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AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
" To bold and trim tlio torch of Truth and ."Wave it o'er the darkened Earth."
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QneDoIUr &, Scvculj'-fivc els, In adyqnc
LEVI L. TATE, )
HBdi(or, I'uMlshtr & Proprkior. S
WkoL. XXI-NO. 22.
' pIBIA DEMOCRAT,
rUUMSIIEU BVCUY SATURDAY MOKNINCI,
In Moomsburg, Columbia t'omiJy, Pa.
tOrnon. In the new Utick Building, op
V 1inxit.fi.thfi Kr.r.htinr?e. tin snip nf lite Lrrttrl
' House," Democratic Head Quarters,"
' Tisnus or auuscuiPTiox.
1,00 In mlytinco, for one cony, furcix month).
1 ,75 In nrivanco, for ono copy, ono year.
lt,00 If not p.tiili within tlio first thrco months.
'2.2i If not imi't within tho flrstsix months.
.2,50 If not paid within tho year.
41D" f mibuription tnkon for less than tlx months,
od no pupur lluoutluoJ until nil arroaragcsshall
bavo buonpald.
ftlD-Ordlniry aJrortlscrnonts Inserted nnd Job
work executed tit tho ostnbllshod price!.
gBALTIHOUU LOCK HOSPITAL
DOCTOR JOHNSTON.
JmilE founder of this Oclobratcd Insti-
WJk. tiiHon,iirTn Hid mofltccrtaliBpprifyi and only
"i cllcctual reinrilfc in llie world for cll'eria for UUlU.
Ptricturcn.tiQininal waekneB, ljni in iho Lolni,
UoiiitltutHnial DeUlity, Irai'oln.cy, Wiokitefa of the
Back nnd Limbs, AlTcclioiis of tlio Kldmyi, l'ulptta
Ion of thti Heart, IHipapBlii, NervoiiB Irritability,
DlncartJ ot tlio Head, Tliront, Nona r Skin, nnd all
Ihof) eriout tmd melancholy lJiiordero arte. ng from
the ilcitrucUvo hatnti of Youth, which dcstroyi hoih
body and mind Thooaecroi and lolittiry pructicui,
ur more fatal to Kuril vlciima than the nong of the
Ujrrcna to Hit! marinea Ulymca, hHghling (tlirir most
brilliant honut of unltcipationit Hindering marriage,
Ate i iinpojible.
f Marriage.
Married pdfponi.nr Youn; Men contemplating mar
rlav, hriiift uwurtt nf phyiticul wcdknfrig, organic do
hlllty, dufurnlilleii, A.c,, alioatd iiiimediatoty consult
Ur (Johnston, and ho restored topcrlect heafih,
lit who pl,cei himaalf under the care of Dr. John
atou nuy rdlptmiity con 11 lie in lit honor as a gentle
iup, audcoiiddntly rely upon iila skill atephyaician.
1 Organic Weakness
imraeditty cured and full vigor restored.
.TMi (itiittdtu is the pen ilty most frequenly pnldfy
tboae whohavu hecoinu the victim of improper IrtiUil i
goncie, Young pnrtunt atu too it.ittu eumiiut ex,
cemfram nui bunur aware of the dreadful comequonce
- miycnsue. Now, wliottuU underslnndi the ub
j4i will pretend to deny thai the powi-r of procrea
nun ii tun Kuunur uy iiiuid lading into imnro
babitithan by the p
rutiuni.
Uedidtts being depr
jiroptr
Ivid Of
Ibefplnaiuro of hvalihy iifTipilng, the inuai serious
tnltdnmucilve iympioma to both body nud mind
rlt the system bueomei, deranged; the physical
' a ii J id u tin I powers weakened, nervous ilctiity, dys
ipsla, palpitation oftlie hearl.iudiKeslion, a wasting
of the ff aiiio cough syinplomaufcoiisuiiijition i.C
KyOiHca N o . 7 tfoiTTii Krkdikk-k St rkbt, seven door f
from IJiHiuiuru street, U.ut cide. up the steps lie
iarilcular Inohoirviuir tli-i N AMU and NUMllKU, or
yiiu wlll mistake the pUc.
4 (Mrt Harrat$d,or no Chargt Midi, in frot One to
- Tko Day i.
'iu mvuuuuy oh NAUriuoua DitUGB uaim.
. I Dr. Johnston,
Mmfir of the, Hoy 1 1 Cottegn of Burgeon i, Iondon
OMdiiaterrum one ortbe mt umineut cullcgeH nl the
, Unit-!.! dlitHf., and tlicgrear rati ofwhose Hie has
tften spuiti in the first UospUafapfLoiidoti .rnriv.l hi
vUd'Ipintt 4 'id elsewhere, Itm eec,td some oT the most
HsWuiihitig c ire that were uveriKnowu; many troub
ili.l with ringing In tie head pnd eats w t-n nslc),
- grat iM'rviiiticis, Loing nlnrmrd at sudden rouixis.
