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Attorneys qounsellobs at law,
will attend thd: Courts of Tioga, Potter and
Mogeancounties. 'jjj [Wellsboro/Jan. 1, 1863.]
■ JTOHii: S. 3IAS3T,
Attorney & Boonsellor at law,
Cendersport, PmfyiU attend the sore cal Courts
in Potter and McKean counties. Ail business en
trusted to his care wilPreeeiye prompt attention. He
has the agency of lafffi! tracts of good settling land
jan'd will attend to thefayment of .faxes (many lands
ip said counties,' ;gi " . ‘ Jon. SSj, 1863.0
J. CAMBELL, JR.,- ' ’
Knoxville, if’iogai.Connty, Pa.,
* TTOBNEY AfeoUNSBLLOR AT LAWT
A. Prompt attontionfgiven to the procuring of Pen
sions, Back Pay of SpMiers Ac. , •
Jan. 7, 1A63.-flm.»jgi
DICKIMOIV HOUSE, ,
COKS&NG, N. Y.
Maj. A. FIELD,..If.: Proprietor.
GUESTS taken ©and from the Depot free
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PfiNNmfllMA HOUSE,
CORNER OF MAIN gfIREBT ANDTHR AVENUE,
'Wejjsboro, Pa.
J. W. 81Q0N^T,......... .Proprietor.
THIS popular u|tej, having been re-fitted
and is now open to th'e
public as a first-class ijfoae. - [Jail. I, 1863.]
IZIAIt HOUSE,
Gaines, County, Pa.
11. C. VERMILTm,..* Proprietor.
THIS is a new Hotehlocated within,easy ao
cess of the best Jtehing and hunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylrai&J. No pains will bleared for
the accommodation ofjrte&snre- seekers and the trav
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THOMAS GRA\SS, .....Proprietor.
—‘ —(Formerly ofiihikCovington Hotel.)
TTMIIS Hqtoli .kept &r along time’by David- Hart,
JL 4s being repaiiwl and furnished anew. The
subscriber has lease&U for a term of years, where he
may be found ready ti wai,t upon his old customers
and the traveling put ic-generally.. His table will
be provided with .thejlJest the market affords. At his
bar may‘be found of liquors and
cigars. {flWnlisboro, Jan. 21, 1863-tf.
WELLSJ3ORO HOTEL.
B. B. H0L1HAm',....0.:..'. ..'.Proprietor.'
THE Proprietor having again taken possession of
the above Hotel|*p4ll spate no pains insure
the comfort of the traveling public. At
tentive waiters always ready. .Terms reasonable*
Wellsboro, Jan. 2HTSB3.-tf. '
A . iF O E E V,
Watches, Clci|)&, Jewelry, &c., &c.,
repaired! jAT old, prices. 1
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5-, ] PNION BLOCK. .
Weltsboro, May. 2(gj863.'
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barber
HAIR-DRESSER,
SHOP OVER jj.iL. WILCOX’S STORE,
no. 4=,’ union block.
Welisboro, June 2IH&J3.
.E SHOP.
.TUB
I AM now receivilg a STOCK gf ITALIAN
and (bought with cash)
and am prepared to indchfactiire all kinds of-
TO s
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HARVEY" ADAMS d iny authorized agent and
will sell Stone at thejJaiAS prices as at thn shop.
. IV£ SAVSiIh/T ONE PRICE. '
Tioga, May 20 r- 18&fi-)y, - - A. D- COLE.
FLOUR AlB> FEED STORE.
, WRIG#T 8T BAILEY
HAVE had thilfSniU thoroughly repaired
and are’reoetSng frefh ground flour, feed,
«tc.,.erery da£‘*at Ureir store In town. .
Cash paid for all kfeds of grain.
. ' & WRIGHT A BAILEY
WeUataro,'AprU c 1863
Q. W. WELLINGTON & CO’S. BANK,
“ OOEMiNG, ‘N. Y.,
(Located is Ijcda Dickinson House.)'*
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Collections made||2s 'I parla of the Union at Cur
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transact their business before the departure of the
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evening. Q. Wl President.
Corning, N. Y., Ehy*. d 2, 1862.
HOMteSI , J3AI>.
ANfiVT ST(W|;,AND TIN SHOP HAS
just been opoia&sln Tioga, Penna., where ’may
be found a'good nßfiKti£ent"-of Cooking, Parlor and
■'Box Stoves; of the most approved patterns, and from
the best The HOMESTEAD is ad
mltted-tb be ftre Elevated Oven Stove in the
market. The ’f 3 * ‘ *
“ GOLDEN Af?®” & GOOD HOPE,"
are square, flat top afrUight stoves, with large ovens,
with many ever any other stove before
made. Parlor Stoveg. The Signet, and Caspiop are
both very neat and superior stoves.
