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VOL. X
WAYNESBUKG, PA., WEDNESDAY, PEBltUABY ,(,' 1SG7.'
NO. 37.
EYEUY WEDNESDAY J10KMIV0,
I1Y
JAS. E. SAVERS.
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invariably in advance. . .
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cents per lino for oni: insertion, with
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vertisers. ...
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ber of insertions desired, charged for until
ordered out.
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Inserted as advertisements. They must
bo paid for in advance.
FIRST NATIONAL 1I.M,
OF
D. Bokkh, Pres't. J. C. Fikssikks, Cashier.
DISCOUNT D A Y T U 158 DAYS.
May l(i,'(i(i.-ly.
W. E. gatenT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYflESBURG, PA.
CXOitice 111 N. Clnik's building,
'fcbio'iimf
E A. M'COSSBLL. J. J. IH'iTMAH.
, M'CONNELL & VUJFFMAfJ
Attorneys and Counsellors l Law
tyaiMstinrij, Pi'iin'd.
KTOrnoR oi tho " Wright House," Eat
dnore.-CoUeCi'or'S &c, will receive prompt
attention.
Wayncsburg Amnst 20, J3i2.--tl.
A I.Kit IN Bnoks, Stationery, Wall I'apcr.
Window Paper, occ. -nndtiy School
. Books of all kinds constantly on hand, Way
ncsburg, Pa., opposite PostOlllce.
May 0, 'G0.-ly
XV . El . H tT V F M ATS,
w:ncir.xv tmlqk,
'JIOOM IS III.AClll.KV'S IlIMI.niSO, WAYNKSIIimO.
WOKK made to order. In finest and best
style, Cutting and Fitting done prompt
ly, and' nccordiug to latest Itislilon plates.
Stock on Uand and for sale. .iyi'iL
"WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
STitt'.KT, oitositk wninur noi:su.
K jeeps on hands always a choice
and select assortment of watches and
.Jewelry, llepairing done at the lowest rates.
iMy
TmmmMi' house,"
JUST OPENED BY
THos, E5ro,c3.lo;v
POSITIVELY tho most complete Hotel in
our town, Everything combined to tur
nisb the best accoininodation ever yet allured
to tlio public, . . , , , , .
Meals furnished at all hours, tab o provid
ed with the best of tho season. A lso, n t no
ice cream mluon tilted up anil tit'ac bed to the
bouse, and a imi unrivalled lor the variety
aud quality of Us contents Choice wines and
brandies, (rood whiskey, nlo. tno elRnrs. &c,
forma few anion? tho prominent items.
Travellers and llioso desirous ot refreshment
will do well to call, "Tom" still retains his old
reputation of an accommodating gentleman,
and hospitable landlord. House, tho ono lor
nierly occupied bv tho "Messenger" Olllce.
May'l,'tiC.-ly.
PEOPLE'S. LINE
8TEAMEK "CHIEF
TAIN," 11. H. AmtAMS,
..,.,,,. .!,... fl.int It
C. Mason, Cleric; loaves
Brownsville dailv at 7 a, m., for Pittsburgh,
and leavo that citvut fi v. m., daily,
. STEAMER. "ELECTOR," RoimitT Phil
lips, Commander j H. O. Tayi.oii, Cleric ;
leaves Greensboro, for Pittsburgh Mondays,
Wednesday and Friday, mid return on Tues
day, Tlmrsdity and Saturday, leaving Pitts
burgh at 2 p. m. . May Ityou.-Gin.
GEORGE S. JEFFERY.
TVoalor In Books and Stationery, Magazines,
jj Daily Papers Fancy Articles, &o Way
cshurg, l'a. apl,'(i0-1y
LIVGKi: 8TAIILU.
here Is connected with the Hamilton IIouso
a Llvory Btablo, with good homos, carriages
and buggies for the accomodation of tho pub
lic IlorBcs boarded, and well attended to, at
'moderate rates. D. U. Si-kiiiiv.
