gllngoter Xtttelligencer.
THURSDAY; JULY 2
.8,1884.
"The printing presses shall.be tree to every
person - •who under:l,lms. „to examine the pro
eeeffings of the legiSiatilrer or :any .branch' of
government: and ..no be made
to restrain the right thereof. The free commu
nii3attorior thoughtandiopinionsiszne orthe
invaluable rights of men; and every citizen
may freely.spe,ag., Nitrite and print .curang
ject ;. being responsible for -the:abuse' of that
liberty. '• In prosecutions for the .ptiblication of
Papers-investigating the official conduct of offi
cers, or men In .piablie capacities, or where the
matter publisliedis proper for public informa
tion. the truth thereof may be given in evi
dence."..,--Cuusiiiigioit of Penarytranta.
OUR PARTY AS AN OPPOSITION PARTY—
ITS PRESENT DUTY. •
Foiniore than three years past the
DemOcratic party has been placed in the
periition of - an opposition party. It has
beeiC its - duty, during that time, to
watch the course of political events, to
scrutinize the conduct of those acting
theiart:of our rulers, and, while giving
credit for whatever was wisely and
rightly done, to protest in the name
and on behalf of the people against
whatever it deemed to be injudicious or
unwise. That is the peculiar province
of an opposition party, and by this
means alone can those in power be re
strained from excesses in a government
such as ours, and the rights of the peo
ple be secured against the insidious en
croachments of arbitrary power. The
temptations of rulers to transcend their_
legitimate authority is so great that very
few have been found who did not need
to be vigilantly watched by the people.
The law of the land is always a rule of
political conduct to good rulers, but few
are to be found so perfect as not to be
in danger of making some departure
therefrom. Hence the necessity of an
opposition party, whose business and
whose bounden duty it is to sound the
alarm and bring the weight of public
opinion to bear with a view to restrain
the rulers of the people ; and hence the
necessity of changing the ruler of a re
public at short intervals. It may pos
sibly occur that the leaders of apolitical
organization in a republic will occasion
ally display such' wise forethought, and
such statesmanlike sagacity, as to enable
them to remain a long time in power;
but such has not been the record of our
history. While it is undeniable that
the Democratic party have chiefly
moulded the destinies of this nation,
almost from the earliest pdriod 'of its
existence, and that during all that pe
riod its political life was a pure and
honorable one, still it is not to be taken
for granted that It • might not have
abused the power it so often held, had
it not been constantly subjected to the
scrutinizing criticism of a powerful op
position party. Occasionally, taking
advantage of mistakes made, its op
ponents came into power, but so in
experienced were they in the art of
governing, and so illy suited were their
peculiar political theories to the genius
of our institutions, that they never had
the satisfaction of enjoying more than
a single brief term of office. The Dem
oerafic party has never been more vig
orous, or more powerful to mould the
public sentiment of the people, than
when it occupied the position it does
to-day. Hefetote, political organ
ization has proven stt•ong enough to
prevent its speedy return to the position
for which it has always shown itself
eminently well fitted. it was always
as strong in adversity, and as vigorous
after defeat, as when elated by success,
and possessed of the reins of power.—
Never in the history of nations has there
been greater need of a great, strong,
vigorous, compact opposition party
than has existed in our republic since
the advent of Abraham Lincoln to
power. If this government of ours be
saved, and the rights of the people se
cured to them in the future, to the valor
and the vigilance of the Democratic
party will it all he due. Mr. Lincoln
and his minions have done their best to
crush it out of existence. Where bri
bery would avail they have been most
lavish with the people's money ; where
men were found too pure to be corrupted,
all the appliances of despotism have
been employed to silence them. A sys
tematic and sustained effort has been
made to crush out opposition, that Mr.
Lincoln and his parasites might ride in
triumph over the liberties of the people
in the unrestrained exercise of arbitrary
and irresponsible power. Any party
less compact, less vigilant, or less active
than the Democratic party might have
been forced to succumb. But it was too
resolute to be awed, and its leaders weir
too pure to be bribed. Amid dange - rs.ot
arbitrary arrest, and trials of false im
prisonment, its spokesmen have refused
to be silenced. The Democratic pre , s,
has fearlessly exposed the usurpations
of -power, the tyrannical acts, the viola
tions of the Constitution, and the many
outrages on vested rights, attempted
and perpetrated by the peesent dynasty
of Abolition fanatics. Dungeons have
not been able - to dampen the ardor of
DeMocratic orators, and prison istlts
and bars have not been able to shut out
the sound of their voice from the ears of
the people. The Democratic party, as
an opposition party, has done its work
well and manfully.
While we were acting the part of an
opposition party we had one task allot
ted to us; now, that we aspire to the
position of the administration party,
another and different work is set before
us. In a few short weeks the Demo
cratic National Convention assembles
at Chicago. It will be the duty of the
delegates there assembled to make a
a plain, distinctive and most unequivo
cal enunciation of principles, in the
shape of a strong, positive platform. It
must be broad enough for every conser
vative man in the land to stand upon.
It must be eminently national, and most
unmistakably Democratic. The day for
mere negative action will then have
passed away. We must apply the known
and safe principles of our party to the
issues of the day. We joust not fear to
be perfectly outspoken. The time for a
bold stand and fearless action will then
have come, and we must show ourselves
ready for it. We have no fear but that
such a platform will be adopted as will
stimulate every true lover of country to
exertion in behalf of our candidates,
and lead the tried friends of the Consti
tution and the Union everywhere to
take their stand firmly with us.
Who the candidates shall be is a mat
ter of ( secondary importance. We have
plenty of good material front which to
choose, and we have no doubt the right
man will be found in him to whom - the
popular voice shall most clearly point.
When the Democracy assemble, it will
be with full confidence in each other,
and a universal impulse to close up their
ranks and present an unbroken front to
the foes of the Constitution and the
Union, whoever they are and wherever
they may be found. The signs of the
times are all in our favor, and the future
glows with the hue of well-grounded
hope.
THE AUGUST ELECTION
Tickets for the election to be held on
the 2d of next month have been printed
and_ are now ready at this office. A
proper person from each township
should call and get them. It has been
corieldered proper to print tickets both
against and in favor of the proposed
amendment allowing soldiers in the
fielilto vote. Either or both kinds can
be had.
If - it requires three years of hard fighting
to rake " Wwthirtgton safe" against the at
tacks of a few thousand rebel raiders, how
"? long Will it take to conquer and subjugate
the undo) Southern people?
THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS.
- We publish elsewhere a full account
of what took place at the late peace con
ference at the "Clifton House," Canada.
It was a quere assemblage to be sure.
There was Horace Greeley, with his in
evitable white hat, cheek by jowl with
- the self-constituted ambassadors from
the rebel dominions. It is no .wonder
the whole affair looks to be decidedly
"mixed." Our readerwlill no doubt
peruse the entire corradence with
much interest, and a sigh of disappoint;
ment that so far no feasible basis, for a
speedy and honorable Niece has, been
hit upon.
