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N ORWALK, CONN ., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25,1860.
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(LATELY 'rrrE ALLrs nousE,)
EDWIN PECK, PROPan'ron,
A LEASE of this well-known and pOpu-
, lar- House having been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be continued, as heretofore, as
a first‘class provincial Hotel. No pains-ta—
king or expense will be spared to render
this in all respects a. quiet and genteel, as it
is'a‘ beautiful rural, retreat Permanent and
transient guests accommodated upon reason-
able terms. ~'
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the Hotel. ‘_ .
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SURGICAL . iy MECHANICAL
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0 Office over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES o. unnuouu,
‘ SURGICAL. "AND MECHANICAL
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
‘ Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY Mi STONE,
‘ Apcm'rncr, >
Will furnish P us, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and s perintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Ofiicc in Mar-
liie-Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52
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Norwalk, Conn.
u E0. FIBEIIDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
.ufacturer ,f Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; an dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Fumac ' 'Cutle‘ , Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow are, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
iJLL, Auctioneer, will give
r attention to sales by- Auc-
tion, of , al E to, Personal Property and
Household Fu 'tu're: terms low.
war. 0. TREET & co,
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ash‘ionab o Draper, ,3! Tailor,-
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' GENT ; EN’S FURNISHING
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‘ " N .- 3 Skiddy’i Block, Main-st, Norwalk, 0%
mmpnuuan,
Dealer-in Foreign and Domestic
'riage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
atinetts, fVestipgs, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
'01' 'Pickage. 'Sheetings,
Shiftings, Jeans, Ate.
At the [lowest possible prices.
. - NORWALK, Coma,
.. . 2. camera» a. co.,
Wholeéale and Retail Dealers in
ocerics“, Flour, Feed, (to,
1:4 and 16‘ villain-st,- Norwalk, Conn.
pr. '3. N A s 3.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
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_ and Manufacturer of
T j,$heet Iron,& Copper Wars,
H s constantly on hand a large assort-
rent' of [general 'House Keeping
Furniture, at South Norwalk,
: Conn.
or"... measure}: conrrrnvv,
01' Hartford,»
.' rcorporatod in 1819, Charter Perpetual.-
' c hCapltlI ‘ ’ $1,000,000
1. are against loss auddamhg‘e by Fire,
a i'l‘errls adapted to the'hazardnind
_ ‘, éBiISlilbllt with .the laws of-
‘ ‘33! “, compensation.
‘ .e an COWLES, Sole Agent
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. MAIHINES REPAIRED.
H in ibur’ 3 prepared to,attcnd\all
T " f the: : ' fitting‘linc, and will also
lrc‘ia‘" ' to pair swing or other -
clrirrcsf,‘53:,'., 4 ‘ I ‘ noble and work thor-
uall fad ,one.’ .
on' y." ‘, , onorur CLOVER.
’ecln"“' ng' 7, s, ans,
M "i m "and-Steel, Window '
lots and, ils.
‘ Ti& '00.. have in store
,. tly; receiving illirecg
’ a: large sappy 0
Foreign , $530.1; under the above
denominationswhi h makes-theiriassorunent
,of articles suit“?‘ to this market, equal to_ any
“in the, State, a j ' rich ’willrsh'e: sold. either
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' can be purcha il‘ir New Yo???
Lancaster‘s
wholesale or man u as favorable tenures
uptown.
THE office of C. F. Moeller‘s Dyeing Es‘
tablishment has been .
‘.R E H.017 E.D
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Buntiug’s
Bakery, Maiu~st., where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Clras.R.‘Bcnnett; Winui-'
pauk, Jos. 0. Handle.
Gutta Percha & Indi ubber
HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
T builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience ot‘years has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing m use.
We call attention to the following facts :
1st—It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d——It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs.
4th—The cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable. '
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
withbut removing the shingles, winch is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wrsh
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru—
ined, while repairsare being made. .'
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years. -
Specimens of the Roofing can; be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders b letter will receive prompt at-
tention. . F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE. ,
THE . subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and Marimln-
.surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
, JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for N orwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1850. tf5
I. QUINTARD a. SONS,
Oab1net Makers 3
At Morrow-Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Budge, ,
OPPOSITE PH (E'MX BLOCK.
HAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Cha1rs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever offered
for sale in this place, which we have just pur-
chased for dark, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Oofins of- all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
, used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
-'kinrr Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need 0
services. .
Groceries Cheaper than ever
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HE subscriber would inform the public
. generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the count . He
would invite the special attention of al to his
stock of ' .
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, _
which are of the very best quality, and Will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
Coal. Coal.
HE subscribers having taken the old es
tablishedICOAL YARD of Mallory &
Curtis, are .now prepared to furnish their
friends and the public in general, with Coal
of the .
BEST QUALITY, ,
and of various kinds, on as favorable term
as can be had elsewhere. Coal delivered if
desired. Terms Cash.
LEONARD & STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK
.. Indies and Gents’ ,
fiqot cl! Shoe Store.