' ml-bisiifMifita, with frvinenl Iduthing, attundca
s.Hntimn with duraiigeiite(itofmiud,wvreeured iui
inudiuUly,
iiK . ul Certain Disease.
ftWhen the misguided ahd ttnprudcut votary ofplcn
iireiinds h i hi iinhibed the suds of thia painhit
iriliuase. It too ufien happens thut au J4Vined settee of
fhama,or dreid nf illi.orey, deters him nun nsnly.
Sing to thuie wh j from education and repectalulity
cau nl'iriu lo-friend him deUying till tho constitutional
ayinptoitn oftis horrid dise&iemnk their appearance,
"uh s ulrorjited sorntbroat, diseased nose, nocturnal
4alnt in' tho hPdd and limbs, dim pesi of sight, deafness,
iindon th) skin bniies, and nms, blotches mi tho
Ud fsco.auJ i:jteiuiJoi. progressing with. fright fu
. JPldiir.till at hit the palate of the mouth or tlm
boniranf tlm uos'tf.tll in.undthe victim of this awful
ditnaie bi'eoiiKS a horrid object of commiMerMion, nil
tath puts a period in his itrfudfulsulleriiigs, by sen.
-Jin? In in to "th-il bourne fr,om .whence nu Irnvt-lcr
omtit." To sucb ttiereftye llr. Johnrtou pl.-d.ffn
j.iioielttn presfvi) tho must envinl.ihle iPrrpev. n..,i
rnm his eitensive practice In the first llospitalji of
,). .4..., "omw, uh trm u,iuucuiiy rrcummcnti n
afij nndspefdy cure, to the unfortunate victim of this
iliorrid disease.
Z Take pajrticxtfar Niticc.
jDr.J addresses alt those Mho have Injured them
pelves by private and improper indutgeiices.
ITlioiunre toif.onf tho sad and melaneholy effects
jirnducsd Uyi.u4y habits of youth, iz : Wenkitcrs of
riQiQA uitu jiiiuru, rjvu in mo neaa, inmnrMoi
High I, Ij'iss of MiMriilar Tower, rntpitatiuu of the
lliarl.Ufspnpsia, Netvous IrratiUlily, Derangement
nine uigestlvo runetlons.Uenerul Uehility.syniptnins
"MKNTAhhV Tho fi-arful efTi-rts unon the mln,i
,aie much to be dreaded, ItQts of Memory, Oonfuiinu of
tiaais. uiorfsnoii or t lie spirits, i;vil 'orthodinns,
Aversion of Society , Timily,ic.(nre some nfthecvlls
.produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now judge
what Is th'i cause of the! r declining henltli . LooFing
- ihoii iui,w5V"initij( vicuk, iuiBnn Binnriaicu( navin
singular appcarAUce about Uie eyes, cough and ewup
Aoina of Consumption,
tDr Johjtston's Invigorating Remedy for
.M Organic. XVpfthnrsit
Any thia great aud,iiupqnan,trcuiedy, wenkneisnfthe
(orgausare specJily cured, nndiull vigor reitoied,
(H'h'iiiaindsof the most nervous and debilitated, who
had l it alt tio,ie. have been Immediately relieved. All
,tjinpBiiiiii3iin iu niitrr iag,i-nysicii diki .Yieniai uts jus
' llflcition. Nervous Irritabillty.TroinhliiiLTsand Wttuk
nss, or uzha'iulnnnftha most Itiirful kind, speedily
Yowie Men
sAfWho hnvolnjiireilthomielvfi by acortiin pr.ictice,
lnalgetl in wlion alonft n liultit fri'quenlly lenrnfil
;rocn i-vit companion, or alncliool Uiui'ircclBOfwIiirli
r;ara ninUtly fulti aven when ailftftp, and ifnit rurrd
rsn-li'M mirrijtfe imoBHililo, niil itcetroys both miml
r.aiJ bJtly, ibouljopply iinmedialtHy
, ,vuai a pujr nmi a young innii, ma nopa ni ma coun
'i.try.nnilihu tlarlingorhiiparcntt.fflioulil be inatcheil
from all proipocti nnd enjoy niei)tf,ofii(o, by llio ennsu.
.qlnec4 of ileviatins frnm tlio patli ofnaturc, ami in
, jiluljiin in acerluln aerret bablt. Such porsoua befuro
eontcmploting
Jt , Marriage
i should reflect I bat a eound mind and bodvare the .mn
nsceiiiryrciuliitieiito promote conunbinl hniipinegii
ta weary pllgrimiKC. the prospect hourly darkens to Uii
.,viaw j the mind bccorooi ah.ldowed villi despair And
, i tl 1 1 o J with the melancholy reflectliin Uiatthc happiness
T.of anolherbefftmai hlirhlcl with our own.
TiOFfiuu no. 7 south prudhrick BT.,naittmoti,Mj
auu runuiUAU urcuAuuna i-&uruunt:ii.
B N . II , Lot no false modesty prevent you, but appy,tm
fadiatelreltherttertonallvorbyletlcr. ' -
SKiKDiauAuuasruuDii.vuuni;!).
To Stravgers.
The many thousands cuied at tills institution within
I In last 13 yean, cm! the numerous important Buipirnl
Cperations paiformed by l)r, Johnston, witiunjod by
lha reportersol (he papers and many other persons.no
,lleesofwhichhaVe appeared again and Again before
the itubllc, besides his standing as a gentleman ofcha-
.ractcrand responsibility, is a suAiciont guarantee to
-the afflicted.
