• ondef . thi„,•11 41 0(,1410•01 riCt hO. OM ltit Utand' with . pf he•- Sapretrie eon . the their ' . .'.' • ittriedietion' sand set . tip - .,e.elairn. to ~ fugitive ha•t•shait''' 410 ii fine of '.,,•:•,.•..gtOOffitad - fifteen years': impri4onment. nNl>iliorl:ri ;has enntinued'Urhil..tnifiti F • . nt..tionest 'people' in'this s and•other laiuls • : hitlie!! that !ltiveholding V! the` sin oe ales; the . .-'eutnnfalli:_tiill'anies, let me: illustrate this' •by an'incideat... in_ my own n . xperidnce.. • A few eatal leek.from4he.eenter table of a MIAS .. t lan tiMilY ri..BcPittatui • .tibena I had •he en entertain .tt•Li re 'Anrierie,a;". .01 the .binek . lea f' • • that; the had been be.; „,:iliaVeadOnn•ene".•iCita,Children of the family of dillieenee. in. nn instituttep .of It'itt'plh..tiC.,•;.: The frcieti . cepieeeWas-aspicture of a ttpailf.ai fierce: countenance beating , p ,naked. eontents of the book :Were Pro - • • compiled from the testimony nf Amer . hpon the sill:jeCi of sin yery. • : •I dare • not • *late in this pince the,•extracts ; It will be sufficient. •to Isaj the(the•,..beolc asserts as undoubted' facts, „ • banks' of . . the .Mississippi are.sfudiled Withirrin the puriishment of slaves •,tbgt, in qui city of Chrtrlestnn the. bloody block Orr Which maiters • cut . ofF the hands of .` dittibedierit ser,iinnts; May lie:leen An the pub . • • liesiluarea; and that aim 'against- . .Chastitv ere • • Common Ond.,uerstbuked in • professedly., Chris ' thin families.' • • • ' Nowirimy lietirt.T did not ,feel angry etrthe •author Of that hook, nor at tbe:Schnol teacher who bestewett it urion hid/choler, ferAti •tien eliatitY. I gave, them, charity for. htmelty in •'. , the:Case;but standing, there a :stranger' among' -the. vinirtir Memories nr ,eloticips land to ' . saltich•mv heart' haii:so often . inadeit ft: pilgrim'. did feel that pm and OVPI y inarpin s • kmeriCe.• was' wrnagrd by the rev iir of their . , 'leave Inral, who' teach forrienors that hangir g '• and off hapds,-nipleatieg "d'o'n rn, ate • •chanieteri , lic'vif oer iffr and . mann'er:.. • • ; Bu tar p t r eed : not go to for'eignlands for . proof • thet,;aboiitFirtirn' has it NV Irrinn. by the langpage.rif 'abuse.' • Thu rntial : meeting • of. 11; • American; . ,the evidence to oor. Ivern . cie citetomed to latigh .et ven7l exhibit inns • of .fanatieism, ant thinking, 'Perhaps . that what •• wet fun for its wati . working death .. to our brethl • ••• 'yen whole property:at:4.separations :tv't -Ate boatel to protect. The fart. is,' we. ha ve •sp ff r , ,ed a fire to be'buili oitrraidsr• wiaise sparks • hive •been icaltereddar 'n:pl wide, and - bniv . *hen the smoke of- the ~roallaeration 'comes . beck to • blind our eyes, c h it the hent'of, it gigs - to: scorch 'oar in:lo'o6ld. end, .coMmereinl • ...interests, it Will not;.do. for tat to say thlit the . utterances of that society : are ravings of a fanatical and few; for the men ".• who compose it are honored in our midst Nei h and offices. .• • • • •• Its.PreSident is a Chief dustier: 'of the State of, New Jers.;y. The , ift re re • who have thrown•ptier its•doings'the sanction of our ho ly religion are onoted and . magnified all over ; • ,the land-as the' representative men of ilfa•age; • , 'and the man . who stood up in' deliberations • in the'ysar iSti2 and exhausted the . ,voeabulary • - of abuse upon the compromise •meastires', and the greAt statesmen-who framedithem - , is now ledge in our courts and. the guardinp of.our • Diet: and our property. . ••. • ' It will doubtless be-said that miirrpresrnt , , • rifler: and abase hive not been . cot:pool, in the ' • ' , progress ef this unhappy env:fest', tathe . • icknists.of the North: that. derriagogues and . ' •aelfseekingltnee at the South have been 'yin ' lent and abusive,• end newspaners Trefessedly in.the interest of the South','with a spirit which , ... 'ran be characterized as little less . 1 leali hive rverY'scandal in the most' . 'iacravated and irritating form. Bet . suppose ' ell this to be granted—what then?, Can Chris thin men juidify or palliate • the Wratliand. evil ' 'speaking • *bleb t hei r.' own doors - by '..priinting•to ..whiek-they, have . . provoked', from their • neiehhore? •- If I .were • preaching to day 'to .Southern audience,. i t , vrotild'be my, duty. and Utrest God would give • . trie• grace to , perfornt .•iti•to tell them 'of their sins in'this matter,' and esPecially would it he; my: privilege. as a, •minister of the Gospel • of.. •. peacc--a•priVilegr •from,,which no falSe . . of manhood sho u ld nre'venf exhOrt and .• 'beseech' them as brethren. • li.would nssure thein there aremultitades here who still cher ish the memory of' the battle=fields - and coup-. til-chambers where' Due; father:: cemented this . .. Union of States,. and -_ who' still stand by the compact of the constitution to the', eft - dust . ex•- I Would tell the thousands Of Christ inn : rnin isters, iimong•whoin are some of 'the brightest • .