E 3 gclaaitou gtVsrtistr. 'WHIN DXXOCR4TIC PRINCIPLE U CZASIC TO ay.; WT oust W. M BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1862 FOR A UDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER UNION COUNTY FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL : JAMES P. BARR, ALLEGHENY COUNTY DIFFEnNer, or ,OPlNlON.—General Hunter, of the South Carolina De partment, informsthe government of ficially, that the negroes whom he is enrolling in hisnegio brigade, "are ea beyond all things, to take the field and be led into action," 'while Mr. Pierce, the "Superintendent," as he is styled, of the same place, writes that Hunter's statement is false, and that not one is.obtained without com pulsion. Who tells the truth. • 1057 - The Courier has still not a word to say againSt the rascality of Sena tor Simmons in taking a bribe of $50,. 000 for using his influence in obtain. ing a contract for arms for certain parties, but it continues to abuse loy al Demdcratk . The Cow* does not say a word in commendation of. the great Constitu tional Union Meeting in New York, licit week, but it continues to abuse loyal Denioorata. • Mr We are aware that the Courier doss not like to see thenorruptions of its political friends exposed in our col- ummi and will,not do it in its own Itprefers to abuse loyal Democrats. Hereiii another little speculation by the-high priests of its party, :VrlYo *in "war for human free -.-ddm to go on to the bitter end."— These items are small, comparatively, -to the millions filched from the goy ttahrent bY.other Means, yet in the aggregate they amount to sums that *timid make many h disabled soldier andJamiryt. comfortable. -The items ..are . official' : and in answer to a remain- tide of ttifi-lEOus'e ikr , ral* _ r ,„ er, „: „,„„....etter er th e - Seeate be_ .! te e __investigate- the :saiTender 'of 11; 4 13;4662: :-Ratt'iriniylnditt; 'OR MSS denss-g..rkatn. - . o,nts,P.Jl`aras %Services as member of. Senate difisMitteete i invatigate the sin:render orthe from November irta - November 21, 1811:1,Ano1usire, 16 dap at $8 eT day, - $1.28 00 529 listleis-irideetits, 105 80 $233 80 t - These Charges are in addition to their regular'pay of $BOOO per year. Crimes. is the Republican Senator fro* 1 - 6#(4, Wed :gale 'OA:Republican genAtnr. fromistew Eanipshire.' These -e- leaks must be stopped if the ship is to be saved. - Therel'aril also terrible stories fold - Of boapit'al 4 fratids, ac counts of,xobberiss. cif army Stores, which are enough , to,appal a man . who - tries to , . have faitlriti human traH tare, - and American chanicter. yet Ex alluding to thei4 Cou4r,charges us with "abusing our patriotic national adniniatration." The ' , oath waa administered to a indii r idelitapt Lebanon on the 4th ,ofJuly There are a few othere that it would - not harm to take tbkoatb.-- - -•COuNer. • Da. Right, let them be batiled up. We were six ;Ureciktu in,andeavoring to obtairean aukhoNiledgment from the Courier-.that it.iycas in favor of a resto- ration of the Union as it'was, , and then oute - effeets - Utre only crowned with indifferent success. Its 'ism 'Was conditional and with reserva Vona.- We,have re' aeon to believe that there arb:scinve.others who think just Mgt+ Velieie" beitippended and'tniti tre vi. da ti l de) iro uiilty Henee leftheir , ioYakY ..1 , 0 the Tlnieg and- the_ C,OnSti• . tution be - te,sted;, - sea' if: WI will swoar to support tinV4 - aii" hem untonijitiollAY -and , Without xeseriations. Nothing of speOiiihim:portance has e ta en place beforn itiehltiond sinew - MTh: late , hattles. But it is . .24x. fleeted in*Riehniond that another hitt-. tie will take placesoou. The - report, last week, pat our soldiers had taken , three rebel batteries : And AOOO prison. ens was Without foundation. Burn side ii!ftfkeinfaree'dldielellan with a. bout 15 Goo' inn It was also rumor. ed that Magruder was moving down 'the Peninsula: Aar The. Courier, finding its efforts -in rousing the mob-spirit . against our office-aboitiva; is`nOw . turnint its ati tention, correspondence, to induce persona /to:, withdraw their patronage from us. ::Ia itlauffiving for'tlie want of itfbr withflilitiqaztetyo , o l3, f , 4 * out of iie - 4,4s.B;itielpiel l t' $ - MS TO PO OW." $ 78 00 SIMI THEY FORGET The Democratic party knows no "Douglas party" or "Breekinridge party" just now. We- are all united as one maw in support of the Union, the Constitution and the laws. Renee the efforts of the Abolitionists to di vide us by applying the terms "Buchanan Dernocrats," "Breckin ridgers," "Douglas faction," &c., and impeaching the loyalty of the one' or the'other, and all in turn, as convenience or localty may dictate, are uncalled for and malicious, and, designed to encourage the rebels by making them believe that they have large numbers of sympathisers in the North. They ..forgetthat the present Secretary of War- upuchanan Democrat i " and vas called fresh from Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet into•thatof Mr. Lincoln's. They forget that Mr. Dix, who has a Division of the Army entrusted, to his management, was al so a member of Buchanan's Cabinet ; they forget that one of the most ar: dent of the supporters of Breckin. ridge, General Butler, has entrusted to him another Division ofthe.A_rrny ; they forget that General Shields, in command of a Division in Virginia, was another of Breekinridge'a snp porters ; they' .foriet that Gen.- Ste: , yens, who has nowi-ariimpOrticut com mand in South Carolina, was Chair-- man of the Breekinridge Central Committee in 1880; they forget that Andy .Tohnson was an unbending supporter of Breekinridge; they for get that Daniel S. Dickinson, whom they have recently elected Attorney General of New York, was one of the genuine Buchanan and - Breekinridge men ; they forget that .Gen..AleClel lan was a true and faithful Buchanan Democrat, and is yet; they forget (to come nearer home,) that the Captain (Ulrich,) and tWo Lieutenants (Ely and Tice,) of the first company that volunteered from Lebanon' to. sup press the Rebellion, voted against Abe Lincoln in 1560; they forget' that of the only. Cavalry Company ,raised in Lebanon, two of the three Commanding officers were Breckin. ridge Democrats, and that all three voted against Lincoln ; they forget that Captain Lantz's Company and the 93d Regiment contain a. due proportion .of "Buchanan, Breekin ridge and Douglas,DernoCrats;" they forget that the bloodof Douglas De tn ocrats of Illinois and - else Where has flowed like water in the battles of the West. In view of all these facts, it comes with a bad grace'from Republicans to object that. Democrats should .again be called into power, when they themselves have found their services indispensible and have already called them into some of . ,4he ' most im or en cal 6r. Buchanan himself if, they thought, they would there by.advance their own selfish ends and purpoties. GER. keCLELLAN The calm and dignified letter of the young General in relation to the proceed ings of sundry interlopers about the White'House, puts them to shame. We remarked some time since on the manner in which. Senators and others behaved in the camps to which they were admitted. It appears that they even seduced a high medical officer into disrespectful treat ment of his superior. Under a storm of persecution, such as 11 . 