fTfir"-1"
tor as his unhsppy situation, and the safety
of ihe community in which it is tbiw ascer
tained to bq unsafe to let him go at large, may
require ; and such, ihonld tte defense set up
'in this case prevail, will be your duty.
The law, gentlemen, whiuh must govern
your inquiries, and to which yon must apply,
nd by which you must judge of and pass upon
the f ids relied upon to establish the defense
of insanity, as declared by all the jm'ges,
in liDglan'd, in Mr. Naghteii'a case, and fcy the
English courts ever since, and by almost every
American court, including the supefcnie court
of Pennsylvania, and by the most able and
eminent judges, among them Chief Justice
Shaw of Massachusetts, and the late distin
guished Chief Justice Gibson of Pennsylva
nia, tnd in the words which wc have felt it
'to be our dutjp heretofore to state it to a jury
jn a capital case, la this:
Every man is presumed to be sane, and
to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be
ri-spoosible for his crimes, until the contrary
fce proved to the satisfaction of the jury; and,
,?io. establish, a defense cn the ground of insan
ilj, it must be .clearly proved, that, at the time
"f committing the act, the party accused
"! was laboring under such a defect of reason
from 'disease of the mind, as not to Icdow the
' nature and quality of the act lie was doing, or
if he did know it,idid not know that he was
'doing what wa wrong.'' However others
njny speculate, it is theSuty of a jury to bring
'the evidence to this test. -
Upon this general subject, ,wc state to you
the law as spplied.to a case before the judge3
of our ownSuprerae Court (tbreeof tbenipres
tnt) in the language of Chief Justice Gibson :
-"Insanity ismental ormoral; the latter being
sometimes called homicidal mania and prop
erly so. It is my purpose to deliver to you the
law on this ground of defence, and not torrcss
upon your consideration, at least toaaunusuai
Jegr.ee, the circumstances of the present case
oa which the law acts.
'A uiau maybe mad upon all subjects; , and
then, though he may have glimmerings of reas
on, he is not a responsible agent. This i3 gen
ial insanity; but, if it is not so great in its
extent or degree, a3 to blind him to the nature
r.nd extent of his moral duty, it is no defence to
an accusation. It must be so great as entirely
to destroy his perception of riyht and wrong ;
And it is not until that perception i3 thus de
stroyed that he ceases to be responsible. It
mus t amount to delusion or hallucination, con
trolling his will, and making the commission of
te act, in his apprehension, a duty of overru
ling necessity. The most apt illustration of
the latter is the perverted state of religious
obligation which has caused men sometimes
to sacrifice their wiver and children.
"Partial insanity is confined to a 'particular
subject, the man beingr sane on ever other.
In that species of insanity, it is plain that he
la a responsible agent if he were not insi.'tT1
led by his madness to perpetrate the act. lie
continues to be a legitimate subject of punish
ment, -although he may have been laboring
under- a morsvl obliquity ot "perception, as
much as if he were laboring under an obliq
uity of vision. A man whose mind squints,
unless impelled to crime by this very mental
obliquity, is as much amenable to punishment
as one whose eye sqnint3. On this point
there has teen a mistake as melancholy as it
is popular. It has been announced by learned
doctors that if aman ha3 the least taint of
insanity entering iuto his mental structure, it
discharges him of all responsibility to the
laws. To thi3 monstrous error may be traced
both the fecundity ia homicides which ha3
dishonored this country, and the immunity
which has attended them. The law is, that
whether insanity be general or partial, the
degree of it must be so great as to have con
trolled the will of its subject, and to have
taken from him the freedom of moral actijn.
'But there is a moral or homicidal insanity,
consisting of an irresistible inclination to lull,
or to commit som other particular offence.
There may be an unseen ligame.it pressing on
the mind, drawing it to constqueuce.3 which
it sees lut cannot avoid, and placing it under
a coercion which,1 while it3 results are clearly
perceived, is incapable of resistance. The
doctrine which acknowledges this mania" is
dangerous in its relations, and can be recog-,
nized only in the clearest cases. It ought to
be shown to have been habitual, or at least to
have shewn itself in m6re than a single instance.
It is seldom dircctodj-agaiost a particular in
dividual ; but that it may be so, 13" proved by
the case of the vouai woman who was deiti'
ded by an irresistablo impulse to kill her child,
though aware of the heinous nature of the
uct. Tho frequency cf tbi3 constitutional
. malady i3 fortunately small, and it is better
to confine it within the strictest limits. If
juries were. to allow it as a general motive
operating in cases of this character, its recog
nition would destroy social order as well as
personal safety. To establish it as a justifica
tion in any particular ease, it i3 necessary
either to showby cl:ar proof its conteniporane
ousexistence evidenced by present circumstan
ces, or the existence cf a particular tendency
developed in previou3 cases, becoming in itself
a second nature.
