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BLCO.HSUrRG, W'E1).ESDAT, DEC 4lb, 1861.
GThc Republican Press through this
section of country appear to have much to
say upon'thersubject of emancipation of sla
very. Week after week these Republican
editors are administering to their readers,
in small and large potions, "negro emanci
' paction,." in order, .perhaps, to arrive at some
conclusion as to how the public pulse beats
upon the subject. It would, we opine, 're
quire no long time to correctly ascertain the
f entiment of the people North, as well as
Souih, upon this matter. Bat still they con
tinue to throw out their feeler s,vne after an
oher, as if it was the all absorbing question
of the times. They talk about the proper
time arriving, when it will become a sheer
military necessity to declare, by Proclamation,
the negroes all free, in order to accomplish
the work of putting down this rebellion,
which job "the powers that be" considered
could be done in-tnree months or lest time
.Talk about the time arriving, for the eman
cipation of slavery ! if that time is ever com
ing, it isliere now, just as much as ever it
will be. The Administration has no author
ity to declare, "by proclamation, or any other
"way, the negroes free, (and well they know
it,) unless they are going to lay the Consti
tution to one side altogether, and consider
the docoment'null and void. The Admin
istration has, in several instances, as is well
established, usurped powers, wThA, con
stitutionally, it had no right to do; but it was
in cases of no Utile momentary importance
to the Administration in defending the Gov
ernment 8gainst a powerful enemy that
were boldly menacing its destruction.
The people have given the President right
in what be has done; and in cases where he
ftas tread outside of the Oonetilutfofc they
are pretty much of one mind, willing to
consider it all for the best. It appeared to
be necessary that he should call out Volun
teers to save the Capitol, at a time when
traitOTS were standing in sight plotting its
capture. For him to have waited until he
could have convened CongTess,Totr a little
authority, at that dreadful moment, would
have been, in our opinion, very impolitic.
He would at once been charge with not do
ing his sworn duty, orbeing in league with
be traitors, by quietly submitting to the
taking of the Capitol and the overthrow of
onr Government, which he could have pre
vented; and, thank God, he did prevent it,
thereby saving himself from the vile stigma
that otherwise would have been heaped
upon him.
The writ of habeas corpus was suspended
by Mr. Lincoln, another terrible thing.
There were some people in the country, at
- the time of this suspension, disposed to
quibble and make a disturbance about the
. matter. Nobody, particularly, contended
that the President had a constitutional rigl t
to suspend the writ; but that he did it, and
that it was for the good of the cause alone,
must be conceded. We have heard promi
nent and able members of the democratic
party declare that they would have done
' still more; besides suspending the writ ol
habeas corpus, they wonld have suspended the
persons for whose benefit the writ was
about tc be applied, and tbas put a period
: to the existence of the traitors.
However, this matter, right or wrong, has
' been gotten along with, and at present not
- msch are being said upon the subject. -Still,
another serious thing was performed
by this Chief Magistrate, viz: the blockading
of ports. This operation, it would seem,
- was reeled in the power of Congress, hence
- the President had no legal jurisdiction over
the matter, further than the recommenJing
of an act authorizing such blockade to te
' effected. Bot, in an hour of great peril, this
matter was taken in hand by Mr. Lincoln,
and acted upon without the authority of
- Congress, and on the assembling of that
body, they sanctioned the act. The Senate,
if we remember correctly, refused to pas
an act sanctioning the official ads of the
President, saying that they were satisfied
with what be had done, and did not deem
it necessary.
Yoo will observe, reader, that these were
all matters of very great momentary impor
tance towards the sustenance of our Gov
ernment. They needed prompt and decided
- action and through the President alone could
that be accomplished, when the country at
tkat time was on the 'very brink of suffering
for the benefit of that action. With these
usurpations of power, as we choose to call
it, every patriot should be satiefied,knowing
that through them, in a great measure, our
. Government has been maintained.
The war is being prosecuted, it is pre
aumed, on cur part, in an honorable way ;
- still there exists at the North that Abolition
faction who are trying their very ntmost to
place it on a different footing a tear against
slavery! They write and publish elaborate
articles to prove to the Administration that
by declaring the blacks of the South free,
it would put a speedy termination to this
rebellion that the rebels would then lay
I down their arms and come back into the
Union and sua for peace. They try to make
it appear by freeing the negro in the South
and pay him a recompense for his laboT,
there would not be so many blacks in the
North; that the climate and everything in
- the South are so adapted to their nature,
that they would all leave this hyperborean
climate and go there. ' -
We do not have much faith in the logic,
neither do we profess to understand much
atp st the black species, but we do know
that they detest work, generally they do
-.-..i . ...
in the South and you are overrun with
them in the North in a very short time
A'-good-for-nothiDg, thieving set, what do
you abolitionists want with them ? They
are not needed here leave them where they
are.
