Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 9 August 1867 — Page 1

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)3ce in thi National Bank Building. (third story.) TERMS OF SU3SCR)PTI0Ni 12,50 PEHYEAK, ! abvavck. 13,00 " " If HOT FAID IV ADVANCE. No postage oa papers delivered within thii - County. NORTHERN ALLIES OF REBELS. Speech of General John A. Logan, In tha House of Representative!, In Reply to Mr. Robinson, of New York. While the House of .Representatives was considering the supplementary lie coostruetion bill, Mr. Robinson, a Copperhead member from Brooklyn, New York, made a speech of fulsome eulogy, both of the President and the guilty rebels in the South, and denunciation of Congress. General John A. Logan, of Illinois, replied to him in a speech of great force and eloquence, of which the following extracts will furnish a good idea. The following description of the im. prosslon tnodo by (Jen. Logon'a poh, and fine portrait of the General himself, is from a letter by tho Washington conesflin T.Avin Art lr flnnr V for the next hour an impassioned dcclabrI .IaTaii tit tnaiAvttif r f Congress, which set the blood dancing as one listened, but which cannot be criticised or described when the magnetic glow has passed, through whose influenco tbo pulses rung to wild tuuio, and every nerve tingled with contagious enthusiasm. Logan mar not always bo compact of word; always elegant in construction of sentences, but there be stands, a born or ator, living near the popular heart, feeling its tumultuous passion coursing through las own reins, and interpreting its earnest thought in a flood of speech which ways men as tho wind dors tho summer grans, or as often like the tornado rushing through ths forest and crushing among the boughs. Logan, with moro culture, would bo a great orator. Logan, as he is, is apopubr one, whoso words away great iua4nes, and tho flro of whose eye, tho H-iino of whoso voice will make men folio to great deeds- whether it be at tho polls or on the battlefield. 1 liavo a picture of General Logan in my mind, as he appeared once when (he tido of battlo urged heavily against hii division's front, whan tho guns of the enemy mowed great gaps ia its ranks, and when tlio brave boys wavered and shook in (hut hellish form; a! can roe the General u he appeared dashing down the front of that line burs-bended, the flowing black hair foamlug back like a neat plume, with waving sword high overhead, with eye that fairly llihed, a ii J appealing voico that rung nil above the thunder of artillery, the scrcum of hclj. and the dull "thud'' of tho bat. tin's roar, and the line atraightonod, Ilia men cheered, the bayonets surged forward, mid tho enemy were swept back from tho ''Coign of vutitsga" gained but a moment before. That picture is supplemented by that orator, defining tho service rendered then; rebuking the apologists for ticason then and now, and hurling back, in words that wcte ''half battles" tho sumo grand and difunt radietliatit which was .Im ping itself in tho bloody days at fchiloh, and which make sa.-rcd tho sacrifice ut Pittaburg Landing. All I can say is summed up in the camp vernacular, "Dully for John A. Logan." THE SPEECH. Mr. Frr. ak Eii: It was not my Intention to have taken any part in this debate, tut I eunnot aet my owu consent to sit nl listen uuielly any longer to auch extraordinary speeches aa have again and again been pronounced on this flour withiu (ho Utt lew days. IT tho wisdom or the policy of excluding from a represeutt ion in this Hall the South bad ever cmc me a doubt, it could never again cost sue another. More earnest advocates of their political theories, and moro eloquent apologist for their darkest crimen, traitra have not in the South or elsewhere than they have bore. A resolution blotling out tho Constitutions of the United States and of the respective States is reo mmendadbyone gentleman, who evidently meant thereby to intimate that in his opiuion, at least, this House had already destroyed everything liko fundamental law in the land, and trampled ruthlessly io the dust the liberties of the people. Mil. Eldridue. That is what 1 thought and what I meant. JMtt. LooA. . I so understood the gentleman, and the thought occurred to mo at the time, air, that it was strange indeed, passing atrango, that the gentleman did ot , discover duriog those four fearful years of blood and carnage through which the true friends of humanity, liberty, the Constitution and the Union had to pass to deliver them from impending destruction who it was assailing them then. Why did it not occur to the gentleman, when mighty armies of bravo men, commanded by skillful 'generals, were hovering in a menacing attitude around this devoted city, spurning our country's flag, mocking our patriotio professions, insulting loyal citizens, ignoring private rights, and perpetrating publio outrages, that the Con. atitution, tho Union and liberty were in danger then? Why does the gentleman wait until the war is over, the Constitution is no longer in peril, and tboio who stood fast and firm near it and by it. when its banner was streaming on the breeze of tattle, are attempting to devtse the most practicable and politic means to restore at the earliest moment to this whole land permanent and healthful tranquility and prosperity? Why does he wait for such a moment to announce the startling discov ery that our Constitution is threatened and liberty is io peril? Is it not strange, I repeat, tnat tho same gentlemen who are so easily alarmed now about the perils that compass about the Constitution of the country and the liber ties of the peopla, whilo peace is benignly smiling upon us, saw no terror nor threat in the glitter of bayonets or the frown of batteries when our beloved land was swarming with millions of open enemies and the earth was trembling under the martial tread of serried hosts and the loud roar of angry artillery? Then when there was war was no peace they could raise the cry of "peace, peace;'! and when eace Las at hat come they aver it has not

