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IIOVT Jju ANCKY MOIMKU.
Tnn't ho nnpry inuilior, nn.ilipr,
I.t Hi (-mite bo umiloH nf iny,
iMi'l U n-r.v, m. i hir. mother,
Ion't 1)0 angry with 1 1. y ' 7.
Wars hnvo Cun sinco no hnvo tmrcrj'il
'1 lit) ilmk uinl sli.rm t nin j
WliiM your l.gy iuile broken ui'artM,
Ne'er hns ci nsil to think of time.
lon 't be nffry mother, radlier,
Let tlx world y wlmt it will,
Thijoph 1 don't dinorve lliy furor,
. lul I ftjudlj Jovu you atill ;
Wc hiivo lived mid loved together,
And our lirnrts no'cr knew n pint),
J'nt furtive m muliur, mother,
Oh, lorglve thy boy again.
fray, rt'tnnmhor, mother, mother,
I'vn been knei-liiig nt thy feat,
And Iuiu dreaming of thee nightly,
Whilu rei liuing in my aloopj
But forgive ine mother, inolhur,
It will enso tliy Imait of pain,
ul furtive i.i
oh (',,,,.:,. a... v.,. .
3 Off-un.
i THE MAt WEALTH OF CLEAR
i FIELD CCUNTY.
I nr the I'opullii-nri.
.V.-wr-. EUtort : In Iheec days of
: "clmti'f," und "wur," it ii pleasant to note
; any subst.inttal an 1 peruiuner.t iinprove
mcnt ahich is likely to prove of lasting
: hcnelit to the county of Clearfield. A fi-w
. d.iys inco I paid a visit I'h ilipthurg and
UcoU. Uu Saturday the l20t 1 1 iunt. I had
i the tupreuie gratificntion ofsening a train
of burden carii, laden with prain, standing
i on the tr.iek of the Tyrone and Clearfield
Kailroad t rhilipnburg, and a, it willsavo
our horse stock a suvero travel cf soiuo 13
miles, I have no doubt that if the equine
; triW engaged in the business could un-dei-HtunJ
t whom they nro indebted for
this gre,i( boon they would hold a meet-
nig ami pass resolutions Mprrssing their will contract with den. .Schenck for
gratitude to their benefactors.. Now if, ''u, porpi-tnition of an original work
uch b the case, how much more grateful j Nv'''cl' r- embody tho essential fea
would thn community, compelled to trnv- j tu'Ts "f " Jiiection Drill," and
V Ihe
execrable road now saved to the 1
J,r.eH. U, if they could only join in the i "i" - 6U''
eon, train and "ride on the r.il" to T? ' 'T'
iuteudeJ pas.,ng,r dot at the rear of f ' ,1vmonS oya Democrats, who,
in k'..i. r n. it ti , r, 01 ' 't iooms, according to tho reprosonU-th-
kepi r Hotel! The ofliem of llie ; tioil9 of our correspondent, havo al
road can have a pawner car, lot at pres- ready greatly profiled by this new
int notm hut employers c(kn travel on a " school of the Boldier." Xational In
1 uideu oar, nave at tlio rik of loss of em-. Ivlliit itccr.
ployment. Wuch an. tho orders of the) Vrom , citizen of Jiontjromery county,
ciliofri' of the road. Well t!IH i,.-i,r,n 1
ic i , Me iu.prme-1 ,,,, EVtori: Notwithstanding the
went is made, and my hope is, it may I ll.orougly conservative speeuh of Mr.
prove a source of comfort lo thuvocilf l'ostmaster General I'lair, upon the " rev-
amt of piofit to the .lock holders.
At UceoU (he astonishment o'ne of the
"oldest inhabitants," who V,d not en
he pT,-e for twenty yea., Kfl9 great. Ilia
memery ba,:k to t-.0 u,.vs ol n j,Jv
liofliuan, bm. Wulk-,.r nd many others
who, some forty yer.rs ago.dispoftad them- j
elies in ancient .".vie: when 50.000 bet1
i ooanu was p
'.try large quantity to saw,
old mill and but two log
... ywon -oh, n,Uj
fioutses aj
. , ., . -,,
o'.ned the premises. J he vill-
ge of t
'rila now graces tho side hill once
,L land nltac.hed to the mill prop-!
