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BUSINESS
«AI-SIS HOUSE,
Formerly, Norwalir Hotel,
. NORWALK,CT., ,
Having been leased for a torus of years, has
proved, and is now open for the reception of
company, and will be keptaoa first class
house. No pains our expense will be spared
to make it. pleasant for its guests.
It is believed that the village of Norwalh
audits environs afford more inducements to
the pleasure seeker and the man of business
than any town in the State. [to splendid
Churches, Seminaries and Schools, with their
surrounding scenery-wits magnificent drives.
its superior facilities for sailing and fishing.
and last, but not least, its fine Oysters, are
sufficient, it is-belicved,lo tempt the most fus-
tidious. Hopingr for a. share ol‘thc public pat~
ronagc,1 am its humble servant.»
If. P. ALLIS,Proprietor.
South Not-wall: floral,
JAMES LUCAS, Proprietor.
Thiu'fiousc has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is now
rentiyfiforthc reception of guests. It isplcais-
antly located. in immediate proximity to the
depot of" the N. Y. .k; N' H. Railroad, and in
this respect for permanent or transient boar-
ders possesses advantages over any other lio-
tel in t’e town. A good Stable is kept in
conl'(l\,l«:"-ll with the Hotel.
Wooster House, Danburyfit.
A. CHICIIES l‘Eft, Proprietor,
The Subscriber, having purchased the above
named Hotel,is prepared to receive perma—
neut and transient-boarders, and to entertain
travellers and the public generally. ' The
Hotel is large, commodious. aadis filled up
with the conveniences of modernllotelsjt is
abundantly supplied with pure Spring wafer,
and is pleasantly located on Main Street,
within a very few doors of' the Ruilr cad depot.
c. s. zooxwoon,
Fashionable Draper c Tailor,
and
Gentleman’s Furnishing Emporium,
No. 3 Skiddy’a Block, Main-5L, Norwnlk, Cl.
D-ENTISTELY.
Doctors HILL 6!. I'I'IFCH,
S UR GICAL cs MECHA N] CA L
D B ' N T I 3 T 5.
Office over flue Store of C". I. G'rumwn,
NORWALE, CONN.
; Cannes Fircu.
Act Hunt.
0'. '1'. (all R ‘5' IV! A. N ,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
our GSODS, mural-mes,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimcrcs,
Satinctts, 'Vcstiugs, and 'I‘ailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package, Shootings,
Shit-tings, Jeans, Ike.
At the lowest possible prices.
NURWdIdI, CORK.
“STE; amass-nan an on,
Wholesale and Retail floater in
Groceries. Flour, Feed, the,
[land to Main-ah Nonnikfloun.
e. 3!. or a s as,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
$ '1? W0 E 3 ,
. .lkud Manufacturer of
Tin, sheet trough Copper Ware
Has constantly on hand a farce assort-
ment of general House Keeping
Furniture. at South Norwalk,
Conn.
c. a E. K. Eockwood 6!. (30.,
Norwulk, Conn, Manufacturers of
Tm. Sheet Iran, a Copper Ware
Anal Dealers in
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Gallery, Brit-
annia, Porcelain, Wooden Ware and
Kitchen Furniturc in general,
Pumps, Sheet Lead and
Lead Pipe, Crockery,
fibrils and China
Ware.
autos storm.
I . General _
Pension and Patent Agent,
And Prosecutor of Claims before the
several Departments, and the Court
of Claims, _
,wmsnmorox, no,
mum Insomniac company.
' 0f Hartford,
Incorporated in 18l9,Chartur Perpetual,
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and (lounge by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the Immrdmnd
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
one. 1t.()l)WI.ES,SeIe Agent.
1334 For Nor-well: and vicinity.
Elie Insurance.
A» 35- BE‘INGTOIW,
‘ (it the Gazette will“)
,_, Agent for the
clean TEMPERAl-JCE nu INSURANCE COMPANY
Hartford,'Conn.
(vi
to?
n:
.Iow priees,uud intend to sell a
'Gmccries Cheaper than on r
. and examine, and judge for themselves.
_ {swoopsfiw 13.,
HOMCEOP'ATH,
Graduathale Mod .Iust‘itutc,Classl 85 l s ’52
Office i n Isnucs’ Block,Norwalk,udjoiniug
Dnnbury Railroad depot.
fixfifigfiffiififnoun.
SUI-lGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST,
Office at Residence, East. A"venue,Nor-
walk, Conn.
. Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
A u c u l'l‘ E or .
Will furnish Plans. Specifications, detail
Druwjngxfillltl superinfl-nd the erection of
public and private buildings. .()fl‘ICt.' in Mar
blc Block. Chapel-sf... New IlavumCl. “'52
was. antenna SMITH,
ENGINEER and SURVEYIIR,
Office at Chicheslcr's Store,
~ Norwnlk, Conn.
L. w A. in at an,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
Office in Mallory’s Building, East side
the Bridge,
'NOPAVA LK, CONN.
3'. P. FOOTIS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
.wzum E OVERJllflLLOR r-‘s x TOR]?
Norwalk. Conn.
31. B. BOOTH,
Attorney 8L Counsellor at Law,
6| “’1‘ LI. .S'I‘REE'I‘,
. NEW YORK.
WM. G. STREET & 00.,
Importers,‘\l’bolesale and Ilclail Dealers in
HARDWARE}, IRON,
Steel, Cutlery, Cans, Agricul-
tural Implements, Oils,
Paints, W indow Class,
&C., (lid, dim.
Noiwalk, Conn.
A. H. Wucoxsos
WM. C. S'rultur,
Non-walk Post Office.
nuns CLOSE.
West. 7.30 A..\I.,—-2.30 r. in;
East 8.20 A. M.——5.00 P. M. ‘
Danbury and Norwalk Railroul, 8.50 A. M.
Weston ,Rcddiug.:uul itcddi :3 Ridge 12 M
. .u AIL-i non.
W est 9.10A. M.~—5.55 P . M .
East 820 A. i‘I.—"II.I£0 P. M .
