Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 4, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 12 March 1863 — Page 1

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YMO BEMOCRÄ r TT "HERE LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOÜOHT BY GAIN." VOLUME 4 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAKCH 12, 1863. NUMBER 6 WHOLE No. 162.

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H 11. Timo rral)lo. ' I., Fl. AV.cVtTinieTaMc.j WINTTIt ARRAM'tiJiLA i. j irilTCKE CT TKMS FROM rLTMOCTH STATION. IaTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Dt Espres and Mail - M NtDxnres,, :;W;5JP; rn Mink, ;,:, n.mp r Live Stuck and Ex. trei'ht, J.onP M Local Frticht UUr-.M. WEiTWARD BOUND TRAINS. Dat Hxpres and Mail, Night Ex res, Local Freight Through Freight r-;.Ttit 7:02 P. M 6:47 A. M 4:33 p. M 3:56 A.M. " 3:05 P, M. S.R.EDWARDS, Agent. C. I. & C. U. K.Jlme Tabic. SUMMF.RARRANGEMEN'T. EASTWARD. Ltara La Porto, diilv? 8.45 A. M. (Sundays Lxce:ted,) Arriv at Plymouth, 1030 A. M. WESTWARD. WePlvmouth 3:00 T. M. .: T - TWt 1:DU 1 . M. . . t . r .... .i,:r, Wnt it TMintnm tt hl Ii nr llllir. n.m" F. VYil Jewelr? 'tore, and b minutes slower tiu P Ft. W. C. R. R timp. ttl"r- II. R. DRULlNER.Supt. .1 I 1 - . 1 I A.t i orneys. REEVE 8l C APRON. A.tornpy m i Notaries, Plvmouth, Marshall Co., Itil nra-ficein M-irhaIl and adjoiniiig counties ' Rcrr.Rtn RAeuck Co., Phelps.Dcdgc iL Co.,Ncw York, CooI-y.Farwell & Co., (io'-'d i Clrcuo. L'Vid'Ki k Co., Plnla., Renette t C.. Pi.t-!.".rsti. Hon. A . L. Oibo,: . Cireui: Jul?e, Lport,lnJ. " JOHN S. BEN'DE , AruTntIiiww.lU'l Estate Agent, Knox, V Tn 1 rr . n.r.In' nnd eriTi.tir.(ifin of Titl, prfmptl aitende:! to. V 'Ol.KCkiUllBt 1 u-'-'-n3-W DR. T. A. BORTON. rT!ct.innJ ar -im,of!i,-c on Micliisar trret. wttnide.orer Hili' Raker) . whore he raay he t-aslted diirin: ou's huv.rg. J. J VINAI.L. tloaieoaahirPliTH'cian. PirticulaTittentionpaid t.r;c n;-A..t;e. and chronic dUeasc -.f iroiaen. and lNe.veri-)fc!r.ldrf!i. f.i.ee over C. PtWi-rN .tnre. c.-ra?r V.i hi--M :vl Lj.ortr tireetf.whchemTocftn'uitf.iat allliour. 1 na"o BÄIRD .Irt-Jau of J.T.t-mi M-n.-i! (' Uce.) rfsi dse ta t ori r Mill.t'rravn, Ir.d. l)i;xti4tiy. Sir.'eon ji.it't. Pix '!t!i, 1'idi oii. Whole or yi-:;Ntts of lV.-tl; inserted on the mot approved i!mn. S;:-e! tl ..ttcn'in j;tid to the j.. i . f ..... i. i : .....lvreserv . .mi ni i ie iMi'irai irr.ii, tii j ui.i.h it of C.idren tit! .-orrff.ted Fan-! and ; ii.calt tc-t' "xtrit.1 i:-, .,r w:t!ii fh!r- ! r.. r.n' a-mm!i!i,.,1 it iu,i:::i e it aiivlimr ! i'.l , IJ. v , r., - . I xrpto:i 4 ti htvit 'j 1 Ti!.!:i vs. .... I .... i, i

