Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 January 1862 — Page 1

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PLYMOUTH

WEEKLY

DEMOCRAT.

HERE LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA W ED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOUGHT BY GAIN."

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VOLUME 3 NEW SERIES.

HDim DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Where., The Democratic party having, from thedite of its organization, been "in favor of the mi'iifi't'ncc of the Union und the preservation of ihe Constitution, and seeing iu the present condition of the country the deplorable effects of a de4rtarC fronl i8 time honored and conservative prinfip'e. and the triumph of sectionalism ; and iirnilj believing that the Union and the Con-stitu ion can he preserved alone by the restoration of th.it party to power we invite all the Union men tliroii-h.ont the land to unite with us in sustiinin j- oran'Z.ition and carrying out its principles. TVrvfore. Rrrnlrcd, 1. Tlut we reaffirm and endorse the political principles that from time to time hat. Ven put frh ly the National Conventions of j the Uemocraiic p any. '2 That we are rnterahly attached to the Constitution, by which the Union of these St-ites tt.v firmed and established : and that a faithful !crvance of it principles can alone continue the e xi'tenoo of the Union, and the permanent hapic,. of the people. 3. That the present civil war has mainly re;!;?d fron the Ion? continued, unwise, and faMtical agitation, in the North, of the question of iomestic s'averv. the conspunt nrjran7.iion of a p-ncraphical party, guided by the etionol platf irm-ä " loptod at Huffalo, ritt-ibnrsh, ritil;id''phia. ! inJCluca-o, and the development therebv of actional hate and jealousv, prodnciig (as had Iciurbecn foreseen and predicted hy us) its counterpart in the South of s cession, disunion, and arrrrd resistance to the General Government, and terminating in a bloody strife between those who should have been forever bound together by fratrrnal bond, thus bringing upon the whole country a calamity which we are now to meet as loyal ctizens. striving for the adoption of that mode of wtth ment tost calculated to agiin restore union anl harrronr. 4. That in rejecting all propositions likely to re i!t in a satisfactory adjustment of the matters j i tij'-iiif lit-twpen tho North nmi th Kiititn. anil I

especially those measic es which would have e-j er, we hat! a war on our hands which turM ti;eIorder slave States to the Union, and a! cnuj have b-en prevented without any tarty co-operation on their part in all constitution- j ' . J aland legal measures to procure a return of the j h" of honor, money, or territory. The nore Southern States to their allegiance, the Re- j Crilten Jen Amendment, which the leadpublican party assumed a fearful responsibility, I . an 1 acted in total disregaid of the best interests ing men of the entire South (except South of tlu whole country. Carolina) proposed to receive, guaranteed .. That if the party in power had shown the . ., ?im" desire to sectle, by amicable adjustment, onr: all the territory North of 3f deg. 30 min. internal dis-ension- before hostilities bad actunllv j vw.l f . . Cv..K r i, l . i .r to rreeuom, lorever ; ooutii ol lliat line commenced, that the Aunwi'sf ration has recently rsaibited to aroid a war with our ancient enemy, the Southerners asked the privilege of

wrfat bntain. we conhwcntly icieve tint peace a-.lhai-inony would now reign throughout all our l.ir-!t'M. C. Tint the maintenance of th T'nion upon th rv in in'es of the Federal Constitution phouM .. t contro'lin bject d all v.ho pnifc-s loyal-; iv to the (lovernment ninl in our judgment thi - ,.i.. !,, ,-1,1 i .i T.-irT'o-:e f.iji r - 1 1 v Ie acc()inplili''ti, bv the a seer. - ny.fa I'nio'i partv in the ?onth m St-t, wh:-h hall. bv a eo'ititer rev du'ion. ilisnl re tboe I control and diroci the re-nt rtbeliioii. That , t:o IT-Tt to create or sut lin such a pa-tv can be s'ie e-?ful hielt is not bawd upon a definite set tlement ff the ;uetions at iss:ie betneett tlie two vet .,us; and we the refore b-m md tint otn" such vttlement be made bv additional corsfitutionol i., .. rrv through the medium of a National Convention .41 I.Ü f i f UU I Uir.i.UMi 11 4 . i'i ;OU'.lt ! Uf i T. That he rje-i:bliean party h i fullv demonstrated it in abilit . to conduct the (Jovf rnment tiiri'ih it' present difliculties.

