'J|)< Hit ■i I. 'nfii-.i s u- 'i 112 ...
President disclaims those question whieli
he ws.s repor'vii tohtvescn't txrthiTAtfor
pny General, ami upon which we in* le
some rsmaiks yesterday. We entertain
ed and oipressed come misgiving as to
the authenticity of the report at the
time ; but thought it better, for the time
bein*. to speak of them on the assump
tion that they might be true. Tt turns
out. however, that the report was a mis
chievous canard, and we are glad that
it doc* io turn out.
The effect of the publication in Ne*
York was to run up the price of gold
aome four per cent. Tbis, doubtless,was
the object of the parties wh-o originated
it. But how did it happen that a base
less story of the kind could Vavc such
an effect—bo alarm the whole country
and shake the money market ? Because
it was so much in accord with the pre
vious tttferances of the President. Peo
ple bad not forgotten his speeches where
in he declared that this was only "an
assumed Congress, and not the Congress
of the Constitution" to be tho Congress
of the United States—''hanging on the
verge of tho government," and many oth
er similar expressions. It wastheseuut
fngsous but well remembered docfara
ii ns that gavo point, fore? and effect to
that which would otherwise have been
instantly brawled ss-ao »l*ard and ridi
culous ea sard.
It ii new sfnted on the authority of
the Prer.dcnt, that he will yield to tho
verdict of the country as expressed in
the elections. 1 his is well. His prom
ises hitherto have not been well kept;
but we think he will keep this one. We
may calculate now that he will treat the
representatives of the people with decent
respect 11K has tried the experiment of
playing the part of a dictator ; tut finds
that he cannot do it. lie excited expect
ations in the ftiiuds of the rebels, which
Uav» turned to bitter ashes, and now
they will hate aod dospisc him. He
leaped into tho democratic boat and sunk
it: so they will probably cut loose from
him. lie tried to corrupt the party that
elevated him to power by means of the
vast governmental patronage at his dia
posal) but not a man who was worth the
powder to blow him up would accept his
bribes or b?nd tho knee to his image; and
tsow, forsooth, in utter helplessness and
abandonment, without a party, without
anything to lean upon, without any to
love him or trust him. and crushed un
(JOT tho tremendous weight of a uation's
wrath, ho cries out, "I submit." As
powerless and partyless as John Tyler,
and with a record darkened by tenfold
more-outrages, wrongs and follies, he is
left to wade through the remainder of his
term as best ha can. Thanks to God
and to a gallant people, he is no longer
capable of doing serious BO isohief. — I'iU \
Gazette.
Intermeddling Abr««('»
Few countries are so blesacd with
abundant natural advantages in climate
in soil, and iti Mines as Mexieo. No
white races have made so wretched use
of aplendid gifts as the Mexican*. They
(•cm to sink from bad to worse as by a
law of gravitation. When a luokcr on
imagines the bottom has been reached'
and that whatever farther change occurs
n.nst be an improvement, a fresh chasm
•pens, and beneath the Jeep abyse appears
•ne still more profound.
Mont forms of government hav« bceu
tried, and found equally anavailing.—
The elements requisite to the existence
of a well ordered Stale arc manifestly
wanting Imperialism and republicanism
make feeble protes's against the congeni
al anarchy, and both are speedily over
whelmed by it. Governments of force
and governments of opiuion are alike fu
tile. Unrest and insecurity, the two
conditions under which social and pro
duetive improvement are iuipossi ble, are
perpetually preseut.
A few years ago the Kmperor of the
French conceived the idea that the de-
feet was not go much in the essential char
acter of the people na in the lack of ca
pabilities in the men entrusted with the
administration of public affairs. By an
inconceivable succession of accidents or
mischances the wrong men had been
(.laced at the head of the government
under all the various furrai essayed. If
the right men could b« placed at the top,
and kept there awhi'e, order would be
evolved out of chaos, and an era of pros
perity would commence. Upon thu> idea
he acted. Mora conspicuous for his as
tuteness in detecting character and in
tnolding mon to his uses, than in any oth
or of the high qualities of rulersbip, he
selected his agents for regener
ation, and chose his opportunity. Iu
some important particulars events con
spired to aid his enterprise Tbe rebel
lion in the Southern States shielded biui
from interference on tbe pait of our au
thorities. He cent to Mexico a powerful
army, which made an easy conquest of
ttiost of the fortified place«, and estab
lished itself in the capital. The expe
dition coat him many valuable lives and
« great amount 6f treasure. He set up
RUch a government as he thought adapted
to the work to be done. Ail the arte of
■egotiati >n were tried in attempts to con
we tk« pupukUuH. Woote
"iiu "cry ali ned bj br'nes
no it- iii ! displays of power ;
but lite people remained untouched
Ti.o r cbrouip turbjUance has proved more
thau a match for I'Veoeh prowcts and
itasU'tiif The Kiu'pira uf Max-,
imiiian draws to a dreary close, and soon
will be known no wore.
