"'CONtritg,S : SION
_GREAT EXCITEMENT -ON THE
SLAVERY QUESTION-- WITH%
• DRAWAL OF SOUTHERN MEM-,
- - MRS. _ • ',-
Our special correspondent, in a_note
Ificlosiing the' annexed uotree of yester
daesproceedings in 'Congress,says . :
64 We are In the midst ors tremencloits
excitement on the Slave-Question."
WASHINGTON 20th.
, Dec..
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA T IVES.
Charle* D.. Coffin, from Ohio, in the
iplace'Of Andrew W. Loomis, resigned,
7iiippcare - d, and took „his seat , to day.
Mr. ctishisian of—New—Hampshiri,
moved that.the House again go into com
---mittee-otthe-W-hole4m_the_President's
- But ihe - House re.ftiseil to suspend the
Rules fbi'th'it purpO.se.
• Mr. Sladeltaiing on former day.pre•
seated. , two memorials from Vermont
.praying for ; the Abolition - of slavenr. in the
District of Columbia, tinsl_ha-ving moved
that they be - _referred to a select
Commitier, - and-debate--threatening to
,arise thereon, the - motion was - laid over
until this dailintid - the question on such
reference coming- up in order as the first .
' -"business beforethe House. - -
! Slade yead one of-the memorials,
, Ad then proceeded to address the House
t large tu support of his
_Motion. Mr :
').•haying-nnimnd-verted with sortie Sever-,
3ty on.the course pursued in' the' House
ih regard ,to memorials on this subject,'
and srpiikeit of-it as reduced' to. - •
ofsillem, by' an' understanding 'which
resulted in Southern 'gentlemen invaria.
rising and .ihOving_to lay all motions
• for the reference of these memortils on
.
the table. • -
• - • Mr: Wise dint rposed, and with some
warmth repelled4he idea of any percAm7
cert - or undertta ding on his own
_part
(.ind he bad most re gently made the
-- -snotion'to.lay_o_ the table) with a single
ihdilidoal; and, so far ron► sere being .
a "syitematic arrangement Among:South
_erngentlemen_ on the matter,_ there was,
on %he contrary wtotal want , of concert ;
and 'as toile prom titude of the Chair in
anticipating, such_ truitions_before_they_l
... were completely uttered, be :would do
the — Speaker • theirtatice toTtestify—that
never had a word, or even- intimation,
passed between thethair and ank - South•
ern gentleman in relation to - these - o
lions, CP - • - " •
---. -- Air. Slade: disclaimed :any personal,
Oared either. : tin' the gentlematz from
Virginia,Or'the Speaker..
~The prompki-.
ttle - of the Chaii• was proper, and•arose
friim a. desire to save time. _
t .l ee.
padprocee . dedput it,M - tielitiihe
~, when
-6,-,... , l4lt.—Dawaini-, 7 Clleatt.liimloc-a.•
/ explanation of:a remar k- he had, mad-CT
. that the, course - . pursued , 'in relation to
then'etirdition memorials would ha
_mantled the cheek ofa British -Parlia
. _mein. With honest shame and indignation.
--",'_ll:lldihe_gentiemon; mean-t° charge• Mr.,
D: had ever so acted - in this matter as
would mantle 'the cheek of an honest:
man with, indignation either in Podia.
spent or any 'where else?: „ ' •
• 'it Mr., Slade said - that he meant to give
application to the remark no. farther that
thelutignage itsellimplied. • Hethen re
. gulled; and haVing, after some time,
concluded •ivhat . he ,had" to say. on . the
. - rtianner,;of treating the memorials, - and
whit he co nsidered as a more 'manly and
..dlgnifiericourse to be pursued in relation
—to the whole-subjec4-by-referring-thern
,._ _
to a select committee, " - he proceeded. to .
. the subject of the - Memorial itself, which'
• : prayed for the abolition orilavery within
th - E - DiAtrict :of. C - olumbia -- - And whit,
tisked:Mr. S. is slavery? • '----- •.. - . .
..j•the Chair here interposed; and. oh-,
..
served that -Mr. S. could, not discuss the
merits of the memorial On 'a mere motion
for its. commitment. -.The-question. be
---- -- forethe - Hoose was the question of coin.
• ,mitniertralone; and - M - tlrat Mr: - S. must -"-
Mr..P - etrikin Miledhirif - Wael.
- 7 - .7:Confine- his-retnarks. .. The_motion for Mr.LSlade.called Mr. Petrikitt to order
•'• commitment had been accompanied with - -
for the interruption.
no instructions: had" t been. - the whole The Ch air declared Mr. Slade in order.
_____, _field...would have been openeda -
—lle-proceeded-at lengthrmuciting the
.. . - : -.Mr.° Slide sobmitted to. the..:47clsioti Declaration of : Independence, and the
. of : the Chair, and forthwith modified his
Colestitutiona of several of-the States,
motion for the commitment of these me
bradding . and - had:gOt to that - of•Virginia,.'whin
rinorialiftua select ctitiarnittec., --
ovvith .. _instructions to report a bill abish My. Win called him to order. - -
ing Slavery - Within the District-of .. ca ,„_. The : Chair decided, frOm the rule that
lanibia." • • • ' ' ' Mr: S. could not read "any paper, if_ i t _
. . • waS.objected to by any member, without
Mr.'',Vis,e inquired whether the mo- the leave of the Rouse. - .
.• .-
-tititi,-..thuatilodifiedi - mnst notlie - ove - one
' • dayr: Mr._ Wiii, - said that the gentleman' had
._ . The, Chair replied that the 'memorial wantonly discussed the abstract quesliets ,
. having been recsived, and the 'motion en:
of ' slavery going back -to the 'very first 1 ,
'4401_0 for Ulf/reference to a committee, day of the creation , . instead - Of slavery as;
:. • li4ii vitilimiiot b- p rtvetaii e 7-------7----7-----it , y.isted_inAkemisitictoituuhr , pow . et k
--'----- 1 -141r:-Slade-WaS about:to resume;-when --and -duties Of Congrest'in relation to it.
Mr. - Legere,. of South Carolina, asked , He was now'examining theSiate Consti
feave to Say. a word. ' • • •., .• • rations to show that as' - it existed the
' • Mr; Slade pattaing-.;
-thelawsof God. and man This ins out
. .. r...
,ega ,
re said * wished to implore of.order . ~ . , , - .
thezeiitlemin frOm - Vieth mit solemnly to
-considr.iltle•vasAlin .L..,. ~..
a He-supplies '..Mr. Slade explained, Intl "argued in
cited hirn for - the sake of hia own corislit. '-vindieition - -or his,- tour
.. _
....
