: Worry Alderman Cr Justice
of Um NM of thfa Commonvealai shall
NaliszeigalteMoi-ot jurisdiction of .the ease
. Orley seek fugitive, or shall grant or issue
say nertifloste, or warrant of, removal. as
aforesaid, then, and in either ems, its shall
be deemed goiltyof a misdemeanor in Mike,
and'shall, se seavietioa theme be siniteeked
to ?fey . , est die thairsisbit - if Ms Cowl, nay mna
not Meeedfogrank rfantsand---end the
o•her one-half to the use of this Common -
w
,Ith.
--4( any parson arpersoria, rdainriny any ne
gro or mulatto is oftgritivofroos servitude or
tabor, sholl,, iimAir any renew of autAafity
wiftgoornr, violoutly and tumnituou sly,. seise
uppu and oarry away to any place, mat
opt to mite and carry away. in a riotous,
violent, tumultuous abd intreitionable
nor, and so as to disturb or ' endanger the
robins peace, any negrq or mulatto within
this Comnionwealth,tatAir soipt or imUbout
Mr infest on al taking 'nit* negro Wore any
District or eireMf Jar, the person or per
ions so offending against the pease of this
COmmonwealth, shall be Aunty of a misde
meanor ; and, on conviction thereof shall be
oinitineed to pay a fine *it exceeding one !kin
sand dollars, and further to be Orifirisoneir
the County Ant, for any period at the discre
tion of MS Clam, .not exceeding three optima/lc"
t According to this law, it is a crime for •
tipis in . Pennsylvania to obey theaztitu
non and the laws of the United S
A CAS owner of a runaway slave Ands• .
114 1 40rty in that State, and acting under the
delusion that the supreme law of.the Repub
lic is of binding force there, were to at
tempt to regain it, if he did not lose his life
by assaults frchn heroes, as was the ease
with onucF~e - atil — k
good chance of getting into the PennVen
tiary.
The law of Michigan, approved Fcbrua
ry 18. 1855, is as gllows
Tins xxxii7, — Clre.2l77, \ Sic, 2. All per
sons so arrested find claimed as fugitive
slaves shelf be entitled to a trial by jury.
Sac. 5. No person arrested and, s claimed
as • ftiglive slave shall be. imprisoned in
any j•il or other prism) In this Stale ; and
any person baying the care 9r control of any
jail or priooo, and knowingly permitting
the imprisonment of such alleged fugitive
or slave therin shall be subjected to the
pnyment et a fine of not lees than fre bun
Bred or more then one thouiiind dollars.
Thb law of Wisconsin, lievit — i s ea Statues,
1858. Chap 15s. Sec. 52, declares that:
It shall be the duty' of the district attor
tieyst vespectue ehTfftrieth
whenever any inhabitant of this State is
arrested or claimed as'a fugitive slave, or
Vint; informed ttlreof diligently and faith
fully to use all lawful means to protect. de
fend, and procure to be discharged every
snob peravn so arrested or claimed as a fu
gitive slave.
Sac. 67. provides for a trial by jury of
the person claimed as a fugitive slave.
, Sac. 69. declares that vne deposition
:hall be received as evidence "
The above law is clearly subrersire of
the Constitution of"the United States, and
of the laws of Congress, in at least Also
specifications-4n granting to a fugitive
slave a trial by jury, and in refusing to re
ceive depositions in evidence. TVit Taws — Of
1103 Federal Government declares thal depo
sitions shall be received in evidence. And
the Constitution requir e s that the fugitive
slate." shall be given up on claim."
Chief Justice Story, in his Commentaries
on the. Constitution, declarcv that fugitives
from labor, and fugitives froth justice, are
to be rrdered upon the same grounds.
lie says: "It is obvious that yawl
alone for the arrest and removal of fugitives
of both claws contemplate summary judi
cial proceedings, and not the ordinary in
vestigations to ascertain whether theseom
plaint be well founded, or the claim of
ownership be establised beyond all legal
enntrofersy. • * • * •
Congress appears to hale acted 'upon this
opinion ; and accordingly, in the statute
upon this subject, have authorised summary
proceedings before a magistrate, upon
which be may grant a warrant for renio
val."
Although the Leislature of the State of
New York failed tv pass the Personal Lib
erty Bikreported in the winter Jr 1559, yet
tbero is already a Liberty Law on Ihe
litatute Book of this State, which rives the
right of trial by jury to the fugitive from la
tor, and is, therefore plainijt unoonstitti
tiong.L and directly opposed to the Congres-
sional 'awe! of boar 1198. and 1850
The law 111415 passed in 1840,%hin Mn
Seward was Governor, and was entitled
"An Act to extend the right' of trial •hy
jury."
