lit Hi w in Hi THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT. LIKE THE DEIFS OF HEAVES. SHOULD BE DHTniajrEO AUXE. tW.V THE 1I1SH AND THE WiT. T1E RtCll AND TILE POOR. I V ZXOCRAT A SENTINEL .. ubUahra every Wednesday - tt 0S5 PoLLAS ASD FlFTTf CgSTS oavable ia advance : Onb Dol- f l"s3civ'ESTT 'IVE GesT, if not paid M'. ',. . .n,l Tim TVtrriB JF !j anal tie termination of the year. .. -rnptioo w.ii ce recti vea lor a r:;t tr.an t maoint, sun no gtr i-l be at liberty V discontinue v ucv.l all arriMragva are paid, ex--fie option of the editor. Any per- -lji:g fjr v months wil be char si DotLAH, unleMr the mcoey -j 13 advance. ( ;w interfn. Tco do. Thrtt do -si. M 2 Haw 50 4 75 1.00 -rc."24liEil 1 00 1 00 2 00 r-5'.irf! I 0 2 00 3 00 V SERIES. EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1863. VOL . 10-NO. 17 3 orth. n A 1! I t CA '-.Its ?4 l:.0J 4 00 ',t 10 c-o ..las. '$ 00 6 do. $3 00 4 SO 7 00 9 00 22 00 '17 00 12 do $5 00 9 00 Iz 00 14 00 20 0C 36 01 E E i! A R K S or 3N. WM. WALLACE, OF CLEARFIELD, rt; Senate of cnnjlvnntn. M'.t.cji G, IS 63, !' ir..fr.!sri;.t. i .i:;sft Gzmkai. Mc I'i'.xV to '-it :5e Capita;, to the 2: F,'.o;-.::kc ;cril-rng ih nee of the ru'e C fnbT i? Kl G-Tetuor Juhlr w i '.Vngtu '"j wuuucm, na crave, out inexperi enced, under the guidance of the veteran Soctt, was impetuously driven forward by the machinations of political fanatics. It was madly dashing against the tiattle ments at Manassas ; it dio! all that a brave and loyal soldiery could do but was thrown back, beaten, dismayed aud bleed ing, upon Washington. The army de moralized the Capitol defenceless the administration dismayed and well nigh despairing Representatives and Senators unnerved and powerless, trembled in the well grounded anticipation of immediate danger, and With lirid lips they cried. The foe! th foe ! they com.' M ... . All was dismay, all were intrepidtion ; arid with outstreatehed hands. they nought relief Whence shall it come "15 it from Governor Johnson, then a enator of the United States? Why he partook of the j general dread. To the young and vigorous McClellan the eye of the nation involuntarily 'turned, an J the armies of the government were at once placed beneath his control-. He was brought to Washington when confusion and disorder rcijrned supreme, bt under 1 . . . iiis magic touch n new ftate cf thing grows up ; confidence and order follow cb.ios; the army disorganized ta rc-organ- J .zed for victory ; and when I he order to j me forwar.l comes, the Mnnthcld of J She enemy is acquired by that greatest of ai. c:t.'ri:s n iIoodL?s one. PruiJence an 1 caution, love for l is soMicriv ;md j rotlou to hi cotintry, long pufi.-rii and j patience under repeated injurie?, und.ubt J ed bravery and genius as a Gener.il, have j made this min, George H. AlcCtclUm, the ; idol of :h-2 nation. ! During all the existence of the rebel- lien, where is Andrew JcLrsoti ! In the Mr. Smurti: I tr-xc linentd witb . I tiVlirai fur 1 mwlt ami h. fi.li, zii an 1 wwifi that iiavo fallen- upon v . ... , from Ivrntcrj iipoa the other .ide of cbi!n:brr. Tlie mmc (if )uo!i it bcl vin- a rxmurrat. I shall ncilher at ijt lo iKiiiiute nor dtnv. In 1 1 m 3 Dornocntt. I tke to mvaelt" idinjof ruriae, bit rather feel a thrill aal of jlorv. I am troud Lj be ii.b:c m--mb.r uf that noblo partv !-tiirce-fjartfap ef eijjbtj year has hoc- tnw Voerrmcnt, that from a ice jie Lvlonicu elevated Lcr to be a K lua njigbty nation, n-hoe commerce :":J every sea b.neath the azure .u: heaven : thu " broad t riipcs and "t fUir " of whose national en?:gn rei in the breezes of every clime i: cjE r.arkt Sir. I take to mvsclf Senate of the United States, seeking pro- ;ows under McClellan. Until this hour, when has he shown him- sen in inc :rcni or Damei in Jsigh pia ccs as the military Governor of his own people, as their dictator we find him; he is never found in arms in defence of I is State, or va4iant!y fighting in defence of the !iler!ic? of Lis pcopTe, against the w.nned cohorts of tht rebellion. Never, never! yours; Republicans rioted in power. Now sirs, the times are changed. You are passing away ; the people are wrest ing from you the sceptre of dominion; and men who, like Andfrew Johnson, are willing to trample the Constitution under foot, are in transiti n ; they will in the early future, be buried in dark