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BY S. J. now.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864.
VOL. 10.-NO. 41.
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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;?, .'
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