Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1864 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

MONDAY, - JAN. 25. The ."Sew Qnta. Under the last call of the President for- three hundred thousand men, the quota of Indian is a little over sixteen thousand. There is no floubt this number will4e raised by volunteering, witnout crediting upon the enumeration the veteran troops wfio re cnTT.-t; The surviving members of" man; of the old regimeuts. whose time of er- , vice it about to expire, bare almost unanimously reenIisteJ so that the quota of the Sute would be mora than filled if the enlistments were placed . to her credit; bu; it i proposed to fill our quota, under the last levy without reference to the re ' newed enlistments of the veteram regiments. The Adjutant General of tbe State, Iu a speech, the other day, stated that we had., (linety-aeven regiments in 'he field. Not one cf these regi menu is full. Many of them number not over two hundred and fifty men. Say that the de-t ficiency of the tegiraents in tbe field will average three hundred men, and thi is a low estimate, it ' will require about thirty thousand recruits to 11 theo. According to this calculation it will tike, at least double the present levy to fill the old regiments to a maximum standard ' U,nder soch 1 circumstances what is the true policy of tbe Government? . Is it to organize new , regiments of the recruits 1 under the present quota, or to incorporate ' them' with the regiments already organized and which have been in the service! There cao be no doubt but the latter course would be the wise -policy. Both the officers and men of the old regiments have had experience that which is cot only useful, but necessary to make good soldiers. It would aleo be an economical policy, for the new recruits wnnl.i not only more readily learn their duties by being associated with veterans in the service, but it woold save the expense of officering new regiments, when those in the field are largely deficient in UUtnbera- If tha intaroeta of . the country and tLe service were regarded, tbe new quota of Indiana would be promptly incorporated with the old regiments. Hut such a policy would cut off partisan patronage; mere politicians would be prevented from rewarding partisan friends, hence new Brigadier General, Colonels, Captaius, . Lieutenants, Quartermasters. Surgeons, Chaplains, Sutlers, ic, must be appointed at an enormous cost to the Government, when there is an abundance of such officers in the field who' have seen service and are without commands, or who hold rank without one-tenth of the men uu der them that they should have. But it appears, under the present administration of public nff iirs, that partisans must be rewarded, regardless of the public interest, and no matter at what cost to the public treasury. "mazing the Koad." The central organ of the Republican part? of Indian is very much exercised about the Democracy It is not satisfied with supervising the affairs of the party which -it represents, but it nunifests an anxiety to direct and control those of the rest of mankind. The Journal,' in commenting upon the proceedings of the Seventh District Congressional Convention, held on the ckh inst., . under the caption we have quoted, charges that "it would not indorse even ' General Jasksox when the indorsement implied that they were in favor ot maintaining the Union." Just the reverse is true. Tbe sentiments of the convent! n were in entire harmony with the teachings of the Hero of New Orleans. Io bis Farewell Address to the American people, be blared the road which every friend of constitutional liberty should follow, and these tenements were expressed after his controversy with JtuUifiers of South Carolina. ' The Journal concedes that General Jacksox was in favor of maintaining tbe Union that he was a patriot and statesman, whose precepts and example are a safe guide to the cation in the difficulties which now surround it. - Let us then test the so-called Union party of the present daj by the Jacksonian standard. General Jacksox, with all the earnestness of his nature, combatled the heresies now advocated by the Republican party. lie regarded their supremacv in the administration of the government as certain to bring about disunion and the overthrow of free institutions. A short lime before his death, and at a time when all his political aspirations were satisfied, ami he "ha J no ambition but the welfare of his. country, be thus denonuced abolitionism: "Sir, the abolition party is a disloyal organisation. T'-ie pretended lore for freedom menus notion; more nor leas than civil war and a dissolution of the Union. Honest men of all parties should unite to expo-e their intentions and arrest their progress." These words have proven prophetic. The pretended love of the Republic ms, or Abolitionis's, or by whatever name tbe Administration party may be designated, for fteedom means nothing more nor less than civil war and a dissolution of tbe Uuion. Dots the Journal believe there is a Democrat in the land who does not indorse this sentiment of General Jacksox, yet it charges that a Democratic "Convention would not indorse General Jacksox,, when the indorsement implied they were in favor of maintaining the Union," But let us go a step further. The record of General Jacksox stands opposed to the usurpations ol power, such as have been exercised by Mr. Lixcolx and the party controlling tbe Gorernraetit. lie regarded them as not only unnecessary to sustain the legitimate authority o( tbe Government, but as anti-Republican, the fruits of which would be a consolidated and despotic Government. . Ia bis Farewell Address, be says: "The legitimate authority of the Government is abundantly sufficient for . all purposes for which it was created, and its powers being ex ' preswly enumerated there can be no justification for claiming anything beyond them. Every at tempt to exercise power bey or. d these limits should be promptly ami firmly opposed; for one evil example will lead to o'ber measures still more mischievous: and if the principle f.eou--atrocting powers, or supposed advantages, or temporary circumstances, shall ever be permitted to justify the assumption 'of a power not given by the Constitution, the geoeial government will before long absorb all tbe powers of legislation, and you will have iu effect but one consolidated government." Will the Journal and the party it represents, endorse ihose sentiments of General "Jacksox? Does it doubt there is a Democrat but who does most fully? General Jac?ox did fiot believe that the Constitution could be maintained, or the Union preserved bv the inert coercive powers confided to the general government. This is a sentiment sow entertained by every Uue Democrat and honest man. Yet the Journal proclaims that a' Democratic convention would not endorse Genera! Jacksox, when tbe sentiments be expresses in regard to the means necessary to maintain tbe Union are in entire harmony with those enter Uiued-by the Democracy of (lie present day. To use a homely simile, we think tbe Journoal has got iU loot in it when it states that a Democratic Convention would not even indorse General Jacksox, when the indorsement implied that they were in favor of maintaining the Union." Does the Journal now indorse Gen. Jacksox? It did in ISO and fjl when it opposed coercion on lha part of the General Government as a means of maintaining the Constitution an-J preserving ttie Union. Theo it regarded the I oss or a dozen States as a le.49 calamity than civil wsr, and even demonstrated the advantages of separation. If Gen. Jacksox, ae

the Journal intimates be did, blazed the road

