.Ain main VOL. 60. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ftItMHED EVERT TttURSDAY MORniMD BY JOlltf B. BRinON. TERMS: tfrisekUPittOK. —Two Dollars If paid within the jrttr; and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, i.'not paid Within the year. Thcso terms will ho rigidly ad hered to in every itteloneo. No dis continued until ell arrearage ** are paid Unless at the option of tho Editor* Anv/iiTi.iijniJMTb—Accompanied by UvacAsn, and hot exceeding oho square, Will bo insetted three times for Quo Dollar, and twonty-fi Vo cents for each additional insertion. Thoso ,of a greater length In proportion. JoB-PaiNtiNO —Such as Hand-bills, Posting-bills Pamphlets, Blanks, Labels* Ac. Ac., executed With , oouraoy and at tho shortest notice. ' ffartifal. AWAY TO THY HOME IN THE GLADE, br HRS. 8. r, RESERVE HAYES. Awny to thy homo in the glade, t'ot tho track of the rod man ia thorp; And thy wifo listens faint and dismayed, As their war-cry rings out on tho air;. \Vhilo thy children have coaeod from their piny, And are shrieking in holploss affright; O, why did their father delay, 6 Whilo (ho savage had come with tho night? And well might the roscsllntcd check, In that perilous hour grow pale ; And well might those helpless Ones shriek) As tho.war-whoop is AUlng tho valo» Then turn from tho buffalo chase. And fly to thy homo in tho glen, Or tho scalps of thy loved ones will graco Tho wigwams of demoa-liko roen* tlo ! swift bear mo onward, good stood. There is death in tho stops of delay j X ? ail mo notin tho. hour of need, Wo must come with tho dawn of tho day. Tho wild savage foo little doomed Tho horse and his rider Wore thofo; Of die title's sure aim never dreamed, Till Us bullet had spud through tho air. And then over the prairie they fleo, , Like tho wind or tho wolf-hunted deer; And thy loved ones arc saved unto thoc, Though tho nugul of death had been near. Then turn to the One in tho sklos, Who the,hand of tho spoiler hath stayed; Ami lot prayers of thanksgiving arisn Prom the hearth of thy home in tho glado. ISPIR)-\O-(rMIDS—“ BY FANNY FIELDING, * I’ll choose n trade," a senseless wight exclaims, 41 An cosy one, to quickly fill my purse, That gives delight without hard labor’s pains- I'll thus escape our father Adam’s curse. “ Old ‘Mother Karth’ I do not care to till ; ’Ttvould spoil my bunds so dulimtu and Gno ; But of the best I’d cat and drink my fill, Then pull awuy ut a long fragrant nine. '‘A stove-pipe hat I’d place upon my bond, Upon my hands I’d dm a- niy’whito kid gloves In Binning boots my feet should proudly tread. My tailor’s bills coo gently, like tlie doves. 44 My trade (plebeian name) shall f'»rn«sh mo, With everything my senses shall demdud; My cap of life o’orflow right merrily. And gold accumulate at my command.” Ho thought of this and that—discarded both ; Then oast his thoughts o’er all earth's wide do- mains, And settled down at Inst In faith Was ware, that ho could prosper by Ms hnxintf * 3HififEllnntn.ua.- An Infamous Act. Two Yount/ Girts Tnvc!</lcd into a House of Prostitution* On Wednesday morning Inst two young and genteel looking girls named Cara "and Flowery Kmmery, came hero from Pittsburg to see their brother, who is a member of the 187th regiment. Soon after their arrival, the regiment was suddenly and unexp uto.lly ordered to leave for the front, and marched the same day, before the girle had an oppor tunity of communicating W'th their Mother. The result was that they found themselves in e strange city alone and unprotected, and without money to pay their way home.— While Wandering aroud the depot in a disoon solate frame of mind, they were approached by a military officer, who it seems understood and designed to take advantage of their help less condition. After a brief conversation with the girls, in which be expressed the Warmest sympathy for them, he proposed to conduct them to n private boarding house whore they would be entertained until such time as they could procure funds froin home. Believing the man to be honest and sincere, they acceded to his prposition, placed them selves under his.protection, and were conduc ted by the designing villian to a disreputable house in Cherry alley, known as the “ soap factory.** After their introduction into this den of iniquity, their pretended friend, throw ing off all disguise, boldly avowed bis object in takiug them there and sought, to aoom plish his vile purpose )' but the girls now aware of the true character of tho house into which they had been inveigled, and roused to indignation by the deception practiced up on them, and the infamous proposition of the unprincipled scoundrel under whose protec tion they hod placed themselves, firmly and successfully resisted his approaches, ana com pletely foiled him at every point. As soon the girls could make their escape from the vile den they did so, and called upon Mayor Eoumfort, to whom they told their touching *™ry. and claimed bis protection. After a thorough investigation of the case the Mayor satisfied that the girls were innocent, and impressed with the truth of this statement, with proverbial hospitality entertained them at his own house and procured free Passes for their transportation to Pittsburg, jar which place they left on Friday night.— ihe officer who decoyed these girls into the fewest sink of iniquity in our city, nnd base ly platted their rum, gave the name of Bell wan, which no doubt was a fictitious one.— fhe developements made by these young girls led to the arrest of the keepers of the AJMj factory” and all the women connected With 1 1.