Ir3tlkme :
The Cossetuut is published every Monday
Morning, by limy J. STAI4I.II. at $1 75 per
Luaus if paid strictly t's: ADVAXCII-42 00 per
annum If not paid in advance. No subscription
discontinued. unless at the option of the pub
lisher, until all arrearages are paid.
ALKIRTIALMENTS inserted at the usual rates
JOB PRINTING done with neAtaess Ana di,
patch
OPYLCK in South Ilaitinipre street, directly
opposite WempkrS' Tinuin i ; Establi.shment—
.
"Com?tusk" on the sign.
Wm. B. McClellan,
ATTO. ,- AT LAW.—Office in West Mid
dle street, one door west of the new -
Court !loose.
Gettysburg, Nov. 14, 180:1
A. J. Cover,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, will promptly attend
to Collectioug and all other busini , s en
trusted to him. Office between Fahnestoelta'
gait Danner k Ziegler a Stores. Baltimore street,
Gettysburg. Pa. [Sept. 5, 1 Citi. ‘
-
Win. A. Duncan,
A TTOTIN KY AT LAW.—Ortce in the North
west corner of Centre Scoare, Gettysburg.
[Oct. 3, 1859. if
Edward B. Buehler,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted
to Una. lie speaks the German !supine.—
thfire at the pLtee, ia South Baltimore
street, near Forney's dreg store, and nearly
•ppo.mite Wisner it Ziegler's store.
Gettysburg, March O.
D. Mc Conaughy,
A TTOB.NEY AT L.kW, olhee one door west
IV of (laeltler's drug and book store,Cbain-
Lerson-g street.) ATTOINZY LEO SOLICITOR rot
PATENT.' AND PEN.:10.76. Bounty bind. War
rants, Back-pay sn4pended Claims, and all
other claims against the Government at Wash
nogn. U. C.; also American Claims in England.
[,lnd Warrants located and sold, or bought, rth d
highest prices given. -Agents engaged in lo
cating warrants in lowa, Illinois and other
we-tern :litotes. kir Apply to Lila personally
•r by letter.
Gettysburg, Nov. 21,'53.
J. C. Neely,
LSATTORNEY AT LAW, will attend to collec
tions and all other busiaesg V u i sus i e d t o
care with promptness. (ike in the S. H.
corner of the Diamond, (turmerly oc,upied by
Win. Fl, McClellan, Esq.)
Gettysburg, April 11, Iti:;9. tr
I. Lawrence Hill, M. D.
As his office one ov,„,_
door west of t,lie `-'"• "%Tit I,T.*
utberan church in
Chambershurg street, and opposite Picking's
store, where those wishing to have any Dentri
Operation perforiaNl are respectfully invited to
c all. fIarsaENCES : Drs. Horner, Rev. C. P.
kraath, D. U , Rev. 11. L. [laugher, D. D., Res.
prof. M. Jacobs, Prof. M. L. Stcet er.
Gettysburg, April 11, '53.
Dr. A. W. Dorsey,
1111IF.IlLY . of Carroll county, X 14., having
permanently lorated in Cettyqburgi, offers
41:4 prulesadonal cervices to the citizens of the
town and snrrounding country iu the practice ot
the various branches of his profrssiou. (H%ee
end rciudeuce, Baltimore sfreet, uc.xt door to
The Ccimpiler office, whine Le may be found at
till times when not professionally engaged.
ItIifERYNCEs.
Prof. ntban B. Smith, Baltimore. )Td
tter. Augustus Webster, 1.),. D., Baltimore 1111
Dr..l. L. Warfield, West=lubter, 31d.
lir. W
A. IlKthias,
Jacob fieege,
JO HIK. Lonwell,Esq., "
t;ro. E. Wautpler, E,41., u 44
tier. Thomas Bowen, Gettysburg,.
Oct. 25, 1853. Om
The Old County
IFICILDING. known by every man in the
I) county: and no dowht mem.) a one abated
there never had been such a -pl ace, as many
were broken up by permitting, or radar oblig
ed to hare their names entered upon the coun
ty dockets. But look at the change. It is
pleasure now to call there and buy goods of
SAMSON at such astonishingly reduced prices—
lower than ever before oiTered in the county.
lie has just received Trout the cities large
int of new Iteady-tuade•cLoTRING, for men
nod boys' wear: with flat , , Boots and Shoes,
Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bugs, Clocks, Watches,
Jewelry, Violins, tiegars. Tobacco, &c., kc.: kc.
Call soon, and loo't mi ,. s the great bargains
now had at the old County Building, corner of
the Diamond and York, street, Getty - slit rg.—
T the spot.'
Thankful to his old customers for their pa
t rouage. he hopes by his change oflocation not
etas to retain their custom, but secure u large
number of new buyers.
