he Democrat
¢ d@atchman.
VOL. 7.
BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1862.
‘NO. 11.
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- Misgellaneons,
The Bartle at Sugar Creek.
Sr. Louis, March 11.
No further news than that contained in
Gen. Halleck's dispatch, relative to the bat-
tle at Sugar Creek, Arkansas, has yet been
received.
|8RCOND DISPATOR—OFFICIAL. |
Sr. Lous, March 11.
The following ia the official report of Gen.
Curtis, of the battle of Peas Ridge, in the
‘mountain of Arkansas:
H2ADQUARTRRS ARMY OF SOUTHWEST, }
Pea Ripe, ARg., March 9.
:@GeszRraL :—On Thursday, the 6th inst.,
the enemy commenced an attack on my
right, assailing and following the rear guard
of detachments under General Sigel, to my
main lines, on Sugar Creek Hollow, but
ceased firing when he met my reinforce.
ments about 4 p. m. During the night, I
became convinced that he had moved on so
as toattack my right or rear; therefore,
early on the 7th, I ordered a change of front
to the right on my right, which, thus be-
coming my left, still rested on Sugar Creek
Hollow. This brought my line across Pea
Ridge. with my new right resting on ‘the
head of Cross Timber Hollow, which ig the
head of Big Sugar Creek.
1 also ordered an advance of cavalry and
artillery, under Col. Osterhaus, with orders
to attack and break what we supposed would
be the reinforced line of the enemy. This
movement was in. progress when the enemy,
(at:3d a m commenced en attack on my
right. The fight continued warmly on these
points during the day, the cnemy having
gained the point held by Col. Carr, at Cross
Timber Hollow, but was entirely repulsed
with the fall of the rebel commander, Mc.
Qullough, in the centre, by the forces under
Col. Jeft C. Davis, of Missoni. The plan
of attack on the centre was gallantly carried
forward by Col. Osterhaus, who was imme
diately sustained and superseded by Col.
Davis’ entire division, supported by General
Sigel’s command, which, had remained till |
near the close of the day on the left. Col.
Qarr’s division held the right under a galling
and continuous fire all. day. In the evening
the firing having entirely ceased in the cen~
tre, and the right being now on the left, I
now reinforced the right by-a portion of the
second division, under Gen. Ashboth. Before
the day closed I was convinced that the ene-
my had concentrated his main force on the
right ; therefore, I commenced another
change of front forward, so as to face the
enemy where he had deployed on my right
flank in strong position.
The change had been partially effected,
bat was in full progress when, at sunrise, on
the 8th, my right and centre renewed firing,
which was immediately answered by the
enemy with renewed energy along the whole
extent of his line. My left, under General
Sigel moved close to the hills occupied by
he enemy, driving bim from the heights and
advancing steadily toward the head of the
Holigw. I immediately ordered the centre
and night wing formed ; the right wing turn-
ing the left of the enemy and cross firing in
his eentre. This final position placed the
‘enemy in the arc of a circle. A ‘charge of
infantry, extending throughout the whole
line, completely routed the entire rebel
force, which retired in complete confusion,
bat rather safely through the deep impassa.
ble defiles of Oross Timbers.
Qur loss ig heavy. That of the enemy
ean never be ascertained. for their duad are
scattered over a large fleld. Their wound-
ed, too, may many of them pesish. The foe
is scattered im all directions, but I think his
main force has returned to the Boston Moun-
tains. General Sigel follows the enemy to
Keittsville, while my cavalry is pursuing
him toward the mountains, scouring the
Jountry, bringing in prisoners, and trying to
find the Rebel Major General Van Dorn, who
had command of the entire force of the ene:
my at this battle at Poa Ridge. I have not,
ag yet, any statements of the dead and
wounded, 80 aS to justify a report, but will
refer you to a dispatch I will forward very
8000. ju iifl ou
The officers and soldiers under my com-
mand nave displayed such anusual gallantry,
that I hardly dare to make a distinction. I
must, however, name the commanders of
the divisions—Gen. Sigel. who gallantly }-d
the right, and drove back the left wing of
the enemy, and Gen. Ashhoth, who was
wounded in the arm in his gallant effort to
reinforce the right ; Col. and acting Brigadier
General Davis, who commanded the. centre
when MeCallough fell on the 7th, and press-
ed forward to the centre on the 8th ; Col,
and acting Brigadier General Carr, who is
also wonnded in the arm, and was under
the continuous fire of the enemy during the
«+ two hardest days of the struggle. 1llinois,
''Judiana, Towa, Ohio, and Missouri may
proudly share the honor of the victory which
their gallant heroes won over the combined
st Pea Ridge, in the mountains of Arkan-
$33.
