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Year: 1861

Es s ing Countess


NOV is the Time to buy nice and cheap
N Carriage, Buggy, sulky, or Spring Wagon
The Cheapest ever offered to this public


am determined to sell as cheap as any other
firm in this country in my line of business. |
have now on hand larger and better assort-
meut of wol X than evel offered before, having
the latest styles and using the best material,
aud employ long experienced workmen-
think | can give entire satisfaction to all who
will give me a call. Call and examine my
work and give me trial, and if you dou't find
my work as it has been recommended, l do not
ask you to buy the second time.


l have permanently located here, and intend
to manufacture good and substantial work, and
intend TO sell at the lowest prices for cash.
u Do not forget to call aud see my WORK
before purchasing elsewhere All kind OF he
pailing done on
Year: 1861

WHEN, in the course of human events, it be-
comes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume, among the pow
ers of the earth, the separate and equal station
to which the laws of nature and Of natures God
entitle them, decent respect to the opinions Of
mankind requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.


We hold these truths to be selfevidsnt, that
all men are created equal that they are en- :.
Year: 1861

PAPER BORROWERS AND TEIEvEs.-Our
Merchants and shop keepers utter loud
complaints against paper borrowers and
thieves. Their papers are often taken
without leave and borrowed before they can
be read. These who pay for papers want
the use OF them, and those who are toe
mean and stingy to pay for then, ought to
be spotted, and given some plain talk.
Year: 1861

with whom we must necessarily act, enter
tanning different views, have the power and
the right OF carrying them into practice


w e must be content to lead when we can
and TO follow when we cannot lead; and if
we cannot at any time do for our country
all the good That we would wish, we must
be satisfied with doing for her all the good
that we can.


Having submitted my own opinions on this
gr; at crisis, it remains only to saw that 7
shall cheerfully lend to the government nv
best support in whatever prudent vet encr-
getlc efforts it shall make to preserve the
onlon; advising, only, that it practice as far
as possible the utmost moderation, forbear-
ance and Cancellation.


And now, Mr.. President, what are tine
auspices oi the country? | know that we
are III tbe midst Of alarms, and somewhat
exposed to accidents unavoidable in seasons
OF tempestuoos passions We already have
disorder and violence has begun. know
not to what extent it may go. Still my faith
III the constitution and in the Union abidas
because my faith IN the wisdom and virtue
OF the American people remains unshakep
Goodness, calmness and resolution are ee.
ments OF their character. They have been
temporarily displaced ;but they are reappear,
ing. Soon enough trust for safety, it will be
seen that sedition and violence are onlv
local and temporary, and loyalty and affection
10 the Union are the natural sentiments Of
the whole country. Whatever dangers
there shall be, there will be the determine
lion TO meet them whatever sacrifes. pri
vate or public, shall be needfu tor the
Union, they will be made. | feel sure that
the hour has not come for this great nation
to fall. This people which has been study
Ing TO become wiser and better as it has
grown older, is not perverse or wicked
enough to deserve so dreadful and severe
punishment as dissolution. This Union has
not yet accomplished what good for man
kind was manifestly designed by Him who
appoints the seasons aud prescribes tue
duties oi States and Empires. No, sir; if
IT were cast down by faction to day, it would
rise and again reappear in all its majestic
proportions tomorrow. 1t is the only gov
ernment that can stand here Woe! woe
TO the man that madly lifts his hand against
1t. 1t shall continue and endure; and men
In after times, shall declare that this gene
ration, which saved the Union from such
sudden and unlocked for dangers, surpassed
In magnanimity even that one which laid its
foundations in the eternal principles of lib
erty, justice and humanity.
Year: 1861

PAAhSiPiSs


COERCION.