'UMW foi,theisake of these of Mr. I.: - , for. to read a
: memorial of Dr.iFianklit, and
feetnii Of Mr. 141adison oh - the - Seib-
::-.---- thOake•of us - all, to pause and lied; uslv • of slaver y, *hen - - -------- -- -- - - 1 --1
to reflect before he took another • step on•
.... „ : ,_, 4 *_ a i. ,oun a
_:_bo o4 . o _ ,h i n.. jui.:_ik , ,x 1 . he reading was objected to -by Mr.'
GriffinofSoutit-Garolin a...-4=;,_...._,...A„.__
..'esinatituents had-not-directed him thus-'
• • to iiiterfelev.hi.t,, is a man, as in Amer-1 '
.'The Chair - said ;the papers could ; not
leaaeltizen,le would supplicate the gen • ibe read without Permission.. -.-
i'••: ----, :tlemmituto take -. further 'time to , consider ''Mr'Sre•':- Then I send the to the
had said,
Clerk-let him real
,t4 e m„' • . . •
-, ; -If Wwas jrue;,itt.thezentlemat
-, ,thatit apitit `had been' awakened' on thin' The . Chair said-this was equally against
. • anbject - which could never be su sd • the44le• • _, - 4,- '- ' - •
, ppres e ...
1 Mr. Griffin •withdrew his'objection, 1k
,
. • re - Ch il dren into 'submissien;:*hen the ' ', Mr 7 .•Slide proceeded to read ~ t he P
-- ~..•
•k*lntist Obleinn and explicit , contracts 'for-' pers and comment - on l'heni'ati '' - a
, liaileitti indulgence, - when, the agitation of . s on.
• lie was:thin atiOnt .to go -tria!k * -a a n a d t
411! - qu e stion "might. involve the ' fate of a..` show what had heen the feeling - InVir-'
. . .. ..
~ ... •. • • -. • ~.
;.,', :mutton, of-a' continent, nay, of the,,entire glom previOnsly to the - date. - of 'the. me
- . world, let" the gentleman beassured, (and mortal of Franklin:' ' /-' ..• , - • - ~:
' `-•.. he .warned him not , in the la nguage •
r M
Of tie- I - Rhett, of SOutli Carolina;Unquired
'1 .
• Aanee, ,, for that he vileil knew brave .men of the =Chair whit the proceedings in
, , • •-•
every ybere:tieapised,) - bit let` the gentle=' Virginia : had to do; w ith, the question:he.
i fore the House? ~' - -.- ~- • • •
••'' "e,ciell assured that that spirit would
The Chair was, about to reply. t hen
tarAtiCountered, by another Its i n c a pa bl e 1
Mr. Wise . rose with warmth, an said.
-s•-•: - ` - .- !Ai - 4104 14 1 4 f being repressed hy.aity, Pew- ,
. . _he • : has Aliseleased : •-the-__whole a :grace
, -
at:. • If thaqUestiinimustbe forced upon ':., question of slareryr 0 slavery in : irgin
--• ' - them, tb4 werelerfeetlY,and promptly
.. ad ~, .. . la; of slavery in my , own distriet -- riniti - •
. ' r '' ) r,t' .t to take uP•thetautitlet. Lit, him rek all my colleagueafo_rdire: ith me
--- tell the. gentleman' most solemnly and se7 '.- mini this Hall. -',-,'
xiously that he tad - sad ocenSF..en tir lOtik .
, . NIT.. Slade. Mr. .S peaker, Ido not
• -... at the questi:t. :a iliffialm - Vet aiii- &4:1 - thelloor,": . '--- /' : • •,
-• -
._ . ..• . • . ,
. .. .... .
as_ ,
I osoPltical. a Manner the_ gentlemanilind
proposed •ifshould be 'examliVeHritin,cont
mjtterriatid, he had come-to-i-conclusinn
that there was more to be . found, in
Systemd of philosophy, anti. in the body. of
Cln:i tian'Occtiine against both .property
'Mid' war', than.aguinst.sl4.v_ery_..;The gen:
- dem it-inightas-welllookthere forgrountis
to advocate a community of goods, as to,
, abolish' slaver-y!_-.:There had not.been,.for
loore,thin t2OO years after the introd uc - -
doff. of- Christianity, the least possible .
preteit brought frotic-its precepts in- favor
of Wir; even where - 'no- previous .stiptila
tion,. as an this case, existed -for' the pre-.
5e . ,..,,_ ltian of peace. .. (Mr. L. spoke with
g eaTv,etiiiifiirce - , - anit - m:e - couldatiim ,o, . l
w tydillictilty . Catch, It is language; but. the
Se
ab ve conveys, we believe, the. substance'
of ht meaning.) Could gentle:Min' won: ,
iler that -Southern. then were eialted on
thii occasion? His. constituents had not
sent him there - to Bitten to "theie - things—
to.hear, from - day to day, , the'tnost worn
out common - places liFought=i4inti,ceit_er , _
;sled in his ears-49 hear all thatwas , vi
-1 4t . to the safetyortheir firesidet and the,
V'eystructure.of, Southiin sticiety.vilified
as: -
an Offelmettgainst God and man. , Not
only, *iliV it iveariaornejand - disgustino . c' ,be-
yond endorance, but he tremble d at its
obiioui practical result S.. . • • • '. . •.
'.,111i. Slade resumed, when ° -.-. • -
Mr. DawsOn asked hints for . the floor
t !atte, nr-ijOst-Tircm--arvattinur.stioint.
._.' .M.r.' Slade refuseill' to yield„likiloy,tr..
Mr. Legate apo - logiiid for having said
-morethan-heitid-at-first -iptended,_wlien„
.he asked'. hisindulgenceloyiehLthe_floor
• . - .
fora moment. • . ' '-- .
Mr. Slade resumed, and expresse d his
approval - of the gentle man's ardour, tho'
he could not agree with him-in-sentiment:
lie had •procteded • for - is' few minutes.
Tiit ingutrint-what-shivery-svzt? and
was-proceeding.to-defide it,: wren,— .
Mr. Dawstin -agairt---isktd_ him.. for_ the
floor; .. and some
-•.-agitation began to be.
. . .
manifest - -in the-House.
