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BLOOMS BURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1862.
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From ihe Hanover Citizen.
THE CC0O0LD DAYS.
Th good old days which once have been,
Fave fled ami gO'ie away,. .
Th good old folks whom I l.ave seen,
lie deep beneath the clay.
Tbuse wbo'esome institutions, they
Eelowed cpon us all
Th?y left the world, but still they say,
Let oot these blessings tall.
But i;ow in forty years of time,
How altered do we view.
Tim folks in thi once lovel clime,
Now changed in sixty-two.
Some seem to think; and many say,
That courts are pure no more,
Tli ut sordid wealth doe rule the day,
While bialking Do the floor.
Ten dollar sins, and les sometimes,
t or years -.re do condemn
But then the thousand dollar crimes,
We mostly favor them.
Cotroption seems to get the swing,
I s ominjr like a snare,
Wr dread this cursed mamnn king,
He triumphs everywhere
Th;it honest pride, which was of old,
We seldom now do find.
In hese blue days all look for sold,.
Thai gold has made men blind.
.The Unknown.
The Taion as it Was
j he AroIi;i-.n papers of the coontry are
constaut in their abuse of ihe Democraiic
party, because they hve declared tor 'the
wmun a ii was, ana a-peruons are cast
up-)n the loyalty and patriotism of any man
who dares to repeat this sentiment. If the
Abolition party , is r.otr or evet hadbttn a
Union prty, a party which revered the Con-
liiutiou and made it a rule cl action with
oiciciii-t! iu iueir uuues 10 Elates and niiii
viiiaals, iheir present position would cause
some uprise But such is not the pretext or
put history of the Abolition party. Tbey
hare always been opposed to the Union of
Ihi'se -States, under the Constitution: thev
- . . i i .- .
have at all times, and under at circumstan- '
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cei.iutBiiOnizd the Union ; ar d the reason "n tn- destruction of the Union. The prin
of this cdikms is apparent. The Abolition : cP! on which this best of Governments
party was surtei' for the express purpose" of - wa farmed looked indeed to a very high
dividing the Union on the slavery question. ; otdet of human excellence for its preserva
Tfeis was to be th point of their attack Xtnn' 'l would certainly be impossible for
Wiien. therefore, they marshaled their forces
for the battle, the main impediment in f
Ihrirpath was the Union anJ the Co,s,i u.
tion-.he rights ol the States a- protected ,
and guaranteed by the plain and unm.sta- j
kable provision, of the ConMitu:ion. Far j
yers iney sxirmisn-o at tne outposts o. the j M",,i,,',,"' Kuieiumeni
position they wished to assanlt. They i They wnnM find it unsuited to their tie.
wme fearful of endermasking their real pur- cessitie. and faulty in many of the require
pose until public entinient ci-uld bt de- nients of a good government for men ol
bauched, or the judgments of men b imled j heir -t les of thought habits of life and
by artful appt-al to passion and prejudice.! political education It is not and was not
But each svep taken y the Abolition party !
is steadily in one direction. ' From the j
period when the first seed of Aboluipn trea j
on was planted in the gemal soil of Mew
England by a paid aent of the British gov i 'nH" riot as too many people imagine, a
eminent, ta the moment when the bitter popodar government, bu: il w a system
fruit ripened and fell from the lips'ol Wen- adopted by people of different sovereign
ddl PhtHipa at' be Ibar.k'ed Go.! that nine-! ,ies' regulate those matters . in which
teen States of this Union had been severed ! their interests we-e common. The Union
fr-m their sister States by the agency of the ' to, eiwed in a twofold ap-ct. he one
Abolition party, they kept their eve fasten- I a a Union of states, the other as a Union
' il upon the goal cf their ambition, the dis
sclntiou of the Union AH their legislation
in the Stated which they controlled was en
acted with a view of running in collision
with the authority of the General Govern- j
raent, and thus precipitating an outbreak.
