Evansville Journal, Volume 17, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 31 May 1866 — Page 2

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, Warrick County Items. "Warrick County, Ind., May 29. , Editors Journal : The political affairs of this County are beginning to create something of a "'commotion. I mean in the rebel wing of the "unterrified" Democracy. Fof two or three weeks past the faithful those who have done the most dirty wort for the concern have been very busy in packing delegates to a County Contention,' which came off last Saturday, ' to nominate candidates for such County offices as are to be elected next October. But it appears that those who did the most who stooped the lowest and connived the meanest were defeated . in .their designs. Their great,, 'fugleman and principal' aspirant for the-Legislature was, to his great chagrin and mortification, laid upon the shelf, and another,iullyas unscrupulous but less blatant, placed upon the ticket in his stead. This, for the present, creates considerable soreness, and not a little dissatisfaction, on the f part, of, the friends of Capt. Dial, but I think some panacea will be applied to asuage their wrath before long. ! The nominee for Sheriff is a new man who has been preferred to the present incumbent, who is still eligible for , Another term, merely because .he is a suppliant tool, but ostensibly because he is a soldier. He was forced to humiliate himself by making public retraxits in regard to statements he made a year or two since in re gard to the loyalty, bravery, &c, of Judge J. W. B. Moore, the chief era tor or their Hebdomadal. 15 ut all this will avail them nothing. They will find that Capt. Jack Robinson, or t Bome s other " boy in blue " will " take ' him round the track" in a style that he will not at all admire. ; Dr. Wm. Slaughter, of Newburg, or some other true and tried friend of . the Union, will be the nominee of the Union party for Representative, and "you will discover thitt old Warrick jwill come forth gloriously next October. The Central Committee will soon have a consultation, fix the day for a convention, and put affairs "in such a shape that all the efforts of all the grand jugglemen of the entire rank and file can not prevail against them. The Republicans for awhile had detennined to starj; s newspaper? here, tut after taking a full view of the affair, it was concluded that the Boouville Enquirer is doing us as much good as a Republican paper can. The chief editor. Judge Moore,' is quite a moderate man ; but he has an associate, named Crawford, who is a fledgling at the business, of editing, and fresh from the ranks of the rebel armyt To him,,. 1 am told, the J udge confides the entire management of the paper, and now and then he is brought up" to answer, by some " impudent U2on'mala7foTc'erUin7yery ".disloyal - sentiments" which appear' in its col- , ! "t; limns, but' the Judge disclaims, the pafernity and throws the responsibility npdn the ' shoulders -of his associate, while at the same time his name ( the Woi' Judge's ) appears at ; the head of , the 1

''editorial column, as the chief and onlj ;,'editQr.i :j It seems to me this is a singular state of affairs; but not being acquainted with the modus operandi of editing and publishing newspapers, I -'! presiune it is all right. ; f ,

; ' ; I ato told that some of the more so- .,

ber and liberal of their party are not " 1 a little dissatisfied with the conduct of the Judge's associate his bitter

. Thfllism his litter eontemnttor everv- - -fcT j it O T - 1 I'll

, ' .man say that he attended the Conven--V'.'. i tion last Saturday, hoping to see the

""'V proceedings conducted in the good old fashioned Democratic style, but when, he- rsaw this man

Crawford " acting r aS '"principal Secretary.! and,' heard others; "who were

just out of their frocks and diapers 1' ,l J ,' attempting to dictate what should and

should not be done, it sickened him and he withdrew, ;Saidhe, " I can't

stand it to see importations ' from .' . South Carolina and Alabaman-men

who fought the hardest and fiercest in the rebel armv coming here and -'guiding me in my 1 political 'conduct And if I can't endure it, I don't see '!-." how the Republicans can. lint

