w-2 iTho Comnloto Overthrow 01 mo cucr irom si mi , it. jeiick
0 rublio Liberties. nli'iv.
'FIiU is the darkest hour since the out- Tho following !. the letter of the Hun.
COLUMBIA DUMOGRAT
CDITIU) UV I.KVI 1.. TATU, I'KOrittCTUIl
JKLOOMSUlflU
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1863.
ifitr.iff.irir3nTTTriirt rnr-JTi7Trv;T,i','Btjt'M:-'1',l"'n
bronk of tlto rebellion Congress, by tho
ant passed Saturday authorizing tlic Pres
ident to suspend tho writ of fiabtaa tor
pus throughout the whole extent of tho
country, hacjrttsUjtntnatcd its sorics of
nci&droa for lavinfc tJr? country proslrato
nmffiofhlosb nt tho feet of one man
wan not enough tliat Mr. Lincoln lad
C. H' ltiickaiew, to tho (Jcntrnl Democratic
Club, on thocelohration of Washington s
Birthday i
'J'o P. McOam., liq-i Ohairman of Com
mitteo :
lo Dear Sir :h rcsponao to your friend
ly ly invitation, I havo to express some views
unon Dii unc toniccs, wuioii may uo uu-
ff"'ri,INO TO TIIT. CON'STIVUTtON, AS TIIK
r 1 1 1 p tv a no k r. u M a it t n r.u n . i sn to t f 1 1: i. ast
ri.ANK.Vlir.N VHMTANl.TIIUTEMlT.-lTC'I.USH
AROUND IllM."--tXtleJ WtUter,
""purposes of the VAul
CONORrM, DT A VtlTE USAIILY tmMIMOVH, t-ASfED tltH
rotuiwi(i mstraurnn, winrii nmtMrs tiik Vnicn or
"TIIK NtTIO AMU 1 TIIKTRUB TAKt)AKD or LOYALTt !
"Tlmt the iirejirit ile ilnrnlilu civil nr lin wen
forced upon tho countty liy tho illoiiilnnlili of tile
I'nutlicrn Mitten, nmv In nrm njrnlnit thoContltutlomil
(iiivrrnincnt. nml In nriim arouml llio Cnpltal j thai In
(his National uNergciiey, Lm?ruf(, baiilahltiK nil feel
ing of mere pnnninn or ri'fCMniiMit, will recollect only
Jti duty to tho hull! country i that thii if or it net leaped
m tkpi AH in null tntt it nf otinrmatoH . or for (lf)VIUr
puje ofeottnnt or tvbjngmton orpnrpotfof overthrowing
r interfering vith the rlghtt or utablithed inttilutiont of
Ikon Sutct, hut to defend and molnfflln the supremacy f
the ConttitHtion.nnd tJprcscrrc the Union, uitk the dig
nity, cqtmlity, andrlghtt of the several States unimpaired;
anif that at toon at then objects are aecompllthed the tear
cnghttO Cfrtff."
..... . . .
(ircular.
Wc issue lo-doy the Grst number of the
Scisen'etnth Volume of the "rJoMiMniA
Democuat." Through tho partiality of
kind friends, and commendable persever
ance, this establishment has greatly in
creased and is now in a high stato of pros
perity. We arc profoundly thankful for
the lib' ral patronage with which it has
been favored, during tho past sixteen long
years, and can now, on ontering upon
another year, only proruiso that our best
efforts shall bo unceasingly employod to
support, defend and maintain sound dem
ocratic principles and frco constitutional
liberty.
Every man who is interested in preserv
ing while-men's liberties, such as this Ad
ministration has attempted to overthrow,
should now rally to the support of tho
Democratic Party. In it wo havo lived
and in it wo hope to die. Friends of
freedom, in Columbia county and else
where, wo invite jour co-operation in sup
port of tho ancient "Columbia Demo
crat." Seuator Duckalew's Letter.
Wo publish elsewhere, the Letter of
Senator Bucknlw, to the Celebration in
Philadelphia. It is a breathing sample of
out-spoken nationality and sound patriot
ism worthy the head and heart of our
noble young Democratic United States
Senator. Let it be read.
niittetl to vour mectinir on the 23d instant,
been invested with the pnrso and tho And 1 cannot know that any words of
nword4, that, with an immonso power to mine will deepen popular conviction upon
the nceositv oi cliausiug our ruiors nun
raiso or manufaoturo money, ho has unre
stricted command of tho services of every
able-bodied man of tho country, Congrcs?
hajj thought it necessary to give tho finish
ing stroko to its establishment of a mili
tary despotism, by removing all checks on
the abuso of the cnormoui monetary and
military power with whioh thoyhavo cloth-
ovcrthrowing their prcsenco policy, or
quicken popular Keal tor tho accomplish
mctil ol these iuipoitutit objects.
A conviction that tho country is mis
governed, the war mismanaged, and libor
ty itself in peril, is growing up in the public
mind, and thousands arc alert, itiquisitivo,
and critical, who gavo to Oovorntnoiit un-
culnulatmg and enthusiastic support loun
od the President. What assuranco has the , dod upon complete conddonue, twelve
country that wc shall ever havo another : months ago.