'Vk HE subscriber, having taken the business.
and stand of Stevens & Tristram, rs pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first cuss Boot and Shoe Establishment, for la-
dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear.
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Always on hand, or made to order at
short notice,
Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, (to. ;
Ladz'os’ Gaiters, do, (to. ; C'hz'hiren‘s- ‘
Gaiters, and Shoes, «to, «to, fit.
Rubber goods ; a larg: stock litlept cranstantdly
on band. B Wing one nea y an cope z-
ently. . 6P“ HARVEY STEVENS. .
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
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PURNII‘URE!
THE subscriber is now prepared to oficr to
the public, at his old stand, as good an,
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be .found in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
qualit of goods cambe obtained at any other
Estab ishment. '
The stock consists in part of .
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tete-a-tete Lounges; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
andMahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
COFFIN WAREROOMS ,.
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished _m the best possible
manner, and at short notice. _ .
W A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A RENOUD.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN 2"
’ Returned 1: Norwalk.
THE subscriber tak pleasure in notifying
the public in general, and his old custom-
ers in particular, that he has rte-purchased his-
former business, and is as ready as ever to
serve them in every department of SADDLE
AND HARNESS MAKING.
Thankful for the liberal patronage hereto-
fore extendcd him ,while a resident of N or-
walk—he hopes by renewed efforts to please
—to merit a continuance of the same.
Remember our motto, BMW than the heat,
and ”WW" than the cheapest: at the old stand
«east end of Connecticut Hotel.
83 STEPHEN SWANN.
, Fancy Goods, dtc.
A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of-Rodger’s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. 'Wc have
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Poma‘de,
something new, and needs onl to be $93 to:
,be appreciated. - A. J ACKS'ON d5 ‘ - .
, At the 01d Stand in Main Street.
' éfietwls.
THE. Largest Stock of Woolen Long
Shawls ever offered. C. J. GRUMAN.
Pure Domestic Wines.
THE subscriber has always on hand, of
his own manufacture, Grape and Our-
rant Wines, from 3 to 5 years old, price $1.50
per gallon. Also, Cider Vinegar—14 cts. per
gallon, all are warranted pure, and equal to
any in market.
Address, C. S. MIDDLEBROOK,
Box 422 Brid eport.
W Refer to L. P. Allis or the ditor of
Gazette. 23
A. JACKSON Ci. BRO.
“7 OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to bc surpassed
in Fairfield Count , in quality or price. We
would-call particn ar attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar cr than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adics' Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentleman’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best rm orters in
New York, and altogether for car; ,, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
eater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lated Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON dc BRO.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop inthe county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf29 ‘ E. L. ARNOLD.
Mr. J'. Eession,
Professoroflllusic
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gage?” _ Is now prepared to re-
new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Melodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of ‘A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. , 1y32
House a: Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, dc" &c.,
SOUTH NORVVALK.
HE subscrjber will execute all orders in
Plain‘ or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices. '
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
,&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Sn'rith’s Carriage Factory, to
- ' GE RGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
J.N.LOCKWO0D& 00,
\Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies‘, Gents’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material and in the most
workmanlikc-manncr. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both »
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Sirocs,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line,(md
at the shortest notice.
Misses’and Children’s Sirocs, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents' wear. .
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply. -
» Rouse rainting,
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING, are,
C. O. BROTHERTON
S prepared'to‘execute all orders in the
above line of business with neatness and
dispatch. All orders for /
PAPER HANGING,
‘will be executed in the best manner, by an
acpm‘emd workman.
' Orders left at the Store of E. Va. thbhester,
or at the subscriber’s residence, on Mer-
win Street, will meet with prompt attention.
0. C. Bno'rnnnrox,
General Blacksmithing.
CARRIAGE MAKING a REPAIRNG;
And Horse Shoemg Exchange.
THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the ‘ Shoeing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a man thor-
oughly competent and experienced, whom
we wrll warrant not to be surpassed in this
line of his vocation. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
E. M. MERRIT'I‘ &. 00.
E. M. Mannrr'r. G. W. Mnruurr.
Water-st, Norwalk, Conn.
~ Whitney’s .
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
NORWALK, CONN.
ATE E..B. TuonrseN‘s. E T. Whitne
would inform the citizens of Norwa
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypcs, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain ° in the highest st 1e
ofthe art. ’13. T. WH TNE .
D. B. Woonnmrv, Operator ~ “29
Great Bargains
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Good. Goods 1
Y a fresh arrival from New York, we
have received the best assortment of
cneral Dry Goods, ever seen in Westport—
Dress Goods of eve description. Merinoes,
plain and printed ashmeres, All Wool De
Laiucs, Valencias, Mohalrs, 850., die. We
would call Special attention to our Worsted
Plaids, one and a quarter a yd. mite, it only
Three and sixpeace, and other goods in pro-
portion. '
Bleached and Unbleached Slreetiugs, and
Canton Flannels, Red, Blue, and Grey Wool
Flannels, Sacque Flannels, plain and figured.
