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men schangs,,~9 ,n‘gr-ca once i‘ us on .7; ';
Yearly advert se, ' fighyabrlg'lstpfvrgnuary d; July.
Yearly have , e _ ’ cted‘toth‘e business’contem-
plated at t ‘ :tmreob contract. ' ' . _
yards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Spccml No-
tices 25 per cent. additional on the above.
:3” These. tel-ins vvill'be infiexibly adhered to._‘§l
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Norwalk'l'ost Ofice.
‘ NAILS CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.—2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A.'M.—,'-5.00_- P. M.
Dunbury do Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Redding and Bedding Ridge, l-ues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
NAILS DUE. ..
West 9.10 A. M.——6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A._ M.—.3._30 1’. M.~ .
Daiibury & Norwalk. Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST caries nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 9.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
MNORWALK HOTEL,
(LATELY THE ALLIS nougum
'EDWIN PECK, Pnormron,
A LEASE of thisweli-known and popu-
. lar House having . been purchased of
Mr. Allis, will be continued, as heretofore, as
a first class provincial Hotel. No pains to.-
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 gpests acCommodated upon reason-
able terms. .0
W A good Livery Stable connected With
the Hotel. - ‘
GREGORY’S POINT
H 0 T E L,
NorWalk, Conn.
D. H. NUTTER, . ........ Pnoranon.
THE. ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. St N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New Haven, Conn. '
L. P. ALLIS, Paornm'ron.
N. a. messianic, m. n.,
Homeopathic Physician tit Surgeon.
omce over C. T. commas Store, first buil-
ding east of- Norivalk Hotel,
NORWALK, coNN.
" References;
P f. J. Beakle” instant the Faculty
1’:th s. a. xirliiiliduteguiuc.mcdmfi (Col-
lege, Neel-york city, or
o. w. ewazey,h_; 1);, s‘puugoei’d,1iissi. '21
YCYRUSSNORTHROPL
Attorney and 'Oounsellor at Law,
Ofiice opposite Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES 6-. 3.583008,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL'
D E N ‘ T I S '1"
Office at Residence, East‘ Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut,
Architecture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
lhau'iugs, and supei'intend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapelest, New Haven, Ct. tf52
El E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin. Capper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
“I E. BISSELL. Auctioneer, will give
0 particular attention to sales by Auc—
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Preperty and
Household Furniture ; terms low,
WM. C. STREET a co,
Importers; Wholesale and retail dealers in
nannwann, snow,
steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Gila. Paints Window Glass, 1&0.-
o. a. snowman,
Fashionable Dradper & Tailor,
an
‘ GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING ’
EMPQB IUM I
No, 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Gt.
0. s. or n of no A N ,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPBTINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satiuetts,’ Vestings, and ‘ Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
hirtings, genus, £10.
st or lasso eased-e Wises;
Nonwanx, CONN'
‘ii’fif’éifisrsan a co.
Wimleanic and Retail Dealers in
Groceries. Flour, Peed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
mus misnomer comrauv,
0f Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Oath can“!!! $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
pp. Terms adapted to the [insurmand
"spire-test rat the has of
Cilmpensunrm,
GEORGE R COWLES Sole Agent
wordsanakeasquare. Faction; ,., _ , _ i ' :I ’ l "
.flyuttd Porcha 8: India Rubber
i GEMS" '1' RQOPWG- ‘
“concussed.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer's is
READY MADE CLOTHING l’
and -
' Gents’ Furnishing Goods
of their 'own manufacture.
REMOVAL.
. HE office of CF. Moeller’s Dyeing Es
tablishment has been »
'_REM’0"V'ED
fi‘omhir, John F.~Bennett'_s, to Bunting’s
:‘{Bt‘ikery; Main-stq'where. he will be glad-to
see all his ‘oldcustome'rs-las’ well as many
firewalls as will'favlorghilll with'a Call. 4. ‘
‘ 7:? Seuth iNorWalk,’Clids,-R; Bennett ;_ Winnig
frames. 0; Rand]
' 7’ HIS article has been thoroughly. tested by
. builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience of years has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing in 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 afi'ected 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,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are 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 Rcofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwnlk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South N orwalk.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Fire and ilfari'no In-
surance 00. 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.
N orwalk, Feb. 1st,- 1850. tfb
E: QUINI‘ARD a SONS,
Cabinet Makers 3
At their Old Established Wm'e Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHENIX BL 00K.‘
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Fui‘niture,Chnirs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc., ever ofi‘ered
for sale inrthis place, which we have just pur.
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly. . )
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made Oofiiw of all sizes and descriptions, fi'om
the most costly Rosewood to the plamest ever
used. .
From our long experience in the Underta-
king Busufiess, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. 37
Graceries Cheaper than ever
1' O B C A. S H l
HE'subscriber would inform the public
- generally, that he still continues to sell
the best-0‘ Groceries, Provisions, etc;, zit-his:
..old stand, :No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapst. He offers great inducements,
to cash buyers, as he has as lar'gean assert:
ment of- groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. , He
would invite the special attention of all 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
d xamine and ‘ud e for themselves.
an 8 J g A. MOREHOUSE.