As proof of this position, look at the per
cnal liberty bills of many of the Eastern
States, the decisions of the Sjate Courts by
which ihe laws of the United States and the
- rulings of the Supreme Court of the United
Slates upon those laws, were overruled, and
thus' a direct issue of authority made be
tween the Slates thus acting and the Gene
ril Government ; and alt this too on the one
tingle question of negro slavery, to oth
er question was raised nor was the aothor
ol the Genera Government or the rights of
ll e several-Slates menaced or attacked in a
single other point ' The slavery , question
was never over-looked, nor was the fire of
b basieging forces slackened, until at
list the walls of. the-Union citadel 'was
breached, and Senaior Seward entered with
his celebrated manifesto that the Union
"mustfbe all free of all slave," hat "slavery
otnet be abolished, and you and I can ' do
il." This was the culminating point in the
history of Abolition attacks apon the Union
olr the8 States under the Constitution, and
then came the outbreak which has drench
ed ocr fields with blood, and imperiled the
vi?ry existence of this free form of Govern-
iteut. " , -
II, then, the Abolition party were willing
to attack the Union and ths Constitution in
older to effect their wicked designs upon
both, it follows as a matter of course, that !
ifiey are opposed to the "Union as it was."
And for the best possible reason, judging
niid arguing from their stand point of action
...because, under the Union as it was sla J
Tiry is Iu to the jademaat of the peopla
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of the several states, 'and protected , as all , peluity now ? The attack upou the Can
other kinds oj property is. It is this posi.. J stitution by armed rebellion is open and
lion that was and is so obnoxious to the .' manifest. Whether under the plea of a re
Aboli'ionists, and they will never consent j served right of secession from the I'nion,
that this or any other Union shall reunite
these Slates which is founded upon the
Constitution as it is. They believe in the
declaration of Senator Seward, "that slavery
mnt be abolifhed, and you and I must do
it,"and the road they mean to pursue is the
'hiaher law" propounded by the same Sen
ator and acted upon by him, whenever he
25 i was called to legislate-upon the question of
slavery, and if they are willing to go to the
length they have in the support of thai doc
trine, and are ot only satisfied but glory
ing over the result, certainly they will op
pise all attempts to reconstruct the Union
as it wa, which they always regarded as a
stumbling block in their path. What oth
er new theories of (Government they will
sart in the future, can only be surmised
from their declarations and acts ir. the past.
H w the constitutional rights of the white
man will be respected when once this par
ty, which is opposed to the Union as it was
t fairlc seated in the saddle, can also be
learned from the experience of the past fif
teen months. They are now calling for
official vengeance on all who dare to stand
tip for the ''Union as it was." and the true
k' J only reason for this course, is that they
are opposed in heart, deed and pnrpose, to
any Union at all.
But the Democratic party, which hata
ken for its rallying cry at rthis critical pe
riod of our country's history, the Union as
it wa, cannot be deterred from pursuing
its patriotic line of duty to the Union, the
Constitution, and the best interests of all
section of the Republic, by the clamor of
Abolition joun.a Is. The Democratic p'!y
is in favor of the Union as it was, because
op. that platform alone can the whole Norn
be nnitedfand a speedy and perfect resto
ration of the Union be accomplished. With
lhi then, as their ml of action, thof will
give to the National Government a free and
heirty support in all canstilntional meas-
j nres tn pa: an end to the present war This
they have done, and are doing now in all
: SfcClion? of the Ln'on. Bat
whilst coing
J this, at the same time they will wage un-
j ceasinn war upon the Ahol ition party, which
j has openly declared itself against the Union
as it was and thus i allied with those who
sr? in rpen arms against the same author!
Trineiples the Constitution.
The man is not to be envied who shall be
written down in hitory as one who advo
cated the abolition of iJ.e American Con- j
aiitation. and aided ever so small a degree
England or France or any other nation edu
cated in European systems, to reject mon-
arcby and adopt American Uemocracy and
the American Cnrmitat.on as their form
Government. They wonM find it nrrsoi.ed
to their necessities and laclty in many of
intended to be a compleie ,tover ment
this because it left o the existing
States those domestic poweas which
ar
was necessary to perlect system, and it
of people. Abolishing th Constitution en
tirely we should still have governments, and
abolishing S'ate Sovereignty entirely we
should still have aagovernmeut. Bat in
both cases the government would be im
perfect and the laws would fail to reacTi
the necessities of tne peojde. nettle political qne-tions about it. It didn't
To unite different sovereignties in one make any difference whether Joshua. Gid
nation, and make out of various State one dings -or Jeff. Davis got up the rebellion.