V-o. 'can tell the gentleman, this is

what

.;f : 'they generally Ido, , and it is working

good for our. cause, as o J.rrervwlire else.. . . well here as .oCi n.,the Enquirer- of the, 17th inst. appears an editorial which created no little buzzing , about the ears of the sedate Judge and when' called to ac count concerning it, he threw the reeponsibility upon his man 'Friday, as usual. The article is from an old Richmond paper, published two or three years ago, but revamped and

appropriated by the Enquirer's caterer to satiate the hungry maws of new and zealous politicians. r I will here enclose the offensive portion of the article: We look now hopefully to the speedjrestoration of the Union. The " rads " designed to exclude tn&-8oathern States till after the next Presidential election. Bnt such exclusion would not prevent them from choosing electors; and then, , if the vote of those electors would elect the antiradical candidate, if cast, and theCongress should refuse' to count them, we should have a civil war that would not be a sectional, but would be, o la Mexico, between two rival chiefs, the leaders of opposite political parties, which war' would end the Republic." I I see, also, that last week they published the letter "of Provisional Governor Perry, of South Carolina, to the Hafional. Intelligencer and AT. YTribune. This will be a good lift to our cause, here, for every man of common sense "will see'that it is a tissue of falsehoods and brazen promulgation of rebel sentiments. '- '-" . The soldiers will, as they resolved at' their meeting some weeka- since, have a grand celebration in this county in honor of the fallof Vicksburg, on! the 4th of July. They have not,de-

:terniined whether it' will be in'Boon.ville or Newburg. ' But be it where it may, you may look for a grand and glorious outpouring of the "loyal, . brave and true." Prepare to send .your reporters and as many ' guests as lyou please. ' There will be no better entertainment in the West on hat memorable day than' will be given by the friends of freedom here. ' The weather has been very cool for several days past, and it is feared that, although vegetation has not been materially injured, it has been so much retarded that many products will be somewhat backward in coming to maturity. ... ; " Business among the farmers is brisk, and the retail trade in the stores and shops of our various pleasant villages .throughout the county is as lively as possible. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmj' D. OVATION TO TREASON! INDIANA DEMOCRACY 1 Reception of L. P. Milligan. His Amiable Regeneration-Ills Views of the Puritans, Foreign Soldiers, Yankee Officers, Teachers and Lawyers-Kindly Remembrances of Lincoln; Brough and Morton-Uis Renewed Devotion to the Democratic Party. ; 'i 't r--.-; yr, ; ; - . The following is a full report, made specially for the Gazette, of the speech of L. P. Milligan, at Bluffton, Ind.. ast Friday, a telegraphic synopsis of which we gave .yesterday morning.' Jiids: (jrozette. '; ' ' ' ' ' . iThe " Democracy of the' Hoosier State have begun to rally the faithful or their clans, tor. the attempted' re demption of their ancient stronghold. And properly enough the campaign was opened by calling out that repre sentative man, Colonel JL. P. Milligan, . late 6f the Ohio Penitentiary,' but in 1804 and 18(i5 one of the Chiefs of the Sons of Liberty, or American Knights, wiio 'plotted 'the subversion of the htate uovernment ot Indiana into the lands of rebels and disunionists. lie it, one of the. fathers of the Democracy in Indiana, nd the fact that he was convicted ot treason and sentenced to leatli.' dnlv makes him the more pop ular man with those who, jduring. the late war with the secessionists, ,symEathiied,with thr-m and held up their ands in every 'practicable way they dared., As a martyr iu this cause, it is eminently fitting he should be made the hero of his party in the approaching political contest with those who fought and labored to subdue the Southern wing of that same party, ar rayed against them with arms. . ' . . RECEPTION COMMITTEE. ;. The occasion was nominally an ova tion to Colonel Milligan on his recent return irom prison, and transpired in the town ol .xJlunton. county -seat ot Wells County, on Saturday last. iThis town' is twenty-four miles from 'Fort VVavne. whence this reporter rode in a bustev. over the roughest road he ever saw. ixe reacneu me piace just in time to form, unwittingly, the tailend of the procession that was escort ing the notorious individual into town. The procession consisted of a marshal on .horseback, a - wagon - containing, nominally, the brass band of Bluffton, followed by a carriage in which rode the hero of thejday and distinguished persons, a dozen wagons full of peoSle, and 'a man on horseback. It appened that this band ( was not niore 'harmonious than country bands usually are we mean politically Half of them were sound Tjuion boys, and' the other half were something else, at, least. .The Union boys didn't know any tunes to suit such an occa sion. and declined to honor it with their presence., The consequence was, there was a great deal of boom-boom-inir in the 1 music, and very little of tont.-tootine: the most of those will ing to play in such a cause being of the bas(3)er sort, xney mea.to piay " Flome. Sweet Home,', but a friend Baid it sounded to him very like the "Rogue s March. Some powder was exploded between two anvilB. and from twelve o'clock

