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CLEARFIELD, PA., FEK1A1146, 185G.
COMPLIMEHTAEY DIK2JES.
On the evening of the 30th ult., a compli
mentary dinner was given, at Hemphill's Ho
tel, by a largo number of the citizens of our
borough, to tho Hon. Geo. R. Barrett, on the
cvo of his departure to the 22d Judicial Dis
trict, on tho Bench of which he has recently
been called to preside. The assemblage was
larcc and respectable, and tho entire affair
passed off in a manner highly creditable to all
parties concerned. After partaking of a boun
tiful collation, which reflected great credit on
the host and hostess, and to which all did am.
pie justice, Wx. Alexander, Esq., was called
upon to preside over the "feast of reason and
the flow of soul." L. J. Crans. Esq., in a few-
appropriate remarkSjthcn proposed "the Health
of Hon. George R. Barrett, tho distinguished
guest of the evening' which toast was drank
with much enthusiasm by all present. Jud;
Barrett responded in a feeling and eloquent
address. He alluded to tho time when, as a
boy of fourteen, he worked upon the turnpike
roads of this connty; to his first purchase,
with tho money thus realized, of a suit of
clothes, of "salt and pepper cassinet;" then
traced the history and progress of the couuty
from the time when the Litest news were re
ceived by a so-called weekly mail, which, how
ever, only arrived senii-occasionally, to tho
present period, when, not satisfied with a daily
mail and news not forty-eight hours from tho
metropolis of the State, we arc looking for
ward to tho completion of a railroad through
our borough, to connect Philadelphia with the
great trade of the Lakes, Ho urged upon his
friends to persevere in securing the success of
this great enterprise, so important to the in
tcrests of their country. Ho concluded by ad
verting in feeling terms to tho separation that
was about to take place, at lcat for a time, and
remarked that wherever ho might be called
in whatever locality his lot might bo cast he
would ever turn with the fondest emotions to
the friends of his youtli and to the green spot
of his nativitv amongst the blue Alloghonics
and beneath the tall pines of CIcarOeld.
After the Judge had concluded,! I. B.Swoopc,
Esq., aroso and very appropriately alluded to
a distinguished friend ami fellow citizen of the
guest of the evening, remarking that together
they had commenced the battle of life, and to
gcthcr they had advanced in the estimation of
the public and to places of honor and trust in
the Government; that both were alike esteem
ed for their private worth and public services,
and that while the ono had been called, by tlie
suffrages of a portion of the citizens of Penn
sylvania, to preside on the Bench of a distant
judicial district, and this too, to render the
compliment more flattering, in opposition to
one who had occupied a scat on tho Supreme
Bench of tho Commonwealth, the other has
recently received, at the hands of the legis
lature of his native State, the highest honor
which can bo conferred on one of her citizens,
that of representing her on the floor of the U.
S. Senate. He proposed, "lion. Wm. Bigler,
the friend of our guest, a citizen of Clearfield,
and U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania." The
toast met with a hearty response.
After the above toast had been drank, Judge
Barrett proposed "tho speedy .completion of
tho Tyrone, Clearfield and Erio Railroad,"
which was appropriately responded to, at Irs
request, by Mr. Swoopc, who concluded by
giving, as a toast, "the President of the Uni
ted States," remarking that it was a matter of
congratulation that, on convivial occasions
like the present, all political differences and
animosities could bo laid aside. Mr. Crans
followed with a toast to "the Governor of
Pennsylvania," after which Judge Barrett gave
"the Schools of Clearfield." Mr. Campbell,
Principal of the Clearfield Institute, made a
pertinent response, giving "the Committee of
Arrangements." - Gen. A.M. Hills responded
on behalf of the committee, and gave "the
Parting of Friends its scenes awaken regret,
not entirely unaccompanied by joy. As it fans
into flame the genial glow of friendship, it re
minds ns that we all arc social beings."
Mr. Cuttle gave "the continued health and
happiness of the chairman, Wm. Alexander,
Esq.," whoso response was received with great
applause. A gentleman present, alluding to
the sumptuous entertainment of which all had
partaken, toasted "our host and hostess." to
U'lii.l V- TT i - , 1 , r . .
