Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 31, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 August 1861 — Page 1

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THE RIVER GRAVE. BT URS. R. B. EDSON. On yon low bank with swajing willow fringes, Where fairy arches sweep with golden hinges, bleep a low headstone, lovingly concealed Ey flowers o'erblown half hidden, half revealed. The greensward backward to the river sloping Slowly and lingeringlv, as jf 'twere hopiug Oa the low mound to lay with reverence down, The sweetest blossoms of its summer crown. Ferhaps you wonder why all nature gave Such lcvingcare to this lone river-grave ; "Why there the earliest bird? their matins sing, And early violets and late aspers spring. 'Tis but a simple, yet a touching story, Of how one sweet midsummer's perfumed glory, "With its low hum and clinging sweets beguiled The careless footsteps of a happy child. With dancing eyes aii'l soft brown golden curls And sweet red lips, hilf shutting over pearls; One dimpled hand her snowy apron holds, Blue bells and king-cups peeping from its folds. To the fringed bonk with childish haste she flew, Where waxen lil:es go hi en-hearted grew; And there they found, in the gray cf eve, Her soft curls tangled with the lily leaves. Her poor wet flowers strewn o'er hor forehead pale, Telling with their mute lips the sickening tale; And so where last her wee bare feet had prest, Thej laid her down w ith lilies on her breast. And ever there the bluest hare-bells spiin, -Aud thrush and woodlark sweetest duets sinrr; There first the crimsoi flush of d.iwnlight glances, And parting sunlight shoots its gilded lances. Piesentment. Three daily papers iu this city, und one in Brooklyn, together with several weeklies, have been presented by the Grand Jury of the U. S. Circuit Court whereof Charles Gould is Foreman. We do not complain of this, but lather congratu- i . . , . . . . . . ' late ourselves and trie community, that a legal and j constitutional course has been adopted to determine whether in anything w e h av transcended our rights as public journalists instead of resorting to mob violence, as his been done in the case of seven! journals elsewhere, iu defiance of law and the Constitution. If the presentment should lead to an indictment aud a trial, it will then be seen whether the allegations of the Grand Jury can be sustained by a fair construction of our language, or whether the allegations theraselve, if made by an individual not sdiieMed by his official position, would not aflord a valid ground for action against him in any Court of Justice. We shall be ready to dispose of them effectually when the proper time comrs We will only remark now. upon an expression whkh tine Grand Jury quote as apparently capping the climax of our offence, viz.: "the present unholy war." Although the paragraph in which the expression occurs, was copied from another paper, and -by mere accident failed tobe credited to it, we do not see w herein the expression is so objectionable. It will hardly be contended that the war is a holy one, at least on both sides; and the more just it is on one side, the more un just ai'd wicked it must be on the other. Tli. paragraph did not attempt to apportion the right and wrong of the war between the parties, but in general term3 declared it to be an "unholy war." In our opinion it is even so. Indeed, It is difficult to imagine a war where greater guilt must necesarily bo incurred on one side or the other, or on both, than the present one ; for the centendin panics were bound to each other by a thousand sacred ties, and all these ties they hive broken ; thr owed each other a thousand Obligation-?, and all these have been discarded. Their plighted faith to each other they have renounced. Instead of doing each other all the good they can, they are trying to distress and destror each ether. Al ready thousands have fallen on the field of battle; and if the war continues, the number will be increased to tens cf thousands, and then to hundreds of thousands, including those who will have perished by disease and exhaustion. Each of these victims will represent a desolated home; each will have felt iu his own person the pings of death. And how many of them will hive been huriied into eternity unprepared ? Tell n3 that this U holy war? or that it is not an "unholy war?" No authority ihort of the Almighty can ccnvincc usthat it is not an unholy war. Bat we have not t aid, and we do not believe, that t'e guilt of it is all on one side. We are far from believing that the North is euiltless in the cr si , or that the South is; neither have we any disposition, if we had the power, to measure the relati ve proportion of guilt on oach suis Our opinion is, that it is sufficient on both fcide to provoke the wrath of heaven, and bring severe and terrible judgments upon both, unless they, repent. When therefore we ask for Iace, we simply a-k that this niontroiia wickedness rray cease on both tides; our appeal is to the Sou th as well a3 to the .North. We ask that rational vien w ill listen to reason; that christian meu will be gsidad br the principles of their religion; that this great disgrace to republicanism and to civilization may be done away; and that the peaceful reign of justice, order, law, the Constitution, fraternity and Union may be restored. "If this is treason, make the nioH of it. In answer to an inquiry by Judge Shipman whether the Grand Jurr now desired instriietion-i on the subject of their presentment, or whether they wished to luve the Court c ill th attention f their successors to the matter, the Foreman replied that tie latter wan what they wished. Ac-c-rdingly Judge Shipman announced that at the next session of the Court, in October, when Judge NIim' would preside, a cony of the presentment would be handed to hio for hii consideration. Great events m.iy occur before October, but whatfrerthey are, we ehall be found, a3 ever in time past, battling for the best interests of our country, whose independence most of our ancestors of the Revolutionary period oid'd inachiev ing, and for . hieh one of them pave his life-. We fchall do thi, 0 long 3 Providence enables us, even though our only rcw.ird (except the consciousness of endeavoring f do our duty) is misrepresentation, rfproich, pecuniary loss, persona! inwnvcnletiee, the alienation of ft icn-ls, mid other nameless äpJ numberless ills connrcted with a coarse of unappreciated self-denial for the public good.'JVY i Journal of Ccmnuree. ,lt is reported that the rebels at I'aducah h4 e fft to Union Citi for some 61 pound rr.

