• - , - •; • • '...V'-.9lPSteeetll,4l;at'kehnis go, al ,!rep ed a nou r • t!tt• eon -: hird/-;been done, .Sepettir iero'relnter.ition of the . vote bf,:iothichrtte:Crit.feVtillgf omi.,i ] tipp 'bad heen. ?-•-•,• - •eleSt*teds' ••- • -•• • , • kaine . • rip far r t 'iciestll inn on :. 4 ••; 'the' IBM; sidle the •arn 'tome - to of : everybody ~ , ,, ,...morlielhas.,oecret,• Senator ,Cameron vote. I Motion, and • witS•jo'ned by „ .. :•agreirether tor, et' his:part y . 'The vote is seaorded,oU , 443 ,0' let vol.:, Congressional Globe; 'simile es follow' l= . ' • • ,•:,tOtt—Met:sr s a.',l3ayard,.Biglei, , Bragg, Bright Fitch, Green, Johiiinn, of Arkisnsas,,Johnsoti, tathrsiii. Mason NiehOlson Ponrce Polk • '.Powell Rice , . • 'l3lulabif4y, Sablasti4irand ' • A. - ithoUY, Baker, Simthain,„ CAMIZRON, - Chandler, Clark, Cellemer; Uixrru IteW,Harlait`King, Seward,Simrdoes, : Stunner . 2I • Teriyek,.. i lArade,•.l9igfall,.. : Wilkinson, end. .• ". • • . • •' . .-••• •,, :Thievote;seas regarded by lis.gry,-es'eanclu-. • ,•iiiiiikeinat the Crirteaden propesition,• for ; the' eisson that th_e.Reptiblicin Senators, titter full -:;lleliberatien.and.coeseltation, irdirhasOt United • oetenkainsf.itl , 'never' forget the am. piiissned end hearing of that venerable 14triot, • John J. Crittenden, on • the 'announcement of . flue, seemedfull. to oveilleW , .with grief; •and his countenance . bore, t unmistakable 'Osaka of angutah and despair.— . • The motion , 9f Senator Cameron to. re''..onsider '•••• hid insPired IMO Wit khope—strong hope; hot . .• , the,iinited s erge :of the R-puhlican : •Sonator!,, s i l proposition showed:. hint . lob :clearly ; that' Me erode Were . •• • • The. final vote wey taken directly gll .agree lea lei theiCrittenden proposition on the 3I of • •Marelic,one 'day before'. the final adjournment • ef.CottgreiWl—end is recorded on p, 105, of the: • Congresiiinial Globe,' • second.part: - . Oa this ' vote every Democrat and every.,Soui hero:Sena, • tar (iecluding ' Mr; tirlefall whe yoted•agaiost. • ;therecrinsideration of amendment) :voted for the proposition, awl every ??eitleblie . a» the ee" , ton Sta . les Seira , nry wheWith• "- held :their Votes on the I Gt h of .f.tnuary,- so that • •, Mr. Clerk's aniendment tnig,ht: s previril, lhave , ss certainly hp apology to make ior.:their and.Avicked conduct an that or any at - • • Occeiion; but if ' : they : are' blarneViorthy for, • • ••wittibolding their votes, and no(austailiineme .:ritteitilen• - • proposition; what shall we•say the Republican Senate's. Who, at the sometime cog . a aciiid v.ote ElVirigt.it,':n9 I have already it was dio, business with • theM, they . aimed direetly at f heal defeat.--• • , •:Sorne,of • the Sonthein Senators, .on the. other hand, who had withheld their vote.' oot he I lit h; (Messrei . ', Slidell, Bemphd.and-Inliiisnn of r• • kale's's/h.) by the ISM •Irrid s reporited ..th;..ir error, •• •'and.eaet their Vote's to reconsider arid revive the : :compromise propositioes the Republicans • : 'persisted in their hostility to th . e end. . 2,1 ;Nor is, it true that the' roles of the eaten Stites Senators, with those of all' the o. her Southern Senators and' thoSe of all the Nert horn 1 Denocrats, goad haire saved and secured die .Crgtenden compromiie, •• They • could have given itriMajritity, but everybody kno a•S 'that ••• , the, constitution-requires a vote of two•thiril3 to subniit amendments to the constimcion for • the•ratiScation'of the States: . 'Ttiose.Could not .be, had without eight or ten Repuhlicrin ;votes. Bat:emppose the constitution did not so require . • -What. could it have availed to have adopted a settlement mere, party 'vote 1. - it was rr einnpromise between the two sections that the i.;exigencies required. The RenuilliCan was time . dominant party in the North, • and, rip comma. "Mae or adjustment 'could ` be s successful either in the Senate or before the.peimle with their. •• • Paga z etive• support. - • : They constitutedcine.of the .• , Ikparties..te the issue, and its would have. bean folly,- . prose:' then'.folly —to hiv a attempt ed. a settlement without their viii and suPport before the Country: • Birtitra - . One:can misunderstand thereat ob orators in parading the Octlbet, ate or eight Southern Senators had, at • One,time . ; withheld their rotes from the Crit.: • widen- proposition.. At , to . le that the was not for :s it anti did not desire ri‘oom ••,:prphitkeess.'. end' hence: the • Republicans are net • : esOPOrisibleforthe horrible coisequenees of its . - . 