P BA
Medical,
Kew Discovery.
g WAIMANTED IN ALL tASES:
iT 1417g4,
CAF BE
to BELIED Itdoes O nl . nalta . te
speedy
na c t i o r zt e
f
to Change of Diet. is Nirettl:
It does not interfere with business permit
can be used without detection l I
i :Upward of 200:Mirds.the past month. Kale el
them very severe cases. It Is adlipted for Male
and fomaleold oryoung I ;
,
BELL'S SPEC IVIC PILLS
are the originarend only genuine SPrcific Pills
Over one hundred physicians have used 11° W in
their practice and all Break well of their effirmei
ism:l-approve of their composition. which is entire
ty vegetable and perk:ions' harmless on the eYet mitt ~
Hundreds of certificates can be shown. ,
Bell's Specific, Pills are the only reliable result edy
/protecting a permanent and speedy aura 4 all
cases of spermattirrheti, or Seminar W ow.
with all its train of evils. such as Urethral and
Vaginal Discharges , Meet, the Whites, Nigh or
e,io; ,
Invcduniaryibussinne.klenital Debility-an Ir
ritability,_ Incontinence, Imp otenop, Weaknees or
Loss of Power. Nervous DebtlityeattMo .. all of
!Phi& Min principally from Sexual Bxcessip or
SOH-Abuse. or some constitutional derangexpent
and Incapacitates the sufferer from 1121111u:it the
duties of Married Life I
In allßexualDiseascs. as Gonorrhea. (Deer :and
Stricture and in Diseases of the Bladder and II id
neysthey act as a charm l- Relief is experienced
by titling a single bar!
Sold by PRIOR ONE DOLLAR.
JOSEPH FLEMING.
- earner Marked abreast and Diamond
and by Druggists generally. Pittsburgh.
They will be sent by mail securely sealed on
receipt of the money by -
J. BRYAN, M. D. -
No. - 76 Cedar atreet, N. Y..
' Oonsifiting Physician for the treatment of &m
-twit, Urinary, Sexual and Nervous Diseases, Who
will send free to all the following valuable Werke
7 ; 41rTha . Fiftieth Thousand.—Dr. Belle
"pieatisii- on Self-Abuse. Premature Docai%
potetwe and Low of 'Power, Sexual Diseases,
Seminal weakness, Nightly Emissions. Genital
Debility. See. A pamphlet of fifty plwes, con
taining important. advice to the athated and
should be read by every sufferer as the means
or mire in the severest stage is plainly sot forth. 1
Two stamna to pay postage. aul7d&w
PRIVATE DISEASES
•
• DR. BROWN'S OFFICE ,
50 SMITHFIELD STREET,
Citizens and strangers in need of medical ad
vice should not fail to give him a call.
Dr. Brown's remedies never fail to cure impn
scrofulous and venereal affections —.Alac
hareditart taint. saili_as tatter. psoriasis and oth.
er skin ...lasses. the origin- of • which the patient
is ignorant. -
WEAREES&
ramalletafor thio affliction. brought oa
by soiitary hatitraro' the only medicines known
In this ocnip ia- ealthy whickore info and-will saw:dill'
restore to h
fiIDIIIMATIBBL
Dr. Drogm's remedies cure in a few dayslthis
Luigi affliction.
1: Ile also treat Pilefilleet. Oonnorrhoe. the
Midterm ~F emale Diseases, 'Pains in the Beth
andkidneys. Irritation of the Bladder , strict
t'un A letter to' be answered must contain at feast
ON& INT. T. A Ft
Medicines sent to,
.N
any address oafely packed.
Office and
_private r00m5.0.50 SMITHFEeLD
smarr. P' ittsburalt Pa. nolsd.irw
._ , : TO THE- PUBLIC.,
109 r iil C .1.11./L ULT
. - I Methelgranißtemayitte.., :e 7 , ' -- 9` 'r . - • .
ir 1ir0a0 , ..,-etre,..eaceterre.t- , . ~..• • .
. nations, treat secret and 4 " -
delleate disorders. self- ' .., • -:', a' ",,,,,_
abuse and diseases or ' . •
..:,-),/;if, -
to/sties:a common and in- ''''. • •• :::.
oidertt toyouths or - both
=27 and adrift. single or .married. Raceme.
Ds. alstanarear pnblishee -the fact _of his dolls
aai the ignorant and falsely - modest are dreadful],
shocked. and think It a great sin very immoral
and for contamination and corruption among
their oriveci
_pi:omitting BOW and daughter& Then
1112physinan should Do cautious to keel then
/ " .Iriot h iA t t! h rtb e rigg i rl ' l a el m :lrca r tive l ni
the might be lost to them among Armlet hilsels Pr
modest and presumptuous fireflies, bore -toe
raised tit ignoronoti.eprnag_an as menairoame and
. who C012111.6rd noddy. inteingence. tease. h 4.., ti
dollars and Cents,. mysteriously. meant ► orini
gotten. It is to '
pablpsity, howover th at
_ numerom
parents and guardians ore thanidni that their'
boo 4 .daughters and wards, previously feeble
sickly and of. delicate condition and aP.Pearceoe
have been restored to health and vigor by DI
lIIIANSTRUP..basides many before and afte
marriage through him have been caved much baZ
faring, anxiety. mortification. to. Bpermatbra
. hea ormocturrual emu:dß - dons. are completely cured
sin-taer7 shut sperm of timeb_y hietnew remedies.
whicharepooallarly his own. They me comperindi
Nth* Vegetable Kingdom. hating seen 'the
rallaw.of the Mercurial treatmenthe has abandon.
M 1 edit ssnd ntbs%nted .the veritable. imnale die
-eases are hamedirith marked tftmoese—narmir has
over Edit), mire (10) experierme in their treat •
~ moat In hosnitalsof both the , Old World and ts
the United Mama. bads him to asp--to all with t
fair trial. 'health and happiness will again bloom
upon the novr—paed cheek. Trifle no tonne With
ontebaidaland'unacks. bat come and be cured
Ption mul aof kladrai. discaaas4 ol
which so Many - annually Ail tau countries. oar
now be relieved. providing :hey attend - to it in
time ;roll particulars can be had of my treatment
by procuring a copy of the hielicel Adviser.whiok
Is given gratis to MI that apply ' Having the ltd.:
ming° of over forty years experience and
oMmastlon, coniestreently, he has =Parlor skill
in the treatment of speotal diseases. and. ah is
daily consulted by the - profession. as well ea -
mended by repeatable citisons. Publiim -
Prietors of hotels, Av. Ciao' 8b Elm! -
street. ness.Diamond ratot...Privato oomzurini
cations from all parts' of the Union aridly al
tended to. Dbact to
/sox , •
aborgh Foil oak*
SYRUP OF MANDRAKE ANTrBTIL-
LINGUA.
