- - OItatERVER. - rib MOM. 1 , r Dila% • 1.• " per, •i d ar.r; Dot Laud if out( tb. "ri n heY'ar• dubseribe t •,- b .rre I Farr " CILTTS a ;,: • _ ..co or Tpu • Linea 1" St,TF; three loser ; on., be:o nsouthe " ,.5 • .•, r.et'u,i7,o4;poe'year 00; r-Olre;n.s.rz.,: 11t va proportion: Thee° rate; s :..;rj to, uaiera cliinged by special or at the option of the putdishers. Andi rs Divetces and like sdrerttse; ;I.v ; ilwiri:strator's $3;o0 ;, Law vatee line; Marriage gotie/33 TIFIRISTII , t , s - s p i ec e; Obituary Noticea(over three Itnes tre eea t per line. Original poetry, no t;ri it t h e request of the editor; one j alrer tisNtimits wictir'eontinued at unottbe ? von edrertliing, antilorderod ,, d i reetioF. unless 84;speeitled period 4e treute: their ineertiotr.:-:, • IsG-0•e bare one oI the beet Jobbing q e s•ste, sett are ready , to-do all work fa m ay be entruoied to is, In equal style fe•s!,;sl,neor outside olthe'largest cities. ..:::.unl'est;.,ns should be addressed to 51:N.5"1 41 WILLTHAN, Fditar sad Proprietor. 0 , 1:0 aste: 0 : 60 = 12 = 1 pilleSS 'Directory. etTLEi. • o,• t l,Aw, dirard, Erie Connth c. ; o. 11.: business attended to - with LAW, 4 Walter's Of. ' l's}.••• atur 7 '67 = , "WV:TN. {moors" .es;Th Corsall.4as Le T.A*. North Weyornefof the , 7,4, fa. . .0 gy,INE.TT. :qv:1010F Mee second r'ctk Freed Skeet, betwepn b nod ta Mnelb-2. YV)l.lWit. 1' I'iTtANSTEI LAW. Rid g ir a y, Pa. r -q j v 3V 1 g', QQ E D PR I C.Bk mal4'66-Bmit • ~, 1 y , -'' H ie,R , F MANUFACTURER or • /UPBO. 620 ABCs MUT E /1114DELPHIA. FINE SILVERWARE, =MIIMI E RI T EIE CiftEAT'STEENtiTIII HOOFLAND'S GERHA (Not A Whiskey Pre will cue' • Debility yr:milting from any einsewb tom-Prostration of the system, cin•ed by -Perez* dibipi; orposcuve, fevers or dVa of eemp, fife. Sold ray ettlsene, pale or fem- le, Volum! yontb, Inn mkt In fhb 11111tete *pre Tonle, not dependent on bad,briers for tbetr almost mt • racu'one etT•et. ••• _ . DYSPEPSIA', And diseases resulting from disordirs of this Liver end Dieestive'orgerue, lad eafedbf . , 1100FIAND'S GERMAII BITTERS: , . ... This Blithe bus Performed more satisfaction, has more testimony, ha people to vouch Tor it tlisnrtlier Let. We defy any one to co radict T inikpay 111,0 {lto say one 0 will p published by us that's not naive. • .1100 F LAND'S lINIAN NE . Move every eveii --- )f . chronic or la clivege .2 of the Md....eye: Ot serve thg f nutting from dboele riot a/o'4oga . • Conaiipatien, Inward Mom, Foline.. of Blood to the Fine, Acidity of the Stomach. Menu Heartburn, DU. gaitfur Food, Fulness or `'.eight in the Stomach, Soar i t rn Kinctatione;einking or Plintiegiog t the Tit of the Stcmach, Swimming of the Head, if ed acid Macon Brearhing . Broarhing. Fliittedng at the Heart. C Ohm or Softest. leg ilenrationa when Ina lyingpostare, Diainecia of Vie. ion. Dots or Webs borne the eight, firer ond Hall Pain in no Heed. pendency of Peropirallow,^Yellifineu of the chin and Elea, Pain is the Side. Bub, Cheat, Limbe, &e, Sodden PloiLea of Heat. Barningli the Veda Cop. etent Imaginings iff Hill and' great Dedica tion -ofSgßita. Fixture Boa, that thle Bitters to not atehoolli, eontaLas no4to or wht•ka7,and cannot wake drunkards, bid is the best tonic. to the world. - - • • s~ 4 1 r.......... READ WED SAYS 80. TTOITI Rev. W. D. Seigfried, Pastor oi l 'Twelfth Baptist , • - Church. Philada. , - • Gentlemin —1 harivreutitly been laboring wader the &drew ing effecti of Godigeitlon, aceovipanled by a pros. tration of the nervous system. Numerous remedies were recommended by friends, and some of them tested, but withoit relief. Yowl:1°01foot. Gerr.an Miners were recommended by persons who bad : r 1.4 them, and whoike favorable me eition of these Bitters iSdated me to try ti em. I mast confess that I had an Sversion to Patent tl . Medicine& from the "thousand and o " quack " Bitters" 'hone oolralm seems to be ito, palm If sweetened and drugged liquor oven the cornea • oity a sly way, and the nadency of which. I fear, is to make many a con firmed drunkard Upon leaning the ioars wan -really a medicinal preparation I took it with happy effect. Its action, not only upon the stomach. knout the nervous system. was frompOliod gratifying. ' feetthst I have derived great and poratatientbeneGt f ' m_the use of a few bottles. Very reavettnily . onn i''' • W. D. SEIG FRIED, No. 2.5 A =nom St. . . From the Rev. E. P Pendell, Atelstan Editor Christian . ,•• ;Chrojdele.rbilada. I have deriveddecided benefit from the use of Boodand's G-nuen Bittern, and Heel Holy privilege to recommend thenav ninon valuable tonic to all Who an eufferiog from geaerat debility or from anuses; arising from the derangement of the liver. - Min truly. From Re*. D. Yantis's,. Palter of the ' 1 Chute', Phileda. From the many rospeet a to e Dr, Hoodand's German Ritter& WU in • trial, After tieing several bottles good remedy ,fer Ow:ditty, soda moat e the stemsoh; - , 7 From Rev. W. Smith, formerly Pastor. of the Timone town an I lirliville Vi. 1) Raptiet Church es. Haring ne e t it In nay 'amity. a number oit bottles of your Modelle, ile man Bitten, I hare to sly 1 regard them • as an excelle i medicine, specially adep . ted to remove the diseases ey are recommended ' or. They eareatithe 6 • end invigora the in stem when de e :l in li ted, end are ale tut in_disorders of the liver, loss of ap S ite , he. I ale afro rec - ormendedthero to several of V friends whe have tried thee, and for tid thensgreat beneficial in tho restoration of health. Yours truly, WM% EiIIITR; pots ant a St, Pkdada. I n i . . . L ' - • .. . BEWARE ,OF ;COUIIT RMS. Bee that the signature of NI N. JAC ON" tir stilt* wreppsr (leech bo.tte " . Shou'd your nearest druggist not ha e the artiste do not be par or by any of the intoxicating preparations that may be .fared in !Urdu*, batsand to to and we will it urward. securely packed, by err. . rjr" Principal Oelee and Manufacto ry.No: ISM Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pe.