Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-02-14
Where We Stand.


form the whole Plattorn and nothing but the
Platform, if every other American Repubi-
can in Centre County should desert it. We
remember Of haYing read very amusing
anecdote somewhere, about an old Hooser
WHO was engaged in the Battle of New Or
leans, where Gen. Jackson 30 manfully and
heroically, net only defended, but added
new laurels TO the glorious Stars and Stripes,
After the battle had fairly com menced, in
the tbickest of the fight, Gen. jackson saw
his Old Hoosfer, standing out by himself,
and every time his gun cracked thu General.
would notice some British Officer bile the
dust. The General not liking this apparent
unsoldiery way of lighting, gallored his
horse acruss to where the uoosier soldier
was fighting, and as he approached him be
interroga'el him thus: "Who are you ?"-
We'll GinerQl, ! deo't know as that is any
of your business" "What Company do you
belLug OF" II don't belong to any Compa-
n.y." Under what Captain do you fight"
said the General, becoraing somewhat irrita>
ted at the insolence of the Hoosier. "Oa,
well, see here now, General, there is no use
in getting riled about it, for ! don't care a
d-n for you or anybody else. don't be
long to ary Company. | don't fight under
any Captain, but heard, day or two ago,
that you were going to have little brush
with these Brittishers, and SO | just came
over to help little, and as Gen. Jackson
himself would say, by the Eternal" | am
| fighting on my own hook"
So we, is it is necessary, will continue to
fight with al cur energies, for the cause OF
Freedom and the rights of man. We be-
lieve, with VIM. Ii. Seward. that lone, two
or three years after this, will be time enough
to talk about promising" If Seward
was ever right, it was when be uttered that
! language. IF we must Compromise, if we
must get down on our knees to the South and
ap, lagize for veting for "Old Abe Lincoln, y
| let NJ. for the sake of our manhood and prin-
! ciplss, wait at least until he takes his seat,
and the Republican party comes into power.
we will never rote for, or advocats in any
way. and we will have to change our opin-
ions prodigicusly, if we ever vote for any
man who does. Other men can do as they
! please, but these are our sentiments.
We are opposed to secession. We are al
so opposed 10 dividing properly which we do
| not own, as is proposed in the Cris.enden
Amendment. We are opposed to protecting
Slavery in the Territories, or inserting into
the Constitution the right of property in
man. All this the Crittenden Amendment
proposes. we will fight before we will sub
NIT to any ssch doctrine. 1t is more than
the Breckenridge Platform asked for, and it
asked for 40 much in favor of Slavery that
the people Of the United States declared
agsinst it, voted it down by more than two
lailIion majority. Let cur members Of Con-
gress, our public men everywhere, stand
FIRM, adhere to principle AID the pledges
made to the people before the election, and
the people everywhere, without distinction
of party, will honor them. Let them prove
false, and tie reverse will be trne. The peo-
pie, we know, are for the Constitution as ii
is. No chance No amendments.
Emphatic language, says another, ia rele-
vant on q subject like this. The old and sa
cred traditions Of our. nationality have not,
thank GoD, died cut of the hearts of our peo
plc The great political doctrines of our fa-
l.. c-I in
very shall not refute them. The hearts Of
you, millions Of Northern freemen-in your
woi ksbops, on your fields or at your hearths,
surrounded by the children whom your
strong arms nourish and embrace your
hearts respond 10 these sentiments. Your
fathers, on the battle field, gave you the
right Of sousreignty- the ballot-b box. the lib
erty Of religion, the freedom Of the SOIL OF
honest labor, and Of honest speech. and the
swcrd for their defence-they would disdain
you FROM the heavens, were sou capable of
sacrificing them now to treason or diSuatoR.
Strike down-net with your labor hardened
hands. bs! with your Indignant froHn-the
man that daras to propose to you the exam
ple Of Southern traitors. GEORGE WASHING.
TON, SAMUEL ADAMS. THOMAS JEFFERSON, and
ANDREW JACKSON, still live in the hearts Of
Northern freemen, aud il he institutions of
American liberty.
We stand to-day where all the fathers
stood. II we are wrong, HENRY CLAY of
Llessed memory was wrong, when he uttered
the follt wing glorious language Coming.
AZ do, from Slave S.ate, it is my solemn,
deiiberate, and we'll matured determination,
that no power, no earthly power, shall COM
peI me to vote for the positive introduction of
Slavery, either South or North of that line" !"
But who will dare say that Henry Clay was
wrong, therefore we are right. And for the
right we will stand, though we should saeri-
dce the CENTRE DEMOCRAT Ofice-the good
wishes of our friends, and all we hold most
dear this side Of Heaven.
20 for the swords of former time,
o for the men who bore them,
When armed for right, they stood sublime,
And tyrants crouched before tbem!"