The Tioga Couaty Agitator:
BY at|‘ H. .COBB.
■OnWinhud every IFeddeidny mamwg uni msiTeifio
FXFTTKJBSTS
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r The papcUcseut-poiSge free tnconuty SMBoribors,
ma|l»tpott-offl.ecB lo
oted in' counties immediately adjoining, for eonven-
TJi Agitato aitf tlife Official paper of Tioga Cot,
and circulates in ever/.neigSbothpod therein, Sub
scriptions being bd the’idvdaco-pay Byrtem, it circa
lates among a class most lb the interest of advertisers
U, reach. Tams 15 advertisers as .liberal as’ tlioaaiof
feredby any paper ot equal’circulation in Northern
Pennsylvania. ’• ’ f ,;/* .
jSS'A cross, on the margin of a paper, denotes
that the subscription is about to expire. •
jpg- Papon wißbh sibpped when thb ehbscription
time,expires, unloa? the Ijgent orders their continn
anttt ' ’"7 ft" — T" V J - " '
JAS. LOWR£¥ & S. F. WIXSON,
Attorneys & .counsellors at law,
attend 6f Tidga, Potter and
McKebn connticß.' \ ■ . [WelUboro, Jan. 1, 18G3.]
. JOB* S. OTAJMt,
A XIOBNBY £ £6nS(SELLOR AT LAW,
Condersport, Pad will attend the several Courts
id Potter-and .MoEwif.t counties. All business en
trusted to his care'will receive prompt attention. He
has tbeqgenoy of large tracts of good eottling land
and will attend to the payment of taxes on eny.lands
in said connties. f . Jon. 28,1563. U
DICKISSON HOUSE,
’ ' C.OKSTNfi, N.-Y.
Mai. A. F1ELD,.......' -•••• Proprietor.
a [TESTS taken to and from the Depot free
of charge/ ~ ' I . [Jan. I. 1863.]
PfiJISSFWASIA house;
COKN-ER o'f’ilAlN'SrfaEßT AND THE AVENUE,
= i.'Vf&kffot*.' Pa.
J. IF. ttIGONYy..., 1 ..;;...... Proprietor.
THfS popular Bote}, bating been re-bned
and re-furnished throughout, is now- open to the
public as a first-Glass house. ’ [Jan. 1. 1893.] ,
IZAAK WALTON pOITSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa,
H. C., VERMILYEAi
THIS is" a new hoteil located within easy ac
cess sf the best fishing- and bunting grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania , No pains wit! be spared for
the accommodation of Jjeasuie seekers nnd the trav
'cliing public, - i , " [Jan. 1, 1863.]
*SL WATCHES, CLOCKS AND
JEWKLRT'!
Repaired at B.CLLA&D'S df CO'.S. STORE, by tbe
subscriber, in the beat manner. and at as low prices as
the same work can dune lor, J)y any first rale pfae
i tical workman in tbe State. ‘ '
WeJlsboVo, July
WEUSBORO HOTEL.
B. B. HOLIDAY,.'. I .', ; ...Proprietor.
THE Proprietor having again taken possession of
the above Hotel; «£}! spare no pains lo insure
the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At
tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable.
t Wellsboro, Jan. 21, ISOJ.-tf. ’
a. rbiEir,
Watches, piocka, Jewelrv, &c., £cc.,
■REPAIRED/AT' OLD PRICES.
post OFFICE 1 BUILDING,
XO. 5, ? V/GiV BXOCK.
Wellsboro, May . 163. ■
E. jJJLACK,
BARBER diSeIAIR-DRESSER,
SHOP OVER C.)£. WILCOX’S STORE,
NO. 4,' UNION BLOCK,
* 'Wcllsboro,* June 24, j&03»
FLOVB ANXjjt.iFEED STOKE.
iWMQBV & 9AUJ&Y
HAVE hql£th,siv ttifj.thorougbly repaired
and are receiving fresh ground flour, feed,
day afctbeirstore in town.
Cash paid for hU‘kii&s,of‘ grain.
, ' *. .WEIGHT & BAILEY.
■\TellBboro, April 29, I$G3.
Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing.
THE subscriber -informs his oM customers
and the public generally that he is prepared to
card wool ami dress elotlr-ai the old stand, the coming
season, having secured the services of Mr. J. PEET,
a competent and experienced workman, and also in
tending to give bis personal attention to the business,
he will warrant aft work ;dono at his shop.
Wool carded art five cents per pound, and Cloth
dressed,at from ten tpltwcnty cents pet yard as per
color and finish. * 1 - > J. I. JACKSON.