Mr.. HUNTER then went into an argu-
ment on the subject of coercion. He
utterly denied the constitutional right of
the general government to coerce a state.
He said


say that coercion is impossible, for if
you attempt it upon one of the states, all
the slaveholding states will rally around to
its assistance, and the idea that you can
reduce seven, ten, yes, fifteen states, is pre-.
posterous. l acknowledge you may make
war, and bring distress upon both sections,
but as to acknowledging that either could
subdue the other so as to place its yoke and
laws upon it, l 90 not entertain the idea for
an instant. How is this war to be waged
1t would cost you $lOO,OOO,0O0. You
would have to sustain it by direct taxation.
Is it to be supposed the people would bear
such burdens in such cause as that l
believe they might submit to any just tax.
alton in defence of their homes, but would
they submit to such an amount of taxation
for the purpose of depriving their people of
the right of selfgovernment And whose
would be the commerce to be preyed upon
Not the southern commerce, for that would
20 in foreign bottoms. Which section offers
the greatest temptation 10 plunder Where
are the cities and the concentrated wealth
of the community? You could not steal
our niggers-your people would not allow
it. How could you carry on such war
Where would you find the means? You
could not carry it on for six months. Isay,
therefore, it is not possible, by any such
means. to coerce the southern people to
submission. 1 know there is talk of a
blockade of our coast-that is, one which
would collect the stoms-nothing more.
Year: 1861

slaveholdiDg States increased in bumbers,
they commenced warfare upon the other
system, which had been introduced under
the constitution. 1t was commenced in 1920,
when it was said the social system of the
south was founded in sin. and ought to be
repressed and suppressed by the federal
government in all places where it has juris-
diction. The demand Was made that, 80
far as the territories are concerned, they
should be given for the exclusive expansion
of one of these systems at the expense OF the
other. Unhappily, in that contest the weak
er system went to the wall, and a law
was passed which did put under the ban Of
empire, and which excluded the South from
a large portion of the fertile domain of the
United States. Now sprang up party
which commenced regular warfare upon
the system of the South, upon the social
system OF the states which tolerated the in-
stitution of slavery. They commenced q
system of agitation through the press, the
pulpit and the hall. OF legislation, whose
object it was to wound the self-respect of
the Shareholder, and make him odiOus in the
eyes of the world. They denied that there
could be property in slaves and consequently
maintained that this government was bound
to prevent its extension, and 10 abolish or
suppress it wherever it had jurisdiciction.
They sought to put an end to the slave trade
between the states, and in process OF time
they either evaded or denied the cOnstitu-
tional obligation to return fugitive slaves.
And at last it was proclaimed in these halls
that there was law higher than the con


stitution, which nulliied its provisions, and
practicing upon this preaching majority
OF the northern states passed liberty
ctical effect of which was
to nullify the Fugitive Slave Law, which
was passed in pursuance Of the con-
stitutiOn of the United States. It is
Year: 1861

publican party, which avows partialty in the
National Councils towards the enemies OF the
slavery interest, and our party which advo-
Gates, and means to live up to, Federal "eu'
tratity on that and all other local questions
there is a radical difference in principle
Between those who support the Government
authorities for the sake of supporting the
Union, and those who support the Union "af
an act of especial loyalty to tie present .Ad-
miniStration there is radical difference In
principle" IN short, the Republicans must
have meant something when they labored
and combined with Buchanans poor deprave ed
office-holdng tools at the North, for the de-
feat of Douglas, and between us there must
be now, as there must have been then, q
radical difference in principle" We ask the
Republicans to be just. and not to act as re-
cruiting- g-sergeants for the Bolts party by say
ing there is no difference between Republi-
cans and Union Democrats.
Year: 1861

No respectable paper has endeavored to
give, or can give reason why there should
be two Union parties in California.-NeVada
Journal.


And yet it was your party that put out The
second call for q State Convention. One
Union Convention had already been called,
(for the 4th of July,) and if maintaining the
Union had been your only object you would
all have endorsed it. But as you wanted to
maintain the Republican organization, you
acted accordingly. Those who wish to be
true American citizens are not bound to join
the anti-slavery party. Indeed, we think
parties founded on the slavery question
ought to crushed to pieces, now, by the
American people
Year: 1861

"WHAr ARE WE COMING TO ?"-The Califor-
MIA Express, which has hitherto been con-
sidered free from Abolition proclivities, how
ever much its course may have contributed
indirectly towards the advancement OF the
anti-slavery cause, had the following para
graph in its issue of yesterday, unaccompani-
ed by any comment, and without other credit
than quotation marks;