• ornaments of the . American apd the - • , tehs of thoniandeor Chrfstian men and 'is-omen •. towards whom; whii'e the 1:01/8 dl Christ barns in,me; my , heart can. never grove - cold. that - if 'they will only be.patient and hope to the, end, all may yet-be righted. Therefore I would.beseeel: then:print to pet it greargulf .he-• tWeen:ns end car off fir very .opreirtanitylor . teconiliation •nrioe, an honorable basis,l)3r• a • reyolution whose end no luirrian:eye' , ean'see., 130, then; I em tot preachine at the • • South. stand here at one Of the main fnumairi heads •i'lf• .. • the abase hrive ccinSplained of.• •Istand• here to reduke'..thireeiti, and' exhort parties to repent end forsake it. It • ' 'magnanimous. and Christlike'for those from • whortythe firet. pi:avocet:On: Carrie to make•the ••;firet 'coneessioe. , • . . • , . • • . Tha:legialative • enactments which are in • <lowan& acknowledged violation of the Con . ittittitiori,'and• whose ' chief design is.to put a • stigma; upon isliiveholding,Mest and will be te. • pealed. • Trtitffland justice will ultimately pre= • • eailr y and Godhrbiessine . anff the ..blessings gene,rationsi yet unborn will restimon that pay. ty; id. this . unhappy .contesti - Who first' stand forthlo utter, the, language of Conciliation arid. preff . er.the olive branch of . ..Pe:ice.' The-great • .: fe,er.is• that . the retraction come too Ante; • hat sootier or' later it will come.. Abolition ,. to, end one -day • will ebange* the mode Ol'its'werfare;and :adept a 'new. yoealm .' in' the' liberty 'of the press and' in'freedom of speech; bet I ,do not believn that any: man.has a right•before God; or in theiiye • of civilized law torspeak publish Whet he - • , 'pleases without regard to,consequences.' -With 'the annselentimis eonvietions'af our &din* eit .... neither We nor the law Sas . right to '.,,Ar.terferaf •but the law ought protect all men Imnilh!mttatance of libellous • Words, whose alleetisla create division and strife:, • I • •,...;'„ : . , 4' • frusielt/id pray, and.call 'Olen yoti to. unite with ma in !application that God .!Muld`give• iepentance and iti . hetiet mind, .to l,hat.siii,iiiineto•coitin they may at least- .. r1 „lettl e,tl;.%Pr . ..leciplesin decent and ! . respeCtful hitiatYag, . . • < 111...;•--Ariorierierati:11Llielk9,•Ye,Bilp4ITIMP.6'• or 'pnopF:Ki TO triTßii. • ' f4ri thug J4P010( and will not be Mitr : • _• ; ' l' do not Say:that abolitionism is ..I‘ . sre.als only - of tlie the.s.tem n.c.jn ! lica . tdifin its 16,)%yi'd j riiici: pleq.And;( . lornnsittited :froit'''‘•••• It l'ons.no . try Alavpry , by.the Ilib)e; Int. 76 rine 'Or 1 r e'c 7177 , , fr ela.inti; it' •,•,trin .tbn . Bible by.. tbe InliiciPles . or .he I.lm t• tl:6;•trord. ol,Gnit must; .be made to siniprrt , eer:tilin utini) poi fit172:. ,) .T4:77 I.;:tray, 'not be sionlie.fi l d at 4 , 7:tinier . ..at inn on this' te,4ot, let mee7inote from he: reeent',, w777:1; . ; Barnesii rvAsciLie rest t altoiyion !rwin • 4 , There:nre great principles in rniciiiittiirsas whirii • faiiM , vrir be'set . by . itii;y nitilthrity of a proresseir rcimiation. abocilT claiming to' he • rev•platiOn•f root .God, bynisk fair.interpretationolelended•filnviiry,. or nhiced It on' til e same. basis•- as the Jet:Minn- of lit:Shand and tVife, prerelif and child, •giiardiati -and not he received • bYlbe.,imlPS.:MS:Divinit are - ,.earinblp of Soilcing:herprr4tand what is to he oxpectrit in it rovelation,- tie coCkiltrice's.ego, svhich'iti mulliullnets liercsic's have hero liatebel. i4 . 1h9 . -Piiilerys web •,tv-hich mom hat' , li pit ()HI - lei: Mvolirtittis,' and clinzini tortvldeli. they ludo at ternotrAl tO . -stvine over , tip• . yni'vn-' ink riftyssot 'Alas liotv •itinni; hoVe 'fallen in and been to pliice!d • lirlien a. .thati setsmithe great priiicipin nature: •(bv tchih:•be nlways menus' his, own procou 7 e.eived 6111111011 g) .the snorerne- a tt•i;- eVrio theliriv of. (3- , l :Wrist be ,tiir.ri —iyhen n man S' , Vg the.- itbn litinntem or f- will not - reecieti tin 10i.5 . a . 1: • .• ready cot li : is. , (trim the sim of faith. Truil hilie6 says,, Lord,. thy -p-oft'rini • . *hilts to hPar.'? ' Ab o nliiiiiiion says' .iSriettE !ord. brit speak in nerinribirice:rwillt 'priffe,l• theY . 'eantiotbie .rPciii .ynd by thp.irilil mass 61- ns- a :Divimi Ilevelm fruit of •Fitirti .whit'jtrmnc.iplrs; is' luht we: roiCht expA cr. • .Viii; send . of nbiilitionirn bpon .plehtlhibr rep .of ty , an; lis:loievp:ost 114 • pet hums:invaiinlrlt'd,rlinrii;;n.l ljeji 1110 tidy . 61 frlallti . eS7l . tn, !hp - wit.rl: ni .Clitlivl) tin 1 of h^-4'lr:srliffpro , l .1 meati.tio'ilirm art Ni'VV.EII.4I;IIIII-7-1 ,,1 he coral ITot•ii who I dim c•• stand Ity,,t hr.:Mt.:Mot lan m v,arla and ens tpipt"eitrileslly, for the- to"Ile) trimiri dew! . tvlisis•c nifthe hut'whn'does lint lointv r ! lin t Ilic iitnirs•iu.tvltit+ iimphs,•are nt . th . n S•nm. Tirszp. 110 , rreat stron , 4- bcll,lQ. infolellll,in: !lie lipid? often . . . thought that if . sente;of thee of l .I)°l4rirri . Igh nrs. epilid conic , bni;lz. t 1 10.q,iyit end powernt. Ellie. in atfend a tr . t.tind e.dehration 'he Cdvm outh miFzht.lv,•ll'pronei - Corf this teNt: c.if ye were AI raiyarp's r.en would do the works Abi•ahain.:!'- The effect or . a holt is no it cc strihing. and mournful than its on' ft is a remarkable arid iiistrn4iei . i fsref.