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Truth and Rlffht Cod snd oar Countryv
Two Dollars per Annnia.
VOLUME 14.
BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY APRIL 16, 1862.
NUMBER 15.
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TREASURER'S SALE
- OFUIVSEATED fiADS.
AGREEABLY to the provisions of an Act
of Assembly, enritled an Act directing
the mode of selling Unsealed Lands for tx
es, ard for other purposes, passed the 13th
day of March, 1815, and the further sup
plement thereto, passed the 13 h day of
March, 1817, 25th day of March, 1821, and
8th day of March, 147, the Treaurer.of the
county of Columbia, hereby gives noiee
to ll persons concerned therein, that unless
the Co , Road, S-hool,Poor and State Taxes
doe on the following tract of Unseated
Lands, situate :n Columbia county, are paid
before he day of sale, the w hole or such
pans of each tract as will pay the taxes
and costs chargeable thereon, will be sold
at the COURT HOUSE, in Bloom-burg,
ronnly of Columbia on the 9 ti day of June.
- 1862, being the se.cond Monday, and to be
continued by adjournment, Irom day to day
for arrearage cl taxe due said county. and
the cost accrued on each tract respectively .
IVARRA STEES OR Oll'SERS.
BENTON TU P.
Jcres. Dels. Cls
80 John Young &. Co. 18 00
BEAVER.
372 Andrew Clark, 18 36
4u0 Sarah A.Cauflran, 6 60
23 Iaac Davi, 82
B5 do d . Ill
80 Anthony Davis, 2 88
100 Benjamin P Frick, 3 3(j
209 John Graefl, 6 85
. 150 Mann & Roat, 4 97
87 Elias Miller, 2 07
100 George Nungeser, 4 97
100 Georte Noyer, 3 30
63 Franklin Shuman, 4 12 ;
40 Moses Schiicher. 3 96
200 Peter Yohe, dec d, 6 60
125 Lewis Filger, 2 96
200 William Stewart, 4 80
200 William Grey. 9 90
ERtARCREEK.
41 Jese Bowman, ' - 9 93
4 Seth B Bowman, 1 21
180 Christopher Bender, 2 78
277 Lewis Bender, 3 99
427 ISathan Bench, 12 91
28 W. J. T. Uemm. 3 3S
10 Philip Freas, 2 42
50 . John Freas' estate, 9 08
150 Andrew Freaks 4 51 j
VO Gilbert Fowler, 2 78 !
64 John Parkerson, 1 91 j
35 Daniel Seybert, 1 09 i
7 do - do 25
3C0 ' Joseph Sharpies? & others 18 15
!)0 J- H. Young s estate, 2 37
140 Danie! F. Seybert . 4 25
CONYNGUAM.
220 George Ashton, 96 CO
394 Peter Dehaven, 78 80 j
331 Joseph Jordan, 65 00
376 Ca'eb Lowndes, 112 80
398 William Miller, 79 60
389 -William Porter, 77 80.
340 Daniel Reese, 68 68 1
109 -Peter Smith, 21 80 :
4 ' Richard Tunis 8b;
372 Whizeman, 74 40
337 John Warner, 67 40
32 John Young, "6 40
277 Robert Jordan 84 70 1
285 -Andrew Porter, 87 15
170 Thomas Ruston . 12 24
3X0 Mary Ruston 38 76 ,
303 Lewis Walker, 92 65 :
34 Johnston Beasley, 78 33 '.
100 George Beckham 40 08
30 Thomas Barnes, 2 40
3S4 Thomas Hiltzhimer, 78 33
384 Robert Hiltzhimer 235 04
384 William Shannon 235 04
250 Axo Wickersham, 51 00
. 3 Division A., Martin Lands, 1 77 j
120 do B , do do 72 00 ,
35 do C, dn do 21 07 j
441- Ebenezer Branham 134 88 '
100 Peter Banghner 20 40 j
429 Joshua Beam, 44 69
,406 John Young 41 41
112 John Huston 6 72
Joi 136 Paxton. Kline & Sharpless 31 21
100 Jacob Trien, 6 00
100 do v do 6 00
iO 37 6-I0p Fouik & Preston Retreat,4 10
114 119p. Altemos & Co
1 7-16 Sam'l S. Altemns, 10 22
9-16 J Anspach jr. 13 12
. . CENTRE
5 Samnel Achenbach 34
it Benjamin Aileba.ch, 78
4 Jacob Bond 6
7 William Fritz, 34
3 Jcob Good 34
8 George Harman 1 12
9 Emanuel Lazarus, 1 01
10 Eiias Reese 78 j
CATTAWISSA.
16 Solomon Helwig 4 44
26 Schmich & Rrobst 86
FRANKLIN.
40 Jeremiah Fincher 1 20
80 Elijah Reynolds & Co. 2 40
FISHINGCREEK.
