4j fl'tl 'I'lli BY S. J. now. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864. VOL. 10.-NO. 41. XHB MODEL SEWING MACHINE ! THE CHEAPEST IN THE WOULD! BECAUSE THE BEST! At Greatly Reduced Prices THE WEE1 SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, 606 BiiiUDtt av, New Tokk, Manfaeture the most perfect Machine for Sewing, of all kinds, ever presented to the American pub lic, and challenge comparison with any Sewing .Machine made in the United States. The WEED Machines, with all their valuable improvenienU,entircly overcome nil imperfections They are Superior to all other?, for Family and Manufacturing purposes. Simple in construction, durable in all their parts, and READILY UNDERSTOOD. They have cer tainty of .stitch on all kinds of fabrics, and are a dapted to a wide range of work without change or adjustment. Using all kinds of thread. Wilt Jlem, Fell, Bind, Gather, Braid, Tuei. QniU, Cord, and in fact do all kinds of work required by Families or Manufacturers. They make the Interlock Shuttle Stitch, which cannot be exceled for G ruin ess, elasticity, durability and elegance of finish. They have Received the highest Pre-J imuuis: in every instance, where they have been exhibited in competition with other machines We invite all persons in search of an instrument to execute any kind of Sewing now done by Ma chinery, to inspect them, and nuilee sure- ltry te r tire the bent, by proving the WEED before pur chasing. The Company being duly licensed, the .Machines are protected agaiust infringements or litigation. , fi"Persons at a distance can order by mail with a perfect confidence that the Machine will reach them safely, and that they will be able to manage it to their entire satisfaction, with no o tber aid than the printed instructions accompa nying each Machine. Every explauation will be cheerfully given to all. whether they wish to pur chase r not. Descriptive circulars, together with specimens of Work, will be furnished to all who desire them, by mail or otherwise. riTIveliable Agents Wanted, in all localities in the United States, Can ad as, British Provinces, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America. West i n J ia Islands and the Bahama Islands, to whom we ofTer great inducements. Energetic men will find it a paying business, as reliable Sewing Ma ihinus have become a necessity in every family We manufacture a great variety of styles, from which we give a few prices : No 2, Family. 3?55 ; N... 2. Extra, SiJ5; No 2, Half case. S70 and $30; No. ;: i 4, Manufacturing. ScO and Siti. WEED SEWINd MACHINE CO.. '(Hot 2.04! P O.) oOG Broadway, N.V. Now Yurk, May 2j, ISfll.-l y Thomas Mills, Clearfield, Pv. i a regularly Authorized agent for tho sale of the Weed Sewing Machine. Call aud see the Machine. F. N. S.G.atB. & S's. iVEAD! KEAD!: KEAD!!! MmW& SHOWERS CLEARFIELD, PA., Have -revived their first supply of Seasonable ijuous. which they are now offering forsnle at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. mcir piock vonsibis . or a general variety Oi lry-iioods. Groceries. Hard-wart. Queens-ware, Tin-ware, Willow-ware. Wooden-ware. Provisions! 11U. Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Clothing. Ac. For the Ladies. V l!:ey would call especial attention to the lare-e and sod assortment of new styles and patterns of LADIES DRESS GOODS now opening, consisting of Plain and Fancy Silks, heluiues. Alpacas, Ginghatn9, Ducals. Prints, Me siuos. Cashmeres. Plaids, Brilliants, Poplins, He res. Lawus. Nankins, Linen, LaeeL"dgings, Col erettes. Braids, Belts, Veils, Nets, Ccrsetts, Nu ')ia.. Hoods. Coats. Mantels, Balmoral skirts, Ho ierv, Gloves, Bonnets, Flowers, Plumes. Ribbons, ilats. Trimmings, Buttons, Combs. Shawls, Braid, Musiina. Irish Linens, Cambrics, Victoria Lawns, Lobtuets, Mulls, Linen Handkerchiefs etc. Of Men's "Wear iuey have also recoived a large and well select ed Stock, consisting ot Cloths, Plain and Fancy ' assiuicres, Cashmerets, Tweeds, Jeans, Cordu roys. Ucver-Teen, Linens, Handkerchiefs, Neck 'its. Hosiery, Gloves, Haw, Caps, Scarfs, etc., etc. Ready-Made Clothing In the latest styles and of the best material, "twisting of Coats, Pants. Vests, Shawls, Over 'oats. Drawers, Cashmere and Linen Shirts, eto. Of Boots and Shoes, ' rbey have a large assortment for Ladies and Gen t.emen. consisting of Top Boots. Brogans, Pump, 'liters. Balmoral Boots, Slippers, Monroes, etc urocencs and i'rovisions Nich as Coffee, Syrups, Sugar, Rice. Crackers, 