Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 51, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 January 1863 — Page 1
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DErVRTCRE Of TRAINS ROM PLYMOUTH STATION. WESTWARD BOUND TRAÜ C. V. & C. B. Ti:ne Tabl J. SUMMER? AR R A NOEMENT. EASTWARD. Laave Li Porte, daily? a. (SuntLy Excepted,))' Arrive at Plymouth, ln0 A. M. WESTWARD. Leave Plrmontli n P JArrive at La Torte ' M. Trains nm hr La Porte time, which is kept at nie.wn.cn 1 rcjh 1'.. V..i!r Jewelry Ftorr. ami is lo minutes slower; than P., Ft. W. k C U. R. time. j ll- n'J:hS"-z REEVE &, CAPRO.M, Attorney and Notaries, Plymouth, !Lhv1i.i11Co.; In l.,"pr letieein M ir-h dl m 1 a-lioiniüg countic. FlE.'KRt. Hih.-fHk V. Co.. flu'l; s,n.. !-i & Co.,New York, Cool-y,FarweIl V. Co., Co- V Jfc Er ;..CMci-o. l,mi m & Co., Phil.. ( Honette .V C-.Pi:t- Hon. A. L. (Lho.. , Cire.ii. Ju Ire, Liport.in i. JOHN S. B.DE Attorney at Law au l Rm1 Estate Agent, Knox, KnoK. Ind. Collections, Tax payln- an 1 examination ol . Title?, promptly attended to. 11 t- r J1 VKiillllr-J. DR. T. A. RORTOM. Phyici;nni'l Surgeon, ollit-e on Michigan street,
east va uj bound IBA.. western portions of the United .States the niÄ3 poculi:ir cllarFast Stock V'w m' i acteristios. which in all ages and in almost Lire Stock and Ex. Freight, 1 ,.tI . i . ,.r, ,1 1,,-. i;vir I oAl Freight .. nviJ P. M. ! evciy country have marked those liung
Diy Express anlM.i'd, i:Jr P' y ! This is more particularly the ca-o with llw Nipht Express, 4. VI p' V i hunters and trappers who follow their Local Freight 1 , 11 . . . , Through Freight jj;' J-j calling in the far west, as it is termed, and Fast Freight, "rpu ARDS, Aren't. ' j whoe virtues and whose vices alike are
wct sidr. over Hill's P.ikf-rv, where he may IK-j . . . ronvdtcd during oilu-, luä.ts. j c, V7.i: a tight lilting bucksn l;nn:i,. - - 1 shirt with h-.'-'ins and moccasins of the J. J ViNALL, . f Ilomcopath'cravsici.an. Ptriiciilar itter.tioTipa' l ! same material. A belt 01 undressed dcertoob'.totric practic, avA vmt? Ue 'jln buckled lOUlld h.S waist, SUDDortod a sroTnen,:ui'Miseascsof ehd-iren. oice over L. i ? r Palairr's store, corner Micuian ani Laportc heavy Cob's revolver on one ide, whih tireets.whehemayl.econte.l:,! allhom-s. . othyr wa3 ponded a hatlier
DR. O- BAIRD. S ririliuto im Je.UTSojt .u nvu .-onge,) r?iden?c au l olli ro ne.irShilt's Mill. Drenien, Ir.d. 3"i?ii iil i a'DR. A. O. BORTON, SargeoH D.-ntisf. Pinn nitli, Ih liaua. Wl.lo or rirtialsmofT?'!;.:!t-rUlcn tl.e r.-oM ' roved pi ins. Special att-nition pain to tho ! '. . . '. . ,1 reservation ol tl; R:itnri ttei 11. ami ti egn. aritrofChiMren's t-th eorrocfcl I- ,n;:s an d j nO.t-'I u"It!i or form. (";:n lcnsi;!tc ! at hloliice at any time t!H'eitoi vion'lavs aul i r- -itavs. : a o;i .Mic.ngin a.rc)f, west .'Hie, ovr it o II. it's Uikfr . f V.'iti EDWARDS HOUSE!. riy.TOUlh. Ind. V. C. Elwarls. Piopiietor Z Isiri vrs: H. 3- DICKSON Co., Uealrr in hardware of every dt'serijttinn, :il.o, i ton , tin, sheet iron, and coj.pt r ware BUCK &. TOAN, Pe ilers in llanl vare of very desenpf 5'mi, and ru mu'actiirers of Tin. Sheet-Iron and Cuj pcrware, .Michigan street. IIV fitMMls SC C-w "0-liS. J BROWNLEE. Di4!orin .Vyijoods of all kinds, roeries, wares ttc, Michigan street, Plymouth, Ind. C. P M IR , I)lerin Diy I od, flrocenc, etc., south side La Pir: