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Klehsnond. ImoI. March Tlli, 181. PEACEFUL iliGODlinOFLIBllilCOLII - f t fT-WA9rMNGIf. SfJAlJctlRAirADDRESTt Fellow Citizen of the United Stntei. In compliance "with a custom a old as the government itself. I appear before you to address you br'iefly, and lake in your presence tbe oath prescribed bj the Consti- ' tution o tbe United States, to be taken by the President before be enters on the execution of bis official duties. 1 do mt conaider it necessary at present for me to disease lhoe matters of ad minis ; tratioo about which there is no pecial anxiety or excitement. The apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republi-!

can administration, their peace and personal; am will divice ana rain mem; lor a mi security are to be endangered; but tbere has; nority of their own will secede from them never been any reasonable cause for such whenever a majority refuses to be controlapprehension. Indeed the most ample evi-t led by auch a minority. For instance, denoe to the contrary has all the while ex- why may not any portion of a new confeiated, and been open to their inspection. f deracy, a year or two hence, arbitrarily It is found in nearly all tLe published j secede, precisely as portions of the present speeches of bim who now addresses you. ', Union now claim to tecede from it? All I quote now from one of those rpf-eches' who cherish Disunion sentiments are now where I declare that I have no purpose, di- being educated to the exact temper of doreotly or indirectly, to inter icre with the ing this. Is there such a perfect identity institution of slavery in the States where it' of interests among the States to compose a exists. I believe I have no lawful right to new Union, as to produce harmony only do so. Those who nominated me, and elec- and prevent renewed secession? Plainly, ted me, did so with the full knowledge thai the central idea of secession is the essence 1 bad made this and many similar declara- of anarchy. lions, and had never recanted th-m. And A majority held in restraint by Consti. more than this, they placed in the platform tuticnal checks and limitations, and always

for my acceptance, as a law to themselves, and to me, tbe clear and emphatic, resolution which I now read; Retained, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its two domestic institutions according to its judgment, exclusively, is etntinl to the balance of pow r on winch the perfection

and endurance ol our H.h ichI tanric depend; form ta all that is left. acid we denounce the lawless invasion, by I do not forget the position aaa-e.l by an armed force ot the soil of any State or - some, that constitutional questions are to Territory, no matter under whit prettxt. as ( be decided by the Supreme Court. Nor aniong tbe gravest crimes. do I deny thatsnch deci.-ion ruu-tt be LinI now reiterate these tentimertts. and in ding iu any case npon the parties to a suit, doing so I only prus npon the public atteti- as to the ob'ect of mat suit. White tlicy tion the most conclusive evidence of wl-icb j are also entitled to very high resp;;et and tiie case is susceptible. Tlie pioperty, consideraiion, in all parallel cares, by sll peace and security of no secti. n are to be other departments of the Government, and in any wiec endangered by the now irenm- while it is obviously possible thit mch dein administration. I add to this that all cision may be erroneous ia any given csk, the protection which consistently with the still the evil effect following it being limConsiTtuiion and tlie laws can be uiv n, will ited to that particular case, with the chance be cbeeriully eiven to 11 the Stales, when i that it mav be overru ed anl never become

lawfullv demanded, for whatever cause, as cneeriuiiy to one section as another There is much controversy about the deliveiing of fugitives from service or labor; the clause I now read is as plainly written in the Constitution as any other of its pro visions: "No persen held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, bo discharged from such service or labor, but shall he tie livered up on claim ot the party to whom; such service or labor may he due." It is scarcely questioned th.it this provis ' ion was intended by those who made it for' the reclaiming of what wo call fugitive slaves, and the intention of (he law giver isj the law. All members of Congress swear) their support to the whole Constitution, to; this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose ca ses come within this clause shall be deliver ed up, their oaths are unanimous. Now if they would make the eflort in good temper. ' could they not with nearly equal unanimi- . I 1 l . C ' t i

iy, iramu uu pass a law uy means oi wnicn . eaeh a wen enforced, perhsps, as any law ao avoiu a r.nsconsirucnon oi wnai i nave to keep good that unanimous oath? There ean ever fce jn a community where the 8aitl depart t'rem my purpose not to speak is some difference of opinion whether this' moral sense of the people imperfectly sup- pa'ticnlar amendments so far as to say clause should be enforced by National or ports the law itself. Would the great j tnRt' holding such a provision to be now imState authority, tut surely that difference! body of the people abide by the dry legal i Pe( 83 Constitutional law, I have no obis not a very material one. If the slave is obligation, in both cises after the separa- iject'0" to i,s bpinS ma ,p express and irrevto be surrendered, it can be of ba little con- j tion of tbe 8ection8. more generally than ' cable. The Chief Magistrate derives all sequenco to him or to others by what au- ; before? Th foreign slave trade, now im- i hls auo" from the people, and they have thonty it is done. Again, in any law upon j perfect! v sunnressed wnnl.l h nlr.m.rl, conferred none npr.n him to fix terms for

