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TO THE PUBLIC !
WHO ARE THE REAL TRAITORS?
STEAD! MFAJD! MEAD !
lanous slanderers ol beU.r men and truer pa
triots than thpmsel vis, still persist in Ihtir char
ges of treason against quiet, law-abiding and
peaceable citizen® of Bedford. Tjie fellows
composing thaf clique, are the most miserable
of liars and the cowardliest of poltroons, at the
same time that they are the vilest of blackguards
and tfie guiltiest of TRAITORS. * They are the
falsest hypocrites, tne meanest dirt-eaters, the
lowest demagogues, the filthiest buzzards that
ever pretended to honesty, friendship or patri
otism, or that ever gorged their greedy maws at
the public crib. Tney were always dastard
and contemptible, pharisaic, deceitful and trea
cherous, unprincipled, unscrupulous, and un
genllemanly,cowardly, mean and low, but since
that pestiferous insert, the Treason-smeller , has
got under tfj> ir clothes, every devilwh drop in
their veins has become more Sxtanic, every hel- !
iish wish in their hearts more infernal, every
dark and deadly thought of their minds, tenfold
blacker and deadlier. Such monsters need ex
position. The people MUST KNOW what
these devils incarnate are afraid they will learn,
viz : That they themselves, the howling, whin
ing,whimpering BLACK;REPUBLICAN EDI
TORS, ARE THE TRAITORS ! That THEY
ARE THE DISUMONISTS whose deliberate I
treachery helped to sap the Union of its foun
dations y Now for the proof:
On t lhV sth of April last, Abraham Lincoln hav
been President one month,the Bedford Inquirer
published an article in the second column of
its editorial page, declaring that "the return of
the Seceded States was not desirable," and that J
they should be let alone, winding up with the
following " treasonable" sentiment, which is
nothing more, nor less, than the recogni'ion of
the doctrine ol secession :
'''■ Let the Seeeding Slates go! How evident
that God, for gread and beneficent purposrs
of his own, ins permitted this insanity to come
upon therr. Let them go to work out their own !
destiny by themselves ! And if the dwellers ,
on the Atlantic slope of North Carolina and
Viiginia choose that destiny, let them too go ! ;
The policy of coercion is impolicy. The bonn- i
dary between (he two inevitable nationalities J
will be most wisely determined bv the elective •
affinities of the population. Wherever that
boundary may be established, it will be movea- j
ble, southward, if Eastern Virginia, or Virginia
entire, chooses to go with secession. Virginia
will return whenever the interests of freedom
there shall predominate over the slave-breeding i
intererest. Till then let her go, if she will."
Yes! let them go! " Let the Seceding
States go!" This sentiment was all right i.
enough when the Bedford lnqaircr published it;
A was ever so loyal, patriotic and true, when
uttered by a Black Republican, no matter how
lousy a thief he may have been ; but let a Dem
ocrat say anything of that sort, and lo! tfie
Treason-smellers at once begin to bite, the In
quirer fiends to bellow, and every Black Re- 4
publican calf that expects to pasture on Unfle '
Sam's farm, sets up a baa tb'at would drown th*
roar of the cannon at Manassas.-—'f,Let the Se* •*
ceding States go !" Such was the language of,
the Inquir&'% few months ago. It it is treason ,
now to say as treason then, and, there- ,
fore, the tie according to their ev
ery-day deciaMtio'ns, are TRAITQ>KS and
ought to be hunk! t 1 ,
Again, in the Inquiyflr of Marcel 1, l#6l, ,
there is an the speechjaf A-' |
braharn Lincoln at this speecy \
Lincoln said : *
" .Now, in my view of the prpsen! aspect <%,
affairs, there need be np bloc dshed, or wSr.
THERE IS NO NECESSITY FOR IT." ' j
* VerP * ° '? (la >' ,0 use '^ p l ar, g na g f>
S£TMr. Lincoln, we would be at once denounced
1?y tlie Inquirer clique, as a traitor. Therefore,
according to own rule, not only they, but •
Mr. Lincoln, also, have been guilty of treason
and ought to be hung.