great State including and protecting all lh There it is we see who is in il, ard we
others, was a problem worthy the exertions must put it down. He appealed to t!ie old
of the great mind which were brought to ; Democrat He would'ask them Are yon
bear on it, and which solved. it bo glorious- going to see the Constitution upset and the
Ir. The simplest and at the same time he Union dissolved because you think some
grandest political fabric of the world's his- I body up in Ashtabula county may go to
tory was the result of their labors. W'e ' Congress? If you are you are jast at big a
are not extravagant in so calling it. TneJ traitor as Jeff. Davis Are you not going to
minds oi all wise men have so acknowl war because von think Lincoln may have
edged it. - Other countries were governed
by the absolute will of a crowned head.
In England oentury after century had pro
duced that common law and body of. stat
utes which together form the British Con-
siitution. But America had no common I
law, and the statutes of England were either
inapplicable or oppressive. . , Each , State
may be said to hav adopted for itself ihe
common law of E inland -so far as it ws
applicable to the circumstances of a new
country, but many' principles of that law
were wholly inadmissable in a new coun
try, and ucder new forms of government il
was impossible to apply others The prob
lem was therefor even more difficult when
it became necessary to leave each state to
make and recognize its . own principles of
common law, while a general government
should be formed with strict powers limited
and defined by a written instrument, it
was accomplished to the admiration of men
and the proof of the work has been in the
increasing glory of the nation." -
But wbenca arises the danger to its par-
or under the radical claim of a riahl of rev
oluiion, the attack is equally unjistifirble
and the end to be attained is an end hat
history must execrate. Bnt the government
is self sustaining, and . id now- ensaged ' in
proving its ability to. preserve its existence
1 he government is the Constitution. The
acta of the government are b) the twofold
assistance of the states as states and of the
j people as citizens and subjects.
i lieu in-
ger trom the armed attacks of the revolt-
ing citizens :s increased by the proposals
, ' 1 1
of loyal citizens li abandon the principles
1
of the Constitution and either compel .he
whole nation to adopt local principle, of
law ana morality, or piunje at once into a
chaos of lawlessness. The founder ol
the Government presupposed that in" all
times ol trial there'woulJ be in the people
a prevailing majority who would sustain
it principles It ondr any circumstances ' many of the negroes ran away, carrying
that could overtake the nation, the people , wj,n ,hem all the Government property in
or the stronger pcytion ol them, should be ! their possession," and one instance is men
induced to think that the government was i tioned where a boat load of the sable ne
not fifad for those circumstances, tbs.t it j proes were overhauled, steering lor "secesh
was necessary, even if only for a time, to ! and oi l m assa." having forgotten to leave
descend into a more radical form of De- j behind the arm", uniforms and ammunition
mocracy, and substitute the will of the j with which the boat was laden. These
masses, for the regu lar process of Consti cases are sufficient to show the utter foily
tution and law, then the experiment w jtild and criminality of attempting to use the
prove a failure,! and the great American 'negroes of this" cc untry as soldiers. As a
system would become a thing of the Fast, j race, even in the best condition, they are
a great plan failed, a glorious conceiion j totally wanting in all those elements which
proved fanlty. The success of the Consti .' are essential to make the brave and useful
tution, the perpetuity of the nation, depends s warrior. They lack those moral and intel-
on the faithfulness of the' people.
Every man who counsels a temporary
suspension of the limitations of the Consti-
tution, a temporary'substitution of another
power, is engaged in the fearful woik of
proving our1 government a failure. The
Southern rebels are no more clearly crimi-
nal than is such a man, for he justifies hem
by his course. They attack the Contitu-
tion because it does not suit their notions,
t in a time of peace. He attacks it because
j it does not suit their notions in a lime of
war Both are engaged in the same work
j of proving it a failure for the purposes of
human government.
j jf, out of this fiery trial, ihe Constitution
comfis for'h uninjured, and the nation is
J governed by it as heretofore, howevsr load-
j ed with national debt, however great the
1 sacrifices made tor it, the work of Wadi
! ington will receive the applause of" the
j world, and of all future history, as a work
tried in the fiercest flame and found endu
ring. If by reason of rebellion or radicalism
it is shattered and the people a'e left lUrug
giing iu the vast sea of radical Democracy,
the best that can be said of it will be t!tat it
wai a noble thought, a brilliant dream, but
that it went on too high an estimate of hu
man nature, on American nature, and fail-
' ed because the descendants were unworthy
0f ,ne;r
sires.