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till two o'clock the men drank whisky, the old women nursed the".1 babies in the court-house, and the ; rirls ate candy, sucked sugar-k'ote3, and watched" the . boy3 staggering and swaggering about the streets. '. CHARACTER OF THE MEETING.: - i Showers of rain came up about one o'clock, which drove everybody into the courthouse ' that could get in. Some one, in behalf of " the Committee," requested gentlemen to retire outdoors, and leave the hall for the ladies. As very few of the male portion of the audience left their seats, we conclude gentlemen were scarce in that community. - At last a modest young man he finished his education in a Democratic-newspaper Office volunteered to go out and escort the distinguished guest of the day into the audience, if they : would 1 open the way for him. The way was , opened ; the distinguished guest appeared; a voice cried out,' "Three cheers for Col. Milligan," and three fellows cheered as loud , as they could, and that was all; and during the Colonel's whole speech there were only three or four weak efforts at applause The' chief 'demoqstration was- on the part of something like a" dozen babies; whose whining and yahing" interfered seriously with reporting, though the confusion -- did not check the rapidity of the speaker, as he ran down his columns of printed slips. . . ' "'j ..; )'' '; ADDRESS OP WELCOME. , As fMr. Milligan stepped on the platform, we noted ' him as rather a hale old gentleman, over six feet tall. slender, straight, dark hair and gray eyes, and about fifty-five years old. : ' He was addressed by Mr. isrown. his law partner, in behalf of the Com-' mittee on Reception and the Town Council of Bluffton. The :pccasion was a demonstration in behalf of a freat principle, as well as in behalf of imself as an individual. Allusion was made to lire arrest and trial of Mr. Milligan, in the results of which his fellow-citizens felt as much concern, perhaps, as he, since their rights were alike involved, lhe military commission that tried him, he believed, was sworn to convict, hence there could be but one result. His final deliverance, through much tribu lation, gave his fellow citizens ereat satisfaction, and they had assembled to welcome his return among them. COL. MILMGAX'S SPEECH. ' -Mr. Milliean ' thanked his friends and fellow-citizens for their kind reception. He was glad to see them. lie had not cometa establish reputation as a speaker, and in view of his peculiar situation he . would depart irom his "usual manner of speaking, and at the same time become his own reporter. The wily and unaccommodating old fellow, however, refused to give us a copy of ' his own report,'' and ue nee we write lrom pur own notes. : . ;,r,.i , ' . THE SHINING. MARK. 7 : t ..The obligations weighing me down j to-day are of no ordinary character, and are . not confined alone toTthis assembly of high-minded .yeomanry. Their tribute is one that any individu- j al, more worthy than myself, might well be proud of. '1 do . not attribute it to any merit of my . own. It is the result of events, over which I had Jittle control. , It ; so . happened that I was selected aa the representative of a class; whether" on the principle that ' Death selects a shining, mark, is a matter of doubt with me. ,, The ordeal through 'which I have, just passed, whether with credit to myselL at least without credit to those imposing it. was equally due to any one of you. One as innocent and humble as you was selected as the representative for the dread ordeal. Jiut conscious in nocence sustained him as it did the Hebrew children, and he "too walked forth from the Abolition furnace, with his manhood uncrisped by the Aboli tion fires. , , HIS PROVIDENTAX DELIVERANCE; In accepting your warm congratula tions, I would be untrue c to myself and to you, and ungrateful "to my God, li x aiu not recognize iu, aimignry hand in the cause of our rejoicings, and mingle our ' joys : with thanks to him tor deliverance irom the most bloody reign of oppression with which the world has been afflicted -since the days of Noah. ; IMPLICATION F HIS NEIGHBORS' " Permit me to join with you in the testivities ot tne day, as one of you, for the part I have suffered might have been accorded to any of the Wells County farmers. I hold ; no doctrine which you did not h.old, ami I contemplated no act whieh you were not willing to perform.' My feelings and fears were common to you all, and the difficulties which then obsured the sky of justice hung with black . portend ovef you as over me, and that vista, now opening to the rays of hope, promises you the same future it does to me. But there is a relation between the "W ells County Democrats and myself, which I regard with peculiar interest. you will recollect that in the early stages of this uaholy war, whose ergot fruits we are now beginning to harvest, when an insane mania rested on the public mind, and when we seemed all to be standi on the trembling confines of overwhelming ruin, you called upon me to advise you as to the course of safety. I too had my fears for our beloved country, . for there were seen all oyer the land portentious omens of disaster. Everywhere people were falling victims to the great, moral ' pestilence. ' The ; East wind blew, as of old, politically, it is true, but everv breath was scented with blood, and tainted with the virus of death ; and worse than vultures,