140 William Buckalew, - 5 39
200 Frees & Hoffman " 7 73
250 Michael Lemons . 11 59
41 Edward McIIenry 7 84
60 William Patterson's estate 4 63
113 Abraham Yonng, 22 45
67 Daniel F. Seybert, 10 11
GREENWOOD.
25 John Covanhovan's estate 5 99
59 Isaac A. De Witt, 9 43
"53 " James De Witt's heirs 1181
100 Samel C. Longshore 9 98
"14 Robert Montgomery'i estate 1 32
. 50 George Reese 2 02
23" Jeremiah Whitson 3 37
'25 Villi&m Park, ' 1 07
; HEMIX)CK.
30 Nathaniel Campbell . 5 63
1C0 Robert Montgomery's esiate 15 25
JACKSON.
T 50 Geors? Ddla :. 2 43
;4C0 Elias Goider & Co. ,10 11
'5 Abraham Hidler, . 87
21 MeCalfs fceirs 1-00
400- Nawhard & Geldei 10 11
0 ' William Stephens 2 43 '
LOCUST.
Thomas Billipgton
Samuel John
do do
William Sayers
Wright Hughes,
. Mary Myers
Daniel Reese
Mary Ruston
Charlotte Ruston
John Reynolds
Thomas Ruston
Mary Myers
Daniel Reese,
Mary Ruston
Charlotte Ruston
John Reynolds
Thomas Riiton.
MIFFLIN.
George Brown
Jacob Harizel jr.
Marshall G Kinney
Geo. Lor.genberger
Abraham Mastet'er
Peter Miller,
George Nnngesser
Jacoo Sch weppenheiser
Peter Yohe's estate,
Thomas Lemon,
MADISON.
William Ellis
Robert Montgomery's estate
W'illiam Gingles,
MAINE.
Boyd & Paxton
Henry & Jacob Baa man -Benjamin
P. Frick
Jeremiah Fincher,
George Longenberger
Henry G Miller,
C. F. Mann, E-q.
Isaiah Snuman
Joshua Webb 2d,
Mt. PLEASANT.
Samuel Boone
William Beers
Samnel Melick
John Melick
ORANGE.
Peter Bellas sr
PINE.
Mathias Appleman
Thomas DavU' estate
200
55
51
39 .
K3
$o!200
iof 190
I200
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iot200
ioflOO
of200
ioflPC
iof20C
i f200
o'200
iollOO
18
27
10
3
20
20
175
209
80
300
0
127
8
400
17
14
35
32
10
100
69
24
10
11
45
29
8
100
18
80
21
30
116
1 04
7
I
8
2
2
93
92
60
17
19
James Lock ard
Lewis Schuyler
Samuel Snyder
Yallcrshamp's estate 12 46
KOARINGCREEK.
50 'Peter Baushner 3 09
60 Thomas Barnes jr. 3 70
100 Part of John Huston, 6 18
165 Isaac L'mdville 5 06
137 Daniel Levari, sr. 6 18
50 Jacob Trien 3 09
SUGARLOAF.
195 James Buckalew 10 56
SO Benjamin Cole's heirs I 54
P5 Goss' Estate 1 1 22
64 Conrad Hess' estate 7 04
400 John Lockard 16 50
73 Aaron Lewis 1 98
2 6 Robert Montgomery's estate 13 61
200 do do H 00
17 Lemnel Roberts 2 20
23 Sarah Jane Roberts 3 08
50 J,tmps Shnkz 5 50
47 Abraham Younj; 5 50
275 Bloomsbur Iron Co. 10 30
150 William Stephens 4 18
30 Wm Montgomery 2 64
JAMES S. McNINCH, Treasnrer.
Treasurer's Office, )
Eloomsburs, April 2J, 1862. J
TREASURER'S SALE CF REAL ES
TATESEATED LAXD.
AGREEABLY to the provisions of the dct
ol A-semblv, entitled an Act to reduce
the State debt, &c , parsed the 39-h day of
April, 1844, the Treasurer of the Conmy of
Columbia hereby aives notice to a!l per
sons concerned therein, that unless the
County, read, school, poor and Siate Tax,
&e. due on the following real elate situate
in the countv of Colombia, are paid before
the day ot sale, the whole or such pans of
each as will pay the charges and cosis
chargeable thereon, will be sold at the
Couti Ho use in Bloom-burii. co. of Colum
bia, on the 9;h day of Jane 1862, being the
second Monday, and to be continued by
adjournment from day to'day for arrearages
ot taxes due said county and the costs ac
crued on each respectfully.
OiVKERS OR REPUTED OWNERS.
BLOOM.
Aces. Yeats. Dols. Cts
2 Kinsston Coal Co, 1 5 0.)
35 Eltzabeth Rittfcr 2 11 03
1 lot Hiram W. Thornton 1 2 00
1 lot Ljdia Wanieh. 1 2 50
BEAVER.
