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BALTIMORE LOOK HOSPITAL
BaTADLISKBI) A3 A ItEI'UOE I'HOM QUACKERY.
The Only Place whae a Cure can be
Obtained,
DR. JOHNSTON hail Uncovered the most Certain,
tfpuedy nnd only Effectual Remedy in the World
ur all. .private Diseases, Weakness of thu Hack or
Limbs! Strictures, AHVttloim of tlie Kidneys and blad
der, Involuntary Discharges, Iinpotcticy, General Do
blhty, Nervousness, Dyspepsy, Liugunr, I. ow Spirits
Oonruslon of ideas, Palpitation of t li Henri, Tlnilditv,
Tumblings, Dimness uf Might ur (J iilil lucss, Disease of
tlio llca'il, Tiirn.it, Nnsu or skin, A fl'oct I.iiib of tlm Liver
Lungs,' Stnmnch or lSnwclsthos.! terrible Disorders
orisiug from the Solitary IlublNut'Y'uuth-thoio stcntr
and sslltary practices more intal to their ictlim tliiin
Ilia sn,ng of bj reus to this Murines of l'lyssi-r, blight,
log their inosi brilliant hopes or anticipations, render
In marriage, 4cc, impossible.
'V v u i; n m r. x
Especially, who have become the tlMlms of Solitary
Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit whicli nuiiii
ally sweeps to an untimely grue thonauili of Young
Alan of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect,
who might otherwise havo rutrnnctd liMeniuir Senates i
with the thunders of eloquence o, waked to ecstasy the
Jiving lyre, may call with full confidence.
f. M A II It I A ! C.
Married persons, or Young .Men contemplating mar
riage, being aware of physical weakness, organic deabili
ty, deformities, tc, tpeedily cured.
lie who places himself under the care of Dr. Johnston,
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentlemen, and
cunrldcullj rely upon his skill as a physician.
o u a a .v i o w i: a i; n e s u
i.v Immediately cured and full v Igor restored.
i This Distressing All'.-ction which renders life mis-
i. j. erable and marriage impossible is the penalty paid by
the victims of improper indulgences. Vouug per
il w son are. too apt to commit excess from nut being
aware of thu dreadful coiiso'iuuucu that may ensue,
Now, who that understands the subject will pre
$ t tend to deny that the power of procreation is loit sooner
by those falling into improper h.ibits tli.m by the prudent,
i. Uisidjs being deprived of the pl-usurc of healthy oir
: t gpriugs, tilt) mint serious and destructive symptoms to
1 doth body and mind urio. The s stem becomes derang
SI ed i the physical and m uital tunitions ueakened, loss
It of proerealive power, net wins irritability, Dyspep-ia
U piilpitatlon of thu heart, ludige-tion, oiislllulinhul ile
11 fiility. a wusling of thu I'rume, Cough, Consumption,
decayand death.
OITJCE, No. T SOUTH I'Kl'.nilltH'K STltEIVl".
Loft hand side going from Mallimore street, a few doors
from Ilia corner Tail not luohsi rvc uumu aud number.
Letters unist be p. ml and contain a stamp. The Due-
ur i Diplomas uaug in ins omcc.
A C U ll'B W A It II A N T HI) IN T W O I) A Y S
so Mbniui'v on suioin nauos.
' Jtm.vaiv.V
Member of the Hoyal Coll.ge of Surgeons, London.
Graduate from ouu of the ino.t eiuiiieut Colleges of the
United. Stales, and t!i greater part of wliosn life lias
been spent in th first Hospitals of London. Paris, l'hila
delphlaand else h.-re, has clfected miuiu f tile most a
lonislilng.curesth.it were ever kuoun; many trou'iled
with ringing in the head and cars when alep. great
nervousness, being alarm". I at sudden sounds and bash
fulness, Willi fre'l'ieut blushing, attended sometimes with
derangement ot mind, were cured imiueili.iti ly
T a"k E V A K T I 0 U I. A It N O T 1 C 11.
' ' 'tl !) V I II 51 V IV
Dr, J. addresses all thn-e who havo iuj ired themselve
by Impropur indulgence and solitary habits, whiihru
in both body and loin. I, minting tliein for either busi
ness, Btudy, society or marriage.
These aro some of thu sad and m lanclioly rin-rts pro
rluced by early habits of youth, v. : Weakness of the
Hack and'Llmbs, l'ain in the lleml, Dimness of Sight
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the ll-art. Dvs
pepsia, Nervous lrratability. Derangement of tlie Dig'es
live Functions, (Jeneral Debility, symptomsof Cunsuuip
lion, &lc.
MENTALLY. The fearful ellects on tho luiiul aro
much to be dreaded, l.ossot Mnunry, Confusion of Ideas
Depression. of the Spirits, Evil rorehodiugs, Aversion
t. Society, sclf-ilislrust, lovo of solitude, Timity, tic,
ar. somo of the evils produced.
Thousands of persons of nil ages can now judge whrt
is tho cause of their declining health. Loosing tli-ir
vigor, becoming weak, pale and emaciated, having sin
gular appenrauc about the eyes, cough and s)mptoms ul
O'ollbUluplioll.
, .' Y O U N O M E N.
