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THE EARTHQUAKE AT MANNILLA.
The Diarro de Jlannilla, of the 6th
June, states that this is the most se
vere earthquake experienced in the
Phillippines since the year 1646.
The cathedral, the royal chapel, St.
Domingo, St. Isabel San Juan de
Dios, the palace, several schools, the
military hospital. the buildings oc
cupied by the tribunal of commerce,
and indeed all the public buildings
were razed to the ground. .Many
priests and people were at vespers in
the cathedral when the shock came.
some of whom escaped—those being
in the, back part of the edifice; the
front only having fallen, burying in
its ruins many of the worshippers,
and killing eight priests. The Gov
ernor was fortunately away from
home when the palace fell, many of
his family having with difficulty ex
tricated themselves fro% the ruins.—
The shrieks and wailings of the peo
ple buried in the ruins and not res
cued on the morning of the 4th are
described as something fearful.
The followina b is from the Straits
Times, Overland Mail, of the 21st of
June . "On the 3d inst,; at half past
seven in the evening, a circumam
bieut flame was seen to rise from
earth and gird the city of Manilla
(the 'Beauteous Flower of the East,'
as she is finely and poetically- desig
nated by her possessors,") at the
same time a most terrific quaking of
the earth took place. It lasted
scarcely a minute, but in that short
space nearly the whole of fair Manilla
had been reduced to a heap of ruins.
The abomination of desolation has
taken possession of her pallaces, her
temples and her dwelling-places, and
death and destruction have ridden
triumphantly over the land.
We believe that upwards of a thou
sand have been killed, and many
thousands wounded, but it is imposs
ible to say or to estimate. Scarcely
an edifice has escaped without dead
or wounded. The good priests, their
choristers and sacritans, and the
faithful who were hearing the ves
pers of Corpus Christi, have been
nearly all burried and suffocated un
der the ruins of the cathedral and
other churches. The only church
that has escaped wholly is San Au
gustin, the same that withstood the
tremendous shock of 1646. The pal
ace, and nearly all the public and
private, as well as commercial edifi
ces, have either been thrown down
or shaken from their foundations.—
Thank God! not a single foreigner
has been killed, but two we hear,
have been seriously hurt, though
not dangerously. The Rodrigues
property, left to the British nation,
and where the British consul it° was
has been entirely destroyed, and is
nothing but a mass of ruins.
JOH P.HELAN
We must felicitate Spain on the
conduct of her subjects here, of all
classes, during this great and sudden
trial; they acted admirably. The
governor-general and the archbish
op set a brilliant example, which
has been copied nearly by all, of
calmness, fortitude, resignation and
energetic sympathy. The city is
deserted nearly, fur the edifices
threaten to fall suddenly, and there
may be (though Heaven furefend it)
a repetion.
Before the earthquake took place
sulphurous odors were perceived,
rumbling like the firing of ordnance,
and then like the approach of an im
mense •locomotive and train. The
flame that surrounded the city was
seen from the bay to ascend towards
the sky; and another, a tippled
snake one, came from the land over
the water to the shipping, and
threw them up at least two or three
feet, while on shore the earth has
everywhere sunk at least two feet.
God help us ; we are all sick and
nervous, and require all our faith and
confidence to sustain us."
Whilit a reporter was on a tour of
inspection to the wounded, at the
late battle at Gettysburg, he had
his attention drawn to a singular
looking young man, upon whom
death had already sot his mark.—
While admiring his tender age and
fragile build, the young sufferer
opened his soft hazel eyes, and look
ing up, said :
"Won't you please raise my head
and rub my hands ?—ft cramps so."
The reporter complied, and asked
of him his name. lie stated that it
was James Warner, of London coun
ty, Vt.
It' was then that be knew this
young sufferer to be in the rebel ser
vice. Irpon questioning him he sla
ted that tie never entered the rebel
service willinglythat both of hie
parents were Union people.
"Won't you tell my mother, when
You get an opportunity, that I am
happy and expect to , meet her in
heaven ? Willvou ern driak,
and then I shall die eneyl"
The reporter, of coarse, isequles7
ced, and gave the little retial sullroer
nil the attention and entise4tittn he
ceald bestow.
41 4. 1 1110 , 0414 dft. rfro
wean standing by theip iate meaty,
44464 ' ator l w thoirritailato,
blessing him 'pith that " . atteat*
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3; istEllantouo.
AN INCIDENT.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE ' COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1868.
that only the brave know how to
bestow.
