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BY S. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1861.
VOL. 8.-NO. 3.
.' IAEEW2LL TO SUMMER.
Farewell ! thy moon la on the wane,
Thy last bright dav is near its close;
On rosy lips that thirst for rain,
Heaven not a drop bestows ;
The cricket, Summer, sounds thy knell
tjueen of the reason ! fare thee well.
The flowers that wreathed thy beauteous head
Droop, pelo and withered, on thy brow .
The light that made thy morning red
Is dull and misty now;
ad Toices pipe, in wood and dell, -;
To Summer and her joys farewell.
Oone is thy belt of rainbow sheen,
Starred with tbe dew-drops of the showers,
And fcirtle or enchanted green .
Embroidered o'er with flowers;
The golden wand of wondrous spell
Is dim aad broken now farewell !
There is a summer of ih e heart
That hath its mournful ending here ;
Delights that warmed its core, depart
. While it grows dull and drear ;
And sadder than the funeral bell,
Hope whispers to the soul farewell.
SHAVING A MILLIONAIRE.
Let any roan become immensely wealthy by
lils own exertions, and straitway you sball
hear numerous anecdotes illustrating the
moans by which ho attained his riches, the ef
fect they have upon him, his disposition ct
the,m, or his sayings, peculiarities and excen
trfbities. -
Astor, Girard and Billy Gray have furnish
ed illustrations lor many a clever sketcher
we neara a few clever anecdotes the other
day of Billy Gibbons, a New Jersey million
aire, one of which we will give our readers.
It seems that Billy, while in a country' Til
liage in which be owned some property, step
ped into a barber s shop to get ghaved. Tbe
khop was full of customers, and the old gen
tlemen quietly waited for his turn.
A customer who was nnder the barber's
haods when the old man came in, asked the
"knight of the razor" fa an under tone, if ho
Knew who that was, and on receiving a nega
tive reply, he informed him in a whisper that
it was "old XiiUj Ui boons, the richest man in
the State."
Good" said the barber,"I'll charge him for
hia shave.
Accordingly, after the old man had
that operation performed, he was somewhat
surprised upon asking the price to be told
"Sevcnty-Cve cents."
. "Seventy-five cents," said he quietly, "isn't
that rather a imhIi price 7"
i "It's my price," said he of the lather-brush
independently, "and us this is the only bar
ber's shop in the puce, them that comes into
it must pay wh.it I ask."
To tbe old man this was rather a knock
down arguemnt, for he drew three-quarters
of a dollar from his pocket, paid them over to
the barber, and left the shop.
A. snort time alter lie was in close conver
sation with tbe landlord of the tavern hard
by, and tbe topic of conversation "barber
shops." '
"Why Is It," said he, "there's only one bar
ber's fhop in town 7 there seems to be nearly
enough work for two."
Weil there used to be two," said tbe land
lord, "till last winter, when' this new man
came up from the city and opened a new shop,
and as everything in it was fresh and new,
folks, sort of deserted Bill Harrington's shop,
which has been going nigh fourteen years."
"But didn't this Bill do good work 7 didn't
he shave w ml and cheap 7"
"Well as for that," stid the landlord, "Bill
did his work well enough and cheap enough,
but his shop wasn't on Main street like the
hew one, and didn't have so many pictures
and handsome curtains, and folks got in the
way of thinking the new chap was more scien
tific, but though," said the landlord, stroking
a chin sown with a beard resembling screen
wire, "I never waut a lighter touch or keener
razor than Bill Harrington's."
'City fashions eh !" growled the old man.
"So the new n?ans city fashions shut np the
otber'B barber shop."
"Weil not exactly," said the landlord,
though things never seemed so well withBill af
ter the new shop opened ; first one of his little
children died of fever.lhen his wife was sick a
long time, and Bill had a big bill to pay at
the doctor's ; then as a last misfortune his
shop burned down, one night, tools, brushes,
furniture and all, and no insurauce."
"Well," said tha old man pettishly, wby
(lun't he start again 7
"Start again!" said the communicative
landlord, "why, bless my soul, he hasn't got
anything to start with."
"H m m ! Where does this man live 7"
asked the old man.
He was directed and ere long was in conver
sation with the unfortunate tonsor, who corro
borated the landlord's story.
