"w-3 i.
Is
2 :
THE BLESSINGS OF G0VERK2EENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE BICH AND THE POOR.
KEW SERIES.
, EBENSBURG, : SEPTEMBER'; 3, 1856.
VOL. 3. NO'. 45.
w
fr in
V : ' - t ' '
tflli DEMOCRAT ec SENTINEL, is publish
ed evstrV Wednesday morning, in Ebensburg,
' Ci:nlrU IV. j at $1 50 per annum, IK paid
' jiiVA'vcr, if not $2 will be charged.
D V Ji 1 1 T I .S K M ri NT j will be conspicuously in-
rta l at the following rates, viz
1 iiuar insertion, . . -- - -KrVry'si-'equent
insertion,
x aquaro months,. ..' ..
v v o- " - ' ;
. . ''" fm-r 1 year, '.
1 00
.25
00
' V00'
12 00
0 00
15 00
5 00'
ijauiuoss Cnrd.
fc-lVelve lines ttitiite a M.nar.
NEW ARRIVAL !
IWm 6MH1IB!
77
HAKT & EltO., would respectfully inform
their old customers as well as many new ores
that they have received a large quantity of Gro
ceries, which for quality and cheapness cannot be
excelled ly any .similar establishment wert of the
Allegheny mountains. We are determined to
sell Tower than the lowest, We have also, on
20,000 CIGARS
which w will dispose of wholessile or retail.
HART&BEO.
July , 1?58.
ORL'SIAXS' COURT. SALE.
tertain piece or parcel of land situate in Jack
it .i township. Cambria county, containing
A
" one hundred and eighty acres, more or less, ad-
-mini lands of Abraham R agar, Anthony Lam.
bough, Andrew Rtgar, and other.
TI'dlMS OF SALE. Oiv third of the purchase
-KiMuer ..n orsfirmation of tlir sale, the balance
in tw" mn.ii.ial pyantonts, with interest iheretm
from ci'u:irniaUin "i nui hy t!ie L.ourt.
Sula V tai-e placo on -the premiscs.on Tuesday,
A uSi:al 2S, l!58. JOHN EAGER,
Adraini.-trf.tor cf Jacob Kager, deo'd.
. Khc:uburg, July P0, 1450.-40
corajaissi;j:si:ivs xotick.
undermc:ne-1.. anpoinied by the Orphan'
J,' Court of Cambria county, at June Term, 18
55, a. Csmmissiouer to take the testimony, on the
r-art cf the repond-.T.ts, in the matter of the sub
yona of Saiavu-i FlenncT, to the Executor and heir
cf Daniel FUnner, doceated, to obtain a decree
ijv the spscifio p:;f.irmanco uf a CiV.Ura:t cut erf d
iut botwcea the naid Daniel, in his lifetime, and
'the ;Sa:nu-l hereby gives notice that he will
a,-.lcr; tr ths duties of his appointment, at hi of-
in Ebo-.isburg, on
FrtlPAT, TriS 29TH MT Of ACSUST SIXT.
o'clock. P. M.. or immediately after the
t'.'.iuony sh-dl l-e taScan ia the said matter on
' a. C. ' MUTEST; C.unr.
. Eher sburz, July 20, 19&i. 40-lU
"W1UD-1!M5!1!-V.
Til?? subscriber ha th pleasure of entmmicw?
U tha citizen of Tur.nel 11.11 nn 1 Gallitzin,
and the
rul !:c generally. trat r.e r.as rc-iveu
ia&tern cities, a new and sp'.eu-Vd tock
from th La
Spring nnd Summer Dry tiaotls,
i t which ha begs leave to call thr ..tenth n of all
who are rtoiivus of purchasing .ne best ptiality,
and raot a-shiouabls styks at the lowest prices.
stock of
RKlDV-rtlAHC CliOTHIXG
is Urz and well a.ssorteu, and will b. aold at a
small per centra orer co?t. He has a largo sup
py of
Oroceriei, r.nct SShoc,
Hardware, - Drugs i: Mcdiciaei,
Qu.cn.-.Tai-e, V'all Paper,
laFvare. Books k SUtionarjr,
Tinirar. Tiimmiu?3,
Jatitt Cn-, Notions, f;c,
Ali, a gi assortrr.,::t cf
SlfiimejRJUHl Zllilnery (Inmln.
