iU lil 1 1 frar I X li! THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEIVS OF HEAVES. SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED ALIKE. UPON THE HIGH ASD THE UW. THE RICH ASD THE POOR. Mm A 4-L III li! I lit 151 II i! VW SERIES. fkKMOCRAT & SEXTIXEL" ' 'is published every "Wednespay . i-w llni.i.AR avi Fifty fevrs " navable in advance : One Doi. vn -eventy Fivk Cents, if not paid Sevestt Five Cents, if not paid .t j six months ; and Two Dollar if "mid until l''e termination f the year. Vo sutsription will be received for a 'ter pen than si months, and no Writer at- liberty 10 discontinue ","tarr until all arrearages are paid, ex - tie Ttion f tue edit01"- Any Pr ? -.wnbins for six months wil'be char- j Onk Dollar, unless the money raid in advance. Advertising Rates. One insert'n. Tiro do. Three do 12 lines $ 50 $ 75 $1,00 -.ires. 24 lines J 1 00 1 00 2 00 Xks, 36 lines 1 50 2 00 3 00 1 3 months. 6 do. 12 do -.-r!ess, $1 50 $3 00 $5 00 . V 12 lines) 2 50 4 50 9 00 i-rts 24 lines 4 00 7 00 12 00 , ar.3G lines! 6 00 9 00 14 00 i.vhmn, 10 00 12 00 20 00 -"- tot, 15 00 22 00 35 01 "preparation made from the best Ja i recommended by physicians as '.-rri ,'r NUTRITIOUS BEVERAGE for r-XL Djbility, Dyspepsia and all bilious Thoasauds who have been com i ! sbandou the use of coffeee will use i vi'.i.out injurious effects. One can con- trength of two pounds of ordinary f-e. Trice 25 cents. EOLLOCK'S LEVAIN. purest and best RAKING POWDER . Tn. f r making light . sweet and nutri--.- Breid and cakes. Price 15 cents. MAI'FACTIT.KI I'.T H H. KOLLOCK, Chemist, .-Lerf i'.road and Chestnut streets, l'i.ib-delphia. A-.' V.v Vd Druggists and Grocers. J'.vxh ota" b-. a::hi: uotkl,. i:benburg, UhMll h'MLi;, l E'ibiktci. As r IX. R li M KU L Y K NO WN as the "El'Mi.-buri' House." is one of 0 "Idc-.-f and best stands in the hormirli KbcrisLtirg. f..r the aoconiraodation 'of '. travf liv.s. cyf!.nj5!n;tv. The Proprietor ?:ris al! who rr.ny W- disposal to pat : whim that Lis" TAI'.LE will be sup I with a!!he luxuries of the season, BAli with tie choicer of Liauors. m pittas jfhrv.l to render his guests F;."c.4,ur?. .Aj.ril 14. lS58:22:ly. pr-Esi:ri;G rouxT)uv. having U rnr. iiA-el thtent irp ttocV anA t the F:i-ensl.!irr P'oundry, the :r;'"cr is l-tepared to furnish farmers v,.m with Pluali Plnii '''I lion. Th-oiIilii?r isaclilnes ; of any kiud that may benee- D the Cfrun-ininy. :j ftrnt att':itiun to the business of vrn. i.v .V-s to merit, and -ivf i r, e;ve a liberal patronage "E t;: "M;in wnjit of artichsin his line. i-' 'Uainjas, Ji-ne at the Foundry. , EDWARD GLASS. JV55-tf. 13, 1 SGI. UCXTISTRY I't-nn.Wsi-i.e.1 Graduate of the Balti rr. re f;,,;!.,,, (f r)entaj vjurp;erjf resject ' v his prfiessi-nal services to the K,eri,JUr?- e bas spared no T:i r'uglily to acquaint himself with i ;n:;r.,v!Lent '.n his art. To many Pnal exerience he has thought "; ti e '.mparte'l experience of the high - ;0rjt:'es iu -"tal Science, lie sim ;. i-s.-t.iat an opportuity may le given ' t speak its own praise. ,e , samlel BEDFOKD. D. D. S. ' r . - wjrKerty occupied by Dr. Clark. , KErEREXCES. 5 ; A- Harris ; T. E. Bond, jr. ; W. R. 'y- A. A. R'anl- T IT A r.l. -n'C-lL AGEXTS WASTED tLL GOODS FOR THE UFACI JEING CON PAN Y. -. r o've a commission of one hun-.'-.rr CfcLt- n all goods sold by our -T: "a e "iU P wages at from $30 tv- nontb and pay all necessary r5" T particulars atldress. with . ,CHAS. RUGGLES, Gen. Ag't. T ij' i Man- Co- Detroit. Mich. J0HN SHOFFNER, P SERIES, "-ii !?.. and S1- Fisl. Flour- Whole- Uanal St. below Franklin, J-junstown, Pa. 5-lrTrT also. v..Ui EGKTAIiT.T?. Pfippisr! "vl aDdsoU Wholesale and Re by all U., LAL-GHLIN7 Attorney at Iaw ifx. i ' Otlice on Market Vl ' s' "Or to F. Marbniircfi stnre " fl the collection of Soldiers' -. i k, a:i otlicr business conectcd jy. 30 ly SPEECH OF HOT. WM. II. WITTE, OF MONTGOMEKY COUNTY. The Democratic State Convention, after concluding its labors, on the evening of the 4th inst., resolved itself into a Mass Meeting and invited the Hon. Wm. H. Witte, of Montgomery, to address the Delegates and others present, whereupon Mr. W. appeared and spoke as fo'lows: . Gentlemen of the GulcenUon and Fellow Cilitens: I have to thank you for the invi tation to address you. I esteem it a very high privilege and, I assure you, I am grate ful. It is always a privilege to speak on those questions which directly concern the Democratic party and the country, and it is especially a privilege to Imj allowed to ad- dress such an assemblage as this here to night more especially under the circum stances. I rejoice with you, because I think