. aug 5, 'Htl.-ly r
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on tho
estate of JA8PE11 BANE, lato of Morris
township, Greeno county, doe'd., having been
granted to tho undersigned, notice is hereby
riven to all persons Indebted to said estate
Jo mako Immediate" payment and Ihoso bav
ins claims to present them Immediately, prop
norly authenticated for settlement.
. GEO. L1G11TNER,
of Morris township Ad Jilutttrator.
Jan0,'C0-0w
TP QIC Scilo.
A number of cholco LOTS, in a donlrablo
situation, in tho borough of Carmlchiuls,
. -will be sold cheap. Also, an Iron Fire Proof
Wafo, ol good capacity. All will bo sold on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 18(17, by
tho Exocntor of Win. Crawford, deo'd.
For further particulars call upon, or ad
dress JAMES RE A, Cariulchacls, Greonn Co.,
Pena'i, fobia-ts.'
NOW IS THE TIME !
A. J. SOWERS
Has just returned trom tho East with a largo
stock of
CJLTfflIJrr
which ho will sell cheap for cash.
Count and sco : Over Coats from $1.1 to $.18
Press Coats from $10 00 to ill) 00
Itu's. " " fi 00 to M 00
Best nil wool suits from 20 00 to "0 00
Bo.t Union Suits !) 00 to 20 00
UNDEll SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
H-AT.VNO CAPS,
NECKTIICS, GLOVES,
FINESIIIHTS
And a general assortment for Men and Boys
wear.
Oh ! do not forget that Iho chill winds of
Winter
Are piercing and cold to the body exposed ;
If your garment' are torn and let in the weather,
Come quickly to Sowbhs' and get yourself
ciotneil.
Room in Allison's building, Wayncsburg,
111. nuvu, (iii.-:im
S 0 11 13 T II I N G N E W!
.MRS. E. S. SAYERS & IIOSKINSON
Have just arrived from Nkw Y' inc wltii n
large assortment ot foreign and domestic
which they propose to scllatlho lowest CASH
J'lUUbS! sucli as Dress Uoods. Diew
Trimming, IhcsK llniloiis, (lay's I'atciit
jMull'i, Lad'us's Shawls, Furs, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps ; also,
a great variety of nice articles,
at very low prices, for
Gentlemen & Ladies' Wear
Wares of all kinds, and a complete varie
ty of ll,e best GUOCT.IUE& All of
,,'litfli 111..,, ,iri,nui tit Uf.ll tit tin. Vflv l.m'-tt
.,..... .... j r,..r... ......... ..V
flji'iires, depending on the quality and cheap
ness ui intui uou: n iim im.ni it.ijmiiim.
U ve them a call before pirn linsing elpe
where, and they will prove tnat the a'jovo is
correct. Room in Mayers' corner, east, of tho
Court House, Wayncsburg. tiovH'iili-lf
NEW MCITESIM
J 1
the rnorosr.i) hipea cjlvext
OF-
H.RINEHART!
FOR SELLING CHEAP GROCERIES I
HAVING .1 USTRE'1T UN ED FROM THE
city, ho has opened the largest
New Grocery
!..imni ITn den'rea to hil'orin tlio citizens
of Wayncsburg and vicinity of tno care ho
have taken in selecting mock, Having ou uaim
a iiood supply of
CONTEUTlONS, TOUACCO, CI
GARS, TAR, nlso, PROVISI
ONS, RACON, DRIED REEK
l'O TATOE-i, V I S II ,
DRIED PEACHES,
&o , ifco , itc.
Call and sco him as ho has been getting a
You will find him accomodating, imd can
sell lower than any ono In Iho place. Be
sure to go to tho right place, in
LEDWITH'S OLD BUILDIN
onnoslto the Court IIouso. and formerly oc
cupied by tlio' Post Olllco.
npl8,uo.-u.
