ainVBT SICKLER. l , ro,flctor.] \E\Y SERIES, I -ilorth Branch Srnnurah 1 I i weekly Democratic -f __ I devoted to l'ol- 1 F :■■ "■ A, ls fa !-p < I 1.,;.. csi,-. IV- -!p § I H3s> i : . 1 every U i In.'-- t /, iv£2s?v in- Tutikliannock, in? County, Pa. J V i&b dj | -V HARVEY SiCKLER. ' S>*4£7 I . I | Term* -I 1 L , " (M a,IV -"" C) " lf I I r ;>:iin within .-ix mouths, ... Ul " " e , ___ I ADYTEXITISIDTCr. I |'i lines or [ I; ,cj. iiii'iV .'/ir<v four !iro three sir <>nc u „t fiare icciks weeks mo /'• mo'ih mo'lit year I-.liiire I.o>' I--"' 2:1"-) 2.87 3.GU- 5.00 ■> -i.Oii 2,30 3,23 350 4,50 t!,00 3 jn, 3,00 3,75 4,75 5,50 7,00 9.00 j J Column. 4,00 4,50 6,50| 8,00 10,00 15 00 I jo. 6,00 7,00 10,00 12.00 17,00 25,00 i i jo. 8,00 9,50 14,00 18,00 25,00 35,00 | 1 do. 10,00 12,00 17,00 22,00 28,00 40,00 Business Cards of one square, with paper, 95. iTOZQ woni£ ~11 k • Is i,. i:!y cvTUtc 1, an I at prices to suit Business Notices. 1 ')HOV S'l AN J*. —Nicholson, )*..— <' !. 1 1> -f •. .n l'r -pri.-tur. [' 1 uTO t i it .. . < <><>;; i;. i ' . " • 1 AN A.' : .!. ! 1. rtEO.S. TUTTOX, ATTORXF.Y AT LAW, i i 'l'm. ~on I*.T Oil: • • in .-'irk- i. : u . U, i: :i >♦!"• t i M AT. 1M V IT. AT! i lit NMY AT I.AW. ii|- ... •.I trick l>lov-k, T1..-1 .-r . Tuuk i.ii:ii< 1. I'.. J ITTI.E .v DEW ITT, A TTOKXI Y'S AT ' AIV. ( ;':i 'o uii Tioga street, Tunkhaitnoek. , I:. l.iTTir .1 lUIVVITT. \ V -MiTIl. M. T). PllYsiCl ,\\ ,'c Sl'l'vi!LwX, ' .. !'•; <h mio-k, I'll. 1 5 Alt\ I.'i -It KLMK, %'•"!' '• : I '7 1 vw J 1 ai i tiE.NEKAL IXBI UAXCE At J EXT - Of ii " I Sr. l*<; strset, tipjHisite Wall's Hotel, l'unkhan n ... l'a. if. lIIIOA.IDS, 7\/T. I) , (7r :Jim(e of the Tnirersity of Penn'u ■ • i;s i V evv. kan 1 vi hiitv. !!'• <■ in 1 ■ Drug St .re. or at his resideu e on I'utn-iui Street. nR.J.I.dORSEI.II W. HAVIXti LOCAT i.I AT Till; i M.i.-. V. ; 1.1. \ m !r :rm.. 1 . ■ DH. .1. r lit v'Ki .11 <Y <"(>., I'IIT-hiina >! i:<;i;t>\ W bW rcsjieclfully announce to the citizens of Wy n.'ng that fhey hive 1.; ited at Tunkh.irntork vvher ley will promptly attend to all calls in Hie line of , i.eir Mu- he found at his Drug Star-. • *lic not pro;" -.-iuruiilv ai.sciit. T W 1 WEV, M. I).- ((Ira luate ■ the • AJ Institute, Cmc-innati) would respectfully announce t > tiie citizen- <>l AVyoining r.n i l.uzeriie i . urn! if.-, i iiit he c .ntiiuiis his iigu! ir pr oti in He' larions departuients of his profession. Alaj t.n , nit! >' his office or residence, when not professionally ah i of " fJ'arii--ul.tr attention given to the tr-atuici.t h iironie Discas. eiitreiiiorelau'l, AYyoming Co. Pa.— v2r.2 WALL'S HOTEL, LATU AMERICAN HOUSE/ Tl \ lv II AN \()( K, U YOAIINt. ( <) . J*\ T'illr eitahlishincnt li.i.s n I<-i r i and furnished in tiie latest style Kverv atteiiii' :i ill he given to th comfort and convenience ol those | *w patronize the House. T. 1. WALL, Owner and Proprietor. Tunkhannoek, September 11, 1861. NORTH BHANCH "HOTEL, MKSHOppEX, WYOMING C'OrXTY, I'A ■ Hm. 11. COR'J'K I(<1IT, Prop'r RAYING resumed the proprietorship of the a hove Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to rentier the house an agreeable place of sojourn for *ll who may favor it with their custom. Wm. II CCRTPJIIHT. June, 3rd, 1863 MAYMBD'S hotel, T f 'XKII \ \ \(M K. uYO MIX ( C 0 1" XT Y , I'EXXA. •I 011 N >| \yNA R1) , Proprietor. HAVING taken the Hotel, in the TV.rough of Tunkhanncck, recently occupied hy Kiley "amor, the proprietor respectfully solicits a share oi I'" lie patronage. The House has hcon thoroughly repaired, and the comforts and ai. •.sj• <.■ 1:11;•..... t.t a first class Hotel, will he found hy all who may favor t with their custoiu. September 11. l^ll. AlGTlaia N OEMTIST. y . \T GII.M AX has permanently located in Tun';- LVI. Lain, -k Borough, and respectfully tenders ba professional services to the citizens of this place and urrounding country. , ALL WuKK WARRANTED, TO Gl\ E SAIIs r ACTION. 