I have the honor to be,
General, your ob’t sev'nt,
(Sigued) SanoeL R. Commis,
Brigadier General Commanding
From Fortress Monroe.
Fortress MoNROE, March 11.
The gunboat White Hall took fire at 2
o’clock this morning and was totally de
stroyed. Three of her guns, which were all
shotted, went off at intervals, and one shell
burst in the air and sent several fragments
in various directions, doing no damage.—
The other gun was saved by the Harbor
crew.
The Minnesota was not afloat when so re~
ported in my letter of Sunday. Her crew
having been sent on shore, her guns. were
spiked preporatory to her destruction, when,
by the exertions of Oaptain Howe, of the
Spaulding, she was finally got off during the
night and resumed her usual position at the
entrance of the Roads.
The Monitor came down early this morn-
ing, and was most enthusiastically cheered
a8 she passed the various vessels in the har-
bor. A number of gentlemen went on board
during the day. She does not appear to
have suffered at all, and is ready as ever for
another engagement. Her officers and men
speak in the highest terms of her perform-
ances, and think they might have destroyed
the Merrimac without much difficulty if they
had been allowed an opporfunily.
The British sloop-of war Rinaldo arrived
this forenoon from off Charleston. No
news.
‘Three officers on board the Congress were
killed, Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, com-
manding, Acting Master Thomas Moore and
the coast pilot Win. Rhodes. Captain Wm.
Smith, who, until recently transferred, com-
manded the Congress, was unhart.
The most recent estimate of the number
of killed is fifty, twenty-séven were sent
ashore wounded and forty were taken pris-
oners, not including any officers so far as
known.
Master's Mate Peter Hargons is missing,
Hira my be amor the prisoners
On board the Cum berland, the Rev. Mr.
Lenhart. the Chaplain, was dronwed, and
the Master's Mate, John M. [larrington, was
killed. No other officers were lost and none
are known to be seriously wounded. Bat
few of the wounded on board escaped to the
shore, and the rémainder were drowned.—
T"e whole loss is probably not over one hun-
dred and fifty.
On the White Hall, Andrew Nesbit, Third
Assistant Engineer, Robert Waugh and C.
O'Conner, seamen, were killed.
The Minnesota had six men killed and
seventeen wounded. She received a large
number of shots and was wel! riddled.
The Roanoke received two shots, doing no
damagé. No casualities occurred on board
of her, except the falling of 2 man from the
rigging.
el AA wee.
A Maxim Fro THE PoPe.—One writes
from Rome, among other pleasing things,
that recently when a number of young la-
dies, led by their superior, went “to pay
their homage to th: Holy Father, one of the
company. when she had received the blessing
of the Father of the Faitbtul, still lingered
on her knees before the Pontiff. When
asked why she did not rise, she answered :
«If T dared, 1 would prefer a request.”
‘ Do not hesitate,” replied the Holy Fa-
ther.
But still the young woman forbore.
¢ Ask freely,” said the Pope, most enn
couragingly. :
*¢ Then,’’ said the young woman, ‘if I
may take such liberty, I would ask from
your Holiness some maxim by which all my
life may be governed.”
The Holy Father thought for a few mo
ments, and then laying his hand on her
head, said :
+‘ Perform every one of your future ace
tions, my dear child, as if that action was to
be the last of your life.”
Quenrry.—If four dogs with sixteen legs
can catch forty nine rabbits with eighty
seven legs, in forty four minutes, how many
legs must the same rabbits have to get away
from eight dogs with thirty two legs, in sev-
enteen minutes and a half ?
Solution.—Add together the legs of the
rabbits and the tails of the dogs, and divide
the amount by three big dogs ; this saves
four bushels of bark and thirteen pounds of
hair. Take the fractions of the rabbits and
six inches of snow, and multiply by & dog
fight. Then divide by a man with a double
barreled shot gun, and add a piece of fresh
beef. Multiply by halt ag many legs as one
third less number of rabbits would have had,
and divide by one th ird of the time it wonld
take for the rabbits to get away from the
dogs ; logs seventeen and a half minutes. —
The result depends” upon the size of the
dogs.
ca
forces of Yan Dorn, Price sad MeUullough,
177 This line ends the column.
A B8ketch of Nashville, Tenn.