VOL. (5. NO. 33. coine, but that we io still in the tnldst of a bloody war, a war upon the Constitution wo lougni to save, a war upon mo noer tics we bled to preserve. Trcst your Southern brethren kindly, win them by affection, is the cry of the Democracy, "ltithcr," said one of them, 'tLat Jeff. Davis and his coadjutora had succeeded than that the President of the United States ahoutd be impeached." Such lan guage is worthy only of a representative of South Carolina, or aome other rebel whose hands are red with loyal blood. No wonder that in a party boasting of such types of patriotism there should bo many, verv manv. enthusiastic followers, who saw nothing reprehensible in the conduct of the open, avowed, defiant and belligerent enemies of th ItepuMIc, but who do find much to deploro and denounce in the adhesion now' to principlo of those who atood liko a wall of adamant around our flag when the mad waves of secession threatened to deluge with blood the eternal rock upon which our fathers and thoir fathers bad planted it. Our dead, I suppose, are to sleep in forgotten graves, whilo tho rebel alain must be apotheosized, and wo who fought with and aurvivo tho brave boyain blue Wbi Ml fljhUat; and fttHIng fought,' Ato to bo stigmatized with opprobrious epithets, wbih? tho traitora who thirsted for our blood are to be meekly and sweet, ly called Mour brethren.' tlUOL'SI) OV CflAUtlM AGAINST TIIE REI'L'IILICAN l'AUTl'. What I am anxious to loam, Mr. Speaker, is, upon what foundation rests this flippant au J gratuitous ihargo repeatedly made against the 1'epublican party on this floor, to the effect tlut wo aro trampling liberty under foot and destroying the lights and privileges of a portion of the American people? Wherein have we violated tho Constitution? Was it in crtuh. log tho rcbfllion? 1 have no doubt every Copperhead in tho North would say yes. V did carry tho emblem of our national gkiry and groutnesn from tho rivers and lakes of tho Wist to tho bays and gulfs of tho South, where it wavea to day, and will wavo forever; but in doing no we innocently thought, hoped and believed then, and still honestly think, hopo and bclievo that wo were f ecting around tho Constitution ituprogii Jilo bulwarks, and laying for libi t'ty a deeper and a broader foundation it tho grutitudo, con (ideuco, und a fleet inn J of our people, Wo never dioutiipt that for every rebel wo killed in tho South wo wcru to make an eternal enemy in tho Noilh; and wo do thiuk it uuiounts to 'a riddlo beyond the comprehension of mortal wits how it is that very many of tho brnve men ho fought m, and whom wo hud to literally ovei whelm beloro wo could conquer, yet now that they aro conquered aro much moro ready to ok forgiveness und forget the past and bo friends, as wo all ought to bo again, than aro their allies, who, however deep their sympathies with them may have been while tho war wus raging, took special puiusto let tho danger pus before they guve it an airing. Hod forbid that the day shall ever dawn upon this Republic when tho patriots whooo patriotism won them crutches and wooden limbs shall have apologies and explanations to mako fur their publio conduct, to patriots who boast of and ubuo tho privilege of eulogizing as their brlhrou the tuen whose sabers drunk I)nl blood and whoso bullets shot away loyal limbs. Tho truth is, the great wrong that discomfited Democracy feels deepest is thut the people at homo neither feel nor thiuk that there ought to be Northern rebels enough iu this llouse to let the Southern rebels in. WHAT HEMOCUATS COMPLAIN. The next greifest wrong that they hsvo to complain of it, that tho mcu who had the pluck to stand by thoso who in tho field had to fight our country's battles pre sumptuously aspire to make our laws. I think thus far they have vindicated their claims to the world's respect aliko in the field and in tho halls of legislation. What is tho basis upon which thoy fought? Simply that rebellion was a crime. They triumphed. Now upon what basis have they legislated? Simply that rebellion was a crime, and they will triumph again. Tho people will never require us to fight ou ouo principle and legislate on another. To shed our blood oa the field and then come hero to make apoligies for it to men who wanted us whipped. I hold now, and always expect to hold, that no man has a light to cross the threshold - of this House and claim a scat on this floor who did notdare duringtho warto openlystand by and claim the protection of the flag that floats over this Capitol. The Government that is organized so loosely and administered so feobly that traitors of yesterday can be among tbo rulers of to-morrow, can neither long survive nor long deserve to aurvive. And this Government can have no enemies in the South half as much to bo dreaded as that whining Northern friend who would clothe with power in this Gov; crnmcnt to-morrow, the man whoso blade was drawn to atab the Constitution and the Union but yesterday. When the South can bo loyally represented on this floor upon the basis proposed by Coogrcss, the problem of reconstruction will cease to vex the discussions of this Hall. The prime, sole, and supreme object of lue licpublican party is to re-establish this Government upon a iure foundation of loyalty, against which the frothy waved of treason may fret forever in vain. We hare survived one rebellion, and tho Pago suggestions ot past experienco warns us that it will be wiser to prevent another re belhon than to too confidently expect to survive it. liebeliion. sccccsston, and treason, are like all thcr crimes and in iquitics, and will crop out in every direction upon tho smallest perceivable pretext. rut forward, then, tho loyal, and truo, and hold at a respectful and indifferent distance tho disloyal and untnio, until we can see somo voluntary evidence that thoy have nolly awoke to tho consciousness that thev are criminals, and ought to be grateful that thoy havo not been ignomtni eiuly branded by tho judgment of a com

"THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION

pctont tribunal as such. Tbo whole socret, however, of tho waiting and gnashing of teeth that we hear among tho Democracy is not becauto wo have insisted that rebels shall be held under restraint and loyal men promoted, that our flag shall bo respected at home as well as abroad, but it is simply the reason a rebel Irishman gave to a loyal Irishman who captured him on tho him on tho field. Said the Hibernian in blue to his rebel countryman, "Why, Jimmy, my boy, what aro you do-' ing ou that aido 7 ' 'That aido, indade, anawered Jimmy, "and is this not tho Dimmereratick aide?" Laughter. Tho Irishman thought that the rebel side must necessarily be tho Democratic aide, and I Suohs that inr friend, the Rentloman from rooklyn, hna a aimilar idea in his head yet. Laughter. OPPOSITE ATTRACTIONS. Tho recent rebellion whilo it was in progress was led by men who belonged to tho same party to which the gentleman from Drooklyn now belongs, and tho tamo party I belonged until I becamo so thoroughly ashamed of it that I left it, and is it not a little remarkable that tho samo disloyal stench which drovo mo out sec ins to have attracted my friend from Ilrooklyn into it? Laughter, rAtTIILEKs.NKSÜ Ol" THIS DEMOCRACY. Thcro is nothing that to regain its lost power the Democratic party would not willingly do. If it could ucqutro to-morrow moro power by crushing under its iron heel the South, than it could bo succoring it, it would hurl at its Southern brcthcrn thick and fait "Curia if hats and hin mi of scorn." Their history well cntublishcs tho fact that "Thrlr frUdb!p Is a lurking; soars, TUalr honor b U aq I lls brvtth, Ibnlr th finita that Iraltur wtur, Thuir v b Us, thttr Ufa I daib." Their sympathy with Andrew Johnson's plan of reconstruction, and their hostility to tho Republican plan of reconstruction, is not attributable to tho merits or demerit of cither plan as a policy for tho country, but solely ai a party policy, WHAT TUB It K MOCK AC Y II AH I'OttOoTTKN, To bo charitable, wo will liavo Io givo tho gentlotu in au i Lit party credit for a memory as full of treachery as their Southern brethren wcro of treason. They seem to havo forgotton everything they oulit to remember, and remember somo things they ccrlainly ought not only Io forget. They seem tu have forgotten tho mviics and events that mrk tho historicul epoch through which wo have so recently pu.cd, and they seem to havo totally forgotten that thoo net Southern brethren of theirs, when tho did occupy kmU on this floor gave us practical illustrations of dignity in uebato that tnado tlin Hall a "bear garden," and much moro attractive to lovers of gladiatorial sports and patrons of tho 'fancy than they could havo boon to tho wise, prudent, sedate, and good citizen When bowio-kuivos bristled from their breasts, revolvers filled all their pocke'.s, and clubs were rubstituted among them for caues; whon they spoko to a Northern legislator in thoo Hulls with a neowl on their brows, threats on thoir lips, und fin gers on triggers. Jt is truo, wo have blot ted out for them, eternally and forever, the charming institution, under the peculiar influences of which they imbibed these dogmatical and insolent airs; but if, when it was in full blast, they could not remember that tho stylo of manner thut might do to drive a gang of slaves, would not answer to pcrsuado a congressional peer, it is not at all probublo tlut timo enough has yet elapsed for the fact to appear in their manners thut they fully and properly realize tho fact in all of its moral and political sublimity, that they aro not somebody's master yet, and may again subject us to their old stylo of argument, so peculiarly Southern. They seem to havo forgotten the price the puaco we enjoy to day has cost this natiou, aud tho crimson currency in which it was paid; tho broken hearts .a i 4 t . on i i aaa witii wuicn it niieu oruiscu ana troubled bourns at homo, tho mangled bodies with which it filled hospitals everywhere, and the lifeless forms of manly beauty with which it filled hundreds of thousands of nameless graves on tho far-off battle-plains of the South. They seem to havo forgot ten the bitter scalding tears that rolled like floods of lava down the fair faces of the loyal mothers, wives and sisters of this land, when the names ineffably dear to them wcro found announced to tho long lists of the killed, that wcro published as sequel to the first flash of the lightning that reported a battlo had been fouzht: and I uavo say they havo forgotten thut there ever was such a prison as Andcrsouvillo, and tho long, long cataloguo of horrors that brave men had to suffer there for being true to thcmsolves, their Constitution, their flag, their homes, families, and country. REMINDERS Of THE PAST. Well for such gentlemen would it bo if they would occasionally meet, as they wander daily over this broad country, a few of the many wan opectcrs of suffering and woe who were captured by they saint ly Southern brethren of Northern Democrats on fields of strife, thrust into prisons unfit for dog, and starved till a hale constitution was a wreck, and then left to suffer tbo worst penalties of privation incident to weather and climate. I would give my friend from Brooklyn illustrations of individual Buffering at Anderson villo that would make the hair stand on bis head, tho blood freeze in his veins, ond eurscs spring involuntarily to his lips. I remember ono poor boy from my immediate vicinity especially. His namo is Dougherty. He went into Andcrsonvillo prison without a scar on his young body or a cloud on his fair brow, but under the hutuanitariaoism of Southern chivalry ho cuino out without a foot to walk on. They were literally frozen off in prison. Thcro are thousands of such instances that rofcht bo paraded if I had timo or inclination to do it to justify tho atom, uncompromising disinclination I fcol to call by tho L'cntlo term of brother tbcc rebels of the South.