011 this point • the testimorly . fs . very • • . eptiClusive and•lehall.give it , at some length, please pi 'displease whom it airy: If 11...publi-. • • cans:choose to take the 'responsibility asaying . Abut they were against the proposition and de 7 ~.tertnined to make no•settlemeM, ..howevet.We itiei)artient their policy, no.;orie. could object . ',Putt Position, as matter.Of fart ; but they' . „Will forever: fail satiafy the world that the Abinitit'avesSinit fairly,iminrnitted toe settlement , tlse basis' the en in, s propriartion,•or that the' Northeaoerets 'would hot have coMpro . , n .Dern . .; . nnised on that ground, had they•pesSessecl • ....ther power to de'so.' Earn. aware that there ate plenty.:9l•Repiablicans who would still , spurn to cattle - with . the ~South. on. such , conditions, as . - • ttlOre'ire r'adiepl.fanatics Who, would not . `section into the Delon even on - .the conditions - of the - Constitution, They 'e'er. ..,:taiitlY,Con' s h•.ise no ciimplaint :against my views . •'• ',Ortilseritiments. ' . • • ' ,:When'' Congress assembled December, was Obiieus to every one who was-et 1•;:all , wIlling to beed.the sigriS of the. times, that ~ ;; l ifie. , ;tieiice.ol,ciui. count ry was in imminent peril; .....:o# . na4.; r ttircoooquitces of a' prolonged war ,:tr.c , rien . ipation and:recrimination bet ween the . l extroate aridimpracticable men of the North aid Ate,'Ststith,.' . The anxious enquiry was heard ' .u,t'UfYWheSe:,-s ((What can be dune, to allay the .akitation4qd...saie the:unity •and peace of our „ As ouotey,./iffi•; ' Amongst those '1,11 ., 110 were tO 21,44C - eut•e • froti'to.compromise and settle, Y • regirdbeitirseetionial.Plirty; personal.con .•:. tilderations, Consultation after consultation was held.",„ Tholltet. great task' was. to disceVier 'Whethe . r.itivae,Paesible to bring the Smith tip . ,tosrinind on 'which the- North , could' Stand . .— the s propositicins and „Aseggestions Produted. Rut it was finally 'con •s• :eluded - Mat the prepoSition of the veirerable •Seinitor from KentuCky (Mi. Crittenden) vi‘uir tO command the • - requisite.suppOrt C. - animas and before the people.,•• These . ,-to; et4y ~ w ith all :others of a • si nailer characte' wer e. referied• to aelect committee, composed the fullowino.Senato • • • - Crittenden; P ell; Bunter, Sew -,.,•''isrcti.Toulirolaqtionglaa,Collainer,Davis, Wade, •:Bigler4Rice,Drielittle and Grirries--fiVe South ;ereßeptiblicana and r three Northern - The southern and Republican oyere - recorde ! : 'lie the 'parties of the ~ ,I ' llast.t,,nl4l4iienea rale,sca4. adapte d that no ,7, - ,:.'•; • pr.fr ss isAtinn'litiqiild be .yerirted, to.the Senate as s. I'; , P.lsifi.r.o'n?ble 'unless 'it. feeilivoo majority of All the Southern Senators, save Mt' Tombs. were" knoWn to . on the 23'.1 ii.r.OPeslin'rt.earrie up for con .:,I . :tf; - liiillft4.6ll. l .4,j.k.iio ll ? 3,ll ce! , si:Ary fur Messrs 4,7 4 .4 T9 01,A*,:take : -.'Oeir. • positions in .'•'',,''.'2,470.15 1 44141;L5- 1 044 11011 .fever forget the :sr' h. - ''.44,llllfreat!.o,4oisit'l.iAttiid, - for , I regarded their he;coMpromise, A.Roo 4 Pkripliiitfliiiiflor: iifselr . he proposi -0,,....L, ," • • ' • tiara tvouhl •t illiT(er pill, that hip engstiiiipnts.-Iviii . thnqfi 'Ol 'tiny o!rloiiinntoiol,; cnmmn . ' n Ter ritprie; nil:ni.early . them with Whaf ever, !niiht . the . timo; but nwie'oht-jet:s, :vlevt.; - of .1 he. 'gr,ca t strike in. ,c fot it uontf b woulri Mr. Toonib.% expiessed qvniir the frttrte.:Pqll(i• . . trients, Out i hat .. hii;S•t4l,..it•pold .cept the proraisitibti n tioiqeotleeni•nt. 'Poe nlnn, in twit: .Srmlt , ,...'on _the; 7th of hc;(l' the' following ptogetyge : :::i .• oiltlinugh ity in the-. Territory, yet wh,e it yvoi incpi)sed understood the 'enatot frniiiKPtlttleky ilroptiseilivit files:line of :P3 . 30 . 01011- be ex: pOirioyl•eqiTitig . . owl koteetiti:g, 'our' prown'ty:onAhe Soloh:skii:q . l:olt iii r,. 1 0r 'the seke . ofpene.peintatient suid ~ to the coMmil tee of la,•ns..l,styhPre,.thAt with other sellsiUttory'provisi'ons I ••would • •necerilit".'— (P.lge 210, Con. Globe i st.). " • ": 1 • • • • Itt.ndartion to rOy. own tgstlionny of what:Ale: eurrol in the..c . otnnni tree - of •I ?; 1.-fires.;or tEneti from speeehes pl. Mr. Douglas • end :.11,11., Pu•gli,'.benting :•••• •Ge in•the roorse of ' ort•elit ho rate' speech,•lNl r.• Con lus used • the. 1011owittp . • .• • . yoit of the',4 , ..piddiran :side nre.not . ling to thii'nor the '..proprisit ion of tho Senator. Frain Kentucky, pray tell tri what 'you will !.lo?' I addres;i the•engoiryo, the.Repabli tn.alone.lar the reason that iii the cdripit fee' [of thirteen, ['Jew ildys ago, ' EVI(KIe Ilona oilitnit hose fr'ortid he Cot-. 