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CLEAUFIEM), PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1861.
NEW SERIES VOL. I. NO 49.
fried octr(
THt LAST MAN "
NUT BY THOMAS AMI'BBLL.
( Jffimed a dream the ulhcr (xt,
U'L.n .... . ItnaH H Mtlll Htlll.
Which uiaile each uuiritanilftri;,ht with fright,
Stiff I hu puri'Uiin'g limt ipiill,
)ltlhoU(!ht that putlicmiK lnul (jrown
Toiuch vast ami niinnro'js (lie.
Hill tliera wna room lor thi'iu alono
And uone for uian beneath the akies.
Ibt beanta nJ every creeping thing
UaJ died. The lliiwor blouuied no mora,
He gra.nl mill tetiiler herlm of Spring
Were h iiliei eil on tin- ileserl .-iiorc ;
In milli'in leiiguesuf rrinuliiie
MrotrlicJ uver nil like a fimornl pall.
AnJonllie tolilunil clieerli'm scene
The ami's narw coulil never fall.
0 Arnrat's cloud-curtained peak
Ibt laft man atood with pallid face.
sirk, trembling, weary, worn and weak,
(iiil r.'Uiiiant ul a Miiutherini; nice.
! rain alas 1 pour in in ! in vani
llin fiKltipn sought that rest of old,
Fur tli'ud' ol i-Mrtc soon lillod tbo plain j
Anil bid the mountain iu their fold.
Slill h'KKfr Kr,'w (hose sphiTO of white,
I'nti' tlioy reaohod the nuiomit high.
And itreuuu'd above the wreb-hed wight,
Like ahowy banners in the sky.
The wan looked o'er tho preeipieo,
Hake way for petticoats," he, cried ,
And pluntfiiiK down the dark ubyM,
Hide ny for petticoal and lied. ,
Tiik (j 11 1" f.s e-t Max i the Woki.ii.--A
ladj w ho lives next door to the office L.f a
hhykiciiin, up tho street, heaid consider
a,e "knock in' at the door," one day l ist
iwk, and wondered why the door-bell
was not rung, tin opening the door, u
icitlant and unsophisticated man, of full
,i:eand .1 couple of years old, stand. ng on
tlif porch, asked :
lines I'r. , live anyivlcrc round
lllW?"
"Yes ; in thai house."
Mr. (ireen then commenced his "lap
I'tnjr. gently lapping," to iufoiui the doc
mi be was wnnie'l. The lady suggested
1l1.1t he had belter ling the bell. I hat
wined to strike him at lir-t us a good :
ilea, for be stopped nipping and looked !
irou'inl tho porch, cast his eye ench way i
jlonjl the side of the house "camo down
Ihealeps, looked nt the porch and house ;
unlit fIIT 1,1 - Sll-I-Pl ICIlCti SO Hill .
he could look on the roof, appeared lion
),ltlS3C'l, came lack to the porch, looked
t the Iinly who had lingered in her door
lofeo his niaini'uvies, looked at her as if
hews not ipiite certHiii whether 11 was
best to ask or impart information, but af
ter Br.olher glance around, be exclaimed:
"1 ean't find the rope!"
Thin ..villained the di-aitiointed look
,;,nn nl, ..1. I couldn't find a In:' bell on
tlic lop of the house. Tlie lady, with
(inceful politeness and gentle woids
-ivti-tly sjoken, directed him lo pull the
Ml knob. He slov ly pulled it out, held
il firm, ol course the bell didn't ring, he
held on, luruinr bis head, and, with a
lonlisli look, said:
"I don't hear anything ring- -can't you
ilimv n.e the rope ?"
'flint was loo much ; she gave up trying
tohov lm the rju-A rang the bell for
liiin; imsseil him over to the doctor and
lelireii to tell about I he "greenest man 1
ever did see "
Wiisre tiik I..n;ii Camb iv. Some
rears ago n cotiutiyman came into a law
ver'n otlice in t 'ourt Siiiare, and said :
"Squire, Nat Stieeler shaved me dread
full v veslcrd iv, and I want to como up to
liiui."
"Stale your chjc." said I) .
"Waal, I n-ked him how much he would
charge me foi .1 horse to go to Dedhani.
He sniii three dollars. I took the horse
and went. When I came back, I paid
I hree dollar.', and he slid he wanti-d an
ollier tlnte dollars for eoming back, und
made l ie pay il."