Just at this point eertnin journal# in
the confidence of the Administration at
Washington have commenced advocating
the schema of a Protectorate by the Uni
ted States over Mexico. They discourse
grandiloquently of humanitarian dnties
in general, and of the special claims
which other States on this continent have
pon this republic. Neither our sym-e
•tpathics nor ambitions are fixed by The*
appeals. Enough of Mexican anarchy
already inheres in the structure of our
political society to give thoughtful men.
anxious for the prosperity of free insti
tutions, great disquietude. We hare a
sufficiency of Mexican politics in our
Southern States already, without formal!?
incorporating, or taking under guardian
ship, a vast additional territory, with a
population still more mixed and dissimi
lar to our own, and perplexed with inora
dieablc a'ienations. which would increase
beyond measure the prolific discontent
which agitate.* this republic now, aud
baffles our bent statesmanship.
If we had no divisions of onr own to
adjust this, Mexican adventure would ha
fraught with serious perils, which com
mon prudence would admonish our rulers
and people to avoid. In the actual con
dition ott our affairs its prosecution would
be little short of natinnal suicide.
What ulterior ends the conservatives
hare in view in urgir.g tVa proposition
at this particular conjuncture, it might
be uncharitable to specify. If a renewal
of the war for the independence of the
(Confederate States is roally contemplated,
as many reports seem to render probable,
this Mexican project, fully embarked in,
would enhance tho chances of the rebel
lion. It may be that in the future dis
pensations of Providence this country has
amission towards Mexico; ! ut theie are
manifold and transcenlant indications
that the first duty ot American statesmen
an i patriots is to ssttle the affairs of this
country on an enduring basis, coincident
with justice and humanity before peeking
fresh engagements beyond our own boun
daries, whose results must evidently en
tail uncommon risks and may involve in
calculable calamities.— Pitt. Gazette.
—lt is a matter of just exultation for Mr.
Curtin. that during the canvass recently
biought to a close in this Commonwealth,
neither Republican journals nor orators
were called upon to defend his adminis
tration. l'"or almost six years—and cov»
ering the whole period of the war—ho
had occupied the gubcrnaaorial chair; and
yet for no act of his administration was
he or hi» party arraigned at the bar of
public opinion.
Wh.lj it m'ist b* admitted that the
popular attention was absorbed by mat
ters of superior importance to the details
of State administation, this admission
does not cover the whole case. It is un
doubtedly true that questions of the very
highest moment entered into the canvas s
questions itr comparison with whieh
yll the ordinary topics of political discus
sit n sink into insignificance—but the ad
administration of Curtin stood correlated
to these questious. It was natural that
the Democrats, in rc&isting the continu
ance of the Republicans iu 'lower, should
scire upon every coigne of vantage, and
resist with the utmos} effect they could.
They made no essay on this point, feel
ing that on the whale the administration
bad becii ju-tly acceptable to tho people.
l'itliljuiy/i Gazette.
XATIOS AL TIUXKSOIVIMG.
A PROCLAMATION.
Almighty (jod, Our Heavenly Father,
has been pleased to vouchsafe to us, as a
people, another year of that natioual life
which i» an indispensable conlitiou of
peace, security ami prog res. Ttiat year,
moreover, has been en wned with many
peculiar blessings. The civil war that
wag ao recently among us has not been
anywhere reopened. Foreign interven
tiou has cease J to excite alarm or appre
hension. lutiusive pestilence has been
oeuiguly mitigated. Domestic tianquil
ity has un proved, sentiments ot coi.cili
ation have largely prevailed, and affections
of loyalty and patriotism have been widely
renewed. Out fields have yielded quite
abundantly. Our mining in lusty has
been riehly rewarded, a id we have been
allowed to extend oar railroad system far
iuto the iuterior reoea-«» of the couutry,
while our commerce has resumed us cus
touiary activity in fore.gu seus. These
great national blessings demand a natioual
acknowledgement.
