottle, without which none are genuine.
RICH 4 RDSON & CO,.
Pole Proprietors, r orwich. Ct.
For wale by all dealers. eplleow-d&w
17BBARD BROS. fk
IMPORTERS OF WATCHES,
NEW YORK,
Have the pleasure of anw - uncing to their numerous
friends and patrons in the Army, that they aret prepared
to fill orders and transmit parcels sr MAIL. with thevt
moat c 're and promptitude. Watches so forwarded are
registered; we take upon ourselves all risks of transpor
tati.w, and guar mte. a safe delivery.
Improved Solid Sterling Silver Im ENGLISH
LEV eitS, go..d running order, and warrauted as
cu.ate timepieces. This is an entire new pattern. made
expressly for American Army and Navy sale.. They are
manufactured se a ve'y handsome manner with English
crown mark. certifying their genuineness; all in all,
hey are a most desirable wirgh. Prank Leslie's IlCus
trat. d News of Feb. 2lst, 1 63, says :---'111:111BaRD'S Time-
Eis:EPHRS are becoming proverbial for their reliabil l ty
aod aceerary. They are particularly valuable for offi
cers in the army. end travelers , t The price is Bavaxrr-
TWO DOLLARS ($72) per case of six, being about one
third the cost of ordinary English Levers, while they
will eadily retail for a larger price. Postage, per case,
s`B4
RAILWAY TIMEKEEPERS, for Army Spec u
lation.—The Army and .aosi Gazette of Philami
ph la, in its February number, This importa
tion of the DIIBDARD Sims ,of New York, fills a long
felt want, being a handsom- and serviceable Watch at
an extremely low figure." Superior in style and 1244(
Decidedly the most taking novelties out! Should retail
at from $2O to $ 0 each. Geod imitation of both
gold and silver, with fancy colored hands and beautiful
diet., with set erior regulated movement. Sold only by
the case of sir. of aatiort.4 designs Engraved and
superior elect.o-plated with gold, and silver-plated, per
CARO Of six, FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS, ($48.) By mail,
postage, $1 Ofi per case
MAGIC TIME OBSERVERS, the Perfection
of Mechanism !—BEING • linieffita ANN ONIS
Or 'LADY'S OR (iIINTLEDOOB WATCH OMBINED, WITH Pe-
TENT SELF WINDING DARROVEMENT —The New York Il
lustrated News, the leading pictorial paper of the UM
tad Eit , itee in its issue of Jan. 10th, 1883, on page 147,
voluntarily says :--4-we have been shown a most pleas
ing ty, of which the DIIEBABLI Baos , of New V ork,
are the sole Importers. It is railed the Magic Time
c observer, and is a Hunting and Open Pace Watch com
bined. One of the prettiest, moat convenient. and its.
cidedlv the best and cheapest timepiece for general and
relish'e use ever offered It has within it and connec
ted with its machinery, its own winding attachment,
Modeling a key entirely linTleceseary. The eases of
this Watch are compAsed of two metals, the outer one
being fine 16 carat gold. It has Pe improved ruby ac
tion lever movement, and is warranted an accuratetime
piece." Price, suaerbly engraved, per case of half
&tee. $204 Sample Wean , s, in neat mo 0800 Waft,
for those proposing to buy at wholesale , M. If sent
by man the postage is 36 cents. Retails at $lOO and
urea de.
ur We hays no agents or circulars. Buyers must
des' pith us direct, ordering from this advertisement.
ems Cash in advance Remittance's may be made in
United States money, or draft payable to our order in
this city If you wish goods sent by mail, enclose the
amonnt of the postage with your order. • Write your
address in full. Registered Letters only at our risk.