'ton State''.: f Messrs.l)AVlS. T.001113§1 - fx, pre! sad thigir to act,-pt thr. prop?qition. of..my ,venei,aber friend' jnyn, lioaturky tz a final iettloacat or r.)atr , ithir.t.si, if tendered ti ed 'Edistabwil by the ;,I;e'poblitinn dn/uptiers. • fletrea. the.. sole - raslionsibitity . , of tior . , ment, the.orily ',ll4llCUlty ill the way of an ainicalile adjostrnediti -is With theßeriublienif party:'? . ..:The . se-.t . ehintli.s . .i;vere made,' I well niinember,...before a: - Yety lull the., tit-risen:et' of nearly: if not rinite.all lielnitt. die'aii and Sokbern l'l,?patpr,.nilli 110 601! ilared to dispilta the tel e l f at ed . .... Mr•Tinth, nu th'e ;fay thu course of ti very able speech, rentarkeilt • Hitt soppnle Hint Senit tor . does iireiniaP mr rote tin the . critteroleo . iirnpositionti: ,f liar, fglluu:e.d Lira for ()iron indfifi.i . ; l . bave.follpwed my ' hororablii I . ; lend tron... Kent ortor Crittenden] for have lollowild, lay 'friend,.,the.. Sena tor room. Peo lv psyil'ida, [Mt for three innirtli..; I. 'mit wed sa MI their, 'on all, these firtipoiiiioie; at a tittle Mien there ware elninnhoT tin wliose'voies tve.conlil relyr .lintl . whit t catoe. u( it alit.' I)iii lose ca.nrget n --vote no the Criipooleti'.yryorei,itien• I;ever, .1 . 111,1 'we eyer got a yule. olt once rirotmsitionsk Never. • . 1/iii c‘le vote. till- the 1),111 Ill' • from tos e ir l it to a Cote peopliq : Never: tvere not.stron4 enoirgli t"t' rolltna , l stood here and defied their' . in tie Senate hie . Olore than . ..a :They weer net atrong . enoiiirli to set•nsule this' vino; yogeil) . a Ifiey.tr,i . ir not strong to heat For thr . eiy;koig frionihs'iii“...e . . I 1. the Seinitnt"ritnipheis . heggi rig ,r er v o te qu es tj i ji k i l bvvet can we-..g14 il, never', now I inn to be 'Moiled no inr,the l i; and .1 that W.pv , 1 . (1-dt!sitio.co'rtainly 111:110 . . •.prorosit in . !) ripen nrstifl bp. I . Ie! nlritost iinanimnii .voIT •of the pii,l orsQ d 1 y th e e e hle'phl COn n ntnwi•pal,lll- nt • It litis been pet itietred ItiT Lyn terger . nitnityr. '.f 011r...electors nf .ttie. 'United •States th en boy. proPpsitintrthitt b , trnrit C onar ,i ss .: . beli e te lir rny. Itt;ort; to ti.ty; that it the on •overcv_bOinitig of the irenple' my Stititt• apt, Eir, owl pr nearly every..cob-e t Slate in the Uuioti'.' Rrfare the Seitators fintrt h e Stale. 01 .51ississilipi Jeff this (KA R,A . ON . F. t/F I'llllll 1610. NOty 4hejlr.V(ES . , 'AT . tolll . i PRESI'DENT 80711EILN Cris FEDEIIACY, PII.01 . 051; Tri ACCEI . C. IT :TIIE•11:1103 . IF THAT PROPtIgI flriN C 611,1, iiitc'ex;u: vtt . rr. aucitry*To• THE wruca:itiar. of riilE CitAsll.lkll.; Therefore; of all 'you,r propositions, or all' yoar amend ments, knowing as 1 that the,. historiitn,winwrita it dctwn, at any thno•before the first of.JanytiCy a Iwo OlirllN.V..•te for ibt. :Crittenden resolution , : in titiA rharnii.n. • would have saved 'every Sale in !he irtiiny ! ;l.);lt Sotit Georgia w,ouitl . here• by herrcp , 'reseatutiyes, and • ,Lattisialla . 'reat, StatCs, which •atleast would lava . hro• tha•wholc colarria al seCes.iitt." .••• .1 . . Mr, Dolitlas,•at the s ati n! : a! iina•said• lit reply can firin the Senaior i .x eluelaiut inn ilia •Sgunton. Dnvis - * II • CoM hIITTEE OF III) AT A 1.1..T01RS TO Conte lug Tun, eitivrtiNuns. erto : rosi eni Iftrit Tiliin AN'IiSA V TOC6IIIS WAS ALSO tiE.tr,‘"ro no so.* • But if 'this'tentirriony. were not- in existaneu at all; do we. not !mow:that the - u.ri•at Slat, Propo: , itiob and : sub rrritted :it to . tha.:o : tiwr: i l;tates as a .bitsin of a , fi nit I erdjiist me.'nt nkl rrnienenf p . ea . ee. It %yd . this loSii On whiehjhot Sr.,te c'elle4 tor th .Peace. conference which assernb . led soon theme . — ltwas also - endorsed alinmt the unatii. Mods -Vote of the legislature of Kentneky, and sabseqiientlyby:thase of Tennessee and North. Carolina.: But it is tiSeleis -to add testimony,: The. Republican Members of. the• Senate 'were against the Crittenden . proposition; and. the radicals of 'that holy Were .against any and. every adjustment. yhen the Peace 'Confer ',ence hid assenibled and there was some. hope of a satisfaciory settlement, it Was. well known' that Mr. Chandler, Mr. aerial), and others . Urged their respective . .Governors to Send on impracticable fanatics as commissioners in dor to - defeat a ciimprdmise. , In what I have said I have not intended to extenuate or excuse the wickedness of the sie cessiOnist... 13.1.1 and,. impolitic .as was the policy of the Northern. radicals it furnished.:no sufficient-reason for secession, rebellion and war; but I believed' mustsincerely:then as I do. flowai' that.. the acceptance of Mr.: Critteni ileri!e Proposition by of. the Republi : cans in Congress, at the right time, would. have brokendown searsslow in nearly all the,States mite elaimlng to be.dot of the 'Union; and it might have, been 'ticeepted..WithOnt any sacri:' 'lice of honor or . principle, Solar Osthe coin mon territory of the IT— oiteil• States was , con• cerned it proposed .an equitable Partitioni giv-• .ing the North - about. 