ill'ficait Eonlap Onitotra P91314111E0 EyErri , TIU6ItSDAy . . r . doItINWG, J.- • SIiEtIIPORT, • M'KEAN COUN'I'I7, PA OFFICE, S. OF PUTiLIO SQVAICEI, TERMS: -: • ••••• BOin Advance Rates Of Adveitisin. ..1 Column one year ! t f • ct • , tt ' six montbS.... *A. •It •Itt !! ~ ... Ono 'guar° efirj lines or less, 3 Bach ettbsoluent ..... . . • .„ Dullness Cards, with, paper,: ' •c. DO Itule or figure werlcAvilt be double' the above . r ‘ ate s : Twelve lines Itretier type, or..ebsitt. lines . nonpareil, is . ".rattnt inintre.• rj".TlteSe terms will bb strietly'tulliered •-.: Ettoilless Director!). , BENNETT .310115. E, . Suiethport, Bl'Kettit Co.; VO. • 33. SAtishN, Proprietor —Opposite the Courtllntise.• A'new, laige,•eottohotli-. Oilcan," weir furniehetl houSe; 0k0..,,1L •MASOIQ, . . . . .. . . . . . Deafer in Stdreil,lin WoriyJaonlincill Ware,, &c., west' .r ,- aide of the Public .Bpiore; Smethonrt - Va. .I.ju"stnin work dono.to, order nn the 'glib r t pat notice, and in the monfoubotantialmantior..':„.. '' -. ;., : ' . 7 .' .. DENTISTRY D . . • . . a.lf.''A.,Sieluaus 'weal(' respectfully:. ahnounen tn'the eititeng of Smethport and N;lcinity, 'thathe Ifia4 . •fittra zip an Office, hod is prepared to attend fo all imAinea4 .fn hi% profeesion. Artificial teeth inserted' upon Fri: entitle princialee,.and sn.as teTre=erve the natl. fnl preasion of the face .. All operatioud in Dent'al Surge,: done in 'ft'akillful manner. - ' • • . • :•. 30i A; I:;NOURSE . , Dealer In SAM , PR. Tiu Ware, Japiiivieq•Ware; tea., 'west • end of the Public- Spiare, .‘clinefliport, , Pa .' (lii , iiin . work thine to orderrinllm•shnrtot - notice, nil,' lu •the . :meet' übitantint Tanner.; .. •• . • • „ . .- • . . . • . . , . ' • - OLEAN- HOUSE; .. 1.• . .. :- • A. P.. Iltisn, Prooriotois.:Oloan, N.Y.,.. Omilit.ns; runs to and from the Nee York . and ErlultnE,Eolt. tstagi, •-for Sutetlindrt nud.Gore o ... :. • .. . • ' TryD2 HOUSE, • 8. J '09G1(11, PrnpriQtni... Itilsws.k. Pa: • Tliis Ttotcl new and furnished in Tnn;lern Style, arp . Inrslatinns., and Is, inali respects; n l'i rst . Clnsl Hole • fti/ginly, Elk Co: Pa. )ray •,?.t • • •-•' 'ELDRED .HOTEL,• " •JOHi l'inprietor• .This lit' sit natvil • • way betivern Sniettiport anll..oliian. • A 'coilve an comm., lions anal t, attentive' antl•abligiuk• at; -Intl; anti Inn prices: ' • , Eldred.; May 17, 7tifiti. :' • • • ' ' . . . • . ". A.. D. , HAIFILIN, •• '• • . etirteyor, ' Draftfamn ',C9I/yeya,.( , er . . owl 'Real,..E ..ivint. Straql4,6o, 11:1iI;an etiunij . ; Pa: ' ' ' A._ N.' TAYLOR, . . . Dealer In Dry GoodA, Oristerles., Pork, Flour:Salt, F Read:y..24,1,1e Clothing.;.ltoots aui Shoes. Stnathpo . . • ~CILLIA~I'.WIL 1N; • Practical 3leolutif, a.. s . • !Lc Port Allextleny,c IPSean rounty • • t . . .-." L L.. ii.OVIR, stiiv CON.VEYANCrlittrui 11,0 Setite'.4kept;. . • •• • • flkapin , ...... Mit • 'Onni,..sl;. . .... Hon. A. t,. ..... . . : • 'CARVER' • :Tow( 11. TILni.T. P.r?prieto IV:O,r &mats. Warreri PA. • . FOBIZ S :11*i, ',i.T.S2.', . . . . . , .. ~• • Prontinz I.lin Pahttel;sq., a f ft ; 0.,,,i,,, N. Y . ',1, t 9, :t ,kliti.cm, I!i•op'rietor: : r1re.r.0..,,, n , ,,,, , i: 0.: ici,l.r . nt , ,no , l builtOf:brick..an4 114 ra , ith.l`le,l in ni , 4 's!. Iyrn q, The iniiirietor 71n,lert:11 , 11YIf .171 ;:t .lii4 . .. , . Conini ,, sli . fi(gli Ilyo (16t.:rinrpa,u1 hy $:ry.);,,t,.1 - in w.,. , 01 • 11 - N• - York. C, krriAtt;m.ron to tu t •l 1 , ,, 1 ,,,,q,i ;‘,:o w Volk :tn ' Erie Rail•lioa 1.. -; • • BYRON 'D. HAMLIN — • '• • Aifonml! y AT•LIN - ;:SliV4hport : MK 'es'n re;:ntr: y. .kgent fo r mp,..,;ximih] ; t tin by.llie,(.39lfertinn Claine , ; easintent of Tasz,, tingto.lleal E'Aral . e.• (Mice in Hamlin ' E. POUGHTON. .. . . .. Attornoy and. Coungoln;r nt lout. ; ,eicaitimorf.:wg ~, •••. County,. P.i. ituslntpoi entrusted to Lis core r;r 11,, • gounflei of M'Kean,,Pottor and Ent tv,ill . lo , p mm 1, 03 • attoudett t) • Pflino in ttie • Court.flouso . , liecond floor ....._. . ... .. Sit,,;L.• E.' . \V ISYEIL . . . and Surgeon. : Stil(44°o% Pe, . attend all kotesiional prinir c tnees . .• Ofllea in or well Illneki regond . • .' • • '.• .• THING & . . Wholesale 11'11.11(AM Dealers in Staiyle and Fairy-;Dry Gottiyeareefing,, Ready nide pinakiim . tionerir .Fornishing,Goods, Roots ond Shoos, Wiill.arelSWindos Paper; Loek . i ng'Glasses Ae.. At Olean. . • - ' .• • JOHN C. BACKUS,- - '•• : . . idt,titrney• and Coutteelloh tit ittitr, Smothtipri;l‘l , lientiCo '' Pa. Will attend to.all business in ti ii p rnientie ato the ' •ebtaitieft tirM'Kenn, Potter and CM. .oflice over C. IC. SarttVell 3:„. .Ifroelie'rn , . Store. • .' . - • '. • '• • • • HACKNEY HOUSE, • . . I.Co'rner or ,s,oc n irl and bibeity straels,,Warina, Pa, / 1 A. HARBOR, PrbprietAr.' Travolera will find good ac . cominodationa and reasonable cluirgaa: . , . . . . . . LAEAEEE'S. HOTEL, . ' :. R: LAE MR,' Proptietor,.