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HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, Jan. 21, 1863.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever
" I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flay, the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI
ASSAILANTS, AT 11011£ AND ADROAD."--STEPHEN
A. DOUGLAS
The Shinplaster Currency.
Presentment of the Grand Jury as to the
Issue and Circulation of Checks or
Small Notes as Currency. January
Term, 1863.
The Grand Inquest of the county of
'Huntingdon do present : That, [here
is given the names of the persons is
, suing the cheeks and small bills,] all
of the county of Huntingdon; did un
lawfully issue_and put in circulation
certain notes, bills, checks, Papers and
engagements of writing, to circulate
as _currency, contrary to the act of
Assembly in . such cases made and pro
vided. The Grand Inquest aforesaid,
in making presentment against the
above named persons, respectfully ask
the Court to make an order or decree,
that all tliOse who have unlawfully is
sued or put in circulation as currency
any of the said checks, notes, bills and
engagements of writing, that if, they
shill on or before'the Ist day of April,
A. D. 1863, redeem all the said notes,
checks, bills, notes or engagements of
writing, so issued by them respectfully
as currency, that no indictment be
'pieferred against them, the said In
quest believing that at the time said
notes, bills, checks, Sc., were issued,
they wore a matter of public conveni
ence. JOHN C. DAVIS, -
RECRUITS WANTED!—Maj. J. Blanch.
Miles, of the 40th Regt., P. V., has been
ordered - Noith with a squad of men
for recruiting service. The old com
panies in this regiment have been tem
porarily consolidated into four compa
nies, and the supernumerary commis
sioned and non-commissioned officers
ordered to recruit to fill up the regt.
This regiment has seen much active
and. honorable service—k, has been en
gaged in every movement of tho Ar
my-of the Potomac, and carries upon
the folds of its war-worn banners,
"179A:town," 4 ' Williamsburg," " Gar
nett's Hill," " Golding's Farm,"
" White Oak Swamps," " Savage Sta
tion " and " Antietam." There is one
great advantage gained in volunteer
ing in this regiment, as the officers
have bad much experience; and call
give proper instructions. Maj. Miles
will be found at his office opposite the
Exchange Hotel on Railroad street,
where all young men wishing to enter
the service should call.
Wu had the pleasure on Monday of
meeting on the street Lt. CQI. Dare, of
the sth Regt. He was wounded. in
the hip at Fredeiicksburg. With the
aid of crutches he is able to give some
of his many friends a call. The Col.
looks remarkably well. He expects
to return to the army as soon as his
wound will permit.
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC.—Whatever
any of us may think of "Greeley,"
none will deny but the Tribune Alma
nac is the beSt compiled bundle of sta
tistics on valuable matter desirable for
preservation that is published. The
Almanac for 18G3 has been issued, and
may be had at Lewis' Book Store for
13 cents, and by mail upon the receipt
of fifteen cents in postage currency or
stamps.
MAJ. FRANE. ZENTMER.—T he father
of Major Zentmyer has received a let
ter from Richmond informing him of
the death of his brave son. The Major
lost a leg at Fredericksburg, was taken
prisoner and sent to Richmond where
he died on the 31st ult.
U. S. SENATOR.---Hon. Charles B.
Buckalew, Democrat, was, on Tuesday
last, elected United States Senator for
six years. His majority was ono over
Genl. Simon Cameron. Tho result
gives very general satisfaction.
A REGULAR SWINDLE..L--A handsome
check on Bell, Garrettson & Co., signed
by C. D. Smith, is in circulation. All
such checks are good—for nothing.—
Said C. D. Smith is not known to Bell,
Garrettson & Co.
LIEUT. John A. Willoughby, of the
sth Regt., supposed to have been kill
ed at Fredericksburg, has turned up a
prisoner in Richmond. This was grat
ifying news to his many friends in this
place.
TUE 125111 REG. P. V.—We have a
letter from the 125th, dated Camp
near Fairfax Station, Jan. 16, P. M.,
informing as that the regiment was
preparing to move, but to what point
Was a secret.
