THE JEFFERSONIAN Btwtzb to JJcrlitics, Citcratxtre, Agriculture, Srimri, iHoralitij1, curt nteral JntelHgciicI: Vol. 24. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA APRIL 27, 18& NO. i Published by Theodore Schoclh t-ins crowds that rolled up tbeir frenzied terms-two dollars a year in advancc-and if no ' shouts as the flag canie down are dead, paw before the end of the yeaj, t o dollars and fufy ' 0r scattered, or silent, and their habita- elNWpapcr dconUnucd until all arrearages are paid,' tions are desolate : ruin sits in the Cradle TcSsone of (eight i.nes, or f ; the Rebellion has perished, ot, oncor three insertions $1 50. Each additional but there HlCS the Same flag that Was In dian, 30 ce Lonscrneslnj.rUorK sulted (Grea. aU(J proloned applause.) ' JOB PRINTING, (With starry eyes it looks all over the bay of Aijij kinds, for that banner that supplanted it, and Executod in the highest Myic of the Art. and onthe( . m"s e,lsorii c crm ; Friend Schoch : I clip the following lines ! from my Diary, Jan 2nd, 1864. If you please tou can lay them before your readers. The ideas set forth, unlike the beautiful fields and forests of Spring,arc clad in the sombre dress of winter, when the mind shut out from the beautiful in nature, is at liberty to launch out on the sea of reflection : .Another week is to an end, Oh time how dost thou fly ; Admonish me, a worm of earth, That I, too, soon must die. 4t Kind sir, I am but present now, Of an ctrrnity, My present duties to the world 1 do while passing by. My hist'ry for a single day On earth might fill a volume, But in my leger, I would ki-, 'Tis a mere dot, not CIum. I bear upon my constant stream The millions of your race : Ilorr few poor mortals ever dream . I bear them up to grace. I am the only fortune, too, That thousands do po.-sess, And they oft squander mc, 'tis true, With pain I this confess. There is a medium, through mc, Wisdom comes down to men : How few, alas, use it, I sec; In thousands scarcely ten. Poor human life is short indeed If 1 am u?ed correct; In statu quo, while proceed. Some stand, 'tis their defect. Some take a y ar to live a day The a ggrega te a loss Refusing Llersings on their way By shunning every cross. Misguided youth arc carcles--, too, It pains me to di-clarc it, They think thnt they have naught to do: Since iinc is cheap they spare it." 'Tis true, I said, and here time fled, The revelation ended, And I was left like one bereft Of counsel, undefended. R. W. Hi.xcki.kv. Jlichficld, 111., April, 1803. THE SUIilTEE CELEBRATION. The address of Kr. Beech9r A voice from the North to the South. On this solemn aud joyful day, we a gain flit to the breeze our father's flag, now again the banner of the Untied States, with ti.-. f-rvent prayer that ( 1 0(1 would crown it with honor, protect it from tieasou, anJ send it down to our childicn with all the blcssings-of civilir. i Hon. hbnrtv and reliir.on. lerriu e in j battle, may it be beneficent in peace Happily no bird or beast of prey has been ;.:t, r.r. 5f TIip hir lh.it ri- ,. .i,m t!i- u'J.ht. frnm dr.rlcess. aud the!ts 01 America, we demand, and that beams or red flight that beautify the morn- j inc have been united upon Us folds. As Inn,, , Kn ondoros:. or the star... mav ' '""fa - j .- -.1 1 1 it wave over a nor honored the i? l 1J Hr9 ii--.rn thic fnrf rnn ' ST?..to? Hnneral Anderson) and a .. . , , xj fJm email fesroie oana. stuuu , u-juu'.i uuiuiui iisu - , , - ... 'rmd t if nnnfl imt. f ho. m-unltv. hut not i ff nni .!.. i may case out uie aevu or uiscoru : mat it , " ZJ , 7 , CUSlaving. tureai, upuiauu. .--j t' . , i ft, ncr nvorriiUnrr nfinrees nr (lOd which , n(ri,f nnco hi trr-isnn dis- may restore lawiui uovcrnmeut anu a,-;-" ; o , Once and but once lias trcaoon uis- j i. , ,.. . 1 the war has pronounced as solemnly as it. In that insane hour when. P God savs. "Remember. :u;ni.-f -infl lilnndspct Kphpllinn of ll,at WHICH it pioicuiuu uuiuru , uiui, it , , , -L J t 3 CUlltlCit and UlOOUieSt HtUtlllUU Ul , . . n , rnmnfflLr linnr if. fn-flnv linilnr this Slint" TZS::;ini ust; r the sword toU, to tby sheath -cruiuui&a u e rtr 4i, and to the plough and sickle, "Go forth; ' btttle for the honor and defense oi the , a,IU l" I" c . , . ... I 1 AA I 11,-1 Nation e banuer. (Applause.) in that. . T. . . v fX 'r..u ! Jire this glonons nag eiih puauuiu.ry .conscious oi narm as uie staio uuu . , - , ,x -. , . i. a fr.,1 this people great and strong, not lor ag- above it. Onceitwas shot down. Agai-,1"'- i " mL t,f , , , . i .,- jij... grcssion and quarrelsomeness, but tno lant hand, m whose care this day it nas,e,w-- . . i