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'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-