illG'ITORW'ROXa. WHEN HICHT, TO US KEPT UIGHT, VaBS ffEOXS, TO BE PIT HICHT. THUIIS1)AV::::::::::::::::::::::MAIICII 14. It is to bo hoped, 3:13-3 the New York Indqwidait, that the people of this coun try arc uot ko utterly demoralized as not to iccl a great sense of relief at the toue Mr. Lincoln's Inaugural Address. There is not on the face of the globe another nation that could have maintained its integrity lor three months, as this has done, without a government; but the re lief, nevertheless, ought to have been, and we hope was, great with men of all parties when the news was spread on the thousand wiugs of the press, on the morning of the 5th of March, that a government was re stored to us. In a republic, every man, whether consciously or not, feels a sense of personal responsibility when the func tions of the government are suspended, because it exists only by the will of the people; and from that responsibility he feels discharged when the hands to which he has deputed his powers give token of having accepted it, and of being capable of sustaining it. The clear and forcible address of Mr. Lincoln, therefore, must commend itself to all sensible men, even to those who do not agree with his pro posed policy. The worst that can befall a people is anarchy, and anarchy is the natural end of a government which wa3 always imbecile except when it was treach erous. The only evidence of vitality which Mr. Buchanan's Administration lias given for three months is the activity of the traitors composing it, and who have betrayed their country. That a feeble and doting old man has given place to one who has vigor and purpose and courage, is a thing to bo devoutly thankful for; for a few weeks more of mere driveling talk of Union, and dastardly submission to arnied rebellion and disunion, would have left the Government a wrecked and help less hulk. Mr. Lincoln's xVddress is the wisest state-paper issued to the American people since the Declaration of Independence. While there is no weak compliance on the one hand, there is no exasperating defiance on the other; but assuniiug that he is, by the choice of a majority of the people, the President of the United States, and deny ing that the right of secession exists short of revolution, he avow3 his intention of executing the laws. To execute the laws is to assert the authority of the Federal Government over all its property, territo rial or otherwise, and this involves the necessity of resuming possession cf all forts and other places which have been unlawfully seized by insurgent forces within her borders. The President does not go a step beyond this. lie recognizes his first duty to establish the Govern ment. When this is done, whatever .other questions may afterwards arie whether we shall agree to dissolve the Union with other States or not, whether with a part of those of the Southern section, or with the whole of them, are questions to be settled when they arise legitimately, and when the integrity of the General Govern ment is established. This may be called by the border states coercion, and there are those anion" us even who maintain that it is to commence civil war. On this point the address is as unmistakable as it is impregnable. A civil war, if there shall be any, will be be gun by those who resist the Government in the legitimate assertion of its rights. The President will do no more than this. He will assert the authority of the Gov ernment over all the property belouging to it, and nothing more. Nay, he propo ses even to be forbearing, and will not insist upon the appointment of Federal officers -where suoh appointment would be obnoxious to the people among whom they are to exercise their duties. If the people of the South insist upon depriving them selves of the beuefits of Federal institu tions, they will simply bo permitted to do so; but where, as in the collection of the duties upon imports, tho whole country is concerned in the enforcement cf the laws, they are tobe enforced. The Government trill thus compel respect and obedience, and avoid all "collision except where it hs jnade inevitable by resistance. Treason and rebellion must show themselves In their true colors, and be suppressed, un less, indeed, wo are willing to accept the other alternative, and acknowledge that a successful revolution is accomplished, and the South is a revolted province. What then ought tobe the effect of this Address 011 the business affairs of the country? It cannot, it seems to us, be otherwise than beneficial. The whole commercial community stands ready to go to work with an unprecedented activity. The whole mercantile machinery is in per fect gear, every part well oiled, not a screw loose anywhere, not a bind out of. place, and only waiting for the steam to be let on to start and run with smoothness and velocity and success. There is nothing wanting to the commencement of a most successful season but confidence as to the future, and that should be given us by Mr. Lincoln's Address. So long as a vac illating, uncertain und timid policy ruled at Washington, no prudent man would risk his capital where he could not recall it at almost a day's warning, for it is an unquestionable fact that wc were drifting under su-.