I) gnve him some legal advice,
"Inch (he client immediately acted upon
m follows, lie went lo Streeter and said:
' How much will you charge mo for ft
lornfl lo go to Salem ?"
StuJih-r replied "Three dollars."
"Harness him up."
L'lirnt went to Salem, enme back by
raitrottl. wenl to the stabler, saying:
"Here's your money,'' paying him three
dollars.
"Where is mv horse?" says Sticeter.
"lie is at Salem," says client ; "I only
'"red him to go to Salem !"
Streeter who was well known as ft prac
''Ml joker, acknowledged tho grain and
lid tho penalty.
toir An aelress connected w!lh one of
llutlicatcis, who is a great favorite with
" gallery was being complimented in
'be green room upon the blackness ol
ir. -Whv it's dyed," sho replied, with
"leumianie iranKnessoi mo n-- "
nll.-J,,, ..I.l i 1. A.. u.si..L- .n uliV
jeu. repeuieii inu uiiiei n('...v.. , .yV
fworitug us vou are, you are not yet five
wd twenty." 'No," aid tie lady ; ''but
)u know
"'Whom the gods love, dje early.'"
tfr 'l never coinnhiined of my condi..
t: .. . . l ..1: 1,1... 1
"on. -mys tho rersian ikh i, own, u
wnn my teel were oare, ami
... . I 1 I
wmoney to buy shoes; but I .net t man
Ithnnl rnn tell toil with
i. V l flll s v 1 v s-.w--
r lot."
?LQuilp says, when he sees kisses
wen women, it reminds him of two
undtome unmatched gloves charming ;
Joings with their proper mates, but good
noiiiiiig, that way I
lft. (jAiiPinl DnmliiriHki. n (listinL'llish-
d Polish otlicer, has ofl'eied his services
' ") government.
$ln some portions of Southern In-' ries saw tho work of their life-long ngita
i'i! sud Illinois, tho farmer are liar- Hon of this question in tho present hoo
retiing, less and tliuk condition of our couutry,
For tlte Clearfield Republican.!
Mr'ptts V'dItoks:
When Midlife of Jesus
lnul proved too pure to the (Scribes and
Pharisees, and His domino too heuvenly
to warrant them in the utterance ofun
open word against either, they sought, as
I the most cunning device of the devil, to
draw Him and His holy causo into the
1n.11 c en im vi puill lew. III llll, u uu :
'grade it to the work of secular mid clan
r it . .1. I
nish contention, und to imike His crown
of glory a foot-ball of their ambitious de
signings, liut His Kingdom was "not of
this world," for though in tho world, yet
was it infinitely ubovo it. It was designed
to wield its newer not over the outward,
but tho iuwurc; not over the body, I ut
thesoul; not over the State, but over tho
elements which ultimately gave potency
and stability to the Stale; not, over uc
lions simply, but motives to action; not
by interfering with the institutions of
men, but by moulding the hearts of men,
so that when they should go 10 the woik
of . "earing their institutions' for civil and
social pin poses they niitfhl go with souls
baptised in the spirit of Heaven, and thus
leave their impress there on tho systems
they should frame.
The opposes of Jesus were on the alert
for pretexts for opposition which were
never afforded by Ids course, and '.hoy
were compelled to Hume tlietn to their
wants, 'II. ey would make Him in His
claims to be a king, 11 rival and opponent
ol their mighty Ciesar that very Ciesar
whose vassals I hey thus confessed them
selves, while they aU'ected to boast that
they were never in bondage to any man.
Then went tho Scribes and l'huriicc5
and look counsel how they might entan
gle Him iu His talk. And they sent unto
linn their disciples with the Ilciodians
(when they ere ashamed to appear them
selves saying. Master, wo know thou art
Hue, and I cachet h thu way of tiiith;
neither c.irest thou for any man, for thou
rcgardest not the persons of men ; tell us,
thcrctorc, win I thinkest thou: Is it luiv
fill to give tribute unto Ctesur or not?
Hut Jesus perceived their wickedness,
and said, Why tempt ye me, ye bypoo
elites? show me the tribute money. And
tney urougiu unto mm a penny, una no
said unto them, Whoso is this image and
the superscription ? They said unto Him,
'lesur's. Then said lie unto them, Ren
der, therefore, unto Cesar the things
mvi i u i,-i a, ituu uillu JVM, inu
things that ai e duels. I' or liod anil lln
cause, whose representative 1 am, there is
a hold of labor high anil holy 1 1 is m 11 p I t o
is the soul His work, the soul's redemp
tion. Seek not lo degrade it, to enfeeble
it, to defeat it by blending it with, or ma
king it reliant on, the arm of civil power,
even though that power be Caar's. Cie
sar has his appropriate sphere. If he can
do go.nl with the power which he wields,
let him do it. If tribute belongs 10 him,
render it. lhit if there are dunes belong"
ing to IJod, fail not to perform iheiu.
