Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 October 1861 — Page 1

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TJlon tlio I Till IJoibro Ccntl'CVlllc. Jci.y 2Ivr, 1S6I. I'll tell you whit I heard tint day, I heard the great pins I ir away, Hoom after !mi:i. Tirir fid'rn ound SlnHik i'.l t!ie .'rnivM' rin; air around, And 'n'k, ih in ! my !n inking cur, An I du iiw ir-l s!i k the li in.rni: I car Tli;tt. ii( 5r.:.it of in inhood's jnide, Rti;tl o'er Hiv i'.icr a f.i'Jiii ti !e. And tlu'u 1 piMved. O (iol ! I prayed A never tri k-n saint, who 1 iid His h't -!iei k tii the holy tomb Oi Jcsi.s, a tin' midnight gloom. W'l it s in- I ?" Little. CIxkU of !u.t ; Git it stjiriivs of tin-!:. -,t i:jil irds thrust .-p iint their coihn ;iene column crowned Wih billow steel. Then, bound oi bound, The long M ick !in-.- of c union inured Beil ud :he horses, srrciked and gored With sniMy .-speed. Anon shot by, L'ke alone meteor of the sky, A single hoiseni in ; and he hone Iii.' bright face on me, and was pone. All these. with rolling dnini, with chucrs, With in.'? fa mi Ii ir to my cars. Passed under the f .r lunging-, loud, And vanished ; and my heart was proud ! For mile on mile ihe line of war Extended ;and a frtcudv ro.ir, As of some dMmt sormy sea, On the south-wind came up to rae. And liih in air, ami over all, Grew, like a fljjr. tint murky pall, Beneath whose lootn of dusty smoke The cannon H.ini l, the bombshell broke, And the slurp rattling vollev rang, And slirapnell roared, and o'llicts sang, An! fierce eyed men, w ith p anting breath, Toiled onward at ihe work of dea'h. i could not see, but knew too well Tint underneath that cloud of hell, Which till grew mot e by gn at degrees, Man strove with man in deeds like these. But when thr sun had passed his stand At noon, behold ! on every hand Tae d irk lirown vapor back; rd bore, And fainter came the dreadful roar From the huzr sea of striving men. Th-H spoke my rising spirit then: "Ta e com fort from thai dying sound, Faint heart, tne foe is giving ground !" An 1 one. w ln taxed his horse's Powers, Flung lit me, i4 Ho ! the day is ours ! " And scoured along. So swift his pace I took no memory of his ftce. Then turned I oi:ce again to Heaven ; All rhiugj appeire l so just and oven ; So clearly ftom the highest Cause Traced I the downward-working laws Those moral springs m ide evident In th" gr ind, tritiniph crownc'l event. S.ln!f I Wonted :mdhalr Sing, Like Joptha's daughter, to the clang Of inv sjrea !, cynJa! striking palms, Some fr gmr.'nts of thanksgiving psalms. Meanwhile a so'einn stillness fell Upon the land. O'er hill and dell Failed every sound. Mv heut stool still, Waiting before fninc coining id, The ilence was mor:td and dread, Und r tint c no-n- of lea '. Thanth: wii I ti.r.iult of the war That rased a i'th- wh:!, Jef'ore. AT tiatii'e hi r work of death Pauset f;r ! l.i-f , d- airln g breath ; And co-.vri'ii' to the earth, I drew From her strong breast my strength anew. When 1 arose, I wondering saw .Another !ii-ty v.io-t draw. From the fi- rigid, its ciugsh w.-v Tovriin!- the n; in cloii.l, ;!ri t'ro Aiiincr lav Ajin-t the westward sun ; And .i'l th" war was rebegiin, E:i th s fie.h marvel of my sense C-ui'jht from in y min 1 ?:gnihrance. And then why a-k me? O'l ! my God ! Would I h id lain beneath the sod, A patient clod, for m my a day. And I'i oin mv hones und mouldering clay The rank field gras and flowers had sprung, Fro the ba-c H-ht,th it struck and stung Mv very soul, confronted me, Shamed at my own humanity. 0 happy dead, who early fell. Ye have no tvrftch(l tale to tell Of Mu-e?er-s fear arid coward (light. Of victory snatched beneath your aiht, Of martial strength and honor lost. Of more lile bought at any cost, Of the deep, lingering mark of shame, Forever scorched on brow and name. That no new dee 1J, however bright. Shall bini-h from men's loathful ight ! Yet peri? bed in your conscious pride, Ere thi4 vile seiinM opened wide A wound that cannot close or heal ; Yet perished s?cel t levelled steel, f?lern votaries of the God of War, Filled with his godhe nl to the core ! Ye d'ed to live ; the-e lived to die Beneath the scorn of every eye ! How e!ouettt your voices .ound From if.e low chambers underground ! How clear iM'-h separate lille burrn From your high-set and laureled urns ! Whih thee, who walk about the earth, An Mushing at their very birth ; Atel though they talk, ami go and come, 1 heir moving lips aie worse than dumb, Ye sleep beneath the valley's (lew, And ill the ii ition mourns for you ; Ho sdeep.till God shall wake the lands I For wng N. armed with fiery brands, Await to takejou by the hands. The right h md vapor broader grew ; It roe, anl joineel itself unto The main cloud with a su llen dash. Ifinl iiiel more near the cannon's cra-h Came towarls me, ami I heard a sound AiiU K.J , ,d broken bound A cry of agony and fear. Still the dark vapor rolhd more near, Till l my rcry fvet it tossed Tl'?wnr,irragmthtsof our host. Can m in.Tliy im -e, i,, (lt Thtiti who hi a ber.t Tliy üuiul bovr Acres the Conn an J r gin ms-n ;