this subject, ought not all the safeguards of prudence to be introduced so lint a freeman ( may never in any case be surrendered as a alave, and might it not be well at the same ! time to provide by law for tho enforcement I of the clause in tho Constitution which ' guarantees that tlie citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and; immunities of citnens in the several States. I lake the official oath to day, with no men tal reservation and no purpose to construe the Constitution and laws by any hypocrit-; ical rules, and which I do not choose now) to speciiy particular acts of Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest that it will be much safer for all. both in official anit private stations, to conform to and abide , by all these acts which stand unrepealed,! th-n t ,;U, . . t,,m ! . . .. ...v.... ...... ; i,...:" .. ... i . ; stitution'al iu " i. . j? i.nn.n i lowed unless current evems .n.i M r. i, iIhS .how "I mMT"SntoZ ine course Herein muirarei win oe toi- . T,r.,ror. -n.l i -vr -o r ....r. bet discretion will be etetci.ed. according" .. - . ... to cucuu.st.uces actuauy existing, wun . view and a hone of a nenreful solutiot n Of' tha netionil tnuh! and th rtnMli.-,n ' r f,.)....! ....v,;. i .r. : I Tk.i il..,. wr- ; another who seek to destroy the Union at! .11 events. anJ are gNd ot any pretext toj do it I will neither arnrm or deny, but if there be ueh, may I speak to them before from have bo real existence? Will you. while tbe certain ilia you fly to are greater than all the real oaea you fly from, will yoa risk tbe commission of so fearful a mistake? All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can be maintained. Is it true, then, that any right plainly written in the Constitution has been denied? I think not. Happily lli Tinman mind ia so constituted that nn party can reach the audacity of doin ibis. '

dissolc tion of our national fabric, with all! our national constitution, and the 'o f""? VnrAtl? -r it, henefito, its memorb. and hopes? (Tel will endure forevcr-.t being impossible ! on lnwmP 'n m?nn PO"1 those who really love the Union I need ad- to de.troy it except by some action not j ll T Zl t,'T dress na word 1 Would it not be wise to provided for in the instrument itself wh,Ie he n"w lm. , J u -1 n cress no wora.; wowaii ooioe wise to y ... , , . rn;te i Slates be not a ' ,:BrD'Jla:e p-wer if it could change either ascertain, previously to haaarding so des- Again. It the Lnite l ates te not a T were d ed dissatisfied feral, a .top. whether there is not a possi Government proper, but an .ssoci.t, u of , - bi Ut that a nortion of the ills von flv States la the nature of a contract merely.. , - - . Z , ... " lne uis

incv erier uron so crave a matter aa rn iu citmn u i"r" i-n..i.uu

Think, it you can. ot a single instance in , eociauon in lui it was mature i imi"" ...c wa which a plainly written provision of the j continued by the Declaration of Tndepen-j hr n oath regit-red in Heaven to des- 5fiT The old Xor.h S:ate is safe f r tbe Constitutioe has ever been denied. If by ; dence in 1TT6. It was further matured. 7 th Government, while I shall have the Union over six;y counties show the electee men force of numbers a majority shall on the faith of all the then thirteen state, mast solemn duty to preserve, pro ect and - Uoa of aa overwhelming majority of Union deprive a minority of any clearly written ! expressly plighted and eng.eel tht it. defend it i delegate, The official count will have to Constitntioual right, it might in a moral .hould be prptnal by the .nicies of Con- I am loath to close. We are not enemies. haJ before it u determioed whether Xonh point of view, justify a revolution. It federation in 1 a and finally in but friends. We must not be enemies. ... , certainly would, if each a right were a yi- one of the declared objects for ordaining Though passion may have strained, it must! C-1'0 W1'1 nold convention or not. ao tal one; but enen is not onr case. All the ' and establishing the Coasatutian, was to ' not break out bonds of auction. The mys I close is the vote,

ital rights of minorities and of individuals are ao plainly assured to them by affirmationa and negotiations, guarantees and prohibitions, in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. Bat no organic law can be framed with a provision eeifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical ad ministration. No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable length ecntain, expres provisions for all possible

questions, Shall fugitives from labor be

sarrenderetbyational or -btatejaujab; U mtej fetales, are insurrectionary or revit? The Uoustitutio"ifdTO8 not -expressly ' o'utionary according to circumstances.

yv""Territories?

The Constitution does noi.onMUBimn im la-are", ice umuu is uu-

expressly say. -Must Congress protect broken, aod to toe extent ol my aoiuty.j Slavery in the Territories? The Constitu- shall take care, the Coi.atitutior itself ties does not expressly tay. From qties- !exprely er j n'os cn uie, that tlie laws of, tions of this class spring til cur Cons itu- ? the Uai -n b faithfully executed in nil the j tion al controversies, and we divide up jo State. Doing rh.s, I d-em to be only a them into majorities aad winoriue. If simple duty n roy part. id 1 shall perthe minority will not acquiesce, the rosjori- j form it so far at prc-ticivde, nta!? m v ty mast, or the Gevernuieut must ceae. jrighful ica-rer, the Amcrina people sLIl , There it no other alternative far continu- i withhold the request means, or iu me

iu? the Givernncent. but acquiercence on . the one side or the ot lcr. If a miaori'y in such case will secede rather than ac quiesce, they make a precedent whicn in chaaeine easily, wf.h the deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentimeuts. is the only true sovereignty of a free people. Whoever rejeets it does of necessity fly to anarchy or despotism. Unanimity is itoposeible. The rule of a minority as a paramount arrangement is wholly inad uiihMible, so that rejecting the majority prioc;iple, anarchy and despotism in some ' a nrpcvlcnt fur ..th.ir ii,ij em lu-rtor l ' borne than could the evils of a different

