THE BRADFORD REPORTER, OS£ DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. : Thursday Morning, May 2, 1861. lMrn. THE STRIPES AND THE STARS. BT BPS* DSIN rOCTOR. (Air—'" The Star Spangled Banner.") OSTi* Stasmu® IUNSK" 1 L''e Ra S of our P rid * ! Though trampled by traitors and basely defied, y3J to the glad winds your Bed. White, aud Blue, for the heart of the North land is beating for you ! And her strong arm is nerving to strike with a wi.t r.jl ihf foe and his boastings are humbled and still! Here's welcome to wounding and combat and s>-ars And the glory of death-for the Stripes ar.d the Sura! Pram the prairie. O ph.wman speed boldly awiy There's seed to be sown in God's furrows to-day Rr landward, lone fisher! stout woodman come horue! Let smith leave his anvil and weaver his loom, And hamlet and city ring loud with the cry, for God and our counlry we'll fight till we die ! Here's welcome to wounding and combat and scars Atd the glory Of death—for the Stripes and the Stars !" Invincible Banner! tlie Flag of ihe Free ! u where treads the loot that would falter for thee ? ,i-the hands to be folded til! triumph is won And the eagle looks proud, as of old. to the sun T I Ci >< tears for the parting— a murmur of prayer— I Then Forward ! the fame of our standard to share! M ;h welcome to wounding and combat and scars A-d the glory of death—for the Stripes and the Start. 0 dod / our Fathers ! this Banner must ahino irNnrebaiUe is hottest, in warfare divine ! The .aanon !m thundered, the bugle has blown,— V* .'nor not the summons—w tight not alone ! 0 lead ns.t wide from the Gulf to the Sea The !nd shall be sacred to Freedom and Thee ! w:h >*e. L'r oppression ; with blessing, tor scars— * On Country one Banner—the Stripe- and the Stars ! Blisnlhnr oiis. Wanted—A Leader ! ' In everv crisis, the tinman heart demands a eaticr that incarnates its ideas, its emotions and' it* aim*. Till such a leader appears, ercrvthing is disorder, disaster and defeat The moment be takes the helm, order, promp titude and confidence follow as the necessary result When we see such results, we know that a hero leads. No sucii hero at present directs tffair*. The experience of our Govern ment for mouths past has been a series of de leats. It has been one continued retreat Its ptih is marked by the wrecks of properly de i C.roycd. It has thus far only urged war upon I c' It confidingty enters into compacts t;h traitors who seek them merely to gain * better to strike a fatal blow. Stung to ck by the disgraces we bare suffered.by sster* sustained, by the treachery which i.'Tsien* the annihilation of all order, law, ir-i property, and by the insults heaped upon "National banner, the people have sprung 1 eras, and demand satisfaction for wounded ;J fur violation of laws, which ui ber.ndicatrd, or we may at once bid farewell : icoiety, to government, and to property,and :•* "o barbarism. Tne spirit evoked within the last fortnight k i r.o parallel since the day of IVtrr the Hermit In the iit ten days, 100.000 men •# sprung to their feet, and. arming and :rovisionine themselves, are rushing to a con test which can never be quelled til! they have triumphed. A holy zeal inspires every loyal heart T> sacrifice comfort, property aud life even, is nothing, because it we fail, we inut jive up these for our children, for humanity, inj for ourselves Where is the leader of it ? sublime passion ? Can the Administration iirnish him. We do nut question the entire i atnotism of every member of ii.nor their zm! 'v the public welfare. The President, in the Tto'ion of his Cabinet, very properly regard K the long and efficient services of men in the K'ocaey of the principles that triumphed in utieotioo, l'o him the future was seen in Stast. But in the few weeks of his official • 'all past political distinctions have been " fjpiy effaced From a dream of profound *e awake with our enemy at our throat I*so shall grapple with this foe? Meu that rt match his activity, quick instincts and '• '(.a. force. A warrior—no: a philosopher: ")®we!i—not a Bacon or a Locke. Mirr of the Cabinet, having outlived the fix kfrxi of youth, are vainly attempting to w tli this foe A well might they op feather to a whirlwind. JFFFERS V - "* has ftirroauded himself with >pirits hnired ; 0 his own. Think of offering the ♦' VE-branch to such men as TOOMBS and WIG ,l - These men arc seeking to put a chain • Ml* our necks, to secure our humiliation by ' ' Qrstructioo of all our national interests, *' *cac. or cur lift, or boikT Wbat are we called upon to defend. The ••fore of 19,000.000 of freemen, with everr- L "C that render life desirable. Were the se of the Cabinet to be made to-day,would 1 • 'fie past be entirely forgotten in the pre • Wontt cot all oartv tics be com pic te 'f'faced? ' * '* not the Cabinet the representative of the '.