Whose law both loosen and restrain The rowers of earth ; without whose will No sparrow's little life is still? Was fear of hell, or want of faith, Or the brute's common dread of death The passion that began & chase Whose goal was ruin and di?grace? W'cat tongue the fearful sight may tell? What horrid nightmare ever fell Upon the restless sleep of crime What history of another time What dismal vision, darkly seen By the stern-featured Florentine, Can give a hint todimlv draw Hie likeness of the scene I saw? 1 ?.w, yet saw not. In that sea , That chaos of hemanity, No more the eye could catch and keep A single point . than on the deep The eye may mark a single wave Where hurryhig myriads leap and rave. Men of all arms and coitunics, Bare-headed, decked with broken plumes ; Soldiers and officers, and those Who wore but civil-suited clothes ; On foot or moulded some bestrode Steeds severed trom heir harnessed load ; Wild mobs of white-topped wagons, cars Of wounded, red with bleeding scars ; The whole grim panoply of war Surged on me with a deafening roar I All shades of fear, disputing man, Glared through their faces' brazen tan. Not one a moment paused or stood To Fee what enemy pursued. With shneks of fear and yells of pain. With every muscle on the strain, Onward the struggling masses bore. Oh I had the foemcn lain oefore, They'd trampled him to dust and gore, And sw ept their lines and batteiies As autumn sweeps the windy trees ! Here one cast forth his wounded friend, And with his sword or murkct end Urged on the horses ; there one trod Upon the likeness of his God As if 'twere dut ; a coward here Grew valiant with his very fear, And struck his weaker ;-omradc prone, And struggled to the front alone. All had one purpose, one sole aim, That mocked the deccn?y of shame, To fly , by any means to fly ; '1 hey cared not how, they asked not why. I found a voice. My burning blood Flamed up. Upon a mound I stood ; I could no more restrain my voice Tlun could the prophet of God's choice. " Back, animated dirt ! " I crcd, Back, on your w retched lives, and hide Your sh une beneath your native clay I Or, if the foe affright yon, slay Your own base selves ; and, dying, leave Your children's tearful cheeks to grieve, Not quail and blush when you shall come Alive to toeir degraded home I Your wives will look askance with scorn ; Your boys, and infants yet unborn, Will curse you to God's holy face I Heaven holds no pardon in its grace For cowards. Oh I such as ye The guardians of out- liberty? Back, if one trace ot manhood still May nerve jour arm and brae your will I You s'ain your country in the eyes Of Europe and her empirics I The despots laugh, the people groan, Man's eause is lost and overthrown I I curse you, by the sacred blood That frreley poured its purple Hood Down Bunker's heights, en Monmouth's plain, From Georgia to the rocks of Maine ! I curse you, by the patriot band Whose bones are crumbling in the land, By those who saved what these had won I In the high name of Washington !" Then 1 remember little more, As the title's rising waves, that pour Over some low and rounded rock, The coming m iss, with one great shock, Flow fed over the shelter of my mound, And raised me helpless from the ground. As the huge shouldering billows bear, Half in the sea and half in air, A swimmer on their foaming crest, So the foul throng beneath me pressed, Swept me along with curse and blow, And flung me where, I ne'er shall know. When I awoke, a steady rain M ide. rivulets across th.j plain ; And it was dark oh ! very dark. I was so stunned as senree to mark The ghostly figures of the trees. Or hear the sobbing of the breeze That flung the wet leaves to and fro. Upon me lay a dismal woe, A boundless superhuman grief That drew nopromi-e of relief From any hope. Then I arose, As one who si niggles up from blows By unseen hanL ; and as I .stood Alone, I thought that God was good, To h'de, in cloud i and driving rain, Our low world from the angel train Whose souls filled heroes when the earth Was worthy of üieir noble birth. By that dull instinc t of tho mind Which leads aright the helpless Hind, I struggled onward, till the dawn Acros the eatern clouds had drawn A narrow line of watery gray ; And full before my vision lay The great dome's gaunt and naked bones Beneath whose crown the nation thrones Her queenly person. On I stole, With hanging head and abject Boul, Acros the higii embattled ridge. And o'er the arches of the bridge. So freshly pricked my sharp disgrace, I feared to meet the human face. Skulking, as any woman might Who'd lost her virtue in the ni"ht. Aid sees the dreadful glare of day Prepare to light her homeward way, Alone, heart-broken, flh tmcd, undone, I staggered ii to Washington ! Fince then long sluggish days have passed, And on the w tag's of every blast Have come the distant nation's Ptieera To tingle in our blushing cars. In woe and ahes, as was meet, Wc wore the penitential sheet. But now I breathe a purer air, And from the depths of my despair Awaken to a cheeiing morn, Just breaking through the night forlorn,