i ! i v fti( ml i j i 'II'W'1,-f lilt' I W 111 ; a . M 1 f ! cr.--. Northern sectionalism ami SVif!.ern se. . preme Court ha 1 decided that they W e-;.n, as inrnh-al to th Constitution and that i a rth to talte their sUves into the TerriIr' eTü.:), i'pi v v;i!nc t!i" Imkui of mil I:befv ." . , an 1 the p., a of 'the country, houl 1 friw indi'- to,,es, but they wan'ed the matter set at t.oitlr c.Kn Hiem. rest forever, by Congress; nnd in order to !. T'i if iii h:s nati -inal emerepey f, ")0!nw- I . , . , . r.-. o'-Indii..a, bmivhin-all feeP..,- of paion ' five t vnW Settled, they agreed to reftid res,.;,tmrnt, will n colVct only theV duty to , Unquish all claim North of 36 derr. 30 t;. wind.? c-mntrv; that th?s war vhoiiM not be I . i i s.i:.d in the splr'.t of ronijuet or subiuirat-on. ! ni'n- V " ur readers m candor !.r frthepnrpose of iiter-hr win? .r interfering !partiularlv thoe who have been Rolliito; v. the r-rhfs rj insfif tins of tiie l't tes, but to ' . !-r.r: l and rnamtiir. the sunrem-rr of the C-n-. rnrn hl l'rp,,nt PPr bushel, their wheat v tr.Jo,,. nnd to preserve ih ftn:'. n with II the j Ät 7 Scents per bushel, and their pork at .::! v. ri'ia.itv at.d its of the .'v ral S-.tti-s- I . . . : C' rl o H . . ... ..1.1 . Mnl 1.

i.ift i-i'ij: an I l!at üs soon a? tlieso oleects are a '" iij.he 1 tti'" w tr finh to ip . 1. Th it we will sustain, with allo ir energies, a ir f -r .he id linten-mee of the Contution. and

.! : :ine!rriir.,ffh..T7i.,fiWji7rrV Cnrutu'nn: ' ,.rop r.f wheat, c-rn. and pork, has been i it -v ar o;p e.i to a war for the fvn nci a'ion i'ti.e iieroe-, or the subjugation of the Southern f:r hotter than usual, yet those having any ':lVM' , ... of these articles to fell, have onlv realized 11. lint tlie p-irpoce avowe, an 1 advocated . ' bv the Northern tlisun'omstJ, to I bera e nnd arm about one half what they would have done t i,e-rosl.,ve-.is a disraeto the :,t-e. ra'cuta-j , Crittenden Amet.dment been ad-t.-lt. retard the wpresv.on of toe rebellion and ; ,n, nectsour mtMualicd condenmafion. j opted. The other half thV Jose in rons12. That .lite total di-r jrerd .f the writ of ha- uence of the refusal of the Hepublican fi rp Hi br the authorities over u. and th J -jure nnd impri-onmetit of the f n nf vn part to make OIPJ compromise whatever. St.,fsherethe j.idici im win f.;ll or.eration. A fpr ;tlJ tJ,ft rompromis i.rn"red w;rr... ut warrant or law and without as-i niti anv ! . a iso or rivin;r to the pirv areted anv oorwirt u". bv the Republicans. Old triritia Calle 1 i y of defce, are n tyrant, iol, t,.,,,, : ,,r the Con (,r a e:Xr( Cngress. whi-h met the apt. ration an I most alarming actj. of usurpation of 1

p-r, wln.-ti TiouM receive the tern rebuke of ewrj lover ot Ins countrr and of everv mat. who jrues the security and blessln-s life, hbtrtv and lro;,crtr.

.... inatt ienr-T-y o cpcecn and or ,i,e rres wore Republicans, and true to their inarePuiraneedto tiep-of le by the Con-tit.ition, J ' nd Hon hut usurper wotiMdirive tliem of ther j tinets they appointed, with few extep-li-hls ; ; they are inestimable to the citizen and ,:rina ,llft mftt 1,P. mnanl fw.lllini.f.a

torn idable to tyrants onlr. Atid the attempt which have been made Mnre our present nnfortufate troubles, to muzzle the press nnd stifle free .c ; . r i . I i-mii, nrr ceri ie 01 ii-jmih- power against wh.'h freedom revolts and whi-h r.an not be tolerat d without converting freemen into ritt. 1 1- That tlie lie'zure of Mason and Slidell.on

