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PARTY PLATFORMS,
- PL ATE' ORM OF THE NATIONAL
'UNION CONVENTION
The. following arc the resolutions
siclopted by the,clonventi on which nom
inated Lincoln and 'Johnson at Ilalti
'more, Jane 9th 1804:
.72asolticq, That it is the highest du
ty of eVery:American•citizen to main
tain against all their'enemies th 6 in
togray.of, the, and :the pare
'Mount of the'Constitution and laws of
the United States fend that, laying
. Ftsidd all' differences and political opin
ions,we pledge ourselves as Union men,
animated by.a common sentinient,and
• .-
aiming at a common object, to do eve
rything in our power to aid the Gov
trnment in qtielling by force of arms
-of the. Rebellion now raging against its
thority, and in bringing the pun
ishment due to their crimes the Rebels
Ofid.traitors arrayed against it.
Resolve 1, That we approve the de
-termination of the .Govermnent of the
United States not to compromise with
_Rebels } or to offer any terms of peace
except such-as may be based open an
"uncmiditiOnal surrender" of their hos.
and' a-return to their just alle
-giance to the•C6nStitistiOn and law's of
Ilse United States, and that we call up
on the-Government to maintain this
00644i4,:u 1 d - to prosecute the war with
the utmost possible vigor to the. coin
plete suppression of the Rebellion; in
full relianoci upon the self-sacrifice, the
patriotism, the heroic valor, and the
.undying ',devotion of the American
people to their country and its free in
stitutions. • • •
lit.Olved, That as slavery was 110:.
cause, and noweonstituteathe strotii.4
of this, Rebellion, , , and as it tioui'-'"-tV
. _Ow'aytial34 everywhere hostile tO 7 :ki;
pt:ineipleS of icpublican GovernuseOp
jukitioe and the National
'mind its utter and complete extirie
lion from the soil of -the republic,:and
that we uphold and maintain the
.acts
and proclamations by which the Gov
-ernment, in its own -defense, has aim
.ed a death Wow . at this gigantic :evil.
'lV'n arc in favor, .furthermore, of such
ion amedment to the Constitution, to
be made by the people in conformity
,with its provisions; as shall terminate
land forever prohibit the existence of
'the jurisdiction of the United States.
Re-solved, That the thanks . of the
..i-I.merlean people are due to the soldiers
and sailors of the army and n-tvy, who
have periled their lives in defense of
•codritry, and in 'vindication of the hon
or of the'llag; thiff the Nation owes
to the- - vranthent iecoemition
and valor, and am
peerbanolit prOyisien_for those
wf theii:sui-viVOrs who have . received
disabling nod honorable wounds in
,the service of the country and that
tbeistemories of those who have fallen
ijirits defense Shall be held in grateful
and everlasting remembrance
Resohjed, Tiatt, we approve and ap
plaud the practical wisdom, the tinsel.
fish patiotism and unwavering fidelity I
to the Constitfition and the principles'
of American liberty, with which Abra
ham Lincoln has discharged, under
,circumstances of u nOt ralleied difieulty,
-the great duties and responsibilities of
the presidential office ; that we approve
and:indorse, as demanded by emergen
cy and essential to the preservation of
:the nation, and •as within the Consti
tution, the measui-es and acts which he
has adbpted to defend the nation against
its.open and secret foes; that we ap
prove especially the proclamation of
emancipation, and the employment as
Union soldiers of men heretofore held
in'slavery ; and that we have full con
fidence in his determination to carry
these and all other constitutional
measures essential to the salvation .of
the country into full and complete of
I?esoked, That wo deem it essential
to•tho general wolfitre that harmony
in the_ national councils,
tinfli , e regard as worthy of public eon-
Idence and official trust those only
who cordially:'indorso the principles
proclaimed in these resolutions, and
which should.characterize the admin
istration of the Government.
Resolved, 'That the . Govercmcnt
owes to
- all men employed in its ar
mies, without 'regard to distinction of
'color, the full protection of the laws
Of war ; and that any violation of these
IaWS or tittle - 11.SageS of civilized oft
-Lions in the time of war by the Rebels
now in.arms, Should be made the sub
ject of full and prompt redress.
Resolved, That.the foreign emigra
.l,ibn Which in the past has added so
much to the wealth and development
of resources and increase of power to
the nation, the asylum of tho opp.ress
-cd-of all nations, should be - fostered
- andbneourae - ed by a liberal and just
policy.
Retolved, .That we aro in favor of
the'speedy construction Of the railroad
to the Pacific.
