Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 12, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 April 1862 — Page 1

DEM OCR A II 13 R 13 XZ3T TU 13 PRDOS TUB PflOPLB'S II I OUTS MAIITT1IN; UNAWED B Y INFLUENCE Jl If B ÜNBOUOII7 B "5T OA IX? f r VOLUME 3 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APBIL 17, 1862. NUMBER 12 WHOLE Xo. UC.

PLYMOUTH

WEEKLY

INDIANA DEMOCRATIC PlATFORtf. Whkma, The Democratic party haTjnjr. from the date of its organization, been in faror of the M&intenancc of the Union ond the preservation of ihe Constitution, and seeing iu the present condition of the country the deplorable effects of a departure from its time honored and conservative principle, and the triumph of sectionalism ; and firmly believing that the Union and the Corstltu tion can be preserved alone by the restoration of that party to power, we invite all the Union men throughout the land to unite with us in sustainine iu organization and carrying out its principles. Therefor. Retolvtd, 1 . That we reaffirm and endorse the political principles that from time to time have been pat forth by the National Conventions of the Democratic party2 That we are unalterably attached to the Constitution, by which the Union of these States was formed and established : and that a faithful observance of its principles can alone continue the existence of the Union, and the permanent happiness of the people. 3. Thiut the present civil war has mainly resulted from the lon continued, unwise, and fanatical agitation, in the North, of the question of domeetic gvery, the consequent organization of a geographical party, jruided by the sctionol platforms adopted at Buffalo. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicapo, and the development thereby of sectional hate and jealonsv, prodncii R (as had long been foreseen and predicted y us) its counterpart in the South of secession, disunion, and armed resistance to the General Government, and terminating in a bloody strife between those who should have been forever bound together by fraternal bonds, thua bringing upon the whole country a calamity which we are now to meet as loyal citiiens. striving for the adoption of that mode of settlement beet calculated to again restore union and harmony. 4. That in rejecting all propositions likely to result in a t atisfactory adjustment of the matters in dispute between the North and the South, and especially those measnr es which would have secured the border slave States to the Union, and a harty co-operation on their part in all constitutional and legal measures to procure a return of the more Southern States to their allegiance, the Republican party assumed a fearful responsibility, and acted in total disregard of the best interests of the whole country. 5. That if the party In power had shown the same desire to settle, bv amicahle adjustment, our internal distensions before hostilities h.d actually commenced, that the Administration has recently eahibited to avoid a war with our arcient enemy. Great Britain, we confidently believe that peace and harmony would now reign throughout all our borders. . 6. That the maintenance of the I nion upon the principles of the Federal Constitution should be the controlling object of all who profess loyalty to the Government ind in our judjrfent this purpose can nlv be accomplished . by the ascendency of a Union partY in the South r.i State, hieb shall, by a counter revolution. diIace thoe who control and direci the present rebellion. That no effort to create or sustain such a patv can be sue eesful which is not based upon a definite set ... ArK mictions at issue between the two sections; an1 we therefore demand that some sucn settlement be made by additional consritutionol guaranty, either initiated by act of C.n7ress or through the medium of a National Convention. 7. That the Republican party has fully demonstrated its inability to conduct the Government through its present difficulties. 8. That w are utterly opposed to the twin heresies. Northern sectionalism nnd Southern recession, as inimical to the Constitution and that freemen, as they value the boon of civil liberty and the peace of the country, should frown indigninti? upou them. 0. That in this national emergency the ")emoerac of Indiana, hani-hinn all feelins of psion and resentment, will recollect only the :r duty to the wholn country; that this war should not be waged in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of over:hrwinsr or interfering with the rights or inatit' lion of the States, but to defend and maintain the puprem'cy of the Con stitution. and to preserve the Union with ali the dignity, equality aud rights of the several States unimpaired; and that a soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease. 10. That we will sustain, with all our energies, a war frr the maintenance of the Condition, and of the integrity of the Union under tht Cnnstitution ; but we ar opposed to a war for the emanei-ation of the otgroes, or the subjugation of the Southern StaUl. 11. That the purposes avowed and advocated by the Northern diiunior.ists, to liberate and arm the negro slaves, is a disgrace to the age.ealcul.ittd to retard the suppression of the rebellion and neets our unqualiged condemnation. 13. That the total disrejrerd of the writ of Knien corpus bv the authorities over us, and the te;xure and imprisonment of the citizens of loyal States where the judiciary is in full operation, without warrant or law and without aliening any cause or giving to the party arrested any opportunitj of defense, are flagrant tiolation of the Constitution and most alarming act of usurpation of poer, which should receive the stern rebuke of every lover of his country and of every man who pruts the security and blessings o life, liberty and property. , , 13. That the liberty of peech and of the press are guaranteed to the people by the Constitution, and none but a usurper would deprive them of these rights they are inestimable to the citizen and formidable to tyrants onlv. And the attempt which have been made since our present unfortunate troubles, to muzzle ihe press and etifle free discussion, are exercises of despotic power against which freedom rsvolta and whieh ran not be tolerated without converting freemen into slaves. j That the seizure of Maoon and Slidell ,on board a neutral veuel, on the high seas, was cither in accords ncr. with international law, and o legal; or else in violation of such law, and so illegal. If the former, we lamert that our nation has been humiliated by their surrender, under tr$at ; if the latter, it was the dutv of the Administration at once to have disavowed the act of their oOicer, and instead of incarcerating the captives in Foit Warren, to have immediately iepaired the wrong by placing them, as far as practicable, in the same condition in which that officer f-md them. In either event, the action of the Administration was vacillating and cowardly and degrading to the dignity of a great nation li. That the action of the Republican party, as manifested in the partisan character of all appointments of the Administration to civil office ; and, in holding party caucussea by the Republican members of Congress for the purpose of impring np6n the legislative action of that body the peculiar dogmas of that party, have demonstrated tht tbeir professions of "sacrificing party platforms, and party organizations, upon the altar of their eoua'ev," re but ,o inany hypocritical and false pretenses by which they hope to dupe the unwary into their support ; an 1 we warn all loyal persons, as they love their country, not to be deceived therebylfi That the disclo ures made by the investi

