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.The President and Governor Seymour.
When Governor SEpiourt wrote hislong
letter to the President of the United States;
asking a suspension of the draft in the State
of :New York, he surely had 'no expectation
that such a request would be granted. Pro
bably-he wished to give to the - party whose
teachings produced the riot additional evi
deuee of his fidelity to its principles. Proba
bly he . desired to make more plain the fact
'that the Government is denied-his sympathy
and aid in this struggle ; but this was unne
cessary. He need not have written to the
President to assure him of this sad truth,
which the country has known for months.
Yet he has taken superfluous pains, in nearly
three, columns of close type, to make the
people acqbainted with What a wiser man
would, willingly have written. twenty .
, columns to conceal. In future years,
theugh.no man will, trouble himself. to
Mint- through dusty neWspaper files
for a 'letter which - cannot even now he
thought, interesting, history_ cannot help re
cording the brief, tact,. that a Governor of's.
great. State used all his influence against the
Government-at a time when it moat needed
the aid of every 'citizen.- Opposition to the
Government may, for a time, be popular
with rioters and politicians; but the time
will come when all Americans will denounce,
as loyal men iron* denounce, every one who
is weak or wicked enough to embarrass the
Government in its great efforts to end the
rebellion: If Governor S.F.Tmotia lives to
see that day, he will regret the course he
is now pursuing; and wonder how he could
have been so strangely misled. That he is
fully aware of the consequences of his ac
tion we cannot - think; but we know that
the men who have most reason to rejoice in
it are the rioters of New York city and the
rebel leaders of Richmond. • -
These are the men who will thank him for
this letter.: Had the President suspended
the draft, as he reql*ts, the rebellion
would have directly profited. -GoulloJEFFEß
,sitai Davis receive any news from the North
more 'gratifying than an assurance that the
-draft had proved a failure, and that instead
•of having to fight a new army of three hun
dred thousand men, he would still contend
with the decimated regiments of armies on
-reinforced ? This is the inteLigence Gov.
SET - MO - UR would send to Richmond. What-
ever he may really intend," the evil %tore
and disloyal effect of his course must throw
suspicion on his motives. These, however,-
are unimportant; the people, the Gove'rn
ment, - and the enemy, are interested only in
the effect of his action. It is merely a mat
ter of personal interest, whether he under
stands his own policy, or whether lie is ig
norant of the dark prinCiples it - `embodies ;
the policy itself is the question, and if it be
proved unpatriotic and injurious,' we need
not' trouble oUrselves about the motives of
its instrument or auttior.-
- Governor Sky - Amines argument is unfor-,
tunately not so clearly expressed that Wean
be ea - 811y understood ; but, disentangled from
the confusion of superfluous words, it seems
to be this That, as the.draft - is unpopular,
especially with the rioters of New York, as
the - question of its constitutionality has not
been determined in the courts, as volun
teering will probably fill the armies without
its aid, and as the quota of. New York is
said to be incorrectly distributed among the
districts, therefore' the draft should be sus
pended for.an indefinite period, until the re
sult of volunteering •is known, or until its
r.onstitutionality is, determined,
,or until the
quota, is redistributed.. None of these rea
hivie any value. The Presidenc in his
reply to the Gn i rvv—'--ite ----
sa ys 0-.1 wince e wi ing to auide a
decision of the United States Supreme
onstiutionality,
Ccant on thoque.tl6-n- 9 f c
to lose the time
necessary
to'obtain it. As for the volunteering sys
tern, the—Governor should have been candid
enough to admit its failure, the
. causes of
which' are apparent to every thinker. We
might wait thirty or sixty days for the quota
of New York to be supplied by volun
teering, and then would have to depend
upon the draft to supply a great deficiency.
Governor SBYMOUR may be willing to leave
the subject of reinforcement to this uncer
tainty, but the Government and the people
better understand their duty. Of the alle
gation that the quota is incorrectly distri
buted the President promptly disposes, and
in a manner which cannot fail to satisfy all
reasonable men. He will dirett the draft
to be made in all the districts, Init will hare
a new enrolment made in the districts said
to be unjustly treated, and, to satisfy the
" suspicions" of which the Goveinor speaks;
bis agents are to see every step of the process:
But the draft is not to be suspended on this
account. Nor, indeed, dismissing as absurd
all suspicions of a desire to oblige the rebel
Government in the matter, can we imagine
why Governor SEYMOUR is so very .anxious
to have it suspended, unless, having pledged
himself to the rioters and murderers of New
York that it should be, he is anxious to
keep his word. Whether such a pledge is
morally,binding must be a question of con•
science ; and if the Governor really thinks
himself bound in honor to those- men, we
have a clue to his singular behavior.
The letter of the President, in answer to
Governor SEYMOUR'S, is as brief and clear
as the other is lengthy and confused. It
illustrates the tendency of Mr. LINCOLN'S
mind to go directly to the vital matter 6f
the question ; to begin at the beginning,
an end •th the ending of the argthent.
with
It is candid and concise. He tells the Go
.
Ternor at oncq, and, through him, all rioters,.
politicians, and opponents of the Govern-
'anent, that he cannot consent to suspend the
draft, because, among other reasons, tiros is
too important: He alludes to the rebel con
scription" and the necessity of meeting the
army it will speedily create, and briefly
shows that the draft is the only method by
4 which it can be met. , We, are glad that he
•does not condescend to reply to the inuendo
that the inequalities of the quota fall most
heavily upon those districts which have lieen
opposed to the political views of the Admin
istration "—words which Governor Siv
moun'should not have written, no matter who
advised him to do so—unless indirectly he
may be considered to reply, when he
says, firmly and nobly, I ' illy purpose is to
be-in my action just and constitutional, and
yet practical, in performing the important
duty with which I au( charged, of main
taining the unity and the, free principles of
our common country." This letter, in short,
is a gratifying assurance to the army, and to
all loyal citizens, that the laws of the United
R t t o to9 are not to be suspended at the bid
;ding o f y - ; mob, and that the draft will, there
beenfoi—ed•
Brace the above.was written we have read
-the reply of Governnr
4. !* . TCYMOUR to the Pre
-sident, and, if his first letter was discredi
table to his judgment, the laito',, q certainly
disgraceful. lnspired by a false o Pi b - jon of
his own importance, and of the powe? of
.the New York riots, he actually threatens
-the President, and positively addresses
.him in tones of rebuke. " You cannot and
will :not refuse to right this gross wrong."
- Partisans may consider these words firm,
- but we regard them as impertinent, and
almost as precluding ,reply. It was
,in
this way that NAPOLEON was used toad- .
dress .14.effending marShals, but Goverrimi
forgets, that the privileges of
;greatness and mediocrity are not ecnial,.and
that the. President of the United States is so
far his superior that it is questionable whe
ther he. should address him at . all. Nor
when this :daring letter-writer regrets that
the refusal to suspend the draft will in
terfere 'lola the reinforcement of the army,
can. Iva • regard his hypocrisy as anythino
less than a cunning prediction' of new riots,
an artful invitation to old rioters hd,s
in Mis letter removed the distrust with
which every loyal citizen has hitherto
regarded him, for he has forced upon the
Country a faith in his disloyalty. Doubt has
lecome certainty. We are sorry to say
that this disrespectful and insulting letter
proves Governor SwirmoUit to. be at once a
bolder and a weaker man than we had per
mitted ourselves to believe. Yet we are
glad that it
. is written, for the exposure of
evil is for the benefit of the good, and it has
never been from the open hostility of such
men as he to the Government that the
country has expected danger.
The Canvass for Governor.
We. suppose it is, safe to assume that Mr.
JUStiCEY.VkIODWAIID is the Democratic can
didate-for Governor. If we had any donbt
upon the matter, iterose from an unwilling
ness
to believe that a gentleman of acknow
ledged position as a jurist, and, as we had
supposed, jealous of the fame of the Judi
.citil ermine, would consent to become ,the
leader in a politicid campaign, and at the
same time hpld his place as a judge of
the highest court in the State. No such
scruples, hoWever, seem to affect Mr. Jus
tice WOODWARD. Wheiher he believes that
an office in possession is better than one
ill prospective, or is governed by a proper
feeling of anxiety, and does not care to risk
a certain office, with its emolUments and
honors, and a regular monthly stipend, for
the deubtful contingencies of a campaign;
`-we are not enough in his confidence to say,
but it is certain that he is still on the bench,
and at the same time in the midst of a po
litical campaign. There are many good and
sensitive men with a high respect for the
judiciary who will feel aggrieved that such a
scandal should be permitted, but we can
only say that the service of the new organi
zation called the Democratic party does not
permit such a consideration for the feelings
of good and sensitive men, and that
141 r: JUZ.V.CC YI T C.%ODWARD perinitted his name
to be used.before 'the Deinocratic Conven
tion as a candidate for Governor, he felt that
a portion orthe price would be an absence of
any scrupulous feeling of honor. Therefore,
he remains upon the bench to deal justice
between man and man; and at the same
time is a bitter and interested partisan.
The candidacy of Mr. Justice WOOD
-
WARD being, then, an assured fact; we may
ask what claim has this judicial partisan to
be the Governor of Pennsylvania, the suc
cessor and successful competitor of such a
man as ANDREW G. Gaullist . ? In a time
like this we cannot be exacting:in. our de
sire to see a gentleman of our own political
faith in the executive chair. We are not in
the temper to quarrel with any man for
being a Democrat, and the mere fact of
Mr. Justice WOODWARD being a member
orthe Democratic party would be a small
consideration. This is a time when all loyal
men should act together, without regard to
their sentiments upon minor matters. They
should sick all Such sentiments in the great
I desire to save and strengthen the country.
