COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT,
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISES.
IjEVI JL. TATli, Editor.
TO HOLD AND TRIM TUB TORCH OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'Ell THE DARKENED EARTH."
TERMS : 92,00 PUB ANNUM.
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VOL. 16. NO. 22.
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1862,
VOLUME 26.
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K 25 if mil .i I it within 11m j first six mouths.
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CT. No eulncrlptlnn t.lKun lor less than sit months,
ai no paper.dlscmitinucd until all arrearages shall havu
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BALTIMORE LOOK HOSPITAL
fiSTAOLlSHKU A3 A IUTCOU I'llOM QUACKERY.
The Only Place ichete a Cure can he
Obtained,
DR. JOHNSTON Inn discovered the mou Certain,
fpsedy nnd only Etfeituut K i 1 1 1 . I y in tliu Woild
lor ul I private Diseases, Weakness of tho Hack or
Limbs, Stricture", Atl'i'tllons of tliu K idur) 4 anil Mail
4r Involuntary liischnri,'cs, luipotcur-y, (ii'iicrnl lie
lllty, Nurrousuess. Ilyspcpsy, Languor, Low Spirits
Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart, Timidity.
Tremblings, Iliiiiuuss of Sight or filddihcss, Hlsoatu of
tliu Head, TI1ro.1t, Nosi or akin, All'trUon of the Liver
Lungs, Stomach or Unwell those terrible Disorders
uriiitic from tlig Sulltary Habits of Vouth those skiiikt
nnd sjlilary prnitlcus mure tnlal to their iitlrnri tlinn
ths song of dyrens to tlio .Marines of t'lysscs, blight
ing tbsir uioit brilliant hopes or anticipations, render.
Ing marriage, &c. impossible
Y O U N O .M H M
Especially, who havu become the victims of Solitary
Viee. that dreadful mid diMructivu h.ibil which 1111 n 11 -ttlly
sweeps to an ontimi'ly fcrnve thousands of Yniiui;
AUnof the most exulted talents and brilliant intellect,
who might olherwisu have entrant i I listeuihi; Senates
with tin thunders of eloquence 01 waked to cc,ln-y the
Uring Ijrs, may call with full couildeiuu,
SI A It K 1 A (1 n.
Married persons, or Young Men rnntemplaMii,- mar
ritg, being ownru of physical weakni sa, organic- deiibili
I, deformities, &c., speedily uireil
lie who places himself under tlio earn of Dr. Johnston,
may religiously conlliln In his honor ns a L'cutleuicn, and
eNufldenlly rely upon his skill us a phj slriau.
VIOAKIO W E A K N 1! H U
tumedUlely cured and full vlgur restored.
Thie Distrusting AllVi tiuu w lili h renders life nils.
orabls aud marriage impossible is tin- penalty paid by
th victims of impruper indulgi-iin'. Voting per
s.ns am too apt to oomiult excess from not being
awaro of the dreadful consepK-ui that may ensue,
Now. wlm that iiiidcrMan Js the mbject will pre
'tsud to deny tlul thu power of prot-reatiou is lost sooner
by those falliu? into Improper habits than bj the priideul.
Ussides beini! deprived of thu pleasure of healthy oil'.
prlags, the itiol serious and deniruitive symptiuuH to
'bath body and mind arise. The system becomes dernu".
4 ; ths physical and mental dilutions weakened, loss
uf procreattve power, nervous lrntability, Dyspepsia
falpitatlou of the heart, lndi!otion, eouslltutiolial ile
llitr, a wastini; of the frame, Cough, L'ousumitiou,
4cay and death.
OmCE, Nip." POIJT1I ritl.DI.IlirK STKIUIT.
Ifl haud side goiut; from Baltimore street, 11 few doom
tCruui til. corner. Tail not toobser 1 e name and number.
.titers must he paid and contain a stamp. The Doc
lUr's Diplomas limij in Ills "Hire.
A OUU B' Vf A It It A XT i: D IV TWO DAYS
MO MI.KlU.tY OH NU'.IMJUH DHUUS.
nn, joii.wro.v
tlerubcr f ths Royal l'ill iij-i of Surjirfina, London.
Q raduata from oim of the mot rmuieul L'ollpes of the
Cuitod States, mid the en-ater part, of whose lif? has
bsen spent in the fust Hospitals of Dondon. ParW, I'hil.i
ilslpbUaatl elsewhere, has eif.cted so.ne of the unt as
iinislilu2 cures tint were ever known; many troubled
with ringing in ths head iiml cars when asleep, irrent
n.rvousuess, htiuK alarmed at sudden sounds, and hash
fuluess, with fn'iiiciilMuNliin;!, attended sum, times w 1II1
4eraiiguieiit of uiiiul. ,veru cured iiumediately
T A K U I'A I! T I C II I. A rt x 0 T I C K.
.M A II It I A 1; n,
I)r, J. addresses all tkos who have InJ'ire.l tle inselve
ky improper iuilulf ence and solitary habits, ubiiliru
In both body and mind tiling them for either busi-
ess, study, society or in.irrinc".