29 John V. Cri-wed 2 9 35
30 Mann.BalJy & Criswell 2 3 75
32 Franklin, Stewart & Co. 2 2 86
369 T. M. Hubble 1 31 35
72 John Baliard's heirs 1 3 2i
400 George A. Frick 1 40 80
35 Solomon Backhart 1 81
130 Charles S. Coxe 1 j 62
BENTON".
92 John Kooris 1 5 75
5 Andrew Fellows 1 67
50 William MrKelvy 1 3 50
30 Jonathan Pennington 1 1 35
116 ,E. D.& J. R. Swartwout 1 11 92
BIUARCREEK.
72 John Gardenhouse 1
38 Josiah Fowler 1
82
2 42
1 43
6 06
34 02
8
1 70
80
1 23
1 01
84
44
25 Elizabeth Heiney l
112 Samuel F. Headley 1
163 do do 2
ll David Kisner's estate 1
31 Gideon Haggler 1
5 Joseph Low 2
11 William MoAfTe 1
1 William Smith 1
150 John Beaver 1
3 Abraham Culp I
30 John Johnson 1
300 John Seybert 1
60 Jacob Staffer 1
25 Reuben Bower 1
33 Michael Bower 1
2 Henry Maniney l
31 Wm Iddinss 1
CENTRE.
No. 10 John Anderson's est. 2
do 7 Charles Brobst 2
do 1 Walter Cain 1
No. 16 Lewis Brigg's estate 1
4 Jacob Hmchins 1
No.27 Abraham Deiiericb . 1
$ A. Deiierich & Torby 1
6j Cyras Boone 1
No.12 John W.Clark 1
14 Levi Remiey - 1
1
20
6
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2
1
2
32
53
54
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17
21
31
72
58
95
86
85
78
63
I j Richard Torby 1 10 32
FISHINGCREEK.
23 James Parks I 1 43
6 Isaac Dram 1 1 34
25 Monroe Merkle 1 7
23 Cyrus Fox - I 1 55
FRANKLIN.
20 70 27 Isaac Richard 1 1 f6
5 63 i Julia A Croly u 73
5 53 GREENWOOD.
4 14 22 Sanford Gearhart 1 fO
7 79 2 lots James Hampton 1 !6
6 90 11 Samuel C. I.ouahore 2 S5
6 50 JACKSON.
6 90 100 Henrv C. Hess, two 2 '5
6 90 80 John Roberts one 1 f,9
6 90 iMADISON.
3 44 7 Caleb Fox two 1 ,1
6 90 MAINE.
6 0 1 lot Genrce Gardener two 1 id
6 90 3 Henry KoMeubader one 10
6 80 3 Lucy Siewart. two 1
6 90 - MONTOUR.
3 44 24 Georjp Blecher - 3 9 7
1 L. Davis 1 , 0
90 ORANGE.
74 1 lot Devarport's estate 3 3 92
1 72 l lot Jacob Evans 1 28
10 10 Divid Feller 1 17
2 53 60 J.R.Morris 1 '-.5.55
49 4 Samuel Trnmpore 3 3 P2
4 37 135 & Hot J. Covanliovan'e est. 1 15 24
6 52 1 Joseph Fausey 1 30
2 01 PINE.
7 63 19 Inae Boart two 80
1 lot Adam Bobb one 1 05
60 79 Cox's heirs two 2 26
3 80 100 Charr berlin & Sowr.3 one 1 65
1 o0 Ezekiel Crossley ' 1 01
465" Win Edaar 3 14 39
23 25 fco Loit Prker two 1 30
3 53 34 John II. Parker one 5t
7 33 273 Thos Siackhouse sr. 3 00
1 83 K,() David & A. Smith ."
6 78 41 Disid Sweeny 55
2 12 301
7 nfi jjSamoel C. Longshore 1 3 96
3 67 46 John Johnson one 1 04
1 69 59 lianiel Shuhz's estate 1 17
43 John Swewnj 4 58
. 52 SUGARLOAF.
52 200 Plonmsburs Iron Co. one 1 10
2 68 40 Lavina Gol.f-r, ' 44
1 72 JAMES S. McNINCH, Treas'.
Treasurer's Office,
Bloomsbnrg, April 2nd, 1862.
Mice to the iltirs of Teler iioffmttn, dee'd.
COLUMBIA CO USTY SS :
' 'g'HE Common wealth of Pi nn
;':it.V5 syivania to Louisa L' nn,
Henry Hoffman, Geo. W. Iloff.
'??K man, Harriet Fisher, Anna Ma
ria Fowler. Rozetta Amanda Cleaver, Syl
ve.sier Hoffmar, William HofTniHn. Sirah
Elizabeth Richard?. Charlotie Hoffnan,
Hanoah Hoffman, Joseph Sieele an t Sam
uel S eele, children and devisees ol I cier
Hoffman, deceased, late of Locust tovvm hip,
Columbia county.