An entire summer —eoatonnts and re:t—
fur :-. , : 1,15! at. ,SANISON.
April 141, 1860
Just in Season!
r 3 A CALL I—The undersigned ha%e
juAt ret eired from the cities au immense
Ett C's. of CLOTHS. CASSIMERES, CASSINI:TS,
YESTINGS in all vartetieq, kc. , suitable for the
season, which they offer to the public at unpfll
cedentedly low rates.
" They ask a call.
To coot ince all "
of the tenth of his assertion. No trouble to
show goods and give prices. A large lot of
READY-MADE CLOTHING also sellingeheaper
than ever.
Garments made Up for men and boys. as us
ual, in the very best manner, and according to
any style desired. The work being done in
their own establishment, the; are always en
abled to warrant it. Remember, their place of
business is the large and commodious room ad
joining Cobean k Cujp's on Chamberstnirg
street. JACOBS k BRO.,
Sept. 19, 1859. Merchant Tailors. .
J. W. Scott,
jLate of the Arm of Winchester 4 geofq
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE I and
SHIRT MANUFACTORY, No. 814.lhes
nut Street, (nearly opposite the Girard House,)
Philadelphia. J. W. SCUTT would respectful
ly call the attention of his former patrons and
friends to his new Store, and is prepared to fill
orders fur SHIRTS at short notice. A perfect
lat guarantied. COUNTRY TRADE supplied
with FINS SHIRTS and COLLARS.
Oet. 17, 1859. ly
- Marble Yard Removed.
THE subscriber having removed his place of
business to East York Street. 8 short dis
tance below St. James' Church, would announce
to the public that he is still prepared to furpish
all kinds of work in his line. such as ?kiwi-
Nments, Headstones, ac., ke.. of every variety of
style and finish, with and without bases and
co , kets, to suit purchasers, and at prices'to suit
the times. Persons desiring anything in his line
will find it a decided adx enrage to examine his
stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere.
W3l. 13. MEALS.
Gettysburg, March 21, 185 J.
Removals.
THE undersigned, being the authorized person
to make removals into Ever Green Ceme.
tern hopes that such as contemplate the removal
ofthe remains of deceased relatives or friend;
will avail themselves of this season of the year to
have it done. Removals made with promptness
—terms low, and no effort spared to please.
PE [ER THORN,
March 1:,'80. Keeper of ule Cemetery
RemovaL
MBE Subscriber has removed his Plough and
Machine Shop from the Foundry building
to MaWoad street, opposite Tate's Blacksmith
shop, back of the Nagle Hotel, where he is bet
ter prepared than . ever to attend to customers.
Ploughs always on baud and made to order at
the ahostspit abtice, and Machines, Reapers, ks.,
repaired. Also he will attend to cleaning and
repairing Clocks. ' DAVID WARREN.
•
Ray 10.
Casprr il i ke,K,S, Whips, ke. in endless ya
!ety, at J. C. (ii.7l.ti a 811.0'8,
Br 11. J. STAIILE
42'.'.'.). YEAR.
3PCIET"/€1 CICIO
NY HONE-LAND.
AY MRS. K. Pi. UtoODI
The poet may sing of Italia's bright skies,
And the glorious beauty that under them lies,
Of her sparkling waters so fair and free,
And the silvery starlight that smiles on the lea;
But I love not her sunsets of azure and gold
So well as America's beauties untold—
For our fathers 1-e hers.
The limner may paint the scenes on the }thine,
Wherea castle is built with•the n ealth ofn mine;
Where the rock-covered hills are towering so tall,
And the moon shining brightly is blessing them
all, -
While her silvery-gregight, like tin veil of nano,
Is Hunting down overr)wer nu(' town,
Sleeping softly below
Bat ovy wan native land I love better than all,
With its graud old mountains and fore,ts tall,
Where I sit io•the gorgeous ftlittimn time,
With t h .• heart °filature clii!.e to mine
And I COnllt i, ocean throl.bings, nn.l know
That the veil nn the leaves is the life-tide's flow
Of the dying. year.
TIACXS9I
A Yankee Trick.