"Why dont you take a new shop 7" said the
old mau, "there's anew one in the block
right opposite the ether barber's shop."
What!" said tho other, "you must be cra
zy. Why that block belongs to old Billy Gib
bons ; he'd never let one of those stores for a
barber's shop, they are a mighty sight too
good besides that I have not got twenty dol
lars in tbe world to fit it op with."
"You don't know old Billy Gibbons as well
s I do," said the other.
"Now listen to me. If you can have that
shop all fitted up rent free, what will you
work in it for by the month 7 what is tbe
least you can live on 7"
This proposition somewhat startled the un
fortunate hair-dresser, who finally found words
to stammer ont that, perhaps, twelve or fifteen
dollars a month would be about enough.
"Pshaw !" said the old man, "that won't do
now listen to me I'll give you that store,
rent free, and engage yeur service six months,
II on these conditions. You are to shave
iid cut hair for every body that applies to
Ton, and take no pay ; just charge it all to me,
nd for all your services I'll pay you twenty
dollars a month, payable, in advance pay to
commence now," he continued, placing two
ten dollar bills before tbe astonished barber,
no,it is almost unnecessary to state, accepted
the propositsoo, and who wss still more sur
prised to learn that it was Billy Gibbon's him
elf who bad hired him.
In a few days the Inhabitants of that village
Te astonished by tbe appearance of a splen
did new barber's shop, far surpassing' tbe otb
VJu e'eKnce of appointments, and in which
lth new mugs, soaps, razors and perfumes,
tood a barber and assistant ready to do duty
n the heads and beards of tbe people. Over
& door was inscribed, . Wm. Harrington,
during ad Halr-DresslDf Sflroon.
Tbe people were not long in ascertaining of
slow in availing themselves of the privileges
of the establishment, and it is not to wonder
ed that it was crowded and tbe other desert
ed. The other held out some weeks, suspect
ing this free shaving for Bill kept his secret
well was but a dodge to entice customers a
way, who would soon be charged as usual ;
but, when at the end of six weeks he found
Billy working away as usual, charging not a
cent for his labor, and having money to spend
into the bargain, he came to tbe conclusion
that he must have drawn a prize in the lottery,
or stumbled upon a gold mine, and was keep
ing a barber's shop for fun, so he closed his
shop in despair arid left the place.
Meanwhile "Bill Hairington" kept on busy
as a bee, and one morning his employer step
ped in and, without a word, sat down and was
shaved ; on rising from his chair he asked to
seethe score for the six months past. The
barber exhibited it, and after a careful calcu
lation the old man said :
"Plenty of customers, eh 7"
"Lots of 'em," said the barber, "never did
such a business in my life."
Well," replied Money Bags, "you have
kept the account well. 1 see I have paid you
one hundred and twenty dollars for services
all right, and there are three hundred and
thirty charged for shaving all that applied ;
now, this furniture cost one hundred dollars.
Now you own this furniture, and are to have
this shop rent freo six months longer, and af
ter to-day you are to charge the regular price,
for your pay from me stops to-day."
This of course the barber gladly assented to.
"But," said tbe old man, on leaving, "take
care you never cheat a man by charging ten
limes ine usual price lor a shave, lor it may
oe another old limy Gibbons."
The Vote of Approval. Wo have seen it
intimated in the columns of many of our con
temporaries, especially of those opposed to
the Administration, that tbe Congress, at its
late session, refused to pass any declaration
appioving the extraordinary acts and proceed
ings whiclL President Lincoln authorized or
executed prior to the assemblage of that body.
It is true that the formal resolution introduced
into the Senate : for the purpose failed to be
acted upon, but the object was fully reached
in the act entitled 'An act to increase the pay
of privates in the regular army, and of the
volunteers in the service of the United States,
and for other purposes." The third section
of the act contains this approval which is giv
en in the following words : ,
"Sec. 3 -fi be it further enacted, That all
the act, proclamations, and orders of thePres
ident of the United States, after the 4th of
March, 1861, respecting the army and navy of
the United States and calling out or relating
to the militia or volunteers from tbe States,
are hereby approved, and in all respects made
legal and valid, to the same intent and with
tbe same effect as if they had been issued and
done uuder the previous express authority
and direction of the Congress of the United
States."