'JSlaTins been GiTen Mr McEnally made a
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JUrn? went and forcible remarks, after which
'"flfeS. observed that the committee had
em??k cessary to change the order of
proceed in&n.t after the toast to the Bar,
thoy were to liJS had music to the tune of
Dundy, ("Dun-dee&) but as that gentleman
was absent he would ptopose "The Press may
we have ono Row Moor" 'which vro endeav
ored to respond, and ave "Success to the
raftsmen of Clearfleld.x! Our neighbor, Mr.
Moore, responded vcr pertinently, giving
"The workingmen and mechanics of Clear
field." Ono of the company gave "The La
dies God bless them," to which Robert J.
Wallaco responded, whose remarks were re
ceived with thunders of applause. Dr. R. V.
jj tiauii iumich jar. i aiiacc, wisning mat lie
, might cultivate the acquaintance of tho ladies
vaa successfully as ho had cultivated his wit,"
in answer to which that gentleman gave "The
Jiysicians of Clcarfiehl may they bo blessed
ihealtliy patients."
SUnyothcfr good toasts were drank, whicl
our limited-space precludes us from reporting
The greatest good feeling and harmony pre
vailed, and in the "wee short hours ayant the
twal'," those present adjourned to their homes,
having drank "a good-bye to their guest and
good night to each other."
b following is a conv oi tno corresnon-
a i w
lv"Syccn the Committee of Corrcspon-
udge ;
-rTTlo. R. Bai
Barrett.
rrett:
QearSir: A number of your friends who
L prevented from offering you sonic tcstt
Tfclial of their regard, by the shortness of the
time which elapsed between the announcement
of your election as President Judge of the 22d
Judicial district and your departure from
home to attend to your official duties, have ap
pointed the undersigned a committee to cor
respond with you upon the subject and tender
you a Supper, should the same meet with your
approbation. Tho committee express the hope
that the offer will not bo declined, and that
you will name some day for tho purpose, which
may suit your convenience.
Witli respect, truly yours, &c,
J A3. T. Leonard, J ox. Boyxton',
J. B. McEnally, Johx L. Cuttle,
Richard Mossop, A. M. Hills,
L. Jackson Crans,
Clearfield, Pa., Jan. 28th, 1S5G.
Clearfield, Jan. 29th, ISoG.
Gentlemen : Yours of the 28th inst., tender
ing me a supper before my departure, has just
been handed mo. Under any circumstances I
should feel it an honor to meet you socially,
but when about to leave a people among whom
I have so long resided, such a testimonial
from my neighbors and friends is especially
gratifying. I can sec among the names those
with whom I have been intimately connected,
both socially and in the business relations of
life, for many years, and nothing can afford
me greater satisfaction than to know that I
carry with me their respect and esteem. I
would do violence to my own feelings if I did
not embrace tho opportunity that offered of
meeting friends to whoso generosity and kind
ness I owe so much. My official duties will
compel mh to leave home on Thursday next,
and I will be happy to meet you at any time
previous that you may name.
Very respectfully, yours truly,
(. R. Barrett.
To Hon- J. T. Leonard, J. B. McEnally,
L. J. Crans, Esquires, and others.
Latest from Etroi'K. Halifax, Jan. 31
The Cunard steamship Atabia, from Liverpool
with dates to the morning of Saturday the
lOlli ult., arrived at 9'oclock SO minutes thi
evening, bringing 107 passengers. The new
is important as indicative of an early peace.
The Vienna correspondent of the Lots. Times
telegraphs under date of Wednesday, the 10th
10 A. M., that Russia has unconditionally ac-
cepted the propositions of ttie Allies. This i
reported authentic. The news caused an im
men so sensation. The funds rose three lu
cent, Cotton a farthing, and a panic ensued in
the other markets. The next day the Englis!