There are .many men in the Democratic party
whose action'
in this crisis will forever endear
them to the country. Su ?,h a Demodrat as
Mr. Bnouort, in Ohio, would have been:glad
ly sustained by us as a candidate for the Gu
bernatorial chair, and for the reason that he
has never allowed his Democracy-to weaken
his allegiance to the flag.. He is a loyal
man—the type of many thousands of such
loyal men in Pennsylvania. He is loyal to
! the Republic. This is everything,the Al
pha and the Omega of our political testa
ment Mr. Justiee WOODWARD; however,
does not fall within such a selection: The
difference between Mr. - Bnouori and such a
man is as great as between loyalty and trea
son—for, while the record of one is earliest
devotion to the Republic; the record of the
1 other is kbold and earnest sympathy with
treason. -
This is a serious chargelatidin making
it we feel a difficulty that is inseparable
from the position of our judicial candidate.
It is part of the decorum of the bench that
the men who administer the law should be
as free as possible from any participation in
the exciting, events of the day. We do not
think that_:; in a time of danger to the
country, seat upon the bench should
release a citizen from the active duty
_
ing and acting at all times in behalf ot
the = country. Many good men ,upon the
'bench have thought with us, althongh many:
other good men have remained silent.
Among• these we. :find Mr. Justice WOOO
- For two years he has lived in a
country rent and torn by civil War ; he has
seen the Republic almost in the agony of a
death-struggle ; he has seen the State inva
ded, and grim-visaged war in our midst, with
all the terror and death that come in its train ;
he has seen the uprising of the peopie to
sustain the Government, and during all that
time has said nothing. The ermine has or
dained his - sile - nce, and he has not deigned
to speak. The record of such a man it is
difficult to find, for he has lived during the
grandest years of- this century, and kept his
peace. To find what Mr. Justice WOOD
WARD really thinks, we are compelled to
go back before the beginning of the war;
and read the only speech he has made con
taining reference to the troubles of the
country..
This was - a speech delivered in Independ
ence Square, the occasion being a mani
festation of-devotion to the - Union which
our readers will all rememberf--the time
December,lBoo—Mr. LINCOLN the President
elect—the Southern States filled with wrath
—the traitors of South Carolina busily en
gaged in arranging the faggots, and prepa
ring for the great , conflagration. And - in
this speech he said : "It seems to
me that there must be a time when
slaveholders may fall back on their na
tural rights, and employ, in defence of their
slave property, whatever means of .protection
they possess or can command." Precious words
for the angry faggot-bearers in South Caro
lina ; fearful words for every loyal man - an
the North. This declaration is published in
the last speech Mr. Justice WOODWARD has
been known to deliver. It stands among
others, but we single it out as the text
of the coming' campaign. It is for having
-uttered these words---=for having printed
them and permitted them to remain in
print—for having allowed thesegreat years
to pass without , exhibiting regret or
emotion for his country, that we arraign him
before the people, and denpunce him as a
sympathizer with treason, and an eßskay of
the country.- Such a' man Gove - oi. of
Pennsylvanial Better far, that we have
- JEN - knis, or EWELL, or one of LEE'S
satraps, who lately visited Pennsylvania
•" to employ in defence of their slave
property " .the means of protection at their
command. Better one of these men, for
then we would have the assurance that
they, were brave enough to attempt their
threats against the Republic. Mr. Justice
WOODWARD has manifested no such courage.
Before the war began, he spoke these words.
Since that time he has.said nothing, and we
• are therefore doing him small justice in as
suming that, having manifested such an ear
nest sympathy with treason in the beginning,
he has been consistent in his sympathy ever
since.
The Campaign iu Ohio.
Our friends in Ohio are making a mag
nificent campaign. With the gallant
30EN BROUGH at their head, they have car
ried consternation into the ranks of the
sympathizers with treason, and it is said
that VALLANDIGIIAM is being urged to -with
draw. They' find the "eminent martyr,"
who is now enduring the pangs of banish
ent at Niagara, Falls, not as available
as was hoped in the beginning. Be is
another "Old Man of the Sea," and the
Ohio Democracy beg to he delivered. VAL-
I,ANDIGILM still clings to it,,and persists in
being carried. He will not • resign, he will
not change his platform, he will be elected
with all his imperfections on his head. And
so the champions of free speech (for traitors)
are having a very gay and happy time, and
some of the faint-hearted are abandoning
the cause in disgust., We expect to hear
'of Mr. Cox and some others of the half
hearted retiring to the sea-sidenr the moun
tains—anywhere, out of the unfortunate
condition of affairs now prevailing in Ohio.
Well, they shall have all the sympathy they
deserve ; but the best thing they can do is
quietly to leave Mr. VALLANDIORAM alone
to his British friends, and vote for Joan
Bitonon. They will have the assurance Of
knowing that Ohio has a good Democratic
Governor, and at the same time that they
have done a good and loyal act,
The True Policy.
There are many ways in which a difficulty
can be overcume. We may walk over the
mountain, or around its base, or,' by the•aid
of shovels and axes and engineering skill,
construct a tunnel and go through it. The
tine policy, however, is that which seeks
the briefest distance and the shortest space
of time, and the easiest method, of employ
ing them. 'the general who moves directly
upon the works of the.. enemy, will, all
things being equal, and with proper pru
dence and skill, be mire of capturing them.
Ingenuity and strategy, and the gift that men
call genius, are merely methods of shortening
the tine, and we see the full fruition of man
hood and talent when we see the energy and
skill and • patience that always succeed in
breaking down when destruction is necessa
ry, or building up when that is our purpose.
When General GRANT moved upon the
enemy's works at Fort Donelson, the morn
ing atter the first assault, it was a swift ap
plication of his means to the end, and he
"triumphed: When he advanced by slow
approaches, and for the space of weary
weeks, upon the fortifications of Vicks
burg, it was an application of the
means to the end equally as swift, for
he triumphed. We are told that he might
have suiceeded in the beginning, by throw
ing his victorious army upon the enemy
when he first invested Vicksburg, but the
price would have been ten thousand lives,
and the demoralization of his legions. He
paused, and we see in the result that his
part was the part of wisdom, for he triumph
ed. His triumph was complete and exhaus
tive. We now see him moving compactly
and bravely upon enemy, w hile
33 E.T.'.7resarmy is drifting about the South-
Western States like the fragments of a wreck
ripen the sea. The victory of GnArvr was
based upon the true`policy, and his success
was the tribute that, is always obtained by
energy, courage, and skill.
The principle that guides the man in
active life, in his business relations, in his
management of armies, and the execution
of any project, should also guide the states
man. Here -we are. A war engrosses all
attention. Everybody suffers from it, or in
a certain way feels its effects. It is at our
homes, in the shape of conSeription, which
is merely exacting from the citizen the last
duty due to his country. It has been with
us at. Gettysburg in all the horrible grandeur
of active combat. We feel it in the feverish
and unnatural activity of business—the sud
den gaining and losing of money—the in
juty done 'to our commerce by the dread of
piracy, and in the suffering and grief of
those who have friends in the armies of the
Union. There is no good in recapitulating
its rise and origin, for it is here before us
in all the grim reality of slaughter and deso
lation. We have pledged to its prosecution
the honor of America, in order that vic
tory may be gained. We can do this by
the dispersion of armies, the occupation_ of
the stolen forts and disputed territory, and
compelling the flight or surrender of the
leaders of the rebellion. This, would be
called the victory of the sword. After that
may come the victory'of the pen, or the ex
ercise of clemency, severity, magnanimity,
or power, as the situation of affairs may de
mand. At present we have determined one
thing—that it is necessary to continue the
war; and being necessary, as all men
know, we should insist upon the policy that
should govern- its progress And manage
ment.
While we do not think that there is a man
in America who would not rejoice at a pro
clamation of peace, no patriotic citizen de
sires to hear such peace , proclaimed until it
can be done with honor'and pride. Those
who think otherwise'are no friends of the
country, and should have no voice in its
councils. However dreadful and cruel this
war may be, it does not compare with the
hdrror and shame that would be left us and
our children if it were terminated by a
peace that left the Southern traitors mas
ters of thußepubllc. As we survey the
situation now, there can be no peace unless
with all emphasis and on every occasion,
that they would never consent to a re
establishment of the Union. We are bound
to believe them. They have every. motive
to resist a reunion with the loyal States.
They are guilty men, and liable to severe
and cruel penalties. Therefore,- . a re-
established Union means a summary arrest,
trial, and an execution by rope and timber
before the assembled people. The instincts
of safety, the dread of death, and par
ticularly an ignominious death; Would
make them the enemies - of reunion.
We might grant them an amnesty, and even
go so far as.to admit them to all the rights
of citizenship. the memory - nf their
crimes ; the knoWledge that their hands had
become crimsoned with brothers' . blood
since last we parted; would be forever in
their way, and nothing but dreary memo
ries would exist between us The Union,
to them; would be as the body of death to
which the galley : slave was bound: " Sus
picion all our lives would be stuck full of
eyes." They Would find " treason trusted
like the fox ;" and generations would pass
before the wounds and scars would be healed.
It is folly to snp_pose that any reunion, based
upon a dishonorable peace, could be effec
tive. We cannot efface the past by affecting
not to remember it. To us, and to our chil
dren, these leaders of the rebellion are trai
tors. Our history must proclaim them as
such ; and when themothers of =other age
tell the children ,of the glorious deeds, of
their ancestors, they must tell them that the
men upon whom these deeds were com
mitted Were wicked; false, ambitious men,
and that they . carried to their graves the
memory of their wickedness and falsehood.