As Nashville is now in possession of the
Federal troops, the following description
of that city may not be uninteresting :—
Nashville is situated on the left or the West
bank of the Cumberland river, some two
hundred miles, by the course of the stream
from its mouth; two hundred and eighty
and sixty six miles Southwest of Lexington,
in Kentucky, and six hundred and eighty
four miles from Washington city. Many of
the private residences are erected on a scale
of palatial magnitude and splendor, and the
public buildings exhibit a cerrespounding
character. The suburbs abound with pie-
turesque scenery, enriched with beautiful
groves of cedar. The city was originally
laid out in lots of one acre each, with a res-
ervation of four acres for public building.—
The boundaries have since been enlar
ged.
The new capitol, which stands on a com-
manding eminence, one hundred a~d sevnty
five feet above the river, is one of the most
in America. The material is fine limestone
which was quarried on the spot, and nearly
resembling marble. The dimensions are two
hundred and forty feet by one hundred and
eighty five, and the estimated cos: $1.000;,
000. It is built, as it is stated, entirely of
stone and iron, without any wood about it,
except the plank on which the copper roof-
ing is fastened ; the floor and inner walls are
of crossed stone. A lunatic asylum on a
arge scale has been erected in the vicinity,
The State penitentiary at this place is thgge
hundred and thirteen feet by fifty, containing
two hundred cells. The University of Nagh-
ville was founded in 1806. The Medical
College connected with the University, was
opened in 1851 ; it occupies a spacious buil~
ding, and has upwards of one hundred and
fifty students. There are also a number of
female seminaries, the largest of which is
attended by more than three hundred pu-
pils
There were fifteen newspapers published
here, six of them daily. Nashville contains
three banks, with a total capital of $5.182,
500, and fifteen churches, representing the
various religious denominations. , The min-
eral cabinet of the late Dr. Troost contains
the largest private collection in the United
States. The city is lighted with gas. The
Cumberland river is crossed by a magnifi-
cient wire suspension bridge, built at a cost
of $100.000. Water is supphed by being
raised from the Cumberland river. Six rail-
roads now centre at Nashville, affording
communication with many desired points.
fu is the terminus of the Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad. 150 miles long, which
was finished in 1852, at an expense of about
$3.000 000. Theroad-is built mn a very
substantial manner, and completes the con
nection with Charleston and Savannah.
The commerce of Nashville is very exten-
sive. amounting annually to over five thou-
sand tonnage, composed of steamboats naw~
igating the Cumberland river. engaged in the
conveyance of passengers. and the trafic of
goods and produce. Extensive manufactu-
ring estahlishments are in successful opera.
tion at this place. among which may be
mentioned the powder mill, the rolling mill,
The Tennessee Iron Works, just below the
city, on the Cumberland river—which are
as extensive as, and equal in capacity to
any in the { nited States—and foundries and
machine shops. The population of Nash
ville at present is about 26,000.
I= A Dispatch says that the story of
Beauregard’s being sick is false. We know
that it was true. We had a long and inter-
esting interview last night with a perfectly
reliable Pittsburger, who was in Columbus,
Ky., on last Tuesday week, after the battle
of Donelson. and Beauregard was there: —
This gentleman knows and conversed there
with Gen. Polk, Cheatham. and Beauregard’s
staff officer. and says that Beauregard has
been quite sick, but not danger usly so—
nothing worse than a very severe cold, which
had however. quite. enfeebled him, Atter
higarrival he mounted a horse, and rode
around for two hours, carefully snrveying
the natural and artificial defences of the
place and his report was, in short : * You
must evacuate. You havea wonderful
amount of guns here but no casemates. ¥ou
couldn’t hold the place two bewrs, and as
for that trap down youder,” pointing to the
water battery placed on the level of the
Mississippi, and ite posterior flat, * it’s a
perfect slaughter pen. Every guoner there
would be killed in twenty minutes.” —Patts-
burg Chronicle.
Miss Slidell.
The girl stood on the steamers deck,
While men in arms were thick around ;
And from Jacinto’s threatening sides
A score of cannon on her frowned.
She bade them leave her father there—
She challenged them to do her hurt—
She madly laid her bosom bare, iy
And fearlessly exposed her—shirt !
