: The iKoga County Agitator :
BY S. .H. COBB. . .. _
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I AS. LOWRjBY AS. F. WIHOM,
Attorneys A counsellors at law.wiii
attend-the whrt of Tioga, Potter an d McKean
Panties. [Welfrfcbro*, Feb, i, 1858.] -
imcrxAsojs house
Cuh HINO, N. T,
Mas. A;Fratnl^, ...... .. . Propriator
S nests token tor 40$ from the Depot free of charge.
JR EBUEIBT,
A TTORNEYfIND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
J\ Wollshoro,' '.’logs Co., Pa. Will’ devote his
time exclusively W the practice of lair. Collections
made in any of tl » Northern counties -qf Pennsyl
vania. ' ’ n0v21,60
PKIiSSJ tVASIA HOUSE.
Corner of Main Si, let and (Ac Avenue, Wetuooro, I'a.
J. W. BJ jouY, PROPRIETOR. ,
This popular H« ;t, having been ra-fltted and re
furnished, through* Vfr MW open to the publie as a
.irst-clasa house, ■
IZAAK jVAXXOW BOUSE, '
B. C. YEJiit PROPRIETOR*
Gainet TSoga Coonty, Pa.
THIS is a new bj tel located -within easy access o
the best fl B binj ''and hunting grounds in Northern
Pa. No pains trill,- >o spared for the accommodation
i of pleasure seekerft-And the traveling public.
April 12. 1860. '
' C. CAMPEU,
BARBER HAJR-DRESSER.
SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
his Use will bp done as welt and promptly ns it
. can bo done in the city Moons. Preparations for re
moving dandruff,, a'nd beautifying the hair, for sale
■ cheap. . Hair and whiskers dyed any Color,, Call and
.see. Wellsboro, Sept, 32, 1859.
HART’S HOTCIs.
rHOHAS GRAVES, - Proprietor.
(Former(y oj l&e Covington Hotel.).
THIS Hotel, along tiiprby David Hart,
}« being repaired and . furnished anew. The
subscriber his leased it'for a term of years, where he
may be found jwait upon, his old customers
,and the-traveling public generally. His table will
Ibe provided witfi the best the market affords. At his
'bar may be fouyd the choicest brands of liquors and
-cigars. ; ! . i ’
Wellsboro, J sff. 2t, 1863.-tf.
JEBOJIE B- HILES,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
KILES VA!.LEY,'i TIOGA COUNTY, I’A.,
~TT AVIN6 associated himself, with a,legal firm in
Washingtoij'bo possesses first rate facilities for
■ the prosecution if Claims for Pensions, Back-Pay,
Bounty, and all tjheri jhet demands against the Gov
ernment. All sat h qlaijns will be attended to with
promptness- and fdollty, and "no charges” will bo
made unices the a, -plication t# successful.
Middlebury Centre, Nov. Ik, 1862.-3 m.
* HOTEL.
B, p. HOFkDAY, - Proprietor.
THE Proprlet ■ 6»v|ng again taken possession of
tb« aboVe Will spare no pains to insure’
the cortifort of Wnd the traveling public. At
. tentiv©'waiters afcfiyejreadj'. Terms reasonable.
Wellsboro, |863.-tf.
- JOfliT S. .MAIfBT,
Attorneys & qodnselloe at law,
Couilorsport, I’.i./wlll attend the several Courts
nu Potter and'McKoap Counties. Ail business ent
trusted to-bis care will’reosivo prompt attention.- He
has the agency pf largo-tracts of good settling loud
and wil attend to the jjaymerit of taxes on any lands
in,said counties.! ' |
Coudecsport, Jatft 28-, 1663- a -
J. CAMPBEU, JR.,
ATTORNEY k COUNSELLOR‘AT LAW,'
’ ■ KNOXVJLLE, jf/OGA fOUNTY, PA.
Prompt attention giten to the procuring of Men
tions, Bock PaV of Soldiers Ac.
Jan. 7, ; v
41. W. WEJ.UWGTOW, & GO’S. BANK,
CORNING, N. Y.,
(Located in Drcxissos House.)
Aiherican Gold and pilver Coin bought and sold.
New York -do.
llncurrent Monet* .■ do.
United Stoles Pematid Notes “old issue" bonght.%
Collections majje.in £ll parts of the Union at Cur
rent rates of Exchange,
. Particular pai&s wllfke taken to accommodate our
from tha Tioga Valley. Out Office will be
open at 7 A, M., and close at 7 P. M., giving parties
passing over \thv i Tioga Rail Road ample time to
transact before the departare of the
train in the dwaingy-and after its arrival in the
evening. President.