rty,
and the improvement, are such as
do
honor to the resent population and
he capitalists, who have been working
harmoniously, so fr. A saw-mill propell
ed by a large, powerful and well construe-
ted steam engine, driving a "gang" of 32
a, besides several single straight and
circular sdws, enable them to saw nearly
double tiio atuiunt, inn Jay, that Daddy
Jioffuisn used to cut in a year. The build
lings havo nil bc?n recently erected, aiPi
re many of tb.em worthy of imitation, even j
in the county-,, at more particularly tho
Uolel of Mr. lljuir, which is, without any
exception, on of the best kept, best furn
ti.hed and beet arranged iu lhii- regiin ;
,,iuietu8 pievsiU, nut! the way-worn trav
eller feels a. if ho was enjoying tho hospit-
-sility of a well-oiddrod private family.
t Metr.:IosKr, NVrite &. Co., the pro
prielor cf Ifce will, aro reaping a rich
iLrvsi, ami tiiey uo "putting tLings
tbrough" in god stylo; and whilst Mes
r. r&ai.sa i Co. are making & railroad
xnnoeliou to Ibo main track, at their own
iCjpcnso, inten Jiug to place their lumber
.Alidcoal on the main track by their own
,road. One track, reaches from thetu .in
- roaJ to the north side of ihe Uushannon
, creek, and then diverge, in two others
ranning between the piles of boards and
,Jn tho direction of two coal mines opened
,iy Mr. Miller, a geutleman of much ex-
; perience, nnd long and well known in the
.Xel day. of tho ol I "Portage Koa I" as a
successful operator. He ha. two vein.
' ready as soon as the conveniences of trans
(.portion are completed, from which inv
aense .iipplio. can be furnished. Alto
jttber, the improvements are of the most
,iflbtantial character, and tho poprietors
."serve much credit for their pereevcr
' ice.
My hope it, Ibat Oceola i but tho bo-
t aaing of an ever-growing cnal and lum
business from Clearfiold and Centro
countie.. The "coal fiela" of CloArfiol I
end surrounding counties, is ackuowlcihj-
1731,
nl l,y all geologists to ho the largest in the
world, nnd '.ho suni.lv inexlui!ii;i,lrt.
Uds.relK,if?B,(l,as'vet,truinurri-
cos; anil capitalists, desiring to invest,
-n find no other kind of nrol-er., whi,.
rx '"iisi'. lkp ( ! r
-n! i ,eot thiek, which is ,,, WK tll!1I1
.,nv ...t...., .....
. " C1M u. l" """cyHraj
. we,,- , , a, a more are 4,4.) ton, ; ire.i.ient to ".u.pend tho w,it ol' hMu modeoriifr. r Zu:" Mr. Wood, after a fe unimportoat in
to an acre, which, nl 1(1 cent, per ton. will f''" 1,1 ""X e throughout tho United ! i.i our l,li,.f. " r-. " ' " ' troduolory remark., refe.re.l to I i .
realise $184 00 per acrn. The present
rate m hbont 2 cents ner l,n.h.l
per bushel profit
n . il i , - . .
, - ''"' iviit
" ', uim wouKi give-ink-
mg.hou.ual es.imate that 1 cubic yard
of coal m!lkM a ton, and 2s ,,Ushela to a
ton-would leave ?2,710 -10 per acre.-
Lands can be had now at from $J5 to ?C0
Per .ore-according to the ,Lic9 of
',n tlJ locality-. Wat the Vdlu.oftho
surface for agricultural purpose, will re-
duce, ho original to a ,Lo nothing,
leaving out the value of the timber.
I had neatly forgotten to mention that
Dr. C. Jv. Fusteii has just opened a Cno
vein of 1 feet of coal immediately opposite
rhilip.burg, which bids fair to be a source
of large profit to him being much nearer : u
to tho loa n than any cf those previously
opened. Visitor.
THE MARYLAND ELECTION DRILL.
Tlie Mibjoined conimunicntion, from
a respet'tt-il citizen of Montgomery
oo., Md., describes the novel opoiation
and t licet of tho "election drill" in
vented by (Jen. Schenck, of !:iltimore,
for the qtmliiication of voters in .M.J.