.Man's reason is His superscription his
soul, God's iinane. liod-givcn nre the
noble powers ol man's nature, and lie
claims them as His tribute, but remem.
ber, my kingdom is not of this world ; le
uieinoer its province is the soul.
1 have leen led lo these reflections,
Messrs Kdilors, by the influence a sermon
prcAched, or lather a political harrangue
delivered, from the pulpit cl the Metho
dist Episcopal Church on Sabbath evening,
by the Uev. Crauthers, the l'lesiding El
der, had 011 the comniuni'y, and instead
of paying tribute where Christ asks it to
be paid, the community generally, save a
few law-haling Abolitionists, are deli luiie
ing the impudence, wiiked::ess and folly
ol this contemptible agitator el Hie ipjcs
tions which have ulready ruined the 11111
est fabric of Government ever devised by
man. 1 mean the subject of slavery.
When Republican journals all over the
country are shouting the cry of no party,
and 1'utiioi'ints are asked in forget old
lines, ard old political feuds, and join, as
I hey willingly und cheerfully do, in 0110
impregnable wall of del'enco of the con
Mitution and the union, it is in bad taste
for uny man, und ubove all one w ho pro
fesses to advocate the cause of Christ, to
descend ft 0111 his pretended culling, to in
suit deceit t people, and oulrago tho feel
ings of sincere christians, by the uttering
of his political sentiments in tho house of
God, such as were uttered on Sdnday by
this avowed hater of th laws nnd consti
tution of the country, who gloats over the
present deplorable condition of the conns
try in the hope that the end may con-um-male
the only sincere prayer he ever ut
tered in his life, und lliat was for the de
struction of tho democratic parly, un.l
the total uoohtion ol slavery. II is
pom-
pos exclamation of all honor to the I'em-
m.cnti., ,,'Uli, l',i, itfi flii'iulnn ill. I'tiir'mti.it'.
,,j jj,ll0;llljt i should have said nt
cim jC!)lo;lj mj i,i8 t.,ven, cowmdly
thank liod lor the result of that division,
;1 with um..,ing tcitainty, to his
'sentiments, he proclaimed, wiial must be
I . . . 1
new to thousands 01 earnest. sincere cans
tian members of the M. E. Church, tkul
crer tiiifC the rfcolution thit Church had labor
ctlnr the aMitinn of slavery in the iSnuth.
If this bo the actual mision of this
Church it in high tune that it was gener
ally known-und I trust some other in
,.,. ,.. (Vntl.oi-M
llLLUIllCt-t i tiv-iui' . '- "
. ,lrni,n .,,i,.i.i..iii .f l.is
- n " llie South. furtllPr cx.
pose tho iniquitous object, that honest
men and women limy select some other
place Riid creed, by and through which,
l0 vvorihip Almighty God ; for I do know
ll,ut Iht, (.'hurcli has many good members
here who were startled by such nn hji-
iiouncenient, and with fear und trembling
(lew to their 1 isiplino to inquiro whether
tho great causo 0 God required them to
make such sacrifices of sentiment. It was
hoped that when these abolition cmissA-
they would cense their insane ravings. But
It appears that the progress they have I
made r.as only uiadetiieni more hold, and
instead of calling of!' the dogs of abolition
ism, they gather now hope, and ussutue
nc-v insolence, by th snapping asunder
of link after link of the chain which
bound our happy Union together, aril
evince a determination not to slop until
every hope of the 1'nion is gone, and ev
ery vestigo of our Revolutionary inemor-
es wiped out; or until they have hugged 1
to I llpir liVtinprit if.nl lintumw i.tin, . -'iti,l...
and linali in U13 South. .Shame, shame !
on the ivicteh who so far forgets his duly
to his country and his (iod as ;o hurl forth
such loul political epithets, under thel
guise of a sermon as did ibis tkii called
u Presiding Elder! How strangely does
it contrast with the example once given
by thoso who were called to preach the
blessed doctrine of Christ and Christ cru
cified! When wo revert to (hat time,
when, in the dark hour of the Revolution
the Mill, it was bv li i el, sonli.ii men mml.i
radieut with prayers for the preservation
of the. country, and conirasi ibcm with
tho little, mean ml diityellbrt of this
would bo 'reat man, my heart sickens
with puro disgust at the spectacle. Thi'ie
was a time when our Union was never
spoken of but as a bond of strength, and
as a thing to be perpetuated as the love of
promise over-reaching llie whole land and
giving presago of a gloiious futuie to al!