,f in heM !erribe (imes
aole to ,earn anj t0 teach other9) ouH
y the9ft principIe4 anJ j ncuca1e iem
ghonUJ hflve beUer ctn of ,,ie fj
ture. If men instead of rushing into vague
and wild ideas, of natural rights an ! the
power of the peop!e,wonld study the rights
of American citizens, and the power of the
American, Constitution, we should be more
likely to honor the fathers who gave ns
this government, and preserve for the world
and for all time a Union and a Government
under which human nature might prove
its fitness,, nnder God, for self protection
a'-d self-goidance. Journal rf Commeice
The Right Kind of a Democrat.
Patrick McGroarty . Esq . of Cinci maiti.
made a war speech at Springfi'd Ohio, on
Saturday. Mr. McGroarty said : "Fe was
an old line Democrat. Asa Demociat he
had come to Springfield, to appeal limen
to go to war in r.rder to put down the rebel
lion he would not discuss whe'her fire-eaters
or Abolitionists brought on the urar
Rebels were in arms against the Govern
ment Let u put down rebellion, ard then
violated the Constitution? Who male'jou
the judge? He was elected, properly under
the Constitution. I didn't vote for t im 1
wouldn't now, but I am for putting down
the rebellion. ; Now this is the fact. Any-
body who won't go for the reasons I t uggest
is afraid to risk it or be is a traitor. All
socb are either cowards or traitors. 'That's
the whole of it. Is there any man who can
put his finger on any injury done to thij
South? Not one, not even a slaveholder.
We old line Democrats were alwayt deter
mined to maintain the rights of the South. -W'e
gave them more than they were enti
tled to Now, why this rebellion? Not
because Lincoln was elected, nor because
Breckinridge wasn't, Douglas ws.sn't.
Not a bit of it. It has been worki ig for
thirtv years. But are twenty millions - of j
people to be whipped by six ? Wo raustj But the failure of the experimental H il
have more troops. We can't let this war ; .ton Head ' and in Rhode Island, will, we
go on one or two yaars Me n must come ' '.rest, give men time to examine the ques
oul to stop it. If they dom't come wilonta- j ,ion in the light of patriotism and expedi-
rily the Goveroment will make then come j
and it ought to make tbem come." v '
' The Segro Soldier Project a failure.
... i
The effort made by Governor Sprague, of
Rhode Island, to raise a negro reriment in
his State has proved a failure. A few days
since, about a hundred of the colored folxs
of Providence assembled to discuss the
matter. They were not unanimous on the
subject and it does not appear from the pro
ceedings that any very exanlted sentiments
of patriotism, or indeed, that a very ardent
spirit of any kind animated and illuminated
the assembly. The negro brigade in the
diviion commanded by Gen. Hunter, at
Uj.on HHad.Souih Carolina is also a lail-
I t v. . - .u . .i.
ure. i o be Mire, in that case the regiment
. ... , . . . .
, was raised by force, that is, the negroes
, i, . , ' i ' j
were taken and unformed, and arms put
, ;n(o the;r ham,s am, wh:,e officer, laceJ
, QVer ,hpm bn, ,ike of
Rhode Inland, ''they were not unanimons
on the subject," and in a few weeks they
had to be disbanded. What the experi
ment of Gen. Hunter cost the Government
is not stated, but one thi ng is certain, that
lectual qualities which equip men for deeds
of daring on the field, of patient endurance
on the protracted march, of suffering and
j discipline in the camp The negro has
j none of thesa requisites. They belong to
the white race, and hence, the superiority
of the white man in all respscts fcr war
j purposes.