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.. - ; I lote!. rrnprii-f.r PlT.nith. In! W. C Klvirli, list warf. H. B. DlCKSOr-J Co.. D't in Wir l-vji ci rv dvrn;.!ion, a!o. . erv dvrription, a!o. fidiei.iin, !ieftiri;iieu-IYr i CUK Si, "TOAN, .' :Ur i,i IIirJMr of very deennti'-n, nsina:inrof Tin. .S!it-Iron and Copj-er- j ware, MiO'Mtrm st; e-rt. j Ia--v Ciotli V Ci rocerir J BnOW.NILEE, D!erin -r;ood ot'a'l kin !, iroerU-n, "jrcF ttc, Mie!isn ttrt, Plymouth, Ihd. Dinl-r iii D j flood, (Irweeriti, etc., south side NJS53AUM Ä. DAVIDSON. D'er'B Crx;eri3 and Proviiieri!, east side of Michigan Htrrct. I 5t i V Slioef. E. PAUL. Dja!irin SvU -tn 1 h'es. m.inuf.ctuis all kind of h'me work ir his line, .Michigan street, Ply Mouth. I rid. rr .. ... x.. -: r r . G BLAJN Si, Co. Dru?ittnd confectioners, wen tide of Michigan Ftrftft, Plytnwuth, lud. T. A. LEMON, Di!r in dnis, medicines, notions, literary m.iazinrg, p4pr?, etc., north side Lapotte ;rit, Plymouth, Ind. AVsttfliiiiitli;i. JOHN M H OEMKER, Ptaeria' tchrs, clocks and jew Iry, Plymouth Ia.I-.keeos c jn-t.intly on hau 1 clock, w:ttch'S Hrtst pins, ear rins, finder rin,"s, lockets, etc Clocici inl wtehc3, etc., repaired in the be Manner podibI. iSiii!ciiii. MICHEL GINZ, BArWer and h.iir dresser, (We.t iile Michinn trr!t over P.iOerson store) Plymouth. ,Ind. Ererythinin the alwvc l)usinessattended to by me in lhe lcat -tyl. Wnoitmstlciiir. C HASLANGER St BRO S, V ifitifAturers of'vr.i'rain, c irri iies etc. Plack i.nithing, painting .:nd graining done to order Iivcry. N. B. KLINGER. Pr nrietor ftuckeye Livery," opposite Edward iijui?,r-jmouth,Ind. n27ly . -H j Vj:oiic?y. T. MCDONALD, Ral estate agent and notary public, offic in cksoir hurUWiire store, Plvmouth. Ind Draws deedi, mortgages, bond, and asree mtreta, sella lands, rxaininestitlesand furnishes Khur ict of thnaame, pajataxeaand redeem

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lhe loliowing is an extract, irom mon. delivered a few weeks ago, by BUh--n Grace Church, Providence, Khofle island, ueiore an ui-menac wiicgution. It h a fervent prayer fur peace, and does honor to both ihe head and hoart of this justly celebrated Episcopal Divine. Iiishop Clark's text was from Lamenta ; tioi s v, lb: "The crown h fallen from our head. Woe unto us, for we have sinned!" After a reference to the sad picture of reverses which the prophet describes in the book of Lamentation., the Bishop proceeded to show the application of his lan guage to the coudition of our country i;t present. "We have fallen upon evil days, and tho heart of the nation beats with agony. I do not wish to say a word that shall deepen ihe "loom; we must look the facts iu the face ; we must be willing to see wher we stand, and what dangers threaten us. The crown of prosperity has fallen from our lu'uli rl hera la no susDenion in i no - upeiation8 of business. There are many who are making money as they never did before. By a ei gla turn of the wheel, some find themselves rich wLo were poor yesterday. There could never be a better tin e for shrewd and daring speculation. Money is a drug, when a man has made his half a million, he docd not know what to do with it. for he teela there is no paj er which may not be r;tgs in a year, no Block which may net have a stand t till. Nothing is safe but gold and land; and the former can be had only at ruinous rates tha Uttr mAv Yield no nicme. e 11 '.J b 1 1 V " J have a sort of hectic prosperity, but the vliu! or-r-ms ro diseastd. We have an . -. r abundant currency an overabundant cur r, my becau-e it is fictitious, a "promise ,(,-.v knows is a lie t ' ' ThU show of prosperity cannot last long ..re l j.,wir,r the bubble larger and ; larger f ry day, and it grows thinner as jit expand. It glistens gloriously in the hui.thine lor a numen but it wi l burst suddenly and vanish into space. We have er.ns.d tu accumulate the truo material of p - st erity, producing and manufacturing ..bur.dantly. Kvery otic know that 60n the supply will b much larger than the Jeman J. and we are spi ct ating upon the .n t:v,r calamity, if. j ii.il i u"v mo "'J . ftl . ..T! il .. .. . . I t n int nr j I Iinn . !riiU'- ari" i,rts'v,:il'f'r an' m-n" Imn of