and more hungry than . cormorants, were the hordes thai came from the East, weltering in blood. ' It was a sad day. . You will recollect the advice I gave you on that day, which I shall feel it my duty to repeat on this. : You will recollect also what I told you you might expect of the ultimate policy of those who overthrew our Government, sacrificed upon the altar of their vicious prejudices, the vital interests and .dearest rights of the people. . : .,- . i WICKEDNESS OF PURITANISM. Take one grand survey around you, and behold the ruin I then predicted. I ask, to-day, have not our forebodings been fully realized? yea, more than realized? .It was not possible then for the human mind to conceive of the wickedness of the human heart, especially of the wicked heart of Puritanism. I then told you that the restoration of the Union to its primitive glorv was not their object: for in ad

dition to the madness and folly of Abolition; was the lust of power of the old Federalists; with a : like irre sistible lqst for plunder on the part of the lankee people. . These unholy elements, fiercely tempered with malice, fired ' their hearts till their : ambition knew no bounds. Extermination and spoils ever the1 watchword of Puritanism, whether with their original adversary, or with the Indians on the Atlantic border, whose corn, without price, had saved them from famine, and whose kindness they returned at the dead of night by murdering their unarmed men and defenseless women and sleeping babes clad in the armor of fury they became terrible. ' They could murder our people, but restore peace they could not. I told you that the Union would ' not be restored in five years. It yet lacks & few weeks of five years, and the Union is not restored; and so far as the action or wish of the dominant party is concerned, it is no nearer restoration than it was then. On "the contrary, the breach seems to widen. New conditions are interposed, showing conclusively that they neither intend or desire to restore the Union, but organize an oligarchy more cruel than that of the East India Company, that " taxed the people with want and suffering, that made ;your leaden souls shed drops of boiling blood." 1 warned you then that one object they had in view was to expunge from the map of the political world all lines circumscribing the sovereignty, or separate existence, of the States of the Union. Was I right? At that day the vast majority of the people of this country wanted no change in our Government. - They had lived - in peace and happiness under that Union,, and were satisfied to maintain it, pure and unaltered as it came from our fathers. Had I said less or done less, I would not have been myself; and instead of this day being the recipient of so magnificent an ovation, I would have deserved to be spit upon with detestation..; .; REVOLUTION A SLAP "AT THE PRESI- : " . . . ... 'DENT. -.;. - ; I maintain the same views now, and hold that the foundation of all good government is laid in the habits and peculiarities of: the : people; and no form, of government not sustained' by or resting upon such a foundation can have any stability or reliable s'ecurity. They are the teachings of the nursery, the school and the pulpit. , Keif interest, :passion and hate, are not the ele-, ments of peace and good order. These are the passions, that prevail in the dominant party, and under their poU sonous influence you can not hope for the present Congress to reconstruct the Federal' Government in such a way as : to meet the hopes and aspira-; tions of the toiling millions of the Mississippi Valley.. We heed no revolution. Even the soealled revolution of 1688 was no revolution in the common acceptation of - the term, .but a recurrence to first principles. Why did they depose' the - king ? Because they were ' opposed, to a monarchy? No : ' there never was a people move devoted to their form of government. They said the king had invaded the province of the "Legislature. 'And lwix; niaJce yohrjtnen V application: I have not named any king:. Is not mankind the same at this day? Thereupon the king wat deposed, and they asserted the ancient rights and liberties of the people, and declared that the powers; assumed by the king had ho legaf existence. THE PROVINCE OF CONGRESS, -n. These fathers were not prone to get up new theories of government wholly at variance with the wants of the people, as the;. Puritans are now doing. They were content with the' assertion of their ancient rights. It is not the business of any legislative body, not even a; Congress; to- revolutionize a government. Their ofEce-is to give expression to the will of the people already expressed, not to enunciate principles of government. They seldom have the ability, and certainly not the right, to do bo. L s MONARCHY PREFERRED. The speaker, aften giving a tedious dissertation on the history and theories of government, remarked: The distinguishing characteristic of the feudal system ' was ; its military absolutism; and experience has demonstrated that-absolutism is more to be dreaded in an oligarchy than in a despot, for no one man possesses in a high degree all the human vices hot even a Lincoln, a Brough, for a Morton; yea, not even Beast Butler. The weak and vicious passions of the one can be more readily satiated than the more varied and fierce passions of the rapacious mob. FOREIGN SOLDIERS YANKEES. It occurred to King James, when

