address was as follows: TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, PA. At this alarming crisis in our political existence, we approach you, Sir, to express our cordial approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive for the preservation of the

arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and continues to be, administered

glory.' "Resolved, That in every act of his long and eventful life, — from the period of early boyhood, when in the stormy days of 1776 battling for the liberties of his country, he, a prisoner of war, refused to perform a menial service for a British officer, down through the Bar, the Senate Hall, the