Randolph County Journal, Volume 2, Number 39, Winchester, Randolph County, 1 April 1864 — Page 1

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. tZ-V 1p : DKVOTKD TO TUB INTERESTS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. cm" Serie. lVIXriIENTEK, IDIA , TRIDAV, APUIL I, 18GI. Vol. 2. Xo. CO.

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Lvi;av lanivY jiounin:; r 7. 23. 13 TCim u? rfj.i.-sci:irTioN. Ojr lljJIar H id 1'ifir ri.n V.'ri ir rtt t- ofiicE. Ti:t,.M or a o !:!: Tis! xo: )i.jlirf, me imerei'Mi . I.nU,' C ? i I liti i i I i t rrt i ,. ....... . 2 , A ! l'T I Ii-" mil t will in i -1 t liMfttf j jr'.i t 1 1 viTtie l'ir i Ihm .er pcriu-l. 2li:i3iaf55 Director,.. J. in. rliof lo'.itiet orleM $1 a )tt. INVAUMIll.V IN IV..NCE. XV ii : : ij e: x a n i . i: f : . I. II I ATT, Srm.oi. i:iiim:u fur n.m- . iiii.tr, .it'rn tj (lie III-a-iimtion ol Aj'i'Iicm t- uti tLr fourth S itnttbiy in I'.ach Month, In lr N'.- v Itrl-k SdiO'iMIoiMf, N'.Ttli I I i- 'l iür j 1 1, Wincitcster, lu Ji.ni.i. III tl-ljr CAREY S. GOODKICH, Attorney at Lav, W f.r. rri:! pjiumi'tlyt'i C'.f ll lill.' ,'f'.i"Ml hi. I !.; it lol .1 I i r in I tUrir lirir.. O.S;C ! ßst ß . il" ... J i'1 Ituil'liti. AI. .. it ii,- I'S'ks uuJ A':it IV t!ic ilrol iU d r'j.titf. L-i'jlr JOHN D. CnOWLEY, M. D. v;ivsiri.x ami sriir.tii.v. r m; r.vr. and i: it. o I) 1 v ?: ai 1 i:i:üI!)i:m i: at 11 ! t 1 r, bi-li t. t. VS. t'i!:)N'. Winr'n-yti r. j 1 r II I'll I . I'UJ .'llfr.', BMirr i ' I X U 1 ( I4U I, killr J-i m t . t J . ... I.. r ) 9 i'i . iM rr.r '!. ft: 7 ii'tux A '! I I t'C'ltr ixMtrri a.- wisi' r 01 r ti r . u'irr in i lu f 1 1 1 ill .0 ll.i-t tv b . I!at 1 1 i'i 1 i'i' if i ir, Wiucli. t r . ) IV :i . (Ir M-rr .m l IliUi r,;ii'l iii'.-rtii tVMvi.l'i.n. t. Sior..M' I'tf 1 r'i r i't v rnvr -if lltin -ov! IVimu .Sir. r'.. iy.vr;.sv7:.v. Cniil3. CSSIV.ERES AND VESTINGS, l r ri: ii:s in: fsoN.rd.r. TiLK! Til J! till:! Dr;in .'Jj:r HVI Lands: I 1 (j; Hfii'i Tile m omf icirri ! I.x'.'ir J i, ! I. r 'I Iti-ve Li' m p-iiiM-ivi t il t 'i . l.-t hi l . Tr t I ii , 'i't 1 1 v..i 'l t I, ... rn,. . i i.t' I t' it t'o v irr jnt lf li'i.ir nii 'l I''', w 44 ill III! H Ml no V i I' r llli'lH. v L.-.I -m Voi! J:i;i( K. i'i Mir i'n I ,. ..if il ir... w'.il'tl 4..4lf4lli tu ü'tr I ritt-rf idd u. I ' r J rMio n'lat nur Y r. . i..rt)i ! ' i wi" tli i P. , W ii.cl'i t r. 1 . 1 i ! i . IvJd.v I). .V. J . K . .".IAUTl.N. WILLIAM ERADEIT, ST2AH F XI IN TER, Dl.inli IJodIi M..mif.icturcr, AID t-fil R IM mi e:sn. p;?er a:n stationery,; N.H. tfl U- VrtOlill2toi-l, IND1ANAP3U5, INDIANA, "J All kill.l of W 41. iw OH 1.11 J ?r .id. 1 t. ir! r. sim:nci:u iiuusl:. rv)::Nn!i i'nio.n Pi:ror, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. j. 'A'. mVi. O.V;ER AND FR3P2IET0R H. S1EC, MKliCIIANT TAI LOK, Helms' lllorh, Wiiichcsrcr iifffy K'p CviiUi:tlve tA.iJ f,cli4ir.rl .,.r , 1 i.ul f j.-tuttir il1 r'' I CLOTHS, CASIiIEI.ES, VESTIXGS, A' I all rtt'ier 4rti4.tr ,n rtjiidn1; V)f r buinr ill of liilil ' Vi:itV I'll MM A.I CUrriNfi AND MAKING .!oi.f t. r.'fr. AU urk w rritlr. la gi e i.tifaction snil "t a? In t'u r.lTi. ST STYLES! i4.mecii:-l4lou't iutenJtolcuo. J Do ear h diy's work thts very teit tht you can, you will never hv the opportunity of miking cothtr trial at it.