- Resolved, That the national
,faith
..
pledged foe the redeMptien or the pub
lic debt Must
.be.;kept inviolate, and
:that for .this purpose -We recommend
economy arid rigid resporiSihilities in
the public
.e.qMiditures, and i 'Vigor
ous and just system of taxation ; that
it'ie th,e duty of any loyal State to"
sustain the credit-and promdte the use
of the nation - al currency..-•
ResolOil;'ThOi We approve the posi
tion taken . . by the Government that
thopeOple'of the United States ..never
regarded with indifference the attempt
of any Etiropean power to overtln'ow
forpe; 'or to . Supplant by fraud, the
institutions of any republican Govern
ment on the western continent, and
that they view with extreme jealobs
sy; at'Mennoin to the peace "apd
dependence' or this•our eotiritiy,the el
forte of any such power to obtain new
faitirolds for Mon arehiCal Governments
ifstp.ined by - aforeign military force
innear - proximity to the United States.
.$1 50
WILLIAM , LEWIS, Editor and 'Proprietor.
VOL, XX,
PLATFORn OF THE • CHICAGO
CON VENTION
The resolutions adopted by the Con-
Yention , which , nominated MoClellan
and Pendleton at Chicago on the 31st
of August, 1861 alio: as follows:
Resolved, That the future, as in
the piii,t, ; •*o will adhoro with unswer
ving fidelity to the Union, under the
Constitution,. Of the only Solid,foUnda
tuin of. our Btrengtb, Security and hap
piness (CA tupeople, and as :the feaine-
Work of the Government; equally con
ducive to the welfare and prosperity
etch the States, both Northern and
Southern.
Resolved, That this Convention does
explicitly declare, as the sense of the
American people, that after four years
of failure to restore the =Union by.the
experiment of war ; during which, un
der the pretence of military necessity,
or the war-power, higher than ,:the
Constitution 'itself has been disregar
ded in every part, and public liberty
and private right alike trodden down,
and the material prostority •of the
country essentially impaired, and that
justice, humanity, liberty and the pub
lic:welfare demand that immediate
efforts be made for the ccssatidu of
hostilities, with a view to the ultiMate
convention of all the States, or other
.peacable mean§ to that end, that iit
the earliest practicable 'moment pence
may be restored on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States;
Resolved, That the direct interfer.,
ence of the authority .of :tho United
States in tho recent elections held in'
KentuCky,. : Maryland Missouri and
Delaware-was a shameful violation of.
the Cpnstttation , and a repetition of
n seta to tie approaching elections
wi ' 7Taliaii*rdVblntiobary, and will
the means and
ilptiWitindenottr control. . •
• - r'BOolved;:llitit' , the aim and object
d-the,lNfineeratie party is to preserve
the Fednial-Union and the rights of
the' Sta tb§ 'Unimpaired , and they here
by declare that they consider the ad
ministrative usurpation of extraordi
nary and dangerous poWers not gran
ted by the Oonstitution, and supervis
ion of civil by :Military law in the
States not in ins urrection, the arbi
trary military arrest, imprisonment,
trial and sentence . of American -citi
zens in States where civil 1:11V exists
in full force, the suppression of free
dom of speech and of the presS, the de
nial of the right of asylum, ;the open
and avowed disregard of Stiite rights,
the employment of unusual test oaths,
and the interference with, and denial
of the right of the- pec;ide_ to hear
arms, as sal a tsd - to - pre'von t re-S
-toration of the'. Union -afid: perpetua
"tier] Of a Uovernment deriving its just
powers front the consent Of -
Resolml, That the shameful disre
gard of tbe Administration to its du
ty iu respect to our felloW-eitiZens who
now, and long have been prisoners,
and are now in a - suffering condition,
deserves the severest reprobation on
the score alike of public and common
huinanity.
Resolved, That the sympathy of the
great Democratic party is heartily
and earnestly extended to the soldiery
of our army, who arc and have been
iu the field under the flag of our coun
try, and in the event of our attaining
power they will receivo all care, pro
tection, regard:and kindness that the
bravo soldiers of Our Republic have so
nobly earned.
The resolutions were adopted With
but fonr dissenting voices.
Forcibly Put.
t'Me are engaged,', says the New
York Post, in a war for the defence, of
the national life and territory, butthoso
who road the Chicago, platform will
:find in it nettt word against, the ene
my who has so wantonly attacked
.both. Our soldiers'who havo given up
all their private interests to protect the
flag and the national, honor, will find,
hero no words of good cheer, no prom
ise of reinforcements in ; the field, no
hope of success, but. only-=tacked on
at the and--a few words of pity not
unmixed with contempt, as though
the gallant defenders of the Union
were a pack offools and idiots. Our
prisoners tortured, starved, abused in
southern slaves-pens by the ferocious
malignity of the rebel leaders, will
look in vain through this platform for
a denunciation-of those who entrap and
kill them; they will find their suffer
ings used only as the spring for t an elec
tioneering trick. hluropeen govern
ments, watching narrowly, our politic
al symbols for some expression of popu
lar temper, will And in this one no
sentimentof-patriotie pride, no regard
for the national honor, no solicitude
es to our standing among .nations,
nothing,to denAo that there yet lives
in our. country a spirit which would
make the aggrandizemente of foreign
notions upon. us dangerous to then,.