&e, new advertisements,
EEMBH!!M
Agricultural Society,
The Huntingdon County Agricultu
ral Society met Pursuant to adjourn
ment in the Court House on Tuesday
evening, 13th inst. In the absence of
the President, the meeting was called
to order by 'no. Porter, Esq., of Alex
andria, one of the Vico Presidents.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Tno. Portei., Esq., of Alexandria
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Jos. Clark, Birmingham,
Jno. Huey, Brady twp.,
Lewis &Rover, Cass,
Peter Livingston, Barre°,
Joshua Greenland, Cassvillo,
Daniel Brook, Carbon,
Daniel I. Logan, Cromwell,
Kenzie L. Green, Clay,
H. C. Robison, Dublin,
Jno. Zentmyer, Franklin,
Thos. Fisher, Huntingdon,
Jno. Porter, Henderson,
Robt. Madden, Springfield,
Robt. Gosbern, Tell,
Isaac Cook, Tod,
M. H. Sangre°, Walker,
M. F. Campbell, Union,
David Hawn, Juniata,
Saml. Cummins, Jackson,
Perry Moore, Morris,
E. Shoemaker, Henderson,
D. Etnier, Orbisonia,
Wm. L. States, Penn,
H. Orlady, Petersburg,
Jno. Dysart, Porter,
Jno: Eby, Shirley,
Wm. B. Leas, ShirleYsburg.
REC. SECRETARIES.
R. McDivitt,
J. Simpson Africa.
COR. SECRETARY.
R. M. Speer:
TREASURER.
Geo. Jackson.
T. 11. Creme
Tho report of the delegates appoint
ed at the last meeting to represent this~
county at an election for trustees of
the Agricultural College of Pennsyl
vania, in September last, was, on mo
tion, deferred till next session.
The committee appointed at last
session to report on the grape ques
tion, was, on motion, continued, to re
port at nest session.
The following resolution was offer
ed by Jno. C. Watson, Esq., and unan
imously adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the As•
sociation be tendered to our late Pres
ident, Gen. Geo. W. Speer, for the int
erest manifested by him in the success
of the society, and for the able and
faithful niannei• in which he discharg
ed the duties of the office.
Foreman
Society then adjourned to meet
on the first week of the coming April
Court.
M- The check currency is being
rapidly redeemed by the persons in
this county having issued them. We
hope the business community may
hereafter be able to get along without
them.
re c .. Read the 'patriotic speech of
lion. Hendrick B. Wright. lie speaks
the sentiments of the loyal masses of
the North.
WE neglected last week to acknowl
edge the receipt of a copy of Govern
or's message and other favors from A.
W. Benedict, Esq.
.4-a Court adjourned last week on
Thursday. This week it will not con
tinue over to-day. The crowd in town
has been very slim.
STATE TREASURER.—WiIIiam V. Mc-
Grath, Democrat, of Phila., was elec
ted State Treasurer on Monday last.
);e- Senator A. Stutzman has oui
thanks for pub. does.
,Tpc Gold is selling in Philadelphia
'at $1,47@,1.48. Demand notes $1.42
@1.43.
Improve Your Sight and Preserve
Your Eyes.—A. BIRNBAUM, 'Vaal
cal and :Manufacturing Optician, takes
pleasure in informing the Ladies and
Gentlemen of Huntingdon and vicini
ty, Um; he has opened a Store one
door west of Dr. Dorsey's, with a large
and variety stock of Spectacles, com
prising Convex and Concave Glasses,
such as Flint, Crystal and Scotch Peb
ble, and particularly desires to recom
mend the superiority of the last-named
Glasses. His theoretical as well as his
practical knowledge of Optics, and his
long practice in the Occulistic science,
enables him to adapt, after an exam
ination of the eyes, those glasses which
correspond with the defect of near, far
or weak sight. Glasses can be fitted
to any frame, of any shape or color.—
Please call and examine the Spectacles.
•
Ambrotypes and Photographs taken
at all times on reasonable terms.
Also, Segars, Tobacco and Meer
scbaura Pipes constantly on band.
A Cry of Distress—lmportant De
spatches Taken,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Our blocka
ding fleet has Just captured some very
important despatches from Jeff. Davis
and his Secretary of State, to Mason,
Slidell and others in Europe.
These despatches give many impor
tant facts and details in regard to the
condition of the rebels. They give the
strongest statements of the desperate
straits to whiqh the rebel leaders are
reduced, and show that unless they
can quickly get relief, either by Euro
pean interference or by dividing the
free States, and thus paralyzing the
efforts of the 'Government, they must
give up their bad cause for lost..