TnDTrn i a T" h i a i a a hlrfalr on1 dapvan
sandkey in the Gulf of Mexico, about one hun
dred miles southwest from Cape Sable. It is
cheerless and uncomfortable, desolated by si
moons, and peopled by venomous reptiles
deeidedly one of. tho most uncomfortable
points to which the Government is obliged to
son1 its anVwirft innf Thp mntini-ars hnnish.
ed to Tortugas do not go as soldiers, but as
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unarmea moorers. anu wm ue compelled to
work upon fortifications, much as penitentiary
j - - - i . i j i. t
C u ii v I ci a uu in tjuarri'jB huh aauuuauiva.
The famous trotting mare Flara Temple has
been seized by the United States Marshal at
New York under the Confiscation act, being
owned by- secessionists. She is now under
charge of persons appointed by the Marshal,
who will spire no care of her till such time as
she shall be condemned and sold. Before the
Marshal seized Flora, however, she was at
tached at the instance of a firm of carriage-
makers, to whom McDonald the proprietor was
indebted for a large sura.
Wagons for Cooking. The New Hampshire
Statesman says, that one of Gen. Fremont's
aids was in Concord last week. The object of
his visit is understood to have been to pro
vide for the construction of a large lot of wag
ons arranged for cooking the food for an army
on the march. These wagons are like what is
used in the French service. Several of these
wagons have-already been constructed.
The manufacturing establishments of Phila
delphia, which bad suffered to some extent on
account of the war, are now beginning to recov
er from the stagnation of tbe past few months,
and from the opinions expressed by many of
the'! more prominent munufacturers, a busy
time may be expeeted during the coming fall
and winter.
A man in Connecticut has just invented a
potato-digging machine, which is drawn by
horses down the rows, digs tbe potatoes, sepa
rates them from the dirt, and loads them into
the cart, while the rurmer walks alongside
whistling "Hail Columbia," with his haods in
his pockets.
Hon. Charles nenry Foster, of North Caro
lina, the Union member of Congress from that
State, has arrived in Washington, to confer
with tbe Administration upon the affairs of his
State. Rebel scouts lay in wait for him in
Virginia, whose vigilance he successfully
eluded.
Martin Cbizzlewit said : "A verb signifies
to be, to do, or to suffer (which is all the
grammar,and enough,too,as ever I was tanght) ;
and it there's a verb alive I'm it ; tor I'm a
bein', sometimes
a doin', an' continually a
suflerin'."
A Wife Crop. A Missouri paper informs
its readers that the "wife" crop of Gasconade
county in 1860 was 25,000 "gals." The next
paper corrected the error by putting "wine"
in tbe place of wife.
TTnm ncibt m England. It is stated that
recently one firm in Sheffield manufactured in
tbe space of three months no less than zaj
tons of crinoline steel.
It is said that if you place a piece of raw
steak on a plate near your bed, over night, tbe
mosquitoes will give preference to tbe meat
and let you alone. .
Hour glasses were invented at Alexandria
one hundred and fifty years before Christ.
. ANOTHER SPEECn
OF HON. DANIEL S. DICKINSON,
Delivered in Cortland Co., N.Y., Aug. 3.
We come here, not as Democrats, not asRe
publicans, not as Anolitionists, not as Ameri
cans, but we come here as tbe people, seeing
that the enemy is at the gates of the Citadel,
seeing that armed rebellion is threatening us,
we come together to stay up the hands of the
Constitution and to cling to its pillars, swear
ing in our faith if these institutions fall, as
the people we fall with them. (Cheers.) The
question is not, "Who is at the head of this
Administration 7" and I shall not inquire
whether his name be Abraham Lincoln or An
drew Jackson. He is the people's represen
tative of the Government, and for those who
like him and confide in him, it is their duty
to do all they can to sustain him ; and those
who do not, it is their dutv to do much more.