By inaugurating the war 'for (fee freedom
of the slaves, would, in our opinion, tend to
do theUnion' cause more harm than any
thing we could name. It would unite the
Union element of the Sooth with the Seces-sionisls'-as
ofira man ; make them more vig
orous and determined. This would never
do. The Sumner and Creeley 'School of
politicians are trying to force emancipation
upon the President as a military necessiiy.
They are Secessionists at heart snd in deeds.
When this war cannot be further prosecut
ed without gratifying the desire and aim of
the abolitionists emancipation then an
opposition thereto will . rise in the North
hard to overcome. We do not need the
negroes, assistance In putting down this
wicked rebellion, instigated oy their mas
ters. We are strong enough to conquer
the whole of them, bhicfc and white, if
must be. When the administration has ex
hausted all its -power, and this rebellion
still exists, it will not attempt to set the
blacks free, with a view of their assistance,
as some of the Abolition press have inti
mated, but it has other sources upon which
it may rely with the most explicit confi
dence, and which assistence would be an
honor instead of a disgrace upon the Amer
ican people.
PeterfonY Counterfeit Detector.
It is a startling fact that there never has,
at any -time, been so many counterfeits and
altered bank notes in 'circulation as at pres
ent, many of which are so well executed
as to defy the closest inspection. Within a
fortnight Feterson's Detector noticesthe ap
pearance of forty four new counterfeits. Un
der the circnmstances it is imperative for
every business man to have at hand a re
liable detector and such a one is Peterson's.
The best thing is to subscribe to the semi
monthly issue of Peterson's Detector, and
thus ge! a copy of it every two weeks. A
new feature has also been introduced into
Peterson's Detector. This is a page of de
scriptions -of over one hundred bogus bank
plates, which is be best safeguard against
altered notes in existence. The general
contents of the work are admirable. The
price of it semi-monthly, is only Two Dollars
a year, or monthly, One Dollar a year. We
would advise all persons to vera it the price
of a year's subscription to T. B. Peterson's
& Brotbet,306 Chestnut Street,Philadelphia,
at once for it.
Cocrt. The regular term of Court for
DeceTnbet did not amount!:) much, in con
sequence of the want of a President Judge
to preside, Warren J. Woodward having re
tired from this bench for the purpose of as
suming the duties as Judge in the Berks
District, -to which office he was ch6sen at
the late election. The Associates, Bat
dy and McReynolds, took their seats.
Upon the ancouncement of the Crier, the
Court came to order ; when the clerk call
ed over the names of the different Consta
bles in the county, who appeared and hand
ed in their reports. After this business was
passed over, the Grand and Traverse Jurors
were called ; several net being in attend
ance. The Grand Jurors were sworn, a fore
man appointed, and received the usual in
structions, after which they retired to their
room for the purpose of disposing of what
ever business should properly be laid before
them. On Tuesday noon they had returned
near a dozen true bills, which will be laid
over lor trial at our next session, Feb. term.
The Traverse Jurors were all dismissed on
Monday ; the Court allowing them one day's
pay.
TheLitllc Pilgrim. We find upon our
table a copy of Grace Greenwood:s Little
Pilgrim, for December, itisa monthly pub
lication, intended expressly for Children.
After a careful examination, we are com
pelled to'say that it i just the thing. In
deed, its perusal carries us far back on
raemory'e road to those little days when
we watched the post so eagerly for the ap
pearance of our old childhood'? friend,
"Peter Parley." There can be no more
desirable publication for the instruction and
amusement of the 'little folks" than the
Little Pilgrim. It is very cheap, too only
50 cents a year. Address Leander K. Lip
piocott, 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
The amount of the subscription may be re
milted in postage stamps.
It did not please Akdbew Ccrtim to ap
point a President Judge for this Judicial Dis
trict last week. Hesaw fit to defer the mat
ter until the middle of this week, when he
thought he would make the appointment
It is evident that he does not intend to ap
point William Elwell, Esq., of Towanda,
who is, without doubt, the person the peo
ple of this District wish to have preside
over their Courts. What is meant by An
dy's holding back this appointment may not
be hard to understand, while thet aresev
eral applicants who desire" being candidates
for the office at the next General election.