• . M r. siiii - a - tiiiiii, - -ifiiii red; c - ititis - ti oh t
to-Oelltprrand-Con tinuini ',to: occupy O r ,
proceeded-trilifote--from.the atithority..,of,
a Southern - Judge as to the - -nattire and
rifattif --
slaytrritureducing the , s lave-td.
a chattle,•kt. when- , -7- - - • ' .. - '
til.r. Wise - appealed to Ilie Chair. • 'The
gentleman ROM Vermont Wait-Ali - mussing
Ali - CAA! estiotr of - slivery-within - theStatea , _
When his Motion: was to . refer -a,memorial
for the abOlitiOn ionof slavery within . the
- District oftTtrinn.iii. — lle --- Was - plaint'
4.reaching-on.:grounditel4 byall to be in . -
-Viithible: -,-------: ' 2. : - .:- -- ' -7 7 --7- ' - '- -77-7 . .7
,Tlte...Speaker said that it was not in, or
der to discuss the subject <slavery •viritit
in. any of-the States: -
Mr, Slade denied-that he was doing' o.
He had, quoted-the authority, as he might 1 1
alegal opinion delivered in . Great Bri
tain..• As he
,was . explaining—
.Mr: Hobertion, of Virginia,
.m6ved-that
the House adjourn.
The Chair pronounced the motion out
of ordee..while a member - ,wat in posses
sion of the floorand iddressing the House.
He would however -suggest.to the gentle . -
man from Vermont, who could not but
observe the state of the House, to confine
himself strictly to the subject of his motion.
Mr Siede resumed: —After 'he ._had
proceeded some time, .
-Mr. Rawson. inquired 'of -the - their
-whether-the morning hour. had-not expired?
The Chair replied that the restriction
of one hour every morning was• confined
to reports and end resolutions - , - but did not
extend to Memorials: s -
- Slade went, on for a considerable
timelon:e6 - when •
<,(l -- ; Al*: : w,a44..-„1:011," . 710f-..Toxi:P• - :, ; :: 41. P . .-, lairougSt4ov4
.. . .
.
lV;r.. Misty, ....t . ask th,e.,(4orkia deli.
. ~
.kation - to the . sanr.. ,'---, ~ -: . ~,,-. •._.___
--.„--111r....ifthett.-41:iir i - >t,tle'arolina tiel:
_._,___
. .
.egatton have.alreatly coax Act!. tow - titer,.
antragreed to have a' meetiog at aolo.lock,
in the committee room of the District of
Columbia.'., . " • • ... --1.-
. .
. ,
mivzaker_ lieiT Said that thelen
tlemi
by t he Chair that
Slayery t _a-s-e-xisttng-ivithin-the-iitates;--
,wa.s..twijt)oriter, wbetv,he was ,tlesiyOn
to react 'a, paper anfl it was objected
the ChairThad,stopped hint, but . -the oh,
jeCtion hnd been. withdrawn, and ,Ntr.
Stacie had been - .sulfa - TA to, proc'ee - d
was .notv7iliTivro rea,
and objection was tr e;.the c..
IliefEffireTtliktif :ifiriettfoTr
tine; it be read.
.[Mr. itobertano, Ni:. : llltett and Others
rose and addressed
, the good"
deal olC.Onfusiiin, prevailed portions "of
the Southern — members were leaving the
Mv.'Rltett rose to order.- He'asked
Ahe.:geti nr• n. fro nrK_Vermont 'lt all
to ,discuss the question of alaveryin Vir
ginia?' He thought not,•:tind he invited
the Whole Southern deli•galioti, frotn . all•
the klasirehOlclingsiates.tointett forthwith'
_in_tbe'coninaitte,e_ropm7ol the Dist rict.
The Speaker
,again• recapitulated 'and
vindicated the- cor r ectness= of' , his OW!'
course, is being' dictated by the rules of
the House ; what his personal feelingi
'had 'been ns;ght,easily: be conjectified . ;
, over to restrain the
diseussion,-he should pro — iirili ylli - ave ex—
ercised the' poWerrhut it was not.
Sittle said the
. paper he Wished
to read :was an . act-of the Continental
Congress oil 77-I.' •
--TheTChair wasahout to 'put the ques t
tion on leave :'When •
Mr.. William Cost Johnson inquired of
the Chair, Whether it would.be in order
for the ;louse to/vote-that - the: genikman
friciiit: Vermont—be not 'permitted to pro
ceed;
The--Chair replied it would trot:,
Mr. McKay, of North Carolina,,said
thatthe gentleman had been pronoun9ed
-out — of - order—in
the--Statesratici'the tulle declared that,
When Etmembe war - s - o -- prorrounced -by
the Cliairilie--shotild take.his seat,. mid
if any_ one objected to,' his -- PrO - ceeding
again, he - should n.it do so. unless by
leave of the Ilotre. Mr. AcKay did now
.object to the' gentleman froin Vermont
-proceeding any further.'•
--;-,[Mtich_c.onfusionL..arose_3_ man;
bees rising , at once.]
The Chair.-read the rule referred to;
.anCriaidthat, as art objection harLitoW,
for the first time, been made under that
- ritle -- ta#he=ken tleman's=resu iitg
speech,- the Chair decided that‘he,could
not do so withotit the leavtof-The House.
Mr. Slade.said he had been permitted
to read - the -.papers he had read, and, to
proceed and comment on them. H.e.had
been doing nothing in theie twenqunin
utes past, but by leave of the House. '
The Chair directed Mr; Slade to take
his seat until the question oil leave Should
he put.
Mr. Slade said he should not.discuss
slavery in Virginia, and he askedleaxe__
to proceed'as - in order. A
On this question, Mr.'Allen of Ver--
mont, demanded the Yeas and Nays. _
Mr. Rencherinoved_an adjournment.
. Mr: Adams and, many others rose and
- demanded the Yeas And N'ayi on ad
journment. They were ordered and to
ken, and resulted, Yeas Hi 6, Nays 63. - .
['Moat of, the s - eats - of Southern mem
bars vacant.l' - - •
So thi — r Houseadrourned.
Mr. Campbell; of South Carofins, said
he had been appointed, as one Of the,
Southern delegation, .to _announce that i
all those , gentlemen' who represented
slaveholding States were invited to attend
the- meetinpw-heing -held-in -the_ is..
rit
aitELX
We have great satisfaction in-announ—
cing to the public the complete success
of -Mr. 1 / 1
,ZTER RITNg.R9 in the manufac
ture of Iron Worn Ilicuiiihiuus -- ecialz-
The works of Mr. Ritner are situateiXon
the West Branch of the Susquehanna, in
NE.