There can never_ be a reunion by such
flimsy and.unstable methods. We may put
the new wine into the old bottle, but the
bottle and wine will soon be destroyed.
'The leaders:of an exhausted South might
accept a convention, or an armistice, or
even peace and reunion ; but as soon as the
exhaustion was over, the war 'would again
break forth like the consuming flames,. and
all the details of this 'sad drama would be
enacted over again. . Any policy that 'con
templates such a peace merely giv . es aid
and comfort to the rebellion ; for, as we
have shown, if pursued to its logical
consequences, it would result in the tri
umph of the South, and the concession on
our part of every unjust and wicked de
mand. By the successes of our arms ,we
have scourged and punished the South; and
for the first time since the war f iegan we
can see the coming of-the end. Indistinctly
shaping " .. itself, rising over the horizon, and
giving no sign but the bright and ruddy glow ,
that always heralds the morning," feace is
throwing its first <shadows over the sky.
There are hours of i. ),Vness yet, and we
must still endure the glom. Let us profit
by_it, however, and by, the lessons .of our
past experience, to continue on in our good
work. Peace will then come, and it will
be a peace which our children shall not
blush to read.
A Nelv State.
It will not be long, doubtless, before the
flourishing Territory of Nevada •will ask ad
mittance as a State at the bar of the Union.
This Territory now contains a populatton of
more than 'sixty thousand, steadily .increa
sing upon the attractions of its mineral
wealth and its agricultural advantages. The
land throughout is rich iro mines of gold or
silver, numbers of which are in prosperous
operation ; and, - in fine, -posses* all the
natural capital necessary for the establish . -
ment of a growing State. Utah and Cali
fornia on the east and west, and Oregon at
the north, are its - boundarieS. As . the Ter
ritory was organized in March, 1861, and
has from that time made marked_ and syste
matic progress; it is now, or soon will kw, in
excellent preparation for admission into the
family of. States. On the - 2d of Septambei
a Constitutional Convention -.of regularli
elected delegates will be held in Nevada,
after which application will be made at tb.e
next session.of Congress: Such a filet is at.
this time, of especial value, and in the ordeal .
through - which the Union is passing is a
test and, sign of the efficacy and stabilityr
of our republican system.. -
It is stated that the Emperor Napoleon has re
vised the last proofs of the first volume of hie
Life of attar,"
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1863.
A .Queen's SpeechWissected.
It is related that on one occasion, when
she atisPeeted her Parliament of indulging i
speechmaking rather than in legislation and
money-voting, Queen ELIZABETIE sent for
the Speaker of the House of Conimons, and
asVd him what the House hat done in the
last six weeks? The reply was, "Madame,
We have sat six weeks." Had Queen Vrc
rrourA, at the close of the session which has
just ended, asked Lord PATAIREBTON what
Parliament had done in five months, the
reply could riot have stated many more re
sults than Queen ELI4ABENIC had arrived at
three centuries earlier.
What is called " The Queen's Speech,"
at the prorogation of Parliament, was de
livered by Commission, consisting of three
Peers, of whom the Lord Chancellor is one,
ex njOio. The Commissioners wear antique
robes, - of the fashion of" the year One," and
cocked hats, of no fashion at all, which
would set an audience laughing, if ex
hibited in a pantomime, on the heads of
Clown and Pantaloon. It would be a sort
of petit treason, however, even to smile tit
the ludicrous spectacle when exhibited with
a gorgeous assumption of state and dig
nity, in the House of Lovis, on the day
when Parliament assembles or separates for
the Session. The idea is, that the persons
who represent the Sovereign shall be treated
with almost as much homage as the Sove
reign herself. All this goes to show that,
after ail, Royalty is a mere form, for the
most part. Queen VICTORIA, truth to say,
notwithstanding the
,I.f.divinity, which cloth
hedge" her station, has not the power of
appointing any enz to fill a petty clerkship
f.tf 1 , WO• hundred and fifty dollars a yekr:
One or other of her Ministers would claim
the right, to the appointment, and exercise
it, too, by nominating another pprson, just
to show his independence.
The "Speech from the Throne," as it is
called, whether read by the Queen, or by her
strangely-hatted commissioners, is merely
a, document concocted by the Ministry for
the time being, and declaring their views.
Since Prince ALBERT'S death, in December,
)861, this has emphatically been the case.
While 1w lived, (it is now confessed, though .
strongly denied in his lifetime,) the Speech
was subjected to criticism and correction,
but since Queen VICTORIA has neglected her
public duties, small as they are, Lord PAL
MERSTON has had very little check upon
him, though, as a matter of form, a draught
of the speech is submitted to her Majesty in
council, the day before it is read in the
House of Lords.
The Speech just delivered, though of the
usual length, tells little—for it had little to
tell. The negotiations with France and
Austria on the present condition of Poland
are referred to. The Civil War in America
is glanced at, with a complaceitt boast of
British "neutrality"—and no • mention of
the Alabama, the Florida, the Georgia, the
Alexandra, or any other of the war-vessels
built in England and Scotland for " the Em
peror of China," but employed, under the
Confederate flag, 4n piracy against Ameri
can commerce. The election of aKing of
Greece, with the intention of, addlng the
lonian' Islands to his Kingdom, is noticed.
So, with, a little compliment to our Presi
dent, is the additional treaty between Eng
_
land and America for the more effec L,
suppression of the Slave Trade.
Three disagreements abroad are noticed,r
viz-: a renewal of the revolt in New Zealand;
a challenge to Japan on account of outrages
committed there on British subjects, and the
quarrel fixed on Brazil by Earl RI:TSE'LL,
which was referred for arbitration to King
LEOPOLD, of Belgium. That this arbitrator
had declared against England is not stated
in the Speech.- However, Punch has car
tooned Earl RussELL as eating "humble'
pie," on the Brazilian matte`r, at the stern
command of Britannia, with King LEOPOLD
standing by as the physician who prescribea , 7
the dose.
The distress of the manufacturing classes,
" from the effects of the civil war in Ameri
ca," is lamented, but joy is exprdsse:u
world
has not been materially impeded." This is
gratulation because matters might have been
worse than'they are.
The actual public business of the late ses:
sion is recapitulated as money -voted as
" supplies" or, expenditure of 1863 ; for;
strengthening the permanent dockyards ;
and •for providing a splendid incomeend
outfit for the Prince of WALES and higi-wife.
A law was passed for augmenting the in
comes of petty Church benefices, and ano
ther "for basing upon a well-defined footing
the Volunteer force." Moreover, the Queen
"has given her assent to an act for the le
vision of a large portion of the atatute-book,
by the removal of many acts which, although.
they bad become obsolete or unnecessary, b
structed the consolidation of the statute law."
Whoever wrote the speech has made her
Majesty utter nonsen, The old Acts re
ferred to obstructenlinonsolidation of the
Statute Law not "alt76ough, " but be
cause, they "had become obsolete and un
necessazy,idruly;Queen YIC,TORIA breaks
her owlikpgriage !
This, then, brief as it is, may be accepted
as a Palmerstonian summary of the re
sults of five months' legislation. Seldom, if
ever, has a Parliamentary Session been so
entirely devoid of important results. One
third of the time was wasted in attacks. by
ROEBUCK and others upon the United States
and their policy.
General Meade to the ' MGhrlstian Com-
No testimony is needed to convince the
American public of the value of the Christ
ian Commission, yet it is gratifying that its
labors are so thoroughly appreciated, and
especially by General MEADE. His army it,
relieved after the battle of Gettysbu
promptly and efficiently, and thouirads of
wounded and^dying soldiers were cared for
by its agents. -It is but natural,-then, that
General 14IEADE, having such clear evidence
of the importance of the Comthission,
should assure it of his earnest co-operation.
The following will be read with sincere
pleasure by all thoughtful friends of the
army :
HEADQUARTERS - ARMY OP THE POTOMAO, '
August 5, 1863.
George H. Stuart, Chairman 11 S. Christian Commis
sion, 13 Bank street, Philadelphia: .
DEAR Six: I received recently through the hands
of Mr.. Cole, your kind letter of the 27th ult. It
will afford me very great pleasure .to-render you
every encouragement and facility in• my power to
ptoaecute the good and holy Work you.have entered
upon.
I assure you, no one looks with more favor upon
the true Christian, who ministers to the Spiritual
wants of the dying, or the physical wants of.the
wounded, than those who are most inetrumentir in
'the line of their duty in causing this suffering
hence, you may rest satisfied that in this army your
agents and assistants will receige every co-operation,
and be treated with all the consideration due the im
portant and noble work they are engaged upon.
I shall be glad to hear from you, whenever any
thing occurs requiring my action, and shall always
be ready, as far as the exigencies of the, service and
my authority will permit, to comply with your
wishes.
During the recent visit of Secretary CHASE to NeW
York, on consultation, he determined to continue
the sale of the five-twenties until after ten days' no
tice to the public of its discontinuance.
Piet i es for the Treasury notes bearing five per cent.
interest, and payable one year after date; are being
prepared for use, if it should be found expedient.
No doubt is now entertained of the ability of the
Secretary to procure all the funds necessary to the
succeeeful prosecution of the war, if economically
and vigorously conducted.
The Board of Enrolment met to-day for the pur
pose of hearing and deciding upon petitions for ex
emption from the draft. Several- hundred persona
of this class were present, each waiting. his turn.
Out of the forty-three examined, four were accepted
by substitute, and only one in person. The others
were dismissed for various causes, including twenty
one from disability.