4 , „ ; Office over Tuttou's Eaw Oflme, near t., c 1 os )ffue Dee. 11, 1 SGI - Blanks 11 Blanks I I! If TANK. DEEDS SUMMONSES SUBPCENAES EXECUTIONS CONSTABLE S SALES justice's, Constable's, and legal blanks of Ml -tiuis. NtalLy and Correctly primed on ?oo<l I aycr. t ind for sale at tbe Uthee of the " Xorth Branch^ Ihaocwt'l _ , . I IMb FOIt TALMLIIS, AS A I'LItT ILIy K I J J for sale at LUX J \ is 1 apt. 13 iBUL SlM:iu ii. OF HON. 1). \V. YOOKIILS, OF INDIANA, imi.IYKKKI) A T ION Coll I), ,| ( j, Lv 4 J HD.A loan Approving Audience of 30,000 ! Mr. President, Indies ,tnd Ge nllemen : I - .111 i for the first time on the soil of New L :| ;-Mund. I look for the Inst time 011 the in nvsty of i,ei<mountain* and the beautiful fnceof her Miieys. . f te | for the first time fann ng nr. cieeK the winds that arise from fr 1:n '>t'. a1 MI I.c ocean at her feet. I have b hel i o the lir 'ime ho-e bl otning achieve mi nts I;u '. -1 . <•. ]"STi . 'vlnch lone : v P"HI. .. • '. 1 ' ' v i .'. . ,i her le.s 111. : . ty t'l t'Vi V at , Wet > j pii !(~ >ti nes which iiill ii ilie ie 111 >el my h>y In ini with a burning duvoti m io the mem rv o' tiie great deed, ami which have inspired the mamrer years of mv inanlioo l with an unal teiahli' 1 ,-ve! e;."e ( >r t .'ieir princijdes and con ' id ' avi ! r the !ir~t lime saiuieil mv eve !• is to nie is a land o| !ii>tory. Every sie[t in your miiDt cith to my nmid the iinperish -1'• e ui> Ire i tin* pasi, the dear memories of iin iv f • ti :*• 11s •!'*• day Oiun tins. A 1 in; .• reverently bent few;. I ■> t|. :i pi t v NeW E' ghlllll I ! l'.l \ the .11 _• s" - i f 1 >7*" ' 1 .ir tor. Ib, tl'. bit ! ' o'ljii SI: e. r ll Mini e -:ran,■ ' \ 1 I 1 !' Id S 1111 i M • I I!. ' -1 pt';l, to t 1" (' thll Vet Pt the i .tegrfy !" •• v v I' • : ' u j" s "" 1,3 I ' I>rule, to d 1 y c.' :z ■ • '- s • 11 111 re, one 1 ; the gr. 1 ann' Vi 1 - 11- 1 n e anna!- ol t lie w i Id. Hv n'- r'v 11 nice to dates. I'l.e proxies- I loini .ii i - ma ked and ma- loa t •m i .f h'-'orv lv > i -red . iy- : ! r.mmen rongr.tillition and na'i nal i* -d .'ity livery pi M| le have thim, hui whose anniversary ••! j >y an ! pride has been so full fg! try a- thi b Mi lay o! t'ori-M'u- M • 'i l.'lr I'V ? ~ I o - . I s • t" ! ■hi.pi : ' -p . . ,ai ,is i|- I iv all lad • ; , . ID 1 rr lar ol I•- p. :,!> . | I I I, t eb o tng Cannon. 1 i e e . t i- - v u-i. •( it n. We 1. .v- v . ■ ■ .!> D •: n " f I.. c< . f all nations, lb i r.v. p . .•:!•■ in th. tie flow mg clip t our .|- n.iv. V\ .■ -I d n, n the top of the mountain an i claimed kindred with (he stars. We cour-ed the pathway of national greatness with the fleet lies ot tiie eagle in his atrial home. Where others crawled we 11,-w. That which other na'i' 11 - reached l.y slow and painful steps we i.t'aiiie-l at a single bound We disdained the measured gait and plain experience of otlmr people and other ages. We struck b . ! dly tl d at once wi He in tiie very inlancy ofy.ar- for 'be da/zbng and dangerous Leigh's of national supremacy. We bore ri vain w ;!ii impatu i.ee and to , rate 1 lie -upe ri< rity i;i ,uy d -p u tment of human thought or action. Nature seconded our national j'i ,de. < Fur Country, vast, various and prolif ic as an ii mtern fable presented and still pre sents -uch a heatre for industrial and scien tiiic enterprise a- was never before the herit age of any of the childien of men. The sweeping rivers, the inland seas, the illimita ble plains oi unwonted fertility, the shelter ing harbors of commerce all proclaim the munificence of the ' Yeator to this Western world. The Liovernnient formed in the hap py days of our nafi"nal puiity stimulated tliesC elements oi physical gre■ m.