Whole No. 2616.
Jacob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
jar Flour and Grain of oil kinds pur
chased at market rate?, or received on storage
and shipped at usual freight rates, having
t-toreh 'uses and boats of their own, with care
ful captains and hands.
Stove Coal, Limeburners Coal, Plaster, Fish
and Salt always on hand.
Grain can be insured at a small advance on
cost of storage. n022
Let Thy Works Praise Thee!
! - The subscriber having obtain
- ■. i.ied the management of the old
Lewistown Foundry, lately called
Juniata Iron Works, respect
fully informs the public that the tools and
machinery have been repaired, and are now
-eady to make and finish up any kind of brass
eatings which may be ordered. Horse Pow
.•rs and Threshing Machines of the best qual
ity furnished at short notica and on the most i
accommodating terms.
BAR SHARE SIDE HILL AND BULL j
PLOWS
always on hand. Having had a long csper- j
fence in conducting this kind of business, the i
r-übscriber Hatters himself that he will be able j
t give entire satisfaction to his customers. I
l'iease give him a trial.
ap4-ly JOHN" R. WEEKES, Agt. i
P. S.—Ail persons having accounts with I
the above F oindry are requested to call on j
N.imut'l S. Woods, at his office, and settle j
heir accounts as soon as possible.
AM3ROTYPES
The Gems of the Season.
IfIMIIS is no humbug, but a practical truth I
X The pictures taken by Mr. lJurkholder !
are unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH
Fl LXKSS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and
PI "RABILITY. Prices varying according
T size and quality of frames aud Cases.
Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 23, IS6U.
lln (1 tea test IJtscovi ry <>J the Age is that !
John Kennedy & Co. Propietors,
A XD
JATIES FIKOVKD, Salesman,
4 RL selling goods at prices that defy com
V. petition. They keep a large stock of
all Kind? of goods such as Sugars, at 7.'.', 10,
11. Coffees at 16, Teas 88. Syrups at GO per
gallon, 100 boxes of Mould Candles 10 07. to
.. , (to dealers at 13 cts. by the box,) 14 ets.
• r lb.. Segars, very low, Sugar Cured Hams
it 13, Dried Beef 12, Calicos, Muslins, Ging
i tin.-, and all kinds of Dry Goods for sale at
prices that can't be surpassed. Everybody
and anybody are invited to come and see the
ghts. Don't forget to bring along the ready
• i.-h, as you may be sure its that we're after; ,
an 1 d n't forget that we sell goods to suit the
I ird times : we take produce of all kinds in
I' exchange for goods.
JOHN KKXXEDY & Co.
feh',4 J. B. FIROVED, Salesman.
LEWISTOWN ACADEMY?
'PHK second session of this institution will
X commence on MONDAY, May 29th.
In addition to the common English branches,
-truetions will be given in Latin Greek.
I n< h, German, and the Higher Mathemat
also, in Drawing, Painting, and music.
\ 1 extra charge for the Languages.
h' ttcs oj Tuition. —S3 00, 4 50, and SO IK)
; r quarter of eleven weeks. Drawing. ?,'5 UO,
fainting, $5 00, Music, SlO OU, Incidentals,
cents.
A Teacher's Class has been formed and is
n successful operation. This class is design
• i for those who desire to thoroughly qualify
I themselves for teaching. It will continue
to. July, affording ample time for a thorough
retiew of the studies pursued in common
l eachcrs can enter this class at any time,
tb ugh an early attendence of all who wish
to join it is desired.
For further particulars inquire of
M. J. SMITH.
Prin. Lewistown Academy.
Lewistown, April 25, 1801.
New Spring and Summer Goods.
I A F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy
i Ellis, has just returned from the city
with a choice assortment of
Dry Goods and Groceries,
seieeted with care and purchased for cash,
which are offered to the public at a small ad
vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em
braces all descriptions of
Spring and Summer Goods
suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children,
w ith many new patterns. His
(Srocrrtrs
Emprise Choice Sugars, Molasses, Java, Rio
and Lagu vra Coffee, superior Teas, &c. Also,
Boots and Shoes, Queensware, and all other
articles usually found in stores —all which
the customers of the late firm and the public
in general are invited to examine.