A N D fX H E ENFORCEMENT 0 F THE LAWS.

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MIOOKVILT.E, IND., Fit; S AY, AUGUST Ü, 1807.

WHEN HE WILL WELCOME TIIEM MACK. When I find in their conduct conclusive proof of contrition, and find them openly opposed to bocoming tho Instrun.ents and tools of northern Dcmoorats, who, while tho war was waging, accepted the protection of tho stars and stripes, and now have the graceless effrontery to brag that they were ialso to it, I may, ond probablv will, then be clad to welcome them back into tho Union. Dut when I do that I wish to bo ab'o to go homo and face tho widows and orphans that awarm tho broad prairies of tho West, whoso weeds of mourning meet us thesa on, the highways and the by-ways, and answer any reasonable question they may haT to ask. I recognize the responsibility" a Kcprcsontutive here to his constituency, and I feel that a woman or a child that cannot voto may havo as sacred a right to ask mo a question oa a man that can, and I am simply nnxious to prepare myself to meet oil such comers. In tho silent vigils of tho noiseless night many a timo and oft have I fancied I could bear, coming on tho softwhispering breezes of the South, front tho lowly pillows ot tho loyal soldiers sleeping sweetly where they fell gallantly, tho atlectionate message: "Ue of good cheer; stand fast and firm at duty's sncrcd post. It was standing thcro wo lost tho crown of lifo to win a crown of glory, and wo appeal to you now. from our bright home hero in Heaven, to savo our offspring from the diro necessity of having to pcrih ns wo perished, to Rave from destruction the altars and temples of liberty." And how aro we to do this? blattering rebels, tolerating treason and petting political profligates? OES, QUA NT AND THE DKMoCTtACY. Tho gentleman has nominated General Grant for the Presidency, and if General Grant has any enemies, I dare soy tho gcutlcuan's nomination must havo tnado them profoundly happy, (ion. Grant rarely has anything to say, and when ho docs speak it is gouorally directly to tho point, and from that Tact tho inferenco is fuir that ho will bo found moro than equal to any occasion thut muy call on him to tuko care of tho truo interests of his fa mo aud fortunes, whenever and wherever they may bo d'ycctly or indirectly threatened. Ilut wcro I Ooncral Grant and really aspiring to tho Presidency, I would give tho gentleman notice that ii'ho wanted on otllco from me, LU claims to confederation would not depend upon how much but how little, he had tosay in my behalf. (Laughter.) l'lctddcnts rarely owe their success to their enemies. Gen. Grant may kinru a wholesome lcnn-on4 front -tho! noutu auouttuo coiinciiuences ot uiiing into bad Company hunting for friends. General Grunt is ccrtuiuly a great and good man. Ho deserves and enjoys the uffcotion und confidenco of this nation. His personal popularity is universal. His military famo has spread "From ni ill's rtuioUil bounj to octanV loneliest hato." It rests upon the adamantine pedestal of success aud rises abovo mortui criticism, and if it can survive tho admiration and friendship of home-bound sympathizers with tho precious aouthern brethren, at whoso ignominous expense ho won his burets, then indeed, may his truo and real friends rcjoico in tho concision that it is beyond a lingering shadow of doubt unro than indestructible. Paradoxes do not amount tjphenoma, but nevertheless they rarely pass away unnoticed, and the purudoxicul proposition of finding in tho self-same member of this llouso tho friend alike of General Grant and Jeff. Davis cunuot do so. It is at least worth a passing comment. Thcro is not ono singlo passing ehudow of resemblance between tho histories, achievements, principles, sentiments, or purposes of the arch-traitor and tho loyal general. Tho ono is entail, iu all things small; tho other is great in virtues and tulcnts that rank greatest. Tho namo of tho ono will go down to posterity a byword of scorn and reproach, whilo the name of tho other will live to bo given at tho pabtisiuul font the thousands of infant patriots yet to be born; and to mc it is a riddle utterly incomprehensible that one and the eame man can bo at ono and tho time alike tho friend of Jeff, tho traitor and Grant the patriot. Mn. HoniäON. How about Horace Greeley? Mil. Loo an. Greeley indeed I That ho is Jeff's friend you may prove, but where is the evidence ho is Grant's ? WHAT HE UNDERSTANDS IirTonOlVKNKSS. I trust that tho apparent egotism of an allusion now that is Homcwhut necessary to myself will bo pardoned. I am branded by political and sectional partisans with such epithets as "bloodthirsty,'' 'unforgiven," "unrelenting," &c, Jtc. How this has been ascertained m inexplicable tome. Who has sought my forgiveness that I have refused to give ? Forgiveness. is taught in the Lord's Prayer, but we