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VOL. XVIII.
Elylobt.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Friday, April 3, 1863.
SPEECH OF EX-MAYOR SWANN,
OF BALTIMORE,
Before the Union League of Phil
adelphia,
The power of the Government to
prosecute this war to a successful ter
mination is not a problem of less diffi
cult solution in regard to its material
resources. A cry has gone forth that
wo are on the brink of universal bank
ruptcy. Now, gentlemen, I have only
to say, as the result of the closest ex
amination and comparison, that it
would be difficult to find that nation
whose ability to maintain its credit,
present or prospective, is greater than
our own. [Cheers.].
On the Ist day of July, 1864—should
the war continue so long—our aggre
gate national debt will have reached a
limit not much exceeding one thous
and seven hundred millions of dollars.
The Internal Tax Bill, already in full
operation, is admitted to produce one
hundred and fifty millions. .The in
terest upon this assured aggregate in
debtedness in July, 1864, being, say, in
round numbers, one hundred millions,
and the internal tax one hundred and
fifty, we have a surplus of fifty mil
lions to be annually applied to the li
quidation of this debt. But the rate of
interest upon our existing indebted
ness does not average six per cent.,
nor are we paying interest on a large
class of notes used as currency, which
enter into this calculation. This is
the extreme view presented of our fi
nancial condition on the Ist of July,
1864, presuming the war to continue
until that time. The market price of
gold has been taken as the only relia
ble standard of value in the relation
which it bears to the national curren
cy
Thus a premium. of sixty per
cent. on gold,. according to this doc
trine, reduces the actual value of a
Treasury note to forty per cent. of its
nominal par value.
- A fir so absurd need hardly to
be discussed. A legal tender note cir
culates at it-3 full par value in the pur
chase of every artier° of prime neces
sity.. This country, likeall others, sit
uated:as we hove. he)ott.,•,would find it
simply impossible to adhere to the pre
cious Mqtlll:3 as its only basis of credit.
Both England and France have recog
idsed this principle. During the Pen
insul:;r war' the premium on gold went
up in Great Britain as it has done here.
It ceased to be a standard of' value
when it became an article of merchan
dise. The credit of a nation depends
more upon its undoubted resources,
upon its staple productions, than upon
its gold and silver. If; by the sale or
exchanges of these, we are enabled to
pay our debts, and to meet the de
mands of taxation, we have a basis of
credit even better than the precious
metals. When, therefore, we show
that the loyal States engaged in this
war have already proved their ability,
almost.without an effort, to pay into
the public treasury an admitted 111111u:11
levy of one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars (but I assume to be
nearer two hundred and fifty), it is
hardly to be presumed that the credit
of this government is litrelysto sink un
der an aggregate of two thousand mil
lions of indebtedness. It is because
we are unaccustomed to taxation. that
we distrust our ability to carry on this
war.
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It might, indeed, create alarm, if
like the States in rebellion, wo were
engaged from year to year in piling
up a debt, Without adequate revenue
from any source, to meet the annual
burthen which it entails, or to inspire
confidence in its ultimate redemption.
_Happily, the able 'financier at the head
of the Treasury Department has made
the imposition of a sufficient tax to
cover every possible contingency, the
prominent and leading feature of his
financial system.
The credit of the country cannot fail
in the face of such safeguards as these.
But our resources are hardly yet
drawn upon ; and there are productions
of American growth—:of universal con
sumption bOth at home and abroad—
which, at rates of taxation not greater
than exist elsewhere, may be Iliad° to
produce the interest upon our entire
national debt. Our public domain
furnishes another representation of
substantial wealth, which in the pro
cess of gradual development would
pour into the public treasury its time
ly support. I need not refer to these
and other similar facts, going to show
theundoubted iesources of this noun
try, and its ability to put down the
rebellion, should it continuo for the
next five years; and the public
edness should reach four thousand mil
lions, (about the present national debt',
of Great Britain,)instead of the ani'nt.
stated by the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, or even double that amount.—
[Cheers.] The success, however, of
any plan of finance must depend, in a
great degree, upon the conduct of our
armies in the field. Disheartening as
have been the trials of the past, I can
not realize the' fact that the loyal
States, with a population of more than
twenty-three millions of souls, can ev
er permit them . salves to be overcome
by ono-fourth of that number, with the
known disadvantages under which
they labor. [Cheers.]