-h a policy into mere anarchy. The country knows now what to expect. It is uot for a moment to be admitted that the Federal Government can fail in the successful assertion of its power; that any resistance to it on the part of some portion of the Confederacy can become so formi dable as to force it to unwilling hostilities; or that a settlement of our present national difficulties can bo long delayed with an Executive at Washington determined to reduce affairs to order. There may be some fighting to recover possession of the forts; here aud there a port may be block aded where there is some difficulty in col lecting the duties upon imports; but these acts hardly need have moie effect upon the main business of the couutry than was felt by the protracted struggle in Kansas, or the rebellion in Utah. Xor would the case be worse if the ultimate result of these struggles shall be a separation of some of the Southern states from the Confederacy. They can only go, under Mr. Lincoln's policy, by general consent, and then must go quietly, still holding re lations to the Union by friendly treaties. As anytlrng like a general civil war, then, seems impossible under the strong and steady control of the new Government; as without such a war no very serious dis turbance of the affairs of the country can occur ; and as when the apprehension of such 'disturbance dies away, confidence must inevitably be l'estorcd, wc look for a revival of trade end a commencement of a career of unprecedented prosperity, provi ded Mr. Lincoln shall be untramiaeled by any mistaken public opinion or partisan control in the administration of affairs. 3 The Mountaineer regrets to see that even up here in Cambria couuty there are those who hold to the sentiment of "No Compromise with Traitors." But so it is, and so it probably will.be for all time to come. The "Frosty Sons cf Thunder," born and reared where patriotism has al ways been taught as a cardinal virtue, have learned to accouut treason, come from where it may, as the most damning crime in the calender. That the Secessionists are traitors wc presume no one will deny. Indeed, even the Mountaineer admitted it when it called so loudly upon President Buchanan to avenge the insult offered the American Flag in the little matter be tween tho Charlcstonian chivalry and the Star of the West. But now, after the trai tors have been in open rebellion against the general government for several months, after they have seized our forts, arsenals, mints, custom houses, revenue cutters, and the Lord knows what else, after they have offered us every conceivable indigni ty, the same paper says, Let us Compro mise. In other words, it says, Seceders, as we can't scare you, why, we must coax you, and cajole you, and wheedle you back into the Union. Instead cf this silly talk, you should have said, Traitors," you have proved false to yourselves, to your country, and to your God ; you deserve a thrashing, which you will get, unless you reform your ways. And the patriotism and intelli gence of Cambria county, and of every other county, would have sustained you. We rejoice that there are so lew in this county who hold' to any other sentiment than that of "Down with Treason and Traitors." God and our native land. C3i,General Beauregard, lately a Major in the U. S. Army, now a leader of the Rebel forces, has been appointed by Pres ident Davis to tire command of the troops assembled at Charleston for the attack on Fort Sumpter. James Buchanan is now rustica- i ting at Wheatland. Long may he stay fori Sampler. Late reports state that the Government has decided oh evacuating Fort Sumpter. The chief causo for tins step is, that .Ma jor Anderson has only about fifteen days' provisions, and the question has therefore arisen as to whether reinforcements should be attempted.or the fort evacuated., Gcu. Scott advises that reinforcements cannot now be thrown into the fort without an enormous sacrifice of life. The question is wholly a military one, and must be de cided on military grounds ; and however much we may dislike to pee the order for evacuation issued, we'Vtl know where the responsibility rests. Thirty days ago the fort could have been re-enforced without any serious difficulty, aud measures had been takeu for that purpose, but James Buchanan, the then President of the Uui tod States, refused to have them executed. Let him and his Administration be anr swerablc for the consequences. On this subject, the New York Trilune says : If, as is