6
u.°11113104 eriers . 4eine •synforniiig,
,fivanably,ia •
advance, by
for.
COBB & VAN GELDER.
y B COBH.)
A .s) - s.r37n'rxer...bra• P. •
Imo. 3 mo. 1 6 mo.
;EquLrd-- ------ $3,50 5,03 7,50
y u uree ... .... 3,75 8,00 12.00
1.4d010m0 ...... 7,00 10,00 15,00
Waco ..... 12.00 20,00 30,00
Calarno • . ..... 20,00 35,00 46,00
square 1 anner'u $1,00.-50 ets.eash
oponistratore and Executors Notice
Ftwuee* garde of five lines $5,00 por
BUSINESS - DIREOTORY,
W. D. TEKUELL & CO.,
VIOLESALE DRUGGISTS. and dealers in
Well Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
perfumery, Paints and Oils, &c., &c.
Corning, N. Y.,,Jan. 1, 18M.—Iy.
, A. NICHOLS
NICHOLS & MITCHELL,
TIORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
k. dee formerly occupied by James Lowrey, Esq
irg. A. Monaca. Jour( I. Mircrism,,
Ice'labor°, Jan. 1, 1886-Iy.
WILLIAM -U. SMITH, -
LITORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT -.LAW
i t arsnco, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main,
Etta Wellsbnro, Pa., Jan. 1, 18e4.
B. au s.
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS k cO/MSBLOM AT LAM,
,Firft door from Bigonefe, on the Avenue)—
VIII attend to bnsiness entrusted to their stare
it the oonnties of Tioga and Potter.
Welleboro, Jan. 1, 1868.
F. W. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT Lew--Mansfield;' TiOglt 00.; Po.
May 9, 1866-13,
GEORGE WAGNER,. •
TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. 7S. Bears's
;hoe Shop. Catiing;Fitting, and:Repair
;sg done promptly and well.
Sielleboro, Pt.', Jan. 1, 188&—ly. _
JOHN H. SHAMSPEARE,
DR&PER AND TAILOR. shop over Bostett
store, second floor. flaSetitting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly -and in best style. -
Wellsboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1866—1 y
JOHN . . MITCHELL,-
GENT for the colfectiona bouray,.back pay
and passions due soldiers from the,Govarn
at. Offico with Nichols , and Aliteltiall,Wells - -
Lru, Pa. tu3d, 'dß
zit AK WAIL 'COX .Uol!s9 s .
Gaines, Tiogu County, Pa. •
E C VERMILYEA, PaocatEroa. Thie is a
nen - hotel located within easy access of the
tea fishing and hunting grounds in North
ern Pennsylvania,. No pains wilt-bo !pared
fir the aocomuiadation or pleasure Peek era and
the traveling public: ' 1,1866.1 --
Penusqlvanta Rouse,
ANA.RIAIi HAZLETT PROPRIETOR
THIS popular hotel has been lately renovated and re;
j furnished, and no pains will be spared to render Ito
I , lltAlttie• acceptable to patrons.
trslnnoro. May 11, IStko.
J. HERVEY E%V.ltßai
--
ATTORNEY AND - COUNSELOR AT Lxw;
No. 11 Law Building,—,St.. Paul St , Baltimore.
REYERENCES.—Levin Gate, Attoroey - at Law,
Edward Israel, at Law, Rev, J. MeK.
Riley, D. D., 11 , 6. Henry Slicer, D,,D., Con:
field, Bro. t Co., F. Grove & Co. - , Ludwig
McSberry, John F. Mailton, Esq., Robert 'Law:.
eon, Req., S. Sutherland, Esq. [Mr. Ewita( is
authorised to frau/sot any business appertain . ;
itig to this paper in Baltimore.)
Jen. 1, 1886-Iy.
DBACON, M. I)., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
. nearly four years ot army Service, with a large
emenence in Geld and hospital practice, bug opened an
dee for the practice of medicina and surgery, In all
to Unthaws. PterMol2b from a distance can find good
hotnithic at the Penasylvania Lionel when deaired
Ral , lot any part of the State in consultation, or to
I..zionu /turgical operatkars. No 4, 11Julort Block, up
nurti Wellshoro. Pay May 2. 1866 =-Iy.
vEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.-
FRANK SPENCER
. •
to the plower* to inform Ow eitizeni of Tiogs
multy that they have the beet opportunity ever
.seted them, to procure Ambrotypes, Ferrotypes,
hems, Cartes de Visite, Viznettes, and all kinds
fancy and popular card, and colored pictures,
o no Gallery on Elmira Sheet.
Mansfield. Nov. 15, 'os—tf. F. M. SE.ENCEIL
A B. EASTMAN, SURGICAL AND ME
CRANICAL
•
Would inform the citizens of Well/A.oin and vi
ntity, that he has fitted up a desirable suite of
over John R. Bowen's store, No. •1. Uri
:a. Block, where he is prepared to execute all
•ark in his profession. with a promptne. , B and
, tyle that will enable bun to offer euperior induce
:erte to those requiring dental operations. Ali
'lrk warranted, and at reasonable rates. Please
all and examine speeliains-
Wellsboro. March 21 ) 1888.-0
wr DENTISTRY.
'tee•o. N. 13 - A R T
WOULD say to the public that he ipertna
nently ;: ., mated in Wellitbqro.—WOcclat bis
:dence, ike 'tb* 4:4-Atte Oil "two*
ctud ) where he will 'clobtinne to do ail 7 inas of
confided to kie-eares- gaarasiteeteg complete
trutsction where - the Will s of the 'Dentist can
, q4l to the management of cases peetther,to the .
Ihcg $e acid tnrnis6 "
• r 7 --
set on any material desired.
