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BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL
'ESVAIILISIIKD AS A Unt'lJOl" i'KO.M QUACK KltY.
The Only Place, where a Cure can be
Obtained,
DK. JOHNSTON linn discovered tho mot Certain,
Speedy sod only I'llcctual Remedy in tlio World
'fur all private Diseases, HViikncsa of the Unck or
I.imbi, Btrlcturu j, Atl'i-cHuns of tliu Kidiiei and IH.ut
itt, Uvoluntary Discharges, Impotent')', ticiieral lc
'illlty, Nervousness, Dyspcpy, Languor, Low s'irlts
'Confusion of ideas, Palpitation of tliu Heart, ThnuHly,
Trembling., Dimness of Hight or Olddliicss, Disease of
the Head, Throat, Nusu or skin, Atrciliiiu. of tin- I .Hi r
I.uug., rHmniich or llurttla Ihoso torriblo Disorders
'.riling from the Solitary llabil of Voiilli those slciilt
and a.lltary pr.ntici'.i more tntal In tln lr vktiiiis than
Iht .on; of Srt'iis to the .Murines of L'lysscs, blight
I Uj( th'ilr mom brilliant hopes or uiitiiipatioiis, render--tug
marriage, tic. impossible.
V O IJ N O M I! N
Especially, who havo become the victims of Solitary
VIM. that drcadlnl and il'.'f t rucl i n habit v liirh ittitni
ally .weep, to an untimely trail' thousands of Yiuing
M.n of the mot exulted talents uiid brilliant iiili'llcit,
who might otherw isu have riilrtinr.il listening Senates
VitU thy thunders of i do'iuciue m w nked to cc.lay the
living lyre, may tall with full confidence.
m a it n i a ; i:.
Married persons, or Young .Men ciititeinpluliiig m.ir
rlage, being nvturu of physical weakness, organic deablli
ly, deformities, &c speedily cured.
He who place liiiuscll under I he care of Dr. Johnston,
way roliff.tou.ty coullde in Ills honor as a gentlemen, and
wwu fldnntly rely upon his .skill us :i physician.
O 11 U A .V I C W IJ A K H S 1)
'immediately curc.t mill full tlgnr restored.
Till. Distressing AhWihiii vtlilili renders life mis
erable and marriage iiiiio.s.,ilih is the penalty paid by
thu victims of iniprupir indulgi'iici h. ouug pel-
on. am ton upt to commit excess from not heme,
invar, of the dreadful toiisc'iueiiee that m.iy ensue,
Now, w ho that iinderstan.'a the siibji it will pn,
l.ad to deny that the power of pro.-renliou is lni sooner
Ly those falling Into improper habits th in by thu prudent,
feasldes being deprived of the pleasure of healthy nil'
springs, the must serious and destructive .-) mptoius 1 1
bulli body and mind aiiie. Tile system heconii s ilciang
d ; tho physical mi l hi.-iimI luuilii-iis weakened, loss
of proereatlvo power, nirums irntability. ll.vpep-u
talpitatloii of the heart, ludli! tinu. loiislitiitinh.il de.
illty, a watting of the 1'r.iiiie, t.'innjh. Consuinptiun,
U.cay and deuth.
omen, No. t hoi'tii rui:i)i:i:n k stimjijt
Keft liaud ld going from itnltimore utrei t. a Pw doors
from the comer, i'ail not toulis, re uaine anil uuinbt'r.
Letter, uiu.t be paid ami .nnt.iiri u st.iinp. The Hoc
tor'. Uiploinas hang in Ins ohUc.
A U U K E W A II It A X '1' IJ II I X T V 0 I) A Y K
No MKitienv o:t Ni'M's iki ,.s.
Jill. JlHIXSl u.V
Mombor of.tlie Koyal t.'idligu of Surgeons, I.nndnn.
Graduate from onn of thu mo, I eminent Colleges of the
United StatcH.and Hi- greater part of whose In'., has
bticu spent in tha !iri Hospitals ol London. Paris, Phila
delphia and eUenhete, It is ellected Mian- of the lun-,t as
tonishiiig cures in. it weieever iuiowii; many iroiinieu
with ringing in the h 'ad and cms wh o a-leep, gn at
nervousness, being iilarue'd .it sudden sounds, and bash.
-Tallies., with fri".leut blil-hiiig. alt'liileil .sometimes w itll
Uuraugeiiicnl of mind, weru cured iiuiii.'diatHy
T A 1C E 1' A It T I t' IJ I. A It N I) T I (J 11.
M A It 11 I A (! II,
Dr. J. addresses nil tko-e who have Injured tlientsi Ive
ty improper indiilgi lire uiid solitary habit, wluili ru
. In both body and mind, limiting tlmm for either busi
ness, study, socictv or m.n riage.
These are some of th.' sail mi I iindanrlioly elicits pro
luced by early lialuls of youth, Weakness of the
Hack unit l.iuibs, P.n.i in the lleinl, liiinni'ss ( Siuht
Loss of .Muscular Pom er, Palpitation of t'le II .art. II, s
pcp.ia, Xurvous lrrat.ilnlity. I) 'raugemeiit of the Diyes
live riiuctious,jeui-i.il IMjiIiiv, s mplo.u of t.'unsuuip
'Hon, &.r.
.M1INTAI.LY. Tlie fesrf.il eliects on the mind are
much to bodreaded, l.ossuf Mi uiory, Confusion ol' ideas
Depression of the Spirit-, lltil I'on boding", Axersioii
1a Society, self-distriipt. loco ol siditude, Timity, .c,
ara soma of the n lis produred.