This is, and should not be, a political office,
yet there are those who feel disposed to
have politics drug in with it. As nearly
every school-boy is aware that this is a
strong Democratic District, thsre had ought
to be no difficulty in electing a Democratic
Judge next fall it the Democracy are so dis
posed. They have the matter in their own
hands and we presume will attend to it well
and in time.
Thb Right of the Column. A noticeable
fact, yesterday, in the review, was that Col.
Biddle's "Buck-tail" regiment, from the
western part of Pennsylvania,and Col. Sim
mons' Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, had
the right of the column. They are two of
the oldest volunteer Regiments in. the State
and are equal in drill t o any of the regular
regiments. Philadelphia Press.
Is this the same Col. Biddle whom the
Press labored so hard to defeat when be ran
Universal Emancipation.
From the hour intelligence was received
that thousands of slaves had been captured
by the Federal Fleet, as part of the fruits
of their labor on the coast tif South Carol -na,
the wild shout of universal emancipatioa
has resounded throughout the bounds Of the
Northern and western Stales. From our
Canadian frontier to the borders of content ing
'territory, the roost extravagant idet.s
have been conceived concerning the subs 3
quent state of the slave population. Ti e
extended arms of Abolition philanthropy, in
imagination, have pressed to their throl
bing hearts the subjects of Southern oppres
sion with insane 'joy, proclaiming liberty
to this chain bound, and freedom of actiin
to the hereditary bondsmendf a cotton ar s
tocracy, without :pausing to consider wlat
effect such extreme measures would produ:e
if placed in action by the Federal -'Government
The knots;in this intricate question, ire
opine, are not so readily adjusted as extreme
worshippers of the anti slavery mind would
have you believe. It requires more wisdom
and patience, more calm deliberation ind
thoughtful study.than that heretofore taught
by philosophers in this department of polit
ical science. This question can not be set led
by txtreme representatives of either section.
It must be done by mind that can take in
all branches, consider all interests, revisw
all ipnints that are connected in any v ay
with its existence.
Men may talk about changing the condi
tion of a race in a day about throw ng
millions of dependent mortals upon tl eir
own resources, compelling them to wjrk
out their own temporal salvation when t ley
have yet to learn the initiatory lessons com
prising independent action. By their rep sat
ed declarations these equalizers of the hu
man race would have you consider it an
easy task to create this change, and th ere
fore urge your co-operation in cutting l ose
the chords that check the colored millhns
now so thickly represented throughout the
Southern sections of our coumry, selling
them afloat upon the sea of life, wit! out
chart or 'compass whereby to evade the
rocks and shoals and angry tides that Con
stantly operate against the contending inter
ests of man's ambition and pursuit Ex
periments in many instances, especially
where a community of mind is necessarily
involved, oftentimes fail in their desired
acheivemenls when approached with the
greatest care and deliberation. This fact
however dos not restrain the heated im
pulses of the mind now pleading for imnedi-
ae emancipation, with renewed cnes they
call upon the Federal Government to let
loose the ignorant mass of aarkness into the
full hberty of national light, without u sting
its ravs by a gradual entrance into its nowday
blessings.
Lile is one continued warfare, to conpete
with any hope of success a certain amount
of training is absol utely required, If, here
fore, the enslaved people of color upon this
continent are to become their own masters,
responsible lor their own business transac
tions, assuming their own support ai-. citi
zens of the United States, we hope it will
not be brought about, as above inti nated !
until a school of instruction is incorprated
wherein the preliminary lessons at least will
be trrotoughly expounded, thereby .jiving
them a start in bt new line of exist
ence. The 'peculiar institution' has florrished
in th:s country for upwards of two hundred
years. In October 1640 the first cargo of
slaves from the coast of Africa, sailed up
the James river under the British fag, pro
tected by a British captain, and owned by
a British subject. So much profit iccrued
from this speculation that America nt once
became a lucrative market for African
slaves, so much so, that the first resolution
fonnd every state save one so fully impreg
nated with this clement that it was ileeraed
expedient to allow its existence.