US- jVE. sayors,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Will attend to nil claims for back pay, boun
ty and pensions of soldiersand their representa
tives. Tho Pensions of the following class aro
Increased Irnm 8 to $IA and $28 per month,
and w do.ws tor children under sixteen years
$2 per mouth each, vlfc t
1st. Those who havo lost tho sight of both
eyes, tlio U80 of both bands, or otherwise total
ly disaliled and incapacitated from performing
manual labor.
2d' All widows having children under six
teen years of ago re entitled to 2 per month
additional for each child.
lid. Guardians reinventing tho minor chil
dren of soldiers are entitled to tho same increase
aslftlio mother was living. aug I, 'till. tf.
Mici Wr'M "Sale.
BY vlrtuo of a writ of Venditioni Exponas
Issued out of Iho Court of Common fleas
of Greeno county, and to mo directed, there
will lie-oxposed to punllo sale on tho premises
In Cumberland townshl, on SATURDAY, 2d
day of March next, at 10 o'clock, a, in., the
following properto, vlas i
All the light, title, Interest nnd claim of
dol'cmiont, ol. In and to a our tain tract of land
situate In Cumberland township, Greeno Co.,
Piv., adjoining lands of Morgan Young, Win.
Sharpneck, Pelorllewlt, Rico farm and others,
ocntalnlng 0110 hundred and throe acres more
or less, about ninety acres cleared, and has
erected thereon a framo and Stnnn bouse, two
tenant houses, fromo bam and utabo, an ap
ple orchard ou tlio promises.
Taken in execution at the proporty of Goo.
W. Kelley at tho stilt of Alvln Cloud, Hiram
Cloud and Eleanor Duvall tor use of said
Eleanor Duval!,
trlf the money Is not paid down on day
ofsalo the Bhorliris directed to sell the prop,
orty. HEATH JOHNS,
Jan,10,'07.-U Sheriff.
For the Rki-uiimcan.
AN APPEAL FOR THE PAPER.
Why don't you write for the paper 1
Is asked from every side,
Because my lyla Is not a taper,
To light tho whole world wide.
But if your light Is not so groat
As many others are
We'll tuko you ns a second-rate,
But, do as others dnro,
Just opo your eyes if youro not blind,
And let us bear the news,
For many items you may find
To drive away tho blues.
Your country life 's as full of charms
As Is 'your country homes,
And what wo want, is, from yoSr farms,
Full and complete caroms.
And ns you "awing" tho "circle round,"
Where daily toil ensnaer.),
To memory charge tho mental sound,
Of colistant joys and cares.
And when tlio cvo of day arrive.",
Your mind from labor free,
You see the fruit experience gives
Aud lift it from the tree.
Tims while you feast on freshest air
From nature's fount so pure,
Impart that genial health so fair
Which gives to mind a cure.
And should you not In country line
But in the town reside,
Why iheii we ask what's In the hive,
Where men in power preside?
Of 'ashions change, or fortunes turn,
Whcro men of wealth do "school,"
Where great ambition's Canars burn,
Aud Pigmies otteu ruie,
Thus ope your mini, your thoughts unloose,
And pen both night and morn,
Those precious gems, for tlio jmblL: ijoohi'.,
That lives but don't "eat corn."
And you Khali have tlrj public t. auks,
If you but write a pun,
Or make your lines cut up ull pranks,
Of sense, or wit, or fun. a. w. i.
SPEECH
Ot"
HON, SAMUEL SHELLABARGER,
OF OHIO, OS llUCOXSTliUCTlON ; DKUVBUKD IX
Tin: iioi.si: 01' liia'iu.siiSTA'nvBS, jan. 21, 180".
Tho IIouso having under conaideratiofi
IIouso bill No. Bill, to provide for restoring
to the States lately in insurrection their full
political lights
Mr. S II ELL AC ARG E R said ;
Mr. Si'i'.Aivnii 1 I would liko to make
tlio fust tiling I say on this occasion the
most ngroeablu tiling which I shall say i
and with that design I shall say first that
I am not about to mako au h jtir's speech-.
Laughter.