Thousands ol persons uf all ages can now judge what
Is the cause uf Hi n del lining health. Lousing tin ir
igor, becoming weak, pale and emaciated. Iruim: sin
gular nppenrnuc uboiit the e es, cough and s) iiiptoms ot
Cotitumtition.
' () I! N (i M U -V.
Who hnvs Injureil thuiselvi s by a certain prjrtlre
Indulged in when iihiiii a habit tre'iu'-ntly K.irio-d trimi
cvii coinpanloiis, or at school the ell'eits of which are
niglilly felt, even when asUep, mid if not rurnl renders
marriage impossible, and dcstin) s buth uiiud Jiid bod, ,
should apply immedi.iK'tj.
What n pllty that a, ouiig unu, the hope of his r puutry
and tho darling of his parents, should bo snatched from
all prospect, nnd enloynieiits of life, liy the coiise'pii n.
cc. ef deviating from the path of lutur", and indulging
in tt-certain secret habit. Sut.li persons musi before
contemplating .
Terl.ct Hint a sound mind mid body are tint most no
Ccssary requlsitles to proinoie connubial happiness
Indeed, with.ut these the joiiuiej through life becomes
ii weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darkens to
nils view; the uiiud bennnes shadowed with despair J;
tilled with the nu'lani lo'l) rellc lioii llial the luppincss
of another becomes blighted with mil own,
mar, a si: iii i si p u u i i: n u ij.
When tho misguided and Imprudent votary of pleasure
And. ho has imbibed thu seeds of this paiuliil disease, it
too often liappeu.th.it an ill timed sense nfrliuiuc or
dread of discovery, deters him fiom uppl nig to thue
who from ediiealioo nud reso'Ltalnlit can alone h.'trieml
him, delaying till the con, iituiiou.il symptoius ofthi.
horrid diseaso ui.ikca their uppear.iuie. miiIi as ulcerated
vore throat, diseased nose, uoituiniil, p,iui. in the head
und limbs, diuiiies. of sight, djiifuess, nudes on thn shin
bones, and arms, blotches on thu head, face and extreme
lies, progrestiug with r.ipidit, ,till at List the palate of
'the mouth and hones of the nose tall in. and the victim uf
this desc.isi) becomes a horrid obiritof cniniuisi'iation
cill denth puts a period to his die.idful siilfi'iings, by sen
ding unu to "that uoitriiM irom wneiice no traveler re
turns," It is a nclinchnly fart Hint thousands fall v I tints to
-this tei'rllde disease, owing to the uns'tillfolfiiess ofig
Jiuraut pretenders, who by Hie lire of Hint Dcaillij I'oi
ton, .Uircury, ruin tho constitution and make Hie rcti
Uue of I it'ii uiucruble.
B T K A N fillUS
Trust not your lives, or health, to the care of the lun
ar Unlearned and Worthless Pretenders, destitute of
knowledge, name or character wlminpy Dr. JouiiFtnn'a
idvertisunieuts, or .tyle theniseli'S,lu the newspapers,
regularly Ldiicnteu niysicians incapnme ol l uriug.im'y
Jt.en vnu trillius moutli after month inking their filthy
-and poisonus compounds, or as long us the similut ice
itsU'1" c"" ,'a obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruined
1 J'J " l" ticilth to slgli over your g.inling disappointinonl.
, c.,,,,1 Dr, John. nu i the only Physician udiortuing.
111. credential or diplomat always hang in lilsoilice.
111. remedies or treatiuenl lire unknown to all others,
' . , nf prepured from a lifii .pent in the great hospitals ot Uu
)E1 i- rope, tho first In thii countiy nud amnro exlennvo rri
totf I'raciirt than any other Physician in the world.
lNDOltail.MIJNT 01 TI1U PUI'ISS.
. , . h Th many thousands cured at this institution year nr
' it i tsr ytiur, and tho numerous important Surgical Opera
, itloiu performed by Dr. Johnston, wilnes-ed by tlm re
1 Ji A porter, of the "r'lin," "Clipper," and many oilier papers
notices of which have appealed again nnd again belnre
'.' tho-public, beside, his btaudlug us a gentlemen ol ihar
Died W'V.or and renonsibllity, is a .ullliiuul guarantee tutlio
1 aitlkiud.
HKIN DISKASI'.S ril'lIUDILY CL'ltlJD.
Person, wrltlnir should he particular Hi direiting their
'IMtcr. tohls In.titiltloii, lit tliu lollowiug inaniie, :
Of the llalllmorol.ock Hospital. iUlllmore, .Maryland.
f11", Jan .8,1.601. (..Marili IT, IfoU.
TINWARE & STOVE SHOP.
nirn nndsrstinieil resiiertfullv Informs his old friend
i I M I I un.l riolnuier.. that hu hu. nuriliascd his hr.lliers
itins r iileicst In the abnvo rhtnbli.hmeut, nud thu concern w il.
ercafler he conducted by hlnuelf exclusively.
l.s"1 '. . 0 lia. Jllll receiveu unu oners i"i i , , 1 v . ' ,
Kit nllll mo. I CXU'UMtu n"m' " .. .-w
a TO V1JS cvor iiitrndiiced into this nurkct.
