■ AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
JOHN B. BRATTON, EiTltot & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., APRIL. 2, 1803
■Democratic Chid of Carlisle.— The Inst
mooting of the Club was a rouser, ami afford
cd evidence that tho conservative -wen of'
Carlisle are awake to the importance of tho
Coming struggle/ Quite a numbOf of men
who have heretofore acted li-ith tho Republi
cans arc members of the Club, and take an
active part in its proceedings. Tho speakers
at tho last mooting were Messrs. Nowsham,
Shapley, and Herman, of Bloomfield.
' A series of resolutions were offered and
adopted, condemning, in severe language,
tho apostnoy. of Mr. Scaur, of the Town
Council.' The resolutions have been loft with
us for publication, hut after reading, them
over carefully, wo’haye concluded not to in-,
sort them. They are certainly defamatory,
and their publication in our columns would
make us liable in a suit of libel and damages.
The, New Town Coi'kcil. — The new Town
Council ;inet in the Council Chamber,, on
Thursday evening, and organized by the
selection of Petek Spaiir for President; and
Jos.. AV. Colony for Clerk. The following
appointments wore then made :
.Collector of Taxes—A. J. Welsh.
Treasurer—Jacob Rheem.
Market Master—ll. L. llcckcr, ■ ■
Street Commissioncr-T-Worloy Mathews,
Iligh Constable—Nbt’yet appointed. .
Lamp Lighters—N. Sowers for East Ward,
and If. 51.' Chenoweth for West Ward. ■
Street Regulators—same as last year.
It will be seen that, notwithstanding the
Democrats had elected a majority of Council
men, Republicans have been ■ selected for
nearly ‘ all the . Town offices. This was"
brought about by the defection of ME Spaiir, .
one of tho Democratic Councilmon, who, iii j
consideration of the election ’of Welsh as. (
Collector,, agreed to go for tho. opposition i
candidates for tho other offices. It 1 was a i
good bargain for the Blaoksnakos, who. are 1
chuckling over their ill-gotten gain. ’ ]
One circumstance we may mention, to i
show tho hypocrisy and consummate mean
moss of some men who, for political effect, ,
have professed groat friendship for our bravo
soldiers. . The Democratic Gounoilmeri, he
ing as wo have said, in a majority of one, .
and before they suspected treachery among
themselves, had mot ih caucus (previous to 1
the first meeting of Council,) and mado seleo
tion of the men they intended to elect to the va
rious Borough offices. ■ For Collector they had
chosen Mr. 11. L. HeWcer, a most worthy
and competent young man, who had been a
member of the Pennsylvania Reserves, fough t
through ten des.porato battles, in tho last of
which his right arm was shot off near to the
shoulder. After his.r'eoovory he received an
honorable discharge, and, returned home to
Carlisle, feeling that ho ,was entitled, to the
sympathy and aid of all loyal men. .For
Treasurer they selected , Charles A. Smith.,
another wounded soldier and unexceptionable
man. lie is a son of Esquire. Smith, and one
of thcfive brothers who joined Capt. Porter’s
company. At tho battle of Antietata, a Call
passed entirely through his body, disabling
him for.lile. Those were two oftho men the
. Democratic COunollmon had selected fortheir
support. ■ But tho Republicans in Council
•found they could grab a few crumbs fur
themselves by striking down tho'maimed and
penniless soldiers, and of course they availed
themselves of the opportunity. What a com
mentary is this upon.their “ no-party" profes
sions, and affected sympathy for “ our poof
soldiers ?’’ Hero arc two young men who have
served their country and been made cripples
for life in its defence, deprived oftho little posi
tions for which they had been named, merely
to gratify the cravings of greedy Republican's.
Jacoe Rheem, a man ot wealth, and who now
holds a luorativooffioe under tho,General Gov
ernment, Was elected Borough Treasurer at tho
expense of tho wounded soidiev, Smith. Lot
the Republican spoolers and editors of Car
lisle never again, profess sympathy for “ our
poor soldiers.” ' Tho people are now con
vinced that their professions Wore hollow,
false, deceptive.
After defeating Mr. ITecker for. Collector,
the Republican Councilmon, aided by the
voto of Mr. Spahr, elected him Market Mas
ter, a position tlufy leneio ho could not fill
(because of the loss of his arm,) and which
affords buta trifling salary. ‘ Mr. 11. declined
the, appointment, just what the Republicans
knew ho would’do. So ends this disgraceful
affair.
OoPPEniIEADS Vo. BIaCICSNAKES. — The Al>
olitiohists, excessively fond of applying pet
names to their opponents, continue to stylo
the Democrats “ copperheads.''’ Wo like tho
terra, for there is an applicabi iity— about it
which has a palpable and significant mean
ing. Tho "copperhead” is peculiar to this
country; it is a fearless, independent snake
that knows its power, and when disturbed or
interfered with, uses it. It is a brave snake,
and therefore naturally tolerant, harmless
and passive; but take care that you do not
tread upon it, for it never runs, except to at
tack its foe, and Hosting, when once aroused,
generally proves fatal. Wow, the represen
tative of tho Abolitionist opposite to tho "cop
perhead," is tho " blacksnako.” And here,
two, the analogy is complete. The “ blaok
snako” is a cowardly, hissing, thieving rep
tile. It possesses somewhat tho power to
charm, hut it always charms to destruction.
It robs birds’ nests, visits tho barn yards and
sucks eggs,, and is often, found twined-around,
tho legs of a cow sucking her milk, just as
Abolition contractors, jobbers and.offico hold
ers afo now doing with Uncle Samuel’s cow.'
. C 7” says Thurlow 'Weed,Republican,
“it comes to be understood that the views and
. policy of Messrs, Sumner, Greeley, Wendell
Phillips, Ward Beecher, cct., eel., obtain in
the conduct of the tsar, it will result in the de
struction of our Government and Union, and
a triumph for rebeliion and slavery.”