0 .7 M8Ti has hithertw experienced In this country, the General has maintained a noble silence, rePlying only-to-the, official inquiries of the govern mient'and then in clear and intelligible ' 'phrases that speak to the heart of the na tion. No man can imagine what immense Taber General McClellan has undercrone within the past few weeks, and how thor. oughly and perseveringly he has worked. An officer related to us an incident illus trating this ' sernewhat. On a dismal rainy evening, when some trenches were to be thrownup, the narrator was direct ing his men and laying out the work, when he saw an officer on horseback, attended by a single orderly, ride up, and dismount. Be was not.recognized till he approach ed with a hasty "good evening, gentle men," when they knew the Commanding General. He remained a half hour, walk up and down, making brief suggestions, then rode swiftly away. At nine o'clock, our informant being 'absent at the mo: meat, was infifirmed that the General had been there again. At , one o'clock he re appeared. Another ,;officer of the same regiment reported that at 3 o'clock, A. M, the Commanding General, wityrone visitekthe world tte.wassengaged thrie - rniles those first named; Both ,points•were eight miles from' Headquarr ters, where it was known that ,the Genet:— al.transacted business froM tithe to tithe , through: the night and .where he tireak fasted next morning. -This-we:are, assured/is his constant habit. •No wonder the army are entlui siastie admirers, of .such :.a ; mart. The sa.meptficer told .us that on the last day's fighting, near Harrison's Bar, when he was standing where the.enemy's shell were falling rapidly, and-numbers of the wounded and dead layaiound, in the midst of the battle, a thundering cheer went through the ranks, as General Mc- Clellan rode down among them.. The wildest excitement pervaded the , regi• meats, and cheer on cheer was given.— The officer said that the wounded men - Who lay around waved their: hands,,, and .one man who was terribly shattered, caught his cap, waved it over his head and cheered feebly but joyously. Our infor mant saw that man die within ten min utes after the young general had gone by Such affection no common man can win, apkit proper add : thnt - -.General .444,- dellan %ibis ft 'by,no stio, nor preten- sion, nor by any political or other prestige, but solely as a brave and noble soldier, ivhom the army confide in as one who will do his duty though the heavens - fall. The Courier still has an idea that the failure thus far to crush the rebellion is owing to want of abuse of Jeff. Davis & Co., in the LEBANON ADVERTISER. The walla of jerrico were overthrown by the bloWing of ram's horns, but history furnishes no other instance of warfare carried sue• cesefully on by such 'means. But the Courier thinks the precedent a good one and that this rebellion can be bellow ed down. We differ with it.there,,and think that it must be put down., by' armies, with the sword, by the bay onet, by battles, and by siege : .Skill in the officers, enduranee, courage, drill, discipline among, the men, are necessary to its overthrow. All the men, all the money that was asked for, and more, have been freely given to the President: He has had mill ions .of . men ,frorn., whom. to select commanders. Ile has the power to Make and unmake generals. the rebellion hastot been crushed sooner the misfortune is - riot chargeable to Vur failure to denounee the rebellion, and the rebels, mr.Ohe whole page of a late Rich mond Examiner is occupied with ex . traas from the , New York Tribune and other northern abolition papers of the Courier stripe. These papers are - quoted from for a two-fold pun• pose,--ftrst, to show the rebels the abolition movements; and, second, the abominable lies that many people'of the north are secession sympathisers,. are copied to keep up the spirit of rebellion by hopes of assistance. AFTER MORE STEAMN treaty with Mexico is now before' Congress, wherein is a provision that .the gov ernment of the United States will lend to Mexico 412,000,000. When we'are already untold millions in debt it is rather a cool undertaking to lend money to a neighboring nation, and if the operation did not afford steal ing would probably not be thought of just now. 6:!7!:Boutliern papers' asiert that. Gen. . Tan Dorn and his rebelarmy have re-cap tured Baton. Rogue, and taken 1500 pris. o els Fi4hthigin Tiettlicssee NASHVILLE, July 13.—Between 3,000 and 4,000 Georgia and Texas guerillas, under Col. Forrest attacked the Eleventh Michigan and Third Minnesota regiments in Murfreesborough early this morning. Desperate fighting ensued. • At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Michigan troops sur rendered. The Minnesota regiment was strongly entrenched, and, cut up the enemy terri bly with Hewitt's Kentucky battery, re pßising them with great slaughter Irk three charges. Fleas of thiee were sent in' . (ion a week: The railroad track was torn up, but had been replaced. An attack on Nashville is not improb able. General Leslie is reported as fall ing back On Nashville, Cannonading has been repeatedly heard here.. Col. Boone has arrived with several companies. - LATER.