The principle has been officially decided thaka
man is liable to draft only at : his legal domicile or
plaCe of residence. • -;
Boa Tow, August 10.—The sloop•pf•war Markin
and tender America. arrived at Holmes , Hele on.ttie
Bth, and sailed for,Boston, on the 9th. . _
The United States Frigate Irani%litm. ••
flaw YORK; August-10.-The frigate , Vandal*.
left An rottsamuth, IL, this morning;
mission.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
GEO. G. MEADE, .•
Major General Commanding,
WAsIIINGTON.
Special Despatches to The Press.
WA BRINGTON, AllgUla 10, 1.863.
The Tieasury.
The Draft.
The Sloop-of-War Marion,
TILE DRAFT.
Reply of the President to Gov. Seymour.
A synopsis of the official, letter of Governor Sey
mour, and - the anSwer 'elf the President, we have
'already printed, but ti; following le the whole reply
of the President
EXICOUTIVE IVIANS TON,
WASHINGTON, August 7.•
His Ezceuanck Horati? Seymour, Governor of Neu, York,
Albany, N.
Your communication of the 3d instant has been re-.
eelyed and attentively considered.- I cannot consent
to surpend the draft in Neer York, AB you request,
because, among other reasons, lime is too important.
By, the figures you aend, which I presume are correct,
the twelve diatgfeta represented fall in two classes of
Eight and four respectively.
"The disparity of the quotas for the draft in these
two clam s is certainly very striking, being the differ
epee between an average of 2.200 in one class, and
4 864 in the other. Assuming that the districts are
Equal one to another in entire populational required
I y the plan on which they were made, this die.
parity is such se to require attention. gush of it,
however, I suppose will he accounted for by the fact
that so many more persons fit for soldiers are in the
city than are in the country, who have too recently
arrived from other parts of the United States and
from Europe to be either included in the census of
1860, or to, have voted in 1862. • Still, making due
allowance for this, I am yet unwilling to stand upon
it as an entirely sufficient explanation of the great
disparity. I shall direct the draft' to proceed in all
the districts, drawing, however, at first from each of
the four districts, to wit: the second, fourth, sixth,
and eighth, only 2,200, being the average quota of
the other class. After this drawing, these four die.
tents, and also the seventeenth and twenty•raintia,
shall be carefully re.enrolled, and, if you please,
agents of yours may witness every step of the pro•
cess. Any deficiency which may appear by.the new
enrolment will be supplied by a special draft for that
object, allowing due credit for volunteers who may
be obtained from,these districts respectively, during
the interval; and at all peints, so far as consistent
with practical convenience, due credits shall b e
given for volunteers, and your ExaelloncrAtill be
notified of the time fixed for cOgionicing a draft in
each district. •
I do not Qtaect to abide a decision of the United
Stateti Supreme Court, or of the judges thereof, on
the 'constitutionality of the draft law. In fact,' I
should be willing to facilitate the obtaining of it.
But 'I Cannot, consent to lose the time while it is
being obtained. We are contending with an enemy
who, as I understand, drives every able. bodied man
he can reach into his ranks, very much as a butcher
drives bullocks into a slaughter .pen. No time is
wasted, no argument .is used. This produces an
army which'will soon turn upon our now victorious
soldiers already in the field, if they shall not be sus
tained by recruits as they should be. It produces
an army with a rapidity not to be matched on our
side, if we first waste time to re ex.periment with
the volunteer system, already deemed by Congress,
and palps:hiPin fact, so far eabausred as to be in
adequate, and then more time to obtain a court de
cision as to whether a law is constitutional, which
requires a part of those not Row in the service to go
to the aid of.those who are already in it; and still
more time to determine with absolute certainty that
we get those who are to go in the precisely legal
proportion to those who are not to go. My purpose
is to be in my action just and constitutional, and
yet practical, in performing the impintant duty with
which I am charged, of maintaining the unity and
the free'principles of our common country. ' I /
, Your obedient servant, A. LuTooLg.
REPLY OF GOV. SE? HOUR TO THE PRR
DENT—THE GOVERNMENT THREATENED
—CHARGES OFFRAUD.
•••
ALBANY, August ID.—The following is the reply if
Governor Seymour to the President's letter :
ALBANY, August 8, 1863.
To the President of the United States:
I received your communication of the 7th instas
this day.:
- I w the concessions you maketi
While I recognize
regret your refusal to comply with my request td
have the draft in this State suspended until it cad
be ascertained if the enrolments are made in accord
mice with the laws
_of Congress, or with the pdn
ciples ofjustice. )
I know our army needs recruits, and for this and
other reasons I regret a decision which stands in
the way of - a prompt and cheerful movement to'fill
up the thinned ranks of our regiments.
New York never pausea„Wer efforts tolsend
volunteers to the assistanc‘Of oar gallant soldiers
in the field. She has nnitTonlimet every call here-
tofore made (while eve Atlantic and New
England States, excepAllioile Island, has been de
linquent), but has contiradlliberal bounties to vo
lunteers when.alLefforts weWsuspended in - many
other quarters.*Active exertions are now, being
made to organizernew and fill up the old regiments.
These exertions will be more successful if the draft
is suspended and, muctyibetter men than reluctant
conscripts will join the armies.
I,Cin the 7th, I advised you 'by letter that I. would
furnish the strongest proof of the injustice, if not
fraud, in the enrolment in certain districts. I now
send the full report made to me by Judge Advocate
Waterbury.
I am confident when you have read it you will
agree with me that the honor of the nation and your
Administration demands that the abuses which it
points out be corrected and punished. TiTumay - we
are contending with an enemy who, as you under
.
1313,nd,1 , ..gink:a every able bodied man he can reach
*ha
hlehe to the slaughter-pen.” - -- rou will agree with
me that.even this, impartially done to classes, is
mote tolerable than any, scheme which shall fraudu-'
lently force a portion of the community into the
military service by a dishonest perversion of the
You will see by the report of ;Mr. Waterbury,
that there is no theory which can explain or justify
the_enrolment in this State: I wish to call your at
tention to the tines - on pages 5,6, 7, and 8, which
show that in nine Congressional districts, in Man
hattan Long, and Staten Islands, the number of con
scripts called for is 33,729, while in nineteen other
districts tlieifebe
umr of conscripts called for is only
39,626. Thitifligt is to be made from the first class,
viz : thoselietWeen the ages ,of 20 and 35. It tip._
pears by the census of 1860 that in the first nine
Congreisional districts there were 164,797 males be
tween 20 and 35, and they are called upon to supply
33,729 conscripts. In -the other nineteen districts,
with a population of males between 20 and 35, of
270,786, only 39,626 are demanded.
Again, to show the partisan character of the en
rolment, you will :find on the 21st page of the mili
tary report in the first nine Congressional districts,
the total vote in 1860 was 161,243. The number of
conecrinta new demanded is 33,729. In the nineteen
other districts the total vote was 457,257. Yet these
districts give majorities in favor of one political
party, and each of the nine districts gave majorities
in favor of the other party. -
You cannot and will not fail to right these gross
wrongs. Truly yours, .
HORATIO SEYMOUR
ARMY OF TUE POTOMIC,
WASHINGTON, Sunday, August 9.--A. refugee, who
arrived here to day from Richmond,, says that there
are but few troops there. Two weeks agb three bri
gades were sent to Charleston. Lee has not been
reinforced to any considerable degree from Rich
mond. The strength of D. H. Hill's division is less
than five thousand. Great suffering Prevails in
Richmond among the poorer classes, in consequence
of the scarcity and high prices of provisions.
Advises from:the Army of the Potomac tonight
state that everything is quiet, and will probably re
main so for a month or six weeks to come, unless
the rebels attack us. Lee's whole army is now on
the south bank of the Rapidan strongly entrenched.
Trains are running over the. railroad bridge across
he Rappahannock, • Hot weather and poor water
are telling on our troops.
AN ORDER AGAINST-GUERILLAS.
Wasninwrow, August 10 . ... 7: The folkiwing proora
mation has been issued by. Gen. Meade
MIAMI:WARNERS ARMY of POTOTIA.C,
.Tply'3o, 1863.
Thenumerous depredations committed by citizens,
or rebel soldiers in disguise, harbored and concealed
by citizens along - the Orange and AlexEndria Rail
road, and within our lines, call for prompt and ex
emplary punishment. Under the instructions of the
Government, therefore, every citizen against whom
there is sufficient evidence of his having engaged in
these practices, will be arrested and confined for
punishment, or put beyond the lines. The people
within ten miles of the railroad . are notified that
they will be held responsible, in their persons and
their property, for any injury done to the road, trains,
depOts, or stations, by citizens, guerillas, or persons
in disguise 5 and, in case of such injury, they will be
impressed as "laborers, to repair all damages. If
these measures should not stop such depredations,
it willbecome the unpleasant duty of the undersigned
in the execution of his instructions, to direct that
the inhabitants of the district of country along the
railroad be put across the lines, and their property
taken for Government uise.
GEORGE G. IVIEADE,
Major General Commanding.
The depredations having been continued, knout
ber of citizens suspected, or known to be complica
ted in these traneeetione, have been promptly ar
rested,
Expedition Up. James River—The Gun
boat..
Barney Blown up by a _Torpedo.
FORTRESS MONROE, August 10.--The:expedition
that left here on the 4th lust, under tiirdirection - of
Alajer General Foster, was accompanied by the
4turet iron-clad Sangamon and gunboats Corn.
Barney and Cohasset. •
They proceeded up the James river, and when
above City Point, and within about seven miles of
Fo:l.Patling, at a point called. Dutch Gap, a
t or ped o exploded under the bows of , the Com
' modore Barney" by a lock-string connecting with
the shore.