.Clearfield county, aild are uponan exten
sive scale. 'Fite iron 'produced from ,
single furnace• is at the rate of - abou '• 5
tons "per week, and is pronounce' ofa
superior quality. These facts-come from
a—source that leaves n - o dOtibt of their
correctness,__Every Pennaylvanian must
_rejoice in. this' intelligence. It openiiii
field to enterprise, and the employment
of calkabtlyil.wkadd to the value ,
aihis great
-State i lseyond-the-calculation_o4ke.mcist
sanguine..,:
j We also learn tharthe furnaceon Lick
Run, in Lyconting .county,.owned by a
company in Boston, will be in blast in
January; the furnace on Lycoming,Creek
will also shortly be in operation t, and ,
that there is . every reasonto-expect-eu
tire success; and we. heartily' Wish it to
the nterprising proprietors.'_ The Lick
Rut furnaceis on ti=verrenlaFged scale
: antis_:caleubted to . produce 120. tons *of
iron perweek: ' Wherrwe xecollect that ,
a 'verylarge portinn - of - Penpsylvania;
west of eastern ridge .of the Alleghc
ny mountains, aboutitls in all the pate
riak necessary to,the t)tiot irapprant,of
1 all - manufactures—tittcf. - t hitt every-water-
fall affords ,a,. site for . the erection ''.of,
worksTmay we notfondly'r.onleiriplate,
that in. the courie:Of but a feviglears the
"Enipire State" will be - found iti amore
4 outbern latitude?: : , - '
We also deem it a Matter of yO'small
Moment, tliitt , lhe two"fir.lii of the works
above stated;' are piton the •fine 'of the
contemplated great Erie Raitßoad; the
latter otrthe line cirthe WilliamsPo '
Elmira Rail Road;and jde hope that the
Company recently'Ogattized to construe
that-great state--inde.edinationt work--
the 'Erie ;Rail. - Road, .ill find their sup
plies of iron , upon thii west— A Pennsyl
vania road, likely .51 be inaife orPenn,
sylvania iron, pregents a double stimulus
to capitalists—tit? profits of the ipvest,
ment that.voill result from the great trade
of the I kes—and the encouragement o
the gre t staple manufacthre of the Stat •
-1171•t-is-nith'-inifil - • itfettzqhatr-Ave:
•
perceive a•fnarret „Kis between :
t.lte.Lditorsoftt eMarritho Telegraph
:incl.Chronl • cle'abotO the
t 9 time Senate; thel)ersoriajly.
,ibusalv - 6 - 411usionstowSlif eaa - cil.her, tis
n'eflairt he *Vet etrAples - hasq7; re 1 , 1 /
ibout •swvaosE.-
hYe
-4inspeet . -there••bas :been a tniquntiel' , .:
stari4ing: . betiyeen - the parties, - ; or 'eer-..
thinly the. aboitelYipers.would,tiot,ha,ve
.been rival - candidate.- for the: Senite'§,
Outing. .ThatAit iinuderstati cling .has
led to the defeat of•-iiiith,.aPdAne_Alm.:
i o h oite_kvim_p robab iy..deserve
much as eithei olotir other friends.
r Tc
1: its Efr:lFFPrrf'
~lair.woi. i ld,
Jri - lilietthit-fr:
`l3 . ut why q - uirrel 'about. it Row,?.. - It
certainly, can do itO good, ancl . tuay.
to much' mischief.
,In ttie spiritof kind,
iess, then, would call upoli7thoSe
Editors. to cease. their quarrel, and no
longer: serve up- palatAte, diahes for
`their gr,cedy'neighbars - tifiletiOtlr:' - :LCU
them quarrel .about thi) loaves andl lialo•
es., Ye have prineiple4 to contend for
-not selfish interests. . •
P. S. ,Since the.. above- was written.
We - haVe".receiVed.the.!‘ubjoined±let ter,
from which it will' be tieen. that
,dve' Were .
right in supposing that there %via not -a
perfect 'it Mieritaoding . bet ween: • the
ft icnds - of the'ehtnnicie. and Telegraph.
We cordially join with the writer iii
trirgti - ng - that-the4l. will be ermit
ted to rest:• • • .• •
. . .
-Extrart- , ortr—letter to the Editor ;5i
the—Gettysburg Star and Panner,
dated ' . . .
.11eAtt Sin—Yon will have ~.seen_ in
ihs,Harriabnil . C:hroniele and,l'elegraph
vetsysunpleasant accounts of the election •
of Printer-to ,the - Senate., -
1-regret-; ia-ey-ery-disintereste44:lnati
must,. the etturse.ttik.en , by those prints;
The . reMirks applied!to,Mr Peignosr:
1-are . -_particularlrto beciegretted:=Mr.:
Penro r se,.l . think,illould have voted for
-Mr,__Fonn;_huthis_declining.AO do •So,_
arose-.from. a mislinderstaittling-het weep,'
him and . .-SOnle cithr - membece of the .
Anti-MasOnic - partY; - .7fic --.
'particular view of:what he supposed -to'
be the understand ingolourfriends
regard . to ' the 'election • Of prioters.--
.o . tlrere_ofitirfriendi(erinit Of the)_n
nn . -__
derstaml it differently: and this nziiitia!
derstn.nding - led to the unpleasan t votes
. I ) 11 .uird ,
.11#. Fenn.. in the heat
_of the
thernent;itaa -- attribtifeir ---
Penrose, which do him injustice. -Nev
_er.. was , a- I ftrm . er - frienifte the' preient
'administration, - ;or to
_our
_principtpt,,
than Mr. Pnrose: It would be a shame
if a mere misunderstanding % about the
_election:Ofprintera,.(both. Of whom are
with us,unless,as theehronicle intimates'
interests wilt drive them off,) 'Should .
cause any - ,distrust; - heart - burning, or
quarrel among political friends'. This
Coliteitiptible cause of quarrel, if perse
vered in, ,may_do-much • harm to our
party, and alienate friends. .
I trust that - Our papers will treat this
matter coolly, 4- not like wild madmen.
EAMEI
In consequence of there not being a
quorum in the• Senate at the •hour of ad-
Journment,._ this morningdhe fate of the
bill roakirkg ..approPtiatioos .for , repairs
and the ccintinkkoloTof-,the-vuliiic-tin
movementsOvaf not kneown: . No com
unication' cOuld - he "r eceived from . the
Governor; wiiicii • vie diidersfand he woe
ready_ to_..rni.4;_ankthe 'p ub lic are lea,
in uncertainty asCO - Iti - e7deretininatiorr
of the ExecuTive in regard fia the bill.