• lirequircs that every such claim shall
be tried by jury;, that the District Attorney
shell defend every, ;awls fugitive at the
charge of the county; that the claimant
shall in every icisse give bonds with large
penalties and two sureties, freeholder'a and
rnhalnlant. of Ow Stale, and imposes heavy
Anartind penalties on any person seeking
te obtain the fugitive in any other way
than under the provisions of the said law,
Such at law, and every other like it. is in
palpable conflict stub, the Constitution of
the United States. It is in direct hostility
to the old Fugitive Slave Law ar1792., as
well as the smerded law of JB5O. Every
Intelligent jurist will mint:slide that the otitis'
contemplated by the Constit ution was to be
disposed of summarily on claim witllout
Itabeas enrilus or jury trial.. Kent der :
"The Constitution and Law of the niited
Flom" eon templates a summary proceeding,
ant ►surrender oil claim made, and not the
delay. espeilSe and vexation 0C a suit and
jury trial in the courts of the State to which
the slave bas sled." -
Thu Supreme Court of the ~,Slate of New
York decided, at an early day, flint the old
statute or the State Providing for a jury
trial under the common law writ de hontine
repkgisnefo, in, favor of fugitives from tier
rice. was untionstitntional and void, and
the judgement of the eourt was affirmed in
the Court of Error.. as. Jack 04. Martin,
12 Wendell, 811; 8. C., 14 Wendell, 601.
And yet the Legislature of the State of
New York, 141840. passed the act in ques
tion.. It remains to this -day unrepealed
upon the Statute Book.
• The northern States which have been in
undisphied and rampant rebellion against
the Constitution and the Federal Govern
' utaid,ars, Mains, Vermont. Maesachueette,
Rhode 141 . 04 pul Ptinall/lvanic' •
, sit do* Statute Books era Ifs*
• Hanspaiire, Conniatiaut,
• lbws: ' •
Batedll,the Wattersetatee hornbeam% is a
Prad"kb orliotual rebellion, erhatexer their
ptiostoi - ' - 0. - - •
; It is beta few years since the Govenor.ef
Ohio 'whined to give up to the State of Vir
ginia two fugitives fromjustice,Owca Brown
and grouch; Merriman,. whet ware charged *
with parlleitating in Hairpersa, Fert mur
ders. Thieves practically nullification in
its most. Imprint forMi
• illoutethe same time, is. heave slave
was'demanded of Gov. Doolittle, of Wiscon
sin, who contemtuously refused, to give hitt'
up• thoigh, by hie oath of office he -had
sworn tikohey the Constitutiln and the laws
of the "United States.
In 1869, the Governor of Illinois refined
to giver Sip a theif (who was demanded as a
fugitive:troll Justine) to the State of Ken
teeky, becauxe he was a slave. Had the
thief been a white man hisvrould no doubt
lave been given up quick enough.
So, also, the Governor of lowa refused
the rendition of Copia to Virginia, who was
charged with theorime ofusurder In the old
JOhn Brown affair,
these Governors are thus in the habit, of
nullifying the Constitution, refusing to obey
the lows of the Federal Government, and
breakingtheir oath of office in the exercise
of their estracirdilary fondness . for negroes.
Thus it is seen that twelve of the non-
Idaveholding States have passed acts nulli
fying...the laws of the Federal Government,
and viaitirig the Constitution. These Fed
eral Illws, anktl l t i bi li elislose of the Constitu
tion, werevesis by bodies of armed men
'M e e - ~,.)01iri— a- e north ern map.. --tr
many instances blood shed ; and in al
most every case, the mord s were protec
ted by the State authorities, an ere shiel
ded front just punishment by Sta ' -lairs.
For having attempted to nullify a single o .s t
of Geogreas, South Carolina was execrated;`
timt these horthen States have defiantly nul-'
lifted tan acts of Congress, and violently
trample) the Constitution under their feet,
and turn round demanding the applause due
to virtuous deeds for their rebellious action:
The nullifying act i f South Carolina was
based upon the alleged unconstibgionality of
the obnoxious Federal law,nnd this charge of
inostmet+totiumsl44 .iss”ps 4 I .V.Lhetenbi6l
ly admitted, both by Presideut,jack o s t onan , 4 d
by the Congress, for the sot ''ae far so ,
amended-as ~ ... it the_aiewa_of_Sok ('a --
~i
olik. But these northern nullifying States
make no suet CICU9O - for their rebellion
They have not . claimed that these acts of
Congress, which they have nullified, are un
constitutional. They resist the Constitution
itself with the same irreverent violence that
they use in nullifying the laws made for its
administration. The nullification of Smith
Carolina claimed to be for the protection of
their own right a; but this northern nulli
fication is an admitted aggression upon the
rights Jf others. 1„t stands forth a naked
assault upon the Constitution, a wilful nul-
liflcation of Constitutional laws, neither
seeking patiatit: nor offerin_g the apology
elan excuse:. It is a total depravity—an
unmitigated despotism and wrong.
With what face can we demand that the
South shall keep the bond of our Union,
while we arc in a perpetual war against it
oureeleen, and while these nullifying-and
and revolutionary laws disgrace our statute
books!
In his speech at Capon Springs, June,
1831, Daniel Webster remarked:
"1 do n6E hesitate.to say and repeat, that
if the gorthern Stones refuse wilfully and
deliberately to carry into effect that part of
the Constitution which respeots the restora
tion of fugitive sinves. the South would no
longer be bound to observe the eompait,
A bargain broken on one side is a bargain
broken on all sides."
Again and again, we repeat that the first
thing for the uorthe,rn people to do, is to
repeal all these rebellious lowa.
While they stand we are in no condition
to reprove the South
While they stand, the Sou* : possesses a
moral advantage over us, which carries
with it the respect of the law respecting por
tion of mankind.