-> into marvelous activity. Devii -p; . wed deVelopmeiH with the an .e. Tim imagination was tewdduieu 111 K*. i-|iiii. pace with the reality. Fancy pau-ed on a tired pinion far short of the lofty peak on which fact sat securely perched. Ties is but a fee hie and faint picture of the emotions and entimcnts which have inspired occasions like this in former years, 'ihere were 11 • its ihen on the sun. The unbroken theme o! every tongue was the boundless happiness* individual and national, which filled our bor- J .Cis. 1 would gladly prolong this pleasing theme to da v. 1 would £, ; uiiy talie up in,' accustomed strain of congratulation I wouid gladly surround tiii- occa-i m with tlie bright oinens which have cheered similar assembla ge in former times. Hut we stand in the presence of a sad and mu'illated picture. — The bright dream of the nation's vouth is over. The enchanter's spell, under which we ro-e so high, <s broken. The illusion tha' we were invincible against evil fortune, and invulnerable to the Giafts o( mah volent <h-as ter has been rudely dispell'd \N e stand naked to-day to the biting wind- of terrible adversity. The noise of our grief fills the whole earth. If we are asked to sing the sontrs of our prosperous days we will be si lent and weep as did the daughters of Israel when they remembered Jerusalem in their captivity, and hung their harps upon the willows, and mingled their tears with the waters of baby lon. Our Eden has been sunt ten with a curse. Its sky is darkened with a raging tempest. The lightnings glafe upon us in hate. American soil is drunk with ; fraternal blood, and encircled with a sinister land ghastly fertility by the commingled 1 tones of brethren. Sobbing borrow is in ' every gale. The mother weeps within her "TO SI-UAK HIS THOUGHTS IS F.VERY I REKMAX S I!IGHT."-Tl.oma, Jcllerson. TUNKIIANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1863. widowed home. The cry of the fatherless goes up strong to the face of the Almighty. A crime without a nauic, and without paiai lei, has been committed against humanity in North America. Let us reckon with our daikened prospects and shattered hopes as becomes the descendants of an unfaltering and indomitable race. Let us keep the book of events fairly and honestly recorded as we move forward on the stream of timu. Let us attach responsibility for our woes where it beloitg®-., n aid of impartial history Lei us look uri,.!y In Ihe lace of the thick coining I evils of the present hour, in order to over come and escape them, Let us 100, it such power be given us, penetrate "lie tliiouueu and sombre luture an l delvi'iniia to s-une ,x h .>' e *' ,l aw a; - ' : >e Aim-ri i; , ,t- ! - - : M e anoal e > up --1-, thai ii" 'p. O i '1 ai I. - I luie in ome canst • i.I <II-,IV-s as a nation. I fail to perceived the propriety ol this position. A close investigation into the circumstances which have lost us our high estaie is one ol the principal means by which it is to be re gained. Tins is especially true if it shall be found that the same causes which brought calamity, and put the sun which shines on this anniversary in eclipse, continue to exist and increase in inteimilied and aggravated forms. II JW plain and simple, my fellow citi/. us. seem the lesson- ol the past on this -nhj e ! 11 >w b.l lly cau-e an i ellcct there land ' in the e \ e O! I tie can lid student of .->i > ! i' ; i e ■ i wr lien, supreme i. 1.. -iin- peace arid siahilitv . ... i* \.i .• W'i iiont this. Govern. ... .*i i.\ -i I lie necessity lor a clearly .ill. ■ d luu ia.ie-n al. oigainc law by which to M-deem society trout cioios itas been recogniz coin cVety period of civilization. And this Would he an idle achievement unless it oh lamed obedience. 1 here mu-t be a a andrd to which all render allegiance. It may be repugnant to some. It may not be entirely ' harm nious in all its parts with the views of , any. lint .-uc.i sacrifices at'e compensated by ' the ble-sing- of*order, law an 1 security. In thisspuit the American Constitution was ..HI U'. It wa- is w.fii d tfie wis.slant puii-i too-, .tin nk,. wii t history in con nee: i II witfi civil afl'Mlt was made i" v. w . o 11-.. in ..i- a •! varied inter - Hi i. I .