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t-lu SSiifMrc flousf,
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HARINSBLLUTS L'KNNA-
Th undersigned bit ing lately purchased the
" BUKIILER HOUSE " property, has already cora
wem-ed such alterations and improvements as will
re,j ler this old and popular H u-c equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisourg.
A oouMiiunice of the public 1 atror.ago is rcfjpmt
, u.ly s -icited. OJO J. Jir.LTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LA.IJZ A.MEJ&IC*.IA
RILNKTLANNOF K, W V OJIING CO., PA.
rHIS evtablishment has recently l"Tn refitted an
furnished.in the late?', c ya n.ve.> attention
wA be given to th c ;nf jit i ccavt i.'cnce ol tuose
whe patronise the Rouse.
T B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor .
Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
\\m. 11. UORTHIGHT, lrop'r
H AVING resumed the proprietorship of the abov
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort
reader the house an agreeable place ot sojourn -
all who may favor it with their custom
Win. II CORTRIGIIT.
.1 in, 3rd, I£G3 .
fsnuts
TOWANDA, RA..
p. B. BART LET,
(Late OIL- "BRAISARH IIOVSK, ELHIRA, N.Y.
FKOPKIETOR.
The ME AN? HOTEL, i- ore of the LARGEST
and BEST ARR ANGED House# in the country—lt
is fitted up in the in >si modern and improved style,
and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
v 3, n2l, ly.
CLAFiKE, X£Eft£Y,& f 0.,
IIASCKACTUREUS AMD WTLOLVSALK DEALERS IN
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
£ ilk anil Cassiiiur? flats
ANI> JOBBERS IN
WATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS.
PARASOI.S \Ni) UMBRELLAS,
BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES.
CORKER OF LEONARD STRFET,
HSW wass.
B F CLARK, I
A T KKKKF.R, ' •
FI. LLFKKEV. 3
AI. GILMAX.
\ f OILMAN, has permanently located in Tuns
I" L. hanuock Borough, and respectfully tenderhi
professional services to the citiiens of this placeand
snrroun iing country.
ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIT
rION.
O-fipa over Tattoo's Law Oili-c near the Pos
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jy pHT
TAILORING SHOP
Subscriber having had a sixteen years prac
tioal • xf 4 * ri * ce ® in cutting and making clothing
mow oftVr# u' 4 services in this line to the citisens o
jncßOLao.* virility.
Thoae
see to get them, '* -
JeEL, R, j
§elert ftory.
ROOMS TO LET,
THE RECORD OF A LITTLE MISTAKE.
"I believe it was Nt>. 99 Mellon street,"
said Ilarrv St. CI ffo as he ascended the
stately flight vf steps tlmt led np to the
carved d. orway ot whit he s. pposed was
; the boarding hou.-e of which he was in
seaicli Ahnoet before his hand touched
the bell wire, the porials swung noiselessly
! open.
"I suppose," he began, Slightly embar
rassed how to unfold his vrtaud, "the lad)
is at home—and "
"C>h, yes. sir— it's all riglit—just walk
in. sir," said the portly lilacs set vat t, w th
a broad grin upon his polished euuiiieu IIIC-*.
" B lk up stairs sir—shail 1 lake your val
ise ?"
St ClifFe followed his guide up a velvet
Carpeted staircase, painful 1 )' con-ciou> of
being watched Ihe while by two prettv
heads stretched over a balustrade a story !
' higher up.
1 44 1 he landlady's daughters I suppose," he
i Said to himself. 44 1 wonder if they play
the piano and keep photogiaphic al- 1
; bums ?"
At this moment the son of Africa threw
' open a door, and ushered hrn into an r!-- ,
' gantly furni>h-d apHrtnirnt, wle ie fo'ds of
; gleaming blue sjlk at the wind.ova a!ino<; j
excluded the genial -un-hine, and wir-nth*
! of i lictured forget-me-nots blossomed up..11
a carpet of dark blue velvet.
