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Original Poetry,
Written expressly for the Columbia Democrat J
THE AMERICAN BOY.
By Willie NoRtok.
Tather, look up and sec that flag,
How gracefully it Hies ;
Those pretty stripes-they seem to be
A rainbow tn tho skies.
It Is your country's flag, my son,
And proudly drinks the light,
O'er ocean", wave In foreign cllnits,
A symbol of our might.
rather -what fearful noise is that,
Like thundering of thu clouds t
Why do people wovcthcli hats,
And rush along In crowds?
It is the noise oftho cannon,
The glad shouts of the free ;
Tills is a day tn memory t'.ar
TIs freedoms jubilee,
I wish that I was now a man
I'd fire my cannon too,
And cheer as lotiuly as the rest,
Hut father, why don't you I
I'm getting old and wcak-but still
My heart Is big with Joy,
I've witiicscd many n day like this
Ehoiit you aloud my boy.
Hurrah I for freedom's Jubilca
Goil bless our native land I
And may 1 live to hold tbo sword
Of freedom in my hand I
Well done, my boy grow up and loto
The land that gnvo you birth ;
A home whcro.frcedani loves to dwell
Is paradise on earth.
Dam illo, jtineUO, lcG3.
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
UDITI'.n 1Y LEVI L. TATE. rilOritlETOR
ELOOMSJJURG, PA.
Saturday, July 1, IS6.6.
Piesident Lincoln on Arrests.
In his lcUer to the Albany meeting. Mr.
Lincoln tells us why people are arrested,
as follows :
''Arrests in c.ifcs of rebellion are made
nut so much for what has been done, as for
what probably would be done. The man
who stands by anil say nothing wh n tho
peril of liis goveiiiiient is discus'jd, pan
not bo niisundeistood. If not hindered
ho is sure to help the enemy.''
This beats liurnside's pretension all to
pieces! Order 38 simply proposes to
hang a man when ho does something that
may bo construed into ''disloyalty !" Lin-
coin says men should be arrested and pun-
ished on suspicion for "what probably
would be done ! People who stand quiet-
ly and "say nothing" nro ':surc to help
the enemy" says Lincoln ! They "cannot
bo misunderstood," and the public safety
requires their arrest and tho suspension
of the privilege of the writ of habeas cor-
Pu,,r ., .
Was anything so extraordinary over be-
, . . , , . , . , .
free country I Men arc torn from their
homes and immured in bastiles for the
allocking crime of silence! Citizens of
the model republic of tho world aro not
only punished for speaking their opinions
but arc plunged into dungeons for holding
their tongues ! When befoic, in tho annals
of tyranny, was silence ever punished as a
crime! Citizens who disapprove oftho
acts of the administration arc denied even
the refuge of a digniCcd silenco, and, on
malioious and partizan conjectures of tho
- D
motives of such silence tlioy are deprived
of their liberty. Few among us ever ex
pected to live
to see such things done; and
-n Brn rr, n tl.nm l ,,
o sure, to seo thorn so un-
nobody, wc ar
blushiugly confessed
Battlo of Winchester.
Tho Lycoming tiuzctlc says, tho most
disgraceful defeat oftho war, iu our opin
ion, occurred at Winchester a few days
since. Gen. Milroy commanded our for
ces, and had 7,000 men in battle. Win
chester was Wrongly fortifwd, and was
sopposed to bo impregnable at all events
against tho attack of 10,000 men, which
.1 ,. 1 . r.. li .1 i .
was tno numucr uiiuer nwen, tuo rcDot
geucral who raado tho nttaok. By tho bad
management, tho want of cool courage and
capacity, in Milroy, ho lost everything,
Nothing says a writer for a Now York pa.
per, who was present, was saved, except
what was carried on tho person of tho
troops, l wo regiments were oaptured
wholesale. Not a soldier had a chango of
clothiog. Tho officers wero compelled to
leave oven their wives behind thorn in tho I
hands of the cnnniy
rp. , ...
ilireooutiro batter-
ics of field pieces, and ono battery ofseigo
guilS in fact, tllO wholo of tllO artillery
o i J
oftho command-all tho army stores and
provisions all tho amunition, together
with six thousand muskets, and small arms
1 without number two buudrad and cielatv
1 wagons, and one thousand two hundred
horses were lost, Out of seven thousand
men, only from sixteen hundred to two
thousand have turned up safe, and they
Hod liko frightened quails in ono direction
whilo their commander ran off in imother.