TH E DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY & P. HIcDOIYAIjD. T. PLAT! McDONALD, :::::::: Editor. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA: Thursday, August 29th, 1SG1. JfcfT" SUPPOSE YOU GO TO WAR. YOU CAN NOT FIGHT ALWAYS. AND WHEN, AFTER MUCH I.SS ON IMTII SIDES, AND NO GAIN ON EITHER. TOL" CEASE FIGHTING, THE IDENTICAL QUESTIONS, AS TO TERMS OF INTERCOURSE, ARE AGAIN UPON you." Lin coins Inaugural MORE TREASON. The Chicago Tribune is 03 guilty of what Ke- j publicans call treason, as hundreds of Democrats , niye Dt'en conaemreu ior entertaining irea-1 sonable sentiments. It pitches into Secretary ; Cameron occasionally and denounces gome of tht acts of the administration. Iu its issue of the ,17th, speaking of the battle of Springfield, Mo., ! it savs: " If the heart of the country has been wrung by the untimely death of Lyon, it has been agonized by the thought that the loss was needless, the disaster gratuitous and criminal on the part of those in whose pow er it was, Ion.; ago, to have reinforc him. smx regiments of troops from Wisconsin, and one from .Minnesota, have been drawn away from the Northwest for what recorded purpose ? Two of them were in the fight at Hull Run, and were pretty well decimated. The oilier five have j been slouching around Harrisburg. Harper's Ferry and IJaltimore, tukmy the most circuitous routes to Washington, oter Camtron's ruilroads, while the gifted and gallant soldier in the southwest was left to perish. Shall these facts be patent, and u e not speak cf them, lest someb-nly's confidence be weakened in some high official ? God forbid ! The country has been brought to the verge of ruin by glaring imbecility. St. Louis is only saved to"Ii v lrooPs "''V9 - r way mrowjniM IV ar 'w against the determined opposition of the &rcretarn." I. t 1 1 . 1 .1 T.f.ff. There's treason fcr you! Talking in that way about a Cabinet officer, whea the country is involved in a war! The same paper, speaking of the activity and industry of Gen. Fremcut, said : " That's the way that Fremont does his business; and the above is indicative of the hours he keeps The last time we saw Mr. Cameron, he was airing his dignity, as he has been every day for a month, on Pennsylvania Avenue, ochind a pair of lour tailed bays, with a couple of beef contractors in his open carriage. The contrast is refreshing.' The Tribune also published a copy of 1 petition which is being circulated in the eastern cities, for the removal of the Secretary? of War and Navy, Messrs. Cameron and Welles. Where is Superintendent Kenne ly, w ho suppresses petitions and imprisons the petitioners ? WHY 1.IITCOLII WAS ELECTED. The Republican part' nominated Lincoln, and told the people he was conservative in his political views ; that, if elected, the rights of all American citizens should be guaranteed to them, and that slavery, where it then existed, should in no way be interfered with. These pledges were made by Lincoln's supporters e ery where : thousands were made to believe they were honest iu their protestations of friendship for the people of all the States and Lincoln was elected. That these promises were made to be broken, is now apparent. It was by reason of Lincoln's supposed conservatism, and pledges to respect the rights of the South, that that a few of the rank abolitionists refused to support him. One of the early martyrs of th Lincoln party, whom we supposed had long since passed to the reward of all good Republicans, has awakened from a Rip Van Wi.ikle sleep, and suddenly appeared on the political horizon, to the astonishment of his former admirers. Dot Dr. John Dov who was, a few years ago, extensively lionized by the enMre Republican party on account of having been two or three times killed, h-ang and shot, by 'he Border Kuflians, is out with a card in one of the Republican papers, in which he gives his reasons for supporting Lincoln. There are thousand - of others who acted from precisely the same motive. The following is an extract from the Doctor's confession : I thought that if we succeeded in electing Lincol he would have six thousand offices to fill, and ne.ot course, would till them with, at least, AntiSlarerytnen. The South would then see their power diminished, and rebel, which pi ce him, the President, in a btltet position to KILL SLAVERY than any President has had under the Conatituion.' Here is a frank admis&iou that the eupporters of Lincoln knew the election of a sectional President would incite a rebellion at the South ; yet they told the people to vote for Lincoln : that the threaten ed rebellion would vanish into thin air when he took his scat in the Presidential chair. He was elected to kill slatery, by fair means or foul. The avowed intention of placing slavery" in course of ultimate extinction, was but a faint glimmering of the policy he intended to pursue. The ultimate meant before the close of his administration, if possible. It is not difficult to determine on whom the responsibility of our present troubles rebts. THEN AND NOW. " All wo ask of the Democrats Is to keep Mill and not furnish their rubel friends in the South with more aid and comfort than they have been doin-;. and we will soon settle the Lisa lor the traitors." .V C. Republican, June Glh. Nuxr, Democrats w ho " keep still ' arc berated roundly, and looked upon with suspicion by thoso SJiae " patriots " who spoke as above. From the appcaranc : of miliUry matters, we are inclined to the belief that the old man missed it ti little when he said the Jit publicans could soon "settle the hash for the traitor?." The traitor have a larger army than we," and equally as well armed and drilled. Iftho Democrats in the Northern army wer to keep still," it would bo a much ns "wo" could do to establish tho Federal authority in all the gcccdcd Stales, when, with their a.sistari'-c, it cannot be done fifty miles from the Capitol : If any other man than Matting j had made euch a statement, we should Lave thought" lie was " a blowinV-