Address HUBBARD BRO • , MPORTSRB,
.East Cor. Nassau and John streets,
ap2S an • New York
QULD.I.E W S UAW' COMPANION.-
..I A very convenient Writing Desk; also, Portfolios,
wersorangurp Books, Portnionnales, fre , at
BOOKSTORN
NOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful
and entertaining artiedas--eheap--at
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Domootio Pickles, (by the doyen or hundred,) en_
NMI Salad OH, Ketchup, BMW sod uundfluel?te of
ivory deaeription, for gals b/
mom.WM. DOCK, Jo., k Co
WAB I w-AR'—BRADY, No. 62
Market street, below Third, has received • Isms
4118( fftment of Ihroloe, SAiliwa and Boast which he
will mall wary low. a .1041tf
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FP.R.I4ISgU k,G, PAL, WEDNIiSDAY, MAY 27. 1863.
Ctt ntriot
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1863
THE WAY WE ARE GOING.
THE DEMOCRACY OF INDIANA. IN COUNCIL
FROM 50,000 TO 75.000 PERSONS
PRESENT.
THE MILITARY ON HAND
CANNON PLANTED TO SWEEP THE STREETS
AND THE SPEAIERS 7 STAND.
THE INTENTION-TO PROVOKE RESIST
ANCE AND THEN MASSACRE THE PEO
PLE.
MINI( OF IT, FELLOW-CITIZENS.
We are indebted to the Indianapolis Senti
nel, of the 21st instant, for full proCeedings
of the UWllOll+9O mass meeting of the Democrats
of Indiana, on Thursday last.
The Sentinel says that it was the most nu
merous assemblage of the people ever held in
Indiana, to take counsel together upon the con
dition of the country. The crowd was vari
ously estimated at from fifty to seventy-five
thousand, and they were nearly all voters.—
Tee demonstration gave evidence that the fire
of liberty yet burned in the hearts of the peo
ple. It was not an assemblage to advance
party schemes, to nominate candidates for pub
lie position, or to promote the personal inter
ests of men. The only object was to preserve
constitutional liberty and maintain the free
government which was won by the valor and
framed by the wisdom of a patriotic ances
try.
But it was 'with feelings of sorrow, humilia
tion, and degradation, (continues the Sentinel,)
that we witnessed the scenes of yesterday. The
people were not permitted to peaceably assem
ble, discuss the policy and acts of the party in
power and petition for a redress of grievances.
The representatives, the servants of the people
—the office holders whose feed is drawn from
the public treasury—attempted td4overawe and
prevent a free expression of those whom they
represented. What apology can be offered for
such an exhibition in what has been regarded
as a free government—a government which
derives its just powers from the consent of the
governed?
The military commandant had taken alarm,
or had thought that some precautionary means
were necessary, and early in the morning the
troops at the various camps were placed on
duty. A regiment of infantry in full marching
order was posted in the Governor's Circle, and
two pieces of artillery were placed to sweep
the streets leading to it. A twelve-pounder
was" placed opposite the Headquarters so as to
rake Virginia avenue, and a company of sol
diers stacked arms at the point where that
thoroughfare debouches into Washington
street.
Another company stacked arms at the junc
tion south of Delaware and Washington streets
It is needless to say that no person was suf
fered to pass these points without special per
mission. A section of a battery, with an in
fantry support, was placed at the new arsenal,
east of the city, and two guns were placed
ranging on the speakers' stand, at the State
House, supported by a squadron of cavalry,
concealed by the buildings.
At an early hour the east side of the State
House Square, where the s tand was ereo'ed,
was densely packed with an anxious crowd,
and the streets leading to it were also thronged.
Tke itteeting was Called to order by Thomas
DOwling, Esq., of Vigo, a member of the State
Central Committee, by nominating for Presi
dent the Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, of Vigo.
Mr. Voorhees, on taking the stand, was re
ceived with loud and long continued cheers.—
He said that he would return his thanks for
the honor done him in selecting him to preside
over such a vast assemblage, when the busi
ness organization was completed.
Mr. Hendricks then moved the appointment
of a committee of three from each Congres
sional dihtrict, to prepare resolutions for the
convention, which was adopted by acclama
tion. After the permanent organization had
been effected, Mr. Voorhees addressed the con
vention as follows :
My Democratic Fellow-Citizens of the State of
Indiana :—For the distinguished honor you
have just conferred upon ma in calling me to
accept this•elevated position, I return to you
my sincere and heartfelt thanks. At such a
time and under g ush circumstances as those
which surround this hour, to be celled upon to
preside over such an assemblage as the one be
fore me, is an honor to be remembered to the
latest hour of life, and to be treasured up as
one of the highest, proudest distint:tions ever
conferred by my fellow-citizens. From a grate
ful heart, a heart often touched by the kind
ness of my countrymen, I thank you.