Take Notice.
N.n, Thereare so many Ignorant and woilhlrsl
.(luacks adrertising Ibcuuelves rhysiciiins. ruining
4'itha health oftlie already mulcted, ihat Dr. Johnston
laeems it necessary lossy, especially 10 lose unac
quBinioa wnn ins repuiaiiun, mti his creuonuals and
dlpiornssalwaysliangtn nis ouice,
rv-TABBNoTica.-.AIUettcrs mnst lie postliaid. and
conialn a postage stamp (or the reply, or noanswer
pewiii seni
,nutly 7 ik.17,
SOMETHING NittYl
? Hall's Young Amci ica Fire Cracker Tistol!
rrtllis is admitted to he the mnsi niuiiiing Toy rvel
-L-olfcied ia A'auaz Ameiiea. suitable for alltimas a
.J.yan It jnakea a repfrl equal to the common 1'ltlol,
nnu carries abaii witli Hie same precision lor ten pacts,
.though not wiih loice enough to kill, making it tho
only (heaD and harmless nialol for targel Dratllee in
rlistenee
xi ecnis ana upward,
rMco,.H per lUO.nisi
iiiu.uuu soiu in lour wutiapi nviau puc
ccordira to the market. Trade
00,plnol., cash on delivery. BcM.t'J
preis to any part ofthu country.
A.. IV. HAM..
Iiifcntorand Bole Manufacturer.
, , 315 Uroadway.JJ. V
A full description, wilh engravings, sent to any ad
dress on receipt nf a pottage staiwn
Flit IS CkAUKUHH coiifctenlly on hand WHUV
vtgenis women a neauui'ii npicinien I'litci runtb y
June 13, !M7-.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COLWY, PA.,
ADDRESS
OP THE
Democratic State Committee
To the Citizens of Pennsylvania :
It 1ms beeri usual for tho flUto Commit
tee, representing tlio Democratic party of,
Pennsylvania, to address the peoplo of tlio '
Stato pending important elections. In con
formity with this usage, which moy bo re
garded as settled and salutary, wc submit
the following address :
Tho Pcmocratio Stato Convention, upon
iho second day of March last, and at its'
rc-assoinbling in Juno, mado nominations
for the offices of Governor, Canal Commis
sioner and Judges of tho Supremo Court,
Wrti. P..n- nn t4-, c r
coming, was namad, after a spirited con-3,
lest, and his nomination was then unani-
mouslv and riM.tfnllv cor.fi.mnd. ' ITn ,,na ,
been long we'll known throughout tho State; ,
has filled a number of responsible und im
portant positions in tho fitito government,
and has established a public character
which strongly recommends him to tho
popular confidence. Wo onnceivo it to bo
a material, qualification for this' high office,
that tho inotttubont shall b well acquain
ted with tho practical workings of tho gov
ernment with tho courso and character of
legislation tho details of. business in tho
several cxecutivo departments and witli
tho publio men of tho Commonwealth, who
have filled, or may fill, tho various posi
tions created by tho (!onstitution and
laws. The contrast, in this respect, bet
wcon our candidate and tho candidates of
tho opposition, is too strongly marked to
escapo general notice, and it is but neces
sary to allude to it t' show tho vaniago
T ground held by our party in tho present
canvass. It may bo asserted that tho Con
vention hajv? named "tho right man for
tho right place," and that their nomination
deserves popular endorsement if regard is
had to qualifications and experience.
It is agrccablo to add, that our candi
date has a solid and reputable character in
private life, and that his inestimable qual
ities hive endoared him to a large circle of
friends who can enter upon his support
with fecliDgs of .enthusiasm as well as with
convictions of duty. Wo do not desire to
draw strongly tho contrast which it is pos
sible to draw, bot.vccu our oandidatc and
his leading opponent. Judge Wilmot has
had a career as a public man whioh has
given iiim notoriety without inspiring con
fidotneo. Impc-rfcctly acquainted with tho
practical action of tho State government ;
without experience in tho legislative or ex
ecutive departments ; with but a limited
knuwlcdgo of publio men and Stato alF.tirs
beyond his imuiediato looajity ho is pre
sented 'jpon a comparatively "remote na
tional issue, and aj tho candidate of a bit
tor .sectional party which received a meri
ted defeat at tho recent Presidential elec
tion. It u not believed that his career in
Congress exhibited any high capacity to
promote tho interests of tho peoplo of Penn
sylvania, and it is certain that his recent
courso in the q$cd ho now holds, been
calculated t'i lower tho judicial chaructcr
hy connecting it with cxtrcmo and violent
partisan disputes
Ninirod Strickland, of Chester county,
was named by tho Convention for Canal
Commissioner, Io needs no recommend-
ation nt our bauds, for his integrity, firm
ness and capacity ar.0 not disputed and aro
widely recognized, It will bo a pleasure,
for thoso who belong to our party and for
all who desiro to consult jit u ess and merit
in bestowing their suffrages, tb givo him
their cordial support.