— H*rritburg Union, 03* There ia a great deal of dying for love kers' 11^8 ' k ut it is generally of the whia* Mm. Tom Thumb, it is whispered, ®°9 a “be as well as could ba expected under the clroumfltanoes.” A Thrilling Incident of the War. Wo find in tho Courier des Elats Unit tho following touching narrative of an incident in tho siege of Charleston, taken from the Mervury of that oityi The Yankees from time to time throw a anell into tho city* and nobody seems to mind u ii S* “wfortttwa Willed that yesterday a shell should throw the entire community "in to mourning. * Miss Anna Pickens* u»o daughter of our lormer Governor, never consented to leave the city- Despite tho representations of General Beauregard, sbo remained* braving shells and Greek fire, tending the wounded aha cheering oil with her presence* Among bounded officers under her care was Mr. Andrew de Rochelle, a descendant of one of the noblest Huguenot families of the city.- This young matt Was full of the liveliest gratitude for his fair nurse; gratitude gave birth to a more tender sentiment; his suit was listened to, Governor Pickens gave his consent, and the marriage was fixed for yes terday, the 23d of April. Lieutenant do Rochelle was on duty at Port Sumpter in the morning, and it was de termined that the ceremony should take place at the residence of General Bonham in the evening at seven o*clock. At the mo ment when the Rpiscopal clergyman was asking the bride If she was ready, a shell fell upon the roof of the building, penetrated mj 0 room w hore the company was assem bled, burst and wounded nine persons, and among tho rest, Miss, Anna Pickens. We Cannot describe the scone that followed. Or der was at once re-established, and tho wound ed Were removed; all except tho bride, who jay motionless upon tho carpet. Her be betrothed, kneeling and bending over her, was weeping bitterly and was trying to staunch the blood that welled from a terrible Wound under - her left breast. A surgeon came and declared that Miss Pickens had not longer than two hours to live. Who will paint the general despair? When the Wounded girl recovered her con sciousness, she asked to know her fate, and when they hesitated to tell her, “Andrew*” she said, “I beg you to tell me tho truth.— If I must dio, loan die worthy of you.” The young soldier’s tears wore his answer, and Miss Anna, summoning all her strength, at tempted to smile. Nothing could bo more heart-rending than to see the agony qf this brave girl, struggling in the ombrance of death and against a terrible mortal pang. Governor Pickens, whose courage is known, was almost without consciousness, and Mrs. Pickens looked upon her child with tho dry and haggard eye of one whose reason totters. Lieutenant do Rochelle was the first to ppcakr u^n"nn,”h^”oried7 n ‘ too, but I would have you to dio my wife.— There is yet time to unite us.” The youn«r girl did not reply, she was too' weak. A slmnt'flush rose for an instant to her pale cheek; it could be seen that joy and pain were struggling in her spirit for the mastery. Lying upon a sofa, her bridal dress all stained with blood, her liair dishev elled, she had never been more beautiful.— Helpless as she was, Lieutenant do Rochelle took her hand and requested the Rev. Mr. , t Dick inson to proceed with the ceremony. When it was time for tho dying girl to say “ Yes,” her lips parted several times, but she could not articulate. ’ At last tho word was spoken, and a slight foam rested upon her jipsr The dying agony was near. The min ister sobbed ns he proceeded with the cere mony. An hour afterwards all was over, and tho bridal chamber was the chamber of death. Tiinn.i.iNO Adventuhe on the Plains.— A San Francisco print relates tho circum stances of a most heroic and intrepid act, on tho part of a Indy, which was performed Inst month in tho Indian country. About thp 15th ■if March a telegraphic despatch was publish-, fd in the papers, telling the story, to tho of fe t that tho Overland Mail stage cob. h had lieen attacked by Indians near Canon Station and tho driver killed. On tho 27th, a lady named Mrs. John |II. Gerrish, with tier child, arrived in San Francisco from the East, via the Overland Route, and put up at the Occi dental Hotel. She was tho only passenger, beside her little one, in tho very same coach on the box of which tho driver was shot by the Indians. Tho despatch, therefore, was true,'but thfl whole truth was not told. Tho details of tho affair, as narrated by this lady, are. moat thrilling, and herself the principal actor in thOtri. Instantaneously with* tho shooting of the driver. Mrs. Gerrish leaped nut of the stagei, leaving hor child within.— At tho same moment, four or five shots were fired by tho Indians, one of which struck a horse in tho head and he foil. Sho instantly out. him loose, mounted the box, and seizing the reins, applied the whip vigorously. Tho driver on being shot; fell hack into the hoot behind the sent. Tho three horses were put to the top of their speed, and continued run ning far about two miles, when luckily tney encountered another stage from the other di rection. In this there, was a number of sol diers, who instantly came to the aid of the heroine, when she and her child were releas ed from their perilous position. Mrs. Oer rish is a young woman and of delicate phi sique j but her conduct during this frightful adventure exhibited courage and presence of mind rarely equaled, and never surpassed by the sterner sex. She is a native of Ohio, andhadbeon on a visit to her Atlantic friends. She went North to join her husband, Who is at present in Oregon. Pictures. —A room with pictures, and a room without pictures, differ about as much as a room with windows-and a room without windows. Nothing is more melancholy, par ticularly to a person who has to pass