Istaiunt ttiVnitiistr. N►YEE DINOOIRATIO PEINCIPULS CEASE TO LEAD, WE Olin TO Po ow." WM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and. Proprietor LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1361. Mei - The appropriation bill before Congress makes appropriations for the present year amounting to the enormous aim of $661,000,000. NO PEACE! in the proceedings of Congress of Friday last, when the appropriation bill was under consideration, we find the following:— Mr. VALLANDIGHI.SI4 of Ohio, proposed: an amendment—namely, that before the President shall have the right to call out more volunteers, ha shall appoint seven commissioners to accom pany the army on Its marsh, to receive and. con sider such propositions, if any are submitted, from the Executive of the so celled Confederate States, or any one of them, looking to a suspen sion of hostilities and the return of said States or any of them to the Union, and obedience to the Federal Constitution and authorities. Mr. Val. landigbam alluded to the fact that when' Utah was In rebellion, three commissioners were ap pointed to accompany the army which moved in to that Territory, and certainly the case now pre sented was one of far greater importance. The army now should go forth with the sword in one band and the olive branch in the other. Be of fered the amendment in good faith, end for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was a dis position here to listen to terms of accommoda• tion. Be would vote just as many men and as much money as was necessary to protect and de fend the Federal Government. It was against aggressive and offensive warfare that he raised Lis voice. • This proposition was rejected, thus showing the determination of the government to carry on the war to subjugation,—.to make conquered prov inces of the south and to hold them as such, making enormous expendi tures and a standing army, for all time to come, as necessary as at pres ent. Herein is where we differ with the party at present in power. And the assertion that the war is against individuals and not against States does not weaken our objection. If the Southern rebels should wish to lay down their arms before compul sion, we think a chance for them to do so should be afforded. There are thousands and tons of thousands of people in the South who have joined the rebellion unthinkingly,. or through intimidation,—who have been guilty. of treason, and would gladly return to their allegiance if they could do so without compulsion , at the' edge of the sword or as prisoners of war and running the chances of stretching the halter. Whole districts of country, even States, may be in such a dispo• sitlon, and to afford a chance to them we could bare wished the proposition of Mr. Vallandigam to have received some countenance in Congress. An extract from the last speech of Mr. Douglas, in another column, will show more fully the view we hold.— We are sure to one will brand Mr. Douglas with being a disunionist or a traitor,—even Mr. Lincoln himself has rendered testimony to the con trary, and hence, those who charge treason upon us for holding the views of Mr. Douglas, do so unadvisedly.— When the madness that rules the hour will have cooled down, the poli cy of . those who would now carry the olive brance with the sword, will be applauded and vindicated. We are weak and powerless now, and, as we look over the country, bewail the condition of things, North and South, in bitterness and anguish, but the time is not far distant when recruits will flock in, and the party that does not lose sight of right in the intoxica tion of might, will be the party of the country. 14..1n the activity of the forces in Western Virginia, Missouri, &c., the troops at Alexandria, among whom are our soldiers, are entirely east in the back ground, without a single opportunity to distinguish them. selves. We trust they may soon have more active work to do, as their time is rapidly expiring, and we know that the boys of Capt. Ulrich's company are anxious to come home with some more "feathers in their caps." Won't Gen. Scott accommodate them with an engagement before their discharge? DAMASK AND SATIN YB. SHODDY AND SACK CLOTH,—W ile the miserable faro and still more miserable clothing of our soldiers is the subject of de nunciation over the land, the follow. ing item froth Washington is refresh. ing:— "Two now barges are being built in the Navy Yard—one for the President and family, and the other far the Cabinet. These are to be 26 feet long and 6 feet wide, to be pulled by 12 • ores. The Prer iden Vs boat will be painted white with guilt stripe, and trimmed inside with blue damask. The boat for the Cabinet will be paint ed black, withimarlet stripe and with crimson trimmings." In Congress on Monday the House passed a resolution to adjourn on Fri day. Mr. Wood, of N. Y., offered a resolution recommending to the Leg islature of each State to cause the election of two delegates in each Con gressional district, to meet in general Convention, at Louisville, Ky., to de vise measures to restore peace to the country. The resolution was object ed to from the Republican side, and laid on the table by a vote of yeas 92, nays 51. We trust Congress will au thorize the calling of a National Con vention before it adjourns, as it is nee eisary under any circumstances. DIRECT TAXATION The Secretary of the Treasury in / his report to Congress, proposed to raise twenty millions of dollars, of the immense sum required by the admin istration. for the year, by DI- REM TAXATION. That is, collect it from the-people-in- the same mentor as our State, county and:other tuxes are at present collected. All real and personal property is to be taxed. The Secretary puts down the value of the property taxable in the States not un der rebellion, at $10,900,000,000„: and says that a rate of one-fith or three tenth of one per cent. would produce the required $20,000,000. The Secre tary bases his value of property on the census returns, 'probably not know ing that they are about as unreliable as guess work could make them, not owing to the :Marshals, but to the law under which they taken. Many properties were "put down" and val ued as often as three or fourtimes,— the entire credit of the county was put down—people's debts, expecta-. tions v pronlises to pay, chickens. un hatched, and all• that kind of. thing. Hence, if we assume the value of the property in the loyal States at one half the figures, of the 'Secretary we probably are nearest to the real value. Thus it would require just double the per centage recommended to'raise the 620,000,000,—0r about six DOLLARS FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY. In addition, the Secre tary proposes to raise sixty millions of dollars by indirect taxation, and two hundred and forty millions by loans.