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is i 1 'i v s w v ill ll.rlw.r,- M.r-! VitK ( 1 V I Uh Meiiiyci m.l iragniiu cut 11 1- i-v ".--........ ' ' For them the Constitution has cca- tin last Congress, a it has been ev- and thousands or acres, wc hall Iw?..w" hOUlVvVl Alhl HÜLM, uiMph.fr.vedui: T;,V nrc ,,Uiur.;,llt:, tensivdv i this, by some of our have the grasping monopolist lu. lv,'.'icS,.,,rr,Vi.,c!..it.r, b,j. j J the -lave lower. W hile that power lMt n,t l,,e UAUnA :"' ! cnemici, of the United States." Thev i wisest statesmen and greatest law- of the North, whose dominion over r.;;.' .W. , nr'ri"M'" rr-7T airHAPT Ä Co ,!u' f'"V(,,'nult its 'ccess " ' '' l" l'tMlri,u ..tin mvc alle-iai.ee to the govern-i.vers, will hereafter be set down the freedmen nmf poor whites will JOHN RICHARDSON. ,EOw,xI, oIE.Al.x oc Co. . w; s lmvttMi.m P,v rei-ogni,.;,, the uul ,.utt,Nat;ou as the sure means ol t,K.v :niM)n, t!l, poitie:a CUnoitics of this be more galling than slavery Itself, 1!IMIMI VP rP II IIP1 u. is Wcvl Uu.hiaut:!, jd'.ghityot la u.r aim the ( (pial rights 'i . .iui uw.ui .iiiil 1,11. are at the sasne time public enenie, ' century. Our fathers were not tools. ' which in some degree tempers its il h It V II .V . i i. VI l. Oh! of the milium, it thrc:deiied (ho eiy i i "Vemmcnt need, is immig ration. , .i.,u i.t .vi 1.1 dosnntixin lbmiorl. tu, intrrrst i,f H.a

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STOP THE REBELS !

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DR. N. SIMMONS, Druggist and Bookseller,

I isms htv. ;' !7,i;.,,J,n" I I ) ut k-.-.t LOW TKlCLh, a COMPLETE STOCK OF i;:i;t.s, i w.hii.y a no iiojikoi'atiiic ii:i)iriM v. i v i x rs, o i i.s a m i v i :-sr vrrs, TIM'ssis am si r. r:)UTi;n .siiori.iirii-iuiAcr.s, SCHOO I, HOOKS, AM) STATIO.MIftV. ITC, ITC. THOMAS WARD, T HIS OM) STAND, .V"rf;. o" the Court ll'tuxf, ins on IijiiJ aijj lor sale a GENERAL Assortment of Hardware! 1 RON.Sud, N' i'Is C irj)i!.ttr's Tools, 1 -l .-ic, at WunJ' Ilordwaro Siorc. OUUI.K :iti.l Single -Sluit a(.J Kifle (Ju:,s iiri'l lvw.lv r. t WiiMl't Muni nr Store. TlOWDKIt. I.. i: Jin !' C; J. Kl ksk-t an. I Stwit-Uiif," at WiiuP I!:trl ivnr Store. GIRIMTO.NT.S ml lbinpiilfcf Lcjr I C li iiii- nil. I St. i l) ril.4 t H'urU' fluid witrc Store. C Aßil. lila nn.l Tutl v at j j VIT aiul .tr.i' Uinr nt J M'mmI. Ilir!vnr' Slor VCr.M:!: I. u.-jrtuci.t of t'lioc i'ih iliil." :t V. ril'i Il.irJwnrr Store. SS ("111. all. I vt ttll ü ;it XI .iiiI'h llniittx arc Sloro, Vfd'.N.lI.'AL a ll.it! ir.' at iisaortnu t.l of 8 n!Jbrv M uit Ihiritwnrr S!ne. r J.r!.i: m l I'.ntu t Cut', rv, Tfl an.l JL Tit S..if.. Uttii Sp-in at Win.!' Ua;tlw;iM' Sinti. Mi.f .: h.-I K.f .r K. u V. Slitp t.-l ill .i.l4..-M l.-N Svr bt. T.i K.'itu, St'ip T'-t H.. I Ir rni.t Wind Uilnlwfirf NtoM". Dnpi;V; b'H'V I itrl if n.'l, r Mi C MVl; al'.l l.up.lili r Sw, 'lii. ! mi 1 Sp.,4! uti I t'.iflu Tiiiitluiii;; :l 11 a AHLD'S fij CUTiEPS IriKS &C-, - - i ( ii.ciiii.ati m cl ( Iium.m UiJ I'llili:i l. 50.GC0 lbs. Regs Wante! I'" in cxcli.iri CODI? . jo.vn s m ! JOHN J . IU.M, N.-I4 I . V .4 TtW V . IIM TAItV C1.IM v: i:i v. TT O 1 V I' ' T I A Y .1 1 IV ii . h 1 O .11 lü ) i v'MPurcrrn i.in . WJjMGn -5 1 tti. IND., ! ' ' : Are j ri-jMri 1 u j roci-.re I I', )..! ., tlt,f..- f..f I ..... ... .... I . .i ... .t..x,,j t .-; Wholesale and ISemil D K U G G I S T S , Sjuth-vft: corner Main and I'url Sis. HXC'II.MOM), INDIANA. Uv fijf-r'" """ I -CcriT'vr-': : "Z, " ".' noss rsMzx;;, . I : II:ntinTS. ' 'S J'r, av ! C2J.3 n"lr;ft;r ,,?,,, w - - ..f5 'rijt.'.rT 1c"' Ir 'T "on DEUGS. v tjj DrUffffUl, ! Mllins it rrtuc.. rrire fr C-ih. AH sriiclf. rr-titia ftrrprrMi.ud. , j Read all the advcrtUciacnU In, thispsrr.