Since that day until now, no fomidable
sentiment questioned the right of sllowing
the several States in whose limits it was
found from enjoying the rights it conferred
the law of universal custom permitting it
to remain in full life. How immediate, on-
conditional universal emancipation c an ben
efit us as a nation, we can not conceive,
much less the subjects of such an underta
king. The peculiar condition of our coun
try may compel the government to take
this matter in hand, whether they will or
no, thus urging immediate legislatun. We
trust in such an emergency, wisdam will
prevail, and our country benefitted by the
legislation following such necessity. It, will,
indeed, be a day of jubilee when our conn
try resumes her former peace and quiet
when her glittering swords will bi turned
into plough-shares, and her shinin ; spears
into pruning hooks, and the people learn
war no more WiUiamsport Democrxt. '
We see it stated that, James S. McNinch,
the newly elected County Treasu er, filed
approved bonds on Tuesday of last week,
and is cow qualified to assume t!ie duties
of his office. He does not coramjoca the
performance of his duties in office until the
lit of January, when the annual lettlement
is made for the year 1861. Mr. McNinch
filled this position some two years ago with
credit hoth to himself and the vcters who
plaoed him in office. It will be remember
ed that the Republicans did not trust Mr.
McNinch's loyalty this fall the." said he
was not a good Union man that ie attend
ed too many pence meetings throughout the
county. The people of Columbia county
endorsed him. Has any persoi. heard a
word from them (the Republici as) since
the election in relation to his ch trader or
doings to prove that he was or i i anything
else but a loyal and patriotic cititen and a
true Democrat? No, not one wo d. Judge
Baldy was a "good Union man" i ntil he re
pudiated their nomination and so were quite
a number of our Democrats till it was found
that they wonld not support ite "Union
Ticket," made by Republicans after their
own immaga and likeness.
Vox Pofuli! The Democrat! majority
is, Ne.w ,J?rsey, at the recent e ection we
Letter from one of onr Volunteers. 5o. 5.
Camp Ccrtin, )
Harrisbcrg, Nov. 30, 1861.
Friend Will : From Carop 'Crosfnan to
this place was to us a pleasant journey,over
the Penn'a. C. R. R. occupying about eleven
hours. When I last troubled you with a
line we were under marching orders, for
'Washington. and on Tuesdaj eveningreceiv
ed order to strike our tents by one o clock
A.M. The boys were all in the highest
glee.and cheer after cheer went up from the
throats of our seven hundred and fifty men -We
did not wait until one, but commenced
tearing down our summer houses, singing
such songs as, "Glory Hallelujah-rum,"
"Four and Thirty Stars," "lied, While and
Blue,"&c. Camp Crotman was not only
abolished but completely demolished, the
boys collecting every combustible material
that could be bad, making bon -fires the or
der of ihe night.
At 11 o'clock, A-M. we left Camp and
proceeded to theHepot, where we wer put
boardof twen'ytvo passenger cars, and
started -at moderate speed, tor Harrisburg.
You may rest assure.! that we were sadly
disappointed on receiving orders to stop at
this place. We arrived at Harrisburg at 9j
o'clock, P. M , wheie we received some hot
coffee'pipiog hot," and ulept in ibe depot.
In the morning, headed by Col. Murray and
our Brass Band, we paraded through the
principal streets of the ci'y, passing the
Governor in review, who pronounced us
the fmet Regiment yet muoiered n.to er
vice. You may wager your all that e as-ionie-hed
the men in this Camp when we
came iu. They caii us Lincoln's Body Guard,
and I think they would alt join our Regiment
'providing their officers would con set: t to
their doing so.
There is very little sickness in Camp at
present ; a few eae of fever nd 'Rtcesles.
We are now pleasantly situated, and ieel
quite comfortable.
Our field officers are, Colonel Wm. G
Murray ; Lieut. Colonel, T. C. McOowel ;
Major, Walter Barrett; Surgeon, Or. G F.
Hoops; Chaplain, Rev Dr. AlcLeeJ ; Quar
ter Master, Lieut S. Miles Viepbart. We
are proud ot our officers, and think tbem
amply qualified for the posiiious assigned
them.
