If
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77E BLESSISGS OF GOVERXUEXT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVES, SHOULD BE DISTRWUTED ALIKE, UPOX THE HIGH AXD THE LOW, THE RICH AXD THE TOUR.
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3 I ft
til- ny
B B B a BMB
EMOCRAT ct-
SEXTIXEZT
is published
every wcihi'-spay
M-vTnng. at OXE I'OLLAR AND f IFTY L'EXTS
' .jn.,;;.n, payable in advance; One Doi.
lva and Skvkntt Five Cents, if not paid
o";-',in months ; and Two Doij.au if
vt raid I'-nt- t',e termination of the year.
""o r v,i ? ,ri! iion will Le rect i veil for a
s r.,., yc.A than sW months, ami no
suWtIKt v. i I le at liberty to discontinue
hi- j. ij r until all arrearages are paid, cx-o-v'
at tiiC option of the editor. Any per.
-iii-seril ins for six months wil be char-'-I
I'ng Dollae, unless the is paid
iu D'.'V in a'l-vauce.
j a criisiiijr, uaies.
i One insert n. Two do. Three do
1 1 srf.r", 112 line-I $ "0 $ 75 $1,00
j--i'-.. res. 1:21 Hues
1 00
1 50
1 00 2 00
2 00 3 00
1 5 spares, 3l lines J
3 months.
G do.
$3 00
4 50
7 00
9 00
12 00
22 00
12 do
$5 00
9 00
12 00
14 00
20 0C
35 Ok
i n.es or less. $1 50
1 1 -piarc, 1 12 lines 1 2 50
2 i ;ircs, 2-t lines) 4 00
- r; ires, f 30 lines 6 00
! V a column. 10 00
15 00
I Tiiis preparation made from the best Ja
I C, tec. is recommended by physicians as
! a'-;iTior NUTbTHOUS BEVERAGE for
s i;.;nd Djbility, Dyspepsia and all bilious
.'.'s-Tiirrs. Tlmus mds wli have been com
, .i' .1 . . . .l. iTi.l, rfi (! nsi nf ciiffcce will use
t: :s without iujaro-is cfRcts. One can con
; t!ie btiviitli of two jiouuds of ordinary
ix: rrice 23 cents.
IKCLLOCK'S levain,
Tl.t purest and best ISA KING IXJWDKK
j ki.-vvn. f. r making li;;!it. swoct and nutri
S ,:..-u Lical and cakes. Price 1-3 cents.
MAVlATLni:i LY
W. H. K0LL0CK, Chemist
i ',,rucr of Uroad anl Clieslnut Street-"-,
! riii'i'.Mphia,
A: i-l mA by all DfUggt&U and Grcccrs.
I M.iriii 3tli !y.
tn.Ni;v i'd.si'k;:, rROPRiKTot.
'I
lHbSliuri-d.. l)UMi:ilLY KNOWN
is the 'Kbiiibur 11. .u:
Idet and l t .--taud in
the
borough
i Klx'.'i.-burg, fur the accommodation of
Oif tr.iM-linir community. The I'roprn tcr
,wi:rvs?1! n'liriiuay be iispred to paN
r 'i.i.:c Id hi that his TAI1LK will be Mips
!ied with all the luxuries of the season, J
1. DAI1 with the choice.-t of Liquors, I
a 1 no i.ims t-parol to render Lis guests
::,f..rtahle.
KLrnd.urc;. April 14. lS3S:22:ly.
I IbENSIiLllu r OUNUKV. HAVING
I Ji purchased the entire stock and fixt
p. ':: t t the Klcnsburg Foumlry, the
f-i-rihcr is jirepared to furnish farmers
1
f-'- tucrs with
llouilis, PIou:;li IointK,Stovei
Mill 1 1 otis. Tlu eslilii? .MncIiiiiCM
c.L-ti:igs of any kind that may be nee-
in i he community. i
i'v trict attention to the business of I
e concern, he hopes to merit, and I
us s he will receive a liberal patronage 1
:-! tiiosem want of artieh s m his hue. I
All iiutiuc-s done at the Foundry.
EDWARD GLASS.
M.wch 22. '5.3-tf. 13, It 01.
nr.TisTiiv.
' I 1. in li'id.-ro. n,t.i I :r!i.!ii lt .f ll,r itnlti
r,
l tiiuie (Ue-o of Dental Surgery, respect
; y i :;..rs his profiessional services to the
a oi t-Kiu.-uurs. lie nas siiareci uo
v 1 tliomujrhly to acquaint himself with
'- uai ruveu.ent ".n Lis art. To many
'' of iK.-rsi.inal experience he has thought
"'. fie impavted experience oi the high
' t a oiiorities in DenUl Science, lie sim-
? ,;f Ks that an opxrtuity may be giv
'-r - work to speak its own praise.
SAMUEL BEDFORD, D. D. S.
-'ec f.natrly occupied by Dr. Clark.
Rkfekf.nces.
!; f. C. A. Harris ; T. E. Bond, ir. : W. R.
) r I . . I ... I ,v
v"1. ) a. a. tilandy, I . II. Austen, oi tnc
"""'re toiiee.
EMPLOYMENT! 8100.