*!' :asle °f the present ? Is it not exactly -t frame of mind it was in the day of its From the first its policy has purely negative, and cooped upia Way the Lienten ! ant General has beeu chosen by him, upon . consultation with prominent magisliales and ' ci'izens of Maryland, as the otic which, while a route is absolutely necessary, is further re moved from the populous cites of the State, and with tlie expectation that it would there fore be the least objectionable one. The President cannot but remember that there has been a time in the history of our country when a General of the American Union, with forces designed for the defence of its capital, was not unwelcome anywhere in the State of Maryland, and certainly not at An ' napo! then, as now, the capital of that pat riotic >te. ar.d then, also, one of the capitals i of the Union. If eighty tears could have obliterated all the other noble s eiit;iaents of that age in Mary ianJ, the President would Ire hopeful, never '.hclcNS, that there is one that would forever remain there at. 1 everywhere. That sentiment is that no domestic contention whatever, that may ar.se among the parties of this Republic, ought iu any ca e to be referred to auy foreign arbitrament, least of all to tue arbitrament of an European monarchy. I have the honor to b°. with distinguished consideration, your Excellency's mo-t obedient servant, WILLIAM 11. SEWARD. AMERICAN PATRIOTISM. —The graphic writer Bayard Taylor. who visited Washiugtoa last week, *i,ds a letter from there to the New- York Tribute of Tuesday last, from which we make the following extract : " From Capitol Hill we overlooked the beautiful city, the Potomac shining in the soft afternoon light, and the far purple slope of the Yirgiuia shore. It was a graud, peaceful picture, tinted with warm hoes and breathed upon by a baimy air. Yet in a few days it> streets be dyed with carnage, atd the smoke of its ruin blot the sky. God 1 Was ever wickedness hke to that which would at tempt this deed ! Is there in ail history so cwQelesa a rebellion, so reckless an invocation of the las: desperate argument of battle ? For war, or, at least, a prompt acceptance of the challenge to war. is the only coarse left u. If tiie nation is to be preserved —if the Republic under wbi.h we have prospered for eighty-five yeais is not to be a wretched fail ure at bust—we must stand ready to defend it with treasure and blood, as in '76. Tnereare no longer any political parties ; there are aim piy Unionists and Anarchists. Puriug the past Winter, having scoured the country from .Maine to Missouri.l have been at times almost ready to despair, noting the opp.~. renl want of disinterested patriotism, among men of all parties. I have avowed myself thsappo.nied in the American people, believing that a long season of uninterrupted peace and prosperity had reilly eaten away, like a canker, tbe subunce of their nobie qualities. I here retract every word I have uttered, every thought, to that effect. I bow my head before that sublime outburst of pare patriotic fire, which Lis burned our party hoes, and united us ail as loyal children of tbe Arne , rican Republic. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY R. W. STURROCK. The Treason Bill. The following is a copy of the Treason bill passed at the last session of the Legislature. It will be seen that its provisions are well di gested and that it ought to be carried out to the very letter. Let traitors read it and pause over its provisotis, viz : SECTION 1. Be it enacted, Sfc., That if nnv person or persoas belonging to or residing iu this State, aud under the protection of its laws, shall take a commission or commissions from any person, State or States, or other the enemies of this State or of the L'nited States of America, or who shall levy against this State or government thereof, or knowingly or willingly shall aid or assist any enemies in op en war against this State or the United States, by joiuiug their armies, or by enlisting or pro curing or persuading others to eulist for that purpose, or by furnishing such enemies with arms or ammunition or any other articles for their aid and comfort, or by earryiug on a traitorous correspondence with them, or shall form, or lie in anywise concerned iu forming any combination or plot or conspiracy for be traying this State or the United States of America into the bands or power of any for eign enemy, or any organized or pretended government engaged in resisting the laws of the United States or shall give or send auy in telligence to the enemies of this State or of the United States of America, or shall with the intent to oppose, preveut or subvert the government of tins State, or of the United States, endeavor to persuade any persons from entering the service of the State or of the United States,or from joining any volunteer, company or association of the State about be ing mustered into service, or shall use any threats or persuasion or offer any bribe or bold out any hope of reward, with like inteut to induce any person or persons to abandon said service, or withdraw from any volunteer com pany or association already organized under the laws of the Commonwealth for that pur pose ; every person so offending, aud being le gally convicted thereof, shall be guilty of a hiffh misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to