.:,i.,cni i,.:, ? M.,n. i.nir.nr rision, and
... , , . ., n trust in
except wnat may oe lounn in mo conn- cll,otoni, dulies of tbo cU1n will now bo
deuiie, reasonable or unreasonable, reposed I discharged with a more intelligent com
in tho rectitude and patriotism of Mr. Lin- I prehension than was possible in the
coi.n. If any persou, in any part of the
Tlie day of blind, headlong
of confident, unquestioning
trust in our ruiors lias nasseil, unit tlio
country, shall think it his duty to re
sist unconstitutional encroachments on the
rights of citizens, Mr. Lincoln is author
ized, by what purports to be a law, to
snatch up that individual and immuro him
in oho of the govornmeut bnstilcs as long
as ho shall seo tit, and thorc is no power
anywhere in the nation lo call him to ac
count. Ho can send ono of his oountless
provost-marshals into the house of a gov
ernor of a stato, or any other citiuon, in
tho dead of night, drag him from his bod'
hustle him away under tho cover of dark
ness, plunge him in a distant and uuknown
dungeon, and allow his friends to know no
more of the wheroabouts of his body than
thoy would of tho habitation of his soul,
if, instead of imprisoning, tho provost
martial had murdered him. With this
tremendous power over tho liberty of every
citizen whom ho may suspect, or whom he
may choose to imprison without suspecting,
tho President is as absolute a despot as
the Sultan of Turkoy. All tho guarantees"
of liberty arc broken down ; we all lio at
tho feet of one man, dependent on his ca
ptico for every hour's exemption from a
oar.
Her mouths of the war
The suro result of this will be to perfect
(ho political revolution in tho IXorlh and
West, besuu by tho late elections, and to
exclude tho Republican party, with its
fanaticism, its corruption, and its incapa
city, permently from power.
Jiut can this be accomplished in time to
savo tho oouutry 1 to prescrvoits unity and
liberty ? And if these vital objects can be
secured, cither sooner or later, by the
restoration ol the Democratic party to
power, upon what policy shall that party
act in their attainment 7 These questions
arc timely and important enough to occu
py tho space and leisure now at my com
mand. Complete oontrol in tho State
Government oan bo secured to our party
in October next. Control of the Federal
Government can bo obtained by it a year
later, in tho election of President, assu
ming that tho renovation of Congress, now
begun shall go on and be consummated
by that time.
Tho time hero mentioned must elapse
before powor oan be completely loged in
safe bands ; before tho work of rceonstruc
ting the Union, and thorougly reforming
the Government can be performed. In
the meantime, how much of calamity must
wa undergo? To what measures of evil
must we bo subjected I Tho public debt
will bo swollon enormously, a financial
crash may come, sweeping away private
bastilo. It ho wills it, tho state govern-1 fortunes, and cripp.ing public credit and
when called Into actual servico, nor, can
we recognize them except as basoloss pro
tensions, to bo put down with strong publio
disaprobalion at tho earliest pocsiblo mo
ment. Washington's views of military
jurisdiction and conduct in n ttind of insur
rection, were given to the nrmy Bent by
him to quel the rovolt in Wostoin Ponn-
eylvanlain 171)1, when he ndtnonished
them, ''that overy officer nnd soldior will
ooiihtautly bear in mind that he comes to
support tho laws, and (lint it would bo
peculiarly unbecoming m lnm to bo in
iiny way the nilractor of them t that tho
essential principles of free covarnmont
conlino the provinco of the military whon
called forth on such occasions, to tlicso two
objects : Jit si, to combat and subduo all
who may bo lound in aims in opposition
to tho national will nnd authority; icc
oiulliji to aid and support tho civil magis
trates iu bringing offenders to justico. Tho
dispensation of this jestico bolongs to tho
civil magistrates, and let it ovor bo our
pride and our glory to lcavo tho sacred
deposit thoro inviolate."
In the spirit of this admonition, and of
the Constitusional dootrino that tho mili
tary shall, in all cases, and at all times, be
in strict subordination to tho civil powor,"
we must stand opposed to tho abuso of
tho military powor in applying it to other
purposes than those appointed and rogu
latad by law ; as tho seizuro of private
property of non combatants not legally
liable to confiscation ; the seizure of hordes
of negroes, and their support, instruction,
transportation, drill and payment, as allies;
tho seizure and imprisonment of Northern
freemen, without law and against it ; the
suppression of nowspnporB, or tho closing
of the mails against tnem, and tho on
croachmcnt upon tho Stato jurisdiction
by tho appointment of sundry polico offi
cials to excroie powers undefined by and
unknown to the laws. What is asked is
that tho military power shall bo applied
atid confined to its appropriate use ; that
there shall be no invasion upon liberty by
it, in short, that it shall be subjoctcd to
the domination of established laws. Aud
wo nro porlectly persuaded that Govern
ment will bo all the stronger, all tho more
successful by following this policy and
sternly rofusiug to yield to the tempta
tions whiun assail those entrusted with
authority in revolutionary ti tues. Lot our
ruiors carefully imitate tho example of
Washington, who exercised piilitary pow
ers in tho Revolution with constant re
spect for tho laws and the authority of tho
Continental Congress, unsettled as tho
times wero, and fruitful of pretexts for
departure from any legitimate action.
In addition to tho sigual advantages
which will be secured to our oause by ro-
offorts as citozens of a broken nnd nffcctrd
country.
It results from what has boon said, that
tho administration now in powor may
expect from tho grcnt mass of those politi
cally opposed to it, ncquiosccnco in n lo
gitiniato uxorciso of powers with which it
is invested, tvhothor relating to tho war or
to internal administration. Hut thoy will
claim and exoroiso the right of discussing
tho wisdom and coustitutioually of its policy,
and will resist by a'l lawful menus any
attempt lo pcrvont tho war from its truo
object, or to uso tho war power as an in
strument for introducing urbritary rulo
amongst us,
Aud thoy will labor to proparo tho way
for tho complete reunion of tho States,
upon their accession to power ; or, if (in
cuutrnuiction ot their tears) such re-umou
should previously bo achieved by arms,
then to con firm it and render it real, cor
dial and perpetual.
