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UiCVEST 1SD YLYTaGE.
J dreimed'of a marvelous harvest '
I orearned of a Threshing-Foor, - -
Where Mu, like grain, by Angels twain,
Were garnered in measureless store;
Alt bound in t.heav, like corn in the leaves
And Sailed trorn husk locor,
And the angels sang, with voices sweet,
"Out of the Grain the Dross we beat,
Gai of the Chaff we winnow the Wheat:
"True SjuU are the Wheat of a'Ntiort '!"
1 dreamed of a wonderful Vintage
I dreamed of a Wine Press red,
Where men, like grapes by angel shapes, -
Were trodden with wralhiul lread ,
As grapes ye work, to must and to murk,
.And crush them shred by shred.
And the Angela saiia, with tonuo divine
40it ot the murk ihe must we fine,
"Out ot the Grapes we mellow she Wine:
"Brave Hearts are the Wine of a Nation !
"I would that my Dreams were Real
Thai Angel i hi Land might Usat !
And Hcourjtj our sod wiih Hai s ot Gad,
And scatter the chaff from the wheat.
And mightily tread in our Wine-Press red.
All dross beneath their fret !
That our soul miahV sina in joyon strain
Oat orf ihe Chaff the Wheat w e gain,
:Out ol the Murk ih Wine we drain :
"The Wheat and the Wine of our Nit ion!
I pray that the Angel of Freedom j
May strive with the angel of War,
Till Men. like grain.lhese Winnowers twain
Shall rlml trorn huk to core;
Till mn, like wine in libation Divine,
To thee, O God ! they pour!
And torevermore ina with tongue divine
God of the True ! this Wheat is Tai..e !
' God of the Free ! receive this ine ;
"1 he Heart and the Soul of our Nation !''
For the Slur of the AofA.
WE STOOP TO Ci)QJEB.
11. Editor: I ee various pieces writ
t?n, in. the Republican papers, with the
w.ird we, and it 1" .altogether from those
iiivi -a Union League men that I see it
No, sir I will take the wtrd we and ap
ply a little more to it in order that the read
er may see its full meaning. Ever word of
ihi is Mg with meaning and leatlul adtno-
r-iiion, and there is no man who can see i j
w uhrvqt reading its full meaning Comment j
i rea;!y unnecessary bat I cannot loibear :
making a few inquiries ar.d exposes. 1 first
t ejin with the word we Who are we ? thai
is az impor ant question ; whoaretrt. ' The
ds er will be found m the ellons ol thoe ;
w ho, at the lormation of our Government, j
were opposed to Democratic form, who j
predated f it, downfall in less than half a ;
century, who boldly maintained that the j
common people wanted the intelligence,
fctabiiity, independence and patriotism, in-
difcpeusab.'e for self government, the rich !
und v.e txMierboro should govern ; and it is
those men who seHherasel ves up for we,
and who represent themselves as cooping
to conquer. Who would thought that, even
during the life of a remnant of the- Revolo
tionary Father-, who only live to link the
living with the dead, we would have an I
upstart aristocracy who dare to designate j
themselves by the imposing name of we; ,
and an upstart aristocracy too who, presum
icg upon the ignorance and stupidity of;
those to whom ihey deny the qualification
of self-government, insult them by not only
a nams bat claim for themselves superiori
ty ; and also prononnce inferiority and con
tempi upon those whom they stoop lo con
quer, la there an American citizen, proud
of his country, and proud of his free and
equal institutions, who would not hold in
contempt and scorn, the vile wretch who
would dare attempt to establish an Order in
ihi? country, designating themselves from
the great body of American citizens by the
title we, or any other title.
Bui who are the rag-baron aristocracy, .
. who persist in styling themselves we, and
thus stoop to conqoer? They are the bank
ers, monopolists, loafers, gamblers, and
black-legs, wolves who lap the blood of
honat toil, and eat the bread they never
earned, (I except the honest who are de
ceived.) The answer will be found in the
fac:r that. when all the coxcombs, all the
fops, all ihe dandies all the loafers, all the
dronas, ail the loungers, and all the Repub
lican Abolitionists, canning wiihoot honest
tteic"?, shall be assembled, "nicety-nine in
every handred of each class, of the entire;
herd, will be found to be, trc; and the ob
ject which governs tr, in all their political
movements, is that system of policy which
wilt make "hewers of wood and drawers
of water"' of the many to ihe few. ITestoop,
mm aittitiii wnnrriiT
I t 1 1 . 1 J IV I tl I i IV 13 1 III
A lilt Ui1 I JiJJ 11111 III
where tic tee stoop from ? why, I eappose j that is wanting to insure a glorious triumph.