We meet to-day in accordance with the time
honored custom of political parties sines the
foundation of this government." There is no
thing new in this assembly. We meet as our
fathers met before us; we meet for the high and
holy purpose of taking part in the discussion
of those matters which relate to the welfare of
a government formed and created, and gov
erned by the people. We do not recognize the
fact that anything has occurred or can occur
to divorce the people of Indiana from an inte
rest in public affairs. We do not admit that
the Democratic party is in any manner ostra
cised from a participation in matters of gov
ernment.
Holding the Constitution of my country in
my hand. I declare that this is a lawful as
sembly, lawful in purpose and lawful in act.—
In this great document I read that it is an in
alienable right of the people peaceably to
assemble and ask for a redress of grievan ,
ees. No sadder grievances ever beret the
children of men than those which afflict the
people of the United States at this time. Con
fusion and disorder darken the sky ; the very
earth is laden with the sorrow of our people;
the voice of woe and lamentation goes up from
every portion of our distracted country ; the
angel of death has spread his wings on the
blast, and there has been no sacred blood
spriukled upon the door posts of our homes to
stay the hand of the destroyer. It is in Duch
a time, my countrymen, that we meet accord
ding to the plain precepts of the Constitutio n,
to ask the administration to redress those gm=
vanoes which bear so heavily upon us, and re
turn speedily to the policy inaugurated by the
fathers of our government—that policy which
made us a happy, united and fraternal people.
Such being our objects, who shall tell us we
shall not meet ? Where is the power that shall
interfere with, or prevent us from peaceably ex
ercising our plain constitutional rights? I,
for one, plant myself upon the Constitution of
my country ; it is the rook on which I built
the °hunk of my political faith, and the gates
-of hell shall not prevail against it.
Having thus peaceably assembled, according
to the plain precepts of the Constitution, we
are met, however, at the threshold by an issue
which we cannot avoids—an issue which it is
out of our power to ignore for a single moment.
We are met with a plain, palpable and auda
cious denial of the liberty of speech. And
when thus met what shall we do ? What shall
we say ? I turn again to the Constitution—
to the rock on which the Temple of Liberty is
built—and ask, what does that Constitution
say ? What it says, you, fellow-citizens, and
I are willing to do. It is the rule of our con
duct, and we know no other. It is a safe guide
in all cases ; it •leads us over no uncertain
grounds ; it has been tried.
' The Constitution is all we want; we will
have it as it is, without any addition or sub
stractions, When I am met with a denial of
the right of free speech, I will come to the
Constitution and ask what it says. It pays
that Congress, which is the only legislative
power known to the government, shall pass no
law abridging the freedom of speech or of the
press. Thus smith the book. Let that be
true though all the world be a liar. If the
Congress of the United States cannot, under
the Constitution, pass any law interfering with
the freedom of speech, can anybody else do it?
No. This is the house of my refizge. Hither
we will come for safety ; we will lay hold of
the very horns of the altar, and in the name of
American Liberty, and with a firm reliance
upon a just God, bid defiance to our perse
cutors.
I tusk that this book may speak again in our
favor. It says that the Constitution and laws
of the United States, which shall be made in
pursuance thereof, are the supreme law of the
land. There is, there can be no higher law
than the supreme law. You cannot go above
it. You cannot escape this conclusion. One
of the perilous evils that now unhappily beset
us as a nation consists simply in this fact, that
years ago a. party arose in the country pro
claiming to the world a higher law than the
Constitution. I tell you that in my judgment
he who proclaims that doctrine, and in the
next breath swears to sustain the Constitution,
is perjured in the sight of God and man. The
Constitution is the supreme law. It provides
for the maintenance of these great rights of
freedom—free speech—a free press—and who
shall take them away from us?