Mr. Speaker, tlio man who is now tlio
nuling President ol tho United States
once said to me, in ppeakiug of a bill
liko the one now before tho IIouso, that
it was a riieasiiro to dissolve tho Union.
That proposition has been ho often re
pealed by members upon tho other side
of this Hall during tho debates upon the
subject now under consideration that I
havo thought the IIouso would proba
bly pardon mo if I should attempt to
condense into a few sentences a suggest
f.on or livo in legard to that declaration,
repeated so ofton and worn out so thor.
onghly as it is ; and with tho purpose of
making tho shortest statement that I
can, ol condensing it into as tew senten
ce's as lean, I triut tlio IIouso will par
don 1110 for reading part of what I have
to say about it. I say it now, not be
cause it is oiihor new or importai:t--iin-!
portant I mean as presenting anything
novel for tho consideiation of tho IIouso
I present it only because tho declara
tion has been repeated again and again
with apparant earnestness by gentlemen
on tho opposito side ot this Hall and as
being worthy tho attention of gontlo
men on this side.
Every argument and every view and
ovory mothol ot presentation 'and state.
raent which over hns been or which ever
can bo devised to enforco this doetrino,
to wit, that tho nation has no power to
guaranty to these revolted districts loy
al republican Govornmcnti, condense
themselves into but two. Ono of those
methods runs thus 1 that as all loyal
m 13 u confess that by no secession, rebel
lion, or other possible or conceivable
act ot its pcoplo onu uny Stato, or tho
people thereoLwilhdi'iiw from the Union,
therefore these rebel States are in the
Union. It in the Union then, as there
can bo no Stale in tho Union which is
not entitled to two Senators and at least
ono liepros'.'utativo, therefore those re
volted Status are entitled to such Sena
tor aud ltoproseiiativos and to all the
other powers and representations of
Statos, and any legislation denying this
is usurpation and unconstitutional. Now,
it is absolutely sell evident that it this
view establishes anything, it establishes
this nlso, namely 1 that during tho entire
war thoso rebel Slates wero entitled to
olo'it our rulers, because it you admit
that during tho war theso States and
their pcoplo ceased to have such powers
to elect Suuators, Representatives, and
Presidents, then you admit that it is
possible for a Stato and pooplo to do
that which in lav citlior torfeits or sus
pends their power to elect tha natioi.'s
rulers, nnd the wbolo argument so far
as based on this point is abandoned.
Now, notice hero that they who mako
this argu uent deny that individuals who
go into rebelli on can dcciiixcuizo them
selves so as that the United States may,
11a to any individual, accept hia renunci
ation ot any power appertaining to citi
zenship, and declare him to havo ceas
ed to have the powers of 0110 of the poo.
pie, an elector of a Slate. Note care
fully, a'so,- that these saino person all
maintain that it is wrong, and most of
them that it is illeg il, to try and punish
as traitors those who waged this rebel
lion, and in persuance of this dcetiine
their Representatives vote nearly solid
againxt punishing as a traitor Davis, the
head of tho rebellion. Now, this it is
averred is the constitutional law of the
Republic.
Mr. Speaker, nny I borrow from
another (Mr. Greeley) a method of illus
trating this kkd of constitutional law ?
Whatever is a prinoiplo of our Con-
siiiuiion is capablo ot being written out
into explicit and affirmative requirements
of the Constitution. Let us writo tho
abovo constitutional law out into Ian.
guago, not unjust or tortured, but fairly
stUing what this dcotrino allirms. It
reads thus when written out s
Article nine, section 0110 Whenev
er hereafter a causeless rebellion shall
arise, r.nd war bo wncrcd norainst thp
n - . - - -
United States, so m'e'at and bloodv Hint.
