M' EAN
VOL 4.
can Q.,Tounti) Minocrat
pil.LasueD Evgity SATURDAY MORNING,
By J. B. OV.IATT,
SMETHPORT, WREAN COUNTY, PA.
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.OFFIOE, 9, E. COICIER OF PUBLIC, 9QUARE
TERMS: - - .8150 in Advance
Rtties of Adyertising
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r.& awn o'Pe'yeir • ' .• z.'l
100
1 00
• ce s 111.po
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1 t . .......... ?000
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One'muat.6.pf.l2 no s es or !eas,'3 (Omertions.,...• .;.. • . • 1.60
NoSall 4ubaequept insertion;
boxine46 Cards, with paper,.. . ... . ~6 00
, Pale or igitre work gill. be .cloutle the. abrive •rateit. -
- Tire.teklimes Brevier. type s or night lin6s - nonpareil, Je
zated goenre. • '
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. These Terms bo strictlj , adberedio..,,al
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giiMite:s9 .Piratatn;.
HYDE HDUSE,
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1.4 Osoo9oProorletio l . - Itidgtray: Pa,' ' Thln hotel 'is
. ' new And furnished to modern style, hoe ftinple'opeom,
rovlOons, and Is. in on respects, a Ittrat.C,lassLlotel.
...- ltidgenty,•Ellt Co. Po. if,iy:24, lfial " , ' • •
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,ELDAED.HOtEL,- • . .
oir:4*. hroprietor . ,• Thin house is iiiinated. half'
• way between Smothpoyi and Oloan.,
an a Ulliild'ijOUS 1101.11 i ~,11.ttentive and obliging ationd
stqa, and low. pricek.
' .Eldred, May 17,1k0; • . : ' •
• D, DAM.LIN .'•
turvoydr,' Draft.rimn Conveyarter, .ant' Real P . state
coutity,
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• , 2. - WILLI All WILKIN,, '
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'Practical jitechnnid, giltwright,' Uridge-bitilder; dce,
Port Allegheny, SPE:rail county,' Pa'. , ' • '
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J. L..BROWN',' . , •
*SPIIVEYOR,'.DRAPTS.:4AII,,,CONWEVICCIIR and Renl.
Fa4ateAgent; Office, Willieiesvillg, lit'Co.i • Peicn'a '
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'Ohaiiiii & 116:1e, FiFq 'e.,..
'nee Thainue Stiithec3,'..
\V B.' ,Broiviiell, Esq, - ,
Hon.
A.A.. .Wilcos,
OSWAYO HOUSE,
.t. 13.tcpso Pronrietor,,C.rmi Po.. This House Is t.tied
up M,OctiAtantial nod comfortable, atyle: 'aro& every ht•
tentinh 4111 hd paid by the proprietor to• the comfort
an 1 t iste of his. pupate. •
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grontlnt . th4.lPubli Scoops, Mean. N. Y.. JAHR!' M.
Mit.t..att PrOprietor.. The robes Kunst) is entirely now
• 1011 bUllt of brick,. and iv furnished in modern seylo;
The' proprietur flatters himself ant We: ecconinindu;
tinny are not stlrpossed by any hotel 'ln WOsiern
York. li:irrlAgeN and..tdni the Nee York and
York..,
grie n head.
• • • BYRON.D. HAMLIN, ... •". •
ATTOII.IEY LT LAW; Smethpo 34'Kean 'C'eut(ir: Pa.,
'Aient fire Messrs. Reath„ flo's 'Lander ktterilA
e.peelally to the Polleotion. Maims; 'Examination - n
'Laud Thlear Payment f
Taxes.lan I all oualuesa rela
ting Real Fla - - Officein II onlin
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At'orheyan4.Coutigellor.tt Law, ftethport, ItlrKeati
'County,, PA. .1%114 IftPIS tu. hia bare:tor the'
anuarioi of .ll'fi.u . to, l'ottPr ttod 'tilk will be promptly
atterolOd to '..Ora:o la the auutt'ltuuse; second floor.
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.. • . . .• . DR.:L;.R. WIgNER, • • • •• 1
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.r,hvgietsh as I $ u rgoon , Sinetliport, Pn, will attend' to
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all ifrotexsionatc ills ,alttt•petiintitueoit,- Office in L.:art.
`well Block, ti6cond door. •- - • -,. • . • •.. •
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is•v; o l,,,,ia a nd' net.il ,
nealork ,in•,Staplo and 'Fanci.. Pri•
- 1 Gotyle, Uagpotirig, Ready Wwle OloGiing, and. General
. loyal iologlipoda: Ilona end Shoek. )ltall' and . Window
P.apar,. Looking Glsmek!ko .4t pinan;N: Y.
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-' • • '. JOHN C. • 13A.CkIIS ...• • - •
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AttOrniy awl oounitollor at Littc,•Sinothport;Wltran C.,
I'a. ' -VIII :attend to all Ini•iineni in Id i.,priifeaxion In•the
conntlea 4,1' 3Plieltn. P.lttor and Elk... Milne iiver.C..lS
Sartmotl S. Itruth , tri . Stitre. . -1 : .. • •
HACKNEY HATSE, .
CD•Dec niSeccni and. Liberty' xtrocts, Warca , , Pa'.'
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twilanara, Itroprte't,frr. Trkvaler: alp find good ac
aoinraa•lacion, and rpaannablo
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LARABEE'S--.HOTgt,- ' • .