It is not difficult to foresee bow par
ties are likely to array themselves du
ring the progress of this war. In tho
State of Marylan'd, igne - ring the past,
i:vetiaVe raised 'the bftnnerbf the
Uni
on and rallied to its support. [Cheers.]
The Union men of that State coinpriso
10 50
10 301
10 25
tz 10 15
a formidable combination from the
ranks of all other pdrties. It is time
that party lines and party distinctions
should be done away with. If our
platform were less simple it might he
less satisfhetory to many who are rea
-1 dy to sacrifice everything to the sup
port and maintenance of the Union.—
We are unconditional Union men, be
cause we believe in the Union as the
rock of our safety and the intelligence
and disposition of the people to pro
tect alike the rights of all. Maryland
"Was the first to place herself on the un
conditional Union platform, and she
will be the last to desert it. [Cheers.]
She believes in the powerof the States
• to redress all - grievances within the
Union. She desires to see that plat
' form extended until it shall have su
perseded every other political organi
zation. We say, with the illustrious
Jackson," the Federal Union, it must
be preserved!' [Cheers.] It is no
time for the organization of parties to
throw obstacles in the way of a vigor
ous prosecution of this war. We must
know where we stand and who are our
friends. If men forget the duties of
patriotism and loyalty we have no
sympathies with them, no matter un
der what banner they may claim to
stand. The Union is our hope and
our stand point. It is a subject for
congratulation that a large party in
this country, who, a short time ago,
were the fierce advocates of a-suspen
sion of hostilities and a convention of
the States, North and South, arc now
convinced that the Government, of Jef
ferson Davis will be satisfied with noth
ing short of separation and independ
ence. This I have never doubted from
the beginning. Are you prepared,
then, to divide this Union? Is there
any man here to-night who would not
see this war go on for ten years—
twenty 3'olll'S—rather than that a sin. I
gle acre of our national domain should
be wrested from us in such a struggle?
Before this war broke out, I urged the
conciliation of the Border States, and
the effectual blockade of the Gulf
States, as the best mode of effecting a
speedy reunion. With prudence, mod
eration, and an exercise of wise states
manship, I believe that the horrors of
this unnatural war might have been
greatly modified, if not wholly avcrt
e.l.
I:=1
The triat;Sis hl the South would have
triumphed over the political aspirants
and demagogues that now control it.
But it is useless at this late day to re
fer to the past. We are - in the midst
of a war brought :thou : thy causes over
which-we have had no control. : The
only practical question for our consid
eration is ivhether we will sustain the
Administration in this ell'ort to save
the country, no matter hom we may
differ upon subordinat
e ,ssues. or con
sent to a dissolution of the union, with
the ruin which it involvcs. This is
the issue divested of all corn i d Joni nts ;
;
and I say to you to night without a
moment's hesitation,that however dis
tasteful it has been to me to witness
the promulgation of measures which
believe to be destructive of the com
mon purposes of reunitiog the country,
I shall stand by the Administration in
all necessary measures the vigor
ous prosecution of this war. [Loud
cheers ]
Gentlemen, at no time since the re
bellion broke out have we been justi
fied in the belief that the Crittenden
Compromise, or any other comprom
ise, would bring batdc a spirit of loyal
ty on the part of our southern breth
ren. On the contrary, it was pro
claimed at a very early day, that if a
blank sheet of paper were offered,
they would not indicate the terms on
which they would be willing to return
to their allegiance. What alternative,
then, is left to the loyal States, with
their twenty-three millions of souls de
pending,upon this Union for their do
mestic prosperity, and their protection
against foreign insultand intervention.