These despatches arrived here yes
terday. They were put up in a tin
box, loaded with lead at one end, sons
to sink quickly in an emergency.—
But our sailors wore too quick.
The Government is strongly urged
to make public these captured de
spatches, and will do so as soon as cer
tain special information contained in
them is made use,. of —N. Y. Evcn. Post,-
PRESIDENT
LII L RLA\
JOHN PORTER, Prest.,
R. Mcllivirr, Sec'y
The Pennsylvania Reserves.
The following is a copy of the letter
addressed by the War Department to
Governor Curtin, refusing to allow the
Pennsylvania Reserves to return to
Pennsylvania to recruit:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. 12, 1863.
lion. A. 0. Curtin, Governor of Penn
sylvania :
The Secretary of War directs me to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 2d inst., enclosin g a copy of one
from General Meade to Gen. Franklin,
relative to recruiting the regiments
constituting the Pennsylvania Re
serves, and asking that the remnant of
that gallant body of men be ordered'
to Harrisburg in order to fill its ranks.
In reply, the Secretary directs me
to say that there are numerous appli
cations of this kind on file, in regard
to regiments from other States, which
have been greatly reduced in recent
battles. If one such request be acce
ded to, all similar applications must
be granted. This would so reduce the
armies in the field as not only to pre
vent any further operations for the
next three or four mouths, but to en
danger important positions now held
by us.
The War Department has uniformly
refused applications of this kind, and
cannot at, the present time, adopt a
different
G Ennui , . D. flunGLEs,
Assistant Adjutant General
Hear the Voice of a Loyal De,mocrat,
The following remarks were made
in Congress on Wednesday, the 11th
inst., by lion. liEsnatcx 13. Waiuuv,
member of Congress from tho La
zerne District, this State. Mr.
WRIGHT 13 known all over the State
as one of the most prominent and in
fluential Democrats, having held Ma
ny prominent positions in the party.
We ask our numerous readers to give
his remarks a careful perusal.
The Resolution Denouncing. the Rebellion
The House proceeded to the consid
eration of the declaratory resolution
of Mr. Wright, declaring the rebellion
on the part of the seceding States
against the Clove,rnment, and laws of
this Union was deliberately initiated,
and without reasonablocause; that the
war was . inaugurated solely for the
suppression of the rebellion and the
restoration of the Union as it was;
that, the Union restored, the war
should cease, and the seceding States
be received back into the Union with
all 'the privileges and immunities to
which they were originally entitled.
Speech of Mr. Vallaudigham
Vallandigham (ll.) had offered
a ,substitute for the above resolution.
In addressing the House, lie maintain
ed that a reunion was not only possi
ble but inevitable; unless defeated by
the deliberate folly and wickedness of
the public men and the people. Ho
argued the question at - length from
history, citing many examples. He
insisted that physical causes all tended
to that event; that thorn was no radi
cal difference in.the white race hero to
prevent it; that all the original causes
which led to the Union—common de
scent, consanguinity, language, meas
ures, and laws, defence, interest, and
the domestic tranquility—all existed
in full force yet, and some of them
were much stronger now than at first.
And further, that artificial causes had
sprung up since—works of improve
ment, multiplying, travel, trade, navi
gation and intercourse. Also, that
certain less material, but equally
strong ties—common history, nation
al reputation, songs, common battle
fields.
1:1Zill
Speech of Mr. Wright.
Mr. Wright said : I cannot agree,
Sir, with some of the views just ad
vanced by the gentleman from Ohio,
(Mr. Vallandiglam,) although, as to
the most of his argument, I have no
hesitation in saying I agree with him.
I differ with him in respect to the con
tinuance of this war.
I am, Mr. Speaker•, a pence man ; but
lam not a peace man if the petite is
to be established upon the dismember
ed fragments of a broken and destroy
ed Union. lam a peace man, if peace
can be obtained with rebels, who are
striking at the vitals of the Republic,
upon terms that shall be alike honora•
hie to the patriotism and courage of
the North. While lam a peace man,
I afn no coward, and while I may de
sire peace, I s wink from no responsi
bility. I would even put myself, as a
representative from the North, in a
position of absolute humiliation, if
peace could be the result of it. T will
even let myself down, and kiss the
sword in the hands of that arch-trait
or in Richmond, dripping with the
blood of my own loins, if 1 could oh
taM peace "upon honorable terms to
my country.