The explosion is descriffikl Mat lterilac, lift
ing the bows of the Commodore iiiarney completei;
out of the water full ten feet, and thrdWing a gieat
quantity of water high into the air ; which fell upon
the deck of the boat, washing overboard fifteen of
her men, among whOm was Lieutenant Cushing,
the commander of the Commodore Barney. Two
_of their number (sailore) were drowned, the others
rd.
or General Foster was on board of this boat
when the explosion took place.
The enemy then opened on them from shore with
twelve-pounder field pieces. Some fifteen shot
penetrated the Barney, beside a great number of
musket balls, and not a man injured, except the
paymaster, slightly, with splinters.
Gunboat Cohaspet received five twelve-pound
shot, one passing through the pilot-house,
the commander, Acting Master Fox. The shot
struck him in the back, killing him instantly.
. •The Commodore Barney was towed down to New
port News by a tug, and will . be repaired. The ob
ject of the reconnoissance was accomplished, and the
fleet has returned. -
The new army gunboat, General Jesup, command
ed by Lieutenant Colonel Whipple, also accompanied
the expedition; and received several shots, but not
•. . _
Much injured.
.-The Steamer Saxonia at New. York-
Toni, August tO —The steamer Saxonia
3uiived tO-liiekt, get ailviceo have Intm anticipatect,
THE WAR IN THE SOUTlllipt
Mitsrrats, August 8 —The report of Gen. Hurl
but's resignation is untrue. Geo. 11/snack, has de•
°lined to receive it. Gen.
,Hurlbut, therefore, remains
in command of the 6th Army Corps.
The Mobile News, of the 3d says: "We have a
multitude of reports terribly detrimental to the'cha•
rooter and patriotism of the people of many places
of Alabama and Mississippi. [Slimy of them are too
disgraceful to publish. A portion of our people have
gone stark mad. They are bastard Southerners acid
recreant Cionfederatec.ll
"The chief of the Choctaws has gone to Rich•
mond.
"Johnston's army, 25,000 strong; is still at Me
ridian and Enterprise, ready to go to Mobile or
east, as circumstances may require. Bragg is at
Chattanooga, with H part of his forces at Rome. GA.
" Extensive preparations are being made to finish
the fortifications of Mobile."
Travel on the Misslsippl.
Cruno, Augutt 8.--In consequence of the dispo
sition of the steamboat men on the Xisalssip of river
to extort exorbitant rates of fare from the soldiers
missing up and down the river, General Grant
has issued an Order regulating the prices.
Commissioned officers will be charged X cent
per mile for cabin passage, including berth, and
the pay of 50 cents per meal. Eqlisted men g
cent per mile, with the privilege of mioliing their ra
tions. Boats are not at liberty to refuse to carry any
soldiers travelling under proper orders. The penal
ties for the violation of this order are tine and im
pricortment, at the diecretion of the court martial.
The Loss of the S'teamer Ituth—Salety of
Paymaster Greellwalt.
Carno, August —Major Greenwalt, one of the
paymasters, supposed to have been lost on the
stesnier Ruth, is safe. Re was not on the Ruth,
having been left, but followed onthe City of Alton",
early in the morning.' The latter boat passed the
burning wreck, but, not knowing what it was, went
on to Memphis, Where Major G. first learned of the
logs of the R itli. fie returned here to-day in, con.
sequence.
Arrival of the U. S. Steamer Hartford,
Admiral Parragat, at. New York.
NICW 'roux, August if/ —The United States steam
frigate Hartford, Admiral Farragut, of the Missis
sippi Sousdron, arrived at this port to-night. She
was saluted by the forte at the Narrows, by the
Quarantine, Fort. Wood, Fort Columbus, and the
various French, Spanish, and American men•of--war
in the harbor.'
The Draft in Buffalo.
BUFFALO, August 10 —Tho draft in this city was
concluded to-day. It passed off quietly, the nee ,-
wiry precautions being teiren. sx of the empukees
of the felegraPh office are among the draftez , .
"Personal.
PORTLAND, August 10 —There Teas an immense
audience 'at _city Hall to-night, To greet General
Shepley, iviaitary Governor of Louisiana. Lie
made a speech two hours in length.
Tile members of the Western Boards of Trade left
foe home to.day.
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Mrs Solicitor 'Whiting to the Union League
—The Dangers of the 'Future.
Mr. Wm. Whiting, the able Solicitor of the War
Department, has, by invitation of the Union League
of this city, addressed that body a flighty valuable
paper on the "Dangers `of our National Future."
After remarking that "the deadly struggle is be
tween civilization and • barbarism freedom and
slavery—republicanism and aristoeracy—loyaltsrand
treason," Mr. Whiting leads us'to consider the diffi
culties of our position. He says :
".As the success of the Union cause shall become
more certain and apparentto the enemy in various
localities, they wilt lay down arms and cease fight
ing. Their bitter and deep-rooted hatred of the
Government and of all Northern men who are not
traitors, and of all Southern men who are loyal, will
still remain interwoven in every fibre of their
hearts, and will be made, if possible, more intense
by the humiliation of conquest and subjection.
The tootof the conqueror planted upon their proud
necks will noesweeten their tempers, and their de
fiant and treacherous nature will seek to revenge
itself in murders, assassinations, and all Underhand
methods of venting a' spite which- they dare not
manifest by open war, and in driving out of their
borders all loyal men. To suppose that a Union
sentiment will remain in any considerable number
of men, among a people who have strained every
nerve and made every sacrifice to destroy the Union,
indicates -dishonesty, insanity, or feebleness of in
tellect
The inhabitants of the conquered - districts will
begin by claiming the right to exercise the powers of
government, and under their construction of State
rights, to, get control of the lands, personal property,
slaves, tree - blacks, and poor whites, ana a legalized
power, through the instrumentality of State laws,
made to answer their own purposes, to oppose and.
prevent the execution of the Constitution and laws
of the United 'States, within districts of the country
inhabited by therm
"Thus, for instance: When South Carolina shall
have ceased fighting, she will say to the. President,
'We have now laid down our arms s we submit to
the authority of the United" States GOverma at.
You may restore your custom houses, your, c its
of justice; and if we hold any public prop I's ;'we
Rive it up ; we now have chosen Senate! , and
Pe s soseniatives to Congress. and demand their ad
mission, and tnessussesmishment of all our State
rights :. aLd n ;rz dhi s s t a o; a tion to all our former privi
leges and immunity as citizens of the United States)
( i l ti qy a xii. l3e w_ t h_ h o ? are n t i r o a n it ; er
ak s
e in a
who never na---
they could, would hang every friend of the (390814f
meet. But, for the sake of getting power into their
own hands by our concession, which they could not
obtain by fighting—and for the sake of; :avoiding"
their national crimes, they will demand restoration
under the guise of-claiming State rights.
"What will be the consequences of yielding to
this demand'?"
" The.y.will gain the right of managing their af
fair's_ according to their will and pleasure, and ,net
according to the will and pleasure of the people of
the United States.
"They will be enabled, by the intervention of their,
State laws and State courts, to put and maintain
themselves in effectual and perpetual opposition to
the laws and Constitution of the United States, as
they have done,_for thirty-five yens past. They
will have the power to pass such local laws as will
effectually exclude all Northern men, all soldiers,
all free blacks, and all persons and things which
shall be inconsistent with the theory of making
slavery the corner-stone of their local government ;
and they may make slavery perpetual, in violation
of the laws of the United States and proclama
tions of the President. They may continue the
enforcement of - those classes of laws against free
speech and freedom of the press, which will for
ever exclude - popular education and all other
means of moral, social, and politicaf.advancement
They may send back to Congress the same traitors
and conspirators who have once betrayed their coun
try into civil war, and whei will thwart, and embar
rass_ all measures tending to restore the Union by
harmonizing the interests and the institutions of the
people ; and so, being introduced into camp, as the
wooden horse into:Troy, gain by fraud and-treason
that which they could not achieve by feats of arms.
The insanity of State.rights doctrines will be nou
rished-and strengthened by admitting back a con
quered people as our equals, and its baleful influence
cannot be estimated."
LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE REBELLION.
Two questions must be coneidered :
lat. When did the rebellion become a territorial,
civil war?
2d. What are the rights of the enemy under the
laws of war -I •
The first question has been settled by the Su
preme Court of the United States in the case of the
Hiawatha, decided on the 9th of March, 1863. In
that case, which s should be read- and studied by
every citizen 'of the Union, the members of the
court difterealii opinion as to the time when the
war became territorial. The majority decided that
when the fact of general hostilities existed, the
war was territorial, and the Supreme Court was
bound to take judicial cognizance thereof. The
minority argued that as Congress alone had power
to declare war, so Congress, alone has power
to recognize the existence of war '; and they con
tended that it was not until the act of Congress of
July 13th, 1861, commonly called the nomintercourse
act, that a state of civil, tenths] ial war was legiti
mately recognized. All the judges agree in the posi
tion "that since July 13th, 1561, there has existed
between the United States and the Confederate
"States a doll, territorial war.
" That since that time the United States have full
belligerent rights against all persons residing in the
districts declared by the President's proclamation in
a state of rebellion." '
• "STATE RIGHTS:".
Suppose that all the inhabitants living fin - South
Carolina should be swept off, so that solitude should
reign throughout its borders unbroken by any living
thing, would the State-rights of South Carolina still
exist as attached to the land itself?
Can there be a sovereignty without a people, or
a State without inhabitants? State rights, so far
as they concern the Union, are the rights of per
sons, as members of a State, in relation to the.
General Government;"and when the person has be
come a public enemy, then he loses all rights ex
cept the rights of war. And when all the inhabi
tants have (by engaging in civil, territorial war),
become public enemies, it is the same, In legal ef
fect, as though the inhabitants had been annihi
lated. So far as this Government' is concerned,
civil war obliterates all lines of State or countries ;
the only lines recognized by war are the lines which
separate us from a public enemy.
