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• T4E-LEAFLESS WOODS.
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' I know how beautiful it is
- Wliere the forest Fe:meagre green.
Andlittle silver-lliroated birds * . •
. To _music turn the scene, •
—, . - With poet-winds that in their joy •. - ,
\
. \ Make every bough a lyre,
, •
Whose harmony is sweeter fu
Than Art's divinest wire. ' .
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0, what an eatery is his
Who hears that music roil,
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If a true hive of Nature makes
An
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An altar of his ion!, •
Frain which perpetual incense soars "
rn praise and prayer above,
' To iiiin who sits theyather-Lord. - r
Of W1811°1:11', Light, alld Love. - _
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• ` Bat, mighty woods ! is 't ; only whelk
Tour robes are on that ye
Canto the true, religions hoer%
. ,
; , 40-tvg glorious ministry! •
For it m/st birds - fore er sing?
An ] :winds WeliVe dillicate times '
Benctic the' s yroud uncibuded suns
;
' An azure-tinted moons!
,o, ighiy woods, though bare ye wave,
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2•T
. ThOugh all your crowns are iost, . _
nd found ye, ;Ike o'er tortured souls .
The writhing clouds are toss'd—. * 1
...
Yet still ye have a ministry, • .
And still ye slake the heart :
With feelings beautiful and grand
Ile} wild the touch of, Art. , _
-: - •
'Mai leasone in :our leafless boughs I
Though bare, they wrestle still"
- With all the stern unpitying alorms,
- tier sink beneath.the ill; . •
s• So wien mi*fortnne strikes the" soul, •
If truth and courage reign,
.1
Be 11014 take* each iron blow,
And !mile* at all the pain.
Yes; tOnter woods! 'tie ytima to roll
• Grand music for na still, -
If a true love of ;Nature make.
Au altar of the will - •
From whence perpetual Incense soars
In praise and prayer above,
- To Him who fits-Father-Lord -
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Of,Wisdont, Light and Love!
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ABSTRACT OF-A SPEECH
Druyziato BY
C. E. WRIGHT ESQ.
• -OF WILE.V.S.IIAIIIIL
• AT NONMOSE,•DECENBER 20, 1862. -
Reported by I. H. Burns.
chairmat,i and Democratic Friends :
By the notice in your paper, you liar e
been nOtified.that something like •a Demo
erotic Jollification meetin ,, , would be held
here to day: • I can say that I was very
much gratitieclin being invited to dome
in this part of your County, for I liave`..la
hored nine() in - the present campaign, and
wherever LhaVe been in your" &linty
have alwayS been treated with the great
est kindness and consideration, and I had
the hope and assurance that ;the labors
that I had undertaken her 6, Were,appreci
ated by the citizens of this place. • •
It was M. Denison's expectation
. to
have been here on this occasion. It was
.his hopelO meet here the democracy who
had thus reposed their confidence in him,
in electing him to represent•theni in Con
gress.l3,itt, one of those -.circumstances
over which we have no control, prevented
him from attending,, as he otherwise
would hike done. His sister, iies dange:
rously Sick. - and' is not expected to .
live, and that is, hZ excuse for . not being
here this evening. _He told nie, however,
to tell the people,that he would gladly
have been with them on . this occasion,
had,not -circumstances Prevented, .and
that he is grateful •for the confidence
placed in him by his fellow -citizens,- and
AA:his earnest, aim will ever. be ,to sup
port the tonstitntion-and the Union, and
to carry out the
_wishes of his constituents
to the befit of his ability. • ,
My subject is pei4ps"something new
ini this region, ,but it thacwhich- 'every
patriot Wilklelight t ipgnin to see, a pure
dernocratic meeting. •We _intend, thitk
evening to tell - you what we believe to. be
.the true aemocratie principle, and the
Principle [that to-day actuates ie entire
democratic party of the North;lancl- we
shill do, this boldly and without fear or
prejudtce,for the day; has gone past,when
men Werekdragged froth their honiesr and
familieilAt' the command of a single -man
and without ,trial,byjpdge. or Jury,
without even se Much:. as; being • told of
Whit they were accused, have been: .con
,Oned. for months i 4 a 'loathsome- 'prim].
