wlims OF . pt ilLicAt
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$3 if not paid within the AU subscription ac•
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UP AU Legal Notices of every kind, and all Orpherns'
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CULATION of any paper published in the twenty of Franklin.
JOB PRINTING of every kind in Plain and pancy col
ors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills, Blanks,
Cards, Pamphlets, &e., of ercry„yariety andstyle, printed
at the shortest notice. The REPOSITORY OFFICE nasjust
been re-fitted with Steam Power and three Presses, and
- everything in the Printing-line can be executed In the
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, M. John B. Shryocle is our authorized Agent to
receive Subscriptions and advertisements, and receipt for
the name. All letters should be addre<scd to
M'CLIIRE At STONED, Publishers.
Coai r iLumber, , &c.
CARPENTERS AND B1111,DERS!
ATTENTION:
The undersigned hare now on hand, at their
PLANING AND FLOORING MILL,
a large supply of Sash, Shutters; Maitland Blinds for sale,
or made to order.
Mouldings of all descriptions, from half inch GASinches,
on hand.
Plain and Ornamental Scroll Sawing neatly executed.
Also—Wcssi Turning in all its branches. Newel Posts,
Banisters, Bed Posts, &c,, on hand. •
A large supply of Dressed Flooring for sale,
Also—Wltidow and Door Frames on band or made at%
short-notice. RAZELET, VERNON & CO..
. febl tf Harrison Avenue. Chambersburg, Pa. ,
NOTICE TO FARMERS
100 TOES OF TIMOTHY HAY
Wanted tky GE°. A. DEn7.
- Op° 'WALNUT LOGS
Wanted by Gto. A. DEIT7-
100 ASH LOGS
Wanted by GE.o. A. DEM-
_lOO LARGE CHERRY LOGS
Wanted by GEO. A. DEnz.
WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS,
and en kinds of Produce 'bought by GEO. A. DEM. at
hi. Warehouse above the Railroad Depot
STOVE AND LIME COAL
for gale cheap, by the too or bad too
OAK AND HICKORY WOOD
' by the c,oni or httlf cord.
= OAK. AND MCKOAY WOOD,
sawed aid split for stove are, by the cord or half cord
WINDOW AND DOOR SILLS,
of Oak, Walnut and Pine, always on hand.
WINDOW AND. DOOR-FRXME STUFF,
and all kinds of LUMBER, such as Oak and Pine Plank ;
Oat, Walnut, Pine and Hemlock Boards; Flooring Boards.
Joists, Scantling, Shingles, Paling, Laths, Cc.
BEET OF ROOFING SLATE
always on band, and roofs put on by the best Slaters, who
hate drawn medals fir their superior workmanship.
CALL AT DEITZ'S WAREHOUSE,
above the Railrhad Depot, and buy clamp. Neal
LEONARD EBERT & SON,
COAL AND LUMBER MERCHANTS.
We have on hand all kinds of Coal and Lumber, and
axe prepared to furnish Bill Lumber to order at short no
tice, a/1 at the most reasonable terms. Our stock of Lum
ber consists of
White Pine 2 inch Plank,
" " 15 " select Plank
" " Plunk.
" " I select and Cuffing Boards,
" f " Boards,
" " 5"• Siding (6 inch.) .
" " Best Ricer Shingles.
" " Worked Floring,
Joist and titling. all sizes,
Hemlock Joist said Scantling
Boanie
Yellot# Pine Boards, Joist and Scantling,
railing and Plastering Laths.
We have also always on hand a grad supply of all
kinds of Coal foretimes and lime-burning : Also a supe
rior article of Broadtop Coal for blacksmiths. The pub
lic are invited to give us a call, as we will enissivor to
give satisfaction to all that call.
Coal and Lumber furnished on the cars to any station
on the Franklin Railroad.
- 13POffloe on Secind St., in the rear of the Jail:Yard,
G'hambersburg, Pa LEO. EBERT & SOS.
inly27-tf.
SMAL..Iy, BENDER & C
. 0.,
York and GaldsborougA, Pa..
. - LUSIBER DEALERS
AND MASUPACTCRERS Or
SASH, DOORS, SHUTTERS, BLINDS,
-DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, 40.,
. . Keep constantly . on hand a well selected stock of seas
onable Lumber, viz:—joist and Scantling. Weatherboard
-lug, dressed Flooring, Siding, Laths, Sblngles, Palings and
Fencing.
' WWaite Pine and Oak Bills, sawed to order at the
shortest notice. All communications should be addressed
to Youli, PA.
STEAM SAW MILL.—The undersign
ed have erected and iu operation a Steam Saw Mill
atthe South Mountain, near Graffenburg Springs, and are
prepared to saw to order Bills, of WHITE OAK. PINE,
HEM OCR or any kind of timber desired, at the short
est notice and at low rates. One of the firm will be at the
Hotel of Sam'l Greenawalt, in Chambersburg. on Satur
day the 24th inst. and on each alternate Soturday thereat
ter for the-purpose of contracting for the deliver). of lum
ber. LUMBER DELIVERED at any point at the LOW
EST RATES. All letters should be addressed to them at
Graffenburgj B. 0., Adams Cu., Pa.
declktf MILTENBERGER S. BRADY.
PIIILDIN G LUMBER.—The under
signedis prepared to 811 W all kinds of BuiMink Ulm
,ber at the lowest market price. R. A. RENFREW,
GREENWOOD 31.1u.5, Fayetteville P: O. der.2S-ly
'5O-000 GOOD CHESTNUT
SHINGLES for sale. Apply iin
inedintel.y. GEO. FLECK. •
mayl7-4t* , adjoining Fair Ground.
Boots nit *bars.
„ i n
ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
1 — .JACOB HUTTON'S BOOT y SHOE STORE.—
The undersigned takes this method of returning his thanks
to his numerous customers, and the public generally, for
the very liberal patronage heretofore extended to him,
and hopes, in his present misforune in common with neurr.
iy every business man in town, that he will snit runtindie
to be remembered. He has the pleasure of informing the
public that.he has opened his Store in the Basement of J
' B. McLanahan't Deviling on Second Street, four doom
North of the Methodist Church, where he is prepared to'
. offer e general assortment of Men's. Women's and Chit
. dren's Boots and Shoes, embracing hisown and City man
ufacture, which, for excellece of Style and durability are
... _ . „.--,, \ -- - itupettor to end of his former stock. and will be offered at
prices to wilt all. He is in Weekly Receipt of Goods from
Philadelphia, which for beauty end excellence cannot be
surpassed South of the Susquehanna.