Tlieio are some of the sad and milaiichnly clfects pro
duced by early habits of youth, lf,i Weakness of Hid
Hack nrul Limbs, l'aiu in thu Head, Dimness of iMj.'lit
I Att of Muscular lower, Palpitation of Hie II. art. Ills
pepsin, Nervous Irratabillt) . D -rancemeiit of the Ditres
live functions, cucral Debility, Kyuiitouis of Consump
Hon, Slc '
MKNTALLY. The fearful ellects on thu mind am
much to be dreaded, lens of Mnuur , t'onfusmu of Id, 11 s
Utprcsilou of the Spirits, livil I'orelioiliugs, Aversion
1 Society, self-diiilrust, luvu of solitude, Tiuut), i.c,
ar some of the evils irodureil.
Thousands of persons of all agea can now jude;e wliat
Is thu cause of their dei liniiii: health. Loosing tliejr
igor, becomins weak, pale and emanated, Im in',' sin
gular nppearnnc about tile eyes, cough and hyiiiptuius ot
Consumption,
Y () 11 .V II M n .V.
Who hav Injured tlinioi Ives by a rertalii praetlee
indulged ill when nlnne ahahit frequently learned frniu
vil companions, or at school -the eifeits of w ttii.li aro
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured renders
marriage impossible, and destroys buth mind ami body,
should apply immediately.
What a nitty tliatayiniug man, thu hope of his rnunlry
and the darling of his parents, should bo sniitihed fioui
lilt prospects and ruloynteuts of life, by the cnne'Ui 11.
ret ef deviating from the path of nature, mid iiiduliriaej
in a certain secret habit. Win h persons ML'ST before
contemplating
rerloct that a 10111111 mind mid l.ody are the most lie
cessary requijities Id pronn tu c onmiMal happiness
'Indeed, withnul thce the Journey thrniie,li life becomes
II weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darkens tn
the view, the mind becomes shadowed with despair k
filled with the melancholy rell-ction that tliu happiness
of another becomes blighted Willi our own,
i) I s n a s 1: o 1' 1 m p it t; n i: x c i:.
When thuniisgiiideil and iuipriiileut votary uf pleasuro
finds he lias imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it
too often happens tint an ill timed sense of tliniuu or
ilrnad of discovery deters hint from applying to tho-u
who from education mid respectability can alone befriend
liiin, delaying till thu constitutional symptoms of this
horrid disease makes their nppearance, such 11s ulcerated
sort) throat, 'diseased nose, nocturnal, pains in thu head
1111.I limbs, dimness of sight, dsnfiiets, nodus on the shin
hones, ana arms, blotches 011 tbo head, face and t'ltremo
tirs, progressing with rapidity, till ill last thu palate of
the mouth and bones of the n-e fall u. and the victim of
thisdeseusa becomes a horrid objectof cominisseriiticu
4111 death puts a period to his dreadful Miil'eriugs, by sen.
ding him to "that bourne from wheiicu no traveler ru
.turns." It is a nclanckol) fact that thousands fall victims tn
ihis tcrrlldu disease, owing to the unskillfillfuess ofig
sioranl pretenders, who, by the use of that Deadly I'oi
iOK, .Utrcur), ruin the constitution and make thu rci
olue of life miserable.
BTRANC I'. It H
Trust sot your, lives, or health, to Hie earn of the ma.
ny Unlearned Dud Worthless Priteiiders, deslitiilo of
.knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. JouiiFton's
Advertisements, pr style themselves, in the now spapers,
regularly Educated Physicians incapable of Curlng.they
keep you trilling mouth after mouth taking their filthy
snd poisunus compounds, or ns long as the smallest fee
ran be obtained, and in despair, Ivnvu you with ruined
.health tu sigh over your gailliug disappointment.
Dr, Johnson Is tlio only Physician advertising.
His credential or diplomas alwa) hang 111 hisotlicu.
His remedies or treatment are unknown to nil others,
prepared from a lifu spent in the great hospitals of l'u
toft, tho Urst in Ibis co.intry and a miro retentive Pri
va( Vrae'ict than any other Physician 111 llm world.
. INDOUSUMKNT CU' THU PllUffS.
Th many'tljousands cured at this intltutinn yenrnf
tsr year, aod.tbo numerous luipn-nnit Burgjenl Opera
tions performed by Dr. Johnitnu. w itnes-ed (y tint re
porters of the "Sun," "Clipper," and many other papera
notices of which have appeared again and again before
th. pnblic, besides his standing us a gentlemen of char
acter and rerpouiibility, is a sullicieut guarantee to thu
afflicted.
SKIN DISUARRS CPRCDII.Y CUItl'l).
Ttrsont writing should Im particular in directing their
latUrs to bis Instltutinn, in the following manner .
.mrtf. J0ll ,M. JDIINr-TON, SI. I),
Of the naltlmnro Lock Hospital tlaltimnre, .Mnryland.
Jap 18, U63, l.Marrli 17, Jefil.
TINWARE Si STC)rE SHOP.
TUT, undersigned resprclfully informs his old friend
and customers, that he has purct-arcd Ins limbers
i nteroit In the above establishment, and I be concern uils
Jieresfter be conducted by liiniielf excluivivcly.
lie nas just rcceiven omt otters lor s.ue, lue iarg
1 est and most rilnisive assortment of FANCY
STOVES ever introduced into this market,
llii stock consists of a romnletn assortment of
aha best txwKing and parmr stoves in trie marKei, ingciii.
