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Htocicir ta polittc0, literature, Agriculture, 0neuce, "illoralitn, auir eucral Jntcliigcntc,
VOL. 23.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. SEPTEMBER 22, 1S64.
NO. 31.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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insertion, 50 cents
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
ttzeetted in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most leasoi. tble terms.
ON THE CHICAGO SURRENDER.
HY 1IAYAU1) TAYLOR.
What! hoist the white
flag when our tri
umph is nigh J
itri . ..i, urnPn Trennn i ,mki Free- .
What! crouch belorc lrcabon. rnaku irec .
doin a lie 1
What! spike all our "uns when the foe is at
baVi !
d.thc rars of his black banner dropping '
, F
fn a"a3 ' . , , nir .. n
Tear down the strong name that our nation
line irmi
And strike her brave bird irom ins liome iu
un" '
Uo' a coward who shrink's from thc lift of
the sword ;
lie's a traitor who mocks at thc sacrifice
poured ;
Nameless and homeless thc doom that should
blast
Thc knave who stands idly till peril is past,
But he who submits when the thunders have
burst
.And victory dawns, is of cowards the worst!
i - the nl.l cnirit dead 7 Arc we broken and
WCak,
That cravens so shamelessly lift the white
W1.
To court
blow
The tool
foe
See! Ana
lhev ask.
And the" eyes of Disunion flash out through
thc mask ! .
. l.l. ,.tv l.t-o ,rx l.rvc whn hv vnln
uivc u a w, J '
tlic swift insult, nor lilusn ai uie tJ t Tt eYnresse t he reneral senti- " "" ""J Vl ..-"-j o --- o .-.- P, , TV .
uio nui , lllal CUV. it e.Urt,W5v,a UlU J,t.m.iuj ami . . Qfl ' .mmmnnnml nnnnF nc cnrnoi .nafr v fii(rh c fJener.'il Pieree fit (Ve.W llfimnshire.
r t n Tr,cnn tho frien.U nf the """""-' ' UUU under arms in the South while we I "ioine, 1 guess we nave uuu uauugu.auu . u. lviug, 01 amuhiuu, aui uuai
S OI IUC 1 reason, UlU il iv-iiuo vji we n.in rnaU nr the lnte eleetinn IS a SOIirce . i 11 .1 c nrm n.. xi.. o.l. J.. -I t !.: AT I 11,1 m,A .,,,.1 , in nr.,nr oftnr M'-ti'lnr niwl 7?;llmnrf Afr
I j x "i- iv-tu. jjau 1CSS lIKin U,UUU. VJll IUC UlU uay Ul , ui una. xuu inuu uuiiuw a V.IUHU uuu 111 uiuvi jxxj ivxx ..uv -
. ,., ! nrrrrent satisfaction to us. and I assure you ' m.,!. ihrv mhn nnmrroQc nnccer, n liill tn obstructed the hihwav. You had better King died of consumption one month af-
rchy smiles at the i'cace wnicn 0 - ! ..:! : 5 nnn " .. f Hfnf; " fer he iiim!Mfin Af bis nnllnn. and
, P - 11 n ! ardlv to uphold their cause and its princi
Bcar onward, unfaltering, our noble old flag, i
Stron- arms of the Union, heroes living and Plcs b3' com11 bolt,1' 11110 nem snouiu" ! eight States had seceded under the Dem
JJjad, cring their muskets alongside of their more ocratic administration, while you charge
For Uie blood of your valor is uselessly shed! manly brcthcrn the rebel soldiers. Party secession as having been caused by Re-
.0 StllUlvTl 3 liii;i.-ll iuu.v.1 IS 1" j
V- - 1.1 .Kirn In lirnmicni Vnil
iere, as soldiers despise and abominate, and we
But the white rag of "sytnpathy" softly shall regard those who participate in this, aficr
cheer! . the fashion of the Copperheads, as epecula-
, , r ' ting in the blood ot the country's stay and'
nd you, ve war martvrs, who preach from .fa .P( T i
. '",.. support, her patriotic army and navy. Though
How'captives are nursed by Uie masters of we may not fully endorse some of the mcas
siaVCS : measures ol President Lincoln, yet we feel
Or livinr still linger in shadows of Death,
Puff out the starved muscle, recall the faint
breath,
And shout till those cowards rejoice at the
cry:
"By the hands of thc Union we fought for
we die!"
