The Tlotia County Agitator: B3PM, IL COBB. Poblisbei every Wednesday nTomin# and mailed to aosiMiberaatONE J FIFTY OUSTS sper year, always I j iADyAN CE. .... ' Tta free to county.subscribers, t tfctogb they'mays^SoOiveitheir mail atposb-officeslo catedin counties immediately adjoining, for conven- The Agftatob fe io Official paper of Tioga Co., and circulates in evi therein. 6nb ” soriptions'bemg lates undfig a class A bst'to *hb, interest of advertisers to reach. Terms to aa i]beral as those of fered by anypapera [ equal circuitftloii la Northern Pennsylvania. j 1 ‘ • JSSt“ A- cross bn "j he [margin of a paper, denotes that the subscription to expire.. ■ - ; &SP* Papers' a stoppcd when the eabacriplion . time expires; unless^i&o'-agent orders their .continu ance. , _. jf * * . lAS.liOWtt'ls'.df S. F,. WILSOS, 1 TTOBNEYS AT LAW.will .dttendtha Ci, pH of Tioga, Pottor and McKean TOantie*;' fiPoUibo y, JFeb. i, 1853 j DICKISSOIHOCSE ;r n, t. , y Haj. Ap Field, . 1;,’...—..;. Proprietor Guests taken toand fromlho llcpotfreo o£charge? jr. EmEBPi - ■% TrOENET AifD COGNSEEEOE AT LAW (CjL Wellsboro, T; ofca Pa. .Will deroto lys time exclusively to ?he‘ practice ’of, law. Collections made in, any of : thi counties of Pennsyl vania. • ' ’■ ; ■ n0v21,60 • . PElftfSYj HatSE. V. , Corner of. Main £j!r<| Avenue, Wellthoro t Pa, J. bjSrl PROPRXEXOE. This popular Hotj i been re-fitted and re furnished throngho* yio aoir open lo the public as a irst-class house. 1 1 1 : »- ' - IZ.IAK v -fAXTOST. HOUSE, " B, ft VERM I Ir&Ai PROPRIETOR. GaiUesJ Jiorjra County, Pa. THIS Is a dew bp&i located within easy access o tho best fishingaad!traiiting , 'grbnnas in Northern Pa. No pains spared.for .the accommodation of pleasure seekers.(. nd the traveling public. April 12,1860. , \ • • . 1 €£C. | * CAHPGI.L, BARBEE '.'if JiAIB-RBESSER. SHOP in She rear' Jtjie Post Office. Everything in his lino will bo., - jioj as .well - and promptly as it can he done in the S ; saloons. Preparations for re moving dandruff, if beautifying the hair, for sale cheap. Hair and % ikoj-s dyed any color. Call and see. Wellsboro, Sef . .22, ,1839. ■ BA^'s’S : lIOTEL. THOMAS - - Proprietor. . ■ • (Formerly if thp Covington Hotel.) THIS HoteJ, kept ftJr ,a Jong tinio-by David Hart, is .being re£ai£eii t Jatid famished anew. The edbscribvr has leased,i,t;|o? of years, where be stay bo' found reiidj tW'wo.U upon his old customers and the traveling publidi generally. ' His table will be provided with Lho best the market affords. At his J>ar may be found the choicest brands Of liquors and cigars. • -„ B Wellsboro, Jan. 21„1853.-tf. WELtSSORO HOTEL. ■ 5, B. • Proprietor. THE PiOpriCior hiOring again taken possession of the above Holeli|wi)l spore no pains to insure the, comfort of gnehts ntjAtiiS traveling public. At tentive waiters aliy-ays ready, fferms^roasonablc, ■ Wellsboro, Jan. 51,J883.-tf. q. w. WEi.tiiirhi’ow & co’§. bank, COR : kij|f'G-, N. Y., '(LOCATED- 111 TIJB' .DiCKIKSO.S HOUSE.) , ‘ American Goldfifcd’B.jtvei: Coin bought and sold,* Now York Eict , dfr, Unourrent Moi< - do. United States I{ .)ftao*Notes "old issue” bought. Collections mad '\a ml jpArts of ,the Union at C«r» .Tent rates Dartienlar pftioX Mtl bs'taken to accommodate our patrons from the 1 Valley. !Onr Office will hp v pea nt 7A. &L; at I' P. M., giving parties passing over tho^'i^ga^Rai l ample time-to transact their .busi'l h bpftfre f-tbo 'departure -of too train in the morhr f, an.d after its arrival in the evening. - f. WELLINGTON, President. . Corning, N. Y., (:feV.JZ, 1862. .IERC ME>B. ■ NILES, ATTORNEY', 1 UOtJNSELLOE AT LAW, NIJIES TAJ lE r', jriOGA COUNTY, PA., HAVING ass? . Sited; himself with a legal firm in Washington ho possesses first rate facilities for tho prosecution i; ' Claims 'for .Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, and all o ,! cr just demands against the Gov ernment. All sut; .'chums will bo attended to with promptness aiui ..lie’-tv, and ‘I no charges’ will mad© unless the qiktioii fs successful. ‘ Widdlebary Cental Kfpy. 12, 1802.-3 m. , JO*IIf;:s.,MANN. ■ A TTom Coudersport, Poi, will on. in - Potter and ,MoK«an Con attention. He trusted-to h.s.carp F f go [ d settling land and wiVaTondTo s**“> nt of taxaS " 7 land * ~ J. 43A.P1PJBEL.L, JB., iI'TORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW, KNOXVILLE, TIpOA COUNTY, PA'. Prompt attention ‘given to the procuring of Pen sions, Buck Pay.<*f Soldiers &e. Jan. 7, lefis.-fiin;* 1 . ,i- ■ WOOiJtcABDI* G AND c LOT I#; t> RES Sl>'G, in- tun- oib foundry at WjsllsbffcouK Ti°S a County, Pa. THE subscribers'll fitted up. the place for the purpose of Vi iM Warding ,nn(L Cloth Dressing, and also would ml > P*p tljje people that we will take wool to manufactv •') op'shaves or by the yard, to suit customers, and w$ jd inform the people that we , con card wool at any/ijnevjis oar works run by steam power, and also tall.wool will bo carded for four ■cents per pound* ■ ifodl wid produce will be taken for ,pay for the same.?