undergo solitary imprisonment in the peniten tiary at hard labor for a term not exceeding ten years, and be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars or both, at the discretion of the court : Provided, That this Act shall not prohibit any citizen from taking or receiv ing civil commissions fur the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments of writiug. SKC 2. That if any person or persons with in this Commonwealth shall sell, build, furnish, construct, alter, or fit out, or shall aid or as sist in selling, building, constructing, altering or fitting out any vessel or vessels for the pur pose of making war or privateering or other purpose, to be used in the service of any per son or parties whatever, to make war on the United States of America, or to resist, by force or otherwise, the execution of the laws of the United States, such person or persons shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to uuderjo solitary imprisonment iu the Penitentiary at hard labor not exceeding ten years, and be fi.,ed in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC 3 Teat every person holding a corn inissioo as an officer in the volunteer or militia forces of lids Commonwealth, shall, with in thirty d-iys after the passage of this Act, be required to take the oath of allegiance to tliis State and to the United States, and if any person holding such commission shall re fuse to take such oath, the Governor shall have the nuthoriiy to revoke and annul the commbsiou of suHi person, and supoly bis place by appointment, until the vacancy thus created shall be supplied as provided for va cancies in other cases by existing laws of this Commonwealth ; the sa d oath of allegiance shall be administered by the Adjutant Geue ral or any Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and may be transmitted to the several brigade inspectors of this Commonwealth, who shall in turn admininistcr the same to the offi cers embraced within the bounds of their re spective brigade Src. 4 No civil process shall issue or be enforced against any person mustered into the service of this State or of the United States, during the term for which he shall be engaged in such service, r.or until thirty days after he shall be discharged therefrom. Provided, That the operations of all statutes of liui.ta lions shall be suspended upon ail claims against such person during such term. Business Aspects of the Crisis, The pending difficulties and state of war, present issues in themselves so imposing as to dwarf everything else, in comparison with their ovetshadowtug importance Rut consid erations of the immediate effects and conse quence at home, while the war is waged in the southeru country, cannot be left out of sight. To be relieved from dreadfi! suspense is much—the work to be done is understood : and with the proper leaders it will be done promptly and well, an enduring peace con quered, and liberty established on a perma nent basis. The Troy Tmes reviews the subject in its business a>pecls, in the foiiowiug encouraging manner : " By the Fourth of July, we shall have a quarter of a million of men in the field, easily and atnpiy supported from our boundless re sources. The withdrawal of this class of men of the productive classes, from industrial per suits. aid transforming then to consumers, must give employment at good if not high rates of wages to tLose who remain at home. The suHiroe and graud patriotic impulse of tbe loyal States, rising equal to and above the actual necessities of the occasion, is drawing out by hundreds of Enuiions the immense cap ital, which paralyzing doubts and distrust of the future has remained dormant, and as use less at the moment as if it sever bad an actu al existence. This immense capital is now to be pat io lirculttion at tbe rate of tec ajillioos a moutb. " REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." it must go to the people aud be distributed among the people. It will permeate every where, immediately or ultimately—revivifying all branches of business, with few if any ex ceptions. This is not merely an inference—it is certainty. An armament surpassing in magnitude anything of the kind ever seen on this hemisphere—larger, almost, than we had regarded as possible, is, in a few weeks, to be se-n and put in motion. The expenses of its equipment and support come to the North.