a -—— The Whatehmav, rr AAR AAR ASA nA AAR ARS, Am a Ko P. GRAY MEEK, ¥ FELLEFCRTE, PA. Fridey Morning, May 15, 1865. Eu ae EEE SS What Has Been Accomplished} Well another bat te has been fought, ar ther field filled with the mangled forms of American citizens—another ocean of blood, poured forth on American goil-—more wives made widows— more homes desolated—more children made fatherless,-—more parents childless— more hearthstoncs darkened, — more serrvw-—want, migery, suffering, debt, ‘desolation ni death, inenrred. and, the end is not yet, Well may we gze with aching hearts, and wonder why these things must be, well may we ack how long they wust eontinne? Where 18 the family in Centre county thet has not been robbed of one «¢ 1a Lrightest jews?! mhere isthe person that ae not lost a friend ora brother in this hor- riéwar! Who ia there that har not wept for the migery meted out to ur, once; tap py citizens of n peaceful, prosperous coum: vy? Turmin what way we will, distrue. tion stares us in ths ace, listen. to. what sound we please the wails of widows and eries of crphans mingle their pi iful tones among them. yr And row, when two years of our couniri:s history, has been written in blood, when the poliey. of cotreion has been tried until | the cup of our suftering is full to overflow ing. when by experienes we have learned Jessons that statesmen could not i mpress npon our memories, let us agk what has it all accomplished 1 Is our union any nesrer restored to-day-than it waa when the first army was called out 1 has the blovd of the brave myn shed at Big Beth el, Bulls Run, Balls Bluft, James Island, Fort Donel sn, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Charleston and an hundred other places cemented one Siate to the Nosth 3 Ilas the bands that cover the frightfal wounds of { en's whe sre ‘dying iy ns@seous hospi'als bound togeth- «r the d wmembered fragments of our dissey- ered Union ¢ 1las balls and bayonets fore- ed the people of the South to lgve and cher- sh us a8 brothers i. Hus violated right, enormous ‘axation and 8 public debt of Theussnds of millions of dollars added to our happiness and prosperity as a people ?— Let the past with its biiter memerics and the present with it blighted hopes ans. wer. OF those who are laboring (hst the Union® may be restored, we would ask, what hope 18 there (or cur government or the people if this war is prolong-d ; how much nearer are we the goal than at the begining? can it not be settled peacebly, honorably and justly to Loth sections, without the shedding of blood or the murder of more men ; have we not tried coercien and has it not failed ¥ eed not then the clamor of those who would try it still further. When the imberiles that are now hurry- ng us on Lo degtruction—when the loud mouth brawlers who stand in the saloons, on {he corners of the rireets, in offices and pul- pits, and bellow, blood ! blood ! when the eontractors aad scampe who are beeoming rich by robtang the people, and officers who drink government liquors and receive enor- mous wages are driven into the battlefield and nade to share the dangers, endure the hardships, taught by experierice the horrible ora. lies of war, and learned to fec for those who suffer from its effects we can listen for them to cry “peace! peace!” until that time they will labor garnestly, zealously, for a contimfation for this war caring not how meny masacres take place, or how much misery surrouncs them. That eight millions of freemen canbe con- quered on their own doorsteps, we never have believed —that the Southern States can be compelled to waite wild us §0 88, to es- tablish justice, Jsavedomestic tranquility, provide: for- the common defence, promote’ the general welfare and secure the blessings of Liberiy o ourselves and our posterity, by. batehering their inhabitants and destroying their propery, by making their brightest valleys desolate -#astes, and their loves: spots charnal houses, none but bigoted fools will assert, Coercion wiil not secure the af fections of Lie people, and withou: themj.a anion would-be but a mockery, an unholy” farce played by wicked and degraded men. Those who have read of the downfall of oth- er Governments which existed Lefore ours ‘had birth, knew well how it was accom- plished, and the truthful historian will right- fully record the overthrow of this the great- est sud grandest Republic, to the men that advocates force 88 the only weans of pre. gerving the Union. ————— g7 11 Old Abe ie the Government, 88 the abolitionists continually tell us he is, 18 not the young Lincelns young Govern. ments? And will some of the patriols sbout Bellefonte te!! tis how deny more Governments we may expect; sul whit ihe swe nurses” bills witl: be ¥ ‘A Wesutiful sight tn see a nigger wench spank one of «our Governments 1 Poor things? ; enn 7 The “Union League,” of this place is growing “small by-deghees and beautiful: ily less.” 1f.mombers keep fwithdrawing ‘hoeror on the scenes enacted by these ty- ‘tolerated, then let us indulge no longer in Arrest of Hon 