street. NJ33DA'J.vr& DAVIDSON. Dea'er iu Croeerica and Provisieiis, cast side "f j M'n-hitran street. m - . . ' I Soot m V Shoos. " j 1 F. PAUL 1 , "." r . .... ,; Uiaier 111 bootsan l allocs, nianufictiiis all kind - - 1 of home work in h's line, Michigansticet, PIv mouth. Ind. G. BLAIN 8l Co. Drnrjjistsand confectioner?, west side of Michigan stref, Plymouth, In 1. , T. A. LEMON, Dealer in dm:, dnt', medicine, nof.ion, litrrarv s, ;;i;.rs, etc., north side Lapoite in l;' i)!iiif street, Plymouth, Ind. "Wat -hiti:i ki. JOHNM t H CEr.KEFt, Dealer in v.tclic?, clocks and jewelry, Plymouth Ind.,k?'ps constiintl v on hand clock?, watelio hre itt n:n. e ir rins. firiirer riic's. loeleta. i.t CIoc! n I watches, etc, repaired iu the !es j -jy---" fLi manner no.s.-oble. IJai-Ix-i-iii. MICrUEL GINZ, R ire and hair dresser, (West "Idc MIelozan utreet ou, litterons store) Plymouth, ,Ii;d. Everything in above business attended to by me in the best atyl. AV:iroiim:iLiiitf. C HASLANGER & BRO S, M innfaetareM of wumh, carriages etc. Rlack mithin, p.iinting r.nd graining done to order Xi --i-'. N. B. KLING ER, Proprietor " Buckeye Livery," opposite Edward House, Plymouth, InL n'27ly T. MCDONALD, n - i hirdw' storr, Plymouth, Id. Draw, deeds, mortsage5, bondi, and n-rec mcnts, sells lands, cxaiS;..L:i i7 r, -tract., of the lan4 .old for taxw PI" taxes and redeem
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The Europca peiiodicals often contain very curious stories relative to what their correspondents have seen in America. The folding one ut" lne hi test. It will do: Throughout the western ami southmid w.i v between savage and civilized life. not those of "dwellers in cities.' In them personal courage and endurance, fidelity to their word and a certain rudo simplicity of charac ter are found in conjunction with a total disregard for those laws by which society in more fettled communities provides for its own security. Their code of morality is, in fast, their own; and occasionally, as will be. seen by the following . 0i, n m.in. nivs its "V ' - dictates, into the perpetrating of a groat rime for the purpose of avedding the com- ! mission of what; in comparison, might bei i termed venial error About eight years ago I had occasion to tiavci through several of ti.o Southern' S.Tttes for the purpose of collecting various i!e!ts due a largfj Co-ki: dry good firm, of which I v. as one oft ho e!eik While in Texa- I stopped cua evening at a small town called Jackson, near tlio Mexican JYonti.T. :ind T-Ut UD at tho Oldv IlOtel the - 1 1 place c.uld b.a.-t. 1 had just seated myself at supper, wlu-n the (ijor opened. ha n tall ötronoly built man enteivd the room. w a t ?ohe'I ill the usual hunters COS -h.-atli, i-oiit ii'diy bov. ie ktdfe of formid abi: dsiiK-n-iof'S. He j laced the litla he carried in hand ngalnst the wall and then he j rot eed'-d to take oiF the belts which hung over his brawney shoulders, sustain . .hol ,..h ;ln j ..OU(Jer 0 ' ...!.: 1. ... .:. ... ' .. ..1 1 horn, -ie cui i ju-m v mHi-m .u.-i 1 e i 1 h(i Wo:1 (.f M)m exiorin .(j Having i.n!T (kiiVCI CU Ji;m ih, U:C Stranjger d:c.v a .