By thc God of our Fathers! this shame we
must share,
But it grows too debasing for freemen to
bear,
And Washin-rton, Jackson, will turn in their .
rraves. - !
When the Union shall rest on two races of
slaves,
.... . .
Or enurnhi" the spirit which bound it ol
yore,
And, sundered, exist as a nation no more !
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THE YOUNG WIDOW.
She is modest but not bashful ;
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like an apple ripe and mellow ;
Not too young and not too old.
Half inviting, half repulsing;
Now advancing, now shy;
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature,
She is schooled in all Uie arts:
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile:
Oh, a maid is sometimes charming,
Rut the widow all Uie while!
Are you sad 1 how very serious
Will her handsome face become;
Are you angry 1 she is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb;
Are you mirthful, how her laughter,
- Silver sounding will wring out;
She can lure, and catch, and play you,
As the angel does the trout
Vou old batchelors of forty,
Who have grown so bold and wise,
Voung Americans of twenty,
With the love-locks in your eyes,
Yon may practice all your lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
J3ut I know a little widow
Who could win and fool you all
t
jp-Some of our citizens are so afraid
of breaking the Sabbath, that they do not
work three days previous, nor three days
after ths Sabbath.
lWhy is a eawyer like a lawyer?
Because whichever way lie goes, down
comes the dust.
JJj3 Our Devil came up very solemn,
md set those two lines to fill tbis column.
Who Began the War.
Mr. Edward A. Pollard, who is a "Virginian
and secessionist, in a work entitled ,lA Sou
thern History of the War," sums up the
martial doings of the Confederates,before Mr
Lincoln was inaugurated, as follows:
"On the incoming- of the Administra
tion of Abraham Lincoln,6n the 4th of March
18G1 the rival Government of the South had
perfected its organization, the separation had,
heen widened unrl envenomed bv the ambid-
extority and perfidy of President Buchanan
the Southern nennle however, still hoped
for a peaceful accomplishment ot their mtle-
.Jpendcnce, and deplored war, between the
two sections as a policy detrimental to the
civiiizca worm, i ic ruvoiuiiuu, m uib
.u
t T it mi hrt
meantime, nau rapioiy gamereu sicungui,
only in a moral power, but in the means of
defence Fort Aroultrie and Catle Pinckney
had been captured by the South Carolina
i r fC ,n,i,
troops; Fort Pulaski, the defence ofSavannan,
had been mAt ; lhe Arsenal at Mount er-
. . . . . 1 1
r,n Aln with 90 (iflfl stand of arms, had
. , , Aiai,ania troons: Fort
Morgan, in Mobile Bay, had been taken ;
Forts Jackson, St. Philip, and Pike, near
New Orleans had been captured by the Lou- ,
Ya a troons- the New Orleans Mint and
. fi ..j ;ftl
Custom House had been taken ; iuc s ,iun.
Rock Arsenal had been seized by the Ar-
kansas iroops, (though Arkansas had refused .
to secede:) and on the Gth of February Gen.
Twi"s had transferred the public property
in Texas to the State authorities."
Sentiments of the Soldiers.
Sentiments of the Soldiers.
The Lancaster Express makes an extract .
ffom a late letter of Lt. M. Boring, a worthy 1
f oth 1 V V Inn frienil in
Abe and Andy as will astonish the Copper
heads ol .Lancaster
We can't ca
11 these '
rw tB fr,ho reon that tbev are .
llllll iyuiubiuMj iwi ,v. .. j t
not Democrats.
