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largely. HuecM oouuaoui maue wiui yenriy
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OLE'S OYSTER HOUSE
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RESTAUKANT.
Alio, Confectionery, Fruit and let Cream StUo-n,
VOK LADIES & GENTLEMEN,
No. 1 Merchants Row, Kutlaud, Vt.
In connection with the above establishment, there
ar litted up a suite of Supper Koouis, for the accom
modation of 1'nvate 1'arties. Also, a good Dancing
Hall, with Dreeing Kooms. ...
Uvsters iu every style, and delicacies in their sea-
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F. MOW KEY,
l'Uotoirrapliio Artist. Union Building Main St.,
' and Claras' Block, Merohauts' Kow, Kutiand, Vt.
Ambrotj p, ileiamou pes. .o., made in the bent
1 tyle ot the rt. I'liotOjjraphs lu miniature or ill
lie, neatly colored In oil, making a superior pio
j urn. - ft-tf
I LEWIS & FOX,
; Wholesale and Ketail dealers in Drugs, Medicines,
hauut Mcoiciues, Chemicals, Artists .Matrriiln, 1 er
luiuery, i'oilet aud Fauoy Articles, Lamps, Kerosene
i Oil, burning Fluid, l ru.Hr.es, supporters Mill every
tbiug peilaiuiug to the Urumi Hade,
t'lenciiptiuus carelullv uiteiised.
Merchant. Excuauge, Kutiaud, Vt.
( oUL.uAN f HANOEK,
MAKHLE A,NL VVOHKS.
KAlttUAVE, VT.,
U A VI AG removed our business to the large, new
ouiiuin litei- oooupieit as a FuIuuk Mill, ad
Ailtin. H Alien s AlaiblVard, we are pre-iiaix-l
10 luuuutacture,
l O N U VI li N I s , H EADb lUHs
MAN 1 LE l'lEtlES, TAULE-TUl'S, Stc,,
lu every variety ol style aud atm-li, ol the
BE HI' VERMONT MARBLE.
Also, .darbleized alate Work of all descriptions,
sucti as
M W I'LE-l'lECEs, I ABLE A.N'D UUttu.AU TOl'S,
Blt vCrvEll OtlELVES, AtC
rairhaveu, Vt., oopt 1800. 39-'5m
FilAMJIS I'K.nN,
Wiioiesale aud liecail biuK,..l, Ham Street, Kut
lata, Vt. 1,4
UriN KY F. SMI I'll, M.D.,
fuvsiuiau aud Surgeou,CaUetou, Vt. uniceNo. 2.
Union lil.jca.
V.B. MUSSKV & CO.
V i.i. aad lt--uiii Oeulerrt in Klour.i'ork, Butter.
'iiL"-f, Ltrd, Fiii, Beaus, rigs. Apples, (Dryauu
l.r.j.i.i li-ji, sjii-i. ijoil'oi.', ilo;a-r-e.', Eiuid, aud
all iiu.ls ol'uoods u.-ual.y tt-pt iu the trade, tl
A. F. Sl'EN'CKLi Jit CO.,
Dealers in Keady-Made Clothing, Hats, Caps.
Watoues, Jeeiry, Clocks, Notions, Ike. ac. No. 2
;l.jo. Kutlaud, Vt 2tl
Fit ti. ' II v itix;ti.iiv.
iKalen in iitrdwtre, Kuraiture, liraiu, Kluur,lrou,
Sieei, Coal. Nails. U uiss. I'aiuts aul t)ils, salt, Car
pets, Uirror, Sc. near the depot, Uut.aud, Vt.
L4KLtlOlNT St NICHOLS,
Attorneys at Law sua floiioitors in naucer
Uerc.'iauis iiow, Kutiand, Vt
51 :ly
i'limitr ciuitPoiNT.
T . M C U ' 1
C. E. (iRAVKS,
vt;uro M Uaw, Uilite No. 3 Merchants' Kow, ovei
iw store l " craves Ifc Co. : ly
MARTIN G. EVKKTS,
xttorue) iiid Counsellor at Law, and Solicitor
J i.aimery . Otiioe iu the Court Uouse, Kutiand. Vt
K H u BE n "iiTr II KAJL L ,
Vttorney and Counsellor at Law, Solicitor in
j'luucery, Aaeut tor i'eiiiisioiiers. Bounty Lands, 4c.
)ilioe, 2d story I'hrall's Block. Kutiand, Vt.
"sTlELDONS & SLASON,
(Successors to Sheldous, Morgan It Slason, Marblt
Dealers, West Kutiand, Vennout. L. Sheldon, Chat
Sheldon, 11. A. Sheldon, Chas. 11 Shisou 10. ly
1)11. E. V. N. H Alt A OOD.
Denttil Surgeon, Washington st., Ku'
and. Vt. All operations perlorined ii
a careful.skillful & thorough mannei
). W. PRIME,
KSurgeon Dentist, iiramlou. Vt. Otliot
LX'at the residence of J. liosoeter.ojtpositi
tlie Brandon House.
" CL A RIv ci 15ROTIIE RS
Dealers in vVatches and Jewelry, Clocks, Silver
Ware, Kuiicv tiociiis. ice. Kepairing neatly done al
ihrtrt nun.:.- Agents for th" sale ol'Colts and Wind
ior Kevohers Ciiuks' H olIv, Kiuland, Vt
II j i.Aita A. W. Clark, N. Clark.
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pt'.NI'.i; md dci'er in .Sueel u sic , SI usIikI Intru
Illeiit-. vl :l-l0 Banks, ( 'lil-'kering's 'Hid Bo.'irtiu.rn
lituv t '.'o.' i'-.i'ioiortes, Ko-s j- Morse s lelmleons.
(irovur Jfc Baker's Sewing Machines, kc . 8rc.
Ueroliuits It nv. Kutlaud, Vt lTtt
fi&f'& 'zf-f uri(tv"l nml Ue'hiiui-itl Deu-
"-U-3-J-Ci. Mice cor. Merchant s Kow and West
Streets, Kutlaud, Vt 21tl
W. V IlIUBARK. M. !)..
icalaiiil MttrhatiH'ul l)eutit,
rP&Sfr-trlfL OlHce lirst door South ot the Semiunry
IrftTI'ouUiiey. Vt. 1-ly
I) 11 . M. TEFl'T,
JtgySj& Surgical arM Met: ical Denti.-t,
Uirvja l'ou:'l'",'v' Vt. otlice, one door West
'lTTr IF ot J J .toslins' Store.
I) cay reui-jved and Teeth tilled with tiold w ithou!
hurting the patient. 3'J-ly
R ii it Ir l-'ounilry sad .Tfneliinr f hop,
Near ttie It. & B. K R. Freight Depot,
t'a-tings of every description. Mill an.1 Machinerv
Work,"furuisUeii promptly and at low prices.
Orders re-peottully solicited.
BOW .MAX t MANSFIELD,
nutland. Oct. 19, 1809. W
MISS MARY M. DOW,
IGACIIEK OK THE PIASIO-FOKTE
CENTRAL HOUSE, KNTLAND, VT. 2 3m
RENT ! I wih to rett my dwelling
house ou Main Stret immediate possession
iriveii enauiie ol me at the house of A . F. Spbnckh.
Urine Street. CUAKLLS UUKT.
Rutland, Feb. W, Wl.
PET Kit C. JONES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
P A P ei It W A K E II O IT S K ,
No h Water, Cor. ot Devotishtro st , Uoston
has cou-tautly on band and for sale a large assort
ment ol all kinds of
P A P E It .
Hook. News, Uaaillaaud t'ress l'aper, manufactured
to order at short uotica. Agent for SMITH Sc l'BrKU8.
Enameled Cards aud Curd Sheets. 16
CARl'KTS OIL CLOTH &. UPHoLSTKRY
Mabblk Hall, 472 Broadwar, Albany.
J. Vr AN (1 V A S B E E K & CO.,
Importers, Manufacturers, and Dealers in Carpets.
OU Clotks, Win loir .s.,,(. f 'urtuin Materials anil
Trimmings. Miilrn-srs. H-a-.ting. Cnuren Cushions, ani
UpnolMerjtiooJs of every kind. Wholesale and Ketail.
late .loliuVaiiljiiasbielt,Cit Carpet Sture,lil(,reen-st !
J VAN HA ASBKKK. 11-ly H it. WATSON
C L A It EMU NT M A XIIFA C T iTuTXGCo
M AHUJACTU KKIIS OK
PAT Hit AND HOOKS,
PUBLISHERS. PRINTERS AND HINDERS,
Wholesale and Ketttil Dealers in Books and Station-
7'
', and I uro'iasers ot all kinds ol t aper Sto-k.
laremout, N. 11 9-lv
I)IANOS, 8150! Rich Rosewood
A- Cases Warranted. Having again rebuilt oi r
Factory we are sesin lurnishiuir our
S U P E R I O R PIANOS!
ALL PRICES AND STYLUS.
Send for Descriptive Pries List aud circulars to
BOA RDM AN, OKAY CO..