SOUTH‘NORWALK
ladies and Gents’
13901: c,@ Shge Stgre.
' ‘HE subscriber having taken the business
.I and stand of Stevens & Tristraui, is pre-
pared to supply every article to_ be found in a
first class 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, '
Genls’ Pawn! Leather Boots, Shoes, «to. ,-
Ladz'os’ Gaiters, (be, (to. ; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (90., 636., (be.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
onl , . _ - alarm dgn atl and apporti-
emlzimd' Rep fissiiii’ Silvana,
South Norwalk ( .0, 3, Ely’s Block), April
860. ~ '
FURNITURE!
,HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairfield Count , and at
lower prices, F013 CASH, than t e same
uality Of gQQdS can be obtained at any other
gistab, ishment.- ' ' ' ~ " '
The stock consists in tart of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tabla; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tote-asteto Lounges ; MaliOg.
any and Cane seat Chairs; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing losses, &c., &c.
OOFFIN WAREROOMS ,-
Where may be found a full assortment of Cof.
fins, which will finished in the best Dclii’illilp
manner, and at short notice, ' ' ‘
W A‘hearse will be furnished when do
sired. RENOUD.
Westport, May 1st, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
Glass, Paints and Oils.
M. C. STREET do CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the manufacturers, 8, Ian csuppj "bl
Foreign and Longestic‘Goods, ' 'er'thea ove
denominauon ,which‘ makes their assortment
of articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
4.- H: WIDCOXSON: '
Notice.
HE subscriber having secured the agen-
cy for the sale of Finckled: Lyons Sew-
in Machine for the Towns of Norwalk,
estport, Redding,Ri lgefield, Wilton, New
Canaan, Daricn and tomfoi'd, he will be
prepared to exhibit and operate said Machine
in the course of the coming week. The Ma-
chine, considering its great range of work-
manship. is prpbabiy the best Family some
i, achins in emstencs i W3 ,uv rescues:-
i g'mgct one will do we] to wait a few
daysmhen he can see and judge for himself.
GEO. H. RANDLE.
P. S.—-The Machines may be seen in oper-
lyfl For
Norwaik and vicinity.
alien at the Store of George Hoyt.
THE
FLAG or OUR. COUNTRY I.
the glorious
STARS AND STR IPES,
In triumph shall wave. Union men can find
the best quality of Ice Cream at
Northropm Saloon.
_ Families, Parties, Picnics, Fairs and Fess,
tivals furnished with Oysters, Ice Cream,
Confectionery. Jellies, 'Blanc Mange, &c., at
short notice, on reasonable terms at
N ORTHROP’S SALOON, Main-st.
- 7 _ N e w ' '
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
. Main-Street,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
mama a raowrrT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
1 ings, Window Shades, &e. .
TIMBER! LUMBER l
.Irath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
.BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, ac- so,
. AT THE
N eW Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bou lit for Cash, and
will be sold low. . T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
A. JACKSON 6!. 330.
V‘IOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. \Ve are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of ladies’ Swiss \Vatches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$7 5, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gcntlemcn’s W’atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. “To buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
renter. 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 & BRO.
Mr. J. Hessian,
Professorof Music
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 repairs
at his residence, Main-st.*
Camp, No. 17 Main-st,
promptly attended to.
All orders left
store of A. H.
orwalk, will be
1y32
Hous‘e 8c Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., &G-,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE subscriber 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 ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory to
esohon HODGES.
- May 7th, 1860.
1y19
J.N.LOCKWO0D&00,
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOC ,
KEEP constantly on hand, a large and
, varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and
Children’s ~
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, 850.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-manner. 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 Roots, Gaiters, Shoes,
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'z'n our linegmd
at the shortest notice, ‘ '
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents1 wear. .
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
E. '1'. Whitney a. Co.’s
Photographic and. Fills Art
Heaven. CONN.
LAT-E E. B. TuoirrsoN’s. E T. Wliitne
,_ would inform the citizens of Norwall‘i
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi best st le
of the. art. E. T. VVH TNE .
D. B. Woonnunv. tf29
Wagon and Carrie v
BUILDING son now me,
N lieu Canaan. at the old stand of the
‘ subscriber, Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
arm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work. ,
tf29 E. L. ARNOLD.
ALBERT ill-RPS!”
MERCHANT TATLQR.
DJ OINTNG Stew 9." lies , w. L 1.1
, Main-Si- Nm‘ualk. i301.111.! p’l‘lie phhleili
re respectfully invrted to call and examine
tie hires and varied assortment of READY
MAD ' CLOTHING French Cloths, Cassi-
mores and Vestings, also a general assortment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consistin ,
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Co -
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Commerce and Vestings b the yard
or pattern, and out free of charge. articular
attention paid to Children's Garments} ' ""'
NQRWALK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I. In. .
THE subscriber has fitted up and is now
_ prsepaiifd t3 efficuté: all orders fur is:
11m ; cro an o‘er, will jman cure
of . can. this. Hussite. . «.2. in. hi}: host
and most, expe itious manner and atsatise
factory prices. .rders b mai mm a at.
tended to. 1y17 TIMO HYIIFI C .
fancy Goods, ac.