LvMMERCAL AGEXTS WASTED
To SELL GOODS FOB THE
(A New Engi.ano)
3ANUFACTUKIKQ C0NPANY-
-e will give a commission of rne Lun-
:7u- 0r we wiU Py wages at from $30
. v ii ii VvtJ kTV 1 I K.'J "All
J iierinontli an.l rtnv a I ner(s.-:irv
it"-'4.3CS.
' -:iin
e
ror particulars address, with
V 1 J "J
CHAS. RUGGLES, Gen. Ag't.
i- r
;e A.Iams Man. Co.
'y M. lS;2.-ly.
Detroit. Mich.
JOHN SHOFFNER,
DEALER IN
, croce n 1 e s,
-Vitr-.. Fresh an.l Salt Fish. Flour. Wholo-
-1 -aQel he-tail. Canal St. below Franklin,
Johnstown, Pa.
ALSO.
SMITIT.
. . . . . .
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'J.Ulac.ti!rl o.,.i.,M ii-vi .1 t- .
. j - " "uv; OOi'.l H Iieiesa.ie a 1 1 1 1 lLC-
V,!(l . . 1 1 ,
DMeLAUGilLlN, Attorney at Lalv
Avuii.-town.
1 a. Utfico on Market '
rCet. i., t a
t. ,. - -"-4 eiour
to F. Marbourg's store.
tha . ..Mr. ..( sL-l.t;.. .
-tU hi
. and
i j
'l ctLcr bucitiCoS concctcJ
Kssian. jy.Oly
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- -i-' Ii- Ks.sian. ;v aA ,
D
( 1'imn,
1 TT-iTr.PT-nn n i iTTini inT finnum
i mi l Mi. m u.m uw m.
TIIC ISORDCil STATES.
The Uepresentativers and Senators of the
Border Slaveho'ding States having, by spe-
cial invitation of. the President, been cou
vcne.1 at the Kxecntive Mansion on Siiturs
day in ruin last, Mr. Linculu addressed
them as follows from a written paper held
iu his hands:
Gentlemen: After the adjournment of
Congress, now near, I shall have no oppor
tunity of seeing you for several months.
B?bevini that you of the I Vrder States hold
more "ower for jood than any other equal
number of members, I fee', it a duty which
I cunr.ot justiliab'y waive, to make this ap
peal to j ou.
1 i.itcnd no reproach or complaint when
1 as.-ure you that, in my opinion, if you all
had voted fur the resolution in the gradual
emancipation message of last March, the
war would now bo sul st.mthdly endod.
And the plan therein proposed is y.-t one of
the most potent and swift means of eml'iiL
it. Let the Stales which ar? in rebellion
i see defmitelv and certainly th.it in no event
will the States you represent ever join tneir
propo-cd Cuuf.'dcraey, and they cannot
much longer maintain the contest. But
you csnnot divest them of their hope to ulti
mately have you with tin m so long as you
show a determination to perpetuate the in
stitution within your own Stales. Beat
them at elections, as you have overwhelm
ingly done, an 1, nothing daunted, they still
claim vou as their own. You and I know
what the lever of their power is. Break
that leaver before their faces, and they can
hake you no more forever.
Most of you have treated mo with kind
ness and coi sideraH 'n.-atnl 1 trust you will
not now think I improperly touch what is
exciUMve y vonr own. when, lor the sake oi
the -whole country, I ak, "can you, f(.r
your States, do letter than to take the
course I r.rge? Discarding jmwlilto and
maxims adapted to more man a doable times,
and hulking only to the unprec"d ntedly
stern facts of our case, can you do better in
any possible event? Yon prefer that the
constitutional relation of tho States to the
nation shall be practica'ly restored without
disturbance of the institution; and if this
were dene, my wnole duty In this reiect.
under the Constitution nrd mv oath of of
fice, would be performed. But it is not
done, and we are trying to accompli.-h it by
war. The incidents of the war cannot be
avoided. If the war continues long, as it
must, if the object Iks not sooner attained,
the im-titution in your State- will 1-e extin
jnishe
the me
hed by mere friction and abrasion by
ere incidents of the war. It will bo
gone, and vou will have nothing valuable in
lieu of it. Much of its value is oro-ic already.
How much belter for vou and fr your peo
pic to take the step which at once shortens
the war, and secures saii st.mmi compensa
tion for that which is sure to be wholly lost
in any other a vent! How much lx tter to
thus save the monev which else we sink
forever in the war' How much letter to do
it while e can. lest the war ere long ren
der us pecuniarily unable to do it! How
much K-ttcr for yii. as piHer and the na-
tion. as buv'r, to sell out and uy cut that
without which the war could never have
been, than to sink Kth the thing to le sold
and the price of it in cutting one another's
throat!
1 do not speak of emancipation at mire
but of a th'-ixu'ii at once to emancipate
tmJiuiVii. Room 111 booth America ft col
onization can bo obtain d cheaply, and in
abundance, and when numiwrs shad 1-e large
tTjoimh to I t; company -And r-ticourag'.'iiient
for one another, the freetl po pic will not be
so reluctant to go.
I am pressed with a difficulty rt"t yet
mentioned oc which threatens division
among those who. united, are none too
.-trong. An instance of it ii known t. you. ;
General Hunter is an In nest man. Ho was.
and I still Lopo is, my friend. I valued
him none the less for his agreeing with mo
in the general wish that all men everywhere
could be freed. He proclaimed all men fre-e
within certain States, and 1 repudiated the
proclamation, lie expected more gid and
less harm from the measure than 1 coui! m-
yCVQ v:rvM f .How.