—MurfreesbOrougp has been taken by the rebels, consisting mostly of Texas Rankers, under'Forrest, but was shelled •by our batteries. The Ninth Michigan regiment was captured, but the ThireMinnesota, with their battery, was still holding out at the last accounts. Brigadier General Duffield-and •Critten den, of Indiana, were captured: There is grearextitement in Nashville, and an 'attack ,„is expected. The troops here will give thebest fight , possible; itild if compelled .Itolyield, will shell the city. A battery is in:pnsition tor that emergen cy. [Fren the Zutherass Observer.") McClellan's Regard for the Sabbath, Gen. McClellan Suspended all military operations on the Sabbath, that he and his men might enjoy the day of rest To do this in the very _ face of an ungodly world, and at the risk of being overnice, if not neglecting his public duties, requir ed a high degree of moral courage. If he has God for him, he may afford - to dis regard what men can do against- He - has violent and unscrupulous enemies, some of them in high place of power; but we have, faith to believe that God whom he honors will bring him off triumphant. , • e,A , ho , *p,ul)liaan So,nator from Kansas, stated laat week :in the Senate that lialleek -had' ledt - f 50,00 Men in the timnelii3S before 'Co . We'believeAtai Lane lies. Await From the-following despatch it' 'tee ink - tha President - has:de`dif - ' * dedld'aiognin - el pdtTey in ,5 no iffe f rai Cy with t , ll!tienires'ofthe diendoniets of New„Engl Tho northern , people must pay for ,the ,Soui thern„ Slaies,tr suffer the evils - or-general - enlitheipa-tion - • - NEW XORK July special. dis patch to 'We Post, from Washington say& die President to day Sent for We memberki of Ccingress from the ROI'. der Slave States, upon whom he urg. edliis plan of erriancipUtiol," and itn. ted strongly We' if it waS ficit,afipt ed a general emancipation would come under less pleasant circumstan ces Tnz LATE BATTLES.We give be low the names of-localities of tbe va rious battles which , have been fought by the contending armies befere Richmond:: Thursday, June-28--Battle of htiobardoevilli. Friday Jane . 27—Battle of Gaines' Mill. BsturdaY*,:fosiii'2V- - -- Battle of ''the dhiokahous - . . Sua4 . 20. Battle• .of Peach Orchard; 'Aide O 4 bWhitepale as 10— a., le of , Swahsp; Battle:' Of: Iffieit4l , poky drookp . battle =of' Charles_ itty Oro goads. , 4 -er.4.(4 Tuesday, July'l—)Jattli of Tarkey Bend. om Nationa Republican. The Fourih Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. . Among ,th numerous and some what conflicts g. reports of the terri ble and Sanguinary battles on the Pen insula, I havelooked in vain for some notice of the part taken in them by the Foirth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. While I must confess thatit would have been a difficult task, under the circumstances ? to have given spe cial notice of each and every regiment engaged during that long and bloody struggle, yet I._ think it `a little strange that this.regimentfelrOuld be entirely overlooked, when it is'considered that it took part in neatly ever battle from the first_ to the Jai; and vied, with the other 'brave troops of McCall's di vision in 'enduring. fatigue and.priva tion. Our gallant Clol. S. .H. Childs, with three> companies, arrived near the scene of acpon, on Wednesday, June 25, and joined the five compa nies that had clothe- on before leaving four cOmpamiesi. behind, under com mand of Lieut. Col. J. K. Kew, who was prevented froth joining the regi ment by bommuhication being cut off with White Rotisflanding. On the day folfeWing our arrival, the battle was fought near Mechanics ville. C'ompatries'E'atid F, Captains Herron and - Weidth* were on picket duty, and in cony with the Back tails, were thee'fifitiPreceive the at tack. And ttfeyll3 forined ithportant service, by keepfuitlieGanerlar post. ed with regard to tike movements of the' enemy and WS; retired from their dangerotrk v , after having t iwirt been nearly surrounded by the rebels, when they were ordered to do so.— Company C, Captain MeCullough,was sent out onan irrifloitant scouting expe dition, to note the movements of the enemy on our might flank; while the rest of the regiment; under command of Col. Childs and Major Covode, was drawn up in lineif tlittb3 to await further orders, and having, in the meantime, beam:ft:l6lnd -by Companies E and. F, they remained at their post all night. .- . Iu the morning, (Friday June 27,) they were ordered to march to the neighborhood of Gaines' Bridge, and take their positten on the field, where soon after rageetlie Weedy strife in all its fearful terriira".Durinfr the after . noon, they were joined by company C. Capt. McCullough'; and thougt our brave officer's acid men were not or. dered to - take any other part in this terrible battle than simply to stand at their poet; they perforMed this du ty with remarkable coolness and brav ely, directly uoder fire of the en. ems-, who approached them over a hill, and whose aim *as doubtless too high; otherwise, our' noble regiment must have been alraesr, exterminated. • They stood their - gfol')lqif . t . , and not an officer or man firricked'frora his duty, while our gallant polond rode along the lines to cheer and encourage his brave Men. And when after a long and desperate struggle, our lines over. ;lowered by superior numbers and ex.-. hausted by a severe march and hard fighting, which hao now continued for about 0 - hour* ,beeame panic stri cava ry s -oppe their retreatallied Ulm again to - thtit toirflref.rii*thA saved our brave but exbausteTtroope from be ing driven by givir flernies. into the , Chiekaheniiny.' swa'ogf,- wbere they would have been literally- butchered. And When by the afinoSt too late ar rival of Itleagher's Irish brigade, the enemk-wa.s held cheek, and our troops were ordered-from the field, the'Fourth Pennsylvania cavalry was the last to retire frOrn the post they had so long held; and as they slowly and quietly marched ireim the field, they were- .greeted' byi- the hearty cheers of the - Irish brigade, who duly appreciated them:witless and intrepid ity of our noble: little band. Our loss on this memorable battle field was— one killed and four or--five slightly wounded.: ' is posi. lIIMMEA NV i 1 1 oUt Toferring to the events that, occurred •in conneetion 4itli the rap id retreat of..the right 'Wing of our army, it is suffieiontc to say that the Ifourth Pennsylvania cavalry occu pied an important and dangerous posi tion in the terrible hattl), of Monday, 80th. Th ey, were pootod.iost to the rear of the left wing of