OBJECTS OP THE UNION.LEAGUES.
• Tho so-onlled “ Union Longues’' now being
organized- throughout the country by tho
Abolitionists, aro treasonable and revolution
ary in character, beyond a question or a
doubt. The speakers before those Leagues
are not the least ashamed to tell us what tho
objects they have in view arc. Ouo of tho
principal deolaimdrs before tho Leagues is
that desperate scoundrel, thief and coward,
“ Gon.” Jim. Lane, Senator (save tho mark !)
from Kansas. From a recent speech dollv-.
erod by him in Washington, wo take tho
following extracts: ,
From tho Washington thiily National Repub
lican', Administration Organ.
MEETING OF TED-UNION LEAGUE, ON SATURDAY
EVENING
The first pnblio meeting of the Union
Longue vvas bold last Saturday evening, at
its ball, on Ninth street, between D and E.
Ex-Governor Bibb took the chair, and called
tho meeting to order. ■
lie then delivered a few introductory re
marks, which were well received by those
present.
Hon. James 11. Lane, of Kansas, then
delivered a stirring speech from which we
take the following choice extracts. Among
other things, bo said :
“ The work of purification should begin at
Washington city. It is‘ a disgrace to tho
country, and I have taken groat pleasure in
saying so to tho authorities boro, [laughter]
that a sympathizer with treason, bo such male
or female, should he permitted to rest his or
her foot upon tho soil of the District of Oul-'
umbia. [Loud applause.] This purification
should bo. carried to its oxtromost points with
sword and.fire. [Applause.] ,
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In Kansas, where I live, a Copperhead (or
Democrat,) is hot allowed to remain in the
State. If he doesn’t leave when ho is or-,
dered to, ho is shot down. .“ [“ That’s the
way,’! and applause.] lam informed by tho
Governor of our State, that no further back
tlian' last Saturday, a Copperhead, having
refused to promptly obey an order.to leave
the State, Was tho same-day, before night
closed upon him, found with two bullet-holes
through his body. [V Good,” and applause.]
I have been told that Union-loving men in
this.community have hoop compelled quietly
to hoar,secession language , day by day;—
[“That’s so.”] ' But 1 trust that heforb.the
time comes when I.will be so weak as not to
be able to properly, resent an insult of .that
sort to my country, Gud will take mo home.
[Laughter and applause.]
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It had been said'we ought not to-'use tho
negroes. So far as lam concerned, I would
rather every rebel should bo sent to hell by
a negro than by a white man. [Laughter
andapplause.] When I beeoiue .suoln a ne
gro worshiper as that, I will send my brother
or my son to stop a bullet, or go inysolf to do
so,, rather than send a negro. I will not
have such confidence and self-respect fun mj’-
selfaslhavo now. [Applause;] .
if if if .if if w if
As far as I am concerned, I would like to
■ live'long enough to sec every white Ilian now
in South Carolina in hell, and the negro oo :
copying his territory. [Loud applause.]—
All "this may .sound, to you; very wicked, 1
[“not at all.!”] but, to me there is.no place,
bn earth that,.l’tliink now, ought to be dese
crated to h traitor. [Applause.]
T hid you God speed.m cleaning out sym :
pathisors with treason in the District of Col
umbia. [Applause.] It would not wound
my feelings at any day to find the dead' bod
ies of rebel sympathisers,-.pierced with bul
let holes,' in every street.and alley of,.the City
of Washington; [Vociferous applause.] ’ I
would regret,'however., tholoss of.the powder
and the 1 lead. .[Laughter.- A pause!] Hang
thonvV and save the ropes. . That’-s the peat
way. [Loud applause.] Lot them dangle
until their stinking bodies rqt, doobmpose,
and fall to the ground piece by piece. [En
thusiastic applause.”] '
There 1 Such, is the language, such the
advice of Senator JiM Lane. It will bo seen
dint ho regards every Democrat a “ Copper-
head,” and every “ Copperhead” -a traitor,
and ho recommends'that they ail bo assassi
nated'by cowardly Abolitionists! And fur
giving expression to these, infamous senti
ments, tile, speaker was gl-oetod witli “ enthu
siastic applause” by the sneaking Black
snakos who cmnposo the “Loyal League”
of, Washington city ! Assassination, then,
and “ sword and fired’ are the means to ho em
ployed to putdown Democrats..
So much for cut-throat Jim Lane,; now- lot
us see What sonic of the. other Loyal League
speakers say. At a recent meeting of a
League at Chicago, a certain Gen. Hamilton
I was the .principal speaker. He said:-
“ I say Ido not regret this war. In .put
ting down this rebellion, wo will crush out
slavery. I didn’t wait for the President’s
proclamation to take my position. The peo-.
pie of the South must bo exterminated, de
stroyed. I say that, in my judgement, it is
one of the mercies of God’s providence that
the rebellion took place, for it furnished, us
the only means of getting rid of slavery,” &o.
It will beobsorved then, that Gen. Hamilton
rejoices to see our country deluged' in blood,
our White men slain by tons of thousands,
and the people groaning-under oppressive
.taxes. He thanks God it is so, for by this
moans the traitor fanatics of his school hope
to achieve the object they covet, the freedom
of four millions of slaves. , “Exterminate tho
people ol tho South,” says Hamilton. Did tho
blatant demagogue ever consider how long it
will lake us to accomplish that little job ?