3 Manufacturers, Albany, N. Y'.
WILCOX & GIBBS' SEVVlNi; MA-
1 ' CHINK. What others say ot it. "It is in-
ueeo & woudertul production, and lor tarnily use es-V-'-ialiv.
no otktr machine witltjtar any rompartson with
" ; - l'tiila. Evening Journal.
A lIlciiAlliuHl wonder ,: Seientirti Amerinnn
Or .81,. ,y
J. It BARNES.
F Alt M E US. RO ( 00 11 AHUK l.S
.iL, r'
l'i it nuK.rrK. made bv the l.cii Mauutnctur.
i',. rnr s.le t il to ult iturctiasers. I his in
li'i'iaitAi'm vkhtilizek in market. 3 worth will
"luauure an acre ot corn, will increase Die crop from
one-third to one-half, aud ripen the crop two weeks
earlier, aud unlike guano, neither injure the seed nor
laud. A pamphlet, with satisfactory evidence and
full particulars, will be sent gratis to any one tend
ing address to
UKIFFIXG, BROTHER k CO.,
60 Courtlsnd St , New York.
General Att'ts for the United States. 6-10w
IOIt SALE. Valuable Real Estate
. near the Depot No'hetter busiuess location in
town. Ksre opportunity fOr an investment For par
ticulars inquire ol J. K. BARNES.
Rutland. Feb. 6, 1SC1. 6 tf
NEW GOODS!
NEW FIRM ! NEW GOODS !
THK subscriber would respectfully announce to the
citizens of Brandon and vioinity tht he is open
ing a new aud complete
STOCK OF GROCERIES, &c,
At the old stand of Amos Holt, Jr., where maybe
found a lams and well selected assortment of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, PAINTS, OILS
GLASS, PAPER HANGINGS, CONFECTION
ARY, CIGARS, Ac. c,
Which will bo sold as low as the lowest for rash .
Every article bought at my establishment will be
warranted as good as represented.
Call, examins and judge for yourselves.
GREEN GROCERIES, FRUITS, 4o.,inall vari-
lies in tnatr season.
JOHK W CHASB
aaadon, Hay Si, 13tj n tf
VOLUME 67.
RAIL ROADS, &C.
RUTLAND & BUKLINGTON Jt.U
1 NfiO. Winlrr trmnirnrnl IKfin.
(S and after Monday, Deo. 8, Trains will run
Leave Rutland for Burlington at II 00 A.M. 8.00
and 9 20 P. ST.
Leae Rutland tor Hallows Fallsa! 5.i6A.M.,and
10 ft P M
Leave Burlington for Rutland at 8.36A.M. 2.46
. n A O DA l HM
Leave Bellows Falls for Sutland at 12 26 and
C or i t
'i-W 1 . IU.
E.A. CHAPIN.Sup't
Rutland, Nov 2. 10. 26:1v
M. V. B. BULL,
WHITEHALL. N Y ,
MAKOPACTCTKEK OF
COOK, PARL01l & BOX STOVES,
Hollow Ware, Farmers' Boilers, Caldron Kettles,
Iron Road-Scrapers, Straw-Cutters, ftc,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Iron Fronts for Buildings, Columns, Door-Sills,
Window-Sills, Windaw-Caps. Front Pieces, Cor
nices. Iron Daors. Blinds and Shutters.Chim-nev-Tops,
Iron, Fence Iron Stairs, Railing,
Balconies, Ac. made from new Pat
terns of the latest and most
aDDrOved Styles.
STEAM ENGINES. LATHES AND PLANERS.
Kolhng ym oaatins. Nail Machines, Boiler Rivet
Machines. Drills, Shaitinir, f-uiierr, Ouuiiinsr.and all
kinds of heavy and lit; lit Machinery. Castine and
Job Work. Heavy aud lieht Forcing, of all kinds,
raiiem wotk or aii,aescripnons lrratting. Designing,
ftc. Also sole manufacturer ol the
NEW YORKER P L O W .
The sale of which will be given exclusively to one
dealer in each town throughout the United States.
I"?"AII orders promotlv tilled, and Wares shinned
by Lake, Canal or Kail. Koad. 38 ly
I
7 G LE
t ........
FOUNDRY & MACHINE
T)OWMAX & MANSFIELD
1 would resnectfullv inform their
m Btiur.
friends, patrons, and the public
lie ienerally, that their new FoundrA
ami Machine Shop, located on Union
Mr2ii treet ueartheR.i B R.R. Freight
'5W2: Depot, is now oomple, and they
are preparer' for making all kinds of castings. Par
cular attentiou paid to Kailkoad Castinus, Mill
ud Maohinkby vv ouk ot every ilescription.
1 uey also taRe tins occasion to express tneir grate
ful obligations to all those who have patronized theni
o 'iberaily heretolore, ana earnestly solicit a con
iunance of their favors
othceover the store of Messrs. Barrett & Son.
Rutland, Oct. 18, 1S59. 42tf
R UT LAN D YO UNI) 11 V A X D .Ma
chine SHOP CO., Near Rutland & Burling
ton Railroad Depot Furnace Street. Rutland. Vt.
JOEL U HARRIS, Agent
Orders solicited lor Car Wheels and Railroad Cast
ings ol every description. Mill and other castings, ol
all kiuds, Cast Iron Pipe, Water Wheels, Castings
for Agricultural Implements, Iron Fence, Fiuzxu
Kailiugs. tic, 01 the most approved patterns. .Also.
MAUU.MillY VtOltK HMMIfcl) L I t.''.'l I I u
A lull assortment of Gear aud l'uiley Patterns.-
The usual sizes of Oear aud 1'ullev Castings con
stantly ou band. Also, the celebrated Ht'iiLHCUi
l'tows. and the New Euglauii Mower. Circuiars
reopectiug the stauie aeut toauy address desired
all work ai low prices
11
E M E M B E K
Our stock is all of Latk purchase. No old out ol
style, shop-worn goods. V e dial euge the State t.
produce s large ab assortment of line
lAiUV GOOD,
Aswecanshow. We are bound to sell the people
of Rutland Fikh Goods, believing it is lor our inter
est, and knowing it for theirs.
Oursaies tlius far hava been beyond our expecta
tions, aud our stock will be iucrea.se i in amount and
variety as we ascertain the wauls auii tastes of the
community
Just received SIX DOZEN LOW PRICED SILVER
WATCHES, selling lor a very small advance.
HAIR JEWELRY, made to order with line Gold
mountings Same hair used as lett.
jT-Dou't forget the place.
Cramtou it .Nichols Block, Kutiand. Vt.
40 BEN K. CHASE.
N
E W F A L L UUO I S ! .'
Just received at
SPENCER & WVATT'S.
A very large assortment of DRESS (iOOUS.
SUA W l.S, CLOAKsi. TRIMMINGS. Cl.Oll
i: ASsl tfEitES. Vtisl'INiis. HAl'S AND CAl'Is
LAD1ES' SHOES, READ V MADE CLOTHING
.fcc, c.
Among our Dres (ioods may be found all the nov
eities of the season. Plain aud Printed Merino,
Piisamettas. Plain and Printed Wcol Del.ains
Moliair-. Poplins, Valencias. 1 Uueiitii'es,
Muslin DeLiius, Plain Printed
Embroider i's. French, English
Scotch and Americau
Shawls. Printed and
Piain Flannel,
Morfcns. Balmoral aud Saeletou Skirts, Carpetings.
Rugs. &c . &c.
OurCLOlHING i" made in Vermont. We keep
no Southern slop made work.
A very large asoortment of Cloths, Casimeres and
vesting.
GROCERIES of the choice-t kind at lowest prices.
including our celebrated L n uaiur 00 cent Teas.
We make no uuotations of lots, but will give the
BEST MERRIMAC PRINlS.at lOctsprju.
BEST MANCHESTER M. D UAINS, IS
BEST UEAVY BROWN SHEEI1NG. fcj " "
ALEXANDER'S KIDGLOVES, S ctsprpr.
We buy all our goods with Cash, and w ill sell for
ready py as cheap as any Store in Vermont. Dou'i
be 'humbugged by credit Stores, but give us a cai!
before you buy.
Castleton. October, 1S30. 40 tf
REVOLUTION AMONG Til K
CLOCKS '
CLARK & BROTHERS.
Have on exhibition and for sale 1 WO CASE
CLOCKS, that run without friction and euire no
oil, aud warrauledto keep accurate,tiuie lor 25 years
without repairs or cleaning.
A'so. this day rtoeived another large invoice ol
Rich Jewelry a'nd Silver Plated Ware.
AT iniEIR NEW IRE,
Clarks' Block, Rutland, Jan. 7, lSiil 2tl
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR
T SALE. The subscriber oQ'ers lor sale the Faim
belonging to the estata of Geo. W. Webb, Jr., de
ceased, containing On Hundred Acres, situated on
the Creek, near the North Flats, in Clarendon, with
a pasture of One Hundred and Seventeen acres in
Meiidon Said Farm is in a high state ol cultivation,
and has thereon a good two story Brick House, with
all nescessary out-buildings, and will be sold separ
ately or with the stock aud farming tools thereon.