- . • JON11"3 r k RYAN& [3escessors to cr. K. /stetson & . 3 Proprietor,. ?Or eele by druggists end•desiers in . very town in the united elites. ‘ deeThilly. , pegLevs NATIO:VAL CLA 31 AGBNCV At the Sign of the ~OFFI BIN 41‘141.ft BALL, BVILDING, ' root Park Pliis i Srie, Pa., or added Loa Box 1014 Pensions 81A:slued for wounded and isahled Belding and Seamen. or their widows or orphaia, dependent taotheis ore erg. SATUIPA ON GUARANTEED 013 NO PAY. _ Back pay i d Bounty due Soldiers Ind Semen aid their heirs, 'se'ed with greater fspilitise than by any ether agency In North-Weston Penns Tanta, baying bad four y e experience?, in the Unit +d flats. Treag ur% NON Y ` ADVANCED bN CL Wxpenaes in tiered In °Veining, bHoOnp home, and Mutat of Splitters and Seamen. icollesteid at the Mg% of the "3ld Mal " • • ay on pensions promptly collected' and a rested. All wounded soldiery and semen are entitled to pen sions. , - , ompsfisoiTrawrioN Expenses inexrred foe rehnlting. and Ley for time so occupied cellected, as veil as all of thesi!ove„ AT PERLIT'S NATIONAL - CLAIM ANINCY„ NEIN. • NO charges until claims are iosid. • Aetneinber pay on pensions begins ',Ph date of applt • ea ob. ant owe applied for witbus oney of the tints of dfritharge of hwreild or drab of same. • flaws be are unsettled, accounts. U lied at this *racy in old U.S. Traisty, Ceres wit has pad reue of experience their aecouuts. • &filet e" an se • inexcf at Parley , * age,eau collect par for cloth * lost by destractiol ebit! in ao. than. ,Lobk o t for ' 11011 401 P UN “oi.Drnao " PARE rue& Claims for h ire tried fn settee. GP wild fe the Val" tea Sta rery aptly collected. Penn r. . T. Parley ails four ynyirx in the U.S. Treasury. . . semnrp, f — Prize money oroMotly collected at • small per eel, ~ by Peels', a lets U.S. Irealltry oldest. 1 • * * B:Todd Parley. thanifal for the v er y liberal pa tronage bestowed by the public. feels that baying ad a Mese experienetfas •U. El ollbutr..and as Dor. Sea. ofthe Pennsylvania Soldier's Aegoeistlon. and Comudaloner for Penn+ lysels for Kadin's; daring O. wat, he can render unequalled servine in bfortb-Western Pennsytta-, ale. targil 9m putpAnezPulA ac ERLN Nils /LOAD. THIS great line traitress the Northern and Northwest eonuti es ,of Pennsylvania to the city, of Erie, cm Lake Erie. It has been laud by the Paanugtoenta I;o41- 'read Company, and is operated by them. 'TIMM OP PAilliliallt 1.11.1118 411. WI. Leiee Eastward. 11311 Train,....:-.1 .. Bid a. nr. Bee Exposes Train ' 1 in p. era Corry Amore._ '..4.•..10 45 a.m. Arrive Westwar d. t Mail Train .. .... ........ -: ... -..... ~, . 6 6.5n.ni .Erie Empress Train....../.• ... . . ... ... ......:1....... '9 15 a =- Warren /Seem- .... ..,.... ... : . L.." 640 p. tn . Passenger can run through on the Ida Mall and Ex Press trains without ehangeboth erayl ‘ betwerre Philattel ' phis awl Eno. . . . ~! -.. .I . .- :. ~ New York enniseetien : Leave New York at 9 00 01. 1 h. arrive at Brie 9.18 a. m. Lamm, Erie aft 58 p. tr., Myhre at New York 840 p.m. • - • . i :-:.: - - Elegant, Sleeping Cans, on all night laisism. .weeping us. —43L_ Por infennatien easpeetimg Pass•zurse butineig Apply at earner of 80th and liarket stor'. Phila.; Li for rrsigitt business piths Company's la agouti • • R. B wap,TON, Ja„vornex Binds, Philadelphia. J. 117. iIIiTWOLIOI. Brie. . • s • • • • W. DAWN. Isnot N.C. R. R„ Baltim rs: 4. • , R. 11..1101TRIPON, General Freight Arent, Phila. • 13.; (WINNER, Gee. taut Att. Phila.— ' 'AL MILLS. CAN - - - • istgoed hiet4.atimphetett the74.pstreitpthe • hle:weaNl towage lty fain* -the 9 111,11 0 tbaS • i prepaad to de • The u • • Oa Canal, thy are • - I C U fI , ;T 0 1,1 G I.IIIR rularrlar. • W• Woo Asap coartantly on bind •!ido* of , F-L 0 B, IP B r:D, tI REt l I if, ""kg.; • Of 119 kliuir for Mb at rboleorlo or WAIL 9ASH PAID FOB ALL HODS JOHN ROBINSON. Win: OLIVER • BACON. AN State Bt, SAO. Pa. m 023410. Butz' *TICA'W 01100. - ' f-* d. Blake woidd respeetlhily Inforist l pe eitissii of Me and adjoining towns that be has opened atogniir E A B'T EaN 8T R-A-W- 11- 0 P Whom ho be happy to see hissed' en 'comers and: *Umbers. AII kinds of Most kept and made to Or* M any style.- :All kinds of hats altsred. Washed. .3,8 d end finished to the latest style. - With the best of eektemn help and machine; and a long exposing* in ever/AG porta:el:4 of =tray Goods. I eannottail give netheser don. Alt standard styles real red as soonlee ant...Evert cue will be taken to please customers. *U work done , promptlyoustwarranted. ;Also ;good Stole 4 of MOM: Goods od hand at faired rub' priors. . peelers' end finishing done promptly' at Mod. pttoes. Wait: door to the Park Chunk. znaliTls• o'; ; - 1- r • eta— _ • : . v.- • ,• .. M I,A I ,THiIp.4T - AFTER.I9 . 