—Alleitlinny •Briclitp. 111'notto Co', Po. .This bonne' to oitunted nitwit nano miles from .smethpott on the toad to Olean ; end will be mina n. nonyenlent stoppin g -iilnce • • • • - • '• FONERS' VALLEY ROTEL, T: Goolawpt. Thin house is aitnoted al4ont five n tulle from m port on flan road to Olean. Ploaan re partly • and othet a oan bo_aocommodatod on the altortest notice' • .. W. 6; BROWNAIL, • • •• peiler In Dry • Doodo, GrocOileO, Orookor;follorthiare, Hoots, Shoes; liat3,.oopo, Gla, Nltibi, Ong, A: C., • ke. East olde of the' Public ,Square, Smethport ; ra. ' . • . , . . . EMPORIUM' HOUSE, . • '.• : '.. 1111Ippori, MiKes9 •130. i Pg.. 'N. L. DYKE, Pinprie . !or A 'commodlowi,and wet furnished 'bongs. Strangq , s .Rol tJavoloralvilk (Intl, good abbolornodat kit's. •.. . . PORT 'ALLEGANY. HOUSE, • Protirieter,',afporl AllOgno.i , , Mc- EeAn . This Hotel issitunted ot the fizo tion.Of the Ehnetliport nn t Alleitany.Hiiier loads, nice .. WHIR east'of ,Smeth t • .....'ASTOR'HOUSE 3 • ••• • IVPICEAN Co.,Pa. • , WK. HASkErat 1 Proprietor.. This Munn la welt tetaulatod for tho ancomlorolailial of the^,Travelling Ilqviritr'retwoqy boen awl rem:100 , 1; . Good !tams and Stat,lP.w. .ellar4eB re - Roliable: •Stattoq for Olean, Shippon and Iplkway.. J3cuathiort, Ju1j,!2,1869.., , . • . . , • •-• To Those Iritero§ted in Iming •• - ', 3Tineral. Land - s: , • -, .. W.ll. BARNES okoia Ilk NOTVie69 roi•theexinhine'' a. Linn of MI newel Landa In M'Kenn and Ulk enli n.. ,tiea,. and ,NKill 00 bill . nrillioil . na In the VALVE' OP MINES, ke• Tl,loge engaging Ma eervieea wi11 . .,,h.,, a ll ao,amey and' reliable Infertnetkon.. Seal donee atth6 : Thtnker.llill Mince: ' -. ' - ' .. • Sergeant, M'Eean en., June 30,, 1F 4 39.'.: :: •' • • . . • . 7 r . • 2, Af,`, l • • • • - $.500 .... , . 4000 7200 :20 00 P2'oo lif=l ; 4 1:1.1)1 •ort, , lln . . . A large• h a ril wan , hails. in New - Orleans re rViVed "an invoice f:rolurvanialie!urik t . estab- Ilsh.okikal the North, % to w-hirh . Were:lsdded the foliawit4r.wordsi .'Abe is; Our Pre'sitlept. We 'kik- lie WilTplease yrin' as he The invoke "was returned. with this rerV: rliVeither .your PreSident nor. your. pferise . us: they: frill 'lie 'reshipped on tliciir arrival." •.• ' ' : " I;citinfillorri'gitr, who was Rt;t4i.need 'to iror:ty imprisonment Judge Russell, of Ne . w. Pork, for robbing a ,rnetLof Anti ity',to• ham) box-, l ias . ..bec ; nl.parilofied: by. (;OFerndr •..gentleiinni in has tlist . fidp! , r:rpll, fifteen, -thousand words ,Thin IA no i ncrea s e of , i 7Q9 pr.q. c9nE. , In othi , r minis; neW still . l.lo pinny Wlyils i rwor Wiro a day w ..Of tho . in - • tile AiYteri c;an . . • Tinder the nalie'd rafters the .upper story:Of a hoes^ in Pin •street,'inthis-eitv; is the room of n . man . who very fair ;specimen of an .Ameriefut 4ini'entriY.: -Ills l.eard 15 long, his is uncut, his person is neglected; Ana ilia :mind is . as clear aS erYstal,.;;Plie•sfoek in tra;do.'of this man, including yhitheS, wash : basin, and a • ktnvls-nosed teapot, would not sell for two dollars, even'at a Chatham' street_ :auption, Toodles One of the bidders: lid, man liv4;s within hiinself, on less/than one dollar W4l;, and . yet he ia:developing an invention Which ivill gnadruple the value of the. Magnetic telegraph; whose Vidne to Of.; eommereial k •cominnity can only .be estiMated•by hum Weds of millidns. • • 1e,3" . 1 rather important !!dog suit" has recently. been deeitled in Clontututville.- I.last spring, Ifirion,Ethridge, a day laboti er; bitten in the log by :: a .wateh „dog 'alit at, 13oyntob:s - Grooery Store, in -11.14 villa Yc,o badly' that he was- . laid up fur in sle time, and is hot yet entirely. recovered. The tter Was taken to - t Lai * County . Court, and thehee . Imfore.Arbitrators. w a s that the . doix - was. ferneions, • lind that the Owner kneW -of. Itis,bitin - propensities, d i n • fayor 'Of -tho proseou tor, and (I:Olives to. the: atii-Ount, $1 . 76 awarded :Min. ' • - en was . born, tothe Eniperor-Of nn, the..2oth of; September. is ; pained Paul, and liasalready been appoint ed chief of the ICOura regiment fOf-infaritry, seyqral re6.ifirmts of the: Guards, and:: the llifle - Dattallion-of the Imperial tinnily. - - An .Imp. - Tifil,pPeClamatiOn announces the fact, and-giv . es devout thunfis'for the auspicious O.ReMem,ber. I.I:4sANT•;; - eioN(l . • . o 'renit'uthei:.lltelteart Is the trensuie . • ,-W6F(II tuore,thah the geins - of the s ea; ' tid icteeteluir it wealth' wtthout ineasure .., • In this heart' I atu keeping fur thee! ' : 'Thou will go loye..thttlp.ttot , fosget truk ' , • . Wh etrato(l u .t.liee itre .gaY; .Whett the:Smile of one)]* piottd etie shall greetthee '1) remetul,er the youth far away. • • .