Foreigners will find in this :docu
ment only the most abject, spiritless
appeals for, peace ; they will see in it
the cry of a „nation, weak, worn-out,
powerlees, humbled, ready to. accept
blows , without thought of returning
them. They- will see that this Demo
cratic party, whieb eight years ago
rigidly insisted upon • the lilonroo
Doctrine, and even demanded
,-the
acquisition .of Cuba, now • humbly
omits all mention of this, its favorite
political principle.
71 . 7 1 "
BEAR:IT MLNe.—Remember when
you hear McClellan pettee - -makers pro
fees loyalty te'the Union, that in the
campaign of 1860 ne one of the three
parties was more vociferous in its pre
fe,,si,ns or fidelity to 'the' Union than
the party headed by the matf . Who . h 3
now a Major-Goner:llin the iebet • ni•-
rny 77 -Joltil C. Breckinridge.
A rrROACIIINU.—The draft
HUNTINGDON, PA,, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1884,
Cut down in youth's bright morn,
Our loving Laura - lira ;
Always a tendon plant,
Bhs sicken, now and dies. •
Dat..what is Death to her t
A passage dark and dread .
Through some dark solitude--
And. fraught with deadly fear
No. 'Tts the glorious dawn
Of everlasting day.
No fears possess her spirit as
It heavenward hies assay.
lint childlike coillldence
Site !meetly on het face;
Shed lived n child of
Shodied a child of grace.
Then lot ns n'o't repino,
Nor murmur hero In unto
For•woll we know our loss
Is her eternal gain.
From our Hundred Days' Boys.
CAMP AT MONOCACY,
SATURDAY, Sept. 10, .464.
• t
We still Remain.
DPArt GLonp:—Time rolls on, and
finds us, at the lapse of a short hut
eventful period,: still ensconced in the
peaceful vale of the Monocacy, hav
ing received no attention from the re
bel host which,.for a . month past; has
been in the Shenandoah valley, nigh
.unto here, ever and anon contending
with the gallant troops of Sheridan in
order ID plant their standard on the
sod of PontiSylvania and repeat the
marauding, murdering scones that but
recently-Aber° were witnessed, and the
thotights:of , which make the stoutest
heart recoil with horror and indigna
tion. Now, wo hear of the repulse of
the invading foe, and oar hearts aro.
gladdened with the news; wo renew
and strengthen our confidence in Gen.
Sheridan, and aro rejoiced in the hope
that the rebels will learn, by the les
sons of rough experience ; the extreme
folly of marching.upon and molesting
a loyal State.
I have intimated that the short pe
riod which bas elapsed since my last,
has been an eventful ono. These
events aro not those of. exciting bat
tle interest, forlf they were, you w'ld
long ere this have been acquainted
with .tbem, Init they, are Ihose which
have arisen in the camp, and have on
ly tended to alleviate the monitory of
this- 7 n retired soldier's life.
The 'main topic of interest during
the last two weeks Was that of the
one year enlistments. Committees
from , differer.t parts of Pennsylvahia
have been here with bounties Of differ
cot grades—some with fOO , others
wiLit 8450, .ait 00
entice. eeruits ; and when this
great inducement has proved ineffec
tual, the.Colonel . has urged his men,
by every word of encouragement,' !to
accept of the proffered bounties, and
give themselves to the- cause and ser
vice of their country. ''These urgent
appeals, together with the purse with
the bountiful bounty, cannot be said
to have been lost on the senses of the
members of the regiment, for at least
one half of our original number has
heeded the appeals and accepted the
bounty. This number still remain
with us, patiently awaiting the dispo
sition of the Government, and anxious
ly expecting the proffered furlough.
The promptness and number of enlisf
ments in this—one of Pennsylvania s
regiments—is a fit amid gratifyin g
counterpart to that which occurred at
home, where, wo enlisting is
more rapid than at any previous pe,
riod. ! •
;Amongst the nnmber of those who
have enlisted, old Htintingdon is well
reriresented from our midst. Thefol
loWing are their names: Sergeant A.
0. Snyder Corporals CharleirCamp
bell and George Zeigler, Privates Geo.
11. Nash, Wm. Keister, Kobt.Kahm,
Henr . y . and Bennett Willoughby, Wm.
Wesibrpok, Many others, whose pa
triotiSM'had not Okpired, and whose
senses had not been blunted, Wore ea
ger—and almOst constrained—to fol
!Ow their . comrades' example; but
they were only almost constrained,
not wholly.