By reason of iho declination, by Chief
Justico Lewis, of- the re-nomination tend
orcd him by the -Convention, and tho call
ing of Judge Black to tho post of Attornoy
General in tho National Administration,
tho Convention, upon its xc-asscmbliug in
Juno, found tho duty devolved upon it ai-
naming two candidates for tho Supremo
Bench. Win. Strong, of Brks county, a
.distinguished member of tho bar, and form:
.arly a mcmbor of iGongross, and James
Thompson of Krio, also a former .member
of Congress, onco a I'.rcsld&nt Judgo of
tho Common Pleas, an cx-Mcmbcr of tho
Legislature, and a profound and successful
lawyer, wcro snlcoted by tho Convention.
Their loca'ious arb 6uitablo, giving both to
tho East and Vest representation upon
tho ticket, and their learning aud integrity,
will qualify them to tlischargo-tho arduous
and responsible duties of (.ho highcFtjudio
ial position under our Constitution.
Suab. is tho ticket formed by tho dele
gates representing tho J)cmoy:atio patty,
and support of it is' confidently asked in
view of tho .character c.f tho nominations.
Bat confideneb and support aro also invited
upon tho general grouutb of policy and
principle upou which our parly stand.
Oura is no now, untried, vindictive, sectional
or suspicious organization . It has been tried;
it is bold and open in conduct ; it is mag
nanimous, patriotic and natlonil. Founded
moro than a half a century ago by tho
author of tho Declaration of Independ
ence, it has had a distinguished history,
has ordinarily given direction' to the ad
ministration of publio affairs, and plant
ing itself early, and throughout lis vvholo
career, upon a strict construction of tho
Constitution, and a sparing uso of the pow
ers of Government, liny preserved our. A
incrican systenl from degeneracy and failure.
Tho usefulness of organized, parties, is
Bomcuraca ucnicu anu oitoncr aouuicu,
Uu, l,n V,0W ?f L'stn3 faC'3
woU bo questioned lhat'tlwy aro incident
to free governmouls, and anso of noces-
unar. thir Pcr,ltio"- vAn ly,
howovcr, into tho naturo of political parties
and tho causes whioh produce them, can
scarcely bo pxpectcd to constitute tho sub
ject of a fugitivo address. It will bo suf
ficient for present purposes to assert tho
necessity of our party to cheek tho evil
and dangerous influences to which our pol
itical system is liable, and against which
it is impossible that written constitutions
can sufficiently guard. Doubtless cur con
stitutions exhibit thia wisdom of those who
framed them,, and tho amendments to
which thoy havo been subjected have ren
dered them more complete and perfect than
they wcro at first. But a constitution can
only bo an outline for the action of govern
ment, (besides providing for its cstablfsh
ment.) and by construction it may bo made
to mean almost anything the political au
thorities for the time being may chose. It
is a chart given to direct tho vessel of stato
which can havo littlo'cfioct upon tho voy
ago unless tjtoso in command chooso to
faithfully interpret and observe its counse.
A party organization, therefore founded
upon right principles of constitutional con
struction and powerfully and constantly
influencing official action, may bo regarded
as necessary. It is, in short,- absolutely
required to give a just f&i consistent dir
ection to government, Jjoth in cases depend
ent upon construction of tlio constitution
and in cases whero tho constitution is sil
ent. Besides the instability of political
action in republics is a reporoach to which
they havo been often subjected, and is the
objection to which has had greatest weight
with profound and indepent thinkers in the
old world and the now. Hut this insta
bility, ,wlieh arises principally from indiv
idual ambition, tho selfishness of .classes,
and tho fluctuations of opinion, h to a
great cxtoLt checked and prevented by
the prednmiuanco of a party founded upon
clear and bound principles of publio pol
icy, and acting constantly with reference
to ahem.
Now, the Dcniocratio party id simply
tho representative of a school of opinion,
and its creed is given it by thoso who
founded and havo subsequently supported
it. Tho great men who have spoken and
acted for it, and whoso names will remain
prominently upon tho history of tho coun
try, havo been men of stronp, rlear nnd
tsound views of our system of government,
i nnil nf fTin riilpq nrnn toTiTMi !la nrlmtnia.
r v..
tration should proceed. Our parfy is tho
product of .their efforts ; tho instrument for
accomplishing tho ends thoy proposed, and
it remains a monument of their sagacity
foresight aud patriostiim.
Thoy held that over-aqtion in govern
ment was a great evil tho most diffioult
to bo guarded against, 'and thercforo tho
most dangerous nnd'that both within nud
without tho Constitution powerful guards!
against it were required. Proverbial lan
guago convoys the idea in deqUring that
"thC world is governed too much," gnd
that "that government is best which governs
least ;" and philosophical reasoning attains
tho samo result, in concluding, that- gov
ernment, being tho croaturo of necessity,
is, limited, by tho necessities which croato
it, and is not to bo extended boyond then;,
Thd Domocratio party has thercforo held,
arid holds, that Constitution) shall rcecivo
a strict construction ; that government
shall oxcrciso no powors not clearly dele
gated, to it, and that in cases of doubt as
to tho .policy of a particular measure, tho
conclusion shall bo against it, In ghort,
that publio power shall not bo.oxorted, ox
ccpt where u olear warrant aud manifest
utility authorize aud justify it.