Lot it bo distinctly understood that tho
great mass of tho Democratic party and of
tho conservative men of the country havo
uover agreed, do not now agroe, and havo
no intention of agreeing in future, to a
dissolution of tho American Union founded
by Washington nnd hia compatriots, and
that thoy will not ccaso their efforts for
its complcto restoration iu its original,
pristine vigor. Put to accomplish this
purposo, thoy, unliko their opponents, will
uso all legitimate means ol restoration,
and not pliisioal f'orco alono. This may
bo boldly and openly onounced, every
where, aud ought to bo accepted every
where as tho only rcasonablo and patri
otic ground upon which a party oan bland
that desires and intends to save tho oouu
try. Tho administration has deliberately
cast away all means of restoration, except
physical force, and has called into exis
tence great and unnecessary obstacles to
success, until, notwithstanding the imme
diate difference of apparent strength bo
twoon the parties to tho war, its issuo
hangs trembling in tho balance. Put let
us not despair of the future : "Out of this
nettle danger" wo may ycl "pluck the
bower, sal'oty." Wo may hope that tho
remaining months of Mr. Lincoln's term
will be got past without complete exhaus
tion, nnd tho point of time arrived at,
when a vigorous and truly great party,
clean-handed fron the patt ; thoroughly
Union, upright, just, patriotic and bravo,
will assume possession of the powers of
government. And thou, this party, with
an old history indentifiod with tho glories
of tho country binding toitsympathy and
affection in every quarter, with no selfish,
local or fanatical passions, to wcakou or
mislead it; with a generous, even-handed,
impartial, time-tried creed, conformed to
ThO CaBQ Of William BurgOSS. Uldeilt is insijfe that as School Pi.
,ro6toH aro cxeinmHountv Sum.,!..,' ..
Writo a plain stofy of the times,, tlcntsiught to bu ahfe-in other words thn
of whioli nro well known aud , law ought to bo niueiod in favor of' n.
Let in
tltb fads
havo boon stated by tbo vory men involved
lb the nnrrativct
William llurgcas, fdrmnrly of Millvillc,
latter, ns it nlroady (a-ors tho former-.
tfomocaptious porsoiu night answer that it
huuiu "urnui inu purpscaoi even-handed
iu Columbia county, an Abolitionist of tho 'justice quite as woll.tn roncal Ua ox,,,,,
n-.i ... -...1 .,...l!.l.- f Itlnnlr t!.4 f ylM,'1 H!.il. ' . . -"iui
lirm winui , nun uuw jmunauui i nuu iiuu vi uuuuui .lhucicb or nUSpcilll it in
Republican newspaper in this county was, time of war nud nlJothnt tho excmpUon
and for aught wo know is yet, Superinton- j of Dindtors frdm miliary enrollment iii
dent of Common Schools for Uolumbia.ordinaiy times boinin consideration of
oounty with a good salary. Ho wni ap- tho lact mat thoy sortt without pay, the
pointed to tho post, by tho Stato Supcrin- 'same mson will Hot np;ly to Superinton
tondotit of Common Schools to fill a va-' dents wio arc paid foiMhoir services. An
canoy. , objector might fuUhorfiillcgo, that a ques-
In October last.it will bo rcmcmborcd, lion of change in tho fjiwsj is "exclusively
tho draft took plaoo undor tho oall of tho ' for tbo logislaturo tlfit it belongs t0 thu
President for troops, and, vory sad to toll,1 jurisdiction of thoso wb enact tho laws'
the name of William Burgess uus drawn, and not of thoso who ftfcetiic them, and
nnd was enrolled among the names of thfJiO that until thoy are chancd they aro to bo
lawfully selected to servo their country. ' enforced upon all wilhbit "fear, favor, or1
Tf hn had heou nssinncd to a fat Pavmas-1 affection." t
tership, or other good office, tho duties of; Hut lint this isn nnrpw and insufficient
Wliicn wouiu not oring a n.au uncnniioria-, view qi iuuduujui.i wc ijivo airoady shown
bly near tho bullets of tho enemy, aud the upon tbo i hlgli authoritytof the distinguish
pay of which would bo respectable, it cd functionaries who yero cousomcd in
mifrlit havo been considered a verv Proper tho disclnrgo ol Mr. pWossi nml ti,n!
thing ; but to bo drawn as a common sol- ( viewss noy aro in poVef, must b'o held
irr, to be, pornaps, mnuo "loon lor pow- as tiocisiv mm lncontnvcrtiulu.- Any
dor ' on somo lino morning, was a thing other uoctino would bordisloyal" iiube
''quito uitolorable and not. to bo ondured.' highest Uc,ree, and woit'd subject us in
for a substitute might be hired aud sent, sympathies with rebellion.