i i ... . i l. .1.: . 1 yield. ng to the temptation, ihe mot (its- ! urm- tiling in H.3 present H.arnur.g ui h in lb In.-t tUt so ma: v loyal ciliUns ;-re Improving the opportunity to .mass et.onnous pro.i-s t irautiuit m 'Pn uUti'.ms iinjn lla mi-er:es o! tlu conn- , , . . . . . 'ry. I hare seen ir.o re.Miiw oi tins at H(-lii!,!n, in forms lhat make men' b'.ood curiile with indigtiH'.ion. I have Been . , , , hfxtvlf.la. f:ir1 iished with supp.i s lor wlixn the cociracSorH were paid a gei;erous piice, ami tho poor creatures turned away with loathing from the nau-eous tultances laid up on their hot and fevered lip9. Here at the North wo abolished slavery when it ceased to be profitable; but down to the present hour the very name ot African U a term of indignity and reproach. Wc cast coi tempt on him because he is weak. Wj exclude l.im n3 far as we can from every station of responsibility, no matter what bin qualifications may be, and would be glad to b rid of him alto gether. I hold no Utopian views upon this sub. ject. I never believed that the relation of master and slave is of necessity a sin. 1 always thought that evil needed to be carefully and judicious!) handled. Again, we have sinned, as "a nation, in the persons of our representatives and rule! a. Is it tho wise forethought and sober judgment and deliberate wisdom of tho community which determine-t who shall be our rulers? How are they nominated? How are they elected? How do they con duct themselves after they arj elected? Do they never take bribes? Do they rep resent the country or tho party that elects them? Do they decide upon every question by its merus? Are they always sober, temperate, chaste, free from all obscenity and profiineness? Do they always utter their honest convietions? Whenever a measure is proposed for action, do they ask "Is it wise and id it right?" and to determine how they will vote? Alas! the ciown of glory is fallen from our head, and there h no hope for the country until the people rije in thirniight and say "Wo will no longer have profligates and fools to rule over us." The descent has become so low that it is conaid. ered an impropriety to apeak of the object in a Christian pulpit. Politics mean party, and this u out of place in the houso of God. I think the world have found out clearly enough wo are weak. We are not weak in numbers and resources, but wo are weak

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in that efficient acticn whL'h comes of faith earnestness and unity of purpc.se. We have made many awful sacrifices to nopurpose. We fallow up nothing so that it tells substantially upon tho final is-ue. Tho fault is laid here and there and everywhere, and there ae none so positiv1 in their cenure as those who know nothing cf tho fact. O that unity of the nation might be restored in the bond of perpetual peace!