900,000;srpittra miles :rind the Smith ahem .360,0,00 ,square. miles. No liinpire that could have' been - -Selected would have given the North more. . ' 11,',theri, it was' a material interest and value we Were contend ing for, it gave-itsour full share; if it was the application 9( a .poliiical'prineiple the Republi canswere:sirugklitigTor, it allowed the applt catimi.atheir. iloctrin . e to three 'fourths of ati estate that ,belonged to all the Stales. and all the Itexpressly excluded Slavery from 01)0,000 square miles pt. this estate and . allowed, ih ree ining The•Re; puhlicanfq iris true, haft. just elected -a' Presi , dentOt tot . Here lolqut .to lake pos.eSsion, of .Governtneritt, but still !he' populdr wife in the sever . sl Stotes, thawed that they':, Wer& 'over ,a million. of votes in the ortlieeleefors of the United States. 43eing,rt million in:the m , itutrity,- .11 .1 bey tseenred thP, .npplicntion•`rii beir.ptdriciples . .l tliree - . foitrilis, of . 011 thy:l er riroty; WitS 11)14 not enmigh; could tliiiy . 00t ' have: - hoasted of a - grvit. ." For .a. time these arguments: and considerat tons •seiimed . 16 ; have weight With t he. more tnotfirriite•-atiiieOii servative..of t h e - R publicane Senators. in . deed' 'at one tirrie, 1 haitstrong tuipes of -a setilemelit:. iliet; the:. radicals ritllied inn,toterr,. lf.Strded by Cteelv, and - the eat:rent was soon.elialittee. We wire then mft. with the argumetit - that the people in the election-of Mr.;..l.incoln, had de cided to eitclude. sla 'vet y he territory, Old ..that the meMherri Of :-,CongreSs:ilars - not• attempt to reverse that•decision.,'Wellitin de -fettnined to' .step firthertind eileft s %:or. In 'overcome this obsraele; ,aMt it 'was to this end; - after consultatirrit • with Jr' ;Critte.nden and others,,•thotl 'myself introduced a bill . into the. Senate Tritiviiling,• for, taking. the sense of ,the people ohthe 'Several. States on the Crittenden' PrOpositiaM, for' the. direetion of Members:of Congrees voting for . 'or against its- suifinission tor the ratification of - the Sta t es, its. n. a tnentl- Merit - to the Constitution. - This was an appeal . to the Source °V. ieal pa and. would have relieved the. rnetritnitS : of su s serious The' 110 if of.t he :representative . woniti: have' been in ffecorilanee with the cotes .01; hit, constittleitts,: either tor or against the proposition. Only ohjer•tiiin inate.yeas. that if.w.lSsorriewbfit irregular intl ex] raorili• - put the - same men could not trinke liat:objeetion ,al present. .I'oomany:ex.tant -flinary hrive , sinee henn' , ilohe by : their choSemairents.. believed With the : Senator (torn Ohio as 1. believe 'Still, .t hat life lion iv.ould 110%.•CUrrintra nriiirit.y . in rienrly:all !be Skates-of the linion, r luit- it shared 11i...A - ate of pil foi . to Gail four eninitr y ... was now - e th. enriditi - 011 .waS., - that. the - people 'rnuld be 0116'0 - .01 to settle ;he cnii . tr ay sy or' the niselv e under the tights ft 'right in;ti months. eSpei ietiee„ - -; war - Anil rain-age; - a iid-couritle , s - sacrifices Or. Ni- , rimnl ,trenedli..Storidiaraeler- , titit..)•, your Olrodieni srrr uif, .'• • . . • • 'll'•M Sketell, of '(he • s „o'l.D{. Brunck Ote D ruurk sir id ice iiad'enii•+•d:+tt . s. . . tiolig'o tic dittl'ilxiobi rrind.rifopr it in•lwoveil,everycitii;,m..to emir!, ry, fy svrit tuns wild, and itter-dennot•iathin,s ete •:ttise Wera hy.ipeil by thct Non Were . Abiddid i ls.lil.tnn the Suutli and by the lire •ea terunni the North = sva ItiediOed that Such tit id .hatred and a Idls'e 'inusi.• tea d 'rtn war atit bliind • f.bei;'--I:bis nriidietion.• Las u,nhappil ` y bn? fnlfillpd. :If the: ynerithers ; rife 'fatnity,n s-soctely,•nr'itie staietirtiet all sense of nrpr; tiety, drityra,t upon' tine . another virioirs' and l'ottrahuse',s•uch faintly, "soviet yl.:or...isiate will finally be'setisrated in . discptdant arid inimical' vii.ts•.;TlnNorth;tted :the South have herb rjt•trnlrit soil are anus eift;seedin a hhinilY and despiatjpg• • witt.: this end our polili c.al strife, or i>_it only the enitirtnenveinve( if her misfortune renter eVils 'font''? • ilrtn if i I lea I Finn' rid 1n th,•drSiateConveniina,.it tlioir jnitt nals, . . . ortheir branded as trivirors ail, if their risiirii . tioits.ere true, this .most 'respiietable nod, riiimerops•iiii-ie inbly of representative rnen of.our.contilry are .fraitotti; and I nriysellti traitor Speag . 'to a tweet jog. of traitors! Why Why are we chail.with the highest crinie:a citizen cart - unit? Why . .are we brawled frililol',7. Is it beciiici . ,;.r hove uphil 1, sicee the - days of . Atoltieiv Jackson the. ortairimp."l:lie Union mist anil shall he preser- In Uvrry , ('oneention we .•have held, we have 'exp'ressed ntir Analtenable attachment': to the cOnatitutiOns and. lawn, to peace and .public or.. derv—yet, we. ere branded as . tra Reis! We have given the general government 'in he .