Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 4, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 July 1863 — Page 1

TMOTJT DEM0CRA1 HERB LET TBS PR BOO T IX B PBOPLB'O RZOBTtS MAINTAIN; UN AW HD BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOUOHT BY OAIIf." V0LUME4 NEW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUESDAY, JULY 23, 1863. NUMBER 25WHOLE No. 181.

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Tl, IT. Tlmo Tables. r. Ft. W. Ac C. II. R. Time Tabic. 8UMMEK ARRANGEMENT MfUmi T Till raOM PLTMOCTH STATIOM. AiTWARr BOUX3 TRAINS. Maii I Acioramo'Ution,. ......... .8.58 A. M. 7? limn ..in:4f A.M. .10:.r,5P. M. Ka. Steck,., .5:28 P. M. Uts Stock .id Ex. Freight 11:50 P. M. Lssal freist 12;20P.M. WISTWARO BOUND TRAINS. M"! vi Accommodation 3:39 P, M. I t vi-jA ..... .4 :39 P. AI Mght Express 4:50 A. M Lcsl Freight 10,46 A. M ThtvusU Freight 3:45 A M. Fut frtight 3:00 P, M. 3.R. EDWARDS, ARcnt. C. I. Jfc C. It. It. Time Table. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. EATWARD. L' T, Porte, UU p.no A r rS.i.4AT Excepted,)) b.uua.w. Arm 's.?ljmoutli inflO A. M. LMT9?lTino tth :404 P. M. Arrlr t La Porte 6:00 P. M. Tri'.r.i run br Li Porte time, which n kept at R. ":- J-we'r tore, nnd is 15 minutes slower t is f., Ft. W. 4C.R.R. time. H. R. PRLLEK.gupt. " AltoriH'yw. REEVE & CAPRON. A :;.-? : in! Notaries. Plymouth, MorshallCo., I.i., "practice in xr and ailjoiniii;; conn- :. Krermto Hibcock k Co., PhelpsDodpe A M .N'cw York, CooNr .Fnrwell Co., no-V .Mtte AC..rkt.S.irth.IIon. A.L. Oiho . .;JIllill:iI2ri!l?',: JDHM 5. BEND1 ! a.. .-..T. .r,IPi. .irjt.f-..-r- Ktini I

Knit. IaJ. Um to reenve this emb.tssj was grounded j are of very little value to the country. ,.:etitin. Tix nvinsrVanl ex-ainatlon of u,,on R determin.v ion to carrv out tke The raid is so verv audacious as to surT' "fo-.r.rnmW va-n-iwd to. nl-lr ; - ; ,. , r -mancipation policy, then thu countrr ! pass the usual order ot adjectives applied

