V0L.,49. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY JOBS It. BRATTON, TEEMS. Subscription.— Two- DMlara if paid within the year; anti Two Dollars anti .Fifty Cents, if not paid within, Tr'isA tonus will bo rigidly ad hcrwl>o'in -isory instiiucc. No subscription dis continued until, ull nrrcpragcs dro paid unless at k tlio option of the ; Editor, • . Advertisements —Accompanied by tbonAsn, and ; flat ‘ oxcowling ‘ ono square, will be • inserted throe tpncivi'or.Onc Dollar, And twenty-Uvo cents for each .cdrUtional.insertion.’ • Those of a greater length in. , *;r.(portion. . Jou-PniNTixa—Such as ilnml-hills, Posting-bills’, 'P-ntnphleLs, Illanks; Labels, Ao. Ac., executed with '-senracy find a.t;th6 shortest notice; ■-. ’ • fotfiral From, tlur Philadelphia Evonnig Journal. LISES.OS A-WID CHILD. BY ALFRED' D. LEWIS. Tho conflw-l's o'er—»nnd the mists 1 •Of Death mi.her fair, ymmghro.w ; , Arc gathering tliio Ic and the fluttering pulse Is still and quiet now. " v The yoicp of hope it- mute, Ami an-awful fdlunco steals On, the startled air—and the soul is ffiint Willi the iruthwhich Death .reveals I ' Yainnow. \< flic trclnlding watch U. mother’!,the ‘tearful euro Shall avail no niorii !*Toiher suffering couch Thoiushiilt not again repair I-- Thy hlessodtiish fulflllud, ' 1 Alas J’with mj broken word, Shall her infant.Hp.s. in sweet childish player i'orovermaro be stirred.. Joy to the early dead ! - ' Sunshine audhliss to t,boo . .Pair child ! Thou bast flown from our dreamy world, Into bright eternity! Then welcome harmless grave I She is no Igngii; here— . Oir the blessed shurßs of the River of Peace We will seek the child J ' Whore all sorrows cease, And the dead in the'Lord are near! .MimllonmiiL RU-XXING- AN 15SGl.VB-.IS i FOB. The following sketch,is from a volume cm titled, “ Trips in the Life of a Locomotive Engineer.” •In the yeaV 185- 1 was running an engine ■on, the 'road. .My engine was named the, ‘ llucer,'- and a “ racer”, she- was, too ; her ! driving wheels were, seven feet in diameter, and she could turn them about as fast as was .-necessary, 1 can .assure’you. My ..regular train was tho morniny; (ixpreSs,” luiivi.ug-. .lVcj>isp]'i;.r terminus foui'7 running sixty l miles in ah hour', ami' iiurty-tivc minutes, which, as I -had, to makh three stops, might.'.with justice, be considered pretty fast traveling. * # vr ■ ■£ 4> * . -K- There wore pn- tho,linq several draw bridg es, which wore liable to ho opened at all hours, but’more especially about day-break.' To be sure, there.wore men stationed atovery bridge, and, iu.fact,’every half mile along the road, whose special.duty.it was to warn approach ing trains of danger from open draw-bridges, obstructions on :the ~track, &e„ but-the. class of men employed in snob duty wore not noted fur sobriety, arid the wages paid wore nut sufficient to secure ,n peculiarly intelli gent or careful class. So the confidence I was compelled to place in them was necessa rily burdened'with, niuch distrust. These men were provided.with white, and red .signal .lanterns, cletonta.ting torpedoes and colored (lags, and the rules of the road required them to.place a torpedo on the rail, and show a red signal both on the bridge, mid lit a “ fog station,” distant half a mile, from the bridge, before they opened the draw. At all times when the draw was closed they were to,show a White, light or flag at ■ this “ fog station.” This explanation will, I trust, be sufficient to enable every, reader to under , siand the position in which I found myself in the grey of one . bright September murri- HI ft 1 left the ’starting point of fny route ten minutes behind time,' The fog was more dense than I ever remember having seen it. It .enveloped everything, I could nut.soo the icnd.of my train, which consisted of five cars jilted with passengers.- ’.Tito ’“.betid light” which 1 carried on rity engine illuminated the’ •fleecy cloud only a few.foot, si),that I was running into the uiost utter darkness. I did not like the looks of things, but my “ orders” wore positive to use till duo exertions to make ■ time. So, blindly'putting, my trust -.in- the miserable, twenty dollars a month men who rwero the agents, along the road, 1 darted beridlong into,and through thick, and, to all mortal vision, impenetrable fog. The 1 Ra ce r’ behaved nobly, this morning; she seemed gifted . with the” wings ol the wind,” and rushed Uutndor’ingly along, making such “ time” ns astonished me. “ almost native and ■,t> the manor- born.”, Everything passed off right; F had “ made” up seven minutes of my,time, and was within, ns I thought, ten miles of my journey’s end. The speed at which I had been running had exhilornted and excited me. That pitching into darkness, ’blindly trusting to men that I had at best but weak faith in, had given my nerves an unnatural tonsion.so I resolved to run the troimtitiing ten miles, at, whatever rate of speed tho Racer was capable of making. I ■gave her steam and away we flew. The fog was so thick that I could not toll by passing objects bow fast w.o ran, but the dull,, heavy land oppressive roar, ns we shot through roqk cuttings and.tunnels, the rucking and strain ing of niy engine, and the almost inconceiv able velocity, nt which the driving wheels revolved, toid mo that my speed wits abso lutely awful. I did not euro, tlmugh. ’ I rims used to that, and the rules boro me out; be sides, I wanted to win for my engine the title of the fastest engine on the road, which I know site deserved. So I cried, “ On !on 1!” I had tn cross one draw-bridge which, ow ing to tho intervention of a hill, could not bo seen from tho time we passed tho “fog sta tion’’ until mi were within three or four rods of it. I watched closely for the “fog sta tion” signal. It was white. “ All right! go ahead.