' in. ct.u-tr Mm.,.!, nf i, loinidetu assortment of
M' hi best (Jooking anil patlnr nloviu in the innil.el. tnguh
rwiihlstovo ruture. ot every description, Oven ami
, .'oxsiovei, Radiator., fyiliiuar Moves,
,e,tha"' gi,t .tov.S. Cannon Stove., if. tit. Stovepipe jud
on V'.' " Inwaro constantly on hand nnd maiiulacliitert to order.
mu i i " at unrjt o reptlllng (lone, as usual, on iu"ii u.-s.
UlacR ' ". Tha patroBiso.o old ftimtdi aud new cut ''' ro'
ran '', nsMtfnlly wrlicitsdL ,t .u auii.iu.
tl.nll'r. ilinf.u,..,r. - n.i ic,-,n -I.
(Jlioicc Poetry.
A Rural Pictm-c.
The roof I. covered with velvet inoas,
And tho rose. over the window null.
And Hie robin is singing her vesper aong
As she flics to her nest in the larch,
A tow of elms before tho door.
And a gontlc rlnpo of tender green;
And abed of mourning violets
Wedged nicely in between.
There's a path that lends to the meadow gat",
And tho meadow bespangled o'er with (lower.,
Where Hie cattle stand ill thu shady brook
Through the sultry noontide hours.
Tho lilies toas their conical bloom,
Covering the ground with their purple-tinged stars
And the sheep troop dow n the hill in llockj,
And blent as they reach the bars,
The phlox flings its clouds of order nway,
And the red-breasted humming bird hums around.
Jarring the stock and II) lug away,
While tho pink leaves fall to the ground. '
Thu nppln trees lire clothed in n cloud of white,
Tinged here nud there w ilha streak of red,
And the brook Hashes nud shimiurs in the gonial
liglit,
While the pebbles repose on it. bed.
Under a group of locust tree..
Tliat&t.iu.l like sentinels, tall ami grim,
The spring gushe. out from a mossy stump
Tliu drinking easel a rusty tin.
Around the spring, so mossy and clear,
Thevloliti lurk, a modest raie,
Hut the wind as it tnssi s the leaves aside
l'ully reveal, their hiding place.
J he w ild grape hangs in festoon, round the spring.
Luring the wasp aud the hrown-coal',c' beo:
While the red bird vvittle.iiud flultersall day
'.Mtnig the bough, of the maple tree.
Thu speckled trout glide througn the cresses that
II oat
On the surface sogl.ny and clear,
And the brow ii-roat,-d iiimking-bird mimic. Hie tun.
Of the songsters faraud near.
n'ayttrilwro llreiird,
Political Address.
Of Till!
Democratic State Central Com
mittee. To the Democrats and all other friends of
the ( onslitulioii and Union in I'cnnsyl
vuniu. The Diiinocnitio State Central Commit
tee address )ou upon subjects of tho gra
vest moment. Tliu life of our bt'loved
country is in danour. Tito Nation wiithcs
under tin) throes of wide spread civil war.
All our patrioti-m ; and our wealth ; all
our phya eal powers ; all of whatever vir
tue exists in the Republic is iuvoked, and
should be promptly aflbuled to save the
National Constitution and the Union of the
States from utter overthrow.
Is there a I'cniylvauian who values
the title of American citizen who reveres
the memory of tho men of the Revolution,
who values civil and religious liberty
wh" abhors anarchy or tlospoti. m or,
who claims to possess a manly, patriotic
heart, that is not prepared to pledge life,
fortune aud sacrctl honor for his country,
in tliit, her hour of greatest ne'etl and per
il None can withhold such assurances of
a jut estimate of tho importance of pre
i serving the existence of our Republican
institutions. Wo approach you with tho
full conviction, that the heart's of the great
body of tho people of Pennsylvania aro
with their country in this groat crisis of
, her destiny ; that all that is needed, to bo
satisfied of a feasible mode of relief and
cxtiieation, and of the most cil'ective organ
ization to combine all the forces that e.tn
be applied to tpeedily and ofi'octually yield
the happy fruits of returned peace und
prosperity.
To clearly iudicato the mode of relief it
would appeaf to be propor to first deter
mine the causo or causes of our pnsjut dif
ficulties. Understanding the causes, it
would seem to bo in the order of ntituro,
that restoration should follow up their re
moval. It is not compatible with the prac
tical efficiency of an address, such as this,
to engage in any elaborate exposition, or
historical account of tho gradual progress
of antecedent causes, that have at last cul
initiated in the dreadful results wc now be
hold. "Wo shall, therefore, necessarily bo
brief, and best discharge our purpose by a
btatcment of facts, whiih you will nil reo
ognizo as correct, and by tho assertion of
propositions and conclusions which wo
maintain, caunot bo successfully controver
ted. The troubles that are uow npon us
aro those that tho fathers of t'li. country
foresaw might arise upon the tlx.., ot pa
triotism, and against whioli tho under
took to guard by tho Constitution of tho
United States, aud tho establishment there
by of what was deemed by them and lifts ;
until recently, proved, to bo tho harmoni
ous action of States and Federal Govern
ment in their refined and just relations to
each other. Washington, in his farewell
address, pointed out these dangers ; aud, j
nbovo all, indicated as tho cvidenco of n
waning attachment for tho Union and as
tho precursor of its fall, tho creation of
' icctionul parties. It was in view of prob
I ablo ollbrts in this direction that ho appeal
i cd to his couutrymcn "io iudignantly
I frown upon tho first dawning of every nt
. tempt to alicnato any portion of our coun
try from tho rest, or to cufecblo tho sacred
, ties which link together tho various parts.'