*, \ N. B. Prompt t £onH#n will be paid to all •jib. AY-o will civfcadofl&.satiafactioli. *• ” \] - J CHARLES LEE, JOHN LEE.. ATellshoro, June • 1 - HOMESTEAD. Anew stove; and tin shop has just been opened 10, Tioga,'Penaa., where may. bo found a good assortment of Cooking; Parlor and ■Box Stoves, of the mtiat/approred -patterns, and'from ‘the best mahufaot'afcere.iT The HOMESTEAD is ad mitted to'be the I'best' Elevated Oven Store in the co&rkeU The ■- i “\GOLJ)EIs t 'AGE”% good HOPE ” sure rquaro, flat top air tight stoves, with large ovena, with jqaqy advantages pvcr any other store before rm'ul’p. Parlor Shoves,' Tbp Signet and Caspion are very neat and Superior stoves. Also Tin, Copper, aW Sheet Iron ware, kept, con- -bacd'and ybido to order of the best mafe •rial and'workmafshipi all of which will be sold at the lowest or ready .pay. Jofcwork of attended to on call. J Tioga, Jan. 1fjp.60.3w GUERNSEY & SMEAD. CABINET ’ ROOM. THE Bubjtrii i r respectfully announce, that he has on b jad at the- old stand, and for .sale a of Fontitnre. -- .comprising in pitt .... Pmsing and Ccynkioji u ream,- SecrciaTree and 3?opi Caw, flatter, (^ar&'ftnd. Pier- TchUt % Joining and Prcak/ottTahU'r, Mfxfhle-iopped-and 47upbonrdt, C-aUagr and’other _Sedrtettds] Stand*, So /a« and Ohtxirjs, and Poaeicood Moulding* for [ Picture PresaiiA COFFINS instil.jib onto bn abort notice. A hcane will be foruiabeij if ,desired.l r , N. B. Turning IndbSawing done to order. -. ' Aagnrt 11, iqtfr. / . B- X. YASHORK. QTOP that.soigff.Tjy rising Cline's Vegetable 'bJ Embrooatifis Bobadrprtisertient »n another cof ttmn. Sold byjOruy tit, ' [Feb. IS, ISS3.] THK AGITATOR behoteW to tie ZSxttnmn of the &cea of iFm&om atnrthespread of healths fttfwm* V WHILE THERE SHALL EE A WRONG TJNRIGHTED, AND . TOTH "SIAN’S INHUMANITY TO SIAN'’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. ■ ; • >. • , : ; YOL. IX. Select Hoe tog. ' a little geavb. ’’ A;little grave where daisies grow; * - • A Utle body lying low; ■ - That is all the world may know, ' , But oar hearts i - •"■Hold a baby sweet and fair— • ■ •'.; A child with’sunny hair, •, *. r Child of. tendereatlov.e and care— - ' Meenle, Mcenie! • I*,- . In the sweet spring of her day,. , We gave her to the lonely clay,. - From our tear-dimmed eyes away. Hew we loved hqr hone ooh r tfcU? r They.who havelovedlike usatwell;? Loved and lost/ alone may tell— Meenie, Meenie J| Wistful shadows in her eyes, , v " - -f' lake the dreamy haze that lies • •. ~ Trembling in the summer skieS; Apd the burden of a.fear, All unspoken, yet so hear, 1 .Fell on us that weary year— * . Meenle, Meenie 1 . ’ Shrinking from the children** glee, * Keeping close to aotber*e knee, v * . Or in arms that tenderly'- . - Watched her fading, faded she— , ; _ Faded she, odr blofesom fair, t -- ■' Onr little .child math sunny hair. Child of tenderest love and care— ' Mebnio, Weenie*! .Swift the season j come and go; * fall* the drifting snow O'er a little grave we know ; But her feet Have passed in a“t a pearly door. Have trod the shining golden floor,' Fair and fadeless evermore—•" Weenie, Meonie!— Chamber* Journal. General Butlqr’s Views of the War. From his Speech in New York, April 2, 1663. THE NATURE OP THE CONTEST. “ The first question, then, to be ascertained is, What is this contest in which,{he country is engaged ? At the risk of being a little tedious —[applause]—at the risk even of calling yonr attention to what might seem otherwise elemen tary, 1 propose to run down , and condense the history of the contest, and see 1 what it is the whole country is about at this time, and at this hour. That we are in the midst of civil com motion all know, hut what is that commotion ? Is it a riot? Is it an insurrection?. Is it a re bellion ? or, is it a revolution ? And pray, sir— although it may seem a little elementary—what is a riot ? A riot, if I understand it, is simply an outburst of the paC.«ions for a moment, with a breach of the.law, to be pot down and subdued by the civil authorities; if it goes further, to be dealt with by the military authorities. But, you say. Sir, why treat us to a definition of * riot* on this occasion ? 'To that I answer, be cause the aatui..‘.-»»otinn of Mr.