Tli vi-iloin HI T. A. BORTON. r-- oian .a 1 : .rjAnn.oOV.! nn Miehlen trt.; rrM'i 'T7"TV;il5;JXhrC "" K" : '- I . - liaraiiH!cPhv4ieian. PtrtieularittntHiniaW! 'etno rraotic. w chronic .lu.nn o i f r.ilnr Mre. cm?r Mi-'ni-ran vA Laportej 03. 0. Ite nfJ-Twn r ? r. i .fi-re ns irSHilt'. MM1 . Rr-rwen, Inj. re Ol. A. 0- G)RTO.N. f.rt:!4vrt ofTvti fn-rt-t on th TT.,.t : nltr.i. Si-el.it iff-iuion p.ud to ;.; xt .i4 ..Tt'if : ruf te-fh, nn hi r'.i--r-j j: OY.l lr:N t.ith -.rr.-!.-! Va:.i- .o. l : h 'i -i't t-Vt ttr.i:-i'l wt.i or ithri'it I hioro f r-a. f. n tjilt'l it hi :i'c ;it jvnylir 1 i r: :; l ". lit? u-l T:i-i.nvi. n M-W'xn streit, we? iie, o--r ! I luiMl'wtt r. H. B. DICKSON &, Co., f'r V.aHwa of erery description, a!o, j t'n iiiici'tiran. iTii! pnnr.iT w:iri. f !trtf Tr a ki n . f , .:, - nfittra'-rur-r of Tin. Sheet-Iron and Cojjr-j w ir, MicMcan street. Pry CiorMl.H t Groceries. BRO WMLEeT Ui!r in irtf odn of '! kiu-t, ert-ir:es, w are? etc.. M'.ehiautret, Plvmoutli, Ind. C. PMER. T f?ooil. (Irrt-ri,3, etc., south side I Yortr itreet. NU533AUM DAVIDSON. DsVrin tnrprii and Pr'nien, caft si4e of Itootm Sc SlioeM. E- PAUL. ) !-!r Woits nni ahMf. minufitctni f all k i nd ofhn rirk in h'stine, Michiean street, TIt ou;i. Ind. -jgrrr - wz. . :: . v-r.r ; T I" 11 XfX I ! t M. Q. BLAIN Sl Co. lru?sit.-an.t confectioners, wet atJeof Michigan strett, rimwuth, Iu't. T. A. LEMON. Dsftlsr is dru, medicine, notions, literary tin. p.trer. etc., north side Lapoite trt, Pljmouth, Imi. Wntohmnlcer. JOHN M SHOEMKER, leftlerin' teheb, ciocks nnd jewelry, Plymouth Iad.,keep constantly on hand clock?, watches Sre.iRt pins, ear rin finder rinRS, lockets, etc Cloeksand wi?hes, etc., repaired in the bs aaner possible. rrrzrr ami : . r utrr. rViiCHVEL GINZ, Barter and hnir dresser, (West side Michigan street over P.itteritons tore) Plymouth. ,Ind. RTrythin2 in the above bnsinesattended to hy e in the heat style, WfifoiimiiUiiigy. C HASLAN3ER &. BRO S, M ta'if.ietiirer.'' of wagons, carriajres etc. Black Smithing, painting .".nd gr.iininR done to order Livery. N. B. KLINQER. Pior!tor Buckeye L rery," opposite Edwards ItoiiM, Plymouth, Ind. n27ly " 1 1 - 71 ; p Oollootion. i scit r, Collootor . oarlaues to pay ipecial atteotioo to tke Collection of Clatmu, n Marshall and adjoining counties. Stif tory rtference giren in Plymouth, and !gwhere. flyntstbi lud. Kv. 13, 1Ä. 414f

The Southern Emboiiy. Setting aid the sensation mid other rumora regarding the alleged mission of ice President Stephens, of the Southern Con federacy, to Washington, there seems little room to doubt that such a mission was intended, and that its objects were important. None can say that, properly received; ibey would not have resulted in a settlement of our diffu allies; or, at leat, gns far towards nn understanding and a basis of settlement. Whether ai point of punctilio is more valuable to the people of the United States than the chance of reconstruction aud peace, no matter how remote .the chance might have been, is a question the people will not be long in deciding. If the administration should, through such a mistake, fight a single b. tt!e more than is necessary, it would be guilty of the murder of an many citizens as fell upon that field. It is only weak minds that run no chances. If there was not diplomacy enough at Washington to receive Mr. Stephen's message without totally compromising ths Republic, there should have been humanity enough to avail our cause of any pus-