the time in his room, than bleak walls and nothing on them, for pictures are loop holes of escape for tho soul, leading to other scenes and spheres. It is such an inexpressible relief to a person engaged in writing or ovan read ing or looking up, not to have his lino of vi sion chopped off by an odious white wall, hut to find his soul escaping, as it were, through tho frame of an exquisite picture, to other beautiful, and, perhaps, heavenly scenes, when a fancy for amoment may revel, refresh ed and delighted. Thus, pictures aro consol ers of lonelines ; they are windows to the imprisoned thought; they are hooks, they are histories and sermons, which wd can road without the trouble of turnifigover tho leaves. “Thera is a time for all things,” said a crusty follow to his wife.’ 11 I’ll behove that," answered his wifo, in a 1 sharp vulgar voioo, " when you pay for your newspapers. Hit him again, bid woman. (£y» A Cincinnati editor says that he has many a time seen a man on skates jump twenty-four foot. Luoky ho didn’t say yards fpy then we wauld not have believed mm. " OtJit COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT—BUT EIGHT MS WRONG OUR COUNTRY." NEGRO EQUALITY. SPEECH OF SENATOR HENDRICKS. Delivered in the United States Senate, May 2, 1864, on the Bill providing for Oenerat Emancipation, and in reply to Mr. H ale -of New Hampshire, Mr. HENDRICKS. Mr. President, oa I said to tho Senate yesterday evening, I do not not intend to occupy tho attention of tho body but for a, low moments ( and I would not have boon induced to say a Word of a po litical character except for the suggestions made by tho Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Hale,] in his speech yesterday after noon. He look occasion, in arguing the sub» jeet before tho Senate, to make a very grave charge -against tho Administration of Mr. Bucjmnan, and to soy that during that Ad ministration the war commenced, or at least eleven States weie lost to the Union. Sir, I am no extravagant admirer of Mr. Buchan an. I think he committed some errors, but I am not willing in the Senate to hear so grave a charge made against him and make no re ply, when I think tho charge cannot ho well maintained. In tho first place, the Senator was mista ken as to the number of States that seceded during the Administration of Mr. Buchanan. During the last few months of that Adminis tration seven States seceded: the States of South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Ala bama, Georgia, Louisiana anid Texas. After the incoming of tho present Administration four more States seceded, to wit: Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina.— There is a very serious mistake made by tho Senator upon the question of fact. But, although not making the charge di rectly, he allowed it to be inferred from what be said that the Administration of .Mr. Bu chanan was responsible to a very considera ble extent for tho commencement of hostili ties. I do not agree with the Senator.— What had the Administration of Mr. Buchan an to do with the commencement of hostili ties ? Mr. Holt and Mr. Stanton were both members of his Cabinet during the last months of that Administration, and one of thorn is now a member of tho present Cabi net and the other holds a high office, and both aro regarded ns very potential in tho present Administration. But, sir, I claim for tho Democratic party that it did all that it could do to avoid the commencement of these hostilities. 1 shall not go over that subject in detail, for it is well understood by the Senate, except to call the attention of the Senator from New Hampshire to the fact that during thg session of Congress immedi a'oly-preceding tho-commeneementroftho present Administration, the Democrats in this body and in the other House did all in their power to adjust tho differences between the North and tho South, and to avoid the calam itous war that has come upon the country.— Can tho Senator from New Hampshire say so much for his party ? It was stated by Senator Douglas in tho presence of the Senator, that if tho Republi can party of this body, and of tho other branch of Congress, would do as much as the Democrats would do in tho way of adjust ment and compromise, there need he no trou ble—the conflict of the sections might be avoided; and tho Senator did not deny the allegation of that distinguished Senator. It stands as a statement then undisputed in this body, that if the Republican portion of tho Senate, and of the House of Representatives, had been willing to do as much as the Dem ocrats would do, we could have adjusted the questions in dispute between the two sections, and have avoided this calamitous war.— When the proposition of adjustment and com promise came to a vote in this body, I be lieve every Democrat then occupying a seat here voted for it, while every gentleman in this body belonging to the other party voted against it. The same is substantially true of the history of that proposition in the other branch of Congress. Then, sir, I think tho Senator cannot well say that Mr. Buchanan’s Administration or the Democratic party, at that time, were re sponsible for the failure of the efforts to ad just the questions in dispute between the two sections. I will not say that the South had cause for the course they pursued. Seces sion had not justification in the fact that a northern party succeeded and that a section al President had been elected. But will the Senator deny that if n sectional party had not succeeded, and a sectional President had not been elected, this trouble would not have 'come upon tho country? . While 1 do not justify the course that has been pursued by tho South, but utterly condemn and repudi