Wellsboro, May 6, 18^3-tf..
JIARBIaESHOP.
T AM now rteemng'V STOCK. of*ITALTAN
L and RCTLInD (bought wiCh cash)
and am prepared to Bdatfufaclaro all kinds of
TOM B - S TONES
and MONUMENTS at .the lowest ptices, _
HARVBV ADAMS my anthemed agent, and
will sell Stone, at the swhe price* RB at the shop.
WE B&VE MIT. ONE TRICE.
Tioga, May 20, TOJ.-ly. A. D. COLE.
JOMUfHOY,
Dealer in ,dr%gs and medicines,
Chemical?, Varnipj, Paints, Byes, Soaped Per
fumery, Brushes, Glassjfputty, .Toys, Fancy Good?,
Pure Wines, and other Liquors for
medical use. Agent foStbe sale of alt the best Pnt-'
ont Medicines of ibe diy. Medicines'wasranted gen
ome and of the* ’ * .
BEST jhUALITy.
Physician's PrescripUhns accurately compounded.
The best Petroleum Oil‘Which is superior to any other
for burning in Kerosinfl tamps. Also, all other kinds
of Oils usually kept in & first class Drug Store.
30* FANCY pYE'flil/ORS in packages all ready
compounded, for th© n?y of pirate families. Also,
Pure Loaf Sugar for ms|ical compounds.
WeUsboro, June 24,5?83-3y*
Q. W, WELLINGTON & GO’S. BANK,
CORNER, N. Y.,
j;LocATEt> w Tjfa Diokisbos House.)
American Gold andfSilver Com bought end sold,
• Now York Exohangj, ' do. ,
Uncut-rent , do.
United State. Demaiid Notes "old,issue” bought.
Collection, made in nil parU_of the Union at Cur
rent rates of Exchange. " ■ ,
Particular pains trill he taken to accommodate our
patroos-from the Tioga Valley- Our Office will bo
open at J A. 11.", and close at 7 P. 11., giving parties
passing over the Tioga Hail Hoad ample time to
transact thoir business before .the departure of tbo
train in the morning, and after its arrival in ibe
evening. Q. W„ WELLINGTON, President.
Corning. X. Y., Nov. 12, 1363. ‘ , "■
HOMESTEAD.
A NEW -STOVE AND TIN SHOP HAS
just been opened.in Tioga, Fenna., where way
fee found a good, assortment of Cooking, Parlor and
Box Stores, of the most approved patterns, and from
.-the tost manufacturers-. . The. HOMESTEAD is ad
mitted to be the best Elevated Oven Stove in the
market. The si- " ,
“ GOLDEN A(hS” & GOOD HOPE,’’
ire square, flit tap air;il|ht stores, with iarge ovens.
Wits many advantages'over any other'elovo before
made. Parlor-Stoves. .The Signet and' Caspion are
both very n«at and superior stores*
AUo Tin, .Copper,'and Sheet Iron ware, kept con
stantly on hand and to’ 3 order of the host mate
rial and workmanniip, all 0 f which; will bo sold at
thedOTrcstfigure for or ready pay
Job work of all kinds attended to on call. ‘
Tioga; Jan. U, 18&3* GUERNSEY; & SMSAD.
EXECUTOR’S JCOtIcE. T
T EXIERS J&Btamentjtry having been jjran
7r* tfl . dU ptafo©state:of Thomas J.
fV*J* a^e Tioga, those indebted to the said
state are requested to'toake immediate-payment, ud
r oSfl the, dame, will present
eo duly authenticated to the undersigned for aet-
Ue i? ent • B. «
I»°S*l J»ly 25,15«3, ;«t JOS. f Exrs -
THE AGITATOR
VOL. X.
©ttglnal aioettrg.
We’ll let the “dead Past” Imried be,
Porgnt its all of joy ancl care,
And seize the Present io jits glow
Of hope,.triumphant; posing /sir.
'Tia bidden then—well, let it rest;
Plant o’er ita bead the asphodel,
We’ll love this pleasant time the best, *
The Palate, none can,te|l.
Let’s Sit us down bloom ;
* ' We’ll pluck a rose with eriry thorn,
And bless the fate that brings ns bliss,
* __ Prom mom ’till night, frbm night ’till mom.
A misty base, a ptlrple-velL
Drapes bill and valley sweetly o’er;
And crowned by snowy wreaths of foam,
Returning waves caress the shore.
And rising from the ocean i depths,
T!£e crescent moon with Ssilver light.
Transforms to sapphire ev*ry wave.
To gem and decorate the night.