While they stand, the hest portion our
own northern people feel and know that we
An in the prong, and cannot shut their eyes
as to who are fighting on the side 6f the old
Constitution that wee given to us by our
fathers.
While these haws stand ther'e can be no
peace, and there shoultribe no peace.
If the northern States will not retrace
their nullifying steps—if they cannot learn
to let the South alone, in the peaceable pos
session of its lonstilutional• righte—if they
will not confess the guilt of their nullifies
lions, and give guarantees for the future,
they prove to the world that they" do not
Wish the Union restored. If they will not
do this, then we agree with the immortal
Vebster, that t‘tho South is no longer bound
toobterre the compact," It was broken by
us By our repentance only will juttce de
mand that the S • onth return 1.0 it. —Old
—To show the depths to which fanati
oistn and the leaders of the Lincoln party
can go, we append the following precious
morsel front the Cinninntti Gazettes
"It is true. the i4outh Carolina, gelega,
lion isAisoU in complexion—some may
think Ellis puts a different color on 'the
question. But the.. Constitution of the
United States knows nu color,•and the Con
stitution of South Carolina is in suspense.
Anil to us the color of a znan's loyalty is
of much more moment than 'the color of his
skin. Shall we refuse admittanoe to Rob
ert Small, who brought a steamboat into
our lines,.and who has ever Milo. rendered
.valuable service to the army and navy sea
guide and a pilot, and shall we admit Mr.
Fishbock, who helped to translate Arkan
sas in recession ? Or, while Mr. Lineolo
welcomes back the stray secession sheep,
shall we ezolude his colored lambs went
not,astray V
It is worthy of remark, the manner in
which the miscegen editors speak of Old
Abel They do not allude to htm as an oil
oar subjeot to litioiistitution and laws, but
they talk of him as a despot whose will is
law and whose subjeots the people are!
—Linooin's reception at the Sanitary
Pair was as intim, and stupid as his own
jokes. There was not the least eistinulassn
shouted andyelled until thny mem hoarse,
ut it was of no Us—their efforts to pet up
smtitement feu squaws. The gay
Eiger of blood was pointed at them is
monkery, andlthey shrank away in fear and
Memblimg, leasiag their idol to refloat ii
quiet upon the wrongs he'' is verpetretleg
i rpea as outraged peopkt
-; , tiorrafir*iitimian
.
Tenn., Ss 'Wham* b •
...41,110
)r. aims *pas. ?j adltr.
,MELLZFONtE, PA.
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FRIDAY JUNE 24, 1864:
Cksage or Torsous.—After the 4th of
July the subscription pries of the WATOINALS
will be as follows: $2,,00 when Paid in ad-
Irani% lOW when not paid within three
months, sad WOO when not, paid befonr the
expiration of the fear. Until that time sub
scriptions will beVeoeired at old Taos. Tho
e sorb into t price of papor, and of all other material
Mod about a printing 'ode°, renders ti h step
imperatively ...fumy.
The War.
The aar newkof the week can be slummed up
without muck trouble. Grant defeated at Pe
tersburg, Hunter defeated at Lynchburg, Sher-
Man defeated at Marietta,,,Georgia, and the
Federal force? in Louisiana retreating to New
Orleans. This ill about the sum and substance
of all the reports Hutt hare reached us since
our last issue. Nothing more cad be taken
from them, notwithstanding the bolstering up,
of the A' loyal" join-male. There Is no ace of
trying to deceive the people any longer. Fnips
.. .. tLa.prwacnL ._ caniitaigp it
has been nothing but a continuono defeat. The
toss of the Federal Rimy in Virginia alone,
since Grant commenced his movemicrit against
Richmond, is so t ke, than one hundred nal
twenty-five tilounand men. The Age of Wed
nesday has the full Owing:
- .'Secretary Stanton has at length sent a des
patch. Ho descriSes an unmet:cute! mot aroma
made by General Sherman on Sunday and
Monday loot. On Sunday the Confederated
were encamped on t. e ridge which nine north
east and southwest in front of Marietta. At
dawn on Monday n furious 'cannonade was
opened upon the -C'Unfederetea along the entire
ridge. Under cover of this fire IdePhermon and
Thomas: advanced. They marched up the aide
of the hill and renohml the enemy's works.
Tbey were repulsed, and retreated to their
ougmal lIIICII. blePhereon reports a loss of
- fire Istairr7edTiiiiTTSMlTriTaliriirtlftrltiouss
and. between one and two hundred Confeder
ate prisoners were captured. The enemy's
_Secretary Stanton ear, was much smaller than
Sherman ,
itaie roftni -- 6Tronfedetilkalill t
Friday last, suddenly appeared before Lafay
ette, in Georgia. This town is twilled miles
west of Dalton, on Sherman's supply road. It
is a fortified post intended as a-defence of the
railroad, and hi garrisoned by some Kentucky
troops. Thk Confederates surrounded the town
anil demanded its surrender. This was refused,
and they captured .it. They were afterwards
attacked by one of '-the Kentucky regiments
and loft 'lseventy prisoners. The account of the
contest ceases without telling its result, Gen.
limiter is still retreating nortwost from Lynch
burg. lie is trying' to get to Covington, the
county meat of Allegheny county. Virginia, about
tiny miles from Lynchburg. There he 3011 be
protected by two or three high ridges of the-Al
leghenies. The Confederates are panning hint-,
closely. They report having captured thirteen
of his cannon. ticm, Hunter has sent a dispatch
to Secrea_ry :I:3Linten, though from what pliwe
Is not stated. He says that want 07 — ainnuni-,
lion and supplies and the superior force of the
enemy gunk lain retreat from Lynchburg. He
is resting his troops.