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. We have
also the agency of Merrill’a Oriental Roma, "l,
something new. and £6311: digs“ é
"who ' Z
,c spprejiatadl ' _.ON& , a
b’ At tlieyfll'rl Stand in Main . treat a?“
A SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay,
Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store of MARVIN & PROWI’I‘T
Main Street.
A.» "u ’1‘..~. -I~\>'>" .' I
in: onrvan ‘wsumit_1rronxrs.'-
Ay, tear; her tattered enslgn‘dovrnl ..
Long not it wavodofi‘high, r. '
And many- an eye assume to see,
That bs'n'n'er In thesky"; .
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
‘ And burstth'e'~ cinnbhjironr,- ‘
The meteor ‘of the ocean'lsir '
Shall swell ther clouds no more !
Her deck, Lonbéradwvith' heroes! blood a
Where knelt.thévanuishedi'foe,
When winds ti'ei'e‘liurrylng o’erithc flood,
And waveslw'o‘r‘ewhltebelow; ~- ‘3‘
No more shalifeel the victofls tread:
0r know'the conquered knee 3—
The harpiesfoftlisshorc shall pluck . .
Theeszissttiéseil’ . '
0 better. thytheflsbittacdzhnlk‘ it
Should sinksbbiihstiitbe rive fps.
Her thunde'rflhouklthgaiimmp,‘ '
And.ihers'es_hould'be‘bb5uirb‘vei -=
Nail to ths‘pnstrhonholiylhg‘g -
Set every} tarragon-elite * -, _
And giveib'o‘rlto'thégodlb’fihtdrmt
The lightning and the islet - ~ .
«‘3»
Saturday Afternoon.
I love to look on a scene like this
or wild and careless play,
And persuade myself that I am not old,
And my locks are not yet gray;
For it stirs the blood in an old man’s veins
And makes his pulses fly,
To catch the thrill ofa happy‘voice Q
And the light of a pleasant eye.
I've walked this earth for fourscore years,
And they say that I am old ;
That my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death,
And my form for his sicklejcol'd.
’Tls very true—’tis very: true,-
I am old, and bids my time,»
But my heart will leap at ascene like this
And ,1 half renew my prime.
Play on i Play onl I am with you there,
In the midst of the merry ring,
‘ I can feel the thrill of the daring jump .
And the rush of the breathless swing ;.
I hide with you in the fragrant hay
And whoop the smothering call,
My feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And I care not for the full.
I am willing to die when my time shall come,
And I shall be glad to go ;
For the world at best is a weary place,
And my pulse is getting low;
But the grave is dark, and the heart will fail
In treading its lonely way,
And it wiles my, heart of its dreariness,
To see the young so gay.
a.»
From the Home Journal.
THE PRESENT CRISIS.
concluded.
Union Clothed with Impartial Attributes.
It is strange that Englishmen should find
difficulty in understanding that the United
States government is a nation among the na-
tions of the earth; a constituted authority,
which may be overthrown by violence, as,
may be the fate of any State, whether king-
dom or republic, but which is false to the
people if it does not its best to preserve them
from the horrors of anarchy, even at the cost
of blood. The “UNITED S'ra'rxs” happens
to be a plural title, but the common-wealth
thus designated is a unit, “o pluri'bus imam."
The Union alone 2's clothed with imperial aft-rs?
bales; the Union alone is known and recognized
in thefami'ly of nations; the Union alone holds
the purse and the sword, regulates foreign interr
course, imposes taxes on foreign Commerce,
makes war and concludes peaCe.‘ ~ The armies
the navies, the militiabeloug to the Union
alone, and the President ‘is Commander-in-
Cliief of all. No State can keep troops or
fleets. What man in the civilized world has
not heard of the United States? What man
in England can tell the names of all the in-
dividual States? And yet, with hardly a
superficial examination of our history and
our Constitution, men talk glibly about a
confederaey, a compact, a copartuership, and
the right ofa State to secede at pleasure, not
knowing that by admitting such loose phrase-
ology and such imaginary rights, we should
violate the first prinCiple of our political or-
ganization, should fly in the face of our his-
tory, should trample under foot the teachings
of Jay, Hamilton, Washington, Marshall,
Madison, Kane, Kent, Story and Webster,
and accepting only the dogmas of Mr. Cali
houn as infallible, surrender forever out- na-
tional laws and our national existence.
A Parallel.
Englishmen themselves live in a united
empire; but if the kingdom of Scotland
should seize all the national property, forts,
arsenals, and public treasure on its nil, or-
ganize an army, send forth foreign ministers
to Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of Austria,
and other powers, issue invitations to all the
pirates of the world to prey upon English ‘
commerce, screening their piracy from pun-
ishment by the banner of Scotland, and
should announce its intention of planting
'3 that dog upon Buckingham Palace, it is prob-
l
‘ able that a blow or two would be struck to
deficitd the national honor and the national
existence, without fear that the civil. war
would be denounced as wicked and frntrici-
dal. Yet it would be difficult to show that
the State of Florida, for example, a Spanish
province, purchased for national purposes
some forty years ago by the United States gov-
ernment for several; millions, and fortified
and furnished with navy yards for national
“.385, at a. national expense of many millions
more, and numbering at this moment a pop-
ulation of only eighty thousand white men,
should be more entitled to resume its origin-
al sovereignty than the ancient kngdom of
William the Lion and Robert Bruce.