Irorn.that situation which oor better birth ' Democratic principles are, free institutions
ani wealthier condition placed ns. Nowvj and equal rights, coupfed with uncompro
wfm is meant by stooping? Political stoop-1 mising hatred for Republican and Abolition
inj tr.eans to condescend to deceive in doc
Irio?, al least jest before the election, and
in crJir the more to gull the ignorant we
'will ersn condescend to mingle songs with
Agai'1, what do we s'ocp lo conquer? it is '
ccf a foreign' enemy tr attempt .o subdue,
When in the Revolution every patriot and
AVam In ffd f f UKartv o 1 1 rl . n i-Ant fplon.t nf
I Colonial emancipation was at , his post,
uu,l,n wu "o signers 01 me ueciaration
of American Independence, staking life,
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fortune, and reputation, in the glorious
., f r . , ,
"use of Freedom, many of WE were on
tDe olher de; ot. the side of the lories
And, when our country was invaded, and
a second struggle, ensued to maintain our
Independence, called every patriot to stand
by his country, we were among the musing;
we were again on the side of the tories and
British, or Her si an p. '
Sir, add to the collection I have before
supposed, all the surviving tories of the
Revolntion, and all the surviving tories of
our la9t war, and ninety-nine in a hundred
of them will be found in the front ranks ol
we. The Democratic parly in uphoding
General Jackson in his acis for defending
his country we were opposed to the meas
ure, some of we voted for him because we
dare Lot do otherwise, but it was the most
nauseous dose ever we had to swallow, and
some of we skulked and did not vote al a!!.
So it ever has been when a political ques
tion or measure has interested this country,
which had a British side to it, we have al
ways been found on the side of the British.
Who is it then, we stoop to conquer ? It is
an enemy more obnoxious to us than those
who fired our borders, desolated our fron
tiers, murdered, indiscriminately, men, wo
men and children, in our last war.- It is
the Democracy we stoop to conquer; and in
order, that the Democracy may, May con
qnered we stoop to conquer the Democratic
institutions of this country.. The spoils of
a political victory over the democracy would
be only for a short or limited time; but a
victory over the principles of Democracy,
over the Democratic institutions of the
country, and the establishment of monarch
al measures and a system of monopoly,
would keep the Democracy conquered.
It is for thee we stoop to conquer !
ir, I wish it was in my power to present
thi republican Abolition principle to the
full view of every Democrat, and every
lover of human liberty and human eqna.ity
in tins widespread Republic, I know it
wuu;d spread patriotic indignation far ai.d
wide. A frown of contempt and repulc-ion
for modern, Republican Abolitionism would
rest on the brow of every true Democrat
who has a heart for his country. It is time
that admonishes me that I must look more
to the conclusion of my remarks than to
systematic onter of debate; and culd my
conclusion be in the shape of an apnea! to
Ihe L)mocracy ol this union, lace to lace,
it would be to say to them, that they are
now engaged in one of the most important
political contests, which involves every
principle for and against which they have
so 0Diy and so successfully contended for
over half a century. 1 would appeal to
them a.s ,i eT noK ?acred the principles
f Democracy, and the iree institutions
wf,ich maintain and sustain them a free-
men. above beasts of burden and slaves of
despotism, to rally al this time to the stan
dard of Democracy and the Constitution
anj flag of our country. I appeal to tbern,
as ,ney aDhor and fear all those high-toned
Republican Abolition measures which have j
for their object, and will assuredly effect j
wnat it is ,ne nat0re of aristocracy lo ac- !
complish a high, a low, a rich and amp
a poor, a dependent, noble' and ignoble
orjer of society, to rallv throughout the
Union to the coming polls, which is the!
freemen;-a day which of all others is most
6acred to freemen a day appointed by our ;
j,, and Constitutions, for the exercise of '
lUat hancj,, which none but the American
fremen can boast, a franchise for which
,he ,oiSt blood and treasure of seven years'
Revolution were devoted, and a franchise
of which he alone is worthy who will main
tain it at as great a sacrifice.