•and.oty a t•rtbirli Christ innrrfeo uhl do•,well t o • pa use and consider, that in •t country all •the pro . M. Mont leaders 'of .obeliiinnistii, :outside of the' ministry; have' beenine penived • infidels; 'rind . that all o;;r notorionS,aholition :.Preacher - S have rennuneed•Oe grand 'doctrines of. grae•ri.n s• they are tati;lll'in the . ndards. of the: reformed, elinrehris- • -hdye resorted to the most' viorent proe.,:sses of interpretation to avoid the meaning of plain•Seriptural texts;..a.nd.ase.ri bed 'to the4postles pidneiples from yhieh. 'Wety and moral coon - tie. hintinctively revolt. They make that to be sin . whielt.i . lie:Rible . .(to'es not reirire' to he ilerionnee in' • lan r,naLre ourh no the' sternest•prophets law nevor employed, a lidation which , arid his- A Postles.rbrostdzed. and ri;ealated,• They seek to , institute term; - ter and texts :of Christian' nt telly. a t•raria nre tfie.ors:ar ic law of 01 - 6 . ehorell.aS • founded by its 'Divine Fiend( and atteippiiug to justify this,' isrirpa_. lion of Diviue prerov,atives by an appeal . from Gott's Inir=to't he :dietates of fatlea •tiornon nn !um', they'lyottld set up . a '.spiiitual • ty . r:rany rpore . o.diaoS'and..insafferable;becattse.rn.r,i-e:ar;; bitrar . ) ., , pad upre,rtaia in its deakions, than po pery itself. A ad'as the. tree -is; sO have its 'fruitS•lisen. It.is,npt a iheciry,.htit .dempti' 4tratcfl(4ct; that 111)0th - 111i...11 !Kokto infideli ty....nip!" 11.9 Garrison' and Gidainfts and . Gerrit Smith, h., Ce . yfebled - to the current. of thiiir own fulecfples . , dnd . thrown boaad. Tlinusanris of humbler, men Who.linten to abolition prrlaidleic and-.do 'And-whether it•h; restraints of Official po sitirm„ or the prevent irig . fiance of .God thnt en ables such preacbers,torow ti n the ntreatn.au-I regard tlre authority' of Scripture In other m a t:. lers,•their• influence upon.thiS-one•snbieet is' all the . inore perlficions; becatiQe I hey.papplieny. in the mime of Christ.; • In this sincere and 'plain nlteaance of ;illy deep concictions,.l am .nnl3 dischUaging.my conSeience.to'wqrtis:ihe•• -fleck over •which lam set..;'‘l'lien the shepherd sect h the ‘colf:cOming, be is hound to Cite IV,—AurfLeiros mut: - eftfun , e4l ~•F4l or , Tur. Affi'FATES'AND . Tnn• thtnuiru ,IttAT TllltEATENu.raffr: • Ifere, as - tipnn the Preceding 'pointi.l will not. be.mjsunderstomr."• not here as . tho advo cate or opponent of any railiticaVparty; arid - ji is no Mlore than simple juktice, for me. to say plainly that I In not :conSider Republican and .Abelitionist.as nne.esSatily syrionyinons terins.. There' are .tens•nf thousands of Christian men who'vrite,i With the sneeesfnl iinrty it thelate election who do not sympathize n'ith the prin eiples'or aims of aholit.innism. ..A mong . these' are some'beloved members of..my own flock. who will not hesitate a moment to put the seal .of their' appobation Upon .the doctrine • of this discourse..., knq what is 'still more to ..the' point,- - there . - S'eemsr to.be sufficient evidence that:the: man who has.just been, choSeu to be . the of this 'nation is arming the more con servative and. Bible : lovitle men, of his party.— yl7 e have no 'fears that if the new administrci ti6n entild.beinietly inaugurate 4; it would or could abolitionizethe government. There are honest people - enough in the Northern States to .prevent 'such a result. lint, then, while thiS is admitted ei - a•simple matter of truth' and just-• ice, it cannot, he denied, on the . other hand, that...abolitionism did enter with all.its eharac toristie liitteineeslnto the, 'went' contest; that the result •never'eould have .lieep:acComplished without its assi;.tance, nod that it now nppro priates .the. yicinry in words' of. ridicule and scorn thatetiMg . likeai, serpent. tet Me give yea' aaingle specirtien.of the, spirir in which ab.. olitionism has•carriedwri, political,- - wayfare. .by an.eatract from nAourrial which claims to have - alrirger 'circulation than any•.other rAig kits Opel' in the land. - ', I.quote from the .NeW York Indefienjent, of .Septerriber, .11360: • calie-peopte will'not levy'war. nor inangti rate a revolution; even relieve Kans4s,.. until they have first tried whit they .can' do. by. vo- If this peacefill'rerriedy shsidd fail to be • applied.this• - :Yeat; thim the 'people Will count. 'the cost and: decide. for themseves boldly and littnry.Which is tliebetter waY,to:rise in arms and throw off a•gov.ernment wors'e' than that of r tlir f'ui Kllle tin,li i 9 loyo .fo . !hr,'roirs thi s . .16-0 has into -61111 et , iitroj w:i•jr:tr.t,,' 1)41 d3ni.:we,llrrrivr_airLi.:;vrc if 'm 61i rpre9Plit . dagrers r!' !TA t .Fergit - o4 As* th',:(1:11-io ini‘t• tyihro r tho in !ficirg;i..m!! . gl.• .limy in !nrosts 8,01 . 0o:4 , 11r onro' to I , tcieo!'rt nll pa.rty briek osthoV.o'o: ^ o.- e' livlilishrd t ty:Plity y.prira . nqn in . 1110• P'rinc,tdri Cogains this rcinaloble Inn- . , nlavellold inc is, itself. s m l l . l pitidtiej. the rlis'ilninti of tho Sta trig "ilr tlin rciylci.lll4 iii Ow' count {) F • inr , .55 tilts npinirin tr . pro!,, it will. ,Inail.thpqq,. whp:grifer-* twin it•t o cacritico•s tri ratty it nut slid ..Afreet.*: WA .hall . nG 1% 1 ' ,1. 