They are traitors, too cow
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lUaugUlilllUU LUUIC nUlU UIUlU UlilU VJU, I .uuiun.uuv.u vjvi vyi o U jj. vi.u .g.v u .& - - - - 1 - 1 7
1 mnnlc ,,C ttin cnlihdrs 4 c I nil T 1. 1 1 1. I 1 T 1 TT Z T A 1..U. ... n .. t
Tiint ine n il ;mi win iun uucuuii u vuit iui uktm.-ish iciim ;irinv lii 1 uu.uuu uiuu. 1 wun, v-u but, uvuuuu. 1 . n 1
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and know that in the general administration '
of his ahairs no man could have done better,
and we mean that he shall remain at the
helm of our ship of state until we have safely
weathered the storm of rebellion."
o m
Past and Future.
i The first plauk in the Chicago platform
j declares "that in thc future, as in thc
11 11 1
vast, we win aunc-e witn unswerving n-
dclity to the Union," ilcc. Iu the light
of the history of the past four years, this
reads very much like a joke. Dare thc
party relcr to its "past" fidelity to the
Union? Thc people have not forgottcu
.1 ,! .11 1 V. P ll.. T J.
that tne "past. History 01 uie ucmocrat-
IV. IIIJ ui.uviuiv. v..v wv...wv...
't Jefferson Davis, who prated much more
j loudly thau his modern disciples of his
. devotion to the Uuion, while he was plot-
J ting its overthrow. The "past" indeed !
; n n'i i( tt ,c .iLcnfivitnd with the frencmi nf
If we are called upon to judge ot the "lu- and our homes, and our families we
ture" of the Democratic party by the have uo right to deal unfaithfully or un
"past " we shall have a rcbelliou inaugu- truly to the people. My friend should
; rated upon Northern soil, if the median-
ics and men ot toil do not, in -November,
i kneel and lick the feet of Davis and his
;arch conspirators, by endorsing thc Chi-
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. cago
n oHnrm I nil. tne I lemeomtin
IPIUilWIUlt x-w. wax. V...VJ.i....
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uuiiy tan hihv uuk u tAiciuutv; mc uw
i-cuii vx 1 vi..... '"rj --.ww.x, nx.uwx, j..
' eon r i i.rnf'k inrniiri iitikiim .-iiiifii (ton.
1 iamin. and their co-laborers in the cause
of treason, it would be well to avoid all
; allusions to the '-past." We do not de -
; sire a repetition of the Unionism of the
i "past." Thc people have had enough of
the fWofinn fn the. Union that finds its
j only expression in the murder of ourfath -
j ers, sons, aud brothers upon the battle -
field, for no other offence than that the
Democratic party ot the "past, was de-
, termined to ignore thc doctrine that the
majority shall rule.
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Think of It.
While the Copperheads are crying out
in behalf of the South and Slavery, hear
what Geueral Gantt,a native of the South
says :
"Our people have a right, God knows,
to be sick of slavery, and they are sick
of it. Oh 1 so sick. They can point to
desolated homes, devastated fields, forsa
ken firesides, and smoking villages, as a
monument of slavery. They turn from
with loathing indescribable. But w7iile
ice who are so mucli interested pray for
deliverance from the curse, there is a
tneulcing parly in the North who icould
force us to keep this curse with ils.
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Curious Will
There lately died in Buenos Ayres an
old man of 78 years, whoso will contained
a clause leaving teu thousand cigars for
those who might attend his funeral. This
eccentric testator also expressed his desire
that his friends should not leave the house
of mourning without drinking to his mem
ory all tb.o wine left in his cellar.
Who is Responsible for this War.
Copperheads proclaim it unceasingly
that the Republican Administration is
responsible for the war. and manv lion -
est Democrats believe that the rebels are;
only fighting to save their slaves from:
Mr. Lincoln. We have frequently pub-
lished the contradiction to these false-
hoods, and our readers know better : but
a friend has handed in part of a speech of
, Governor Morton of Indiana, which tells
the real truth in answer to the eharge, in
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sucn dear language that we feel sure it
will do good to re-publish it :
. , , nvn.0A thi w,riP he hnd
feitso disposed, lie further says it has'
kcen brought on by the agitation of the
1 . a
slavery question. iow, one wora m re-
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guru to inat asseruon inac .unicorn cum-
meuced the war. In October. 1859 more
than one year before Mr. Lincoln's elec-
tion Mr. Floyd the Secretary of War
under Buchanan s administration, issued
qq
goutl Arsels aud during that ad -
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n-n0 Sihr f,.fc n,lf1 ovev.