'U. LARIIIIIIk Pyorrioior.—Allogheny
•Co Pa. ..Tltip.houeo is 4itlt abnat oloo'thilom from
'ls.lltAlip;..rt an the . .rna,i..to 01.e.a0; arid Rill be, found a
convenient etnpning•pinoe: .;• . • ".
•.' VARDIER6' VALLEY •HOTEL; •- "
ny T."o9onwts." Thia lintise,issituated about five mile
• f rerri3inetitourt no the rnitd to Olean. :Plea sore pdrti
and o the, s nan bo iteendlinodated en ii.ahoiqest votir
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Nir. B:•BRO*NELL, . . .. ;. •'..
Dueler in MI Gneds,-Orncerien Crockery. Hardware,'
D.U:ite, 811064, Hite. Cope:Cite*, Nail. 01lei .Y.c.,' &c:
Etst.. side of the Public square, Smethport;PU. •.
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•.; EMPORIUM IlUIISE,•. .• •
.ShlppeA, . Prnprlo'or
A cuoimcidioui houve
. ..Strange 7e,
•ariltaaieltio will (trul:g9#l , l at.tip,mrnodafions..
••• • 2011 . 1' ALLt6ANY :
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s ioon B. DOLIAT,• Propeietor, at Pori Allegany, Mc . -
KIMII °aunty- .V1184°1:01 iaaituated at . the June-
Von of the ;i withport and Alregauy River I coda, nine
. mans aaat Smatliptirt. '• •
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- To Those Interested' Miningin: and
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- •- - • Mineral Lands: . ... •,.• " •
WII - . BAIINE3 offers hie meevieen for , the examine
• tlon of Mineral Lands in NilEse.n and-ilk' coon-
Aldo, and 4111 ;rive:his opinion se to the VALUE OF
MUTE 4,' he
,Thnse en,raglnu. his sersier• will . reoefve
au usees•aryand reliable information. ltesi,leine at the
Bunker /1111 l‘llnes, .- • • . . .
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Sarre/mt. Ill'Enan On., June 311. MIL ,
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. . . S. D. HYDE, • •
Arrcavar-Ar,l•4W. Sultitliport,-Ikl'Aelttl . Co.,- P t:
Oullectionkpromptly attended to; :Feb• 14,
. • • • .1 • BENNETT HOUSE; • • •
•Smethport,M,Kwin 00. • E Proprietor
—oppnsite'ihe Court. [Ouse. A:nr”c,large, commodi
• .ous'und•well furnished house.
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' • . . GEO, H. ELAtitHi, •. ' •
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Dealer In Stevee,'Tin Wat•e, Jappaned Ware, &c., neat
et le of the Pobhe Squore, Srnethport,Veatem
w ,r4. - done to - order on the shortest' gqtice;an . d in tYa
. most substantial manlier. ; • •
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dl6. M.. A: Sea Anne wkil.l, reap...ctfully 'announce t. the
• citizeuti of Smethport and vicioith 'that he haa fitted'
. Sip an oltee , ,an•l to rowed to attend to all taininetet
• "in hi+ prorealfn. Artifictil teeth ; 'warted • upon • eel.
relitlfla girl nel plea,' and so na.to preqe rye the natural ex:
' •preadon niche race All operations In DentUl Surgery
' done in a ektilful . inanner.• • - ' - . '' ' •A"
A:.3. NOURBE
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Dealer in Stoves'. Tin Ware, Jaiipacied' Ware, &0., weal
' end.ot the ' Publle !hoaxe r 'hanothport; 'Pa' Custom
work done to order °tithe shortest notice,. and In the
. most substantial manner. • •. • " . . - •
B. F. HACKETT.
Attorney-ant Oeunsellor et Low. Bhlppeni Pa.; Will at•
tend the Gouatestf,Potter,'HeKttn: and Elk enuoties.:
Prompt attention paid toAalloctlont. , OffieelEast
end Pall-elock—Sonotid 'tone. ••• •
W. H. BAKER
ewsuse,.East Bldo of the . Publlo Square; Dimond Door
North olthe Democrat Woe Rnethport. pa. Dealer
Jo Watches , Mocks and. Jewellery.. Reparag Mutely
,Szesuted and , Warranetd. • . • . •• •• , • „
DR. W. Y. M'COY, ••
, SOtITR&EAST CORNER MAIN STREET
Sme . t}iriort Pa
Pion' thaSpeocit. Dgwes,of ilfaitachesni s
Dolftioroy .1.19u50 of lepre entattves oa
..:17riday• - lerstt •.; : • .*
STARLING EXPOSURES pr CORRUPTION' IN EiG
• In connection with . thisataternetit,•l send Up
-to the Cle . rk the document; and ask him tri reed
what•Fhave•marked; '.lt is :a :docuthent.tid..
drossed.to the -Senate or the United States by
the then Secretary Of War. •• It hears date the
15th day of '' . .fattuary, last, iwo days after he
had resigned., while he:was then.actini Seere
tatty of War, and while his nomination as
ister to Ritsiia•was pending in' the Senate; and
where' 'it enrotiniered opPosition.Atecause of
cortainatatemente which I ;happened to nt,ike
here upon this floor upon the day he 'resigned.