'inegar. Candles. Cheese, Flour. Meal. Bacon, coarse ana nne aIt, leas, Jlustard, etc. Coal Oil Lamps, "'al oil. Lamp chimneys, Tinware a great varie i , , 1a?ware- Egg beaters. Spice boxes, Wire "eis, tieves, Dusting pans, Lanterns, eto . etc. xt Carpets, Oil-cloth, -"ooms. Brushes. Baskets. Washboards, Buckets", lubs. Churns Wall-paper. Candle wick. Cotton Jwaand Batting, Work baskets. Umbrellas, eto. llafting Ropes, e pagers, Axes, Chisels. Saws, Files, Hammers, "atchets, N'.ils. Spikes, Grid stones, Stoneware, 'nicks. Carpet bags. Powder, Shot, Lead, etc. School Books, ntin? and Ltti.r n Jrcial paper, pens, pencils and ink. copy books, lates.ink stands, fancy and common envelopes. v Carriage Trimmings, Findings. Glass and Putty. Flat irons and in t;is. rj,j conls an(j Be pcrews, Matches. "Te 'king. Washing soda and Soap, etc." p t Flavoring Extracts, L'"'nt Medicines, Perfumery of various kinds, vV-T?-sp!-i,s- Paints. Varnishes, and in fact "J thing usually kept in a first laes Store. ,?ey 1Evile " persons to call and examine their ' nJ n"pe to give entire satisfaction. n. , BOYNTON k SHOWERS. --lldPv, May ISth, 1864 I "tRClTTTERS of a superior make- 'iUfcK'S, Clearfield, Pa. A,KGt: STOOK Of GLASS, painU. oUt, .! w.. at E. A. luviN'S EXECDTORS ISOTICE. Letters Testa mentary on the Estate of Jeremiah Smeal late of Boggs Tp., deceased bavi'ig been, granted to the undersigned ; all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them- duly authenticated for settlement. NANCY SMEAL Ex'rx. April 27. 1864 OIBEON SMEAL, Err.' ' nEXTISTUY ! DENTISTRY" ! ! Dr. F. Mills. (Janesville.) Clearfield Co., Pa., informs the Citizens' of that place and vicinity, that he' will endeavor to render satisfaction to all who may favor him with their pat.'onage. Professional calls to any part of the country promptly attend ed to. Work done on Vulcanite. Terms moderate. My M.lSd4.-3m. Dr. i M. McKlERNAN CLEARIIELD ACADEMY. D. W. Mc Curiy'A.B. Principal. The next quarter will open on Monday the 4th of April, 1864. TKUMS Or-Tl'lTIOS AS FOLLOWS : Common English. Comprising those branches not higher than. Beading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar and History, per quarter. $ 5 00 Higher English Branches, 7 50 Languages. 10 00 CA UPETINUS Nowin store.a Velvet, Brussels, Three-Ply 4 large stock of Ingrain Car- petmirs. Oil cloths, W indow Shades', etc., etc., all of the latest patterns and best fabrics ; which will be sold at the lowest prices for cash. N. B. Some patterns of my old stock still on hand ; will be sold at a bargain. .1. T. DELACROIX No. 37 South Second Street, above Chestnut. March 9, lst Philadelphia. DMINISTItATOIl'S .NOTICE. Letters of Administration on the estate of Lanson D M I N I ST It A TOR 'X Root. late of Woodward tp , Clearfield county, i'enu a. dec a, bavmg been granted to tho under signed, all persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will present them amy autnentlcated for settlement ISAAC McNEAL. May 11, 1364. Administrator 1 OA KEWAHD 'Some unknown person AvJv or persons having feloniously broke in to the house of the undersigned about the 25th of April, 1864, and stolen therofrom three webs of muslin, several blankets, pillow cases, table oloth. two coats, one bonnet, a lot of sugar, soap, and other articles, the above reward will be paid for me upprcuension ana conviction ol the thief or thieves, or for such information that will lead to their conviction. MARTIN O. STIUK New Millport. May 11, 1864,-2m pd. RKGISTEK'S .NOTICE. Notice is hereby given, that the following accounts have been examined and pused by me, and remain filed of record in this othee for the inspection of heirs, legatfcd.creditors.and all others in any other way interested, and will be presented to the next Or phans' Court of Clearfield county,"to be held at tho Court House, in the Borough of Clearfield, commencing on the Third Monday of June. 1S1. The fiual account of H. I). Ho.e. Executor of the last Will of John M Wuitzeli, late of the township of Bell, in the county of Clearfield, P.i .dec d. The (iiiiil account of S. P. Wilson, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of James C 'Jraham, late of Bradford township. Clearfield county, dee'd. The partial account of John I Thompson and Josiah W. Thompson, Executors of the last Will and testament of Ignatius Thjmpson, dee'd. The account of Fraucis Pearee and Jacob Pearcc, Executors of the last Will and testament of Absa lom Pcarce, sr., of Bradford township, dee'd. The account of Samuel Scbring. Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of John Young, lafo of Burnside township, deceased The account of Win. L. Shaw and Mary Ann ?h.-iw. administrators of all and singular the gooiV und chattels, rights and credits which were ol Bob t 0. Shaw, late of (joshon tp.. dee'd. The account of Jeremiah Smeal and Valentine Fiegal. administrators of the estate of Bavid Flo' gal. late of Morris township, dee'd. The account of Josiah Evans, administrator of the estate of Ashcr Cochran, late of Penn town ship, deceased. ISAIAH (t. BARGER. Register. Register Office, May 13, 1861 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Be it resolved hu the Sr.iiate- and House of Rev- resentattres of the ComntonwenJth of Pennsylva 7tra ill General Assembly met. That the following amendments be proposed to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, iu accordance with the pro visions of the tenth article thereof : There shall be an additional section to the third article of the Constitution, to be designated as section four, as follows : section 4. Whenever any of the Qualified e- leciors of this Commonwealth shall be in any ac tual military service. under a requisition fioiu the President of tho United States, or by the author ity of this Commonwealth, such electors mav ex ercise the right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as are. or shall e, prescribed by law, as fully as if they were present at their- usual place of election." section there shall be two additional sec tions to the eleventh article of the Constitution, to be designated as sections eigkt, and nine, as fol lows : "Section 8. No bill shall be passed by the Lee- iflature, containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in the title, except ap nrnnrisoinn hills :I "Section 9. No bill shail be passed by the Leg islature granting any powers, or pivileges. in any case, where the authority to grant such pow ers, or privileges, has been, or may hereafter be, conferred Upon the Courts of this Commonwelath." HENRY C JOHNSON, Speuier of the House of Representatives. JOHN P PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate. Office of the Secretary of th k Commonwealth I llARRisncKG, Amu, 25. 1364 J Pennsylvania, sr: I do hereby certify that the j-r-v. loregoingisafull.true and correct copy I SEAL 'l the original Joint Resolution of the VTy'General Assembly, entitled -'A Joint Resolution proposing certain amendments to the Constitution," as the same remains on file in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Secretary's otfice to be affixed, the day and year above written. ELI SLIFER, Secreta7-y of tlie Commonwealth. The above Resolution having been agreed to by a majority of the members of each House, at two successive sessions of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, the proposed amendments will be submitted to the people, for their adop tion or rejection on the first Tuesday of Augiiit, in the year or cor Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-lonr, in accordance witn the provisions of the tenth article of the Consti tution. and the act. entitled "An Act prescribing the time and manner of submitting to the people,. for their approval and ratification or rejection. the proposed amendments i me uonsuiuiion." approved the twenty-third day of April, no thousand eight Hundred and sixiy-iour. T- T T CT f FPU Mav 4 1861. Sec'y of Commonwealth. I KNOW A LITTLE VILLAGE. I know a little village, Where a sunny, sparkling stream, Murmurs o'er the shining pebbles Like the music of a dream ; And I love to see it glisten in the sun's bright golden ray -But neither stream nor sunlight Have brought me hers to-day. And I know a little cottsge Where the summer roses grow, And star-like scented jessamine, With petals white as enow : Where feathered songsters chat at eve, A soft and melodious lay But neither birds nor flowers, I ween, Have brought me here to-day. But in that cottage dwelleth now A maiden fair aod bright, With eyes like dew-gemmed violets, With locks of sunny light; With soul as pure as you bright stream, And heart as light and gay And to claim that maiden for my bride, I come this road to-day. Speech of the GLENNI W. SCOFIELD, HON. Of PENNSYLVANIA, Delivered in the House of Representatives. Apri 29th, 1664, on the bill of U. Winter Davis, ' to guarantee to certain states, whose txovern inents axe usurped or overthrown, a Re publican form of uovernment," Mr, Scofield said