Yet. in repudiating it,
I gave dissatisfaction, if not offence, to many
whose supnort the country cannot all Til to
lose. Ami this is not the end of it. lhe
pressurc in this direction Is still upon me
and is increasing. Bv conceding what I
now ask you can relieve me, ami, much,
more, can relieve the country in this impor
tant point.
Upon these considerations I have again
lierrop,! vonr attention to the mcss.c-i- of
March last. Before leaving the capital.
eoas-ider anil discuss it among yourselves
Your arc patriots ami statesmen, and as such
I pray you consider this proposition; and,
at the least, commend it to the consideration
of your States and people. As you would
erpetuate popular government for the bt-st
people in the world, I beseech you that you
do in no wise omit this. Our common cotin
try is in great peril, demanding the loftiest
views and boldest action to bring a speedy
relief. Once relieved, its form of govern
j incut is saved to the- world; its lcloved bis
I inrv aiul rherisheel memories are vindicated
1 . - ... , ,
I nn.t its harwv lutiire iuiiv assured anei ren
I .i.w..1 in.finiimlilv r 1 .mil. To vou. more
I tlt,ieu iulv..v....v .-3 . -
I il 1. .. ..1 1. rtt? tli.k t-i4.ll. . ro 1 iti.-,.1 in
lliail IU AllJ UUIl IU, 4U1. ..l...V,4. .O ..4... 4.
ocnri' that banniucss and swell that rrran-
'lnre auJ to liuk our owa uuul" UicrewilL
At the conclusion of these rcmarkb some
conversation was haul between the President
and several members cf the delegations from
J tho Bolder State?, ia which it h-.v- tei'TCtea-
TIIC IRHSinEXTS AIIKAl. TO J
EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY. 30,
ted that these States could not le expected
to move in so great a matter as that brought
to their noti c in the foregoing address,
while as yet, the Comrress had taken no step
beyond the passage of a resolution, expres
sive rather of a -?vnt:ment tliin presentinrj a
suhst mtial r.ri'I leliabb; basis tif action.
Tiie IYoidcnt acknowledged the force of
this view, an 1 a drnitud that the Border
State.- were entitle! to expect a sul St u.tial
pletlg'j of pecirtiary :d I as the Co'.dition cf
taking into coi;Id ration a projw-iti. m po
ini'iorti::t ia its rolalkn.s to their total
yteni.
It was fnrtlKr rei resot.tcd, in t!;e cmfcr-
ence. tiiat the j -p!e of the B-rdcr States
were interested iu knowing tl;e great im
portance which the Pre.-idei.t attached to
the policy in question, while it was equal'y
dne to the country, to the President, and to
themselves, that the representatives of the
Border Slavehol n:.g .V itcs fhou!d insbliely
Announce the motives under which they
w-. re called to act. ind the coiiidcrations of
public policy
urged is ; mi thcui and their
Constituents by tie- President,
With a view to suc h a statement of their
pi tion, th.e nu-nd irs thus iulilresoed met in
I. ?!- . 1
council ro oeii i . o- on in j iej 13 1 ;u-y t.ioin.i
make to the I'lcdi'.-ed, : 01 1, as the result of
a Comparison vt opinion.- among themselves.
they determined i.pon toe adopti. n I a ma
jority at:d a minority uu.-.wu. Xuliouul In-tdli'jtm-cr.
I
Ki:rt.Y ov Tin: vajoIiity.
The following paper was yesterday Font
to the President, signed by the majority of
the Bepreseutativ? 3 from the Border Slavc-
holdiug States:
W siunoToN, July II, 18C2.
To the r rcsilcnt:
The uniU r.s'gneil. Bcprc iit.tiv s of Ken
tucky, Virginia. Miss mi and Maryland, in
the two Houms of Congress, have listened to
-. t- 1 -11-.
your ;ul-.lress witlr 11. e pr-in-uno senioiniy
naturally inspired by the high Source fr!n
winch it emanates, the earnestness winch
marked its delivery, a;:i! the overv. helming
imp jrtance el the subject of which it treats.
We have giver, it a m.-t rcspii Iful consid
eration, ami n- .w lay Dei ore you our response
We regret th:d want of time has not per
mitted us to make it more perfect.
We have . I be n wai ting, Mr. Presi
dent, in respect t you. a nl in "ci- vot -on to
the C n til lit i mi and the Union. YVc have
not been ind:lf rent to the great dihii ultii s
Mirrounding you. compared with which all
former national troii''es l,;;ve '-ci-n but as
the summer cloud; and we h ive fit-ily given
you our symp.oby and suj poit. p. piiilia
t m the dangerous eri-siis of ti c Scce-.-ion-its.
