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VOL. 17. NO. 47.
Select Ipodni,
Jt Know a Little Village.
1 know a llltlc village,
Where a sunny, sparkling ttreara
Murmurs o'er tin shining pebbles
I. lite tho music of a dream ;
An J I lovo to ico It glisten
, In tho sun's bright golden ray
Out neither stream nor sunlight
Havo brought mo fccto to-day.
And I know n tittle cottage
Where the summer roses grow,
And star-like scented Jessamine,
With petals while ns snow ;
Where fuathercd songsters chalet tve,
A soft and melodious lay
Itut neither birds nor flowers, I tvern,
Have b.'ouglit iiw here to-day.
Mat in that cottage Uwcllntti now
A maiden fair and bright,
With oyua llko Uow-gcunncd violet,
With looks of tunny light j
With soul as pure as yun bright stream,
And heart ns light and gay
And to claim that maiden Tor py bride,
I come this road to-day.
t'nost hie Nkw York Day-Uook, j
THE HISTORY OF THE
TORY PARTY,
IN THE UNITED STATES.
ComplleJ from tho Private Papers and Lottora of tho
Fathers of the Ilcpublic.
Through xehkh the Federal or Tory Party
it Traced, from 177-1 to the I'nscnt Day,
IIV Iin.VUY GUKIIA-M,
At tlio commencement of the troubles
between tho Colonies and tho mother coun
try, in the year 1774 for that was about
the tima that the Colonies began in earn
est to oppose the ail tiitry acts of the
English I'u liutiiuin ,y be dated tho
origin of patties in tliii country, under
die names nf Whigs .m.t Tones. The lat
ter, owing to their subsequent conduct,
brcame s iuuiviuuuh with ever) thing that
was vile and contemptible, and the bare
mention of their name caused the heart to
hhudder and tho "blood to chill in the veins
of every true patriot. They were styled
by the parent country, and among them
telvos, '"Loyalists," because they were in
favor of ''unconditional submission" to
tho tyranny of Grout Brittuiu. They
were called by tho Whigs or Patriots
"Tories," a term taken from an Irish
word fcignifyiug a savago, which they
have proved themselves to bo from that
day to this. Although professing to be
the humblest of CL"Utiaus, they tire
"wolves iu cheep's clothing." On the
other hand, the Whigs were for maintain
ing the rights of the people, peaceably, if
.possible, and by force, if necessary.
Thoy were unconditionally opposed, not
to England, as Eugland, but to tho over
bearing bigotry and tyratiuy ol England,
which were displayed In a marked manner
towards our patriotic fathers, who only
desired tho tights ol freemen, and wore
determined to accept of nothing less. For
this noblo end thoy took up arms. They
fought tho battles of tho Ilevolutionary
AVar ; suffered hunger and thirst; expo
sure of health and life j traveled bare-footed
over the frozen grounds of our north
err. soil, and might have been tracked by
tho blood from their frozen feet. Winter
after winter, for seven long ycars,tboy
struggled, until they gained tho objeot
thoy had iu view their independence.
No fen bao ever yet described the suf
ferings of those noblo men ; no artist has
ever portrayed tho horror that surround
ed tho hearthstones of those heroio bands,
armed in the causa of 'civil liberty and
tho rights of man their dwellings burned;
their property destroyed ; their wives and
daughters ravished by a brutal soldiery;
and their foved ones starved to death by
thousand- yes, by thousands, for Thom
as Jefferson tells us that tleven thousand
tverc starved to death in prison ship Jer
sey, in this city ; and no ouo kuows how
many more, pcrishod in other places.
IliBtory is full of it, and be that is dis
posed may read as he runs of tho tyranny
not only of tho hireling of the British
king, who were sworn to do bis bidding,
but of tho Tory party, who hated the
Whig with a most iuveterate hatred, and
gave information of tho whereabouts and
numbers of the Patriots. They aotcd as
guides for tho British troop3, aud pointod
out tho places where tho Whigs resided,
helped to pluuder them, and divide tho
spoils among their friends, Thoy would
bkulk in the doad hour ',ol night, like tho
merciless savagsa, burn tho dwollings of
their nearest neighbors, rob thorn of their
eatllo aud provisions, carry thom to tho
English army, an thore sell them thus
?howiug their devotednesj to the Govern
ment of Great Britain by pilfering from
its supposed enemies, and their decendanta
nro living at tho present day, in princely
tylc, upon the proceeds of their robber
ies and ill-gotten gains ; and as thoy have
inherited the property of their predecessors,
so havo thoy also imbibsd their pernicious
principles, which thoy adhero toasatrong
ly at the presant day, as did their illus
trious progenitors.