' — Without therefore professing to know
or intimate 'the views or coOrse of, the
Executivb)n_ithie abetter; 'We ~tlie the
liheit Y - allii iditorilto-oxpremcir de
cided_disapprobation 'of its provisions,
as we look 'upon it as - the hest attempt of
/theLON) Pogo's in the House,' to arrest
. ~
the proseenticin and' prbsperity of the
-St a'te . iml;ro ve nie ut s - ," ae - reetoblirieniled,
by the Governor, or force upon Mal
the neccbssity •of approving another
"Ilfam . iiiolh - RillY -, We look upon• is,
as the einri - m - eneement of tliat-"Lcigsol
line system or legislation, which:the
-Governorand - the - P0 . 0044cl - to-be- als
inquitoua as it iii:detrinlental to the in ; ,-
terests of the COiricifonwittith. 'lt - Is In
this bill that the' contest 'between ty c ite
ecenrinsy and local inletests . has 'com
mended, 110 .. if the . Eicettitive,: must
again' oppose the - equatiderihg,t,'spend:
thrift disposition of the Loco focos of
•the House oritepreientatiVesgwe think
that.theSooher it ii'dOne :the'better__
'We-are. witritientl i iyoquianted;with his
ftegineei and rent inees*--to take - any re 7
spobsihilitY 'hi' which the interests of
the neonle ere at stake; toioelieve that
I lie* le readyldlifeet the evil at:the very
A'
thiiihOld;lif'Which easeth
ere wo dbe
ifull'timO 'betWeen -this; - and '.the d :of
the,sessiiin; - vfer the' people' to canvass
and d e did 6 the di fferenee, an d vve .ahqu id
be gr - eatl3i e'reistaken -if -,the Nert ( li4
.ivbuld, not,bevetnrned -in favor of the,
Goveriiklebtiii i ir' "' '' z" ;-. .
In ._,hie laii.e''' iiiiite;* the' Governbr
went fnlly_ iiktiikhe'improvement-:gites
tioul and hii! viia,:which were given:
in
,a elbai ~.and satisfactory- manner,
beim, we belieirp; 'received the utiiver
'aid approbatiOnlOf'‘the'ditizens • of the
ni
Commonwealth - - ' - 'rlitey- were liberal,
without - being e travagant, or sectional,
and econerhical ithOut being persitho
nious,/ or 'calc lated - -to , involye the
Ofinnmonweelth n any inerease:Of,state
debt. -He prov es amply for the pros
eeutiOn and co letion of the
_present
improvements, yitho,ut the least cen ,
barraasmen%. ' • ''
From the q'ettlyobtirg Star.
l'iiinters to the satiate.
PtITLADEISP4Ii, Dec.. .18,.1537.
-THE REPAIR BILL-- -
thatinessage, the.Goverpor rVout 7
-Tended :Abe_ rpes'sage4.a bill, rtsiting .
instant , Picivisieinfordinary_4 o4l. _e x .!_ ,
if . aordinary repairs,. and fer 'the preseilt -1
and . urgerito.vanti.rifthe.Erie and North I
branch Canals . ; and the . Gettysburg rail
..
reail;' the whole attoUnti ng to $927,2 . 95.
---o f - S2BQ - , - 090'tv as - ordinaryfor
repairs 410-$3-4.7-441.5-for_eXtraiirdina ,
18105,000 for the
avoidance Of the' , ioclined,plane at'CO
s6l6,Q9o . for _the febiler dams,
$69, - ,060 for the repair of tbe. Eastern
iliasion, _Nardi .traek - orthe Columbia'
.railroad, && . .inchulieg. 'various other
es iinates, and - sl6o,obu.tethe North'
Branch,
- .And . Erie extensions, and Get
ty shiirg railroad; , _.
••The Senate concurred with the Gov
ernor
. on , this
,subjbct, and' promptly
passed a bill; introdOced %, Mr: Peke--
son in.accordance. with 'the. reasonable
reeOmmendations of the Message, with
the exception of an approbriation to the
'Gettysburg railriaiL
'kr% this .5112pA the bill went' to the
House,' and there by the, influence of
the eanae:uriotivesEhicit . rolled together
the- M animot B.41" - of lasfsetiaiOn, the,
appropriation for ordinary..repairs
cut . down to - $lOO,OOO-486,000 of
,
which are due,-and otherior the Most
urgent netesity were reduced •in the .
same manner. ---And.to' . cap the climax,
the pitifnl sum 01.845,990 was given tol
the•Gettysburg' Rail-road, .with a
vision--that-the con !actors-leave-4 he_
wotk by the fire of Jaquary!!--rwhen
the appropriation would not-pay-'socts.
on the dollar of the money actually due .
to. the 'contractors, and - with Out making
any provision for the payment of dama
.gea catos d by. the road l H
. In 'short, •
the bill was Cut down - in rhe-House;_in'
the, most important items, to $327,295;
-Only-appropriating-1115,-(10-for_itte_low
&in g - of the feeder level;:and building
a new guard at Duncateti Island.
Every reader. 'will see' that the pro=
..
visions of this bill, .as it i . passed - tlie.
• 'louse, are- directly - in the . teeth of the
policy_ _recommended and_maintained
by the Governor, in all-his- acts,-Viz;
- full,. a ro pie_ and i ro vis-.
v is-.
'..oiti for repairs and other objects con--
fleeted 'with the use of the finished
worlis- . -alid . .the balance:of - the: ptibU
fluids lobe applied to the.completion-of
the untityshed.WArlis.: . ThafsuCh .is the•
true pOli('y .of the state there'.can 'be.no
doubt„and-iltose- who are disposed to
enter the lists against it, we think will :
:h - atr. li,-.berwilling!to.-askan-expre§sion.
I. pGhlivoiiiiiion on the subject. •
The bill as it paSsed, if viewed as a
.final - measure, on ttle_atij e cot of repair
is wholly insuffic nt;o as a sofi to keep.
the. work a goin for .th - present mo
inen.t; with 'the 2 teni:ion .to make the
balanze - of the fund required for repairs,
dependent uporrthe { passage of another
"big bill,” isol3jeClionable;,and .we be-,
lieve that the real friend,s'of the public
improvements . • and •prosterity`-Of — t
State, will say 'thatit-ought not to re
ceive. the Executive sanction.. But we
leave it in his hap , with full confi
dence-in his ‘visdorrqand the belief that
should he; return it without his signa=
tureilt. --- will --- be - with , sufficient - reasons ,,
to ensure the approbation ofthe people.
Harrisburg . Telegraph.. -,-.,
Goeentor ) s 'Message.