- i(. d lilt II end exist null'. Il - not, I-I-I I. what any .no tueinbef of ! (fiat iinni >rtal e -tiventi in would have framed .1 H ! smgli t" f mi-el! : hut etch Mate, each .section and every interest laid something on tile altar of compromise, and the angel ol concord hovering over the scene accepted the grate!ul saci dice, and cemented the Union. Ihis Constitution, thus obtained, became at once entitled to the obedience of the citizen l'lie early day- of the Republic present a glo rinus uniloi mity of alfectionate attuchinetit to ttie body of our I nimi and the charter of our liberties, lint at a later period there arose a generation wiser and purer in their own conceit than tire fathers, l'hey discovered such defects in the Constitution as so re I v touched their consciences. They were not content with its provisions on a subject which at the time of its adoption was common to every State in the Union. They were not satisfied with the stipulations which it origi - nally made to obtain a Union. And without which they well knew no Union would ever have been formed. T.iey declurdb disobhdi ence to the Constitution a Christian virtue. Tiny commenced a determined, deadly and unending war against its authority and its integrity. The truth ol what I say is known of ail men. The gehri of that party which now administers the affairs of this G"vcrn lllll||| lirst arpearcd iimrc riian a quarter of a cenutiy ago filling the w .nd with its clamor agamst the allege I wickedness "I the Ameri can Constitution. Its phrenzted face con fronted the public at all seasons and places. It seized upon the engine of the press. It stalked into the forum. It rushed into the pulpit and repudiated alike the Bible and the Constitution. The Courst were its derision and mockery. ' l had 110 C j at was visible to mortal eye. There was an unseen, un known, lntrngtbßs higher law to which it avowed its allegiance The great chief of the \*„;-Mern sectional party Win. 11. Seward, adopted this heresy, and by doing so prolong ed and dignified, so far as dignity can b'j given to crime, the original element o' disobedience to law winch has culminated in funeral soriows to the laud. Ihe doctrine o a logher law than the Constitution in civil a flairs is the doctrine of civil war. It is a Imi 11 tain <>f blood. No government can survive in peace the ascendency of such a principle I'd tin- cause, to tiiis spirit of rancorous disobedience, to this introduction into public alfairs of a principle at war with all govern ments, rendering kindred heresies 111 other sections and entailing a wide-spread brood of pernicious dogmas in tlu> country, is to he attributed, in my solemn judgment, as 1 shall answer to God for the rectitude of my motives the long train of bitterness, agitation, sectional hatred and alienation culminating in a civil war whose lurid and inflamed visage now appals the nations of the earth. W ill 11 he said that this persistent defiance of the Constitution in the North was harmless? llist hi*v will not so make the record. D b-ru the fruits of di eoi'd in a horrible abun Inure. It did riot content itself with empty deuuuci- ation. It resisted the laws of Congres' enacted within the plain provisions of the Constitution. State governments were turn ed against the Federal Government. The Courts were defied The Union was divided and spurned as in the way of enlightened progres. All these things are familiar, nor uo 1 recite them in your hearing for their novelty, but in these days of savage reproach es'for disloyalty certain features in the history of American politics cannot be too frequently presented to the public. It would perhaps be | a more grateful task 011 this and ali other occa sions to spend our time in loading the heavy j burthens of ourlla lonal oflencee on distant) i vjcli' 'is. It gratifies tiie love of -elf to I)uii:s>li j run ~111 -vn doorsctpsal! complicity with the | c.iuse> u nci] have led to our crU'd con lition . j We - ioiii.l gladly proclaim to God an Ito 1 poster.ty Dirt vve are wiluout sin—that we ! imve been the patient, meek ana enduring j victims of a feroch us and aggressive spirit 1 on the par: ol the .Southern Slates through- i out all oij'" past history. lam aware that i such language is alone to be adjudged to be i loyal now by those who have always hereto- i fort-hel lth .t the blessings and glories of the American Union were covenanted with the dismal pains and dark ah do.s of iieil.