Again, Mr. Lincoln, in his Inaugural, en
dorsed in the most fulsome style by the Inqui
rer,, held the following language :
" Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight
always, and when, after much loss on bcth aid>-
and uo gain on either, you cease fighting, the
identical old questions as to terms of intercourse,
are again upon you. This country, with its in
stitutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it
If henever they shall grow weary of the existing
government, they can exercise their Constitu
tional right of amending it. or their rev dution
|cry right to DISMEMBER, or overthrow it "
Thus taught Abraham Lincoln on the fourth
of March last, and the Inquirer sung out Amen
j most obediently. But suppose that we, or an\
other Democtat were now to make use of the
i identical language of Mr. Lincoln, what woiilci
be said of us? Why, dear read-m, the who!;
blood-hound pack would bawl out 14 Treason '
Treason! Hang Him! Hang him !" Ever)
Black Republican, from Abe Lincoln, the Rail
Splitter, down to Francis Jordan, the back-out
er, could utter such sentiments and be esteemed
j loyal and patriotic, but as. for "us and our
house," we must, forsooth, be published as trai
■ tors if we have the temerity to entertain them !
' Again, in its issue of Nov. 16, 1860, the
traitorous Disunion Inquirer published on its
; editorial page in the third column, without a
word of dissent on the part of the clique, an
article from the N. Y. Tribune containing the
following " rank" Secession sentiments :
The telegraph informs us that most of the,
Cotton States are meditating a withdrawal fro'm
the Union because of Lincoln's election. Very
well : they have a r : giit to meditate, and medi
tation is a profitable employment of lei-ure.—
We have a chronic, invincible disbelief in Dis
union as a remedy for either Northern or South
ern grievances; we cannot preceive any neces
sary relation between the alleged disease arid
the ultra-heroic remedy ; still, vye say, if any
body sees fit to meditate Disunion, let them do
so unmolested. That was a base and hypocritic
row that the House once raised, at Southern
dictation, about the ears of John Quincy. Adams
because he presented a petition for the dissolu
tion of the Union. The petitioner hnd a right
to make the request ; it was the member's dutv
to present it. Ar'st now, if o-m
consider the value of the Union debatable, we
maintain their perfect right to discuss it. Nay,
we hold with Jefferson to the inalienable right
of communities to alter or abolish for ms ofeov
ernment that have become oppressive or injuri
ous ; and if the Cotton Stales shall become sat
isfied that they can do better out of the Union
than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
The right to secede may be a revolutionary one,
but it exists nevertheless ; and we do not see
I how one party can have a right to do what an
other party has a right to prevent. We must
ever resistthe asserted right of any State to re
main in the Union and nullify or defy the laws
thereof; to withdraw from the Union is quite
another matter. And whenever a considerable
secfTon of our Union shall deliberately resolve to
i go ouf,""we shall resist all coercive measures de
signed to keep it in. We hope never to live in
: a republic w hereof one section is pinned to the
; residue by bayonets.
There it is! 4 'lf the Cotton S'ates shall be
come satisfied that they can do better out of the
Union than in it, we insist on letting them go
in petce!" Thus spoke General Greely and
thus echoed groveling demagogues of the
Inquirer. Thus were the people of the South
encouraged to Secession by the Abolition sup
porters of Lincoln Disuniontsm in the North
And*now, from this evidence, according to the
j same rule put iu force against us by these fiends
iu human shape, we pronounce the Bedford
Inquirer clique TRAITORS OF THE DEEP
EST DYE ! TRAITORS deepest-dyed am
doubly-damned ! TRATTORS whose offence a
gainst the Union smells to the very heaven !
TRAITORS whose bones should hang as a spec
tre warning to all future perverse and wicked
generations of viper demagogues that may
crawl npon the devoted soil of America.—
THEY ARE THE TRAITORS ! LET THE
BRAND BE PUT UPON THEM !
DIVISION OF VIRGINIA.
Consideiable difference obtains in Western
Virginia on the question of dividing the state
arid a new state out of the western por
tion., A bill has been wjtroducecLinto the Leg-
at Wheeling, looCipg ta'ffhat end, but
auspices that foreshadow the defeat ol
.the.pfpjec
4 The Morgantown Slar is r-trongly in favor ol
Division : the VVeUsbtorg Ilerald, is Jfcl n ? ! . v
opposed to it andVtm Wheeling I.iitjfgencei
occupies a kiud sf4iermaph>odi'.e position - be
ing much in the same st de of mind wifh aes
pecl to the question of Division tjifit tfie
Horsier girl was with respect to matrimo
nial question : 44 Sorter so and starter riot so,
but a little more sorter than sorter not so,Vj
W ' *
" man in Sifn Francises, named Pulat
<ki Jacks, by his .tdfme painted on a tin and
hung up onwij*door of his shop.—One day a
walked in and wished to
tatfe a look at them new-far,gledithings.