j B-Jl a''". th's war is waged for a princi-
,ie ma res, oration ot me "Union as it
was," :he enforcement of the ' Constitution
i s "l ir' and men who engage in it should
have some understanding an conception
of what they are .fighting for. It is not a
contest having for its object conquest and
subjugation, the mere brutality of blood and
butchery. Those who would use this war i dose ol "light literature," compared with
for such purpose are traitors to the Union, I an equal amount of time spent cn real work,
and should receive a traitor's doom. If, ! Of this we may be sure, that the due exer
therefore, the soldiers of the Union should I cise of brain of thought is one of the es
be an. mated by those high and patriotic sential !emnts of human life. The per-parp"--
6!a:ed, how can the negro ever be ; feet health of a man is not the same as that
used ? He may cook the soldier's food and ; of an ox or horse. The preponderating ca
clean his clothes and do all kinds ot menial ; paci'y of his nervous parts demandj a cor-
labor, but never perform the important du- j
ties attached to the soldier's position.
What does a negro know about the Consti
tution, or how can he tell what infractions
have been made upon that instrument by
the men now in arms against the Govern
ment 1 To him the Union is as much a
my-tery and a matter of incomprehensibili-
ty as the movements of the heavenly bod-
les, and yet the Abolitionists would put j
arms into the
hands of the negroes and i
make them instruments in carrying on the
war, the otgect of which is ont of the reach
of their understanding. If such material as
this be placed in the arniy, it will only en
cuar.ber its movements and paralvze its ef
forts in the proper direction. The true and
real strength of an army lies in the intellect
ual character of the men composing it.
fiat soldier fights be-t who best compre
hends the great principles for which he is
contending. Our Revolutionary fathers
I. - .! a . .
Knew u was ,or ..oerty ana independence'
they were periling their "lives and fortunes
and sacred honor," and hence they enroun
tered and conquered the trained soldiers of
Great Britain.. In 1312 the sons of these
fame men aiiairi met "the veterans of Eng
land on the battle field, ami again came off
vicorious. In this cas, as in the struggle
for independence, the American people
fully understood the principles involved in
the issue, and this armed them in triple
steel, and gave them the victory against all
odds. Ii was intellectual force combined
with mere animal courage and endurance
that made the white men of 1776 and 1812
invincible, and il is the lack of thee ele
ments in the negro race w hich renders them
ur fit for all so!d ierly duties.!
. The truth is, this is a white man's quar
rel, and none but white men should be al
lowed o have a part in its progress and
etMilement. All attempts to force the negro
on ths field of action as one of the parties to
the controversy will only be productive of
mischief. The antipathy between the white
and black man ia intense and bitter enough
at the present time, withcut adding to it by
arming the negroes and making them in
strumental in taking the lives of while men.
This will be a fatal mistake if committed
by those who are really desirous of restor
ing "the Union as it was,': and preserving
the ' Constitution ai it is." But to those
who have no other purpose- in tnis war but
a permanent division of the Slates the
Abolitionists this question of freeing the
negroes and using them in oor army is a
rich mine from which to draw materials to
aid them io their treasonable work. They
know what effect it will have in injuring
the Union in the North, and hence the
pertinacity with which they cling to it, and
urge its adoption by the General Govern
meat
eocy, aud thus put an end forever to all
idea of black soldier. The agitation of
this negro question by the Abolition party
lias produced enough mischief in our conn'
try already, without wichinz to add to it at
the present inopportune moment, when the
whole nation is Buffering the bitter conse
quences of unwise and wicked intermeiM
ing with this matter of the difference in
races. The Government does not need the
services of black men to defend the Consti
tntion and the Union, for the ranks of the
armies are being crowded with loyal and
true citizens who understand the' questions
in dispute and how to settle them. When
the negro is offered it is not for the purpose
of preserving the Constitution and the
Union, but he is thrown as a fire brand into
the contest to make the conflagration more
fierce and destructive. t In this light the
real friends of the Union look upon this
question of arming negroes, and henee the
failures noticed are subjects ol sincere con
gratulation to them.
Tboaglit Essential to Health.