The stock consists of three horses, ten cows, three
hundred and twenty-five sheep, &c . &c.
ACUsAli H. WEBB,
8-3w Administratrix.
rjjAlrLOR & DICKSON"
CLOTHIN G WAREHOUSE,
Nos. 65 t,67 WORTH STREET, New York.
A large stock ofCLOTBlsu for sale for cash or good
credit. We will not refuse the latter, but these times
prove that nothing is so good as the torrner, and to
such buyers we will give every advautage. There
has never been a time iu the history of the trade
w hen we have manufactured
CLOTHING .SO CHEAPLY,
and this advantage we will ilivite with our custom
era, or give them the whole ol it if required; only
give us the CASH, and you shall have the goods at
your own prites.
Worth Stkkbt, cobkkr Church St.,
Near Claflin, Mellin & C's. new Store. 9-Hw
H
OUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
The subscriber offers for sale his House and lot, in
Rutland Village, on Evelyn Street, opposite Barrett
&. Son's Store, iienr tin Centra) House. A N ). 1
two story Houte.24by30 with back part is by 43.
contai ing 12 rooms and two pantries, f be House
is well finished throughout, aud lurnished with gs
hard ud soft water, a good deep cellar under the
u lnili bouse, outside hatchway, and nice buck ash
house inside. A well finished Barn, 18 by 24, Slate
roof, with carriage room and stable. Size oflotii'J
by 130 feet, maple shade tree, iu front. Terms easy,
and possession given the lirst ol April if desired
NEWMAN WEEKS.
Rutland, Feb 19. 18(31. -w
BOBBINS!
II
AS just received a good supply of new
aud desirable styles of Ladies'
FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS,
Embracing, Figured and Plain Merinos, Cashmeres,
Parauiettas, Delaius, SDOts, Cueoks, Stripes
aud Milks. Also, Thibet, Brocha,
Stella ii4 wool titiawla.
All Wool. Cotton and Wool. Silk aud Wool and
Canton Flannels. Ginghams, Calicos, Cottons, Cain
bricks, Muslins, Dinems, Ticks, Batting. Wadding.
Gloves, Gauntletts, Hosery, t ins, iNeeaies, iliread
Tape, BiudiBg, &c, ftc, ttc.
Rutland, Sept. 10. I860. 37
1) I A NOS! PIANOS!!
x
ouhly acquuinted with every part of a Piano, is the
sole asent lor thirt vicinity, lor th sale of thecele-
uivcu lUMruuienui ui
HAZLETON & BROTHERS,
Which took the first premium of the late N, J. Stnte
Fair ovrr bteinwav A Sons' make, and are consid
ered the fcsil in the market.
Prices moderate, and every instrument fully war
ranted. For further particulars ennui re ol Mu.
A. E. Hopkins, Maiu St.. Rutland, Vt., or of the
suupcnoer. -
A W. POWERS
N. B. Mr. Powers will continue to tune Fiunns in
Rutland three times a year, about the middle ol
April, August ana uecemoer. uruers left with Mrs.
Hopkins, will tie attended to.
ftiMUudtoB, Vt., Jan. 2, 1801. 2U
For the Herald.
L I N E S jj
Suggested by reading the President $ Farewell
Address at Springfield, IU. .
ST MISS X. . BBlOOfl.
I cannot sucoeed without divine aid. Lihcolh.
" Pray for me'" the words were spoken
By a noble soul, and true,
And the wintry air was broksn
By the cry, " We'll pray for you."
For we know our Heavenly Father,
Doth all earth's events direct.
And through his almighty power.
Ever will the RIGHT protect.
" Pray for me "a weight was pressing
On his great and noble heart.
And he knew without God's blessing,
- He should poorly act bis part;
But upon His arm reling,
He's gone forth to toil and rtrife,
Soon to till a lofty station.
In the battle-field ol life.
" Pray for me "the sound is thrilling
Christian hearts all through the land,
And the voice ot supplication,
Echoes f orth from strand to strand.
Sane but Him who stilled the tempest;
Walked upon the stormy waves,
Can preserve the Truth and Justice
Wnich a troubled nation craves
" Pray for me " methiuks the angels,
Must have heard the trembling voice;
And did in the courts of glory,
o'er i lie precious scene rejoice.
Yes, we'll pry timt uod will blesa him,
Till his journey here is trod,
And may this great, powerful nation
i-carn. Like him. to trust ti God.
Fairhaven, ri., rcu. loot. -
STATE OP THE UNION.
SPEECH OF HON. E. P. WALTON,
OF VERMONT,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
February 16, 1861.
The House Laving under consideiation the
rt'port from the select committee of thirty
three Mr. Walton said :
Mr. Sm-aker : The events of the last ninety
Java show that the Federal Government is
ill an experiment, and perhaps as doubtful
now as it was when Washington declared, in
his first inaugural address, that " the preser
vation of the sacred f.re of liberty, aud the
kstinv ot the republican model ot govern-
inriit, are justly considered as deeply, per
haiis as finally, staked on the experiment iu-
trusted to ihe'handi of the American people."
It has successfully resisted all assaults trom
ithout, and stimulated within a growtn ol
civilization, material wealth, and moral power
unparalleled in any nation or age oi the world,
li has mutiplied the population of the nation
bv ten. and its productive power by more than
ten times teu ; it has extended its domain
from ocean to ocean, and brought the scepter
of commercial supremacy within its grasp ;
md tor the. freedom ot its people, the novelty
of its political machinery, and the brilliancy
ot its results, it has commanded universal ad
miration and respect. And now, while a
peace with all abroad, and but for the wretch
ed, and we may hope temporary, consequenc
es ot maladministration ot the Government,
prosperous at home, we are threatened with
an 'iistant aud utter failure of the experi
ment which Washington inaugurated, and
with the instant aud utter wreck of the em
pire which he founded. It is national death ;
it is death to our power, security and grand
eur ; it is death to our national name aim
tame; and a million deaths, it may be, through
anarchy iivi civil war.
For more than a quarter of a century,
South Carolina has deliberately aud persist
ently aimed at the destruction of the Union:
aud this design was not more monstrous in
iniquity than it has been masterly in execu
tion. The great statesman who lirst conceived
u s iw the end from the beginning, shaped the
means to the end; aud so sagaciously shaped
lljciii il.Lti iUl rf tl zieo-
ple. and that patriotism whi.h he oll'cuded,
have been made instruments for his work.
lv the a-sertion of new and strange pro
slavery principles, at first repulse., by every
00 .ly, but ultimately carried out, in a large
degree, by the annexation of Texas, the Mex
ican ww, the fugitive slave law of 1850, the
Kansas and Nebraska act of 1854, the repu
diation ot the Missouri compromise, and the
raid upon Kansas: by pro-slavery agitation
and pro-slavery acts the South was seduced
on the one hand, and the North repelled on
the other, until aJl the old national parties
were demolished, and the North and the
South politically divided by a sectional line.
The Whig party in the South was blotted out
in 185; the Democratic party of the North
was divided, and the Whig party ot the North
blotted out in is5b'; the Democratic party ol
the North was deliberately assassinated by
its southern allies in tha spring of I860 ; and
thus was secured the fore-ordained triumph
of the Republican party in November la-t.
Aye, toreordaiucd, prayed tor, labored lor,
and rejoiced at by the plotters of disunion,
aud by none more iteartily and sincerely.
The election of Abraham Lincoln was not the
reason, but the occasion, for disunion : and
the occasion was instantly and impatiently
improved by ordinances ot secession.
The Government here had ample warnings
of the designs of the conspirators; and but lor
the neglect of the Executive, the secessions ol
this day might have been as harmless as were
the nullification of South Carolina in 1832,
and her secession in 1852. The President
was warned by avowaJs of the secessionists ;
and as eatly as October last he was specially
warned, by the highest ollicer of the Govern
ment in military rank, and the peer of the
highest in the world iu military reputation,
of the dangers to -which the country was ex
posed, and ot the remedy withiu his reach.
Warnings were neglected, treason lurked in
the Cabinet, under the very eye of the I lesi
dent, and reveled through the Executive De
partments. The Army was dispersed in dis
tant Territories, and the Navy in distant seas;
ihe loyal North was disarmed to arm the dis
loyal South ; and the Treasury was depleted
to rob the Government itself of the means of
defense. The preparations for secession, re
bellion, and treason, were effectively made,
and nowhere more effectively than in the
Executive Departments at this capital. State
alter State has seceded ; Ojvr fo: ts, arsenals,
magazines, hospitals, post oiliees, custom
houses, mints, and money have been seized ;
the Constitution and laws of the United States
have been violated; and the power of the na
tion delied. The President has notified us of
these events in message after message. I
think (he tells us) all this is very wrong in
the southern people, and the northern people
are very much to be blamed lor it. I regret
it ; I cannot help it ; I am impotent.