• • . • • Wheniretore thee glides Beauty all smiling, , . Remember that "Bnatity is yainv" . • And wheifrridn oitieitjtir splendor beguiling, 0 beivara! follow hot in . bis• train ; • o•:remeniber tliti cot : MutbeMOuntatn, • . 'And. the .stiot of our 'earliest vim, • 'llte valley, the wildwood;tbe fountain,' . And . thmheart,loving Over its *noir!' • RAci.: • Frtte :OP. nEsEitsst.iin A rirnn traveler 'says; . ..• , i iTho - DolcOemnitiply.veryrapidly,- bit have no regular Marraiges, the intercourse of the sexes leading to no settled home, each in. per fret independence leadingl.Vhither. fancy 'leads. The mother nurses her ,child.,nlY. for a.":sliert . . , icenstOrning it as . ..soon as possible to the; eating of Serpents And ants; and as"soon a's' ,the thpr mother lets it - depart.. .whither It .pedple. live. in thick- woods; - and COneetti theniSel'yes; ~ among the trees; yet they beedme the .prey' :of .the slaVe-linnter .DumbOrA, . and Kulls;- for as regions of, their woods• are circled' by.il>e hunters. so that . Dokos can not easily escape. . When •the hunter - El . -come' in „sight- or the poor creatures they bold' un-clOthes of .bright edfarti, singing .4[l(l.4:ending, fipon• • whichthe•Dokos'allow themselves lo be cap. hired With Out resistadee, knowing *from ex-pe r I rieke that resisfajiee is , frnitless...and can only lead. to theirilestruetiont. In . this way thou sands cap be .captured by a small bend of }tont ers; • and once.captiired they heconie In slavery; the Dokos retain their - predilection .for reline: Mice, - serpeotS and .atits, 'although often on that aeconnt punished by ,their ters,who,-1,11 other respects, ate attached lo them,' asl•they rite obedient And docile ; 'having 17.• wants,'and enjoy good heelfh; for which reason, they are never sold . -slaves. beyond .Dearen.,.. As • deseases a re .unknown amone theni they.didonly of old age, or,. through.' the assaults'Of their enemies." • • . R ACROSr, Tik A Nns: - - . —Qur Arrierican .etiginers,s4calr the highest,iange of..mcnintaini . with' 'the,. locOrnotive; .• Mr. ..William, Wheel- Wtight. an - American; who •hrts been -engaged tar a long' titrirsin hooding railrnadS - in South America, has e • xplored•tbe - •rnute, and 'reports tha't a- railway'Can, he-.built across ;-.A•lichis, thus making, 'a -ling from the Pacific to. Rosario. v ia• - Cordova - ,. - a:di.4tanceipf:l;ipp miles: is that the silvantagrs I , hich•woulri .accrue ; opriling lip the South American States to corn- - •rrirrer . , the Rio tie In platy bring nai,i - gabl e for vessels drawing twelve' feet of_water; Would he Mir : r euse, The' Argentina Rrpubl ie has . offe'red a free grant - of land fire. In breadth. -on each side of - the rdilWay, 'Wait] cons truc t and'ildi - projrct is - generally thistight: prac— tirable. •11-ie stated drat Mr, •Wheelwright, in constructing raiirondsin South A ipprtcri,.has l ugyel gradiants of t 52 - and - ,250 • feet per mile, litidearriritr•li,:m to an elevation - of 0,000 feet aliare the level of - the sea. • ••• • .• • • • . • • • . . , • . • . . . • , . _ • . M ELA.N onot.i7. o cauitanimn.--4lr . e.lear n from.: the ltrewbi.ro° ,that, ..en lest;. a- .12 , :r. Ttobison; residinfc:in that *Co. Shot' and, killed a man named 'James Griffin. It- see in s 'that . Griffin* went.to .• the hiitthe of Robinsonin in a state„pfintoxian kir . the doctorto.preieribfor hirri .: e the' deetar:Was.aot a( hothe,'but the 'request of Griffin 'so.lii blyincensed:his. IV,ifethat - sha . sliowereda torrent .ef upon taw...which was responded . . •to hY , . Griffin in' pretty severe language. returned home, end, after.becoming • sober. and,yetleeting, iqn his conduct, told setae. of his friends what had occurred,and,regret 'ting; having Used' , coarse..• langnap;e ; to the 'wife .of the doeter, ho 'requested .sotne them. to accompany him . to- the ..doctOr's• • ithuse, 'so that he. might apologize 'to: .Mrs •11;.. fol. his rudencs.s. They reffised to' ac company. iitn, so'he-went•alene:. On altiV, lag at..the:.liouse . - hni3 offering" his' apologies, the doctor'd wife r2pelled him with; coerSe. 'and vituperOus.epithetq, in which was. jatilad $y the dO;itor. tog incensed .Griffin, he also: used 'sharp language- to the•,twain,,and becoming. V(wy: much' excited brandished a :dirk, ,wher:- upon the doctor's with • seiied a guri• and. attempted to shoot him; hut, not being able to discharge:the. gun, handerlit.over ; • to her • I husband, whe shot Griffin dead.bir the spot. I Dr. Robinson wits soon . 'after • a rrest•A tul lodged tif.jail./b/eigh, Register... . , •'• SzcOut„tn 'A cdt A mail n m John 11 turrdy,Iiyin4 - in.llladisOri Street Ni!‘Y 'ark, N. J;, on s:Juin - lay mug'z•ln of a from . tbcf stock, to his 'moutli,.. amt . ivliii• blo sing into .it ilm . Muz4l.lnatnr• in coiit:nct with cri,iclutrginz. the tse:rp on.. Murray's an 1 imitions orilis skull. a . m . ] brains scatter:! I ,about the iooM. The barra and. striking his mother-in imlfeet`itiS stant,.pcmotato:l.four incllos into lier-cli•st. believed She. cannot survive: CAT Aty 8RA. 1 : 1 :yr....