tho rebellion shall in fact abolish nnd
overthrow all the constitutions and laws
of eleven States ot this Union which
recognize tho supremo authority of such
Union, and shall remove from office all
oflieers who have taken an oath to sup
port tho Constitution of tho United
Slates, and shall enact and enforce in
tho place of such constitutions and laws
only such as recognized tho supremo au
thority ot usurped and rebel govern
ments, and in tho placo of such loyal
officers shall put such legislators and
officers alone as shall swear to support
such rebellion, and shall kill, i i prison,
or banish all such persons in such cloy,
on States as will not aid in tho said war
to destroy this Union, and shall contin
ue to wage such war for four years, and
therein shall kill three hundred thousand
of tho loyal people, and, by starving and
other practices of barbarians, shall mur.
dor sixty thousand more,' and shall in
flict upon tha nntion a debt of 81,000,
000,000, and shall lay wasto and deso
late tho entire land, and shall not ceaso
such war until totally overthrown' in
overwhelming and crushing defeat,
then, and in nil such cases, tho pcoplo so
actually engaged in such rebellion, war,
starving!, poisonings, and other barbar
ous practioos for the overthrow of tho
Government as aforesaid, shall not bo
deemod to havo dote any act forfeiting
or suspending any ppwer or privilege of
a citizen ot tho UniteJ States, or of an
elector in any Stato, nor bo deemed to
havo put it in the power of the United
Slates to declare forfeited or even bus.
ponded any power ot such persons to
elect tho rulers of tho Republic 1 but, on
tho contrary, nil euoh people, while so
engaged, aud tho Stales, as bodies-politic,
which they compose, 8liall during
all said four years of war, be deemed
and held to bo true, loyal, and republi
can people and States of this Union t
and as such shall, despite tho prohibi
tion of the Unitod Statos, bo entitled to
eloot one thtrd of the Senators, Repre.
sentativos, and Presidential electors of
tho Unitod States, and shall thereby be
enabled lu the Senate nnd IIouso to de
feat any act necessary to tho existence
ol tho Government of tho United States,
and which requires the assent of two
thirds of such Houses or of either House.
And moroovor, it shall bo lawful for
those who originate, lead in, and oxo
outo such war, rebellion, and murders,
at all timos to be elected to tho offices
of President, Vice President, Senators,
aud Representatives of the United
1
States. And neither by test oaths or
otherwise shall it bo lawful to exclude
such leaders while engaged in such ro
belliou or afterwards from being elected
to or assuming such offices.
Mr. Speaker tho man who nffirius
that this is not a substantially just affir.
inanea in tho terms of express law, of
tlio exact eltect ot the doetrino that tho
people of'a Sta'.o can do no net which
deprives even temporarily such pooplo
and their States of tho power to elect
our rulers is cither a tulso man or an im
becile : and with him I hold no debate.
And ho who, seeing tho consequoncos
of such a doetrino thus f:irly writton out
into tho terms of law, does not turn
away from thorn with loathing and utter
disgust is worse than either falsa or im
becile. He is a traitor! And hero I
leavo that.
Mr. Speakor, that second and only
other method to which I havo alluded,
of enforcing the position that tho United
States have 110 power to assume the or.