The•Cletk:read as follOwa '•
t~ln
the Meantime I ta:lie Odeaskin 'to- state
that I : hhve, myself, not-m ade'a•smile contract
for any purpose... Whatever; having alwaysin
..terpreted the lawn of Congress as con.tennpia7 .
ring that the heads of..bareans,Who are expe•.
riOrieed•end'ableoffleers .the. regu)ar ertny,
Shall make;..itll ,contracts': for 'supplies fur•the
hranciterof tha.setvici under their. charge
"§0 - far, I have 'not 'fiaand any occasion to
interfere nth them in . tiig — dischatie of
,this
'portion Of tleir.respOnsible duties. I have the
honorto : be, very respectfully,. your - Obedient
servant, . •
Rid g . w . ay Pa
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irren. Pa .
Smeilotart, Pa
Ituena..Vinta.: Pa
'Hon. IL 1-14:9..ix,
!'Preeident atthe Seittite of United §lntei.'l
Mr: Dawes-1 'have. stated ti4t,,in this sol
errM declaration,' !signed by the then Seel'etery
61 Wer, and addrns'sed- tothe Senate . w . hen his .
nOininution .and . 'wh'en the aecii
nation was made againt him 'that he had. made ,
:contracts fdr the fuirehade.Of arms, as stated
'dy•trle upon this floor, to the. ,am'otitit ,of one
million ninety-fix tlionsank:musketi,2he std-
led ; de:iberately thdt he Davey. made a contract,'
whdnthebook I hdre beldrome, whiCh is EX;
eentliie Doediteni No. .coMaining.dll the
contracts' arms' by'the War D'epart,
tnent;. reeppittrlated and.• sutni
matter in these words • • • • . •
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• . ' .• : .- , - - . 11111. Arts •and.Ripi.
Contracts by cirdsi of Secretary of War • — . 1,6382'03
Contracbi by Chef or Orrin 1..1C0 . 131,4UU
Coati acts by-order or r‘lajorAlerreral Fremont ... . , • 1,00
Coutracte by order Of billjUr 1.. V. Ulltigei 1,400
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This •docuMeni• in. tho - f4ee or.the solemn dc:
.clarationsof the Secretory of War that.' he bud
never. made aim - of:these s:conlratt•i; reveals
contracts made:, by'him, byand by his Order; to
the amount of, 'Ante eiglft',huvidred and
thirty.six thousand'-ninii hundred Muskets; !Intl
that upon' the very'day he made . this etate:nenl,
T —the 15th day of Jaintary,' iwci.d.tys niter he
had end While he.:Wi;S' a6 - ting.: beery.
tiry . of.: War;. and while hit • nomination. wa s
pending'. in the Senate-he his hand to n
contract for iwordS•and . sahres to an.unlimited
amount-Hall that the parties, resiOrlit in Piila
relphia, could ,fernish 'andt his,:
too,• against the. protet.of -: the Chief of Ord
'mince now before.rneln print. It was aeon
tract. that had expired, or was about to* explie,.
by its timitatlon, . and the Chief of ,Ordn'anc . .
refused to extend, itid ave•thls reason for do• .
ingso;addresied•to . the•Secretary.;3l War: '
"As regarde the extension, I.havelo suite
that an:arrangementhas already been made for
obtaining, oh" proeptirtive deliveries, 4me hurt
tired and 4t,v4ltS.-one•theusand seven hundred
eittl . 6ve'swortfa.a4nl sabrest and, he 'btilirnited
order to the IVlessfs . :-Horttaban'.was gittett only_
because of short timei to :the.. deliv.eilea of
sabres of their own manufacture. I do not think
e:extensien.ot the order. ts..neeep.ary.or ad•
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' Ic•Bespectftilly, &c., :. JAS.' W. Risr.sy,
. . • “Brigadier General:
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“ lion. SIMON.CAmEncm, Sec . reta . ry ol War. "
. Beneath this is the 'extension.ol,that, contract
by order of the
.Secretary. of- Wir ,for four
months; and still beneath that, on the 13:11 day
of January, are these words : - .' . .
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This order is extended for six months,' from
he teraiination of the time mentioned•above.
SIMON"CAMEHON, Seeretaty of War.
Now, sir,.it was this public statement of his
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upon his respon,ihility as as, an °Meer of the
G'oveinment;to which I have reterred r that in•
duced'e-distinguished Senator and colleague of
mine, noble and generous -hearted, who would .
do no min anrwrong, ;end ~w ho believes that
all men tell .the truth, to urge, alter having
moved, the unanimous confirmation of this man
whose name was then : before the Senate, and
to - state, in word's as kind towards me, his col
league in the . House, as he was capable of
using,.tha
, he'had the autheirity.cif this man
Simon Caineron, for stating . that I MIS alto :.
;ether mistaken . when leaid that thene con
tenets had been mede,... , .
Sir, the distinguished gentleman from Penn.
sirlytinia,• the chairinan of the..CoMinitter;
Ways and Means, says falsue
°woad:. I iriskr to , quote' three two things
together, and let 'iny•frien frck'rii•:•Pennsylvania
anewer them in the light of the principle which
he has laid down. . • ' • : :•.,
HORS@ CIiN*7'ACTII A StICALft ISALVVr.7II6 EirACT
- or:4W tiriNSVA 7il9T RTON CONORZSBIONAL•
I salitnit then that the ell'erge of 'expending
silipliporty,• - m 9 KE.AiN .j - cc) Ptl.;
. - ,A.Tit.ixt) r, A:Yi.:jg : Ay...:- 1.01...i..02.
hxTß.A.d•rs
Secretary of War
1,C0;,800
January 862
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the pithlic money as-a reason ashy this ;corn
.mlt tee .sho t ld..be:'dlsehare,o comes ' with ill.
srUee.frorn the qnartei"from.whinee-it cornea:
61hy,.ii,r; : iyh r o'does . not•kriciw, What pa
.pers staled, that politicatferdsw'erchealeilby .
horse contracts; and that the" healine o( titeni
was celehraty tby a great feast T I have once
alluded to ilmyself.., I kum oble.now now' . .