Fivo thousand men remain to bo accounted
for. Tho train which arrived at Harris
burg, and was supposed to bo IWilroy's,
turns out to bo those of Jones' brigadoat
Martinsburg, and McUoynolds,' at Bcrrys
ville. Nothing whatever, belonging to
Milroy's command, was saved. Tho samo
writer states that tho defeat of Milroy was
most thorough and disastrous, and so much
scared was Milroy himself that ho appears
never to havo sloppsd till ho got to Balti
more. Ho arrived In Harrisburg a day
or two afterwards, without any portion of
his command, where he learned, for tho
first timo, that some fifteen hundred of his
men, in a stato of demoralization, had
found their way to Rodford.
Such an officer is a disgrace to our ar
my, lie should bo cashiered and dismis
sed tho service without an hour's delay.
Army Correspondeucc.
Written for the Columbia Democrat.
Washington, N. C, )
Juno 0, 1803. J
Cor,. Tate,
Dear Sir ; Enclosed you 'villi
find Brigadier General Spinola's parting
address to the Keystone Brigade composed
of tho 171th, 109th, 103th, and 175th
Regiments of Pa. Militia, ho being order
ed to Beaufort, consequently the command
devolves upon Col. E. Biercr, he being
senior officer and at several times in tho
abs.'ncc of the General, had charge oftho
Brigade, Col. M. Ilibbcn having tempora
ry command during Bicrcr's absence horns.
But old Bail, as tho boys call him, return
ed a few days since, to take charge of his
Regiment, under whoic management all
are perfectly satisfied and ever ready to
obey him aa they havo been for many a
loug and weary march, of which tho Gon-
cral speaks about, during nearly two
month of active services in pursuit of the
enemies of our country, through swamps,
and over tho sands of North Caroliua, to
Jacksonville, Polloeksville and Washing
ton where wo arrived after several at
tempts on the 2!5 of April, six days after
the rebels retired with iheir forces after
having attempted iu vain for 17 days, to
, take the pines, which was carrisoned bv a
j sraail force of bravo defenders with scanty
means as to provisions and ammunition,
with rebels on all Hides and tho river
Blockaded, it sccmod as thought they must
' surrender j but, by tho daring and Willful
1 management of General Foster, they were
1 reinforced, and forced tho rcbs to draw
1 off. Since thcn.cvcry tiling has been quiet
! occasionally we get word that they intend
. ..,,11. 1 , , .1
to attack which only tends to keep up tho
.niicnnn ill lliil hntrc firwl InnL'na llinm innrrt
cautious and vigilaut, and should they at
tempt it again, they will find a larger force
both by land and water, than before.
The gurrillas still continue their rruel
mode of warfare. Only a short time cinco
they shot one of our cavalry pickets and
wounded him mortally. Tltoy then robbed
him and left. Ho was brought in and
survived two days aud died. Wo are now
suffering from tho hardships and privation
which the General speaks of in his ad
dress. Tho report sum up about 140 un
fit for duty, as it is no uncommon thing to
1,car thc mufiIcd drum '"elancholy notes
f tll fil' antl S''ollt tramp of tllC Sol-
. 1
dior, as they plod their way to that silent
valley (beneath thc sod) whoro all must
sooner or later go, bearing with them one
of their bravo departed comrades, who
had given- up hi life to his country, iu
honest effort to crush out this wicked aud
uncalled for rebellion.
I am in pretty good health, and wish to
bo kindly rememborcd to all inquiring
friendo,
Your3, very truly,
Cyrus Demott.