Ul u , ' . , .. A j ncacc of the world, giving to us to glor- becn clucked it from the grouud and o o - uccn, piuuo-uu o prerogative of leading all nations to reared it aain, cast down, but not des- luuo Vll o r Ttareu it y"j i iutcr laws and to more humane politics, trujCd.. After a vain resistance with J friendship, to rational institu trcmbliug hand sad heart you withdrew to n ere 1 c p it from its height, closed its wings, and " DC ' mid bore it far away, sternly to sleep a-1 tain biothcrhood. mid the tumults of rebellion and the Bevemtly, piously, in hopeful partno thunders of battle. The first act of war tism, wc spread this banner on the sky had be-un. The long night of four years , as of old the bow was planted on clouds, had set in While the giddy traitors ' aud with solemn fervor beseech God to whirled in'a maze of exhilaration, dim look upon it, and make it the memorial horrors were already advancing that were an everlasting covenant, and I decree t hat ere long to fill the land with blood. never again on this fair land shall a do- To-day you arc returned again. Wc luge of blood prevail (Appbu8c.) dcTonUy join with you in tlianksgiving'piere is scarcely a man born . fouj to Almighty, God that he has spared your who has lifted his hand against this ban t.f4 ifr' M,i,.,W vnu tho ucr but had a father who would have died , .i i a ..i-;- v r j i,nvnc nvor you are the same, the shores are here, morning comes and evening as they did. in -i un. Mmnfrml ! What Mim hat- ' a tnvfUnor? Rhnrp.R ! xitv.x i. filinri tins air and dis- ii uut eeeuua mm. , j .i T1k.sa Rpnttprp.d ..i.--i..--o nm 11 that is neaps oi Bnapeie&s - kft of Fdrt Suuitcr. Desolation brpods ktonder sad city : solemn retribution Iwtb avenged our dishonored banner. y..., t " i,-ai. i.nnnr who JLOIX Dave vuuiu uaviit n iui uuuv. departed hence four years-ago leaving the air sultry with fanaticism. The surg- sees it not. (Applause.) You that then for the day were humbled, 'arc again to j triumph once more and forever. (Ap - , Iq gtorm of oug ensign waj.. often butm Jmor. ' aujc fact not one of its stars was torn out by shot or shell. (Applause.) It was a prophecy. It is said, not one State shall be struck from this his nation by treason. , ; (Applause.) The fulfillment is at hand, j Lifted to the air to-day, it proclaims, af- ' for fiMir Mire r F rnr n Cnn Cn K rvl f ; ted out. (Applause.) Hail to the flag of ; : our fathers aud our flair. Glorv to the 'banner tnat has gone through four years ! black with tempests of war, to pilot the nation back to peace, with dismcmber- 't ment, ami glory be to God who, above' all ' . hnsfs nnil Tvinnnrc Jinfl, nrninml vinfnvi- I . u .... U.IHIIVJIU. .1,1 l U 1 V It I II O It 1 IV IV I T I - - - ' -It ana snail ordain peace. (Applause.) lit i nan ordain peace ( Applause.") ! i Wherefore have we come hither, pilgrims ifrom distant places ? Are we come to ..... - i ' i iirom distant 'exult that Northern hands are strouser ithan Southern ? Xo; but to rejoice that j inc nanus 01 tnosc wno uetenu a JUSG .anu iicncnceut uovcrmeut arc tnigiuier i than the hands that assaulted it. (Ap plause.) Do we exult over fallen cities? ! We exult that a nation has not fallen. (Applause.) We sorrow with the sorrow 1 1 "ul. We sympathize with the desolate. We look upon this shattered fort and I yonder dilapidated city with sad eyes, Jcricved that men should have committed such treason, and glad that God hath set j .such a mark upon treason that all ages Uhall dread and abhor it. (Applause.) Let no man mistake the meaning of this unfolding flag. It says Government has returned hither; it proclaims, in the name of vindicated Government, peace and protection to loyalty, humiliation and pain to traitors. This is the flag of sovereignty. The nation, not States, is sovereign. Restored to authority this flair commands, not supplicates. There ' m'ir ho nnrrinn hur. nn rnnrnsQinn . . . -(Great annlausc.f There mav be am-! ! ncstv and oblivion, but no honored com- lronnse. (App lauseA The nation to- ' d.:v has peace for the peaceful, and war It would not be honest, it would not be for the turbulent. The only condition of : honest, it would not be kind or fraternal submissson is to submit. (Laughter and mc to pretend that the Southern Bev applausc.) There is the Constitution, , olution against the Fuion has not ( here arc the laws, there is the Govern- j wrought revolution in the Southern States incut. They rise up like mountains i of i themselves, and inaugurated a new dis sticuht that shall not be moved. They ' pensation. Society is like a broken loom, are the conditions of