CUSTOMER WORK of every variety done with
Promptness.—As he employs none but superior workmen,
he feels Justified In guaranteeing all work made at bin es
tablishment Don't forget the plate, Four Doors North
- of the Methodist Church, Second Street East Side—
” Twins, of the latest style; from Icpproved inakers,tal.
ways on band, and for sale at a Very Amen advance on
original cost. raug24l JACOB IiCT'fON: -
.
REMOVED.—The undersigraid has the
pleasure of informing his old customers and the pub
lie generally, that he has removed his BOOT dr SHOE
STORE to the New Brick Building of George Ludwig,
on Main Street, one door south of Greenawait's Hotel,
where.be is no, opening the largest aseertmea of Rads
and Shoes ever brought to the county. His stock embra.
oes every varlet) of Youths', Ladies' ruid Men's BOOTS
do SHOES, which for St) le of finish, and durability of
wear, cannot be surpassed in the county, and which will
be sold id prices to suit the tidies. Having purchased THE
LATEST STYLE OF LASTS, be is prepared to make
Customer work. at short notice, by the best workman in
Hie county. With a disposition to be obliging and ac.
commodaing, he hopes to merit a liberal share of `pat
ronage—without a desire to erionupolize, as his motto in,
in our common calamity, to live and let live.
Partials/or attention paid taall kinds of Repairing.
TERMS CASH, AND PRICES UNIFORM, WITH
OUT EXTORTION
. -
He has also on hand, and for sale, cheap. Trunks, Va•
Carpet - Sacks, Linen and Paper Collars, Paper,
Envelopes, Ink-stands, Steel Pens, &c,.,
may 10 P. k'ELUMAN.
p. B;—All Emmons knowing themselves indebted 5% ill
please eall andvake Maneduste settlement, that 1 may be
enabled to meet by former liabilities in the City.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
ROPES & TWINES,
The undersigned having parthased the entire Stoch.Mnd
pixt...e.of the Rope and Twine Mnnufeetory of J. P.
Grey, deed, respectfully announces to her friends, and the
former patrons of the establishment, that the will continue
to easy on the business, in all its various brunches, at
TIM OLD STAND,
on Franklin street, Chambershurg, where she will be pleas
ed to receive the calls and orders of the public. All kinds,
sines, and qualities of
ROPES, CORDAGE, TWINES, &C.,
always kept on hand or made to order of the best material,
and furnised at reasonable prices. In connection with the
above business, she is also prepared to manufacture
RAM, RUSE, AND OTLIER
MAT SASSES,
•
as vell sallow Blankets and Fly Nets °farrier °nal
ity and style. Persons in want of superior alleles in the
above line ere requested to eall, or and their orders, 'which
will be attemded to promPtiY•
dacql.ly MARY E GRAY,
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BY M'CLURE & STONER.
„Sither , -. lining oinVailv.
THE . IcCLEAN , SILVER MINING
COMPANY OF MONTANA
CAPITAL. $1.000,000.
. 1 100,000 SHARES AT SIO EACH
FULL PAID VP 85 EACH
ESTATE OF DAVID - LYTLE.—The
undersigned, appointed Auditor to make distribution
of the balances, in the hands of J. M. Lytle,Exequtor of
David Lytle, deceased, to and among the heirs and lega
tees of the said deceased, will for that purpose meet at his'
office, in the borough of Chambereburg. on Thursday, the
15th day of June, at 1 o'clock, P. M., all persons who may
think proper to attend.. GEO. W. BREWER,
COL. 8. MuCLEh.a, Montana Territory. f may'24 'Auditor.
President.
EDWARD E. JONES. Philadelphia.
Vice President,
Setresary and -5 1}Z51111217,
Wrucam M. BkaLow, Philadelphia.
Directors,
EDWARD E. JONES, Philadelphia,
CoL S. McCLEAN, Montana Territory,
JACOB HAT, Easton, Pa,
GEORGE H. ROIIEITIS, Philadelphia,
WILLIAM W. LEMYARD, Philadelphia
.1. G. Gna, Montana Territory,
J. C. DELACOGR, Camden, N. J.
OFFICE, 4 CRETIN - CT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
The Eaton and Aurora Silver Lodes, the property of
this Company, are sitnated on the Rattlesnake Creek, a
never failing mountain stream. which empties into the
Beater Head Ricer, a tributary of the Jefferson Fork of
the Missouri, in Beaver Head County, in the Territory of
Montana, and contain twelve hundred feet each
The ividth of the Eaton Lode is five and one-half andof
the Aurora three and one-half feet, running to unknown
depths, and increasing in richness as they go down. These
two lodes are only forty feet apart, and probably run to-
gether at some distance from the surface
An estimate hereto appended, based upon actual assays
made in the-ordinary fond: and in bulk, will show the im
meow yield of these mineg and their great value as Silver
producing Laic& These rwaap were made by Prof. A
K. Eaton. Prof. Fogey of the No 7 York Assay Office,
and Prof. Gtintb. of this city
EATON LODE
sompie { per ton 5102 33
Gold _ Trace.
Sample No. 2 f Silverper ton 91 75
aple ..., :2
7'2
Gold 81
Sam ple 3 { o
Silver per ......... 467
Trace.
sompie M. 5 iSi lyer per tnn
Gold
I=
SampleS Silver per ton $l9B
i Gold' Trace.
gi o lurp9 . ton
'Sample No. 2
Gotd.... .
Sample No. 1 r
SiWer i P
Sample No. 4 / Gold
NEW Yoas,•Jaaaary 21, 1865.
PROF. A. K. EATON:—DEAR SIR: The sample of ore
that you left with me, marked "Discovery E," gays by
assay, in Silver $164 56-100 Silver per ton
I=
PUILADEITHIA, April 3, IS6s.—The sample of silver
ore from Montana Territory examined at. your request,
ontnins 172,2:.‘ ounces of Silver in 2000 lbs. of ore ; value
8'234,22 Gold per toe. The above ore is said to come
from the'Enton Lode.