A REMEDY FOR THE DIFFHERIA.
This affection which comprises
those that are known under the vari
ous names of bad sore throat, angi
na, croup and the French cangine
coueneuse,' has hitherto been consid
ered one of the most difficult to cure.
We some time back gave an account
of Doctor Trideu's method, which
consists in administering borax, un
der the form of a syrup, but we now
find in the Revenue 7herapeutique a
paper by Dr. A. DeGrand Boulonge
—vice consul at Havana—in which
he mentions ice to be an infalliable
specific. As this, from its extreme
simplicity, would, if effective, be far
superior to any yet tried, we cannot
refrain from quoting the cases men
tioned by the author, who had pub
lished this remedy as far back as
February, 1860, and consequently
complains [not without reason if its
efficacy is such as he describe it] of
the inexcusable negligence-of practi
tioners in not taking notice of it,
thereby allowing many valuable lives
to be lost- The following cases came
under his observation after that date.
In the month ofllarch and April,
1861, the disease in question broke
out under an epidemic form, and
chiefly attacked adults, with such
virulence that in one week three
young ladies died in .one house.—
One of Dr. DeGrand's patients, af
flicted with blephacite, was seized
with it, and as he could not immedi
ately attend, owing to the severity of
the case, another physician was call
ed in, who ordered emetics and alum
inous gargle, which produced no ef
fect. At length Dr. DeGrand came
and found the tonsils greatly swol
len and a false membrane covering
them. He immediately administer
ed small pieces of ice, and by the fol
lowing morning •the tumefaction of
the tonsils had diminished by half,
and the false membrane had nearly
disappeared, That very evening the
was enabled to take food. Profiting by
this example, a few days after . her
brother was seized with sore throat,
presenting the same preliminary
symptoms as those of his sister, but
he without waiting for the doctor
took some ice, and he was rid of his
sore throat shortly after doing so.
Some days later; Dr. DeGrand was
summoned to a young lady who was
laboring under the disease for some
forty-eight hours; all remedies had
failed, and the parents and friends
of the family were plunged
in the, deepest grief. When Dr.
DeGrand ordered ice, a general cry
of astonishment was uttered by all
present.
Ice for a soro throat! Impossible!
It was sheer murder ! Dr. DeGrand
maintained his ground, and after
much expostulation, during which
much time was lost, he obtained his
end. Before twenty-four hours were
over the patient was in full convales
cence. Being at Vera Cruz on a mis
sion, he was requested to see a young.
man who was attacked with malio
nant sore throat and had been treated t
without effect by cauterization with
hydrochloric acid and astringent
gargles. Here, again he had to bat
tle with the prejudices of the family,
but was at length allowed to admin
ister ice. The young man recovered
in the course of the following day.—
Dr. DeGrand has now been using
this remedy for the last twelve years
without having met with even a sin
gle failure.— The Galignami
"GREENBAOKS."
Yew people, perhaps, are aware
why the national currency is print
ed with green-backs, therefore we
will explain the reason :
"Ever since the adoption of paper
currency, it has been the constant
study of bank-note engravers to
get up some plan of printing bills
that could not be counterfeited. In
this they only partly suceedod till as
late as 1857, a man named Stacy J.
Edson invented a kind of green ink,
which be patented June 30th of that
year. It is called anti photograph
ic, on account of its color, and tun
not be dislodged with alkies by coun
terfeiters,
to got a complete fac-sim
ile of the bills. And as it is a secret
only known by the American Bank
Note Company and the investor, it
is impossible to counterfeit the green
back money. It was never a lead
ing feature in the bill; but even if
the composition of the ink was known
it would be of no use, as the work
could not be copied from the genuine
bills as with any other kind of ink.
The date of the patent can be seen
in sit the bills, in small print.
LEATHER BONNETS AND FLOWERS.
Dame Fashion now endorses the
generally received opinion that
for some things there is "nothing
like leather." The Philadelphia
Gazette says :—"We yesterday were
shown ladies' hi:limits made of leatk
er. What is more, they are very
pretty. In a week or so they will
be in market. We also examined
verybevitifhl artificial flowers, the
oliagla Of Which was of the same
material. The colors a aligns& t)ie
1404=8,1 atte'lf !Am wateXi.lik—~tei,
in -dieseiakt- 4104 4 * TAP Om is
about' +44 Ajomil 2 4 fag • auttibilt.llo
'Caw fig amain' A,yr pe)set."
g—A terrible catastrophe occered
recently at Meraza, a small village
near Malaga. Four carts laden each
with fifty quintals of gunpowder, for
the works of the Malaga railway,
had just passed through the village,
when suddenly a loud explosion took
place, the four vehicles having blown
up. Eleven persons—men, women
and children and twenty-two horses,
lost their lives• A shepherd who
was keeping his flock at a short dis
tance from the spot was also killed,
and nearly the whole of his sheep.