From tho closo of tho war to tho adop
tion of the present Constitution a period
of about soven years our country was in
a deplorable condition. Tho Government
under the Articles of Confederation, was
too weak to sustain itself; Congress had
not tho power to raiso money to pay the
common debts contracted during tho war ;
our credit was well-nigh gone, and some
thing had to be done, and dono quickly,
or all would ho lost in auarohy.
During this period, a largo number of
j tho old lories, who' had fled to Nova Sco
i tia and other British Provinces during the
; dose ol tha war, were permitted to return
I the excitement against them having par
tially subsided. Fatal mistake! And
: here it might bo rotated that a great many
Tories, who were too cowardly to cotno
out op'euly in favor of tho encroachments
I of England, possessed discretion enough
I to keep their mouths closed, for coward
ice is invariably tho mother of prudence,
I and by their not taking an active part
agaiust the Colonics, were permitted to
! remain unmolested in their properly ; but
notwithstanding this lenity thoy were
j knowa to be Tories at heart, who secretly
'desired the success of tho British arms ;
and they always remained such, and their
deccdants to this day, with but a very few !
, honorable exceptions. Tho Tories, who
i returned from the British Provinces, com
menced suits in law to recover their pro
crly, which had been connVatcd during
and at tho close of the war, (for then as
now most of tho Tories wore wealthy,))
and employed Alexander Hamilton as thoir I
couusel. One of our historians informed
us that a gtcat many of tho old Tories ,
owed the restitution of their property to j
the talents aud genius of Hamilton, whoso j
exertions in behalf of. and elevation to tho
interests of ihe old Tories, made him their
loader.
! To tho old Tories ahovo mentioned,
were added a largo importation of British
merchants. Mr. Jefferson says : "That
in every town and village of any size there
were Uriiish merchants and a great many
American merchants doius business on
Knylish capital." If we now add to the
To.ios who were allowed to remain, thoso
who came back from the British Provin
ces, and to those two classes tho English
, merchant referred to above, We shall
have, if not a majoiity quite a large mi
nority who were in favor of tho English
Government as a model. Consequently,
this English Tory party were endeavoring
, through tho influcnc of thoir wealth and
1 position in society, to bring about a result
which they wero unable to accomplish by
I tho sword, viz: tho supremacy of tho
1 British rule, or at least a government
modeled upon tho English plan. And in
proof of this assertion I will Mibmit tho
following extracts from the writings of
Thomas Jefferson, who says :
"But a shortreviow of facts v '" will
show, that tho contests of that day were
contests of principle between the advocates
of republican, anil those of kingly govern- 1
monts, and that had not the former mado
the efforts they did, our government would j
havo been, eveu at this early day, a very
different thing from what the successful
issue of those efforts havo made it. t
At this meeting (tho eouvaution at Annap
olis) a diffcreucc of opinion was evident on
the question of a republioan or kindly ,
government, yet, so general through th0 '
Stales was the sentiment iu favor of the
former, that tho friends of tho latter con- '
Cued themselves to a course of obstruc- j
tion only, aud delay, to everything propo-1
sed ; they hoped, that nothing being dono ',
and all things going from bad to worso, a
a kingly government might bo usurped,
and submitted to by tho people, as better
than anarchy and wars intornal and ex-1
ternal, the certain consequence ol the pres-1
ent want of a general government, Tho
effect of their manoeuvres, with tho defec
tive attendance of deputies from tho States,
rosultcd in tho measuro of calling a more
general convention, to bo held at Phila
delphia. At this the same party exhibi
ted tho samo viows of preventing a gov
ernment of coucord, which they foresaw
would bo republican, aud of forcing
through anarch v their way to inoi;trchy.
But tho tnuss of that convention was loo
honost, too wise, and too steady to bo baf
fled and misled by the manuoeuvres. Ono
of these wa a form of Government pro-
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER.
"TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TORCH
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA
posed by Colonel Hamilton thiu,
however, was rejeoted ; on which Hamil
ton left tho convention, as desperate, and
nover returned again uutil near its Coal
conclusion." V. 4, p. 414-5.
Tho following are extracts from Ham
ilton's plan :
"Art. 7 The Senate to consist or per
sons to sorvo during good behaviour, . c.
for life.
'Art. 4. The supremo executiyo au
thority oftho United States to be vested
in a Governor, to he elected to aervo du
ring good behavior, t, c, for life.
"Ar. 10. All laws of tho particular
States, contrary to tho Constitution or laws
of tho United States, to bo utterly void.
Aud tho better to prevent such laws being
passed, tho Govornor or President of each
State shall bo appointed by tho General
Government, and shall havo a negative
upon tho laws about to bo passed in tho
State of which he is Governor or Presi
dent." Secret Debates of the Convention,
2ug3 H25 0.
Hero, wo have Hamilton, the Toroy'a
Counsel, bringing forward aud advocating
a monarchical form of government, after
a soven years' war for independence. I
hive a few more extracts from the wri
ting of Mr. Jefferson, which will illustrate
more fully that shining light ol the Tory
party. Ho says :
"November the 9th, 1792. Mr. But
ler tells me that he dined last wiuter with
Mr. Campbell, from Denmark, in compa
ny with Hamilton, Lawrence, Dr. Ship-
pen, T. Shippen, and some other person
whom ho cannot recoollcct. That after
dinuer political principles becamo tho sub
ject of conversation ; that Hamilton' de
clared openly that there was no stability
or security in any Mud of government but
amofiarcJiy.'' Y. 4. p. 471
''French Coxo tolls mo that before Ham
ilton went out ol office, or just as he was
goiug out, talking with him in his last
conversation, among other things on tho
subject of thoir differences, 'for my part,'
says he, 'I avow myself a monarchist.'
January 5ih, 1793, I received a very rc
markablo faet, indeed, in our history, from
Baldin and Skinner. Before tho estab
lishment of our present government, a very
extensive combinatiou had taken place in
New York and tho Eastern States among
that description of people who wero partly
monarchical iu principle. ' Del
egates in different places had actually had
cjusultation on the subjeot of seiziug on
the power of government, a:td establishing
them by force, had corresponded with oue
another, and had sent a deputy to General
Washington to solicit his co-operation,
Ho refused to join thorn. Tho new con
vention was in tho meantime proposed by
Virginia, and appointed. They
therefore let tho proposed convention go
on, not doubting its failure, aud con .deut
that on its failure wou'd bo a ttill more
favorablo moment for their enterprisa.
Thoy theroforo wished it to fail, aud es
pecially when Himilton, their leader,
brought his plan o( government.
This fact throws a blaze of light on tho
conduct of several members from Now
York and tho Eastern States, in tho Con
vention of Annapolis and the Grand Con
vention." V. 4, p. 50U-5U4.
If tho abovo be true, and Mr. Jefferson
most certainly believed it, or ho would
novor have recorded it, it shows what kind
offrieuds to our country those Tories
wore ; aud how nearly those acts corres
pond with the aols of the Federal party
from the year 1801 to tho year 1815,
with which every student ol history is fa
miliar. But there s ouo inoro extract
from Mr. Jefferson that portrays tho
character of Alexander Hamilton, iu its
most appropriate color. It is as follows :
''Mr. Smith, a merchant of Hamburg,
gives mo the following information : 'Tho
St. Andrews Club, of New York, (all
Scotch Tories) gave a public dinner lately,
Among their guests, Alexander Hamilton,
After dinner, tho first toast was the Presi
dent of tho United States ; it was drunk
without uny particular approbation. The
next was George III. Hamilton started
to his feet, and insisted on a bumper and
three cheers. Tho wholo company accord
ingly roso and gavo thieo cheers." Y, 4,
p. 512.
If this is not sufficient to convince any
ouo that Hamilton aud his party were
monarchists at heart, and that their object
and decire were either to bring us again
under tho rule of Great -Britain, or to
mould our government to the form of hers,
then they aro hard, indeed, to be convin
ced. But I doubt if (hero aro any at tho
present day who will deny the fact that
the Tories loved England more than they
did America, and longed to see tho Uy
OF TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'ER
COUNTY, feM'A,,
when sho would rule this land again.