Corning, N. Y- Novi 12,r1862. *
"WOO; i CARDING AND *
CL OT *1 DRESSING-,
IN TBg OLD FOUNDRY AT
Wellshorofrgh,; Tioga County, Pa.
THE subscriber hav{ng fitted np the place for the
purpose of \Vool Cording and Cloth Dressing,
and also would iafcCm'lho people lhat we will lake
wool to manufacture on shares of by the yard, to suit
eustotners, and wonld inform the people that we can
card wool at any time; as our works run by steam
power, and also shat all wool will be carded- for four
cents per pound. Wool and,produce will bo taken for
pay for th’e same. ;
N. B. Prompt attention will bo paid to all favoring
jus. We will givegood satisfaction. w
•I CHARLES LEE,
’ JOHN LEE.
' Wcllsboro, Juno 11,.1862.
HOMESTEAD.
Anew, stove, and tin shop has
just been dpenefl in'Tioga,'Penna,, where may
■he found a. good 'assortment of Cooking, Parlor and
Box Stoves, of the most approved, patterns, and from
the best manufacturers! The HOMESTEAD is ad
mitted to. bo the.hesti Elevated Ovea Stove in the
onarket. Tho . *
GOLDEN-AGE” & GOOD BOPE,”
<aro square, aid tightjtoves, with large ovens,
trith many advantages' overtany other store before
jhade. Pirior JrtovesJi The Signet and Caspion are
*hoth very neat- »nd superior stoves.
Also Tin, Cof per, add Sheet Iron ware, kept con
stantly on han( r and. ipade to order of the beet mate
rial find all of which Trill be sold at
*ho lowest figure for eash or ready pay.
Job irdrk (tf?:*llkin&a attended to on call.
. Tioga, Jon.^4,lBo*. GUERNSEY & SMEAD.
4 ' li' CABINET
ROOM.
THE Snbeoj bofl nlpst respectfully announces (hat
he has oijiai ld fit the old stand, and for sale a
“ Cheap t«l of f iirniUire.
comprising in parC ;"i
Drming and CoTTitton. Bv.reang, Secretaries and Book ,
tCatet, Center, Cirf and Pier Tablet, Dining and
Breakfast Table ,Marble-toppedand CommonStandt,
Cupboard,, Caltjge pad ether Bedteadt, Slandt, So
fat and ChainfOilf and Boeewood Moulding, far
Picture Framei, 1
Wfl’Wjo made;to order on abort notice. A
| will be famished tf* desired.
S* Turning bud Rawing dc&e td order.’
* - Aa gy gt Hi 18»9. 1 B. T. VANHORK.
QTOP thpt cough by being Oiine’s Vegetable
Embrocation. £«* advertisement in another oo(.
vm “* Sold by Bronte. - [Feb. 18, 1863.]
THEIGIIATOR
SrfKitea to- if)t &ytmnUM at msm m iFmitym nyto t&e S&vtnti oi m*l tag tteform.-
WHILB THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “SIAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAH’’ SHALL CEASE; AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
YOL. IX.
Select
“SOJOURKBR TSVTB."
BY HBB. F, D. GAGE.
The story of “ Sojourner Truth,"-by Mr*. H.
B. Stowe, in the April number of The Atlantic
will he read by thousands in the Bast and West
with intense interest; and as those who know
this remarkable woman will lay down this peri*
odical, there will be heard in home circles
throughout Ohio, Michigan,'Wisconsin and
Illinois many an anecdote of the weird, won
derful creature, who was at once a marvel and
amyntery. , :
Mrs: Stowe's remarks on Sojourner’s opinion
of Woman’s Bights, Brings Tlviaiy TO my wind
a scene in Ohio, never to be forgotten hy those
who witnessed it. In the Spring of 1851, a
Woman’s Rights Convention was called in
Akron, Ohio, by the friends of that then won
droosly unpopular cause. I attended that Con
vention. No one at this day can conceive of
the state of feeling of the multitude that came
together on that occasion. '•
The Convention in tho Spring of 1850, in
Ssleth, Ohio, reported at length in the New
York Tribvne by that staunch friend of human
rights, Oliver Johnson, followed in October of
the same year by another Convention at Wor
cester, Mass., well reported and well abased,
with divers minor conventions, each amply vil
lified and caricatured, had set the world all
agog, and the people finding the women in
earnest, turned oat in large nmribers' to see
and hear.