Cotton and Linen Table Cloths b the piece
or yd. Also, Napkips, Towels, ool Stand
an Table covers.
Fall and Winter Shawls and Cloaksrve'?
cheap. We cannot enumerate all, but wil
be glad to show everything to all Who may
favor us With a call. ‘
Ready 6 Clothing and Clothing made
to order, the newest styles of goods,aud
warranted to be cheaper and fit better than .
can be found in the county. Clothing eat
free of charge. Tailoring conducted by Mr.
Spang, whose ten years’ ex riencc has pro-
ved him to bcA No. 1. S ANG.& GRAY.
The Sunny South;
R, Tar: Sonrrrnnnn AT Home: Embra-
cing five years’ experience of anorthern
Governess in the Land of the Sugar and the
Cottouwhy J. H. Ingraham. For sale at
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Stoves, Stoves.
GOOD assortment of Parlor and Cook
Stove constantly on hand and will be
sold at the lowest possible prices. Also
Russia and Common Iron Pi Sheet Zinc,
cc. - can. .bsannn.
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CHRISTMAS EVE.
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BY 0. C. COX.
"l‘is the eve before Christmas—come,gather to-night ;
The Yule-log dispenses its welcoming light;
The tall, snowy candles are all in a blaze,
And the old hall is ringing with good Christmas lays!
Come one and come all, then, unite in the cheer;
Leave far, far behind the dark burden of care :
Come, bind the green boughs round the wide, glow-
ing hearth, ' . ,
And join in the revel, the music, and mirth.
The old will be here with their temples of gray,
And the young who have lived in the world but a
day ; -
What with chatting and feasting and merry old song,
The night will pass gayly and sweetly along.
What reek we of Winter ? The tempests may roar,
And the snow-drifts fill up every window and door;
The storm may rave on, but we heed not its din,
Though Winter without, it is summer within.
Fair fingers are decking with Holly and Bay
The old village fane for the Festival day ;
With Myrtle and Mistletoe, wreathing in green 3
The pulpit and chancel, the altar and screen.
Come all, then, tonight—’tis a season for mirth:
Tomorrow we hail the Redeemer’s glad birth ; ,
When the Magi of old found the long-sougbt-for boy,
“They rejoiced,” it is said, “with exceeding great
joy !71
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Marriage Hymn.
BY HRS. L. H. SIGOUBNET.
Not for the summer hour alone,
When skies resplendent shine,
And youth and pleasure till the throne,
Our hearts and-hands we join ;
But for those stern and wintry days,
Of sorrow, pain and fear,
When Heaven’s wise discipline doth make
Our earthly journey drear.
Not for this span of life alone,
Which like a blast doth fiy,
And as the transient flower of grass
Just blossom—droop, and die ;
But for a being without end,
This vow of love we take-
Grant us, 011 God l-one home at last,
For our Redeemer’s sake. '
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Beautiful Thought.
The following beautiful lines, published some
years ago in the Missionary Herald, were written by
the late Bishop Donne :
Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy,
With his marble block before him,
And his face lit up, with a smile of Joy,
As an angel dream passed o’er him.
He carved the dream on the shapeless stone,
With many a sharp incision ; ,
With heaven's own light the sculpture shone—
‘ He h‘sd caught that angel's vision.
Sculptors of life are we, as we stand
With our souls nncarvcd, before us ;
Waiting the hour, when at God’s command,
Our life dream passes o’er us.
If we carve it then, on the yielding stone,
With many a sharp incision,
Its heavenly beauty shall be our own
Our lives that angel’s vision.
“ginning.
mod.“ yd ‘\ “- -.\s.-.~.
‘ Drive On. “ N ‘I ‘
The best advice to the young man just set-
ting out in the world is to ‘.‘drive on.” In
other words, live energetically. Whatever
you undertake, do it with a will. And do it
Well. Do it, as far as possible, in the com-
pletest manner. In this way alone can an
efficient, useful and successful career be ac-
complished.
“Drive on." But not recklessly. We sup-
pose that whoever givcs this short article a
perusal will understand that it is addressed
to young men who' think before they act;
men sense, such as every young man should
strive to obtain, and without which he will
be poor indeed. Davy Crockett—and Davy,
or David, which is all the same, as of old,
was a shrewd fellow—once said, “Be sure
you are right, then go ahead.” I
Whether or not Crockett gave utterance to
this saying, it contains a great truth and the
wisest of counsel. It means simply‘this—
study and know what is best, what right,
what honorable, what profitable in life, and
then drive on, turning neither to the right
nor left. Why so many young men fail in
life; why they look upon the retrospect
with so little to rejoice over and so much to
regret, is to be found in the fact that they
have not started right, and driven on as
they ought. Their energies have been spent
in the wrong direction, and have proved
fruitless of good. They have failed either to
comprehend the first true purposes and ends
of life, or have allowed themselves to cow-
ardly evade them. .