A privntQ ; tho 171st iegimoI,t) pa, jr.,
j Gen, Spinola'a "Koystono Brigade."
j Gen. V. B. Spinola's patriotic Address,
. referred to above, speaks iu tho highest
praiso of our Columbia oouuty boys, and
j wc regret that wo havo not room for its
1 publioatiou. Ed. Democrat.
I6y A coaotry paper, in puffing a soap,
says it is tho ''best over used for olcauing
n rlti-ft. .unn't- f.iin Wn I. n .... tt.in.1 .1 n wl
UlfcJ lllllli S3 lUVbt 1, U UUtU illUU It, U11U
,
inereiuro wo Know.
t6S- An officer being much intoxicated,
i oi soldier observod that ho was afraid
.. . . ...
there was soinolhimr wronfr at heudauar.
l0r3i
. ,
iSf Masked balls and masked batter-
ies arc dangerous concerns.
Communications.
Written f.r the Columbia Democrat.
Berwick, Pa., )
Juno 27, 1803. J
Col. Levi L. Tate,
Dear Sir s In my rambles through
Co'umbia county, I chanced to stop somo
timo in tho town of Orangcvillo, which is
situated on tho banks of that beautiful
stream called Fishingcrcck. Orangcvillo
is very pleasantly located, and it would
appear, by tho magnificont Academy that
has been erected there, that its citizens nro
an enterprising people. I admire their
taste very much. Thc building is pleas
antly situated on tho hill above thc town,
with a pleasant grovo in tho front, and tho
building is one on of the best of the kind
in tho county.
During my stay I was very kindly trea
ted by the citizens. But I am very sorry
to say, tliat hero, as in most all places,
politics are predominant in tho minds of
tho people (ot at least some of them,) and
considerable discntions and strife grow
out of their hasty and thoughtless de
bates. Each party endeavoring to mako
their own side tho bebt. And which party
is most to blamo I will leave to thc judg
ment of tho roader, I will endeavor to
give somo of their arguments, but won't
decido between them.
Well, they will commence talking about
James Buchauan's administration, then
tho Republicans, of course, will condemn
him as a traitor and rebel, as they did
during his administration, they then will
conic down to thc war and thc present
administration. Of course tho Democrats
cannot, or do not endorse all tho acts of J
tho administration, par'.icularly on tho
slavery question, and do not hesitate in
telling them wherein they think according
to their opinion is wrong ; but strange to
say, as soon a3 there is a word spoken '
against the present administration, there,
as well as other places, tho Republican
would call the Democrat a traitor, a rcbe
and a secessionist, and say ho ought to be j
shopped up or have his houss burned
down. !
Now I was never called a traitor to my
face, but I should suppose it would make
a man feci a liltlo rothy, as tho name
utraitoru is a very delicate name for an
American citizen to bo called. Yet those
bad names arc very common words in tho
place, and I should suppose theso bad I
names have been the means of all the '
strife tliero and elsewhere. Thc great
quory, in my mind is, how a man or any
party of men can themselves do an act of ,
the same kind and be a Loyal man, whilst
the other is a traitor, rebel, copperhead, Sec. J
lur. r.ui.or, you very wcu recollect mat,
during Buchanan's administration, tho Re
publicans said all kinds of hard things
about him, aud called him all thc bad
names that w'eked men could think of,
yet the Democrats did not think of call
ing them traitors or rebels ; did not arrest
any of them, nor did they threaten to
tear down their houses because they did
not think as they did. Yet, I find if a
Democrat says a word against Lincoln's
adminiiiration, he is a rebel, a traitor, &c.
Now, I don't approve of cither but con
demn both as wrong.
I cannot understand how any man can
be so thoughtless as to condemn another
for tho very samo thing he does himself.
They must cither be crazy with power or
they must think tho Democrats aro devoid
of feeling. They ought to read Senator
. Irumbull s bpece
DS 1,1 ClllCagO,
! learn a lessou w
Trumbull s bpeech at a Republican mcot-
anil reflect upon it anu
liich will harmonize the
country and that is tho only doctrine that
will do it.