That day has passed and it is well that iL
has.. T.be*otte - of the people who yet
love liberty,has thundered lathe Malmo
gleetioUstgl its - echeeis hate shaken the
wails of the White House, and warned
its inmate tb,/t we are ;et rerTies, wh'"-
iSIONTROSE, PA.,:TUESDAY,. JANUARY 13, 1863.
,
Cali . astinguialk 'between constitutional
liberty and uncontrolled tyrany. : •
• It is gratifying to: look' back at. our
condition two'yearaago, as a party; and
contrast it with .onr _present position.--,-
When the new'apportlonment of Con
gresSiOnal Distriets• was made, we had a
Black Republican 'LegiSlature* with Grow
and 'Wilmot to engineer it, and they snp
posed that when they bad yoked - Sukinc
hanna with Luierne, that they had •ar
ranged.the matter perfectly satiActorv.
•But the democracy bedame aroused', and
they bronght dOwnthe old Cote that Wil
mot and Mr. Grow used to swagger un
der and boast of, till now perhaps, they
are sick Of it. - • 1,,•
~ .p .: - • - . . •
We promised you that JAzerne - . would
stand up to her daty,and she has done it
in a way that has :sedt Sir: Grow howling
to the shades of private life. And poor
Old David ! his time, is short \ He Will
soon 'be - • turned out .to'graze, and his place,
will be filled by a better man. Pennsyl
vania has been misrepresented. long.
enOugh,,and she is now 'determined to•
hive men who will represent the interests
of their constituents instead of playing
second fiddle to such men as- Horace
Greeley and Wendell Philips. (applause.).
When - I was here in 1850 1
. found Mr.
Grow a candidate 7 for Congress at ,the
handaofqbe democracy. He Was elected,
kieryta' his time; and was' again- elected
by the - men who had scut him before: It
was then that he; like Arnold, 'betrayed
hiS patty.. When a man has reason for
changing his opinions and Comes, . but . at
the end 'of his term andtells his constitn
en'ts that he cap no longer represent their
on the same platform that he has':hereto
fore been . elected on, then I consider that:
perfectly honorable; But when he pro
fesses to advocate certain principles,.and
on,these grounds is elected,and 'then goes.
iutooffiee and helps to carry out princi
pies Directly contrary, that --we consider
as nothing better thantkaiwardly traitor—
ism ; cowardly, be'ause ho clung to the
democratic party, a.l
-long - las that patty
could control the vote of the district, but
*ben the dorm--qf : Mack,:Repehlicaisithiv ,
swept over the.land and the democracy
could . no longer give _him 'office, then he
deserted to the winning side. • But thank
God the old ShiPemocracy is still gloat,
and her crew are none the weaken for the
loss of such -men ds„Gt. A. GroW, We
have no doubt,
..noW' 4 that ..the abolition
craft is.on-the breakers that Mr. Grow
would like to be a democrat again if by
that means he could again get:to Congress;
but his day has` gone by, and _about the
fourth of next 11. larch we'll turn him out
to grass in the same pasture with .Uncle'
David.
Any one *h9 heard . the speeches made
by
_its when we were in this county last
fall, knows the platform on which so
licited your suffrages. We said 'itO the
people of SuSquehanna, in the various.
mecx at we 1 ,• • iat we . presented
the name of at-es Denison to them and
told them that he was in favor df tne Cont i
stitution of the United States , the•, laws;
and the Union as it was. That he would
vote stipples for the artily as long the ob
ject was the - putting down of the unholy
rebellion.-The other party said they. Wer e
in favor- of the ConStitutiork and the Un
ion, so that it does.not'appear that there
was any great difference between ns ;but
let the reacted show that will tell who is
for the Union and who is- not, as we shall
endeavor presently to show. Mr. Deni
son is aman of strict integrity, and- my
word for it; gentlemen, you will always
find him'wherd you-hae placed him. lie
will not go to Congr e ss as a democrat
and come back a republican by any means.