If extermination is. to ho the watoh-word,
then indeed may wo give up all hope of tho
war coming to a close during tho present
generation. If this war is not for tho Union,-
but all for tho negro —and this appears to ho
its character at present—then may wo look
for a bloody and interminable contest. ,
Another extract from a spoocli of a Loyal
Leaguer,-and wo are done for the present.—
Gen. Lewis Wallace, in the course of a
speech delivered before a League in the State
of Indiana, remarked :
" You ask, what do I advise 1 I advise
you to organize Leagues, not as politicians,
but in the style of soldiers.”
This Wallace is n travelling lecturer for
the Leagues, and is paid from tho XX. S.
Treasury. lie recommends that tho mem
bers of the Leagues arm themselves, and or
ganize “as soldiers.” And, wo believe these
league-men hero and elsewhere, are secretly
arming, and should be watched. Let Demo
crats then, ho pbepaiieb, for we tell them
there is danger before us. When we see the
speakers of these - treasonable organizations
recommend assassination, and tho arming of
their, fellow conspirators, it is time for Dem
ocrats to prepare in time and for the worst.
New Hampshire Erection. —Complete re
turns of the recent election in Wow Hamp
shire shows the following result for Governor:
Eastman (Don.’) 32,709
Gilmore (Ken.) 28,080
Hurriman (War Deni.) 4,438
Democrats over Republicans 8,354,—a gain
of 18,0 00.
Wo have before ils tho speech of tho Hon.
Philip Johnson, of -Northampton, in the House
of Representatives, at Washington, on tho
Conscription DDL Wo regret tlyit its length
will prevent us from laying it before our
readers; Rs it is a clear and masterly review
of the risq and progress of tho Republican
party, which has brought so much ruin and
distress upon our unhappy country. There
is one sentiment, however, in the multiplici
ty of good things contained in tho speech,
that especially commends itself to notice.
“Wo must save this country,’’ said Mr.
Johnson, “and I nssorfc*hero to-day, that
there is no hope for the country, except in ;
the deep routed Democracy of tho people.
You will bavo no thirty years war. . Two
years more and your power will vanish from
you as tho snow before the warm sun 1 of
spring. I know that this bill and other
kindred measures are intended to enable
you to bold on, but you might as well try to
dam tho waters of tho Mississippi as to pre
vent the people of this groat country from
resuming tho power of this government,
which lias been so much abused in your
hands. The people want the Union restored,
and this government maintained and admin
istered 'according to tho Constitution, because
it is thoir Union, their government, and
their Constitution, and tho Democracy ore
with them, and they know it.”
Seymour, op Connecticut.— Among the
gallant spirits of. the ago, there is no one
more deservedly conspicuous than Thomas
11. Seymour, the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Connecticut. Ho is making a
thorough canvass of his Stale, and is gaining
strength every day by his bold and'manly
exposition, of the .destructive policy of the
imbecile administration at,Washington. In
a recent speech ho made use of the following
language which stamps him a true patriot’:
“I. am for .getting back the Southern
states by fair and honorable moans if such a
thing bo possible ; and I will, hope for the
.best. , ‘
“ The Union I desire, is a Union of hearts
and of bands, : such as our , fathers . gave
us.
“ Nothing less will' satisfy mo than the
whole Southern States.” .
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.. Yet ha is denounced as a traitor and se
cession sympathiser, simply because he will
not bend tho.knoo to power, but chooses
rather, to ho one of that class of freemen
whom the truth makes free,” . .
Copperheads.— Whilst wo.have never ob
jected to this euphonious appellation applied
to us by the “ Niggerhoads,” as Bennett calls!
the Abolition tribe, wo confess that wo.did
not fairly understand why it . was applied to
us. Greeley gives us a little light on the silh
jeof. In the Tribune of Tuesday we find the
following,'. ■
A distinguished gentleman of Philadelphia,
in the course of a private letter, says,: “At
M’Coy’s lecture at the-Opera House On Tues
day evening, after cheers had. boon given
most heartily for Butler, Burnside . and
‘ Fighting Joe Hooker,’somebody in the up
upper tier called out, ‘ Now. three cheers for
Gen. McClellan’—a proposition that, was met’
by a deep silence, broken only by some hiss
ing and by some one below calling out, ‘Why,
there is a-Copperhead.’” ,
From this it appears that the friends of
General McClellan are thus designated! ‘ Wo
are happy to know it. Wo are a large party,
wd Copperheads, a vast multitude, comprising
three fourths of the array and a largo major
ity,at home. And wo will ho larger still.:—
Like Aaron’s' serpent, we will swallow up the
rest.— Harrisburg, Union. ;
Wiiite Men Head —A correspondent of tho
Evening Journal of the XBth says:—Last
evening, about a quarter past six o’clock,
whilst passing up Calltnvhill street above third,
X witnessed one of tho most brutal scones, and
one which should make' tho men who stood
looking on hang their heads with shame. A.
negro, who was driving a horse and wagon,
came in collision with two wounded soldiers;
one of tho soldiers happened to get over the
crossing in front of tho negro’s wagon, the
other poor follow, who was badly wounded
and unable to got out of tho way of, tho horse,
came near being trampled under
poor soldier-caught the,horse by the head;—
The negro leaped down from his wagon and
a souffle ensued ; both these soldiers being so
Weak ns to he unable to stand on their loot.
By this time a crowd of men and women had
gathered, one big brute, for it Would'ho dis’-
gracing humanity to call him a man , struck
those two'cripples and knocked them down ;
immediately four more of the crowd fell on
the.soldiers, and beat them in a most brutal
manner. The Police then stepped in and ar
rested tho two soldiers, and took them before
Alderman Williams, whilst the negro and the
other brutes who bent tho soldiers, wore al
lowed to depart in ponce. ,-AVhon Mr.'Will
iams hoard tho case he discharged tho sol
diers,
The Speculation in Gold.—A hill has
been introduced in the Legislature to prevent
speculation in gold. It provides, that banks
and brokers, Insurance and trust companies,
saving! institutions, and other monied oorpo ;
rations, shall bo prohibited from making.or
continuing any loan or loans of money, or
otherwise, upon gold coin or bullion, or paper
representations of thoso or either of them,'or
upon any foreign bill, or bill of exchange
whatsoever, under the penalty of a forfeiture
of their charters, or articles of association, as
the case may bo, and any such loan or loans,
so made or continued to he made, shall ho
absolutely void, and no action for the recov
ery thereof shall lie in or be entertained by
any court of justice of tho State. The second
section provides-that tho act shall take effect
immediately. Should this hill become a law
it will bo another step towards cheeking spec
ulation in gold.