-tool up to the fir. and placing Li ::. uscui.a- hands on his thiuhs, f eeineu ' '0 peer wi;h his keen cyv;- into the crack ling lire which roared up iho smutty chimney. As he li.td not saluted mc when ho enterid, as i; u-atal iu that section of ihel country, I look no notice of him; for I prejsumed his want of success iu huntim had j put him in an id humor, and it was n.t I improbable that if he discovered my gaze 'ixed pet tiuacioiisly upon him ho might be disposed to las en a quarrel upon me. 1 therefore directed my attention exclusively to the meal before me, but the knife and fork almost fell from my hands as his stentorian voice struck my ear; and in spite of myself a slight tremor stole through me as I heard the awful tonn in which he spoke tho last word. "Landlord, gdvo me some liqu- r; 1 have .. i moue The landlord glanced at his ruest and O besitated for a mom t,t, bnt the stranger raised his eyes; the effet t was magical; in an instant a weil lided whi.-key bottle and J a tin tumbler were placed on tho table before him. 'Landlord, hang that on tho rille; but stop, give me the knd'e fiist. And he handed the waist boll, pistol and scabbard to the host, whilo ho thrust his knife into tho bosom of his huntin-f j , . . . . , , , n I S,l,rt As nKt-pr r was obeying the i bidding of hi ; strange visitor, tho latter -j poured the tumbler full of whiskey and I tossed it off at 'a draught. j "Landlord," said lie again, "I want ! somthirg to eat --I've money to pay for i . ? ! l00. ihoio was a deep tone in his voieo as ho uttered these last words that disturbed me strangely. An additional plate was placed on the table and iho stranger seated himself opposite me. He had a fine facea careless independence in it which I liked; but the courteous manner in which ho eaid: '1 hope 1 ain't one too many lu re stranger," e.icited my surprise. I assured him that his company was agreeablo to me rather than otherwLo as I disliked eating alone. 'Enough said," answered he, 'there's my fist," and we shook Lards across tho table. His appetite was is porporlion to his bulk, and wo scarcely spoke again until after pupper, when he commenced; a conversation from which I discovered him to be a man of unusual natural ability, although rough and uncultivated in mind or manners. During our dialogue I evidently made a
favorable impression upon him, and in return for my courtesy he recounted many deer, wolf, and bear hunts, wiih such power that I was delighted. Tho conversation however after a time flagged, ar.d I fell into a train of musing on tho business that had brought roe to that part of tin; country. A gloom gradually settled over the face of my companion, fiom which, when I observed it, I endeavored in vain to arouse him. lie answered me courteouly, to bo sure, but very abruptly; and every now and then lie had recourse to the bottle until it was emptied. Landlord, fetch me more liquor."' ho called oui authoritatively; and he drank more a id more tili finally he fell from his stool; and as I n. tired to bed in an adjoining room, I heard his snoring ting through tl.e inn. Being much fatigued, haing traveled forty miles on horse back during the day, I slept until I felt a hand grasping my arm opening ir.y eyes, I saw the sun .shining through tho window and my companion of tho previous evening standing beside mo. "Slranger,'' said he, "excuse me, but 1 saw lat night that ou was a whole soulcd fellow, and I want you to go with mo." Where to?" I asked. The ju-tice's," ho replied. What for." "I've got something ou my mind it mi'st out I tried liquor last night, but couldn't keep it down. I ain't a dtinktng man, 110 how, and I feel like a dog.