I Had tho country men of Washington suffi
I cioutly appreciated his patriotio warning,
tho wido-spread civil war that now utllirts
jus would never havo cxi-tcd ; but on tho
contrary, we jdiould, at thii time, under
I Iho fupport which a most bountiful Provi
diif.co is oxtending to us, bo in tho enjoy
1 meat of a degree of proporUy aud happi
ness (we venturo to assert) unequalled in
the history of nations, Most unfortunate
ly, sectional parties havo grown up, beget
ting sectional bitterness ; and already tho
title of Aincriccn citizen begins to pale bo
fore tho invasivn progress of such titles as
Northerner and Southerner.
Years ago men in tho North, then a
vcrv insiunicatit combination, bop-an to
assail our Constitution and our Union, 1
This faction basing its opposition upon a
misguided sentimentality in regard to tho
servitude of the nciro raco in tho South
ern States, and allowing that sentimentali
ty to swallow up all true feelings of patri
otism; nud all duties as citizens, boldly
proclaimed their hostility to tho Constitu
tion and tho Uuion, which thoy rightly
claimed recognized and was pledged not to ,
invade tho control of tho States respective
ly over the institutions of domestic slavery
Disloyal declarations such as "better no
Union at all thau a Union with slave
holders," became the axiomatic dicta of
this faction, then and now (in its formida
ble propirtious) best known as Abolition
ists. Without dwelling upon the progress
and growth of thii faction, it is toolamcut
ably true aud well kuown that proclaiming
through its leaders their chief object to bo
"the ultimate extinction of slavery" it at
tainctl to smcli consequence that tho people
of the slaveholdiug States became alarmed
and began to form counter combinations to
resist tho threatened overthrow of what
they claimed to be rights that were intend
ed to bo sacredly guarded by the Constitu
tion of the United States. At the same
time thoro had existed an insignificant,
and of themselves powerless, band of disu
nionists in one or two of tho slaveholding
States who siozed upon the opportunity
thus afforded by the aRfresiivo action of
the Abolitionists to stimulate thec counter J pie of tho rebellious States; being assured
movements. These efforts wero too sue- that the pledges of tho President and Con
cessful ; and materials too, for such efforts gross would be faithfully observed, would
wore being continually supplied by the t have reluxcd their efforts in behalf of their
success of the Abolitiouists. Abuse and usurping government, and, that the Union
obloquy against tho slaveholder streamed ' men of tho south, and the returning sense
out from tome puljiits in tho North, whore ! of the inastitnablo valuo of tho Union to
the virus of Abolitiouism had been infused. all divisions of population there, would
Retaliatory epithets were cudulgcd in by
pulpits in the South against the Abolition
ists. Church organizations in tho Union
were split into organizations North aud
South. Nominations for tho Presidency
wero made upon issues, iu fainter or
bolder terms, involving the question oftho
existence of limitation of tho area of do
mestic slavery. The decision of the su
premo Court of the United States were
resisted, its integrity assailed, and its re
modelling avowed. These wcro followed
by outbreaks, as illustrated by tho raid of
John Rrowninto Virginia. Meantime the
retaliatory and disunion movements in tho
South, crystalized and proclaimed tho
monstrous here.-y that tho Union was but
auallieucoof sovereign States, and that
any one of its members might in tho exer
cise of an unlimited sovereignty, which
was claimed for it, withdraw from such
union. This heresy was designated, aud
as we all kuow, is familiarly called Se
cessionism, and, under its banner, a great
and formidable party iu tho slave States
was rallied.
Thus were confronted two great section
al parties tho Abolitionists North, and
th?. Secessionists South the very anti -
podes of each other iu their sentiments
they met on the common plattorm ot tin
union Eaoh alike, tended to ovcrthiow
the Constitution and tho Union. Each
alike, are tho enemies of tlio llrpubiie.
i Tho Secessionists, claiming to act from the
apprehension that the threat ''for tho ulti
mate extinction of Slavery'' would be put
I in execution, succeeded by bare majorities
in some cases, aud by tho more efficient
I organization of probable minorities in oth
ers, in procuring tho adoption of ordinau
! ccs of Secession, or for thu withdrawl of
' such States from tho American Union as
, aro now banded uuder tho designation of
'the Confederate States. Obtaining thus.
the formal organizatiou of a government,
, they set at defiance tho Constitution and
the laws of the United States, and under
' took to resist their executiou within the
1 pretended juiUdiction of this revolutionary
government. Tho Cloverumcns of tho
I United States, iu strict accordance with its
' powers, uudei took to enforco these laws
and to demand obedieneo to them armed
I resistance was at ooce inaugurated on tho
part oftho Secessionists, and thus bogan a
rebellion and civil war that has becomo
one of gigautio proportions, and for many
of its characteristics one of tho most formi
! dablo that ever existed among a civilized
people. At its outset, tho appeal was made
to the loyal men of the North to fly to
armu, in order to uphold tho Constitution
and laws, and to maintain tho Union.