gating committee in Congress of the e.rrmous frauds that hae stalked into the army and navy departments, indicating the heads of thoso de artmH.ts in a contrivance at, if not an actual participation in a system of corruption, and in which our brave soldiers have been defrauded of their proper supplies, an 1 our Government threat red wiüi bankruptcy, demands a tboraugh investigation into all our expenditures, both State and National, and that a speedy and marked osample be martc of all such "birds of prey," who, taking advantage of the nccscitv of our country, have fed acd fattened upon public plunder. 17. Th.t the tieritorious conduct of the Indiana troops, in every battlefield where victory has perched upon the national banner, has filled the People of this State w ith the highest gratitude to er gallant sons, and that we send our best wishes to officers and men, dispersed throughout the country, and the heartfelt greetingsof every Democrat for their further brilliant achievments in the oming contests for the maintenance of the Contitition sad the Union.

Foa the Dkmocrat.

Editors Democrat: I see by a Int La Porte Union, and. Marshall County publican, (both abolition sheets,) that Nimrod, the mighty hunter,' over the signature of 0. Hath a way, has piled onto Got. Hendricks, and reminded us that " A Falcon, soaring in her pride of place. Was by a mousing owl hawked at." Nimrod has accomplished a good deal by his effusion. He has succeeded admirably in showing the few who hare read his communication being published in the abolition papers That, he hat not been noticed enough and is going to try and writs himself into notice. That, inasmuch as democrats do not estimate hie abilities at his own standard, he offen himself for sale to the abolition ists. Tha, he wants a nomination for Con gress or some other office, and makes a bid for it to any party who will give it to him. That, he has twen a democrat all his Ufa, knows it to be the party of the Union, for the Union, that made and must save the Union, while Its opponems are the ro verse ;yt, that party cannot save the Un ion and hence there must be a new pariy of his forming to be called the Union party, for the support of renegades from other parties and who will recognize his claims. That, of all the five hundred men who met at Indianapolis, including Governor Hendricks, all were traitors and secession istsl and he alone ts pur and patriotic. That, he foun t nothing wrong until three months after, when he went to St. Louis and somebody Iber told him Hen d rick a' pee-.h was wrong. That, his zoal and anxiety whs so great that he did not read the proceedings of the convention, or if hi did he could find nothing wrong for three months. That, there was no wrong only in Hendricks speech, therefore the whole party was wrong and he must come out of it or be contaminated. That, he will go over to the abolition party if they will receive him. That unless hi standard is adopted the democratic party will rapidly go to the d 1 ; but if it is he will save it, Hendricks and all. That, he can take garbled sentences, misrepresent them even garbled a the) are by him, and into three and a half mor. tal columns to prove what he claims to be plain as day to every man and yet fail to prove it. That, Hendricks is a traitor and the people are such fools or so dishonest that they are going to follow him and all be ome traitors. That, if they will abandon Hendiicks and follow him, he will lead them into the fields and shady nooks, and beside the pleasant streams of Abolitiondom to their infinite gratification and benefit. That he is neither patriotic, politically honest, or wise ; and that he has incurred the pity and contempt of those who were his friends. H. S. A Proclamation; BT THS PRESIDENT Of THE UNITED STATES. Whereas, it has pleased Al nighty God o vouchsafe signal victories to the land and naval forces engaged in suppressing an internal rebellion, and at the same time 10 avert from our country the dangers of foreign intervention and invasion, it is therefore recommended lo the people of the U. States, that at their next weekiy assemblage in their accustomed places of worship, which shall occur after the notice of this proclamation shall have been read, they specially acknowledge and render thanks to our Heavenly Father for these inestimable blessings; that ihey then and there impljie spiritual consolation in be halt of all those who have been brought into affliction by the casualties .vd calamities of sedition and civil w: r; and that they reverently invoke the Dir' ie guidance for our national council, to the en 1 that thev may speedily rej-iire in lite resto ration of peace, harmony and unity throughout our borders, and hasten the establishment of fraternal relations among the countries ol the earth. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the U. States to be affiled. Don eat the city of Washington, this 10th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1862. (Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Wm. II. Sewahd, Sec. of State. There are about 10,000 troops at Ship Island. Gov. Morehead, of Ky., ha been released from his parol. A school for newsboys has just been established in Cincinnati. Mr. Wm. Lawry, of Georgetown, died a few dtjs sines, aq;ed 10t years.

CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION

OF ISLAND NO. 10. TUE RIGHT KID "A DLOODLESS VICTORY." Island No. 10. April 8. The fang suspense is over at last. After a siege of four weeks, and an almost indefinite expenditure of gunpowder and patience, we are in possession of Island No. 10, and all its defenders, its armament, and its store. The succession of events which have brought about this tormicatioc have transpired with such rapidity that it is almost a matter of difficulty to arrange them in order, and bring out of the details a well arranged and intelligible whole. We have been startled by a series of occurrences, each more important than the other, and each but barely told before another was upon us to excite new emotions and anticipations. The commencement of this great movement was the successful project of running the blockade with gunboats. The mote remote cause was the not less brilliant and much more laborious task of taking transports across the land to the aid of Gen. Pope. This was completed on Sunday, ani at the same time that the two gunboats, Corondelet and Pittsburgh, took their places to fight the enemy's batteries, the four boats came out of the woods and commenced the work of transporting Gen. Pope's army across the river. The result of the engagement is known. The rebel batteiies were silenced by the gunboats and our batteries combined, and Gen. Pope immediately commenced sending his troops across. This was the signal for a retreat of the entite rebel army. When our troops arrived on the opposite side of the river they found that the rebels werf in full retreat, and far down the river towards Tiptonville. Gen. Pope ordered an immediate pursuit, and in a short timo a large detachment was on t'ie line of the route. They came up with the rebels near Tiptonville, and drove them into the woods. The formation of the country was such there that there waa no escape for them. On one side was the river, and on the other side an overflowed swamp which joined the river a few miles below. They had built a corduroy road at a point below Tip lonvil'e. by which they hoped lo escape across the swamp, but Gen. Pope's forces got possession of it. The river waa guarded by our gunboats, so that no transports could come to their relief, and they were obliged to surrender or fight until they were exterminated. They preferred to surrender, and, at 3 o'clock next morning, having been hunted and harassed all night, they sent in a message of unconditional surrender. At daylight they wer marched into Tiptonville and disarmed. A large detachment was theu detailed to search the woods for stragglers, and many more were brought in duriog the morning. They were 5,000 in number, including officers, among whom there W3M four generals, vix: Gen. Mackall. Gen. Gantt, Gen. Walker, and Genera) Schaumm. Thus easily and harmlessly was this aimy of soldiers captured and imprisoned Not a life ws lost, not a wound was inflicted, but with so small a sacrifice as the labor of a forced march of a lew hours the whole body was trapped and caged. They showed no disposition to fight, but came in and threw down their arms sullenly and despondlngly. They might have made a tiespente resistance in the woods, but they were so cloaely followed that they had no means cf forming into bodies of any conaiderable number, and they were conse quently powerless. Tux "SroiLs." The spoils captured by our army at this surrender may be summed up as follows: 1 Major General; 3 Brigadier (enerals; 1U Colonels; Some Majors and Lieutenant Colonels; 66 Captains; G4 Lieutenants; 84 Second Lieutenants; Non commissioned officers for eight regiments; 5.000 privates; 50,000 stand of arms; 125 pieces of artillery; 840,000 worth of provisions; 10 steamboats; 2,000 horses and mules; 4,000 wagns; Amunition uneslimated. Tne regiments of the rebel army captured are aa follows: Fortieth Tennessee. Forty sixth Tennessee, Fifty -fifth Tennessee, Eleventh Arkansas. Third Arkansas, Twelfth Arkansas, First Alabama, and the Pelican Guards cf New Orleans. A Female Camp. One of the features of the deserted rebel camp was a peculiarity which we have not met with heretofore. On a beautiful hill, surrounded by pleasant groves, budding with flower", and

the accompanying charms of a rural re