Having had a man employed for the ladsil
'yeara Compoundink the above excellent remedies
for my own practice t and,having used them with
uncommon success in all that time. I feel 1$ a
duty to set them before the public, as my epe-
Amos leads meto think they are as near sPecifine
as any remedies well can be for the following
disesses„ namely: Scrofula. Cram. Syphilis. and
all diseases that arise from an impure state of the
blood. One trial will convince any person of
thedr fitness for those dieeases.
Prepared and sold by
J. W. BRANSTRUP, M. DI
115 Smithfield at,, Pittsburgh, pa
ERNTTI R N
AMENDMENTS
P O OS NG
CONSTITUTION. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Cbmoicm
wealth of Peunsy/oania is: General Assembly met,
That., the following amendments be rroposedto
the' tionstitution of the Commonwealth, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the tenth artidle
*er a'
There eltall be &II additional section to the third
article of the Constitution. to be designated as
section four, as follows
SZOTION 4.' Whenever any_ of the qualified
41eittes of this Cemtuonweandshall be na actual
minters-some% under a requisition from the
President of the United States, or by the anthdr
-14 of this commonwealth. such electors may *lt
emise the right of suffrage= all elections by the
citizens, under such regulations as are, or .3h i g
he, prescribed by law. as fully as if they w
present attheir usual place of election.
There shall be two additional sections to the
eleventh - article of the Constitution, to be desm
noted as sections eight and nine, as tollowe :
Sumas 8. No bill shall be passed by the Leg
islature containing more than one sulnect, which
shall be elear&expressed in the title , except ap
propriation la*
Suasion 9, No bill shall be passed by the Leg
watt" granting any powers, privileges, in any
case, where the authority to grant such powers,
•or -Privileges, has been, or may hereafter be,
oon f wed .up on the courts of .thin Commonwealth,
JOHN' CESSNA, •
speaker,of the House of Representative:Ll
JO2iN P. PENNEY.
• , Speaker of the Sonata'
• Orme OF THE l 1
SEOSLITIRY OF THE CoMMONVIALTII,
Harri-hurg, July MS,
PENNEYLVA NIA, SS:
certify that the foregoing
{Lat.} coint4l :L t r n b rulris e and correct copy el
the original Joint Resolittiou.of the Gem
eralAssembly, entitled - A Joint ReSelution pro
posing certain amendments to the Codstitution;"
o+
th same remain/ton Meh ere ice.
In t o :Ail:now , ' -whereof I ha ve enixeset 'thy
hand, and caused the seal of the Secretary's Of
hoe to be affixed' the day and year above writtsta.
ELI SLIFER.
• hilftdtl Secretary of the Commenwealthi
piOTICE.—,-.ANDREMT lirtemAN, tip
PRIAM=hi; -HENRY PHIPPS, Jr, and
HOMASN 'MILLER. of Allegheny City. have
this day entered fine, a limited partnership for
:the , transaction of the Rolling Mill businem
un d er the fir us name of KLOMAN Kupps .
A n drew Rieman and HenrY Phionajr ae G m „,.
erstl 'and Thomas N. Miller , as. Special Partner,
,the-pnenerehip to continue not il the ist. day 4:il -
Jennaa7.lB7o. ANDREW KLOMAN,
HENRY PHIPPS. Ja ;
sairlawthr THOS. N. Ili LIAM *
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it, Editor and • . Pmtvri.f,,„
Troldet'
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF PITTSBURGH.
;,TERASURY Dit.PekErßEß.l
of COMPTROLLER ()Y THR CURRENCY, :
WRREalleoll City. Aug. sth. ISfa.
WHErmlAy, By satisfactory evidence presented
t i the ondersigneci. it has been made to apift-r
that the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PIRA
BURGH. in the County of Allegheny and Shatz
of Pennsylvania has been duly organized Oder
and [wording to`the requirements of the Aet of
Congress, enufled 'an Act to provide a National
Currency, secured by a pledge of United ritates
Stocks, and to provide for the circulation and re
demption thereof." approved February okh,
1863, and has complied with all the provisions of
said 2iot required to be complied with before
commencing the business of Bane ing.
CDR eTssasFogi ..1 "Ai b. DicCulloch, Comp
droller of tLd Currenoked herein' certify that the
said FIRST NATIONALI BANK OF PITTS
BURGH. county of Allegheny and State of Penn
sylvania, is antnorised to commence the business
of Banking under the Act aforesaid.
In testimony whereof witness my hand and
seal of office. this sth day of August,
i B9 HUG MeCULLOCH,
- - Comptroller of the Currency.
The First National Batik
of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
LATE PITTSBURGH MST 'COMPANY,
Capital $400,000. with privilege to , ln
Crease to $1,000.000.
The Pittsburgh Trust Company having organ
ized under the ant to provide a National Cur
repoy, under the title the FIRST NATIONAL
BANK UP PITT,BIitIGH, would respectfully
olibr its seriices the collection of Notes.
Drafrs,Bills of Exchance.&c.. receive money on
deposit and buy ani.seik Exchange on all parts
of the con :try.
The success which has attended the Pittsburgh
Trust company siuce its organisation in .1852, will
we behve he asußielent guarantee that busi,ness
entrusted to the nisi* organisation will receive
the some tempt attention.
Banks
t an
a very extehrough nut nsive
t h e ncorresodence th
and Bankers, t cuntry, Wi we
believe we eau oiler numlial facilities to those
whoThod o business with us.
business will be conducted by the same
officers and directors.
James Laueblin
Robert ti Rays,
Thomas Bell,
Thos. Wightman,
Same
JAM h 9 LAUU
JOHN D. Sul
Angnet St.h. 146:3:cLi-wt
W. J. YOUNTZ ............... ..... .......... PH R. 111:11372
KOUNTZ & MERTZ,•
] BANKERS,
No. 118 Wood 84. se.coad doo above
• • rietti
rjEALERS IN FOREG
IN AND 11).:,:teStic
D
Exchange, Coin, Bank Notes, and (4or ern.
intuit becuritiee. Collections promptly attcutiec
to.
"--
dirl OLD, SILVER, DE'_CA7ci NOTES
va Certtflcates.of Indebtodness, Que.rtonnas
tent Certificates.
