. rola r 4 tinue.
Tan Costrtima'ie "Imallidald Lanark Monday
sior&tit; by Nola 4.- Oftcres, at $1,16 per
-tams if paid etrls 1 f.ar antarea---$3.00 per
SIR WWII if not raid In advance. No subscrip
tion diiooriKeed, tithes at the option of the
publister,"oubllM'Sartearages are paid.
Aocilmulasorrit Inserted at the usual rates.
Jos PltlvitNti tone with neatness and dis
patch. Alfa at moderate prices.
Orrict in South Baltimore street, directly
op polka, *ampler's Tinning Establishment, one
and a half squares from the Court House—
" Coltrn.ia" on the sign:
Bastreas Si Winter,
VEW OXFOILD, A lainsi e,runty, Pa., Pro
•+-1 ir lial ust! C ifuei.iiiae IVare
houie; Waalesale an 1 ltetall De.).len+ in Geo
eerie. t; elnstantiy uu haul, Fish, Plas
ter,
It, WILL ‘Ti CURN. 11,SE, 0.17!t, CLOVER
al I TLYO7I.II - SZE.I.), I, 'tight at all tittles, fur
whieli the h;., , ,he3t cash priee.s are pad.
Fel). G.n
New Coal &lumber Yard,
AT Nor oa n. Dams Cot %Tr, PA.-
FROIKLIN; Htft•ll has reveled and will
c itantly ket pon Ilan 1, a large and well st—
tecte 1 assortment ‘,f 1.U.113 e.; R. and a superior
article of Cti.lL .nilnl,l. f , .r latnily purposes.
Also, 1.11.1.:101:111t,C, C ,, a1 ,, f the best quality.
A:1 prders 1"1 - .awe.l luutber can Le filled at
Lie ate .t,
FIIINKLIN lIEPSII
\c-.c OcCH, Fels 2., 15;24 tt
A Large Supply of Lumber,
J' ULI 01),A, etery quality of Iti‘er Pine,
.u,t eI. an 1 t.r sale, at very low
prl,.e, at tne 13rd nt SliEAUadc 13L'b:1 LE K,
a ;a: •a, I a n d Railroad
j , Llt ut the reas,,f the •• Eagle Hotel."
They have al4n on hand a large variety of
.P! iigeriq I L itliPr, Skia3litty Lallte*. and
Pirket (for garden feneing,) which
they will Fell lour. Orders for any amount
can he promptly tilled. Builders, before pur•
c:.asing elsewhere, will find it to their ad
\ ar1144 0 2 t, YX.1.1.1111C qualit:es and priceq.—
.A Is ~ a superior article of Marks:milk coal,
cts. per bushel.
Gettystrur4, Jun. 25, 1858
New Lumber Yard,
,AT NEW OXFOilD.—The undersigned
would inform the public that be has
opened a LUMBER YARD, on a large scale.
in the town of New Oaford. Adams county, to
which the Gettysburg Ilailnutd has been al
ready extended. His a4sertinent embrace:,
all kind, of Lnnil,e.r—Panel, First and Second
C oulnon and Culling Mani*, First and
.16s.:ond C 'min in and Culling Ilaak. Hemlock
Fe I,:!ing Boards, II nul.ick Joists, Scantling,
Plastering Lath, headed and plain Paling.
Ile invites calls from those-in want of
Lumber, feeling wisured that in quality or
price his stock eve." ae HE tT. lie will en
deavor to deserve n large share of pablic oa-
JACOB ACLABAUGII
trffivtge.
Feb. 1, 1838
New Firm.
111MILY IIEOCERIE & CONFECTIONS.
—The undersigned have tuirchased the-Gro
cery Store of E. H. 31INNIG11, on the
Northwest corner of the Diamond. formerly
occupied by A. 13. Kurtz. where they invite
the attention of all who may wi4h Groceries,
Confections, Fruits—Coffee, Tea, Sugir, Mo
lasses, Silt. Starch. Soda. Spices of all kialL,
Lerion4, Figs, A 'Anon,ls, le. Also, a fine as
sortment of chewing and smoking Tobacco,
&erg. Snuff, 77 - Country Produce ta
ken in exchange for
_ _
%VM. BOYER & SON
September 7, 1857
Removed to Hanover.
I~ft.yNCIS J. WILSON . , late of the Wash
iiigton Ho ime at Abbottstown, him taken
lIIER.SHEY'SOLD AND I't/PCL %H. STAND,
to Hanover. where he will be happy to enter
tain all who waj patronize him. Him Table
Is supplied with the bemt the market and gar
den can afford, and him liar with the choicest
of licvioN. ilia :tables z-e commodious, and
ettemled by careful 'bide a. Give him a Will.
You will always fin I FKANK. on the spot.
ready ant willing w wake everyhetly cow.
mtable. [April 27.1857.
