Pittston Gazette and Luzerne Anthracite Journal

              JOB PRINTING AND AZETTE Luzerne Anthracite Journal PITTSTON The "Gazette" Jobbing Cfflce, and the Job Printing Office of EICHAET k BBYKA, Being now consolidated, embracea a larger variety of Jobbing material than any other office In the country, and la rally prepared to execute work of all Klnda In the beat and oheapeat manner. Particular attention given to the following PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY RIC1I&KT, BEYEA k THOMPSON, " fiurtto" Building, Main Stmt, Vest Side. The GAZETTE and JOURNAL it published •▼•ry Thursday, at Two Dollars per annum, ttricUy in advance. pgr No postage charged within the oounty. MANIFESTS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, SHOW-PIMA LABELS, NOTES, ORDERS, HANDBILLS, BILL HEADS. TICKETS, CARDS, Ac., to. AND LUZERNE ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. ADVERTISING- RATES. m-. i.1 y- RULING. 3 00 | 8 00 10 00 $ektei to f|e €nl Interests, politics, ftetos, literature, aiti General |ittelligenee. Ruled work of all kinds, done In the neatest and best manner, and printed an requested. Everything iu thil line will receive prompt attention. Y oo" 10 00 I IS 00 I SO 00 - 00 10 00 I 16 00 BLANKS. ■ 8 00 I SO 00 ] 36 00 I _ The following Blanks are kept on band, or printed to order, and sold on reasonable terms:—SlierinSales, I Warrant*, Constable Sales, Summons, J udgment Con„, „ „ , , „ _T „ _ „ „ I tracts, Promisory Notes, Subpenas, Attachments, Exe- WHOLE NO. 535. j  Regular yearly advertisers, not to exceed with card tkr*« squares at any time, fit. Business notices, with an advertisement, $1 each. tW The above rates will be rtrlctly adhered to. PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1861. VOLUME X.—NO. 46. CITY ADVERTISEMENTS. GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Speech of Hon. W. W. Ketcham, North of 86 deg. 80 min., and wan content, and observed faithfully the compact. But slavery, with the power already gained, did not and would not let the nation rest. Encouraged by what it had acquired, it determined to take possession of the Government and to become the predominating influence in its administration? Its dark form attended the Southern representatives up to tbe Capitol: tyrannical, relentless, it dictated the legislation of the nation, forcing every other interest to yield to itself. It invaded the cabinot and the executive mansion, and with iron and despotic menace dealt life and death to presidents and political parties according as they administered the Government in obedience or opposition to its behests. cardinal leading idea to wrest from the people of this country the right of popular suffrage; to take away their popular sovereignty, ' and carry the election of the President into the Congress of the United States. Their whole aim and objeot was to rob the people of the right of electing their own President, to take this great fundamental right of a nation to elect its own rulers away from tho people, and transfer it to Congress, in which case the 8tate of Delaware, (about as large as three counties like Dauphin) casts one vote, and the great State of Virginia one vote; the great State of Pennsylvania and little Rhode Island each one vote. Is that Demooracy ? Is that popular aovereignty f In God's name what is it but trampling on the populitr will and repudiating tho right of the majority to rule ? tative of that doctrine; and old Pennsylvania herself, not excited, never thrown off her balance, or made insane by fanatical appeals—she, too, has said it. Pennsylvania, ?he Keystone of this glorious Arch, the balance wheel of the Union, has said it by fifty thousand majority. And, moreover, she has said it more emphatically than any other State in the Union; for the reason that ao long as slavery was a predominating element in the politics of this country, just ao long there was no hope for Pennsylvania's interests. She bacame convinced, after thirty years hard experience, that the slavo interest is antagonistic to tho interests of free labor; and that so long as that interest should control the national councils, Pennsylvania had no hope for protection to her industry and manufactures. Our good old Commonwealth emphatically proclaimed her devotion to the interests of her sons, her devotion to the doctrines of free labor. j BUSINESS CARDS. HOU8E, PITT8TON, PA.