1 1 ;0105 5 ." ' . . PLr w nfd 9 Prophet le; 'n - nit thriv who road th. ins (If the Jinn's rrimil - Hint tho.porigil i fIII in draws •near. In NI tit 'Orit•fosiii.t. ioal sottidtir;s thit tbrojohl.i. nlrcoi lv . in a errantn 'bf air glom ' rflittiints nal into; arc ; roiit in ti.sni in' lit , the simpli3 (Ines ; dibn slati.lirddintr, n sill?" it yet-rernain.. t i he—senn whdthrr theAmnii 7 Trar.t.Sorii.ty.and the Amer - lean Board n! 'Foreign Will he. rei-nintionizetl and ka dnniribered hy• a contest Which, we ore . i.z to he atintiallt:' reneired. Tit regord •to the Uni o n orti o ,se f•ttotes thereiS: inn mach- reason •tn that ,, Wu ore al rein'y two nations-in feel , init." and to tintieipote".tite nntir appinanii of, the calamity which . 'of the - .tar. in nor ensign, and iritiko us two potion.' A nrl; what Ints:.brotirr . h . t .. nri.to the, norc;c.: a t this precipice? What spirit .has riot tv, br;rtvePrii thr ti• Pit of dhose rs:licror God by hia.lik . asinri on I he", wirralorn"anti sacri.llo;4lifotir tdrcrs &lade ono Wlrtr:t Itas.cronted, ant fo4rf , i.ed ibis nl b+tiatiirn bet wean. the . :North. Ord !ha Sonitcrintid 1.),c whispor trd in'thc'eOrdterS—stalksj - nrth in. dOvlisAt arid is rocorrnizerLas . :ra; neee , :,sity by and! rodr,t of thinklrit , corn in all .scrldons the; land?. '.l Ircirrrr God, that this. division 'Dr firclinld.,, ofvrtiich, actirnddis 'talon tvill,lnr,bot thr - r.rrxtrres:rion,a64 e'rnborlirnend; wira bcgoten o f abolitionbon; ,berrtn . rOcked in its crlnlle and rod . with troiSonctl,oridE and instCtiolad Iry its rninistcTs• until tritiled which rorp , oc nrit•alto:l'aiher t hie l ' lppr.r . world, kt• is talziorr, htrlirrtnon the...pillart of •the consti: dittion find . shattcting- . fribric• to its. • There. tirrir when the constitionaf (jeStions between the: North- and' ,South—the conflict of material interests growing out •of their differences praduction,. were ilfsetisSeil.in, the: spirit..statesmanship . and. •chris't inn eniteisv. :Then Strch men as Daniel - Webs • ter rin . nn.e side,,and . Calhoun on the other, =tend iip.face to fade. and - defended the .rights of their respective constituency rn words.whieli• will be 'quoted as long as the 'English tontine shall endure, as a . model :of ,eloquence,.and patern:of.'manlydebate.„Tint abelitionismbe aqn cr ee p in. It came firstas a purelra , ..... ( 0 1 al question,: Mifrvery.sbon its doctrines . . were. 1 einbraedrl - by'a sufftdient ntfarber'to . hold the halance.nr:ndoier-hetween...contending. parties • 1 in runnydistrictsand .States. , 'Aspirants tile PresidencY •.'seiz • eitupoti it as' .a weapon for gratifying their ambition, or nvenekne their dis-. apPointmenti. ....Under the slitulowhf their .pat fonage, sincere abolitionists.beceme mniebeld and abusive in ndvneating their' principles,, , The unlawful, and wicked business of 'enticing slaven . from , their, rnaSt.'riS was pushed In rwit.rd'. with inereased•zpal. • ..Men•who in . the .'bette r . days of the rerinblic could. notshave..obtained the' smallest office, were :elected , to Congress upon this' single issue; :and , ministers.ol• the Gospel, descended. from t be' to•rniugle I ii , laii. i,nniMosity - with - the - boiling. cauldron 'Of politien•l strife, Nor Was this process coughed to on. side.le,thn contest. - Ahuse atwayspro, yokes reciimiriation. .So long as bninan•rtatare. Is passionate; hard %cords will be reSponded to by lin blows. ..And noiv. behold the result? rfl.thel balk Where . Webster and Calhoun, Ad, tiMs and-McUtiffio rendered, the..very-,:nume of •Arnerican . statesnanship illustrious, and revi- . -veil the memory of s elatsie eloquence,' we have heard' the..ent pouring of .both Northern and .-. -Southern :violence from men.whei.must r.aine less in this sacred-place;. aril in the land where - such slayeliidderS es Washington. and Madison united 'with HaMilton and Hancnekin cement ing the Pniiin which. they fondly hoped would be' perpetual, comme:"ce•and manufactures., and all our greatindustritannilgnyernmental,Mter... ests, are trembling on the verge o(ilinsniutinn and ma abelitionisrn is the area', mischief-maker betweent he:North and South; Co it is the great stitmblilig . block in . i he syrtyref ti.prineefol tlementbf oar diffichlties. • Its voice' in shill for ' The spirit of . .-coriciliation and dem -prn,'mise.it utterly alMbra, and, mingling'. liorY rid mirth With its madriess,putsinto. the hands of the. artvonates.of-secess.imrthe veryfatis With which to.tilow the eMbersot strife.intoa flame. One man. thrnw.a torch into thegreat temple of the Entiesians•and.kindreil conflagratiOn.Which a:hundred thousand - brave Men conic! net extio - - .gnish. . One , man fid.dled mnitsang,' 'and, Made his ecinrtiers - laughmtnid_the burning.bf Rome -and the : Abolition preacher "feels good".anil overflows with mdrriment whey he sees. our merchants and laboring mon running after their cheSfs anit the bread-of their families. "as if all; crest ion were.nfter them;" pad snuffs onthe Southern breeze. the scent of 'servile and civil shatne that it _should crime to this and the name of our 'holy' religion be so blris phornedt. Lotus hope in Christian•charity that such men do not- comprehend the dangers that stares them in- the face., Indeed, whomf u; comprehend it? In the eloquent words of DanTelVebster, "While-the .Union lasts we have high,- exciting . and gratifying . prospects spread • out. before us, for us. and our children. Beyond that I seek not le penetrate the Owl grant that in my day, at least, that'curtain may not rise." . • A and wonderful. providence liaaan tern pored the body, of these States fogether,.so briund and . interlaced'thern .wittCc . afit - imeraia and.sneialtiet, to -Say nothing, of legal -obliga tions, thntmo inemberchn.be seVered;:and es peeiully no contest. canbe•Wagecl...nmon,g the, merphers without 'quiVering and' anguishing; ev-, ers"nerve; and a: stagnation in' the vital . Clll.