The one price syi-tem which has proved r-o tat
isfsct'.ry t- Lis customers and hiiuscif will be
iKXtlv adi:errd to.
DANIEL jI'L WGHLIN.
Tunnel Hid, May 14, 1856. 29-P2t. '
Ko 1 this Way for Eargciiis ! !
M AT FAIR F1IS.I
rllF. tmdrsig!icd would respectlully mlurin tue
cid.ais of Ebensburg and the surround-
ii; vijiuity. that ho has j'.u-t received from the
East one of the most choice stock of goods ever
Vrought to this place. The stock is varictl, and
ek-cw 1 with an eye to the immediate wants of j
the public. Ui stock cousins of the following:
A "encra! ai?.r-rfm'nt of X:k Style f Sirring
r,i Sumitrr Grds, coin prising a variety f La
dies' Drtss Goods, among which will be found
- Lawnr,
Ilatr.s,
A!apaca,
. Slack Silks. - ;
Faucj do
lileached Jluslins,
. UnLlcacbed I.
Calicoes,
ninghaini.
Cassiuicrs,
Fancy do.
Tweeds, : '
Kentucky Jeans,
Fancy Vesting?,
Shirts of all kinds
Cravat.
Plain Gloves,
Fancy
CO.
.Cloths,
Together with an inimttrfrabl assortment of ar
xU not mentioned; usually kejt in a country
tort. These goods will be sold at fair price.
" V.l and examine, oven if you do not wish to pur-
4hee. ; ,
MlMilSKIlT a O O I s .
C10NNECTEH with the store m a large,5rj
J etiwk of MILINER V G O ODS. EveryJ-J
arrlcla in this liuwe have on hand, and
.will be rooslantlv in rei-eipt of the latest tyl?s
.f BONNETS, for old and young. . RIRBONS
mt every pattern and color, LACES, EDGING,
, S,-c.
- A beautiftd assortment ot MOURNING Goods
now xn hau.l, and at prices to suit the times.
Ladies are respectfully invited to call and ex
amine this stock which is far ahead of any goods
f a kiinilar kind brought to this place.
GEORGE M'CAXX.
F.eenVorW, April 23, 1856. ; ' . ;
fiUiar Kittell. . William A. Murray.
KITTELL & MURRAY,
HAVING asfiooiatetl themselves in . the prac
tice of the LAW," will attend promptly to
. all business entrusted to them. ; J ' ' ' i
.: Ebensburg, Juse 14, 1856. - .'.
''- - 1 - " : ' ' t- '' - ' ;
P1 AXUQLIC., Prayer Books. Catechism Rosa-
THE WEST BRMEH IMSHCE CO.
OF LOCK II VTE.V, PA.
INSURES Detached : Buildings; Stores, Mer
chandize, Farm Troperty, and other Buildings,
asd their contents.
p sv rv.1. fcm '
DIHECTOES.
Hox. Jonx J Peauce,
John B. Hall,
Chables A. Matek,
Chaiilks Crist.
Hon. G C. Hartxt,
T, T. ' Abrams,-.:.... ...
D. K.Tackmax,
W. White,
TlIOS. K ITCH EX
Peteb Dickson,
Hox. G
C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. Abuams, Vice Pres.
Tnos. KiTcnsx, Secy.
Samuel II. Lloyd,
A. A. Wiuegardncr,
L. A. Mackay,
A. White,
James Quicgle,
John W. Maynard,
T!ios. Bowman, M. D.
Win. Vacdeibelt,
Win. Fearon,
Dr. J. S. Crawford,
A. Updegraff,
James Armstrong,
Hon. Simon Cameron,;
Hon. Win. Bi;;ler.
J. C. NOON, Ajtent.
Ebensburg, April 9, 180G.
Now for Bargains.