THE POWER OF A FIRM RESOLVE.
I remember a man in Stafford
shire who was drunk every day of
hislife. Every farthing he earned
went to the ale-house. One evening
he staggered borne, and found, at a
late hour, his wife sitting alone, and
drowned in tears. He was a Mali
not deficient in natural affections;
he appeared to be struck with the
wretchedness of the woman, atid
with some eagerness, asked bar why
she was crying.
"I don't like to tell you, James,"
she said, "but if I must I must; the
truth is, my children have not touch
ed a morsel this blessed day. As for
me, never mind me; I must leave
you to guess how it has fared with
me. But not one morsel of food
could 1 beg or buy for those children
that lie on that bed before you; and
I am sure, James, it is better for us
all we should die, and to my soul, I
wish we were dead !"
"Dead !" said James, starting up
as if a flash of lightning darted upon
him ; "dead Sally ! You, and Mary,
and the two little ones dead ! Look
ye, my lass, you see what I am now
—like a brute. )rave wasted your
substance—the curse of God is upon
me. lam drawing near the pit of
destruction—but, there's an end I
feel there's an end. Give me that
glass, wife."
She gave it to him with astonish
ment and fear. He turned it topsy
turvy, and striking the bottom with
great violence, and flinging himself
on his knees, made a most solemn
vow to God, of repentance and so-•
briety. From that momcnt to the
day of his death he drank no fermen
ted liquors, but confined himself en
tirely to tea and water. I never saw
so sudden and astonishing a change.
His looks became healthy, his cot
tage neat, his children clad, his wife
happy; and twenty times the poor
man and his wife, with tears in their
eyes, have told me the story, and
blessed the evening of the 14th of
March, the day of James' restora
tion and shown me the glass he held
in his hand when he made the vow
of sobriety. - It is all nonsense about
not being able to work without ale,
gin, and cider, and fermented liquors.
Do lions and cart-horses drink ale ?
It is a mere habit
THE INSINOERITY OF SOOIAL LIFE.
Who is the prophet that shall un
cover the abysSes of our acted lives
and pour adequate shame on our mu,
tual impositions? Smiles on our fa
ces. with envy and jealousy under
neath ; cordiality in our grasp, with
no connecting nerve between the fin
gers and the heart; deference in our
professions, with no suitable esteem,
no genuine respect, no sacred sincer
ity; invitations issued with a fraud
lurking in their politeness; getting
the company together by one false
hood; greetings of indiscriminate and
extravagant welcome receiving them
with another; fashions made up of
composite illusions, ornamenting
them frith another; and dishonest
reo-rettls at the farewell, dismissrng
them with another—who will dare
to affirm that these do not enter ap
pallingly into the staple of what wo
call civilized and elegant life ?
When is the rugged, truth speaking,
Christian time coming; which shall
tear open and rend apart these guilty
illusions, plant the communion of
soul with soul on some pure and just
foundation, and restore the social
world to its primitive and upright
simplicity?—F, D. Huntington.
A WOMAN SHOOTS HER BROTHER-
18-LAW.
At Franklin, N, IL on Thursday
of fast week, a Fren:thmati, named
Letouch, was shot by the wife of his
brother, and fatally injured. The
trouble 'between the two &rallies
grew out of a spring of water used
by both parties, but which the wo.
man claimed .exclusively. Joseph
went to the spring to procure some
water, when his sister-in-law at
tempted to drive him away by throw
ing stones at him. Not succeeding
in thiS, she produced a gun heavily
loaded Avith buckshot and fired at
him; the Charge Imigmg in his
head and body. The murderess was
arrested instantly.
aiirThere died the other day, at
Metz, France, a "gentleman connect
ed with the prefer," who deserves a
word of respectful memory from ail
the guild. Hin name was Collignon,
printer in that town, and son of a
printer in that town who was a son
of snotneF printer Collignon of thin
sip:w wan -ditto to ditto; and . 80
ott en* nabswiten hogorable.end
• , j o th wyr tounpa t faidl y toe
0 0 0i/PlaN fkr*fit At
milt*_w tiwytiqu . 046.