'ird a neutral vessel, fn the hiirh sea. was ! each branch the Democrats tlmugnt i; tler inaccord.nce wit), international law. and j WO(M U fair anf honorable for them to ' lej.u ; or eis in violation of such law, and so I i'ieyl. If the former, we lament that our nation j have two out ff the five in each State; IwV'r'fT'M U? Iheir,rr,r,!ll,,r,r"7,lr,r.rindit was generally thout. after the 'if'i';if the latter, it was the dutv of the Ad- j b 3 ministration at onee to have diavowed the act of j men were selected by the Democratic 1' in "k'VVv in';f;"-"7r,ti'7 "'P-j members of the Legislature of each State. t w m hoit Harren, to have immediately ic-' v red tl e wrori by placing them, nd far a prac-j that Governors Morton and Yates would fic,ible, in the same condition .. "Idi h that fli- , t t i . r r, ,..i ti i -.t . I u'1.1""' not, for such a pnrpos. refuse so reasoni er lour.. I them. In c ither event, the action of . the Adrnini.tr ition was vaeilhit in and cow- able a request. Uut aias! how sadly were as ,-nanifestrd in th partisan character of all np - five 6taunch Reptiblicans were appointed

l"'m ron" ." tl" ":ration to cm! olhce ; and, in bold'-nz party r uinnsw by the Republican meniieri ot vonre-s tor the purpose of impressing upon the h -i-l.itivc action ofth.it body tlx peculi 7 ! .-mas of that party, h ve demonstrated that thir professiom of ".sacrificing party platforms, iid party organizations. iifon the altar r.f their conniry," are but .-o many hjpocritie And false pretenses by which they hope to dupe the unwary in'o their npport ;and we warn all loyal persons. ;m ther love their country, not to bj deceived tie n by in, " That the disclosure made ly the inventicat'.ri committee in Conpi n of th5 enormous f."tid that hare stalked into the army and n try pürtments, implicating the heads of those de pirtrtiMits in contrivance at, if not an actual participation in a pfstern of corruption, nnd in hie'i our brave soldiers have ben defrauded ff their proper supplies, aii 1 our (lovcrnnient threat fried with bankruptcy, demand a thorough invc.s--tii:ition into all our eip'nditurcs, toth State and National, and that a ;eedy and marked oxample he made of 1l iwli i.!nlj ri.rar u ho t iLin": tlTiYnn1 norm;,f f,f. countrlMVC io-i ar.d fattened upon public plunder. 1 ' Tlut the meritorious conduct of the Indin troops ui every battlefield where ric'ory his Torched upon, the nation! banner, has filled the ! ?n'h ..f this State with the hi2he,t rratitude to! i pUhnt fonsi. and that we nd our best wishes to o.Tiffrsand men, dispersed throughout tlie rountry. and the heartfelt jjreetins of every Dcmofrt for their further brilliant -uhicTmcnU in the Cf-muij conteu fnr the maintenance nl the Con tittttirtn wid the I'nior..