II we would have onr bodies healthy, onr
brains must be used, and 'used in orderly
and vigorous ways, that the life giving
stream of force may'flow down from them
into the expected organs, which can minis
ter but as they are ministered unto. We
admire the vigorous animal life of the
Greeks, and with justice we recognize, and
partly seek to imitate, the various gymnas
tic and other means which they employed
to secure it. But probably we should make
a fatal error if we omitted from our calcula
tion the hear:y and generous earnestness
with which the highesfsiibjects of art, spec
ulation. and politics were pursued by them.
Surely, in their case, the beautiful and en
ergetic mental life was expressed in the
athletic and graceful frame. And were it
a mere extravagance to ask whether some
part of the lassitude and weariness of lile,
of which we hear so much in oar day, might
be due to lack of mental occupation on wor'
thy subjects, exciting end repaying a gen
erous enthusiasm, as well as to an overex
ercise on lower ones, whether an engross
ment on matters whichShave not substance
enough to justify or satisfy the mental grasp
be not at the root ol some part of -maladies
which affect our convalescence Anyone
who tries it, soon finds.oat how wearying
j bow disproportionate exausting is an over-
responding life
The Thief and the Beg;ar.
An English gentleman once won a lare
r
j Bum oi money oy netting on a race. As
; he was going home in his carriage, he com.
menced to count over his big roll of bills,
J hu lal.'ing asleep the wind blew
thorn oil S .
,Way. He awoke just in time to see the
uH go through the window of .h- ;
riaire. nd e.rla'.r,-, it , !
...... .....u, iigui vuiiitr, iiyiu
go." He who comes easily by bis money
can afford io be generous. J
You have all heard the story of the two .
broom peddlers. They were selling m the !
a,,u ona ,r,eu o undersell the
other.
How
is
.u:- i . . .
mis : exclaimed
one. :
tnat you can underle t m f .it. iu
material ol which m. broom- ,,.
- - a kiwi I I I v
j iv mi'irj
"Oh!' said the other, J stole my b,oom
ready viai.e!'' .
We sometimes hear it said that such and
such a man is close : w hile f,n.h.,i,
' ----- -,w . f
sam "ne
does not know the worth of
money."
Now, while we all hke a gener-
ous man, and while we have the huheM
authority for saying that "the liberal shull
be rrijtle lat," it is nevertheless true that it
i far better to be 4 close," if wnh it we are
upr.ght and honerable in our dealings, than
to be ever so generous if with it there is a
lack of honesty.
i
tiv.LiTv is a Fortune. Civility is a tor.
iii-o ..if fn. - . ,"
lu.ie itshil, for a courteous man always sue-
ceeds well in life, and that when persons of
ability sometimes fail. The famous DuLe
of Marlborough is a case in point, luis
said of him by ore cotemporary, that his
agreable manners often converted an enemy
menu, ana oy anoner, that it was
more.p.easmg to be denied a favor by hi and on all occasions, regardless of the
grace ihan to receive it from any other man. denunciations of cowardly traducers who
The gracious manner of Charles , 8laj behiuj the Ve maintain
Fox preserved him from dislike, even at a , . , , mainidin
time when he was, politically, .he most un.:lh !lWe haVC d"e UF dut' a3 lo'al
popular man in the kingdom. The world's ! cU,zen3' and lIie evidence of this is in
history is full of such examples of success ! tne al)sence of a charge or even an ac
obtained by civility. The experience of i cuser.
every man furnishes, if we recall the past, j Fellow-citizens a day of rettibution
frequent instances where conciliatory man- ! will come a day of final settlement and
ners have made the fortunes of physicians, j after it will come a payday. Let us
lawyers, divines, politicians, merchants, i bide our time. Let us be true and Ioval
and indeed, individuals of all pursuits. To i to our county anJ our Government, and
men, civility is what beauty is to women 1 i .i . r
.. . . , : we have nothing to fear. Ourimprtson-
it is a general passport to favor a letier of ' , , 1
introduction, written in language that every j,nCnt haS been an "P"iment,;,and I
one understands. : , think, from this enthusiastic demonstra-
! tion and the general feeling- throughout
iWRS. LINCOLN'S BROTHER KILLED The .
rebel account o the battle of Baton Kouge,
auiiuiiiiL-ea i.ie uaui ui VOi. Aiex. ti. i oca,
a brother of Mrs. Lincoln. He was on
Brig. Gen. Helm's staff, in ihe Rebel army,
and was instantly killed.
