Mow struck at tlint Constitution is a blow !
nt iho lile ot the tuition ; und you gcnttouion
have been wielding lottily you iitipluinouts
of deadly wnifaro ngiiiitat llio litu of tho
nation, flubbing it in all Its vitnl part 4 ;
iiinl tliii accounts for that grant runotlou in
tho publiociititiient ot thu country nllu
ded to by 'the gentleman from lown, Mr.
Wilson 'J1 lint foulest w.u n contest on
j rhioipe. hen thu President of tho
1'iiittd States issued thnt proclamation of
the t!2d of September lor t Vie purposo of
treeing thu ncgio race, nnd loliowctl it
two days afurwaids by another proclania
tion for tho purposo of subjugating nnd
cuslavlug the wliito race to enablii him
to cxcuic his dcorec nnd proclnuintions,
the whole country b'-canic alarmed. Thoy
were shocked nt the monstrous usurpations
ofpowcr on the part of tho President of
the United Stales, usurping powers that
no siatcMiiait or legislator had at any time
boloro in the history of the country until
these evil. times over thought of. Sir, wo
.fought thnt contest under every possible
.disadvantage, Wo hail to go to tho polls
and cast our votes under the threats and
menaces of the minions of power. Pro
v )st marshals worn a'ipoiiited in every
counly in Ohio, nnd political ai rests were
made a 1 moot daily nnd nightly in every
part ot the btatc. In my own county,
niuo free v.hito citizens of tho United
States nnd of tho Statu of Ohio, loyal to
tho Oonslitutioii, and in their very heart s
ooro devoted to tho Unio:i, wero arrested
mid incarcerated, sonic in tho county iail
6onn in the uiiliiary prison at Cincinnati,
mid some detained in military camps not
lor the commission of any crime or any
olleiiiO against tho law, nor oven for a
violation of any proclamation, bull, or
decree ot the rrendeut ot the United
States, but because they were Democrats.
It was uol beeauso they wero disloyal men.
I know them well, and have known them
nil my life, and 1 knew that they are as
patriotic as r.ny men upon ibis floor ; ay,
air, us tho I'icsiuciil ol the UuiUjd blutcs
In view of all those difficulties that
tsurroiudel us, with tho prison door
staring us in tho face, and well knowing that
it they every closed upou us wo miht not
again sjo the liht of libcity exeep'. under
t o shadow u million gleaming bayonets
whioh havo it least become the meas
ures as well as tho source of presidential
power with freedom of discussion stricken
.down w.th press aftci press mobbed and
muzzled, with the mails closed to us with
all the rights und immunities that belong
to freemen cloven dowu bcuenth the feet
of a despotic power; wo bore all this.
.Sir, it was a great deal to' bear but wo
looked, to-aud trusted in the ballot box as
the great panacea for the cure of these
diUempurs of thu body politic; and right
well was our faith rewarded. We went
to tho polls quietly and silently, aud
tulleuly, it may he, und the'ro cast
our ballots, aud tho result has been
told. The State of Ohio, that one year
boforc gave filty s-ix thousand ltcpublican
majority, returned the Democratic ticket
iby about ciglihthousand majority; nnd in
Uoad of having eight Democratic liepre.
:tsFnTa"tivcs upon thU Iloor to thirteen
.Republicans as at present, wo will be
represented iu the nest Congrccs Vjy four
teen Democrats to four llcpublicans. Theso
,arc the fruits of this policy. It was a vic
tory obtained upon priuoiplo, and a grand
and glorious viotory, a victory for the
Constitution .and law OTor usurped and
arbitary ipowcrs; a victory of true and
genuine loyalty over treason ; ay, sir, it
was a victory lor tho Uovcriiment and ! " mumiu, uu m
against the Admiuittration. Wc aro for' course of completion, near the City of
itlic Constitution" and for the Government Washington.
.bicause tho Guvornmcnt i the offspring
and creation of the Comaitution, and when JB37 Mr. iSimon Slevctis, a nephew wc
that is g hip all is gone. I boliovc-of "old Thad.," who refused t
Mr. BLAKE. Will my colleague per- j a.qUCBlion .pmpoutded to .him by
antt mo to ask him a riucstion i ' 1 1 J
Mr. WHITE, of Ohio. Yob, sir. j'tho an ak Committee, as to the
Mr. BLAKE. I would like to have I amount of money received by himself &
jn.y colleague state :f those Arrests in Ohio' Co . for storage of goods in bounded
.were oi oo oy autuor.ty oi governor ;
A UUUi U.1IU li LKllb VJVJtGUUl iO UUt UliU 1IU3
jot nlwaysiboon a Democrat?
Jlx. WHITE, of Ohio. I will answor
that question. Governor Tod, I believe,
.limits his atresia to two, aud thcro wero
l.i.io arrostetl in my own county as, re
spectable and loyal citizens as there arc
upon this lloor. I know them to bo such ;
and I am proud to represent them ami to
-charactcrizo them as such here. Whether
Governor Tod ordered the arrest of either
of them" or not, I cannot say; this is a
Government t-oeret that wc Democrats are
not permitted to know ; that question
would go bettor from me to tho gentleman
ihan from him to me. But I am asked if
Governor Tod is not no.v, and if he hn
aiot always been a I) niocrat? Myauswcr
is that lie once was a Democrat ; but he
Jell from grace, and the Uepublioan party,
acpardin totltoir custom, picked him up,
mid made him their candidate for Govor
jior, and clcoted him, iu fpitc of our efforts
to defeat iiim. He is now an abolitionist
oftho deepest atod darkest dye; and if
there is a namo tho mention of whioh will
more readily awakon the detestation of tho
byal people of that than Abraham Lin
coin, that name is David Tod. Mr. Speak
er,! bo icvo I h ive answered thcgentlciiMn's
question, and this is all that I desiro to
say.