Democrats, high hopes are before you,
now is the lime to revenge the frauds by
which you were cheated out ot ihe roan of
yonr- choice. The many false promises
that were made :o deceive, the great frauds,
falsehoods and slanders that were propaga
ted, will all recoil upon the heads of the
unprincipled demagogues, whose guilt and
infamy will be out-lived by the memory of
their open and wilful violation. The reck
less charges of extravagance .made . upon
this administration, which for its short ex
istence, has been nearly double robbery,
stealing and plundering. Only look, that
vile harlot which now rots "and stiuks and
stinks and rots in ihe streets of Philadelphia,
by the bounty of whose corrupt means,
demagogues - were hired and scoundrels
were pampered, presses were bought like
sheep in the shambles, and editors trafficed
as cattle In the market, is no longer a
machine of Republican and Abolitionism,
the corrupt and corrupting institutions,
whose avocation is swindling, stealing and
plundering, and who, upon their suspend
ed debts, lavished their millions from the
Treasury to pollute the ballot-box,'-have
lost their power, by the ungenerous acts
of Congiess, and live now in contempt or
exist in disgraceful memory
What Demo-
jcratthen . will doubt of success in
turef Action, harmony .and onion
the fu
are all
measures and aristocratic institutions, which
will secure for. the Democratic party that
harmony and action necessary to gain, a
glorious viciory, the reward of .which will
be the restoration of those principles and
free institutions, for which your fathers bled
and died, and which yoo o we. lo their mem-
ory your on safety, and to those whoj ire
to come afler you, to whom you are boi:nd
to transmit them unsullied, as they come to
you and me.
June If, 1862. Patriot. b. j.
Miscellaneous.
Piccaninny Speculators. A number of
years ago a free black man of Washington
raised sufficient money to purchase a bh.ck
woman. By her he has since raised a fami
ly of seven children. As by the law of the
District the child follows the condition of
the moiher, of course these children are his
slaves vHe therelore, filed bis claim, i.nd
asked payment from the Government. v lu
ing his Vpicaninnies" at $300 each l'cs
ton Post.
A Good Hint. If the Abolitionists insist
on interiering with slavery in the S ates we said to the preacher, as he took another
claim the right to interfere, with the nay appleln his hand, with a sober, honest ex
free Slates treat black men Thtsestiies pression of countenance, "You preach on,
should be" compelled to let the negro i i ve j
in their borders. II the military are author
ized to set the negroes loose, why not locate
them in Indiana or Illinois. It is tiue this
might be conltary to the Constitution and
laws of these Slates ; but vvhai of that 1 If
the military can disregard our Constitut on,
it can also disregard lh", institutions of o.her
State-. Louisville Dtmocrat.
Spekch of Gen. SiGfl. The Union ladies
ol St. Loj'is having preented Gen. 5 igel
with a silercup recently, that oCicer re
turned his thanks to the fair donors in the
foilowiug words :
"I was not born in this country, but came
here a stranger as did your ancestors, the
Hogenots, the Puritans. and the companions
olU'ra 1'enn. But I assure you that my
heart and soul, are with this republic. I
am bound to it by every act of my lift, for
the principles which' give strength to your
guyen.mciii ait? mine, iui mo mumu u.
these principles I have fought ever siu :e I i
have been capable of thinking. I am at-
tached to the sacred oil of Missouri by the
memory of those whom I have seen t fall
before my eyes in defence of the go'-ern-mentand
the maintenance of ihe Union.
They offered themselves as a sacrifioo for
the star spangled banner and my heart shall
ever cherish them."
A Ccrious Phateh. -The Syracuse Star is
responsible for the following: "In the
State of Ohio there resides a faintly co iit
ina of an old man by the name of Beaver
ami his ihree sous, all of whom are hard
"pew," and who have often Uogh;d to
scorn the ad vice and entreaties of a pious,
though very eccentric Minister, wto re
sides in the same town. It hiiji.ni! thai
one of Ihe buys was bitten by a rattlesnake,
and was exj ttieJ to die, wh tn In- Minis
ter was sent lor in preat hate On h s ar
rival he found the young man very lenitt-nt
and anxious to be prayed wi h. The Min
ister, carling on the family, knsll djw i an J
prayed in this wise :
"O Lord we thank thee for ra:t!enake ;
we thank thee because a ratt'enake bas bit
Jirn. We pray thee send a ratt'es.iace to
bite John, send one to bite Bill, sen ! one
to bite ham, and, O Lord send the b ggest
kind of a rattlesnake lo bite the old man,
for nothing bnt rattlesnakes will ever bring
the Beaver family to repentance !"