-Theri. - .., is , - I,o•:3itiva evidence tfiat-Catawlat Brandv,:itistea,i,fif being distifiedfrciin..Catawba' Wina, .85 .generally . sapPosed; which - Weald . it cost front six. to . eid•lit dollars ,t . . ,ritillop; is mostly made .by tlistilling the.:.scarfs. and pulp of. the, grape. in - edimiton ' whiskey, coStinz Alient tweak cents a tiallon, and. the • brandy thits made can be: mild, at . :three - .dol-. !ars a gallon. 'with profit. cannot be - drank - with any profit. at 811 7 40 ...the . • . . • • SA:N.FRANGLSCO, ..18t3i. •.• • Tlie deetiOh returns not gitite coin pl;sto. Tlt e.. totnlyote retnrne;l iii - 117; 1(i ?' *of which hni .- 4'3;6 Doti+rln3., 3.40;: Byeeltinr,4ee,. 33,357, Itni113(11.; 8,437. ; ...The % . :ate of ' the Stat,! •118; 5 0 0.....1ine0tn i it i•-; . cal, will hnye:7oo to I,o'oo. phirniity. frir aj I All .. Col . .1:11t:leti in 0 ITTf;ll' neo Ifr . 31 . 8 nniop:t •over.l)recltin ritige/. thr:2e, • in the • li; INI A - NIA T.T rri.---11orray enAier; Exchnnw!'orr New-York, 5 po• Cent prem ium ; on. Biltirimrean.l Pliilioplp!l in 2 1-2 (13 percent; zohl, 2 1-2. North awl Carol* not^s 5 poy cc it. disenunt. . •The 13overnor will ec. - picst tlu,et.or.ey / nen to appoint n .!lity of lit•itin.znn I prilyer. .. . . . . • . ~ Quilp.saykthatwomon mliojnsi:4ondhe• priyilges,, should exiiibit dSlim, Oalilies...of their sex..; S . l.i . e• who show:loe imprudence ot.the „rowdy, has no: ri . glit.. to :expect: the ch'.ferene which .is dile to a:lady • In short;. if a, woman i'olrets the delicaqy.pf In. 'sex; no •gentleman is:bound to remembnrdt 'tOr. . . .In tin. olden time .they . 1 1 .44 .seven via! men.: take Inr4l *own valuation.. and you' won't find lialf that num.: Pler. of f 4019: • • •• - • • . . • . . . . . . • The - :icaseadc bridfre of the. Erie i . ailitiad, one of the wonders of Americiin iig,ineer ing,, is about . g.ohig the way of all •wooden bridges.. it crossed a chasm 158 feet :deep in One cleqr sr*ii •of - 275 feet, and its des truction by fire woul.d.have Proved a serious thir. This • ch;isin is • now filled up with .an 'embankment . of :broken stone; through . which -the . - water - , percolates Iseely, and, •11 permanent substittite for the - bridge •is found:- ' - . . . . . . . : The editOr•bf the ..111 . 4bhe Mercury has •apen . n man just from TOXIIR, who sa . ys he is a. member .of ft vigilance eominittee, .which has been M correspond . enee. with the emmittees of other counties, Ali.' eStinituti , S• that. no loss than' two •hundred- and . fitly persons have suffered death:from the rope's end:during the'oason.in Texas. • ... • . , . , . . . . .. To illustrate the facilitiea.of travel which mark the age; an •E'ti,( 01 tOinian',said ,dur . ia , r .the present year he had eaten . a:,.sandwich oaths top of the pyrairtid.M . Eyot, drank the health of. Queen Vietoria!on the: veri - le - . of the crater of Vesuvius anclien rather :111.izrfiry sqolded.bylas wife on : the• sunt init'of _Monne •Blane. '' ' ' :,• ' ' • WIIAT:Bit4N,DY IS reeipe in . general rise for malt inv, the, 1)0,4 "pale" end ptireSt,i'otard'' brae . , spirit ; pewder,l cat chu; srlphurie.nekl; butyric ether; oil of orange dissolved . in: the ether; stizar coloring.". Views of "a Private Cifizon on Vie Qonsti tutional..itight of Secession: • . • • . Cali. vie' m?.ra St9te . s. pnanevihl# yqunierrity (14,•1 sceedi, iron In cone 'on, or - more PI thOP it- Ire' the rilirf and tbe . dtit ni. - thf.:4.rmrnmflit of the Cmited'States.(o resist 'and - punish'. such secession, if need be . , by cote's , of-the * military posyer of said gnsernmeni- 7• -Ist: Cana State',Constittilionally sexed:n:7 as - Nor:3ls nr AY Aa 7U\lrur . . • . . . OiIY enverittnent- nn. lootritily . , no: enigma `nmotur, the, history of nntiniie. • . .• , • ONE' antierninitrit for some toirooses nod sepri rrft governments - for other phrposes.; • • !rho •Nptionnr-Cpyorilnyint rests itpnn.• tlie conOtillitiOn,• that is the Supreme it is rorit t i far Nationalpur Prises ant! n,Clllff'dftlaCl/ for State'porpnses, . -• ' • . The Preamble:tothe:Cpostittition states teke, ,itio,'. what Ile oNirei.e,' nod . feiio• made it.: ntit .elri•lar!‘l to' 6, , n liv;,ireA of irlepen• f!!!nt.StateO; • nor a (7 - %tiirelerary of such 'States, but it declares that rf TII P . E61`61; or the United States" (for eertain•tntrposes).!,4o,or qiiii;iii,l.estnhfish:-thiS-Cnostirtitiort of the [fol. , ted §tates nf A nierien; It . was then the tYliele..perfple of: the :United States- q , ,e,par,pl.;• ilrrl not : the thert thirteen U. Sr. nh otoliyhteil Stntes :: tkift - formed this cern• foe.ir wig n • on3rAPr: •11fait it neon ',nrConteilerney ofStfiteo'n,r.firfe.i, Or; 4::/eozoe between tit States, shoold'haye heen teneffe(er - Con feclerney) of. Ow . separate ,nrl • hi110:',1111‘61 States America - - (far the. do .fortit;.Ordnio . notl establish t hto•donotittit It.el'a4 not on tirnlyO . or in'tetvied. tit he..: • • • - . l'h;; 'COTISI if taillil . AVA to make. u s orof frovernment,' nee datintt,lotryine the States to terni State Constit of ions'and State eorer,nrn , otO• for' . •,..