- -
Who Obeys 4.he Law?
. . . _
The opposition bave resorted to such
low scurrility in the abuse of the Demo
cratic party that it is sickening.. to anv
man of sense, and scarcely deserves no
tice. All the terms - of abuse to be
found in Our language have been resorted
to, the dictionaries have been exhaust
ed. and all the low filth of the tower
class has been ransacked for epithets to
apply to Democrats. All this has been
silently borne, and treated with the
scorn it deserved. But when,eharges
of the gravest character are made
against men who neve' violated a law in
their lives, and their security seriously
endangered, it is time to enquire, who
is it that violates the law? When seine
ignorant, debased "Leaguer" applies
the term " traitor" to a democrat., it is
easily borne„ we-can " treat a fool ac
cording to his folly;" but when' our
members are arrested without war
rant and borne from their homes and
families to be confined for an indefinite
time, perhaps never to return; it is time
to inquire into a matter which so seri
ously affects the l'Aost sacred right an
American citizen can lay claim to. We
would be the last person to assist in
protecting one who was worthy of pun
ishment, or to coup:el resistance to laws
enacted in accordance with the Consti-.
tntion. If a democrat, is guilty of an
offence against the Constitution and
laws of his country, let him be tried
and punished by them, and hot a mur
mur will be heard from oar ranks; but
if our security pf person and property
is to depend upon expry black-guard
who has found boon companions in the
•" Loyal League," then would wo coun
sel resistance., unto death, not against
the l a w ; but against those revolution
ists who, in ,;;fiance of its provisions,
set up heir will a 2. the standard. If
these Who have been chosen to admin
imier our Weaklyallow ihebl to t he
trampled upon, so that they no long s:
serve for our protection, and we are
compelled to fall back upon the great
natural law of Self-preservation, then•
we say bring' into the contest every en
ergy 1 of men who have Heaven-born
rights to protect., and let the advocates
of the " Higher Law" system know
that the - fangs of the trodden " Cop
perhead" can strike deep. They have
called U 8 ' " serpent," let them beware
our fangs. That such a state of 'things.]
.should exist, we are extremely sorry.
If it should become necessary for us to.
Bill back for protection upon our
strength, and to use in our distance the
means which will best protect our rights,
we should deprecate the necessity moat
deeply; but we cannot help it it it la
forced upon us. Again and again have
most shameful outrages been perpetra
ted upon members' of our party, and
ebe-intrietioir-ef—aummery -vengeasee.
only been prevented by the regard, for
order and ]hatred of violence; which
have characterised the denims
ey. It camsotbe said that we hails re
sisted any law, or violated**. *tate ;
such a charge hat not been made against
.
ezoopt. bo r .p.t. .0 by those
who will's* ncr to stir up strife. Yet
the lelr h e w litnne Anointed and' the Con
stitgtion set a6-aavet, an because •
oharge - the crime Upon iti intliine we
are teePfineltioldid tonrolikaltod.'• It isonlr.
necessary quote '.the words of
Lincoln to prove that fie disregards the l
Constant - lei an - d - onth - tiroffiee; for
he tells us plainly that he •• has gone be
yond the limits prescribed by that in-'
strument. And from Abraham down to
the lowest-menial in his train the same
example his been followed. They tell
us that " the salvation of the country is
worth more theft all the_laini'on eartb."`
Calculating that our people are so ignor
snt as to believe that the country can be
saved by destroying its laws, that they
can be persuaded to fight on until there
is neither laws or men, and that then,
with tb,e blue sky, the green ,earth, .and
the new made KraVes—with no rights to
enjoy, no law to protect, and amid
the darkness of desolation, 'there W.ll
be a glorious • country. These are
the men who have violated the
laws, men who would have
believe that the ,past' greathess of our
country was not in consequence of its
laws.;-but that there was some magic ie
fluefice outside of all law which ountrol-v
ed our destiny. - But There are men who
never reeleted-r-v-ielsted the .law. APY_
numbered soshe two hurtdrod and fifty
four thousand in this state a year ago,
there is probably a greater number now,
They have shown their regard for the
Mowers constitutionally established by
submisshm to the most despotic acts.
They hate and detest abolitionism and
its war ; but lave borne their share of
the buirden imposed upon the country
without a shadow of resistance.
In the streets of this town, a few
weeks ago, a scene was enacted which
fully shows the spirit animating tlw dif
ferent parties, and answers the question
ttr who does and-wher-doot-obey
fe law. A Democrat was drafted. and
ippeared here at the appaln'ted time, in
ii — beateitee - to - a law -'which he-believed to
be unjust, but felt it his duty to obey.
For expressing his sentiments jdre, he
was set upon and ktunked- down by a
loyal Leaguer, a rowdy of Course ; and
we heard gra'y-haired citizens say
amen ! We need nothing further to
point out to us who the law-abiding citi
zens are. But there is a point where
forbearance ceases,'and when that time
arrives let those who h.,•been fore
most in these unitlwful a-t , beware, The
ps.pirit of the people has been long bowed
dicitsq, let them beiare of its recoil,,
e Thi be Supported ?.
