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proportioued to the length Of rtins iea
which it has been held in restraias.''ssJd :
The Harrisburg Patriot and pnios
an

which it has been held in restraint. .nseId :
The Harrisburg Patriot and Unios
says:
''SureIy., If there ever was s.sime when
the voice of faction should be hushed, aud
when the parlisans of the administration
ought to cease their warfare upon, the
Democratic party. whose members con.
pose large proportion of the army. this
is the time And we are glad to say that
these malignant assaults do not come from
men actually engaged 10 fighting the bss-
ties of the country. They Invariably
come from the class of patriots who stay
at home to rob the treasury-from con.
tract jobbers; furnishers Of rotten clothing
and worthless, shoes; pensioners of the
government; men who hold snecures ct
Washington, and are let loose 10 vilify
better citizsns than themselves ppbtjs
thieves who have belonged 10 tarn to every
political party, and are ready At any time
to sell ont to the highest bidder; vretched
political prostitutes, despised BY thoss
whose wages they receive. This u the
despicable class Of adsentufors uWho en-
deavor to convict every Democrat of SYM
:pathy with secession aud treason who will
not deny his political faith. by subscrjSing
to the most. ultra dogma Of The (fauatical
wing of the Republican party"
/ Every word o. the above is true, and
will be most cordially indorsed by dA who
have watched the movements Of tho Re-
publican curmorsuts
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N .amod "a For the ssspsrst. . ,
5l0ura Government 7ssno7