0. L. Paliandigham. Our readers. mre all aware of the: arrest and imprisonment of that Patriot Statesman, the Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, and have doubtless read of the doings of the mob which assembled, 1t is said, to take him from the hands of the minions of despotism, v ho were dragging him from home and friends 1» the dead houss of night. The intention of the citizens of Dayton, to prevent the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham, in the arbitrary man- ner in which it was done, is highly commen- dable, and will reccive the commendation of all lovers of the Linw, iyil Liberty 30 but id at yo Sl ota na the hoard to which the most prejudiced man E gy : | could object, Nevertheless the remarks of sort i io | Ny In ¥e 370 ON. they 28 bo veh we -the drunken fool created a crowd, which, not gs imply p B them: | \ ing aware of the nature of the dispatch, wyens yet i the | went on increasing, until a vast concourse seunse snd deprecate. The renders of the had assembled and the affair assumed a most Warconas Yaw. Gb threatening aspect, bidding fair to end in a at we dave always con. blooay snd most unmerciful riot. Mn of demoed and Teprybated Wubs and mob vio: |p, epinions were there, and while come were lence, and even in this instance, exasperated determined to tear tLe office down, others a8 the people were, at the wutrage inflicted were cqually determined to prevent it. The upon them, through the instrumentality of esalt would have been, had the aflair went that filthy Aboliten sheet, the Dayton Jour- | 0 ns ac of he most bloudy and dis nal me ui) fot $y jt won jushiflats, ‘Thay | graceful scenes ever witnessed in the city of they had a »ight te shoot down themiscreants | £0 bor 4) hin point, however Alsv: who were setting the cocrts at defiance, and Pubadephia. st SMA Pon; oy outrag'ng personal lib rty when seizing Mr. Vallandigham, we honestly believe, but their love for their neighbors and friends was no excuse for the destruction of property.— The Journal like most of the Abolition pa- pers. have, since the commencement of our trout les, advocated mobs and mob laws ; ic has now tasted the fruits of its own tcach- ing. Let others of the kind take warning. Mr. Vallandigham, nor his friends, would have oftired no resistence to his arrest by due process of law. lle has tol] them time and again, that if he was guiity cf treason under the Constitution, he wae at all times ready to be tried according to that instru- ment, But they disregarded all law, usages of law, in thisarrest. No charges were pre- ferred ; he was not told for what crime he was dragged, in the dead hour of night, from his family and his friends. The seizure of Mr. Vallandigham is but snather act 1 the drama of despotism, that has been playing upon our country’s stage for (he past two ycars—Lut another step towards the gual of a tyrants ambition—but a repetition of scenes which we had hoped were no longer to be viewed—but another page 1a the history of eur fallen coun ry— bat one leaf more in the récord of the pres- ont Reign of Terror, which we hope will ere long slose. France was held in terror for almost two years, and all Europe geazed with Another Attempt toBapprass the Pree dom of the Press. ., =~ “Ed Tinithy 3 Inst Friday we witnessea the gathering and disgraceful proceedings of the mob which assembled in front of the office of the Age. that evening to-teer it dowsrand throw itinto the street. There was no ocauée, whatever for the demonstration, #3eept_the remarks of 8 drunken man, who tore down a dispatch which had been placed oa the This. we may say, was simply a drunken man’s lie, as there was nothing whatever on or Henry appeared upon the scene and ad- dressed the crowd, exhorting them to retire peaceably and saying that individual rights snust and should be protected. The Mayor then stationed a strong police force around the office and in the vicinity, ani the row- dies, seeing that the faithfull protector of the city’s rights was well prepared for them and not liking the looks of those who were determined to defend the Age. gradually be- gan to sneak away, and at about seven o'clock in the evening. the crowd had be- come pretty well thinned out. It may be well to say that the drunken fool who crea- ted all the disturbance was severely hand- led by some friends of law and erder, and was finally arrested and sent to the station house. Several other arrests were wade. This demonstration shows how ’small a trifle it takes lo excite men’s passions, and how insecure Jife and property Lave become under the present’ administration of affairs. Thanks are due to Mayor Henry for his promptitude of action, and we will say for him, that althouzh a republican, he appears to be a conscientous one. ell llr EA Fernando Wood on Peacs. It will be recollected that, some wecka since, Ex-Mayor Wood, of New York, in a letter or speech, said that It was within his personal knowledge that a proposition had been made from Richmond, on the 12th of Decemiber,to Lincoln, which, if accepted by him, would