We will sacrifice everything but principle for this. Blow fiom the South, O winae of God, acd bring us the tidings of reconciliation and love! Blow from the North, 0 winds of God, and carry back themc8sage of fraternity and peace! Scatter the darkness, roll away the cloud, and give unto us all once more the sunshine of tranquil rest! Under the shadow ol thy wings wc make our refuge, 0 God give us Pflace. CO JIM IMCATIOX . Editor Democrat: Figures have no poetry in them; Figures deal with fact. ergo, figures are great re allies. Just take the'Ceiisus ol 1800, com piled by one Kennedy. Kennedy must be a patient fellow, and I do believe Kennedy is a hero don't wtmt to bo a MajorGeneral, hae a separate command, and all that sort of thing. Kennedy benefits man kind and believes in fncls. Do you know why9 Kennedy deals in figures, lie says "Having indulgid in no theories and with no prejudices to sustain it will be my aim to preent fatls, impartially." Think of a man in this day ai d gencrat.on, iu the great whirlpool of dispatim, fraud and awful legislation, Washington, (O, that the name could be changed, since liberty has fallen!) in these days of pressure and oppression, a man doiiu hia duty, and being a faithful public servant. Yet tell it out, that such is Kennedy! These figures in full cannot go to every man's home; most men would think them stupid; (O, stupid men!) but yet to many they would be of interest :tn i to I hae noted a few matters of state interest, thinking that i itch a compilation would not be out at' the way. Indian;: is the sixth Slate in the Union, having an area of!J3,S09 6ijnare mi!o, and a population of 1 3"0, US. Tliis popula .ion is di vi. led thus: white, males iI3o4S, fei&als-s, G-15.3C2. Of fiee colored ihe ta, ,4 j j ic, ami ol Indians tl.ere Mnau: . . . . .. . . 'ZW; the p! k v of th Jr coloi.i .-..it ion b.bg a siting E'.in." 'lhe ilfeHths in or.e year, 1S50-C0. wers , ,5 oor) f ,jiP5C tlt. p,rrj,-st uuiu!j r t'ving Lom l&e cau,c w re 17.Mt from oon8Ullip L. Qf v:olent ,l;iaB tlro w ro 6ü3. , awi, l;fl CM0 of yeow pVver ;9 r,pf,nlP(1 OI implored lands there are 8,101,717 acres, and the value of Aik-ultural imp!ements standa $70'.).GI5, being rm increase of 3. 6 1 per cent, over thv estimat ed value of lSfjü. Tho " Archemedian Lever" is well' rep resented. There are of "wea(c)klies," 154. and these irculate 134, COO copies, and V Dailies, with a circulation of 8,801 copies. I believe readers are generallv estimated as 3 to 1 . The miles of R tiUay arc 2,1 2G 090. Of ci;ies Indianapolis has a poptilati nn of 18,61 1. IV rt Wayne " 10,388. Lafayette ' 9,fi7. Itiehmond 6;G03. Laprrtrv 5,07. Tho city having tho Urgst increase ii Lafayette, and the city of New Aibany is entirely omitted. Of Counties the most populous is Mari on, and our neighbor of Stark the least. Marshall County has 12,722 inhabitants, and wo find ic this numlcr 3 "Americans of African d.Y (?) " I will furn ah from timo to time, if agreeable, other facts of general or State interest from the same source. X. Congress have set up a Military Dicta torship. They have put into the hands of the President almost unlimited control of tl sword and the purse. The Congoription bill sets aside the authority of the S; ites over tho militia, makes every able bfdied citizen between the ages of twent and forty-five years, with inüinificaut ex ceptions liable to the direct and arbitrary call of the Prosident for military 5e main the war, and subjects persons to summa ry arrest for undefined oftances; and the Finance bill, in the shape iu which it will no doubt pass, strikes down the banking institutions of tho States and gives the Federal government the monopoly of the paper money circulation and aathority to issue it in untold millions. These two measures are designed to subjugate State .sovereignty and persona! liberty. Hut one mor6 measure is needed to make- the Pres ident as absolute as tho Czar of Russia, and that is power,. which he has hereto fore usurped to susend the habeas corpus and declare martial law every whore. Wo havo said that tho Con-cription bi

makes evr able-bodied citizen, betwe n certain ages and with certain exceptions, liable to the direct and arbitrary call of the President for m lilafy service. If this were the sunple provision, the fairness and equality ofit, as between citizens, could not be denied. Bnt this is not the