-my beauty!” shouted I. giving at the sumo time another jerk nt tho “ throttle,” and wp shot into the “cut.” In less time than it takes me to write it, wo were through and ■there, on tho top of tho “ draw,” dimly soon through a rift in the fog, glimmered with, to mo actual ghastliness, the danger signal—a fed light. It seemed to glare at mo with al most liendish malignancy. Stopping was out of the question, even had I been, running nt 1 quarter of my actual speed. As I was running I had not oven time to grasp 1 tho whistle. Cth'd before wo would be in. So giv ing one longing, lingering thought to the bright world, whose duration to me oould.not be reckoned in seconds even, I shut nly eyes, and waited my death, which seemed as abso lute hud inevitable as inglorious. It was but an instant of time, but an ago of thought and dread, ami then—l was over tbo bridge. A drunken bridge-tender bad, accursed stupid ity, hoisted the wrong light, and my adven ture was lint a “scare” but half a dozen such were" its bad as death. ■ It was three weeks before I ran again, and I never after " made up time” since in a fog. Profession and Practice; Two kinds of witnesses urooHen .encount ered in courts of justice '—the unwilling wit ness, ' and the tuo -willing witness. Hero is one who dosen’t aeum -.to come, under either category: . Too .prosecuting, attorney -thus addresses him: • . -‘ Mr. Pivi'.ksj. stntfc, if you please, whot-hor the defonilant,- tn your knowledge, hue over followed .any profession.! ■>’ - ■ .‘Ho has . keen a professor ever since I have known ’him.’ .. .. , ’. ' .‘ Ah ! a professor of what?’ ‘ A proiessur of religion.’ ‘You dim’t understand me, Mr. Parks SVhut (iocs ho do?’ ■ . ‘ U’cll, generally whal; lie-pleases.* ' ‘ Tell the j-ury, Mr. Parks, what the defoU dant follows;’ > ■ ‘Gentlemen of the jury', the 'defendant .’follows the crowd when they go toArink.’ . Mr: Parks, this kind of prevarication will not do’ hero.- Now, state;’sir. how the de fendant, supports hirnself.' ’ ‘T saw liim last night supporting himself against a lamp post.’ . - ■ ! May it please yonr Honor, this witness shows an evident disposition to-trifle with ■this honorable eourt.’ The Court—’ Mr. Parks, state, if von. know anything about it, what the defendant's oe pnpation is. The court, let nib say, has no idea that yon incan to he disingonus.’ ' Occupation, .did yon say, sir?' ’ x Occupation.’ answered I he judge. * Yes,’.'echoed the counsel. ‘-What Is his occupation ?’ ■ ‘ If I am not mistaken, ho occupies a gar ret somewhere' in town.' . ■ ■ *.That’s.all, Mr. Parks. I understand you to say that the defendant is a professor of re ligion.’ • lie is.’ ■ , ’ ■ ‘ Hoes his practice correspond with his pro fession • I never hoard of any correspondence, or letters of any kind.’ ‘ You said ’something about his propensity for drinking. Does he drink hard ‘ No, .sir 1 think be drinks as easy as any man I over saw,’. 1 One npire question,-Jlr. Pai-lts—yon have known’this’defendant a long time. What in-o Ins helots, loo.se'or otherwise V' -i - ’i’li: r.v«s fhv-Vi‘’ , t.i,o./.K'dr,' T f'iti'hih;dW,fttKrtr -•k.’ .)T •■ ■ - r S.' >•,**. f~-., -. . , -tid •»* •”, ‘ tnc ai'iji's,---ifcUccrLaiiuy tOu arbor wnjstod lor • ’ k .Yuu can tukigybur scat* Mr; Harks/ \ The Jufksonville : tUrociiies. When’.General Hunter sent a a negro regi ment intnFliiridii.'it was.supposed to-be with the intention of making, a permanent oc’ciipa-, tion of the State. The . negroes captured Jacksonville arid drove the rebels away some, distaiieo, showing ■ themselves to he good sol diers, and behaving w,idi great moderation' towards the inhabitants. Reinforcements were sent down to tliom-Va Connecticut.arid ■Maine Regiment—and clioro seemL'd tri ’ho every prospect thatFlnrida would be eeinplete ly taken out of trip hands of the rebels. . But just as everything promised well,.an order came from (General .Hunter -recalling the whole of .otir . troops’.to ■ Hilton Head in stantly; It unused -groat, excitement, hut it' must he obeyed. The White soldiers then begun to . pillage and . destroy,, and scenes uf hiHTor were enacted its disgraceful as those 'committed by English soldiers in Spain or in India.- The Union families, in the place were, in despair, for they knew the fate that, awaitedf hein when the rebels again got pos session-'of tho town. They '-hurriedly got tin hoard our transports, leaving everything they'possessed’behind, and just-before the last embarkations,' some miscreants.from the while regiments sot lire to the town in vari ous planes, iiud in a little while nothing was loft of Jacksonville ’ bam. heaps of sum king ruins.' • This is the innst outrageous not committed by. Union troops since the war began. Tito expedition of Jacksonville proves, to have boon not only useless, hut atrocious. It is pretending-to excuse General Hunter for re-’ oallirig the troops, by saying that they were wanted for the attack'on Charleston. But, ho knew they would he so wanted, and he should tint have sprit them to Florida until alter Charleston, was taken. As it is, ’the ex pedition li’ris disgraced the' Union cause, by the wanton destruction of a beautiful town, aud it has exasperated the people of Florida, worse than, ever,: This-is'the second ur third time that 'Jacksonville has been taken’and then abandoned, and now in all the region rpiiml about wliore.it once stood, where thorp wore formerly many Union men, there is not nno’ left. Who,, is answerable for. the 'wretched, policy ot capturing towns and then, without reason, abandoning nr des troying them ? It is .said that the command or of the expedition and the colonels of the white regiments -found it impossible to re strain their-men when they began 'to pillage and destroy. The black soldiers, however, were restrained, and took no par' in the vile work. If the, commanders could not restrain their men, they are not fit to have: com mands. The Government owes it to itself and to the country to have this matter inves tigated.