- Buchanan dealt with this great change m =»• country ns if it was a riot. ■ [Applause.] Be cause the government officers gave the opinion that in Charleston it wav but a riot; and, as there was no civil authority there to call out tho military, Pen Snmtertnast.be given over to the traitors—and tho* was the beninning of this trouble. Let •* see how it grew up. 1 deal not how w' Q causes but effects—with, facta. p- irec tiv the guns of the-rebels turned upon g aJp Ajr, and the various states of the South, in assembled, inaugurated a series of 'movements which took out of the Union differ ent states; and; as each was taken out, or as sumed to be taken out of the Union, the riot was not found in them, but they became insur rectionary, and the Administration dealt, as you will remember, on the Loth of April, 1801, with this as an insurrection, and called out the military and the militia of the United States for the purpose of subduing an insurrection. I was called at that time into the service to aid, myself, in putting down the insurrection. I found a riot at Baltimore. They burned bridg es. They had hardly risen to the dignity of an insurrection, because the state had not moved, as an organised community ; but a few men were rioting at Baltimore, and marching there at the head of United States troops, os you have done me. the honor to remember, the question come up, ‘What have I before me?’ And there, you will remember, we were to put down all kinds of insurrection, as long as the state of Maryland remained loyal to. the United States, and it had not grown into on insurrec tion, which I understood to be an infraction of the law. Transferred thence to Fortress Mon roe, I found the state of Virginia, through this organization, had taken itself out of the Union, and, erected for itself, or endeavored to erect for itself, a separate government, and I dealt with that State ■as being in rebellion—[ap plause]—and that the property of rebels, of whatever name or nature, should, be dealt with as rebels’ property, subject to the laws of war. [Applause,] 4 HIS power JUSTIFIED. ' “ I have been thus careful, sir, in slating the various steps that I have ."taken, because I nm here answering before the country for acts which I have done, and answering, too, every charge of inconsistency or of wrong. Wrong in judgment I may have been ; hot wrong in intention f>r inconsistent/never. [Applause.] And on the eathe theory I felt obliged, ns loyal to the constitution and laws, to put down insur rection in Maryland, whcther by black or white, as by the same law I, felt myeelf compelled to confiscate all slavo properly in the' rebeUiou% state of Virginia. I am a little sensitive on this-subject.. “I am an old-fashioned Audrey Jackson democrat of twenty years' standing. ~ [Ap plause, and three cheers for the second hero of New Orleans.]-' And so far ns I know, I have never swerved—so help mo Sod—from one of his teachings. [Applause,] Up to the time when this ribellfon .took place, I went as far, sir, ns the fartherest in sustaining the constitu tional rights of'the states, however hitter, how ever distasteful to mo were the obligations that my fathers assumed for me in tbe compromises of the constitution. [Appiause.J But among them all, it was not.for me to pick out or reject —I took them all. / Fellow-democrats, I took every one, because they were all constitutional obligations; and taking each and ail.-I stood by'tbq South] and by southern rights nnder the constitution, until 1 advanced'so fat as to took into the very pit of disunion [latiglitor af d ap j planse,] and seeing'' what was tho -prospect I ILISBORO, tIOGA COUNTY. PA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1863. quietly -withdrew [applause,] and we went from that: hoof far apart.' How far apart you shall judge, when’l tell you that on' the 28th of De cember, 1860, i shook hands in- terms ofper sonol friendship with Jefferson Davie, ‘and on the 28th of December, 1862,1 had the pleasure of readirlg bis proclamation tbqt.l was to be hong at sight. [Laughter.] “ And now, if yon will allow ins this line of thought a moment, as we come up to the point of time when these men laid down their Constitutional obligations, what were my fights and what-wereMheirs ? At that hopr therCepudiated the Constitution of the United- States by solemi¥%(ite, under the forms of law,- in solemn convention. Arid'notonly that, but they took-arms in their faand| and undertook by force to rend front under the conetitntion what .seemed to them the fairest portion of the heri tage which' my fathers had ‘given (o me and to my Children as a rich legacy; and when they did that ‘I concluded, from every fact, that they had derogated and forfeited eveiy constitution al jpght,-and had relieved me from every con etitntional obligation to them. [Load and con tinued applause.]