But, the affair has made one point 1
long disputed entirely clear, even to the
dullest comprehension. "Old Abe" in
his characteristically vulgar note, "To
whom it may concern," lays down his
ultimatum. He boldly avows that there
can be no peace, nor any-steps taken to
secure it until the last negro is free.—
That is plain and pointed. The North
ern people now know exactly where the
rail-splitter stands. "No peace till the
last negro is free," must henceforth be
the rallying cry of every man who casts.
his vote for Mr. Lincoln. What an in
spiring sentiment! How it will shine
on the transparencies of the Union
Leagues throughout the land in the
coming campaign. Let them post it up
in big letters before their club room
doors, and carry it on elevated poles in
triumphant march thrtugh the streets
of every city and town in the North.
" No peace till the last negro is free!"
Let it be adopted, repeated, and re-ech
oed until every man in the land shall
hear it, and comprehend it fully. Lin
coln cries " no peace till the last negro
is free." Jeff. Davis yells back "no
peace until our independence is estab
lished and recognized." The people of
both sections will yet say, " hang you
both, and let us have peace and a re
union on the good old terms adopted by
our fathers."
With the triumph of the Democratic
party, we firmly and candidly believe a
peace possible on terms honorable to
each section of our country ; and we are
assured that the masses will rise up in
their might, and hurl Lincoln from
power, in order that his follies may no
more stand in the way of a consummation
so devoutly to be wished. lie himself
said in his inaugural address, " suppose
you go to war ; you cannot fight always
and when after much loss on both sides,
and no gain on either, you cease fight
ing, the identical old questions of inter
course are still upori"you." That is
truth from a source not now considered
very reliable, but, if it was a valid argu
ment for pacific adjustment then, it, is
equally valid now. Our only hope of a
speedy and honorable peace is through
the success of the Democratic party in
'the coming campaign. Let every man
who desires peace and a restored Union
labor earnestly for its success.
THE CONSCRIPTION
Ilse repeal of the commutation clause,
by the act of Congress and the sanction
of the President, coupled as it is with a
proviso exhonerating certain classes of
r•>li ions stet,. front its operation, is one
”r the outrages yet perpetrated
by this Lcranniral Administralion. The
whole scheiro• is a blow aimed at the
laboring classes of the country. Ilcre
toron., under former conscriptions, by
th e aid of friends, many an honest poor
man Wa.F , saved to his family ; but now
nothing can protect him from the
clutches of the bloody desp aisin untie
which we live. He must be torn from
his family and leave them to beggary
and want; for the price of substitutes
will rule so high that none but the rich
can atlord to procure them.
.Not only
so, but the wealthy German farmers of
Lancaster and other counties, who hap
pen to belong to the Mennonitsh or sini
ilar Christian denominations. are ex-
Attnipted by paying the paltry sum of
three honored dollars And for this
Loon they are mainly ind bted to TnAll
uEt i"TEVENS who wants their votes
this fall to re-elect him to Congress. Is
it possible that the laboring classes will
any longer permit themselves to be thus
used and abused by the despots in pow
er? Will they still adhere to a party
whose constant effort appears to be to
sink them into a more hopeless bondage
than that of African slavery or Russian
serfdom ? Rather, will they not rise in
their might and hurl from power the
base miscreants who would thus tram
ple them in the dust under the iron heel
of a military despotism?
To the mechanics and laboring classes
of the country the times are pregnant
with fearful portents and forebodings.
They must act, and aet like men, or the
chains which are now being forged will
bind them and their children for genet.-
atioias to come in hopeless bondage. The
ballot-box, when left free and untram
meled, is their sure remedy. But,
in this by reason of fraud and mili
tary interference, which may again Inc
used to defeat the will of the people—
hen the final resort is revolution. Let
rants beware. There is such a thing
as forbearance ceasing to be a virtue.
Let the people act like freemen who
" kuo - wing their rights dare maintain
them," at the polls in October and No
vember next, and their freedom will he
won in a peaceful and constitutional
manner. Let them cringe and cower
before the satraps of despotism, and kis
the hand that smites them, and year,
may elapse before " the reign of terror"
is over, \ and a bloody struggle be rco
tiered necessary to secure rights which
have been surrendered through their
cowantice and folly.
THE DAILY INTELLIGENtER
We have received our new steam
power printing press, one of Hoe's best.
The first number of the Doily biedii
ifi ne•'r will be issued in about two
weeks. It is iniffOrtant therefore that
our friends throughout the eounty, and
elsewhere, should at once send in their
lists of those desiring to subscribe for it.
11ur agent;: will please attend to this
matter at once in order that we may
make up our mail and - packet lsmk in
time for the first issue. Come friends
go to work with some system and all
your energy, and let us start with our
lira of subscribers as full as possible. It
will take some ten daysor more for us to
get fixed up properly, and in the mean
time all preliminary arrangements
should be promptly made.
GREELEY HOPES FOR PEACE
Horace Greeley says he has strong
hopes that we shall yet obtain au hon
orable peace by negotiation. He appears
to have abandoned the theories of " un
conditional submission," and "complete
subjugation." With a sagacity superior
to that of his party, he is sensible of the
idiocy of supposing that the Mouth can
ever he subjugated in any such sense as
that the property of all Its citizens will
be at the disposal of the Federal govern
ment. He commends General Fremont
for stamping upon instead of standing
upon the confiscation plank in the
Cleveland platform ; and he reprobates
the folly of the unconditional submis
sion " insisted upon by the Baltimore
Ckmvention. To use Mr. Greeley's ex
pressive epithet, those who believe in
stitch absurdities are zanies." He is
said to have parted with the self
caustituted rebel commissioners with
regret, and to have gone so far, when
shout leaving the Clifton House for the
American side, as to say to Mr. Sanders,
" This is not the end of this affair. You
must not think all the RepubliCan party
arc
blackguards." This is interpreted
by the .2V. Y. Herald to be a direct hit
at " Old Abe." Whether it was meant
for him or not, there can be no doubt
about its being deserved by him.
1 WORD MORE ABOUT THE FREEDOM
OF SPEECH.
The Express, in its issue of the 22d,
attempts a reply -to our review of an ar
ticle which appeared in its columns, ad
vocating the right of the Administra
tion to restrict freedom of speech and
of the press. Its rejoinder is very weak,
but possibly worth a passing notice.
First, the Editor takes the entirely un
tenable position, that our Constitution
was intended for times of " profound
tranquility." No more false and un
warrantable assumption was ever made.
He who reads the record of human pro
gres's by the shining light of past his
tory, will, unless he wilfully closes his
eyes to the truth, easily discern that
the great work which has always been
set before a people desiring to be free,
was the task of guarding well:: their
rights against assaults likely to be made,
not in times of profound tranquility,
but, in periods of popular commotion,
and when their rulers were engaged in
war. The safeguards which our fath
ers wisely set up were intended not for
times of peace, and not as restraints
upon good rulers; but were especially
designed for just such days as these,
and meant to apply with all their force
to such rulers as we are now cursed with.
If in any nation the times are pro
foundly tranquil, that is a sure indica
tion that the ruler is governing wisely
and well, keeping within the recognized
bounds of his constitutional authority,
and carefully guarding the rights, and
providing for the happiness of the peo
ple. Popular excitement is a sure indi
cation of popular discontent, and it may
generally be safely inferred that when
this exists to any great extent, the ruler
is in fault.