— All these sums are but a. fraction of the amount authorized by Congress to carry on the war for the present year. The administration may dou ble the amount lawfully, and, if neces sary, treble and quadruple it, trusting to the next session of Congress to "sanction the measures taken for the prosecution of the war." lam' To our sorrow wo find that on ly too many or our fears.and prophe cies .previous to the late Presidential election are becoming verified. One was that the Republican party was acting the hypocrite in relation to a tariff,—that Pennsylvania interests would be sacrificed, and that the peo ple of Pennsylvania were being de ceived. We declared that the leaders of the Republican party were ultra Free Traders and that they had - not uttered a word or written a line -to show that they had changed - their views in this respect. In connexion therewith we repeatedly mentioned the names of Chase, Banks, Wilmot, Hamlin and even Lincoln himself. Our warning fell on deaf ears and un• willing hearts. The "change" was de manded, and, we have it. Chase is Secretary of the Treasury, arid now, in the beginning of the administra• tion, we have hies views in his report . to Congress, respecting a Tariff. He proposes to reduce the duty Ou pig iron from six dollars per ton to five dollars—on bar iron, from fifteen dol lars per ton to fourteen dollars, and on railroad iron, from twelve dollars per ton to ten dollars, with reduc tions on other species of manufactur ed iron in about the same propOrtion. Congress will make the reduction, becauSe it does everything . and 'more than is asked by the administration. While the Secretary, oblivious of the mountain piles of iron lying unsold at every furnace and at every landing, thus proposes to inflict a deadly blow upon the Iron Manufacturers, he very coolly turns round and recominends the taxations of the necessaries of life, as follows : "The Secretary most respectfully pr . oposes to Congress that a duty of 21 cents per pound be laid on brown sugar, of 3 cents per poutol on cloyed sugar, of 4 cents per pound en loaf and other refined sugars, of 21 ceuts per pound on the syrup of sugar cane; of 6 cents per pound on candy; of 6 cents per gallon on molass es , an d of 4 cents per gallon on sour inolas“:3; and it is also proposed that a duty of o cents per pound he imposed on coffee, 15 cents par puuud on black tea, and 20 cents per pound on green tee." • This is giving to the Southern peo ple—rebellion or no rebellion—more than they ever had the assurance to ask for. The 'duty on iron, which they do not manufacture, but greatly consume, is reduced so that foreign competition may come in, and, with ours on hand, glut the market, reduce it to a nominal price.; while sugars and molasses, which they do-raise and manufacture, the importation in a meas ure is prohibited by high duties, at least it gives them the advantage of underselling all that is imported.— This is "discriminating" with a ven geance. We shall soon believe that Wash ington is already in the hands of the rebels—at least, if Southern men do not hold sway there, Southern ideas do, which in-the long run amounts to about the same thing. The talk is ve ry much against Southern traitors, but the acting is probably as satisfactory to them as it would be if they bad the direction of it themselves.. WASHINGTON, July 15. Col. John W. Forney was elected Secretary of the Senate, this morn ing. The result of inquiries in military quarters this morning is that Fairfax Court House is not yet occupied by . the Altera! troops. The reported withdrawal of the Confederate forces from Fairfax Court House is confirmed. The troops at Alexandria, with the exception of the Pennsylvania Fourth and Filth and the Massachusetts Fifth, are now encamped in the : vicinityof Cameron's Run and Clond'slloit being the purpose to form them into line, divided into brigades. SEirA skirmish took place last week between 600 Rebel cavalry and 500 U. S. Troops, at Monroe station thir ty-miles-from Hannibal, Missouri, in which the former were repu4sedmithr the loss of four killed, four 'wounded` and five captured. - • THE VIEWS OF MR. DOUGLAS. The following is an extraet'from the last speech of kr. Douglas ever made as a Senator of the United States.— It was delivered in the United States Senate on the -15th of last March, just before, Mr:Douglas left'the Sen-' ate chambernever again! to enter it : - 2. "I prefer such an amicable settlement to peaceable disunion ; and I prefer it a thou.sen,cl times to civil war. if we can adopt such amendments as will he satisfactory to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and the other Border States, the same plan of pacificatien -wh . icly will satisfy'them will create a Union party in the Cotton States which' will soon embrace a large majority of the people in those States, and bring them back of their own free will and accord ; and thus restore; strengthen and perpetuate the glorious old Union forever. I repeat, whatever guarantees will satisfy Maryland and the Border States (the States now :in the Union) will create a Union party in' the seceded States that will bring them back , by the voluntary action of their own' peo- : : ple. You can restore and preserve the Government in that mode. You can do it in no other. WAR IS DISUNION, WAR IS.:FI NAL, ETERNAL SEPARATION , Hence, disguise it as you may, - every Union man in American must advotate such amendments to the Constitution. as will preserve peace and restore the Union; while every disunionist; whether Openly, or secretly plotting its destruction . is' the advocate of peaceful secession or of war, as the surest means of rendering reunion i and reconstruction impossible. I have too much respect for his intellect to believe. I for a moment, that there.is a man . for war who is-not a disunionist per se.