More .p.irticUlarly.the details of the . affair, It .
took four horse contracts, each for one thou' .
sand horses'io se - ifle these -old political feuds;
and ei.tery one. 'these contracts , Cost . the:Gov -;
: ernment $lOO,OOO-400,000 in. four hntse Con:
-Tracts ;.'rind let Me.tell you,.Mr.-4taker, that
:some theMwere in men's names who did not
knoW of it until contracts: were . made. It
does :not '• need to be told to . eritlemen'Who
knOw so much . about, the wey..th;ngi are done
as we do here in. this House,;
why it it is and
for, whose benefit . it is that..large-contracts are .
made: iri•Men's• name without their. knoWine'
ant thing :alioitt it. •My di‘tingnished s .friend
from Pennsylvania Stevens) in the
discharge of whai . appeareil, tO he hikh
protested . against such a:Man as - gimon*Carne•
ron. -going . into the Cabinet;:thenaners say,
Ltr.iceilthat feast .with his presence,:a m i mint
these erson's were, ov . er this entertainment;
celebrating..the•restoratterttif. harmciny- among
old political andsoine .ol thetin
certainly'knew., the CUnSiderat ton. It seeMa.to
me- -that :th,; sloo,ooir:aboul'il he-saved the
Treasurrsomeltow nr -other. It isa. poor ex
penditure oftheplitilie money just at this time
when -it is-used for nn Letti 4 purpose thin to,
Heal political feuds. ''These gentlemen . enjoyed;
themselves, the papers 'told us:
Mr.: Stevens,. , -lii his renterts about the
lorse . ..cortaOtS,• . does the. gentlemen lefer
cpetziined• in the report of the Corn
fr. Dawes.--No,:sir ; not to Anything pub
lished in the. report. I am'. spelikintt; ol
whit 'is known to everybody. It did not take
even the pod!' Van Wyek:CoMmitteh to find
.11f.. ...(I,atighter.) , The parties over
•ne of tLese arrarizetnents and tr and
hav'e only to 'say . that at that4is time
there - Was, according to the -- newiphpeis,great
harmony among, these men. do not knave .
Kether the gentleman 'from F 'ennkrUvanii on
my left (Mr,' Moorhead) was there or not: .
MR. MOORHEAD INDIGNANT
Mi.'ll , lootheatl.l' . would. like to. know why'
the gentleman refers to me. I do. not wish the
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geni/i•rnan froixt'Messachueet.ts, and I will nol
permit httn ot: aiiy"othe . f,gentlerpan, ta:put me
In a Inlie want to know Why be re-
• Mr.•P • awea:-1 !lid not Itnow the geritleni:in
was. on& therefore I would. not attY• that
Mr.. Aloorhearl..—Theit Why- refer to me at
all 7 ••• I : Vt,nt - reason have youto . auppose !Ivy I
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wa'a 'there
Mr. Dawes. 7 —Be'r . autre :the g'enileman .hit's
avotee•.l himself at this undei : all.
[he ligbts of the pr»senr
.cale and adtriirer of fhe:ritari wliuse character'
public and have beeri;ommeiiriliq
upon, andl'thou~ht it tsar but natural he should
he invited such a feast I hope he was not.
overlooked: (I..aughter:) . hnye
that the ps . peis tfeserib•!ti it as being
lul occasion,. hut I : 'remembered, :aiJ [think
the court ry remembered, all about the.antecii::
dente of.: these 'parties, at'ul Pat' the
.i.iiiet•raci
..toilas,,iwtry,7 has
ireoSt . I wonder they did not sing,*they
rhoie lines: of. the pact_ appialiiiSte to•
each of tbetrf , — • ' „ • •••
ktniinoti.l.ea^e not, It gUilVe lu thy heart,.
I tut Iq2ew . that I love thee, rhtio%ee theit.art.?
.11,LEGAI..caNTR:ACIk TAR'CAUfE op TOE iIEAVY
•TAXATION--•OPI:OSITION OF TUE PLUNDERERS , TO
Tilt cnistirrEE ON CO:VTR:IOTP. •
- Speaket'; I :have.aword .or two to say
Upon the"suggestion, of the •ientleman from'
Pennsylvania ( Mr ! ' Stevens.) that' he would
move to • dischnige.'the Committee if:it . were
only in order.. The gentlemen's' duties in this
House , and the, iluties of the Committee haVe
been of a (liiferen'tilesrripiinin:' I haven o dis..
Position tocritieis-• thisletformance of his.L.
I know !he. with hich he discharges
them. ' I know 'veryitv'ell what I encounter. in
at terripting.to reply to.his attack upon the Com.
Mittee, , I. have Only,to say that his labors , 'and .
the labors, of the Committee nre'yet to be ap•
preciatod. When.the•thumb•screws'of the tax
bill,.Which the c.ommittee , Ciff which he is hea d .