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his power was so circumscribed that his troops could only be levied for twelve months at a time, that he could more easily break the obstinacy of any incorrigible - town by quartering a body of foreign troops upon it. This practice has been adopted in the late war. Foreign troops, alien to the citizens of Indiana, and not only aliens, but in many instances Yankee enemies to the citizens of Indiana, were needlessly quartered in every considerable town, and city in your State. Not Only have foreign soldiers been quartered upon you, but a class undeserving the name of soldiers. Soldiers have courage, and men of cour age are never cruel and revengeful. They have self respect, and never steal. They i have respect for their profession and maintain its dignity., ; Citizens become soldiers temporarily from motives of patriotism. Now, patriotism and larceny never were companions. Mercenaries fight for pay, and r would as willingly run as fight. , It is said the devil has servants clad in , the, livery- of heaven ; so the garment of patriotism has been used Tinder which ito carrv off: other people'sproperty, by too many officers of the Federal army, ,'lhere were quartered among you, all over Indiana, officers with whom even Butler would not compare; . . They, were too cowardly to go to the front, and do service in the cause . they professed to regard, and ; organized i under , the title of "Home .Guards," .and, as pimps and spies, undertook to avenge their own private grudges, and were, paid .for their perjury. ; These were more insulting and tyrannical than any true soldiers, ever were.: .,. . . , , , , L : . . "i SOP FOR. THE SOLDIERS. , , I respect true soldiery, bravery, and gallantry, as much as any man living, whether in a Robert E. Lee or a Ulysses Grant, giving Lee the preference. Reporter: or the gallant and dashing soldiers on both sides of the late conflict, who stood or fell in a thousand hard fought battles, and forgive them for the ruin they have wrought. And notwithstanding the falsehood of politicians, who wou!dprejudice soldiers against me and those with whom I have acted, I would trust my lifeind integrity with them a thousand times rather than with the politicians who remained at home, or, leaving, left with a commission or a cotton permit in his pocket. PURITANISM PORTRAYED. ' Could I draw a picture of the last five years, America might blush for herself, and the nations of the earth weep in sorrow. But Puritans cannot blush. It is a grace God has denied them, or which they have obliterated by corruptions to which history has no paralleL even in the administra tion of Charles II, frorn whom the world turns 'with loathing. Cotton permits, the capture of private property for the benefit of those capturing it, leases of abandoned lands, etc., etc. ; such things constitute the moral pes-; tilence that everywhere prevails. Suc cessful crime is, made the . standard of respectability. And that great center of education, where a.higher civilization is boasted of than common Christians can. aspire to,; Boston, is the school where people are thus educated to villainy,, where villainy is most respected.