Messrs. Adelberg and Raymond, mining Engineers
New York, say
'We assume that the Lead ore will yield $75 In
to the ton, and the Silver ores $5OO. Thellgures are
moderate enough, since, necorilinglo sur° a
.stfidii, the Sil
ver ores contain from $913 to $2040
From the mborb assays, some idea . may be formed of
the inamease value of this property, and of tite certainty of
a large yield. But even that idea Fill be merely approx
iteative, without a due consideration of the following facts
The celebrated Conedock Silver Lode, to Nevada, wor•
ked by the "Gould and Curry," "Empire," "Yellow Jack
et,f,"Ophir," "Crown Point," "Savage" and some other
rompaniet, sold on the eth of Aril, 1865, at prteet aver°
giog over Two Thoriaarret:Fars per foot
These seines yield art average of about SG", to the ton
which includes first, second and third classes of ores
Now, the avfdligo yield of the three clams or ore of the
Enton and Aurora Lodes will certainly be more than $65
per ton ; indeed, from the large number of assays thus far
HE OLD WHITE SWAN.—The
suU-
T
,scriber would respectfully announce that he has no
far completed his Hotel building as to be enabled to open
his BAIL, which he has supplied with a stock of fine and
choice-Liquors.
Ile has also erected in connection with the Hotel a large
and convenient STABLE. and is now prepared to furnish
Stabling and Provender for any number or Horses.
Attached to the Sable (under cover) are a rah of HAY
AND STOCK SCALES, to which the especial uttenhou
,of Farmers, Drovers and Butchers is itrd.
The Company have sent a mill of twenty•four stamps to I june7 DANIEL THOSTLE.
made, notonly here, hal in the actual workings of the
mine, it will probably reach $.l - 5 or
~.580 per ton. The
2400 feet ttrnett by the Company would, therefore, be
worth, ut the price of the Comstock Lode, nearly Fist,
111zWoos of Do[taro
thu mines, and exprre returns in surer in September. This
will be al to to entsh thirty tons of ore per day, et an ex
pawn tnirung, entailing and smelting of ten dollars
($10) per tom Then, taking the yield at only eOli- per
ton, the result would be as follows
30 tong per clay, at e , 60
Coat, 810 per ton -
'Net daily profit
or $450,000 per annum, payable, not in eurren cy. but in
the coin itself. .55
The property of 'the Company is amply so , diflrient for a
dozen companies, and could not bo exharuded ' yi a lifetime.
Proifpetore are elan engaged by the Comparf, taking
"tb4...&des fur the=
The operations at fhe mines are wider the saperinten
dence of the lieu. Samuel McLean, Delegate to Coegresa
from the Territory, whose thorough acqueintance with
mining readers it cerudn that the Intercede of the Comps•
np will be gashed in the most energetic manner
Only Twenty Thousand Shares for sale
WM:Ili. BARLOW, Secrets:7 &Treapi-:,
mayl7.Bo Agent for Franklin County and vide*
.N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the undersigned Was appointed by the Court of
Common Pleas fur the county of Franklin, at the January
Term, A. Ik, 1865, Committee of the Person and proper
ty of George Jones, a Lunatic, who resides in Metal
township, Franklin County. All persons are hereby null
fled to cease doing business with said Lunatic, and any
that have settlements to make, to call and transact the
same with the committee,
may 3143 t JOHN E. JONES, Committee.
TIISSOLIITION OF PARTNERSHIP.
A/ —The partnership heretofore existing between Da
vid C. Brant and Samuel Detrich, under the style, firm
and name of Brant S. Detrick, was dissolved by mutual
-consent onithe first day of May. The Books of the late
firm are in the hands of David C. Brant. All persons
knowing themselves indebted are requested to make im
mediate payment. DAVID C. BRANT, '
SAMUEL DETRICH
The business will be continued by the ande signed.
mayl7-6t - DAVID C. BRANT.
VX_ECUTOR'S .NOT IC E.—Notice is
hereby given that Letters Testamentary to the Estate
of Samuel B. Johnston, late of Southampton township,
deed, have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Es' Ms
will please make immediate payment, and those having
claims Present them properly authenticated for settletnent.-
Pine 7 C. SCLEAN CULBERTSON, Ex'r:
AA DMINISTRATOR'S
tice is hereby giVin that Letters of Administration
be the Estate of Daniel Gehr, late of Washington town.
ship, deed. have been granted to the undersigned.
- All persons knowing themselves indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate Payment; and those having
claims present them properly authenticated fur settlement.
(une7 JACOB 8-0000, Adm'r.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—tio
tice is hereby given that Letters of Administration
on the Estate of Jacob Smith, late of Antrim township,
deed, have been granted to the undersigned.
Allyersous knowing themselves indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate payment; and those having
claims present them properly authenticated for settlement.
may2l - JACOB R. SHANK, Adm'r.
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COUNTY TREASURER.-31A.1. JonN
flasstra, offers himself as a candidate for the OfflOO
of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Union
Nominating Convention.
St, Timm :is, March 2.2 1563.
COUNTY TREASURER.—At the solie
itation of a number of my Mends, I mamma my
self a candidate for the Office of County Treasurer, sub
ject to the decision otthe Union Nominating County
Convention Nurscy, March 2.',9 WM. FLAGLE.
A M. CRISWELL will be a candidate
A
for the office of County Treasurer. subject to the
derision of The Union Nominating County Convention.
GHEE!: TOWNSITIP, May 3d, 1865.
1. IP SURER.—Samuel F. Greenawalt
L lhrs himself as a Candidate for the office of County
Treasurer, subject to the-decision of the Union Martina.
ting Convention. CHAMEKSBURG. March 15.
WM. H. RHOTIIERTON WILL BE , A.
candidate for COUNTY TREASURER, subject
to the decision of the Unioo Nominating Convention.
WAYNESIIORO, June 7, 1665.
SHERIFFA,LTY.—At the solicitation
of a number of my friends. I offer myself as a Can•
didate for the office of Sheriff of Franklin County, subject
to the duasion of the Union Nominating Convention.
GUILFOItu TOWNBIIIP. March F. W. BOSH.
Q HERIF F ALT Y.—Enbouraged by a
) , ,,J number of my friends. I offer myself as a Candidate
fur the °fare of Shenff, subject to the decision of the Union
Nominating County Convention. DAVID EIIY.
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, March
QHERIFFALTY.—I offer myself as a
Candidate for the office of Sheriff of Franklin county,
subject to the decision of the Union Nominating Coos CP
non. THOMAS WAFEE.
• MERCER-SULFM, Pa., 3farrh fr 2, 156`
1 sr 70
1, 2 21 35
Q HER! . F FAL T .—Enconeagest by a
numberof my friends, I offer myself no a candidate for
the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Union
Nominating County Convention. D. M. LEISHER.
CUAKBEIMILIIG, Marsh
• 73 90
21 10
201 10
Trace..