• What things?" " •*
"Why, them Pulaski Jacks."
"That's my name—Pulaski Jacks! Don't
you see ?" **
"It u ? Well, EJUbWarned if 1 know-d it
I
jack-asse:." • **
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1861.
(Fiom the New York Observer.)
THE CRISIS AND ITS DEMANDS-
While the nation is mourning the late disas
ter in Virginia, we should profit by its teach
ings, one of which is a most salutary, needed
and timely le?on as to the mode of conduc
ting tiie war; but of that I do not purpose to
speak. As to the other, and much more im
portant one, our duty as a professedly chris
tian nation, towards God in the present crisis,
I desire to offer some suggestions, trusting that
christians at least will approve them as timely,
and greatly needed.
God evidently has a contioversv with us,
and is afii.cting and punishing us for our na
tional sins, as lie so often did his chosen people
; >r theirs, in whose history there is very much
from which tve tnay now derive most profita
ble lessons, encouraging, as well as humbling to
our p r ide and self conceit. They were pun
ished at times more terribly than the surround
ing nations, because they sinned against grea
ter light and knowledge, with the added sin of
ung-atefully despising their eminently superior
privileges and blessings. While they possess
ed Ihe only true religion, and were favc,*d
with visible and audible revelations of God's
will, the rest of the earth was sunk to the lo w
est depths of heathenish corruption. While tbey
by a series ol stupendous miracles, continued
daily lor forty yeais, weie deliveied trou. a
most oppressive bondage, and elevated to a con
dition ot perfect civil liberty, with a code ol
laws enacted by God himself, and admirably
adapted to their condition, ail other nations
were eilher slaves or the subjects ol despotism.
Is there nothing of this kind in the history o!
God's dealings with this nation 1 Compare
our blessings, our mental arid" material advan
tages, our civil arid religious privileges, with
thos- possessed by other nations, an (Ft hen say
if we should not be piofoundly grateful to Al
mighty G d, and his most loyal, loving sub
jects. May fie in infinite mercy grant that
the parallel between us and the Jews may
stop here, and that vvarned in time, our fate
may not be like theirs !
OCR SINS.
t'But alas, how numerous, how aggravated,
huw Heaven-daring have been our sins! Cor
ruption, official and private, in high places
ami low, extending to all rank? and classes,
mo® especially those whose position should
teach them better, has become almost the rule,
and.integrity the exception. Luxury and e.v
....vdiiTht- Mi our tallies, to ares-, iun.ior.e,
equipage, and architectural display, has been
increasing at an alarming rate, sapping public
and private virtue, and leading to innumerable
frauds, peculations and defalcations, to obtain
'be of ir.dulgmg.thvse habits and appe
tites. Intemp>rance,licentiousnts,and crimes of
every grade have advanced with giant strides.
In our love ol money, our worship ol the gold
en mammon, we have been as truly idolatrous
as ever were the Jews, idolatry and Sabbath
breaking being two nl their chielest sins, and
lor which, especially, God so often and so ter
ribly chastized th-m, till at length, when har
dened beyond reproof, be drove them away to
become captives tnd slaves. God is now
smiting our gulden idols; our much coveted
and boasted riches are rapidly taking wings
and flying away. Who can estimate the ab
solute Joss ol property and depiecyatioo ol fan
cied values within the last eight months? And
how have we, iike the Jews profaned tiie sab
bath, both in our public and private capacities .'
Look at IheSabpath Jeseciatiun in all our cities,
and all over Ihe land; call to mind the scenes
of congressional wrangling on Gad's holy day
in the capitol'of the nation, all of which might
have been avoided by diligence and industiy
on the part ot our represeuiaiives in ..lis;;.Log
to their duties; and remembei too
L tha! recent disastrous Sabbath battle at Bull's
Hun, far which there was no military necessi
ty; a baale sought by as, not by the rebels; had
it been delayed beyond that fatal day, the
firceaud positions of the enemy would have
been better understood, reinforcements could
havebeeu brought up fiom Washington and
from Patterson's column, and our arms crown
ed with success. So much for despising the
Sabbath, and ignoring the superintending Ptov
idence of the God of the Sabbath.