The terms of the treaty between, Ehgland
and Scotland were. pupetual, and so is the
Constitution of the United States. The Uni-
i¢€l Empire may be destroyed by rewlution
and was, and so may the United States; but
a peaceful and legal dismemberment without
the consent of the majority of the whole poo.
is an impossibility.
The American Revolution.
but it is sometimes said that the American
Republic originated in secession from the
mother country, and that it is unreasonable
of the Union to resist the acceding movement
on the part of the new confederacy. But it
so happens that the one case suggests the
other only by the association of contrast.—
The thirteen colonies did not intend to secede
from the British empire, They were. fumed
into secession, by a, course. of" policy on the
p, rt 95. the mother- country such as no Eng-
lj _l administration at the present day can be
imagined capable of adopting. Those Eng-
lishmen in America were loyal to the crown;
but they exercised the right which cis-Atlan-
tic or trans-Atlantic Englishmen havealways
exercised, of resistance to srbitary govern-
ment. Tana without being mud,
and insulted by measures taken to enforce
the ,odious‘but not exorbitant imposts, they
did not seCede, not declare their independ-
ence. On the contrary, they made every of-
of the “forest-born» Demosthenes”-as Lord
Byron called the great Virginian, Patrick
Henry—the Americans “petitioned, Teuton-
throne, and implored 'its interpos'itionito'ar-
ed, their remonst‘r’anCes procured emissar-
ed with contempt fromth'e foot of the throne.”-
The,“Boston Massacre,” the Boston port-
bill, the Boston “tea party,” the battle of Lex-
ington; the boldest. Banker’s .Hifliwer‘e
events? hich long preceded thefsmous Dne-
uaari ,N or Impressionism"; It was out
ancesjwias-impos'sible that they took'the irre-
vocable Stern-and renounced their allegiance
to thejciiown. The revolution had come at
last; thrly’had been forced into it, but they
knew that it was revolution, and that they
were noting at the peril of their lives. We
must be unanimous in this business,” said
Hancock; “we must all hang together.”—
“Yes,” replied Franklin, “or else we shall all
hang separately.”
The risk incurred by the colonists was en-
ormous, 2but the injury to the mother coun-
try was comparatively slight. They went
out into darkness and danger themselves, but
the British empire was not thrown into anar—
chy and chaos by their secession.
The Cause of the Southern Rebellion.
Thus their course was the reverse of that
adopted by the South. The prompt seces-
sion of seven States because of the constitu-
tional election of a Pesident over the candi-
dates voted for by their people was the re-
dress in ,advance of grievances which they
may, reasonably or unreasonably, have ex-
pected, but which had not yet occurred.—
There is the high authority of the Vice-Pres-
ideutof the “Southern Confederacy,” who
declared, a week after the election of Mr.
Lincoln, that the election was not a cause for
secession, and that there was no certainty
that he would have either the power or the
inclination to invade the constitution rights
of the South. In the free States it was held
that the resolutions of the convention by
which Mr. Lincoln was nominated were scru-
pulously and conscientiously framed to pro-
tect all those constitutional rights. The
question bf slavery in the territories, of the
future extension of slavery, was one which
had always been an open question, and on
which issue was now joined. But it was no
question at all that slavery within a State
was sacred. from all interference by the gene
ral government, or by the free States, or by
individuals in those States; and the Chicago
Convention strenuously asserted that doc-
trine. -
Perils of the Republic.
Not only is the united republic destroyed,
if the revolution prove successful, but, even
ifthe people of the free States have the en-
thusiasm and sagacify to reconstruct their
Union, and by a new national convention to
re-ordain-and reestablish the time-honored
Constitution, still an immense territory is
lost. But the extent of that teri‘itory is not
the principal 'element in the disaster. The
world is wide enough for all. It is the loss
of the Southern marine frontier which is fatal
to the Republic. Florida and the vast Loui-
isiana territory purchased by the Union from
foreign Countries, and garnished with for—
tesses at the expense of the Union, are fallen,
,with all these improvements into the hands
ofa foreign and unfriendly power.
Should the dire misfortune of a war with a
great maritime nation—with England or
ance,for example—befall the Union,its ter-
ritory,hitherto almostimpregnable,might now
be open to fleets and armies acting alliance
with a hostile “Confederacy,” which has be-
come pOSscssed of an important part of the
Union’s maritime line of defence. Moreover
the Union has twelve thousand ships, num-
bering more than five million tons, the far
greater part of which belongs to the free
States, and the vast commerce of the Missis-
sippi and the Gulf of Mexico requires, and
must receive, protection at every hazard.