The leaders of tße movement, staggering tin
der the weight of disapprobation already laid
upon them, and tremblingly alive to every ap
pearance of evil that might spring np in their
midst, were many of them'almost thrown into
panics on tho first day of the meeting, by see
ing a tail, gaunt block woman in a gray dress
and white turban, surmounted by an nnconih
sun-bonnet, march deliberately into the church,
walk with the air of a queen up the aisle, and
take her seat upon the pulpit steps. A buzz of
disapprobation was beard all over the house, and
such words as those fell upon listening ears:
“An Abolition affair W "Woman’s Rights
and niggers “We told you so. Go it, old
darkey!’’
I chanced upon that occasion to wear my
first laurels tin public life, as president of the
meeting. At ray request, order was restored,
and the business of tho hour went on. The
morning session closed ; tho afternoon session
was held; the evening exercises came and
went; old Sojourner, quiet and reticent as the
“Libyan Statue,” sat crouched against the
wall on a corner of (he pulpit stairs, her sun
bonnat shading her eyes, her elbow on her
knee, and her chin resting 5n her broad, bard
palm.
A( intermissions she was busy selling the
" Life of Sojourner Truth,” a narrative of her
iowp strange and adventurous life.
Again and again timorous and trembling
ones camp to me and said with earnestness,
“ Don’t let her speak, Mrs. G. Jt will rniq us.
Every'newspaper in the land wilU.have our
cause mixed with abolition and niggers, and
we shall bo utterly denounced." My only an
swer was, —“We shall see when the time
cpmes.”
The second day the -work waxed warm.—
Methodists, Baptists, Episcopal, Presbyterian,
and Universaiist ministers came in to bear and
discuss the resolutions brought forth. One
claimed superior rights and privileges for man
because of superior intellect; another because
of the manhood of Christ. If God had desired
the equality of women, he would have given
some token of his will through the birth, life
and death of tho Savior. Another jjave us a
theological view of the awful sin of our first
mother. There were few women in those days
that dared to “ speak in meeting,” and the
august teachers of the people, with long-winded
bemhast, were seeming to get the better of os,
while the boys in the galleries and sneerers
among tho pews, were enjoying hugely the
discomfiture, as they supposed, of the strong
minded. Some of the tender-skinned friends
were growing indignant, and on tba. point of
.losing dignity, and the atmosphere of the-con
vention betokened a storm.
Slowly from her seat in tho corner rose
Sojourner Truth, who, till now, bad hardly
lifted her bead. “ Don’t let her speak,” gasp
ed a half-dozen in my ear. She moved slowly
and solemnly to the front; laid her old bonnet
at her feet, and turned her great speaking eyes
to roe.
Tbero was a hissing sound of disapprobation
above and below. 1 rose and announced " So
journer Truth,” and begged the audience to
keep silence for a few moments. The tumult
subsided at once, and every eye was fixed on
this almost Amazon form, which stood nearly
six feet high, head erect, and eye piercing the
upper air like one in a- dream. At her first
word there was a profound bush.
in deep' tones, which, though not loud; reached
every ear in the house, and away through the
throng at the doors and windows.
“Well, chillon. whar dar’s so much racket
dar must befsom’ting out o’kilter. I link dat,
’twixt de niggers of de South and de women
of de Norf, all a-talking’bout rights, de white
men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s
all this talking’bout? Dot man ober dar say
dat woman needs to be .helped m carriages,
and lifted over ditches, and to hah de best
place eberywhar.' Nobody eber helps me'into
carriages or ober -mud-puddles, or gives ‘me
any best placeand raising herself to her
full height, and her voice to a pitch like roll
ing thunder, she asked, “ And' ar'nt I a wo
man 7- Look at me. Look at my arm,” and
-she bared her right arm to the shoulder, show
ingHs tremendous muscular power. “I have
flowed and planted and*gathered into barns,
and no man could head me—and ar’n’t I a
woman? I could work as much and eat as
much as a man, (when I could get it,) and
bear de lash as well—and ar’n’t I a woman 7
I have borne thirteen children, and seen ’em
mos' all paid off into slavery, and when I eried
out with a mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard
—and ar’n’t I a woman 7 Den dej talks ’bout
dis ting in do bead. What die dey call it?”
“ Intellect,” whispered some one near. “ Dot's
TOLLSEOEO, TIOGA'COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MOENING, MAY 13, 1863.
it, honey. What's-dat got to do with woman’s
lights orniggers’ rights? , If my CnpTwon’t
bold bat a pint and yoarn holds a qaart,
wouldn’t yon h« mean not Jo let me have my
little half-measure full V and she pointed .her
significant finger andsent a keen glance at the
minister who. had." made the argument. The
cheerily; was long and loud. “Den dat little
man in. black dar, he say woman can’t hare as
.much right as man ’cause Christ wa’n’t a.wo
m&D.. WTtar did Christ come from!”