"The Gre.ks are strong, and skillful to their
strength ;
l-'ierce to their skill, and to their fierceness
valiant ;
But I am weaker than a woman's tear ;
Twiner thun sleep; fonder thn ignorance ;
I-.C8H valiant than the viririn in the flight ;
And skilleiis as unprutie'd infancy."
The President has failed to use the means
that were iu his power to defend the Govern
ment. Perhaps tt ought to be said that lie
has been deceived and paralyse! by the infi
delity of his advisers ; but, in any event, ho
has cast himself upon Congress Hitherward
the eyes of thirty million people are turned,
and here the hopes of all the loyal and the
patriotic are centered. True it is that here,
until a very recent date, they looked and
hoped in vain. Congress was as powerless
as the Executive. Here, too, was disloyalty
to the Federal Government; here no men,
and no set of men. able to control the action
of the Senate and the House. All that is
changed. In this House, at least, the Repre
sentatives of the Republican partr command
a majority in numbers ; and they must and
will be held responsible for all that shall here
be done, and all that shall be lett undone.
What shall we do? What shall we refuse
to do ? The answer "must depend upon the
necessities of the case, and the extent of our
powers ; we must do only -what we have the
rijjht to do, and what is expedient to be done.
Six States have declared that tby are no
longer under the jurisdictioo of tbl Govern-
S , !
' :'i ' ' VX-i'AIrnii HI'..'. , ! T--T "1
RUTLAND, VT., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 7,
ment s a eventh has withdrawn from t hi Tin
ion conditionally, and others remain condi
tionally. Six States are now assembled in
convention to form a new confederation; and
the address of its presiding officer declared
me position tney contemplate. Said he :
"We meet as representatives of sovereign
and independent States, which, by their sol
emn judgments, have dissolved all the politi-
ua associations wutcn connected mem wnu
the Government of the United States. It is
now a fixed and irrevocable fact that the sep
aration is perfect, complete, and perpetual ;
and a great duty is now imposed ou us to
provide a government for our future security
and protection. We can and should extend
to our sister States, and our late sister States
who are identified with us in interest, feelings,
and institutions, a cordial invitation to unite
in a common destiny, and be desirous, at the
some time, of maintaining with our late con
federates friendly relations, political and
commercial."
It becomes us first to inquire whether these
States are really out of the Union or in it.
If they are out, our duties are plain. We are
I i .... -.
at once to put them on the footing of foreign
nations, and I will say, of the most favored
foreign nations; for neither passion nor prej
udice shall ever extinguish th unwrous svm
patuies auu cuaruies due to children ol a
common ancestry. If they are out of the
Union, by a separation that is " perfect,
complete, and perpetual," then are we ab
solved from all obligations due to them as
members of the Union to protect them
agaiust foreign invasion and domestic insur
rection and rebellion, and to respect and de
fend their rights as States, and the rights aud
interests of their inhabitants as citizens of the
United States. Our political, commercial,
postal, and other laws, have no validity thee;
our courts, and custom-houses, and post and
land offices are to be closed, the mads sus
pended, and our and their commerce put up
on an entirely different footing. We assume
new powers as to them the treaty-making
power and powers of peace and war. To be
suie, it has been argued again and again that
we have no power to make war upon a se
ceding State; but nobody will deny our power
to make war upon a foieign State; and it be
hooves all concerned to remember that there
is not a kingdom in the world against which
we ever had, or ever can have, stronger or
more grievous causes of war thati with this
txtemjiure kingdom of cotton. The seizures
ol torts, arsenals, magazines, and other prop
erty of the United States, by armed men, un
der the authority of the seceding States, were
overt acts of war. The surveillance by arms
over the navigation of the Mississippi, anl
the robbery of the national Treasury by
Louisiana, are outrages upon our national
rights for which instant atonement would be
demanded from any other nation, backed, it
need be, by a thousand cannon ami a million
bayonets.
But, sir, I will not contemplate the picture
or the prosject of actual war. nor even the
prospect of two Hoe of standing armies and
threatening forts in two confederacies, stretch
ing one thousand or. three thousan 1 miles,
from the Atlantic to the' Mississippi, or Iro n
the Atlantic to the Pa' iffe. I will only a t 1.
that if the seceding States are really "out ol
the Unicn, we have new and urgent duties
upon bur hatids, in the settleim-nt ol new, dif
ferent and all-important questions. 1 pub
lic dqbt, the public lands, th" public build
ings, the natioual ship-, the national obliga
tions growing out of public treaties such. !or
instance, as those touching the slave tra 1
the claims of States and citizens ol the I 'nited
States upon the Government all these top
ics present questions of the gravest import.
The navigation of (he M;ssi-sipj,i, and tiie
control ot the Gulf of MeMro, is another mat
ter that will permit no delay . An 1 then ho
will vou Settle with she .".--liii- S .t'.-s. ;..
eluding an item of 2oo, 000,0 -p.-m j(Jr the
purchase and defense ol territory now o -' i
pied by them V Sir, if these .States are out
of the Union, let Us turn our attention tithe, .
questions. There are none graver, none mure
urg -nt. If these States are not out ol th
Union, then the old obligations and power
remain upon u all ot them m lull force, al,
ot them unimpaired. Thos; obligations we
are to discharge, and those powers we are to
exercise, just so tar as the ciicuinstanees o:
the case will a Imi I ask, then, arc the se
ceding States out of the Union y
I do not intend to diseu-s the riht of se
cession or revolution, which has been so
largely argued in this debate: tor, in my judg
ment, the matter is completely settl 'd by tin
Constitution itself. There is no power, ex
press or implied, conferred by the Constitu
tion, upon any department of this Govern
ment, to perforin the last, the a 1-essenti.tl.
and the crowning act of successful secession
or revolution ; that is, the recognition of the
independence of a seceding or revolutionized
State. Slates may secede in fact; they mat
form independent governments, and teceive
the recognition of the world ; they may resist
and successfully resist this Government; and
yet this Government has not the constitution
al power to recognize their independence,
nor a constituiional right to treat them as in
dependent States. The Constitution was de
signed not only as a '-perfect" Union : it was
designed also for " posterity," and therefore
as a perpetual Union. Section ten of article
one is, throughout, a prohibition of secession,
because it is a prohibition to every State ot
powers essential to an independent nation.
The abrogation of the Constitu'iou and laws
of the United States is rebellion, and resist
ance 10 them by force is treason. A persist
ence, however long, is but continued rebellion
and treason. So tar, then, as this Govern
ment is concerned, until the new power ol
recognizing the independence of a rebellious
State shall have been constitutionally conler
red, we are to refuse such a recognition ; to
refuse to recognize tiie agents of weed.! ig or
rebellious States; to refuse to enter into a
settlement of any of those grave ques'ious to
which I have already alluded ; and, to tin
best of our judgment and ability, we are to
maintain the sovereignty of the United Slates,
to execute the laws, aud bring back the re
bellious States to their allegiance to the Con
stitution, and to their late and madly lost es
tate of liberty, security, prosperity ati'l peace.
I confess that I have thought it will be a
hard necessity, for the want of constitutional
power to acknowledge the independence ol a
seceding State, to endure a protracted period
of anarchy or the horrors of civil war. Pei
haps it wi 1 be a necessity too hard to be borne,
imperative enough to w trraut ,vi assumption
of undelegated power, as in the instance ol
the acquirement of that very Territory wloch
is now the theater of this grievous discontent.
I5ut we are not yet warranted to make an
assumption like that. The necessity may
come ; it has not yet come. In spite of the
confident declaration ol the ex-Secretary of
the Treasury, I must deny that the seceding
States are yet out of the Union, and still in
dulge the. hope that this d 1d4rati.n1, like vari
ous'other official anil equally confident esti
mates from the same quarter, is altogether too
illusive 10 warrant any assumption of undel
egated power. In no instance yet has the
ordinance of secession become) the act ot a
State, or been recognized by the sovereign
power of a State I mean the people. Ihe
ordinances have been adopted by conventions,
elected in the fever of an excitement stimulat
ed by false representations: hastily elected,
without filature dhliheratioti. and without a
full vote of the people. Thejcons itutions of
South Carolina and 1 londa provide tliai
" No convention of the people shall be
called, unless by the concurrence of two
thirds of both branches of the whole repre
sentation." I am not awate that this provision has been
complied with in either State. Be that as it
may, I find that in none of the other States
are conventions authorized, at all by their
constitutions; and in an ' BmHwiiiiix"
I find that their constitutions can be amend
ed only by enactments of two Legislatures in
succession, with fr in three -to six months
noti.ie previous to the election of the second
Legislature ; or by enactment of the- Legii-
lature, three to six months' publication, and a
raiincation Dy the people. let, these con
ventions, which ordained secession and abro
gated the tews of the United Sttes,'did also
abrogate in part, or change, the constitutions
of their States.