But, as my resolutions say, while
the rebellion stands in a menacing at
titude, and while their guns are direc
ted upon your very Capitol itself, and
while they themselves say they will
make no terms with us, I am not a
peacemaker, because uner those cir
cumstances I ,could not he a peace
man and.preserve my own honor and
my own country.
The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Val
landigham), said he would have the
war stopped, and that he was opposed
to it. What does the gentleman from
Ohio anticipate by the cessation of hos
tilities upon our part. Does ho sup
pose that terms can be obtained from
these men who aro in rebellion, if the
North says we, will grant an armistice?
Why, Sir, there can be nothing which
coul be more cheering or more satis
factory to these men who lead and
conduct this rebellion, than to have
the North say this war shall stop
where it is, and let them have that re
public which they have been striving
for during the past two years. Had
the doctrine of the gentleman from
Ohio prevailed one year ago, the
members of this House of Representa
tives would not have been in session
here to-day. Had the let-alone policy
which he proclaimed hero in opposi
tion to the war.been,the marked poli
cy of the country within the last year,
we should not now have the beggarly
privilege of occupying seats in the
American Congress to-day, but in
stead, wo should have had the chief
traitor, and his cohorts and coadjutors
occupying this Hall instead of our
selves, - .
We of the North did not bring this
war and desolation on the country.—
We had no hand in it. When my
friend from Kentucky presented his
resolutions last July a year ago, and
we adopted them - , wo declared, with
but two dissenting voices, that this
was a-war for the restoration of the
Government, and we meant to fight it
out. It may become a war of exterm
ination before it is ended.
It was immediately forced upon us
by the seceding States. Wo of the
North were not the first who made an
appeal to arms. Rebellion it was that
first fired its guns into the American
flag; rebellion first drove the States
from the American 'Union, and inaug
urated the reign of terror. Rebellion
it was that raised the standard of op
position, and sent her piratical ships
upon the seas to plunder our com
merce, and were we to fold our arms
at these gross outrages, and sit down,
crying, " Peace, let the war stop?"
Had not wo had manliness enough
to raise our voices against it, and our
arms to protect ourselves and our
children, and had we pursued this
kind of peace policy a year ago, we
should not have the beggarly privi
lege of occupying seats in the Capitol
of the nation. And now that the war
has been protracted for the period of
two years, are wo to be inet again by
the Same: argument that wo must lay
down our arms? No; while God
gives us the Power to maintain our po
sition, while we have the force mid
• the vigor, let us fight like men, be
cause it lids got to come to the ques
tion of extermination. The day of
such a peace has passed by, and pass
ed by forever. These great wrongs,
which have boon'perpetrated upon the
part of the rebellious States, we can
hardly realize, we can hardly contem
plate. They have been the direst and
immediate cause of the sacrifice of
300,000 of the loyal youth of the coun
try. Their bones, if they could all be
collected together in ono grand mass.
would form a mausoleum greater than
the pyramids of Egypt.
There is not an inch of soil between
the Chesapeake and the Rocky Moun
tains which has not been saturated
with the blood of our brethren and
children. They havo•demoralized our
people, almost destroyed our national
character, and now say, in the lan
guage of Solomon, " Bring the sword,
and the child shall be divided," and
some say, so be it. There is one here
that will never say it--never, while
God permits him to breathe, will he
say it.
Do the rebels sue for peace? No.
Let me read you an extract or two to
show what these people are saying
and doing. On the 26th of last Dec. ;
Jel'. Davis delivered a speech at Jack
son before the Legislature of Mississip
pi, in which lie says, among other
things," From the Northwest we look
fur the first gleam of peace." What
kind of peace does Jeff'. Davis contem
plate from the Northwest? God gra7nt
it may not be a peace establishing a
line of defence and offence between
the East and the Middle States. I
have heard that suggested, but it is too
monstrous to believe.
I have too good an opinion of the
virtue, intelligence, and patriotism of
the people of the Northwest, to enter
tain for a moment the idea that they
would join hands with miserable men
engaged in their country's ruin, for
any compromise or arrangement by
which the Union is to be dismember
ed.
After a complimentary allusion to
Mississippi and her soldiers, Davis
spoke of his love for the old Union.—
Now mark what this pmegade, rebel
says of you, as reported in the Jack
son .Mis s issippian.
