Whole No, 2669, Uncle Sam and Family. Yankee Freedom is a lad And Union is bis sister; Uncle Sam he is their dad And he'll give secesh a twister. For they said Mrs. Sam she died— We always called her virtue- Hut you, Secesh, iudeed have lied And now he's going to birch you. Yankee and sister, too, Are bound on retribution ; For our mother they said they knew Died of broken Constitution. But Yankee Freedom will now show Secesh to have been mistaken ; Though of necessity he's their foe Until again they right awaken. Then secesh the tune will find Was turned as short as this ; While turning to the Coffee Pot Sign. \\ hich I don't want you to miss ! For your furaily needs, may he, A little Tin Ware Solace; And, indeed, you onght to see, Then come to J. I. WALLIS, , e . Fast Market Street. March o, ISGI.J Lew is town. PATENT COAL OIL GREASE. r PHIS Grease is made from COAL OIL, and has been found by repeated tests to be the most economical, and at the same time the best lubricator for Mill (fearing, Stages, Wagons, Carts, Carriages, Vehicles of all kinds, and all heavy bearings, keeping the axles always cool, and not requir ing ihem to be looked after for weeks. It has been tested on railroad cars, and with one soaking of the waste it has run, with the cars, -0,000 miles ! All railroad, omnibus, liverv stable and Express companies that have tried it pronounce it the lie plus ultra. It combines the body and fluidity of tallow, beeswax and tar, and unlike general lubrica tors, will not run off, it being warrauted to .stand any temperature. 1 have it in boxes 2f to 10 lbs. Also kegs and barrels from 30 to 400 lbs, for general use and sale. The boxes are more prefera ble; they are 0 inches in diameter by 2£ inches deep, and hold 2J lbs net; the boxes are clean, and hardly a carman, teamster, expressman, miller or farmer, that would not purchase one box for trial. F. G. FKANCISCUS. Lewistown, February 12, 1862. AMBROTYPES AND The Gems of the Season. r puis is no humbug, but a practical truth. JL The pictures taken by Mr. Burkholdcr are unsurpassed fur BOLDNESS. TRUTH FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and DURABILITY. Prices varying according to size and quality of frames ami Cases. Room over the Express Office. Lewistown, August 23, 1800. WILLIAM LINO, lias now open A NEW STOCK OP Cloths, Cassimeres AND VESTINGS, which will be made up to order in the neat est and most fashionable styles. apl9 ffßliHfflMlWßS 1) F. ELLIS, of the late firm of McCoy V# & Ellis, lias just returned from the city with a choice assortment of Cry Goods and Groceries, sclcetcd with care and purchased for cash, which arc offered to the public at a small ad vance on cost. The stock of Dry Goods em braces all descriptions of Spring & Summer GOODS, suitable for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, with many new patterns. His (Groceries comprise Choice Sugars, Molasses, Java, Rio and Laguyra Coffee, superior Teas, &c. Also, Boots and Shoes, 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 ■ full market price allowed therefor. Lewistown, April 30, 1862. & liD£2i£3'<e£ > 253<42>0 OFFICE on East Market street, Lewistown, adjoining F. G. Franciscus' Hardware Store. P. S. Dr. Locke will be at his office the first Monday of each month to spend the week. my3l I OA DOZEN Coal 011 Chimneys, Wicks, l'/* / Brushes, &c., for sale at city whole sale prices to retailers, by mhi2 F. G. FRANCISCUS. SUNDAY School Books— A general assortment, for sale by jeli F. J. H:IFMAN. HAY Forks, Rope and Tackle Blocks, at my7 F. J. HOFFMAN'S. CIONEECTIONERY— Nuts, Crackers, &c„ ' nt low prices to dealers, at MY7 F. J. HOFFMAN'S. vmwmm ahib gmEMsanais ag mmumm vnwsiaraura, awrenreT ZZ MIimMIIOHI, A Mormon Story—Sad and True History From the St. Joseph (Mo.) Journal, June 30. Iwo years ago, along the flowery banks of a little rivulet that ran laughingly through one of the valleys of Old Wales a maiden and her lover walked. Both were juung, one was beautiful, and both were sad It was a farewell meeting. The lov ers had met to exchange their vows anew and then to part—he to embark as a sailor upon a veasel bound for America, she to re main at home patiently counting the Ion" months that would elapse before they could meet again. These lovers were rude, i"no rant and superstitious peasants. They knew but little, but their love was great. Fond y they pledged each other their eternal troth—iingeringly they held each other in a last embrace—slowly, and with bleedin" hearts and swimming eyes, they parted. J hree months afterward a letter reached the home of the young girl from the cap tain of the ship in which her lover had sailed. He had been drowned, and in his chest were found some papers that enabled his captain to inform her of the fate that had befallen him who alone had made earth happy to her. Not long after this there came to that country the Apostle of a new Faith. lie was a man of strange and fervid eloquence, lie drew a pictu: e oi a new home in a new world. He peopled that home with saints he filled it with the glories and delights of Heaven brought to earth. He proclaim ed himself the Moses, sent by God to