Is it strange that the Union should make a
vigorous inst, and lawful effort to save itself
from the chaos from which the Constitution
of 1787 rescued the country? Who that has
read and pondered the history of that dark
period, does not shudder at the prospect of
its return ‘9}
A Comparison.
But yesterday we were a State—the great
Republic—prosperous and powerful, with a
flag known and honored all over the world.
Seventy years ago we were a helpless league
of bankrupt and lawless petty sovereignties.
We had a currency so degraded that a leg
of mutton was cheap at one thousand dollars.
The national debt, incurred in the War of In-
dependence, had hardly a nominal value,and
was considered worthless. The absence of
law, order, and security for life and property
was as absolute as could be well conceived in
a civrlizcd laud. Debts could not be collect-
ed, courts could enforce no decrees, insurrec~
tions could not be suppressed. The army of
the Confederacy numbered eighty men.—
From this condition the Constitution res-
cued us,
That great law, reported by the General
Convention of 1787, was ratified by the peo-
ple of all the land voting in each State for a
ratifying convention chosen expressly for that
purpose. It was promulgated in the name
of the people: “We, the people of the United
States, in order to form a moreperfect, Union
and to secure the blessings of liberty for our-
selves and our posterity, do Crdain and estab-
i lish, this Constitution.” It was ratified by
E the people, not by memes, acting through
their governments, legislative and executive,
but by the peOple electing especial delegates
within each State; and it is important to re-
member ihat in none of these ratifying con«
ventions was, any reserve made of a State’s
right to repeal the Union, or to secede.
Many criticisms were ofiered in the various
tstifviog- oxdinsnces, many amendments sug-
- gestéd, but the aceeptanceof the Constitution
the, submission to the perpetual law, was in
all cases absolute. The language of Virginia
was mostexplicit on this point. “The pow-
ers granted under the Constitution, being do-
rioedfrmn the people of the United States, may
be resumed by them whenever the same shall
be perverted to their injury or oppression.”-
That the people of the United, States, ex-
l pressing their will WW3 in national con—
..- s. 3.... Aazpl-‘ska'ilwwmmi. . .c :,
fort to avert such a conclusion. In the words
strated,;cast themselves 'at the foot ofthe"
"5i thefty'l'annic‘al hands ofthe mammalian
Pmiamlen't- Butth'eirpe’titicins’ wrought.
tional 3vllolenc'e and insulh‘as "they'were spam: -
till the colonists felt that redress for grieve,
. its establishment held the doctrine of seces-
: ter growth.
vention, are competent to undo the work of
their ancestors,, and fully justified in so do- '
ing when the Constitution shall be perverted
to their injury and oppression, there is no
1 man in the land that doubts. This course
has been already indicated as the only peace-
ful revolution possible; but such 9. proceed-
ing is very different from the secession ordi-
nance of a single State resuming its sover-
eignty at its own free will,-and without con-
sultation with the rest of the inhabitants of
the country.
‘ "There was no reservation (says Justice Story) of-
any right on the part of any State to dissolve its con;
,nection, or to abrogate its dissent, or to suspend the
operation of the Constitution as to itself.”
Order out of Chaos.
And thus, when the ratifications had been
~made, a new commonwealth took its place
among the nations of the earth. The effects
of the new Constitution were almost magical
Order sprang out of chaos. Law resumed
its reign ; debts were collected; life and prop
erty became secure; the national debt was
funded and ultimately paid, principal and in-
terest, to the uttermost farthing; the articles
of the treaty of peace in 1783 were fulfilled,
and Great Britain, having an organized and
united State to deal with, entered into a trea-
ty of commerce and amity with us—the first
and the best ever negotiated between the
two nations. Not the least noble of its arti-
cles (the twenty-first) provided that the ac-
ceptance by the citizens or subjects of either
country of foreign letters of marque should
be treated a punished as piracy. Unfortunate-
ly, that article, and several others, were limit-
ed to twelve years, and were not subsequent-
ly renewed. The debts due to British sub-
jects Were collected, and the British Govern-
ment at last surrendered the forts on our soil.
The State of the Nation.
At last we were a nation, with a flag re~
spected abroad and almost idolized at home
as the symbol of union and coming great-
ness, and we entered upon a career of
prosperity and progress never surpassed in
history. The autonomy of each State, ac-
cording to which its domestic and interior
affairs are subject to the domestic legislature
and executive, was secured by the reservation
to each State of pOWCrs not expressly granted
to the Union by the Constitution. Supreme
within its own orbit,which is traced from the
same centre of popular power whence the
wider circumference of the General Govern-
ment is described, the individual Stateis sur’
rounded on all sides by that all-embracing
circle. The reserved and unnamed powers
are many and important, but the State is
closely circumscribed. Thus, a State is for-
bidden to alter its form of government.—
“Thou shalt forever remain a republic,” says
the United States Constitution to each indi-
vidual State. A State is forbidden, above all,
to pass any law conflicting with the United
States Constitution or laws. Moreover, eve-
ry member of Congress, every member of a
State Legislature every executive or judicial
officer in the service of the Union or of a sep-
erate State, is bound by solemn oath to main-
tain the United States Constitution. This
alone would seem to settle the question of
secession ordinances. So long as the Consti-
tution endures, such an ordinance is merely
the act of conspiring and combining indi-
viduals, with whom the General Government
may deal. When it falls in the struggle, and
becomes powerless to cope with them, the
Constitution has been destroyed by violence.