1 do not place reliance upon the common law doc
trine of forfeitures of franchises as applicable to
this revolution, for forfeiture can be founded only
upon the admission of the validity of the act in
which forfeiture is founded.
Nor does the - belligerent law of civil, territorial
war, whereby a public enemy loses his rights as a
citizen, admit the right of secession. It is not any
vote or law of secession that makes an individual
a- public enemy. A person may commit heinous
offences against municipal law, and commit acts
of hostility against the Government, without be
ing a Public enemy. To be a 'personal enemy is
not to be a public enemy to the country, in the
eve of belligerent or international law. Whoso
engages in an insurrection is a personal enemy, but
it is not until that insurrection has swelled into ter
ritorial war that lie becoEues a public enemy.
It must also be remembered that the right of
secession is not conceded by enforcement of bellige
rent law, since, in civil war, it nation has the right
to treat its citizens either as subjects or as bellige
rent, ores both. Hence, while belligerent law de
stroys all claims of subjects epgaged in civil war, as
against the parent government, it does not release
the subject from his duties to that government. By
war the sob set loses his rights, but he dope not
escape hie obligations. '
- The inhabitants of- the conquered. districts will
thus lose their right to govern us, Mit will not escape
their obligation to obey us Whatever rights, are
left to them, besides the right of war, will be such
as we choose to allow them. It is for us to dictate
to them, not for them to dictate to us what privi
leges they shall enjoy.
NEW METHOD OF RESTORATION.
AlloW the iZabitants of conquered territory to
form themselves into
_ R tes, only by adopting con
stitutions such as will .- i ss e ve ," remove all cause of
collision with ,the United States, s!."' excluding
slavery therefrom, or continue militarigOve,:. nment
over the conquered district until there shall aptiesi
therein a sufficient number of loyal Inhabitants to
form a Republican Govermnhnt, which, by guaran
teeing-freedom to all, shall be In accordance With
the true spirit, of the Constitution of the United
States. Those safeguards of freedom are: requisite
to render permanent the dontiestic tranquillity of the
country, which the Conatitution itself was formed
to secure and which it is the legitimate object of
this war to maintain.
Marine.
NEW YORK, August ie.—Arrived, bark Wren,
from Swansea ; B. Smith, from Lingan ; Ahlepa,
from Bay.
Mr. D. H. Craig, for many years the telegraphic'
agent for the New York Associated Press, has with
drawn from that position, and is succeeded by Mr.
Bradford, a gentleman who is well known' not only
for his exugrience, but for his uniform courtesy
and his desire to do equal and exact justice to all
the peisonkcOncerned in the receipt of authentic in
telligence.
SALE TO DAY, STOOKS AND REAL ESTATE S at the
Xactutrile, by M. Thomas & Sone.
ffiecretary Welles and Mr. Laird.
Among our items of European news, we publish
this morning come important documents relating to
the btier of Secretary Welles on the assertion of
Mr. Laird, the well•known-bullder of rebel vessels
In Birkenhead. Mr. Laird, in the House of Com
mons, in March last, stated that he had been applied
to by order of the Navy Department in Washimlton,
to build war vessels for the Federal Government.
The oolieol nem' of this abatement was emphatically
dent. d by Secretary Weller, in &letter originally ad
dressed to the Hon. Charles Sumner, recently pub
'lobed by Mr. Cobuen in the English piperii, and re
pronuced a few dayiNsgo in our columns. Mr.
Welles says:
It is not tin that any application to build a vessel for
ibis Goverment Woe over m,de to that gentleman. di
rectly or ind 3 / 4 rectly. by myself or by any agent of the
Navy Denali lent. No perst;n or persons have been em
ployed by n e as ago, to, or been authorized by the Navy
Der aril:lest. or by the. American Government. to make
application to Kr. Laird. or the firm of which he is a
mem-or, or to any other persot or firm abroad, to build
a vessel or veasels for tne Government of the United
Eta tes; or tor the navy of the United states.
In reply to this very explicit denial, Mr. Laird de
clares that he believed his statements to be true, and
in order t&enable the public to judge whether he
had sufficient grounds for entertaining this nelief,
he publishes copies of letters from a friend in Wash
ington. These letters were well calculated to make
Mr. Laird believe in the correctness of what he
states, provided always that he was quite sure
that his Washington friend and correspondent
was trustworthy. This correspondent sends him
a memorandum "handed him the evening be
fore`-from the Department with the , request to
send it to Mr. Laird by the next mail." His
friend further claims to have assured the " Minis
tem of the Navy," that if such a vessel could
be built, Mr. Laird could do it, and he assured Mr.
Laird that Mr. Welles had great confidence in his
judgment. In another letter, dated New York, Oc
tober 26, 1861, this friend informs Mr. Laird that he
sent his (Laud's) last letter to the Secretary - of the
Navy, who was very desirous to have him (Mr.
Lahti) build-the iron-plated and bomb-proof bat
testes, and be expresses - the hope that Kr. Welles.
may yet decide to have Mr. Laird build one or mow
of the gunboats. • '
.
Mr. Laird, in publishing these document/14/11BL
have been aware that all their weight de wrres eon
-
.ed on
the character and trustworthiness of hit
ion if he
n
dent. Be must know little of public
thinks that anonymous letters are eto impugn
the veracity of the explicit state/ ent made b y Se
cretary Welles. No unbiased /lab would admit
this anonymous testimony Pei eridence. If Mr.
Laird meant to prove'. anythird , he should have
published the name of his °orespondent. As the
case stands, he only shows hiadrelf to have been the
dupe of sonic adventucer, hose name even he is
ashamed to divulge.
That %e should have been so
'
made a fool of nobody wm wonder, when it is con
sidered on what
p wroof he relies to make fools
of other people. —N ` • T >f b Yne•
Urn in the Lend es 4 c e a w a a
But Mr. Lft. suppose that when. a
fact has aa , e , publicly affirmed and publicly de
nied by the two pprtielli most interested, the question
between t h em on be decided - by the production of
anaasmous Jitters. We -agree with the friends
, a ,„ rn ju t .. ,naird consulted that he had a right to
use all ,a,cuments : including the Washington letter
of in his own vindication; and, indeed,
the, e question hairing become a public one, ti..--
t -een two Cian-ernments, it wail 'his duty to do
•so ; but, thou, if:the letters are to be worth
anything as evidence, he must- publish the
name of his correspondent. If he cannot do
this, his case breaks down for want of evi
dence, If - Mr. Laird merely wishes to show
how became to be possessed with a certain belief,
these letters may suffice, but if he wants to convict
the American Government they are worthless. The
departmental memorandum, which Mr. Laird pub-
Bisbee, and to which he, apP r ears to attach import
ance, contains no reference to him, and is just such
an one as would be given to an American contractor.
There must have been scores of similar memoranda
issued at Wasbington ,to persons who were pro
viding the American Government with- home-built
ships. We submit to Mr. Laird that he cannot let
the matter rest where it is. There must have oeen
appaling lying somewhere, and we hope the guilty
party will be found out. In the meantime, Mr.
Laird's ietters prove nothing to the purpose.
[From the N. Y. Post.] •_
Everybody remembers the letters which a Mr.
Spence, of Liverpool, wrote to the London Times,
in 1861 and 1862, in support of the rebels. These
letters professed to come from an Englishman of in
dependent opinions, and as such they, had a certain
influence, until, by the capture of a retie! despstch.
bag and the publication of the despatches, it became
known that this impartial and high-toned English
advocate of slavery and rebellion was a salaried
secret agent of the rebels. Since this discovery was
made, Mr. Spence's letters pass in England for just
what they are worth—the special pleas of a hired
attorney.
Another and equally disreputable transaction has
just been brought home to another English sup
porter of the rebels. Messrs. Laird, Sons, & Co., of
Birkenhead, near Liverpool, build Alabamas and
iron-clads for Self Davis; and Mr. Laird, the senior
partner of the firm, is a member of the English Par
liament, Of the propriety of a member of the Bri
tith Lesielature engaging in such business we will
say nothing here ; though if ever hereafter a mem
ber of the United States Congress is found to be en
gaged in fitting out privateers to prey, under a fo
reign and unrecognized flag, on British commerce,
no doubt we shall receive lectures enough on the
subject from the London Times.
But Mr. Laird was not content to reap his gains
in silence. He must' endeavor to justify himself;
and some time ago he asserted, in Parliament, posi
tively, that at one time - he had received from. the
Navy Department of the United States an order to
build ships for our service. When this was hrought
to-the attention of the Secretary of the Navy, he
promptly and explicitly denied the truth of the as
sertion, and this denial was made public in Eng
land. Thereupon Mr. Laird seeks shelter behind
certain anonymous letters, which purport to be writ
ten, in Washington and New Yerk, by a person
whose character, position, antecedents Mr.
Laird himself takes care not to vouch for in any
way, and whose language betrays him to be =a
foreigner, and in all probability any adventurer—
probably one of those "lobby agents," who, needy
and unscrupulous, hastened to Washington, on the
outbreak of the war, to try to turn a dishonest
penny by dint of impudence and pertinacity.
. This wonderful correspondent of Messrs. Laird,
Son's & Co., was not the only one, according to Mr.
Welles '
who " importuned" the department "-in he
half of Mr. Laird." We hope the remainder of Mr.