Government published a despatch from Minis
ter Seymour, at St. Petersburg, as follows:
"Russia agrees to accept the proposals as a
basis of negotiations. " This qualified an
nounccnient calmed the excitement, and the
alarmists begin to fear that Russia merely
wants to gain time by deceptive negotiations
Meantime the funds remain steady, asprcviou.
to tho above announcement. The Vienna pa
pers represent affairs as most serious and alar
tiling, and that all the personnel of the Anstri
an Embassy was ordered to quit St. Petersburg
and the Russian to leave Vienna. Durin
the week elapsing between Russia's first and
second reply, intense apprehension existed a
Vienna, but on the lGth, these apprehensions
subsided by tho announcement above stated
that Russia agrees to negotiate on the terms
proposed. There s nothing of importance
from the Crimea. Tho actual facts aro that
Count Xesselrode upon being handed the Aus
trian and Allied note, was informed by Count
Estcrhazy that he was not authorized to cuter
into discussion, but if tho note was not accept
ed unconditionally, before the 18th, he, and
all the Austrian Embassy, must leave Peters
burg. To prevent this, Ncsselrode communi
cated with Vienna direct, and Prince Gortsch
akoff, at Vienna, had a talk with Count Boul.
in which the former produced a memorandum
expressing the general inclination of Russia to
negotiate, but proposing certain alterations.
Count Boul received the document, but inas
much as it did not contain an unconditional
acceptance of the propositions, Austria could
not reply without tho concurrence of France
and England. The Ambassadors of those pow
ers accordingly sent to London and Paris, and
received in reply that the Western Towers
had no motive to change their decision, alrea
dy carefully considered, and further, that if
Russia did not accept by the 18th, Count Es
tcrhazy and tho Austrian Legation would leave
Petersburg, and Austria seek to obtained tho
armed co-operation of the German Diet.
LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
Feb. 2. The Senate is not in session to-day
In the House Mr. Smith, of Tcnn., said he had
heretofore voted against the election of a Spea
kcr by a plurality vote, but as yesterday's vote
ndicated some chance of electing, as Speaker,
a man of sound national views, he now offered
a resolution to that effect. A motion to lay it
on the table was negatived by 10 majority.
The plurality resolution was then adopted
by a vote of 113 yeas to 104 nays. The an
nouncement was hailed with much applause.
Mr. Orr unconditionally withdrew his name
as the Democratic caucus candidate, there be
ing now a probability of the concentration of
greater strength upon his colleague, Mr. Aiken.
Mr. Boyce moved to rescind the resolution.
The motion was laid on the table yeas 117,
navs 101. (Applause.)
Mr. Jones, of Tenn., referring to the terms
of the resolution that if there shall be no el
ection by a majority on the next three trials
tho candidate receiving the highest vote on
the fourth vote shall V declared Sneaker.
remarked that tho Republicans were drilled
and ready for tho coutcst, and in order to
give tho opportunity to other gentlemen i0
come here unWt:in,i;n,rh- ,......i ' .. .
ournment till Monday.
PE0TECTI0X TO AMERICAN'S ABEOAD. -From
the Harrisburg Telegraph, Feb. 1. '
At an early period of the session tho Hon.
E. Joy Morris, of Philadelphia, introduced iu
the House of Representatives, a joint resolu
tion looking to tho protection of American
citizens whilst traveling or sojourning in for
eign lands, in tho enjoyment of tho right of
religious worship and the privilege of burying
their dead, should bereavement befall them,
according to the customary rites of their par
ticular faith, and with such solemnities as they
might deem proper. Tho resolution after it
had been moulded by its author, so as to make
it as unobjectionable as possible, assumed the
form of a simple request to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress to uso their ef
forts to have incorporated in treaties made
with foreign nations, a stipulation amplo e
nough te secure the object contemplated. On
Friday last it was reached in the order of pub
lic bills, and coming before the IIouso for con
sideration, was negatived, on second reading,
after a brief debate, by a vote of 4G to 41.