Thus, the revolution is twofold ; it is a rer
olution in the States against their constitu
tions, and a revolution in the United States,
and against their allegiance to the Federal
Constitution. It is double-distilled rebellion,
and in no State has it been ratified by a vote
of the people. By the constitutions of their
own States, and of the United States, they
are not out of the Union yet. By the patri
otism and prudence of their people, on a calm
review of these revolutionary proceedings,
and the sad results already suffered ; by their
regular ami constitutional action, let us hope
that these States will yet be declared to be
within the Union, redeemed from the usurped
powei ot aspiring demagogues, and purified
from their polluting touch. Surely, we may
refuse to acknowledge the independence of
States which have net yet seceded. At least,
until the people of the seceding States have
ratified or acquiesced in the revolution that
has been attempted, we cannot recognize
their independence.
Conciliation, compromise, concessions for
wore than sixty days these have been pressed
upon us, powerfully and persistently; pret-,j
upon us from without by timid and mistaken
friends and hold and avowed enemies ; press
ed ution ui by the first not more to preserve
the Union than by the last to annul the late
verdict of the country and destroy the Re
publican party; but worse than these, press
ed upon us for temtiorary peace, or a tem
porary policy, at the expense of principle
which never can be surrendered ; pressed
upon us to keep the cotton States within the
Lnion, atjthe risk of driving the northern
States ouqofit ; piessed for the conciliation
of rebels Who will not be conciliated, at the
risk of disallecting the loval. who will not be
degraded. I know there are men amon
them who are actuated bv nobler motives
than some of these, and who do not contem
plate const quen -es such a9 thene.
I know there are good men here, generous,
pure, and patriotic men, of almost every sec
tion and elf' every party, who are actuated by
the best of motives, and have ajip'-ale 1 to us
witn all the charms ot elooueuee, enforced bv
t he claims ot fraternal atW-lion anil the fear ot
f.'.tal re.-ulu. Alas! that these have U-"n so
few; alas! that among the Representatives
ot fifteen iSiates, the instances have been so
rare that each deserves a monument mo-e
lasting than marble. And each will have it,
in the memories of all l'wI men.
- Th'j say he is tt wry iuhu per ,
A )! stttij.-j. nioue."
Conciliation, forbearance, kindness ! Yes.
r. S;
ker, I will accord all these, even to
arms. Christianity demands it : hu-
rebels
manitv ifi-ni tri Is it : the ties of blood and the
b- lids of
and I won! 1 .rove to a wondering; world that
my country. a!ove ail others. rcsoiidsto such
demands as these, Oir ( i.ivet nment is bas
ed. 1 no re directly than a: y other, upon the
tleeiiunsi and the will ot the people, and it
:i, 1
in;-
t b
t a 1. '
more lenient thin any other to the
and the otlen' es of' the people. We
ical from tiie people mil to the je-o-;
we must bear and forbear. As our
must ap
pie sane
Government 01 igina'.ed. so must it be main
tained, by the voluntary and unrestrained
will ot' the people. Ii it cannot be so inain
'airie I. then is our system radically wrong,
and de-'iticd -o certain failure.
II il Ir-Iml r.-o-iie i against Great Brit
tin. as weti Sutes have rebelled ajaiflst
the Fej.-r i! G 'Verieti' nt htl the rebels
s-iz ! tie- p ) t and rtsii.. of Dibliu. as our
ii jt.'s and tort- have been s'i.d tie-re no
n 01 here who will ( r a moment do j it the
i,ii.i the I'.i i.'ish i 1 v. rn nent would have
a.u.i i'1. in ti.ree iiu. a ( 1 r wui-i h in
e -;i in the p-.rt o' I) a'.hn ; withi'i an hour
the r-.' would hive I i-eii summoned to
tirrettder, and. within twelve hours- the c'rv
won! i hav- suhmiiled or been burnt to the
ground, il-rrem -dy would haw b.-eti force,
as it was. within the reni' inb-r t:c e of in all.
in the ist ri-'x-liiun in C in tda : and the
most dct rijetive anl unsparing ti r e, as i"
was witi.oi 'his v.-r -i'v on 'h-- v.-rv - " on
which tiii- ti n' Iiu smu Is. It i our fry to
:re-.-nt a no: l-r example. It is ours '0 vm-
fie ate t!i- s'Sii-rKirp v u'
netit : the s J leriu: it y o!
il" hum on! v over i-t-ii'-ii v
1
1 .-an
ivertl-
ju-'ioe
It is
1 a . r loree ;
u'l - s to p re
al, aud no'
ult : Ti lt
serve, and no' to d-stro : to h
o kill. The task uiav l.e d'.Mi
have no right to s tv that it i- imp -
iniv be tlia' we shall fail ; but :f w
,le. It
t 111 I"
s!i h an en l.-avor
our ili m ot go.-eriiii
is its.-lt' a f'.nlure.
Iiut I trust we e
for u- no such wo'-,
that family of -Mat
:ioii need no other
'not t ii! ; I trus' there 1
as I ui. The member- i'i
s which compose this n.i
remcd v than th tt which.
in like circumstances
of the domestic Cam. I.
1 applv 'o members
I'he re.bel'i.cis States
are out maniacs ot a
uir,
er siZ"
it is our.
'o put t; manic
s m 1
would
t'-iight jacket ;
revered 1 no' her
kindiv. gentlv. a
or a duliiij child ; to pro-e. t tt"
11 trom
laruiing
harming theoiselv. s, as w.-il as from
us; to al.ninister iinplea-ant me b i:ies. per
il ips, bur, n vc-thcoss, very ne. es. ary ami
very salut irv ; to nurse them into health and
sanitvT' genilv, t li'hluiiy, unremittingly ; and.
at last, (God willing,) through patience ami
long-sull'ei ing, welcome them ha -k. restored
and iu (heir right mind, with renewed atl'-e-tion
aud mutual joy. How madly are the
seceding States crushing their 011 people;
how madly crushing the merchants of the
N'orth, who have conli led in them ; how
m idly would they crush the entire country
if ituly could ! i he Psease is. indeed, mad
ness, and it indicates its own remedy.
Com essioiis, compromises : a few words on
'his topic. It has had a prominence beyond
ail others here, and, perhaps, throughout the
ounflrv. There are compromises that can
not be m ido under any "circumstances, on
any cond. tions, at any p; ice. You cannot
compromise the c usciences ot tlie people, or
of any considerable portion of the pe iple ;
vou cannot compromise their earnest and
honest convictions; you cannot compromise
their will. The people are greater than
t'ongress, than con vent ions, than States, than
all the States combined in our Federal sys
icin. We. ni-iv propose ; thev will dispose.
We m iv attempt to traffic in tljeir names ;
thev will take care of our bargains, aud, it
need be. take c ue ol us. e cannot com
promise liberty ; it is above price. We can
not compromise rights, justice, honor ; these
are not merchantable. Cott .11 and calico,
shoes ami sugtr, wheat and woolens, cat. be
sold or exchanged; we can make bargains
about them; but we can never bargain away
the rights of the individuals who produce
thein. Thosii rights are to be respected and
protected; and the only bargain to be made
about them must be complete ami mutual, the
act of all the parties, and binding upon all ;
a mutual engagement of each to respect and
protect the rights of the other.
There are various conditions absolutely es
sential to such a compromise. The parties
must be present, in person or by representa
tives; they must stand on an equal footing
and with equal powers ; they must act volun
tarily and freely U 011 their own judgments,
unswerved bv passion, and unawed by threats;
and throughout their act there must be equiv
alents to sanctify it by justice to all the par
ties. Such a compromise voluntary, mu
tual, complete, and just will be ratified and
respected, or enforced. It will stand against
all the assaults of sectional interests, political
insanity, ami armed rebellion. I will not
say that the people I represent will reject a
compromise like that. They will voluntarily
do anything that, in their judgment, is right
and necessary to be done ; they will never
be forced to do anything that is wrong. 1
will not say that such a compromise is impos
sible ; but 1 do be'ieve that it 's utterly im
possible now. It is a work of time ; it will
demand examination, deliberation debate
with all patience and wisdom. W c are not
prepared for the work, and tb country 1.
1861.
not prepared for it. Present events mry be
preparatory, and possibly the best prepara
tion. If existing dangers shall not lie avert
ed, they will indicate the necessity and the
gravity of the work. These dangers warn
us, and warn the States and the people to
work wisely, as those who are responsible for
a nation's fate not hastily, not rashly, not
cowardly.