9N . ;: '. mu TOXIC K Ilte d .44 t4e,F or dp, BITTERS : Ste ti detid, "The heart or hAtor, the Warta Of troth,-i Re, the We and 4:01 of of afl. , ; Whose Irolci woe lithi as the bugle call, Whom all elan followed with one mzelint _ The cheer. of whole laugh, and,erhoce olourint Sailed .all rauzinars ord'aeoittent... . Only hitt 'deltas we rode a/org Down duke! the a:Mu:I'MM gap, To Omit the Picket guard at the fold, ' • • dreaming of any mishap, • • • He Irma htunming the ir ‘ hrdi of come 014414 I red A psee he had on LIP esp, Arid auntNer he Mrs at the point of big ereroed:, /• u t glres better more respectable. article to the mar hie, assertion; and k • ••• a certificate. . . _ Sudden and swift a ahtstliag.tall . . .. Came out of the wood. and the voice wag still i Something r heard in tlnilukoesefall, .. Anil fora dement my id o grew chill; . ell I spate Ina erbleper,isr he be speaks Ina room where Some cite Is yips deed; Itut he: Fallen° answer tow at I kald. . . We lifted . him up In his at le again, And 'breast' the plus and 'ad t and sal; Carried bloc back to the silent camp, ; , Ana laid hinkas if ;Weep on his bed; And I saw bg theAisht sit the, eusgeores hsrap. Tworshlte soseeaport hie cheeks, . And one just *serial heist blood;nrd. .. • 'BITTERS, nova debility and Uowing eympkopit TO 0211101 I And I Saw 112 • lialetalow fat ltd ftot That fetal bullet west apaedlthr forth. Tilt It reached i lowa In tat• distant North,' Till tt readied • house In • sunny stmt.. • Till It reached a heart that ceased to best trithciat • roursuni ' • • without cot ' • And a hall was tallitd In that Car-off town, rOf dal who had passed from cross to CrIDWD; And ths eitghboriwond4ed that she should die NEGRO siuvifireA.ait. Opeeoh of Hon. Et eator olinier. _ ,- DIVOCRAIIC NOVINIIR TOR GOYIM kilt, hilts SW. Se.efa. on Litanies ruotatiais eisrooteir tie District of Colloabia Micro Siiriss4 ROL, and - iiit.itctizg our U. B. StllatlV t• sorplorB ii. Mr. Clymer said :—Mr. Speaker, were I at this hour to consult my own feelings, I she Id certainly not rise address the Senate. For several days / have been' suffering from a severe indispOsition, and I do not know that 1 will be able to say what Lhasa propoied for myself, with at clearness and that precision . ' which 9 . Gc(iive the great importance - of• the. que-tin Identantle; and I should gladly",re— main silent did I not feel Ith it a higher duty Q 1 than is usually 'tweed upon a Senator fells to my lot. INIel, sir. that *helium, is charged to speck by . lvery man *ht hss voted . fer him and whom helmmediately represents, - snd by thousands of others who ;have hitherto op. :. posed. him, .who,say—lkier.thet sake of right ] for the sake °LAl:vase for our sake and, for those *ho are to oome filter us. Rive utterance to our sentiment; in the Senate of Pennsylvania" —I say, when called , up§% by such voices, comieg up , from every hilll,and valley 9f the Commonwealth,l ciuld not refr in from'speak ing. hoirever 'imperfectly the' sty may 'be' performed. In addition, a i , uslled upon . . . ...—. . . D. FENDALI. swank rapUst .11ntlene giver' to ueed to Ore them .tsnli them tribe • eelleot tome for D. MIRRIGE. by past memories: in this action of the good - and gee: foundations upon curtain in and who guided her destini weak and' dependent colony. . . By all these considerations I fettl'eutttntined at this hour and , upon this sabjeot,- to uy something td this honorable body , and in 4 130 doing I shall ntet Alivergo from, the hum di: hotly made by the resolutions' offered by. the Senator from admirer' (MY. Landon.) I will not, unletie compelled so told°, trivet over the wide held embraced is the remarks of that Senator, and in the dismissive Attest, of the - Senator from Indiana (Mr." Whits.) fintend to eonfinismyeelltit the gnestion upon which instruotione•are. proposed to be given. And; sir, for myself and for the people of this State, I thank the Senator lfrote Bradfora that he, beet - or-allt,,:has had ' th e hardihood.' the boldness: aye,' Mr, r rout call it. the dor*, courage,. here and now to tinetly . avow, rind glory in the avowal; that! all the blood sad treasure spent, that all the Ills untold which have. befallen our lead, that all the debt.- that the eilamity and misery, ,the carnage and r i harvest of death through hioh we have just passed, was, sir, not to p serve a Constitu tion and restore a broken Onion, but was to keep the party to which the Senator adheres, in power, through the cd-operation and•by the votes of an inferior - and debsied - race, whom they already proud call-their allies ! [Applause.] -r. :, , Oh, , sir, .1 contesi to you it does require nerve and courage to do it] Bnc i thank God. the Senator has made -the deliberate .avewel, ight here, where it may b_met by,the - indig. . pant goons of the people of this State ' and that 'the member' - of Congress from theLan lcasier district (Mr. Steven!) has made a Aim ilar, avowal upon the doorI:of Congress. Ile alone .of all' his party, d ed makti it there. The Rapnbliean party of t is State may not s tr hereafter deny its positiqn on Mils-question. -It has long, depied 'the iisne. Would, air; that. it could have been fsirlotatin years ago. How Intich.of 'sorrow and!' of blood-would it' hive spared this' land! - .Mt, sir, the mask hi thrown 'aside, the hideous i purpoes is at,,last disclosed; the hour of tral has come. The ei, peep)o obakl eat in judgm t ; and woo be to those who have so lon - dee ived them,' tkeyeby drenching the land with itioottaid mortgag ing the present: and fours generations with endless debt. Mr. Speaker, , the *iliso utiAli before the Senate era in these word! : • Wnitisas, A. bill,enfranbhising the colored citizens of the District df Columbia lately paescd the leder houre of congress, receiving the earnesesupport of one ilepnblicen . mem bers e'llbereforts, be it, !,. . • - ; Rezqvcd, by the ,Seprge and genie, ! to; Thal we approve-and' eon:mend the notion ef ' our members in their suppotli ' of- this 'measure; and our Senators are requested and hereby instructed 'to vote for the Same.; , ~ ~. .E6tolvit.l,-.- That: the Uovernor" le , requested to. forwa r d to cult of our memtiers and Sens tore id Congreturarcopy of this' preamble and resblation.. . ~ . .. 1 ' 015111.1:113TIP2p1.•-triCT ASAT . , Before Onassis' the policy:Of the measure, for which our Represeatazives in Congress are , thanked for having voted,,isind for 'cli it Is, Proposed to instruct for Senators to' 4;1 belga -briefly la diecissi.thi &tart of. in: I •Aroctione. 