Tip HE subscriber has just received from f
M. tlie East a large a.nd splendid stock :,pi
of new Good of the lb'.lowiug articles, all
o.f th best quality. Groceries such as
Coffee, Sugar,
Tea, and Syrup
Molasses, a little
r.f the best that has
. Tr been brought to
this town before. ALSO
Starch Corn which is rrry
delicious for food, in fact he
has everything that is in the
Grocery line. ALSO A good as
sortment of fancy stationary and no
tious. ALSO he has added to hia
stock a good assortment of HARVEST
TOOLS, which is very important to the
Farmer at this time, consisting of the fol
'owina articles such as
SXATI1ES,
FORKS,
RAKES, tfC, all of a good qual
ity. ALSO A cood assort
ment nf DRUGS and
MEDICINES to
ment ion.
A!r A larce lot of GOOD FLOVR. ALSO
BAR IRON, NAILS, and GLASS.
Call and see and examine for yourselves, you
will not regret hy doing so.
- - ROBERT DAYI3.
Ebensburg J" s,13o5. 37. r. -
V. . SI.
Sorc. Iltary Ilach
NEV FIRM.
Qi a u n c r ih
a
THn subscribers would respectfully inform th
citizens of Cambria county that I hey have
'uri iKv.-ed theTanntry lv-tal lisliinent at Hemlock
Cambria County, formerly owned by A. M. R.
White. The establishment will undergo new re
pairs and improvements which will enable them
to manufacture Leather of all descriptions for
country use, also, various kinds of Leather for
the Eastern lnurkct.
Csh will be paid for Bark and Hides of all
kinds, or if preferred in exchange for Leather.
None but practical workmen will be employed
Orders for Leather will be promptly attended to
I F. M. GEORGE, t
HENRY RFUCII.
I May 7, 1850. 23-tf
I JEFFERSON. HOUSE.
(NEAR WILLMORE STATION, PA. R. IS.)
JEFFERSON,
'JAM 23 11 JL A CO., Ia.
JOHN Itl'COV. Proprietor
ALSO, IK COSXECTI0X,
Jl'COV mMl ILifKS.
Will alwavs be in readiness at Will more Sta-
t;0 n ! the arrival of each l'assenger Train, con-
. veviBg Paisengers and Baggage, free of charge
i to'llotel, and leave directly via Piank Road for
j m(.nsburg.
CALL V
OR 31'COY
& BLAIR'S HACKS.
June 18, 1330.
UNION house:
EBEXTSBUB.Gr,
CAMKUIA CuUbty, Ia.
JOHN BLAIR, Proprietor. -A
LSO, IN CON N LOTION,
i
m s mm hacks.
Will leave the Union House for AVill more Sta
tion in time to take the' Eastern or Western train.
Every accomodation will "bo afforded to make
passengers comfortable. ....-''
WILLIAM CARR Zl CO,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
IMPORTERS
And Dealers in F0R"EIG?f & D0KFSTIC LIQTJ0S3,
OLD 1I0N0NGAHLA and Rectified Whiskey.
' No. 320 Commercial Row,
LIBERTY STREET
PITTTSEURG, Pa. ...
-- - Sundries
5G0 Bbls double Rectified Whiskev. '
187 BbU Old Monongal.ela Ryo Whiskey, (Part
very choice.) '
50 Hhds N. O. Sugar," ' ,, .
.70 BLlsN.O. Molasses.. .
With a gdncral assortment of Groceries! alao
Bacon, Flour, Lard, Iron & Nads Ac., all of whieh
will be sold at low prices for cash. '
' - . ' WM. CARR A CO. -June
18, 1836." 34- . ! . .
ADIES' EIasUc Belts, Black and fancy col-
ors at
J. M'Dermit's.
B
ASKETS Clothes, Toy and Work. .Baskets
. HI. ISASSOAV ;.'
Attorney at Law, Ebensburg-, Ta
G
FF1CE adjoining the Post Office. :
Aug-24, 1853. c .
T. I,. IIC1ER,
ATTORNEY; AT LAW AND
AGENT for the Lycoming , Mutual Insurance
Company. . '.
Gainsel given in the English and German
languages. : - ' ; - . , . .
Othce on High Street Ebensburg, Benn'a. !