A morn of hopeful victor. Awake, my countrymen, with me ! Redeem the honor which you lost, With any blood, at any cost I I ask cot how the war began, rCor how the quarrel branched and ran To this dread height. The wrong or right Stands clear before God's faultless sight. I only feel the shameful blow, I only see the scornful foe, And vengeance burns in every vela To die, or w ipe away the stain. The war-wise hero of the West, Wearing his glories as a crest Of trophies gathered in your sight. Is arming for the coming fight. Full wc 11 his wisdom apprchenda The duty and its mighty ends ; The great occasiou cf the hour, That never lay in human power Since over Yorktow n's tented plain The red cross fell, nor ruse again. My hum'ile pledge of faith I lay, Dear comrade of my school-boy day, Before thee, in the nation's view ; And if thy prophet prove untrue, And from our country's grasp be thrown The sceptre and the starry crown, And thou and all thv marshalled host Be baflled, and in ruin lost. Oh I let me not outlive the blow That seals my country's overthrow ! And, lest this woful end come true, Men of the North, 1 turn to you. Display your vaunted flag once more, Southward youreagr columns pour I Sound trump and life ami rallying drum ; From every hill and valley come. Old men, yield up your treasured gold; Can liberty be priced and sold? Fair matrons, maids, and tender brides. Gird weapons to your lovcrr sides: And, though your hearts break at the deed, Give thc'ij our blessing and God speed ; Then point them to the field of fame, W:th words like those ot Sparta's dame. And when the ranks are full and strong, A vast result of care and skid, Obedient to the master's will ; And your young hero diaws the sword, Ami gives the last commanding word That hurls your strength upon the foe Oh I let them need no second blow. Strike, m your fathers struck of old, Through summer's heat and winter's cold ; Through pain, disaster, and defeat ; Through marches tracked with bloody feet ; Through every ill that could befall The holy cause that bound t em all ! Strike as they struck for liberty ! Strike as they struck to make ycu free I Strike for the crown of victory ! Gi:0!GK II. BOKER. -Philadelphia North American.