iVlceall's di vision,and in ,fall,,raw, of the artillery and musketry of threieneini37; and when ourl eft wing was ovtirpovered they fell tack and, formed in; the': rear of our lines, were. they remained, until our brave troops, drove the • enemy from the field. It is impossible to tell the number of our ,casualties,' during this truly,awful battle, ,which, according to my 'judgment, was the most heti: contested and horricile,in its issue, of any one of the series „ xever, we had 4 ndin her of lamkri,lithd- and Mia -00 ng • , militant Bi4dlrlwas, severely woundedin tbe leg i ond 4 ha„par : hi_isty retreat, we Fere ccs llO ;toDave N. and Surg. .v. l * I; in the i h°sPital#na,4,4ey dputitlets,4ell into the kande of,the enery i Aloft. Taylor 41:1 1 .4 2' 6 Pi Tharcy,-,of out re g illent, were acting, as ~Geti,.llfCcall's body _guard, And I hope they allieatue+fr,eatel.Y , I, do conies! thiq L feel. proud of the VOurth Pennaylfania cavalry, and I do think that, the _brave officers and .. „ Mgt P. i. . snleli?ra of this re ~' t t 4" lleltr:w)tti the other pq le P4inws Yk,ll) connee iPug.ht, Sid 0 lky siciptyikij Own, should have their due meed of praisq.; for they i have truly proved worthy of :the pOble State w iise have borne 'so, cons lei 6 * ' iid honorable .:---„ p 1 us fl ~ _ a part in thie unnaturnl i‘ and , wicked war. .4441 .-- aili)sor:e AS A. tile, Pell na. Reserve QOps, IN cCtilb, 4 ivido i , - their noble officers ,and, lee ) s who have fought so "bravely !and enditre'd fa.- tlgue and, privation so patiently dti ring that long and 61ondy wes,lx) - and loot so many of their :gtillairt"Oilyers and brave men, are entitled to ' the . lasting gratitude of. oar whole Coun- : fry, and should, " an'd doubtless will, . receive the credit dile in their heroic deeds of valor. .•'•, OH:kPLAIN WASHINGTON, Ju ly 4;1862.6 The-City Cohneilvf . 18 10,034,, 6,048 Ot fint 11ttio, 50 eip' o - ibet" - * yd 7 mount of $ ; 00. ' • ANTI•SECESSIO\-ANTI.ABOLITION Thc Ullio7las it Was—the Constitution as it Is. Hon. C. A. Wickliffe, of Ky., At the Great Constitutional Meeting in New York, duly 1, 1862, Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens, I have come before you to• night suffering under some degree of pain from bodily affliction and advanced age, because my colleague, Senator Crittenden (loud cheers) whom you would delight to hear, was un able to come. I come on a Mission—thank God It is not a political mission, but a mission to lend my humble voice in behalf of a Union and a government threatened by violence in the field and by treachery in the Congress of the United States. (Applause.) I only wish that the Abo litionists with whom I have been in conflict this Winter at the Capital could have been here to witness the patriotic feeling -that I have witness ed to-night. (Applause.) My textsball be, The Union as' it was, and the Constitution as it la— the bond of this Union must and ahall be pre served. (Loud Applause.) Fellow-citizens, I have been engaged in my own humble way in tbe State of Kentucky -to prevent the people of that Commonwealth from taking that fatal step—se cession. The Union party men of Kentucky have succeeded in quieting the public excitement growing out of the issue upon which the rebell ion is based. Nevertheless our position has been misunderstood abroad. It has not been proper. ly estimated. We' never entertained the idea of making war upon the Government, which God gave us through the agency of the men of the Revolution and of the Convention that framed the Constitution,'but we desired if possible not to take part in the active' conflict and to abed our brother's blood. We wished to preserve It kind of neutrality, and if this year should in its conse quences lead to the destruction of the Constitu tion and the Union,-wii wanted history to record the foot that there waif one green spot in the Un ion in which brother did nor war,:wittchrothbr.-- We sought,tc Interpose whenevlir the occasion ihould present itself in its liopeful aspect, and say to the two parties, "Lotus settle this ques tion between you." (Applause.) But when the sacred soil of Kentucky *as invaded by the South ern army, and it beoatne necessary for the men of our State to take a stand, against them, they sprang forth like' the followers of Roderick Dhu, and we have no* in the field upwards of 30,000 men vindicating and maintaining the- Union as it was. (Loud applause.) -- So much for the-position of Kentucky. How she has behaved herself in the battle field is not for me to tell, What she intends to do hereafter I could answer, if it werenot for the mad hell. lab measures of the abolitionists (applause). I will not go into the consideration of the causes which have produced the present unhappy condi tion of the country; but I must be permitted to give my most unqualified denial and denuncia tion to the assumption that slavery was the cause (applause). It was the continual agitatien of the question of slavery—quarreling and wrang ling in the Congress of the United States, tend ing only to alienation between the two" sections, and resulting in abolition in the North, and se cession in the South (applause), The remark by Singleton, of Mississippi, to Lovejoy, of Illinois, calling him a negro thief, did much to widen the breach between the. North . and South. I . have heard more than once during the last session, with pain and mortification, the remark made, that no slaveholder could be a Union men. My blood was stirred in my old veins, and I rose in toy place, on one occasion, and gave it the lie di rect (applause). I met it hy.saying that eight. tenths of the, slave owners inmy section of the Union were uneenditional men, and desir ed only to restore it to its wonted condition (ap plause): We have been ehatiged with not being Union men, because of our oppositiM to extraordinary measures, which were'ealeulated. not to restore the Union, but to ,tear it asunder forever. We have opposed the dogma that tiler° shall be no Union of these States until every slave is free (applause). I but utter the language of at least two representatives from you own State when I say this. (A- voice—They disgrace the State.)