We invite tho attention of Van JS'os
trund, tho eminent military publisher
of our country, to thin new application
of army tactics, in the lioi,o tluir, ho
" enimod " llie Uoni-
olutiouary schemes ot the ultra Al'Oh-lin ln common jail lor a period not les menta of office but by statesmen who ac
tionals, " "and in defence of the policy j thin si months, in the disoretion of tho ted not for themselves, but thought and
of Hi ri-csideiil.'! recently dcliverud at court." labored for the country. Is the.e a singU
Koekville, and so justly commend.td iu It strikes us as remarkable that tho element in this cup ol honors of imined i
your columns, we bad at least ;n a por-; president, in his proclamation, mkes no diata emancipation t hat thouahtful minds
lion of Maryl ind yesterday the doctrines
of .Solicitor Whiting nnd the etfect of Gen.
Schenck enforced practically.
At the election polls which I attended
iiiiu w.iei c i navu oueu aceusiou Ci. 10 ,
Vot0 ',c the last thirty years without ()ues-
t'011, , ' 1' '""''-t' f.r.stsight that :
j ' up naa me prnvini'S mat uu) name nl llie per-on ar-
arrest of two respectable persons ulin1,,!.!,.'! i.ni n, ;., i .... c .1..,
were quietly riding uwny from tlio polls, '
or raU'er down the public road near where
the polls were held; turned back: made
lo take tho oath of allegiance; and then
pronounced (by the military commander
who administered the outh, standing near
the w indow, and supported by hi aids,
all of whom were perfect stranger, to the
place and tho eople) qu tiud voUts and,
thus qualified, these persons were then
permitted to vole ami then discharged.
I'he Democrats, feeing that retreat was as
'!a.-. !-,roua a. to advance or stand still,
ii i ;he great advantage that this new
.;. 1 unexpected development of military
n.ilK irily would ive them, became sud-
deuly l.val and as obedient as lambs j and
at ouco presented themselves, first sin irly,
but atterwarils in squads ol lrom ten to
twenty, in which they wero joined by if the party holding him will not respect i tho Pritjt.li government never undertook
Union men and Union Leaguers, as oan- ihe writ of the h.iiois corpus? Keally . to take oare of Iho millions of its distresa
didaU. for this novel mode of '''a;Vinir ! there seems to u omc necessity for ex-1 ed population. Can this be done by tho
vottrs" in Maryland. Thus presented, the , planation in this ease. If the President j Federal Government,
word of command was announced " take intends to ho governed by the law, and I The problem of race is forcing itself on
off your hats" "hold up your right to give all Slate or political prisoners an tho country with painful strides : and in a
ban, I u ' ,ill nl ii-lii,. i a. i. nhn,,.ilu '
obsved as on a militarv drill, savin,' unrl 1
excepting, of course, the awkwardness of
new recruits: while the .time militarv of-1
ticer reaU the oath of allegiance, when they
Were ailllOUIlCCll tO the lUlh'eS as "olla llie.l i
voters, u. uacu in turn subscribed his
name in a book prosented by the military '
oflieer aforesaid, without any reference!
wiiaie.rr, so inr as i saw or iicaro, to ag- inciepeniicnt cl tho laiv lrom whicil we
or residence, or evon to political sympa- havo quoted, but in uiaking such arrests
thy, the oath of allegiance covering every and dealing with Ihe parties nnestcd,
condition, and semiug to bo all that was 1 since the law was enacted, has totally dis
necessary to make every man who would regarded the plain provisions of the slat
take it or, from the example set in tho uto. Tho law of March 3d certainly cov
commeneement, who was on the ground j ered the case of Mr. Vollandighatn ; yet
or near tin polls a "qualified voter." j it does not n ppear that that gentleman's
Tho laws ( Maryland make the judges name and tho charges against him have
of election tbe judges of tho qualification I been sent to auy district or circuit judco.
of voting, and lorbid tho quartering r I or that any grand jury has deliberaleJ "as
assembling of troonj at or near tho polls j to bis guilt or innocence. Nol only this,
on the day of election. Put with the , but in plain defiance of tho law, he has
practical enforcement of the radical doo-. been placed beyond the reach of any judge
V.. ir ,'nsin Mr' ,,lftir' own I who might issue an order to have him
on?.n. . r'-1 knoVf in hi' own i broncht beforo him; and tho President
county ana a his election precinct, of , himself, if ordered to procure him, could
1" ' . n' or. '?ut0 'inos.jnot do so. With this and other similar
all Gi or wU''''0r i Tld dcfo,,,loa l' I fap" t-rinir us in the face,
lotaf & ffill eftsletrnC0bMi-ine Purpos- of
v n ii . ..
. -.-nC writing the above I have
reooivea the returns from the election
poii.
above alluded to.