THE PLYMOUTH DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT fc I. ITlcDOIYAMK T. PLATT McDONALD, :::::::: Editor. PLYMOUTH, IXDSAXA : Thursday, Januauy 30th, 1802. WH AXI TAXES. For the Democrat. Mr. Editor: It is with no ordinary feelings of plasure tlut the true Uniin men notice the change that public opinion is undergoing, jn reference to who are responsible for the bankruptcy and widet spread ruin which surround us. Piiorto lne election of Mr. Lineoln, thousand of nie hihijö iu ueiic. mai u uiej would vote the Republican ticket there would be no dissolution of the Uni n as predicted by the Democrats, pence would prevail over the whole country, and the productions of the soil would command remunerating prices. Unfortunately for the country, too many were led astray by these faUe promises. In a very -hort ,;me afler Republicans came into now. 1 holding slaves, until a State Constitution might be formed, then they wero to h?ve slavery or not, a? they chose. No well informed person will argue that there -i i i t o. . i wouid have been anv free Mates carved out of the territory South of 56 (leg. 3'J . , , . . . ' . min. had no difficulty arisen between the North and the South. Hence we conclude that the North would have lost nothing by adopting Crittenden's amendment, bu . , . . . , . would have savd tens of thousands ol lires and millions upon millions of monv. The South argued that the Terpfotie j were the common propertv of all, that the -' -. " n i"o o '- n'n infinifelv better if ur Republican fr?ndhad voted for that Amendmnf. Our probation of ad the ooruer ofate. and lie Uatn.,rrU tartar of fl.A Rmlb V-ftrli-all th Govotora of lle Northern States of their parly as members of said Con i irress. 1 be Mates ol Indiana and minni " were each entitled to five members. Ae the Republiians had a sall majority in ,..,.. f. tUr .ll L,. if A majot ity of conservative men were sent to that Congress, that the matter of difference would soon be adjusted, and the Negro question put to ret ; then there would be nothing but plunder to hold the party together. When the IVace Conference met, it wa soon Ascertained that the Kepublicans had a majority consequently, had things their own way. We are now reaping the bitter fruits of their stnbborneas and f.dly. If they alone had to suffer, it would be bad enough; but when the Democrats, who had no part or b.t in brinTnirr about our Present tt-ollldua have to suffer with the guiltv, it is almost i i too intolerable to be borne. We are no apologist for the Southern ... ,i e reb'l, and have no sympathy for seegssionists thev and the ultra Kepublicans have ruined both sections of our once hap py Rtid prosperous country, ami unless the true friend of the Union soon gain the as

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1862.

cendancy, it will soon be gone beyond the hope of redemption. It is not yet ascertained what per cent. Government will levy on each $100 valuation of real estate ; one per cent, has been suggested and probably will be tha rate adopted; if 80, we can easily calculate what our taxes will be in consequence of the Crittenden Amendmnt being rejected. A frm worth S8000 would be taxed S80. If a man's income exreeds 8800, he pays 3 per cent, on the exess. I have a few wealthy Republicans in my mind's eye, who, I think, will pquirm when the Goverment tax-gatherer calls on them for their portion. The object which the greater portion of the Republican party hope to accomplish by the present war, i to free the slaves. A resolution has passed the Senate which proposes to dismiss any General who returns a fugitive slave. Suppose Congress would enact a law freeing all the slaves in the seceded States, what of it? Wha would it amount to? Would it not be a plain riolation of the Ccnstitution? Would it not be trasonable in Congress to do so? Congress may resolve and re-resolve that the slaves shall go free, and it will nut amount to 'a hill of beans.' We wih to say. in conclusion, to those who volml tliA Raniihlir'an ticket throu h , . ., , . the persuasion of those, who promised tlierr , . , , ,. , . ... produce, th.it the best thing they could do at present, s eing they have been so badly deceived, ia to boar thes ruinous prices and enormous taxes which are and soon will be levied upon us, wilh becoming forti'ude, until the next annual election, and then vote for those who never deceived, nor promised more than they could perform. T. The XcxvapniKT Suppression Kill. The large city republican daily Journals are raising a great clamor against the bill introduced into the House by Mr. Colfax, the republican member from the South Ilend, Indiana, district, prohibiting the carrying of newspapers by express companies or railway trains, and forbidding their sale on such trains, and requiring t'iat they fhall b carried exclusively in the mails. The bill comes from the Commit4P tee on the Postoflice, of which Mr. Colfax ia chniiman. The bill i abominable as these republican journals describe it. Xwthing can be aid in it favor, unlest it be desirable that newspapers shall be suppressed. Iut it is not because it is intrinsically abominable that these republican journals are cl.tmerous against it. Since the republicans have had a majority in Congress ihv have passed measures intrinsically quite as bad as ihn. and these journal have uttered no word of protest against them. The Morrill tariff was such a measure, for it threw away revenue, just when revenue was about to be more than ever before needed, in order to give proteciion to favorite class interests. Another such m-asuro wa the immense appropiiations at the July extra fce-ion, without taxation to nifc'aiu them. We need not enumerate others, since ihey suggest themselves to the leader. It is because the measure would directly affect them injuri oiisly. that thse republican journals! are in hot pursuit of it, determined to strike it down if possible. They are animated by no regard for the general public welfare. It is visions of attenuated tubscription lists that distutb them. They had no unwelcome visions when the Morrill tariff levied outrageous taxes upon a portion of the people. They we'e not the ex gored then. Now they are that ox. We do not know whether the bill will pass. We are not surprised that it was brought forward, and wo shall not be surprised if it goes through; simply because wo have ceased to be surprised at any thing at the hands of the republicans. Their knowledge of government is extremely crude, and they are more likelj to produce bad than good measures. For our own part, we are quite prepared for the passage of thii postoflice measure. Times. Adjtilaiit SDIes. The rumor is current m this city that Adjutant I. N. Stiles, 1 aving for some reason fallen under the du pleasure of Col. Ilrown, and now occupies that of second lieutenant of on of the companies of the reßin.ent. Col. Urown is certainlv the most unfortunate of Colonels. He left Indiana with one of the best regiments ever raised within its borders. Nothing but mis'orlune. disaster and trouble lias attended it since it reached the field. Nearly all its officers have resigned in consequence of difi'culiy with the Colonel, and w yet hear of further trouble in prospect. Whatever may be the real cause it is yet certain that a regiment in such a condi tion is poorly fitted to go into the field. Lafaystte Journal. Upwnrdof 2)rt0 men ar? steadily emplovid in - the Nary Yurdat ToiUmouth, N. II.