oblivion, and men will stand upon the grand bul warks of the Constitution, the noble pul sation of whose hearts beat in. sympa thetic unison with thirty four States, who will bear aloft the banner of our country with not a star erased they are the men who are trampling upon your heels and will soon follow. iu the places you now occupy. Sirs, this is the past and pres ent cf. the rebellion, these arc the signs of the limes. I am opposed to the reception of Gov- j crnor Johnson for no personal reason ; j but, sir, I am unwilling to recognize his present o'Tieial position. He is not the Governor of Tennessee in my view of the law. I am opposed to the resolution because Republican Senators nro unwill ing to yield the same courtesy to General M'Cldlan. I am opposed to the resolu tion because I am unwilling to counte nance any of thoe men who have ren dered aid and comfort toward sustaining this -itdministration mark me towards suMisi'ung this administration in. its un constitutional, unwarranted and unneces sary measures. Andrew Johnson is one f th:se who has gone farthest, .who has b-en the most uttra of the ultra in sus- rta'nmg the violent measures 01 the ad ministration at Washington. Mr. Fuller. Will the Senator sliow mc to a?k him a question ? Mr. Wallace. Certainly. , Mr. Fuller. Does the. Senator refer to the war measures of the administration t Mr. Wallace. I do. To those and to all other unconstitutional measures. Mr. Fuller. It is for that you condemn him? ' Mr. Wallace. No, ri", not for that alone, but because he has been n consist ent and warm friend of all their radical measures. Mr. WaPac He has sustained the administration in its emancipation mea sures, ju its suspension of the writ of habeas carpus, in all its prominent meas- Sir, it is but proicr that ?h; rrprcs:nta- tives of the pc-jIe of l'er.i.svlvania 1 purpose a continued vacillation of pol- I icy and ' purpose has characterized this administration from its inception ; it .. has had this policy to-day and to-morrow : it 1 has wanered here to-day and there to- morrow; it has proposed this thing as a war measure to day and that thing to morrow, until, little by little, it has crushed out the Union sentiment of the Southland almost exhausted the loyal people of the North, by ' arrousing" a a trembling apprchention for ' the preser-vatioo-of the liberties guaminteed by the Constitution. Tliis vacillation of pur pose on the part of the Adminisration nas knitted sogcthei the people of the South as on j mighty mass in arms against us ; blood has flowed like water ; and treasure, by the thousand millions, has already been expended in the hitherto fruitless efforts to conquer a peace and crush the insurrection. Unless reason shall resume its throne North and Scuth unless honesty of purpose and fealty to our constitutional obligations shall, gain the ascendant there is no ray of hope for the future. Mr. Ridgway. I would a.k the gen tleman, whether he is supporting the Con stitution fvr the purpose of protecting slavery or liberty ? Mr. Wallace. I am supporting the Constitution for the purpose of protecting myself and my posterity. I am unwilling to entrust the right to control ray consti tuciitf, and, my children, and myself to anv "one man nowcr. Ye have a f written law, auJ by tliat written law we must abide. Sir, I again indignantly repel tbo as sertion of Senators upon this floor, that ths Democracy are disloyal. Thousands of the nobla Democracy of Pennsylvania are now in th; army ; they promptly re sponded to the call for troops : they have nobly sa;riticcd their private interests and pursuits and have devoted themselves to the f'jpport "cf " the government, and are now engaged in vindicating by arms the power of the government. When gentlemen undertake to make a distinction between the leaders of the De TOoeracy and the Democratic masses, they fail into a grcvijus error. Sir, I tell you the leaders are behind the pet-pie on this question. I tell Senators that the people preservation of the Constitution, becousc under the express authority of Congress 1 it is the great protecting power for mr liberties and the liberties of ths people I represent.; 0: should place uijon record their desire that a man who has done yeoman s.rvire in b-jhalf of tl: government should be rqualiy Lor-rd with the man who holds the position of military Governor under me that I am a Democrat. 