314 00
small quantity
SHERIFFALTY.--Capt. Jtio. DeERLER,
of Chambereburg, ri ill be a, candidate for the °Moe of
Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Union Nominating
County Convention, - nuarchls.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.-SNIVELY
STRICKLER will be a candidate for DISTRICT AT
TOtt-NEY, subject to the decision of the next Union County
Convention. Greencastle June 7th , 1861
WATSON ROWE WILL BE A
D
candidate for the office of DISTRICT ATTOR.
NEY, subject to the decision of the next Union County
Convention. 4nay3l.
Jon` TORREY
- pASTERN INN.—The undersigned ha-
ILJ lately purchased the - large and commodious
Brick Buildifig of Rev. S. R. Fisher, in connection with his
present place of business, on the corner of Main street and
Lndwig's Alley, is prepared to accommodase BOARD
ERS by the day, week or month. He is amply provided
with_STABLING to accommodate the traveling public.
Having a large LIVERY STABLE connected with the
Hotel. guests and the public generally can be furnished
with Horses and Carriages at any moment. Persons isit.
ing Chambersburg with their families will End this the
most comfortable Hotel In the county, as it has been re
fitted with entire new Furniture, and the rooms are large
and well ventilated. The TABLE is amply supplied with
all the luxuries of the season, ancFthe BAR, which is de
tached from the Brick Building, will always be furnished
with choice and pure liquors. Every attention paid to the
comfort of guests. (octL2[ S. F. GREENAWALT.
F. A. Gyric
BROWN'S HOTEL.—This Hotel. situ
ated on the corner of Queen and Second Streets, op
posite the Bank, Court Room, and County Offices, and in
the immediate neighborhood of Stores, Shops,u,nd other
places of business, is conveniently situated fint, country
People having business in Charnbevsbnrg. The Building
has been greatly enlarged-and refitted for the aecoturnoda
bun of Guests.
THE TABLE will always be furnished with the best
the Market can produce.
_ THE BAR will be supplied with pure and choice Li.
guars.
THE STABLE is large and attended with a good and
careful Ostler.
Every attention will be rendered to make Guests corn
tbrtaNe while sojourning at this Hotel.
febl JACOB S. JIROWN. Proprietor.
TT - MON HOTEL—This old and well
lJ establlshed Hotel is noes open for the accommalution
of Guests
The Proprietor having leased the tliree-storyNock of buil
dings an Queen Street, In the rear of his former stand, is
prepared to furnish GOOD ROOMS for the traveling and
"transient rustom.
. • .
His "TABLE will sustain its former reputation of being
supplied with the best the market can produce.
HIS BAR, detached from the main building, will al
ways have r chtfice and pure Liquors.
Goad warm STABLING for fifty horses, with careful
ostler.
Every attention will be made to render guests comfort
able while attiourning at this Hotel.
janlS JNO. FISHER. Proprietor.
DAVID H. HUTCHISON
bas become the Proprietor of the UNITED STATES
HOTEL, near the Railroad Depot at HARRISItURO,.
PA. 'Thin popular and commodious-Hotel Ras been newly
refitted and furnished throughout its parlors and ehlunbers,
and is now ready for the reception of guests.
The traveling public , will find the United States lintel
the moat convenient, in all particulars, of any Hotel in
the State Capital, on account of its access to the railroad,
being immediately between the two great depots In this
city. r (Harrisburg, Juno 17, 6:1-tf.
.41,800
300
STATES UNIONHOTEL, OPPOSITE
the Lebanon Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad
, Le-
Harrisburg City, Pa. This convenient and pleasant
Hotel is - now kept by the undersigned, late of the Indian
Queen in Chambersburg, and he invites the patronage of
his old friends andthepublic generally. Terms moderate.
acts-tf JOHN W. TAYLOR.
41,J00
PUBLIC SALE.z—The undersigned will
offer at Public sale, on the premises. on Saturday, the
17th day of .Tune. next, at 1 o'clock, I'. M., the'follossrofc
deserlbed heal Estate of Martin Funk, late of the Borough
of Waynesboro. deed, viz : •
All that LOT of GROUND. sittate in said Baronet of
Waynesboro, bounded on the front by the Main Street., on
the East by the Town Rail lot, on the West by lot of W.
D. Lechler, and on the South by an alley, having thereon
erected a. two Story LOG AND FRAME DWELLING
HOUSE. •
- -
Also, A tract of 'fine LIMESTONE LAND, sihutte in
Washington township, near said Borough, and adjoining
lands of Alexander Hamilton, John Lecher and Steang
Rinehart, containing TWENTY ACRES, more or less.
. . _ , ... . . .
The terms will be made known au day of Pale, by
- W. D. LECHLER,
. tia.rviving Executor of said deo'd.
By Order of. Court: W. O..hirtCHELL, Clerk. may%
D. B. OAI-.3,
CAAMI3ERSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, TB6.
Regal itotireo.-
Oaitbibatto' Qtatt s.
1, Motlo.
tteat Csotate *aim.
ranitli3a grpozitsiv.
THE NATIONAL HUMILIATION:
BY REV. JOSEPH CLARK.
That is a memorable day in any man's life in
which he gains a new and- thrilling experience.
Experience gives value to life. Experience gives
form and force to Character. Exparience.devel
ops mind. Experience gives wisdom. Even the
experience of a great calamity or a sorb affliction .
is not without its value to a well ordered mind.
And though painful and crushing at the time, the
dark season in which it was endured is afterward
looked back upon with the feeling that it has left
a rich legacy for the immortal spirit, and afford
ed a valuable training for the intellect and heart.
What is true of the individual is true also of
communities and nations. No national life can
be rich or valuable as a source of instruction to
mankind which i 4 wanting in a wide and- varied
experience. No national chai aster can be fully
formed or maturely developed, which has not felt
the play of all the main forces which heave and
impel the great life-currents of humanity ; and
that national history is the richest and irarest, the
most interesting and instructive, whicl leads the
. student through the most saried and vivid phe
nomena of human experience.
If these trite remarks be true, we' nay silfely
say that the experiences of this coiltitry during
the past foucyears, and especially duriiig the past
two months, must be exceedingly rich and valu
able for all the uses and interests of Il ia le future.