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The following is an extract of a letter which appeared in the Cleaveland Naindealcr. eaid to have been written by Hon. Albert G. Riddle, the Republican representative of the Nineteenth Di?ttict of Ohio, in the present Congress : Well, the further they (the soldiers) ran, the more frightened they grew, and although we moved on as rapidly as we could, the fugitives passed us byscotes. The heat was awful, although now about six ; the men were exhausted ; their mouths gaped, their lips cracked and blackened with the powder of the cartridges they hai bitten

off in the battle ; their eyes star ting in frenzy no j now before the people. ruleis, but by indefeasible and paramount right, j tical knowledge is equally defective. Our officers mortil ever saw such a mass of ghastly wretches, j jn 0:ie section of the country a rebellion exists T,ie ovcn-ignt) of the States is just that very con- j have passed the greater part of their lives at frcntAs we passed the poor, demented, exhausted j the laws of the land ore put at defiance the , stitutional check which preserves and perpetuates j ier posts, used to command, unused to respousibwiwretches, who could not climb into the high, close Union of the States ignored the Constitution set : liberty, while it is the noblest bond of Union. j ty, inactive and uni:r proving ; and although we baggage wagons, they made frantic efforts to get ( as;de, and another, at once the oiT-spiing of and I The President does not become the commander ' have the best material in the world fur soldiers,

on to and into our carnage. They grasped it everywhere, and got on to it, and into it, and over it, and implored us in every wty to take them on. We had to be rough with them. At first they loaded us down almost to a stand tih, and we had to push them off and throw them out. Finally jjrown and I, witli a pistol cacti, Kept mem out, although one poor devil got in in spite of us, and we lugged the coward two miles. I finally opened the door and he was tumbled out." The cold, heartless, brutal tone of these remarks, show the auther of them to be totally des. tituteofall the better instincts of humanity. lie

is a furious advocate for " war to the knife," so have no compromises to make to such I have no 'L' a seems a condition necessarily precedent to long as he can ride in his carriage, nd view the i terms to offer. other than an unconditional su'orais-, tne President's calling on the Stjtes for military carnage from a safe distance. But when the poor j sion by them to the Union, the Constitution, and j assistance, that he should be applied to in crushvictims of his party's crimes, after having risked I the laws. ig domestic violence bv State authorities, or be

their lives in the deadly fray until nature gave out, , under 'he combined pressure of hunger and fa- j

tigue.and In the agony ofdispair they sought a j are loval to the Government; their sympathy is ' t,"'5C P'n''ies, and without the special an -moment's rest and re fuge in his carriage, he speaks ! with it and for if, if the re il nature of the contro-' 1,101 Uv of Congress, may well be viev.ed with of "tumbling out "the "demented, exhausted : ver?v wa3 fair, bof u , . ' distrust and suspicion. Apart from these consid-

