Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-04-01


Il. L. Johnston, Esq, was next called
upon, who, after having pr,sented t" the
! Club, printed copy of the Constitution of
the United States. neatly bound III bouk
FORM read from the pages ui the salne
book, Il letter from the iaIGeut,d Daniel
Webster. wherein tie old sage said that the
Constitution icds the only national Gond Jy
,cAic. The Union ..f these States could De
preserved. lie sp.'ke elapoIately pi States
rights-uf the difficulty which att. ide,! the
{ nyeI.tion which adopted the CONSTITUTION
how Delaware aud Rhode Island. though
small IN territory and i'll luIulaIItu,
would not vie q any of their rights 10 those
States, which were larger in territ,ry and
poI.Hiatipi' butatiIat they fualiy agreed
! upon Constitution. Which Was the result
! Of cOwlr0 BiiSe--a little word Which some
| men now>a-Iays were ashamed 10 nttcr.
| Ills Government was founded upon cum
| promise. lie said that the Democratic
| party had successfully governed tais conn
| Try ueariy thrce>f,urtn, of the time since the
/ Administration Of " Washington. He sai,i
! that Old John Adams. WHEN liz the i'reei
Genital Chair. had incurred the brand f
| everla sting infamv. from an in,!isnant aud
! insIIlte'l rerlr. hy endeavoriug 10 fur,c
/ upon them the Alien auc Seditiun Laws /;
| but if living now. l;e would lie a Fool-t" A he
! Lincoln. who did not stop tn rcconn,c,,d
/ hls measures TO Congress. but toDk the
| pnwer IN his own hanCs.. Was IL not IA
! Dii he not issue pr'sciama.InElS an sIISl- l-cnl
| the hGjcdS corpus wIth thuut asking The Cvice
of C.iugress? lie had even spuried tie
/ judiciary; and on several Cccas,ors lie had
/ treate II r. tiis u:,h Il were no; Il tr@nch #
| the Gnvcrmnient at AL. lie said he wished
| To make a correI Il, n III stat, III, 1t that tic
| last -4NegidRiaR had errpni"u>ly Inad,-- lr. IN
| his f'rlIcr speech. is.ca,Isg II dine him IL
| justice; tiie editor uf hat paper bad mis-
! quote! hIs lans',agc. He nal NJ objection
| to the editors good humuTe,I article. bu; ne
wan'ci ti;in TO stick to ii e GuM. He had
not said that =. NOT 4 single Wiie Awake
had dotted his ca pe and cap, ami donnc.l ih-
uEi,rln ~ Union s.,ldier.' " hat lie
la said. was, that when he visi;e.i IIar-
| risburs, after tie bOHihardment uf Fort
Sumter, that soldiers AM voiuntee fr ~
( all parts Of the State were To lie seen
! dressed in all Sorts If u;ifui mS-all the
styles hat had ever bcCn, except tie uni~
| form Of the Niue wake which Was no
where to be seen. He dil not mean To say
that there were uo Wide Awukes in the.
! army. " Niar he meant was, that those
men now, were ashamed II the cap All
! ca.'e. jIst they were ashamed nf ki4aN
NothingiSln. which few years hefre thew
ha'i been led int. Tie AHegitdsHdI. lr...i
said. that ne was an astirant hr '.Gui.r-
! material h.Gurs " and WAS just watching
= which way tie wii.d wuu.d tiUw'' lie
thought tie ed.;..r Of that vaiCr (wLo was
| present. might Judge Pretty well which way
the wini blew, rs far as he (J.,iir.son) waS
/ Concerned. he iui ther quoted from that
paper. which advise: tie Te- Pile 70 have
/ n'':hiRg tn do with Democratic Clubs he
cau'e they we're comp psc cf c3picrhed9S-
He llai NO otie' ti,n TO ,iese a;LC ! lis
Tacy GIi rot Liu u ana If once adultv.,
the Democracy would make them rcspect,
/ ble. The term Democrat itself, was frs:
applied 20 the party in GeriSiOn bur if re
was 10 be called c"pperi.e.d, lie h.d a
night IL possess the instinct Of that serpent.
If tread upon he would turn and lite
He haI as < OF 2 right to lie bitter IS
as e,'il"r o. the Aiie7id,uan had "a b.
!. B.trtey and now that the citizrns of In
diana and other States. were being deprives
Of their fire arms. he thonght the ger tleEian
5ught II least, cunccte III. right Of the
[ Democracy 80 have Clubs. He tlinu eiit
/ wIth- all the alb in that paper aoout fight
Ing FER the - Onion" &c, that ITS eiitor
would be the last man t. lnin the ranks.
That he would not shoulder his mu~kg, and
| face tie fee, though the vessel Of Sra:e
| were ShUck to tie center AMI the Union
were km cked t. staces- Mr.. Jnia.tSon
spoke ~ &c nsi 'erbi, lciggh u,.un {: her and
more important toiics. when lac sui,sidel
| amid :ne applause of his hearers. puriug
his eutrrc speech. Mr.. Juhast'n was gIocte I
with re.,ea.cd cntour=ts cf lausGeF and
che ring. -f
Michael d IL Magellan. Esq. was then
called np"u. who responded in his peculiar
and usual irappy style. lie said that the
history of this Administration was ,ne OF
repeated usurlIatiuns from tie beginning
lie stii that the Suprlnne Curt uf the
| nItcd States; the highest tribunal. and TIE
Su'y branch of cur Guycrmnlnt that Mas
suppose tn be pure. and above tie power q:
fictio,i. ha,l deliberately decided that tie
negro was not citizen-that lie Was ..f
anothor race. But ths. Abraham Lincoln.
a pc;tilo2s,r from Illinois. had male the
wonderful discovery that there were amongst
US :. citizcns Of Afric..n decent - and in
lis message ldl dashed it the fac, of thai,
Tribunal II he had made the as,erii ;, that
all The horses. mules and iacllaSSes in the
country; were citzeLs of .fericdn decent.
Re cnui! nv, have iusulted the mai Sty
Il the sovereign people Of I il, se States more
than he has d.'ne, ly'asscTling IN contempt
% the supreme Curt, that the negro IS a
- citizca "f African decent" But That was
tie leading policy OF the AbolIi on patty
Il was mp with cutfy and down with paddy.
lie spoke tneu;'y Of the reserved rights uf
the Siate>--''f the unconstitutional acts of
the late fiBI;icai Congress. lie ,lelIberatet
upon tie infamous conscript act He sail
that the Supreme Ccnrt wunJ decide against
II; and that after It was teste, 10y hat AM
th9I.ty. II the Administration persisted in
| CaIrNfE. N oft AGAINST TN. ti.ci>irI, Of ;l,,.
tribunal. the peoI'le wouli be ius,ifable in