Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-04-01
Wednesday APRIL |. 1861
Meeting of the Club.


noticed last week according to arrange
ments, met again on Saturday, when and
where the following named gentlemen
were substantially elected permanent Off
GERS of the Club. H4-
-President-M. HASSON, Esq.
Vice Presiients-Hon.- Jehn Murray,
John Dougherty, Esq, Peter Collins,
Esq, and H. KnSead, Esq.
Recording Secretaries-Geo- ". Oat-
man and f. \. Shoemaker, Esqrs,
Corresponding gSecretaries-Gco c. X.
Zahm and j. L. Scanlan, Esqrs. sza
Treasurer-Mr. James Myers.
Executive Committee Edw
Glass, Philip Collins, Isaac Crawford ana
John A. Blair. % s. s
4 Constitution and by laws, for the
governments, of the Club, which had been
previously prepared, were also adopted
The President elect. arose AMI rcturnel
Ii, grateful thanks Tor the high honor which
ha;i been Conferred upon him. lie felt deeply
honore,i III bsia. ma le thu President uf an
orglniz ttIOn, which was composed of 80
much intelligence He was proud in being
caliei upin u preside over the deIiberaii' MS
of a C!ah. the members of which in pn;ut of
intellect, We're the comPeers of the best men
in tie wnrll. He commended the object
o: the Democratic party. aA:l e8holtei
the members uf the Club to IeTsevere
in tie goJi cause in which they were now
Il IL. u.
nal vigilance is the price Of liberty" that
they shou!,; .be prepared TO celebrate tie
great feast with oil in their lam IS. That
when the bridegroom came, if he came with
the ensi IN Of our fIrmer liberties. they
would honor him with their lamps and thcif
oil ; bur H ae came with :rOwus OF an3-es-
sinn. for the purpose Of destroying all that
Is left uf our once happy government, they
would meet him with more than oil. He
sai'i'hc had some knowledge OF parliuicist..-
~ rules. an! would ei ,Ieav9r - apply them
- the satisfaction of all. Upon resumiu 2
his seat he gas greeted with hearty c..c..a
from the large az Hence.
p. 5. Noon Esq was then cail-l upon
who addressed The Club in an able and most
logical manner. he took one of his points
froan correction mssio fr n quotation in
his furmer speech by the AdegRGRiaH. The
qa-rtation is from Linc,,II.'s Inaugural Adj
dress. aui as corrected! by that paper
reads; = Ssppose ynu % - war: You cam
not Gg!:t always; and when, after much
loss on both sides. and no gain II either. YOU
ce'se fghting, the old Identical questions
as to terms OF intercourse are ulion you.'
Mr.. Nom accepted the correction, which
consisted IN the word its.src1Vse in tea OF
compromise. aud would ask the e,iitur of
that paper. or any one of his political creed
ii that is the policy Of the Administration or
OF the republican party now2 Did they ct al
entertain any .dea nf future intcs course with
the. people OF the Southern States Was it
not 4 war Of cnGqaeSt-Df sujingatian ur Of
;he entire eXtermIQatiun of the VIII tc popu
latluu of-the Stare States He referred to
the resolution OF Congress, alrl,st unaui
nlouSly passed e.rly in 1861, which SAYS {:
..Taat the present deplorable civil war
has been forced upon the country by tie
'!isunionists Of the Ssutherr States. NOW i'm
arms against the Cnnstitutinnai e. ivcrsl>
ment, and in arms arouad the Capital that
IN this National emergency. Congress, b,.u-
iShinS al feeling of mere passion or resent
mea:, VIII rec9l CT only its duty 70 tb.
whole country; that this var Is no: wagei
on their part in any spirit of oppression, OF
for any purpose of f-0verthrowing or inter
fcring with the rights or established institu
tious OF thuse States, but To defend aii,i
maintain thc- supremacy OF ,hc Constitution,
and to preserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality, aEd rights of the several
States unnnpaired; au5l th1t As soon as
these objects are acconp pliShci the war onght
10 cease" Er
he ASKED if tlIat was the spirit in which
the war was nov being waCed if the
emaneip patton Froelamation did not conflict
:, s.-nns j.
with the domestic Institutions cf the Suutl.
He quo:el from Mr. Lmc5in in the early
part "i the war. who said that there was a
InaIaii'y'of the SsRth in favor Of tie old
Cni,'n- And hnY WAS It now Had no;
the late pOlicy of the Republican party dis
tTactod the North AMI made the Soutb a
unit agair.s, Us lie said he did not want
20 fer an apology for the treason ol the
South; neither would he excuse thuse whc
bad violated the CoEstitutiuu at home II,
Was IN favor of sustaining tire laws Ia
dii n"t believe the late C,nscript AZ, WAS
CIr>tItuiIaTa! but lac would not counsel re
SiStance u it He believed the Supreme
Court should test It's Cons;jtcticnalitv ana
whatever thei- decision was lie would .ahid,
hy IT,. He further referred to tie .fHegha
niGH, %f last week, which hal through 2
childish effort. onieav,red To- distract ana
divide oar Democratic Club in its infancy
By kissing the names oi Breckinritlse anG
Douglas at them. Bat the Democracy
were nnt tn he divided by issues that wer,
long since f0rgctfen-strifr which shuul
never have been He SaiG that Stephen 4
Druglas. wen living. aud John c. Breckin
ridge when in the Union. were both in ftvo
Hf the Cr.tcnten Compromise; that ever
JEFF. Davis would have been SATISFIED with
It. He sail that the.e we're Breckinridr,
Democrats AMI Dou5las Democrats in IN,
Union army, side by side, fighting for III,
..rl... IL. st,.nks. .nf Il,