lithe following he true it illustrates
Yankee ehrewdncs :
A week or two tt , o, fonr creditors
sta'rted from Roston in the same train
of cars, for the purpo.e of attaching
the property of a certain debtor in
Fl.rmington, Maine. le owed each
one separately, and they e.ich were
su:Titiuus of the object of the other,
but dared not say a word about it. Su
they rode, acquaintances all, talking
upon everything except. that %%Lich
they had tnost at heart. When they
arrived at the depot at Farmington,
which waa three miles from N% hero the
debtor did business, they found nothing
but a solitary cab, toward which they
all rushed. Three got in and refired
admittance to the fotali, and the cab
started. The fourth ran after and
mounted upon the outside with the
driver. II e asked the driver if lie want
ed to sell his horse. He replied that
ho did not--that he was. not worth
• more than SSU, hut he would not sell
1i nt for that. lie asked him if he would
tuke $lOl.l dollars fur him. '• Ves," said
Lc. Tho " fourth man " quickly piiid
over the money, took the reins, and
hacked the cab up to a bank—slipped
it from the Karnes., and tipped it up so
that.the door could )nut he ,poneil, and
jamped upon the Inirse's hack and rode
off, while the •• insiders" were looking
(JUL of the ‘t hitio‘V. He lode to a law
yer's, got a writ tw.do and served,
and his debt ccured, and trot had: to
the hotel jast as the " insiders" came
up puffing and blowing The cab-man
boaght back his horse for s.:lt). The
'' sold" men offered to pay that sum,
if the fortunate on, who tun ml propet ty
sufficient to pay his own debt, would
out tell it in Boston.
A Funny Editor
A greht deal is being Fail at tho
present about duelling.. and we will re
produee 31, S. IL Ilanunoud's letter to
a St. Louis gentleman, in which he
gives his reasons for nut meoting an
enemy in mortal Combat :
" While I edited the Albany RegjAhr
T offended a hot-blooded member of the
F. F's of New York. Ife t , ent, a polite
invitation through a friend, for me to
visit Baltimore. Baying no business
in that direction, I dcclit.ed. lle again,
through a friend, incited me to vibit
Canada. Having just returned from a
fishing excursion to the interior of her
Majesty's colony, and bating no occa
sion to go that way, I declined. Ile
then in direct terms invited n) to name
friend and timo, weapons and place, to
indulge in :„lie pleasant pastime o,g cut,
Ling each other's throats. I thought
the matter over, and declined a third
time, assigning the following reasons:
1. The thing was contrary to law,
and I had- no desire to be hung - for kil
ling him, or that ho should bo bung for
killing me.
2. 1 bad.a wife who lovod me, and
who would mourn for me if I fell.. He
had only a mistress, who would rejoice
at his death, as relieving her from the
necessity of flying from his protection
to that of some other man.
3. I had three children, for whose
education I was in honor and by nature
bound to provide. He had none.
4 Society had no stake in his life.—
Hie continuance could be no blessing,
ar.d his discontinuance no loss. Society
had claims upon me—upon him it had
none.
5. I'd see him first.
And there the rustier has rested ever
since.
The inconvenience of Looking like a
Przze - Fighter.—A resident of Philadel
phia, who bears a close resemblance to
John C. Heenan, arrived m this city on
Tuesday, afters brief absence. As he
wended his way up Chestnut street,
!carpet bag in hand, he soon found that
ho was an object of interest, but could
not divine the reason, until the cry of
" There's Heenan 1" fell upon his car.
By the time he got to Third street, the
crowd about him, composed chiefly of
newsboys, had increased to such a de
groe that bo could scarcely get along,
and ho was finally compelled to take
refuge in a passenger railroad car, to
escape the annoyance of being pointed
out as &prize fighter. As tho car moved
off, ono of the boys proposed three
cheers for John C. Heenan, which were
loudly given.—Phila. Ledger.
*IP The'comet is plainly visible now,
on a perfectly clear evening in this
latitude. It will be found for a short
time, if - the sky is clear, about duo
northwest, and some tea degrees above
the horizon, at a gnarter ofnwo o'clock.
The nucleus is considerable, and ap
pears much Wit, a star of the fourth
inag,nitude.
THE
Mr. D. ' a fashionable London tailor,
has just. been the victim of a rather
ingenious, though rascally trick. In
the early part of December last, a gen
tlemanly looking man called and gave
him an order for a suit of mourning, to
be made in a couple of days, as be had
to attend a fullersl at the expirution of
that time. Being told that ho could be
accommodated in two hours if necessa
ry, ho was measured accordingly.—
Having a small painting with aim, ho
called Mr. attention carelessly
to it, and said that a Member of Parlia
ment. had offered him eighty guineas for
it. On leaving Mr. he desired
that gentleman to be good enough to
take care of the picture until the mourn
ing habiliments were tiiiished, assigning
reason that, being so near the Pad
dington Railway tt rtninus, it, would
save hitit the trouble of carrying it
about with him till ho departed on his
mournful expedition. This being read
ily acceded to, the picture was hung up
by r. 1) iu a small parlor contigu
ous to his shop. On the nost, day, a
gentleman in appearaw-e, but in reality
a confederate of the former, coining into
the shop ar.d purchasing atrivial article,
pretendedne utmost astonishment at
seeing such a !minting in such a shop,.
reqUesting to know where Mr. D—
gotit, declaring it a genuine Titian and
asking it money would low it.