Station ol Indiana Troon. The following are the stations of the Ind'ana troops inactive service outside the State. I FA NTH V. th Kegimcnt Col. lh.nton, Lieut. Cel. David Shunk, Major Charles S. Tarrish St. Louis, Missouri. 11th Regiment Col. Wallace, Lieut. Col. Mc Ginnis, Maj. W. 11. J. Bobinson PaJucab, Kentucky. 1-th Regiment Col. Linck, Hyatstov.n, Mar land. l.'kh Regiment Col. Sullivan Cheat Mountain, Virginia. Ileadimarters for letters for the regiment Iluttonville, Randolph county, Virginia. 14th Regiment Col. Kimball Western Virginia. lith Regiment Col. Wagner Western Virginia. Direct to the 14tb and 13th regiments the s inie as to the 13th. ltith Regiment Col. Ilacklcman IJyattstown, Maryland. 17th Regiment Col. Ilaseall Western Virginia. Direct letters the same as t the J3lh regiment. The 13th, 1 1th, l.'nh and 17lh Regiments are scattered at different points among the vallejs and heights of the Cheat Mountain ringe. leth Regiment Col. Pattison Jefferson City, Missouri. l'Jth Regiment Col. Meredith Kolarama Ilights, Washington City. - kh Regiment Col. Brown Cockeye ville, j Mankind. Cockeysville is the headquarters of j this reimr-nt. but il is stretched aloni; the railroad between ilaltimore and llanislmrg lor eight miles or more. Cant Bailey's company, fiom tins place j is in the 20tJi 21st Regiment Col. McMillan Locust Point, near Baltimore. Postollice address, lia'.timorc. Ml. ii-il Regiment Col Davis Jefferson City, Mis2.'id Regiment Col. Sanderson Paducah, Kentuck v. J Ith Regiment Col. Ilovey St. Louis, Missouri. L'üth Regiment Col. Veatch St- Louis, Misouri . i-'Gih Regiim nt Col Whcatly St. Louis, Missouri. Ü7th Regiment Col. Colgrove Washington City. CAVALItV. Capt. Hi-acker's Company Western Virginia Postollice addifus, Iluttonville. Capt. Stewart's Company Western Virginia PostoITice address. Weston. Lieut. Col. Scott Carter's ?ix companies of the 1st regiment Indiana Cavalry Baltimore, Marylaud. Col. Raker's eight comp mies of the 1st regiment of Indiana Cavalry St Louis, MissouriA RTI I.I.F.RV. Capt. Frjbarger's Company St. Louis Missouri. Capt. Klaus's Company St. Loui-",' Mixuri. Trijil ol' Scales. We liare Hir: a tiitfiiient ol'tlie rocMit ofliei.-i trinl in one of the principal comities in tliis Stale, of twenty-five drain und Stock scah-s. They were the onlinary out door w.ihii hc ilc.-, ami were test'I just us they were found in common im-, thus iii iking it one of the best ossile practical lt-s3. Sixteen of them were of Fairbanks make, uinl nine of various other kinds, including ome which have lately heen claimed us superior, to I'liirhanW. The result sliowv.l a remnrkiilite decree of iieeuracy in those of Fairbaiiks make, while all others were crt.demned as not toilliciently accurate for ue. The importance o f this fact will be appreciated without comment. ptbli.-h it because it is one in which the public are interested. Chicago Trihune.

S P K Z O II OF BIOX. JOS. K. :?lcDIVAL5?.

Delivered beforv the Jlarion County, Ind., Democratic Convention, August 3st, I3G1. Fellow-Citizens In ancient limes aj

time-serving; orator, addressing the pes- ended bv making "the Constitution ex1 - pie, prayed to ihe gods that he might ut pressly say" what the rights of each sector do sentiment that it did not please them i tjon 0f tiie Union were in regard to these to hear. In this lime of our country's j disputed questions, and have fixed in that

trial, unliko that man of old, my prayer j

is that I may say nothing which it dues ou ternu of equity to demands of the not become me to speak or you to hear, as! South. The Crittenden amendments, or loyal men and true patriots. ianv similar measure, would have saved A few months ago our country was j every JState except South Carolina, and the proudest ana happiest on the face of! standing alone, she would have been comthe globe. "Now the black cloud of civil peliod, as in 1C32, to pause before she