! With the rapidity of magie this appeal was
responded to with uubouuded enthusiasm,
and an armed force of 700,000 men stood
ready to obey tho summons to meet tho
foes of tho Uuion. President Lincoln, in
i his inaugural address ho said :
' "I have no purpo?o, directly or indi
1 rcot y, to intorfero with tho institution of
1 slavery in the States where it exists, I
i beliovo I havo no lawful right to do so,
' and I havo' no inclination to do so."
i The Congress oftho United States, im
mediately after tho battle of Bull Run, in
July, 1801
Jlciolucd, that tho present deplorablo
civil war has been forced upon the country
by tho Disuuioutsts of Iho Southern atatcs,
now in arms against tho Constitutional
Government, and in arms around tho Cap
itol; that in this uational omer gonoy
Congress, banishing all feeling of mere
passion on resentment, will recollect only
its duty to tho wholo country ; that this
war is not waged on their part in truy spirit
of oppression, or for any purpose of con
quest or subjugation, or purpose of over
throwing or interfering with tho rights or
established institutions of those States, but
to defcud and maintain tho supremacy of
tho Constitution, and to preserve tho Uni
on, with all tho dignity, equality, and
rights of tho several States unimpaired ;
aud that as soon as these objects aro ac
complished tho war ought to eeaso."
inus tho taith ot tlie President and
vuugi'iss was piuiigcu io every loyat man
in mo xortn tuat ttio war was to Uo car
, riot on for tlio Constitution as it is and tho
Union as it was. Under the inspiration
of this high, patriotic, and holy purpose,
our gallant countrymen havo marched to
tno uattie-ueiu, keeping ften to tlie musie
of tho Union, enduring priv itions and nut-1
ferings that would have utterly appalled
less patriotic and devoted soldiers. Tho
enemy, although massed in formidable
bodies, and supported by an energy, skill,
and munitions of war that eviuced an in
creased concentration of sentiment in be
half oftho rebellion, yet, before the mighty
shock of our arms inflicted by tho sol
diers of the Union they for a time wcro
vanquished ; their forts, towos, and other
strongholds wero rapidly taken, and,
amid the shouts of the exult
ant and triumphant soldiery who had en
listed for tho mere purpose of re-establishing
devotion to, and tho protection of, our
proud national ensign, tho star spangled
banner there again spread out its folds
At the beginning of those successes much
attachment for the Union was developed
among tho people where such cases occur
red. It was hoped and believed that, with
a few nioro similar important blows in
flicted upon the rebellion that its force
lit i . t . . .
wouiu uavo neon spent, anil mat tnc peo
completo the restoration of respect and
obedience to the Constitution and law3 of
the Federal Government. Theso hopes
have not been rea'ized, aud the explana
tion of this disappointment, in a great de
gree at least, ii found in the cvidenco af
forded of a terrible fact that the Abolition
istsin the North aro determined that the
white population of the South shall be ex
terminated or held in subjugation, aud that
our Uovcrnuicnt shall be overthrown, and
tho Union of these States finally and for
ever broken up. Yes exterminate the
i wiiiics oi tuc ooutii, or govern tucm as a
subjugated people, and overthrow tho
Government and deshoy tho Union, is their
purpose. Aim we asK your camuu con
sideration for p. moment, until we present
.to you a few points, from which you will
see that tlie inferonce is irrcsistable that
this is the design of this most disloyal
band.
Tho Constitution and tho Union wero
early regarded by tho Abolitiouists as the
barriers that stood in tho way of negro
emancipation. Hence, such Constitution
was by them denounced as a 'covenant with
death and an agreement with hell.' So
' late as tho 15th of Juno last a
portion of
the members of this baud, at a meeting in
i Massachusetts, passed a formal resolution,
viz :
I Jlcsolverl, That as Abolitonists, devoted
to the great work of overthrowing slavery,
' wo renew aud repeat our old pledge, "No
Union with slaveholders." No support to
1 any Administration or
' permits slavery on any portion
lortion of its soil-
,ly as we believe it
i and we valuo this war only
' must lead to omancipation by order of the
Federal authorities, or to a dissolution of
l tlio Union, which must speedily produce
j the same result.
1 It is unnecessary to even specify the
prominent evidences that, from time to time
havo been afforded that tho Abolitionists
had firmly resolved upon the destruction
of this Government. A few of them aro
found iu the unconstitutional, so called,
Personal Liberty Hills,'' of several State?;
tlio rcprjiited declarations of prominent
party leaders, even iu the last Presidential
canipniyn, (see tho speech delivered by
Frank P Blair, at Franklin Hall iu tho
City of Philadelphia, on tho 2d of Octo
ber, 1H00, ouo week beforo the election,)
iu which ho quoting still higher authority,
declared that tho object of the Republican
party was "the ultimate extinctiou of sla
very." In the avowed determination to
resist tho decision of the Supremo Court of
tho Uuited States, iu the Dred Scott case,
and in such dcclerntion as mado by Sena
tor Wado, "a Union where all men aro
equal, or no Union at all." Acting upon 1
this oiiginal purpose, and upon tho convio-1
tiou that a return to Uongrcss ot senators
and Representatives from tho Southern
States would result in their political over
throw, the Abolitionists in tho lato Con
gress have pursued a policy that has alarm
ed every loyal man in the North, and
forced tho conviction that our gallant ar
mies in tho field, and tho whole nation
wcro to bo thwarted in thoir patriotic pur
poses. Tho resolution above quoted,
adopted by Congress in July, 1601, im
mediately after tho Bull Run disaster, it
was sought to re-alTirui in thuprcsont Coti
gross through a resolution offered by Mr.
Ho! man, of Indiana, in tho lollowiug
terms; -
licboh'edi That tho unfortunato civil
war into which tho Government of the
United States has been forced by the trea
sonable attempt of Southern Secessionists
to destroy the Union, should not bo pros
ecuted for any other purposo than the re-
sjoratiou of tho authority of tho Constitu
tion aud wclfaro of the wholo peoplo of the
United States, who aro permanently in
volved in tho preservation of our present
form of Government, without modification
or change.