Rolling thunder co,aid not have”stilled- that
as did those, deep wonderful tones, as
sho;stood there with outstretched arms and eye
of fire.. Raising her voice still loader, she re*
peated,' “ Wbar- did vonr -v'—-' frnmt
rroin uou ana a woman. Juan had noting to
do wid him.” Oh I what a rebuko 'she gave
the little roan. Turning again to another ob
jector,' she took ,np the, defence of mother Eve.
t cannot, follow her through it ail. It was
pointed, and witty, nnd solemn, eliciting 8t
almost every sentence deafening applause; and
she ended by asserting “ that if de fust woman
God ever made was strong enough to turiTde
world upside down all her one lone, all dese.
(ogeder,” and sbp glanced her eye over us,
“ ought to be able to turn it back and git it
right side up agin, and now dey is asking to,
de men better let ’em.’” (Long continued cheer
ing.) “ ’Bleeged to ye for heatin’ on me, and
now ole’ Sojonmer ha’n’t got nothin’ more to
say.”’
Amid roars of applause she turned to her
corner, leaving more than one of us -With*
streaming eyes nnd hearts beating wity grati
tude. She had taken us up in her great, strong
arms and carried us safely over the slough of
difficulty, turning the whole tide in onr jfnvoj - .
I have given bat a faint sketch of her speech.
I have never in my life seen anything like the
magical influence that subdued the mobbish
spirit of |tbe day, and turned the jibes and
sneers of an excited crowd into notes of re
spect and admiration. Hundreds rasbed up to
shako bands and congratulate the glorious old
-mother, and bid her “ God-speed” on her mis
sion of “ testifying agin concernin’ the wick
edness of this here people."
Once upon a Sabbath in Michigan an aboli
tion meeting was held. Parker PiUsbdry was
speaker, and expressed himself freely upon the
conduct of the churches regarding slavery.—
While he spoke, there came up a fearful thun
der storm. A young Methodist rose and, in-
him, said he felt alarmed; he felt as
if God’s judgment was about to fall upon him
for daring to sit and .hear such blasphemy;
that it made his hair almost rise with terror..
Hero-a voice rising above the rain that beat
upon the roof, the sweeping.surge of the winds,
the crashing of ilia .limbs of trees. swaying of
branches, and .the rolling of’thunder, spoke
out: “ Chile, don’t he skeered; you’re not
goin’ to he harmed. I don’t speck God’s ever
heern tell on ye !”
It was all she said, but it was enough. I
might multiply anecdotes (and some’of the
best cannot be told) till your pages would.not
contain them, and yet the fund not be exhaus
ted. Therefore, I will close, only saying to
those who think public opinion does not change,
that they have only to look at the progress of
ideAs from the stand-point of old Sojourner
Truth twelve years ago. ;
The despised and mobbed African, how the
heroine of an article in the most popular peri
odical in the United States. Then Sojourner
could say, “If women wants lights, let her
take 'em.” Now women do take tbem, and
public opinion sustains tbem.
Sojourner Truth is not dead; but, old and
feeble, she rests from her labors near Battle
Creek, Michigan.— N. F. Independent.
Training the Child’s Body.
Whatever yon wish your children to he, he
it yourself. If yon wish it to be happy, sober,
truthful, affectionate, honest and goodly, he all
these yourself. If you wish it to he lazy and
sulky, aryl a liar and a thief, and s drunkard
and a swearer, be yourself all these. As the
old cook'crows the young one learns. You re
member who said, “ train up a child in the way
he should go, and when he is old he will not
depart from it.” And you may as well expect
to gather grapes from thorns, and figs from
thistles, as good, healthy, happy children, from
diseased, and lazy, and wicked parents. Be
always frank and open to your children. Make
them feci at ease with you, and moke free with
them. There is-no such good plaything for
grqwn np children, like you and me, as weans
—wee ones. lit. is wonderful what you can get
them to do, with a-little fun and coaxings You
all, know this,as well as I do, and you will
practice it every day in your families. Here
is a pleasant story out of an old hook; “ A
gentleman having led a company of children
beyond their usual journey, they began to be
weary, and all cried to him to carry them on
his' hack; hut because of their multitude he
could not do that, ‘But,’ said he ‘l’ll,get hor
ses for ns all;’ then cutting little wands out of
the hedges as ponies for them, and a great stake,
ns h charger for himself, thus put mettle into
their little legs, and all then rode cheerfully
.home.” So much for a bit of Ingenious fun.—
Dr. Sroicn. i
Saved! the fiddle. —The writer of the dec
laration of Independence was passionately fond
of .fiddling, and is said to have not been excelled
in playing on that instrnment. In 1770 bis
family mansion was burnt. Mr.: Jefferson
used to tell, in after year* with great glee, an
anecdote 1 connected with the fire. Be was ab
sent from home when it occurred, and a slave
arrived out of breath to inform him of :tbe
disaster. After bearing the general destruc
tion, ho inquired;
“But were none of my hooks saved ?”