,J Feb. 6:j856. ,Jy. .r. x 1 ;
EI' MASTER'S
fes RAGLE I10TEI
IIRKUTY ST RE ETj
BETWEEN HAND AND SEVENTH,
(Near the Penn'a. R. R. Depot,)
. PITTSBURG, PA.
May 21, 1856. . 0-ly. .
VAL,tTAilI.E 1'KOPEItTY
THE subscriber will ofier at private sale iu
Cambria Township, within 1J mile from the
town of Ebensburg, and of a mile from the
Ebensburg & Jeflerson Pl'k Road, a tract of land
Containing 114 Acres and 110 Perches
OF EXCELLEET TIMBER LAID"
Adjoining lands of Thomas Griffith, James Myers,
Daniel T. Jones aur' others, being part of a tract
formerly owned b- George Roberts, dee'd. There
is also on the land ..n excellent mill seat, with a
never failing stream of water sufficiently strong
to run any kind of machinery. Persons wishing
to purchase a bargain, can call on the subscribers.
DAVID BRF.ESK,
EDENEZER WILLIAMS, Agent.
July 9, 185G. St.p'd.
XOTICE. :
THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he has purchased the inter
est of of Milton Roberts, deceased, in the Grocery
business, and will continue to carry on at the old
stand, and would solicit a share of the public cus
tom. The books of the firm of Tudor and Rob
erts have been placed in my possession. All
knowing themselves iudebtl will le:t call with
me and settle. RICHARD TUDOR.
Ebensburg, Aug 21st 1S50.
THE LOtl LOOKED FOlt HAS COJIE AT
CLonilSG S i OUi:! !
T"he largett, best, and cheapest assortment of
Clothing.
vrSi Bcifier "would ftpcctiui4v intta-ia; ci-ac;.v,i
zens of Ebensburir and surrouncing countrv, that
he has just opened out at his new establishment,
near the Court House, one of the largest, most va
ried, elegant and cheapest assortment of Clothing
ever brought to this or any other place.
His stock is unquestionably the richest and ra
rest ever imported to the top of the Alleghenies.
and embraces everything that can be enumerated
or conceived in the Clothing line, consisting of
Overcas of all sizes and qualities from $3.00 to
$20,00,
Goats " " ' $1.00 to $20.00.
Pants " " 0.75 to $8.00.
Vests " " " $0.75 to $3.00.
Also, a full assortment of silk Neckerchiefs,
Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, fc?hn-ts, Undershirts, Draw
ers, Socks, Comforts, Cellars, Travelling Bags,
&c, &c.
It is useless to attempt to give anything like a
general enumeration, as the task would be a dif
ficult one, but in lieu of this, the public are most
cordially invited to call and examine if they wiih
the best of bargains.
Ebensburg. July 30. I85f.-40-ly. "
3IJ:05CSXES,
At James &r Hermit's
EBENSBURG, PA.
ICIIARDSON'S Sherry Wine Bitters.
Dr. Weaver's Canker and salt rheum syrup
Hungarian Bals-am,
"Wood's II air Restorative,
Vickers tetter ointment, .
Tt'tit's eye salve,
Insect Powder,
Syrup blackberry root, a suro cure for dysentery,
Ay res Cathartic Pills,
Holloways "
Wright's Indian Vegetable Tills,
Brandrcth's do do
Bennet's Plant and Root do- .
McLane's Liver do
Swaynes Sarsaparilla and tar Pills,
University's Jaynes and Radway'a rills,
Cambrian Pills,
Cough Remedies Ay res Cherry Pectoral,
Keysers Pectoral syrup Swaynes Syrup Wild
Cherry Universities remedy Jaynes Expecto
rant, "Brant's Pulmonary Balsam, Syrup of tar,
wild cherry and hoarhound.
Perry Davis' pain Killer, -Radway's
Ready Relief, . ;
Mustang Lioiment Indian liniment,.-
Elec tric oil and Magnetic oil,
Kennedy's Medical discovery,
Brant's Purifying Extract. -
II Jutland Bitters, Holland Bitters,
Browns essence of Jamaica Ginger,
Holloway's worm confections, McLanes, Swaynes
and Jaynea Vermifuge, . -4 j .
Thompson's Eye-water, .