Chsap Clothing.
eg.ottGE ARNOLD Co. h....my oil
"
hand, at their Clothing Emp•witim. R
large stock of READY-M.1.1)1i CLOTHING,
a ll of our own getting , up. made out of our
i/ NY a cloths, an I warranted to he made in the
very hest in tuner and style, tn , mg which are
- Press Cutts of every variety. Over-coats, ran
talosns, 'Vest.. 31 oikey Itekats, &e., also
Blue, Olive, Brown, Claret, Drab and
tireeu Cluwp , for Over-coats. with trimmings
to/ suit, solf cheap ; also cheap Cassimeres,
•Cassinets. Jeans, C .r.ls and men's wear gen
erally. We ha. e just receive,. the full fash
ions, and hate hands constantly empleyed
vetting out Witt making up, and if we taintint
please you in a garment ready made. we will
tithe your measure and make you a suit on
short notice. Call and see us. The above
. g.kpls will be sold e!senp for CASE/.
Oct. 12, 1;357.
To the Country, Good News.
I HAVE rented the Foundry fur the ensu
ing year, and an prepared to make the
different kinds of Castings usually made at a
Foundry. I termer constantly on hand the
different kind. of PLOUG US, Shares,
Cotters, Pot., Kettles, Pans, Washing
Machines, &e.: Move 4 and 'Machinery ; Por
caes, Vcraadab'saud Cemetery Fencing wade
and put up with dispatch.
All orders will be attended to promptly;
but being without crp . tal, and money being
necessary to carry on the hu‘iness. 1 will be
,c,ompelled to sell for cash, but on all enuntry
work 5 per cent. will bs deducted. Suitable
trade will be taken, if delivered at the time
4 of purchasing. Gi% eus 11 call.
E. M. WARREN.
Gettysburg. June 1, 1557.
Hanover B. Railroad.
/71R4INS over the Ihnover Branch Railroad
7- now run as follows :
first Train leases Hanover at 9 A. it. with
vaasengers fur York, Harrisburg, Columbia.
ond Pittludelphia. This 'Frain also connects
orWit the Express fur Baltimore, arriving
there at 12 x.
Second Train !elves at I P. x. with pan
"engem 'Cm Baltimore and intertnediato
pos,gmadzeturaa with passengers from lurk,
4 ; • J. LEIB, Agent.
Icor. 30, [857.
- Blank Deeds, &c.
POM3fON DEEIA, (single and douldo ae-
Ps.t losestietignreat,) and Deeds fur Executors.
And A Intisiiettscurt with the will annexed,
just printed. on superior paper and with new
type. at Tpt• Commta office. Summonses,
gabigenag - Bends, tie., also nn hand and fur
attic Dec. 21, 1157.
PAilAre for Winter.
_ Tot
. UFF.A.LO, Seal
jj Skin, Lion Skin
andlThirl pool Over
•Coate,Talmas,ll.ap
/
# lane and Loops ...11/
• abort, every new
atyie of Over Cost;
-alio Frock, Dress
J and BusinessCoatt
VIIIIMIN4 4 : I Assta, of innumerable styles and
• matabie lor old aad -plain men, SE
I I,?r 14 1 4 , and fur goys. Ait these
. - had at the Ter, lowest prices at
' 4126. • ' • SAMSON'S.
-RS otevory dueription oa harld
7t* kLaiii4 at pa9z BIII.IILIER'S, in
i 44"- t i 7 - bark St.i . eet." •
ft pon allh*POUTlMl ;Oil). TIN ROOFING
Sal 16"4"11443.1.11LT1T1ZR.
Br H. J. STATILE
407 YEAR.
Ti l e ?oefs eailet.
gerThe following parody on the ".Fine Old
English Gentleman" is better than the original.
It is written by that versatile wit, clever poet,
good singer, and "a good fellow generally,"
James A. Valentine, of the New Orleans Pica
yune:
The Flue Old Yankee Olowdesista.
sing you a good old song, that you haent
heard of Lite,
Of a fine old Yankee gentleman, of a fine old
Yankee Nude,
Who there had lived from childhood's years,
contented with his fate,
whilst silver hairs were clustering around his
honest pate,
Like a fine old Yankee gentleman, one of
the present time.
Isis cottage stood upon the hill, from whence
at dawn of day '
He hied him forth to cheerfol toil, which health
did well repay;
And there at eve, in peaceful mood, be Pooled
his pipe of clay,
And gnard a meg .of cider old, and puffed
life cares away,
Like a fine old Yankee gentleman, one of the
present time.
And when the ploughing matches came, with
each succeeding year,
With cheerful look and merry heart, he'd fore
most there appear ;
For though three score and ten his years, his
plough be well could steer,
And set a ridge or furrow tern, with any young
compeer,
Likes fine old Yankee gentleman, one of the
present time.
But e'en the brave old oak will bend before
stern winter's blast,
And looks of well- and tear now told his
strength was wearing fast;
Yet blessings on the hand that still rewarded
service past,
And crowned the winter ofbis years with com
fort to the last,
Of the fine old Yankee gentleman, one of the
present time.