ate it, I say that if a sectional policy had not been pursued on the part of the North, en couraged and participated id on tho part of the leaders In the South, we need not have had the present troubles, which are so ca lamitous to the country. The Senator also said that tho Democrats were Indulging tho delusion that if their par ty could succeed they might bring peace and prosperity again to the country. . Sir, I do indulge such a hope, and t think it is not a delusion. It is a hope based upon the expe rience of the past. lam not ashamed of that party. I believe the Senator himself once did honor to that party by advocating its principles and fighting for Its organisation. I am not ashamed of the history of that party. It fought for the Constitution afld tho doctrines of tho fathers. It re sisted sectional organizations and the tri umph of sectional sentiments, and. while that Democratic party was in power in this country we bad no sectional troubles that could not easily and speedily he adjusted. The Senator referred to the few Democratic Senators In this body, and said that when they spoke it was “ like tho voice of one cry ing in the wilderness." I thank the Sena tor for the illustration. That voice was the voice of John the Baptist. His voice was to prepare the way of the Herd in the Wilder ness, and to make straight a highway In the desert. If it should ho the fortune of the few Democrats who ore in this body and of the Democrats in the Country to prepare a highway in which the people may again walk in prosperity and union and in harmo ny, I shall rejoice in such a resnlt. The Senator also referred to the taking off tho head of Charles I, and he said that the Democrats might as well good-naturedly place their heads under the axe and let them fall. The Senator did not do well to depart from his first figure. Ho ought to have stood by his first illustration. John the Baptist, who .raised his voice in the wilderness, lost his bead, and why did the Senator odhere to that illustration t. Why was he beheaded f Because John the Baptist denounced incest in the palace of the king. Why shall Dem ocrats lose their beads ? Because they de nounce the evils of the times ? Because they denounce tho corruption that is found in high places 7 Because they denounce the depart ures from the Constitution and tho teachings CARLISLE, PAt, THURSDAY, JUNE 11,1864. of tho .fathers ? Of tf hafc sin feus the Demo cratic party been guilty that it should lose its bead 7 Has it not stood by the Qonstitu*- tion ? Has it not appealed to the people to stand by tho teachings of the fathers ? Has it not foUght for the institutions of our coun try as they are based upon the Constitution, tho basis that our fathers established for them Why, then, should woltlaooUr heals ? Ay, if it is to gratify a king Upon tho peti tion of a dancing girl in his presence, let tho head be taken if wo have done sin; but if we have but fought for tho right* If wo have but contended for the doctrines which have brought such prosperity and greatness to our country, I think we shall not lose our heads. The gentleman ridiculed and jeered at the possibility of a Democratic triumph in the future. lam not going to discuss tho possi bility or impossibHity of such a result. I pray for it. The condition, of tho country cannot bo worse than it is now. If the Dem ocrats succeed in securing an election, they can but fail in their efforts to restore the Union upon the basis of the Constitution.— We can try, and it fccertain that any change is better than the present condition of affairs. Liberty cannot be less secure, our institu tions cannot be less permanent under some other Administration than under the pres ent. The Senator, 1 thought rather unguarded ly, said that,this was tho day he had long desired, the day ho had long prayed for. I have heard thrift sentiment from pulpits, and ; seen it in the columns of fanatical newspa pers, but I had not before beard it in tho Senate of the United States, a body in which men are expected to express well-matured and considered opinions. What does the Senator find in the present condition of his country at which ho should rejoice? Is it in the fact that we are engaged in a war. up on tho most stupendous scale that the eye of man has ever witnessed? Is it the fact that we have called into the field above two mil lion men from tho North, and that, in pro portion to their population, a larger force has been called into the field in tho South ? la it in the fact that one tenth of tho people of the North have boon called from tho pur suits of industry to the pursuits of war, from the business of producing to the business of consuming and destroying 7 Is it in the fact that instead of producing and lidding to tho wealth of the country we arc consuming and destroying it? Is it in the fact that of these 1 two million two hundred thousand men that have been called into the field from tho •North during the past three years more per haps than two hundred and fifty thousand of them occupy tho green graves along the bor der? Is it in the fact that in two hundred and fifty thousand homes there Is mourning and sadness instead of joy and rejoicing 7 Is il'iu the facOharineteau of the mothers and“ wives of the land being happy and rejoicing they are clothed in tho weeds of mourning?. Is it in the fact that we see upon every side of us our returned brothers and friends, one with an arm gone, anotherwith another limb gone, health destroyed, and happiness de stroyed, and happiness departed from them ? Are these- tho sources of gratification to the Senator and the party ho represents? Is it in the fact that during tho past throe years and the year that is to come