predicted with some con fidence by our Washington correspondent, Fort Sumpter is to be evacuated, no doubt the humiliation will be great, and the or der for such a movement will be given by the Government with a regret quite equal to that with which the people will receive the tidings. But let it be borne in mind that this humiliation comes, if it must come, not from any negligence or feeble ness of the present administration, that it is not au evidence of a retreat from a well defined and strong position ; that it is a concession neither to the llebel power of the South nor to the timid expostulations of the few in the North whose counsels are weakness ; but that it is one of the last bitter drops in the cup left in our hands by the Government which has so long weighed us down, and which has now hardly passed out of our sight. The evil which Administrations, as well as men, do, lives after them, and we must expect to feel the curse. 'The duplicity, the mean scheming, the inconceivable baseness which have brought us to the present complica tion 01 our national affairs cannot lose their poison at once. The people will be prepared, if this withdrawal of troops takes place,' for a yell of exultation from every traitor in the laud, for taunts, and swelling self-congratulations from the men who have labored more earnestly than any others for the destruction of the Union by crying out for concessipus and compromises ; but let all remember that the strength has not yet departed from our flag, and that this movement ma' be only as the crouch which is to precede the decisive leap. No matter if the trcasoifwhich has woven around us its toils compels a step which no one wishes to take ; no matter if'Re bellion seems to have advanced its banners, or if Treason turns more confidently to ward us its brazen front. The policy cf the Government remains unchanged, and its firm foot is just as immoveable as evsr on the Constitution and the laws. In case the predicted event happen, the people will place on the proper heads the responsibility of tho act. They twill fol low the late President to his retirement with a sharper indignation than they have before felt; they will, moreover, ask, with an earnestness which calls for a reply, why the repeated assurances went forth from the beleaguered fort that the com manding officer needed no aid, no supplies ; they will demand from all who have borne a part in the transactions of the past two months with relation to this important place a strict account of their stewardship. They will none the less renew their confi dence in the power they have set over them at the National Capital, and will by that confidence strengthen the hands of the Administration for vigorous action in the future and forward. JCSS"" Crawford and Forsyth, Commis sioners in behalf of the Southern Oligar chy, are in Washington, and will enter at once upon the business of negotiating with the Administration for the surrender of the forts, etc.' Hang them! B3b- Mr. Foster lias introduced a reso lution into the United States Senate to expel Wigfall, Senator from Texas, from that body. "Which would serve him right. ?-ThQ complicity of Sam Houston in the treason of Gen. Twiggs has been clearly proven. SF Frederick W. Seward, a son of Wm. II. Seward, has been appointed As sistant Secretary of State. EOT Norman B. Judd, of Chicago, has been appointed Minister to Prussia by the President. The attendance at Court during this week is unusually small. Tlae Oasis of Adjustment. Wc subjoin the entire scries of resolu tions reported by the Committee of thirty three, as they passed he. Senate and the House of IterTcseutatives finally, "with Mr. Corwin's amendment: Resolved, That in the opinion of this committee, the existing discontents among the Southern people, and the growing hostility awiong them to the Federal Gov ernment, are greatly to be regretted; aud that, whether such discontents and hostil ity are without just cause or not, an' reasonable, proper and constitutional rem edies, and additional and more specific and effectual guarantee of their peculiar rights and interests as recognized by the Consti tution, necessary to preserve the peace of the country and the perpetuity of the Union, should be promptly and cheerfully cranted. Resolved ly the Semite and tlie House of Represcuteitire of the United Stoles of Airancu in Congress assembled, hat all attempts on the part of the Legislatures of any of the States to obstruct or hinder the recovery or surrender of fugitives from service or labor are in derogation of the Constitution of the United States, incon sistent with the comity ar.d good neighbor hood that should prevail among the sever al States, and dangerous to the peace of the Union. Recolnd, That the several States be respectfully requested to cause their stat utes to be revised, with a view to