“ No. massa,” was the reply, “bnt wa saved
the fiddle!”
■ A Corporation in Boston recently paid a
dividend of ilfty por cent. An- elderly gentle
man, os he'took his check for a thoneand, did
not apptar-ever satisfied, and the clerk ventur
ed to re mark the dividend was; rather a
large ore. The veteran looked at the young
man over his spectacles, and said, with a grunt:
*’4t will do, if they only keep it up.”
Speech of Bon. Daniel S. Dickinson.
Delivered at fie Sumter Mate Meeting {» Sea, York,
on Monday, April 20,1863.
, Mr. Dickinson.said: .This U a fitting period,
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen, .for
ns'fo commune together upon matters which
deeply concern onr well-being—nay, onr very
existence .as a great people,'and lam alike
proud of and thankful for being selected as one
of the speakers upon an occasion so pregnant
with meaning,'so replete with interest, lam
grateful, indeed, for the generous reception, the
ion ’. it mm* me that my hnmble efforts in the
cause of the Union and the Constitution are
remembered and appreciated—that there .is a
flame of patriotism in the popular heart, which
will burn like the Testa! fires of fable, gjth a
pure and constant glow, until time shall he no
more, and yet will neither be consumed nor
wasted. It bids me laugh on at the poisoned
arrows, drawn from the quiver of a foiled and
unmasked malignity, and to defy the enemies
of my country, whether in the character of the
bold highwayman and outlaw, or the mean and
masked assassin who labors'in the expectation
of personal reward.
THE GREAT UNION MEETING OF 1861.
Two years elapse this, very day, since I had
the honor to address in Union Square, in this
city, one of the largest popular meetings ever
held. It was the upheaving of’ the masses
alarmed by the culmination of a dark conspir
acy, and startled by the mad assaults of Re
bellion upon tbo institutions which they had
been taught to regard with religions veneration.
The popular current ran strong, and brpad,
and deep, and bore along with it upon its bo
som all opposing obstacles. It was before ava
rice had set down to its repast, or greed - had
whetted its appetite for its banquet, or politi
ticians had. calculated their chances and infused
(heir pollutions; and there was bat one heart,
one hand, one voice; and these were for onr
country at any cost—regardless of blood or
treasure. I stood between the gallant Dix and
the lamented Baker—one still serves bis coun
try with honor in the field, and the other sleeps
in bis bloody grave—his brave spirit quenched
in defense of tfaeiUnion that be loved—the vic
tim of murderers, engaged In the work of trea
son, murder and rebellion. Many who attend
ed that mighty gathering have fallen upon the
field of blood, or have perished with disease
‘and exposure. Many moraaro still with our
brave army and navy, doing battle in the cause
of Constitution and Free Government, and, in
the true spirit of sons of Bevolutionary sires,
are laboring to crush and exterminate conspir
acy and rebellion. Many are pursuing their
customary avocations, and' discharging with
fidelity the varied relations of good citizens—
aiding, assisting and inspiring the Government
in its arduous work—cheering, sustaining and
encouraging those who are bearing their bo
soms to the shafts of battle, and by every fac
ulty and every effort, contributing of their in
fluence and of the means wherewith they have
been blessed to rescue this land of the free
from the grasp of the vandal destroyer.
Some, alas! who were there have indeed
fallen, hot not upon field of glory—have
fallen benestb the hope of fescue or resurrec
tion—bare fallen from the vindication of their
country’s integrity to the lowest depths of po
litical degradation—have fallen from where
they should have stood as the defenders of
their country’s cause, in this her hour of peril,
to act ss sappers and miners for her destruc
tion, and to further the guilty schemes of Rv
hellion. They went for a reward, and they will
reap it;-but, like the apples of Sodom, it will
turn to ashes when tasted. They are -joined to
their idols. Let them alone. Their retribution
will come before they are prepared to meet it,
and will be so terrible as to leave them objects
of pity and compassion.