practice At the same time the candid ' desirous of having the national Constitueitiaen mn.l confess, tint if the policv of' tlon amended. While I mak no rccora the Government up n vital question afT-o Imendation of amendments, I fully recog tine the whole peop'e. are to be irrevnca J "he l iwfnl authoiity of the paople over bly fixed by the de isioo of tho Supreme ''"e whole suhj-t. to be exercised in eithei Court the instant they are mnds, as iu or ; of th mod-s prescribed i i th inst ilment diaary litigation between parties in i er- 1 ils,',r- ln,, 1 fh"'d. under existing circum-

sonal aetin. the ikjobIo will have ceased to b their own rulers, having t.that ex. 1 t-n. r,r-i;r.11r rwi TnPi1 thir .cr.,rn,if ten practically resigned their government iato the hm Is of thit tribunal. Nor ith -re in this view any assault upon th Court or the Judges. It is a duty from which they may not shiink, l decide cases properly brought befors them. It is no fault of theirs if cthftrs spek In turn thir decisions to nolitical tmrnnses (), ; tion of our country believes Slavery is other believes it is wronr and 'ouirht not right and ought to be extended, wbile the to be extended. This is the only tubstan.;i Hisnntf" for ih FnitivB SUr Aiac 0f the Constitution, and the law for the : c : e l . i . 1 . w revived withont restriction in one section - while fugitive slaves, now only partially surrendered, would not be surrendered at all bv the other. Physical'y speakioe, we cannot separat.; cannot remove our respective seet.ons from each other, nor build an impassable . . . ,te m be divorced and go out of the i,c.. j ,v ... e u ll netween them The husband andt other, b it the d fffrent parts of onr com 1 try cnnot do this; they cannot but remain face to f.ice, aai an intercourse either ami cable or hostile muat continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that iaterourie more advantageous or more satisfactory after separating them then be- ,.-. , . . . , . . 11 ,s "venty two years since the first id .,.,. ,.. ,,r . p;.f .t uuiiu o. - iiueai uuurr our na t,on1 Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distincuia-h. d ... - . . . . .i e"zens have in siicc-ssiou ano-mistered "ecuuve branch of tbe Gover.rm.nt. ! iaey tiave coi auctea it mrouan mnj!" perils, an J generally with gret success. Vo aitli ill tl.ia annAof nreffdent f now r " ... iT i- -k. ""r "pus mo B.mo ii iuj uiioi Ir constitu ional term

ot loar years underl"".' l . -mm nu.

vreat and Decuil r ddnoulties. Uisruotioa 1 ot the Federal Lnion. heretofora only men - acd, is now formidablj attempted. U is safe to assert that the tiovernment p.oper never had a revision m its org. ! J ' i 10 law lor us own termination, voniinue;: iwmrti ne reaciDtv anunl:el

unless by all the parues who made u?jr , , . " . . , One party to a contract may violate it I Io'elhgenee. Ptnotism. Christianity and K.v it . -ne.k hut does it not re- i firm reliance on Him who has never yet for-

ouire all to lawfully rescind ii? Decend

ing from these general principles, we find '',3a,it- ,a tae w-r' aU Ur PS thf propositi .tUU in lel eontempU.i'ffil"tion! thVUnioa is rerpetnil, confirmed by In year hands, my dissatisfied country-! the history of the Union itself The Ua- and not mine, is" the momsntuous issue 1 , Jv .... .e. r... of w.r Ts. n. -:ti ..-

It was formed in fact by the articles of as-

form a more perfect Union. If dicsolnJ tie chords of memory. Uretching from evtion of the Union by one or by a part only ; ery battle field acd patriot grave to every of the States, be lawfully possible then lovicg heart and hearthstone all over this the Union is leas than before the Consti- 1 broad land, will yet swell the choras of the tat ion, having lost the Tital element of; Union when again touched, as surely as