' prei.Mce 1. wi.mi 1 sn.-ui nave to say ,; - o.isi.t? of tlte ( '.Mi.td itio i.Mi.il rr-st.

;'a.tv. Ilsirilx ;rr st.MC. ii,.. u iil cir.tM l.fnif. iv I homes and actual settlement to the' .... ... .

- v: " V " Our homestead an- w.m approved tn.i;ncv ,n i.uiu s pet -uiaiors , ,... ...... ........ 4l. ... j i,UiSU IVhotVSCZlc M!1V .ltlK ,u,,liUtl W!,s;a,,dpul.l:ei.::Mider. Ue ,4 ants mor- j J; tl ; , .V' '

i ..'. utALuia iii "'"r- " "- . .. . -.. . 10 i m iaw 01 wav. i ho ri'i um 11 en as 10 r.ieet is inen, s " m is MCiinis. 1 ii.uaiiii ii uiu

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if iI,,,1;l;'rs ,,,;;U!,f(:1 t!;U l!,:Hritl-v;; peace auinotl Constitution was made f..r tho poo- slaveholder that -ea ital should .'t rV f I lf. 'r, tt T nn.l hence Ifier leMM.d it. it inloreed 1,111111 111 l-sl ptel iei . He takes i . . , . , , ; .... , , , .. n. l.,!,r." will Pc as friuhtful ir

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i Vl Itli ti6 jtX rifnC) zeal and iUs,;er:.i;ou wiin wn.cnii.ey i ' ' and vet hub! tlie oilier bound; and -i.u-Id in the hands of traitors, but wages slavery, the cl.dd or land I VronnW Pirer eM-tol :d ohtlonim " it.elf. 1 1 . "v"" l "1; ',;tnn ! hvncc ttic Co:itit;itio:j has nothing j as a sword iu the hands of the gov monopoly, as under the system of . Vs rapping Paper, lln;ll .m.l.,sS is n!154lur t!l(. , !r.tf, , .lion,,, md shous that, between wiatcvcrlotl o:ir trcatme.d ennent to smite them to the earth, chattel slavery, which has to long !' t,wrr;, v. t.-. i::.,i,ri n..,r.N. Wi..!.. j vm j .-n ::! i oi i s of ti:. l.body , ,.,i. ; f .o eai i-.-oo a mi. i. , ineii popu- rvt. unless we shall ec ll It recoguies the law of nations and neolirgcd the Southern States. ' ' , , ,. , c.j ptll, nbt ai( ju.h.cd. J ii I oj ; " vohmtar v to wave the ngh.s ol ! the laws ol war, nor was it possible hat we siould deman-1 is a policy .,.;m.. a 1 i U.tt.i, -.4tl '""i -" : .... . ... ,.s .. . ... I tho lintiirioiis I il M'l'.V UlV-V pfol Oltl4.ll WW: lUilill- , ! I..- '.l. ' .. MI rr.,.,ro.,( I.mmw In fli

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,t.i.i..:i I t.i tolli.ti. ii Mini kici.rifv m 1 .1 : 1: ir..... i'-. L' I i ll a total ol ..UOLMIl. . . . .... .... 1 1 .. .. ... . ' "l I .. ... "

.auJ C!fti.-. OaVvin J.,llbull.iis. i7 ,,,-'M 44 1 V ' , ' , ' V With 1. the net ten Ve.rs should roMW eau,ll "C .u "J l,' aMU ' wuieis are ei 10 i;e J(IV (f.. fl, c n T !o-'-; "J ' P .ago; and had it then been adopted. 1 1 t , . 'no,,u that "the present civil war between 1 mastered. llaing learned how to mH ih.v m-, i.nt tic n it.. v r- t-h. r4 I P TiVpd'V'"- i-'5lll v.ilh ad-piate guardslIlC 'ouictead piiluy continue, t.ie j Suited States and the -called ' strike at slavery as the w irked cause ler.'l e.,t to n..u ' f PLUMMER & KELLY. i .. . . i . number ol immiiiiants will probably 1 . . .... , ... 1. , r.r.. . nir l-r tkm r. mhmi. rr