THE REBELLION.
The infamy of the Rebellion has been so of
ten portrayed—the dark and perjured conspir
acy by which it was inaugurated has been so
successfully nnmasked—the conspirators, and
thieves and assassins who serve ns its leaders
have been so frequently exhibited to the indig
nant gaze of a betrayed people, that a repeti
tion of their atrocious villainies were profitless.
But they will be brought to judgment., They
stand forsworn before God—murderers in the
sight of man—their souls black with perjury,
their hands red with gore—their hearts -foul
with treason—their faces spotted with leprosy
and will hereafter hate them as
they would a venomous beast—women will cry
against them and curse them, and children will
tremble and shrink away with instinctive ter
ror when their names are mentioned. And
when vengeance, ever upon the bloody track,
shall overtake them, those late wholesale mur
derers of men, like their less guilty exampler,
will cry put in the true spirit of the delected
felon, that their punishment is greater than
they can bear.
OCR CONDITION AT BONE.
The Rebellion in the revolting States con
tains fewer elements of mischief and danger
to-day than are found In the heart of rebellion
abroad when we can crash out the encourage
ment which sustains it at home. While the
masses of all parties in the loyal States are
true to the interests of the country, so far as
politicians and parties are concerned, all are
for a vigorous prosecution of the war, and the
overthrow of the rebellion, Sy any of the usual
means of warfare, regardless of cost. There is
a combination in many of the loyal States
which gives aid and assistance, and counte
nance and encouragement to rebellion—which
seeks peace at any inglorious sacrifice, and con
demns the Government and justifies the rebell
ion. This great fact is as palpable.it is hu
miliating,jind is qnitc too stubborn to ignore, or
to yisid to popularity, or good nature, or polite
ness. It is doing injustice to the loyal masses
not to expose it. It constitutes-the heart and
hope and life-blood of the rebellion, and must
be met and conquered and disposed of here,
before the war can be pra|Ksated, with advan
tage or a fair prospect of success abroad. It
is treason in disgal je, sometimes wearing a foil
ma.‘k, anf at other SS by Brtttntn ih
| the play, "showing half Its face.;” but in
whatsoever name, or under whatsoever guisa it
may appear, it is the same detestable miscreant
traitor. He comes generally in. the name of
Democracy, with about (he same complacency
and no more propriety than Satan came in the'
guise o£ an angel of light, and claims' to bear’
the. Democratic standard, as the hypocrite
“ stole the livery of the conrt of Heaven to
serve the devil in.”’ He counterfeits the voice
of patriotism; hot this is nothing new. Wolves
have counterfeited the- human voice from the
days of the Red Biding Hood. • JI& is for a
prosecution of the war, hut the prosecution is
Itlfi, .and.
few partial successes'in the last Fall’s elections
gnvA it'hope "and impudence, nod it gave its
black piratical banner at once to the breeze in
the recent Connecticut election, and summoned'
its far and near, and bade
defiance. But its gasconades, like those of
many a braggart before, proved its overthrow,
•and disloyalty there note is as-cheap as the cur
rency .’issued by its confederates in crime. The
sweet singers -of Secession have bung their
harps on the willows upon the banks of the
Connecticut Euphrates in despair. A wailing
note from Richmond shows their sorrows for
the bereavement as well as the complicity be
tween Rebellion South and its sympathizers
here, and what movements "were to have fol
lowed the election of Seymour in Connecticut
now unavoidably postponed in consequence of
the late storm:
From (be Richmond Dispatch, -April 11.
“The Connecticut elections have gone against
the Democrats. Gold has fallen on the strength’
of tbe Republican success, obtained no doubt
by bribery, nnd the "hopes which rested on the
triumph of Seymour have fallen to l the grouud.
The importance of this to the Democracy, can
not well be exaggerated ; for if the result had
been otherwise the North West would hare risen,
the Peace Party would have been organized on a
permanent basis ; tbe-next meeting of Congress
would have been followed by a summary abro
gation of the imperial powers -bestowed upon
Lincoln by tbe Abolition Congress just ended,
and n,cesssation of hostilities might have been
confidently looked for, at or before the close of
the present year.”