O’Mr. Forney was the editor of the
Washington organ under President Pioree’e
Administration. Ho betrayed him. Ho was
the organ of Mr. Buchanan, and betrayed
him. Ho is the organ now of President Lin
coln, and is preparing to betray him. Ho is.
looking forward to a new Administrntson in
which corruption'Shall bo the rule, and whore
a base motive may bo sure of profit,
lie has forgotten —or rather he has never
learned —one thing. Ho can betray his
friends, and his patrons and party leaders,
but ho cannot mislead a people. I'ho Demo
cratic masses will reject his paltry device of
“ Union Leagues,” even though the trap is
baited with “an emancipation policy," and
the prodigal patronage of on Abolition Ad
ministration, reaching far oti' and into 1808,
and governing with absolute power that
realm of ambitious dreams—a Northern Con
federacy.—Albany Argus.
. The LEcisRATuaE, according to n joint res
olution adopted, will adjourn on the 15th of
ibis month.
Truth Well iSpiitflfo.
Joint Resolutions upon the State 0/ tho Conn*
v' uj. . ■
Tho following joint resolutions upon the
state of tho, country, hate passed the Houso
of Representatives at Harrisburg.' They
have the ring of true inetal, and are creditor
bio to the Democratic mdmbors who . voted
-for them. .Of course those resolutions'will be
defeated in tho Senate, where tho traitor
Blacksnakos are in the majority :
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania in General Assembly met, That our
institutions are assailed by an armed rebel
lion on one side, which is being met by the
sword, and oh tho other by acts
pi' Congress, and startling usurpation of pow
er by tho executive, which wo have seen by
experiment can bo corrected by the ballot
box,' policy as well as principle requires that
our peoplo shall await tho process of reform
which is slow but sure, and refrain from all
unlawful and unconstitutional acts, which
have already brought terrible calamities upon
the country, whilst they invoke the aid ot all
patriotic-men to assist in averting the evils
that threaten our froo institutions.
2d. That this General Assembly declares
this Stater hits over been, is now, and will re
main in future devotedly true to tho Consti
tution of tho United States and .to thn .Federal
Government established ■by -it, and is deter
mined to maintain them with her. utmost
power against both domestic and -foreign
foes. , ,
‘ 3d. That this General Assembly recogni
zes a manifest difference between tho admin
istration of the Government and the Govern
ment itself. The one is transitory, limited
in duration to that period of time lor which
tho officers clectc|l by the people are charged
with tho conduct of-tho same ; the other is
permanent, intended by its founders -to en
dure forever. ..
. 4th. That this General Assembly,, in the
exercise of its right to differ with the Federal
Executive, enters its solemn protest against
the Proclamation of the President of the
United States, dated the Ist day of January,
1803, by by which he assumes to emancipate
•slaves in certain. States, holding the same to
bo unwise, unconstitutional and void.
sthy That'tßis General Assembly declares
that the power which has recently been as
sumed by 'the President pi the United States,
whereby, under the guise of military neces
sity, ho lids proclaimed and extended martial
law over. States where war. did not exist,
and has suspended the writ of habeas corpus,
is unwarranted by the Constitution, and its
tendoiicy is to subordinate civil to military,
authority,.and to.subvert our system of free
government.' .
Gth. That this General Assembly on behalf
of the people, of .this Commonwealth declares
its determined opposition to a system of eman
cipation by the, States upon compensation to
be made'out of the Treasury of the United
States as burthensome upon the people, un
just in its very nature and wholly without
warrant,of .the Constitution.'
7th. That .this General Assembly deem it
proper further to declare that if,,.together
with all tho truly loyal people of the State,
would hail .with pleasure and delight any
manifestation of a desire on the part of the
seceded States to return to their allegiance to
tho Government of the Union, and would,
in such an event, cordially and earnestly co
operate with them in the restoration of peace,
and the procurement of such proper guaran-.
"tics as would -give security, to all their inter-;
ests and rights. ■ ■ _
Bth. .That Pennsylvania will adhere to tho
Constitution .and 1 Union as-tho best, it inay
bo the last,, hope of popular freedom and fur
all wrongs, which may have been committed
or evils which may exist will seek redress
under tho -Constitution and within the Union,
by tho peaceful but powerful agency of the'
suffrage ot a free, people, ' . ,
9tb.. That -this .General Assembly t hails
with pleftSuro.'i»Sclfdope' th o manifestations of
conservative; sentiment among Ui6 people of
the. Northern States in tlicir’.lato: elections,
and regard the same as tho earnest of a good
purpose on their part to co-operate-with all
other loyal citizens in giving security to the
rights'of every section! and maintaining tho
Union and the Constitution as they wore or
dained hy thefounders of tho Republic.
10th. That in the judgment of. this General
Assembly, whenever it becomes practicable
to obtain* a convention of-all, or throe-fourths
of. tho States, such body should bo convened,
for tho purpose of proposing such amendments
to tho Federal Constitution as, experience has
proved to be necessary to maintain the instru
ment in the spirit and meaning intended by its
founders, and to provide against future con
vulsion and wars.