aro not therein instructed to thrust forgiveness upon the unrepentant and tho defiant. Forgiveness is not so cheap a virtuo that it may bo prodigally wasted unasked upon tho idlo and indiffeient. Tho forgivencsj that anticipates repentance will multiply crimes faster than it will reform criminals. When tho rebels of the South begin properly to repent ond find moraW courage enough to mako before the worlUa manly acknowledgment of it, then, anif not until then, will i take into consideration the ouestion of their forgiveness at all. I havo no premium to oner in mo enopo ot . .i , i i -i forgiveness to tue iuuienco ui iu ouHiana cy thut deigns not to osk for that forgive ness. I would open a gulf between trea Bon and loyalty wide enough to make tho dwellers on its opposito shores strangers, nnd dcen euouch to swallow legions iu arms. I would fill it with waves of fire through which no unrcpontant living thin;' could swim, ond over winch no .oorms philanthropy could fly ond survive Sick ly rcntimcntalUm is u grout crimo brccdcr. Impunity for one crime provoKcs tno per rtetration of many. I am not ono of thoso who would hositato to try, convict dciuu und execute a traitor for trc

Mil. .N'iui.ack, I would ask tho gentleman whether, in tho summer of lbül, after tho war broko out, ho did not vote, as a 'member of (his Hotiho, ogaiust the expulsion of Gen. John U. Clarke, of Missouri, who hud joined tho rebellion ? Mil. Louan. The journals of this House show all my votes, and the gentleman might have found all tho information I can givo him there. I am not in tho habit of voting in this Houuo to make unsupported rumors history. A charge may have been filed here agaiuct Gen. Clarke, and whon tho testimony to sustain it was adduced, it may hove utterly failed, as in

this case, ocoording to my reoollection, it did, Tbedipofcition, however, to mako a vcrdict thus conscientiously rendered by me, in defense of an absent and unconvicted member of thoir own ptrty, redound now to my prejudice, furnishes another beautiful illustration of Democratic magnanimity und justico. When I cast that voto I voted with tho Democratic party; now it is thrown into my teeth by a member of that party as a reproach. It may havo been a locklcfs thing in mo then to doubt tho natural strong probability that a ucmocrat was a rood, and for it, perhaps, 1 deservo to bo publicly twitted and and sharply rebuked ; but I will endeavor to see (o it for tho futuro that I shall merit never another auch a Just reprimand for such a graceless tcason from such an ungrateful source. Laughter WHY DEMOl'UATS 1IATK HIM. Tho unrelenting war waged against mo by tho Democracy is liublo to bo misunderstood if looked at oupotficially. It is not becauso, as hits been supcctcd by some, I was a Domocvut and am one no longer. Dying out as it bos been, idowly but pain ully, for tho last eight years with tho dry rot, thut party havo becomo too mucn occuatomcu to ko men oi senso withdraw their allogiunro from if to mako ray iustuiK'o a nourcoof actions irritation. The truo reason whioh explains tho mulevulenco with which tl cy purnictuo will bo that found in tho fact while the recent war was raging' tho hononiblo distinction wns uwatdod to mo of having put to the sword my full iharo of their patty who fell fighting in frout of ty ' Command under the sopttcd flag of tronson. to nupport their sentiment and principles. Loud app!auo from tho floor of the Houso. WHAT UK WOULD DO WITH jr.T. My attention having been specially cnlled t'J lloruco Grculy, I utu freu to say t totally disapprove of Ins sympathy lor Jeff, and his peculiar manner of manifest ing that sympathy. Had 1 captured Jt-f-feraou Davis, and his disposal been committed to u.V. Laud I would havo organ ized on nblo Court Martial, and would havo given hi in a f'iir trial, just scutenco aud prompt exoeution. Some people tie morbidly sensitive about Jell. Davis. They seem to think that when the namo of Cassious honors corruption, chastLemeut ought therefore to hido its head. Thoy belong to that sickly class of temporizers who would make tho enormity of tho crime and tho rank of the criminal good pleas in bar againkt their conviction. If Jefferson Davis and his cabinet ore criminals, ' as they aro, they ought to bo tried, if tried convicted, if convicted executed, like all other felons convicted of capit.il crimes. If they wcro tried and convicted, as they ought to bo, and were I tho Chief Magistrate of this llcpullic, no appeal for clemccy in their casos could ever roach ue, I would let him and them swing till they would puss -tho point of plotting treason, and Btuuller truitors might profit by tho example of their ignominious fate.' Until a traitor or two is tried, convicted and ex ccutcd, the people of the United States may confidently expect an annual crop of armed traitora to spring from tho tenderness