• •
Were it hotlikr the- fearful forebod
ings which th'e co ' lion of our country
L i
must call up in the in& of all, the
IVroplatforme•broupt fb by the abo
litiopista this year would - be aNkurce o
merriment. But when we re... be
that it is the liberty of our peoplewh
is threatened, and the overthrow of the
Republic which is shadowed forth, w:
cannot but look - seriously upon the
threats and promises contained in the
platforms upon which Abraham Lincol
,and.Jolin C. Fremont stand. It is plai
that they both understand that the peo
ple are not to be robbed violently o
tasir birthright, and they think to chea
them-with the shatoitrofilberty while
they steal away the substance. it j=
rather amusing that the men who neirii,
nated Lincoln at Baltimore should pre
tend to respect the Constitution, and a
the same time make a nomination of
man who has violated it scores of time.
and threatens to destroy it entirely.-
And for them to speak of economy i
the public expertilituCe, when the won),
knows that the most gigantic thefts hav:
been traced to the very head of the ad
ministration, by an itdminifitration man'
and there left without further investiga
tion. It is well to resolve that sue
things must cease ; but not in the net
breath to propose to elptinue in power
the very chief of rdbbers. Is it possibl:
that the American people can be chente.
into the support of either of the.:
monsters? Has not their record plainly
proved tbat•theic o promises are " wel
without water, clouds. driven with
tempest?" Cattit be that our people
will elect a man to administer law's
which he has repeatedly violated, and
by which his liberty, if not his life, is
forfeit? We do not think so. We be
lieve, that with a fair election, the
American people will hurl those men
from authority too have abused the
power entrusted in their bauds - sand
led millions of our fellow-bitizens•
death. Thb abolition party now shrinks
froM the awful record, of blood; but
before God and man. ihey are responsi
ble for the darkness which his fallen
upon'a . " We have Lincoln's own words
for what may Eiti expected if he is re
elected, and all the leaders of the party
propose to make it a war of exhaustion,
hoping that the , South must first
fail, because its population is leap
than our own. Upon the result of
next fall's election, tharbfbre, hang the
lives of millions of American citizen,.
We say nothing of ,the expense of
money, for the lives of-men4are not to
be weighed against gold, though bank
ruptoy and financial ruin are• not the
least of the dangers which threatens as.
We believe that Fremont Was nomina
ted because the leaders or his party
could not support to obscene joker and
common black•gtrard, is Lincoln has
proved himself to be. To. our Cer
tain' knowladge he his more than once
gentlemen. ley Ids sourriltma Issurusge,
But whatever buy have been the unite
of his nomination ' .we believe Fremont' :
to be equally as dangerous a man u
Lincoln. He proposes& " New Nation,"
which abaft swallow up State rights, end
=I
Sabi distinctions, a consolidated W
ailment, with himself at i **kr. We
*dt wonder that those ' "Lifel4'th ,
.erto mood !with .thgt iw ma ilasfi
should Imitate In thileiholes. lathe
"DeMooratio paity will Otm abut 0
chance of escape. For iti:eburia in the
fiture, it can point back to a long re
cord, beginning at the birth of ihe goy
aliment and making down to the pres
ent' era of blood. It 'canunly promise
-that all Its energy Shane used to rescue
the country from the perils which now.
environ it., and if-the people are not fa
tally blind to their own interests, there
- ..'hope of rescue still , Let each man
examine the questions before him for
himself, for aster again win 1 1, 3 impor
tant a period be traced in our history.
For eighty years our government has
been an experiment, and now the last
test is to 'be applied: Are we worthy of
the liberties we have enjoyed, or are• we
I only fit for the despotism of Lincoln or
Fremont? ,v
' November's election will answer,. •
1
Three Yeers . Lorger. -
In a t speech delivered by Abrahaui
Lincoln, at the Sanitary Fair in Phil;-.
delphia, he says.: "We're . going through
on this liss,if it takes all summer." To
say nothing of the w seas of human blood
witith4fri , sttl - Ott betbre - turwhen we re
call the horrors of, the three "years just,
past, we wonder if Lincoln has nev
er met in his career 'with such a thing
as an impossibility. He speaks of three
years as the longest possible period to
which the war can be proloiaged, and as
"going through on this line" means
nothing more nor loss than the utter
subjugation andatoruotion of tho Sota,
he means that sr this shall be accom
plished in the next three years, provided
that he is re-elected. If the American
people desire -the annihilation of the
,SoutkithichAre_to not believe,histo
and our own experience tells us that
there is not power on earth to crush the
&nth into the measures prOposed by-the
Abolitionists.