Cure for toothache, r .. - : '
Cure for earache, deafness, fyc.t .
Balm of a thousand flowers,
lLtir tonics and Hair oils.
Ebensburg, April 30th 185G. 27.
AIS ' YI USUI 1
SURVEYS made and applications taken for in
surance against Fire iu the r . .
PROTECTION MUTUAL FIRE INSU
RANCE COMPANY, OF BLAIR
COUNTY, BY
' I ' ROBERT A. M'COV,' Agent.
, Wilmore P. O., Cambria Co. Pa.
3 "Xliio Owes Us." :
THE Books of the subscribers have been placed
in the hands of John Williams, Esq., for col
lection. ' ' . '
-i MURRAYJir ZAHM. ;
MURRAY, ZAHM & Co.
Ebensburg, Dee. ?, 1SW ': - v
, ' (Bnmjinign long, ,
From ti e Pittsburg Union.
iiurraii for ' Buck and Breck.
BY R. M. H'lURB.
-' ' Am "-Carry me bmck to Old Yirginny."
Fling out, flmg out with song and shout, ,
Our banner to the breeze; . . , . , .
The same old flag the stars and stripes .
"That fioatr oer IaiV ami sea.' ." " - --
And write our standard bearer&'tiames," '
' Upon each fleecy fold;, '
Tlie brave, the just, the good and true, ;
Wdio ne'er were bought or sold. '
Chorus Hurrah! nurrah! for Buck and Breck,
We'll give them three cheers more!
And carry them up to the old White House,
By fair Pptaruac's shore. ;
We know no North, we know no South,
We know no East or Weit, .
But go for the whole United State3 ? "
The land we love the bsst. . .
Then down with the Abo'.ition crew.
Who'd let the Union slide ;'
And rally around old Buck and Breck,
The noble true and tried!
Chorus Hurrah ! hurrah! &c.
The Keystone giver her noblest son.
And so does old Kentuck ;
And the Fremont men turn pale with fear,
' When they hear tlie shout for Buck !
For that gallant shout is ringing out.
From Maine to Georgia's Ktrand ;
Wherever there beats a freeman.'s heart.
For his whole his naeive'lar.d !
Cmokcs Hurrah! hurrah! etc.
o "
Letter cf Rufus Choate on the Presi
dential Question.
From the Boston Courier, August 14.J
The Whigs of Maine held a grand mass
meeting in the town of Waterville yesterday.
Hon llufus Chcatc was invited to be present,
but beiu2 unable to attend, he eent a letter,
in which he defined his own position on the
Presidential question ; and avowed bis inten
tion to vote for Mr. Buchanan. Wo give it
below.
IJostox, Saturday, Aug. 9, 1S5C.
'z KTrraterrt'en s- Trpratioj ich.nJit evening. !
alter a fehort absence irom tne cuy, i iouuu
your letter ef the SOtb ult.,; inviting me to
"take part in the proceedings of the Whigs of
Maine, assembled in mass meeting.
I appreciate most highly the honor and
kindness of this invitation, and should have
had true pleasure in acceptiug it. The Whigs
of Maine composed at all times so iuiportaut
a division of the great national party ; which
under that name, with or without official pow
er, as a responsible administration or as only
an organized opiniou, has done so much for
our country our whole country and your
responsibilities at this moment are so vast and
peculiar, that l acKiiowieugu au anncj io
not wait to hear with what noble bearing
tou meet tho demands of the time. If the
tried logious, to whom it ia committed to guard
the froutier of the Union, falter now, who,
auy where, can be entrusted ? .
My encasements, however, and the nceef-
sitv aud csnediency of abstaining from all i
speech requiring much effort, will prevent my j
being with you. Ana yet, mviieu. kj snare
iu your counsels, and grateful for uch dis
tinction, I canuot wholly decline my own
opiuion on one of the duties of the Whigs in
what you well describe as " the present crisis
in the. political affairs of the country." I
cannot now, and need not. pause to elaborate
or defend them. What I think, and what I
have decided to do, permit me in the briefest
and plainest expression to tell ytU.