ascertain if any of them are in conflict with or tend to embarrass or hinder tho execution of the laws of the United States, made in pursuance of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States for the delivery of persons held to labor by the laws of any State and escaping therefrom; and the Senate and House of Representatives earnestly request that all enactments having such tendency be forthwith repealed, as required by a justseuse of constitutional obligations, and by a due regard for the peace of the lie public; aud the President of the United States is requested to communicate these resolutions to the Governors of the several States, with a request, that they will lay the same before the Legislatures thereof respectful)'. Resolved, That we recognize slavery as now existing in fifteen of the United States by the usages and laws of tho?e States; and we rccoguize no . authority, legally or otherwise, outside of a State where it so exists, to interfere with slaves or slavery in such States, in disregard of the rights of their owners or the peace of society. Resolved, That we recognize the justice and propriety of n faithful execution of the Constitution, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, on the subject of fugi tive slaves, or fugitives from service or labor, and discountenance all mobs or hindrances to the execution of such laws, and that citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immuni ties of citizens of the several States. Resolved, That we recognize r.o such conflicting elements in its composition, or sufficient cause from any source, for a dis solution of this government; that we are not sent here to destroy, but to sustain and harmonize the institutions of the country, and to see that equal justice is done to all parts of the same; and finally, to perpetuate its existence on terms of equality aud justice to all the-States. Resole jd, That the faithful observance, on the part of all the States, of all their constitutional obligations to each other aud to the Federal Government, is essen tial to the peace of the country. Resolved, That it is the duty of the Federal Government to enforce the Feder al laws, protect the Federal property, and preserve the Union of these States. Resolved, That each State be requested to revise its statutes, and, if necessary, to amend the same, so as to secure without legislation by Congress, to citizens of oth er States traveling therein the same pro tection as citizens of such States enjo-; and also to protect the citizens of other States traveling or sojourning therein against popular violence or illegal summa ry punishment, without trial in due form of law for imputed crimes. Resolved, That each State be also re spectfully requested to enact such laws as will prevent and punish any attempt what ever in such State to recognize or set on foot the lawless invasion of any other State or Territory. Resolved, That the President be reques ted to transmit copies of the foregoing, resolutions to the Governors of the several States, with a reciucst that they be com municated to their respective Lcgishturcs. Resolved, That as there are no proposi tions from any quarter to interfere with slavery in the District cf Columbia, or in places under the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress, and situate within the limits of the States that permit the holding of slave trade, this Committee docs not deem it necessary to take any action on those subjects. The joint resolution for the amendment of the Constitution, reported by the Com mittee of Thirty-three, was next considered as follows : Be it resolved, By the Senate, and House of Represcntativs of the United States of America, in Congress asscmbled,two-thirds of both Houses concurring. That the following article be proposed to the Leg islatures of the several States, an amend ment to the constitution of the United States, which, ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all in tents and purposes as part of the said Con stitution, viz : Article .XII. That no amendment at all shall be made to ,the Constitution which will authorize or give Congress the power to abolish or interfere, in any way, with the domestic, institutions thereof, that of persons held to labor or servitude by the laws of the said State. The Nkw Umti d States Senate. On Monday immediately alter the inaug uration of Vice President Hamlin, in the Senate Chamber, the following Senators rcro fi.Tvir;i in jnid took their scats on the f!or : Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, in place of Mr. Ilamini ; Ira Ham?, ox Acw lor!:, in place of Mr. Seward; Henry S. Lane, of Indiana, in place of Mr. Fitch ; Salmon I. Chase, cf Ohio, in place of Mr. l'uuh j Judge Howe, of Wisconsin, in place of Mr. Darker: ; George W. Ncsmith, of Oregon, in place of Joe Lane ; Charles B. Mitchell, of