uals, and placing them where they could
not be seized. Iu October Geu. Scott in -
loruicd Mr. Jiuchanan that preparations
were being made to seize the forts and
dockyards of the South. During the time
jjuchanana a(imiuistration, before
L;ncoln c.m)e iuto office eight States
gjej During the term of Mr. Du-
chanan's administration the Montgomery
Constitution was framed, and Jeff Davis
was inaugurated President of the South-
ern Confederacy. Mr. Davis himself had
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said bciore Mr. .Lincoln came into oince, :
"the time of compromise is past, and it,
they resist secession we will make them j
'CCl OUlIiem SICC1 anu OOUlUCrU gUU-
Four days before Mr. Lincoln's
maugu.
tiou every shipyard, dockyard, mint, aud ;
custom house in the south had been seiz
1. O 1
eu, anu every iuil eeepi ouiuiui us
seized. All this was done during Bu
chanan's administration. Remember that
IUUHV.au IUIIUUV,WUI, -X- xx o ww-v.
tution was formed while we of the North
had a Democratic administration. And
yet. for thc purpose of dividing the peo
ple of the North, we are told that Mr.
Lincoln made this war, when it is a mat
ter of public history that preparation for
the rebellion had been going on, not only
through Buchanan's administration, but
for thirty years before it. When the or
dinance of secession was passed in South
Carolina Convention, Mr. Ingalls in the
South Carolina Convention said : "It is
the work of years." Mr. Kcitt said
"I
have been engaged in this war all my
life." Barnwell Rhett said : "We have
Decn engaged in this war for more than
thirtv years. It is no consequence of
Liucoln's election, or thc failure to en-
. - r
i0rce thc fugitive blave .Law: but we
l,aVe been
engaged
i
in this war for more
That was true, and
than thirty years."
the same declaration was made in Geor-
gia, Alabama, and other Southern States,
Yet we are still told that Lincoln made
1.1. !. !!
this war, and that he might have avoided
!f C ,n V,.. c. ,1 TPfKm-n
j L. x 1 llVi JlilU UUUU DVJ UIOUOUU. XI L11U1 U
ever was a time when we were called up-
on to deal truly and honestly with the
people it is now. We have no right as
we are men, and as we love our country,
Uot let his party prejudices lead him so
far aside from the path of duty and thc
; truth of historv. Vnu have heard him
denounce mv administration. and vou have,
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11UU1U 111U1 UUllVJUUV.ts 'X 1 JxlllVVlll o l vx -
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miuisLraiiun. i wuiil iu kiiuw 11 iiuv uiuu
I want to know if any man
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1,1 t 110 .lcrtn hit. n.io 11 n.irn 11,11, cur nnn
word, direetlv nr indirectly, against the
iii tino uo7vixiuiy uac 1 1 u v 1 va iiiiu cu 1 vrtivy
administration of Jeff Davis 1 lias he
j said one word against those men who
are endeavoring to kill our brothers and
sons on Southern battle-fields ? Has he
s-ii.1 nne wnrd nrninst. tlie.se men who shed
1 the blood of the gallant Col. Hathaway,!
I of your own county ? Not a single syla-j
hie. Has mv friend no indiirnation ex-
cept for the brave men who rally round
the old flag and arc true to the cause ot
the Union ? Has he no sympathy ox- j
cept for those who are opposing the Gov
ernment ? Is there nothing to be said a
gainst those men who are shedding the
best blood of thc land ? I speak for them.
I denounce, in their name, that rebellion
as wicked and infamous against the best
government in the world rebels against
liberty, against God and against humani
ty. And I call upon all truly and patri
otic men to unite with me in denouncing
that cause."