'originated and passed throirgh the Ilonse from
the 'necessity of the times., so nicelyodjusted,
shrill begin to. reach the .bones of..the pOO.r,in
ilostrions, intellitient men . 'of the conntry,•and
foree•froitt thernsoMacholtheit haid.enrrring's.,'
to replenish the trensury.of the country, beg;
'eared and, depletedae it lies been ituringthis
.war; then, I fancy; if his constituents are'as
intcllittent . tio.mine.nre--and I have no doubt
they,are—theY.wili theAuestion, and
he will be cnninell4o to'arsiver:it, "where is
all:JhOt money gone 1" : They, will want to
know what was the need of potting ont such
lavish and uninetifiabli:contracts—cnntractis at
such enormous and extravagant rates that
owners of them are ssilling todiaeotint• what
.eiiimated,at $1,300,000 on a fiingle
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and then save two and a half.pei . cant:coMmis•
sion:.'. Vie.). will ask the question, and the
committee Or arhicb - rettiiO•buinble member;
which has ateugile . d all:thie time, while,the
,gootlein4n from Pennsylvania, impelled_:hy the
nrceesities the Ootv.eiMmenr,' hast:htten
, ing . enOity to epntriveow . .to:renclijhe:
fhai . e;m . reached to replenish
the Treastirithisoornfnittee 's'ebieli . has:been
plating their feeble effOrts :phut
derers'und the TreitOry—are -to abide
that time. .'They. are'ivillfri~. to let this book .
be'redl b; theside . of tlie'tai : bilVit any : tithe;
'and more espkiallyi-Ot that Oculiir' time .
when the elajims.of . .lhe tux bill Skall be brot',
round abMit the' industryotid rekuireeiOr the
and.erbett..mY. l ie.n I frOMPenil6 , l4s 7
nia (11 , 1,r.::iteeens) had rini'do.that motion, and
if the I ha . ee no doubt
they wOuld ti . S ., e dorie that day, time Committee'
,then would.have hailed : ft ai.a glorious . .tWeer:
ante ['rani •a. most urpleasinc.duti,.*kieh'no
one member Of it ladsJeght, hutWhich'oo Ono.
fdtlimsidf at' liberty to shrink from, ; *: • .
THE CONSTITUTION
Wheiriwe review. the past•keir ofclanger,:dorbt,
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appreherision; rind reniemilfer. thet,•notwitll.
standing the pre s sure which has' been brought
to hear by themiSdness of..rndieelism,iii a time '
of unexeinpled excitement, the Constitittion has'
.suryived•it all; and remains strong: and finial.
paired, the'proteetion'rifthe citizen, the hope
of the nation, the admiration of the , world, 'we
eannot,be too grateful. ter : that • Goif—tvloi, lids
made thz ;ration what it 'is % Let no one here
.dlrjr.,ct
.that the Coirs . fitutio.nhas been 'violated
,arid that we.should ;not shy it is,
.u,,impaired;
Viblaticini.do not imP.iirit unless th'ey become
permanent violation ' s
aninkre incorporated inta
the future law of OM ; When the personal
liberty hills Here passed ;ariotss•Stiites they
Were. grins -vfolatlon.s rr ol the:Constitittlon, brit
they did not deitroy, nor did they impair the
great instrUment.. They interfered frit the time
with its powei end its Worlc, but. they were
void . in the presence of the cmirts of the United
State's, and were : swept out of the' way - When
ever they'were brooghtineopractical.:e'olli.ion
. withthe Constitution. It was only the laWle'S!
atia of Mobs..vvbich:enabled them onYwhere . tri
have even tempetery'sncessi.nnd
.inve to them
the Semblance of power. The secession seta of
tne.Southern States' and conventions, although
,fiteCterf againit• the. Constitution;, ha rie
interfered with its power foe• the .time, titid •
victory'over rebellion will estsbliah the .Const,
itution o)d.seat of 'strength from
Maine to Texas . , froM'OregOn to•naiiile; The
.C i nnstitutinn.to•dnir is nnimphired, even by any
of the various arrests of the.last am - miler and
fall, the suspension Off heveritof habeas cdrpii .
.or.anyo . the . r courses taken by the . eilministra..
Lion. 'Fair the very. exerise s given 'for .thoi'e
pioc'eedings Was that the ConstitutiOn
preserved fOrthe futtire,' even by: a temporary
. • • .•
violation, and however erroneous the:idea,. it
'is etiong.h , for .the ;present that none but, the
rarlimil men at the : North have"ever proposed in
abandon •the Cnnstituiinn Snit establish
.new
gnvernment.• The President proclaims lijs•Ae.vo
lion to the ConsfitriliOU, and the pecfple of ..th,•.,
lorrh and Orr' Boide . r
.:Iretes . .stand firmly . by,
hirn Cause : of that Rnielnen,i't ion.' .
To-tiny the •Constiintion.,re.maiiis the, great
defender of the rights of the' people,' end:a round .
its old standard the hosts of patriots are. rally:
•The War iiroieculed with the sole oh .
ject of restoring , iti'poWerWhere.it.i4 now in....
ter Supted, and le . very , advance of
army ; carries with it:the Inattument of our rui'l"
lend exiseence, to becOrne - agaiti.'the
.supreme
asil of ihe laid. • . ...-• • . •'•
Bot:thattliate ii a rady.decireas of' • finding
wealCspota in the Conciliation, and' to: open
Ap'rttt,;ek . on it, that there are men at tfte.Noith
in Conzresatind out olCOriireis, who tire het]
nered by it'int heir:deciins, and who' earnestly
.seek its overthrow; cannot. lie denied. %These
iteneial,throvi-thetiniel yes on:the De..
chirefion of !taleicendenee, tti the famlitmenial
instrument ofour national exitterice,. end ace
it in adi.tance of the Couiiitubton as the 'guide'
and law for the citizen. Th!li we heat the
Detlaration . conatanilfappeatled to as the tecrl
planation of the Constitution, and thus-ihe
drleirine itroce.isionnlly advanced that - the time
hisCiime..to . ,ttiMmtilete the work which
launders of the Constitution filled 'ln . aCiMtp;
ptish." Ai"-thciii4h before the Constulion and
above'the Constitution, 1 here was some
ple to, bideyolved in the prozie•a of our nation,
OfWhich tse . faiherit knew . nothing; or wl.(Ch ,
to use the radical lender in New% England,_".