Arkansas, in place of 3Jr. Johnson ; John C. Breckenridege, of Kentucky, in place of Mr. Crittenden; Jas. Harlan, of Iowa, re-elected ; Daniel R. Clark, of New Hampshire, rc-c lotted ; Thos. L. Cliugman, of North Carolina, re-elected ; Edgar Cowan, of this State, who takes the place of Mr. Bigler, was not present at the time but was subsequently sworn in and took his seat. Of the above, Messrs. Morrill, Harris, Lane, Howe, Cowan, Chase, Clark and Harlan (8) are Republiaacs, the first five of whom aro new members ; and Messrs. Breckcnridge. Mitchell, Ncsmith and Clingman (4) arc Democrats, the first three being also new members. By those chancres the Republicans have at length a majority iu the United States Senate, in the absence of the Senators from the se ceded States. Their total number is 20, and that of the opposition is 54. This gives them for the tirsttime the control of the organization and the arrangement of the Committees. IV r so much at least, the country has reason to thank the rebel lious slaveholders. Successful Nlwsi'AI-ers. We learn that from Monday next our neighbors of the Tribune will stereotype their daily edition, of which they are circulating some C0,O0U copies every morning. Their weekly paper cf which about 20U.0G0 cop ies are printed has been stereotyped for three months past, as well as the semi weekly edition of the Fame journal, with a circulation of about 40,000. Taking all their editions together they mike about 040,000 rJ rihn-.es every week. Their re cent bid for 50,000 United States bonds, under the late 12 per cent, loan would seem to indcate a plethora of pocket mon ey quite convenient in these times. It is understood that the profits cf their bus iness la.t year were nearly S 100,000. From Tic Eceii'uvj Post, having fully re alized all the ends which he proposed to hiiiiiclt in embracing the profession cf journalism, Mr. John Bigelow has retired and M. Parke God "in becomes the pur chaser of his interest lite Keening J'ost divided G'J,C00 profits last year between its three proprietors. The Ir.d.jK-ndent has more than doubled its circulation du ring tlie past year and now publishes near 70,000 copies weekly. Ar. Y. Cour ier. The Heal Grievances or slXte iioldehs." (. The prospective develop ment of a Republican paity among the uou-slaveholdiug whites of the South, who form nineteen twentieths of tho white population. This is the great griev ance. II. Tho loss of a pixty years' monop oly of the Government, its military and civil offices a loss that leaves much idle gentility at the the South without re source. III. The loss of prestige and power by the old political parties, and their humili ated leaders a terrible grievance both at the South and North. 1Y. The humiliation of that insolcut arrogance which is tho legitimate fruit of slaveholdin-. This is the second great grievance. V.- Blind and growing jealousy of the prosperity of the North. No botching compromises will remove these, the true grievances. The complete overthrow of Republican principles is the only remedy. The latter is impossi ble. The Louisville Journal kis : The secessionists complain that some of the slaves who escape to the North are not returned. Their remedy is to dissolve the Union, so that pot asolitar' one shall be returned. They complain that North ern men hold out temptations to our slaves to run away. Their remedy is to provide that fifty" or a hundred run away where one runs away now. They complain that the North is opposed to increasing the the number of slave States. Their reme dy is by multiplying the facilities for the escape of fugitive slaves everywhere upon the border, to change several of the pres ent slave States to free States. They complain that the Abolitionists contem plate striking a blow at the slave institu tion. Their remedy is to strike a blow at it themselves, more fatal than all the blows the Abolitionists could strike at it in a quarter of a century. Pennsylvania Railiioad Election. The annual election for Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was held on Mon day, at the office of tho Company in Phil adelphia, and resulted in the election of the old board of Directors, viz: Messrs. J . Edgar Thompson, Washington Butcher William R. Thompson, Josiah Bacon' Thomas Mellon, John Ilulmc, D. G Rc sengartcn, Wistar Monis, G. W Cass Pittsburg, W. II. Smith, Pittsbur- ' Abraham Liucolu, our new President was fifty-two years old on tho 12th ult! Mtja Koiv Tlicy ray ttebts to oTT crncrs. A man who has just returned p rr Island, after trying to coict suic c-T.. iu the chivalrous South, gives the ing account of his adventure?, lie uot say whether he is in favor cf' e promise, but we guess he is not: "I went devrn the river towcrd the of October to seek for wcik. I hired . on the ;"th of Decc-iubev with a i-.,-n ..J)Ui Edward Dyer, to cook for a gang