Utli. That while this General Assem
bly condemns and denounces the-faults of
tho Administration, and the encroachments of
the Abolitionists,, it does also most thorough
ly condemn and denounce tho herosjr of se
cession as unwarranted by the Constitution,
and destructive alike of tho security and per
petuity of government, and of the peace and
liberty of the people, and it does hereby most
solemnly declare that tho people of this state
are unalterably opposed to any division of the
Union,' and will persistently exert their whole
influence and power, under the Constitution,
to maintain and defend it.
12tb. That the' laws of this State must
bo maintained and enforced, and that it
is the duty of tlio constituted authorities of
tho State to see that,"by all constitutional'
means, this ond.shall bo obtained. ■;
13th. That the soldieis , composing our
armies merit the warmest thanks of tho
nation, Their country called, and nobly did
they respond. Living, they shall know a
nation’s gratitude ; wounded, a nation’s care ;
and dying,They shall live in our memories,
and monuments shall bo raised' to teach pos
terity to honor tho patriots and heroes who
offored'their lives upon their country’s altar.
Their widows and.orphan’s shall be adopted
by the nation, to bo watched over and eared
for ns objects truly worthy a nation’s guardian
ship,
14th. That copies ofthese resolutions be for
warded to the President of the United
States, to tjio Governors of tho several States,
and to our Senators and in
Congress.
Who are : Traitors.— According to tho Ab
olition way of thinking—
All are traitors who believed tho • South
would secede. _ ,
All are traitors who did not believe the
South could be forced back with 75,000 men
iu throe months.
All are traitors who did not believe the
South were almost exhausted at the end of the
first three months of tho war.
All are traitors who did not believe that
250,000 men would speedily end tho war.
All are traitors who did not believe tho
suspension of tho habeas corpus a wise and
just measure. 1
All those who did not justify the suppres
sion of tho press and restriction of speech are
traitors.
All those who believe that the corruptions
of contractors and certain officials ought to
have boon kept before the people are traitors.
All those who do not behove slavery to be
an element of Southern weakness are trai
tors.
All those who do not believe slavery to be
an element of Southern power are traitors.
All thoso who believe that the Union can
bo preserved without direct reference to tho
institution of slavery are traitors.
All who do not believe the President’s
emnncipatipn proclamation a wise and judi
cious measure .are traitors.
All thoso who believe that tho past nine
teen months have developed tho fact that a
certain sot of politicians are totally unable to
preserve tho honor and unity of tho States
arc traitors.
Tite Loyal Union League.
Wo do not propose to attack individuals ;
but when in a political organization, jndivid
uals try to give tone to a body of men, they
certainly come within tho scope of legitimate
criticism. The “ Loyal Union League,’' (wo
speak hero not particularly of the Philadel
phia ioaguo), has adopted a name which is
itself a fraud upon tho public. What right
have the leaders of the “ Loyal Union League”
to call themselves Iqyal ? Lot us examine:
Was it loyal in tho Governor of Massachu
setts to say to the President, “ I will support
you and, your measures, on condition that
you 'publish your . emancipation proolamo-*'
tion I”
Was it loyal id the Abolition Governors to
moot at Altoona, and insist on the removal
of General M’Glellan, and other meritorious
officers from the army f ■ ,
Was it loyal for the Abolition, Senators to
ask of tho President, that ho should dismiss
a portion of his cabinet, in order to make
room for ultra radical Abolitionists ?
Was it'loyal for tho Abolition conspirators
to plot tho overthrow of the President and
his Cabinent, in case the Executive did not
yield to their anti-constitutional demands?
All the leading abolitionists are now lead
ers and prominent members of tho “loyal
Union League,” and hope, under their new
disguise, to mislead and divide the Democrat
ic party. Wendell Phillips, CharlesSumher,.
Henry. Ward Beecher, Horace Qreely,, Gov.
Andrew, Senator Wilson, Goh. Lane, (ex
tracts from whose speech before the Union
League of Washington, we publish to-day,)
Lovejoy, and tho whole crew of fanatical- ab
olitionists, who are answerable for all tho ad
ministrative and military blunders committed
for the last two years, are now calling them
selves “ Loyal Union men though, from the
commencement of the present administration*
they have kept “ poor old Abe” in hot water;
threatening him with their displeasure, and
bullying him, against his better judgement,
into tho violent, unconstitutional measures
which' have brought tho country to the verge
of ruin; '
There,was aloyal Union meeting in. Now
York, at which the veteran Seott presided,
and nt which Van Bureu and -Brady spoke, v
but that loyalty did not satisfy the loyal men
of the abolitiontfohool, and forthwith Horace
Greeley attempts, tho organization of a rival
loyal longue."! Ho will, no doubt, be success
ful; and the' abolition loyalty, being the big
ger monster, will, swallow up all the minor
loyalties, as the radical Abolitionists have
swallowed up tho Republicans.
The men who aro, organizing tho, loyal
Union Leagues are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
They are the same old political hacks and
tacticians-whom the country has so -recently
repudiated, and they have assumed their-noW.
disguise for the. purpose of holding those
moderate Republicans who began to ho dis
gusted with their, rule, and of making pro-.,
selytes among those who are apt to "bo led
astray by .words and promises, which corres
pond to their own feeling. ,
Wo warn the Democracy of the wolves In
sheep’s clothing. The loyal men of- tho
country are those Who stand by the Constitu
tion ami tho constitutional acts of the Fresi- .
dent; not.those who cull the Constitution “ a
compact ■ with hell,” and who. make tho
trampling, upon that sacred instrument the
condition of their support of the Government.
— rhil. Age ,
Ttb Presentment
of the Illinois Legislature against Abraham I.
Whereas,' Abraham Lincoln, at the com
mencement of this present unhappy war, de
clared in every -official paper that came from
his hands, that the solo object of the prose
cution ol the war was, and should be, for tho
restoration of,tho Union and tho laws as our
fathers made them; and, , ' - .