_It has often been said by the distinguished
Paxton ofEugland—whose life is full of in-
structive interest—that men can accomplish
what they will; that is, if they address
themselves to a given task, and faithfully
meet its demands, they can achieve their de-.
sires. Mr. Paxton himself rose from the
common walks of life on his own admirable
theory, toa seat in the House of Parliament,
where he became one of its most useful and
honored members. His motto was, in effect,
“drive on. He did drive on, first choosing a
path that was suns to result in success of the
within the possibility of attainment—bent
reached great eminence. And yet he pos-
sesses no element, no talent, no energy that
is at all exclusive. Ninety-nine young men
in every community have an equal opportu-
nity for ’distinctinction, and could, if they
would meet the requisitions, attain ' equal
fame, position, influence.
“Drive ou” should be‘the motto of young
men. Let them know themselves, know
what they purpose in life, and they will have
none but themselves to blame if they do not
succeed.
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WColds, influenza end sore throats, with
more or less ofcanker, are abundant in this
City, says the Hartford Courant, at the pres-
ent time. : In some cases, whole families, pa-
rents, children and servants have every one
of them come under the doctor’s charge.—
Of genuine diptheria, there are a fewcases;
but not over halfa dozen at , the outside.—
'We hear of several cases in Litchfield coun-
ty. An exchange says:
“Diptheria is doing a terrible work in Uti-
ca and elsewhere in Oneida county. A se-
vere case of diptheria has been cured in the
St. Louis hospital by openin the windpipe
below the x; when t. 8 opening was
made. there was an immense gush of mucous
mixed with shreds of false membrane ,which
was blocking u the throat, ‘and while the
patient breath throu h a silver tube the
mucous and lymph con nod to escape un-
til now his recovery is placed beyond doubt.
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who are, in short, possessed ofa little com- "
most sulntantial nature. He' aimed high—’
CONGRESS. -
MONDAY, Dec. 17, 1860.
Mr. Clark’s (Rep. N. H.) resolution of in-
quiry, requesting the President to inform
the Senate what number of men were sta-
tioned at‘Fort Moultrieand Sumter; wheth-
er, in his opinion, the number was sufficient
to defend these forts against any attack or
domestic violence; whether additional men
had been Ordered to either of said forts, or
any steps taken to put them in position to
resist an attack; in whose custody the arse-
nal at Charleston is placed; what arms or
property are there kept, or, ifremoved, by
whom; why said arms are not put in possession
of oflcers of the United States upon a requi-
sition, or if this has ever been refused; and
further, what instructions have been given
to the officers of said forts in case of a de-
mand to surrender them by any person or
authority made upon them; also the copies
of any correspondence between the Comman-
der-in-Chief of the American Army relative
to the necessity of supplying the officers of
said forts with protection, was taken up.
Mr. Brown (Dem. Miss.) objected to its
consideration, and it was laid over.
At 1 o’clock Mr. Powell’s (Dem. Ky.) reso-
lution was taken up.
MR. WADE’S SPEECH.
Mr. Wade (Rep. Ohio) said: Atatime like
this, when there seems to be unusual excite-
ment, I have very little faith in the efficacy
of any argument. But I must say, when, in
this very chamber, when we have all raised
our hands to Heaven and took an oath that
we would sustain the Constitution of the
United States, we hear it said by many {Sen-
ators that we are upon the eve of a dissolu-
tion of the Union, and that your Constitu-
tion is to be trampled under foot, silence un-
der such circumstances seems to .be akin to
treason itself. We have listened to com-
plaints on the other side of this chamber pa~
tiently, and with an ardent desire to asces-
tain what they were. But I confess I am
unable to ascertain what it is of which they
complain. The party which has lately elect-
ed the President, and is prospectively com-
ing into power, have never held omee under
this government, not any individual of them.
Therefore it is manifest that that party have
as yet committh no act of which anybody
can complain. If any one has fears as to
what may hereafter ensue, they are mere
apprehensionsmotbing else. A bare suspicion
--a fear—rising out' of unwarrantable 'preju-
dices. I wish to ascertain in the outset
whether we are right, for I. tell gentlemen
here if they can convince me that I am hold-
ing any political principle that is not war-
ranted by the Constitution under which we
live, or trenches on their rights, they need
not ask me to compromire, for I will redress
, their rights myself when I am wrong. No
man need approach me with a threat that
the Government is to be destroyed, because
I hope that I have now, and ever shall have,
that sense of justice that whenever any man
shows me I am wrong, I shall be ready to
right it without threat or compromise.—
Now. what is _it of which gentleman com-
plain ? When I left my home in the West
to come to this place, all was calm, cheerful
and contented. I heard of no discontent,
and apprehended there was no cause to in-
terrupt the harmonious course of legislation,
I did not learn that there had been, since we
not know that there had been any encroach-
ment upon the rights of any section or any
individual. Therefore, I came {here expect:
ting that we should have a harmonious ses-
sion. It is very true that the great Republi-
can party, which has been organized ever
since you repealed the Missouri Compromise
which gave you four years ago full warning
that its strength would result as it has‘rcsult;.