—JJullfiin. (L7* A young lady was thrown from a car riage, and on being asked whore she was in jured, most innocently replied; , ‘Down at the surprise party, when Tom Skillmau wont home with another girl;’ B@y”A witty dentist having labotediri vain to extract a tooth from a lady’s mouth, gave up the task, with the lidieitnus apology: ‘ The fact is madam it seems impossible for anything but to come out of your mouth.' JIT'If is said that under the now tax law, the annual tax of A. T. Stewart, the great Now York dry goods man of Now York l will ho about $25,000. JjCT" A perfect acorn -was recently found embedded in tho centre of one of t'mso im mense trees which abound in California, and which, from tho layers of wood around it, must have boon there f.r 2300 or 3000 yelirs. Cy” Spring is welcomed to tho trees, be cause they tiro relcaved by its approach. Gov.Soynioiii’s VCtai Mc^snge. State or N. Y., Executive Departs* bt, I Albany, April 2), 1803. J To ihc Seiiaie T return without my signature the bill en titled “ an Act to secure the elective franchise to the qualified voters of the army mid navy of the State of.'New'York.V It is so clearly in violation of the Consti tution. in the judgement of men of all par ties, that it'is needless to dwell upon that objection to the hill. . While it only received' in the Assembly the number of voles neces sary to its passage; somcof those who voted for it openly* stated their opposition, to the men ure. . • - , The hill is not only unconstitutional'liui it is also extremely defective ami*highly, objec tionable. ’ 'The time yet remaining of the present rcs-;. sion will ,not permit me- to .specify all the .b -jections to its details. It does not require the proxy of the soldier to bo proven * before the representative of tile state, hut gives the power only to field.officers df regiments-who have been recently brought, within' the. ope-. ration of the most urbi(mry : rulcs of military j government: it does,not permit the soldier to* choose the .friend in whom .he would most, conlidc/as his proxy,-but requires him to se lect unh, from the class of ’li'cuhohicrs who are not. recognized by our Constitution as entitled' to spoojal privileges ;. it subjects the . person appointed (though without his consent) as a I proxy to the penalties of n criminal offense, I I'l'.oo . and imprisonment, for refusing, or no -I'dectin , ' ,: ' to deposite the" vote ho receives,' though he milv believe timt it is'not gemiino ; it, provides no ine-'Mis'of verifying at the polls the authenticity of .proxies; itn-quircathe i i spcctors to depnsiicdn the ballot box, under the penalties .of a criimnal offense, the ballots receive I with any proxy, however much rea son there may he to doubt its authenticity: it allows proxies and ballots to -lie sent by mail or.othcrtvi.s6, which permits a messenger lO' be selected* by, other, persons than the voter;' It'doos.no't-require the mc.-senger to be sworn ; ifdoesmof require- him to'deliver the proxies and ballots to the persons named iis, proxies, but permits him to destroy orchango.thc prox ies, and ballots <»r deliver them’ to any u.ii ’sworn and unauthorized person hc-ipay select;-, it does not'make the chniigc'oy destructiou of the'-baliot*. except- by the person, appointed proxy, ly criminal-offense, or punish such' as act imbny .manner.;' it fails to protect the ft crecy of the -ballot-; and it requires, the per son mimed us proxy to dqposito in the ballot box the ballots delivered to him witlva proxy, by-an unknown- person, although ■ they *in ay bo different from those he knows were sent.-, by the voter. This brief will be sufficient to satisfy all of tlu£ many opportu- - nitics this bill affords for gross-frauds upon the electors in the army andmpbu the ballot, box at home. The;depusjt of a ballot is a final .and irrevocable act, and the people will never permit ballots'to be received unle-si w.ith-nbumlant guarantees iha-l' they.ary,., be-- j yim'i) doubt, the of (j;Xiris.in coolly!*/ y-.thy J i ill of electoral purity and independence, it .is well f-a'id- by Dr. Llioijtnv in - his -work on •'Civil Liberty and ’JSi*ll’Cihviirni»ioijr,* 71 timt ‘**-nll .-fi.tec(iiun,s,'' must ' btr -superiotcadiM by (.lection judges' and-,dicers,’-independent of the executive' or.any other organized or nn organized po.wer -of the .government. . The imloeencyas well as thc-absu'rdity. and im mortality’of tli.c government reui.ihmonding what is to be voted ought never- to be permit ted ” Trio bill'not only fails to guard against abuses and frauds, hut it offers every jmluc’o ment and temptation’-to puroetralo them, by those winy are.under the iimn'.i liiite and par-; ticnlar, control of the general gm'enimenr..-*- Tl.mt government lias nut hesitated to brier, fere directly with the local elections by per, milting oHicors of high rank to engage in them i-n States of which they are not cirizens. In inarked instances.-high and pinlilnlile military commissions have been given m those wlin have never rendered.one d.ivof military drtty. who have never been upon a haf.le flul.il,. hot.who, have been in, the receipt ol military pay’arid-military honors, to support them in tlioir iritnrlcrencc, in hehnll ol the administration, with the elective franchises of different sovereign and loyal .Stales. Not only have, sonic thus’ he’on rewarded for going beyond’ the ■hounds of military pro priety, hut ntliers and Mihonliniito ollicei's have been,punished and degrade I for the lair lint independent exercise of their political rights, at their own homos, nod in the perlor tnanen of. tlieir civil duties. 1 call the alien lion of the Legislature and the public to the following order : Wait Duimiit.mkxt, Adji't.ixtOkxkb.v-'s 1 OtT.icn, Washington, Jliinih t:t. 1 rtii:!. J ..Special Oruf.ks, No 111). (Hxt'iict.) 31. Jhf direction of-the President t lie rid lowing officers are hurt!,by dismissed the ser vice, of the United Stales : Lieutenant A. J ■E.lgerly, 4th New . Hampshire Volunteers, for cirenlntinf/, “• Copperhead. Tirhls,” mat dointj all-in his power to promote the success of Ike rebel cause in his St-lie. By order of-the Sra;reiarv War. L. THOMAS.’Adjutant General. To the Governor of New Hampshire. I regret to sav that I hatfo ample evidence that this order was.issued in the terms above recited. ... This order, unjust and unworthy in its purposes,, and. most offensive in ri-s terms, punishes a 1 citizen and a soldier fur sup supporting a candidate fur the office ol gov ernor in his own State who received many thousand more ol the votes of its electors than any other candidate lor the station, in