FILLING & E
r XTRACTING TEETH,
atteided to on stickiest notice, and done in the
beat and most approved style.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
by the the us e of isiostlig4s, zvhicht 4ert,
feed 'Walk/6,44a landithereititr*orit.
care when desired. _
Wencher°, Jan. 10865 g .
ATTENTION SOLDIERS.
W AL B. SMITH, Knoxville, Tioga County,
Pa , (U. S. licensed Agent, and Attorney
soldiers arid th eir „friends tniinitbeut WI the
,oyll States,) will pmento) and collect with un •
nulled SOCCetzF,
E OLDTERS'CLAMEi AND iiteln
. 1. 1111 kinds. Also, any ether kind of claim
Igtioq the Government before any of .tlssit - De•
Fartmtntt or in Congrers. j Terme moderitte, , All
t otortnicatinne sent to the above addresp will re.
, ye
" prompt aAteatiGni V. '- 4.=
---
UNITE I sirAtiks
Main Street, Wellsboro, Pa.
D. G. RITTER.,• Pitonawroa.
gavug leased this popular hotel property,
lY occupied by" , Mr. Nelson Ansain) shall
endeavor to make it truly the traveler's home.—
Persotal attention will be given to the table,
esd the comfort of guests will be a prime object.
T he stables will be under the care of an expert.
e nted hostler.
Well:to:1r°, Jan. 1, 1866-17.•
Ne w Shaviairind Mir-Dressing Saloon.
/Le sabscribers take pleasure In annatinciag to Vie
r 1
i :1 People or Wellsbero and vtell'lltY that :he y W t .
d".' h t nt
M. . Y . 6haiblin ,
late barber and LA- -
quer artl'elishoro, and have fitted up a neat 'and
'ltssAnt ronurever r. L. Willeot's wrers - they
klwa3 a be on hand to . wait on their; customers;
,they spare no pains to please, they hope to
tat Patronage or the-oommunity. -
l'artienbir attention paid to ladies' hair-tatting, shata
,h"4, dYting. At. Ladies' braids. puffs, swiches, coils
m,...urbs kept on baud, or made to order,
11. Duerr. J. JoisisoN.
April 25,1888.-1 y
xr ~.i
LP. C. PAN GELDATA.
• "1"3351.
9 tun.l 1 yr
10,00 12,00
16,00 18,00
20,00 28,00
38,00 45,00
65,00 80,00
weekthereafter.
B $2,00 each.
year.
VOL. XIII.
WEI:J - 4'3)30R0" HOTEL.
(Corner Main Street and the Avenue)
fpHIS is one of the most popular Houses in
the county. This Hotel is the principal
Stage-honso in Wellabor°. Stages leave daily
as follows c . _
JOHN I. MITCHELL.
For Tiogig at 9 a. in.': For Troy; at 8 a. tn.";
For Jersey gwre every Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. in.; F4l;r Coudereport z every Monday and
Thursday at .2 p. m. . .
STAGES ARRIVE—From Tioga, at 12 l -2 o'clock
p. m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. ru._: From Jer
sey Shoro, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. in.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. in.
- IS. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well.knorrn host.
ler, will be found on hand.
Wells bore, 4sa, 4•184te...tY.-- • -
C, F; SW k-N,
AGENT for the /looming 'County Lunacies
Cotupacy,nat Tioga, Pa.
June 5,1866.-3 m.
NEW DRUG STORE..
. ,
, Or. W. W.' WEBB' 3c BIFtO. - -'
Have opene le s t Drug and Chemical Store, 9D
Main Street, door below Hastings, where they
itttend to keep a full assortment or .
"." DRUGS AND MEDICINES.:
- A good article.of Medic:lntil Liquors ainiWines.
—Prescriptions carefully preParod. " - -
Medical advice given free of "charge.
life/labor*, soy. 8-Iy r .
NEW FIRM & NEV GOODSAT TIOGA
- - j ,1.11
bait - 1:3E14 8110'S
Would respectfully -anuouneo to 0 441 Whom it
may concern,". that. they keep,oonatatktly, on and
a largo and will selected aseoittroqie.
.1i
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
GLASS AND. WALL PAPER,
DYE STUFFS, FAMILY DYES, LAMPS,
GLASS -PLATb'
WRITING PA pipß,
ENVELOPES, SCHOOL BOOKS ,
ir6g
Tea,.Ceffee, Spice, Pepper, Gist
" ger, Saleratus, Starch,
pILET'ANIi WASHING SOAPS;
and an endless variety of
YANKEE NOTIONS.
Tioga, Pa., Oct. 4,.1865-lyn
MRS. A. J. SOFIAD has just rettfrned frail} New
York with a full assortment of ladles' fancy goods
and milliner.) in every style. Toilet at titles. of the pu
rest nod best quality. JI kDAME DEstottesT's perfumes.
powders. ite., which no lady will do without after once
using
A nire variety of white goods. consisting of lidsiery
curvets. handkerchiefs, rid {al s, cuffs,
A new sty le of Garibaldi cloth, which is most deli
cable •
Head-dresses abd dress caps, tafant, cape and hats
Bonnets and hats repaired to order: .
Sofield will continue to receive goods from N.
York during the season, and hopes to please all her cns•
Wollsboro, May ,5,1866,
GENERAL A(/ ENPY, 23 Lake street, Elmira.
Local agents stiPplied'at factory prices, and
nes, agents wanted fur unoccupied districts.'
Also, a large stock of machine findings. For
eireular„atidress 'THOS. T.OHI I 39Ns,
General Agent of G. B. Sewing Machines,
Junc ) l2, 1868—tf ,28 Lake st.., Elmira, NY.