Who have injured thm-elves by a certain prartico
Indulged in when uloue ah ibil frequently learned from
rvll companions, or at schnol-the cll'.-cls of which are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if nut cured renders
marriage imposible. and destrn)s both uiiiid and body,
should apply immediately.
What apitty th.itayouiig man. tho hope ofhis roiintry
.and the darling of his parents, should be snatched from
.all prospects and enjoyments of life, bv tho consequen
ces of deviating from thu path of nature, and indulging
lin a certain s.-i.ret habit. Such persons .MisTheforu
.contemplating
ireflect.' tlial'n sound mind and body are tho uiott tie
.cessary ,reiulilies In promote connubial happiness
'Indeed, without these the journey through life becomes
n weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darkens to
the views tho mind becomes shadowed with despair c
.tilled with the melancholy reflfction that thu happiness
, of another becomes blighted ith our own,
DISEASE 01' I M I'nu I) E N C E.
When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure
finds lie lias imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it
'too often happens that an ill timed sense of shame or
dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those
who. from education and respectability can aloito befriend
iliim, delaying till thu constitutional symptoms of this
horrid disease makes th ir appearance, such us ulcerated
-cure throat, diseased nose, nocturnal, pains in the head
ud limbs; dimness of sight, iliafuess, nudes on tho shin
bones, and arms, blotches nu the head, fucu and cureiuo
(ties, progrtrsslng with rapidity.till at last the palate of
tho mouth and bones of thu nose fall in, ami thu victim of
this deseasq becomes a horrid object of coniinisseration
till death puts u period to his dreadful sufferings, by sen.
ding him to, '.'that bourne from whence nu traveler re
turns,1; ' . t
It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to
this tcrriblo disease, owing to tho unskllirulfiiess ofig.
norant pretenders, who. by tho use of that Deadly I'm
tan, .Verrury, ruin tlm constitution and inuke thu rcsi
.dun of life miserable.
T S T RANGERS
Trust not VOIir lives, or lu-nllli. In the r.nr of flip mri.
iy Unlearned and Worthless Pretender, desiituto of
fciiowledgc, name or i harncler.whocopy Dr. Jonutton's
.advertisements, or style themselves, in thencwsp.ipi rs,
s-egularly Educated I'hy.icians Incapable of Curing they
eep you trilling mouth after mouth taking their tllthy
ina poisonug compounds, or as long us the iinalle.t leu
ran be obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruined
.health to sigh over your gaining disappointment,
Dr. Johnson is thu only Physician udvcrlisiug.
Ills credential or diplomas always hang in his office.
Ills remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
prepared from a life spent in the great hospitals of Uu
rope, the first in this cu.intry and a nmru extensive fri
vatt Practice than any other Physician in the world.
ihuuuoi,.iii;.m ur iiti; rttu,
The many, thousands cured at tins institution year af
ter year, aud tho numerous important Surgical Opera
tions performed by Dr. Johnston, witnes-cd by tho re
porters or the "tun," "Clipper," ami many oth'r papers
notices or which have appeared again and acain before
Ihe public, besides his standing a u gentlemen of char
neter and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted,
HKJN DISEAHUS SPEEDILY CU11EI).
Tersoos writing should ho particular in directing their
Utter tobia Institution, in the following manner:
, t i' M JOHN M, JOIINoTON. M. D.
Of the, Ilaltlmore Lock Hospital, llaltiiuore, Maryland.
Jan Wiem. IJlarch IT. lCbO.
TIN,WA1U3 Si STOVEIIOlT
rpiIE UBdorslgncd resprctrully informs tils old friendl
X ind cuuomers. that he bus purchased his brothers
i ntcrest.in the abovo i'stablihmciit, and the concern w ils
licrcoiiri uu cuouucieu uy Himsclt oxclllslvcl
n-i u cuuuiu-ieu uy Himscll exclusively. 1 J c-v-i -
lie has just received aud otTers for sale, tho larg. . groans of thoir distressed and tortured COUll
est andinost eirteusivo assortment of I'ANO V , ,
IBTOVEH ever iutrodueed jmo Una , ,..!;, .,
I III BlOCk rOIISistS Of H r.OllllJ,'!,, Ilu.iirltiii.nl nf
Ihe best Conking uud parlor stoves In the market, logelh
er with fltuvs. rmures of every dostrlptiuu, Oven and
nnxBtaros. Jladiators, t'jliudar riloves, Can Iron Air.
Tight store, Cannon Stuves, etc., &.c. Hloviplpe und
Tinware,siontaiitly on hand und manufactured to order,
All kinds of rcpaiting done, as usual, on short notice,
Ttie patronage of old friends and new rutoiners is
ipeetfully polluted. M KUrcnT.
Bleomtiurj Kovcmbcr 3i IPGO. if
(Select Poetry.
War Its Horoos and Harpies.
BY JOHN 0. SAXE.
"As the wild tempest wakes the slumbering sea,
Thou onlvtenr.hr t all iliii mm .,, !.,.
So sings tho poet; and his words are true!