• oseru• •tion'tif'the•eivil war ii:mora unift'orri'.ittol.up right support than the abolitionists, bet we ere' .traitors. Our public stiealcers, have •el • ya and uniformly'opOoned a separation of the Union, and . supported the lawaand 't he 'Ono . int . ,' tine of th e land; •but our pilitical opponents insist' that. we are iraitOrsi : t‘yho are the rripii, by whi)M.olie , hall Of-t heir fellow citizens are chaigeilwith the exit& of treat:On? What haVe they acine'for Main' eining lit Union 'inviolate, and.upholditig Ilie . constittit ion and law ..01: 'land! the men whin declared Oiit our Nation.: 'Consti . tlition:wns tta 'oeMpuct 'With hell and 11 leagtio.withlhe tlevili'" are prominent 'men attiring opponent : a.• Hot ace Grettley and his ttnerotts' frietids; Om were willing to ;jet the rebellion States in peace helore 't tie • preseprelvil war broke mit, e• now the high' among our:political 'tippolo;nt Sewn his.fri•e;ids; %, , h0 tionary ago - by duclaring: I hat their Wutt„a constitution have ivecOme. the moderate me among -our' op: ponent , , a rid arepermit red to serve underGiee. Who passed the uticenstitutiona laws, which Fan b e tumid on the . statute books oforn North' ern stroeo ();11.• politico!. opponenti passed then . ). These are•themen . who charge us with the infamous crime, of treason to our .country) Thise are the Men • who e?chdust the .Entilish language to • heaplouFahifse upon °tie, halt of their fellow, citizens. who have always ; been true and loyal to ou r It.”public. What .does this violence mean; and to what will tt lead? A similar political •violence'„haS 'prodnred the Civil. war-between the North and the.SJuth--..it is' now directed against one lialf.oftlie cittzens 'of the Mirth, and if persisted ib ,. itluust accoid ing .TO 'the' la wi't.Watgovern hurnap natiire, prm duce 'the saint!' result; Oar Sittiation is a mOst.dangeroui one,' and every citizen. who loves' peace and order, shonid - do Ms utmost, to stein.t his vfolence'untrshield oar own Republic •against utter.confusion and destiuction. What• in the name of common sense,- can . induce our political.oPporiente to brand us as traitors? It can be butrone . of two things;it-A e' S'.either th desperation of n dyingmolitical fsctiors,: or the men 'who make.this charge, have. treason in their Own hearts, biaelc as hellHreaionagainst the constitution and Laws-and by cbarging•us with Treason, they inteiul-to prepare 'the way for their nefarious purposes: . 'They hope by. calling its traitors, - mske..- the .'people. belieVo . :that; it IS . impnisible that , they that theY thetnSelves would' commit ,treis'nn, Whatever they may, do. • This' 01.11'0 against us it itself. - treinimi; it degrades oar . Repililic aii ?ileaufags its enemies ar Signs are not wanting, that our liherty,iintrour rights are' in danger, ..ro il to tnake the friends of peace' :am t order poiverleis, they are Veto' e hand nhuselas . . traitors. Myifrier . uls;' you . . tO,'yotir, in lioes, arid is yur duty: to , tneditate 'this unheard. t f c4lurnily•agniillst true and loyal give : the . peopl4'wan4g, , sta'nit 'our lilesteil country,, gutud. the. Jtcpirbli defend th..con ,st it ,t tie ti,ii(*and the littv;rs.. ugainsi: ult piei; may vinie la our slicreq duty 'lloiver.t tie libeily..end the righfsriieei'yed frosm • .11:1' , .ticaitt .9iijltil•:;llsc.nterctat. Saturday, Oct. 11th $ 1862 DEMOCRATIC. STATE TICKET -:•': • , .AUDIToIt GENERAL, • • T SA_ AC' • • U (;;ENE:RSL,• • • • - •• : N.:1)1.1 4 35. - . 11.3_N1-.11,t.; Fojt ..Ci) ;6: It Essi MILTON: COUATRIGHT; 0T : Eric conntv siivr SETH A; BAOIc.US 4,)1' Ale Kean i!ounly.• .F.o . ti . 14tiqui's . l':cr : t.l.iv i.:.i. DR. C.-R. EARLEY, of Elk county, DR. 17. J. BUYER, of Clearlipld Ca. I'OU%TY NO II N ATIONS =MEM IN".. I'. McC()Y A Ni-mEtv-rui..l.:lr 11111D1 , srJI)IRIAN. nisi !OCT 6:IAIIiEL . C. 11YDI MECO P1.111:0 ACX L Y 1111:: IV:I TiON/11, i'LA TFOR ili 7 PtaI:POSES O.F.THE WAR, li.iSfiED 311E1.'01.1AM - 0y lqi9Q1,1:110y, fpcii . EX voICE OF .N. 0107, Tuft: Tlmt the iti.t;seia ikpip'ruble wtty hits bt!e'n lot etnt.titlnn 11);.cotintry by the. Di*tni,n -i41.5.0t the South.i , rn.Stio e 4, now in al Ir against Goy entinetif,' and arms tlio, "Capital ; Thar in tltie Nat:tonal , 'ill"OzaorY•Co'cigi - ei.s.,..lianisiiip2' . f,!eliogQ ot nrrr pit ,, stott 1, , 5. , 0t rtie:nt,•wil I im.voll!let only to ttie*,%vriole cotoit , i y' . ; tear not Nva2ell, op.' pro ,, ion . or'for ally pyrpos'o- orcorolitost or silo. 'pigat 1011, hr of ovum ihrovvin:r. fot %, I.rights or e.stablisheil.in-tijit'- tious .of (lOic;pil a.nd main tain'the sqprentaty awl to preserre the Onion, with all th.edignity,.