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N. corner lifth and Chestnut Sheets, Philadelphia, is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements fbr this paper, at our lowest rates. His receipts will be re garded as payments. OUR FZA Now our flag is flung to the wild winds free ; Let it float o'er our father land; And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia's chosen band. " CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM."-DANIEL WEBSTER. DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION 1 Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Democratic State Central Committee, the Convention of Delegates, chosen by the Democrats thtoughont the State, will as. s emble at HARRISBURG, on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th, 1863, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to nominate Candidates for Gov ernor and Judge of the Supreme Court, to be supported by the friends of the CONSTITUTION'and the UNION, at the ensuing election. The Convention will, also, give expression to the senti ments of Democrats of the State, who, while their policy would have averted present disasters, will, nevertheless, devote the historic patriotism of our great party to rescue the Constitution and the Union—the one, from usurpation —the other, from final disruption. F. W. HUGHES, Chairman Democratic State Central Cbmmitlee Porravms, May 28, 1863. Important from the South. - There was a terrible battle-fought at Port Hudson, on the 27th ult., without any decisive result. On that day, the town having been pre viously invested by Gen. Banks, an attempt was made to storm the works ; but, after a loss of some four thousandinen in killed and wounded, he was cos pelled to retire to his previous position. One of the negro regiments was badly cut up, having lost about 600 men. The fight, it was thought, would lie renewed on the next day, but no later intelli gence has been received. In the at tack, Generals Sherman and Neal Dow were wounded, and Cols. Cowes and Payne killed. The officers suf fered severely. Reinforcements were being sent to Gen. Banks from New Orleans. The force of the rebels in the fortifications is estimated at from 10 to 12,000 men. From Vicksburg General Grant at the latest ac-' counts was still investing Vicks burg, but no event of startling im portance had occurred till the 3d instant—the date of the latest dis patch. Army of the Potomac A reconnoisance in force across the Rappahannock was made on Friday last, some skirmishing oc curred, and a number of rebel pris oners were taken. The Confed erates still hold Fredericksburg. The True National Policy. Under this bead, the New York World of Tuesday last publishes a let ter from Hon. EMERSON ETHERIDGE, formerlya member of Congress from Tennessee, a refugee from that State in the earlier days of the rebellion on account of his strong Union sen timents, and more recently Clerk of the House of Representatives. The letter is addressed to a number of citizens in Memphis, Tennessee, and is well worthy a careful perusal by every sincere friend of his country. We give it a place in our columns to the exclusion of much other mat ter, believing that it will fully make up in interest for any lack of variety in this week's Intelligeucer. The People Speak An immense mass meeting of the Democracy of Philadelphia was held in Independence Square, on Mon day evening of last week, over which the venerable ex-Chief Justice LEWIS presided, for the purpose of protest ing against the arbitrary and uncon stitutional arrest and banishment of ' HOD. CLEMENT L. ITALLANDIGHAM. Able and eloquent addresses were delivered by Judge LEWIS, ex-Sena tor BIGLER, Hon. CHARLES J. BID DLE, Hon. PETER MCCALL, GEORGE W. BIDDLE, Esq., CHARLES BUCK WALTER, Esq., GEORGE NORTHROP, Esq., and CHARLES INGERSOLL, Esq., and strong and telling resolutions were adopted by acclamation. The Ledger says it was one of the largest meetings ever assembled in Independence Square, and the Age and Evening Journal estimate the numbers present at not less than 30,000 freemen. , TO BE REMEMBERED It is a fact to be remembered that every Republican paper in Pennsylvania has di rectly or indirectly endorsed and applauded, the arbitrary arrest of citizens and their con• finement without specific charge of crime and without trial—that they have approved of the suppression of Democratic newspapers by military force and their destruction by mobs, and that they have sanctioned and applauded the outrageous proceedings against Mr. VAL LANDIGHAM. They have thus taken ground against the freedom of speech and the press, and in favor of the destruction of all the safe guards and guarantees of civil liberty—in favor of the forcible suppression, by military power, of the sacred right of the people to -discuss the merits of public measaree and public men. Let this great and disgraceful fact be remembered. The day will come when the editors of these papers and all who join with them in approving these outrages upon popular freedom and constitutional rights, will repent of their doings in sackcloth and ashes. A Backing Down! A few days ago General BURN SIDE issued an order suppreSsing the Chicago Times for publishing the truth, and at the same time, and for the same reason prohibited the cir culation of the New York 'Mild in his Military Department.. The is suance of this tyrannical mandate caused an intense excitement in Illinois, and the danger of an , out break of popular indignation was imminent in Chicago. The Legis lature of Illinois also took action in the matter, and the arbitrary pro ceedings of BURNSIDE were de nounced in unmeasured terms in that body, and by the people every where. This being the state of the case, the Administration at Washington became alarmed at the threatening aspect of affairs, and, acting upon the maxim that " discretion is the better part of valor," the President was constrained to revoke the un constitutional act of his pet General, and thus riot and bloodshed have been prevented in Chicago and else where in the North West. But is it not a humiliating position for the Administration to be placed in ? Either BURNSIDE was right or wrong in issuing the offensive order. If right, he should have been sustained by the President, regardless of con sequences—if wrong, (and no sane man doubts it,) Mr. LINCOLN should have conciliated public opinion by promptly dismissing him from the army. He has done neither, and therefore the Administration will be held responsible for this and all the other tyrannical acts of its subor dinate. THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH If there is any one right of the American people more fully established than another, it is the right to discuss the measures of our rulers. This is a right as old almost as the Anglo Saxon race, and its infringement has never failed to create popular resentment, whether in a time of peace or time of war. Only in November last, the leading spirit of the pres ent cabinet officially confessed this right in answering one of the charges against the present Administration circulated in England. It was in November last that Mr. Seward wrote to Minister Adams as follows: " In this country, especially, it is a habit not only entirely consistent with the Consti tution, but even essential to its stability, to regard the Administration at any time exist log as distinct and separable from the Govern ment itself, and to canvass the proceedings of one without the thought of disloyalty to the other." This sentiment was expressed avowedly in the name of the President. Ily what miracle is it that the President, Cabinet, and whole Republican party, are now flourishing bay onets and filling prisons to repress this "habit" which Mr. Seward declared to be even essen tial to the stability of the Government? Did or did not Seward assert a truth when he wrote that letter? What is the occasion of this falsity to the first principles of the Gov ernment, of this betrayal of freedom, and of this self-stultification on the part of the au thorities of the land? For ourselves, we can see nO",ustification fur it in morals or justice, in military or political necessity. It is a wanton abuse of power—an unprovoked and gratuitous assault upon civil liberty, which no circumstances can excuse and no logic pal , liate. FREE SPEECH. In a speech befcre the Emancipation League in Boston last week, WENDELL Pun. said " Thank God for McClellan, for Cameron ; ' station and functions, and the rest of his life thank God for defeat. With a man for Presi- is only so far good for anything, as he de dent, we should have put down the rebellion in votes it to repentance for betraying the great ninety days, and left slavery where it was." This, says the Post, is freedom of speech in doctrines of American liberty. Massachusetts, and that without a squad of ' MORE TREASON. soldiers to drag him from the speaker's stand. The Hon. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN in addressing What was the scene a few days ago at the his constituents made use of the following pp_ 0 ipital of Indiana? The Democrats held a triptic language. His gray hairs will hardly Convention, where they desired to express save him from Fort Warren : their sentiments on the war. The soldiers of When usurpations of power aro made dan— the Government, with fixed bayonets and fi c he ru r a t 9 ; and and the when liberty andmy loaded guns, did all in their power to suppress ' u p )n - the Constitution intended to guard the free speech. Speakers were crowded out of liberties of us all, are made, I would have every their places by soldiers, they were dragged man have spirit enough to declare his opinions and offer his protests. :Without this freedom from their stands, they were arrested and ofspeec ahetheiroet exist. made no lasting liberty ; the dragged off, and locked up, and Abolitionists ,republic made great noises, and prevented speaking ' * A people who cannot discuss the being heard. A member of Congress Was public measures Pt' the nation, and apply the forced from a stand at the point of the bayo. necessary rebuke to secure correction of , wrongs, cannot be a free people, and do not net. Swords, bayonets and cannon were used deserve to be. to awe men into speaking favorably of the ' ,....., Administration and its policy. THE SOLDIERS SPEAK. But how is it with PHILLIPS in Bostm ? The most noticeable part of the proceedings He thanks God for defeat, says the President of the Seward Union League Convention at Syracuse, N. Y., on Wednesday week, was the is not a man, and he peak in peace I I persistent and enthusiastic approval of Gen NEW YORK. POLITICS. McClellan by the soldiers, whose fare and ex- Thel penses were paid by the contractors and office Democratic State Central Committee ' holders. Some of the Hawkins' Zouaves met at Albany, N.Y., on the 2Sth ult. There bore a banner inscribed with the name of was a full attendance. The resolutions re- General McClellan as a candidate for the Pre. adopt the declaration of the last State Con-'I Eidenc Y• A lot of soldiers'took possession of one of vention in regard to the support of the goo- the stands, and commenced cheering for Mc erument to suppress the rebellion. They Clellan, and praising him as a General ; de declare that while peace is desired by every Oaring him to be the only man that could patriot, it must be on a basis of the restora- lead the army of the Potomac on to victory ; tion of the Union under the Constitution ; n Washington, denouncing in C bitter e s t s e ra r m e t n a h n e d p i a c t ia °r ti s t; i as that the present Administration is not any opposing / McClellan because he was settling more capable of making such a peace than it the war in a business-like manner, and was has shown itself to conduct a successful war, interfering in their schemes to make capital and that any attempt to urge it to a peace out of it. They were especially bitter on the radicalsin Congress and the Committee on will only enable it, in conjunction with tho the Conduct of the War, Davis government to consummate a separa tion of the States, to which the Democrats will never submit. The resolutions then re- fer to the declarations of the Loyal League Convention, which they construe at; placing the military above the civil power, and accept the issue, proclaiming the determination to stand by the Constitution and against all such slavish and despotic doctrines. They admit the jurisdiction of military law within the lines of warlike operations, but declare every attempt beyond those limits to prostrate civil power by military force treason to the country and Constitution. They indorse the sentiments of the Governor's letter to the Albany mooting. THE BERKO COUNTY - CONSPIRATOR9.—The parties arrested scme time ago in Berke co., Pa., charged with belonging to a secret so— ciety to resist the draft, &c., had a final hear ing in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The United States Commissioner, after argument, dis charged Messrs. Reed, Seidle and , Muthart, while Messrs. Philbert and Oxemender, who had attended the meetings, were held in $l,OOO. Dr. Illig, having acted as Secretary, was hold in $1,500 bail, and Huber in $3,000 bail to answer at court. VALLANDIGHA.M AGAINST THE ABOLITIONISTS AND SECESSIONISTS.-It appears that both the Northern Abolitionists and the Southern Secessionists refuse to have Vallandigham upon their premises. They are both afraid of the effects of the strong Union principles which ho eo eloquently inculcates, and are anxious to got rid of so potent an advocate against the cause of disunion. The Demo cracy, however, will stick to 'Val., dead or aliVe, North or South, and see that his prin— ciples are carried out. ggy- Hon. PHILIP JOHNSON will accept our thanks for Vols. 1 and 2 of the Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War. WM. FITZ JOHN PORTER. This brave and accomplished officer (now in retirement by the act of the President) was invited to the great mass meeting held at Newark, N. J., on the 39th tilt., called in reference to the case of Mr. VAILANDIGHAY. His reply to the invitation shows him to be a patriot and a statesman, and is creditable alike to his head and his heart. It is as fol. lows : NEW YORK, May 29, 1863 SIR :—I am honored by the invitation of your Association to be present at Newark, on Saturday, the 30th inst., and to address the conservative people then and there to be as sembled. Apart from the consideration that my education, being exclusively military, has not prepared me to address my fellow citizens, other than as fellow soldiers, I beg leave, under all the circumstances, to decline your very respectful and kind invitation. The dispassionate exercise of the guaran teed right of free speech cannot be yielded by any American citizen, in time of war or in time of peace. It there be anything worth contending for—anything the value of which cannot be estimated, it is this. It has been well said by one of our most eminent states men, born in my own native State : " Without freedom of speech there can be no lasting liberty—the Republic cannot exist. If every man should close his lips, and not venture even a word against violated rights, who could maintain a free government? No. body ! A people who cannot discuss the pub lic measures of a nation, and apply the neces sary rebuke to insure correction of wrongs, cannot be a free people, and do not deserve to be." This sentiment should be dear to every American. Other men may talk about the principle, but those of my name and blood will not, at the proper time, fail to fight for it. The contest of arms, however, will not be required ; the certain and peaceful remedy will be found in the ballot box. Let us all possess our souls in patience. The remedy is sure. You have been Pleased to refer to my own case in terms of great kindness and sym pathy. I thank you. The persecutions of my enemies have been most unjust and cruel. I may be permitted to say that I have done something, and imperiled something to up hold the glorious ensign of the Republic, under which I was born ; and my own con science acquits me of ever having done any thing, even in thought, to dishonor that flag. A military tribunal has condemned me, and the President of the United States, influenced by the lawyer who strove, through more than forty days to convict me, has approved of that sentence; but I appeal from that sentence and condemnation to my countrymen, the American people. The record of my trial is published, it is before the country. Let it be read and studied, for by that record I am , willing to be judged, and to stand or fall. But I will not detain you with a record of my personal griefs, although you have so kindly alluded to them. You meet to pre , serve public liberty, and especially one of the most sure supports of that liberty—the trial by jury, and my fervent prayer is, that your efforts, in concert with others, may be crowned with success. I am, with high respect, your obedient ser vent, F. J. PORTER. To F. W. LEONARD, Sec. Dem. Cen. Committee ~ LIFE-LONG DEMOCRATS." The Boston Courier well remarks that when a man is styled in radical newspapers " a life-long Democrat," he is, of course, a rene gade. They put this phraseology forward, not by way of description of his real, present character, but to boast themselves of having such a respectable ally in their ranks. They thus pay involuntary honor to the Democracy ; but the inconsistency cannot be concealed.