Full many n lesson eloquent and now
Has stern Dillons; and with wisdom fraught
Deeper than mild Minerva ever taught I
Lessons of Valor brilliant as the glare
Of somo wild meteor flashing thro' thonir;
Lessons of Faith that trusts in duty done,
Calm as the radiance of the morning sun j
Nay, e'on of Mercy, when around his bed,
The wounded soldier hears the gcntlo tread
Oflier-tho woman with au angel's art
Who smooth his couch and cheers his drooping heart I
Oh, that the goddess, who can thusraveal
.Man's highest glories, might his shame conceal:
Nor. blushing, show us in tho human race
All that is sordid, cowardly and base I
In Washington shettught us to admire
A statesman's wisdom and n patriot's fire;
Then turned the medal, that the world might see
A traitoi's fao in Arnold and In Lcc I
O, there are knavus, and "loyal" knaves at that,
Who on their country's woes grow sleek and fat j
The pampered crew to whose unhallowed gains
Tho cheated soldier owes his direst pains ;
Suffering to swill thelrhoap of shlnlnggold
The pinch of hunger und tho pang of cold;
And wished of'tsnme rebels' punctured head
Had been his own "Contractor's" in its stead I
A generous highwayman it Is said
Despoiled thu ricli to gli c the needy bread ;
A harlot has been known, at Mercy's plea,
To doa dead of Christian Charity;
A piratu oure-tho curious tale is told
Released a captive, hom he might lint sold
To Turkish lutt-niitl bade the maiden go
Tree as the air. and stainless asthosnowl
lint there are villains so supremely base,
No friendly fiction names an act ofgruce
To palliate their crime tho shameless band
Sharks cftho camp and "wreckers" of the land;
Mm who would traffic in the sculptured stones
Inscribed as "Sacred" to their fathers' bones;
Nay, in tho bones themselves grant but a rise
Often per cciitumin the current price I
7vrgecaiSTgg33tuijjLuiJfsaJxxoiyc
SPEECH
HON BENJA.MIN WOOD,
OF NEW YORK.
In the House cf Representative. May fj, 1862
Mk. Ciiaiiiman : I hnvo hithcrio avoided
troubling ihis Houo. Content lo ba ;t lis
tener, ".viihom any oilior p.triii'ipttioii in its
prncuejliims than to opposo my solemn in
dividual negative against tnuu'iuoa which
my conscitiiico and my principles would
tint approve-, I havo said nothing. Indeod,
sir. I have not had tho heart to riso hero
and speal;, A pl.tneu at this Hall, of itflell,
has been enonyli to prevent. When I look
around and i-eo one lliird of tha Union un-repre.-ented
here, and find myself in a body,
purporiiri lo beTine branch.of the Congress
f ,i... rr.. :....i c?.-. . ,, . ....
uiu u'lnc-u ciniHs, re.tny m lact nut a
fragmentary part of it, my heart sinks with
in me. It appears to be a sectional body
a "inhering of the represontalivoH of a sec
tional party. Willi Ihcse feulinas and with
this spirit. I hove until now avoided partici
pating in deoaie.
lietidns, sir, durins Iho earlier period of
this session, disnt'.or had accompanied the
efforts nl the Federal arms. I felt that the
hour of defeat was not a fit one in which to
strive to awaken Iho or,.at gou ori,0 North
to thonyhis of peace ; I felt tli.tt something
wa-, due to the sense of mortification, some
iliing lo the natural desire lo retrieve the
slmmo ol dincomfiinro. I hoped, loo, that
when victory should perch upon our ban
ners, others than myself would seize ihe
occasion to urtjo a plea in buhalf of peace
able measures j and ihat this gov
ernment itself, feelintr secure anil strong
enough lo be magnanimous, would ial;o tho
load and be the pioneer in opening a path
lor the settlement of our difficulties without
further recourse to bloodshed I even hoped
that the leaders of Ihe now dominant parly,
moved by iho soro distress which has vis
iled our country, would relent from the
siern rigor of their dostrino of subjugation,
and, in ihe flush of triumph, would lean a
little towards a gentler policy than that
which they have heretofore championed
with so much zeal and with so little for
bcaraiiio I hoped in vain. The triumph camo ; n
long train of successes has relieved the
North Ironi its humiliation. Tho Govern
ment claims now to stand as a rock against
which the tompest of opposition must waste
ilsolf in fulilo efforts. The partisans of the
libra war parly laugh to scorn the idea
Ihat any eirectual resisiauco can bo offered
lo tho onward march of our triumphant ar
mies, nnd yol no siuglo effort has beon
mude in these congressional Halls, to siay
the effusion of blood. It has been left for
mo, powerless as I am, to speak tho first
conciliatory word in behalf ol my country
men. And I do it, sir, in the hope that
others, more capable, will not be too much
engtosscd with the lust of conquest and tho
pride ol victory, to follow my example.