- 1 nnts of all. Let one . star.lie blotted out, from' 'our enSign; toil the moral gravitation ,which hobls.all in their - orbit; _will be paralyzed, if not utterly 'de s tr o y e d.. The living example of suc cessful secession far one cause,.will suggest: the same .courae fOl.utinther; and unless .God gives our public men wisdom and forbearanee. of which the past feria years :have n - flOrded..too little. the..dissolutien of this' Union be the - signal for the - disintegration 'Of its elements.: In . such 'a chaos let us not flatter ourselime that We shall-be in entire pence : and I,Ia!P f. 6,7 ... Tio'; or•ii , i , • , :, •on whei ,, , , ,*.p.•til ,, lis o'sl4o .. , .re si.oin t•vstgi . ii'l, r itiiiirrt .lii itinrilir. q 8 ; 4; li"" 41 • o,iir —,:il.rt hi? .11 - nitli, oil ntio pitip.. riii.l, fill -thi- , sl,ii•iliiiii t.liflot hig:. ..jr is • ily.c , oliflict . .:,tlia.t..:will ruin; the ploii2lisiiirii.rililliiisloii . thrimalr (Wfrk • 'tsii , iitvi niiii4liborlingil .in'the laiiil. ; 4botiticin ffatini, riity iiilk - almiit :What •• ‘wi: fi . 1, the . N,iffli'?• .• will • tin'; anti ' :will' •nbt.....i1n.. ,n's ,•, , . t bongo ort people 'had :bow e d dm.‘n tr ! Sidi; the, imagiithey hatUsetnp;.bitt'otityr men 'hesides'ilietri will claim the...right to speak , —. -other interests, trill rieed'•to' : be conserved :be-, the , causewhieh ..- : 'lltey • arm': Et:ugly...assume' that victor)? and the : smile of •heavett !TR'S, not him' that-. pitttetlr net: iiis.artnnr boast as -he that Anittailf it- 0ff.,"4- When thri, thorrsands . of... Working , men: • whoCe : . :subsistenei , depends upon !oar -trade , with. the Srmt h. many . -rtf•Whom have.: been deluded by nliolition' demagogues, • Shall clamor in .our strnets for bread, freeedabor-may present some probleins ecnonmy• 'ha's, not snive 1, 'And when the. : *cosMopoji tan . city parnlYzeil, and- all, her : benevolent inl .al institnt ions 'are withering in 'the . .heatof this : unnatural contest, it may becOrne -a question— . nity;isit not alreadY Our' coutit -init7(oll§.es,--Wh"iher this greatrnetroprd la can. luehrperated froM the people with : whom.:her' interest.and: heart is -bqund . - ap,- and continue to lie controlled by a legislative policy trgainSt which she is 'esontionallytirotestins,; , .- or wheth. : the"great• lights . of .history, :she will-at all hazards setup for- herself, -and linking:lire gateway. of, her barber invite - the - free : trade of the world id.pour its riches- intatMr bosom?' Such are a few Of - the •problinns. which lit'imx the question , era 'dissolu tion home to is. If -we-were. Ore of a . .pencii-'= ful whatever pecuniary , 'or social sacrifice,-we - woold not feel sotieeply•nr speak, so . earnestly. t utwho - knoWs that it, will-tie 'peaceful.?- Where is the,surgeoti whri.can sev er' even :One member 'from • the' body" politio- Withirt"the.shedding,..of blood? Where is the, Statesman or , politleal ticnnoiniSt.-. : Who"will un dertake:to, control the ,parties; Or direct the' in , ' dostrial interests of any. one • State; .amid the . ronfosipri and : alarm of dissolution? ;tot Its : not deceive trot - selves, The chasm before-cis is ir, vriwhirigthyss,• : into 'whose depth'soneeve . brit •Cforl7s; • can proetritte.- . Other men .- may. cry "'who's afraid?"' :and whistle - -to keep. their cn - tiratie'un;- but.l confess . ..my feari', , Through the corrairithat Is.about to rise; 1 ser. OmiloWs, at which the horror.of unreal darkness settle's. down upon my spirit and the -hair of my flesh' stands tip Lerus - appeal to the God - ofprase,. in ..whose. hands are the hearts of all inen',.lo dispel the fearful -Yisinn; to infuse his lovin,r:t spirit into-our tiotiona'l, etoncilS; to give our public rri4m; the - meekness-. of:„ : and to hind tiro hearts theiieirple- once Mote in bonds of brotherly kindness. • . , • 'fita • - if we should 'have 'these . ..supplicn thins : . ans‘Vereil,- let us prove Mir faith by our works ;' take the beam out of.eur ,own: eye, f?firi bs' . y the tw - ofold.rirncrpt of the -text: "These things teach and exliert;anl if any Man teach OthOr 7 wise, irMn such withdraw thyself.”- . • : 1117.ticoi'‘,4Coilittp:•Mein:atiit. Thursday, January 10, 1861 PROaftESS OFSECES9fON—Miss issippi,undobt mdiy, pr6.sed an Ordinance of immediate S'CCe.S sion, on Wednesday: __i• • • : .convention is now iii A committe of Thirteen was;appoint- . ,ed fo"dofisidei • tirid report 'uprin'tho:neeeSsity of setion by the State.: .. ., • • , th . e. th inst. ; the Convention adopted a resolution declaring it to belhA ri!2,lit ofStales.to witharaV, 'froth the,Unitifibildet cer tain'calises,; . and dint those rinses now compel Florida toexereise . tha'r This . •was s ear= ritdby a vote of .62.t0,5.H it is reported' - that thO.GOverilor: has • taken, possession or all the forts anVother:Federal ptoporty. : .