-- Henee I do not mean, if I can prevent it, that the enemies of the Unionmen plot ting-to destroy it—shall drag this country into war, under the pretext of protecting_ the public property, and enforcing the laws, and collecting revenues,, when their object is disunion, and war the means of accorn-, plishing a cherished purpose. • The disunionists therefore, are divided into two classes—the one open, the, other secret disunionist. The one is in favor of peaceful secession and a recognition of in dependence; the other is in favor of war, I as the surest means of accomplishing the I object, and of making the separation fi nal and eternal. lam a Union man, and hence against war; but if the Union must be temporarily broken by revolution,. and the establishment of a de facto Gov ernment by some of the States, let no act be done that will prevent the restoration and future preservation. Peace is the on ly policy that can lead to that result. "But we are told, and we--hear it re peated everywhere, that we must find out whether we' have got a Government — 7 'Have we got a Government? is the ques tion, and, we are told we must test the questi4b.y using the military power to put. 4 . - ', -, ;',i.:,:::,., - . 7 contented spirits. Sir this question 75.z , :' . ...iwe a Government I' has been prop - &-; — .. , ,ed :by every tyrant who has tried to keep. his feet on the necks of the people since the world began.. When the barons demanded Magna Charta from King John at Runnymede, he exclaimed, 'Have we a Government 1 and called for his army to put down thOdiscontented barons. When Charles the First attempt ed to collect the ships' money in violation of the Constitution of England, and in dis regard to the rights of the people, and was resisted by them, he exclaimed, 'Have we a Government l We cannot . treat with rebels; put down the traitors; we must show that we have a Government.'— When James II was driven from the throne ofEngland for trampling on theliberties of the people he called for his army, and ex claimed 'Let us show that we have a Gov ernment ! When George - 111 - called upon his army to put down rebellion in Ameri ca, Lord North cried out lustily, 'No com promise with traitors; let us demon. strate that we have a Government.' When in 1848, the people rose upon their tyrants all over Europe, and demanded guaran tees for their rights, every crowned head exclaimed, Have we a Government? and appealed to the army to vindicate their au thority and enforce the laws." The War has had many motives for its commencement; it can have but one re sult; whether it last one year or fifty years —final, eternal separation, disunion.— As for the conquest and subjugation of the South I will not impeach the intelli gence of any man among you by CISSUM.• my that you dream of it as at any time or in any way possible. Remeinber the warning of Lord Chatham of the British Pediment: "My Lords, you cannot con qtier America." A public debt of hund reds of millions weighing us and our pos terity doWn for generations, we cannot escape. Fortunate shall we be if we es cape with our liherties. Indeed it is no longer so much a question of war with the South, as whether. we ourselves are to have constitutions and a republican form of Government hereafter in the North and West. "Sir, the history of the world does not fail to condemn" the folly, weakness and wickedness of that Goverment which drew its sword upon its own people, when they demanded guarantees for their rights. This cry, that we must have a Government is merely following the example of the besotted Bourbon who never learned any thing by misfortune, never forgave an in jury, never forget an affront. Must we demonstrate that we have got a Govern, ment, and coerce obedience Without refer ence to the justice or injustice of the com plaints?. Sir, whenever 10,000,000 peo ple proclaim to you with one unanimous voice, that . they apprehend their rights, their and their;-family alters are in danger, it becomes aivise Government to listen to the appeal and to remove the ;ail prehension. History does not record an example where any human Govern ment has been strong enough to crush 10, 000,000 of people into subjection when they believed their rights and liberties ' were imperiled, without :first converting the Government itself into a despotism, • and destroying the last vestige of fivedom,' DOINGS OF' CONGRESS Onr last week's report of the Con gressional proceedings embraced a portion of Monday's session. In ad dition we notice that Mr. Holman offered a resolution, which was adopt ed, declaring that during the present extraordinary session, the House will ianly : Consider naval, Military and fi nancial bills and that all other bills an& resoltitions shall Without debate, be referred to the next regular session of Congres - s.- Mr. 'Lovejoy offered a series - Of resOlations,declaring that it is : no part. f : the .duty of our soldiers to re-captnre fugitive slavei; that the Judiciary-Committee be instructed to inquire into theOxpedieney -re pealing the fugitive slave law, and that the restoration of Major mory was improper and unjustifiable, and that the - I:louse demanded his remov al. The resolutions were laid on the table by-yens 87, nnys,s2. The House then reconsiderecilVlr.