wt be'ievei!. with you, that the war n
their part is ag-n .-.-ive and wicked, and the
object for which it was t be prosecuted on
i-urs.dt iimd 1 y your message at the opening
of the present Coiigres.-. to be such as all
giMwl m?n shoubl appnive. we have not hes
itated to vote all supplies necessary to carry
it on vigornudy. We h ive voteil all the
men And money ymi have asked for, and
even more; we have imposed on r -us taxes
on our people, and they are paying them
with ch ei ftih e-:- and alacrity; we h ive en
couraged enlistments, audstut to the fieid
m mr of our l est men; an 1 some of our
number have ot'ep.-d tbiir persons to th
enemy as pb-d-;cs of their sinccrhy and !c
votioii to country. Wcbave done al' this
ui-der tre m st discouraging ciicumst.inccs
in the face of meas-uts nntt distasteful to
us and injurious to t! inter-st vc rcpic-.-
nt, andiu the h'arig of dkiimes av.cvvd
by those who claim t b-e your friends most
abhorrent to us and cur constitu-uts. P.ut,
for all tl i. we have never lalo red. nor shall
we as lon as we have a Const'.tuti n t de
li-ml an 1 a (iovoin-eer.t whit li protects '.is.
And we aro ready fr renewed efforts, jiu-1
even greater s.iciitices. yen. any sacriliee,
when wc are satKtlcd it is required to pre
set vo our aomirab'e fi-rni of government and
tlie priceless b'iTs:i.g;- of constitutional lib
erty. A few of our number voted for the reso
lution recommended by your message of the
Jth of March last, the gn-ater poition of us
did not, and wc will briefly state the prom
inent reasons which in'.lue::ce.l our action.
In the first place, it proposed a radical
change of oiAr social system, and was hur
ried through loth Iloii-es with undue haste.
without reasonable time for consider Ation j
and debate, and with no time at all for con
sultation with our constituents, whoso inter- I
tsts. it decp'y involved. It seemed like an j
interference by this G vcrntnent with a i
illlOstl.
)ii which peculiarly r.nd cncliisivciv
belonged to our re-jn ctive
on which
they had not sought advK
or sojieiti-d aid.
Manv of us dotihn
1 the co'isiitutional pow-
er of this Govt-rnnient to io. iko ai pr-'pn-A-
lions of roomy for tne ooj"-t designatctl,
aml all of us tii-mgl t our finance- were in
no condition to lear the immense outlay
which its adoption and fai'hfel execution
would impose upon the National Treasury.
If wc pause but a moment to tknk of ti e
debt its acceptance would hnvo entailed we
are appalled by its magnitude. The prcp-
sition was addiessed to all the States, and
embraced the whole numlH-r of slaves. Ac
cording to tin; census of 1-SoO there were
then very nearly four million of slaves in
the country; from natural increase they ex
cihnI that nutnlK-r n iw. At even the low
average of three hundred dollars, the price
fixed by the rmaneipAtion act for the slave
of this District, rind greatly 1-elow their real
worth, their value runs up t' the enormous
Slim OI twelve mimue-ii Illo.ioi.si oi tioii.irs
and if L that we a.!"l (he c st of deorlaio 1
. i , ,
am! colonization, at one run; rot uoiiars
each, which but a traction m-ne tlian is
actually paid by tiie M ovlan l C.-l. ni.'.ttion
SocicU. Lave f-.-ur I-uu-Jicl tiiUicn"
moTi. ! : We were not willing to impose a tax
on on r people suhicient to pay.tlie interest
ont!: "uiiii, in additiou to the vast and
daily T.cn;;ising debt already fixed upon
tl-"vi-4' tbe exigencies of thu war; and, it
wo had Ik-cia willing, the country-could not
l ear it. Statel in this form the preposition
is ir thing less than the deportation frm
the country of sixteen hundred million dol
lars' worth of polluting labor, and the .m:!j-stit-Hion
in its place of an iidcicst-bc.ii;n
debt of the same amount!
L.U.if we are told that it was exj cek-l
luat only the States we represf.-nt would ac
cept the propositi.,;), v.e rc-peclfi'lv subrj.it
that even then it involves a sum t . j.reat
f-T the financial ability of this Govcinioent
at this time. Accoidinj to the census of
1 ?C0
Kent nek y La !
225.-1
f-7.lsS
40O.HS7
1,7:S
111.053
275.781
siavcs.
Maiyhnd
truna
Delaware
Mis-uri
Tcnnessto
Makhig in tic.
At thflVime r
whi'o 1,D(;,112
e cf v.-.hi.iti n these
w, .ii NI ai
o.l to 558.c a3.n00
Ail l for depoTt.ittou autl colon
izaiioa -ilUO cad-
113.
Ar.d we have th.e enormous
sum of S17S.07S.133
YVc did not feci that wo sh-;iM lc justi
fied in voting for a iiKasuro which, if carried
out. would add this vast nmour.t to oar
public debt, at a moment when the treasury
was reel 111:
under the enormous expenditure
ot the war.
Again, it seemed to us th:.t this resolu
tion was hut the annunciation of a sentiuui.t
which could not tr was not likely to be re
dueed tj an actual, tangible preposition.