peace. One nation, aaJ tllc pjcce which Rebellion put in and imrl.'i- mm I rnVP.rilTliP.lir. Wirilnlir RLIVPIT j has been ordained and shall stand. There can be peace on no other basis. On this ' basis reconstruction is easy and needs ' slowly unwinds, we shall sec it m no gor i neither architect or engineer. Without , gon figures, no hideous grotesque of the I this basis no engineer or architect shall" oJ barbarsim, but figures of liberty, ' ornr rnpnnsf rnir. fliosr rbrll?nn: Shifpc vines d jrolden grains, framing in the Wr fin not. want vonr r.ities nor vnur ! fields; we do not envy you your prolific earth aud heavens full of perpetual Sum- . racri Let agriculture revel here. Let man-, ufactures make every stream twice musi- cal ; build fleets in every port inspire the ! arts of peace with genius second only to that ul Athens, and we shall be glad in ys.Mir gladness and ncu in your weaitn. 11 1.1 j All that we ask is unswerviug loyalty and universal liberty, and that, in the name of this high sovereignty of the United with the blessings of Almighty God, we will have. (Creat applause.) We raise O"1' f;,licr s ba!incr that lfc ma.Y bring back may W1U par tion ; that it may inspire hope, and mau curate uuiv ivcrsal liberty ; that it may say j Llla.lL lb lJJuV ItVtW Cl 1 & IvmIU Um 1 wu U U WW I ft & " . ; . . J . no hues, inspire a new national life, con- r cr;nfi, ir5fv r our principles, enauic our national auiuiuuus. auumuw : a i- fnr it. Is there no historic pride ; is me- uiory dead ; has a fatal fury struck blind- ness or Hate into eyes tnat useu L-indTv toward each other, that read the ' enmo Bible, that hung over the historic r.npS nf our national glory, that studied r-o ,. o r .i,;, ,,i:r tho : sam Constitution l Let this uplit- t.;n,rin.r hank all the past that was good, o o , . v.j -t, but leave in darkness all that is bad. t was never before so wholly unspotted so clear of wrong, as pure and simply tne 7Aon of iustice and liberty. Uia. x say that we brought back that you bore away Noble and heroic sir it is not thtf same ; it , Viotfov lilpssitifTS Hi.m tlinsr nf old : thnt it . inn irionns irnm rnnir niinnn- . is more and better than it was. The land is free from slavery since that banner tell. When God would prepare Moses for emancipation, he overthrew his first steps, and drove him for forty years to brood in the wilderness. When our flag came down, four years it lay brooding in dark ness : it cried to the Lord' "Wherefore ! am I deposcr ?" Then arose before it a ! vision of its sin. It had strengthened ! the strong and forgotten the weak : it proclaimed iioerty, out trod upon slaves. In that seclusion it dedicated itself to liberty. Behold, to-day it fulfills its vows. "When it went down four million people had no flag. To-day it rises, and ' four million people cry out 'Behold our flag ! The mighty hand of Government made strong in war, by the favor of the God of battles, spreads wide to-day the linnnnr nf HVinrfTT f li o f wnnf IrtTtrn in rlo-rl- ness, that arose in light, and there it streams like the sun above It neither parceled out nor monopolized, but flood ing air with light for all mankind. Ye scattered and broken ; ye wounded and dying, bitten by fiery serpents for op- nrflsssnn AVfrvvlifrf in nil t,lii wnrlil i I . , ww-in..w.w. ... .... . w n v . . u . - . . ... looisjoipon the sign luted up anl live lookaoipon the sign lifted up and live and . , . 3'c homeless and houseless slaves, look and ye are free. look At length you, too, have part and lot jn this glorious ensign that broods with impartial love over small aud great, the ( poor and strong, the bond and free. In this i solemn hour let us pray for the quick coming of reconciliation and happiness uuder this common flag. God docs not stretch out his hand, as he has for four dreadful years, that men may easily for get the niisrht of his terrible act. Res tore things as they were ? What, the alienations and jealousies, the discords and contention and causes of them 1 No. In that solemn sacrifice in which a nation has offered up for its since as ma- nj precious victims, loved and lamented, let our sins and mistakes be consumed utterly. No. never again shall things be restored as before the war. It is writ-' ted in God's decree of eveuts fulfilled, j "old things arc passed away ;" that new earth in which dwellcth righteouness ' draws men. Emerging' from such a prolonged Ec- j hellion, he is bliud who tells you the States by a mere amnesty and benevo- knee of the Government can be put a- gain by a mere decree in its old place. It. .11 i -i It it ntaunz nuo ULtu uu uuu umn