Dulibury and Nor‘ialk Railro d
POST OFFICE nor;
From 7.00 A.M.to 3.00 I’.M
II \V
7.55am.
Office open from 7 A. If. ‘l.il 8 I’flll.
I}. QUINTARD 6: SONS,
Cabinet Maker ;
At their 0/15 established ”Tare Rooms
East ride the Bridgempposile
P/m'niu; Block} '
AVE now on hand the largest and best
. assortmentof Cabinet 1111' u i to 1‘ e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses, ill ill-eases . &c.,
over-offered for sale in thispla c, which We
havcjust purchased for 011151], .l. extremely
cordingly.
We also keep constantly on and Rmu’y
Jllaile Coffins- of all sizes and escripti us,
'from the mortcostly Rosewood o the pl‘lin-
est cveruscd. _ . ‘
From our long experiencei u a eUnderta-
ltiiigliiisiileSS.ive. are confident ~vecan give
perfect.satisfaction to all who may ueeddut
:icfliccs. l
Norwalk,Scpl.12lth.1858.
FOR CASH!
r HE subscriber would inform the publi
generally,-lln.the still continues to so]
the best of Groceries, Provisions,&c., at h'.
old stand,No.d Skiddy’s Block. as cheap 5
the cheapest. He offers great inducemen .
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assot
ment of groceries of the best. qualities as c;
be found at any storc~ in the county. ll
would invite the special attention of all
his slack of .
(Softens, "Pens and. Sugars,
Which are. of the very best. quality, and wil
be sold cheap. The public are invited to on
A. MOREHOUSE-I .
Paper. Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
'f' HE subscriber has now on hand alarge
_ and well selected assortmentolthe above
,ihmed goods, which he will now offer for
sale cheapertban ever before thought of in
this market.
taper Hanging,
House and Sign Painting,
Executed in all their branches. Bidwell’s
Patent Wagon Grease for sale at my store,
next door north of Wood’s Building, Main-
st., Norwalk. GEORGE MARVIN.
" ’ ROOFING.
“IF. subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties building with Warren’s superior
Fri! and (lrmrnf Roofing.
This article of Iloofingis in use upon the Nor-
waik' Lock Company‘s Buildlngmnd at. Louus-
bury. L'issell .&Co’.~:.. where it gives entire
salisf'action, and is believed to be the cheap-
est. as well as the best. roofingr in use. All
orders left with John W.Ilubbcll ,al. the office
of Wm. R. James. will receive prompt atten-
tion. “41 J.N.HILL.
STEAM
Marble Works,
No. 1001, Broadway,
new YORK.
f 'V HE undersigned has purchased the above
extensive and well known Establishment,
formerly owned by Mr.J. W. Bowden, and
having had 20 Years experience in the Man-
cms BUSINESS, he flutters himself'he can give
ample satisfaction to all who may favor him
with their Patronage.
Constantly on hand a large assortment of
Plain and Sculptnred Mantle Pieces,Monu-
ments and Head Stones,of Foreign and Do-
mestic Marble. I’lumbers’Slabs, and Cabi-
net Work‘. ucatlv executed. ’ All orders
promptlyattcnded to. -E. B. PRICE. 1y36
A. JACKSON a and.
V OULII respectfully announce to the pub-
lic and their old customers that. they
have recently made extensive additions to
their stool; of goods. We are now prepared
to offer an assortment not lobe surpassed in
Fail-field County, in quality or price. We
would call particularattention to our Stock
of' Watches. which is larger than ever before.
We have a fine lot of Lndics‘ Swiss Watches.
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20'to
$73. which we can recommend as being cor-
rect'lime keepers. Also.GeiitIeliien’s Watch-
es. in silver and gold Cltfil‘li,llb any price from
$5 to $l00. We buy of the best importers in
New York and altogether for Cash. so that
our facilities for selling Cheap could not be
greater. Our Stock of Jew.elry.Silver and
l’latcd wares was never better than at pres-
ent and comprisesall of the latest styles that
are manufactured. Those who intend to make
a line boll-lay present. we would particularly
invile to give us a call, as amongst our large
assortment of goods they could not fail to be
suited. A. JACKSON dc BRO.
_._._ INSURANCE.
HE Subscriber having taken the agency of
the .IVcw Eng/and Fire and Marina 111-
sin-mm 00., of" Hartford, isprcpared to in-
sure all kinds of property against loss or dam-
age by Iil‘e.on as accommodating terms as
any other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
Corner of 27th Street,
with a paid in capitnlof$200,000, and has a
surplus of $6,205.00. ,
~ JOSEPH W. II‘UBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity;
Norwalkacb. Isl. 18.59.
Wagon andQCarriaggfw
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan , at the old stand of the sub-
scribcr. Every description of Wagons
made to order, painted and repaired at the
shortest notice, and ten percent cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hic ory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf'Jl)~ E. L. ARNOLD.
Mr. J'. Hessian,
,ProfessorofMusic
, Will bcprepared to re‘
now his course of instruc'
lion—to all those‘ who may desire his servi~
ccs——iu Instrumental Music,onandafter Wed-
nesday,thc 19th inst. Instructions given on
the Piano Forte ,Organ or Melodeou.
Pianns tuned and repaired. All orders
left at his residencleain Street,Norwalk,
or at N. Turk's Clothing Store, will be
promptly attended in.
Norwalk Jan. 17th, 1359.
South Norwalk
.‘BOO'I.I 6!. SHOE STORE.
E would respectfully call the atteufion
of the citizens and public generally,
Iy32
Whitney’s
Photographic and F1119.
GALLERE",
Nouwxmt. C'r.,
[ ATE E. B. ’l‘l-IOMPSON’S, E. 'I‘. WHIT-
J NEY wuuld inform the citizens of Nor.
walk that he has established himself in busi
ness at the old standovcr the Post ()flice,and
will furnish them with Photographs. Ambro-
types. and all kinds of pictures taken by tln
Sun. from Miniatures tolif'e size, colored 0'
plain, in the highest style of the url.
ll. '1‘. WHITNEY.