lead his chosen children to this promised laud. 1 he parents of the young girl of whom we bave spoken took her to listen to this strange and enrapturing discourse. For many weeks a deep and profound stupor had set tled upon her, and she lived like one in a dream. She listened to the wild enthusi asm of the Mormon propagandist with a stolid apathy, until lie chanced to pronounce the word 'America.' That w„rd, the name of the land for which her dead lover had sailed, acted on her like a spell. She lis tened henceforth as one entranced, and at the close of the discourse she sought out the preacher, and conversed with him. M hat lies he told her—what cunning arts he used to draw her on—what spells he threw around her in the name of reli gion—will never be known. In a few days the missionary, lioaryheaded and the bus hand of a harem ol wives in the city of the Great Salt Lake, was sealed as the hus band of this poor and beautiful young girl, and ere long, with his colony of converts and his young wife, embarked for the land of the New Jerusalem. La.*t Saturday they reached this city. In the peaceful Uilight of the day the poor, deluded Mormon wife, separating herself from her companions, walked down to the river's brink. She stood upon its bank, and watched its angry and turbulent flood, hurrying on towards the sea. She heard a footstep behind her—she turned her head, and beheld her lover, he whose grave she had believed to be in the ocean, and to be reunited to whom in the spirit land she had sold herself on earth. A wild shriek pierced through the evening air. She raised her arms towards Heaven— up towards the eternal sky, and turning, leaped madly into the rapid stream. With out a word he followed her —for a moment they were both lost to sight —they rose again, clasped in each other's arms —then sunk to rise no more. A crowd of agitated and weeping women soon gathered on the bank, from whom our informant gathered the incidents of this strange story. One of them, who had known this ill-starred couple in Wales, had met the lover a few moments before. The story of his death was false. lie had been picked up by a whaling vessel, carried to the coast of Oregon, and from thence he was making his way eastward. She had told him his betrothed was 011 the river bank—he hastened to meet her —and died with her. The New Military Bill. Both Houses of Congress have passed the important bill authorizing the Presi dent to call all the military of the States into the field to put down the rebellion. The first section provides that whenever the President shall call forth the military of the States he may specify in his call the period for which such service will be re quired, not exceeding nine months; and the militia so mustered in shall continue to serve for the time specified, unless soon er discharged. If by reason of defects in existing laws, or in the execution of them in the States, or any of them, it shall be found necessary to provide for enrolling the militia, the President is authorized to make all the necessary regulations, so as to in clude all able-bodied men between 18 and 45, and the number shall be apportioned among the States aocording to their popu lation. When so enrolled they shall be or ganized in the mode prescribed for volun teers. . . The second section authorizes the Presi dent to call one hundred thousand volun teers, as infantry, into field, in addition to the number already authorized by law, for the period of nine months, unless sooner discharged ; and every soldier who shall enlist under this law shall receive his first month's pay, apd also twenty-five dollars WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1862. as bounty, upon the mustering of his com pany or regiment into the service. All provisions of the law relating to volunteers enlisted in the service of the United States f r three years, or during the war, except in relation to bounty, shall be extended to embrace volunteers raised under the pro visions of this section. Ihe third section authorizes the Presi dent to accept such number of volunteers as may be required for filling up the reg iments of infantry, now in the service, for twelve months, unless sooner discliar.'ed. All volunteers when mustered into service shall he on a footing with similar troops, except as to service bounty, which shall be fifty dollars, one half of which is to be paid upon forming their regiments, and the oth er half at the expiration of the enlistment. Section fourth authorizes the appointment of a Judge Advocate General, with the pay of a Colonel of cavalry, to whom all proceedings in court-martial shall be re turned, and no sentence of death of im prisonment in a penitentiary shall he car ried out without the approval of the Pres ident. Sections five and six authorize the Judge Advocate for each array, and section seven requires all battalions, officers, Quar termasters and Adjutants of cavalry exceed ing the number authorized by law, and now in service, to be mustered out of ser vice. Section eight authorizes the President to establish and organize an army at his discretion, and section nine regulates the staff of the commanders