The whole theory of those who at
tempt to palliate and excuse the usurpa
tions of power, and the tyrannical acts
of the present Administration, on the
false plea put forth by the Eapress is
utterly baselesß. The Constitution of
the I:nited States gives all needful pow
ers to the President. Any power not
therein conferred was expressly reserved
and never intended to he granted. Had
Mr. Lincoln been content to confine his
acts within the limits of proper consti
tutional restraint, had he carried on the
war for legitimate and constitutional
purposes, he would never have felt any
necessity for violating the sacred and
fundamental law of the land. It was
only when he resolved to assail the
rights of states, and to convert the war
into a mere mad crusade against slavery,
that he was emboldened by fanatic zeal
to repeated and most gross violations of
the Constitution.
When he thus stepped beyond his
Province, and unlawfully assailed the
rights of States and of individuals, thou
sands of the best men in the nation en
tered their earnest protest. Then he
had resort to the means always em
ployed by despots. Newspapers were
suppressed, editors and orators were
seized without any warrant of law,
and thrown into prison to he released
without trial, and without any specific
charge ever being made against - them.
The /atbro, corpus was suspended. Re
dress was nowhere to be had, and the
will of one man was, during a short
reign "I• terror, supreme Over the Con
stitution, and all the well recognized
and clearly defined laws of the land.—
More daringly despot i.• acts were never
perpetrate.] by ally all tOerat in the world,
than have been witnessed within the
United States since Mr. Lincoln came
into power. And yet, strange to say,
Abolition newspapers have the audacity
to attempt to excuse and palliate these
excesses.
in so doing, f o m ever, they are forced
to the sad strait of our neighbor, who
denies the doctrine of " State rights,"
puts in no plea for the preservation and
security of the rights and liberties of
white men, but directs his admiring
gaze to " the coining man," the negro.
With what unctuous eloquence does he
dwell and dilate on this, his favorite
theme. All the grand revelations of
history, all the heroic etTorts of our
ancestors to curbe kingly power, sink
into utter insignificance, in his estima
tion, when compared to this surpassing
ly glorious struggle of his party to ele
vate the negro at the expense of the
white race. Before our Congress of
negrophilists the assemblage of sturdy
English barons at Runnymede sinks
into insignificance, and the renown of
1215 pales away before the huninous
splendor that now encircles the negro
with a resplendent halo of coming
renown. Bah! We are siek and tired
of suet, pretended philanthropy. The
first great work for this nation, as recog
nized by the framers of our Constitu
tion, and by :ill sensible and patriotic
men since,, is to take care of, and secure
the rights, the liberties, and the social
and material advancement of the white
race. There is no glory. and no true
philanthropy, in sacrificing our own
race fo• one which to this day is in a
state of the most degraded and barbar
ous slavery in their native land. To
those who are here the boon of freedom
can only add increased misery, ending
in their destruction. Not even "mis
cegenation," the dream of many abo
litionists, and the praetice of some, can
save the " freedmen " front such a fate.
There is neither glory nor profit in car
rying on the war for such a purpose.
But, from the tone of the Express, we
notice that he is entirely in favor of
" fighting it out on t hat line." We are
not.
To our challenge for him to find a
single Democratic paper in this State
from which to prove the existence of
any such order as that of " Knights of
the Golden Circle " in Pennsylvania,
he replies by a quibble and an extract
from some paper in support of the Ad
ministration in Illinois. Suppose some
such organization does exist in the
\Vest. Suppose, too, for the sake of
argument, that the members thereof are
engaged in treasonable pract ices. Would
it, therefore, be right to silence news
papers in Pennsylvania, where no such
organization exists, or even to restrain
wen from l'reed,,ni or speech where it
does exist, When they do not belong to
it or even allude to it" Would not the
just and proper plan he the legal one—
to arrest those connected with it, and
try them for treason before a proper
judicial tribunal, and if found guilty
thereof, sentence them to death ? Why
is this not done? Why do not Aboli
tion newspapers tnlvocate such a course
Why? Simply because they do not be
lieve the lies they daily tell. They get
up reports which they know have not'•
a word of truth in them, and because
the Democratic party commits no overt
act of treason, but ever hears itself pub
licly and privately in a patriotic man
ner, they meanly insinuate from time
to time that a secret and treasonable
organization exists in its ranks. That,
like much of what we read now-a-days,
is au abolition lie, patched up to serve
a base purpose. It is certainly a most
contemptibly slow basis on which to
found a plea for granting Mr. Lincoln
the right to muzzle the press and sup
press freedom of speech. We would
respectfully suggest, that the day when
the mouths of Democrats can be shut up
by force or fear has gone by forever.
The sooner Mr. Lincoln and his party
recognize this fact the better for them:
Any attempt to renew outrages, such as
have been already committed, would be
resisted by all the force given by the
God of nature to freemen.
hi Thursday next, August 4th, has
been set apart by the President as a day
of fasting and prayer..
STILL IF THE SLAVE TRADE.
".Loyal," abolitionised, -puritanical,
.canting, hypocritical Massachusetts was
the first State to engage.in the African
Slave trade. Her commercial adven
turers coined money out of negroes
stolen from Africa. They went long
voyages, and traded trinkets and glit
tering gew-gaws, it may be wooden nut
megs, certainly divers kind of "Yankee
notions," to the barbarous kings of Con
go and Guinea for black flesh and blood.
This was all right then, for it put money
in their pockets. 'When a proposition
`was made in the convention which
framed the Constitution to abolish the
slave trade at once, Southern men fa
vored it, but Massachusetts objected.
She wanted a chance to make a little
more money out of the negro. At her
instance, and by the aid of her vote, it
was declared in the Constitution, that
Congress should pass no law abolishing
the Slave Trade prior to 1808." When
was Yankee cupidity ever satisfied, or
Yankee selfishness and meanness equal
ed.? Massachusetts, philanthropical,
negro-loving, negro-worshiping Massa
chusetts, after having first brought the
negro from Africa and sold him at high
prices to Southern planters, turned
round and headed a orusade to deprive
them of all right to, and all use of pro
perty she had disposed of for a valuable
consideration.
Rut now,with a draft hanging over her
head, Massachusetts, Sumner's home,
goes into the Slave trade again with her
cupidity and cunning sharpened anew.
She has agents out over all the border
States stealing and buying up negroes.
They are not wanted now to work in
cotton fields, or on rice plantations, but
to be slaughtered in a war which, but
for Massachusetts fanaticism would
never have been. There is still money
in the negro, and money, whether it be
gold or " greenbacks " is the Yankee's
God, the divinity he most devoutly wor
ships. The negro, poor wretch, is still
worth money, and is therefore just now
an object of Yankee solicitude. He can
be put in the army as a substitute for
the cowardly carcass ofn "loyal," loud
mouthed, prating, Massachusetts' abo
litionist. Wretched negro! In vain will
he endeavor to escape. His loving
friends, those who talk of making
him their equal, the Massachusetts Yan
kees who stick at nothing are after
him, and he is bound to succumb.
A story is told, in a Washington pa
per of one of these agents, which illus
trates Yankee honor and Yankee cupid
ity combined in a manner entirely
characteristic of the State that boasts of
standing on Plymouth rock. The fellow
S had come across a newly arrived " con
traband," who was a good subject for a
'sharper. Finding that his sable brother
was ignorant enough to believe any
thing, he assured him that he was a
mustering in officer, duly authorized to
force men like him into the service. In
vain did the negro protest and appeal to
his sympathies. When was a genuine
Yankee ever known to'let " a chance to
make a good deal " slip through his
lingers, either from motives of honor or
of pity? The white scoundrel intended
to put his black brother where he would
stand a " first class " chance of being
killed, get credit for a substitute with
out expending a clime, and quietly pock
et the price paid by his district for a
man. Some interloper, happening to
overhenr, interfered in time to break up
" the nice little arrangement," to the
infinite disgust of the skin-flint" Yan
kee, and the inexpressible relief of the
terrified negro. The game is still going
on, and it is said Massachusetts will
soon have tilled her quota by such foul
means. How she will chuckle then
over poor, old, slow-paced Pennsylva
nia.