Mr. Sieakcr : The continuity cf constitutioniil Government in the seceded States had been broken the regular transmission or political power in terrupted. How shall the severed thread be joined ? By the unconstrained action of the people themselves, say the gentlemen in opposition. V ery pood, sir. 1 most heart lly indorse that sentiment. When the peo ple ot these states shail voluntarily ground the arms of tl eir rebellion, and uncoerced take upon themselves the easy yoke and light burden of the ever gentle Federal Gov ernment, it will mark. a glad day in these un cheerl'ul years vi our history. For one, I will 1)C ready to hail it. I presume I rcav speak for my political associates ; we will all be ready to hail it. 1 our care-worn Itcsi dent and weary Army weary with, but not of, the battle will be ready to hail it. The Federal arm, now raised in such terrible power in defense ot the life and liberties of the nation, will tail as gently as the tender- est sympathizer will ask upon the heads of iepenrahtand pardoned offenders. But that bngr t day does not vet dawn. These err ing prodigals still prefer the husks of trans gression to the fatted calf with which their old political allies would entice them liack to party perhaps to duty." Vour calf has grown to be an ox, so long do they tarry in revolt; and I fear they . will continue to neglect your feast until our callant aruv shall bring them to their stomachs. In the meanwhile some kind ot ffovern- meut o. ght to be established in those States from which the hostile army hits been ex cluded ; and while we wait the return of friendly popular action there, Congress must must legislate or leave the pesile in the rough hand of military law. This bill, de signed to discharge that congressional duty, pre v hies a temporary government and a practical mode of State restoration. I will not enter into a critic ism of its many details. tor 1 suppose tlicy will be generally accepta ble to any one who concedes the propriety of any congressional action. Its three pro hibitions, as it strikes me, are the most no ticeable and perhaps only debatable points. It prohibits the assumption of rebel debts. prohibits rebel oSk-ers from voting, and pro hibits involuntary servitude. The first I will p& ss by with the sinirle remark that to assume the rebel debt would he U offer a high bounty for future rebel lions, and I suppose we will have enough of tins one never to want another. I have but a word for the second prohibi tion : The ballot is the sovereign of this country, and it you permit these officers to vote you make them, to the extent of their numbers and influence, the rulers of the land. To-day you meet them in battle as outlaws and traitors, conquer them, and crown them your king to-morrow. If ordi nary criminals are properly excluded from the polls, upon what principal of compara tive justice can these men, guilty, not as su Dominates or accessories, but as contri vers and leaders of a crime recognized by all Governments as the h ighest or deepest that can be committed against human laws. ask the high privilege of the ballot through which they may complete the ruin of the country they were not quite able to destroy in the held ! Ut the third prohibition 1 have something more to say. Mr. Speaker, If God shall give us victo ry, and enable us to subdue or scatter the ar my of the enemy, is a voluntary reunion of the states possible ( 1 say voluntary be cause I suppose nobody desires a Union al ways to be maintained by force ; and I use the word reunion because nobody proposes a form of Government different, irom our present system of State brotherhood. I am not now speaking of the several plans of re construction, for they are designed only as temporary devices, looking to a reunion a kind of scaffolding for repairs, to be torn a way when the repairs are completed. My question looks beyond the battle and beyond reconstruction. When the victory is won,if won it shall be, and the transition over, will the insurgent States willingly stay where they have been forcibly pvt in their old laces in the 'old Union ? It has been said y gentlemen in opposition, and it seems to hie with greft truth, that as at present con stituted or situated, they will not. They, disliked the Union t hree years ago too much to remain in it, and dislike haa deepened in to hate now hv the severity of the war. They tell us that Ireland, Poland, Hungary suggestive names 1 admit alter so many years of compulsory alliance, do not fhater- j nize with their iKMtica! associates. Alicy still sigh for seperation, and impatiently a wait the opportune hour ia which to strike for independence. What then? Shall these ocates be permitted to denarr? The great Republic could not sir. survive the amputation. Shall they be retained, then. in the long future,, by military force ? 