You and each of yon are her by cited and
commanded to b and apoear in your per
sons before the Judges of the Orpl an's
Court ol said county, to be hoh'ei at
Bloornsonrg, in and for said county, o 1 the
first Monday of My next, then a-id (here
to accept or refuse the estate of said ee'd
at the valuation or show cause why -the
j-ame should not be sold. W'Miiei-s the
honorable Aaron K: Peckham, Esq , Presi
dent of cur said Court nt Blopmsburs the
fjnrteenih day of February, A. i). 0110
thousand eight tmndre s xi v two.
Jacob Etkrly, Clerk O. C.
JOSIAH H. Fi;RMAN,Sirir
Sheriff OiHce. )
Bloomsbnrg, Feb. 26, 1862.1
And L. T. h;ilples' " heap l ush Morc.v
NEVV GOODS 1 GREAT BARGAINS I
THE uudersigned is just receiving new
stipdj of goods, fresh from the ciii?s of
New York and Phil'a. and is prepa ed to
sell them as Reditced Prices.
Calicoes from 7c to 12i", the best at 12c
some of which cost 1 Sir. Dress Guods
Cha'lis, Lavellas, Ginghams, Muslins Ken
tucky Jeans, boy's Cassimeres, Sic. &c,
in proportion.
Ladies' Shoes and Gaitors, in great vari
riety of stjle end quality . A good heeled
Gaiier for 623", sinti an excellent Congress
for Si. 00 A kil heeled Lace Boot lor Si
and upward. ALSO, the High Cut falmo
ral Lai'e Boot for ladies. Ladies' ani'Chi!
dreris' Skirts, Linen llandkerchiels, k, at
a very low figure.
CE TTi tS ITL SS 211? 'O
Best Stone Ware Seis S4.00, &c. H iminy,
Dried Peache?, Mackerel, Chee, L'mons,
etc. Good Srup Molasses from 50 to 60c
a gallon. Sugars, lower ihan Yecently sold,
from 8c to 13(t, the lan.er priite f r be?t
white. Coal Od s low as anywhere.
C An examinaiion of ihe goo:!s is soli
cited. Come ami see for yourselve, that
the Cash System is preferable 10 anj other.
Grain and country produce taken in ex
change for Goods by
L. T.SHARPLESS.
Bioomsbnrz, March 26, 1862.
Gi'ci'EiiTow Sciisisiai y. .
riHE Spring Term of this Insiitnt on wi 1
-i- commence on the 7th of April next.
T he Principal will be assisted )v able
instructors, and as ample facilities will be
afforded to qualify Sindents for teaching,
for business or for a more extensive roiirr-e
in literature, a liberal share of partronage
is again solicited.
PnpiN who do not come from h ime, or
are not pnt under the charge of nei.r rela
tives, must board at the Seminary, and b
subject to Ihe regulations thereol They
must provide their own towels and have
each article of cloihing distinctly rr arked.
Eleven week corstiinie a quarter and
there will be a vacation of about sis weeks
in mid summer.
Boarding, washing and Tuitico, with
furnished rooms, will be $25 per quarter,
or.e oair payable in advance.
Tuition alone in Common branche
S5 00
6 00
1 00
" including advance Algebn.
mathematics history &c.
" in Latin, German or French
each extra!
For further particulars address
WM. BURGESS, Principal
Millville, Col co., Feb. 26, 1862.
Executor's Notice.
Estate of Christopher Heller, lute if Ulifflir.
township, Col co., deceased.
T ETTERS testamentary on the estate 'of
Christopher Heller, late of Milflin twp..
Columbia county, deceased, have been
granted by the Regisier of Columbia coun
ty, to Samnel Heller, residing in Hollen
back township, Luzerne county. All per
sons indebted io said estate are teqnested
to call and make immediaie payiiient, and
those having claims or demands will pre
sent them propeily authenticated for settle
ment to the undersianed -
SAMUEL HELLER, ExeMtor.
January 8, 1862. 61.
1
Stand ty the Constitution.