..r with Btove Futures of every description, Oven and
Box Btovos.'iladiators, Cylludar ("loves, (Just iron Air.
Tight slivei, Cannon r?toves, tc. kc. Klovepipo and
Tinwars constantly nn hand and manufarlurud tn order.
.Ail kluds of repairing done as usual, on thort notice
Tfcx pstrncui's of old (risnds and nsw futtomsrs re.
jieetMly seltcUd A M KITLBT
ISeoiutburg, November 3i lfCO if
Original Pofitiy.
For Hit Columbia Democrat,
Pootry for tho Pooplo.
My country, 0I1I my country, what means all this
strife I
Who put brother against brother, to tako each other's '
me 1 4
What caused tills commotion who kindled up this
1)107.0 t
That caused other nations with wonder on Us gaze.
Why is lamentation In tho laud of Washington mid
Jackson t
Who Instigated doctrines that arrayed section og-ilnst
section !
Who said there wns no danger, and soothed us with a
song,
That VThero was nobody hurt," or "nothing going
wrong."
Who said let us try It. and in nnn short year,
Wewill show you, "the machine," how nirc'y wjcan
steer i
"Labor will rewarded," the poor will u rev-re,
No Negroes coming North, with us to lnterfmu
Wo Iiae waited all tho year, for the "Miixincm to
iomk,"
Instead of which dttolation is brought to every home,
.Mothers wailing for their eons sisters for their broth
ers,
Fathers for their children, nnd maidens for their lov
ers. Are these the "gooi lltnei preiniic(l"ut from stamp and
from Press.
(iod snve tin from the party that has caused so much
distress :
That lias burdened us with taxes accumulating fast
er which twenty generations will not seethe last.
The duty of the Peon.K, every man ought tu see,
Is to remove from ofliec the powers that b"
Iteplacethe party In power that made us rich mid great,
Ami for this sarred privilege w omniously await.
As JrrrEitsov succeeded Mami, so then it will be,
.Men imprisoned for opinions saku must beset freui
Thu Constitution and thu Laws must ai-aln be roetored,
And all "higher law motives," forever bu ignored.
Then farewell to the party, that worship the black man,
(lidding, Sumner and (irerley with Hie rest of your clan :
Farewell to Itrpullitanum, nn everlasting farewell I
WuTl sink jou so low you will lose thatfuul smell.
Molition and kvectiton must forcer depart,
In iew of w Inch let the Ptoi'Le take heart,
And banish the tttremtn fronu very public trust,
And fill their places with mi-.n who arc just,
I Cambra, July, leGJ. O.MLA,
ragaiMMIIlsl islllrniiijmnfi . ,
National Affairs.
The President's Appeal
TO TUB
BORDER STATES.
1 Tho Representatives ami Senators of tho
IJordcr Slavoholdinij States having, by
s-pecial invitation of tho President, been
convened at tho Ksecutivc Mansion on
, Saturday morning last, Mr. Lincoln ad
j d leased them as follows, from a written
paper held in his hands.
Gi:ntli:man: After tho adjournment
of (JoiigrcfcS, now near, I shall have no op
portunity of seeing you for several mouths,
believing that you of the IJordcr States
hold inoro power for good than any other
equal number of members, I feel it a duty,
which I cannot justifiably waive, to make
this appear to you.
I intrnd no reproach or complaint when
I assure you that, in my opinion, if yeuall
had voted for the resolution in the gradual
emancipation message of last March, the
war would now bo huhstantially ended.
And the plan therein proposed is yet ono
of the most potent and swift means of end.
ing it. Let tho States which are in rebel
ion .'cc definitely and certainly that in on
t- vent will the States you represent ever
join their proposed Confederacy, and thoy
cannot much longer maintaiu the contest.
Jiut ou cannot divest them of their liopo
to ultimately have you with them so long
as you show a determination to pcrpatuato
the institution within your own States.
Beat them at elections, as you havo over
whelmingly done, and, nothing daunted,
they still elixim you as their own. You
and I know what the lever of their piwcr
H. Rreak that lever before their faces,
anu itiey can siiauo you no more torevcr. 1
Moat of you havu treated me withkiud
ncss and consideration, and 1 trust you wilt
not now think I improperly touch what j'k
exclusively your own, when, for tho sa'
of tho wholo country, I ask, ''can yo: ,
for your States, do bettor thau to tako tho
course I urge ? Discarding nmctitio and
maxims adapted to more manageable times,
and looking only to tho unprecedentedly
stern facts of our case, can you do better
in any possible cvcnt'i" You prefer that
tho constitutional relation of the Stales to
tho nation shall be radically restored
without disturbance of tho institution j and
if this were dore, my wholo duty in this
res-poet, under the Constitution and my
oath of office, would bo performed. Rut
it is not done, and wc nro trying to accom
plish it by war. Tho incident of tho war
cannot bo avoided. If tho war continues
long, as it must, if tho object bo not sooner
attaiucd, tho institution in your States
will bo extinguished by mere friction and
abrasion by tho more incidents of tho war,
It will bo gone, and you will havo nothing
valuable in lieu of it. Much of its voluo
U gone already. How muoh better for
you and for your pooplo to take tho Btep
whioh at once shortens tho war, nud so
cure mbstantial compeiifation for that
which is sure to bo wholly lost in any oth
er eyent! IJow much better to thus savo
tho monoy which elso wo sink forevor in
tho war ! How muoh bettor to do it whilo
wo can, lest tho war ere loug render ns
pecuniary unnblo io do it ! low much
better for you, no seller, nnd tho nation
as buyor, to sell cut and buyout that with
out which tho war could ncvor havo been,
than to sink both , tlio things to be sold and
the price of it in cutting one another's
throats '
I do not speak of emancipation at once,
bat of ti decision to cmancipato graduali.