R. F. ELLIS.
Country Produce received as usual and the
■ill market price allowed therefor.
Lewistown, May 16, 1861.
salt tsalt:
PRE undersigned are agents for the Onon-
X dago Salt Company.
7 holesale price, $1.60 per bbl. of 280 lbs,
w 5 bushels.
Retail price, 1.75.
, MARKS & WILLIS,
-e!3-0m Sole Agents for Mifflin County.
apifcasyiEiiß) AsyiD ®x§®m<&2g JHBTOiBy*iH33Bs>
MORAL &mmWL
LICENSE LAV/.
Br REV. JOHN riERPOST.
"For so much gold we license thee,"
So say our laws, "a draught to sell,
That IHJWS the strong, enclaves the free,
And opens wide the gates of hell;
For "public good" require" that some
Should live, since many die, by rum."
Ye civil fathers ! while the foes
Of this destroyer seize their swords.
And heaven's own hail is in the blows
They're dealing—will ye cut the cords
That round the falling fiend they draw—
And o'er him hold your shield of law ?
And will ye give to man a hill
Divorcing him from Heaven's high sway.
And while God says, "Thou shall not kill," —
Say ye, for gold, "Ye. may—ye may
Compare the body with the soul:
Compare the bullets with the bowl!
Are ye not Cithers? when your sons
I Look to you for their daily bread.
Dare ye in mockery load with stones
The table that for them ye spread?
How can ye hope your souls will live,
If ve for fish a serpent give ?
'
j O. holy God! let light divine
Break forth more broadly from ats.ve,
Till we conform our laws to thine.
The perfect law of truth and love;
For truth and love alone <-itn save
j Thv children from a hopeless grave.
For what Children are Grateful.
j Parents spend a life of toil in order to
J leave their children wealth, to secure them
social position and other worldly advanta
ges. Ido mt underrate the worth of these
; things. Had they not been valuable, there
would not have been so many providential
I arrangements impelling men to seek them.
I would only show that there is something
| of infinitely greater value, not only to the
j parent, but to be transmitted to the ahild.
What does the child most love to remem
ber i I never beard a child express any
gratification or pride that a parent had
been too fond of accumulating money,
though the child was at that moment en
; joying that accumulation. But I have
heard children, though their inheritance
had been crippled and cut down by it, say,
with a glow of satisfaction on their fea
tures, that a parent had been too kindheart
j ed. too hospitable, too liberal and public
; spirited, to be a very prosperous man. A
parent who leaves nothing but wealth, or
similar social advantages, to bis children,
is apt to be speedily forgotten.
However it ought to be, parents are not
particularly held iri honor by cMii'.dren be
cause of the worldly ad vantage* they leave
them. These are received as a matter of
; course. There is comparatively little grat
itude for this. The heir of an empire
hardly thanks him who bequeathed it. He
more often endeavors before bis time to
thrust him from bis throne. But let a
child be able to say, my father was a just
man, he was affectionate in his home, he
r was tender hearted, he was useful to the
community and loved to do good in society,
I he was a helper to the young, the poor, the
unfortunate, he was a man of principle, liber
al, upright, devout—and the child's memory
cleaves to that parent. He honors him,
treasures his name and his memory, thinks
himself blest in having had such a parent,
and the older he grows, instead of forget
ting, only reverses and honors and remem
bers him the more. Here is experience
and affection sitting in judgment 011 human
attainment. It shows what is most worth
; theseeiDnjg
EDWARD FRYSINGER,
WHOLESALE DEALER 4 FA (TIBER
OF
CIGARS, TOBACCO, SNUFF,
&c., &c.,
•MSWESWWSTa IPivo
Orders promptly attended to. jelG
CrEO. 77.
Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mltilin, Centre and Hunting
don counties. my 26
Seigrfst's Old Stand,
Near the Canal Bridge, Lcxcistovcn, Pa.