1 would not wish to say auy thing
against the morals of tho citizens of Or
angcvillo, or of their refinements, although
I think if they would have considered tho
well being of tho young as they should,
they would not have their Post Office in a
Lnger Peer imd Oyster Saloon, which, if
I mistake not, is against thc law, and I am
sure it is contrary to custom ; especially
where they pretend to any refinement.
I think it would bo rather a delicate
task for a lady to step into a Lager Beer
Saloon for tho uews, and I supposo, also,
that it would bo a stroug inducement for
a young man to take a glass of lager or
ale, whilo ho is waiting an hour or so to
get his news, (as it takes throo or four
about an hour to chango the mail,) And
yet theso aro tho men that advise preach
ers what to preach, and to havo a say in
tho organization of Sabbath Schools ; and
what for I Not that thoy wish to go to the
Sabbath School themselves and teach tho
children their duty to God and thoir fol
1 n li. ,-ti. in Til (linv Ifnntir tlim, nm nnl nnnn.
IWII tll.ttl, .v. fct.ta , uiiuii tllW, M.W wv l.l.M.1-
i,iA nr ,in; .., no ., 0f i,,i ,.
, -b
i nln in tlm fitrnnrg. lint. I fliimilil Kiinnnsft
1 tiey want t0 spjt0, or hreak down some
ono that W trying to do good, yet daro
i i . i . ii . i ... i!.. r i
' not tako thc samo sido in politics, Oh I
when will men look at their own faults
t and not at those of their neighbors.
Yours truly,
A TRAVELLER,
WE ARE COMING.
We aro earning, Abraham Lincoln,
From muuntaln, wood nnd glen,
We are coining, Abraham Lincoln,
With the ghosts of murdered men,
Yes I we're coming, Abraham Lincoln,
With curses loud nnd deep,
That will haunt you in your woklng,
And dlsturt you In your sleep.
1 here's blood upon your garment,
Thero's guilt upon your soul;
For the lust of ruthless soldiers,
You let loose wl thout control :
Your dark and wicked doing.
A Ood of isorcy sees;
And the wull of homeless children
Is heard on every breeze.
There's sadnsss In our dwellings,
And llincry ol wild despair
From broken hearts nnd ruined home.
Urenks on thc midnight air,
White sorrow sprcadsher funeral pall
O'er this once linppy land :
For brother meets, in deadly strife,
A brother', battle brand.
With desolation, nil around
Our dead lie on the plains I
Yo'ur coming Abraham Lincoln.
With manacles and chains,
To subjugate the white men,
Mid set tho negro free j
Dy tho blood of all these murdered ni.
This curse can nevcrbe.
You may call your black batallion.
To aid your sinking cause.
And substitute your vulgar Jokes
For liberty and lav...
No I by the memory of our fathers
Dy whose green ununmbercd graves.
We'll perish on ten thousand field.
Ere we become your slave..
Hark I hear you not the battlo crash.
Sec not Hi') lightning's gleam:
Tho earth drinks up a brother', blood.
Oh God I it is no dream.
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY THE
Democratic State Convention.
Resolved, 1 hat wo again renew our
vows of fidelity to tho Constitution of thc
United States, thc great charter for which
our fathers struggled and fought, and
which was established, a3 they themselves
expressed it, "to form a more perfect Union
establish justice, ensure domestic tranquil
ty, provide for the common defense, pro
mote tho general welfare, and secure tho
blessings of liberty to ourselves and pos
terity." Resolved, That inasmuch aa tho Consti
tution embodies tbo only guarantees we
have for public liberty and private right,
as without it wo can have no hope, of pro
tection from bloodshed, spoliation and an
archy thc man who sneers at 'Mho Con
stitution as it is" proves himself to bo
deficient in the first element of patriotism;
and any officer of the State or Federal
Government who swears to support the
Constitution, and afterwards, with that
oath on his conscience, willfully violates
it, is wholly unworihy of public eouCdcncc.