•The worhi:haye.•ever voile,' the pew pie of the ~ , n ation;". not •n "Confe!leracy .." • ; • . •- In Eornp , , sovereierf Sdat'o hay,: letely.: for 'certain tho fen - ear or cop ..fe , lerat,ion.of the Rhine, yet elrh Sate r,•toinf its . sorttrrignty' , alifi arts or r , fitse, net, oep ra telyi'for•itoolf. for there f Ito net init of. 'lnn• jority not hind th., ono v, but the. roil• sent mast cooper-ineptly they hare on,poiver as nlt4 . proli7r,or ,nritio;t •ttn: Ires oi/ • n eree ;' the United Stateo h n majority rule . Sovereign StntrO of Fhireff - e. shrrietlm•to'ha re allirniers; hilt the s e iilJfadce she not make them . . . ~ ' • • . . 6 , i,,, nal' I oi, ... • , . rile 17niteil Stntes being on nation (fnroia-. :tional; purpone9) tt'ti n portion 'of that , nation viiitil'ilrnix from their,natinnality%iinti voluntitti . ly go not ,or the nonpict 1. • • • • ' • • . pr'or thin the conn.tittition . of the U.:S:.piali..o.n, . . . ''fr . hc;. lititiOtial . ; compact . wec not:Thalle to he .054zoivr. , 1Iirtite plencore hf thn parti;.,.. The. rtre;irobte doehlres •i,t .. m.ttl,. "to` seetirtt 'the I)ht ,. :qing,s.of liberty. tti .0 ti rse I 1.0 It it d orir iypstrri. • . . . 'find it not linen llo' 4l .rnod , to - boltrytivanotit, it (ramons wont , ' ha prOvid.oillfe-con.tifotintni rnlatic vOilvbitmi!tht. In. dis;rilv'e. , l--thiq wn not .:tion!!:: firovi(k. .Finir.Wirortnt ,1 . . . . . . . The' hrgeory . of the eirlizna worlTshott , Ow .. . I.vl)An 1 - I , itinnis'ar4' 'iorni:li:tlviv 'n ro . alw , n'y 'to 1.).? r) , •rnn ViPet. and'llionwiint.•or On liis ' rnr, of env. tialinii. , l4inn , l tii Iln..otfion.yi;o ; :...'... No .ha'v,! Il!ipo:a • liiition . otidrr li - o . .prr:s. , rit C'hh . .st inoroo 71 yrars, . 811 *tfia•l.';f.riclqtyiii•f,ir .t Fri P?iiriq ortior , 'lna 1001,'..-0 , 1 ro.tl , end awl c.l,n,r, IV. liofqi , i , ..iZoP•I for a 71.rmviaii 1 tin tio' 9 :. e 1 ' ekr l' ' I:0 it, % r* voi 'V il p' i i'i) 0r; r. vi -6. rirrpar'itiop.. ro r•na . -- .t i rr,t) *I . : , I , ; fonc4 cliiily, Fflows'11):1t thy :kver . . meant 'for tho - pn'rrnii.firiltten pt .- one:minion ; ' all nor CoogTi . ctirnal.trg . ition roint, wilbrin:mi: ..., .._ orrim4 in o tn, t:ll , ..flitnrenr:One (, ixronf irt t ion. 'min, nr n 1 to Pa y. nor rlf , .ll,nor,l,to.be. apt in fart -one nation, tbit is . in th , tb.;:Con stitntion, yllV.p,tbo . p;flopl,tif the. tiMfr‘,l'l3tati , . • lire orf,mlo: , not 'only. by and (I^r tho ronztitotMo,' bar'b'y I h . p.lo*. 'eat .r , (111:bnr) .7e0,),,:mt or: OF! errrt . m3 , .. Evi.ry manns, ti-ct tinrtive tho",Umitett Strit.64 . .eire one. p , ofll.e and m,e nation. •.. • , • . . • . If tit . .. 4 Ito trot., (1,if...51h. b tory of tlie...lyorlil shomit preoetiont' one . .poilinit natiori' vot iintarily ..troin t hi hotly polit wit 1.9.. a. rts liei rt.! the requit .it'oti4ibi,l 4 '. 'not tliero sue)! reronl. • ' • • •• , • kont%' that military pltver nation's, but voluotary:secesiOn his not a pte . . • But,.sat the - qeessVoniSts,.the UnitedStatos k-a ennfeilera6' :,States, each Srrte hedne separato'ntid indoponileto, it retains . .itspo/itira soyeroi2nty. When it.beenmes.h rnetilbor of •the conf,d,. rar y, niri aq such independent soyereiqn Po..vOr it-istint'lmund to irmairi in the .divine loteler than it ehnneq, end that when 'the' Con stit.ution, ordhe 'laws enaet;,;,l by its authority, ern...palpably ton eppres , iv.e 'upon .thern to be horns ['hey can conslitutionally w.ithdraW (tern the Union. . . • •that the Stntes do not yield their State . .801 , - en:lgo!' If . jainitl, he .conrederney,./.o).firi nor is it. necessary' that they shOol.l,tiot thek over look the - fact that:.they are nr.t sovereilirobr rd./ . purposes, hot only . ..for SHIA plerposrsi . tilt!). am only sovern.rin their foLiirimitte . iitherev•theY form .th;•ir :own 'State Conqi turbo ) 'nod St . at e la %vg ; hn'y re;r4;fite .their intorhel 13ta It! pal dridept.ddlorp; ; wi r y for contiaventioo Stattis Constit ot ion for t t, the while people ye - dee heed' to he. Orpro'nvi 'over tlll. : • • 2 • • .. . , . ... . , .Tlie . ,Srkitei are . tlirf..foi.o - ,int sivrr•km.in ail utitint4e4 RP Ilse ti( th..., t'erib,,l)tit them is a /iiii . it to ,their: sovereigntti.: Th.! . . ' C . olitittitirin. l . t . theunited Sr,‘t.e.i is par.rirpoont;iintl.so to sNalr ; lord of thtt.p.scendrint over thorn. • : . . . Tho'y have • 7,...ie110d op . their, pawns prilitien!.sovereHitit , tb.the .Cot3ittit ion, an.l. Oyernaniq:of the .United r Stau , s: 2' • 'flat the ponplwast.a,.t6tiiin Lailrovf4:the Constitution ,cad The zavf•raploq-fot' thry. can change,or alitii4ate It aalfprm a nyt.w,'orne. . . The conditiotil. Of the States may well li t Lib n the . parons atol their . 