(Cheers.)
•
. -
As I look around on :this assembly, I
see many gray headed patriots who have .
stood firm as the rock to the principles of
the old .Jeffersonian school. 'You have
now lived=to again see the triumph of those
principles %Vlach you so steadily maintain-.
er, and of again seeing the prospect of
having this Government administered on
the plan of our fathers. Ido not believe
that there is A democrat - hire . . to night
who would for a moment entertain a
thought against the Constitution,notwith
standing the terms that have been flung
at us of secessionists . . and traitors.. Our
fathers made this goirernment, and we are
'bound by all we owe them,. to see it faith
fUlly preserVed as made by them. Before
the Constitution was formed each State
was , anindipendeut sovereign,bnt this boo-
ing found inconvenient, our. present Con
stitution. was formed and our
.fathers
swore to support that Constitution. We
have liveduuder its protection more than
half century . and have Prospered beyo4
all parillel r We have extended our ter
-Titor.i from ocean to ocean, we have built
and . eaushi 7 . and all there are the
. .
benefits. of a free" go've r n men't. And is
there a roan here this evening who would
See this government_ destroyed . .? I 114
emphatically that the man who would at
tempt to hreak down the Constitution • is
'worse than a inurdereti and directly bear-.
ing Upon t l his subject I want to- read' -an_
article to you,(here the speaker' read,
article on the adinission.9f Western • Vir
ginia.)• Now my friends, is that uphold
ing the-Constitution ? The Constitution
•expressly declares that each State shall
have the right to regulate its ovin.domea
tic affairs,; yet here , it is proposed:to
Virginia of nearly.halfher territory ',with
out even consulting • the legitimate au;
tborities. Now who is it t r ha,t, break the',
Constitutionii it those who vote torisneh
flagrant and barefaced .ViolatiOns of the .
Constitution, or is it those who vote
against them'? We need not .attempt to
proVe the unconstitutionality of this metiS-
Lure, for it has been . acknOwledged: by' a
prominent abolition member of: Congress
who says,." I• do not' suppose that
. - we.
:have any right to'bring in this State; .un:
der the:Constitution." And further he
says, " the Union cat'never be restored
as it was ;-slavery.' must never exist in
this land This was Said by Old
Thad. Stevens, the man that the Lord
made with a cloven foot. (ladigliten) Do
you suppose Thad. Stevens 'remem
bered bis oath . when ho . said that; tire
'oath that he took to support the Constr..
I tutiott and The laws ? • Are such men as
ii these, the men to be trusted .with. life in-
I. teresta of this nation ? is time that
deMocracy should'arise in' her: Might and
these villains who are aiming
their shafts at the very vitals of our' gov
ernment. It is time that they were re;
minded that they are accountable. to the
nation, and they:Will be reminded ofit in
the Sallie way that Mr. Grow has been; 1
that is by being left at home. (.applause.) -
. We had .hoped that the: administration
at" Washington would profit by its experi
ence and take warning -from the voice or
he people in the Autumn Elections,,, that
the people did not approve of the NiAy ip
htt
.Wbi...bxentrsi:.wisee , - , co!k d acted, 'but -t -
seem to. be as _blind as ever, arid to. see
nothing but the eternal. "nigger in the
fence." The putting down of rebellion
seems to-be a secondary matter with them,
and all investigation into 'the unconstitu
tionality of the. executive . Measures is
stopped, because as soon as a - member
moves to investigate, the motion is tabled
in an instant,while there is no objectiona
ble measure that a black -republican can
Introduce that is not passed . immediately.