4i ls this the rom ?" 11 qui red Harry,
staring blank about him ?
" "i >is is de room, sir," rejoined the in gro, ,
! bowing law.
j 44 And vvin r can I see your mistress, to
; arrange you know, about '
"Piisentlv, sir she*isn t quite ready yet
| —it's all right >ir- just make yourseit at 1
' home, missis says !"
The African witidrew, leaving Mr. St.
ChfTe in a si at-* of high gratiticaiioii
'This is som.-tli' l g like it," he soliloquised.
'•I sup • ive 5 ,MV romiiiiy for
ail Hi<?• vc.vci alia silk uph d-terv, but who
r
Cares f '
lie opened he door and looked out into
the hall, to see if his sable acquaintance
was visible. Not a -ign of him ; but liar ,
! rv*s sensitive ear caught the dulcet into—
j nations of f. male voices on the landing
| above.
i "No luggage imt a valise ? ' ejaculated !
j on". "Weil if that i-n't curiou-. How
| d cs lie 'o"k Miri'iie Y
'U, sjdendi i! ' UIIMV. N.l a HUI-'DM'. I
voice. 4 Su 111 hi k e\es and whiskers r
St C'litt iiiv ih tit rit\ 1 it of his hir-nie
\ de. oration, and exp r one d a cur on- sen- |
' saioi of heat upon hi cheeks, akin to
blushing.
"How I wish I had seen him," rejoined
the first speaker. "How nervous Annie
must feel What time is it, Minnie ?'—
Five minutes to twelve ?
A momentary silence followed, then a
flutter of f minine drapery.
"H<w do you like my dress, Kate f*— i
qnaationed the dani-el with the vice like |
small hells. "White mndin and blue lib
hons isn't so very unbecoming to me, i-- i
it ? '
Kissing and giggling succeeded. Har
ry St. < litfV- wished he could Siethc
c-.unrenance of the sw.et voiced Miss Alin
nie.
"However. I shall probably tecf her at
lunch," he though', "and sh" wi 1 he r< d
haired and freckled, and the vision will be
dispelled !"
Nevertheless lie brushed his hair with
great particularity, and replaced his rrnm
: hied black silk cmat witli one of deli. ate
' lilac satin, fa-t- ned by an amethyst pin.—
I Mr. St. Cliff.- wasn't a dandy by any means,
1 hnt still he had a v.-rv pardonable ainbi
) tion to look-as wallas possihl- in the < ves
of the sweet vo ce who had pronounced so
i favorable an opinion up >ll his lout ensemble.
Presently .the door was opened by the
waiter.
"I)e ladies is in readiness, sir !"
"Very well so um I." relunied Bf. Cliff-.
"Excuse me de liberty, sir," said the man
looking rather dissat'-fied, "but ycu ought
to wear a tr' itc vest !'
"It strikes me you arc a little over par
ticular In-re, friend Ebony" said Harry,
laughing. "Now I think plain black b:o
--c.idc is perfectly suitable lo the occasion.*'
"Just as you please, sit.'' returned the
waiter who WHS evidently asp-died retam
-1 r—fine of those nuisances yclept "a faith
ful family servant."
Instead, however, of leading the way
down t the dining room in MIIII. subter
ranean depth, as St ClifFe expected, the
man threw oj.ep a door upon an opp .ite
lauding, bawling, at the top of bis lungs :
"Ilete he is. Miss Annie !** # ,
And almost ere S*. Ciitfe knew where he
was. In- found him-elf in a hands.-me apart
ment all hung and thcoialed wiih draper
ies of snowy si k. The very Psyche mir
ror in the middle of the room gleamed from
a mist-like f stoning of whiterre/ic, ond
every table was burdened with boquels
"and baskets of dazzl ng white j q.oruea
p. arly pet.de I li'li s, and roses ai d violets,
all of stain! whi-e. In the same instant
that hi-b wil h red vis-on took in the-e
exquisite acciSsiona, tnere was a ott rus
tle ot lace and satin across the room, and a
beautiful, downcast face. haK hidden by
long sunshiny jnrls'nterwoven with spiays
of trailing white jessimine, was buried on
u "older. •
hiss..~- Clific found bimself,
In short Mr. ov. -
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. Th#mii Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9. 1867
holding a radiant young br de to his yet
nnsurrendtred heart! •He found it ex
ceedingly agreeable, but a little uncomfort
able ; he couldn't very well drop the young
lady, an 1 yet he fell that he had no man
ner of business with her pretty head on
his hiea-t!