Laird's bagmen were more skilful persons than this
anonymous writer whom. he says hetelieved, though
it is evident that he did not trust him enough to
even take the trouble to send him plans and bids for
" a shot and shell.proof battery," such as he asked
_tar.
colfesp - difdett - apenas - outuiy enough
of " our Government," but he betrays himself ludi
crously when he speaks of the frequent interviews
with "our Department of Naval Affairs," and of
" the Minister of the Navy"-two phrases never
used in this country at any time, and which none
but a recently•arrived foreigner, ignorant even of the
commonest phraseology of our administrative de
partments, could have invented. ;Yet, while thus
convicted of ignorance,. he constantly speaks of
" our " affairs as though he were a citizen of the
country. *lt.f.
In July this person speaks repeatedly of our " Mi
nister of the Navy, but by October he has learned
better, and writes of the "Navy Department." In
the meantime. why did Mr.. Laird correspond with
such a person l Is it the fashion of great English
mercantile firms to transact their business with un•
known intermediariest Mr. Laird says he believed
his correspondent. We can only say that if he had
written at once to our: Navy Department, when he
received the first letter, he would' have saved him
self from what' must be a humiliating and ridicut
bons position, in which he is now placed. We are
quite sure that an American business man of equal
eminence would have taken - pains first of all, to
convince himself, by application to lieadquarters, of
the character of .the agent who had approached him..
Terms of Readmission.
The Washington Cl,ouicle of Saturday contains
the following :
Before long some of the rebellious States will be
soliciting permission' tore-enter the Union, from
which, in an evil hour, they seceded. It is mon
strously absurd to contend that the Constitution
provides for, requires, the reinstatement of such a
people in all the privileges which they enjoyed be
e their suicidal secession ; that the fundamental
law of the Union prohibits the imposition of any con
dition upon those who, after violent, armed, and per
sistent efforts to destroy it, now sfek again to come
under its shelter! Yetthis is really the ground taken
by home-sympathizers with the rebels. They first
affirm that the Federal Constitution does not pro
vide for the deprivation of a rebel State of the rights
it possessed before it rebelled, and then argue- that
what is not in terms authorized in the Constitution
is in fact prohibited to the Government and people.
Put intsplain English, their position is this: Re
bellion may be a mistake, but is never a crime ;
State may secede, repudiate the Federal Constitu
tion and authority, make war upon the Federal Go
vernment, just as long as it has any hope of success,
and when convinced that it must fail, return into
the Union and resume all its rights under the Con
stitution, and its full shsre of blessings under the
Government it has sought to overthrow ; that, in
fact, during the whole time it is in armed rebellion
against the Constitution, it never loses its right to
the immunities and protection of that great histru
ment. .
We repeat, that this is monstrously absurd doc
trine. Yet it is the doctrine, stripped of its subter
fuges, of the rebel sympathizers of the day. If it were
a sound interpretation of the fundamental law in
the case, a perpetual premium would be held out to
attempts at successful rebellion, inasmuch as a State
could lose nothing by revolt, and might gain terri-
I ory, public property, independence. It might get pos
session of the public lands, the Federal sub-treasuries,
cuetom-houzes, arsenals, armories, guns and muni
tions of war within its State lines,and the Federal ves
sels 'Within its harbors, and relieve itself of all Federal
taxation. Success would give it all these. i Failure
would be merely followed-by the recapture of them,
or of such of them as had not been destroyed. Ac
cording to the rebel sympathizers and peace Demo
crate, this would be the only effect of failure. Nei
ther the Government nor the people of the Union
could punish the offence, or impose any condition
upon the State before it Was reinstated in the
Union, or even exact a pledge that it would not re
. peat the offence. On the contrary, the Senators-and
Representatives could take thew seats in Congress
while insultingly declaring that they would try the
experiment again the first favorable opportunity.
We surely need not multiply words to show that
this reading of- the Constitution cannot be accepted
as a solution of the inquiry suggested in the first
,paragraph of this. article. In the view of common
sense, and common justice, and as an element vital
to the Republic's self preservation, the Government
and the people who have been so foully wronged by
the rebellion of the seceded States must , have, if
not "indemnity for the past," at least " security for
the future." The right to that is inherent in every
Government. Place it where you will, for that is im
material to the argument, there is a Government of this
Republic; and it is noronly its inherent right, but
its imperative and sacred duty, to obtain the best
security possible againat a repetition of this terrible
foray upon the country—Ahis fearful wreck of pro
perty, and slaughter of hundreds of thousands of
citizens, to gratify the greed of ambition and the lust
of power of wicked and designing men, backed by un
grateful and revolting States. Unless such security
for the future is provided, anarchy only, not Govern
molt, is our heritage. If there be Government, then
there must be power to impose conditions on a State
that, laying down its arms, seeks to be re-established
in the fellowship of the Union, Surely, if such 'a
thing can be deviled, it may take bonds for the
State's good behavior. If it cannot do this, it can
net take the first step toward providing for its own
preservation. and insuring libirty, and the
pursuit of, liappinets to ' its ' citizens. Yet this
ould be imposing a condition. The right to impose
a condition includes the, right to
make one; and
then follows in our judgment, the right to make
and impose such condition as shall best secure tae
object sought by its imposition. We need not push
• the argument further at present, or give it gqy
specific application.
PRICSEWTATION TO. GENERAL ROSECRANB.—An
interesting event occurred in the Army of the
Cumberland some weeks since. The members of
comp'any K, roth Indiana, had prepared, by
one ol their number, from a muscle shell taken
from Stone ricer, on the battle ground (where
the shells are found of very large size), a beau
• cross, about two and a half by one and a
tits which
_was formally presented to Crepe
halfinches
regiment was in General Rose.
ml Po ' secrans.
th,:e-months service, was 00.. -
-mended by him at the battiC of Rich Mountain, and
the present was intended by the Pompany to express
their regard for their general, as- ft kind remelt.-
brance of their mole intimate relations r;',lth him In
the campaign in Western Virginia, and affa Memen
to of the great battle mid victory oT Stone river.
The cross, cut froth the centM of the shell, was of a
beautiful pearl celbri, EaVfng I.)try, much the appear
ance of pearl It was' sent to" Nashville, where it
was mounted With Old attlie - tillt, and a. plate in
serted in the Shaft, upon which was engraved:
"Presented to Generallidie:crahs, by Obmpany K,
Tenth Indiana:"
SthieTyrtrrass trf'RbriEfatOtio.—"A Richmond' paper
ofthe 7111 sass
Substitittes are beginning to command a large
mim. This -morning' a man in Richmond offered
sfp,C6o, and another offers $4,000 for &man to talcs
his place in an artinity company..
This sibstitute system oughtto be stopped, as it
las already dose much mischief in (dr army. ' At
the Atijutant'Clehel'alite office have been received
60,000 cubstitutes in place of an equal number of
ablobtaliett metr capable of bearing arms."
Public Entertainments.
The reconstruction of Mrs. John Drew's Aral&
Street Theatre is rapidly progressing. The warier
is nearly completed, and the whole will be intense
by the time, next month, when the regular season is
to commence. The . Mains' Opera Troupe, of
which Miss Caroline Etchings is prima donna, Will
give the first performances at this new theatre. It
is understood that Mrs. Drew has secured a new
play of high' merit and striking effects, in whiCh she
will make her own " first appearance this seism"
She is now at the sea-side, after a successful starring
tour in Washington and the provinces.
WAVNIII , ST1212.111! .THILATB.S, continuing under
the lesse+ship of Mrs.JM. A. Garretteon, has been re.
modelled during the recess, and also re.decorated.
A few days ago we mentioned that the performers'
"drawinprooms " were to be improved. This was
an error of the press, as the dressingrooms were in
tended to be named. They now are worse in this
theatre, and better in the Academy of Music. than
in any - other theatre of reputation in the United
States. Mr. E. L. Tilton continues stage- manager,
but it is said that Mr. W. H. Paul, late agent for
Mr. Barney Williams, will take the place of Hr.
Donnelly, as business agent. It will be difficult to
fill the place of Mr. Donnelly, whose obliging dispo
sition and cdurteous manners made him generally
acceptable to the public. it is stated that. Walnut
street Theatre will be opened for the seationon the
31st instant, Madame Isabella Cubes, the (Immense,
appearing in anew piece, written expressly for het,
in which, fe , lo wing the example of Celeste, she wilt
appear e . an actress as well as a pantomimist.
Amonr the " stars " who, it is said, will annear
'after Cuban, are Barney and Mrs.' Williams,
Forin Booth; J. S. Clarke, Matilda Heron, Edwin
Adams, Laura ICeene, Jane Coombs, Charlotte
Thompson, and Margaret Mitchell.
At thiCheetnut•street Theatre, where Dir. Wright
continues stage manager, with Mr. Philip Warren
as treasurer, there is now an able company giving
performances after the manner of the Ravele, with
whom they have been long connected. At the be
ginning of next month, the regular season will COO.
mence with " The Duke's Motto," a play which has
already had a run of sixty nights at Niblo's Thea
tre, New York.
At the Academy of Music, next Monday evening.
Mr. S. S. Clarke will commence a short season.
We hear that Mr. Edwin Booth, the tragedian, will
be his trump card at the opening of the game.
Neist Monday, also, two iPhiladelphia tavorites—
Mrs. Bowers and Mrs. Cowell—will appear together
at the Winter Garden,. New York, under theimanage
nient of Mr. Humphrey Bland, in a new piece, called
"Natalie," written for Mrs. B. by the late Charles
Silby, comedian and dramatist, of London. At the
close of this engagement, Mrs. Cowen proceeds to.
the Boston Academy of Music, where she is engaged
ae leadink lad y .. hPapproaching season. It
will be difficult to supply In the wand
street company.