And though. old customs still may change, oh
may we ever find,
That good old soul who toild for us, within
our hearts enshrined ;
For though no broad fair lands are his, or
wealth to leave behind,
He'll carry to the grace with him, the love of
all his kind,
Like * fine old Yankee gentleman, one of the
present time.
&led
INDUSTRY IN FERULES.
Industry in a female is always nn
important trait. There is, indeed, so
much uncertainty in the voyage of life,
that no young man can be deemed
otherwise than criminally imprudent
who joins his fate to that of a person
whose domestic education and habits of
life have been adverse to the practice
of this essential virtue. In a career
where the utmost prudence is often in
competent to secure success, and where,
in nine cases out of ten, the fairest
prospects are prematurely blighted, and
the brightest expectations nipped in
their fteslo st bloom, to enter the do
mestic relation, and to assume the sev
eral reiponsibilities of husband, father,
and citizen, with one who is wholly in
adequate to
to
the shocks of ad
versity, or to alleviate the burden of
misfortune by mutual assistance and
support, is not only an evil but a crime!
And yet them aro thousands whO - do
so,—tholisamls who annually lead to
the altar beings with minds as vacant,
and hands as unaccustomed to employ
ment, as though they had existed from
childhood in a mental and moral vacuum
—wholly ignorant of ordinary wants
and of the means by which they are
honorably supplied. It. is, indeed, to
be regretted that in our day the entire
routine of courtship, and social inter
course between the sexes, is little bet
ter than a regularly graduated coarse
of artful and systematized deception !
" What," says Cobbet, in his third
letter of "Advice to Young Men," "is
to tell 'whether a girl will make an in
dustrious woman?" How is the pur
blind lover, especially, able to determine
whether she whose smiles and dimples,
and whose bewitching lips, have almost
bereft him of his senses—how is he able
to judge from any thing ho can see
whether the beloved object will be in
dustrious or lazy ? Why, is it very dif
ficult ? "There are," says Mach!),
"certain outward signs, which if at
tended to with care, will serve as pret
ty sure guides. First, if you find the
tongue lazy, you may be quite sure the
hands and the feet are the same. By
laziness of the tongue, I do not mean
absence of talk, for that in most cases
is very good, but I mean a slow and
soft utterance, a sort of singing out of
the words, instead of speaking them—a
sort of letting the sounds tall out as if
they were sick at the stomach. The
pronunciation of an industrious person
is quick arid distinct, and the voice if
not strong, firm at least—not mastline,
as feminine as possible; not a croak nor
a bawl, but a quick, distinct, sound
voice_ Look a little at the labors of
the teeth, for these correspond with the
other members of the body, and see her
work on mutton chop and a bit of
bread and cheese, and if she deal quick
ly with these you have a pretty good
security for that industry without which
.wife is a burden instead of a help.—
Another mark of industry is a quick
step, and a somewhat firm tread, show
ing that the foot comes down with a
heavy good will. I do not like, and
never did like, your sauntering, soft
stepping girls, who move as if they
were kat:term:it to the resnit."—PAM.
Argus.
Careful Coat.—" Bring ),
in the oysters
1 told you to open, sa i d the head of a
household, €9.liiwing itapatient. "There
they are," replied the Irish cook, pro w' -
l'. "It took and a lon,l time to clean
Mesa, but I have done it at last, and
thrown the nasty insides into the
stmt."'
. . .
'4.
THE COyIPIL
R
•
A Rich Corrc-vondencc.- 7 —Tho follow
ing letter was received some time since
in Washington, penned, evidently in
good earnest, by come northern auto
graph hunter, who appears to have been
taking a Ri p -Van-1% nkleish snooze for
the last quarter of a century :
GErcEvA, Feb. —,1858.
DZAR SiR. :—Making a collection of
autographs, 1 - should be very happy to
add yours to my number as soon as
convenient to yourself.
Hoping that you( will grant my re
quest, I remain yours,
(Signed) I,l—
Dill, Geneva, N. V.
SuperAcribott—Posimarkm , l, " Frye,"
lion. John Ftundulo, U. S. S., Wusl►-
ington, D. C.
This letter fell into the hands of dno
of our city jokers, and elicited the fol
lowing creamy reply :
WAsumnroN, 1). C., Mar. 1,185 R.
MY DEAR SIR :—Your brilliant epistle,
of February —,1858, add ressed to .‘llon.
John Randolph, U. S. S., Washington,
D. C.," requesting his autograph, is, by
a train of circumstances unforscen to
yon, upon my table. The letter was
advertised, and them being no other
John Randolph but myself in this city, I
took the liberty of opening it. lam
not bold, I think, in assuming that you
intended to address John Randolph, of
Roanoke, who, unfortunately for your
valuable collection of autographs, de
parted this life some eighteen or twen
ty years since, or otherwise, I !oubt
not, he would have complied with your
modest request. You are not, however,
altogether unfortunate that your com
munication has fallen into my hands,
for, applauding your zeal in so patriot
ic an undertaking, I will be most happy
to assist you, by forwarding the signa
tures of some of my remarkable acquain
tances. lam sorry lam not able to du
so at present.