Also Tin, Copper, and Sheet Ison ware, kept con
• qn hand and -made,to order of the bfeat mate
rial and workmanship, all of which will be sold at
tjh© lowest figuro.for cash.or feady pay.
Job work .of all kinds attended to on call.
Tioga, Jan. 14, 1863. 'GUEKIfBEY S'gMEAD. .
Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing.
*PHB subscriber informs his .old customers
A and the public generally that ho ir prepared to
«afs wool and dress cioth at the old stood, the coming
reason, having secured the services of Mr. J. PEET,
a competent and experienced workman, and also in
tending to give nis personal attention to the business,
he will warrant all wgirk done at his shop.
Wool carded at ffre cents per-pound, and Cloth
dressed at from ton to twenty cents'per yard as per
L JACKSON -
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A. ROY/
Tjealer in Dimas and medicines
Chemie&ls, Varnish, Psinfs, Dyes, Soaps, Perl
&}»«,-■ P P tty > Toys < Fancy Goods,
Pate •« mca, Brandies, Gins, and other Liquors for
medicai use. Agent, for the sale of ail the best Pat-'
ume and oPtiif ** I'*'' Medici P e3 warranted gen?
. BEST! QUALITY. .
fp, y sic *an s Prescriptions accurately compounded,
ihe i best Petroleum Oil whichia superior to any other
" Eosi «e Lwflps* Also, all other kinds
usually kept iji a'fir'st class d)rug Store.
F , A ? C / DtifCOLORS in packages allready
(impounded, fer fte use of private families. Also,
w nf &ag&T lat Mmpoaads.
r "«Uooro, Jane 24J19«3-ly.
THE AGITATOR
\ DePotrU to tfce Srtenjjiou of tf> l otea of ifm&om anO t&e SptfaD of f&eaXt&g Brfotm.
VOL, IX.
’Tie well, sjreet winds, that ye should sigh
With weird befitting melody
Still from the tropic climes of calm,
Where gorgeous flowers diffuse their balm.
Bring unto ns with woe oppressed
Some faint perfume of olden rest. *
Te brought this sorrow to oar hearts
Oh, July wind*, it ne’er departs!
One year ago, oh sighing breeze.
Tby tnosic sounded thro’tbe trees
And, all nnseen 'by mortal eyes, 1
- There floated downward from the sines
The angel Death. The son rays glint
Thro' willow;bonghs and beaoteont tint
The flowers adore a twelvemonth-grave,
. There sleeps' the young, the true, the brave.
One year little deemed
This woe were lasting—still It seemed
’Twas but a weary midnight dream,
f Vanished when came the morning's beam ;
But when the winds blew o'er the waves
, To slumber in their ocean oaves
And blossoms drooped and fell the leaves
We murmured —** Even Nature grieves V* ;
>
■We coold not mourn, dear one, so muoh v t
Hadst died less glorious—for ’twas such
A death as patriots die, he died—
And If'with woe we mingle pride
Less dire the specters’ ghastly frown ;
Less sharp the thorns in sorrows’ crown;
Chant, winds, a dirge above the grave
Of him .who died bis land to save.
Euklisgtok Pa., July .1863. Ivr.
LAY OF THE MODERN “"KONSEItfATIVS.”
I am a gay “ Konserrative.
.1 stand by tbo old K-onstitusbnn, I da;
1 go far the Baiun ez it was/
With, the eJd Dimmycrat ticket,.rite thru.
These black RtfpnhUkans donH suit me,
Fur I'm a Konservativ man, yu see I
I am a Dimmycrat, dyed in the wool— . w
I go fur free trade, and that sort ov thing;
I think'it's rife feu let Slavery rule—
Sooner’n hev Lincoln I’d vote for a king,
And hev the Saonth far an ariatockracy
Tu rule the hull North (except the Dimmockracy.)
Shuttin up fokea fur speeking their mind "***
In my opinion's a peeee of knavery—
I free speech of evry kind,
Except when it interferes with slavery!
(Sich kind of free speech all Dimmykrata fight—
Ef Brooks had killed Sumner he'd dond jest rite.)
I go fur aour konsUtutional rights,
With the rit ov hebeae corpv* inviTate,
I’d haow a Dimmykrat fights,
Ef Abram Lincoln attempts tu spile it!