Slime the volunteering period has
expired, and since the bounty com
mittees have retired, tho enlisting fe
ver has totally abated, and the boys
now await the result of the turn of
the wheel of Misfortune in the hands
of. the Provost Marshal, or until their
patriotism fatal ns a brighterglow.
In the afternoon of the 29th ultimo
an accident occurred to a boy attach
ad to the artillery company stiitioned
at this place. 11 conical shaped shell
had been picked up on the battle field
- byan infantryman, who extracted the
brass cap. therefrom, and .banded the
shell to the artillery-Man, who . his
eagernessfoolish to extract the pow
.
der, inserted .a spark of fire into the
bomb and, to attain the heighth of
foOl. h ardiness, held 'ft in his right
hand, When . it ; instantly-, exploded, ter,
ribly. Shattering his hand, and leaving
nothing but a blackened lump of man
gled flesh and sinews. His arm was
shortly afterwards amputated ; and it
is thought that this will be a fearful
lesson 16 him through life, as iL was
an instructive one to those of his com
rades who learned the circumstances
of his mishap.
Artillery Practice.
On the next day to the above event
—Tuesday, the 80th—another circum
stance- occurred to :break the usual
routine of duty. While. on battallion
drill in the morning the Colonel re
ceived orders from Gen. Tyler, in per
son, to move us to the top of a neigh
boring hill. • This order•. was immedi
ately executed, and ere we had itseeti
ded to the beighth of our ' deStination,
IN MEMORIAM
Enlistments again
Who of us have Gone
Subsided
An Accident
PERSEVERE.--
the .Genf. and staff.'. had reached the
summit of the bill and was reconnoi
tering in a manner, betokening the
proximity of a rebel force, and by the
eager countenances of some of the less
initiated it was apparent he bad wor
ked on their imagination. Two pie
ces of artillery, which. Were upon the
field at the time, were placed in posi
tion,.and our regiment advaneed to its
support. When we .leached our posi
tion on °sell side of the battery the
fact gleamed in a full and clearer light
We were not assembled to : fight an
enemy, but to witness ; the target prac
tice of the battery. They performed
to the satisfaction of the General, and
after making a few more manoeuvres,
we returned to our quarters, glad to
escape the fray "without the-loss of a
single mm - 12' This movement occur
red as a reminder of the battle of the
Monocacy, with the exception of the
destructiveness, repulse, retreat, etc.
Appoi.nted.
On Thursday evening while on diess
parade an order was read making Col
Fisher full commandant at this post,
and appoiating Capt. Caldwell Provost
Marshal, who immediately entered On
the performance of his required du
ties. It is evident that' the Worth of
our officers is acknowledged and ap
preciated brtlieir superiors, and were
our service a longer, period future re
wards would be in store for them.
Three "Alders" .Arrested.
On Thursday night; Ist inst., three
women of suspicious 'character were
arrested while tra'eling in a wagon
towards Virginia's "sacred" sod and
borne into camp. Upon examination
it was discovered that they were
daughters of the Southern chivalry
who had gone northward to purchase
—or borrow,--goods and medicines
for the use and benefit of the SoutherM
iebels. .Three chests which they had
in their possession were opened and
examined and foutirl to be well pack
ed with an assorted stock of the above
commodities. Ono of the women was
said to be a daughter of the• late noto
rious General Job Stuart. On Fri
day morning the audacious "sisters"
wore takerfunder guard before the au
thorities at Baltimore, who !fleeted
justice . unto them.
Alarm in Camp.
As the buzz of camp had subsided
into a lull, and whettnll were sinking
into the depth-of slumber save the Sol
itary camp vigils;
the cry of "Picket
firing" resounded in the air, and rea
ching the ears of the Slum,beiers awoke
them from their reveries; only to hear
the order to prepare t„0 - .,tigt.41,8t_ t yc l o_
meattu,_notiee. - Gans and IteCotilro
)nents were placed atxtrasping dis
tanco, and all were ready the elec
tric order, "fall in." The picket firing
which had occurred to the south of us,
was not resumed, and no pickets hav
ing been driven in, the excitement
slackened, but we still awaited an ex
planation of the firing. A squad was
sent out in the direction of the picket
line from whence the report was heard
and when the men had gone but a
short distance they met the individu
al who had fired the shot and prodr
ced the alarm its camp. Upon being
questioned as to the reason for his
shooting he replied, ho thought ho
saw something, halted it three times,
and then shot,. With this explanation
the squad returned to camp, assured
their•comrades that all was right, and
we then retired in confident security.
Preparing for Winter.