— I do not say , that; but. Ido say . that they have been a, very great annoyance to.the pence of the country. (Nroices—“Who are they ? Name them.) Mr. Foiter and Mr. Sedgwick. (Groans and expressions of disapprobation.) We have been gravely told that there can be no Union while slavery exists- , -that there will be only rev olution. I fear there will be no peace unless the Abolitionists throw down their pont and held their tongues, - (Applause.), They sky -that the slave power must be overthrown.' What do they mean by the 4laveliewer4 I need dot-tell you sehrtrtrrrtfts e,.mo it sue lenistfiett6.cthY. 7,. , ""' , "V %nese svm:r - sawtn. shtveholding Shitea are entitled by the ,Reqatitu- ABM, thiseatlia their fathdts swore, for Freedom Ono too three .filthe representation for .all their 'to dare. for Freedom-to die." slaves, if thaStlompromite had not been made, It will not kind auditors, be inappropriate on we might have been compelled to linger out a mis- the present occasion, to view briefly, the relation erable existence under the Confederation, as sepa- ship, which we either as actual or prospective cis rate countries. I tell you that that compromise izens of this republic sustain to our noble.gov was necessary to our existence as a nationality. ernment. And also the peculiar reeponeibilities A distinguished citizen of the North, once Pres- devolving upon us' in the fearful crisis, to which ident of the United States, but afterwards a mean- our country is now being subjected, and the dit her of Congress, once made use of this language ties of each citizen, old and yoking, of this in discussing the questicn of apportionment ; mighty republic, to pursue such a course as will "That provision of the Constitution," said be, tend to secure the perpetuity of our free instite "was an infamous fraud by the Southern tions. gates upon the credulity of Northern represents- On this memorable day, when -Freedom leaped lives, and so long as God gives the power to from the chains that had for ages manacled her, speak or wield the pen I will not cease my labors and planted her heaven born standard on Co NM until.the accursed article is torn from the instru• bin's ramparts, it is mete that our hearts should meet." (Sensation,) It male my blood run over-flow with grateful praise and thanksgiving, cold when I heard it, and it made an impression to the beneficent Creator, that He has granted to on me that can never be effaced. From that us such lofty privileges. day commenced in mylopinion the organization-of That whilst millions are the ignoble and down. sectional parties with the design to destroy the trodden serfs of insolent, enervate and soulless Constitution. masters that whilst the land of Homer and De- But what injury has the slave power done to the mosthenes, the groves of 'Parnassus, and the North? Did it not give you - the territory north- dluee-inepiring springs of Helicon are all over west of the Ohio, out of which have sprung five shadowed by the bloo-stained sway of mindless free States? Did it not give you Louisiana, Tex- Ottomans, we have had bequeathed to us, by our as, and-if you please, California ? Titke , the his- noble siree, the priceless legacy of Freedom-- tory of your country. Who was afk-14 bend of How shall we ever sufficiently appreciate the your Government in 1812, when tireat Britain toils, the dangers, and the unparalleled sufferings sought to degrade your flag and impress year sea- which they underwent for our benefit. The men ? James Monroe. Who flocked to your names of Washington, Marion, Jeffersan, Ad standard to vindicate sailors' rights and free ama, Lee and a host of their brave compeers in trade? Was' the South backward in that struggle? the struggle for A.tnerioan Independence, are en (Applause.) Where was New England ? (His- rolled on the Eternal lead-roll of fame, with the see.) Where was governor Strong's militia ? heroes of hoary age. Their names are decked Organized for home consumption—refusing to on the historian's pages, fadeless, with wreaths cross the line-refusing to surrender the command, of ever fragrant flowers. .High are their names and justifying it Ido not want to say one enrolled on fame's glowing portals. They are word to harm any man; I do not want to de- the brightest gems which deck the - - coronet of trounce the people of Massachusetts at the pros- fame and glory. eat time. ' Although there are someof them very Napoleon supposed that be bad attained the fond of the negro, others, lam happy to say, are highest pinnacle of human renown, When be not so. (Laughter.) Let me put the question to Beath the shades of man's proudest monuments, you who are citizens of New York: If, after the the oriental chivalry rushed on his serried lines battle of Bull Run—no, I will not call it a battle, of steel, but to he beaten back by their bravest —it had been annoueed that the States' in rebell- knights, reposing on the gory field they had eon. lion were to become territories, and that the sidered as already won to Allah and their proph property of citizens were to be confiscated and et. Behold in the privations, the toils, and the their slaves let loose, how many volunteers would sufferings of Washington and his brave eotupa. have gone to the war from this State 2 (Voices triots, a height of glory to which Gaul's proud -" None," "None.") I believe you speak the est chieftain never attained. His meteor rose sentiment of nine tenths of the men that are new and set-in blood; he avenged upon the vatiean enlisted in the war. andEurope,—and that which the victories Rome's I was struck with the position assatned, at the iron legions had wrested from his race eighteen commencement of this process of secession, by a centuries before. Washington, the emjeent hem powerful and influential paper, that took, the . of Columbia's proud domain, endured supernu ground that the Govenment aught to let. the man exertions to bequeath to his floWn-trodden South go anti not attetript to keep them back by country men the priceless boon. of Freedom, any eeeatils. • (Voids—“Notne the' paper"---YThe Let-us put to ourselves a plain, practical goes- Trihttne`'-7-groans.) Why the change .in the tion : Are we sufficiently thankful for this rues tone of that paper since it has been held by mem- thimble boon given us by our aneeitors ? Do we hers of Congresit,*that the war shall continue till guard the 'precious tren.sure, cemented by the every slave is free? -Let us look at this question. blood of the brave, the noble, and the true, as we Do not misunderstand me. If I I.IIIVO any desire should do?.For seven years in the gory field of on earth next to the !II tvasivii of the country, it slaughter, the life and the flower of our nation is its restoration is it`was. (Applause.) The and our nation's honor, met the grim - .monster's leaders-of the rebellion have sinned greatly a. death, without a sigh or groan to leave us the ja ggiest Rod-and-their country. Had they retain- astinsableinheritenee, for which they so bravely ed their plasma in Congress, they could have pre- battled. - Eighty years have mouldered over their served the Constitution. They deserve to suffer bones ;—for eighty summers the plaintive Winds the perietries s of the law. By the.way, I wish. I of &nth rani( ladeurid with the perfumed filc hed thought to bring a bundle of the Contisea- groyne of orange groves have chanted a sad sub don bills With me. ..