wretches," as though they were so many dogs. According to Us own accout, these meu had iougni aesperaieiy uieir mouwis w ere oiacK wuu the powder of their cartridges their lips were ' burnt and cracked with heat and thirst, and he tells us that he kept the " poor devils oil " by aiming a pistol at their heads. Ah, sir, if these men, who were thus frenzied by exhaustion, and by the thundering din often hours of terrible battle, were ' poor devils," what kind of" devils" are you, who have brought them and our country to this dreadful pass ? The man who cn speak thus oi tne orave men wno are ngnung ins oaii.es ar.a : ui- .......... im i has such a creature to call our roldiers" cowards V ,! By his own account they were no more frightened than he was, and he hid had nothing of the exhaustion and danger to madden him which they had endured. It appears that the Republican Senators h;id prepared to have a feast and jolliI fication at a point as near to the batile field as was deemed safe for them to be, at the very hour when our men were being slaughtered by hundreds in their cause. But their spread table, champagne ar.d all, fell into the hands of the Confederate army, and these Senators escaped as they could, back to Washington, some on foot some on mules, and some disguised as teamsters on baggage wagons. And after these men ran themselves, with a speed that was never before heard of in the history of pedestrian exploits, they turn round and denounce our soldiers as ' cowards," "demented wretches," and " poor devils" Now suppose these insulted soldiers should say, " we light no more until the men who have brought on this war consent to share with us the dangers." Let the cold and calumniating Abolition Congressmen, Albert G. Ridd'e, come into the field himself, instead of sitting in his carriage and sneering at our soldiers as poor devils." Let Wilson, Sumner, t Wade and Trumbull enlist, and share the dangers of the strife with the men they dae to denounce as cowards. Instead of preparing to drink champagne while their victims are preparing for death, let the public demand, let the soldiers demand that these cowardly agitators shall march to face the enemy" themselves. N. Y. Day-Book. The War Debt. The war debt created by Congress, at the pre ent session, amounts to the sum of $100,000,000, and it is estirnted that this amount, vast as it is, will be insufficient for one year's expenditure. This nioi.ey must come, by some means or oilier, out of the pockets of the people. That it cu mot be raised by duties on imports is clear to the comprehension of all. That it must be met by direct taxation, or be left as a heavy burden on our children and or children's children, is equally clear. The amouut which the people of Illinois will have topy under the operation of a direct tax forthat purpose, according to the Chicago Post (which is getting to be good authority w ith the republicans) is $36.000,000. If it be collected as a capitation Lax, it would make about twenty four dollars for every man, woman, and child in the State. How many heads of families are able to pay it ? This is for less than one year, remember. Now all this, and all that will yet be added to it, might have been saved. It might have been saved honorably and patriotically. The ado, lion ol the Clittenden amendment last winter would have saved ti e expenditure of these hundreds of millions of money, and the sacrifice of thousands of lives. The republican pa ty had ti in their power to adopt that amendment No other party had the power. The Democrats ajd Americans were in favor ol that amendment. Flic Republicans defeated it. Upon the republican party, therefore or more properly upon the leider of that parly, great and small must rest lh resMnsibility of the necessity of this iminmcnsc debt, tnd the sacrifice ol so many lives They prefer. -ed the Chicago platform to fifty Union?." L the people hold them responsible Macomb (1 Eagle. RerLT. A corresooodent asks a reply to the following question : Do you think that in order to be a loyal citizen, a man must favor this war ? We reply. No ; it is a war that even a loyal citizen may depreento ; there must nnd will be dilTcrenccs of opinion as to the causes which have ltd to the war; but while Government, with great unanimity in Congress, resolves to exert its strength in putting down the armed rebellion by the Bword, the Democratic doctrine teaches that All men must be obedient to the laws end regula tions of the Government, ly whomsoever ndniiniftcred. A loyal citizen may furttion the wisdom of the policy ami ctg ol nn tlministration, but he must sustain the Government Freeman's Jourp.tl.

The Democratic Candidate fcr Governor of Ohio Bis Views on the Crisis. Hon. H.J. Jewett, the nominee of the Democracy cf Ohio for the office of Governor, has wr'tten a letter accepting the nomination and giving his views on the crisis. He says: "Without considering the causes which have

preceded and contributed to the rebellion now golngon in some of the Southern States ..gainst the Government, or the measures which thosi in charge of the Government may deem it necessary to take

to suppress the rebellion or to prevent its exteu- or the laws, which ought to give us a charter for j know, from positive information, that he can hanMon.it is proper, that in this communication I that fretdom. We demand libeity, not by the i die fifty thousand men in battle, and in respect to shoi Id state briefly my iewr upon the great issue f indulgence and favor even of onr own selected all other branches of the military service, our rrae-

apology for this rebellion, sought to be substituted in its stead. In the prosecution of their designs, j the parties instigating and leading this rebellion ' have seizvd upon the propertv ol our government J j driven its officers and soldiers from their posts of j dutVi and bv armed vio.ence have sought to hu-! niiliate our Hag and to overawe the Government, i