Tho powerful ,(cnd wo think salutary)
operation of this doctrino appears' through
out tho history of tho National and Stato
governments, and the occasional depar
tures from it s'.and as beacons to warn, aud
not a3 examples to follow.
To illu:trato our remarks, wo will refer
btiefly to a number of measures of public
polioy horotooro proposed tu tho gonoral j
or btato Uovcrnmcnts, ana upon whioh
uivisions oi opinion iiavo ozmicu among
publio men aHd parties. They will afford
data for judgiug iho valuo of tho Demo
cratic doctrino on .tho subject of Govern
ment powers and polioy, of whioh wo have
spoken.
Fint A Bank creeled by tho General
Government, pwocd, in part by it, nnd
intended for tho regulation of tho curronoy,
'and tb afford facilities of eommoroo and
business. This incasuro was resisted, ond
all recent attempts to re-establish such an
inslitution havo boon put down, upon tho,
very grounds abovo stated.
Second Internal Improvement to be
constructed at tho chargo of tho national
treasury, to facilita.o internal Irado, and
assist in developing tho material resources
of particular sections. No clear authority
for outlay of this description appearing,
and tho manifest dangers ta which they
lead being apparent, tho acliou of th,9
Federal Government on thfa subject has
been lighifully and wisely arrested.,
ydViWHxccssivo duties upon import?,
to tho extent of prohibition upon their
importation, or to tho.produotion of rcvaouo
beyond tho legitimate wants of government'.
Tho federal power of .imposing' duties
being for.tho expressed (object' of Govern
ment support and tho liquidation of public
indebtedness, its' cxcrcjsp for an entirely
different object would seem unwarranted,
and would bo unjust to interests or in
dividuals against whom a dcscriniination
is thus produced. '1 hercforo it is that
against much misconception and tho
opposition of powerful interests, the doctrine
of .limited and reasonable- duties has been
sternly, aud, upon,te whole, successfully
upheld.
Fourth Tho distribution ,of moneys
from the national treasury among tho States,
believed to bo equally uuwarrautcd with
tho preceding measures, and inevitably
tending to the production of speculation
and extravagance in tho Slates, has also
been resisted, and except upou a single
occasion, prevented.
Fifth & bankrupt acjt, dissolving tho
relation of debtor and creditor in a manner
and to an extent unauthorized by tho
Constitution, disastrous to privato rights,
injurinus to morals, and to tho cneourago
mont,mainly,of oue of tho least meritorious
classes of society tho speculator and
spendthrift. Wjth hot hasto and under
the lash of publio opinion, tho very authors
of such nu octjiri 1842 vcr.o coerced into
its repeal.
Sixth Appropriations of public moneys
or lands, to objects of doubtful constitution
ality or ut'rtity, connected with which, may
bo mentioned tho allowance of claims,
insufficiently established or uujut. The
Democratic principle strikes as decisively
at all pri'jcohi for assailing tho treasury,
for an individual, class, or a section, in
tho absence of clear right to justify tho
demand, as it docs, al oter unwarranted or
doubtful measures,
Sivcnth T,tio exercise of jurisdiction
by tho Goucral Government over slavery
in tho territories, to tho exclusion of local
decision thereon. Legislation by Congress
upon slavery beyond tho express require
ment 03 to return of fugitives, is to bo
doubted, and if regard Lrhad to high judi
cial decision, esprcsily denied, as a valid
exercise of power. Aud ilsuexpedicnoy
is yet moro plainly manifest, in view of tho
dangerous disputes which such action inev
itably produces. Most cloarly, thcrofore,
is it to bo deprecated and opposed, upon
, tho general doctrino of uon notion by gov-
eminent in doubtful cases
Eighth 'IUq establishment of corpora
tions,- (cither cxcesfi.vo as to number or
vested, with inordinate powcrsor privileges;
and especially ,fo.r pursuits or business
within tho reach of individual mcaus aud
skill. Under which head is to be particularly
noted, tho chartering qf .banks beyond tho
business wants of tho community, heating
thorn at points without adequate commerce
or exchanges to dfford legitimate occupa
tion, and failing to impose upon them such
guards against ahuso and fraud as are
demanded by experience. Tto recent
resolution on this subject by our Stato
Convention, but iudicatcs tho well consid
ered position of our party nnd its polioy
for tho futuro.
Ninth Tho authorizing of municipal
subscriptions to railroads and other corpo
rate bodies to tho cnoouragqiucnt of spec
ulation, corruption and tho accumulation of
v...t.liA ,1nl,la Tl,rt rwrttin'sitinn nnra Tiofrtrn I
tho peoplo for tho amendment of tho Cop
stitution to prevent tit's in future, i3 but
the affirmanco of tho principlo wo have
becu considering ; for tho decision of ;t
dividcdiCourl in favor of Jegiiltlivc power
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8,-1857.