ed, and I supposed any man might have sup-
posed things would havc resulted in the same
way—it is truetlrat this party, has carried
the election; but I do not suppose anything
growing out of the election is the cause of
the present excitement in the country. Now
who is it that is complaining? Is it the mi-
nority that they have subjected to an oppres-
sive and aggressive ,Govemment. No such
thing as that Sir. We might suppose that
84 years ago, when the leaders of that glori~
'ous Revolution met in Philadelphia, there.
to draw up a bill of indictment against a
weak king and his ministers, they had been
at a less what they would set forth as a cause
of their complaints. But they had no dim-
culty in setting them forth, and so that fgreat
article of impeachment will go down to pos-
terity to justify them for all they did. Let
us, then, suppose the old Epatriots .had been
the Ministers of the Crown, or Members of
the British Parliament ofthe dominant party
that hadzruled Great Britain for 30 years prc- .
vious. Instead of dignifying what they did
as Revolutionary, who would not have hang-
ed every man of them as traitors? They
would ask what right {have you, who have
had the Government in your own bands,
who have been Ministers doing ,everything
that has been done, to set ,up here that you-
have been oppressed and aggrieved by the
action of that very‘government ? , It would
all his energies upon the end in view, and t have been an Mt 0f 11, ' and nothing
less. Now, they who sit here are the leaders
of this modern revolution, are they in ~a po-
sition to complain of the action of this Gov-
ernment for years past? Why, they have
- had more than two-thirds of this Senate for'
many years. You .that complain represent
but little more than one quarter of the free
‘ people of the United States; yet, you have:
prevailed for ten years past in the Cab-
inet ofthe President. and in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and nearly every
department ofthe Government. Those who,
voted with‘you have dictated the policy of
the Government. Is it not strange that
those who occupy this position come here,
complaining that their rights have been
stricken down? But what is the cause of
this great excitement which undoubtedly ex-.
ists in a portion of our country? for, if the
newspapers are to be credited, there is a
reign of terror in the cities and large towns
of the South that looks very 'much like the.
reign of terror inParls during the, French
ing sent back, or sconrged and tuned and
feathered, and no inquiry was made in re-
gard to the cause. I do not suppose the
regular government, in times of excitement
like this, is really responsible for these out-
breaks of passion. If the Stateswhere these
outrages prevail were a foreign government,
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adjourned, any new fact intervening that.
could at all disturb the public mind. I did ~
Revolution. We hear of Northern men be- , ,
constituted authorities, everybody knows, if
it were the strongest government on earth,
We would declare warjn one day. But
what has caused this great excitement ? I
will tell you what I suppose it is. I do not
so much blame the people of the South, be-
cause I think they have been led to believe
that we, to-day the dominant party, who are
about to take the reins of Government, are
their mortal foes, and stand ready to trample
ther institutions under foot. They have
been told. so by our enemies at the North,
and they would not hear us at all. Now, I
wish to inquire candidly, honestly and fairly
whether the Southern gentlemen who com-
plain so much have any reasonable grounds
for that complaint—I mean when they are
really {informed as .to our position. The
Northern Democrats have said we have Per-
sonal Liberty Bills in some fewof the Nor-
thern States, which would somehow trench
upon your rights to recapture runaway
slaves—a position that in two or three cases
has not the least foundation in fact. But if
these laws are 'really repugnant to the Con-
stitution, they are utterly void, and the Courts
would declare them so at any moment.—
Therefore I am glad to hear Senators on the
other side say they do not complain of these
bills. Your men have given up this bone of
contention, this matter of -complaint,which
Northern men have set forth as a grievance.
more than any one else.
These laws against kidnapping are as old
as ;the common law itself. I believe the
Stateof Virginia has one to-day as stringent
in its provisions as any of those of whi oh
you Complain. And here let me say, as the
subject recurs to me, that the Senator from
Virginia seems not to point out any specific
acts that the Northern people have done
that are injuriousto your property, as some-
thing he takes to be a dishonor and degrada-
tion. I think I feel as sensitive on that sub-
ject as any other man, if I know myself.—
I would be the last man who would advocate
any law, or any act, that would humiliate or
individual in it; but oqutlrc other hand, let
me tell those gentlemen I am exceedingly
sensitive on that same point, whatever they
may think, and had rather sustain an injury
than an insult or dishonor, and I would be
as unwilling to inflict it on others as I would
be to submit to it myself. I never do either
the one nor the other, ifI know it. But I
have already said these gentlemen who
make the complaints have for a long series
of years had this Governmen ‘ in their own
hands. I may say these gentlemen who
have raised upon this floor their bill of in-
dictment against us, have been the leaders
of the dominant party for 'years; therefore,
if there is anything in the legislation of the
Federal Government that is not right, you
and not we. are responsible .for it. We nev-
cr yet have been 'invested with power to
control the legislaiibn of the country for an
hour. I know the charges have been made
and mug in our ears that we have been un-
faithful to your fugitive Slave bill. The law
is exceedingly odious to any free people, and
deprives us of all the old guaranties of liber-
ty that the Anglo-Saxon race have consider-
cd more sacred to them than anything else.