A verdant country girl, who was at a par
ty, had ju6t received a glass of wine from
har lover, whnn n friend aairl ''Whal bin,l
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of wine are vou dnnkin?. Marv. is it Sla-
deria "I guess so, (said .be,) my deary .
gave ii to me!'
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From The Patriot f Union.
Return ot the Publishers and
i Editors Enthusiastic" Recep-
tion
When Galileo was thrown into the
dungeon of the inquisition for promulga
ting the heresy that the world moved, he
whispered in the ear of.one of his friends,
"it moves, nevertheless." The publish
ers and editors of the Patriot and Union
were dragged from their homes and their
business on the 6th of August, and under
a military escort taken to Washington
anil thrown into a military prison: It is
not necessary here to revert to the cause ;
it is sufficient to say that after being in
carcerated until the evening; ofthe22d,
they obtained a hearing, at which no
charge was produced, and no accusor ap
peared, and that hearing resulted in an
immediate honorable discharge the per
sons composing the tribunal acknowleding
te arrest to have been made upon frivo
lous grounds.
Returning to their homes, they chose
Saturday evening as the time, to avoid
any manifestations on ihe part of their
friends, but the intention of returning thus
quietly wa3 frustt rated by one of the most
flattering receptions. The car had scarce
ly reached the dopot, and the announce
ment been made that the party had
arrived, than they were surrounded by
friends who made the welkin ring with
enthusiastic cheers. In a very few mom
ents the crowj, which was small at first,
swelled to hundreds; a procession was
formed which escorted the exiles to their
homes. Both sides of Market street were
lined with ladies and gentleman, and the
men who went out of the city under an
escort of soldiers, returned amid the
plaudits of the men, and the waiving of
handkerchiefs by the ladies.
Arriving at the house of Col. Mat
Dowell, the crowd which must now have
numbered nearly a thousand men, called
loudly for that gentleman, when he
mounted the stops and addressed them as
follows, being frequently interrupted by
the most vociferous cheering :
Fi iewls and Fellow-citizens : On the
Gth day of August, at an hour's notice,we
were marched from this city under an es
cort of gleaming bayonets to the Railroad
Depot, and from thence taken at Washin
ton city, where we were imprisoned,
without a hearing, for sixteen days, for
what reason I will not now state, as you
all know it. Through the intercession
of friends, and our own exertions, we
secured a hearing last evening at Go'clock,
when, strange to say, we were confronted
by
no accuser, nor was there even a
6 26a,nstus- The Pretoxt
upon which we were a-rested was most
summarily disposed of. and an hnnomblp
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discharge given us. Applause.
Although mortifying as it was to leave
home as we did, and unjust as the whole
arrest was, this spontaneous welcome
more then rnmnMtn. fr -.11 t.,1.
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my hfe' II roves that we have the
endorsement of our fellow-citizens.
Cheers and applause. It shows that
the have a stm ,,, f ..
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stituttonal liberty, and are onnosed tr
crushing out the freedom of SnPh r.r
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muzzling the press. Destroy these in
alienable rights, and the word liberty be-
beeotnes a hollow mockery a sounding
brass and tinkling cymbal,a rope of s;tnd,
a delusion and alie.f Prolonged applause
and cheering.
We do not know how our arrest ori-
.,, . . , . g
mated because no accuser had the tem-
, " .iu
CrU" to faCC U3' 6 c,airn lo be Io'al
an l law-abiding citizens, and there is
nolnmg uPon ihe record to prove to the
coutrarj-. We have our own opinions,
anc lhese not conflicting with laws in cx-
istence, we will maintain at all hazards'
tfir
State, our enemies, as well
as our
failure
friend3 must admitlhat it was a
that it has notmly not resulted in any
practical benefit to those who brought it
about, but it has awakened a feeling that
will be expressed at the ballot-box in
October next. Applause.
Gentleman, lor my sell, and in behalf of
mv companions, I return you my
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heart-
,eu anu snce tnanKs, ana bia you gooa
night. Applause, and prolonged cheers
for. MaeDjwell, 13-irrett, Forstcr and
Jones.