I've a right tu tatek treeion, ez I understand—
Tawk’s tawk; it’s money that buys the land 1
I go fur the vigreus conduct ov war
' Of course with a decent regard in figgars*
So ez.not tu inkreeso aour national debt),
And abuy all not to free the niggers.
I'd rather the North hed not pulled a trigger
Than see d' traitoLahot daown by a nigger.
Yes, I nm a reel Konservativ;
1 stand by the Konstituaban, X dal
Ef onny wan sez I*m frends with the Saouth,
I’ll Sware by hokey it isn’t true !
I ain’t a rebbel; bat. be—m • —*peek lore —
I kinder bclteve in Vallondigham, though !
. Charity Grimes.
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Select J&tacellatfg.
PAjtSON BROWNLOW’S LATEST.
The following correspondence will afford
both amusement and wholesome instruction.
It explains itself fully :
Johnsons’ Island, Sandusky, Ohio, 1
June lltb, 1863. j
W. G, Broicnlow
. DeaK 'Sir —l have been at this place a
week, a prisoner of war. I was taken on the
field of Champion Hill, consequently herewith-*
out funds. The collaterals which I held as
principal owner of the Marietta Paper Mill
Company, was never paid by Kinsloe & Kice,
of Knoxville, in your favor. Will you oblige
me by sending a draft "to this place for any
part of the sum you may think proper, and give
direction as to the manner of credit on ao
-count? Very Respectfully,
Mr. C. D. Phillips: Tour verystrange and
unexpected note of the lllh inst., was forward
ed to' me at this place, by my wife, at Cincin
nati ! From your note I learn several things,
and infer others. , I learn that you are a pris
oner of waf, at Johnson's Island—that you
were captured at thq battle of Champion Hill,
on the sacred soil of the South—that you are
-out of funds, &c. I infer that you are an offi
cer in the Hebei army—that you have gone
forth, like thousands of other deluded and in
furiated Southerners, at the bidding of your
corrupt leaders, in search of your rights—that
you nave in part found your rights—notin
the “ Territories,”, but on Johnson’s Island,
and would be willing to retire from this un
called-for war, and engage in the more honor
able, and certainly more.profitable business of
paper-making,
I am not prepared to say what you mean by
the “ collaterals” furnished you by Kinsloe &
Rice, of Knoxville, in my favor. You have
certainly intended your note for some one else.
Kinsloe & Rice were a Publishing firm—dealt
largely with you in the paper line, and failed
while they were the Publishers of the Presby
terian Witness and the Knoxville Register. I
was never the partner of these men, or their
security, except on some small bills in bank.
I hold the note of that firm for about Five Hun
dred Dollars. I would like to-have the money,
and I really need it, but I have not thought of
calling upon you to pay it; although I could do
sd with as good a grace as you could call upon
me to pay -you a debt of theirs. I have no
doubt these gentleman could now pay ns both,
if we would receive the worthless paper issues
of the bogus Confederacy. , 1 would not give
ten cents per bushel for such money. You
might pass it off among yonr Vallandighatn
the-vicinity of Sandusky. If 1 were
you, I woBH-call upon toy Copperhead friends
at ths North, for a ioan. They are with you in
your war upon the Government, and ought to
be willing to relieve your present necessities.
They' are not as honorable, patristic, or as brave
as yon are. Yon have {shown your devotion to
yonr cause; and yonr infamous principles; by
shouldering your musket, going into the field,
WHILE THERE SHALL HE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
vfULLSBOROj TidGA COUNTY, PX., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1863.
' * [For The Agitator.}
IN MEi^ORUM.
C. D. Phillips,
Of Marietta Paper Company.
Nashville, June 20th, 1863,
and facing dangers and death. These coward
ly devils at the North, and unmitigated trai
tors who sympathise with you, bare not enough
of manly pride and courage to go into Dixie,
and fight for the party they say are In the
right. They I can sneak -about the towns and
neighborhoods of the loyal States,' and en
courage desertions, and insubordination among
the officers and privates of the Federal-army,
who may be lat home on furlough* or leave of
absence. As mean as yojir Southern leaderh
are, and as low flung as are many-of thA drunk
en blackguards in your ranks,- they.'qrefeenSs
men, patriots, and Christian -philanthropists, 1
compared with these Northern villains ■ who
are on the side of Jeff. Davis.