Now, therefore. I, Andrew Joiinsan,
President of the Uuited States, do hereby
recommend that Thursday, the 2'Jth of
November next, be set apart and observed
everywhere iu the several States and Ter
ritories of the United States by the people
thereof, as a day of thanksgiving and
praise to Almighty God, with dne rerncni*
brance that in His temple ioth every
man speak His Honor. I recommend
alao, that ou the solemn oeoasion. we do
humbly and devoutly implore Him to
grant to our National councils, and to our
whole people that divine wUdorn which
aloue can leau any nation into the way
of all good. Iu offering these national
thanksgivings, praises, and •upplications
we have the diviufe assurance that "The
Lord remainetha Kiug foreve.-. Them
that are weak shall He guide in judgment,
and such as are gentle shall He learn Hi*
way. The Lord shall give strength to
His people, and the Lora shall give to
His people the blessings of peace.''
Iu witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affiixed. Done at
the city of Washington this eighth day
of October in the year of onr Loid on*
thousand eight hundred aod sixty six.
and of the independence of the United
State* the ninety first.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W*. it, SitfAM, SMkW
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The Largest Circulation oj
any Paper in the County.
TfcOMAR -BOBINSON. - -Editor.
BUTLER PA.
IVIOTESDAI, 0( T. 3l< IMiO;
*Sv~" Liberty and Union, Now and Forever,
and •nsep.irable."—o. Webster.
the Right to Instruct*
That all political p:wer is vested i» the
people, that their ch'oseu mlers are on'y
their servantt, and subject, at ;.li times,
to their instructions, has been to l'uliy
recognized by all political parties that
hn«e enjoyed any considerable amount of
po|Hilar confidence that we are somewhat
astonished any of the Republican
journal! of the country attempt to deny
its soundness, or question the policy of a
strict adherence to its exactioni.
ltei-ogniz n g the correctness of this
view of the subject oorself, aid having
observed with pain tho shameless uan
ner iu which the best interests of the
nation were trifled with, by those whose
duty it wag, under the constitution, to
elect United States Senators, as early as
February last, we wrote a short. article
on the subject, and teok occasion to sug
gest that the better way would be to give
expression to the popular will in State
Convention. Just as wc do for Govcr
otir or other State officers. To this sug
ges.ion our neighbor of the Gazette saw
fit to object. It subsequently favored its
readers with a series of articles from a
well-known pen on the Senatorial subject
assuming, or seeming to assume that this
subject was one specially belonging to
Representatives themselves, aud not, io
any manner belonging to the people
When, at a later day our country, in
Convention assembled, passed a resolu
tion of instructions on th# subject, the
Gazette again manifested some un asi
ncss, to which we ddtnurre I at the time.
It is but just here to say, that in what
little we have in sai 1 this mat:cr, we
havo been actuated by a desire to sec a
reform accomplished in this behalf, and
not for the purpose of controlling our
own representatives, for whose, integrity
we c!Mi most cheerfully vouch , and whom
so far os we know, are personally, iu har
mony with their instructions.
The Gazette has agaiu broached the
subject, as it seems from, a perusal of its
articles for the purpose of persuading
Representatives to disregard their i»-~
structions, knowing the position which
that journal oriee occupied, and feeling
personally solicitous that it chould con
tinueto earn and retain public confidence,
we would have much pielered to aee it
espouse tho cause of the people, than
that of their Heprcsrntativos if we may
so speak, although it might be more prop
er to say the cause of the people against
those who hope to control the action of a
majority of their representatives. While
we would have much prefcrcd that our
ne ghbor had taken a different view of the
subject we have no desire to raise any
question as to its l ights iu the premises.
Wo havo heard it claimed by some of his
admirers hero, th it ih; Gazette was a
known frieu-' to an aspirant tut Senatorial
honors, who, though very successful wiih
legislative bodies has »< orr seen fit to
test his standing with tho people. Those
desirous ot promoting his iuterest cannot
do so more forcibly than by excluding th*
people from all say in this matter. F« r
them it ig not only consist ut, but wise,
to avoid the jo] ular vt ice, why auy oth
ers should do so we arc at a loss to know
Waiving, fur the time being, til t esc
o msiderations and ignoring whatever ef
feet it might have on the approachiug
Senatorial election, is nit the principle if
instructions right? Most certainly it
ia, tt a democratic form of government
is right,
Tt is said that a poVtion of the pcople>
at the time of the formation of our Gov
ernment, were loth to trust the people
with political power, it is even claimed
that our present uiode ut' electing a Pies
idint and Vice President, (by electors)
»- the result of a compromise between
those who advocated a pure Democracy
add those who doubted the capacity of
the people for Belf-government. He this
as it may, it is certain that no suoh com
promise was necessary iu the formation
of our constitution. It was not, there
fore because the framers of our organic
law doubted 'he ability, or questioned the
right of the people to govern themselves
and make their own laws, that they adopt
ed the system of represantation, but be
cause of it* convenience, iu practability.