: Whereas, By bis subsequent, acta ho has
proved to every unbiased mind, that such
now is not the intention in the further prose
cutioii'of tho war, and that, ho has wilfully
deceived the" soldiers, by.' inducing them to'
take-up arms (as they supposed).-in an hon
orable and just cause, .which, lie has - turned,
into a dishonorable and disgraceful crusade
against the established rights of the. States:
' Ho has declared martial law over every
loyal State in the,Union: ...
lie has, without authority of law pr fight,
imprisoned our citizens in loathsome dun
geons, and refused them the right ofa speedy
trial:
lie has, by his proclamation of January
Ist, 1803; disregarded the reserved rights of
the. States, and attempted by that proclama
tion to equalize the white and*the black'ra
ces ; to excite servile insurrection in the South
ern States,' thereby involving tho. innocent
with the guilty, without reference to ago or
sex:
■ He has persisted in listening to and parry
ing out the counsels of men, whose' avowed,
doctrines are inimical to free government:.
Ho has divided a State without, tho con
sent of her Legislature : .
lie has degraded tho Union army by re,
ceiving negroes -into the service of the Uni
ted States,: ,'•■■■
Il.e has forced negroes,.upon us against our
often expressed wishes, and the Constitution
and laws of our State:
lie has squandered the nation’s'wealth,
and made us a bankrupt people :
He has suppressed tho liberty of the press,
and free speech—a liberty feared only by ty
rants; -
Ho has closed the doors of churches, and
deprived citizens of them States of the right
to servo God according to the dictates of their
own conscience i
Ho proposes to involve us in a system ,of
ruinous taxation for the purpose of purcha
sing negroes against our will and the inter
ests of our people;
. Ho has pandered to Now England capital
ists in not using the means at his disposal
for opening .the Mississippi river:
Against all of which we. do enter our sol
emn protest; and declare, it.to bo our firm
and fixed intention to submit to these wrongs
no longer, '■ -
Tub President in Excellent Spirits.—
A telegram of yesterday announces the Pres
ident to bo “iu excellent spirits.’’ Wo should
like to know why the President is “ in excel
lent spirits.” Is he “iu excellent spirits”
because tho country is not “ in excellent spir
its?” Does tho pleasant speaker of parables
divine some hideous joke in tho condition of
our national affairs ? President ‘Lincoln’s
humor is proverbially curious. lie was “in
excellent spirits” on tho battle-field of Antio
tam with tho mangled corpses of our dead
soldiers around,him—in such “ excellent spir
its” that he would fain regale himself with
tho melody of a negro song. Ho was “in
excellent spirits” on his way to the White
House, rejoicing, declaring “nobody hurt”—
iu “ excellent spirits” until ho came to Bal
timore, when ho made up his mind suddenly
nobody should bo hurt. Ho was “in excel
lent spirits” during the Peninsular campaign,
for we heard repeatedly in tho midst of its
disasters of his funny sayings and of merry
making at the Presidential mansion—” in
excellent spirits” until the Bull Hun battle,
when ho begged M’Clollan to save tho Capi
tal and especially Abraham Lincoln. Ho
has been “ in excellent spirits” frequently,
and now ho is “in excellent spirits” again.
We wonder what tho evil omen means this
time—what now misery awaits us, when this
jesting Pilate " is in such excellent spirits.”
—Patriot tic Union.
Not Taos.—The reported death of Mr.
Temple, tho Delaware member of Congress
elect, is not true, .
IC7“ The New Jersey Legislature njournod
on Wednesday last.
letter from Ex-President Pierce,
Tho following letter from Ex-President
Pierce to the late .Senator Pearce, of Mary
land, in regard to arbitrary arrests, has never
before been published. The position assumed
by Ex-President Pierce 5s manly and decided
and leaves no ground fot'doubt!
; [coi'r.j
Concord, N. H., Jan. 15,'1863,
My Bear Sir; —l read with unusual inter
est and satisfaction the debate which occurred
in the Senate on the 16th ult., upon tho res
olution of Air. Trumbull, and desire to ex
'press my thanks for tho sentiments and
thoughts which tho occasion elicited from
you’. My convictions and sympathies are
with you thoroughly when you say, “I do
not believe that it (imprisonmentupon lettres
de cachet) promotes the purposes of those who
desire to see this Union brought together
again, an object, of all others, to mo the most
desirable, if it bo possible.”
In my estimation, the mover of the inquiry
deserves the gratitude of freemen everywhere
and only utteres,truth with force when ho
declares; that,the power, without charge,
Without examination, without,opportunity of
reply, at the click Of the telegraph, to arrest
d man in a peaceable portion of the country
and imprison him" is “ of tho essence of des
potism." And yet, the public mind thus far
would seem to have been scarcely more roused
by current events of this character than it
whs, years ago, when we’received accounts of
similar incarcerations, ordered by the father
of the now deposed King of the Two
Sicilies. How incredible, it will appear
hereafter, when history shall be written up,
that at this period of the Republic the consti
tuiional safeguards of personal liberty could
have been so easily and with so little- appa
rent concern swept away.