And thus it is, the coming [time
Doth glorify the present bliss,*
As prelude onto after songl
As was the past time unto Ibis.
.Proprietor.
So these to future days sljdll scctn ;
With holy hearts, with happy smile—
Existence but a nectrona dream,
Love shall the perfumed [hoars beguile.
Tiogo, Aug, 21, 1553. .) Ivy,
©orrcfiiponiyctice.
totter from the Rock? mountains.
Denver Cur, Col. Ter., Aug. 11, 1863,
.Friend Cobb; I have prproieed you along
time to give the readers of The Agitator a let
ter from this place, but time has been so pre
cious 1 have not had an opportunity to do so
before now.
a.'b.hascy.
I reached Denver, the great commercial me
tropolis of the Rocky Mountain region, my
tenth time on Sunday last, and after stopping
three days eh all start back to the Missouri
River. I am in the employ of the Overland
Mail Co. and make a trip here and return every
three weeks, remaining idle nine days out of
that time, so you see I am only' six days on
the road from Atchison here, and vice versa. —
Being penned up in a printing office for ten
years, and then starting out on the plains in
the cold month of January can be imagined as
a pretty hard job, but by being w.ell bundled
up and having a good blanket and buffalo rube
I managed to keep pretty tyarm. - The weather
now is perfectly awful on tRo plains, I am
well satisfied a journey can be performed much
easier in cold than in warm weather. Mosqui
toes and buffalo gnats are now the worst enemy
I have to contend with, and £ shall rejoice when
cold weather comes.
The distance from Atchison here is about 700
"miles, and the land all prairie, but not until
we reach Fort Kearney, Nebraska, do we fairly
get upon the great plains, which is about 300
miles and the land all' rolling prairie : from
thence to Juleeburgb, C. T,, a distance of 200
miles tjie prairie is flat and of no account at all
except for grazing, JFrom the last named place
to Denver, 200 miles, it is a perfect sandy des
ert, produoing,nuthing but a little sage brush
and bunch and buffalo grass.
< For 100 miles west of Atchison to the Big
Blue river the land is pretty well settled and
several fine little towns have eprung up, Ken
nekuk, Grenada, Seneca and Marysville will
some day be flourishing country towns.
We strike the Platte river at Valley City ten
milee.east of Fort Kearney, and in an hour we
reach the garrison and take a last view of the
“Stars and Stripes,” the bristling bayonets,
and the burnished cannon. This is an nld post,
the buildings are built of wood and are old and
dilapidated, but the site is as fine as any I ever
saw, with any hunriber of beautiful shade trees
and handsome shrubbery.
Thirty-five miles farther west is Plum creek
and the greatest buffalo country on the whole
plains. Every time the coach now passes I can
behold droves of them numbering hundreds
and thousands; but not millions as Mr. Gree
ley saw while crossing three years ago. Early
last were plenty, ,but they are
now divided up in squads and only a few are to
be seen.
The emigration across the plains this season
has been enormous, and man; sa; has exceeded
that 1849. In traveling ten hours' on tha
coach one da; in June a distance of 75 miles,
I counted 613 wagons on their wa; to Colora
do, Nevada, California, .Oregon, Beaver Head
mines, & o. Travel is now dropping olf, bat I
can still behold the white covered wagons on
the plains almost ns far as tbs eye can Teach.
Denver is without a doubt the fastest town of
its size of an; place on the continent. The
first log cabin was erected in 1859, and the
place now contains upwards of 5000 inhabi
tants, and some of the finest brick buildings in
the western country are here in this place.—
There are two daily papers, three large first
class hotels, five or sjx churches, two theatres,
Ac. Here gambling is carried on to perfection
and the finest buildings are used for that pur
pose. The D. S. Mint here is a beautiful struc
ture, and in a month will be in operation. In
six weeks,Denver'will be in direct communi
cation by telegraph with every city in the
Union. The line is also to be extended up in
the Mountains to Central City and the Gregory
gold region,
I am sitting in the Planter’s House writing
this, and from my window I can behold the
Rocky Mountains; Pike’s Peak 90 miles south,
Love’s Peak ;75 miles north, and the Snowy
Range covered with a white mantle 05 miles
west. I can hardly believe the fact, yet the
nearest point to the Mountains is fifteen miles,
still they hardly appear two miles and a half.
The lofty peaks towering up in,every direction
present a scene grand and sublime and the
sights ont here are well worth a visit.
Timber is a scarce article on the plains, and
fire-wood commands from $lO to $5O pet cord.