— When such a man strikes hands with the Republicans, he has palpably abandoned his " life-long " principles. The contrast is strikingly exemplified in the two cases of Chief Justice TANSY and Mr. Justice LEAVITT. The first granted the writ of habeas corpus for a citizen arrested by military authority, in conformity with Democratic principles and constitutional provisions; the latter not only declined to do so:but fairly stooped to lick the boots of a weak officer clothed in a little brief authority. The one continues a " life long Democrat" at the closing hours of an honorable life ; the other demeans his judicia THE NEW YORK. PEACE CONVEN New YORK, June 3. The Peace Convention assembled this after noon in Cooper Institute. The principal speaker was Fernando Wood. The resolutions declare fealty to the Con stitution and to the sovereignty of the States and of the people. That under the Constitu• tion there is no power to coerce the States, or any of them, by military force. That the war is contrary to the Constitution and should be put an end to. That the attempts to do away with the provisions of the Constitution, which point out how crimes are to be pun ished, are high-handed violations of the sworn duties of our rulers. That the claim of dic tatorial and unlimited military power, and I the trial of citizens by court martial, are mon strous and execrable. That the dogma of un limited submission to the Executive branch of the Government, is unworthy of an American citizen. That we protest against the coward ly, despotic, inhuman, and accursed acthe banishment of C. L. Vallandigham. That we recommend a suspension of hostilities, and I the holding of a Convention to settle the man ner of the reconstruction of the contending , sections, and the appointing of a State Com ! mittee to call further Conventions of Peace Democrats. NATIONAL DEMOC RATIO cieNVEN TION. The World publishes a recommenattsv call for a Democratic National Delegate Cohp tion, at Harrisburg, Pa., July 15th, signed 13y Mr. Levi Bishop, Chairman of the Michigttn Democratic State Central Committee, for the purpose of consultation on the state of the country, to enunciate a constitutional policy fur the future guidance of our citizens, and to adopt such measures as the wisdom and pa triotism of the convention might deem proper to rescue the nation from the fearful condition into which we are already plunged t and from the more terrible one into which we are rapidly hastening. “LOYAL 'UNION SENTIMENTS. The tmerers of the following sentiments have not been arrested and sentenced to im prisonment by drum-head court martinis.— Reason, they are Abolitionists : If the Cotton States shall become satisfied that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace,— The right to secede may be a revolutionary one. but it exists, nevertheless. - Whenever a considerable section of our Union shall deliberately resolve to go out, we shall resist all coercive measures designed to keep it in. We hope never to live in a Republic whereof one section is pinned to another by bayonets.—N. Y. Tribune, Nov. 9, 1860. If the Cotton States, unitedly and earn estly wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union, we think they should and would be allowed to do so. Any attempt to 'compel them by force to remain would be contrary to the principles enunciated in the immortal Declaration of Independence—contrary to the fundamental ideas on which human liberty is based.—N. Y. Tribune, Non. 27, 1860. If it (the Declaration of Independence) jus tified the secession from the British Empire of three millions of colonists in 1776, we do not see why it would not justify the secession of five millions of Southrons from the Union in 1861.—N. Y. Tribune, Dec. 17, 1860. Whenever it shall be clear that the great body of the Southern people have become conclusively alienated from the Union, and anxious to escape from it, we will do our lest to forward their views.—N. Y. Tribune, Feb., 1861. Speaking for ourselves, we can honestly say that for the Old Union, which was kept in ex istence by Southern menaces and Northern concessions, we have no regrets, and no wish for its reconstruction. The Union cannot be restored, and otonr NOT to be, save through the virtual destruction of slavery.—N. Y. Tribune. It is true that the Republican leaders, and the Republican masses, would prefer a peace ful separation, to the bringing back of the se ceded States as Slave States.—Syracuse, 1': Journal. Sir, the man who invokes the Constitution in forbearance of the law to punish traitors, is himself a sympathizer. Sir, I say again, I have no scruples about this Constitution of the United States, as wielded against traitors in the time of violent revolution,—Senalor Wade of Ohio, April, 1862. Who, in the name of God, WANTS the Cot ton States, or any other State this side of per dition, to remain in the Union. if slavery is to continue.—Mr. Benjamin of Ohio, M. C. This talk of restoring the Union as it was under the Constitution asit is, is one of the absurdities which I have heard repeated until I have become about sick of it. The Union can never be restored as it was. There are many things which render such an event im possible. This Union never shall, with my consent, be restored under the Constitution as it is, with slavery to be protected by it.— Thad. Stevens, Penna , At C. It is useless to suppose that after two years of war, and the loss of millions of dollars and thousands of lives, the Union can be restored with slavery as it was. * * It must die or the Union must die.—New Haven Palla— dium. This is to be, henceforth, our motto : " Lib erty to the Slave or Death to the Union."— Wendell Phillips, 1863. I thank God that the federal arms were de feated at Bull Run, and on the Peninsula, and under Pope, for without such defeats we should not have had the Emancipation Pro— clamation,. Had we won at Bull Run, or taken Richmond, the back bone of the rebel lion would have been broken, and the Union would have been restored with slavery re maining in it.—Senator Trumbull of Illinois, Oct., 1862. If three months more of earnest fighting shall not serve to make a serious impression, let us bow to our destiny. and make the hest attainable peace.—/V. 1' Tribune, Tan., 1863. This war has lasted long enough, and I am in favor of letting the South go.-- Republican Attorney General of Rhode Island. Those who want it [the Union] as it was are welcome to it. We hope, however, when they get it. they will no longer curse the fair land of North America with it. Let them take it to congenial home of the alligator, hyena, and copperhead. Compared with "the Union as it was," the Union as it is is glorious, even with all its sad realities.—Manchester American. At the recent Methodist Conference in New York, Bishop SCOTT "thanked God for our de feats at Bull Run and other places ;" and the Rev. Mr. FOSTER declared he was ready to give glory to God for our defeats at the first Bull Run and the second Bull Run." Gen. BUSTEED, one of the military stump orators of , the Administration, in a speech in New York on the 12th of May, 1863, said : Let me tell those people, that never again on this earth will the Union be as it was. The Constitution as it is must remain, until we get a new Heaven on earth in which human slavery will not find legislative sanction. And now, Mr. ,opperhead, if that be abolitionism, make the most you can of it. You will never get he Union again as it was, because it never ought to have existed as it was. Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER, in a speech in New York on the 13th of May, 1863, said : I say boldly, that rather than have the States resume their places under the Const.i• tution with the system of slavery in them, all just as it was before, I had rather give every child that I have ; I had rather embark upon a war of twenty years, with all its suffering and all its blood ; and a war of twenty years, much as its miseries would be. would he cheap compared with the untold wretched— ness of this nation, if we undertake the Union again with slavery flaurishing and ram pant. These are " loyal " sentiments, and those who entertain and utter them are patriots and worthy of all confidence and honor, according to Republican precept and practice. But the author of the following, Mr. VALLANDIGUAM, is denounced as a traitor and has been sen tenced to imprisonment by a drum-head court martial : It is in the restoration of the Union as it was in 1789 and continued for over seventy years, that I am bound to the last hour of my politi cal existence. It is estimated that there will be six thou_ sand canal boats in operation on the Erie canal this summer, and the pressure of grain is so great that it is believed all the boats will be fully employed. The arrival of grain at Buffalo since navigation opened is greater than ever before. The report of the Chicago Board of Trade made previous to the opening of navigation, exhibited an excess in the Gen eral aggregate of grain in store at that city over the preceding season. The amount of wheat in store was less, although the number of bushels of corn was greater. It is stated that the prospect of the growing wheat crop at the West is extremely flattering. PASSENGER AND MAIL SCHEDULE.—The dif ferent Passenger Trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad leave this city as follows : Through Express Mount Joy Accommodation I ancestor Accommodation Feat Line Fast Mail Mount Joy Accommodation, No . ELarriabarg Accommodation 11000 Through Express 1.21 a. m Fast Mail 10.55 " Mount Joy Accommodation 11.05 " Fast Line 21.'3 p. m. Harrisburg Accommodation 6.08 " Lancaster Accommodatioink , s • 744 " Mount Joy Accommodation, No. 2. 7.50 " The malls arrive and close at the City Post Office as fol lows: ARRIVALS. Through Mall from the East-1.21 a. m. and 2.23 p. m. Through Mail from the Weet-3.30 a. m. and 2.25 p. m. Way Mail from the East-10.55 a. m. Way Mail from the West-9 a. m. and 225 p. ro. Southern hail from Baltimore and Washington, 2.25 p. m 110:0118 FOR CLOSING MAILS Eastern Through liall,Sur Philadelphia, 130 p. m. and 8 p. m. Way Mail East, for Philadelphia and Intermediate offices, as 8 a. m. New York and Northam and Eastern States. 1.30 p. m. For Harrisburg, and Cumberland, Franklin and Perry counties, at 10 a. m. and. 8 p m. Northern Central, Juniata and Western New York, at 10 a. m. Way Mall West—For Landisville, &slung% Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, Middletown, Highspire, Hempfleht, Mountville, Wrightsville, Maytown, Bainbridge and Fal mouth at 10 a. m. For Columbia, York, &c., at 10 a. m. For Baltimore and,Washington, D. C., at 1.10 p. m. and 8 p. m. Pittsburg Through Mall at 1.30 p. m. and 8 p. to. For Columbia, York, Marietta and Harrisburg at 10 a. m and 6. p. m. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Taz DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL CLIII3.—The meeting of the Democratic Central Club,cn Thursday eve ning last, was the largest which hoe been bold yet—the .hall being literally jamod, numbers having to leave who 'cculd not obtain admission. She meeting was addressed la German by 31r: Damn B. ECHCEDLE, - cf Berke county, and wo have the authority for saying, by those who ought to know, ,that it was one of the test German political speeches ever delivered in this city. Mr.S. is an earnest, eloquent and interesting speaker ; he Is a student of Frank lin and Marshall College. and no doubt has a brilliant fotnre before him The Club was also addressed by the President, lion. ISAAC S. HIESIZE. He wished to excuse himself, owing to the lateness of the honr. but the root assemblage would listen to no dental, end then for half an hour he spoke in a thrilling and impassiored strain, of elrquence and aar casm. The allusions of himself and Mr. SCEICEDLEIt to Mc. Ciellan nod Vallandlgham were greeted with the heartiest manifestations of approbation. The Interest in the good cause is increasing. A notable feature is the number of returned volunteers who nra comingforward and signing the Constitution of the Club. No "Copperheads" among the soldiers, eh? Coupus CEIRISTI.—Corpos Christi, on Sun day last, was appropriately commemorated by the congre gation of St. Joseph's German Catholic Church. St. Joseph's ' s(reet. A procession took place at Py A. M. In which the Sunday School scholars led off, each little girl being dressed in white, wearing a wreath upon her head. and carrying a small basket of flowers. These were followed by the St. Joseph's Society, the choir of the church who chaneted a hymn of praise along the mote, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Schwartz, bearing the crucifix, and walking un der a canopy borne by four members, and last the mem bers of the church generally. Interesting religions servi ces were conducted at different places on the route, in the Cemetery grounds, and at the church, and whilst the pro- CP86013 was moving the bells.of the church rung out a merry peal. The services were witnessed by a large con course of people. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mr. JACOB FORNEY, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was instantly killed at Coatesville, on Saturday last, about noon. The unfortunate man was looking out of one of the windows of the engine Lome. when his head came in contact with a telegraph pole From the appearance of the injuries he received. it is supposed that ho was looking towards the rear of the train, as the back port of his head was com pletely crushed. His remains were brought to this city In the 1.21 P. IL train, and taken to his late residence, in East King street, near the Reservoir. Mr. E. was about 32 years of ago, and leaves a young wife and one child to mourn his untimely fate. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him for his many excellent qualities. He was a brother of Wien Forney. Esg , State Librarian, and editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, and a cousin of Cob John W. Forney. FENCIBLES' RE-lINION.—The Seventh Anni. versary of the organization of that crack corps, the Lan caster Fencibles, was celebrated at their Armory, Fallon Hall, on Thursday evening last. A grand collation was served Up, the merits of which were amply discussed. A large number of invited guests were present, among whom were the veteran Col. Duchman, late of the 79th, and the first Captain of the Fencibles, Lt. - Col. McGovern, late of the li.d, Capt. Thomas B. Berton, late of the Ist Pennsyl vania Reserves, Mayor Sanderson, William Carpenter, Esq., City Recorder, and Gen. Steinman. Speeches were made by Col. Franklin, Lt. Col McGovern, Maj. Shenk, late of the 135th, Mayor Sanderson, Recorder Carpenter, Mr. Watson 11. Miller and others. The splendid Band of the Fencibles was also present, and at intervals entertained the company with most eloquent Music. A general good time was had, and most of those present did not separate until long after midnight. We tender our thanke to Copts. Sleymaker and Rowe, of the Committee of Arrangements, for their cordial invita tion to be present, and regret that other engagements pre vented us from being there. To them is doe a great deal of the sue , ress of the entertainment. They are gallant, good fellows, well worthy to be members high on the roll of such an honored organization as the Fencibles. . DEMOCRATIC CLUE OP SALISBURY TOWNSHIP. —The gallant Democracy of Salisbury township had a glorious meeting at William Masterson's Rising Sun Ho , lel, on Thursday evening last. A Club was formed, It large number of members enrolled, and the