The Secretary of State, on the 20th ultimo,
four days after the debate in which you par
ticipated, addressed an official note to me,
which seems to illustrate, in a striking man
ner, the slight grounds, or rather tire ground
less suspicions, upon which in these times
citizens arc liable to suffer in reputation,, if
not in loss of liberty. I reply without delay;
and, so far. as l am personally affected, may,
I trust, leave the matter in quietness upon
the files of the Department. It is my belief,
however, that no recent measure has been
fraught with more mischief than tho issuing,
of letlres de cachet, and consequent arrests,
and imprisonment, in violation:of tho provis
ions of the Constitution ; and that the earlier
■ the system is effectually checked the better it
.will be for tho. Government and the country,
as well as the subjects of oppression. The
evidence is abundant to show that the
plea of • necessity, except in the. presence of
immediate, neighborhood of hostile armies,
where the administration of law, under its
usual form may be inevitably suspended, is
not graciously accepted' by the mass of the
■people. Union without security for personal
liberty is not the Union which they have
cherished and to the restoration of which
they look With earnest desire and hope.—
Nothing, perhaps could express more clearly
tho views on this point than tho language of
the groat modern historian, who died at a.
comparatively recent period, leaving his work
incomplete. "In trading the successive steps
in the progress of British liberty,- Mr. Mac
aulay says : “Wo -have been taught; by
long experience# that wp cannot without
danger suffer any ,breach of the Constitution
to pass-unnoticed." “As we cannot, with
out the risk of evils from which, imagination
recoils, employ' physical force as a check on
misgovernment, it is evidently our wisdom to
keep all constitutional chocks on roisgovern
ment in the highest state of efficiency—to
watch with jealousy tho first beginnings of
encroachment, and never to suffer irregular
ities, even when harmless in themselves, to
pass unchallenged, lest they acquire the
force of Who in our land will
affirmthub any other doctrine is I .worthy .of
thoso wbo hold their rights under; a solemn;
Written charter T It is cheering to know that
inquiry has been' moved in tho right quarter,
and that able and fearless men are stirred by
a.sense of what is doe to our follow-citizens,
who have been imprisoned without iissign
mont.of cause and discharged without expla
nation ; and, yet more, to such as are btill in
confinement, and precluded by guards and
prison-bolts from theypriyiiego of the “great
writ of liberty,” and thus.of confronting be
fore a competent judicial tribunal suggestion
of crime, which the act of- imprisonment it
self implies. Of this latter class, I , believe,
from my knowledge of-tho men, are not a
few worthy sons of Maryland,. w:ha love tho
Union as you do, and who haye striven, not
to destroy, hut to preserve it. If free from
taint of crime, as I take thorn to bo, they
will derive unfailing capacity for endurance
from the consciousness that they, have never
nourished their manly strength to strike
stout blows at . the foundation which their
fathers laid—that they have never participa
ted in lines of action, or in startling utteran
ces, calculated to encourage aggression upon
tho rights and institutlons.of sovereign States
—to foster sectional distrust and animosity,
or to inaugurate conflict between different
parts of the Confederation, and thus to weak
en.unity of feeling, interest and purpose. —
If, on the other hand, they. aro.guilty, the
law will inflict adequate punishment, what
ever that riiay be, as it should do. But how
long is such durance, without hearing, to be
their allotment?
I am, very truly, your friend,
Franki.im Pierce.
lion. Jaimes A. Peai'ce, United States Sena
tor, Washington, D. 0.
Anarchy.
The Abolition oligaroby rtt Washington is
organizing twin movements in the army and
among the people' which are crammed full of
anarchy. Among the soldiers the movement
consists in exciting suspicion and distrust,
and the introduction of politics and political
meetings, the forced passage of resslutions
against the “copperhead traitors” in the
loyal States; at home it takes the shape of
Onion Leagues, which assume the solitary
virtue of “ loyalty” to the Government and
proscribe everybody who does not and can
not swallow negro emancipation, a war of
extermination, the usurpations of the Execu
tive, ond the despotic and unconstitutional
enactments of Congress. It is pot hard to
foresee the tendency of such a .lt is
part and parcel of the iniquitous legislation
of the mad fanatics who now govern the
country—the attempt to substitute force for
the free will of the people.
Such a policy carried out developes anar
chy at once—-the only refuge and safety the
infamous bigots who are instituting it can
hope,for in the future. Such tilings go on
from bad to worse. The effort to proscribe
and stifle public opinion ond the free expres
sion of it among the sovereign people of this
nation, is one which if proceeded with will
inevitably recoil upon the tyrannous agitators
who are making it. The people are not SO
ignorant as not to know who owns the coun
try—and the surrender .of their' inalienable
right of free speech, the direction' and gov
ernment of the country to suit themselves, is
not a sacrifice which tlicy are likely to make
willingly and without resistance, _ Let them
then take warning in time. If riot and dis
order and intestine violence begin, retribution
will fall upon the fool hardy attempts they
are making surely and spoodijy; and if come
it does, and oomo it must, their blood bo Up
on thoir own heads'! —Patriot & Union.
(C 7" Tho farmers were generally "busy
plowing and sowing about Sacramento, Cali
fornia, the middle of January. An apple
tree in that city had its fifth crop of apples
this season* os large as hen's eggs,' at the
same date, says tho Sacramento Union*- -
Scott kttd McClellan.
It will bo recollected that a few weok„
ThnddOua 'Stevens, fot the purpose of ( g °'
bing theTiiir fame of General McClellan
daced n lettdr from General Bcott to the' s'"'
retary of War, charging McClellan with di
sobedience of , orders, in refusing to r » 1!i
through him to tho Secretary of 17 ar
yet the letter stands unrofutod. General M
Clellnn not deigning to reply to the f
imputations-sought to bo cast upon him h'
tho back window hero of the Buckshot W
But the following, Which we clip from tv'
Now York Tribune of the 12th ult., w ;n 0
far to justify, the course of tho young Qe n /°j
before the people, and it must be gall j
wormwood to Stevens and Hid Abolition
"‘A Philadelphia correspondent furnisl '
the following explanation of General McCl r
lan’s failures to report to Gon. Scott wheat?,'
latter was his notivo_ superior, and of if'
silence of Gen. Scott ,in view of the r „„„ ,
publication of his official letter of comni„; i
against Gen. McClellan, Wo do not know
that this explanation is correct ibid we nuk
lish- it only to elicit farther elucidation,'
which tho matter eminently requires. Can f
be true that our Government allowed a do'
tooted traitor —one who had betrayed anoa'
tionof the , very highest trust-r-to bo p]L§ '
on the retired list and to go to Europe ohtm*
as still an officer of bur army? ff ;t
who can wonder that treason is rife i n o iii
service, and that gunboats and ships of war
are betrayed into the hands of our enemies?