I said last fall - that when the people . ( came
to express their sentiments on_ this sub
ject„the President Would act in accor
dance with them, for that is the very es
sence of a- democratic government; that
is, that therulers should act as the ex
pressed will of the people may direct.—
But what has been the effect? Has Mr.
Lincoln stopped - in his mad career of abo
lition ?- - -No sir ; the Warning voice of
the people has but seemed to urge him on
to the accomplishment of his schemes be
.forse his term of office shall eXpire, regard
less of
- what the consequen cesto the,e,oun 7
try may be.. 'But in-two years from-next
'March we will let Uncle, Abe resume his
former occupation of splitting rails, , at
,which we think he will make a much ‘ bet,
ter figure than in the President'sChaii...
And what has been the, course pursued
by the President towards that bravo .sol
dier. Gen. McClellan, who struggled .
through the peninsular Campaign- and
showed *All only exceeded by that of
the .great _Napoleon ? - Why. sir ! they re
moved him from office-and put.a.‘Gefferal
Pope in his place. !And when Pope was .
defeated and they pressed over "the - lines
into-. Pennsylvania, and there was . mine
who could stem the .tide - but George B.
' McClellan, then the Presisient• . waa. i glad
again to . ask him, to take coMmand,of the
army, and had he not been the
: true pa
triot thht he is, - be would have refused to .
again take a position froM which - he - wits,
liable at any time to be removed for no
just -cause Whatever.. But- •McClellan,
loved his Country.. He flew to .the -res-.
cue, drove4herebeli4 hack over the -.. -lineit
agaiii,and what was his reward'? It was.
to. be again removed because he.might be,
in - the way of some scheming- politiciang;
The commandwas given to another . den-
erakand - the.. cry of " onward to
m'ond," was again rung through the coun
try: . And what was . the . consequence.—
It is ,sir, that-thousands of Our brave sol
diers,ar-e-new sleeping their last- Sleep- In'
the' soil . of Virginia, and the - rebellion ;, , is
stronger than over. . ~
- ..
. Now-who is responsible_. for • 'this ?- , I
tell you sir it is the Administration at
Washington, urged on by such then as
.Lovejoy Mid Den. Wade, that haye done
this. Yon:cart et II by .the. Prasideat'l
parr
Message what the renfobjecle
f the
- no . * in-power . ThatMeasage Was:
ed_freitit one -end other • with the
President's.. abolition .scheme r Nothing
-about, 'the war; nothing 'oft our: army.;
noiliingOfthe great_.question..Which
taws out,conntry ai r the . present; r time but
frOinbeginning to r end it. was nothing but
that oldgraunrscheine- of abolitiOn*
•
The lirstolJanuary near at hand;
ind.the President's; proclamation has , not
yet 'appeared.'; indeed what islthe use .Of
a proclamation that 'would be lof no effect,
foy,the'President himself told
_ -the Chica
go delegation of ministers that- a- prods;
minion from, him would not fr i ee a. single
'slave whO would not. be: free I under the
confiscation bill. NOW 3 if this ' is the case,
and the President's:Word Inuit be taken
as. authority-on this point,. then the prod
la-mation is .mere idle hombast i done for
political effect. • There is one Man in the
Cabinet of theAdininistration,whose opin
ion is entitled to, some weight, and that
man is Willi* H.. Seivardi When :in
the United States Senate he was the lead
int, abolition Melville!. and one of the first
:Statesman in the' country,,aind yhy h@ was
- Pot nominated: tor. President instead al
" Uncle Abraham," we, cannot see, unless
it was that Mr. Lincoln could! split more
•Seward: (Latjghter.) Mr.
Seward is opposed to the proclamation,
and we' suppose that this, is.the cause of
the division in '..the Cabinets now; Mr:
SeWard gays . that' such . . proclainatibn
would -produce insurrection - in. every .