The puritan State, much as her silver
tongued Sumner prates of the " barbar
ism of slavery,'' is still in the Slave
trade. Her philanthropists now accord
to the negro, whom they pronounce the
white man's equal, the precious privi
lege of being shot in their stead. They
purchase him, or Steal him if they can,
to make a victim of him, and freely offer
him up on the bloody alter of hate which
they have erected. It would be quite
as humane, and a deal cheaper, always
the chief desideratum with a Yankee,
to re-open the Slave trade with Africa
at once. If negroes must be got to fight
the battles of the abolitionists, why not
get them in all 'their pristine vigor and
martial excellence from their native
land ? These would not be afflicted with
any terrible fears of falling into the
hands of enragedland vengeful masters.
By all means let Massachusetts take a
contract to furnish negro warriors fresh
from Dahomey, and Congo, and Ashan
tee, and from the regions beyond the
Mountains of the Moon, at the rate of,
say, one half million a month. It would
he an economical way of supplying the
waste of war, and we verily believe it
would puzzle the "Johnny Rebs" to find
powder and hall to kill them off faster
than that.; besides there would be some
hope of their giving up eventually, from
shere exhaustion, caused by the over
exertion of such constant butchery. If
we could only keep up the supply of
fresh victims, we do not think they
could stand it more than twenty years
longer at the ,most. Let no one fear the
supply would be exhausted, for if Yan
kee cupidity had fair play it would de
populate Africa, but what it would come
up to a contract, so long as it paid. If
negroes are superior to white soldiers,
as the abolitionists say, why not have
all negroes, and why not get those who
have not been debased and depreciated
by the barbarous usage of Southern
masters? We go for re-opening the Af
rican Slave trade at once, on the above
conditions. It would take about two
big ship loads, crammed in after the
most approved treble deck style, to ease
the terrified souls of our Lancaster coun
ty abolitionists from their dread of the
impending draft. There are but two
difficulties in the way that we know of.
The Florida still roams the seas, if the
Alabama has gone to the bottom, and,
perhaps, the king of Dahomey, and
other ignorant African potentates,
might not be disposed to regard " green
backs " as a " legal tender " for the flesh
and blood of their subjects. But these
difficulties might be surmounted. Let
grandmother Welles be wakened up to
the full brilliancy of this scheme, and,
our word for it, he would have the Flor
ida sunk In mid ocean, " deeper than
plumet line ever sounded," even if had
to flank her with a hundred thousand
of Ericson's most improved iron-clads.
The second difficulty might he easily
overcome, by sending over with the first
vessel a delegation of abolition orators
and editors, including Mr. Chase him
self, to oonvince all the African slave
factors that our greenback paper is a
better circulating medium than their
cowrie shells, or even their Guinea gold;
Who that witnessed their Success in this
regard with a large portion of " the
most enlightened people on the face of
the earth," can doubt that the same ar
guments would be equally satisfactory
to mere " outside barbarians." The
scheme is entirely feasible. Let it be
adopted at once, that we may feel that
the rebellion is at last really about to be
crushed, and have the glorious eon•
sciousness of knowing that " the re..
public still lives."
Democratic exchange very pertinently
inquires " what has become of the Republi
can party catch-word that in time of war
there can be but two parties, patriots and
traitors?" We now dnd within their own
harmonious household at least two partials
--.0410 for Liamain and *no far Bust►
WORK FOR ;WORKING MEN.
The other , dayi while-riding-in the
cars, we overheard a Conversation be
tween several men. The one was a
brawny hard-fisted mechanic, dressed
in his every day working apparel, but
having a fine massiVOleaff..on::ihis
shoulders and a countenance that indi,
cated much more than ordinary hit&
lectual capacity. He was boldly advo
cating the principles, and defendingthe
policy of the Democratic party. In
doing so he was having a general set to
with two or three well-dressed individ
uals, who looked as if they Shad en
joyed superior advantagee of education.
It did not take long however for them
to discover that they had " waked up'
the wrong passenger." Our mechanic
omitted an "h " occasionally, and
now and then put one in at a point
which plainly indicated his English
origin, but he talked with remarkable
good sense, and with all the impressive
earnestness of one who completely
understood his subject. His sentences
were not polished, and he did not take
pains to round off' his periods gracefully,
but what he said was impressive, be
cause he clinched every assertion he
made by plain, homely, practical illus
tration. His statements of the effect of
the depreciation of the currency, and
the necessary high price of every thing
the laboring men used in his family.
were perfectly convincing, because per
fectly true and unanswerable. He
showed very satisfactorily 'that the ad
vance in wages was not nearly equiva
lent to the advance in prices. He
showed how hardly the conscription
bore upon mechanics and other laboring
men. In short, he had been carefully
reading, not only Democratic but Ad
ministration newspapers, and was well
posted on the vital questions of the day.
Finally, he shut up the mouths of his
opponents completely by .announcing
that he was an Englishman by birth,
had been opposed to the Democratic
party, and had voted for Lincoln in
good faith ; and he thereupon proceded
to explain, in a manner that if not con
vincing was at least silencing, why he
could not be induced to support him
any longer. He also averred, with an
air that admitted of no doubt, that lie
knew many mechanics and laboring
men who, having also voted for Lin
coln, now entertained precisely similar
views with himself. Throughout the
conversation, while decidedly in earnest,
he was entirely courteous and inoffen
sive in his manner.
This, thought we, is the most effective
kind of speech making; this is what is
just now needed. Why, we asked our
self, should there not be more of it ?
No professional speech-makers can so
well appeal to the laboring classes as
can one , of themselves. Why should
they not do their own talking ? They
are more deeply interested in a right
administration of this government than
any other single class of men, for the
reason that they are by far the most
numerous class of our population.—
Why, then, should they not do their
own talking on political subjects. IL is
not necessary that they should get on
the stump to do this, not necessary that
they should be able to make a set speech.
They have daily, and almost hourly
opportunities to express their honest
convictions, and the times are such
that these convictions can be forced
home on the minds of their fellows by
the most forcible practical. appeals.—
There is scarcely a laboring man in the
nation to-day who is not pinched in I
,basket and store, compelled to forego
luxuries, and even many things once
deemed necessaries of life. Who can
talk to this class of men so convincingly
of the evils to which an Abolition Ad
ministration has reduced them as one
of themselves? Let every laboring
man recognize the fact that he indi
vidually has a mission to perform, and
a work to do in the present Presidential
campaign. Let him read and think for
himself, and let him reason calmly and
dispassionately with fellow working
men. Thousands everywhere can thus
be reached, and convinced of the error
of their way, who can be influenced in
no other manner. Let every Demo
cratic laboring man who can possibly
afford it, and they should strain a point
to effect it, take at least one good,
reliable Democratic newspaper during
the coming campaign. He will thus
be enabled to keep himself posted on
the issues of the day, and will be fur
nished with sound arguments, such as
cannot be refuted by Abolition sophis
try. After reading his paper he should,if
possible, induce some one of his fellows,
who differs with him, to do the same. If
this work is done, done thoroughly,
done kindly and courteously, we shall
witness such a revolution of sentiment.