j Come along with me and be my friend.'' Th re was a bold frankness in his manner that I could not withstand. I accordingly rosa and dressed myself, and we walked, together, to the house of the justice who lived about half a milj from the hotel. He sent down word to U3 t hat he would be up in a couple of hour-. Uut leU hi;n," said my acquaintance to the servant, "1 want to see him on a matter of life or death.'' ' Da's no iiso o' dut," grinnad the slave, "ma-sa don't care 'bout life and death till h get him sleep out." We left ti e hone, but John U lf, as my companion c tiled himself, made no further allusion to tha nature ot his business than to say, in answer to my inquiries, "When ve si o the judgo you'll know all." Wo returned to breakfast, at d lob served that Uolf tefused tho morning dram proffered him by the landlord, an I ate sparingly. Something was evidently preying on his mind, a. id I anxiously awaited the hour when I should receive an explanation of the mystery. The time came and v' wete ad.nited into the pre enco of the dispenser of jus lie w ho was a gentleman of weahh and education, rotund iu person, and apparently u:i excellent terms with himself an 1 the orld. "Well," said the judge. -rhat,s the matter?' "Why, you see,', replied Rolf, --three days ago I came down the river to Madi son to sell my furs and skins. I made a pretty good trade, but that very night I lost my whole pile at poker. I was dead broke, and hadn't a confounded cent left. Well tho next morning early, I started for this place, and, as I wouldn't chisel, I went without eating tho whole day. I lo; t in tho woods, and yesterday morning I got up as hungry n: a painter, a:ul as 1 walked along; thinks I, what am I to do? I never see game no scarce; there warn't so much a a souirel to be found. I'm ab,,vo cheating any man out of his dinner but I felt that a dinner I must have. Just then ft fellow comes riding along the road. I talked to him, and tried to boriow, sweating to pay at any place he might name in a veek but the critter told me that ho paid his way out of bis own pocket and he'd to little to divide.,' "How much have you got?" says I. "Tt fifty s-iys he. "Now,' thinks I, "that is too little to divide. So while ho was looking another way, I 6hoots him threugh tho bead and gin him a decent burial as I could under an old log. and took tho two dollars and a half. Rut it ivon't do; my conscience misgives me. I'm sorry for it and wih tho feller had his money back if he could only bo alivo. Rut, between you and 1, its to late for that, I think I ought to bo hung." The judge called his black boy, ordered three pipes mid tobacco, and wo smoked in silence. "Then you really think yon ought to bo hung," he said, with some compassion, as ho whiffed a cloud of smoke towards the ceiling. "I do, in iact," answered Rolfe, emitting a similar volume of vapoj. The judge enioked and considered again. 'Well, we'll try to hang you," he added. There was gratitudo in Rolf's eyoa ho replied: 'Thank you, that'll case toy conscience."