-Hohnan's' res olution about business, amended it so as•-to-inchide general questions of a judicial character, And it was then re adopted. A strong effort,. made by the Kentucky members , to allow of •the consideration of proposition look ing toward peace 'was Coted down by yeas..s2i nays 102. . • - TUESDAY, July 9. In - theeriate, the death Of Senator Douglas was announced, and after. eu logies upon the character of the ;.de ceased, by Messrs. Trumbull, McDoug al,- Collamer, Nesmith, Broning and Anthony,' - the eustemary resoltitions were adopted, 'and .the- Senate. ad journed. In the Hoitse,' a bill appropriating $6,000,000 for the payment of the salaries due the'Militia and volunteers, .vas passed without ,objectiop. The Committee on.: Commerce reported. a bill closing the ports, of entry of se ceded States, to collect duties on ship board, and, sieze and confiscate all vessels belonging : to rebels. ,It was ordered to be printed and recommitt ed. Mr..Lovojoyagain brought for- Ward his resolutions declaring it to -be .nopart of the duty of the army to ,capture or. return 'fugitive slaves, and it was adopted. by a vote of 99 to 55. WEDNESDAY, July 10. In the Senate,. the joint resolution approving of the'acts" of the Admin istration with reference to the sup presion of rebellion,. was. debated.— Ani wr p:mendment,, , declaring that noth ingin-the bill shall authorize the 'per manent increase of the Army'and'Na- - vy, was 'agreed to, and the ,further discussien of the subject was postpon ed.. -The. bill authorizing the Presi dent to employ volunteers to aid in suppressing the insurrection and.pro tecting property, was taken up, and after some discussion, was paesed by a vote 'of 34 to 4. The 4 negatives votes were those of Messrs. Johnson, of Mo., Kennedy, of Md., Polk, of MO:; and PoWell; of N.*: Absent, Messrs. Baker, Bright, Breckinridge, Collamer, Pearce, Saulsbury, Sim mons, Thurston and Wilmot. The House, after an hour's debate, passed the bilk autkorizin4 a loan of $25,0000,000; by a vote of 149 . to 5. Th e Negative votes were Messrs. Bur nett, Reid, Nortea, Vallandigbarn and Wood. THURSDAY, July 11 In the Senate, the Committee on Commerce reported the House bill to enforce the collection of the revenue at the southern ports. The Loan bill was received from the House and • referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Hale introduced bills to regulate the employment of volunteers. in the Navy,-to regulate the Marine force, to regulate the Navy rations, to increase the Navy in time of war, to increase the number of Paymasters in the Navy and to reorganize the Naval Academy, all of which were referred to the Committee on Naval affairs.— The Committee on Finance reported back the House bill for the payment of the Militia and volunteers, with in amendment making the appropriation $5,750,000. instead of $6,000,900. The amendMent was agreed to, and the bill passed. The resolution to ex pel Senators from the seceded States was taken up. Mr. Latham moved to strike out the Word expel, and simply erase from the roll the names of the Senators, was defeated—ayes 11, nays-32, the ayes being all the Senators; from Delaware, Tennes see, Missouri, Kentucky besides Bright, of Indiana, Nesmith, of Ore gon, and Rice, of Minnesota.- The resolution then passe&---ayes 31, nays 10, the nays being the same as above except SaulSbury, of Delaware. The resolution legalizing the acts of Pres ident Lincoln since the commence ment of hostilities was taken up.— Messrs. - Polk and Powell spoke in opposition. Mr. Breitinridge get the floor to speak, but yielded to a motion to ao into Executive session. In the Ifanse, Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Ways and. Means, re ported the usual civil and other ap propriation bills for the year ending June. [The aggregate amount of ap propriation is the enormous sum of six hundred and sixty. One millions of dollarsj On -motion of Mr. Ste - yens, the House then went into com mittee on the Army bill. A long debate ensued, consequent upon the opposition of Mr. Burnett. An amend ment offered by Mr. Vallandigham, providing that the money should not be used to subjugate any States, and hold them as conquered provinces nor to interfere with African slavery in any State, was rejected.. Several mi nor amendments were adopted, and then the Naval Appropriation bill was considered, both bills reported to the House and passed. The. House concurred in the Senate amendment to the bill: for- the payment, of the Militia and Volunteers. A Battle in Western" Virginia—The Rebels totally Routed—One Thou sand prisoners. ROARING Res, VA., July I3.—A battle was fought yesterday afternoon at „Rich . Mountain two miles east of -this place; where the enemy, numbering alma( 2,000, under command of Col. Pegram, were.. strongly -entrenched: About three o'clock in the morning, Gerieralßosencratz, with a portion of the Eighth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Indiana regiments, and the Nineteenth Ohio, left this place, and, after a very difficult march of seven or eight miles, cutting a road through the woods; succeeded in sur rounding the enemy. • About three:RMA desperate fight im mediately ensued - , lasting about an hotir and a half, resulting in a loss of sixty of. the enemy killed; alargenumber wound ed, and many. prisoneri, • 'seine of 'whom are officerS.' Our total loss is not more than 11 killed and 35 wounded: THE REPORT 'OF GEN. M'CLEL LAN TO LIEUT.- GEN.-SCOTT. BEVERLY, Va . ., July 13. I have received ` from egrataplop -ositions for surrender, with his Officers and the remnant of his cominand, say six hundred - men. They are said to be extremely penitent, and determin. ep never again to take: arms -against the General Government. I shall have nearly nine hundred, or one thousand prisoners to take. care .of, 'when Pe grain comes in... . • - The latest accounts make the loss of'the rebels in killed some one hand - red and fifty.. Another Battle in Western Vfrginia. CINCINNATI, July 15.—Gen. Garnett, late Major in • the U. S. Army, was killed by an Indiana spldier in a regu lar battle fought, yesterday, eight miles from St. George, between the . rebels and the pursuing column un. der Gen. Ificelellen.. - • This is; eliable. The particulars of the battle will be telegraphed shortly. ESECONTi DESP.A.TCILI CINCINNATI, June 15.