Room in South America for colonization
oan bo obtained cheaply, and in abundance
and when numbers shall bo largo cnou h
to bo company and encouragement for ono
another, tho freed pooplo will not bo bo
reluctant to go.
1 am pressed with a difficulty not yet
mentioned ono which threatens division
among thoso who, united, nro none too
strong. An instance of it is known to
you. General Hunter is an honest niau.
lie was? and I still hope is, my friend. I
vnluo him nono tho less for his agreeing
with mo in tho general wish that all men
everywhere could bo freed Ho proclaim
ed all men free within certain States, and
1 repudiated tho proclamation. Ho ex
pected morogood and loss hurin from thu
measure than 1 could believe would follow.
Yet, hi repudiating it, I gavo dissatisfac
tion, if not offense, to many whoso sup
port tho country cannot afford to lose.
And this is not tho end of it. Tho pres
sure in this direction is still upon mo aud
is increasing. Ry conceding what I now
ask, you can rolicvo mo, and, much more,
can relievo tho country in this important
point.
Upon thoso coudsidcrations I have again
begged your attention to tho message of
March last, Reforc leaving the capitol,
consider and discuss it among yourselves.
You aro patriots and statesmen, and ns
such I pray you consider this proposition ;
and, at the least, commend it to tho con
sideration of your States and people. As
you would perpetuate popular government
for the best people in tho world, I beseech
you that you do in no wise omit this. Our
common country is in great peril, demand
ing the loftiest views and boldest action to
bring a speedy relief. Once relieved, its
form of government is saved to tho world ;
its boloved history and cherished memo
vies are vindicated, and its happy future
fully asmrcd and rendered inconceivably
grand. To you, more than to any others,
the privilege is given to assnrc that happi
ness nnd swell that grandeur, and to link
your own names therewith forever.
At the conclusion of these remarks
souio conversation was had between the
President and several members of the del
egations from tho Rordcr States, in whioh
it was represented that these States could
not bo expected to move in so great a
matter as that brought to their notice in
tho foregoing addiess, whilo as yet, the
Congress had taken no stop beyond the
passage of a resolution, expressive rather
of a sentiment than presenting a substan
tial aud reliable basis of action.
Tho President acknowledged the force
of this view, and admitted that the Rordcr
States wore entitled to expect a substantial
plcdgo of pecuniary aid as the condition
of taking into consideration a proposition
so important in its relations to their social
system.
It was further represented, in the con
ference, that the people of tho Rordcr
States were interested in knowing the groat
importanco whioh tho President attached
to tho policy in question, whilo it was
equally due to the country, to the Presi
dent, and to themselves, that tho represen
tatives of the border slaveholding States
should publicly announce tho motives un
der whioh thoy were called to net, and tho
considerations of public polioy urged upon
them and their constituents by tho Presi
dent. With a view to such a statement of their
position, tho members thus addressed met
in council to deliberate on tho reply thoy
should make to the President, nnd as the
result of a comparison of opinions among
themselves, thoy determined upon tho
adoption of a majority and a minority an
swer. yational Jntclliencer.
Roply of the, Jlnjurily.
The following paper was accordingly sent
to the President, signed by tlte majority of
'ho Representatives from the Border Slayo
'. aiding States :
Washington, July 11, 1802.
.' 3 the 'resident : I
Tho undersigned, Representatives of
Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, and Mary '
land, in the two Houses of Congress, have i
listened to your address with the profound ,
sensibility naturally inspired by tho high1
source from which it cminatcs, the earnest
ness which marked its delivery, and the
overwhelming importance of tho subject
of which it treats, Wo have given it a
most respectful consideration, mid now
lay before you our response. Wo regret
that waut of tinio has not permitted us to
mako it moro perfect. :
We havo not been wanting, Mr. Presi
dent, in respect to you, and in dovotiou to
the Constitution and the Union. Wo havo ,
not been iudillorent to tho groat difficul
ties surrounding you, compared with which
nil former national troubles havo boon but
as tho summer cloud ; nnd wo have freely
givin you our sympathy and support. Re- j
pudiating tho daugcroua heresies pf f-ho
secessionists, we believed, with you, that!
tho war on their part is ncgressivo and !
wicked, and tho object for which it was to
bo prosecuted on ours, defined by your
message at thooponiug of tho present Con
grcss, to bo such ns nil good men should
npprovo, wo havo not hesitated to voto nil
i supplies necessary to carry it on vigorous
! ly. Wo havo voted nil tho wen and moucy
j you Jiavo aaked for, and even moro ; wo
have imposed onerous taxes on our pco
I plo, and thoy aro paying them with cheer
fulness and alacrity ; wo havo oneouritged
enlistments, nnd so nt to tho field many of
our nest men ; and borne of oifr number
, Lave offered their pcrsou3 to tho enemy as
pledges of sincerity nnd devotion to their
couutry. Wo havo done nil this under tho
most discouraging circumstances aud in
tho face of measures most distastoful to us
and injurious to the intcrojti wo rcpresont,
nnd in tho hearing of doctrines avowed by
those who claim to bo your friends most
abhorrent to us aud our constituents. Rut,
for all this, wo havo never faltered, nor
shall wo as long as wo havo a Constitution
to defend and a government which pro
tects us, Aud wo aro icady for reuowed
efforts, and even greater sacrifices, yea,
any sacrifice, when wo aro satisfied it is
required to preserve our admirable form
of government and thu priceless blessiu"s I
ot constitutional liberty.