Such a compromise is impossible now, be
cause the necessary conditions are all want
ing every one is wanting. The parties are
not here. For more than sixty days a com
mittee of this House has been hunting up
grievances and'eoncocting compromises; ami
with the knowledge of that fact, and in spite
of it, State after State has wheeled into the
march of secession and rebellion ; their Re
presentatives have withdrawn from the com
mittee and from the Capitol, and Congress
has been stripped, by their act, of the power
to redress their grievances. With their votes,
any congressional act could now be carried
through both Houses, over every Republican
in either branch ; and, with the aid of Rep
resentatives from the border free Sta'es and
the commercial cities of the North, tbey might
now carry, by a two-thirds vote, reasonable
propositions for amendments to the Constitu
tion. As the Senate and House no stand,
a two thirds vote cannot be had for any prop
ositions broad enough to settle the questi ms
in Mlspute. ir me present ,.oj.,ot. t;i, a.. I
believe they will, they will fail because the
very States you would conciliate have will
fully a.. I contemptuously closed the door
against concessions. Again: the contract
ing parties to a co 11 promise cannot stand
here with equal powers, lieeause the seceding
States are not represented here at all ; and
the Representatives of the remaining States
cannot freely act, because they are forced to
act under a more than half-executed thie.it
of disunion aud war, if they do not surren
der, without a single condition to save either
their honor or their rights. The disaffected
S'ates that still remain stand in a position
hardly legs repulsive. I kn"W rhey have
loyal met: here, as true at heart as the truest,
an I as good as the best. They do not threat
en, but plead ; they h ive no malice, but over
flow with fraternal affection: they have no
passion but a passionate love for the Union ;
and yet their affectionate and passionate plea
is. compromise or secession. Not that they
will secefe if they can help it. but that their
Status will secede. The ultimatum of the se-ei-
iers was, submission or disunion. In ef
fect, the propositions are identical, however
wide tnav be the dillerenee j the spirit o!
those who propose tiiem. Practically, they
are one : and it is the highwavnian's demand
"your money o- your lite."
Now, sir, were all the otle-r conditions of
an effective compromise complied wi:h; were
the parties here and agreed, as thev are not ;
were the proportion complete in equivalents,
and perfect in justice, as thev are not, yet I
would not dare to a -eefit them under a threa'
'".'ho thre den y Vol one third of the free
men of th nation, and not one half of the
States. Who are threatened y Two thirds
of the people, a majority of th State, and
the Federal Government, which represents
the whole. It is a submiss on of the majority
'o the minority; and that is a subversion o'
'he democratic principle of Government. It
is a sub nissjijri of the Go-'ernmeiit to rebel
lion ; and th i' i demoralization and degra
dation of the Government. It i- more: it is
licensed rebellion for all future time. It i a
ppx-l.ima'ion to th world of the pert -Mat
insecurity ofth- Government and the Union:
insecurity of pu'i'ic credit ; me .-urify of trei
ty obligations: in- cunfy of pea'-e : insecuri
ty of commerce : in-e urity of the State and
the people, and insecurity of all their vast
and varied ;nr- e-t,. It i- a to'il failure in
the first o'n'i-i t of ail Government, to wit :
"curitv to the governed. It i- a total failure
of ine American nui-ri m nt. Vr one. I
will refuse it. and ri-k the cons, qucnees of
refusal. It more dangerous to surrender
to tebelliotj thiu to Tesi-t it.
A compromise und-r su -h circumstance,
and with s e h possible consequences, is a
work to be refused bj(, the present Congress.
Indeed, the dav for congressional comprom
ises is past. We have learned, by sad expe
rience, that ih-v are neither binding nor irr
p-alable. and are forced to resort to consti
tutional and permanent guarantees. It it be
admitted that Congress has the power to ini
tiate these, it must also be admitted that
Congress and the States are not now in a
proper condition for the work. Th-; States
and tie- people are in no temper to warraf
expectations of siiiiinis-iou either on the one
side or the other in 110 temper or d-Tiber it-.
I hev will not and cannot deliberate under
mutual thrua's, and mvua! outrage-, per
haps, and i'i the reign of aua-div and v o-l.-n
-e. Hum tn nature it.-lt i agiiiist if.
Wlshi-lgtOU Il ls t t ig'i' us the 1 n ut
the div
already
III 'hit
quote).
.-lie
from which I have
Let Us reVerellf iv 1 1 t 11 to
it :
"Hiving thu i up ir'.-1 to vou mv
setl'l
iv the
tnents as thev hive he awa'--m- l b
... 1
occasion which hritigs us together, 1 sha
take mv present leave, but not without re
sorting oii.-e more to th-- b -tiign l'lr.-nt of
human race in- humble s ioplicatiou that.-im-e
lie has been pleased to iavur the Vie-ric an
people with opportunities 'or deliberating
perfect tramj .ility. and dispo-ition tor de
ciding wnh unparalleled unanimity, on a
form ot goverum.-nt for the security ot their
Uui n. and the advincem-nt ot th. ir h t ; t i -uess,
so His divine bles-iug m iy 'o.-eqiillv
con-pi - uous in the enlarged view-. 'the teiu
pera'e conui!ati"tis. and .'h" wis- i.ie-siires.
ou which the su cess of thi. Government mat
depend."
Thus was the Constitution to-n 1 ; thus
must it be r-vised or a n "1 1 -d. Bv 110 u-
mittee i f thirt v-three gentl-
n -u t lis Ho i- -.
however pi'iio'icor wise; by no decree o;
partisans, -u.-h a w - are. selected fur other
purpose-, and overbu-d -ned with other du
ties: andbv no sua -judgm-ut of the popu
lar will, iiillimed ny ail the p issio isof p in y.
maddened by the crimes, and distressel by
the consequence of reb -llioti and treason.
Vo. sir ; no. This is no the time o- the mo ie
to settle a question for all time. There is a
better; it is constitutional : it isfea-ibie; it
mat- pos-ihlv be accepted with unanimity by
all parties ami by all the Sti e ; it is a rem
edy within the rea h of the States : let the
Sta'es consider if. It is a convention called
under all the provision and bound by all
the restrictions of article five of the Constitu
tion, ami with ample power to report a revis
ed Constitution or amendments; and even, if
need be, to subm t an ordinance for the sep
aration of the Union, an I the construction o!
new confederacies. It will give timethe
best medicine for these disease of the body
politic ; it w II give opportunity for the re
dress of all grievances, norlhe-n or southern ;
and it will eive to the seceding ."states the
only mode of relieving their present position
without mortifica'ion or dishonor. I would
leave it to the States, following the honora
ble lead of Kentucky, to call for such a tiib
unal ; and I would leave ad matters in
dispute, all coin- romises, all contingencies, to
that tribunal, and to the final judgment of
the people or the States
We h ive other and pressing duties ; and
first, to preserve this capital, the archives of
the Government, and all the public projierty.
Not that I regard it as indispensable to re
tain this District as the capital or the prov
ince of a northern confederacy, in the event
of a separation of the free and slave St ates.
Were Maryland to go, with Annapolis nai-
lowed by a material event in the life of
Washington, and Virginia with his tomb, I
ii i . .i . i. ........ i,;..
COU1U surieii'ier even ine enj mai uei ma
name. The people of the North will forever
remember and revere him without a monu
ment; at least without one of these, which
shall thenceforth mark not so much his fame
as the eternal shame of those who have been
recreant to his teachings, and the destroyers
of his work.
Thin c.anital must be preserved : not so
much for the sake of public and private pro
perty to th amount of many millioni, a lor
NUMliEH 10.
the rights of every State, and the interets of
all the people. Dissolve this Union into two
or twenty confederacies anj Vet ,here hnati
not be one that can afford to lose this capital.
it is mucn 10 say mat nere. are records essen
tial to every State of its history, its services,
its giory ; out it m more to say that here are
the records of its rights and obligations. The
State Department, with its record of all our
national rights and obliga ions ; the Treasury
Department, with its record of commerce
and navigation, of revenue and expenditure.
01 me national ueut, winch somebody na got
to pay, of debts which have been, and of
prooisoi claims 01 citizen of every State and
Territory which ought to be, paid ; the War
and Navy Departments, with all the records
of the services of States, and citizens of ev
ery State, and of expenditures; in all past
time, for every State and Territory; the
Post Office Department, with all its records,
which will be as essential in the future ad
ministration of the postal service as the pres
ent, however numerous may be the confeder
acies to lie served ; and the" vast; Interior De
partment, with it Patent, Land, and Pen
sion O.fi.-e it bureaus of Indian Affairs
and of Agriculture its record and proofs
ot the generous cesions of pulic lands by
the old thirteen States its word and
proof of land titles in all the. latid States and
arid Territories and it jecor js of patents,
of ihe census, and of tuts publjc huilLiita :
all these must be preserved at I any hazard
and at any cost. The seceding States can
not afford their destruction or mutilation ;the
remaining States cannot afford if ; the people
cannot afford it; for in any evet Union or
lisunioii these are the strongest bond of
juti. e and peace ; and the Administration
that will not defend ami preserve them, will
be treacherous to tie kacre.j rights of all the
State and all the 'people. j
Next, we must have a Government here,
with the will, the power, and the mean to
assert all if constitutional rights ind discharge
all it duties, in the extraordinary complication-
of domestic and f ireign questions in which
it is now involved. With ouch a'tiovernmenf
four mouths ago, these compilation would
have beeu preve ite 1. The new Govern
ment must grapple with the n all. with brave
and loy al hearts, though it be with unprac
tical hands. It will need infinite wisdom ;
may Go I give it ! It will need xtraordinary
pocr and remedies ; thes,. jjj is for u to
give. Herein i our duty: to preserve the
Government, not to pamp-r rebellion against
it : fo preserve i's dignuy and authority, not
'O oriiig theiu lutj otitempt ; t.j maintain the
Constitution unimpaired, not fo di-figure it
with hasty patch-wotk; to savk if it he jks
sible, the peace of the vount rv.'not to plunge
it into war: to save the Lu-mef of the coun
try, and secure the rt-gul'- pjruits of agri-
uiture, maiiu actsre, an I counuerce, not to
blast them ail bv
anirchv ; an i to preserve
Union of th- -States from
grace, not to trifle with if.