Now, Will, allow me to moralize a little
alter my own style, and to commence,! will
say to your readers that we are some ot the
same stamp of heroes that carried the Old
Thjrtten Stars and Stripes through the fire
and smoke of Lexington and Bunker Hill
that waved in triumph at Saratoga that
floated to the winter breeze at Valley Forge
where the starving, freezing and dying
soldiers ot this glorious little Republic en
dured all the toils, hardships and privations
that man can possibly undergo, that was
borne aloft at Yorktown, and still later, at
Lundy's Lane and New Orleans, and through
the glorious war with Mexico, and which
our boys are now determined shall wave in
triumph from the Atlantic to the Pacific
from the cold clime of our northera bor
ders to the soft sunny Palmas of the South
True some of us, yea many, may fall in the
etfbft, yet we feel that such a death is pref
erable to that of staying at home, ranting
and raving about the great rebellion, slavery
southern rights and wrings, and preaching
up such damnable, treasonable doctrine as
some ot the cowardly pimps of your couuty
are doing. Some that 1 might name, who
are, or want to be, prominent politicians
and great administration supporters ; who
are doing all in their power to keep men
from joining our advancing forces, and who
ate trying to raise "Home Guards !" (God
save the mark!) when they well know tkat
such Guirds will not be needed at home
Shame, shame on such cowardly actions
let honest men set their mark upon such
characters, and say to them, in the lar.guagt)
ol the prophe, "Thou art the man.'-'
Corporal Price wishes, .through you, to
thank Hon. Peter Ent, Benjamin Thornt n,
and O. P. Ent, lor hof pitalities and favors
granted and shown him while in your county
recruiting
Our address at present, Camp Curtin,
Harrisburg. Pa., care of Capt. Frick, 84th
Regiment, Penn'a- Volunteers. We do not
expect to stay here longer than ten or twelve
days; where we shall t;o we know not ; but
one thing is certain, if there is any righting
to be done our Regiment will have a good
share ot it, as it is the crack one of the state
and the 6lar one of the service. Your. &c.
Tootles.
mvill rongress.
The United States Congress met in Wash
ington on Monday last. There was a pret
ty general turn out of the members. The
President did not hand in his meage on
Monday, but was expected to send it in at
12 o'clock on Tuesday. The day was spent
in the consideration of resolutions, and in
giving notice of various bills.
Reed, of Aliso'iri,nnw in the rebel service
was expelled from Hone. This served him
right. Lehman and Biddle, both of Phila.,
took their seats. New members are expect
ed from Kentucky in the place of Breckin
ridge of the Senate and Powell of the House.
They are secessionists. Breckinridge the
worst of the two, he is in ihe rebel service.
This session will be a spirited one from
present appearances.
Newspaper attacks are being made in the
Richmond papers against Beauregard, who
published a card requesting his friends not
to notice them. The controversy is being
carried on with great spirit, bitterness and
anger. Republican paper.
For years the Republican papers of this
State have been in the habit of telling their
readers that the press of the South did not
dare to speak out in condemnation of the
acts of its leading men that "Southern pol
iticians were despots,who would t.ot recog
nize a free press, such as we have in the
North." The above paragraph is evidence
that our Repulican friends have been falsi
fying. It is in the north that an attempt
has been made to silence a free press. It
is in the north that the mails have been
closed against certain papers because of
their fearless exposure ot official corruption
and villainies. It is in the North (in the
state of New York,) that seventeen Demo
cratic papers were suppressed by order of
the government, a few weeks prior to the
election in that State. The greatest tyrants
on the face of the earth are Abolitionists
If they thought they darn do it they would
destroy every Democratic Printing office in
the land. The press of the south is free in
comparison with the press of the North
Carlisle Volunteer.
It is supposed that Hon. James Guthrie,
Secretary of the Treasury, under President
Pierce, and John J. Crittenden, will be the
new Senators from Kentucky, in the place
of Breckinridge and Powell.
The rebel capitol has been removed to
Nashyille, Tenn., no doubt because the cap-
Letter from Col. Biddle. of Philadelphia. I
The'Hon. Charles J. Biddle, Representa
tive in Congress, from the 2nd district of
Philadelphia, and Col of a Regiment of
Pennsylvania Reserves, having returned
from active duty at the seat of war, where
he has been serving since th breaking
out of the war, a'number of his friends in
vited him to meet them at a public dinner,
and the following correspondence passed
upon the subject. Col. Biddle, it will be
seen, declares his purpose to resign his
commission in the army, in obedience to
the wishes of his constituents, that he may
devote his whele time and energies to the
interests of his District. This letter df Col.
Biddle contains truths so well stated, that
we commend its perusal to our readers,
feeling confident that its plain and truthful
statements must meet the approval of every
good Democrat :
To the Hon. Chables J. Biddle, Sansom st.
Dear Sir : We have learned this morn
ing with much pleasure of your return, up
on a visit of a few days, to your family.