follow-log well known, influential Democrats, chosen c fllcers t l'resident—Dr. John N Eckert. Vice Presidents—B. I? Houston, H. S. Kerns. Recording Secretary—John W. Rambo. Corresponding Secretary—lsaac Walker. Treasurer—Samuel Blank Chief Marshal—Truman Wallace. Assistants—George G. Worst. James Gallagher. At the same meeting the following preamble and reso lotion, were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, A crisis has arrived in the history of our country which, to every reflecting mind, is truly alarming —and notwithstanding the presperity of our country, without precedent In tho history of the world, and not. withstanding all the blessings which have been bestowed upon as by an All Wise Providence and by a wise and Ju dicious administration r f our Government under the Con. stitntion, there are those amongst us who have been en gaged in stirring up enmity, hatred and strife, lighting up the torch of discord and civil war In our midst, until the 'flames have burst forth in all their terrific fury, and our noble structure of government now totters on its very base. Amongst the many evils which have beau engen dered for the desirnetion of the Constitution there is none (in cur opinion) more conspicuous than that clothed In the garb of Abolition; therefore Resolved, That the events In history have fully shown that the ersen tint character of a Republic will banish when arbitrary force supervenes to perpetuate authority by physical power; it denies the fundamental principle, the , very basis and f modatiork of the Federal structure, “that I all Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." We therefore hold the doctrine to be at war with the principles of our Governm e nt, dangerous and at variance with the free spirit of the Federal Consti tution, and fatally hostile to the essential and necessary basis Of the Federal Union. Regolued, That we are amazed and astonished to find that men who have professed to believe is pacific and non resistant principles, men who have been the exclusive ad vocates of moral suasion and avowed their determination never to consent to the use of physical force, men who would never consent to take lire under any circiatuetancee, that an evil spirit bee been suffered to take possession of their minds, and they are now to be found among the foremost advo -rates nod apologists of this great and fearful sacrifice of human life. These are the men, above all others, who, standing at a safe distance from the scene of the conflict, can look with composure noon the menace and devastation which they have been chiefly instrumental in bringing upon our beloved country. Ne.olved, That we consider the war against the pestle of the Southern States a great national calamity, In oar opin ion mainly brought stoat by the FCCEFtliollitlta of the South and by the reckless, rabid and intolerant spirit of Northern Abalitionie:e, aided end abetted by the morbid spirit of speculation ' and we 1.1,3 0.11,1y3 been opposed to the whole trio; but In the restoration of the Union we can never cousent to le depTived of our dearest constitutional rights, but will maintain them at every horsed, in the ' laugnage of the venerated Andrew Jackson, 'peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must." ' 1 escired , That we deeply deplore the present unhappy and lamentable condition of our country, (be the fault with whom it may.) and we implore and earnestly trust that men in authority will embrace the first favorable op. , portunity to make a just and (so far as possible) ark honor able settlement of our orations! difficulties. Resolred, That the organization known by the name of , the "Union League" or ••Loyal Leaguers," in order to de. cotes the people, by dressing themselves up in the skin of the lion, have made themselves appear, in the eyes of ten sible men, perfectly ridiculous; the people, however, have discovered by their long ears and their braying that they belong to another species of quadrupeds. Although the Democratic party would scorn to retaliate or stoop so low 1 into the depths of political degradation, if the day should i should ever come wherein they shall be paid hack in their I non base coin, then indeed they n ill soon be toned upon the etool of repentance. Resofurd, That the martyrdom and banishment of the Hon. Clement L. Vallandigbam, of Ohio, in violation of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution, should meet. with our unqualified condemnation; that he is a man of Tried and true Integrity, whose courage in defending our Coostr tutional liberties bus endeared him in the hearts of the Amet loan people. DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.—The Demo erate•of Eden and the adjoining townships held a Mass Meeting, oa Saturday, May 3,11 k, at the public bones of Mrs Moderwell, Qoarryvllle, at 1 o'clock, I'. M. A stage was erected to an orchard, east of the buildings, and there wore appropriate accommodations for all In attendance. The assembly being called to.order, the following officers were chosen, and the meeting organized: President—William N. Galbraith. Eeq., Colerain. Vice Presiien ts-,..Jeremlah Swisher, Sr., Co:erain; John Mofparran, Drumore; Thomas Moderwell, do; James Montgomery, Sr, Eden; William Dungan, dn.; William Brawn, do ; Andrew Stewart, Sadabury ; Christopher Graham, Bart; Dr. 711, Little Britain; Daniel D. Swift, Fulton; Joseph Phillips, d.•, Janine Barnes. Drumnre. Secretaries—Ungh M. Collins, Colerain; James 'McCul lough, do.; Thomas McSparran, Drumore; Simeon W. Swisher, Colersin; William U. Whiteside. do. .. Committee on Resolutions—John M. Heyberger,.ECq , Bert; Robert Evans, Eden; Sandere McCullough, Dru more; John Hastings, do.; William J. Hess, Eden; James Duncan, do. There were a large number of persons in attendance, among whom were many ladies, and quite a good spirit seemed to animate all present. Ron. ISAAC E. BUSTER, of Lancaster, War invited to ad dress the meeting, and his appearance upon the stand , called forth rounds of applause. When the cheering sob ,skied he addressed the meeting for about two hours, in a most eloquent and masterly manner, in defence of the Constitution. the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the rights and liberty of white ISM, the right of trial [ by jury, and opposing the suspension of the Writ of Ha -1 bean Corpus, declaring that the liberty of the citizen was far more va!u4ble than any other consideration, mote than life itself, and showing up the imbecility of Lincoln's management of the present war. The speaker war alike opposed to Abolition and Secession. Ile was very fre quently interrupted by bursts of applause. The committee, at the close of Mr. Ilicsran's address, reported the following resolutions, which were read and approved by acclamation : Resolved, That we, the Democreiey of Eden and adjoining townships, do now, as always, hold a firm, fixed and on dying attachment to the Union es it was and the Coneti. lotion as it is, with all its checks and balances and com• promises; and that we adhere to it in its letter and spirit. Resolved, That the Constitution War adopted as the basis I of a perfect Union, and unless all guarantees therein are carried out to their full intent and meaning there can be no Union of the Stales Resolved, That our Union was firmed In peace and for l'esscs, and can never be restored end perpetuated by force of arms; and that a Republican Government, held together by the sword, becomes necessarily a Military Despotism. Resolved, That the suspension c.f the writ of Habeas Corpse in States not in rebellion, the suppression of•the freedom of speech and of the pre., and all other violations of the Constitution by the Administration, are acts of gross tyranny and a wicked attempt to enslave free born, white citizens. hesnlved, That we protest in the name of Liberty and In the strongest terms against the arrest and forcible abduc tion from his home, by military power, of the Hon. Clem ent L. Vallandigham, the bold and fearless. eloquent and unswerving champion of the rights of the people, and against his aubsegnent trial by Court Martial and banish ment. Resolved, That the military should always be subordi nate to the civil authority, and that the idea that the lat ter is subordinate to the former is as odious and detestable as the rule of the Administration that advocates it and acts upon it. A LOCAL SCNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.