A Graphic Exposure r the Extravagance of the Federal AclmiiiiMtrntioii. SPEECH OP MR. DAWES, REPUBLICAN, OF MASSACHUSETTS.

In the House of Representatives, on Monday last, during the consideration of the civil appropriation bill, Mr. Dawes, a leadinjx member of the Massachusetts delegation, grouped together a few telling facts as to the recklesi extravagance which has characterized the conduct of the war. We quote a portion of his speech: "There are eighty three regiments of cavalry to day, each one thousand strong. It takes 8250,000 to pui one of these regiments on foot, before it can move. Twenty millions of doll irs have thus been expended on these cavaly regiments before they left the encampments where they were mustered into service. And hundreds and thousands of these horses have beon condemned and sent back to Klmira and to Annapolis and to thi city to spend the winter. Any day hundreds of them can be Eeen round the city of Washington, chained to trees, where they trere left to starve to deathr. Gangs of two hundred horses in variou places lvve been thus left to die. till the Committee on the 1)Uttiot of Columbia have called for a measure lof legislation to protect the city from the j J 'anirer to be apprehended from tftit bor6e 'olo-otha. Besides the contracts for these horses, there are others for all the details of furnishing these regiments, in auuuion to me arms in ino nanus ui tue GOD.OOO soldiers in the field; numerous outstanding contracts madi w'th private individuals. not made upon advertisementsnot made with tl. knowledge of the public but made by ex-members of Congress, who know no more of the difference between one c!a3 of arms and another than does a Methodist minister. "Ther are outstanding contracts for the manufacture of Spiingfield muskets, the first one of which cannot l.o delivered in six months from this date. There is a contract for the supply of one million and ninety-thousand muskets, at 823 apiece, when the same quality of muskets is manufactured at Springfield for 813 SO apiece. And an ex-member of Congress u now in Massachusetts trying to get machinery made by which he will be able to manufacture in some six nuivh. henue, at 821 apiece, those rilled muskets manufactured to day in that aimory for 813.50. Provi dence, before six months, will dispose o! this war. or He will dispose of us. Not one of these muskets thus contracted for will bo of the slightest service in this emerti-. . .i i i .1. t gency, or before the providence of God, whether for good or for evil, will dispose r r . it .11. .1. i. e i . t ' oi it. tie woiiiu aK ins irienua irom tue North and Northwest how they expect to benefit by an armory at Chicago, Rock Island, or at Quincy, 111., when a million and ninety two thousand muskets will, according to the two contracts be thrown upon the country, and that after the war ia over, and at such tn enormous price, in addition to oilier outstanding contracts for the manufacture, some time hence, of 272.0UO Knfield tilles. Resides, there are 75.543 sets of harness, to be delivered by and by, at the cost of one million nine hundred and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and forty-six dollar. He had not time to enumerate all these contracts. When we appropriated, at the last session of Congress, for the purpose, twenty millions of dollars, thirty-seven millions and some thousands of dollars had been already pledged to contractors, not for the purchase of arms for the men in tho field; not to protect those fighting the country's battles io this emergency and peril, but for some future use. The riot of the 10th of April m Haitimore opened this ball, ami on tho 21st of April, in the city of New York, there was organized a corp s of plunderers of the treasury. Two millions of dollars were intrusted to a poor, unfortunate, honest, but entirely incompetent editor of a paper iuNew York, to dispense in the best manner ho could. Straightway this gentleman bgan to purchase linen pantaloons, straw hats, London porter, dried herrings, anil such like provisions for the army, till he expended in this way 8390,000 of the money, and then h got scared and quit. Laughter. There is an appropriation also for the supply of wood to the army. This contractor is pledged tho payment of seven dollars a rord for all the wood delivered to tho different commands wood collected after tho labor of tho soldiers themselves had cut down the trees to clear tho ground for their batteries, and then this contractor employs the army. wagons to draw it to the several camps, and he has no further trouble to draw his aeven dollar a cord, leaving the government to diaw the wood. Laughter. It costs two millions of dollars every dav to support the army in the field, A hundred millions of dollars has thus been expended since we met on the second day