Strong Beer, Lager Beer. Lindenberger
and Switzer Cheese—all of the best quality
constantly on hand, for sale wholesale or re
) tail.
Yeast to he had daily during summer.
my24-yr
(TOAL OIL LAMPS, Shades, Chitnnevs,
J Brushes, Burners. &c., for sale by
febl4 JOHN KENNEDY k CO.
Cheaper than the Cheapest!
GLASSWARE —Tumblers at 625, 75, 87,
sl, 1 50, and 2 00 per dozen. Goblets,
I Pitchers, Fruit Stands, and Covered Dishes,
j <fcc., at JOHN KENNEDY & Go's.
JUST RECEIVED.
10 bbls. Pie Xic Crackers,
10 " Boston Biscuit.
10 " Sugar Crackers,
10 " Family >
5 boxes Soda Biscuit.
Fresh from the Bakerv. Low to the trade.
I For sale by JOHN KENNEDY k Co.
THURSDAY. JUNE 27, 1861.
THE Mil I TRIE,
THE STARS ON OUR BANNER.
Are the stars on our hanner le? brilliant to-day
Ttian when in th" hour of their trial and gloom.
The heroes we honor they led to the 'fray.
To conquer for freedom, or hallow her tomb!
Do we lore them the le., as they glitter afar.
Our herald in peace and our standard in war ?
By the deeds of the valiant,
The blood of the slain,
By the ran so that we elier.-ti.
The rights we maintain;
We'll ever defend, by the s.iuls of the brave.
Their honor, wherever that banner shall wave.
Let faction assail, or oppression uv.-i k .
Lot treachery weako:,. or intrigue i . ie.
'Neath that banner *fH! freemen draw MifUj the bbl! .
Aud sweep ba. k the foe as weed- swept by the: ie:
Wherever those star- -hall bespangle tl. sky.
There will freemen be bound to do: nd them r da.
bhine stars of the I'nioii!
Wave flag of the free!
The hope of the nations
Is centered in thee-!
We'll ever defend, by the souls of the brave,
Its honor, wherever that banner shall wave.
IfSEELLANEOIiF
MATRIMONIAL INFELICITIES
BY AN IR HI TABLE MAN.
My Wife lias a Headache.
' What in tbe world is the matter with
you now, my uear?" I -aid to my amiable
spouse, who, ou my return home from busi
ness I found with a white handkerchief
tied about her head, while a strong scent of
camphor pervaded the Louse.
' I shouldn't think vuu would have to
ask what is the matter, for you might
know I have one of my terrible headaches,'
my wife replied.
' Well, I am very sorry to hear it,' I
said.
' Of course you are very sorry to hear it.'
she answered, ' for you think I'll not be
able now to attend to getting you your din
ner.'
'Don't, my dear.' I said, ' worry about
dinner. There is no necessity for you to
go in the kitchen, that I am aware of, for
the cook can get dinner just as well as if
you were there to direct her.'
' But the cook left me this morning, I
would have you understand, because i
would not allow her to make fresh coffee
for her breakfast. She said that which
we drank was nut strong enough.'
'Well, never mind it,' I answered ; ' 1 am
glad she is gone. She was very wasteful
and extravagant.'
'Oh, it is easy enough for you to say
'never mind it,' and -your glad she is gone.'
but you don't have to get the dinners, and
think, I suppose, that I will go into the
kitchen and prepare the meals, till another
cook arrives; but I don't intend to do it.'
' I am sure I do not wish you to, mv
dear,' I said. *1 had much rather go with
out both breakfast and dinner than fur you
to go into the kitchen and prepare them.'
'You say so,' said the wife, ' but you
don't mean it. You would rather Lave me
slave to death, and burn myself over the
range, than go without your dinners. And
now, when my head aches so that I can
hardiy see, 1 have got to go and get din
ner for you.'
' But I tell you my dear,' I replied, 'that
you need not, I am not hungry, and can do
without dinner to-day.'
'Then you must have dined down town.