cluding the one who represented more par ticularly the views and purposes ut the na tional a Imiiiistrntion. Such nets are more disastrous to the cause of our Union than the loss of battles. Such violent measures of partisanship weaken, divide, and distract the people of the North- at the very moment they are called upon without distinction of party to make vast sacrifices of blood and treasure to uphold the government. Notwithstanding the notoriety of these acts, the hill I return throws no guard around the rights and Hide-, porulonee of our soldiers in the field. An amendmont designed-.tn prelect Uiem against onercion and fraud was rejected In one hrai.oh of the Legislature, . I deem it my doty not only to state these objections to the hill as reasons why I eammt sign it, hut also to protest in hehalt ol the people of this, state against the wrongs ol which I have spoken, and for the further purpnse.of securing suoli discussion in regard to them, when the constitution is amended in pursuance of the recommendations I have submitted, that the legislation which may ho hereafter had, shall ho calculated to secure the rights of-ntir citizens and. soldiers, and to punish'every attempt to invade their rights by-force or by fraud. I Imi vno Sbi'Mouu. (fy” A young Indy in this borough is so re fined in her language, that she never uses tho word " blackguard,” but substitutes “ Alri cau Sentinel.” "OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT-EUT BIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 7,1863, But, sir, this penplb of the whole country niiil of the eivilizcd wp’rl-1 -have beheld worse scenes thnnjcven those enacted in imr midst, 'fills House (has been i’hviided. The princi ple iff piipn'fnr:representation, on which tlie theory of l-ht-s Government is’hasod, has- hocn itssailWl in flifr .illegal and brutal arrest, of two incinhc-fs of the Congress. The diiiiior.-rhlft'goiitleh’iiui from Maryland [Mi - . May] 'early-Toll’a-vicliin to the spirit, of executive usurpation, which has smee*sprcad like . a'n.'ovf)' shadow.-over .dm entire land. He had da-md, in an hour of envenomed ’popular-Ttmpiy,--to -raise', his -r. dee in this 1 Fall and assert! ip -no suppliant tones, h.is rights as 'a-lveprohehlativo. He had dared to-as sert tlint-tlior Ooimtitii’ioii of -the •i-m'ntry-was binding'in ail its'.previsioiis, Lo lino; o r pei'-’e its well as id lime of war. .i.rl lii.it In* nllegi anco \vn;f dap .-ti). it’mpd not t.) the pamy n hid) hail ashoifdfltj^ntix, -r tramplihg it’-ni dor- t!ii|n-’.feetk’filii i'm- e . r-'-’u of hi-, atid’oiililcif’prerogative as .. ’. ,-g -d.i ~r. and in accordance; Avitli his m-;.--- ol iln'v im a citizen. lieJiad .lir-mgS! lor.varl ine,isnv.-s hero looking -tii a-sp -edy i.-el pe;i----l id. s il-n ,-tion oftlnit ijniiatiir.l,l Striir which ha, Inrned .enr rivers, to iihifid ainT iim- i enr mice I'mlnr iml borders .with-a thiinsainl miles of grave yards—not tlie sweet’ vesting plug* of .ilnom who lie’ ih'iVri to sleep -loteiher, in. pence at the;closo-of-nappy lives, 1-nt vdiece -h'ysrili; specters-will fwover Imiin'. i-.e- and vex. timtr’wilii shrii'l.,--■ I nn lyiA’gJoito; For those iu); I ’. I'l.f duty as a llcpr-cooitnlt-yc, and.these aAs-t-hme. sir, I’m lumnr’iili!- gc’ri •tlenian froii' '‘Airylanl inn arrested.- unit’ made to’ fool the,iron, of ludple d cap iwTf y mo tor his soul. T-lio sanptnarv of Ids homo 'was invndsil at e tdnight, that lit lour for.lhe ;’is siv.sinat.ion or liberty, by an unknown hand of armed nieriS* ’who■ scnrclm-l -every privacy of doiiies .ij/yKi. and tl.icn l-v.--s him with vio. !c jee I'l-nn ■i’ , v..’;i.g’iin-l d-licnle -hi’mily, -w.il h.- that total’oc’c'.to’’ a;oOiv ’n.nd do,=pair„ X'* l f j>c r (Miiio'fhe r-r'lions I tics. w’hich 'lt rrn'l.Willin'? of lull-- I ors and, ti.r-- r ikev>, io-indicl on nu’il' minds and. on;i !J‘ .Ik-;*. urus.; Ifc, l.ipg-j (.shed In-dd'e of tii e I tit ;-.s of -ii vo'X k n'd/'t.h a-!'•’. y ■ i n‘flts' of sen U n ols uncif the -caprice of. the- iV'cnrnMrn threw upon tho doors of 1:1.-? coll.and told him to->o. I Ah ho \ViKs_un ,, . , .'t(’ 1 without charge, yru’ ! ; y off no - -offence;-' Imprisoned without •■authority j of hvw, puni*hed without tvlnl, • so, In* wa« J roloiiscii fro in conlinemO'Vt wilh mt amcxnla- nation and without-a hearing.under theF -nsii ■Vuthiii;’ This. care., in a Cow brief sentence*, comprises tho übimaie point of a wanton and T«ukless-.iltis|iutism, Ami ‘what I have s«IJ of it appliesbi-principle with (ho saym force, in the eu''d of tho honorable gmitjeVuan from Illinois,.. LMJv;A!!(;n.]- Bdh arc. ropre-eiita tivea of tho people on this (!nor, and l»oth luive-boon subjected to pnh'shnnmt duo alpno to criminals by tho arbitrary ami lawless edict of one man fid* tho ,a yorc-iso of l.lmir opinion:?. Bir, do we live in :i: republic or an absolute monarchy? I« (his an American Congress .or d Roman Senate in the most nh jnct xlays of tliq Roman -onitdrH? Is (his an assembly-of fre.omen’or a French assembly in tho-days of Louis XIV.? Ilmr mmdi nun*e are we excepted .to boar? What deeper de gradation is to bo ’ inflicted on us? Tf one. member of this body can bo arrested fir bis opinio. is and.made to food on tho damp vapors of ,a living‘tomb during tho. pleasure of tho Kxcmitivc, so can all the rest, of ns who. do not, with baled breath, and words of whispered humbleness, bow ourselves with eastern adulation at (ho footstool of power, ff these things are to bo borne, tho hour for. a Clromwcll has arrived, and these wills will nevcragaln' respond with the video of lihertv. Lot the Victors advance and bind ns -with cords and sc airge ns itvdho open market places as t.lio unworthy successors o r a nobler and prouder Taco. Lot tho pilgrim of future times.visit not this dishonored Hall, hut go and.linger in the old and deported one. and draw inspiration from Urn glorious memo ides which hover, over it. . ThovoVos of the mighty, dead, in behalf of freedom of opinion,* freedom of speech, freedom of tho press, and tho supremacy of the Constitution, yet seem to echo from it* venerable wall ; and its place in the history of the