In the present distracted s'ate of our na
tion, we should admonish all who have
found homes in th'n free land, to stand ly
the Constitution ; for if the organic law is
trampled upon and fails to vindicate itself
through the necessary powers conferred by
it, then is government at an end, and the
fate of republics, as recorded by the hisio
lians of the pa-t, will be thai of our. The
Constitution is the foundation, liroad and
deep, upon, which our structure of govern
ment rests. Every portion of that founda
tion wan laid in profound wisdom by the
hands of the apostles of civil and religious
liberty. It was the great achievement of
the world in the development of the rights
of man and securing each and all against
an infraction of t!ioe rights. It was made
the source of power,that from it should flaw
the genial streams of fraieraity, equality
and protection in all those things requisite
to the happiness of the governed, or to en
able us as a people to pursue the pathway
which should lead to prosperity and great
ness. This form of government thus en
grafted upon the affections of the populace,
shown resplendant beyond all ethers, and
the world beheld with amazement, the peo
ple governed by it, emerging from infancy
to mature national manhood in less than
three quarters of a century, and stand ng
without a rival i'i progress, arts, intelligence
am! well earned fame among the mighty
empires of the earth. We, as a nation, se
cured this honorable distinction among
governments by strict adherence to the prin
ciples of the Constitution. In it we recog
nized the magna charta of our liberties and
the sheet anchor of our safety, and at all
times wisdom has counselled to observe
scrupulously ils requirements, and preserve
faithfully in all legislation under it, the let
ter and spirit of that sacred instrument, feel
ing assured that if one infraction was per
mitted it would be followed by others mors
alarming. crowding thick and fast npon each
other, until very soon its sage like provis
ions would be inefficient in all :he purposes
for which they were designed, and our na
tional structure upbuilt thereon, would tot
ter to its hasp, and the hopes of millions be
swallowed np in despair Who can con
template the possibility of national ruin
without horror, and j et as a people we are
to day standing upon ths brink of the awful
gnlfof ruin which fanaticism and rebellion
are hnrrjing this nation and threatening to
engnll it therein, end the enly barrier we
can inter; o.e between n and destruction,
and as a shield between our government
and its JeoIators. is the Constitution, and
with voices of earnet patriotism, cry unto
all stand ly the Constitution !
But to be less figurative and more prac
tical, vp would fcrther remark, if, as we
have assumed, the Constitution is the foun
dation of free government; if that beautiful
structure towering hearen-ward, around 5
i
whose base the affections of grateful he.irts
cluster, and upon whose summit the fires!
of immortality fcrerer play, rests npon the
Constitution, and that alone, how careful 1
1
we should be not in any 'egrce to impair 1
that which holds up the edifice; for if the ;
foundation te weakened by removing a
portion of the same, and then another por-
lion until the cement that held the pnrts !
together, is broken and desroyed, the
edifice most fall. However magnificent j
the castle, take from it the comer stone ;
upon which it rcpoes in beauty a"d it fa Is
a shapeless mass of ruins, frequently cru.-h- j
ing those who were the architects in its '
erection. If the -view we have given be '
correct, of which there is no question how :
long, we ak, can cur government exist '
without the Constitution which underlies it I
as the great and strong foundation stone? J
It is that alone which gave it form, beauty, J
and power. Without the-e it would be a '
blank so far as organization was concerned. !
If the constant assaults made upon . the !
Constitution shall destroy it, then is all of j
which we boast taken away, and the relent- j
less tide of despotism will sweep over this '
land, once the habitation cf freemen, de
voting themelves to the arts of peace and
self government.
But if no rude asanlt shall do violence
to that instrument, and the attempts now
being made are persisted in, of impnring
ihe confidence of the p?op!e in ils power
and wisdom, denouncing it as an "cldftlJlel
vpon which you cm piny any tune yon please,'"
how long can it survite ? These efforts ae
to the Constitution, as ihe dropping water
upon marble, if continued the drops wear
the stone away. So the constant expressions
of opinions against the organic law, the
system of fault finding, the torturing of its
provision, the warfare contained against it
may, nay, most result in begetting such an
aversion to it, that the people will cease to
look to it for safety, then it passes into dis
respect and becomes the foot ball of every
political mountebank, like the marble it is
worn away, all of ils greatness and glory
that it supports share the desolation, it is
these considerations which induce us while
there is yel hope, to resist e"very attempt to
pass laws not in pursuance of but against
the letter end spirit of that instrument,
knowing as we do that consequences the
most fearful must follow.
When the attempt to overthrow this na
tion was made by inaugurating civil war
therein, as a matter of patriotic duty it be
came necessary to nnsheath the sword in
defence of the Constitution and enforce
obedience to its requirements. Since that
time we have been alternating between
hope and lear; at times we fancied we could
"cry the day beams of peace, then shad
owi would intrude, and sail murkier clouds
intervene lo sadden our hearts, for from
wheie we least expected it, even in our
very midst, instrumentalities were called
into requisition of so dangerous a character
lo the poventment, as lo procrastinate if not
forever exclude the hope of peace, and
these instruments being factious nature,
cannot be controlled by reaon or patriotism,
and if the prayed for hour when returning
peace shall bless the land is delayed, and
the present unhappy struggle protracted it
will be by reason of the madmen in the
North and East who thrust the destroying
blade of slavery agitation into the contest and
Mre co workers in prostrating forever the
only free government ol earth.