Such heights of lofty endeavor, such v t and far
reaching problen, such gigantic and portentous
perils, it has rarely been the lot of ant' people in
so short a space §f time, to attempt abd to con
quer:—And swhi extremes and altelnations of
hope and fear, of danger and deliveratice, of con
fidence and despondency, of exultatiod and grief,
it has rarely been pre lot of any peolile to expe
rience in such quiik and rap4d succession. This
varied and shifting experience has been ours, in
greater or less degree, front the time of the first
battle of Bull Run until the recent and final de
cisive triumph of the national arms. And what
an intense experience was that for the national
heart when it was called to plunge from the gid
diest heights of exultation to the deepest and
darkest shades of gloom and grief, as it realized
themonstrous and almost incredible fact that the
nation's chosen head was stricken down by the
dastardlyland of pi / assassin , . The eagle of the
Alleghenies, soaring in majesty and pride on his
broad wings just beneath the clouds, shot at and,
struck in the wing by the well directed aim of the
hunter, and obliged to sink and flutter away to
the escarpment of some friendly rock, there in"
solitude and silence with drooping pillion to nurse
his wound and his grief, is but a feeble emblem of
the plunge made by the wounded heart of the
American people from the.. gilded cloud-land of
joy, to the valley of sadness and humiliation. The
contrast could not be greater, or the ductuatiodi
of' feeling be snore violent, if the bridegroom in
his nuptial bear were to fall dead at the feet of.
his bride. and the wedding robe be exchanged for
~
the creeds of mourning. The nation seemed to
be,in the ecstacy of the-marriage hour—illumina
tions and rejoicings and the salvos of cannon from
the Atlantic to the rzieifie—" all went merry as
a marriage bell," when by, a flash of tidings swept
tli fl
over the lank d men looked into each other's
faces in blai amazement,—the laborer left his
toil, the s eat his books, the merchant his wares,
—the Ilart of the nation stood still. Such a
grief, tp f ell aßorrow will not be forgotten by this
generation.
Precisely such an experience at; this was per
haps never given to any other people. The as
sassination of William of Orange was a far more
ternble event for the Dutch Republic than the
murder of Abraham Lincoln was for us. In point
of severity the blow was far heavier. A man of
wonderful sagacity, firmness and heroic endu
rance, he had concentrated nor] himself in an ex
traordinary manner, the affections and hopes of
that much suffering and enduring people; and for
twenty years he had been the' guiding spirit- of
their stubbdrii resistance, to the'gigantic power of
Spain. When he fell by the pistol of Balthrustr
Gerard the whole - people, like a family of orphaned
children, bowed their heads in the dust and wept.
But tretwtkin their experience and ours there was
this difference. Their blow fell upon them at
a time of general disaster and adversity. 'Fhe
armies of Philip had been steadily encroaching;'
updu their limited territory. Several of their,
strongholds had just surrendered, 'lndia general
despondency would have seized theqpinds of any
less resolute people. But they wZi're inured to
suffering. They were accustomed to disaster.
They seemed to know they could not be conquer
ed, and though the fall of the great Stadtholder
added a feeling of momentary paralysis, the mind
of the people soon rose above it; and there was
not that sudden and violent transition from the
exultant feelings of joy to the gloom and sadness
of distress which we as a nation experienced.
Ours was like a harsh, grating, discord breaking
in upon the magnificent ymplionis of the Oratorio
of the Creation; or like re:dark blotch cait upon
the canvass of Raphael or Titian; or like a - grin
ning death's-head appearing amid the mazes of
the merry dancer
And this is thd event my fellow-citizens which
has brought us 4 logether to-day. In view of it,
we have assembled at the call of the chief Mag
istrate, to humble ourselves before Almighty Cod,
and to lift up to the throne of the universe the
cid& of confession and supplicatipm For the
first timeriii the history of this Republic has its
Chief Magistrate fallen by the hand 'of violence.
For the first time has assassination, in the form
of regicide, raised its bloody hand amid the tem
ple of our liberties. That foul and monstrous
crime which we supposed to belong to the past
ages of despotic oppression and lawless 1 iolence,
has suddenly re- - appeared in the middle of this
19th century, and in this Republic in which is
being conducted the magnificent experiment of
self goVernment. When we have read of the
Great Oiesar, - who bestrode the world like a Col
opus, falling in his robes by the dagger of Brutusi
in the Roman Capital, or of Henry of Navarre'
falliQ by the hand of an assassin in the stormy,
period of Fninch history, or of William the Silent
being shotin his dining room at Dclft by the
fanatical emissary of Philip of Spain, we have
been accustomed to read of them us we read of
the centaurs and hippognffs of mythology, as
things that could not he reproduced in. modern
history, and as things, especially, that were not to
be experted away'from the shadow of European
despotisms. That foul crime which has served
the double purpose of being the tool of the despot,
and the desperate resort of opprelised and mad
dened peoples, has suddenly reappeared in this
country when there can be no despot, and lb op-,
pression save that which the enforcement, of law,
visits upon offenders.
I • The above discourse was prepared by the late Rev,
Joseph Clark to be delivered In the Presbyterian Church
of thin plate, on Thursday, the lit inst., the day set apart
for humiliation and prayer. Before the appointed day,
the author was
,prostrated by a fatal accident, and on the
following Sabbath be was followed to the "City of the Si .
lentil by a large concourse of sorrowing citizens. The dis
course will be read with peculiar interest, not only because
of its eloquent truths, but also because it is the last counsel
of one whose precepts never fell Upon a listless andience.l
IMWERI2
How wonderfully, my friends,have many of the
easy and 4nmfortable delusiofis of these latter
.years been' dispelled by the hard ordeal of facts!
In the midst of the syren song of the peace ten
dencies of the present age, in which it was-hoped
that arbitration would take the place Of theliword,
a congress Ornations supplant contending armies,
the arts of iad,aee. the interests of commerce, and
the bonds Of trade make war impossible, and lib
erty, equality; fraternity be 'the motto of all Man
kind—in the midst of this syren song, a civil war,
of unparalleled magnitude breaks out amon g us
and deluge:s ~the land in blood ; Whilst political
economists where theorizing upon the economy
ofptzductian and the husbanding of the national
wealth, we rush into a war that expends fabulous
sums on engines and means of destruction. Whilst
we are congratulating ourselves on our compara
tive freedom from taxation, and the unequalled
cheapness of our government ; we are forced into
a war which piles upon us a load of national debt,
which perhaps no other nation could successfully
carry. Aud new with:all our boasted enlighten
ment, our christianity and our common schools,
we are called to face the tact 'lif.Ta crime as foul
and hideous as. ever blackened the pages of his
tory. Verily, says the wise man, that which bath
been shall be, and there is nothing uew under the
sun! - -
In view then of this portentous event, which
has come upon us as a-nation, with what feel
ings and meditations does it becoMe us to assem,
ble together today 2,' shall,we present our
selves before the majesty of Heaven and offer du
acceptable worship 1 It is designated as a day
of humiliation. And in this view there is a pro
priety in it which cannot be questioned. It is al
ways proper-for such a being as man, in seasons
Of special calamity, or public distress, or public
crime, to humble himself before Alinighty God;
to confess and bewail his sins and shortcomings,
and the sins of the people, and to supplicate the
favor and blessing of God upon the lipid, and the
.rulers and people thereof. 'Whether great public
distress, or national calamity, or public crime,
can be charged upon any particular form of pub
lic sin or not, they are still evidences , of the gene
ral depraved and disordered condition of mankind,
and as such may properly, lead to allasement and
contrition before God.