On being told that it belonged to one
of Mr. .I)—'s customers, who bad been
offered eighty guineas for it, lie propo
sed to purchase it, and would give one
hundred and twenty guineas for it.—
Suiting the action to the word, the
stranger took out a cheek book and of
fered to draw for the sum at once. Be
ing told that, Mr. 1) had to obtain
the owner's consent ho promised t. call
in a few days and wrote down his ad
dress to be communieated •with. In
due course the first swindler presented
himself and paid for his mourning suit.
On being reMinded of his picture, he
carelessly observed :
Olt, hang the thing ! I wish I had
sold it for eighty guineas. I hare too
inut'h to do now to attend to pictures."
What Hay you to selling me the
painting, if I pay you in ready mono ?"
%Vali i,ll my heart !"
A bargain ktas Ktruek for ninety
pound-, and 310:11) I..ceanie posses
sor (Alla, gem. The paintin' turned
out to I.e a nitre copy, scarcely Worth
ninety pence.
" Bahr to Tract and be littrzyel,"
young *woman, named .Vary
Johnston, attempted to poison herself,
at Cincinnati, on Tuesllay, but medical
assistance saved her life. The story of
Miss Johnston is a strung() but pitiful
one. She lb apparently about sixteen
years of age, and possessed or much re
tinement. She says she has a fortune
of sixty thousand dollars, vested in her
own name, in Clarkosville, Tennessee,
where she has been attending school.
There she became acquainted with a
young man named Waite, who abduct
ed her from the school, married her,
and took her to Cincinnati. Here, she
',flys, she placed eight thousand dollars
in his possession, when ho basely aban
doned her. She tells her story with all
the earnestness of truth,"and none who
hear her can disbelieve her.
Profane,Ste, ariny.—The revised Penal
Code, passed by the last session of the
Pennsylvania Legislatnre, makes all
persons who speak loosely or profanely.
of GO, Christ, thu holy Spirit, or Bi
ble, liable to an indictment for blas
phemy, the penalty for which is a fine
not exceeding ono hundred dollars, or
imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both, at the discretion of
the Court.
Wire Worms on Corn Land.—A far
mer, at a discussion nn corn growing,
as reported in the Maine Farmer, says
that soaking seed corn in strong salt
water before planting will keep off the
wire worm. Ho regarded this as indis
pensable in planti ng corn on sward land.
sarA !wine without a girl in it is
only half li.estaxl; it is an orchard with
out blossonis, and spring' without a
song. A house full of sons is like Leb
anon with its cedars; but daughters
by the fireside are like the roses of
Sharon.
jGoodness is goodneaß, find it
where we may. A vineyard exists for
the purpose of maturing vines, but he
would be a strange vine-dresser who
denied the reality of grapes because
they had ripened under a less genial
soil, and beyond the precincts of his
vineyard.
411114
Important Rumor.—A New York cor
respondent of the Boston Courier re
ports that at a recent Tenting of the
Republicans of New Ycitek city, held at
the house of Gov. Morgan, to take
measures to insure the suecoss of the
Republican cause, the most intimate
and most prominent friends of Governor
Seward, such as Messrs. Blatchford,
Evarti4, and Grinnell, were all absent.
The writer intimates that they wore
bent on executing.the programme pat
forth by - the Albany Evening Journal
immediately arum. the Chicago Conven
tion, according to which those who bad
nominated Mr. Lincoln were to be al
lowed to elect him. They'll have a
good time in trying to do so, we don't
Wink.
larThe jail at York was struck by
lightning on Thursday night week.—
The electric fluid entered the base of
the tower, then passed dowirisome four
or five feet to the cornice of the main
budding, completely shattering the
heavy wall and scattering the stones
over the prison like a shower of hail.—
:go other damage was done.
femorratir, gitiro and tamiit gournal.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JULY 16, 1860.
An " Artful" Trick.
COMPILER.
"Mina Ig lIIDRTY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
Ir. Douglas' Letter of Loceptance.
The following is Mr. Douglas' letter
accepting the nomination for the Presi
dency :
WASHINGTON, Juno 27, 1860.
Gurnekizx : In aceordanee with the
verbal assailants.° which I gave when you
placed in my bands the authentialevi
dence of my nomination for tkisPresi ,
dency by the National Convention of
the Democratic party, I now send you
my formal acceptance. Upon a nitro
ful examination of the platforin of prin
ciples adopted at Charleston and affirm
ed at Baltimore, with an additional re
solution, which is in perfect harmony
with the others, I find it. to be a faithful
embodiment of the time-honored princi
ples of the Democratic party, as the
same were proclaimed and understood
by all parties in the Presidential con
tests of 1848, 1852, and 1856. Upon
looking into the proceedings of the Con
vention, also, I.find that the nomina
tion was made with great unanimityin
the presence and with the concert- n %
of more than two-thirds of tho whole
number of delegates, and in exact ac
cordance with thu long established usa
ges of the party.