broken. You must put in new warp and woof, and weaving anew, as the fabric beads of justice, love and liberty, Mr. lecher proceeds by showing what had Rcen setuea anu aetermiueu uy uie war , first, that these United States shall be one.and indivisible; second, tnat states 'are not absolute sovereigns, and have not a right to dismember the Republic ; third, that universal liberty is indispensable to republican Government, and that sla very shall be forever abolished. Such are thc.rcsults of the war. They are the best fruits of war ; they arc worth all they have cost. They are the foundations of peace ; they will secure the benefits to all nations as well as to ours. Our high est wisdom aud duty is to accept facts as , the decrees of God. We arc expected to forget all that has happened ; yes, the under that bright child of the sun banner, with the eyes of the nation and tne worm upon us, wu mpuut uiu djjiu- bles of God s providence aud recite the solemn deerees : No more disunion ; no more Secession ; no more slavery. (Ap plause). He next proceeded to review the causes of our civil war and the condition and endencies of Southern society, and con luded as follows : From the pulpit of brokeu stone we shriek forth our earnest to our land; We offer to tho President of these United States our solemn congratulations that God has sus tained his life and health under the un parallcd burdens and suffering's of four bloody years, and permiticu mm to ue hold this auspicious consummation of that national unity lor which lie lias waited with so much patience aud fortitude, and for which he has labored with such dis interested wisdom. (Applause.) To the members of the Government associated with him in the administration of perilous affairs in critical times : to the Senators and Rcnrcscutatives of the United States, who have eagerly iastencd tne instrument . n 1.1 4 hv which nonular will might express and enforce itself, we tender our grateful thanks. (Applause To the oflicers and men of the array and navv who have faithfully,1 skilfully, gloriously upheld their country's authority hv Riifferin? long an&sublirae courage, top nffpr a heart tribute beyond the compass of words. (Great applause.) Upon those true and iauniui uiuaeua, men and women, who have borne up with unflinching hope is in the darkest hour, ,and covered the land with their labors o love and charity, we invoke the Divine blessing of Him whom they have so truly imitated (applause); but chiefly to the God of our Fathers we render thanks giving and praise for that wondrous Providence that has brought forth from such a harvest of war the seed of so much liberty and peace. We invoke peace up on the North : peace be upon the West peace be upon the South. In the name of God we lift our banner, and dedicate it to Peace Union and Liberty, now and forever. Great applause.) UTAUGUEATIOHT OF PARSON BEOWfT I0W. HIS PATRIOTIC ADDRESS. The inauguration of W. G. Brownlow, Governor elect of Tennessee, took place at Nashvillo on Wednesday, and was at tended with great eclat His address was somewhat lengthy and interesting. Af ter rciernng to matters personal, and to the powers of the pen and the sword, he said : Gentlemen, your amended Constitution wipes out the institution of slavery, and denies to the Legislature, in all time to come, the right to recognize property in man. in this sweenmcr act or emancma- tion you have, in due time, abated a nui sance which for years past has obstructed all the avenues to agricultural, mechani cal, manufacturing, and commercial de velopment. In this emergency the duty of prompt action becomes imperative, and even the advocates of gradual emancipa tion which means the gradual putting down of the rebellionfound themselves powerless in the claims of a higher civil and State necessity, which demand the prompt abatement of the evil. The wick ed authors of the rebellion were told that in the Union, and under the Constitution their slave property was safe, and that it could not be safe anywhere else. Not one year elapsed after the war commenced before the institution of slavery, in all the border States, become utterly demor alized. The owner lost all control over his slave ; and the slave having got out of the Union, and from under the Constitu tion, has neither been itinerating at will or lying around loose. The history of the past shows to every candid mind that slavery has conferred no benefits upon Tennessee. It has been a stumbling block in the way of her ad vancement. Her people have felt the ef fect of its degrading influence, and her growth and prosperity have been retard ed by