Wc read the report, which announced this
extraordinary result, with surprise. Wo did
not dcetn it possible that forty-six Pennsylva
nia Representatives could be found, who would
bo willing to record their names upon the
journal of the House as voting in the negative
upon a proposition like this, which should
commend itself upon tho first glance to every
truly American heart. Of the forty-ono who
voted in favor of the resolution, to their honor
be it said, were twelve gentlemen acting with
tho Democratic party, who were willing to
view the measure in the light of its own in
trinsic merit, without reference to tho party
with which the member introducing it hap
pened to be connected, and regardless of the
taint ot "Americanism" with which it might
be supposed to be infected. The forty-six
negative votes were thrown, wc believe, by the
majority pat ty in the House, in solid column
What valid objection could be urged against
the passage of a resolution of this character,
we are at a loss to imagine. It is nothing
more than a simple request to those who rep
resent the Commonwealth upon the floor of
j the National Legislature, and particularly in
that bo.fy in winch, in conjunction with tho
President, the treaty-making power is vested
to see to it that the American citizen whom
business or pleasure may chance to carry to a
foreign land, shall bo secure wherever his feet
may happen to stray, in tho enjoyment of the
same rights and privileges which our own Re
public tenders freely to tho veriest outcast
wnom ucstiny may tfing upon her shores. Our
arms are open to rcccivo the hapless wanderer,
whether Jew or Gentile, Christian or Turk,
whom the winds of despotism or misfortune
may waft hither, and the moment his feet touch
our soil he is free to worship tho God of his
fathers in whatsoever mode and with whatso
ever rites his conscience may dictate. If, too,
the shaft of the unerring archer bhoul'd strike
down at his side the friends or kindred" who
have shared his exile, he may consign their
forms, without fear of molestation, to tho bo
som of the earth, and celebrate their obsequies
as he may deem most fitting, either with the
pompous rights of Holy Mother Church, or
with tho simpler soleninit ies of a less gorgeous
ritual. Nay, we offer him still more. A few
years' residence upon American soil, and he is
admitted to all the privileges of citizenship,
may move among his fellows in all the glory of
his manhood, ami wield equally with the na
tive born, tho lever of political power,
What then, we would demand for tho Amer
ican citizen when he enters the confines of a
foreign sovereignty, is a reciprocity of privi
lege. Wo care not that the Governments of
the Old World should confer upon those who
are aliens to their soil the rights of citizenship
to which we admit the refugee who flies from
the shadow of their crumbling thrones. God
forbid that any man who has drawn his first
breath in a republican atmosphere should
ever bo found willing to swear allegiance to
any of Europe's fading dynasties. But wc hold
it to be the duty of our own Government to
insist upon it that tho rights of conscience
shall bo held sacred in the persons of her own
citizens wherever tho flag of the Repub
lic floats upon tho air, or her namo inspires
respect and fear. The American citizen should
feel free to exercise the rights pertaining to
his religious faith, whether in the quiet vill
ago church of his own peaceful land, amid the
"vino clad hills" of sunny France, or on the
plains of beautiful but misgoverned Italy-
even in the seven hilled city itself, and at the
very base of tho Vatican. He should be pro
tected, too, in the day of his sad bereavement,
when those who had braved with him the per
ils of the deep, and borne him company in all
his wanderings upon alien soil, are suddenly
called to their eternal home, leaving to htm
tho mournful duty of securing for them a qui
et grave. As he lays them down to tlumbcr
beneath tho soil of a stranger-land, he should
be permitted to brcatho over them the accents
which would have burdened the air had thev
died in the places of their nativity, and the
tears which fall upon the sods which cover
them should not bo embittered by the thought
that on tho morrow, when he is far away
Vandal hands may perchance bo busy with
the precious remains
These aro the rights and privileges which
tho lesolution asked should bo secured by
treaty stipulations to those of our fellow citi
zens who, every year, in increasing numbers,
sojourn for a season upon tho continent of Eu
rope, or visit localities in tho remote East.
rendered interesting by the associations of tho
ast
And yet forty-six representatives of
the free Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dclih-
erately recorded their votes against its pass-
c. It may be said that they voted upon the
principle of opposition to resolutions of in-
struction; and the only remark made in tho
ricf debate to which tho bill gave rise, which
even approached the dignity of an argument
gainst it, was one which assumed that posi
tion. But this was evidently a mere evasion.