Without wishing to appropriate to ourselves
an undue portion of the time which a brief
respite from "your duties in the field may
place at your disposal, we beg on behalf of
your fellow-citizens, to suggest the propri
ety of your affording them an opportunity
of taking you by the hand and re-assuring
you of their continued confidence in your
ability and patriotism. It will give them
no small gratification if it should be in your
power to name a day upon which the may
tender you the compliment of a public din
ner. You will permit us to express the hepe
that your presence in Philadelphia may be
only preparatory to assuming your seat in
the Congress which is about to assemble.
The circumstances attending your recent
election o this body, the strong declara
tion of the wishes and expectations of your
constituents, in conferring upon you, during
your absence with the army and without
solicitation on your part, a position attend
ed at this time with peculiar responsibility
are, we trust, such as may induce you to
relinquish, at least for the present, that mil
itary life in which through more than one
campaign, you have already earned a just
distinction.
We are, with much regard, your friends
and fellow-citizens.
Geo. Shtrswood,
Henry D. Philips,
Wm L. Hirst,
W. H. Drayton,
A. V. Parson,
George W. Biddle
C.J. Ingersofi,
P. McCbM,
John Cadallader,
F. Fraley,
Joftiah Randall,
G. M. Wharton,
C. lngersoll.
G. M. Dallas,
And others.
To the Honorable George M Dallas, Charles
J. Ingerfoll, Peter McCall John Cad wal
lader, Geo. Share wood, A. V. Parsons,
Frederick Fraley, Henry . Phillips Esqs.,
and others :
Gtnllemen : I have had the pleasure to
receive to-day, your communication, and
beg you to accept my thanks for the flat
tering terms in which you have expressed
your views upon what has been, to me, a
subject of anxious reflection.
It has been my earnest desire, at this
great juncture in our Naiiea1 affairs, to
give my humble services where they may
be most useful to m7 country. With this
purpose I took the field ; and holding, du
ring the period of the Extra Session, a sep
arate and important command, 1 did not
feel at Liberty to quit it to take the 6eat in
Congress to which you had, in my absence,
elected me.
I have come, for a day or two, from the
great camp in front of Washington, where
I command a regiment that has been to me
a source of the highest pride and satisfac
tion, and I shall leave it with feelings of
regret that I will not attempt to express
here. But, I yield iu the representations of
the wishes ot my constituents, conveyed to
me in your letter and in other forms. I
shall therefore, tender, through the proper
authorities, the resignation of my military
commission from the State, and, as your
representative, will return to Washington.
It is true that, according to high authori
ties, I might at once hold the two positions;
but it is plain that I could not perform the
duties of both, and, waiving the bare legal
questions, it seems to me to be incompati
ble with the character of a representative
and a legislator to be a paid officer subject
to the orders of he Executive, and present
in his place only by the revocable leave of
. . t .t.r
a military superior, i nave, tnereiore, ,
reached the conclusion that your represen
tatives must not now be thus trammelled ;
yet, should the tide of war, indeed, roll
around the National capital, I hope that my
brethren in arms will find room, in their
ranks lor one soldier more. '
My political opinions are what they have
always been. I am a Democrat never
more one than at this hour. I rejoice that
it was with my name upon your banners
that you overthrew the Republican party in
this city.
When I say I am a Democrat, I do not
mean that I belong to any knot of politicians.
When I say I am a Democrat, I mean that
1 have ever maintained those national prin
ciples which, under God, made and pre
served us a nation ; those great national
principles of justice and equality for all the
States which, so long as they were practic
ed, made our various institutions and inter
changeable commodities bonds of strength
and union rather than grounds for strife.
This, at least, we may say for the Demo
cratic party it rated at their true value the
fantastic theories, the whimsies, the 'isms,'
the questions of mere phraseology ,that men
calling themselves statesmen, have prefer
red to peace, to union, to the gradual pro
gress and developement of each section,
and all races in due relation to natural cau
aec. This, too, we may say for the Demo
cratic party while it maintained its sway,
'Secession' was a little, baffled clique; as
the Republican Party rose, 'Secession' be
came 'an army with banners '
Nor was the foresight of the Republican
leaders wider than their patriotism. The
false prophets of the rarty promised their
followers that three months should see the
end of all the trouble, and when war came
upon them even then they granted only
three months' volunteers to end It. They
created and fostered that intoxicating self
confidence that was the cause of our earlier
They had so persistently abased
across a geographical line, that they had
come, at last, to underrate and despise
them,''-e.r.'d Republican oratory summoned
its hearers not to st:n encounters but' wily
to pays and pillage.