:unong the masses as shall he astonish-
ing. It is now going on. Thousands
who voted for Lincoln *lll wisely repu
diate him with utter scorn and loathing.
Let every right-thinking laboring man
in this community make a strong, indi
vidual appeal to his fellow-man, and
we shall see such a ground-swell of pop
ular opinion the world never wit
nessed. This is the work set before
every thoughtful laboring man in the
nation. Let each one see that his share
of the work is done, and well done.—
Never in the history of the world were
so many or such strong incentives oar
ed to any people as those which now
address themselves with peculiar force
to the working men of the United
States. The depreciation of a paper
currency, which should never have
been issued, has so advanced the price
of every article used, that luxuries are
now out of reach of many who once
enjoyed them, and even the necessaries
of life very hard to be obtained. There
is no prospect of a decline while this
war continues, nor indeed speedily after
its close, except through a period of
great suffering and wide spread distress.
There is scarcely a single right of which
we were once so proud that has not been
violated and rudely assailed by the
fanatics now in power. And, to crown
the public distress, and render deeper
the despondency of the nuieses, a re
morseless and sweeping conscription
renders every able-bodied man, who is
unable to pay from one to two thousand
dollars for a substitute, liable to be torn
from his family and dragged off to per'
ish in a struggle whose avowed object
is no longer a restoration of the Union,
hut the freeing of the negro. It is high
time t hat working men everywhere were
fully aroused to a true sense of their con
dition. There is a great and glorious
work set apart for them to do. Let
them rise up en. ?muse, and hurl them
from power who are warring against
their best interests. This is their work,
and they must do it. If they fail to
seize the favorable opportunity that is
now presented, they will plant a thorn
of regret that will sting them painfully
in the future.
PROPHETIC DANIEL WEBSTER
During the latter days of Mr. 'Webster,
he was assailed by the Abolitionists on ac
count of his 7th of March speech. It is in
teresting now to turn to that speech and
mark the prophetic wisdom which pene
trates every line of it. The following Is a
passage from Mr. Webster's remarks to a
gentleman in Washington, a short time be
fore he left that city for the last time. It
sustains all that he ever uttered iu his
speeches in the way of warning against the
ruinous party of Abolition, and its authen
ticity has been fully established ;
"If the Fanatics and Abo/itionfsta eyet
get the power in their hands they will over
ride the Constitution, set the Supreme Court
at defiance, change and make laws to suit
themselves, lay violent handi-on those who
differ with Mein in their opinions or dare
question their iandlibiiity, and finally bank
riga tha rountry and daLuga ii with blood."
LINCOLNILLIP ORATORY.
"`Since the Ofealon'Of Mr' ncolri;
with all his low tastes and smutty sto
ries, we have had a surfeit of vulgarity
and blackguardism. It has cropped out
4tilibrindtmtly in public places as to'as-
Kline the appearance Of 'being-the pro 7
vailins sentiinent of the party in power.
Never until the recent upheaval of the
lowest strata of society_ o the surface
has this country failed to appreciate the
decencies and proprieties of life. Now,
however, a miserable low buffoon dis
graces the presidential chair, and in the
abolition ranks.the biggest blackguards
seem-to bear off the palm. They have
nominated a certain Major General
Oglesby for Governor of Illinois, and he
is proceeding to make speeches after the
most approved style of Lincolnian ora
tory. Here is a report of one of his re
cent attempts, which will do as "a
specimen brick : "
Major General Oglesby, the lion of the
evening, came forward and was well re
ceived. He began his harangue in his usual
style, which, was continued for about an
hour. He was sorry to see men despondent
over the "little squirt" of sad news from
Washington. Should Washington be cap
tured, and the whole District of Columbia
laid in ashes and its people annihilated, he
would not quail, no, not him. " Great God
Almighty," to him it would he "the hour
of jubilee." He could not be frightened,
and was not afraid. "If," said he, "my
loyalty ever gives out, may God Almighty
strike me dead." There was no cause of
alarm. Grant had "the rebels entirely at
his mercy." He continued—nobody is hurt.
Why are you sad like an old sow with the
hog choler[? We are more than a match
for the long-legged, yaller-haired, and tal
low-headed rebels. The whole world can
not whip us. I bet one thousand dollars to
a cent that I could lead you to whip the in
fernal hounds. I don't want any compro
mise; compromise! the devil! that ain't
my style. I have faith in Father Abraham
—the father of the faithful lie is my man.
He has done all he could to save us from the
hellish degradation we are now in, and you
are all hellbent on voting for him." After
this burst of eloquence, the speaker was
obliged to borrow a handkerchief to wie
the perspiration from his face. "Notwith
standing." said he,'."all that has been done,
there is somebody opposed to us—yes, as
sure as there is a God in Heaven, somebody
is opposed to us, and to them I say, I dare
you--yes, damn you—l dare vou to say
what you are afraid of." This eloquent
language was continued for some time to
the infinite disgust of all respectable citi
zens.
The Louisville Journal copies the
foregoing specimen of Republican ora
tory, and wants to know what has be
come of Jim Lane. The admirers of
the latter, the JoUrnal thinks, should
loudly call upon him to look to his lau
rels. A few more speeches from Major-
General Oglesby, and the name of Jim
Lane may pass into total and everlasting
eclipse, if something is not done. "Some
thing must be done." Let the great
jayhawker whet his hill and plume his
feathers. Let him prepare to soar high
er and swoop faster than ever. Shall it
be said that Oglesby out-Jim-Laned Jim
Lane? Perish the thought! If Jim
Lane is to be surpassed, let him surpass
himself. livery genuine Abolitionist
ought to cherish his unique fame as a
sacred thing.
PROFANATION OF THE • PRESIDENT'S
GROUNDS BY I NEGRO PIC-NIC.
The 4th of July, 1510, witnessed what no
other day in the annals of our country ever
saw. On that day the negroes of Washing
ton city assembled in large num hers on the
grounds south of the President's House,
and there, beneath the very eaves Or the
buildiM• erected by white men for the reAt
lence of the Chiet Magistrate of a nation
of
of white men, made a nation's bark the
chosen scene of their feasting and revelries,
under thesanetien of the hat h at's President.
The incident bears a terrible significance
front the eircumstances comweted with it,
:cad the horrible condition iillo which the
voulitrV has been placed. Here in Ihe
tupltol of the country, on the banks of the
Petennte—within the grounds surrounding
the mansion of the. Country's thief Magis
trate, assembled a vast herd of negroes to
enjoy themselves in th , gayeties of a Me
na.. The warm .1 illy sun lamning in a
itloutiless sky shone upon them protected
front the fiereelieslf el its rays by the leafy
branches the thickly clustering trees.
The breezes from the blue Potomac cooled
t heir dusky 1 rows. The fountains sparkled
in the glittering sunshine for their delight.