No Movement was then luade to provide
an 1 appropriate the funds required to carry
it into eficci: an-1 we wr re not eneour.ig .1 t
believe that funds would be provided. Ami
our belief ii:u bef 11 fuilr justo'ied by subse
quent events. Not to mention ether circum
stance", it is quite Miiiieicnt fr our purpose
to bring t your notice the fact. that, whde
this n-s..lution was ur.d-. r consideration hi
the Syuate, "tir Colleague, the Senator from
Ke.t:: l;y. moved an amendment appropri
ating .!":CO.oO' t, the obie t therein desig
nated, and it was voted down with gre:t
unanimity. What confidence, tlien, could
we reas- nably foil that, if v.e committed
ur.-lvcs to il polity it projo-ed, our con
stum i ts would r np tl c fruits i f t:.i- j-rom-ise
held ut; and en v.l.; t gr-und eoid l -lVe.
as f tir men. :ot o; e.i-.h tl.t-in and ci:a'le:.ge
tin :r .-upp-.rt:
The ri iht t Lol l .'laves is a r: d.t anp r
taii.ing to al! ihe StaO-s of ti.is U;ii--u.
Tiicv 1: ive the right to cherish or al-olish
th- institution as tiair taste;
r their inter-
est- may pionijit, ami no one is atitlnri.ed
t question the right. fr limit its rnj -ymcnt.
Ao! no one has in. re clearly aftirmed that
riu ot than y u have. Your inaugural ad
die s does you great honor in this respect,
an I inspired the country with ecnfi ier.ee in
your f.'.hiu.ss ami respect for the law. Our
S:a: mo in the too vm-nt of that right.
W e do not fell called on to lit fend tin- insii
tnli.11. or to ailiiio it is one wbit.ii .ii-;Lt t
bi; cherisl.etl; pi-rh-ips. if we wen- to make
the attempt, we might find that we dillvr
even among otirseivt s. It is cm u.'ii for our
1 urpese t 1 kiiiw that it i; a right; and. so
knowing, we oi l v. t s-c why we shou'd
ojw lw- ex.ci.te-l to yield it. We bad c m-
t.ibun--l i-ur foil share to rcbew
1 .10 C t'
'lie as
uitry
:n.-n
at this . -. ribl.- crisis; we b. . 1 t
as had Ix.-iiA ret: ii-i- ! of others, rn ii-.v c'r
cirn-tai'ci s; and weiiid not sie w hy s.i. r i,- j iep- ct t-y -u) :-ree to it t c
ces shoiihl be expei tvd f us fr-tii w bi.h i slaver is "the lever of tl.-ir
others. 110 more loyal, were exempt. Nor
coulil we s-?c what g -.l the niitioii wtu!d
derive from it. Such a sacrifice submit! ed
te by its WeAi Id not have strengthen-.-.! the
arm of this Government or weakened that e-f
t!e-em my. H was not nects-aiv ;'.s a
pledge of our loyalty. It r that hut leeii
in.':i-lv:4ed l-yond A reasonable deal 1. iu
every form. Mid at every j-Lieo -,ssibk'.
lhc:e was not toe remotest pronaoii.ty t ft.it
the States we n-pre.x nt weiuld j-'in 111 thi 1
rcl-e'.-ion. :ior is there now; or of their clcc- j
I tmg to -go wu!i lUe N-uttieru section 1:1 Hie I
J event of a rn "gniiion of the independence
of anv part e f the tiisallcete 1 region. (ur
St-.tt.Ti are fixed unalterably i.i their resolu
tion to a .her- ! ami support the Union:
they see ro s i:ty f -r tht-n.-tlves ai-d n h'-j-e
for co:!ilitmi..'t.al M-erly but by its pu.-er-vatioo.
Thev w ill, under tioeircu!::.- fan-'i-s.
consent, toils ill. s- Hii lo-i. an 1 we .-1 them
- , ...
1 no more than justice when ive asur-- vou
1
; that w Lt.c tne var is ct.ndu let! i. prevent t
I that iiepli-iabtu cata-to pl-.e t! cy w-
s','stan
it as long as they can m'!-t-r a ni.A-i or c- 'io-
iii.iii.l a dollar. Nt-r wi 1 rh-y -vr o.ns nt,
in :itiv event. b miite with the Southern
Confederacy. The bitter fruit -f the ne;i
li tr lb "Ctrira-s of that region will forcvir pre
vent their, from placing their security and.
happiness in the cn-t-ly of an -Association
w hich h:is incorporated in its organic law j
the seeds cf its own destruction.
W.; cannot admit, Mr. Presid. i-t. that if
we had voted for the resolution iu the iirnn
cipatioii message of March last, the war!
woii'd now be substantially ondc-d. We arc j
unable to see how our action in this parlieu- j
1 ir lias given, or o-ulil give, eucourag-uneut j
to the relx illon. The resolution has pas-ed,
and if ih'-re be virtue in it. it wil! bo quite
a- fc-tlieaeioiis o.s if we had voted fer it. W i
! Lave no power to bind our fstatO!. in this re
t . , i .i ... i
i ,-inci iiv uur votes iie-re:.iu-a wueiner wj i..i-i
voted the one way or tha other, they aieiu
1 ti : s.-ee c---i diti.-n I fit - do. a to a t pi ':
p-i-.c
i ; po: vis:; n-.
-.4. '
18G2.
not lieen prolongel or hi.idcrc-1 by our ac
tion ou this or any other measure. Wo
raustl.x.k for other cau.-es for that lamented
Liet. We think there is not much difficulty
not much uiiccrtainty, in rmirting out oth-.
e rs far more jirobablc at:-l potent in their
agencies to that end.