. And when I was called upon ta say what should' be my action in regard to slavery, I was left to the natural instincts of myi heart,-its prompted by a Christian ediication in Hew England—[applause]—and I dealt with it dcoordingiyi for I was no longer bound by constitutional obligations.' [Applause.] Then I undertake to claim,.respeotfally but .earnestly, that the same sense of duty to my constitution al obligations, and to - the rights of the states, which require me, so long as they remain loyal, to support-the system,of slavery—that same sense of duty and of right, I say, after they had gone oat from under the constitution, caused me to follow the dictates of my oWn conscience, untrammelled, as 1 had been here tofore. [Applause.] And so, my friends, how ever misjudging! may have been—and I speak to my old democratic friends—i claim that we went along step by step together up to'that point, and we ought still to go along step by step. If the sacred obligations that bonnd us together had not been broken, I would not thus' hare been left to follow the dictates of Qod’s law and of humanity. [Loud applause.] ‘ HIS ADIfINTSTEATION- AT SEW ORLEANS. “By the exigencies of the public service, I;’ being removed once more to another sphere of action ip New' Orleans, I found this problem to come up in another form, which led me tbj examine and see how- far we bad progressed with the settlement of the question. I found that under the complex system of states, with independent governments, and’the United Slates government covering all, that there could be treason tod state and cot to the United States; that there could be a revolution in a’state with- United States'; lhat there might be loyalty to' a state and disloyalty to the Union, and loyalty' to the Union and disloyalty to the organized government of the states. In Louisiana I fonndthat the stale government bad entirely changed its form, and had completely revolu tionized itself. It had erected courts, imposed taxes, and made every possible kind of govern tal organizations; and I found that the state Was completely revolutionized; and that it was no longer, and of itself, one of the United- States of America. It bad by a solemn net forever seceded from the United States of Amer-, ica, and had attempted to join the Confederate States of America, taking thift portion,of the United States of America in which its govern-, ment was established. Now, on what, basis; shall I deal with that people, organized • into a community untfer the forms oY, Jaw, ami In hos tilify to the United States. I respectfully sub mit that I must deal with it as with alien ene- 1 mies. [Applause.] I submit that those peo ple bad , passed the boundaries of • wayward! sisters’ or of ‘ erring brethren’ [laughter] ; they had passed beyond ihe outside of the gov J eminent and had Seized upon our territory— territory which the government of the United! 'States, bad bought and" paid for, and therefore I dealt with them as alien enemies, [Applause.} And what are the rights of alien enemies t In time of war they have the right, so long as they behave themselves and are not in insubordinor tion, to be free from personal violence. They have no other right, and therefore it was my duty to see to it, and I believe that the records will show that I did see to it—(laughter and applause]—that order was preserved and that every man who behaved well and did not aid the Confederate States should be free from mo lestation in his person. I bold that everything else they had was at the mercy of the conquer or. 1 [Cheers.] To give yon an idea, permit inio to state the mode in which their rights were defined by one gentleman of my staff. Ha vejy coolly paraphrased the Bred Scott decision, abd said that they had no rights which a negro was bound to respect. [Laughter and applause.] In dealing with them I took care to preserve personal safety to every man. I heard a friend behind me .say just now, ‘But how can that affect loyal men V The', difficulty with that proposition is this. The government, in ma king peace. or carrying on war, cannot deal with individuals, but with organized communi ties, whether organized .rightly dr organized wrongly; and all I could do, so far os my jadg-; !ment taught me, was to sec that no exaction was put upon any loyal Individual and no prop erty taken from him that was not absolutely necessary for the success of military operations. I know nothing else that I could do. I could not alter the carrying on of the war because a_ loyal citizen was unfortunately, like poor Tray, .caught in bad company. [Laughter] But to .such persona and to their property all-possible protection was afforded. No man or any sei of men can see any solution of or any other gov ernmental problem as affecting states, except upon this basis. ' THE REBELS TO BE TREATED AS ABIES ENEMIES, Now; then, to pass from'the particular to the general, I come to tho'proposition, What la the contest with all the states now banded to getbeVin the so called Confederate States? Into what form hns-it.come 7, It started an insur rection ; it grew up a rebellion; it has hecpmef a revolution, carrying with it all the Eights of a revolution. Our government;has- dealt with iton thnfgronnd. When it blockaded the polls ijt dealt with it as .a revolution. When it isent cartels for the exchange of prisoners it dealt with rhosa people no longer as simple insurrec tionists and traitors, butas .organized revolu tionists, who jhad set up a government for them selves oh'the 'territory of the United States.