The November treasonable convocation in
this city, described ia and exposed by the time
ly publication of the letter of Lord Lyons,
proves still farther, that wo have traitors in
onr midst; for who but a traitor would sit
down with the representative of an unfriendly
power, and deliberately scheme for the inter
vention of foreign aid to Rebellion—postponing
it to such a period os should be more certain
to render it effectual, and advising that Great
Britain—the modern whore of Babylon, should
piny an important and significant part, but be
kept out of view as much ns possible, because
her hostility to; the Union was so well under
stood, and because she was so justly and uni
versally hated, and detested and despised for it
by the people of the loyal States. Those who
played this part in our country’s history in this
her evil day, are far greater villains than Davis
and Floyd and Beauregard, and their associate
hoteliers, and have ‘my permission to rank
themselves as foremost of those who deserve in
dictment, trial, condemnation and execution
for treason against the Government. These
evidences, as well os a rank and pestilent crop
of lesser ones, from the outbreak of the ’’Re
bellion to the present moment prove, that we
have treason and treachery at homo, which
should be disposed of inmmarily, if we would
speedily conquer rebellion abroad. The do
mestic is more dangerous than the foreign foe.
One has the infamous merit of open and uncon
cealed villainy. The Other inquires whether
“thou art in health n}y brother V’ while he
conceals .the dagger intended for your heart
beneath bis garment. Both labor for' a com
mon end, bat he who takes the field with bis
deadly weapons of warfare, is more deserving
of the confidence of bis fellow-men, and is an
honester man in the sfeht of God, than be who
wears the guise of semi-patriotism and plays
the part of a spy and a betrayer.
political Designation's.
Party names and political designations, in
their ordinary Signification, should never be
heard in a moment of,| civil warfare. Patties,
as sneb, cannot, should not act. Parties are
organized to inaugurate, enforce, or oppose
some measure of Government in its civil and
international polity, when the edifice of
Govcrnmentis threatened—the Constitution de
fied—the nation’s flag insulted, by those who
owe it allegiance, the, existence and mainte
nance of the Government is the first, the ab
sorbing, and the only Question depending, and
there can I be but tn>o parties upon it—one
which would uphold (he Government, and one
which would destroy it; —one which would crush
and conquer the Rebellion, and one which
would giro it aid and,' encouragement, and se
cure it ultimate triumph. All half-and-half
pretenders; all compromisers, all go-betweens,
all who would hail leaders in arms, en
gaged in perpetrating jail the crimes that black
en the history of civilization with proposals for
armistices, and negotiations for peace, are men
to be despised, and thrice more to bo distrusted
that the Rebel who levels his musket at your
heart They would sell their country’s birth
right for a mess of political pottage, while he
would take it by the force of arms. The coun
try is cursed by the mean ambitions of some
of all parties—by thobe wbe have been accus
tomed to run with the machine—who fear they
majr be lost sight of-under the waves of the
great popular ocean wjbon its bosom is jgitnted,
and heaves and beats iwith the throes of revo- ■
lotion, unless they cling to the rigging of their
political craft; and hence they cry out at such
times with the tired Caesar, “ help me, parly,
or I sink.”. It is for this these party organiza
tions are kept on footj when their notes should
he hashed in silence. It is for this that honest;
loyal men are carried away, by knavish leaders,
under the rallying cry of political party. It
is for this - opposition to the just measures of
the Administration nie raised up to the encour
agement of t|ie Rebellion, the bmdrance-of the
Government and thoi vigorous prosecution of
the war; and it is for‘this that teds of thou
sands of our-brave sons are stain by Rebellion,
which is protracting the war, in the hope that
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its political sympathizers trill gain the poorer
in one section, and rise op In another,‘aswas
to have been done in the Berth-West, if. it had
been successful in its disloyal eohemee. in Con
necticut. ’-
The political class jaei described,bare' hew
designated as Copperheads. Never, petlipt/
Was a name more richly merited, or mom wor
tbily and appropriately-bestowed. In the,pop
ular nomenclature the. copperhead is the rattle
•snake’s mate-more mlan,. and,- if .possible,
more venomous, and its poison more virulent
»o)ssj;;Vmi»» -
around the Union, and strangle and sting It to
the death, and-the Copperhead of the loyel
States is crawling npon its snaky, slimy errand
to render its assistance. May oar brate Army
and Navy abroad cut off the .head of the one,
and the heel of the woman’s seed at home most
.effectually and thoroughly bruise the head of
the other, T
The designation of Copperhead is not one of
recent origin, as is supposed by some. In a
speech I mode at Albany a few evening since,
I called the attention of the audience to the
foot, that they existed as long since as the daye
of Paul; for be declared that “Alexander the
copper head hath done me much evil!—the
Lord reward him according to hie works !” 1
admitted that I spoke from memory, and might
not hSye every word as it was; bat 1 only aim
ed at the substance.
Democracy is 'a principle, and not a mere
name, to be mouthed by fraudulent pretender*.