war is bursting over us, and showers of blood are falling thick and red around us. Those who but lately were brethren, citizens of our country, joint heirs of one glorious heritage, are mnv apayed in battle line alotii: a frontier f fifioen bundied miles. It is at a time like this that we, tht Democracy of Maiimi County, i citizens of a Stale loyal to the Union, are! assembled to consult together. Let not passion rule the hour ; but lei our consultations be characterized by a solemn sense ot our duty to our country our whoU j country. e may well leave to the historian the task of transmitting to other times by what process the strong cords which, at the beginning, bound us together as one people, were one Im one broken asunder until the vital principle of our Union was gone, and the ails of peace were forsaken, and an appeal made to am.s as the last mode of Kettling our political cotitroverlies. This mich we know; that the present unhappy coudi.ion of our country has resulted from the long continued, unwise and fanatical agitation of the question of domestic slavery." That by this meaiiS our people have become estranged atid divided lirst in the Church, then in social intercourse, and, linally, iu our political organizations, until geographical lines were drawn cpoo the map of outcountry, dividing it into North and South, This much we owe to ourselves, to say that, as Democrats, we have kept the bond of the Union faithfully with all sections of the country. At every stage of the ngita - uon we navfl laisea our voice in warnitr' as each new wave cf sectional ktrife rose higher than ihe last. We have interposed lo check its onward course, until the . i r i united force of Northern fanaticism and V .1 r , iirthofn I ! n ! t j .ii n.il . , , , ion at last overwhelmed our country, l or years . . . , jarty bad stood like Cor Southern disunion us and with us the Democratic party inth of old, a landmark to the double tide," until the success of a Northern caudidate, upon a Northern platform, nlirleil our emintrr info rovil wir I l.u ,,, .. . -it, . . lull rl rl f tt cimlliiiinl cluf. I,nr. n ....... .1 I . , uuiin v evu Vinn on iiiio iiiuitru nie 1.K..IC Vm. uiinu c:atiipsoii uy wtiom ti. e puiais 01 tho Temple of Liberty havo been overthrown, and now threatens to bring down the whole fabric in one common luiu After the election of President Lincoln

there was yet lime lo save our countiy I do not suppose that any terms short of a from civil war, by a timely adjustment of : recognition of the Southern Confederacy the questions at isue between the Noith; would be accepted by those who are at and South. These questions are summed j 'ho head of a flairs in the South, and lam by Piesident Lincoln, in his inaugural i not a disuuio'iist, either peaceably or othermeas.tge, in that peculiar Htyle of iiileno- wise. The leaders of lite Southern rebel -gation that characterizes his address : lion have staked ther all upon tho hazard Shall fugiuves from labor li surren' and must stand tho cast upon the die. deled by National or State authority ? The i With them it must prove a successful revo

Cousutuiioii ih.es i-ot cxpreMMly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in tho Territories ? The Constitution does not expressly say. From question of this t-lass spring all our constitutional controversies, and upon them we divide into majorities and minorities." Thus, ihen, nccoiding to President Lincoln, the rendifun of fugitives (rum labor, and iho rights of the !a choldcrs in tho Tenitoricrt, constitutu th'j sum tf out sect'unal fonti uvei ies; and that, too, oecause lie Constiiution "dd not expressly say" that their lilita am to be (se!tl-I one Way or the other. ThU is manifestly true of the 'l ei : itui ial que.siion. and for llie very good icasou lhat iioiwuhstanding ihe wisdom of the men who framed our Constitution, they dil not foreo tho extent of our Territorial acquisitions, ami did not provide in the Constitution for the settle moot of the questions involved in the government of these Territories. Tho old Ten i lory heu hehl by tho United States was already organized under iho ordi nance of 1737, and that, with the Territory within the limits of the several Slates, in tho opinion of those who framed our Constiiution, formed iho limits of tho empire for which they were framing a government. They were providing a Federal Ooverument (or Mivcr.il Slates :uul to lhat end they limited their labors. Our whole territorial pyatem has sprung up since that time, and we are constantly grouping in

the Constitution for provisions and princi-

pies to settle the questions of conflictinginterests, and are compelled to turn away I from the instument with the unsatisfactory conclusion of President Lincoln. That, the Constitutor, does not xpressly say. " At any timo before the 1st of Januarv, JCGl. this sectional strife could have been instrument a clear and well defined limit consummated her treason by ovrtacts of

rebellion. But the time passed by, the j government over yet provided for its own i ojI fm the woild's commerce by their dominant part of the North refused to j dissolution. Ours did not ; and all the j nou-interco j rs,e policy than we are at this yield worse than that, they refused to ! evils complained of could have been better j aJ' Aie thes not matters to be correctsubmit the question to the people. They j settled in the Union than by rebellion anJ can we not be patiiotsand condemn would net let you and me and other chi-jor revolution. But we must treat it as l'ie aulhois of this great wrong? And zns of the free States say at the ballot ! an existing and terrible reality ; and our i s'J:i we e3r t0 spea l-'st 4ve may b misbox how much we thought this Union was' judgment ought to be unclouded by pas i understood aüd misrepresented? I expect