How have we degenerated in the character
of our rulers and officers, both elect ivp and ap<i
pointed, and in the means used to obtain offices
how eave our people been crazed in this all
absorbing pursuit, tendering our political strifes
so disgraceful that very many good men have
left them in disgust, almost surrendeiing the
control of the government to (he worst classes
ofsociety.
Not contrtil with our original boundaries,
enlarged to magnificent proportions by lair pur
chase from which we had ruthlessly driven the
Aboiigines, almost exterminating the race, we
have been continually filibustering and grasp
ing alter the territories of our neighbors.
ALL OF US TO BLAME.
The large majority of the North have made
themselves responsible in all tins business, by
active apologetic excuses, or ap-
from love of party, oth
sfr'.flh £uW money, and still anotjpT class
from timinXonsenritisan, and now we are reap
ing the biitcr iiuits of our complicity. How
£ortly itauZed,) arising from such a connec
tion wilfßklaverv a slendered necessary at least
a tacit end6 r seuieiit of its abuses and enormit
ies, vanishing like the morning cloud! Is
there,no danger that our imperial boundaries,
extended in a bad spirit and from bad motives,
may slinoli .very far within their former di
mensions*V only can prevent it; man a
lone is powerless. Shall we continue, as here
tofore, to put our trust ift shall we
repent and look for help ?
*1 boasters.
Where boastful, and arro
gant a iiat bffensivelv so toother na
tions 1 of thanking God foe all his
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
unparalleled goodness, and giving to him the
piaise and the tr'ory, we have claimed all for
ourselves, ascribing it all to our superior ener
gv, industry, talents, intelligence and educa
tion, and to that Constitution and Union,
which we claimed as the wotk of our own
luds, giving no thanks to God for enabling us
.0 form them and hitherto preserving them"; a
f institution which, excellent though it be, ig
nores on its lace the existance of a God. Is
t no dangei that God will now permit
e destruction of this Union and Constitution,
. winch we have paid almost idolatrous vvor
ip ? He will not suffer any creation of man
:o observe his gloiy or usurp the homage due
0 him. While erecting at Washington a"splen
iid bapitol as a monument of our greatness,
i.tJ boasting of the time when our boundaries
*.ould embrace all between the two oceans,
1 tin the lakes to the Isthmus, our population
numbered by hundreds of millions, with
sew York the metropolis of the would, have
'■ e not said in our hearts, like N'ebuthadnez
. ir, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have
.uilt for the house of the kingdom by the might
A my power, and for the honor of rr.y maies
-7," fo'gi-tting his fate and the fate of his
nng'lo.-n, and how easily the same God
at punished and destroyed them can
•umble and overthrow us i Is there no dan
irer, it we continue unreconciled to God, that
ristead of realizing our brilliant anticipations,
irass may not grow in the streets ol New York,
or even tne fate of Babylon be hers 1
THE WAR'SI'TFEIT.
And wh°n at last war has been forced upon
e, in what spirit have we negun its pros"cu
iion I The same arrogant, boastful snirit,
uotii in lulersand people, has charactepzed
very step, just as when the eleven tubes made
ear upon Benjamin for the outrage u; on the
f -vite, and although nearly twenty to one,
oeie twice <ignaiiy defeated," with a slaugt&ei'
a fourty thousand; then they humbled thera
elves before God, with weeping, fasting and ,
"ayer, and then he gave them the victory, j
I have yet to see in any official quarter, save
be patting of' the President to his
ieighburs at Springfield, or in at>ym-qlay pa
■•r,uny acknowledgment of cur dependence!
ipon God, any humiliation, any confWsion qj'
in, and in this respect the religiousness has \
oine far short of its duty. The pi ess has but
choed the people in boasting of our immense \
•sources, proclaiming that the South was poor ]
• d feeble, wbiie wr had an unlimited command j
Ir iit*iaiiu is*•—
lea by the greatest ot living generals that the *
war should be short, crushing, and decisive tor j
ill time of the questions at issue, and when ap- I
prehensions were entertained of a collision '
with England, our valiant boasters were a
match for a world in arms, and seemed tojcourl j
in accumulation of enemies. And as il to
leach us the vanity of trusting only in man,
this reverse lias happened under ihe eve, or im
mediate direction, oi the vast amount of civil
ir.d military talent concentrated at Washing
tan, while in Missouri and Western Virginia,
without these advantages, and with forces
greatly inferior in numbers, our arms have met
with signal success.