Tho resolution is not one of instruction, but
merely a request to those who represent us in
Congress, and its only object was to elicit an
expression of legislative opinion, and thereby
to strengthen the hands of the venerable Sena
tor from Michigan who already has this sul ject
in charge. Gen. Cass has labored faithfully
to accomplish his purpose, and deserves to bo
sustained by the passage of just such a resolu
tion as this, in every Stato Legislature. Wc
do not doubt that ho will ult!nial"rv be suc
cessful, and that the day will soon arrive when
no treaty will be negotiated with a foreign
government without the insertion of a stipula
tion which will fully secure tho rights to
which we have alluded. .Our only regret is,
that upon tho journals of a Pennsylvania
House of Representatives will be found recor
ded, for all time, tho vote of a majority against
the passage of a joint resolution which aimed
at the adoption of a policy so much to be com
mended, and so perfectly in unison with the
impulses of every truly patriotic heart.
NEW LIQUOR BILL.
The most important matter occupying the
attention of the Legislature, during the past
week, was tho discussion of the repeal of the
Jug Law, so called. Avery large number of
petitions were presented for its repeal also
some of a contrary nature. Mr. Wilkins, from
the committee on Vice and Immorality, in the
Senate, has reported a new Liquor Bill, to take
the place of the restraining law of last session,
which is of rather a stringent nature. We
give below its substance, as follows:
Section one prohibits and declares unlawful
all taverns, hotels, inns, ale and beer houses ;
victu ling houses, and restaurants, as well as
all the public places, or rooms kept for tho
silo of vinous, spirituous, malt or browed liq
uors, unless licensed agreeably to tho act
Section two requires a person licensed by tho
County Treasurer to be a citizen of the United
Suites, of good moral aud sober character, and
to pay the assessed sum for the license, and
requires him to give bond to the Common
wealth, ono or more sureties, in $1000, condi
tioned that the citizen shall not sell or deal in
any wine, brandy, rum, whiskey, or such like
spirifuous liquor rendered unwholesome or ad
ulterated.and shall not suffer drunkenness, di
bauchery, &c, in his house, &.C. Section three
establishes two classes of taverns: one to sell
wines, brandy, spirits and malt and brewed li
quors, and tho other to sell cider, beer, ale,
porter, and malt liquor. Section fourth pro
vides that the license shall be rated according
tethc estimated valuation, or tho rental of the
house intended to be occupied, as follows: For
1 c first class, $1000, where the rental is $10,-
(0 or more; $ 80':), where the rental is between
. 8,W0 nnl $10,000; $000, where the rental is
l.etwecn $0,000 and $,000; $100 between $4,-
000 and $!i,000; $300 between S2.000 and
$1000; ?L': between $1000 and $20:i0; $"0 be
tween $S00and$5M); $30 between $150 and
$300; $23 when the rental is under $120.
Section five provides that tho tavern keepers
who apply for license to sell only cider, beer,
ale, malt and brewed beverages, shall be clas
sed in the same manner as men: toned in the
fourth section, and shall bo assessed and taxed
according to tiie class in which they shall lie
placed, at one half the rates above mentioned.
Other sections provide numerous details
Ono section enacts that the law shall not be
construed to interfere with the Sunday law,
nor the law of May 8, 18-33, to protect certain
domestic and private rights, and prevent abu
scs in the sale and use of intoxicating drinks.
A Board of Licensers is established in Phila
delphia, to consist of the senior City Commis
sioner and two citizens, appointed by tho
Court of Quarter Sessions. They shall meet
on the quarterly rctr.rn days of the said Court
and exercise all tho authority of the Courts of
Quarter Sessions in the other counties in rcla
tion to fixing th'j rate, and granting or refusing
licenses, subject to an appeal to tho Court
They shall determine tho number of licenses
to be granted in the respectivo wards, having
regard to tho accommodation of travellers,
and distinguishing what proportion are to sell
spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, and what
tosell malt liquors only. The license granted
to any hotel in tho city shall not authorize the
salo of spirituous liquors to transient callers
from the street, only to strangers and travell
ers or persons for tho time sojortrning therein,
or upon the tabic for those taking rr eals. The
Board of Licensers to be paid out of the State
Treasury. Salary left blank. The Clerk of
the Court not to issue any licenses without
the order of the Board. The last section re
peals tho act of April 11, ISoo, to restrain the
salo of intoxicating liquors, and the act of 19th
of April, 1819, and provides that no license of
any tavern, inn, or hotel, shall bo hereafter
granted unless subject to the provisions of this
act.