'No, Sn'- Our own liberties could not survive their permanent subjugation. When the federal Government becomes strong enough to hold eleven States as colonies, it will ? too strong, I fear, lor the people's liberties, lo repeat my idea, if vou allow a sinirln stone to drop from tlie National edifice, the whole structure may fall; but if that stone must be held iu its place by drafts upon its surroundings, supporting nothing itself, the building were stronger without it. This brings me to the paradoxical conclusion that we can neither allow these States to depart, nor forever force them to remain. How can the paradox be solved! By making them ictllu.g to remain, or if this famruage still hounds paradoxical, 1 will say by" removing all motive to depart. How can that be done ? Mr. Speaker, similarity of ideas U the bond of nationality. Contiguity of territo ry is nothing, natural boundaries are noth ing, except as they are tributary to unity of thought. Ireland is indeed re.-tless, but her restlessness is not owing tr unslumbering an imosities of civil wars. Such wars have been more frequent and more severe between different parts of England and between England and Scotland than they ever were between England and Ireland ; and 3'et the people of these sections of the British em pire cordially fraternize. Nor is it owing to English subiuttition. for Ir(;l.-ind is no more subjugated to Emrland than Massa chusetts is to New York. She is a nart of ine unueu JYinguom ot Ureat Untatin, pos sessing the same rights as anv other nurt. with a proportionate representation in Par liament and all departments of Government. English peonle and Irish nccrrAp do not. think alike. That is the trouble. They differ in religion adifferenee thatmoretnan anything else has been the cause of popu- ar estrangement thiouirhout the world. They have each a long independent nation al history, full of glorious traditions ; and natioual thoughts and feelings, long flowing iii a particular direction, icut their channels rudely, but deep, and do not readily folbw new though better channels of political science, lliese dilk-rences ci sentiment are only removed by years, nerhans centuries. ot political and .social intercourse. Burin the case of Ireland this necessary inteiwurse was cut off by an intervening sea. a sea that under the old system of navigation was as wide, almost, as an ocean in our day. The same or similar things may be said of Poland and J 1 ungary. J liev had even a greater dif- difference in langti.jge.and in the case of Po- and there was a wide differenco in the iorm o Government. Having been ac- cusiomed to a kind of renublie. she was placed under the control of a solid, st ent, cast-iron, absolute monarchy. There is no analogy between these countries and ours. All our otates prefer a government republican in form. Even the insurgent States adopted a constitution almost exaet- y like the one they attempted to abandon. We have the same national history. What ever there may be in the past, either of suf fering or achievement, worthy to Ie remem bered or cherished, is the common property and pride ot ad the States. We fo low the same fashions, speak the same language, and worship at the same alter. No moun tains, no seas divide us. On tm contrary, the shape of your territory and the course of your rivers arc of themselves a revela tion that the Union of the States is an or dinance cf God. We have but one cause of enstrangement, the difference of opinion upon the subject of slavery. Upon that subject can the North and tho South be induced to think alike ? Can the North be induced to sanc tion slavery and think with the South, or can the South he induced to abandon slavery and think with the North ? Either course would accomplish the purpose. Is either practical, and if so, which is most practical? For I will not now ak which is most insL Many persons will not consider these ques tions because they think there is an easier and better way. Let the North and South, say they, agree to disagree about slavery, each section retaining and acting upon its own opinions unmolested by the other. This theory is plausible ; it involves no ex pensive and troublesome change, I blame no one for adopting it, for I am myself one ci its aforetime believers. 