Poor Tax:
Mr. Editor .The enormous poor taxes
.of Bloom twp., aro comiug to bo a sourca
of serious concern. Many people aro ask
ing how can they bo diminished and kept
.down 1 Ono proposes a poor houso, au--othcr
putting paupers toworl;, and another
some third expedient.
I thiuk I can tell tho cause and the cure.
Tho cau'o of tho growing taxes is, that
the Justices aio to blamo iu granting
Orders of Relief. The curt is to refuse
thonitiiil.'fs the case is -clearly meritorious,
Then wo liould not have paupers who aro
ablo to work, but prefer living at public
expense.
The Overseer of the Poor cannot ,
lehitut mi Order ot iloliei wnon pro-
sontcd, ho must obey, he has no discretion,
no appeal-ho must obey the order. This
wholo enormous wrong lies at tho door of
tho justices of tho peace. Tho pverfoers
cannot reform it. Thoy do Xhe best post
ble under the circumstances.
A CITIZEN,
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.!
KIllTl'.ll nv lbvi :.. TATE, mol'ltlCTOIt
-ar. - -- - -
SATURDAY MORNIHCJ, rEBIKJATlY 28. 1663.
WTMN'O TO "TIIU CONHrtTUTtON. AH Till!
SIIII'WIini'KKll MAHlMtm (31.tN0.-T0TIIH LAP I'
l'l.XNK. Wlll'.V XluilT AM) Till TKSIl'UST CIA)- ,
SI.S AliUUM) iliai.'WAiiifti JiclsUr. I
PUIIPOSES OF THE WAR I
CflNOUFM, )1Y A Tf. XFAtllY UXANIHHL'4. flHU ttVt
roLLnwiMt ill mitt) nov, wuiili I xi'UMjek run will! or
THK 11I1S AMU la HISTRUK rA1HAniMir MtYAI.'IY
"Thnt tlio nrcsfiit ilcnlornlilu civil nr liu lerti 1
forci'.l upnii tho country l.y the- ill milnUt ir th.i
PnulhorM!.tM. 1mnnnrm4nBnlMttliUtV.ulit
CiivcrniHi-iit, nml in ntms iitomiil Iho L'npilnl i thai m
IhNNatl.mnliivcrROKy. CoiistCM, hai.Milm! nil fti-l-
Inu of iiii'ro pnn'ion or rcmitmi'iit. lll rcrnllrrl "
its duty to tho whole country i imt iror( i.i tnignt
on Ihtir jmrtio anil tptril rf vpprtttUH,er for "ll
pott n co in u Ml or subjugation orpurpMtef ovcrtlitnirinp
orMtrfrrliig uilh Ihe rlghlt or tlaUtshtd limlllvlloi' of
tlwst Slatea, hut to ilrftmt and maintain the tupmntcy of
the Oonttitution, and tj prrtrree the. Union vttk the Hf-
iiltii,ctiua!iln.antlrliflitiicftlifttvernlitlrvnimpnlrti;
ami thut at Moon at tlicie oWfcts arc accomplished the uar
oughtto cease."
KyM.wLH.iP.LJ..HTOCT
C0LUM11IA DEMOCRAT.
Till. puMlcatlon will comptoto tho fixtrnftit
vo:.cmk or the COt.milltA IICMOCKAT. At iiotimo
within tho tncnty rx yenrs of Its ojiftenco lias the
ostnblifhmint Lean jn as prosperous coinlit I on. Over
veo liuiulted tukscrlhjrs h.ivo Loon mliloil tn nur lUt
within the past two mimtln,and still tlicjr come, It has
new tho Inrgctt circulatlnn of nny news paper In the
Great North. Our ileiui crntle friciuls appreciate a
lively, truthful, out spoken anil linlepeniient journal
.hull uoniinue, wMut we control in columns.
llTpressi.iiu or npprobation of the course ofthhpri.
per reach ill from various snurccs the Cauip.llinrress,
ami tho fitatesman.-all rhecrins us on to .luty ami to
Slory-uuniUtakcably Imllcalln? Its loyally anil patriot.
ism. few families or business men arc u ithout ths
fottami i)r.0oaT.
.... .i.n r..i.,...r.;.. n.ulnflr ....... i...
Wc sincerely thunk our numerous friends for their
prompt payment suMinntiai patronage nnu generous
' ' ,,j . i . -......
grow and increase. To lhoe of our pooilTilcuils who
have thus promptlynr.il faithfully paid the Printer, nurl
so fulfilled tho first duty of a good c itir.eu, wu lender
our unfeigned acknowledgments. Tlinre ure, however,
many others largely Indebted, and who neither answer
our invit'ition or tmtkc payment. With the opening of
the ne.xt volume, of which due hoticois hereby cive
tli.. names of all snehdetinquents, will "be gtrickcu from
the roll."
Our terms of subscription, notwithstanding tho enor
mous advance in materials nnd the neceskaries of life
nil! not be increased nt present. $1 75it paid strict
ly, ajtaiicr, or i 0) otherwise, per annum. Siul
pnpctsnVECt.vTs, per copy, always ca.h down."
J5fTho Editor is oh a visit to tho City. '
Jtsr Hon. II. U. WniaiiT has
our
thanks for a copy of the Presidents Mess
age and Diplomatic Correspondence1
Speech of Mr. Vbito.
Wc invite atlcntion to tho patrotic
speech on - our first pago, of the lion.
VllllAtl- -L. U lllli;. ill Ol VJ. 01 VUlO.
I
It is manly, noble, dignified and enunciates
the f'ontiments of loyal cit'zena everywhere. '
J ' v " "v",J - J ,
t i ;t i,
JGSy Lieut. J. Moohe AVilson, Co, D
-1 12th Ilea. .P. V., paid us a social visit
on last Thursday. J.icut. W. is a fine
"
looking young officer, stands well and high
in'tho Army, and makes an esocllent np.
poarancc. lie has returned to his charge
waro'ouso, during the last year, has yiel
dod and .-tated tho profits at 800,000."-
That whal'd the matter.''