hich the nation must follow to maintain con stitutional liberty and preserve tbe Union of the States, tlmre is Dot a Democrat but will walk In the pathway he marked out. " In conclusion; we ' quoteaiiotherextract from Pen. Jacksox's FarewerrAdJress. and ask thö Jonrn.it and the party it represents whether it is a platform which they can indorse and on which they are willing to stand with the Democracy? lie says: I'But the Constitution cannotbe maintained, nor the Union preserved, in opposition to public feeling, by the mere coercive power confided. the. General Govern meat. Tbe fonudatioaw lauat belaid in the affections -ol the people; in, the security wbicb.it gives to life, liberty and property in every part ol" the country; and in the fraternal attachment which the citizeus' of the scv-; eral States bear one to another as members of -political family, mutually cmitriUiting to promote The happiness of each other. Hence the citizens of each Sute sbonld studiously avoid everything calculated to wound the'senibiliiy or offend the ' just pride of the people of other States; aud tbey should irowit upon proceedings wumn uieir own borders likely to disturb the tranquility of their political brethren In other portion of the Union. 'In a country so extensive as the United States, and in pursuits so varied, internal regulations of the several States must f requently differ from one another in important particulars; and this difference is unavoidably incretsed by the varying principles upon which the American eolohies were originally planted; principles which had ta. ken deep root in tbeir social relations before the Revolution, and therefore, of necessity influencing their policy since they became tree and independent States. But each State has the onquestionable right to regnlate its. own internal concerns according to Its own pleasure; aud while it does not interfere with the rights of the Union, every State must be the sole judge of the measures proper to secure the safety of its citizens and promote their happiness; and on efforts on the part of the people of other States to east odium upon their institutions, and all measures calculated to disturb their rights of property, or to put in Jeopardy their peace and internal tranquility, are in direct opposition 'to the spirit in which the Union was formed, and must endanger its safety. Motives of philanthnpv may be assigned for this unwarranted interference, and weak men may persuade themselves, for a moment, that they are laboring in a cans or humanity, and assorting tbe rights of the human race, but every one, upon sober reflection, will see that nothing but misehief can come from these improper as saults upon the feelings and rights of others Rest assured that the men found busy in this work of discord are not worthy of your confidence, and deserve your strongest reprobation." After reading the foregoiug, how many Re publicans can be found who will travel the road which Gen. Jacksox blazed? Whither are w( Drifting! A cotemporary, in noticing the lull in public affairs, suggest that it is a most fitting period to consider the present condition of the country and the course we are driftiug as a uation.' It remarks that "the public iniud u impressed with tbe idea that we have been traveling at a tremen dons rate of speed under the guidauce we h ive had, aud that it is well In the present calm to stop for au instant to see where we are ou the road. The track of empire leads to power and prosperity, or to destruction. It is not always possible to determine with accuracy which way we are going, especially when the speed is rapid It is not always certain that the conductor him self kuows any better than the pisscngers Hence a pause on the way for inspection, ex amiiiatlon, reflection aud judgment, may be ex ceedingly important. ' "We should, all of us, take advantage of the present moment to make this examination. Let men recall now the first principles oLour govern ment, and see whether we are still going accord ing to them. Let them remember the great truth that if the nation leaves those principles now, we shall never return to them.' The millions of people now forming the government will not I likely to come together and compare interests, and compromise differences, as the comparatively few thousands did who made the United States Constitution. It would be a very d iff -rent thing today to form a union between New York and Rhode Isb nd on principles of equal sovereign rights. I; would be a moral impossibility for South Carolina and Massachusetts to agree to a compromise now. These are not tbe times when New England representatives in a convention will unite with South Carolinian representa tives to sustain the slave trade against the views of Virgiuia, or make any other of the compromises on which the Constitution rests. Therefore it becomes us in these times to think solemnly before we abandon any ot those old principles, or allow the people to founl their expectations of prosperity and perpetuity of union on auy new principles, uu known to our fathers or rejected by them. We should take advantage of the present lull in the political storm, stop the train a moment, and look for the landmarks of constitutional liberty, of national power, of public happine. If we have been goinjj wrong. let us start riht this fall. We are to take a fresh start then. We fhall not have a calm for many weeks. The tempest will be furious soon, and then there will begin a struggle about which way we shall go, nnd we shall continue on the present road to ruin unless we are wise in time." General Officers WithoutCoinuiandi. Secretary Staxtox on the 1 3th inst. sent to the Senate the names of Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals without commands equal to a brigade; the number of their klaffs, their pay, commutations aud rations, and the Major and Brigadier-Generals in command of departments aud districts, together with hid opinion if they were needed- Among the number are the following from Indiana: : Lewis Wallace, Major-General. 415. relieved Nov. 1C, lc'J2;on Court Martial duty until Nov. 5, 1863. N staff. R. II. Milroy, Major General, $335; rel:eved June 20. 1SG3. No staff. . Willis A. Gorman. Briiradier-General,, $132; relievtd Juue 27, le63 No stiff. E. Ii. S, Canby, Brigadier General, $232; relieved September 10, lcC3; ou duty, in War Department. . No staff. , . . Solomon Meredith, Brigadier General, $21)9 50; relieved October 19. lf?G.'l Absent ou sick certificate. Staff Samuel II. Meredith. First Lieutenant l Olli Indiana Volunteers, $119 50. - II. B Carriogton, Brigadier General, $299 50; tu. ha4 no comruaud r staff; ou duty with Governor of Iu'liau. . , , . . The whole foots up as follows: Number of nnjor generals without command equal to brigade. 29; number of brigadier gen er ils, 47; number of stiff officers serving on the staffs of general officers without a command equal to a brigade colonels, 3; lieutenant rolo nels, 2; 'majors, 7; captains, 17; lieutenants, S. Tct.it monihly pay of major generals, $,349; total monthly pay of brigadier generals, $13,671 50; total monthly pay of colonels, $490; total monthly pay of fietitcn:jjil colonels. $337; total monthly pay of major. $1,094; total monthly pav of captains. $2,179; total monthly pay of lieutenants, $1,070 50. Total, $5,161 50. Grand total. $27,193. . KCMBLK OF ItAJOa AXP BaiOADIKS OKXCRALS COM -MAäOIXO DCfAKTMKXTS, DISTRICTS ASD POSTS. Departments Major Generals 4; Brigadier" Generals, 4. ' Diitricts Mijo Generals. 2; Brigadier Generals, 7. Posts Major Generals, 1; Brigadier Generals, 14 Total Mnjov Geuertls. 7; firigadier Generals, 25. ' - . This list does not include Major Generals Coath, Brooks, Suhl, Sigel, and others in Penn sylvani and elsewhere, in coin maud of ca in ps, and apparently on 'nominal duties. Their staffs will swell the list and exhibit an immense cxpcnditnra of pnblic money, which the Senate will probably decide shall be in future saved to the National Exchequer or be appropriated to increase well-earned pay of fighting men. Ckxscsc or rut AoEimsraATio! it mi Ohio Leoisi.atxkk. The - Ohio Legislature; hieb is nearly all comdosed of Republicans, has pas?cd a resolution thanking Oeueral Rosecran. This is a sharp censure upon the ' Administration at Washington, who removed that officer fW alleged incapacity. Cia. Eoq. . u . ,

An Important Avowal-7Ir Sumner's