Raeefitl acquiescence in such combinations is
pmjury and treason on the part of the chief
magistrate of the country, for which he may im-
peached and executed. Yet men speak of Mr.
Lincoln as having plunged into wicked war.—
They censure him fornot negotiating with
envoys who came, not to settle grievances,
but to demand recognition of the dismember-
ment of the Republic which he had just
sworn to maintain.
State and Federal Governments.
It is true that the ordinary daily and petty
affairs of men come more immediately than
larger matters under the cognizance of the
State governments, tending thus to foster lo-
cal patriotism and local allegiance. At the
same time, as all controversies come within
the sphere of the federal courts, and as the
manifold and conflicting currents of so rapid
a national life as the Americans can rarely
be confined within narrow geographical
boundaries, it follows that the federal courts,
even for domestic purposes as well as for-
eign; are part of the daily, visible functions
of the body politic. The Union is omni-
present. The custom-house,the court-house,
the arsenal, the village post-office, the mus-
kets of the militia, make the authority of the
General Government a constant fact. More-
over, the restless, migratory character of the
population, which rarely permits all the
members of one family to remain denizens
ofany one State, has interlaced the States
with each other, and with all the Union, to
such an extent that aplain excision of a por-
tion of the whole nation is an impossibility.
To cutaway the pound of flesh and draw no
drop of blood surpasses human ingenuity.
The Doctrine of Secession a New One.
Neither the opponents nor friends of the
new government in the first generation after
sion. The States’ rghs party and the feder-
al party disliked ,or cherished the govern-
ment because of the general conviction that
it was a constituted or centralized authority,
permanent and indivisible, line that of any
other organized nation. Each party con-
tinued to favor or oppose a strict construc-
tion ofthe instrument; but the doctrine of
nullification and secession wasa plant of la-
It was an accepted fact that
the United States was not a confederacy.-—
That word was never used in the Constitu-
tion except once, by way of prohibition.—
We were a nation, not a copartnership, ex-
cept, indeed,vin the larger sense in which
every nation may be considered a copnrtner-
ship—a copartnership of the present with
the past and with the future, To borrow
the lofty language of Burke:
“A State ought not to be considered as nothing
better than a partnership agreement in a trade of
pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other
such low concern, to be taken up for a little tempo-
rary interest. and to be dissolved by the fancy of
the parties. It is to be looked upon with o.her
reverence because it is not apartnersbi in thin I
subservient only to gross animal ex stence. o a
temporar and perishable nature. It is a partner-
ship in ailscience, apartnorship in all art a part-
nership not only between those who are living, but
between those who aredead, and those who are to
be born. -
And the simple phrase of the preamble to
our Constitution is almost as pregnant :— ,
To. secure the blessings of liberty to us and
our posterity.”
How the Rebellion Grew.
But as theinnumerable woes of disunion
' Constitution began to fade into the past, the
allegiance to the Union, in certain regions of
the country, seemed rapidly to diminish.—
It was reserevd to the subtle "genius of Mr.
Calhoun, one of the most logical, brilliant,
and perSuasivc orators that ever lived, to
embody once more in a set of sounding so
phisms the main arguments which had been
unsuccessfully used in a former generation
to prevent the adoption of the Constitution,
and to exhibit them now as legitimate de-
ductions from the Constitution. The mem-
orable tariff controversy was the occasion in
whichthe argument of State sovereignty
was put forth in all its strength. The pro-
duction of an exaggerated tariff of a revenue
so much over and'above the wants of gov-
ernment. that it was at last divided among
the separate States, and foolishly squandered»
was the most triumphant re'duotz‘o 'ad absur-
dum that the South could have desired}—
But it is‘noue the less true that the nullifiea—
tion by a State legislature of a federal law
was a greater injury to the whole nation
than a foolish tariff long since repcaled, had
inflicted. It was a stab to the Union in its
vital part. The blow was partially parrie d,
but it may be doubted whether the wound
has ever healed.
What Successful Secession would do.