A Westebm editor, having fignr?d up
the cost of the war to date, says the g)vern
ment has already expended enough o pur
chase every nigger in the United States,
and lo furnish each one with a flannel shirt,
a copy of the New York Tribune and a quiil
looihpick.
As a man was driving cattle and w ishing
to alter their course, he called out If a boy
at a short distance, tn turn them. S y the
boy, they are right side out now. Well,
head them then. They have heafs on.
Whose boy are you? I don't know : I'll go
iu and ask mother
A musician, whose nose bad tecame
distinctly colored with ihe red w no he
was wool lo imbibe, said one day to his
little son at the table "You must eat bread,
boy ; bread makes your cheeks red' The
tittle boy replied "Father, what ots of
bread. you must have snuffed up."
The papers say that Gen. McClellan,
though struck by a piece of a 6hell lit Wil
liamsburg, escaped uninjured. We itre not
surprised at it. An officer, whocoul I staod
as many attacks from politicians as he has
done, must be bomb-proof.
When Mulligan's man surrendred to
Price at Lexington, they had no ammuni
tion left, but the rebels did not kne w it.
The first thing that the latter did wat to de
mand the cartridges from each soldi sr. On
this demand being made to an Irishnan, he
paid to the officer : "upon ray honor, sir I'v
niver a cartiridge left; you had them all
before we surrendered ; had there b en any
cnoreyoud surely got 'era from us, mydear.','
Thb Rebels profess to gather fresh i trength
from their late awful defeats. If thi ir Con
federacy, were to die to-morrow, the would
swear that death is the very healthiest con
dition possible. ' ' ' 1 ' "
. . "Oh; Miss," said a love sick i'ain4 "if
I were but yon bright star, how brightly I
would shine for you." What .pity,"
said she inusin,
gly, "that you don't ehine
nt ont dirixctlir. $i
here." Ha went oat directly.
Keep' Them A Wake Near Newark,
N. J , lived a very pioos family who had
taken an orphan to raise, who, by the way
was rather underlined. He had imbibed
very s'.rict views on religious matters, how
ever, and onced afked his adopted mother
if she didn't think it wrong for the old far
mers to come to church and fall asleep,
pajing no better regard to the service. She
replied she did. Accordingly, before going
to church the next Sunday he filled his
pocket with apples. One bald headed old
man, who invariably went to sleep during
the sermon, particularly attracted his atten
tion. Seeing him at last nodding and giv
ing nasal evidence of being in the ' land of
dreams," he hauld off and took the astound
ed !eerer, with an apple, square on the top
of his bald pate The minister and aroused
congregation at once turned around and
indignantly gazed at the boy, who merely
old hoss, I'd keep 'em awake "
A Young medical student, who had been
screwed very hard al his examination for j
aJmission to the faculty on a very warm
day, was'nearly overcome by the numerous
questions put to him. when the following
querj was added : "what course would you
adopt to produce a copious perspiration ?'
After a long breath, he observed, wiping
his forehead, "I would have the patient ex
amined before the Medical Society."
A smart Yankee, managed to raise the
wind by advertising to exhibit, "2 boys
with 4 heads, arm and legs." Of course
everybody vent to see the show, and lound
them accord with the programme; 2 boys'
I foreheads, arms, etc., same as any other boys
it was agood play upon wordi or figure,
rather.
uld Deacon M was the only store
keeper in the village 'up country," and
0seJ to take areat i-leasure In cateehisina i
the youth who might visit the store. One
rainv day business dull the deacon was ;
quietly smoking by the side of a cheerful
fire wheu a ragged urchin entered, who
seemed a fit subject on which the deacon
might exercise his nnestioning pOWPrgi
The deacon called the lad lo him, and pat- mT ,,d ,hal vry '"" ws their natural ofevils, and he chose the least: bat Phillips
ling him on the shoulder asked him : "My ' arul sworn defender. "Make way for the j a on Ihe side of ihe woman, and promis
son, what is the strongest thing you know , '--Jie8'" ua ,fl CTy as ,ney advanced ed emancipation soon, without foreign arms,
of r j "Ladies, God bless them, yes," was the an- j but certainly, if president declined, with
The lad thought a moment, then scratch- ! 8Wer h""drpd '"""ee repealed. A thous- j Ioreign arms,
inghisbump of communicativeness through and cbr' rolutationa were exchanged, all j Th.s abolition and secession are invoking
a hole in his bat faid : I in ,he ,no8t chivalric s,y'e seemed at foreign intervention the forme to declare
"Why, I reckon marm know-, she's tarnal i Uin' aG Solute delight to ihe men to be
strong herself : she can lick dad al any time, ; rou'e P fro,n the,r br,ef re lo do a Srac
and she said .hat the butter I got here the ,ul acl of polnenea to iwo hd.es who had
otlwr dav was ihe strongest she ever seed ; ,ruled imkes lo their good conduct -v4.if0r'tl.t
n .tronir kha couldn't, Bt one sol.tary growl was heard, and .hat
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bold it after she got it down."