Sir, it is an ineffaceable reproach to those
eil'her deluded or wicked men, who, in ihe
Noun, by their unwearied agitation of abo
liiion echemo, have stirred llio embers of
this sirife; it is an eierr.al reproach to thorn
thai, ihrouyh victory nnd defea, in overy
nliuso of Ihis unh.innv sirii".ln. with tlm
iij pinning !i,Hiii iiiuii uais, iiit;y nuvu
clung, nnd still cling, with unpnying pot
linncity,nnd even with ferocity, lo the doc
trine which has been the germ of all Iho
mischief. With thu first exulting chouls of
Federal victories they sot up the echoing
cry of emancipation, With all the e ner-
gy of fanaticism, with the subtle arts and
intrigues of scheming demagogues, with nil
tho uppliancos of cunning, intellect, nnd
patronage nt ihcir command, oven at this
eventful crisis, whon overy American brain
should bo nt work to bring about a fair and
lioriorablo peaco, nnd they have no thought
no hopo, no duty but to propogate their
creed, extending its Influonco into overy
nook nnd corner ol tho land, poisoning tho
atmosphere of these sacred Halls with in
terminable discussion. Openly nnd In se
cret, by the agency of tho press, Iho pulpit,
nnd Ihe political rostrum, in tho camp, in
tho city and in the open field, they are
spreading the contagion; they are innocula
ling the country with this moral pestilence
which has already brought us where we
are, to iho very brink of iho gravo of our
nationality.
Sir, to these aposllos of abolitionism will
bo traced hereaftor whaiover of evil has bo
fallen or may befall our country. Thoy are
building i(3 sepulchre with tho bones of
their slaughtered countrymen. I do boliovo
there aro gentlemen within my vision now,
whoso sworn purpose, whoso first desire,
paramount oven lo lo tho preservation of
Republicanism, is emancipation. They
and their decipies first threw tho npplo of
discord. Thoy first npplied tho torch, and
aro now more busy than over with ihrow
ing fresh fuel to tho flames. Should histo
ry ever trace which God forbid tho rec
ord of this country's ruin, that page will
seem the strangest to those that read which
shall (ell of the madness and wickedness
of Ihe arch lannlics o( abolitionism. In the
dark recesses of tho temple of infamy, tho
gloomiei-t niches will bear tho inscription
of iheir names.
Sir, I counsel none but a moral interfer
ence withtho work of these mischief
makers. 1 would not have even fanaticism
deprived n ihe right of free speech ! nor
would I in any emergency, advocate tho
slightest infringement by the Government
upon t'lA liberty of (he press. Let them
sow iho seed of iheir infamous doctrine
broadcast over the land. Whatever may
be the danger, I will not countenance tho
greater danger of establishing a dictatorship
over tho thoughts' of my tellow-counlry-men.
Hut if the abominable themo must bo
brought in the Council Chambers of the
nation, for the sake of decency, if not ol jus
tice,lot it bo at a more suitable time. If there
remains one Union man at tho South let us
remember that ho ii unrepresented here ;
that ihe subject particularly concerns him,
and that it is unjust and ungenerous if not
cowardly, to take advantage of his absence
to push forward measures in regard to tho
local institutions of his section, measures
against which, were ho present, he would
give his earnest opposition. It will quench
whaievet remains of Union feeling in the
South, if it has not already done so. It will
provo Ihat the first idea of iho dominant
parly in the Norih is an active nnd unwa
vering antagonism to slavery, and a fixed
purposb lo legislate it out of the country at
all hazards. Is it thus that wq arn to con
quer a peace Sir, we aro flinging away
the last chances of reconciliation as reck
less as madmen cast Iheir treasures into the
sea. Tho agitation of thu subject has been
the country's bane at overj period of its
history; ils discussion at this crisis is des
perate self destruction. Is it while the mag
azine is beneath us and about us, bnrsiing
with the agancies of ruin that we must
choose lo sport with the flaming torch of
the incondiary? Sir, until our beloved coun
try shall be savod,the woid "emancipation"
6hou!d by commor. consent, bo banished
from tho language of debale in this assem
blage. It is n spell which has wrought
enough already of desolation. It is a hell
ish formula of incantation which has con
jured up the fiends of discord nnd civil
war, and it was never so potent in its evil
tendency as now, when it is being passed,
tiko the brealh of the plague from mouth to
mouth, in Iho Council Chambers of tho
country which it has ruined. It should bo
spoken in a whisper and with a prayer
linked to it, as a thing that brings n curse
and spreads a pestilence I despair
of my country; I despair of evor living
once rnoro in a blessed Union of frater
nal Slates, when I hoar all around mo tho
utterance of that ruinbreeding word "eman
cipation," mingling with iho shouts of bat
tle, tho fierco huzzas of iriumphover fallen
brothers, and the gruaus of our dying coun
trymen. Sir, if in placo of making the negro ques
lion a subject matter of debate, this Con
gress would take into earnest, nolemn con
sideration some expedient for securing
peace, 1 do believe Ihat success, would
crown our efforts. If ihey would enter up
on that task, not wiih beans ombitiered and
intellects swayed by seciional antipathies
and mock philanthropy, but with all their
souls devoted to that ono sacred purpose
the reconstruction of the Union and our re
dempiion from civil war; if they would do
this In ihe spirit of conciliation, of forgivo
ness, of tolorauco, of brotherhood, and kind
feeling; It it my conviction that before tho
closo of this eventful session, the prelimi
naries of a pence would bo arranged, But
while, with tho obstinacy of a blind fanatic
and the instinct of a brutal gladiator, the
filet object is to promulgate a parly creod,
ami thu second to crush an opponent and
wear the budge of victory, I too no fairer
prospect thun at somo distant period reach
ed through seas ol blood nnd heap of car
nago, iho forced submission of a crushed
and devastated section, and tho equally un
happy spectacle of n government triumph
ant, but exhausted by its triumph, detested
by a moiety of Ihoso sovereignties that gave
it birih, nnd gazing with horror and re
morso upon the desolation it has wrought.