we have im posed upon the people of tho United States a debt of §4,000,000,000 ? The Secretary’s re port will show so much, but I think it is known to Senators that when this war is closed, if It'be closed within the coming year, our national debt must bo §400,000,000, — What is the proportion of that debt to tho property of the country? I turned my eye this morning to the fact as stated in the late census; “ The marshals of the United States wore directed to obtain from the records of the States and Territories respectively, na ac count of the value of real and personal estate as assessed for taxation. Instructions were given thesejoffloers to add the proper amount to the assessment, so that the return should represent as well the true or intrinsic value ns the inadequate sum generally at tached to property for taxable purposes. The result of this return by all the census takers ■will be found in table No. 34, whereby it will appear that the value of individual pro-, perty in the States and Territories exceeds the sum of sixteen thousand* million dollars, representing an increase of one hundred and twenty-six and a half per cent, in ten years in value in the aggregate, and nn increase of sixty-eight per cent, per capita of the free po pulation.” Then the value of the personal and real property of the people of tile United States, North and South, is stated in the census to be $16,000,000,000, and our debt at the end of another year will be $4,000,000,000, being one-fourth the entire property of the people of the United States, North and South ; and there Is to be added to this the enormous debt incurred by States, by counties, by cities, by towns, and by townships. What they will add to the burdens of the people of the United States 1 shall not undertake to estimate.— Perhaps I might say one-half of the general debtor the United States, Then, sir, against the property of the people of the United States, North and South, of $16,000,000,000, we haye nn idebtedness by the General Gov ernment, by the States, by the cities, by the counties, and townships, of $6,000,000,000, more than one-third of the property of the United States, Hoes the Senator contemplate with pleasure, that Upon the people of tha United States, there will be at the end of the coming year a burden of debt such ns is nut borne in comparison to their property by ttnv people Upon earth 7 I suppose the gratification of_ the Senator arises not from the effects of this calamitous war Upon the people of his own race. He knows there is no happiness, no prosperity to come to them from that. lie knows that there is but misery, death, destruction, em barrassment, debt, bankruptcy to tho men, women and children of bis own race. But I suppose he is gratified when ho contemplates the effect upon tho lour million negroes in the South. Is tho Senator right sure that it is going to add to tho happiness and prospe rity of those pooplo in tho South 7 Is ho sure that tho four millions Who. at the cotdirienee mont of this War, had masters to tako caro of them, if turned loose and made dependent upon their own efforts for their subsistence and their prosperity, will be happior after that state of things than they were when they were taken care of by their masters In the South? lam sure that is going to be so. The Senator contemplates that they will be free, that they will go when and where they please; but when they came into the North ern States among a people not accustomed to them, and commence to crowd tho free white labor of the North, these unfortunate people will come in contact with a northern preju dice that will be bard upon them and their prisperity. But, sir, with all tho calamities and misfortunes that .have befallen twenty six million white people, the Senator is gra tified when he contemplated tho happiness that may possibly by chance come upon four million negroes. . Does tho IViStoty .of the last year and d half justify the Senator’s exultation and joy? Let gJnj.R O along the Mississippi, and instead of ttuding tho negroes there happy and iudus trious, he will find them without protection, dnd, aft the reports* Are* without provision and almost without clothing, and a largo number of them prematurely dead. The Se nator from Kentucky [Mr. Davis] suggests to me that at least two hundred thousand of them have already perished prematurely.— And yet with this state of facts before the Senator ho expects a good time for these un fortunate people yet to come I Are they to remain among us? I can say to the Senator that they never will associate with tho white people of this country upon terms of equality. It may be preached ; it may be legislated for ; it may be prayed for \ but there is that difference between the two races that renders it impossible.* If they are among us as a free people, they are among us as an inferior people. The Senator trom Delaware [Mr. Suulsbury] most happily ex pressed it, 1 that this difference of tho races is not chargeable upon us; it is not chargeable upon our institutions; it is nut chargeable upon tho condition in which these people have been kept for many generations past; it was the pleasure of God to mark that dif ference upon the races; a difference in intel tellect, in tastes, in all tho qualities that en able a race to go upward and onward, which God himself has made and impressed upou them. I will twit the Sctintol' If he can to the negro in any land, in any age, in Which his condition was better, in which his physi cal conifol'ts Were secured to H higher degree, in widen his intellectual and moral elevation was promoted in a higher degree, than in his connection with the white people of the Uni ted States since he Was brought