Mr.. EDrroR:H~The he government be-
queathed TO Us BY the sainted patriots Of
'16, and sealed by, the -saaguss. vitaIs of
their existence, is threatened by 9 band Of
conspirators Of no ordinary import. We
can not conceive what would have been
the thoughts of our forefatherh had they
dreamed that their. immediate posterity
would have dared to demolish that system
of civil government, which emanated from
their hands, and which is the pride Of
America's sons; the wonder Of all nations
aud the admiration Of the world We
may challenge every nation under Heaven,
for . form Of government wherein the
rights and liberties of its people have
been 30 inviolably respected, aud wherein
the directing and controlling powers have
moved so in obedience to the great har-
mony which is aracteristic Of ell its parts.
Indeed no nation has rushed to such ma
|jesty of power, aud created such universal
respect from the dominions Of earth, as
ours has, during the same length Of time,
and yet there are persons; under the very
banner which gave them birth, and who
owe all their advantages to our free and
liberal institutions who Judas.like are
agreeing to barter away this "Union oi
States,n, with. the expectation Of, future
greatness and future :emoluments, -
What record for the, historian to
chronicle on the pages of history? -,
There are many reasons for the preser'
vation of our Upion. aud not . solitary
one for its, dismem6erment. When We
take retrospective view Of the past, and
behold our forefathers struggling through
seven years war; surrounded with al
the difficulties that could present them
selves; beset with every obstacle We car
conceive of; hazaFding "their lives. theil
fortunes and their sacred honors" in . con
test unpopular throughout, the, world
measuring their prowess with asnperio
number of the veteran troops of Europe
led and encouraged by brave and skilfu
officers, and then see them when the re
sources of their colonies we're exhausted
and in the midst of chaos and confusion
founding and establishing q new ers whicl
will forever be the theme of the historian
and the song Of the bard, and organizing
. system OF government the best ever. iu
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'.Dub btLoI-oI OutE toE suo III
stitutions of our country what have we,
here in the far off valleys of Utah. to
hope for from the North or from the
South? True, we are an undivided band
of brethren, claiming freedom Of speech
and of the press. and the right to worship
Almighty God according to the dictates
of our Own .conseienees. Notwithstand-
ing this, it is well known that on several
occasions when platforms have been built,
previous to the presidential election, can
didates for that important trust have
promised, ifielected, to- scut ont the loatn.
some Nicer and to completely annihilate
the Twin relics of barbarism-SlaVerv
and Polygsmy.' .sHob 81 tsga. aoo el,iv
'In conclusion, permit me 5 to remark
that, if those heaven born principles
which constantly inspire the people of this
Territory to q concentration of action,
were engraven upon all, hearts claiming
protection beneath the Stars and Stripes,
harmony. honesty, truth, virtue and good
will to all mankind would be among their
adorning graces, spreading around them
9 halo of imperiahable glory, pure from
the fountain of eternal peacelns sa. qsh
+ Next we have some of the toasts: =
3 "Independence-Bor July 4th, TITS
Same at I o. and insane at 85. Poor
old mani Ste transst gloria nsu,sds. - sigl
IA voice from the wilderness. Prepare
the way Of the just, the Lord Is coming -
"The comet of 1S6I--runs with d tail
+ space. .boat-si wondert = with news
right from heaven, wal, blood, and thun-
der; in years less than seven. .pB Wall, ma.
tions, wall /" -eoia
a"Uncle Sam Sick of the Dropsy. May
DR.. Lincoln and DIR. Davis scontinue TO
bleed him in the legs till they kill or cure
him. nGsss s7sas hGa .s4Sz s1of4gf : is $40
"President George Washington-who
by his msgnanimity and nobility of soul,
became First in war, First ia peace,b and
First in the hearts of his countrymen'-
Initiate his virtues.''i s I'd tsiqu2co wo
'.Ex-Secretary Floyd-the3 political
Judas Iscariot, who betrayed his Master,
and robbed the Treasury Deathsso oil
br6ltOt6! 'af-h Tser.tsf 90 .s&1-sA
We close with an extract from The spe-
cial correspondent st Washington It !,
dated June ls. 1881, and is the very
latest by Pony Express:
'.Excitement here has ceased to be ex.
citement, and we are no longer haunted
With the idea, that, We may at any tim.
awake and find ourselves. in, irons or ou
city in flames; that / say has ceased K
be vision, and We. now look npon on
government % something more than !,
mere sectional party, in power. This ]
| fud has been, the change in Maryland AMI
some parts Of Virginia. Here, we are al
for the Union, Of course. although mos
of our citizens, were opposed TO Lincoll
because of his reported abolitionisnd; bu
since he has been. among u.s. We ,hayl
learned that they were, only reports. Mr.
Lincoln il, not. an abolitionist, BY an:
means; he Is, what anybody but . aeces
sionist would call q Whig.ny ,s,,,ss. :, q,
L ' Il
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E The Washington Sunday Chron-
icle-s paper conducted by Col. Forney
says 1t comes to the conclusion, after a
careful sitting of information and close
calculating. that the Southern force avail
able for -an attack upon Washington, is
ninety thousand men, and that one hum
.dred Thousand effective u. S. troops are
u the Immediate vicinity Of Washington.
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.sr1EThe Democrats is now as II has
spsenir the past the Union Party ~
hds defended. .tte5 UNION. against the assaults
sf foreign fses. and domestic enemies! II, ~
-Jssett, siis .eaadidate for Governor, expresses
~ iestimests, as follows: zaTs n 6asat
woUNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD
CONSENT To A. DISSOLUTION OF THE UNI-
ON, or CONSIDER TERMS OF SEPARATION.
H. J. JEWETTa
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JEFE.a DAvIs.--Report says JEFF. Davis
is dead. 1t may be true or false. He
has been sick for osome time. If really
eead it is probably nots.be FIST Instance
Of the gallows being deprived Of its due.
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Has two sons in :he Army Of the Uni
ted States The father of these boys is
an hditionalk q Unionsman, and the De.
mocracy who intend to vote for him are
Of the same STRIPED They win oppose all
attempts to dissolve the Union. come the
attempt from Abolitionists! '.JEwETT
and the Tn onlH is cur cry! On to vic
tory Isas ,s5filae t7oI Is Cd ot bs14ags
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VANITY Fair 90 the President.