we hold most dear on earth; and when
peril seemed to threaten it every thing
was firgotten and one united prayer was
olleicd up to the Throne of Grace for its
preservation. liut how changed ! The
father of his country the ininirters of
God in the time of the revolution the
consolers and liitunls of our hull-starved
army did not know Iheirduty, or wore
loo dishonest to do it ; and it was rescu ed
for these latter day saints, of u I10111 this
man Crauthers is contemptible speci
men, to enlighten the people nnd traduce
the glorious memoiies of the immortal sa
ges of the "limes that tried ineiis' souls."
liut why waste time and paper 011 the
insane ravings of a stupid, ignorant, irre
ligious fanatic liko this cheat of a prea: ti
er. We all know that such men are a
necessary evil, and that they have only
been born into the world to asist in de
stroying the public peace, and iu the end
to advance the cause of the devil and his
seini-sanclilied imps, liut one thing it
might be well for Mr. C. lo remember, as
well as any other person, that the repeat
ing of such obnoxious sentiments will be
regarded as sullii.i. nt mi. o V,. dm i.''-,
gem enforcement ol 1110I1 law. We
me in earnest, and hope ho will profit by
it. Creatures who we know would not
hesitate to crucify our Lord and Saviour
to carry out their hellish design', can lind
110 sympathy iu this community, Will
the l!ev. Presiding Elder, Mr. llnmbastus
Ciauthers, please make a note of it?
Yours lie,
Sl'lltlT or 7'i.
J.uthersburg, ,!uno2dlh iMil.
Be Cautious.
Northern journalists should be exceed
ingly careful what they wiite i:ow-a-d.iys.
Vi e notice thai Virginia and other Holder
Sialo secession journals 1110 publishing
ths ravings and outrageous utterances cut
from rabid unti-shvery journals. The
Tiiliatc is now, we erily believe, raising
more men for the South than the North.
It is quoted dnwii tliele as the Republican
organ, and nil its most violent, and savage,
and inhuman paragraphs nre fieely pub
lished throughout the South. Reliable
letter writers say that that, an I other like
intemperate papers, nre having a very,
very bad ell'eclon Union men in the sece
ded Stales. They frankly confess, more
over, that if the objects of the present war
be such as abolition sheets are beginning
to represent, that then they have nothing
left but lo join the secession ranks, 'lo
be sure, it is unfair to make the North re
sponsible for what rabid and foolish edi
tors sry, more frequently merely as inun
aces, but still it is done. Take for in
stance, tbo following senten o from 0110
of Greeley's editorials, and judge, if you
cm. i 1 8 eil'ects in the South where it is now
current.
"Wo mean to conquer them not mere
K- toiwi'wr but to si iuiiiATE them and
wo shall do this the most mercifully the! beg leave to adept tho following admirA
moro speedily we do it. Hut when the bio summary of the caso in an extract
rebellious traitois are overwhelmed in 1 from a carefully prepared am' exceedingly
the field, il must not be h return to oe, ireful I able speech of the Hon. S. A. lougln, in
and contented home!,. 'Jhey must find 'poverty the Senate of tha United Stales, March
at their firesides, and see. privation in the nn.r- l)th, l'il :
lu'iit eyes rf mothers and the rays o f children." "! prefer such nn amicable settlement
There 'is still ar.other more atrocious to peaceful disunion ; and I prel'i r it a
paragraph going tho rounds of the South- j thousand limes to civil war. If we can
crn papers. One paragraph like that I adopt such amendments us will be shlis
whieh, however, wo will nut quote, is , factory to Virginia, North Caiolina.Tenn
ttorth to tho enemy an nrmyol filly ihou- i esseo und other border Stales, I he same
sand men. I'lt'sbur, Chronicle. j plan of pacification which will satisfy
1 1 hem will create 11 Union party in the cot
Sr.x.iTon lhirci.ns' SrccEssoii. The Gov
ernor of Illinois has appointed I (rville II
ltiv,ivnin, United Slates Senator in rilaee.
of the late Judge Douglas. He is 11 lead- and accord, and thus restore, strengthen
in - Lawyer of that State, and was a prom-land perpetuate the glorious old Union lor
inent Whw uuder the old division of par- ever. I repeat, whatever guarantee will
ties, lie was repeatedly Whig cuiidi-' satisfy Maryland and ihe border Stales
date for Congress, but always beaten, hi- (the Slates now in the Union.) will e.eate
liiiriei l.nin,, ,l..ri,li.,llv Doniocratic. He a Union parly in the seceded Stal-s that
resides at Uuincy. and is full 00 years old.