ganization of loyal republican govern
ments tn theso revolted States can be
accurately s'ated thus; it says that, ad
mitting that during tho force and usur
pations of tho war of rcbollion,the reb
els and th.'tr States ceased to havo tho
power to elect our rulers, yet the rebel
lion being crushed, tho violent over
throw of tlio old constitution and laws
ot these States ended, and tho people
having submitted niter crushing deleat
to tho authority they failed to over
throw, then and thereupon tho-o old
State g'lveaiimeiits and siitih ne.v ones
as thoso so defeated may choose to
form becoino at onco republican and
loyal States, and the United States have
110 control over tho matter, either as to
who shall bo electors and tako part in
reviving these Stat.s, or as to when
and upon what terms these Slates and
uieir peopio snail resume the high pow
er of States governing Iho Union 1
Now, Mr. Speaker, if this bo indeed
tho stale of our constitutional law, then
this too may bo written out fully into
the forms ol express law. So written
out in all Us leading requirements and
consequences, it reads as follows :
Article nine, section two. Whenever
hereafter such a rebellion against thi8
Union as is described in tho first section
of this article shall arise and bo over
thrown by the United States, then and
in all such cases they who engaged in
such rebellion, war, murders, starving,
poisonings, and other practices of bar
barians, to the end that they might
destroy tha Government of tho United
Slates, shall, immediately upon their
having tlv-'ir arms wrested from them,
and while yet pi isoners ot war, havo the
right both ns individu tls aud as tho pco
plo and electors of (heir States to elect,
and also to become tho President, tho
Vico President, Senators, and Repre
sentatives of tho United States. And
such traitors shall, moreover, havo the
power to so frame their Slate constitu
tion and laws that none shall be entitled
to vote for tho offices aforesaid except
those who engaged in said rebelIion;and
the said trai'lors and tho States which
they compose shall bo entitled thus to at
once as'suuio said control of the Govern
merit ct the United Statos, although in
fact none of them shall have either felt
or professed any regret for such treason,
and although they may romain as ti ai
torotis as over toward tho Government
of the United States, and may in fact as
sumed such powers for tho overthrow of
the Government ot the United States,
and this nilhough thoso so taking said
offices for traitorous purposes may com
pose a majority ot both Houses of Con
gress And it shall bo unconstitutional
nnd illegal for tho United States, by
joint committee of Congress: or other
wise, to even inquire into tho matter of
tho return to loyalty or into the other
acts or purposes ot tho traitors afore
said, or into the republican character or
purposes of tho governments of their
said States. But, on tho contrary, such
rebels, and if thoy so order they alone,
Bhall bo, immediately upon ihoir defeat
as aforesaid, aud while yet prisoners ot
war, entitled to assume and toko con
trol of tlio Government of the Unitod
States without inquiry, conditions, let,
hinderance, or delay. And it shall,
moreover, bo. unlawful to exclude such
traitors from any of said offices cither
by requiring test oaths or otherwise,
except only that each House of Congress
may judge of tho election and qualifica
tion of its own mombors, and expel if
two thirds so order. 0
Now, Mr. Speaker, in this section I
do not oaricaturo or exaggerate, but on
the contrary I far understate the appal
ling results oi this position, which I conn
sider a position which teaches that, in
defiance of tho sovereignty of this victor
nation, and in tho very teeth of Us piolii
bitions, its rebel prisoners of war, ut the
very instant of their defeat, havo tho
right ay, sir, tho right as electors and
rulers ot sovereign States, to resume the
control of their conquerors and tho right
to vote iut that awlul hfo ot tlio nation
which tl eir live hundred thousand mur
ders dono did not extiiifiiish, but aug
mented into mighti r being
No, sin no. This is not tho law of
your nation's existence; and your injur
ed country what ono over bo wronged
beforo? has tho right and power in
these revolted districts to boo to it that
there shall bo returned and guarantied
to them governments right loyal and
right republlcan.lho United States being
judges.
Now, I havo said all that I propose to
sav upon the general question of the
power of Congress to pass tho bill now
before tho IIouso, or any other bill which
shall provide tor tho organization of
loyal republiom governments in tho
revolted States, and to provide nlso tor
tho.government of tho people of thoso
States provisionally until such loyal
Stato governments can be organized
ihero'n.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a sug
gestion about tho sixth section of this
bill, which declares rebellion to havo
wrought a forfeit lire of two privileges of
citizenship, to wit; tho right to vote and
hold ollieo.
Some gentlemen here of learning see
in that section n declaration that Con
gross can vote tlio Territories and peo
ple, loyal and disloyal, of our Union out
ot the national jurisdiction and into
foreign Governments, and can attach
new nnd unknown penalties to past
disloyalty by iujio aut of law without
cony 0 ion.