there is a feeling of geieral rej icing here. I congiatulate you, as I think I well may, upon the termination of your labors to-day. I regard the action of this Convention to-day as wise and just, and as I think the future will show, calculated to vindicate the past history of the Democratic party and secure fnr it future power and future glory. T-Ap-plause.J In a jwpular form of government, where political power is derived by the process of the ballot, opinion must be free, and there must be in the citizen a proper authority for the exercise of opinion on all subjects, espe cially those of a political character. This is the process by which political power, in all its forms, is derived, and it is, therefore, a great obligation to impeach no man's opin ion. if it be exercised conformably to law and by virtue of the law. and to have a proper respect for his convictions and his conclu.-ions. And there is. also, a hiph an-1 solemn duty, especially as we regard it in the Democratic party, wl ich requires that while we have resard fcr the opinions of other men. and while we respect their mo tives and those of their party organization, and especially at such a time as this, iti the hour of our country's peril, we must dis charge our obligations to mir party and to ourselves, as citizens tinder a fre govern ment, by speaking boldly and freely of those things which are rank abuses, and which have brought us. if not to ruin, to the very verge of ruin. Applause. We have board through the Republican party press, in public and private circles, and through other means by which the sen timent of that party is made manifest, that the Democratic party has failed to exercise its function; has failed to fulfill its glorious inisst n; that it is not quite the party of the Union that it onght to be, and that there are here and there men (I do not impeach their motives or question their pitriotism) who think they could not properly discharge their duty to their country and to this glorious Union by remaining in the D mo. cratic party. Well, Mr. President and gentlemen, if the Democratic party be not the party of the Union, I have road its history in vain. If the history of this great country is anything more ami. thank God, it is nothing less than the sim le. plain story of the Demo cratic party and its beneBcent enactments, then have I read that history in vain. It is but about sixty years since that party was distinctively brought into life since ;t as sumed form and shape and you wid re member with me (perhaps it is not unprofi table for us to remember these things now, for they are the substratum of our political structure) the circumstances under which it was brought into existence. It was when Jefferson commenced his administration of the General Government, under the elder Adams, the most odious and unjust natural ization laws had been enacted, which ren dered a period of fourteen years' residence necessary to entitle a foreigner to citizen ship. The country was new and contained much unsettled land. I he Demcrats wan ted to make this country, what the tyrant ridden people of the Old World deemed it, an asylum for the oppressed of all nations. They wanted to make it truly the modem Canaan, and when the Democratic part came into organized existence, it was based upon the greit doctrine of equality of rights It said to the oppressed millions of Europe come unto us and, complying with our laws, which, after a short residence, you may, yourselves, help to enact." During the sixty years which followed, and which have just closed, the theory and principles of the Democratic party were en acted into Iawr and were practically appli-d as the policy of the Government, with the most beneficent eC-cts. The alien and sedi tion laws of the elder Adams were repealed, and in their place the Democracy gave to the country liberal naturalization laws and perfect freedom of speech and of the press. The favorite doctrine of the party as to the acquisition of territory w;is put in practice. bo that while immigration was invited, land was duly provided for the immigrants to set tie upon and cultivate. The Democracy took the ground that this Western Conti nent must be ours. nd thus inaugurated thjC theory of acquiring new territory. The purchase of the Louisiana territory, which included the entire country west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Moun tins, out of which so many flourishing States have, since, been formed, the produc tions of which, already, are almost incalcu lable in amount, was the work of the Dem ocratic party and the result of Democratic policy, notwithstanding