aible advantages it mignt nave Drongnt. Wenk minds. dealt with the emergency. I t I - , I - 1 however, and, probably in doubt and indo iaiun as to the bost course, it was decided that we must slaughter moro men nd .pend more money before it is fit that the country should hear plans of peace ,ilrora rbdl : If there i tin slightest grain of trutl in the alb-cation that Mr. Lincoln's refuO ! should know it. We do mt credit no won- j istrous a calumny tiDon humanity, and , prt.frr t., belLve that hie better judgment i v3 IJastm b? undue estimate of! th importance of State etiquette- TU fact that the amhassT was reinsert betravs i (J. to lhrm away , ciiance 1 of setllem-nt, which is odivm enough to I plce upon any man or jet of men but if! it shonlJ prove that those chances wer: ' thrown away nmiIi the deiib.-ratd purpos-! l ) enrry out a sectional policy whieh one j i half ot" the people of the Xorth reject with . ontt nipt, then, we s:iy, the country should kniw it. And we think that no second W;4n.ing would lu; ii.eded to convince the ... ... duuiiutrati n ot th precipice it trod, afi trr the peoph1 h;;d spoken on'. Rt-j-ction of propositions of settlement on rtuc, ,,roUnd wouj be a clear and ! .1. r...: i .i . -i . t .1 uriiuuc nvunri uiai una war is uoi lor me Uni .n. The people are .bedding th?ir blood for no other purpose, and do not in - j lenJ lo ß,rlt ouh Mg battle niOM thnli . i nPi:ci,Aty t' accomplish ihnt purpose, hen. tl)reiore, tho admitütration misses a rhance of a sattleineiil satisfactory to the people it commits a crime for which it wili not bo forgiven. That it has missed such u chance but recently, the eminent chancter of the mb;ia lor, and the mnnnr of hi- coming, indieaies very clearly. Chiaiyo Timet. The Three Hundred emption. Dollar F.xWak Dkpahtvifkt.) Phovost Marshal Gkslbais Othck K Wasuinoton, 1). C, Juntj 30, 1663. Circular No. 31.J I: S-ction 13 of tao act approved March :i, 1863, -fi r enrolling and calling out the natijnal .forces, and lor other purposes," is as follows: Section 13. And be it farther enacted, That any person drafted and notified t: appear as aforesaid may, ou or before the day fixed for his appearance furnish an acceptable substitute to take his place in the draft; or he may pay to such persons as the Secretary of War may autaorire to receive it, such sum, not excusing three hundred dollar, as the Secretary may determine, for the pro curation of such substitute, whieh sum shall be fixed at a uniform rate by a General Order made at the time of order ing a draft for any State or Territory; and thereu; on such person to furnishing the substitute, or paying the money, shall be discharged from farther liability under that draft. And any person failing to report after due service of notice as herein pn scribed, without furnishing a sub-Htiiut--, or paying the required sum therefor, shall b deemed a deserter, and shall be- arrested by tho Protost Marshall, and sent to the nearest military poit for trial by court martial, unless, upon pi oner showing that he is not liable to do military duty, the Board of Enrollment shall relieve him from the draft." It is hereby announced that the amount to be paid, in accordance with the forego, ing Kcction of the enrollment act, hy any person who may be drafted, in order to secure exemption from service, ha been fixed by the Secretary ot War at 8300 II. The Commissioner of Internal JUvenn in each Cengrefsioni) iVjtrict

has been authorized by the Secretary of W ar, and directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, t3 receive from drafted per son?, who desire to pay it for the purpose of eieraption, the money above specified. On receipt of this sum, the Collector of Internal Kevenue shall give the drafted person paying it duplicate receipts. One copy of these receipts shall be delivered to the Board of Enrollment on or before the day I he drr.fted person is required to report foi duty, and when so delivered to the board the drafted perron shall be furnished by the board with a certificate of

exemotion fForm 31. Regulations of r x " Provost Marshal General's Bureau), stating that the person i discharged from farther liability unJor that draft by rea son of having paid the utn of 8300. III. The Provost Marshall shall mate out within the first Monday of every week at abstract of persons to whom exemptions from military service shall have been granted by the board during the week previous. (Form 41.) All receipts or certificates of deposit delivered to the board by ptrsons claiming exemption on account of having paid the required sum of money shall accompany the abstract. James B. Fry, Provost Marsha! General. Morgan's Itnld. If General Morgan is not caught and caged before he leaves Northern soil, the public will !.o inclined to sav that (Jen-'-ral Burnsidc and his pot commanders to such occasions, and n ark out a new era in our experience. There seoms to have b.-en a general disregard of chances, it though there wer no formidable Minor ienerals and not le.s loadable- R: Radier ! Generals in the department, to eay nothing of thousands of toldi . ry who are said in I hourly dispatches to be wanning at his heels. li the K;bel band Were loragmg o o among hencoops in thoir own native mountains their course could hardly bJ marked with le trepidation or more cool audaoity. W3 might perhaps ask whtt Gen. Burnside is doing in tho midst of all this deliberate destruciioa of Northern property, but we should probably get no answer. Tint he is cx.-rcisiug a very ' uncomfortable sway over Cincinnati is quite evident, but that he annoys the guerrilla chief to the same extent does not appear. Of course Morgan will ruin all the Union mn whom he cau, lay violent hand on nil the horses he meets destroy what railroad bridges come in his way, and then reeross the Ohio as deliberately as he crossed it. He could add to ths unblushing effrontery of his conduct in no way e.cepi to ride through Cincinnati and pay a tate iit to Gen. Burnside. Chicago Times. Rcvival uonu the Rkrel. One of the most curious Katuies of the Rebel invasion was ihn holding of a prayer meeting by one of the regiments of Ewell'n corps in the streets of IJoonesboro, Md., whose loud prayer and .-inging proclaimed j the truth of the report previously published that a revival had taken place in Jackson' corps. Mk. Lincoln a Candidate for ItcEi .ection. A NN ashmgton correspondent if the Springfield, Mass., Jirpublicon, an Administration paper, says he has no doubt that Mr. Lincoln is a candidate for re-election, and for proof makes public the fact that the Presidt-nt spends most of his leisure time in franking the political circuits and documents of the Loyal League. It will be remembered that Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, first started this organization in the Quaker City, and franlilj acknowledged in a controversy with the New York World, that it was intended to operate upon the presidential election. bo the murder is out at last. Mr. Lincoln is a candidate for re-election, and the Loyal League, under Forney's manage ment, is expected to do the heavy work of the campaign. It will gratify the couatry to learn that the President has so much time to spare, that he can find leisure to frank political documents. Aw Old Skttlsr. Mrs. Trumbul C.try, of Datavia, N' Y.. who died on Monday last was one of the oldest settlers of Western New York. She was the firat white woman who crossed the Genesee River. She moved to Batavia in the spring of 1804, in company with hor brother, the late James Brisbane ranking a large part of the journey on horseback. From 1801 to the time of her death Batavia was her home. 8he had been longer in that part of the State than any other of the half million of women who now form part of the populatioa of what has become the garden of the Statr,