progress of lib erty is as secure as tho battle*licld of Bunker Hill. Sir, ntn I to ho tohl Mini there whs cnnao fnr iho arrest ami iinprisiimneat nf these goalie moil ? Wini Jiiros to s;iy so ? Why .wo.ro limy not IricJ lor thoir iiilcuses, ami, il guilty. punished ? Who will assort that tho thou sniuls who have been imprisoned without uuthoril.V of law and discharged without trial wero criminals? If. tliov 'wore, a doable infamy awaits the Executive aiid tho agents of liis usurpations, for liberating upon souie ty unprosucnted ami unpunished offenders against thu laws If limy aro tho dangerous criminals -whioli they are daily described to ho. then this. Administration, has corruptly uompouiidod with felony, and made itself a parly to treason liy'refusing to hring thorn to justice, even when thoeriininnlsthemsolvos protested against being liberated without a trial. B«t, sir, I deny their guilt ii. every instance ; and in doing sn, I plant myself nn the plain preempts of the laws of God and man. I have hut little indulgence for this constant assumption of guilt against citizens who have courted trials, and whom you hare not dared to try; The presumptions aro all in favor of innocence whore just laws prevail. They are in’favor of guilt before trial only in tho minds of tyrants. But, whether guilty or inrtocent, not one single provision ol the Constitution Inis at any time or place boon complied with in the treatment of citizens ar rested lit Government. oHieials. ■ In violation nf the Constitution. American citizens have been arrested for using tho freedom ol speech. . . , 111 violation of Iho Constitution, their hous es have been forcibly entered. ■ In violation of the Constitution', their pa nel’s ha ve been searched. “ JA violation of the Constitution, their ILLEGAL ARRESTS, &c. EXTRACTS FROM A S P : B EC II Dcliocred in the. Bouse of J’cpresetUaiices bp Mr. Yoßuees, of Indiana. ’ The damp vaults of Venice and the fearful caverns of the Spanish Inquisition yielded up' their horrilile'secrets. The Tower of Loudon, tliatinealanchiily tiimbof geniiiiis and of beau ty,, the .imperious formed' Henry. VIII, the. headsman's as, the reeking block, all. became di.stiiiet toiiny view : anil looked, as it wore, face ti) face in to the friglitfnl, appalling eountenahon ’of .tyranny, I studied Us ■ ferocious- and’, revolting fcratiiros in .the light of historical associations. But when I canie tplyellect -on ail lids, and reason; from cauefy.Vto-effect, .1 found that precise-’ ly. .the siiiije terrible’ pviiicq’do- of -oppres sion which’has disgraced the past, and’ldled other countries with tears , and blood, was triuinphiilgm my very presence. I’ turned away, and tfuk my ‘‘ appeal-from tyranny, to. Uod'." persons havo been seized with armed vio lence. • ‘ln violation of tlio Constitution, they havo been deprived of liberty without due process of law. In violation of the Constitution, they have been held to answer, infamous accusations without presentment or indictmentof a grand jury. • In violation of-tlio Constitution, they have been carried out of the State and district in which their offenses, if ajpy, were committed. Ih'viohition of the Constitution, they have; been kept in ignorance of the nature and cause of the accusations against.fhem. In violation-of- the Constitution, they have not boon confronted with tho-witnes's against them,. In violation of the Constitution, they, have not boon-'confronted with- the witnesses against them. . ; And, in most supremo and wicked viola tion of. the Constitution, they havq boon denied counsel for their tlcfLMisc., and' inform ed, An all the insolence of a fanatical disro-’ irard of every principle of llumanily as \v.oll as law—'. ’ . - “ Thottho Goncral Qovornmcmt will notrocot;- nizo jniy.pno-jii- nn allonioy for polilioid prisoners, .mid will look, with distrust upon all applications for release 'through such clunmols : and. that' such appliesilidns will lie -regarded as additional reasons lor declining to release ’such persons.''' ' Sji% I challenge the worst ages of the most profligate ami corrupt dcspo.ta for a more in t,durable, picturc-of personal outrage thair-is hero jirescntwd.' In prisons, in dungeons, in cells, in solitude and desolation of heart;eiti zens,.of this free .country, are threatouod wijtV ■.iijiM’casod punishment if they 'res-»rt to the f>>i!y possible mode of approaching those ip power to obtaiiv infornmiion or .trial with' a view. liberty. Many new olfensos, un known to the (.’ouMUution and the* laws, ‘ 1 1 :iV=‘f; KoOn ci'oate'i by the proclamation bfthc .lY.tccn: ivc, and to thoyo must ho aldrid that it is u crime for a.n inuoi-cnt ‘man, overpow ei'c 1 by uulno i-’ul forei', and wearing away !iis ji v inj'.rivm. t «.* .'Mi.ip! j >y e. *ms"]. tu so •m-f' lor him the heu'dU oi the laws ol’ the bind. Sir. posterity will -hold hi remembrance tlie an 11 lot's oi t iiesiy out ra I —-I ■o i IVo-'ident and Ilia Cabii'ot.-b-in order to exeerate the pr-Mti tutinn which almy have made of iln-ir oiiioes to the overthrow of'the Cmisiifu i m. When they retirc-froin Hmir o>:.iltc*l positions, and dt?'iv;:,l to I. l l ti ipjiet walks of '.privaie hbd . ro tip? Voioe-ol partisan applause arid ,i;U‘‘re ood ll.iuory will no longer roaeii their oar,'-ami shut our truth'from their consciences. let them spend the. evening of their days In poo over*iho wr.o.tchedncss they have s > nee llcsdv ami wantonly caused bet 'heui recall the tears of hitler grief, bereave ment. and shame which they .have caused delicate and tender women to weep as they implored their jailors in vain for relief against outrages which the pen blushes, to record; 1/efc them visit the mad house, and, listen to the .shrieks and cries of } heir inmates,! as-they p du* lorth their AVaUiorrs, the:'BlnUtore'd ,_d.-j.mc .of g. t\.-'*?,»■ ;T*hn^ which earUi .can ‘prcsciit ~«.i m v.uina— ‘iLVa'.dd^a'p Vfiibh Td .