0” A sharp tongue is the only edged tool
that grows keener with constant use,
miles Northeast of Memphis, two hundred |:
noble, magnificent, and costly . sttuctures.
Select Poetry,
Confiding Cummings.
Once in a great metropolis, & seat of wealth and
fame,
There lived an honest patriot, and Cummings was
his name; i
He was a trusty servant, and Cameron knew the
fact,
For he gave him a commission and told him how to
act
You'll purchase me supplies, said he, and see it
quickly done;
Just keep one eye on government and two on num--
ber one.
Two million dollars, my dear friend, I'll place at
your command,
And Morgan soon will 2id you with a free and
open hand.
I shall never ask for vouchers, or go behind your
claim ; a
“Remember Susquehanna and the Winnebago
game.”
And Cummings did as he was bid, for fifteen
weary days, .
Straw hate a: d linen pants he bought, and pork
and beans, and peas;
And Ale and Porter, too, you see, were items in
the bill, :
For Aleck said “these soldiers brave,’ for once
shall have their fill.
He never charged the government for any time he
spent,
And cautiously refused to know which way the
money went.
These things, tis said, were never meant the pub-
lie eye should scan,
For Cummings stood before the world a tried and
trusty man ;
But then Van Wyck, a pompous man, got up a
meddling crew,
Who straightway went to work to probe the whole
' transaction through.
They interfered with private rights, and puzzled
* Cummings sore, *
But found him still an honest man, and may be—
something more ;
Then pious Cummings went abroad, but not in
quest of wealth, :
A European trip, ’tis known, conduces much to
health.
And now beneath a fairer sky, he’s found repose
of mind,
And calmly waits to see hischief come jogging on
behind.
* * * * * » * *
Now all ye gallant patriots of every sect and
school,
Who never keep your consciences by measure or
oy rule,
Take honest Cummings for your guide in all your
walks in life,
And meagure well the {funds you spond in govern.
mental strife.
Four hundred thousand is the sum,—you must not
pass the bounds,
For Cummings stopped a littlo short, and still the
public frowns
Written for the Watchman. |
Lines.
BY THE MAN IN GREY.
I ask not & feat in the halls of a pa’ace,
Mid those who may boast of their fame and
their worth ;
I ask not to drink from the ghttering chalice
That fortune bestows on her favored of earth
I ask for no garland that fame is entwining
For thousands who bask in tbe light of her
smile,
I crave not a gem from the myriads shining
In radiant clusters on sea-coast and isle.
I ask for Remembrance to place in the bosoms
Of friends whose affections are dear to this heart,
One beautiful wreath of amaranth blossoms,
To whisper of Mary till life doth depart.
The Abolitivnists on McClellan
Notwithstanding the impudent and per-
sisting efforts of the abolition clique in
Congress, to make it appear that the Sec-
retary of War has lent himself to their
scheme of assailing General McClellan, it is
a fact, says a Herald dispatch, that the
most cordial harmony exists in their rela
tions. The reports of hostile declarations
on the part of the Secretary towards the
General, are pure fabrications. It is uot
consistent with Mr. Stanton’s character to
‘express himself by inuendo, or treacherous-
ly to assail an enemy in the dark. If, in
the hurry of business, any expression has
escaped’ him, in orders or tonversations,
that has been construed to the disadvant.
age of Gen. McClellan, the construction is
entirely erroneous, and altogether foreign
from his meaning or intention. The Gener-
al Commanding has now no enemy or oppo-
nent in the Cabinet or in the country, except
the petty faction in Congress who howl af«
ter him and the administration because they
will not pervert the war for the Union into
one for the abolition of the pezuliar insti u~
tion of the South. This clique is growing
+: small by degrees and beautifully less.”---
A member of Congress who, when he left
here a few days ago for the West. was
among the fault-finders, returned to day
convinced, by an interview with Gen. Hal-
leck, that he had" been misled, and was now
willing to sustain General McClellan as the
chief author of the plan of the campaign
that promises such glorious results and a
speedy termination of the war. Whatever
violence the abolition howlers may ' exhibit
now, they cannot efface the official record
of the Wur, which will be, when mad pub.
lic, an ample vindication of Gen. McClellan
and the President, and render their assail-
ants o mark for public ridicule.
Buckner and Tilghman on their Travels.