duCy Ea1f 10 the 'FT0Slo6uG 6
60 sosi9 adai t-A---3gxe ssw etiise
PANTY Fair offers q bit of advice to
the PfssidentsiD reference to the appoint.
meut ofsa u Secretary Of War. It con-
cludes as follows: o7g s5aom51f .as9
History tells US when the Courtier dared
not speak the Truth to q Monarch, the
Jester did not fear
4 Let the Jester then speak. 2 F 3I'l'-TI' I.
Well, what does the Jester wantf
iaA irsw SECRETARYaAT WAR, ,xoTTLQ
,fitHe wants In that postsd1 noilasaTof 81
"A Man who isea trne patriot:a .aeil
gGAi Man with clean hands: 1soG uar1
A Man who has no friends to fewsrd:,
era Man who has no enemies to punish
Save the enemies Of his, Country: lai
A Man who is incorruptible, sagacious
sigorous:ii ,lsBps sd fiir TieH sir
A man whose name wouldsbe towel
Of strength to onr struggling Union breth
rem of the Southwest: whose appointment
70 that officer would not only revive thei
drooping spirits. bnt add . moral strength
to our caose equal to an army of l00, 0,00t
fmea! T9dmHG ni l,s9ozs a9i4tn9 SIT
A Man whom you found in that of1ic,
and whom you should have kept there.
INA Man, ayetceserJ inch Man:
And that Man is, vel.
JOSEPH HoLr, Of kentucky.
IL There issa golden moment in the life Q
every Ruler when he may, by an homes
and fearless, act, imperishably bind him
self to Posterity. o 4 s5s,l beyjy~a aeg
Your golden moment has comel ,,..-.o
fl,SHikelI n iadI ;eoiig orc K4s1.
j. fiia With profound respect. ,fiH
! n r., seo;.,foa ~ VANITY FAIR.
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H When q young lady down South
is seen waving secession flag, Prentice
thinks it . sure sign that she wants an
engagement with good looking Union
man
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E WHAT SINGLE ACT HAVE
THE REPUBLICANS DONE THAT
SHOULD CAUSE DEMOCRATS TO
FORSAKE THEIR TINE HONOR
I'D PARTY TO UNITE OUR FOR
rTUNEStWITH THEIR FORTUNES
1F'IT BE ONLY. AS THEY SAY,
1~TEMPoRARMYp Will they regard
Your advice when yon are with themi
q They. never have listened to your admoni.
tions or connse!sl nrao sis-
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ciously misrepsesents them. Democrats,
standby your old mostol remain true to
your old partyi Don't be gulled by Re-
publican leaders, Remember the changes
they have made Of their name since S54l
Will you follow their twistingsl d
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~- Eudeavoring 10 make violsss lovs
to pretty girl under the table. aDd pssss-
ing theawsoag foot--that Of yosf wis.
whose corns are tender--is de csihsd %
ono Of the, miseries Of married lie.
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sBesllsyiie, O., Aug. 40. 1861. f,,,,.
George D. Pren'ice Rebukes the Ultra
Republicans. Ed u dsia

No one questions. that George D. Prem
tice. of the louisville .i1arnql. A. battling
more bravely and epergeticaIly for the
Unioa, and has thus battled since the fall
of Sumter, than any one man in Kentuc-
Ky. And as We write, a dispatch comes
in, from New York, that the friends of
Liberty aud the Constitution in that city
are getting up testimonial for him. In
q late number Of the Journal. Mr.. Prem
tice addresses himself to those men and
i resses of the Repu licau party who COM
tend that this war must be prosecuted for
the abolition of slavery. Buffalo Cour
We agree with the Baltimore Ame, ican,
that when the ULTRA prints Of the North,
aatleSed by The, uprising everywhere in
Kentucky. Maryland, Western : virginis.
etc, mistake that sentiment. patriotic in
its purposes and honest 10 its iiltents, for
spirit Of conquest when they venture
10 speak of making that subsidiary sub
they need not suppose that the
Union men of Maryland and Kentucky
will keep silence. or that they will not do
all in their power to sustain Southern
Constitutional rights Ii this reposes oil
o6t strength. 1abl 10 lss3 a5i 10 :
"a Ia this relation we are glad to note
/ that in the speech, Oh the occasion of the
/ ovation extended to the Hon.. udrew
johnson, of Tennessee, at Cincinnati the
fsBFominent champion Of Constitutions
rights keeps all these points directly ia
view Aid we ware 5the ultra North
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THE UNION,
THE CONSTITUTION,

~ : And The enforcement Of the La,ts.
Has ever been the motto of the Dem ocra
or, The men or man who charges Demo.
Gratis Of Old Monroe with being disloyal
70 their Government wilfully and mali.
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LET VOTERS REMEMBER