simple provision. We subjoin the provision in the ex-ict words of the bill: Sec. 13. And be it further euacted, That any person drafted and notified to appear as aforesaid, may on or before tha day fix ed for his annearance furnish an accemable substitute to take his place in the draft, or may pay to such persons as the Reoreta ry of war may authorize to receive it, in such suras as tho Secretary of war may determine, not to exceed three hundred dollars, for the procurement of such substitute, and there upon the said person futnishinsj a substitute or paying the money shall be discharged from any further liability under that draft; but any person failing to report after due service or notice as herein described without furnishing a substitute or ravin? ihe reouired sunir , ii i" i i . . , therefor, 6hall be deemed a deserter, and phall be arrested by the Provost Marshal and Sent to the neatest military post for trial by a court martial; unless, upon prop er showing that he is not liable to do mil itary duty, the Baird of Enrollment shall relieve nun irom me until. i i .1 t. . The simplest mind will c-mprehend the wrong and oppression of this provi-ion Exemption may be purchased by every person who can and will pay to the gov ernment the sum of three hundred dollars, but there is no exemption for the person who cannot pay three hundred dollar Th man of millions, with immense inter9ts in the went cf the war, may purcha: exemption as cheaply as the moderate in means, while tho man of poverty, with family derendent on hi3 uailev labor, and

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the war, muit rppond to the consctiption by his person, because it is morally im-r-nov ilitj tl-il Vin Ii ii 11 rnaniind to it Kr . , . iiiiit tho pavment ol threo hudnred dollars. The provision will, whether it wa so designed or not, relievo New England and r.ll the old settled districts of the country o tho hardships of the war, and east those hardships u; on the West. In New Eng land, where iverv man, woman and child his be. n making mor.ev by the war, then ary few men wh- cannot purchase cxemp lion from the draft. Il is in the Wear, a here the Agricultural clas", especially, ha6 been MiILriug lenibly in its pecuniary re sources bcai'.-e of tho war where the pioneers in the settlement of the country I have all th y can do, by labor the hardest. and economy the most rigid, to make their "ends meet." at the close of the vear, whero the farmers are burning tl.eir corn for futil, since it i. cheaper than wood or coal and have tor months b en com pi lied to deny themselves many of tho nccs-aries of life, and are to d iy i:i fearful want ol clothing which they lave not wherewith to buy it is in the West, we say, that the conscription will carry diemay ard leave desolation in its track. Chicago Timse. Vcxv lucstion About the Conficrlptloii. Joliet, III. March -1. lo the b.i.tor of Hie Uucago limes: As the conscript act lias now become a

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law. many ol your realers have some Iu - t!o anxiety lo know relative to the followmg question.: 1. ill all the States be assigned new - . quotas under tho proposed call of GOO.000 men without thoso Slates having just fur nished their quotas under the last call, some 120,000 men beiii": still deficient? 2. Will the concript act be enforced in 'he West, as has been the draft, and Mas sachiuetts bo allowed to postpone the enforcement of this act, as she has been al - lowed to postpone the draft? 3, Will iho.e States whieh enlisted their soldiera for twelve months, some 300,000 of whose time of enlistment will expi.e in May and June, be compelled to furnish its proportion of them? 4. Would not tho compelling of those States whose soldiers will soon return home to fill their patces with n.w men, obv.ate tne. nece8ty oi caning ouu,uuj new soldiers into the field? 5. What haa become of that immense host which was promised by Governors Andrewand Yates on theisuingof the emancipation proclamation? C. What has become of the :K0,000 neirro soldiers whom the republicans talked O I so jubilantly about a short time bince, and of whom we no hear ncthtng? Tho people of lhe Yret are thinking seliously upen theso questions, and, if the government still insists upon putting all ot the burden of the war upon us, there will bo such a crop of copperheads throughout the country as will astonish ths negropho biasts. Yours, Illinois ft rour tub-rriptin paid in advance?