When the national flag was struck down
at 'Oh a; lesion, and the national capital was
threatened by Secession, the North rose like
one man. The world saw with astonish
ment the great uprising of the people; Eu
rope prejudged the issue in our favor; yet
as if smitten with blindness, the Republi
can leaders 6eemed striving to waste and
dissipate, instead' of to seize and use, the
noble material for great armies which Vas
with scarcely any limit, placed at their dis
posal. The soldier who offered himself for
the public service found that he must ear
wig some politician before he could be al
lowed the privilege to fight or die for his
country. Men began to say that the war
was to be made 'a Black Republican job.'
Politicians were put at the head of troops
politicians who thought that to wear lace
and feathers, and lo pocket pay, was the
whole-duty of (he officer feasting and frol
icing and speech-making took the place of
training and discipline, and, while the offi
cer spouted and reveiled, the rank and file
were robbed of their first right the right to
skillful guidance and instruction. The raits
were nominally pot into the hands of a
venerable -chieftain ; but every politician,
eveiy 'able editor,' took a pull at them, till
they pset the coach.
Amid shouts of 'On to Richmond,' the
North, with its teeming population, found
itself out-numbered at every point of. con
flict, and the battle of Bull Run proved that
the Administration had known neither its
own strength nor the enemys. 'Where
then were onr legions !' we may well ask
of it. But the Battle of 'Bull Run "Wat not
without its fruits for us. Panic stricken
selfishness seeking self preservation, light
ed on those who could save it. The direc
tion of the army passed into the hands of
soldiers. A General, born here among us,
restored to their due supremacy the martial
virtues that insure success in war; trained
and competent officers second his efforts,
scores of imbeciles have been pushed out
of service; and the good work still progres
ses. The Democratic party will sustain the
men the McCleflans, the Duponts who
have in charge the honor of our flag on land
and sea. Let, every where, the people pot
in office men who will not see the war again
become 'a party joo ;' let the Administra
tion of the Government be -each as to attract
not repel, the doubtful States Then the
contest tney be continued with success and
ended with honor. We may yet see the
authors of our national troubles, thosu twin
fomentcrs of discord the Abolitionists of
the North and the Secessionists of the Sooth
reduced again to "vlre harmless insignifi
cance in which Democracy long held them.
And if the event baffles these hopes, the
Government that embraces the great, rich
and populous States of the North, mutt sink
to no humble, no degraded place among
the nations. National prosperity is too
nearly allied to national dignity to suffer us
to s'and in the relation of the vanquished
to those who never can secede from geo
graphical connection ; wiih whom close
relations warlike or amicable, must contin
ue always.
The Democratic party 6onght to keep
the peace among the States with honor to
them all; but while the war lasts, into
which the Abolitionists of the North and the
'precipilalionists' of the South have hurried
us, let us demand that a firm and wise
Administration of the Government shall
evoke and honestly apply our military re
sources, in which the nations most famous
in aims have not surpassed nor equalled us.
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me say that
I am deeply sensible of the honor of repre
senting this old city ; for our District is the
old city that our fathers knew and loved.
As your representative, I will exercise
the right of free speech, and will strive to
maintaiti, for all, the cherished rights, the
enjoyment of which constitute rivil liberty.
My stay here does not allow roe to accept
the compliment oPa public dinner,to which
you do me the honor to invite me.
To see you and other valued friends will
at all times afford the greatest pleasure to
Respectfully aud truly your ob't. servant,
CmnLE J. Biddle.
None but a physician knows how mcch
a reliable alterative is needed by the people.
On all sides of us, in all communites every
where there are multitudes that suffer from
complaints that nothing but an alterative
cures. Hence a great many of them have
been made and put abroad with the assu
rance ol being effectual. But they fait to
accomplish the cures they promise because
they have not the intrinsic virtues they
claim. In this state of the case, Dr. J. C.
Ayer & Co., of Lowell, have supplied us
with a compound Extract ot Sarsaparilla,
which does prove to be the long desired
remedy. Its peculiar difference from other
kindred preparations in market is that it
cuiei the disease for which it is recommend
ed, while they do not. We are assured ot
this fact by more than one of our intelligent
Physicians in this neighborhood and have
the further evidence of our own experience
of its truth. Tennessee Farmer,' Nashville,
Tenn.