7 3-10 Bonds{ and Coupons
and all other government securities, bought
H. WILIJAMIN , cse O.
mhs;6md Wood sires t, corner of Third
--- - -
117mL tire_
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
PENNA. PIATE A661011,11R1L 001E1
WILL B 1 lls✓'Ll) .11'
NORRISTOWN, MONTGA CO., PA..
September 29th and 3011 h, aLlti 01.110ber
let and 2d. V,1:3
ATORRISTOW NIS +ILO 17 . 141141;S
"lir West df Phdadelt hta on the :"chuyiktil
River and i+ accessible by Rai:way to every part
of the btate.
- . .
The grounds are beLtifully sit uatesl, contain
ing 28 acres 01 ground with tine large budding
thereon erected. together with a large amount sd
shedding. Tha track is seta tt be on.a of the
best halt mile tricks: in the - Sate. The pre
miums are the heaviest ever offered by the So
ciety. amounting to abont.s7, l 7oo, fhe premiums
for all grades of cattle excee4five of
which are ,$3O each, 19 from $25 to .0, t the.s
running down to lesses.r rates. Best herd not
lees ,than- 15 hand, first, premium $4lO, second
nremiuth $25.
Horses for all grades the premiums exceed
$1350. The highest fs100: 22 between sfsAl and 30,
and others ranging from $l5, 11l and 5. For sheep
and swine the premiums range tram $lO to ; and
$3.
' For:Poultry there is a long Hit of 'Premiums
from $2 to I each. In the following causes most
liberal Premiums ore adored: Ploughs, Culti
vators, Drills. Wagons. Reaping and Mowing .1D:-
chines, Cutters, Corn. Shelley, Cider 3,1111,,,
Pumps,: Buckets, Tin Ware, Leather and its
Manufactures. Gas Fixtures, Merole Mar, ties,
Butter, Flour, Grain arid Seeds Vegetables: and
also for Domestic and Household h:miutactures,
Clothe, Carets. Satiner, Shirting, meeting.
Blankets, Flannels. Shawls, Knit Goods, Neoclic
ork, Bread. Cakes, reserves, Jellies, se.
Largapre,miums are.offered for every variety
'of Fruits and Floiers. the 1' oral 'lent will be
the largest ever erected by the Society and will
form one of the most attractive features of the
Fahibition• Fruit, Grapes and %Via° will be ex
4ibitotLid this department
! Tfle'VelniaSylvaniti Railroad and Norristown
Railroad have ongeged to carry articles per ex
hioition to and from the Exhibition freight free.
requiring the forwarding freight to bo paid
whieb,svill be repaid shipper when .„goods are
qetttreette the station 'whence slllpped. It is
hoped to effect the same with other important
roads.
Excursions at reduced rates will be run on all
the leadineßailtbaia.
Entries nca be made at the Office in Norristown
after the 4th day of Septetbber, All articles
must be entered on the books on or before Ines
dayayeninn. September zoth. - Exhibitors meet
beooteifi members,- Alemberihip' $1; with lour
Coupon Tickets, each of which will :pima one
person to the Fair OCICE,
Stugle
.. etx
1:41-•A List of Premium: and Regulations can
be had by addressi• g the Secretary.
P. KNOX, President.
A, BROWER LONUAlitt.i,sec'r
-'! titratiltqftd. ' " Norristown, Pa
J. DUNLEVY,
Grocer,
NO. 4 DIAMOND,
7:l:u2klydkvi
PITTSBURGH ItEMALB
REV. I. C. PERSHING, President
EBIP siusirAlNEt• coitmet,:ig IN
/LP the State. Sup , rb Buildices. to which ex
[elusive additions are mail ing. Nineteen Teach
ers. Unsurpassed facilities in the ,irriain-ntal
Branches. Forty Dollars per term pays for all
expenses in the Boarding Department except
%Attu an ,FaeL
The Fall Term will commence on Tues
day, September Ist. Send to, President Per
shing for Catalogue... . M PSO N,
auze.-3w President of Tru , tees,
EW BOfIER WORKS.
J. J. P0WN.11,13
TTENDS TO THE DA NEEACTIURE
of. Stonati Bonet% Stills. Tanks, Agifator&
Salt Pane. Sugar Pans, Sheet Iron ChimneY4
Breechings, and all other artieliasusuallY mark'
tifactatexi at similsr e.onoorns.
Prompt attention paid to all kinds of repairs on
reasonable terms.
Works CORN - ER OP LOCUST and DrQu ESNS
WAY, sth Ward, Allegheny river,
H. J. LYNCH
N*VINO VACATED TuE FRONT
of his store, 0. $6 Market street; to .make
ektions. Will lbOound in the new addition, is
kearof old .tore, entrance on Market alley, first
door from bth street, where Dry Goods will be
sold cheap. an. 1.5
H:
:ydropolts; or Garden Sprinkler:
A FEW AND USEFUL ARTICLE FOR
Aol wetting Pla ,flowers.,-waahingviindowa,
nkri
carriages; pa of every description sold
and repaired. Daykin's Patent Wa.or Drama:
made and sold.
1123 kiDON & KELLY, 164 Wood Bt.
One door from Sizdh.
. 15 / 1 1.E.CT08.8:
Wm. IC. N huick,
Alexander Speor,
Francis U.
Alex. Bradley,
nal Rea.
ili LIN. President
aiLLY. Cashier. •
Aso, furnish Boilers and Sheet Iron saperately.
Wrought Iron Shafting. Hangers end Pullies inn
evory variety. and Continue the manufa cture Woolen Mach inery and Machin Cards. of
Our prices are low, our machinery manufactur
ed dt the best quality of materials, and warranted
in all oases to sive satisfaction.
J.VTOrders from all ports of the country solicit
ed and promptly fetitclaw
GRAPE VINES.
Vt 7 E WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO
secure this INVALUABLE GRAPE,
and have fruited it for fire years. We obtained
our original vines from Mr. BIELL who origina
ted it.. The Pittsburgh horticultural Societs , in
1555 awarded us a diploma for its exhibition.
and the Allegheny County Agricultural Society.
in 560; a premium for it as the BEST new
serdling grape. in all respects superior to the
r FrTs Br nu 11. PA
, ur stook of Vines le unequalled
anywhere, which we offer at 25 cents each,
52.50 per dcsen. $12,50 per 100, $lOO per
1 000, Small vines at less prices.
We can furnish a few extra large vines at from
50 cents to $1 each.