1 • It ds based open the suiporitioi tbet l hose who give theinstrizotloni truly indunques - tiousibly represent the majority of the -whola •peoPle of the State; and that thequestion Aspen. whit* instructions are :given .was a re cognized principle in the kenural platform of the pariyhaving -Ike asoendenoy in the State,; or a distinat testie made biters end aPprevedl of by the people' id some' preceraluteledilon.! I centmiveAliese ,ta be t e . only gt:cande -on which Instructions can have - any binding, force. ' - fr ',/ ' '• ' '' • '''•• ' '- • DONS Tat :Sanaa -or 'PI sertaranza,;.ks:sirs t, croxerzroxszi, , NAI/ST •i•Va1i111371 0 ,41/44,1-. IN: rats easari ? • 2 1, la order to seceitilaishetber - ;'if 'theta iri. strustions are passed by the General Assembly. they wilt truly represezelhii - opinions of a - majority of the whole peoidnottenneylvanis, • 1 or whether they, will merely be in expression of the Opinions orcertain Solicitors and Meta l• ben g' who bold -their seat"' in these halls by l4lotterrymatidired districts, rnpon b Issues other I 'm than t he, NNII 41III,preal .4 tad, lass to I refer to ime bets and ii ores. -, 1 I At, tfie Prerldinlial election in 1864; alirger Irroiti was polleditstrevesi before ift'lbis State, amounting in the aggregre,to 662,707. Of these Mr, I,inooln receir d 296,891.w:id Oen., 1 ItlcOl'ellon 276,8161, Mr.i 14ocidn'S majority being 20,078. ' It yen_ ;Will ' dividathe Whole 1 vote 'by ,the aninber*mpOsing this body,. (thirty three) it will a ppear that the aver.age number of voters to eaci Senator is 11,061. lefollews, 'then, if the' Sepia of 'this Stet* ,'were fairly sad honestlyrepresented .on this fblers.644 &hilt #4 1 3 6 .8 41 6 1 10 146 0 6 4 6 Arti 1 I fully and uneciestitatio illy, 'hi party ' 1 i'sid under the lash g• miadered, • Mai, Eli t '' , :" 9 .1.!7 IT! si toiraisitor State, by the .past t men .who laid her • mutable principles .eS - since she was a {:% ,SU .iii at:. SG •-• _ WM ARCH 29, 1866. 1 f- . ... , . . 1 404 onel wopld be sixteetcpemooratio ilea. itore holdinir eeittc•berC , teereed of twelve, and - buy , estenteeit Republicans fietett 'pt iweety anal , , "..t• .: :• • ,•. 1 '. ' . IC,tore a aseless waste of thee to point out the means, by Which' this 'nefarious aChemti was acoemplisbed, but I , may MO refrain from Biting orie speciatiriqf the tioftertY and fdritea of the Republioia. majority which fastened this iejustice tkal-outrage aped the people of this State. At the Presidential election, the - county. of Lancaster polled 22,917 votes., .At the same election, Berke .county polled 19.976 votes;. 'Lancaster polling but 2,911 votes • more then Berks. ancipl, Luicaster'has two. Sensteie in this body and Barks 'bat one; and in the ;Muse Lancaster bee four members and Berke only three! !—theroby giving the 2,941, voteis which Lancaster 'ft as in escesi•ot Berke one Senator end a member 11l .1 might cite other Oases 'of like..injwiticeand' fraud, but Twill net Ote in, the Senate by iaterring top subject for w there is no present remedy: • But, sir, tisisumiog that there abut,' be tris teen &nature on 'this floor. representing the Democratic . vote of the State, and -that at leait three, if not a grantee timbal. of Re publican Senators, will - decline ti'vote, or if voting, will do so against the resolutions, /- ask, sir,.whetber liven it you pees them:, will. they be, the voice of the whole people ut t' State? Therels, sir, but one answer to the question: They will be the instruction •of a • majority, of the General Assembly, rut clearly ntit of the whole people, and therefore of no binding force or - affect upon•our Renters: trn_st I haven:tads - this point clear and beyond: cavil.. , . • . HMI Tlfil;ollaTtair. allOaa auFlaaall'alalt TAIRLY4Ii UsinfllalaairißlPlOPLl or Tula erns . -, - - My se3ond piolpositien le that you cannot inspect upon a question which was not a' recognized principle in. the general platform of . the party in the ascendency-in the State, or which was made a distinct- issue and ap. prOved at by -the people 'at some preiteding , election. • - Will any Senator, Republican or, Democrat, assert that the question of negro suffrage in the Dietriet 'of Colombia, in the Southern States, 'or In key. State of the Union, ever entered - into the platform pf the Republican party, framed 4t, Baltimore, 1894, or into the one Mode in' ihis State latlqiugust, under the guidance and direction of Cessna, the. chairman of the 84 to committee of that party, ? On the contrary , air, when the charge was made that a forced Oonstructien of that kind might attach to the Cessna platfOrM of RM, it was indignantly and officially denied by that gentleman. It-was asserted vehemently, and with emphasis, by.every,Republig.tt speaker, averyirbere in the Btate, so far AS We'll:DO to my knowledge, that the Republicans ova party. were opposed - to the 6etrine, - and they: never would, and never could, be committed td any such policy. twill not speak fer the Senator from Bradford (h Landon) nor for the San— . Woe from Brie (Mr. Lowry.) I-knew him often they are far in advance of those who Usually act with therm. and bow likely they are to tell the - 'truth whet' others dissemble. I will not:aver what they-might have sal ; but I assert that . elsewhere—everywhere n this broad State—it was denied to be an issue - e' and I ohallenge'iyott now, my Republican friends,-.to any. if,you bad daredle maltathat issue, where ,would you hale ;beep ? ['Ap plause.] You would hive been , whe ~ e the people of this State - wil(earely canal yen, • after you 'hall, htiTe voted for these ieseln• gong s DIONNIei t 7 Or - COLUNDIA AND Nall min oi: AOeOEEAta 70 Alautit'afi tN ACCOIRDANON. WITH :TB *11111 . 