• I am free to confess that I have no theory of
the bivine s providence, consistent with the com
monly received opinions of , the purposes and me
thods of the moral government of thelcorld, which
will at the same time involve such a deed as that
Which laid low in death the form of Abraham Lin
coln on the night of the 14th of April. 'lt must
remain to my Mind a dark and Mysterious enigma;
so far as concerns its immediate relation to a per
sonal God. If it were necessary (humanly speak
ing) to remove AbrahaM Lincoln from the head
of this government, how 'easy would it have been
for God to have removed bins in many wii),-with
out involving the monstrous crime t+liich filled
the brain and nerved the arm of the assassin.
Hat this is a question which we are not competent
to discuss, and bon ev'er dark and mysterious it
niay be, our confidence in the Divine character
and the Divine government must remain fine and
unshaken. It is impossible for any Lie man, in
any event, to question either the Divine wisdom.
'or the Divine goodness ; or the Divine poser.
But 'however defective may be our theories,
and however imperfect our grasp of the wide
scope and meaning of the Divine Providence,
we have clearly before
-our view - the hard and
palpablefaets of this Providence' as developed in
history and life. We have create which are the
great instructors of minkind; and we can trace
tendencies, we cait discover laws. we can per
ceive the current of influences, we can trace the,
combinations pad correlations_ of causes which
determine events, and herein we study the foot-,
steps of Providence and may do so more proper
ly than by wearying ourselves with fruitless theo
ries respecting the Divine purposes and inten
tions: We think it cannot be denied that the act
which aimed a-fatal blow at,our lathented Chief
Magistrate and at the other heads of Govern me t,
was the legitimate% fusser and fruit of the social
disorder,' the anarchical violence. and the en
venomed madness which have been rolling the
- waves of rebellion against the fabric of our Gov
ernment for the past tour years. This we think
no candid and honest man will dimy, even though .
the leaders in rebellion be exhonorated of all di;
rect comPlicity in the plot. Thepublished views
and opinions of the chief criminal, prior to the
act, clearly prove that the inspiration of his hor
rid deed was derived from sympathy with rebel
lion, and that the climax bf the fatal purpose was
reashed through desire to avenge a sinking cause.
Set4ssion and rebellion have culminated in assas
sination, and a crime against society and against
GoverGovernment,
nment, has resulted in a crime against man
kind. Go forth into the fields and see what les
sons nature will teach us. You stand-in the pres
ence of a! bush, or fruit tree, or gigantic torest
oak. You examind its bark, it is soft and flexible.
You examine_ its fibre, it is hard and compact.
You exaMine its roots, they go far down into the
damp and dark earth. You go vp among the
brunches, the leaves give a pleasant shade, and
the airt of heaven whisper and play among their
,bow l ers. I You go farther up, and upon the top- -
,
most twigs, you-find a little flower, which win ri
pen into a fruit, a seed, a vital germ. That tim
er, that fruit, that seed, is thehjghest representa
tive of the vital force of the living organism, its
last expression—the most consummate product of
the - seminal power of the tree ; small and insig
nificant as it seems in itself it required the high
est vital force for its &eduction, and beyond it
it cannot go, so with this great Southern Rebel
lion. If we exainine it at various stages of its-pro
gress,fhough_ we may find it ribbed and panoplied
in - steel, bristling with cannon, and surrounded
-with all the pomp and circumstance of war,
though we may find it askuning the dignity of
Government and putting forth claims for a posi
tion among the nations, yet its float flower and
fruit, its last expression, its dying effort, is found
in the deed which the nation mourns this day!
Like the fabled reptile which thrusts its deadly
sting and dies. 'l'be rebellion smote down the
chosen! head of the nation, and perished itself
amid the execrations of the civilized world.
Whilst we mourn and humble ourselves before
God this day, it becomes us to remember:sount
thiugs, with gratitude. It is a most wise and
merciful Provision of God's moral Government
that crime generally defeats its own ends; and of
ten occasions results quite -the opposite of what
was intended. We ought to be grateful that this
foul deed was not permitted to occur until it-could
do the nation no harm—hut may be an occasion
of good. When we look back over the 'vicissitudes
of the past four years, and remember how at times
the tide of war seemed to surge, against us, and
.heart of the people to quail in vivw,of the titanic ,
task to which the nation was counuittcd, we'ean
Point out several periods, in which. had such a
blow fallen upon us, the most disastrous' results
might have followed. Had an assassin taken the
life of Abraham Lincoln and dangerously wound
ed the Secretary of State, just atter the retreat
. from the Peninsula and the second battle of Rua
Rtm, or when our,relations with i ngland.Vvere ili
a critical state, or khpn'the hordes of I;*were
ponying into Penwlvania, no hnrnon kacity
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could have foreseen the stossible extent of the
disaster. We then might have bad no Antietam
and no Gettysburg; and the great residta Which
have recently culminated in the downfall of the
Rebellion, if achieved at all, might have'been de.
layed for years, and gained only at the price of
exhausting and ruinous expenditure of Motu} and
treasure. Whilst therefore we may properly and
profoundly humble ourselves before God, I con
fess that the severest of his judgments are light
compared with . what oar sine might justly
ide
serve, y tat the same time we may lift up the
voice of rateful acknowledgment - and bless God
that in udgment he has remembered mercy.
Dreadful and monstrous and soul-harrowing as
this assassin's deed is, and deeply us it has shroud
ed the land in the habiliments of woo, we cannot
see that it imperils in any way our national . v, , ell
fare. The hour for such danger is past. It was
deferred until the Rebellion, tottering to its fall,
was too weak to follow up the blow. And whilst
we mourn the honored dead, and regret that his
generous and magnanimous soul was not permit.
ted to live to share in our tfiumphs, we may still
rejoice that the cause he loved so well, still lives.