NOTICE.
HAtiVonillititt persons hav il e at ir d r itt ° ren it t I t t im A o ' s
in the name of the Sursisterce.Committee, Bolls
ite t contributions of Fruits and Vegetables from
the gardners and country reople in the markets
of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. we take this meth
od of giving notice. that we never authorized any
ono to collect such contributions for us or the
Hcapital. and that contributions thus collected
have never reached us.
W. P. WEYMAN,
JOS. ALBKEE. }Es. Com.
kJ. Es. ATWOOD,
Contributions for the SHlmistenoe Committee,
should be soot to Messrs. Weyman & Son, Smith
field at or Messrs Oeo. Albree, Son & Co. Wood
street. sel2
T HE CENTRAL BOARD OF EDII.
cation, of the City - of Pittsburgh, wish to
secure the servicts of a FEMAblis, TBACHEB,
to supply a vacancy in tbe.Central High School.
Candidates for the position will be required to
pass an examination by the Faculty in the fol
lowing branches; Arithmetic, English Grammar.
Geography, Orthography, History, Algebra. Ge
ometry, Physical geography and Latin, through
the primary lassons,iand Cetsar's Commentaries.
The examination will commence THUB_HDAY.
C ctober let, at 9 o'clock. a, in. Palau $4,50 per
year, of ten months.
By order of the Board,
sell-2w JOHN A. BERGRANT. Saey.
noTATor.s-zo rums, PRINCE ME-
M shannock Potatoes. For sale by •
FETZER az ARMSTRONG,
5e2.5 earner Market and Vint Bt.
Educational.
Eon. Wileon McCandless, Judge of the United
ftates Circuit Court, President.
Corner of looms & St. Clair St, Phis
burgh Penn'a.,,
TIM."
satitkapEY4TE, , fo C r il a Ff ill PE.s o lT Ar m D
COMM.
No extra charget for Manufsetuers. Steamboat.
Railroad and Bank Book-keePinge
Minister's sons at one-half price. Students en
ter and review at any time.
This Imitation is conducted by experience.
Teachers and practical accountants, who pr -
pare young men for active business at
expense and shortest time for the most lucrative
and responsible situations. Diplomas misted
for merit only. Ifenee the preference for grad
uates at this College by business men.
Prof .„A• Cowley, the best Penman cf the Union,
who
kinlS h . o a ld n s d
over c all largest
m n p um or s,o fe F
hReSs T
RPupin
Business Writing.
-Attend where the Sons and Clerks of busi
ness men graduate.
For specimens of Ponmanthip and Catalesue
containing ball information. enclose twenW4lve
cents to the Princpals.
aisle JENHINS do SMITILI
ST FRANOLS OOLLEG
UNDER CAR OF THE FRANCISCAN DROTIRS
roll' lIYBTITera'foN, RITTIATED
LORETTO, Cambria county Pennsyl
vania about four miles from Cresson Station, on
the direct route between Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh. was chartered in 1858, with priviliares to
confer the usual Collegiate Bettors and Degrees,
rho location of the College is one of the most
be althy in Pennsylvania—this portion of the Alle
gLeni Mountains being rgoverbial for its pure
water, bracing air, and picturesqumen .
MONDAYlasc' year commences the
after the 15th of AUGUST, and emit
about the 92th of JUNE following. It is divide 1
into two Sossions. Students cannot return home
between the Stuzlons. All the Apparatus neces
sary for Land Surveying, :Eameerin, arm. Am
.ill be furnished by the Institution to the
Students
Instrumental and Vocal Musk forms no extra
charge. Students will be admitted from dd.!
Fears to the age of manhood.
Thema—Board and Tuition, payable half yearly
in idvance....—
$ 65
Surveying anti use of instruments, per an
num....
Wassiaal and Modern Languages. extra.— lli
iiitudenta spending Vacation at the College. 20
Rference can be made to ihe R Rey. Biebor
D,au e enec, Rt. Rev. Bishop Wood, t.
Philadelphi a_
Rev. T.:. T‘synolds. Lortitt , " Roy Dr, O'Hara,
Philadelphia: Rev. Henry McLaughlin. Phila-
Lio.phia; Rev. Pierce Mahar, Harrisburg.
N. B.—A hick runs divly to Lo:o.te frrm Cres
s n.
- - sooll
111 'GHENT PREMIUM
AWARDED TO THE
WII EELER & WILSON
Sewing Machines
LONDON AND PARIS EXHIBITIONS
WIFE SALE OF THESE MACHINES
.is equal to the solo of all others combined,
arising from its adaptability to ad kinds of Sow
ing• As proof, read the following from Douglass
b oherwool, the well known Shirt Manufaetu
ers •
" Pe have used the t heeler dr. Wilson Sewing
Machine in our skirt Manuf.retory since January
Moth, ffo.9. It hax indeed created our bustness, Af
!erteeting the Frill...inc.! t.,t.,.h......
ant are now riming one hundred and seventy
two of them. We are running one hundred of
your machines in ono room, and yet such is the
quietness, that conversation can be carried on in
as ordinary tune of voice. They are:adapted to
every portion of our work ; sewing equally well
upon the lightest muslin and our t eaviest work,
consisting of nine thickne,l e. live of them being
of hair cloth, two of common cotton cloth, and
two 01 starched Mitre. Its speed is unexampled.
With one, a person can accomplish us mu , h no
twelve cerium without it, and twice as much as
by at .d other machine. toe thousand yards of
straight seam, ten stitches to the inch, is an ordi
nary day's work - of ten hours. We hove run it as
h:gh as one hundred and &fry yard per hour. The
fatigue is so slight t aat our employees work the
yi ar round in good health and spirits. We can
not too highly rem uamend Wheeler & Wilson's
Machines, and our opinions are shared by all
:Manufacturers ref experience and judgement,
with whom we come in contact."
Also, from the Linzted Prubyteritrn of Sopt.lo
"Atter more than one years experience, we can
et rdtnliy recommend to our friends Wheeler ,le
t ilson's Viewing Machines as ono of the most use
ful pieces of household furniture with which any
Muse cox be supplied. It is the last thing in our
a. tutu tic Institution that we would part with.
Every machine warranted for three years .
Cull and see them in operation and obtain our
rit ~c riptivo circular. WM. SUMNER. le Co.