• • t . Ktcx.ructir.—TwO conventions are in snssioh. They gill prohahl.yresolye that, gnntucky.Will .nof . hp.satisfiej.• with finytliing than. the "concurrence of the. North With Crintien's prope.ition. .•• .• •• • • • • A dispatch' to. the ,convention, .announeing the defeat - of the Qiitfenden „proposition,: has been recelvpd. Tt created great exciteineet., isIA NA .-SC) ' fiir 6s . - heard fforn secession 'delegates have have been chosen.- Without dealt 'the •fifteen Southern States will he b.e.united, and will, as sson as action is hail; formally secede from the,..Tinion.. • From . the feeling 'of the Republican, party, ' can hope ter, no other result. The great 'ntieStioi now before the people is, :whether•they . be loused todepart in peace . ora War of 'coercion. or.cedquest.be waged the part . of 04 NOrth. We jrnoW that the. people,, if allowed to act, are utterly. opposed to any 'such.Policy; never 'theless there fs'.great clangar . that the Teptiblican • leaders . will precipitate a bloody 'War uPoit - us. Many : of thenseemito,be . actuated by - a blood:thirsty desire. to Shed, the blood of their brethren.... Wc.have'heard. sev-. eral Republicans express the hope-'.that - there be no peaceable ' .settlement of the difficulties—H• that they wished to; : see.the South conquered. This-would seem like madness.on their part; but still there is method in in it. Tne.Repub .llcans S'eo a healthy reaction• at the North that willinevitahly'sweep them frorn-p . oWer, as soon as the people:cao :reaeh them: and.with thia.the certainty of a "bread revolution". in the east ern Cities, makethem antique to - create a di-• 'versiOnto . concentrate` public indignation' againstthe secedirigStates, arid by .inaugura ting a civil war, send off, the thousands of star:- Yin; men, whom their policy has brought to this extremity, to be r , foedfer priWder,' ; ho- - Ping.in the general eoutusiqn and ruin s to escape theyetribytion sate to follow the stieeess Of rte- The Committee of the Virginia lionse'df..del egatee have fixed ~upon' the 15th' 'Februry for the Meeting of .the State eonventiob,.and the Gth of :he same . month for.the election Of dele- . egateS. The ,generel'epinion was that Virgin, is wentdsecode ithout the . 2oth of February. proposition . :tdappropriate ..$10,000,000 fo r ; milita6t purposes, has bcen:refertetl tot corn• HON JACOB Timm' , Rory, Secretary of the In, dor, has.yesigned.:• The action of his Statc r Mississippi, made his farther. stay:in the eabi net'improper... ~ • •. 117 0 .1 1 .iyt , ;d0 , 6:e.1 th:i PrU•tinti 6f the pap,r LrliUgla prook- forNvhic.h , , tye a'Rk . the poople view the:fristituilon of verv, and the int=rimpi , rate promulgation of;ti ,- ..e views has.'already - pro - - d:67e(l totelilt, Al pot s ,, ttled, in a 1en7,11160 , 1y War, and the 'well tir:,cornesinS to 'examine I t he , (pi . 551100 of eiindnr, a nil divest nor selves; s~ much as pOssible,_ of and•Preroneqived'epinhics. ' • •The Steamship Star which was Charleston• with re'inforeernents fory:3llnfor.,A nilOrsonf, ; lies not..beerl he'ard.froM, 'and collll . lllll,Niety • 10 felt, aS . threats were made thtit nny yessed..bidnging succor to .the .tropps in the' rer.tressWoold, be stink.:lly the inStirierit gins from Morris islen I There Were rumors in Waslingten:Tnes;l4, thift she had. been :It : iri.theneii.r,hborhoti . do(Chnrjestrini.ned that thu cify hail been cnnnorinded<by,• Major Aridersor,.but little eredene.e, : hOWes:er . given to the report.' : ' • . ".• tt.cc.rms STkres SENAVAL. - -ED: GAR A:Cowns, of IYestrOorelard. County, tuns elected 17.•S: . :Seriefori. by Ithe,Legislature, oil Tuesday_. Init.; ple.ce of :Mr. , The feet tart Mi-.Cotron is an olil Clay . Whi g ., and eminoOtli,conser.yatiye,• taken Nvith the' small vote liven for 'N . Vil,elerred by a , stric:t Percy vote,. FA . T ATINOL,D 3 Port g . ilq;•kiliL , l , Ai . )9ir 61. s reqis, recently, but:t.w9 years otd;* that.weighell 799"ptittil.P.6(1' werik Borth, at qie $106,00: , ` hi , i• were short. -1161:41N1' Dorba : . •.'• .• .• Congress,- i I ttrt'to tlo Anything, Tinz.VnottE . - .Cengress haft net 'yet ditneanyth inc. t-O cairn -to-trano,nilize the pnblic• and -to a;ljest the,rnattefti,in ittintrot,M'rsy itch Ntirth and , the south.' It is, nolMtint4tely - , tint •ten probablethat.Congreis .