This resolution was defeated by a mo
tion to lay it upon the table, made by Mr.
Lovej y, by tho following vote, yoas 00,
nays ua. ji inoso who voted to thus uo-
feat the resolution CO wcro llcnublicans.
wuno every jJcmocrat excepting one, and
evcry IJorder States representative, whose
vote is recorded, voted in tho negative.
In co operation Tith this most signifi
cant declaration, by the Federal IIouso of
Representatives, wo had tho Military
emancipation proclamations of Generals
Fremont and Hunter. Along with theso
wo n ad tuo project of Mr. Sumner, in tho
Senate, to blot out tho State governments
of tlie rebel States, rcduco them to a ter
ritorial condition and to govern them as
such. Then followed various emancipa
tion schemes, and among them the project
of confiscation of slaves nominally , but
really a bill to emancipate them'. Wo
cannot probably butter prove the operation
of such measures upou the Southern mind,
than to quote the lollowiug extract from
the reply of twenty-ch-lit renroseutatives
from tho JJordcr Slave States to President
Lincoln, in reference to his appeal to them j to them, will, with arms in their hands,
to adopt his project, that tho Federal Gov- perpetrate the atrocities of "the indisorim
eminent should aid them with money to imtte slaughter of all ages, sexes, and
pay tho master for his negro upon hi, 1 conditions"' barbarities in warfare of
emancipation, viz : j which our ancestors complained against
"Tho rebellion derives its strength front! Great Britain, who had employed against
the union ot all classes in tho insun-cnt :
Statcs ; and while
war will never end
that
until
union lasts the I
they arc utterly '
exhausted
iir i . , ...
iv o Know mat at tlio incoti-
tion of these troubles Southern society was
uiviucuauu mat a large portion, perhaps
a majority, were opposed to secession
Now the great masses of Southern peoplo
arc united. To discover why thoy aro so
we must glance u southern society
at snimini't coninfv nnri
notice the classes into which it has boon I
divided, aud which still distim-uieh it.
J-hey are in arms, but not for the same
object; thoy arc moved to a common cud,
but by different and inconsistent reasons.
Tho loaders, which comprehends what
was previously known as the States Rights
partV. and is much tlm lrsmi- nlnss. snol.-
to break down uational inilnnninlnnros mirJ
setup State domination. With them it i
is a war ag inst nationality. Tho other 1
class is fighting, as it supposes, to maintain ,
and preserve its rights of property and ,
domestic safety, which it has been made to '
believe arc assailed by this Government. i
This latter class aro i'ot disuuionists per ic;
thoy are so only becauso thoy have been
mado to believe that this administration i
is inimical to their rinhts, and ii makintr
war on their domes' n inst tniinna. Ai,i
long as these two classes act to'-ether, they '
will never assent to a ne.mr. rim nnlmc !
thou, to bo nersucd is obvious. Tlm (nrinm-l
class will nover be reconciled, but the Lit-1
icr may uc. ncmove meir apprehensions, i
may tic. itcmove their apprehensions
Satisfy them that no harm is iutonded to
them and their institutions; that thisGov'
ernment is not making war ou their rights
of property, but is simply defending its
legitimate authority, and they will gladly
return to their allegiance as t,oon as the
i presuro of military dominion imposed by
tlio bonieilcrate authority is removed from
them.
"Twelve months ago both House1- of
Congress, adopting the spirit of your mess
age, then but recently sent in, declared
witn singular unanimty the objects of tho
' ft" (f i'011 on.
lf hc. ,1' .lutr . Lal ,,fi '
adhered to we are confident that we should
beforo now have seen the end of this tie-1
plorablc conflict. But what have wo seen! i
In both Houses of Congress wo have heard
doctrines subversive of tho principles of
the Constitution, and seen measure after
measure founded in substance on those
doctrines proposed nnd carried through, ,
which can have no other effect thau to dis
tract and divide loyal men and exasperate
and drive still ftuther frm us and their
duty tho people of rebellious States. Mil
itary officers, following theso bad exam
ples, have stepped bevond tho just limits
ot their authority in tho samo direction
until in several instances you havo felt the
necessity of interfering to arrest them.
And even the passaire of tho resolution to
which you refer has been ostentatiously ' "u 1 "3 i cut sytvau.a s, you nave poss
proclaimed as the triumph of a principle J ?Z!c&te sU" tbf proervntioii of
i. , ., . . 1 ' flin 1 1 limit llinntlin nenntn nl nnv ntlinr
which Iho people of tho Southern States
regard as ruinous to them. Tho effect of
these measures was foretold, ami may now
bo seen iu tho indurated state of Southern
feeling.
"To theso causes, Mr. President, and
nrt to our omission to voto for the rcsolu
tiou recommended by you, wo solemnly
beliovo wo arc to attribute tho tcrriblo
earnestness of thoso in arms against the
Government and the continuance of the
war. Nor do wo (permit us to say, Mr.
Prosident, with all respect for you) agree
that tho institution of slavery is "the lover
of their powor," but wo aro of the opinion
thaf'lcvcr of their power" is tho appro-
honsion that the powers of a common gov
ernment, created for common and equal
protection to tho intercuts of all, will bo
wielded aiaiust tho institution of the
Southoru States,
"Signed by,
C. A. Wickmitk, Chairman.
Garrett Davis,
ni.su i? ri..i,.,.t
U, Wilson,
J J. Crittcndeu,
Jno. S. Caililo,
J. W. Ciisfiold,
J. S. Jackson,
0. L, L. Lcary,
JMwin H. Webstor,
II. Malloiy,
Aaron Harding,
Jauic3 S. Rollins,
II. Gridcr, ,1. W. Mcnzics,
John S. Phelps, Thosias h. Prico,
Francis Thomai, 0. W. Uunlap,
Wm. A. Hall."