''The Age." Wo arc requested by
the Editors of tho Age the Prospectus of
which proposed paper will be found in
another column to say, that in conso
qticnco of the unexpected delay in the
completion of tho Power Press, for "The
Age," tho firs; number cannot, bo isucd
until lato in.tho mouth of March. It will
be (ho Democratic.Ncwspapor of the Age,''
and no mistake. And it will moreover be
liberally paircnized.
Tic Genius of Liberty This time
honored organ of tho Democracy of Fay
ette county, has passed from tho control ol
Col. E G. Roddy into the hands of It. i.
Bnow.v, Eq. It shows a valuable im
provement in having been enlarged in
size by changing from a quarto into news
paper form. Mr. Buown is an ablo dom
occrat, and with tho union oftho Urowts
ville Times'' au Genius oj Liberty ,"
into ono establishment, will doubllcss be
able to .publish a iirstTato, high-toned
Democratic journal.
JCT Wo call the attention of our road
ors to the amendments, and roniark
thereon, of IIou. Hcistor Clymer of Berks
County in tho Sonato, a fow days ago.
Mr. Clymor showed himself on that
occasion, not only ablo and willing to de
feud tho rights of citizens ; but to chargo
upon tho abolitiouits their unconstitutional
acts, and daro a refutation. Ilie c-pccch
nnd his amendments will meet the decided
approbation of every oonsorvativo citizwi.
No ablor man nor better Domocrat is in
the Sonato than Mr. Clymer. IIo re.
gretlcd his inability to address our meoting
at Orangoville last September; and said to
us that on that day, ho was at Ilngerstowri !
with the Berks County militia, listening
to McClcllaus guii3,at the battle of Antio
taut.
j&ST-Th- Editor of the Republican.
Ho finds nothing in easiest moiidet .
,, ,. . . ? . , ,
Ditcret on n the better part of valor.
1
A'
Sontimonts of tho Soldiers.
A bravo young soldier, writing to a
friohd In Dlooinsburg, from Fort Eincolu,
remarks
havo Icai tied to my entire natisraction '
.... ... ......
that Boldtertng-partie.i.ai.y . us Jr.ud ot (
PU1UHJI1IJ1I -IS UUl i 11I1I1MU. XI UUU KIIUtY
for what mimosa ho was uxposine himself
it would bo ii diU'crcnt lliimr. Hut none.01'
. .
isuu
ilii iawt nnliln nvonntinnq. MiPV
, ... , -.,, ,!,
V. w.w.i w.v ...... ""j.w.l "v. ......
of the Constitution and the perpetuation
of-tho Union and look only to their per
sonal aggrandizement -wid tho welfare of
ti t'. ....iu.,.,,,! .nnn t.n An
( '"6bu, -"-" -
011Q Way or tllO other ! let 118 hope
' '
,,nt J wj bo for the best.
. J visited WnsllitlgtOlt a fOW dnV3 SlllCO.
I
J jg n dlHcracO to llie GoVC!'U!110Ut and to
a .
tllO UlllOll to SCO tllC llUlllbcr ol OniOCrS
,
there ai'O lOltngl Ilg arOUIld tllO EtrCOtS,
! , , , ,, Ir
w lion they should bo at the I'orts. lJun-
drcds arc to bo seen pronieuadiiig tho
Streets daily, drawing their pay, without
' " "I"' "IT"U " "
'follows thiuk these rrc the ''bctlcr limes"
'promised by tho Kcpublican lcathrs, Dut
1 don't want to wiitu politics.
Thoro arc rjuits a number of tho lllobm
I boys in this Regiment, viz: AI. Adams,
Orosley, Lcc, Stinor, and John 1J. Ander-
json.' Johnny, stands tliis kind of life
' fir,t-ratc. lie looks better than I ever
, , , . , . , , , . ,,
SCCU hllll before, illld Wishes to 1)0 klUllly
reillQjnbirod tOthoCol. and his family,
. , , e . - ,
I -ain vnry thankful for tho old Demo-
I'
crr.t I like lis tOllO exactly, and read it
..i , . . i t i
I with interest -and satislaction. Ijong
, and' lot its .mot:o be "indu-
may it wave
pendenco now and forever "
A Soldier to us unknown, sends the
money for the Coluuibia JJcmociat, and
t-nys :
As 1 was fitting in my orib, a few days
ago, on the Shautilla battle-ground, ono '
of our boys received your paper aud I got
i ' a hold of it, and found it
1 v i
contained tho .
r... .r, cr,i, ,nn,i t, -t. r.,
- .
LANDiatiAM. It took so woll in tho
Camp, that I am ttndor the necessity ofi
'seudina to vou for tho balnnoe of the!
Speech. Ho rpeaks forth iho vords of
truth and soberness, accompanied with
strict loyalty nnd sustained by souud log
ic I cannot be mistaken 'in bis loyalty,
when he di-tinctly declares that the settle
ment of this torriblewar can only be rff-
.1 - , 1 V il
TT , lnf, , ,-. T,.r . V
. , , , , .,
q. ,,in Anil lit? wlio nrnnosns r.uv otlinr
- i j
settlement is a Traitor
Every item of news from old Columbia,
is most welcome to the soldiers
(!roat
! wrongs now rule our coantry
And ono
1
wrong is, as this Kegt. is ebiofly coiiiposcd
I of democrat wc can geft no news but
li k republican papers.
:o:
''Army of the Potomac,"
C'.AMi1 neau Bm.tn Plains, Va.