''Dad," said a hopeful sprig, "how many
fowls art there on that (able ?''
4 Why" said the old gentleman, as he
looked complacently on a pair of finely
roasted chickens .hat were smoking on the
dinner table : "why, my son. tture are
tvrri n
"Two !" replied yerjng smartness, "there
are three sir, and I'll prove it." '
"Three ? ' replied the old gentleman who
was a plain matter-of-fact man and under
" ' '
stood thine as he saw them "I'd like to
v nm.. iha . "
''Easily done, sir, easily done! Ain't
that one, laying his knite upon the first ?"
"Yes, that's certain," said his dad.
;And ain't that iwo ?" pointing to the
second, "and don'l one and two added to
gether make three ?"
'Reaily," said the father, turning to ihe
old lady, who was listening in astonishment
at ihe immense learning of her son, "really
wife, thi boy is a genius and deserves to
be encouraged for it. Here, old lady, you
take one fowl, and I'll take the second, and
John may have the third for his learning."!
A Washington correspondent writes:
"I saw a lady last evening, receutly ar
rived from Nashville, and she reports that a
large majority of the leading rebels in that
i nn nf that rnnnl rv r Ailhor ti alive nr i
, , , , , .
the North or the sons of men born in the
Northern States. She was herself born in
Tennessee, but she goes for the Union and
against the rebellion, most decidedly."
: This Is the old S:ory. Let the old ram
pant abolitionists obtain possession ol
Southern plantations by confiscation and
before the lapse often years ihey would be
found cracking the slave-driver's whip
with a vigor astonishing to thoe born and
reared in the midst of the institution Trans
plant Charles Sumner to South Carolina and
he becomes a rampant fire-eating pro-slavery
disunionist. Transplant Wra. L. Yan
cy to Massachusetts ana be becomes the
most violent abolitionist. Each of these
typical men may see in ihe other what he
would have been with a transposition of ed
ucation and circumstances.
Rather Too Tonic At a table d 'hote,
recently, in Hamburg, an Irishman wai
seated next to a German lady, who did not
speak English. Handing her a plate of
peaches, he said
Have a peach, ma'am ?'
" kJVTein,' (no) rep'ied the lady.
ATem ' said he Blaring with astonishment
first at ber, and then at the olher guests at
the table. "Why, ma'am, there is only six
on the dish ; but there they are for you,"
j at the same time rolling the whole upon!
'herniate. '
From the N. Y. Journal of Commmi'ce.
The Conduct of Oor Soldiers.
While the army of the Union now in the
field
is unquestionably one of the most i
brave and gallant armies that the world .
has ever seen, wn may also with safety af- j
firm that it is an army of men who have j
personal pride and the spirit and conduct j
of gen'lemen. Exceptions may indeed be
pointed out here and there and we have
from time to lime evidence of gross viola
tions on the part ol our men of the rules of
right and wrong, aside from military disci
pline. But these exceptions form no suffi
cient number to change ihe general truth
that the army is an army of self-respecting
men, and ttiat wherever they go they will
prove the truth af the character given them.
We recur to an illustra'ion of this, which
it was impossible to publish at the time of
its occurrence, twp months ago, in coiue
qoence of the regulation forbidding a-iy
public allusion to the army movements
across the Potomac at Washington. A par
ty ol ladies and gentlemen had visited Ma
nassas, and returning to Alexandria too late
for the last boat, were brought by rail to the
Virginia end of the Long Bridge. It was
the intention ol Col. M'Callum, the able
railway chief, to cross the bridge with the
car, but the head of a division of tho army
was just coming ofT from the bridge, and it
was necessary to wait its passage The
Long fcridge has a narrow carriage track at
the side of the rail track, the latter being
laid a usual on cross ties. Hour after hour
passed and the division poured on, an end
less train of regiments and wagons Al
nearly nine o'clock it was said the entire
body would not be through till midnight,
and thereupon two ladies, accompanied by
gentlemen, started to cross the 4ridge on
toot. A large wagon, overtnrned on the
road, and the small party taking the rail
track, proceeded on fool towards Washington.