At Julesburgb wood has to be hauled 105 miles,
and at a great many stations from 40 to 75
miles. Here there is an abundance of coal at
$8 and $lO. per tun, brought from ithe Mount
ains, while wood- is worth from $6 to 18 per
cord.
Wages of mechanics here arc about as fol
sebotrir.to tRc of t&e am of iFmtrom atis tfjc Spmft of.lUcaXtbg 3Rrfotm.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG pNRXGHTED,.AND UNTIL “MAN’ 3 lUHtTMANITT TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
| WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 186-3.
-[For the Aglta tor.]
PRESENT AND FUTURE,
lows: Carpenters and bricklayers $5 per day ;
brick makers $4 per day ; harness makers $3
to $4; laborers $2,50 to $3 ; printers $lB per
week, or 50 cents per 1000 ems, &c. First
class board and lodging costs from $lO to $l2
per week. Fresh butter is worth 60 cents per
lb.; fresh igga 90 cents pet doz.; coffee 50
cents per llj. <fce.
Traveling a distance of TOO miles on a coach
in a country that is nothing but a vast, plain,
night and day for six days without any rest,
-and very little sleep, can better bs imagined
than described. Stations on the road will av
erage fifteen miles apart, still one change is
twenty-two miles. From Junction to Fremont's
Orchard is {eighteen miles and sot a honse on
the road. The fare we are provided with on
the plains is pretty good considering all things,
though at some stations a person would need
the stomach of a bog to sit down to the table
and notice {the operations of the cuok getting
up a meal. | I bare now been traveling on tfie
plains nearly seven months and can go rnsty
fat bacon with a good relish. Since I have
been on the; Overland line I am perfecty satis
fied that I,have eaten my “peck of dirt,” and
at one station I refused to. eat, and told the
keeper that ! did not like to eat my “peck”
all at once. ‘
The gold imioes were never bo prosperous ae
at the presept time, but a man needs capital
to make them pay. Not less than $30,000,000
will be teken out of the Rocky Mountain gold
mines (he present season, while hundreds and
thousands pave gone, to the upper new mines at
Beaver Head and Bannack City, where it is
currently reported gold is taken out by the
pound in the late discoveries. F. A. R.
political.
A Page of Impartial History.
WHAT GOVERNOR CURTIN I)ID IN APRIt, 1861,
When the red hand of rebellion was raised
against the government, the people of the coun
try were appalled. .The nation, so to speak,
was apparently powerless for a time, i Our
ships-of-war had been sent to distant waters.
Our arsenals and forts in the North had either
been robbed or relieved of their little garri
■sons. The small ‘ army of two thousand five
hundred United States regulars bad been sent
South, under the command of the meanest of
traitors, General Twiggs, by the order of the
band of conspirators, who, though' solemnly
sworn to support the constitution, were plot
ting to overthrow it. The country then was
tilled with gloom. President Lincoln hsd very
recently been sworn into his high and respon
sible pesitioh, surrounded as he then by n
few armed soldier? and 'patriotic citizens, who
sprang to such arms as they could readily ob
tain. Treoaon flaunted its red fisg all over
Washington at that period. It was then that
President Lincoln called around him the Gov
ernors of the loyal States to advise with them
on the desperate nature of the emergency.
They met in the White House. It was a
sort of premature, mental Valley Forge.
“Gentlemen,” said the President to that
little party of patriotic men, “ the machinery
of the nation ia out of order. We must run it
as we 6nd it. Its intelligent wheels, its rods,
belts, are'separated, but the boiler seems to be
perfect. We must repair the work, with such
skill and ingenuity as we possess. There is
wisdom in council, and therefore I have called
you that we may reason together. What shall
we do to crush out this foul rebellion and pre
serve the country from wreck ? I have mode
up my mind, with implicit confidence in an
overruling Providence, to meet all emergencies
that may arise. It is time for work" contin
ued the President. “ What shall I dp about
issuing a proclamation to the people
The President, with his hands fbjtaS behind
his back, paced up and down the apartment.
The six or seven Governors, who formed his
auditors, were wrapped in the mantle of deep
meditation.; Each expressed his opinion, but
their sentences were punctuated with too many
“ ifs or ands.”
While ail this was going on, Gov. Andrew
G. Curtin, fresh from his Blue-mountain home,
was standing at the window looking through
tbo panes, upon which he was drumming with
his fingers, while at the same time he was
humming “Hail Columbia.” He was an at
tentive listener to all that was going on. He
had not yet been approached by the President.
Presently there was profound silence in that
small but thoughtful party of distinguished
gentlemen.