of Laa-' at work at ditching and rcvairiiif 1,. uS on the northern boundaries cf Lou-o- I was to hiLve Fo5a month and board T got along with him without any troul. for over three months, and I gave, $0f" as I understood, entire satisfaction the cud of that time I happened in , presence of Dyer's two brothers, to tee"a negro flogged, and a tho poor foIVw groaning most pitifully, 1 could n,t h. saying, ''Poor fellow, what a pity " next day Dyer's brothers swore tLt 1 au Abolitionist, and that they would lury me alive. They then took me and Left ec down by main force, where the h-c were whee ling dirt, until about 15 larror. loads of dirt had been emptied over ue" I expected never to come out alive ut . finally they let me go, and with ian? oaths ordered me to go to their brother's oilice and settle with him and ler-rjg ibout my business. There was tLcncv. ing to me eighty-three dollars. Edward told me that he should not pay i-e more than five dollars, for that would carry & to Memphis, aud to bo off before n':-i;t or else if his brother caught me there Le would surely kill me. 1 was obliired to take it and go, for he presented a revolver at me, and kworc he would shoot n,e un less I went about my business. After I had traveled about three-ouartcrs of a mile, he overtook me and gave me anoth er five dollars, which he fcaid was enou-h to carry me to St. Louis, and at the sids he threatened that if I mentioned at the neighboring town how I had been treated I should be lynched to a certainty, lor ha should be thciv himself early the next morning. I get on board a boat hound up. the river, the very next day in com pany with a gang of IrishiucJ, who, 13 they told me, had Leea cheated cut cf their pay in much the same manner. "It would have been perfect mad::e-j for me to stay and attc-upt to collect the money due me. I had hcen enough ta know that a man charged :th beiu aa Abolitionist was certain to b? hang or thrown into the river by lynch law; and there were Dyer's two brothers ready u swear as they told me, thut I actually'va an Abolitionist. Not very long k! -:c I left a planter had been robbed and inur- .dered on the highway, cud there eav. along on the levee vvntre we were w.u iug a crowd of tome iorty ruffi::: mined to the teeth, and accompanied ly lurry hounds, such as are use to track ruuivay negroes. They searched the cahin bt:,: I cooked, and inquired particularly a!ar any strangers. Three hours aftervari they re-turned wivh a white man hom they had caught, tied tc the tail of a mule by a halter which had been tied around his neck. The mule traveled it a good round trot, and he had to keep oa area to save his iife. 1 heard that they toot him into the timber aud half-hucg him to make him confess, and would have hung him outright but for a planter who persuaded them to wait till the next day and give him a trial by jury. The wj next day the real murderer was caugbt and this innoceut man was released. John Jonis." Rock Island, Feb. 27, 18G1. Cgl. Anpeuson. The N. Y. 1W Charleston correspondent writes : H battery on Cummings' Point, M urns' Is land, being now considered impregnate, although distant only three-quarters of mile, and Fort Johnson being also in such a position that he cannot effect much much there, he will be forced to allow them to fire away at his weak (land) side where the walls are only fc-vr fid thick, while he will turn the iruns cf the other side of the pentagon against Fort trie, and will destroy all the houses on Sullivan's Island. This side will ftaU an assault of four wceks,as the walls hv in-jr seaward are twelve feet thick. The slaughter on Sullivan's Islaud will he fear ful, with his terrible Columbiads pointing there, aud the men at that place (th" thousand) will be fearfully cut up. Dam ages by day will be repaired by uigh---As arh-rnier resort, if reinforcements 00 not come, he will point the long-"11? Columbiads at Charleston, and frhcll tLe city. This, he thinks, will bring ahouU truce, and a capitulation of some kind will be entered into, which will result in honorable withdrawing, or a more terrible commencement anew, when the motto i be no quarter. But adds, my informant. Major Andersen will never surrender thai fort escept upon the most explicit in structions. Rather than do this, he him self icill fire the mine which will send 1 eternity himself and every one oj paniom. By the amendment to the patent U adopted by the Congress hic-h bus J expired it'is provided that "All rrt hereafter granted shall remain in lr 17 years from the date of issue, n extensions of such patents is hereby I hibited." This act will put a stop to a great amount of lobby corruption Washingtou. Ou the chance of Adnnpi?1 4th, inst,, there wUl be five living Presidents of tho United SUcs. Buren, Tyler, Filuxore, Pierce tai chauaa.
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