worth, or how much we were wilhn" to ! concede of disputed points to save it. A I false pride, or what was worse, a deter-1 mination to hold on 'to political power at ! the expensA of the safety of tlie Govern-! merit, prevented them from either settling the difficulty themselves, or submitting 1 the question of settlement to the Deorde in . some form by which the popular will could be made known. "Wo drifted into a civil j war. The story of the initiation of this war will sometime be written. It is not ! my purpose to speak of it now. When it J did coma the people of both tactions of, the country prang to arms. No man doubted the patriotic impulse that promp- : ted our people as one man. disrogardir cr

all minor differences of opinion, m hope of j the country from the honors of civil war 1 stone over l'l's broad land, will yet saving the country by the sword from for lear of losing power, will do anvthin" ' fiWeH l'"3 chorus of the Union, when dismemberment and ruin, afier the politi- j now but what the promptings of a selfish ! toucbed as surely ihey will be, by the betcians had refused to save it by the arts of: and exclusive policy demand ? Even ihe tcr an5e,s of our nature." May the better peace. The signal whistle of Roderick Executive Council is not made up of that I aMe''5 "bo were tugging at the heart. Due was not more promptly answered by material that is likely to inspire confidence ! slnnos f lhe President whet, he breathed 1 is clansmen than has been the call of the; in the honesty, much less in the ab'litv of! orlb -Lis patriotic sentiment, hmmi vUit us

President for volunteers to defend and if possiblo save the Government, and since war has commenced in my judgment slfprotection and self-defense require that we fchould not lay down our arms. While the South is armed we too must maintain a hostile attitude. But will war settle the 1 questions about which we have dilfjied ? Let the President answer. 1 quote from his inaugural address : "Can aliens male treaties easier than Iriends ' Lan treaties be mote faithfully f t ! .1 1 r li ti tri'(t I om.tinr o ! i j tliin l-jitrc oiviao, I r 1 .1 o i mends . Suppose you go to war you i I . , J , , i j cannot light alwavs, and when, after 11 1 , , , "ueh los on both sides and no rain on: either, you cease lighting, the old idenlical quebtions as to teims of intercourse ourse are again upon you."

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' -i iii . J l if l.aa lul ,i rui'inl.i I It.. n.,.nA.-m I : imi.i-i.ucu u uiuiiiisuiuiia ui ..I t . .1. .i . . , aemeiuvni--iei ine uuvc uraucii prcceue the arrows of death " be true to the cmill r . t I f. - ,11 , 1'lems ot your country s glory. Rut it , . . .... 111. uyj 1101H.U dl I uu Illing; lU m.U 1 0 I with rebels with arms in their hands? tlution or ati ignominious grave. Rut I apprehend that every trua patriot i desires to see a reconstruction of this Gov1 :.. .: 1 ... .1 . 1- 1 i

1 in uii-ni iiiu jji 1 ue ijiier, ui 11 e 1 eneiai iul le us uo 11ns .13 ijuuu anu ni .11 emConstitution, atul that this is, or ought tojzens, let us abide hy our laws, and submit be, thy purposes of this war, and not the i to our rulers under the Constitution until

unconditional subjugation of the Southern States. And tho question lhat addresses itself to us is, how can that bo done ? 1 be'ieve that it is possible to do 60 by holding up the hands of tho Union men of the South, and the best mode of doing lhat is to settle forever th questions that oiviue us. iet the . Institution say what their lights are and what wo are willing to concede ; for vhen tha war is over "tho old id Mitical terms of intercourse are again upon us." And this we! Iwti.t.l .1.. ilo. ......... . in.. , ii ii o..w... ..o tiiu ...ol., ie.1011 as .10 u.ej ueman... .sconceueo, cou.ii not injure us. hut again 1 may be asked, are there any; ay Union men in the South to whom terms can be ollered ? On this subject, I can only quote from the President's message to the extra session of Congioss, delivered on tho 5th of July last. He says: " It may well be questioned whether there is to-day a majority of tho legally qualified voters of any itate except South Carolina in favor of disunion." This is 11 subject Upon which tho President ought to be informed. And if bo is correct, why are their voire hushed ? The reigr. of terror which is paid to exist there, may bo one cause, but a more potent one is that "the old identical questions" remain, like so1