[Quoted Jeff Davis' speech before
the Mississippi Legislature.]
here you have the head of this bo
gus cold - oder:KT laying out the line of
policy. With those men from the bogs
and fens of Ireland and Scotland he
never would- consent to a re-union.—
But he casts his eye over the great
Northwest, and entertains the hope
that there he shall first see the sun of
his righteousness arise. The pica
from the district I have the honor to
represent in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, who have migrated from
the bogs and fens of Ireland and Scot
land are as much superior in loyalty
and patriotism to that man Jeff Davis,
C:i
as the religion of Christ is above the
religion of Satan, and ten thousand
times'sooner would I trust the defence
of free principles and human liberty to
the hands of these men from the bogs
and fens of Ireland and Scotland, than
to Jeff Davis and his treasonable asso
ciates. lie will entertain no terms of
reunion, and yet the gentleman of Ohio
says the war must be stopped ; that
we must have peace, and that we must
reunite. Reunite with whom ? With
Jeff Davis and his coadjutors, who say
they never will consent to it. Let me
go a step further with regard to this
Southern feeling. 1 hold in my hand
resolutiong declaring that the separa
tion between "the United States and
the confederate States is final, and the
people will never conscnt to reunite at
any time or upon any terms."
Let me refer you, in the same eon.
neetion, to a letter written on the Bth
of December, 1862, by John Pletcher,
Governor of the State of Virginia. It
seems he had beeu charged with a
correspondence with Fernando Wood,
asserting that the latter had been ma
king advances to John Lacher for the
purpose of peace and reconstruction
of the Union. Governor Lacher in a
letter denied this, in which he states
the separation from the Union is final.
And yet we have gentlemen talking
peace all over this land. Peace! peace !
upon what terms?
Mr. Vallandigham. What has pro
duced the great reaction in Northern
and Western sentiment? The ballot
box. The ballot-box is a weapon in
the hands of men in the South, yet as
potent and just as secure, and through
the agency of that ballot-box—after
some time, when passion has cooled
and reason resumed its sway—l
expect to see a return of correct
sentiment indicated ; and whoever
in , the so-called Confederate Gov
ernment, or in the United States
government, stands in the way, will
be superseded by other men, just
as those who would have urged this
war upon a particular lino of policy
have been superseded; through the
ballot-box in the North and West.
Mr. Wright. 1 cannot conceive by
what principle of reasoning the geo
tleman can eatisfy himself that such a
result could possibly, under sock cir
cumstances, he attained
T
1111.. Vallandigliam. History aiid
human nature.
Mr. Dawes. Allow me to ask the
gentleman from Ohio, in connection
with his remark that he expects that,
at some future day, the ballot-box will
work a revolution in the South, wheth
er he proposes that we shall lay down
our arms and wait for the revolution.
Vall.•tndigham. I don't propose
to lay down any arms at all. I said
long since the laying down of' arms
must be a matter of common consent.
But I would, if I had the power, re
duce both armies down to a fidr and
reasonable peace establishment just as
speebily as possible. (Laughter on
the Republican side.) The people of
the Northwest and South can bring
about a peace through the ballot-box—
the freeman's weapon. You have tried
fighting for twenty months, and that
would not answer.
Mr. Wright. What the gentleman
from Ohio has just uttered surprises
me more than anything he said while
he occupied the floor previously. The
idea of laying down oar arms and per
mitting the time of our drafted and
enlisted men to expire, and a sufficient
period to elapse to leave us without an
army, is, in my opinioti, a most mon
strous proposition. Nor do I believe
that if we were ever to - send a com
mittee from this House, or a joint com
mittee of the two Houses, to wait up
on Jeff Davis, such a committee would
ever be received and entertained by
him. I understand that the Legisla
ture of New Jersey has been making
an attempt of this kind, and that their
agents were nos even received by the
officials in the city of Richmond. I
have such a statement in the newspa
pers, and take it for .what it is worth.
Mr. Perry. There is not one word
of truth in the assertion the gentleman
has made.
Mr. Wright resumed. He was very
glad to hear the member from New
Jersey repudiate the idea that any
peace committee has been appointed
in that State. They have sustained
their character as public inert of the
government. There is no man, I will
venture to say, I do not, care what may
be his complexion in politics—he may
be as black as he pleases upon the ex
treme radical side, or he may be as
deeply imbued with secession sympa
thies as any man you can find on the
Democratic side—there is no man who
does not desire peace—not peace upon
dishonorable terms, not peace that
would destroy our present Govern
ment, act peace that would lay us in
an humble attitude at the feet of trai
tors, but peace that.shall make liberty
live, peace that shall establish the eter
nal principle handed down to us by
our fitthers. peace upon principles
that will not defame the character of
these men, is that I would see estab
lished in this country ; not peace that
emanates from the hot-bed of treason
in the South or secession in the North.