— • Let no man say to me, ‘ Then yon acknowledge the right of revolution in these men.’ I beg pardon.; I only acknowledge the fact of revo lution. .1 look things plainly in the face, and I trust that I do not dodge ; because they are unpleasant to my sight Again I say, I find this.a revolution; and these men, therefore, art no longer bnr loving brothers.bnt they are -oar alien enemies; foreign to us—[applause]— carrying /on war .against, ns; attempting to moke alliances against ns; attempting to get into the family of nations. I agree it is not yet a successful revolution, and it is a revolution never to be successful—[cheers] —until ac knowledged by the parent state. And now, then, 1 tun willing to unite with you in your cheers, and to say that it is a revolution which we never will acknowledge, and which, there fore,, will" never be successful. [Renewed cheers.] Tf these are alien enemies, bow does that afieet your political action? Think a moment If we are at war witb-a foreign coun try—as I insist we are for all intents and pur poses—bow can any man stand np here and say he is on the side of that foreign country ? [Cries of 'Good’ and applause.] A man must be either for his country or against his country. [A voice--‘ That’s so,’] He cannot be nil the time throwing impediments in the way of the progress of the country under pretenee that be ia helping'aome other portion of hia country. If a man thinks he can do something to bring bock bis erring brethren at the South, let him take his musket and go down and try it in that way. [Laughter and applause.] If be is of a different opinion, and thinks that is hot the best way of bringing them back, bat that he can do it by persuasion and talk, let him go down with me to Louisiana, and I will send him over to Mississippi, and if the rebels do not feel for his heartstrings—hut not in love—l am very much mistaken. [Laughter.] Bat—[forcibly and impressively]—let him not stay here.— [Tremendous applause and waving of handker chiefs by the ladies.] Let us say to him, • Choose ye this day whom ye will If If the Lord be God, serve him; if Baal be God, serve him.’ • But ‘No man-can serve two mas ters, God and mammon.’ [Cheers.] “ There are other logical consequences to follow from the view which I have ventured to take of the subject, and that is, with regard to onrpolitical action. If they are alien enemies I am bound to them by no ties of party fealty. I must look simply to my country and its ser vice, and leave them to look for the counttv. tbey nrf States. Every foot that ever was circumscribed within the boundaries of the United States belongs to us. [Cheers.] It is tq be drawn ifi under our laws and government as soon as the power of the United States can be exerted for that purpose. ’Therefore you set one set of logical sequences which must follow—namely, that we have no occasion to carry on the fight for the constitution nsjit is. Who makes any attack on the constitution f We are fighting against those who have gone oat end repudiated the constitution and made a new constitution for themselves. . THE UNION—BUT NOT AS IT WAS. “And now r roy friends,,! do not know hut that I shall commit some heresy ; but as a dem ocrat, I say that I am not for too Union as it was. [Loud cheers.] I have the honor to say as a democrat, and an Andrew Jacfeeon demo crat, that 1 am not for the Union to be again as it was. Understand me. ( I was for the Dnion as it was, because I saw, or thought I saw in the future the troubles which have burst upon us; but, having undergone those troubles, hav ing spent all this blood and treasure, I do not like to go back again and he ‘ check by jowl’ as we were before with South Carolina, if I can help it. [Cheers.] Let no man misunderstand me; and I repeat it lest I might he misunder-- stood. Ido not mean to give up a single inch of South Carolina. If I had been alive at that time, and bad the position and the ability, 1 would haVe dealt with South Carolina.as Jack son did, and kept her in at nil hazards. Bnt now she has gone out; end I will take care that when she comes in again she will come in better behaved.- [Laughter and cheers.] I wilt take care that she shall be no longer the firebrand of , the Union—aye, and that she shall enj«y, what her people refer yet have enjoytsd, tbehlessings of a republican form of govern ment. [Cheers.] Therefore, in that view, I am.noHbr the reconstruction of the Union as it was,' I have spent teats and blood enough on it, in conjunction with my fellow-citizens, to make it a little better. It was good enough if it had' been let alone. The old house was good enough for me, but aa they have pulled down the early part, I propose, when we rebuild it, to build it up with all the modern improvements. [Enthusiastic applause.] pONFISCATtON—SLATES. “Another one of the ; logical sequences, it, seems to me, that follow inexorably and is