Tim first duty, then, of Whigs, not merely
as patriots and as citizens, loving, with a
large and equal love our whole native land,
but as Whigs, and because we arc Whigs, is
to unite with some organization of our coun
trymen, to defeat and dissolve the new geo
graphical party, calling itself Republican.
This is our first duty. It would more exactly
express my opinion to say, that at this mo
ment, it is our only duty Certainly, at least,
it comprehends or suspends all others ; and
in my judgment, the question for each aud
every one of us is, not whether this candidate
or that candidate would be our first choice ;
not whether there is some good talk m the
worst platform, aud some bad talk in the best
platform; not whether this man's ambition,
or that man's servility, or boldness, or fanati
cism, or violence. -is responsible for putting
the wild waters in this uproar; but just this,
by what vote can I do most to prevent the
madness of the times from working its mad
dest act, the very ccstacy of its madness,
the permanent formation and the actual pres
ent triumph of a party which knows one half
of America only to - hate and dread it ; from
whose unconsecrated and revolutionary ban
ner fifteen stars are erased or h?ve fallen ;
in whose national anthem the old and endear
ed airs of theEuiaw Springs, and the King s
Mountain, and Yorktown, aud those, later of
New Orleans, and Buena Vista, and Chapul
tepec, breathe no more. To this duty, to this
question, all others seem to roe to stand lor
the present postponed and secondary.
And why ? Because, according to our
creed, it is only the united America whiou
can peacefully, gradually, safely, improve,
lift up and bless with all social and personal
and civil blessings, all : tho races and all the
conditions "which" compose oar vast and van
oua family it is such an America, only,
whose arm can guard our flag, dcvelope our
resources, extend our trade, and fill the ruea
sum of oar glory j and beaue, according W
b ur convictions, the triumph of such a party
puts that Union in danger. That is my rea
son. ; And for you, and for rue, and for all
of us, in whose regards the Union possesses
such a value, and to whose fears it seems men
aced by such a danger, it is reason enough.
Believing the noble ship of State to be with
in half a cable's length of a lea shore of rock
in a gale of wind, our first business is to put
her about, and crowd. ' her off into tha deep
open SQf, "That done, wc caa regulate the
stowage of her lower tier of powder, and tte
lect her cruising ground, and . brings her offi
cers tircourv martial at our leisnre. " - "
If there are any in Maioe-ud among the'
whigs of Maine 1 hope there Is not one but
if there are any, in whose hearts strong pas
sions, vaulting ambition, jealously of men orl
sections, jiurcasoning and impatient philan
throphy, or whatever else have turned to hate
or coldness the fraternal blood, and quenched
the spirit of national life at its source ; with
whom the unionof slave fctates and free states
under the actual constitution is a curse, a hin
drance, a reproach; with those of course our
view of our duty and the reason of it, are a
stumbling block and foolishness. To such
you can have nothing to say, and from such
you can have nothing to hope. But if there
are those again who love the Union as we love
it, and prize it aa we prize it . who regard it
as we do, not merely as a vast instrumentality
for the protection of our commerce and navi
gation ; and for achieving power, eminence
and name among the sovereigns of the earth,
but as a means of improving the material lot
and elevating the moral aud mental nature,
and ensuring the personal happiness of the
millions of maty distant gcneiations ; if there
are those who think thus justly of it, and
yet hug the fatal delusion that, lecause it is
good, it is necessarily immortal ; that it will
thrive without care ; that any thing created
by man's will is above Or stronger than his
will; tht because the reason aud virtues of
our age of reason and virtue could build it,
the passions and stimulations of a day of
frenzy cannot pull it down r if such there are
amoung you, to them address yourself with
all the earnestness and all the eloquence cf
men who feel that some greater iuterest is at
stake and some mightier cause in hearing, than
ever vet tongue has pleaded or trumpet pro
claimed. If such minds and hearts are reach
ed, all is Eafrt. But bow specious and how
manifold are the sophisms by which they arc
courted 1
They hear and they read much ridicule of
those who fear that a geographical party does
endanger the Uuion. But can they forget
that our greatest, wisest, and most hopeful
statesmen Jiave always felt, and have all, in
one form of another," left "on record tbeir w
fear of such a party? The judgments of
Washington, Madison, Clay. Wvbstir, on the
dangers of the American Union. are they
worth nothing to a conscientious love of it?