treat, we found a bevy of nymphs encamped, and eajoying soldiery life in real earnest. Thero were 12 or 15 of them of different ages, but all young, and more or less fair to look upon. They sat around the camp-fire, and cooked their breakfast, a little disheveled and rumpled, as might, perhaps be expected, in remembrance of the scenes of excitement they had passed through, but yet as much composed and as much at home as though they had campaigned it all their lives. There was a stray lock of hair hanging loosely here and there, an unlaced bodice granting chary glimpses of vast luxuriance f bust, a stocking down at the heel, or a garter with visible downward tendencies all of which was attributable to our early visit. There were all the marks of femininity about the place. The embowering trees were hung with hoop-ekirts, peticoats, and flaunting articUs which looked in the distance like abbreviated pantaloons. A glance at the interior of their tents showed magnificent disorder. Dimity and calico, silk, feathers, bed clothes, and all the appurtenances of a female boudoir were visible. It was a rara avis in terra a new bird in the woods. These feminine voyageurs were real campaigners. The chivalry of the South, ever solicitous for the sex, could not resist th inclination for its society, and hence the camp of nymphs by the river side, in the embowering shade, et cetera. I will not say much for their fair fame, or for the good name of the Confederate officers whose baggage was mingled in ad mirable confusion with the rumpled dimity and calico, whose boots and spurs hung among the hoop-skirts and utmemionables, and whose old hats ornamented the tent poles or decked the heads of the fair adventuresses. It was a new feature in war. jTSTThe Cincinnati papers can't be reconciled to the treatment Phillips received in the city. Well, it is wrong, of course but he verdict of four-fifths of the U. States is served him right. The truth is, Phillips' antics just now, when the game of blood and suffering is going on are those of a monkey in a china shop. The public instinct is shocked at such an exhibition. Blood and treasure are flowing, and jibs, jests, and flippant rhetoric on impracticable theories are awfully out of ta8tj. Free speech aye, free speech; we have heard a great deal of that; but when words cost blood, we don't admire their freedom. Philips misrepiesents the free States, and tho false tirades have made still nerves thousands of arms to fight against the -government. Do the people of the free States, who are pouring out blood and treasure the authority of the government, wait the difficulties in their way augmented, by deepening the false impression of their designs and purposes? One speech of Phillips' scattered through the South will cost millions of treasure, and hundreds of the lives of sons and brothers in the free States. Louisville Democrat. To What Base Usks, tc. He satisfied himself, also, that they used skulls for ladles and made pipes of the bones of oar slaughtered men. V. Tribune Cor. By private dispatches from our correspondent, who is a prisoner among the rebels now in Dixie, we get further accounts of the atrocious barbarities practiced on our killed and wounded soldiers. He says that a fashionable article of ornament and dress among rebel belles is the teeth of the slain Union soldiers, strung together and worn as a necklace. In one instance, tho enemy being short of leather to make drum heads of, they skinned some dead Union men, dried the skins and stretched them on their drums, but the minuts the drummer undertook to beat an accompaniment to a rebel fife, the drum burst and blew the drummer to atoms. That experiment has not been repeated. He attended a fashionable dancing party not long since, where one of the musicians undertook to play upon an inlltument, the strings of which were made from the bowels of Union soldiers, taken out whilst yet alive, but to save his life he could not get any thing but Yankee Doodle out ot them strings, and the fiddler himself was instantly strung up for a traitor. Vet Moines (Iowa) Constitution. Peach Treis is Bloom. We notice a number of trees in the neighborhood of our office in full bloom. The weather is warm and mild, and exceedingly prolific of spring fever.' Many varieties of flowers are already in bloom, and our gardeners are busy in all quarters. In the northern part of this Stale the people are still wrapped in their furs and woolens, and our exchanges mention regular snow-storms. Who would not live in Egypt? Jonesboro (HI.) Gazette, April 5.