— IjL HENBY HUFFOBD, Proprietor. Jan. 1, IBM. J. K. & E. B. PLACE. WHOLESALE GROCERS, TD OBERT BAtJB,—BOOK BINDEB, NOBTH JLV Ea*t corner of Public Square and Main-fit Wilkesbarre. Picture Frames, Common Gilt and Mahogany, ornamented and plain, made to order, of any sixo. Job Binding neatly executed. A large selection of common and fine pictures, Albums, Blank books, Stationery, Novels, Ac., always on hand. June 17, ISM. IN THE SENATE, HMRISBURG, JAN. N, In Support of the Smith Union Reiolntioli. I came here at the beginning of this session, disposed, so far as I might be able in my humble way, to contribute whatever I could to calm the agitation and excitement that pervades the country, in a spirit of amity and of harmony, to avoid all mere political and partizan conflict and devote my energies to the high patriotic duty of rescuing my country from the brink of dissolution to which party madness has already driven it. When the resolutions were offered by the Senator from Philadelphia, I at once embraced them. I pledged my support to them for the reason that they are purelv patriotic. There is no trace or mark of the partizan about them ; their purpose is, to strengthen the influence of the administration of this great Government. Their design is, to preserve the Constitution and the laws of this lund—to proclaim the great heart and commanding voice of Pennsylvania on the side of the Union, and against its enemies to the bitter end. I came here in such a spirit. I hoped, sir, wo might forget party long enough to save our country. But the firebrand of party dissension has been thrown into this discussion, and the cry of the Democrat is, " perish, our country, if but the Democratic party may live." ST. CHARLES HOTEL. PENN AVENUE, Scranton, Pa.—D. K. KBESSLEB, Prop'r. May 10, 18#0.—ly. No. 80 BROAD Street, (Near Will alnil,) NEW TOBK. FLETCHER PLACE. 8. KOON,—ATTORNEY AT LAW.—Of- J , flee in the Butler UuuD«, Main street, ttston. Jan. 28, 1859. Feb. 15, I860.—tf. Fittston Battery. THE staff oflife is good Bread, and I would respectfully inform the citizens ot Pittston and vicinity, that I always keep Cl»o gomiiiio article on hand for sale, with all kinds ot cravk■ ers, pies, calces, &c. Families and parlivs supplied with everything in his line, on slioit notice,and on reasonable terms. My establish mens is opposite Jacob's store on Maln-st. FRANK BRANDKNBUKU. GEO. W. BRAINERD * CO., OROOBRS, 103 Murray, near Woit Street, GEO. W. BRAINERD,) NEW YORK. DAVID BELDEN J JEROME O. MILLER.—ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the Court House, Wilkes- Barre, Penna. JOHN RICHARDB,—ATTORNEY AT LAW, CONVEYANCER, and NOTARY PCBLIC. Collections promptly attended to. Office—Odd Fallows' Block, up stairs, Main .street, Pittston. March 30, 1858. HAYDEN BROTHERS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN YANKEE NOTIONS and FANCY GOODS, New Milford, Pa. ISTew Bakery. WM. HAYDEN, TRACT HATPC«« July 19. I860.—ly. JOHN H A YTDE!f. GEORGE HAVDEX. rphc undersigned would respectfully announce to the 1 citisens of Pittston, and the public in general, that they have established themselves in the It selected Presidents by intimidating the popular will. It wasted the blood and treasure and credit of tho nation, like water, in the acquisition both by treaty an4 conquest, of territory over which to extend the area of its insatiable power. It made treaties and broke them. It made compromises and broke theui. No compact, no treaty, no monument, was sacred if it stood in the way of its purposes. No conception too bold for its audacity if it extended its despotic sway.— The Supreme Court, the great national fountain of justice, tbe last great final interpreter, expounder, guardian, conservator and hope of the constitutional rights of the nation, has not escaped. Even here this overwhelming power, with iron grasp, has enforced its dictation. It has shrouded the judicial ermine with its own darkness, and reckless of the appeals of humanity and philanthropy, reckless of the aspirations of freedom over the world, and in bold dcfiance of the indignation of the civilization of the age it has forced the sanction of all its wrongs, and extended a decree against liberty, and in favor of universal slavery over the land. It governed the nation, directed its policy, and all the interests and hopes of free labor went down under its crushing weight. The Constitution was perverted from all the purposes of its establishment, and the people had forced upon tbein the momentous issuo, whether the great interests of freedom should be surrendered and become forever subservient to slavery, or the administration of the country be brought back to its original channels and purposes, the Constitution restored to its true interpretation, and liberty and slavery brought back to their true relations—the relations designed for them by the fathers of the Republic, and directed by the rule of the Constitution—liberty national and slavery sectional, the interests of freedom paramount and slavery secondary. Law and Collection Office. EORGE B. KTTLF, Attorney at Law,-Office \JT in the Court House, (Register's Office,) Wilkes-Barre, Pa. [Dec. 13, 1800. 