I). B. lV'ooununv, Ornaarou. tl‘2
Art
GOA!- ! COAL I
H. 8!. J. C RANDL ;., have been 1'
I. coiving direct from the mines,and a *
now prepared to offer at. the lowest mark
rates. the following kinds ofcoal, from the r
Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz:
Spring Jlfuuuluin Le/iig/i,
Sugar Loaf do.
.lllunluful/I Vein (Ir/life fish)
[40(31le .«llwmluin do.
Swan Inn. do .
Council Ridge, (Pin/r .4511)
La urcul'c (Hell do.)
Trevorhm szijlmln'uritc.
Mr. I). ll. Benedict. long and favo bly
known in the Coal Trude, will be alwa s on
hand to scrrc the public:- A share of th pub-
lic patronage is solicil'cd. ,'
l.___
runmrrunnl
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the pnblic,at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairficld Conuty.and at.
lower prices, FOR CJISI". than the some
quality of'Goods can be obtained at any oth-
cr lislablishmcne. ,
The Stock consists in ,purt of
Marble Top, Extension. Dining, Card and
Qunrtclnc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tclr-n-Tefe Lounges, Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; Gill.
and Mahogany ll‘ramc Imolb
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
C 0 P‘FIJV' Iii/IR ['3 RC0 OJII S,
Collins, which will be finished in the best pos
sible manner, and at short notice.
7193‘ A Hearse will be furnished when de-
sired . A. RENOUD .
Westport, May list, 1358.
HE STEWART Cook Sldve, for sale by
Wh‘cre may' be found a full assortment of -
to our large and varied assortment oandies’
Guiters,ShoeS,aud Slippers, Gents’ Patent
Leather and Calf Boots, Gaiters and Shoes.
Misses, Boys. and Children’lI Gaiters and
Shoes of all kinds. We are prepared to man-
ufacture to measure any article in our line
at short notice. Repairing in all its brunch-
es. STEVENS Air. TRIS'I‘RAM,
thS Ely's Block, South Norwulk.
' House Painting,
GRAININGAND GLA ZING.
HE Subscriber would respectfully an-
nounce to his former customers (and as
many new ones as will give him a call.) that.
he is prepared to execute all Orders in his
line with ncatuess and dispatch, and solicits
their patronage.
Jobs taken and s ockfurnished if required.
opposite Quintard d: Smith’s Carriage Facto-
GEOIlGE IIODGES.
il Ist. 1859. IyIQ
ry.
South Norwaik, Apr
The world is puzzled much to know
How ItANDLI'.‘ can s'ell Hats so low,—
And some there are who think t’will food
In final bankmplry to end.
We thank all those who are so good,
To feel such kind of" solicitude,-—
But. beg that they’ll not be alarmed,
Since We’ve no fear of being harmed.
Some other time we will confess,
The Sl‘l‘lt‘l of our great success,
And tell Lhcm more about our labors.
And how we ‘~ cnmmsnu.” our xuicunous.
Atpresent we will merely say
To young and old, to grave and gay,—
Ifyou upon us please to cull, ‘
We’re surethat we can suit you all.
Flour! Plourll flour I I! -,
I? ll. NASII, as agent, is now prepared to
o ship flour directly from the West, in
quantities. from one load upwards. Parties
so ordering can has c the flour consigned di-
rectly to them, freight paid to New York, at
10 days notice. Samples of the flour con-
stantly on hand at the store of the subscriber,
Terms Cash. F. H. NASH,
South Norwulk,Conn.
DISBROW
S selling the balance of his stock of FURS
A'I‘ COS'I‘.
NICKERBOCKl-ilt Choking Range for
sale byC. & E. K. LOCKWOOD chO.
HE AMERICAN CHIEF Cook Stove,for
C. 8'. E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
sale by_C. if; E.K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
rauce Company has been recently established, ‘
He can he found at his old stund,‘Union St., '
guilty.
5‘ \Nxxwwx‘uww'xww'xxry'ufi ‘4‘ ~-vv4 .‘M'V’v‘ivym vvw
Ratios of the Lost:
A large bout ; within her were two human skeletons,
a small Bible inter-lined in many places with numer-
ous references written in the margin.
Capt. McCltntock’: Journal.
Our stunt hearts brave the ice winds blank.
Our keen eyes Icon the endless snow ;
All sign or trace of those wc'soek
the passed and perished long ago.
0, huh of’hopo l 0, joyous thrill l
Onwvrd with throbbing hearts we haste,
For looming through the ice-fog chill,
A lonely boat in on the waste.
Sad recompense of all our toll,
Wrong from the iron realm: of frost,
A mouthful but a precious wolf'—
A rpliqunry of the lost.
HoreJie the arms, the sail, the our,
, Dank with the storms of winters ton,
And by their inexhausted store
The bones that once were stalwart men. '
Their last dark record non: may learn :
Whether in feebleness and pain,
Heart-nick they watched for the return
of those who never came again.
Or if, amid the stillness drear,
They felt the drowsy death-bed creep,
Then stretched them on their snowy bier,
And slumberod to their last long sloop.
He only knows whose work of hope
Win with them in the closing strife,
And taught their spirits how to‘copo
With agony that wins to life.
He only knows whose word of might
Watched by them in their slow decoy—
Sure pledge that death’s long polar night
Should brighten into endless day.
And when the sun with face unveiled
Was circling through the summon-’9 sky,
With silent words of promise build
The symbol of eternity.
Welcome dear relic l witness rare I
Faithful as if an angel wrote : .
Though death has set his Signet tblre,
The Lord of life was in the boat.
Dicken’v Once a Week.
One——
‘-‘ Al: the Last.”
This calmly beautiful poetry appeared, original in
the Independent, written upon the passage : “ Nan go-
etli forth unto his work, and to his labor, unto the
evening.”
The stream is calmelt when it nears the tide,
And flowers are sweetest at the eventide,
And birds most musical at the‘close ofduy,
And saints divinest when they‘ppss away.
Morning is lovely, but a. holivr charm
Lies folded close in Evening’n robe of balm ;
And wehrv man must ever love her best,
For morning calls to talk-but night to rut.