"Show me a man who can quit the
brilliant society of the young to listen
to the kindly voice of a►ge--who can
hold cheerful conversation with ono
whom yearshave deprived ofall charms;
show me the man who is willing to
help the deformed, who stands in need
of Delp; show me the man who wouki
no sooner look rudely at the poor girl
►n the village than at the well-dressed
lady in the saloon; show me the man
who treats unprotected maidendood as
he would the heiress, surrr unded by
the 'powerful protection of rank and
fitmily; show we one that abhors the
libertine's gibe—who shuns him as the
blasphemer and traducer of his mother's
sex—who scorns, as he would the cow
ard, the ridiculer of a woman's repu
tation; show me a man .who never for
gets for an instant the delicacy and re
spect that is due to a woman, in any
condition or class, and you show me a
true gentleman."
The Masons of New York propose
erecting a monument to Dr. Kane, and
intend plao.ing the figure-head of the
"Advance" upon it. Dr. Kane thus
speaks of the figure-head, in describing
the departure of the crew from their lit:
tle vessel, around which " the same ice"
still clings
"We went upon deck. The flags
were hoisted and hauled down again,
and our party walked once or twice
around the brig, looking at her timbers
and exchanging comments upon the
scars, which remind them of every stage
of her dismantling.
Our figUre-head, the fair " Augusta,"
the little blue girl with pink cheeks,
who lost Iker breast bol iceberg, and
her nose by a nip off e
villed Reach,
was taken from our bows, and placed
aboard the " Hope." "She is at any
rate wood," said the men, when I hesi
tated about giving them tho additional
burden, "and if we cannot carry her
we can burn her."
nuorratir, ?ems and tv amiit 4tnintal.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1858.
AUTOGRAPHS
My friend, G. Washington, Esq., late
Commander-in-thief of our army, is not
at present in town, but should lie re
turn soon, I shall lay your letter before
him.
I have several other diqinguished
friends, of whom you may not have
heard, but on diligent inquiry you will
readily discover that their names arc
worthy a place in your price/r,‘R album.
W. Shalcapeare, Esq., of Stafford-on-
Avon, Englaud. has some little renown
in the world of letters, who, I have no
doubt, will elieertully oblige you, when
I meet him next.
Mr. J. Ctesar, whilom of Rome, Ttaly,
was wont also to he kind in this regard ;
and the autograph of my particular
friend, J. Iscariot, Esq., a distinguished
Hebrew gentleman, would snit your
collection exactly. He would, doubt
less, diverge of it for a small considera
tion, as his charucteeia notoriously pc
cnniarv.
Should I meet any of these gentlemen
shortly, I shall, assuredly, oblige you,
and had not the immortal Adam (who
►n his palmy days possessed a country
seat eallid •' Parad►se") expired a "few
days" since, I would have enriched
your collection by his valuab(e "Mark."
At any rate, you have the auto g raph
of Yours, with protbnud respect,
Joux RANDOLPH.
P. B.—lf you think proper to reply
to this, drop the ,‘ ion." and' pay the
postage. J. R.
Notey Bency.—Adam's ehristian name.
is not remembered.
THE TRUE a
Such gentleman as a certain author
&Scribes in the following paraKruph,
are not to be met every day; and should
soy unmarried lady chance to find one,
we advise her to secure him forthwith,
as one of the most perfect Works from
the artilor of the Divine Architect
FIGURE-HEAD OF THE ADVidgeZ.
-With as-F-Sprifaad the p!rds.
"TRUTH. IS MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
ALMOST TOO ROMANTIC TO BE TRUE.
For some days past considerable ex
citement has been felt in some circles
in this community, in reference to an
affair in humble life, the particulars of
which we cannot permit to pass by un
noticed. So far as we have been able
to gather the facts of the case they ap
poar to be as follows :
. About three years ago, George Fry,
of this vicinity, became enamored of a
beautiful Gipeey girl, who, in company
with a number of, her people, had ent
camped in a wood near this place. Mr.
Fry's love was fondly reciprocated by
the fair Uipsey, and she consented to
marry him. But "true love never did
run smooth," and so it happened in this
case. The ^onsent of the father of the
lady could not Vo obtained to her mar
riage with " a man not accustomed to
gentility."
However, "Love laughs at lock
smiths!" When Mr. Fry found that he
"could not win the favor of the old
folks," he set about planning ways and
means to steal the object of his affections.
In this he was not unsuccessful. One
night, when the hard-hearted old man
was wrapped in the army of Morpheus,
and all around was lonely and drear,
Mr. Fry approached the cam of the
wanderers,and was mot by her fo p r
whom
his heart had long jtr agony sighed !