Their hearts were cheered tie gayeties
of the °erasion, and joyously excited by the
thought that in front of them was his house
who, to bestow upon them such pleasures,
had steeped the country to the very dregs
of the bitterest cup of - woe ever hold to a
natit m's
Anti but a few miles away fruni them, be
neath the hot glare of Virginia suns, and in
the stillingatmosphere of Virginia swamps,
rendered still more horrible by the decaying
(torsos of thousands of their comrades. toiled
and fought the noblest of the land. No trees
to shelter them—no cool river breeze to re
fresh them—no lbuntains splashing music
on the air for them. Parched with heat and
worn with toil—their hearts saddened by
reeollections of their noble comrades whose
dead bodies tilled every mile of that terri
ble march from the Rapidan to the Appo
mattox—yisions of happy Fourths of July
stealing over their minds—this noble army
of white men—the very flower of the land—
were hurling themselves fruitlessly upon
ahnost impregnable fortifications at the
commands of a headhm , and unreflecting
leader, tbr whit' That the negro should
have the privilege of enjoying himself soci
ally and pleasurably on the 4th of July in
the public; gzionds of the Nation's Capital.
We clip the above from the
'Washington Constitutional Union, and,
with pain and sorrow at the degradation
brought upon our country by the mis
erable Abolition dynasty now in power,
call the special attention of our readers
to it, as also to the subjoined extract.
from the same article, which speaks of
the deed of outrage as it deserves :
The question may be pertinently asked,
for what are we now fighting, when such
disgraceful scenes may be witnessed as the
legitimate result of the efforts of those in
trusted with the management of the War?
We see the country torn and rent, tears in
every mother's eye, agony at every father's
heart ; the proud prestige of the great Re
pablic l , .Hms forever gone ; constitutional
liberty and law ruthlessly immolated upon
their own altars, and contemptuously tram
' pled in the dust; the last and the brightest
hope of humanity withered in the grasp of
the cowardly tyrant, like flowers in the
fr,,st of tm autumn blast; order and
security beneath the iron heel of a foully
corrupt despotism ; with the insane cry still
going up for the continuance of this infer
nal dance of death ; and as compensation
for all these, we have the proud elevation
to social and political equality with AmeH
ean freemen of a race idelibly stamped
by the litinits of the Creator with the
mark of degradation—of a race whose
fittest instincts are a coarse brutality,
and *hose highest aspirations are a
beastly sensuality. (treat God ! is this
a compensation for the ineffable hor
rors- of the sacrifices the groaning country
has made for the past three memorial years?
Is this the restored and happy Union the
Republican party promised us should
emerge from the fiery furnace Of this mi
-1 holy war? or is it but an experiment on
the part of these, blood-thirsty and vision
ary lanafies to overturn the immutable
laws of physical nature, and by destroying
all that is dear to man, attempt an improve
ment on the work of the Almighty?
It is well that the people should ponder
these things. It is well that they should
think deeply upon the fact of negro enjoy
ment of the delights of.life purchased at the
expense of thousands of lives and countless
millionsof monev. It is well they should
ask themselves if the Union is to he irre
trievably ruined—themselves crushed into
hopeless poverty by the unendurable weight
of public debt—their sons dragged off by the
conscription like sheep to the shambles—
their recollections of past glory and their
hopes of future greatness alike buried in
the inextricable ruin to which all things are
tending, merely to increase the pleasures of
an inferior race which a true and innnuta
ble instinct of our nature has pronounced
unfit for any relations with white men but
those of a servile type. And it is especially
well that the people should ponder these
things when this party whose policy inaug
urated the existing horrible condition of af
fairs—in whose treacherous embrace Union
and Constitution have perished, and who,
in the name of Freedom, assassinated Lib
erty at the vary foot of her altars—who
pulled down the temples of constitutional dc
yotion, and dedicated groves to the worship
of the falsest and foulest heresies that ever
disgraced the political religion of a nation—
who have proved most terribly to the coun
try the truth of the old Roman maxim of
" whom the Gods wish to destroy they first
make mad "—when this party, we say, come
before the people, and gravely demand that
people's support, because the country's
salvation. rests solely with them, it is well
that they should deeply meditate this glar
ing incousistency—this worse than suicidal
policy—this horrible but legitimate result
of Black Republican teachings.
14 la said that 'Stewart, the tullliopare
uterchroit: of New York., got badly bitteu on
gold, lie wanted's naillionl6 pay . fOr ipa
portatious, Gold wits 150.• - Ile thought it
would go dowp, and borroWed a guiliton.
If he is reqtdrad topay at preaept rates it
will blU3m. . abarpry. pat 44 eIPI 6 4 1 nd it
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
The Correspondence on the Subject—The
President's Note "To Whom it Nay
Concern "—The Negotiations Broken
Oft
BUFFALO, Thursday, July 21.
The follolving _correspondence explains
itself ' -
NIL SENDERS TO StR. GREELEY.
[Cc;riy. Private and confidential.]
CLIFTON HOUSE, NIAGARA FALLS, C. W.,
July lf.t, 1864.
Dear Sir: I am authorized to say that
Hon. Clement C. Clay, of Alabama, Prof.
James P. Holcombe, of and
Georg N. Sanders, of Dixie; are ready and
willing to go at once to Washington, upon
complete and unqualified protection being
given, either by the President or Secretary
of War. Lot the permission include the
three-names and one other.
Very . respectfully,
4EORGE N. SANDERS
To Hon. Horace Greely.
MR. GREELEY TO THE COMMISSIONERS
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 17, 1864.
Gentlemen: I am informed that you are
duly accredited from Richmond as the
bearers of propositions looking to the estab
lishment of peace, that you desire to visit
Washington in the fulfillment of your mis
sion, and that you further desire that Mr.
George N. Sanders shall accompany you.
If my information be thus far substantially
correct, I am authorized by the President
of the United States to tender you his safe
conduct on the journey proposed, and'to ae
oompany you at the earliest time that it will
he agreeable to you.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
To Messrs. Clement C. Clay, Jacob Thomp
son, James P. Holcombe, Clifton House,
C. W.
REPLY OF MESSRS. CLAY AND HOLCOMBE.
CLIFTON HOUSE, NIAGARA FALLS, )
July 18, 1864. j
Sir: We have the honor to acknowledge
your favor of the 17th inst., which would
have been answered on yesterday, but for
the absence of Mr. Clay. The sate conduct
of the President of the United States has
been tendered us, I regret to say, under
some misapprehension of facts. Wfmi have
not been accredited to him from Riehmond
as the bearers of propositions looking to the
establishment of peace. We are, however,
in the confidential employment of our fioV
ernment, and are entirely familiar with its
wishes and opinions on that subject; and
we feel authorized to declare that, if the
circumstances disclosed ill this correspon
dence were communicated to Richmond,
we would he at once invested with the au
thority to which your letter refers ; or
other gentlemen clothed with full pow
ers would be immediately sent to Washing
ton with a view of hastening a consumma
tion so much to be desired, and terminating
at the earliest possible moment the calami
ties of the war. We respectfully solicit,
through your intervention, a safe conduct
to Washington, and thence, by any route
which may be designated, through your
lines to Richmond. We would be gratified
if Mr. George N. Sanders was embraced in
this privilege. Permit us, in conclusion, to
acknowledge our obligations to you for the
interest you have manifested in the further
ance of our wishes, and to express the hope
that, in any event, you will afford us the
opportunity of 'tendering them in person
before you leave the Falls.
We remain very respectfully, Sc.,
C. C. CLAY„) R.
J. P. HOLCOMBE.
P. B.—lt is proper to state that Mr. Thomp
son is not here, and has not been staying
with us since our sojourn in Canada.