Never did the people, for a moment,
sappoee that adopting our constitution
surrendered their rights to influence the
legislation of the country by their ex
\preueJ judgment on any given subject—
the pasaago of a law, the election ot a
United Slates Senator, or any other sub
ject legitimately oum.ng before the leg
islative department of the goveru.uent.
And what goodreasou cau there bo for
tkia trwm tbe poopi*-?
it is not because we t'.at a Rep
resentative is any wiser thatr the rest of
hi-, felljw citizens tlmt wc hare adopted'
the tcpresentat've system ; but syuiply
because it is inconvenient for all tho cit
izens of a State to meet toecthcr, and,
in person express their will. Being,
then, impossible for all the citizens of a
State so torire as ours, to meet in person,
have they not a right to make they- wilT
known to those they intrust with' fhdtr
business? Most cons inly tfrey fo-ve.—
Nor is this a new asstfmptioi err fhe jrnrt
of the people. From oAr earliest recol
lection it has been eustomnry for them to
exercise tbiS riyftt. Even during the
last summer County conventions, in va
rious parts of the State instructed their
H representatives i u favor of a free ltai
lload 'aw ; and not a single complaint
was heard from any quarter, not even
from the Gazelle, that tho people were
thus assuming too much power, or that
they were leaving too little to the discre
tion of their represent-itive*. At an ear
lier day in o»r history similar iustructious
resulted in proeuring tho passage of a
free banking law. nas this wrong?—
Certainly the people have never yet beeu
convinced of the error, if such it was.
But again, if the people have no right
to instruct their representatives, by what
authority do those represents ives under
take to instruct our representatives in
the United States Senate? A Senator
may have been «tea ted years before the
election- of the legislature that under
take to instruct him, and yet the right o 1
the legitla'ure thus t > instruct him has
rarely been questioned. As I'-ng lack
as' 47, the legislature of Michigan in
structed Gen. Cass—then in the Senate
—to vote for the Willmot proviso. In
bis place in the Seuatf be called atten
tion to the fact and fully conceded their
right to instruct liiui. Indeed, it is not
within our recollection that, any public
man refused to obey iostiuction*, or at.
least to recognize the tigh*t of the people
to instruct, two receut
those of Senators I'ooiittle and Cowan,
and for this offeuce on their part they
have been kicked out of their party and
consigned to their political graves.—
Should their examples be a warning to
others the sacrifice will not have beeu
made in vain. But having said much
as we have room for ut this time, we shall
leave the subject for the present. Should
we find space we may on a future occasion
take a brief view of the history of the
nomination and election of some of our
United Suites Senators, for the purpose
of ascertaining whether we have been so
successful under our present cu<tom as
to forbid any effort at improvement iu
this progressive age.
Impeachment..
The fact that the impeachment of the
Prcsideut is being treely discussed both
by statesmen and Journalists, is a bumil
ialin'g evidence of the low depths to which
Mr- Johnson has reduced the presiden
tial office. While all the ioyui Journals
of the C 'Untry seem to agree as to the
power of Congress in the premises, they
differ, as yet, as to the expediency of ex
ercising thai acknowledged power.
The i ffences of the Executive have
been so many and various that it is hard
to settle definitely which is the greater.
The base uses for which he lias vscd
Federal patronage is one grsve cause of
complaint. But iu our judgment, this
would uot be sufficient cause for resorting
to the ordeal of impeachment Congress
ha> a woiktug majority of two thirds op
posed its the- President's-Policy. On
me ting in Decei.il.er, that, body eoufd
in twenty fur hours run tln .ugh a bili
remodling the whole appointing power,
to last at least to the end of his a cden
ey's term. By this means every patriot
ic (!) gcntleu.au who took i ffico under
Mr. Johnson, at the sacrifice of their
principles, their manhood— be
reached and all their places to
those who indignantly scorned to accept
office at tho price of honor.
Another charge conimouly prefeied
against tho President, is that he has
spoken of a co-ordinate branch of the
Government, in such a manner as to
weaken the confidence of the people iu
them and their enactments. It is cer
tainly a gave offence, to attempt even to
induce the people to believe that the
body who have been- passing our laws
lor the la 5 t f«'nr years, was but pari of a
Congress, "a body hanging on the ven*e
of the Government," Still judging from
the manner in which the people have
responded to the-e goings out we must
oousider that they have not been very da
maging, at least at home*.