Resolved, That among thc rights which
tho Constitution provides to every citizen,
is that of being sscuro in his life, liberty
and property, bo that ho cannot be deprived
of cither without duo process of law, a fair
trial by a competent judge and a jury of
his neighbors, with witnesses to confront
him and counsel to defend him. This is
so just in itself, so necessary to tho happi
ness of tho people for whom all govern
ment is made, and so plainly written down
in thc Federal Constitution, and in all the
Stato Constitutions, any person who can
misunderstand it has not in our opinion,
the mental capacity which fits him for
nublic station
Resolved, That wc have heard with in
tense alarm and deep indignation that somo
of our political opponents claim for tho j
President of tho United States a power
hitherto wholly unknown in America and
never exercised in Europo or Asia, except
by tho most despotic monarchs, namely :
tho power to arrest frco citizens for tho
expression of their honest opinions on
public affairs; and that thc President
has not only presumed to exorcise this
power himself wilh tho moderation and
mercy which his own naturo might prompt
but has delegated it to many subordinates,
and they again to others in every part of
the country, until its hideous presence is
seen and felt all over tho land.
Resolve.1, That among tho thc numer
ous officers to whom tho President has
giveu this tcrriblo power abovo tho laws
and abovo tho people, there must, in the
nature of things bo a largo proportion who
aro totally incapablo of wielding it cither
honestly or wisely low politicians filled
with partifan rancor, knaves who do not
caro for jutico and ruffians who delight
in trampling it under foot ; and thorcforo
wo aro not surprised to learn that the
worthiest men havo been torn from their
I'amiles, judges knocked down on tho bench,
minsilers oftho Gospel imprisoned in loath
somo dungeons and rcspcctablo womca
treated with a brutality which it would bo
indecent cvon to name and all this, in
many cases, without a pretensq that tho
victims were guilty oven of a political of
fense, much less of any crime asainst thc
laws.
Resolved, That frco government oannot
exists without a frco press, aud tho Lonsti
tution of this Stato, as woll as that of tho
United States, has declatod that it shall
bo freo. Those persons therefore in office
or out of office, who attempt to suppress
books and newspapers by violcnco aro tho
enemies ol tins government aud ought to
bo themselves suppressed.
Resolved, That wo hartily thank tho
lionhearted Deraooraoy of Ohio, for tho
manly vindication they havo given to the
i Constitution against tho great crimo com-
mittcd upon it in thc arrest and deporation
of Clement L. Vallaudfirhara: and wc
assure them of our cordial sympathy in
tho great struggle they aro maktug for
thesr undoubted rights.
Jicsolvcd, I hat tuo plain duty ol tuo
Chief Magistrate ot this Commonwealth
requires him to uso whatever power the
law has placed in his hands to protect tho
State and tho people from lawless outrages,
como from what quarter thoy may, and
no man is lit to bo linvcrnor ol tuts otaio
who will consent to hold his own liberties
and let thc people hold theirs at thc mcro
will of tho Federal Executive.
Resolved, That thc Demooracv of Penn
sylvania has been over true to tho cause
of thc Union. It was in thc uan.c, and
for the sako of tho Union, that our party
was made ; that wc denounce the least in
timation that tho Democratic party enter
tains now, or even has entertained, or
oven can entertain, tho slightest sympa
thy with thc present gigantic rebellion, or
with traitors in arms against tho govern
ment, or would ever consent to pcaco up
on any terms involving a dismemberment
of the Union, as utterly unjust ; and in
proof of this, wo point with cxaultation to
tho lavish contributions to tho war in
blood and, treasure herctoforo and now
being raado by thc hundrods of thousands
of Democratic citizens, who were among
tho first to fly to tho rescue of the Union
and peril their lives iu its defence.