Southern State. He Most emphatically
puts-on 'paper his' condemnation of the
President's course in . u . this matter: He
says that besides breeding insurrection, it
would invigorate. the , rebellion in every
seceded State; and renders extermination
the only means of crushing iron. (Here
',the speaker read acts from one of Mr.
Sewards letters.) ". NOW is-it• not strange.
My friends that while .our. eld'. Ship z. of.
Mate is drawing on the rocks, While, life .
and death, as it were, are trembling in
the balance,thata prostituted administra
lion.; and . corrupt party i)rganization.
inattempting , inx-. 1
instead' of trying .to restore
peace to our beloved eountry Now gen'
tleinen it seemsto . melfromall that I can
m
gather fro the public prints and from
the capital; that we are,-01 the midst of
the most gloomy times that We •have yet
had to encounter. - The division 'of, the
Cabinet and the Senate go to show. the
danger irr which we-are placed,fo' rin such
a• situation the Union is liable to go. down
at any moment.- The doctrines of the
Demodiatic party to-day are the deetrineS
that were held by Thomas . Jefferson, and.
that is the doctrine..of equal ,rights ; the'
right S-of persons and the' rights of States;
and it isrthe responsibility of: the -Dente
crats at this ;time, to carry_ this go - vern-•
ruent on: to g reater prosperity than it has.
ever knOwnbefore. - . From the , days "of
Thomas Jefferson - dOwn to .the. present
timeWe have held the reins ofgoyernmerft;
for fifty years, and have driven' the car of
freedOm in triumph during that: time.—
• Under the administration of the fecirldist,
John Adams; : were passed - the Alien and
Sedition laws,. and this killed his- party ;
. and for twenty four y,ears it lay'dead, and
butP recently sprung 'to life, -only - to' be
strangled by the' hands.,of Abraham Lin-
Coln.
When the President assumes to himself
powers:which arc expressly denied.to him
by our great charter of liberty; the Con-.
stitntion.; . when he drags men . froth their
homes without a hearing,without trial by
Judge or Jury and , .confines them for
months in prison, when free speech. is de
nied and the press,gagged, and when
More than_all.this, all,nvestigation is 'sti•-•
fled- and a bill hurrie through Congress
to . absolve the President . from all these
acts, then say . it is time that the reins of
goverrirrient: were placed in different hands
and administered on the principles on
which it was . founded by our fathers.—
And thig will soon be the' case, for . the
people haye spoken in their.; Might; and
'pronounded Condenination, of the
measures of this adminiStration;andstwo
years- hence will See: the' abolition . -party
dead. beyond all hope of' future resurreC-,
.tion._(Greatapplanse.)' :v . •
• g • IM'e Many of our would like to
be boys-that they Might go to war, and
more.of ourboys would like to be girls
-that they might stay at 'hate.;
Or Shakespeare says :-=-" The quali
ty of mercy is not ntrainea." That's the
reason why wo seerso little - of it- pure.
iar Among the conditions•of sale by
an Trish auctioneer: was tho followJng :
" The highest bidder to be the_purobaser,
unleie 'some gentleman His more."
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 2.-
_Xel,let - 4 - ,ft..iltittl:Ouv
[We x‘traet _tte following from two
letters writtenby 0. U. Knapp, Eidb of
Justus Knapp, Eq.; of Lynn, Pa., who
was present at ihe battle of Fredericks
burg:] ' , • ;
fitmuticsncnia,
- Mee. 17, 1862. • -
_ Agin FxruEn:;--This . daY finds me at
our old camp again, well, safe andsound:
But suchis not thee , case With.inaily!of our
men. ; Last Thnrsday we • left onr camp
for the city of Fredericl t :sburg.: Oar
.bri
gade crossed the river on Saturday. '.We
attempted a crossing on , Vriday, but did
not
shelf
in consequence of the shoWer
of shell and shot: that was falling ainoni
qs: The boinbarfluient of the city cum;
.inexced On Thuraday,'and was kept
Such thunder of 'artillery I never.