The rebellion derives its strength fr.-m the
unioa t-f all classes in the insurgent Slates;
and whde that union lasts the war w:ll never
t-ml until they tie utterly ty'nu-to !. Wc
l.i.ow that at the inception of these troubles
eOutheru si..iety was divided.
anl Ha
!:irg-j j.rti m, crhaps a
rity. were -
itrrat I ia.--;
1 sod to N.-ces: n.
N. e t!
. t
r uiueriA r o;e :vre irate-1. 10 tii.-A.vf-r
1
vrl,y they ar s we i:r;-t glanc ;:t S'-alh
em society, ami notice tVcH-ses into wl i. u
it has letn divide-I. ".nd ivhit-h still distin
guish it. They arc in aims, 1 ut not for the
same oljects: they ar- : o.e 1 lo a c-.-niTiion
eml, but by itiiT rect :;:! vea i.iconsistci.t
reasons. The ! i 1 1 , whi-.li Comj rci.ends
what was previ .-r-ly known a--, t':-.' Stale
Rights party, and wit!i tl. j- ! -er cl i-s,
; ee!
t
, 1
rea.-
- ivn
i ; 4 1 : :i.d i !..- oe- . t c i . eo
1: alio;. Wi-li t::-. 1:1 it
and set Tip Slat
is a war attanist i.atu '.iy. iho ot'.ef
cl.isi i- JigLtiii'r. as it iupp.-.-c.--, to 1 ..dt.tahi
and pr-jrvc iii riuhtr. 1 pn p- rty a.:u u-t-me
::; stfety. which i:. ;ia.s brn made to
b;-eve are as.-aikd by this Govcrntnci.t.
'lius 1. liter class are not .lisunioiii.-t.s j-cr 3c;
they are so only because they hae t-etn
made to believe that thus A'ln.inistrr.tion is
inimical to their rights, and is making war
on their domestic i ostit'ioop--. .. J.-ng as
these two classes act together they will ii?vr
asse-nt to a peace. Ti e i-liey, then, to be
pursued in obvious. The former cl;..s will
never 1.- rceoijcikM. but the latter may bo.
Ikiot-ve ti:c;r apprt-la nsiot s; j-atisfy them
tnat r.o harm id iuten-L-d t- ihcm and their
iu.-titutior.s; that this Governnant is not
making war on their ri::Lf s of property, but
is simpiy tlefeudiug iu-. legitimate authority,
and they wiil ghidly return to their i!e
giauce as soon as this j-resMiro of military
doaiiuion i;npel by the C nkderate au
thority is removol from them.
Twelve months ago both Houses of Con
gress, adopting the spirit of yoer message.
then but recntly sent in. dcil.iroa, with
singular tinami.fity, ! e o- i -ct-. f ti c war.
an-1 the c--U!.try inst.vitly 1-v.t;
sid.e t as-i.-t vou in carrying it
d. . I I . k T. r
11. If the
sriut of that resolution Lvl Kn allc- e l b
we aie om-1: !oit t.. it
have seen the end of this d--
ul i 1 f ire now
........ '
r -d-'o . . nfiit t.
But what have we - en?
t'-,-..gress we Lave beard
. n
b th II
I-'Usv of
e tro'.cs 5u'ivrr-
s;ve cf the pr:.: :' -! of the (on-t tntioo.
j ami seen measure alter mc.-i.-nrc f -un.let in
J s'll'st.inee t n tl--. e l-ftrii.es pr-pofi"il ar.d
! carried through which ti.i lave U'i i-t'.cr
j cifect than to tlisti.u t and divide k-v.il nvr.
aiul cxa.-pcrate and drive --till further fr,.ni
1 us and their duty the pi-op'c of the ri-he'lious
States. Military t h!..-. rs. f .Rowing those
bal examples, l ave sO j-p'd ljcy.!"l the just
limit of their autm -f.ty iu the sa-.;e dlreo
tie'.i, until iii several in.-t.-mccs y-u have felt
the nece.-s.-ity el iutt rfering b arrest tbci.i.
And even the pa. -.-age-of the resj 'elion At
w hich ym refer has been ostcntatiou-Iy pro
claimed as the triumph of a principle which
the people of the S lethr-m St i?-s r--g.ir-l n
ruiuoiis t- them. The- :.". t of these mea
sures was foietol-1, and may now be se-en ia
the indurated state of Southern feeling.
To these cause. Mr. IV i hut. and le t to
our omission to vote for tl.j rt s-ius i--n re-.
c inmeiiih-il by yen, we s--Ie: iidv 1-elievc we
are to atlidatte tt-.e terrible cur 1 s -:tss rf
those i:i arms ag liist the (i nop : 1 it. and
the c c tinuance f t li war. -r d i
i ('periilit u.st-s:-v. Mr. Pre-iel-ft. with it 1
I.. .--It Upon ei
v wt-r.' but
we are of the opinion that "ihe lever of their
J pwi-r" is the apprehen.-ion that t!i powers
i of a c mmon Gt-vt-icuieiit. created for com-
! m'i ami equal protection to the ino r:-sts of
j all, wiil le wicLL'd against t lie the iuLitu-
tuns ol tiie noutii' rn tiiii.