11epOriihirifq' in. The abject orthe . Baronagn owed fe alty tn the. Lord of iho: se'itmiority,;: so las as jOriSilietion.M 'the, sov‘iickmt y" was •crine - erneil, first•and.highOSt thy..qwed fealty, iiutl'iill#gtance..to their.liina , who igas lord pat .antounrayer.hoth'airori rknil people. - A?? taire.the;kround-tha bit State itg enhsti.! 'national sen4e.of the term.. • . .• • For . thr:l.highest.power, of n t,itilte . h it n Nation , 14 ;the phssesidOn . of ft.lie of ; - Oefaiing: and Ipaking:penet!, ilenied 'to the States . irparatetk....: . • The..Const it a t provides; Art.: 1, See:. 10;' Slate, shalh wit hont . the C . onvnt•of Congress, enter into:ap.3% azreement or .0,11 1 1, 1(1! with nattier: State; or'tvith n.forei to flOW . oei or 6) , _ , 74 , 6://?; t? , tro9llepp act qnlFyirlynile(l," Everypnredp soreteig:p andindepentlent:Statr, 'or nation'in Clirietiftndom'cliitn!'rknil'Oxi'erttieo this.priwnr.' and it follow that : if a Siate• has: not ronstittitionally thi4...plrntiry'nna'er, it is irantin in ono of. the :rncist •esS , :nitial'prerogti.. tires of.soverektntY• '- ' • • ' • . . . •• . . ' ...A.State by !he: C v •Otnilit . ut ion is - expressly de nied ot her 'potVrs :etjonlly vital to its exist epee . light: nation,. for by t-11.e• siting 'secant), it is de nied the riglit. to "make 4 .tren!y,') , .(doin mop.; ey''or . .!flay - any imposts or-duties," it as clear tbat a.State is not sovereign ii,n n nations! sense when it fineqynot . posSess, tot has:eXpressty yielded 'op.to a SI/ pe rioi. puweryti . ies'a. ifeenißts ry . . prerogatives.. : ... • . ' ..- . ' ' -. • .. , . . . . . . •'' ;In w...doei a Sate . act.iSn, i t, , r . • cepoit ylll4 'member of thi4 Confeileraq—doh, it ftet. s;pl-. .raidy under the' t , iintitpriciti, ne npirirleraentierit Rower I No, it 'dets 110 . .. rts a •Statri . ..• but : the people of the Stete•rxercis'e' tlieir . pol i t keel fren r hiee;. conjoeptly iy ft h the . tobo/e•peolite . or the Unitlil • State . B. - " . •:- . .Th r . the not thp : Strin , ,e its Styto,; . illnot 61 ) rnsid.nit ; thn moment n IJ, S. Sinatra is . plectril, ly, .ho Jnipn his ilr6tity . as a Senator of flip partirotar Shari 'he rnrirslents, n'nil nets "fr:laity nc . n $-.nat . nr,itt the Unite!' St'a'ten.- sitpe:t‘iiin;z...ncolirs people f;nrigressional elect . 6 . CnrittrPssinn6l ltopros , ni tat iYn. .11Pprpsentntivp. irises his Inca) identity ns Kontistittlent nie . tphernf the ..i l lls' , ll)3lCiflZ . power, • he 'pets:for . nmf'iS a . • ••• . R Tri . S l ?otati ye of n'fol :fr the . ihilt!ifi•SOt•q.—.. A I.l`'w is hover pissed by the . , vote of 'the State.?, by 6 vnt; , whOle of the Sejta'orq• 11-pros-nlntives of the the`Alnciicon nation, acting cititioitttly rt , •••;hot. one . power. : , • J.rwrer•tlio COnstitntion the Stnte . q vote iliOtely,. hot on a 'sijozlo oreaoort ; that of voting . for n eanflhhite for Pr«,9hlont,of the-U'. S., „when H., election House the ottie of Ripresen'tit tivoq. • . . • .Riit never tn - frerne a•law or irrake.a trenty: When the. Constitution W.(19 • formed,. ga tdl wei : e . Pli , cteil by. the'peripla.of . enelf State and %yhro . .thoy acted in :genernt . 'rotivention;• they riefed;. they voi as ?flie deliberative Ito, Iv, in a whole and : tint' by Stl;ec, ; .'trt i o, fly! Cno'stittifion wav ndopted by • the' . •setiainte . Stati.'s as Slaips;:foi the' 1111Spri, t that hfl Tor,. the enneitution, they :were.. eeparafe, and independent% coldoics, nod theretora,h,id the right td - areejit lir reject the Contitution,:each yea.; .but ndw that 11ifyIta adopt . - Constitiition their TlnvedOst t'h'eir idehtl :y as States col. NatiOnad rnirpo* . es; Init folly. reserve their soydreigrity tor,State' purposes, National . . pittpoff, th ey' bh,i , • agreed to. so in ac, gov:trprliont,,one..ii:ition 'and bd as .one . . . it is said that the Con'Stitution „was formed by'a .erMitsart of the separa(e.StatO, and •thit as a eoinpaet agreement betvVecn parties Stafttsi aS•they 'came •vithintari,ly into ,comititet, they.citn',volumarily out of (he 'compact. • • .