Afy inflexible purpose not to be a can
did:lte, nor accept the nomination in
any contingency except as the regular
nominee of the National Democratic
party, and in that ease only uppn the
condition that the usages as well as the
principles of the party should be strict
ly adhered to, had been prtclaiined for
a long time and become well known to
the country. These conditions hiving
been Complied with by the free and
voluntary fiction of the Democratic
nuv.ses and their faithful represen:a
tives, without any agency, interference
or procurement on my part, I feel
bound in honor and fluty to uccopt the
nomination.
In taking this step I am not unmind
ful of the responsibilities it imposes;
but with a firm reliance on Devine
Providence, I have faith that the peo
ple will comprehend the true nature of
the issues involved and eventmilly main
tain the right. The penee of the coun
try and the perpetuity of the Union
have been but in jeopardy by attempts
to interfere troth and control the domestic
affairs ry' the people in the Territories
through the agency of the federal govern
ment. lithe power and duty of federal
interference bu conceded, two hostile
sectional parties min -t be the inevitable
result; the One inflaming the passions
and ambition of the North, and the
other of the South ; and each strug
gling to use the federal power and au
thority fur the aggrandizement of its
own *section at thet.xpense of the equ a l
rights ot the other, and in derogation
of those fundameral principles ot self
government witch were firmly estab
lished in this country by the American
revolution as the basis of our entire re
publican system.
i During a memorable period in our
political history, when the advileates of
federal intervention upon the subject of
slavery in the Territories had well-nigh
"precipitated the country into a re
' volution"' the northern interventionists.
demanding the Wilmot pro% iso for the
prohibition of slavery, and the southern
1 interventionists, then few in number
and without a single representative in
1 either lionsio'of Coo ,, refift, insisting upon
Congressional legi;ltion for the pro
! section of slavery, in opposition to the
wishes of the peopl in either case, it
will be remembered that it required all
' thew isdoin,l;ower, and influence of a
Clay and a Webster, and a Cass, Blip
! ported by the conservative ansifititri-
I otic men, 11' big and Democratic, of that
day, to devise and curry out a lino of
1
' policy which would restore peace to
the country and stability to the Union.
The essential living principle of that
policy, as applied in the legislation of
1850, was and now is, non-intervention
by Congress with slavery in the Territories.
The fair application of this just. and
equitable principle restored harmony
and fraternity to a distracted country.
If we now depart from that wise and
just policy, which produced those hap
py results, and permit the country to
be again istracted, if not precipitated
into a revolution, bysectional con
testlbetween pro-slave y and anti-slav
ery interventionists, where shalt we
look for another Clay, another Webs- ,
ter, another Cass, to pilot the ship of
State over the breakers into the haven
of peace and safety T
The fedoral union must be preserved.
The Constitution must be maintained
inviolate in all its parts. Every right
guarranteed by the Constitutiop must
be protected by law in all cases where
legislation is necessary to its enjoyment.
The judicial authority, as provided in
the Constitution, must bo sustained,and
its decision implicitly obeyed and faith
fully executed. The laws must be ad
ministered and the constituted authori
ties upheld, and all unlawful resistance
suppressed.
These things must all be done with
firmness, impartiality, and fidelity, if
wo expect to enjoy and transmit, un
impaired, to our posterity, the blessed
inheritance which wo have received in
trust from the patriots and sages of the
revolution.
With sincere thanks for the kind and
agreeable manner in which you have
made known to mo the action of the
convention, I have the honor to be, very
respectfully,
Your friend and fellow oitisen,
Hon. W. H. Ludlow, of New York;
P. Dick, of North Carolina; C.
Wickliffe, of Louisiana, and others of
the cogynittee.
sir No manlcan bo in two places at
the same timo, but many a hypocritical
follow has shown that ho can be two
things in ono place.
Acceptance of Hon. John C.Breekinridge
of the Nomination for the Presidency.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, }
Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1860.
-
SIR : lam direotod, by vote of the
Democratic National Convention, to
inform you that you have been this
day unanimously nominated by it as
the candidate of the Democratic party.
for the °facet& President of the United
States, and in their •behalf to request
you to accept the nomination. I beg
leave at the same time to enclose coca
copy of the resolutions adopted by the
Convention as tho political platform
hpon which the party stands.
I have the honor to be, very respect- -
fully, C. CURIUM}, President.
Ilon. J. C. BRECKIMIIIiGY.
WARRINGTON CITY, July 9, 1860.
DEAR Sin : I have your letter of the
'23d ult., by which I run officially in
formed of my nomination for the office
of President of the United St.ites by
the Democratic National Convention,
lately assembled at Baltimore. The
circumstances of this nomination will
justify me in referring to its personal
aspect.