This would be a poor remedy for a free
man in humble circumstances to be taken
under the provision of this bill to be carried
where? Where he came from. Then he
might be carried into the market plqce any-
where in a slave State, and what chance has
ried into everlasting Slavery, and does any
man who has a regard for the sovereign
rights of the States ' rise here and complain
that a State could not make a law to protect
her own people against invasion and seizure?
Ibelievc of all men those who have made
the most of these complaints are the last who
would rise here arid deny the power of a sov-
ereign State to protect her own citizens
against any Fedcml Legislature whatever.—
Then liberty bills have been made, not with
a view to degrade the South, but with an
honest view to guard the rights of their own
citizens from unlawful searches and seizures.
I was exceedingly glad to hear Senators on
the other side .say that the repeal of these
bills will net-relieve the case from the (hills
cultics—and I have heard it everywhere that
the people of the Free States are unfaithful
in executing the Fugitive Slave law. It has
been said, under such circumstances here,
that, although I was sure as to my own State
yet, I could not rise to say I did not believe
a word of what they were saying. I never
did and never could, until our enemies here
rise in their places, and with a magnanimityl
commend, have said this was not so. My
collgague, (Mr. Pugh), with a magnanimity
for which I give him my thanks, has stood
forth to testify that in the State I in part rep-
resent, Republican Judges, Courts and Juries
have fulfilled this repulsive duty with perfect
faithfulness, and so said the Senator from Il-
linois, (Mr. Douglas,) and so I understood
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Fitch) to have
said. Therefore, this calumny is removed
from us, so far as the statements of our polit-
ical enemies can do it. I know our Courts
'feel themselves bound to administer the laws
just at they find them. Let me say, to gen-
tleman'of the Senate on the other side, where
you have lost one slave by the unfaithful-
ness of legislative tribunals, we have had ten
men murdered by your mobs against law. I
cannot take up a Southern paper but I read
of men who travel on business, but you wait
upon them by some Committee and tell them
to return. And what is the cause? Why,
Sir, you come from Ohio, and they don’t in-
quire what partxgvou belong to. Many of
these acts have been done under circum-
stances that would disgrace: a savage. We
have no security in traveling nearly one-half
of this Confederacy—especially the Gulf
States. I don’t care what a-man’s character
may be, and if he never violated any law un-
der heaven; but if he comes‘from the North,
and especially if he has exercised his politi-
ical right and voted for Lincoln instead of
somebody else, it is an offense punishable
by stripes, and by death. And you, whose
constituents‘arc guilty of all these things,
can stand up and accuse us of being unfaith-
ful to the Constitution of the land! I make
the assertion here, that I do not believe in the
history of the world there ever was a nation
or apeople where a law so repugnant to the
general feeling was ever executed with the
same faithfulness as has been this most re-
pugnant Fugitive Slave Law. ,You have a
law in South Carolina by which you take the
free citizens of Massachusetts or any other
maritime State and lock them up in jailuni.
andifthcy werereally authorised by the
dot a penalty. If the poor man canoe pay
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dishonor any section of this country, or any ,
he ? This man may be kidnapped and car?
the jail fees, eternal slavery stares him in the
face. It is a monstrous law, revolting to the
best feelings of humanity and in conflict With
the Constitution of the United States. I
don’t say this byway Of recrimination. I
know the excitement pervading the country
and I do not wish to add a single coal to the;
flame. Neverthe less, I wish the whole truth
to appear. Then, what is it? You have the
whole legislation of the country; you own
the Cabinet and the Senate, and I may add
you own the President of the United States,
as much as you own the servants on your own
plantations. But I can’t see wiry Southern
men rise up and complain of the action of this
Government. I have already showu it is
impossible to point out any acts of which the
Republican party have been guilty of which
you can cemplain. . Therefore I understand
that Senators who justify the overthrow of
this Government, who would breakit up‘and
resolve it into its original elements do it on a
mere suspicion that the Republican party
may some how affect their rights. Now,
what doctrines do we hold detrimental to
you? Are We the setters forth of any new
doctrine under the Constitution ? I tell you
nay. There is no principle held to-day by
the great Republican party that has not
had the sanction of your Government for
more than seventy years. You have changed
your opinions; westandwherc we uscdtostand.
We stand on the Slavery question in the
place formerly occupied by the most revered
statesmen of this nation, every one of them,
Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Adams
Jackson, and Polk inclusive. And that rev-
ered statesman, Henry Clay, of blessed me:
.mory, with his dying breath asserted the doc-
trine we hold to-day. Why, then, are we
held up before the community as violations
of your rights ? It is late in the day to accuse
us of harboring these opinions. ,Then, what
doctrines do we hold that are complained of ?
You don’t complain of our Liberty bills.—
You don’t, complain that Mr Lincoln is a
violent inan and will probably do any injury
to you. The Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Iverson) told us he had no apprehepsion Mr.