11Tew Pi s g Store.
RICH & GILBERT.hava opened Drug and
Chemical tore on Main Street, one door be
low. Dr. Mattikon's Hotel, in the Borough of;
Ktfoxville, where they keep on band' pH ail
sortment-of
DITGfi.)A.tt. S *!W•NES-.
a good article of medicinal Wines and Lignors.—
`Preseriptiona caritfally-itrepared. - - .
Kg oxville March
TRIISSES.—" Seeley's Hard Rubber Truss'
cures rupture, frees the cord 'from all press-
ure : will never rust, break, Skater, chafe, or be
come filthy, (ttit4 doe aletailplFig 1 114 cwitivk
with hard rubber ) spring =alai anY' powlit
quired ; used in bething,litted to form ; requires
no strapping; cleanest, lightest; easiest, and best
Truss known. Send,(or-pamphlet.— .
I. B. BRIILBT,-Bilia PrOpiiittor,
apll 611 1347 Chesnut st., Phila'a, Pa.
, GENTS WANTED—For our new and beau=
tifulwork,the,pletorial book of 'Anecdotes
fd Incidents of the Rebellion: heroic, pittrintic,
political, romantic. humorous and tragical; splen
didly illustrated With' over 300' line Portraits. and
beautiful engravings.. This work, for genial hu
mor, tender pathos,,slardipg interest, sad attruc
dye beauty, , stands peerless and alone among all
its competitors._ The valiant_auti brave hearted,
the picturestjueand dramatic,- thsi witty and mar
'calking' the tender end pathetic ; the roll-of ram&
and story, camp, picket, spy, seout,'hirolise'llind
siege, startling surprises, wonderful escapee; 44-
mous words and deeds of Woman, and the tetras
panorama of the war, are here thrillingly and
startlingly portrayed in a masterly manger, at
once historical, and romantic, rendering .it the.
most ample, 641414 and. readable house thity the
war him called forth
Disabled offmerts and soldiery,. teachats.;- 'mar
*Cie young men, and all in want of ,progitable
deployment, will find this the best chancelo make
money ever-yet offered. , Saud; for eirculli% and
see our ter - mi. - "Address '
NATIONAL PUBLISHING
J13,-Im* No. 507 Minot' at., Phila., Pa.
TEI fenndersigned, agent for 'the celebrated Ro
j climate? Trout Flee, keepslonstantlron hand
fishing tackle.ioneleting of N.Y.-trout flies, Kin
eey h Linteriek hooks, on smells; silk, braided; ,
hair, seagrast and linen. lines; "leaders ' gat
4stlends, hooka, fly books, rods,' reels, trontbasit
ets. tips, landing nets, &c. Sbop in the rear-of
Gunn et Tucker stove mere. ' L. A. SEARS;
Wellsboro, May le i 1866. • : :
STEAM ,SAW MILL FOR SALE.—Tbo
ma
chinery of a first class mulay - aaw mill, boil.
-or- engine, and all fixtures complete, and( in first
'rote order.
Also a portable engine of twelve bone power
rtearly new.
The above property will be sold cheap; for cash
okapproved paper. Apply to the agent of the
Morris Run coal company, at Morris Run, or at
Blossburg. May 80,'68:-6t-
44j vp i )
L i s ( I L IL
\\
_ WELLSIWRO, PA.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor
PAINTS,: OILS,_
such as CASTORS, SPOONS,
TEA & TABLE, FORKS,
CAKE DISHES, &c
chines-
. „
r.Sys
, - .
.;:._.-.-I,,',.iri'z.::.-,'-t1i5.i.fer,=....'...-Zr7ts,,t,t;V"-..1,3417-VIZSEi-..--24-_-;17",..r..e.,?:,:-..,:,__-4-,4,,2_,_,-..,,,-:L2,.,:,,,,,•,'-':te,.,fise&W„,b,c.n,-"*"t-:....,,. .l:
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Mr
_ Walton Marble. Works;
• -
-TT STOWELL, JR., baying Purehased the
JUL. interest of P. the business will
now be conducted - ctider the'name of R. Stowell,
Jr..t Co. . , . - '
MI descriptions of 'marble .work executed to
the entire satisfaction of customers. • •
MONUMENTS OBELISKS AND HEAD•
STQNES,
of the lateit and' moat 'approved - atyle , will'
also furnish to order; - -
MANTELS, TABLE TOPS, SODA
. y FOiONTAINS, -
and it kinds of work Partaillitisja'tliiybniitiess:
We iniOi4fo' do Oneivorlitnji - iiiiinier
defy aonipatition. 't. ' •• ;
;.- • STOWELIA;JB,., I CO.
Welliboro, April 2; 18188. . • .
WHOLESALE .0110 G SHIRE,
CPR - NINEF;-' N.." Y. -
.
`i/RUGS AND MEDICINE, PAINTS
..-f
:E.
THADl)Ed ' ijoiirlbS' INKS , ` CbI~CEiV-
.L - .•Z:".',4.7 4 .5 . 1: - .;
CINNATI WINES-AND
EINE
MEDi:
ME% - PETROLEUM
it6O44STERTER-
~
_
AND FLAVORING- . EITRACTS, WALL
PAPER, WINDOW GLASS,
AND DYE cows,
. -
Bola at Wholesale Priebe. Buyers are requested,
°teal and tist 6 gizotatiatts;?Jefora fartber
East. , .! - l'
• -W. D, - `e 00:
Corniu s i. Ir ' 4 jan:l
Hand Power Loom !-PatentedlB6s.
gLL person, interested in the production - of pratti
allautchinery into our country, are regheeted to
Investigate the merit', of
lIENDERSON'S HARD POWER LOOM
. This loom *ill do all lands of hand weaving.