2rA good joke, says the Syracuse
Standard, 13 related of Miss G., a laugh -
ter-loving, good natured lass, who was
snending the afternoou with a neighbor,
and during supper, the
conversation
turned on hens, eggs, &c, during which
Miss G. observed "that their hens lay
scarcely any eggs and she couldn t tell
the reason." "Whv." observed Mr. P...
m hn Inv Trerwell- T im nut amonfrst
ilinm nlmncf tti.tt Am? nnA iref. eorfrs.
.rj "T :iLS -
U11V.IXL Uliuwu v l vi T viu. j , ixuvi 2 rio
ir : u ii. :.i- ;n;r.
"iuy graeioua: was uiu iubwuu igjviu-
derfwishyou would come over ,d
mn wif.li nur hens n snell. I'm sure fath
atn-
er would pay you well for your trouble."
tAAir ni in r in nou ht i r i .iiwmi n s i i i tir'.u i nr. u i n n " 1 i u.l ii.i im i uhili u uiii to iilii.
A Corner Lounger's Story.
The loungers who rendezvous in
front
of the How on
Chestnut street, between
. Fifth and Sixth, are a "peculiar people."
John 13. Gough forgot to introduce them
into his lecture on eccentric specimens of
the genus homo j but he could have found
material on the broad pavements of the
State House How. and in the people who
there do congregate, for racier descrip-
.. . - - . ' . . . . .
tions aud more original incideuts than he
has collated into his amusing lecture.
The veritable lounger selects the shadiest
1 spot in summer, and the sunniest brick
fertile in resume emnf.v in nneke.fc. nnd
migratory in habit.' Their peculiarities,
if collated in velvet and gold, would ex-
t . mi 1
1 i 1 . i. 11 . 1 n
nauso an euition equal to an uie copies or
, t m :...... n-i' i
uou miner s wuiieisms ever puonsneu. um suiuim uuu pumivjiau tuuiu u uuiuu
Iu their nomedia movements over the city to death by politicians (as was asserted)
aud country they collect an itifiuitc fund ' in the short space of one mouth.
of story and anecdote, which is duly de- General Tayloras the next WhigPres-
livered to the Lounger s Club at its ucxt ident, aud although he was a bouthern
m thcst of thc gtnto IIonao.,man he refused to lend himself to the
1 An oddity was on the stump yesterday scheme of taking the South out of tbe U-
1 ". . .
',......:.. K..- .. :p ,i
ceemlino- ln-iel- Imd ennveHed iK nernon. '
dicularity into a stage of semi-demolition,
, a coat that had worn its polish in days
when Abraham .Lincoln paauiea a nat-,
boat on the waters of the West, and a pair
of trousers that would not descend to the !
ragged tops of the dilapidated shoes, and
' that wore as many rents as the smoke 1
stack of the little Monitor carried after,
the battle with the Merrimac he was a
fit candidate for a magistrate commitment
for vagrancy. But he wasn't a
t
peggar,
if he was seedy. As he told his admir-
! 1 1 11 ! . 11
ing auuience, ne uvea py ins wits auu nc
had plenty of them.
A Reserve policeman, with a heavy
uvjijiuiuoit) auu a uiincmuui ui mnjuativ,
'Guess
ain't obstructing any highway. This
j here's as low as any street in the town,
and lower, too. I ll bet my pile on that.
"Well, we'll talk that over before Al
derman Beitler. But you must come a-
long now
"Hold on, old blue coat and brass but
tons, and I'll tell you a story about Old j
. I
Pub. Func. aud Harrv Clay first, and
we'll go then. You sec all my friends
here waiting to hear it, and I'd a finish
ed it afore now, but you stopped mo."
It was wheu I .began to coax my chin
whiskers with a pound of Castile soap aud
a flint lock razor, when I went into Wash
ington one morning, and I walked into
the Senate. Old Buck, of Pennsylvania,
had thc floor, and was argufyiug on a mil
itary bill to encourage home militia, aud
to p.ay pension to the soldiers of 1812
Old Buck waxed eloquent, too ; but Hen
ry Clay took him down, as I'll tell you.