In further prosecution of tho omancipa
lion project of tho Abolitiouists we havo
fitn tifArtwWmn ts nnn n.,1 nn ,1 tttn
ptwj'vduivu ,y iuvi i.u,.?b iuu i.i.-1
(j.vvo ijuiuiuu, j-uuttu, nu am miuiui-1
ml. frnm nffirunl gnnrnna flint nnn flnnnsil I
in tho army lias already organized a full
regiment of negroes. Wo forbear to dis
cuss tho question, whether such soldiers (?)
arc not a burlesque upon tho name, and
whether clothing and arming negroes as
such, beside tho waste of clothes, arms, and
other supplies, is notcxposing us to defeat
in battle, from tho clearly established fact,
that the negro is utterly disqualified by
naturo to stand the musketry and artillery
fire not to speak of tho bayonet charge
of modern Warfare. The subject has in
finuely greater proportions when regarded
in its effect to discourago enlistments by
our own raco; resulting from the commen
dable repugnance of tho white man to be
placed upon an equality of military rank
with tho negro.
13ut not the least objectionable consider
ation is tho Cact, that this inferior raco
having thejf minds and passions inflamed
by the tales of real or imaginary wrongs
which Abolitiouism is too careful to iuinart
lU0in Ulc merciless niuiau savages,
The history of the negro wars and in
surrcotions in St. Domingo, and other
West India Islands, is replete with tho
barbarities of rapino and slaughter of
helpless women and infants, that shook the
sensibilities of tho lowest development of
humanity in tho white man. And yet,
should the negroes in the Southern States
bo employed and armed by the Federal
'government against the white population
tllc" tllQ atrocities of the West India
India
Islands we may naturally expect to be re
peated here on a vastly more extended
scale. Against such a fiendish policy
would not only tho moral sensibilities of
all tho whites of the Northern States who
have not become brutalized by tho devil-
ishnoss ot
bolitionism, be
most painfully
SU00.Kct- uut tuo
wholo civilized world
would condemn us, and probably, in the
cause of humanity, rise to stay atrocities
so disgraceful,
But what sane man can doult that un
der such policy tlie last spark of Union
sentiment in tho South would bo extin
guished, and tho entire Southern popula
tion become unitcu as one person against
the Lrovcrnmcnt t it wore the merest lolly
to
suppose oiuerwtsc i now men would
-UBa uoutinS briugback the revoltod States
to tho Union ! Can tho 8,000,000 of
white peoplo thero bo held under our re-
Pelican form of Government iu subjec
tiou! Is it believed that tho people of the
North can be maddened into the effort for
extermination of eight millions of people,
' with whom we have hitherto lived iu a
Union held together by fraternal bonds,
aud most of whom are now bound to mem
bers of our own population by tho closest
, tics of consanguinity 1 It wo were to ex
haust all our physical resources and our
, pecuuiary meaus could wo, if wo would ao
' complishsuch purposo of extermination
, Can we hold tho Southern States or peo
' pie in subjugation without overthrowing
our Constitution and tho Union ; without,
in fact, establishing a government the most
L - . Wu kuow
the rcsnonse of every mint
answer lor vou
what must be
tho rcspouso of every mind uot demeuied
by Abolitiouism.
Have wc not, shown, then, tho policy of
Abolitionism, if carried out, ii to tho over
throw of our Constitution aud Union? Be
lieving wc have doue so, it remaines to in
quire : What is the relief for us in this hour
of gloom for our beloved eouutry'f Wu an
swer : Romove the causes ; remove Abo
litiouism aud Secessionism. Putdowutho
former at the ballot box : put down the lat
ter (backed by arms) bv force of arms
In tho execution of the latter, insist that
the Government shall stand by its plight
ed faith to conduct the war to uuhold tho
' ! Constitution and Union, and not, as Abo
litionists would have it, to make disunion
completo and to ovorthrow tho Constitu
tion! As Pcnnsylvauians, you have poss
tho Union than the peoplo of any othor
otato. should the co.opsrative, yet m
some sense, hostile movements of Aboli
tionism ami Secessionist)) succeed, aud dis
union becomo au established fact, Penn
sylvania, owing to her peculiar geograph
ical position, would bo exposed t) tho ties
olatiou and becomo the battle field of tho
conflictiou forces that mij-ht uudertako to
settle all questions that would remain as the
heritage ot disunion.
These, however, wc forbear now to con
template ; for wo arc uuwilling to bolievo
that "that God who presides over the tics
tir.ies of uatious" will permitsueh a terri
ble dispensation to befall us. Wo aro uu
willing to bel icvo that the peoplo of iho
free States will ever becomo so madened
as to aid tho spirit of Abolition, that
seems now to brood over us liko some evil
coniusjthat would control us to our destruc
tion. It cannot bo that wo aro to havo a
doom worse thau befell Babylon after she
had " becomo the habitation of devils and
tho hold of ovory foul spirit."