In consequence of the number of
chilly nights that we have experien
ced for sonic tint°, past, the boys have
commenced building log huts to in
sure warmth and debar the cold. As
it is altogether uncertain how long we
will remain here, the construction of
these substantial domiciles is not as
general as it otherwise would be, and
those who have taken tithe by -the
forelock are envied in their comforta
ble berths by theSe who aro not so
prudent nor industrious, and who are
compelled to contend with the chill
ing element the best way possible.
Signs of the Times.
Though wo have found a very con
venient and comfortable position at
this post, and have conformed our
selves into admiriag, it, yet of late
more than at any previous time, wo
are becoming impressed with the be..
lief that wo will remain hero but a
short time, and the prooabilitics are
we will leave to receive our discharge.
This belief has been entertained by
the frequent repetition. of rumors to
that etreCt that have floated to, our
pars, and fiord Other circumstances
which aro made to indicate an early
departure. One fact is that the uni
forms for which a requisition was
Made, as I before informed you, have
bemi refused us by the authorities, in
consequence of which a ludicrous as
pest of affairs is viXihle in numerous
cases throughout the regiment. The
reason stated for not . supplying us is
that we have drawn our full amount
of clothing Co for Op term in which
we have engaged; but the impression
iq that it lies in something deeper—
that of an early discharge. I would
not cause those of our friends at home
to build up any expectations for our
return, Its we know not what lies un
revealed in the blank fiatare.
Promotcd
The military worthiness of the sons
of Old Huntingdon will make itself
apparent to the .eyes of the least as
well as the Most experienced. As an
instance for this we can look to .Cor
porn!. Chitties Campbell, who has been
prpmoted to the position of drum ma
jor of the regiment, haying been eon-
Odereci fully able to act in suet) capaa.
ity. He intends remaining- in the per
formance of the tlntiesj of :his Station
until his transfer to tho 19th P. V.
Cafalry iogt.. •
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A Visit to the President.
Letter front Judge Mills of Wisconsin
The. Grant county (Wisconsin) Her
contains a letter from John T.
Mills, Judge of the Fifth Judicial
Circuit, giving an account of a recent,
interview with Mr. Lineoln, with a
report of the remarks of the latter in
. regard to the consequences which .
would follow the adoption of the war
policy urged by the friends of Gener
al McClellan. Judge Mills was ac
companied by ex-Governor Randall,
of this State, who introduced him to
the President, whom he , warmly
thanks for his readiness to serve his
friends from Wisconsin at the capital.
They found the President at the SOl
diers Retreat, a "building not impo
sing in size, half hidden in foliage, the
grounds tastefully laid out."
The following is Judge Mill's ac
count of his interview with the Presi
dent, what ho said, and his impression
of Mr. Lincoln
"The Goveinor asked of a man in
waiting if the ProSident had arrivod.
"Yes," was tho reply. f,ire entered-a
neat, plainly furnished room. A mar
ble table was in the centre. .Directly
appeared from an adjoining apartment
a tall, gaunt-looking figure, shotilders
inclined forward, his gait astride, ra
pid and shuffling, ample understand
ings with largo slippers and Briarian
ar/116, with a face radiant with intelli
gence and humor.
- The Governor addressed him : 'Mr.
riesident, this . is My friend and your
friend Mills,' from WisconSin.'
'I am glad to 800 my friends from
Wisconsin; they are the heartyfriends
'of the Union.
I Could not leave the city, Mr.
Presideot, without; lioarink: words of
oh9or from .your. own lips. Upon you
as the representative of the loyal peo
ple, depend, as we believe,, the exis
tence of our Government and the -fu
ture of AMerica! This introduced
political' topics.
'Mr. President,' said Governor Ran
dall, 'why can't:you seek seclusion,
and ply hermit for tt fortnight? . it
would reinvigorate you.'
'Aye,' said the President, 'two or
three weeks would do me no good. I
cannot fly from my thoughts-ray so
licitude for this groat country follows
me wherever lgo. I don't th.ink it is
personal vanity or ambition, though I
am not free from these infirmities, but
I cannot but feel that the weal or woe
of this great nation will be decided in
November. There is no programme
offered by any wing cf the Democrat
' parLy_bilt4hatnmal
porManent deiirrucirton 9f the Union.' i
But, Mr. President, General -Mc-
Clellan is in favor of crushing Out the
rebellion by force. Tie will be the
Chicago candidate.'
'Sir,' said the President, 'the slight•
ost knowledge of arithmetic will prove
to any man that the rebel armies can
not be destroyed with Democratic
Strategy. It would sacrifice all the
white mon of the North to db it.
There are noW in •the service of the
United States near two hundred thou
sand able-bodied colored men, most of
them under arms, defending and ac
quiring Union territory. The Dome
critic strategy demands that these for
ces be disbanded, and that the mas
ters be conciliated by restoring them
to slavery. The black men :ho now
assist Union prisoners to escape, are
to be converted into our 'enemies in
the vain hope of gaining the good will
of their masters. We shall have to
fight two nations instead of ono.