I=2l
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, NIAOARA, N.Y.,
July Pi, 186-1. j
Gent/emen: I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of yours of this date by the
hand of Mr. W. C. Jewett. The state of
filets therein presented being - materially dif
ihrent from that which was understood to
exist by the President when he cutritstod
me with the safe conduct required, it seems
to the on every accouni advisable that 1
should communicate with him by telegraph
and solicit fresh instructions, which I shall
at Once proceed to to.
I hope to be able to transmit the result
this afternoon:and, at all events, I shall do
9r it moment. Yours truly,
HORACE tI REELEY.
Til it us:it-h. Clement C. Clay and James I'.
llolcombe. Clifton House, C. W.
'LIPTON I LOUSE, NIA f:A RA FALLS, ,
July 15, 15114.
To Mu. IL Niagara Pall 4, !C. Y.:
Sir—We have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of this date, by the
hands of Col Jewett, and will await the fur
tiler answer which you purpose to send us.
We are, very respectfully, L te
!Signed) C. C, CLAY, JR.,
JAMES P. HoLcomsE.
INTERNATIONAL. HOTEL, t
NIAGARA liaLts, N. V., July HI,
Gentlemen: Al 't late 11 ,, ar last evening,
{me lat 4, for o,llllllunicat with you,) I
received a despatch informing me that fur
ther lnsTructlOnS test li'n , hlngton last. eve
ning, which must reach me, if there is no
interruption, at noon to-morrow. Should
you decide to await their arrival, I feel con
fident that they will enable me to answer
definitely your note of yesterday morning.
Regretting a delay which I am sure you
will regara 115 unavoidable on my part,
I remain, yours truly,
HonACE GREELEv.
To Hon. MOSsrs, C, C. Clay, Jr., and J. P.
Holcombe, Clifton House, Niagara Falls,
C. W.
CLIFTON HOITSE, NIAGARA FALLS, ,
July 19, MIA. j
Sir: Cut. Jewell hum just handed us your
note of this date, in which you state that
further instructions from Washington will
reach you by noon to-morrow, if there be
no interruption. One, or possibly both, of
us may be obliged to leave the Falls to-day,
but will return in time to receive the com
munication which you promise to-morrow.
We remain truly yours, ke.,
(Signed, JAMES P. HOLCOMBE,
C. C. CLAY, Ja.
To Hon. Horace (reeley, now at the Inter
national Hotel,
ExEct:TrvE MANSION, IVA.suINGTos,
July 18, 1864.
To whom it- may concern Any proposi
tion which embraces the restoration of peace,
the integrity of the whole Union and the
abandonment of slavery, and which comes
by and with the authority that can control
the armies now at war against t.be United
States, will be received and considered by
the Executive Government of the United
States, and will he met by liberal terms, on
substantial and collateral points and the
bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe
conduct both ways,
(Signed, ABRAHAM Lizicom:,
FROM 31.A.J. HAY TO PROF. HOLCOMBE
Major Hay would respectfully inquire
whether Prof. Holcombe, and the gentlemen
associated with him, desire to send to Wash
ington by Major Hay arty messages in ref
erence to the, condnunication delivered to
him on yesterday, and, in that case, when
ho may expect to he favored with such mes
sages.
IMEMEMEI
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Wednesday
Mr, Ithlcombe presents his compliments
to Major Hay, and greatly regrets if his re
turn to Washington has been delayed by
any expectation of an answer to the cmn
munication which Mr. Holcombe received
from him on yesterday, to be delivered to
the President of the United States. That
communication was accepted as a response
to a letter of Messrs Clay and Holcombe to
Hon. H. Greeley, and to that gentleman an
answer has been transmitted.
CLIFTON HOUSE. NIAGARA FALLS,
Thursday, July
[A copy of original letter held by me to
deliver to Hon. Horace Greeley, and which
duplicate I now furnish to the Associated
Press.
(Signed) Cf4.47..;.ti.14.. JEWETT.J
FINAL RESPONAE FROM CLAY ANT, EfOL-
NIAOARA FALLS, CLIFTON HOUSE,
July 21, j
To Hon. Horace Greeley : Sir—The paper
handed to Mr. Holcombe, on yesterday, in
your presence, by Maj. Hay, A. A. Cl., as
an answer, to an application in our note of
the 18th inst., is couched in the following
terms :
EXECUTIVE MANSION, I
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18, 1834.
Tb whoyi it /am/ Concern Any proposi
tion which embraces the reetor4tion of peace,
the integrity of the whole Unimi, and the
abandonment of slavery, and which comes
by and with authority that can control the
armies now at war with the United States,
will be received and considered by the Ex
ecutive Government of the United States,
and will he met by liberal terms, on other
substantial and collateral points, and the
bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe
eouduct both ways.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The application to which we refer was
elicited by your letter of the 17th instant, in
which you inform Mr. Jacob Thompson and
ourselves that you were authorized by the
President of the United States to tender us
his safe condnct on the hypothesis that we
were " duly accredited from Richmond as
bearers of propositions looking to the estab
lishment of peace," and desired a visit to
Washington in the fulfillment of this mis
sion, This assertion, to which we then gave,
and still do, entire credence, was accepted
by us as the evidence of an unexpected but
most gratifying change in the policy of the
President, a change which we felt author
ized to hope might terminate in the conclu-,
Won of a peace mutually just, honorable'
and advantageous to the North and to the
South, exacting no condition but that we
should be "duly credited from Richmond
as bearers of propositions looking to the es
tablishment of peace." Thus proffering a
basis for conference as comprehensive as we
could desire, it seemed to us that the Presi
dent opened. a door 'which had previously
been closed against the COnfederate States
for a full interchange of sentiments, free
discussion of conflicting opinions arid un
traingli464 0. 152 0 to /*WI% /a emus .ac
controversy by liberal negotiations. We,
intleett - distdd notelaim -the benefit of a safe
conduct which had been.extended tons in a
character we had no right to assumeanclhad
never affected to possess ; but the uniform
declarations of our. Executive and Congress,
and their thrice repeated, and as often re
pulsed, attempts to open- -negotiations, fur- .
niilia . sufficient pledge to - aastire Us - thatible
conciliatory. manifestation on the.partof the
President of the United States Would he Met
by them in a temper of equal magnanimity.
