Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1860-12-20
Virginia Safe to the Union.

A distinguished Yirginlan in writing to US
from that State, says:
/ hope for the best from my own State,
and think can say. with confidence, Vir-
ginia is safe to the Union"
Further on in his letter, the same eorre
spondent in speaking of the Union messing
10 Virginia, says:
The Union batteries were opened at
Wheeling last Saturday night by Judge G.
w Thompson OF that citv-and Judge OF the
Circuit Court, IN one of the most mastery
addresses it has ever been my good fortune
| to hear. The udge's speech was unex pect,
| ed, he having voted for Breckinridge-
The Judge evidently suspec'S his company,
and asfonishe1 his friends by telling them
so. lie was cruelty severe on secession and
disunion under any pretext hateVer. 1t
was learned discourse, carefully studied
and highly finished, and read with the finest
effect. Many of his points brought down the
house. The general scope of his argument
went to show that we are Nationality, and
that secession is revolution and muet be pres
vented at whateyor cost.
He closed by stating what we all know OF
him, that he had been leading Democrat
in this section for the last twenty five years,
aud that he had stood with the Democratic
Iarty shoulder to shoulder in its support of
Gen. jackson against notification. That
the principles involved in the present issue
are prioisely those which entered into that
con roversv, and now when they are again
presented and to be met, if he shall find the
Democratic party has already, or are about
! departing from them, he should bid his f)r-
mer political friends final farewell, and
will be found battling for the Union and
against all traitors.
The personal character of Judge Thomp-
son is above reproach. A just and righteous
Judge, and such is his popularity in this sec
ton that his views will have great weight
His address will create great sensa ton
| throughout the State. and be productive of
incalculable good. All honor to the noble
hearts who threw themselves in the breach
at this moment of danger. Their country
will long remember and honor them"
RG- The PennsylUanian has discovered a
patent scheme for getting unlimited power
into the hands of the disunionists. 1t thinks
that if the Southern States would all with l.
draw in a body and agree upon certain terms
to be offered to the North as the price of re-
union, the conservative" people of the
Northern States would gladly accept them.
With power thus securely placed in the
hands of the Southern States and their
Northern allies, the prosperity and predomi-
names Of the slavery-extensionlsts would be
insured forever. AS Poor Robert the Scribe
has it, this scheme "has fine gloss, but it
won: wear we'll"
The PHILADELPHIA RESOLUTIONS. The
+" Pttsburg Gazette" says of the resolutions
adopted by the Union meeting in Philadel-
pbia =" The feeling in the public mind.
here, upon perusal of the resolutions, was
that of unmitigated disgust. Their abject
| tone excited only loathing. The resolutions
concede everything to the South, surrender
every principle for which we fought in the
late election. east the blame upon the North,
and put the North, as far as they can, in the
attitude of a supplicaht. The people of
Pennsylvania will not endorse these resolu-
tlons. When they speak it will be in diff
feren: KEY entirely. They gave their votes
to Lincoln honest and manfully, and they do
not intend 10 apologize for it."
A LITTE GIRL BOILED TO DEATH IN WIS
KY.-ElleD Welsh, a.sprightly and intelli-
gent little girl, aged IL years, fell into vat
of hot whisky, at Stearns distillery, Rich
mond. Va. Tuesday afternoon, and was lit
orally boiled alive. She fingered in great
torture through the night, and died Wednes-
day night.