1 never could bring my mind to doubt its practicability un til I actually saw the dissatisfied States go out. Even when warned in advance that these States would secede unless the North suppressed their own 'views of slavery and adopted or silently acquiesced in the views of the South,. I confess I was incredulous. 1 still believed we could hold the Union to gether and each section retain and utter its own sentiments. But the moment the peo ple decided that a man holdrrg the senti ments of the North was not thereby disqual ified to hold a Federal office, secession -fol lowed. Experience, that high-priced school in which it is said the dumbest learn, has taught its lesson. The theory has failed upon trial. Each section, I know, charges the failure to the other. "You wrote and epoke and agitated against slavery," says the South, '"and thus irritated and madden ed our people into rebellion ;" "and you," says the North, "annexed Texas and tried to annex Cuba for the sake of slavery, and insisted upon extending it to California and Kansas, and thus forced us to discuss its merits. Blame whom you please, the slave-holders, the abolitionists, or both ; the. fault was in the theory. It was not possi ble to ignore a great subject like slavery. connected, as it was, with all our business and all our politics, in this busy, thinking, many-tongued llepublie. lhe Democratic party .Worth that clung to this theory so long,and sacrificed to it so much of party ascendency, acting, quite likely, from patriotic motives, are very slow to com prehend and accept itfallacy.now so clearly ciiKiu,aii,uougrt they were the irmh , ets of its failure. They cannot see, they say, ny slavery anu ireedon cannot coexist in the same country Why, sir, they can co exist, but not in a country of unlicensed presses and uncensored debates without pro voking discussions on many questions of con flicting interest, and Jhis discussion they concede, nay, they charge, provokes rebel lion. The revolted States, knowing that w.U. 1 1 uiscu.sion was irrepressible, ami I'eariHg that it was inimical to their institution, gathered up their slave investments and walked out of the Union, leaving their old allies doubly amazed amazed to see the theory in which they had so long believed fail, and the prophecy of its failure,iu which they never did believe, fulfilled. A witty Democrat, in speaking of this prophecy bv one party ana its denial by the other, said to me the other day there was this differ ence between us, "lou lied when thought you were speaking the truth, you and .c oins&c me iiuiu wnen we tuough we wcr " 'PI 1-11 C r -"."t- -ey are sun uewiKierea. l can thiukof noapter comparison than a hen mm a double brood ol chickens and ducks oi iieimies iney try Dy tender clucking to call back to the peaceful shore the secessionists, hatched by their false theories oi state sovereignty and conces ions to the slave power, and again they flutter to the water's edgo and contemplate embarking with them upon the chill waves of revolu tion, lhewild ducks ot the South tor. readily to this dangerous element,, but so iar men- iniu-uatcneu ciucKcns have beet content to cackle on land. But to come back to the point. Our lathers, say the advocates ot this theory, lived in peace upon the same nrincinle A precedent is always good with a lawyer and it our tathers lived in peace if only for half a century upon this compromise, we can cer tamly follow their example. But thoe who cite the precedent mistake the facts in the case. lhe compromise of our fathers was. that slavery should be gradually relin quished. They did not expect both iJeas,sla very.and freedom, to go hand in hand through out the whole hie of the licpuhhe. Slavery ut iraxiu tiowiy anu ireeuom loiluw steadilj-. Upon that basis they did get a- long very well, and so could we. TWritm-i al acquisitions and certain discoveries iu the material arts, as It is said, changed the atti tude ot slavery altogether. Instead of eon sentmg to go out, it demanded expansion ana perpetuity, instead ot remaining sub ordinate, it claimed to be the national idea and denounced freedom as sectional. . This was just reversing the compromise of our iatners, and ot eoure it had to be discussed, and at this the slave interest took umbrage ami resorieu 10 secession and war. , It, then, these two systems cannot coexist without causing