Sir, itis not my intention invent reproach
os oven whore I beliovo them besl'deserv
od. I havo arisen to enter my protest
against the discussion, in ihis chamber, ol
any anil-slavery scheme whatever at this
crisis, and lo offer an oaruost appeal to this
Congress that its legislation shall ombracc
every means of securing an immediate
peace. If, as the government claims, tho
confederate cause is hopeless, the loaders
of the secession movement cannot be igno
rant of the fact, and knowing it ihey will
bo naturally inclined to lend a willing car
to whatever proper overtures this Govern
ment may present. At some period of this
struggle ihoro must be negolution, it must
be resorted lo, sooner or later; why not
now 7
Is it becauso pride lorbids that wo should
bo the first to stretch out tho hand of concil
iation Heaven forofond that thousands of
human lives and a country's welfare should
depend upon so false a principle. Is it be
cause the South has not been sufficiently
punished, humbled, and subdued 1 Then
let us confess ihat chastisement and veuge
anco are tho objects of this war. Is it be
cause the anti slavery movement has not yet
received a sufficient impetus ? If so, go
tell it lo the armies Ihat have won your
victories ! Make Abolition Ihe war cry I
Place a banner with what device in the van
ward, and lure those armies on lo conquest
wilh it if yon can. Your soldiers would
rend the treacherous ensign into shreds,
and would march to their homes with the
same alacrity with which thoy pushed on
to iho battle-fiold.
What, then, is tho cause that wilhholds
negotiation ? You will nol parley with ar
med treason ! But yon have parleyed w'th
armed treason, if that be the word ; parley
od for the merecoiivenieiieo of an exchange
of prisoner, and other purposes to mitigate
the grievances ol war. It was your duty so
lo do. And shall you not do so to accom
plish all ihat your tronps aro fighting for
the reconslrunion of ihe Union 1
Lot us suppose Ihat the South is anxious
to embrace an opportunity of return, and is
withheld from making advances by doubts
as to the intentions of the Nonh ; is it not
right that we should confer with '.hem, ihat
thor-e doubts may be removed?
What do the people care for such
miserable punctilious in Iho hour ofnna
linn's agony Sir, an honerable peaco is
within the giap of this Congress without
urlher bloodshed. This Congress knows
that it is so, and when tho people shall real
ize thai it is only the infamous design to
strengthen tho anti-slavery movement that
prevents an effort to obtain that peace, woe
to Iho chiefs of ihe abolition parly in the
land,
Hut, enough of them. Words are thrown
away upon their stubborn fanaticism. I
appeal wilh belter hope to Ihe loftier feel
ings that should pervade humanity, and
especially pervade ihis aunust assemblage ;
that should, by the nature of its sacred func
tions, be lar removed from tho miserable
ambition of reducing a soclion of our com
mon country lo the extreme and therefore
dangerous condition of despair.
Sir, thoro may be a fascination in the
gory magnificence of war. There may bo
a craving for martial glories in the hearts
of menlvnnd an instinct of contention which
wo share in commo i wilh the brnie crea
tion. But if ever ihero can be a lime when
a more Christian impulse should possess
our tools, it is now ; now, when triumph
nnd the consciousness of strength give us
thenoblo pnviledge of extending tho hand
of conciliation without fear of degredalion.or
of self reproach for cowardice. If adversity
has beon our ovcuso for sternness, let suc
cess be our plea for magnanimity. Provi
dence hits placed within Ihe reach of the
North a greater triumph than countless ar
med legions could conquer; the triumph of
subduing a brave enemy wiih a generous
and merciful policy, will disarm resentment
and rekindle the old brotherly flame that
porhaps is not totally extinct, For, after all,
they aro our brothers, sir; nnd some soften
ing of tho stern Roman rigor which our
rulers havo nssumed is due t o that brother
hood, which, by untimely severity, may bo
canceled now forever. Them aro gentle
men who will say that the South must bo sub
dued; every armed Southerner must throw
down his wen pun and sue for mercy.
Should a freeman ask as much of his broth
er freeman ? Would they bo worthy of
companionship in our fraternity, being re
claimed ai such n sacrifice of rrinnly feeling?
What would you havo them do ? Would
you have ihom crouch and cringe and sirew
iheir heads wilh ashes and kneel at your
gates for re.rlmission ? Theyure Americans,
sir, und will not do it. No? though Roan
oke and Henry and Doneldson should be re
enactod from day to day through the lapso
ol bloody years, thoy will not do it, Give
them somo chance for an honorable return,
or you will wipe out every hope, and the
two fecllons will bo twain forever. Yes,
sir! you may jink them lo each othor wilh
chains, and pin their destinies together with
bayonets; but at heail thoy will be twain
lorevor. They aro tho children ol the same
heroic stock, tho joint Inheritors wilh our
selves of the precious legacy of freedom ;
and it Is a sacrilego and an insult lo the
memories of tho past, that so mnny, sir,
should sit in your presence here lo-day to
goad idem on lo dusporalo resistance, and
few alas ! so very few to meditate &nd
restrain.