(Cheers.) Those who believe that he and his
administration are adequate, can rejoice in the
pride of their strength ; and those who be
lieve he is not adequate should come forward
and whip their horses and call npon their Her
cules and put their shoulder to the wheel.
shall uot adopt your political principles, if
you are an opponent of mine as many of you
are and I don't ask you to adopt mine; but
1 ask you to go with me in a great and com
mon duty, which concerns us all alike ; to
shield the Government first from rebellion and
destruction ; and then, if there is a question
who shall govern it afterwards, we will discuss
that on another day. (Cheers.) I go for the
preservation of this Government, I goto cleave
him down, as Saul did Agag, who undertakes
to destroy it, and it is of little consequence to
me whether the enemy of the Government is
in arms, or whether ho is aiding the armed ;
wnetner lie is a Kebel or an aid to rebellion
whether he points the fatal weapon at the bo
som of his fellow man, or whether he aids and
encourages another to do it; whether he ap
plies the torch to the Capital of our country
and attempts to burn it to ashes and destroy
its archives, or whether he is an apologist and
connives and encourages it tinder the tongue
oi peace, l nave learned what little reputa
tion I enjoy before the public by standing by
the Constitution, and I intend to stand by it
as long as there is one single shred of the Con
solution left, and whether it is assailed by
opinion or arms, by North or by South, by
one class or by another, I care not. He is the
loe to the Government who assails it, and my
foe, and I dare him to a trial of the strength
of tho Constitution and the Union before the
people.
The very existence of the insitutions under
which we live are threatened, and there are
but two sides to this question. One is in fa
vor and the other is against it. ' There can bd
uo doubt of the result of this matter ff proper
ly prosecuted ; and we are embarrassed more
to-day by attempts to connive at the rebellion
within, than we are at the rebellion itself.
For there is strength enough and power enough
of men, and money, and material, and deter
mination, to crush this rebellion to the very
earth, where it deserves to be crushed. There
is no other way to deal with it. The Admin
istration has unquestionably put forth its best
efforts. I am not tbe chosen defender of the
Administration. 1 am its political opponent
when I act politically ; but in emergencies of
this kind I intend to rise above political con
siderations entirely.
I change no political opinions. I say po
litical opinions have nothing to do with the
question, one way or the other. It is not who
shall tenant and govern the capital. It is not
who shall govern this great State and Nation.
It is, "Shall it be preserved for any party to
govern." (Cheers.) Now none shall escape
from that issue. There aie no slippery and
filthy stepstones by which political office-seekers
crawl away from that, either up or down.
It is a question of existence our existence
and he who is not for maintaining that exis
tence is for destroying it. The Administra
tion has come in with a thousand embarrass
ments around them ; corruption and treason
in everv department to the very lips; military
officers betraying their command, navy of
ficers stealing their ships, officers in the mint
and in the custom houses, and every depart
ment, stealing its property or turning it to the
enemy ; and a new administration, with a new
Cabinet coming in as a party Administration,
having only the confidence of apart of the
people, bad all kinds of embarrassment on its
hands. But so far as they have done what I
commend, I commend them for it. If they
have not done all 1 would myself have done
uuder like circumstances, if they have been
remiss, it is the province of the people to call
them to account, and ask them to administer
the government so as to put down the rebel
lion at the earliest moment. Now the sin
that most easily besets the American people is
politics. Everything is politics in this coun
try. Like the frogs, and lice, and locusts of
Egypt, it comes np in the bed and the knead
ing through. Politics is what ale was to Boni
face; we eat, and drink, and sleep on politics,
and if I wish to find a traitor to heaven and
earth, and find a name to curse the knave, I
would call him a mean, managing grog-house
politician. Even in. the matter of this great
crisis, which threatens our very country and
existence, there is an attempt going forward
to raise political party upon it. "Why don't
you rally up to sustain this Government?"
"Why, those Abolitionists kindled this fire."
"Weil, what difference does that make 7 does
it burn any more than if Democrats had kin
dled it 7" The question is, how can we ar
rest the flame, not who kindled it. Your
church is on fire and yon are summoned to
save it. The house is on fire and burning, and
threatening the destruction of thedwelling be
side, it, so that
'The blackness of ashes shall mark where it stood,
And awild mother scream o'er her famishing brood'
Our fathers planted this Government. They
had but a faint and feeble idea of what they
were doing. They looked forward to the day
star of their hope for a Government of free
dom, but had no conception that this great
and mighty Government would arise np from
their beginning. Now we have a far greater ,
duty to discharge than our fathers had. They
fonght for an experiment they fought foi
hope. But here this rich inheritance is spread
out before us, and all we have to do is to pre
serve it-. No marching bare foot over frozen
ground, amidst poverty, sickness and starva
tion. ' No toil and labor, such as our fathers
endured. All we have to do is to employ the
mighty elements that they nnder Providence
furnished us, and we deserve tbe most abject
slavery if we. do not preserve such institutions
when thoy have been vouchsafed to us. :" ; .