Lincoln would do any act in violation of the
Constitution.
Mr. Lincoln’s character, from his youth
up, has been such that you have no right to
draw any inference that he will trespass on
the right of any man, and if you harbor any
other supposition it is in consequence of un-
warranted prejudicc, nothing else. I have
listened to arguments here for about. a week.
They are in very general terms, very loosely
drawn; and I do not know where to meet
you at all. Is there anything in our platform
detrimental to your rights, unless that in
modern times you set up a.diffcrent construc-
tion of the Constitution from ours ? We fol-
low in the beaten track, but you have
switched off, as it were, open another track,
and assert your doctrine to be otlrodox, that
is all.
I have shown that the dominant party have
nothing to complain of in point of legislation.
The Republican party in the North, and in
Ohio in particular, hold the same opinion, so
far as I know, with regard to this particular‘
institution that is held by all civilized na-
tions in the world. We don’t differ in public
sentiment from England, France, Germany,
or Italy, or any other civilized nation on
God’s earth. I tell you frankly you will nev.
er find a community who are in love with
your peculiar institutions, Now, that the
Senator from Texas told us that Cotton was
King, and could overrule, by its influence, (I
do but use his words) and compel men to
come down—that it had subjects in Europe.
I will say to that Senator that they are rebel-
lious subjects, are talking very disrepectfully
of their King. They tell you they sympa‘
thize with those you call Black-Republicans.
Therefore, I hope we shall bear no more of
the toast that “Cotton is King,” and is going
to overrule all nations and bring them under
its footstool. 'It never will be done. But
have our Southern friendsany complaints to
make of the platform? I tell youfrankly
tht’i't we did lay down the principle that we
would prohibit, if we had the_power, Slavery
from invading another inch of free-soil terri-
tory of this G0vcrnment. I stand here to
day. I have argued it to half a million of
people, probably, and they stand them—and
they have commissioned me to stand there
forever, and so help me God! I will. I say
to you, while we hold this doctrine to the
end, there is no Republicans, or Convention
of Republicans, or paper, that pretends we
have any right in your States to interfere
with your peculiar institutions. On the oth-
er hand, our platform repudiates the idea
that we have any right, or intention even, to
invade your institution in your own States.—
N ow, what do you c/omplain of? You are,
going to break up this government. You
are going to involve us in war and blood out
of a mere suspicion that we shall transcend
that which we stand hereto vindicate; How
would you be justified in the eyes of the civ-
ilized world to take so monstrous a position,
and predicate it on a mere suspicion? We
don’t love Slavery. Didn’t you know it be-
fore to-day ? Everything remains as it did a
year ago. But all at once, when- we meet
here, I find all gloom, and gentlemen rise up
to say we are on the eve of breaking up this
government. Seven or eight States are go-
ing to set up alrostilc government—and they
look 'imploriugly over to us, and say “you
can prevent i .” What can you we do ?—
You have not condeséendcd to tell us what
you would done. If we should give up the
verdict of the people and take up your plat-
form, I don’t know but you would be satis-
fied, and I think the Senator from Texas (Mr.
Wigfall) rather intimated, and the Senator
from Georgia (Mr. Iverson) rather more than
intimated that if we would take what is ex-
actly the Charleston platform, on which Mr.
Breckinridge was placed, and give up that
on winch we won our victory, you would
grudgingly 'and hestitatingly be satisfied.
Mr. Iverson said he wished the Senator
would read his speech before be quoted so
much from it. He had not said they would,
be satisfied with any such thing.
Mr. WADE read from Mr. Iverson’s speech,
reported in The Globe, that be supposed there
would be no oyert act on the part of Mr-
Liucoln, but the power of the Government
would be so executed against Slavery that it
wouldn’t last ten year-so continued. Then you
are not going to wait for any overt act, but
are go‘i g to proceed upon the suspicion that
probab y he might. I have disavowcd any
intention on the part of the Republican party
to, harm a hair of younireads. We hold to
.no doctrine that canposs'ibly work - you an
inconvenience. . We havefl - = . faithful to
Pile laws It is not, then, aétMr. Irincoln
ll? 1:, ‘
is expected to do any overt act by which you
‘ may be injured. , You won’t wait for any;—
But, anticipating that the Government-may
work you an, injury, you will put an end to
it, which means simply this—thud we intend
to rule or rain this Government; ’_’l’liere is
where it comes. We do not like your insti-
tutions, you say. But we never liked them
any better, and you might as well have dis-
solved tILUIUuion at any other time as now.