and Mr. Superintendent go on with ins. &o lar no case ot DLrgess, or rathcJ
duties and draw Ins salary, or turn his at- his uisciinro, stands upon solid grouud
tcnlion to sometning ciso, nccortung ia ins or ut, jc.iaiuipon grouniu as suriieient u
own will and pleasure. But this resoutco those whiolsupport maul measures of ex
for an unwilling patriot was liable to the idling publi policy, and ft would be sati
objection of expense, a thing to be con- faotory,(albis point to turn it over to tl
sidorod by an abolitionist when it corics contcniplatiu of our reallors. Put th
homo to his own pooled instead ol tho lia- is rcndercdiuipossiblo by thu act of M
.... .!.. , 4, . .! 1, . i I
tionai troasury. uiuor men wno were uurgessuuiseii. nor lie Inn intcrposii
dratted anu count not serve, or uia noi wnu a mosromarKable ex auat on tvhml
ohooso to serve, hired substitutes ; butithc shows that loinetliing very mueh lilal
cost of a substitute was found to be se'aral triok waip.ctised upon the sagacioui $
liunurou uouars a very inuonvonmnioiu- uuiais wuo trained tlio laws in his favS,
lay for a Republican politician, who had or else tlfatnO official ai'o moro nuilV
never been favored with a government eon- than tho forgiing exposition would repjf
tract, and hnd only a salary to draw spoil. sont thorn! Hp said he had his arrairf'
The case was ono lor commiseration, incuts made So publiih a tiowspaporfiu
. i. . i i. . r ii til 1 ' nr. 1 . . . . . . 1 r I
lor tuc uccp sympaiuy oi an "ityui ,uiuh, tvyomingi
Another Draft Proposed.
A bill has passed the House and I
Sonato giving the President full power to
draft whenever, wherever, and whoever
he pleases, thus setting uido all State law,
or rights on tho subject. This fresh enter
tainment for the peoplo has been gotten up
by tho Abolition leaders in Congress, and
'doubtless becomo a law. Thus, after call
ing out already a million and a quarter of
men, and after tho expeuditute of nearly
two thousand millions of dollars, thoy
want more. Thoy prefer this rather than
the honorable settlement of our National
.'''"'ultifis without any moro bloodshed.
Their plea of treating tho patient, who is
already fearfully debiliated and exhausted,
is to bleod and blister him, Would it not
. r v. rn. Siunnlrtf IVlTCnW U'llM in.
I 'll - -. i .:. t!.i r
a. nml fhfl nftior Now Kn.
rl AJa.it nrlr trt nnf in flirrn
another ? Aro wo of
be continually victimized
New Euglawd I Are we
without ceasing by Yan-
1 I . .1 i I. ,v .
Commonwealth loaded down
nr. ii mi nil r ijiihul ulus iuld union
"j a. i 1
1 I I U XT. 1ilfrl..1 A I.
i(iti wnf 7 I'nniiQV vnntfi nnhlj rntnnn-
to the first draft, whilst the Statos east
and north of hr did nothing: is it, there
fore, fair that sho should now bo placed
at the mercy of tho Abolitionists, and tho
power pi aoed in tho han Is of tho President
toconscript by the wholesalo her able
bodied men who remain? It is enough
for us to ask tho question, to show tho
unreasonableness of tho proposition. Our
State has already furnished moro bravo
men for this war than any other State in
tho Union, nnd is willing to do her duty
in this respect in the future ; butBhe asks
other States to bo put o i the sarao footing
Let them be compelled to furnish thoir
quotas of tho firrt draft, and then the Old
Koyttono will cheerfully consent to a sec
ond. Lot there be fair play in this matter
nil around.
Wo are in receipt of the Match num
bers of tbo "ylic'caii Agriculturist,')
This is the ablest and best agricultural
journal in the world. Prioe 51 por an
num.
mcnts may continue in the discharge ol
their functions ; but if ha wills it, every
ono of them that docs not becomo his sub
missive and subservient tool can bo nt once
suspended by the imprisonment of its of
ficers. Considoring the enormous powor
conferred on the President by the finanoc
and conscription bills, a reasonable jeal
ousy would havo erected additional safe
guards against its abuse. Instead of that,
Congress has thrown down all the old
barriers and left us absolutely without shel
ter in tho greatest violonce of tho tempest.
So far as tho detestable act passed S it
urday is an act of indemnity to shield the
President from tho legal consequences ol
past exertions of arbitrnry power, it is a
confession that ho, his secretaries, provost
marshals, and other minions have been
acting in violation of law. It annuls nil
laws passed by tho stato legislatures for
tho protection of their citizens against kid
napping ; it providos for taking all suits
for damages out of tho stato courts aud
transferring them to tho federal tribunals,
and before those tribunals the fact that the
injury complained of was done undor color
of executive authority is declared to be a
full and complete defense. It evon inflicts
ponaltios on persons coming beforo ihe
oourts for redress of injuries, bj declaring
that if they are not successful the defen
dant shall recover double costs. So that
the aggrieved party must tako the risk of
this penalty for venturing to ascertain, in
a court of justice, whethor his oppressor
was or was not acting under tho authority
of tho President. To this alarming pass
have matters cpmo, that not only does
every citizen hold his liberty at the morey
of one mau, but bo is liable to be punished
for inquiring whether the porson arresting
him really possessed, or only falsely pre
tended to possess, that man's authority!
The attempt to disguise the odious char
acter of this detestablo act by u sham pro
power ; and it is not impossible ttiut in an
hour of desperation our rulers may aban
don tho war, aud place the barrier of a
bad treaty, or the impertinences of a fore
ign meditation, in tho way of reunion.-
Unquestionably, there aro great dangers
in the immediate future, and apprehension
of evil is limcly, and justified by the
event of the past two yeajs. Put during
this period of danger, of trial, of peril
this interval which separates us from the
day of relief aud security what shall be
the attitude of our party toward tho Ad
ministration and the war 1 This question
may reasonably be asked by the thousands
versin-r the policy ot tho Administration t10 Constitution, aud springing naturally
vy esiaunsmug uiuur nuu truer uouinuos from t8 minoiplos this party, thus nuali
than those jut examined tho Domoeracy
can take into account as ono of the agen
cies for restoring the Uuion, the power
fnl and invaluablu aid of allies in tho IJor
dur and Confederates States men who
have gone into revolt reluctantly, or who
now stand with divided incliuatioiiB, un
certain of thu position they shall assume.