—Despatches from Grafton state that the body of Gen. Garnett, the.late .commander of the rebel forces at Laurel -Hill, had arrived there in a special train. He was killed while attempting to rally his retreating forces at Carrack's Ford, near' St. George: The rebels were:completely routed by Gen. Morritii.S. 'Division.- All of their camp equipage was . captured, with many prisoners, and their lom is about fifty killed. The loss on our side is- fear of the Ohio - Fourteenth regiment killed, and a few wounded. The rebels are now scattered in ev ery direction. -- St.-George, near where-the battle was fought, is the county seat of Tucker coun ty, Virginia, and about twenty Miles north east of BeVerly. It is Situated on the Cheat River, near the extreme southwestern cor ner OfMarylatid, and not more than fif. teen miles frein Baltiniore and Ohio Rail road. ' • : Gen. Garnettwas probably endeavoring to make his way towards Romney, where there is a force of rebels.. Shirmisluat Laurel Hill, Tra.The Reb . els Routed. WASfiINGTON,, Friday, July 12. A portion of General McClellan's for ces, stationed near Buckhannon,Va., had a brisk skirmish on Wednesday afternoon with the advance posts of General Johns ton's command at Laurel Hill, which last ed nearly the entire day. The Fourteenth Ohio and Ninth Indiana regiments were engaged on the one Side, and the rebels were supposed to compriSe a Georgia reg iment of some . reputation. The latter were completely routed, however, .by the fire ofthe artillery, which scattered their cavalry with shell, and drove the infantry, in disorder, into the woods, from which they did not rally; and at dusk McClellan's men withdrew-in:goo& order. Accounts up to as late as two o'clock yesterday afternoon report General Mc- Clellan throwing up batteries on - the hills commanding the position of the enemy. The rebels opened fire upon him, but without effect. General Morris was keep ing the rebels at Laurel Hill actively em ployed in continual skirmishing for the last twenty-four hours, and we regret to say that several of his men of th Ohio and Indiana regiments were killed. • BATTLE IN MISSOURI. ST. Louts, Wednesday, July 10,'61. - A special messenger arrived this evening by the Pacific Railroad,-with despatches from Cola Siegel to Adju. tant Harding, at the Arsenal. The following abstract was written at Rolla for The Democrat, on the morning of the sth : Gel. Siegel, with a pertion of his regiment and a part of Col. Solomon's, and ten pie ces of artillery, in all film 1,100 to, 1,- - 200 men attacked a body of 6,000 reb els, under Gen. Rains and Col. Par sees, about 7 Miles east of Carthage, on the Prairie. They only had five pieces of cannon.. Many of the ene my were mounted men. COL Siegel began the attack at 9i o'clock in the morning, breaking the enemy's 'centre twice. After fight ing one boar and a 'half we alien°. ed their - artillery. The enemy tried to out-flank our troops with their cavalry and tut off our baggage, but Col. Siegel made a retreating movement keeping up a constant firing and ordered the bag. gage-train to advance, which • was formed into columns with a batallion of infantry supported -by- four pieces of artillery near each body, and the remainder of the - artillery in front, on 'the flanks of the rebels. They then attempted' to cut off his communication with Carriages with their cavalry, but -our artillery took them at a- cross-fire which played havoc among their ranks, which open ed the road, and Col. Siegel fell back on Carthage the enemy harrassing his flank up Carthage; the town, where anoth er stand was made. • While attempting to reach the ad: jacent woods to prevent the use of the cavalry, the Rebels made the most serious attack, and the bloodiest part of the battle was fought. But the enemy were finally routed and forced to withdraw their forces. - Col Siegel then fell back on Mount 'Vernon, where he could:be supported. The sole captive officer, - taken about 5 o'clock; reported the loss at near 260' on their part, but as the severest fight ing was done subsequent to that hour, it is believed their loss is consideriv bly greater. 45 prisoners were taken. Our - loss is 8 killed, 45 wounded and missing. - - • --- [PUBLISRED BY REQUEST.] ADDRESS Delivered by Jacob - Weldle, Jr., at the Celebration of Zion's .Lutheran Sun day School ,of this Rorough, .an ,ithe 4th of thilYslatil• LADIES AND GENTLEMEN am not inserittilde to thiwallarity of the Position, in Whielit no* find myself placed. The occasion of addressing an assemblage , 1 0 Oro the:familiar faces of friends full of anctinus extseetiqrs, and a crowd of well known J utun&naneett are arrayetin "'judgment up on tliveri\woid ru4.---o,s7.sufacient to embarrass one - titmiore sway nerve than myjiblf t And the fe'elineis greetlylAnereintetas yo&siattat,rtell sup pose when the bright eyes ,of peerless; maidens . 4,4;e or iti, - .theirsparkling scintillations upon the scene;and manly forma add their , enlivening in &tenets to the already enchanting view. it is, I assufe.yetti;with no ordinary solicitude and trep. jdationithat I have 'risen at tins time 46(V : under e v erretniiiii tl nces to perform the part committed to `rue. But having undertaken the task, I trust that t Pulay be the' bumbre instrument of contrib. uting-isnuteth)* toward the interestand pleasure of those towhinn have the privilege of speak ing. And I hope that none will be disappointed, if, instead of-distening to an address .abounding tit-beatdifully rounded periods andmderned with the gay - dowers of brilliant eltiqUence," prim ears are greeted with this prosy product of a not very prolific mind.. To•day, in every loyal E. tate of this Union, there will be a time for grateful ret rospection, and as we seize this charmed hahr to hush every conflict, to let the whirl of business run out to stillness, to quench the fires of party, we believe that the most earnest men will pous.e, and from opposite - sides look kindly at each other. Where there is & drop of Revolutionary blood, there will not be a wnting those Who Mark -upon the calendar of : remembrance the "4-th of : July"— there, will he holy thoughts and grateful memo ries to-day. Even in Old England may be found those who look forviard to the retirrn . of this our natal day, with unspeakable pleasure and, hearts full of joy. As the, sun leaves those eastern shores and wheels westward, every hour awakes 'in ranks'the States that celebrate this memorable date. Maine will rehearse the story that never wears out, by telling. New Namyeltire, from amidst, her hills and mountains,` will send back a grateful remembrance to the past; and an All Haill to tbe future. Vermont, her bills now tucked up in green, will recount to her children I the story of lthe times that tried men's souls."