These parties had, no doubt, carefully calculated ' 11 constitutionally extends. The Constitution commencement of the war, the necessary provisthe chances of success, and, having no sympathy j t'a, l.v reserves to the several States the right to j ion for the support of armies, the fixing ol the end iu common with the great body of their t eoplede-' Ju,1c of the necessity of calling out its militia and io be gained by hostilities, the diplomacy of war tcrmlncd, at all hazards and at any cost of treas-1 i'trututg them to the control of the General j making and peace making, are things of which we

ure and of blood, to attempt the execution of their j unwise and -:ked purposes With such men 1 rjut mv or):n:on ti,e nR1i,or nf thu cb. nA mcn iä smAl Tn? t boJ ()f t, , g , nilttCll to act 5n acco, dance vMl tlf. M , .. ad judgments. It is the loval people of the im rr,.!at tl.n , 1..- .i. : 1 Gr hostilities-. I would, thprrföro. in i,ii,. ,J tU m Sl!. pll as t0 ourselves: lor the snko of onr common count-y; for the sake of hr.manity, undeceive them. 1 would invite them into a Xat.inn:i1 Convention, where we might consult and advise together for our common good, and by wise measures provide any and even line of policy which, if persevered in, must result in our common ruin. For the restoration of harmony between the States svmp;lthv armuuthe people, aud for the p-escr-vationof the Union, I would mi e anv reasoniblo ai.d honorable concei n, not to the traitor, but to disarm the traitor bv undeceiving the bet aved. In making proffers nf peice and proposing terms of conciliation, I would not overlook the fact that the rebellion is in the hands of those who arc opposed to any reasouab c and peaceful adjustment of present difficulties, short of submission to their policy, and an acknowledgment of their independence an acknowledgement which I trust no considerable number of our people ever have been, are now, or ever will be prepared to make. I would, therefore, in no way weaken the arm of the government, in no way impair the effi cieney of our army, but, on the contr ary, as a nntterof economy us well as of humanity, I would impart vigor and energy to both, and, with every peace offering, there should be the alternative of war or submission. Under no circumstances would I consent to a dissolution of the Union, or consider terms of separation. Fighting Christians. Can you Mr. Fditor, tell why it i? that so mainprofessed Christians are so eager to spill the blood of brethren ? Good men that one year ago could rot bear the idea that a m;in should be put to death, thougu his hands were dripping with hum in gore, are to-day clamorous for the blood of thousands of unoffending citizens. They stand in anxious waiting for the lightning flash to tell them of the thousands slain, and hvar possibly the groans of the dying. Your Christian (!) town, boasting its half score of steeples had its pious representatives gazing on the late scene of blood and carnage, and shouting, "O Lord, Thy will be done !" s.niling the while upon the wri'.hings and distortions of the dying and the dead. They have so far forgotten the example of their Mastnr, and, in their mad zeal for blood, loriaking the spir'.t of His religion, that thev rejoice over the bereave father and sorrow-stricken mother, the fond sister's sigh, tho shocking lamentations of the broken-hearted widow as she presses to her heaving bosom the tear-bedewed pledges of m .tual love. We are horror stricken at the thought that the Hindoo mother should drown her child in t ie Ganges to placate the wrath of her Deity, or that the widow should oiler up her life UKn the funereal pile ol her husband as a religious duty, but smite at sighs and tears of" wives brought to an i.ntimelv widow-hood andchiJJreu to a premature orphan age" and for what? To satiate our revengeful hate of brethren of a common Suv.or. No w onder the common cirilitius of life are dis regarded bv these bloodthirsty would be followers of the meek and lowly Nazirene. The following resolutions was oflVred a fewweeks since in the council uf n religious denomi nation met professedly to advance Christ's kingdom on eartli :" fffcfrf, That we will use all laudable n,ea"s to bring the impending collision of arm-t lo a speedy termination without the s.iciafice of another human life. Whereupon a vindictive war speech was utter ed by one member with soino warmth, when a ' second speaker arose and s aid " he was opposed to the passage of the resolution until Jeff. Davis and a few otlier traitors cre shot or hung," ami moved to lay the resolution on the table. It was tabled by such an overwhelming vole that one mtinUer exclaimed " amen." Soyuu fee that in the vcrv sanctuary of vindictiveness that cannot look upon couoiliati-m iu any form, and the mm that docs advocate the peaceful settlement uf existing difficulties is kindly admonished to beware of his personal safely. The cry is for blood. Dlood must flow frjm human hearts in torrents to clot in the valley like l va nt the base of Vediiius, before the crime of differing in opinion can be expiated. N. Y rr r nmn.