— Not a cent is to go elsewhere. We have not, like the traitor States, to send onr money abroad to purchase cannon, clothing, shot, brogans, shells, bread aDd mus kets. Our own fouuderies are to cast the camion, our tailors are to make the clothing, our own mechanics are to make the rifles, our own shoemakers are to supply the brogans, our own prodacers are to supply the ratious—and they are all to get gold or current funds for every thing tbey do or furnish. We have no thing to do with a double government, credit or currency that is not gold or redeemable in gold. With traitors it is very different." From The Press. Appeal to American Women. BY ONE OF TnEMSEI.VES. Yes, it is un appeal that we make—an ap peal that rises from the deepest recesses of our heart, and struggles to fiud vent in words, which are weak and impotent to express what we feel. Wc of the present day have been laughed at and stigmatized as weak and fool ish slaves to fashion, and better and higher aims forgotten, utterly ignored, until America can no longer boast of Women like those who lived in the time of the Revolution. This is not so. In this hour, when our Na tion is stirred and shaken from border to bor der with the dread contest of opposing will, the spirit of patriotism is stirring and throb bing in Woman's heart, aud when the proper hour comes, we feel that she will rise up firm and strong, with a power of nerve and will of which she has as yet been deemed incapable. Is not this so, my sisters ? Come out to the world and show it of what mettle you are composed. Show that lips accustomed alone to soft and gentle words of love, and, per haps, light and senseless prattle, can utter the strong, bold words which shall nerve and strengthen the arm and heart of a father, brother, husband, son, or friend, and that, though tears may start when the last kiss is imparted, and sobs may swell up from the founts of affection at the last pressure of lov ing hands, you are still capable of smiling through those tears and chokiug back sobs with words of comfort and cheer. This is the time, if ever, in which to prove your real worth. You can feel how deep will be the struggle which Jwill wring the hearts of those who ore about to tear themselves from home aud friends to face the privation, toil, and dangers of the battle field. Will you add to the bitterness of that struggle with one word ot regret ? Ri'.hcr, let your busy fingers do ail tbey may for their comfort, and your lips, after havi: g breathed to God the prayers that are in your hearts, may grow el oquent with cheerful eneouragment. 15id them so, strong iu heart and limb, and fight for the I*nion ! There is work for us to do. While th>y are facing the blaze aud roar of artillery in defence of oar country, ire can do our part at home. It is just here that we are needed, and the work before ns is plain. There are hun dreds of strong men devoted to our country's came, whose care aad protection will betaken from their families ; and it rests with us to watch over and help those who may be left destitute. Hundreds of you have been rear ed in ease and luxury, with nothing to do but to minister to the caprices of your own fascy; but now you have other work before yon. which, as true daughters of America, you should prefer beyond all others. Curtail, if necessary, all your superfluous expenses, and bring back the roses to your pale cheeks, and the giad light ot happiness to your eyes, from a conscious knowledge of good, by seeking out and caring for those who are left in poverty while their sturdy husbands and brothers are away. The right spirit has already shown itself iu varioas ways. Ladies are working upon gar ments for the soldiers, and getting up sub scriptions for the benefit of those who are poor, but strong and willing Young girls have aroused front listless inaction, and. pot ting on the badge of Freedom and the Union, have set actively at work to do all they can. We know that our women of th> present day wiil not prove unworthy of their ancestors ia this emergency. Follow the patriot citizen soldier with prat ers, but do not sit down and w?ep impoteutlv when their forms are lost to sight, tnough with some it may be forcTer. Prepare your selves even for the worst, and leave no hour idle in which to pine. Remember what the re is to do. No weakness now Yoo know what you should do—go forward and perform it. and God protect the right. B Z. M. THE PUBLIC SAFETY —We feel satisfied that every patriot will cueerfuliy support all neces sary measures for the pu'ol.c defence, and ap plaud all steps which are designed to iucrease the efficacy and vigor of the military attitude which the natiou has been imperatively com pelled to assame. The power of a great,free, united, determined, intelligent, and brave p®o is almost unlimited,butjxbey must be thorough ly disciplined, obedient to the duly constitu ted authorities, and devoted, heart aod soul, to a common purpose. Then their movements become as invincible as the resistless march of destiny, their will as supreme as the decrees of fete, and their victory as certain as the re volution of the globe. We have long been uuaccostonied to the restraints which form an inevitable feature of warlike operations, but we must now prepare to cheerfully submit to them All earthly considerations must sink into comparative indifference when weighed in the balance against the triumph of the national cause If any incentive were needed to re double our exertions, in addition to the fact that the national capita! is threatened with an attack, which we trust will be triumphant ly repelled, it should be found in the fact that it is reported the invasion of onr own State is contemplated by the Virginia troops. While we do net doubt the full power of our Com monwealth to send any foes who may desecrate