MUKFRKESBORO TeSN. )

June y, lööa. ) Editor Democrat: I hope you will excuse me for boring you on this occasion, but I cannot resist the temptation of giving you a synopsis of the manner n which Indianians. money is being applied to political purposes, in sen. ding messengers of good che .T to the soldiers. I will not tell you at presect of the three patriotic representatives Beut here by the Governor of Indiana, to cheer up the soldiers. I have too much to say of your special friend Governor W. Williams, of Warsaw, who is now making patriotic speeches to the soldiers here at this time He is introduced to the soldiers, collected together by request of the officers, as Gov. Williams, of Indian, sent hereby Gov. Morton to look after the interests of the Indiana troop, and the following is a correct sample ot the speeches which he has made; He speaks of himself as Governor, but docs not enlighten the soldiers as to the particular island that is blessed with his Inixotic jurisdiction; but goes into the minutia to establish his claims to being a soldier, which occured at the age ot fifteen years, when he was called ipon by the Governor of Ohio to save that great State from some threatened invasion by their neighbors of Michigan. During which campaign he boldly marched across the raging Maumee River, and back the following day. His claims to ft military consideration being thns established, he gives s the !fol'owlrff poetic description of the present stale of the Ainion, and cause ot the war. Afier som; very hard strictures upon the administration of .lames Buchanan, and his cabir.ot, he assails the old traitor Floyd, shorn he declared robbed the Treasury, exclaiming! " 1 his is the way 1 long have sought," tc, He made his escape South, nnd was followed by atilu-r cabinet ofli "r saying if jou gat thera before 1 do. The seige of Fort Sumptar followed, and w war commencea, out progresseo ram er unsuccessfully which was not McClellans fault, but the fault of secret traitors at tho capital, who revealed to the enemy our plans before they could be executed just as the butternuts are doing now tip in Indiana. The unconstitutional acts of the President were mitigated ty sneering remarks in reference to the constitution it8(ilt- The light of the President toperform any act which he deemed proper or necessary was fully justified, whilst all constitutional restrictions were treated with contempt and ridioule. The confiscation und the emans'pation acts were dealt with as being unquestionably legal and justifiable, and only opposed by butternuts and traitors upon groundless argomcnts. It is impossible for me to give you a correct idea of tho contemptuous ges ticulation and manner in which he invariably used the word "Constitutional." A stranger to its importance would have been unmistakably impressed with the idea that it was some exploded polit:cal hobby already consigned lo the shade of oblivion in disgrace. He said "the Butternuts held a meeting at Indianapolis last winter for the avowed purpose of defaming the soldiers, and they did it in every possible manner. When the meeting adjourned the members insulted the soldiers and even fired pistols at them in the Soldiers Home, as the train was passing bj. For which conduct the train was stopped and 1900 revolvers taken from the crowd. Fifty-one butternuts voted, last winter, to disfranchise soldiers. If a man be covietcd of a high crime he is disfranchised, and if a matt enlists to sustain the honor of the oil Hag, these butternuts would disfranchise him and place him oc the same footing ith a convict." "Tho conscription act is the best measure of the kind ever known, it shields the orphans, and old deorepid men from the army; but it takes the butternuts whom we will drive into the army and you must place them in the front ranks. When any of you return home, and yos meet a butternut with his emblem on his coat, you must walk up and take it oil, and tell him il is "unconstitutional" to wear such things. But I will frighten them when I roturn home. I will create a greater ter ror among them than ever Belehazar dreamed of. I will tell them you told me that you had sworn a solemu oath, upou the graves of your dea-i comrades at Shiloh and Stone river that as soon as you returned hone you would destroy them all. They will be frigtened so bad that, when you do come, they will fall upon their kneet before you and beg for life. avine thev were always Union me. If 40 m v I were indebted to the devil for a sum of any value and wished to obtain a premium on the debt, I would just give him ten butteraute. I insist on jour putting down these traitors. Look at Washington! Write a letter to Ml. Vernon, dip ywf p. in ths bl?cd of ths slain of