That is the way you like to serve me.—
When I am just ready to get a good din
ner for you, and have puzzled my brains
I all day thinking of what you would like to
I eat, you come home and tell me that you
j have no appetite, and have been to dinner,'
' Good gracious V I exclaimed, 'if you
i want to get a dinner for me. get it. I won't
stop you.'
' Of course you would not stop me,' she
answered. 'You'd let me get a dozen din
ners for you in one day, even when you
had no appetite to any of them.'
' You are certainly, my dear,' I said,
' the most unreasonable woman I ever met.
Now I tell you distinctly, your may get me
a dinner or not, as you please —do which
you like best, and I shall be satisfied ; but
if there be one thing I dislike more than
another, it is being obliged to go without
any dinner.'
'Of course,' chimed in my wife, ' if I
failed to get dinner for you to-day, I should
never hear the last of it. You pretend
not to wish me to get it, but if I didn't, I
think there would be an exciting time in
this bouse. The innocent children would
suffer, I know, and I would be put down
with all kind of expressions. I know you
were vexed tbe moment you entered the
room. The ejaculation made when you
scented the camphor, convinced me of that,
if the hateful way in which you threw your
gloves in to your hat had not been suffi
cient. Then, too. when you drew off your
boots, you left them fall heavily on the
floor, as if it delighted you to make my
poor head ache more. Oh ! you men are
cruel to your wives, and you take pleasure
in being so.'
'Well, never mind/ I said, 'saying any
i thing more about it. The fact is, I have
decided to have my dinner, and if I can't
| obtain it here, I will go where I can. It
; seems to me you make a great fuss about a
| simple headache. In my opinion, a head
-1 ache is the lightest of all maladies. Quiet
and cold water bandages are better than
all the camphor and lou l talking, which
arc the usual accompaniments of headaches
in this house. Listen 1 if you will lie
down on the lounge, and won't speak an
other word to night, I'll get tuy own din
ner.'
Instead of following ray advice, my wife
began to weep. Now, il there be one thing
I dislike more than another, it to see a wo
man in tears. 1 essayed to sooth my wife,
but she would not be soothed.
• If you choose.' she said 'to make sport
of me anu my headache, I cannot prevent it;
but you'll be sorry fur it by and by. I
sometimes think that we shall not live to
gether much longer.'
•Now, my dear,' I said, 'dont speak so;
your health is pretty good, notwithstanding
these troublesome headaches; I think, in
die 3, we may both live many years yet.'
"Jh, I have no doubt,' she replied, ' but |
that we shall Loth exist a score of years
longer, only 1 think it doubtful if we live
together. Your treatment of me is so cru
el, that I fear we shall separate. And 1
am sure none of my friends would censure
me 1 r it if they only knew what 1 suffer
and endure. For nine years I have borne
with yuur irritability, hoping that, as you •
grew older, you would overcome it, but, on
the contrary, it seems to increase on \-ou, !
until now there is scarcely an hour passes
when you are in the house, hut you are
fault finding and cavilling at something. I
You can't endure tu know that I am sick, j
even though I don't complain, and keep
my suffering to myself.'
'Well, now supjose we separate,' I said,
•who will take the children?'
1 think, said my wife, evincing consid- '
erable feeling, 'that the children ought to
go with me. In the Sr.-t piace, you don't
know how to take care of them. Your
idea of domestic government is very er- I
roneous, and, besides, you would be apt to
treat them cruelly.'
•Very well,' I said, 'I don't think I |
should care to be troubled with the chil
dren. You might have them and welcome.
I would be freer without them, and could
go and come as I wished, nor be obliged to
consult their comfort in any degree. Why,
I should be quite a bachelor again,
wouldn't 1?'
'You seem to enjoy the idea so greatly,' ;
my wife said, 'that 1 am not certain wheth- j
er it w-uld n< t be conferring too much hap
piness on you for me to obtain a separa
tion. At a:! events, T won't do it at pre
en t.'