I " I !- fU;:il,,,i 1,1 l,,e sieany advance and , to national wealth, ny many mg 11 10 si;npiv tlio rights of a conquered i the pov.cr of war, and e imum ein- tt, r... .f 1 ur.i i'ii. a- ttn.t. 1. ' VKuvr-rxvv"9 s:nv t ,:Tirc 1' c laUir. whiM ! the virgin soil which woos the dilti- ,,c.(,,i;. uder the law of uations, that I pbv, with nil lUc might v.hieh can I.M i'..m .1 n.l tUti! -e utl.i im4 Keeps c-re IV 1 -fV. .lie IMHd lery in its strongholds, girdled by i v or. It is to camped the caith t, U to s,y. .ueh .ight a, we shall j be Kindled by the crisis, ejery wrap. r.-rft-niw oic v 1 1 1 . i1' mtit"Hon, miu.it haw bcn yield up her Innrs, so thit coniintrt , .!looft0 lo pr;int tlivin. according to ! on known to the law ol nations. m,.rr ,fjnit,i..r M.m ft,r il,- lu.r.r, th Wiiulo.r.t'...!. J1's ;Nwa-, -Mr,rj content to die a natural death, in- may transmute them into ihtr and fK. .Ws nf war, untrammelled by the ! Cnugiess must repeal the joint rcso. n Wl,r, f.t tl,r mni.th ..f toil -Ll .ip,ufs ftteftd of enilioT its oo.Hr-s rm.r ....1,1 Tim .:.1v- ,-i!i we sol o the r t.,. 1 ... ii.,.:,! cln.i . i,-ir w hii Ii Ol otret the it Ii ct i or n tili cnuuir l- il. inti.

II().MI:sti:aI)s I'Olt sof iui lis uS

tiii: i.ams or ui.:w.l.:. -- SPEECH or the Comini 1 Ml llivo 0:1 Public Lands a ide homesteads for pi rlull lo IHOVK c litiin f-.st r-n I trir 1 uns in the military and naval herof 1 ... I!.. it..l Ktntoc tl.r. f;nd, however, in the crowded state ol our business, that this would delaymv puqiosc imlejinitelv : and I have 'therefore concluded' to avail myself of the oppo.tiuiity now otlcr-, cd to submit what I have to say. j The measure referred to vill be considered a novel one, but it should not therefor; be regarded with surprise or disfavor. Our count ry is in a novel condition. The civil war in which we are engaged is one of the grandest novditcv the world haw ever seen. We are vviy day brought face tu f.ke with new ipuestioiH, ai.d compelled to accept the new dutic which lie In our path. Whosoever compreliends this cUis, and is willing to assume its burdens mutt keep step to the maul, of events and turn his back u, on the 1 ast. j The bill I hae reported, however, is less a noveltvin its principles than in their application to new and uu-' looked for conditions. It ii.vlv.-. , ti . . amoug othei hmgs t;e 1 obey o, : lice homesteads to aini;ij 'tller ; I ami since this policy is now serious-! Iv mcii.ue.l, I may 'be allowed to reI fa; t that our public laads have ptm tic.dly e. a.cd to I e a sonn e of reveiiiie. It rcconiiu. t! c jN of land monopoly on the pnMie ibmiain, e. well as in the old States, end looks ..... . . ( to it f cltleincnt and in provc inent as j the true aim and blühest ood of the J lleptd.Jje. It disown. ,is iniquitous t!u prine( lo wr.u-h woubl ta our landless po r men a dll::r and a .jw.n :t per eeie fr.r the prixilege of eu'.th ating Ibe caiiti; for (iu U'i bue of maKimr it a sul ct of taxalion, a sou fee of nt.tional revenue. ;l I10"0 lhc.vi.sele end their little ones. It r.ssiitiu. to use the wpU .f mii. .Tacks.m, that "the ... , . - wtanh and sti-ngth of a country ire its popr'.ation,' and tliat "the best part ofthat population me the cr.ltix 0 f the k.wil." iee gone ii.mii to their graves in ; the v.cr.rv conlhci with poxestv audi hardship, would have been cheered j and I h-st with independent homes on t.ie pnbiie domain. eaitli incalcu-1 . 1 laMe, .piar.i.d from the mountains '

HON. GEORGE W. JULIAN, it "T-Mr.SeMhUiab.inonhasfre.

Delivered in tAe louse ff nepreunta- of the million, of our own o . I l,l,-l J11 v.er.vJ1'" Kc. sl.v wl n 'nl,ctme:it, a regular tn:d.

mo ion ittUmn.v.K.nwWt'.,, nii.i, ... 1 : siu Ciii(iers rebcllio.i. It is like- can u-tion. iho con.lemnat ines, March IS, 1SC4. ! w ho mai eh under t.ie old ll:ij; ot oux , i. . . n? .. ....... i.

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Tl.f Hon ha.in- un br connMrr.tion years to come, its LJeing h ill onti ! I- , , , . V ! 1 ioki saic to contimie tliat it will conUii.ii r.-nrf.i im t.. iT..mm!.t. . .... It m , t bo ,n rut 5 o .. ,7, !,.......:,. J S1"61 nvVilc" ol laud. Probably a grand j'irv, who miv be wholly or tute more than half, and probal lv

lUlicLm .m, ,.Ja,rv..f the honu-,t,,l of its friends. Itsovei tin t)'.v, I have t If. .f. ,! hs t 111 part sece.s.on.st,. nor upon his three-fourthS of all the cultivated i..t..ilH-riil.t,.e.nic,.Jac.iutlarctoi said, is threatened ; and this U done hü;Ia,!tls ,c rebel btate at the co:vu-tio:i by a petit jury Qt bke HmN in the rebellious districts. uv ,lU t v indirection, ns well as bv ' S! , i 'n1 l ' rn' '"'V "r 'T? m"' ,1"JJ Ä U wUI rtj,i,-v- ili vcr n .1 Jn'ssiult Since the ihto nt-!,l:u t!,okki many millions of acres. Jt will in. Mr SrF.Ai:r.::: Dunn- the pit ''J;,,, , !"C , n , 1 I .ctl, paitof tl,e wl.olc K,,tii.; ,...r on the law of na- elude all lands against which pro.