1 the government of the United States. w York to Gn. M Cldlan the honor of a public reception. He who has done rave thnn any other toward crushing out the insurrection, is refused an tpjxrtunity to be heard. Mc ClelLuj, the soldier, has voluntarily en countered the perils of the battle-field and tho privations of the camp John sen, the civilian, has remained in inglo riouM ease as a Senator and a Governor. This resolution as amended, places them on the level, and surely Gov. Johnson cannot complain of this. For this sim ple request, for exercising our undoubted right to criticise all public men, for " P;--Uc wrvant and placed them in plainly expressing our opinions and con-- to administer the government vietions, we are bitterly denounced. Sirs, you may talk as ycu wilJ. e are your peers Senators of this Commonwealth sustained by a noble and loyal constitu ency; we are sustaining the doctrines of the Constitution, and demand, and will have the rif ht freely to express the opin ions that actuate us. Mr. Speaker, it has been said that every man who was a Democratic Sen ator or Representative in Congress, and every Democratic Governor at the incep tion of the rebellion, is now m armed re -7 h the nam in the past; I am 1 The Republican partv in tho N.- i oflt in the present ; and in it I vet ' Legislature has refused to accord I -p: i-i ths fotara. And when invec . ion mciation and bitter word are to 2 hora, I burl them back '-'J, in the teeth of Senators upon Sir, we ari as loval to this f-iint as anT Senator arc : we uuned aad will sustain the Gov- ct sad tho Constitution. Tho peo- l?t!c Kvercigns of this Republic ", m of the people ; and, as such, I, 3ilest cauallv with the loftiest. ' Ae right to demand that my rulers "-B-ab sit tyrants. Hy virtue of scvereipri people have chosen ta hw. Ther demand that 'er tha!l obey the law. They " Rt:ea Corstitution. on the broad of which the richts of personal . iree :oin ot speech and freedom 0 piamly graven. They do tnostrniMljla nrivilr of tha un hv.-... . - r -t- are fxircise of all these right ft" . .1 1. .1 f f . T y v t.j Uie penalty lae taw ciiia f tor tb:ir aha;. When the' ruler i7' "a?1 eniands of us obedience it is our duty to yield it, and 'J right to demand at his hands obedience to tha law which he urcs. Sir, the Senator cannot point out a singlo measures, of this administration that was pjiosed by the loyal people of the North, that has not been sustained by Andrew Johnson. It is for this I shall vote against his occupying this hall hall. Mr. Fuller. Do I understand the Sen ator to say that the loyal people of the North are opposed to Andrew Johnson. It is for this I shall vote against hi oc cupying this hall. Mr. Fuller. Do I un lerstaad the Sena tor to say that the loyal people ol the North are opposed to Andrew Johnson becauso he has sustained the Government? Mr. Wallace. I do not say any such thing, and I suppose that that sufficiently covers the inquiry of the gentleman. I shall proceed. In its emancipation policy in its control and absolute sus- pension of the right of free speech and a free press in its repeated arbitrary ar- a rests the administration has gone con trary to the Government. The Govern ment of the United States can do none of these things. In the organic law of the land, it is plainly written that the risht of per.-wial libcity. freedom of speech and freedom, of the press are rights upon which no man dare lay his hand. Yet the right of personal liberty has been repeatedly violated and the an thority of the law contemned and defied. The courts were open ; tho law of the land was in full force ; none were inter fering to stop its execution ; the people loyal and submissive ; yet men have b?en taken by this administration from their homes and families, deprived of their con dom ,Iet 'J, to suonort- 11 o come directly to the question This resolution tenders to An te ."wn, of Tennessee, and Joseph lj. j 'iuuua, me use 01 iius amenament ot the tenator Irom 3 (iM. . ... ---'iv.o mo oaraa counesy 10 C'.i- gauani son, veorge i. . hertators speak disparaging- ' merits of 0nr1 MrTriollnn pairlj indicate their determination "- down tl, 3 t - L;.5"011 tte virtues, the loyalty and j. , . y Johnson have been ex ; : Sis fealty to the government and 3 Tenncsse have been flatteringly -i tr,n- xs nieni louno in mm bcllion against tho Government. In its stitutional right of trial by jury, and im- bacs wiih roe to July aud l- Ixt ue clanoe at the riw. v army eotrenciieo lZt Car4t. Our ar- 'ir broad statement, this is incorrect ; that it is partially, true follows naturally from from the facts, that Republicanism was essentially sectional, that the South was mainly represented by Democrats, and that Southren members and Senators fol lowed the fortunes of their States. Rut that these facts prove the disloyalty of of the Northern Democracy is utterly absurd. They simply prove that sec tional Republicanism has given the cove ted opportunity to sectional secession. But, sirs, let me ask you what was your condition then and what is it now ! When secession was accomplished and bloodshed was inaugurated, every .branch of the National government was under your un disputed control ; the executive and legis lative departments of almost every branch of tho National government was under your undisputed control; the executive and legislative departmc!s of almost NotIIktu Stats wr WuWy mured in distant forts and prisons. The eternal principles embodied in the bill of rights of Pennsylvania and con tained in the Amendments of the Const! tution of the United States are the strata upon which rest all our political rights It was to preserve these that the Consti tution was tramcd. it was to secure these that the revolution was fought ; al the other provisions of the written law were desizned as the outer barriers for the protection of these. These great principles are immutable ana can never be subverted and our liberties presorved. These are Vie Government. 10 protect them is the highest duty of any adminis tration called into existence under the pro visions of the Constitution. No admin istration can strike out of existence these great principles without destroying the the very institutions they are to support. And, sir, there is aaother thing in be mid in this connection- Vacillation of of Pennsylvania are far in advance of their lead.-rs in their zeal for the mainte nance of tho Constitution. Ther say stand by every line, cling to every letter, plant yourselves ujxn its eternal doctrines and let no power move you therefrom ; they reproach th-.dr leaders that they do not more defiantly and emphatically de nounce thso continued and repeated us ur inations of tha rights of the people- Sir, we arc for the Constitution and the law ; and when Senators call us disloy al," I ask them in what wc have dis obeyed th-J law ? Obedience to law is the true test of loyalty. Ha who obeys t e law is ths loval man, and he who is willing under any plea aye, even the plea of ficcosritj- to trample beneath his feet th liberties of the people and the law of the land is a disloyal man. Aplausc.3 I hurl bactt back uron such the imputa tion cf disloj-alty. We are are the loyal men because we aro for for the law. It those who seek to subverven the law re- recoivo themseves the damning record of dislovalty. The Democracy of Pennsyl vania and of tha whole North are loyal ; the people maintain this Government on- Imp-ired and as it it has decended to them from their fathers. . In behalf of this Government and in support of the law, two hundred thousand of our noblo people have gone forth to battle. Of those two huudred thousand. thirty thousand have bravely died with their feet to the foe and their faces to Heaven. Are these the evidences of dis loyalty! Is this the conduct of a disloy al people t No! no! no! sirs. These men have nobly died in defence of the Government that has fostered and pro tected them ; and I say to Senators now, that the gaping wounds of these thirty thousand soldiers are mouths vocal with imprecations upon the beads of those who have so criminally mismanaged this war. Their corpses, stark and stiff, will rise in judgment against the men who strive to wrest from a fixe people the plainest teachings of that law. in defence of which those brave soldiers nobly died. I n fpeaking as I have spoken of the Constitution, I-do not wish to bo under stood as interposing its provuion as a protection to rebels in arms. If they have violated the law, let them be tried by tha la- and be punished by the law. I do not wish my position upon this ques tion to bo misunderstood. The history of the world fchows us that occasions of public commotion arc seized upon by de signing men to sworp away tb liberties cf ths pvopl. I am wicitAtis fr th Xew Jersey Resolutions. The following resolutions passed the Legislature of New Jersey, on last week by rote a of 3SC to 13. 