Another feeling which it is eminently proper
for us to cherish to-day, is the feeling of resolute
determination to maintain the great idea of our
nationality and unity, for the sake of which so
many lives have been sacrificed, and to which
Abraham Lincoln has fallen as a martyr. Nevee
perhaps in the history of the world, has the idea
of nationality in its broadest, most comprehensive
Most Ethnic sense, attained so intense, so intelli
gent. and so resolute expression, as in the minds
of the American people. And this great civil -
war, now, we hope so happily ended, has been a
war for that idea. An intense and tremendous
protest 'in the shape of war, against whatever
would disturb or irnperjl that idea in its realiza
tion. It has been a war for unity, nationality and
strength, against disintegration, anarchy and.
weakness. And in this view it was a war for
the life of the Republic. For the sake of this all
the tremendous sacrifices of the past - four years
have been cheerfully made, all its vast burdens
borne, and the blood of the nation poured out like
water. No, more sublime spectacle could well
be afforded to the muse of History, than that of
the Herculian efforts put forth bi - - this people,
to vindicate an idea.
It appears to be a law of God's natural and
moral world, that no good thing can be gain
ed and held without Tabor and trouble. Hence
we see that all the great interests of human-soci
ety, all the great achievements of human progress,
all the priceless benefits of civilization, liberty,
law and religion have been purchased atthe price
of human blood and treasure: The ponderous
chariot wheels of human progress, ever rolling
on through the ages, slowly but surely as the stars
move.in their courses, are even found to leave in
their track the crushed bodies and mangled limbs
of thousands of victims. And now could the
mouldering bones be gathered from the swamps
of the Peninsula, the fields of Corinth and
Chaltanuoga, the hills of Antietam, the cemetery
of Gettysburg and the trenches of Petersburg, and
piled into one,cloud-kissing monument like Tam
erlami's rained of skulls, it might well bear the
iuscriptioa "Hallowed by devotion to the gieat
idea of American nationality and human progress."
And could we go to-day into the stricken and
stirrowing homes of this land, where the widoW
site in her weeds, and the mother mourns her
'manly son;and the sister weeps for the brother
N% hp will never return, -we might read in them
all the -terrible ransom which this land has paid
for its national life. And espeically could we go
to that quiet flu off western town l and stand by
the grave of that incorruptible and sagacious
statesman who now lies. low in death, we might
not only meditao there profitably upon the un
certainty of hunean•greatness, but We light read
them a part of the-terrible price, enacted by des
tiny. which made My a martyr to our national
unity.
And UM, my hearers, in view of all this, should
we not, resolve resolutely to maintain that which
leas cost us so much. Should we nut swear by
the blood of all the heroes that have fallen in
deadly strife, by the wasted forins of the thou
sands who, in famishing captivity, have endured
a fume terrible fate, and by the sacred sorrow of
a nation,- mourning as for a father slain, that we
%sill forever maintain the great cause of our na
tional unity and life, that sa, e will be true and de
voted patriots,loving our fatherland more than ever
since its baptisdi of blood, and serving our coun
try rather than party. or faction, or local inter
est. When William of Orange was slain, in the
hour of his country's greatest disaster and dan
ger, the gloom'produced by the event wag - tragi
cal. Never in human history before was a more
poignant and universal sorrow for any individual.
The despair was, for a brief season, absolute;
but it was soon succeeded by more lofty senti
ments. -It seemed, after they had laid their hero
in the tomb, as though his spirit still hi.ivered
above the nation he had loved so well, and was
inspiring it with a portion of his own energy and
wisdom. Even on the very day of the murder,
the Estates of Holland, then sitting at Delft,
passed a resoltition-" to maintain the good. cause,
ith God's help, to the uttermost, without sparing
gold or blood,"andthis decrde was communicated
to all their commanders by -land and sea, and they
and ill civil functionaries and people were besought
to " bear themselves manfully and valiantly, with—
out faltering in the least; on' account of the great
misfortune which had occurred, or allowinAem
selves to be seduced by any one_ from the union
of the States." A noble example . for' us. inY
Wow-citizens, to. imitatate in the less severe
and trying crisis in which this great atllication
has conic upon us.
It remains to add but a few words in honor - Cif
the memory of the than v‘ hose violent death we
mount to-day. I do not propose to speak of Abra- :
ham Lincoln as a party man. He is not to be
thought of now as a member of this party or that,
but as a name dear to every true American heart.
That be possessed large capacity, great honesty
and singless of purpose, a far secinF and sagacious
statesmanship, and great benevolence and kind
ness of nature, s now generally, perhaps univer
sally, conceded. Beneath his grotesque exterior
lay'the jewel of a high and true rannhood, and
n'iider his apparent levity and' drollery, lay con
cealed a practical wisdom which never failed him.
Even his unsparing satirists in England, are now
forced to confess that he was a "true-born King
of men." But no truer indication need be sought
of his genuine and intrinsic worth, than the hen.
ors and Obsequies paid to his remains by - the
American people, and the deep and heartfelt la
mentation over him by the whole nation. As
'hen the rebel cannon opened on Fort Sumter,
all party lines in the forth were dropped, and
the whole peopl6 rose up as one man to vindicate
our imperriled nationality, Ell when the pistol of the
assassin had done its deadly work, all party lines
- disappeared, and the whofe people, as one Mau,
- bowed the head in sorrowaud mourning for Abra- .
ham Lincoln! rAnd whatobsequies, what fune
ral pageahts, what draping of the bad in the ha
biliments of grief; was there* everacteh a prug
' rOs bf a *tan body as that of his from the UP'
itat of the Nation round thiongh the great cities
. 1)f the eoniineut, to its last resting place in the
era follow a funeral train! The instincts of mare -
kind nke seldom mistaken, and we may safely as- -
same that the subject of all these honors war no
common man.
And what a monstrous perversion of a senti
ment or motto, which in certain circle may have
a noble dignity and meaning, was that withwinch
the dastardly assassin blazoned his own infamy be
fore the world. " sic semper lyrannis." Thus be
it ever with ty rants! What! Abraham Lincoln
a tyrant! A man in whose nature dwelt not tine
single element, which Makes a tyrant A man
whose name was a synonym for honesty, and pa
rity, and magndnimiti, and generosity, and for
sivingsympathy even for the most persistent and
malignant of rebels—this nutria tyrant t No ! thou
foul-mouthed miscreant—the unanimous voice of
civilized men, hurls back with scorn the base slan
der. Had some monster in human shape, some.
Nero, some Caligula, some Borgia, some :Philip
or Alva, Ulen that night to avenge the outraged
liberties of men, there might .haVe been some
sense and meaning in the sentiment, but not when
the victim was one whom all men recognized as
a generous and unselfish patriot. -
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In conclusion. my hearers, there is but one
other topic which shall detain us a moment.