Western Agents, No. X FIFTH St. Pittsburgh.
sell:dsw
WM. X. FABER & CO ,
A. ENGINE BUILDENi
ss on Vowla
MERU. ttSLt:6L'I3T Atfii DIU MAKEin
dts: the Donn. R. B. Pitteatzfr Dotal
PITTrOUSEUL
st.,IAfttUVALCTUILIC ALL KINDS 01
/VA Intenm Mosinee, ranging front three to oni
hundred and nity horse power. and salted to)
rat Mills, Saw Mille, Blast hansom. Faotoriel
eta.
Wye narticruiat attention to tire oonetniotdon of
f2l , gines and Machinery for grist calla and for
at rights, mulay and.elsondes saw mills.
!lava ahln on hind. f nished and ready for AMY-
L -non tat short no:me. Haines and Boners of every
CONCORD
J. KNOX.
No. 99 Fifth Street
ib*odkw
EVDI4
Special Notices.
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CARRIAGE ' , .MAtdRFACTIIRERS
SILVER &BRASS PLATERS, ;
and 4eannlaotnrorn of
Saddlery aid Curiae° Hardware,
N 0.7 St.
Saddlery
and Dnoneone
(nazi the Bridge.)
mh4 PITTN URGE', PA.
POI.SOIi NOT THE HEAD
WITH WIT/lA-TB OF BILVEB
Use CRINT4HORO'9 HAIR RYE,
Certified to be PURE—SAFE—UNEQUALLED
by Dr. Chilton, of New York,
and other eminent Chemists.
•
MOD R O D U CIES ANY,MIIADE 11110.111
rioh, mellowbrown to glossy black in ten
minutes, and oontadus no ingredient that is in
jurious to the hail.-,
CIIBISTADORO'S HAIR PRESEAVIII,
- .
mostaluable with his beautiful lmparts thli eat
vitality
softness, the host gloss. and irreat
vitality to the Hair.:'
Manufactured bsl. CRISTADOEO, 6 Ado;
House. Now York. -Sold everywhere. and spat
ad by all Hair Drosocts-
Price. 50 cents Sit ond $2 per bottle, accordins
to trize. iy/Sd,kw:lnic
QIIRGEO.IIi GENERAL UAREIGNR,
1 1, . by ordering eiletuel and confers min
erals from the surlily tables, hag ed a
blessing on our sick soldiers. Let him not stet
here. Let him ceder the discontinuance of
"Bleeding," and tht substitution of Bramirbth's
Pills in the place thereof. Then will comments
a "new era' in the praotibe of hledlellsa, which
would then becomeMaphaticallr
THE HEALING ART.
I have for thing years taught that no diseased
action could be cured by mercury or tartar
emetic. That the human body could only be
'made whole" by "vegetable food"—Animal food
being, in fact, condensed vegetables. Br amiroth 'E
Pills should be in every military hospital. These
Pills cure Bilious Diarrhea, Chronic larrhoa,
Chronic Dysentery, and all Fevers and Affectionf
of the Bowels, sooner and more surely than asp
medicine in the world. Brandreth's Pills in these
oases should be taken night and morning. Bead
Directions and get new sty le.
CASE OF ROSCOE E, IV ATSON.
Dr. B. Brandreek,—Nets York ;
SIR: York as Vol
private in Co. F. I.7th Regiment
Now Vols. While at Harrison's Landing,
and on the Rappalaannock near Falmouth, I and
many of the Company wore sick with bilious di
arrhea. Tho Army Surgeon did not sure no. and
I was reduced to skin and bone. Among the corn •
worked
eleycionuirtetatattaorahwer ofatmstntlmng.whoTtaed
were not sick, because Laborato ry
used Brand:l3th';
Pins. These men prevailed upon me and others
to use the Pilla, and we wore all cured in from
two to five days. After this our boys used Bran
dreth's Pills for the typb t us fever, colds. rheumy,-
tism. and in no case did they fail to restore
health.
Out of gratitude to you for na7 a(K.,I health. I
send you this letter. which if necessary, the ate
tire company would sign.
I am. respectfully yours,
ROSCOE K. WATSON. Sing Sing. N. Y.
Principal office, 91 Canal street. New York.
Sold by ' l 'honans fteciptith, I , l,ccoart A Iley,
Pi ttabu :191.14.1A,1ttfe
AMERICAN TEA COMPANY.
FI Vesey St, Now York
Since its organization has (treated a new era in
They having introduced their selections of Teas ,
and are sell•ng them at not oyor Two Conte
.(I'2 per pound above cost,
xcrer Den . ironl the ONE PRICE
A nother peculiarity of the Company is that
their Tut TaSTRII not only devotes his time to the
selection of their TEAS as to quality. value, and
particular at ytes fir particular localities of coun
try, but he heirs the Ta . e buyer to ehooseout r! their
enormous stock such Teas Os are best adopted to hi.
particular wows, and not only this, but tstinti nut
LO him the best bargains.
It is easy to tee the Inealculoide °don't/op.' a
TEA 111:YRR has in this establishment ores all
otters.
If he is no judge of T - A, or the MARKET, it his
time is valuable, he has ai l the benefit' s of a wet'
organized system of doing ha. ine:Fs of an ironternre
rapitat, of the judgement of a proir ,, tion,,, Tee
T s STtiit, and the Knowledge of superior salesman..
'lbis enables all TEA buyers—no matter if they
are thousands of miles from this market—to par
chase on as good terms here a. the Nem York 31er--
chords.
Part es can order TBAS and will be served by u
ae toed ua though they cams theuttletres, bring sirs
to got original pockagc., true weight. and tar.;
and the Tr ey are W ines,Ton as represrntril.
We IMO a Price List of the Company's Teas,
which will be sent to all who order it; comprising
Young liiyaon, Imperial, Gun•
powder, Twankay and Skin.
OOLONG, SOIFINNONG OR &NG E
IIYSON PEKOE
JAPAN TEA of o v ert' deßcrlotion, colored and
uncolored
This list has each kind of Tat divided into
four Musses. namely: C rgo. high Cargo, Fine.
Finest, that every one may understand hem
description and the pr , ces ai flexed, hat the
Company are determined to undersell the whole
Ts A trade.
1 e guarantee to sell all our TEAS at not over
Two Cents (.(2 cents) per pound above \list.
believing this to be aztraetive to the many who
have heretofore been paying Enormous Profits.
GREAT &MEXICAN TEA COMPANY,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBER SI,
ee9 No. 51 Vesey street, New YO2 k
New Fall Goods,
HUG - US & HACKE'S,
Corner Fiah and Market streets.
Figured De'nines,
Colored Lusters,
Plain Fr. itllerinoe,,
Plain Fr. ltepps.