- vdtl' do nothing to' furtler these great' The:Committers of . the two have - held vorisitts 'meetings,' and tmtertained and discussid carious plans of •coMprOrnice- and; adjustment. Chief affirm!' these : are ,the'plang 61-Mr. CRITTENDEN: Jittir t t DOitor,is, - Mr.,lltrc; I‘.fr..Ans-r . and Mr. GiCIMES. , They have canit . a=sed and .they hOve;yoted on all;'otie after another—but they liaitc. agreed On none. To the" credit of the members, decorum, digni,ty ,and - good - letnper hacO characterized . their consul tatigns-ritid disclts'siorts. The Black Repliblicap Members hay . ° obSti, nately. refused to . cume• up to:the reeinireinents of ,They haiard revolution and a_ bloody war, by 3.olfully . refusing rn ingro meet the crisis in a conciliatory .libcial . ..and •Statcsan-, like spirit. " • • , , 11.1Cantvlille'other initriimentalitits are:being invokell:, The .tor:mliers. of • the Houses frorn.the border States, slave •nad •free,. met in WashinetOn to einsidr;r the • erisfs..on Friday: evehinr last. They ,remained conf7en,ce some time and adjourned ovot:toanother day.. „There is still . ,another movement on foot, Says the intelligent correspondent of the Bal- Orrinie . ,S/in . • . . . . "The cirenlar..t.irefiered by Mr. Breekinriiige and addreased trithe border slavnholding, States:, rrromrrientling; of. those' States to be held.at Baltimore:lin the 12i'h of Febrnary for . t.he pfirpose of Considering the defies and iitere§ts filthee Stfites in relation to the petit - 7 ieal crisis, 'finds mach favor. It. has' heen,al• roadk' fiy • tunny .• Representatives Senators from the. tiorilrr.Stairs. • •... "The. movement is loolcecl.te as one that af fords a possible ehance- 7 the besx chance -that -afferiltid hi any •rynarter=tferian ail,itisfrnient of the vending di(ifiOiltir.'betweeri: thn' , North .and tlte•South, or for the peaceful establi.htnent of new confeileracies. . • • • • ; begin to despair of any . lielp'from . the poi ticians 'Raw assernbkd atynshingfon•: TieSideS being identified With many of the matters in difference, thby 'have distrust and ill-will to wards. each her. and suspect : every plan to be a trap sett° catch, there. • • • . Mr.l;incoln, who could, if he..clinse,licCom plish.mndb good,. 'maintains , %%dint his ft lends consider a masterly 'reserve and inactivity, and refuses to do anything openly. Under theSe.cireumstances,.our only hope is in ,the people—the fnassrs . of the. north: . . .If they' will throw their leader? oviWbOard,deeliire .VartiPon the politicidns,.liol , l:masS nieetings :shut out the demagognes from tneir' consulta tions, and 'speak and actfor'lliemselves, s• then 'some good .may be arrived at. In 511C11 meet i the re'solittions and the proceedings are al most invariably rrianage'd by tocksters, • who stifle the real feelings of the people. Should the inasseS:6l the North r.ct, •asl.'ve hOpe they will,. they ought. hy all, means to emancipate* themselves from rho influence of the selfish lea-' ders and • Por-liduse mint •-• .• WAsliiN6yox,, Jlin: 5 . On inquiry at the proper quarter, it' has been . ascertained that before June last; it'heing found tharthe arms aV the.se . v.eral arsenals. were .not proportionately diStribtited, and that . the'South= ern-arsen s als'we're quite deficient in :those stip• plies, n. distribution:was made for equalization only, and for no other object; . •. 'They xvere printipally a7,vnfrom the Spring : , field armory and the arsenals at Watervliet, N: N: Y., and Watertown; 114 ass. The..seeession trouble's, it is'lmown, had not then commenced. After the 'distributiOn was Completed, there remained 'a perpoderance of . arms at the North. . . . Y7.7Lt.•Gen. , Scott was - engaged' , till 4 o'clock this.rnorang. on busineis connected with his . ~ . department, .. . •Tlie' Republicans were again in, c caticns. -to day, ].heir. object., being to' agreelrOn iiniform legislative 'action. ...- . , • . ' , ' Nortrorx, Friday, Jan. 4. Yesterday great exertNrifmt prevailed here in •consequenee . oPtherepert that four companies of soldiers at, Fortress Monroe had been order ed' to Charleston. • • . . ' Lieut. I. H. N6rse has: sent - is 'his resiina- The c‘Broolclyn" i, coaling and getting ready for a . eruise: Tt is rumored that iler. deStinatiOn is Charleston, ' •. • • • MOBILE, Priday,: Jan .„.,1 . . . The United States. Arsenal was taken at day light this morning by the troops bf this•city.— ft.contained six stands of arms; 1:,500 'barrels of ponder, 300,000.rpunds ormuske!..catrtdges, and' other munitions of war.' There was no defence. ' rt,is iminored that. Vert Morgan W'CIS taken. last night..', • - . '• • WAsitiNtiToN, Jay., S.,'' . It is iipilerstooti hat protnincnt . , entrisilthive,addre!ißi.ff goy eminent in re ference to to the . eoinmercial. in tPrekts of tiirir iei,pectiee vii 4 of the press , political ;degree Of protection may be exricte.ii, som4!thing to this e ff ect. 'The * government — hoivever has, not fel . • . . , .. .. . ' • Retnins: are (laity received it the . .prolier' 'of.. :flee' !rem Sow"' carbliba pes;filaSters . ; shciwing that, business has progressed as, heretofore, , hi 'eliuling.' the honoring of eonn•aefors' .orders •fbr . . pay rind 'pOrchase of posialge examps. ..,',.... . -Salutes ,wpre,T!red here to.4lny in .honor of the Battle of.New.Orleans. .. - .- ..' • . ..- • • .. 'pit, AT hae . li!en found eitha,. and io.anii: quantities; ankof . aneb:it ?Mility; ao.to:Warrant the opinion ihat,the SUpply'ii in "eshanstiblk;"..ind the imali!y-Supelior yet discove r ed. The; Well is less - Olen 'fnity foot . ; deep; • . and yet file supply iee:hual.l,o'frit 4r : re . lS;'i. day:- Our, f(!llow eitizer[.. S. • W;:. is' the fueky.nwner: of a :of.- this enterpriSe, and we' are Oa& of it: We yi . islf.he.. may refilize.s,million dollars MOO. "from`it. We know of no man we wmild•sonner see «rof dng in BradleY.