After fondly embracing her ho solicited
her to accompany him without delay,
to a village a few miles dibtant. With
out hesitation she complied with his
request, and on the following day they
were married. * * The rage of the
old Gipsey when he found that his
daughter lk&O "sloped," can better be
imagined than described. Nothing
could soothe his temper save the return
of his child. In vain he sought for her.
Nothing could be heard from her.
Finally, when he found that he him
self oould find no traces of her,he offered
a heavy reward to the person who would
discover her whereabouts, and in time
presence of several "kidnappers," he ex
hibited large quantities of gold and sil
ver, which induced them to make the
effort, and a few evenings after, in a
most in human mu t hiy accomplish
ed their o'bjeeL. In the absence of Mr.
Fry they wrested her away amd deliv
ered her over to the hand) of a father
unsuseeptible of the divine feelings of
love. Immediately the entire group of
Gipsies fled from the country. Rumor
sail that they had returned to F j pgland
from whence they hailed.
Two years noiselessly glided by, and
nothing was heard by Mr. Fry from his
absent wite, although lie long chin ished
the hope that she would escape from
her " tyrannical parent.," and icturn to
him whom she loved., Time, however,
gradually rusted Mr. Fry's love for
his Gipsey wife. He
,felt that it was
" not goal to be alone" so long, and
at the end of two years he again
united his destinies with another of
Eve's fair daughters. Suffice it to say,
with the latter he experienced no visi
ble difficulty. Things moved st a nilingiy
along—Mr. Fry lived happily with
his wife and the rest of mankind. But,
alas ! how short lived are some connu
bial combinations! Last week Mr.
Fry's first wife—Ais (;ipsey wife----in
compa uy wi th "George Fry the second,"
arrived in this place, in search of him !
By the assistance of Officer Shade, she
was successful in finding him.
Limited space forbids us from enter
ing into details, at this time, of the ex
cruciating suffering Mrs. Fry has under
gone since her departure from this
place. The intelligence of her hus
band's second marriage was a Severe
shock to her, but silo emplputically de
clares her. exclusive right to him. It
appears, by the way, that Mr. Fry's
second wife was " a widow," that her
husband went to California some years
ago, and, soon after his• arrival t here,
it was rumored that he wan muttered.
A few weeks since a letter was received
froM him by her, we have been inform
ed, in which ho states that ho will re
turn in the next, steamer, Le. What
the finale of this romance will be if be
yond the rower of human ken.—Ship
pensburg heirs.
A TRIIMENDOIIB FAST HORSE.
Many years ago a ,solitary horseman
might have been seen P witlly riding to
wards Toledo, Ohio. The sun had just
set in the ‘western horizon. 'Twas the
close, in short, of an election day, and
that solitary horseman was courier from
an invorton t township in Lucas county.
The returns from every township in the
county but the one we speak of had
been heard from at Toledo, and the vote
of this township was necdwd to tell how
the county had gone.
At length the solitary horseman ar
rived in Toledo and reined his foaming
steed up before the Indiana louse. A
big crowd—Demoerats and Whigs—
rushed for the news.
"BLitter time," said the solitary
horseman, looking at his watch, " was
never made by live hoes ! Fifteen
miles in thirty-two minutes! What
d'yo think of that, gentlemen?" asked
the horseman.
" Cogs the hogs," yelled the exet
ted crowd ; " how has - township
gone
" Genlmen," replied the solitary
horseman, "1 disremember. It went
either Whig or Democrat, but I've been
so taken with the speed of this 'ere hose
that I forgit which; but, gui'lmen,"
roared the excited horseman, rising in
his saddle and frantically waiving his
whip in the air, "you may just rest sat
isfied on one point; all can't beat
this hoes 1"
A Good Idea.— here is a rule in a
debating society that we have hoard of,
which is, o re l any gentleman erishing
to speak than half au Icon *al
hstri sr room to
SPEECH OF
HON. GEO. W. BREWER,
Before the Democratic State Cunveution,
at IlatTiaburg, Ilarch 4, 1858
Mr. Geo. W. Brewer, of Franklin,
being called• for, arose and said
I have been much gratified at the
spirit and temper which have charac
terized this discussion. It is indicative
of that harmony which, I trust, will
always exist in the Democratic party,
to give it in the future the name success
that it. has had in days gone by.
The questions involved in these reso
lutions are important; and the people
of Pennsylvania—nay, the people of,
this nsighty Confederacy of Statee—are
looking with interest to the delibera:
Liens of this Cdbvention. And among
those who are now watching oar pro
ceedings with anxiety, there is one
abovo'all the rest, who now stands at
his poet of honor and of trust, with the
heavy robes of office upon him—with
the heavy responsibilities of this great
nation resting upon his brawny shoul
ders—the whom two years ago, we nom
inatedi placing in his hands the flag of
our party to carry if into battle and to
carry to victory. (Applause.) Now,
in the hour of trouble and danger,
when this agitation isnot only disturb
ing the peace and quiet of Kansas but
convulsing the Whole country, James
Buchanan is looking to his native
Pennsylvania, that she may stretch
out her strong right arm of power to
vindicate his honesty and to sustain
his measures. (('heers.)