to America. What was his condition before he was bro’t here? Had ho any rights then that were re spected even bv the rulers of his own race? He was brought here n slave, a barbarian, knuwipg no rights to himself, enjoying no rights, ignorant of that religion which has been taughf him in this country, lie has been elevated, so far as ho could be elevated, by bis contact with ttie white man. Ido not believe in this notion that is going to himself if tho influence of the white man is removed from him. His ten dency has been downward when not in con duct with our superior race. Then, sir, I find nothing in the past history of this race, their history in Africa, their history in the islands near by our own coast, their history in the free States, their history *in tho southern States, to encourage the sentiment that grati fies the Senator so much, that they are to be so much blessed and elevated by the change that Is to ho made in their condition. Mr President, I will TiorVote for 'tho Vesi> lution that is before the body. I do not in tend to discuss the merits ojvdemerits of the proposition of general emancipation. That question has been sufficiently discussed} per haps, by other Senators. In the first place, I will not Vote for the resolution because I think the times are not auspicious. It is not a favorable time for us to lay our hand upon tho work of tho fathers. Our Constitution was made after the war of tho Revolution was closed, when peace had returned, when there was hut little party predjudico and strife in tho country—a time moat favorable for lay ing the foundations of government. Our fa thers were statesmen, taught in the scenes of the Revolution. They laid tho foundations of government; and, for myself, I am not willing to disturb them in these times of ex« citement and strife, . Ought not the people deliberately to con sider any proposition for nn amendment of the Constitution 7 Ought it not to be consid ered more deliberately than any ordinary measure of government or of administration 7 Sir, what is our condition 7 We are in a state of war. The minds of the people are greatly excited. They come to conclusions now not so much upon reflection and argument and reason as they do upon the passions of tho hour. I ask Senators whether a time like this is favorable to consider amendments of lb* organic law 7 Besides that, there are many of the States that are especially in no condition to consider amendments to tho Constitution. Three fourths of the States must agree by thdir I,eg i-latures or by conventions to this amendment before it shall become a part ot tho organic law. Let mo ask tho attention of Senators 1 1 the condition of a few of the States that must assert to it before this measure can be e'omo a part of the Constitution. It may be that twenty-one States could deliberately con sider this question. It may be that Califor nia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, lowfl, Kan sas, Maine, Maryland, Massachiissetts, Mich igan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jer sey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West ern Virginia may be in something of a condi tion to consider the proposd amendment of the Constitution. Those are twenty-one States, not two thirds, much less three fourths, I ask Senators, then, in what Condition are Ala bama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia to consider amendments to the Constitution as Well as ours 7 Is this to bo a Constitution for Lousi ana as well as Indiana, for Florida as well as New Hampshire 7 Then, air, if It is to be their great law, to Which they will owe al legiance arid render obedience, shall they not be in n condition to consider so important an amendment before It is proposed to them 7 _ DC? The negroes In Jamaica, after enian* ciputiim, used to go through the streets sing ing such jargon ns the following | “ Onej two, tree, All de same j Black, white, brown, Ail de same, Ail de same, One, two, tree.*’ This Would be n most appropriate song for the universal nigger to sing in our churches and ail over the land at the present day. DC? One day, at a farm house, a wag sttw an old gobler trying to eat the strings of some nightcaps that lay on the ground to bleach. “ That,” said he, 11 is What I call introducing Cotton Into Turkey. D"7*A person who has been , traveling “ Down Bast,’’ says that ho saw plenty of pine orchards but no pino apples. The New'York Evening Post beseech es its party to lay aside the name of Itepub lican and adopt t:i at of Demscrat. It will not do, Mr. Post, Satan' wpuld be Satan still, even If be put on the wings of aa on* gel. IC7* A pickpocket is said to have been do ing a good business on the linos of railroad out West, by going into a car, refusing to pay hi» fare, and picking the conductor's pocket as he is putting him off. fMtirnl. THE CLEVELAND REPUBLI* CAN CONVENTION: Four Hundred Delegates in Attendance, GEN. FREMONT NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT-. Geru John Cochrane, of New York, for Vice President. TltE PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS. Cleveland, 0., May 31, 1804. Tlio Convention opened to-day with some thrdo hundred and fifty to four hundred dele gates in attendance. It was called to order at 11 o’clock, A. Jt., by Mr. Gilbert, of New York, on whoso nomination ex-GoVbrnof Johnston, of Pennsylvania, was chosen tem porary chairmnni 'Mr. Johnson, on tltking tho chair DHolly and eloquently returned his thanks for tho honor Conferred upou him.