Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-08-14
WHOLE NUMBER 1859

enancipate and arm negroes, 10 punish
rebels and traitors BY disfranchisement,
to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
time of rebellion, or TO arrest and try Of
lenders in the time of war By court mar
tial; but they hold that all thess things,
though actually done, were illegally and
"rongfully done, and therefore settled
notkng! Or, as the Democratic organ,
Che Philadelphia Age,) in recent elab-
crate editorial on the Republican State
platform, thus expresses the same idea
1--WE put it to the sober thoughts Of the
people Of Pennsylvania, whether they
would not have all these grave pending
questions decided according to law, and
not according to war, Just, IN .tact, as
hey 1rouid mare been decjded hal they
arisen eiyht years ago, or had no 'car to-
ken place."
Is. then the lost cause not lost? Has
the late dreadful war decided nothing?-
Is the right Of secession an open question
Has slavery not been abolished? Are
not the four millions of bond5men free
Has our national debt 70 legal existence
Have the victOrs no power over the van
pushed Have the rebel States and peo-
pie lost no rights by rebellion! Have
our sacrifices of blood and treasure been
all made in vain? Fellow citizens, weigh
well these solemn questions, and answer
them at the ballot-box on the second Tues
day OF October next
Having concluded to reserve for fl-
tuTe occasion some remarks on party or
ganization, and ether topics, this address
might here properly close. But, it may
be asked By some, is Judge Sharswood,
indeed, the political hereto herein set
forth p "a man is known by the COM
pany he keeps" says the old adage We
have the right to assume, AMI have assum-
ed, that the Judge is Of the same poiti-
cal faith as his party, ana the public will
hold him responsible for all the guilty acts
and omissions CT his party. There can be
no mistakiug the true position of TIE man
who recently delivered an elaborate opin-
ion denying the constitutional power of
Congress to make paper money legal
tender. (See the case of Borie vs.. Trott,
Legal Intelligeneer of March 18th, 1861,
page 22) And when We 60 further back
and examine his early history, we find
a.rric justification fer all we have written
asGrd El6Fe. So long ago as April, 1854,
he appeared as The Orator of the Day."
at meeting Of States Right Associa-
ton, in Philadelphia. We here copy some
of the proceedings of tha: interesting con-
vocation from 9The Examiner and Jour
nal Of Political Economy, Devoted to the
Advancement of the Cause of State Rights
and Free Trade" Vol l, page 800
The orator on that occasion delivered
long and carefully prepared vindication
and eulogy of the State Rights Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions, herein before
cited and summed up his elaborate en-
dorscmehts thereof as follows:
'Ue come back to our starting place,
and fnding nothing an tie Constitution
estabiishing any fnal judge Of the enu-
merated porers, prohibitions, and reserr-
ed rights, 1t must rest rPoa the admitted
principles Of general Tar, IN cases Of
compact Jet'reen parties havihg no COM
mon superior Each State has the right
to Judge for itself of the infractions of
the compact, and to choose for itself the
most proper and efficient remedies'
The better to exhibit still further, if
possible, the true character of that meet
ing and its distinguished orator, the fol-
lowing toasts are copied from the proceed
iDgs (Same volume, page 312)
TOAST: John c. Calhoun-The first
to throw himself into the breach against
Federal usurpation. Nay he lire to see
his principles predominaHt throughout the
trorMp
Toast: 'THE PATRIOTS OTHERWISE
CALLED NULLIFIEES OF S0UTH CARO-
memories will be cherished
when the advocates of the Force Bill are
forgotten, or rem cmbered with execration-'
Toast: THE STATE OF SoUTH CARO-
LINA-as her principles are cherished we
need not fear usurpation, either in the
Legislative, Judicial, or Executive depart
neuts of the Government,
The Hon. John G. Calhoun was among
hose invited to this meeting by Judge
SharswooG and others, but declined IN
published letter of sympathy.
We thus submit, as briefly as possible,
he record of the Democratic candidate
md of the party which placed him in
nomination We feel that no added COM
nents could do justice to the subject;
md only ask you, fellow-citizens, to ez-,
mime the whole record with care, and
under sense of your solemn response
Dlities to your country, render your YER
iict at the ensuing election.
By order of the Committee.
1. JORDAN,
Chairman.
GEO. W. HAMERsLY, secv's