For the entire distance, more than a mile, j welcome foreign intervention. This now
the bridges were crowded with soldiers, ! aprears to be the main hope of :he af oli
rnostof whom had thrown themselves down : tionists No severer denunciations of Pres-
, " u,e ,,B ",r uori sieeP our,n-5 UB
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lay. i ne iwo lames were at nrsi sorue-
j what a!armed al ,he Pro'Pec
but in a few
moments the cheerful shouts of the men
showed them that they had nothing to fear
in the ranks of an American volant eer ar-
in the ranks ot an American volunt eer ar-
from a poor lel.ow (not an American) who
! was sound asleep on, the track, we-ried,
' doubtless, and needing his rest, and who
; not hall awake, said, in reply lo shouts and
perhps a kick from a comrade "Damn the
ladies," whereu;o.i rose around hi:n a
small tempest of contusion, and cries of
put him out," "throw him overboard,''
and the like, which thoroughly woke him
' " ood nalured and polite as all the other,
'The scene was picturesque enough.
' 1,ie was c!oudy and intensely dark.
i Tne l"e wa8 thronged with an impetu-
- -I : t- - .L . .-. . - .L
I "mJ advancing mr tue r.rst tune to me
! i! of lrginia, and lo the battle fields on
c - 1
which Unjy have vtttce fought so gloriously.
But every rnati was an American gentle
man, or if he was a foreigner was like bi
comrades in self respect and calm, quiet de
meanor. 1 hey look and behave like men
who bad a work to do and were going to
do it, carrying with them the memories and
habits of hom just as closely as if the work
was in a home corn field or a factory. Not
a few epoke of home gaily telling the la-
: d,e8 lbal ,heir Presence made them think
! ol lhoBe lbey leit behind them. But every
pn'a w8 respectiui, as gentlemen wonio
speak to ladies in any otner pioce, ine oil
ference being in the freedom lo speak at all
which ihe scene and the circumstances
gave them.
We say with oat hesitation that in any
other army in the world it wou'd have beer?
impossible, without
I ' .
a strong escort and
high protection, for two ladies, attended on
ly by Iwo gentlemen and a guide, in a dark
night to cross a bridge of more than a mile
in length, crowded with thousands of sol
diers eager for battle, and this without in
sult. Much less would it be possible for
Ihera to crotis as did these ladies, with the
exchange of cheerful salutations, and an
impression after reaching the end of the
bridge thai they Lad t een walking for a half
hour through an array of gentlemen. It
may be that American readers will not fully
appreciate the force of this illustration, but
those who have seen armies of British,
French, Austrian, Italian, Russian or Mexi
can soldiers will understand the high proof
this little incident givee to the character of
oor army.
Carrtino politeness to excess is .said to
be raising your hat to a young lady in the
street and allowing a couple ol dirty collars
and socks fall out upon the sidewalk.
"My son, what would yon do if your dear
father was suddenly laken away from you."
"Swear and chaw tobacker."
O vcr nine thousand shells were thrown
by the fleet in the bombardment of the
forts below New Orleans, most of them
were 13 inch shells, which cost with their
filling nearly S20 each.
filling nearly
An Infnmonj Avowal.
The Toledo Blade admits that the passage
of the Crittenden Compromise by the last
Congress would have preserved the peace .
of the country and maintained the Union
intact, but avows that the Republicans
could not support that Compromise because
it would have been 'buying off the South j
with new concessions,' to have done which
says the Blade, would have been degrading
to Republicans, &c. This is a precious
confession, truly ! The Republican leaders
refuse to pass the Crittenden Compromise
not because its terms were unfair or unjust
to either section of the Ur.ion, not because
it conseded to the South more. than she was
entiled to under the Constitution but sim
ply because it conflicted with the doctrines
of the Chicago Platform, and to yeild one
jot or title ot that platform would have de
graded the Republican party. Had the Crit
tenden Compromise been adopted, we
would not to-day have a dissevered Union
and a civil war. But the Republican lead
ers could not afford the sacrifice. They
said, let. the dissolution come ; the country
may go to the devil - but the Chicago
platform, that " Loly ol holies," must be
preserved. North Wat.
fllD L' HASD.