— lie hoped that the proceedings of the conven tion would bo conducted so as to strike witli a force and power worthy of the great Ob jects and principles We httVo in View. On motion, Mr. B. U. Urtfokstljf Califor nia, and Mr, Wolfe,of tho District of Colum bia, were appointed secretaries. A enrtimilleo oh permanent ofrftttiisWtion Was then appointed, who reported the follow* ing names fur officers of tfit! Convention i •for President —General Juba Cochrane, of New York. Vice Presidents —James Hill, of Maine; Parker Pillsbury, of New Hampshire; Wm. Casey, of Vermont; Edmund Tuttle, of Con necticut; Rev. Henry T. Cheeber, of Massa chusetts; Joseph Plumb, of Now Vtirl: ; l>r. . L. Gremor, of New Jersey ; W. G. Sneithcn, ot Maryland; Alfred G. Lloyd, of Pennsyl vania ; Bird B. Chapman, of Ohio; Dr. Ham burg, of Indiana; Ernst Prussing, of Ulinois r Dr. T. Olahauser, of Missouri; Thomas P, Wlight, of Kentucky; J. P. Sliholt, of lowa f Q C. C. Foote, of Michigan ; Isaac Nowstadt, ot Wisconsin ; J. F. Legate, of Kansas.- Secretaries —Leonard Varidercar, of New York ; S. Wolf, of the District of Columbia ; Jas. I). Owens, of Pennsylvania; Col. Chas» Ei Muss, of Missouri* The report was unanimously adopted. The chair then appointed Parker Pillabury, of New Hampshire} and Col, Moss, of Mis souri, to notify Gen. Cochrane of his election as president of the Convention, and escort -liim-to-tlic-chair. —* Speech of General Cochrane Gett. Cochranof on returning his thanks to the Convention, said; Gentlemen i'Tile duty of this Convention will be well performed in accordance with the views and wishes of the people whom it rop* resents, and in performing this duty it Will advance to a position that must command universal Applause* A Common Ground, Wo are here occupying a common ground, that of the broadest and most catholic princi ples of democracy. We are not here for party but for our country. Three years 1150, when the very life of the nation was threatened, all patriots dropped party and rallied to the support of the country—but the hour is com ing 1 indeed it has already arrived, when the rebellion will have disappeared forever j and then it is that a free people should review the past, and erect the necessary safeguards against the vicissitudes and dangers of the future. It is at such a period you have as sembled j and, while sustaining with all the vigor and strength of a great people, actuated solely by a love of country, our armies in the field,, you are about to organize a great civil party at home to proclaim and maintain, at all hazards, the great and memorable princi ples for which our soldiers are so valiantly fighting in the field. Thus, and thus only, can the people of the land enjoy the legiti mate fruits of the sacrifices they have made. The Administration not the Government. The rebellion must bo effectually and for ever suppressed.. The Union must be pre served. We have not met hero With a view to indulge in nny criticisms with tl view to Weaken the Government, and wo are not here to throw nny impediment in the way of the march of onr glorious armies. God forbid 1 No delegate is here to occupy any position unworthy of the broadest patriotism in the breast of a true American citizen. Slava y. lie saw before him meu Who lu days gone by maintained essentially different views on the question of slavery, but events have so shaped themselves with regard to that and other great qUestiofis withitt the past few years that all can now stand upon common ground in regard to it. The effect of the re bellion bis been to destroy slavery, and the last vestige of it must be wiped away. The Syracuse Parly. He alluded to the meeting of the 'War De mocratic State Committee at Syracuse, char acterized it as an idle farce, a committee without n constituency, and assured the Con vention that the War Democracy of New York are of sterner stuff than to.be swayed or af fected by a few peddling politicians. 1 Constitutional Liberty. While we proclaim all men on this conti nent free and equal, it is oUr duty to see that such an assertion is literally true. ■ Vfa must have close and untiring regard for the civil rights Of all, for If private rights are not re spected, public liberty falls, Its basis is pri vate and individual freedom. Its method is through such rights, and we therefore de clare ourselves emphatically and unequivo cally far private, municipal and public lib erty. Dover upon any plea or occasion can the tights of the citizen be suffered to be un warrantably invaded, and without due pro cess of law. Individual rights are modified by law. If circumstances should require the enforcement'of martial law, all other consid erations must succumb to the necessity, but until then, they should not be—they must not bo infringed upon, however specious the plea. Law is the redox of order. Order is of God, aud its sanctity must be kept invio late, When that is Stricken down, then goes with it our institutions. The Suppression of Newspapers. Immediately connected with these rights is the “ freedom of the press,’ 1 and the Admin* istration or the man who would aim a blow at it is guilty of a crime hut little loss guilty than he who is a traitor to the cause of his country. Right of Asylum, Gen. Coohrane then alluded to the " right of asylum,” and declared it to be a principle of which every true American; citii'ed ought to be proud. The refdgco from the .despotism of the old world it! welcome to our chores u. d is presumed to be innocent of citinio l!