Sir, this poems to me a most strnngo
mid obvious error, and arises out of for
getting that all the rights nnd obliga
tions ol citizenship arise, not at all out
of any criminal enactments, but out ot
that contract and bond which connects
tho citizen with his country, and which
binds both to certain correlative duties
This mistake comes from forgetting
wlint is selt-cvident without being staled
at all, but which is stated by Vnltel in
theso words:
'If tlio body of society or bo who
represents it the Government absolute
ly fail to disehargo their obligations to
ward tho citizen, tho hitter may with.
draw himself; for, if ono of the contrac
ting parties does not observe his engage
ments, tlio other is no longer boui.d to
fullill Ins, as tho contract is rcciprooil
between society and its inombnrg, , It is
on tho same principle, also that society
may expel a member who violates its
1-iws.'
This right ot Governments to with
hold from them who discard all tho obli
gations pertaining to their citizenship
tho powers and rights which oomo alone
from performing theso obligation is
iono which, by necessity, attaches to and
tiheres in the very nature anil structure
of all civil society, and has been acted
upon nnd enforced as a self-evident
right of nil government in every stable
Government that hns existod since tho
world begun. This idenlienl principle
was asserted at tho origin of your Gov
ernment in tho legislation of every ono
of tho States ot the conl'ed ration; was
repeated and re-enacted by three, at
least, of the first Congresses under tho
Constitution, and has been virtually re
enacted by being kept in foreo by every
subsequent Congress which ever met
under tho Constitution.
But, sir, I am not about to enter upon
an argument which I submitted to this
House upon a former day; and only al
ludo to it now to submit to tho House a
single suggestion about it. It is this
which is submitted as an illustration and
a proof:
There is a ohild before you. He
moves about in the simplicity of Ins
young nature, unconscious of the dig
nity which is upon him. Ho goes under
your flag to another contry. There
another Government injures his life, his
property, or even a hair of his head
For that injury, sir, what ought to hap
pen 1 Nay, sir, by the very law ot your
nation's hfo and honor what must haps
pen? Now, nothing has occurred except
that n foreign Government has put iu
hand in insult or injury upon a little
boy, and he upon tho other side ot the
globe, whcro midnight is when we have
high noon. But then the boy was our
country's and was under its ling. When
the tidings coma to us that that child
was hurt, if needs bo tor his red rocs every
sword in the land and ovory gun, every
arm iu the land and every drop ot blood
in the land and evory dollar of money
pnss eagerly under requisition to the
work oi that child's rodressi and for that
redress your armies and navios'start oft'
in a procession which girdles tho globe
with tho light ol your banners.
And, sir, why all this t It is because
that child bore with him what, thank
God and the armies ot America, is to
day tho highest of earthly dignities;
higher than that whioh made the person
of him of TarsuB sacred In tho presence
of a Hebrew mob. Tho boy was an
American oitizen.
But, Mr. Speaker, others are in
foreign lands from our oountryi Mason,
Slidell, Breckinridge are abroad
Should one of theso be hurt its tho boy
was, who in this IIouso will arise and
Bay that his avenging belongs, by any
law of the Constitution .or ot men or of
God, to his outraged country I '
I will yield to any gentleman on tho
other side who will rise in his placo and
say that this Government should
resent any insult or injury to such men.
Alter a pause IThere is no response; no
voice in all tho loyal section of the coun
try will bo hoard to assert it. I there
tore nssiinio that their avenging belongs
not to my country. Now, why not t
Mason once did have tho right.. W de
niand your protection, and ho is uncon
victed to-day. Why has he not tho
right to mako tho'demand now! Why
did your Government ro'tuse to consider
Thresher, unconvicted ot any offense
against your laws, ns not entitled to tho
rights of an American citizen 1 Why
did that man, (Mr. Webster,) who
then administered your Department of
State, and who is is to stand forever in
your country's history unmatched and
solitary as tho master of your consti.tu
tional and your public law, refuse to. ao"
cord tho protection of this Government
to ono who engaged in the Lopez expe
dition but who was unconvicted of any
crimo! Sir, 111 tho light of history, ot
law, and of reason, there can be but one
answer: that along with the repudiation
of the obhaalionsot citizenship tho right
to claim its privileges perishes in so far
as the Government may chooso to for
feit them. And it is upon this prim
ciplo that wo may rightly enact this
section into law.