It will weave jeans, blankets, plain cloth; "satinet,
kersey, flannel, seamless sack, double width - blankets.
or any kind of cotton, wool. or flax cloth. It treads the
treadles, throws the shuttle, lets off the web, and takes
up the cloth. It makes the upper shed as the batten
comes forward„.and beats up ther filling after the cross
Is made, making batter cloth and better selvage than
can be made in any other way.
It is the only hand loom that is, suitable
for weaving wool,
no loom that rnakss all the shed as the batten goes
back. will weave wool, satisfactonly..
It has no strings - to - streteli and get out of order ; has
treadles at both sides of the loom, making the slihd
complete at both sides.
This loom is, made to weave the. different kinds.of
cloth, by simply chaaglng the pins that make the
per shed.
Township tights for sale. Call at Mainaburg,Tioga
county, Pa., and see s full sized loom in operation. Or
ders for looms solicited. LEWIS WETMORE.
Mainal,urg, May 2, A. F. PAcKARD
S*VEL.XOI7II_.OIIEENBACK S 1 i
AND CALL OFTEN AT
Nast & Anerbac,h9s
CHEAP CASH STORE
iLogsßuS:pA,
Where you can alwaye find the beet aneofted
etock of .
DOMESTIC & FANCY• DRY ..GOODS,
.: • CLOTHS;7FDTM A ritEIDYJ:"
MADE CLOTHING,,
Manufkiinrea Older their own Imperffielol.
Also 0 . vile fityrtiAi AO, goods, _
,
In their men hant tailoring eafabliahment theY defy
comperliton ; liming the beat tailors of New York city,
and err experlanceet enttei,ldr. IL P. Erivin.. geb2l6Bty
NEW. -. SPIIING , , tIiDIISTI
AT REDUCED PRICES.,
Great 'itidticenients to Publi6l
Nor having ti big stock of OLD GOODS to
shove off at unction - , I ant , enabled to take
advantage of the present low prices,.and-am rea
dy to supply-the public with-a splendid- stock-of
WSPRING- DRY GOODS, ,;LATEST
• -
Styles,
purahaead pacoommodatti this mar-
Particular attention ie dirOitted to my de 7
ei rab le stock DREcS_ r
po9D.
Alpaccas, Poplins,' Priam,. Detainee, &0.,
Added>'to which 'I am offering a large
and splendid stock of . -
OROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. &o; &.,
itt.prices to suit the 1,(100,000, 'at Osgood's
'old stand, WeHaltom Pa.
' C. B. KELLEY.'
April 4, 1866. .
7VARM' FOR SALE.—A feria of 125 acres or
thereahoute is offered for sale, situate two
=ibis from `Wellsboro,' the county Seat of this
county, and on the direct road to the lumbering
districts of Pine Creek. There is abOut sixty
acres improved, with-a good• house and barn, and
a'number of good Springs ' , of water. The timber
land is covered with valuable timber, and the lo
cation for one that wishes •a good farm near - a
"thriving and enterprising village cannot be sur
passed. For further particulars, ria to price,
Weis, &c., apply to C. E. Brewster, Wellsborey or
to the subsoriber , at - Corning, /Reuben Co.; N. Y.
Match 7, 1868-tf. • 3. W. GUERNSEY.
WELLSBORO, JULY '18,1866.
, The Austin (Texasj . ).S:outhern,
gencer for May 24th, contains a full re
port of a'Speeela delivered by' Gov. A.
d. Hamilton, at Austin. We extract
thefollewing-parts of this speech, which
was' bold, able, statesmanlike, and cal
culated to encourage the loyal men of
the South to assert themselves and their
jokritkciples. Governor Hamilton began
yy assertiiig the right of free speech.—
He said.:
" '"-My min-,d reverts to the time when the
rebellion was first inaugurated. It Was
said in this hall, in the eonventieu, that
no such thing was contemplated as de
nying the right of sPeecia. Thegentle
-man, .hiawever ' making -the remark,
meant no,suahthing. One gentleman
in speaking on the subject and vindica
ting the great liberty of - the -- new gov
ernnient _proposed to he inaugurated,
deelared, in his place that even I, the
vile, notorious Jack Hamilton, might
'go to his - county and might speak to the
people, if-he spoke on the right side;
and this was the right of speech given !
- I - eliallengatuay one to deny, who loved
'arid made that new government, who
fought for or against it, that it - was the
most odious 'despotism that ever lorded
it over-a people. .
•-. I-desire to. say so much to give,vent to
my feelings.- ...it is long since I enjoyed
,this I - enjoy it to - day, not in
a mere legal sense, but in - my heart l
etijOy it. It is fashionable for those who
Lyet cling . talhe wait. fortunes-of the Con 7
-ityieracy s nman I every man condemned
who did not favor the Confederacy, be
e ,C:olideriwation must - Tall some
where.;antithey wish to 'escape' it. It
is fashionable for them to exclaim a
gainstiny violence, but no one can get
up, when my statements are printed and
declare there false.
- THE l ' OlV Et,Essrivti.
1 have'been opposed because 1 loved
tte.Government of my fathers, a Gov
eininetit.thatsnever did me or did yon a
wrong, a Government that none at you
ever dared to accuse of &lag, wrong.
--,-You quarrelled -with the American*
people because a majority of t tie a&lectr:
ed a presidentef i their choice. • YClu,as-,
surned,,thut that man was a bad an ;
that he - would pot be governed by the
Constitution and laws, but would - war
against the South. :Phis was all false.