Friday, February Mth, 18011, J
Col. John G. Freeze:
Sir :
No movement
, . .. . ,i ., c, . e.t.
has been attempted by tho "Army of the
iPotomac" tiiu'c my last letter. In fact
the weather is so capricious that it would
be extremely hazardous to attempt an
advance. The Pcnna. Reserves except
.,, , ,
!. nvmtp.rv. Iiovn nnnn sent within rhn
"
dufenoe of Washington for the purpose of
resting aud recruiting. The 9th Army
Corps, Burnside's old command, has cm
barked for Fortress Monroe, and will
probably go on to tho Carolina, their old
Department. The Pay Master has dis
tributed 'Father Abraham's isun," snmo-1
times called ' Green-backs'' to tho troops, '
but as they only paid them to Nov. 1st'
18o2, many are again wishiug lor -Tits ap-
pcarauee. Ho is groctedwith more hear-
ty acclamations than would bo tho an-
notincouiont of a grand victory.
Burnsidft has been suooecded by Ilook-
er. The soldiers look upon the change
with indifference.
T-hcy 'beliove Hookur
to be a ''fighting man," and ono who
would t-aorilico his laat man to gain i
poiut, however unimportant ; a good thing
iu a subordinate but a fearful thing in a
commander-in-chief. Nothing but tho
reappointment of Mu 'lcllan will arouso
them to their former enthusiasm. Every
movement iinco his removal shows its in
justice. In the West Itosecrans is buc
corsful, when success is jioisible, because
his uicu know and lovo him. Here, tho
"Ai'tny of the Potomao" is only formida.
bio when led by its favorite and tkillod
General. The pcoplo of tho North must
recognize by this lime that ''Prudence is
the bettor part of valor." McCIollan af
ter prudently clothing his troops an,d lay
ing his plaus, made tho best march ou
record, nnd while pursuing the ouomy,
was relieved from his oomuiand. Since
then wo have had two Generals, but havo
not advanced ouo foot. Tho conclusion
is irresistible.
Thero is a striking parallelism in tho
history of McClcllan, and that of IIanni
bal the mot renowned warrior of antiqui
ty. Tho latter after almost incredible
hardships crossed tho Alps, defeated tho
Koraans in sovcrnl sanguinary struggles
and even appeared beforo tho gates of
Homo. IIo sent for supplies to finish his
conquosts, but a faoliou nt homo inoro
en .t r 1 i . i ,
or of Cirthagc, refused htm aid and in
'in-. ,, , , .
rpiloof his-remonstrant'ci leoullcd him.
Almost identfc.il word may ha said in
refcroueo to MrOi.r.M.AN. Aficr.driving
the enemy 'from Yorklown, ho proccodod
through almost insuperable obstacles to
within fight of Richmond, and then failed
because a fiction at home kep't from him
'!. nmi.nil M Tt.n nn.-,ills,1 nnl!niinil
' . . , . , ,
fni - t.hnr. Sninio "earned thn wnr into
Afr.ca nmmjMn nUho
rates of CartW The iconic of thut
mortal-Terror, brought Hannibal
'
did ; and by his prudence and valor tor
minated ll.o second Punic war.
McUlollnn in like manner look
mand of. i defeated and demoralized ar-
n.y.atid by his victories nt South Moun-
tain and Antietam, scoured to us Washing.
ton, saved Pennsylvania, and drovo tho
enemy from Maryland.
Whilo quoting history, allow mo to
point to another i.iftanco where it repeats
itself, and in its grandest form. Napo-
leon decidedly the greatest warrior of
modem times, lost the battle of Waterloo
,m.l nonsenucntlv his fmnifc. because
Grouchy either 'through treason or inca
pacity did not arrive in time, arnd beeauso
Uluchcr did arrive in time to assist Wel
lington. Does tho world blame Napoleon?
No-; never did bis genius tipper grander.;
it blames Grouchy,
So with McClcllan. When within
sight of the spies of Richmond, ho cleared
1 J
(tho way for McDowell, and anxiously
awaited his ariival with his GO, 000 picked
mou. Hut ho did noteonie, but Jackson
did, and the combined Coa'fcdcratc army
fell upon our disheartened troops, certain
in their own minds of annihilating it, but.
t,,cK did nnL Iu ,,li9 instn,UU! McCIellan'6
genius was greater than Napoleon's ; he
naVetl bis army, Napoleon did not.
Rut of what use is it to "repeat hictory.
Its grand teachings arc disregarded, and
McClcllan in his solitude will bo classed
with Hannibal. Snino. Nanolonn. Vorilv
,Hepublic5 liro ungreatfu.M
.... mD ,f r ;un fllll nf Mn(jinii.
, , .. ... ........ , ,.,
A11T1LLEIUST.
"
Tho Irish Blood Spilt.
ITow manv bravo Irishmen havo been
mutilated iu thi-s war I How many of!
them have boon killed in it? How much
Irish blood shed in all our battle-fields?
How many Irish widows nnd orphans has
it made ? '1 lieso aro melancholy quos-tion.-t,
Who can solve them We can
not but rejoice that our people have en
listed freely iu support of the Constitution.
Thoif patriotism mid their valor honor
their race and th 'ir adopted country forev
er. But whut has their blood, lhoir valor,
their. patriotism achieved? Certainly not
that which wso expected.
For this bad result we aro to blamo the
inability and dishonesty of tho politician,
-------- - j
statcsmon, and coantry-attorney warriors
at Washingten. It is not .an unfair calcu
lation that thirty thousand Irish lives have
.been loit in this war that it has made
ten .thousand Ir'nh widows; that it has
made orphans of forty thousand Irish
children and that it Ins renderod deso
late forever, thousands of Irish parents
and brothers and sisters Verily, the
Irish have an interest in seoing 'this war
'ended ! There were onco amnio reasons
for hold nj that they di I not enlist in vain;
th3t p,0lulisacriCc0 they lnad
would bo followed by the triumph of the
Bcptiblis. Those reasons exist now ouly
v' shadow; and in addition to their
substantial dispersion, their solid places
nro occupied by reasons of another kiud.
n, .