Itcatonv for Continuing- the War. The Rev, Dr. Massie, the British "emancipa tion" arent, having recently returned to England, is now giving an account of his reception io va rlour-parti -of the United" States.- At V late meeting of tbe Glasgow Union and Emancipa tion Society, Jr. M. refrrred toliis interview with -Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Sumner, in which tbe Massachusetts Senator laid down the real doctrine of the Hbolitionista, who' now goverü the country; vix: that their great object is to prevent' the war from bcin ended before negro s'.avery shall have been. abiUiJted.-....B, j--,.im. That this i., and has been, the real positian of the abolition party, we have not -doubted.' But the leaders in the guitty project of continuing tbe war have not, as a general tiling, so openly and pointedly avowed the truth as one of their num ber did in this instance to Rev. Dr. Maaaie. That Mr. Sumner permittel himself thus to speak out' his real feelings as he is here shown to havedooe, -. is only to be explained by tbe fact- that he was : talking to a foreigner and brother abolitionist.to whom he felt it safe to unbosom himself. . He ' states, very pointedly, the real sentiment and pur . pose of those who control the -conduct or the war" to-day. It is an atrocious purpose; and we 1 ask every reader, Democrat or Republican.to mark - well this significance of the declaration he makes.') Hartford Times. '. l .: -J .... : ""The Time then quotes' from ' the proceedings of the Glasgow Union and Emancipation Society j in Scotland as follows; . , ' . a i t o Mr. Massie described the great chauge that had: passed on public opinion as to slavery, referring particularly to the city of Washington, where, after an address, the minister of that place said, "Had von delivereJ that address a year ago, you and all the meeting would have been mobbed, and the church gutted." ' He believed that every disaster had been to the - advuutace of the antislarery cause. . -Mr. Charles Sum uer bad said to , him that he. feared more their successes than their defeats. Their successes were likely to make the people ready to say, "Let us patch it op now."', Tbir defeats were a prolongation of the war, aud gave the people reason to put the question to themselves, "Why is God fighting against us? Why is he delaying the day ot peace? It is because of slavery. Therefore let us abolish slavery." ... To the like ffeet, as the public may remember, was the avowal of Hen'kt Wad- Bkkcheu. in his fareneli speech at Liverpool." Stid he in that speech: . . Allow me to say. therefore, just at this point and in that regaid. that, while looking at it; commercially or seuti mentally, the prolongation of the war seems mischievous, it is more in seeming than in reality, for the North bas been educated by this war. Like men sent to sea ia a ship half built, with just buiwaiks sufficient to keep out the water, aud havini; to sail on tbeir voyage and build up their ship as they went, we were precipitated into this revolution and war. and the process of education has been going on in the battlo field, in the drilling camps, at home among the people, while taxing their energies for the maintenance of the war and there neve was so good a sch'X)! master us war hear, hear. But every month that the eod of this struggle is delayed unites the North, and . prepare thj country for that uuion and peace-which require the utter destruction of slavery. Cbeeis. There is an old proverb "There's luck in leisure." Let me transmute that proverb, and . say "There's emancipation in delay." Loudcheers.J And every man here every commercial man who takes a comprehensive and long sighted instead of a narrow view of tbe question will say,. "Let the war thiw liuger uutil it has burned slavery to the very nol." Renewed cheers. The Louisville Journal, which has from the beginning advocated the vigorous prosecution of the war, thus remarks upon these avowals of Mr.. SiMSEK and the radicals who are co operating with him: "Senator Trcvbcll. of Illinois, said virtually the same thing iu a public speech, last summer, and so did Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, who is now trying to effect the expulsion of Senator Davis, for no other offence than an indignant denjneiatiou of euch infamy. The And Slavery Standard sometime ago openly "thanked God for defeat," aud prayed that reverses might "continue" until the war was proclaimed to be not "for the Union," but "a war against slavery." And such is spirit which has animated the radical leaders in general ever since the ultimate suppression of the rebellion became a recognized fact. Ilerjce, they have pressed measures ol confiscation, of emancipation, and of obliteration, knowing that measures of this description, by consolidating and stimulating the people in rebellion, would prolong tbe war, thereby increasing the chances of the forcible extinction of slavery. Their purpose is, nnd has long been, to accept or permit no peace except on the basis of the abolition of slavery without regard to the Constitution. 'It is," as otrr New England contemporray says, "an atrocious purpose." It is a purposs which coolly weighs tbe blood and treasure and liberties of the people against , the demonical vengeance of a set of party leaders. It ia a devilish purpose. But it can be defeated.. And it wiil be. It must be. In the course of a few months, the loyal people of the country wiil be called upon to say at tho ballot box whether this purpose shall prevalf or not. ' If, by electing a conservative President, they say it shall not prevail.it will not prevail. In that all-glorious even:, peace on the basis of the Uuion and the Constitution will be speedily restored. And we will pot presume that the opposite event lies within the verpe of probability. Yet this event surely cannot be brought to pass without the most vigorous and ojiflghteneJ action on the part of tho true men of the country. It is only because we confide iu such action that we do not doubt the issue. Nevertheless we confide with anxiety. - Seldom if ever belore lias an issue so mijjhtv depended upon the integrity and fidelity of the patrio's of any Ian I God grant that the patriots ol our land may not be found wanting in this sovereign juncture.!' STATU ITEMS. Smallpox is abating in the State prison at Jeffersonville- -..'...-, Scarlet fever is proving very fatal among the children at Evansville. Coal is selling in New Albany at 40 cents per buhel wood at $5 50 per cord. ' , ' The First National Bank of Terre Haute has received Its circulating notes. They are all 10's. . ; - Tbe Indiana Lejioo contributed the band' some sum of $2,137 20 for the relief of the poor of Evausville. The smallpox has been prevailing during several weeks nt Bloomington, Randolph county, and vicinity. Several deaths have occurred, , The loss at the destructive fire In Attica, on Saturday night last, is estimated at between $20,000 and $30,000.. V. . ' ' .. Couxtt Trkasitbt Robbed. We learn that the safe of the Treasurer oT B;own county was broken open on Monday niglu last, and several thousand dollar abstracted. Tbe suspected parties are supposed to have taken a route toward this city. ' ' , . A new paper has been started at Anderson, in this State, called "The Kingdom of Heaven The editor. Mr. Taoii ts Cook,) in his intro ductory, says "it will be the purpose of his humble little sheet to establish the Kingdom of Heaven." We thought that ihat work was done long ago that it was coeval with the King E'em.il, Immortal and lu visible, but Mr. Cook proposes to enliehten the' world and dispel the delusion of mankind, tince and including Adam', on that point. The sentiment of the poet will apply, with great force to Brother Cjok's new light "When ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise." The following i the motto f "The Kingdomof Heaven ; " - :. Tis said-. . '."r: ' 'Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel ju3t.' . .We say: . . . . . : Better Jar is he, wjio doth not in quarreling' trustr ;- i ... : . . , . Terms:,, Fifty cents yeai. -.