THE BATTLE AT PITTSBURG

LANDING. PARTICULARS AM) INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT. THE S1R6T DAT. The battle of Pittsburg commenced at about six o'clock on Sunday morning, by an attack in force by the enemy on our left, commanded by Gen. Prentiss. The disposition of the tebels in the attack was in the form of the letter V. The point penetrated Prentiss division, which consisted of rw recruits who could not stand the shock, and fell back, causing great confusion among our troops on the left. Gen. Prentiss sent for reinforcements, and received aid from Gen. Hurlbut. By this measure he maintained hit position, and Gen. Sherman, being also assisted by Gen. Hurlbut, was enabled to hold his assailants in check. This charge would have resulted in turning our left wing, and the capture of a large portion of Prentiss's and Sherman's divisions, but for the gunboats Tyler and Lexington, which beat the enemy back by firing into his ranks shot and shell. Sherman was on the left; Prentiss was next to him; Generals Hurlbzt and lieClernand occupied the centre; General Sherman held the right. The onset of the rebels was terrible. The attack gradually extended towards the centre, and Gen. McClernand became engaged with a superior force. The four division thus engaged held the enemy in check, and up to noon, although the battle raged furiously and with the most destructive result. The enemy gained no advantage. In the meantime the enemy was constantly bringing up his fe.ces, and the battle raged furiously along our whole line. Wo were, however, in position up to noon, with the exception of Gen. Prentiss camp which fell into the enemy's hands at the first attack, and remained there during the day. General Beauregard commanded the enemy, with General A. 3. Johnston on the right and Gen. Polk on the left. In the afternoon, the enemy made a grand attack on the entire length of our line. In a &hort timo the fight becamo general from our extreme left around to the right. Our forces obstinately maintained their position until the enemy hurled hi entire force of 75.000 men upon our line, where but 40,000 were engaged. Then our entire line fell back under the pressure, and retreated in good order half or three-quarters of a mile, abandoning their camps to the enemy and taking position in semi circle, the back of which rested on the river. Here they stood immovable, and fought with an obstinacy which was unconquer. ble. For five hours the contest rsged with undiminished force, the ground being fought over and over again, and the battlefield strewn with dead and wounded by thousands. The enemy were effectually held in check. The gunboats Tyler and Lexington had got a raking range on their position on the left wing of our force, and poured in a storm of shot and shell which fairly anni hilated them wherever they showed themselves. Two immense siege guns had the same position on the right, and all the heavy artillery was well posted for the same purpose, so that, whenever they turned, the rebels met an iron tempest which scattered them like chaff. The rebels made no advance under these circumstances, but stubbornly held their position. Night came on without any change. In the meantime. Gen. Buell had arrived on the opposite bank of the river, at about 4 o'clock, having made a forced march from a point within the sound of the guns. He sent e:ght regiments across to the relief of Grant, and they were ordered to the front of our centrw, where they immediately engaged the enemy. Night came rapidly o.i, and the terrifio battle which had raged during five hours, with almost unparalelled obstinacy, and the most appalling slaughter, was closed by the darkness. Both armies occupied their positions during the night, the enemy being in possession of our camps. At 4 o'clock Sunday, P. M., Gen. Buel! marched to Pillsburg from Savannah, and during the night crossed the liver with Gen. Nelson's and Gen. Mu Cook's divisions, about 30,000 men in all, and took his position. Gen. Nelson was posted on the left, and Gen. McCook went lo the centra. Snnday night Gen. Lew. Wallace got up from Crump's Landing with 19,000 men. TUB SKCOftD DAT. The battle was opened in the morning by the arrival of 25,000 men at reinforce