(G-d willing) the
diso'ufioti and dc
as it has eefi tntl-d with by timid counsel
and official treacherv. I dar not av that
all t'li .-an be dose; but sure I atn that it i
the duty of the Government, and the duty of
this (louse a a r--KnsiMe part of the Gov-eirim-nf.
to 'ry. The trial 111 ut lie made,
and it should l-e made ; l.y moderation to the
off- tiding S'ates. u-ing nin4 of our great
powers unne es-ari'v for the ijurv of any of
tuein. but rather for their jirofeetiofj and
benefit : by torb-arat)i e, ui,fA torlearance
1 eases to Ih- a vittrje ; bv firn:ie. m the x-
U'iotl of the CAtsttu'i.,. 1 The law-, so
lar as "e- circum
rfare es of t'e ce rco'iite:
i'i I, amid all th
ever aiming fo b-
danger- 'hi' surr. un 1. by
right ai way- right though
-tar afer -l;,r nn I'v .1
iu.ts from the firma-
men', and the glxim i
Federal cotis'edalioii
lisolve m eo-ri;
il night.
i .- :,. ri(i)e:i i- not to I"- a
t :! ! e- -ijli.J cu :i lion et
th i ,-ti;i t it .'-i,reer-
l ' il l. I f I 'i" i i'i j ft -
I a.-i hy . 1 'i i-t y et !'
1 'ru-t ",e grit
fa 'hire ; I tr-.-'
'" I I-'' :
vatioti. vet to !
.-' ot s,., ac
the patriof-m f '
in an ovei rul tig a
to pre-erve. a- Oil
bourrifuHv b --r.
out ot' contention
this n it ion tor
'i.'. ViOVe rt.l.
I II II
!t
i'l-.iv I l.-nce.
II - hi''.
lli I
: to to in ike
i.'. a- it ha-ha-
p.s-el.
III I CO'l'li
Ci
lilurie. to . .j
ceii-urv 'hi
been for almo-t a
til'' flubte..' e.X Villi!-'
"the repUti'i. xii , i
nation- and people.
nr,.-i'
. Ui' guV
atld l .. r. -lei
rumen!" tut ail
I.r;n r Fa' m
tile c.tt ige at tv
dri-u w.-re hoveri .
A tt uij-t r ig. d '
ag tins; which u. in
erh ss.
A poor old mi
s'.'vcriiig ehil ir-u.
money at horn-.
mill, as he ctou- le-
II il'l.v "In a mi-era-
U 'U 11 . I 1 fi.ll. t . c'lll-
' p.ir a sinu'il lerii g tire,
i'liuiit, 1 teatful te-upc-t,
aicl be a 4; were alike p.jw-
". Ill I' h pouter 'hltl these
ttl'l'lgil 11" 111) lcip-of
A" in- r igge.i (luak tbojt
I I !: the thre-h lid of
IIU-.
r the
r iili- door.
II- dared nut enter, fur
v wo il 1 a-s. imv lor -u
ter, and he
ti'it move fjr i h 'u.-iu.
I'll h '1112! v. Nettie."
I
S i n 1:1 have hunted for
ing. and a 11 find any,"
' Vhat an av:'u. -to'in.'-
a juitato
' Ye- : the old tr.
s I iu I tou-: art
- ha- blown
iwn.
that it did no' fall on
wo il l certatt.iv have
1 i t'ia co il lu'! he ' us
let's priv Oir Fa'i r.' and
to tii.it par, stop tid we get
i-i. and th-' mi-er. crouching
:stcK-.l. When I bey pail-ed,
i.- chil fi-h tilth to see some
s iib'ii'i-s'i'i'i'i. 'I I'""!''1 feeling
ole lino in- uc . " i-
. i : I , l. ! -i-iit -ome angel 'O
t'i
, jr. e hid hulg It a lo.it at fie VII
thiokii.g it -nt Hi- bim a great minv
i ig
da.-:
but lie- -il -e ot 'V
ii-'i- .-:i i-
t .... i.: .. .1. ...
the vol'-; ot
dour softly.
e,. spue lull l--r ii inn in. i.
,,..,11 W.t.-r-. lb' f'peiie.f : till
t h- w in th- ! it. at
id li-ten d 'o the wild.
r . rv ot "d-l ght that .-am
from the hill-
ta I'i-hed little one-.
(i dropped right from heaven. di ln t it '
ouest;ui,e 1 th" " -''"
Yes: I me in love Goi torev.-r forgiv
in r u bread lie -ause we a-ked him "
We'll ask him every day, won't we whv .
I never thought Go I wi so good, did '- '
Y. s. I alivays thought so. but I vcr
knew it before. . .
t's a-k him to give lather mm
a:l
the
time, w d never oe hungry
a Min. He'll do t. I m sure.
"Th - storm piss.-d: the miser we it hone.
i i:..l il .x-..r I. id -or an UP in t neari , it
was no Jonge
du d. but not I
.a nun ii . .... , t
narrell
lore he
Iii a few weeks he
,,-d given the cottage
which was hi
L to tie.'
ivoiir laiioriiig man.
And ihe liitle
hildreii ever telt a sweet an.1
solemn emotion when mil
rnl mil thev c I lie to th'
when in (their matutinal le-
trmlil il word :
" Give us tin's V -y our daily bread."
A Vol K! I'ot XTV. Litchfield County,
Connecticut, has lvn the birth-place of l.i
United StatesjS.'iiator and il M 'mber of
Congress, '11 Supreme Judges, 10 President
and Froies.rs of colleges. In I H t l, the
Viee-I'resideit and one-eighth of the United
States Senators were natives of or were edu
cated in Litchfield County. In 1H ). one
seventh ol the whole number of United
States Senators were found to have been ed
ucated in that County. What County can
eqal Old Litchfield ?
" What land is that where I can trace
My nineteenth cousin by bis face.
Where once I fished for little dace,
And never learned the deuce from ace ;
Where grandmother this night says grace !"
Cor. Summit () Hencoit
Curtis L. North, of Meriden, agent of the
Quaker Citv Insurance Company, of Chi
cago, III., which failei recently, has been
committed to jail, for selling the company's
worthless drat is.
Hartford has raised Si, 811 for the suffer
ing people in Kaasu.
he ho l-e.
killed U-."
" Ii I,- . ojijl
bred -"
g l-.s ,,1
when we o n.l
-o ne bread."
Su td.-y ie-.
and shivering.
... .... tin t in t'i
uiir teuton
T r tm b r a . A the ne wspBoeri re fall
of remedies for this dangerous affection of the
throat, some of them very pood, and some of
them very silly, we will giro one which we
know to be used by some eminent physicians,
and which we nave neves knowa vo lait, u
appuea eanj.. xipiue " . -j "-n- .
may be recognized by any persoa ordin
ary capacity, by two marked symptoms ; the
lensatton of a bone or hard substance ia the
throat, rendering swallowing difficult nd
s.-.nfnV and a marked tmtor. or unpleasant
smell of the breath, the result of iu putrefac
tive tendency. On the appearance of these
symptoms, tftbe patient is old eooogh to do
so, gire a piece f gum camphor, of the sure
of a marrowfat pea, and let it remain m toe
mouth, swallowing slowly the saliva charged
with it nntd ;t ia all rants, la an boar or so
srive another, and at the end of another hour
a third ; a fourth will not usually be reqatreo,
but if the pain and the unpleasant breath are
not relieved, it mar be used two or three
time more, at a little longer intervals, say
two hour.
i If the child is young, powder the camphor,
which caa eaailr be done bv aidinsr a drop
or two of spirits of alcohol to it and mix it
with an equal quantity of powdered loaf su
gar, or better, powdered rocs: canay, ana
blow it through a quill or tube into the
throat, denressinz the tonirue with the haft
of a spoon. Two or three applications will
relieve. Some recommend powdered aloes
or pellitory with the camphor, but observa
tion and experience have satisfied ns that
camphor is sufficient alone. It acts proba- .
biy by its virtue as diffusible stimulant, and
antiseptic qualities. A'. Y. Examiner.
To Avoid Cold. Change the Ho. k-
ings as often as tbey become wet from perspi
ration. Avoid cold draughts of air upon any
part of the body; or unequal temperature
from any cause, such as evaporation of tnou-
ture trom wet clothes on a portion of Ihe per
son, ine clot lung wet all over, is less pro
ductive of colds than when partly wet. Vou
might jump naked into a snow bank and not
take cold, but receive serious injury from im
mersing t nly a hand cr foot tn the snow.
while the rest of the body is kept warm.
Unequal temperature upon different parts of
the body disturbs the circulation of the blood
and produces a cold The best precaution,
however, is to keep the system vigorous by
temperance, a generous diet of digestible tbod
aud plenty of sleep.