11.1 AND loassexa PILOPLII OT TII/IT DUIIIIIIOI.7_ 1 • I have thus demonettatedbhat Cho regalia liens, if parsed, *ill 14ot represent the will of as rasjoiity of thekthate people ef the Steps ; that they are ziot'upon a question embraced in the generalsplaiferm of the dominant party,, or arisinF. from., a 'issue involved in the late election in this State.' l'shall bow proceed CO - discuss the' subjeet matter of the resolution which its:to instruct our Senators to vete for the bill before Congress enfranchising the negro in the District of Columbia,. and thank ing and conome)aeng the Republican members of. Congress from Pennsylvania for shaving adVocated and • vo ed for the hill when before that body. In 1788-89 th Virginia ceded certain portions of their terri tory for-the ; purpte of a seat of Government for the United Ste en, and by Bth Artiole,'Sec. 1 ()litho Constitution of the Unitel States, absolute nuthorily over that District was con ferred upon the Congress of the United States. I do not intend to dispute this fact, o* the, contrary, I admit e lt i in its fullest, broadest' Arid most uneanivo i signification. COngress was given absolute. unqualified, and. if I may use _the ,expression, eternal control of that District: ' - - - But, err a Will the Senator from Brad -, ford, will any Senator who intends voting.far these; resolutions. i pretend to -say that when' that Claim was pu t - into the Constitution of the United States. ,it was reerouppesed, by thOsa.who horned it, that the day -would come when Cotigrees WoUld dare toJetelate, on any aubject, -,Logatont the. views; and; winheu, end interests of the peopte of that ,District Y! Wes it net, on Air Contrary,' the only' recognised doctrine, that the ropreseutailies of the peo ple were ever to respe:t and obey their *demo, wishes end interests T• Did net that principle enter—lay at . thei very foondationi of our Government t-• Wie it not idiplanted soit\44t• down lil . the heerke of those who ,made Constitution, that iill,ould . never have b ea etippOzed by them that evil hours like t e' present,might cane ,npon der country? N sir ;, they were tee jealous Of the rights,* - tutu everto have c'enferretle-pii_wer-ohutrtin . - limited and illitottaVe aver their brethren andtiasterity who were tb inhabit that Die. tric hide:leyonied-iltat it 'would. ever be exercised 'zizaiest their'. ' trews , ,their wishes sur and their interant . ' Let who,will attempt to deny this propositio*; let YAM ,miry deride it. I tell hietiat'orir pant- history-Sall prove it; every principle that entered.inte the forma lion of our Government will establish IL—. These who fremed'Ahe COnstitution hid tinged La seven yearn'. war to enable them and their: posterity to maintain this doctrine and enforce it, and they would have beau the last, men on I earth -to hareem:lon:titled any portion Of their -fellow citizens ttithe tender pertletia%;law making poster; la .t/iitich their -Views, wigh s „andlivereets wer not to be . resrcted .an ,obeyed. And; ei , that hodY to which this _supreniejbrindictioTh,wee given, =watt _ever in. cOntemplatiets -of, those who conferred 'lt, to legislatein aceordride" with the demands and wishes of the pec le of the' -District, They allowed (hit people ne representative Cthey deprived them of *vote upon tuitional &faint ; *'territory anomellins in condition was created without represelittition, yet iiibloot to taxa :Non. 'But, eir;• the 'Staten et Virgirdi and Maryland, Yilii'olfl ceded' the territory; and those who mode it the .suprome law, which gave' Congress,- the irzeinsive land • eibtrolu tie contrelOverit, did,so.h.edausn'thay ti9losised • that theyll/emit:4o3*g that poWerfo *body,. which, at no time and under no OrauMetanoes, *old , violate 'thee, e'rundimlentel: iiiilotplea eiblehoui long:ski, OureMiernomreVerap,admln. Iderod;ll.4l9olo 4 t, rarttto,scurern. the A cto n o 1: 41ry logisl!pgro_ bod 7 In the,lgind , . - punlair:y..4r ,00mosess Is lo Lim/nom ut ' _scooitiaricn wain pla,yrsyre AIM roues or,iiiiriorrm tiVrtin muter. , - . ' This' beteg admitted ; hoW doe! ilia eelfact: to the ileire, wislitio and interests 'of the peo ple, of 'that-District stand! - ..This could-beet I be determined, by ti •yptetot,that people . , t it,, 'etas .tiketi; and ti r o ' Senator, -raft. Landon) wall koiintie'the resiilL - Nearly - seven thou-' , sand .sgeinst snit but etztr odd In favor, of the propogitiqu._ i Se- venthoneond white men. have deliberately,eall•-;“)To.wielt no tutu. tare ct keen': Welwhili to meet he man hare, On eithercpolttical -or- tools! eqnslity,l' other thee those vhcp%1_084,43r,; , 01/r time, 11,110r0d I,ltvsteir,-.-wiliiivOieci accustomed to meet. It 15 - aginitit'aile Tieing, Our wishes, and era eon• cairn - against enribest Interest*" Aid • yeti/ -siti, ka : deasne, Or , Ws: Sear.: sro3 explie4 ( ,dtplaridloi, - Me. RePubliCan majority of ttho ! freSent °engross elected from 43tsios r s liege 1 . . • EMI States, of Maryland laid IM!ii I. 1 INEI MBER 44 • Majority of wheinleie persistently. and ever dented'this' 'right, this "privilege," a; the Senator (Mr. Landon) welt It, to the celote , zl Citizens within their borders , have forced this measure upon them. It has been done, es it boldly 'proof:tithedhero and there, for (haver. pose of testinanblio sentiment, to know trove far they bony . go out danger ,of , being hurled from power. It has been done. no -.' entdrink teedp" for the enfranchisement of negroes there Ind elsewhere throUghout the land. 'Thelhaie done / that to the District .of Columbia which; as yet; - they would not,dare attempt in their:States.