"to authorize such subscriptions has not
r6moved all doubts, and has left tho power-
lul objection to the system, upon grounds
of expediency, untouched and, irresistible,
SfctfA Tho si)d or surrender by Gov-
ornniont, in whole or in part, of any of'its
constitutional pqwpra confided to it by tho '
people. Tho attempt to do this in tho lato !
net for tho sale of tho Main Lino of tho
nounecd by tho Stato Convention, and has
sinco been pronounoed unconstitutional by
tho Supremo Courf, may bo cited tipder
this head, and deserved that reprobation
which it has generally received:
Eleventh Sumptuary laws, by which
dress, food, drink, cquipago, or other liko
concern of use, habit or fashion, is coerced.
Tho intorforeneo of law in such cases would
seem to bo unuscful, and is of jdbubtful
authority.
Tweljlh Finally, measures dlrcoted
against a class or sect, and intonded ttf
degrado them or limit their oivil privileges.
It is affirmed that neither religious belief
nor birth-place will furnish grounds for"
ostracism' of a denial of common right.
Such aro somo of tho leading measures
upon which political divisions haye. taken
place, and on their careful examination' it
will b,o seen that thoy can all be resolved
into tho general question whether tho pow
cts and abtion of government shall be
cxtonsivo or limited. And if wo should
pursuo tho subject further, this view of tho
fundamcnta). ground of difference between
publio men and parties would bo but con
firmed and strengthened.
Wo arc left then to chooso sides in the
struggle between power and liberty be
tween a government that meddles and one
that abstains between political New Eng
landism and tho Virginia doctrines of 1708.
Neutrality is not possible, for almost every
public question that arises compels us to a
choice between contending parties, and the
schools of opiUion w;liicji they respectively
represent.
It ha3 been fashionable for apostates
from our party to claim that they retained
their piinoiplcs unchanged, and even op
posing parties occasionally advance pre
tensions to tho (fiiti and doctrines .of Jef
ferson. How unfounded such pretensions
arc, whether advanced by npostajo or
party, will appear from considering the
measures of public policy thoy proposo and
support. If wo find them favoring now
projects nf doubtful right or expediency,
contending for extensive jurisdiction for
government, and scoffing at constitutional
scruples as " abstractions," wo may be sure
tbcro aro no disciples of tho philanthropist,
philosopher and statesman who founded
our party, und who .wroto to Edward Liv
ingston as lato' aa 1821, to endorse the
sentiment, " if we havo a doubt rclativo to
any power, wc ought hot to excroiso it."-
Much moro may wo deny their disciplcslp,
if wo -find their measures ooiincctqd wilh
intolerance in religion, proscription of
adopted citizen, or aggressions upon tcrri
torial or state rights, which is manifestly a
true .description, at this moment of tho
parties opposed to us.
Tiio (so-called) Republican party makes
high pretensions and challenges' their ex
amination but thcro oan bo little difficulty
in determining their character aud value,
and assiguing tho party which holds them
its true position beforo-the publio. Espe
cially will It bo a work of caso, to cxplodo
its pretension tp found opinions as held by
former Republioau Presidents, and to bring
it within tho condemnation which thoy di
rected against tho heretical movements of
tho times in which they lived.
Tho rosistaneo made about 1820to tho
admission of Missouri into tho Union, WU3
similar to tho recent conduct of thoro who
misdoscribo themselves us Ropublioaus.
In both cases the proposition was, that
Congress should prohibit slavery in terri
tories (or cayso it to bo, prohibited) prior
to their admission as States, Tho argu
ment against it.was stated by Mr. Madison,
in tho Walsh letters, under all tho high
sanctions which his abilities and his posi
tion as the leading author of tho Constitu
tion, could confer .upon it. And it is as
well established as any historical fact can
bo, that Mr, Jefferson was opposod to tho
Missouri agitation throughout, and to pro
hibittqns of slavory by Congressional coer
clofi &s then .proposed. His celebrated
letter ,to John. IIcluics, dated 2d April,
1820, furnishes conclusive proof of this,
and confirmation of tho fact will !fo found
in other parts of .his published correspond
ence, in his letter to John Adams oi
December 10, 1810, ho says; tbt, "from
,tho battlo qf Bunker L I 11 to.tho treaty of
Paris', wo never had so ominous a, question;
it ovon damps the joy with which I hear
Qf ycur high health and vrc.lcqm.0 mo to tho
want of it. I thank God, I shall not livo
to witness its issue" In a letter to tho
samo, April aad, 1B21, ho stys what
docs the Holy AH'unco in and out of Uon
gross jnfond to do .with Us on tho Missouri
question f And t-his, by tho wy, is but
tho namo of tho case : it i3 only tho John
Doe or Richard Roo of tho ejectment. Tho
roal question, as soon in tho Stales afflicted i
with this unfortunate population, Is, aro our.
slaves to bo presented with freedom and a
daggcr." Ho says to Mr. Monroe, M arch
n icon ii .t ai- n .1
3, 1820-" lho Missouri Question is the
mostportentious ono wnicn.ovor yet tnroat
cned our Union. In tlio gloomiest moment
of tho 'Revolutionary war, I'ncyor had any
apprehension equal to that which X Celt
from this Fource." To Mr, Short, .April
13, 1820 ho writes "Although I had
laid down ss law tq mysolf never to writo,
talk, or oven think of politics; to know
nothing of public affairs ; and had, there
fqr, ceasod to read nowspapcrs ; yet tho
Missouri question aroused and filled mo
with alarm. Tho old sohism of Federal
and Republican threatened nothing besauso
it existed in every State, and united, them
together by tho, fraternism"of party, But
the coineidenco of a marked principle,
moral and political, with a geographical
lino, onco oonccived, I feared would novor
moro be obliterated from the mind ; that it
would bo recurring on every occasion, and
receiving irritations, until it would klndlo
such mutual and mortal hatred as to render
separation prcfcxablo to eternal discord."