She comes from Heaven, and on her win}: doth bear
’ A holy fragrance, like the breath of prayer ;
Footsteps of angels followed in her trace,
'I‘o shut the weary eyes of Day in peace.
All things-are hushed before her, as she thrown
O’er earth and sky her mantle of repose ;
There’s a calm, a. beauty and a power
Thatjlorning knows not In the evening hour.
“ Until the evening" we must weep and toil,
Plow life’s stern furrow, dig the weedy soil, ' I
,Trend with s d feet our rough and thorny way,
And hear the heat and burden of the day.
Oh i when our sun is setting we may glide,
lake Slimmer evening, down the golden tide ;
And leave behind us as we pass away,
Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping clay I
a.-.
Be Gentle to thy Husband.
Be gentle ;' there are hours when be
By anxious cure is tossed ;
And shadows (loop lie on his brow,
By business trials crossed.
Be gentle ; ’tis for you he tolls,
And thinks and strives to gain
Home comforts and home happineso :
Don't let him strive in vain.
Bo gentle ; though some hasty word
Should fall, it was not meant ;
A smile, a. kind word will recall,
And many more prevent.
Be gentle ; 0h. ’twill sooth much care,
And make each burden light ;
A gentle tone will smooth the brow,
And draw an answer bright.
Be gentle ; though i'. may seem hard
To check an angry word ;
Yet try, and it will rarely bring
A full and rich reward,
.<.>.*_____.
Only She and I.
.7 DAVID BARIIR.
Since our last though rapturous meeting
Years have fiitted by,
Yet I mind it how we met there,
Only she and I.
Quickly after that last meeting
Life’s embittered storm
Frightened out her trembling spirit
From its fragile form.
"fill no matter—all no matter—
In God’s future years
We shall meet nguin together,
Somewhere in the spheres.
When that meeting—how that meeting—
Where I cannot say ;
But I’m sure of such a meeting,
At no distant day.
Yes, within some cozy corners,
In the earth or sky,
We shall hold one blessed meeting.
Only Ibo and I. Evening Post.
o‘.-.
A- Wife.
The wife snt thoughtfully turning over
A book inscribed with the school-girls nanie;
A tour—one tear fell hot on the cover
She quickly closed when her husband came.
He came and he went away—it Uni nothing—-
With cold, calm words on either side ; I
But jult at the round of the room door abutting
A dreadful door in her soul stood wide. '
I.nvc,,uhe had read of it in nut romances—
I.ove that could sorrowubut never fail,
Built her own palace of noble fancies,
All the wide world a fairy tale.
Block and bitter, and utterly doloful.
Sp‘rcnd to thin woman livr map oflifo:
Hour after hour lube looks in her soul, full
or deep dismay and turbulent Itrlfe.
Face in both Landl, sh. knelt on the corpdt ;
The black cloud loo-on’d. tko storm~r|in fell ;
Oh ! life has In much to wilder and worn it—
Ono poor heurt’l day what poet could tell I
Once a Week.
0".»
Popping Corn.
We were popping corn,
Sweet Kitty and l ; .
It danced about.
And it danced up high.
The embers were hot.
In their fiery llght ;
And it wont up brown.
And It came down white.
White and beautiful,
Crimped and curled.
The prettiest fairy dance in tho world I
The embers were hot.
In their fiery Ilgbt ;
And it went up brown, '
And it came down white.
Ah. many a time we the embers hot.
And tne human spirit can brook it. not,
Yet radiant forth from the fiery light,
Cornell: transformed and climbed in white.
l
”annually;
Speech of Hon. Orrin 8. Perry
Ix‘ras US. House or REPRESENTATIVES,
FFBRUIRY 10m, 1860.
Mr. FERRY. Mr. Chairman, in adopt-
ing the principles which govern my pub-
lic conduct, I am nor. aware that I am
actuated by any desire to advance the
interests of one section of the country be-
yond those of any other. I have sought
always to advocate such measures, and
such only, as. in my deliberate judgement
wcrcculculated topromote the welfare
of the entire Confederacy. I have felt it
to be my duty to act in political affairs
but merely for the present, 'but for the
future also ; not only for .thc tWenty-five
millions of the present generation, but for
the forty millions of the next ; not only
.for the thirty-four States of today, but
for the fifty sovereiguties which some of
us may live to see confederatod under the
Constitution of the Republic ;_~ in a word
not to be a. politician simply, but, in so
far as I am able, to be e. statesman. It
is with such motives that'I have made
my choice between the great political or-
ganizations which divided the public sen-
timent of the country, and my only an-
tugonisma are those which necessarily
arise when I find my cherished principles
assailed ; schemes, which seem to me de-
structive, pressed into legislative enact-
ments ; or measures, which I deem benc;
,ficiul, strenuously resisted. I have no
controversy with the people of the South;
I am , heartily tired of the sectional watch
words which have so long resonndcdin
our ears, and I shall not permit myself
to be drawn into a dispute upon local
geographical distinctions. My contro-
versy is with those who guide the action
of the Democratic party ; it is there that
I find the sources of the evils which of-
flict us, the fountains of treasonable sen-
timent, and ‘tbe causes which have led
the Government of this Republic into a
well-nigh universal, betrayal of the com-
mon rights of humanity. And when I
' ‘apeak of the Democratic party, I mean
the organization which is 'now called by
that name. There was a Democratic
party once, sir, of a far different cliarac
ter, and which Spoke with a widely differ-
‘eututterauce. There was a Democratic
party once, from whose platform all men-
tion of the inalienable rights of man was
not earned, and to whose ears freedom
had not become a hateful sound. That
party is no more ; I speak not of it ; it is
the living issues and the living organiza-
tions of the present which 1 choose to
meet.
For the first eight weeks of the session
the Democratic party in this House oc-
cupied its time almost without interrup.
4pm in the discussion of the slavery ques,
tion. The President devotes a large por~
tiou of his message to the same topic..—
The Vice President has been home to
Kentucky, and, from the legislative halls
of that State, has addressed an essay to
the notion upon the same subject. A
Democratic Senator from Ohio intro-
duced into the Senate, as the first mea-
sure of the session, a resolution Opening
anew the whole of this veXed question.