We have not pandered to this spirit; we
have ever denounced it. Our mouths have
been sought to be closed by proscription in
onr business, our circulation soupht to be
reduced, the cry of stop my paper," raised,
but without effect. What unto ns is our
printing establishment and circulation,
when compared with our country and its
danger; let all go, leave us witiiout a dollar
but with the Government our fathers made,
and we are rich in all that pertains to hap
piness; take that from us and we are un
done. To fait '.r in onr devotion to the
Union, to attempt to calculate its worth, by
negroes would be treason to it prising its
perpetuity above a' I else, we say to you,
citizens, stand by the Coistitution, let no man
detract from it, or disparage the Govern
ment in your presence without being re
buked; labor for the Constitution a it is,
and the Union as it was, then may we
rejoice together in the prospect of individual
and national happiness. Fori Wayne Wtekly
7ime3 and Union.
The Republican Party.
Some six or eight ytars ago the frag
ments of the broken factions ol the old Whig
party, the remnant of ihe "Know Nothing?
pary, together with a number ol renegade
and disaffected Democrats, were gathered
up and cemented togeiher by such political
doctors as Wm. H. Seward, Horace Greeley
and others and organized into a great Nor
thern Sectional Organization called the Re
publican party. The organization was bas
ed upon one solitary idea, that of hostility
towards the Southern Sta'e and their iiisti
tutions, and the whole stock in trade ot the
orators and pres of the party Irom that day
to this, has been violent abuse of the South
ern people, with defiant neer$ at the rights
which they claimed under the Constitution
of a common country. This hatred on the
part of a large party in the North against
the South, was met by an equal hatred on
the pan of a large party in 1 tie South againt
the North, and in the language of the im
mortal llnry Clay "U-ion on the ti Je beU
Unjm oft the other and the collision vj opinion
xent qid'y f dluwe.l ly the clash of arm."
The Democratic party in Ihe meantime
threw itself into the breach, and by its con
servativism, its love for the Union and rev
erence for the Constitution, attempted lo
stem the tide of sectional agitation which
they foresaw and predicted would result in
the disruption of the States and overthrow
of the Constitution, but they were simply
laughed at by ihe leaders of the Republican
party and stigmatized as " Union S.iver,'
and '"Donghfaces" and had other appro
brious epithets opp'ied to them. The Re
publican part) succeeded in carrying a ma
jority of the Noiihern people with them
during the last presidential canvass, b' ap
pealing to liieir vor:t passions, and exci
ting their prejudices tj a degrea that knew
no bounds. And when it became known
that a Northern President and a Northern
Vice President had been elected by a pure
ly Northern and Bectior.al party, and that
in consequence and lear of which, the
Southern people were agitated and excited
to a point bordering on revolution, the lead
ers of this party manifested a careless in
difference that was truly astounding to
every genuine patriot in the laid
And when Congress assembled shortly
afterwards, and when several Southern
States had already passed ordinances ol se
cession, and when men of all other parties
expressed a willingness to give up their
previous opinions, and unite 011 some per
manent basis of settlement for the sake ol
the peace of the Nation, and when the con
servative man of every section, under the
leadership of the patriotic Crittenden, the
lamented Douglas and others, were making
herculean effort to save the Ship of Ssate
from the impending ruin, and when appeal
after appeal was made to the Republican
members of Congress by Southern Union
men, to yield a little aid to them in resist
ing the tide of secession in their own States
leaders of this tame party were heard to
exclaim "perish a hundred Unions rather
than abate one iota of ihe Chicago plat
foim." All this time the Republican leaders pre
tended to treat the whole affair with mock
levity, and affected to believe that there was
no real danger threatening the Union, and
all this dread apprehension in the minds of
the people was only the silly surmising of
weakminded Democrats and credulous
"Union Savers." Mr. Seward announced
at the Astor House, in New York, that
everything would be right in sixty or ninety
days, and Mr. Lincoln, in the silly speech
es which he made on the route from his
home to the Capital ot the Nation, gravely
told us "that there was no hing going wrong
and there was nobody hurt."
Then when Mr. Lincoln had been inau
gurated President, and all efforts at com
promise had failed, and after , the South
Carolina rebels bad attacked Fort Samter,
President Lincoln isaed his proclamation
for troops to sustain the Government and
preserve the Constitution and the Union. ?
War being inevitable, aid the lat hope of
the Union fif there was any hope remain
ing) ihe Democratic party of the North ac
cepted it as a dire necessity and the Dem
ocratic masses, taking Mr. Lincoln at his
word and with a patriotic devotion to ihe:r
country unparalled in the history of Nations
responded to the call of President and vol
unteered by thousands and tens of thous
ands, in defence of t he Union, Ihe Constitu
tion and the r nforcemenl of the Laws.