'fhe President's private charaotcr is
another just ground of complaint, yet
having stood the shame we could even
outlive this also,
If it is thought beat to impeach the
President at all we are strongly inclined
to the opinion that he should be trie,i ex
clusively tor his abuse of (tower and other
malfeasance iu his conduct with the
Southern people. 4e has allowed his
ministers to appoint rebels as Postmasters,
Customhouse officers Ac-,,*ho wou>d sputa
the oath pieserioud Liy i.jw lie has giv
en aver Southern Uaiiroads to Southern
men and taken ihcir worthless paper
promises to pap for them, although they
«U»k UiUUvHG lit
their construction, an 1 this at a time
whet> Northern capitalists would hare
been sFa-i to purchase nrri pay for them
at fair prices. lie his abused the par
doning power, to th»s»mt injury of the
country, by ptfrdodng Gen. Humphreys
and allowing lam to assume Executive
control of Mississippi, where, to-day, the
la#B of tfte nation are, with the consent
of the President, nullified. He has abused
ft in the case of Monroe whom he allowed'
to preside over the Executive cfty gov
ernment of New Orleans nsrainrst the re'
peatmi protest of Gen SheriAswr, and to
the detriment of the loyal people still
remaining ia the efty.
He has outraged loyalty, in offering
and actually paying #100,(KM) for the ar
rest of Jefferson Davis as one of the ac
cessaries, before the fact, to the assas
sination of Lincoln, but has refused to
risk Lis safety by allowing him to be
tried, as was the other assassins, by a
court-martial or military commission, re
taining hiro in custody only to protect-hiw
from the vengeance or an outraged peo
ple. lie threw the whole weight of
his official influence against the loyal peo
p'e of Louisiana in convention assembled
on the 30th of Juiy last, putting liimself
in communication with the Rebel May
or of New Orleans and with subordinate
officers of theJState Government, in clear
violation of the constitution, ignoring the
Legislature and the Governor, the only
departments- of' tho Government with
which under the constitution he had any
ritjht to correspond, or hold official rela
tions. We might re'er to the lamenta
ble consfquerices of all this, as also to
Memphis and xlsewbere to show the ex
treme wickedness and folly of the Pros
dent's doitma in this behalf. Tn addi
tion to all this there is no doubt that he
lias promised military interference
with the elections in Missouri and Mary
laud, whether the October elections has
change! his purpose in these matters is
yet to be seen. Should he still persist in
currying out his netarious purposes by
overawing the lojsl voters in these States
then indeed, His Iniquity will bo full,
and his countenance in the Executive
Mansion,, past the holidays would be a
public nuisance. But some think it best
to avoid further agitation by ajmplv let
ting his accidcncy alone, and running the
Government, as can bo done, without
hiui; that wc might havo trouble in his
removal, &c. Our feelings are not strong
or very decided as to what is the better
course, unless as wc have already intima
ted, he should carry out his original de
sign in Missouii and Maryland. We
have uo fears, however, as to its effects,
should Congress in its wisdom determine
upon his impeachment. Not are wo eei
tuiu but that the experiment Would be
useful as an example !'■ r the future. It
wo u.M be a striking illustration t hat i-\ery
part of the constitution can be intoned
without revolution.
Hut five short veers ago an] a parly
waj lound iu ih:s country, boll a:iJ bail
enough to tell us that if we attempted to
"coer.-e their Southern brethren," that
ihe Union wouid at once be severed. At
a later day we were told that if we al
lowed the negro to carry the musket we
would hare a counter rebellion. Still la
tor and we weie told that it Lincoln is
sued his promised proclamation of Kmun
cipatiou, tiutj eause was lost. Again we
were told that if Little Mac was, »elievcd
' from count.unit ol the Potomac Army, it
wou diM ogee tuuian le. A'l the-c and
ninny < thcr masters of a kindred charac
ter were done, however ami none of the
evil consequences predic<cii ever attend
e 1 them. And should the Senate ot the
United States in it* wisdom come to the
conclusion that Mr. Johnson should not
Innfer disgrace the Presidential office,
he wo ill b» f>uiil retiring to
the wilds of Tennessee as obscurely as
FitE John Porter retired to Oregon after
Uis dismissal froui the artny, from whence
we believe public sentiment compelled
him to leave the country.