not iff hi shunned, from thej proposition, that we are dialing with alien enemies, what is our duty with regard to the confiscation of their prop erty! And that would seem to me to be very easy jf settlement under the Constitution, and without discussion, if my first proposition is right. Hasn’tlt been held from theheginning of tin world down to the present time, from the timo ; he Israelites took possession of the land of Canaan, which they got from alien enemies —hain’t it been.held that the whole of the property of those alien enemies belongs to'the conqceror [applause], and that it has been at his nfercy and clemency what should"' be done with t ? And for one, I wonld take it and give it to |be loyal man, who is loyal at the heart, in tbl south,'enough to mnkehim as well as he was lefore, and I wonld lake the balance of it and distribute it among tbo volunteer soldiers who laavo gone forth in the service of their county; [applause] and so far as I know them, if we'should settle South Carolina with them; in a few years 1 would be willing back Intothe Union. [Laughter nhd nhplaßse.] That lend* ns to <leal. again with Toother proposition—whpt shall he done with the slaves? And.hcre,again, the laws of. war, .dealing with this species of property, have long since settled themselves with clearness and exactness that it is at the hand of the superior, of the conqueror, of the govern ment whohaa maintained or extended itai juris diction over the territory, to deal with slaves as it pleases—to free them or not, as that govern ment chooses. It is not for the conquered to make terms, or for them to send their friends into the conquering country to make terms about it. [‘Good,’ and cheers.] I have again another corollary which follows, as I say, log ically, from this view of the case. Perhaps if the mind of any one ip this audience has gone with me to this point, upon the proposition that we are fighting with alien enemies, we may by this consideration again relieve another diffi culty whieh seems-to trouble some of my old democratic friends, and that is the question of arming the negro slaves. If these men are al ien enemies, is there any objection that you know of,-and if so state it, to oar arming one portion of that foreign country against the other; while they are fighting nfc? [toud re sponse of ‘No, no,’ and cheot/.] Suppose we were at war, with England, who here would get up in New York and say we most not arm the Irish, lest they should hart some Englishmen ? [Laughter and applause,] - " IVell, at ona time, not .very fur gone, all those Englishmen wereonr grandfathers' broth ers. Either they or we, erred; hot we are now separate nations, arising out of the con test. So again r sqy, if you will only look carefully you will seeltbat there can be no ob jection for another reason. There is no law, either international or of war, or of govern mental action, that! know of, which prevents a country arming any [portion of its citizens or. its subjects, for the defence of that portion, or any other, and they [become, (if they do not take part with the repels] simply onr citizens, residing upon our territory, which at the pres ent time is usurped by oar enemies. [Ap plause.] , NEGRO SOLDIERS. “ There.is one question whichrl am very of ten asked, and 1 will, answer it here once for all. Will the ncgroei fight? On that subject I have no personal experience, because I left the Department of the Gulf before, they were fairly brought into action.. Bat they did fight ander Jackson at Chalmette. More than that, I will bring in some cither man to answer that question. Let Napoleon 111. answer it, who has hired them to do Iwhat the veterans of the Crimea cannot do—whip the Mexicans. I will answer it in another form ; Let the veterans of Napoleon 1., under brother-in-law, La . no were whipped out of St. Domingo by them, tell whether they will fight or not. [Applause.] I will risk you to remember it in another form still. What has been the demor alizing effect upon them ns a race by their con tact with the white man, I know not, [laughter] but I cannot forget that they and their fathers woufd not have been slaves except they were captives of war in their own countries, in hand to-hand fights among the several chiefs, and were sold into slavery because tbgy’vfhre cap tives in war. [Cheers.] FOREIGN NATIONS, “What are tbe duties of foreign nations*'if these are alieij enemies ? Neutral nations have no.treaty of.ainity or alliance with them. They ore strangers to ovary neutral nation. Take Enel*”* 1 ' tor example, i England has no treaty with the rebels. She has no relations—l mean open relations —[laughter]—with them; none that pra recognized by. the laws of nations. She has treaties of amity.and friendship with us. Let roe illustrate : Two friends of mine get into a fight. lam on equally good terms with both. I-do not choose to take part with either. I