"Denr Frank, did yon get tired of wait
ing?" whispered a tremulous little voice.
"Rut mv name isn't Fiank !" stammered
the young mail neivously, "mid besides—''
"N >t Frank!" shrieked a chorus of
voices, and ia the same breath he felt hiui
seif j. rk< d awav if he had been a straw
in the i:ra-p .fa giant.
44 Halloo!" ejaculated a basS voice, in
accents of mingled a-toi.ishtnent and in—
dig. aiion, as a tall s x-footer interposed.
"I'd like to know wha. you • ae doing
with my biide, voting man? What does
it mean, Annie?"
But Annie liad gone gracefully into hys
terics.
" I'm a little late, I know," said the
strai gi r apologetically, "but the tram from
I'hila.l. Ipliia wa- d laved, and—don't civ.
Arm e, hive -my .ittle jewel T It's sum
mistake d< p.-nd upon it."
Wl ■at sp. ll he used to dry the tears on
Annie's rose-leaf cheeks, and bring hack
the truant snn.es, we know l ot, hut il
inu-t have he. n something very poUnt, to
judge |.y its eff.-cts.
"Now the", sir,' said Ft auk Tyndale.
the genuine h.i h gr->om, tin mug in an oil"
I ami sort ot way to St. (JUtFe, who ha i
ln-eii standi! g in a resigned a'tilude by
the do-.r, umlei full fire timn two p-tir ot
<•)es, one dewy h iz.d, the odi r roguish
blue— ihe in s>t'S-,t.s h.-ing ri spec iv. iv
-Mill: it- D.l . al.il Kate \\ illollgi.lix,
hride-m lids itlfi iat iig. "ju'st J, t uie un-K-r
--stand t!n- strange iMI-ilie.--- "
44 i have no explanation to off.-r. sir. .x
--e< pt lam .jtiite eon-eio i-of having ntad.
a fool of ingseh,' r jilie<i St. ( Idf , eahniv.
K ite giggle.;, liut Minnie, a Jeln i./ns utth*
In um tte, neither rid h aire,) nor fr ekl <i,
ked inteiected. "It is >iin ( ily ilie IOUII
ot a ini>lake. I saw ii liiie morning pap. r,
ijiartuie it-advertised m let. 1 >uppo>e.t
this In>ii-e was ihe piac> i was in erior, i'
seems, t r ruining here to engage hoard, 1
'outid mv>eif when it wa> too late to letreat,
an U'linvit. d gue>t to a wedding .'
44 iii," int. rj..se<i tlie negro, yvhose
while teeth were glittering in gusts of
scarcely siippies-ed I aiglifer, "and we a',
s posed the gen'lman was
western heau; \ oii'd ought to g..ne to de
boardiu* loni-e next door, >ir.' ivc's a pri
vate f nniiy, we i-."
"To convince you that I am a g.'title
m in, an 1 i o reckless ;.<iv nt- rer, sir," -a.d
Jl I. ■V, hlre-Mug f IP Willi
. .mid o AT-I 011 eal iii> mis lin-voiis a.un-i
--m'i:t. "i will r-f r )on to an) number oj
ftiei .J- "
"lu b ed, sir. il is cntir. lv um.ei--s-.rv
was the frank reply of the genial W. sten
t-r —"I am aheady convinced of that fact. —
But vou are not going? '
" Well," said Mr. St. Chtfe. with rather
a C'-rnieal smile, "considering that I hav -
received no invitation to be pres. lit at the
lorthcotning ceremony, I thouglit I might
as we 1 take 'cave.'