Which Shoiv that
erable majority where heretofore they
have been largely tn tho minority.
. iim inn I'ruiocrHis a oousm-
PRINCIPLES,
CLEARFIELD, PA. WE DMISIJAY, DECEMHEIl 2, ifSM.
1 !
' T " ?nt l?a? lrplmation
! " " ''.!. i:!1 writ of
Uv fl Marc i. 1m, in, u.,i . .. a..
"'j'.1'."? to haUa cor,,s, and repulating
",I!.lul I"--dii,p, in certain c.Het.."-
lj,o Wt .ootion of this act authorize the
IdSTl, ?7 ,".rt "l"1".'" w'-0r,
! ...rA . : .''.rTnl r?b""n, the puUic
i aafetvT in hum, Z", .1 "t Jl
di ruv. in ii im i mi iirnwm f
ti.'" --,-.". r, . ,e,iu.r H.
' secuon in tins act relates In
rcoI,ng, wLieh shall follow tho arrowed uTe, oled esiXb'hr wn
j 0 Z?10 upon our llaad, V. m's' hn 'to
"Sn W UuZ?, 'l! , , T, t I te tla.ix,. are commendable, and it is
.e Secretary of S, e V, ' S'rifi L Sr 1 5 ,
- Wr.i Le and they are he.i'.y dirSiaorc
n'yJo prac). cable, to furnish I An o!lici.,l report mado by a committee
J oourt "of t 'he I n "l ''t'e, Z 1 of ' T ' TIT J h' Nation,
District of ."i.'of 1, 'm;:: offiS.K
ol ah person, cituetm of Statea in which ' Mississippi from Jlelena to Nai,.,M ,n,i
;.e a. imnistrntioi, or tho laws has con- it Ii.h a relation in detail of thou-employ-tinucd
unimpaired n , i.--,i i . ,. ..... ,, . . 1 ,,,"l""y
courts, wlio are now, or niav horenftsr bo,
held us prisoners of (lie United Slates, by
order or authority of the 1'iesideut of
mo l niieu .Mate., or either of the said
yprretin'tn. in am, f n. I 1
i "'"viiiii, or oiuer,
place, as Mate or political prisoner?, or
otherwise than as prisoners of war ; the
.aid list to eonu.n the name, of all those
who reside in
til'! respecilve iurisili.Vinna
of said.;
. 1 1 , .
of said ndL'es. or n h.. .,... I... .1.. l i
the sunt .Secretaries, or either of them, to
have violated any law of the United
the said Se
. c- -v. ..v. virriiiru i,v
.-nams in any oi said Jurisdictions, and al-
iO Imp l?itd nl Anli am. .ml . . I. c . .
ing ol said list, as aforesaid, has terminated
its session without fm, lino on ;.ti...
or presentment, or other proceeding
against any such person, it shall be tho
Uiny ol tnejuilgo ol said court forthwith
to make an order that any such prisoner
desiring a discharge from said imprison-
went bo brought before him to be dis-
eha-rged , and every officer of the United
Slates having custody of such prisoner is
hereby directed immediately to obey and
execute said judge's order ; and in case he
shall delay or refuse so to do, bo shall be
eubject to indictment for a misdemeanor,
and be punched by a fine of not less than
five hundred dollars, and imprisonment
relerenoe lo these PTovisiinis,. but com-
mands a disregard of the writ of the l,,iLca
corj.un in all rases where any person is htdd
: ry tlto autiority ot the Fresilent of t je
I ni i ll Mates ns an siiinr or Lmii ,i i ...
enemy, a prisoner of war, a 8.v. or an
officer or soldier in Ihe army. "Tho law
circuit, ami district court having jui-
isdietion in tiio distriot where ho re
sidee ; and if the grand jury next sitting
shall fall to find an . indictment agiinst
such person, the j jdgo " shall forthwith
make an order t.'iat ny such person desi
ring a discharge from said imprisonment
be brought before him to bo discharged."
But this order is in the naturo of a writ of
AiioiVM c-rpvs is in fact nothing more or
less than such a writ: and the question
which arises in, does not tho proclamotion
suspend (hit provision of the law, just as
it does all other laws in relation to the
W'lis carpus, and authorize tho ollicer ho
mac have clwii'.'Q of the nnrlv iniiirisnned
Xortwitl the oruVr of the cmirt How is the
'district or circuit judge to get possession
of the prisoner, in order to discharge him,
Anhn.i..:i.. Ar I. . -!...-
IU dnni ni o. n . l...t , ii,n nn,,im..,
tho fair inference from his proclamation is,
W. . ini....,!, , n r,i..,
of the Federal judges and all olhel judges
In t.rinif baf'nra tl,,m n,.nnt 1. I,a
been arrested bv bis or,Ari, iv am, oai..