Resolved, That as the true friends of
Iho Union, and feeling a profound anxiety
for its fate, wc claim, and will exercise,
tho right to consider, discuss, ascertain
and urco in becoming terms upon thc peo-
plo aud thc constituted authorities, what
ever measures will, m our luugmont, bo
most likely to please and keep tho whole
nation and Union together undcrono fed
oral government.
Resolved, That when this war began
wc had the solemn plcdgo of tho federal
administration and of thc party which
placed it in power, as expressed in thc
resolution passed by Congress on July
22d, 1801, that it ''is not waged on their
part in any spirit of oppression or for any
purpose of conquest or subjugation or pur
poso of overthrowing or interfering with
tho rights or established institutions of
those States but to defend and maintain
the supremacy oftho Constitution and to
prcicrve tho Union, with all tho dignity,
equality, and rights of the several States
unimpaired ; and that as soon as these
objects aro accomplished the war ought to
cease." But tho federal administration,
acting undar tho influence of a small fac
tion of ultra Abolitibnists, always opposed
to tho Union and without the consent of
thc great mass of thc people, has totally
changod its ground, avowing and pro
claiming its purposo to be wholly different,
aud thus it has greatly allayed our just
hope of peace.
The rcsolutionswerc unanimously adopt
ed by the Convention amid frantic shouts
of applause.
nhe followimr aro thc Resolutions
adopted by tho IIouso of Representatives
on 13th April last, by thc votes of the
Democratic members, which arc affirmed
by thc Convention.
Resolved by the Senate and House, of
Representative of the Coinnvmuiealth of
Pennsylvania, in General Jlisembli met,
That as our institutions arc assiled by
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bv unconstitutional acts of Congress and
startling usurpations of power by tho exe
cutive, which wc havo seen be experiment
can be corrected by thu ballot, policy as
well as principlo requiro that our people
shall wait the process of reform, which is
slow but sure, and refrain from all unlaw
ful and unconstitutional acts, which have
already brought terrible calamities upon
thc country, whilst they invoke tho aid of j
all patriotic men to assist in averting tho t
ovils that threaten our free institutions.
Second, That this General Assembly
declares that this Stale has ever boon, is
now, aud will remain in future dovotedly I
truo to thc Constitution of tho United
Slates and to the Federal Government es-'
tablishcd by it, and is determined tomiun-,
tain them with her utmost power against;
both domostio and foreign foes ; and fur-
thor ; that all appropriate and constitu
tional efforts should bo put fcrth to sup
press tho existing rebellion. j
Third, That this General Assembly ro- j
cognize a manifest difference between tho ,
administration of tho government and tho J
government itself ; tho ono is transitory,'
limited iu duration to that period ot timo
for which tho officers elected by tho peo-
plo aro charged with tho conduct of tho
samo, thu other is permanent, intended by
its founders to enduro forever.
Fourth, That this General Assembly, in
the excrciso of its right to differ with the
Federal Executive, enters its solemn pro
test against tho proclamation of tho Pre
sident of the United States, dated tho first j
day of January, ono thousand eight hun
dred and sixty thrco, by whioh ho assumes
to cmancipato slaves in certain States,
holding tho samo to bo unwise, unconsti
tutional and void.
Fifth, That this General Assembly de
clares that the power which has recently
been assumed by tho President of tho
United States, whoreby, under tho guise
of military necessity, ho has proclaimed
and extended martial law over States
whoro war did not exist, and has suspon
dod tho writ of habeas corpus, is unwar
ranted by thc Constitution, and its tenden
cy is to subordinate civil to militay
authority, and to subvert our system of
freo government.
Seventh, That this General AsombIy
(loom it proper further to dcclaro that it,
together with all tho truly loyal people ol
tjio Stato, would hail,with ploasuro and do
light, any manifestation of a dostro on tho
part of thc seceded States to return to their
allegianco to thc Government oftho Uuiou
aud would in such event cordially and
earnestly co-oporato with thorn in the res
toration of pcaco and tho procurement of
such proper guarantees as would givo se
curity to all their interests and rights.