Stone Ü iver. and say to Washington that the child of Liberty he gave us is strangled by bloody traitors and butternuts.

Go to the grave of Jackson, tear open the Monument and tell h'm that he saved our great nations, honor once with cotton bales rnd coutrabands, wnile now the butternuts declare such a course unconstitutional! This is the greatest country in the world, if only the butternuts were exterminated, and I want you to exterminate them. 'When I was raising my regiment some of the tories come to me and said "Why Gov. hoar are w to ever pay our national debts's I answered them by saying that is nothing to do, why the the old women of the North can pay our debt in five years tiaae, yes in less than fiv years time they can churn it out. That debt is nothing and you must not oppose tho administration if you do you are a traitor. I have not room to give you a dreamy peroation that was poured out, without attracting the least particle of special notice. I have given you tho main feature? of his speech, aad clothed them with his own language. The references to his interest in the war, his patriotism, his son, and many other points of little importance, save to show the amount of vanity exhibited, must be omitted, you have probably all now that you can spare room for. Believe me yours C. J. Remarkable Statement The remarkable statement of Secretary Seward, in his speech on the occasion of the Vicksburg celebration at Washington, on Tuesday night, to the effect that "this war might have been ended before it began if the counsels of the true patriots had K-en heded," h is fuilad to attract as much attention as it deserves. It has onlv m elicited and uudergrowl of abuse from the radical a fact that sufficiently indicates who ia kurt. If this terrible war could have been honertbly prevented, as a Cabinet Minister has publicly declared, it is evident that a fearful responsibility rests with the parties whose evil counsels have produced such frightful sacrifices of blood and treasure. The time has come for the people to know all the facts, and we trust that Secretary Siward and others who are in a position to know the truth, will tell it fully and freely. The secret history of this war has not yet been divulged, and the publication of the factseven at this late date might remove many obstacles to peace and reunion. Ooe of the first duties of the new Congress will be to complete the history of the "Conduct of the War" by investing its cause, but in the meantime the statement of Mr. Seward should be established or refuted by such reliable details as may bo available. Ginfiscation and death await the Southern leaders who have been guilty of treason. If they have been abetted in their designs by Northern faction ists, it is no more than just that the latter should at least be held up to the odium of tho world.--A". Y. Swi. IsTvi and Out of tux Ukiok. The Harrisburg Patriot and Union sajs that a refugee frcm Chambersburg relates that he was standing in his door while the reb il cavalry were passing through the street, one of whom remarked to htm: "You have been, for the past two years, fighting to got us into the Union, and now that we are in I suppose that you will be fighting to get us out again." This (naively re marked the editor) U adding insult to j,,ryHe Hadn't Plavxd and Wouldn't Pay. A Canadian, who had won the distinction of being tho "champion of the cue" on the other side, came into this city one day last week, pompous with his successes and big with conceit, for the purpose of 'trying his hand" with the western cham pion, John Seereiter. He accordingly went to Mr. Seereiter's room and made known his intentions. Mr.S. as a matter of course accepted, and the two at once repaired lo a table for the purpose of friendly contest. On "banking" for the first shot Seereiter won, took his cu counted, and continued to count until the game was finished, the astonished Canadian looking on with mingled admiration and wonder. At the conclusioa of the game the foreign gentlemau was about leaving the room, crestfall en, aud the conceit entirely taken out of him, when the boy who tends the tables politely informed him that he had a small account to settle for the game just plajed. The follow was taken somewhat by surprise, but soon collected his scattered senses, and with the remark that he hadn't played any billiards, and consequently wouldn't pay, left the room amid the uproarious laughter cf those present. He will not probably, oare about attacking Mr. Seereiter a 5ceond time. Detroit