the exclusion from her borders of both capital and educated labor. One of the signs of the times is, that the natural features of the southern States are now nowhere expatiated upon, in or der that enterprising emigrants may be led to come among us, and add to our capital and enterprise. Tennessee holds out inducemcuts to wealthy and industri ous emigrants that no other State can of fer. The soil, from Johnston to Shelby, possesses extraordinary fertility; it a bounds in clear and, delightful gushing streams ; its mineral wealth of coal, iron, lead, zinc, copper, and other valuable pro ducts, is inexhaustible. Its climate is mild and salubrious, a voiding the extremes of both North atf'd South, and affording remunerative mar kets for everything grown upon our pro lific soil. Land is cheap, and by no means difficult to clear. No State is so admira bly adapted for the growth of cereals fruits, grapes, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses and mules. The winters are short, and generally so mild that stock may run out without particular care. The summers are free from the intense heat of the gulf States, and the entire State abounds with mineral springs, many of which are hand somely improved, and before the rebellion were places of popular resort. The signs of the times indicate very clearly-that the war is about drawing to a close , that the rebels are exhausted; that their commissariat has no food and their treasury no money; that their army is melting away by desertions and deaths on the battle-field, and that there are no ma terials left with which to fill up their de pleted ranks. In short, there is everything to encourage tho. friends of the Union as hey enter upon the summer campaign ; but there is also everything to admonish ... i i n us tnat wc must giro ourselves ior our best efforts. The hardest work, nay, the bloodiest work, of the war is in all proba bility ahead of us, in ridding our coun try of guerrillas, robbers, and professional thieves passing for Confederate soldiers. If I am anything in politics, I come under the hated appellation of a Federal- ist. a name given to the menus ot tne Constitution of th'e'tTnUcd States, at its formation and adoption, and to the polit- cal party that favored the administration of President Washington the most pure and patriotic party that' ever existed in America 1 hope 1 may be allowed to repeat, without subjecting myself to the change ot egotism, that L have all ray hie long been a Fe'deral Whig, of tlic Wash ington and Hamilton' school. I am the advocate of a concentrated Federal gov ernment ; or, if more acceptable to the fastidious, of a central government, able to maintain its dignity,' to- assert its au thority, and to crush out any rebellion that may be inaugurated. Such a gov ernment is what we want, and what we must have, with ample powers to sustain itself, bavincr due regard for the constitu tional rights of the States, which aro clear WfUfinnfl nnrl sufficiently guarded. I have never been a sectional, but at all times a national, man, supporting men for the Presidency and Vice Presidency without any regard to wbich side of Ma- son and Dixon's line theyjyere born, pr resided at the time of their nomination. I am for doing what every American citizen should be prepared to do willing to live and die for America, as she is and has been ; but America without the Fed eral Union, and blight, ruin, and "decay l l r !3 fWr bid a long farewell to the last remnant of earth's beautv. and! the light of civil and religious liberty. . .. . ... Wno among us, gentlemen, or our gen eration, can estimate the value of the A merican Union? Proud, happy, thrice happy America the home of the oppress ed, the asylum of the emigrant, where the citizens of every clime, the children mcled as the wild winds of heaven. VL lilVilj wivvt, 1UI1U1 1411V4 UUV1UU4- 7"? " l u 7Tru a.vea; Baptized at the fount of liberty, in fire j ti i j 1 . i i.! 