I he issue of the war has always depended
as much upon the determination and union
of the Confederate States as upon tho
magnitude of the efforts put forth by us
against them. Manifestly, thcrofore, our
true lino ol policy hasboeu to divido them;
(olntv h'fore his disolinr :
and Hurgoss was fortunate enough tt ob- that ho formrllcd his resignation asKu
tain suoh sympathy in his hour of sore perintenddti: th llarriaburg t and adi:s,
trial. Tho Post Master of Hloomiburg, in subsi aucc, Ihit the allegation tliatf ii;.
holding a good office and luckily exempt . di-ohargo w.J necessary o the inniLu
by law from tho draft, had sympathy for incut of schfihiu Oolumbid Uouuty,fra-i
his less fortunate brother official, and came' uttorly uiifouWl and I'nlij ! Audjyet
to his aid with a promptness and zoil dc-he slipped awliy from the draft oiilhat
serving of all praiso He wrote (to thu pretunse ! I II
Superintendent of Common Schools at J Wo wen, at first, astoundel bv thijex
Harrisburg, and tho Supeiintenflent of plantaion, whjcli seemed to lomovott-oiu
ol War at Washington, and tho Secretary or oxcusj , lluliabseqtiont illeetiut has
at War wrote back to Gov. Cartin at liar- ouuvineed lis tl.r.t our firsthmprdiion-i
risbure, and then Gov. (Jurtin sent an or- were orronous.J
II I. I 1 1 i 11 it UH I..1. II
der to the droit Uouimtsiioiicr oi uium- the point o tin) argument (in th
bu County to Uncharge Mr. Purges lrom aspect ot 4h calhe,) upon Wlieh i:
ill i
in this S ato, and by the thousands in other , to conciliate a part of their population, and
States who are willing to join in and assist , dampen the ardor of tho revolutionary
in the rodenmtion of the country. I spirit by subjecting it to conservative
ft mf - . " . .
The question may bo answered, in
part by referiing to the past. The object
of tho war was announced in the outset by 1
a Resolution of Congress, which went
out North and South, and to foreign
coantries, as the platform of the Goveiu
mcnt in its prosecution. That resolution
announead the object of the war to bo, the
dofoiise and maintenance of the supremacy
of tho Constitution and tho preservation
of ihe Union, with all tho dignity, equality
aud lights of the scvoral States ununpair-'
od, and explicitly denied that it was waged
in any purpose of conquest or subjuga-j
tion, or purpose of overthrowing or inter
fering with tho rights or established insti
tutions of the Southern Stntes.
This clear and emphatic resolution was
aoceptod and approved by tlio Democracy
of the Border Statos, and by conservative
men generally, and tboreupon all the
magnificent rcsourcos of tho oountry in
men and money wero put at tho disposal of
tbo Administration, for the prosecution of
tho Avar in accordance therewith and it
has had command of those resouices unop
posed aud almost unquestioned down to
this hour
But the time came when this ground, of
a contost for the supremacy of the Contti
stitution and the preservation of the Union
became, iu the policy ot tho Administra
tion, connected with if not subordinate
to, another and different object. Tho tin
sel rhetoric of Sumnor, tho dictatorial ut
terances of Greoley and the tabid violence
of Phillips and Garrison, became of moro
consequence at Wathingtou than tho views
opposition in tho very communities where
it arose. The subjugation of tho South by
the mere oxertion of physical force ngaiust
it, assuming it to be really united and in
earnest, is a work of extreme difficulty,
aud requires an amouut of wisdom aud
vigor which our Administration has failed
I r n vli! Ii f In n ii-flr rf 1 1, ito ei fi n nnnii
the .outh, most formidable natural ob- od at $Ot'iW, at tho rate otSJ17 por day,
stacles are to bo encountered, and also or 315,055 por year, wihch is only 52l)A
the powers of the enemy, and our ttrcugth per cent, on his investments !
must bfi, or bo made to bu, adequate to ; Another Government agent named Hall
ovorcome bo'.h. in short, in this oase
ullici m thctnemic s
fiod to spoak to tho wholu land, and to bo
heard with affection and vevcreneo, can
and will command these wild waves of
human passion to bo still, and rejecting
alike tho fanaticism of Boston and of
Charleston, will rebind these great States
together, in enduring bonds of interest
aud sy mpathy I
1 am, dear Sir, very truly yours,
C. 11 PucKAi.nw.
BliOOMSiiunu, Feb. 20, 18 63."
The Way tho Money Goes.
A oommiuce oi mo oanaiu uppoimuu vu
investigalJ frauds in the chartering of i
ships for tho Banks' and other cxpoditi-1
tiotis, havo made a report which reveals
more than tho usual amount of fraud and
corraption in Government officers and .
employees. Thoy bhow that one of tho
Government agents named Coblens char
tered to Government thirteen vessels valu-
i .
e trill m ri 1 1 :i i tl v viinli-ntnil
" . i. . ' I I
It must be oucdital thu mbtaru
in
tor tbt
telont
i new
i (lis-
vctss-
woi'd re-
ily is out oftho tue,
.1... s- . f .. i ,.