the furious opiosi tion made by the party which, under divers names, has always arrayed itself against the Democracv. EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, In 1812 we were called upon to assert our rights upon the ocern to vindicate our character and prove our power as a nation and we did it. by driving the British cruizers that infested cur coasts from the seas and by causing Great Britain to sue for peace thus establishing our status through out the world, and compiling not only re spect but submission to the motto on our banners "Free trade and sailors' rights." f Applause.J . Among other positious taken and main-, tained by the Democratic party was the po sition a fundamental idea with that party that the public treasures should be with drawn from the control of private corpora tions, and that the public should 1 fur nished with a reliable currency. You re member the great vank question. In the memorable struggle erowing out of that ex citing question, the Democrats succeeded in establishing their financial theory, which has, ever since, been the ruling theory of the Government. We came to other cases of like character, but entirely in harmony with the theory we had laid down. We with drew the business of the country, with all its wealth, after a fearful struggle against a most formidable opposition, backed up, as it was, by powerful private interests, from the control of private corporations. Then we had the enemy fiercely contending against r;s, as they had don a few j-ears before on a questiou similar in character. Then came the second foreign war we had. Cur ene mies then fiercely contended with us. Wo know what Gtngress now docs we know what it did then. There is not muca differ ence. There is a power there, now, which is rendering the Executive impotent, and which is making an effort to disparage our noble and courageous soldiers in iht field, though they have sealed their devotion to their Country in tluir heart's blood. These mn, in Coi-gress. have no more patriotism than those had, during the Mexicau war, who voted against furnishing tur soldiers with supplies. That war was rendered ne cessary, in the estimation of the Democratic party, on account of the invasion of the rights of our citizens on Mexican soil, ami the Government said then, as I trut it ever will, in similar cases, say "We will not all -w the slightest encroachment tion the rights of any mie f our citizens, however humble." and we vindicated that sition with our b!od and treasure. The opjx-si-tion then was !ed by some such nn-n j s now in Congress, opMs the Government ch as Sumnt-r. Wade, Wilson and others men wh proclaimed: "We will vote vou no sup plies and give yuu no money, I -tit hope the Mexicans will welcome you with bloody hands to hospitable graves.!" The party thai vindicated the country against en croachments on the rights of its citizens was the Democratic i.arty. Great applause. J II may not be unprofitable to think of this. You. giniliii en, ran all draw your own ira'.lels. You see how entirely appli cable it is. Ik k over the -ist of measures established since 1800, t-.e wisdom i.f which ha been teste! by the approval of the people and you will see th:it every measure that has skxkI the test of lime, and which has been approval by the pcoj.l, tliu wi.-dom of which has been attest;! by practical expe rience and actual observation ha been the work of the Democratic party. Not a sin gle leading measure which has stood the test of time and trial, and the -wisdom of which is acknowledged, is left unrejttaled upon the statute bmks, or public records, which did not originate in the Democratic party and which was not established by that party. It has lileralized the laws re gulating the el ctivc franchise: it has pi o-tex-ted every class of our citizens when as sailed and their constitutional rights threat ened; it has protected the individual citizen whenever his rights have be?n assailed; it hs protected the States, respectively, against all encroachments, or threatened en croachments of the Federal power, and ir has, with cqu-d firmness and power, upheld and defeudetl against all f)es. whether with in or without, that power which was con stituted and established by the Union o( all the States. Applause.J Being the party of the people and having the rights and interests of the-people always at heart, as a necessary result of its princi pies, the great Democratic party has ever been the champion of any and every indivi dual, or class, or religion, or trade, or inter est, when any of these have leen assailed in their constitutional rights. When the me