perpetuity. It folio wa from these view, that no State, upon its own mere motiun, cab Saw. fully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void, and that acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the - - Y ;, 'A . . s. I auth-mtanve manner direct the cooirary I trust this will n jt he rr, arded as a n en- . ce, but only a declare i purpose of the Uni jn. thai it may consti' utiotaliy detena and maintain itself. In d ing this there need be no blood she.1, cr violence, at.d there ehall be none unless it be forced upon 1 the national authority . Ine power conferred on me will be wt d to hold, occupy and possess the property and places be-t longing to the Uovernuicnt to coueci tne j .luties and imposts; bat b yond what may j he necessary for these objects, there will j be no using of force aaiost or among the j people anywhere here host nty to tne U( i:ed Stites, in any interior locality, shall be so great and so universal ai to prevent competent Tesidtnt ciisens from holding Federal offices, thera will be no attempt to force obnoxious strangers upon the people frr that object. Whi'e the strict legal rtht my exist in the Govern ment to enforce the exercise of these rffices, the attempt to do so would l so irri tating an t so nearly impracticable withal hat I deem it better to forego for the time the uses of such offices. The mails, unless repelled, will continue to b furnished at all points of the Union, s-) fir as possible The people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most f yrsble to calm thoughts and reflection. Can aliens make trea'ies easierthan friends? C;m they make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between alii-ns than laws among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight alwayp, and when after much loss on boh sides, and no gain on ei ther, you cease fighting, the old identicd questions as to terms of intercourse are aeam upon you 1 his country, with its institu tions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing governmei.t they tan exercise their consiitu'ional riht of amending, or their revolutionary right to dismember or over throw. 1 cannot be .ignorant or the fact 'hat many worthy an l pa, notie persons are stands, t'vor rather Ui.ni cj.po-e aUir oj potlt-nity heir ir offered tl.o people to act up on it. I will ven'ure to m'J that to n;n hcontention nile seems prjrabl, inasmuch as it allows the amendment to ,rigirt'ite w ith the people themst lveF. instead only of permitting them lo tiike or reject a proposition originated hv others not wpwi II r elrn.' n for the purpose, and which might not lie precisely such as they would wish to either accept or re'use. I understand proposed 8t,u "umeul lu ",e L,M,B ,lul1"" ""'n,e"u meut, however I have not seen,-passed i' Congress, to the effect that the federal gov-J -ernment shall never interfere with the domes,lc institutions of the States, including I that of persons held to service. - l - . 1. Tt ' tn wparaiion of the States. The people infmeU--s can do this, also, if they choose; kit ih- Executive, as such, has nothing to w''h it. His duty is to administer and 'pre'erve tho Giverament as it carne to his hamK a,-d t transmit it ummpared by him, j to hlIi "CMS8orI 1 tilt A 1 'fiJei.ce in the ultimate justice of the people? : I thrs ., Wim .m..H,M i .y siwuia mere not oe a patient conworldT in our present d;tierencs. is either party wiihoul lailh or being in sight of the Almighty Ruler of Nations? Will I is eter nal truth and justice, be on our side of the P"rth, or on yours of the South? That I truth and jut"ce will surely prevail by the judgement of this tribunal tho American people. By the frame of the government under which we live, this same people have wisely given their public servants but little pow er for mischief, and have with equal wis4 ..i r . u ". l"u"u .au,u, mumwiu hr own hands, at very short intervals. rr " ilance, no admicistra'ion by any extreme of wickedness or tollv can very seriously mMure the eorcrnment in the short snace of i , think ralmiy ail well upon this who:e subSJ.l - , othniir v!uble can he lost by tti king time; if there be an object to hurry nv '"rtXhe f"" ? ' 'J" t r i.ii ...i . f - , f be frustrated by it. Such of y.u as are . : . " r j aten this favored laai are still competent . sail you; you can have n- end ct without i

they will be by the better angels of our ca-! . -or. i it t u r TVni v

tare. joodu.iu .vuu... Extra Sesiai the Senates. WasHiSGToy. March 5. The floor of the Senate Chamber was; densely crowded to-da? before the members; were called to order. - S The utmost anxiety was everywhere expresseut Jera.tbtrmattoaoi me vaui-. - The galkries .vera Rbout two-thirds filled.

The Sena'e met at 1 P.M. : "covrcion," under any and all etrcainsunA prayer wa mado by the Chaplain ces ; eppci:uiv in behalf of the President of tlie! , - , , , , . . i V hau (jren. J jckia useu the words : United iates. t . , , , , Un moti-n of Mr. 11 de (Rp.of X. U .) J-iLas Lmon mut b preserved, h undcra committee of two was appointed to wait ! stood precisely w l a; Le was saying, and it