of December, and all that time our army has been in repose. What the expediture will increase to when that great day shall arrive when our eyes shall be gladdened with a sight of the army in motion, he didn't know. And this hundred millions will go with the hundred more he had enumerated. Another hundred millions may bo added to these before the 4th of March. What it may cost to put down the rebellion he cared very little, provided alwaps that it be put down effectually. But faith without works is dead, and he was free to confess that his faith sometimes fails him he meant his faith in men not his faith in the cause. When the history of these limes shall be written it will be a

question upon whom the guilt will res . most ne-.vy-upon mm wno nas conspireu ; to destroy, or upon him who has proved j incempetent to preserve, the institutions bequeathed by our fathers. It is no wunder that the public treasury trembles and staggers like a strong man with too great a burthen upon him. A stronjr man in an air-exhausted receiver is not moie helpless to day than is the treasury of the government beneath the exhausting process to which it is subjected. The mighty monarch of the forest himself may hold at bay the fiercest and mightiest of hi9 foes, while the vile cur, coming up behind him and opening hi fang?, gives him a fatal wound, and, although he may struggle on boldly and valiantly, tho life-bbod is silently trickling from his heart, and he is at last forced to loosen his grasp, and he grows faint and falters and dies. "In conclusion, T.e saJd it is impossible that the treasury of the United States can meet and continue to meet this slate of things sixtv d.ivs longer, and an i;nominious peace must bo submitted to, unless we see to it that the credit of tho country is sustained, and sustained too by the conviction going forth from this hall to the people of the country that we will treat as traitors not only those who are bold and manly enough to meet us face to face in the field ot strife, but all those who clandestinely and stealthily suck tho life blood from in this mighty struggle." Xcw lluntptliirc Ociiiocratic Stufe Convention. Ex-Gov. Williams reported the resolutions adopted by the convention. Yö quote a few of the series to show the J spirit of the Granite State Democracy: Jiesolrcl, That we denounce northern abolitionism and southern secession as the co-operating sources of our present calamities alike treasonable to tho cor.stilutior. and inimical to the Union. The only way to restore tho Union and a respected constitution, with returning peace and prosperity, is through the overthrow of the enemies to both. JtesOi'trJ, That tho constitution is tho supreme law of tho 1lnd; and no State has the ri 'ht to secede therefrom, and dissolve its connection wilh the Union which that constitution was made to secure, except for causes which will justify revolution. Resolved, That in this national emergency, banishing all feelings of mere pasRion or resentment, the democracy of New Hampshire will recollect only their duty to tho whole country; that this war should not be waged in the spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or for the purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of any of the States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the constitution, and the rights of all tho States in the Union, and to preset ve the Union; and that, as soon as thesa ob jects are accomplished, the war will close. Resolved, That in the language of An drew Jackson, "The Federal Union must nd shall bo preserved." Resolved, That in the loyal Stales now exempt from tho presence of tioops and the necessity of military government, we do not believe in tho right nor tho expe diency of abolishing duo freedom of speech and tho press by force, whether exercised by the government or the mob, nor im prisoning men by letters de cachet, or mandafos in any form, issued by the l'rosident of the United States or Secretary of State without tho authority of law, and depriving them of the right of legal examination and trial, and the benefit of tho law of halo corpttf, justly regarded by all true friends of personal freedom as the gteat writ of liberty; and that wo consider all such acts unwarranted by the constitution, and as tending to despotism by familt irizing the people with the acts ar.d instruments of despotism. Resolved, That the complelo arrest of ti e profligate and corrupt expenditures of the public monevs. in our national and State administrations, exposed by the recent Congressional investigations and by other disclosures, the entire discontinuance of unnecessary offices and ngoncie. with their exorbitant compensations for partyrewards and private gain, nnd the most