A few of our number voted for the res
olution recommended by your message of
tlio Oth of March last; tho greater por
tion of us did not, and wu will briefly
state the prominent reasons which intlu
oncod our action.
In the first place, it proposed n radical
change of our social sysiein, aud was
hurried through both Houses with undue
haste, without reasonablo time for con
sideration and debate, and with no time at
all lor consultation with our constituents,
whoso interests it deeply involved. It
seemed like an interference by ihis (Jov
criinient with a question which peculiarly
and exclusively belonged to our respec
tive States, on which they had not sought
advice or solicited aid. Many of us
doubted the constitutional power of this
Government to make appropriations of
money for the objects designed, and all
of us thought our (iiiaccs were in no con
dition to bear the immense- outlay which
its adoption nnd faithful excecution would
impose upon the National Treasury. If
we pause but n moment to think of the
debt its acceptance would have entailed
we arc appalled by its magnitude. The
proposition was addressed to all the
States, and embraced the whole number
of slaves. According to the census of
18G0 there were then very ne.trly four
million of slaves in the country ; from
uatuiu 1 increase they exceed that num
ber now. At even the low average of
three hundred dollars, the price fixed by
the emancipation act for the slaves of this
District, and greatly below their real
worth, their value runs up to Ihe enorinus
sum of twelve hundred millions of dollars;
and if to that we add the cost of depura
tion and colonization, at one hundred
dollars each, which is but a fraction more
than is actually paid by the Maryland
Colonization Society, we have four hun
dred millions more ! AVc aro not willing
to impov-e a tax on our people sufficient
to pay the interest on that sum, in addi
tion to the vast and daily-increasing debt
already fixed upon them by the exigencies
of the war; and, if we hail been willing,
tho country could not bear it. Stated in
this form the proposition is nothing less
than the depuration from the country of
sixteen hundred million dollars' worth of
producing labor, and the .substitution in
iti place of an interest-bearing debt of the
same amount !
Rut, if wc arc told that it was expected
that only tlio States wc represent would
accept the proposition, wc repectfully
submit that even then it involves a sum
too great for the financial ability of this
Government at this time. According to
the census of 1800
Kentucky had
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Missouri
Tcnnesseo
225, -190 slaves.
87,188 "
400,867 "
1,708 '
11 1,005 "
270,734. "
Making in the whole 1,100,112
At the same rate of valua
tion these would amount
to S308,Sa3,G00
Adtl for deporttntion and col
onization S1U0 each 110,244,533
And we have the enormous
Mini of S178,078,:i31
Wo did not feel that wo should bu justi
fied in voting for a measure whioh, if car
ried out, would add this vast aniouut to
our public debt, at a moment whon the
treasury whs reeling under the enormous
expcnoitures of tho war.
Again, it foeuied to us that the resolu
tion was but the annunciation of a senti
ment which could not or was not likely to
bo reduced to an actual, tangible proposi
tion. No movomunt was then made to
provide and appropriate tho funds required
to carry it into effect ; and wo wcro not en
couraged to believe that funds would bo
provided. And our belief has been fully
justified by subsequent events. Not to
mention other circumstances, it is quite
sufficeut for the purpose to bring to your
notice tho fact that, while tho resolution
was under consideration in the Senate,
our colleague, the Seuator from Kentucky,
moved au amendment appropriating S500,
000 to tho object therein designated, and
it was voted down with groat unanimity.