Arc they to accept the degradation of
a eqnquered people almost before they
have put on their armor, and before
the drain of taxation has even remote
ly affected their ability to supply the
means for carrying on this war?—
What am I to do—a conservative man
—weeping tears of agony over friends
and relatives failing in this unnatural
strife, when day after day the tele
graph wires announce the Casualties
of some bloody field ? Am I to re
nounce my country—to behold with
out emotion the American flag trailed
in the dust, and our filmiest hopes of
the future extinguished forever? Am
I to forget, in the miserable heresy of
State sovereignty, as interpreted by
secession leaders, to what government
I owe-the duty of paramount allegi
ance ? Never—never! [Loud cheers.]
The experiment of a national conven
tion to conciliate the South, has been
fully tested. A revolution based upon
the theories of leading Dem - kw:ale pol
iticians in New York and elsewhere,
has swept this country with the fury
of a whirlwind.
It was the voice of conciliation and
Compromise. It' wa's the potent upri
sing of what is called the peace, party,
based upon an assured reciprocity of
purpose and desire on the part of the
rebel States. What has it accomplish
ed but the rebuke and humiliation of
its movers? Have they, not been ad
monished by the united southern voice
—speaking through their recognized
organs- , --tlfat: they Were only wasting
time in useless speculation:4.; that " it
was not the Donmernts in their Con
gress, or western polltieiaias' on the
stump, but their soldiers in the field,
to whom they looked-for patio." A
distinguished champion of the Demo
cratic party, tells us .now that this
"war must go on," mild Untt, "-the man
who attempts to stop it must be over
whelmed."
Tt is not matter of: surprise that
the conservative ale's
tie party should be aroused. "We toll
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1868,
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-PERSEVERE.-
you," says the southern press, "there
would be no Democratic party at all,
and no whispers anent the Constitu
tion, but for the wholesome lessoh at
Vicksburg, and the bold philosophy at
Fredericksburg. It is our generals
and soldiers who cause thine to remem
ber that they once had a constitution,
and give them the heart to say so."—
Now, gentlemen, when we witness the
obstinate persistence with which some
still urge this favorite scheme of a con
vention, what are we to infer? Can
language be more emphatic than that
which 'comes to us from every quarter
of the South—from her statesmen in
council, from her soldiers in the field,
and from hor press almost without ex
ception—that this war call only be ter
minated by a recognition , of southern
independence and a dissolution of the
Union ? Is the object of the proposed
convention to negotiate'' terms of a
s e p ara ti on ? If so why not announce
the purpose of the peace party at once
to be a divisien of the country, upon
the ultimattun ofa prompt recognition
of southern independence. Let us
know the worst, that we may do no
injustice to those who still advocate
the call of a convention. The loyal
men of the - Democratic party see al
ready the position in which they have
been placed. It is,due alike to them
selyq:}rld the country that they should
retrace their steps. Mr, Van Buren
says in a late speech : "I never doubt
ed that Jefferson Davis was opposed
tq a restoration of the Unkin; I never
doubted that the many leaders of this
rebellion were opposed to a reconstruc
tion of the Union. Their existence
politically certainly, and physically
probably, dependsbn the independence
of the eonfederacy. No man who has
any reg ard for himselfin the free , dates
of this Union, would undertake to sop
port these men in a union with the'
slave States of the Union as 'political
allies, or even associate with theta as
political brethren; that cannot be done."
Mr. Van Buren fin thc'r says: "11e
have
have no right mode of dealing with
the enemy, except by taking the ex
pression of the leading men "Rif tht;
sentiment of the enemy. What, then,
is their view ? That we taunt admit
the indepeadenee of the South, and
next eqneede that they have a right
whom they chose, to secede from the
Union. That I utterl i deny. While
God E•II.IiTS me la I never will acqui
esce in any such thing„ There is no
thing in the Constitution to warrant
it. It is rho destructioa of our exi'A
ing power or governm Mt, and must
be resisted :.:1 liazarde
tlemen, is plain talk, coming front one
occupying the iniluentinl status of Mr.