on tlie PieMdent and inform him that the St riate ws r-adv to receive any eotnntu nica'ion h- mtyht bt plea-ed to make. Messrs. HALE and DOUGLAS were ap Truinted such committee, and immediately proceeded to peiform their duty. The Sena'e took a recess till 4:30 P. M. On the Senate aain coming to order, Hale repor'ed that the Committee had perfoirhed their duty, and the President had intormed them tt at he would forthwith com munjcate writing. After a short inter Taf jjr j,'lco!aVi tif0 prirate Secretary of tUe President," appeared with a message. l eu, on motion of Mr. II tie, the Senate went into Executive session. At halfasfc. four the following gentlemen were confirmed as members of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet: Hon. Wm. H Seward, Secretary of State. Hon. Salmon P Chase, Secretary vf the Treasury. Hon Simor. Cameron, Secretary of War. Hon. Gideon Wells Secretajy of the XaHon. Montgomery Blair Postmaster General. Hon. Caleb B. Smith , Secretary of the Interior. Hon Edward Bates. Attorney General. The votes were unanimous for all except Bates and Blair, four or five voles being cast against each of these gentlemen, that many objecting to them because they were unwil ling that any one from Slave Slates should go huo the Cabinet. Editorial Correspondence. Wasmsfoos Cur, March 1, 1861. This city is now crowded with an im mens throng of" visitors, and the cry is "still they come." Every train of cars is full, aod on Saturday and Monday, it is said extra trains will be run. Xo fears are entertained of an outbreak on Monday next. Sxtens've prepaiaiions have been made, however, in meet any contingency that may arise ; and if the fears of some very intelligent gen lemen are well founded, the prep arations will ho of service within the next y days. Art.llery and infantry are uai- j ly drilling on the commons, and are seen passii through tho streets, presenting a warlike appearance. On yev.erdey there was quite an excitement in tho House, during the pendency of Mr. Corwin's report. The vote was very close, and exciting. On the day previous th iJ jy enal to the constitutional lUiij jriiy lvquiied. Mr. Kilgoie moved to reconsider the vote, and when the question was pending on eterday called the attention of his Republican friends to the importance of tho vole they were now called upon to give. Bat a few days ago they all emphatically declared, by sustaining the resolutions unanimously adopted, that they had no desire or disposition to interfere .with slavery in the S:ates wlre it exists. "Yesterday, however, they seemed to have forgotten this declaration, carried away by wild fanaticism, and also the peculiar cond.tion of the country requiring some ac'.ion. If they had changed their grounds since the occasion to which he had referred, and were now disposed to invade the SDvereignty of the States, then he was na Republican. In repeated speeches he had said those who a cused the Republicans of such a design uttered a slander. Should they say to the world, when they are about to possess the power of the government, that they ar; for using it to break down the sovereign ri-hrs of the United States, and invade their privileges. If lhat was the doctrine, he could not sub-cribe to it. They should bearia mind that they were not the masters, but tbe mere servants of the people. The proposition to amend the constitution should ba taken lo their masters, and the latter should be asked whether they will approve or reject it. He appealed to them for the sake of the peace and quiet of the country, and for the good of the Republican party, to come forward to-day, and with the same unanimity they yottsd for tbe resolution t which he had referred, declare the same thing iu the pend , ing proposition as an amendme it to the constitution. If you fall to give pe-icc you wrong youri-elves and not the people, and on your head will tail the responsibility. Mr. lvilgore wa-, followed by Mr. St-tntoo in au eloquent pecch, and wren the vole ws co j rated and announced, the passage of the resolution was li tiled with applause. The effect of this proposition cannot now be foretold ; but it it onlv has the effect lo postpone a dissolution good may result from it. the wisest men and the m-'st expenenced statesmen are mable to slve ihe problem now presented to tbe American people. None are able to read the future. So far as we are concerned, the present cons:i;u ion is gxd enough for us ; bat we are wil ing to do almost anything without a sacrin'V P.p.e to avert a sanguinary war, such as all fraternal wars have been. . "ting letter to be carried by the mad f Jit T"ng t. a feat a.ter th- di-:ner table has been cleared of its meats acd viands H.

Of to Cwercloss." j Replying to our notice of his having taken down from his editorial head, the Eagle, Democracy, and the motto of Gen. Jackson:

"The Union it must be preserved," the editor 01 ice jenersoLian sjiys; "If our neighbor had taken the same trouble that ha did to pea the above, he would have seen, by looking at our motto under tlie bead ou the nrst page, mat "our flag wrs still there." Yes. but not in its place also on the inside '0f fc sheet. There is where we sfKke ,. k,.,k .,.J w decency ia removing them, aJvccruinj as he was tie ut.er wroig and impolicy ot Jwas as equally well unJt-r tood by John C. Calhoun, when tho fact was made known to him that ' Old Hickory" had already sgrned a warrant acd afSxed the teal of the' United States thereto, to hang him as aj traitor. The word mtst is not an ambigu- j ous term, tn this connection it is a posi tive commaud; it meats : "Peaceably, if j we can; forcibly, if we mutt." ' j Noah Webster says, the meaning of coercion is : '-Restraint, check, particularly j by law or authority, compulsion, fe'ree;" Vet ! our neighbor of tbe Jeffersonian avers that j he is still in fi or of the motto he has dis- i carded from his editorial head boasts of its j being on the outside of his paper "The 1 Union it MUST be preserved"' and then J. deliberately w rites himself dow n as ' being opposed to coercionT' Opposed to check-j ing or retstraining, particularly by law or authority, all who violate the laws of the I United States all who steal the arms, mo- j ney and other property belonging to the ( United States all who have committed treason against the United States, four fold! more black and damning than that of Ben - ; edict Arnold on the'ainsidc of his paper; and, on the outside of the tame sheet tlie i glorious motto of Old Hickory: " The ' Union, it MUST bk preserved." Truly,1 our neighbor has, in his paper, j "All on the ovttide, I And nothing wit.lin," J Abo!utely nothing, but miserable, una-j dulterated sympathy with disuoionists and 1 traitors; for what more do they want than' this positive "aid and comfort," from all Douglas Democrats, than tbe assurance that, j like the editor of tho Jeflersonian, they ! are "opposed to coercion?" If a baud of thieves and robbers, was assured by our j neighbor, as the organ of the anti slave-; code-for-territories democracy , that he, and t!l0: r whom he spoke authoritatively. ' were opposed to restraining or checking their depredations, by enforcing the law j against them, would they not be encour-l aged in their vocation, and feel that their' thieving strength was renewed? To he; Mire ! and just 60 with the thieves and rob-, h-rs of Uncle Sim's forts, cannon, rifles,; iuukt-t3 and money! Our neighbor says, "if this be treason, make the most of it!' j (Vcd we've endeavored to gratify hint, and, to open his ees so that he may sec that; he is "aiding traitors" and doing nothing else! Higher Latv.Ur. Seward mid Ei Gov. IV r l lit. Tne last Jeffersoniaa says that Mr. Seward, by his higher-law doctrines and abolition teachings, has done more to bring about the ' 'irrepresssblo conflict' than any other man;" and then quotes the following to prove it, taken from Mr. S.'s speech iu the U. S. Senate, in 1850: 'The Constitution regulates our stewardship; the Constitution devotes (he domain to Uuion, to jus'ice, to defence, to welfare and to liberty. But there is a higher law lhan the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain' If Mr. Seward's higher law doctrines and abolition teachings," has had such a deleterious effect upon the country, what has onr neighbor to say about similar doctrines and teachings emanating from the favorite chief and leader of the Inditna Democracy,! Ex Governor Jos. A. Wright, the present Minister to Berlin, w ho said, in a speech delivered near the same time that Mr. S. is said to have delivered his: While portion of our brethren on the waters of the Pedee, French, Broad, and Big Hatchee of the South, and those of the North oq the Chicopee, Quinebaug and Taunton are talking about dissolution and separation from one another, and of "marching up to tbe last parapet with coffins on their backs," of "setting at defiance the laws of the land," we, Kentuckians and! Indiaoians, are sitting quietly under the! shade of our mighty oaks," living andf dwelling as brethren in peace harmony. j Peace dwells in this valley Our mo to is : ; TA. t land conquered under Freedom's ban - ncr, shall be contet-rated lo freedom amd Union, note and forever. If the men of I this day, who talk of a separation of this j Republic, would visit the great West the i Mississippi Valley they would return a:ltfied that a separation is impossible. VVuh i us we have a higher law-t is r.a'ures law, before which all the assemblages and) conventions, from Hartford lo Nashville,) trom cunaio to Charleston, weigh not a leather." You have eagerly pointed your readers in a Se(a)ward direc ion ; now please point them landward, in a Wright course,, Mr. JefjfWsoniao, and give your readers thej. difference between their " higher law doe- j trines and abolition teachings. . XyUnder tbe heal of 'The Difference. j Tbe Itushviiie Republican perduently remarks, that "when a lugiue is recued f from the United States Marshal in any! Northern State, the Democratic press all oyer the lnd. call louily for ' the enforce- j ment of tne laws." hen the Cot'oo s:ates take possession of the United Siates fort-, ens torn houses, arsenals, ani steal the money in tbe subtreasuries and U. S- Miot. tbe same press denounce the "enforcement of tbe laws" as coercion.