'We had, therefore, no hesitationln declaring
that if this correspondence was communi
cated to the President of the Confederate
States; he-would promptly embrace the op
portunity presented for seeking a peaceful
solution of this unhappy strife. We feel
confident that you must share our profound.
regret that the spirit which dictated the first
step toward peace had not continued to an
imate the counsels of your President. Had
the representatives of the two Governments
met to consider thic question, the most mo
mentous ever submitted to human states
manship, in a temper of becoming modera
tion and equity, followed as their delibera
tions would have been by the prayers and
benediction of every patriot and Christian
on the inhabitable globe, who is there so
bold as to pronounce that the frightful waste
of individual happiness and public prosper
ity which is daily saddening the human
heart, might not have been terminated ; or
if the desolation and carnage of war must
still be endured through weary years of
blood and suffering, that there might not tit
least have been infused into its conduct
something more. of the spirit which softens
and partially redeems its brutalities? In
stead of the safe conduct which we solicited,
and which your first letter gave us every
reason to suppose would be extended for
the purpose of initiating a negotiation in
which neither Government would compro
mise its rights or its dignity, a document
has been presented which provokes as much
indignation as surprise. it bears no feature
of resemblance to that which was originally
offered, and is unlike any paper which ever
before emanated from the constitutional
Executive of a free people. Addressed "to
whom it may concern," it precludes nego
tiation, and prescribes in advance the terms
and conditions of peace. It returns to tho
original policy of "No bargaining, no nego
tiations, no truces with rebels except to bury
their dead, until every man shall have laid
•tiown his arms, submitted to she Govern
ment, and sued for mercy." Wi.aL may be
the explanation of this sudden and entire
change in the views of the President, of this
rude withdrawal of a courteous overture for
negotiation at the moment it was likely to
be accepted, of this emphatic recall of words
of peace just uttered, and fresh blasts of
war to the bitter end, we leave tor the spec
ulation of those who have the means or in
clination to penetrate the mystery of his
Cabinet, or fathom the caprice of his impe
rial will. It is enough for us to say that wo
have no use whatever for the paper placed
in our hands. \\'e tould not transmit it to
the President of the Confederate Stat. with
out offering hint an indignity, dishonoring
ourselves and in..arrin.r tha wall-mhited
scorn of our countrymen.
Whilst an ardent desire for peace per
vades the po , ple of the Uonfederate States,
we rejoice to believe that there are few, If
any among them, who would purchase it at
the expense of liberty, honor and self-re
spect. if it ,sin be secured only by their
submission to terms of conquest, the gene
ration is yet unborn which will witness its
restitution. If there be any military auto
crat in the North who is entitled to proffer
the conditions of this manifesto, there is
none in the South authorized to entertain
them. 'Those who control our armies are
the servants .1 the people, not their masters ;
and they have no more inclination, than
they hive right, to subvert the social insti
tutions the s. , vereign States, to overthrow
their established Constitutions, and to bar
ter away their priceless herit a 4e .f
eminent. This eorre.tpolidel tee wtll not,
heWeVer, We t I'll , l , prey, wholly barren of
br nil rt,ttlts.
If there is ;on citizen of the Confederate
States \tip. has clung 0. a hope that peace
was p...sible with this A..lininistratton of
the Federal (...vernment, it will strip from
hi, lOW of Stich delusion. 0r;
if tr,r4! 1. any whose hearts have grown
faint the sullt.ring and agony ..1 this
struggle, it will 'inspire them with
fresh energy to endure :Old btuiu , whatever
may yet I, requisite t preserve to them
-Jet \ their t•ltiiih',ll ;di that give; dig
nity tool Valli, 10 life or hope and consola-
Lil,ll to death. And it there lie any patriots
ur Christians in your hunt, who sitruik ap
palled fr.nu the inimitable Vista of private
misery and public calamity winoh stretches
belbre them, We pray that in their trrioni.i a
resolution may hi, quickened to recall the
abused authority and vin.liento the outraced
civilization of their For the solici
tude you have notnill.sted to inaugurate a
movement which contemplates reiutts the
most noble and humane, WI , return our
sincere thanks; and are, most rettpactfuLly
and truly, your obedient servants,
C. C. CI.Av, JR.,
JAMER P. HOLCONBE.
CLIFTON HOUSE, NIA.OARA FALLS, July
20, 180.1.—Cot. Tr. c. Jewett, Uutaract Frouse,
Niagara Palls:—Sir—We are in receipt of
yutar nolo adnrio”iithing ie of the departure
of Hon. Horace Greeley from the Fails;
that he regrets the sad termination of the
initiatory steps taken for peace, in conSe
(mance of the change made by the President
in his instructions to convey Commission
ers to Washington for negotiations uncon
ditionally; and that Mr. Greeley will be
pleased to receive any answer we may have
to make through you. Wo avail ourselves
of this offer to inclose a letter to Mr. Gree
ley, which you will oblige us by delivering.
We cannot take leave of you without ex
pressing our thanks for your courtesy and
kind offices as the intermediary through
whom our correspondence with Mr. Greeley
hits been conducted, and assuring you that
we are, very respectfully, your obedient'
servants, C. C. CLAY, JR.,
JAS. P. lioLdomuz.
THE TRUE DOCTRINE
The New Nation expresses our views to
the ltter when it says of the suppression of
the World and Journal of Cbmmeree :
"The man who gave the order and ho
who executed it are culpable, and the people
await the just retaliation which the majesty
of violated law demands.
" If tyrants could Lind no complaisant
instrutnents, law would never be violated.
" The duty of the general commanding in
the State of New York was to send his resig
nation in reply to the President's order.
He preferred his command to his duty, and
it is just that he should bear the conse
quences.
"The innocence of the citizens who wero
deemed guilty and arrested as such has
been acknowledged, and the
_guilty party
has been arrested, but the dethment occa
sioned to individuaLs and to public morality
still remains, and it should he repaired and
avenged,"
The man who executed the order was
General John A. Dix, he who once claimed
to be a Democrat, but whom the tinsel of
office and the dazzle of power has converted
into one of the most obsequious tools of that
Abolitionism which a few years ago he de
spised. Had he possessed a title of the
spirit which should characterize every
American citizen, he would rather that his
right arm had been torn from its socket
than to have obeyed a mandate which will
consign both its author and executioner
forever to the depths of iniquity.
Democratic State Central Committee.
The Democratic State Central Committee
met at Brant's Hall, Harrisburg, on Tues
day, July 19, 1894, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
The Committee was called to order by 0
L. WARD, Esq., Chairman.
A quorum of members was present.
ROBERT J. HElNtrutt,L, of Philadelphia,
was unanimously elected Secretary.
On motion, R. E. SHAPLEY, Esq., was ad
mitted as a member of the Committee from
the Fifteenth Congressional district to fill a
vacancy:
On niotiun of Mr. LEISENRINO, it was
Rest/bed, That the Chairman be author
ized to appoint a Treasurer, two Clerks, and
Standing Committees on organization, 5-
nanctis and printing.
On motion of Mr. QUIGLEY, It was
Resolved, That twenty-four members of
this Committee constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at all future meet
ings.
On motion of Mr. SANSO3I, it was
Resolved, That this Committee procure
for the use of the Chairman, the names of
the Chairmen of the Democratic 06unty
Committees in each county of the State,
and the Chairman be requested to send a
circular to each of them urging proper stops
to be taken to immediately organize the
party in each township and ward in the
State.
On motion of Mr. SPANGLER, it WEI 3
Resolved, That a committee of five ba ap
pointed, in accordance with a resolution of
the last Democratic State Convention, to re
port rules for the government of future
Democratic State Conventions.
On motion, the Committee adjourned to
meet at the call of the Chairman.
The next meeting of the Committee will
he held,at the Merchants' Hotel, in Phila
delphia.
ROBERT J, HEMPHILL, Secretary,
WHERE ARE THEY?
The Government wants more men. Be
fore they are furnished the country ought
to be informed as to what has become of the
2,000,000 already supplied. n The calls which
have been responded to are as follows:
April 16, 1861 - 75,000
Allay 4, 1861 84,748
From July to December, 1861... 500,000
July 1,'1802 • 300,000
August 4, 1882. • BOO,OOO
Draft; summer of 1863.. 300, 000
February 1,1884.. ' 600,000
.
Tata.. - . 2,039,748