Reports Brought by a Mlssissippi
Refugee—Spread of the "Taloa
Feellug--Demorallzatlon of
the Rebel Armies.
MEMPHIS, September 4.—A refugee
from Columbus, Miss., has arrived
here, who has been in the Quarter
master's department of the rebel
army. for the past two years and has
had more than ordinary means of
observing. He states that Johnson
loses fifty men per night by deser
tion. His army is dispirited and de
moralized, and those who have not
deserted only wait an opportunity
to do so. The rebel officers estimate
the number of troops between Co
lumbus, Miss., and Corinth . at 7,000.
Two regiments of 'Johnson'.artny
have been sent to Georgia, and Iwo
came up to Oskaloosa recently, to
repel the expected Yankeetaid.
A re-construction meeting bad
been appointed by the Unionists in
the vicinity of Columbus, but
was suppressed by the military.—
There is a strong latent Union feel
ing among the inhabitants, which is
becoming open and bold in the man
ifestation. The citizens regard the
rebel troops as oppressors and in
vaders, and look anxionsly for the",
advance of the Yankees among them.
A deserter from Bragg's army has
reached here, and states that they
are on one third rations, which con
sists of beef, rice and corn-meal.—
Bragg's headquarters are at Shelby
ville, with a force of about twenty
five thousand men much dispirited,
and anxious to throw down their •
arms.
The wheat crop throughout the
country is good, and the Confeder
ate Government is seizing every
tenth bushel for taxes. The rebel
officers acknowledge that they will
be obliged to give up all the country
North of the Coosa river, in St glair
county. The Union feeling is so
strong that secessionists are not al
lowed•to stay there.
In other sections men ate secreted
in swamps and caves, and would join
the Federal army but for the danger
of capture by the rebels while mak
ing their way to our lines. Three
hundred deserters are rendzvoused
in Winston county, all armed and
determined to resist the rebel au
thorities to the last. The rebels are
conscripting negroes at Tailedga to
build brestworks at Selina. These
statements are daily confirmed by
deserters and refugees, and aro be.
lieved to be true.
A deserter from Tupelo, formerly
orderly to General Furguson, has
arrived here and reports that Furgu
son was at Tupello and Pontotoc
with lour thousand cavalry and ten
pieces of art•llery. Also, that Fergu
son corLtemplated a raid on the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad, while
Roddy is to make an attack on Glen
dale, Mississippi, at the same ti me.—
.Newco me, with seven hundred men,
is near Jackson Tennessee, conscript
ing. The sanitary condition of Gen.
Hurlbut's corps is good, and the
troops aro in tine spirits.
General Averlll 9 B Expedition
The following report, dated at
Hutonsville, Vs., August 30th, has
I - .een forwarded by Gen. Averiil to
Gen. Kelly have the honor to
report the safe return of my com
mand to this place, after an expedi
tion through the counties of Hardy.
Pendleton, Bath, Greensboro, and
Pocahontas. We drove Gen. Jackson
out of Pocahontas over the Warm
Spring Monntians in a series of
skirmishes, destroying their salt-pe•
tre works, burnt a camp northwest
of Pocahontas, and captured a large
amount of arms, equipments and
stores. We fought a severe engage
ment with a superior force under the
command of Major General Sam Da.
vis and Col, Patton, at Rocky Gap,
near the White Sulphur Springs.—
The battle lasted during two days.--
We drove the enemy from his first
position, but the want of ammuni
tion, and the .arrival on the second
day, of three regiments to reinforce
the enemy from the direction whence
the co-operation Of Gen. Scamruon
had been promised, decided me to
withdraw my command.
Our loss in the battle was proba
bly Over 100 officers and men killed
and wounded, among whom are Capt.
Paul and Baron Von Hoenig, and
Dr. Camp killed while leading an as
sualt on the enemy's right. and Ma
jor McNally, of the 2nd Virginia, and
Capt. Swing, of the artillery, danger
ously wounded. I have reason to
believe the enemy's loss greater than
ours. One Parr itt gun burst the
first day, and becoming worthless,
was abandoned. Great efforts, up
to noon to day, have been made by
the combined forces of Imboden and
Jackson to prevent (Mr return, but
without success. We have brought
in over 30 prisoners, including a Ma
jor and tyro or three Lieutenants ;
also a large• number of cattle and
horses.