I I here 1-on otle-r i-ka in
vour a
l.lrrss
1 wc f-el called on to in lice. After stating
j tl e fact of your repudiatioi. ol Gen. llun-
t 1 s pro lamation. y u a.i ::
'Yet. in repudiating i. I gave dis:vtii-
faction, if rot 1 Re'c. to ru.-mv whese sup-
it ti.o Ooiu trv e:.:tn--t a::...ri to b-.-e. And
.e 4..V. e. ....4. . : - -'
- . . -.-. X ,A . . k M.
I lias is i...t ti:e eo 1 oi 11. i.e pressure 1:1
; this dir -ctl-.:: is ctill uj--:i r.aud is incn
j sing. y tooctiung wl at I now a-. y-u
j can relieve r.ie. ami. much unrc. c ii1 relieve
1 i j ,t e 0.1 :i 4 i j 10 ..13 ' : : j 'i 4.1 1 o
Wc hiU t
a!iii -i-!v v.st-1 into this p i
t , ,.i.-
ver its tree in:;-. -rf . but v. e a;e-
..
1 vet in paoi! 11 i;io
rt-.inty. II can we,
v- m I- x.t':. r- '-'.vt: vou
' lv co-ve-ling what
:o
,.l to-
m try fo oi th-.-i : te :: ; ;ir-s'i;i,'
y-.a n fei .' Wc . i.i i t abov.-
to wl
:i
eurftlves to think that ti e po p. i:i--:i :s.
th 't we roi-oiit to givi up .-: ivery. t-i the
end that the llutoi.- prochim it; u may le
let 1-.--. tl.o So-it' irn ji- !;, friti;
t-o Aiell kii-ovn that we wou'-l i.- t be j.,lr.
tie-s to r.ny such r.:ei--r.!-.'. r.i.d wo have tot
much re-pect for you to imagine ou w.idd
j r qtose it. K a:i it mean f. ;.t ly s:n f .h
iag
our mtirest in slavery we appe.isi tne- spir
that controls that re?.-U'C. c.iu- it t de
w ithdrawn, and rid the country of tbo p.-.-i-Icnt
agitation of tb- shivery qoc-sti. -u? Ye
an; foibiddi ii m in thii.k. I r that spiii'
would '-'t be fatisfi.-l with the l b-rati':i of
s-veii hun-In-d thon- md slaves, an 1 cc.i-c i: s
aTita'.ioii, while three ."i'lions reneii'i ia b ,rt
dago. Can it mean that by ab.indo: iig
shivery in '-ur Si.n.-s we are r-.-ni-iviog the
pre-ssiire from you and the Ci-tintrv. ly pie
iiaring for a separation on the lu.e of th -
j i-otu-: State-.-? We are f .rbidden .- to think
i 1 c u.-? it is known tint we r-. wc be-
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VOL . 9-NO. 31
any division nt all. We would prefwr to
tLink that you desire th:. con"essi''U r. a
pledge of our support, ami thus in at la you
t withsland a pirjsstire which wi-Ls hea
vily upon you and the country. Mr. Presi
dent, no such FacrlHc-j is neec-s-arv t Fcruro
otir support. U.t.fineyourx.lf to y. ;-r c .-.-stitutioriil
r.ulhority; con fire voir s'jlnr.'.i
nates within th-' same limits;" crdutt t:,i t
war s-i-lcly for the purpose of rt -rli-z th j
viinM.iuni'ii 10 us iegiurraic a'.::e-ntv: e.-ti-
cedo to each State atkl its loyal citiJt- nV their
j ju?t rights, and we are wt-ld-d t v- n by
i tn-lissolable tics. l)j tl. , Mr. Pre; l.-d.
i.!.'. yet: touch the American 1 cart and in-viz-rate
it with ucv.- hope. Yon will, as- wo
fc--le.r.:.lj Klicve. in due t:mi re.-to - pca-r
to y-. ur eo.mtrv, lift it lrom de-' n !no- t
J a future t-f g!..ry, an 1 pr-.-srre to your c -mt
! t,-y:r.-.i, their posterity an-1 luar, the inesti
1 niuLk-trcoMire tf coP.-tituth.nal 2(.vran.-i nt.
I Mr. President, v.e have staled with f: auk-
ness an-1 can ! r the re;.s -ns rn wh"ch w j
l. foieL -rc to vcte for the re -lutioa v.
n.ivo
I . A.,. .- .. V
again orcsentl
t: is prop.. -sit i r , aud appeal ed tons, with
an ear-.c-i!ie-s an-t ciopjence
v 1
h bav,
net laoe 1 to br.prcsi us, to '
consiikr tt.
;i-
al tho le;ist t) comnien 1 it t tie -n-ider
ati-nof mr tit, ites and reple." Ti.usap
jikd to by the (Jl:tef Magistrate of our
l loved coiiiitry, in the hour of its greate-t
pe;il. wo cannot wholly decline. Wo are
wl-uns to trust every question rclati-.g to
their interest r,n-l Lapj-iness to the consider -r.ii.
ti a- d ultimate judgment of o"r wn j-c -.-plo.