But there is such an attempt going on now
in order that scurvy politicians may ride Into
office upon it, or have an organization that
they can manage. It is not the Democratic
party. I repudiate it for democracy up and
down, and round about, and diagonally, and
in every other sense ; but it is a set of self
constituted meddlers, Mrs. Cunninghams of
the Democratic party, who are in labor with
their bogus baby, that they may claim the
Democratic inheritance.
But there is such a thing as a war power,
and that seems to have been overlooked, mis
understood by some and entirely ignored by
others, I have no doubt by design. They tell
you that the President has no power to do
certain things. He is a usurper and tyrant,
and it occasions theso patriots exceeding pain
to find the President going against the Con
stitution. It has not touched their tender
hearts to see Jeff. Davis & Co. erect a Gov
ernment within the bounds of the United
States. It has not hurt them to see tbem
firing on Sumter and tbe Stars and Stripes,
and commit treason in tbe face of the Govern
ment. But they are afraid that in putting
that rebellion down, the President of the U
nited States wont go exactly according to the
Constitution, tor they would dislike to see tbe
rebellion put down unless it was put down ac
cording to the lines of the Constitution secun
dem artem.
There seems to be an idea that the President
can do nothing except what is written in the
Constitution. For instance, if he is going to
have an army to put down rebellion, they must
march right and left, as tbe military phrase is,
according to the direction of the Constitution,
or stand still. Tbe Constitution is a great
landmark, and not a bill of particulars. Eve
ry power given by the Constitution directing
a thing to be done, always implies the power
to do it. If the Constitution erects a Gov
ernment, it presupposes the maintainance of
that Government by all the usual and ordinary
means within the reach of that Government;
and in times of war, and in times of rebellion,
there is a power arising from the very neces
sity of the case that controls the whole ques
tion, and when yon hear the small-beer politi
cian prating on the idea of unconstitutionality,
ask him in tbe first place whether be thinks it
exactly constitutional for men to go into the
United States Senate, and in the House of
Representatives, ; and in the army and navy;
and one day swear, l do swear, In the pre
ence of Almighty God, that I will observe tbe
Constitution of the United States, and I will
discharge the office or duty of Senator, accor
ding to the best of my ability," ask him if, af
ter having taken that oath, and while it is yet
warm on bis. lips, if it is unconstitutional tor
him to try to raise a rebellion ; and when be
has answered that, tell bini that if there is per
jury in bell, it is that kind of perjury. I say
that tbe Administration any Administration,
I don't care whether it is one of my choice or
one of my opposition has the right to do ev
erything by implication, accord ing-to the laws
of war, for ihe . maintenance of our Govern
ment ; and if they do not do it, I will be one
for dealing with tbem, and calling them trai
tors themselves.
Away with all your stuff about the necessity
of having a written guarantee for everything
the President may do to preserve the Govern
ment. I say it is a part of his oath to stand
by and save the country, and employ such
means as be believes will do it ; and if he does
not do it be deserves to be impeached. This
is tbe law of all nations, and always has been.
But there is the law of habeas corpus, and that
has been invaded, and tbe President has vio
lated it and has not allowed some traitor to
be released, and has suspended the writ. .lie
has done exactly right; and I did say, a while
ago, that in some cases, if I could not have ar
rested tbe treachery I would have suspended
the individual with it, and I have not changed
my opinion much since. What an idea it
would be. Here is a rebellion in Baltimore
or in Missouri, and a traitor in league with the
enemy, and by his conduct be is about to cause
our armies to be sacrificed our very Govern
ment in danger, its existence is imperiled
the lives of a large number of persons sacri
ficed. Ue is known to be a traitor morally
known. He has been .tracked-out and ascer
tained, and yet he mnst be brought np before
a judge and examined, and if there is no legal
technical evidence against him, he must be
discharged; and if Government don't like it
they must appeal and get it up before a court
at some future time, that may sit and may not,
and enter upon a litigation as protracted as tbe
Chancery suit in "Bleak House."
But to suspend tbe "Liberty of tbe Press."