What confidence, then, oould wo reasona
bly feel that, if wo committed ourselves to
the policy it proposed, our constituents
would roup tho fruits of tho promiso held
out ; and to wliat ground could wo, ns fair
men, approach them and challongo their
support
Tho right to hold slaves is a right ap
pertaining to all tho States of this Union,
Thoy havo a right to cherish or abolish
the institution, as their tastes or thtir in
turcstb may prompt, and no ono is author
ized to question tho right or limit its en
joyment, And i;o ouo liua moro clearly
affirmed tht.t right than J'ou havo. Your
inaugural address does you great honor in
this respect, and inspired tha country with
coulidonco in your lairucss aud respect for
tho law. Our States aro in the enjoyment
of that right. Wo do not feel called onto
defend the institution, or to affirm it in ono
which ought to bo cherished ; perhaps, if
wo wcro to mako the attonipt, wo might
find that wo differ oven among ourselves,
It is enough for our purpose to know that
it is a right ; and, so knowing, wc did not
sec why wo should now bo expected to
yield it. We had contributed our full
shnro to relievo tho couutry at this tcrriblo
crisis; wo had done ns mueh ns had beou
required of others in like circumstances;
nnd we did not sco why sacrifices should
bo expected of us from whioh othors, no
more loyal, wero exempt. Nor could w
sco what good tho nation would derive
from it. Such n sacrifice, submitted to by
us, would not have strengthened tho arm of
this Qovcrnmout or weakened that of tho
enemy. It was not necessary ns a plodga
of our loyalty, for that had been manifest
ed beyond the reasonablo doubt, in every
form nnd at every placo possible. There
was not tho remotest probability that tho
States wo represent would join in tho ro
bclliou, nor is there uow ; of their elect
ing to go with the Southern section iu the
event of n recognition of tho indoponeenco
of nny part of tho disaffected region. Our
states are lixeu unalterably in their reso
lution to adhcro to and support tho Union;
iney see no saicty tor tuemscives anu no
nope tor constitutional liberty but by its
preservation. They will, under no cir
cumstances, consent to its dissolution ;
and wo do thorn no more than justice when
wo nssure you that whilo the war is con
ducted to prevent that deplorable catastro
pho thoy will sustain it as long as thoy can
muster a man or command n dollar. Nor
will they ever couscnt, in any event, to
uuitc with the Southern Confederacy. The
bitter fruits of tho peculiar doctrines of
that region will forever prevent them from
placing their security and happiness in tho
custody of an association which has incor
porated in its organic law tho seeds of its
own destruction.
We cannot admit, Mr. President, that if
wc had voted for tho resolution in the
emancipation message of March last, the
war would now bo substantially ended.
Wo arc unable to sec how our action in
this particular has given, or could give,
encouragement to the rebellion. The res
olution has passed, and if there bo virtue
in it, it will be quite as efficacious as if we
had voted for it. Wo havo no power to
bind our States in this respectby our votes
here ; and whether wo had voted tho ono
way or tho other, they arc in the same con
uition ot ttccuom to
provisions. No, sir
accept or reject its
the war has not boon
prolonged or hindered by our action on
this or any other measure. Wc must look
for other causes of that lamented fact.
Wc think there is not much difficulty, not
much uncertainty in pointing out others
far more probable and potent in their asen
cics to that end.
Tho rebellion derives its strength from
the union of all classes in the insurgent
States, and whilo that Uuion lasts tho war
will never end until they aro utterly ex
hausted. We know that at tn
0 lncepilOU
of these troubles Southern society was di-
vided, and that a large portion, perhaps
a mnjority, wore opposed to Secession.
Now the great mass of Southern pcop'c
aro united. To discover why thoy are so
wo must glance at Southern society, and
notice tho classes into which it has been
divided, and which still distinguish it.
Thoy are in arms, but not for the same
objects ; they arc moved to a common cud,
but by iliflercnt and even inconsistent rca-
son. J. no loaders, wno comprehend
what was previously known as the State
Rights' party, as is much tho lessor class,
seek to break down national indepindeuco
I and set up Stato domination. With them
, ,-. l-i im . . .1
ii is a war against nationality, -inc oinor
class is fighting, as it supposes, to main
tain and preserve its rights of property
and domestic safety, which it has been
made to bclievo are assailed by this Gov
ernment. Tho latter classs are not disu
uniooists per se, they aro so only becauso
thoy have been made to bolicvc that this
Administration isiuimioal to their rights,
aud is making war on their domeilic insti
tutions. As long as these two classes act
together they will never assent to peace.
Tho policy then to bo pursued Is obvious.
Tho former class will uevor be reconciled,
nut tno latter may ne. itemovo tlieirap
prehensions ; satisfy them that no harm is
.1 1 .1
intended to them nud their institutions
that this Govorumeut is not making war
on their rights of property, hut is simply
defending its legitimate authority, and
they will gladly return to their allegianoo
as soon as the prcssuro of military domin
ion imposed by the Confederate authority
is removed from them.
Twelve mouths ago both Houses of Con
gress, adopting tho spirit of your mcssago,
then but rcently Bent in, declared, with
singular unanmjty, tho objects of tho war,
and tho country instantly bounded to your
sido to assist you in carrying it ou. If tho
spirit of that resolution had been adhered
to, wo arc confident that wo should bofore
now havo soeu the end of tliis deplorable
conflict. Rut what have we seen ? In both
Houses of Congress wo havo heard doo
trines subversive of tho principles of tho
Constitution, and seen measure after mea
sure, founded iu substunco after tvosc doo
trines, proposed nud carried through, which
can havu no other effect than to distract
and divide loytil men, aud exaspcrnto and
drive st'tll further fro. in us mid their duty
the pooplo of the robolioi)s States. Mili
tary officers, following these bad exam
ples, havo stepped boyond tho juat limits
of their authority in tho sumo direction,
until in teveral instances you have felt tho
necessity of interfering to nrrcst them.
And even the passago of tho resolution to
which you rofcr lias been ostontatiously
proclaimed as tho triumph of a principle
which tho people of tho Southern States
regard as ruinous to thorn. Tho effect of
these measures was foretold, and nmy now
bo seen in the indurated stato of Southern
feeling.