Aftor tho adoption of tho prosent Con
stitution, tho parties changed their names,
merely for political effcot, for thoy re
mained tho samo in principle, as tho se
quel will show. The government becom
ing puroly Federal on a Republican basis,
and tho Tories being well awaro df tho
stigma which their acts had fastened for
over upon them, stood ready for a change,
as they havo ever since, denying and ap
parently repudiating their former name
and acts as well as their principles,
As soon as it becamo certain that the
Constitution would bo adopted, they threw
up their hats, and called themselves Fed
eralists, calculating to Lido thoir former
infamy behind a new and .popular name,
by tho popularity of whioh, they expected
to bo ablo to draw ever to their side j
enough Whigs to givo thorn tho control of
tho now government; and during Wash
ington's administration they Buoccodcd.
Thoy were tho popular party, and pro
tended to be tho exclusive friends of that
good aud great man ; whilo, in reality
they were his bitterest euomies. Mr. Jef
ferson says : ''That thoy nearly ruined
his cliaractor by hanging theirs upon it."
They wroto articles for the newspapers of
the day, villifying tho President, miscon
struing his motives and sneering at his
acts, until ho becamo so disgusted, that
nothing but tho earnest entreaties of Lis
friends prevented him from resigning his
office. To these article they would sign
''Kepublican," to lead him to beliovo that
that party ware his most bitter enemies.
And hero it is proper to state that the
Whig, being in favor of a Republican
form of government, wero styled Repub
licans, out of derision by tho Federals,
and which tho latter have twice since
becu glad to adopt, and have disgraced it
as often. Tho Federalists accused their
opponents of everything but honosty, the
oame as they do in our own day ; when
thoy brand every one a secessionist and a
"sympathiser with rebels" who will not
nod at their biddings and swallow tho al
mighty "nigger."
It has been fully proved that oue of
the clerks in Hamilton's department of
the government, was the author of a num
ber of tho articles above mentioned, and
Hamilton was strongly suspected of being
privy to it. General Washington, by his
groat popularity, was elected President
unanimously ; he was a good Republican
aud strongly iu favor of the Republican
principles of our Constitution. Mr. Jef
ferson says that he has heard him say re
peatedly, "that he would loose tho last
drupt of his blood to maintain tho Repub
lican form of our Constitution against
whomsoever assailed it." But Washing
ton knew no party nor section, he knew
his country and his country only. '-Informing
his Cabinet ho chose two from tho
North and two from tho South. The for
mer wero Hamilton and Knox ; the lat
ter Jefferson and Randolph ; Mr. Jeffer
son Secretary of State, aud Hamilton,
Secretary of the Treasury; and iu this po
sition Hamilton organized his system of
financial corruption. If it should bo ask
ed, as it very reasonably might bo, why
why it was tL.it Washington, who was
strictly honest and patriotic, appointed
such a corrupt man as Alexander Hamil
ton, and keept him iu offico bo long, the
answer may bo given in two ways. The
first is, that strictly honest men seldom
. i
suepect tho integrity of others: therefore,
Washington being scrupulously honest
himself, did not suspect Hamilton; an old
adage says, "that it takes a rogue to catoh
a rogue," and in all probability, Wash
ington was not at all aware of Hamilton's
designs. Tho second answer is, that
Hamilton was aide-de-camp to General
Washington a long tiino during the Revo
lutionary war, and Lis friendship for him
was almost unlimited. And it has been
said by some of the friends of Hamilton,
that many of Washington's letters were
found iu Hamilton's baud-writing, and
consequently ho was the author of them ; '
it has been further said by tho same, that !
lettors wore found among Hamilton's pa
pcr's from General Washington, endorsed '
on tho back, "Dear Hamilton, put this j
in stylo for mo." Now if tLis be true, it '
accounts for tho unlimited confidouco Wash- 1
ton Lad in him, and it possibly may bo '
true, for wo all know that tha Father of
Lis Country never claimed to bo n learned ;
or literary man. Honesty was tho grand '
and mighty feature of Lis character,
It will bo interesting, before proceeding '
further, to Lear what Mr. Jcffersou says
about that whole eoulod patriot, "Tho
truth is, (says ho,) that tho Federalists,
protonding to bo tho cxolusivo frieuda of
General Washington, have over done what
THE DARKENED EAHTH."
