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
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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-