-- Connecticut, small but comely, and Rhode Island, smaller but yet fair, shall stop- their ,machineries and bare the head in the•mernories of this hour. Matoachnsetts, from the hearts of whose sons the first blood was drawn in the Revolution, and whose noble volunteers, fell covered with chival ric honors .in the streets , of Baltimore ' sends a greeting of holy reverence to her sitter States.-- New York hails the coming of this 'day and New Jeraey_yielda a welcome to- this hour, And the , true to its generous great heart of Penits:;!o o ,da impulses, opals to hall'ilitd hies} th&memory of this day, for her noblest cradles rock the blood of the "sires of 'M." Delaware 'and Maryland, States that by the aide of their. neighbors :seem like punctuation points i&the sentencelbat spoils Union and Liberty, and binding together as.they do this glorious confederacy of States, cannot forget the past. And sweeping westward, every State; Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi,-,oan, Wiseou sin, Missouri, Minnesota, lowa and Kansas, shall send patriotic. thoughts to the ancestral shrine.— Yea! across the plains, along the mountain slope, in the cabin of the wearied miner, all down the coast of California and Oregon there shall be a grateful recognition of this day. And from the gigantic evergreens of the Calaveros shall go a greeting to the Pine-trees of all New England.— And we hope that the wide compact. of semen:t he:ince may not lose one Southern • State to-day. May they drop the hand and cool , the tongue and from a thousand spots may truce sound, And men come down to this peaceful memory that flows between us and exchange greetings. May all reverence the Memory of our Forefithers. Let the Savannah murmur it; let the Mississippi sound it; let the Chesapeake and the Delaware bear the chorus to the sea ; then let the Atlantic speak and the Pacific answer, deep calling unto deep. • It would, I doubt not, prove interesting and instructive if together we were to glean from the %Ida' of the past whatever of importance and profit tnight . there he found; the rise, progress and prosperity of our beloved land, placenta mat ter that would more than fill up the few moments I intend occupying, yet the crisis which- is now impending over us we think - claims especial at tention and demands more than a passing notice at our hands. Events of no ordinary character havebeen rap idly thickening the path of our progress as a na tion. But yesterday we looked upon a magnifi cent empire fruitful in all the elements of moral, political and commercial greatness ; a territory drained by the mightiest rivers of earth, whose sources are amidst perpetual snows, but whose outlets are a midst perennial flowers--within whose borders Liberty, Peace and Unity held sweet communion. It was but yesterday that our coun try presented- a scene of peace and prosperity which filled every , Ainerieen bosom with joy.— But the glorious spectacle .whieh then filled the breast of the Patriotic .with delight has under gone a change and the scene is now transformed. A black cloud which not long ago hung .with lowering and threatening aspect in our political horizon has suddenly darkened up the zenith, shutting the southern sky in a wall of ebony, and flashing its quiveritig lightnings far over the snowy mountains of the North. And rolling on, it gathered and grew, until its shadow now dark-a ens this nation and its thunder and lightning speak to the hearts ofrthirty three millions of people. In a word, Secession has reared its grim visaged front and the Ghost of Disunion, we fear, has at last become a verity. This magnanimous country, whose great heart [ beats responsive to the sighs and sorrows of all nations, is about to be plunged into Civil War. This once peaceful land, the hospitable home for the oppressed of all countries, is to be deluged in fraternal blood; Our laws, the very transcript of Eternal Justice, have been defied. That Union which was created after so many years of patient labor, of-common suffering sled of common, glo ry, has been assailed. That Constitution which Washington, Franklin, Hamilton and other com patriots made, and which served us so well in peace and in war, has been thrown aside. That Liberty which we inherited from our brave, suf fering-Fathers has been menaced. The symbol of our country's strength and honor, that Flag which our countrymen have borne over so many lands and seas—whose stripes were painted with the blood of martyrs, whose stars flashed through the clouds of Banker Hill and Brandywine. and came shining out in the cloudless day of York town, that Flag Which our, Fathers loved in the days of old, has been insulted, trampled upon and trailed in the dust. The Government by ly ing supinely upon its back and hugging closely the delusive phantoms of compromise and con cession, permitted treason to run riot in the land and bind it hand and foot. But the iron -hail at Fort Sumter shet away the last vestige of nation al forbearance. It now rattles in every Northern breast. You might saturate the Cotton States with all the turpentine.-of North Carolina. you might throw upon them the vast pine forests of. Georgia, then bury the Gulf storm's sharpest lightning lute the combustible mass, and you would not redden the Southern horizon with so angry a glow as flashed along the Northern breast when the flames of Fort Sumter reached- it.