- ';,(' " '. And this moral polution has been carried by New England far ' into the West. - Even in Ohio big thieves are more respected than honest; men... A Gibson.and a Dorsey can play chuck, a-luck with the public money, and eo free, while the poor boy not yet out of his teens in sentenced to Zi. years tor horsestealing. ,,;.,,,! ; ,,' .,vo. ; . ' ARISTOCRACY OF CRIME. ' rV But' this, is hot' the only form of moral , delinquency with which ; we have to contendv There 'is an aristocracy of crime,' warmed into life by the protective system exacted by New England, controlling Congress as the East India Company controlled Par liament, with money. This state of things was early brought: to the public gaze by hiring Webster to go to the Senate,'and since then their ' success has made them more impudent. Prior to the meeting of Congress, it has not been nncommon to see j it boasted of in their papers that Boston had raised $50,000 or 100,000 to carry her measures through Congress. How? By bribing your Congressmen to' betray your interests and that of your children. So well settled has this practice become, that, a few years ago, when. a certajn capitalist was asked to contribute to an electioneer ing fund for the purpose ot securing the return ot a pliant Western member,' he -objected, boldly saying it would be cheaper to buy whatever member might be elected than to bribe 'as 'many votes as would be necessary. ' 1 - i: r ."" ' , -t NEW ENGLAND JESUITISM. - ; jt, The speaker in this ' connection drew, attention to the alarming inroads of Yankee emigration. ..New England was. prosecuting a vigorous system of sending West find South annual ' supplies of schoolmasters, preachers, lawyers and ' bankers, to plunder the people. With just enough learning to make them impudent, they push themselves forward and assume to be, leaders; are sent to the State Legislature and to' Congress. In Democratic districts thev become exceedingly ' Democratic. Even old Thad. Stevens' was' once a leader in the Democratic party. But it is immaterial what" they,, call t themselves, whenever a question arises having for ite ultimate object the welfare of New England, you will find them'whooping and throwing dust in the eyes -of the gjople.iall at the" expense -of 'New ngland capital. There is but .one remedy for this, and that consists in educating 'the

people of the West to a clearer understanding of their present political ano commercial . status ; - how they . have been the dupes of partial legislation, of tariffs, of. paper money, National banks founded on National security. I f : SPECIAL PROVIDENCES. ! God is just; although to us, who do j not understand. His Providence, that justice sometimes seems tardy. I never was prone to believe in the frequent recurrence of special Providence, hut such instances are distinctly seen in the cases of three of the greatest sin-, ners against God's righteous will