— But at the risk of their denunciation 1 shall at all times endeavor first to deal justly with our own faults ami crimes before I g > wan dering 111 quest of the faults and crimes of others to correct. As we are dealing in bit ter and vengeful wrath with the rebellious -ectioualisiu ot the .South, vve can certainly allord to consider justly our own. Let us. in some measure at least, anticipate the cool verdict o| ins:ory. In sum distant age, when the a<>ar ami tumult of the present aie heard no more, when ibe moss is growing on the tomhsloiies of all t.'ie actors of this bloody and baleful hour, when broken hearts arc at 1 rest, \\ iicn the gentle evening biv /.e is no | longet filled with the v nee ol tears, when I wounds and heart acnes cease to 0 ■ rcmem- ! beied, when the fires oi pi--:on and 1 veuze have gone out, then ft mi the mr. n. ami tin- i disturbed heights of it u ami political | philosophy (he judgment ■ t the w- rid will I be announcid. > u tlieio d:so! . hence is ' the suprem law. N r;hern discontent aid j No 11lie 111 njrilatii nof the q a-s 1..21 of s!av ry will be recognized as the cause, and S >uth i i'l'ii seces-ioii and armed r b h; n as the el- 1 feet. i - .mat i; .1 .u si. u, i he girded ; about us bi.o a ... of sack j cloth at evui . -u-p w• t h.n m t,e struggle I now before us. it will enable us to dis- j charge our duties in tiie spirit of Christian charity. lie who goes through the world with his self-righteous head in the clouds, ! unwilling ci unable to see his own conspicu- i ous deformities while waging a war of cxter- i mutation against the crimes and follies of oth- j crs, is a being offensive to God and man j .Shall vve as a government continue through time exibit this miserable spectacle tiie dis gust and derision of impartial inankin 1 ; or ! shall we not rather endeavor to train the public i mind back into the channels of even handed ! justice and restore the administration of oui' affairs to the equal and benignant precepts o! the fathers ? Let us lir.st settle honestly with onrselvs and purge our national councils of those t'flences against the institutions of the Republic which we seek to punish in others, and then we may confidently invoke the arm of a just God in aid of our efiorts to restore national unity and peace. Let us make open atonement for the drama enacted by red han ded fanaticism on the soil of Virginia in ISo'J in pursuance of the teachings of a now domi nant political party. It is doubtless easy and Convenient now to forget that public hon ors were paid in neraly every State in the North to the memory of those who fired the first gun in the mortal strife which is now raging. But these facts are locke andd bol ted in the vaults of the inexorable past, there awaiting the use which posterity will make of them. And that abrupt chasm in the mountains winch bind together dliferent sec tions, that gaping rent in the design of na. tare' that broken ridge at Harper's Ferry will hold a place in the history of the great civil war of America asa forerunnerand a prophecy The raven lias croaked the hoarse and bod- i infir notes of war and disaster to the cause of 1 the Union from Us fatal battlements in every \ stage of the unnatural and revolting tragedy which there enacted its first scene. Shall we turn away affrighted on this occasion ; from the appaling spectacle which the wand of truth summons from the bosom of the