(qp,q• ity several States.onimpaireii, Anil tat a~:Qom . ] thOse obje:rts'' gra . or COITI - 'the' war;oaslit cease." - the 'de seniiiliinisol'Afrien in the United States •is in-. kotnnatiliTe'witli the libfirty end sifet) of the European Oescendirnt i Their slavery forms en exeeulinnoe'stilibig.lrom stern. and inflexible necessity; to ihe 'general liberty, in the United States . . - W rlid nol orig;inafe•,rior are We':fe iinlysibte-loi this necessity. if •itlyi.efe possible t could only be-establishad by' ejulating the ineouteStible powers Olt ire Sta..l es and of ..sutiverting. the ruins or the I.Triion %vauld be. bnried, sooner nr later,.tbe' liberties of both faces.",—.://e,iy Prop.hecy PulLilfra “IT THESE INTT.UNAL FANATICS' AN • D Atom: Ttosiqrs Ey o'rf Powkic.l .T EI R IT A NUS,” said 1116 fsrppr Webste'r, pn p mconni - s1)Ip occa• Wit.l: NUT 'T1111.: SUPIiUME•COUIUT AT DEFIANFNi, CIIANGU AND MAKE Lit‘l . N.TO SUIT THEINISU.I.6 7 :4; 'LAY VIO. i.rsT 11A SOS ON TnnSF: iorrpn - wiTp -THS: . 3I THEM 'OU. OASU cii;EsTioN TirOg FALLinIy.ITY, • 13 : ANKIIP1T COUNT : UT. AM> BLOOD." . • . . .. . . . It is a .well'lthown. - Tact That the Rebels, fr6m the . cipset of the reheWoa, ratline& largely on•Deingc ro tie:support ~ait. t he. North, .hrTintt for that hope TlTryneytir wouttl'hay.e plangeti in' t he rebellion at all.—MeNean Min'er.-- What iightitatt. the SOeth to rely on Demo cratic suPport; in their effort' fo'break -up the. American Union.. ..Did not the immortal Jackson swear by'the Eternal the, Union 2mi st and shrill he priserved '1!: pas :not that principle been the rule of action of the Democratic:party since:cis first existence? Has iterthe Democ racy always, anditloes itnGt : nevvdeclare asifs fundamental creed, The . 'constitutiori its it is, the Union a,l it 1(1 ? .Ila.ve not the HemeeracY Lcceptell.this War, ter: ibleas it may he, solely to snstainthe conStitution and preserve the union of the Slates as it r:iisted'before Aboli tionism and Secessionism becatite'Petent for • their.tlestruetion? .The people :niust answer , •, On th other hand, had not the 'pad* of'the South a' right to. expe c t that.theltepubllcan Party, whemitaitained "power, ,'would' afford no obstacle" totheirtvithdrawal from'the -" The reeord:pf that .party since , formation has favored a.dissolution of the Union. The firat.intitnatioo'in the Worthern States that the Union could be broken, was a statistical puhlt= cation in the N: Y. Tribarte,...in which the writercoolly caleulated, in 'tlea'rs and Cents,: the pecuniary advantage 4.9 . the7Norther'n States that .vmu'ol result from a dissolution of the Union WI :Mason's amiDixson's Hap; 'Wilds been a lavoriteexpre4ion of Itepub!icaii orators that. the Sfave StMes'Avere •tgtt coipse,chaineil to a9i.ving body": that- we must, ourselves at• any saerifiFe,.ofthis pntritt Mass, before we, of tbe North, could hope ;; t the Slave States inched leave the. Union, iii God' . nerne let them go. • .That they wished them tb withdraw; . hut. • gevsechnsetis could - • not Maim boot:and shoeS.,encingh:to kick.thern out oI the Union. It vv'ay• been:ndrnitted that.the Re pnhiihn rdity fikried at a,:ilittsoilitis . tc Poftitt;ol:• is tfe.tt'tßition of• the tights .91 the Sl a tes hit the Utiholv.'; • • • • • • t:vi:.years the.Democrais were' of reprodeh . . . . . . . , . .. , • .5 7 4 ,defy the: .o . pilo . nonitspf :11e . tiio'cracy,to . i)ojo.to. r otli fact; ol'expiessioti of ii.i' . Rernbcis, citheriu the.'i'vist, or presl94 - ,:tfiat could be ctinstrti - Oil oslayoring Disunion; .. '. : • . i Sotne)l , .! rops dcetri • it .sw'rei to die: heir cmint ; e4teen't :to l,t' fill their .co.ptitik: of.thistatter'elass,riiiiy he , reckoned Warren Cowles . , Atmlitictn candidate'fOr.Represeatattve W!ien. the *eall for 300;01:16 -Tea 'avas.mails by the ilies4eat,..itaat‘ t iag his birtity attit z•ail for' as ii Curtin tehtlered Commission. With thig., he returned to this eotillty-,..stal the. people,were—appealed 0 . In eourttry.;:—:Sn(l.nalq did they respond to the call.- At a lare ars . r.rneetiog h<•LI at the Court 11clise,..:\lr.Cal.rfeS explained tiwphis.commission nn'd sire far . ikititaryse6-ie.e.a—that he tlid . aot Irish fcr : .le; , veltis : ofoe , ,tehieli - iras his stypatt;p . atiihat iiun by subatituiing,lhe name.of;Mr. Belt, ,M c . . insreail ..at his own—that he was .liahle - to titilifary'mtut•y; and if drartP(l . Ii uslut t'ekc his 111 . 9;:ket; . altd's.p;etii5 ioontry as a p.riva .Ai. a, seivial . .if at (hie time of • iixamiiiat alieent;:) - ietliere• fore tiled a eiirtitirate iil':;•; , iajlied! I ron - j'rviili• :taty . ittity,..