chanics and labmrs of the country were suffering from oppressively long hours of la bor; the Democratic party, as their friend and champion, contended for the ten hour system and succeeded in establishing it, a Democratic National Administration leading off by adopting this system in the G )vern ment dock yards, machine shops. etc.. when the foreign emmigrants were assailed, the Democratic party proiecled them; when the Catholics were assailed on accoun, f their re lijrion, it protected them; when the benevo lent society of Free Masons were assailed, it defended them; when the hotel and tavern keepers were assailed, it defended them in their rights, and, in all cases, it has been successful in its defence of the constitutional rights of our citizens, whether as classes or as individuals, whether as citizens of a State or of the United States. During the lest sixty years the opposition tc the Democratic party has strenuously op posed all the great and beneficent measures which have ueen aaopicn ana approved ry the people as the true policy of the Govern ment, and under which the country ha Town and prospcrd in a mauner unparal leled in the bistorv of nations, tmi in lieu of these great and wise measures, it has tried 10 establish measures of an opposite charac ter. Hie men comjKising the party of the opposition tried to institute an unjust and illiberal naturalization policy, any they fail ed; they tried to inaugurate a very extended and very complicated system of currency, a,nd they failed; they have endeavored to originate and establish measures of domestic policy, without utility in them, and have failed; they sought to abridge the rights of foreign Jiorn citizens, and citizens who pro fessed a religious faith differing from their own, and thank God! they fai'.ed in that; they made a traitorous opposition to the war of 1812, and did all in their power to em barrass the Government under the adminis tration of President Madison and failed; they gave "aid and cmfort" to the enemies of our country in that War by furnishing their army with provisions, by displaviug friend ly signals for the benelSt t-f the tuernvs' ships of war on our coast, and by trying" to foment discord and discontent among our own people respecting the war, and failed. They then attempted, also, to dismember the American Union by organizing a seces sion Convention at Hartford, composed of delegates from all the New England States, and by there passing resolutions declaring that "itAch emerjtn-ics incur which are either hyifl the reach of the jiolicinl tribn wils. or too pressing to admit if the delmj in ci'ient U their forms. States, which hare no coin iwn v w jure, must he their own jmljes and execute thir own decisions!'" But, thank Heaven! they failed in this also! They tried to establish an iimqual and unjust revenue system, and faded: they bitterly opposed the purchase of the great Louisiana territory, and failed; they opposed the war with Mex ico and exerted themselves to the utmost to cripple the Government during that war. to discourage enlistments, and to disparage the heroic men who maintained the honor of our countiy an 1 its Hag in that contest, but they most ignoniiniously failed. In short, the old Federal party, uuder its prop. r name and the numerous cognomens under which it has ever leen known, has opposed every measure that was riht and advocated every oi-e that was wrong. The eop!e, after having due tune to discuss and fairly under stand tin- principles involved in the various questions at i-sne. decided against the oppo sition, utterly wiping out from the record and the statutes, every important measure which that party ever succeeded in enacting int law thus showing that that pary wa utifit to govern tlie country and that it had n-t. the oonfiih i.ee f the American people. Thus, it is seen, the opposition to the De mocracy has ever been pre-eminently a party of fail ur it has f ai'ed in everything. Or if it has ever attempted anything of impor tance and has not failed signally faile l. then have I read the history of this Govern ment and the history of parties in vain. I Annlause. I L B it how has it b'en with the Democratic party? In all that it has attempted, it has succeeded gloriously succeeded, and the magnificent results of its own success have made our country prosperous and powerful. great and glorious, far above and beyond t.uy example in the world's history. ftireat h and applau-c. Before the onward march b;'iieath the strong arms and the wisely di rected efforts of our party and its policy, the primeval forest have given place to cul tivated fields, to smiling