While tlilTerlng froi-i y u as to the.
iKC--slty of emaraipating the slaves of out
States as a me ins cf puttin ; down the r
!-!Lo'i an-1 while pretesting against the pm
prioty of an extra territorial inter lerotice l"
iml Jce the po. j le cf our Stales to ad rpt any
p-.uticu'.iT line 1 f ix-llcy on a subject which
p -i-uliaily and exclusively he! orgs to them,
yet when you anl our brelhcrn i the ley.
al S a c- sim croly l-e-Lc-ve that the retenti-.ni
of slavery .y ; j an o! sis. lo tj peic-! and
national harmony, and a-c will'ng to cons
trd-ute pecuniary aid to compensate our
Suit--s an 1 people for the inconvenit ncs
proluccd by such a change of Fysfrm, w.-
are 11 oi willing that our people shall consii
er the piopriity of putting it aide.
But we have aire vly sai l lliat we rcgir-
'ii-i
ution ns the
utterance of .1
confidence that
of a tan r. lie
si-iuiiofiit. and ve h.id no
it wt ul 1 a sume the shap-"
I 'l.li.l j j-. S!..1'!!. II. I I
, fru'es of the sacrific it require 1. Our !
fed pr.
si. ion. which Would villi the
1 pic ;ire ii.iiiieiiced by the wrac want of c-an-
1 ii iont-e-:-.:..! w ill r..it c. nsld.'r the t.r t o-I
foil iii its present in.p ilpable form. Tl ei
interest they are askoel to giTe iiji i: t
t" em f iinii c-'se imj ortancc, and thry
t Tight n- t to Ik.-e.j cct-.il even to entertain
the j rjosul until thy are assured fh -.l
when they acx-j-t it their just txjcct.itior.s
will not l-c frsst-t rated. V.'e rrgar-l your
1 1 1 m as a proposition from the nation t--
; tiie States to txercise an admitted const itu
j tionrd right in a particular manner an 1
j ji 11 ui a valuable in'erest. llef-rc they
j ought to consider the preposition, it si oul-I
i be I'r'.-sento-l in such x t ingiV'e. practical,
j and cllicient sh.ipe as to command their
j coufidv nee that its fruits are contingent on
' ly rt on thiir accept: :i c. We rann.-L trust
n-.ytbirg to the ce-ntingent ies of future leg
j i lat-on If C ngr--v, by pr-.oi.-r an I 1 ws
.- iv logsl..tlot:.shall pr--vide M.fikiciit fund
! a-i.l place th-. m at. ve-ur lisj-o.s.i to It- ap
I jeieel by you to the payment of any of oir
a'e-s or the eiti.e-is thereof wl,.-
ill a
pt
it!-11 -bo. out of slavery. it!:(r gra-'
;al
or immediate, as ihcy may dcternfine, ar 1
f expe-.is.- of deport. .tiou aiul cok-ui-iti
of the d" rati d slave.-, ti;r-n will our States
an 1 opl take f as propo.-ition int- c rc
fi.I eon.-i l-T.-pion f -T such decision as their
iudgmctit is deuiande-J by their interest.
J their honor, and their duty 13 the wh'-le
onivtrv.
We have the honor to b, with great rcs
pee t.
C. A. WK IvLIFFE.Co-irnnn.
R. Wl .,0N, I. J. CRITTENDEN,
-JOHNS. CABLILE
.1. S. dAC KSOX.
.1. W. O.ISTFIELD.
II. GBIDER.
FBANCIS THOMAS.
C. 1 L. LEAKY.
R. MAL1X1RV.
.1. S. PHELPS.
' CHAS. CALVERT.
' F. II. WE'-S'l EU.
' ... ........... .. .... tr . 1
1 A An I.N l'.!tl; Ml,'- I.i I.U1.N.
, ,pi; ;' I.VIS. d. V. MENZ1IN.
1 qqp is. L. pillCE. G. W. DUNLAP
WM. A. HALL.
! SEWARD WANTS TO RESIGN.
Pi.da lepl.i i, July 'J lib
A d":--pa'-di to the l lio-n Wad i: ;-
i, but p.rt iking rather of the sen i. u -i
i--"-l r. says ;
llcreii- aorT-'tri 5 " '
ard is nn'-tl'-d r.i t what l is f
n.-t-t-ire
M
hdl in-, an 1 is i'e-:rv.s f K-'- r-'i'-v
fr -ri the future c.-.re of i:i present j .-sii ou.
The r a.- n for Sew-.-riFs ii-disp ti -n to ic
n.aiu 1 aug-r io. o-T.-c is we'l know n ia pi
liti. :d cireb here. i la obj-vis t ficradi-
cal poVe-y. partiii'y '
c d upon the Pr::i
i in i l,:'.l,;i.i acts ol
:'
t l v t lie c-o::se '.i't
th
1 -de (V:ir--s.
S-i s. : Sv-A.-iro wi.l c-iiii.t l' rci . i o
in Lis pn--eT.l liniti-aj i idy "ipon tho con
tb-.iou ib.it f:-- rex-out aits of C ,:igrc-s shall
1
i-
i ipnti-d s a.-, l i com '"m
as
far
Itoioie. i-a t:ie previous -o- y r-i ina
i.jovcrntnei f, rtnd -Vlh.tt a general p'Lagt
j e-r destruefon of pr-q-crtv i:i the. South
i shall not bo p-r:nitt.l. and that the slaves
i shad not 15 use.!, except merely as laK r
' n. in tho army.
i If such a ui-iiti-:.atioii i - dc.idel r
' r. Sriv -.id n-iv i'o i:n in Cabii. t, ' -;t
' -i-t i
,i . . . j i r..
I