'No, nor any time in the future, my dear,'
I said. 'The fact is lam hasty and irrita
ble. but then 1 get over it in a momc-nt.
and my s] ells of good nature are worth
mote than the lite l >ng evenness of temper
which belong to other men. Yon obtain
e 1 a prize, my dear, in me, which T fear
\ u hi not aj ] reflate as you ought. Hut
how d< es your head feel BOW, my love?' I
•I declare,' said my wife, smiling, 'it is j
entirely gone. I think you must have
magnetized me and drawn it away.'
•1 think I frightened it away,' I said
•My suggestion that we separate evidently
had a good effect upon you.'
'Hut you didn't suggest i',' my wife re- '
plied; 'it was me who suggested it.'
•\\ oil, it is all the same/ 1 said; 'you or
I, for we are both one, you know.'
'I really believe,' she added, ' that you
do not intend to vex me as you so often do.
but you must acknowledge that you are
provoking at times.'
'Certainly,' I answered. 'l'll acknowledge j
anything that you may desire.'
•Now that is provoking,' she said, ' and '
I don't want you to do it.'
'Very well/ I said. 'l'll not do it: but I
deny that it is provoking.'
'But I tell you it is/ my wife replied. ;
•It provokes me.'
•\ ery well,' I said; 'then I'll say no more j
i about it.. Hut what about dinner? Are
we not to have any to-day?'
'Well, the truth is,' my wife said, 'there
is a chicken pie in the refrigerator, which,
with the vegetables Katy has cooked, will, ;
perhaps, suffice for to day.'
'Nothing could be bettor,' I answered; :
and if you will only have a chicken pie for j
dinner when you have the headache, why :
I I don't care if you have one every week.'
AN hich do you mean?' asked my wife, j
smiling, 'the pie or the headache.'
'Oh, the pie, of course,' I said; 'as for
the headache, I trust you will never have .
it agum as lung as you live.
And then we went to dinner.
Crinoline and Pistols.
Some two months ago, two fashionable j
young men, moving in the first circles of i
Berlin, Prussia, became involved in a po- j
litical debate at the table d" bote of one of
the leading hotels of that city, and soon j
began to change epithets not agreeable to
ears polite. Seeing that a serious quarrel
was likely to ensue, other parties at the
table attempted to turn the matter into a j
joke. This, however, only caused one of
the disputants to say something particular
ly insulting, to which the other responded !
by dashing a goblet of wine in his face, j
This, of course,'brought things to a fo
cus,' and put to flight all thoughts of con
ciliation. it required the efforts of all
present to prevent an immediate collision,
and it was some time before the heated !
youths could be prevailed upon to retire by ,
1 different doors. On the following even
ing the one who had been baptized by the
wine sent a challenge to his adversary,
carelessly entrusting it to the post. The
cartel diu not reach the party for whom it
was intended, hut fell into the hands of
his sister, who took good care that lie
should know nothing about it. The young
lady was devoted to her brother, but she
knew that his 'honor' would suffer a fatal
stain if some reply wa K not made to the
challenge, and. with a devotion worthy of
' a better cause, -he determined to dun a
suit of his clothes and tight the challenge
herself-—trusting that her striking resem
blence to her brother would enable her to
carry out the deception. Accordingly the
adversary was promptly favored with a note
accepting the gage of battle, naming pis
tols as the weapons to be used, and desig
nating a noted duelling field, just out of
the city, as the place of meeting.
The appointed hour found her on the
field, very pale, hut firm as a roek and de
termined as a Frenchman. Despite her
close disguise, however, the young man,
her opponent, detected the whole impos
ture at a glance, and all his anger gave
place to an emotion of mingled amazement
and admiration. For the sake of having a
• little sport with his lair enemy, he deter
mined to humor the deception and try her
nerves. Obtaining the right to fire, he
deliberately took his position, leveled his
pistol at the disguised lady, and aj poured
' to take particular aim at the region of her
heart, expecting to see her either scream
or faint. Hut she did neither, and he was
at last compelled to fire kn the air.