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1864.
they could to sink his character by hang
ing theirs on it, and by representing as
tho enemy of Republicans, he, wbo, of all
men, is bast entitled to tho appollation of
the FutLor of tbat Republic wbich they
were endeavoring to subvert and tho Re.
publicans to maintain. General
Washington was, himself, sincerely a
friend, to tho republican principles of our
Constitution. His faith, perhaps, in its
duration, might not havo been us con
fident as mine, but he repeatedly declared
to mo, that ho was determinod it should
havo a fair chanoo for suocoss, and that
ho would lose the last drop of blood in
its support against any attempt which
might be mado to change it from its repub
lican form. Ho mado theso declarations
tho oftoner beoauae ho know my suspicions
tLat Hamilton Lad other views, and he
wished to quiet my jealousies on this sub
ject. For Hamilton frankly avowed, that
ho considered tho British constitution, with
all tho oorruptness of its administration, as
thu most perfect model of government
which had ever been devised by tho wit of
mau. General Washington, after
tho retirement of his first Cabinet, and the
composition ol his second, entirely Feder
al, and at tho head of which was Mr.
Pinckoy himself, Lad no opportunity of
hearing both sides of any question ; his
measures, consequently, took moro of tho
hue of tho party in whose hands ho was.
rheso measures wero certainly not ap
proved by the Republicans, jet wero they
not imputed to him, but to the counsellors
around him, and his prudence so far re
strained their impassioned course, aud
lives, that no act of strong mark, during
the remainder of his administration, exci
ted much dissatisfaction." Vol. 4, p.
4. 0-7.
These extracts throw a blazo of light
arcuad some of tho acts passed tho first
eight years of our government, and exon
erate President Washington from all cen
sure ; thoy also show us that he was sur
rounded by monarchists whoso whole ef
fort was to make our government as near
that of Eugland as possible, and by mis
representing the Democrats, or Repub
licans as thoy wore then styled, persuaded
him to approve bills, which his own better
judgment would havo icjectcd.
It will bo proper, while speaking of
General Washington, to give a few ex
tracts from Mr. Jefferson, howiug tho
forms aud ceremonies which the Federal
ists endeavored to establish, and compel
him to submit to. Mr. Jefferson says :
"When ho weut to Vow York he, resis
ted for three weeks, tho efforts to intro
duce levees. At length lie yielded, and
left it to Humphrey's aud some others, to
settlo the forms. Accordingly an ante
slumber aud presence room wero provided
and when those who wero to pay their
respects were assembled, the President set
out preceded by Humphreys. After pas
sing through the ante-chamber, the door
of the inner room was thrown opeu, and
Humphreys entered first, calling out, with
a loud voice, 'The President oftho United
States.' The President was so much dis
c icertcd with it, that hu did not recover
hia cquanira ty the whole time of tho le
voo, and when the company was pone, ho
said to Humphreys, 'Well, you have taken
me in once, but you shall never take me
iu a second time." Vol. 4. p. 477.
Says tho samo writer : "Mr. Brown
gives wo tho following specimen of tho
phrenzy which prevailed at New 'York on
tho opening of tho government" The first
publio ball whioh tool place after the Pres
ident's utrival there Colonol Humphreys,
Colonel W. S. Smith, and Mrs. Knox,
wero to arrange tho ceremonials. Their
arrangements wero as lollows: A sufa at
tho head of the room, raised on sovcral
steps whereon tho President aud Mrs.
Washington were io be seated. Tho gen
tleman were to dauce iu swords. Each
ono, when goiug to danoo, was to lead his
partuers to tho foot oftho Bofa,makc a low
obebianco to the Fremdcut and his lady,
then go and dance, and when done bring
his partner again to the foot of tho sofa
for now obeisances, and then retiro to
thecir chairs ; it was to be understood, too
that tha gentlemen should bo dressed in
wigs, and Air. Jefferson adds: ''The
President was mado to pass an evening
which his good seuce rendered a very mis
erable ono to him." Vol. 4. p. 437.