—Oreati4d, lerliser; • . • . . •. . •• ~..Tonuary•willA n te n important - month 'for cessinn . 'conventions.: Thb Stotcs which Are expected to follow the . lead.of Smith. Carolina will hold, their convention's on. the folloWing dayS.: Floridn . ,:Jtin..• 3; Adaliomn; Georgia, Jait 31h ; .Louisiana, Yap, 23dr Texas; °STOVES! STOVES!! Combinatron 'i!rick. dvon Gmking: tom I:.VVEN.TION . •OF TI ;Abli,.) T. NOUBSk:r.e"ipeelfully A tion s‘f those..wiqhik new Cooking 1.0 the.Fi;re Iti•iek,Elee . nteo Oven Cooking Stove, ‘..hie.h took the Pies'ts Fa ir,.aq well . .615: at numeroa's State' and County Faits threpl:,fioet the'Unt tea Shies:' . i11f'y . :1.1.2 i1: . 1 nickstilifrabl,.6 Si.o.f6nsirtiiiled r Ahd the only one . sthat , is eqiu,il to, the old fash- Ovon,:.fot .Baking, \VARII.A_Nr`II.I-D Yl;:AltS! . . .Ther.g. S'ovps trill be - soldat—greatly reduced prices.. '1 rim supplied with all kinds of • COOKING, PARLOR & BOX STOVES Toanther tvith a full assortment of TIN-WARE, (*L . 1 T.Oll. Job Work, . of all kinds. done. with 'dispatch, and in a satis.:. tory.mannee,:at 'the loWest possible prices: and Copper,. Rags, Bra S e ., lead, ; Pewter, Oats, and in fact everythflig you have will betaken in 'exchange for goods—even to Cash. .• Give me a call, at 'the old stand; • • . • ONE DOOR WEST OF. THE ASTOR HOUSE: . Sniethoort, Jan: :.tpi IS . OI. , A.:GENTS, ..WANTED: A 'Eook that. every Farmer, 2!lccha.nic , and BUSiIIOSS • Elan Vintatt; , di - 7ST I'I I IIT,ISHED,.. 1' H E .Tcry.Vas . Jlll) . Milt LOll Laws: . OF Till.: STATE QV TESNSYLVAITA... Compiloki frirm.i.he Acis.of ArOmbly b•• Wni:T; Hy• • • . • EDWARD F: JAMES; This work contains over 460,pagtoot of 'closely prlnted,l •natiter, rani wi.1.1 be solol. by subscription., it tracho's'llat olutio‘s.torolustiers 'of the Peace, with, for ns for lhr trunractioon.a It troche"' the ohitios:rof etonstahles With all the necea-.. sary forms'appertainins .. too the-taco , • It canton's the olatlas of the 'Patpervinori (Wormy (Inottiy cool 'fooWnsloip.in ti n e State.. ' • • • It 6,otnins the 'mole of . praccolurn for the laying poi ant ottocroiohnef public" and private main+, of vacating' and altering roraoht;the : • •I(cot to to ins the Connote!' School Law.witli-hirplanatinils oleclotionom noel direrticons, together with forma for. needs,. thothir, Contracts, Certificotcoi; Rc kc. , This dc!partment • the work cos ernopilool at I larrisborg by Mr Samuel P • Depu . ly liapeliottantletth nut - is alohe worth oho price of Ike yolnine to any Attic Interested la Cayman . . . , . . I 1 t. eoglaissllig'd„slies'orTownsllip Aullitnrs:• •': It grtlalt,s the laws relative 11, bogs and Sheep -:, • . , • It gool,lnu the diztiss t,l Aftsgssnrk..', : •„.. -'lt ecinfaigs lho laws is relatioli to strays . , Mules Ana lie - laws rolatit . O to renccn• and Fenco ' II •onthinr, tholarrs relatiriT to:Quite' Trout It contains tii&f:te,ction Laws ,with all tlle' necesiiiry •It cotiLdits the .Nateritlization Laws, With nil the .ere.sary Forms for Application: • •. ' It contains :{ large number of. i.egal Fornis which atria used iri the every day transaction of business, Backe* AaaiielrAl.rmeat., • Affidavits. -Articles of Agreements and Cant recto, Paitnershipe,..Apprentieles, Assignments, Attestations, Bills of EXchatiite .and Promissory Nettle, Bills of Sal t.;• Rondo, .Cherkm, Covenants. Deeds, De'posi •tion; Due. Ili Is and Produce'Notee ' Landlord !and Ton-• ant, Leases, Letters 'of ..At llareirtge,..Mortgages,. Receipts and Releases.- The work is hound in law sheep' and 'will be sold to subscribers at:. i 5 per copy, payable on delivery of the'work. The work has Passed the , re vision of many of the best Lawyers. in the State and has -received their titeptalified apProbation, as a reliable hand . .boik of reference upon all subjects upon which It treats vlinlit 'is arranged in ouch a manner as to!present plain, concise and explicit stntement of the duties ofrall Township 011icers, as may lio readily understood by - any One. • Iit'REAN and CAMERON Counties *Mike thor oughly canvassed Mr the - work, and the eithein re, spectrally snlicited. '• •. GEORGE 'IL ALIEN; • • General A geht for .ll'Kean & Cameron Counties. • Coot. Cansaakre are wanted in oil parts of this County for the above'Work, to whom eral compensation given... Application whielimust be made nt an early date, addreseed to the General. 'Agent; as above • ' receive prompt attention. "- • .• 16-8 w • • • • ',lSt. OF . LETTERS; • - D MAIN LNG. in ~the Post-Office. at Smeth. it port,. at the close of '.quiFterending -.Dee. • Staikweather, E. • ~. Oshaa,-Jannea r. Manly, Rada ~ • Martin, David • Kline, H. M. • ..' Sador, Harriooh • • Cutter, .• • • 5; T. • Blickly,C.harlotte•M.Dairon' J. W. Rodgers, H. Gold .: s . .Jotins,N. N.F. : • • • _ • . -S. SARTWELL, P..M i\TOTIVE.—‘ All persona are hereby notified .1,11 'that I•will not be responsible for any ' grain brought to the mill at Smethport, • unless the bags contaMingit haye.the Owner's =Aft legibly marked I3ESTER CORWIN. Smehport, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861.: . • ' KEROSENE .OIL, IVlEfrorrl COAL, with LAMPS to burn the same, at WILCOX & EATON'S, . Olean, • • tettlA
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