Thy message of our excellent Gov - after,
seems to.be a faiorite With
,alt . parties.—_
The Philadelphia Herald_ and- Sentinel
Says. “The_ Whole
e is vocal:with the .
prais_of Gbv. Ritner's Message. It is
one of the best State papertilhat - Ints - ap - = -
pearetlin'Yge ,
The veteran and respectable editor, of
the American Daily Advertiser, says- 7
"The excellent Message of the Governor,
_isit--documentmliel-sßeaks for i tsel
The treatmht of,the subjedt-afTinternal
.
improvement, lte - currency and. finances
of the ComMonwealth, and the enceur- •
agementolitid' ividual enterprise in devel,s l
Coping our,national resources is really ad--
mirable.id it is truly Pennsylvanian and
stem pvi with the Sound democratie'prin- .
cipl ea of onr Farmer Governor. - -
National Gazette—admitted to be
otfe - Of the tnott4 ably _ condustedlresses in
/the Union 7 -seys:Ve present to our read
ers, 'to the exclusion of otherinatter, the
able and intereating_mess4eofG.overnor
Ritner, delivered to the Legislature ,on
Wednesday. The_ repreeentation the
the Govereor.gives of • the •condition of
Our State Banks is. highly gratifying, and
the : public are shown to be in a prosperous
-Condition. -,,TheAeneraLAdministration
ishandled with the -same dexterity and
Cogency' displayed by the Governor in
previous_ messages.. The monetary evils
.:ofthe timee l and their causes are well
treated.?' • "
. , „
•. The Philadelphia Public . Ledger says
Goyernor)s -- Meesage displays: the.
same manly gdod sense and sturdy' inde
pendent e, which - have - charactertzett'all
former :vlessages." -
So fir as we have seen . or heard, (says .
the Philadelphia tOinmonWealth , and In
ilepentlent . Pemocrat,) . the Governor's.
Message' has been ,receivekl With the. most.
'e t4siastin tokans.of approbation by the
people.. Nor need this be Wondered "at.
The independent isiand he has taken a
gainst the encroaclimakts of .the.. General
Government, • the, lucid, masterly and
statemanlike:mantier 'which he has treat
ed the 'various topic ott-whiclthe expa--
tiates,. and the, no a Pennsyl
'vvanian spirit which breat ough the
whole 0 - eminent, go far, to exalt overnor
Rrroitt tO theLhigloist place in the affec
tions of an intelligent and 'patriotic.people..
THe •r's JOurnal•warmly-applailds
Go,vernOr Ritner's view in relakion to coil
carripanies. . • , . ,
The Baltimore V t itriot descrihes Ati
I 'tan - interesting doeument."-
lrlie New York Express says--:”the
ttionOt part. wit) peoduee muCifmore of-'
feet Upon ; 4 0. t,ouritry 'than :the 'losage - ,
'of-the—P-eesitlet4--1-theXiiited -- States.7 ----
_i 'The 'Baltimore. ChronicleSays,—'rhe
Message 'of-Govern& Winer, which is
.now before .. us; - has - been-Ittkm.l for Ny'itli
considerable will no doubt'
have the-happiest ellect-on-thelegisla`ttirel
•#
now- in session. Ihe message is an able
paper.. It bearS the mark of a strong phi
losophicalTuintiv-_-ontl---is distinguished
throughout for.the force and cogency of
. ,
The GitVirdrr's Message is •reccived
with themost . enthu . siastic - anproliation by
the farmers And mechanics of - the country.
From all partii — ife hear the voice of tom
miendation and' praiiies - byall parties. It
is received as the•ablest, ; ;soundest; and.
most satisfactory state paper-that-the.hj,sk
tory of ,Pentisvlvania can boast .of---its
doctrines are liie•omartileir-or me people .
.. •
--Ipid .a, responSe 'Will be given. to it that
will make the, bps and vallies of the
Comntonwealth.reNeclio.with.the preise of
its'FARMER GOVERNOR.L.-PCnitsij/-
va - nitt 77e/Tigraph i
. - ,•• . .
• R Is 0 ram
. .
Of the Executive -Coninzillee'of .the
Cumberland County Tempera : nee
' On-returning-tn the Society the trust con
fided ttl.them . one year since, , yotir committee
beg kaire to . present the folluWiiTC - •
REPORT. • •
.. . ,
Early in the year, a union ,was formed be
tween the three principal TeMperance So
cieties of the borou'gh, so Ihr as to produce
concert ofaction, without however interfer
ing with the original organizationiif either of
the societies. 4 The names of the' Tempe: -
.rance S - o - cietyi - rre — the -- First —Presbyterian-
Church have been transcribed on your. re
cords under - the appropriate' pledge, The
names of the Young Men's Temperance So
---eit-ty=iia've, not as Vel been_irancreir_Wyeat
Secretary.; but so rii- as they_have acted - due-.,
- ing the past year, they have acted in colleens
with
_the general sOCiety. - With this at range- . i
'-nest-your committee feel Satisfied; and have
no•doubt but it will ultimate in a more efilJ!
cient - action on, the of-the friends of
' temperance in Cat lisle: ' _ . • - - 1
There was also incorporatedinto our &To-
S'itution, soon after your Committee ente.red•'
on . their duties, a pledge cif total abstinence',
.froefjermented as w cll..._as:distilled. liqi.ors,
'for such ark, migliVwislt- to, sign it. deeming
the old pledge insufficient to answer -al the
purposes designed -by - our asseiatiott.- - ,,,, - 71 ;he . 1
constitution provides; that . thitP pledge shall- 1
he..,preSen_ted...x.ith.:_the..,old
_for signatures, I
--when - ev - ef - eltherlißiVreilli - hHilfi s- Veil
done at all our meetings,- apt) ihe faVOI' With
which this pledge ha - s been received gives
very derided testimony in been,
ofthe-wis
d9m.ofthe arrangementientereu into. Tno
' nit would not sti ike ofit the old pledge, nor ! ,
'lose the influence of those who withold their
names from the. new, yet we cannot but con
sider•the new as opening a way for those who I
wish to advance the temperance cause; to - do
it much more effectually than , they can by
simPly, giiing their signatures; to tile' old
pledge
.. , .. '
P • ---7-Meetings-during-the7lost year have been
held in the-Methodisti:First Presbyterian,-
Lutheran and Ger Man Reformed Churches;
and no 'efforts hive "been spared •hy your
committee to give interest to the meetings .of
the society, atit to make them worthy rif the
cause, and, of the attention of the intelligent
citizens uteur_bot•ongh. One of these Meet
ings was devoted specially to presenting the..
clainis of temperance before the young men.
Some of the meetings havebeeri well attend s
edi at least so well, as )to present encourage
ment-stilt-to-continue- Similar :efforts to-act.