1t is impossible not to see that human
slavery is the canker-worm which has tor so
many years gnawed at the heart of our Re
public. We should be fatally in error, there
fore, as a nation, if we did not now make a"
end this thing before the war closed


Perhaps the Express can explain itself.
We cannot believe that intended to endorse
such q sentiment. If it did, it has become
changed indeed.
Year: 1861

telegram received by on last night from
Jackson, Tenn, says that collision occurred be-
tween the up and down train near that place on
yesterday The extent of the damage done is not
mentioned but il is stated that the running of
trains will be stopped uDti tomorrow.
Year: 1861

In Saturdays sitting OF tie Chamber Of Deputies at
Turin the President iead Letter from Garabaiti. In
which the letter declared that in his reply the dep
utaiun from tie workmeus Association of Milan, lie
had no intention of Offending either the king or the
Parliament. Also that his devotion 10 the King was
too well known, and that consequently, his oonscience
wonld not allow him to drs,cnd to jus ity bins. If
against the charge OF offending his Majesty ln the
same letter he said also that Lls acts liz favor OF the
country were too notorious to allow it be supposed
that lie wished to insult it. lie ADDED that the
in which the Southern Army bad been treated filled lis
soul with disdain and concluded by proposga projuct
of law for vast national armament.


No eign either OF appreciation or this appreciation
marked the reading Of thi- letter.


The Official Gasette Of Turin publishes decree
ordering the formation Of Volunteer Corps 70 comprise
Year: 1861

The horne organ of the President elect.
which no doubt speaks "by authority" jc
an article under the above caption says that
.'the recent Presidential battle was fought
over the question Of slavery extension. The
Republicans took ground in favor of free ter
ritories and the right and duty of Congress
to exclude slavery therefrou. On that ground
it conquered, snd Us representa.:: 7cs should
see to it -thst there is no finching from that
position-no surrender of principle. We
want the President elect and the Republican
members of Congress to say to the South and
to the world, that slavery shall not pollute
another inch of free soil belonging to this
Government, if it is in their power to pre-
vent it. We have steadily opposed the res-
toration of the Missouri ComT romise line,
and are equally opposed to any other legis-
lation that shall surrender any free territory
to slavery. We are just selfish enough to
want il asl for freedom. When States are to
be formed out of the Territories, then let the
people framing those States say whether they
will or will not have slavery. and let Cons
gress respect their decision: but until that
time let the Republican party use all its pow
er to kse2 the territories free. We are OPP
posed to any Amendments of the Constitution
that shall give to slavery further guarantees,
rights or privileges beyond those now given.
We want to see our government turned back
into the channel in which its trainers origi-
naliy placed it-a channel leading it to free
dom-and we are utterly opposed to legisla-
tion looking or tending in any other direc-
ton. Slavery is the creature Of local law,
and shareholders, as such, have no rights or
privileges undar the Constitution-except a
Congressional representation Of the ir pecu-
liar property, and a national law for the rem
dition Of fagitives-and these are all the
rights they eyer ought to have, and. in our
humble opinion, all that they vii! ever get
We believe that slavery will ultimately be-
come extinct in this country. and we do not
want to see any legislation by Congress that
shall extend the period of its existence. We
would not interfere with slavery where it sx.
lists by virtue Of SsAts law-we would not de-
prive it of any rights it now has under the
Constitution but we would have Congress
use its power to prevent the extension of the
evil. Republican members Of Congress have
pledged themselves to this policy, and they
must live up to it or basely betray the trust
reposed in them by their constituents. We
believe that Mr.. Lincoln is planted firmly on
this ground, and will not abandon it. So far
as he and the Republican party can accom-
plish it, the Territories shall be free. The
character of the States'to be formed out of
the Territories must be determined by the
people who frame and adopt their Constitu-
tions. There will be-there can be-no
abandonment of this position by Mr.. Lincoln
or his party"
Year: 1861

In these days when nothing is held sacred
and people for shadow are ready to break
open and destroy che Temple Of Liberty, like
midnight burglars robbing church, every
thing 10 the least calculated to bring them
back to realization Of Their condition is a
gain on the side of right, justice and buman-
ity. 1t is in this spirit that we publish the
subjoined, which comes up as if from the
grave at Mount Vernon, at tais critical mo
ment in our history:


In the summer Of 1776, Washington, ex-
ploring alone one day the position of the
British forces on the banks OF the Hudson,
ventured too far from his own CANT, and was
compelled by sudden storm and the fatigue
Of his herse, to seek shelter in the cottage of
pious American peasant, who, greatly
struck with the manner and language Of his
guest, snd listing at the door of his chamber,
overheard the following prayerfrom the Faith
or of his Country:


"And now, Almighty Father. if it is Thy
holy will that we shall obtain a name end
place among the nations Of the earth, grant
that we may be enabled TO show our graft
tads for Thy goodness by our enaeavors to
fear and obey Thee. Bless us with wfedo N
in our councils, success in battle. and let all
our victories be tempered with humanity
Enoow, also, our enemies with enlightened
minds, that they may become sensible Of
their injustice, and willing to restore our lib-
erty and peace. Grant the petition of Thy
servant. for the sake of Him, whom Thou
hast called Thy Beloved Son nevertheless,
not my will but Thine be done" me Gune's s
Religious Opinions aaa Character Of Wash
ngton.
Year: 1861

FINANCIAL ASPECT CT SEcEssIoN.-It puz-
zles US to understand how the new " South
ern Confedsracy" is to establish its public
credit. Are they fools enough to suppose
that capitalists will lend moaey to q confed-
GRAFTON of States who admit the right of Sc
cessiou. and are pledged TO its recognition ,
Under such a system. any capricious State
might at any time take q mfr and secede.
and overthrow the whole finances of the som
federaey. We predict that when the agents
of the new republic 60 irto the money mar
ket to raise funds upon the faith in their
public credit, they will see rather blue times,
and find dreadful stingency among money
lenders. Then some OF those hotheads will
realize the fact that secession is not going to
be very funny affair after all.
Year: 1861

If you think long aud deeply .qpona any sub
iect. it grows in1 aFPNretft magnitude and
weight; If you think of it long, it may grow
big enough to exclude the thought of all
things besides. If it be an existing and pre-
valent evil you are thinking of you may
como to fancy that if that one thing were done
away, It would be we'll with the human race:
all evil would go with it. can conceive the
progress by which = without mania, without
anyth ing worse than NvorkHbleS Snnsc undness Of
the practically sound mind, one might come
to think as the man who wrote against stop


ping thought For myself I'feel the force Of
thi law so deeply, that there certain evils
ofwhich am afraid to think much, for fear
/ should come to be able to think of nothing
else and nothi ng more.-Fraser' Magazine.
Year: 1861

The Lousl,:'l Daily News !I;-s this view of
the real meaning Of the southern rebellion:


Hitherto, while its evils were admitted
slavery was defended in the South on the
ground of its necessity. Now it. is declared
to be absolutely right, a new moral truth, the
centre or cornerstone Of a new state, the
symbol and wa tchword of a rev and sanguin-
airy crtsaj!e. The deepest wrong and most
cruel injury that man can possibly inflict on
his fellow is formally consecrated as right.
while heaven is proIancTy invoked in its de
fence. The Que social curse which destroyed
free and noble nations of old, and which mod
ern civilization has repudated as essentially
destructive Of national life and progress, is
now, for the first time in history, proclaimed
as the one grand principle of The new Confel-
Grafton. Such a state, were it possible TO sci
it up, must be the permanent enemy, the nat
ural foe, OF all free peoples,


ITO talk Of coming to an understanding
with such a state. Of living on terms Of amity
and peace with it, would &c out Of the ques-
tion. SHct state jr0nds the nation of free
dom as fqlsefood, and stigmatizes industry
as disgrace. The moral influence of a free
and industrious people would be more fatal to
it than the sword : than any display of mere
material force. It's policy must be violent
and aggressive in mere self defence. 1t would
be essentially by nature, constitution and ne
ccssity, fiibustering and piratical. This is the
real H4earrirtes Of tthe struggle in the South"
Year: 1861