You see Buck flourished his rhetoric and
said he, "Mr. President, I am speaking
from personal knowledge of the soldiers
of 1812. I gained my knowledge in their
camps, sir. Wheu the British tread was
upon the shore of Maryland, my own
blood leaped with patriotic impulse, and
I took my old musket from its place and
mnre.bed to Bladensburg. entered thc-
ranks, and I tramped into Baltimore when
thc red coats left it, sir."
You see, police, he was on a speechify
ing bender, aud when he finished, Harry
Clay got up and fixed his eyes ou the
sleek looking cmbryotic President, and
says he, "Mr. President I am grateful
to the gentlemau for the little scrap of
personal history he has given to the cham
ber. It deserves to be perpetuated among
the Senatorial records. It is valua
ble, not only to show how patriotic the
gentleman 1ms been, but it is valuable for
its chronological iniormauuu
, , " 1 X?
But, sir,.
there is one point which thc Senator for
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i sir
1 v 1 I
i w. -. . . . . n I
imt. to menrinii. . win ul liiu u uuaiiuu '
on . jivi "' k
Xud thc gcnticmau irom l'cnnsyi-
' . 1. .lit,. U,....,r-,-v 1 . r. lm.n-il
v:iiii;i i'iiiim 11:111.111111111 iimu.iiiu iiv. uv. 1111 1 1.
that thc British had left; or,
- .
IClt OT U1U I lit;
j British leave because they heard that thc
j gentleman was coming?"
j The group cachinatcd extensively.
: Policeman laughed as heartily as thc rest.
I IIlS lace broadened till his CYCS WCl'C
closed, aud when Imj opened them n
the lounger was gone. No one regrc
nrriiii
retted
that he
had made his escape.
-Phlia.
j Xcws.
fi" Teacher. Charles, spell axe.
Boy. A-x-c, axe.
Teacher. What is an axe?
Boy. An instrument for cuttiug wood.
'PrtnVklirt I T -iirr vi n ir Ti A a fP i v nm
J.bUUUI J-LUIT IUUUJ uiuu. w- ui w
there?
"Rev. There is broad axe. narrow axe.
nnsfc nxe. and and axe of the Le - 'isla -
ture, and axe of the Apostles
rp n f i,x lmnil li;ll
aint you ashamed! Charley knows of
three more axes than you do
Said a soldier to a copperhead at
not, police : and see here, l j
r 10 a copper leuu uj - to . rabid
other day, who had cy. But t y most inveterate Copper
Government, and the candi(Me fop fcic yice A?csi.
, Rutland, Vt., the
been abusing the
army: 'I am working for ITnclc Sam.
have been fighting thc rebels South, and
while I am here I don t know but it is
my duty to fight the rebels North -and
there upon proceeded to lay him out.
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KS-Punch says: "Women are sam lu
i. t,.hnt tlmn men. It
linve. strnnfr
O - . , . ,
io nf on a m-m is often attached to au
.Ji Ubbixw. ,
uuu au. -
M h.t, JSJ
having an auticuiuu - ''
Echo answers 'never!'
Historical Coincidences.
In the Wins: National Convention
which met in 18-10, Gen. William Henry
Harrison, a citizen of a free State, was
nominated for the Presidency, with the
understanding that John Tyler, of Yir-
ginia, should be the nominee for Vice
President. Both candidates were elected,
and General Harrison, dving within one
short month after his inauguration, left
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the Presidency in hands of a most des-
picablc traitor, who only had the merit of
devotion to the interests of his own family
first, and-slavery second, to recommend
ere wns nltrfiTra n mvctnri' ilinnf
the sudden takinsr off of 'old Tinnecanoe'
i a il. . 1
and there were not wanting those
thought he had been the victim of
wno
foul
i 1 .li.T.lT i. I i.
piay, anu v,uv reiuscu 10 oeiiovo unit an
iu u:... i:i.:: u i l
; t, ,..,f t, np
n.-ilifnrnin. with slnverv nrnliihitr,d in its
1 constitution. It is a matter of history
that when thc old hero was approached
upon uie buojuui,, uu ueumnjii tnat n uie
treasonable experiment was tried he would
himself head an army to enforce obedience
to Federal laws. "Old Hough and Heady"
did not long survive this threat, and after
a sickness of a few days, he died, leaving
his succssor a Northern man who was
pledged to the support of the Fugitive
Slave law. General Taylor's death was at
tributed to dTsentery induced by eating
raw blackberries, a fruit that is frequently
eaten as a remedy for the disease named.