The lady, however, had no idea of t m
: ing out for nothing, and now, that it was
her turn, she took good care to hit seine
thing. liaising the pistol to a level with
the young man's shoulder, she drew the
trigger, and lodged a bullet in the right
'wing' of her antagonist. On receiving her
fire, the young man advanced slowly to
l wards her, and with a ghastly smile, placed
! his left hand upon his wounded shoulder,
bowed, and fell senseless at her leet.
No sooner was the deed done than the
NYoman triumphed over the Amazon ; and
with loud shrieks for help, the lady knelt
beside the wounded man, and endeavored
to staunch the wound with her hand'ter-
I chief. In this position they were found
by the police—who got wind of the trans
i action when too late—and were carried to
the city together. The Prussian authori
ties are very strict in matters of this kind,
and our heroine might have been sent to
prison for attempted murder, but as the
wound of the young man was not very scri
: ous, and be already exonerated her from
all blame, the magistrate before whom they
were arraigned concluded to overlook the
offence.
The brother of the courageous lady has
tened to apologize for his offence as soon as
; he heard of bis adversary's condition, and
the young lady herself was so truly peni
tent for what she had done that she volun
teered to nurse her late antagonist hack to
• health.
Our readers may imagine the sequel.—
Ihe invalid grew so fond of his nurse that
he would not consent to give her up at all.
and as soon as lie eouid leave his bed they
were married.
The whole story was told recently in
one of the German zietungs.
ee§t>The miser lives poor to die rich, and
is the jailor of his hou.-e and the turnkey
: of his wealth.
B**L,'You carry your head rather high/
I as the owl said to the giraffe when he poked
' bis nose into the belfry.
generally freeze in doubling
the Cape, but a lady generally doubles hers
| to keep her warm.
retired schoolmaster excuses his
; passion for angling by saying that from
| constant habit he never feel- quite himself
unless he is handling the rod.
fear*A lady must think she has some
thing valuable in her head ifwe may judge
from the number of locks she keeps upon
! if-
Tucker says its with old bach
! elors a- with old wool; it is hard to get
| them started, but when they do take flame,
: they burn prodigiously.
passer by asked an Irishman, ga
zing upon a funeral procession, who was
| dead. He replied: 'I can't exactly say,
but I belave its the jintleman in the cof
! fin.'
those beiis ringing for fire ?'
: inquired Simon of Tiberias. 'No, indeed,'
answered Tibe, 'they have plenty of fire,
and the bells are now ringing for water.'
Kisses Lit ween Women. —ljuilp says
i when he sees kisses between women, it re
minds him of two handsome unmatched
gloves—charming things with their prop
er mates, but good for nothing that tcoy
I@>A Scotchman asked an Irishman
why half-farthings were coined in England.
The answer was : 'To give Scotchmen an
opportunity to subscribe to charitable insti
tutions.
Dow once said of a grasp
ing farmer, that if he had the whole world
enclosed in a single field, he would not be
content without a patch of ground on the
outside for potatoes.
prudent man advised his servant
to put by his money for a rainy day. In
a few weeks the master inquired how much
,of his wages he had saved. 'Faith, none
at all; it rained yesterday, and it all went.'
New Series—Vol. XV, No. 34,
A Frenchman having a violent pain
in his stomach, applied toa physicist) (who
was an Englishman for relief. The doc
tor inquiring where his trouble lay, the
Frenchman in dolorous accent, laying hi
hand 4)ii his breast, said: 'Vy. sare. I have
a vcr' bad pain in icy portmanteau.'
/t v "Madam, a good many persons were
very much annoyed at the concert last
night by the crying of your baby.' ( W ell,
I Jo wonder that such people will go to
concerts '
-t/i Editor S'dd —The editor of an
English paper was recently presented with
a stone upon which was carved the follow
ing letters. The editor was informed that
the tone was taken ftont an obi building
and he was reo n ~tc 1 to solve the inscrip
tion. It read :
Fouc A T T
L E T O R I'b-tnK
T It T A II S A g
A 1 n St—
Eminent men were called in to consult
upon the matter, and after an immense
amount of time consumed, they were in
formed that the stone was fur cat.'L ,'<> j : I
their tails against.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
r,T 2BT. BOUT. J. BRrCSIVSmOB. P. P.