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The judge knocked tho ashes from his pipe and spoke. "Well, come hero iu half a:i hour. I'll try to get a jury.,' Rolf and myself, laying our pipes on the table, were about Laving, when the judge asked us to take a drink, which having done been we bade him good morn-' 1 .g. At the expiration of the half hour we re turned, when we found twelve men smoking and drinking with the magistrate, awaiting us. We were politely requested to sit down. "Xow," said Judge J . addressing himself to Rolf, "tell these gentlemen what you have aire any told me." Whereupon Rolf repeated the statement he. had before made. "Xotv, gentlemen' conti;. tied the first speaker. "1 wih you to say of this gentlemen Mr. Rolf, guilty or not oUiitv o! murder. In addition to what he has bai-1, I will observe, for your information, that 1 have sent out, and have found the body just where he stated it to be." The Jury fcmoled, rosa up. took a little brandy and water and then .set down again, and smoked iu bilence for some time. At last one of them, who appeared to be the foreman, said; 'The case is tolerably clear, and we rather think he's guilty." "There's more tobacco 011 the table," said the j i lge to Rolf, "the best you can find anywhere you've heard what these gentlemen have said well," he continued a little uneasily, "I don't like to tell you in my own house; but " '"Let there be no hindrance," replied Rolf, refilling and lighting his pipe. "Well, then..' said the J it'ge, ,fcome here at twelve o'clock to morrow, and I'll have you hung'' m R lf looked disconcerted and appeared mortified at the idea of asking a favor. "You von have bi-cn so kind to mo," said he, -Hhat I hardly like to ask you for anything more."' "Not at all," replied the judge, ''out with it. von arc wile one to it before von ask. "Weil," said Rolf, -I wish to morrow is my ague day, and the shakes comes on at eleven if you would be so god as to hang me at ten." Willi the greatest pleasure," answered the good heancd judge, shaking R df by the hand, ' ten let il be." Accoidingly .Toh:f Rol f returned to the inn, paid his bill and the next morning he was hung as the c'ock struck ten. 'S'o llic L'rct-JiicH j;k" bi:(!2a::;iThi committee in Oetohor last had the honor tc addie 3 you at some length, by way of review of the controlling causes, and congratulations in our State. Since that date, other and powerful States have nobly j responded to and imitated your example, m condemnation of the radi al and revolulionary measures then inaugurated, threatened by the administration of President Lincoln. The most gtatifying evidence is j apparent everywhere, that tho people the j true source of political power, and tho only safe custodians of political and religious liberty are becoming thoroughly aroused to tho magnitude of the danger which threatens to overturn and supplant tho rule of tho Constitution .and the integrity of the law. They have acted on the solemn truth that "Eternal vigilanco is the pike of liberty." In contemptuous disregaul of tho reient expressions of opinion by the people of this and other States, tho party controlling the Federal Government continue to persist in its radical, revolutionary and dishonest ca ner, and refuses to accept tho popular rebuke as addressed to them, or worthy to secure their consideration, It stands defiant before tho voice of tho people, and deaf to the verdict of condemnation bulled at its head. Iu advocates and apologists attempt, by all manner of ui.sisgcnuous arguments, based upon false premises, and scarcely attaining tho dignity of respectable pretexts, to explair. away or piaiify. or utterly to ignore, that rebuke. That party is daily hantening on events of the most mischievous import, the injurious influences of which may not cease to operato for a century to come. They dieply imperil the present and futuie prosperity of the tation, and the very existence d ur most cherished righta and liberties, The Executive of tho country, as if in solemn mockery uf constitutional limitations upon his power and ambition, and of the plainest dictates of justice and humanity, has declared ' free" thrco millions of a subject race, and invited them to nsseii their freedom become the guests of the nation, to bo harbored and protected, and fed at tha expense of tho pcoplo of tho loyal Slates. This gift of freedom to that raco --aMiiiBt his own declaration of want of power will become fruitful only of idleness, demoralization and mbory to tho negro a most pestiferous and disgusting