Indeed, if wo mis'ako not. tho President
not only claims the rmht to muko arrests
and plainly
the President,
wo tnttiK it reasonable to inter mat ne
means, bv bis nrnr.tnmaimn tn renenl or
Uinanil lli U r l.,.l, 1 I ,. mall .i
!! !.. I . ' i .
anil In ni.n..l . i.i
as he ;dfd"bTroTe X w 17 c, a bVd
y,.e w no( vhii a jjJKl f
r t- V , . secretary American people enticed within their lines
ot Mate lo turinsl a bet of such persons tens of thousands of slave, allurin- them
ris are imprisoned by the order or au- thithor with promises of hberly, totTk from
t r.y. i. r,eM(lenl' "ding through among then) all able-bodied men to rcin
the i State Department, and tho Secretary force their armias. huddled the rest lo
ot War a list or such as are imprisoned by gtther in great camps, and left tUm to
the order or authority of tho President, polish of nakedness bv the hundred
acting through tlio lepartiuer.lof War. How, he asked, would that page of hi.to
And in a! cases where a grand jury, hav-' ry read ?" Such a queatlon is of no foreo
mg attended any of said courts having in Die madness of this passim' hour "Un
jurisdiclion in the premi.es, after tho less." says tho Doston ,NW.-.vm,i, "a relvnt
nnsf ate cl' this act. and after h f,
not MEN.
Till: I HI.i;)mi;.
Ve havo 'ever 1,1,1,,,
n-ee,.ii.K -it!W of univ,,Wttl e,,,,
orrihl iniury ,o C
.... n.:.. i:i. . uiu.mih.n ni.iy plead
war will eu.anci e , 7
under tho U.st .ir . . 1 C'n' K"
UuuV from on r I :?. y
whuWo.plan. mI .thV Utter lttlthod
; iceiua ta Lolha favoi itu onn r.f tl.o v
i. .. .
iremists ut luo North : and if it is.ueoesn-
fulK- ,U..,., ... :n : " ' . V "
menu, suiwtaiUially as Imvo been doiuri
lieU i,y some in the army and others on
abandoned plantations. The report says,
as to health, "That there has been fuaiful
, mortality among tho fieeduien, both ihe
, . , ...
enlisted (Olilieis ami tie ii-imn ,1
firm .l.n n.m-. c ... .
the in
s peeeh o? tav Mr 7l ft.fWr'
Institute, who is a LhanlHin in i'n ,iZ'
ni in .1 u-.llin 1.:.. ... .,-
J ' """""K vii iiiib M4li oi inin,Ts.
i ' ''""c"i
UM-i bironir lailL'UHl'f
these p.'upk1
dishonor. If
Ihe sutierina ol
lie said, "was a national
If they were not rescued, his-
tt.rv wnuU jicitA ii.,uil.i..H i:i.. ,i . . . i. .
. . ... "
the agonuod fading is destined to U eon -
.....i r.i.-. r . i.i... i. . .
il were, invited to a freedom which is to
consist of disease and death in their worst !
shapes.
' The preface to this history pay ho read
already iu this tale of misery. The erica
of thoo ready to perish ouuhl now to
sound in the ears of the people, for they
show the toriuro already committed in
the name of liberty. Wo respectfully ask :
is there a line of suffering which has not
been portrayed, not by unscrupulous pol-
iticiuns, who carry on this business of
cheating tho people by lalsj proiewioii
ill order to eel t lie honors and emolu-
hive not treJicted ? Have not all Ihe
evils been
left out t
enumerated? as there one
H i-; tho whole world's experi.
once that races, long dependent, long en
ervated by oppression, must be educated
up to a slate in which to anjoy the bless
ings of freedom ; and those who would in
vile into a slate where ttarvation is before
them aio responsible for the harvest of
utiatli.