Since the inaugaration of the present
dmigistration, two.millions of our peo
ple helve been swept into the vortex of
war, full one twentieth of the entire pop
ulation of the North hasheee cle,stroyed
in the strife, and the end aoeirs no
nearer now than then. Yet the man
wbo has"been the leader in these move
ments which • have brought upon us all
the horrors we have now before qs, dares
to ask the peoPtil to continue him in
power, even while threatening them
with at least - three years more of war.—
Will our countrymen vote to of - mantle in
office a man who demands their blood
and promises nothing but a ruined Re
public, crushed down to the dust with
debt, and shorn of the only means of
ever rising -again-to a place among na
tions ? He tells us that he will "make
desolation and call it peace," that he
will contipie this exhausting was until a
ay e porCam of our people are extermi
nate . Allowing it to be possible for
Lincoln d his party to cam; out
their priigim e, and all their schemes
of Abolition, co ation and annihila
tion, would we of t r Norttobe willing
that the strife should . ntinue three
years longer for the 'accomp hment of
that end? Are we l prepared tolra%ite
our last element of strength, and r
real liberty for the empty name of being
able to "whip" the South 7 Where is
the glory in having conquered our breth
ren who stood.side by side with us in all
the perils of the past, and whose Sires
shared with ours the dangers and priva
tions of the struggle for Independenc4.
And would it not be extremely danger
ous to our own liberties to continue in
power those who have shown so little re
gard for the restraints put npon them
by the Constitution and la 4, and for
the lives and happiness of tjlte people?
Will we retain inour service afreaident
who can deal in obscene jokes-Above the i
very graves of his victims, and amid the
horrors of the battle-field? With such
men to Administer the government and
guide our destinies, every blow struck in
this uhholy strife against the South ie
aimed at our liberties as well as theirs ;
is any one foolish onbugh to 'suppose
that a patty VIMA4 will violate the Con
stitution they' are sworn to peotem and
defend, as well *their own most sacred
promises, for the purpose of subjugating
a portion of our own peopt4 — will stop
at that if their efforts are successful
The thing which Abolitionists speak of
as a Union is no mgrs nor less than a
consolidation of all the States, a subju
gated Republic—the - blackest despotism
the world ever saw.
But we only ask that Lincoln'
keepers will let him run at large, let him
talk, let him make known his real pur
hoses, as he has done in this case, and
if the American people vote to continue
hint in power, they deserve only the fate
which will fall upon them. )11e passe,
through the cities 'of the North, all
crowded with the groaning victims of
his wicked policy, but has no word of
consolation or of hope for them ; no t
tear of sympathy for the stricken group
at the farm house, a member of which
has perished in the storm he has called
up.; l L:zee with indifference upon
the .
of our people, upon the
horrors which hive appalled the world
and no drop of pity is wrung from his
ioy heart. He seeks not to stay the de
stroying hand ; nut while the lives of
our citizens am lavished as the letaireerof
Autumn, be comes amcropt_us and asks
foi more, itatilhe " Loyal leatintc" says
-mien i Dot zueE7wilFsilifTrireitt7
not the value of the people, and we look
them to hurl from autherity tlet. map.
Who threatetts them with the horrors of
war, to be kept up by ii relentless Con—
scription sod - burdertairdte tares.
,Procedont fbr Proolamatiens.
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It appears'ith idea of
l
si
owed
waging war - 1044mM . • -.,_ la not °rig--
hulled* 101-liitid ' ' ...only thing
which ilas;* " , ,r ,is
from"
his brit : l ids tr: "t? is not t his
own. WI ji • , . , —keels his.
tory of New York that Willlant --the
Testy resorted to the same expedient
against the Yankees wfio-ssonts - -ftom
Connecticut, and that ,his proclamation
had about the same effect as thole which
'have pada our own President so famous.
The Nhailarity, is so great tkati'we cannot.
refrain from quoting-literally a passage
from Kniakerbooker's intitentie history:
" Never wait a more comprehensive, a
_" more expeditious, or, what is: stilt
" betters a ,more economical measure de
" vieed, than this of defeating the Yen
' "kees by proclamation—an expedient,
" likewise, so gentle and humane, thpre
" were ten chanesati) one in favor of its
" suotteeding 7 but there was one chance
" to ten that- it tonki 'not' e4oceed—as
".the, ill-natured fates would have it,
" that single chance carried elle day !
1 ' The proclamation was perfect in all
"its parts, welt constrained, well writ
ten, well waled and well published-- ;
" all that: wao wanting te insure its ' ef
" feet iree, *hat the Yankees should
" stand in awe of it ; but, prdvoking to,
"relate, they_treitted_ it with the most
"absolutd contempt, api)liedaiiiu - iiii:'
"seemly purpose, and thus did the first
" warlike' proclamation come td it shame
"ful end—a fate which I am credibly
" inforMed has befailmtbut too many of
" its moleskin)."
Thu&we see that Lincoln finda• a
pretederit for, hie proclamations the
administration of the old Dutch Gov
ernors' of New Amsterdam, who, as the
his"totisui above quoted informs us, usu
ally slid their work like an numb , hone,
with the wrong end foremost. How
Scutt tUe tlittLactory repeats itself.
~ —The comments' of the English
preso upon the.eimPaigi of Gen. Giant
have - gi
fat great campaigns can be planned, and
great battles fought by mere newspaper
heroes. But to sensible men, who know
that war is an art which few naaerstand
and that the most accurate knowledge of
all its parts is necessary when the enemy
is led by a man such as Gen. Lee, these
comments recommend , themselvea• as
truths. Ever since the commencement
of Grant's career as s general, he has
displayed an utter recklessness of the
loss of the lives of his men; and seems
to dipend much more upon crushing
the enemy with numbers than upon mil
itary skill. This propensity :in Gen.