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helpless victims of the exhausted patience j intelligence. Procure such documents as Ot the white race. In his vain attempt to shall be useful iu producing a healthy elevate tho negro, the oppression and deg- j conservative sentiment, and actively in faradatiou of tho white laboring man will be. vor of upholding the Government of your the wicked result a policy which cries to 'fathers against the destructive tendetisy of
the nation for a bold, manlv and unvieldinir i opposition. Men of Indiana! You condemned that schema of plunder of yourselves and vourj children, at the ballot box in October, but your servants at Washington have dared to overrule your decrees. Will you submit to the "abolition confederates" whom Doulas denounced, and will you allow a dcrailea race to s hare em?i!Ir tlm .i5! PrtMMf. ed to the dignity a:-;d glory of the wh'le! race? Tho decision of that question is j yet, thank Ilearen, m yo ;r own hands! From the beginning of this rebellion, the President and his advisers have utterly ignored and neglected the great duty of pacification or honorable adjustment. No wiio government, founded on the sovereignty of the States, can long disregard this great conservative principle of the public peace. Here wo panse to contemplate the. language of Henry Clay used in the U. S. Senate, in lt"3, on tho nullification acts of South Carolina: "If there be any who want civil war, who want to see the blood of any portion of our country tpilt, I am not one of them. I wish to see war of no kind; but above all, I do not desiro to see a civil war. When war begins, whether civil or foreign, no human sight is competent to foresee when, or how and where it is to terminate. But when a civil war shall bo lighted up in the bosom of our own happy land, and armies are marching, and commanders are winning their victories, and ileets ate in motion oa our coast, tell me. if you can, toll me if any human being can teil its duration. God rdone know, where such a war would cmL in w hat a state will our institutions be KL? In what a state our liberties? I want r.o war, and above all no war at home. Has not the State of South Carolina been one of the members ol this Union "in the days that tried men's souls:" Have not her ancestors fought along side our ancestors? II.ivo we not conjointly won together mauy a gl nioug battle? If Ttt.i lljl til ttt Int." o ftnl! vi irti!i L-lii.li n .. .... ..... i. v.. .1 n.n ..4Vi . S ate, how would it terminate? When-iv-it should have tern mated, what would be her condition? If she sho.dd ever return to the Union, what would be tho condition of her feelings and .-iiectioiis? What the state of the heart of her people? She has been with us before, when her ancestors miii'ded in tho thron: of battle, and as 1 hope our posterity will mingle with hers, for ages and centuries to come, in the united defense of liberty, and for the honor and glory of the Union. I do uot wish to see her degraded or defaced as a member ol this confederacy." We place in opposition to tho insane cry of i-No compromise no peace," the noble words of Kentucky's lofty patriot, tli 3 gallant old Whig leader: and if the idiots and madmen who rule this hour have the power to min their beloved country, in the lace of his solemn w arning-, let pos terity judge who has been gu.Jty of this great national suicide. Wo desire to see no State "degraded or defaced as a member of this Confederacy." Wo are for the Union as it wa, and those who are not wo denounce as traitors to tho hopes of mankind. The nation is alroadv well nijrh bankrupt by reason of the necessary expenditures of the Government and the unpunished plundcrings ol its oliicers, agents, contractors and stock jobbers, and yet it is proposed that we shall become tho purchasers of another million of the negro race in tho Dorder Stales; at an expense of mauy hundred millions of dollars more. In short, the war, in its inception; professedly prosecuted f r tho suppression of the rebellion upon principles consistent with the Constitution and common honoty, ha become, to a disgusting extent, a war for the abolition of slavery, prosecuted in tho spirit of "passion," rail er than true patriotism, and characterized by vaeiliating imUcility hilhcrio unprecedented ia Iho history of civilized nations. In this j-re.it inicrgency of our countiy, we beg leae again to pppeal to tho people of all shades of conservative opinion, lo j come to tho rescue, and aid, in every pos sible ami rightful manner, to snatch fiom impending ruin our country, her sacred institutions, and the liberties of the people. To this end, wo icspt ctifuljy but earnestly urge you to assemble frequently in county, town and neighborhood meetings, and, like men yet free, consider the condition of your country, a.nl what its welfare demands from you and your servant, Iho Presiden. Give such public expression to your convictions .as shall entialo them to consideration. Organize; yourselves into Democratic Union Club or Associations, for tho cultivation and dis-