' But a word to your claim against mg. I bad
large dealings with yon, in the paper-line, and
onr business. relations were pleasant.' I paid
you thousands of dollars, from first to last, and
found your firm correct in its accounts. My
last payment to yon, before the rebellion set
in, was thro’ David A. DeEUjyjck, Cletjk of the
Knoxville .Chancery was soma' six
bundred doilarg, and left yonr as my book and
yours, will; show, eighty cents in my debt. I
Speak from memory, but I am certain that I
am correct. ’
1 take this (method of replying to your note,
that other rebel, prisoners may meet with my
response. I fcavp frequent calls npoa me for
money and £lothesi by rebel prisoners at Camp
Chase, Camp Morton; Alton, St. Louis, and
other^ointe— Bom ®. placing their solicitations
upon ,the ground of former political and re
ligions associations, and some upon the score
of the long standing friendship between their
families and myself. :
No man wko h& gone into thij infinitely in
fernal rebellion, -of his own accord, has any
claims upon me, or my generosity. And if I
even owed a rebel money—and thank God I do
not—l do not feel,, under the circumstances,
that I ought to pay him one cent. And cer
tainly, for a rebel creditor of mine to demand
payment, would require a degree of impudence,
that the Devil, with alibis effrontery, cannot
boast, of having. Whac- are the facts in my
case fT My paper* with-a large and profitable
circulation, was crushed out,’after this rebel
lion was inaugurated, and roy Printing office,
the most valuable in Eastern Tennesso, shame
fully sacrificed. Three bouses and lots in
Knoxville, worth ten thousand dollars, were
taken from me. A large land well furnished
dwelling house was taken from me,-my family
were driven but, and allowed 36 hours in which
to leave the Southern Confederacy, and my
furniture, beds, and bed-clothing, sold to the
highest bidders, and the proceeds nscd to carry
on the war | against the United States Govern
ment. A nfgro boy was taken from me, be
fore I was sent out of the country, and carried
into the.rebel army, and since I.left, lam in
formed that the rebels have taken charge of a"
negro girl, on the falsely alleged ground that
one of them was my security for the girl. I
had an interest of ten thousand dollars in the
Cburchwell property, in Knoxville, which I
gained in the Chancery Court, and afterwards
in the Supreme Court, and been sold underlie
Court. This has been sequestered, and fof the
same unholy purpose. The scoundrel, Gen.
Leadbetter, wbb was-in command of the post
of Knoxville, refused .me the privilege of col
lecting a large amount of debts doe my print
ing office, on the ground that I was an “ alien
enemy.”
Thus, all I had accumulated in thirty years,
was taken from me, because I refused to turn
traitor, war'upon my Government, and act
with a band of the most infamous scoundrels,
South, that ever God permitted to breath, the
vital air. This is not all: my wife and seven
children were driven oat of the country after
me, and refused the privilege of bringing any
thing with them but their wearing apparel.
My, two sons are in the Federal service, fight
ing the corrupt government, and the still more
infamous 'authorities that forced them- from
their native soil. My wife, and her helpless
girl-children, are boarding at a private house
in Covington, opposite to Cincinnati. The Sec
retary of the Treasury, Mr. Chase, was kind
and considerate enough, without any solicita
tion on my part, to appoint me one of the Spe
cial Agents of the Treasury Department, on
the 18tb of December last, ipd my pay meets
the board of myself and family, at Covington,
and no more. This is my condition in life, at
the age of 57. I repeat, no Southern rebel, or
rebel sympathizer, has any claims upon me. I
want no fellowship with such men, and I shall
be found opposing them to the end of my earth
ly When they lose their negroes, tbesr
lands, bouses and homes, and even their lives, (
can but thank God, and take courage !
lam for the vigorous prosecution of this
war, until the old flag, the banner of beaut;
and glory, shall wave in triumph over every
foot of soil, between the cod fisheries of Maine
and the Gulf of Mexico. In other words, lam
for using every means that God has placed in
the power of the Federal Government, to crush
out this rebellion, if, in doing so, every rebel
in the Southern Confederacy has to t|o exter
minated, and every Northern traitor hung!