What is the question at issue ? The
people/ of Kansas have transmitted to
Congress, through the President, their
Constitution, framed by a lawful COll
- assembled for that ' purpose.
The President, in submitting, this Con
ititution to Congress, has recommend
ed its acceptance, in a message that
breathes the loftiest patriotism, and
accords with the true principles of all
republican governments and constitu
tional liberty in this country. The ad
mission of Kansas under this Censtitu•
Lion is' of to ; first, because there
was np- emthling act; seemid, because
the Constitution was hot stiholittcd to
4 vote ~of the people; third, because
the Constitution provides that no alter
ation or amendment shall be made to it
until the year 1861.
As to the first oljection, I do not
think it necessary to say touch. Sena
tor Dbuglas has admitted that he does
not consider an enabling act Its essen
tial. In the United States Senate, Feb.
1, 1658, he said:
" I have, in expLoation of that pint,
' said, in reply to the Senator from Mis
• souri, (Mr, Green.) the Senator from
Pennsylvania, (Mr. Bigler,) nnd sever
il other Senators, that I deemed the
' want of an enabling net sin irregularity
which might be waived or not, accord
ing as the proceedings were lair and just
or not. I have voted several times,
since I have been a member of the two
' House; 01 Congress, tnr admission of
States undgr ouch circumstances; and
hence I do'not regard an enabling act
as at all essential. It may be waived."
Should the necessity of an enabling
act be insisted on, however, there is an
answer which seems to my mind unan
swerable. What was the object of the
Ka nent-Nettraska bill ?—To relit, me from
Congress this exciting question of sla
very, and leave its decision to the peo
ple of the Territory whose intent:Ls,
were to be affected by it. We have all
understood that law as guaranteeing to
the people the right to form their sio
mestic institutions in their owr way.—
But if, in every eia.sci i the people., bet Ore
taking , any action, must Name and peti
tion Congress fez- the passage of ein en
abling set, What was gained by the
Kansne-Nebraska law ? IC such appli
'Atkin were required, Congress might
refuse, , and undoubtedly would refuse
or not, aceoreling as the probable charac
ter of tae Gmsti tntion of the State might
be acceptable to the majority. By the
Kansas-Nebraska Law, the people were
to have ' the right to regulate in their
own way,-their own domestic institu
tions, of which slavery is ono. The
Territorial Legislature is incompetent
to legislate upon the question ofslavery;
that qneetion can only bo determined
when a State ConStitution is framed.
It; therefore an enabling act isnot:eme
ry., then while we declare the right of
the people of a Territory to regulate
their Own domestic histitutions, we, at
the salve time, deny them the exercise
of that power until Congress shall
see proper to puss an enabling act.
The next objection is that this Con
stitution was not submitted to a vote
of the people. Here the question ark
es, WaB it competent for that Conven
tion to make a Constitution? Certain
ly it was; for if they had not the pow
er to make the Constitution,
nothing
could have been submitted. The only
question of difference (so fur as I kayo
been able to discover) between gentle
men on this door, is as to the construc
tion to be pat upon the Kansas Nebras
ka act. The two questions to be deter
mined are, what is popular sovereignty?
how is it to be exere!ised I I answer,
the source of all power is the people.
As to the mode of its exercise, every
one knows that it. would be impractica
ble for all the people, either of a State
or a TerritOry, to meet together en
. masse and legislate as their necessities
require: This inherent power they
must exercise through representation.
Representation is based upon suffrage
and that suffrage is the will of the peo
ple expressed in pursuance of the forms
of constitutional law and constitutional
liberty (Applause.) • '
This 'very question of submission
11:064 in the . Legielature .of ( Kansas
where the were about to ettth the
CenetLtit.#9olll, CouFaxam sPitl
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
of the Governor's veto, they passed the
law leaving it discretionary with the
Convention whether or not to submit
the Constitution. Now, I say it was
competent for that Convention either
to submit the Constitution or not, as
they saw proper.
But we are told that they did not re
flect the popular will. What then ?
Do not, the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia frequently misrepresent the wiU•of
their constituents, and pass objectiona-1
ble laws, which are repealed in the
proper way as soon as the people have
the opportunity? In electing delegates
CO that Convention the people clothed
them with the delegated power to
make a Constitntion, and they have
no right now to complain that that Oon
stitution is not in accordance with their
wishes.