The hoi.es of many that the Governor of
Illinois would make good the liepuuncan
boast that there is "no party now by
appointing a Douglas Democrat to suc
ceed Mr. Douglas, have been disappoint
ed. Danville Intilliyrnecr.
BiiY The company of Volunteeis which n will preserve peace nnd restore the
left Logan on Monday last, for Camp An- Union; uhde even disunionist. wlnJhrr open
derson, at Lnncnster, was com) oed mtitl ,, or trcrety jd 1111111 Its destruction, is the adro
cally rs follows. Eighty-two Democrats, c,tte ot peaceful secession or vfuar, cs the
twenty-two llopublieans, and nine doubt- surest means if rendering reunion and rccon
fu)4 1 tb action impossible. I have too much res-
I pect for his intellect to believe, for one
ty- "My son you must stai tup from moment, that there is a man for war who
this lethargy." "Would you have luc an is not a disunionist per se, VIonce I do
upstart, father 7" hot mean, if can prcveut it, the enemies
The Late Senator Douglas on the War.
bl'IIUTKH AND PATRIOTIC I.E'ITKK til'
0S. Mtt. VAI.I.ANDIC.IIAM, OF ttlllO.
PlIJI.ADKI.MIIA, June 21, IXftl.
7ti Ac Kilitorx of the Jimrmil nf Cam in tire :
(ientlemen I enclose you a letter fiom
tho lion. C. L. Vallandigham, member o!
Congress from Ohio. It is so bold, na
tional and pulriotic in lone, so ant to tho
condition of the times, no forcible in its
'""no '"ilhs. that it cannot fail lo arrest
intention ami secure a favorable response
ironi the fftmlul 1 ml considerate.
Al' I. :l - -f TT -11 .. . !, . , - .
11 inn; inu iveiKiu sun ring" wun euio
jgiuinsonthe departed Douglas, antl fo
many vie in their ellorts to do honor to I
his memory, this letter of Mr. Vulliindig- !
ham is eminently well timed, iu spread-
ing before the world those noble prinei-
lles und 'entimenls avowed and advoca
ted by Pouglas, and which will ever con-1
stitute llie gem which will most adorn his j
character and give fragrance to his mem
ory.
How is it, that republicans can join in
loud hosanuas over the deiul author of
these iusl nnd noble truths, and vet hunt
! down all living disciples who preach and
practice them . 1 lie republicans endorse
.ludge Mo'iglas' patriotism what is it?
Hear him. lie says, the Union can bo
preserved by j'ranting to the South its
rights: "You can restore and preset ve the
government in that mode. Yof can no
IT IN NO OTIir.H."
" War i.v ,7.vii'H. War t final. eternal rep
aration ;" "iilnte eeery it,iiitiiitixl, whether
openly or xe.vretly plottoiy its ilestrnetivn, is the
advocate of peaceful secession, or of war, ax
the sorest ntea s of rer ileriny reunion antl recon
struction inipoxniJe. I have too much res
pect for his intellect to believe, for one
moment, that there is man ton waii who
is not A nisi nio.mst I'Klt se. Ilenee I do
not mean, il' 1 ran prevent it, that the euencen of
the I 01 on men plntliay to desieo it shall
dray this country into tear, 1'NHKK THE I'KE
TK.XT OF I'ltOTEOINi; TIIK IM Ill.lc IMMI'ritTV,
AMI I NI'OIICINU THE LAWS, AND I ol I.ECTINC
THE HEVK.M'K, HIII.N 111 El II OIUEIT IS lllS
I NION, AMI M All 1 J! E Ml.ANS OK CTOM
n.lsllINO A ( IIEI:lslli;l) ITIII'OSK." ",V'V,
histmy if the world d.e.i not fad to condemn the
folly, weakness and wickedness of that mcem
mcnt trhtch ieeic its sword upon its own people
ichen then demanded iruarantees for their
rlyhts."