ments under Gen. Bragg, who were pre cipitated upon Sherman's McClernand's and Wallace's divisions. They were held in check, however. At the same time Gen. Nelson threw himself upon the enemy's right, suppor

ted by Gen. Hurlbut and all our available force. The effect was decisive. The enemy gave way in disorder and commen ced a retreat which was almost immediate ly turned into a complete route. Gen. A. S. Johnson was killed in the engagement and his body captured. A i the same time, a furious onslaught was made on the whole length of their line, which caused the enemy to waver and fall back. They disputed the ground, however, several hours, and it was not until three o'clock that tDey gave way entirely. The decisive blow was given by General Grant himself, who headed a charge of 6 regiments in person, precipitating this whole body of men upon the enemy's centre with such desperate force that they broke and ran. The retreat at once became general, and within half an hour the whole army participated in the rout. They fell back in disorder and dismay, and ur overjoyed soldiers sprang, to the pursuit with shouts of victory. They were driven through our camps, and in complete disorder were forced into the broken country beyond, where they would no; form or fight. There was no relaxation of the pursuit. Following up the advantage. General Nelson closed with the rear and cut them to peices as they fled. Our cavalry force pursued them closely, and at last accounts they were in hot pursuit. The line of pursuit was a complete picture of wreck and abandonment. The fugi tives threw away their arms as they fled, and, when exhausted with fatigue and wounds, laid down upon the ground to be taken prisoneis. The field of battle presented a sorry spectacle after the struggle was over. It extended over a distance ol five miles in length and three-quarters of a mile in width. This space was fought over twice, in regular battle array, and many ti tries in the fluctuating fortunes of the different portions of the two armies. It was covered with dead and wounded. Where the artillery had taken effect men lay in heaps, covering rods of ground, and their bodies mingled in wild confusion with mangled horses, broken gun carriages, and all the dread paraphernalia of a battle-field. Where our men had made their desperate charges, tire bodies lay in some places as they had received the bayone', constiting at particular points parapets of flesh and blood, over which a battle might have been fought as a breastwork. There was not a tree or a sapling in that whole ßpace that was not pierced through and through with cannon shot and musket balls, and. it we may believe the accounts there was scarcely a rod of ground on the five miles which did not have a dead or wounded man upon it. THE LATEST ACCOUNRS. Later advices say that our loss was not less than 10,000, of whom 3,000 were prisoners, including General Pientiss. Our troops pursued the enemy but five miles from the river, and the two armies at now encamped within sight of each other. Beauregard is well entrenched, with communications opened to both reads. From "Western Virginia. Wheeling, April 7. A telegram just received informs us that the rebels ate retreating before our forces under General Milroy, who has advanced from Cheat Mountain, and now hold camp Allegheny, lately evacuated by the Confederates. The rebels have fallen back from Monterey and Huntsville, and seem to be aiming for Staunton, where they will have a railroad escape. Kankakee, 111., April 7. Jmb. Harlmg. employe of the I. C. H. H.. accidently shot himself yesterday at Clif ton. He was hunting, and while getting over the fenco the trigger caught and the gun was discharged, the ball passing through his heart killing him instantly. Another large secession of Bulgarians from the Greek to the Roman Church is reported. The Legislature of New Brunswick has abolished the death penalty, except for murder. The Comminioners of Emigration re porta the arrival of 435 emigrants at New York last week. Mr. Russell Scott, who built the Great Eastern, and could not get paid, has just become bankrupt. The U. S. Senate is now discussing a measure for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.