treat them ns belligerents, and_ hold myself neutral. That is the position of a na tion where two friendly nations are at war. But again ; I have a friend who is fighting with a stranger, with one of whom I know no thing that’ is good, and of whom I have seen, nothing except that he would fight. [Laugh ter.] What is my duty to my friend in that case 1 Is it to stand perfectly neutral ? That is not considered the part of a friend as be tween men, and is it the part of a friendly na tion ns between nations 7 And yet onr Eng lish friends profess to do no more than stand perfectly neutral, although they have treaties of amity with us and none with the They say; * Ob, we are going to ho neutral. We will not sell yob any arms, because we should have to do the same for the Confederate States. 5 To that I lanswer: ‘ You have got treaties of amity add commerce with us by which you agree to, trade with us, and yon have got no such treaties with them. Why not, then, trade with us?‘ Why not give ns that rightful preference 7" . Upon this ■point-General Butler spoke-with great ability and effect, showing that the course of England has been,Anything but just and fair toward this government. lie said: " There has been nothing in the Union cause' that their orators and statesmen have not ma ligned ; nothing that; we have done, not perver ted by the press ; while there has been nothing of sympathy or encouragement not afforded to our enemies- Nassau has been the naval arse nal for pirate rebel Vessels to refit in; Kings ton has been their coal depot, and Bnrbadoos’ has been the dancing ball to felt the pirate chieftains in. What cause has England so to deal with us 7 What is the reason that she has never shown sympathy or love toward us 7 I draw n wide distinction between (he English people as a mass and the English government. I think the heart oMhe people beats responsive to core ;,bnt 1 know.lh# their government and -aristocracy hate ua wiih a hate that passe th ail understanding. To-day, at Birkenhead, the ■Spmter is being fitted out; _at Barbadbeir the captain of the Florida is being feted ; the 290 that cabalistic number of British merchants who contributed to eonfitrnot her—is preying upon our commerce; and we hear that at Glas gow a steamer is being built for the Emperor of China, and at Liverpool anotfiet hiis been •latincbed for the same Emperor. But tdo not think tha* Emperor of China will buy niilny shiprof tbe English till- they bring back the silk gowns they stole ont of bis palace at Pa kin. [Laughter.] tieferring to the case ef the Trent, General Butler saidthatit m not. wise/ ; perhaps, to provoke England at Audi time; j»fit he : thanked God that we are getting more and more in a condition to remember the occasion every -day.. [Enthusiasfio < applause.],' Her sympathy with the Sooth wasattributable to the fact that she would set all the commerce of that country. -What la the remedy ? piemUst look forward to tfaeae m the ■Government, no doubt, .is. looking forward.-to them •, and when the government get* ready tff take astSp, the people must b« ready to gns tain it. [Applause.] , They should proclaim non-intercourse, eo that no ounce of food from America should by accident get into an En glishman's mouth until those piracies were stopped. [Applause.] When they do that the British Government will find where those ves sels are going to, and will write to the Empa- ’ ror of China—[laughter]—that he can not have any mote. “ But I heard some friend of nin.e say, ‘t am afraid yonr scheme wouldhrlng down our provisions, and if we didn’t export, them to . England we should findpnr. western’ markets still more depressed. . Allow me, with great deference for yonr judgment, gentlemen, to sug gest a remedy for that' at the lame time. 1 I would suggest that the exportation of gold be' prohibited, and then there would he nothing to' forward to meet the hills of exchange and pay for the goods we have bought, except provis ions. And taking a hint from one of your hist and most successful merchants, we coqld pay for onr silks and satins, in hatter and idrd, and corn, and beef and pork, and bring np tbs prices in the West so that they could afibrdTto' pay the increased tariff now rendered neces sary, 1 suppose, upon, yonr railroads. [Ap plause.] ' And if our fair sisters and daughters are dressed in silks and satins and laces, they will not feel any more troubled that a portion of the price goes to the western farmer to en hance bis gains, instead of going into the cof fers of a Jew banker in Wall street!