Last night quite a crowd of people collect-
ed at the New York central depot; hoping to
get a sight at the Rebel Generals Buckner
and Tilghman. The hopes of the crowd
were dissipated, however on learning that
the proprietor of Congress Hall had received
a telegraph from the conductor of the sleep-
ing car, ordering supper for the two Kebels
end theii escort, which they would take
without alighting. The Generals were in
charge of Colonel Cutts, a brother of Mrs.
Douglas, and seven soldiers.
Mr. Scranton. preceded by a servant car-
rying a bountiful sapper. eniered the car
and was introduced as the proprietor of Con-
gress Hall. General Buckner remarked that
he had taken many meals at Congress Hall.
They pronounced their supper very fine.—
At this time Mr. Purcell. the book keeper at
Congress Hall brought in the register for the
party to sign-their names, (3eneral Buckner
signed it first, and then passed the book: to
Tilghman saying, Floyd. he wants your
autography.” Tilghman playfully replied,
Don’t call me Floyd, ; Tam a better man
than Floyd ever was.” Tilghman's first
name is Lloyd. He writes a bold hand, on
the * Hancock ’” order. Colonel Cutts also
signed the hotel register.
General Buckner is 8 man of about medium
height rathar inclined to corpulency. We
shonld judge he was about forty-five years
of age. He wears his hair cut rather short,
and it is partially gray. Neither of the Gen-
erals wore whiskers. Gen. Tilghman is the
taller of the two, and five or six years the
junior of his rebel companion. He 1s of
spare habit, and his hair is longer and not
yet gilvered with the marks of time. They
were both in military undress, and wore
common white wool hats looped up at the
side, in military style.—Rochester Demo
crat.
A TovcmnG IncrpeNT.—A touching inci-
dent lately occurred in England, on the
banks of the Thames, near London, which
illustrates the faithfulness and sagzacity of
the dog. A young gentleman, possessed of
a fine dog. but for some unexplained cause
wishing to get rid of him, took a punt, into
which he put the animal. rowed to the mid
dle of the stream, and threw the dog into it
with the intention of drowning him. The
poor anima) tried several times, till almost
wearied, to chmb up the perpendicular sides
of the boat, but was as often pushed back,
when, overbalancing himself, the young
man fell overboard. As soon as the faith-
ful dog saw his master in the water, he cias-
ed his efforts to save himself, seized him by
the clothes, and in that position held him
till assistance was rendered, by means of
which the life of the unrelenting master
was saved,
: —nbr———
How FAR 18 17 2 —The abolitivnists in and
out of the army sing :
¢« John Brown's body les mouldering in the
grave,
But his soul is marching on
As the Bible which they profess to believe,
says the righteous enter into 1mmediate rest
in Heaven as soon as they die, it strikes us
that the chivalrous and pike yielding John
took the other road, when he left Virginia!
If what the poet says —
« There is no rest for wicked feet—"
be true, and if John’s soul is still ‘‘mar-
ching on,” those who expect and pray to
meet him in the other world will never need
wufflers to keep their ears warm !—La
Crosse Democrat,
———eettr——
Keeping Cool.— A farmer, living on the
line of the Troy and Boston Railroad, stop-
ped a passenger train on last Thursday by
waving his hat.
« What’s the matter 3" screamed the en
gineer,
« Matter ’ said the farmer, ¢* nothin as [
know of.”
« Then what did you swing your hat for”
said the engineer.
«0, lord !” said the farmer, ‘why I was
fanning myself.”
The engineer 1s supposed to have cussed a
little, but our reporter did not know for
certain,
129
eel QA pre
A RippLe.—A gentleman who was paying
his addresses to a lady, at length summon
ed up sufficient courage to ask her if they
were agreeable to her, and whether he might
flatter himself with a chance of ultimate
success, The lady replied ** Stripes,” tell.
ing the gentleman to transpose the letters
so as to form out of them another word
which was her answer. The reader who
can find out the word, need never fear being
non-plussed by alady. Those who cannot
decipher it, must either wait until they over-
come the difficulty, or may give up all
thoughts of wooing.
i dg nid ne
17" In the stables of the French Emperor,
there are at present four hundred and three
horses. of which seventy are thorough-breds
of the rarest kind ; one hundred and ninety
one for the Imperial carriages of half blood,
and one hundred and thirty six hack horses.
Altogether the Suate stables, exclusive of
the cavalry aod military studs, contain one
thousand one hundred and fifty hermes.