Ax EiwsTR-o.voKKr Siateof Affairs.
Hitustkttftcr Are these egg fresh Y
Muriel Woman Why Lor bless your life.
ma'am, we hain't got anything eit-e. Mister
15eec tiers goin to iectur to-uight. and there
ain't a stale one to be had in the market at
any price Vanity Fair.
The dying charge of the late Alfred Bishon
of Bridgeport, Ct.. to his nous was, "Serce
iil arttl your country, and be btrievuleut. '
Ihe substance of many essays is embraced iu
this shirt sentence.
Piacr on tbs Missiim. Gov. Yatec,
of Illinois ig hit last Instigata! Addres. thus
lu let to the movement of Guv. P. tta. of Mis-n-mppi,
ft establish a guard over the fianirrre
ot the Misisippi Kirer. aud levy toll to make
reprmaU from citizen of ther State .-
Can tt t-e for a moment fropnoaet! that the
people of the valley of the WisMtmppi ill ever
M, sent tat the great river hall now lor ben
lrei of Oiile ihroutrh forri.'n turiadicttON.anil
1'iey be conpelled, if not to fibt their way in
tie face of the fort frowning at-un it batik, to
u'ltnit lo ihe iropooiuon and annoyance of ar
bitrary tales and exhorbilant duties' to be levied
upon their commerce I believe that before
that day hall come, either aliore of the Father
f VV aiert will be one con'inaoo etalrher of
the ki.iu, and with all iu cities ia ra'n, and (ha
ultivated Belli apon iu slopin? sfde laid wate.
. .nan roil iu loammg tide in olnary grMl'leur,
at the dawn of creation . I koow 1 -as for
lliooi-, and I believe for tbe North wet, hen I
declare them a ouit.in the unalurraMe detertnin
ution of ber million, occupying tbe jrreat baio
'rained hy (tie 5Iia iaaippt. to permit DO portico
of that stream to be controlled by foreign jn-
isdiction."
The Bkitisr Government and tub Socth
fcRN 'us FtotttCT'. There hat been little dou'it
ui.ori,' well informed i-eople a to the liirht ia
tdrh the Iiritikh government would look at tbe
.ittempt to create a klaveboHiO confederacy in
he i u:ie'n St e or the cou'-e she would par
ue tnr U it 1 he gfier-d eit-ertafcn in this
matter 14 confirmed by a letter from a mcmtr
I thr- Britis!) government to an American citi
zva 1'ifg reti'feut in Eurojie. which i mentioned
in tbe ew York l ira. i. Tfii etier gie a
note authoritative dti itt'iim of Briti-h -olicy
in icj if.l to -ccesstio' .ban ainiln-ig which bat
'-il 'tirtJe fiuMie. I taies (bat the mhole mat
ter ii' se e-sion has b-en brouj-hf by Lord John
Ku-seli before the ministry, m also the uhordi
n ite n it-sti-Mis of lef,ttie clearatic-s. vr and
f e iiration i- mude. th.t not oi.ly wi.l t'lere
'.r nil rnyjnitiua by treat liri'am of Oie tartlterm
r.mt.iter ti i). bat that everything wiil fe dooe.on
ter jj ri, tu discountenance tliounion It is vt-ir-r.y
impossible, the letter tates. for Great Krtt-:i-i
lo e on good terms with weeding lae tra
iers. Frctii h to!iey being e-ily dectsivt?. ttio
X.e-ia'ii.iit of the fCeJer ttmt I lie Karu-can
(.i,ej wool t open t' eir pO'ts f.r tfiem wheo
i!okaiied U pietty certain to be di-flji;.t;itiu.d
I'koposition to Foi m a Ctrt.ur.UACr on
op tun SrttoP THt Sinn asu the South
wmi We are tnu-t reliably informed that
there are agi-ntt t ihe Gulf Sta'-t now iu the
ci'v. e'l'leivorifig ui create a M-ii!iiiietit among
busin.- men favorable to the establishment of
a eoljV fersey eonpo.-d of the Soothru and
Viirthwe-tern State. A well known leader
hhido tbe Deiinx-'aoy hi ten M.proacheil, our
ititn'in .tton g'-ei" to liow. l' 'ii i ttie past tw t or
iiree day . bv t'i.--.e ageru-. wrb a vie of ob
tuning tus influ'.'iie but iriit he teclnil hiv
i.ig Htiutiitig to do with o traitiiroiis a cheme,
a In- is a sUtinch L'lii iii ra in Tbe ot.j -ct i to
til . free trade the ba-is ..t tlie eonte lrrai-v ; to
cut ..tf New oik. I'i-.mi-v l.iiiid, Nt J nri .
.i . l ail ltl- Xew Kqgttiid i:e. which arc
we ie,i to a prol.-ctie tariff Th.-e Si.utt ern
enil.-iiien ute that th-n- ar- g, iitr the tinl'
"states (tir iulcut all ihe N'rt'ne-tern Statev
h are iriikiiig srnilar uv -riuies. and tNtt it i
i'ieir aitn tt syrmg i!ie i--oe mi a non ' the
i'itizi-us of fiose sut-t. Viji-i'ki iti (la&tfr.
The fhii-dgo I'ri'iune give ibe following in--i.
lent in T Lincoln t journey :
Lithe m d-l of an eagerrroa-d.au Mr. Lin
coln was s-eaking. a brany fri-li miner trug
.lei up to 'be ttlaifo-m and emdaimed -Got
ile-s ve. Mis-tier Lincoln ! 1 did i'i vou- f r ye,
. ..r.. ;'b.it I with ve luck, and I snt o it
. r hand ' A g Mi I hum re t 'ialce wis heartily
-schati.'ed vl r U fir arhom he voted
Foi l-.isg . Leig'-t Mr. L said:
No, mv (rft"i, will vou a I mt M H
h.ii. .t-a frieti I o! lleijUs ti il ougbt to to :
j ist hi-li. 'I- k ie - ' ' "gei'ier and rtght
t,er isnir. t.irf,..r H.r- i'i' O.titdn will I ae
a in-hei i-b i n' : 'f v-.u 'et ttie n i l bin
Tolirll ll(.. h-'it e..r get lo b- l'ie-1. fe.it
l l. iu.'hlcr mii I . heeta - I Im'-xi. Mis'ti-r Lin
coin I 'm ihii.km .lies II you'll sve ilie Cum i
-Ure, all. I we'll ail help ve. Knitiuiai-1 hrer
I In a recent letlet. the "hir!eton Mercury
thus el -gantl v ennr.-s-.-s its onoii n a' b- N tj -cm
member of t i- N'ttion! IK- ii i'T ''- '' hi
v-iiii 'i at t'hirie-tou:
- I- a- in an evil hour that ibev cim to tbe
soil .f V.uttl I "ar 'ina to holt ltie;r convention
(..I the ron-umuiali'iu f t!ii g mmIiv Oi k Ttie
,. i. not coiigei ial ti. tbe amdler. MV
;(, .rf tlir vert of cattle re-fire-n-ntmj St.it.t
unit fmrt.ru, f iaitlt r-ite nmut ro'irt Inn yn u h it
tlf if fill tn i;.r.ji j.trlc Iff lanyit tl.i.l !i
nun tl lef Utt i ; mi l " f-l'U'lrnt tf.iu t 'if
fi uii'lre rt. vi r ,mlitrt and ir.ill, rt. tr.4 fr
f-TrriJiiiit. utrr nrrer Iffjir toa.rey ifrj tmftlie-t ,
ind wtth siuh mom-trout firty yrttmifms Ttie
laiio of the Northern Je.egaie- Wat. M wt ma
n v word, to have a i.Uifortn - msaningles at
ui pern it them I lie ml I b turn "
Si.( kkiosi in IViest A N'-w Orleant bank
hiving brouiihl ni against a St. L-.uis banker
10 re-;ve- a Urge sum. the banker ha filed a l
answer in the t 'ircuit ."wart, asking that the uit
may tie dismissed, on the ground that L'lui-'atn
l.. irri .led trom and revolted against the Uui-
Uj St.ttSi, and her citiiens bave no rij;ht to
maintain a uit in the courts or IHioori.
I'L.a .luUn..0 .f nrifttrl in In th last re .nrl
would rnrrv tbe queti3n of the right of a S ale
to accede lo the Supiemo Court of the United
I . .. . i.u f . w pttlj.mi.nl I f a nrnecuf i..n c . ... rw
the door to a variety of legal qaestioot, and will
i , . . : . i. .
ie waiciicu wivu luvciev.
A keroene lamp In the hand of M-ary Con
nerton, of Detroit, Mich , exploded on the 12th
in.i and the was fatal' v burned. With nans
kerotence such an accident U impossible, but it
i t-econnng a common practice of manufactu
rer, snd rascally dea'ers. to mix ratnpheue, and
burning fluid, with tbe oil.
John A. Rockwell of Norwich, Ct., a repre
sentative in Congress from 1647 to 1849, from
Connecticut, died recently at Washington of ap
oplexy He had for everal years practiced law
at the tatter city. lie was a graduate of Yale in
1124.
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