1IIIS AJlOulTuON TACTION 'IS THE GRBAT
cunsd of the country. Justly may
we all go on our knees and invoke tho
God of nations to destroy it for ail time.
It merits the Irish malediction in a most
particular manner, only for its heart ren
dering desolation had not entered tens of
thousands of our happy Irish homes I
Ihstoti Pilot
terif.Who is there who doubts the csis-
i tonco of a revolution at tho North ? God
'grant that it may prove a bloodloss ono I
'Tis but a short timo siueo that Simon
Camerou, then Secretary of War, without
process of law, without cause, iu defiance
' of tho constitution anil in tho dark hourB
of night, arrosted Col. James W. Wall, of
INcw Jorsoy, and confined him in the
American bastilo at New York. No
charges wore preferred against Col. Wall; !
and after remaining there sufficiently long
to injure his health, ho was discharged,
and to this day is ignorant ol iho caase of
his arrost. A few days since tho legisla
ture of Now Jei-eey elected hiui to the U.
S. Senate, the highest office in their gift,
while at same time his prosecutor, Simon
Camoron the immaculato Simon was
exerting suporhuman efforts to buy a seat
in the same Sonate, IIo was tho candidate
oftho black Republican, Union destroying
Constitution violating, law defying party
of Pennsylvania. Every effort that ho
could 'bring to bear iu conjunction with the
aid and .prestige oftho administration,
together with hw vast wealth, wore massed
for his euccos. Bribes of SJ5,000 wero
frcoly offered for a singlo vote! It was
vain the hand writing was on the wall.
Simon Cameron weighed in tho balanoo and
found fearfully wanting, Simon Cameron
the prince of thioves, tho paragon of cor-
rupt politicians, was -cousignod to tho fate
that must nlways await cuoli villains, aud
ni i it.. i. ..i... .i . . . . .
u ti us. wuunmuw, w.u patriot arm flinios,
man. tho man whom Pennsylvania delight-
to honor, was chosen to represont hor in
tho U. Senato "by the sido of Col. James
VV W nil I t
" "
tSSf "Camui;ia" will npnc r JU Olir
nt paper.
1 1
Tho Conscription Bill.
Mr. Wilson's bill which pa sod the
Senate on Monday night, provides in sub
stance as follows : i
All ablc-bodiod mnlo citizens, and those
who havo declared their intentions to be
como such, or havo exoro Ucd the right of
suffrage, between the ages of 20 and 45
years, constitute tho National forces of the
United States, and are liable to perforin
iiiiutuijf nruvu uutiuu uui uiu
l5rosi(lcnt Tho exempts uro 'tlioao who
arc physically or montally unfit, tho Vioo
i-i i . i l . r t.i ...... fi . i.
.c.h, ch 01 uxcoiuvo -
com-'Unitcd States Judges, Governors of
States, only son of an indigent widow, or
it,Crm lmrcnt or ono sneh ion wIl0,ro
tucro nro'tH, ot moro. t0 bo Bolcotud b'
tho parent, also the only brother of orphan
.obildron under twelve years, also the
, filthcr of molherlosi children of tho same
nS : nml whero two of a family aro in
,1,ilitnry Borviccs tb0 "raaindor of such
family, not exceeding two, shall be exempt,
No person oMivieted of felony shall bo
' ul F"""1 lu BU1 u
Tho National force not now in service
ia to bo divided into two classea, tho first
class embracing atl between "0 and !I5
years of auc and all unmarried men bo-1
J o
In.ni.1, !1R nil .IS .nM i.f .iM Tim ann.
.u ....v. ..hw.
ond class embraces all the othors and will '
not bo called into service untill after tho
first diss. For convenience of enrollment,
disttricts aro made corresponding with the
Congressional districts : in each of which
the President shall appoint a Captain of
Cavalry, he may detail an officer of sim
ilar rank who shall havo a Bureau in tho
War Department, and shall make tho nocd-
ful rules aud regulations for carrying out .
tho provisions of that act. J hose Marsh-!
provisions
als arc to arrest diserlors, report treason
ablo practices, and detect f-pios, &c.
In each district tjtero is to be a Board 1
of Eurellmout, -consisting of the Provost 1
Marshal nnd two other porsons, appointee! 1
by tho President, ono of whom is to bo a
nliv.tieian and stirireon.
This board shall
. ,
divide the district into convenient sub-
districts nnd perfect an enrollment once in
.
each yo .r.cach diss to bo onrollcd separate
ly. Persons thus enrolled arc subject f r 2
years to be called into service to serve for
three years or during tho war, on 'the foot
ing with tho present volunteers, advance
pay, bounty money, &c, included.
Whou necessary to make a draft, tho
President shall indicato the number for
each district, taking into consideration
the number already furnished since the
bognning of the war, so as to fairly cqun
lize the burden ; the enrolling officers sha'l
then make the draft with 50 per cent ad
dition, aud within ten days servo notice i
upon the drafted men.
Substitutes may bo furnished, or coir.
mutation made not 'to exeood three hund
red dollars, at the discretion oftho Secre
tary of War. Any person drafted and
failing to report, or luruish a substiute, or
pay his commutation, shall be deemed a
deserter, and subieet to immediate arrest.
Tho bill provides for tbo proper surgi
cal examination of drafted men, and tho
punishment of surgeons who receive bribes.
When tho draft is fiuished, all those not
taken are allowed traveling pay to their
homes. Thoso who furnish substitutes
aro exomptod for the entire time of draft,
and the substitute has the same pay, &c,
as though originally drafted.
The bill also provides -that voluntcrs
now in sorvico who recnlist for one year
shall havo a bounty of 50, one half paid
down theso who enlist for two joars
receive 25 of tho regular 810J bounty.