Yet, my fellow citizens, in the face of this
fact, we have been told, here in Indiana, not
merely that public discussion was in general
terms prohibited, but we have been told what
particular measures of public policy we shall
not discuss. lam not going to descend into
particulars upon this point, but I will tell you
this, that the Democratic party will discuss the
tax bill and the revenue policy ; (for yotrhave
the money to pay ;) it will discuss the confis
cation act, and the President's emancipation
policy. These measures affect the best inter
ests of the white man, and peace and security
of the Government for generations to come,—
To discuss them is our undeniable right. I
plant my feet upon the Constitution, and
solemnly declare, in behalf of myself and the
Democratic party, that we will never surrender
to any power on earth the right to discuss all
these measures, which bear so fearfully upon
our dearest interests. We will discuss the
President's compensated emancipation policy.
We will discuss the right of this Government
to put its hand into the pocket of the laboring
white man for the purpose of freeing the negro.
We will disoues the conscript set. We -wilt
discuss the policy of every law that is now or
may hereafter be placed upon the statute book.
Those , of them that are, in our judgment,
wrong, we will ask to be repealed. We will
test their constitutionality in the courts. In
short, we will do all that our fathers have done
to assert onr manhood and freedom ; to demon•
strata to the world that we are not the degen
erate sons of glorious sires. If we are to give
up these privileges at the bidding of a despot,
let us hide the race of the Goddess of Liberty
in a funeral veil, deceive the world no longer
with the semblance of freedom, but accept at
once the name of despotism, and wear the W
hir of slaves.
Do we propose. as Demoerats, to do anything
wrong? Do we love our country the less that
we intend to assert the heaven-given right of
free discussion ? No, as for me, so help me God ;
it is because I love my country more. What
is your country and mine ? I have no country
outside of the provisions of the written law.
Mr Lincoln and his Cabinet constitute nor my
Government. They are merely public servants,
to be held responsibhi for their acts, by an in
telligent, an honest, and a patriotic people
Am I, in making these declarations, preaching
to you doctrines subversive of the principles
and precepts of the fathers ? Let. me ask you,
in all candor, does it not seem Wonderful that
I may at this moment be talking myself into a
prison by uttering these ancient sentiments of
liberty ? It sometimes seems to me as if a
fevered dream had come upon this country,
and as if, after a while, we should wake up and
find that we had simply been plagued with a
hideous and oppressive nightmare But we
look around us to day and the sun is shining,
the air is blowing ; all is real, and yet in the
midst of all this reality, and in the nooa of the
nineteente century, we are assaulted with this
most terrible, pernicious and aelormstive here
sy—this denial of the right of a people of a
free government to control and manage that
government for themselves.
What does the Democratic party propose to
do ? It purposes, by the help of God, to pre
serve this Constitution. The Constitution made
our Union ; without it the Union would never
have had an existence. It brought your Sti.tee
together; it, and it alone, held them together
for more than eighty years, and it. alone can
bring them together again It is the only
power that can restore the Union. We are
constantly told that it is incumbent upon us to
do everything in our power to restore the
Union. We are ready and willing—yea, we
are anions to do anything and everything but
what is wrong, and a wrong can never restore
the Union. The right, however, can, and that
we propose to do The Democratic party will
take, its stand upon the eternal, immutable,
ever-living principles of right, and of constitu
tional liberty to do right by truth nod justice,
and leave to a righteous Goo to shape the con
sequences in the future. If this Union is ever
to be restored, it will be done by doing right
—by preserving the Constitution, the bond that
made it. This is my only hope for my coun
try, I follow it as the children of Isreel fol
lowed the pillar of aloud by day and of fire by
night. It, and it atone, wilt held us through
the wilderness of war, and blood, and desola
tion ; and if it. is preeerv. d. the time will come
when the sky will cle.ir away,and in a brighter,
better and happier land, we will look back upon
this scene with proud satiefaction, as we reflect
that we did not bow the hose IA the hour of
trial to base tyranny and lawless usurpation.