villages and flour ishing cities, and the w ide wiblerness of the mighty West has been to "blossom as the rofc," to swarm with teeming millions of prosperous and happy people drawn togeth er from the "four quarters of the earth." the surplus of whos immense agricultural pro ductions goes far to feed the world, and to augment the general wealth of tlie countrv, while tens of thousands of brave and stal wart men from this region of recent wi'der- ne-s, rise up and fly to arms at the call of their country, as the followers of Roderick Dhu spiang from every budi at his whisled signal. Fairy-like tlie Democratic party lias waved its magic wand over the great westeru wilderness and millions of happy and prosperous people have as it were. piling into Wing; tlie forests have vanished in a twinkling, and a very ocean of cereals flown in. its waves swelling and rolling in golden glory over imperial tracts larger in extent and more fruitful in life sustaining products than some of ihe principal nations of the Old World. Upon the gulf, on the Pacific, in the great valley Wtween the Al leghenies and the Rocky Mountains, new empires have been founded and additional rights and privileges granted to the people. from time to time, under and by the power of the Democratic party not a single State, save one. has been added to the great Con- federacv not a single star, tave one. added to our glorious flag since 1800, but has been the work cf the Democratic party. Every eme of these new States, with the sinele ex ception mentioned, came into the Union with two Democratic United States Sena tors, and with these a con-titution liWrali zed and popularized, but just and wise in all its provisions. From the Wginning the Democratic party has Wen the successful promoter and defen iler of the rights of the people and the pros perity of the country. It made the judiciary elective; it protected the rights of married .. .. . . . ... .. women, it secured the homestead ot t!ie ciM- ; mes ami rry ir quarter, eise we arc not zen against seizure; it secured to the foreign ' and cannot W L'nion men. (renewed laugh immigrant the rights of citizenship against j ter. in short, we are traitors- Against the narrow and bigoted policy of the Oppo- i that doctrine I protest, in my own name. sition, by making the period of residence preparatory to the lull exercise ot a tree man's privilege as short as practicable and prudent, (in some of the. Stat this- period' wa- reduced to only six months.) At all times and iu ill matters, .hv D-wcrary 1862. have enacted the most liberal measures; and always, in the formation of State Govern ments, opposing the Federal party, under its various names and various guises, by preventing what that party 6ought to legal ize encroachments outthe rights and inter ests of the masses, aDd, thank God! in every instance the Benncratic party succeeded. So, too, in the elder States. In every in stance where the Constitution of an old State has been altered it has been liberalized as in the case of New Jersey and other States, where the property qualification for voters and jurors has been abolished In every case the Democratic party has protec ted the rights of the masses by liberalizing and popularizing the State Constitutions so far as practicable and proper. While, as I have said, the Opposition to the Democracy, in all their attempts to em body their principles into law, to be the policy of the Government hate failed, the Democratic party, on the contrary, has. in all cases, succeeded. It contended for a lib eral naturalization law, and succeeded; for freedom of speech ami of the press, and suc ceeded, for it was the Democratic party that repealed the odious alien and sedition laws which the Federalists h; d enacted; it con tended for the policy e.f extending our Na tional limits by the acquisition of territory, and succeeded magnificently succeeded, so that the number of States have ii.cr'-ased from thirteen to thirty four, leaving still an almost unlimited extent of territory, rich in agricultural and mineial resources, acquired under Democratic rule, out of which numer ous flourishing States will yet le f.rmed. It contended (against a very powerful opposi tion, backet! by immense wraith,) for tls separation of the National treasure from pri vate corj orations, and succeed d; it favored and sustained the war rf 1 R 12. for "free ! trade an 1 tailors" right-.'' and succeeded; it i favored the protection of our citizens against j the injustice and insults .f Mexico, and i made war upn that country to avenge these outrages snd vindicate our citizens, and it succeeded, not only in