We introduce here, and answer, the writ
ten point3 submitted by the prisoner's cdun
bcI :
-1. "The court r.re requested to instruct tho
jury that if they believe that at the time of
the killing the defend-ant wa3 in such a state
of mini as to be unable to apply the test of
right and wrong to the particular case, he is
not a responsible agent, and the verdict
should ba not guilty.".
This is the test or criterion, in passing
npon evidence of the existence of insanity, ia
its common and usual forms, to a degree that
will relieve feui responsibility ; and we an
swer the point in the affirmative.
2. "The court are requested to instruct flie
jury that if they believe the prisoner to have
been 'governed by an uncontrollable impulse,
his will no longer in subjection to hU rea
son, owing to the excited and continued im
petuosity of Lis thoughts, the tuniultirbus
nc.1 confused condition of his mind, goaded
bya sense of grievous wrong, he was wrought
to a phrensy bordering upon madness, which,
for the time being rendered him unable to
control his actions or to direct bis move
ments,' their verdict should be not guilty."
We are at some loss to understand what is
here meant. If the point is predicated of
moral insanity, which i3 recognized'in Mos
lems case, and which we recognize, we affirm
it. . Wc recognize moral insanity, however,
as they did, ts of uncommon occurrence, and
evidence of the existence ana operation of
which, since it cannot be tested by the gen
eral rule applicable to the common and usual
forms cf insanity, is to be received aud passed
upon ia view of the cautions Migscsted in
lac case referred to. If. the point means
more or less thai; we "have supposed, we re
fuse our assent. .
You will inquire, then, gentlemen, whether
the prisoner was laboring under moral insan
ity ; and iauoing so, you wiil remember the
tautioria suggested in the case read. The
general test here fail3 ; for, in this mania, it
seems, one, may be drawu ou to consequences
which "be sees but cannot avoid," and "be
aware of the heinor.s nature of the act."
There is little, ia such case, to dietincuisli it
from, an ordinary criminal act. "To the eye
cf rcaaon, every murderer is a njndmau." In
the commission of every crime, the judgment
and conscience are overborne7 fof the time by
temptation to evil, acting upon the wicked
ness of the heart, and exciting the evil pas
sions to overmastering strength ; but to allow
that .to excuse would be to rmke crime it3
own justification, and evidence of its own
innocence, and to strike at the foundation of
all accountability. It is well said, therefore,
that 'thc doctrine which acknowledges this
mania is dangerous in its relations, and can
I be recognized only 111 the clearest cases."
The evidenco adduced to establish it should
be subjected to the strictest scrutiny. "It
ocght to be shown to have been habitual, or
at least to have shewn itself in more than one
instance." "To establish it as & justification
in any particular case, it i3 necessary either
to show by clear proofs its contemporaneous
existence evidenced by present circumstan
ces,, or the existence of a particular tendency
developed in. previous cases." Is there such
proof here ? Were the shot3 fired at the de
ceased without discrimination, or. without a
motive ? Had a tendency to such acts been
developed in a single instance in the wholo
life of the prisoner before thi3 act of homi
cide, or has it been since ? .
If the prisoner was not laboring under moral
insanity, you will inquire whether, upon the
evidence here, he was laboring under mental
malady of any kind, so as not to know and
understand the nature of the act he was do
ing, and that it was wrong and would subject
him to punishment. And we propose to de
tain. you but a short time longer, with a few
observations , upon the evidence in this part
of the case. . .
It is claimed,, oa the part of the prisoner,
that his appearance and conduct, on. that
occasion,, explained and accounted for by
other evidence heard in his behalf, evidenced
insanity. The witnesses state that he;wa3
wild and excited in his appearance, violent
in Lis gestures, his voice raised to a high
and unnatural pitch and heard in a crying
tone, and his expressions, some of the witnes
ses say, were incoherent. The wilnesses
themselves were of course more or less exci
ted, and they use their own words to describe
his conduct and to express their own impres
sions. Some express his manner and appear
ance a3;"excited" and "wild ;" some of them
say he was ia "a phrensy." , They testify
that he swore profanely, and used also low
and Yulgar expressions. The question here
is, was thi3 the incoherent raving and phren
sied conduct of a maniac, or one at the time
insane ? or, wa3 it the violence of one exci
ted by passion, and seeking reveDge ? Was
it insanity? or wa3 it anger?. You will
judge. Violent gestures, loud tones, and
excited looks are the natural expressions of
anger, varying in degree with ihe tempera
ment .of the person and the intensity of his
passion. Profanity seems, also, to be the
natural language of angry passion. The
w "'Messes say that his appearance wa3 differ
ent ITU-T1 "hat they iiad ever noticed it ;"but
non ofthtZ had fcVer seen him anZry- u'a3
his conduct naw,rftl or otherwise, supposing
him have been lu ,mie
alwav
or with a smile on his face, instead P ' lIie firf
of anger in his eye, he had met Marbourg - au
shot him down, without any assigned or
known motive, and then turned around and
walked calmly away, without manifesting any
excitement or concern, what would have
been the conclusion? that he wa3 sane, or
IS3AXE?