What Doe the South Wantt We look to a restoration of the Union. For that our soldiers die. For that the North is willing to pay. For that we shou-ld be willing to make all necessary sacrifices. Is it too much to ask, for the sake of restoring the Union, that the North should also

seek to deserve the confidences of the loyal men of all the States, South as well aa North ? Some days ainca we asserted that the people of the South entertains a fear that the lawa will not be impartially administered by the dominant party of the Nortb. and that this more than any other reason ; prevents the voluntary return of the majority of the Southern people to the Union. This proposition is denied by Ieadiag Republican presses. To prove its truth, we tecur briefly to past history. Governor Moore, of Alabama, less than seventeen months ago, addressed the Legislature of that State thus: 'I am no weessionist per se, and would like to contemplate our future glory as a nation could I have the assurance that the Union, upon the. basis of the Constitution, would be as durable as the hills and valleys embraced within the vast territorial limits of its jurisdiction." Governor Letcher, of Virginia, in a letter written just seventeen moats ago, said: " If the North will respect and uphold the rights of the States, the Union will be perpetual." A. iL Stephens shout the sitae time, said in the Georgia Legislature. I say to you, don't give up the ship; don't aoandon her yet. If she can be pos sibly preserved, and our rights, interests and security sustained, the object is worth the effort John B. Floyd then said in a letter: For one, I am not for secession as long as any honorable effort can he made to preserve the Union on a Constitutional basis. I believe that the great material interests of the country demand a reconciliation of the sections and the preservation of the Union.' A. 0. P. Nicholsoo of Tennessee, said, fifteen months ago: If I am not mis-taken in the entfrnent of Tennessee, cur people require an honest effoit be made to save the Union.' Gov. Brown of Tennessee, at the same time said: "I am for the Union as long as it can be maintained consistently with the compro mises of the Constitution, and I am for redressing the wrongs of the South in the Union by peaceful remedies, and until such remedies are exhausted by fair trill. Let our war cry be: The Union and the rights of all under it; its undivided fortune and glory.' Said Mr. Cobb of Alabama, a year ago last fall: I am not a secessionist. I desire peace. peace predicated on the principles cf the Constitution.' Said Jefferson Davis himself a year ago in December: The union of the States forms in my judgment the best government instituted among men. It is only necessary to carry it out in the spirit in which it was fcrroed. Lng have I offered propositions of equality in the Union. Not a single Re publican has voted for them We might quote sentiments of this purport without limit. They were then the honest sentiments of the great majority of the Soathern leaden. W believe thev are to-day the sentiments of the roas3 of the Southern people. What are we to infer from this? Simply that the mass of Southern men instinctively love the Union and the Constitution, that thev are not per te secessionists, and they are actuated in the present rebellion, not by hoet:lity to the nature of our Government and its constitutional principles, but by a fear that the dominant party of the North intends to deny them the rights guaranteed them by the fundamental law. It becomes a solemn duty of (he people of the North, therefore, to remove this apprehension, jand thus recover the confidence and allegiance of those whose hostility the unconstitutional measures of Northern States and the disunion sentiments of Northern presses have encouraged. To re-assure the masses of South ern men of the sincerely constitulioml put poses of the Nrth is to restore the Union. Is not the object which may thus be accomplished worthy any sacrifice of feeiing which the banishment of sectionalism from us might involve? We have only to adopt ihe counsel of WankinMon, and invest ourselves with the sjitit hith actuated our fathers in the adoption of the Constitution, and the fjreat work of restoring the Union is already more than half accomplished. Who that is a patriot can object? Milwaukee Sews, Arlington House. Gen. tet former ratniiotj, if now srj army hoepiul.

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