.Washington mid 'his 'companienacOrnmitted
crievon , sid" by 4 , ,noring,: . vvhem-they formed
Those, who teach 'this new
. teterrn dart - riot.;
are found 'cot;stantly commending 'pronoSela to'
vh.lete the Constitution; adyriCatinilhe
prineiplo •that the war'is revolutionary onhott..,
side tlferi.fOre jnetificsrevoluti . orary.
Legal talent has been I;i:oughtlnto,
ihe'field to give planisbitity to.plansfolvolo.;‘
'lien at :the. Nor! h,and to suedes .possibilttie=
Of constitotio - natinterpretition which, WOohl
tifythe first steptoward . an entire destr n
oetioof
. the : syetem %Vl:Orb it.inaugorsted, and Which'
has up to the present War, been henefieient
yon 4 'parltel. The ingenuity of those who
re
gsrit the qpnitituthin . elf:agreement vkith
!tong,. if not aCtitally . a piCOVenant with hell,''
is now taxed.deilYand hourly tn,de . vise ttcbimes,
for its overthrow, „ It was aid that. some
,Southern map' desired to destzoy:thi Upioa,
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that in .thertiin their'own •fra . uils • and .4rhtig
doing‘: niight'he co . Vered:Up.. , Recent develop
inente might y..elllead . :to:the supposition that
there'l;i:e meniri the rankrOfradiealiim who
haVe similar design's, in their -bit fei:opposition
.to the. Constitution; and who; atter a' glorious .
dine of plundering the ptildie,, have no:desire
to preserve the' governM'ent they:have fobbed,'
. but 'rather see andConstiiiition
go down in one':granil tniissofileatruetion:.AS
the . war approaches' it •auec'ealul terrninatlo i j .
the•fearaof tbeie melt anpear.to:beeome•great•
ei; nod, their anxiety to; restore the , power of
the Unino:leis's: Schernes'oi national difroierice,
, . ,
plans for perpinuating setticinal pro.
positions for kiwi; onroilstitntinaal in appear,
nee, artd.sweiping in.theireffect on the South,'
all possible (I vices to ierrie:tuate the . disutilon
of hearts anti to 'pnotpiltn.the . re 7 union of .men
of all,rectiora in one' common cause; are now
pressed .by , this class of men: • •
.The. lultute'tlnognr icas . great•as . the danger
we have passed.- The COnstitution remains.
toitripaired; but the , attaoki mi'it. firettot•u•i ,
whO LiesireMow.to
as .patriots Mast
_en fie fey the, Constitutiirn
'•4•ll,einst • tlie - inemy; . . - The grea•l , xo . eitiOn..tiie
One question of: the: .. fut erei •te, itspreitervation.
or destruetfon, ' ja•lhing of. the...
paet,.lrut... perish if any Of ~.the •
priiiciplea or radicalism ba • ineMOorattiti:iti
.laWs, while on the other it the. C0 . 11411.41';
tiim be - preserv . MiiLitiYritineiplealefentlett, its
broad' shield thrown' over all cittsses of clti2rni,.
its el rimg• arm wielded - to' pu 0'0)
.6 . ll , Mitermi if .
•Ihelpe'ople : roleblP the Constitution, then
!ire history of the; nationwill be tno . re resplend*
eet.ih,m.rbe.pa'st.• . • ' • • • ' ' •
. . .
Above . all things let' every man stand tirm
. .
eguinst any.party or Politics' .ereanizaticin, Or .
cundidate,.whos9, principles, pletiorni •Oinl as,
soelations . cannot be hea'rtilysnstaiiietl by 'every
loyal Union man in illegnati ern! South. Let,
us love:no sectional parties,'
. bnt on the'yoti.
Jrary let the people frown'nnevi4y;ettenrOt to ,
govern the yOnntry hereafter-upon any'llieoriei
not band dovin the• instrument :which alone
makes IJ a'nstiLn.. • . :• '
the conservative chsracterof thu people,
and their diebtlrin to the Constitutien, wobsee
partied thus far through the war,-without
firing the "character of our liberty:: In the'l ,o :
Nicol principles. in be adepted jorthe future,
let uinot imperil tliet for whose preservation
so Much has been sacrificed:: : .
„ SVkATOII; DOUGLAS!9pOIIOII OP . SgNATOR Sum.
was any man that ihel imented
Sentor Douglas regarded ivith abhb rrence ,. i t.
wis.Settator.SOroner of ;‘ ,; Tussarlatiletfs:, ileie
a portrait that . he ill ew . ot him in •leba te in 1834
Addressing himself io him he soli];
4s` there anything in the ;meadi by, which
he gOt bete to give him . astiperierity other
oi•ei:
*gentl,emen•wliq Came- , by orilinary means.? Is,
the'rei l anYthinii to justify it in thejact 'that ' he
came here . with a .. tielitiera Nl' avowal'' th . at lie:
'
wouldr never obey. one claim of the Constint.
tier of ihe'Uninl Stales,aii'd.!iet-put hioilianil 1
open. the Holy Bible, in the presence pf liii;
~.ii „ ,i. y , and appeored. tn: the -,,, !mighty 'God
. to
witness tiiiillie wouldbefiithr9l.lo the:Con..
stitution, yn . ii
With ii.ple'ileo of petjur:O. , his ip il
by viokiting tioth that oath and the Coast"tu.