- is at e,..,%vtii arid have Stifrir..aMl die the,tijoaity r)ifiey has ))0.P.,,n.150 :.Thr 'A.bolif or,e.an r:Ornplains ;that satltli'ets are not allowed in vote, amt ill'erefole the reitalt nt--the-eleet ion wili not he bitthing , , : to the 700,: 1)00 .v o looterrs now thte . sereive of II)t U. 4. Goverornrot.,. ,We wish .they 'coup he slow{tr 'to,: -vote., for there is no'doubt that three-fonia hint.t arm}' ‘vonitl vote,n‘gainst. H; party w!lich -has for. tts 'wa Ishivot new!' tililliftY; • . . . . '' . Rot whose fan' t It cannot disputed that the Demo cratsin I.,ogisla tore -stipp . orted, the)aw en. abling nldiers:to vote, and- theirnr)2la to do so witttld neve have been - disputed had : not 'the lienithlicans (lino : Ott the inat ter' belot:e hoot t , 4;. fn their effor'ES'inqhrow not. the:Demo: eraiie Sii , rlff of Philadelphia, two 'Vas clveto d by solJi "t.'s colt Judge a:LAI/an: . tinitki,',leeitletl in tliat: •a= . .e . that soldi6rs c60: 1 , not 'voteunt.r the vOnstitation. Their votes tor: EkVille Were; 'rejected, 411irlt, , left hint in the mino.rity, and be: wad declared not .elert cae.wa F. carried to theStirtime court 'and Judge Allison's opiriotscOr.ftrtrn:d., • After hilyi6a ildsfranelMSed•the soldiers from tier votes,.the Abolitionists would atienipt io make political . capital out Of it. Was shame facedliess ever so apparent ! . • • . • wpm IS mivr.ori COURTRIGII7I. The . Itiipubileati,papers in this se,etion. are van dilatingthe.kedigrees- of their candirlafek ,• avitb so ronelrzead,, that.we.have thought 'it. brit jost. to 'tell .00r readers briefly What'we know. bfdbe .antecedents of our 'carulidate l.or member. 'of or So. tong as !there was . a• IV hig partY;l\liltonlV..Courtrlil.lit''wds consist ent member oti that*.party.. At' its' die inn liiieavri Lis support atiti voice; along .with Clay and Webter and hosts of other nat-: ional Whig'clin!avei of the,Only .stirviving • nat; lanai party, the biiroperary. Irk the can'eas of 1 . 560,... he Was:a iz..iuloos supporter, or Steplfen: ••• Mr.Cour right las . never beeriknOw'rf . .as an been.actively . ..engaged ii:Considexable portion of bislife as a inilroad ohnireanalcontractor in various sections • of the corintrY; rind in that busirress . has by biS•energY and ability, amassed- a. considerable - fortune ! We rilfiy mention hei•e'incidentallY, that lie has proba,bly lost more by the rebels confisc . ating his property in the Soirthern States, than , anY other 'maw. in ...Westin. Penntiylvania. 'Ali . . - Courtright possesses a clearlead, a cultivated mind, and administrative ahrlitiearif an unrivall ed elaracter;He is a eonseryative inah,• and While he has every mofiv.eolpersonal Interest as well ri . s patriotism for desiring a .speet.l3 ., re . Stnration Of.the Union .and the suppression Of the rebellion; be plants himself in Ihis„hour . 01 'ational peril, and purposes to . conduct canvas Open the distinctive platform • Of “The Constitution as it. is, and the'Union iiS lie Will be .elected trpon that . platform. Ills election Isvili;administer such •a rebuke .to • dis orinnizing sectionalism, .and• Disunion tionism as will cause . the trite friends of the Union everywhere to rejoice. We find the following in the AoMimi-organ Of. this place: '. • '‘ , We do'not propose to. speak here Of, any of the . Democratic nominees' for County•oaced except Dr, McCoy. • - Of. the Doctor's PersOnal character as d'inan and a 'citizen; separate Iromilis pOlitkal idhs'and'aetion; we have'no.complaint to make. llet his political opinhms ot this 'crisis of . oar , country's fate, are such as disgraCe:the Slate In which Milieus. :• Who 'has' heaid from the Doctor .a -word of cheer .for. our 'eel dyers, weigh for' the coffering brave; or a tear. for,the gallant dead? . Who has aot.heard of his expression.; of sympathy' (or the patriots of • . . the Jeff. , Davili'Confederhay. , .: , • Ohl brave Bruce and . Had, ley,•and Ovi,att, and 'farri and Tiel,liancl .Your gallant comrades who bav,e lir - battle or io'hospitals.rind havo ye not Iriendaenooght whp it; •that !Via plan: m . 4 he ilereatad, andfnaeanifered to t Humph' ill Yrotwerniity yoroesT" ' . .• 'nate never was .a mare' fiendish libel Uttar-% ed by a, human being.pat~iotism'and: loyalty to our Government is concerned, yis ear ahead of the, writ e r of the'alMvti. - Thit lloetor'does.iim nrlvnrate ilia higher law iiocirine.that:ifeata the constitution 'al.: re teogito grid a covenant tqll4 dfrith;" has he, by yi•oid ':or•defi . d•assisied in kiwi/Nile the .i.leadly•settiMitit . hostility between citi tens of our,commonieinintyy., Neitheris.he en • Alrolitioti-:, iiiid:tnoru lie . is, triceniliilate : Tor• . an Chit is attempted to be kept in the,•interesr of Republicans.' Tbiaia - .thelt . tiad and - fione'of the tinetor-'s nftenet:i nothing more • ..There is 'not un - attynantance but.4aa.i.vitnesr-• ed, .the•iiiffering; brave,' , .