of army oorps as follows: One assistant adjutant general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and three aides-de-camp. Section ten regulates the number of officers of cavalry regiments. Section eleven authorizes the President to receive into service for the purpose ofcon structi: g entrenchments, performing camp service, or any military or naval service for which tl.ey may be found competent, persons of African descent, and such persons shall be enrolled and organized under such regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws as the President may prescribe; and section twelve enacts that whenever any man or boy of African descent, who, by the laws of any State, shall owe service or labor to any person who during the present rebel lion has levied war borne arms against, the Government, or adhered to their enemies, shall render any such service as enumera ted in the section preceding, he, his moth er, wife and children shall forever be free, any law or custom to the contrary notwith standing ; and where such persons owe service to loyal masters provision is made for compensation. Curious Mirror. Among the curiosities exhibited in the late Paris Fxpedition, and promised for ours, was a huge concave mirror, the in strument of a startling species ol optical magic : —On standing close to the mirror, and looking into it, it presents nothing but a magnificently monstrous dissection ol your own physiognomy. On retiring a lit tle, say a couple of feet, it gives your own face and figure in true proportion, but re versed, the head downwards. Most of the speculators, ignorant of anything else, ob serve these two effects, and pass on. But retire still further, standing at the distance of five or six feet from the mirror, and be hold you see yourself, not a reflection—it does not strike you as a reflection —but your veritable self, standing in the middle part between you and the mirror. The ef fect is almost appalling from the idea it suggests of something supernatural; so startling in fact that men ol the strongest nerves will shrink involuntarily at the first view. If you raise your canc to thrust at your other self, you will see it pass clean through the body and appear on the other side, the figure thrusting at you the same instant. The artist who first succeeded iu finishing a mirror of this description brought it to one of the French kings—if we recollect aright, it was Louis X\ placed his Majesty on the right spot, and bade him draw his sword directed to his own breast; he did so, threw down his weapon and ran away. The practical joke cost the inventor the King's patronage and favor; his Majesty being afterwards so ashamed of his cowardice, that he could never again look at the mirror or its owner. —English paper. .Nouns of Multitude. A little girl was looking at the picture of a number of ships, when she exclaimed, 'See what a J lock of ships.' We corrected her by saying that a flock of ships was cal led a fleet, and a fleet of sheep was called a flock. And here we may add, for the benefit of the foreigner who is mastering the intri cacies oi our language in respect to nouns of multitude, that a flock of girls is called a bevy, and a bevy of wolves is called a pack, and a pack of thieves is called a gang , and a gang of angels is called a host, and a host of porpoises is called a shoal, and a shoal of bnlfaloes is called a herd, and a herd of children is called a troop, and a troop of patridges is called a covey, and covey of beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde, and a horde of rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called a drove, and a drove of black guards is called a mob, and a mob of Whales is called a school, and a school of worship- ers is called a coiujrelation, and a congre gation of engineers is called a kind, aud a band of locusts is called a swarm , and a swarm of people is called a crowd, and a crowd of gentle folk is called the elite, and the elite of the city's thieves and rascals aie called the roughs, and a miscellaneous crowd of city folks* is called the communi ty or the public, according as they are spoken of by the religous community or the secular public.—P itmaii s 1 *houoy roph ic Magazine. War Meeting* in New York. An immense war meeting was held in New j York last week—loo,ooo persons it is said | being present—at which the following resolu- j tions were adopted: Whereas, At a meeting of the citizens of New York, convened on the 20th of April, 1861, it was resolved to support the Govern ment in the prosecution of the war then open ed by the rebels, with all the means in our power; and whereas, nothing has since occur red to change our opinions or our determina tion then expressed, but everything to confirm them; and whereas, after a serie3of successes to the Federal army, interrupted only by a few temporary reverses, the casualties of war have reduced the effective strength of the regiments in tho field, so that recruits are needed to fill them op ; and whereas, the occupation of tho places repossessed by our army requires an additional force, and the President has called for three hundred thousand