We stand precisely where we stood, repudi-
ating your institution as a matter 0! morals,
but, admitting that, when it is out of our ju‘
risdiction, we have no hold upon it and no
designs upon it. Is there anything jn the
complain ? Has he not lived a blameless
life, never violated any law; has he commit-
ted any violation of duty ? Why then are
:you suspicions that he'will? Now, then I
hove shown that having the Government in
your hands all the time, you have brought it
,to the verge of destruction ; and the people,
believing it was time the scepter should de-
part from your hands, have placed it in more
Competent- hands If this is so you have no
constitutional right to complain, when we
all disavow any intention to make use of
that victory we have won, so as to injure you
at all. This brings me here to the question
of compromise. . The first day of this session
a Senator rises and offers a resolution to in-
quire into the evils between different sections,
, and to ascertain what would be done to settle
the difficulty. As to compromise, I suppo-
sed we had agreed that the day of compro—
.mlse was at an end. The most solemn we
‘ have made have been violated, and where are
they ? Since I have had a seat in this Sen-
‘ ate one of considerable antiquity was swept-
away from our statute book; and when in
the minority I stood up here and asked you
to withhold your hands—that it was a sacred
compact between sections—what. was the
cry ?: That it was nothing but an act of Con-
gress, and could be swept away by the same
majority that passed it. That was true. in
fact, and true in law, and it showed the weak-
nessof compromises. Now, I only speak
for myself, that in view of the manner in
which compromises have been treated, I-
should think hardly any two_ members of the
Democratic party'could look each other in
the face and say “ compromise" without a
smile. A compromise to be brought about
after the experience. we have had, is abso-
lutely rcdiculous. What are we to compro-
misc? I am Ione of those who went with
zeal to maintain the principles of the Repub-
lican party. In a constitutional way we met
and nominated our candidates. . You did the
same. The issue was made and we went to
the people with it, and although usually in
the minority, usually, beaten, the justice of
our principles and the bad administration of
change ought to be brought aboutysand after
trying your utmost, and we ourutmost, we
beat you. We beat you on the plainest and
most palpable issue ever presented to the
American people, and one they understood
the best—and now, when wet-come to the
capital, we tell you that our candidates must
be inaugurated and administer the GOvern—
meat precisely as their predecessors have
done. It would be humiliating and dishon-
orable to if we listened to_ a compromise by
which we should lay aside the verdict of the
people; When it comes to that, youhave no
Government, but anarchy intervenes, and
civil-war‘may follow, audall. the evils that
human imagination can raise may be conse-
quent upon such a course as that. The
American people would loose the sheet~an-
chor of Liberty, whenever it is denied on this
floor that a majority fairly given shall rule.
I know not what others may do, but I tell
you that with that'v'erdict of the people in
my pocket, and standing on the platform
which these candidates were elected, I would
suffer anything before I would compromise
in any way. I deem it no case where .we
have aright to extend courtesy or generosity.
The absolute right, the most sacred that a
free people can bestow upon any man, is
their verdict that gives him a full title to the
office he holds. If we cannot stand there,
we cannot stand anywhere; and, my friends,
any other verdict would be as fatal to you as
to us. You say he came from one'section of
the country. What of that ? Mr. Wade ap-
pealed to gentlemen on the other side to say
if they believed if the result of the contest had
been the other way the Republicans would
have threatened disunion ? He claimed that
if Mr. Lincoln was an honest man, he would
administer the Constitution faithfully.—
Thcrcfore I say to you, as far as I am con-
cerned, I will yield to no compromise. I do
not come here begging one. It would be an
indignity to the people I represent if I was
to stand here recrcant to the rights of my
party. We have won our right to the Chief
Magistracy,and if you were as willing to do
justice to others as to exact it from them, you
would never rise to ask for compromise.—
Many of you stand in an attitude hostile to
this Government when you threaten, unless
we do so and so, you will go out of this
Union, and destroy the Government. I say:
in my private capacity I never yield to any?
thing by way of threats. In my public ca-
pacity I haveno right to yield. Therefore,
I would net entertain a proposition for com- .
promise. This long, chronic controversy
must be met upon the principles of the Con~
stitution. I hope it may be adjusted, but I
know of no way except that laid down by the
Constitution of the United States. When
we gonstray from that, we plunge ourselves
into difficulties. There are different ways of
construing it, but, in my judgement, it is the
wisest Constitution over yet organized, and I
am willing“ WTstand. by it. I ask for nothing
more. There is another subject about which
I ought to say something. ,It is claimed that
you have a right to secede. at your pleasure.
I cannot find any warrant for doctrine: like
that in the Constitution. In my jugdment,
it would be subsersive of constitutional Obli-
gations. Iftbat is so, we have no Govern-
ment. It would reduce this Union to a mere
conglomeration of States, to beheld together
at the will of any captionsmcmber. of it.—
The State of South Carolina is a small State;
but, probably, if-slre was sunk by an, earth2
quake, wesheuld hardly find it out, except
by the unfipnted harmony that would. prevail
in this gagging: , Isay this from no in will. .
I think has unwise. would be willingto
let her go out if we could do so without an,
cxaiuplcgfatal to all government. But, sleuth _
ing here, my wishes muslin!" ""' " «use .hm-
constitutional duty. ,. Id
man can contend that a8“
the Government at pleas}?A
monogamous
character of the President elect of which you ‘
the Government convinced the people that a '
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