Itewt from the South Particular of

the Ecape ml Morgan. Richmond dates to the 7th iost. have been re ceived. Without ecotaiuinr anything of real mportance, they are of much interest General Jonx Moboax has turued up in the Confederate Capital, and had an ovation on the day of his arrival. The Enquirer gives an inter estioj account of the daring escape of this celecrated partisan leader from the Ohio Penitentiary, generally considered one of tbe strongest prisbns'Tn tlie"couhlry7"wiih llfl' subsrquent'Tldren-' turers. - Describing their cells, the Enquirer says: ' The bedheads were small iron stools, fastened to the wall with binges'. They could te booked up or allowed to stand on the floor, and to pre vent anv fuspicion, for several days uerore snv work wäa attempted, they made it a habit to let them dou acd sit at their doors and read. " Capt. Hines superintended the work, while Gen. Morgan kept watch to divert the attention of the sentinel, whose duty it waa to come round during the day aud observe if anything was going on. One day this fellow came in while Hockersmith was down ander the. floor boring away; and missing him," Said, "Where is Hockersmith?" "The Oeneral replied, "He is in my room, sick," and Immediately pulled a document out of his pocket and said to him, "Here is a memorial I h ive drawn p to forward to the government at ashington; hat do you tnink of it?" The fellow, who. perhaps.1 could not' read, highly flattered at the General's condescension, took it and very cravely looked at it for several moments, before he vouchsafed any reply, i hen handing it back, he expressed himself highly pleased with it. In the meantime, Hokersmith had been signalled, and came up professing to feel "very unwell." This sentinel was the most difficult and dangerous obstacle in their progress, because there was no telling at what time durins the day ho would enter; and at ' night he came regularly every two hours Ueacb cell and Insert ed a light throuzh the bars of their door, to see that they were nuietly sleeping, and treouentiy after he had completed his rounds he would slip back in the dark with a pair of India rubber shoes on. to listen at their cells if anything was going on ' T'ne General says that he would al most invariably know of his presence uy a certain magnetic shudder which it would produce; but fear that this acute sensibility might sometimes fail him, he broke up small particles of coal. every morning, and spriüKiea tuem oeiore tne cell door, which would always ' announce his comin". Everything was now ready to begin the work; so about the latter part ot October, they began to bore. All were busv one making a r-pe lad der by tearing and twisting up strips of bediick, another making bowie-knives, and another twist ing up towels. They labored pmeveringlv for several days, nnd after boring through nine incit es of cement and tune thicknesses of brick placed edgewise, thev beg: o to wonder when they sbouhi reach the . soft earth. Surideuly a brick fell through. What couid this tacan? What iote-nal chamber had thev reached? It was im mediately entered, pad. t'j their .groat astonishment and joy, it proved to be an air chamber ex tending the whole length of the row of cells. Here was. nil . unexpected interposition in their favor. Hitherto they had been obliged to coni cal their -rubbish in their bedticks, each day burning a proportionate quantity of straw; now, they h id room enough for all they could dig. They at once com nu need to tunnel at right angles with this air chamber, to get through the foundation; aud day nfter day they bored, day alter day the blocks of granite were removed, aud still the work before them seemed interminable After 21 days of unremitting labor, and get ting through a granite wall of six feet iu thick ness, they reached the soil. They tunnelled up for some distance, and light began to hine. How glorious was that light. It aiiuouncd the fulfillment of their labors, and if Povideuce would mir contiuue in its favor, they would soou be free. This was the morning of the 26r.h day of November, 18G3. The next night at 12 o'clock was determine 1 on as the hour at which they would attempt their liberty. Each moment that intervened was filled with dreadful anxiety aud suspense, and each time the guard entered increased their apprehensions. The General says he had prayed..frr rain, but the tnorniug of the 27th dawned bright and beaulilul. The evening came, and clouds began to gather. How they prayed for them to increase. If rain should only be;iii their chances for detection would be rreat ly lessened. While these thoughts were passing through their minds, the keeper entere I with a letter for General Morgan. He opened it, aud what wa bis surprise, and I may say wonder, to find 't from a poor Irish woman of his acquaint anceni Keutucky, commencing, "My dear Gineral, I feel certain vou are goinn to try to git out of prison, but for your sake don't you try it. my dear Gineral. You will only be taken prisoner Aain. aud mule to euffer more than you do now." - The letter then went on to speak of h's kind ness to the poor when he lived at Lexington, and concluded by "gain exhorting him to trust in God and wait his time. What could this mean? No human being on the outside hii been in formed of hU intention to escape, and yet, just as all thins were ready for him to make the nt tempt, here comes a letter from Winchester. Ky.,' advising him not to "try it " This letter had passed through the examining office if Gen. Ma son. and then through the hands of the lower officials. Whnt if it should excite their au. picion ami csme them to exercise an increased vigilance? The Miuatioti, lwwever, was desperate. Their fate could not be much wore, n J they resolved t3 go. Nothing now rem tine I to bo done but for the Oe:ieril an I Cl. Dick Mor gan to change cells. The hour appro;iche4 for them ro be locke 1 up. They change 1 c iats, and each stood at the other's cell door with his back exposed, and (iretended to be m iking up their beds. As the turnkey entered they "turned in and pulled their doors shut. ' Six, eizht, ten o'clock came, now .each pulse throbbed as thev quietly awaited the ap proach of twelve! It cm.3 the sentinel passed hi round all well. After waiting a few mo ments to see if he Intended to slip b-k, the signal was given all quietly slipped down into the air chamber, first stulHng their flsiinel Shirts and '. niacins them in bo.1 as tnev were accustomed to lie. As thsr ' muvcJ quietly alon; through the dark recess to tho terminus where they were to emerge from file ewth, the General prei-ared to liht a match As the lurid' glare fell upon their countenances, n scene was presented which can never be for-, gotten. ' There were