with which traitors arc treated in thii land. i JE PI' DAVIS, JOUN BROWN AND MAXIMILIAN. Hut what has he to fear in a Government whero rebels aro pardoned beforo they aro tried, and whero no traitor has ever graced tho gallows? John Drown wus tried, convictied und executed: but that was for treason, not axsinvt our Na tional Government, but the Stalo of Vir - - I gnu a-. A hen a Northern mm trcsptssoj upon Southern soil and commits treason, ho has the crime to expiate on the scaffold; but when thousands of Southern men attempt to destroy our National Government, nothwitbstunding tho diabolical attempt drenches our wholo laud with blood, aud fills it with .tho nicroiii' wail of widows ond orphans, and coats thousands of mil-1 lions of treasure, nevertheless nobody cau bo tried for it. John Drown did not dip deep enough into treason to mako it respectable. Had he managed to kill fifty thousand men beforo they captured him, according to tho new theory, ho would have fctoud on too lofty a pedestal to havo been taken down a criminal. But for tho lifo of me I cannot fco how the same Government that assisted Virginia to convict John Drown can refuse to try Jeff. Davis. If John Drown was held responsible to tho outraged law, why is not likewise Jefferson Davis ? John Urown a surviving kindred can tako to their souls ono flattering unction j at least, to wit: that ho did not dio in vain. 1 have ocain and azain s;cn thou sands of Union soldiers marching into battle singing 1 "John Brown' body Hot motJorln In tue grave. While hli tout goe marching on. And they never failed to win tho fight. Thcro is ono man on this continent, at the head f a Government, that has exhib ited nervo enough to rule. hen usurpers and traitors are captured and convicted in Mexico, wc hear one and tho samo timo of their tteru sentenco und prompt execution. President Juarez, however, is tualutcd for his ngual exhibition of decision and Ominous, with howls of horror from the samo mercy-beggiug lips that aro eternally whining about tho mercy duo tu Jeff. Why do men, profess- . , tt ... .,..... .... ....

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WHOLE NO. 20.1 to invade (his republican continent and o'erleapa itself, lias monarchical Governments friends here, whose sympathies are too keen to bo restraind wben tribulation overtakes a toppling throne, and do they presumptiously proposo to educate the popular mind of men born free on Ameri can soil to catch readily at excuses to denounco republicanism, and rondolo with mourning nobility over executed Emperors ? PERORATION'. I trust, Mr. Speaker, that we will pass such a bill as may bo understood, properly construod, and energetically executed, and that when it is, that it will leave the Southern State Governments in the hands of men loyal and true, and forever provent disloyal men from employing power and placo to foment (reason. It is not when they come, but how they come, that is tho all important query with mo. .1 wculd bo clad to welcome thorn back tomorrow if I wcro satisfied they wcro re-, organized right, but it is my intention to voto as long as I havo a voto here to keep) mem out until tucy con como in on tho broad basis of loyalty to the Government; and when they can do that I am willing to rcccivo their representatives to tho halls of our national Legislature, and will assist to protect thoui against anything anywise prejudicial to ony of their lezal righta or interests as States. I have seon quito enough of carnage, and privato and national distress, and long to co tho day como again when wo shall bo a 'peaceful, prosperous, and lioppy as wo were beforo that crawling serpent, recession, sought (o stranglo us in our national crudlo. Thut day may soon como again, if tho South will riso up sternly resolved that they will, follow Naaman through tho Jordan of repentance until tho leprosy of treason and Democracy shall be washed out of their political systems. How much they have been benefited , by tho sympathies of tho Democracy they ought by this timo to bo ablo to cstimato and appreciate. The hour they discover they possess the good ftenro and courago to icpudiato openly and emphatically trcsson, and embraco warmly aud sincerely loyalty, thoy will sco dawn upon them tho bright morning1 of their regeneration and deliverance. UP THE WHITE WATER VALLEY. HVifrt ami Itcautt; of the Country The VomFUlhn li'Araf TU Oat , Tt J-'mit r TuU'HiJlmrUtm JirooJivilUMrtuuioru Luurtl (Sm. nrr$ntleThe Whitttcattr Vatlrt Aii7-' rod'-Jti J in iu; lance tu Cincinnati, KptoblCurrtipondsnoo of lbs Cincinnati 0'tlo. Connkkmvillk, Ind., July Last Thursday at 4:0 P. M.. I left Cincinnati for this place on the accommodation train of the Whitewater Valley Railroad. Coming out through tho western subuibs of tho city, I could not but wonder why Cincinuatiana, when abroad, havo so littlo