— Sou there Statesmanship may attempt to organize a pique into an empire, to elevate a sulk into a sacrament by marrying disappointment to revo lution ; they mop even propose in solemn con vention to abolish the "4th of July," and throw all its patriotic powder into the murderous, arse nal of fratricidal conflict, but they cannot per manently disrupt our nationality. Hretofore, in their differences, the people sheuldered ballots instead of bayonets. With a quiet bit of paper inAbeir hands they marched safely „through an hundred battles about Tariff, Banks, anti-Liquor, anti-Rent, anti-Masonry, and all'those Bimini and political questions about which a free people may amicably differ. Heretofore our people kept all their lead moulded into type, that'peaceably and telleetually they might enter the Southern brain, until passion and precipitation have forced them to melt down that type in a less friendly visitor. 'Kossuth says that bayonets think, and ours bare resolved in solemn convention to think deeply, act promptly and end victoriously. Do you wonder to-day to see the. flag of our country flying over all our re awakened national life, no more monopolized by meat-head and. stee ple, but streaming forth a camp signal from eve ry private hearth-stone, breaking outin love pim ples all down our garments, running like wild vine flowers over whole acres of anxious people ? Do you wonder to see tender; maidens, turning their white hands into heroin little Rag-staffs which with no loss of modesty unveils their deep love of country P Do you wonder at the loyalty, the devotion and enthusiasm with which the peo ple hailed that first evidence of' governmental ae tion—t he Proclamation of the President? It was the first trumpet note of Union and Freedom.— Its echoes reverberated , among the hills of peace ful and happy New Eugland, across the fertile valleys of the Su,equehanna and the Genesee, and over the broad prairies of the West, sweeping them like their own destructive fires, until the Eying cadences are lost, mingling with the pa. = rims of rejoicing that comeanswering back from that last and brightest plan in Liberty's great constellation. To-day bewildered America, with. her torn flag and her broken charter, looks to her sons fce guard' the one, restore - the . other. To morrow an hundred thousand gallant spirits stand ready to do or did lilt dbfeneerof their country, re solved that the honor of that flog—the banner of the stars—must be sustained: Who can read of of the strife of Lexington and. Obi:mord and not find his heart thrill with emotion at this glorioner baptism of the "stars and stripes?" No one can see the banner of the Republic , now, waving in triumph from Bunker's Height and not, with startledear and glowing, reast, bear the din of battle, behold- . the tiered repulse of advancing soadfons .and tbe flames of burning Charles town. Ico one can be at Saratoga , ant. not tread with exultant step and throbbing heart, thegronni where the "Star-spangled Renner" first success fully rolled back thdtide of British power and ag. .gression, No onp_Otin - think of that sacrekem blein trailidg in v r aOrk%):t the snows of Val ley Forge, oriaditiss Use erased Delaware, or amid the swamps of Carollytatmnd not weer that fthe patriotism of the,ltispere,'lbe Sumter: and: the tifarions no longer burns.upen iheir native altars. At a time which tried . men's souls, when the strong were weak, the hopeful despondent, the bold grew timid and the tattered.enaign seemed but a funeral pall or winding sheet to corer, .the nakedness of a forlorn • cause, until zovered with a brilliant mantle of glory and. redemption the new born republic at Yorktown—that sacred flag was up borne on many a herd fought' field. and, carried in triumph through many, ag um al ennaliat.:. It was tbis ensign -bflittia` rty and Union, the idol of oar -hearts, which 1 4iVery one ofms hisradered from the time his eves' first saw flag which has never beft;re been `trailed in liCe dust.and Which.hris maintained its . integrity with unflinching Courage, of which the. Governor of ,Seuth Carolina thus spoke—"We have humbled the flag of the United States. I can here say , to you, it is the first'time in the his tory of this country that 'the stars and stripes have been humbled. It has triumphed , ter 70 years, but on the 13th of April, 1361, it was hum and bumbled before the "glorious little State of South Carolina." I have but one response toigive to that— And now on our soil, when ;vile traitors assail That glorions ' by all nations respected, Defiant welling its bright folds to the gale, , And swear from rebellion it shall be protected I Yes I we swear to defend, To the last bloody end, The lied, White and Blue which-in Union still blend; And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph Shall ware O'er all the fair land of the free and the brave. For years this old ghost of Disunion has been skulking about our National capital. Through the whole range of our Parliamentary history er ery great question from a Tariff to a Territory has felt its clammy touch. it-dropped its death's bead unto the tariff scales of '33; it shot its ghast ly logic unto the storm of sill; it satgrioning up on the deeks in all our - naval battles, that it might run the war of 1812 on a rock ; it stood upon the floor of the first Congress and shook its bony fin gers in the calm face of Washington. I the rising of its spectral form caused a shudder 1832 to pass through the *nation- 1112(1 Well 1210 2 , w:is tithed:ft: donanent, but the deelitiVe allerigerous policy of the hero of New Orleens gave peace and harmony to-our country, and proved ,to the world tlrat -the people !of this enlightened , land had a government. Now; as then, though there may be differences upon , questions of domestic politics, nevertheless all are agreed 'that the "Union -must and be preserved." Our hearts' desire and prayer to high , heaven is that as God was en the Stile of obeFathers in the try ing days of the Revolution, so may. He now stand by the sacred cause of their sons in these days of disloyalty and rebellion until the death-rattle shall seize upon the palsied throat of dying, ea son and diaunien. Be it remembered that- our Government was founded - upon the Bible. Upon the immutable principles