loneucu ami conuscated lands oi - 1 . - -I their number. I make my calcu- both court and jur may be in sym- may be sold under the pro iion

rcbc-13. bjU was re-committed ' " "-jlations Irom our census tables, and i pathv with the accused. The several the act lor the collection of dim t and inii.tcd; and my purpose was to -j!s a'1,0'"' J.,ea . Suvcnt.v ; süch ot'.ier information as J lind with- penal acts of Congress 0:1 these sub- axes in Insurrectionary dUtricts, np. discuss its provisions under the gen- . l,lon ? 01 ncic,j. Ue nae a pro- in my reach. 1'he bill I have report- jects, and t!c ordiuarv sab-guards of proved June 7th 1CJ; rml all lands end call of committees for repents, Jl''1 1,3 w'urc" Znla ' nearly ed therelore contemplate no general law applicable to the lights of citl- which m.ny be sold under the prowhich will bring the subject directly Sl,j.cn ,1,UWons 01 acre. lor tljc ' edu- . St.i,c ad conliseatiou of the prop- zens in a time of peace, arc not in visions oi'thc act to provide intcnirl before the iloiue for its action. I cal,1u 01 'll t"!1 (,,t4'ls ; ; city of the i)eople 111 the iusurrec- n v: way. The war powers of the revenue to smmort the Covermrrnt

ferbri. Ih tothesul p el, by way of our tone, pi oposes 10 go i.acK irom mt . If-ivin-r i.,'-.. i their st-ui l

. 4 I t . . . 1 .. .1 . cd mcir cause 0:1 t.ie n:i;vcd iri otind

; i.g.iniM ui" g.ci. ii 01 spccuiatois, 1 . , .. , .ii :. Loulederate ruaies nn . s.icu . euar- , oi nie w ar, ami 10 arm ihe negroes " ' . , T.!r ..,.,,.!, in -.i.-ii.J. I-

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II .Ii . . .... , . , 1a. I ! and wrung Irom the toicsts and prai-, is Mmply to give heed to the di me ,

rie of the West, would have poured ! into the federal cullers. The epics. : lion of shncry in our iiatio.jaj terri- i toric would have lomid a peaceful !

, m an niuruai K-a at the uatioa s problem ot our nuances, so iar a the; ;i the luht of t!ds settled print iI throat. i public kinds are co:ictrned. The ' .,!,. ir Suci'r. I i.i.! n. of t if. v.

throat. ! The 1.ometead art did not go into' elect till the fiit of .lanuarv, 1G:;.: Within nmr months from th'nt date, r,otithtaiidiugthotroubJeiU!nt - eof w;s increase! to nearly a million and a half. Teacc will soon revisit the land aud rcsuirctt the nation to e nn.- t.f Tli nrrr- An.l nMih new life. The energy nnd activity CI lüc PP'. now directed to the business of war. will be dedicated afresh to industrial pursuits. Many, thousands m the loyal States who will have caught the spirit of travel m . i . .a

and adventure, ami far greater mill,

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.V .i-it us approach, ami partly nctempted to our scores, will h,y ,o, cause tho considerations I have pre-

.. , - - , uiusu iiju considerations 1 nave i ro ot the homestead law as their glad seated bear diroly upon the mensrcluge and sure help. I t will be the ure now before the House.

fathers. Should it ,1 in, n;.;?:ü:IM,'l,,i'",,m rcuciiion.iorinc.reipropei iiceu noi uepemi

seven millions of acres for the ben - c 1 ol a.neultura co!,cges, and a,l,out tue;,t.v to aid -c " ranroaus. 11 IC,C . 1 ... . r. ...... 1 1 . . . . "'"y- 141 K ; . l""f.,m acu b ;! l iL lue Michigan or the estabhshiiieiit of lemala colw'"; 1 ot fonre wouhl be exu m,tM " Mutmother, granting ten millions of acres for the establishment of Normal MVIHHMS 1411 ,4 4IHIILJ lMMU'tt. J'jVei V .1..,. ...'liinD... ll,, i:.t da uitnesscs the birth of liow .mjccis i wiiu 11 0.11 pt hi e lands may ; .e flittered away, and the beneficent ! .obey o the hmcead law mutii.ot-! 1 cd and destroyed. Ami simultanei .

ous y with the development or this pu is!l!IK.ht ot trao or wf ot,K.r baelova,dm,venu.nt,:md as,f tond;.rim(l, ltml,r lnIlnii.na, ,;Uvs; IlV jt . ;d:.ti.rKi.ro .,,, over !8 a ,,lt )f wa ,;y

,,,W,K """; I ! ;,r r:u.s 1 t ; vUv:x l1"0 t"lm" oul ot ! tl!CM' ll"U'?"? u V ' f ,U lTr !l " 'V V..f ., , , , tlu r.d 1 lie war. A Li k t fl.ift I . i.J 1 w.i T i . I 1 .Ik.i i H.H.. ' .." '' 1 - ' ,