hea r emfore. - On Saturday we succeeded
in getting across he river. . .BY.this time
'the battle was raking in earnest—ninsta
ry and arOleryloTi both sides. Sh'ell - and
shot - whistled cot& our heads, all sorts.--: 7
Our, brigade **held in reserve. tonr
loss is very heavi. - will.:have to call.
it big defeat, nulegvur retreat was. a
feint; which of the twON.)-f -
tell yet.. It rooked . to ne
cessity, as the rebels were s . .
fled, .and repOrteil to be 200;000
Our forces recro+d the river-on -
night. 'Tlie . ll, iclanond and POtorriac- rail
road passes clbse by our cantp. - I saw - two
trains loaded with Wounded soldiers on -
their way to the different hospitals. , It
was. a hard looking sight:, But we
.know •
but little about it, for we. were. not where
we,could seethe half of it. Suffice it to say,
that I do not • wiSh
.to- seeanything . of the
kind' again. - Ybil will live a better
chance to leain the, particulars than I.
could give a longer 'accotint.of tbe.battle'
if I had room to•write.• But as it is Twill.
hive to. leave it until I come home, if I
am .so lucky .asi to -.return. What- .
come next on the programme' I - cannot
tell. - . • i
I remain, as ever; your affectionate s,on,
• .0. U. kIi•APP. .
•
. „
e)11.
DEAR FA.Titz4: YOu 'will see by the
date of-_ this letter that I am back .in our
'old.eamp. I have Written one letter to
you since we'.itturned to camp from the
battle of Frederi'eksburg. Since - writing s
too, I have learned thatour loss haS been
put down at_tlier lowest, : 7,500. • _That I
think is. a low estimate. We: ,- have bad a
bad defeat; all owing to`'theznismanage
men t Of our officers.
, - I think it' the worst
defeat that wg.have had. What-will we
come to at this-Tate? -
. .
- Only a portion of our Division - Were id •
-action. - We.W r ere held , as.reeerves.. Yoa.
can. get, a betWr account of.the . affair from .
the papers than can give: . The city-is,
almost entirely., reined. irripossible
for us to hold the place;. so we're-crossed
the river under cover of our*guns and the
darkness of the night.... I tell: you it looks
very discouraging. for us. If I. was home
I never: would enlist under the present -
state of affairs.: t There . is too much cor-.
ruption existing 'aineng our le:Wer in men
for me. I find that many .of • the soldiers.
think just . as I do, since they come, to see
the thing as it is. If the President - was
to make anotliei call for men, he would'
have hard work to get them.'_ -What, is in •
store for us we cannot tell. . ,
• _
Oursforces were bionght, up in froneof
the fiver, and kept here until . the rebels
Could fortify • themselves just as .strongly
•as• - they had amind to. • Then qu,r forces
were sent over to be butchered. This is,.
about the suin and substance of the whole
thing. _ •I liave _nothing More to write in
particular that Ilthink of just now. - • •
haie .verifiee weather here, consid
erinll the time of year. „
10-health is kood.f- - 1 am heavier and
stronger. than Ihave been in a long time.
I hope this good health will continue with
,
me, for I tell you, this is abed place for a
sick man:, There are nonuinher sick in our
teniment now. i Some.few 'have-Ala.
.Yotir affectionate son, • • •
. 0. 17.-KNAPP:
Li? Carr - 3I'DowELL E
Dec.l.7, 1862. .• $,
DEAN. Sin= -I think I wrote to yon
last, but as Cruel war is 'at ptesent devas
tating the armY, and many a poor fellow
hag fixed his last shot, I thought. you
might be anxiona- to hear froth me,.. and
know that Tam Still alive and sble .togive
a few mote sbj.s, if necessary, to put an
end to this claimable rebellion. W.e have
Lettprs ,0. U. If.napo.
Flom Hyde Crocker, Jr.
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