The consequence, if not the object, of
these proceedings, is seen in a widespread
agitation throughout the country ; dis-
turbing its business interests, and endan-
gering the peace and good order of socie-
ty. The discussion which was forced
upon this House has had 'a. large share in
producing these unhappy results; nor
has the manner in which it has been con-
ducted by gentlemen upon the other side
of the Hall been calculated to diminish’
its pernicious effects. With a few honor-
able exceptions, they have suffered pus-
sion to usurp the place of reason; have
substituted vitupcratiou for argument,
and abusive epithets for facts. I shall
not follow their exanmle. .If I cannot
preserve the ordinary courtesies of decent
private life, even in mentioning in debate
political designation of an opponent, I
will hold my peace.
But, sir, the Republican members of
this body would be negligent of their
duty to the true and loyal men who sent.
them here, if they should not. reply, to
somc'exteut and at a. fitting time, to
these unprecedented and unfounded us-
sanlts upon them. It is in partial dis-
charge ot‘ this duty that I now address
the House. In so doing, I shall endeav-
or to state fairly what seem to me the
necessary results of the doctrines avowed
by the leading members of the Demo-
cratic party on this floor, to controvert
those doctrines as Well as I am able to do
and to set forth frankly my own views
upon the questions at issue. The time
has come when we should fully under-
stand each other ; and I am sure that all
honorable gentlemen will agree with me,
that we ought no longer to deceive our-
selves or delude the people with specious
cqnivocutions and juggling platforms.
The prevalent opinion among those
who framed the Constitution of this Gov-
ernment, was that in political economy, .
slavery was to be regarded as an evil ;
to some extent, indeed, a necessary evil,
in communities where it had existed for
many generations, and become interwoven
with the social habits and busmeca inter
cats; but still an evil, whose peneeable
and legal vmoval was an object of ear-
nest desire. In relation to its original
establishment in a new society, the opiu-
ion was more decided ; such establish-
ment was justly considered a great moral
wrong, a. am against God, and a crime
against Immunity, as Well as repugnant
to the principles of a sound political econ-
omy. And such continued to be the
general opinion of the-country for more
than a generation after the adoption of
the Constitution. I shall not weary the
House with quotations in confirmation of
these stementv; the proofs of their cor-
rectness will readily occur to all intelli-
gent men. The Democratic party of‘ to-
day denounces thesc sentiments as false
and fanatical. It holds, as an abstract
proposition, that property in man exists
of natural right ; no more to be conden-
ed in morals or deprecated in policy than
property in cattle or merchandise ; that
the system of American slayer-y, which is
based upon thisproperty in man, is also
and without reference to ccllatcral circum-
stances, right ; right, not merely where
it exists as an involuntary inheritance
from preceding generations, but rightful-
ly e‘St‘lblished in a community, as ,a com-
poncnt part Of its domestic institutions.
_Al)d not °.“1Y this, but that, as :1. system,
It Is expedient ; productive of vast bene-
fits where it already exists;, and calculu.
ted to produce the greatest good in soaie-
tles where, under favoring influences of
soil and climate, it may be newly estabs
fished. '
The Democratic party, moreover, in-
sists that this property in man is distinct-
ly recognized and protected by the Con-
Ititution of the United States ; that
wherever the term “ property” is used in
that instrument, it embraces slaved as
truly as any object of legitimate owuer.
ship ; and that every conclusion of legal
or logical sequence from the language of
the Constitution which may apply to
merchandise of any description-is equally
applicable to this- I am aware that
there is a. section of the Democratic pur-
ty which does not concur in all of the
foregoing views, and I shall have occa-
sion' to consider its position in the
course of my remarks, The influence of
this portion in public affairs is, however,
at present, comparatively small. The
executive department of theGoverumcnt,
the Democratic members of the Federal
judiciary, and an overwhelming majority
of the Democratic members of both
Houses of Congress, embrace the opinions
which I have now stated In the discus-
sions in the other wing of the Capitol,
and upon this floor, I have heard these
doctrines set forth scores of times as com-
ponent parts of the DemOcratic creed,
and they have been-received almost with-
out a word of discpprobation from any
one claiming to belong to the Demo-
crutic organization. Indeed, I think
that. it may properly be assumed that
but. for the stern resistance which is made
to these principles by the Republican
party, would be practically carried out, in
all their logical results, by all the depart-
ments of the Federal Government. It
is proper, therefore, that-I should briefly
indicate those results.
In the first place, then, if these princi‘
plcs be correct, there is no justification
or palliation for the laws of the United
States against the African slave trade.
It property in mail, as in merchandise,
exists of natural right, if its establish-
ment in new communities is just and ex
pedieut, If the Constitution applies to it
the some universal guarantee which it
applies to all objects of legitimate own-
ership, then human beings are as proper
an article of commerce as cotton; the
statute which declares the slave trade
piracy is a hideous iniquity, and its exe-
cution would bcjudiciul murder. Again
assuming the correctness of the principles
already enunciated, it is the imperative
duty of Congress to provide forthwith,by
further legislation, for the protection of
property in slaves lathe Territories of
the United States. Whatever else may
be said of this species of property, it .is
regarded by the greater portion of Chris-
tendom with peculiar repugnancc. The
their estate in their human chattels was
entirely insecure, when once removed be-
yond the protection of State soveleignty.
the owner of property the absolute enjoy-
ment of his rights therein, Ila-oughout the
Federal possessions, and then to refuse a
remedy for the violation of those rights,
is but a. solemn mockery. Nor is this all.