Oh ! how bad that is to have the Press sus
pended! (Laughter.) The Liberty ot tho
Press ! You say anything to tbem on tbe sub
ject of the Government "Liberty of tbe
Press" is the first thing you hear. The Press
has liberty enough and here let us shake the
wrinkles out of this befogged and pettifogged
question a little. The liberty of the press is
a great and sacred right and blessing. But
the liberty of the press is no greater a right
than individual liberty, and than a thousand
other rights. The liberty of the press is to be
enjoyed so long as it does not aid in the de
struction of the Government ; so long as it is
an engine for good and not for evil : so long
as it is an element for preservation and not
destruction. The idea is the most idle, foolish
and mischievous that ever existed to allow an
infernal machine of treason to exist and work
its errand of mischief because it is a "Press."
The right of individual liberty is one of the
most sacred rights under beaven ; far above
tho right of the Press and every other right.
Yet, when a man converts himself from the
enjoyment of true manhood to the destruction
of his neighbor's property, put him in prisoc.
And when you hear this idle parrot prate about
the "Liberty of the Press," tell him it is to
be enjoyed so long as it upholds right, and it
is not to be an engine of destruction going
about on its merciless errands.
I repudiate all tbe teachings in tbe name of
Democracy lrom treasonable sources. They
have no authority to speak. No true Demo
crat will follow such lead. They stand by tbe
Stars and Stripes of their country, and I wish
the false sons could look upon it as tbe chil
dren of Israel did upon tbe brazen serpent,
and be . healed of Secession . wounds. , Any
Democrat that undertakes to embarrass the
Administration, whether be loves or hates it,
in such a crisis as this, is no Democrat and no
good citizen, and onght to be put np as a
monument for scorn to point hersiow, un-
moving finger at. . . . - . .w ,
They are distressed for fear i am gome to
turn.BJack .Republican'-or ; Abolitionist cx ,
something, particularly those gentlemen who
were not in BuSalo in '48. They are so much
afraid of Black Republicans and Abolitionists
now, that they cannot be with them in arres
ting rebellion. These very men, some of tbem,
bad my name published so long in black letters,
for standing by the Constitution, that 1 am
not so much afraid of what is black as they
seem to be. I think it will be well for tbem
to review their own history. I have fought
the Republicans all my days, and will again
when I please ; Out when they will go with me
to put down rebellion, in arms, I will go with
them. " .
Tbe great cry now is peace. They say,
"There must be peace." We are all in favor
of peace. I don't doubt but that many bonest
men, Democrats and others, think it attainable
by negotiation with Rebels, but any one who
will look at it with half an eye can see that it
is impossible. It is one of the most formidable
rebellions, and one of the most causeless aud
wicked, that has ever been since Satan's re
bellion in heaven.
Stand up Mr. Apologist for Secession ! and
let us see whether you can face an indignant
people. In what work are you engaged 7
Attempting to dentroy the Government of your
fathers 7 "I am not trying to do that. I am
in favor of "Peace." Every widowed woman,
made so by this rebellion, has a right to look
upon you, sir, as the murderer of her husband.
Every orphan may look upon you as the guilty
wretch the destroyer of its natural protector.
The loyal citizen too looks upon you as one
who aids and abets treason, and furnishes aid
and comfort to the enemy. Your hands are
red with bipod blood of your murdered citi
zens. Ah, In this brief war how many have
been sent down with violence and butchery to
the grave ! How many bitter unavailing tears
have been shed ! How many pure and gentle
hearts have been crushed and broken ! And
still you cry peace, when you know there is no
peace f Come, take arms in your hands and
stand by their side, and point your bayoret at
the breasts of your own brethren here, or else
help us put it down. You will stand as men
with men, and bo no more guilty in the sight
of God to take arms, than to encourage others
to do so. Tbe party that attempts to do this
ought to sink. Any party ought to sink to
infamy that cannot lay aside its politics in this
crisis ; and should the Democratic party, with
all its ancient history, attempt carrying this
question by opposing itself to this War, there
would not be enough of them left for finger
boards to point to the burial-ground where the
whole party will be engulphed together.. Now
let tfs see. Suppose there was a riot in Cort
land, and a hundred men were engaged in the
destruction of property you call the magis
tracy together. They all come out and attempt
to put down the rebellion, ' and the forces is
Inadequate, and they call out tbe niiutaiy
power. But the magistracy instruct them :
"go and put down the riot. It is in arms a
gainst us. It is threatening life and property
and going cn with destruction. Put It down,
and at the same time, when you are putting
down the riot make it the most liberal offers
of peace." You send the officer to arrest a
murderer. His hands are red with blood, but
yon tell the officer when he comes : "We are
opposed to murderers, but go and arrest him,
and make him the most liberal proposition of
peace." That is the argument of it. Now I
wonder if they suppose they can have a posi
tion on such a niche as that. Yes, liberal
offers of peace to an army in tbe field of hun
dreds of thousands of men, with their guns
pointed in sight of the capital, destroying life
and property, and committing every crime,
political and moral, that can be summed up in
tbe catalogue of depravity. I might possibly
consent to drop some of their leaders a line,
but there would be a noose at the end of it.