Americax Meciiaxics ix Russia X. K.
Wade, of Pittsburgh, Pa, has been employed
by Harrison & Winans, a company of Ameri
cans who have been for some years in the em
ploy ot the Russian Government on great pub
lic works, and aro now about to manufacture
ordnance at St. Petersburg, to superintend
this branch of business, with a salary of $5000
per annum. The Pittsburgh Journal, from
which wo learn the above, says:
Mr. Wade is a young man, not more than
thirty years of age, and has acquired all his
skill and experience in the celebrated cannon
foundry of Knap & Wade, in this city, who
have cast some of the finest and largest ord
nance for the different forts of this country.
.uessrs. n mans & Co. have been in Ru:
ssia
somo tcn or fifteen years, building, stockimr
anJ keePmS in perfect order the St. Peters-
burS ami Moscow Railroad. If we remember
an6ni mougn we are not certain, they built
thc br5dS across the Neva, at the former city
which is so of ten mentioned by travellers as
a beautiful specimen of workmanship.
Minister to England The Hon. Geo. M.
n ., 1 1 . i i , . . l
Dal as l as been tendered the post of Minister
to England, which will bo vacated bv Mr. Bu-
nlltl in A II . IOH 1 ' m. I
cbtnan ou thc 12th instant.
1
LETTER FROM GOV. tEEDEJ
To the Editor of the New Yurfl'ribni
c,n. T.rt Crw.-Jnl Vpca nryiio i resi-
dent of the United States, :uunicated yes
terday to Congress, assa notnly myself
personally, but also my CoStwntsy whora in"
clination as well as duly if eriously demands
of me to justify and proter- Entirely satisfi
ed as I am with the courl adopted, P to this
time, by the people of jjsas convinced that
it has been dictated by desire to preserve
the peace, the reputajf1 antl the ST of our
country knowing ilji t at every stage,
been characterized the most conservative
moderation and laudpc regard for the rights
of others having s' at every step the plain
est nianifestion of anxious desire to avoid
even the scmhlanof encroachment or ag
gression, I should-' false to every manly im
pulse and every se of duty if allowed the
aspersions of thIessago to pass unnoticed.
Unless the Moage Khali incite and stimu
late new invasis of our Territory and fresh
outrages upon r citizens, it will produce to
us no regret, aft has caused no surprise. Af
ter having seetour people trampled on, op
pressed and f bbed, on the one hand by the
invaders of tliir soil, and on the other by tho
influence, thi authority, and the officers of
tho present ACmiuisf ration ; after having wit
nessed the cold-blooded murder of an unarm
ed and unoffending citizen by an officer of the
Administration, who is not only unmolested
by the laws and unrcbuked by the President
who appointed him, but who has, perhaps,
strengthened his oflicial tenant and enhanced
his chances of prom ot ion, by the act ; it is not
at all surprising that we should, by the head
of that Administration, bo misrepresented and
perverted. After having seen the Chief Mag
istrate, during five organized invasions of our
Territory, unmoved by a single sympathy in
favor of an unoffending people, innocent of all
wrong, and laboring only to carry out faithful
ly for themselves the doctrine of self-govern
ment, and to build up and extend the great,
ncss of our country after having seen our in.
vaders coming upon its armed (without re
proof if not with official permission,) from the
contents of the Arsenals of the United States,
establishing a system of martial law over life
and property, regulated only by the uncon
trolled will of vindictive and irresponsible
men a system under which life was taken
and property destroyed; the highways obstruc
ted ; travellers seized, searched and detained ;
all the pursuits of life paralyzed, and the de
struction and extermimation of whole settle
ments threatened and evidently intended
backed up by tho sanction and authority of the
Federal oilicers, who pledge publicly the co
operation of tho President, and ail based upon
tho fact that a man encouraged, perhaps aided
by his friends, had made his escape from an ar
rest o:i a constable's peace warrant. After hav
ing thus seen our natural and legal protectors
joining in the most atrocious measures of op
pression and wrong, it is no matter of surprise
to see misrepresentation of our position and
our objects emanating from the same source.