Lincoln's Supporters. Jo-iicA R Giddinos. Who, in a letter to Corwin, spoke as fo'lows: 4iI do not object to your giving utterances to your sentiments. I only object to your representing them as the sentimeats of the Republican party. I, as one of the party, de test the Fugative Slave Law. I would slay any slave catchre who should pollute my residence to capture a fugative." Rufcs R. Spalding who, in reply to a letter which had been published by Mr. Weston, editor oi'the Republic, at Washington City, said. 'The writer is deceiv ed if he supposes that Jucge Swain was left off the (Republican) ticket on account ot his residing in Columbus. He was dropped for the reason that he, as a judi cial officer, recognired the Fugitive Slave Act of 1853 to be of binding force in Ohio; and the other two Judges, who were with him in opinion, will be dropped in tho same

way, as soon as they are reached in the order of time. We do not recognize men to be Republicans, here "m Northern Ohio, who will for a moment, sustain that miserable enactment." He also declared that "in the alternative being presented of the continuance of slavery or dissolution of the Union, we are for dissolution, and we care not how quick it co mes," Salmon P. Cuasz Who said, upon being presented a silver pitcher by the nogroos of Cincinnati "I embrace with pleasure thi opportunity of declaring my disapprobation of that clause in the Constitution which denies to a portion of the colored people the right of sufferage." Horace Grexlet who stated in the Tribune "I have no doubt that the free and slave States ought to bd separated. The Union is not worth sup porting in connection with the South." Charles Scnjnxr who said: "The Fugative Slave Law is filled with horror we arj bound to disobey this act." A6on Bi'itiiNOAMi who declares The times demand, and ws mut have an ami slavery Constitution, an ami slavary Bible, and an anti slavery God." William. Seward who states that "there is a Higher Law than the Constitution which regulates our authouty over the domain. Slavery must be abolished, and we must do it.'1 Thk New York Tribuxe says "the time is fast approaching when the cry will be too overpowering to resist. Rather than tolerate national slavery as if now exists, let the Union be dissolved at once." Bzkjamak F. Blakk at preisent a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, who 6aid: "Away with your negro stats in churches away with your negro cars. I know that those fellows in the southern part of the State will say that Blake is a negro man, but what care 1 sol long as I am conscious of bring right." Benjamin F. Wade used the following language: 'I lothe from the bottom of my soul, any man who refuses to a ay thing in human shape all the rights and privileges he claims for himself. I know no high, no low, no bbv-k, no white all ar created by one God, and all are entitled to the same privilege." Mr. WAsitDURNX7-a Republican member of the present Congress, at a ratifies tion meeting in Lorain county, O., said: "If, beeauso I stand up for the equality of the negro, socially and politically, with the white man, they call me a negro worshiper, let them go it. I shall perse vere to the end." It wsa eminently fit ad proper that the official who presided at the military trial. 01 vauanuignaro, ana aiaeu oy every means in his power in the outlawry there perpetrated, should be guilty of scandalous offences against female modesty, and when detected and called to account, should seek refuge behind official scree as It is a libel upon manhood that such mn live, to eay naught of the criminality of giving them authority over the liberty nnd character of other men in whose presence they are not fit to stand. It speakes volumes for Gen. Burusidc'a discernment that men of his creation step out of the judicial chair into the depths of vulgar depravity. The man who presided over the fate of a scholar and statesman, dofTs the ermine to peep through the keyhole of a la dj's chamber. Tlu individual who arbitrated the destiny of the democratic party one day, statids tip-toe the next and looks through a lattice at a disrobing lady; and caught and confessed, runs like a paltry coward to his superior officer to shield him from just castigation. Il was for such a maa thai the dramatist invoked the scorpion lash in every honest man's hand to flog him uaked through the world. It is through such men that decency is outraged and justice defeated. It is easy enough to tell a hard drinker, hie offense is always branditd on the end f Ins note.