I have said on fifty occasions outside
of Texas what. I.am to say now, that
there never wokan hour when the-ma
jority'of the people of Texas wanted to
rebel against the Government of.the U
States. They were misled. They were
lied to. - 'They were dragooned and
forced into a rebellion against their Gov
eitment. It unnecessary to appeal
toltitelligent gentlemen in confirmation
•
of -what 1 state.
„It has been asked me, on many ocoa-,
sions, if the majority of the whole pbo
ple did trot want to rebel, why did they
dolt? Iris Unnecessary to 'array here
the reasons why. , Every man who has
passed through a-revolution, can-under
stand how a minority can plunge the
majority into a revolution. All history
shows that revolutions are set On foot by
a minority, and the majority carried in
to it.. Those who start a revolution are
active, and those:who are oppo:sed . to it
are generally: passive, s.,taying 'at home
and attending-to-their own affairs and
to their-public and private duties. They
cannot otganize„andeven to attempt it
would lie to in:login ate CiVll war. This
was the reason Governor Houston - did
not organ:o.o'a force to prevent revolt-'
tion, because lie Stud it Would' be nem
gurating civil war, and this he wished
tt avuid, hoping . that reflection would
bring'Letter counsels, 'and 'that th•S men
engaged in it would give it up.
They-determined to organize a new
Government. What sort of a Govern
ment; A Government in which a pe-,
culler inStitntioif of the country would
have control and' 'perpetual poWer: It
wiud,knoxitt•ttflint few what wasthe ul
terior object those who were leaders.
of the lelieltion.
WHAT:II,LE LEALLft6 LNTENDED.
r rilre was a regular gradation nom
the tiozeit'ot those who knew 'the ob
ject dovii to the- people. The second
- 00.4 s were permitted to know - less than
the first, and thus-in order,down to the,
Massesi and they - .lnid to be made to un
derstand and believe, by artful and in
thinuriatoty appals, that their rights
weretratnpled upon an din 'danger ;' and
-the great MASS Af the pea - fife, that had
• • interest : M. slavery„inar j t be Made to
believe that this Government had
,wronged them. How wronged: them?
I had`never aSketi•thern for a- dime or
:It had blessed and protect
ed ttient:),:lt.ttad never arieeted ,one ; of
them. „They knew, it .only-
'blessings, way of
-blessing ;,an - d - ,it;,mit for its blessings,
they — Would neVer have known there
- was it-Gu'verrinient.':- But they must-lie
umdetrotellevethatthey were wronged.
Hew Wish 0411110 y,, to or..
fend.apy oue;;_,butif truth offendS, then
in tlieliame - of tlocriet it offend. ' '
The new Government they
.4iroposed
was intended-to be - an aristocratic ,Gov
ernineut,:rtOt intended to benefit you
•corninon people. It was intended to
benelit.those onjy who owned and con=
trolledithe labottif the country ; and Mi .
sooner Nsres. that Government able to en
force io edicts, :than the-mask was torn
"away rind they con les.sediliat they bad
no respi:Net.ii.a..this democratic principle
of allowing': all; to, vote and wield the'
.pow6ra of goverhriient. They declared
that it:wrest'. false principle ; that they
'were not waging war against the Uni2
ted States merely to perpetuate slavery
in . the -South ;. that slavery and denioc
racy were irreeoacilable opposites to
.each other; both could not exist in the
same gOverinnent. This waagood reas
oning. • ft was eternal -truth.- They
then 'wantedto take away from the
statesman of New York the eredit of
first ... promulgating that there was an "ir
repressible conflict" , between free and
slave labor. Xt. , Spratt, of South Car
olina, .knew ;before Mr. Seward said it,
that - ote . of 'these must give way; • and
the rear object of the revolution was not
alone to protect slavery, but also to get
rid of the democratic - principle in gov
ernment, that being necessary to the
well being and protection of slavery.—
One gentleman said he waagreatly dis
gusted' 'that' the- Montgomery Conven
tion that Adopted the Constitution of
the Confederate States did • not at once
adopt this principle, and, after long roe
zoning-on the: subject, said; if you (Joliet
get rid - Of the principle of democracy In
the Government, we will have another
revolution, though the- becond be more
bloody than the first; and we will have
goverinnent. based upon the true prin
oiple,Of the right of 'capital' to control
:.olxaL
Patriotic and Stirring 'Speech of Gov..fi
3. Hamilton, of-Texas.
- - ,
not only the labor but the goi - erhnaent
of 'the country. His exact language
was,
."wewillbavea, slave aristocracy." ,
I will say p that these are the feelings
of the political leaders who have taken
the oath to support the Constitution of
the United States and the pioclamations
made by the Presidentrelation to
slavery, but who cannot epress.their
hate against that Government, and are
continually spitting venom against it
and its friends. I want to tell them
that they are not only traitors to the
Government, but traitors to truth and
to freedom, and will live and die so.—
[Applause.]
• We can now gp before the people and
speak like men, and I intend to hold up
these men before the people. The peo
re are right, as they always would have
.
een if not misled, and they will come
back and support, the Government, and
:not those who are praying in thei
hearts for-its destruction, or those whet.
are like one who remarked in this hall
that he would be ready to gird on his
armor, and fight against the Govern
ment.
•, I am regarded as a very good negro
man. To you who thus think I would
say, that the negro, as a freeman, under
the protection of the Constitution and
laws of the United States, is your equal
before the law. As a friend of the Gov
ernment of the United StateS, :IS a friend
Of humanity, and as a man of truth and
honor,-he is immeasurably the superior
of any Tardoned but unrepentant rebel.
[Applause.]
I love the entire Govertinient, and my
allegiance is due and paid with Willing
heart to the whole GovernMent 'of the
United• States. I love all-its loyal peo
ple, North and South, black and white.