Tho only cieuso offered by Abolition
ism for its police, is thu plausible fallacy
that "slavery is tha causo ot our threaten
ed disunion." To those who look onW to
jiniucdiato and prosimato causes, this
position is captivating; but to thoso who
remember that tho original Union, whio!i
waged the war oftho Revolution, was mado
up of thirteen slaveholding States ; that the
Union at the timo of tho adoption of tho
present Constitution, consisted of twelve
.,rt7.1 .11- a- ... . ..
onnvnuiiuiig to one irce otato, is is vorv
jiiuin, iitat lusieau or slavery prouuctiiii;
.llatintn,, ..-I . i i 1
disunion that, unless it had been recog
nized and the faith oftho whole peoplo
pledged for its protection, this Union would
have never existed.
It would bo as reasonable to argue that
houses and money should bo extermina
ted, because so long as they exist tlicie
will bo incendiaries and thieves, as to ar
gue that slavery should bo destroyed be
cause so long as it exists there will bo Ab
olitionists. Houses and money aro not
more clearly and decidely recognized by
the Constitution and laws oftho Federal
Government, as subjected to the laws and
protection of tho States where negro slavery
is recognized. Iuceudiarics aud thieves
no more violate the recognized rights of
others when they burn houses and commit
robbery, than do Abolitionists, when, by
tho underground railroad or other devices,
they deprive the slaveholders of tho South
of that property to which the Constitution
and laws of his States, as well as thoso of
the United States guarantee protcetiou.
If in the attempt to commit arson or rob
bery, life is taken, it is murder iu the first
degree ; so, too, it is murder of the samo
grade to take life iu the unlawful attempt
to deprive tho owner of his rights in tho
services of his negro. And here, too, wu
will remark that tho present war, if
Abolitionists should succeed in diverting
it from its proper purposo of upholding the
Constitution and the Union, and prosti
tuting it to their cherished object of free
ing negroes by killing white men, would
becomo an atrocious murderous war, that
would justly subject all who give it tuch
direction to the penalty oftho law imposed
against the highest of crimes.
The policy of Abolitionism, thcrcforc,Jis
not only unsupported by one tenable
ground, even for its palliation, but judged
by its objects and its effects, it is in the
highest degree criminal and disloyal. By
eradicating Abolitionism, we remove not
only sectionalism from the North, but tho
cause of Fcotionalism iu the South.
The fall of Abolitionism, wo verily be
lieved would in a fhort timo be attended
by tho fall of Secessionists Although the
imaginary advantages of a Southern Con
federacy, entertained by many in tho re
volting States, has secured for it uncondi
tion supporters, yet the desolation that has
already attended upon their efforts at sep
aration, the continued pressure of our
arms, and the recollections of the blessings
of tho Union, will, upon tho removal of
the causo of tho Southern Sectionalism,
... ., .. . .. '
icvivc meir sentiments ol nationality.
Wo believe that upon tho substantial
extinction of Abolitionism, the Union cer
tainly can be restored, but that without
such distinction it never cau be. It is,
therefore, quite as essential that tho ener
gies of the loyal men of the North be di
rected aaiust the Abolition foes of the
Union as it is against Secession foes. It
remains therefore only to inquiro in what
way can these euergios bo most effectively
directed to accomplish the desired purposo 1
Wc reply only by suppoiting the organi
zation of the Democratic party. Thero
is no other thoroughly loyal party iu tha
land ; it has always been national ; it is
the only party that has no affiliation or
sympathy with sectionalism North or
Sout'j it is the only party in Pcnnsylva
nia, that is not in the sympathy or suppor3
ofsuch friends as Wado, Smntier, Greeley,
Philips, Lovejoy, aud Wihuot. The na
tioual men who supported Bell aud Ever
ett in the lato Presidential canvass,wc bc
Hjvo, may now counted iu tho rauks of the
Democratic party. The only othdr poli
tical ortiauizatiou in this State is tho enc
mys of tho Demo, ratio party, who ha
rallied once more under the designation of
tho Peoplo's Party. This party held
their Convention at Hamburg on tho 17th
inst, and their true character is abundant
ly shown in that in their resolntions thoy
eulogize and sustain Senator Wilmot while
they condemn Senator Cowan, both by,
the homago paid to Mr. Wilmot, aud b
refusing to Mr. Cowan even the niecd of
''faint prai c " Tho d sti iguishcd fsa
turo in tho political course of thoso two
Seuntors, it is well knowu, is that Mr.
Wilmot has supported the extremes Abo
lition measures of the present Congress,
whilst Mr. Cowan ha won the admiratiou
and confidence of every I'niou-loving pa
triot in the land by his honest aud fearless
opposition to theso measures measlircs
thattondnd to mtko Disuuion perpetual.
Can any loyal man in the State there
fore, hesitate which of tho two political
organizations is entitled to his support ?
Tlie- standard beams selected by the
Democratic Stato Convention aro in every
reupect deserving of your eonfulcnco,
Isaao Slcmvlk, Ksq our oaiulidato fo
Auditor Ocncral, is a gentleman of dis.
liugiiishcd ability and spotless reputation
Ho is a native of VorJt county, Pcnnsy'
lania born ofderiiiau parents, and who
were tillers oftho (soil. The early polit
ical courso und well-tried integrity of
Isaac Slcnkcr, is known to many oftho
peoplo of Pennsylvania. In 1834 he was
elected to represent Union and North
umberland counties in the senate ol'Pcnii
sylvania ; and whilo too many Senator;;
in that body yielded to the influences th
wcro employed by tho late Hank of thu
United States to obtain its chert 'r from a.
Pennsylvania Legislature, Isaac SI nker,
with eleven others, :u holiest men, rests
ted theso iufluouc.e3,aiid won the reputatio
V."