many wonders, to bleed whenever a new

agitation shall open them." And until j hasty legislation which resuLed in the they ate closed up forever, the Union men Morrill tariff would be modified at the next of the South must melt awaj- before the session. The result of the next session is firey heat of war. And as time passes J before us; and ihe Morrill tatiff has been the hope of reconstruction will give war ; modified with a vengeance, by adding ten befcre fear of being subjugated, until the j p3 cent, to the already exhot brant prices, South will present an undivided front tola Fpec.iGc tax upon almost tlej uh.de fiew our invading armies, and then all hopes of ' I'i lus showing that class of l-gUlntion a reconstruction are gone forever. fr the benefit of the manwfictuii g interLet us urge upon those who control our es!s al the expense of the agiicuhu-al im

affairs, the necessity of adopting some ' definite p!an of reconstruction bv settling ! these "old identical questions," and free' the mind from doubt as to the future fate of our Government. As for the rebellion itself, notwithstanding it is the child of j sectional strife.it is without justification j or excuse. It has no warrant in our Con-i stitution or form of government. No ! sion. ' Ve are tol l tthat we must give up our party, or in the eloquent lan u.ie of the lamented Dougl s. "We must sacrifice party organizations 3iid platforms upon j the alter of our country." Let those who call upon us to do this, set us the example J If the advice of the dead whom thv now J quote had been followed by them at an earlier day, the great calamity that is now ! visiting our country would have be?n avoided. What have they done to entitle them to our confidence? In what einöle act of the civil administration have they fehown any liberality towards us ? Can it be expeeled that a party that refused to save members of which it is composed. may well leave this subject to the Republi can press of the country as much more

able to do justice to it than I or any other j wm U:e llame 1,1 rotiieiiy love, me ci.oDemociat. rus of the Union b again sung through It is said, and with truth, that Demo, al! our bd land, is my pe'.hioa no and

crats havo received commissions in the i army, andean say with equal truth, that! many more in proportion have gone into the ranks. In all this I am well rdeascd. ! I am glad that our army has within it so j much sokd.1, tinun loving conservatism ; I mi , r , Im en 1 1 i i In i 1 . . .. .. i...

, . . t r .!c,,1y used civil! v to etvle vo.m aiile. should stiiKe the Hag of our party and '., , ,' ." , . . , ... r , . ! have covered themselves wuh glorv in the quietly s-jbmtt that our affairs shall remain , . . ,, ." , . i. . , cause ol the In ion. Muriao s In h m incompetent hanus. j ,, . , . , , . . ,

petent j The advent of the Republican party into power has been followed by unmixed evil J, , to our countr'. here re they move ... . , , . I r t? ,.. . . . U . 1, . .. - . l1 : . . " urii; ic liie imusq ill ;uilll, aill'OUOIl ... , , , ..! inourns tneir irienusnip and am 1 tola; that patriotism requires me to desert the i e i T. . . . ' banner of my party that I have followed' i ... . ! I il"lii my ll'UllI, illiu II1IOW UOWII llie J ." . sianuaru mat i nave carrieu m many a well-fought political field, for uncertain good that is to come out of a union w ith the Republican party on any terms. -ll.J.Tl "I" My friends, I for one zm not prepared for this, nor is it the feast to which they I . have been invited. Rather let us stand by our organization, and "tho principles

of our party ; plant the Democratic; bt ui.;. , . , e , . , 1 . . loaders, in ptoot ot winch we need only daid anew and invite all who wish well of, . , , ... . i mention Corcoran atid fcigel. e hope their country to rally atound it, and when j . ,. , ... . , . J J jtliat this lcson wi:I rever be lost that its principles are arain triumphant we I . . . . . ,, . . 11 t i "ie American beail will treasuie u in may expect peace and union once more. , . . ... ,. J 1 t memorv nivi-cr nml that if vll .m -i.l i.-ii

T... 1.. ... 1 . .1 1 1 I 1 we can change them according to the Constiiution. For myself, 1 am a lawabiding man. My Government can make no law under the Constitution that I am not willing to obey while it remains a law; but I shall claim and ast-ert the riidit lo discuss that law and vote for its change modihca.ionasoftenasmy right as a cmzen will enable me to do. No crv f home 1 traitor or home treason will turn me aside. Why should the public ear bo disturbed by this cry of home traitor? There are :.. ?.. i: :r 1...1. no i....tuI3 ..i i ,.i ;t. ... u .- ,,k in our j iiinist mey are to oe lounu in II at small band who have advocated and may still be iti favor of secession, peaceable or other wise, and they are 0 few in numbers and insignificant in intluenco that it is better ! to lei them hide in the dark than to drag them into the light. The present condition of our country demands examination into the financial policy at this time in operation. So sooner had the Southern members left the 11a-