vindicating our citi zens, but in adding a vast and valuable ter ritory u the public domain. It has ever leen pre eminently, the artj if success. and its success has proved the success of the country. Its history is the history of the country for sixty odd years. Applause.J Not only is the Democraic party thus identified with the measures ptotecting the rights and interests of the people, with the great increase i n onr opu'ation. wealth, and extent of ttrritory. and increa-e in the number of States, with onr popularize! policy, generally, at home, but it is owing to the wcrk of our party that our country is res pected abroad. It wras Marry who protected Kozt.i against the attemp'ed ty ranny of Austria, it was Cass who broke up the famous Q iintup!e treaty; it was ! Ik who carried on a successful f. reign war, with an overflowing treasury and, at 'besamc time, fed the starving millions of r.urope ; it was Jiartison wuo mane our t!ag re-pected in every sea; and it was Gen. Jackso ; who brought proud France to her knees oi the question of indemnity : fin 1 it u-a3 h who in IS39 nuelleil tlie ' first outbreak of relellion in the South, by ! compelling respect for and obeisance to the rederal authority. vociferous applar.se.j These are the acts and events that have made us a respected jxiwer abroad and they were all the work of the Democratic party. Gentlemen, I shall le brief not wishing to weary you. Cries of go on." go on," "don't Stop yet." J We are told there are or should be no parties now that we should all be for the Union. Would to God that we could all le f r tht Union and the country, but we are pot all f ir the country. Many of the people are not f or the country but thank Heaven every man who is a Democrat must be fr the coun try, and when he ceases to be for the conn try, he must cease to be a Iemorrat. Great applause. It is pecuniary upon this point that the Democratic party ditters now, as it ever has done, with the opposi tion. This difference exists liecanse the Democratic party has always contended for I tlie Constitutional rights of all the States without regard to their local institutions. as it has for the individual's rights, with out reference to the Sttte in which lie lives. This has ever been the theory and practice of the party. It has always felt it t he its duty to carry out its obligation to the in dividual States and the individual citizen. Thus upon the Southern question, we have defended the rights of the South and stew! Wtween what we con sidered Northern sec- j tionalism and Northern treason, and w-hat I w e hare deemed an invasion of Southern j rights ct because they were S-mfJicrn i rights, (they are really t o more Southern than Northern.) tut tecause they are tne rights of the States, under the Constitution. That has always leen the doctrine of the Democratic party and a'ways will W. Nevertheless, the opposition say : It is exceedingly difficult for you to separate yourselves from your Southern friends." and therefre, they tell us that we must row come cnt and say there is no danger at all in the theory of the party in power that we entirely approve of it. Wlieve it ta be wi- and humbly sultmit. hide our di minished heads, Jlaugbter.J go down on our it i r , . i A v. nee wn. eioc't. J i receive it. nrsr ! as an insult to my party, whose fi lil ty avd j devotion to the Federal Government I will , not aPow to he impeached. Immense .tp- p!.iu.v Tor I edcral authority as now j vn-t:iu-ed at W'.ingVm L is a power, !c- VOL . 9-NO. 35 gal and constitutional, and such Wing tbe case, the obligation to the citizen to respect that authority and discharge his duty, to it is as imperative as if that power were exer cised in the person of a man rf his own choice. 1 htve confidence, not alone in the intelligence and wisdom rf the Demo cratic party, but in its love of justice ; and I do not believe that party can be put in a false position, here or elsewhere, Wfore tbe country, or any issues of the day. The Democratic party has always leen one of law and order. It has been mains tained that the difference Wtween it and the opposition has been that the opposition has always contended that th citizen might set up his right of opinion, or of conscience, as they sometimrs call it rnperior to law, or in other words, enact with Lis own breast a higher law than the Constitution, and fol low it ! thus making his individual mind sujKrior to the collective wisdow of tbe founders of the Republic and Lis pretended conscience' superior to the supreme law of the land ! while the Democratic party haa ever maintained that the first and highest obligation of