TIE snrest way to prevail on a Young con-
pie to get married, is to oppose them. Tell
them you ''wouid rather see them in their
graves, and twelve months after their baby
will pass you twice day in a willow wag-
on
Year: 1861

tits often a question amongst people who
are unacqua!ntc9 with the physology of man
whether lying with the head exalted or level
with the body was the most wholesome
Mos, consulting thir own ease on this point
argue in favor of that which they prefer
Now, although many delight in bolsterina
up their heads at night and sleep soundIy
without injury. yet we declare it to be dan
gerous habit. The vessels through which
the blood passes from the hcart 10 the lea /
are always lessened in their cavities when
The head is restiag in bed higher than the
body, therefore, In all diseases attended with
fever, the head should be pretty nearly on
level with the body; and persons ought TO
accustom themselves to sleep thus. and
avoid danger. - Medical journal.
Year: 1861

The perfect fusion Of all parties and Sects
into one great patriotic mass of the North,
may be set down as the greatest marvel of
the age. The Puritan and the Catholic, the
Skcp.ic. anil the Drshol5y, the Republican
a.i DenocIat, the Radical and the Fogy,
have all united and laid aside their preiu-
dices and differences, and joined in the work
of crushing the treason against the Republic
One Of the strangest instances of extremes
meeting was witnessed few days since in
Boston, where two such representative men
as Wendell Phillips and Rev. Nehemiah IAd-
ans made speeches to the same al dience in
Music Hall, and advocated the same platform,
viz: "The Union, the Constitution, and the
enforcement Of the laws They both ex-
hortedthe peoplcto save the Government and
to punish treason; to make any sacrifice OF
blood and treasure to quell the wicked rebel
lion; to follow blow with blow, until the
head of the serpent was crushed and the
last spark of vitality extinguishcd.


1t must be an urgent national necessity
and just and righteous cause which brings
such men together. The bombardment OF
Fort Sumter was the wand of enchantment
which fused into one patriotic mass twenty
millions ofpeoplo. When the National Elm.
blen was smittcn down. and made to sue.
cunb to traitors, cry If vengeance resoun-
ded across the continent Every man and
woman felt that their honor was at stake and
their liberties assailed. The people voun.
teer for the war aud march to battles as i
impelled by a decree of the Eternal. The
conflict il commenced and there can be Meth.
er pause nor peace until the rebellion is put
down, obedience to the laws restored, and
the supremacy Of the Constitution vindica-
ted This war is one OF those terrible issues
that can only be settled by an appeal to the
God OF battles. The life Of the Republic is
at stake. Constitutional liberty and military
despotisrn have grappled and there can be no
compromise until one or the other goes down
in blood. Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1861

Almost as great nuisances as ''struck up
people" are the people who have ''come
down in the world and who noisily parade
the fact of their tumble down stairs
They have haunting fear that FOLKS will
think they belong in the station they Oc-
cupy, so they 60 around prOclaiming the
fact that the purblind old dame Fortune
has kicked them out of doors and sent
them sprawling in the mud. Their bread
and butter is eaten under protest, because
it isn't the pound cake they ''al ways used
to have" and the omnibus is entered with
affected disgust. because they were ''accus.
toned to ride in nothing but pas elegant
barouche."


Such people must have very singular
notions of things. 1t is always more hon.
cradle to climb than to tumble down. and
it takes far less genius to transform q
barouche into swill-cart, then it does tt
change the swill-cart into barOuche.-
The art of sinking" is the easiest learned
of all arts. but most people shun acknOwl
edging the practice of it. Those who dc
get jeered at instead of honored. 1t i:
different with the art of rising in tn,
world" The men who practice that sue.
cessfully, are always hOnOred.


There are people who have seen better
days" who retain a portion. if not all. o
the respect paid to them in their prosperity
Bnt this is because they retain only th'
manners and courtesies of their more pros
porous days: and do not force the fact o.
their ''gentility" down the thrOats of theil
new associates. Had they done so they
would have been ranked with the others
who give themselves airs en- nothing" anC
claim consideration on the ground of lost
position. which is more absurd than at
tempting to trade on the capital and cred.
it of an acknowledged bankrupt Don I
talk of the gold spoon you had in your
mouth when baby, but be thankful fol
the one you have, If it is iron, and 90 tC
work, 50 that you may afford a silver on;
some day in the future CiereLand Her.
aid