[A ppla use.]
That is the hind of peace that I want
to see established. Neither do I want
to see any efforts made than shall at
tempt to thwart or endanger the suc
cess of this principle. The gentleman
from Ohio (lly. Vallandigham) has al
luded to the result of the late elections
as though that established a peace
policy. The change of opinion result
ed from a want of confidence in the
way in which the war was conducted,
and the blunders of the Administra
tion. The people intend to save the
country still. Mr. Seymour speaks
unqualifiedly ii) favor of a vigorous
prosecution of the war. ,o man in
Pennsylvania in favor of peace, on any
terms, could plaint:tin a political posi
tion in Pennsylvania. As to who is to
blame, it is not the part of' my resolu
tions to declare. Perhaps the evil was
in the removal of McClellan; perhaps
the Administration was wrong in oth
er things. But because blunders are
committed, are ?re to abandon our coun
try and liberty ? Great God ! is it to
be supposed that because a campaign
has not come up to the public expect
ation we are to sue for peace at the
foot of treason and traitors.
Because Abraham Lincoln has issued
a proclamation emancipati ngtho slaves,
are wo to allow the republic to be rent
asunder ? Not at all. We must have
time to change all of these matters.—
Because certain men have triumphed
at the recent, elections, furnishes no
ground for believing that the people
favor the abandonment of the war,
and of its great feature, the preserva
tion and salvation of the country,
Politicians who indulge in this will
find themselves at fault. A storm is
ahead. Gentlemen who entertain the
idea that the recent elections are the
result of a peace policy, will find out,
if the army has to be disbanded, and
if the government is to be cut in two,
what their responsibility will be to the
people of the country, because, as God
lives, there shall be a day of reckon
ing. The man who is on the side of
liberty , now, his name and reputation
shall live forever; and that 1111111 who
says "Down with your arms, and let
the enemy prosper and take possession
of your Capitol," shall have a reputa
tion and memory as infamous and
damnable as that of the Cow-boys of
the Revolution. There is a reckoning
in store for men on both sides of this
question. There is a record made up
of the men who sustain their country
in the hour of its trial. I grant you
that the Cowboys of' the Revolution
might have been very respectable peo
ple if King George bad but succeeded
in maintaining his government over
the colonies; but as he did not, the
name of cowboys and tories have be
come somewhat disreputable.
Those who now stay at home en
joying ease and luxury, while loyal
men aro battling for their country,
shall, when this great Government is
restored, hear a sound in their ears as
terrible as that rung in the ears of the
cowboys and tories of the American
Revolution. They need not think
that by their crying" peace " our army
is to be disbanded and our country de
stroyed. I differed from the Execu
tive of the nation, and have always
differed from the ultra men in the
House who want to make this a war
of negro emancipation instead of a war
thr the restoration of the Union. The
army went into the field for the pur
pose of restoring the Government.--
Its numbers have reached to over 800,-
000 men—the largest army of ancient
or modern times. Its destiny is to
protect the flag and preserve the Uni
on, and it has the power and courage
to do so, and will do so. [Applause
on the floor and in the galleries.]
I do not care how many men there
may be singing peace anthems, and
crying that blunders have been made
with the managements of the war. If
there°we?•e blunders that is no reason
why men should turn their backs on
the Government and embrace its one
roles.
We "must get along with these
blunders the best way we can. We.
must appeal to the ultra to let the ne
gro alone, then you will littve such a
united power North as when concen
trated against the rebellion will put an
end to it forever.
' The marks of the men who are at
tempting to destroy the Government
are everywhere, and yet these dam
nable outlaws who have attempted to
stab and destroy liberty have their
friends and sympathizers at the North.
They are not " my brothers," in the
cant phrase of Northern sympathizers.
They are rebels. It is only loyal men
who are my brothers. [Applause.]—
Those men who have been the cause
of the suffering of the country, and
who have been the authors of red
handed crimes ; whose enormity must
make humanity blush, have their
friends, aiders and abettors, scattered
all over the North, and are held up as
"public martyrs." These men want
us to disbaudon the armies.