Mr. Lincoln finally broke the silent spell,
and, standing erect in all the pride of a West-,
ern gentleman, turned to Mr. Carlin and said,
Andy, what will Pennsylvania do if I issue
“ay proclamation ?”
Silence still more profound prevailed. It
Was a momentous question. It seemed as if
the fate of the country depended upon the re
ply about to bevnade. Manifest destiny trem
bled in the balance^
Gov. Curtin still drumming on tho panes
with his fingers os aforesaid, turned, faced the
President, and with uplifted hands, said;
“ What will Pennsylvania do f" Hera he
paused.
“ Do!” another pause.
“ Why, sir, (with emphasis) if you issue
your proclamation, Pennsylvania will furnish
you a hundred thousand men in a week."
“ Give me your hand, Andy," said the Pres
ident, and as be convulsively grasped the same,
and then throwing his arms around him, be
ejaculated: “ Thank God for that noble reply.
I will at once issue my proclamation.’’
The President of the great American nation
shed tears—they were tears of joy—which
mingled with those that suffused the cheeks of
the patriot Governor of the Keystone State.—
The gloom that enshrouded that conclave of
men now -passed away like tbs morning mist
before the power of the summer sun; hope re
vived the drooping spirits, joy took the place of
sorrow; the Governors sprang to their feet and
with one accord congratulated Mr. Curtin.
The Governor' of Pennsylvania telegraphed
tbe faotof the forthcoming proclamation to the
capital of the State, from which if radiated to
all ports. It was announced on the newspaper
bulletin boards la Philadelphia, before the ink
of the immortal document was dry, and thus
theyeoman population of the old_ Keystone of
theiFederal Arch were aroused to wholesome
enthusiasm.
Two battery companies, of Beading and
Pottsvllle, on the receipt of‘Governor Curtin's
despatch, "called tbs roll" at once, and the
next train bore them to the defence of the cap
tal Of the nation. We well remember when
those hardy men from the interior, some even
is their shirt sleeves, passed through Philadel
phia, and took the cars at Broad and Prime
streets. They arrived in Washington so quick
ly that the red-mouth, bloody-minded traitors
•hot surrounded 4he patriot President, wad-had
Washington within their grasp, were attack
with astonishment upon the sudden appear
ance of the batteries.. They thought they bad
been deceived. They were seized with the idea
that Pennsylvania was at once ready for the
emergency. The foul conspirators wore para
lyzed from their own fears.
The next day the famous Massachusetts 6tb,
the Washington Brigade, of Philadelphia, pass
ed through Baltimore, when a-morderoua out
rage was committed, and the first loyal blood
was spilled ; then followed the Now York 7lb ;
then came the Massachusetts Bth. The capital
of the nation was saved, much to the surprise
of the conspirators, and to the gratification of
the loyal people of the country.
Truly, Andrew O. Curtih waa the right man
in the right place. Noblejjbrave, daring, pat
riotic, honest, he alone fixed the spark of pat
riotism .in the bosom of President Lincoln, and
aroused the nation to enthusiasm and deeds of
valor. Ha is the Bichelieu that thwarted the
conspirators of the great American tßebellion.
Had he equivocated ; had be put in an it or
and ; had be said, “ Well, I don’t know—
Pennsylvania is the keystone of the arch—a
brave and trusty people within its borders—
they may respond, 1 suppose—can’t say, but
guess they will"—the deep gloom that shrouded
the White House that moment would have been
made,blacker, indeed, and the capital of the
nation would have been lost. —Philadelphia
Press.
The Rebellion and the draft—An Important
Speech by Sir. Genitt Smith.
In the Albany Evening Journal of a few days
since we find the following report of a very
interesting speech by the dietinguished Abo
litionist, Gerritt Smith. Mr. Smith, it will be
remembered, recently assumed a new position
in politics. He now stands pledged to the
Union and the suppression of the rebellion
above every other cause and issue :
WHAT IT IS TO BE TOE THE COOKTRy,
Mr. Smith opened his speech by faking tbe
question, What is it to go for your country ?
Emphatically is it our duty now to go for our
country when she is all right and her foes
wrong. To go for her is to go for all her do
main—to be unseotional—apd to love her with
that Jewish love for Jerusalem, which took
pleasure even in her stones, and favored ths
dust thereof. He who is a true patriot will nev
er give up any portion of his country even to se
cure the abolition'of slavery. Togo for our
country is to go for her chosen form of govern
ment—for her Constitution—not to prate for it,
or to affect a regard for it, for the very purpose
of aiding the enemy, but to favor it for its
great principles of Justice, Liberty, and Equal
ity. But the most effective way to go for our
country is to go against her enemies. We
must stand by tbe Government. Not to stand
by the Government is not to stand by the
country. The Government represents tbe
country, and it is tepseuted. by strong, pure,
and patriotic men.