crouched seve'i brave men, who had resolved to be free. They were armed with bowie knives made out of c ue knivesLife, in 'heir condition, was scarcely to be ilesircd.ati l the moment for the desperate chance had nrrivel. Suppose, as they . emerged irom the ground, that the dog should give the altrm. they could but die - ' ' But few moments were spent in this kind of apjM-ehension. The hour bad arrived, and yet they cam..' Forlunitelv yes, providentially the night bid suddenly grown dark and ninr; tbe dos had retired to their - kennels, and the sentinels had taken refuge under fhelter. The inner wall, by the aid of. the rope ladder, was soon scaled, and now the outer one had to bo atten.ptel Captain Taylor (who, by the way, is a nephew of Oid Zck.) being a very uctive man, by the assistance of his comrades reached the top of the' gate, and was enabled to get the wall. When the top was gained, they found a rope extending all around, which the General immediately cut, as be suspected that it might lead into tho Warden's roni This turned out to bo correct. They then entered the sentry box ou the wall and ch ingod their clothes, and let themselves down. the wall, in sliding down . tho General skinned his hind vo-y badly, and all were more or less bruised. Oiico down thay separated, Taylor aud Sbelton goi'ug one way, Hokersmith, Bennett and Mq Gee another, an J Geii. M. and Gapt. Ilines proceeding immediately toward the depot. . The General, bad, .by paying $15 in gold, succeeded in obtaining a paper which informed him of the schedule time of the different roads. . The clock struck one, and he knew by hurrying he could j-each tho down train for Cincinnati. He got there just as the train was moving off. He at orce looked on to see- if there was any soldiers on board, and, espying a Union officer, he boldly -J walked up and took a scat beide him. lie re marked to him that "as the night was damp and chilly, perhaps ho would join him in a drink." He did so, and thij "party became very agreeable to each other... - , . - , The cars, ia eroding the Siioto, have to p.. within a short distance of tbe Penitentiary. As they passed, the officer remarked, "There's the hotel at which Morgan and his officers are spending their leisure." "Yes' replied tho General, "and 1 sincerely hope he will make up his mind to board there during the balance of the war, for he is a gre it nuis dice." . When the train reached Xeoi it was det tined by some accident more thau an hour. Imagine his anxiety, as soldier after soldier would pass through the train, for fpr thai when the seu-T tine) passed his round at 3 o'clock, their absence might be discovered . ... ... The train was doe ia Cincinnati at 6 o'clock,

This was the hour at which they were turned

out of their cells, and of course tbeir escape rould be then discovered, in a few moments alter it would be Known all over the country. The train haviug been detained at Xenia, wäs running very rapidly to make up the time. It was then past C o'clock. The General said to" Capt- Hines'It is after six: if we go to the de pot we are dead -men. Now-nr-never." They went to the rear and put on the brakes. "Jump. Ilines!". r Off he went, Sqd felt heels over head iu the mud..' Another severe tura of the brake. and the General jumped. He was more sue cessful, and lighted on his feet. There were so me söldier nearjwhö remarked; What1nT.be" h 1 do you mean by jumpiDg, off the, cars here?" : Tbe General replied, What m the d l.is the' use of my going into town wheal live here; and besides, what business is it of. jours?r,."i ' . They went im mediately to the 'river' ''They found a skiff, but no oars. ' Soona little boy' came öveF and appeared to' be waiting i,4Wlia are yo'u waiting for?" asked the General. "lam waiting for ray toad.'1 "What Is the priced a load?" "Two dollars."' Well, as wears tired and hungry , we Vill give you tbe two dollars and you can put us over." So over he took) them. "Where does Mips live?" "Just a ihort distance from here." "Will you show me the house?"" 'Yes sir." The house was reached, fine breakfast was soou obtained, money and horse furnished, a good woman's prayer bestowed, - and off be went. From there, forward throuzh Kentucky, everybody vied with each other as to a bo should show him the most attention, even to the negroes; and young ladies of refinement begged the bonor to cook his meals. .. K. He remained in Keutucky some days, feeling , perfectly safe, and sending into Louisville for many little things he wanted. , Went to Bards ., town nnd found a Federal regiment had just arrived there looking for him. . Remained here and about for three or four days, and then struck out ." for Dixie, sometimes disguising himself as a government cattle contractor, aud buying a large lot of cattle: at other times a Quartermaster, uutil he got to tbe Tennessee river. Here he found all means of transportation destroyed, and the bank strongly' guarded, but with the assistane of about thirty others, who had recognized i him and joined him tn spite of his remonstrances,' he succeeded in makin? a raft, and he and Capt. Hines crossed over:' His escort, with heroic self sacrifice, refused to cross until be was aafely over. He then hired a negro to get his horse over, paying him twenty dollars for it iThe river was so ' high that the horse came near drowning, and after more than an hour's strug--gl'1112 with the stream, was polled out so exhaustel as scarcely to be able to stand - ". " - The General threw a blanket on him and commenced to walk him, when suddenly, he says, he was seised with a presentiment that he would be attacked, and. remarking to Capt. Hines, "We wili be attacked iu twenty minutes," coinraeuced saddling his horse. He had hardly tied his girth, when bang, bang., went the Minie balls. He bounced his horse, and the noble animal appear ing to be inspired with new vigor, bounded off like a deer up the mountain. . The last he saw . of his poor fellows on the opposite side, they were . disappearing up the river b nk, tired upon by a whole regiment of. i ankces. By tins time, it was dark, and also raining. He knew that a perfect cordon of pickets would surround the foot . i a m a , ot the mountain, aud. it ne remained mere tin morning, he would be lost. So he determined to run the gaunt'et at once, and commenced to de : 8cend. As he neared the foot, leading his horse. he came almost in personal contact with a picket His first impulse was to kill mm, but finding hirn asleep, he determine! to let him sleep on. He mde his way to the houe of a Union man that he knew lived near there, and pissel himself off as Captain Quartermaster of Hunt s regiment, who was on his way to Athens, Tenn., to procure1. supplies of sugar and