The, list of viotir-e at 44w
rence, as it now stands, foots up one
hundred and thirty-seven killed,
twenty-tsto • wounded, and three
missing., It is' thotight the killod
will reach as as 'one huridred
and kV. A pusaber of bodles were
as*t44,ii bikr4:44l,:* - Ttke Ic7Mr ink
ProfArt3r , w-lif *Kb Aeitrrlisfttikl
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TREASONABLE SAYINGS , 01' 0. L.
VALLANDIGNAM.
"Do right; and trust to GOD, and
TRIM', and ,the PEOPLE. Per
ish office, perish honors, perish life
itself, but do the thing that is right,
and do it like a mail."
"Devoted to the ;Union from the
beginning, I will not desert it now,
in this hour of the sorest trial."
"Not believing the soldiers respon
sible for the war, or its purposes, or
its consequences, I never withheld
my vote where their separate inter
ests were concerned."
"Sir, I am against disunion. I
find no more pleasure in a southern
disunionist than in a northern 'or
western disunionis."
"I. am not a friend of the Con
federate States or their cause, but itio
enemy."
".1 am a Democrat—for Constitu
talon, for Law, for Union, and for
Liberty."
'Never, with my consent, eball
peace be purchased AT THE PRICE OF
DISUNION,'
"No order of banishment, execut
ed by superior force, can release me
from my right as a citizen of Ohio
and of the United States. * * *
Every sentiment and expression of
attachment to the Union and devo
tion to the Constitution--to my
country—which I have ever cherish
ed or uttered, shall abide unchanged
and unretracted until my return."—
If the above extracts contain trea
son, then Mr. Vallandigham is a
traitor, for they are his life-long sen
timents.
A PREDIOTION FULFILLED.
Henry Laurens was President of
the Continental Congress in 1779.—'
In 1780 he was sent as Minister to
Holland. On his way ho was cap
tured, and imprisoned in the Tower
of London for fourteen months.—
When Lord Shelburne became Pre
mier, Laurens was brought up on
habeas corpus, and released. After
his release he was treated with great
kindness and respect by the British
authorities. He dined with Lord
Shelburne. After dinner the con
versation turned on the separation of
the two countries. Lord Shelburne
remarked :
"I am sorry for your people."—
"Why so ?" asked Laurens. "They
will lose the habeas corpus," was the
reply. "Lose the habeas corpus?"
said Laurens. " Yes," said Lord
Shelburne. "We purchased it with
centuries of wrangling, many years
of fighting, and had it confirmed by
at least fifty acts of Parliament. All
this taught the nation its value, and
it is so grained into their creed, us
the very foundation of their liberty,
that no man or party will ever dare
to trample on it. Your people will
pick it up and attempt to use it ; bat,
having cost them nothing, they will
nut know how to appreciate it. At
the first great internal fued that you
have the majority will trample upon
it, and the people will permit it to
be done, and so will go you'• liberty!'
—Published Journal of Henry Lau
rens.
It is enough to make the cheek of
every American tinge with shame
for the Englishman's prediction has
been verified. The people have suPr.
ed an Administration to disregard the
habeas corpus and trample upon their
liberty.
"WAR DEMOORATS.
The Abolitionists, who used to
ridicule Democrats as " Union.
Savers," took to themselves the ti
tle of " Union" men, and called
their party a "Union" party to make
it popular. But having rendered
that designation almost as odious as
was their late name of" Republican,"
they have hit upon a new dodge—
that of calling themselves Demo
crats—" War Democrats." They
are holding meetings all over the
country and styling them Coitven-
Mons of , "War Democrats." The
speeches made and the resolutions
at these meetings betray the voice
and the ears of the real Abolition
animal. Wait a little, and we shall
probably soon hear these same Abo
lition "War Democrats" swearing
that they are bona fide "Peace Demo
crats."
Warn is only a little more than a
year—July 6.186`,---since Mr. Sew
ard, as Secretary of State, wrote to
Mr. Adams, our Minister to England
as follows:
"It seems as if the extreme advo
cates of African slavery and its most
vehement opponents were acting in
concert together to precipitate a
servile war—the former by making
the most desperate attempt to over
throw the Federal Union, to latter
by demanding an edict of universal
etnancipation,.us lawful and neces
sary, if not, .as they say, the only le
gitimate way of saving tElt Union."
Ara reeley is jealous of Phillips. In
the last ladependet he erives through a
colnitra kkihdar thaiebe latter and Gar
rison the,elPicieators of the anti
alavery_orevanreat.
NEW SERIES.--VOL.
.5, NO. 164
A CAPITAL SPEECR
HON, SAMUEL S. HAYES OF ILLINOIS,
PORTLAND, MAIN.E.,
August 10th, 18163.