But hear our correspondent:, ,
To the Editor of the Neio York THdtme;
Sm : Many persons are disappointed in
learning that General Scott will not publish
an explanation of his complaints against
General McClellan to the Secretary of War
which was, by tho call of , Mr. Stevens, of
Pennsylvania, on tho Secretary of Wm
publipned and read in the House of Repre'
sentatives. Many ask why was the’ lettM
called for. There was a discussion-on the
subject, and they nsk what it was intended
to show by it ? Thereby hangEfatale. Gen,
Scott’s position is a very delicate one ; some
people do suspect the General’s Union senti
ments to loan toward thewayward sisters;' 1
but no matter about that. Gen, Scott writes
to the Secretary of \7ar, complaining of
M’Clellan’s indifference or neglect of him for
not reporting his plans or consulting him
about the disposition of his forces. This oo
ourrOd some time after it had been discover
ed by General M'Clellan that General Scott’s
office was hot the safest place for him to ex
pose his plans or make kilown what he was
doing. It is known that General M'Clellan’a
plans had been several times in a very mys
terious way made known to tho Rebels al
most as quickly as they were inode known to
our comriianders in the: field- Gen. M’Clol
lan found out the individual; it was Gener
al Scott’s son-in-law, Henry L. Scott, who
was with General S. in Washington ns an
Inspector General with’ the rank, pay, &c.. of
a Colonel of Cavalry. General M’Clellan
went to tho President about the extraordina
ry denouement, and Col. Scott and Adju
tant General Thomas, who was also suspect
ed of treachery, were summoned to the White
House to bo-confronted on the charge. Col.
Scott confessed his guilt 1 What was done?
Why, Col. Scott, instead of, being, shot for
his:treason, whs allowed to be placed,on the
retired, list for life, and to receive the pay
and emoluments of a Lieutenant Colonel
of Cavalry I He immediately went to Europe,
where ho is doing air ho can for secession I
General Soptt will not.publish anything. Ho
knows the reason Why Gen. M’Clellan did
not report his plans to him, and General
Scott will not stir up a matter that would bo
of no advantage to one of his family who is a
traitor living upon a Government which bo
basely betrays. SMITH.”
Tub Next QovEnMon.ur-1100. >W<“- -Hop
kins has withdrawn Ids name as a candidate
for Governor. In his letter he says : ■
“ The candidate should be a man of expo*
rionoo, mature judgment, and unquestioned
administrative abilities.' Ho should be -a
man of the most indomitable courage, and
firmness such as would enable him to inter
pose a manly resistance to all-infractions of
the Constitution, and encroachments upon
the sovereignty of the State, and rights and
liberties of her citizens. Ho should be a
man of unfaltering fidelity to the Constihi*
of. the United States and the Union, ns
they were founded by Washington. Ho
should he not only untramraeled ; by corpo
rate power, but entirely beyond such influ*
enees.”' !
The Collector of the Port op Philadel
phia.—This officer, Wm. B, Thomas, we aoo
is organizing a regiment there for political
purposes, which ho proposes to make 1500
strong, and to consist, in point of fact,'only
of Republicans. His circulars show this,
and so do the Philadelphia newspapers that
allude to it. Under any preceding Admin
istration, a Collector undertaking such an
armed organization would be snubbed, if not
removed. This officer donbtloss oofs under
Federal sanction. It does seem, at times, as
if this Administration, not content with one
sectional civil waron hand, would be blockhead
enough, and wicked enough-to involve itself
in another, but not sectional, here at home,
— N. y. Express, . '•• ...
i MARRIED.—On the 23d inst., by the
Rev, 0. P. Wing, John D. M’Gartnet of
Carlisle, to Miss Marv Matilda SaNdoe of
Centro Co.
ISmbte.
CARLISLE MARKET.—ApriI 1, 1863;
Corrected Weekly ty J?. C. Woodward.
Flour, Suporfino, for bbl., ?’E?
do.. Extra, do.,
do., Byo, do., f’.g
WnirtAVnEAT, por buabol, J ', s
Bed Wheat. do., I, j. n
Btb, do.,
Con.f, do.,
Oats, do.,
Sphiko Bablet, do.,
Fall do., do.,
Cloverseed, . do,,
Timothyseee, do.,
DM GOODS.
Since the rapid decline in gold*-the
who has on hatid .the largest stock of goeds ,
county, by taking advantage of;©very opportune
and favorable lorn in the market, is now s
goods at lower prices than - can be purono
any of tho cities. 1 have reduced the prices or
dexaines*
To, 25 els. Worth 37} da'. Per fard; __
. FANCY DRESS . SILKS' AT COSTr-
Bafages, Lawns, ValoriblaS, Ao., at /f
prices'—Balmoral Skirts, Hnbloaohod Musito» # »»
low of oVory quality ana J
lower ptioos than heretofore.
CLOTHS,
CASSIMEBS,
JEANS,-. ....
SATINE feONS>-. .
A Varied assortment of Oarpots. at tho old JlncoJ
OILCLOTHS,
EDQ m'atTlN(3.
MOKl %Sow§iiJ*
it prices before the rise., I respectfully
those in want of Goods call and oxainin y
bofdto purchasing.
April 2,1883.
1.25
6,00
2.25
A. W; BBNXZ.