bave led to peace 2nd a satisfac tory settlement to the Nor:h and South Fi and that © he had been requested by a high officer of the United States not to make known the fact until the injunction of se- crecy was removed !” On this ¢ Observer,” a correspondent of the Richmond - Engusrer remarks © A « The inference would be, that the Presi- dent of the Confederste States had directly or indirectly submitted such propositions. — But I cannot and will not do him the injus- tice to suppose, for one moment that he would have been 80 craven as either to have made or received any such degrading propo- aition. The question is, who has made en effort to stullify ana disgrace the Southern people? It appears some has, and, it would rants, who, at length atoned for their crimes on the scaflo!d and block, and who can say that the Jacebins, now controling the affairs of our Government, do not deserve the fate of Robespierre, Danton and Marat. What right, we ask, had the bloody bald head, whose imbecility has made lus tracks slippery with the blood of his fellow coux- trymen, ever since the beginning of this ter- rible war, to send a pack of dirty dogs to drag from his home, without warrant or cause, one of the best and bravest men in the North! what right, we ask, has brain. less Burnsides, or any other shoulder strap- ped fool, to order the arrest of a citizen ina State, when the couris are dpen and have full sway 2 Do not the laws of our country make provisons for the pumshment of all ob some one who claims to speak for us crime ? If so, why was not Nr. Vallandig- | 5S Uessrs. Editors, this is & subject which ham arrested acpording to law? The fact | g ould not be per mitted to rest where it now is, he had committed no crime, he had but | does. tis calculated te do us much harm dared to exercise the 1ight of a freeman, | at home and abroad ; and 1 do hope the rights, for which the fic1ds of the Revolution Bons vi 90) ain hsm ng were reddened with the blood of our fore- aver the person may be who has submitted fathers, and righ's for which our blood may | the proposition, will, I presume, at present yet have to redden other fields. remain a secret, but, when known, will be In times like these it does not become pa- closely watched and marked.’ itrots to remain silent—cowards may fear to speak, but brave men should talk, when License is granted to popular passion, and faction run riot and ani establish power by brute force—when Constitutions and 'aws aro trampled under foot, and the most sacred rights of individuals crushed out. Mr. Val- landigham, right, true and gallant as he is loved as he has ever been, and tallented as his course has shown him to be, is nothing more, under the circumstances, than the bumblest citizen. The priciples rises above the person, and no true democrat will con- sider for 3 mement, who is the subject of these arbitrary proceedings, but will fly at once to tha rescue of the fundamental prin- cinles of our liberty. If free diszuasion, the atmosphere in which they live. is not to be The Enquirer replies to its correspon- “dent as follows : ¢ Observer’ —Do yon not know Fernando Wood well enough to know that what he says is always to be taken with many grams of allowance? Whether any one ever made such s communication to Wood we cannot say ; but that no ene was qualtied to wake any such statement ou behalf ot the coun- try is apparent to every ome: It would be the worst of folly for the President, or any one else, to undertake to contradict al the statements muce by the venal and corrupt politicians of New York city. Hither Mr. Wood has heen egregiously sold by some wag. or. in theanze.of New York politics such a falsehood having become useful, it has been made * to order and warrented to suit.” We lave no doubt but ** Observer” is a contractor in the Confederate Army, and. fike the Richmond Inguirer, has particulsr reasons for wishiag the war to custinue.— Like hundreds of men in the North, they care not how many men are murdered —how inuch money squandered —how many wives widowed—how many homes made ‘desolate, so that they can 8il their msaliste waws with the blood of innocent wea, and gorge their pockets out of the public, treasuries, — We have said befors and we say again, that the feelings of the massesin the South, can not be judged br the tone of their sensation Journals any more than san those of the North, by such papers as the New York Tribune, Philadelphia Press, Harrisburg Telegraph &e. Our duty as patriots, is to labor for peace, regardless of the ravings of fools, or fanatics, and that this end may be accomplished we ask every honest man in «old Centre—in the Keystone State” to raise hig voice in opposition to comtinuance of this wicked, suicidal war. ———————— 7 Miss Dickenson, who is just now creating quite a stir in abolition circles by her petticoat polities, would do much more honor to herself and to her sex, to be- come an apprentice to the wash tub, or make application through the Hew York Herald for a situation £8 ‘‘wet nurse.” We shou]d’nt wonder a bit, *