Mr. Hayes was serenaded at the
Preble House by a large assemblage
of the Democrats of Portland. Af
ter the band had played several airs,
he was introduced to the audience,
with some preliminary remarks, by
Hon. D. D. M. Sweat, the merabsy
ofVongress from th e' drstrict, *lee
be spoke as follows :
Fellow Democrats :
In common with other the extur
sionista from Detroit, Milwatikee
and Chicago, most of whom have
now left you, I shall-bear with me
to my distant hopie a lasting remem
brance of the kindness, the courte
sy, and the boundless 'hospitality of
the people of Portland. [cheers.l—
this exhibition of gpod will, this
compliment from you, my' political
friends, fills me with emotions' that
1 cannot find words to exprtiss. 1
can on!y return you .my profound'
thanks for the honor; although I
know it is no merit of mine, a
stranpr as 1 am, but the brother
hood of a sacred cause, the cause of
the Constitution, the Union, aud.the
liberties of our country, to which
Democrats everywhere are sworn,
that thus meets our recognition.—
[Great cheering, with interruption,
and shouts of disapproval from a
large number of Abolitionists siland
ing together in a part of the crowd.]
1 presume you expect from me
some remarks upon the political is
sues which are now shaping them
selves in this gloomy atmosphere of
civil war. Those issues, lately dim
and shifting, are becoming more dis
tinct.
Two years ago we thought we had
done with politics—at least till the
close of the rebellion. The cannon
ade of Sumter awokg us to arms.—'•
Its thunder met in mid air, from
Casco Bay to San Francisco, from
Canada to Virginia, in every valley,
and on every hillside ; by the, angry
shouts of a united 'people, -deter
mined, at , every hazard of flilliP and
fortune, to crush a wicked rebellion,
and punish the conspirators who
hid hatched it into being. [Ap
plause.] Party ties and party creeds
were forgotten. Republicans pledged
themselves to throw aside their par
ty platform, and Democrats to sup
port a Republican Administration in
a war for the Conititation and the
Union. [Cheers.] By a vpte near
ly unanimous, Congress passed the
Crittenden resolutions„deelaring.the
Democratic doctrine of to-day, that
the war was to be prosecuted only
for the preservation of the Constitu
tion and the restoration of the
Union, and that when the States - in
rebellion had laid down their arms
they should be received': back into
the Union with their original rights
an d sovereignty unimpaired.
[Cheers and confusion. .A voice Trona
the crowd, "can't sec it." - .
Mr. Hays—There are none so
blind as those who woretaee. (Great
applause-)
This promise and this policy g ave
.
satisfaction to the country. The
tramp of hurrying thousands was
heard in your street* and on your
highways; not conscripts,hunted ,
down by dragoons, gathred into
forts and upon lonely islands, but
volunteers, marching gladly to, the
field of battle an 4 of death.—
[Cheers.] One million men .offered
themselves, willingly, es soldier* of
the Republic. All needed supplies
of men and money were voted cheer;
fully, by you Democrats, throzigli
your representatives, to be used by
the President whose electionjoa
had opposed. You were true to
your pledges and to your duty. How
was it with the leaders of the A.&
ministration party ? No sooner had
they received your free-will offerings
for the publieserviee—no sooner had
your sons and your brotheta,
,with
unfaltering trust, taken the 'military
or.th, skrid bound themselves W.."
soldier's obedience for three ieter . %
than the veil of patrkkiiim Was
moved aside, and the Ilideotu3 fea
tures of a ferocious fanaticism were
revealed toyour i astonishetl , gaze. .-
jApplajtse and great ezeitamaanies
Military orders licensing plallidim
and rapine, thenfiscation aiyL, ,the
creation of provost fuel-014. and
judge advocates to arrest- and,. try
civilians, the enactment by Execu
tive decree of a new and vague of
fence, termed disloyal praieticom-Aan
offence unknown to the Coastitakfita
and laws ; the , seizure in peiseeful
communities and. imprisonment in
distant S4ates) withcallron i ess, trial
or conviction, of American citizens;
the abolition proclamation and the
Conscription act followed hi (pick
succession. • (Applause, cheers An'
the speaker„and counter cheerofor
Sumner, Butler, &C. COntisumt in
terruption.]'
'My friends, noise is not argittnnnt.
When you. attack free spailo;:y6it
only injure youpicivels- 1 4Y
are virgag, they Will .not fi rt yatt—,„
you easily 4'04, them 011-17