LET VOTERS REMEMBER A'9
That the grounds Of opposition urged
egsins. the election Of the ticket, placed
in snouination BY the Democratic Upion
Convention are the principles embodied. in
the second and third resolutions. The
6scond Resolution is in- favor. Of offstopping
she war when rebellion is'sdbdued without
sboiishing slavery. The Republicans,
Nhoa are about to change their name to
thet Of Union party, insist that slavery
must be wiped out before hostilities cease.
The third resolusiouI recommends the
cslling Of : national convention to amiea.
BIZ adjust onr national troubles. To
This the Republicans, alias Union party,
srs 1opposed because il might be the
means of restoring the Unionsas it was
and lesve slavery to exist as |. has here.
tofore done. 80, 's''s24 = ~. l.'l.' !!
AL men who are in favor of restoring
the government to what it was, reducing
shsburdens Of taxation, bringing the wal
to an honorable termination and causing
peace and prosperity to again smile upor
our land should vote 70. HuGH J JEwEy1
end the balnce of the Democratic UnioI
Ticket. sfscss4sF III g5o ta9y a
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gpAs Hon. JOSEPH HoIT. recently made
another glorious Union speech in Massa-
chusettss. which Repoblican papers are
publishing With delight. We hope promi-
nent Democrats will keep on making Union
speeches. as in 50 doing they are furnish.
ing Republican papers xith the only loyal,
national sentiments which for years graced
their columns. q .n,.. s..s s,.s
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. u
a. ALL LOVERS OF, THEIR
| COUNTRY, all uAo revere its Constitution
,o;U cote Met UNION TICKET of the
DEMooRA7S, ,oho haze never desired
TO .let the Unson sEde." The true Demo,
crats do not haze to renounce !, their party
or prirctplss tos6e UNION men. When
other osgaaisations haeeo been Jfasts1sss ia
the Constitution tie Democracy have sver
been true, to ~ - ,....-s--. -,
l. % It seems, to us that these Demo.
|cratss who are making themselves tails to
the Republican kite of Spalding, Wade,
fGiddings9 Btinkersoff l. 90. are taking
singular steps to save the Union! Last
fall these very men sneered at the Demo.
|erats as "Union Shriekers' and snubbed
|us nwheu wei plssdp with the people to
eschew sectional feslingi viii the Gid.
'dipgs faction heed you any more when IN
the party than when OCT Of III MOI
/ ~ s.lS,H ..lwS,HA7s raE USE or Z
MAN PgTTLNGs Il rPATOH ON HIS
COAT 1aKHER1 THERE rs . NO
FsHOLE,9 sd bsp@4so aesd aah gfi3 i51
wss hereby Of an old farmer the 9th,
Ter day to an abolitionist who was urging
him to'sign the icall foris Fusion Conven.
tion. The old man said he had been a
Democrat and Union man all bis life, and
did not think it necessary to join the Re.
publican Party to prove that he was now
q Union man! azAlg sGi2aaQ ta alsds7 81
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vindlctiveness against Democrats.

!" Under this head, the Albany ( NJ Ys)
Argus and Atlas has an excellent article,
in which it says: 3x - s4.eaa car
! II "At, no time since the foundation of
the. Government has party virulence so
ragged against Democrats as now. Dur
ing the alien and seditioni law reign9of
John Adams, there was mo such sindic-
tiyeness displayed. When Democrats
were punished for opinion's sake. it was
BY law, and the cases Of conviction were
few. Now the vengeance Of party Is sd-
uinistered by mob. aud it purposes. to
make all its enemies it's victims. n q
This aviruience and violence is mani.
tested mostly in the Republican press.
Wholesale abuse, coarse epithets, charges
of treason and disloyalty, insolent threats
Of punishment, are daily uttered sgaiast
Democrats. aud with rising sebemence oi
tone and recklessness of demeano-. 1,
is evident that the Administration party
intend to browbeat their enemies, and
put stop to the discussion of measures
and principles BY violence. Indeed ythey
do not hesitate to own It. AMP si.lt ~.
Q hd"At, the, same time. the most ultrs
views of consolidation, the most latitudi
marian constructions OF Constitutioual du
ty. and the most lax views Of government
al obligation. are put forth by the anti
Democratic press. Uttering revolutionary
doctrines, hrosching opinions at war will
all responsible governments. and appeal
ing to lawless passions against the law
the Administration press seem to regart
all license oflangusge tolerable. excep
such as is heard in defense Of the Consti
tntion. - ~
"These expressions indicate q long
boarded hatred of Democracy-a hatre,
that not only includes a,l she members o
thseparty, but its principles; and the ez
plosiOn ofithis long pept up an.ipalhy
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wooDsFIELD, O., SEPT. Is, 1851