past? Do we dread to gaze steadily and earnestly at imperishable facts which lindci , lie this great convulsion and rock this con tinent and the world to-day like the uneasy , giant imprisoned beneath the volcanic moun tain? If we do, we are not worthy to as pire to the control of a nation's welfare. It we do we would be found incompetent to the j task of correcting thobe evils which we do- , plore. One more leaf allow me to turn in this chapter of disobedience to law as the j cause of our national humiliation and suffer ing. Sectional hostility to the Constitution culminated, after years of storm and discus sion, in the elevation of a man to the Chiel , Magistracy of the nation wlmso claims upon 1 his party to that distinction consisted in hi* ! I bold avowal of revolutionary principles. 1 appeal to thw spirit of truth, and demand i that the American people shall deal suiccrely 1 with thOurelves. The I'm Adenof the Lnited .States, e brief space prior to his elec 'ion, announced to his fellow-countrvmen as 'he deliberate result of his reflections and exjierience, that the whole domestic economy .of the States, the whole framework of the 1 internal policy oi the Government, must un dergo a stupendous change or the Union | must submit to overthrow. He was not j content with the Constitution. Over the y.naes of our ancestors he reviled their wis ; dotu and sought to weaken public confidence in the result of their labors, and to bring in to disrepute the Government as they made t. These Northern States, these granite i hills, these smiling plains, this constellation of New England around the cold, bright North sia-. were all to tahe back to their bosoms that system of slavery which they had long since expelled; or else, on the other hand, the land of cotton and of Cane was to revolutionize its social and in dustrial system in obodience to the distant and ungracious demands of the North ; or in the event of the failure of both of these start ling propositions, then the American Union was to •' fall like Lucifer, the bright son of the morning, never to hope again.' 5 This was the logic of the President of the United States, and with these views unretracted. he | entered upon the duties of his high office. * l-e was not content with the Constitution, j States part slave and part free moved in har- I'non j and fraternity under its control. No I discordant, jarring sounds issued fiom their i respective orbits. The law of their political j gravitation was perfect. It was the result of j a S e = experience, wisdom an 1 suffering, ap plied with matchless skill to our peculiar ; interests as a nation. But he was not con , tent with the Constitution. It had weath | ered many storms, and vindicated its power to meet all the demands of our unexampled growth. It was as elastic as our far-reach ! ing boundaries, and as contracted as the j sma.lest right of the humblest citizen. It had listened to the voice of the cannon in time of war, and j roved itself sufi! cient for every military necessity. The Union was the child of its fostering iove. It nursed its infancy, and shielded its gigantic manhood from every assault. But, disregarding its -acr • 1 origin, overlooking its beautiful work man-hip, blind to its mighty achievements in P half < f union, liberty, and hum <□ pro gress. an 1 K-eing nothing but what appeared to them as a defect, the party now in power boldly proclaimed, by their support of Mr. Lincoln, the neccsvty for its change or its destruction. 