Van Buren, and confirms me in the
opinion that with the Democratic: par
ty hopelessly' divided, as it must ho
now, there can be but two great pai.-
ties during the continuance of the re
bellion—the one for and the other against
the Union. [Cheers.] If we recognize
the Union as paramount, all minor
differences must be merged in its un
qualified and unconditional support.—
The certainty of the rapid increase of
the Union party and its ultimate tri
umph may be inferred from the utter
suffieiency of any other to command
the united popular support.
I am not here, tonight, gentlemen,
to discuss at large tkie measures of Me.
Lincoln's Administration. That will
be the prowinee of the future historian,
and can be done with more freedom
Mid impartiality when this war is over
and the Union restored. I was not
one of those who voted to place him
where he is; but I should forget my
duty as a loyal citizen if I suffered my
self to lose sight of what was duo to
his high position in the present crisis
of our national troubles. [Choors.]—
The divisions springing np in many of
the loyal States, based upon opposition
to particular nteasurei of State policy,
receives no countenance from me, or
the party with whom I am acting.—
They are ill-timed, injulieious, and de
structive of the best interests of the
country. They should be discounte
nanced by all true frinds of the Union.
The weakest blow :dried at the Prosi•
dent of the United Stttes must recoil
upon ourselves and the cause in which
we are embarked. Inatever causes
of dissatisfaction may exist in the bor
der States, it is no time to falter now.
Upon one point, at least, we must be
united, and that is in saving the Union
at every sacrifice. [Loud cheers.]
It is one of the conservative features
of our admirable system of govern
ment that every four years the people
exercise the privilege of expressing,
through the ballot-box, their views
upon public men and measures. If
radical changes are deemed indispens
able; they can be made without dis
turbance to the welhbeinga.nd harmony
of our institutions. In the support of
this Administration in the vigorous
prosecution of the war to save the
Union t do not pledge myself or those
with Whom I co-operate to any inter
ference with the constitutional rights
of the loyal States, without their con
sent, whether in reference to the insti
tution of slavery, or any other issue of
leading interest which may now en
gage the public attention: We sustain
the President because ho is the repre
sentative of a great nation struggling
for political existence—an existence
which, as loyal men,.ve meant() main
tain and establish beyond contingency
at whatever sacrifice. [Cheers.]
If he' shall have proved faithless to
the trust confided to him in any par
ticular, his day of reckoning is not so
not pursue, remdte that we•may
with
out diversion; the'varamount object of
our solicitude, in securing to ourselves
and our posterity the blessings 'of, this
glorious Union, and reserve Co a more
dppontufie occasion the expression of
our displeqce,
Gentlemen, I have detained you; I
foar, already too long. The snbjent is
ono upon which I ue7er speak but with
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emotions of renewed patriotism and
devotion to that common Übion to
which we owe 'everything. I cannot
forget that I am an American citizen.
I cannot forget that this is the land of
my birth. It, was here that Liberty
raised its first voice of ,triumph. It
was here that God himself unveiled
the bow of promise to a race of men
who had left behind them, hi another
hemisphere, the storms of political per
secution. It was here that self-gov
ernment, sustained by the cheers and
hopes of downtrodden millions, raised
the glittering standard of its national
ity, never to be lowered until the last
glimmer of sustaining light had faded
from the horizon. It was here that,
after centuries of human tribulation—
the clash of contending armies—the
weariness of man to recover back his
lost a liberties—the ultimate triumph of
despotism—our ththers, landing upon
these shores, recommenced the strug
gle for human freedom, and laid upon
ground not to be shaken the massive
foundations of this young republic.
And is this-glorious mission ended ?