4uiiu tuu uiciuua rainua iuun tpj uiff j
uimrgo 01 a loiutcr tit nor lie wart and
it is cqualh clepr from' tlji explafntion,
mat mere van hj ciluctiihiul namsity
Iheolhceo buneniiteiidiit was tlrown
tho draft! This proceeding wai a little
circuitous, but the result was all tli.it rouid
ho desirod ; .Mr. Burgess was d 'charged
from the draft, and could bid difianue to
Provost Marshals forever 1 j
Some inquisitive citizen mayldesiroto
know undor whatitf ibis was dime : tho
man was ablo bodied, not toof'oung nor
... . . A f II ... . .
too old, tho very pieturo 01 a ntJ soiaier, up by Uurgiss auVl ho hai Jmca dijdiarg
was neither a mail carrier, nor jiostiuaster ,u uuuo 01 us icutics. lUut wil ,t not
nor judge, and in addition to all this, was 1 .strike every reiAooable mind, u ra due
an undoubted patriot, with most wholesome , oousideratioi, that thercUas a ; lit ail
views upon the subject of the lar, and tho necesui for the djsthargo'', which ound
mauner of conducting it thoj very manjantly sustainj itfWas I uot ai iiipor
ono would think for ihe erisisl and most tant to keep io'yn adopontcnt opi ion at
happily drawn by the gcntlj presre of j boat as to subdie tl,s uiiunl in th ield J
the draft into the public iomm. And was not I Hu;t nboutllevnti'. 3 him.
We can ody answer to all jliis, that the 1 self, with alibis Jm-Jcrs, totho p 1:0 r it
law was simply set aside for pe occasion ance of this jnos ieessarv and 1 rluous
was dispcused with - and is was decreed duty I The Jlec bn,, then Jisthd 1 haJ
that some other mun should! stand in the) shown that llio r -'r.ictaiy aiil diy; uficj
placo of Mr Burgess in tho py of battle elements of socitt; wlic sirpgii fact
because the Postmaster Hloomsbuig strong onoufh Ugivo a ni.tony W, tho
wanted it dono, the SnpcrintiAdcnt of Com-' polls against he Wc and piribicjfarty
mou oliools thought it woliu ue wen to ui w.imuruu inuyirtin. WaSit lotiilien
bo done, and the Socretar j at U ar con-1 a most nt ant inrjty ibmg id Suah lih
ceivod it mi"ht be done, cud thereupon tuu 1 services lor tic spiiailmg and (U'cfatu 0f
tfflrWe have stricken from onr list
all suoh paperi as only exchange occa
sionally.
The Conscription Pill.
Thu Philadelphia Press states that the
Conscript Bill passed tho Sonato on last
night week by unanimous vote, How
unanimity was obtained wo learn from tbo
Philadelphia Inquirer, whose Washing
ton correspondent states that as soon as
it became crident that tho Republican
W..V " V..W W,,., l.t IUU
inu U'ALLlit lit, lt run rnnntA
vision in its socond eoction is an insult to-l f i. ..., min.ii- ,i, .i .,i
tl.o intelligence of tbo paoplo. ,(Tho Sec- tho pledged faith of tho nation. A pol
rotary of Stato and the Secretary of icy of emancipation was announced, iu
War," so it reads, "aro directed as soon wiving enormous cxpenso, doubling tbo
., .. ,.. , .. ,, difficulties of the coniost, and in flat con
as mau be practicable," to furnish to tho . 1 r .1 1 1 1
' '"iis l"u tradition of tho Bolemn ' declaration upon
judges of tho courts lists ol tho names of tho objeot of the war, just recited. And
tho parsons arrested, that thoy may bo this was douo by I' residential deoreo tho
presented to a grand jurv lor indictment. Hit of a siuglo man without authority,
And who is to judge of this practicability? aQU ai l"c iu 01 men wno ran no
hy, tho secretaries themselves, or tho in(in to ' dvi,0 tllB,P rit'
Piosidont for them. Thoy will furnish To this, and lo all like departures from
such lists whenovcr it suits their pleasure, the Constitution and from good faith and
and not beforo. Thero is not only nopen- sound policy, we are, aud must remain,
alt,, for neglecting to do this altogether, oppo.od. J .say like depart-
, h. 0 , . ' 1,1 ures, for tho pretence of millitary ucctssity
hut the main purposo of tho act is to pro- up0 wuici, emancipation has boon an-
tect these officers, and all persons nctiur, nouueed, has boon extended to other sub
under their directions, against all legal jeets besides tho status of the negro, as the
nonnliio. fnr nil ,-r, ,i, .1 t debates of the day abuudantly testify. Tho
' Eo zuro of eilizens in States ) untouch
nil flPtnnhinriM in nriRnn linivniri.t lnn . . . .