1. Be it retdved by the Scnote and Gene ral Assemlty of t'te State of New Jersry, That this State, in promptly answering the calls mado by the President of the United States, at and since the inaugura tion of the war, for troops and means to assist in maintaining the power and digni ty of the Federal Government, believed and co nli Jed In the professions and decla rations f the President of the United States, in Lis inaugural address, and in the resolutions passed by Congress on the 25 th day of July, 1851, in which, among other things, it was declared that the war Is not waged for conquest or subju gation, or interfering with the rights or established institutions of the States, bat to maintain ami defend the supremacy of the Constitution, wuh ths rights and equality under it unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects shall b2 accom plish the war oucht to cease ;' and that relying upon these assurances, given under the Siinctity of official oaths, this State freely, fully, and without delay or conditions, contributed to the asistance of the Federal Government her sons and her moans. 2. And be it resolved. That this State having waited for the redemption of the sacred pledges of the President and Con gress with a patience and forbearance only equalled in degree by the unfaltering and unwavering bravery and fidelity of her sons, concieves it to bo her solemn duty,. as it is her unquestionable richt to unre open lvs Presidifnt and Congress, in the most respectful but decided manner, the redemption of the pledges under which the troops of this State entered upon and to this moment have continued in the con test ; and inasmuch as no conditions have delayed or hesitation marked her zeal in behalf of the Federal government, even at times when party dogmas were dangcr onsly usurping the place of broad national principles and Executive and Congression al faith ; and as tha devotion of this State tohc sacred cause of perpetuating the Union and maintaining the Constitution hasbeen untainted in any dejrrce by infi delity, Digotry., sectionalism, or partisan ship, shenow, in view of the faith originally plighted, of the disasters and disgrace that have marked the steps of a changed and changing policy, and of the imminent danger that threatens our national exist ence, urges upon the President and Con gress a return and adherence to the ori ginal policy of the administration as the only means, under the blessing of- God, by which the adhering States can be re united in action, the Union restored and the nation saved. 3. And be it resolved, That it is th de liberate sense of the people of this State that power within the limits of the Con stitution is ample for any and all emer gencies, and that all assumptions of power, under whatever p'ea, " beyond that confer red by the Constitution, is without war rant or authority, and if permitted to con tinue without remonstrances will finally encompass the destruction cf the the lib erties of the people and the death of the rcpubTic ; and therefore, to the end that in any event the matured and deliberate of sens2 of the people of New Jersey may be known and declared, we, their repre scntatives in Senate and General Assem bly convened, do, in their name and in their behalf, make unto the Federal Go vernment this, our solemn PROTEST, Against a war waged with the insur gent States for the accomplishment of un constitutional or partisan purpose s ; Against a war which has for its object the subjugation of any of the States, with a view to their reduction to territorial con dition ; Against proclamations from any source by which, under the plea of " military necessity," persons in States and Territo ries .sustaining the Federal Government, and beyond necessary military lines, are held liable to the rigor and severity of military law ; ! Arom. the creation ot now S v C7 m the division of existing ones, or in asj other manner not clearly authorized by the Constitution, and against the right of secession as practically admitted by tho action of Congress in admitting as a new Suite a portion of