Congress met in extra Session in July
following, the Republican party controlling
both branches by large majorities and main
trinir.g a position as extreme and danger
ons as the cne he'd by them at the prece
ding regular session. But after the battle
ol Bull Run, being badly fr'i2hteried and
trembling for their personal safety, they
came down to something like common
sense, and by a vote nearly unanimous,
they passed the celebrated Crittenden Res
oljtion, which sajM "that this war is not
waged on their part in any spirit of oppres
sion, or for any purpose of conquest or sub
jugation or purpose of overthrowing or in
lerlering with Ihe right or established insti
tutions of ihe Southern Slates, but to defend
and maintain Ihe supremacy of the Con
stitution, and to prs.-erve the Union, with
all ihe dignity, equality and rights of the
several States unimpaired, end that as soon
as these objects are accomplished the war
ought to cease." This was exactly the po
sition of the Democratic pary in reference
to the war, and the country breathed easier
in conseqnencs of this action in Congress.
Some time previous to the State election
last fall, the Republican managers and
wire workers called ' Union" meetings, ar.d
proposed to ignore party and unite with the
Democrats on the basis of the Crittenden
Resohuiot s. Tha thing looked fair, but the
Democratic party always 0:1 tt:e alert,
thought they saw concealed the hissing ser
pent behind the cooing dove, and that this
was only a cunning scheme of these politi
cians to save the sinking fortunes of their
corrupt organization. Whether their suspi
cions were correct or not, let the seqael
prove.
Congress met again in regular session on
the lir.-t Monday of last December, and
having in a measure recovered lrom their
fright occasioned by the battle of Bull Run,
the Republican mernt ers seemed to strug
gle for the floor, each oie having a bill to
offer, having for iu object the abolition ol
slavery, the confiscation of slave property,
or in some way either directly or indirectly
striking at the equality and rights of the
several States
Early in the session Mr. Ilo'man of Indi
ana moved to re alfirm the Crittenden
Resolutions, which was immediately vo'ed
d jwn by the Republican majortiy by near
ly a strict party vote. Later in the session,
the same motion was rprewed and a sec
ond time voted down by the same party, and
up to the present time they persist in for
cing obnoxious measures upon their pas
sage in both branches of Congress against
the most earnest and solemn protestations
ot the;Union members from the border
States, thus suhifying themselves in the
eyes of the nation and the world, belieirig
their pro'essions anJ repudiating their sol
emn olllcial pledge t-3 the people of the
United States.
Such is a brief sketch of morlern Repub
licanism. In view of thee facts, and with
such ireaehe'y, hypocrisy and dishonesty
staring them in the face, will the people
again intrust this p rty with power? Vie
think not, and the verlict of the people at
the next election we prcJict, will verify our
opinion. VJley Spirit.
The Ecpnllicaa rarty Its Hisc k Dawrtfill.
In 1852 the country was at peace on the
slavery question, the result of ihe compro
mise of 1S50 The Democratic party went
to the country with Mr. Pierce as its nom
inee, O'.i ihe issue of a faithful adherence to
its provisions, while the Whig party with
Gen. Scoit a! its head, more or less, courted
the anti-s'ave ry element cf the North, al
though in its platform at Baltimore it pre
tended to stand squarely on national prin
ciples. Clay and Webster were dead their
party had murdered them and they were
in their graves new men and new minds
directed the once powerful hostsofthe great
national Whig party, and in the Presidential
contest of '52, notwithstanding all its pra
fessions the people of trie North as well a3
the South distrusted its fidelity. They knew
that the Democracy was true to the Union
true to National principles true to the Con
stitution. They wanted repose from sec
tional agitation and strife, and Mr. Pierce
was e'ectedby the largest majority evei given
to a candidate for the Presidency, carrying
every Nor hern State but Vermont and every
Southren State but Kentucky. From that
da) the oi l Whig party was dissolved, and
its leaders commenced to look about for
something upon which to found another
party The prejudice against foreigners was
early seized upon and then commenced the
organization of tne Know Nothings. With
this secret and insidious foe the Democracy
struggled till 1855, when it became evident
to its own adherents that no such intolerant
doctrines could be maintained astheba-isof
a party before the people of this country.
Again the opposition leaders commenced to
look about for some other rallying cry for a
party. The Kansas Nebraska Bill had re
opened the slavery discussion in Congress,
and the country was in a state of excite
ment and anxiety. Know Nothingism had
played out, and without consideration or
care, the loose 'and drifting elements of op
position seized hold of !he slave question as
Ihe basis of a great Northern party. In vain
did the Democracy warn the people of the
danger of sectional parlies in vain were
the admonitions of Washington ihunderd in
their ears in vain were they pointed to the
teachings of Clay, Webster and the hosts
of great and national 'men around whom
they were wont to rally. They persisted,
for mere political purpose, for there was
no practical point either aimed at or ac
complished We say for political purposes
and party aims they persisted in plunging
the country into the vortex ol sectional strife.