But I .must forbear further additions to the
catalogue of national follies or sins, already long
nough, and black enough. Who can say that
any part of it is unjust ? Ail history, as well
as the Bible, teaches that God punishes nations
for their sins, as well as individuals; that he
abases the prouJ, while he exalts the humble
and penitent ; that " pride goeth before destruc
tion, and a haughty spirit before a fall," is as
true of nations as of individuals ; that the onlv
way to avert His wrath, from nations or indl
vid"als, is by humbly confessing, repenting, and
•NPIING away from sin, acknowledging depend
ence upon Him, and seeking his forgiveness and
blessing.
FRENCH ZOUAVE'S OriNio.v.—They tell □
story ola Zouave having been asked his opin
ion of She English soldiers after the Crimean
campaign. " Ah," said he, "set them down i't
an engagement ready prepared and well fed,
and no men can fight better ; but let them get
in misery or distress, and no men know less how
to get themselves out of it. Par rxample , our
batallion was encamped beside an English regi
ment, which had a magnificent buck-goat ; the
Savalry horses of their army had no forage, and
the poor beast, getting no food, sickened and
died. At this time the soldiers he belonged to
vv ithout rations to eat, or fire to warm
UiMselves with; and what do you think they
din I they collected some boards, and made a
coffin, and buried the buck. My comrade arid
myself, .shocked at such a wasteol good .hings,
took the poor animal up that night ; pnrote (P
--honnrur, we had three good fires from his cof
fin, delicious messes from his flesh for seven
dajs, and for the rest ol the campaign we slept
on his skin, which kept us Irom damp, and sav
ed us from sickness. Now, what can you think
of the Englisli soldiers after such a piece
of folly as that ? I have my cat, I carry him
on my sack, and he comes under fire with me,
as you may perceive from his having lost a fore
foot, f love and nourish him, and lie in return
will, should there be a necessity, provide me
with two days good living."
GENERAL POLK.— The Jiabigli (N. C.) Re
trutcr has the full; ring ir. leference to Gener
al Polk, of Memphis, at present commandant ol
the Confederate forces in the Mississippi val
ley ; "Bishop Polk is a native ol this city a
giandson of Col. Thomas Polk, or.eof the sign
ers ot the Mecklenburg Declaration, and a son
of Col. Wm. Polk, who died here about the
year 1830. The latter entered the army and
served through the Revolution. He was With
Gen Washington 3t the battle of Brandy wine
and Gerinanlown, in the latter of which he was
wounded. He was also with Gen. Gates at
Camden, and with Gen. Greene at Guillord,
and was severely wounded at Futaw Springs.
At the close of the war he had attained the rank
of lieutenant colonel.
<EI)c 5c I) 00l master br o a i).
SCHOOL ETHICS FOR PARENT AND CHILD,
No. 9.
Pupils owe certain duties to the school a? a
whole. These duties must be fulfilled, in or
der that the best interests of the school may be
promoted. Among the most prominent of these
duties are, Their duties to the School Furni
'ure. Cleanliness and beauty add very much
to comfort. This is particularly true in the
school-room. No school can be conducted so
well, nor will the pupils take nearly so great
in interest in their studies, and in the well
working of the school, when the furniture is of
in inferior quality. Circu:n?tances may cause
the school-house to be furnished with cheap
furniture, and, if this subserve the purposes for
which it is intended, it is well enough. What
ever be the quality of the furniture, it is the du
ll of the pupil to preserve, and, if possible, to
increase its beauty. Many school-houses have
aeen beautified and made to resemble homes bv
he mere practice of care and self-restraint on
the part of the pupils ; whilst others seem to
Dear throughout the maiksof the idler's knife
ind pencil. Walls once white are now delaced,
Hid desks and benches once new a.id beautiful
ire now scraped and haggled almost to pieces.