men, and for these reasons another meeting of citizens has been called, and is now assembled; it is, thereup on, Resolved, That we reaffirm all the resolu tions of the meeting of April, 1861, hereby declaring that every event that has since oc curred has served to strengthen the convic- then held, of the wickedness of this rebellion, and the duty of all loal citizens to suppress it with the strong band, and at all hazards. Resolved, That this war is waged ou the part of the loyal for the overthrow only of tlm disloyal; that we seek not to enforce any claims or to establish any privileges beyond those given us by the Constitution of our'fath ers; and our only aim and purpose have been, and aro now, to maintain the supremacy of that Constitution over every foot of soil where it ever bore sway, with not a line interpolated or a line erased. Resolved, That we are for the Union of the States, the integrity of the country, aud the maintenance of this Government, without any condition or qualification whatever ; and we will stand by them and uphold them, under all circumstances, and at every necessary sac rifice of life or treasure. Resolved, That while we recognize, and will credulously maintain, tho rights of each State under the Constitution, we abhor and rcpudi ate the doctrine—fatal to national unity, and so prolific of treason in the army and navy, and among the people—that allegiance is due to the State, and not to the United States, holding it as a cardinal maxim, that to the United States, as a collective Government, is due the primary allegiance of ail our people, and that any State, or Confederation of States, which attempts to divert it, by force or other wise, is guilty of the greatest of crimes against humanity and our National Union. Resolved, That we urge upon the Govern ment the exercise of its utmost skill and vigor in the prosecution of this war, unity of de sign, comprehensiveness of plan, a uniform policy, arid the stringont use of all the means within its reach, consistent with the usages of civiiized warfare. Resolved, That we acknowledge but two di visions of tho people of the United States in this crisis: those who are loyal to the Consti tution and every inch of its soil, and are ready to make every sacrifice for the integrity of the Union, and the maintenace of civil liberty within it, and those who openly or covertly endeavor to sever our country, or to yield to the insolent demand of its enemies; that we fraternize with the former, and detest the lat ter ; and that, forgetting all former party names and distinctions, we call upon all pat riotic citizens to rally for one undivided coun try, one flag, one destiny. Resolved, That the Government of the Uni ted States and its people, with an occasional ex ception among the reckless inhabitants where this rebellion was fostered, have wisely and j studiously avoided ail interference with the concerns of other nations, asking, and usual ly enjoying, a like non-interference with their own, and that such is, and should continue to be, its policy; that the intimations of a con templated departure from this .sound rule of conduct on the part of some of the nations of Europe, by an intervention in our present struggle, is as unjust to them as it would be to us, and to the great principles for which we are contending; but we assure them, with a solemnity of conviction which admits of no distrust or fear, and from a knowledge of, and firm reliance upon, the spirit and fortitude of twenty millions of people, that any attempt thus to intervene, will meet a resistance un paralleled in its force, unconquerable in its persistence, and fatal to those whom it is in tended to aid ; and that it will tend only to strengthen and elevate the Republic. Resolved, That the skill, bravery, and en durance exhibited by our army and navy have elicited our admiration and gratitude ; that we behold in these qualities the assur ances of sure and speedy suocesa to our arms, and of route and discomfiture to the rebels ; that we urge the Government to aid and strengthen them by all means in its power, and carefully provide for sick, wounded, and disabled soldiers and their families; prose cute the war with increased vigor and energy, until the rebellion is utterly crushed, the in tegrity of the Union in all its borders restor ed, and every rebel reduced to submission, or driven from the land; and that, to accom plish these ends, we pledge to our rulers our faith, our fortunes, and our lives. Resolved, That we approve of th * Adminis tration of the President of the United States, and of the measures recommended by him for \ the pr> semtion of the tear, the suppression of the rebellion, and the welfare of the country; : that we sanction as wise and expedient the ! call for 300,000 more troops, and earnestly exhort our countrymen to rally to the stan- dard of the Union, and bear if aloft until it shall float in peaco and security, and be ev erywhere respected aud honored. Resolved, That a general armament is re quired by every consideration of policy and safety, and tho Government should lose no tiiue in filling up our armies and putting the whole sea coast in a state of completo de fence. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Common Council of the city of New York to offer a bounty of twenty five dollars to every resident ot the city who shall after thirty days, enlist into any regiment now in the field. People's State Convention. Agreeably to tho published call of the State Central Committee, the delegates to the People's State Convention inet in the Representative Chamber at the Capitol, at 11 o'clock on Thursday morning, and was called to order by A. K. McClure, Esq., Chairman of the State Central Committee. On motion of Morton M'Miehael, Esq., Hon. 1 homas M. Marshall, of Alleghany county, was chosen as temporary Chairman of the Convention. Mr. Marshall, on taking the chair, addres sed the Convention as follows : I beg to return my thanks to the Conven tion for this honor. I have no desire at this time to make any speech to you. I hope the deliberations of this body will be conducted with unanimity and kiudness, that we will endeavor by our manner here to show an ex ample of what should bo the conduct of tho people of the United States. I hope, as wo aro and ever have been known as the Key atone of the Federal Arch, aDd as we have born the burden of that arch upon our shoul ders, I hope our deliberations to day will show our continued willingness to give our arms and hearts to the maintenance of the Union until the last rebel is subdued by the bayonet or the sword. (Applause.) I trust that Pennsylvania, by her representatives here to day, will speak a voice, and such a voice in the language of the scripture as shall give no uncertain sound, that none may need inquire where Pennsylvania stands.— (Applause.) I trust that Pennsylvania, through her accredited representatives here, will tell the loyal people over all her hills and through all her valleys that she has been the Keystone of the Federal Arch, aud will still bear upon her brawny shoulders the re sponsibility of maintaining it over the dead bodies of all its foes. I trust that our delib erations will be conducted in calmness and dispassionately, but with great firmness. Or dinarily, conventions have assembled in this hall for discussion, and for the settlement of mere party issues—party issues that are dead, and I trust buried never to have a resurrec tion. It is no party issue brings us here, but to inquire whether we have a country, and if we have one, whether we are willing to main tain it at the peril of our lives. As we have given the loyal blood of Pennsylvauians upon every battle field ot the Revolution, and upon every battle field in this internal struggle, I trust we will baptise every rebel a<*re with blood of our soldiers, until the last rebel is subdued, and no man shall live here who dure say any Confederate State, but the Uni ted States of Ameriea. (Applause.) I said I have no speech to snake to you. We come here from all departments of industry, rep resenting all the varied interests of a great State, and of course there must be differences of opinion, upon minor questions. I invoke the kindness and forbearance of the various gentlemen who constitute this respectable body, that they will hear with each other and endeavor to harmonize. With these remarks I would suggest that it is now in order to make nominations for temporary secretaries : Messers. E. Cowen, of Warren, Chas. Colgan of Lancaster, Linn Bartholomew, of Schuylkill, and James M'Affee, of West moreland, were appointed temporary Sec retaries of the Convention. The list of counties were theu read over by the Secretaries, and the delegates hand ed in their credentials. James M. Sellers, Esq., appeared as Senatorial delegate for this district, and D. W. Woods, Esq., as Representative del egate. When the city of Philadelphia was call ed, two separate lists of delegates were handed in, which on motion were referred to a committee ot five, consisting of the following named gentlemen : Messrs. W. 11. Ainey, Smith Fuller, Linn Bartholo mew, W. C. Moreland, J. M. Sellers. Mr. Lowry moved that a committee con sisting of one delegate from each Senator ial district be appointed to report officers for the permanent organization. Before the motion was put Mr. McMi chael moved that a similar committee of one from each Senatorial district be ap pointed to report a series of resolutions for the consideration of the Convention. Both of the motions having been agreed to, the following committees were ap pointed : COMMITTEE TO REPORT OFFICERS FOR FERMAXEMT OROEXIZE TIOS. Jno. M. Butler, Wm, S. Pearco, >l. H. Dickinson, C. T. Jones, B. Morton, H. T. Weyan, E. T. Ochs, J. T. Frueauff, Aaron Mull, T. E. Zulich, H. A Woodhouse, P. D. Warner, S. P. Longstreet, H. J. Olmstead, Abram. PpdegraH Samuel Owen, A. F. Russell, J. T. Ewing, | J. A. Shiebley, E. M. Sayers, j C. B. Forney, J. T. Pravo, M . H. Sherth, J. S. Graham, J.H.Zellers, R.P.Robinson, Jacob Wirt, M. G. Beebe, R. S. Bronson, M. B. Lowry, R. P. Barclay, Robert Thorn t'aleb Guyer, New Series—Vol. XVI, No. 38. COMMITTEE OX RISOICTIONS. Morton McMichitel, John A. Finher, John W. Forney, Edward Bright, S. Cavenaugh, K. W. Shoi th, T. Haines. A. N. Rsshnger,- U. M.Courson, R.H.Harper, H. Hough. J. W. Mattern, W. H. Armstrong. J. B. Findley, G. M. I.nnman. Smith Fuller. D. B. Green. IV. MoKecnan, H. A. Wood house, Jas. MoCauTlv, W. T. Davis, J. W. F. White, Then. Strong, J. H. Negley, 11. Young, J. w. Bluncnard, A. H, Barlow, K. L. White, 8. Atlemnn, B. llartshorrt, D. W. Wood, John M. Bowman. The President informed the different committees that rooms were ready for their reception, so that they could meet at once to discharge the duties assigned to them. On motion, the Oouventiou adjourned until half past two o'clock this afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention re-assembled at 2J o'clock P. M. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. Mr. Dowry, from the committee to se lect officers for the permanent organization of the Convention, made the following re port : President—Hon. JOHN C. KNOX. VICE PRESIDENTS. Oscar Thompson, J. A. Fisher, Morton M'Michael, M. 11. Sherk, J. W. Forney, Day Wood, Nathan Ilillis, D. W. Grove,. P. F. Smith, 11. G. Harper, Joseph Young, It. Marshal, E. T. Harrison, J. H. Lichtenberger, S. J. Kistler, C. P. Markle, Isaac Ely, James Ruple, J. K. Boyer, James McAuley, Judge Laporie, J. L. Graham, Louis 11. Pugh, C. E. Auderson,. E. Cowan, ltobt. Thome, C. H. Shriner, E. E. Woodruff, I. S. Monroe, E. W. Davis. Win. B. Mullen, SECRETARIES. Jas. C. Brown, J. M'Mannus, A. S. Richie, A. R. Barlow, Simon B. Brown, Wm. Cavan, John K. Ewing, R. L. White. 11. A. Woodhouse, C. B. Forney, John H. Sellers, J. R. M'Affee- John F. Dravo, Doorkeeper—James Subcrs. Mr. Knox, on taking the chair address ed the convention as follows : The gentlemen of the convention will please to accept my thanks for their kind partiality in selecting me to preside over their delibera tions. I rejoice to be here to-day, acting in concert with the true and loyal men of Penn sylvania, regardless of former political asso ciations, and recognizing at this eventful time as the only true tests of fellowship and com munion, love of country, devotion to the American Union, a fixed and unalterable de termination to uphold and sustain the Gov ernment of the United States, and to resist to the death the enemies of that Government whenever and wherever found. [Applause] I rejoice especially to be here, because I can in this way evince my desire to strength en the hands of that honest man and patriot ic statesman, the President of the United States, to cheer him on, and bid him and his trustworthy counsellors God speod in their noble labors for the maintenance of our Gov ernment and the preservation of our country. [Applause.] Yes, gentlemen, it is to me a source of great pleasure to be able to declare that, in my judgment, the men at the bead of our Nation al and State administrations are. in this ter rible crisis, doing their whole duty, and are consequently entitled to our entire confidence and our warmest support. I envy not that man who cannot now look beyond the platform of his party, to the stand ard of his country. The question is not now which political party shall administer the government, or what men shall fill its offices, but it is wheth er there shall be offices to fill or a government to administer, and until this momentous question is settled, for one, I shall act with the men who are the most in earnest in their efforts to destroy this rebellion, and the most determined signally to punish the rebels, their aiders and abettors. 1 repeat, gentlemen, that I have great con fidence in Abraham Lincoln, and his chosen counsellors, and I must be permitted to say, that especially do I confide in the clear head sound mind and honest heart of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, our own immedi ate representative in the Cabinet. I say this with a full knowledge that of late a systematic attempt has been made to bring this officer into disrepute, and to cause his removal from the high and responsible pooi tion which he now so ably fills. Every disappointed man, whether for the opportunity of serving his country with a title prefixed to his name, or for furnishing the munitions of war, at large profits, visits his vengeance upon the head of Mr. Stanton. The friends of this officer cannot, of course, complain of the most careful scrutiny into his official conduct, and do by no means deny that he may, like others, have committed mistakes ; yet, when it is seen that the most unmeasured abuse is continually lavished upon him and his acts; that he is held res ponsible for consequences, to prevent which has been entirely beyond his power, and charged with disasters arising from move ments, which he neither counselled nor di rected, it becomes necessary to look for the causes which have prompted these attacks. For my3elf, I believe he has thus been at tacked, — Ist, Because he is truly in earnest in his determination to put down this rebellion, and, 2d, Because ho performs his official duty without fear, favor or affection. TJiflse of us who are personally acquainted | 'with Mr. Stanton, know that his intellect is of the highest order; that he is possessed o£
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