Obliteration cf State Sovereignty. f The States are not the vassals and thralls of the J General Government, and at their good pleasure ;

may decline, especially at the call of the Executive, to intrust the control of their military power in his hands. If a President, on his own mere motion, could seize, in defiance of State authority, on its arms and troops, there would be an end at j once of civil liberty. We would be free only by permission of our turd and soverei"ii master the President, not by any efficacy in the Constitution ! of 1,10 niihtia of the Statt -s until they are actually , in service of the United State, and before it cm j üe 1'1U3 passed over there are legal steps to be U- J ken, the most import mt of which is t.e consent of j 1 t,,e Slale to which the troops owe sm allegiance j tlut cannot be divested, and which, in its erv al- j 'S-ance, implies and demands obedience as far as , Vl'nimc,lt Clt''er in repelling invasion or in I carrJmgon war, either foreign or domestic. In-'-1V0"tJ by the Judiciary in executing and enforting the laws. A President, acting in disregard of eratiotis we have ample juM-fi.-ation, in the practice of New England Executives and Legislatures, si...,. mal. v.. in u.eir uiira r euerai proclivities,' lhCJ UP to the present, alwajs insisted on the i ri-,lt to rt'f,,?e to V"1 to the General Gore nmerit when calling for the aid cf the State Militia, It was never intended that the State should possess a shadow of power, and in reality be the naked and defenceless subjects of an armed and all controhinir centralization. The v wer. not nnl v to be fro, but secured in that freedom by ' a well regulated militia," and, therefore, by Article Second of the Amendment, " the right cf the people to keep and bear arms' was m.t to be infringed. The military despotism which is urged by fanaticism mid suppoited I y perversions und fa!e glosses on the Constitution, esumcd from the sepulchre of Federa'ism, now looks askant at the neutral position of Kentucky, and denounces it, if not as treason, as a ppectes of misprision of that crime which is sometimes the most abominable and atrocious of all enormities, and sometimes irradiates the scaffold with the glories of martyrdom. The Administration have chosen a policy of restoring the Union, and have selected the remedy for the evils of the body politic. We deny the wisdom of that choice and selection, and upon the Government must rest the fearful responsibility of what seems the inevitable result ; but in pursuing that policy let not the Fovereignties of the State., which the Constitution hasguaidtd with a caution intended to secure perfect inviolability, be blindly, recklessly and crimin . lly crushed. Xetr York News. The Unconstitutional Party. The present acts of the party in power are not the ouly unconstitutional ones which have been adopted. In the excitement of the lime, it is well to recur to the real causes of our present dhlicultics One of the questions Irequcnt asked is, what h ue th . Sou li suffered at our hands? The annexed lUt of penalties affixed by certain States for Constitutionally adhering to the Government and its laws needs no comment. It is evident that disunion was commenced by the Northern States included in this list, which shows the penalties for sustaining the Fugitive Slave Luw: Imprisonment. Pcnnsylvanh ! uMiitht Michigan 1(1 u'ars Ohio... 14 ers iMass iehu ctts Tt years Wisconsin 2 years Iowa ,r, cars Maine 5 years Coruecticut f years V'eraicnt 15 vears Kiaes . 1.000 . 1,0'j:) . 5.IMKI .10,000

noRRoas of liv.i. n ar. c have a private j is!ers of the gospel of Peace, either tacitly letter from nioomfield, Wayne county, which i .1 .1 .t .... ' J. . - Ll jor directly, oive their sanction to ihe exeives a doleful account of aRairs in that section. e Secession bodies are represented to be tnu-hin ('riihU 8Jslem f 1 remem-

through the land recruiting lor the wars, and prac - tising ad manner of depredations. Men dare not work in their fields lor fear marauders w ill take horses from the plow, and are almost .ifraid to sb ep in their dwellings least they tlnmselves will be seized. The secessionists say they must h.ive provisions, and take from feltow rebels what they (Miinot pet from ihe Uii.on nun, so that neither side h safe. The writer adds : " ! never fully re;il"i7.ed before what a s'.ate of anarchy was, but now the painful experience would show to the most obtuse that It U far better to be subjected to laws even aibitrary than be placed under the rule of the infernal and unrestrained passions of men. A postscrip to the letter Mates that on the 30th tilt, ihe van of a large body of United States troops passed through nioomfield, moving southward, to met tan equally large body composed of Mississ ppiuns, Tennes.ceaiis, and Arkarsiai.s, supposed to be coming up. St. Louis R publican. The friend of Hon. Mr. Ely, member of Congress from one of the New York districts, are greatly exercised in relation to his case. The gentleman was cne of the many civilians who went Irom athington to witness the battle of Mauassuss, and while on the licld was captured by the Confederates, with numerous other prisoners, lie is now securely held at Richmond, and is considered a vubiable prize. Of emirse tho Confederates will not consent to txehange him for one of less standing and importance ttmna member of their own Congress, and as the Federals have not an yet taken any captives of that denomination , ttic prospects of Mr. KlyV early release do not at present seem very flattering. On these terms there are half a dozen of our Congressmen whom we might consent to see in the tamo kind of Jurancc, if no extreme a measure were necessary to prevent their abominablo mischief makim in the Initiative hull.