Dr. Brundage delivered last evening the
last lecture of the present course. The
Doctor has left us much valuable informa
tion regarding the preservation of ihifc 'mor
tal coil." In the course of his remarks he
said that two eminent foreign philosophers
had recently made the discovery that, ow
ing to a degree of polarity possessed by
mankind, it was far more healthful to sleep
with the head at the North. In this country,
and at this time, we should consider the
suggestion ol some importance. Sullivan
Democrat.
A Valuable Horse. Dr. W. Wilson, of
Bethlehem, has been offered and refused
twenty five hundred dollars for his baauti
iul trotting horse" Kemble Jackson," the finest
and best trotting horse in this part of the
from Harper's "Ferry. .
The RebePs attack the 28th Pennsylvania Rtg
imenl.
Sandy Hook, Md.,Nov. 29. Some excite
raent was occasioned here this afternoon by
the rebels throwing about thirty shells at
the quarters of some companies of the
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, un
der command of Major Hector Tyndale, at
Harper's Ferry.
Major Tyndale tried the effect of the-long
range Enfields upon them, but the distance
being 2000 yards was too great. Although
some of the firing of the rebels was fair no
body was hurt.
Our men were well derl yed, md read
for a closer range, which the lebels would
not give them.
Rectpttm"iJ Copt. WilLts in Boston.
Boston, Nov. 25 Notwithstanding the
severity of the storm to-day, the "welcome'
to Captain Wilkes was numerously attend
ed, and very enthusiastic.
George B. Upton, and others of the com
mittee of reception, met Captain Wilkes,
1'ieuienani look, and Assistant Engineer
Houi ton on the Long wharf, and conveyed
them in carriages to Faneoil Hall, which
was densely crowded by citizens, including
many ladies.
Mayor Wbiteman, in :bebalf of theCity
of Boston, made a brief address of welcome.
After the applause attending the Mayor s
speech had subsided, Capt. Wilkes, who
was in full uniform, came forward, and re
sponded in the following language :
Speech or Capt. Wntts.
Mr. Mayor and ray Friends; I am deep
ly sensible of the kindness which has
been shown 'rrfs. I depended upon my
own judgement in doing what you ali have
flattered me was correct, and I am exceed
ingly gratified ty the manifestations of ap-
froval I have met, and which have been
may say, a spontaneous outburst from all
parts of our country.
I have only to say that we did our duty
to the Union, and are prepared to do it
again. Immense applause J
Calls were then made for Lieut. Fairfax
and others. The former being absent, Lieut.
Cook was introdoced,and bowed his thinks.
This closed the formal recemion afir
which seqeral thousand citizens were in
troduced to the honored guest.
A committee of leading citizens haTe ten
dered Capt. Wilkes and the officers of the
San Jacinto a compli memory dinner, k't the
Re vere House, to-morrow evening at which
it is said, Mr. Everett, Mr Winthrop, and
other distinguished gentlemen will be oret.
ent. 1
The Rebels Ilo'd Fairfax.
The pickets of the rebel army are yet at
Fairfax Court House. No opposition to the
advance of our army would be shown at
that point, as the enemy is not in force on
this side of Centreville.
Remarkable Surgical Operation. O.i
last Wednesday a remarkable surgical ope
ration was performed by Dr. W. L. Atlee, of
Philadelphia, in the presence of nearly
twenty oilier physicians, for the removal of
an eucysted ovarian tumor from Mrs. Snyder
of Montoursville. The solid part of the to
mor, when taken out, weighed ten pounds,
and a semi fluid substance was removed
with it which half fi led a large wash tub.
The tumor and other substance together
would probably have weighed sixty pounds.
Mrs. Snyder lived until yesterday morning.
Dr. Atlee before commencing, gave it as
his opinion that the patient could not recov
er from such an Operation, but as death was
inevitable without it, she and her friends ex
pressed a wi'Kngness to assume the risk
and a desire to have him proceeJ. During
the operation the floor of the room in which
it was being performed gave way. but fortu
nately no injury resulted to any one from
the accident WHUamnporl Gazette.
Reliet to Solciers' Famiues. The Com
missioners of this cour.ty are now paying
out about S32r per week to the families of
the volunteers now in the service from this
county. The wife of each soldier receive
One Dollar per week and fifty cents addi
tional for each child under 14 years of age.
Easton Sentinel.
The Printer. The November number
is at hand. Published by John Greason.NV
11, Spruce Street, New York. It is the
most useful work to the trade now publish
ed. We take great pleasure in perusing its
articles.
The pobular majotity of the Democratio
party iu Pennsylvania, is estimated at from
30,000 to 40,000.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
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