I am for just such propositions of peace as
have been made to them at llatteras by But
ler and Stringhau. Stringham is a very
good name. I am quite willing it should be
StringAem. That is tbe only proposition that
they can understand or appreciate, and the
only proposition that can or ought to be made.
"Why, we must go with a great deal more
leniency, because they are our brothers!"
Are they 7 But are they authorized to mur
der, and destroy the common citadel of the
family household 7 No ! meet them at once.
It is much easier to defend the doorsill than
the hearthstone. It is better to fight tke bat
tle at the porch than at the altar. Settle the
question there, and let it be disposed of there.
Those men meant disunion. They have meant
it for a great number of years. They care no
more about tbe question of their slavery than
I care for nudity in the Fejee Islands. They
have been determined that they bad rather
reign in hell than serve in heaven. If tbey
could not govern the whole country, they
meant to govern part ; and we are told, when
they are engaged in this causeless rebellion,
to treat them with great leniency, and go with
the most liberal propositions of peace !
Now, if they had only come to us with lib
eral propositions oi peace we ccld have gone
to them in the same way, but when they come
with fire and sword and war and threatening,
there is no other way to meet them but with
corresponding weapons, and in a manner to
put them down. We mnst either conquer or
they must. It is a question between govern
ment on the one hand and treason and rebell
ion on the other, and you may weigh it out
as many times as you will, you may pretend
to erect political parties on it, but the after
generations and the judgement of Heaven will
bold him responsible wbo undertakes to aid
this rebellion in any shape or manner.
Mark the whole course. Trace it from tbe
beginning of this npas tree that has diffused
its malaria far and near, North and South.
Examine it in all its parts, and you will find
there is nothing tn it or about it but what
breathes contagion, and is death and destruc
tion. It is not a question between North and
South. It is a question between government
and rebellion.
My friend tells me there is something to be
said about taxes. Wbo objects to taxes 7 An
Individual here and there who, not being well
informed thinks if he can have peace it will
raise tbe price of butter. .But be wbo rebels
at taxes Is no friend of bis country, and when
you see a man cry out against tne taxes to
support such a war, you may believe that Judas
Iscariot is laughing In bis sleeve to think bo
was sot living in this day, for he would have
been surely underbid. No ! let every man
bare bis bosom to the shafts of this great bat-i
tie. Let him comprehend it in all its vastness.
and see that these men mean destruction and
nothing else, and that their aiders and abettor
are no better than they axa wbo. ate engaging
in It. Let this rebellion know they are to hav
no aid from here and they will ground their
arms. Let them think there is a party here
to help them and tbey will tight forever.
I had a letter, a few days since, from a gen
tleman in Kentucky, whom I never saw, but
with whom I have sometimes corresponded
He said we wish to know what you are going
to do In tbe North. In Kentucky we are
prepared to fight out rebellion and put it down
forever, but we are told that you in the iorth
are going to give way and put in propositions
for peace. I wrote him back, in my opinion
so long as there Is a loyal citizen, so long as
there is a dollar at the North, so long will this
War be prosecuted, until this infernal rebellion
is put down.
Let ns act together, and see if we can have
one occasions hen we can rise above the party
questions of the day. As for myself, I am
enlisted for the war. I will call upon my
fellow-citizens, far and near, to go with me in
this great battle of opinion, aud see if this
country'can be sustained, and this Government
upheld if these glorious Stars and Stripes
can float over the sea and over the land,
throughout the long tracks of future time, to
gladden tbe many millions who are to come
after us.
