Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1862-03-05
New series---Vol. XVI, No. l8

devotion to this glorious Union as thew
march TO the rescue of the Constitution.
aud extend its benefits to people who love
II dearly; and who have been ruthlessly
torn from under its protecting esis, what
does their Senator say to them | am
against the entire policy of coercion Do
You ever hear Senator who thus talks
make any objection to the exercise of un-
constitutional and tyrannical power by the
SO called Southern Coniederacy, or say n
word against Its practice of coercion? In
AL the speeches that have been delivered
on that point, has one sentence against US
urpation, against despotlsm, against the ex.
ercIse of doubtful anu unconstitutional
powers BY that Conlederacy. been uttered?
Oh, no Have you. heard any objection
to their practising not onty euercion, but,
usurpation? Have they not usurped gov
ernuent! Have they not oppressed, and
are they net now tryannizinS over the peo-
pie Z! The people Of my State are coereed,
born down, trodden beneath the iron heel
OF power. We appeal 10 you-tor protection.
lou stand by and see US eoefced, yoak Stand
by and see tyranny triumphing. and no
sympathy, no kindness, no helping hand
can DC extended to US. Your Government
is paral yzed; your Government is power
less; that which you have called Go. eri
ment is = dream, an idle thing. You
thought you had a Government, but you
had none. My people are appealing to
you for protection under the Constitution.
They are arrested by hundreds and by
thousands; they are dragged away from
| their homes and incarcerated in dungeons.
They ask you Tor protection. Why do you
not give it? Some Of them are lying
chained in their lowly prison house. he
only response to their murmur is the rat
| tling and claukiDg OF the chains that bind
their limps. 1he only response to their
appeals is the grating OF the hinges OF thelr
dun leon. When We ask for help under
the Constitution we are told the govern
meDt has no power to enforce the laws
Our people are oppressed and downIrouden,
and you give them no remedy. They were
taught to love and respect the Constitution
OF the United Ststes. What is their con-
ditioa to-day? They are hunted aud pur-
| sued like the beasts of the forest bY the
Secession and dlsunion hordes who are en-
forcing their doctrine of coercion They
ale shot or hung for no crime save desire
to stand by the Constitution of the United
States. Helpless children and innocent
females are murder ed III cold Llood Our
men are hung and their bodies left upon
the gibbet. They are shot and lett y ing
IN the gorges ef the mountsins, not even
thrown into the caves there to lie, butare lett
exposed to pass through all the loathsome
stages OF decomposition, or to be devoured
by the birds Of prey. We appeal Tor pro-
lection, and are told 10y the SeLator from
Indiana and others, we cannot enforce
the laws; we are against the entire coer
Give policy. Doynuuot hear I'll ir sroans
Do you not hear their cries? Do you not
hear the shrieks of oppressed aud down
trodden women and chlldreny Sir, their
tones ring out so loud and clear that even
listening angels look from heaven id pry
HIsToRIAL INCIDENT.
Abiding to the defeat ofthe Crittenden
Compromise, and the scene in the Senate
at the time:
| sat right behind Mr.. Benjamin, and I
am not sure that my worthy friend was
not close by, when he refused to vote, and
| said to him, MIR. Benjamin, why do
you not vote Why not save this prope-
sition, and see if we cannot bring the coun-
try e. itT He gave ME rather an abrupt
answer, and said he would control his own
action without consulting me or anybody
else. Said !, vote, and show yours If an
honest man. As soon as the vote was ta-
ken, he and others telegraphed South, We
six Southern men refusing to vote, when
the amendment would have been rejected
by four majority if they had voted Who,
then, has brought these eyils-on the coun
try? Was it Mr. Clark? He was acting
cut his own policy; but with the help we
had from the other side OF the Chamber if
all those on this side had been true to tho
Constitution, and faithful to their coustitu-
ents, and had acted with fidelity to the
country, the amendment of the Senator
from New Hampshire could have been vo
ted down, the defeat OF which the Senator
from Delaware says would have saved the
country. Whose fault was it? 1 think
that is not only getting the nail through,
but csnching it on the other side, and the
whole staple commodity is taken out oi the
speech of the Senator from California. They
did it. They wanted no compromise
They pccomp plshed their object by with
holding their votes and hence the country
has been involved in the present difficulty.
sA- The Journal de Frankfort says -
8 A master shoe master OF Wechi.
chiehiah district of Dux) has murdered
HIS wife and thrae childran-a uirI of siv
teen, boy of eight, and an infant Of six