President Lincoln, Inaugural. We are!

t oder obligations to W. T. Dennis,' Esq..! " Fwbat. Mm 1. 1861. or m cony early on Tuesday morning f Sk.natk.-A good deal of mluabhi tim , ji n - : j ... t ; i . was wasted by Democratic Senators in .he Inaugural Ad Jressof Pe.dent Lincoln. mo&totV)dottelhtttohn th9 joarnal Iso, to Sam Elder, for a copy of the State of ye8tcrday corrected to suit their view. Sentinel, containing it. It is a straight for- The principal point contended for was that uard document, and speaks f-r itself satis- the minority report of the Committee oa .... , Printing should be on the journal, after it ..ctory and to the point. The journal So unsa isfsctory is the Inaugnal Address was ordred to stand as made. i the editor of theStve Sr-timel, that he A House j ial resolution was passed, dis--links the general reader will exclaim, after continuing hereafter the publication of the tusie.it: "Whit does Mr. Lmcoln mean?" report of the Slate Board of Agri " We presume th Stimel cJiior after read- JttAJJ for the pro.ectioo of ebeep from i the pULn and comprehe.isivo srtinw ot vat i,, OG (be table. ud anottvr was ?hnst oc the Mount, would ak a similar recemimitted with instrations to amnd it so J ussti-.-n. s lo strike out all provisions for the payment ! 'ouit-f the county treasurers to owners f CfcS- Oa Abj mey not Wn how to sr it shwp for lo9 tamd by the depred. . ti!s like ho uel t ; bit ha h is prove 1 him tt0ns e.f dots. The bill wa atterwaid reelf to he one of the host ol ii'timet ma- por-d back, when it felled lor want of a ..r,! TI.e one he ha j i.t made, sa.ti a, cousutuiiiwl tn.joriiy. . , v -e t. ni. r - 81$ patted for the relief o' th borrower ,auca. a.-ward, of Now York; Chv. or rf fu$ fuaJa 9XWttdlng tht tU Ohio; C.t nron, of Penney I vauia; ells, OI- p,y,nent two years; one amending the of Conoeetic'i'; S nith, of loditna; Blair, ac: authoizing the substitution of stocks and of Maryland; Bves, of Missouri. : mortgages, and for the conversion of the i 'S ate n.cks into haak buuds. r-At Itiiianapolis, a few Sabbaths i llocK. Bill for the better protection of since, at the closing exercises at one of the ! religions and other meeting reported back , . . , . and engrosse d, and being amended ao a to Method:st Episcopal churches. Bishop Ames j qui wUer, &c not to withia astonished and thrilled the congregation by j two miles of the meeting; against the purchase the following prayer: of David Dale Owns cabinet of minerals, "We thank the. O! God, that while Irea-' Ac. on account ot the condition of the treason stalks aim aJ in high places, there is one ! ury. report concurred in; Senate bill enmao who loves his country ! one man who ; grossed to ascertain the number of abeep will defend his country's flag! God bless j killed by dogs; House bill to require dogs and protect the gallant Major Anderson and to ba licensed, and the payment of the value his noble band!" of sheep killed by dogs, &s reported back.