I am willing to make peace, but it
must be on such terms as shall not de
stroy my manhood and my liberty,
and above all, shall not destroy my
country. None others have they a
right to demand, and none others will
the loyal men of the land ever concede
to them. To do so would be to com
mit a crime as great as that charged
upon the enemy of the Union.
Talk about making terms with these
men ! Is not this country, with all
the institutions of civil liberty which
our rather:, planted upon this continent,
worthy of every effort that men can
put forth to save ? If 20,000,000 of
non cannot defend these institutions
against 8,000,000 of rebels, if they
must yield, it must be set clown not to
their weakness, but to the degeneracy
of the age, and it is lime for us to re
pent in sorrow over our depravity and
our cowardice. We have the men, the
money, and the loyalty to accomplish
that end, in spite of any cry of " peace "
that may conic up to us. The only
thing for. us to decide .now is, wheth
er they shall conquer us or we con
quer them. When a thief is caught in
the act of taking your property and
you arrest him, do you stop to listen
to his inquiry, and debate the 'question
what you are going to do with him ?
You hurry him off to the magistrate
and leave him with the officers of jus
tice to dispose of.
It is not at this time a debatable
question what you are going to do
with these men. They are in rebel
lion and must be pat down, and we
can put them down, notwithstanding
the blunders that have been committed
or the obstacles we have had to en
counter. But I have my eye upon a
single object, which is the polar star
of ray destiny, the flag of my country,
and the gorgeous temple of American
liberty; and when I cannot see and
behold them any longer, may God Al
mighty blot out its light forever!
You cannot preserve or restore peace
by yielding to men who are fighting
to tear clown this great temple of lib
erty. There can be no peace but in
their submission. The gentleman from
Ohio (Mm. Vallandigham) this morn
ing talked of a dividing line between
the two sections, and undertook to
speak for the groat Northwest as to
the course he would pursue. In the
East he saw a dividing line between
the North and South in the Potomac
or the..:',usquelianna, but for the West
he saw no such line of demarkation,
no line of separation between the broad
waters of the Mississippi and Gulf
What could have possessed the gen
tleman's brain ?
I go upon the principle of the res
toration of all the materials that formed
this Union, without leaving out one
State or Territory.
My policy is the restoration of all
the States and Territories, organized
and unorganized, that were once
united under our national flag. I de
sire to see liberty prevading the whole,
and peace upon no other terms. I
want no armistice.. Let me suppose
a case. Suppose a peace is established
—suppose you declare an armistice for
thirty or forty days—you need not care
about getting your armies together
again. The next step would be to es
tablish a boundary. Suppose you es
tablished the Ohio as"the line, how long
would your peace last? About as long
as the peace of Amiens, or the peace of
Tilsit, and more fittal in its consequen
ces than that which followed the dis
memberment of Poland.
If you establish a boundary line be
tween free and slave labor, peace will
not be preserved for six months. Let
us meet the difficulty now, and if three
hundred thousand lives have been lost
already, let us sacrifice three hundred
thousand more if necessary, and put
an end to rebellion foraver. [Applause.]
There is universal coosent among the
masses the the vigorous prosecution of
the war, however the leaders may have
faltered. I know the negro emancipa
tion system has cleated dissatisffiction,
but the Government has pourer and
strength enough to overcome these
and put down rebellion effectually.
We learn from these peace men that
France and England have a desire to
interfere in this contest on this conti
nent. If• they do, we then fight for
empire, and our battle ground will
commemorate the deeds of a roll of
men, who, if they fail, fought for lib
et•ty and the rights of Mall. Our cause
is worthy of success, and we can be
only defeated in a morbid sensibility,
which has found, unhappily, a lodg
ment in the North, which is in sympa
thy with the blackest treason.
The men who entertain these views
may flourish now, but a clay of retri
bution will come. The mask shall be
torn from the lace of the leaders, and
their followers shall stand aghast at
their Moral deformity.
There has been cause for popular
complaint and distrust as to the con
duct of the war and management of
public affairs. But there has been no
cause as yet for them to abandon the
Union and desert their Government.
Demagogues cannot corrupt the peo
ple, and woe to the men who have de
ceived them. The people desire peace,
but peace on terms alike honorable to
them and the success office principles.