We k now it is somewhat of a temptation when
joys have knives, especially it they be new, to
Jse them indiscriminately on everything that
alls within their reach, whether it be school
iesks or not ; many of us have, no doubt, felt
,o : but at the same time such propensities must
ie restrained, both in order to lessrn the expense
it the district, and that the otder and beauty of
be school-l oorri may be retained. Pupils very
ilten become careless, and allow dust and other
iubstances to accumulate on their desks ; this
houlc l be corrected by the teacher. The teach
'r's example may do very much in aiding the
DUpils to acquire habits of care and cleanliness.
Ibe pupils will take to be their dutv, that to
vhich they see the teacher strictly adhere.
He teacher will find that if he is careful to
iave things make the best appearance, his pu
ii!s will soon be led to follow his example ; and
fhe be careless, he will soon find the whole
h n d"lh r ? r mMsi f U'fu ,<P t . JL vv.Qu!d .fee_. we lj
keep his desk as clean and neat as possible,
hereby a vast amount of school furnituie would
>e preserved from decav and destruction.
KAPPA.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION, NO. I!.
Of late years the studies of Anatomy and
Physiology are gradually being introduced into
>ur schools, and in .6me places have been quite
-xtensively siudied. Pupils often become very
-xp-*rt in answering all questions that may be
impounded. They know the name and partic
ular situation of each bone, nerve and muscle.
They can rehearse the subject matter of the
book from beginning to end, and further, are
iOie to tell what laws condition health, and yet
the majority of them, from a waDt ol physical
culture, are peculiarly delicate and effeminate
in their character.
Knowledge when misapplied or not applied
at all is of no consequence. If we were to
j ulge of the wisdom of the present age from the
Iruirs placed before us, what a sad and melan
choly judgment would be formed of those,
whose duty it has been to act as instructors and
trainers of humanity ! What myriads of pale,
ronsumptive, and deformed beings would lise
as testimony fir their conviction ! Could the
voices ol Hat? d-ad be h<-ard, how many would
cry out fiom their narrow beds but to condemn.
IndepeadenCof the mere knowledge man may
have gained, it is necessary that he make a
proper application of it. The science of me
chanics in itself is of but little moment. The
great benefit we derive fnm it is found in its
proper application. The steam engine, all the
different kinds of levers, and all the other me
chanical products, are of great benefit to man
kind ; but, did we possess a mere knowledge ol
the principles of mechanics, without making a
proper philosophical application of those prin
ciples, we would not be enriched by the many
implements we now possess. The same is true
of anatomy, physiology, and all the other sci
ences. Without a practical application ot
them, they must remain dormant in the mind,
and neither be of any benefit to the possessor,
nor to the world at large.
It is argued by some, that the seeds of disease
are inherited. Thn may be true, but it is not
true in the majority of cases. It is also said
that the carelessness of mothers and nuiss has
much to do with ingrafting disease into the
child. This, too, may be true, but it only ar
gues tbe necessity of giving all a proper physi
cal education, and ot having all thoroughly
train their physical powers. In o'hei words,
our mothers and nurses should have been phy
sically educated and trained when they were
school girls.
Very few, indeed, of either public schools oi
higher institutions, have adopted any systemat
ic plan for the exercise of their bodily functions
Sometimes an invalid listens to an address t and
bears the physical education and physical cul
:ure of man advocated. Feeling the necessity
jf such training, he rushes off and takes exer
cise so violent as only to be proper for the most
muscular man ; as a consequence, tie receives
more harm than benefit. A small dose of laud
inum or opium may be a real benefit to the sys
err, but too great an amount will wholly dead
'n the vitality ol the physical functions. It is
>nly physical-culture cariied to its proper de
ree, that is to be practised. When such shall
>e the case, humanity may with propriety ex
pect to be relieved of its many physical ills.
PHYSIC A L
WHOLE IHIIBER, 2967.