‘TbVjr oiaudi whSelf hvilj acminipany their. • iianierf piito- 'history. And il ilreama conn? to;' them •'in; tlieir sluni- b.'M-.s, Ift Ihcoi-.droam'of- - the poor .suicide’, •Vwliy* communed in solitude . with ’ h.is sad l.hearl-,' muM, his room djecamo 'filled with smido\v*and impaljnible forms, which mocked | Ids agony and despair, and .who, to escape • (Vorii his- Unlawful imprisonment, launched his nuked-soul into the ‘mysterious realms of iho-inSnuo. and apppctireil for trial before*a compassionate God.' -;Lot them awaken to. hear the - heart broken sobs’ of.the widow.' rind-the pitiful bun an taf ions of the father Jess. Let them make some a r onement-for tlie grief they .have inOn-tel. by looking into all thede failed horrors wh eh titoir system of infernal outrage, has, l;>r.> light. upon unoffending' men and women. I speak not in mali,ce. I wish evil to no man bn earth. I feel ; piiin- to know -that I indict it. But if-I could forbear to* speak- with indignant emphasis ou this subject, f. would feel (bat the .bond of sympa thy which binds me to, my suftbring'Tcllow- mcn bad - been broken asunder. I would icel that my heart was an outlaw from the sacred precepts of the divine Nazarcno, wjm pronounced. tho njcrciful' blessed because they showed mercy. But it is said flmt this,system of open dis regard of the Constitution, and the arrests which have been made under it, have been necessary to the stability and existence of the Government. All the world kn j.ws that this is false. . Neither insurrections nor in- vasions.have taken place in- the loyal States of tho Union. The courts of justice, have nevo»* fur 'moment been disturhed : in the discharge of their duties by any of the oiremngraneca attending this civil war. Kvcry . function in tho machinery of gov- ernment Inis been free to act. Does this Administration distrust tho entire judiciary of the country, tho clerks, the sheriffs, an I (hejuries? And in what way has the \vh do body of the people shown that tho safety of the Republic requires Hint they should have a master? Sir, I-scorn to pursue (his thought.- I spurn from me, at once and for- ever, this base, false, and dangerous plea of necessity.' What is there to.Amrinaus worth preserving, if the principles of liberty, tlu* doctrines <d'tlio Constitution, shall perish? Wo hear much stormy declamation about the life of the nation being hi peril. It is true. U is-a Uy imperiled on all sides, Biu. d *i-a mere land and water, mo.ro extent ot soil, constitute tho life of thin nation ? No, sir : immortal liberty is its life : tho soul which animates llm body, and without which tho more form of our Government will ho a c dd and lifeless corpse. Wo aro asked to, make war cm this vital principle, find suhmif 1 1 its destruction, in order to preserve the Union. You mi "lit ns well ask mo to drive the due: ?or into my . own heart in order to preserve my life. [ recognize no such monstrous folly. The Constitution is my country. and I liiivo no country outside of its provisions. When you require me to* destroy it, or eon* sent to its destruction, in order to save my country, you require a paradox, which »s the natural offspring nf that unreasoning fanati cism which shares so largely in the ori;_;rh of our mealclndy national disasters. I will not stop hero to denounce thin nrppi moot of necessity as'tho uniform plea fit ty rants who have sought, to destroy liberty in all atfes of the world. Tho children in our schools are familiar with this truth. It has passed- into a proverb, and has the sancton of universal human oxporio’nue. But in close connection with this familiar household word jif' Star Chamber oppression, another and kindred maxim of unlimited monarchy has boon thrust upon tho country by the support- ers of tlio Administration now in power. — Loyalty has received a new definition.' The doctrine of, tho Tudors and tho Suiarts Ims been revived, and now opco ?noro xtn;U; forth in tho habiliments of royalty on iho stage ot men. A prominent citizen of my own State, occupying temporarily. a high oUl* ciul position, has announced that loyally to the Government no longer consists la obodh mice to tho laws, in support of the Constitu tion, and, in devotion to the ,Hag,-but in a blind, abject, unquestioning, 'and'unreason ing obedience to the measures of those who . ar.e in power. lie fails to perceive how an American citizen oan'be faithful to his alle giance unites he concedes the principle that the king din do no wrong. He has studied this heresy, doubtless, in. European courts, and desires to transplant il to these shores.-? And if it-should bloom here, it would- bo as live-deadly upas tree, under, whoso blighting shadovv every green and beautiful*thing dies! Ail civil,, rights would perish.. The. courts would stand adjourned in, moot no more. Tho scales of justice would ho broken and thrown’ away.' - Tho; temple - of Janus would stand wide open,-and. wav, tlio sport of .kings and the min of tho people, would wa.de tho coun try C’revef; The .sovereign voice of.the mass es would--be'silent and sillied in their throats. It would he dangerous to, think',’ and children -.would' lib-longer ho. educated to .enlighten their niinds, but simplyTd.devolhj)‘their'mu's-. ides, wfih* which, a a slaves,' to •• ork for The tax gatherer,-or as-gladiators to enter tlio arena of ambitious, wars. Tho prison-houses, would,'pyertiow' \yitli all wlio dared turomom her tlmt they were once free, ami death/in its most'appiiUing aspects, w’ouhl -Imld'-high •carnival on the’ gibbet. And over all, and supreme above all chock, restraint, or re .'spnnsihility, would reign'.the sovereignty, of orje iiigui. - •, S r, : need f ask whotber the publie.mind o.f this country-is ready to receive cabnlY and submit to the' pi ain .'and dn 3 viJ Able consequoi).’ ces of such abounding principles? Are Aiueidcan citjit'.nb; ready surrender all. ,all,- . adwulnt.dy’ all liiac ’ri iider-i llfe.a, ld«T.>iug ami redeems their - citizenship from, being a byword and .a reproach ? 