At all events General Taylor died, and
the country got Mr. Fillmore and the
before he had been enabled to assume the
duties of the Vice Presidency, leaving
"Poor Pierce" in the hands of his Secre
tary of War, Mr. Jefferson Davis. How
well the renegade New Englauder served
his Southern keepers, Kansas aud Ne
braska will bear testimony. He was too
valuable a Presideut for the South to lose,
so he escaped being bored to death by
i -illl 1
omce-sceKcrs, or oemg kiiicu oy a uysen
tcr produced by eating blackberries.
James Buchanan and John C. Breck
inridge followed iu regular succession,
and "Old Buck" came very near being
one of thc victims of the wholesale poison
ing at the National Hotel at Washington.
Mr. Buchanan was an inmate of the ho
tel at the time of the "rat soup" affair;
but by hook or by crook he escaped the
honors of martyrdom. Had he perished
along with numerous Northern victims,
John C. Breckinridge would have been
President of the United States for four
years, and the sort of a President he
would have made, the history of thc past
few years abundantly demonstrates. We
do not charge thc South with intending
to poison Mr. Buchanan at the National
Hotel; but it is at least extraordinary
that of the many persons who were affec
ted by the poison there were no .South
erners, although there were numerous
natives of Dixie who were guests in thc
house at thc time.
Mr. Lincoln was thc successor of Mr.
Buchanan in the Presidential chair,and
the perils he escaped on his road to Wash
ington, before his inauguration, arc mat
ters of notoriety.
It may be urged, in answer to these
implied charges of foul play which we
have heard made. against Southern political
wire-workers, and which we have repeat
ed, that they are uot assassins, and that
they are not capable of such vile treach
ery. This fine sentiment might have
had weight four years ago; but now it is
as light as a feather in the scale ot argu-
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son and Taylor were thc victims, and that
good fortune alone saved Buchanan and
Lincoln from martyrdom. The original
treason of Davis, Floyd and Breckinridge
, Was a
far
greater
crime; and every dc-
vastatcu town, every union victim ui i
secession gallows, every slaughtered gar
rison of defenceless prisoners, every mer
chantman trapped and burned, and every
starved tenant of Libby or Belle Isle, is
so much heaped upon thc great original
wrong. It may be fairly argued that
men guilty of these great crimes may be
capable of the lesser offences that arc
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lto nf,.
Now for the application.
It is a mat-
Uer nf notoriety that undisguised sympa
' tinkers with Southern secession and re
hellion, if not agents of Southern scccs-
... 1 .. rt 1.. . in f li n
1 irnpn TiiTiiiimeiif. actor.i in
illt iiuivin m bt.iv
They virtually sac-
Chicago Convention.
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rmceu iiiijii jjv,-tiv.-vi ui. j r
ciple, when they consented to run an
avowed war candidate for the Presidcn-
neau aa -
"" , ni;lfl.rm hi wnv nrincinle3.
dencv. wth tne nope mat wim a mm-
supposed Wersbnal popularity of
and thfl sub.
entirc ticket Jf fa ujia.
Li n.:- 1 Di..,i.i i,ft f.,.l tn
' ol.o.mn lliin (Inn nl-i 11 till fill ltl lie flllllld "tO
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wort successiuiiy, u.wuuiu
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most remarkable coincidence. iC General
r.,'Plnll.in" cbmilH hi neruiauoutn
!ffl "oC I
f should be peruianoutly horcni
:in over
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dose of rat-soup by accident; or- conycni-
j cutly die of dyseutery induced by eating
' raw blackberries. In that event the road
to peace would be single and easy for the
South, as Mr. lendlcton would not be
the man to throw any untoward obstacles
in the way, even though peace meant the
destruction of our nationality, and the
possible subjugation of the North to
Southern traitors. We give the hint for
what it is worth. It is at least worth
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thit!
her,
as accident might.work the same rc-
suits
Joes
lts as -desigu, and Geueral McClellan
not enjoy any immunity from the
chances of life aud death.