Uo says to Joseph 0. Caboll, January 31,
1821" How ,m(tny of our youths, she
Harvard College) now lias learning the
lessons of Anti-Missouri-ism, I know not ;
Jjut a gentleman lately from Princeton told
mo no saw a list ot stuueuw at tutt puce,
and tuat more than halt wcro Virginians,
lliese unit return home no doubt detnlv
impressed uith the sacred principles of the
Holy Alliance of Ilestrictiomsts I" And
to Gen. Urockiuridgo ho writes, February
n, itm. " rito lino ct uimion lately
marked out between different portions of
our confederacy Js gucn as will not soon, 1
fear, bo obliterated : and wo are now trust
ing to thoso wlio are against us m position
ana 2rutcipic,io lasuiuu to mcir own lorm
the minds and affections of our youth. If,
as has becu estimated, wo send three hun
dred thousand dollars a year to tho north
ern seminaries for tho instruction of our
own sons, .then wo must have fivo hundred
oi our sons imbibing opinions and princi
ples in discord tvilh those qf their own
country. 'aVhis canlccr is eating on tho
vitals of our existence, and, if not prrcsted
at once, will bo boyond remedy." In a
letter to Mr. Madison, in rcfcroncc to tho
Missouri question, ho declared that Hufus
King (a distinguished federalist) was
"tcady to risk tie Union for any chance
qf restoring his party to power, and wrig
gling himself to the head of it." On ano
ther occasion, he declared tho question to
bo a mere party trick, " that the leaders
of federalism defeated in their schemes of
obtaining power htvo changed
their tact and thrown out another barrel to
tho whalo. Thoy aro toking advantago of
tlio virtuous tecliUB ot ine people to ftct a
division oj 2aries by a geographical line,
expecting that this will insure them, upon
local principles, the majority they could
never obtain on principles of federalism,'''
And, finally, his letter to Gen. La Fayette,
dated November 4, iojj, contains, hi
judgment of tho whole movement, express
ed with his usual directness and vigor.
Ho says " Tho Hartford Convention, tho
victory of .Orleans, and the peace of Ghent,
prostrated tho namo of fedcraliim. Its vo
taries abandoned it through shame nnd
mortifioation, AND N0V cau. themselves
republicans. But tlic ?iatno alone is
changed, the principles arc the same,"
" On tho eclipso of federalism with us,
thou"u not its extinction, us leaders got
up the Missouri auestipu, under the false
front. of lessening the measure of slaveiy,
BUT Willi THl-i UK AL V113W OF
PRODUCING A GEOGRAPHICAL
DIVISION OF PAKTIES. WHICH
MianT ENSURE TIIE.M THE NEXT
PRESIDENTS Tho peoplo of tho NortI
went blindfold into tho snare, followed their
loaders for a whilo with a zeal truly moral
and laudablo until they became sensible
that they uci;e injuring instead of aiding
ticrcal interests oj the sluvtsl that thrv
HAD BEEN USED MERELY AS TOOLS FOB
i:i.ECTinNRnisa vurtoses; AND THAI'
TRICI OF HYPOCRISY then fell as
quiokly as it had boon cot up, "
This is an admirable description of tho
Renublican nartv of tho present dav of
tb) .causes which led to it, and tho objeots
of its fouptlcrs. 'f bo picture i3 drawn by
tho uanu ot a mastor, and represents ,t(io
features of tho buliject with fidelity and
exactness. Republicanism, being tut a
reproduction pi Missouri agitation, bears
I precisely tho samo description, ond is ob
noxious io precisely iuo samo censure.
ADuV.it is to bo reinarked,' ihqt like its
predecessor it invokes ,tho legislation of
'Congress iu a caso of rank inexpediency
and doubtful powor, pud henco falls within
tho condemnation of tho general principlo
as, to limited action by uovcrnmotit, which
has been a topia of this address.
lint a view of modern Jtepublicanisut
would bo incomplete without some particular
notice of tho features of its career. Without
tracing its early movements tu the orgam
zatiou of Abolition societies the cjrculotioa
VOL. XXI.
of Incondinry matter through tho mails,
agitation by petition to Uongress, clamorous
opposition tq f!jo annexation of Texas, and
to tho prosecution of iho Mexican war, and
tho acquisition 'of territory to which it led ;
it will bo sufficient to nottro souiowhat tho
Wilmj.t Proviso which preceded, and tho
Kansas dispute which accompanied, tho
orgaoizaiion qf the Republican party in its
present form.