UNION LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION.
The following named gentlemen were ap
pointed a committee to draft resolutions ex
pressive of the sentiments of the Union Con
vention, wbicb assembled at Kidgway on the
5th Sept. Messrs, Cowles and Allen ot Mc
Kean, Clark and Dowliug of Jefferson, Powell
and Tambini of Elk, and Kerns of Clearfield.
The Convention then adjourned to meet on
the 6th ; when, on reassembliug the committee
through their chairman presented the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanimously a
dopted :
Whereas a crisis has arisen in the affairs of
our Nation when in tbe opinion of this con
vention all party predilections should be sac
rificed upon the altar of our common country
therefore be it resolved by this convention.
1st. "That the present civil war has been
forced npon the country by the disunionsts of
the Southern States, now in arms against the
constitutional government; that in this Na
tional emergency this war is not waged
on tbe part of tbe government in any spirit
of oppression, or tor any purpose of con
quest or subjugation or for tbe purpose of o
verthrowing or interfering with the establish
ed institutions of those States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the constitu-
tion and to preserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality and rights of the several
States unimpaired, and that as soon as these
objects are accomplished the war cught to
cease.
2d. That, in the language of the patriot Jo-
seph Holt, "So long as the Rebels have arms'
in their hands, there is nothing to compro
mise but tbe honor of the country and the in
terity of tbe government, and none but those
prepared to fill cowards graves will submit to
such humiliation as this.
3d. That, believing the federal administra
tion sincerely in earnest, in their efforts to
supress the rebellion now threatening the exis
tence of the government, we do not believe it
loyal or patriotic to wrangle over the action of
our leaders; but when the rebellion is sup
pressed it will be time for ns to severely critic
cise the action of those who have administer
ed our government, to reward them if they
have proved worthy and pnnish them if they
have abused the bigb powers committed to
their keeping.
. 4th. That without discussing the several
acts of the President, which the Enemies of
the Government allege are despotic assumptions
of power, we assert that it is the first duty of
those charged with the administration of af
fairs, to see that the Republic receives no de
triment and that individual cases of tempor
ary injustice are to be counted as nothing in
comparison with the salvation of the institu
tions of our fathers.
6th. That the brave volunteers who have
rushed to their country's defence in this hour
of peril, are entitled to, aud will receive tbe
gratitude of every lver of his country ; and
that the noble response of tbe Wild -cat dis
trict to tbe call of the President, by sending
more than ber proportion of her hardy sons
to the battle field, is the best assurance we
can give that we entertain no sympathy with
treason and of our readiness to support the
strongest measures adopted to crush this' infa
mous rebellion.
Cth. That the gentleman this day placed in
nomination for representatives J. B. McEnally
Esq., and Col. A. I. Wilcox, are entirely wor
thy of tbe confidence of all true union men
and we hereby pledge them our hearty support.
7th. That the proceedings of this convention
be published in all papers in tbe district friend
ly to the cause.
On motion, it was resolved, that the next
Union Convention be held in Ridgway on the
2d Tuesday of September 1862.
On motion, tbe thanks the convention were
tendered to the officers of this convention.
The chairman responded with a soul stiring
speech.
Tbe convention then adjourned Sine Vie.
A committee of one appointed to inquire
into the propriety of civil war, resolved : that
it is decidedly wrong to have staying in this
hot weather.
Tbe Cbatholic Clergy of Chicago have ad
vised all unemployed men in their Congregra
tious to enlist in Gen. Fremont's army.
Cotton. Tbe South cannot pack up their
Cotton tor market for tbe want of bagging.
The "King" is stripped of his breeches.
The aversge coinage of the mint of Great
Britain for the last thirty years is eighteen
million pounds sterling per annum.
Iron was first discovered by tbe burning of
Mount Ida, one thousand four hundred years
before Christ.
Tbe democrats of Minnesota have united
with the republicans for tbe formation of a U
nlon ticket.
The interest of the national debt of Great
Britain is over twenty -four millions pound
sterling. 1 J
The anna-of fifteen million dollars is expend
ed each year in London for intoxicating liquors.
The Blague-in, Europe. AkU, and Africa,
eomiancing.In tbtyear UsteS for 50 yart.
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