Senator Cowan,
This gentlemen has pursued a conserva-
tive and patriotic course in the United States
Senate, to the manifest disappointment of
the radical Republicans who expected that
he would prove a servile echo of Mr, WiL.
Mor. When Mr. Cowan was elected to’ the
Senate he was unknown to the people of
Pennsylvania. He had vever filled any po-
sition of public trust, but had acquired some
reputation as a lawyer in the Western part
of the State. He was entirely without those
political antecedents from which an opinion
could be formed of his probable course as a
representative of Pennsylvania in the Sen-
of the United States. The Republican ma-
jority in the Legislature took him on trust:
and his election was partly due to the fact
that the choice Tay between him and Mr.
Wilmot who was deemed too ultra for the
sentiment of Pennsylvania.
During the present session of Congress
Mr, Cowan has given ample evidence that he
entertains no sort of sympathy with the Ab:
olitionists, and that he is a man of decision’
and firmness of character. As a member of
the Judiciary Committee and after an inves-~
tigation of all the facts bearing upon the case
he arrived at the conclusion that the evi-
dence did not warrant the expulsion of Jes
se D. Bright from the Senate, and all the
thunder from Harrisburg could not move
him from what he deemed the strict line of
his duty. “I wouid rather be torn to
pieces by wild horses, than vote against my
conscientious convictions of right,” was his
determined reply to the attempt to dictate
how his vote should be given.
On the 4th inst,, Mr. Cowan addrossed the
Senate against the confiscation bill. His
speech is too long for publication in our
columns, but the following extract will give
some idea of its character ahd spirit :
** This bill proposes to liberate 3,000,000
of slaves—truly the most stupendous stroke
for universal emancipation ever attempted
in the world. Indeed, I think it virtualiy
liberates the whole 4 000,000. What 1s to
be the effect of this upon the war? Shall
we be stronger or shall we find that we have
only doubled the nuwmber of those in arms
against us ? They now have no cause for
rebellion. Will not this bill furnish them
one? Letthe loyal men of that section,
ho know them, answer this question. 1
will abide their answer. I submit again
that no dehberative assembly in the world
ever before sat in judgment on 80 stupend-
ous an issue. Yes. as if to blind us still
more, this bill has a proposition of still
greater magnitude, and, if possible, of still
greater difficulty: that is, to take these
millions and transfer them to some tropical
chme, and to protect them there with all the
rights and guarantees of freemen. And this
is all provided for in a single section and a
single sentence of nine lines. Truly we
must have recently transported ourselves
from the practical domain of facts, and set
down in the romantic regions of Eastern fic-
tion. Do the advocates of thls measure pro-
pose to confer upon the President the' gold-
making touch of Midas ? Nothing short, of
the ring and lamp of Alladin, with their at-
tendant genii, would insure the success of
such a scheme, unless it is believed that the
Treasury Note possesses this magic power.
And even under that supposition, I think
the owners of those Southern climes, and the
Transportation Companies, ought to be cen-
sulted in regard to the legal tender clause.—.
I presume it is not supposed that this mod-
ern exodus will be supported on the way by
quails and manna ; and yet [ am free to say
that it will require some such miraculous
interposition as that which favored the Isra~
elites in their journey out of Ezypt. But.
sir, i8 it not strange that this scheme should
be so coolly presented for our consideration,
and urged to its final consummation with a
kind of surprise that any one should oppose
it? Itis certainly due to ourselves, and’
due to the country, that we should not
make haste to engage in sach gizantic
schemes. Then, again, there is a further
consideration involved in this bill, and one
of still greater moment, which is that it isin
direct conflict with the Constitution of the
United States, requiring of us if we pass it,
to set aside and ignore that instrument in
its most valuable and fundamental provis-
ions, those which guarantee the life and
property of the citizen, and those which de-
fine the limits and boundaries of the several
Departments of this Government. = Pass this-
bill, and all that is left of the Constitution
is not worth much, certainly not worth this:
| terrible war which we are now waging for
| it—for be it remembered that this war is:
waged solely for the preservation of: the
Constitution. [am aware that some think
| that the Constitution is a restraint upon the
| free action of the nation in the conduct of:
I this war, which they suppose could be car-
{ried on a great deal ‘better without it. I
have no hesitation insaying that no greater
mistake has ever beca made suywhere than
{is made by such people.”
(77 some men’s mouha seem to be malty
| like the dikes of Holland-- made to kee) sas
waler