disussion, and slavery will not brook discussion, it is clear we caunot have a vol untary reunion unless one sentiment or the other becomes predominant. The North and the South must learn to think alike upon this subject, or agree to submit their diff erences to general and free debate, taking no apeal from riopnlai legislative, and ju dicial action and decision, except according to the forms of the Constitution, or, upon a rehearing, to ask the second sober thought oi uie people upon any point supposed to e settled wrong. But the slave interest, anticipating unfavorable action and there fore refusing to abide by the decisions of this constitutional umpire, leaves us no alterna tive. To live in peace together we must embrace slavery or they must abandon it. "Homogeneity," said- Jeff. Davis at Montgomery. Ilis opinion. 1 know, is verv a 1 - 1 y poor authority with this House, but I be" lieve he has thought more profoundly upon this subject than any muddle-brained advo cate of mixture in the country. Ilis head is clear though his heart is cofd. Just the reverse is true of those well meaning and perhaps patriotic gentlemen with us who still believe in the union of oppo.sites and the harmony of extremes ; their hearts are tender and so are their heads. If, then, likeness of sentimeu is the sur est bond of a permanent and peaceful 1 1- nion, wjiicii can be most easily adopted as the national standard, slavery or freedom ? To adopt slavery involves a change of opin ion on the part of a great many people, twenty millions in the lice States alone ; for slavery never had any real friends in the free States. Those who are sometimes so con sidered were only its apologists. How can you change the opinions of twenty or thirty millions of people? Ilemeniber,sir,that opin ions are not voluntary things, to be taken up and laid down at pleasure. The iniud deals in proofs. Belief follows evidence. But if three years ago slavery could find no real ad mirers in the free States, who will be its champions now. since it has crowned it many alleged offences against thej rights of man witn tnis bloody treason against the mildest and most beneficent Government in the world ? Many, I am sure, who took its dark hand then, not in friendship, but only in token of constitutional obligation, will recoil from it now in horror when they see it extended reddened with the blood of our thousands slain. On theother hand, to a dopt freedom as the national idea, involves a change of investment. That may not be easy, it will be attended with loss, trouble, and sacrifice j but still it is possible, while a change of opinion without new proofs is not It is from this viewof the case that thousands of men, formerly pro-slavery from principle and practsce, have become anti-slavery f rom Union policy. Living in slave States, they did not regard the institution as immoral, and therefore sanctioned it But when they saw it used ty anti-republicans, and disguis ed monarchists, for the subversion of popu lar liberty and the division of this Govern ment a Government weak,- indeed, when in conflict with , the feelings of its hpnest citizens, but alwayinajestically strong when its flag was assailed into two insignificant, wrangling, and hostile nationalities, they rose above local prejudices aud State policy and personal interest, and said to anti-slavery incn and patriotic men everywhere, we will join you to save our country, to over throw the rebellion, aud to break into frag ments the stone upon which it is built' For the present extinguish the great conflagra tion ; for the future remove the inflamma ble material from which it was LinrlUl iFor the present seize the mad revolutionist-? ot the bouth ; for the future destroy the vi rus that posioned their blood. In the debate here a few days ago, the' consistency of some gentlemen lrom the loy al slave States who were said to be moder ate emancipationists many years ago, and are only moderately so now, was contracted with the alleged changes of their more radi csl colleagues. Gentleman, who boani of their consistency seem often to forget that there is such a thing as being upon different sides of the same question at different times and each time right 'lhe question itself often changes sides. I can very well under stand how a citizen of a slave State many years ago. giving little attention to the mor ality of the institution, might fall in with the settled policy 'of his section and decline to disturb the harmony of his neighborhood by