Empress Cloth,
Broche Velours,
Turin Cloths
Printed Blerinoes,
Ottoman Cloths.
Figured Yolencias,
Stripped Tilohairs.
Pointille Worsteds,
Brocade Mohairs,
Drap de Luccas,
Saxony 'Plaids.
Check Poplins.
Paris Royals,
Bob Roy Plaids.
Poil de Chevres,
Plaid Repps,
Plain Delaines,
Scotch Plaids,
RENO VAL.
it R. F, BARDEEN HAS REMOVED
from Smithfield street. below the Girard
ouse, to N 0.145 Fifth street opposite the Court
ilooso. An'2l:tf.
A LARGE STOCH OF
NEW SHOES
AT DIFFENBACIIERIS,
NO. 15 FIFTH STREET,
Fmbrating Gent's, Ladles, Misses mid Children's
wear in great variety, sell
ODD FORKS
Y MORNI
The Great
the history of
Canton Cloths
Tamartitnes":
For sale by
JAMES BOWN,
136 Wood et
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Address of the Editorial Con
vent on
To the People of Pennsylvania: -
At a Convention of Democratic Editors,
held in the City of Philadelphia, on the
11th day of August, A, D. 1863, the un
dersigned were appointed a committee to
prepare and publish an Address to the
people of Pennsylvania on the Liberty of
Speech and of the Press. In execution
of this commission, we now submit the
following views, and ask for them the can
did consideration of our fellow citizens.
The subject is one of abiding interest
to a free people. They can never be in
different to a question so vitally impor
tant. Freedom of speech is the birth-right,
of American citizens; a bright inheritance,
received from a glorious ancestry. To
suffer it to be despoiled would be as un
wise as impious ; as base as ungratefal.
Our duty is teccherish, protect, and de
fend. Notwithetatiding its importance,
yet. as a subject ordiScussion, it is Sin
gularly novel. From the beginning of the
present century, until the Close of 1860,
it slept in profound and undisturbed re•
pose. Daring these sixty years, the right
to freely speak, write, and print whatever
the author' pleased, was not so much as
questioned.
Inde2d, it was only persons of historical
reading or patriarchal age, who knew that
it had ever been denied or doubted. And
had it been proposed three years ago to
discuss it, the attempt would have pro
duced astonishment if not derision. Yet
in the brief space, between then and now,
United States Marshals have entered and
taken possession of newspapers and anp
pressed their publication ; United States
military commanders have even gone
farther, and, after the suppression of
their papers, have cast their Editors into
loathsome ungeons, and denied them a
hearing or trial ; and public speakers, who
protested against these disorders and"
outrages, have been seized by United
States soldiers, in bed at midnight; drag
ged from borne and friends tried by
pretended courts martial ; and banished
from their country ! And what was incon
venient or impolitic to ha done in some in
stances thus, mobs did, and were invited or
encouraged to do ! And all this has been
done in peiceful States, in adhering
States, in loyal States, in patriotic States.
It has been done, too, without provoca
tiou, in the wantonness of power, for it
has not in a single instance been of even
temporary advantages to the wrong doers
On the contrary, it has done much to de
Oro , ' Personal. redact, and official obe
is reluctantly yielded, hie - Mire ea-mama
has been wrongfully wrested. But such is
the fate et tyranny.
All this has been done, sanctioned and
applauded by a party that came into pow
er as the special professional advocates of
the gtetitt,t. liberty of thought, speech,
anti aeti So inconstant and deceptive
are human promises and professions!
The partizan nature of these outrages has
given them a poignancy and severity they
might otherwise not have had.
They have only been committed against
the Democratic Press arid Speakers. The
others hnve had, and still have, full li
cense. They have been committed too
against the week and unprotected ; against
those assailed and out of power; against
those who plead for truth, justice and
peace, and invoke honor, love and unity
against shame, bate and division ; against
those who stood for the Constitution and.
Laws.
And what is most singular and humilia•
ling of all. is that a portion of the prey it
self has remained silent and acquiescent
while all these wrongs were, perpetrated!
And now, as in days gone by, the Demo:
cratic party, and the Democratic press,
are looked to as the sole guardians and
defenders of civil liberty.
Arid here we can point with a just pride
to the noble stand taken by Democratic
speakers and editors throughout the coun
try. In the face of popular frenzy, in
view of open prisons and tyrannical keep.
ers ; in danger of riots and mobs, they
have contended for, and maintained
against, all opposition, the nobility of
their manhood ; and dared and done what
was blare, patriotic and right. Some
have suffered in one way and some in an•
other ; some in person and some in estate,
but all as freemen and patriots. With the
cheerfulness of conscious rectitude, and
the devotion of martyrs, they have borne
their sufferings with unflinching courage.
Time will will justify their devotion and
faithfulness.
And at this time after centuries have
elapsed silica the right of free discussion
was supposed to be incontrovertibly es•
tablished, we are called upon to vindicate
;t anew.
lit the appointing resolution, Liberty of
speyrk and or the Press are both mention
ed, but the latter is included in the former
and we shall speak of them as one.
The human voice, in articulate sounds,
was the primitive form. Letters followed.
At first they were written j now they are
both written and printed; they are all
signs of ideas, symbols of thought; and are
embraced in the word speech or language.
Speech is a bettvenly gift, mercifully be
stowed by our divine Creator, for a good
and proper purpose. It is as natural to
speak as to hear. The child learn to talk
as soon as to walk. Speech is not an 1 / 3 0-
lated and independent gift or faculty, but
a link in the golden chain of God's special
blessings to man. The head to think the
heart to feel, and the tongue to express
what is thought and felt, comprise a trini
ty of the most excellent human endow
ments. To restrain thought, feeling or ex
pression is as much a violation of the nat
ural law, as to restrain the growth of a
clant or fEe expansion of a flower. Both
seek development, - air, and:light. To im
pose silence, is to imprison nature; to
restrain sm. eh, is to enchain the soirit.
All men have the gift, all should besllow
ed to exercise it. That the gift may be
abused, or the right lost, we do not deny;
we are now speaking of the natural gift
and its use; of the abuse we may speak
hereafter.
Here we merely notice, that if we look
abroad, into the gardens or meadows, we
meet beauty and deformity; fragrance and
stench, at every step. Out of the same
soi l s p r ing the rose and the thistle, the
lily and. the nettle; they, bloom in the
same sunshine, and are watered by the
same distilling dews and gentle showers.
Who basa right to restrain them?