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semination of correct political opinions and the Abolition and tvrannic.il doctrine nf tho socalled Republican party. Have qnalified speakers to address your meet'nS3 aut- -et every member speak himself. These Clubs should be the rostrums cf the people the school-houses which 6ball send forth, from the humblest walks of life; orators of constitutional freedom. Have rouR mstixgs open to all. Invite jour opponents to zttend your meetings; and give them a hearing. Let your discessions bo free and open to all who will partlcipate in them. Truth needs no con cealment: The Government is upon your shoulders, Tropic of Indiana, and if your Union and Constitution is rescued from the ruin which impends over it, the People the unpurchased freemen of America must be the architects of their own po litical salvation. GEO. McOUAT, Ch'm. J. 0. CINGHAM, JAS. D. WILLIAMS, M. l. GERTi, M. W. SHIELDS, GEO. HI DD EX. EDMUND JOHNSON, THOMAS DOYv'LING. R. S. HASTINGS, J. A. TAYLOR, S. W. SPKOTT, J. R. COFFROTII,
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Democratic State Central Committee. LxDiANAroLlo, January 8th, 18G: - - . A Convent ion of !c M;?lcs. We tru. t that immediate action will be taken by the proper authorities in he loy al States to procure a convention of all the States. If peace can bo restored and the authority of tho government be re-estab lished upon the old basis, it would be hailed with heartfelt, joy by a vast majority ol all our citizens. It would be opposed on ly by tho g tiaitotoas fanatics that have denounced and anathematized the constitu tion and Union. If Congres- refuses to move in the matter, as the present one doubtless will, those, northern States hav ing democratic and conservative LegiMai I... . . .1. ...f . -1 0 , iu;es, suouia inmate me prope measures for the calling of the convention, and, join ing with tho border St'tes, urge'upon the South the n cessitv of tho action for the adjustment of our diiiieulii-. s. The terms of settl -nient may be very properly left with the convention. Its action should not be embarrassed by premature discussion. A . settlement agreed upon by the entire body of the seceded States, by the border and conservative democratic Stales, would compel respect and obedience. New England would much rather sacrifice her fanaticism than her connection with the Union. If 6ho will not cons?::t to terms of peace acceptable to the balance of tho Union, she can step aside. If there is a hope remaining for the restoration of tho government, it is in a peace that will secure lo every section of our confederacy tho sacred guarantees ol tho constitnTo:!. Tiro impossibility of subjugating the South has been fully demonstrated. Tho contest, as at present waged, will only exhaust both parties, without i leading to any decisive results. Lis non sense to talk of our exterminating five and a half millions of people such as wo have been lighting for the last two years. Extermination is tho abolition panecea, advocated by its Governors, pulpit and press. The country can never bo relieved from its ills by these fanatical quacks. It is sick unto death and requires tho tivatment of tho o! J Aiiopathi that have brought il safely through so many dangers. Let them meet in council and prescribe tho proper inatmeat. Tho patient has been Lied enough, heaven kr.ows, and tho Smgrados that have 1 een in charge must j -t-ck employment elsewhere. Wo want peaco upon honorable terms. Ry accept ing and offering tho old constitution and Union, wo can obtain it, if at all. The South can fairly accept these, as wo can laiily oiler them. Wo require from them only that which we impoee upon ourselves. 1 1 "Jiay be urged that these terms have already been o'dered and lej cted. TliCT have never been ofieied in such a manner that the majority of tho 'people iu the South could practically act upon them. At the time of the passage of the Crittenden resolution, the people ol tho Southern Slates, if a fair canvas could have been obtained, and they could have been assured of the steadfast adherence of the North to the spirit of that resolution, would hive given a largo majority in favor of the Union. Tho citizens of tho seceded States wcro then controlled by tho leaders of secossio i. Since then their passions have been inflamed by fanatical an'l vindictive legislation, and by cruel ami unjust cxaoions of mili'arv commandants.