aThe best and most consistent Union men
In the country are Democrats who have no
idea Of throwing aside their political belief in
ordsr to be considered good Union men by .
sst Of nalignant, intolerant Jacobins. Spirit
Sept. II. 9 sais
Ths article from which the foregoing
10 extracted was published il our absence,
snd wss not Intended as we have been
inl0smsd tess2ply to- the Republican par
tyasa unit q IL vel known, there are
abo1s ! dozen persons in this county who
have at various times, threatened to
dsnelish the Spisst Office simply because
n continued to be Democratic paper. i,
fAese psrsons are very bitter parti.
sanx have nop influence With their party,
and slthoush the epithet applied 70 them d
wes entirely deserved. We think i was al.
together uuhecesssry; because their insane
and paefile rawlings could have no other
sfect than to subject themselves to The
contemps Of all who were SO unfortunate
90 70. be bored with their silly twaddle;
In this, county, So far ss we. are advised,
ths great mass Of the Republican party,
ipclnding the leaders, desire that politicaI
sQusbbles. strifes and chickering's should,
Tor he present. be laid aside. TO the end
that enrtcounty should be D unit In the
present great strugglssof the Government
aesinss the traitors who seek its destsuc-
siop. The Democrats have heartily cosop.
Grated with the Republicans 10 this, and the
sssdlt has been that our county. IN the
ngpber Of her volunteers. is the ...banner
eqnntyp of the State. An th;s has been
6sus without any ABANDONMENT Of politi-
caf Views aud sentiments; aud We sim
cefsly hope that the good feeling which
has been happily inaugurated between the
pAssies in this county viii continue until
trs,ssn shall have been crushed ont, aud
peace and prosperity shall haveai again
taken the place Of s.grim visaged war"
= y
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The Union Whole and Indivisible


United States are for the uuion---ths
whole Union, one and indiyisible.g ne 81
This is the popular sentiment of to-day,
as it has been for seventy years past.
If it could be tested BY fair and I'M
trammeled vote. it would command in the
greater part Of the States. an almost. .unan.
imous suffrage, and In the remainder, with
scarcely an exception, q large majority.
Unquestionably, the popular demand is
for the Union without the abstement Of
q single State. That is what the mass
of the people understand BY preserving
the integrity of the Government aEd the
integrity Of the Union. 1t is TO maintain
the authority Of the Federal Government
under the Constitution, over every State
and Territory and every part thereof, and
to keep every State and Territory in the
Union undiminished in territorial ex-f
tent ~ 1tsiia az .l+IS
It is not new Government and new
Union that the people want, but the old
Government and the old Union establish
ed by the Constitution our fathers made,
Under that Constitution and in that Union
two generations of our countrymen may
be said to have lived and prospered, and
the great mass Of the third, now on the
stage Of action, believe that, Constitution
and that Union TO- include the most ger;
sect, form of Government for themselves
and their posterity that human wisdom
can devise. : = =. s,'a = s''''
Hence. the enthusiasm that almost eve,
rywhere manifesto itself for the Union
whenever an opportunity is afforded
The popular heart may be laceratcd By 4
palpable infraction Of the Constitution;
but it may. nevertheless, bear with it, es
pecially when the motive which induced i,
appears to have been honest and patriotic
because the injury is. under one, aspect
but temporary, and the breach may ir
some degree be healed by the subsequen,
course of the Government. =
i But let any one attempt q separation
Of one part Of the Union, however. small
in extent. from the other, or be even sus
pected Of secretly fayoring such an a.
tempt. the Union sentiment in the gfeai
popular mass brands him at once as al
enemy and traitor to his country The
j people see that if the idea Of aprobability
Or even the possibility of q division of th,
Union is once admitted, there is no pre-
dieting where it may. STOP, They, see il
it nothing but ruin to the prosperity o
the country and destruction to its insti
tutions. - 5BAssaa@sA
/ The caliof the country then is, at thi
honr and in this great national emergency
for true and earnest men to devote ,thei
time and their energies to this simple ob
} jec;-the preservation of the Unioi
whole and indivisible. -.Stasesma,ss agg
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