THE CONFISCATION BILL
The following bill providing for the confisca
tion of rebel property, has passed both Houses
of Congress :
AN* ACT to CoDfisca,e Property used for Insurrec
tionary Purposes :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled , That if, during the
present or any future insurrection against the
Government of the United States after the Pre
sident of the United States shall have declared,
by proclamation, that the laws of the United
States are opposed, and the execution thereof
obstructed, by combinations too powerful to he
suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial
proceedings, or by the power vested in the mar
shals by law, any person or persons, his heir, or
their agt-n', attorney or employee, shall pur
chase or acquire, sell or give, any property of
whatsoever kind or description, with intent to
employ or use the same, or suffer the same to
be used or employed, in aiding, abetting or pro
moting such insurrection or resistance to the
law, or any person or persons engaged therein;
or if any person or persons, being the owner or
owners of any such property, shall knowingly
use or employ, or consent to the use or employ
ment of the same as aforesaid, ail such
property is hereby declared to be lawful subject
of prize and capture wherever found ; and it
shall be the duty of the President of the Uni
ted States to cause the same to be seized, confis
cated and condemned.
SEC. 2, And be it further enacted , That such
prizes and capture shall be condemned in the
district or circuit court of the United States
having jurisdiction of the amount, or in admir
alty in any district in which ttie same may be
seized, or into which they may be taken and
proceedings first instituted.
SEC. 3 And be it further,enacted Thai the Alfy.
Gen. or any dis'rict attorney of the United States
in which said propeity may at the time be, may
institute the proceedings of condemnation, and
in such case they shall be wholly for the bene
fit of the United Slates ; or any person may
file an information with such attorney, in which
case the proceedings shall be for the use of such
informer and the United States in equal part*.
Sed. 4. And be it further enacted , Thai
whenever any person claiming to be entitled
to the service or labor of any other person un*
der the laws of any Stale, shall empioy such
person in aiding or promoting anv insurrection
t-w o. n:
for ft it all tight to such service or labor, and
the person whose laborer service is thus claim
ed shall be thenceforth discharged therefrom,
any law ti the contrary notwithstanding.
THE H^PONSTBIUTY.
The following remarks of Mr. Richaidson, of
Illinois, in the course of debate in Congress, on
the 24th inst., establishes the fact that President
Lincoln, yielding to the clamor of the Tribune
and the insane Abolition fanatics in Congress, is
responsible for the advance of the Federal
army betoie it was prepared, and the disastrous
defeat at Bull Run :
Mr. Blair (Mo.) The gentleman said that
Gen. Scott had been driven to risk a battle by
gentlemen on this side, but nothing has been
said here derogatory to that soldier. . Is the ma
jor general fit to command if he can be forced
to battle against his own best judgment, and at
the cry of outsiders ? Nobody on this side has
said aught against Gen. Scott. The charge
came from the gentleman from Illinois, and it
was derogatory in the highest degree.
Mr. Richardson. I repeat that General Scott
had been foic°d to fight this battle. I will tell
him what occurred yesterday morning. My
colleagues (Logan and Washbuine) and myself
were present with the President, Secretary of
VVar and Gen. Scott. In the course ot
versation General Scott remarked :
biggest cowmrd from my
seat.
it. I have balfte against my judg
ment, and I thihk tlie Preterit ought to remove
me to-day for doing '"As God is my
judge," lie added, alter 11 jpfr interval of silence,
"1 did all in my power to make the army effi
cient, and I deserve removal because I did not
stand up when I could and did not."
Mr. Washburne. As my colleague has re
feried to Gen. Scott's remarks, he might also
allude to what the President said.
Mr. Richardson. I will Jo so. "Your con
versation implies," said the President to Gen.
Scott, "that I forced you to battle." To which
Gen. Sco't replieii : 'T have never served un
der a President who has been kinder to me than
you ha-e been." But Gen. Scott did not re
lieve the President from the fact of the latter
having forced him to fight the battle. (Jen.
Scott thus paid a compliment to the President
personally. ] desire to say of the President
that 1 have known him from ooyhood. If you
let him alone he is an hone.-t man. [Laughter.]
But I am afraid he lias not firmness to stand up
against the politicians around turn.
following is supposed to 1 describe
the "Dixit-" w hose praise is giowuig univer
sal ;
Oh is not this a happy land
With wine upon the lees?
Where pot-pies smoke in six quart pans,
And dumplings grow on Wees ?
Where Nature's lessons may be read
In every babbling brook .'
Where bumble-bees don't sting a chap,
And irmly cows don't hook ?
latest description of the difference
between a good soldier and a fashionable young
lady, is, that one faces the powder and tha o
ther powders the face.
lazy fellow begged alms, saving he
could not find bread foi his family. *'Noi I,"
replied an industrious menhamc ; "I am obliged
to work for it."
VOL. 5. NO. 3.