Ail are not Democrats who pat on its uniform!
nor is everything an applo that swims'. Tbs
foundations of Democracy are troth, justice,
and equality. It has ite true and its counter
feit, and as in the case of coin or paper, great
effort is made by those who bold the spurious
to put it into circulation before detection over*
takes them' True Democracy wars not. upon
its country’* Constitution, nor doesit justify or
apologise for those who do so—itwoulderosb,
not compromise with Rebellion—it brings not
propositions of peace, but a sword, to those
whp threaten the integrity of the Union with
arms—it connives not with conspirators or trai
tors —it nominates no candidates for their bene*
fit, nor does it-indulge schemes of uprising
against the Government in one section if it can
elect its disloyal candidate in another; it never
balances between loyalty and treason, with on*
foot iu each, ready to. leap either way, as the
fortunes of the day may indicate t it never -at*
tempts to ride two horses, .especially when
they arc going in opposite directions; It ao*
knowledges the membership of none who Wr*
nish aid and comfort to the- enemies-of the
Union, whether moral, material, or politicals
it sits not down with its .country’s, foreign ene
mies, to plot the severance of the’Union, seek*
ing to secure the most adroit method of stri
king the fatal blow, but concealing the dastard
band; it keeps on foot no spurious party
hatching-machine, hatching organizations for
the benefit of pinfeatbered politicians, to vex
and embarrass and weaken the administration
of the Government in a time replete with difl*
culty, or to divide the loyal people into politi
cal sections r and thus weaken their forces, or
to give courage and hope and prolonged cxis
tonce to Rebellion, ft observes all tba com*
pacts of the Constitution to those who aoknotr*
ledge their force; but it proposes to extend the
rigors of war instead thereof to those whodenf
and repudiate their authority. While it does
not favor Slavery in tbo abstract! not regard
its existence as a part of, of essential -to the
Constitution, it respects and obeys all tbs pro*
tection thrown around it in the hands of loyab
ty. But it regards Ihe labor of those held ttt
service as.no more sacred than other rights of
property, and. will seize, confiscate, employ, at
release accordingly, os -authorized by the thlra
of martial law. But • true Democracy isth*
conscience of the people; it is the very essence
of the Constitution; it was born with it, and
will expire when it dies. It Mil stand by tba
Government, no matter by whom adihinistered;.
and will swear in the language of its great
and sainted leader, that “ the Union mpst and
shall be preserved.”
THE REPUBLICAN PATt+f AND TdE UNION PAUTTI
Tbe Republican party wds formed from tl 6
old TVTiigtjJarty, which was disintegrated when
its issues became obsolete,-and the rreo Soil
or Anti-Slavery wing of the Democratic party.
It was formed to resist what is termed the es%
tension of Slavery, upon the repeal of the Mis l
souri Compromise, which alarmed, to consider l
able extent, the public mind. Beyond tbii
object it had no general creed Sr rallying cryi
and holds its present organization, as does tbd
spurious Democratic organization, opott and'm
virtue of issues which no longer bare exis l
tenco. There is no question or living issue
upon which-either organization stand* Ot Sart
stand permanently trad distinelirely,' and both
must give place, however muoh they may strug
gle against it, to one grcdt, popular living-,
breathing organization upon tbs issues of the
dey, too strong for the leading-strings' of man l
ngers—too eievatod for the moUsingnwls Wbicll
bant for party pay. ' It will be a Democratic
Republican organization. Tho Constltntioii
and the'Taws will be its pillar and its eloudi
and rebellion, whether opep or in disguise—
whether of the whole or half blood—whether
engaged in the work of treason and murder of
in acting as the political aids and instrument*
and apologists of those who art—will be sttrt
annihilation; Treason and disloyalty -rtill h'4vs
a party Worthy of sueh principles, and ths
defffn'Ct, jaded, corrupt, and stultified' leaders
will have a platform' bf principles suited to thC
organic remains of the Copperhead chiefs.
RADICALS AND CONSERVATIVES’;
These terms were' invented and were em
ployed to answer the ends arid the purpo
ses of ambitions.and conflicting leod'Sri tether
than to advance the purposes which all Cnioh-
Ibving men bare in view, and the sootier the?
give place the' better. That Some will be mote
extreme thin others upOnnafeStiOni insepara
ble from the prosecution of mS Mrsr is to he ex
pected ; heooo a oathollo and liber*) «gftik
should bo indulged atiiengi iJI Who EVOUId
achieve a common end andare alike for an an*
copperheads.
DEMOCRACY.