what might seem to him then" the unneces sary or untimely introduction of abolition a gitation, and yet now become an earnest and honest emancipationists in the belief that e mancipation alcne could preserve the unity of the country. There is such a thing as be ing right in the wrong time and wrong in the riht time. I do not say that those who introduced emancipation in the slave States many years ago were righ tin the w rong time, but sure I am that all such gentlemen who retard emancipation now are wrong in the right time. But this plan of Union does not necessarily involve immediate emanci pation, anl I therefore hail all whose labors tend, however slow, to- tho general result as co-workers, for a voluntary and peaceful re union of all the States. In these remarks I have confined myself to a single pointthe presentation of'slavei-v as an element of discord and disunion, and as such asked its removal. 1 have waived its inhumanity to the slave. of the master, its injustice to white labor. its impoverishment of the soil, its intoler ance in politics, its despotism in govern ment, its inconsistency ic all things. Ad vocating State sovereignty, it blots out all divisions of its empire, molds all its States into a single power, and calls it the 'South.' Professing Jiberallit v. it vet proscriheu fVnn. the lowest oilice the most exalted nar.rinrwm the most brilliant abilities, the highest learn ing, and the purest integrity, if found hlnri. ed with the slightest compassion for theslave. Claiming to be law-abiding, the mnh tr, bowie-knife and the bludgeon are its i-.hif ministers of justice. Professim? tn - stitutional, it. suspends the great writ of lib erty in time of peace, tramples down the trial In jury when found in its way. con tracts f leedom of speech to tho right to ad vocate its unchristian cause, revives con structive treason, and in Philadelphia, Bos ton, and Kansas indicts of that hie-h rrimn respectable citizens who spoke too rudely of ius iraaic in men. au tnis, and much more, 1 have omitted because they were not in the uie or my present purpose. And now 1 call uoon thohewiitlemn xrn. think there are some concessions within the range of possibility which if made would conciliate the slave power, and restore the Union without the necessity of resorting to emancipation, to point out what they are. Name the items. Of course vou will not. mention the proclamation. eonfWjitlnn an.l what you call the unconstitutional ftjj ni' the Administration, for the rebellion prece ded an tnese; Un the territorial question there was nothing left to concede. The Wilmot proviso had been voted down, the Missouri compromise regaled, and .. Dred Scott opinion ordered and obtain fiven James Uuchanaii. so gifted in abase ment, could find nothing more in tho nhrn of theory to give them, and in its stead ten- crcd them the low villainly of Lecompton. ue lugaiive act oi isou, with its slave- huuting omccrs, the posse comitatu the conclusive affidavit of Hie niaxrer h,,!,.. corpus and trial by jury abolished, and the United States to foot the bill, left nothing more to be conceded here. Concession exhausted and conciliation still 3 failure ! Hereafter let all concession be in favor of freedom ; and in all our legisla tion let us approximate, as rapidly as the interests of the two races will permit, the homogeneity of universal emanciption, and ' upon that basis make the Union perpetual. An Irish guide told Pr. James Johnson, who wished for a reason why Echo was al ways of the feminine gender, that "may Ik; it was lK?causc she always had the last word." " An Irishman, illustrating the horrors of solitary confinement, stated that out of ono hundred persons sentenced to endure this punishment for life, only fifteen survived it. "I am surprised, wife.at your ignorance," said & pompous fellow. "Have -ou never .sn any books at all ?" . "Oh.yes," she re plied; "m a nttmbcr of cases." t Ahushandlegraphedtohiswife; "What uavejou ior ureaiuast, and how is the ba- 1 . TL - 1 4 oy : i ne answer came : roacned eggs and measles." "Who was the first Hacronut?" asked a Cockney; but as no oncsecrned to know, "Hesau," continued hej "he was an 'airy' man." , "Don' t halloo till you' re out of t he wood, ' ' as the ale-bottle said when he heard the strong malt liquor singing in the cask. Why is a rowdy tenement-house like the war correspondence of a daily parr? Bo cause it is full of horrible roomer;?, .' f ? p. J n
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