'l i? i ;.u: :i"7ff-iPn 1V, VU1U UlUai UM bllU UUUIti llJill, luiina not at the name of tho America Union ! When the old world, with "all its pomp, and pride, and circumstance," and the malice of its monarchies towards our gov ernment, shall be covered with oblivion when thrones shall have crumbled and dynasties shall have been forgotten may this glorious Union, despite the mad schemes of southern fire-eaters aud north ern copperheads, stand amid regal ruin and national desolation, towering sublime, like the last mountain in the deluge, ma jestic, immutable, and magnificent! In pursuance of this, let every loyal man who loves his country aud her insti tutions shake off the trammels of south ern treason, and swear upon the altar of his country, in the language of the inflex ible patriot of the Hermitage : "The Federal Union it must and shall be pre served." Then we shall see every heart a shield, and a drawn sword in every hand, to preserve the ark of our political safety. Then we shall see a fabric rear ed upon our national Constitution which time cannot crumble, persecution shake, fanaticism disturb, or evolution change, but which shall stand among us like our lofty and stupendous Lookout mountain, while the earth rocks at its feet, and the thunder peals above its head. In conclusion, gentlemen, allow mc to say that this session of the Legislature will be one of vital importance. Grave questions will be agitated, discussed, and passed upon. But I leave for a future and official communication the mention of measures proper for your consideration. And may the blessing of onr Heavenly Father attend your deliberations here, and may the guidance of the unseen Hand preserve your families in your ab sence ; may your legislation prove saluta ry ; and may your sobriety, morality, in dustry, and patriotism wiu for you the merited commendation of "Well done, good and faithful servants." m ti LETTER OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH. lie confesses that lie. was engaged in a Plot to capture and carry off the President. His participation in the Execution of John Brown. A Seces sion Rhapsody. From The Phila. Inquirer. The following verbatim copy of a letter, in writing which is the hand-writirig of John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, has been furnished us by the Hon. Wm. Mill ward, United States Marshal of the Eastern District of Penn sylvania. It was handed over to that of ficer by John S. Clarke, who is a brother-in-law of Mr. Booth. The history con nected with it is somewhat peculiar. In November, 1864, the paper was deposited with Mr. Clarke by Booth", in a sealed envelope, "for safe keeping." Mr. Clarke being ignorant of the contents. In Jan uary last Booth called at Mr. Clarke's house, asked for the package and it was given up to him. It is now supposed that at that time he took out the paper and added to it his signature, which ap-. pears to be in a different ink from that used in the body of the lcttor, and also from tho language employed could not have been put to it originally. After ward he returned the package to Mr. Clarke again for sale keeping, sealed and bearing the superscription "J. Wilkes" Booth." m The in closure was preserved by the family without suspicion of its nature After the afflicting' information of the as sassination of the President, which came upon the family of Mr. Clarke with crush ing lorce, it was considered proper to open tire envelope. There were found in it I the following paper, with some beveu: Thirty United States bonus, and ccrtin caj.es ot shares in oil companies.' Mr. Clarke promptly handed over the paper to Marshal Millward, in whose custody it now remains. From a perusal of this pa- 1 i 1 .1 ,.il k,r per it seems to nave Dceu prupuiuu uj Booth as au indication oi some ucayuiaM; act which he had in conteriiplatfbu ; ad'd from the 'language used it is proDaoio !. ,i 7 oiwWt. th Prpsulont. U17 lb. Z?rv : : th" T? was mdditatcd, it failed, and from making' ? pAoncr of the President to his assassi-, a prisoner u nation was au easy aij iui u u.uu u . . . . , nation wa-- J i tWupon mc one kind word; a place now TKnth was one of the party wo was en - fa?cd in the John Brown' time he doubtless his associates . I 1 l 1. ! ..I. Atvlnkinnfnl Ifl : " Pnllnws! capture and execution oi,urw" . rA , ,. , ,J of Ossawattomie, at which come a pnvra wmior or a uVggur. xo imbibed from Wise and' BWX 1U1U' . V " , . . " ' -""s 1U God is my judge. I love justice nioro , 1 1 tiian I do country thai disowns. iV; more My Dear Sir : You may use this as than' fame, aud wealth; more (Heaven par you' think best. But as some may wish doa me if do wrong) thau a hajfyy homo; ' to , know w7ien who and wAy, and as.j know how, to direct, I giye it (in the" J words of your master) "TO WnOM IT MAY COXGEEN :" Right or wroDg, God judge me, not man. lor be my of one thing I am motive good, or bad on rp the lasting con- demnation of the North. I love peace more than life. Hare. loved nXm b d expression. For r t-x.j i. j i iuui jcaio uavu x waueu, iiopea auu pray- Hoped and pray ed for the dark clouds to break,- and for-d restoration of our former sunshine. To wait longer would be a crime. All hope for peace is dead. ' My prayers have, proved as idle as my hopes. God's