"Must we dcmon.itrtilc that we hareyota ,oe
trnment,anil .ocree. lcdlciaf without reference lo
" -J
in insice oJ the complaints' Sir,
whenever ten uniuO..
you with unanimous voice, that they appre
hend their riyhts, their firesides, and their faint '
II y altars are in ilanycr. It becomes a wise yoc- j
eminent to l.sen to the apneal AM) to iikmovk
THE AITIIKIIF.NSION. 1 1, story dm s hot record
an e.cnmjili' where any human ynccehmcnl has'
been stromj cnuuyh to crush ten million; of people'
into ndijicllcn when they lelnoed iheir ri'hts'
ami liberties were imperilled, without first con
eertiuy the yovernmenl it-rlf iito an nhmule
despot, sm, and dcstrnylny the last vcstiije of free
dom." When the democratic rank and file
read the language of Judire Hoiil'I: s, will
they not require a republican administra
tion to lestrain itself within the limits of
I he const it 11 1 ion? 1 hope you will find space
for Mr. Yalhindighain's letter entire.
W. II.
Letter of Mr. Vallandigham.
Davtox, Ohio, Mhv Ui, isiii.
To Mis.sf.t. 1,'iilutfil II. llendfiihtani,
X. (1 (h,l, .l,. lulu, Met 'lell.tn. 117
'ifa .. W'thlr, Simon (lidilimiii, .Am.
(!. Laminis, D. If. ,.,,. '. H,!,,,!,
Juliii II. Joins, A. (!. Cliiidriiiiliui,
II. l I'loiiqh,.!. ('. J-'itm'rs Hint II'.
IK. Srltrlt, 'Jliihlliioii-n, Ohio.
Gentlerren : Yours of the 'Jth inst.. re
questing my opinion upon certain points
connected with what you justly style the
present "inglorious, and U may be.blnody
war," has been received. That opinion
was long since formed, und was repealed-'
ly set I'oith through the press or by speech
and vote in the House of Representatives
hist winter, and roiitlirnied in a card da
led on the 17th of last month, a few days
alter the commencement of the war. Hut
inasmuch r s I never had ucension to dis
cuss this particular question at length
1
ton Stales whiuh will soon embrace a hugi
majority of the people in those States, ind
bring them back of th-ir own free will
' will bring them buck by the voluntary
action ol their own people
X on can res
tore and preserve the yovrrnment in that motlc.
J oh ran do it m no other.
" War is diiunion. War is final, eternal, sep
aration. Hence, disguise it as you may,
every Union man in America must advo
cate such amendments lo the constitution
of ihe Union men plotting to destroy it
shall drag this country into a war, un
der the pi elext of protecting tho public
propeity and enforcT.g the laws and col
led ing reveiim', when their object is dis
union, and war the menus of accomplish
ing a cherished purpose
"The disuionists, therefore are divided
into two classes; tho one open, the other
secret disunionisls. The one is in favor
of iieaceful secession and recognition of
independerice; the other is in favor cf war,
as thesir'cst means of accomplishing the
object, and of making the separation final
andcien al. 1 am a Union man, and
hence against war; but if the Union must
be temporarily broken by a revolution,
and Ihe establishment of a de facto govern
ment by some of tii" States, let no act be
done that will pi event restoration and
future preservation. Peace is the only
policy that ran lead to that result.
"liut we are told, and we hear it repeal
ed everywhere, that wo must find out
whether we have got a government.
Have we a government '!' is tho question,
and we ate '.old we must tes;. that ques
tion by using the military power lo put
down all discontented spiiits. Sir, this
question, have we a government?' has
been propounded by every tyrant who bus
tried to keep his feel on the necks of the
people since tho world begnu. When
the barons demanded Magna Charta from
King John al Runneymcde, be exclaim
ed, 'have we a government ?' and called
for his army to put down thedescostented
I
barons. When Charier 1 ntlcmnted to
collect the ships' money in violation of
the constitution of England, nnd in dire
gard ol the rights of tho people, and was
resisted ny them, ho exclaimed, 'Irive wo
a government?" 'We cannot treat' with
rebels ; pu'. down the traitors; we must
show that we have a government' When
James 11, was driven from the thione of
England for trampling on the lil cities of
the people, he called for his army, and
'exidaimcdt "let us show that we h ive a
government!' When George 1 1 1. called
upon his Army to put down rebellion
iu America. Lord North ci ied out lustily,
'no compromise with traitors; letusdem.
oust: ate that we have a government.'