(Laughter.) Why,sir,tbey dued and mournful dirge for the fallen heroes;-;•••• propose to conaseate the estate of every mite, wo- The blasts of eighty winters have re-echoed the tnan arid Child not only in the Rebel States, but .wilci-lutneht. Many of those noble heroes sleep in thd Border States also. They do not' leave is to unknown s. uninarked grsaves, but agrateful us woman' hardlY a change of tile thee, or a eradlefor don's annals, - hall write their- names in chants her child. A father is fighting among the rebels; tars of living light through yet unborn ages.— his son - is enlisted in the - Union army. The fe-- Their memory will never fade. ther'e - estate• is , confiscated,'-and the son -is left But have - we not as a nation, and as individu penn Hess and houseless.• They-say-that the con- als been too careless about guitrding this treasure fiseati•-n-money is to assist in defreying the of civil and religious Freedom 2 We have ad penses of the war. The hill camels' a.provision vanced- in prosperity and power as no nation on that the f first money, made slut of it shell As paid the Sane of the earth has ever - before done. Eve into the Kreasitry, to be epplieti to pay the debts ry year grander and nobler diseoveriee have been which‘ the Southern people owe the Northern made‘.in'the fields . of mental and physical eci .peoplet They propose to raise in' this way ;300,'- mice; We have 'grown proud in the might of, 000 and to-takilbe-Property of attain - an to prosperity's power--ewe 'have listened to the Bi pay another's debts !- It was even, proposed by ren voice of pleisure-and forgotten the groans' of Lovejoy that the land,should - he taken and given the bond's men who toiled for naught. But a to the negroes who were tobe set free. (Hisses.) nation can not tong forget this Almighty - without I Now, I will not dismiss the Constitutional receiving stern rebukes. At tho 'moment when 'qtrestien. - It is considered out of order by the 'we were progressing with unexampled rapidity, Abolitionists in. Congres- now woven name, the to hitherto unknoWn wealth and power, volcanic (Laughter-) SoMe 40 years ago, lightnings, and death-beariag thunder4olttfhase when I was in Congress, a member from Tames- suddenly fallen, upon us. The blood bedewed see remarked to me`of Certain men- who were in -liberty our ancestors bought,. has been almost the habit of indulging in some useless discussion, stricken down by the - hands of traitors and that they ought to have theoa,th administered to knaves. - the`taerery Worn ing-etirey so- soon.— Row different the eircumatances under whieh •(f itughthr.)' Make thefapplication - ifynn plesfee. we now meet on this auspicious day, wlion Amer- Thesa.men propose to strip uqn pf their ;horse. -icen-Libe rtrwastortr;friaini.thosewith-*Wirich we steads e ll P zrn loose their.wlfr B - ~91TtIeNBR, were- formerly, 044tArd,iiitirdiecei14-flith unitit is ap ' outrage -an ed. in to cag y Ilre4,..iate -tetisidereirquisellars ...United. in oeftlief - lvailgainat th'ef SottebeiCteteple. Why eternal bdnde .of gen`eives Ainerietii 'l4l(th-st are we anxious to bring back the Southern pee • hood,—wh o we Once thought would ever ', L td Th 2 S SPEECH OP ple? The resolutions tell you. If it were only a question of interest that would be SuMaien t.— The prosperity of the nation demands it. Divid ed, we upon the borders, no matter on which side we may lean, are destined to eternal war. But what do these men in Congress propose to de ? To turn our slave's loose upon us in the border States and impoverish us: Such will be the ef fect of either of the confiscation bills that have passed the Senate or the Souse. God grunt that such a bill may not receive the Executive sanc tion. That is my only hope. If be only has the nerve to do it the Union is preserved and restor ed in less than six months, or you may take my head off. (Load applause.) But if snob a law is approved, no man in this house will see the day when the Union will be restored. You may have a nominal government, a government of forge, but no harinony, no effective Union. Some people would get rid of slavery in this way. What is to become of your cotton miller in New England if the grovith of that article is de stroyed ? And destroyed it will be if you destroy the labor that now produces it. The idea that the slaves when freed will work with willingness in the cotton field is fallacious. I speak know ingly. Like the man train Pennsylvania, who, when the subject of taxes on hogs was under dis cussion, said he understood that business better than any one present, because he was raised among them (laughter,) so I say in regard to ne groes. One out of five may make a living; the rest will earn about so much as will feed and clothe them ; or if they don't do that they will steal to make it up. (Laughter.) Our Secretary of the Treasury under some law —it must be the higher law, I recken—is under taking to work about 9,000 negroes on farms at the public expense. The farming interest is an der the military Government, and the education • al interest is under the civil authority, (laughter,) and one Mr. Pierce, I believe, has charge of the Civil Department. They tried what they call an agent—they used to be called overseers. These agents, however, did not succeed under Mr. Chase's plan ; so they tried the plan of putting one negro over a gang of 20 to see that they went to work at the proper time, and quitat the proper time, and did the work as it should be. The consequeuce Was, the negroes rebelled. They said, "This is' too much like the ~Way we used to do; we camp here to get free." So they rebelled, and several undertook to 'escape, and were shot by the military. Then a conflict arose between the civil and the military authority, and the dif- I ficulties increased. Such is the result of the de struction of that system df labor by emancipa tion. Now, gentlemen, you all want this war entied t don't you ? (Voices "yes, yes.") Yon want the Union and the Constitution restored, do you not? ("yes, yes.") Then go to work at your ballot boxes ; stir up the patriotism of the country.