" , V T , li'MUV'ls n, ,int tonsidendiojj. V.ri 1 . rUm ; llA ovcthrmy Is, Uddlv demanded as a f.nanchd i:e-1 " uar 11 t2 rchcls a:e waging against us is no longer a ' im. innr. i. ii..Ti It iw 1... .. .n-.n 1 a f..if...on ...I i; 1 Meie insuiietlion. Jt is not a vi;:iM

..... ;v...,,...iiM, i,n 0,,c' r the foiemt party leaders ol means ll should tempt : . . ' . shoi.s. I-iom IS,)0 to IsoU the IHl-i . 1 j. II V . ' . 'V, , I . " ,u r" lu, i""' ion " If Tiiurlow Weed wishes to mc the public domain in paving our iia-1 . . . 1 tiomd ilcbt, bei e is the pi-ore. It j injunction to " multiply and ri-plcu- ; ili the eaith." It is to give homes ,' to the millions who med them, and ' at the same time coin their labor in-,

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i oin 1 ii till ni .'i. l i . . l . l ...'lit i Imun e. He khows that this inlbix ! mt,vI .

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V ' .ii i.i . V-i 1 own opinion, but the soluimi jud-- i so Ushiou ami ug her that she could thus guard their most ptccious Vi!'1! ! v Tl r CM "; :'''''l' "Ü" ' it,el-,spcaiugll only in calm weather and over rinht and interests ngairut the rei vltl !u V!t M,u m w. .w ,UolV'oM adl.orilatiielv through the hi Jiest j smooth seas, but they p.alilied her inor.scles exactions of capital nnd within t.ie same penod, J.i.l lo.lJj , ., .... . , ....!,,. .i., i: .. , ... i... ,.:.:ica r..ltv of avarice.

...... .j- h !. ,....,1 ..r. , I' -"' ' U l".J. .ICCII. Uli- u,w..'.v. vmi. i.v II4I4.4.-SI. tViljpCM Ol .. - J ! ', p (.n.Ms,d -li 'I' m o 1 1 ' thi- decision of that court a civil war salty, and to ,lefy all pirates. That The helpless condition or the poor . ; h", ; , , p" i':: r'-v-' United Statea.i.l the the nation, iu this struggle for its of the lebel Wüte . hen . capts ist, i",:!::,,1.'!1 V.'i ileitis has be,ucanied on for more Hie against red-handed traitors ami Rhr.ll have u oi.opbzed the land, is lie rir.Ti..", sb s ilMt"'!.!!.. ilT Uitwo ve .rsau.t a l:df. I:i t!u assassins, has no power to conti,, rdready forrshrolowed in the ret e nt J " Z ! I V. ; o r LM U"U ; -VM o,.,,torMr. Ye.tM an. of tbcWcMs:.mc iienod, the aocl xalue oij . . . . ... , ... ? . . . .. . . t, .,. f tivnissif.n lie real ami personal estate of these Jj"" .l;1 ni 'J, lllack s hieh gives c,;,, ort to every rebel cm .Sni.darv Ccm.iU.S.cn. HC States was augmented 6-.lO,'JJO,- "k'i,ul't-s J j." . c ' n:!;:ll4;Kt;!- 'J1 ll'V roill,lriV' wh,,c ,l 8n-V5 , . ei , ; . ., v. , . ! "the parties to a eiit war are in the: insults both loyalty and cjiumou "Tl.. po"r nf rrors nro virvl prfit If I e ,M 1 1 -e It I' i .i'd I Vi l i pr.tu- inieat :u t.vo nations ! sene. The people lenow better, and V1 M.1- V',ir ' 'i'T i M IVI li't I he tdiect lesults ol i mmr:.t on; . 1 . . , , .. ,. : . ." . . , -t iv t tit I tin wr-iim jmi-i inr it-tc-M l ,iutv r .h.- k, cinm.ui .o"""--"; a,ms' , ,:,:,t 11; '' ,v;" ! r; 71- 1 : ",ot ,thi;.v''. ,l",,t ' ; v J,:.,i, ! ...:, ... 1 .... I ... i . , .i 1 1 .1, 1 ii. lillH i limn 1 1 1 1 1 f i I .. i . . 1 i . I .. . I .1 . .......... i . ... i . . r.iiii4 il. I l I Mil ll Hi'l

are paipaue. j an iionoraiue and . .

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public binds are co:ictrned. ilit'p!t., Mr. Speaker, I j nlge of the ex project of paying a del t of three . tent of rebel territory which inns thousand milli(ii" of dollar,or even I r:, tin ier our coutnd. The wa the interest on it. by the sole of the-o j will increase in iulonity r.nd tierce I'mds, i-j sublimely lidieulou?; whWit ursj to the en I. The exaneratioi

. . 'millions by violating the plighted j Mth of the nation, to hinder the ; mirth of civilization, and to weaken j the force of on t exAiuole as a He. i the force of our example as a l(e-1 l""" . s,-, u . Mua. . .su mm Cfjual laws as the bais of iu policy, j But J pass from this topic. I have adverted to it, partly because I deilred to aound tbo alarm of danger 4. asii il !. a 1