—A Sunday School Convention wee held in the German Re formed Church, New Providence, on Sunday evening, May Slat. D. Ilehri was chosen President, and G. W. fennel, Secretary. After the object of the Convention wee stated, and elaging and prayer, the following questions were dis cussed.: 1. The general exercises of Sunday Schools, especially respecting the opening and closing: what they should be to be most Interesting, devotional and calculated to secure attention and order? Discussed by Rev. Mr. Eckert, (3. W. Hensel, D. Hehn, D. D. Hess and p. Lefevre. 2. What is the beet way to interest - and retain the older scholars, and to make the Sunday Schools more attractive to all? Discussed by D. Hehn, Rey. Mr. Eckert, D. D. Hess and G. W. Hensel. A committee consisting of Rev..l. V. Eckert, G. W. liens Eel and D. Lefevre were appointed to invite, by circular, neighboring congregations and pastors to meet with us In the next Convention, to be held in Ft. Paula Church, Quarryville, on Sunday evening, June 28th, at 6 o'clock. This convention was intended but to be the initiatory step to other local conventions In this section of tho county, to be held monthly, or frequently. in the different churches, if proper interest is taken in the matter. The work of Sunday Schools is certainly important enough to enlist the interest and 00-operation of every christian. J. 3.30 a ro 8.40 .9.00 " 25 .2.21 p. 548 6.03 " SUPPOSED MURDERER CAUORT.=A man called' Foxey," alias Dougherty, alias Miller, supposed to .hove been the murderer of Charles Brady, at Marietta, abont two weeks ago, was arrested in Lebanon sod brought to this city on Saturday last. He fa now in prison await ing his trial. The evidence is said to ho very strong against him. PROMOTED.—Sergeant HENRY J. WALTZ, of the 93d P. V, has been promoted to a Lienteoancy In that Regiment. Ile is a resident of this city. Sergeant Major RDWARD TRAFFORD, of Lebanon, of the same Rae. men; has also, been promoted. to a Lieutenancy. Those are excellent and well-deserved promotione. Both officers left this city yesterday to Tel ohi their Regiment. . TBrlitiTE TO A GALLANT OFFICZP..—General Unary, whit commanded the Second Mobilo° In the late battle at Chanocliorville, makes the following honorable mention of a brava yoking Pennsylvanian In hie omelet re- S IV "To Lieut. Alublenberg, commanding the Artillery in the actions of the let, 2d and 3d inst., very great praise is due for the courage, calmness and Indomitable - bravery with which be contended against fearful odds before him, until every gunner was killed or wounded at his post;. nine hoses were killed and his am munition totally exhausted." The officer alluded to la Lieut. Entrain) D. Muutravarbo, a eon of Dr. F. A.MITEILENIIMG, of this city. lie has chosen himself a gallant and courageous ( - Dicer on several occa sions. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.—The Ladies of the Duke Street Methodist Fpiscepal Church intend bolding a Strawberry Festival, at Fulton Ball, on Friday and Satur day evenings of the present week—the nett proceeds of which are to be apolied to pointing and otherwise repairing the front of the Church. Ice Cream. Strawberries, and the usual delicacies of the sea on will be served up to visitors at moderate prlc.-s. The price of adraimon will be 10 cents. The public at large are earnestly invited to attend. SCHOOL DIRECTORS.—At the stated meeting of the City Schoot Board, on Thursday evening, Mews. Jens R. Russia. and Renner A. EVANS wore elected Dlrec• tors to supply the vacancies occasioned by the resignation of Rev. A FL Kremer and Rev. Wm. T. Gerhard. ATTEMPTED SEICIDE.—Copt. Andrew Cla yea% an eccentric Frenchman, who is frequently seen upon the streets clad in a serei militsry uniform, on last evening week, attempted to destroy his life by shooting himself— It appears that be owns soma property. which has got into the courts. and that evening, a few minutes before the at. tempt, O®eer•Fraitey served a warrant upon him, which distressed him that ho wont to his home, corner of James and Mulberry street, and taking up a pistol fired it in his jaw, Inflicting a painful wound. The weapon was loaded with powder and a wed only, else death must have followed almost instantly. As It was, the jaw wee considerably chat tered, and the tongue badly cut. After committing tho act he lay Insensible for some time, and it was supposed he wee dead, and the Coroner was so notified. But he re. vived, and is now recovering. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—This morning (Wed nesday) as the Mount Joy Accommodation Train was ap proaching DiDoraville, the engineer discovered n man walking on the track, and Immediately gave the alarm, but he did not appear to pay attention to it. The train was just rounding a curve, and before he could check the train sufficiently the locomotive struck him, and throw him from the, track. The man was picked up and was found to be tutor Hater. residing with his father at Dillersville On examining him it was lotted that he bad a severe bruise on the back part of the head, and the fingers of one of his hands cut. He was brought to this city with the train, and Dr. Jno. L. Atlee, Sr., called in. The skull wee not fractured, but considerably bruised and the skin cot. The man Is about 25 years of age. and is quite deaf, which accounts for his not hearing the loco, motive whistle.— Wednesday's Express. MILITARY DESPOTISM THE TROUBLE IN CHICAGO—BURNSIDE'S ORDER —MOTION TO DEFER INJUNCTION—REMARKS OF JUDGE DRUMMOND—MEETING OF THE CITI ZENS—ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE. The following is a copy of Gen. Burnside's order suppressing the Chicago Times : HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE 01110, CINCINNATI. June 1, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS No. 84.-1. The tendency of the articles and opinions habitually pub lished in the newspaper known as the New York World, being to cast reproacS upon the ,government, and to weaken its efforts to sup press the rebellion, by creating distrust in its war policy, its circulation in time of war is calculated to exert a pernicious and treasona ble influence, and is, therefore, prohibited in this department. 2. Postmasters, news agents and all others, will govern themselves by this order, as any person detected in forwarding, selling or in any way circulating the paper referred to, will be promptly arrested, and held for trial. 3. On account of the repeated expression of disloyal and incendiary sentiments, the pub- lishing of the newspaper known as the Chicago Times is hereby suppressed. - . 4. Brigadier General Jacob Amman, com manding the district of Illinois, is charged with the execution of the third paragraph of this order. By command of Maj. Gen. A. E. BURNSIDE. LEWIS RICHMOND, Lt. Col. and A. A. G. [Official :] D. R. DARNED, ()apt. and A. A.G. CHICAGO, June 3, 1863. A motion was made in the United States Court this morning by the Times counsel to defer the application for an injunction until notice of the application could be given to the military commandant at Camp Douglas. Judge DRUMMOND, in granting the motion, said : "I may he pardoned for saying that, person ally and officially, I desire to give every aid and assistance in my power to the government, and to the administration in restoring the Union, but I have always wished to treat the government as a government of law, and a. government of the Constitution, and not a. government of mere physical force. " I personally have contended, and shall al ways contend for the right of free dieussion ; and the right of commenting, under the law and under the Constitution, unon the acts of the officers of the government." During the day the inner office seemed the centre of attraction, and was visited by a large number of people. In accordance with a call issued this fore noon, an immense meeting assembled at 8 o'clock to night in front of the Times office. The crowd soon filled the street, rendering it impassable. The meeting shortly afterward adjourned to the court house square, and was there addressed from the