Live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish, I
am for the Union—the Union one and in
divisible. I afu for the Federal Government,
as it is administered. Abraham Lincolnand
Jefferson Davis represent the two great powers
that are in conflict, and it is as true in this re
lation aria a higher and holier one, that “ no
man can serve two masters. Either be will
hats the one and love the other; or else he will
bold to the one and despise the other.’' This
is my position. Until this transcendent ques
tion of National Integrity is decided, I have
resolved to forget all'other ties and interests.,
Whigs and Democrats, Protestants and Cath
olics, are all alike to me, daring my country’s
passage through this fiery ordeal. And every
man is with me, who has one drop of pure
American blood in bis veins I
1 go noW for Boring the 0000(17, and after
that, 1 will aid in the organization of parties,
and the settiementof question* of policy. And
those who iprate about Federal encroachments,
and cajole? tbfeir disciples with lectures on the
peril of State Bights, hot have ao word of
cheer to Federal soldiers who are pouring out
their blood to save these very men from all tbs
horrors of anarchy, are base end l truckling
cowards, and do not breath the breath of pa
triotism 1 Could the voices of our illustrious
fathers of the Revolution be heard, they would
come down out of Heaven, ringing in our
ears,—Stand by yonr country, Lincoln, and
by your Government 1” Could our thousands
of slain soldiers be heard, they would, say
stand and die fay the Government! Could our
divided families, weeping after those who were
driven from them, by Southern oppression, be
- beard, in their mountain homes, they would
say stand by.tbe Government! And this shall
fae the language of the. subscriber, whether he
is (lain in battle, at the hands of an assassin, or
dies in the quiet obscurity.
from tfjc 3rmp.
From the 14th. IT. B. Infantry.
Maryland, July 10, 1863.
Friend Agitator.— Again we ate approach
ing- the field of battle., Already the distant
booming of cannon breaks upon our ears, ech
oing, through valleys, over hills and dale', until
the sound dies away in the distance. We were
lost engaged at Gettysburg, which 1 ' was a very
botlyimon tested battle. We arrived on the bat
tle field the second dky at 5 o’clock p. m. - We
bad marched all dsyf starting at daybreak, and
only rested long enough to cook a cup of coffee
and eat wliat every good soldier relishes well
in these parts, a hard cracker. As soon as we
arrived on the field of notion, we formed in line
of battle, and advanced upon the enemy. We
bad not advanced but a short distance before
the rebel sharp shooters began to pick offjfeur
officers, and occasionally a stray shot would
give the colors a call. We had not advanced
more than 800 yards, w hen it was discovered
that the rebels in the woods had flanked our
first division, and they were retreating in disor
der. Our General then commanded ns to
about face, forward march, to galiiitha position
we’first left, when we formed in line. Here it
was where the 14th infantry lost so many men
by the rebel sharp shooters, and those that had
flanked us on the right. When we had gained
the position we first left, we about faced again,
and poured a deadly volley of musketry into
them, which served to check their mad career
for a moment. They had advanced np to our
batterfes, capturing onajiieoe, but vfere obliged
to abandon it soon, There was where the
Bucktails fought so gallatrtljT They charged
three times upon the rebels and captured near
ly 200 prisoners.
On the third our corps was kept as a reserve.
The fourth we advanced agaiu, reconnoiter
ing'through the woods we,had driven them
from the third. On emerging into the woods
.adjoining, they opened upon us with a masked
battery. Orir skirmishers were deployed to the
right.VWe lost none killed the fourth, and hot
seven wounded. Total loss killed and wounded
in the regiment, was 163.
On the fifth the rebels abandoned their posi
tion entirely, starting en route for the Potomac.
We received the joyful news of the'surrender
of Vicksburg, which was one of the strong
holds of the confederacy. “Old Jeff” placed
great dependence on that place as one that we
could not capture ; but at last it is ours. Our
army seems to be successful on’every hand
No doubt it Would be of interest to the people
of Sullivan and Rutland townships to know
how the company of young men that enlisted
from those townshipe in the 14th
came out of the battle of Gettysburg. Our old
friend; Oliver Robins, was killed instantly ;
shot through the body. We deeply mourn his
loss. He was a Christian, and one of the host,
of soldiers. Steven C. Cleveland was wounded
in the leg. The last we heard from him he waj
doing well. Your humble correspondent es
caped without injury, but had two or three very
close calls. My canteen was shot to pieces on
my hip. We were lying in line of battle, and
another ball passed through my knapsack kill
ing a corporal by my side. Our color guard
was composed of seven corporals, and two ser
geants. Out of the nine, two corporals and one
sergeant escaped unharmed ; so you can imag
ine we were in a very hot place, not a very en
viable one 1 assure you. the seventeenth of
June, onr friend, Henry Slingeifiand, died at
the hospital in Washington. We miss him
much. He left us sick at camp near Falmouth,
Va. Homer Ripley, and Melville Maine, are
in the hospital at Philadelphia ; both were quite
sick the last we heard from them.