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. i t '- nm.t ... . 1 . I ! the elltirc 1;1!ltIc j hundred and li eu estate ol the three 1 nitv t.iousand slave - W ; noineib 01 the .outli, at least two - thirds belonged to less than one-third 1 - 1 tiouarv dibtiiets. It looks to no ; sweeping measures against the ri-hts r lite llias8Wf l)Ut 8im.,,v to"lhe ,reaki:)g up and distribution of vast monoi olies, nhkh have made the low l;c virt;la OWMcrs of Vas m.ti. ( lmIli w1L.tlcr w,ite or black. It is .. .... . . I ' ; !l lilll til I'l'stdl'l. till iKTilil.. t r t'n.ir ' r-"- v.. v.. i,,,!:,,,,!!,, ,.;,,!,,, i,.,,,,,:. .,. t,..litol s ,vllo consimi lVr:lnsl the Government. It proposes thc Unitoil States the lai ' to ve-t in mds which m". v r... -i'..;.! !. ......1;.,....:.... military sei.ure, or by pi oee.s in ran; and by sales for uou'pavmcut ,f tax The quant'ty of re.d estate which wi" V ' of rebels can not now be definitely deter,lljut.,1( ,illt in seeking to climate it .... . . ue should bear in mind one import .national riot, but a civil, tu. riiorial I a:u not now utiiriug my ; ' :.' .... , VI 'I' I I 11 MJ" .1 11 L.llll- 11M '111' ' : ' " . . 1 . mr I 111 irnl'lil'llllliilir H'l ' 111 I'll! I . . . wV ...v. j,.,.v......v.i , . .... I ...I .1 1 1 ...nivi . :. ;,.., l.,. r..r.l. ) IM MIM LU 1 III4 4.I..'IVI i'i ii ,wn. ........ n t 1 . it n . t f i. 1 ii n: tfi irii'n I'm iliirl Uli hi .. 11 1 1.'. t v. . . r ' -,,v ' L'nited States the same rights and j powers which they iarht exercise ju ,.,. i tlio case ol a national or b reign war." Such, .Mr. Speaker, is the - . law as to the nations exiting be-! twrcn -the rebels and the Luited I . , states. I am not arguing the point, ,ccausc all argument is closed by decision. The rebels are l llig vrv:xt, :,n.l uI,ou they hall bo cfflH tunlly yauo'iished, tliy will have 1 ...... - st rar Iierccition radical for the past two years, will I not asain become a "war on peace j principles." The amnesty proelaIi fli ?,. nf mntiv m - .tioü mav reach he cac of many, pt.t should tl rcacu even an w,,o are not expressly excepted by its term. I there will still bo au immense tern itory falling under our power. Sir, whether c have willed it or not, -II I

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..w. . ... . the law oi nations must govern the parties ami the settlement of the dis pute. We sliall not be confined to the penal enactments of Congress on the subject of treason, which require and ion upon I 1. . a not compelled to seelc the land ol ; the reiel throiiLru a trial v. hie 1 i.iut ' ; le had in the countv in which the j olfencc was committed, and in which government, as asserted and defined in the 5th, Cth, 7th, and 8th, sections of the confiscation act of July 17, 1G'J, point ton remedy as sweeping as it is just, namely the military seizure, condemnation, and sale of the real estate of traitors and their I llw.)tfi-j A .-.. j 1 , ,r,t I trt miniitit.' . ...-V vw. I-. v w.i-imvi .w .. v ijM.mi.il ,.r u t..,. .....t-r,,.,., ti. rebels by iud'u ial nrococdiims I I r-

wit!, HHIHUI uw.p .ui'i uiv.. um c iui' ceediiM's 11 ro'i s 1:111 !( lntiiuieti.

against them for treason, and other diction of the government, in trust for municipal statutes. I know too that the people. The alternative is nor million of acruji must be forfeited presented, and presses upon tu for by the non-payment of taxes. Itut n speeily decision. I'ndcr thp Iaws independent of tlit'e sources of title, of Congress now in force, unchecked and by virtue of military hci.ure and . by counter legislation, these lambs condemnation alone, a very large will be purchased and monopolized proportion of the lands within tho by men who care far more for their insurrectionary districts must vest in own mercenary gains than for the the government of the I'nited Staew. real progress and giory of our conn. If it be said that the government try. Instead of being parceled out has no right to confiscate the fee into small homesteads, ti be tilled tiiiple of rebel Mtates, I meet it with by their own independent owners, a direct denial. In what I have they will be bought in large tracts, said, 1 have taken this right for ami thus not only deprive the yrcat granted. I have never doubted it mass of landless laborers of the op. for a moment, and I shall not now prtunity of acquiring homes, but argue the question. The honest re- place them at the mercy of the lords f.isal ol the president, in last June, to of the soil. The 'Id order of things allow Congress to to ieh the fee of be swept away, but a new order, rcbeUiu arms against the nation, scarcely less to be deploro.t. will sue. was the saddest and grandest mis- cce I. In place of the tdavctake of his life. That the rijrht to holding land-owner of the South,