1 will, not insult the proud from which wo snrang ; [ yvill iwt mock fIIO momovy of ihc dcml \,'ho' have died for lilmrty nr. Irnh bt'mNphores j I ; will not impeach r.h,o pu i'y cf. (h.» bjool’ < which Hows-in_ American vein -by rhitcratilv: 1 this (-pn'--tb)n. It his l.rvm ansiyomd mo::e tlnui a 1 ivo’aoiinl' ti.iv: - all ca-ly in coum.H iii.ni in the Held, by the groat r.ic i lo which'vre bidong. ami (be Amcric. in poopii*. are ready to ,answer, it agun. (bir rem Vo ance,-;tor.s beat.down tho wn-rb of Ibnue and bumbled rbc.pride of the.world’s into the dust, Tlmy broke the ll'nn ui y->ko which Ckosar tda.ced on their and turned and tram pled to.denth tin' nation whic.h had p'hetnr ted-their.mi-ty regions, and awakonod -them tb a snuserof their pn’.ver and their -.destiny. Their'descondnnt'i fur two thousand years, in all. flip wonderful vicissitudes of history,/have idnifeil under and resented and resisted the insolent spirit of encroachment, - invasion, and nsurpathm against their civil and. tlieir religious liberties," They have met tho de grading demands of executive tyranny-at their' threslmhlsi in, whatever forms they .have! boon advanced. Sir. this.is.the race''of liber-. ty! I Commend the study of its .1 11 tnry to ’those who .the-ina-• ie.:a ; »n ' \\) •V’b'UYo' , f-ii dl* I»\as. WpylA by its- wls (loin and its 1 vlc*VAli//vlf r S.io‘nd an iho iron -mailed gofcrii inent: it has of the cross and, planted ChrLsfuiqycivilfzafibm on every »h *ro nod beneath evefy sky; it. has poured the beams'of the usnftH sciences into the dark - nnd wnsle piano's of* the earth ; it has'carrieV the refinements of th'e arts; to the savage for* esrs/and. caused the. wildehinss' to' bo . tra’na formed Into’the abode of learning ami- geni us; it lias thronged every. ocean witfrcom iiiwwm it has spoken the great emporiums of trade into • existence ; it has defied every barrier of nature.to resist its adventurous spiritit. has played with the fiery -elements • d'lhe physical, world, and thorn' as. obedient nervaijj-s.in the grand.inarch of its gigantic progress; and in the mid-U of all this, and under all cireumstanecs, it has waited on the fortunesand-'esponse l tho-causc of liberty with the uumeasurod'dovotion ofiv knigbt-erranfc of chivalry, and the undaunted courage of.tbn Toon Heart. • Snob a race will in}.:e no step backward. It will submit to no diminuthm' of Us glory. Ttwrill surrender none of- ifs high prerogatives. Uovnlutions nnd cdianges- may retard ita : progress for n brief season, but, they‘can no more'defeat its ultimate success in all that, is groat iu con eeptlon and sublime in nxocntmn, Ilian tbo storm,wbiedi lashes fho waves into fury-can anniMlato the ocean. My faith,- whioh brightens the future to my eyes, _ia-founded on (bn blo-w] wlrch tho American people have inherited from thU lofty race. It will never bend the servile knee-to omculive dictation: ft wears an e-vcf pr>r,t and an elevated crest. Ir has defied the insolence of power'in every age of its history, nnd il defies it now. Yes. sir, Uie American p-viple have suffered ’ the outrages of exccuiivo nsurpati ms, and they have solemnly and’ deliheia’ely. uttered their defiance, The voice "f the D-mms, tl»e voice, of John Hampden and the voice of Patrick ITonrv. owing. u give mo liberty, or,give nm death.” were nil Oone.eotratod In the voice of the pe >ple of this country,,ns oxpress.odat the ha.ll a-box ip the mr nt elections. ■ Much Ims been aaid in regard to the mean- Ing of-these. popular os There arc many issues before tho conn'-ry, ami [ shall not at rhN time seel; to bitm-piet at length the pu'-bc will *m anv other than the One I have cmmavured to discuss to-day. • . It is tine, however, lha. lids Adm'nistpa linp stands condemned by the peo.plein every essential part’eubir. If no danger pusessos the public confidence, ’Tr> is waging-a war vrldcb it is no longer pretended is to restore Ibe Union as onr fathers made'lf. Tho don- <oitnMon.il rights of Mio S.n r e, lir.vo been aboli'd ed I*v prnelanintifin. n» >*l Mint p -rlio.i ~f (hr* chives which nre n-»i to hr, liberate ■ hy Mm sword nro ro ho paid for by direct tiirca tinn. A will* Mum conduced is a fraud on mlMi m* of rotors who h.-m* hitherto sustained if. fm failure ns-n mined v for oui\nat.ionnl (.•iMamlti'-s is palpable find absolute, even if war. under anv cimunstam'os. ouiM have brought m a restoration of Mu* Union. The-m ami kindred questions were decided in ecr’nip ami dN'innt tones at the hallot-hos in Octo- ber nml November; but T can do no more than give them a passing ;illusion on this oe- But on the question of the integrity nf the Ouns'itution. and the pyilm-Mon vrbU-b It af fords t“ the citizen. Mio voire of the people comes to our ears with a sound equally plain and clear. It vans out from tho cities and plainvthe mountains and tho prairies, in stern denunebp im- of every infringement which this Administration Ims made of. that holy instrument, and in fnvur.of. the preser vation of civil liberty, whatever else might perish. It demanded, not only lout the pris on doors should-mil bade nod t'Uo victims desivdism be yielded up to the gudvdhvuHblp of tin* law, it demanded also, in the sov «--wi",n and imperious tone . f u free people. Mini the audacious and d. ngerous principle on which' arbitrary nereis have b(*(*n made, and speedy and public trials denied, shall bo at. ouee and forever abandon 1 :-! in the must open and explicit manner. Nor, sir, will the • people give any second warning on this sub i jeot. They intend to be obeyed; They know ■ themselves to he masters and not slaves. If i the peaceful .'admonition of the bellot-box goes unheeded;if the reasonable end earnest re monstrance of an enlightened and patriotic people is lost bn those who seem drunken and mad with power; if the insane wicked ness which has ruled thia Congress and launched -the present Administration on its schemes of ruin cannot bo reached and re strained in its destructive career by the popu lar .voice coming up here in all its impressive grandeur; then the sword, the sword, sir, must once more in (ho annals of the. world determine the ancient issue, so often baptized :u blood, between the absolute power of One .man, ami iho inalienable,indestructiblerights, bf the mr.tjf,ss. , X speak-plainly. Tho tiino for words without moaning has gone by.