52# The Republican party triumphed over them all, and vindicated the popular will bj electing their candidates by nearly as many votes as all the other three candidates received, notwithstanding the multiplied choice presented to the people. They stood upon the right of the people to elect their own rulers in their own way; and I thank Heaven they have triumphed. When the opposition talk to me of Democracy, when they, on an occasion like this, make a parade about Democracy, and ask us to come up to the work, I tell them we have come up to the work, and have performed it in that good old way in which it was designed to be done when the Constitution was formed. We have fought for the will of the majority—the principle that underlies all Democratic government, the principle that was planted here before—long before—this glorious government was founded. Tt caine here with the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower. On that bleak December day, while yet tossing in the surf-boat, with the stormy ocean behind them and the gloom and peril of the savage wilderness before them ere they lighted the fires of civil and religiouB liberty on Plymouth Rock, they consecrated this principle for all time, by forming a colony of offence and dcfence, to be governed by the will of the majority, and they electcd their Presidents. They planted this principle upon Plymouth Rock in thtf year 1620 , and it has grown and entwined itself in tne hearts of the American people, till no despotism can crush it out.. Theystruck a spark of liberty from that old rock that will never die out. This nation to-day is wrapyed in the radiance of its blaze, and thank God, the pathway of the Republican party is lighted by its glow. We are are called sectional. Pray, sir, who is it that has preached sectionalism ? As a nation, we have heretofore borne upon many a battle field te victory and glory the stars and stripes, with "not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single strr obscured." Who are they to-day who propose to tear off fifteen of these stars ? Are they Republicans ? No, sir. We have declared over and over again that, where slavery was legally established, that institution shall never be disturbed; and we are pledged by every tio of fealty and every emotion of patriotism to stand by the South and defend her rights whenever and wherever they may be threatened or assailed. But we claim the right to the expression of our own principles and doctrines, wherever we may go within the broad limits of this Republic. We assert the truth that liberty is national, and slavery sectional; that slavery lives and breathes only by State enactment, limited by"the jurisdiction of the State creating it; and the moment it, passes the bounds of that limitation it dies. What have the people said ? They looked to New England, with her bleak cold climate and sterile soil, yet the home of industry, intelligence, manufactures and all the arts—the densest population and the highest civilization on the eontinent; then to the Empire State, with her internal improvement*, her agrioulturo and her commerce ; then to the great West, a world in itself, spreading out in magnificent beauty, from the Lakes to the Mississippi ; then they went and stood on tlio Alleghanies, where our enterprise has drag, ged after it over mountain and gorge the iron track upon which the locomotive hauls half the commerce of the continent, and where, on the mountain's topmost crag, it hourly whistles out the triumph of art and genihs over nature's l»roudest barriers; they looked at old Pennsylvania, founded on Deeds ot Peace, the first to rid herself of slavery, spreading away west to the Ohio, and east to the Delaware. They beheld her bright rivers, her green fields, her cities, towns and villages, filling the whole heavens with the spires and domes of her schools, colleges and churches. They contemplated this magnificent tableau, as it stretched away to the mist of the ooean, and her three millions of hardy, intelligent, self-reliant, self-serving and self-rewarding freemen, developing her inexhaustible mineral and agricultural resources i and rejoioed in the triumphs of the higher civilization of freedom. They looked to the South, and mourned over its stagnation and decay, and they decided in favor of freedom and progressive government, and declared to the world that that immense area of territory, expanding away from the "Father of Waters" to where the Paoiflc breaks its solemn dirge on the western shore of the Continent, should be devoted to liberty and humauity. When the choice came to be made by our people, whether South Carolina should be oxtended from the Atlantio to the Paoifio, or whether Pennsylvania, with her glorious independence and cultivated intelligence, should be multiplied there in State after State, they ■aid, let it be preserved forever for freedom and from the contaminating touoh of slavery. This is what a constitutional majority of the of this country have said by the election of a roan who is the rcprcsen- BAKING BUSINESS. in the Drown IluiliiiujK. at the top of the steps, near the stone Rfeniti Mill of Ferris «l Wlsner, where they will keep oonstantly on hand A.. O-. STARK. WITH PEREGO, BILkLKYS k PLIMPTON, Bread, Biscuit, Cakes, Pies, &c. togettior with Yeast, Candtes, Cigars, Toboeco—4n short every article belonging ur the busino»H Every effort will bo made to render general aatirtfiiction. Give us a call. LUTZ It KEIC1ITER. So much for the question of an election by the majority—the will of that majority. I have only a single purpose in supporting these resolutions, that is, to contribute in some