lo so was disputed and debated in builders ;f our national ship did not -.r.. .,.i.;n..t 1 i. !i . . . ..' .. '"'IVtfc.WWlIl I II I U I I 11 lllll'l III!" j. ' v.. v.. J'..i.i.. LIU .4 Ii. ,V III. ML W 111 fi T Iftll Iwll'Can 'il liliiiinrlr ll,,.ir i....r ... . .... il.. ' live Tl. .r,........7.w...t :.. l.. ..... ..'IM I lllill III, III IIIIT ill tlio iiitimt! . I f. .. ,.. ...... i.v. hiim.ii hi u iiiv, ik iiiusi. ijiji. lay hold of the lands of rebels. I belie e uv triumph over th'jm is nut . I . 1 .1 0 near at hau l as w gnr:ijjy nippose. The mot terrific lighting of the war is vet to come. Thev do not di earn of surrender, or comnro- . mise, on any conceivable teims. They w .I resist u-, to the end, with a spirit as remorseless as death, and as bitter as the ashes of hell. Thf.v must U; overcome ami crushed by .. . i i .. . i r, 'I I . I.-., ice oi reoci - ident, as I am well adused, now stands ready to join us in buch action. Should wc fail to do tins the . i r..r.f tl.A ,;.. co iris ui'i-v ..--. i'.v .uv j.v.i.v resolution as V make its repeal needless. Should both Congress i and the cotirU stand in the way of Uhe iixiiou slife, then -the red lightI . , , .i . . 4 inns of the pcoi.les wrath. tnnt consume the recreant men who re-, fuse to execute the popular illOur country, united and free. moH I.a inii-il nt ivhntnvi.r hioinl nreft4f' be saved, at whatever ha.nrd or cot; ami nouuu-, noi cv rn tue v onsuui. tion, must I-alloued to bold l ad: the uplifted aim of the ro ttmnent, in blasting the power of the rebels i foravcr. j 11'. ...a,... 4 X j . .

o su'.iujat on. and! I coiae then. Air S..,,i .1.-

practical auction hnoKrd

- bill. This conflict is to be ended l.v

hard, desperate, rod perhaps pro. traded fighting. We shall certainly win, and our triumph will inevitably

a divest the title to a vast bodv of

of land in the rebel States, and place it

iimier our control. I think jt entirely

1 under the proiions of the act to amiiiro ii.-urif. tjnii nn.l tr. mm. fW fill' ish treason and n bi llion. nntirm r-.l 'jr.lv 17th. ImVJ: all lands which approved July 1st of the same year, What shall be done with these immouse estates, brought within our power by the acts of rebels? One of two policies, radically antagonis. tie, must be accepted. Thev must be allowed to fall into the hands of ..... 1 ,. .. I 1 .... .1. 1,, X n 9 AlK'Clllilll'IS, aiMI I I'COIIIv 4 llv I'.lolO V74 1 r..:..i.....i ... tbov mtist ho obicl under tbo luri. ---- T--r--w--'w1 - - - - - m - - - - lording it over hundreds of slaves loyal millions who need them, Mid it: l.ut ti 4i.ik mil fit !mt'v T'O.l. p.M.r t . l - - f..l. n.l imt ilmitond I1.11 .ik. i n.-r, I , ,11 till I IUI I. Dt. or. ' . . . . t . I ..,. . , . '.. . .......... ..I .Ii.mI III I..... .,. .illii.L. ti eik. II II..T rcu'J l" - ' !! tin4 lli.-vfr. I lli.it 11 t ; i4 er li.r . 1 . 1 i in rr W I .V'UI Ik " " ..... . . . - ' - - " u,c.1 ,,,t ,iM,.;n f, ... M p'itn h ioti .innt.'.tiot r, tra !rMi ,.r tl. r..- i. it o.ytn it moti. ;,(,, r"f ihv er lumniity. 'J l.r Jrir tin m. Mrs ,.1 i 11 niii' niiTii. 111 mi, mm wit emm ht,u; "'"I ,r. V. .1 . '."V. . - . 1 . t 11I Ii'.' 4i. (U .'"I. ' r .rMii ii't p'... irf r,,..f' ci,..r-V, x.qii.i tut I -m i4.ii4u4 iht m y ii -ti il-r W.i wnlr -U muri r. c.n p f.. h-wr-.-air. "''V;, r, Vl"'.'" oi, ".'.'r IlV iP,,d7H.v. d.r t-.'T il-r-.r. 1 rmlur tuont,- r.r frifl'.rn snl :m; ii.t-.i uior. j, ,,lf ,M,i,,,ltw,lfMl, ,rr ,(,,;r,, to he fns-,iivi.i.-.i ir.to rrc.U .r titi-, t u: : rih rnin 4 out immh men, 1 farm .f frPi one t i rmiMlrr 1 etrrs, H.041ifl Iftoul.l 'Ii fix W tu tl.t SUtht . . ii 4 it MS If l.D .... .... .f PPf.u.,.i ,if .e,,,,,,,! ,n rutton rnu!4 iUM, in N.lUr, tu. iin. mwli t ti'mr. l rtlnb. i-i,.n1 r":M ."!.,r-'1 'r1 '""V'."''.";?1'. i iiM rri.lt M iL' f i ui t'r ei n j tut riii .. Lu n, rt.id.t uu it it.' Speaker the voor wUtf s c! 'the Fouth will Ve ps powcilcü t xr -rc of themceb es rs tbo . ...... . f,.Ä,i ..i,,.. r?rt, rr Minll pnn tl( ni rRMnH tlndl rrr tf.rs .-Std tllxislon of the li-n l." ca YcMman stup, would rdso ee urc a lovsl population, since everv (Pu rtt e i?ti tipi )

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