"By no means," said his new acquain
t:mc-. "Stay ami s.-e Mi-s Annie become
Mr-. Tyndale My love will you not add
yout p--rsuasi..ns!'
"Stay," said Annie, softly, anu with a
pretty blu.-h of confusion ov er-jireading her
lace.
And '*litF- staved and accompani*' I
tlie bridal party to church and afterward
h.jird div< is exp'anatiouS to the eflvet ll.at
Tynd ile lieing uioiuentaiilr expected to
hi-own w.ihling, jn-l none of the fiirnilv
save the young ladv most it ten -ted hav
ing ever seen him befoie, h • (S'. I 'lifle)
hail very nauraliy ben mis; : k u for the
lavored individual on ins abrupt appear -
an e And thev a'l had a good I .ugh
over it, an 1 became famous friends straigat
way.
44 I'yn In) -, ' w!ii-p >r d $r 4 CI ff- wh n
the bride hail w iihdrawn to put le-r t'HVel
ling li .nuet on, 4 * that (irettv lmle brides
maid wiih her swiet voice "
44 W ell, w Int of her i"
44 Y-.ii—are sure sh" isn't engaged lo
anv young miscreant —I mean gentle
man £'
"Quite sure—at le st Annie savs so
Why ?"
"Not ing." said Si. Ciifl'e. trying to 'ok
u- c o ceil ed, and at that n i.m"i>t M . Tvri
dale was ctl e.l away, gr-a'lv to ins relief.
U lieu ih" happy pair returned fr.in
tin ir weddi- g tour, six months afterov trd,
tin y* lis.-<iv. r- d inueh f<> tlt ir a-ionish
m'nr. that Mis- Minnie Dal-; I.ad t) Coiue
"engaged" du<ing their rln-iiw, an i tliat
Mr St. i litf *, wax I.nr weary of bonding
l.oti-e lite, WHS ;II t.ill s of a mansion
h:.g eii-mgh to hold himself and—one other
pel sou !
A FAP.LE.—A \oting man one - picked
up a soc.-re gn lying oil the road. Kv r
alterwuid. as he walked a'ong, he k pt his ;
eyes >t.-a.lf;isilv fixed on tlie ground, in
hopes ot finding an th r. Atnl m llm
course of a long life he did pi-k up, at
diff-rent times, a good amount of gold and
si'v r, 8.1 all thes • da*s, as he was
ooki -g for fiiem. lie saw not that i eav.-n
was bright above tliern ; aud nature beauti
ful atound. He nev.-r once allowed his
eyes t< look upfiotn the mud and filtii in
wiiieh he sought the and w'-en he
died, a rich oi l man, he only knew this fair
earth of ours as a dirty rod to pick up
money as you walk along.
WHAT MAKES "BLUE WATER.' ,
Any one yvho has ma.li- a Veritable sea
vovag", says Chamber* Join no/, can not
* | have failed to notice the intensely blue
" 1 co or.s of the water in certain parts of the
ocean. In the yicinitv ot land, he will
have seen tlie water of a blight green col
or. which will be found to pr. vail until
j soundings c a-e to be sirtu k. In the
. 1 deep unfathomable parts ot the ocean, lie
sill have seen the water of so deep a blue
as to lie fully as daik as the si longest so
J lution of blue vitrei, and even in the le—
i gious where deep blue water is the gener
I a! color of the s a. lu* may have se.-n, if he
; ha- h en in the Gulf-tivatn, or g -ue "down
j iheTiade#,'' a de |.-r hlu than tlie deep
est in certain 10.-alii ic. There is a cur
rent in the China S. as that washes the
A1 >-111 i til 1-lai.d-, and i- so dark as coni
par dw tii the o ln-r waters < f the ocean
t at th Jh partes-- call it (he Black Stream.