The same reasoning necessarily interposcs
the limitations oftbc Constitution against
the capacity of the people of a Territory
to abolish slavery when they come to
make their State constitution ; and every
State in this Union, which has emerged
from the territorial condition since 1789,
and, in so doing, has incorporated into
its constitution what I think I may prop-
erly call the anti-slavery clause, and has
hitherto relied upon that clause as a suf-
ficient security for its free systcui,.-is to-
day in its legal condition, according to
this exposition of the Constitution of the
Unitcd States, as much a slave State
as South Carolina or Georgia. For,
where, I may ask, did the people, while
in their territorial condition, as they must
have been while in the act of making
their constitution, acquire their power to
nbOIish slavery within their borders ?—
From any. inherent right so to do ? This
is vehemently denied. From any act of
Congress? It is expressly affirmed that
Congress can confer no such power.—
From the Consumption of the United
States? The answer is an unqualified
negative. Wlicncc, then, does this power
come I The gentleman from 'I‘eXas,[Mrf
Roxana] in his very able speech gave
the only answer of which, upon the Dem-
ocratic theory,the questidn is susceptible,
The power is a “TCI‘OIIUIOIIU’IW” one;
against all constitutions, all laws,' all
governmental authority, it comes by
“revolution. The whole Democratic
territorial policy' is thus reduced to a
system, not of order, but of disorder;
not of regulated law, but of chronic an"?
archy ; not of peace and stability, but of
“ revolution.” . . , '
Such are the fundamental principles of
the Democratic party, and such are their
logical results. I meet them in their
very beginnings, for it is there that we
shall find the starting point ofdivcrgencc
between the two great parties upon this
subject. I affirm that property in man
does not, and cannot exist- of natural
right. It. fills me with unspeakable inor-
tifieation to be compelled, in this enlight-
ened and Christian Republic to go back
to demonstrate the primary truths ofcom-
mon morality. But the necessity exists.
The Democratic organization. extending
into every town and village in the Con-
federacy, is fast. becoming debauched and
demoralized in regard to this matter.—
Its leaders teach that slavery is right ;
and the masses everywhere are being
gradually.led~—by a course downwards in
morals and backwards in civili atiou—to
adopt that teaching as true. If this
doctrine shall become the predominant
belief throughout the greater portion of
the countrymnd systems of bondage come
to be justified and and approved by the
masses of the maple, thén I believe that
real freedom will speedily thereafter dis-
appear from the Republic. I repeat.
therefore: that property in slaves (ices
not. and cannot exist as a natural right.
There is no voice of inspiration asserting
in than such dominion over his fellow man
bill of uttu
like that which gave to our race ”domin-
ion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the . air, and over every
of the earth ;” and We are, therefore, left,
to rest our judge‘lncntiupon the just in-
stincts of the human heart, and the hon-
est guidance of an enlightened conscience.
And to these I appeal. There is not
a literature of any people or age
which does not depict liberty as better
than life and slavery as worse than death.
There is not a man in this House who
would not sooner lie down in his grave
than become n. bondman there is
not one of us who would .not rather see
the face of his child upturned to him,
dead in its coffin ; than to see that child
sold as a slave. No promises of'sufficient
food and decent apparel dud comfortable
shelter, of cure in sickness and support in
old age, could change this preference;
and if long ages of servitude have pro-
duced, in isolated instances, a different
choice, the common sense of mankind
justly finds, .in such phenomena, n m'rc
conclusive proof of the brutalizing infl"-
once of bondage. The laws which are
made for the securityof this species or
property, afford further evidence that it'
IS based upon wrong. It is impossible
that any relation, right in itself, should
require any such utterly repulsive enact-
ments, for its maintenance in gcivilized
society. I have, to some extent, looked
into the statutes undjudiéial'de‘cisions of
those communities where the institution
prevails, and I find that they compose a
merciless, remorseless, terrible machinery
for changing a man into a brute. There
is but one step wanting to make the work
complete; they have not yet legalized.
murder. I find judges of the highest tri-
bunals declaring thutthis fearful system
is absolutely necessary for the preserva-
tion of property in man ; and when they
have proved that proposition, they have
.i'ienionslrated that such property cannot
originally exist of natural right.
But it is said that, however this may
be, we must. take things us they are ;
that property in man is recognized in the
Constitution of the United States as le-
gally right, and entitled to the. same legal
protection as other properly, wherever
that Constitution is the organic law of
the community ; that the Constitution: is
the organic law of the community
throughout all the Federal possessions ;
that this practical recognition of the le-
gal rcctitudc Ol'slavcry is even more po-
tent. than would be the universal acknowl-
edgment of the right of properly in man;
for, as things actually are in our system
of government, wherever the Constitution
prevails, except where checked and limi-
ted by state sovereignty, there is thus su-
peradded to natural right the guarantee
of positive low. I mith reply to this
assumption, that the best expounders of
constitutional .law in this country have
held, with great unanimity, that the Con-
stitution ofthe..Uniicd States does not
become a part of the territorial law
emigration which flows Into the Territo- until made so by act of Congress, or by
Ines svery largely composed of men who the change from the Territorial to the.
share in this feeling & the consequence has State condition.
been that sIchhoIdcrs haVe felt that
But it is unnecessary
to follow that line of argument, and it
would lead me too far from my pnrpos
My answer to the assumption wlncn I
have mentioned is, that the Constitution
To say that. tthonstitution guaranties to of the United States nowhere rccorguizcs
any natural right of property in mun,aud
nowhere creates such legal right.—
'I‘he Constitution purposely, carefully,
guardedly, ignores the very existence
of such prOperty. The slave is rep-
resented on this floor as a. person,
not as a chat-tel ; the clause for the
rendition of fugitives does not purport
to restorcmcrcnandizo to its owner, but
a debtor to Illa creditor ; representation
and direct taxation are to be apportioned
among the several States, accord'mg to
an enumeration of persons, not according
to an enrollmeut‘of property. All that
the Constitution of. the United States
does in reference to this species of prop-
erty in the States where it exists, is to let
it alone ; the protection which it enjoys
from Federal interference is the protec-
tion of State sovereignty, and not of the
Constitution; and its assurance of the
efficiency of that protection is found in'
the provision that “the powers not dele-
gated to the Constitution, nor prohibited
by it to the States, are reserved to the
States rc pcctivcly, or to the people.”—
The Constitution nowhere undertakes to
designate what shall be regarded as prop-
erty ; it does not define‘proporty at all.