coffee for the Union people of the country. -, The lady, who appeared to be sleep while this interview was taking place with her husband, at the mention of auar and collVe. jumped nut of. bed in her night clothes, and said: ''Thank God for that; for we a'mt seen any rale coffee iid here for God knows how long!"' lie was so delighted at the prospect that she made up a fire and cooked them a good supper. Supper being over, the General remarke t that he understood ome rebeis had "tried to cross the river this after, noon " "Yes," said the woman, "but our men killed some uu urn, aud driv the rest back." "Now," sajd tho General, "I know that, but didn't some of them get over?" "Yes," was her reply, "but they are on tho mounUin and can't get down without being killed, as every road i3 stopped up " He then said to her: "It is very important for me to get to Athens by to-morrow night, or I may lose that sugar and coffee, and I am afraid to go down any of those roads for fear my own men will ki'l me "" The fear of losing that sugar and coffee brottgiit the lady again to an accommodating mood, and she replied: - Why, Paul, can't you show the Captain through our farm, that road down bv the field?" The General says, "Of course. Paul, vou can d j it and as the niht is vcrr cold, I will give you $10 (in gold) to help you along." The gold, and the prospect of sugar and coffee, was too much for any poor man's nerves, and he yielded, and. petting on a bore, he took thern seven mile to the big road. From this time forward we had a series of adventures and escapes ,n 11 very wonderful, until he got neir'another river in Tennessee, wheü he resolied to go up to a house and find the way. Ilines weut to thu home, wliiie the General stood in the road. Hearing a bid of cavalry come d ishing uo behmg him. he quietly slipped to one iide of the load and it p:s-ed by without obser ving him. They weut traveling after Hines.and, poor fellow, h has not been heard of since. . How sad t think that he shouM b either Cloture I or killed a iter s many brave effrs, not only in Iiis own liehilf". hut also in that ot the Gener.it, lor the General says that it is owing chiefly to Mine's enterprise and skill that they made their escape. Vthenhc arrived t the river referred to above, he tried to get over, intending to ftop that niht with n good Southern m m on the other side He could not get. over, ami had to stop at the house of a Union m in The iiuxt morning he went to the house tint he h'd sinjrht the night previous, and found the- t-aek of the Yankee sc ircclr cold. They had been there all night, exiecliii3 that he. would come there. nl h;d murdered everybody who ha I attempted t reach the house, without, bailing . them. In pur-(i;ng this brutal course, they had kdled three . young men, neighbors of this" gentleman, im-' .went away, leaving their dead bodies on the ground. Afirr he h id frmff l Okov's River, and trot idown into Middle. Tenncsjre, he f und it almost I impossible to avoid recognition. Atone time he passed some poor w:iinn. and one of them commenced clipping lierjiunds and paid, Oh, I know who that is, I k:iow who that is!" but catching herself, she Htupped bort, aud passed ou with her companions. . ., The General says that his escape was made entirely without the assistance from oue on the out-, side, and, so far a$ he knows, also without their knowledge ol his iuteutiou, that the announcement of his arrival at Toronto was oue of those fortuitous coincidences that can not be account ed for; that it assisted him materially no doubt. Iu fact, he says that his' wile's prayer" saved him, and as this' is the roost agreeable way of explaining it, he is determine 1 to believe it. The above account mar be rclivd on as cor rect; and although much bas been left out, yet enough is printed to stamp it as one of the most remarkable escapes in history. ; . - . . Decease of u .Ttllllonalre. The Newark Advertiser prints the following from a New York correspondent: Eccentric men ge.itrally cd utter in the city. Tbey -aie more coucealed from observation than in the country. In Great Jones street, at the corner of Lafayette Flare, stands a lofty, ra iss-. ive, square brick house Roojevoit has been the name of lite Uoorplate, for many years. It always had a deserted look, and the only occupjiita except servant seen to coma forth from its recesses. was a crippled tnau with one or two attendants. Suddenly men were seen issuing from the doors, exclaiming, their master was dead.. The neighbors went iu, and found only the inanimate remains - of. one who .bad devoted., his life to. the accumulation of wealth,., and yet at . his death there were none . present except. . bireltugs , (o do. him reverence. It seems he was early engaged to be married. ' He was au educated man. ami also "born with a silver sp-.ion in. his mouth;" but disease paralyzed him, and he lived and died worth over a million of dollars, but even his wealth not gaining for him oatwnrl sympathy or affection. It is stated he hail paced Iii- room so long, with a cane, that the floor had been worn through and through more than puce. Io these lonely iu door walks he had traversed au extent nearly equal to pacing the globe, and then, with his accumulated treasure about him, he" passed away, unhonored and nearly unknown. . Curious fact that his .relatives are opulent and .lie has given nearly a milieu to found a hospital. .The only legacy of value is to, her whom he would have married, but. who still re mains renerable and uawedded.-., .-. . - ; :. t - j The English ladies are wearing plumes made of spun glass. 1 ' ... , ;! -:

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

i, ; ' . SENATE; . ' WasHiscTo.x, January 19. 1 M rT Wilson reported back tht bill to promote f enlistments and lor other purposes. rJkImHowein.troduced'w bill to .establish a bureau of emancipation. Ref erred to the Select Committee oo Slavery. Tbe resolution of Mr. Wilson to expel Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. tXlu motion, of-Mr WiLjou,,tbe enrollment bill was taken up. The discussion on this bill occupied tbe entire session. At the close of the debate the bill passed, with importaut amendments. Yeas, 30; nays, 1Ü. ; Mr. Chandler presented a petition praying for the construction of a ship canal around .Niagara Falls. Referred. --a- vr. The joint resolution -of -thanks to Major Generals Hooker, Jhleade, Bantu, J3urnsid, Howard, and officers and men - of their armies, were adopted. ., After the passage of the enrollment bill, the Senate adjourned. :'. i . - ' HOUSE.: ' The 'resolution instructing tbe Committee on Naval Affairs to enquire into the propriety of ex empting acting Clergymen oi an aenoninauons from tbe draft was laid on tbe