"You c innot conciliate the South if
you guaranty to them ultimate sec
ccss, and the experience of the pres
antiwar proves their success is inevit
able if you fling the compulsory labor
of millions of black men into their side
of the scale. Will you give our ene
mies such military advantages asin
sure success, and theq depend on doa4-
ing, flattery and concession togekthem
back into the Union. Abandon . tilYtutu
pcista now garrisoned by blifie - An . ;
take 200,000 men from our side aid
put them in the battlefield or cora
-field against us, and we would bo :com
pelled to abandon the war in three
weeks.
"'We have to hold territory in in
clement and sickly places; where arc
the Democrats to do this ? It was: a
free fight, and the field was open to
the war Democrats to put down this
rebellion by fighting against both mas
ter and slave, long before the present
policy was inaugurated,
" ghei:e hove been men base enough
to eropose to me to retur'n to slavery
the black Worriers of Port Hudson
and Olnstee, and thus win the respect
of the masters they fought. Should Ido
so I. should dcs3rve to be damned in time
an eternity. CoMe What will, I will
keep my faith • With friend and foe.
My enemies pretend-I am now, carry
ing on this war for the solo purpose of
abolition. So long as lam President
it shall be curried onifor the sole .pui ,
potie . of restoreing the Union.. But no
lint - Clan power can subauo tim4 rebellion
without the use -of emancipation
policy, and every other policy colem
lated to weaken the moral and physic.
al forces*of the rebellion.
"Freedom has given us two hundred
thousand p4ep raised, on Southern soil.
It wilt giro us, more yet. Just so
much it has ,subtracted from the ene
my, and instead of alienating the,Suath,
there are. ow eitidencea bf a fraternal
feeling growitig.up between our men
and the rank and.,file of the rebel sold
iers.. Let My, enemies
,proye to the
country that the destruction of slavery
is not necessary to a restoration of the
Union, I will abide the: ts.tio.' "I saw
that the President was not .a mere
joker, but a man of deep oonvietiors,
of abiding faith in justice, truth auu
proyidence, His voice, was, pleasant,
his manner earnest end - emphatic. A
TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance.
he warmed with his theme his mind
grew to the magnitude of hie body.
I felt was in the presence of the
gent guiding. intellect of the : age,
and that those huge Atlantean. shoul
ders Were fit to boar the weight of
mightiest monarchies.' His transprt.
rent honesty; republican simplicity,
his • gushing Sympathy for those who
offered their lives for their eountry,:his
utter forgetfulness of self in his concern
for its Welfare, could not but inspire
me with confidence that he was Heav
en's instrument to conduct-his people
through this sea- of blood to a Canaan
of peace and freedom.
Who began the War,
The mon who are now urging that
the Governinent should humble itself
to the traitors in arms, and sue for
peace on any terns which Jeff. Davis
&Po. may dictate, charge that the A.d.
ministration of Abraham Lincoln be.
gan the war. The traitors in the
North orloyal States, Who hate'the
. ,
mon now representing the national
authority, hayo poisoned the minds of
alargo mass of men in the free States,
with the impression that the war is
one of aggression, waged to extermin
ate a portion of the people of the 'Un
ion and pushed to every bloody ex
tremity that the triumph of North
ern fanaticism may prevail over the
domestic institution States' rights
of the people ofthe South. By the lib
eral use ofsuch statements the leaders
of the so.called Democratic party bave
managed to distract people who is left
to their own common sense ideas, would
be true to . the .Government • and its
cause.—But inorder to show who did
inaugurate ttfe , War which has' cost
the Government so inapt' valuable
lives and wasted such incalculable
treasure, wo submit the following his
torical statement of facts:
Deceinber 30, 1860.—Capturo of
Fort Moultrie and Castle Pinekey by
the South Carolina troops.
,Janua,ry 5, 1.801.-Qapturo of : -PortPulaski, by the Sayailnab troops.
Jan. 8. The United 'States Arsenal
at Mount Vernon, Ala., with 200,000
stand of arms seized 'hy the( 'Alabama
,troops.
Jan. 4. Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay
taken by Alabama troops.
Jan. 9. The United Stales steamer
Star of the West was tired into and '
driven off by the rebel batteries on
Morris Island when attempting to fur
nish Fort Sumpter with supplies.
Jan. 9. Mississippi seceded ; vote cif
the Convention 85 and 39. -
- AIL— ! 7 011. CC - Con, Fort Phillip
and Pike, noar New Orleans, :captur.
ed by the Louisiana troolis.
Jan. 11.. L-Alabama seceded; vote of
Convention, 62 and 29.
Jan. 11.—Florida seceded.