Corporal A. S, Reynolds.
A Soldier on Copperheads.
Mainsburg, July 5, 1863
Friend Cobb: Having just received a let
ter from my'soldier brother, in which be gives
a pretty plain statement of the feeling in the
army concerning the state of affairs in the
North, 1 have made bold to send it to you for
publication. _ - D. L. A.
The letter js as follows :
"I am in for a rigorous prosecution of the
war—as much so as on the day I enlisted. But
I tell you that the soldiers of this army have
poor encouragement. I - repeat it—we have
very poor encouragement. Our leading men
are found fault with "while doing their utmost.
The Administration's cursed for doing its du
ty, and not only by many of our own people
but by the whole world. Returned soldiers
are abused by portions of the press, and our
sick comrades have been mobbed in northern
cities. Northern Copperheads have held sym
pathy meetings in the interest of traitors; and
did not these same sympathizers mob our sick
soldiers in Newark ? Have they not, in Penn
sylvania, attempted to
officers in the discharge of their duty"? I won
der if they imagine the nature of the influence
such actions have on the minds of the soldiers
who'are submitting to hardships and privations
for the preservation of the liberties bought with
the blood of our fathers? What kind of SD
American can he be who rejoices in the defeats
and reverses of our armies ? Yet it is a fact
that thousands in the North do so rejoice, and
are trying to kindle civil war in the North, to
desolate our homes, and so rob us of our last
remaining comfort. In the name of Heaven, I
ask,is this to continue? If tbs, laws of out
country are to be set at naught at home, while
we are fighting to assert and maintain them,
then I, for one, ask the privilege of going home
to fight. If such things are to continue, 1
want to fight Northern, instead of Southern
traitors 1 S. A. A.”
[We can appreciate the indignant protest of
that soldier. But we shall regret the necessity
that compels our brave soldiers to torn from the
battle with the nobler traitors South, to bunt to
their boles the sneaking cowards'who apologize
for mobajin New York, or turn informers- and
pimps for rebels in Pennsylvania. So.]
W. Q. Beowkiow.
The Contempt in Which the Behels Hold
Peace Sneaks.
In two years, as many persona hope, we may
have peace—that is, always provided we-uon
tinued to reputee and defeat the invading ene
my. The Yankee “Democracy” ,is certainly
rousing itself, and preparing for a new struggle
(at the ballot-box) in the great cause of (he
"spoils,” or, as they call it, the cause of Con
stitutional Liberty, Those Democrats are evi
dently beginning to raise ts Peace platforvt for
the next Presidential flection; and if
the good lack to be helped on 'and sustained by
more and more serious disasters of the Yankei
army in the field, there is no aioubt that the
present devonrers of the said spoils at Wash
ington, may soon be so discredited that our en
emy’s country would be ripe for such peaceful
ballot-box revolution.
It is sincerely to be hoped that those earnest
champions of constitutional freedom-will be
helped on and sustained in the manner they
require—namely, -by continued and severe re
verses in the field: and it is the first and most
urgent duty~qf' our countrymen, so to help
and sustain that Democratic party. It is tooth
ing to us which of their factions may .devour
the “spoilsjnst as little does it signify to us
whether they recover or. do not recover that
constitutional liberty which they so wantonly
threw away ih the mad pursuit of Southern
conquest and plunder. Put it is of'the utmost
importance to us to aid in stimulating disaffec
tion among Yankees against their own Govern
ment, and in demoralizing and disintegrating
societyin that\ God-abandoned country. We
can do this only in one way, namely ; by thrash
in their armies and carrying the war. to their
own firesides. Then, indeed, constitutional
principles will hold eway; peace platforms will
• arbitrary arrests will; lock odi
ens, and habeas corpus be quoted at a premi
um. This is the only.way that we can help
them. In this sense and to this extent, those
Democrats are truly our allies, and we shall en
deavor to do our duty by them.
But they evideirtly-look fo§other and further
help at our hands, and of quite a different sort,
No doubt they are pleased, for the present, with
the efficient aid which the Confederate army is
affording them. ChanceHoijVille was a God
send toi them, and the tremendous repulse at
Port Hudson is quite a plank in their platform.