table by a -large majority.; - : , . i be resolution of Mr. Cox to appoint a Doard of Commissioners who canby negotiations reach the southern authorities," with a view to an im mediate exchange, of prisoners and ' taking the matter out of, tho hands of Gen. Butler was, on motion of Mr. Washburne, laid on the table by a te of 91 against 5f. Mr. Schenck reported back from the Military Committee a resolution of the Senate for a Joint Committee ou the conduct of the war, with an amendment authorizing them to inquire into all contracts made with any of the Departments, and to set nt such time and places as they may think proper during tb recess ol Congress. The res olution was adopted. - - . Various resolutions of enquiry and declara tions as to what should be the policy ot the Government on National Affairs were offered and voted on. Adjourned. - .. : senate. . ; ; . ' -, . . . .. . .Washington, January 19. Mr. Conness presented a petition from citizens Arizona, praying for a railroad between that Territory aud California. Refen-ed. Mr Wilson presented a bid cstabli?h"mg rules and regulations for the Government of the armies of the United States. Referred. Mr. Wilkinsou introduced a bill providing for the payment of a bounty of $100 to men that were mustered into tbe service prior to May 3d, le61. , . .The resolution amending the rules of theScuHte with regard to certain oaths bv the Senators, was taken up. Mr. Bayard addressed the Senate- at length against the propriety and constitutionality of the proposed rules. Mr. Collamer desired to reply to Mr. Bayard, but pave way till 1 o clock to morrow. Iteolutioua of thauks to Geu. Thomas and his army -and to Commodores Kinzgold and Du pout were introduced A bill increasing the salaries of custom in spectors $1 per day was reported. The Senate went into executive session after which it adjourned . HOUSE. The House resumed the consideration of the joint resolution amendatory of the confiscation act, so as to make it conformable to the Consti tution. ... Mr. Bliss opposed the confiscation policy, con tending that the estates could not be forfeited beyond the life of the offender. Mr. Boutwell advocated the pending resolution. understanding it to make it the duty of ihe courts to ad minister the penalties of treason within the limits of the Constitution. The subject was then passed over. 1 he House then went into Committee of the Whole ou the excise and inierual revenue laws. Mr. Lovejoy proposed a tax on spirits of one dollar per gallon. Mr. Grinuell moved to make the tax one dol lar mid twenty cents. Fernando Wood and J. Winthrop Chandler op posed the above motions. ' ' 1 he whisky clause was debated at length, but no amendments were adopted. , Adjourned. SENATE. Washington, January 20. Mr. Brown presented tue memorial of sixtythree members of the Missouri Assembly, against the confirmation of Gen. Schofield as Major General. Resolutions of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, asking a modification of the reciprocity treaty, were referred. A resolution was adopted instructing the Military Committee to ascertain and report the facts connected with the examination, by a board of oüicers, into the alleged advantages of concentrated feed for horses, and if reported upon favorably, why such feci had not been used. A resolution instructing the Committee on the Conductor the War, with lloine amendment, requiring an investigation into coutracU, was passed. Mr. Collamer addressed ihe Senate at Icnglh in support nf the title requiring Senators to take the prescrilicd oath. ' i Mr. Anthony followed, in support of the authority of the St-nate to establish u-h a rule. Mr. Hendricks opposed the adoption of the new rule.' arguing that the indorsement of the State which they represented entitled Senators to scats. He also opposed the reconstruction policy of the President's executive session. Adjourned. - ' " house;' The House resumed the consideration "of the joint resolution amendatory of the confiscation act- . The confiscation bill was passed over. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the amend atorv of the excise bill. The Committee disposed of the spirits section of the bill without altering the rate of bU cents. per gallon Mr Sweet, of Maine, replied to Mr. Davis, of Maryland, denying that the minority were here to einb irjass the Adniiuistratiou, . Adjourned.. . - . SENATE. Washington, January 21. On motion of Mr. Wilson, ihe Senate took up the bill to promote enlistments. Mr-Grime wUhed to postpone the considera tion of the bill. It did uot provide bounties fur colored soldiers. The consideration of the bill was postponed p.ntil to morrow. ' The resolution of Mr. Davis ealüng or. the President for correspondence between the United States nnd rebel authon'aas, was postponed. Oo motion, prior orders were postponed, and unfinished business ixken up. Mr. Johnson of Maryland then addressed the Senate on the rule requiring Senators to take the oath. The report of the Agricultural Commissioners adverse to a tax of 20 per cent, on leaf tobacco was referred to the Finam-o Committee. . . Mr. Johnson of Md., spoke on the question of the adoption of the new oath 'as a rule of the Senate, opposing it as unconstitutional.- In the Course of bis remarks he said the people of the South, wbfcii the miliury power of tbe rebellion was subdued, would again, come in the Uuion under the President's amnesty proclamation. He was opposed to placing the negro on apolitical equality as a irreater evil to slave than to master, and a political degration of the whites as uunec essary -to crhiog the tebellion.r Theday was fast approaching if the power of Government was exerted as it ought to .be. when the military power of the rebellion would ho crushed and the people of the South would shareTIn heart, as well as in deed, in the blessings of a restored Uuion. ' ' ' Mr. Howard favored the adoption of the oath,' arguibg that without the fidelity required by this oath the. Constitution became a dead letter. He said that the people of the North were not such fools as to fight such a war as this, gacriöcing two hundred thousaud lives, and then turn around and invite traitors to come back and sit iu the councils of the Nation. , . Tne amendment of Powell was ' rejected; yeas 12. nays 24. ' ' Adjourned till Monday. ' 5 HOUSE.'- -Mr. Morris of New'Tork favored confiscation. He said the estates of rebels wlio inaugurated and are responsible for all the evils of the rebellion, ought to be confiscated, m,. . . t , - Mr. Rogers, of .Heir Jersey, opposed tne pending resolutiou. contending that estates could not be forfeited ueyona tne uieume oi tne ot

fender, end tbe measure now proposed was clearly against tbe Cpntitulioa.