I have not sought nor desired to be
placed before the country for the office
of President. When my name was
presented to the convention at Charles
ton it was withdrawn by a friend, in
obedience to my expressed wishes.—
vieels bad r.ot changed when the
convention re-assembled at Baltimore,
and when I heard of the differences
which occurred there, my indisposition
to bo connected prominently with the
c'uvass was confirmed and expressed
to many friends.
Without discussing the occurrences
which preceded the nominations, and
which aro, or soon will be, well under
stood by the country . , 1 have only to
say that I approve, as just and neces-
Sary to the preservation of the national
or4anitation, and the sacred rights of
represootation, the action of the con
vention over which you continued to
preside ; and thus npproving it, and
having rebolved to sustain it, I feel that
it does not become me to select the po
sition I shall occupy, nor to shrink from
the reaponaihilities of the post to which
I have been assigned. Accordingly I
accept tho nomination from a sense of
public duty, and, as I think, uninfluenc
ed, in any degree, by the allurements
of ambition.
, I avail myself of tliis occasion to jay
that the confidence in my personal and
public character, implied by the action
cif the convention, will always be grate
fully remembered, and it is but just al
so to my own feelings, to express my
gratification at the association of my
name with that of my friend, Gen.
Lane, a patriot and a soldier, whose
great services in the field and in coun
cil entitle him to the gratitude and
confidence of his countrymen.
The resolutions adopted by the con
vention have my cordial approval.—
They are just to all parts attic Union,
to all •ur citizens, native and natural
ized, and they form a noble policy for
any administration.
the questions touching the rights of
persons and property, which have of
late been much stiscussed, find in those
resolutions a constitutional solution.—
Our Union is a confederacy of equal,
sovereign States, for the purposes enum
erated in the federal constitution.—
Whatever the common government
holds in trust for all the States must be
enjoyed equally by each. It controls
the Territories in trust. feral! the Stites.
Nothing less that. sovereignty can des
troy or impair the rights of persons or
property. The territorial governments
are subordinate snd temporary, and not,
sovereign ; hence they cannot destroy
or impair the rigts of persons or proper
-I.y. While they continue to be Territo
ries they are under the control of Con
gress; but the constitution nowhere
confers on any branch of the federal
government the power to discriminate
against the rights of the States or the
property of their citizens in the Terri
tories. llows that the citizens of all
the States may enter the Territories of
the Union with their property—of
whatever kind—and enjoy it during the
territorial condition without let or hin
drance, either by Con grisior by the
subordinate territorial governments.
These principles flow directly from
the absence of sovereignty in the terri
torial government, and from the equal
ity of the States. Indeed, they are es
sential to the equality which is and ever
has been the vital prine'ple of our con
stitutional Union. They have been set
tled legislatively—settled judicially—
and are sustained by nght and season.
They rest on the rock of the constitu
tion. They will preserve the constitu
tion—they will preserve the Union.
It is idle to attempt to smother these
great issues, or to misrepresent them
by the use of partisan phrases, which
are misleading and delusive. The peo
ple will look beneath such expressions
as "intervention," "congressional slave
code," and the like, and will penetrate
tq the real questions involved. The
friends of constitutional equality do not,
and never did demand a "congressional
slave code," nor any other code in re
g,ard to property in the Territories.—
They hold the doctrine of non-interven
tion by Congress or by a territorial leg
islature, either to establish or prohibit
slavery; but they assert (fortified by
the highest judicial tribunal in the
Union) the pitman duty of the federal
government in all its departments, to
secure, when necessary, to the citizens
of all the States the enjoyment of their
property in the common Territories, as
everywhere else within its jurisdiction.
The only logical answer to this would
seem to be to elainteovereign power for
tbe Territories or to deny that the con- '
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TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR
stitotkla recognizes property In the
services of negro slaves, or to deny
that such property exists.
Inexorable logic, which works its
steady way through clouds and passion,
compels the country to meet the issue.
There is no evasive middle pound.—
Already the signs multify of a fanatical
and growing party which denies that.
under the constitution, or by any other
law, slave property can o4ist ; and ulti
mately the struggle must come between
this party and the national Democracy,
sus fined by all the other conservative
elements in the Union. '
I think it will be immusiVe for a
candid mind to discover hostility to the
Unice, or a taint of sectionalism in the
resolutions adopted by the convention.
The Constitution and the Union repose
on the equality of the States, which lies
like a broad foundation underneath our
whole political structure. As I con
strue them, tho resolutions simply as
sert this equality. They demand noth
ing for any State or section that is not
cheerfully conceded to all the rest.. It
is well to remember that the chief dis
orders which have afflicted our country
have grown oat of the violation of State
equality; and that. as long as this great
principle has been respected, wo have
been blessed with harmony and peace.