(ntil ha Is proved guilty Onder the laws of this froa country in which he seefe's ah from Oppression. The Mbnrot Doclr'inZ. Qen. Cochmnn, in eortolusiortv Spoke at Borne length in eulogy of the Monroe doctrine; Saying that when We have gut through with the rebellion, os fre soon shall do,, wo, will prove to the World that we have still left to us vigor and will enough to preserve the American continent free frtim the polluting tread of the myrmidions Of foreign powers. Gen. Cochrane Wits ftrtlhUsiadtienlly cheered during tlib delivery of liisspfiech, and ro;umed his seat hntid a storm of applause. * Ad O/llces to ba Acecpitti. The delegate from lowa offered a resolution that each delegate pledge himself not to ac cept any office* trust, hohor or profit from the Admin BtrEtigu in power during the next Presidential term, or be connected, directly or indirectly with tiny Government contract. This prohibition is not to bo construed us in tending to prevent any delegate from becom ing an actual combatant in the army and hn vy. (Laughter and the resolution referred.) The President announced the following Committee oit Ilesoli/ttons. Thomas B. Carroll, New York ; K. Deni son,'Massachusetts; Francis Jlodman, Mis souri; Bird B. Chapman, Ohio; ‘Dennis Gil mer, New Jersey ; h. Haskill, California ; Caspar 11‘utz-, Illinois; James Diusmore, Pennsylvania; Ilannimau, Wisconsin; P. Pittsbury, New Hampshire ; L. I>. Baily, Kansas; C, C. Foote, Michigan; Charles Port, Indiana: S. Wolf, lliatHct of Colombia. Kecess till d&O p in. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention wasoallnd trr nrrle.r at four o'clock. , & Tho Committee on credentials reported that they found the- following States repre sented: Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, lowa, Missouri,-Michigan, Pennsylva nia, Maryland, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Maine, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and tho District of Columbia. Tho committee on resolutions not being prepared to report* Mr. Plumb, of New York, addressed the nsseinblagd iu support of ex treme radical views. Ho was followed by Col. Moss of Missouri* who assured his audience that tho work- of this Convention wiM be &-uob as will make those who have ridiculed it,-and who hn\d abused the confidence of the people, see and .beliove-that-it represeuta-a-power-that-makes— success sure. John A . Milford* from the committee on resolutions, reported sundry resolutions foe the government of the Convention, recom mending the rules of tho House of llepresen tatives, and to take the votes for candidate* by States, according to their representation iu Congress. Casper ftut£, of Illinois, opposed voting by States according to Congressional represen tation, and favored tho proposition to allow each delegation present to vote. Colonel Moss favored voting as a great tional mass Convention, each individual dele* gate to have an equal voice with his associ ates* Alter a debate Mr. Gilbert moved to strike out the objectionable clause. Carried. Mr, Carroll, ehain.iu 1 of the committee on resolutions, reported the following resolu tions 1 1. That the Federal Unlot, shall be pre served, 2. That the Constitution . and laws of tha United States must be observed and obeyed. 3. That the rebellion must be suppressed by. force of arms, and without compromise. 4. That the rights of free speech, free press and the habeas corpus be belli inviolate, save in districts .where martial law has been pro claimed. 5. That the rebellion has destroyed slave ry, and -the Federal Constitution should ho amended to prohibit its re-establishment, and to secure all men absolute equality before the law. . 6. That integrity and economy are de manded at all times in the administration of the government, and that in time of war the want of them is criminal. 7. That the right of asylum, except for CVime, and subject to law, is a recognized principle of American liberty) that any vio lation of it cannot be overlooked, and must not go unrebuked. 8. That Hie national policy known ns the “.Mon 00 doot i .0” h 8 become a recognized principle, and that the establishment of anti republican government on tins continei t 1 y any foreign power cannot be tolerated. 9. That the gratitude and support of t! e nation are due to the faithful soldiers ami the earnest leaders of the Union army and navy, for their hernia achievements and deathless Valor in defense of our imperilled country and of civil liberty. . 10. That the one-term policy for tlie presi dency, adopted by the pci pie, is strengthened by the force of tiie existing crisis, and should be upheld by constitutional amendments. 11. That the Constitution should be so amended that the President aud Vice Presi dent shall bo elected by a direct vote of the people. 12. That the question of the reconstruction of the rebellious States belongs to the people, through their representatives in Congress, and not to the Executive. 13. That the confiscation of the lands of the rebels, and their distribution among the sol diers and Sotual settlers, is a measure of jus tice. Mr. Carroll stated that the committee wore unanimous on all the resolutions save one, the last. As a matter of expediency it was thought advisable not to recommend it, but tha majority of the committee had instructed him to report it for the consideration of the Convention. ■ The -resolutions, after some debate, -were adopted as reported. . Gen. John 0. Fremont was nominated for President, and Gen. John Coohrane for Vico President, and after transacting some other business, including the reading of Wendell Phillips’ letter, and appointing a National Central Committee, the Convention adjourned sine die. PoHoiYENfiss.—There is a beautiful lesson in the following linos by the Persian poet, Sadi: “ The sandal tree perfumes, when riven. The axe that laid it low: Let man who hopes to be forgiven, - Forgive and bless his foe.” A palse-Hood. —On being shown a porH"> ! ' of himself, very unlike the . that the artist' had perpetrr* Uood. No. 53
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