— Yen'm;;y pas;; this bill to protect the 1-lxeeu tl vs ipid hi;: agents in theoscrciso ol arbitrary .power, from the- conscciicnscs. of their, own aetf. ..You may place thorn above all rbspou .sibi’.ity. You may.'elevate tlibm above tho, law, and.say that it siin.ll' have:no. claims on thorn lm‘ the.violations it lias spSTered.- ..You may say that the victims of their barbarous' oppression shall lie dumb in their;presence. You may say. that the citizen shall have no legal red ress for bis wrongs. , You may'sanc tify power and 1 onllaw liberty.■ Sir, no such law can ba-.enforced. ■ It v.-il 1 net, for one liiuiiienl,. be obeyed.;. The courts .the Constitution, and so will the people, bub. they will-treat such a law a.-; tbirras an intru- ; der and a. miscreant on ilio-sfatutebbok, and biil'ifdelianoe. Sir, we must look tho-roality .in the'face, thoogli \vo s.iiuddor-at itsteVribla matures. Vfii arO.ti'eadir.g on .the thin crust or a lliiin'ilig -vMeaho. 'Thoro'is coining, woo and disaster in toe very,air around us. .-.The .(.■eiiiof of the approaching earthquake is yisi- . bio in ti c ground ini'which, we tread. Tho signs.of the dnvasUting whitdwirid ;arq.gath eriug in the angry sky over our heads. Al ready the-deep uinUerings of its wrath can .ho heard in the distance. Will .you stand ■ still Xu 'stubborn mutiny against tiled-aging: elements 1,1 popular indignation which injus tice mid ppUticiil debauchery have aroused, and bo eru.drfed ? There is but one pathway of escape and safety.’ It .is the. pathway on which the light of the Constitution is shining in all its original luster.' ft is-, the pathway of the fathers,'in which the -footprints of' ,\V-a-.liibgfo,u an'd the sages of that hallowed period are yet plainly visible, -ft is the path way of justice, of truth, and of honor. It is the pa-tnv/ay of. constitutional freedom, and loads to niuioival life," union, and peace. \ . Mr. -Speaker,l sun dona. I take leave of this-subject. A greater or nio're important ' one to every generation, of men, in my judg meet, was never .submitted to the considera tion of a legislative, body. I have-confined myself to the discussion of a single issue ; but ; the'principles' which'govern it' are Imperisk? able—lnstinct with eternal life; clothed with 'immortality.', Thbpvondeat works of human ■ hands decay ; the brightest-models of human i- ;v;U-itna ,I'y o aiul'fjivo plaoa to-others; ' ■ Uo.vurr.i,rents ave, vuelvct to and fro by fierce. ■ revolutions', and Uvit.to the earth to rise again ■ . in,some now lorn)'; “ i. brief ,j>hirmiy, soon -to fake- up our'abode in ■ ■the silent JVocropi/lis.—the, city'.of.the dead; but lluertv, MjjEirrv—that divine emanation ■ from the bosom c'f tied- to the-.soul of man —• 'will survive every mutation, every shock, .every change. But' if wo expect to retain ■ the illumination and, glory of its presence on those shores; if wo.expect to transmit to our posterity the exalted' and priceless 'blessings . .which it bostow's ; if we expect to escape the,. • reproach'of. being false, to the groat trust which ■ our-fathers reposed in our hands for future ages'; if wo .would a void, the utter and ■ absolute'overthrow of every'principle whioh has signalized this Government as a Ivopub lio, and, not a despotism ; if wo, standing here on this narrow isthmus'of time which’divides the living and the dead, with the graves of our.ancestors, stretching back into, the past, and-lho advancing footsteps of rising genera tions coining up in thofnturo, would fleo'from the just and'awful condemnation of both, we must return; —return - without delay—to the plain, the safe, and the immutable precepts .of the .Constitution. Lot-those who control the Administration' now in power give oyer their'wanderings into dangerous latitudes. —• Lot' them hastily retrace their steps, and take their stand within the limits of the law. . Lot' them abandon their impious claim of power b.-it -ido of the provisions of the. Constitution. Lot them, purge their minds of-that mad ness .which dares to treat American citi zens as slaves. Let this bo done. and .pub lic, confidence will unco;'more brighten the face 61 the 'country, and a non’ strength will spring op'from a sense of-..public se curity.’. Let tliis be done, and though deep - and dark calamities niay overtake ns, yet the primary and fondainehtal object for which this Government was founded—the establish men* of liberty—cannot be defeated. 1U however, the present policy is to'be pur sued ;if there is to be'no', change iu the de structive career which now usurps and sup plants the Constitution and the law?, then I declare my solemn belief that a scene of ruin is near at hand-in this once favored country* more mjurnful .than that over which Marius, wept on the plains of Carthago*.and more terrible' than tin* picture ofdesolation which marked tho destruction of the holy city of David. CoNcr-C>:ivK .Evidence. —Several years ago, and so m after tho anti licoiisejaw. wont into force in tho Croon mountain State, a travel- Jcr snipped at a hotel ami called for aglass of brandy. ’ twf » D nj’i keep it/*aid the landlord ; * forbid doiv liy law to soil liquor of any kind.' * The douce you arc/ said tlie stranger,, in credulously. k Such is t!io fact/ said tho landlord, 4 1 don't Ucop. it.* b • ‘ Xhou bring, your own bottle,* said the traveller, with decision; ‘ you need not pro tend tome that ybu.kcep that face of yours: In repair on water/ , The landlord laughorbcartily and brought his private bottle. BIT” ‘ I say, stranger, ’ suul u cottrige urchin' I.) a sfiuil;w puiilur, ’ don’t yer whistle era tliy um.’ . ' ' ■' 1 Why. lie Insin't no use no how, he’s-100 y.’' 0!i, tuit ho saves heap of wort.' ,r o'y-’ ‘ Why ho always'licks tho plates and digti ok so clean that they never want wanWie.g— ami mammy says she wouldn’t part with him ,im hW, for our new dog ain’t gut o.sed to mustard yet.’ , . ■ 1 Man proposes, and God disposes/ said a pious mint to her over eiinfld put niece, 1 I lot a man propose to mo if ho dare/ was the response, ‘and I’ll dispose of film ac cording lu my own views, ns ho suits mo/ |£7' A farmer likes cold weather at tho proper season ; laden early fryst iu autumn goes against his grain. NO. 47,
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