It is remarkable how abolition and seces
sion have gone hand in hand together ever
since the war began, and how ihey are yet
linked together.. The main stay of this
wicked rebellion has been the hope to the
secession leaders; and now the main hope
of the abolition di'unionists in preventing
this w ar into an abolition crusade, is foreign
in'.ervenion.
At the close of the late abolition conven
tion in Boston, Wendell Phillips stated that
if Abraham Lincoln did not issue a procla
mation within six months declaring freedom
to the slaves, Louis tNapoleon would do it,
and that, in such case he (Phillips) would
ident Lincoln have been n uered than this
; club of garrisonians uttered. One of the
women of this sort, in a speech at the con
vention, said tbat Abe Lincoln was as bad
as Jeff. Davis. Garrison held there was
fomn difference between the two a choice
the slaves free the latter to enable them to
sustain their rebellion. Jacob Barker, of
New Orleans, has hit the nail 6quarely on
the head as to the feeling of the political
powers both of England and France towards
this country : 'willing lo see the present
I War continued, that the growing power they
' have so long dreaded maybe broken io
v.eces.or so much exhausted as to be hirm
leas."
j Wht is it that men will suffer -passion
j and prejudice lo dertirone reason? Lei us
consider for a moment our present deplora-
j b'e condition. Our Generals and army have
lelt us to the mercy of chance, Congress
has broken up in a state of terrified confu-
o.t, and have gone to seek their safety far
i .1. r. .1 ..
, irom tue seal oi war, on me cotton, sonar,
and rice plantations; ihe citizens of Rich-
mond have become panic stricken and ar
leaving, the authorities are making prepa-
rations to burn ihe tobacco and pnbl.c stores
of the army, that cannot and hae not been
sent away. These are facts, we presume,
that are questioned by no one.
Why is it, that at this important crisis,
when the lives of our dear sons and so (- 8 raegic move.
many of our fellow-citizens are trembling i Greal God ! Are men to be always dela
on the very brink of eternity, that the very j ed ,r thi manner, forever following an
men, the leaders in this awfol tragedy, fly j igwifutnus to be dragged-into the vortex ot
before Ihe advancing enemy? Whj fo irretrievable ruin, and as'they p'ung head
ihey not stand and fare the danger ? Be- j long into tbe black whirlpool of destruction,
cause, conscience has made cowarJs of j unless they shout hosannas lo the demon
them The feel Ihe guilt, they dread the j phantom.Jwhich caused their ruin, a thou
penalty, and fly lo save their own worth- j and voice exclaim, ihey are traitors, mad
less catcase from being captured; and yet i men, fools and ought to te damned ! Our
our dear children, neighbors, arid friends
must stay and fight, and die to protect-the j
persona and properly of the guilty leaders,
who have fired up the Southern heart, nd
inveigled them into ruin. Are parents will
ing to see their own dear children butcher
ed and slaughtered like wild beasts, to
gratify the unhallowed ambition of cowards
tyrants and traitors? Can freemen submit
to such an outrage? No! Then, let us
demand our children; let n call them home
and let Jeff. Davis and his Clique go to the
Devil, where they ought lo have been long
ago. CArw'rm Banner, Fi edericksbur g , Va.
CoNcnr has postponed the considera
tioo of ihe bankrupt law until December.
It was found nol to have a '' nigger" iu it.
A Bov at school in the West when called
op to recite his lessons in history, was ask
ed, 'What is the German Diet ?" "Sour
krout, Schnapps, and Sausages."
Thk emancipationists all speak of the
abolition of slavery as if it were to be a
punishment of the South. We firmly be
lieve that in the end it would prove to be
a greater pu nishment to the North.
Out sided Cojc sTRCCTtoas. Many of ns,
too many of us, are apt to attribute a bad
motive lo a good action ; but few of us,
when a poor devil has been guilty of a bad
action, ever think of attributing a good
motive to it.
The Crisis on Ts !