Every man that loves the Government
is my , friend and I his; and every man
that loathes and hates it, and will not
be reconciled to it, and hopes to have it
broken up, is my enemy, and I intend
he'shall remain my enemy. I cannot
consort with him. I spurn him ! You
say thi4ls nut the way to conciliate men.
I do not wish to conciliate such men—
it is time thrown away. I f you attempt
to extend the mantle of charity, it is so
much given for nought.'
AN-ACCOUNT TO BE SETTLED.
Acltixem.sing the Convention,. he said
, Some of you have seats here by virtue
of little hand-hills, striking - at their ad
versaries, because they held.ottice under
me or were refugees from the State du
riiig the war, consorting with what you
call the public enemies of the country ;
and MO of you dare to say to-day that
those wtio have sustained the tiovern
men t or the .United States are 4he ene
mies of the country, and you its friends?
You have an account to settle berme
the people yet. You have not done Wit h
this. You shall 'confront them, and
shall answer to•them , and if God spares
•
my life I pledge myself to go twaine the.
people of the State and draw these men
up and make them answer. [Applause.]
I may not get through ; but the saute
preeitution4 will not be necessary as two
yearti ago. The ready,rope and. conve
nient limb will not be used as they were
then. There is a power in the Govern
ment that will protect the people, what
ever may be their opinion or color ;• and
the power cannot be exercised now to
suppress the.. utterances of any honest
man in_the country. . .
It is •no disparagement . to the people
to say that they have had ii opportu
nity to - hear the truth: It has been kept
from them for five years. No man dared
toutter it. No paper containing it could
'circulate. The great- heart of the peo
ple will be-responsive to the Got•ern-'
ment of the United States whenever
they underitand its generous policy, no
ble prirposes, and magnanimous amnes
ty, extended to all except a lbw, and I
might say to LIIIUIy more thau!deselved
it—those who accepted and took the
oath and then disclaim against it, and
yet speak of the friends of the Govern
ment as public enemies. Public ene
mies of whom 7. To every traitor in the
land, of course. That is the ;Measure of
my treason. Iwa . 4 a traitor to treason,'
disloyal to disloyalty ; and that was all.
I.you want peace, and you want the Dili
' ces. You wish to control the destinies
I
of the people. Ido uot believe you will
do it. _Rest assured yOu will not do it
without a'struggle, not only now but in
all time.to•coine, and which. will never
close until loyal men -itttain success or
until the Government of the United-
States is broken into pieces and destroy,-
et!: While that is a free tßivernment;
and itaNtotaries can' get up ands explain
to the people, you will never again be
done with it. ,
- 'lt has been, fashionable for met, here
to sing - hosannas to our braved ad.—
Fellow citizens, I have not one wlord to
say about the fallen. I presume I have
-as much charity as
,most men ; but if
1 they are permttted to shag hosannas to
their dead, who are so impatient about
the-honor of" Wrist. who have fallen vie
tims of the fearful strife, the lovers of
i . thp Ulliol.lViii be permitted to speak of
those who have perished in an ignomiti
-1 ions manner on account of their devo
tion to the Vnion. Some of their bones
.are still bleaching upon the Plains, or
still hanging from the limbs of,trees.—
It has been said this should not be per
tnittedto be brought up, because it pro
duces unpleasant feelingS; audit'• it is
I brought trp it will'protiuce:strife,-rind is
a e.lanioring fur biota Protect those
i. who committed these deeds,- as you will
t by your action, the Government is pow
: erful enough to bring . them to light and
to mete out to them justice—and' 1 in
' tend to see to it that this is done. [Au
: plause.]
..,The Convention' have passed a men.-
i sure legalizing wholesale robbery and
, murder throughout the land. A men.-
' sure of peace! Does it bring peace to
the bereOed hearts made desolate by
such deeds? - It brings no peace. - No,
tione,.eXcept.to.the hearts of the male
factors who perpetrated these deeds.—
You calculated without your host.—
1
! There is somethingih this Government
i you did not understpd. You still think '
it is a Government .tied together with a
rope of sand. A little agency ! I think
i
you will get to understand after a while
!-that it is, a considerable agency, and big- 1
ger than any principal. There are pow
ers in that Government never dreamed
;of in your philosophy. It is a mere
! league, between sovereign States, and
the State of Texas has b - een in rebellion
against its agent! Nov, while just a
,
. vailing itsel f• of the helping hand of the
,Government,. crawling out, of the pit
and making the first use of power giv
en by the magnanimity of the Govern
ment, it Ordains and declares that we
will not permit any man who has mut.-
' dered the friends of the Government,
-.Or robbed loyal citizens, to be called to
i account. ,
.
I imagine the friends of this resolu
tion. had in their minds certain gentle.
men here and there who were receivers
under the Confederate States laws.
They are high toned, reputable gen
tlemen! They did seize upon that map's
property and sell it. They did use their
influence to drive out of the country the
friends of
,the 'Union. They did seize
upon horned cattle, and mules, and hor
ses, and household goods, even don to
the most necessary and delicate appen
dages of female apparel. which were de
scribed in flaming handbills and sold at
public auction.
Thus the loyal citizens were robbed ;
and noW because these receivers acted
under authority, they must be protect
ed ; and you imagine this Convention
is powerful enough to protect them.—
They will and shall be called to an ac
count. [Applause.] There is but one
cure. They must leave this country or
account for it, just as certain as the sun
in licavenis shining above us-
SHOULD NEGROES BE EDUCATED?
I believe we shall consult our best in
terests, to elevate the negro higher in
the scale of civilization and humanity.