Politic and Science -nutter-nut und Democrats. It has been the custom of late, among a certain class of Abolitionists, tt call Democrats by the name of "Butternuts.". This nickname is likely to be of as much advantage to our party, as the epithet Quaker and Jfethodist has been to the once despised, but now influential, religious bodies bearing these titles. There is something in the word, "Butternut," that is rather pleasing; and there is mutch in the historical associations connected with the While WaInul lree of which Butternut is the synonvm, to endear it to the baekwoodsman. When the writer was a boy, this tree supplied the coloring matter for nearly all th fabrics worn by the Wes tern people. Imported dyes, like imported wearing apparel were then equally unknown in tho West. When the m:duight war-cry of the In dian rousrd the mothers in Ohio fiom their slumbers, it was the brava 'Butter nut-clad eons of Kentucky" who rushed across to rescue. '"Butternut" was then no epithet of repioach in the West ,r. r This costume ii still worn in the mouna:n ranges ot Kentucky and lennessee, 0 r r- rm-m I

i v.i- ... . . I the gathering tog. the r of the soldiers at tho outbreak ot the war. the fresh re cruits from these districts appeared in the ranks with garments cf Butternut-colored cloth. In derision, their "stoie-cloth" companionstalled them "Butternuts;" and, as they were mostly Democrats, from Dem ocratic, districts, the name ere long, was applied, by the Republicans, to the whole Democratic party. But this Butternut custome was not limited to one bide, it being common to both rebel and loyal soldiers. The epithet wa used wi h the greater zest by the Abr plication to tho Democrats, they expected, would not onl fasten upon them an opproprious name, but convey tha impress-l'-n ai l'-at they were iu sympathy with ... j i j the rebels. S much for history. Let us now ex amine this term of reproach in the light of iei ice. 'lhe White Walnut tree has the generic namo in Botany, of Juglans, or the Tree f Jove. We thank our abolition friends for this name, it indicates that the "lsutternuts ire the heaven or daued party, deriving their power and infljenie from Omnipotance. But not only is tho tree significant of the near relation of the Democrats to the power lhat controlcs the fate of nations; the fruit is also emblematic of tha innate sentiments and atfections of the party. On iemovin the outer hull and sawing the nut into two parts, near the centre, the most elaborate ornamentation is presen tod. Look closely at the central area, it pres M.ta two hearts, united at the base, and may well justify the exclamation uttered when the discovery was made: "Two hearts the Northern and Southern united at lhe base, and hound together indissolubly only in tho 'Butternuts! ' " Aiaiu we thank the Abolitionists for be stowing this name upon us. "Old Hick orv" W8 not more notent as aDolied to cjt.nerai Jackon, then will be, iu the future L,ie leim ..ßnttornuts " as applied to the nemotral;0 p:trly. 0ur tree designates llQ favori,ea of Heaven, while we i w are represented in its fruits as uniting the Northern and Southern hearts; and thu are we foreshadowed, in the "Butternut," is destined to restore the Union and the Constitution, as formed by the gieal hearts of lhe North and the South at the He volution. This glorious work, now overy where prayed for by a suffering people Ml impossible in the hands of those who Lre damoria-r for the he imr of additionL, r;vers 0p bl.d can onlv bs accom(lii.he(i hy tho .ßUUernuts." t k , . , rmnart surroundinxQ CeUlral are flnJ ,ee how ju jg0(1 buttresses render it impenairable to an as 6aijMr foe aj jve perfect secuiity to tho unitlJ heartg iutrenc,ietl nhln ,t s wUh U Democratjc parly U has lha right(J of the people enshrined in its i.earl, and will resist the aggressions i f every foo to constitutional freedom, and present an impenetrable barrier against foreign assaults. CVn. Koguirer. You cannot preserve- happy domestic pairs iu family jars. Man and wife are like a pair of scissors, just so long as they are together, but they become daggers the moment they arc disunited. John Hickman let his bile flow over on Judgo Thomas, of Mas., and Mr. Voor beers, of Ind., in tho House of Representatives one day last week. Mr. Voorhecs followed Mr. Hickman out of tha hall to chastize him, but was persuaded by his friends to defer that ceremony.