Fools belch out tiousense ami play the
part of fariocs braggarts, spurning the ad-
monitions of the wise and prndent, the mad
dening fctorm gathers blackness and dark
ness and the deafening thunders- burst
over their heads, and the vid ligh-nirjgs
play at their feet, before they can see and
feel the danger, or admit the propriety, or
necessity of seeking a place of refuge and
security. Thus it is with thousands of poor
deluded soul at ihe present time. The
storm has been gathering for more than 12.
long months, and the cry has constantly
been. there is no danger," yet when men
dared to say, that danger threatened them
in future, they were tpolted, regarded aa
traitors and eyed as suspicious characters, who
ought to be reperted lo the Military amhsr
ities, arrested, ar d sent to Richmond to be
tried, condemned, and executed for treason
against the Southern Conjcltracy. The lead
ers in ihi terrible revolntion have cried
peace ar.d safety, when sudJen destraction
was at our very doors If the leaders in this
awful tragedy have knowinely and wilfully,
deceived the people, then they merit the
unmitigated onathamas of all Heaven and
earth, throughout all time and eternity; if
they have done it ignorantly, then they
should be held np as brainless objects of
pity, -corn, and contempt to the whole
civilized world, as blazing beacons of ail
stupid unprincipled, political adventurers,
through all coming time.
' Who is so skeptical, or stultified, a to
deny any longer the fact; lhal the terribly,
awful, anticipated cricis is actually upon
us." Politicians swindled the peop'e out
of their rights made tlncet of them, and
then promised lo lead them to independence,
Jreedom, prosperity, glory, honor, and jmmor-t-atfy
Have they done it? The wide world
answers No I Where is our Independence?
Freedom ?- Prosperity? Glory? Honor?
National immortality? Aye, where are the
brave, heroic leaders themselves? Politi
cians timed Generals, and Generals turned
cowards, or haye proven themselves totally
incompetent io accomplish the mighty
work they promised to perfo'rm. '
Not a single promise that the politicians
made to the people has been met. In the
! Cie"ce of political maneuvering and swin
dling, they were accomplished proficients,
but when ihey girded on the sword and
went out to battle, they proved themselves
the veriet of dol's. With but few excep
tions, what have you done? They have
fallen back from place, lo place, and made
so many surrenders that there are now but
few more important points in ihe whole
Southern Confederacy to yield.
When our Army fell ba-k Irom Centre
villeand Firfax Court House, to Manassas
Junction, this was a "stra egic move, indi
cating great military skill, to draw the ene-
i y rom bl9 Btron2 bold." And when,
abeeqaently i: fe'.IJback from Manassas lo
aDPanannoclc S.alion this was ano'her
! grand derice of military strategy, ' our gen-
erals know what they ate doing, all is safe
in their hands." Again, when onr army
fell back from Evan's Point aid tie whole
line Oi ihe Potomac to Fredericksburg, this
was another move of brilliant military strat-
( eSJ'i nere a bold stand was to be made,
and Fredericksburg was to be defended to
xhe Ter" ,a' ar"d a all hazards And, fin-
! :,f on tlie eTer memorable rnorning of
! Ilia llt'll nf Innl tCC-l ... V. 1
. "w w " ucn uj u.nnry
, auino r,IJ oor bnJges were burned, and the
i vessels of poor stamen were wrapped in
j flames, and the brave, heroic General fled
'or n ''e- carrying with him his whole
arr"yt leaving helpless 'citizens, unarmed
I men. defenceless woman and children, to
an unknown and uncared for destiny, this
was another magnificently raad, military
j Generals have fled, and carried the army
with them By this act. thev declare, that
ihey could not protect us. If they could,
why did they not stay and do it? Tbej
have left us to our own fate, and it now
becomes us as wise and prudent men, to
act the part of freemen, and take care of our
seles as best we can Chilian Bnuner,
Fredericksburg, Va., June! ft 1862.
Mr. Killinger said he was against negro
worship and negro legislation perse. Ha
was opposed to negroes swarmin in Penn
sylvania, and protested against their being
supported by Government liberality. : n
gressionul debate.
All Northern representatives, who have
any regard for their white constituencies,
should be opposed io the ne-rro irruption
sure to follow emancipation acts. Already
ihe laboring men of Philadelphia have held
meetinc to devise means lo protect them
selves from neero competition.
Let the fanatics in Coneres have their
way, and the 'swarming' Mr. Killinger re
ferred to will take place on other States be
sides Pennsylvania. As to negroes being
'supported by Government liberality,' that
is a matter which involvps taxation to white
citizens North of all classes, and it ia'for
them to Bay bow far they are prepared to
meet it, with the view of carrying out the
vagaries and sentimentalities of Sumner,
Beecher, Greeley and Lovejor. fteny Argus.
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