• s ... • tv• the friencis of oros:m u are strict con. ists;where 110 theY•Thittnii:ranctarar 3 ,l in t h e tO s let them put..t...therttis'no ttelt clause, in' the. Crins.titittion.te.veity:thintt.in that saeri-tti inStrimient 'clearly proves' that, it . was titietatletl aS:a perp e ttlity,:tlesi'gneti.riot for those America treitizeteu who worn 'tile!, livitig alone, : or foi.!heii. • children, or for their eltit . drett'srtiT4ltring, but to•reach.tloism • •theltiitire . .y kpi•of litro .to the re'mniest.p.rintl :of .polit 'cal ttOt.!erattnettt 'mitt hurnito eivtlizat rria ;le is' a voluntary eornp'tet, yet:no 'cf. , State:or Nil iiipp • nill ws the parties tostin• rlisr the rosTittilti'os anti: I:?triitarit y..go. &it ot the marriritte contract., • : • •• ' • Aileztahne Is viottellY.'n'corropart.of mutual lrotection:on the onelsile mitt subjection on the ptltt'r; yet,,no State • v.mulri• allow a aitiken . vUl itutarily to thrpw , 'OlT:lkis I rte withlinj;;i jhris:liorion;"ohd in(3,1)66,1a . tit1• ih •Oppll clerottvirintiof the Oohs! , . ••. . . . ioripii;.otul di ! , dates of. tliikt S , iiii, tiiwhi c h. hi s illit.:.tjaric,-‘ .w.ig ,iii , ;; if he. tv:re t, resigt the (7,i, 9. kit I j9i) alio] 111.. , I , I.wl•ortlil• Statt;..it would 'punish:ll4n Ils fi t ril i I or. '. ' - • 2 ... • y On; ~1(1 jif 6 , 01 icann, aid join nnnthcr State nr br, 11 1101a))1.1ant.of:anntli e'r colintry: bpca.irst! the ri..:llt i(11.11 "ET,l6riult iri.l to. rim, f. if 14. , to;:• the vPr:rir lova, or nirti;y.ft...cla rift!! • , v . ar.a.4.l.init,.nrjeoinitig . the enArnies of tp.r,, , ,-11, , '! :1.1)so It• from.that alb iarice is he tint tr traitor 1.• • . . .• , Iby a El===EM . , . ~ 1 .., • , y . 0 at ally urn , •t tql(1!).'0, it iwr ny 'mon concept ; the txitittlrastl.hf one; of int iminStists ; li•teSuin WOO not- only .volootary, hot Ibore . is nn . :s•Stiction or tterinity for its enforcement t: Ina in. 'all coanriteti Is a ganct ion nr penalty' hither , xproive.l plie,l,. an I non - cootmiet is tt . vor . voluntarily*.an-, incorrin , 4ll Onolty; • •As punishm-nt.i..the frnit of crime, sh is pftniiity t fruit of• qnlation nfcomnritit ; the •ornnltli of the State , :, ini;;2l) s . otitntsre, was, off:titotion tO t.le fierinintinf ; p•qt-nttir ititnilo•l broken; arll ii.hroltt'.n:ll rts•tileofr-onliir tri.7 htt. p•ti; 'thy , of, ones' for violOtion ;. honer! no • Star. , ;th \vithoiq . irrear:rinz . p'- , a-'ilry,land rrhst a..'t-.'e:ni, - it be,' in theory ,hat-the of 'fa eason . • •:• H ' :• • y disirieirib , ;rrta:T the gayerninrit, and it yooavaviPailly,, 7 , ,trl 'art c, seek to d;?qtroy that goveyonkSht, y,a not carrialft - , treason against that- I:ay.,' rattle:o ; • • . • • it a State rpfirfe . , iris en overt act, they ,rnsajr•ilpiP'yrith th'a't case these Stites, who. do. elect, laws and aid to car'iy,en ertiment ivithdet.thl ahl'of-111Prefractery'Statf; nn.t the ri , ,ffao.torsi :State :pipit eut;mit to Mich. eontiturinnellaw ! ;, nsAre madf.i by the- .oth'iii vOsoess. " .e.aw , titeCenal 161 , 1116 , , tit Somatorr, inci. Cana - return - reit, are - titit s ;,elaelail of ikti!irt take., their s'eata 81i e tlonnlly there 'la not a 'qaoririn";thie.tplifit nn hyntll9 v nr .14p,ey lOO , ntim in' the.nsmCnticirinor.ihi ntilt; apprehreork the. Pres hfror ; Star!), t h ei . fe d 011 . ftidteiltryi,..anil' . l4#ti k ii i o; y. armond navy rieo;l tv: , ,) ore, still eon: t bearnt.'th 'cnrry gairerki. mont,•a:t .heretolnre,, anrf shhold refit;rit,tnr . act ' he liabfeth 'imnenchrnenti,„•tr'ai ' it intrerhe admitted that Reale of : Ohtßitet , ' efeteil . I,6Vent 114 lead to :,:relinlPttjuni but never can be a':constiptional ar4e . cession. • • • •- • • . • •• • : That n State . or any portion' of the Stite.,eari .. ..., not conatirotiorinlry secede: is inihrbital4, 'pro... yen. by' referoncolci . thoreitriCtion contained in, the'll , h Sec. of the lot 'Art,. Nn; I..alreatfy • gout 34; nrovid et tia , it'fg.2lfo toeinto an.'y trocrty,,nliinni•opronindointion;'*6 the litter 'ort of Na. 2 of, the:1064.r.. Section. which peovitien . -.lh;lt of tongreN:s tikrertnfrift Or I•OrOpiti with oho:14r , ` &cal .: en. pinth • a Foroien Ponoir ! !' - ••: ' 1:16 , 11 a9y:stof...mati . itlpirgn jrv'siblii,"itt;T a' Single State to mnintia,n it liftleperrilance:&plone and iannicteil by nny:othct, Stahe ar ecityar? 'the ', eunnosition :fro.; prepneternun.„ae;: • dented' the`. right. to • fOrtn n n y . !diiitrCemcnt comniiet"'ecm with onothot .1,111- ahce with a Forefen PoWer'Or.antrittitetrOtnr compaobov'veen . thPrniery es , lie and pla,6l . 'viala.tion the exprosi torn)* of the ronotitntion. • • . - . . . If, then .there Was, no other c.Ortstitutionalln •hiltitiOn, the foregoing is a • endclient gnivanfy to'all. the StateS that no kat° or number , . of Stares r an • constitutionally Secede l jrittti 'te Un ion;.vrithoitt :drixtinytttg the: compact which new binds them togitheri;• • The first pllitical act which. would mist '.nat nrally flow from seresaion,of *root Igo* be that of -their- nOititti • themselves togAttitt - r! as a eonferferpcy for Martial' protection:and der ence't that is not only prohibited by the constitution,. :but the cot - omission of 'sdch an act as forming a new confederacy or alliance, Would bp an . ofz fence against dhe goveiroMent , of the 'United States and punishable by the constiened authin- If theae•viewr are e correct interpettation of the eenstitutional • provisions in .regard trothe . questioni•invOlred, then secession ig not - ttia' ronglitutional remedy to correct., any politlead grieyence under which eny portien of the i`terrl . ple, of the'llnited sint.es.they pntr. r Their ,eOnstitntionel remedied r are .. plitiodf pointed out by .the conatitution;and , are as fol- . . . . If the (met-Mien nnY. laiv of eong.ress he colons oppressive t the . 