north side entrance by gentlemen of both parties. The speeches counseled the observance of the law, but denounced the recent order of Gen. Burnside as arbitrary and despotic. Daring the afternoon the militia were or dered under arms, but at the present writing the meeting is orderly, and nothing of a seri ous nature is anticipated. Judge Davis of the United States Court, Southern District of Illinois, is expected to— night to act in the matter of the application for an injunction in connection with Judge Drummond. RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE SPRINGFIELD, ILL., June 3 A preamble and resolutions passed the abuse of Representatives to-day by a vote of 47 to 13, after an exciting debate, in substance as follows : WHEREAS, Information has reached this body that an order is issued by Gen. Burnside for the suppression of the Chicago Times: And whereas, Such order is in direct viola tion of the Constitution of the United States and of this State, and destructive to those God given principles whose existence and recogni tion for centuries before a written conetitu tution was made, have made them as much a part of our rights as the life which sustains us ; be it Resolved, By the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring therein,) that we de nounce an order which threatens an act so revolutionary and despotic as contrary to liberty, destructive of good government, sub versive of constitutional and natural rights, and that, if carried into effect, we consider it equivalent to the overthrow of our form of government and the establishment of a military despotism in its stead. Resolved, That in view of the monstrous con sequences which must inevitably flow from such action if justified by the general govern ment, we respectfully, yet firmly, request the withdrawal of the order in question, and the disavowal thereof by those in power, as the only course which can be pursued to reassure our people that constitutional freedom, so dear to their hearts, has not ceased to be. The at tention of the Governor is called to this in fringement of popular rights and the invasion of the sovereignty of the State of Illinois. Gen. Burnside's Order Revoked by the 121=3 The Times having issued a paper this morn ing, the military took possession of the office and remained there until evening, when a telegram was received by the proprietors from Gen. Burnside saying that his order suppressing their circulation having been revoked by the President, they were at liberty to continue the publication of their paper. In the United States Court today, the entire eeesion was devoted to hearing the argument of the counsel for the Times. Gen. Burnside has also issued an Order, allowing the New York World again to be circulated. The following is a special dispatch to the New York World : LEXINGTON, Ky. June 4, 1863. Editor of the New York World : Having been directed by the President of the United States to revoke that part of my order suppressing the Chicago Times, I have revoked the entire order, and your paper will be allowed its circulation in this Depart ment. A. E. BURNSIDE, Major General lIANG THE TRAITORS' For many years there has been a gang of avowed Abolition traitors prowling over the country, denouncing the Constitution as " a covenant with death and a league with hell," and they are neither hung, imprisoned nor exiled. These men have re. esentative Ad ministration at last, proscribed and punished because e to the Con stitution and the Union. Garrison, who pub- Holy burned the Constitution, is still at large, while Vallandigham, who has been faithful to it always, is in exile. The True National Policy. THE ABOLITION POLICY AND THEI Letter from Bono Emerson Etheridge to Citizens of Memphis, Tennessee. WASelitcroN, D. C., May 18. GENTLEMEN : I have just received your letter of 7th inst., inviting me, in behalf of the Washington Union Clab of Memphis, to join in a public celebra tion of the anniversary of the surrender of that oily to the federal arms. You also speak kicdly of my past efforts to induce the people of West Tennessee to consent cheerfully to "the restoration of the na tional authority throughout the South." If I believed that by meeting you on the occasion referred to I could be of service to a single honest law-abiding citizen, or truly repentant rebel, orthat I could contribute, to the least extent, in ending the war and restoring the blessings of peace under the Constitution, I would certainly attend. But I have no such faith in myself, and therefore 1 shall not go. In your letter you express the opinion that by a " direct personal appeal" I might "encourage the loyal or reclaim the disloyal." I confess my astonish ment at such a statement; and I can attribute this opinion of yours to nothing but a failure on your part to comprehend the masterly policy of our great and good President and the wise statesmen who aid him in shaping and directing the civil policy of the government. When you have fully studied and understood the grand purposes of our most God-fear ing and law-abiding President; when you are more familiar with the profound military strategy which, as " Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the,United States," he is now displaying; and when you` further remember the astonishing success we have had in reclaiming oar " misguided country men," and in conquering our " wayward sisters," I shall be amazed if you continue to believe it neces sary to " encourage the loyal " or " reclaim the die, loyal." Why encourage the loyal ? Is it possible they need encouragement in Memphis, where, for nearly a year, you have been inside the federal lines'! where every night tattoo is substituted fur "Hush! my baby, don't you ery," and at reveille " Hail Columbia" arouses the people ton conscious ness of the great security which is afforded to the property of the loyal people in Memphis and " all the country round that (political) Jordan." How can you or 1 " encourage the loyal " when our matchless President, the late Congress, his sage counselors and his peerless military subordinates, have already done and promised all which wisdom oan suggest, which our sacred Constitution author izes, and which the Christian religion tolerates and approves? There remains nothing for us to do, un less it is to obey our incomparable President in all his wise measures to conquer a glorious peace. True, we have among us croakers and Copperheads—silly, brainless men—who aro so unwise and unpatriotic as to question the wisdom of our indefatigable Presi dent. If you have any such in Memphis, you should at once denounce them as in sympathy with the rebels; you should send i hem to their friends "down South," or to the Dry Tortugas, which is understood by many to be a place where everybody is tortured with thirst for ride whisky, and no , a drop can be obtained. No good Union man will complain of the conduct of the wise meh who direct our public af fairs. The/ should be taught to remember that scandalunt magnatum was formerly a high crime— it is a most henious offense now—and nothing saves such copper-colored wretches but the Christian charity of our most pious President. At your proposed meeting you should so arrange matters as to secure a list of all who fail to attend ' or omit to render a suitable apology, and you should adopt resolutions of the most '.loyal'' kind. Allow me to suggest that the committee on resolutions be , selected from contractors and office-holders. I par ticularly suggest one Cooper, who has been recently appointed assessor for the large, rich, and populous district of West Tennessee. Ile was originally from New York. True, he was never in West Tennessee until sent from this city on his official errand, but he no doubt knows by intuition the true value of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of a people he never know, and a country in which he never lived. But he is so loyal—so much so that I doubt not ho is better lilted for the office than any one of the native-born sons, brothers, or fathers-of the thousands of soldiers which, before the 22d of last September, West Tennessee had furnished the federal army. Let the committee imitate the " Loyal Leagues " of Baltimore and resolve that you not only approve all the present wise and