Right, That thc soldiers composing our
armies merit the warmest thanks of tho
nation. Their country called, and nobly
did they respond. Living thoy shall know
a nation's gratitude ; wounded, a nation's
caro ; and monuments shall be raised to
teach postciity to know the patriots and
heroes who offered thoir lives at their
country's altar. Their widows and or
phans shall bo adopted by the nation, to
bp watched over and cared for as objects
truly worthy a nation's guardianship.
Hhtth, That psnnsylvania will atihero
to tno Con-titution and tho Union as tho
host, it may be thc last, hopo of popular
freedom ; and for all wrongs which may
have boon committed, or evils which may
exist, will seek redress under tho Consti
tution and within tho Union, by tho peace
ful but powerful agency of the Biiffrago of
a free people,
Tenth, That this General Assembly
hails with pleasure and hope thc manifes
tations of convcrsativG sentiment among the
people oftho Norlhern States in their lato
elections, and regards thc same as tho earn
est of a good purposo upon their part to
co-operate with all other loyal citizens in
giving security to tho rights of every sec
tion, and maintaining the Union and tho
Constitution as they were ordained by tho
founders of thc Republic.
Eleventh, That in tho judgment of this
General Assembly, whenever it becomes
practicable to obtain a convention of all or
of three fourths of Iho States, such bodv
should be convened for tho purposo of pro
posing such amendments to tho Federal
Constitution as oxpenenco has proved to
be necessary to maintain that instrument
in the spirit and meaning intended by its
founders, and to provide against future
convulsions and wars.
Twelfth, That whilo tins General As
scrably condemns and denounces the faults
of tho Administration and the encroach
ments of the abolitionists, it docs also most
thoroughly condemn and donounco tho
heresy of scsession as unwai ranted by thc
Constitution, and destructive alike oftho
security aud perpetuity of Government and
oftho peace and liberty oftho people ; and
it does hereby most solemnly declare that
the people of this Stato arc unalterably op
posed to any division of tho Union, and
will presistcutly exert their whole influ
ence aud power under thc Constitution to
maintain and defend it.
Thirteenth, That the laws of this State
must bo maintained and enforced : and
that it is the duty oftho constituted author
ities of the Stato to sec to it, that by all
constitutional means this indispensable end
shall bo attained.
Fourteenth, That copies of those resolu
tions bo forwarded to tho President of tho
United States, to tho Governors of the sev
eral States acknowledging thc Federal au
thority, and to our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress.
JCST" Wisdom or folly always govern us.
EST Prosperity, liko a comc, threaten
while it shines.
gCPTokccp eggs from spoiling, cat
them while they arc fresh.
JSQT" Of all tho dust thrown in men's
eyes, gold dust is tho most blinding.
JCSy Tho soldier in war and tho farmer
in peace allko win their triumphs in tho
field.
Lawyer's mouths arc like lurupiko
gates never open except for pay.
JCS? Groat opportunities arc generally
tho result of tho wiso improvements of
small ones.
EST One hour lost in tho morning will
put back all thc business of tho day ; and
ono hour gained by rising early, will make
one month in tho year.
lUf It is a mistake to suppose that
"timo is money." Wo know of two or
three railroads that mako "first-rate timo,
but not a bit of money.
tt3!f"l am astonlahcd; my dear yotjng
lady, at your sentiments ; you mako mo
start." ''Well, sir, I have been wanting
you to start for tho last hour."
EST At a Sunday School, tho other af
ternoon, a bright looking fallow wits nsked,
What U conioionoo !" lie auswcred,vcry,
very properly, '!An inward monitor."
And, "What is a mcnitdr V "Oh, bno
of tho iron clads."
CSyWhat is tho difference between a
boy running after a girl and a boy run
ning nftcr a enrriago I
Ono chases the miss and the other mis
ses tho chase.
I-A country paper says : Wanted at
this offico an edit r who can please ovory
body. Also a foreman who oan so nr
range the paper that everybody's adver
tisement shall head tho column.