That which the local sovereignty treats
as property within its‘jurisdictiou, is just
so fur'treuted as property by the Consti—
stutiou ;, if'.clu.ipiedto ‘ be property out-
side of thatjurisdlictionrit must possess
the natural, gcucreric characteristics of
property; ; which I have shown slavery
does not. It is, firmly judgment, a libel
noon the Constitutional say that shiver-y
exists auywhcrcby virtue ofits provnsion .
If ever” thoré was any‘ instrument 0.
government in llie’world, that breathed
the very spirit of Freedom, it Is the Con-
stitution of the United States. It was
made “to establish justice and to secure
the blessings 'oflibcrty '," it declares that
" the privilege of the writ of Italians cur-
pns shall nut be smpendcd,” except, inca-
s'es‘bf rebellion or invasion; that ” no
inderor 91: post facto law shall
be passed ;” that “no title of nobility
shall be granted by the United States ;"
it subjects the chicf'Executive Magistrate
t0 impeachment ; it provides that “ the
trial of all crimes, except in cases of im-
peachment, shall be by jury” of the vi- -
cinugc ; it guaranties “ to every state in
the Union a republican form of govern-
ment ;” it forbids the enactment of any
law by the Federal Legislature “respect-
ing an establishment of religion, or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof, or
ubridgiug the freedom of speech or of the
press, or the right of the people peafetl-
bly to assemble and to petition the (roy-
crnment for a. redress of'grievanccs ; 1t
declares tliat.“thc right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be IuII‘lI;g~'
eff ; that the right of the people to be se-
cure iu their per-suns, houses, papers and
effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures shall not be violated ;” that “no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty,
or property, without due process oflaw;
and then to cover all posmblc contingen-
cies of danger to tho liberties of' individu-
als, itdcclures that .‘.‘thc enunciution, In
the Constitution, 'of certain rights, shall
not be construed .to-deuy ,or disparage
others retained by the people ;” and there
living thing that movctb upon the face
is no word in that instrumentwhichmnu
.iudirectly applics,.that the meaning-and
application of these general termsml‘e: lo
be restricted by any considerat,ious,,_i.l' .-
racc or lineage. . No sir,. notwone “an ,
plish their purpose. Every-page, :0“:th .,
COnstitulion of the United States tsp-gag- ,-
ruse for bondage, must turn his back up;
on that light and grape his way among ,
the shadows of dimorted and doubtfu. -.
coastructiou. ’ - '- , ; ,. '1 ».
Why, sir. what were the statesmen of tha»
last century about,wheu tiny anngd-tbeir six
natures'fo the instrument thatséveré‘d thé’po ‘
ll‘tical lei-i which had bound the: ,Crolonipltu
ureut rilain ? What were they doingfih‘en ,_
we dispute so much ‘2 ",Our' ihatit'titifmi,”
answers Reverdy Jonnson,'in his pamphlet?"
~‘ are redolent of freedom.’ For'fréfedomi‘éfir 1
trial.
struggle.”
posSeSsors of the soil, alone?
not at all. The freedom whose teachings in- .
freedom of man, ofall races; in all ranks and; .
of every lineage. ,It_ is ,the distinguishing
characteristic of" the Revolutionary-worstliut
equaht y and political rights and thelindefenle;
ible title of all men to social nndciviI-Iibelty
were the foundationsof the _ great: argument.- ,
by which it was justified... Other inationmlin.
' other times bud contended {0&4wa right“. ,. -
kings and princes. The war, whieb'ldl'illhl’ls
ginning and in their ending. little.;fih¢nfln,j.~.
.lpivdens; the cause ofboth lay-.hiddenzinejhll
the avarice of capitalists»: :lhcexigenciel of
comerce. , . - -
From whatever cause of unjustifiable taxation
_lhe collision may have occured in the solemn. I
document which they putfdrth’initbéil'lljuati-
licutioll for taking up arms, they based; every: ~-
Immunity. to politiéal equill‘it'yuiid’eivil lib;
had no reference to any-other than-theilwhltev- .
sinus in the writings of the Revolutionary .
to the priociplcs'of the declaration ;;.-evcry
less, unless those principles were intended to.
be as universal in their applicatibnhé‘tbe rat.” "
of man. The doctrine of-the declardtion bni ‘
been called a “ glittering generality.;’? but-l
two of those to whose hands was-committed” ..
' the drafting of that instrument were Bchjhm.
in Franklin and Roger Sherman; and mini: "
ur the shrewd tense of the Boston printer oi
lliestcrling; judgement, of the Conn_ecticut.?. .
shoemaker was likely to be betrayed in tothe
adeptiou of rhetorical formulas.‘ In off In? ‘
lions and in all ages, the masses of mankind '
have been. as they ever must be, co-pbcod’ ;
of those who live bythe labor of’tkeir.hands.~
The theory of kingly andaristocrutic rulchntlr
of American Democracy now is that for'thtise
masses. servitude is the normal titling and‘s‘ife
Colidllltln ; the theory of. thosestatesmen. of . -
1776 and of the Republicans of 1860 is thlt
for these in A I U
best.
I appreciate the difficulties which surround»
the practical application of the latter theory.
in a society where sfanery has'existed for our "
tnries, and become iiiterwbvcn,\vith the social ,:
relations and the interest of capital‘rand 'I
rejmcethut no political dutydemande of me»
a. solution of those difficulties ; but that ,lIlGh ,.
practical application ought. to be made,whbn,- :
ever and wherever a new community is being .-
established. I cannot doubt {and both hiato- 1.,
ry and the language or the Constitution-[II ,,
already cited,,prove cunclueively, that such. .
also was the opinion of the founders of this -
government. In the affairs of States had new I .
tious, as in those ofindividuals. no violation '
of thepriuciples of moral rectitndc can ever
be practically expedient. Ev,il,ho,we.ver fair! ,
it may seein,and to whatever extent it may be, -
disguised by specious names, will :in the end.
work out only evil. And sucb‘,if I may be-, ~
lieve the Current testimony of many.» of; no ,
purct patriots, the most upright statesmen...
and the mostjudiciouscitizeus of that portion.