Some say they are just as " mules,"
and nothing higher. I believe they are
a grade higher, and believe we will live
to see the day when all men will know
and acknowledge that four millions of
people, black or white, can never live
in any country without their power be
ing felt.
The negro, to-day, poor and friend
less and degraded as he is, has a moral
power, and willexercise it. You do not
want him to do this. Why not? It is
going back to the-theory adopted by se
cession papers during the war-7-rtite Al
abama, Georgia, Richmond, and other
papers—which said that " labor, to be
conservative in its character and pro
ductions, -must ht controlled, whether
white or black." They told the people
of-the North that they were acting the
fool and would reap the fruit. Tliey
asked them, 1% by educate yonr
Do you wish them to aspire to a higher
position. iu life? What interest have
you in their education? A distinguish
ed gentleman upon this floor remarked
that the .lehool system in the North was
astiipendous and magnificent failure!
! From %vlience did thatnews come?
- From whence did rt arise?" Who made
the-discovery? The free set mil systein
of the North a magnitivent failure! I
I t eg such gentlemen to go and refid,the
history of their country. To go and
- look at the staff idles of the country and
census returns lhr NW, anti ascertain if
it is indeed a stupendous
There every single child in the broad
land has the tue.uts of education affor
ded him free of cost. They are prosper
ous and happy, with a populai iOn of (OW
hundred and tiny to the simare mile,
notwithstanding their sterile soil runt
inhospitable clinic, to our lift} here,
with the richest soil and most menial
iii
n,ale ; and yet that stem NN. 'lief.' has
produced esti t is a stupendous
failure! Nil ‘tj'Olider this country has
been cursed, when leading memeall get
up in the thee df the world and proclaim
so monstrous an untruth. , I would m
God we had such a failure here ; and we
will never gain our position as a State,
against the macitination.4 of those who
would. destroy it, until lifted up by such
a system, -itigniatized 4ta magnificent
failure of the North.
WHO ARE ABOLITIONISTS?
' Addressing the erowij of pardoned
rebels, who had called him an Aboli
tionist, he reminded thei i wittily that
they had taken an oath, l , in their par
dons, to abolish slavery :.)
They - call at An
drew Johnson, and cannot be too de
• nunciatory of the majority in Congress.
whom they call the radieals, men whom
they stigmatize a , Abolitionists, not
withstanding the fact that every one-off
the denunciatory gentlemen is a sworn
Abolitionist. There I have the advan
tage of you. I have never sworn to do
this, and you have. [Applause.] I
voluntarily gave toy allegiance to the
"'United States, and said I would live to
see the day when, in the good city of
Austin, I could proclaim that fact; and,
thank God, I do live to see that day.—
I felt that the Government of the Uni
ted states was upon a sure basis, upon a
rock nom which the world could not
move it, when it issued the emancipa
tion proclamatiodt 1 knew that all
danger of foreign interference was lac,-
ed, and that-it had struck a blow
against the rebellion:
Democracy and slavery could not ex
ist together ;—where could 1 take my
stand? Upon the side of my boys, or
your slave's? Upon the side of your
slaves. that my children might be slaves
to a slave idol? I tell you that the mass
es of this country will be emancipated
from the fetters that surrounded thent.
They had been told that if the negre
was made tree and elevated above the
" mudsills” -of society, it .would bring
Iltem down. to an equality with the ne
gro. We, have now seen that tried.—
They are no more phiced upon an equal
ity with the negro than belore. It has
not changed their position one iota ; hut
I will telt you what it has. done. By
making the negro free, you have secu
red the freedom of the poor white wan,
and without it you could not have done
it. Their cause is a common one, whe
ther they believe it or not.
Now you.tell me it does not matter so
much about making him free; but ii
you permit him to testify in the enurts,
then you are deeeive,l. it neeessary
to tali: about till.? (?omit . ' fell the peo
ple the truth—unless tiod's eternal
word is untruth—that you cannot, injure
any one by elevating pure taller
hu
manity. It is: the noblest work man
•can i;il , vage in, not 01113'10 elevate
but to elevate others.
,Brit when you_ talk about Niteatintr,
the -" oh, horror oiltorrors!
The negro to
~te educated! Whoever
heart] Id' sucli s woustrttsity? Black
then and women with hooks and satelt
els, and sehnol baskets on tht - tir arms,
going to school hi Austin! One of the
metnhers of the Convention on the
street said to 'another, pointing to snitte
of the negroes going to seltool, ‘! Good
God, look at that; is that not enough to
make the blood curdle in one's c e i tts ., ,,, ,
L.Laughter.j Strange remarks,. when
even the poor helpless African is endea
voring to elevate himself front his post
'Hon, that he may he made to utider.tand
his duty to himself, his neighbor, and
his God.
I suppose that a system of education
excluding then' would not inagni4
liven t failure, but raise up a magn ficen t
people, with the largest liberty of con
science, and devoted to the good of the
race. 1 leave all such gentlemen who
nurse and cultivate such a spirit of hos
tility to the education of the negro, with
but oneword of advice, which, though
they may consider it gratuitous, yet, us
advice is a cheap commodity, I will
give it: You will live to see the day
when every well regulated mind, black
J:g9gNG_ p 4, PARTNENT.
EC
The Proprietors have stacked the establishment with
a large assortment of m 4d ern stTlee
JOB AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES, '
and are prepared to execute neatly, and promptly
POSTERS, HANDBILLS,CIRCUIARS. CARDS, BILL
HEADS, LETTER HEADS, STATEMENTS,
TOWNSHIP ORDERS, tic., ac.
Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, and a fall assortment of
Constables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly on band.
People thing at a diatanco can depend on baiting their
work done promptly, and sent back in return mail.
JlWOrrica—Boy's block, Second Floor.