Tho Wilmot Proviso was offered in Con.
cress in 1810, as an amendment to n war
mil, and was (briefly ttpsenboti; a proposi-
,0" , P"" wavcry in Mexican lerruory
lo bo acquired. It created contention
wUeh cortiDUa 80mo four years. Tho
national harmony was distributed and the
publio business impeded by it, until, it be
came necessary fop patriotic men, in Con
gress and out of it, to unito their utmost
efforts to rrstoro pcaco and sccuro such
legislation as was absolutely necessary for
the territory in question. Tho Compromise
Measures w.cr.o tbcroforo passed in J800,
and' eventually received iho goneral-oppro'-vol
of tho people. In fact, in 1852, both
the great parties of tho country ondorsod
them in their platforms, and, their wisdom
ond propriety aro not now a subject of
genoraj dispute.
' Tho Territory wo acquired from Mexico
by the. troaty of pcaco tho treaty of'Gaud
oloupo Hidalgo was comprised, of nearly
tho whole now included iu tho Stato of
California and tlio Territories of Utah, and
New Mexico; and tho Proviso, if "it had
been adbptcd, would thercforo bavo had
application solely po them. But thd Proviso'
was never adopted or applied by Congress
to cither. California was admitted into
tho Union as a State with the Constitution,
sho formed for herself without any decision
by Congress on the subject of slavery within
her limits. That was adjusted by herself
in her Constitution, and by her own not
thercforo sho petered the Union as a frco
State. In the acta for tho organization of
Utah and New Mexico as Territories, thcro
woro no provisions prohibiting or- author
izing slavery, but it was expressly provided
that they sjaould eventually como into tho
Unipu with or without slavery, a3 the peo
plo of each should decide, in forming Con
stitutions preparatory to admission. Seven
years have elapsed since theso Territorial
acts wcro passed, and no complaint is heard
against them, nor has slavery been estab
lished in either Territory. It is, therefore,
proveil that tho Wilmot Proviso was wholly
unnecessary to tho exclusion of slavery,
and that tho agitation from 184G to ie50 to
secure its enactment was a thing Qf arrant
folly as well as of real evil,
Thoro stand tho facts 1 no longer to be
prevented or denied, aud they exhibit tho
Proviso agitation In 'its truo character.
Not adopted, it is seen to havo been un
necessary. Productiyo 6f great mischief
to the country in tho contcmionand aliena
tion it .caused, it was a mere abstraction, a
thing neither practical nor Useful.
A desperate attempt was made last year
to carry tho Presidential election upou n
Kausas agitation, iu which the same class
of actors appeared that did in the Missouri
agitation ot 1820 men "ready to risfc the
Union tor any chance of establishing
their party, "and wriggling themselves to
tho, head ot it." But, a just juugtncot was
pron'iuuced upon these peoplo, and their
project, in tlio election of Mr. Uuchanau,
and they will soon bo .obliged to seloct
some other .topic upon w.hjeh to disturb the
. ii , rut... 1 r . . ,t-
puu.iu iruutiuiut) , uuu Mtuggio xur tuu
attajnaiept of power. Their spasmodio
attempts to keep up excitement, without
any practical or useful object. in view, but
simply that they may thrive upon discord
and passion, aro even not reoeived by tho
public with a feeling bordering, very noariy
upon contempt.
1 he American peoplo are practical and
sagacious, ihey will require some prac
tical good to appear iu any movemout to
which they aro invited; and when duo
timo has elapsed for reflection, thoy will
try parties und party measures by tho
standard of principlo and not of profes
sions. The Wilmot proviso was utterly' ex
tinguished by Webster on tho 7th of M arch, ,
1800, in tho demonstration of its Inutility,
and was thenceforth delivered, .over to,
history a3 an imposture ; and approval pf,
tHo Kansas-Nobraska actof 180 J, has been
growing more and moro general. "as itj
conformity to sound principles has been
exumiucdand established. That unneces
sary things shall not be done, and that ihe
citizens, of each political division- of the
country shall determine their local iustitu
ti ins, aro, in fact, propositions so reasonable
and just that it is surprising tbey should
ever have been questioned.
'I hrrc years ago the Domooratio party
of the State choso defeat beforo dishonor.
It stood up for toleration aud equal right;,
against tho passions and prejudices of tho
time, bcoausc constitutional and just prin
ciples idiCUiand,id it. And npw, )utka new
aptpRpnist tho Ucpublioan party it still
stauds in tho path of duty, with its past
courso vindicutcd, and with the Itigucsi
claiins to publio eonfidonco and favor.
Ybile it is nut inonsiblo ,tp idpns of jro
gross aud improvement, and will seek t
apply those litt arejracti'oal and justit
duty as a great conservative organiziip i
toprcstjrve.theprineiplcsjpftho govemnem;
and tho jpstitutiona of tho country from
degeneracy, will not be neglected. Ta
brief, if trusted it wjllbo .true, aud from
its administration pf publio affair, tho
peoplo wi(l roeqivc, as horetorbr,, .tho
''pcaeeablo fruits" of gopd govcrpuie t and
honest rule.
C. It. IJIJOKALIiW, Ctiaiuun
.I.N'll. N. llUTL'lll.N&UN
R, J. Hai.ueman.
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