Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-09-23

cent approval and endorsement of it. on his
behalf, by the Chairmen of the Democratic
State Central Committee. removes that doubt.
To repnblsh such sentiments, after ihe fret of
Secession, is an aggrayation of the original
offence hard to reconcile with loyalty.
ssFhirdly, Judge W oodward is opposed TO
the war, and in favor of peace on any terms :;
as much so as VsIanGigh IN or Fernando
Wood. L have heard il stated that ,on former
occasions he Tebuked the earlier concessions
of his own party. in the patriotic war spirit of
the country. But we have no need 20 place
this upon any uncertain authority we have
his iangu ge in 1860, IN advance OF secession:
we hear it said, let South Carolina go out OF
the Union peaceably say, let her go peace
ably If she go at all. And in 1860, after South
Carolina had gone out,and ten other rebe IIiOuS
States with her, to repeat such language is TO
say, set them all so peaceabiy.' Truly with
the success of such candidate and such prin-
ciples, Gettysburg will have been fought in
vain, battle for the defence OF our own soil
against the rebellion is still 70 be fought.''
These were my remarks far as they reia-
ted especially to Judge Woodward, somewhat
fuller than the report, but substantially as de-
lvered. They are at your service.
ou will perceive that no statement is made
upon my personal know ledge derived from
him but the sources of my Information are in
dicated in every case. | may add, sir, that
quoted, apart from the speech of 1860 was de-
rived by me from pnbic address delivered
In this city, by gentleman of the highest
character, several months before Judge Wood
ward was nominated. The sentiment then at
tributed was regarded by the speaker, and be-
iIeVe by most OF the hearers, ,as presenting the
rare moral phenomenon of cultivated and
Christian mind under the dominion of such an
idea, as that ''to think against slavery is
sin" and how little protection against the low
est form OF prejudice high Judicial training
aud position afforded, when judge could de-
scend from a supreme tribunal OF the State to
define 1t to be ''a crime TO talk against sla-
very
These sentiments. thus attributed TO Judge
w oodward, L fear, neither he nor you can eS-
cape. That speech, which must have sound
ed like new and strange Declaration in In
dependence Square, contains them in express
terms, or by necessary implication. The ideu-
teal thoughts, indeed, the same peculiar turn
aud force ofexpression, are there. n o candid
man will deny it. And whatever of error that
speech contained originally, has acquired
startling emphasis OF late, repected and ap-
proved as it has been by you on his behalf.
Eleven ofthe States hare seeded, as he invited
them 10 doi slavery has solemnly challenged
the world as to her right to be the corner stone
of society and government, Claiming, as be
did for it, a Divine ordination and the rebel
lion, in arms for more than half Presidential
term, has resisted the power and resources of
the Government, encouraged to do so by just
such advocacy of peace on any terms. And
yet at time when the tarest portion of our
State was deSola.e in the track of the South.
ern invaders, and its soil was red with the
blood of so many thousands of loyal soldiers
who fell in its defence, you rise in your chair
aud pronounce such sentiments as a signal ex-
hibition Of statesmanlike sagacity, and join
with its author in re-affirming a speech. the
whole argument of which was TO prove that
in this contfovers, with rebellion, the South
was right and the n orth was wrong!
In years past, when the defence of Southern
rights and Institutions was made under the
Constitution, and by legitimate agitation, |
81 ood in the front rank of their friends hut
from the hour that violent hands have been
laid on the Constitution and The Union, and
an impions attempt has been made to overturn
both, have not hesitated as to my duty as a
loyal citizen. The example of such loyal
Democrats as Cass and Dickinson, Butler and
Dix, Holt and Andrew Johnson, and host Of
others. is sufficient for me. | have with them
upheld the government, with what
ever influence | possess.
Impressed with the transcendent Importance
of the isSue now before the people of Penusyl-
vania. spoke at the meeting on Wednesday
evening of the opinions of Judge Woodward
with plainnesa, and, hope. with courtesy and
fairness. II in my remarks either sentiment
or language was attributed to hlm which he
dsavows, stand ready to make the correc-
ton. But if, on the contrary, they sub
stantially accurate. yon must agree with me
that it won!d be difficult to find better living
representative of the principles of John e.
Calhoun than your candidate. I am sir, very
respectfully, Your obedient servant.
n. B. Browne.
The famous Marsh Angel battery, whence
Charleston was bonn mbarded, is in the midst of
a Rnl do in alr nfM L. Is