The great problem befora the country is,
bow to deal with four millions ol ntroei,
and how to determine relations which six
or eiht millions of whiles shall bear to
them. And now w ho is to solve this pro
blem 'I Who are to bo tho law-makers to
do this.' The radicals, who say the Fed
eral Constitution is played out, unhesita
tingly answer. Congress; and the plan
adopted, in supplying the negroes with
lalions, is avowed to bo the beginniug of a
general system. Let this be looked at
fully in the face. This is lo establish the
paternal policy of a government's taking
cue of a neonlo. (irent distress has nra-
vailed in Kngland for Iwoytsrs past among
the manufacturers, and who does not know
of Ireland in her starvation years ? Put
1 1, I n ....... 1 r . A. . I
Mnuntimn il... ..... ,., ,l,,i ;a nu.ar ri.oi-n
i must be ways devej to prevent further
' ,.llcrintr ,.,; , ,L ..,
( rors. I he radical
.u-n-iii, iiu,-,,!,.
lll.l,- '.'I Clliuili.:i'li i.'U
ind fllUman r,rr,nii.n, nill nnl ol.lfhA 1 brt
destituteor feed the sli.rviio', and for the
' remedy tlio country mu"t loik elsewhere.
The Nkw (.',vi i:f.
PAitTMKNT. Th uu sha!
15. Mct'lelhin with nil thy heart, nnd
with al! thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This js tho first and great
commandment, and the second is like
unto it.
Thou tdialt hato Horatio Seymour.
upon theso two
commandments
hang nil tho contracts
.11 4k.
i 1 1 V 1 1 ll V
marvelous' conr from drowning !lu1;.in most p,,,'l14' toMr'.'T1 Lo ."gmg of the Umon a
wl.en thirteen of his companions X -llwm. which elicited a round of. .
wore lost by tlio upsetting of n boat, ' " "Tnh,L,"7;,l, c 'lP UM f;r Jl'0 fuV TI' Mercenary match-maker? seU
and ho aloifo was lived. ''And how luZn. mJlTP 1,10 "
did you oscapo their fato?" asked ono enemy to hisco-intry. Ho ladioved how-, tl'?rJ re ollp treos m tuoir Ir
of hia hourers- "I tid not CO in to ever, that, in .pita of the high handed a0 tliai1 boundary trcc.i ;
laito;'' witu tho DutoliUian'a placid, wot k now beinj carried on, within two .',, . . ,
Lvy , (yesrs from the present time we will havo1 "uaH is said that Chnso uses hy-
L3' ..." a Domoeratie Aominislraiion which will druulu: presses to print Lis irroen-
OfKtiit.LAs-.ihe Confederate gnori la.
Scarcely a boat passes up or down that i.
not Bred upon, and iamajed in.omo wy.
TERMS
NEW
A Democratic Jubilee Hon. Fernando
Wood on the War.
Tho Democracy of Hereon county, N. J.,
had an old fashioned Juniocratic fottivel
r.r,.l i
.. ,,aniii (ill iue UIL.. I1L lA'liW I kjiv.
mtmher' Hon. K?rnu, d Vdi m"
lr of Consren from X.w Voik- ,T"
vv.....t . ,t trntiiiu t'en or H a
lullo-f v 1
!'os!lio'' New Jersoy had acquired
y . r cc,ntttft devotion lo tho trus prin-
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. '""on uiueni, aim tneunqual-
niru iivivn biio 1 1 n at an nines inn, Jo in
behalf of Peace. lie fell sure that if hor
example was followed, tho Union would
bo resloied.
Ho said he did not propose on this oc
casion loentei into any discussion of the
great principles at risue beforo the Amer
ican people. II is views on these ques
tions wtre fully known. Ilo would be
called on, in a lew days, with others, to
express li:s sentiments iu another direc
tion, when he hoped to bo able to give at
least an intelligent version of the duty of
the Democracy at this crii-is. We have
(alien on evil times, The war is defeuded
by some, because il is said to be the only
way of restoring the Union - a'uin others
sustain it because they think it willcru'ti
out slavery ; nnd again others hound on
llie tight, because it creates an nnmitural
expansion ol the currency and conduces,
as they think, to their individual interests.
With the motives of men I have noth
ing to do, whatever may be the secret or
avowed ground of a prosecution of this
war, test assured, my friends, it 1 ads to a
resull that ill engulf all alike in one
common inudslrom ofdettructiou. I caro
not whether it is prosecuted for patriotic
jiurpoFus or not the objects of men or of
llio Government aro nothing, in view ol
Ihe fact, thiil tho effect, tendency and li
nala will of necessity be fatally di-atrous.