of Justice and Right was framed - the league that binds together the States of this great American Republic, which, whatever may be its faults is the noblest political fabric ever reared by human, hands. The first stories in this, grand temple were laid in wisdom and contented by the blood of 'the purest patriots the world has ever known. Twice in the very infancy- of our na tion's history did the veteran legions - of Old-En gland pay an involuntary obeisance to the chiv alry of our army, and the victors of, caitile and Arragon have repeatedly succumbed to our invin eibleforces. Looked up tests the model Govern ment of the world and holding out the aegis of Freedom to every land andante, it behooves our Congressman to be mindful of the great cause committed to their keeping. May the colleen trilled wisdom auttexperionee of Congress which assembles on this ever-memora ble day, prove amply commensurate with the ar duous duties that lie before them. Let them be faithful to their trast for the civil and political destiny of thirty-three millicina of people are oils pended, perhaps, upon the deliberations of the XXXVII Congress. Let them remember that on the 4th of 'July, 1776, fifty-six noble spirits shook the shackles of the world, end nerved by the memories of this hallowed hour, let them shake off the shackles of Seceision and Treason, that are about dragging as down into the awful gulf of Disunion. Standing as sentinels upon the watch-towers of the. Constitution we look to them to sound the alarm and arouse the people to a sense of any impending danger. Actuated by the spirit of our stern and sturdy ancestors, let them determine to spare no endeavors •in crush ing out the vile serpent that has reared its head, ready to strike at the heart of the Union, and poison with its deadly venom the life blood .ef the Nation. Discarding the doctrines of those who would "let the Union slide," and trampling under foot-the infamous sintenee that decilitres our Constitution "a league with Hell," let.them determine to stand by the Constitution as made by our Fathers, and demand of every citizen a strict and faithful compliance with its every pro vision. Let nothing but a pure love of the whole country and a deep devotiorsto the Union, spur them on, in their high career of saving' the proud est Government that ever existed. Mindful of our former glory and our present rame, Jet them resolve that not a star shall be plucked frOm the bright tiara of Liberty, but that the combined splendor of its stellated gems shall never cease to gleam and glisten, until the Union is placed upon a safe and stable basis. Thensis the beams of light radiating from this central haute of civil and religious liberty, may they break upon the distant millions that weep in the shadow of death. Our Fathers pledged their lives, their, fortunes and their sacred honor to bequeath us Freedom. Over this rich boon let us watch with a vigilance that never sleeps, guard with a jealousy that ad mits no encroachment, and protect and defend it with a valor that never surrenders. As the peo ple of the old thirteen States rose like one man against that Juggernaut of Government—the British Monarchy—so letsbe people now rise up, trample the vile thing of secession in the (lust and in the gore of the battle-field, if - 'needs be, plant the olive tree of Peace and Freedom. And as the remembrance of the cowardly attack upon Fort Sumter and the brutal assassination of the young but daring Ellsworth comes stealing upon our minds, let us determine to stand by the Union. and our Native Land. Let us determinenever to. sheath the sword until we have secured the pers petuity of this glorious Union,. the maintenance of the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. Let us stand by our country in prosperity or in adversity, in glory or in gloom, in peace or in war, our country first, last and forever. History's instructive pages are strewn with the, wrecks of former Republics. The chains of ig norance and degradation lie heavily upon the de scendants of the proud Roman and the polished Greek. As yet nations like .men have run their career, brilliant or base, but to end in decay and, death. And must such be our fate ?Will thee Clouds of anarchy and despotism darken the light of Liberty, the glory of this great Republic.-- Shall the morning star se our nation's birth-day which dawnedso auspiolous and glorious, amidst the black clouds of the Revolution whose virgin rays lighted the patios ay - of our ancestral sages and heroes, be struck from-our political galaxy? Shall the radiant sun of our independence, whose bright beams have so long relumined the . altar of freedom, go down prematurely behind the-murky Clouds of national dishonor to be lost forever in the thick darkness of political apostacy? No I No storm-clond in the Noeerfvthes,rtaodtri:wibd ,No I Our glorious Union shall never dissolve ! I :s et e h k o u - h h re e r g a rrl live veal c tr o a u i n to t rrys in O t t e r S n o o u b th le , S w h i i l p t vtd iyProvidence , thdatay a, w born .when ihtes it.oak timbers may reel and quiver nt , h h e e A s e 8 a w c ou h i f i s i l l ut d i 3 11 s t e a ( ' :tr e s e founder.n dreadful in the squall but in the tempest and cradled in the storm, was early disciplined for f inthedaarkre nthe heavens hung with clouds of war, the earth vibrates with the peals of battle, when the thee of the valliant is pale and the heart of site brave is troubled, when storms portentous of annihilation howl around like the wettings of the damned-oam bia's sons will make the heavens resound with music to the inipired words - A Union of- takes and a Union of lands, A Union no power can sever ; A Union of hearts and a Union of hands, And the American Union rarevorl (Cr-At Washington military matters are on the move. Several regiments were advanced yesterday in the direction of Fairfax Court House arid along the Ma nassas road, thus drawing the lines closer together. It was - reported that a portion of .the rebel troops atFairfax were retreating.
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