ofOtbe Confederacy in which the, institution;
"Xists, has been its practical result. titer-p.7—
As I before remarked. I will not, weary the
Ilonse with stale quotations, but if. I can.
place any reliance upon the evidence ofiuch"" ”
men as Jefferson, Madison,~ and George'Mt'é'E"
Sim. or, at a. Inter. period. of; McDoylello':
l' aulkucr. and T.»J’. Marshall. all combing”... ,
all loyal and upright southern 'gentlcmon,
slavery is the. fruitful parent of. igiiornndew
poverty and vice: desn-uctilreof'thosefesdclli .
lidl elements of all true popular-libertyifreeo'
dam of speech, of the piess, and of' political. .
action, and cs,.cciully injurious .to . the coin»
fort and happiness of theluboiingi claaucvof
freedom. . = I
It is no reply to these- statement!» to any -
that the opinions of thcg‘lnat century were.
formed while the slave trade was in full ope-1.1%
ration ; that infamous traffic had long tomb-a
at the time of the. memorable debatednfibfla a.
Virginia House of Delegates in 1832. but 15.0:
language of the statesmenof' thht ’Coniujorfé',
wealth was as decided, at- the later 'period.‘u'l'i
that of their fathers had been. The chicuml: . -
truthful men, whom Iliave named. sphkc of
facts, as they existed ‘nnder their own‘obcer-
vation in-1787 and 1:32. If' they told me the
truth. those facts remain as the basis. of lo.
gillIII‘JI/C argument. however much a new gon-
eratiou may have departed from the specula-
tive faith of their fathers. ‘ ‘ '
To these considerations of expediency
should be added another-,which operates very
powerfully upon my political conduct.—
Whilel have no particular arprelie'nsion for
the safety ot‘llic lliiiou, I a‘m yet fully sensi-
ble of'thc manifold advantages which we do-
rive from its existence. Every measure:
which has ev en a remote tendency to weaken
Ill-l ties which bind the Confederacy together,
rim-old be steinly opposed ; and I know of no
measure. whose tendencies in that direction
are more obvious to a reflecting mindf fill“
the schemes now so prevalent for the exten-
sion of slavery. Upon this topic- pcrmit m9
lo'qnote the opinions of G0“, BIBDOW‘é“: 0f
Virginia, is statesman whose high intellectual
attainments were only equalled by the gen.-
rous qualities of his heart. He sayl_: .
H The existence ofslavery creates a, political,~ inter-
é<t in this Union, which is ot'all others, the molt pos-
ilive ; an interest. which, in relation to'those who do
not plisst'sn it, is adversu‘y and exclusive : on. which
marks tln- manners of our country by a correspondent
distincliun and is sowing brn‘udcnst amongst us, both.
in our DUIL‘IUI and private intercourse, the seeds ohm-
kindness and suspicion... On this interest geographic».
al pantie! have been formed ; on its anointenonco. or i,
restriction the bittercst slrugglds have been \vagOd '
and. in it confining an ingredimt qumliti'cal wider "
,our Federal Councils, it. Will always be the subjeflbf
a: s: o '
struggle.” a q ,.
‘~ blavelroldjnz and nonslavcholding must. nought,
rily constitute the characteristic feature of ouffimlnt-
ry—must necessarily form the broad and ildi It'blo‘ln-
tcrust upon which the parties will combine. ‘and which
will and does comprehend the jclouxieswhicb now inr-
round it. the sinollieied and puworful, but Itrustrn'nt
the irresistible values of future dismemberm‘eut. To
all of its other m-ils then. slcvrry superndilr the- rallyin-
than mm official; ll muse qt’mitinnal dimension, g“ being
ujixrd and I'eplll.~frn' Ilelllclll bent-em the illj'ermt when
of our I.’r,ml.liv——i/.-rlf uupelling with strong tendency
and aggravating all snialler fendelm‘cs' (apolitical 'dt’ttn'l ,
aliunulion mid Motility ” _ . , .4
The Virginia statesman from whose lip!
these words ot‘nlmost prophetic wisdom fell
in 1832. had the discernment to perceive and
the inanliuess to declare that if disnniou wan
to be apprehended at all, the causes of up»
preliension were to he found. not in opposi-
tiou to slavery butuin slavery itself. To give
these causesgl'eatcr fore: and permanence by
expandingand strengthening .thll. disorgan-
izing system, is to act the part of the madman
who applies the torch tohis own habitation,
a .- [Concludedon Fowl/t. .Pa‘qJ
l
spired and supported our, ancestors, visiting" ‘ ,
it was fought upon this principle. ”Unit'cmlr '-
crty. It has been said that the lungnng’e"h§éd" ‘ ‘
witnesses of the effects which they portra'ymnd'" " ,
I. -.1
a, .
a
l
. l
those who go about to find snebul‘cStrit-fi . ,
tiou, are Compellcd to resort to. will"? .1
two and ontsnlc interpretation.to;occoni~-..-
they framed this constitution, ubodt ~which“3 '
It was her teachings that IIIQPIM ...
and supported them during tbcir» fulfil! " I '
Freedom I ask then for anchor-'1”
for what I For‘the owners of capital,”'oy"¢i,'.‘ :..’~.-
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,recounts had been the sfruggles‘ofi Growl-c . =
meals for conquest or defence.. ;In tbciii ice: 1 .
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thing upon the, right of man, by Vinyl}: 0&1,“ . ‘
race: I canbriug you sir.bundrcds,ofexp,ros,-. , ,-
fathers and of the flamers or the constitution, '
wherein slavery is spoken of" as. 'antakonistic‘ ' "
one of which expressions is utterly meaning-3 . ,
ll-SSL‘S liberty is rigbtmnfest and V
out with the light of universal liberty-4;... 3‘4 .. ,
He who would find there pretext; ..01'*.QX'-';» ,
ancestors contended during seven y'e‘arai’fif” ' ‘
had been taken: for the masses whobomdhcimsuzs. .
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Caprice of monarchs. the pride ol‘nrintocncieo. 1-.'.' . ..
Willi our fathers thecnscwas very (linearity-fl 3:. '
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