It il filly to prato of motives, however
high and ennobling, when theetfect islhe
revere. It may be as well said I hat a man
l. juMified in jumping from an eminence
though he falls to the ground and breaks
his neck because be ilid nol design do-
! '."t'"-!" 10 Iii"olf. Whale'
I tentions he u lost in the ellort
Whatever bis in-
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i h T . . -We ' 11 or ,U
tjnued prosecution is certain destruction.
War is disunion and national disinte
gration. .o man in his senses disputes
this.
I.very man who favors it directly or
muiieiiij, iHvurs me uissoiuwou oi tlie
American Union promotes llie establish
ment of neutral despotism and advances
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the fortunes of tho most desperate and
i i .i
unscrupulous unities ueu ever eurse'l a
country. The advocates of the war may
well be classed as tho evil disposed -md as
the simple minded. The.-o two classes
comprehend the whole war party of the
country. The Democracy cannot follow
either. What if the bile elections do look
as if tho people fuvoied war. Admitting
il, rely on it this apparently popular ver
dict can, if hone.- lly declared, be but a
temporary estrangement. The real patri
otio sentiment ol tho country will yet de
clare ilsclf in thunder tones against il.
liutil'ilbo true that the people ato in
favor of the war, let tho war Democrats
temember that llie Democratic party will
not bn trusted with power to prosecute it.
Therefore, let Ihe Democracy remain true
to itself and its time-honored principles,
and if it fails, let it dio battling for the
ever living truths proclaimed by the fath
ers of the Constitution.
Persistency and conhistoncy in politics,
if founded in justice, law and right, will
sooner or later assert its power and be
triumphant. Let us, therefore, adhere
closely to tho theory of government upon
which tho Union was originally founded.
Tho present delusion must subside. Like
tho Fieiuli Involution tlio diiielful era
of eirnage and fanaticism must run its
! course, nnd have its termination. A 11
Civil wars, founded on social or morel
j ideas have produced the samo exc.ittv
, ments, been pregnant with the samo pop
! ular outbreaks, and rulminated as this
j will in the downfall and extinction of the
j men or party which advocated them.
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i.i-ii on una uiou.ry win repeat Itseil in
Ibis instauco ns it has in a thousand oth
ers our nature has not changed; men
are now, as in tho days of Kobespierreand
Cromwell, bloody, treacherous, fanatical.
! selfish, and unpatriotic.
1 liK
llie speaker wanted to know if New
01't "anted to teeede
what power
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lo 'lo B0? Virginia, when she came into
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It was iho duly of the American people
not to
the present Administration
t.heers. 1 he men in power mii't bo told
' Ihusiastic cheers. h, Admin ..(rattan : tll(;V nro vnwcnwl of ft regular com-
(!? TUB WAR De- mi-t be taught that they must not at-!m .,. ho. . . " .UJ
i ft ii il itir in i ii hi uiit'LiitT (ioi.tr .t i. m i. . i ,,. i i 4 ,.i : . .... a. i
L liato George empl, w hi e puttin, r i, ,he rebellion, V" 'r P.C .. ' "
that thus far shall they como and no fur- business, that of postman of tho Po
ther. Tho State of New York bsd ncyor ' tomac, pussiug ever an invisible fer
delcga'.ed to the governiiient the right to ry and always eluding the enemy on
trest one of her citizens and carry him 1 i, ..l....i .,.4.i. i.:..r in ;,,.
rry lnm 1
l.i . , , , , - . ,
out bar border?. Applauses, and cries of
Applauses, ami cries of
tht'90-
" mere na,l
been one State Executive
, wuii oram an., nerve enough to Have done
his duty under the Constitution, Ihe w,r
would have ceased Irmg ngo. Mr. Wood
a .ii. i-i - - . . n t '"''u
restore the Union to us as we received it.
Mr. Woo, continued this lino of remark. '
c0ingwiih ahigheuloiuin ou the Uiion.
- $1 25 per Annum, if paid indvuc
SERIES-VOL. 1V.-NO. '.20.
A VOICE FROM THE DEAD.
We havo redd the orat ion ol" Mr-Everett.