This is not tho mode nor the time in which
to discuss tho themes of this Message. Ex
pecting, as I have a riirht to expect from the
clearness of the exclusive title I am prepared
to show, that I shall enjoy a seat and a voice
on tho floor of the House, I am willing patient
ly "to bide my time." At the proper time
and place, however, I pledge myself to moot
and expose the misstatements of facts and the
errors of law and logic which it contains. I
will show that there is nothing but cold cruel
ty and insult in tho request of an appropriation
to pay an army or a'jtotse to prevent tho people
of -Kansas from the commission of outrage and
treason. I will show that the movement for a
State Government is misstated as to the f;;cts
of its origin and progress, and that all we have
done in this direction has been under the sanc
tion of the precepts and examples of all the
great men of tho country for tho last fifty
years of the legislation of Congress and the
action of the Executive in repeated and well
considered cases, and of a deliberate opinion
of a high and distinguished Attorney-General
of tho United States, and which, as it is a part
of the archives of the Exccutivo Department,
it is to be regretted the President did not con
sult before the delivery of tho Message. If it
is illegality and incipient treason for a new
Stato to be formed without an enabling Act of
Congress, I will show that fourteen Senators
of the United States hold their seats, and scv
cn States stand in this Union by virtue of ille
gal and treasonable proceedings that Con
gress has sanctioned rcvulution, illegality and
treason, again and again ; and that the rank
and noxious weed has even flourished in the
White House and tho Executive Department ;
ami having vindicated my people, I will also,
with tho tttmost confidence of success, proceed
to the minor and secondary task of vindicating
myself in such a manner, I trust, as to show tho
attack to have been ill-advised and unfortunate.
As to the discussion in the Message of tho
points involved in the contested scat, I shall
meet them when the case is heard; and as the
House is the solo constitutional judge of the
qualifications of it3 own members, I trust that
tho minds of members may bo kept open and
unprejudiced until they shall hear tho law and
tho facts of the case, and that whether the dis
cussion by the Executive of some of the points
involved has been made because they were in
cidental to another subject,or aimed and inten
ded to prejudge my claim, I hope in either case
that both sides may be heard before a liriimn
This hasty noto has swelled, to an unpremed
itated length. Its object is only to solicit from
the IIouso and the public a suspension of
judgment as to the position and action of otxr
people as to my right to a scat, and as to the
charges against me in tho Message, wntil I can
bo heard. Very respectfully, vours,
A. II. REEDER.
Washington City, Jan. 23, 185G
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Convention of Georgia, as well as Alabama
has d.-l ,r...l ;,. r. c . ,
VI IUU rtf-VICCUUIl OI
President Pi-..
WHITE AND BLACK LABOR ASB SLAVERa
The advocates of Slavery as a Weg1
natural neccssitv or :.... T
. ... l,".'ire sometimes ri
uuceu to strange argnmcnf, r-,u-
(u...ir!,...:.. ' molting to oui
, w... an iuvr is uonorublc. One of tt
latest phases of this adtocacy is ,
boring Men onght to It Slates," ,tt4 it h d .
oped m the Richmond Enquirer, the raost in'
flucntiul adtuinistra
tr e V,oion
Anil Innrr 41m nn -f . t- - t .
a ...v. vi iub junio, under thJ
venerable Mr- Ritchie. Wc inrite the attr
tion of the free laborers of the North an
West those who have increased so wonderful
ly thc resources of our country to thc follow
ing argument of the Enquircr.'to show that tho
principle of Slavery docs not depend upon dif
ference of complexion. Read it, and then ask 1
yourselves how you like this new indication
of the workings of Democracy, which will
make the owners of farms and plantations tho
aristocracy of our country, and all who labor,
their serls, vassal and slaves! Workingmen
of Pennsylvania, how do you like this new
democratic doctrine, as announced by the
Richmond Enquirer 1
"LTntil recently, the defence of slavery has
labored under great difficulties, because its a
pologists, (for they were mere apolotrists.
took half-way grounds. They confined the de
fence of slavery to mere negro slavery; there
by giving up the slavery principle, admitting
other forms of slavery to bo wrong, and Yield
ing up thc authority of thc Bible, and of tho
history, practices, and experience of mankind.