Mrs. Emma Waller, whose rare merit as
dienne was first , recogoized, on this continent, .in
'Philadelphia, commences her starring season at Buf
falo, in about ten days. She will have the valuable
assistance, in her tour, of the gentlemanwho sated
as her agent during the last season. Of cisme, we
shall see and welcome her in this city.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTS, &Toes, Bao.
GANS, &c.—The particular attention of dealers is re
quested to the large peremptory sale of boots, show,
brogans, &c., embracing samples of 1,100 packages,
A choice assortment of prime fresh goods, to be sold
without reserve, by . cittalogue, on four months' Sr..
alt, commencing this (Tuesday) morning, at tea
o'clock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., auction_
eers, Nos. 232,and 234 Market street.
SLAVES TN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.—The Nash.
vine Union says: •'We have conversed recently
with several large slaveholders from Southern Ken
tucky. They say that the decline in the price of
slaves is from thirty to fifty per cent., the average
decline being nearer the latter figure. The priceof
a slave depends almost whollyomhis personal attain-
Lion' and feelings. A steady - slave, who has a wife
on or near his owner's farm, is considered valuable
in his neighborhood. But slaves brought front a
distance, or young men and women who have no
domestic ties to bind them, or slaves who have mt..
manifested - a disposition to run off; will not bring,
any price at all. They are considered as intangible
as the wind. A man would as soon think of invest
ing his money in a contingent interest in a flock of
wild pigeons, or a school of herring swimming in
mid ocean, as to invest itin such fugacious children
of Ham:,
A DESERTER ELo66lll3.—One Joseph Hagen, who
is alleged to have deserted from the 63d P,ennsylvs-
Ma Volunteers, was severely whipped, by order of
the provost marshal, in Pittsburg - , on the 34 instant.
Hagen, after having deserted from the army, had the
bo'dness to enlist as a substitute on the 30th of July,
when he was again sworn into the service, but de
serted the same night. On the 3d instant he received
$250, and enlisted - as a substitute, and was about to
be sworn into the - United States service the third
time, when be was discovered. Provost Marshal
Captain J. Heron 'Foster immediately ordered him
to be handcuffed, and to receive twent - y-tive lashes
as a punishment to himself and a warning to others.
The corporal charged with theexecution of the order
administered thirtpoeven lashes in a severe manner.
The affair created a great deal of talk in the city of
Pittsburg. Capt. Foster says he will cheerfully sub
mit to punishment for assault and battery.
TRH GRAVES OF NEW YORK SOLDIERS AT GET.
TTSBUR42I.—The meet noticeable and important pa
per sent to the New York State Soldiers' Ddpdt, in
Howard street, is a map of the locations of the,
graves of New York soldiers at Gettysburg., This
was made by Dr. Theodore Dimon,. of Auburn. Ac
companying this map is a list of the names of the
buried, as far as they can be ascertained." This list
will, be copied into such a book as will be adorable
and proper record of these brave soldiers of this
State. 'As far as practiccbie, this will be done for
the soldiers who_ be.ee fallen on other battlefields.
of this State has authorized Gover
nor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,- to purchase ground
suitable for the burial of those soldiers who fell at
that place.—New York Express.
WHICH is RIGHTI—Some of the oppoattion lead
ers have for , a long time adopted the following
vsatehword! "The Union as it was and the Con
stitutiOn as it is." The Ohio Slatesmun is the organ
of that party in Ohio, and is published under the
eye, if not absolute direction ,ofS. S. Cox. It de
clares "the restoration of the Union as it was, with
the Constitution as it is, is impossible." As the
Statesman is the organ of Vallandigham, it probably
agrees with him. and favors the division of the coun
try into four confederacies, which - shall be virtually
independent o f each other, have a common Congress,
and be ruled by minorities.
PRAIRIE CHICKENS.—The .Dubuque Times says
that "never since lowa has been settled by the white
man have prairie chickens been as numerous as at
the present season. In Buchanan and Blackhawk
counties they can be killed with stones and club;
and huntindthein;with guns is next to no sport at all.
So plenty are they that the farmers importune hun
ters to try their, luck on their grounds, and in some
instances they: have manifested a willingness to pay
for the killing."
BATTLE WITH THE UTE INDIANS.—A. fierce battle
was fought on the Bth of July, in Idaho territory-,
b tween a band of the Me Indians and a company
of the 7th Kansas Volunteers, led by - Lieutenants
13rundley and Williams. After a two hours'. fight
Lieut. Williams charged them with the bayonet,
and the Indians broke for the mountains, leaving
2t killed and 39 wounded on the field of battle. Our
loes was alight, the Indians mostly firing over our
troops.
TIDE CITY.
The Therinometer.
AUGUST 10, 1882. i AUGUST 10, 1888.
I
6 A. m..... 12 31......3 P. M. 8 A.x.....1231[ 3P. X.
89 89 82 ..93 - 963
WIND. W.
WNW.. '.NW NW. NW .5E....S by W.
JUDGE SHANNON AT THE CONTINENTAL—
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS IN FAVOR OF THE ADM.
NIST.RATIos.—Last evening, about nine o'clock, the
Continental... Hotel and vicinity were well-packed
with a large audience for the purpose of hearing an
address from Judge Shannon, of Pittsburg. Previ
ous to this Birgfeld's band, wldch was in attend
ance, gave the orator of the evening a delightful se
renade. Shortly after nine o'clock the :fudge stepped
upon the balcony and was received with cheers by
the crowd. He spoke for about half an hour in sub
stance as given below. His remarks were frequent
ly interrupted by loud and long applause, especially
when he alluded to the acts of the Administration
and those of "Governor Curtin:
FELLOIV-CITIZENS : I assure you, with the most
grateful emotions, that I thank you for this compli
ment to an humble member of a loyal party of
For no merit of my own—for no intrinsic
worth can I claim this ovation as my due. But as a
representative, as one who from his first vote until
Democratic rebels fired on our flag at Sumpter,
never swerved from Democracy, I speak to you
to-night. Thus laying claim to the Democratic
party, I assert here, in behalf of the `precepts
of Jefferson and or Jackson, that the only
true test of Democracy to-day is to stand-by our
country, and our country, right or wrong. [A.p.
Valise.] If this was true when it was the bugle
blast of the Democracy of the States, it is true now.
No foreign or imperial power has dared to assail
the rights and liberties of the people of this
country. Alas, those who have reared their stand
ard against the Constitution and the Union are
those who in times past we have loved and honored.
Under the same flag we fought, and under the same
flag martyrs were buried. Who were the men of the
past who stood forth- in the defence of every right
guarantied by the Constitution? Whigs of the
North, Americans of the North, Republicans of the
North, and Douglas Democrats of the North. The
so-called Vice President of the Southern Confede
racy, in a style of peculiar eloquence, says that there
never was a law enacted by a Christian peo
ple more faithfully observed and kept than the
fugitive slave law, which compelled the white man
to restore the slave to his owner. No law was ever
more faithfully kept than that. What cause of
warfare had , these men? Don't you know that
scarcely a slave from the cotton States was ever
allowed to escape? We stood faithfully, and the
history of Christendom will acknowledge it. - As long
as these Southern Democrats were willing to light
- for the Union inside of the Union, we were willing
to stand by them. When they did otherwise, we de
nounced them as what they are—traitors, scoun
drels, and villains I It was a part of the
conspiracy, that not merely should the De•
mocratic party be disrupted, but that their anew
Government formed by these Southern Democrats
should be built upon slavery. Abraham Lincoln is
greater to-day in the affections of the people than
all the crowned heads of Europe are in the affections
of their subjects.- He has his right hand -grasped
around the flag of the Confederacy. You cannot
conquer the Republic. We have eaptured Vicks
burg, we have taken Port Hudson, and are hem-
Wring away at Charleston, and Charleston will
soon fall. What had we a right to expect from Bu
chanan and his Cabinet? In his message he stated
that, while Seeettlieri wall wrong aad to he deplored, if
niiy.;;Vathein State seer fit to withdraw from the
Union, there is no Dower itlthe KlEetnativel 11 9 POTR
in Ve:.=.• to low, her back again. go, to
night, whilst the winds of a M.Z.th lake since sweet
requiem to, the memory. of Stephen 4• Douglas,
Democrats, where do you stand? By a B — reckiniVri
or by the grave of Douglas? There can be no synie
pathizers to-night with Breckinridger I speak to
you to-night in all the depths of sincerity.' When
the rebellion broke out, Floyd was engaged in strip
ping the arsenals of the North of their guns and
munitions of war. We had a gallant litlle'rravy.
What was the Democratic Secretary of the'DtaNy
about? You had a Democratic Secretary - of the
Treasuiy, Howell Cobb. What Was he engaged in
ening? I say to you to-night, that never was a na
tion so betrayed, plundered, degraded, as. by James
Buchanan and his Democratic cabinet.. Had he one
thousandth part of the energy of Andrew Jackson,
that rebellion could never have lasted- for thirty
days. Your journals say that the only way' to re
store_peace is to restore the Dernocratic'party. But
if this were done, I would not.give a farthing for mach
restoration. Pennsylvania is the land of beauty and
of virtue. - I speak to you to-night in virtue of your
churches and public schools ; I speak proudly and
gloriously in opposition to. Francis W.-Hughes, la'
model% pretentious Democrat; I say that Pennsyl
vania shall never and never be switched into the
Southern Confederacy. Pennsylvania. blood has
been poured out like water. Democrats, -Republi
cans. Americans, Germans, and Irish, have poured
out their blond. We must be a unit. `• Pennsylvania;
'lin mbe 'made loyal by October. Croyerner-durum
lies done more for Pennsylvania than any
other Governor has done for any other State. life
is the man whom the soldier loves, Amongst