will be done. I go to sec and share the bitter lend. ' - : I have ever held tho South were fight." , nil 1 T-1J The very nomination of Abraham Lincoln ' rnny. VQ n D i;i .,. I jum.u "nu) ouuau uiaiuiji not Tt mi southern rights and institutions.. His election proved it. "Await an overt act." Yes, till you are bound and.plun dered. What lofty f Tho Soutn was wise. Who thinks of argument or pa tieuce when the finger of his enemy press es on the trigger ? n a foreign wdr t,' too, could say, "country, right orwrongi". But in a struggle such as ours (where tho' brother tries to pierce the brother's heart), for God's sake, choose the right. When a country like this spurnsusJice from her. side she forfeits the allegiance of every5 honest freeman, and should leave him,' untrameled by any fealty soever, to act as his conscience may approve. . People of the North, to ha'te tyranny, ttf I07C liberty and justice, to strike at wrong and oppression, was the teaching of our fathers. The study of our early, history will not let me forget it, and may it never. ... ,. , This country was formed for the white not for the black man. And looking up-. (M African Slavery from the .same standi point held by the noble framers of our Constitution, I, for one, have ever consid ered it one of the greatest blessings (botn. for themselves and us) that God ever be stowed upon a favored nation. Witness heretofore our wealth and power ; witness their elevation and cnlightcment above their race elsewhere. I have lived amng it most of my life, and have seen less,' harsh treatment from master to man than I have beheld in' the North from father to son. Yet, Heaven knows, no one would, be willing to do more for the negro, race' than I, could I but see a way to still bet ter their condition. But Lincoln's policy is only preparing;, the way for their total annihilation. The South are not, nor have they been fyht-m ing for their continuance ot Slavery. The first battle of Bull Run did awaj. with that idea. Their causes sxnee for war have been as noble and greater far than those that urged pur fathers ori.: Even should we allow that they were wrong at the beginning of this contest,' cruelty and injustice have made the wrong become the right,, and they stand cow (before" flic won'dc'r and affirmation' of the world) as a noble band of patriot-, ic heroes. Hereafter, reading of their deeds, Thermopylae will be forgotten. When I aided in the capture and exc- cution of John Brown, (who was a mur- derer on our Western border, and who' was fairly tried and convicted, before an' impartial judge and jury, of treason, and' wlio, by the way, has since been made a god), I was proud of my little share in the transaction, for I deemed it my duty and that I was helping our common coun-' try to perform an act of justice. But" what was a crime in, poor John Brown" is now considered (by tnemselves). as the" reatest aiid..only virtue of the whole Rd-i publicau party. oirangc transmigration! a virtue, simply because-' Vice to become more indulge in it. I thought tlien, as now, that the Abo litionists was the ouly traitors in the land,' and that the entire party, deserved the' same fate: of poor old Brown, not because" they wish to abolish Slavery, but on ac count of the means they have ever endea-". vored to use to'effect that aboliiiori. If Brown were living I doubt whether he himself would set Slavery against the U nion. Most or many iu the North do, and openly curse the Union, if the South arc to" return and retain a single right' guaranteed to them by every tie wbich" we once; revered' as sacred. The South can make no choice. ,. It is cither exter mination or Slavery for themselves (worsV than death) to draw fr'oni. I know my1 choice. : I have also studied hard' to'discover up'- on what grounds the righl of a Statex to secede has. been" defied, wTienj.on'r very name, United States, and the Declaration of Independence, both provide for Scces-" slbn. But tlVdre is fib' time for wWds.; I write in haste. I kuow how foolish I 'shall be deemed for undertaking such a step as this, where, on the one ,sido, have many friends and everything to make mc happy, whST'e my profession a-' f lone has gamed me s has gained me an income or moro,. 1 than 820,000 a year, and where my great:' personal ambition in my. profession W such a great field for labor. On the oth. cr hand, tho South has never bestowed ' where I have no friends, except beneatb aQ so dearly, (although they so widelv dilTey, with me iu opinion), seems yfaaoe f p ihn anA a nlace whore I must either he-
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