Heglnnlu( to L*«c ConOdcaco.
1 he Atlanta (<Ja ) Intelligencer isa vig
orously conducted rebel sympathizing
sheet, that has never been able to ?ce
even the probability of a change iu South
ern sentiment, as to the question of res
toration,, mi,til very recently. '1 ho re
suit of the late elections in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and lowu, have moved the
Southern mind to acc pt the situ-tieii,
and the Jute(lige.nver is becoming
alaiuied that the cause which was ad
journed from Congress to the battle fieid
aud re a.ljourncd to gongress, will suffer
a more ignouiinous defeat than be fur e du
ring the Fortieth Motion o! that body.
It say a : "It is pretty well settled that
the radicals will retain their two-thi'ds
majority it) Congress, and that their pow
er in tlat body is secure for two years to
ccme. It the South should divide upon
the question of acceptanoe of the t-on
stituuonal amendment, the radicals will
succeed with their whole programme."
Our belief is that the Souih is not only
already dvivided upoo the question of
restoration, l>m that the lar. est half on a
fair discussion would be ready to accept
the Congressional pioposition to aiuend
the organic law, mid that th.-y will bo
sustained in ih:s determination liy a uia
jonty oi the whole American pe'i|/le,
sitspue the tlin-iiU of the "humble ittii
victual" M U ushiugto i. or the piapuct
tiou of lon Hiiies at the South 10 'OIMHU ■
,Uc wmatgj wiununitijii' *ivil w%r-
EDITOR CITIZK«v-The Mowing Mtiele
found in the Pittsburgh Gazette, will
meet lb« heartj rpprobati n »t nil in this
county who know Mr-Purvianeo. We
endcsseall of it an;l desire its publication.
Ttee West rolled 8-p the majorkios at the
hue cleotum and why »hould it not have
the next U. &. Senator,. when we can fill
the seat et the faithless Cowan with a man
like Samuel A. Purviance ?
MAN* ItKruBMCA-NB.
Hon. Snmncl A. Purviance.
Editors G AZC'ITC: —Among the uanies
which have been presented tor iho U. 8
Beuatoiship, there are, wo are sure, none
which would be so acceptable to the State
ot large, aud uoue which would bring to
the councils of the nation uiore sterling
weight and worth, than the name of Saw-*
uel A. Purviftmce.
As a Representative from rile 33d Dis
trict tor nvt> terms, in the Natioual CJU
{tress, he exhibited marked administrative
ability, as well as uuswerriug patriotism
to the country and devotion to the right.
Ai G-JV. Ourtiu's Attorney Geuural he
developed a character for enorjy and
honesty which was but too little appreci
ated.
lu a word, lion. Samuel A. i'urviatiee
is just ttie man that Pennsylvania want*
in this crises—a man who would uot
L'owau like betray his party nor sell hU
birthright for a mess of pottage. We 4o
not propose to discuss, here, thu roUtive
claims of the proniineot aspirants for
election, among whom are John VV. For
uey, Simon Cameron aud Audrcw G. Cur
tin. Suffice it, they arc l'.astern mm,
aud we want a western man We waut a
man. too, whose garments aro unsullied,
a man who would never prove recreant
to his trust. Ifl Samuel A. Purviance
wc have such a man—a mau who has been
tried and uot found wanting.
In ealltiig attention to Mr. P. wc have
done s.i without consulting him, and do
uot kuos* tluvt he desires to be a candi
date. Hut, taking into consideration the
claims ot the west, and.the importance of
having a true <*ml tried uiun f> represent
our Stale IU the Sen te of the United
Stales, we have taken the liberty of thus
presenting the name of Samuel A. Pur
viance.
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.
AUryhmj, Octvhrr 26, IS6J
•or the Cl rut*
The U. P. Ptsbytcry of Butler, met at
Union Church, ou the 16 h inst, and wa»
opened with a sermon by Rev. W. R
Hutchison, Mode»ator, from Matt. 6—lo.
A call from Kvausburg for. one half time
from. 3b,. J.■ F Martin, wa»susl.(iticd„anil
the cleik was directed to-lrrward it to the
Presbytery of Allegheny for prrsontation
Mr, R. }{. Robertson was received on
certificate as a licentiate from the I'res
bytoiy of Monongahela au 1 Messrs Kerr
and ISradin were directed to assign him
texts for trials, with a view to ordination.
Messrs. Kerr. Pick, and Hiauin were ap
pointed to examine him at our next meet
ing.