way to sustain this Union, its Constitution and the laws of our country—to hold up the hands of patriots in aiding the Government—and by our counsel to devise some means for perpetuating and preserving the greatest and best government under which any people ever lived. If disunion must come—if, one after another, the States of this Union go reeling down in the wild death dance of fanaticism, and throw from their brows the symbols of the Union, let Pennsylvania still be true. Let her commanding voice still be for the Union and the Constitution. If this glorious fabric must go down, let Pennsylvania be the standing column left, and hold within herself the embodiment and concentration of the virtues and the glories cf the Republic, so that in better times when Providence shall bless the Amerioan people with' wiser counsels, and patriotism shall resume its sway, she may stand before the world -the hope of liberty, and the beacon-light to guide some patriot band— some Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin—some Madison, and Hamilton— to reconstruct from the scattered fragments, and restore to us again this glorious temple. MINNESOTA! LE SUEUR, Xje Sueur County. . W. B NGS, f AW and COLLECTION OFFICE. Taxes for I i non-residents. Business promptly atteud- M to. Address as above. [Nov. 8, 1800. IMPORTERS I JOBBERS OF FANCY GOODS, No«. 0 Barclay A 12 Ve«ey-8ts., First Store rear Ast..r House. September 27, 1860. Pittston. May 24. IMO.—ly. J. PALMER & CO., VfRS. DAVIS would respectfully call the attention lYlof the Ladies of Pittston and vicinity to her large variety of moat approved New Patems Just received ft-om New York. Particular attention paid to the cutting and fitting cliildren'H clothe*. Mantilla*. Cloaks and Dreaaea cut fitted and made on abort notice. Place of business, over D. Lamb's. FitUton. Apr. 3ft. 1900.  Mantuamaking. Sewing. MB8. DAVIE8 having procured a sowing machine, ia now prepared to do family aevin£ and stitching of all kinda, at ahort notice, •ppoaite Law'a store, up stairs. Market Street IMillad'a DEALKHI IX rtSH, CHEKIR A.1D mOVISIOHS. TTAVE constantly on hand an assortment of I 1 Dried and Pickled Finh, Ctc., via: Mackerel, Shad, Salmon, Blue Fish, Herrings, Codfish, Beef, Pork, Lard, Shoulders, Hams, Sides, Cheese, Beans, Rice, Ac. September 27, 18BU. DR. J. A. ROJllNSON,—HOMOEOPATHIC Physician and Operative Surgeon, Pittatan, Pa., respocti'ull otters his services to the people of Pittston and its vicinity. A eonstaut supply of fresh medicines always on hand. Family eases furnished or refilled to order. OFFICE over Clark A Sax's new stora. RESIDENCE at R. J. Wisner's, West Pittston. Pittstuu, May a, 11(60.—ly. SHOES. NEW When wo call upon Democratic Senators to join with us in harmony for a great and patriotic purpose, they meet us with the Breckinridge campaign platform.— After ignoring the name of our party, and divesting ourselves of all party pride for accomplishing the passage of these patriotic resolutions, how do they meet us ?— By holding out for 'our adoption such a resolution as tbis: WINCHESTER & CO. Gentlemen's Furnishing Store, A*D PATP.ST HIIOCLDP.il HKAM SHIRT MAJCCPACTORT, No. 70« Chestnut street, above Seventh, opposite — ■ • -» - ** IlLil.J.ULt. AND the Washington House, Philadelphia. Fine 8HfRT8 and DRAWERS made from measurement at a few day* notice and in nil omm WARRANTED to fit. Formula for meu*urcinent furnished on application by mail. Liberal inducement* to Wholesale buyers. April M, 1800.—1y. /"I 8. BECK. M. D.—DENTIST,  late of PHILADELPHIA.— /TtoBSBL Office,—Main St., above the Public Square, East Side. Wilkea-Barre, Penna. July 19, I860.—ly. DO. LAMB, Respectfully invites the the attrition of the public to hislarge stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, such as Gents* Fine Calt Boots, Congress Qaiturs Oxford Ties he. Also, a large variety of Ladies' and Chlldrens' shoes. andOaitersof all descriptions, in fact everything the line. He has connected a separate department for D "That such amendment or amendments inny be speedily made to the Constitution of the United states, as will permit the citizens of the Stjtes equally to enjoy said territories, without let, hindrance or molestation from aoy quarter, and thus remove the question of slavery forever frcm the political arena." What is that but the full-blown Breckinridge, Drcd Scott-decision doctrine, of carrying slavery wherever the stars and stripes float, over Auierieau territory? It is nothing more and nothing less than the slaveholding Breckinridge campaign platform—a full, complete embodiment of tho most extravagant of Southern fire-eating demands. That slavery is national, and the normal condition of all our territory, and that freedom is sectional and limited, is the doctrine they ask. us to adopt. ZABRISKIE & LUMBY, IKI'OnTRRS AW JOBBinS UP T\R. J. M. BARRETT.—DENTIST. Office I / Three Doors below Steele's Hotel, on North aide of Public Square, Wilkcs-Barre, Pa. Dr. B. inserts Teeth on Gold Mid Silver plate, Ac., and operates ill all the branches of Dental Surgery, in the best manner. A deduction from usual charges sufficient to eovnr expenses, allowed to persons who come from a dintanee. April Id, 188U.