Other ocean ,-trcains th re aic and par
! t Cular potiions >f the • cean itself, winch
f are more I lu- than tln-ir neighbors. Ev
!
' i ery \Y. -t India toyager knows the mar
: velous blue of the Trade wind waters.—
' Tin- true cause of tins blue color of tlie :
| ocean is lobe four d m the sa'tiiess Ot the
' or-, an ( and in ti.e case of the West India
| water.-, to the all- nee of tho-e causes
wiiieh are in full op.rati >II in more north-]
|ei 11 l..t!tu le>, and wliic'i as clearly mark
I the s. as f those regie HIS to be d flFlient
' trorn ii n-.- more somberly, as their icsp.-c
--iiv - . liin-.te- a-e di-tingnish. dbv dff n-nt
.! .leg.ci-s of heat and c■! I. It i- observe.j
in tfi • p...1s or liriiu-vats of sa't wmk
; that the more eon--.-n.rat.'l the watei tiie
j h'uer t Ii" color of it, the s iliest ot nl liv
ing of it lille lienl'ly >,* d*. p U- tll.lt of Ihe
intert;op eal w i er-. I lie |i..lit erei ric-1
.<r of ill ■ North Sea a> d tin- I'.dar ea i
!to tli lilic- ..r tlie more s nth rlv yvat.-rs
; what tie middle Lru.e-vat is to tin- vat n<
which e.ysinliztitiop t ikes place; ami the
' t iul Stream, off ihe coast of the Cvroli
il is, ntcl the vvsiiers o! the Traile-wiml re
gi-.fi. a!'.- to t ie oth*-r vv .t rs . f ilie A'l.tn
tie wiiat ti:e Ls' vnt i- to t lie pvt.ultimate
v i', tli it i- to s;i*. the d,rk blue is suiier
tha - the i_ht gieen si a. and the de. per
] the iilue tlie salter the water.
FASHION*. — Fasiiion rules the world, and
•' h most tyra. i.-al mistr ss slu- is—c. mpel!-
-ng poje os .limit to the ro..st incunven
tilings imaginable, f r le-r sake.
Site pinches on feet withti.Tit shoes, or
. chokes us with a light neckerchief, or
j squeezes the br- ath out oi our body by
' tig t I long.
j She mak. -if Vidg nt v. .it tip <n Ofle's
Si If. illd ge itei-i lo live id •• an i II- less
Sin- m.ik - ji ••■de" vi-ii w.heii thev had
nuher -fa :it on ■ .- i wiieiitliey are not
|!i -iigiv. mid oi iiK wiien th y are in-t
I tliit ly.
bin- invades our piba-uies ami inter
rupts our bu-iiiess
She uomp-Is us to dress giilv, whether
upon our own property or tl.a; of others
She ruins health, ami pr-.d .c*sckin-ss;
de-troys life, ai d oecisioiis premature
deal 11.
S'.e mak.vs fools of parents, invalids of
children, ami servants nf ail.
She is a form ntor ot conscience, a d•-
I 1 pos tor f inor din, an 1 an • n.-tnv of true
i leligion ; a'nl no o .e can he her compan-
I i.<ri and e: joy either.
S.eira de-pot ofihe highest grade,
| full id'nitiigm ami citMiii g. ami vet hus
bands, wi\cs. sons and daugi.ters an 1 -< r-
I vaiit- have volitm irilv h <••.111 • li r sub-
I j.'v't- .slid slave . and vie wuh one another
, i.> sec wiio .-hall be most obsequious.