to any of their beautiful surroundings. The towering bluffs of the Ohio, here drawing close to tho river bank, there forming tho boundary of an irregular expansion of the valley; tho gardens, the vineyards, tho cozy homes on tho hill tops, present a nciies of pictures excelled by few sections of the great panorama of nature. Just at this time, however, there is ono drawback upon tho enjoyment of these tights. An extensive oupcry,a littlo west of the city limits, gives forth an odor which may be snuffed afar off, and which not ouly dampens poetic ardor, but creutcsa bad feeling in tho seat of appetite. Passing through tho I. k 0. Tunnel, which is said to bo the third of a mile In length, and diverging from the truck of I.t C. Hood at Valley Junction, the rest of my trip was mado through a part of country which, iu wealth aud beauty, is rarely equaled in tho West. , TlIK U'lUTEWATEH VALLEY Is nowhere bctivccu Cincinnati and Conncrsviltc, very broad, but the fact that, although it has been in cultivation fifty years, it still produces, without assistance from manure?, as much as it did tho first year it was planted, shows that it is soil uf no ordinary character. This valley, a i a which has always been given to corn, is to day, throughout its cntiro extent, one cornfield, which, narrowing here, widcuing there, following tho meandering course of the river fenced on either side by tho winding bluffs, presents one of the most magnificent spectacles which ever met the buiuan c'lzc. And the beauty of tlio pic tur0 " by no weans lessened when you aro informed thut this corn will yield from titty to one hundred bushels to the acre. On tho hills to the right and tho left aro vUihlo large barns, handsomo farm houses, fields of wheat in the bhock, fields of oats in the shock, orchards of apples, pears, peaches, looking green and thrifty. And it is pleasing to hear that these promise a superabundance of fruit. All towns aud villages along tho valley are exhibiting togns of a new life, which has evidently been, in great part, awakened by the railroad. At ItAItRlsO.V, A thriving place of 2,500 inhabitants, new churches, new residences, and now inunulactones aro being erected, uns town, liko Union City, belongs partly to Ohio and partly to In Jianu. Tho largo distil lery located in it is not now in operation but tho ripening of the present' corn' crop will ngslu set tho machinery to going. Tho woolen factory which is an excellent ono. is turning out a great deal of work. I am told that Harrison is a place of great wealth, ond surely it ought to bo such bo- j cauc its surroundings can not bo beaten anywhere iu the world. llttctOKVlf I.K, Tho county beat of Franklin county, Indiana, is u placo which in furnier years wus more distinguished for wealth than lor enterprise; and it is tili truo of tho town that many of those who have the most money havo tho' least public spirit, while thoso who havo less money havo the most public spirit. Tho livo men of Urookvillo. however, now havo tho upper hand,

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And ire determined to keep it. They or making every effort within their power tu induce manufacturers to sett! in U-ir place, and not without reason to believe they will Buccred; for they hive an available water power which H capable of prorelling almost any amount of machinery. Drookville is situated at the con flue rice of the east fork and tho, west fork or Whitewater, ond Is mulnly built on the upiaud.' It fa i surrounded by a very wealthy f..ru)iug district, and has a number of the bot of wagon roada. It has two large psfxr mills, ono of which is a branch of tho poper manufactory of P. M. Stone, ,uf Cincinnati, and the other of which ii a branch of the establishment of Henry Speer, of the ante city. It contains eleven dry goods stores, threo drug atorea, two carriage manufactures, one distillery, one, planiog mill, three .flouring mills and.four churches Methodist, Presbyteriau, Vlh-' lio and Lutheran. Tho Hrookvillo College, which was foun." ded by Hubert 'John, has generally beeii'a ritv n..r,il . i. ..:....: Ti - .' ' very tery bucccssiui -institution, ilicro'ary within its walls annually, about one huu-' dred and sixty MuJetit. Its prevent bead, J. H.Martin, is n popular nun, and has exhibited excellent qualities as an cduca toreinco he took charge of the rli'oul.. Hrookvillo is within thirty-eight tniU 'of Cincinnati, and will one day bo a very important placo to that city. Its prospects are very bright, but tho fact that ,iho county of which it is the capital is Democratic by a majority of TOd, is no advautago to it. Several uew buildings are going up in the place, and a .tili greater' number tire under contract for next year. M KTAMORA, . ' Kight miles west of Hrookvillo, is a rstir'-' ting village of DUO inhabitants. A wry largo distillery ; in operation