the citizen is to oWy the Con Constitution and the laws, as written and enacted, saying to these 'higher law' patri ots : " You have no right to follow the dic tates of an opinion that conflicts with the law ; this is not a government run mad. in which the opinion or the conscience of every individual, r what he may please to term his conscience,' is to govern his political actions. This a government of opinion of the ma jority's opinion wheu it is expressed and embodied in the form of law and in obedi ence to tbe G-tistitution, but cot a Gorern rr.ent under which a man may plead his in dividual 'conscience,' or opinion, to justify the violation of the laws. This is a govern ment of law. The Demof-ratTc party has but one thing to do no new thing. Every body is lib eralized in our theory and no new thiag is required. It has but to vindicate its past hist ry in e-Wying and supporting the law under which it exists even though the executor and administrator of the law be personally and politically objectionable. To that nd, I believe, the lemocratic par ty will do. now, what it has done Wfore. I do i think there can W any question as to its duty, and I am quite rtrre, Mr. Presi dent, that there will W no hesitation in discharging it. The two previous wars we bao", were conducted by the Democratic patty. The necessity for those wars seem ed to W absolute aud unavoidable and the Democratic party prosecuted them succes fu'ly. against the determined opposition of the party epposad to it. In the beginning cf the present war, the Democratic party furnished rmn and money without stint,, and we say. now. sixty years trial has prov ed us. and we will give our best men and lest biOi.nl we have to restore the Union and to reassert the authority and supremacy ef tbe Constitution- Great app!iuse. But. at tbe same time, we say to the per sons and the party in power, "whilst we give you money and men trea-rxre and tlxtd, to put down the reWHion, anc whilst we declare that eair ties with tbe Southern men now in arms against the Government are s" ered, anil there can W no harmony Wtween us (1m -cause they have become traitors, whilst w e are loyal, and have shewn the basest ingratitude of traitors, who Would not wait a single hour when we had waited long years in their defence, but, in a single insvat t, precipitated us into the hoirors of civil war. The Democratic party can hare nothing in common with traitors, either S uth or North applause ) whilst we do all this," we say to tbe men at the head of public affairs, "we hold you responsible for tbe conduct of the war for the exprr.diftrro of our money, for the fate of our brethren and friends, fighting fir our flag, in the field ar.d for the fate of the L'nion, the means for saving which the loyal people have famish ed yen with and the salvation of which is in your hands." And we say, farther, to this Administration, "carry on tbr? war;" we will give yon all the money and men you ntied; but there must W no invasion of pri vate rights where there is no authority; men must not be arretted in the public streets and imprisoTrl withont warrant, when tho temples of justice are open and tbe judges are on the bench. Great applause. J The Constitution iself; only by constructum, al lows the suspension rf the writ eif herheas corpus where martial law is necessary. Where martial law exists it supersedes, for the time, the civil power and the hal-eas corpus is suspended by the war power. But here, when every pnlsation of the great and patriotic heart of Pennsylvania is for tbe vindication of the integrity of onr Govern ment and the bonoi of onr flag, citizens must not W impris- ne without 4'dae pT-ess of law." We tar to this Federal power that "to restore the L'nion and vindicate tW Constitution, which, you say. has been vio lated, and which, we say. has been violated, and without which there can W r.o Union no Government." We say that "to vindi cate that Cortstitntirm r.rvd to restore that Union wc will give our blood we will d. it cheerfully; with a sense of high obligation, but." we say to thera at the same time, "you-mud not invade rights which are ra cred. If it to yir pc-pose to restore the fuipremaey r.f the Constitution, what is that Constitution worth, if the process by which yon seek to restore it violates it still more?' Suppnse that, by indiscretion, I have broken a favorite vase an heir-loom, rendered sa- cred by the memories it awakens of revered ancestors, aud I wish ti make it whole j again lmw shaJl 1 do it? Sh-ill I dash it I to the t-AT'h i.d tiamp'.e it into fragments.
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