On the public mind.., . , ..
Since your committee' came into office;.
- there have beenridded to the society - forty-
seven names,..of,"Which ! number .finty have
been giventro the ."Total Abstinence pledge:
This preference for the new pledge,.we_ean
ascribe to nothing else but. the consistency I
-witiclvall-perceiveln_sdastaining at the same. -.
time - from ardent spirits-and from, all , thati
can intoxicate , or thatcan lead to intoxica
tion.,- The unsophisticated mind seems un
able to comprehend why we exclude alcohol ,
in whiskey, and at .the same time allow its '
use in wine and ale;•:- - - - o - e - why we exclude
from an 'association with us those who rise;
iiillaiiitenriperately,m dent_spiritsi, tied ,at
the same time,allow. the use of those niird-o
drinks. Which may, even directly, produce
intoxication,.aad which do, indirectly, lead
to perhaps . mere evil than even ardent spi=
rits.themseived." - YourcOmmittee have - found - 1'
one-of-their-greatest-sources. of_enconi•age-
.ment during theiast year, in the approbation
'
which has been : given to the-total abstinence,
pledge; • and in this we think, We see good
promise of future success in 'the Operations
-of-thelsocietY-.,--7,-----; , -7- , ---:.-- . ---'7 - --- ,, -- ---- . ---- 7 -
• An arrangement wes.nride hy your com
mittee during the last winter,' for visiting the
school dist - ir cts 'around-. our horetghT-and
sub.committees of two volunteered to go out
to 'present the claims oft einperatte.e to such
as were' pleased to collect in the school
houses of the various neighborhoods around_
'us. 'rbeie meetings were' in several in
stances well attended; and we believe, in rill,
were 'productive of good.. On 'one vening,
4 ,
-at-IVliddlesek,--six--- names -aver e- ••inedA o
the pledge of yBur society. eTtrivsystem we
Commend tribtifauccessors , in office:. , : '
Ili September last, a convention was held'
at Shippensburg in which all the Societies . of
the-county. with perhaps one or two excep
tions, wete represented. - It was a, meeting
of muck.. interest, aud.the friends of I e,mpe- •
ranee. in Shippensburg and "vicinity have re
ferred to it; as having given-to the .cause in
that • place anew impulse. We doubt not
bat the temperance cause, would be essen
tially promoted. by. frequently holding such
general meetings of the 'friends of 'tempe
rance, at different paints• in the county; not
so Mitch for the' purpose of settling the prin . -
cipleS - on which we should praceed,—these
.may be•consideted al already settled,—but
for encouraging each other in the ; good work,
and for enlisting-the attention of the . publk.
,_____ .
by bringing talent front ne ighboring. towns,
to give attractions to - a subject, which is usu. , '
ally considered hackneyed and dull.
' One general source Of encouragement pre
ients itself to yonecennittee. • We believe
there is, at...present in our community little
doubt as,tO the. excellency or the efficiency
of our system, so Par as it can be carried hue]
effect.'
„Mei are no longer deterred front!
joinierwith W.>, either by any misgivings of ,
the. judgment, or by scruples' ot...the .COW.
science. . The utility of our system is so,ap-',
paont. and As, influence• so unmixed With !
cvil, that whatever else' men May say or do,"
. .
. .
' • - - - ' .
• .• -.
, . . .
they rarely attempt, to reason it down: Btit t - 7, -,
notwithstanding this, your committee have
been exceedingly' afflicted to perceive; as -
they have during the year, an apathy, and an '
:apparent indifference on the Subject; among
many whci,professto be the Well wishers of -: .
society. and by - some who profess to. be *the
- friends - of tenip - erattee. - 700ri - meetings , have
been thinly attended; and.we leaf . - that the --- .
~,, -:
efforts privately rnade-t - t -- ) ieclairit the inebri- - '"
ate; or - to divert the young front the PathYof '. •
intemperance, have been few and feeble. - •
. : Some of the'signers of theold..pleclge seen" - ._
to stand aloof front our piesent .operations.
Why is thiSL? They are ressAnized as Mem% - - •p
bens in full fellowship. with "113. We, wish
they could go the full length of total
pled ;but we
'lodge no - trian'sconSciencv.." .
.d
"T • tis own.mastey he standeth or falleth.""
' .' ome,of the Rrofesed - Christians atm:tr .
..: .
46 r i e
horongliTake no part in our operations. ViTtly •
is this ?- Is not ours a-work of benevolence r -
Is a - ny man injured,blMe efforts to save both. '..
young and old. from ebriety and-death ? Is..
it not a wot kof _religicav-?'Cali thelritetnpe-'' , ..
_ rote.man be a Christian ? or the drunkard:
inherit the kingdom 'ot tindir — TheClfrii-= - '
thin professes to. live not tor. hitinsell alone
and to be governed mainly br .
optives drain-- .. .
from-another wol id. Does' hot he ,, whiff for - ~,
the love of gain, or for tilt gratification of -
appetite, or from.mere&dice,' withholds •
-his aid from any of the ' 'prises of . Chtis-
tian benevolence, do himself an injury, and _____
give Wa lie to his profession ?:-- Whether the
_temperance enterprise is not an enterprise .of ' ' '.
Giirispnio ucii...,..i.....c, re wayo to t 1.........
science of each to decide. - • • -. • -: • --•
The ladies of our borough„-tooowith a few
most worthyxceptions, tarebbt, a small • .
-part, and appar - ntly feel but little interest in -• •
e.. \
the progress of o r pose.' And-why is this?„' . •
Is it that the female sex have Suffered -oath- t ,;
ing_bk the desolations of intemperance? ~ Del • ..
the wive& ant!' daughters, .the widows and
orphans of drunkards even. jn•otir own town,
answer: -- . ls it that Axe 'can du - othing in . .
• support of this work of neVolenc • ? What . •
work of benevOlence-has . not begin ided by
them ? - 7 - kfave - th - , franinng-us,-their--7.-- , ---
Vissionary Societies, at their Bible Socie , .. - -
ties ? Whv should tl it modest lead.them .
to.declitte their aid to thetemperance cause. . -
which"tirers a much Mae Interesting 'fieltitil.
.usefulitess, and ode in`which their efforts will • ,
be .much more certainly - and immediately , • •
crowned with success. They even: have '. ,
their Benevoletit,Society._ - -Why-lop off-the .
.franches, and pet mit the roots to remain - ? - - '
Why,tneet for the purpose of relieving -. . ~..