Is there - anything in the sacrifices we
are now making, the exhausting drajn
upon our material resources, the blood
that deluges the land, the shouts of
triumph, or the groans of despair, as
they come alternately from the victor
and the vanquished ; is there anything,
I repeat, when we calculate the extent
and power of this nation of more than
twenty millions of freemen, to force
upon us the conviction that the culmi
nating limit of our destiny has been
reached ? No l No! No ! gentlemen.
From the frozen waters of the St. Law
rence to the golden wave of the Gulf
of Mexico, our flag still floats ,in undi
minished lustre, the symbol of the same
old cnion that Washington sealed
with the blood of the Revolution, and
placed in our hands for safe keeping.
Prom the Atlantic to the Pacific a
shout goes up with increased emphasis
--No! No! No! This glorious mis
sion of human freedom must go on.—
Amer empin greater than Rome ever
compassed in the proudest days of the
Antonines is destined to cover this
land. It is here that God has provi
ded a home fbr the oppressed. It is
hero that. human power and greatness
is to.be, limited only by the measure of'
human capability. Foreign jealousy,
internecine strife, v, ill prove alike pow
erless to arrest its march. Let us cling
to the Union, thco, as the last great
effort of free government—let us make
11, -- a - libine for the down-trodden of ev
ery land, and let us Cherish more and.
more, on- occasions lit r e the present,.
that noble sentiment of the greatest
of American statesman, - " Vnion and
Liberty. nor. - and forever, one and in
separable." [Loud and prolonged
cheers.]
War Meeting.
According to previous notice there
was a large and enthusiastic war meet
ing- held at the Calvin school house, in
Union township, on Thursday evening,
the 19th of March. The meeting was
organized by appointing Wm. Pheas
ant, Chairman, and Joseph P. Curf
man, Janice Poster and John Curfman
Vice Presidents, and Richard Chilcott
and John Rolland, Secretaries.
B. F. Glasgow, being called upon,
stated the object of the meeting. Tho
following gentlemen then addressed
the meeting: Dr. A. Smith, S. L. Glas
gow, A. NV: Evans, James E. Glasgow,
John Mirely and others. A commit
tee on resolutions was elected, consist
ing of James E. Glasgow, John Mire
ly and Richard Chilcott. The com
mittee submitted the following, which
was unanimously adopted;
Resolved That the Constitution of
the United states, and all the powers
therein; be vigorously enforced by
Congress and the President in crush
ing this unholy rebellion, in restoring
the Union of states, which gives tran
quility, peace, safety, prosperity and
liberty to the people.
Resolved, That wo sustain the Pres
ident in the vigorous exercise of his
constitutional powers, in subjugating
the rebels by force of arms,• which is
the only safe manner of terminating
this unrighteous rebellion, and secur
ing to us, as one people, the blessing
of' peace, liberty and prosperity.
Resolved, That every loyal citizen,
with all his heart and might, should
sustain the president in suppressing
all treasonable acts of traitors and to
ries in the North as well as in the South;
those who are aiding and abetting, en
couraging and sympathizing with the
rebels, by thoir resolutions, speeches
and publications.
Resolved, That the traitors and to
ries in the North aro worse than the
rebels in the South; in the South, they
openly represent their hellish designs,
in the North, they profess to bo good
Union men, and under that cover they
are sapping the very heart's blood of'
our nation, and nullifying every effort
that is made by tho General Govern
ment in bringing, about a speedy close
of the war.
Resolved, That the loyal people of
the United States abhor foreign med
iation, and look upon the peace and
compromise measures advocated .by
the rebels at the North for the destruc
tion of tho-Union, - as ono of the dark
est stigmas ever attached to the peck•
ple of this country; that none but to
ries and rebels arc guilty of this infa-
Mous &fan', and that their names
should be memorized, tie that genera
tions to come May know them. „
Resolved, That we sustain the Pres
ident in exercising all the power Ves
ted him by act of Congress, in the
confiscation of rebel preperty, if •it
takes the last slave of the rebel. Blas
ter, to restore 'our country to its for
mer greatnes.