The "amens" which came up from the brethren around, were ljud and enthusias tie; and when tbe congregation arose from their knees, smiles and tears were seen struggling in many a countenance. The editor of the Jeffersonian does not attempt to prove the Republicans being in favor of "letting the Union slide," except by insinuating lhat N. P. Banks once made such a declaration. Our neighbor is equally unfoitunate in this. Mr. Banks kkvcr said he was in favor of "letting the Union slide." It has been charged, but most emphatically denied by Mr. Banks on the floor i f the House. He and others may have said that if the South were to carry slavery iuto every State of the Union, to whieh he was opposed, he would rather fee the Government dissolved. That is all, neighbor. Mr. Banks has been and now is in favor of maintaining the Union, and so has been and now is the Repulican party. JEfcaSTbe idea of a slave code in the territories to prote t the institution of Slavery, was so very repugnant to a portion of the Northern Democracy, that they split the party rather than accede to it; now, these Nturc iriui.i.. ,,.-..... ....... .... , j , . . favor of the very thing they then repudiated!, They are anxious to establish a sl.ive code for all teriitory, now held or to le hereafter j aequired by the United States, south of So" j , . , ., . r , 1 mm . recognizing avcry of the African h 3 l t race as existii g, which tdiall not be mterfer- j ed with by Congress, but shall be prottcted : as prvjterty, by all the depaitments of the, terrhorUl government during i's continuence! Did the Hemocracy of the Douglas school, split about a fundamental principle of liberty, at Charleston, or are they contending for a fundamental principle of slavery now? The Rushvilie Republican, gives one of the best of reasons why Gov. 4Jorton did not appoint a portion of the comraissionersr from Indiana, to the Peace j Congress at Washington City, from the Democracy, it is. that, "as a political or-1 ganization, it has voluntarily expressed sympathy with the treason of the Cotton States, and some of the leader-t, Heffren for example, go so far as to announce their purpose to leave their wives and children and their State, and in behalf of the South take np arms against tho United States! After taking an oath to support the Constitution of tho United States, Gov. Morton could not consistently appoint such men to office." J3TThe only reason, we suppose, why the 4th of March every four years is designated as In c7r-atiou day, is because the President of the United States always, in all administrations, is beset by a swarm of hungry office-seekers, about that time and very nearly loredto death ! A Ten uessee View ol Coercion. The Nashville Banner says: Citizens of seceding States seize and hold the arsenals and forts of the United States by armed force. They drive out all United States Officers found therein. Is that coercion, or not? And is it the duty of the Uni ted States Government to submit to coercion? Citizens of the seceding Slates seise mints and treasure of the United States. and rifle the mails at pleasure, and threaten orirli nalh anv linitH .valia nthir thatnraposes. Is that coercion or not? If so, is it the duty of the United S:ates to submit to it? So far, all the coercion all the resort to force, to military force to violate right. laws aad property has been on the part of j the seced ling Sates. .And yet all tbe bowl . niled the t ation, against coercion, I that has n ilea ire i ation, agat has been p ured forth by thoae dady resort ing to it. It is right enough for any mob to seize ihe property and I ram pie o-i the flag of tte Union, bat damnable coercion if the IdKin refuS lo submit tO be robbed utj and insulted by SUCh hands. . . , . Pork Packjxo i the Ixtcriou The Cincinnati Price Current of Feb. 20, saysr

"."since our iti, we n lye reccivea ine re- ? tains from 54 al iiti -nal towns, which show j aa addition-! decrease of 5 7,0 JO head. mak--ing the lotnl deeiease. as lr as heard from.f t1 163,000 The indications are tbt the d-t

crease in number will be pretty close up to 200 OoO. but that t' e increase in weight win more than make np for tm. We do not ex pact to be able to lay the full report ia detail before our readers tor two weeks to ,. . , . . come, as packing is not yet closed at some towns at the orth." I ' aBBBBBBBBBBBaaBBBBaaMaaaaaaaaaaaoaaa D.ID.Oa Taaoday. lib nit-. Mr. CArUACIRB BtliE. anfcof CbwWo awaof Oaia ef. ao4 abaat e je-ro. . j :ch .;.. H taar oxbes. of uah a ! Harrx Grooa. ad U awatba. I