- Yet, sir, negro suf frage is to bp foroed.upon the District of To iumbia , the Votes of•Congre‘emen repro - Aeutitig Stet es whoh,-saving; Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, litassachusefts, New -York and Rhode 'Nand, do .uot permit negroes to vote. New York , admits them on a.freelictd qualification of two hundred end fifty dollars, so there the property votes, not the negro. I say, air, that every Cougressmse who voted for this iniquity, 131Y8 those from the States which I hive named, voted for that to which their own people will not sulmit. They 'did It, too, in flat opposition to the almost moan imorti wish of the people of the District. Is this just ? Is it right? Is it:fair ? Will it . !)e subMitted ? "UM not Hie hour come ;when the judgment entered against the views, the wishes and the intereitts'of the people of the:Dietrict of Columbia, by an , irrespeosible body,. by • a Congreff organized and existing on. such revolutionary' principles, that doubts may - well arise as to the legality of any' ofits note ? Will, not * the 'hour , Come when that lodgment, if it-be Concurred in by the Senate, will be -reversed? These, sir, are my views in regard to the question eo far as it relates to the District pf Columbia.. ' II TIN NLIOTIVI TOIANONISI ONZ OF WIZ NAT- 4►L wares or !i►lGtlo ? ` In order to reach tbe,generel principle, I propose ' briefly to -examine this doctrine enunrliated by -the 'Senator from Bradford: - Dlr. Landon] - that the elective' franchise is ono of the naturarrights of mankind. It- is true the Senator did not enunciate it in spa. , oifie terse. His argument was general iI, its character, but I drew the conclusion that he claimed It ae t natural right. if I afn wrong r beg to be corrected here andmow. Mr. Speaker; I havenlways considered; and I believe every writer on the subject, has hiiheito adjudged-that the .natural 'rights of men are protection to life, to liberty, to rep utation,. to property. , if the right to vote is one of the _natural rights,lt should be exer cised by all mankind with outlimitation as to age or sex, race or color, at all times, every where and under all circumstances ; becautp 611 Geverarsents 'profess, at .least, to furnieh protection to -life, liberty, reputation and property. But,, sir. has any government anywhere, at' any time, granted unlimited, 'unconditionalsuffrage I To State thcpropo-• Bitten, is to show its absurdity, becaulip if it. be a natural right it should be exercised , la all melt, of 'every. age, by both sexes, and at all times. Has this ever been' done ? I ask the Senator ' , lilt has ever been permitted anywhere ? Is it net, on the contrary, a right which belongs to sad is vested in the whole body politic, whose exclusive right is to deter mine, when, where and by whom it skiill•be exercised; and under what. restrictions? •It is theretere - , not, a _ natural - right, but :purply a conventional or political right, to be exereitted only by these srho'are adjudged worthy of it by the whole_hody or the people, sna mare* Ql PaIiNSYLPANI.44 0211 , 1811 suit '.7lld'r or ulnae etirrascia.' . . „ . I have said, Mr. Speaker, that no morn, 'tient, in any age, or at any time, has granted this conventional Gr 4:mildest right to.all tea of all ages, regardless of ties or, color. T-he history,-of oar own State is illustrative of the position I assitirm., it is,:written - in her Con. dilution that; elections by the * citizens every white freeman of the age of twerrtt-one years, hit'aingreaided in.thie litnte'enc year, and in the eleetion district where he offers to rote tea days immediateli preceding such eletttion, and within two years paid a State and county tax, which shall bare :been ay.: teased at least ten 'days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of-fa sectors • died further, to illustrate my argument' nd kir the informt4lo ii - of those who have failed to utulerstand the reatons which led to the adoption of .the clause of our genvtitiation which I have just. read, I propose at this - time to cite the opinions of one of the ablest of our lawyers and statesmen. whose virtues, learn• ing,and eloquence \ win . obtain for him the admitatitsa f After times, in reference to the ',policy and necessity of insertin the word "white"- in ate OW section of the third arti cle.- I refer to the .horsey General, Mr. Meredith. lie Was a member of the conyen. tics whiaa framed the existing Cohstitution of the Commonwealth., • • . XXTRACTS 1130 U TUX OPIUM or HOS. W. U. . SUIRECCTPF, SIBLIVUULD IX rtie atropir cos viATlOlll 8P 1838 OS TUN SCRJSOT. Oa the'l7th of January, 1838, the conven tion resumed• the consideration of the report of the committee .to - whom wofs referred the ' third article of thilittottstitutien. ' Mr Martin,: of Philadelphis,.moved to further •amend the_ tirst section' of the article by insertingibe word "white" before theword freeman.' The motioa lid to it prolonged and able debate, in which Mr. Meredith 'said': i . “The:right of suffrage ought to berth° priv ilege of white citizens alone. And where - is the injrtattee? The blaeks come.here-fugitives from slavery, reeking from the. chains of personal bondage. fe it not enough-that they aro protected •by ouNaws? Are we bound to do-more for them than , for the 'English and German emigrants wits come into war State 'end trzim whom we ourselves have - descended remote - trod proximately? flow is it with these emigrants ? Is the right of suffrage bestowed . upon them without a servitude of tosetryeats nod the pfooess - of naturalization after oaths have been filed'!' Viewing the question as a statesinit, and - not •'as connected 'with any ' themes of the equality:of the - human ' Zees— [ What have Wit to - require of the gavel *hp - I come tibia as fligitives from bondage! Noth. ,ing,- 4very'citizm orthe State - of one year's restidence..who has paid his Tax, Is entitled to • vote. While the Boglishrian, - the German and -the Fienclimal •who come into this - State, must serie - Seven yeart - bs.foie they put be. -permitted to vote. • . • ..