Of thoso few, I thank my God that I am
ono. 1 am proud to proclaim it here be
neath the dome of tho Capitol I shall pro
claim it, hero and everywhere, until tho
wings of peaco shall bo onco moro folded
over the bleeding bosom of my country. I
shall proclaim it nloud and honestly although
lo do so would make me tho next victim of
this cruel strifo,
Sir, it may bo said that I speak oL peace,
while its attainment, without further recourso
to arms, remains impossible. I do not bo
liovo it impossible. What effort has been
made ? What door has been opened
through which tho passions und ill-feelings
of tho contestants might pass out and reason
enter? None. The singlo idea has beon
lorced upon the people that tho sword, and
Ihe sword alone, nnst decide Iho issue. It
has been pronounced treason to hold an
opposite opinion. Sir, if to have but littlo
faiih in the efficacy of tho sword for joining
severed friendships, if to earnestly desire
peace nnd deprecate the horrors of war, bo
treason, then am I a traitor; and I am proud
er of such treason than others can be of
their vindictive, flaming, and pretentious
patriotism.
I conjure this Congress, in tho namo of
our suffering country, in the name of wives
that may be widows, of children that may
be orphans, in the namo of gallant men,
now Btrong in health, and who, to morrow,
may bu stretched in death upon tho gory
ground,or writhing, maimed, and disfigured
with torturing wounds in the name of
humanity, that sickens at the daily record
of this terrible sirife, 1 conjure this Congress
to seize at tho merest chance that may
exist of a present terminaiion of this tragedy.
Let something be attempted in the spirit of
meditation. Sir, the people will respond
lo it. I hey will thank this Congress for it.
They will bless this Congress for any mea
sure ihat breathes of the spirit of reconcilia
tion. They weary of litis war, weary in
despile ol the excitement of present victory.
They will wako coon to ihe consciousness
that such victories aro purchased at a sac
rifice terrible in coniemplate; that a national
debt is created, which, in its r.tpid accumu
lation, is appalling a debl, which, if evor
paid, will press like an incubus upon fu
ture generations, stunting the growth and
paralj zing the vigor of our young Hepub
lic ; or, il repudiated, resting a blot upon
our annals.
If we look abroad, tho spectacle lends
only lo our shame. Wo see the sceptred
hands oi Kuropo planting their royal ban
ners upon the soil of this Western hemis
phere, which it is our natural duly to con
secrate to republicanism, and which we
might at loast have guarded from iho greed
of foreign despots. The flag of Aragon and
Iiastile flaunts in ihe air of San Domingo and
united with tho blazonries ol France and
England, is unfurled upon the walls of San
Juan d'Ullou. Where may Ihey not float a
twelve months honce, if wo, ihe natural
guardians of this comment, should siill bo
busy dabbling in each others gore? Sir, if
there must be war, let it bo against tho na
tural enemies of republicanism ; if we must
humble our national pride to conciliate the
British linn, let us make snmo sacrifice to
win back in amity the South, that wo may
stand once ag-ain as comrades in arms, to
seourgo these foreign interlopers within
their proper liir.ils,
I am no advocaie of bloodshed but if a
foreign war should bo tho alternative of
submission to foreign insolence, I trust
that I should be tho last to fall prostrate
that the linriicane might sweep harmless
by. To subserve the scheme ol a parly,
we havo already humiliated Ihe American
people in the eyes of scoffing Europe !
will bo a task hereafter to regain the casto
we havo lost in the family of nations. No
greater evil could befall us than to be forced
from the position we havo hitherto assumed
towards foreign Powers? I would not have
my country swerve ono inch from any vital
principle ol her foreign rolicy in any
emergency whalovor. Above alt things I
hold dear that national honor, which we
havo ever, till of late, preserved untarnish
ed. However gloomy may bo the aspect
of things at home, I would have our flag
float as proudly as ever abroad, not deign
ing to make domestic affliction a plea for
humility, an excuse for cowardice, or a
palliation of national dishonor.
Whenever the occasion demands that a
stand should bo made againtt foreign ag
gression, or a rebuke administered lo fore
ign pride, or a thastisement inflicted upon
loreign insolonco, I would have tho gaunt
let thrown down upon the impulse of the
national sentiment, without reference to
domestic exigencies, or pausing to measuie
tho strong proportions ol the loo, In the
heat of our privnio discord, wo seem to
have forgotten that our groat mission as a
people, is to republicanlze the world, to
advance tho principle Ihat men aro capablo
lo self-gorarnment, and to check iho pro
gress of monarchy. Sir, we are losing
ground in the fulfilment of that sacred mis
sion, and monarchy has gained a new foot
bold, while wo have been weakening our
slnows wilh intestine strife. To what pur
pose ? Is it possible that gontlomon can
hopo lo reconstruct the Union by pursuing
a policy of unrelenting severity ? Can thoy
expect to ro-cslablisli concord and brotherly
lovo by pushing hostilities to tho extreme
verge ? What is the Union worth without
mutual rospect nnd reciprocal amity to
bind Iho sections ? What 1 a Union of un
willing States, driven into companionship
at tho point of the bayonet nnd held thero
by military power. Such a Union would
not bo worth tho shedding of ono bravo
man's blood. Wo want their hearts or we
want them not at all. And we cannot con
quer hearts with bayonets, although they
should outnumber the spears of Xerxes. If
not brought back by negotiation the) aro
gone from us forever. To slay their sold
iers, lay waslo Iheir lands, and burn their
cities may bo within our power. But to
hold them in subjection, would, in itself, be
a final repudiation of tho first principlo of
Republicanism. Prosecute this war until
you have accomplished tho necessity of
holding a subdued section in subjection,
and the world will look in vain for a re
public on the Western Hemisphere.