its soil with a hostile tread howling back to their homes, we must all unite as a band of brothers in reudering it impregnable. Upon us many fall the first.brunt of the mighty strug gle which is impending, and we must summon up all our energies to enable us to discharge the full duty which devolves upon us. • •> , * What is to be Done. A vigorous policy against treason is now the ouly practical one which remains. The comparative inactivity which has heretofore prevailed, must at once be abandoued for a more decided course. While it may have beeu for the best to refrain from striking the first blow, and throw the responsibility of in augurating the war upon the rebels, it is no longer necessary to hesitate to act whenever we can do so efficiently. We have gamed all that is possible to gain from moderation, and any further inaction caa ouly be betrayal of weakness. The loyal North is suffering from its want of preparation for the conflict. It is only du ring the past few days that our people have become aroused, while those of the South have been making preparations for weeks and months, and hence, they have at first the ad vantage in any conflict. Prompt and decisive measures must now at once be inangurated. It must be an aggress ive warfare, as that is the only one which we can pursue with safety. We must carry the war into their conntry and not allow them to bring it into oars. If, as is now pretty cer tain, Washiugton is at present safe from at tack. we ought at once send an expedit on to the South, as the best means of diverting their attention aud preserving the Capitol. We must keep t'nein busy at home, if we would not be molested ourselves. They must be kepi entirely in the dark with regard to our inten tions, and hence be compelled to prepare at all points. It must be a word and a blow and the blow first. We can thus throw them on the defence, and thus compel them to sustain an army that will speedily exhaust their treas ury. They have begun the war, and let it be waged around their own hearthstone. The policy of trying to conciliate the bor der States by this inaction, is, we imagine, pretty much " played out.*' If the so-called un ionists of these States ebject to the assertion of the rightful authority of the Union, then so much the worse for them. We have already seen enough to convince us of the futility of a'templing to ®ave *nrh unionists. If they will uot stand by their country at such a time as this, they arejnot worth saving, bat had better go over to the rebels at ouce. We do not want allies to tie our hands wbiie we are supportiug them. Let us know who our friends are, and iu whom we can rely. FIRE or THE FLINT.—The Philadelphia Tn quirtr says that stories, wel' verified, of the patriots of the interior, compare favorably with the times of the Revolution. An old tottering man came into the Capitol, bringing his fifteen SODS and sons-in-law, the props of his age, to enlist, and stated that if one of them had refused, he would, with his parental curse, have shot him down as a traitor. A feeble widow also headed her six stalwart bovs and on'y regretted that she had uo more to offer up to her country By every train and conveyance crowds arrive, swelling up the same glorious enthusiasm which rr.uch conquer iu the sacred war of right and self defence. The Albany Journal gives these examples : A poor man—a native of England, who was lame and could cot march to the wars—?ub srribed $2, in a neighboring city, Monday, for the support of the families of volunteers, re marking as he did so, that it was all the : money he had in the world, but he hoped to earn more soon, which should be devoted to the same patriotic purpose A distinguished jurist in the interior of the State subscribed $lOO and gave his only son to his country; while another gentleman, we!! known in poli tic al ercles, has made aa offering of his three son?. MANIFACTTRINO ARMS SPRING Ft CTJ> AR MORT.—The greatest activity prevails at the gpringQeld, Mas, Armory. Three hundred and fifty men are constat!'ly employed in ma king sraail arms. The Springfield Rrpnbli-in says that the average production is abont 1.500 per month, but with more mechanics, and new machinery, about 2,500 can be man ufactured ; and by working night and day, and having double sets of workman, about four thousand can be turned oat. The Armory is not, however, destitute of arms. The Massachusetts volunteers oeing first in the field, are mostly a r mei with the new r.ile mu>ket ; but there are still ninety thousand muskets of the old model, bat entire ly new, and fine servicable arms, in the ar mory ; besides twenty five thousand of the same pattern already seat ca to New York. The armory establishment is now under a strong guard night and day, to prevent any mischief which treason may attempt to exe cute by firing tbe'buiiding or otherwise. No person is admitted to tire grounds except on known business or those connected with the establishment. There can be DO doubt that there is io Mis sissippi a lack of food for the population, which threatens to amount to a famioe The Yicksburg WAig of the 30th nit, notices the return cf Major Hawkins, who rcentlT made a visit to Illinois for the purpose of procuring supplies He states that he has found it im possible to obtain as much as will be needed for present necessities, and that there is great danger they not be able to plant and raise a , crop this year 1 VOL. XXI—SO. 48 Counsel to Volunteers. [The following hints to our volanteen are timely and should be heeded.