*’ / NO.JS. TBS PROSPECTS OP TEE CAUSE. “ Look, back from 1863't0 1862, and toll me whether tbare has notbeenahy progress. [Ap- - plause,] Look at our changed position fc ,N. Carolina—look at Port Royal, and tell me if ■ we hare not progressed. - Now, then, they . hold none of Missouri.none of Kentucky, none' of Tennessee, for any valuable purpose of-sup plies, because the western part is in our lianas,- and tbe eastern part has been eo run over by contending jftmies that all the supplies are gone. They hold no portion of Virginiavalu able for supplies. We hold one-third of Vir ginia, one-halfof North Carolina,- we held.our own in South Carolina, and I think we;;shall, before the lltb of this month, bold. a . little more. [Applause.], We hold two-thirdsof Louisiana in wealth and population; wo-bold! all of Arkansas and all Texas, so far as sup plies can go to the rebels, so long as farrago* is between Port Hudson and Vicksburg...[ap plause,] and I believe the colored troops held - Florida at last accounts. [Applause and ertes i of “'Good.”] Now, then, let ns see to what the rebellion is reduced—to the remainder of ' Virginia, part of North Carolina, the larger part of South Carolina, all Georgia—Texas,- arf I said before, being eat off. Now why I draw strong hopes from this is, that their supplies all come either from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri. Arkansas, or Texas,- and tbC'se" Uni completely-now beyond their reach, and to that I look largely to the suppression of this rebel-' lion and the overthrow of this revolution.—' [Applause.]' They have got to the chd. 5 0f their conscription—ire have not began oars. [Applause, and a voiee, “That’s the diffisr encs.”] They have come to the end of'their national credit—we hdve not put ours in any market in the world. [Applause.] And why should any man ‘be desponding ? 'why should any man say that this great wOrk'hps gone tott slow! why should men feel Impatient? Why should men beiso. anxious that nations should march faster than they are prepared to march —faster than the tread of nations bad ever been in the providence of God ? Nations id war have ever moved slowly. Wia are too impa tient—we never learn anything; and it would seem to me from reading history—l speak Of myself as well as yon—si have shared wrth that impatience myself. l|have shared with ih* 1 various matters of disappointment. I was say- - ing but the other day,,‘go a friend of mine, ‘lt seems strange to me that onr navy cannot catch that steamer Alabama; there must be some thing wrong in our [Navy Department, I to afraid,’ and I got quite impatient.- I bad hardly got over the wound inflicted by the' Jacob Bell, when came the Golden Eagle and the Lady Jane,' and as one from Boston it touched me keenly: [Applause.] He replied v ‘Don’t be impatientj remember that Paul Jones, with a sailing ship on the coast of Eng land,, put the whole British navy at defiance for many months, and wandered up and dnwii that coast, and worked his will. upon it [ap-' plans?], and England had no naval power to . contend with, and had not 2,500 miles to block ade.' I remember that in the ■ French war Lord Cochrane, with one vessel, held the whole French coast against the French navy, and -that was by no means a steamship. And so if has been done by other nations. Let us have a-little patience, and possess our souls with A little patriotism, and less politics, and we shall, have no difficulty. [Applause and ‘‘Good.’-’] ' .THE CONSERVATIVE PSUTICIAKB. “ Yon my friends, that in tiid list of grievances with which! charge England I did not charge her ■with tamperingjviih nw? leading politicians. [Laughter,] So far as any evidence I have, I don’t know as she is guilty, but what shall wirsay of out leading politicians that hate tampered With her f [Laughter.] I have read of it with much sur prise, excited pa ore than by any other fact ef the war. I had, somehow, got an inkling of the variods things tbatcame op in previous stances; I was not very ranch surprised at that} bat when I read a statement deliberately put forward that here, in New .York, leading poli ticians consulted with tho British Minister si to how these United States could be separated;’ every drop of blood in my veins boiled, and I would have liked to have seen those leading politicians. [Tremendous applause.] Ido hoi know that Lord Lyons is to blame. I suppose sir, if a man comes to one of your clerks and offers to go into partnership with him to rob your neighbor’s bank; and he reports him to you, you don’t blame the. Clerk, b what do, you do with the man who makes, the offer f [Laughter. A voice—-’Hang him.’] I think we bad better take a lesson' from the action of Washington's Administration; when the FrenSH Minister. M. Genet, undertook even to address the people of the United States by letthr. Com plaint was made to his Government, and ;fie was recalled,-and alaW Was passed preventing for all time any interference by foreign dipl> matiais with the pchgle of the tlnited States; and again—l want to bennderatood—l bars no evidenoh ,'of «ny Ihtsrferehee on the part of Lord Lypps; but he says, both bbfoteand afl«» lendingpolhirfahs came th him and desired him
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