Hoe? He came here with a pledge to per . iiire
himself ea the canditisin . Of eligibility._ to, the
place.'. Has he' a right•to..arrais . gn us -tiecti ! 4e
we felt' it 10 be our duty to he. faithful to' that
Constituthin whichjiv'iiiiavows, t 0,.. that .oath
which he : assurniii and then-, repudiates? : ;The
Senate have;not forgetten' the Debate on; the
`Fugitive Slay. La w, when, -that:.SenatOr said;
In : repl v, to;n rpteltion ‘...hethr he was' in re,',,,,
of carry ink into eft•et that cl.titie of: the Corr '
silte s tion for tlio r . el'ill.tior . l of fOgiti:,e'slavee4:—
. . . .
.. •
Js thy aervn t a dog, that he ..hould do this.
.A dog; to •ha, true to. the consiitutru,
of yiur country? .A duyinlesa:you are a trai
• or q Timcwas ,his - poiiitical'i 'and ion l'ha come,
here, arra - igni:,tw for crime, and , talk,.
about atphieity! moite; man eve'y vilitnes•
iucb.iinduci(y in on ti'vawedCriini . nal?'' . •
Gums' loses ur At sixteen n girLeori
geod'enough to - ,1:1r her' butbutid..
She .must have a real, live. archangel,..witii
,•hoinid erbs,!': it ‘ , triarble- . broW," .on. .which
It( Oster •wavy +• wavy bjaek. as the raven's
'Wings" a inoust . eche ;of "silken 'ail . en softness, unit
etioey hoe; itfa word, no human being 4)5 Pub
andatleoil qualities,. but an. aftegether street.
anti lovely .and: creuit ion;in purple 7i 1/ . 11
men; and no stnall dices,.'ti
I.. Unlortuatiq'no
such person exists. :He is.apleasant :thy Ls 'of
the•butter•thunder . lehoul of rornai,ee, 'and his
o thaterval lot m.ir. this .world.cii. :comer lots
dry gOods Lind 'gas bill!. Ai
discovers that udw . holsome. train, and 'ehangea
her view iiecordwgly.. She, is probahry
by that . time,. with sonte. &cent In acing and
sensible' yoiing fellow, who thci.ighliardly 'an
arch,Tgel,'doeS verY-wdl'to,ideuhze.., Then it.
-mustbe'it' great. man.' A': Judge of ihe. So.
•firetrie,tontl; . .a great general - wouhl.be .very.
:weeprablei. theTo gsiden( of the Utriteil Stoles.
would be just -the ilone,i or -a .fo,feigrCPrine or.
.C , unt 'hod 'l4 el i•onao ::gehuioe, :Bur
Vom or ftarry.utterly rela.ses to beeorrie. either.
a judge, a g'”nerill, is. president,
'Oohhilnan. lie reniake•goo penniless,
'and eiever, and he .aspiring yoarig lady loves
bun n; m rah its ever.
when' the ufflrir figaertterl;• shOryiecdi,
hho'as twenty, settles* down an oge:lleox_
matron,. and .oripys Mer. —l4e; or Arreaki, her
.heart,.nnd m;itrys a tallow-Chandler,
wealthy, tr.tweary flee, and 'regi . ris' it lit' ,hei
letairre.rieh is the.geoeraj
lens who' 01 f orth'wiih an idea of marrying
nothinic sitOrt
clitfitcn . AND ;34,
06,.c.0l flit* iron& rrrorot t hr.ratirier of . .
. . .
aturi
,
country has locien'in,
,the
ent brariehes of the'ehurph 'during - an00: - :1,,ear iv ..
nest, ohf:thc: pofiticul, q orations 01 13 . 4,
for 'these dioliiinine • there yrOold havisi,berrii
strong, bOna. bptween,the: pro itaa - ot - Pre:'.Nrorth- -
aria South during the conilnari'eerr: . Otther.,*ii;
and a strOog,indueernertt to - a,retruion Ofi..bitartic
and - affections.: With the • eaerption,:of. be:
oth6lic h chutch se' 'retiree - that. nearly , or
every' uve rrsi'der Chiiigaris - e?t
trotting through the....eOuntri hue .bren'44ll44,
either:before ilte•-istar or, since t; conienerca.