— EDS. J 1. Remember that in a campaign more man die from sickness than by the bullet. 2. Line your blanket with one thickness of brown drilling. This adds but four ounces in weight and doubles the warmth. 3. Buy a small India rubber blanket (only $1 50) to lay on the gronnd or to throw otsr your shoulders when on guard dutv during a rain storm Most of the eastern troops are provided with these. Straw to lie upoa is not always to be had. 4. The best military hat in use is the light colored soft felt ; the crown being sufficiently high to allow space for air over the brain.— You can fasten it up as a continental in fair weatber, or lurn it down when it is wet or very sunny. 5. Let your beard grow, so as to protect the throat and lungs. 6. Keep your entire person clean ; this pre vents fevers and bowel complaints in warm climates. Wnsh your body each day if possi ble. Avoid strong coffee and oily meat.— General Scott said that the too free use of these (together with neglect in keeping the skin clean) cost rnauy u soldier his life iu Mexico. 7. A sadden check of perspiration by chilly or night air ofttn cau 3 es fever and death.— W hen thus exposed do uot forget your blaa ket. " Ax OLD SOLDIER.*' IHE LOAFER. —Here is an accurate descrip tion of a class of men who infest every com munity : —The most miserable, hopeless scrap of humanity is an idle man—a man whose chief aim of life is to "loaf—to waste in listless lounging and mental and physical in action the years of his short life. There are scores of such beings in every town and city— miserable loafers whose sole occupation is to avoid employment of any kind—whose lives can scarcely be called lives—who die one af ter another, and leave behind them—what ? A vacancy to be mourned ? No, for thev are in themselves raeaucies, not men. To these atoms society ows nothing. The history of the world's progress ignores their names and their existence ; and betng dead, the grave contains no mora inert, worthless earth than it did before. Ihey become chronic nuisances • they have have no local habitation or name ia so far as regards their worth or value, and from day to day, iu the haunts of busy men, they pass s uucurrent funds—at so much of a discount that they cannot even bay them selves. Such are loafers—miserable, worth less beings, who die only when they get too lazy and indolent to use their respiratory or gaus. TUT FIRST AMERICAN* POETRY— There ara a few girls or boys iu this country who have not heard the nursery rhyme sang by their mo thers wile rocking the cradle, '• Lul-a-br baby upon the tree top : W aen Ibe w Li, ws the cradle wiil rock ; W ben Ihe b>..?h breaks the cradle will fail ; And duwn il! come baby aad cradle and all."j But how many of you know the origin of the simple lines ? We have the following ac count from the Boston Historical Society.— Shortly after our forefathers landed at Plym outh. Mass., a party were out in the field where the ludian women were picking straw berries. Several of these women or squaws, as they are called, had pappocsrt, that is ba bies, and having no cradic-s. they had them tied np in Indian fashion, and hung from the i.tubs of the surrounding trees. Sure enough, "when the wind blew, these cradles would rock" A young man of the party observing this, peeled eff a piece of bark, and wrote the above lines, which were, it is believed, the first poetry writtcu iu America.—Arterial* Agri culturist. REPOSE OIT OF TKF UNION. —To the LUG geslion that the slave States can Dever reach " repose," until tbey desert the old Union ami join the Southern Confederacy, the Memphis (Term.) BuiUtin makes the followiug reply ; " If making the South one vast camp, wheru thousands of citinetrs are diverted from their peaceful pursuits into the occupaiiou of the soldier; if to inaugurate a state of thiugs in which ' wars and rumors of wars" continually keep the puulic mind up to lever beat of ei citemei t ; if to derange and interrupt the nat ural flow of trade and commerce, and live con tinually iu the apprehension that it may bt destroyed by the precipitation of a bloody civil war ; if to make an unnecessary reovlu tion, in the prosecution of which the bold, reckless, and seifish, are likely to bear more sway than the peaceful and patriotic, in which the tribunals of reasou and justice may be overthrown, to give place to toe arbitrament of the sword—if these things be " rrpest* then Lave the seceded State# found it. It is, however, such repose as may be foaod upoa the tuiu crust of a Numbering volcano, with the heaving* of its unrest mattering audibly beoe-th it. God iorotd that Tennessee at.d the other border States should ever seek su