'p'eriple, they•have "the . right to petition Cengrese for redigis bychang ing the law, shyremntlelingor amending it: „their Itepresentetives nre. trn.faitliful .they Joey' _elect others pledged - , to reformthe evil corn, "plained of: if even ...theql: S.- . Supreme . Cettit deCide a groVe,princiPle . oreonstitutional law advetse'to the, public sentirrient;, :tbe p opts may change... the ndministratinn. 'en nn to ro- IMOuld,..in proc'ess of time, even thin high and august tribunal.. 'And so wise ere,the coriati- . rational provisions inbehalf Of the Snorer - Macy of the•people, that wheh these remedies' 'fail. theY'may by the action of ••ttep . .thirds.of the States confirmed or nrrproved by throe-fourths of ihoStates, nisemble a'neW convention arid re-constritereven .•the.cotistitntien, •itsedf," and therehy . change . t he whole furnlaMental..sritem,•: if their sovereign will shall .There• are peaceful and 'conitittilienal remedies„: hot seeession is neither peaceful nor. constitutional:. • The constitution of, the. tritifed States; was . .planned by enhirged yeiirlorm. nrid-exalted pat •riotionn can it, indccii;•be Ant this-saited .struiment„ heretofore dopsider'ed the.hroatt and. ample shield for the proteetion . of ear liberties. •• the nark • imoir which our.social' and politicai. fabric h'as rested fur. . - seienty-thren veers,' end': which was believed to be 'aS andUrinLr ns .ns rock of rnlainmr, is a 'bere•Myth; a fable,rif, bet' yesterday's 'constructioni ,Can it' be that crmitntional etimpact.'hnllowell by the blond anti.- the sacrifices of our revolutirinftry ncestrirs and: thus•made sacred to the'caufeof -human liberty; that this instruinent fronted by the' assembled 't wisdom °Lille, rnast patriotic and devoted - 0f ..2 AMeritan Staterrien who ever. graced : .this youthful nation; the philoiciphes; the..juriste,., the pntriots of the eighteenth century . ,;, can bin torn assander„seoepd and destroyed 1);Y the breath of disaffection ainott a pOrtion. - of our.. • Shall the mine Of our immortal. Washin'gton,. that name.which, graCed. thill'pricorens .- instep. • mcnt - ns its presiding Officer,she hericeforth'beld.. , ' as a by•word of derision; shall ..thd statute.. o • this man . wh.nSe fame. is. cO-eXtenSive with:thir whole World tit which wit live; be.thrown.from its.padestal end lrampled the dost,. before the nit ion to whom he gave their freedom,' th , glory of his•rame and • the - wisdom of this' rin.; coniplrabl . o instrument . , h as passed the first can tury of its national existence. . ' Shall that [fanner of the stiire • and •litrini' which float s in the breort and isfWafted.by th:' winds of, heaVeh in every oennfinfrif every sea'. and which coVerif the Ampriennnarriv•in eve. :•••• land and every tlimq'with .honor and with.eh • rv,.be.tnrn to •shre.ls by the first brei•ee of err'•• tienal rapt local disaeoction, • noel this nattore, embieln bo shorn Of ,irs'alory and trails:o,in t; 1 " 'hist 'of ilotnastie tfiF,corilt Noi t Heaven forbid.... Let every. r . niti , wholn# i smh,,, country stand firm to . tho renu4,;.and say: ~tlfo patriot Jackson,. ..the . et:4'4(4olon On: and sloill.bo preseeveili ) As to tit , . nower of t34 , F , ta . ditit , Piy . ;.tpmar : ' to exert' ita ry• force, ('..need tie)' for, r: elatna!ioo of y.yrOlio , , , ,,Srrkto- or Stutoit. is estioectlnn'at'ull. 1t a Verri....7ta,ipe.onet:vvhee. 'or the (cimars'of . the' ciitt.titntion'eve . r enutern • plated such a 'coot inttoney'llini ,- nne,' h . 1,6?.fa any : . is I havw..ifeVer ,seen:thr, of th'4.•:.coo ventian and., therefOre.havo, n!vti,ohlitint.t* th enriatituthin. as, kc Ylchle u0,.triy.:.014,14,,cpti0'.6111444:* B:+emi to rn• that,iiittrue tho bv.r4 congtirotion Arra triton OsOphi ar....o)rtic.ii • • I) inale goi/ftrniiPnt;.ii,oat ion; foi , nations . outpdses stleast,-ttit.n it istho - first gieat 11,1° thfit:Ov.trnm . eficto pafti of •whichli is composed; it filing eisottinc:r title that:sell' prPsjtvition is at 4 bin4llll4:4N " 4oroations as for. As ne.iodividual woOli posiessions., •or !tins Ixcnily, l smemberi t • amt torwassuniler, divided inXO-1.1LA,4 4? - ' 1 1 .4'4. 1 \ -.,: t. , . ' ! •- 'f . J ' 4 •,. e - ',.l (i , - :' '' 4' 3: 1 ~ -„,,.. - , .. 5 . :•5:1, , •:' , :, , , ,, , ,:-. 4:, ,,1 . , ...?,'''• . ''