Sir, I love to entertain Ihe hope that our
Union will bo restored upon Ihe foundation
laid down by our fathors; and I desiro no
changes in Iho plan of that glorious super
structure. But 1 am nol so unnatural a wor
shipper of tho Union as lo seek its salva
tion with the destruction of thoso whoso
welfare it was conceived ; to build upon
tho dead bodies of my countrymen. I
would purchase ils redemption otherwiso
lhan by anarchy and ruin. I would not
fling away tho substance to perpetuate the
name. Every drop of blood that is shod in
this struggle will weaken tho bond of Union
between us. One word of conciliation at
this crisis will do more lo savo the coun
try than all the achievements, past and to
come, of your victorious soldiery.
Why should not that word go forth even
now, in the hour of tho Iriumph of iho
Federal arms. If there has evor been a
period in iho histories of republics when
prolonged civil strife has failed to curtain
the liberty of the masses, I havo not read
that history aright. Already, with one
year's bitter experience, wo havo beheld
somo of the dearest privileges of American
citizenship wrestod from our grasp. And
how long, at the same rate, before, upon
the convenient plea of necessity, shall wo
be stripped of other rights which heretofore
have made us deem ourselves freemen?
How long, while personal liberty even now
depends on the nod of an official 1 How
long, whilo free born American citizens
can be left lo languish in basliles, beyond
the reach oi the constitutional tribunals of
thu land and at the mercy of the Executive.
How long, while Ihe press, the guardian of
liberty, the friend of the masses, is shack
led, gagged, cowed down lo sulled silence,
or worse yel, become iho minion of a parly?
How long, whilo voters are arrested at the
polls by military process, and legislators
aro hurried off to prison before they can as
sume iheir sacred functions ? How long
while tho pariizans of ihe Abolition party
are coining money out of the blood of their
countrymen, parading their showy patriot
ism and shouting "Union," with their arms
up to the elbows in the public Treasury?
How long, sir, will the people of the North,
taxed beyond endurance, robbed and cheat
ed by an evercraving horde of political hy
enashow long will they have a choice
between freedom and anarchy, between a
republic nnd despotism? Alas! we still
cling lo the name of a republic, but havo
we the reality ? It is entirely at tho option
of ono man, or of a council of men, wheth
er the citizen shall breathe in freedom tho
air of Heaven, At the ''open sesame" of the
Executive, the gloomy portals of the Bas
liles La Fayette or Warren will gape to re
ceivo him. And this is the Republic I was
taught lo love.
Sir, this is only a symbol of what must
inevitably be, should the South bo crushed
into the Union. You may bring Ihe South
lo terms wilh your bayonets, but when you
have done so you will have made a bond
of air; a covenant whose seal will be a
military despotism, and to break it at tho
first opportunity will be an aim and a pur
pose on the part ol a subdued section. What
they have attempted once they will noi fail
to attempt again, when smarting under tho
remembrance of defeat, when cherishing
the deadly hate ihat a war to the utteranco
will engender.
For the sake of Union now and Union
hereafter not an onforced Union, but tho
strong Union ol willing hearts let the word
of peace go forth, lot tho hand of reconcili
ation be extended. Why, sir, I have hoard
such words 'of bitter haired expressed
against these Southerners by Northern lips,
that I fear it may already bo too late over
lo renew Iho bonds of fraternity. Such sen
timents, I have heard of implacable resent
ment, of thirsting vengeanco, of sectional
antipathy as Hannibal was taught lo nur
ture against Homo, as Rome in her quonch
less jealousy conceived towards Canhage
lo tho ond. And Iho doom of Carihago
may bo accepted by iho South rather than
rounion at the bayonet's point.
1 appeal to ihis Congress to avert that fate
as inglorious to tho victor as to the van
quished. Let tho door of negoliatlon be
flung wide open, flung open now, whilo
wo can make advances with good grace,
and" with laurels upon our brow. To Ihe
winds wilh iho doclrine that you will not
treat wiih armed traitors, h is a sentiment
filler for Ihe epoch of a purpled Roman,
than for the Christian ago In which we live.
It is tho sentiment of one who rules with o
rod of iron, not of a great and generous
people who assume lo rule themselves
Enough has been done in proof of the vig
or of the Nonh and the resources of the Gov
ernment. Lot something bo now dono for
the sake of tho past, for the memories of
ihe memories of tho Revolution, of tho
struggle of l8!2,of the Battle fields of Mex
ico, lor the sake of a Union whose cement
shall bo forgiveness for iho past,and friend
ship and forbearance for the future.