To theso causes, Mr. President, and not
to our omission to voto for tho resolution
recommended by you, wo solemnly believe
wo are to attribute tho terrible oarnestness .
of thoso iu arms against tho Govorumeut, I
and the continuance of the war. Nor do
wc (permit us to say, Mr. President, with
all respect to you,) agrco that tho institu
tion of slavery is "tho lever of their pow
er," but wo aro of the opinion that "tho
lever of their power" is tho apprehension
that the powers of a common Government
created for common nnd equal protection
to tho interests of nil, will bo wielded
against tho institutions of the Southern
States.
There is ono other idea in your address
we feci called on to notice. Aftor stating
tho fact of your repudiation ol Gen. Hun
tor's proclamation, you add :
"Yet, in repudiating it, I gavo dissatis
faction, if not offenco, to many whose sup
port tho country cannot afford to lose.
And this is not tho end of it. Tho pros -(
sure in this dirootiou is still upon mo and
is increasing. Ry conceding what I now
ask you can relieve me, and, much more,
can relievo tho country in this important
point.''
We have anxiously looked into this pas
sago to discover its true import, but wo
arc yet in painful uncertainty. How cau
wo, by conceding what you now ask, relieve
you and the country from tho increasing
presauro to which you refer ? We will not
allow ourselves to think that tho proposi
tion is, that wc consent to give up slavery,
to the end that the Hunter proclamation
may bo let loose on the Southern people,
for it is too well known that wo wouli not
be parties to any such measure, aud wo
have too much respect for you to imagine
you would propose it. Can it moan that
by sacrificing our iutercst in slavery wc
appease tuc spirit tliat controls that pres
sure, cause it to bo withdrawn, and rid the
country of the pestilent agitation of tho
slavery question? We aro forbidden so to
think, for that spirit would not be satisfied
with the liberation of soven hundred thou
sand slaves, and ceaso its agitation, while
three millions remain in bondage. Cau it
mean that by abandonine; slavsry in our
otates wo are removing tuc pressure from
' 3'u aud the country, by preparing for a
seporation on the liue of the cotton States?
Wc aro forbidden so to think, because it
is known that we arc, aud wo believe that
you are unalterably opposed to any divis
ion at all. Wc would prefer to think that
you desire this concession as a pledge of
our support, and thus enable you to with
stand a pressure which weighs heavily on
you and the country. Mr. President, no
such sacrifice is necessary to secure our
support. ConGnc yourself to your consti-
i-unsiiit auiuuiii.y ; uunuuu your suuoiui
i nates ivithiu tho aamo limits ; conduct this
j war solely for the purpose of restoring tho
Constitution to its legitimato authority;
concede to each Stato aud its loyal citizens
their just rights, and we aro wedded to
you by indissoluble tics. Do this, Mr.
President, and you touch tho American
j heart and invigorate it with new hope.
You will, as we solemnly belicvo, in due
timo restoro peace to your country, lift it
j irom a uesponueucy to a tuture or glory,
and preserve to your couutry men, their
piosterity and man, the inestimable trea
sure of constitutional government.
Mr. President, wc havo stated with
frankness and candor tho reasons on
which wo forbore to voto for tho resolution
you havo mcutionend; but you havo again
presented this proposition, aud appealed
to us, with an earnestness and eloquence
which have not failed to impress us, to
"consider it, aud at tho least to commeud
it to tho consideration of our States and
: people." Thus appealed to by the Chiof
Magistrate of our beloved country, in tho
hour of its greatest peril, wc cannot wholly
decline, Wo aro willing to trust every
question relativo to their interest aud hap
piness to the consideration and ultimate
judgment of our own people. While dif
fering from you as to tho nccosityot cnian
j cipating the slaves of our States as a means
C .,.:.,.. .1.., Sl.. .nU.lHnn nn,l ,l,iln
of putting down tho rebellion, and whilo
protesting against the propriety of nny ex
tra toiritorial intcrfcrenoo to induce tho
people of our States to ndopt any particu
lar lino of polioy on a subject whioh pecu
liarly and exclusively belougs to them, yet
when ycu and our brethren of tho loyal
States cincciely bolicvo that the "retention
of slavery by us is an obstacle to peace and
national harmony, nnd nro willing 'o con
tributs pecuniary aid
to compensate our
States and peoplo for the conveniences pro
duced by Such a change of system, WO aro , come history, that the leaders ot the Southern rebellion
.in; tt.nt nr. n ol.nll nmiQwl '"ve oll'ercd to abolish slavery amongst thcui as aeon
not unwilling that our people SUalt COllSlU. , diU0I, to fort-ien ialei-cutiuu in favor of their, indopeu.
or the propriety of nuttinc it asido. I denco as a nation.
us i inn jnujjutiy ui jiun.Mfc, .u s v. eiveun s averv tn destroy ihe Union, we
-UUt WO haye already said that WO rC-
carded this rcsolutiou
ns tho uttorCUOC of
a sentiincut, and wo had no confidenco I
that it would nssnmo tho shapo of a tan-1
(jiblo, practical proposition, which would
yield tho fruits of tho saorifioo it requires, j
Our people aro influenced by the pamo 1
want of oonfidonco, and will not oonsidor ;
tho proposition in its prosont impalpable
form The interest thoy are aked to give
up is to them of imraenso importance, and
they ought not to bo expected eveu to en
tertain the proposal until thoy are assurod (
that when they accept it their just cxpec-1
tatious will not be frustrated. We rcgaru
your plau as a proposition from the Nation
to tho States to excrciso nn ndmittcd con
stitutional right in a particular manner
aud yield up a valuable interest. Roforo
thoy ought to consider- the proposi tion it
should be presented in such a tangible,
practical, efficient shape as to command
their confidence that its fruits aro contin
gent only upon their acceptance. Wo
cannot trust anything to tho contingen
cies of future; legislation. If Congress, by
proper and necessary-legislation, shall pro-
.1- A.. 1 1 -I ,1 .