But the idda that the submission of
the Constitution to a popular vote was
absolutely necessary, has been disavow
ed by Mr. Douglas himself, the groat
leader of, those who oppose the views
of the President on this question. In
the Senate of the United
.States, Feb
ruary 1, 1858, Mr. Douglas said :
" Now, in regard to the doctrine of
submission, I said, in my opening
speech, and I have repeated it since,
and in order that no man shall have an
excuse for misapprehending it hereafter,
I repeat now, the only essential point
is, that the Constitution most be the
act of the people, embodying their opin
ions. Bnt,•enbmission is not a
' The popular will is the principle;
the popular sanction is the principle;
that it shall bo the act or the people is
the principle. Submission to a vote is
a means of ascertaining• that will."
If, then, submission to the people is
merely one Moans of ascertaining the
popular will, there must, by implica
tion, be other modes of ascertaining
that will. Then no principle is involv
ed in this part of the controversy. The
issue here is simply a mutter of fact.
I maintain that the only fair and'safe
means of ascertaining the popular will,
is to regard the actiepi of the Conven
tion, a legal body; soli fully authorized
to embody the popular will awl reflect
the public sentiment. They were en
dowed with competent authority to
make the Constitution ; and every fair,
every legal presumption is in favor of
the idea that that Constitution did re
fleet the popular will, until you pro
duce competent evidence to rebut that
pr.•sinapt ion.
But the question of slavery—the on
ly question.. that had given trouble to
the 'people - of Kansas—the question
whose agitation had bottled their indus
try, crippled their enterprise, destroy
ed the fruits of their labor—that ques
tion the Convention agreed to subniit to
the people, and upon it a vote was La
ken.
But we arc told that subsequently
the Legislature passed a law-authoriz
ing a vote of the people'on the 4th Jan
uary last, upon tlie whole Constitution,
and that at that, election a large major
ity was polled ag,ainst . the•Constitution.
But if the Convention were authorised
to make a Constitution, they had the
power to submit it entire or to establish
and ordain it without snbmission. They
chose to submit one clause to the peo
ple. On the 21st of December, the
!people railed that, thereby making
the Constitution valid and.,lawfal for
all' purposes. The Legislature had no
more authority to pass a law' fixing
another. day for an election, than' the
people of Pennsylvania would hive
had authority to hold -aa -election, Last
fall on any' other than. the day fixed
by law.
I hold, therefore, that The legal evi
dence is, that the Codirtltution does re
flect •the popular.sentinieot. it Is the
Constitution, and mustrernain the Con
stitution until altered in the way pro
vided, or by an exercise of the inherent
rights of the people.
Bat we are told, that if Kansas be
admitted' under that CoOstitution, the
people will hive no power to niter it till
18114. The practice of nearly all_ the
old thirteen States is against 'this toc
trine; the practice of goonsylvania is
agoiist it. I believe that the people of
Incas will iiiive the right to alter it
at soon as, the Territory shall be admit
ted iitin , the Uniou. The amendment
mad. to our Constitution, providing
that no amendment shall be made with
in five years—is that-valid ? Does that
prevent, the Legislature from passing a
law to-morrow, providing fsir taking
the sense of the people on the propos'.
tion to call a Constitutional Convention?
I think it dues not; other gentlemen
think it does. But let us admit, for the
sake of the argument, that it - does bind
the s people of Pennsylvania, and that
they have no power to make an amend
ment to the Constitution within five
years. If the people of Pennsylvania
have the right to make a restriction of
that kind, have not the people of Kan
? If this Kansas Convention were
clothed with competent authority and
make a binding provision that the. Co
nstitution should not be altered for seven '
years—whose business is it? Have the ,
people of any other State the right to
complain about Pennsylvania, because
we cannot amend our Constitution for
five years? Even if the people of Kan
sas, therefore,. have no right to alter
their Constitution until 1861, that is no I
ground for refusing Kansas admissio n !
into the truion. It is a matter which
concerns themselves, and about which
,complaint should not come from us.
But this idea that the people of Kan
sas would not have the power to chatige
their Constitution till 1864 is, it seems
to me, sustained by reasoning that is
very fallacious. the people, when
they become a Suite, kw* any oLtho
sovereignty which they- befo, hiLe
Ow , tomato. a , Tsrritorr; Do, I
by insking A 0011301;ution
'Jibing di State posertt :
titeliameltailk*nforde
tbey lame, ag 1 1101111
in a Territorial capacity, to form a coo.
stitution, why is it not competent for
Them, after they are admitted as tailtate,
to change and modify that, emit/titian
whenever it becomes n Ifta
forming their constitution cam
make a prohibition which will be bind
ing for ten years, they could make one
binding for a
"thousand years. Tl
parties to this contract have a risk' la*
change the contract whenever thereat
proper. The people delegate their au
thorit,y to the Convention only for. a
sot vial purpose—to make a constitution.
When that is accomplished the Power
delegated to the Convention is exhaust
ed. The inherent power reintins with
the people to make another constitution
whenever they see proper.