Human experience, showing the universal suc
cess of slate society, and the unitersal failure of
fi ee society, was unavailable to them, because
they were precluded irom employing it, by ad
mitting slavery in the abstract to be wrong.
The defence of mere negro slavery involved
them in a still greater difficulty. Thc laws of
all the Southern States justified the holding
u7ii wen in slavery, provided, thronjrh tho
mother, they were descended, however remote
ly, from a negro slave. The bright niulattocs,
according to their theory, were wrongfully held
in slavery. The line of defence, however, is
now changed, and the North is now complete
ly cornered and dumb as an oyster. The South
now maintains that slatcry is right, natural vxA j
necessary. It shows that all divine, and almost
all human authority, justifies it. The Sooth
further charges that the little experiment of
frewsociety in Western Europe has been, fropi
the' beginning, a civet failure, and that symf.'
ioms of failure are abundant in o-.ir Aar4.
While it is far more obvious that negro
should be slaves than whites, for they are o:i
ly fit to labor, not "to direct ; yet the principli
of slatcry is itself right, ar.ddoes not depend on,
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lineage, of language, of habits and customs,
all tend to render the institution more natural
and durable; and altho' Zorfhave been gener-.
ally whites, still the masters and slaves have
generally been of different national descent.
Moses and Aristotle, thc earliest historians,
are both authorities in favor of this difference
of race, but not of color."
The HisroaicAL Society of Pe.nssylyaxi: !
Publication Fund. Thc Histrrical Society
of jiii.i Coiiiinoriw-cNilfJi, whose exertions have
been for many years directed to the collection
of important matters in thc local and general
history of our State, have now adopjcdjrBin--4
ures to preserve in a durable form the results
of their researches, and to present them, l'rpni
time to time, to the public. Acting upon ilie
suggestion of thc venerable Charles Miner at?
able, zealous and successful investigator of
Pennsylvania- history thc Society has organ
ized a Publication Fund, to be composed of
subscriptions of twenty dollars each, from per
sons in any part of thc State, on payment if
which, thc subscriber is entitled to receive
copy cf all thc publications of the Society du
ring his or her life. There is no State in tho
Union, whose local history possesses more va
ried interest and valuable information than
our own; and no where can a more correct re
cord of it lc found than in the annals of tli
Historical Society. A laudable pride in t'.i
progress and growth of Pennsylvania, andi
desire to have her aunals correctly transmitted
to posterity, should prompt every citizen ia
thc State to second thc endeavors of the Soci
ety. Thc Publication Fund already amounts
to nine thousand dollars, and is rapidly in
creasing; and the first work tho "History of
Braddock's Expedition" now issued, has met
with the most flattering success. The object
of thc Society is to obtain not only the history
of the State at large, but that of every county
in it, so that those who thus become subscri
bers to the Publication Fund, will receive, at
a very cheap rate, a complete compendium of
all remarkable I iographical and genealogical
facts, both of general and local interest. This
measure is ono worthy of sunport.VriJlTeJuire
many will be found in our own county, to aid
in an enterprise which cannot fail to be pro
ductive of great usefulness. Letters contain
ing subscriptions may be addressed to tho
"Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadel
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3hm 3bu?rfofninik
TEMPERANCE MEETINU. The J
injrtonians will hold their Monthly LL.
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dlclight, in the Court House. The public is kTi
v mwwMi io nuenu. u. ritual u i l.i-ji,
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RAIL ROAD MEETING. Tf
Clearfield County friendly to I
tion of tho nronoseil frronc. I'lnarf
Railroad, are requested to meet inthi
on Wednesday evening, of the appro
wee it . .MANY t
Clearfield. February 6, 1756.
JI inntsm-no. Jr nv Si ;.
TO TIIE SCHOOL DIKECTC V.r '
CLEAKFIELD COUNTY Ar.rfi. af. SZ
ing been made bj the Board of Directors at --r
jority of tho School Distriots in Clearfield y
f-tating their lesiro to increase the Salary
County Superintendent of said eountv. tou Lo. .
spcctfully requested to meet in Convention Vhe
Court House, in Clearfield, on Saturday 'thlsi"
day of February, ls5o, at one o'clock in the r.
noon, for tho purpose above stated, accordilto
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