Thoughts for the Time3. . v
Who stole the Indiau Trust Bonds?
Pretended Democrats.
Who carried off the guns from the Nor
thern to thc Southern. States? Pretend
ed Democrats.
Who rebelled because they failed to
carry an election ? Pretended Democrats.
Who fiicd on Fort Sumptcr ? Pretend
ed Democrats.
Who made war on thc Government?
Pretended Democrats.
Who threatened to capture Washing
ton? Pretended Democrats.
Who sympathized with traitors? Pre
tended Democrats.
Who denounced the Proclamation of
President Lincoln calling out forces to re
sist them ? Pretended Democrats.
Who now clamor for peace which is
equivalent to acknowledging thc South
ern Confederacy? Pretended Democrats.
Who favor the breaking up of the
Union formed by our fathers ? Pretended
Democrats.
Who got up a riot in New York in or
der to aid the rebels wheu they invaded
Pennsylvania.? Pretended Democrats.
Who arc the enemies of good Govern
ment? Pretended Democrats.
A Significant Incident.
The following incident occurred on
board the Mary Powell, a few days since,
while on her way to New-York:
A crippled soldier of thc army of the
Potomac, while engaged iu selling like
nesses of distinguished men of the coun
try, paused before a group of gentlemen,
and requested them to purchase. Hold
ing up a package of his pictures, he
named those of Lincoln, Grant, Burn
side, Haucock and others.
"Have you the likeness of General
Humbug?" interrogated one of the group,
evidently intending an indiscriminate
slur upon incompetent Generals.
"Yes," coolly replied the veteran, as
he for a moment fumbled his cards, and
held before the inquirer's face the like
ness of Geo. B. McClellan.
The bstanders were not slow in see
ing the point intended, and were con
vulsed with laughter, while the soldier
added :
"Its a good thing for us soldiera to
have a General we can be proud of.
General Grant never spends his time in
making demonstartions against wooden
cannon, camping his men in deadly
swamps, and in masterly retreats. Give
us Generals who will fight, and the boys
will stand by them-"
, c$
Repairs.
"I am so lame from the railroad crash,
I can hardly stand," said a limping, hob
bling chap. "Well, then, I hope you.in
tend to sue for damages," said his friend.
"Damages! no, no; 1 have had damages
enough by them; if 1 sue for anything,
it will he for repairs."
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OCT" Mr. Yallandigham was at Columbus,
Ohio, on Saturday, on his way to canvass the
State of Pennsylvania, when he was met by
McClellan's letter of acceptance. Tie at
once directed the Democratic State Com
mittee to withdraw his name from all api
pointments, and returned to his home.
i..
JB-Thc following jeu d'esprit wo
found a lew days since, and we now pub
lish it for thc enjoyment of our readers,
not because it contains poetry, but be
cause it contains truth well expressed-:
To re-elect "Abe "Lincoln
Will deal a death blow
At Copperheads and Rebels, . ;
Both bad birds, at one throw.- .
(7-JuIius What portion ob de armyado
de landlord dread de mostl ?
S7j Don't recly know; nigga. .
Julius Why, de left-tenants, ob course:
Very Good. :
When the loval Dutchmen at
Mobile
heard thc guns of our fleet at thc mouth of
the bay, they smiled and said "Dat ish
Farra goot !'
iJgST There are voung women who"twill
lay their head upon the bosom
lover to gaze aud wink at another
of one
T.. -c: ,im lin!irt desnnir.
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an old fiddle is worth four doctors and.
two druggists' shops. ,.
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diUercnce.
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uiMe resemble? A' green' ncart
couple