The President on Xejrro Equally. The vulgar expression of President Lin cela in his late speech at Washington has justly been the subject of much comment, and has been appropriately rebuke!. But the prominent idea tuning through his remarks has beea passed without notioe. It his repeated allusions to the assertion ia the Declaration of Independence tlat'V.l men arj created equal," meant anything. they meant that the doctrine quoted should hereafter be fully recogized and practhaliy carried out in this government. Mr. Lincoln i quite as careful and nearly as ingenious as Mr. Sward in framing sentences of doubtful meaning and u5ceptib!e of numberless constructions. We do not wish to misrepresent him, and subjoin the following extract, which we tliak suetains the charge we have made: Now in this last Fourth of July j;ist

passed, when we have a gigantic rebellion, at the bottom of which is an effort to overthrow the principle that all men were created equal, we have the surrender of a most powerful position and army on thai very day cheers; and not only so. but in a succession of battles in Pennsylvania, near to us, through three days, rapidly fought thst they might bo caiJe 1 one great battle, on the 1st, 2d and 3J ef the month of July, and on the 4lh the cohorts of those who opposed the declaration that all men are created equal, turned tail and run!" Long continued cheers. The obvious meaning of this is, that tbt Union armies are sustaining the declaration "that all mea are created equal," tnl the Confederate armies arc opposing it. If the object of the war is to resrort the Union as it was, the northern armies are in the field pleged to an opposition r.gxinst the literal enforcement of this declaration, which is as unqualified as that avowed by the Confederates. But if it is the purpose of the administration to continue ths contest fur the enforcement of emancipation Mr. Lincoln's idea is undoubteblj correct. There would have beea no appropriateuess in attributing to tha two armies tha support ot a directly oppoiU principle tu war of such vast proportions as the present, unless it was supposed the principle was to triumph or suffer defeat. The President had no congratulations to offer because the battle at Gettysburg and capitulation of Pinsberton made the restoration of the Uniou and ro estiblishraent of the government more probable. These wsre forgotten in the doa::r.aat idta "that all men are created equal." We have nothing to urge here for or against the correctness of this principle. The lact that the author of it was a slate -holder, and that the majority of thefe wto were members of that Congress and approved it by their signatures were slaveholders, as well as the further fact that i; was distinctly repudiated by thoss who framed the constitution, aro a sufHc:ect contradiction of the construction Mr. Lincoln attempted to place upon it. Thor who made the Declaration of Independence, as well as thoee who framed the constitution, gave unmistakable evidence. iVat so far as its application to the negro rac in this couutry was concerned, it w.ts t be treated as a nullity. The attempt now to make it the pivot upon which a war or peace shall turn, in which are involved the life of the government, is a reck Isia contradiction of the policies nnd principles of those who founded the government, aa well as an insulting trespass upon tke wishes, interests and prejudices of the people. Why then did the President make the doctrine of negro eoualitv the toni-s of di,cusion in his speech, and why doet ;ne radical press fill its colums wkh praise of it, unless it is intended to make it the issue between the republican parly ard its opponent? It hopea and believes that hatred ot the rebellion will induce the people to accept this repulsive doctrine: It has been assiduously endeavoring to educate the public ßantiment to its acceptance, for it knows that by it the radical policies it has inaugurated and Still pursues must be ju tified if at 11. The Most xtreme and ultra theories c f Oarrisonism have been adopted and applied by this adminitrtion, sad Mr. Lincoln is as fully committed to the advocacy of negro equality, as a principle to be practically enforced in this government, a Wendell Phillips. Once mere we ask conservative republics, how are you pleased with your present political allies and masters? How much progress will be re quired of your Preside nt to approve on th next forth of July the Reverend Til ton's theory of a mixture of the raeesf CA cago Times. A RxrLECTIOV BT A SCHOOL BoT.--Th man who plants a birch tree near a school house little knows what he is ealailiog 00 postetity. "Ir you beat me I will call out the sal diert." PSTS the drum.

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