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u.. .,JU,i, uu uciiuuiituu ings in the LctrWIalurc. For some unexplained reason, the Reuuuvai. uiciiioc.ooimöoiaieoecawrive oeen anxious to aeprive Mr. Murray, the Republican Senator from Elkhart, of his seatiu that body. In a speech in the Sen ate on Friday, Mr. Murray thus spoke of roe aomgs oi ms nepuDl:can brethren in inc J.egiS.ature: ir. .lurry tnougtii it strange that such - (V- . . i i ii i i . . I .epca.eu nur snoHiu uemaae Dy his party ftiends to oust him from his seat. 11 r- j- . I ne nator Irom layette had persisted in irmveimg into ms Qistrici to intertere with the will of his people, It was because he had rfifiiiipd fr m ilf himuolf a inn f' V 1 Senator to wear a collar on which vias inscnoea: "öenator .Murray, my dog." It was u Decause tie naa retused to forget his ccusttue'.its and j nn the revolutionary schemes of his party friends. Ho knew well the tricks and party schemes of that Senator. He refused to go at the beck and muumg ot men who assumed to be the i . I leaders oi tue mprjö.ican party. V henthee gentlemen violated the rules to: thw Senate bv their disorfyan!f!in mo W KS WS f m v di t h i f , nurnnM nf -' . I r - " i uvimuii,; a Ulli II IIIVII VI C iTClC OOJl'eii ü V I our oaths as Senators to pass, I refused t go at the beck of men who attempted to be leaders on this flo r in that tiling. And when these gentlemen, in the latter part of the day, came in and consented to the passage of the very bili which they undertook to defeat, in that respect they put me where I want to stand, as acting in the discharge of my duty; and they placed themselves in defiance of their duty, in a position con - demning themselves and stultifying thcii own action by consenting to the passage of that bill which they tried to defeat And what was the reason thev did not again break a quorum? Why, sir, because the Senate hall wa3 packed, as it is to-day, by Itepublieati8 who had come up X) the eapitol to attend the meeting of the day following, and they dare not, in the face of Republicans representing different parts of the state, do such a revolutionary act as those Senators had done but a few short hours before. That is my conviction sir about that. I know, sir, very well, all the power and influence of party discipline; but while holding a seat in the other branch of this eapitol, and while holding a seat in this Senate chamber, I luve on all occasions, tried to diecharge my duty, with a consci entious conviction of lhat duty, and accord ing to my own best judgment. I know arguments have been used that a man rep resenting a party had no right to plead i his conscience or his iudirment. I know arguments have been used that whatever pledge we have made to the people, we have no right to trry cut those pledges; anJ, if ne esary. disorganize this Legislature and prevent the carrying out of those legitimate objects for which it vas convened. Thäse were the arguments brought to bear upon me to control my action as a Senator and as a Republican a better Republican than these self-styled leaders daro ever be a Republican that never gave a democratic vote. Never, sir. A Republican, sir, than has been an advocate id' tha politics f lhat party which lias laid its very foundations broad and deep in the county he represents, as is well known to every Son atoi on this floor from that part of the State. One who, when the first demand of the President of the United Slates was made for volunteers, left his seat in this hall, sir, as is well known to this Senate, and as a private soldier went into the ranks and shouldered a musket, and there remained during the entire term of enlistment. And when that demand was repeated I left my family and my home and for nine months served in the army of th Mississippi; and now I stand before God and my country, and the people self acquitted. Bul how stands tho question here? Upon a technical quibble, growing out of my Fernes as a private soldier and an officer in the rmy, these Republicans ndertako to oust me from my text; and then they go out upon the street and plead that they are the only Toyal people in this State the only defenders of the Union and tho flag of our country! Shannon them, 1 fcay. And I will say further, that I have not only seen here, but in my own District I have found more genuine sympathy in the causo of my country, existing on this floor than among those men to whoai I should think I ought to look for it. M . Mellett desired to obtain the floor, but Mr. Murray remarked, "I expect the Senator is uneasy " and proceeded as follows: Mr. President, I say sir, these are some of the influences attempted to be thrown around me and compel my rote?, atd because I have refused to lend my?elf as a mere machine to act contrary to my judgment. I say before this Senate what I know, lhat contrary to the judgment of a majority if wj political associate, these