Resolved, That thee& •ac bat tWo
sicieQin this eo4tnt4;land Unio,tr pseu
are for s'ukaibing every measure put
MiMil
TERNS, $1,50 a year in advance.
forth by the Government to restore the
Union speedily; the traitors, tories
and secessionists are frowning down
and trampling upon every measure
that is put forth to suppress the rebel
lion.
Resolved, That we deeply sympa
thize with the relatives of those whose
lives have been sacrificed, in the Union
army, in defence of their country,
and
with those who aro still * in the field,
enduring the exposures and dangers
of a soldier'slife t iosecuring and main
taining"the blessings of a free govern
ment, secured to us by the sires of our
country ; and with the sick and woun
ded, praying that their lives mtty be
preserved, that they may see the old
flag wave over all the States, securing
to all loyal people the rights of a free
government; and with those who have
contracted disease in the service, or
been honorably discharged, may,their
health be restored, and their names
be an honor to their country and corn
ingsenerations.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus by the President , and his Eman
cipation Prociaation.
Res°lvecl, That this meeting ad
journs to meet at the Harmony pimp
el school house, on Saturday ' the :18th
of March, at ono o'clock, P. M., to or
ganize a Union League.
Resolved, That the foregoing reso
lutions be published in all the loyal
papers of this county, viz: the Journal
cf.: American, the Globe, mid the •Shir
leysburg Herald..
\V tritiel..?t
R. Ou'iCcoit, s
J. ROLLAND, I
PRUNING ANG TRAINING Or GRAPE
YINEs.—As the season has come when
inpny persons are busy among their
vines and trees; anything relating to
their culture may prove of interest to
some of our readers, and we, therefore
• •
give the epen , ence of several gentle
men of oxtuiv2jve practice and obsei.-
%Ilion, as given at a, late meeting of
the Horticultural Society of Pittsburg;
the special subject before the meeting
being the pi:ening of grape vines.—
Mr. T. L. Shields said the earlier me
thods of training 'and pruning grapes
in this cOntry were introduced
from Germany, and that a!tlmegb
they might. have ans3yered the pur
poee completely there, experience has
shown them not well adapted to our
climate and native grapes.. Our native
vines were too rampant growers for
site, ermfirmd methods.' 110--"a4'491-1
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to the training upon stakes, and to
what is term the bow system : sp
largely practicio about' Cinpintptti
some years ago. Upon his 'lswn
grflunds ho practiced these Methods,
but personal experience bad led llito
to discard them entirely. His present
method for vineyard 'planting was, to
set posts into the ground firmly about
four feet high and twenty feet apart,
and upon these-posts fasten three wires,
nearly the size of telegraph wire, the
first, twenty inches from the ground,
the other two fifteen inches apart.—
Ho then set his Vines six feet apart and
trained them upon these wires. These
trellises he 44150 places six feet apart.
Kndx said his practice at, pres
ent was somewhat similar to that of
Mr. Shields. He did not use the wires,
however. Ho first planted his vines
eight feet apart, choosing those one'
year old and cottino. b back to two buds,
leaving only the best, ono to grow that
year. This shoot he would trainnyon,
a stake four or five feet high. .4ex,.t
season he would cut back to thiTo buds,
leaving the two best to grow as in the
previous season. At the opening of
the third year he would set in locust
posts three feet high andtwelve feet
apart. Upon these posts ho would
spike uprights eight feet high and
across the top and bottom he would
fasten-strips sufficiently strong to bear
the pieces put up and fastened as in a
paling fence, and upon these pieces he
would trail his vines ono foot apart.