Grant has been the cause of his sacri
ficing the lives of more men than any
other leader of our armies. -Since he
crossed the Rapidan `anti opened the
battles of the Wilderness, he has de
stroyed one of the finest armies the
world ever raw, and has accomplish..
nothing. He has not gained a girth
military poiot•ef any importance, and
afterlosing more than a hunlred thou :
sand of his . men has only reached a
point where tie might have been months
ago without the loss of a man ; and
from present indications he will soon be
compelled to take` the defensive, with
many doubts of his ability to maintain
it against Gen. Lee's superior strategy,
The eroutiuteison we' drew last
wee between the'` rebels" of 1864., and
the "rebus" of 1711', - has brought some
of the . " lqyalists" out in all their fury.
They might know by this time that
_we
do not publish a paper to please them,
and that their threats and denunciations
will not deter us from telling the truth.
We believe that the hams spirit actuates
the people of the Southern States in the
present war, that induced our fathers to
take up arms against the tyranical acts
of George 111. We believe the result
of this conflict will be the same as was
the result of that—the recognition of
the rights for which our fathers fought,
and, so believing, we shall say, regard
less of the threats of the followers of
King Abraham,
--Congress has at length repealed the
s3ooelause of the Confiecntion Bill. It
is do or die with the able-dodied men of
the North pow, unless they have enough
to buy a enbatitisto. The word for the
masses now will be go,—wlp.otlfer to war,
to Canada, or to fighting Provost Mar
skulla• and Conscription agents, remains
to be seen.
—The General Democratic Conven
tion has been postponed until the 29th
of August. . .
• t CRIABION.—Tho man who does not see
that • great reaction is going on in the
minds of the people against the present
Administration is either blinded by partis-
Ansi= or is an indifferent observer of
what is going on about him. The people
are sink and tired of the Jokes of Abraham
Lincoln, and demand Statesmanship.
The follies and extravagance of bis Ad
ministration are such as to disgust many
honest men, of his own, party, who eith
er vote for Fremont, or join the 'old Dem
ocrilio party; who want a man at the head
of tEe Nation who will administer tits laws
ie.titally„' protest the ; rights of
bits enfbroe the Monroe doctrine, and
Seek a speedy peace, upon an honorable
basis. That there will be a alun4,ge, this
Ir, in the National Administration seems
new-tobe biked fact. It is right, too, for
it. is Width fotrust, limb it man as Lingle.
with inndreds of ndlllont of"patronage,'
with the Adminbitrotion, 4 the Geternment.
for four years longer. If he is re-elected
no man born can foretell theilate of our
distracted conntg , T-CeelLy Senlisa
Zr 'ill*ONO" .eanothhig wrens
Ono "Idysilsis" of Teaaessee. The
_opt_pp, loss Mir:dials:
Mara stiireark trio .rs
spators, in I:spinier* towns Aran stolen
assissial, eanaot sappert , ' Llaeobi
as liver:ld Ulm
„is do kudos, 'Johnsen id
Adopt of the - Altai. 21diaL , dorning
wit driel‘trosi 'Abe hoot. ' lad*
Hi lid '4 :
s
It Ls **U.i s : • et mos of -
ccitsidif • ~,• oundltiate
ter the , Shit tot -
000eattbn should he • • • • • •
oriflopeonher. Those wheitini thiirlsind , -
1 00.11thabiimildlIdai.vklelof My wish to
ist =
1 : 011411"111 / 2 r21 1 g li Vi l t4 l lr Mr7C=
By IMpters ls more theaaprilbsblo that
.. 10porodbugg be ash Abut
vuo". 11 0 ,1 444 11, 1 411 k- erbieb-affould --
muwy thi entire strength ofifEratirs-Dem
omatio plirty,—ands-vastaid• of
that party. TriumPh would then lie oertairt•
But if s,Moipation ie Mods of any man
who has the Mod' of this nopo war upon
his hands and his ePul, debars wretched.
defeat, is inethoble. It is axed
It that • nothing under Maven an
-14 rt; thatmot *Jr the poficy but 'the
Of silo inn Neely* the dot/tr
aria cond.:book= th e
aiit taus uncorrupted
Democracy. .lizn
n will bind them
to ',Anglo henar'ipaftr siappurt of tbil war,
or of an,' iIIaIIIVIM favtua the despotic prin
ciple that the Fulani Government bids a
right to make far upon its ,severeign mis
ters,, the States.—Dep-Boak .
WHAT 117111 PATIIOIIII It is mousing to
hear that °lase of men, etondstink of Dialer,
Dix, Dickson, Dolt, Johnsont.:CaWeron,
Ferny., Donighorty j i Ike., talkinr,• about the
put* patrt'oties whioli guided their actions'
leaving the Democratic patty. A 'slight
reference loth. presentpdsitons they occupy
shows that the 'patriotism Which govsrne
thew is pt the pay* kind. Butler she Dix
are Major Generals; Dickinson is • state
officer, in New Fork"; Egli, is JudgwAdvocit a
General; Forny is clerk of the senate and
Chietof the kitchen Cabinet stWeshingtott;
Camerotoras Secretary of War and Dough
erty waisted to be Attorney General fcir the
Esstern Dietriet of Pennsylvania.. Of course
:the idecoriniiklneirpirWas not thought ,
of by these worthies when they ,joined the
abolition party. 'Again, at the recent A bo-
Mon Convention at Baltimore, out of the
WI candidates named for the vise Prowl- -
decoy, /Vat of them ware of this clime of
upedulterated patriots. This shows that
office is what gOvivrna these fellows and not
principle or patnotiem: Oat' upon such
hypocrits?—.Eattes-iWing.