Thorc aro also provisions for the con
solidation of skeleton regiment; also that
General in the field may exeetito court
martial sentence against spies, deserters,
murderers, without reference to the Presi
dent; courts-martial may rcduco abeuttoo
officers to tho rank; clothing, armo, &o,
shall not be sold, .plodpod or given away,
and may be 'taken whorover found iu ill
egal bands,; persons who ontiea soldiers to
desert, or harbor them, or buy their arms
or uniforms, and ship captains or rail
road conductors who knowingly convoy
deserters, may bo fined SoOO and impris
oned from six months to two years.
Any parson who rosists a draft, or
counsels others to do so, or dissuades them
from performing military duly, shall be
oummarily arrested, locked up until the
draft is finished, then be .tried by a civil
court, aud fined 500 or imprisoned two
years, or both.
The President, on tho passage of this
act, shall issuo a proclamation recalling
absentees from tho army, who may return
without punishment within tho timo indi
, cated, except tho forfeiture of pay for tho
' time of absonoo ; thoso who do not return
' will bo deserters.
I Officers absent with leavo, except for
sickness or wounds, -roccivo half pay;
officers absent -without leave, no pay nt all
There aro other provisions, but chiefly
details not partioulatly important.
This bill, it will bo obscrvod, confers
now and extraordinary powers upon tho
President. In effect, it establishes martial
law over tho whole Union. It ovcr.ridos
the constitutional and statute authority of
J
tho Stato Governments ovor their citizons
;u r0spoct to military servieo, and consol-
'dates the supremo powor in all things
porjaining thereto, in tho hands of tho
President, It would be useless to discuss
hilt niiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir v n iiiiq r r niiir n inx.
mansnrn in vlititr nf 1n
""T " .'V . w , " t--
lllQ A"""'fttration , but rc may bo per-
mittod to rjitos'tion tho necessity for no' '
radical n change In tho cstablL-hod lalttirt
. . ...
System of the country, in considorat on of
tho fact that every requisilion horctoforo
made by tho Federal Giivornmcnt upon
tbo State authorities, bad been promptly
and patriotically answered ; and iu no
case, except that of Mnsaachasctt?, has
thoro been tho slightest indication on tho
. ft. Q - f nnv f h .
States, of an intention to withold from tho I
President tho support of any portion of i
tho wholo war power of the nation in tho
effort to suppress the rebellion, and ntoro
... , ... i . .,
tho constitutional relations between tho
seceded States and the Federal Govern-
nicnt. The conscription bill, in view of '
tho manifest tondonoy of the moaiures of ,
the present Congress toward absolutism ,
may well cxoito suspicion and diilrust, if ,
not a stronger feeling 'It has yet to pass
tho House. The vote on its final .passage
in tho Senate, is not given.
Trcasoiiiiblc Offences.
Sesati:, Monday, Fuii. 10, ISO!)
Bill fScn. No. 1421 entitled A joint
rcsolutiou instructing our Senators and
requesting our R-prescntattves in Congress
to procuro tho immediate passage of laws!
doli,D!nS ,and Pu,,lsu,nS olfiences a treas- ,
unable character, came belore tho tsenato ,
.
in regular oruer on us unai .passage.
Mr. LOWltY. I ask for tho reading
of the bill.
The Clerk road as lollows :
WiiEar.AS, It appears that tho existing '
i. -e .l.,n..;... :.. .t.
i.!gl3lauou u. -
prcseiH cri.i ; i .e. e
h ; wmiw i.i ii r .Minre. iitt'i iimix
of Jleprtecutalwes of the Commonwcnltk
nf Vuit.n7)T. in. fionr.itil. A.isninjii
mi. That the Sonators Irom this Statu U I
I " . . . - n .,,
instructed and the membors of Congress
1 . . . . ....
1-equesied to procur tbo immediate passngo
of laws denning and puni
ptinidiiug offences
of a treasonable chnraetor not amounting
to high treason and providin for tho fair
. i . -i i .. ; .'i . i
ixml mnnrlv trinl l.v nn imnnrti.il inrv nf
porsiona charged with such offences in'tho
loyal nnd undisturbed States, so that the
guilty may justly suffer aud tho inuoosnt
he relieved. .
. , '
l nat tuo oennto go into comamieo or mc
...t.t r- ?i ,.,.,j,, 'r .!, i,;n
"liuicii IUI r,jm,imUn..v. " )
as follows
Pint. To insert aftor'tho words "pass
ago of laws" the worth ''in itcci'rdance
with the Constitution of the United States
aud of the State of Pnnnsylvaifi i.
Setowl. Tu insert alter lbs words
''speedy trial" tho words '-in the district
where lluf alleged crimes hive been com
mitted." Mr. CLYMEU. 1 did not desire and
do not now desiro to cuter upon a di.-cus-sion
of any constitutional principle) whioh
may ba raised by 'the amendment offered
by myself. Ono Senator upou ibis lloor
considers those amendments as stir.plusagi!,
another construes them to bo rnunciatory
of daugerous doctrines ; I believo them to
be neither the one nor the other. I do
I not consider that they are surplusage,
because they are desiguud to throw around
tho pcoplo tho cuards of the Constitution
of the United States and of the Statu of
Pennsylvania. Tho.y demand for (un
people whfft'U guaranteed to'them by those
Constitutions, and they say, in unmitak
ablo terms to thoc whom I charge with
having deliberately, wilfully and repeat
edly violated both of those great funda
mental dinners, "wo will not put it in
your power by our votes to trample upon
our vested rights,"
Tho Senator from Northumberland (Mi
Bound) says that bo would deem it an
insu:t mm to instruct me moors oi uotr-
gress.