There are many thoughts still crowd upon the
mind on' an = occasion like this, but we will add
but one. It; does not become us to cherish feel
ings of resentment, or alienation, or hatrej, to- •
wifrd those who have been in arms agaidit us,
and whose military power is now crushed, and
who are beginning to show some disposition to
return to the observance of law and order. Deep
ly as they have wronged us, and deeply as they
have offended against the cause of government
and order, they ar(our brethren and fellow-citi-
Zeus still, of the same blood, lineage and language,
and we trust that in the future their children and
ours are to stand shoulder to shoulder in support ,
of the gorgeous ensign,of the Republic. Now
that "wild War's deadly blast is blown,"4lnd the •
piping times of peace are, we hope, again- return
ing, it becomes us to assuage the animosities which
war engenders, and prepare the way for the am- -
!Cable relations which can alone form a true basis
'of peace. I pronounce no opinion as to the pun
ishment which should be meted out to great of
fenders. Whatever duties a true and fridispensi
ble regard to the claims of justice and law de
mand, ought to be fearlessly discharged. The
Safety of the people is the highest law. But I 4
would fain hope these inexorable demands may
be fete and brief. All leading offenders will find
their own punishment. There is a Nemesis, an
avenging divinity in history, whose step is destiny
and whose stroke is fate, and the_ guilty will flee
him in Vain ! But with the masses of the people,
who have been more sinned against than sinning,
let us endeavor to prepare 4he,way to dwell to
gether iu unity.
I cannot do better than close with that magni- _
Scent peroration of America's greatest orator,
now clothed with a double significance: •When
my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time,
the sun in the heaven, may I nntaee him shining
on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once
glorious Union—on States dissevered, discordant,
belligerents—on a land rent with civil fends, or
drenched it may be in fraternal blood: Let their
last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the
gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and
honored throughout the earth, still full high ad
vanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all
their original lustre, not a stripe erased or pollu
ted, not a single star obscured, bearing for its
motto everywhere. spread all over in characters
of - living light, blazing on all its ample folds as
they float over the - sea and over the land, and in
every wind under the whole heavens, that senti
ment dear to every American heart—Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
GOV. CURTIN AND TIM SOLDIERS.
A very interesting ceremony tookplace at Camp
Curtin, Harrisburg, on Saturday week, - on the
occasion of the return of the battle-flags to Gov.
Catlin, by the regiments about being mustered
out. Col. A. B. McCalmont presented the flags
in a neat and eloquent speech, to which Gov Cur- '
tin responded as-follows:
I wish I had language to express to you, Col.
31cCalniont and the, brave man you represent, all
I feel on this occasion; and I trust that every
citizen of the United States enjoys the sentiment
of gratitude to you all for your services, which I
know tills my heart. It has often been my duty
to be heard by the citizens of PennsylVania in this
camp. On such occasions, in obedience to the
law, I presented these and other standards to
regiments as they were about to depart into the
service Of the Government.
Now I receive these tattered and war-worn
flags, to be preserved as part tif your history, as
ail-archive of the State ; and as I well know that
thousands of Pennsylvanians are approaching the
State, from the armies of the Republic. to go back
again into the body of the people. 1 praise God
that no tarnish rests upon you or them, and that
your flags are returned without dishonor. (Cheers)
How can I express to you the full measure of
your services to your country, and your fellow
citizens who have remained at home You do
not bring back to us the spoils of desolated cities,
nor captives to be made slaves; but higher and
hillier, far, your mission and its results. You
bring to us a Government restored and saved;
the tree institutions we received from the apostles
of liberty in the Revolution you give, with all
their blesings, to our children. (Applause.)
Heretofore the freest, you have made this the
strongest Government in the world! And yea
have demonstrated prtietically that a Republic
can live- through domestic. treason and' insur
rection. And more than all, you give the
of American civilization to four millions of
people. If we could this day dry the tears of the
widows and orphans; if we could, restore the
maimed and trail from their graves the heroic dead,
our happiness would be complete. I cannot fail
to congratulate you nosy, before you return to
your homes, on the part our great Comdfonwealth
has taken in this bloody drama.
We have given the tall share of our blood and
treasure, and that the field upon which we now
stand will be known as classic ground, for here
has been the great central point of the organiza
tion of our military forces. When my adminis
tration of public affairs- will have been forgotten,
and the good and the evil will be only known to
the investigation of the antiquarian. Camp Cur
tin, with its memories and its associations will be ,
immortal. (Applause.)
Imu not ashamed to say' to you, fellow.citi
zens of Pennsylvania, that I have Iris d to do my
duty to yen ; I wish I could have done more for
(Voices—" Y - u have dune it; you're the
'Soldier's friend.") Ido not know who gave me
that name of "soldier's friend," but God knows,
if I deserve it lum proud of it. You do sot re
alize the extent of your services to the country,
and how muelfwe ail ewe you. Our Government
has stood a desolating ,wit' of four years, the Sac
rifice of half a million of lives, of three millions
,of treasure, and the ass*ination of our Presi
dent ; and yet, over the-VAve of the martyred
Lincoln the power of his great office passed to
his constitutional successor so gracefully that we
seareely4pel the transition.
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And now the Government itzMiiiv r strong and
grand in its majesty and power. Let-tal all give
to the liviug President our support iti the trials
that -surround him, in the peaceful re-establish
ment otthe Government which you have sustain
ed in the field; and let all those who carp atJahn
son remember that he; too, is a man of the people.
- Trained in the schools of poverty and adversity,
he is the artificer of his own fortunes, and that he
has enjoyed many of - the highest hon Ora of the
country, and has always been a favorite of the
people.
In his trying position he now deserve, and
should receive, the simport of the people. The
e p d eo th pl e e. c of iti l z 'et e x cal y in this war, sustain-
Iv l a ed nia to ha a v d e Minister the Govern
ment, regarding them for the time, as the Gov
ernment itself. They will give that measure of
support to President - Juhusou. -It would he well
Fur
philosophers to remember that when
T en puical n es h s t eewas'not included in the Problamstien
.. o f President Lincoln, holding an Office -1 d Winer
taM tenure and doubtful powers, Andrew John
son proelaiuied, on his own responallalitY,
sal frcidom to all the people of that'State: -
But why should I say' more 4 ,,4111 )''' .1 t . .-/ - Ividi
you all a safe return to yourAtritift, and-that you
may there - find happiitesseuitfreqeritY• To•day
, I feel prod of ntyliffice,.ol know that Ireprit
sent the litawfol- all the Feel , * of kern: l4 l4lll4a
and speak 1$ them, when I pray Almighq. tlod
to Wass yoit.
BM