Maddened wilh an insane zeal and inlatua
ted with ihe prospect ol s iccess, they la
bored with a zeal worthy of a belter cause
till, on the 6e-3ond triai of strength after the
formation ol their party, they succeeded in
electing Abraham Lincoln 1 1 ihe chair of
Washington.
No sooner was the election over and the
smoke of the contest cleared away than
open preparations for secession commenced
on the part of several SouthreT Stale?. The
whole organization of the Rpublicanvparty
had been a systematic and irritating war
upon what they called slave power, and
that power was now open in revolt against
its administration of the government. Good
men were ah.rmed, the leaders of the Re
publican party only laughed at their fears,
ridiculed ihe idea of a rebellion, denounced
those who raised a voice for peace as
doughfaces, and drfbd the South tbrongrt
the press and on the floor of Congress. That
venerable old man cf Kentucky Mr. Critten-
I den, who still lingers among os like a mon
itor o! the past to remind us of the days of
a purer statesmanship, and of a time when
patrioti!..ii was measured by the love one
bore and exhibited for his whole country,
threw himself in the breach and endeavor
ed to avert the coming disasters. But nei
ther his grey hairs, nor long service of his
country, could protect him againt the per
secu ion and vituperation of a party founded
upon fanaticism end raving with the Inst
-of power The olive branch of peace was
rejected with derision and contempt, when
it might have been accepte 1 by the Prei
de.'d and his party wilh no compromise of
principle that had about :t the least practi
cal value. Il seemed as though the con
trollers of that party were mad. They would
not reason, nor would evince the least anxi
ety for peace and harmony. Their only re
ply when the danger of civil war was point
ed out wa, ' let them undertake to fight if
they dare;" and from the minions of se
cessionism came back the ready echo, "we
dare and can lick you five lo one" Be
tween these contending foe? the Democra
cy strove to keep the peace. The Presi
dent elect was implored to speak out for
peace, believing that his power with his
party would be potent for compromise and
conciliation. Bat as Joephene silently
pointed to the Monitner when preparatory to
her divorce she was questioned as to wheth
er she had been married with the rites of
the church, so Mr. Lincoln with sealed lip
pointed to the Chicago platform. All hope
was lost Fort Sumter was assaulted and ta
ken and half a million of armed men on
each side rushed to the field. Almost one
year has roiled around len hundred millions
j dollar have beer, spent, and sti:I the rebel
arrny is almost within sight of the Potomac.
Now where is the Republican party?
From the moment that the pillarsof the gov-
I ernmenl began lo tremble about them as
. soon as their eyes were opened by actual
j occurrences to the awful position of nation
! al aff i r- true to the instincts of a revoln.
; tionary party built upon popular passions,
and placed in power by pandering to the
I worst prejudices of our nature, they became
j the most intolerant of partie. Mob vio
i lence was substituted for law the freedom
' of the press suppressed the habeas corpus
i was suspended and hundred dragged off to
1 goveruinent fortresses locked up and chain
; ed like felons, without even being in'ormed
of ihe crane imputed or the name or charac
ter of iheir accj-ers. These things and
many morrf, of the same general character,
familiar to our readers, have broken the
i back of the party, and they are now dwin
' tiling down to a mere parry of negro Aboli
tion, ihe conserva i ve and national element
of their party having deserted to the ranks
of the Democracy.
Thus it stands ami l the crumbling fabric
of a once great, piosperous a id happy gov
j eminent, a living monument of its own
I wretched and fatal policy a of its rain and
j decay. Br.t what would not the people give
i now, when it is loo la'e, ifihey had only
i heeded tiie admonitions, listened to ihe en
' treaties of the Democracy two years ago,
i when it wa not too late lo saveihe country
; from its present condition ? Luzerne Union.
j As Ixteitsstinq Relic Dr. Perkins ex.
i hibited at ihe Missionary meeting at Lon
! don, some time ago, a copy cf the New
j Tesinrnent, which he found in Persia that
j was Too years o d. 1: was written in the
, ancient Syriati language, (the spoken by
I Jesus when on earth ) npnji parchment,
1 with a reed for a pen. Ol course the vol
ume was bulky though not as large as we
j should s;:ppo-e a Testament made in that :
) way would be. It was not thicker than a
j Webster s unabridged, and not more than
Iao thirds as large. Dr Perkins founJ
three or lour copies ot the Testament in
this iorm in that country, which were if wa
understood him, the only written language
that the pe pl had. By ihe aid of these he
made a language for Ihe Nestorians and in
structed them in il for r.ear y 30 years. Dr.
Perki is said also, that this New Testament,
which had been transcribed in this rude
manner several limes, and handed down
from the time of Christ. wa in every respect
the same a the Word which we nour have
a remarkable proof of the authenticity of
our Bible. - . .
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