ithout taking question on tie confiscation bill, the House went into Committee of tbe Whole on tbe amendatory excise law. T be amendment offered by Fernando Wood, and adopted, r bows the true sute of the case as regards tbe whisky tax. It is as follows: rrovided, further, that air pinte tn hand for sale, whether or not distilled prior to the date of ths act, shall be subject to the rates of duty pro- . vided by this act, from and after tfee 12th day of t January, lb 64, except spirits wf.ich have already been taxed under the law of July, 1?C1, which shall not be more than the addrtroinr ortecreased tax provided for by this act., , ..... . , An amendment was adopted taxing all cotton in the hands of manufacturers heretofore exempted, two cents per pound." ' Mr. Brooks; or .New '.York, moved to strike out the drawback of two cents per pound in all cases where the duty imposed by this act upon the cotton used in manufacture shall be satisfactorily shown to hare bea previously paid.' ;':'' i vr t, i- i n r . , Dirasia urooKS. v oornees, uarringvon ana rf. C. Allen advocated the amendment,-regarding such drawback as bounty to manufacturers at tne expense ot the agricultural interests, r Messrs. Merrill and Dawes replied, showing that New England pays Its fair proportion of tax- 'I alion on its producta and industry. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, said whatever complaints might be uttered in Voorhees' district, , in Indiana, as the operation of revenue law, there was no complaint m the loyal district which be (Washburne)- represented. His constituents ; were not only willing to pay the present tax, but an additional tax to crush out tbe rebellion and : hang traitors. .The rebellion must be crushed and the States brought back, if neccessary, by. subjugation: Mr Grinuell, of Iowa, in behalf of the farmers be represented, favored the encouragement of " manufactures. e ' ' - Mr. Brooks amendment was disagreed to. An amendment was adopted that all spirit! Importe! prior to the passage of the act shall pay an additional duty of 50 cents. -The bill, as amended, was reported to. the House, when it and a substitute intended to be ' offered by Mr. Stevens, were ordered t-j be printed, preliminary to further action on the subject. , . :, , ; Adjourned. . : . . . Washington, January 22. The Speaker announced the following commit- ' tee on a -ystem of uniform weights nnd mens- ' ures: Messrs. Kason, Schcuck, WinSeld, .Williams and Grider. . ... It was resolved that when the House adjourn, it be till Monday noon The House then took up the bill reported from the Committee of the Whole on the State of the -Union, with umendmeuts, to increase the Federal ". revenue. The amendments were concurred in. " Spirits will pay 6U cents a gallon; adulterations sold fcs wine, brandy, whisky, Ac, an additional taty a taxnf 20 cents on alt spirits on hand for sale, wlieiber-disliiled prior to the date of this act, or not, shall be fuiject to the rate of duty provided by this net from and after January 12, 1?64; Fpirits taxed under the lawof July 1,1 H2, shall not pay more than the additional or increased lax provided by ibis act. All provisions of law whereby cotton in the hands of manufacturers of cotton fabrics, on the first day ot October, I62, ami prior, is exempted " from tax, are repealed, and such cotton ßhall be ' subject to a duty of 2 tents per pound. Spirits imported prior to this act shall pay an additional tax of 40 cents per gallon. The House then proceeded to consider Mr. btevcus sub resolution being nearly the same bill as originally leported by tbe Committee of Wars and Means. Mr. Stevens made a brief speech, declaring the House to day had decidedly reversed the legislation of 1SG2 namely, that all tax should be' prospective. The substitute for the bill, as given by Mr. Stevens, was rejected ayes 51. nays 100. " The bill then passed ayes 96, nays CS. Mr. Spalding discussed the resolution amendatory of the con fiscal ion act. ' Mr. Stevens claimed that the Constitution has nothing to do with forfeiture of estate in fee that is under the law of war and the law of na-" tions. The House then adjourned. statu lrr.Tis. The new custom mill of Smith A Alverson, ' near Spencer, Owen county, was totally do-' stroyed by fire on the night of the 9th instant. Loss about $10,000. Tbe Evansville Journal is in favor of de- - claring Mr. Lincoln the Republican candidate for Presideut without the instrumentality of a National Convention. The next sleP will be to declare Mr. Lixcolx Presideut without the instrumentality of au election. . A Republican paper says that candidates for Slate officers are becoming more plentiful than blackberries in Augast. Office aod contract are alout the only ideas that the great body of the Republicans have of government. Eleventh Disteict The following resolutions were adopted by the Democratic Congressional Convention of the Eleventh District at the Convention held on the t?th inst: Whirhs, A crisis has arisen in the history of the federal government in relation lo tbe rights of the States, whether delegated or reserved; the mauifest usurpations of undelegated powers by the Prft-idciit; the inter disregard of all consti-" tutional guarantees of liberty, looking constantly to the subjugation of State and the establishment of a centralized despotism, already fillsus with alarti for the cause of civil liberty in Anier- , ica And whereas, it is due to those who differ , with us iu our notion of right, as well as the mode and measure and redress, to know wheve we stand, we propose to deel ire to them frankly our convictions nl purposes in the premises; therefore. Resolted, Tint the right to to alter or abolish, their government whenever it fails to secure the blessings of Liberty is one of the inalienable ' right ot man that can nevar be surrendered; nor is iheriht lo tuaiutaiu a government that does ; secure the blcs,-ing of Liberty less Mcred and in- . alienable, therefore we declare that patriotism and manhood alike enjoin upon us resistance to usuipitioii as liie highest and holiest doty of' freemen. . ' . ; ; 2. That the necessity for amendments to ibe f articles of confederation w.-is suggested by a j act-ailing insurrection, its propositions ' matured 1 amidst the elements of rivil war, and the Consti-fc tutioo teudered to the thirteen sovereign and in-, dependent Slates by the wisdom of the age. and. accepted by them as a fortress around the liber-' ties of the people, prescribing inflexible limits to the powers of the government in war aa well as ia peace, and no necessity, however great, can warrant ita violation by any officer of the gov-" ernment; and every such infraction should be rebuked by the sternest energy of our nature. 3. That the treat purpose of. the Constitution .( of the United States was tho maintenance of the principles of civif liberty." The Union, formed ' in a spirit of mutual concession, can only be re-1, stored and perpetuated by adherence to the principles upon which it was founded, the voluntary, consent of its members, and a scrupulous eb-J servance of the rights of each other under the Constitution; and that "War is disunion final and irrevocable." m 4. That while with just disdain we reject the epithet of "Peace at any price, as a slander up-' on the true Democracy, and 'with instinctivepromptness protest against the brutal doctrine of ; war for revenge, for plunder, or live debasement " of our race to the levil of the negro, we do re-4 gard the restoration of peace to our country, npon an honorable adjustment of the issues iavolved in tBM unholy aud unnatural war. without humiliation to either parly, ss rising above all other con-' siderations, and that in pondering the terms of such settlement we will look only to tbe peace and welfare of our own race. . 5 That whatever the theory of the powers of the Federal Government to coerce a State to remain iu the' Union may be, war as a means of restoring the Union is a delusion Involving a fearful waste of human life, hopeless bankruptcy,1 and tbe speedy down fa.l of the republic. There-, fore we lecommend a cessation ot hostilities upon existing facts, and a convention of the sovereign States to adjust the terms of a peace with' a view lo the restoration ' of heUnion, entire if possible; if not, so much and such parts as the affinities of interest and civilisation may attract. " ' ' ' 6. That there is a point at which Submission merges tbe man in the slave, and resistance becomes a duty. , Whether that time in the history of the limes has arrived, mar be debated; but we will resist by force any attempt to "abridge the elective franchise, whether by th introduction of illegal voters under military authority, or the attempt by Federal officers to intimidate the citilens by threats of oppression. , " c 7. We reiterate and affirm the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 17DS and 1?D3, as embodying tbe true exposition of the Constitution.

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