NO. 29.
or white, will look down upon all such
with pity, if not with contempt and
scorn.
THE PRESIDENT ANDTIEIE MALCONTENTS
You cannot talk patiently about his
voting at all. And now recurring once
more to the position of my friends upon
this subject, I will announce my views
upon it. I would make a qualification
for voters, and make it applicable Mall,
'black or white, and permit all who
come up to it to vote. You say I am
radical upon this subject. You profess
to be great friends of the President, and
are about to appropriate him nolens
ye
lens, and never permit any one else to
have any interest in him. I agree with
him precisely iu this; and do you ? He
says he is in favor of giving suffrage to
the negro under certain conditions, and
you know it. Can you go before the
people of Texas and make them believe
you are better friends to him than I am?
In the face of all this, the peopleare not
as big fools as you take them to be.—
They know I do not lie to them.
The President has said that he was in
favor of qualified negro suffrage. Do
you agree with him ? He said to a gen
tleman from Boston that if back in Ten
nessee, he would be in favor of qualified
negro suffrage ; lie would give it to those
who had been in the army; who had a
certain property qualification, and could
read and write. Are you in favor of
that? lam in favor of it. The Presi
dent telegraphed to the Provisional Go
vernor of Mississippi, while the Con
vention was there in session, urging
him to use his utmost endeavors to get
them to incorporate into the Constitu
tion the measure which I urged you to
incorporate in to your Constitution. He
said it was right in itself, and if done
other states would follow the example,
and tliereby steatfrom the radicals their
thunder./ Are you standing by the side
of t he - ll'esident in this, or acting in op
posdtion to hint when you pretend to be
his friends? '
You are not friends of the President.
Yeti would be glad to see the President
and the majority in Congre'ss quarrel.—
Perhaps some 01 you allow - the germ of
hope to grow in your bosom, that again
you eon id take position against the Uni
ted States in such a struggle, and that
you might perhaps invite controversy
with some foreign power aml br i ng
:theta a war ; and in the event of war
with some foreign power, you could
again seize the standard of rebellion,
and tight against the tiovernment of
the United States. flat; let me tell you
that you caked:de without your host.--
to Washington, and in your bland
est tones speak to the President and tell
him y o ur sentiments; whisper in his
ear your desire that he shall become the
cromwei I or his time, and you will dud,
yout , elf leaving his presence with sha-A
kinglinibs and blanched cheeks, if you
ibi not mei yourself ill a dungeon. - You
will find the President and the majority
in Congress acting in concert, and you
cahoot p - retend to make any one believe
you are governed by his policy, or that
you have stood by his side in anything
except your rejection of the war debt.
And this is the only measure passed by
you where you have met his wishes,
hopes, opinions, or purposes;- and he
knows this as well as you do.
Yon say that this question of negro
suffrage has nothing to do with your
getting back into Congress. I do not
pretend to know hOw much they require
of you, but I know this: that just as the
majority of that Congress you abuse
may determine, you must comply in
order to obtain admittance. But who
do you abuse when you abuse the nua
mrity of Congress? Now and then it
is fashionable to say Thad. Stevens, and
Sumner, and others; but you will find
it has reference to all those in Congress
who vote together. You are abusing
two-thirds of Congress, and through
them two-thirds of the people of the
United States. You will be just as un
successful in making a political war up
on the majority of the Union people, as
you were in the conflict of arms in the
tate war. You have made it necessary
for them to make certain requirements
01 you, and they will do it in such a
manner as that they will-never kfe dis
turbed,again by a rebellion. I would
Ito the same, and so would you, if placed
in the "ante position. You would not
peiuot any State to go back until you
lent a,surance of the hearty submission
of the people, in a manner not yet given
by the people or Texas. Before that ex
ists, it must be unfashionable for men
to talk against the Union, and a man
must be ashamed to express in the com
munity a desire to live in some other
goveri unent, or express himself in favor
of a monarchical 'or imperial govern
ment in preference to that of the Uni
ted States.
One of the greatest wrongs you have
_inflicted upon the people of the United
States, and upon free government, is
that you have familiarized the minds of
the people with a different form of gov
ernment. You have unsettled the minds
and unhinged the principles of ninny.
'there aie many engaged to-day SOW ing
broadcast over the land seeds of discord
against free government. They must
be dragged to the light and exposed,
and the people must be made to under
stand It. Such men are responsible in
the sight of Clod and man for their war
upon our Government. So far as lam
concerned, I intend to expose them and
give their names ; and I intend the peo
ple shall inquire how they have talked,
and whether they are the ones to be en
trusted with public atliiirs, and if they
could control the opinions of the people
nt T e x : ,, whether we would be ready
to he admitted hank into the Union.
" NEoFto" No AtniuM ENT.
wish you to get into your minds the
fact that the objection, ' negro," is no
argument. I wish you to know what
freedom is. You will never satisfy the
people of the United States by, ringing
changes on negro, tree negro. '
Some say they do not wish the negro
to remain in this country; but let an
e‘lict come from Washington requiring
that he should he taken away from here,
there would he more objection to it than
there was to the emancipation procla
mation. --
Yon have asked me, will he work ?
And fair haired young men, who have
never done an honeSt day's work in all
their lives, are asking, where shall we
Olt labor? and saying the " igrr" will
not work, and we shall be ruined. I
have been in the habit of saying to
work yourself.'' [Ay
them, "go to
plause.]
The question is,• will the white man
work ? Hew wilt not do it in this coun
try, if he can help {Applause and
laughter.] The negro is doing the work.
The intelligence comes up from all sec
tions of the country that they arc doing
their duty.A larger crop is planted
than ever before. The problem is al
ready solved as to whether he will labor.