Messrs. Dick and McF.Jjeo were ap
pointed a ijoiiiajiitUtt- en. devotional exur
tins for one voar.
Itcv. ilauiit'in was appointed state"!
supply te West Unity Congieg»tion,one
third time fin otie year. Mr Joliu >1
Kiree was taken under nur euro as :i stii
dont of Thooloiry an excel
lent discoui.se from 2 Tim. I—o
Presbytery adjourned to meet in i'utler
on the 2d Tuesday oi January, 1' 67 at
11 o'clock, A. M.
JAMES KKHII, Clerk.
Ilurrisville, Oct, 26, 18Bii
The Only ol' (he Commiiiill)' (o
IndivWliiul Memlit'rh.
In a recent address, .Mr. Beecbcr .-poke
;s. tollowj :
Men say often to me, what business is
it of yours buw I net? What business
is it of yours it I have immoral exhibi
tion? in your city 1 I have three reas'.na
—my ohlest son, ny next oiliest, and my
youngtst. And I have a to deman d
in the name of justice ami of CJoit, that
in that community in which I am gain:;
to bring these youg men up .thai not bo
contaminated. And 1 have a right to
defend them and myself by all lawful an 1
rational mtans against tltc. tjm;>'ations
and allurement't an I corrupti 'Bi of
tl;o-e tucn that make thur giis by
Ire vim; upon the soul* an 1 moral'
of tho young. There is not a ma i
that has n daugh'er that is uot intoreat.jil
in it, because her history, her virtue, lier
character and her happiness will largely
depend upou'lie character of the young
man with whom she is hcrsell V' be uifi
anccd, and nbose wile »hc is to become.
If he drinks, if he gambles, if be be cor
rupt in the essential elements of integrity,
she bad better ncvar have been born.—
Tell nie not of battle Sold*, point me not
to lavar-houses or prisons for instances of
wretchedness; show me that youug and
trusting spirit, born and bred to love
whatever \s transcendent in purity, aud
ideal in excellence, and that in a tru.-iing
hour made troth and pledge to one that
at heart was unworthy and corrupted.—
For one bright day or nonth that vision
holds, and then, as from the Upmost
heaven down to the lowest depths goes
her hopes. And woe is she, for if she j
maintain her integrity intact and her as- !
piratiou, he* lite is one perpeiual cross,
and hangs upon it a victim. Or
worse yet, if she toue* down ber sensi
bility to her condition, she gains peace
by seliirm her wouianhood, And I have
a right t» deteii ! my daughter aga>u.>t
tnarrying sO'ib a Hum; aud I have a right
to keep hu 'h yoan>! uu u IVutii icuipta
tion.aud to purge the eouiiu tntfy from
.lit! ut UUB
ne« to endeavor »o e!«an*e and purify
•he community, aud «e Exhort ettery ether
mao to do the saii'rf. And every one of
you that loves purity and fidelity and ho
nor and social integrity, upon'you Ido
charge it, not as a political dvWy, but at
a duty of God's ftuußc-, and a day of judg
ment responsibility,, to see to it that in
the pending electron, good nwaofaparty
that means reformation, are putin office
and that men that wiuk at corruption,
and that mean 'o turu back and corrupt
again refbrne, arc k<-pt out of it.
The lio n ttn Catholic*anil tlio
I rocdiucn ,
The Philadelphia T tfjraph eonciud^ s
an article on »ho action of the Roman
(Catholic Councit touching the evangili
zation of the late slave population of this
country, as follows :
Finally, the almost entire neglect of
the various American Protestant Clvurtrh
es to occupy the field e&invitingly thrown
open to them oy the abolition of slavery,
gives the Romish Church a fine oppor'
tunity to enter it and take posses
sion of it. We know that somothiug has
Been dono by the Protestant Churches
in this direction, but not a tithe of what
the importance of the work demands.—
Here are four millions of people at our
very doors, readj and eager for education,
auxious to receive the Gospel. Aud yet.
how little hi i bjoa Ja ie fir tliem !
This proiapt ami energetic action on
the part of ihe authorities of tiro Romish
Church is iu accordance with the far
sighted sagacity which they hare always
exhibited. It is apparent toevery reflect
iug observer thai, at no distant day, tho
masses of the black population of tho
South will be invested with all tl>« rights
»t>d privileges of citizenship. They wil!
then form a most influential and import
ant cle»«cin!i in tvtirly one half (ho States
ill' tho Union. What if, before tint time
the niatn-os "I that population shall hwa
been s.ilely gathered within thn fold nf
that Church whose head is at linn?/—*.