1 here aver, that in the whole range of history no contest short of actual armed revolt was ever waged iti more open and avowed contempt and defiance of exist ing institutions, of judicial decisions, of sa cred traditions, and of fundamental organic law, than the political contest which tri ~ umphed in the ascendency of the present Administration. To what principle or de partment of the Government was obedience paid by the disciples of this destructive school \of politics ? Mas it to 'lie Constitution itself ? They had a higher law than it on i the subject of slavery, which gave them the liberty of disobedience to civil magistrates, j\\asit to the legislation of Congress ? They j brought it also to be tried at the bar of fa | naticism, and if found repugnant to some thin and shadowy dogma existing in the ! realms of an impractical transcendentalism. I it too was rejected with that cool disdain or I thai hot indignation which so well becomes | superior virtue. Was it to the Bible, the rock of ages, tower of truth, the light house ! of wisdom and inercy shining forever over I the stormy waters? Did they yield it their obediance as tho foundation ot all civil (dov j ernment ? Not so. It too was brought to ; the standard of preconceived anu presumptu ! ous notions and prejudices, and tho provi deuce and policy of God himself was there arraigned and condemned. I dwell upon : these recent facts of American history with pain. lam quite aware of the awful circum stances which now surround us and engross every anxious thought. I ain quite aware that a million of American citizens are in arms against each other. 1 need not be re minded that issues are now suspended in the balance, on whose decision will depend the future map of nations. T would be silent in the presence of these great events, on all save their solution, if tiie party now in power had been content, when once in control of affairs, to look to restoration and not destruction— the restoration of Constitutional supremacy, and not its further abasement—the restora tion of the Union and not its irretrievable overthrow—the restoration of peace and not the prolongation of the horrors of war for its profits and spoils. We might cover up for mer crimes though they were freighted with I our cmntry'R calamities, if some atonement had been made. 1 have not dwelt upon the pernicious issues of a former period as a jns -1 tifictftion for the fearful scenes which sur rounded us, but rather by their light to in : terpret the meaning of strange and alarming doctrines now fo- the first time put forth in lliis (lovernment, and also to guide us in our conduct in relation to the revoked States. { Let us pause hero on this 87th Anniversary of American Liberty and investigate the ! principles on which the (iovcrnmcnt is no > ! condvictcd. Into what j erilou* and tenip-s --tuous latitude have we drifted, under the j pilotage of. d-scoii touted and revolutionary , riar f\* ? • stHulion, intfA y "° r '' Sr,CCt fcr Con -imply used it, J" * ob,a i" P° wtr . U " ! official station as a l K,ssesa ' on of j fo.ee to it, as,alt, the : stitmions and principles of the country. war upen the Sou th has net been sufficient, j to gratify its sanguinary purposes. The J present Administration seem intent on con j ducting two wars at the same time. An open convict has been waged from the commence ment ot hostilities in the South to the pres ent hour, on a large majority of the citizens of the Northern States. Why do wise and prudent men now everywhere dread and predict civil war in the loyal States?— ' V. ould peaceful citizens, engaged in the hap py scenes of domestic life, with the appalling I spectacle of civil war in full view, transier | its desolating tread to their own coru-f!e?<]fi and hearthstones, without some cause as deeply moving on the public mind as the fierce hurricane (hat agitates the lowest depths of the ocean ? Is the fault of a di vided and restless public sentiment duo to &, vicious and depraved people failing to appre ciate the glory and honor of their country, and inspired with no patriotic grief for its deep afflictions, or is it not rather due to the weakness and wickedness of incompe tent and corrupt rulers ? Wc stand to-day at the end of more than two years of desper ate and gigantic war. No people ever made more sacrifice, liluod Las been cheaper than water, an I the wealth