Nor will it, be easy to persuade the
count'' , that resolutions are sectional
which command the support of the ma
jority of the States, and are approved
by the bone and body of the old Dem
ocracy, and by a vast mass of conserva
tive opinion everywhere, without re
gard to party.
It has been necessary more than once
in our history, to pause and soletnnly
assert the true character of this govern
ment. A memorable 'finance occurred
in the struggle which ended the civil
revolution of 1800. The Republicans
of that day, like the Democracy of this,
wore stigmatized as disunionists, but
they nobly conducted the contest under
the constitution, and saved our political
system, By a like constitutional strug
gle it is intended now to assort and es
tablish the equality of the States as the
only basis of union and peace. When
this object, so national, so constitution
al, so just, shall be accomplished, the
last cloud will disappear from the
American sky, and with common hands
and hearts the States and the people
will unite to develop the resources of
the whole country, to bind it together
with the bonds of intercourse and
brotherhood, and to impel it onward in
its groat career. Thu Constitutiioa and
the equality of the States! Those are
symbols of everlasting union. Lot
these be the rallying cries of the people.
I trust that this canvass will be con
ducted without rancor, and that tem
perate argument will ta kel the place of
hot words and passionate accusations.
Above all, I venture humbly to hope
that Divine Providence, to whom wo
owe our origin, our growth and all our
prosperity, will continue to protect our
beloved country against all danger,
foreign and 'domestic. I am, with
great respect, your friend,
JOHN C. BRECKINRYIXIIIL
Iron. C. Cushing, President of the
Democratic Convention.
Peter Cartwright and Abe Lincoln.
Ono of tho "institutions" of Illinois
is old Peter Cartwrigfit, a famous
Methodist preacher, who commenced
has career in that region as exhorter
and politician long before Illinois be
came a State. Ile was at the recent
Quadrennial Confen-nce of the Metho
dists at Buffalo, where the principal
part of four weeks wits thrown away
in buncombe discussion on the negro.
A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier,
who was on the ears with him a day or
two after the nomination was made
at Chicago, relates tho following inci
dent: •
The venerable Peter Cartwright had
taken a seat for Rochester, and, during
some fifteen minutes previous to the
time the cars !atilt) depot, the Doctor
was giving me, in his honest manner,
his opinion of both Stephen A. Douglas
and Abraham Lincoln. 113 had finish
ed the "Little Giant," and was saying
of "Honest Abe," that lie is a good
citizen, upright, and "in point of talent,
is a second rate lawyer." Just at that
moment, in Caine a bouncing hot Re
publican, with his platform in his band,
and took a seat near the Doctor. lie
came just in time to hear the remark
in regard to Lincoln's talent, and it
ronsed him wonderfully. lie inter
rupted the Doctor, (not knowing him)
and proceeded, under a rather high
pressure of steam, to inform him that
he was mistaken on that point. Alter
he had blown off somewhat, the Doc
tor said : " Well, my ft lend, I don't
know but you are more familiar with
the character and history of both Mr:
Douglas and Lincoln than I am. For
myself, I can only say that I have lived
in the same county with both of them
for twenty-five years; and I g*ve to
Mr. Douglas the first office ho was ever
favored with, that I have myself •twice
run in opposition to Mr. Lincoln, for a
seat in the Legislature of Illinois, and
beaten him both times- -and can do it
again ill will !" By this time you may
well suppose that the laughter drowned
whatever else the Doctor might have
said.
Forney—The Truth Coming Ont.
The reader is rekLred to the report
of the testimony oW.essrs. Thompson
and Cobb, members of the Cabinet, be
tore the Covode Investigation oommit
tee, to be found on our first page. The
truth is corning oat, and this miserable
traitor,. to the Democratic Party, is
shown to be nothing more or less, than
au office hunter. This has been the
cause why the Press has been the
vehialip of slander and vituperation fur
years past against the Administration.
lie has had in view - bat a single object,
and that has b3en the destruQtion of the
Democratic Party, and he no doubt now
rejoices that ho has at least contributed
his share in bringing about its disrup
tion. That this is so, is evident from
the fact, thilikhe in now doing all in his
power (in an indirect nay) to secure
the election of Lincoln, for President.
It was supposed ho would support Mr.
Douglas, if nominated, but instead of
putting up his name, he announces that
the Press is " not a partisan paper."—
Besides he is doing all in his power to
prevent unity of action on the part of
Democrats to prvent Lincoln's election.
The truth is corning out and this traitor
to the Democratic Party will soon ap
pear before the country in all his hid
eo as u ess. —.Norristown Register.
NO. 39.