Thus wo see that at tho very organiza
tion of tho government tho Federalists
Btrovo to introduce aud foroo upon tho
Administration Europeon forms and cere
monies, and has there been any other
man, less firm and unassuming than tho
Father of his Country in tho Presidential
ohair, in all probability they would bare
suocseded,
I havo already ststcd that Hamilton set
his engine of corruption in motion, or, in
other words, bis financial measures. Of
thoso wo will first seo what Mr. Jefferson1
says: "I returned from that mission (mis
sion to Franco.) in that fitst year of the
new government, Laving landed in Vir
ginia in Docembcr, 1789, and proeecded
to New York iu March, 1790, to cuter on
the oflico of Secretary of State. Here,
certainly, I found a Btato of things whioh,
of all I bad ever contemplated, I tho least
expected. Courtesies of dinner
parties given mo, as a stranger newly ar
rivod among thom, plaoed mo at oneo iu
their familiar society. But I oannot des
eribe tho wonder and mortification with
which tho table convocation fillod me.
Politics wero tho chief topics, and a prcf
crenoe of kingly over a republioan govern
ment, was evidently tho favorite sontiment.
An apostate I could not be, nor yet a
hypocrite; and I found tnysolf, for the
most part, tho only advocate on tho repub
lican sido of tho question, unless among
tho guests thote chanced to bo eonio mem
ber of that party from the legislative hous
es. Hamilton's financial Byutcm had them
passed. It had two objects 1st, as a
puzzle to oxclude popular understanding
and inquiry; 2nd, a maehino for tho cor
ruption of tho legislature for he avowed
the opinion that mon could ha governed by
ono of two motives only, force or interest;
lorce, ho cibsorved,in this country -was out
of the question, and tho interest, therefore,
of the members must bo laid hold of. to
keep tho legislature in unison with tho ex
ecutive. Anil with grief and Bhamc it
must bo acknowledged that thia point waB
not without its effect ; that even in this tho
birth of our government, somo members
wero found Bordid enough to lend their
interest, and to look after personal rathe
than publio goods"
Hero we Lavo tho fact staring us in the
face, that our government was inaugura
ted in corruption, and that by the vory
samo party who have always been tho
loudest in denouncing the Domocratio
party for corruption.
It is very hard, I know,to cee the faults
of our friends, whether political or social
and even at the present day we hear per
sons exclaim thai Hamilton was ono oftho
ffrcatest men we ever had in tho country,
But according to Mr. Jefferson, who knew
him wall, his greatnes consisted mostly in
his bciug ablo to rob tho treasury of the
United States out of largo sums of money
to bestow upon his friends. "It is well
known (says Mr. Jefferson,) that during
the war, tho greatest difficulty wo encoun
tered, was tha want of money or means
to pay our soldiers who fought, or our
farmers, manufacturers, and merchants,
who furnished tho nocessary Bupplies of
food and clothing for them, After tho
expedient of paper money had exhausted
itself, certificatas of debt wore given to the
individual oteditor, with assuranco ofpay
meut, so soon as the United States should
be able. But the distresses of these peo
ple oltou obliged them to part with theno
for the half, the filth, and even a tenth of
their value, aud speculators had made a
trade of cozening them from tho holders,
by the mott fraudulent praotioes and per
Euasious that they would never bo paid.
In thu bill for funding and paying these,
Hamilton mado no difference between the
original holders and tha fraudulent pur
chasers of this paper. Groat and just ro
puguauec arose at putting those twoolasses
of creditors on tho samJ footing, and great
exertions were used to pay the former tho
full value, and to the latter tho prica only
which they had paid, with interest. But
this would havo prevented tho gamo which
was to bo played, and for whioh was to bo
played, aud lor wbich tho mids of greedy
members wero already tutored and pre
pared. When the trial of strength on the
several efforts had indicated the form iu
which the bill wound finally pats, this
being known within dors sooner than with
out, and especially by thoso who wero in
distant parts oftho Union, the baso scram
ble began. Couriers and rolay horses by
land and swift sailing pilot boats by sea,
were plying iu all directions. Active part
ners and agents wero associated and em
ployed in every State, town and country
neighborhood, and this papor was brought
up for fivo shillings, and even as low as
two shillings on tho pound, before tho
holder knew that Congress Lad already
provided for its redemption at par.
Men thus enriched by tho dex
terity of a leader, would follow, of ooursa
tho chief who was leading thom to fortune
and become tho zoalous instrument of all
his enterprise," Vol. 4. p. 440-447.