- "Fie did not - think the argument sound which rtequired us then to - open the pops to'' all these blacks j ,, Re shuddered atltie conse quence of throwing open our polls to all who'• might- notnelere to ekercise'the righe.of sof trage. -Ile thought it wiser not -to incur the of Inving'our institutions coritrolied'hy a race to *hie& we-do not belong, 'So one de nies the' posiessioti it intellect and virtue to the blacks; bitt. I require mai% than we' rookie all ae!ooiation with them,in private life, and' repel- the idea of internist'• eine with the race and athalgamation With them—to induce me to glee them the right of suffrage and to run the TA - , however remo it may be', of_ having ;theigovernment ol th . State, in the hands of - the African race—Ord therslitinldiewexulite cotitrorover Rs adminii.. trsdon. ' - •,_,.. i ' '-• . / 4 4 fle' win entirely at a 101 l to perceive how they_.totild reconcile the idea of the two pile tips going to thei palls together for the pur peeei of pplaiting their votes, in The' ,same ballot, *es. Be kneir terrain parts - of Penn eylvastia in which such an attempt could not "possibly be made without blocidshe. - * * , -.Th, li m y °f ee l principles of religlim; he knew `of nd principles at' humanity; he knew of no prinOiplen of civil freedom *high made it int perstive - tipon. this body to 'adopt such a -onureo,'which' must eventually •leadto-Atka renults 'a/ be had described. - • - ' ~.- 4 !ltwit viewedlhis as it' political questien. gis; political' right, he thought that: it would lui - eppistent•tket - it becetne our duty-to give thei leotive franchise - to those o'nly who could enjo it, and through the medium 'of whom the me and prosperity of eociety would be . •.„. prompted. .' • . - . "It is enough, surely, that whenthese races Ora brought:to the shorts of the-United Staten A nd, placed in bondage, that We resbre-tberri !tizihe condition' of , tnen - and' confer on theta the btessingsiotlibarty. - We Are not Nana to-give Min political rights which say. ambi' 1 IRf!M! LI them at tionuffhteirif day te . triest:the:govertii merit Irons the' hands of the descendants of these who ferindodit. iiis Course, therefore. was ;influenced by considerationfi ol , oneett4 with the it kfety •nti.: 'pro,periiy et the Cum.. 'rnbowOuilth: , Abe lifestipti 61ight 10 be CUg'bi . delta u der sir :lir views; end not in reference to ally r ild notions of humanity. What would be the conseiriendes of not these @Ares being p(rinitledlo run here and vote? Whet would' be the plate of fosling wiliqh it would be c.a). entitled lo give fist to between them and rho white citizen.,, whose privileges - would thus be trenched on ? - The inevitable result would be that the blacks must go to the wall, as tho weaker party; end thus would bring-about a ohndition of things fruitful of evils, similar to that which, exists in the Southern Staleer where parties *bold be divided, net according to 'political views, of any of , the great Taipei. plea of gpveniment, but solely and exclusively with reference to color." , ' -•, . Mr. Merrell pursued the same line of argument. and of thotight through the pro longed and able debate. Ile made the eloping argument in favor of the amendment proposed by Mr. Martio, , to insert' the herd “while," sod upon the test vote his name will bo found among the ayes. there being 77 in its favor and 45 against it, as will appear by reference 'to the debates of the convention, vol. X , page 106. , I do not ,know, sir, that Mr. Meredith has ;hanged in opinion on this question from that day to this. .1 can only say that no man eau add strength to the argument, he then made. I commend it' to the dispassionate judgment' of those Senators who have always, professed to entertain se great confidence in his opin loots, legal, political and moral. I trust it will enable them to understand the reasons which actuated. him as a Pennsylvanian and a patriot in the convention of 1838, and if they agree with him.that itwould be prejudiciatto Qur highest interests tp permit the sparse negro• pdpulation of this Commonwealth to enjoy the elective franchise, they 'will not inetrnot our Senators to, force it upon a people where the blacks Will aurely control the elec tions. Let them observe the golden rule— obo-unto others as you would, have others do unto you." TEM •?INRONB or JUDGE IZOPKINBOE( ON THI • Atiothei• diatinguiated member of that con vention, one renowned for his ability as .a 'Judge; and otte who added all the graces of a high literary culture, to his eharazter . as a man, Was the late Judge Hopkiisen, of Phila.' .dalphie; he who wrota one of one national hymns—"llaittolumbia;" he, too, has left on,reeord the reasons•why he voted with,. Mr. Meredith, in favor of inserting the word "white"-in our Constitution. If polsailde,he • stated his .views in stronger sad more em phatic !utterances than did Mr.'llleredith. By reference. to Vol.. X., pages 94.95 of the , convention, it will appear that "Mr. Hopkinson remiuded the Convention that hie argument had b/selllod now is that in the actual relations now lasisting between the white and black populations of this Coin- • fixonivialth—which is not likely to be changed, for r t obody hero, even the most zealous advo. • dites for equality, has propos!d, or anticipa ted or desired any' such change—it will he unwise, it will be dangerawi tons and to them to them to political rights on an equal ity with ourselves; and what is the difficulty? What the objection'? It is here—that while you exclude them,you actually do, and as yon mean to con t.t . (1,0 do, from arty apprach to - a social equality, you • cannot'. wisely qr safety I caufer upon them political rights. Has any attempt been made to nuet this view . ef , the ease . ? to answer this. orgy:neat ? He had heard none " ' , • And Ito day, have heard none. I have not 'heard the Senator. from Bradford, (Mr. Lan don). certainly rl have not heard the Senator • from Indiana, (Mr.