vide sufficient funds, and place them at
yourdisposnl, to bo applied by you to tho
payment of any of our States, or tho cit-
izens thereof, who shall adopt tho abol
ishment of slavery, either Gradual or im
mediate, as they may determine, and tho
expense of deportation and colonisation of
the liberated slaves, then will our States
and pooplo tako tho proposition into care
ful consideration, for such decision as iu
their judgment is demanded by their in
terest, their honor, and their duty to their
wholo country.
Wc ha vc the honor to be, with great ro
spect,
0. A. WICKLIFf E, Chairman.
R. Wilson, J. J. Chittenden,
John S. Caiilile, .1. W. Ckisheld,
J. S. Jackson, II. GitinEu,
John S. Phelps, Francis TuojiAi,
Chas. R. Calvert, C. L. L. Leary,
Edwin II. Wi.nsTER,R. Mallorv,
Aaron Hardino, James S. Rollins,
Garrett Davis, .1. W. Menzies,
Thos. L. Price, G .W. Dunlap,
W.m. A. Hall
Reply of tho Minority.
Washington, July 15, 1802.
Mr Piiesident : Tho undersigned
members of Congress from tho Rordcr
States, in response to your address of Sat
urday last, beg leave to say that they at.
tended a meeting on the samo day tho ad
dress was delivered for the purpose of cou
bidding tho samo. The meeting appointed
a committee to report a response to your
address. That report was made on yes
terday, and the action of tho majority in
dicated clearly that tho response reported,
or ono in substance tho same, would bo
adopted and presented to 3'ou.
Inasmuch as wo canuot, consistently
with out sense of duty to the country, un
der the existing perils which surrouud us,
concur in that response, wo feel it to be
due to you aud to ourselves to make to
you a brief and candid answer over our
own signature.
Wo believe that the whole power of tho
Government, upheld and sustained by all
tbo influences aud means of all loyal men
in all sections, and of all parties, is essen
tially necessary to put down the rebellion
and preserve the Union and the Constitu
tion. We understand your appeal to havo
been made for the purpose of securing this
result. A very large portion of tho peo
ple of tho Northern States belicvo that
slavery is tho "lever power of the rebell
ion." It matters not wether this belief bo
well founded or not.
Tho belief does cxit, and we havo to
deal with thiugs as they are, and not as
we would have them be. In conscquonco
of the existence of this belief, we under
stand that an immense pressure is brought
to bear for the purpose of striking down
this institution through the exercise of
military authority. Tjb Government can
not maintaiu this great struggle if tho
support and influence of tho men who en-
'l . 1 n i
tucr can tuc uovcrnmeut nope tor earJy
success if the support of that clement
ealled "conservat'vj" be withdrawn.
Such being the condition of things, tho
President appeals to tho Rorder-Statoa
men to step forward and show their patri
otism by making the first sacrifice. No
doubt like appeals havo been mado to ex
treme men in tho North to meet us halfway,
in order that tho whole moral, political,
peouuiary and physical forco of the nation
may bo firmly and earnestly united in ouo
grand effort to savo the Union and the Con
stitution. Relieving that such were the motives
that prompted your address, and such tho
results to which it looked, wo cannot rec
oncile it to our sense of duty, in this try
ini hour, to respond in a spirit of fault
finding or querlousness over the things that
arc past. Wo nro not disposed t) seek
for tho cause of present misfortunes in tho
crrors an,i wr0ns of others who now.-pro-
. .P .
poso to uuito with us in a common purposo.
Rut on tho other hand wo meot your ad
dress in tho spirit in which it was made,
and, as loyal Americans, declare to you
and to the world that there is no bncriGeo
that we nro not ready to mako to savo tho
Government and institution of our fathers.
That we, few of us though there maybe, will permit
no men, from the North or from the Bomb, to go i-irther
than we in tho accomplishment of the ureal worr. be
fore us. That In order to carry nut these views, we
shall so far as may be in our power, ask the people of
the llorder flutes, calmly, deliberately, nud fairly to
consoler your recommendation. We arc I No more em.
boldoncd tn assume this position tmru thu tact, now be.
' can kUrcly ask our people to consider the qucilioa
; of einaacipation to save tho Union
With Pre m respect your obedient servants,
John W Nort-l, Bsm'tL S Cait.
(iLOKUCP Fisiur, A J Clkmemts,
Wu. CIIkw.v, JscouU Bhis.i
W r Willi,
BQT At Stormstown, Ccntor county, a
number of hogs having lately died in a
strange and unaccountable manner, it was
fouud upon examination that thoir Btom
achs oontained bits of a copy of the Now
York 'Iribunet
BSj-Goneral Pope has been made, a
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Readier General in the regular army