I dcom it no inmlt to tell men
their duty when on repeated t-cjasious
they havo violated it. Sir, I ay it delib
erately that 1 will never vote for this res
olution ns it has been reported by the
Senator from Eric, giving to our Senators
aud Representatives blank instructions to
passjlaws binding citizens ot this Statu,
hand and foot, to obey their accursed in
novations upon the fundamental laws of
our Stato and nation,
Sir, I am unwilling to instruct in auy
vague or indefinite manner a body of men
who, according to my belief of the country
generally, have for the sake of more ex
pediency ever and over again violated the
Constitution of the United Mate. I wish
these amendments lo go into tho bill be
came 1 do not trust the majority in the
present Congress of tho United States
beoauso I can prove by their record that
thoy have at different times wilfully, de
liberately, an' knowing that thoy violated
their sacred oaths, infringed upon the
Constitution of thu United States. 1 say
it here, I will proclaim it clsewhero, that
it is the duty of citizens of Pennsylvania
no longer to submit to thoso infractions
oftho Constitution of the Uuited Slates
and oftho Constitution of this State.
emphatically declare it that the oilucra of
this State have rights of person and tights
of property guaranteed to them whioh do
Congress can lake away. Aye, sir, Ponn
sylvauia has a history extending to a
period anterior lo tho formation of the
Fedoral Govcrcment. She had a govern
ment which guaranteed to hor citizens
rights of property and richts of norson
long before the Fedoral Govornmont was
formed; and I tell you, air, that she
nover odod to any of her citiz ni nny ol
those rights. I will never voto fur reso
lutions, tolling our Senators and llepro
sontativos in the present Congress, to pass
lavs leaving their character to their dis
cretios whit kind of laws aro they likely
to pass ? Shall I point you to their pait
aots as samples ?
To do so would bo to produce a record
at whioh tho mind of every good man
would stand appalled. Confiscation and
oonscription aots, acts indemnifying rulers
for unconstitutional and arbitrary deeds
of oppression, an not making mere evi
dences of indebtedness n legal tender, and
an aot dividing a sovorcign State withont
tin assent of that Slate thoso are fair
Bamples of tho charator of laws which we
might expoet from the present Oougress,
did wo leavo it to thoir discretion.
Sir, that body has, within tho last six
months, boon visitod with tho donuncia.
lions ot an outraged and indignant peo
pie, who rendored a verdict acainst it and
.,, unconttitutional acts, which (had not
that body been lost to all -mist, of respo... I
Pibility) would havo been hecdrd and
oboytitl. I5ut that verdict ol tho people
liiVa hunt, fliirnr Lnnl. 1. it...!- r
" " b., " " a l,1(,y
III TP nnilMlf.fl lf ivnrnitirr nntl .l!.--.-1. i
its pleading. Instead of causing thorn to
.... . w niniiiiii; 4114.4 U 131 L'JTliril Pll
halt in their mad career, it pcoms only to
bavo added to thuir vindictive hatred to
wards everything constitutional.
Should wo then, well knowing the turn
character of tho present Congci.s, instruct
them as ,o Pfof lws, leaving it
as 10 till) nnliiro nt,.1
of laws? For one, 1 will never do tn
The ConsVitntion of the United S'tale.i
Dnd of this Stato have thrown around trio,
' "1 ";"dfrtpUV? T ..e,llzfn, tnUA
safeguard for the protection- of person
anu 1)roporty( wl)ich ri0 Congress shall
dare invnde, or even be requested to in.
vado, so far nstonccrns my vote. To do"
80 wollltl ba. 10 titoa'" ptcoc-dtrtits which
"-P-
oppressions upon the lighiy ,,f thoeo pic
Vo are their guardians, and nrourid tlroin'
though the humblest and pouroit, I ws'tib't
. , s,iro"S "u'warus ot the Connitif.-
nun, nuiuii uu puwur ou earth shall ia-s
vado
For 'these reasons, I will support the
they aro inserted in the'rcjoluti.... fr. V
.luicuuiuuiiis oitercu uv invan l nn tJ
by tho Senator from Kiie. 'it will n,.vn-
receive my vole.
Mr. C'.y.nor's anun ltuoUts were rejected
by a Uriel party vote-Democrats voting
for thorn, und
' "o""""
EES! M
In Sutrarloaf twp., Columbia oo., by M.
, Cole, ,1. P on tho H)tb of bb isry, a.
1 " minor 1'iUl.nrv.
the residence of Philip Hess. Air .!.,
Hon run. and Mis. Mnn- lim ., . ..
.... m
Columbin co.
At '.lie saino lino and nl.irn. h itm
A I.. 1. TI. I ...
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i usi.m ium i;!:, nnu t jt,
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UU..I.1.IUIA. "iMii.a, uoin ei oiuiivali co.
At Evaiisvillu, on tho Dili inst., by lim
Itev. Geo. Hunter, Mr. Jkmsk E. Si.m
mkhs, of Cent re, .and Miss Lvdia a.
Wami'Oi.r, of Bloomsbttrg, Col. co.
O.i Tuesday, the 17th inst., bv Bov.
John Thomas, Mr. W.u. (J. DirviiNit.vucn,
to Mis Susanna Hkuu, all of Dorrv
township.
At Town Hill, on the Ifith inst , by
Kev. ',. Wdd.-worth. A. F. Si!ti.ii.m f
IMS (0 m:.. c ..,,., ..... m,.,. ' ,.
V. i lMls' 'inutiM-. Miu.eii, ol
U U 10 W , lJ J Zl-fllO
F.W WttlMJI. II
5 K ATMS.
Near Rolii-shun? on tin Hth in
' ICi.l.MiiiTii, wife of Peter llnyiuuu' a-cil1
i.i.,.., - i es
aueui x.) year.'.