•und iqetirs -for 'the gallant tle'atl;' while no person', dare soy shir t he has ev;:tf;:e.xpie'sset).sympathy fqr . rebels in ormS'agains . ttlie 'Gotiernineut.. he iv:r . iter- r;ppeal to:,lhe mangled, • vierirns'to'hiS bloodY generously leolanteerail to defend' their country in , the war thus hose• gaping.i'veinds•rind. glaied eyes:..should be'ever pr6sent.'to hi 6 loatinn to'reiniticlliini of his' share •in the hoe •They•haVe nohly•died iii the; service of their , erwiftry: and their memories are', enshrined the brurts . .of :a 'gratefpl, : perri?le; 14(4 their• •-fri6l(ls•coillq harbor faeliatr,s T- Othar than grief;. in F•tich an tionr,, they would point to'the • pub-• Ileher paper and 11ie . Corles i aadfsay you . arri their .mnrdrirryl... IC W 1 1 .5 you( t.l:.arbibe,s that. bretbhate' be6,ve'en. and, .iriatle'•thette• bloody gnarifices . tp , c(4:tary,, IVirpn• goolb . men . Would 'settle , . these chtficnit:las pFarefully, hen. •na'retllentant short of czai;elutii;lted thous Wild rireitnt . ! to appqa"*e: !hi!. ti•ratti of .yriar sable •Cirn. county • • .. the Demorracy'havP•placOcilniiore .you men.of :known- 19):+ij y.. and wholly reliiitile,-%as candi" ilntrn for . your Tiwsitity next., Con s have LA. 0 .. .5; n tra ix to HT / of-Erie, cnnst ire man, of eic6llPfit practical •tiliil;ty; find -who will , ably - rilee!iv the, i.r, drt.i 1-the District. • : . - comPefitor, • Glenni W. Schofield,.of rem, is 'a • gnntlem.M; of p.leasing 'address and gentlemanly emninet, who.formMly belonged !O the , Deniocratie party, and... until political stireess : made it inices . srry for •him to join the llopublican p • aity, by which pasty, he has been frequently honoree) with office, aritilhe: iii now will.n4 to ireeeft the nomination of the extr!mit ILolinien ..win, of the. party (Mr., Wnlker,'of rrie !wino,' brought forward and suppo-rfeff fli:-...voiipVivatiVe:tv'ing)On'a prat foroimf . Dregro , equ.llity; and servile • •w'ar.. We' regret Abet. Mr. Schofield -in • sO bad position before the rublic.• • • St:Tir A.: Dscans„was nominated for Dr Senate liy•Megean county. We are asiti.red . the nor.noeriici , of this county will give . hint a hantkome.majoritY,, and if he shiMbi he cable to •oc..ercorne trutiorityln the District, oftiesrly -6;000, he will, of course, be .'-eleCted; , and'Uldy . repro4ent ybuin the •Sente.. • • 'Mr. Wikod,of TitittS . , .was, nominated on ac-' count of his extreme rfanaticiSni: . Mr. Wet , - mote; of Warren,. who ought to have 'received the nomiitation, was tog while to ' • ,• . . I.or. Asr.mithy we , have-old-and tried men. -Dr. Early; of Elk county,' represented this disc •triet : lii the last tegislnfute and gained the, rep . - riiation (4.lieing the most tisefril mennbeiin that . body, by his untiring energy. and industry. • • Dr, DO,ye.r represented the Div:riet two years ago,' to the entire credit and sat‘sfaction constituents. •Their.eleation•is beyond a doubt and . ..We shallbe Spared:the': mortification nf sendingWarren Coi,vles;a fanatid and spirit. tindiit.,.th the capital, unless his 'friends sheold wkely . Comitide.to inake,liim an7inrriate.of the.. . , Disane . A ssylum. • . •..; • Dr. W.: Y. 111'Coy, i'neeived the unanimous nomination for Treasurer. • ,-Ho is wellknown thrOughout th,O eoUrity,• 114 . 1411 g passed 'the en; .tire mairhood of his file One''' of the rxiain.indneernents..to nndonbt, vc,:iti mt neeourit:of • his known integrity. in his'huilnesi .transaciions, Icno . iiying- that he.. .will redeem the :Aharaeterof county Treasurer; :Which 'has•heen in' • sueh had repute The whole, people hatieauffe'red opprobiurn on neeounr:of the defaulting charectet-Of theft, .putiiie.offiCers, end we are glad •to -note iheic deterininutiOn. to.make a : 'change in this par-, tieular: • His eonaretitoe.livea near the State line, and hic biisiness and inLerest,N in Allegany county,. New ' York. . • ANDREW . RILS . .Y, a mechanic, who kias, .hialiniustry and integrity; built himself up in . 'our cetinty. Of uhdoubted ability and integrity his election it(this.titne would be of advantage to the people, is the . commissionere have con tinually centracts to let there . . should, be , a conipetent§ practical raechariie on t he board. • AUDITOR'S etCfc is .one of the most im portant within the co'unty, as theentire exPen'- (Mures and. finaneial business °rifle • county,. pass under their - aupervisietii S.. Sender lin is probabiy one of the best rtccountante among a's, and is .a gentlernanof.unblernishecl renuta.. lion for' integrity—also important: for teat; sta.' tion.—J. L.. BEAN is also an e?(Cet lent business man, well known, honest, and capable. • • For Coroner, we . have. Primo ACKLEY, of Bradford. Every body knows Ackley, and', everybody will 'vote•forhim,, and consequently his majority will only be limited by the„putri l ., ber of votesiCasy. We' willWarranChim,,to; , discharge the, diitiel of .his °Mei in' a manner satisfactory to all, •
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