Jan. 14.—Capture of Pensacola na
vy yard and Fort Mc - Rae by Alabarna,
troops.
Jan. 13.—Surrender of Batbn . 11onge
arsenal to Louisiana troops.
*lan. 19.—Georgia seceded;' vote of
Convention, 203 to 87. •
Jan. 20.—Lonisiaoa seceded ;
vote, of
Convention; 113 to 19. New Orleans
Mint and Custom, House taken:
Feb. .1 TOX.R9 seceded; rote of Con
wen Lion, 166 to 7: tiainitto4 to t vote
of the. people-February 23, and took
effect 2cl of March.
Fob. 2.—Scimilro of Little Bock arsen
al by Arkansas troops.
Feb. 4.—Surrender of the revenue
cutter jsabell to the Alabama authori
tips. _ •
Feb. s.—The Southern Congress
met at.llontgomery, 'Alabama.
Feb. B—The provisional constitution
adopted.
Feb, 9.—Jeff. Davis and Alex. Ste
phens were elected President and Vice
President- of what they called the
Southern Confederacy.
17.7—Twiggs • transferred the
United States property in Texas to
thparbels.
'Feb . :lB.—Jeff. Davis was inaugura
likfire'dident of the Conspirators.,
2.—The United States reve
-ntelefitter was seized by the rebels in
,Tcxas. .
These .events all transpired under
:Bnchantas Administration. The Sec-.
rotary Of War, during that Adminis
'irationi.abetted the stealing of Muni
tidorte ,of war then in posession Of
the Government, and allowed the
removal of immense amounts of ;pub
licprepertyto loCalities where it Would
fall into the handS of the -traltorft.,
When John B. Floyd had accomplish
ed his work,- .he retired from Mr.
- 2--mehanan's Cabinet. The , Secretary
of the Navy, durirg the Buchanan
Administration, ordered every, ship
- of war on distant cruises, with the de
liberate understanding that such. war
vessels would be beyond the use of the
authorities when the traitors precipi
tated rebellion. When,Mr. Toucy bad
accoinplished his share of do
villain
ouswork,he resigned the navy port
folio. All this infamonS work 'Was
accomplished under Buchanan's • All
ministration, and yet the wicked lea
ders of that party insist. that tllo,froe
'masses of the North provoked the war.
The same leaders lIONV ask' that the
victorious freemen of the loyal-States,
who have so nobly defended the Un
ion and the Government,, should give
up the fight, , and on their knees sue
for peace. This.is the record, and. we
want the people to study it thorough
ly, ,
.
TUE - BEST WAY TO GET ALONG TN
TUE WOS your own busi
ness, don't be inquisitive, andAdn't
try to -undermine other people.
re- "Oft in the stilly:night,!' as the
follow said when ho took the PCil off
the roost.
BAIL—The Weather
The Union and Chicago Platform,
1. Tho Union Platform - affirms the
duty of maintaining the. intogrity„of
the 'Union and the paramotint'aittlior.'
ity of ito_Constitution and laws. Th . o
dg,
Chicago iilees !.‘nn all/Drying fidelity!'
to the Union, but is silcnt. as to thp
duty afoiesaid. • •
2. The Union Platfbrm treats the
Rebellion as wrong—as wicked and
unjustifiable—and demands its com
plete suppression. It does not pro
pose to buy a peace, but to make one,
,
by constraining the Rebels to submit
to lawful authority and, deport then
selves hereafter like law-abiding citi
zens. The Chicago Platform now
here condemns the Rebellion,even by
implication, but rather condemns thos6
who have striven to subduo-it.
3. The Union Platform' nxhorts•the
Government to prosecute the war: Fit
orously . till the Rebellion shall be•sup
pressed—no further. The ChicagO,
Platferm *points Significantly . to the
fact: that the Rebellion -has: , not'yet
been suppressed, deducing 'therefrom -
the conclusion• that it was a mistake
to attempt resisting Rehel force by
force.
NO. 13,
4. The. Union Platforth affirms that
as slavery was the- cause and; now
constitutes the strength of the' Rebel
lion, it ought, in the interest of pub
lic tranquility and safety, to, be
_abet,
ished and prohibited. The Chicago
Platform says nothing of the sort, but
plainly implies and intends that sla
very shall be preserved , and perpotua-
"J. T. MILLS."
5. The :Union Platform' _holds it
right that black as welras white' en
should fight, for the preservation of
the• Union, and be protected' by the
Government in so doing. The Chica
go is silent on" this point ; but, since
it wishes the 'War stoppia anyheiv, it
of course dosn't want "niggeretolight
in it. .