The Danville Review contains an article
from the r.on of this distinguished clergy
man and friend of Union from which we
make the following extract:
1 M e have already said that the issues of
this unnatural war are in many respects as
uncertain as they will probably be vast. —
C ntingently, however, the most immediate
and direct issue of it can have but one of two
results. Either the seceded States must re
turn to their loyalty to tite nation, and their
position as members rf the Enited States of
America, or the secession party mut be able
to vindicate by arms the course upon which
they have entered, and, maintaining the in
dependence of as many o# the States as may
finally adhere to them, those States must be
acknowledged by the American people and
Government as a separate nation. Of course
there can be no such result as the conquest of
the seceded States, and the holding them as
provinces or Territories by the Federal Gov
ernment. Such an attempt is not to be
thought of as possible—nor to be entertain
ed, for a moment, even if it were possible, as
a permanent policy—but. beyond all this,
even if it were politic and easy, it would be
even more abhorn nt. if possible, than seces
sion itself to the feelings of the American
people, and the principles of American lib
erty. Which of these issues will he realized
depends, apparently, on the event of the war,
concerning which we will add something
presently, seeing the probabilities of that
invent ought to be a very weighty considers
tion with botli parties to it. In the mean
time, let it be observed that the mere state
ment of the ease makes it manifest that the
war entered upon by the nation, not as one of
aggression and conquest, hut one of soil de
fence and self preservation, can he conducted
only as war upon the secession party and
government—and not as war against the peo
ple of the South: a war. therefore, which
would end of itself upon the overthrow of the
secession party, and the suppression of the
Confederate Government erected by that par
ty.
2. Upon the happening of such an event,
which certainly is possible, perhaps highly
probable, the allegation is that no people—
no South—would remain to reconstruct soci
ety an 1 government, and restore the seceded
States to their place in the L'nion. Wo have
already spoken of the want of faith in all
such extravagant statements; an incredulity
fortified by the whole career of the revolt,
both in its method of usurping power, iftidits
method of producing unanimity afterwards :
to which must be added the undeniable proofs
existing in public acts ami records, in popu
lar movements and votes, in numberless pri
vate communications, in the persecutions lav
ishly inflicted upon thousands of persons, and
in the seductions habitually employed against
every doubtful, and the menaces against ev
ery loyal citizen. What is now passing in
Tennessee and Virginia, while wc write, is
full of significance as to what might be ex
pected if the army of the secessionists were
driven out of those States. What happened,
months ago, in various Southern States in
which that party succeeded in establishing
their despotism—and what has recently hap
pened in Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky,
w here their desperate efforts failed—is conclu
sive as to the trrcat fact that the mass of the
community everywhere needed only to have
been wisely and bravely led, to have conquer
ed what seems to have been, almost every
where that it existed, a faction of tie mi
nority. What made it powerful was its long
previous training—its activity and daring in
a moment of great popular discontent, morti
fication and alarm—and the fatal connivance
of Mr. Buchanan, rendered decisive by the
active co-operation with the revolt of those
members of his Cabinet whose positions had
given them special opportunities to promote
its organization and its first acts. It had,
originally, no element of a national move
ment—it has ROW no aspect of a national rev
olution. And, in our judgement, the mo
ment it encounters signal defeat a counter
revulutioD will set in that will strip it of all
that did not belong to it in its first stages ;
and under just and wise treatment, will even
tually restore to the l'nion every seceded
State, not except;- South Carolina itself.—
For ourselves, and we believe in this we utter
the sentiments of the whole nation, we de
sire for the people in the States cow held in
armed opposition to the National government
nothing worse than their complete deliver
ance from the iron despotism of a disloyal
and frantic party, and their speedy and com
plete restoration, in perfect equality and re
newed fraternity, to all ihe glory of our com
mon nationality, and all the blessingc to our
true and regulated freedom.
Supposing w<- are mistaken in theessen-