THE PRESIDENT
The President, for whom I did not vote, is a
pure and an intelligent man. Washington al
ways excepted, we never bad a President more
to he honored and more to be loved than Abra
ham LiiOoln. Whatever ie pro-slavery in his
character is the result of early education, fur
which no man is accountable. You may not
have detected this defect, as I have ; fbr your
thoughts have out, tike mine, been concentrated
on this one subject these twenty or thirty
years. The evidence I have found in bis re
cent retaliatory proclamation. In that proclam
ation he saye: “For every Union soldier taken
and sold into slavery, one rebel prisoner shall
be put to compulsory labor on the public
works.” But this is no due off-set; for com
pulsory labor is sot slavery. The minor and
the apprentice are subjected to compulsory la
bor. The great calamity of the slave is, that
he is deprived pi tbe protection of law, and
thrust down to tbe level of the brute. But a
mao put to oompnlsory labor on tbe public
works is still unde; the protection of Law.
Qow could the President have fallen into such
a mistake ? Fur every Federal soldier sold
into slavery, at least a thousand rebels should
be put to compulsory labor, to render tbp
lotion equivalent.
UNCONDITIONAL SUBMISSION.
I hare said, we must insist on the uncon
ditional submission of the rebels. Our oppo
sition to the rebels must also be unconditional.
We must make no conditions on behalf of the
Republican, Democratic, or Aholi'ion parties.
We must make no conditions. If the rebellion
triumphs, let all else die—for family, wealth,
party—all would bo worthless without'a conn
try. The rebellion must be put down at whatever
cost, or whatever sacrifice. The Republican,
or Democrat, who is intent only on helping his
party, is in league with rebels. Are there
Abolitionists who will not go for crushing^trea
son unless Government shall pledge itself to
prosecute the wat untill slavery is abolished ?
Let me say to them, I have no syvtpaihy tpilh
you, I know you are enemies of my country.
The true doctrine is—let come what may of
temperance, of .Abolitionism, of Republican
ism, of Democracy, the rebellion must and
shall be put down. It is not now put down,
only .because we have not been as earnest in
putting it dowh os/tbe rebels have been in put
ting it up; We are, in this war, to he brothers.
We are to know no man by his party Bathe,
but only as anti-rebellion mem In the coarse
of my l>Tg life, I bate bad to do something
against intemperance and slavery; but since
the bombardment of sumter, I have been
ready to work with all against rebellion—tof
work, if you please, with the greatest drunkard
on my right, and- the greatest pro-slavery man
on;my left. If Abolitionists refusei to work
with me, without some, plsdgefor the abolition
of slavery, it is little to, their credit that they
allow the sin of slavery to blind their eyes to.
the greater sin of rebellion. If, -as some say,
slavery and rbbellion are one, then pat down
the l rebellion, and slavery falls with it.
oov. eiYHOca’a views,
Gov. Seymour had said that the 'North-had
annoyed the South by-talking against slavery.
Bat talk Is nojaariacatronfnrwar. Our Go
vernment, tolerates talk even against- better
thing thin slavery—if anything better can be
imagined I Bat you legislate against slavery.
Very well, perhaps so.: But has not the South
legislated unconstitutionally in favor of sla
very 1 But for both North and South there
was the open door of -the Supreme Coart. The
South, however, preferred war to that tribunal.
Dwelling upop this point at length, Mr. S. said
be had spoken 1 somewhat disparagingly of one
idea men. But I would we were all one-idea
men in the sense of pilttiug down the rebellion.
I would not allow any other idea to interpose.
Then we should conquer—conquer speedily—
conquer grandly.
Tfiß DRAFT NOT OPPRESSIVE,
Now, I wish to say a word on ths draft, and
the conscription act under which tbe draft is
made. It is held that the Constitution does
not give Congress ths power to compel men to
join oar armies, and, drive back and subdue
those who are seeking lbs life-blood of the na
tion. Why, then, doej it mock Congress with
tbe power to declare war, raise armies and
create navies ? It seems to give much power,
while in fact it is only a scarce of weakness.