When, iu IMS, the people rose upon their
tyrants all over Europe, and demanded
guarantees for their lighls, every crow li
ed heid exclaimed, 'have we a' govern
ment?' ni.il appealed lo the army to vindi
cate their authority and enforce the law.
"Sir, the history of tin world does not
fail to condemn tiie folly, weakness, and
wickedness of that government which
they demanded guarantees for their rights'
This cry that we must have a go eminent!
is merely following (he example of Ihe
besotted lioiirbeii, who never learned
anything by misfortune, never forgave nu
injury, never forgot an aU'ront. Must we
demonstrate, that we have g it a gov
ernment, and coerce obedience without
reference to tin justice or injustice of the
complaints Sir, w believer ten million
people proclaim to you with one unani
mous voice, that liiey apprehend their
lights, their liresides, and their family Hi
lars are in i anger, il becomes a wise irov
ernment to listen to the appeal, end lo
remove the apprehension. History does
not record an example where any human
government has been strong enough to
crush ten millions of people into sulijee
lion when they believed I heir lights nnd
liberties were imperilled, without first
cnnveiting the governniej'.t itself into a
despotism, and destroying tho last ves
tige of freedom,"
These w ere (he fentiinents of the dem
ocrat i.; parly, of ihe '"tmstiiulionnl Union
party, and of a large majority of the re
publican piesses find party, only six Weeks
ago. They were mine; 1 voted them re
peatedly along -villi every democrat and
Union man in the House. 1 have seen
nothing to change, much to confirm them
since, especially in the secession, within
Ihe last thirty days, of Virginiu.Ai kansas,
North Carntitia and Tennessee taking
with them four millions end a half nf peo
ple, immense wealth, inexhaustible re
sources, five bundled thousand lighting
men, and the graves of Washington v.nd
Jackson. I shall vote them nnin.
Waiving the question of the doubtful
legality of the first proclamation of April
loth, calling out the militia for three
months, under the net of 17'J', I will yet
vote to nay them, because I hey had no
motive but supposed duly and patriotism
to move them ; nnd moreover, they will
have rendered the entire service deman
ded of them before Congress shall meit.
But Iho audacious usurpation of Presi
dent Lincoln, for which he deserve im
peidiincnt, in ilnring against the very
letter of tho ooiiMitution, and without
tho shadow of law, to "rai-e and support
armies" and to "provida and maintain a
a navy" for three or five years by mere
executive proclamation, I will r,ot voto to
sustain or ratify never. Millions for de
fence ; not a man or a dollar for aggres
sive and olfeiisiee war.
The war has had many motives for its
commencement : it can have but one re
sult, whether it lasts one or litly yeais
final, eternal separation, disunion. As for
conquest and subjugation of tho South, I
will not impeach the iiileligence of aey
man among you by assuming that you
liieam of it as at any time or in anv way
possible Remember the warning of Lord
Chatham to the liiitish Parliament : "My
Lords, you ciyuiot conquer America," A
public debt of hundreds of millions,
weighing us and our posterity down
for generations, we cannot es
cape. Fortunate shnll we be if we escape
with our lil cities. Indeed it is in longer
so much a question of war with the South,
whether we ourselves aro to have consti
tutions and a republican form of govern
ment hereafter in tho North and West.
In brief : I am for the constitution first,
and at all lia.anls ; for whatever can now
bo saved of the Union, next; fur peace al
ways, m essential to the preservation of
,.;i. nM li., , - . , i.
iioivi, jub ,, uuievcr uny uwy MlinKO!
the war, one thing, at least, every lover of
liberty ought to demand inexorably : that
ra i lil- . . . . .
ii snail ne carricu en strictly subject to
the constitution.
Tho peace, policy was tried ; it arrested
secession, and promised a restoration
of the Union. Tho nolicv of u-n
HOiv upon trial : in tevnnlv A,-
it has driven four millions and a half of
people out of the Union and into the Con
federicy of ihe South In a little longer
it w ill drive out. also, two or four Stntes,
und two millions or three millions of pec
pie. Wur may indeed, be the policy of
ihe Eust; but peace is a necessity of the
West.
I would have volunteered rtolhing.gen
tlemen, ut this time in regard to this civil
war ; but as constituent, you had a right
to know my opinions and positions; and
briefly, tut most frunkly, you havo
them.
My only mswer to those who indulged
in slander and vituporetici, wai given in
the card of the 7th of April, herewith en
closed. Very truly,
C. L. Vallandigham.
Kroiu tho W'Hsbington .Star of the 25bV
IlEAI KEUAKI) KRECTI.VU MORE WORKS.