—ly. China, Glass, Earthenware, LOOKING GLASSES, 4c. No. 224 Oreenwich Street, Between Barclay and Vesey, Oeo. I. N. Zuliriskie, ) William Lumby. J Septeinlier 27, 1S00. NEW YORK. RESTAURANT and CONFECTION RET, neatly fitted up in good style. My establishment is opposite C. Law & Co.s Cash Store, Main struct, Plttston, Pa. The patronage of the public is solicited. Plttston, March 29, 18G0,—tf. Dr. AfPease, BURGEON DENTIST, Successor to G. W. Gris- 1860. SPRING* 1860. Let what may come, I trust Pennsylvania will be true to herself. Can she ignore her own verdict and declare to the world that all we have done in the past oampaign has been an error and a sin '! If we had Deen acting tho part Of traitors we might consistently repent—plead guilty and receive judgment at the hands of those who have taken the opposite course. The resolutions are not at war with the rights of the South. Their object is to enable the general government to take care of the whole country. In this we ask the Senator from York, and his fellow Democrats, to aid ug. Snail we adopt a miserable party platform, against the will of a majority of the people, or shall we rather come up like patriots ia defence of the Constitution and the laws of tho whole Union ? BJEGEL, BAIRD, & CO., IMPOKTKHS AND JOUDKKH OK KOUKIGN ASI) AMERICAN FHE8II GOODS Large Stock of Wall Paper ! ISTew Stylos ior 18(30 ! wold, of Curbondale, Pa. WILL visit Pittston 011 the second Monday of each month, commencing with Monday, August 20th, and will remain one week at *ach visit Dry Goods. No. 47 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Would renpoetfully invite the attention of Country MfrcluiiitH to their LA HUE ANrD RTOCK OF FRESH SPRING GOODS, Which they are now receiving in 8tore. Merehant* would find it to their Advantage to ctUI «nd examine our stock. May 31,1*00.—lv. Just Received 10,000 Pieces FKOMOetna PIECE i:P. Having h»d an oxjxirienco of twelve venr* he feeli eoundent of being abie to givu satisfaction in *11 branches of hi* profession. Person* wishing operations performed at their houses, will be waited upon by leaving their address at his rooms. BORDERING, WINDOW8IIA.DES, Ac at the Cash Store of (•HAS. LAW, A CO. Piilstrn. Mnreh I5'lD. IH'U-ai-ir In Heaven's name, for what purpose is the Huienduient thrust in here'/ Is the Senator fVom York not aware that our National existcnco is trembling in the balance between life and death ? Does he not know, that every Southern breeze comcs laden with treason and rebellion, and tells us that tbe cannon that in other days thundered in defence of our nation and its liberties are now in the hands of traitors and turned against our country and all its glories—all its hopes—that already the sturs and stripes that for ninety years have borne the battle and the breeze and never been disgraced, in tho wild revel of treason are trampled in the dust? Docs he not know this? Or will he, can he, amuse himself by exhibiting his skill at small party tactics, while patriotism is moving to prevent the destruction of his country ? Rooms with Dr. J. A. Robinson, over Clark A Sax's Store. 1L I ArtS MANUFACTURER S5^.W S. STURMKR, The issue was presented to the people of this country, whether the great North, with its denso population, its intelligence and wealth, with its great development of natural resources, with its system of morality and education—whether these eighteen northern States, containing eighteen millions of intelligent freemen, or the fifteen southern States, with about eight millions, should be predominant in this country— whether freedom with her great progress should not lead in the nation's onward march. Here was tho great issue—the grandest and most momentous issue ever presented to a people. Wo have heard much of what the people will say upon the subject of these resolutions. What have they said on this question ? - What verdiot have they gives ? Have they rendered a verdict for or against the interests of freedom ? It has been said here to-day that a majority of the people are opposed to the Republican party—that the last election was not carried by a majority of the people —that Abraham Lincoln was not elected by a majority. I assert that Abraham Lincoln is elccted President of tho United States in a constitutional way, and by a constitutional majority—that a constitutional majority of the intelligence of this nation have declared that he shall be their President for fonr years to come, and they have elected him as the representative of certain great doctrines. Along with him they have elected those doctrines, and they have repudiated the amendment of the Senator from York. And I will siy further on this subject of the majority, that the election of Abraham Lincoln and the triumph of the Republican cause is the noblest political triumph that haB ever been achieved in this country from the foundation of the government to this day. Mr. Douglas attempted to elect himself President. He rallied a party upon the doctrine of popular sovereignty; and while he was quibbling and squabbling with the people to oonviuce them that half-a-dozen squatters first in a territory had the right to fix the government thereof, for all those who should come after them, and against the wishes of the whole nation outside of the territory, the Republican party, in the eleotion of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated the true popular sovereignty of this nation.