Messrs. Birret and Forster, anxious to
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see their families had left the procession
at Locust street, and Mr. Joncsactuated!
by a similar desire, went home at the
conclusion of -Mr. MacDowell's speech.
The crowd adjourned to the house of Mr.
Barrett, when that gentleman came out,
and returned his thanks so his fellows
citizens. After giving three cheers for
r Barrett, and three more with a will
lor each ol the publishers and editors, and
the Palriot and Union, the people quiet
ly dispersed.
There was a significance in this de
monstated which cannot be misunder
stood. The sturdy laboring man, the
honest German, the warm hearted Irish
man, ana, in fact, all classes of tb.3 com
munity, turned out, not only to fhow
their devotion to their partyJ aud their
party friends, but show to the world their
utter condemnation of a power which
assumes the right of dragging men from
their homes on the mere informtton or
instigation of irresponsible parties, and
denying them the light of a trial by jury,
or (he inestimable benefits of the writ cf
habeas corpus, which has never been sun.
pended. for four centuries in monarchial
England. One thing lias been made
manifest by this reception, and that is
that you may cast men into prisons, but
you cannot stiffe Democatic principles
you may fill your forts with editors
guilty of no other ofTenct then advocating
Democratic measures-but while immured
there, they can say of Democracy as Gal
ileo said of lhe world, 4it moves, never
theless." Charles J. Ingersoll. This son of a
distinguihed father, has ehon himself
true to the ancestral blood which flows in
veins. He i n last Saturday delivered a
speech to assembled thousauds in Phila
delphia which id worthy of Chas. J. In
gersoll. He defended liberty as his fa
ther did; liberty of speech, liberty of the
press and the liperty of an American cit
izen. For this, he has been placed un
der bonds; for this we envy him. The
writer of this article desires and courts
iaiprisohuient, for such a cause. From
beiog obscure he might become conspi
cious ; from being an individual he might
becomo a representative. One hundteth
part of the honor and glory obtained by
John Hambden, when he contended against
the King of England because of twelve
shillings of ship money, would be ample
couupensatiin, and a relative proportion to
one who writes against the unconstitutional
anb despotic acts of imbeciles ;who yet plaj
with tb.3 liberty and lives of better men.
TLere U nothieg treasonrble in Mr. In
gerboll s speech ; there is nothing whieh
the truest friend of the Union and the most
devoted admirerjof the Constitution might
ot hava uttered. We therefore protest
against this rjrannom exercise of a mo
mentary power upon his persyn and Lis
freedom, a- more wicked, more silly un
timely that the decrees which hurled King
Charles from Lis thron. "Let those who
wiil prof-t by his cxarnhle.''
Greklsy's Twentt Millions. A
reliable telegram informs us that those
twenty millions wto were represented io
Greeley's prayer to the President consis
ted of the slovenly philosopher himself, a
j score or two of Fourierites and Fanny
Wright man, a bakers dozen of such crack-
ngr
j brain fools as Garri.-on, Foster, Pillsbury,
Phillips, etc., a few hundred underground
rai'road managers, eix or seven thousand
of the dirtiest kind of "equality and fra
ternity" Abolitionists, and whatever num
ber there may be counted of lazy, thieving,
impudent negroes. The old philosopher
is up to Lis eye brows in good company.
Ljctiiaic? Drattcralic Ticket.
Congre-s Gen. Robert F"eming.
AsasemUy John 13. Beck.
aiuriJ'QJl. John B. McMicken.
Frolhunaxrij Hon. C. D. Eldred.
Dial. Aity. John J. Mctzgar.
CommisUxcr Derrick Updaraff.
Suiveyor John S. Laird.
Auditor Peter Beeber.
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Da aftino. In Main, drafting has been
extended by the Secretary of War, until
September 10, by which time it is expect
ed tho whole quota of the State will be
made up by volunteers'. So we presume
will be the ca-e in other States. In Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and New-York, the
Governors have united in getting the pe-n.
riod for drafting extended until Septem
ber 15.
:'Papa, why don't they gitrt tb.
telegraph a dose of gin!"
"Why, my child ?"
"Cause the papers say that they are
out of ocder, and mother,alw ays takes fq
when she is out of order."
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