6. The Union Platform returns the
thanlps of the American people to the
soldiers and sailors who have fcMglit
for their country, and proreises,am
ple pro Vision for those who have been
or may be disabled' in. her service
The Chicago Platform' proffere. them
sympathy and protection,' but"never
intimates that they have been and are
fighting in righteous and 'holy' ?Cause,
7 . , The Chicago Platform • blaMes
President Lincoln and his Cabinet for
almost everything they haVe done :in
resistance to the Itebellion, but hinnies
the Rebels for nothing.. Even, our
cruelties' of • the' Rebel authorities, in
causing our captrired brethren to be
exposed, for weary months,unsholter
cd, to the burning suns'-and dronelicid.'
storms of Goorn 6 ia, feeding them on.
twelve ounces of corn and two of pu
trid pork per 'daY, is charged, against
our own Government, without a' Ida
that the rebels have done anything
wrong in the premises. , • •-•-
-In short, if. Mr. Jeff. Davis. had
been platform maker of the :Chiengit
Convention, ho could not have treated
himself more tenderly nor hiS enter
prise more gingerly than they have
been in the actual platform.
Inhumanity to - cfniou hisonOrs
WAsulNoTeN,.Sept;7 Dr., Lector
Lloyd, a Northern man by birth, with
'has resided in. Fairfax
near Vienna, for thirtenW-S {, eil,re
4 ::11A7 ,- Nr, - .2
-guerillas a-t- out - three
in 043 V) 9. - -- following
"account_ of hi 6 experiences obser
vations:
While . on the Way , tb GOirddusville
a young man in the guard of MoSby'S
men said to: Dy.s.L.:' "We had a fine
time with some of the Yankees the
other day. Twelve.of us. surprised
seven
.cavalrymen, who. dismeented
and. gore up their arms, when we...alf
firedinte themand finished, up
taking no 'prisoner's, We' understand
that Sheridan 'hang some of our •tnen
in the Valley a -short time ago, and - .
we are determined, to t . sparelie more
prisoners whom .we take with arras in
their hands." " , . -
After the explosiOn 'of the - .mine its
front of Petersburg considerable
number of Union soldiers were captur- -
ed, and eighty of them:-were: stripped
of their United States uniforms, and
clothed in the rebel garb. ,Atthe first
fight on the Weidon Railroad T these
men were placed - 'intheli•ont ' ranks of
rebels, and so .
disposed es ' , Effectually
to deceive our troops,` .and by the,
advantage thus gaincd,,, two thousand
of our men Were captured.,....
These prisoners. ori,"tbeir arri*al at
Richmond were 'parted lietween`Castle
Thunder and Libby; ordered to throw
off their accoutrements .a.ticf:divest
themselves-of part of-.their cloths, and
then marched to the*retched quarters
assignedtp them. * Whereupoaa f gang
of ,negroes - gatherd up' what they - bad
divested tgoinselves of ' and eairidd
them -away.... : •:', •
.ile gives a fearful , account of the
barbarous arid. n inharnan , !indigaities
heaped upon Soule of 'chit' prisoners,
by the.se•rebel fierids. They are'confin
ed without •.inquiry or =trial; aria
chance.given them to refute! the ,offen.
ces rebel malice, charge.agairist .thern.
. A week ago last,l4onday night ,a
nurrdook of doSerteris" froth': the Unien
array arrived'in .. .Richmend,ind desi)itei
the order of Gen. Lee that all deserters;
should : -be sent to-the interior_unbarm.
.ed .. and- placed at . Work, :they: were strip
ped Of theirclothien-, mostlylneiv 'rind
but little worn, antrrobfied 'of all their
mony. Thirteen-hundred , dollars 'in
;rebel: medley and seven • hundred
greenbacks were - taken .from -one ,of
. them. They were then. . marched off
- to a place of 'safe keeping. '
The almost universal 'canclirSiort in
Riclimond was that 11 7 '00-Danville
.railroad should be , seized .by our for
ces, they -would be, cot...eff from, sgp•
plies so, effectually; that; Richmond
would'have to be 'surrendered.' lini•-
ses'are much reducediim flesh froin the
husbanding of - their ;.reseurpes; attri
butable toll° above fear. .;
Floui , was selling at $375 per barrel,
potatoes at frotn $1 50 to $3 20 per
quart, and 'water raelor . 4s $lO to 1,15
eac h, . . ,
13eforo , .Grant had .advaneed his,posi
tion Weldon mjirp.ad,,tb,o
prico of flour was s2ocl per barrel,
and - Wheat bread, two to three 'iiimrde
loavps, and mixed" with peach" leaf
yeast, sold at 41 50 each,
„
As To' run AS TRUE.--16vory 'prin
ciple once bold . sacred by the ..Demo
erotic party is thrown overboard by
that party for the -sake of a -craven,
cowardly, pusillanimous :peace.. With
Jeff. Davis and his band of insolent and
dictatorial slavoholders.