But it has tbe right. It could not be a national
legislature without H. Of course, I am glad
the Constitution recognizes the right, but it
don’t create it. The right is older than the
Constitution—it inheres in every nation. The
Constitution no more creates the right than the
Bible creates the right of a parent to govern and
correct his child. The one is an inherent pa
rental right, the other aa inherent national
right. "~ ' •;
But the people tell us that the oppres-
tbe poor. The State Militia law is op
pressive to the poor, but the national conscrip
tion Jaw ssvcs| the poor. Under the State law,
many minor officials are exempt; under tbe
national law ojnly tbe President and Vice Pres
ident, beads of tbe Executive Departments, tbe
Judiciary andlthe Governors of tbe States, and
these in tbe main would naturally be exempt
by reason of their age. In addition, none but
the poor are (exempt. Let us look at the ex
emptions. [The speaker here alluded to the
different classes of persons exempt by reason
of having dependent relatives, and then pro
ceeded.] i
v Now, whatjthink you of stigmatising this'
law ns oppressive ‘to, the poor ? Did you ever
see a law'so tender of the . poor, so mercilessly
unsparing of the rich f I never have.
But it is said that three hundred dollar
clause—that three hundred dollar clause 1 You
surely will not be so impudent as to claim that
that does not oppress tbe poor? I will be so
impudent. [Applause.] There is no pro
vision of the law so merciful to the poor,
'Were there no commutation clause in tbe law,
the price of substitutes would ruh up three,
four, and five times that fixed by thie danse.
That would pot exemption put of the reach of
every poor man, even though ho had friends
wilting to aid him. With the clause as it is, a
large number of the poor,may commote, either
from their own unaided resources, or by the
aid of fheir friends.
But you say, we cannot lei you off this way.
If the Government desired to serve tbe poor,
why did it not place the price of commutation
at say $5O? Because, with that money it
could not have obtained substitutes, and con
sequently, repeated drafts would have Been
necessary. This would have resulted very dis
astrously to the poor. It would have enddd in
the final drafting of every man who conld not
raise §5O; and if tbe Government bad not then
men enough, it would hsvo to go without. 1
have beard men say that all ought to be com
pelled to go that are drafted. Such comments
are ill naturedl and illy considered. There are
many among the poor and tbe rich who ought
not to go. Where necessary, let the poor man
stay home afcd attend to his family, and tbe
rich man remain to keep bis factory in oper
ation, that those who are home may have em
ployment; that the country, may continue
prosperous, add itd wealth productive, in order
that thbre may be something to tax to famish
money‘to carry on the war.
- " constitutional” treason.-;
The speaker next alluded to the clamor
against the conscription law, and the demand
of Governor Seymour, in his letter to the Pres
ident, that the draft be suspended, and its con
stitutionality tested. The country could not
afford such suspension. Men were needed, and
we most assume the constitutionality of this
law the same as every other. Let those who
desire to test it, but in the meantime the draft
must go on. Tbs law must he enforced,
because it is a; law for ihe salvation of the
country. [Applause.] Governor Seymour
makes the great question to be whether the
law is Constitutional, while I make the
great question to he whether we have patri
otism enough among ns to carry it out. [Ap
plause.] Had there never been an unpatriotic
breast, there never would have been a question
raised as to the constitutionality of this law,
[Applause.] Was there over anything so
shameless os' to see people—when rebels in
arms ere stalking up to their very doors, in
tent on the disruption of their country and the
ovcrthiow of its institute s—!o see them
sneaking up 1 to the Constitution, and poring
over its provisions, that theyf'msy find some way
.fay which they con constitutionally avoid doing
anything for its protection 7;
Oua “J)evil” says if tie' young lady would
sack-him without burring' his feelingii. let her
give him the sack she hason—contents included.
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NO. 3.
Letter of Another Indignant Soldier.
"The following letter from a" young Demo.'
crat who volunteered from Luzerne county, Was
.written in answer to a letter from his brother
advising him to desert; and' expressing $n in
tention to resist the draft
Gey. Hospital, Poikt Plxasast, )
' , May 22d, 1863. f
i Charles :r—Your cowardly and disgraceful'
letter is just received. You can better imagine
than I can define my disgust at receiving such'
a contemptible and treasonable letter from one
claiming to be a citizen. of the American Re
public. . A man raised and educated under the
. ausnicea o£ vb«.,bf’Bt CcTcrmnenv eVM gßJoyed
by any people, who Has so degenerated lit the
scale of morality and love of country. Is an
object of contempt ratber than of sympathy.—
I.blush to think that one ef my brothers, who,
bat s short time since, boasted of love', for bis
country and her free institutions, is to-day,
from motives of dastardly cowardice, cringing
in the attitude of supplication at the shrine of
the Southern Confederacy.