Mr. Miles Taylor, Chairman of thr)
Douglas National Co,inittoe, has k
need, in the name of the Gorniiittce,
circular from Washington protesting
against tho union of all Democrats upon
a common electoral ticket for the pur
pose of defeating the election of the
Black Republican candidate's. The
Democracy Of Pennsylvania may welt
inquire, who is Mr. Miles Taylor, and
who authorized him to interfere with
the Democratic organization in this
State? We are competent to arrange
our own political affairs, without the
- aid and assistance of a member of Coin
gross from Louisiana. Mr. Taylor and
his Committee are entirely opposed, to
a union electoral ticket, and insist upon
the formation of a straight-out Douglas
ticket in this and other States, where
union alone can prevent the success of
Lincoln. What can bo the object of
this movement? What but the utter
defeat of the Democracy and the elec
tion of a Republican President? Let
us look for a moment at the position
the friends of Douglas will put them
selves in by foolishly following the ifil
pertinent dircietions of Mr. Miles Taylor:
Tho Democratic State Convention,
which assembled at Reading, in Febru
ary last, nominated for Governor, Hen
ry D. Foster, and agreed upon an elec
toral ticket. At the same time the
Convention' committed the organiza
tion of the party to a State Executive
Committee, and constrtuted the Chair
man of the Convention Chairman of
the Committee. This Committee was
recently called together to consult as
to the best means of perpetuating the
union and harmony inauguration at
Reading. They 'saw the party divided.
They did not stop to inquire how the
'division was created, for this would
have been about as foolish as for fire
men to inquire about the cause of a
conflagration before commencing to ex
tinguish the flames. They saw a di
vision, and they only thought of tho
best and most •practicable moans of
healingit. There were but two courses
open to the Committee—one to widen
the existing broach in the party, and
he other to suggest a measure for Wal
ing it. Dare any Democrat say that
the latter course was not the true one ?
Proceeding upon the fair assumption
that either of the Democratic candi
dile@ in the field would bo preferable
to the election of a Republican, they
agreed to recommend that the electors
chosen at Rending should cast tho.vote
of the State for Mr. Douglas, in case it
would secure his election ; but ifykat
should prove impossible, then Eby
should vote for Mr. Breckinridgelf
the vote of tho State would elect him.
Every man can see at a glance that tiro
only hopo of carrying the State for the
Democracy lies in the cordial adoption
of this plan—and, also, that those , who.
oppose it would rather eco Lincoln
elected President than a Dernderrit.—
Mr. Milos Taylor and his Committee
prefer Lincoln.
There is no power without the regu
lar Democratic organization of Penn
sylvania to change the electoral ticket
adopted by the Reading Convention.—
Let the extreme partizans of Mr. Dcing•
las attempt to put another ticket in the
field and they immediately place them
selves in an attitude of rebellion to the
Democratic orgahization. The Reading
Convention accomplished its work fully
before it. adjourned, and the electoral
ticket it nominated is just as much an
act of the party as the nomination of
Henry D. Foster. Tho Convention
did not authorize Mr. Miles Taylor to
interfere with the _Democratic organi
zation of Pennsylvania, but committed
that organization to the State Commit
tee, which is alone empowered to take
any action in ibis emerrenoy i arid
which has taken such pacific cinch-con
ciliatory action as every loyal Demo
crat in the Commonwealth will itipect
and follow.
Let outside meddlers with our inter
nal affairs, in conjunction with demes
tic factionists and traitors, attempt to
disorganize the pal ty by rtronineituo
ther electoral ticket than that authori
zed by the Readipg Convention, and
they at once put 31. r. Douglas id the
humiliating position of th,e candidate of
a mere faction. The mass of the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania, who care
more fur the integrity ')f the party than
for the triumph of any individual, will
vote for the union ticket and adhere to
the regular organization,
in spite of the
treasonable counsels of Forney, the
Black Republican Clerk of the House,
and in spite of Mr. Miles Taylor. The
Democracy of Pennsylvania aro compe
tent to settle their own domestic affairs.
The Old Dodge.—The "rail-splitting"
dodge which the Republican papers as
tempt to defend, appears to be disgust
ing eves Os originators. The Chicago
Press and Tribune, special organ, says :
" We hold that the splitting of.rails,
the successful navigation of a flat boat,
or the following of a plow, are but - a
small recommendation to the highest
office in the world."
All tho capital ho bas left, then is his
vote against the Mexican wur aoldicrn
and the newly invented party of ".114-
est Old Abe." •
Cheap Sponge Cake.—One cup 'What)
sugar, two tablespoonful's batter t ocro
cup sweet milk, ono te , aspoonfurttawn
tartar, half teaspoonful soda, *little
loss Than a pint of flour, ormegg,, , Jand
nutmeg to taste. •
le-The triumph of you= lies.litt
in the admiratioo of losrAyer,'
the respect of her
.littahluatti
can only be gaiwal bjt a eginet 4 4 . di
ration of those qualities
knows ho moat values.
MAI Till PATRIOT LYD 011101
Foreign Interference.
lifirLet well enough alone.
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