Now, I shall say nothing more nbout
this sixth section than 1 have already
said. My own objection to it is. that it
fails to assert tho light, to life which my
Government bus; it is poor nnd impov
erished in tho extent to which it goes,; j
say here, in tho name ot the loyal peopio
of this country, South and North, that it
wo fail to put its stamp ot Metestatiott
Upon tho treason of theso men, by pro
hibiting thorn from any rule and author
ity in that country, in so tar as that pro
hibition shall be found by tho Unitod
States to bo requisite to retain the gov
ernments of tho States and of the iatioa
in truly loyal hands, wo will stab tp tho
heart that Government which we on all
sides of the Hall lovo so well. ...
Ono illustrious in another ago said
what has passed into tho proverbs of a
foreign tongue. JJutce ct decorum tst
pro pntria mori. A distinguished Sena
tor translated that to read, 'It is sweet
and d'cent to dio for 01 e's oonntry.' But,
sir, let 1110 oiico tor all say now perhaps
the last lime that I shall ever spook upon
the subject iu tho American IIouso ot
Representatives that it my Govern
ment shall, in any policies otroconstruo
lion that may be adopted, abandon to
their fate iho men of the South who
stood by their country when their coun
try so much needed trionds theroj tho
men who proved their lovo of country
when to prove it mount to dio. and who
proved il by receiving upon their own
and their wives' and children's defense
less heads tho storm of a huge aud
morciL'ss treason, and shall, now, in the
day of tho nation's triumph,-; consign
them and their little ones, and the, power
of their Slates, to the dominion of those
who made Iho rebellion, and whose al
most tendeiest mercies nnd best loyalty,
the nation, appalled with , horror, has
just read in the tiro and blood of Mem-
plus and New Orloans massacres, then
indeed the day have come when for our
country it will has censed, to be even
'decent to dio, and wliou our country will
;. . il 1. .1 . 1 -
iiseii uc uenu.
Mr. Speaker, I return to tho House ,
my thanks tor the singular attention and '
kindness with whioh I have boon listen-'
ed to, and hero quit the Itiomo, '
A Good joke is told ot one oi on
clover saloon keeporp,which is too lull of
genuine humor, "undor pressinz circum
stances,'1 to be lost 1
A bhort tune ago, n representative of
the Green Isle tlepped into tho saloon
of tho person abovo alluded to, and
Willi a countenance lull ot inquiry saids
'An' have vou got any good ryo
whiskoy !"
"Yes, very good, tho host in town,
said the saloon man,
"An havo you any half pint bottlos
my good man 1"
"los," was tno reply.
"An' will you plaiso to fill one with
your beBt rye whiskey for n ot"
'Ut course," said the obliginir dealer,
and after reaohins for tho required flask.
and spending a lull half hour in clean
ing it, repaired to the cellar, and drew a
half pint of his Bourbon and presented
it to the gontieman tn waiting,
'Pat" took the bottle, raised it to his
lips, swollowed about half of its contonts
and then, after making the appropriate .
face over it, said in a very confidential
toi.B :
'Will you plciao fit this on one sida
till I call tor it t"
Tho saloon keeper, smelling a largo
sizo lat-trap full of small mice, carefully
stowed paid half pint away. Tho fellow'
never called for it, but took this novel
way of obtaining a drink. ,
"Aud tho bottle, never flitting, still is elttlnrr.
still 1 Billing, B
Iu a Riicrod, louoly corner, by tlio safo upon
tho floor;
And its mouth 1ms all tho 'awning' of
demon that is gnawing, . , ,
And tho grocer itnnds 'a-pawlng,' with ills
font upon tho lloor, '
Thinking how he'd liko to kick (hat 'tfonlU-!
' umu' from out Ills door)
But he'll see ulm-neTrmott., " '
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