Whatthev dreaded as a remote and improba
ble contingency that against which they cau-j
tioned, as they thought, distant generations j
that which they were so happy as to die with
out teeiDg-T-is upon us. And yet some men
would have us go on laughing aud singing,
like the traveller in tho satire, with his pock
ets empty, at a present peril, the mere appre
hension of which as a distant and bare possi
bility, could sadden the heart of the Father
of his Country, and dictate the grave and
grand warning of the Farewell Address.
They hear men say that such a party ougld
not to endanger the Union ; that, although h
happened to be formed within one geographi
cal section, and corafined exclusively to it ;
although its end and aim is to rally that sec
flon n(imst the other on a question of morals
policy and feeling, on which the two differ
eternally and uuappoasably ; although from
the nature of its origin and objects, no man in
the section outside can possibly join it, or ac
cept office uuder it without infamy at home ;
although, therefore, it is a btupendous organ
ization? practically to take power and honor,
and a full share of the government, from our
f,m;w .,f states, and bestow them, sub
stantially, all upon the antagonist family; al
though the doctrines of human rights, whicu
it gathers out of the Declaration cf Indepen
dence that passionate and eloquent manifes
to of a revolutionary war and adopts as its
fundamental ideas, announce to any southern
appreheusiou a crusade of government against
slavery, far without and bcyouud Kansas ; al
though the spirit and tendency of its election
eering appeals, as a whole, in prose and verse
the leading articles of its papers, and speeches
of its orators, are to excite contempt and hate
or fear of our entire geographical section, and
hate or dread cr contempt ia the natural im
piessiou it all leaves on the northern mind
and heart; yet. that nobody anywhere ought
to be angry, or ought to be frightened : that
the majority must govern, and that the north
is a majority ; that it is ten o one nothing
will happen; that, if worst comes to worst,
the south knows it is wholly to Ue.
nee
ds the Union more tnan we uo, u
qui. ev- . . ,n...c forjret
that the question is not what ought to .
Union, but what will doit
JJut do tney wuu uu.u p- c -
Is it
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n,an as he ought to be. or man as he is that
wc must live with, or live alone? In appre
ciating the influences which may uis.urb a
political system, and especial y one l.,c - oars
do you make no allowance for passions, for
pride, for infirmity, for the burning sense of
fma-noary wrong ? Do you assume that all
S or all masses of men m all section,
uniformly obey reason - and uniformly wisely
seo and calmly seek their true interest
Where on earth is such a fool's Paradise as
that to be found ? Conceding to the people
of the fifteen states the ordinary and average
human nature, its good and its evil, its weak
ness and its strength, I for one, dare not ay
that the triumph of such a party ought not to
be expected naturally and probably to disunite
the states. . . T t
. With my undeubting ' convictions, T know
that it would I fWly Di i-oxlity ,n Ban
to wish it. j Certainly there are in all eectiona
and in all fctates those .who : love tha Union,
under the actual constitution, as Washington
did. as Jay, Hamilton and Madison did; a
J ackson, as Clay, as Webster loved it. Such
even is tic hereditary and. .the habitual ccnti-
i. went of-the . general American heart. But
he has read Ufa and fcoks to little purpose
w ho has not learned that bosom friendship'
may, be "to resentment soured," and that
no hatred is so keen, deep and precious as
that. - - - - -
" And to be wroth with one we love,
- W ii! HmteTrowJaeWTn tK' brain."