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. . ,i . . . day lor the purpose of outin m-i from my 8eat, for reasons growing oct of ray gervices to my country, if I wanted to come back to this legislature or thi or run for any office before my people, I would not want better cumal than cvrJld be made out of these disgraceful acts-I raeail revolutionary acts, for it is revolutionmry and ig in lhe Mm9 iJcntU1 fipiri; 0f those traitors of the South who tfe at tempting to secede from the Union. I gav. sir, it is the same spirit of those rebel 4 it is a revolutionary spirit. (That's o.) When a leader of the Rsnublican mrtr the House of Representatives undertook ta j ?. i umii mat reToiuuonary measures wer right, he attempted to commit the Repab ;ic.n party to what, sir? To the rerj Joctiine of those traitors oftbe South who desired to break up this glorious Confedsr aCy of ours. As a Republican at that tim repudiated such doctrine, an I I ta'e this occnion to repjd'tate it --ain, r. Secession is revolutionär?, contrarT to th forms of Uw, and is no! and canuot U justined. The following is a synops of n intent m A-ta . i :.. .i,,. ir..:.. i - O ivimi w uin j States Senate on Saturday last, upon th onscriptbn bill. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, called up he bill to enroll and call out the national forces; Mr. Bayard proceeded to state hU ob jections to the bill, as an a?t not whtin th power confided by the Constitution to Congreßs. And if it wi re it not only was inexPedint' bul d grom the liberties of the people. It was a bill to all.w thi President to enroll into the regular army every able bodied m.sti in the country. It svh3 a bill to increase the regular army at the discretion of the President It e itire ly destroyed and obliterated the rrtili:i of the States, and thus destroy I lhat check which the Con3titutiou wi-ely proJ I ..l r . ii - p . i . 1KUU 's1 U1 Pw" oi a ceniraMz.a Only dpotic G.,te n:nent cuirc in ue cenir. nza. uut a irec iovernment must always depend upon dtcen. rallied power. Such a.i act was never passed in this country, even in our uim;isl need, and England, with her marry wars and often scarcity of men, never re-orted to this despotic measure. It wis a mode of railing armies only used by despots, but never by Hepublican Governments. This principle, if adopted, rou'd prod a -o large standing armies, which almost inevitably led to despotism. In a Govriime::t of delegated power, and which rested upon the connt cf the governed, such measure was inexpedient arid tim?ce3.ify. Congress has not the power under th Constitution thus to destroy the miütu of the States, which the Constitution provide-1 for as the reserve force of the Un oa. If this measure was carried out, there would be no check on centralized power. He would not sr.y that the President would make a bad use f this power. But it was the principle he objected to. It was always dangerous to centralize such immense power in any one man. Undr an ambitious man miht net ti e fete of France be lhat of this conti try? Our forefathers saw the dangers, and wisely placed the checks upon a too great centralisation of power. It hai been aid that the IitV of the imtioti was at Flake. He believed that the liberties of a free e-p!e wre of more importance than any tiling ein. And if he was lo Choose batueen an iu perial Government, stretching over th whole country, including Meai.-o an ' Canada, and two or three s-pra:e Republic--, he would have r:o hesitation in chooaing the latter. Ho had been oppos.-d to the war fiom the beginning, and in f.itorof p- ace, and he va in favor of pe.M now, even if we had to suhmii to Fef.Hition. The war, if cariied on under the present policy of emancipation a'id C'Miti-v.-it; h. could only be successful m the. eiv.ro m!.jugation of the ou;h; and th n mImi wou,t become of lhe liberties of th p..; ie !c was not willing to .-aenfice the libetties I ihe people for the mere extension cf terti loiy. We existed as a Hepubl c. and as u free and hsppy people, wh.. wh had no, two-fifths of our present teiiitoty. LV.J r the present policy he bel.t-ved tha; a midsummer madness to attempt to rvKte-ic the Union by the sword. He mov. d to postpone the bill indefinitely. Love, law and bad weather arc ti.irk-t. we had better keep ut of if ae cnn. '1 hey affect iujMricusly the mind, potkl n i:t health. Mother "Now John, on mu t divi the cake honorably wi.li Clisrli." John "What is honorsble, motler?" Mo:her "It means that you must ivo him the laigest piece." John 'Then mother I'd talher Chat ley chonld be honorable. Don't forget lhe Convention cn the 13.U inst.

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