-vet-ty ond,-wietchednessi-while-thes.ause--of •
this.povet ty and' wretchedoes.s _is...looked - at
only _with
,coolness and apathy; and while_ .
they. tefoi.e so sanction,.even hv.their pre-., L',
__settee, our • iTitVrt s- to remove it?' 1 , - these - •
-ought. ye. to.have dine, and not to leave-the
.
other undone." The mother has •it in
.Itei•
L power JO ,sayither son from the. fate -- of the - -
Idrunkard ; and her d..ughter-from-the fate of '
-
the drunkard's Wife. o. Train up a child-in
the way he should gn, and when he is old he .
will mot tlepat t front it." And can she do
; all her . doty..till she has set fur her children
.; the•example of signing a temperance. Pledge?'.
And the.young ladies need have no fe4r of ' -
becoming the adyt,cates, of • temperance.-:.
'Hey ar - u. in - more - thre - ger - of - -being:---made--- 1 -
- jv retched for .11fe_br intemperance • than by
• -all-Other causes combined ! • -. ,
1
-I - The' magistrates and professional - mini .Of - ' -
our borough do noi, as a body. come up
IstritiY 2 l9-i - ltis-wlielitieeiTtlief4idr.
a e'cannot do all that we desire without.it., •
cl' AnOther circumstance of sadness connected_*
with our.-enterprise. and-to which . tve -feel
bound to refer, is, the progress of intempe
rance around. Us. I'l.llr-committee 'believe - -- - -
it is generally conceded, that , intemperance,.. , • i
is increasing in our bornughVbut:he Wltn•iti-,',,?,,- ./
- fers - from this the. ioefficiency." - tit . - thel - batV ' " ~."'
ness,of our cause, can have given to the sub-, :,,, ,
ject very little candid -reflection. '.And what. • b :
is • the • process : .of the prii ress; Of intempe- ,-, „1
'ranee? why st'rattly this. He whiia Year ago'' ,
~4
.waS 'deliberating w beam,' be- - htidLnot.-bettee__._. ,1
join . a - Teritperanee • Society,''but ,:decided .:N; 1 ,
'against it, though then pethapsstlietly tern-' • 'l3 ',,
perate, is,:how becasimi dit,segn in,',oc .b' tr. ''.--;,,
room .and in the . haunts ' of dissipatidii and
`vibe, and laiigh at 'theidia'cif abatlhenee.— .
He who then drank nothing but beer or wine..
has become dissat,isfied with these, and oc
•-ca-siona• lly - iiVirorri - en ps'.m re deeply iin- .. "
pregnated wi h poison. - .11 who then•drank •.
rarely and at ithily_t `drinks frequently
and openly. - e" - who'-then drink tenipe
-rately, now drinks intemperately. And he
who then was only mccasionallydrunk. or
._drank.deeply Without iutoxication, has now ----
- golte to - his last ,account, or IS--living-a-Curse TT -1
%d ills family, to . his friends: and to the coat- .
munity. This, then, is the process that is
going on in our town. Ault does it: furnish '
•,
soy occasio fo r' triumph / on the part' of the
-- eireitileiiiir ' - i'eauSe -) .-"Or does it furnish a
~
---0
,
, strong-;.a lint 7WrAotry tiitheArattrofintr.---. , -.• -
-system ?. The temperance scheme promise's -
to benefit only those who voluntarily seek iti - :".
aid... We say4to every man, 6. 'rave not. ' •
touch' not. h dle not." Its fundamental
principle is , this,.,-7'hat though all may vb.
~
stain fey can be temperate;—a truth. which' ./
we havemo much reason tothink is fearfully
illustrating before our eyes. The, most that/1 . _
our principles give us a right to expect is. '
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that those who can be4ttdticed to enlist. an.
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der our• - banner 'shall be Safe, though.all.oth-.- • ' -
I .'era fall; and that those wholotty not yet have•- • - -
committed' themselyes to
ler.
the conic of death, -
may,lacinduced to pu s thenn*lt4nt
s uthe s
'prottOltin , of our : fla .:: If-the. public_iouice, • "
i i
thaddieMPerance is i creasing-aniong.up. be
t rue.., ,, lettimiliat thipketh he standeth.take -, d
—heedlethelVl;!!t; — lreiMV — iffi . lither,,apPlArerl . •
wary of this
,society; some-ty . -Im-ar4-now-Treei 7 - .
may become the Ales of apPeiiie;' and abate' ..
- who - . may . lieurbeauccessfuliy - addrissed.may
then be lost, to Zwery •appeal:of reason: of
coliscl'ence; and. of friend' hip. ! . The, infer
ence which: we, as . a wicipty._ shOld draw ~-,
--from thislact, is foccoliviouS to.require'donn- .
ment. • :',s.. ,_:' - ' . .. -4 ' . -': ' •-• ,
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We need not, We'do -not.„'expect,for, our '
cause-a perfect. triumph; till virtue.shalt tri.. .
_utitiilt_loyer Vicei,till reason shall ,triumph
Over Set t suality..tilrennrcieliee - ahlilMjiiiiiiih — `
Over - appetite - and passion. - We, however, - ..
are to - do what we can. Wentay rescue but
'few of 'those • who- are • already \ within the
'circling eddies 01 the dread whirlpool;. but' . :
by lighting up our beacon . .fires,' - we ' inoy•
guard others from nearing the •fataT verge; -- ).
.7Cemperance_societierhave been - formed h
some of our Sunday SOWS. The,coembittee:.
look - tipOn this hi,oneiif the most faviirable. -
,indications of our time.-- Children eiiio:l - nit:
hued with the principles of temperance, will ..
ltecolite the safe guatlians'of the trust yhich
we shall soon have to conimit to them. '.. •
.• Let ushiep up our mceoogs, and our-con!:
.venti on ; let us. as heretofore, and_lf,prac
ticable to it greater degree,' extend bar ape.
'rations into the country; - let each. member__
'do his duty personally; and .last.,thoutlt not '
least, let ms. as a4octety;visit, ithei in per
son or by a circular. !vary fa ly:Of_Mir. to.
i
h •esenting die claims' four; society
r0ug...,,,pt
and
and soliciting the names of "all who will be
and thelieitt4ear 'abaft
bcoemoeneltosf':lnal'eurni
cl b l.g " rtater prosperity 'than thef •
last: When this•is done, and .not tili.Nben. ~
--strall we liave'come Mritciouir duty; at i'llin
cicii;i or as individuals.. .. . r,!, .. . .
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- Submitted, by, your- Committee.
. M. CALDW_ELL.r.
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D. McKINLEY: - .` - :` -3 " .--
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. ROSS LAMBERT° .•
Decembei 23; 1837. - • • . • ~
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