Yet they understand very well that no matter
how soundly their armies may be happily beat
en ; no matter how completely Lincoln’s pres
ent war policy may be condemned bj its results,
yet all this will not be enough' to enable the,
unterrified' Democracy to clutch fhe “spoils'’ —'
or, as they phrase it, to restore the Constitution
of their fathers. This, of itself, would Sever
give them a Peace-Democrat President and
Cabineut; it would only result in another Ab
olition Administration, with a new Secretary
£of ‘Whr and a new Commandcr-in-Chief, and a
slightly different plan for “crushing the re
bellion,” Those -Black Republicans are in
power; after long waiting, pininmjutriguing
in the cold shade of the oppositions; and they
now have the numerical preponderance so deci
dedly that they both can and will hold on to
the office .with' a clutch like, death. The Dem
ocrats can do absolutely nothing without “the
South,” ks they persist in terming these Con
federate States ; and they cannot bring them
selves to admit the thought that ice would re
fuse to unite with them (as alas! we used to do)
tn a great universal Presidential campaign, for
a Democratic‘President, with a Peace platform,
and the “ Constitution as it is." In fact, this
whole two years' war, and the two
war which has yet to be gone through, is itself,
in their eyes, only a Presidential campaign,
only somewhat more vivacious than ordinary.
This explains the Vallnndigham Peace Meet
ings in New York and New Jersey; and the
“manly’declarations” of Mr. Horatio Seymour
and other patriots. “Do not let us forget,”
says Fernando Wood, writing to the Philadel
phia meeting, “that those who'perpetrate such
outrages as the arrest and banishment of Mr.
Vallandigbam, do so as necessary war measures.
Let us„ therefore, strike at the cause, and de
clare for peace and against the war."
This would! sound very well if the said “de
claring for peace” could have any effect what
ever in bringing about peace. “If .a man falling
from a tower could arrest his'fall by declaring
against it, then tbe declarations of Democrats
against the war might be of some avail. As it
is; they resemble that emphatic pronouncement
of Mr. Washington Hunt; “Let it be pro
claimed upoii the housetops that no citizen of
New York shall be arrested without process of
of law.” There is no use in bawling from the
housetops what everybody knows to. be non
sense. Or the resolution |of the New Jersey
meeting: 1
That in the; illegal seizure and
banishment of the Hon. 0. L. Valtandigham,
the laws of our country have beei^outraged,
the name of .the United States disgraced, and
the rights of every citizen menaced, and that it
is now the duty of a law respecting people to
demand of the Administration that it at once
and forever desist from such deeds of despotism
and crime. [Enthusiasm.”]
Demand, quotha? The starling that Mr.
Sterne saw in the cage, said only “I can't get
out.” It would have been more manly to.
scream, “I demand to get out; I proclaim" on
the house tope that I mil get out.”
. Another 'of-, the New 1 Jersey resolutions
throw* light upon this whets
object* :• ‘
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NO. 49.
“Resolved,
attachment b
vrfierever fom
to its ensffliei
hostility, and
by the Consti
and under thi
defend our lil;
can, forcibly
■This Jjhraal
there are'iriej
eraoy, and tl
them the su;
cy—not sure!
To the - eat
writes a led
Constitution i
endingjthus:;
“TheTsonM
required; tbi
be found in tl
our souls in I
Gen. Fitz J
remedy is, ncj
sent to fbrowj
box ; and it ii
Democratic hi
in a speech ■
before, & Del
(which we fii(
mark, more i
plan, than an;
‘.'Subjugati
possible, I ar
tion of hostili
the lull of tt
have time to !
of reason oai
a cilm, >1 a;
those in arm
may be, and
name of. a c
of a common
ciliation or r
may unite up
in which the
fered so loni
and each section, by virtue of the greatness de
veloped in this war, may profit by the experi
ence.*' If it shall be found that sectional opin
ions and pre, udices are too obstinate, and - the
exasperations of this war have burnt too deep
to settle it upon the basis of ; reconciliation or
reconstruction, then I know that separation and
reconstruction are inevitable.”
Here is the whole plan: an armistice,and
then “invitirlg our co-operation.” During that’
armistice they hope that the “calm, majestic
voice of reason” and a "common Christianity”
might do something considerable. Thagams,
as they calculate, would then, be on the board,
with stakes’so tempting! • T .
>lr. Wall Wold endeavor “to learn-what our
plans are.” Anything in reason he would be
prepared to !grant us; bat if we replied, onr
demands are! that you bring away your troops
from every inch of soil, that you leave the
Border States free to decide on their own desti
ny, that you evacuate all onr forts and towns
which you how hold, and make usyid of you
and the whole breed of you forever, then Mr.