the State of Virginia. A gainst the power assumed in th proclamation of the President, mads Jan uary one, eighteen hundred and sixty three, by which all the slaves in certain State and parts of States are for ever set free; and against the expendi ture of the public moneys for the emanci pation of blaves or Uieir support ct asy time, under any pretence wiiatever ; Again t any and every exerciss power upon tha part of the Federal Gov ernment that is not clearly given and ex pressed in the Federal Constitution re asserting that " the powers not delegated to the United Stales by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are re served to the States respectively, or to the people. 4. And It it resolved, That the une qualled promptness with which New Jer sey has responded to every call made by the President and Congress for men and means, had been occasioned by no lurk ing animosity to the Slates of the South or the rights of her people ; no disposition to wrest from them auy of their right, privileges, or property, but simply to as sist in maintaining, as she has ever be lieved and uow believes it to be her dcty to do, the supremacy of the Federal Con stitution ; and while abating naught ia her devotion to the union of the States and the dignity and power of the Federal Government, at no time since the com mencement of the present war has this State been other than willing to termi nate peacefully and honorably to all, a war unnecessary in its origin, fraught with horror and suffering in its prosecution, and necessarily dadgerous , to the liLsr ties of all in its continuance. 5. And be it resolved. That the Legisla ture of the State of New Jersey believe that the appointment of commissioners upon the part of the Federal Government to meet commissioners similarly appointed by the insurgent States, to convene ia some suitable place for the purpose of considering whether any, and if any, what plan may be adopted, consistent with the honor and dignity of the Nation al Government, by which the present civil war may be brought to a close, is not inconsistent with the integrity, honor, and dignity of the Federal government, but as an indication of tho spirit which ari ciatcs the adhering States, would in any event tend to strengthen us in the opinicu of other nations ; and hoping, as we sia- coreiy do, that the Southern States would reciprocate the peaceful indications thus evinced, and believing, as we do, thct under the blessing of God great benefits would arise from such a conference, wj most earnestly recommend the subject to the couideralion of the government of the United Suites and request its co-operatica therein. 0. And be it resolved. That his Excel lency the Governor be requested to for ward copies of these resolutions to tha government of the United States, our Sen ators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Governors and Legislatures of our sister States, with tho request that they give the subject propose their serious and immediate attention. 7. And be it resolved, That the Stato of New Jersey pledges itself tu such prompt action, upon the subject of these resolu tions as will give them practical effect, immediately upon the concurrence or co operation of the government and Legisla tures cf sister Stitcs. Postage Wit. A letter bearing ths following address was recently mailed id Rochester, New York: " To Iliraca Allen. Oavcgo, TVauspced, it rcdeth we ga-a. Transposed again and you will sea That thus it runneth bo goe ; Traiispccd ence more, ard it will show A common auaje. f-o-ego; Aye so we in Life great mail ! If well directed, we can't fail If badly, thereby bangs a tail! ov or A waggish speculator, one of a numer ous family in tha world, recendy said : Five years ago I was not worth a j nm through rav own exertions. cr the civil law in States, Territories, . whcre Districts not in a state of insurrection ; t t Whv B tK.ai ; fetf Again.'t all arrests without warrant ! against the suspension of the writofJ-j , , , ,. . ' . bZu corpus in States and Territories su.- J f Th of Abo itioo is taining tho Federal Government, " where as 1 do. or " the public safety does not require it 1 and agampt the assumption 01 power by nm non to supTd ftch writ, trpt 49- Ket-ist not the law M-gtirl f the ppl. ; : thy ar th
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