tional halls of legislation, than the partmade dominant by tho revolutionary action of iho Southern States, signalized their ascendancy by ihe enactment of tho most proscriptive and oppressive tariff that the annals of our legislation had up to thai

time disclosed. Wo vreie told that the

terests of I he Northwest, is the rulinj policv of the partv in power. - Our countrv noW presents the singular spc:aele d almost entire non intetourse with the commercial world. All our Southern port fur we claim them s'.iil are b!-;ekd;d by our fleets, and all our Northern ports moro effectually 1 by a tariff", hud Ciiiiu an JPan were never more comj letely cut to be maligned, misrepiesented and abused by base and malicious men, but that shall not luni Kia "s'i from the path,'. vay which mY honest convictions have marked nut or me Strong in the knowledge thai I 'iave never entertained a seniunent of dis''ahy to rv.y Government, I continue to i condemn the wror.ir and sustain the tight 'until ihe time shall come, if ever, when : U1 ! we can repeat the cdoquent a,'d patriotic hinguage of the President: "We are not ; enemies, but fnends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strahied, it must not break our bonds of I ßection. The mystic cord of memory, j stretching from every baillcfied and patriot ' or:iVe lo every loving heart and hearth- ' all, North, Smth. Eist and West, until "each loving heart ::nu iieatthstone all over this broad land" shall ones more be lit up i" i it .i t ' at a limes My Mends you have my thanks for your j attention. 3Iiilliair 2riIa iüriatl?. rlMA hiaaiiiiI j lr.nt f i: imi i I . . . 1 1 ; 4 f ' . . . , . . 1 "IH'III . IlI'Ml.llI l'.il-. "I .ms - i Rrigadrt justify the ivpu-aiinii wl i.-h th ir native couittiymen h ive v.cti in vey iv- .... , , ... j iliZ'ld nation lor lovaltv and bi , . . 'courage. e Jon I flatter Ik h miluitv i .n .k . . I.-... t tl ill... f 1 1 . . 1.1 i we sav that they deserve to U i :iUel - ... . .... ... , 'th the gallant New Wk fcuiy-Nimli tho reiiment of Mea-'lu-r and Ci-r. J o ..I n-ltf..ti lv iO I .1 f 1 . ii . . .1 1 1' . ... lima aua mm,.', a urn .13 unii'j.mi-, 111111,0 . , . . what the countrv mav cxix-ct tvht-ii 'ho I ,1 , s iralhint Shiel jll-iTit Sliiel.!? lead.-; !;i-i bii '.-ile in'. lliA neld. We cannot refiaiu hero from pointing a political moral, though with no intention Inf .vi.itiiiirfi.ilitii.nl 1 .i ? ! .-r mk TliA tiif. !,..".. r , . , been as patriotic and self-sactiticing in the war as the na ive born. They have given to the nation not onlv fi luii" men. but 1 -J - the last lingering remnants of pncrip tion. CJtii-oo Times. The I.nlct from Art emu- Varil. Aitcmus Ward commences his cotiiiibillion to this week's Vanity J-'air, with the following cheering paragtaph : Notwithstanding 1 haiat wfit iniu.h for the papers of late nobodv needn't flitter ori,t.tfir 8oIve3 lh:lt Ulljtlli;lfnet, u , 0 C0i:i;iryf jivo. wJiUl !....... ..... .!.. i... r :t 1. ""HI" - FlMtCI H I '.til 1 II II I'll I'l. 1 - . " . who was .i able man. Kven ihe old litid Wigs of Huston will admit that. Webster is iled row, howsevor, and his mantle has , roi,iy fall sii into the hands of -urn di aler 1 1 in onj ianij u, , (1J., w j( jasl wars nobodv pears to be il-iiii round iweauti u to any particular extent, now j,,V8. Tlie IV,imtMll of x,,,om 1. ,vas LllI. i nt d linerly concluded they was belter adapted as Home Guards, wl.ieb account for your not hcaiin of me, far this, wheie the bauls is the- thh-kest and when; the cannon doth roar. Rut as a Ann-iimn c;lize x neVt.r CeHSO to Hllmitia ,u4 .....pi,. ,i, .,rt . 1 ii.oiviij nio,uiu 'III ll M)S IliMtlr? Oil Washington from Hull linn. It was well dun. I sjioke to my nifu about it at iho time. My wife ai.I it was ell dun. The Irish regiment, bei' rai--d in thi Stato will be attached to ShielJb bii -ado

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