• White), say that white he would grant them political riglits he Would raise them to his (tal social level. They ; have not been.hold 'and daring' enough to do that; they have• not dared eo grossly to insult -en' instinct -which is felt by every man. Bet if you do the one, you must do the other as- au - inevitable , consequence. Meredith said so ; Hopkinson Said so ' every- maxi of judgment and of foresight w ho has argued upon'th)s question says, that if 'yen grant' them the •• political privilege you must grant them seals!. equality. Because, sir, if you give them the right to •vote, y o u give , thein the eight to be' voted for ; and if you give themthe right to be voted fof. you .put theta in p‘sition here, in position therei-and, in position all ever thl Conimen wealth—in'your ;wry boxes and upon your judicial bench., Ara - 'Senators prepared for that? Will they take the consequences of pOsition of that kind ? I refer thionler my: autherity thaethis must be the consequence to two gentlemen—tine still living; the other dead—rag highty honored as' any two men whose names have ever graced the simile of Pennsylvania. Now, thati have not misquoted Judge Hop kinson, I will read further from his remarks : "Has any g term on this floor, the hold eat and warmest. advocate for negro - equality and suffrage, gone so for as to say—to insin-; nate, that be in willing to extend to the blacks' his social' equality and riehts ; te receive him in his family orat his table, on the amine foot. ing and terms with his white friends and ac quaintaneta ;• allow there to marry with kis children, male or female? Will he allow them ' to marry his daughter ?" (Applause.] • The fiptiakrx.. There must be better order in the Senate. Mr. Clymer. "Will be alio* then to marry his ehildren, male and female V' Not .a ward. of the ;kind.' Yet I tell you, Mr. Speaker, that =. every Senator ' who rates for this doctrine avownthat he ie waiting for its practical no- ! complement in: _Southern States and in Northern States artni herb in this good old 'home of ours': I lay to every such man if you dolt yeti must 00100 to'that. Are you ready.? Now w eir, I am nut wotuated.by say preju-, dices against this race.'' LA* ak, intend to . stand Bore as their opponent r in.the attitude, of en oppiesior. I will give he negro all the natural rights to which he i entitled 4, 11.41. protect him in fife, liberty. propertyand rep utation ; but, so help; me God ! he shalt never, -with iny . eolfsent, help me and mine.,rule this State ; . And I do not believe the people else where will err.: come up,to the fanatical idea to which they must come if "they grant him. political rights, said that is, that the negro is . their social equal. Yen cannot do that, with , out elevating him to our standard, or degrad ing 'us ;to bia level, ",Are. you prepareti.for that?' I ask the Senatprfrom Bradford and the Senator from Ind iana--I ask - „,... tors. • here to lookin ther face the full conset'w noes of their. T O telo. day and say whether they,are •pr:paied for the oonsettnetices of,, soy such. doctrine as that. - . - • ' Judge. Ho phi n aon further . says : , . . - '"flow,then. would his Poiitical power be , r need ertainly, to extend itslotluence :. cor-t . tainly to avenge the- affront which reeets.him at the front door of ;every, hetet° where ha, might present himself. ,If he vote., he will. expect and demand to be voted for; he wilt elsim i therriglat, and who can gainsay it; to a • coniPetition ;for 'every office in the Cornmeal &wealth, excoutive;.legialative and judicial; and; altheuglia4ir Own strength, amounting to twelve or fttten::thionsantl. votes , utay not 1 ; !of itself be able to -ohttett - such plasma :ler . them; yet, in ihenentliettif parties. ao,equally balanced as they sometimes are, and the:oak" less eagerness erten Itli.spliyed for victory, • their votes Maybe more than-sufficient to turn. the Vista, and they nifty be obtained by Com promises ear hatgaine.viitn,them ,that, will bring into yourhalls of legislation, open your.. judicial Jrencheit, pod' into every .place and. appointment in the CemnidaWealtb,mea Whom yon will not receive at yonraables or in your t houses as friends or acquaintances. :,Will, not this be a str.ngo state of 'things? What. must it laid to '.'. Can it possibly exist without, very,' Clarions conaeqUencesto , hoth partial ? ; .Let na pause onthe-threabald:.` :• • : .- • - •,• Atilt so I'say to toy. fried, the Senator front " Britaforti; and to the Senitoe from Indiana, 'end to every Senater.here: "Let us pause oil • the, threshold" • This proposition before no'. its avowed to be "a mere entering wedge;" but as -surely 'as history will ever repeat itself under' like 'circumstances, ,so surely will this train of. evils, set forth , in 'letters of living . - light by the man who wrote the song of our land, come upon ua. Those evils will follow as etrely ae night follows day, ' and light fol- Livid:witness. TO BE VOTZA vac ;411. POLITICAL NOT AIWAVIRAL I have said, Mr. • glealtor, That this is political neen wawa/ rig t. I have endeavored to show it by the action of our State on this 'question. I might illustrate the fact by et, action,of ovary State in the Union. I could show it by'referenoeto the provision in the Constitution of .the Coifed States which de: scribes the qualifipationst of votartl for mem, , ere of Congress: , Bat, sir, it is nnnecessuy: These are political truths with which every 191211 Z:3 SUBJECT. Ea RI