A Loyal Kentuoky Lady,
A private letter from a lady residing
in Kentucky, contains some passages
that aro interesting. The place where
she resides has lately been in the hands
of the rebels, and some of her friends
were carried oflas prisoners Shp says:
" War at one's door is somewhat
different from .war in the distance, as
seen through the columns of a news
paper, and" I , now realize this trtith . ,
that let such scenes be described" as
they may, no one can have the slight.:
est conception of how ont feels to see
their greatest enemy coming ,in tri
umph, their friends running and in
danger and not knowing but thatthey
may expect personal violence each
hour. The truth is,when the wretch
es came by our',louse, going after•
those fleeing from them, I was fright
ened to death, positively afraid to "lie
down. I thought that night to my
self, talk of arming negroes Ifl could
see five thousand big black Africans
let loose upon ,these creatures, grilled
with bowio knives, pick-axes, toma
hawks, spades, anything, I could have
looked at them with delight *,' *
I get so out cff heart sombtimea that I
am ready to give up, and then, per-•
haps, some slight circumstance brings'
back my hope and I feel that I could
bear the war for years, for the sake of
seeingthe rebels conquered and crushed.
Rebel raids, if followed by no other
good result, servo to wake pp sleeping
loyalty and patriotism, and sorne.ofour
eitir i nns 'Who hays idled their time in
abusing _Lincoln's. policies, have found
out that, with all their faults,, they are
preferable, to the deFUicitisin of toff. Da-,
vis: If they' Couletully` think 61)66 -
that the "wrongs of the AdminiStration
can be.rigbte,cli and - that,it Jeff. Davis
.geta,culr s!,* once, «'eare gone, , this
shetildr• he enough'. I Wkld rather
Ws Ynonidnt kie ciVery:p kip, in - Ken! ,
inekkfreed, than• have`'' - gragg bring
his army here to live upon UFO
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Letter from!. Senator Dougiad;
It will do every patriot good to read
the following letter: .-
CEIICACIO, May 10, 1861.
Dzta deprived' of
the use of my,armiilir the'preiietit by
a severe attack or rheumatism, I ant
compelled to avail my elf of the•servi
ces of an amanuensis . in reply to your
two letters.,
•
It seems that some of my friends:are
unable to CoaiPiehend the difference
betvicen arguments used in fivOrlif
equitable compronihie, - With 'the. tibpe
of averting the horrori :Of • Watj'abci
those urged in support of .the GOVein
ment and flag of our cOnnt:ESc.7.yijien
war is being waged againet•the United
States with the avowed purpose otpro:
diming a permanent disruption 'of the
Union, and a total destruction 'Of
Government.
NO. 48.
All hope of compromise wit e
Cotton States was abandoned' *hen
they assumed the position'thatihe
aration of the union was complepi add
final, and that thef xsOtifcl never
sent to a reconstructiOn•in any contin
gency—not even if we.would' furtriali
them with a blank skeet ofipaper.inild
permit theta ato inscribe ' their own
terms.
Still the hope w.as cherished -Aid
reasonable and satisfactory terms pf
adjustment could be agreed upon with
Tennessee, North Carolina, and the
Border States, and thatwhateierterths'
would prove satisfactory to theeelciyal
States world create a Union party in
the Cotton States which Wp s aid
powerful enough ta• ' bullciti bob to
destroy the revolUtionary governifeek,
and bring those States back info -the
Union by the voice of theirowo people.
Tito hope , was cherished by Ulllollnien
North ;and South, and was never aban
doned ..untik actual war was;44.4Vied at
Charleston, and the antNiritatiierfida
nouncernent Made by therevOiutitinary
Government at Montgom'ery, , tbif the
Secession - flag' shBulit be • planted *on
the walls of the Capitol et Washington,
and a proclamation issued •inviting-the
pirates of the world to prey tipoif the
commeree,of the United States.