11iins3 to be Learned. There arc certain things to be learned before this Government can cany on war successfully

the knowledge of which at present we have not. They are : 1. The art of war. 2. The art of governing during war. At present we have neither. Though mnusvr, the art of organizing, disciplining, subsisting, and leading armie in the field, have passed away. We have not a general of whom it can be said that we how to make them up, and use them when made, may fairly be reckoned in the catalogue of the lost aits in the United States. The art of governing during war. is ah-o to be learned. The ordinary mun cipal proceedings of course do not vary from what they were before. Hut all those duties wh ch have reference to the ave practically in a state of ignorance. Nothing has been moic apparent, during the ' progress of the hostility, than the fact that our Administration has been unable to take anything like an accurate measure of the exigency. Sometimes this has sct mcd to be the effect of a fear of expense, and sometimes of an inability to appreciate the iact thai the country was actually esrged in war. But from whatever cause it has arisen, the people have even few days been startled ith information of something done or left undone, winch indicat d unmistakably, a want of judgment , or of courage, or of knowledge in the Government, calculated to exc.te me gravest apprehensions. When the Administration of Mr. Lincoln was formed, it was feared that its materials were of such a character as to lender unity of action and vigor impossible. It was doubted whether Mr. Lincoln himself was a man sifted with qualities such as would entitle him, bv virtue of a native ! rrcc t0 stanJ at t,,e 11051,1 of llls own Govern ment. Nothing has occurred, since his inauguralion, to remove those doubts, or to demonstrate i his adequacy to the important affairs that have I fallen into his hands. The henorcena of his Ad- j ministration indicate a multiplicity of heads, and a partial division of counsels. IVithot charging actual treachery or flagrant dishonesty, there is enough to show that individual members of the Government are playing at cross purposes each endeavoring to give such a direction to affairs as shall best suit with his views of his own personal interests. In what is now being done, we are daily gaining more and moic information as to hat had been neglected ; and it is perfectly justifiable to say that the sum of all the lulministrative neglects, over ihts, failures and short comings, during the last five months, which now stand proven or admitted would, if collected, constitute a chapter of history calculated o place the PrrsiJent, the heads of departments and the commanding General iu a Jiiiht anything but enviable. Cincinnati Press (Ilrpublican.) ABSURDITY OF WAR. The following beautiful thoughts on war tali en from the Advocate of Peace, are from the pen of the celebrated Thomas Dick, L L. D, of Scotland. They are so consonant wiih the spirit, of the gospel, eo . i reasonable, so just, and 'n every war so J 1 commended to the head and heart of every good man, that our readers, we presume, cannot fail to be editied by their re-publi-c.a:ion: 'It is amaziuir, and, to me, almost unaccountable, that in the present age, whioh b -asts of its science and civilization, and

j ljiiu countries where the majority of tho in5,0! ; '. habitants proess an attachment to the I (Ml!) ! 1 ! 1 ' . 1 1 r l 1 1 -) m ri 1 1 . 1 1. i fi ti ( I 1 1 a niimorhic ami in.

stitutions fo many should bo found not at all ashamed tc avow themselves as the abettors and advocates of war. It is still more unaccountable that many of the min1 ber lI,e Ume ,,un,,S our w;lr Wlln ranee. vhen, in almost every parish aud every church, on the first day of the week, during a long succession of years, tho fob lowing prayer was regularly presenteJ to the Almighty: 'Go forth with our fleets and armies, and cover their heads in the dty of batile. Grant them success in defending the rights cf our beloved country, and send them home crowned wfth the laurels of victory fec. The plain english of which was nothing short of this: That tho God of all the families of tlie earth, the Benevolent Ruler of the universe. would interpofo his Almighty power to enable a depraved mass of our countrymen to slash, and mangle, and slaughter thousands and ten thousands of another nation, children of the 6ame universal Parent, and send them to the eternal world in an unprepared condition, with their minds filled with rage and malignity, and their hands stained with blood, in order that we miht raise shouts of triumph, and prepare fetes and illuminations on account of our having obtained the victory; while ten thousands of widows and orphans will mourn in sadness over such a triumph, till the remotest period of their existence. What a stiange scene for angels and archangels to contemplate! to behold b-tngs of ihe same species, who ought to bo united in bonds of love nnd harmony, raging like tigers and dearaons, and accounting it their glory to hurl ihe instrument nf doath and