of the nation has been sported with as the player rattles his dice,— threat promises have from time to time in flamed anew expiring public confidence, but the people now no longer amuse themselves with the illusions of hope. They dema id, without further delay, to know for what pur pose and in what cause they sweat, . I bleed and die. And first they demand to know whether this war cannot bo waged without a corresponding war for the sup an.2 uivi it&iow uf civil liberty in the I'urth. It it cannot, then it must stop for that if for no other reason. Extended boundaries are desirable, the integrity of the Inion is worthy of national ardor and devo tion, but ti:- inalienable and indestructible rights of man, declared in the declaration of our independence and secured in the Con stitution, can be bartered away in exchange for no object within the scope of human con cepuon. Boundaries w.ll grow again by tho ir.-p ring force of our y uthfnl blood ; time, the great physician for national as well as individueljmisfortune, will pour its oblivious balm into the gaping and gory wounds which sectional hate has inflicted in this modern strife between Cain and Abel. The rains will descend and the fields will bloom again under the hands of the husbandman. The golden-haired goddess of the harvest will preside over the fruits of the midsummer and autumn, wasted commerce will revive and flap its glad wings with a newness of life iu all the four quarters of the globe.— The flag, the beautiful flag of the free hear ts ? only home, will still be known and honored throughout the earth—all this, and more, of renewed prosperity and national life we will behold if the vital powers of personal liberty older upon earth than Piatca and Marathon, and radiant as an emanation of Divinity, shall be preserved, and emerge at the close of tho conflict unharmed by the flames. It will be the angel of our resurrection. L might dwell upon the influence of our free institutions in achieving the past greatness of the country. 1 might take up that favorite line of thought, so familiar to such an occasion as this, and show that popular liberty has been the ma jestic soul which has given to the Govern ment its dignity, its grandeur and its power. Other nations have borne the eagles of their dominion farther than we have. They have accumulated more wealth. Their cities have outshone in dazzling luxury ami magnificence any that point their spires towards the Amer ican sky. Their commerce has brought home more ample spoils from stranger lands. Their population his been as the leaves of the forest and as the sands of the sea shore. But why do the attention and interest of mankind turn from thorn with a souse of relief and delight to the \\ esteru A\ orld ? The student of ancient history drops the bouk from his hands and forgets to resume the story in gazing at greater wonders here than any of which he reads, ot is the spirit of liberty that has worked this wonder.— Your fathers upon the rock of Plymouth, with the wilderness and the savage before them, the ocean and oppression behind them, and the wintry storm over their heads, did not reason on the extent ol the country the} came to possess. They made no calculations ol the wealth it contained. Visions of splen dor did not float before their eyes. One in quiry and one alone engrossed their minds ; "Can we here be free ; W ill the shadow ot our vine and fig tree he here unmolested by inquisitors into the rights of private con science ? Will civil and religious liberty take root and live in this barren swi' ■ an man here he the lord o( himself and in hi his rights bv a well defined tenure ) M<*y .freo thoughts here elevate the soul; may free speech here justify the ways of men : an may a free press hew, hke the *uii 1 ' ! of the sea illuminate the '* e" 1 _ . the world 1 v j utwit vvuich yet hun D i ,Ui Wane - VOL. 2, NO. 49.
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