There is food for redaction in thjii. s ug~
g«stinn for those Protestant* who baliev o
their form of Christian-ty U> bo tho groat
bulwark of civil nud religion* liberty.
The conversion to llonnm Catholicism of
the b'ack population of the South will ba
a tonivHtriiift towards tnakjfig that Chnreh
the power in, this.eomi.try.
A New and GrajwfTpach in Medicine
DR. MAGUKJ, is the founder of a new
Medical System ! The quantitarians,
whose vast internal doses enfeeble tho
stomach and paralyze the bowels, must
give precedence to the man who restores
health and appetite, with from one totno
of lib extraordinary Piilp, and cures tho
most virulent sores with 4 box or so-of l*i»
w udcrlul and aJi lion ling Salve. TU-csa
two great sjijjifilios of the Doctor arc fast
superseding ali tho stereotyped nostrums
of tho day. hxtraordiuary cures by
Maggiol's I'll!.* ami Salve huve opened
the eyes of the public to tho inefficiency
ol the (_.io calledJ remedies of others, and
upon 1 which p< ople have «o long blindly
<ic| ouded. Maggtet's i'illtj.aio not of tho
..1,-s (hat swallowts. 1 l y the do*oii„ nail
of which every box full ta'»en creates an
absolute* neei.sgity lor another. One or
Wo of Mag.'.id's rill# sulliees topla-o tho
bow. li in p o feet order, tone the stomach,
c iates *ll appetite, su>. reader the sj i its
light and liuoyaut! 'i lone is 110 griping.
i,nd no rcai tiou in thefouu of poustipa
11 on. If the liver is utfeoted, its func
tions are restored; and it the nervous
system is feeble, it is invigorated. This
last quality uiakes the medicines very
d.esirabl* for tho wants of deliento fe
"u»lcsi Uh'erons .-MOI ernp.ive <ii« »SES
a-rtt lafe'raily extintruifthed tiy the tlisen
leetant power of s Salvo. In
fuot, it is heie annonoead that MA(I(I1KI.'»
Ifli.tnus, DYM'KI-TIC AND DIARRHEA
| I'ir.i.s cute where all others tail. Wliita
[ for Hums, Scalds, Chilblaina, Cuts and
!HU abrasions of the skin,, M AGCIM.'S
I SAI.VK is itifjlliable. Sold: 4M AO
oik!,, J'S Fulton New l"ork, aad
ail Druggists, at 25 els. p*rbox
For Sale at Drs. (iItAIiAMS& HUf?-
KLTON'S Drug Store, sole Agents is
Kuiler P» "»•*. . ,
F4( Ts"n TIIKOBIES.
"(iivc mca place to rest my lever oo t "
says Archimedes, "and I will move the
world." "(iive me puro and unadulter
ated drugs," pays o£ the olden
times "and I will cure diseane."
In one B' use, both of these learned
pundits were the veriest charlatans.—
1 They knew there was no place to rest
their lever on, either to move the world
or cure disease. Mechanism was in *
backward state, and the medical profess
1011 was but anothf r uame for sorcery ar*
•1 th.! adjuncts of magic filters and
charms of tb>* "evil eye," &e.
Hut these latter days have borne unto
us something more than even superstition
and its crew uverdroamt of in theiruiadcst
philosophy. In these days of practical
science, what was theory of yesterday
fv fifcot today, and all the old-tinu} notions
becoiue as bubbles in the sun, and Biys.*
and break with every breath wo draw.
Let Archimedes shoulder his lever and.
we will find a resting for it to more the. l.et
l.et mine ancient Medieus pant
and toil uo more for the drug 9 be so sorely
ueeds, for we have them at our band,
ever ready to'serve them at his beclc.
' liefined in the labratory of Dr. Mag
giel, the fiuest materials known 'in the.,
medical profession are obtainable Dy any
one. Ilia Billious, Dyspeptic, and Diar
rhea Pills stand unrivalled, and bis Salvq
operates with nrigieal effect upon burns,
scalds, and all sv;es «nd ulcers of tho
skin. .
in fact, we think MAOOIEL'S Pills amj
Salve are the wonder of this century,
we apx- happy in the thought that uianj'
oilers of our hroWiren of the craft agree
with US. \\'n wouid earnestly CKMII «1
th i* all faunl.es provide themselves with
Dr. Maggie!'* Preparations at once, and
k1 up thew leojy »! hau l, »•> as to usft
th-.iu at the nioat oj.ponune tiin&
ami u,ixa(fi«u sen -*■