In the meantime, whit do we expect ? Do
we look for ease and comfort ? Do you, to-day,
expect. me to tell you of en WY way Lea haven
of safety, where these troubles and dangers
shall tie more beset and eglict us ? If you do,
I cannot gratify you. . You are not to repose
on flowery beds of ease while others in times
past fought to win the prise of freedom and
!ailed through bloody seas. We may suffer.
Some of us may languish in a prison and in
PRICE TWO C
chains ; we may feel the iron festeririg in our
flesh, because we assert our rights as freemen.
We can afford all this ; but we cannot afford to
live one day or one hour beneath a sense of
personal abasement and disgrace. A man can
die, and his memory be crowned with the bene
dictions of mankind; evergreens may grow
about his tomb, and the lips of generations to
come may bless him. A man can' die in a cause
like this without grief or sorrow; but to pro
long life at the expense of liberty and self-re
spect, is what a proud race cannot and will
never do.
There has never been a time in my experi
ence when it was so easy to determine what
was right and what was wrong. The mark is
broad and plain between the two principles.
The path of duty is plain before us. The
voice of past ages comes to us appealingly in
this crisis. The ages in which generous, high
minded men have suffered and bled for the
maintenance of their unalienable rights, im
plore us in this hour of trial not to falter on
the plain, bright and shining pathway of con
stitutional liberty because we hear the clank
ing of chains.
As I remarked before, it is not my purpose
on this occasion to discuss in detail any na
tional policy measures merely, but to allude to
these few plain and general principles which it
was due to myself, and due to my country,
to the gallant and glorious Democracy of the
State of Indiana, should be uttered in your
hearing.
One man there would have been in our midst
to-day an invited and an honored guest, one
whom you all expected to see and hear upon
this occasion, but that he has fallen, a little
sooner perhaps than the rest of us, a victim to
the base usurpation which has taken the place
of popular rights and the Constitution. I
should feel that I was guilty of injustice to a
gallant, a bold and constitution-loving citizen
of America, did I fail to utter, in the name of
the Democracy of Indiana, my solemn protest
against the tyranny which places Clement L.
Vallandigham within the walls of a prison.
My countrymen: Our proceedings here to
day will, I trust., be characterized by prudence,
firmness and justice. Prudence consists, in
times like these, in a bold adherence to truth
and right. I invoke upon this meeting the
spirit of good for our State, the spirit of peace
for our people, the spirit of union for all the
States of America; and I trust in my heart of
hearts that the result of your deliberations
will conduce to the prosperity and glory of the
whole people.
The Committee on Resolutions, by their
chairman, reported the following, which were
adopted amid intense enthusiasm:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, It was declared by our fathers,
that to secure certain inslienahle rights,
among which are " life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness," "Governments are inati•
tuted among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed !"
And whereas, In obedience to this principle
in the Constitution of the United States, " to
establish justice and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity," they
divided the powers of the government into
three departments, Legislative, Executive and
Judicial, and ddclared that all legislative
power therein granted should be vested in a
Congress of the United States :
And whereas. Legi3lation is "law making"
power, and law is a rule of action by which
Men - ebaTi b - e•gorered:
And whereas, The people of Indiana in their
Constitution reaffirmed such divisions of gov
ernmental power, and " to the end that justice
be established, public order maintained, and
liberty perpetuated," they declare that " all
power is inherent in the people," and " the
military shall be kept in strict subordination
to the civil power:"
And whereas, The Constitution of the United
States provides that "Congress shall make no
law * * abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press, or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and to petition the gov
ernment for a redress of grievances !
And whereas, In accordance with this de
clared right and long-established usage. we
have this day assembled respectfully and earn
estly, as become freemen, to present our views
to those in authority; therefore,
1. Resolved, That the people are the source
of all political power; that officers provided
by the fundamental and statute law, are their
servants to carry out their will as expressed
in those laws; and that when any one of said
servants assumes to act without the previous
sanction of such authority, he ceases to be the
servant of the people, and is striving to be
come their master by making his mere behest
a law unto them.
2. That it is the duty of every good citizen
to obey the Constitution of the United Stares
and of this State, and laws passed .in accor
dance therewith, whilst they remain in force;
but it is their right—not a mere privilege but
a BIGHT, to temperately, candidly, and freely
discuss, not only the la we, but the acts of those
of their servants who may have passed, or may
be in the administration of those laws.