at thut placo, Tho propiii tors of this establish nicnt, Mesnrs. Colter fc Ih'gn, are an.ung the most octive and cnternrisintr muu in this section of country. Two excellent flouring mills aro located at MeUKiiu. This village buluns to Franklin county, and contains a number of tho tiwct ing uf franklin's Deinocruoy, aa is ui an I'll' r-t In tho fact that homo of the ol.h'xt of its cillzous do not know iu population. I understand, however, that these aro being Worked out by men of energy and intelligence. Tho town is on the Uiuvu, and will yet bo a youd trading poiut. l.Atiiri., " ' Also in Franklin county, Is a town f 1,7 uUO inhabitsnts. contain two good flouring mills, und several other inaiiiiriicturies.' It has externally, a very taid old-iualdish nppcaronco; contains a great deal uf wealth and is dinti iiuif-hed for its good society. i ins hitio ot it, two miles, a large paper mill is being vrected, and the town is taking a fresh tUrt iu all'itft channels of business. , . , i ' , CONNER8VIM., .' The county seat of Payetto county, lud ,', is beautifully situated on tho second bot-, tout of Whitewater. On tho e.it fl)w the liver and on tho wpst is a range of fine" old hills, whose lofty tops are crowned with pretty suburbu u icsidencos, and who sides aro covered with gardens, tine yards and orchard's. Most of iu bu-iuc. houses have on old appearance, but ihuy are very, substantial; t am (old that thcro is now' a great demand for buninecii hou-is hire aud that several of capacious biro aud boautiful order, ore uuuer contract for next year. Tho residences cf this' place' are generally handsome, aud, there ii a high degiee of neatness" displayed in' tho cure tukcu of private' lots. ' Fayette ii, accrd;n; to its siz, one cf lh' ' wealthiest counties in I odium, and contain t popiitAiion d'uliiijfii'ihhed fur Mit-opiuJ1. iiid,mi 1 tiy, und ti'uij.'lito'itradicu'Um. This U'f liad much to do in lh ( ioni of Coimer.vül," ' which hat lmvly di-pliysd an iXtia-i'Jinry energy iulLo construction, of gravd r- als, lift enrourftgement of ia.lrok.1 and UiN'iufMciuri -a. ' " The feclfr da n, two nuldi Ho ie (Iiis .ia U in exce lint comi.tion, nm tl,., 1 V1.4 . i waier cana! nfTurls from h-re Iu Manio. liyjroulic wa er powrr, m1k Ii w&u d rui ui-" ' lions of Biudlt4. Cotinetiiile i.ov lion f (his canal ihre llourinjf mil , one erjr laro" oo'o.i fsetorjme f.wi fry a-id machine sbi,j,'' ' and two sit mills Mr. T. C ItUtl', a jromi-' iieut ciliieu ot llii lc Si-iil aUo a lurmboi-. , of the Ciic!iina;i .Sock Kirc!iHn,;( us, m that it is i he object vf.Connersvi.Ie'ffi hold o it ' strong iniiuc W M.t lo ma'mf'ic urer who may bedtfcir -ui of a locatio n, and that i o man who c:jiucS ht-ru with a vir tu bui.din an e'ri1' liabmtnt w II finl oy want ofencoiirarfuniei'U' Tb materinl h a'iu'idaiit, rttii ihn power to'"" any txtt-nl d aiied ii here, Italy fur tU. A " Mtali und d ior factory, (wo Ifnutiirtt fucto.rW aud two carriage ficioiio , are doi 'g a lively busmen in ihii ;lit;o. ' The dry good irtde and' the rrv:ry lial : aro.ociivo mil ft'jurishiiig, consideiin the timM. The ciiurclu'i lii-re, four in iiuinher, " iho Court llou-e a'Jd the pul.fiC thtol . Lui'd- -ings are neat, cajmcio'is, uud ciediiab e. The school, I'ropt-r, i graded into lwe!v department', 'receive th uiiej aj;pori of h people and U to iduce J witb great ability. It ali)' will be the cam i. i sum lion llit wlifti the capital and the (-liVrgica of the t iiizei s ar wholly given to fiej schools, tho.ie chonla will succeed, but abeii there is a diverouu in auch tawna iu the direction of si-ctnriau iinuitulioua tUe feo achooU niuai iibtfc:r, mote or leva. Connersvills I u'i a popuUiiuii of 3,500, and ia rapidly growing. One wan, Mr. Mcr'arland, U building nine Lou'.cj, of several tenements euch, to rent. Til K WKITK WAT td VAI.IAT RAlI.ROiH, fa bound to be ona of th very best of Cincin-' nnii'a many irreal nrterics of commerce, Jt citrri; Fatward a'l i K trade of this rich, exhausllct Whiiewa'er Vulley. It biings into' direct communication with the Quean Cily W number of the most flourishing towns and vil-' lap-join Indiana. . . ' ' . Uy tho lirt'of September it will be completeJ lo (.'tttubriJe City, nnd khortly avflir that it' will ba put through to 1 1 -farm own, al wbtca--point it will eonio-ci with ihe Ciiicago (reut : Kiintern road Mr. S. M Avrry, the eflicii.t und Mi"rjii(i Kuprriniendt-iH -f llie rfn,d, tella'md (full Pre. idem Ln1 has already UVctf d a oimoliJuio.il with (he (treat Kaitcrn. Of thw hmefils who Ii will rMilt lo Cincinnati froni tlii oii-oli.lniiuii lhl k V more fully In' fnl in It niaylo aid Hi, liovr, that tho lina, inking th truilu ot' iha Vliiiewater Valley, titjpiiirf l!o Vv'hWIi Valley and thf' rieh I riiiiio iriniu hiönd Ix.jranKport, will h omt of ih-i bust I bui luruiiiialtt in' the sr?t ' polk ui m kit. 1'UVkB.'