In place of exulting over victories and
longing for new triumphs, how much moro '
pleasant nnd more holy to draw a picluro
of Iho joy ihat will pervado many a now
gloomy household when Ihe glad tidings ol
peace shall be borne fiom city to village,
irom village lo homestead, from lip to lip,
and from heart to heart. A nation's jubilee
would well repay you for some little yield
ing of your stern policy. How mnny arms
would be outsiretched, how many hearts
would bound lo give a welcome homo
again 1" to the war stained volunteer. Oh i
sir, those meetings at the cottage threshold,
those claspings at Ihe farm-houso porch,
the cleaving of throbbing bosoms of wom
en, scarred and manly breasts, wore worlh
all the laurels that were ever snatched from
a blood-slaiiied field. The news of our vie
tories have been hailed wiih peans and il
luminntions, but, with the first tidings of
pence there is not a hovel in the land Ihat
would not have a candle in its window, not
a palace that would nol blase with splen
dors in token ol the advent of a bleusing,
priceloss beyond all earthly triumphs.
Then, sir, lei us lower the points of our
victorious swords, and parley with the loo
while the bugle blasts of victory aro yet
rtnging in our ears, if we are free in an
ticipation from the peril ot future reverses ,
il we are sanguine that the Federal arms
are henceforward gided wiih ivineihility,
thai is the noblest reason why we should
say to our opponents, " pause if you will ,
reflect." Let us yield thorn one chance lor
reconcilement belore wo drive them to iho
resistance ol despair. There can bo no
victory where kilh and kin, where brothers
and lellow countrymen, whare men who
are bound lo each oilier by the holiest of
past association are struggling for suprem
acy. All is defeat ; all is disaster ; all is
misfortune, tears and mourning. Do not
let us efface wilh blond every sacred mem
ory ihat may yet bind these men lo us as
brothers. Give one sign of invitation be
fore ihe death
fair, I have 3poken Ireely, studying only
to maka my words an index lo my thought.
My opinions havo brought me the censure
olion mosi discorieouslv expressed ol many
who differ wiih me, but for that I care litile,
I am content lo abide Iho hour ihut shall fet
me right before my countrymeu. As I be
lieved the prosecution of this war lo be a
widening ol the gull that seperates the sec
tions, 1 have earnestly oppoed it. I havo
always looked upon Ihe subjugation ol tho
South as a project, whoso fulfillment would
strike a heavy, perhaps a fatal blow to true
Kepublicanism, and although I yield to no
man in rtevotion to tho Union, although I
would make any and every personal sacri
fice to restore its glory and integrity, I will
never consent, even for the sake of the Un
ion, lo yield up my birthright as a free man,
to sacrifice ihoso principles of t-ell-govetn-ment,
ihoso rights ol free speech, Irea
thought, and personal liberty, without
which Union is but a mockery and a namo.
It is nol grandeur and extent of territory
that I covet as tho chief attributes of the
Government under which I am to live.
Wore I onu ol but a single commnnitv, in
significant in numbers, but secure in a'guar
aniee of pure republican ministration of af
fairs, 1 would bo proud of my citizenship
But the Union of a thousand States, each
one as great and populous as.the noble ono
uiuuiig wnose iiepresouiauves I nave the
honor to be, I would detest, yes, sir, in my
inmost heart 1 would datosl it, il Ihe holding
together ol its component parts should cre
ate a neces-ity for the assumption of des
potic power.
Sell government is the god of my politi
cal idolatry, and tho Union is but a temple
in which I have worshipped it. Shauld
that temple be destroyed, 1 would not fjr
sake the creod, nor would the mighty prin ciplo
be buried in ihe ruins. I love and
would preserve the temple, for beneath its
roof are gathered Ihe holy treasures of pan
associations ; upon its hallowed wall are
inscribed Ihe names of patriots, from tho
North and from Ihe South, whose blood ha.i
been its cement. But rather would I havo
the glorious fabric crumble to the dust,
than see the spirit of despotism onfhrineJ
within its sacred precincts.
I have seen already the silent but length'
ening shadow of Aboliiionism creeping in
to ihis sacred asylum. And whon the Ex
ecutive hand, lor the first lime in our hist--ry,
was inlorposed between tho ctizan and
his rights, ihe gurin was planted ol a dan
ger mightier th.ui rebellion in its mnstgi-,
gantic phase ; for I believe encroachme1 s'
by an Executive lo bo in ilself rebelli
against the only sovereignty I ncknowledga
the majesty ol the peoplo. I believo
each step towards Abolitionism to be more
fatal to iho welfare of tho Republic than
any possible act within iho power ot the
citizen to conceive and execute. 1 will re
sist overy grasp that may ue mado upon an
attribute ol sovereignty not heretofore ae
knowledged ro the Chief Magistracy ; or
reason and instinct, no less than the fearful
examples that hisiory has furnished from
the ashes ol republics, lench mo that tho
first step, unchecked, will not be the last,
but only Ihe precursor of those giant strirj" i
by which, over the nocks of botrayed free
men, ambitious men hate mounted to a
throne.
We want a Union, sir, of sovereigns, not
of subjects. And ihaijour Governinenihall
extend over a vast area, to mo as if less
moment than that it should be purely, strict
ly, and unequivocally Ilepuulican at all
times and under nil conditions.
Sir, I havo dono, 1 havo only to reiteralo
my hope nnd my ontreaty that this Con'
gress, which has in sacred charge the we'
tare of our country;, will ndopt somo meas
tito which will bring nbout n cessation. o
nobilities, with aview to negotiation. That
done,, I am firm in ray belief Ihat hoalllilicB
will not be resumed.