. , ..,,,w iun0 .iu od by rovolt, and thoir incarceration in
ircieu. distant prisons, remote from witnesses
Tho ninety days during whioh Connresi who might tastily in their favor, and from
has now been in session aro tbo last ninety friends who might iutorcodo for them is
days of American Freedom. Our liber- m "w T11" u'"",u"1 .ol i '?su) "'.1U
... disi'rvcH all tin; cnndr inniiliiMi it. ih receiv.
ties had proviously been ourtailed and ing ,rom tll0 peoplf.t
abridged by exoeutivo encroachments, but Tho Father of his Country, tho anni
tbo courts rcinainod open for redress of versary of whose birth you celebrato, had
wrongs. But this Congress has rendered no conception of a doctrine of military
their overthrow complete, by first putting nocesity us a substitute for tho ConBtitu
thopursoand tho sword iu tho hands of lion and laws of tho laud; nor of those
tho Pretidont and then assuring him of undefined, uulimitcd powers, now assortod
comploto impunity in all abuses of ibis to exist in tli President as a t'ommandor
enormous, this dangcrom, this tromendious in Chief of tho Army and Navy of the
uowor. United States and of tho militia of the ttato
country were neces
sary to certain or pr mpt success, and to
secure them all the arts of policy and all
the means of conciliation without our '
power, should have been exerted. I
But what is tho polioy of our ruiors ? 1
Is it not written in tho history of tho Crit-!
tendon Compromise and of the Peace Con-!
ferenco Resolves ? in Congressional enaot-'
mcnts and in Presidential Proclamations ?
No concession, no conciliation, but only
sheer Jbrce to compel complete submission!
This policy, at once incalculating aud
iiiinninnnit. tms nfii-sistoil In until rnnflnt. '
cd disasters came to exhibit its folly and
impotency, Yes ! the necessity of allies,
utterly scouted iu tho outset, becamo de
monstrated ou tho plains of Manassas and
iu tho swamps of tho Chiokahominy. The
course of events taught us that assistanco
would bo useful, if not indisponsable, to
the great work of subduing rebellion and
restoiing tho integrity of the Union.
liccogtuYmsr this truth, the men in pow
er have turno'd their attontiou to the ne
groes -tho subject race of tho South and
propose to arm aud employ them as allies
in tho war. This experiment is likely to
bo carried out, to be freely tested, and to
produco rosulis which, to say the least,
will be instructive in future times.
In marked contrast to this desporato ex
periment, conscrvutivo men look for alli
ance aud aid to the whilo race our own
stock aud kindred and propose to secure
thoir co-operation in restoring tho Uuion
by a polioy of conciliation, nnd by the
oxnmplo ol a return by our own govern
ment to a truo Constitutional rule, unin
fluenced by fanatical passion and regard
ful of all Stato and individual rights as
established by our fathers. In their polioy,
tho conservative element along the border
and iu tho South is to bo encouraged and
developed not repelled, spurnod and in
sured !
Groat nlowanco is doubtless to bomado
for an Administration chargod with tho
conduct of a grent war, aud particularly
a civil war. The difficulties to bo sur
mounted aro great aud often tho courso to
bo pursued is but a elioino butween evils,
At such a gcuorous mind will not sook
occasion of offences, and can overlook
small points of objection in roviowiug pub
lio affairs.
But tho subjects now brought into do
bato by tlio pouoy oi government aro
fundamental nud vital; it is impossible to
bo indifferent to thorn, and it would bo
unmanly to ovado them. Frank, full,
open debato upon them, will lead to useful
is repraseuted to havo been in tbo busi
ness eighteen months. Ho has chargod
from five to twelve per cont. for his servi
ces, and has besides roccived lnrgpt-rjcol)clusionj ul,on iti
Govomor of the Coinmnuw.'alth "in con
sidoratiou of tho premises ordered it to
be done 1 It would be inherent and di-
rcspeetlul to all theso distil'iiishcd Repub
lican officials, to make Jiy troublesome
question upon the law oltne case in view
of their arduous laborsand most sago
conc'uuo is,
centacos on tho cnpnmgs of the vessels
from thoir owners. No loss than 163
vessels wero obarterod through Hall, while
ho was agent for tho owners of twenty-two
others employed by tho Government.
Ho was a psor man eighteen months ago,
but is now rapidly acquiring wealth by the
rooeipt of a large daily roveuuo from com
missions upon tho earnings of vessels slill
in the Govorumont imploymont.
Another of this band of disinterested
"patriots" named Lapor is stated to bo iu
rocoipt onormoui revenues, lrom the char
toring of transports, derived partly from
commissions received on vessols where ho
aotod at tho same tituo as agent of the
Govorumont nnd agent of tho owners(
partly from the charters of vessels belong
ing to transportation companios, of which
he is a large stockholder, partly from
vessels owned by himself, and chartered
by or through himsoll,as Government agent
to the Government, partly from collodions
of money duo toothers on transportation
aocounts, nnd partly from his ''influouco."
Mr. Hall of Baltimor tostifiod that ho
paid Lopor 813,000 at ono time for "get
ting business for hi in," and besides con
siders himself bound to pay an additional
sura of 31 pur cent, lone-halty of tho earn-
ings of certain vessels.
After showing up tho various swinuuug
transactions oonncotod with tho business
of hiviug vessols for vaiious expeditions,
tho committee doolaro that tbo facts aud
testimony point to John lacker, Assis
tant Sccretan of War, ."as the person
through lohom these gigantic ana shame
less frauds on the Government were chbjly
perpetrated I"
These frauds amount to rnillious of
dollars, and the ohiof criminal in thorn is
declared by a Republican committee to bs
a high Govornmont officer 1
This is ''tho way the money goos ;"
tho way tho pooplo aro swindled undor
this Ilopublioan administration, and the
loud mouthed "patriots" denounca ns
"traiton" all who do not aid them in this
diryctiouto our stupendous knavery.
But to stop the inoutBi of all revilors,
wo will stato tho groundli the discharge
as we get it from the luujnous columns of
the Columbia County llfnibliaui.