3 This is the necessary result of the fact
that the people are the source of all power.—
They must freely discuss, that they may pro
perly determine whether a law is a bad one
and ought to he changed, or whether it is right,
but wrested from its meaning and wrongfully
administered by those in authority, and there
fore mitt unfaithful servants should be legally
set aside.
4. Whilst constitutional guarantees, among
others the right of free discussion, of appeal
to the courts as against unconstitutional laws
and illegal nom of resort to the' legislative
power to abrogate bad laws, of removal of oh:
noxious officials through nn untrammeled, un
corrupted ballot. box. remain inviolate, it is the
duty of the citizen to aid those who are right
fully in authority in all lawfull proceedings ;
but, if these rights are set at naught by their
official servants, the people may assert their
inherent sovereignty and assume the powers
thus being abueed.
6. To uphold these great and inalienable
principles of liberty, one general rule should
govern those who frame laws, those who are
entrusted with their adniibistemion, aed the
great. body of the people, being those upon
whom they operate ; namely, the golden rule
of right.
6 The violation of this rule by disobedience
to properly enacted laws should be punished ;
its disregard by the flagrant assumption of un
authorized power and performance of unjusti
fiable acts by the servants of the people should
meet with their stern rebuke.
7. In view of these great truths, we hereby
proclaim our fixed and irrevocable condemna
tion of every attempt to make laws by Execu
tive authority alone, or by mere orders of Lbw
representing the military, the subordinate arm
of the government. And we indignantly de
nounce the result of such fl great usurpationi
as the set of military tyranny, to wit the ar
rest of twin's of Indiana and sister Statile
that are in obedience to the Constitution.
8 That the day has arrived when our official
servants are setting themselves up above their
employers, the people, and have two wars upon
their bends—one against the rebels of the
Hauth—the other against the Coneticutioniand
those who attempt to uphold it. in the North.
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In the first named, the Democracy have poured
out. their blood and treasure at the call of the
administration; in the second, they are upon
the side of the Constitution, and are being per
secuted by illegal arrests and imprisonment
for opinion's sake even "unto strange cities"
and loathsome beadles.
9. Martial law is no law but the will of the
military officer proclaiming it, within the lim
its in which be has a sufficient force to main
tain absolute power. In a State or district of
country where the public enemy has no foot
ing, the people are not in rebellion, nor an
armed insurrection prevailing, there is no legal
authority in any military officer, high or low,
to substitute his will for the civil laws and the
operations of the three co-ordinate departments
of the government.
10. That the attempt to suspend civil rights
—among them the right to make inquiry as to
the cause of arrests and imprisonment, by the
writ of habeas corpus—,in territory loyal to the
Government, is such an act of usurpation as
demands and receives our merited condemna
tion.
11. That the Democratic party of Indiana
are now, as they ever have been, attached to
the Constitution and the Union, and are wil
ling to make almost any sacrifice to maintain
the former and preserve the latter. We hold
that there can be no treason in submission to
the Constitution and the laws made pursuant
thereunto, until they are constitutionally re•
pealed or judicially declared void; and a peo
ple who do this and cannot or dare not main
tain and exercise the right of advocating the
repeal of bad laws and the change of a policy
which they believe to be wrong. are slaves ;
and if the idea of treason and slavery is right,
we are resolved neither to be traitors or slaves.
We will submit to every law passed pursuant
to the Constitution as long as all constitutional
means of redress are left open to our free exer
cise, including free ballots, free speech, free
press, and an untrammeled judiciary; and we
pronounce every effort to take away from the
people these means of redress, by military
orders and arrest, or otherwise. a flagrant
outrage against the rights of a free people.