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strict accountability and economy in national and State affairs, are imperative duties, the faithful performance of which alone can save us from bankruptcy and subsequent defeat, and render the excessive burdens of the present contest tolera ble to the people. Resolved, TLat the democracy having been al frays true and faithful to the Union, maintaining its interests and dignity in war and ia peace, ngainst the assaults of foreign foes and the machinations of downright traitors, in order to become a "Union party" it is not necessary for them to abandon their organization nor adjure their name; that if any party should aban don its organization it is that party which haa been in tha wron ami wb.jch now retaing jn ju embrace and fellowship the elements of abolition treason, which is a3 , fatal to the existence of the Union ns secession treason ; that tve believe that the Union cannot be restored until the principles and spirit of democracy prevail in the administration or the Federal government and among the massas of the people; that the triumph of the democratic party offers the only hope of awakening the Union sentiment ot the South, which can be aroused only by the assurance of safety and protection in the Union ; therefore we invite the true and patriotic of all part'es to rally under the flag of the democracy as the only sure means by which the present war can be brought to an honorable close. A Xlorsc Sell. Many incidents connected with the horse purchases for Government will probably become matters of history here after, and we will add one just learned from a friend, which wo think will stand pro eminent among the evidences of the honesty of the loyal m?n who ccted as agents for the Government. A number of horses were purchased at various prices in the Juniata region, which wore examined and passed by an inspector named Sherburne. As Government had no forage, the horses were placed among the farmers in the vicinity to board. Amori2 the rest, an old farmer on Shaner's creek was allotted six head. He took excellent care of them, and was getting along finely, until oae day one of them slipped his wind and his spirit soared away to whero cats is plenty, the pasture forever green, and n3 driver's lash to goad him on to labor fabulously known as horse heaven. The farmer was alarmed, because, honest, consciencious man as he was, he feared Government would hold him re sponsible for the loss of this fine army nacr. t i a l l 1 : t ; in oruer iu cie.ir uia onins, n pus sible, he summoned half a dozen of his neighbors to hold an inquest and post mortem examination over the dead body cf the charger, that they might testify that he did not dio of neglect or inattention. The conclave assembled, and, after due deliberation, decided that the hore had died of old age one of the jury of inquest testifying that he had known the animal personally for upward of twenty-6even vears. Harrlsburqh Patriot. A very learned and compassionate Jude in Texas, on passing Sentence on John Jones, who had been convicted of murder, concluded his remarks as follows: The fact is Jones, that the conrt did not intend to order you to be executed before next spring, but the weather is very cold, our jail, unfortunately, is in a verv bad condition; murh of the glass in the windows is bn ken; tho chimneys aro 'n such a dilapidated state that no fir 3 can be made to render your apartments comfortable; besides, owing to the great number of prisoners, not more than one blanket can be allowed to eaeh; to 6leep sound and comfortably, therefore will be out td the question. In consideration of theso circumstances, and wishing to lessen your sufferings as much a possible, the court, in the exercise of its humanity and compassion, hereby ordere you to be executed to-morrow morning, as soon after breakfast as may bo convenient to the sheriff and agreeable to you." Death or Gkokc.e 1. IU'ell. It .s with profound 6orrow that wo announce tho death of George P. Iluell; for we suppose there is no doubt but that he was drowned in the Ohb Hiver, at Cincinnati, last Friday rooming. Mr. Iluell has been connected with several prominent papers in Indiana nnd Ohio. He started the Western Democratic Review at Indianapolis, and afterwards removed it to Washington. He represented Marion county in the Indiana Assembly, some teq, years ago. Last summer ho joined our army in Western Virginia as a volunteer Aid to Gen. Dumont. and re.'eivod a very complimentary notico in that officer's report for his bravery and meritorious conduct at the battles of Rich mountain and Carrick's Ford Coltnrhrs ( O.) S(a(ei,ttn.