Tarifi's, the protective system, free trade-—
although the merits of these questions must
be considered as settled by sound thinkers
in all civilized lands—must, nevertheless, re-
main in some countries the subjects of honest
argument and legitimate controversy. When
all parts of a country are represented—and
especially in the case of the United States,
where the Southern states has three-fifths of
a certain kind of “property” represented,
while the North has no property represented
reason should contend with errors for the
victory, trusting to its innate strength. Anti
until after the secession of the Gulf States
the moderate tarifi‘ of 1857 was in operation,
with no probability of its repeal. Moreover
the advocates of the enlightened system of
free trade should reflect that should the four-
teen slave States become permanently united
in aseparate confederacy, the state of their
internal afi‘aris will soon show a remarkable
revolution. The absence‘ of thcfilgz'tz’oe slaw
law will necessarily drive all the slates from the
so-called Border States, and he must be a
shallow politician who dreams here in Eng—
land that free-trade with all the world, and
direct taxation for revenue, will be the poll-
cy of the new and expensive military em-
pire which will arise. Illanufaotumbs of col-
ton and woolen will spring up on every river
and mountain stream in the northern slave
states, the vast mineral wealth of their terri-
tories will require development, and the cry
for protection to native industry in one quar-
ter will be as surely heeded as will be that
other cry from the Gulf of Mexico, now par-
tially suppressed for obvious reasons, for
the African slave trade. To establish a great
Gulf empire, . including Mexico, Central
America, Cuba and other islands with uu~
limited cotton fields and unlimited negroes,
this is the golden vision in pursuit of which
the great Republic has been sacrificed, the
beneficent Constitution subverted. And al-
ready theivision has fled, but the work of
destruction remains.
A General Review of the Situation.
The great secession, therefore, of 1860-61
i! a rebellion, like any other insurrection
against established authority, and has been
followed by civil war, as its immediate and
inevitable consequence. If successful, it is
revolution, and whether successful or not,
it will be judged before the tribunal of man-
kind and posterity according to the eternal
laws of reason and justice.
Time and history will decide whether it
was a good and sagacious deed to destroy a
fabric of so long duration, because of the
election of Mr. Lincoln; whether it were'wz'se
azd noble to substitute over a large portion of
the American cool a confederacy of which slate-
ry, in the words of the Vice President, is the
owner-stone, for the old Republic, of which
Washington, with his own hand, laid the cor-
ner-stone. .
It is conceded by the North that it has
received from the Union innumerable bles-
sings. But it would seem that the Union
had also conferred benefits on the South.—
It has carried its mails at a large expense.—
It has recaptured its fugitive slaves. It has
purchased vast tracts of foreign territory, out
of which a whole tier of slave States has been
constructed. It has made war with Mexico.
It has made an ofi'er,not likely to be repeated,
however, to purchase Cuba, with its multi-
tude of slaves, at a price, according to report,
as large as the sum paid by England for the
emancipation of her slaves. Individuals in
the free states have expressed themselves
freely on slavery, as upon every topic of hu-
man thought; and this must ever be the
case where there is freedom of the press and
of speech. The number of professed abo-
litionists has hitherto been very small, while
the great body of the two political parties in
the free States have been strongly opposed
to them. The Republican party was deter-
mined to set bounds to the extension of
slavery, while the Democratic party favored
that system, but neither had designs, secret
or avowed, against slavery within the States.
They knew that the question could only be
legally and rationally dealt with by the States
themselves. But both the parties as present
events are so signally demonstrating, were
imbued with a passionate attachment to the
Constitution—to the established authorityof
Government, by which alone our laws and
our liberty are secured. All parties in the
free States are united as one man, inspired
by a noble and generous emotion to Vindi-
cate the sullied honor of their flag, and to
save their country from the abyss of perdi-
tion into which it seemed descending.
Of the ultimate result we have no intention
of speaking. Only the presumptous will
venture to lift the veil and affect to read With
accuracy coming events, the most women--
tons perhaps, of our times. One result, is
however, secured. The Montgomery Con-
stitution, with slavery for its corner-stone, is
not likely to be accepted, as but lately seem-
ed possible, not only by all the slave States,
but even by the Border free States; nor to
be proclaimed from Washington as the new
national law in the name of the United
States. Compromises will no longer be ofared
by peace conventions, in which slavery is to be
made national, negroes declared property all
over the land, and slavery extended over all
territories now possessed or hereafter to be
acquired. Nor is the United States govern-
ment yet driven from Washington.
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Events are’rapidly: enrolling themselieurl
and it will be proved, in. course =95 tithe,"
whether the North" will remain united iii'its' '
inflexible purpose, whether theSouth is as
firmly united, or whether a counter revolu-
tion will be effected in either section, finch
must necessarily give the victory to itspppo-
nents. 'We know nothing of the séhemos or
plans of either government. . ._ ' r. '. _
The original design of , the ,Repuplicun ’,
partywas to put an end-to the perpetual" ' 150151
icy of slavery extension and acciuisiti'on" off .
foreign territory for that purpose; and "a't’tlie'
same time to maintain the Constitution".' and.
the integrity of the Republic. . This at the .
South seemed an outrage which justified cive,
i1 war; for events have amply proved what"
sagacious‘ statesmen prophesied thirty years
ago—that secesss'i'onis civil, war. '
If all is to end in negotiation and separa- »
tion, notwithstanding the almost'intennina-
ble disputes concerning frontiers, the strong-
holds in the gulf and the unabacltled navi-
gation of .the great rivers throughout their
wholelength, which, it is probable, will nev-
er be abandoned by the North, except as the
result of total defeat in the field, it is at any
into certain that both parties will madam
more equitably with arms in their hands, than '
if the unarmed of either section were to deal
with the armed. If it comes to permanent
separation, too, it is certain that in thecom-
monwealth which will still glory in the name.
of the United States, and whose people will,
doubtless, re—establish the old Constitution
with some important amendments, the word ,
secession will be a sound of'woo not to be liqht.
lg uttered. It will have been proved to des-
ignate, not a peaceful and natural function
of political life, but to be only another ex-
pression for revolution, bloodshed and all
the horrors of civil- war. ' ' .