— They stood in the proud position of vindicating the fundamental principle of this government, that the majority has a right to rule. There was a time when it was the boast of the Democratic party their cardinal doctrine waa, "the majority should rule"—when they boasted that the Constitution of this country rested upou the will of tbe people. They gloried in it. It was their watchword and their beacon light.— But how has Democraoy changed ! How have the mighty fallen ! Did Mr. Breckinridge, who stood upon the doctrine which the Senator from York advances here today, propose to be elected President by the people ? Did Mr. Douglas entertain such a hope ? Did the Bell-£verett party believe that it evor had any chance of success before tho people ? No, sir. The proposition was, and they set oat with tftpt GEORGE R. LOVE, Pittitou, August 23, 1800, DENTISTRY!! WITH HOPPOCK, GARBUTT & CO., Groccra and Coinniission Merchants, tki practice ot his profeasioi: All persou!i in need of the ti«t are invited to call and ta •pvR. A. fl. FLAGG. 1 9 receiitly from "laBflachufiett.s, has Mined an office in ae BBJCK BLOCK, ext South of the ANK.Beeond Floor, uiij Street, PitUton, ...where he intend* devote himself to DE.VI.CK IN Nob. 87, 89 & 91, Warren Street, (First Door East of Greenwich Street), NEW YORK. Elmer H. Garbutt, Juliu* D. Robert*, IJOOTS. miuFH. LEATHER and KINPIVIS. Main _l) street* Pituton. A large assortment of French Calf Kip. and l'alent Leather uhva)'* on hand. Kepairhik C1'in« with punctuality on reuMonahl* terniH. Ctudi paid fur ail kinds of hides and skin*. Jun. l-'6». Mmn A. Homwek, William H. Black. Mortimer Hendricks. August Iflth, 1600. Mr. Speaker, there is no room for argument here. It has come to this question : Shall tho country be saved or shall we give it up J If Oreat Britain, France, Russia, or any other foreign power, should invade our shores, take possession of our forts, tear down our flag, and raise above it their own, the man who would hesitate to defend the country and punish the indignity, would be branded a traitor. It matters not whence the enemy comes; the question is, whether our constitutional rights can be disre- Sarded, our national domain invaded and our ag insulted and trampled upon. When this it done it matters not to me who tho enemy may be I shall treat him as an enemy; and as one of the representatives of Pennsylvania, I am ready to sustain the general Government in preserving and taking care of itself. This talk of a partnershi—this idea of the Government of this country being merely a temporary arrangement liable to be terminated whenever any of its parties become dissatisfied—is not to be tolerated. When the peoplo founded this Government, which bas been the pride and glory of the whole earth, they dedicated that work to the cause of freedom forever.' The people of this nation reared up this Government to be the guardian of their rights, and the rights of their posterity, for all time. They came together and solemnly and deliberately conoedea a portion of their State sovereignties for one great purpose—for the establishment—not of tne government of South Carolina or any other particular State—but of a government of tho whoje country; and when they made these concessions, all 8tate distinctions, all State individualities, from the sovereignty thus yielded up for this purpose by the States, disappeared forever, and thia union of powers became anew consolidated general sovereignty superior to all, and over all, by their own solemn consent and declaration.— I deny tho right of revolution under any circumstances under this Constitution. There are some gentlemen who talk about the sacred right of revolution. I deny that there is any such right. I assert that the peoplo of this naition, when they formed the Constitution, agreed to be bound by that Constitution and acknowledged that they should not even alter that instrument except in such a way as tho Constitution itself sbuuld direot. When they adopted the Constitution, they bound themselves never to nullify it, and they surrendered that right to revolution. South Carolina talks about ber sovereignty and her right to nullify the Constitution ! when she, along with the other States, agreed at the time of its formation that it never should even be altered or amended, except by the consent of three-fourths of this Union. It ii the sovereign power controlling and governing the people, and can be alterted only in such a way as its own provisions dictate. If anj ■ northern or southern State of thia Union is wronged, the Constitution provides