Wall wonld exclaim, “What 1 do yon call that
the calm, majestic voice of reason ? Is that
your common Christianity ?” Ha would say,
“When I spoke of the calm, majestic, &0., I
meant the spoils ; when I said common Christi
anity, I meant meney. Let us talk rationally
—bow much common Christianity will you
take ?” .
In vain is a net spread in the light of, any
bird. We are’ware of them; and we will
watch them well, and the friends of the Union,
“wherever found.” Our views go a little fur
ther than theirs— tee hope so to disorganize and
disintegrate society in their country that they
will rush into armed revolution and anarchy. —
We spit upon their ballot-box." We oare
not what they “demand” in resolutions, nor,
what helpless trash they proclaim on the house
tops. We tic not believe in their poWr to at
tain so much is an armistice for two years’ to
come. If. an armistice, indeed, were offered,
and the invjading troops were withdrawn, of
course we should not object to it, and good use
could be made of it.
But mark Veil, ye armistice mongers! Du
ring that suspension of hostilities all negotiar
turns must bjs between Government and Govern
ment. Our fines should be more strictly guard
ed than ever] No negotiations or fraternisa
tion of parties by public meetings or private
conferences ;j no bargaining with the calm voire
of reason; no secret pocketing of Wall’s "Com
mon Christianity.”
But armistice there will be none, and we ere
glad of it. Out sovereign independence i« al
ready won and paid for with treasures of blood.
It shall not be sold by peddlers to be built into a ,
Yankee platform.
“f
Stephen A. Douglas on “ Arbitrary Ar
' rest*.
We the following language of
Stephen A. Douglas on the floor of ■Congress,
in a speech delivered January 6; 1846, to the
consideration of those who professed to be bis
friends when he was' alive, and who profess to
revere his memory now that be is dead: *
“ Mr. Sweater, * * * the necessity and the
glorious effects resulting from the coarse Which
that necessity prompted, were acknowledged
by the whole country, and he would’even any
by the whole civilized world. Then as feras
this bill was concerned, he. (Mr. D.) oared not
whether their acts were legal or'illegal. l ’ He
oared not whether Gen. Jackson suspended all
civil authority or not. If bis aijta were neces
sary to the defence of the country, that necess
ity. was above all law. Gen. Jackson hazarded
everything; he hazarded life snd : reputation
on that step,, which might render him immortal
if it saved the country, or on tbs’ contrary,
make 'him ignominious, anti a by-word and a
reproach ; arid the man that dared to do that,,
deserved- the Iproteotion and the plaudits of bis
country. Hji did not envy the feelings of~that
man that would -get up and’ talk calmly and
coolly, under such - circumstances, about mbs
of court, and technicalities of proceeding, and
the djH'geW' w example, when the city plight
haw and The utmost barbarity might
be - What wttaYples of court but
mere cobwebs when they fonnd so ensmy with
3 norms, 6 mosihs. .12 isosras.
53,00 $4,50 s6,o#
...5,00 6,50 " 8,00
7,09 . 8,50 10, (6
: That we renew oar declaration of
o the Union, pledging to its friends,
nd, our unwavering support, odd
ii, in whatever guise, onr undying
1! that, God willing, we will stand
itution and laws of our country,
jur sacred shield will-'maintain and
party and rights, ‘peaceably if wo
lif we must.’ [Great cheering.”]
Is, “wherever found,” implies that
ijnds of the Union in this Confed
lie resolution obligingly pledges to
port of the New Jersey Demodta
y without an equivalent retuml
|ae meeting.Qen.rili Johnftrter
ter, declaring, of course, for th»
and' resistance to despotism, and
Ist of arms, however, will not be
i certain and peaceful remedy will
ie ballot-box. Let us ail possess ,
patience. The remedy is ours.”
ohn Porter knows well that the
it theirs, unless “the con
their votes, into that same ballot-',
is for this, and. this only, that the
jook is baited with “Peace.” Put
iof Senator Wall, of New Jersey,
‘inooratic Club of Philadelphia,
ijd printed in the'&nft'nef,) is a re
jfully expounding the Democratic
iy other we hive seen. He says:
ion or annihilation, being alike ini
in favor of an immediate cesta-
ities, for an armistice—that ’mid
ie strife the beat of may
cool, and the calm, majestic voice
be heard. In the midst of each
,;n for endeavoring to learn from
i! against ns what their demands
inviting their 00-operation in the
nmmoD Christianity, in the name
] humanity, to some plan of recon
- 'construction by which the Sections
[on some more stable basis—a plan
i questions on which We have. dif
g may be harmoniously adjusted ;