On the -lib of Fubuarr- 10.1, in Uri-nrcn-ok
twp., Columbian).', I.auua I.vdi.v
CiU'ASY, daughter ol Jacob t Fanny
Criitihy, aged -1 yuar, H mouths aud'.'i
I days.
j In Anthony town-diip. Montour co.. mi
'tho l."itn iu-t , SAitAti Jank BnowN, in
the '-JV-'d year nf hor na.
In Viilbo iy townshin. Montour oo.. nn
mc i nn mat.,
inst., Mr-. EiitAitETa Eli.i,.
ic the fiOth year of her ngo.
In B'.oounburg, on tin; irth in-d., Isa
iah Wiu.firs, son of Cyrm Fry, nged
about 4 ye ais.
In W'a hington City,- on tha Ictli iust.i
in the Kith year of his ag dpt. David
L. .MoKiiivv, of Biooma't.irj', ol ,or ili
er. ion ns !in from ihu amputation of
on of his It'gn.
IRE MARKETS.
Bi.'oo.Msiiuitti, Fob 21. I SOU.
Wheat 'fl bus $1 fll) Green Apple f0
iiyu
eni Duel 7.i
Corn
6(1 Dried Peaches 3 5 t
50 Butter '(pill i-'O
75 Lard ' It)
GO Tallow " 12
Eggs. . . . p doz. Hi
Hay ' ton. 8 (Ml
50 Chickens " puir '-'."
Oat. . ' "
Huckwheat ''
Potatoes "
Cloversccd "
1 imothyseed
Onions "
WA I'CilES, JEWELRY & SILVER
WAKE.
Ihn under.-iiirnod would reaped-
i'r'Ss I f'.'lj- invitn your iitti-nli in tn lit n-.vl
JiixUJ JL u-ciBii kin k iifl'niu Colli jii.I Silv.ir watch
c I'm i (1 M ioHMlry, of rvory kin t nuil vnr.i-iy m
slylT.1 cnuiprinins Jill of tit- now. n ati.l niuai lnuutn'ut
ici.it;;i9,
Aho. ri.-ili 1 Silver U'ari. i-fnl to C.iiii-.inl ill-r.i-t
Uik'i nfriilv-jr I'laleil W.trJ. I'.tcli article u war
raiit mJ tn ii- uh ruprKiMitiiil.
i " Wali lrn nuil JhwuI')- ciircfilly rcpairoil nu t
?AtIf.ioti.ra t; iniiii tucil.
J CMII IIAIil.lIV.
(S iri-. inr tn fc'ti'iirir .t H.-irl-j
Nu W.'.MUKUI'8lro't, I'll I I.Al.'A
I'Bli'y i3 . ise:t.-3uns,
A LECTURE.
wo) waia?-sffBS him.
Juit pulltshed in a senUJ r.t.- eop. Price its ten's.
A L 'cture ou tho Nutiiro Treatment &
lln lical Curo nf Hpormatorrha'.t nr R'lulunl WVnkni-.
liiwIUHtary l.mli.l , rSsx.i il D ihilllv. .111 1 Imp "
"i"' ,1'lrr,''S'J z'U 'rtlly. N .rro'isiinai. rmuiiu-l
ti.'ii. lvpllop-.yiiii. Pa.; M..iiti,n nnd I'liy.icil lnrp-i
'' ",: rw" J"""' lr""1 rtu"' xliii fcc lly Itnb, J.Cult n
w.-l , .M, l) Author nftlii tlrri'it llnnk r.
Ilia wnrlit roiiiin-iiinlniillinrin iliim.ll nlrjtiU Iwclun
cimrlj- iirm-D from IiU own rip ineu.-u Hut thu tuvi"1
cniue.iiL.iec nfSclf Ahwe uny hi rttVtualli r mu' I
without iiuOu-liif, nn I without ilausjroii nurji.ul
uporalloriM liouslu. Inirtumoiita, riuir nr cnr lial pnni
tmv uut a luo.hi orcure n't nnru ccrtuln una 1 ll'irlu.il hv
which every jnifldrcr no ihatter uli.it hi ruitriitioii nn'
h;i. may cur.i hintn'irchr-Jiply, privately, uml ra urM)
illia l.fcluro will prnvun tioou to Ihoiisauila an I llu"
lauila.
auntunaur nonl to nny inl.lrrn Iu 11 plain. 'ai? l
nvHop, mi Uiu receipt ofnnccnti, or poatace jiainp'
uy u iilruanini;,
CIIAS . '. KI.IN'D fcCil.
IC, llowory, N Vork, ict offt.-o l),iii tiJ-'
Fct-'tary W, leGJ,
WOOD! WOOD !
WAvrni) nttho omcoortiio coi.umiiia hum'1-
coalT'oiVsalij!
FA.IIH.V COAl,. tho very hem in market r.ir "I"
un upplicatiiiutu the IlJitor of this Journal
Noatly and ncpcditiously J'nnted, at tin
Oilico oftho
COLUMBIA DEM001UT.
EXECUTOIPS NOTICE.
Estate of .limes Evcritt, dee'd.
LljTTEna 'rintanicntary nn Itie citatn of Jhuip"
hvcritl. Intent' Ur.injja Inn-iithip, IToiumbia rniinty
ileceiiod,linvo hai-n stimtuil hr :hu KcUti-r f
iimbia county to lli,I."iinili-rijiuHl rpaiiliuir i" ""'
township ; nil pcriiiiK havin.' rlainn ntaiunt Hi
liilont I liu ilri'i-iuloiil nrn ii"iiii-ti.. tn prrn'iit lli'l" 1 '
thi llii'i.utur ui lil. rr-.i.lni,, in .1.1,1 i,. n.!iiiv Willi,
ih'lay nnd IJ pvt.ou luilrhiL'il 10 niako p.iiu'H
i.iii.,jiii,
MOSCH KVWIITT I
tcbruary7 Cot Ct,5; J'xt-mi 1
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