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IHJL JLr JJLmSliLaBL BLLCL3 . Jt BV RICHARD COE. To-morrow, ma, I'm sweet sixteen,Ar. d DiHy Grimes, the drover, Haspopned the question tome, ma,Aiid wants to be my lo c ; To-:norrow morn, iie says, mamma He's coming here quite earl v. To take a pleasant walk with rue Across tlie field Oi ba.ley. You must not 0,rny dausrhterdear. There's no use now :t talking You shall not go across the field With Hilly err'mcs, a -walking: To think of his presumption, too, Tlie dirty, u;Jy drover, I wonder where your pride has gone, To think of such a lover. O'dOiimes U dead," y-;u know, miwn'rrv And Hilly is so lonelv; Besides, thev sav, of CI rimes' estate, That Billy is the only Surviving heir to all that's left. At d that, they say, is nearly A pood ten thousand dollars, ma. About til hundred yearly. I did not hear, my daughter dear. Your last remaik quite clearly; But Billy is a clever lad. And no doubt loves you dearly. Remembr then, to-morrow morn, Tobe up bright and early. To take a pleasant walk with hin Across the field of barclv. What has hcen done for the Xegro " What riht have the free States to call on the nepro to help in this contest or any other? What have they done for the nogro?" Louisville Ky Democrat. What has been done for the negro? What im pertinence I for him. Better ask what we have not done Why, we have divided the churches and almost forsaken the gospol for him. We have established and maintained anti-slavery and colonization Focietis especial? uevoted to tlc amelioration of his condition." We have stoutly maintained the r'ght of petition in his behalf in Congress. We have refrai?o from annexing Coba and Mexico on his account. Wc established the Missoöri Compromise line. i and then uncstahlishcd it. all for hi IxMiefit. i w , rrt:n,i;w n.h.r.rronn.i r,;iroh. j over whhh he can ride without a "pass," and J without having his baggage sc-irched." (White men can t.) We support Supreme Judges who write voluIui.iinous opinions dissenting from tlie decisions of the couri supposed to he obiter dictum in nirf behalf. We have estaIi.-hed emigrant aid societies " for his sole benefit. We got i p a three years war in Kansas exclusively for his benefit. We have passed personal liberty bills," and attempted to nullify the constitution, IV his be: eiit. We have destroyed parting presses an 1 mobbed public speakers n li account. We have excited riots and broken j.uh in hi behalf. We have humbled and humiliated ourselves in lhcdut at the feet of oilier notions on his account. We hare maintained a floet for many years to prevent his emigration to our country for his benefit. Wc have for years devoted about two-third of the time in the sessions of Congress to thediscusion oi ins liiieresis. f f I!. !. i . . We have discountenanced the consumption of tobacco, rice and sugar, for his benefit. We cultivate " Sorghum," and tlax-cotton,' and write si. ly articles "on the culture of cotton in the Northen! States," with a view to advance civilization and " ameliorate his condition." We have instructed our government agent in Egypt to unite with British agents iu efforts to ascertain if the production of Egyptian cotton could not be made to rival that produced in the Southern States, for his benefit. We elected A. Lincoln, Ej., to- the Presidency cf the 1'liitcd States, solely for bis benefit. We m ike and unmake .Major tlcucrals almost I daily with a view to his interest. We occaMona'ly issue proclamations concerning his welfare. Wo allow our learned Secretary of State to z'wa him a passport to visit foreign counttic. under protection of our tlovenuntnt, like " any other man." Allthrse ttiit'g, and many more, too numerous to mention," we do gratis for Sambo. A WHV hi Trouble. Pray tell me my dear, what is the cause of those tearß?' Oh such a disgrace !' What is it my dear! don't keep me in suspense ! Oh ! I have opened one of your letters, supposing it to have been addressed to myself. Certainly it looks more like Mrs than Mr Js that all? Wl at harm can there be in a wife's opening her husband's letters?' No harm in the thing itself, but the contents ! Such a disgrace !' o Who has dared to write me a lettjr unfit to be read by my wife?' 01i.no. It is couched in the most chaste and beautiful language. lul the contents ! the contents!' Here tho wile buried her face in her handkerchief and commenced sobbing aloud while the husband eagerly caught up the letter and commenced reading the epistle that had nearly broken Iiis wife'g heart. It was a bid from the ptinter for three years subscription for the newspaper. In the town of T there was a shoemaker who had at times wrote the notices himself, to save the expense of priuting. Here is one : There will be preaching in tht pinet this 6unday afternoon on lie subject, All who do not believe will bo damned at 3 o' clock."