They want peace, but with a whole
Union and an army; other terms they
will indignantly reject.
Mr. Speaker, where I stood when
the rebellion broke out I stand to day
--on the same platform. I have an
dergono no change in my sentiments
or opinions. I denounced the rebel
lion at the threshhold—l denounce it
now. 1 have no terms to make with
traitors, which look to the destruction
of the Union. I am 'satisfied none
other can be obtained. The war has
cost MO its trials and tribulations. I
can truly close my remarks with a
quotation from an ancient philosopher,
uttered over the dead body of his son,
slain in battle:
"I bhould have blushed if Cato's
house had stood secure and flourished
in a civil war."
What the Rebels Think of Peace
Propositions,
The Richmond Dispatch of January
10 discusses Mr, James Brooks' peace
propositions. It says:
Mr. Brooks appears to be in earnest
in these extravagant propositions,
strange as it may appear to any man
who has possession of his senses ; for,
upon the occasion of presenting them,
he made a long speech, and expressed
himself confident of their success.—
Aye the Northern people all natural
born fools, or are they only stricken
with that judicial madness which we
arc told the gods always inflict upon
the victims of their wrath preparatory
to their ruin ? Can they suppose that
the South is as galless and as lily-liv
ered as themselves, and that they aro
willing, for mro considerations of in
terest, to forget the unheard-of outra
ges under which they have suffered
during, this war? Can they believe
them capable of so soon burying in ob
livion all that they have done and all
that they have suffered ! *
' If the whole Yankee race should fall
down in the dust to-morrow, and pray us
to be their masters, we would spurn them.
even as slaves. Our only wish is to be
separated from them finally and for
ever—never to see the face of one of
them again—never to hear the voice
of another Yankee on the south side
of the Potomac, or the north—to have
no traffic and no intercourse ofanv de
scription whatever with them. We
are jiyhting for separation, and we will
have it, if it cost the life of every man in
the Confederate States.
We are aware that many persons
believe that the party of which Brooks
and Van Buren are the representatives
desire and design to restore peace, and
that, at present, th6y dare not speak
out their real - sentiments, which are in
fitvor of separation. We do not be
lieve they are in favor of any snel . :2
thing. Th ey would like peace on condi
tionof our return to the union, and they
are fools enough to believethat a majority
of the people in the Confederacy are in fa
vor of reunion. They would like peace
on these terms, because it would re
store the commercial supremacy of the
North. and especially of the city of
New York, which is gone fbreyer if
the 'Union be not restored. But they
are as' bitterly opposed to separation
as Lincoln is or any of the
thieves and murderers who lead his
armies.
In the event of a refusal to return
to the Union. they would, to a many
unite in hounding on the assassins who
are desolating, our country and mur
dering our - people as fiercely as they
have ever been hounded on by Beech
er and Hale. They look only to their
pockets when they preach of reconcil
iation and restoration. If the same
object could be effected by entirely de
stroying the people of the Southern
States, and they thought it as east• to
do, they would recommend it as the
best of all possible policy. Let them
be satisfied, however. President Dzu
vis expressed the sentiment of the en
tire Confederacy, in his speech the
other night, when he said the people
would sooner unite with a nation of
hyenas than with the detestable and
detested 'Yankee nation. Anything
but that. English colonization, French
vassalage, Russian serfdom—all, all
are preferable to any association with
the Yankees.
Hear an Irish Patriot.
" Let the politicians who have been us
ing us long enough, stay at home if they
will, but let us go and fight the battles of
the nation, and when we come home, is
grateful nation will extend tons sujivienf
to Ned our wants. I have always been
a Democrat. I was going to say that
am still; but I will not allow any polities .
to interfere with the discharge of my du :
ty. Itake . the KNOTV _NOTHING
BY THE ILIND AS A BROTHER
if he carric,s the musket or sword along:..
side of me in this contest. Ido not care
where the man comes from, or what may
be his shade of politics, whether he is a
REPUBLIC-1N an ABOLITION
IST, or something else—it is a perfect
matter of indifference to me. I only
want to say that I know no man but as
he discharges his duty to that Ilag ; and,
as I said in Baltimore, men were never
called upon in this world to perform so
sacred a duty as you are, my countrymen,
not only for your own .9alte, but for the
whole country with its 'coming genera
tions of men."—[Speech of General
Corcoran at Plilada.
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