ample repress. Here let the South come in the spirit ot fraternity; let her demands be regulated by reason and justice, and her rights always will be, as they always have been, secured to her. But, sir, the 8outh rebels against the Government, not for any wrong done her by the Government. but because the Government has passed into the bands of a party opposed to universal slavery. They rebel because their political power has passed from them. The power which has paBstft from them will not be surrendered to them. The people will not yield it. The people have taken the Government and will admin inter it, let it 00Bt what it may. At all hazard* the Government must be sustained. Upon the prompt, decided action of the States hangs the rate of the nation. Let the States rally around the Administration, promptly, with their power and sympathy, and tho patriotism of the country will be able to rescue our country from the danger that surrounds it, and restore it to iU once happy and prosperous condition. DICKSON & CO, SCRANTON FOUNDRY and MACHINE WORKS. — Manufacturer* of Engines, Boilers, and Machinery of every descrip; ion, and dealers in all kind* of Hardware, Nails, Iron and Steel; Leather and Rubber Bands and Belting; Stoves, Tin and Sheet Iroa Wart; Railroad supplies of all kinds; Gas Pipe, Steam and Water Fitting*, and Engine Furnithing generally. Ciy Dealers supplied upon liberal terms. Scranton, Feb'y 2, 1859.—tf Wilson, Barnes & Co., WHOLESALE OROCERS AND services of a Denhis ability to serve them untisikctorily. OFFICE II0UH8 : From » o'clock A. M. to 5 •'dock 1D. M. Residence: West Pittaton. (The former re«i 4fDC« of G. W. Barber.) Dm. 0,1*60. Produce Commission Merchants, AMI) KYTKMUTK DBALKK8 131 TBAS. 528m3 No. 115 WARREN STREET, (Third door below Washington Street,) William It. Wilson,, NEW YORK. Samuel N. Delano. ' Bcpt. 27, 18C0. "Watches and Jewelry. .JiijiAk A MEW STOCK. |i(|*v/Sb JAMES AITKEN, would respect-MkOtmKI fully inform his friends  and the public in general that he has just replenished his store with a new and extensive assortment of Watches, Clocks, Ct Jewelry, of all descriptions. Together with SILVER AND PLATED WARE, Combs, Brushes, Pocket Cutlery, Flower Vases, and a thousand other articles which will recommend themselves. They have been purchased of the best manufacturers in the United States, and cannot be surpassed in quality or price. REPAIRING Watches. Clocks and Jewelry repaired at all times, by the most experienced workmen. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore enjoyed, a continuance of the same is respectfully solicited. J. A Pittston, June ill, 1800. Docs he not know our motives, our purposes? Or does ho prize the triumphs of a party manoeuvre more highly than the salvation of this Uniun? ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING David Schoolet, would respectfully nounce to the public that ho still contlu lies the practice of the above profession, In nil its branches, and holds himself in readiness :it all times to attend to any business in the lino of Surveying, Engineering, Estimating aiD.1 Drafting. Docs he justify hiui«elf by saying that his amendment embodies the will of the people of this Nation and of this State? Does he claim that the dootrines of his amendment conform to tho wishes of the people and will bring peace and restore us to our once happy, harmonious and prosperous condition ? Let us consult the people. By their decision, by their verdict let us be guided. To their will I cheerfully bow. per To Persons out of Employment! AGENTS WANTED, In every County in the United States, Being provided with a full and complete sol of instruments, and having had ample expoi. fence, he flatters himself capable of giving snl. isfactionin any and every department of Ul* calling. Office with John Hichards, Esq., Odd ft'l•ws'Building.fllO engage in the sale of some of the best and X most elegantly illustrated works published. Our publications are of the most interesting character, adapted to the wants of the Farmer, Mechanic and Merchant; they are published In the bast style and bound In tlia most substantial manner, and are worthy a place in the Library of every Household in the Land. Jf&f- To men of enterprise and industrious habits, this business offers an opportunity for j»rof}table employment seldom to be met with. Persons desiring to act as agants will receive promptly by mail full particulars, terms, Ac., by addressing LEARY, GETZ A Co., Publishers, No. 224 North 2d St., Philadelphia. Nov. 14, J8t». i2b-3tn. PltUton, Nov. 16,1856--tf. MAUCH CHUNK Wire Rope Manufactory, FISI1EK, KIAZARD & CO., MANUPACTUHERS of Wire llopu, for Inclined Pinna*, Shiifig, 8lope«, Jtc., would Inform the pub* lie thai they t»ru now jxepnred to make Ail Kinds lengths and Sixes of Flat and Roond If ever our time was precious, it is so now, and I shall not consume the time of the Senate, in following step by step, tho historic events that have finally brought us to this unhappy occasion. At the foundation of this government, domestic slavery in the States was regarded, and perhaps properly, as simply and purely an element of domestic economy, partaking in nowise of a national character ; and as such was sanctioned by the compromises of the Constitution. It was not anticipated that it would ever assume a national importance, or become a prominent element in the polities of the country; for if it had, either the Constitution could not have been formed, or some certain provision for its removal would have been secured. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS 90BTHSASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ! Rope, Hardware, Iron & Steel Warehouse, At Ihn shortest not'ce of superior quality and on the most reasonable tcrraet, at their Wire Rope Factory, 7S, 77, 79 and 81 Vesey and SOS Washington St., MAUCH CHUNK, CARBON CO. PA. References can be maile to Messrs. E A. Doavl •»§, N.D.Cortrlpht ni»Cl A G, RroaC heiul, at Mancli Chunk; to N. I'atteraon, Summit Hill; to Sharp, Leleenrlng und Co., Fillmore, Luzerne Couety, Pa-, and in Tact nearly all the operators in the region who hare been using his ropes March 15th, 1*00-l-ly  NEW-YOBK CITY. THE undersigned invite the attention of Merchants, Manufacturers, Canal and Hail Road Contractors, and consumers generally to their extensive assortment of the following articles, which they offer on favorable terms,.for Cask or approved credit. English Iron, round, square and flat, common, best and extra qualities. Swedish, Norway and Russia Bar Iron, of best brands. Decamp's Hammered American Iron of superior quality. Burden's and Ulster Iron. Salisbury Iron, Flat and Bquare. Angle and Swarf Iron. Norway and Russia Nail Rods, Shoe Shapes and Nut Iron. Best Refined Band, Hoop, Scroll and Oval Iron. Crow Bars, Churn Drills, Axles and Drafts of Salisbury Iron. Steel faced Hand and Sledge Hammers and Stone Axes. Cast Steel Striking and Hand Hammers and Stone Sledges. Navlor's and Sanderson's Round, Square, Octagon and half Octagon Steel. Genuine German Steel, Flat and Square. Blister Steel. Canal Stone and Dirt Barrows. Bickford's Safety Fuse. Boonton Cut Nails, Brads and Spikes. Burden's P»t, Horse Shoes, and Ship, Boat and Rail Road Spikes. Ames' and Rowland's Shovels and TTAVING built a large shop for the purpose Spades. Weaton's Steel Scoops. Rowland's, 11 of manufacturing Coal Screcns, we belieye Hoe's and Iabotson's Mill »nd Cross-Out Saws, ft will be for the interest of Ooal Operators of Hobson's Butcher's and Ibbotson's Files, Saws, this and adjoining county, to give us a caII be- Tools and Cutlery, Ae. Harris,' Blood's, Darfore ordering elsewhere, and therefore we solioit ling's and Karwell's Corn and Grass Scythes.™. p liberal patronage. Birmingham. Sheffield, Oerman and Domestic Besides Scream, ve manufacture Wrought, Hardware. . „» Cast and Wire Railing, fur Gemeteries, Cottages, A. *, w*TKOkk, j Wi.TMOJl.Jj A CO, public Grounds, Ac., and Window Guards tot i o»o«o* WKTMOEK, D dwellings, Vernandas, Balconies, 4c. pavid wgmona, J AflgWt ?3, J890, J, w. BROCK, | #ept, V, WM. EUdDElE (EMD(DHD EJ3EWSI PETERSEN, Pitta ton, Pa. jr. C6 J. PETERSEN, Scran ton, Pa. C. PETERSEN, Bonendale, fa, JTOT. 8,1880. Mi rpUE undersigned would remA Kiieetfully unnouneo to nil In A w*nt of the BEST AND MOST u Hnbatantial Harness and In The Saddlery Line! But in the course of time the stimulus of the cotton crop, and the invention of machinery for its successful culture, changed tho comparatively harmless and inoffensive system of domestio servitude into a gigantic money-making affair; and what in the beginning was a fireside convenience, became a prominent and leading element of national wealth, assumed a potent and exacting position in the internal policy and territorial legislation of the general government. It asserted its right to dictate the policy and constitution of the new States tct be formed out of our territory. In 1820, it convulsed the nation, and eame near breaking up the Government. The Missouri Compromise was adopted, lienry Clay was immortalized for saving the country. But slavery gained Missouri, all she then desired, and pgrecd to be content. Freedom took all TO COAL OPERATORS. AXD SCBANTON THE CHEAPEST AND BEST WHIPS, ROBES, 4c., to be got in Luierne county, that he In at all time* prepared to supply the «M»e. Having recently niacin improvement** in his establishment, he can now keep a large stock of Ready-Made Work. We use the best stock of all kinds, and hire the beat hand" to be obtained. We warrant all work. Repairing of all kinds, and Carriage Trimming promptly attended to. Please call and see for yourselves. let Door South of Butler House. Pitts toll. May 3, I860.—ly. 8. J. OEDDIB. Planing Mill. THE undersigned having fitted up a port of UDe ljUl seme Foundry for a P&ning »lft |p prepared to e*- ecute orders for flooring, fi/Me boards, aiding and all descriptions of planed 1 amber. Pinning anfi sawing done on reasonable terms. TM foundry and machinery trn- Hiness will be oarriod on as formerly. Orders for Engines, Boilers and Machinery in general attended to promptly. ' WM.QU3WHGIIAW Wit, H, im