CORRECT SIKAKING. — ML- a<lvise all
1 ; young people lo :iC(j lire in eatlv life the
lnd.ii of us ng 000 lai go ge, both in
sp. aki. g ami writing, ami t< ahai dou as
t ;.riy a- pos-il 1 • ti.e use of slang words
piiias. s. The (..tiger they lyre th
i more .i tfieult the aeqn siiiou ot go >d lan
gnag wi 1 b.-; alio it tin* golden age of
youth, fie proper sea-on tor the acquisition
. t laiigu ge, h pa-s. d in .its a!.u-e, tn.e
n f>rt iiijte victim jof in gleet -1 education
'is verv probaldv T>omed to talk slag lor
life. Money is not necessary to procure
•.th s 1 (location. Evcrv man has it in Ins
power. He h';it in-iviv to use tile lari
- gnage wlii Ii he reads instead of t' e slang
j which lie beats; !> r-f -i"i 11 his taste fr. m
tl.eb t-je akeis and poets of the country ;
to ir. :iS!I e Up • floiC" phicS.s to his ill IM
> or\ and habituate htm-. If to their use.
a a nog at th>- same time that pedant ic
prec.sion and tmuiliast which show rath, r
tin- Weakliest of a vai 1 umhttiou than the
polish ot n eilncateil mind
BE .1 TIF L M; HMKST When TLIE
Hii.iioopre ti- abo.-t lo iupti-e an i
taut. In u-tei s llit- lod. wing b. a-Jtitul sen
l.tlienl : 4 1, ilie h-.t'e, ttnnl clit.-r. st the
w rd w. eping, y\ hile ail ar. i.ml smile ;
Connive so to live, ti at you Ilia) <>> pat I ill
smil s 4t;iie all *tround iu!i Wiep*
Some 1. tier puzzles a;e made quite cnri
01s i.y a diagrammatic arratigemeut. Sucli
a one is:
cc
1 s 1
Tiie answ r. ' 4 l iie season is backward,"
(the Gs on "is" backward.) *
■
The cU ck is said to have the least self
-1 •
. i est. em of any HI tide of as it
. is cuiifUantly running its- If down, and hold
, ing its hands before its face, bowuver gooj
I it work#.
MESSAGE OF GOV. CURTIN.
T<> the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Commonwealth of Ptnnsyl
vuiii t:
We have reason to be thankful to God
for the bie-sii g of peac •, abundant crops,
t hat it)<lustry has b. en rewarded, and that
thus the i ommotiwealth has been able to
do her full duty to herself, to the country
ami po-teritv.
'1 he condition of our finances is as fol
lows.
Balance in Treasury, No
vember 30. 1865* $2,373,068 14
Receipts du inj fi-cal year
end.ng Nov. 3U, lßGfi, 5,829,068 54
Total in Treasury for fiscal
y.ar ending Nov, 30,1866, 8,203,336 OS
Payiinntsf.tr same peiiod
Lave leen 0.462.303 41
Balance in Treasury , Dic.m
ber 1, 1866, " 1,741,033 27
Amount of tlie public debt
as it stood on the fiist dav
of December, 1863, $38*470 238 06
Amount t educed
at the State
Trcisuiy dur
ing the fi-cal
\ < a; ending Nov.