— Do not seek like the secessionists of the South to redress your grievances out or the Union but in it, like freemen. Let none falter or fail. I tell you your Government will have no peace an less the Union is restored as it was. The young est man that new hears my voice wilt not live long enough toaee pease in the United States, if the hell born measures to which I have adverted shall become the law of the land. (Loud ap plause.) • [Published by request.) ADDRESS OF A. STANLEY ULRICII, At the 4th of July Celebration of Salem's Lu theran Sunday School. FRIENDS: Americans, Countrymen, Citizens, together with one of the noblest governments which time has over produced : I see before me, representatives, alike of hoary age and of buoyant youth. On this happy fes tal day, when amidst the resounding acclaims of myriads of freemen, a new year of our nation's life has been ushered into existence,—together we have assembled, as a Sabbath School, and, as citizens, to commemorate that auspicious event. For ages, amidst darkness and gloom, manacled freedom had struggled to rend the ebon canopy, which tyranny bad cast around her peerless form, to stand forth before the world in all her native beauty and pristine lustre. Far back, in the vista of new-born time, there was an era of hope and of passion; but for succeeding ages, the Hues of Albion's sweetest bard has appropriately, rep resented the toll of the death knell of Freedom's hopes, where he exclaims : "In vain: Alas! in vain,ye gallant few, From rank to rank yonevoilied thunder flaw." . When foreountless centuries, oppression, in justice, and wrong had ground down all beneath its iron clad heel; from the sunny vale of Ebro's smiling plains,,to the golden waves of the dark, rolling (lenges ; a brilliant hinsinary arose in the West. It was before the shrine of Columbia, that the lovers of .sacred truth andfreedom, through out the wide —Witte world'bowed in humble ado ration • it oft - in-perpetuating and granting to posterity what the heroes of 16 struggled fer. Then all was peace and prosperity and we were unanimously rejoicing in such a Constitution, such as the world has never seen. But hoW great the change. Now every gale which sweeps Irons the youth, bears in its pinions, the clang of.resounding 811/9—the monotone rolling, of the dram,—the dull booming of the eanuon,—and' the horrid cries naturally attendant—as resultant concomi tants upon scenes or blood and carnage. The continent quivers beneath the steady tramp of one million of armed combatants engaged in deadly strife;—where so lately all was peace, concord and fraternal love. Well might the sun be veiled in ebon okras, and the gorgeous train of night attendant upon queenly , Luna, refuse to shine, when they gaze on.such untold scenes of horror. • - The wild summoning &literal of the bugle,— the shrill shriek Of the the monotone rolling of the drum have. startled rte from our dreams of faneied security.. On this-happy na tal day of oor Independence, whilst the loyal millions of oar land are commemorating it with joy, commingled with fear there are thousands from our midst, celebrating it on the bloOdy bat tle plains,—bravely gone forth to bare their breast to the death-doomed engines of war, to decide, whether our priceless boon of Liberty shall be forever lost, or rise, radiant with the light of immortality. Two words must engrave durably the history of our laud,.—whioltzuna voidable must be, either delusion and annihila tion, or freedom and perpetuity. Well may we watch with anxiety for the development of the neat scene in this bloody drama of the struggle of a sovereign nation, for security to its national bon er against its own rebellious sons. As Ameri cans we are now giving the most loyal blood, and the treasures of oar land to keep +every „star in our national flag, and to maintain every arti cle in our national Constitution. Nor are our present struggles for the preservation of oar glo rious government, a topic that hai its connecting influences upon this country or this age alone.— The down-trodden the world ever. and myriads yet.unborn hare a momentous interest in its -de cision. The...star of Liberty which for upwards of eighty years so magnificently illumined the he ti son of this Western Hemisphere, bas been' the star of hope to the innumerable oppressed vic tims in the tyrannical kingdoms of the Old World, and our onward march has thoroughly awakened the dormant fires of freedom, Which through fear of success laid inactive for ages in European hearts until their tyrannoui rulers trembled for an early annihilation of their despotic power.— After a most determinate resistance, we compell ed them to regard as and to fear us,—Nay; they even went farther. They partly acted in aecoid arms to our free institutiont,—whieh" has been duly authenticated by the proolatnation of the Emperor of Russia, which thrust the fetters from the manacled limbs of millions of serfs. Let me picture to you fora moment the scenes under which were inaugurated the first drains of this accumulated blood of crime. On- the shores of the Palmetto State stands alone and frowning fortress, to bequeath to posterity, the name and fame of P one of the noblest of the patriotic lead ers of the dark and bloody days of -the -revolu tion. The zephyrs of South,land ladened with the perfumed fragrance of orange groves sigh through the Palmetto tree. With gentle dalli ance the laughing riplets of old ocean, now calm and quiet as an infant in its first sleep of inno cence, and gentle as the memories of ettildhood's sunny hours kiss the pebbled beach. All is one vast panorama of 'beauty and of grace, rivalling almost that fair and fairy land, where There are waves that leap upon the pearly shore, And dance upon theses; And bound front out their coral caves, To kiss the cocoa tree. But over all these glowing scenes of beauty and of grace comes a dark funeral pall: Hark What mean those demoniac yells?