Some days ago, the point that has
been suggested by my tend trout
Schuylkill, (Mr. F. W. Irughee,) at
tracted my attention ; and I went to
the trouble of ascertaining tlin votes
cast last fall, upon the four amendments
to the Constitution which had hemr
proposed. Remember it has been main
tained that the Lecompton Constitu
tion is Invalid and not binding, because
a majority of the votes of the people of
Kaubas were not cast in furor of it.—
The whole vote polled last fall in Penn
sylvania was 383,497. The amendment
which received the highest number of
votes had in its favor, only 122,857,a
little over one-third of the whole vote.
The athendment which received the
lowest vote, had only 113,805 in its fever.
Now, Mr. President, what would be
thought of the man who should go into
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania "to
disputo the validity of those amend.
menus, "leading that they did not re
flect the popular will because a majority
of the actual,. voters of Pennsylvadia
had not declared in their favor, and that
therefore he was not, bound by them ?
I say that they are as much the law of
the land, and are as fully sanctioned'hy
.the people of Pentisylvaina, self very
vote polled ou that occasion had boon,in
their favor.
NO. 27.
Every legal presumption supports
the idea that the Lecomption Constitu
tion reflects the
_popular sentiment ref
the Territory of Kansas. We are not
to look to resolutions of mass meetings;
we are-not to look to the acts of a Leg
islature that has no authority Over the
Constitution; we aro not to listen to
the complaints of those that hart) been,
from the first, in rebellion against the
Government, inflicting upon the people,
by their agitation, all this strife amt
bitter feeling upon the question Qf slav
ery. The people have formed their
Constitution in their own way, Naha
Congress-is bound to admit Kansas un
der that Constitatioo; because. from
the legal evidence, from the law of the
case, it appears that the Constitutipn
made by them, was made by the Instru
mentalities which they themselves se
lected and invested with authonty.t—
The people of Kansas ire entitiod-te
come into the Confederacy of States
under that Constitution. If you reject
it—if you say that there is any other
mode of ascertaining the popular wilt
than by the forms of law—by the ex
pression of the • popular will through
suffrage, through delegation, through
representatives—then there is an end
to the system of American liberty—
there is an end to our Republican form
of Government.
In conclusion, I would say that I hope
the resoletions of the Committee will
pass. Ido not support them from mo
tives of expediency ; that bas been the
argument against them—that their
passage may cripple the Demoerathe
party, may defeat us at the coming
election. I shall vote for them because
I believe them to be right; " and hon
esty is always the best, policy." Bp.
Hering thorn right 1.• should vote fbr
them, though by their passage the fur
ty should be weakened—which I trust
to God will not be the case; for I be
lieve that the best interests of tho ooun
try; I believe that the destiny of. heals
people; lijogieve that the hopes. pf
struggling patriotism the world over; I
believe, that everything grand, 'greht
and progressive,• is entrusted to. the
mission of the Democracy of this , na
tion.. (Applause.) anticipate no such
result as that the passage of these reso
lutions will defeat the party; but even
if,wo should lose one battle, even if we
should be temporarily stricken down !.
"Truth crushed to earth, will rise again;
The eternal years of God are hen ;
But error wounded writhes with pain,.
And dies monk his worshippers." -
This is an 'improvement on a HT)
kiln 'patented by Powell Grissom and
Charles S. Demi, of Baltimore, !dd., (in
Nor. 1.7 f 1857. The present improarn
ment consists in dividing the oblong
stack and basin claimed in their fortn‘r
patent into two chambers, by mane of
a central partition, and furniibing the
oblong furnaces with side feed doora e
thus dividing the stack, and providing
two draw pits throngli which to with
draw the lime after it has been burned.
1t also increases the draft, and allows
a much larger kiln to be used without
at all affecting the even settling.oftike
lime. When but a small quantity f
lime can he sold, only one chambertri
be employed, and then when the'sido
more brisk, both chambers may be amid ;
and the quantity of lime burned -and
kept on hand thus regulated according
to the demands of the market ; and by
making the side draft flues answer as
auxiliary furnace doors, the fuel can he_
introduced in a. manner to keep up AL
uniform beat from end to end of, the
furnace chamber. This is a good la) p,
and may bo seen in practical op_eatidu
on a large scale in Baltimore,
The Largest Poem—lt is — dated
that the largest room that wad diedr
constructed is that in. which *lO4O
- stores are kept in the Lellicilin
Docks.- That coon/ is said to voydr
nearly six acres, being, of course, Ni
dpr one roof! it is a curious 'eiredip
stance, apt this enormous , apaitteelit
should be devoted to an article i.of arise
luxury.
The Lancaster hank Incatigatitc—
Gov. Pucker bee app . oiiited!the
ing gentlemen comnitasion6lA
tigate the affairs of the Landister
under the met paced at the preseeithiss:
sion ofthePermayitrerde be 's carat--
Hon. TWI. H.
Hon. Geo: .1111sdeA 4 • ~4414 T,
.
J. Y. James,.:l7llM-
.ifirLearnieg vn A
Lime Kilns.
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