30, 1865, 5, per
cent loan, -vl ,828.553 23
4| pr cent, loan, 25,0t.0 00
R ! ef noles.- 626 00
D m. sic ci ditors'
Certificates, 26 Go
Public debt Dec 1, 1866, $33,622,052 10
To wit, funded :
6 p-r cent, loan, S3OO 630 00
3 per cent, loan, 22,073.162 39
4iper cent, loan, 213,2 .0 00
0 per cent. loan, military,
per act May, 15, 1801, 2,820,750 00
Unfiii.de.i debt, relief ltutes
in circulation, $96,625 00
Interest certificates oufstan
d'"g. 13,080 52
Interest certificates uuclaim
t4,h 4.448 38
Domestic creditors' cirtifi
eau-s, 119 67
$35,622,052* 16
A-.cfs in Treasury:
Bonds Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. S6,GCO,COO 00
Bo d- Phi'iid. Ipliia and Erie
Rti roil Company, 3,5(J0,C0 )00
Int re—t on bonds >•} l'h'ladel
plna and Eiie Railroad
Company, 1,225,000 00
Cash in Treasury, 1 741,033 27
13,086,033 27
Liabilities in excess of a55et5, 22.536,018 89
35.622,052 16
Liabilities in oxces of assets,
November 30,1861, *28,148,060 36
Liabilities in exce>s of assets,
November 30,1866, 22,536,018 89
Improvement in Treasury
since 1861, 5,615,041 47
The extraordinary expenditines, during
ihe war and since its dose, in pavm. nls
growing out of it by authoiity of acts >f
A-s.-mbiy, have amounted to upwards ot
five u.iilions <3 dollais. which, add d to
tin- actual payment of the indeh'ed te-s of
tlie Bt;,itq and uiom-v in tin* Tieasury for
that purpos", shows tl.e revenues, al.ovt
ihe oi.linary expenditures, to have am unf
ed to $ 10,> 1 2,000, wl.ich would all have
been appli <t to th- pnvment >f the debt
of the Commonwealth in the last six year-
A Careful attention to the revenues of the
Commonwealth, with *ueli just and piti
• lent changes as may l-e required in the
future, and a wi-<- ecomnny in expenditure
will, in my judgment, injure the entire (ay
m nt of the public debt, wiihin the-period
0 4 fifteen yn-a-s.
The rime fixed f.-r tlie ' redemption of
$23,108,026.24 of the indebtedness of the
<'ormiioiiwealth li ning expired, I recom
mend that provision he made for its ic
deinptiim, by making a new loan for that
purpose, payab eat such periods as the
juo-j > ( live ravt-ritn s will justify
I r cur, with much .sati-f u tion. to the
w i-d m. prurience and economy of the rep
I sedatives .f the people, in the mar.age
iii. Nt ol the finances ..f ti.e Commonwealth,
d o ing a period of much embai ra-snn nt,
un -ertainiv, and distie--, <ri d c mgra r.late
von and ihem on the m ar approach of the
i n i i*. • 1 qui.latino nf tlie public debt.
Since my 1 Message, I havfi
drivii from the Ti'.-a-Ui V, two thou and
dollars of ihe fund placd ir. the fili.ds of
the Go*>mor t-r secret servi.-e and other
extraordinary exp- nses, which I have ex
pen.led, in payment of mv personal staflf.
and for other purposes, as heretofore, ex
cept five hti' died and sixty-thn-e dol ars
and forty right cents, which 1 have return
ed info the Treasury.
1 present, for your consideration, the
amendments to the Constitution of*the
United Siates, proposed to the L gUlatures
of the several Mates by a resolution of
both Houses of Congress, passed on tlie
16th day of June last. I was glad ihat it
w'a- possible, without delaying the final
adoption of these amendments t>> ascertain
the opinion of our people upon them, at
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VOL. 6 NO. 22,
the geperal election, in October last. By
the election of a large majority of members
openly favoring and advocating the amend
ments, trial opinion seems to me to hare
been abundantly expressed. Indeed, tie
amendments are so moderate and reason*-
hie in their character, that it would have
been astonishing if the p. ople had failed to
approve them. That every person, born
in the United States, and free, whether by
birth or manuniis>ion, is a citizen of the
United States, and thM no State has a right
to abridge the privileges of citizens of the
L ni'ed States—these ara principles whicb
were never seriously doubted anvwhere,
uut 1 after the insane crusade in favor of
slavery bad been for some time in pro
gre>s. What is called the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States, in
the Dred Scott case, has made it expedi
ent and proper to re assert these vital prin
ciples in an authoritative manner, and this
is done in the first clause of the proposed
amendments.