We are social beings, placed in society
and bound together by many bonds of
interest and sympathy. Our joint efforts
are necessary in a thousand things; in, the
erection of houses for our comfort and
safety, as well as temples of .worship
the construction of roads to facilitate our
progress from place to place; in the build
ing of ships, to transport us from land to
land. 'Time winaldfail iis to speak,.jti de
tail of the innumerable ways in which we
depend upon one another { and to i which.
we contribite fa each'`others 'hOppidess,
But all onr wishes are made •known :and
all our wants supplied, through the
me
dium_of. speech. - Were it - not for this,
we might perish in silence, our; de
r ires unknown, and our necessities tinre
lieved.
But if fs not interest alone that we need
to communicate with each other. What
would beconio of friendehip -and love, if
we had no Words-to express our esteem
and affection ? :Here, even more than
there, we feel -the-value of thisgreat gift.
Love and hate, pain and pleasure, joy
and sorrow, hope and fear,. are all express
ed by the voice, pen, and .press-- , by
speech. Shall our passions not find jex—
pression but writhe and die in silence?
Shall we torture and destroy instinct-?
But some minds are peculiarly gifted, and
take not only a large survey of earth,. but I
seem to pierce into the clouds -and draw
their inspiration and knowledge from the
skies. By destroying,. or. restricting, the
freedom of speech shall we deny to others
what they are willing to impart? Shall
we confine the fragrance of the rose to its
own petals ? Had it not been for the free.
dom of speech, what would have been
known of Homer and-Pericles, of Cicero
and Cmsar, of Sbakspeare -and Chiltern,
of Newton and Locke, of- 'Washington
and Jefferson,- of Jackson and Clay, of
Webster and Calhoun? What they said
and what they did, would have been all
lost, if pen and press had not been in•
yoked to preserve and perpetuate their
discoveries in mind end matter? But
speech is employed for higher purposes
even than these. By it are proclateped
the glad tidings of salvation. The voice,
the pen, and the press are used to carry
the gospel of peace to a perishing world.
That the messengers have not been per
mitted to fully employ them has been one
of the gravest charges against prejudice,
bigotry and heathenism. Without this
freedom, the preaching of the gospel must
cease to day ! Bound up with it is the
hope of the word ; for by it men are
persuaded, converted, and reformed; re
generated, sanctified and saved.
God himself not only bestowed the gift,
but used it as the medium of communi
cating his will to us. He addressed our
first parents invariably in an audible voice;
and many times since, on special occa
sions to particular individuals, he employ
ed the same means of instruction. He thus
honored this blessing. With, his own
finger he also wrote the law fOr our in
struction. And take away to-day the
liberty of speech, and the Bible itself may
become a proscribed book.
In all ages, this liberty has been usk_d
almost without restriction. To deprive
auy one of it has always bsen regarded as
the greatest tyranny. By it men justify
themselves, or palliate or excuse their
faults. By it they plead for their friend,
or accuse their enemy. Even the convict,
in our free and liberal system of criminal
jurisprudence, is entitled to offer his rea
s w
sonhy he should not suffer the-penalty
the principles of government, it may .13
the very principles that elevated those who
pri some to deny it to place.
Without dwelling longer upon this
branch of the subject, or offering more il
lustrations to enforce its importance, we
may safely affirm, in view of its origin,
object and use, that speech should be tol
erated, unrestricted and free. It is the
gift of God, and is the natural right of
man. Some say, it is liable to abuse. So
it is ; and none can regret its abuse more
than we. To abuse so great a blessing,
and pervert it from its original, useful and
holy purpose; is bothungrateful and crim
inal ; and deserves, and will receive, a
just punishment. But which of ail Gud's
blessings is not abused? Even the ele
ments themselves are perverted, earth and
air, fire and water, are all abused ; but
shall we not till the one, nor breathe the
other ?. And in our desire to prevent one
from burning his neighbor's house, shall
we refuse fire to warm the world ; or be-.
lcause Borne poison a glass of water, shall
we refuse all men drink ? And because
some men abuse the liberty of speech,
shall we impose universal silence, or leave
it to caprice or arbitrary power to say
who shall speak and what he shall say?
But can we not enjoy the blessing without
suffering the abuse? We may. When
the gift was first bestowed, it was upon
pure and holy beings. No restraint was
necessary. After the fall, and consequent
abuse, this restriction was imposed,
— Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor," _lf this .command were
faithfully observed, there would be no ne
cessity for any further restraint. But this
wawa moral precept, addressed to the
individual conscience, rather than a rule
of action prescribed by the supreme au
thority of the State. But by saying this,
we by no means wish to impair its obli
gation. On the contrary, we desire to
extend and strengthen it ; for if it had
been a civil rule it would have only bound
the society imposing it upon itself, and
would have ceased with the dispersion of
that society, But inasmuch as it is a
moral obligation, its binding force is uni
versal and perpetual. But moral obliga
tions, as such, are only imposed and en
forced by God himself, either here or
hereafter immediately, by providential
interposition or intermediately, by
ecclesiastical discipline. Of these we are
not called upon sttpresent to speak. We'
merely wish to notice and recognize the
principle, that we are all under the high.
est obligation to use our liberty of speech
in strict accordance with truth andjustice.
But some men have lawless tongues as
well as lawless hands ; and it is necessary
to protect society against the enemies of
its peace. And here we come to examine
the ,legal grounds upon which the Free
dom of Speech rests. Man has an abso
lute right to say what he pleases ; but this
is only in a state of nature. Here he is
free in all respects and can enjoy his free
dom without restraint. But he is lonely
as well as free ; he desires company,
society, forms associations, becomes a
member of the State, and loses his free
dom. Not at all, but only so much as is
necessary for the general good; the resi
due he retains.
Even what he yields is supposed to be
compensated by equivolent or greater ad
vantages. But who is to decide what
portion of natural liberty is to be given
up for the common advantage T Not one,
nor five nor twenty, but the entire society
itself. It is upon this principle society is
formed, and states rest. But in all free
States individual rights and duties are as—
certained by law. Law is a rule of action,.
prescribed and published. It does, not
rest in the breast of the Legislator ; nor
is its penalty to be inflicted as whim; or
resentment may dictate .
. Nor doeti 'the
law entrust its executacin to theindiviiinals
offended or wronged, but has provided
impartial officers beforehand to mete out
in justice its decrees. Much less does it
allow any one to .be condemned on the
mere accusation of the accneer .without a
bearing or ; before unauthorized. judges.