Lincoln, Brough and Morton. One has been summoned to the bar' of retributive justice with his sins unrepented of. Another, covered all over with the mildew of debauchery and wrapped in the exhalations from whieh buzzards would turn their offended noses, carried to the grave the impress of infamy: while there yet remains one of the Godless trio; but the fdague is on its westward march, his imbs are Bmote with; the blood of crime, and tremble under ' their load of corruption. But I pray that he may live long to realize in this world, -rather than m . the next, , that God is just i';'- .;..i,r y ' RECONSTRUCTION NOT NEEDED : ( 'i You perhaps wish to hear my views upon reconstruction j Our Government js good enough, if properly administered; and out of respect for the memories of our fathers, I would leave it .untouched, and perform s in gojd faith its conditions, observing the stipulations dn which the Southern army was surrendered. ! If reconstruction , were at all nectfssary, the American people are not now in a frame of mipd for so important a subject.; ! If I were to suggest any change, it would be to restrict, rather than enlarge the powers of the Federal Government. , . t ' COPPERHEAD REFLECTIONS. : -T :; The injuries of the war never can be repaired. The assault upon the moral law of the land is irreparable. American honor, so renowned for purity, is now the synonym for blood; murders that would appal the barbarism of the tehth century, are fre- -quent and open as noonday. The war has led your sons to the slaughter pen by millions; and what can compensate for their loss ? I ask the father who has lost a bright and manly boy, will that loss be propitiated by sitting in the jury box between a Yankee and a g nigger? Laughter. I ask that mother who has lost a husband and provider for her children, Will you cast aside your weeds of mourning and dance for joy at the privilege of being jostled about by a sweaty wench ? Faint giggle. Ah ! these are forms of-woe which no abolition panacea can heal. THE MISER'S MISERY. How is it with you my aged friend? You who in your younger days left a home of comparative ease, and en- I dured the hardships of a pioneer life, ; that you . might live in comfort in your old age? 'Look around you' at your threatened want; think of what you had promised yourself, that you should rent your farms for enough to support you, to pay taxes, and to have a little to spare for visiting your friends, or helping your children if any should be unfortunate. You look at your tax bills now; and see that it will take all your surplus to pay then and the increased " price of. living. ! You see, also' that in a failure of your crops you will be unable to pay your j taxes, and will find that you have been despoiled of the fruits' 6f your toil and t privation, and , that all vou! have is mortgaged for more than it' is worth, j and you are forced to contemplate the wrinkled face of cadaverous want, while in every city you will see those ' " who toil not, neither do they pip," . fat with Government grease, with Government, bonds swelling their pockets; bonds , recklessly thrown i out for Yankee ships " and Yankee ! guns, on which bonds they pay no taxes. Curses and imprecation that would have relieved the sufferings of Job, would but feebly relieve your ; feelings. A sigh and a groan. v For the kindness manifested for me ! to-day and in the past, I will reiterate the advice I gave you five years ago: Maintain the organization of the Democratic party, leaving the ignora nt and cowardly men who have shrunk j from .the boldness, of its truth ! to . their ignominious fate. An though demagogues and dishonest men may "have attempted to corrupt its ritual, and' interlope, its character,! their cry carries with it the proof of their own perfidy. 'There can be only two parties in' this country, and the only issue worthy of support is, who shall govern ,-Auierica whether the people, in their sovereign capacity, or a privileged oligarchy, unknown to the' spirit of free" government. Maintain and eherish the organization and usages of your party, in all their boldness and i strength.' Would to God they had been" better, organized in 161; they would have withstood the f-hock of the last five years. , . . , j , The party may yet come into power. An inspiration may move the minds of the people to inquire whether those untaxed bonds iu the hands of ,(o? ernment contractors, bankers, r ana parasites of all classes, are a more sacred debt than the seven dollars a month earned by the soldiers of Trenton, or those who, naked and hungry, struggled for your liberties On "the fields of Yorktown, and Monmouth. . and Saratoga', or whether we, their degenerate offspring, are more willing to he taxed than they when they redeemed the continental scrip witlv' sinele resolve.' ; ; ' . ft Vj ' With : this comforting suggestion, the disconsolate Copperhead tax payers of the benighted region of Bluffton were dismissed to their miserable homes. e. L.

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