I lie right of prescribing the eqnalifica
tions of voters is exen ised by the respec
tive Stales, under the Constitution of 1789;
three-dilUts ot the slaves were counted in
ascertaining the representative population
ot the several States. The amendment to
t he constitution abolished slavery in all the
States and I errritoiies Though it was
formerly otherwise in most, if not all, of
the old Southern States, yet for many years
just tree Negiocs have riot, in any of these,
been permitted to vote. At ptesenr, then
fore, the late slave States would be entitled
to count the whole of their former slave
popnla ion, as aba-is for represents*ion*
instead of three-fifths thereof. That is to
say, they would have in tb j exUling ratio
about tive .ty more members of Cougret*
than they had before slavery was al>olish—
ed, and the free States would lose the same
number, making a difference of Hl>out forty
members of Congress, or, say, one sixth of
the whole body. In other words, the trea
son ot the rebellious States, the suppres
sion ot which his cost us many hundreds
ot thousands of precious lives, and so many
thousands of millions of trea-ure, would bo
re wauled by giving them a va-t increase of
political power. I his absurdity, the sec
ond clause ot the proposi-d amendments,
>l. signs to prevent, by the jnst, equal aud
moderate provisions that in future, the rep
resentative population of eac' State shall
be itsc rtained by making a proportionate!
ded iction from the whole population there
of, if its laws exclude from the privilege of
noting, any male citizens, not criminals of
i lie age of twenty one rears. I have yet
to leain that any plausible objection can bo
oft red to such a provision.
lbe third clause ot the proposed amend
ment.- ixc u es tiom Congr.-ss, md from
the ( ollege of Electors, and from all offi
ces, civil and niilijary of the United States,
or ot any State, p rsons who, as functiona
ries of the L nitcd States, or as Executive
or Judicial officers of* any S.ate, hare here
tofore sworn to support the Constitution of
the United States, and afterwards violated'
their oatii by engaging in rebellion against
the same, unless Congress, bv a vote of
two-thirds, shall have removed the disa
bility of any such persons.
lbe fourth clause affirms the validity of
the debt of the United States, and prohib
its the assumption or payment of the reb
el debt, or of any claims for the loss or
emancipation of any slave.
'1 he fifth clause provides that Congress
shall have p~werto enforce the provisions
lof the other clause by appropriate legis
lation.
1 bit these wi e and moderate provis
ions will meet the hearty approbation of
the Legislature, I cannot doubt. If pro
posed by two-third of each House of Con- ,
gross and ratified by three-fourths of the
L gi-Utnies of the Mates, the Constitution .
provides that they should stand as adopted
amendments ot that instrument.
A question has be.-n raised whether the •
States lately in rebellion, and not vet re
s.ored to their privileges by Congress,
are to be cou.ited on this vote —in other
words, whether those who have r. belied
and been subdued slia'l be entitled to a
p .tented voice >n the question of the guar,
antecsto be n quired of them for tuture
obedience to the laws. MJ monstrous * ,
proposition it is, it appears to me, n„t rup
ported by the w„rds or spirit of the COD
stitution. 1 1* power to suppress insur
rection, ine'tvlas th pow -rof making pro
ri-.ituis Hg tinst its breaking out afreh.
riiese states have made an unjust war up
on our Common Government and their
v.ster States, and the power given by the
Constitution to make war on our part, in
cludes Ihe power to dictate, after our suc
cess, th- t"rins of peace and restoration.
The power of Congress t<> guarantee to
every Si; tea Re pub! can f .rm of Govern
ment. w .uld cover rnucli more Cogent ac
tion that has vet been had.
The duty imposed up. n Congress, to
provide and maintain republican 'govern
ments for the Mates, is u be accepted in
the liroa !e-t meaning of the term. It ig
n:t a m re forma! or unnc:ci.;aiy piovis
ior.. The power was conferr#, and the
duty edj .ined, to preserve free institutions
acainst a!! encroachment, or the more vi
olent elements of despotism and anarchv.
And now that treason has, by rebellion,
subverted tlie governments of a number
of States, forfeiting tor the rights guaran
teed bv tha Constitution, including even
those nf property ar.d life, the work of rec
ti .rat ion tor these States rvaU with tha Na
tional Government, and it should be faith
: fully and fearlessly performed,
t By their piage by Cougreaa, and the
declaration of the people at tha late elec
ticna, the faith of the nation is 1%