I havo given this long extract because
the faots which it contains and tho truths
it reveals, are too important to be abbreviated.
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VOLUME 27.
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The Rebel Ofllcex'.
Toward the closo of a beautiful day, du
ring tho invasion of tho North by tha reb
el army, a superior officer of that army
presented himself at the door of one of
the most aristocratic rsidenoes of the place,
and respectfully begged a bowl of eoffeo
for a siok companion. The lady of tho
houso hastoued to praparo it, and present
ly ho rooeived at her Lands a largo pitch
er of tho refreshing beverage.
Ho pledged himself to return shortly,
and tho lady, impelled by curiosity, re
solved to discover whether ho was truth
ful, or whether it was a pretext for regal
ing himself with a luxury. Sho saw him
tako it to an officer whoso pale counte
nance and stooping figure sho Lad noticed,
and who drank cup after cup, as if Lis
thirst was unquenchable, until tho pitcbor
was drained. Immediately 'her visitor
turned to bcr.r back tho borrowed artioles,
and on reaching the door be said : "May
God bless you for your kindness to a suf
fering man. Ho is faeble and almost ex
hausted and you caunot know Low much
this has comforted him."
He offered compensation, whicL was re
fused. Ho lingered s if wishing an in
invitation to tarty, and immediately sotno
young ladies, whose curiosity to kco
splendid rebel officer," outweighing their
fear, nppeared on tho threshold, and
among them a little girl of three years.
At tho sight of Ler, the sad face oftho
confederate brightened, and extending a
hand, he said, "Sissy, 1 loft a littlo girl at
home, just about your size, and she could
sing very sweetly. Can you sing t"
''Yes, Sir." .
"Wouldn't you like to sing mo n aoog
for my little girl's sako I"
"Mamma said you wero a rebol, and
had come hero to shoot us, aud burn our
houses."
"O, no, my littlo dear, I couldn't think
of shooting you," Lc replied witL ovident
embarrassment. I will take care of you,
instead."
"Will you! TLon I will sing you my
nicest new song," and regarding him as a
worthy friend, she placed her hand in his,
and looking up into his faco with childish
confidence began to sing, with lisping ao
cents :
"The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah t
Down with the traitor, up with the star','
with as much assurance as though she had
known ho admired tho sentiment, Hia
faco took on its former serious, abstracted
look, and ho teemed unoouscious that sho
had ceased, until ono of the ladies inquired
if he would favor them with singing. He
consented to join in that grand old hymn
which can never die, and ho rcveroutly
uncovered his head while they sang :
"He Thou, O God, exalted high."
and the fullness, and richness, and ex
quisite melody of his tones can never bo
forgotten by that little company.
Ho took leave of tha party, but, as if
Laving forgotten himself, turned baok aud
inquired : "Will ono of you ladies obligo
me by oxchanging a postago stamp, for I
wish to communicate with my sister in
Washington, which I cannot do with my
stamps of currenoy."
A lady promptly asecnted, and received
tin curiosity, and on discovering traces of
his High Mightiness, Jeff. Davis, perchod
it on the tip of her finger, and eyeing it
askance inquired in the saucy spirit of
mischief which her beauty aud graco guar
anteed her, "Will it b.te !"
''No, it's warrantad not to bito," ho
said smiling at the odduoss of tho ques
tion. ''How long are you rebels going to ataj
here I" she continued,
"Are you in haste to have us go I Wo
shall protect you as carefully as your own
! army would do."
j "Perhaps so, but we don't ucod prolec-
tion, ana mat ts not tne objoot of your
coming."
"Wo propose to make a tour of tha
North, partly on business and partly on
pleasure."
"Well, but how long will it take you to
accomplish your plans I"
"Really, I could not Bay ; pcrLaps six
weeks, perhaps all summer. Possibly we
may like it bo well we may never go
baok-"
''No," Bho said, with a burst of passion
ate impulse "I Lopo you will nover got
back, but your bones will Btrew tho way,
and bleach in tha sun all tho way from
hero to tLe Potomao."
"You aro very bitter, I sLould have ex
pected tLat from a Yaukeelady, but hard
ly from you,"
"I am from tho opposite extreme, from
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