- 12. We denounce the members of the Legis
lature who, by the abandonment of their seats
and failure to discharge the plain duties im
posed upon them, were guilty of a violation
of their oaths, and we fear will bring discredit
upon the State; and we declare that the Gov
ernor can clear himself from complicity in that
crime only by taking steps to prevent repudia-
13. That the arrest of Hon. C'ement L Val
landigham, of Ohio, for no other reason but for
the exercise of his right of free discussion,
has been received by the Democracy of Indi
ana with feelings of just disapprobation, as
another evidence that the first and most sacred
right of the citizen has been stricken down in
his person; and wr send to that gallant tri
bune of the people the sympathy of his Demo
cratic friends in Indiana, who, though assailed
at home by kindred oppression, are yet pre
pared to stand firm by him in hi adefense of the
sacred right of constitutional freedom.
14. That we hereby reaffirm and endorse
the resolutions adopted' by the Democratic
St ate Convention which assembled in this city
on the 80th day of Jnly, 1862.
The Convention, remarks the Sentinel, has
assembled and adjourned. Its history is writ
ten. Citizens from all parts of the State have
bad the oppertunity to witness .an exercise of
arbitrary power. Indiana to-day is as com
pletely under the military'rule as France, Rus
sia or Austria. There is no necessity for such
a sate of things. A large portion of the peo
ple are willingly bowing their nuts to receive
the yoke of despotism. But the men who on
the 20th inst, and daily are justifying and ap
plauding the assumptions of power, will yet
feel the iron tread of a despotism which will
not only deprive them of personal and consti
tutional liberty, but will consume their sub
stance like a canker.
The Convention and proceedings have their
lessons for all. Never before was a more
glorious spectacle witnessed than the vast as
semblage of freemen called together to EMU
cis their constitutional rights. They met
together to peaceably petition their represen
tatives for a redresi of grievances. But there
was a dark shadow to the scene. Either the
exhibition of military power was an evidence
-that the liberties of the people have departed,
or else the men and the party which instigated
and justified such proceedings will become the
by-word and reproach of every good and true
and patriotic citizen. The issue is upon the
country, and the men of property who have
let the tigeriloose may yet feel his claws—may
learn that "curses like chickens often come
home to roost."
The rule of violence has no respect for per
wins. To-day its vengeance may be directed
to one side, to morrow it may turn upon its
friends of yesterday. There is no class of
people in this country, who, ever learning, are
not by their own judgment able to comprehend
a knowledge of the truth. Experience may yet
teach them their Folly.
THE OUTRAGE ON THE HUNTINGDON
We have received from Mr. Owen, editor of
the Monitor, the following account of the recent
outrage committed upon his office. We trust
the Democrats of Huntingdon will soon re
establish the paper on a better foundation than
it was before, and guard it after it is re-estab
lished. Our sympathies are with every suf
ferer in the cause of the Constitution and
Union. We have for tyrants only bate and
defiance.
To the _Editors of the Patriot and Union The
office of the Monitor was entered on the 20th
init. by a mob and its entire contents destroyed
and pillaged. As some time will be required
for the restoration or re-establishment of the
Monitor, I desire, through your journal, to
inform the Democracy and other law-abiding
citizens of the State, of the leading ineidents
of this outrage. This act of vwlen. e was in
cited, organized and aseitited by the anarchists
of the place, while a gang of drunken soldiers
was made the instruments of their coward We
and treachery. The conspiracy was organized
for weeks previous, but it was agretd to wait
for the return of the ' , nine months' men" in
Order to shirk responsibility and talsify the
character of this Abolition brutality.
The 126th regiment, which bad a large re
presentation from this county, returned on the
196, audwlts tendered a reception on the 20th.
During, the morning of that d'y the citizen
conspirators were busy incensing, and in fur
!dolling liquor to the desperate characters of
_the regiment. A gang thus incited entered my
office and declared their iutep#oll, la destroy
the office., I asked why they were going to
"destroy it 'They gave the reason that it was
a copperhead office, and that We had called .
them a mob. 'rosy retired ,to th e stree t
and shouted for others to dome and assist
them. They again returned and repeated the
same threats with the same reason,. I as
sured them that they were mistaken, showed
them our paper. assured them that we had not
sposen disrespectfully of them, and that we
bad looktd upon them as friends and with re.
MONITOR.
HUNTINGDON, PA., M 7 26,1863