They are now weary of war and blood, and will listen to terms of peace tha: 0 may honorably offer and they may honorably accept. They never will listen to dJjrading terms. They never will consent, f;r an instant, to suspend the war while' the emancipation proc'amation is held to be effective by the officers of the govern
ment. A ( TTW. . t. r, ......1 1 1. . . s, -u,u resuii 0 no injury, l H W , ...Ving ui u oiienr. uui we confidently believe that there i yet conservative patriotism enough in our country to redeem it and place il upon its old foundations. At all events, the Slates would test the opinions of both northern and southern statesmen and indicate ike courre that must be pursued to escape from the present labyrinth of horrors. It is not absolnfelr nV 'OCJO r flint 1. ,-C.l 111 J ".-j.!, mat. iiierej-nouid De an cl durin tli e sesiion of the conver?tion. If this 15 madt v. ii vi viujrrc tion, it can be removed.- Chicago Ttmes. Cov. RoMuson' If esusc. On the 8th inst., Gov.JRobinson. of Kentuck, delivered his Annual Message to both Houses of the Legislature at Frankfort. On the subject of slavery he discourses at great length. To President Lincoln's seh-me of compensated emancipation, ho is wholly opposed; and cn the emancipation proclamation, he: recommends the Legislature to pa a resolution to tho effect that the State rejects it- as a State marking her own domestic policy protests agnit.st nny interference with that policy, as unwarranted by tho Con stitution. Continuing his remaiks on fnat frrbject the Governor gives the opinion of Kentucky thereon, and then proceeds to sound the alarm at that monstrous doctrine of the President and Lisr. abolition cohorts, by which he has usurped the powers of tho Government under the tyrant' plea military necessity. Thus the position of Kentucky is known; and she, with the western and central States, must be heard, and their just demands conceded. Tho Governor tndy says the day is unquestionably near at hand, whe n the people will come to the rescue. Here are hisconcluding remarks: ' But by fir the most alarming aspect in which the proclamation presents itself, is 'ts usurpation of the powers of the gov ernment upon the spuri. us pretext that the President sincerely believes it to be an act of justice, warranted by tho Constitution upon military necessity. If military necessity is not to be measured by constitutional limits, we are no longer a free people. Tho sword has become paramount, and the mil authority subordinate. ' This monstrous doctrine has already received an indignant rebuke from the people themselves. Tho great States of New York, Ohio, Indiana, New Jeitfv and 111inois, in their recent elections, have put their veto upon it. and later returns indicate that Connecticut and other parts of New England will soon add their emphatic condemnation. "Indeed", it is apparent that the people are aroused to a Sciiso 0f the dagger that attends their constitutional liberties, and will in good time come to the rescue. Until that day, which is unquestionably near at hand, arrives, it becomes Kentuckv to maintain the position sdie has hitherto occupicd. The iidUlit!-nts AitalnM Sccrctary Mitnton. The fact that the present Grand Jurv have failed to find any indictment agninM Secretary Stanton must not be taken as an indication that the mvter ha been abandoned. i, On the contrary, the prosecution will be conducted wiib renewed vigor. There was not feuflieicnt time for the December Grand Jury to do mcro thin commence an invistig tion and accumulate evidence. It is up n this evidence together with such additional testi mony as snail be brought before them, that the Grand Jury, summoned for the January term, will be called upon to hi". And we tlo not haiard much iu predicting that before the 15ih ;f January shall Iihv passed away, a requisition from Goverror Seymour will demand of President Lincoln the person of Edwin M.Stanton to answer certain indictments brought against him in the: Court of General Ssions for tho peace in and for the city and countyof New York. A. 11 Arius.' J 'No Bound ought to bo heard i i tb. church but the healing voice of Chiis:irtn charity. Those who quit their pr.qe: character to asuume wh.it does net 1. to them, are, for the gnatei part, ignorant. both of the chaiacter they l-av Hpd tl o chaiacter they assumy. They know r othing of p lilies but the pa-siot s th v x cite. Surely ihc church is a pla e one day's truce ought lo be allow d to ti.o discussions and animosiiic o- mankind." Edmund Rurke:
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