patriotic administration have done, but that you will sustain and uphold it in everything it may hereafter do. Let the committee make an elaborate report, • ac companied with resolutions denouncing all who find fault with our most excellent President. For In stance, the last Congress (in July, 18620 passed a law to confiscate the property of certain rebels. That Congress, though a very wise body, did not possess as much aggregate wisdom as our great and good President. In proof of this we need but refer to the fact that the Congress aforesaid provided that, under this law, trial should precede conviction and forfeiture, and thot guilt should be proven, not pre sumed. Worse still, it offered an amnesty to repent ant rebels; it mercifully gave them sixty days in which to accept it, and provided further that our most noble President might suspend, for a period, the operations of this law as our armies advanced southward, so as to alihrd all an, opportunity to ac cept pardon. Worse still, this law actually applied, to no one but r,/,, ls. And it is astonishing that it applied to them everywhere, North and South ; in Springfield, Illinois, as well as Springfield, Tenn essee. But worse still ; it did not wantonly affect the rights or properly of Union mon, women and children, or lunatics, in any section of the country. 'that Congress, strange as it 'may seem, did not perceive that the way to end the rebellion and re store affectionate relations between the sections was to place the Union men, women, and children, and the insane upon a perfect batting of equality with the vilest tt aitors in the land ! That Congress be lieved that the crime of refusing obedience to the usurpation of J. Davis 3 Co., in Mississippi, Ar kansas, North Carolina, and elsewhere, amid the terrors of a military despotism, did not merit the same or worse punishment than that they had de. nounced against titled and official traitors! That Congress spared the women and children ; also shielded from harm the Union men who still adhered to the national symbol of protection ! What weak ness ! But Congress had adjourned. What was to be done? Thank heaven our sagacious President was found equal to the occasion. You will perceive that on the first of January last, under this so called confiscation law, the slaves of every rebel in the United States who had not accepted the amnesty therein provided were de jars free. But how were we to end this rebellion if the Union men, women, and children in the so.called Confederate States were left in undisturbed possession of all their legal and constitutional rights' If this policy wore adopted, the rebels might become angry with these "monuments of federal mercy," and in that event the spared monuments aforesaid might cling more closely to the federal flag. This division among the people Might cause a more unhappy state of affairs down in Dixie ; our friends there might havb to bear additional indignities. As before remarked, our merciful and considerate President was found equal to the crisis: In a long conversation with some in spired apostles from the saintly City of Chicago--a place where Ondordonking and other worldly amuse ments are unknown—the President candidly con fessed that he was endeavoring (he did not state tbo means) to ascertain the will of the Lord upon this difficult question ; that so soon as he learned the Divine pleasure he verily would do the will of the Master who sent him. The revelation name, doubt ! less "by due course of mail." Judging from that "which is written," it amounted to this: that in portions of Virginia and Louisiana, in Delaware, in Maryland,in Kentucky, in Tennessee and Missouri, it was lawful for traitors who had accepted the am nesty provided by the confiscation law, and all other persons, to bold slaves; but that in the tide-water regions of Virginia, and in that part of Louisiana which had not been consecrated to slavery by the military occupation. of General Butler, as also in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas, it should no longer be lawful for the Union men,, women, and children to hold our African fellow-citizens to service or labor. And yet there are those of the " Copper head persuasion " who profess not to see the wisdom of this great master-stroke of our most noble and exalted President. Sirs, did it not immediately divide the South and unite the North? Were not our camps forthwith crowded with countless myriads of bold and ardent recruits.? Have not " our Ameri can brethren of African descent" crowded by thousands into our ranks, inspiring our soldiers with a wild enthusiasm, and rendering night vocal' with the songs of enfranchised Dinahs and muting and puking Sambos ? And have not our arms been vic torious everywhere since the dawn of the negro mil lennium of 1863? I know that men like General M. Brayman, who commands in your vicinity (at Bolivar, Tennessee,) are guilty of absurdities of speech, which afford the enemies of our sagacious President excuses for com plaint and criticism. For instance, on the 14th of last March that officer, then in command at Bolivar, wrote as follows in regard to the Proclamation of Freedom, with which our 'illustrious and far-seeing President greeted the advent of the new year : " The loyal man is equally helpless with the disloyal—in fact, snore so ; for the rebel takes his slaves South, or hires them in the army in which he himself serves, while the slaves of loyal men flee to our camps beyond reclamation. Under this process the rebel holds his slaves by carrying them into a State in which they aro declared free, while the law-abid ing citizen loses his by retaining them in a State where it is lawful to hold theta. As it Is now, the loyalty and good conduct of these men avail then nothisq, , ." In speaking of the elevating effects of this system upon our armies and the negroes General Brayman shooks our sensibilities by the use of such language as this: " Their expense to the government is enor mous. It requires soldiers to guard them. They sicken and die in crowded and filthy corrals. They become debased and demoralized. They debase and denzoral Lse the army." Now among the resolutions you will adopt at the Memphis meeting there should, by all means, be one censuring General Brayman for the use of language so insulting to "our fellow-citizens of African de scent," and so justly calculated to incense the , slave-owners in Tennessee who have so stubbornly refused to join. the rebels. Why, sirs, this license of speech must be suppress ed. What right have men who du not support the present wise and efficient administration to criticise its policy or the consequences of it? Within the last few days I have heard persons in this city—in this capital which bears the sacred name of Wash ington, and which for the present is the home of onr illustriou• chief mogistrate—draw seemingly invidl , ens distinctions between the fate of Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, and that of John M. Botts, of Virginia. How my blood " boiled with pious indignation" when, a few days ago, I heard a certain individual of the straightest sect of Copperheads discoursing thus: "Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, was expelled from the Senate of the United States last year, charged with treasonable practices. Ho then owned a farm and negroes in Kentuaky—still owns them. He accepted the amnesty provided in the so-called confiscation law which passed Congress last July. He is now proposing to accompany his family on a trip of pleasure to Europe, leaving his large proper ties in Indiana and his: slaves in Kentucky under the protection of the lew. John M. Botts is just out of Libby,' or soma other confederate prieon, where he was incarcerated for his devotion to the Union and his undying hostility to the so-called southern confederacy. ,Ten days aphis slaves were enticed within the linen of our armies in Virginia. Mr. Botts demanded that they be surren dared or re turned, and received foi answer, direct from Wash ington, that he bad no right to them—that our wise and law-abiding President set them free!" I confess that when ji heard this long and com plaining rigmarole I was indignant at this person's CHICAGO, June 4
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