Wo have road ilia little rveecbe ul' Presi-
jdenl J.incul 11, us repoiied Iw ami publish-
, ,
,ea in ins pally vivf, an-l e
bave read
remarks of tlio lloiv. Secretary of
I u ' "r '"rr1"'1 U olTJ
J ,e 0Cl!'""0n r d.oaiin). hr .National
.metery u p lot o ground a apart
ometery, a plot of erouud t aoart lor
the burial of the dead who fell al Gettys
burg, in the meinorablo atrlfe which oc
curied there between tho levees ol the
Federal Government and lut I v wo pa of
Iho Confederacy of the Secedad States
To say ol Mr. Kverott's ortiou that it
rose to the height lo which Uw occasion.
demanded, or to ssy of the President's
remarks that they foil below our expectv
tions, would bo alike false. Neither tlio
oiator nor the jester surprised or deceived
us. Whatever may be Mr. Fvorett'g fail
ings he does not lack sense whatever
may bo the President' virtues, he doe.
nol possess sene. Mr. Lvoielt failed as
an orator, because the occasion wa a
mockery, and he knew it, and the Presi
dent succeeded, becauso he acted natu
rally, without sense and without con
straint, in a panorama which was gotten
up more for his benefit, ami the benefit of
hi party than for the glory of the nation
and llie honor of the dead.
We can re idily conceive that the thou
sands who wont there went as mourners,
to view the burial place of their dead, to
consecrate, so lar as human agency could,
the ground in which tho slam heroes of
the ualion, standing in tho relationship,
lo I hem of fatheis, husbands, brothers, or
connected by even remoter lies of mar
ringe or consanguinity , were to bo interred.
To them Iho occasion was solemn ; with,
lliem the motivo was honest, earnest and
honorable. Ilul how was it with tho chief
actors in the pageant, who had no dead
buried, or to be hurried there: from none'
of whose loins had sprung a solitary hero,,
living or dead, of this war which was be
gotten of their fatialiciwu and has been
ruled by their whims?
They atood there, upon that bloody
ground, not with hearts Btricken wilh
grief or elated by ideas of true glory, but
coldly calculating the political advantage,
which might be det ived from the aolutun
corenioiiici of the dedication.
Wo will not include iu this category of
hcaitlcss men the orator of tho day; but
evidently he was paralyzed by tho knowl
edge that he was surrounded by unfeel-.
iug, mercenary men, roady to sacrifice,
their countrymen for the bafe purpose of
retaining power and accumulating wealth.
His oration was therefore cold, insipid,
unworthy the occasion and the man.
We pass over Iho silly remarks of tho
President. For the credit of tho nation
wo ate willing that tho veil of oblivion
shall bo dropped over them, and that
they shall be no more repealed, or thought
of.
Put tho Secretary of State is a man of
note. He il was who first fulminated the
doctrine of tho "irrepressible conflict;"
and on tho battle-field und burial ground
of Gettysburg he. did net hesitate to re
open tho bleeding wound, and proclaim
iinew the tearful doetnno that we we
lighting all those bloody battles, which
have drenched our land !n gore, to upset
the Constitution, emancipate tho negro
and bind iho while man in Iho chains of
despotism.
Un that ground which should have been
sacrod from tho pollution of politics, even
tho highest magnate in tlio lamb, next to
tho President himself, did net hesitate to
proclaim the political policy and fixed
purposo of the Administration; a policy
which if adhered to will require nioro
ground than Gettysburg to hold our dead.
and which must end in the ruin of the
nation. The dead of Getfysburg will
speak from their tombs ; they will raise
their voices against this great wickedness
and implore our rulers to discard from
their councils tho folly which is destroying
iu, nd return to the wise doctrines of,
tho Fathers, tho pleadings of Christianity,
to tho compromises of tho Constitutions
which c in abino save us. Let on rj rulers
hearken lo tho dead, if they will nol to.
the living for from every tomb which
covers a dead soldier, if they listen atten
tively they will hear asolomnsound invo
king thorn to renounce partisanship for
patriotism, and to save tlio country from
the misory and desolation which, under
tlioir present policy, is inevitable.
t?2rln spito of tlio strict Btirvcill-.
anco that is kept: up all along tho Po
tomac, a constant flow of news takes
plaeo between tho two capitals of
V lrgmia and Maryland. It is in vain
tlmi
ppios of
Government
11 sl0P 10 a- At inuBt be a roinajitic
m.' aiui y 10 taitun mill. mi ii "iuui'iit
n j '
tmv A mm w nrrvwted in Wash.
inn-toti tl0 other day, for singing "The)
i;'rt nf .,,,, .p...-" HLanton aim
jl'Kt of other d.i; 8. ftUnton .tip.
T.nn1 Hi irss .snii'inc of the Union n
backs. Well, that in tho rieht way
.
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