Fairfax Counti, I 'a., June 2S Tho en
ciuy havo recently erected defensive
works tipnn the road between Fuirfux C.
11. nnd Albert Wilco.xen's, 1J miles to tho
north of t ho Court House. Also near
Flint Hill school house, on the road fron
Germantown to Georgetown, and about
21 miles from Fairfax Court House.
All along both these roads they have
felled trees across them to render them
impassable to our troops, They hnvo for
somo days past been impressing all the
negroes in this neighborhood on whom
they can lay hands to usslst in this work.
This looks as though they entertain no
idea of advancing any considerable body
of troops towards Washington. Elso why
obstruct all tie roads by fellin trees
across them und digging impassab!o pits
iqion them ?
They have recently cut a new road thro'
the woods from Gcrmantoivii back to Cen
treville, .-.rid improved (into a road) a bri
dle pith from Fairfax Court House back
to llie same point, to Centreville. This
looks as though they aie prcpAimgto re
treat rather 1 1 ;i n advance
Tin: n:i:i.i.(i at Tim south.
From tho New York World of tbo 25th.
.i Mi,, in. iii, i -i,iiiisiii.ii iii xew Ui
c.t t...., ...l.l: . v.
II .III.-, ill I 1, .u I 1 AILIlIri,
say that the feelinirs n
iiiiisi the North
11U
are intense and vehement; that tho
(loops of iho Confederate Slates consist
hugely of planter.,' sons, accustomed to
(he u-c of fin-arms and lo fatigues, and
are excellent soldiers. The people of tho
South aro much less excited than those of
the North ; they have a sense of strength
and do not at all doubt of the success of
their cause. There is no lack of provi
sisns : according to his report tho crops
ire excellent and nlui:o":int. They rely
on the importuned of their cotton crop.
Eti ro io nm-t havo cotton, und will inler
le:e forcibly for it. New Orleans has
never been so quiet, so peaceable, as since
April last : no rnurdeis nor ussiiisinations
have been commuted us before. Their
available) Luces moving to iho North
jHolicv Will lie raised in the St,,,l,
hu
savs.ivith more (acililv than in Dm Vn..Hi
as thu Sjuth is unanimous in ennying on!
the struggle, ami disposed to make sacri
fice. I 1'F.ACIi I'HOI-OSITIKNS,
The New York Tribune publish? the
following as coming from Washington,
and says it is "slarll ng :"
"The rebels have made two propositions
of peace to the administration, Tho one
contemplates the complete recognition of
the Southern Confederacy, with a treaty
of commerce and fi iendship.und perhaps,
un annual subsidy of f j.UOo.OOO from the
United Slates for giving us their protec
tion against foreign and domestic ene
mies. I "The other, which is still under consid
eration, consents to a suspension of hos
tilities, a laying down of arms, and exten
tion ot Ihe line of oO deg. oO mic. lo the
Pacific"
i The National Intelligencer, however, of
yesterday announces evidently semi-olli
cially, that there is no ground for the ru
mors in circulation that tho Confederate
authorities had made uny peace or other
propositions. '
TIIK O.irTON LOAN IN ALABAMA.
! A meeting was held in Linden, on tho
third iostaiil, which was addressed by
lion. F. S. Lyon, S. F. Hulo, Alfred
Hatch and others. Nearly 3.400 hales of
cotton were subscribed on the spot, nnd
ii is believed that the amount raised in
the county will 20,000 ba!es.
.Nor a it rust ki.
1 1 err, Eso., reported bv a Torre.
J II.
pinidciii ii) have! been arrested ot Har
per's Ferry on the 2"ih, ly order of Gen.
Johnson, was not arrested at that lime.
Mi. 1 1 err is well known among "the nier.
chain of this city as Ihe proprietor of tho
Heir Flouring Mills at Iho Ferry.
j A VII.ITAIIY MOVKMKNT ll. TEXAS.
I The S.iu Fransciseo Herald of May 31st,
J announces that orders have been received
in San Francisco, Irom the War Depart
ment for the organization of three regi
ments of volunteers, for service in Texas.
Tho troops, fivo thousand in number, will
bo forwarded in steamers lo Guaymiis,
.nnd thence be tiansportad, with the eon
. sent of tbo Mexican government, across
, tho S!.ilo ot Sonora lo the Rio Grande.
The contractor for supplying blankets b
, the goveriiment.it is said, will not the huud
; some sum offHtHiMK.'.
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