iWbat has so recently come over the spirit of
your dreams, that you can thus-meanly repudi
ate both your God and your country T The
sentiments which you express, savor very much
ofhuraan depravity. Have you lost all your
pride of manhood f Have you become so de
moralized as thus to Acknowledge yourself af
once a traitor and disgrace to the free institu
tions of the country which gave you birth T
May God in bis infinite justice prosper the glo
rious cause for which tbs Federal. arms are
- contending; while to the wretched fbrment of
fire and brimstone, in the deepest gorge of hell,
consign not only the rebels in arms against our
Government, but.alsa—and three-fold more de
serving—the unprincipled and cowardly wretch
es who openly avow themselves traitors, but
have not the moral courage te take up arms in
favor of the rebellion for which they prefess'so
ninch sympathy. ,
If such men as George Headly and his fol
lowers expect to receive mild treatment at the
hands of the soldiers in this department of tbs
army, they are laboring under a most woful do
. lusiop. The scorching Same of ball would bs
to them a welcome relief if they should be un
fortunate enough to fall into the hands of our
justly irfdignant army. You greatly mistake
the loyalty of those who so freely gave their
blood at the battle of Stono river, if for a sin
gle teoment, you entertain the opinion that we
would justify you in resisting the draft-- We
will with one accord, lay down our lives in sup
port of the cause fur which we enlisted, but
never, till the last armed foe expires, will we
ingloriously lay down our arms, as intimated
in your letter. We will return home for no
other purpose than to bayonet, and, if heed be,
exterminate such cnntemptable treason-mongers
ns you have described;. This letter, will, no
doubt, conclude our correspondence, to-which I
do not object; arid since you have token tbs
liberty to write such an- insulting letter to me*
I propose to deal plainly with you, and in doing
so, allow me to say that all yoorboast about
resisting the draft, is mere cowardly bombast.
Yon and all your stripe, lack the courage to lift
an arm to, oppose the draft. Yon will, no
doubt, purchase a revolver, and talk loudly
about resistance, as ait cowards do; but, marl:
me for the expression, you will never use them.
I despise a coward us I do the devil, and forev
er hence, you, in my humble estimation, are a
cringing coward of the lowest order. Only
think for a single moment of a spirit *0 eon
temptlble as to express the wa>h that we might
desert the graves of our brethren, to thedese
cralion of the rebels. Go on in your mad career
of opposition to the war, but rememberthattbe
day is fast approaching when yon-will gladly
give your right arm to be able to reoal! the
treasonable acts of the past.
If you desire to know how your letter was
received here, you can readily determine from
the following remark of one of the boys pres
ent when it was read; "If you were here,
your skin would be taken off and twitted into
a.whip-laah, with which to lash your seal on
the road to bell.” All denounce the- author of
each a treasonable letter, as a mean, contempt
ible coward, who dare not fight for or against
his country. With, every sentiment of pro
found disgust, I subscribe myself forever tbs
enemy of traitors at home and rebels in arms,
while I am unalterably for tbs Union.
I. B*Dcm,a»d,
Company D, 9tb Penn’a. Cavalry.
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gazette say* that
a Copperhead in that place, declares that he i»
opposed to the draft “because every Democrat
who goes to the army and lives to return home,
is sure to come bach an Abolitionist,"
—Who said that all men ara created equal f
Thomas Jefferson, the father of Demooraoy.
Who gave negroes the. right of suffrage in
New York ? The Democratic party.
Who presided over the Convention which
gave this privilege to negroes ? Martin Van
Boren, a Democrat.
Who afterwards elected Martin Van Boren to
the Presidency of the Coiled State# t The
Democratic party. ' ■
Who made the negro a oitjrsn of the State of
Maine! The Democratic patty.
Who enacted a similar law Id Massachusetts f
The Democratic party. a
Who gave thp negro a right to rote in hit?
Hampshire ? The party.
. Who permitted every pel.-red person earning
two hundred and fifty dulUrs in New I«k to
become avofer? Tub General Assembly,pure
ly Pwaocratip. ' '
Who repealed the laws of Ohio which requi
red negroes to give bonds .aud ,itecnrity- before
settling in the-Stata-J- .The-Cemocratio party.
Who made molattoee legal votere in Ohio I A
Democratic supreme court, of which Brakes
Wood was chief Justice. '
, What became of ReubeuWood t - The B*m
ooratio party elected him Governor three tamer,
aad ho Is still s leader of the Demooratid par-
ty- • ’
• Who belped -to give free negroes the right to.
vote in Tenneseeß,.under her Oonsiitofera ef
1796? Genoral Jaetitcff.
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What dress beoontee » wdßtnt be**? Her
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