On the'bontrary, it provides public tribu
nals, where the accused and the accuser
can meet face to face, in the presence of
all who wish to attend at the appropriate
time and place. This is the lawful way of
•
proceeding. It excludes mobs and vio
lence ; executive psdelamatiOns, and-mil
itaiy orders, not resting on legislation
pre cionsly bad. It is dignified, peacefut,
and salutary. Before it the citizen bows
With 'respectful awe ;. while its arbitrary
contra-part only hiatuses his hate and re
sentment,. We thus see that society has
the power to protect itself.
Let, not this valuable corrective of so
ciety be confounded With the tyrant's plea
of necessity. Society or the whole State,
has the right to decide, its decision is
law ; he has no such:right, and histagenif t
to exercise it is a crime, ;
And now we are led inquire what, if
_sny, are the restrictions laid.-ipon this
E liberty by the society, to which_we belong.
As speech L. natural, it is plainly aPpar—
ent, thqt any restriction upon its exercise
mint be legally imposed. For what the
law forbids not may be lawfully done. If
the la* is eilent, we are at liberty . ; it' it
authorizes, we have full freedom; but if
it forbids interference with our right, we
are invited to use it, and secure in its
fullest exercise. Bat a few words will be
necessary to prove that this is our birth
right, and constitutional privilege.
Our ancestors brought it with them to
these shores as a jewel in the casket of
their English liberties. Nonewere prized
more highly; ' or guarded more jealously.
And well it might claim their special care,
for it was only after long and ardent.strue
gles that it had been finally - secured.
Every English statesman of enlarged and
liberal views cherished it as a precious
boon. Cencors and censorships had been
abolished, and the right to speak, and
write, and print whatever the author pleas
ed was acknowledged and secured. The
abuse, as any other, was condemned and
punished, as all crimes should. In re
ferenee to this eubject a fine English legal
author employs the_ following beautiful
and truthful language:
Blackstone says; "The liberty of the
press is indeed essential to the nature of
a free State; but this consists in laying
no previous restraints on publications,
and' not. in freedom from censure for
criminal matter when published. Every
freeman has an undoubted right to lay
what sentiments he pleases before the
Public. To forbid this is to destroy the
Freedom of the Pi-ess ; but if he publishes
what' is improper, mischievous or il
legal he must take the consequence
rof his own temerity. *To subject the
press to the restrictive power of alicencer.
as was formerly done, both before and
since the revolution, is to subject all free
dom of sentiment to the prejudices of one
man, and make him the arbitrary and in
falliblejudge of all controverted points in
learning, religion 'and government.
Bilt to punish (as the law does at pres
ent) any dangerous or offensive writings,
which, when published, shall on a fairand
impartial trial be judged of a pernicious
tendency, it is necessary for .peace and
good order, of government and religion,
the only solid foundation of civil liberty.
Thus the will of individuals is still left
free • the abuse only of-that, free sail is
.
the object of lefa saute
to
--sr -trr-rere;e disseminating
or making public sentiments, destructive
of the ends of society, is the cr me which
society corrects. A man (says a fine
writer on this subject) may be allowed to
keep poisons in his closet, but not pub
licly to vend them as cordials. And to
this we may add, that the only plausible
argument heretofore used for the restrain
ing the past freedom of the press ; "that
it was necessary, to prevent the daily
abuse of it," will entirely lose its force
when it is shown (by a reasonable exer
tion of the laws) that the press cannot be
abused to any bad
- purpose without incur
ring a suitable punishment., whereas, it
never can be used to control to any good
when under the control of an inspector.
So true it will be found that to censure the
licentiousness, is to maintain the liberty of
the press.
This is a just and truthful exhibition of
the legal liberty of the press. A citizen
may speak, write and print what he
pleases ; but if he uses this liberty as the
vehicle of malice or falsehood be is justly
punished for his error. But even this
cannot be inflicted but by a jury of his
country and the laws of the land, and af
ter a fair, fall and public trial.
Inheriting the right, and entertaining
the sentiments, eo clearly and so beauti
fully expressed,-.it: is not surprising that
our ancestors were so jealous and so vigi
lant in cherishing and protecting their sa
cred trust. And from the settlement of
the colonies to the adoption of the Federal
Constitution Freedom of Speech was the
common law of this country. And al
though this seemed sufficient, yet we find
the patriots olthat day--mere not satisfied
that that instrument should pass it over in
silence, but insisted that there should be
an express guaranty in the fundamental
law of the new government th, n establish
ed. And at the first Congress, in the first
amended article, afterwards unanimously
adopted by Congress and the States, these
words were inserted, and became part and
parcel of the Constitution itself, and ever
since have so remained: "Congress shall
make no law abridging the freedom of
speech or of the preas. ' This was not
done because Congress had, or was sup
posed to have, the power to abridge this
freedom. That was not pretended. All
just interpretation excluded such a con
struction. Congress was a legislative body
of limited powers, of delegated powers,
clearly and expressly granted ; and what
was not thus granted was• as clearly and
expressly reserved "to the States respec
tively or to the people." But it was in
sisted upon, and adopted, in urder to giVe
additional emphasis and weight to this
great right ; to place it beyond cavil, and
make it a beacon-light to guard all federal
officers, of every class and grade, in all
time.
Every State constitution, had, and still
has, a similar provision. And thus, this
principle of English liberty, transplanted
into a new, rich, and genial -soil. was
watched and watered, supported and
strengthened, until it grew to a more
stately form and fairer proportions than
even its mother stock. Yet, strange
to say, only ten short years intervened
from the adoption of this amend
ment until Congress actually passed
the Sedition Lag', which was a direct
throat at this liberty. This act remained
on the statute book a very brief period
only. And such was • the indimationlif
.
the people at qua attempt to abridge' their
liberty, that they not only blotted out the
obnoxious statute, but consigned to ever
lasting political oblivion its authors, abet
tors, and defenders. And yet when we
compare the violation of. liberty, under
this early Sediton Law, with the recent oat-
rages, noticed above, they sink into co mpar
ative insignificance. They were committed
under the forms of law; these without law
and against law, there the offenders had a
trial, here they have none; then thaatt ,
thorn only were arrested, now the preeeet
themselves are'deetroyed, .• then t 3 ;,,,, ; t h ree
co orquate hrenchekof -„theigovertunant,
the_kEllativc't tkeexecAtiveatid-the4filliooial t ,
4,)t0 concur, but now the execn
tive alone undertakes to punish, and
treats, with the same contempt, the legis
lative and judiciary, as the private citizen.
What reason, what excuse, what palia-