destruction agaiust each otlier, and to triumph in llie number of ihe s'aia! If war" " had never raged in our world, the idea of it would have excited the utmost !iorcr and indignvion i:i every mind; and the fact that il has existed in every aj;e and in every nation, will Lean eternal di?gir.ce t! thj human character in all woilds whero il is known. Independently of its inhumanity, atrocity, and conti ariety to tho principles of Christianity, there is su olsurdity in warfare, as an atbiter of national disputes, which is a disgrace to beings endowed with rational faculties. It cannot determine, in national contest, on which side justice mu njlt are to b found. It may determine which farty l as the greatest share f d-xteti:y and physical force, just as a lion that vnnimhes a tiger may detrmino that hy is the stioiigefct of the two, but it nver can decile who lias a right to a certain territory, or who lias done or Fuflered rDif in any action that may have been committed. It U absurd and preposterous ia a pecuniary and

commercial point of view: for, altf-r millions of pounds or dollars :ue wasted, and hundreds of thousands of human I eings, s ttiificed to the danon of w.ir, every -tiling jjenerallv return?, when the war ha? ceased, to neatly the sam; statd as when it commenced, w ith this dismal exception, that thousands of immortal beings luv been wickedly slaughtered, and prematurely hurried into eternity, and million of money spent, which mii.l have been instrumental in propav.in the os-p-?! ot IVac. and promoting tho regeneration of the world. Can any thin.' be more 'liringly inconsistent in beings endowed with moral powers and tho ftcul'v of reason" "I blush f-r my countrymen and yours, when I call to mind what has lately- iiH.ss.ei respecting nie territory ol Uicoua territory which, of liht belongs to iit-Hier countiy, and w hich r.ekler Diilaiii m.r United States have ih.i least occasion for occupying. America !.:;$ moiv territory than it can occupy for a cei.tury n come, and Uii aiu has more colonies "than she can well manage, and neither ihy o-ie ! nor the tl, er li.-ts yet a-Led ihe natives cf Uregon r..r permission to settle in that legion, or oflertrd a compensation for the land which they wish to ci-uj . Yet ln:h nations ate loud in their demands fur war, il the disputes which have aiison he t:ot otherwise settled. In ihe Uii.ish Senate, it was announced by the Tiime Minister that tl ey were prepared to assert their rights by physical force, and the &entimet:t was responded lo by the instantaneous applause ol the assembly of the Senator; and 1 am sorrv to tee that timiUr fcon'.inienlti , prev.-iil on your .f li e Athinic. I. is strange indeed, thai f.-ra fw miles t,f wilderness, at a thousand of n.ihs distance, for which they havi no us., nnd to which I they have no i.atura! light, they thcuM j tin uk of throwing away millions .f pound and frlauohir thousands of m n. V.m u to falle of war, in such a case, is tome a j ph'i proof, notwithstanding 1ur boast.-d j civilization, that, as rations. v.e are tsiill in a ptate ot stmi-barlarlsHt. for w lint mote . , ., , - can the most baibaiious t;il . s do iha-i engage in feroios warfare to dn-iJo their disputes? In this point of iew, we iniv "PP'j t!e wmds of ii spir ui,.u T!." j nearis oi me sons a men aw rail .-f -v:l tili madnljs in their Iie.uts v.hilo ther live." For 1 k:;.)v not a oteatcr piect? .f folly and madt ess than ihe in-4dio ss .f war. Du, ai'coidhg to d c'ira:ioi 1 ancient pmphery, we nr t n.-., urag.nl look forwaid with confidence to that period, when "wais bl.all eise to the ends of the taub." and when the n.vions fl.ji'I delight themselves in nn abundant peace." May the God cf me rev hasten it in IU time." Droughty Ferry, near Iundto. I8I0. Wnr People Drink. -Mr. A. drinks because his doctor has recommended him to take a linle. Mr. It. because his doctor has ordered him not, and he hates qurukeiv. Mr. C. because he's wet. Mr. I), because he'a dry. Mr. E. because he feels fcumething rising in his stomach. ö Mr. I because he fels a kind of Milking in bis stomach. Mr. (. because he's geim lo see a friend olf to California. Mr. H. beraute lie's got a fiiciid come from Australia. Mr. I. because h'e so hot. Mr. K. becuase he's 60 cold. Mr. L. because hw's got a pain in his head. Mr. M. because he's got a pain in his side. Mr. N. because lie's ot a pain in 1 is back. Mr. 0. because he's got a pain m his chest. Mr. P. because he's got a pain nil over him. Mr. Q. because he feels light and l apMr. H. because he feels heavy and miserable. Mr. S. because he's married. Mr. T. because he isn't. Mr. V. because he likes to eev his friends around him. Mr. V. because bo's got no fiiends, and enjoys a glas by l.innelf. Mr. X. becauco his uncle left him a legacy. Mr. Y. because his aut.t cut him off with a khilütig. Mr. Z. We should be happy to inform our renders what Mr. Z.'s reas'ens are f,.r drinking, but on putting ti e question to him, he w6 found to be too drunk to an pwr. -

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