--The henweratie Press, of Fon Du
Lao, Wisconsin, has a fearless and evidently
well considered article on peace, which con
eludes with the following words:
•• As we said, we are fot peace on any
terms that recognize' the great -s principle
of civl lib which is • now In deadl
pe 1 peace upon 'any terms tit bai
roognise the right of self gpeernment, the
sovereignty of the states t _and the_ liberty
of the °khan. Such filmic CU at any time
within our residi—and by -eseepting it are
shall be obliged to yield no right of our own
except the self assumed right to govern
others who do not choose to be governed by
us.' In short we are for peace udder almost
any circumstances. as inffnisely better then
the present condition of things, and as the
only possible step remaining to be taken to
preserve nor liberties, and' save ourselves
from a tyranny more unendurable thaaeron
that of a Nero or a
-who believe
THIS CAMPAION.-A number of the best
men in the opposition party of this county
have declared themselves for Fremont.
From what we hear from abroad, the
party is pretty, melrdlvitled. Those of the
opposition who honestly believe in the fanat
'nal teachings of the party, and who are
influenced to act by honest convictions of
Char 'prineiples, go fot FramOnt- All the
Brigadier Generale, Postmasters, Retenue
Collectors, Provost Marshaill, Tax Asses
sor!, Contraband Agents, Cotton Specula
tore, Army Contractors, and thieves and
public pltaulerent_genatilly, are fat. Lin,
coin.
Those who believe fa the Union—the
Constitution--the laws and the enforcement
thereof—in the salvation of the cmtntry for
the Allure gqod of the Union, will rote for
neither Fremont or Lincoln, but for the
Democratic candidate.—Holmes Co. Farmer;
" Reim" illrlneirtox.—Ckte of `the COT
respondents with Grant's army thus dispels
Ike idea of rebel starvation. Re says:
"The esmniry is abundantly supplied with
everything. Granaries ore filled with corn
until they overflow. Gardens grow all the
luxuries of the teasel'. Flocks and herds
have not deserted the pastures and hills'.
Corydon and Thyrsis eat their country mes
ses in the shade.. Fowls frequent the barn
yards, and the dove cotes are not abandon
ed by their meek and innooent it mites.
Our horses wade through Clover knee deep,
and the growing wheat brushes their side.
as they pass threigh Ir. Immense ttsoin
are filled, with thriving corn fields. We
have , very serious doubts, engendered by
our late experience, of ever starving the
Confederacy, and we look for the end only
by Lard fighting, in connection with Geu.
Grant's left flank strategy."
A STRIKING CONTRAST.-Mr Chase and
the State of New Jersey asked for a loan it
the same time. Both loans wet. fur sir per
cent., but with this difference, that Mr.
ChaseW interest was payable in gold, thus
being twice as valuable as the other. Mr.
Chase got a part of his talon at premiums
varying from 104 to 108. A large share,
howeVer, was not taken. Now Jersey had
four times a. much offend as she wanted:
anti some of it as high as 108. This look.
very much as if New Jersey bad a far
better credit than the United States. The
feet that JNew Jerseyjoi under Democratic
role, and the United States I. controlled
by the Abolitinnists,smaj perhaps explain
the reason.
HMO OZORG/1 AND KING ADRAUA)I.-.TIP
show how closely our government has copied
the sot of the British King towards our
Revolutionary fathers, we quote the °bargee
they made against King George as follows:
'" He caused the stawpaot lobe pissed. As
made the military above civil power. He
sent men into banishment and exile withatt
authority of law. He excited the negroeh to
insurroctlour He discarded the constitution
and laws of the colonies." Has not Abra
ham Littoolu done all this, and even more
and worse? No truthful man will deny it."
—ln the days of John Adains, men of
the Demottratic party were persecuted Lind
iniprisoned for dehmidialgthe Constitutional
rights or the people. to the Jays of Biddle
Bank, -.High Tariffs and Bankrupt. Laws,
I they were persacuted. , 3l4"4llPhilding the
Catuitihstion.. In the drys ot Abraham
itucublt timpt-ctra-peraiteuted,- -imprisoned.
property seized and opprobrious ati bet.
heaped upon them—all for upboldirig the
Constitution and the rights of American
citizens. ,Bow long, ult I how langoirill tho
honest m 'be build!.
Tut TROD liocraisz.— it lie En
tire* 'says: , “T h e littioag, Obi ;bon must'
pt
put the,party upon its it p fora. to 4 .
will - And the pe6platithltdpg: An itAttimit to
cotamit the DenammAitt party tot* farther
promuuttiosof tita ws 11 4har ,b, .41irtat or
indirect maaaer, WM seaultalieultronaly to the
oetuiary. Slitepaople ave4hrpeana; Mid will
NM an expression op thatWa oast alt
ammo uptuarztempiromitta ' ' pyttpla is
not hprplzed.
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t o
promisethairiorfairiplma• , it • thibiefore
be'for pease.""
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