By tho School laws ofj.his State, School
Directors are exempt frp militia service
and fines. And as thet hro not paid for
their services, this is aleasonablo provis
ion in ordiniirv timos !'tho nipiua times
of pertco" though itohht not to extend who, in his cupacii f J'uhiier an
iiopuD'.man doctrno upon 1 tits tincr
waters of ihi biHhiohana I I
When mei-nre Voind wickcUoUcii to
complain tha,l'reiuential nrbdimkuin
should bo Bubtituftti for the duniililioii
uuu ju:uvaoi ,uu lane or to (ft'louiS' thu
esaan.'ionof nanci Aonft hv
which gold aad rlllvmmoditijsir.' flatly
meruaseu in vaaojti the evjcljnt tioli-
iiiuui, unu pnspenty ot tlio toon cr to
question the niaia'meut of the vl- in
regaru to tlie, opnioi ot Golitrals I tl.s
fin i.l - i:ii !,.. . I . I
Miiiu, ui iiieiuuv oi coniriciors olfup-
pica, ins uiju urn ior oufcui poilT to
look after its I'rieifh and eilitt thcil ser
vices in its dctcir-a Kothitin ..,-l
i t t re "wi, .- j
been done in Uie A of Willim Buifcess,
edi-
Jjunty iupcriutcn
is services
to is, consequen
to a tnno of war. A
dent, who is paid for
exempt bv tho law
subject to military s.-vice and
whun militia are callli for. But those
simple-minded peoplqfsho suppose tho law
is to bo keot becuust it is luw, are not
ltor, will bo la pllor 'tf sulport h the
jes, is not government, and ainiprtc illntratfon of
sequently, perfect "loyally" n tljia,oftroublf and
1 to a draft danger. JS'. II. Ihnocra,
1
juiaa t gettBo'.Kefard.
r.. Irvi t, . J i
well road in tho logichf llcrublican rule, I " ' 1 )0lf ff i
and must correct thofr idoas and conform ! of IvnappJlivin-: in Bloaisiurk thought
them to those great j.roprovemouts iu the to mako Juice little speulitidn tbo other
soienoo of govornmet which have been jHJ. by luruing inforniorj 1 nWars our
introduced since Abrthain Jiincoin nccame r.:,,...! T...ni, ai.-n,.,, .1...
. . w.iviui.i. n.u iiiurius inu
f D
uu y
duties ofAuctioncor, hadbea
ut crying
Chief Magistrate oftho Uritcd States.
It mav bo triumthantly asked if mili-
turn ivs7n tin nr nrlnnnnln reason for
tho arbitrary arref aud iinprisoninent of j Kapp,uo thought he wdilOjctnco down
I political oppouei-i uuai'iiu uiu wiuinu- pui" uu nuu uim lursiiijj wuijoui
r - . . . ..11 1 I M"
a vonduf and it coming t'j tl Ars of this '
Kllnnn.lin llinilrrl.l Ua liAil.nr(.'n. .1. I
a liceuo, and by this mcons
his shaD of the fine.
tion of tho State jfid thatofthe bedoral
bo considered ansxccllcnt reason for set- , it , , , ,
.:,i i. iJ tn fn,nr nf !i nnlitVnl a 1 uuso anu not midiriu
fricud 1 Tho Utter expression is nearly oa thatjhe should oall irJncuj
as easily wntlc or spoken as tho lormcr , ivnapps, ollnce at Bloon:slrfr1
0t 520,
ll at Shcl-
1
irj, orner-
iiy at uisr
Tho next
n 1.
tho necessity ii any case, must be left, of luro him on thtueoeseityf osorving tho
course, cntiroy to official judgment; for laws and that Uwas his d;jto seo that!
groat raistakj! would doubtless bo com-1 imo Bhould bono lnfrac'tiajf 1 10 same
mitted if thof.opulaeo woi allowed to m-. & Whcn j J M g j
torveno or prmouuoo ao opinion upcu it. , I ,rF
Although tojidiuary apprehensions the , hl3 PooUct a l"e which iUo 1 10 astos
law fully pfrvides for filling a vapuuoy iu ' sor look black, j Whon h ucoverod ho
the ouieo oijounty cupunuienusud, uuu was vory protut in his ollcnief, &o.
tho offico sonis overyyhorc ra'.ier sought Quo thing in i s matterlil,- Sllolhtrt is
i. ...t 1 1 J . 1 '.
persons wilin wido fidd of vision, to wit, uiflucnco m string up fA-ci officltl to
' . . n. .. a. ...1 1 n.Dim.in L.i 1... .i.r
a I OStlliasUr, a Oiaw aujiuuuiuimuiit, u jiiuatvuw nuu .im uy mis nml
1 1 ITT -i - ...... 1. ....!.. . 1 . .1
isecretaryin var amj uuvumui u-wmg , sceuy pocuct mu a 20 oill
passed urim tho qu(tion oi necessity, it
would bo7)rcsumptou? in auy privato iudi
vidual toattompt ii discussion. It has.
boon adhdicated aid determined, if not,
according to tho law.of tho land, at least
acoordiu.; to tlioso t ausccndoiital rules of
admiHisation to w ich wc arc becoming
arcustoned. I
lint his
tHo had
1 r.
sgaia.--
mm:
bettor try his llnd in tbiiWiny
Danville Ititc&enicr. I
I Man nrmili
Dressed in :Jittlo brief uthaify,'
l'lays suchintastic trie.- li.flru lih
Hcavc-J f
As make tlnftngcU wcapl