These startling facts, taken. in *-
nection with the boastful •strinoiatioe•
ment that the ravages of war anii eter.
nage should be quickly transferred
from the cotton fields of thO Smith fo
the wheat fields and cornfieldii of "the
North, furnish — cinclusivo evideßge
that it was the-fixe'd'purfrisb of -ah
eesionisti4 ottprty to destroy,thg:Vor
cronierlt or .
qty'tlttbors,Ol . ,lit,oiluto
the Viiipeil . sl.a.tes from'the, aftifi.ollte
In view of . this state of facts, there
was but,oue pith* of duty left for Pll 7
riotie men. It Wrss n o t
tion, net. a question involving — PTO= ,4 11
polley Otiva;St4 _,
or noGOvr.ersiafenti.iiouni y:-Or_irni.eatiil
-tfy-;' 'awl hence jp„betutme 'the ituppra
live duty . 4f every Union . man, -every
friend of constitutional liberty, to rally
to the support of our eornmonequntiqr,
its Government and flak, us the 4fily
means of chocking, the progre§S of rev
olution and of preserving the Union of
the States.
I'am unable to answer your luett-
Lions ip respect to the-policy ,or M.
Lincoln and his Cabinet.
their confidence, as yon'ap4 f , lre l'&14 4510
country ought,to, hpaware. itim nei
ther the supporter of the partisan pol
icy nor. the apologist for the, errors_ of
the Administration. - 11 Y proVlOOU'ri- •
httions to them remain'unchangodO*
I trust the time will never pi:me . ..When
I shall not be willing to make_ Any
needful sacrifice of personal feeling nod
party policy for the honor andinteg
rity of my country.
I know of no mode by which a, loyal
citipn may so well demenstiate his
devotion to his . country as by sustain
ing the flag, the Constitution, and
and Union, under all
_circumstancesand
under every Administration, (regard
less of party politics,) against all•assail ;
ants, at lionie or abroad: The bourse
of Clay and Webster 'towards the
,'.Ol
ministration, of General Jackson,
the days of ,Nullification„presents a
noble an e worthy example for all true
patriots. At the very moment when
that fearful criais was procipitatctinpop
the .country, partisan strife between
Whigs and Democrats: was quitet.titt
bitter and relentless as now,between
Democrats and Republicans. , The gut;
which separated party lefidera in to se
days was quite as broad tufd - dlieVas
that which .neweeparates tho-13tnnoe)
racy from the Republicans. , But, thd
moment an .enemy rose in our Midst;
plotting the dismemberment of the
Ilnion and the destitietibii;cif
vernment, the Voice Of -partisaivitrife
was hushed in patriotie:silened.
One of tho_brig4test:chagtera
history of our country will record, the
fact,that daring this eventful period
the great leaders 'of, the; OpiipsiStiOn,
sinking the partisan• in the liatrilit;
rushed to the support of the Governs
tent, and bepatue its ablest and braNti
ost defenders against all assailantaton
til the 'ConspiraCy was crushed and
abandoned; When they fostiaoti tboi:
ibi;mor position as party loaders :4g*
political issue. —„
Those acts of patrlo tie devotien:have
never been deemed evidences a infidet t ,
ity or politiCal treachery, on ,theAmitt,
of Clay and. Webster,. to the pyineipleff
and organization
ty. Nor have I any apprehensiowthatr:
I the firm and unanimous support,whic4;
the Democratic leaders and maSseage
now giving tp the: Coff,ititiitiOn and,
Union will ever hp derrnOil ditdgppe
of infidelity to:Di•inoeratic principlW
or a want of loyalty to the orgtitpW
tion and creed of the D.emocratid,':par r f_
ty. ' If ire* befie.ta tqd4i If andiperpetn
,ate' the a scondeney of our,porty; we„.
hoti I d oiler forget•thaf Man
boa true Democratr:uriles:S 1014-a - 10-•
With_
aineare hope tat i ti)ese my, ; -; ;
cOniiiienticMs'eaniiotiotia may cOknoida,l ::
with those' of qSeridit,u,w . , • ; •
- 40- 417 k. vioty.tra ty, yorfii; •t- •
" J szE,MEN" -''
To Virtoh - Ricox,
Chairman State Detntretraii.
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