—the whizzing shot and bursting shell are speeding on their er rand of death l The sons of the Palmetto State, recreant to the trust committed to them by Sump ter, Marion, Rutledge and PinkieY, "have lifted the fratricidal arm of rebellion against the no blest government this world has ever witnessed_ There on that eel& April =evening were inaugu rated the dames of the fiercest civil war this world has ever seen. But as the echoes of the guns that were aimed with traitorous hands at Sumpter died away over the sturdy hills of the Northland, there was awakened that patriotism, which had long been dormant, but now burst wildly forth in all its original splendor and na tive glory. In the midst of this universal gloom, we also have abundant reason ler thanksgiving; when last we met but one brief year ago, to celebrate the anniversary of the commencement of our na tional existence, the skies of our country were overeag£ with aeon .clouds - then our own nation al Capitol was _halcagaos,-4---sslth hostibs New the golden 4un of liberty is 'beginning to break through the murky clouds, witigh_ene9rtepe, netts career, Our foes are everywhere fleeing before the vio torious body of freemen who are marshalled be neath the folds of the starry-girt banner of Co lumbia. Six hundred thousand hold and hardy sons of the republic are daring danger and death for the defence of our republican institutions.-- The tyrants of the Old World from their gilded thrones, supported by the bleaching, bones of freedom's brave defenders had shouted bachanal greeting one to another, that self-government was a complete failure. Excepting Russia, Tur key and few of the minor powers, the whole Eastern Hemisphere, had been a mellow, sneer ing and treacherous foe of the American Repub lic. England, through the instrumentality of her ill-omened . Russel, Palmerston and: a horde of , their similitudes, has been everywhere sowing her poisonous weed,—seeretly furnished our bel ligerents .every effective assistance,—and under the pretext of friendship, did that, which would aggravate and prolong this Pro-Slavery Rebellion in defiance of her former denunciations to slavery. France—a nation which furnished us during the revolutionary struggles, the mink. Lafayette with his six thousand heroes, has , of late disregarded the compact, which so long united ea in bonds of peace and harmony, and has taken the advantage of oar intestine brawls, by endeavoring to ex tend her dominion on American soil. Austria is tacit, but inimical. Prussia is openly friendly, but secretly hostile. In short, no age, and no nation had so tunny enemies to cope with, or so many obstacles to encounter. History, with oil its marvelous consummations has no parallel to the enormity. Actually the whole world 'setausd Lo be gloating and uniting in a universal jubilee over the early downfall of our great and glorious governthenL Their period of exulta.tioe had been brief. With fearful effect the land of the pine,is greeting the land of palm, sends greeting with cannon and death's ghastly form , that ehangea to' wailing both preen and psalm. Our world's-wide terrifying army has since severely retributed our country's foes, and we may well preffiet, that ere long, the proud escutcheon of our national Lib erty and Independence will wave triumphantly, yea float graced with ecinqueit upon the very cit adel of rebellion. Thus republican institutions have been tried and proved under the -meet un favorable circumstances. What in these trying times; are the duties of all American citizens? It is this, in every just and honorable way, to give their fall and undi vided support% our lawful government. Let the youth, who are this day before me remember, that upon them will at some future period fall the reigns of the government; when those who have been arduously laboring for years on the stage of active existence have passed away ;-- when the gentle murmuring :aepbyrs=`chant> a sombre requiem for theist,; then epee ihose, who are' ow the youth of this country will it devolve to preserve the legacy bequeathed by patriotic sires. To preserve unsullied the pure' flame of Liberty upon our country's vestaialtar.'--TO4lfe servo the land which was baptized in the epirit of Liberty,--and whose gigantic might reposes on the Rock of Ages—thc Eternal Right. I shall not hesitate to say, that also upon yen collectively and individually, devolves a most solemn duty in aiding to model the oharaeter of the community in which we lire, and to control the current of public sentiment, upon Which ,our notional Independence Si ands securely pledged. Solemn as the reaponsibility may have been, it. never was more et than now. Everything seems , to be unsettled and unhinged. Our gOvernment shakes and totters to its centre;—our peace - , hap. piness and prosperity are bordering on the brink of eternal ruin. Through the %sun Mentality of traitors, the politic mind has losttits balance, and the moral sense of the people has been -sacrileg ously robbed of its tone. - 7Ohjeets. that we were once instructed to regard as per:flatten - al 'safe gaard,,have been tampered with an4.7trOdden un der foot.- , Memories the.moat saitind anti asseeia lions the' most - preeious are made the objeets of disdain and acrid satire. On oug ;righ't ; albs dark and fearful; on . our left is treachery and chicanery; and before us o goierntrient, the no blest ever Prf"dueedPilaPiitig on the;Verge , of de struction.—Qur past seems to ignominy and oar -future- naught ileitchf,, , it.is - dot altogether presumption,.% say , that the' great ataMggle,ol the world iaarhatid - : - -We are lonvictibitfendfirg with those.who are draining theanestioyal - blood coursing in our national veins,.ando-who slimy folds rf treason and rebellion "abtaitifa tional heart fluty are those viltate::ihtral can only lc quenched - by human blot4,4tid. whose hunger can only be satiated by 14%103H) Well May we look * frotri. what rtsarter relief is t o com e , Come it mast, -,pr f ) 4lptifilit , oliftlitry of ours,--the laud intended I.l %W.4littli:for the oppressed the mprfd truly the cradle of Liberty told autioipatiour, will be numbered :with the na-
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