land passed ayes 58. nays -ra; against

providing for the education of idiots at this lime on account of the condition of the treasurer, concurred in; against repealing the law licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors, report concurred in; joint resolution passed directing the Attorney General to bring suit for the feea. dee., kept by the State officers contrary to law; yeas 90 nays 2; plan reported to pay off the Slate debt.by a levy of 2 cents tax for the present year, and of 5 cents each year hereafter; the fund to be invented in State Bonds; report coocuired in: bill to increase the salary of the Common Pleas Judges, to 81,600, reported with an amendment reducing it to 1.300 dollars; bill and amendment laid on the la! le; bill engrossed to invest the Sinking Fund in State bonds; 15.11 to repeal the 3Sth section of the act incoporating railroads, which makes an individual stockholder liable for all the debt of the company, reported back, read a third time and passed, ayes 5S. nayes 2G; new bill reported to enclose seven acres of the battle ground of Tippecatioe wi:h an iron fence for 86,000; against extending the time for collecting taxes report concuned in. Satukday. March 2, 1861. House bills were patted amending the act pioviding a Treasury system for the State; and to author z the President of the Sinking Fund Commissioners to satisfy mortgages and convey lands in certain cases specified. (afc bills were patted, lo amend the !.., .. !..,;. ... ,t. i r ... I hvi irieiifi aw iic rirvtit'ii ,. an itruvi -1 9 cats pu,(liciltion of lh- decisions, of ,ie siUprfr,e Court; to amend ihe act regulating the descent and apportionment of estatf- . 1 he fonse amendmentt t the senate bill . . . , ., . . . . to protect the titles te r ulro ids sold under for, ciogur.M ,(f m.tgaj,-., or by lien or deed l( trut. were concurred in. Horsx: Billt passed to perfect tbe title to puchasers of railroad "t Id on foreclosure or other proceedings ayes 76. nays 12; to provide for the mode of electing United States Senators by joint convention, and requiring a vote of 76 to elect ayes 86 nays 3; to amend 9th see. of the G. r.ral Banking law, ao as to hIIow suit to bj brought for balance on notes by the holder against a bank, where the bonds filed with the Auditor do not pay the full amount ot said notes. ayes 78, nayes 2; toauihorizn the issuing of a capias against a defendant in replvin who secretes the property ayes 84, nayes 2; to amend section 14 of the act defining and punishing misdemeanors ayes 65, nayes 20; declaring it a misdemeanor to wilfully leave open iat.es, let down fences, or destroy cattle guards along the line of railroads ayes 77, nayes 8; to amend sec. 16 of the act relative to guardian and ward ayes 78 nayes 6; to amerd the 6th section of the act for the en couragement of Agriculture ayes 81 nayes 2; Senate bill to make the registers, catalogues, tract books, description of certain lands Sec., now deposited in i lie Auditor's office, prima facie evidence ayes 83; to authorize County Commissioners to purchase toll bridges ayes 47, nayes 4; to amend sec. 1 of the act describing misdemeanors punish able by justices only; ayes 75, nayes 2. HUMID On Thar, Ur .,hId. SSth alt , Sr Rv, Or W.ktSeld. Mr. C. C. SUIIL, of ta Ara or Wars Bahl. ofitiu 'tw,to Mia M. B. WAkD. da a fb tar of laail Ward, K.q , ot tbia vicinity. g3rWhnver each a boaantB rcarmbraaau coaaca ta tha prlater, arc aaaarad ladaad that Thai ara two ararta, waoaa tu.raanu tar ill 1b BtiisoB ao cloaely awertf Th.t, pnlaa to aolaa, raapooalva stilt. That toB aut haaaa or ceaa to baai. Tbrraare t aoata. a-hoa. equal flaar, In arentla atreaoaa ao calmly raa. That whoa thy part, thay part! ah, aa! They cannot part tboaa auala araooa! On tbaStb io.t .hy Ray. f. 4. H.Mfn. Mr. 9. T. GARWOOD.ofli.nBllml.no., to Mis AbA M. la. DCLL. of Proapoet Bill, near tbia oft. JJjWiah aha abora nolle, arc relraS a aunotaatlal tkcn or bolng reaaabra4. May tboir lint ajlld aa aaootbly an aa aatlaCaetorlly dooa tba corfont of lias, tha ctarreooy wm raeatyod aliod into oar pockat ; J u.irporod4.4 " so aia-aya rail t orfloj lna-Tax-Payers Attention. N'OTICE Uboroby groa. thai p-aaitirrl tba last day f paying uie. it tbo S i Hon lay, tho IStb of tbo (.roaent aaotatb. and that after that 4f a poaany win anrwiaaiy ao aaM4 to Ua tazoa o' datiaAU aoneovcod arttl govwra ibaoawlrat aaC B. HUFF, Tax ao. Mareli T. is CITIZENS DANK, lienSAia aa , iai XH """aMp karrta'-r. exl.a( haaaraM aWhart ' M.raoan. Al'rt C. liM aa Cnarlaa P. Cof. n aa.i. nrM y liaattMtoa. tbo Soaaoa of this : BVea arail a oon&iarea by tho Ca.ioroigaa abo baro ahta l.f aaaoiated thmM4tM ImmIu. j . bra. anuaa MOKBI-OOH. tASClKJ A O.i araaa imm omiiTo Mitaraat ot to luraar partaara la tbo aWsk. aooaaaaag of 1H- liakiiuiao. ALBEKT C. BLICRABD. CHARLES r. COrr IX. JKS L. MORHISSOf. ALBERT H. BLASCtl RD. Ut RICHMOND SELECT AND HIGH SCHOOL. caoa r. , rrtMtpai. C.x.CiiAri am iota at rnMil " 'iZi'J'T' Tnch'rMm KMMt L. BaOWSf rrlaaar. PpHBf ,h). f ,l0 "- l oaa. Sapparlor adr.ataao tU ba i-f'ft 1r -ar.a'Ba Iha atalj ar tbo Laacaacaa Wataril aaina., n bskarauanaailM. Aa only a liaa"'U 'oaoatad. (tea. vUkiag to oatotr ail oojptlo will bo aaAov tbo lata. -t iato oaao of tbo pHaeiaa. ?SfZ"'r?Z L?. '.t Pyo at tto StrMtM'tL. M