Ife has real tiie'book of cur'history tostill
h?&i purpose,, wlio-has not' learned that the
friendships "of these states,N sifters bttt rivals,
sovereigns each, with a public life, and a body
of interests, and sources cf honor and ehame
of its own- and within itself, distributed , into
two great opposing groups, are of all human
ties most exposed to euch rcpturcs and Buch
transformation. . t
I have net time in fheso hasty lines, and
thera is no need, to speculate on the details
of the modes in which the triumph of this par
ty would do its work of evil. Its mere strug3
glo to obtain the government, a3 that strugglo
is conducted", is mischievous to an extent in- "
calculable. That thousands of the good, mca
who have joined it deplore this Is certain, but
that does not mend the matter. . I appeal to
the conscience and honor of my country that
if it were the aim of a great parly, by every
species of access to the popular mind, by eb
oquence, by argument, by taunt, by sarcasm,
by recrimination, by appeals to pride, tLarne
and natural light to prepare tlie cation for
a struggle with Spain, or Austria, it could
not do its business more thoroughly. Many
persons, many speakers many, vt-ry many
Het a higher and wiser example, but the work
is doing. '
If ii accomplishes its object and gives tha
government to the north, I turn my eyes from
the consequences. To the fifteen states of
the south that government will appear an alien
government. It will appear worse. It will
appear a hostile government. It will repre
sent to their eye a vast region of states organ
ized upon anti-slavrry, flushed by triumph,
cheered onward by the voices of the pulpit,
tribune and press ; its mission to inaugurate
freedom and put down the oligarchy j its con
stitution the glittering and sounding general
ities of natural light which make up the Dec
laration of Independence. And then and thus
is the beginning of the end.
If a necessity could be made out for such a
party, we might submit to it as to other una
voidable evil, aad ather certain danger. But
where do they find that? Where do they pre
"tend to lind it 1 Is it to keep slavery out of
the territories ? There is not one but Ivan;aa
in which slavery is possibleNo ins.n fears, . no
man hopes, for slavery in Utah, New Mexico.
Washington or Minnesota. A national party
to give them to freedom is about as needful
and about as feasible as a national party to
give them to freedom is about as needful and
about as feasible as a national party to keep
Maine for Freedom. And Kansas! Let taht
abused and profaned soil have calm within its
borders; deliver it over to the natural law of
beaceful and spontaneous immigration; take
otlthe ruflian bands ; strike down the rifle and
the bowie kuifc ; guard its strenous infancy
aud youth till it comes of age to chose for
itself and it will choose freedom for itself,
and it will have forever what it chooses.
When this policy, so easy, simple and just,
tried and fails, it will be time enough to re
sort to revolution. It is in part litcause the
duty of protection to the local fccttkr was not
performed that the democratic party ha3 al
ready by the action of its great representative
convention resolved to put out of office its own
administration. That lesson will x:ot and must
not be lost on auybody. The country de
mands that cougess, before it adjourns, give
that territory peace, - If it do, time will inev
itably give it freedom.
1 have hastily aud imperfectly expressed
my opinion through the unsatisfactory forms
of a letter, as to the immediate duty of whigs.
We are to do what we can to defeat and dis
band the geographical party. But by what
ppecific action we can moat effectually contri
bute to such a result is a question of more dif
ficultv. It seems now to be settled that we
present no candidate of our own. If we vote
at all, then, we vote for the nominees of the
American or the nominees cf the democratic
party. As between them 1 shall not venture
to counsel the whigs of Maine, but I deem It
due to frankness and honor to say, that while
I entertain a high appreciation of the charac
ter and ability uf Mr. Fillmore, Idocotsym- t
pathize ia any degree with tho objects and
creed of the particular party" that nominated
him. and do not opprove of their organization
and "their tactics. Practically .too, the con
teat in my judgment is between Mr. Buchan
r u and Col. Fremont. In these circumstan
ces I vote for Mr. Buchanan, lie has iargo
experience iu public affairs ; hia couiuianding
capacity is universally acknowledged ; his life
is without a stain, lain constrained to add
that he seems at this moment, by tho conur-
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rence ot tirtuuisiauwa, uio vomj.. j
any ather, to represent that cetiliiuent of
tiouality, tolerant, warm and comprehensive,
without which, without increase of whkh,
America is no loDger America; and to posses
the power aud I trust the disposition to res
tore and keep that peace, within our border
and without, tor which our hearts all yearn,
which all our interests demand.througU which
and by which alou we may hope to grow t
the true greatness of nations. ?
Very respectfully,
Tour fellow-citizen,
KUFUS CHOATE.
To E W. Farley, and other gentlemeu of tha
Maine WbigSuio Central Committee.
5yBy education men become easy to lead,
but difficult to drive easy t govern, but
impossible to- entlava.
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