History 'establishes, no truth more•clearly
thanthis,.thlit when therhiirelt.bnoingagei
utlyrnanniir in 'Political diflietiltias, baiii•ina .
tires ts, its influence for good,•antt)ti.religlems
characier hate inemblrii•
have tfieji tesponsibilittss as cittaens• rind as
and :. : sire . cf a t totally
different•eart from thoSepf • thi.churehicollne,
lively.zeligion Ashould Indeed l'zitti)ris
then) natter . eitrieho, but there. citizenship ; to
this wand is one thing:and their:citlienship.of
the great thatch is tinotiter:i %ling. :The Chili"'
ns 614 has. 0 boolUte!y:. no coi4t;itt With: Abuse
works' in .whielt it is the h•ighest,Worldly,
or the inan *to engage'. • The'. church oWiti*•`no
allegiance:to arty earthly*pOwer;:it :OWeIS,OO.
re4tiy: to any, monarch or gottirament. ; , , :What
alligiance• the menthes* of thlt4' church :ttchci.
hays' gone froth the World to ancithey'ettiatelicii
•oWe, that : and' that only the horti . or the church
on, earth tivt . es,*for.there is. no divides! . loyalty.
iri iti and no, part of the church; in.- Jerusalem
,
•or iintiocb, in America, on e arth
in - heaven; oives' any alleuitineewhich
other flirts do ilot owe: %
-The ntisitike•Of confoUnding . .. Hsi duty. er the *
individual citizen and elitiretimenaber, with the
duties of the efMich,.(lacied to the. most fatal.
e * riors in'this.country.. It,ett. to.Sirstilarerioris
lit various periods in bigtory. Itiba* beettittrar.
thy pf remark that the most' wise ..cireetore Of
the greet church•organisations 9( the Christian'
world hi ve
.understeral. ! this principle. :la '.times
.past, and have guarded Against thti• - -asiors't
whit!) : we spsak, While at iiirtimes c .• weAk•
,oinded Popes;Riyhiips and:clergy finite Ode '11 ",
vored to throw the, Weight ArAeehuyeb - : 1010
the phlitics a
.the day,sitt 4 . l oo,ll. with - most
damaging effect On its importance atid.posltion.
The . Spring . 'meetings of . some'. of the Crest
judicatorial •oti* . the • Amerideo Ohurchei are.
about tpbd held * :••, It 1e riot,. ptahahiethat any,
thing.csa.be• done at Jltiitirne to,ilecti a. re-:
union of the broken bOnds .of , church Metier),
North and Smith, but it is meit earnestly to be
desired, - that-nothing be,donti,•tis widen the.*
breach, or prolong the, disPritia, •b*.•
Geheral
.Aiseatitly of the :Presbyterian
Church laitspring'•mide,akeind,.: almost
'fatal blunder, in this respect, by adopting
lutions derlaratory,o(t.itesklleglithei th the ,
ted - States. The error was so palpable,, that it..
is rnarvelfous that the sober winded; eadad the
olugiani'of,thitt'c,hurch shOu!ti have tallettinto
it. •It.haschurchey, clergymen and liiity fn ite
connection, one whole , Piribytery at deaati
'fil;lia; Where aflettience,is due to.; the Queen ,ot:
England.. It has in itsc . ehuschieloNesey o rk:
.large numbers 'of foreign residents ",who- , "sirs '
temporality in :Atnerien,:and•who• for conscien-
Hotta • reasons -have temporarily connected: •
themselves with 'the' alnirafiee . ..hisie,. but.
s who,
are dot Citizens Or iubjeatsot this . Covissinent..
•It has , if we mistake not;Mettitiers'in Canada,:
: end Possibly in:the Pacific' ssiend,iiand "other
parti of the' world. s'ale thetie "facts ,to
coil attention to the,manifesttruth , thug a Mari's .
to..htiian : lovernment, has ,
MAHN: to do with the allegiance of the church
of ivhieh The church teaches •.
164 doe: rintj,,Af. lOyalty rulers as hP. - duty of
i . 1.01;ct, and the * Piesbyterimi.churt•li bas
it ways tannin that its rnambers must be
rtd -, !it!i•ns end sul.jects oi their liV6 611 • viv-,
:•rnments. But the churCh body, the grist
whoge . , Head ,is-:above roll,,: of .which.•
Pahl in lerusdlet9; Marl In •Alezintirier P e ter . .
in Rome, John atEpheSii.s, and in latter years ..
the long line.Ol worthiei. who have' mads . their
taith and Works'illultrious; were members and
ciiizens; —*that church' owes no, subjection; to
any ealthly.power, is•hatever be the allegiance ,'
which Its Mernbeii, as . . indlVidueis,
.001 t o
crowns or - republic:at...
On or the most remarkable eiraratteristici of.
'radicalism
'radicalism doting tha:pait:year,in dll s its at. ' •
irks cin:odr Constitution: and 'System of goe-•
.eriment, has been the.,Oternit.to piece
poisoty influence over she church:and einnhal
it to allyifeelf with tbeficat.ce - ,. , In :hie' .
one PresbYterlOn'ao,leregasicM in ; Oita city' may '
be .111.ptioned•ds an ; memisert s
and its pester. are
,and'
patriotic
•
Patric:4la off IhedtinatiOns of ihe '
.•
r , httith by.cplktlons, and .ti the. thersibersin •
pii , rate and without, stenthtion, tcitsbe govern.
fnanfs lha'artry . and• surly; hatadoubtleso been .•
Emir times as much as shrille:4' any dernhassra!l• s •
tiya pistyleal s e s orgregatihrr . ;ihiberraita:Sithehtt
lie eerVicei:iire,:;erintiticteCiarecisaty ha':they •
have always been arince s the:ehureh aVis pirn.: •
lied, and ;the Sundry ni - ertietki % ire:'o6o ll 'Or
calm devout, worship inti'religioheihatrocfitSm„ . :...;.
Po aiers fritr`t,46 the President .
Congr.ss,. antirtoi:Oh', atlinfaqd'tho
44e4 morning ands afternoon: 'c;Bpt1 1101 ":0
clitirch 'and. 6uFh,ll'oo4,‘
—..c ?
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