It is probable that along course of years
will be run, and many inconveniences and
grievances endured, before any one of the
free States secedes from the reconstructed
Union. _
. \
W‘mr. Franklin, the poor printer’s boy,”
has been Cited a thousand times as an in.
stance of what an American boy, of good
habits, good character, good principles, and
sound intellect, might attain to in a'country
like our own. Dr. Franklin, however, with ,
all his genius, lived and flourished at a peri.
od when great oocaszbna made great men."—
He has been followed, in so far as “rising in
the world” goes, by many who, without his
talents, have yet been enabled to emulate his
example, in part, at least; and here is an in-
stance which found its way into our private
“Drawer" many years ago. But no matter
how old. Such a lesson can never be un-
timely:
“Thirty years ago a barefooted boy floated
down the Susquehanna river on a rad, and
arrivedat Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania. He
came from the North, and .belonged to a
large family. He had all his worldly goods
tied up in a small red-and-yellow cotton
hankerchief He sought, and with a good
deal of difficulty at length obtained, employ-
ment in a printing-oflice as an, apprentice,—,-,
From an apprentice he became ajourneyman.
then to be a reporter in the State Legislature '
——then an editor. '
The barefooted printer’s boy. had thus
worked his way against obstacles which the
poor only know. But' the perseve'ring' fol- ‘
lower in Franklin’s footsteps began now to
realize the fruits of his toil and privation.'—'
The young aspirant became printer to the
_ State, and by frugal management was soon . .
enabled to accomplish the object nearest to .
his heart—the establishment of his mother
in a home above want—in the possession of , ,
every comfort that she could desire.
His brothers were his next- care, and, like i
Napoleon, he had a strong arm with which
to aid them—an indomitoble perseveraricedhat
nothing could successfully, obstruct. In a
few years they, too, with his sisters, were in~
dependent Of the world. The once barefoot—
cd boy was in possession of afliuence, and
surrounded by a young and afiectionate fam-
il . .
y“But he did not stop here. He was the
friend of the friendless—the patron of merit
—the cncourager of industry. He rose in
honor and in ofiice, until the poor barefoot-
ed boy, who entered a pfinting-ofiice at Bar-
risburg hungry and weary, laid down his
bundle on a pile of wet paper, and asked to
become a printer’s apprentice, was elected a
Senator in the Congress of the United States.
That man was Simon Cameron, of Penn-
sylvania, now Secretary of War.”
This is an isolated case, out of many simi-
lar cases that may perhaps arise to the mind
of the reader. But where, save in our own
glorious country, could these true histories
be written ? *
Q»
The Skirmish‘ near Fall's Church.
WASHINGTON, Monday, July 1, 1861.
Capt. Stevens was in command of the de-
tachment of the 3d Connecticut Regiment
that captured the two Secessionists and four
horses, on Sunday, from a superior force of
rebel cavalry near Fall’s Church. He now
wears one of the splendid army revolvers
taken from the enemy. But for the-impa-
tience of the Connecticuters and their pre-
mature movement, more success would have
attended their expedition. . .
The discharge of musketry into the_flying
Secessionists had the effect of making at
least one of them rise and reel from his
saddle. _
.—————ov<.>o .
Another Connecticut General.
The tele raph announces the promotion of
Col. J. W. ipley, Chief of the Ordnance
Department, to a Brigadier Generalship.—I -
He is a native of Connecticut, and about sev-
enty years of age. ‘ Connecticut, has four or
five Brigadiers. in command of important
military departments—Generals Mansfield,
Totten,Lyon, Ripley,and it is said McClellan.-
«<0.»
The 4th Connecticut Regiment, has
befiormed into a brigade _With the WISOOIl-‘
sin lst and the Pennsylvaniadlth, under the
command of Col.'Abercromb_ie ofthe regular
army. This is the sixth brigade of the 2d
division of Gen. Patterson’s command. A
private letter from which we ather the
above facts says there are a goo many se-I
cessionisis in towE, but tpat they are careful
about showing t eir co ors: _
Company I, of Wolcottville, in gem through
the town, heard a man say he won die . ' .
fore he would carry the stars and stripes ~
. The bo sprocuredtwo ;
through the town one (in Zach brcfi'flhmfi . ,
small fia inned , . ,
marchedgliiupi up and down the streets, amrd
the cheers of the bystanders who kuewhia
sentiments. They then made him
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Union toast, and take the oath for the nio .
M.» .
The new and s
nental of the New _
Steamboat Line, arrived at New Haven,
Tuesda afternoon with an excursion party
on boar’d. She is said to be a large and mag-
nificent boat.
'
A squad‘of . '
lendid steamor Comics; ,
ork and-Nei‘finvgsu .. '*
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