It is claimed, also, that his appearance and
conduct on that occasion were in such Etriking
contrast with hi3 habits and character thro'
hi3 whole life, as to exhibit a complete trans
formation, which is only reasonably explained
on the supposition that the sad calamity that
had befallen him, the evidence of which he
had confirmed that morning by the confession
of his wife, acting upon an excitable temper
ament for a week, during which he had ate
and slept but little, had dethroned his reason.
And it i3 true that he has shown, by all the
witnesses, notjierely agood, but very good,
an excellent character. It has been shown,
too, that he has long been a regular, punctual
and an exemplary member of a church an
elder, occasionally officiating for the preacher
in his absence ; that no one had ever heard
him use a profane or. vulgar word, or any
expression which might not have been used
in tuv compan-. All this 13 certainly entitled
iuouirv naturally arises, that, if his rearc,,lhad
not for the time been overthrown, he would
have acted and talked in a manner so incon
sistent wuii uis wuoie previous nie, ana so
contrary, apparently, to his very nature as
exhibited in the proof of his excellent charac
ter a3 a man and a Christian? And yet it is
not to be forgotten that men of the most
exalted personal and religious character have
fallen into crime. . David, who was a man
after God's own heart, was guilty of adultery,
ind, to hide it. of murder. And we read that
when the mob had tacen nis Vi fine Master
before the high priest, "Peter sat without in
the palace, and a damsel came unto him say
ing, thou also wast with Jesus ; but, he denied
brfore them all, saying, 1 know not wnat thou
avest. He was accused In-another ; "and
again he denied with an oat.l, saying, l know
not the man.
Lnd "after a while they that
stood by" accosted him with the same accu
sation ; "then began lie to curse axd to
swear, saying, I know not the man !" He soon
nuerward3 "went cut ana wept bitterly.-
Peter was cuiltv of lying and profanity-. It
was condnct grossly- inconsistent with his
religious chiracter; but it is not intimated
that he was insane. The Savior, "who knew
vfhat was in tlie heart of man,"' said to his
followers, "watch and pray that ye enter not
into temptation." Ana an apostle saia, "let
him that thinketh he standcth take heed lest
he fall!" Such is human nature, that a good
character is no certain guaranty that its po?
eoocnr mav not fall into sin, and but feeble
evidence against clear proof of guilt Still,
we commend tbi3 evidenco t your considera-
. r ? r a. ' 1
tiou upon tins question 01 insanity; uuu you
will allow it all the weight you think it merits,
in the prisoner's behalf. - ,
It has also been shown that one of the
prisoner's brothers is insane, and has been a
raving maniac for twenty-eight or thirty years,
and that he has a sister who, as some of the
witnesses expressed it; i3 a weak-minded
woman. She" is married, and lias children;
but, ia the opinion of some of the witnesses,
is not capable .of giving proper attention to
her children and her domestic affairs. TBia
evidence was offered, and received, to shew a
hereditary taint. Insanity is, no doubt, a
hereditary disease, which may appear, and re
appear, overleaping, sometimes, a generation.
And proof of its existence in a family is per
tinent evidence on a question like this. The
evidence here, however, going no further than
we have stated, is very slight, It does not
appear that his parents, or any of his ances
tors, have been insane, or any of the family,
except one brother. Hut, if such proof were
made, the force of it would only be to show a
liability, "or a nreditpotition; at most, to the j
disease. That is not the disease. IfaUyrM-j
itarv taint were etaoiinea, 11 nngui aia in
out Marbourg and shot iUX """ In revenge
for an injury ? If, calm &rJ oneicited, and
na ihe. w i t n pss pa liad fl.lw.lVS beiJ.""e ECen him,
to jOUf consideration, ana to sucu weight as
you think' it de?ervC3, ia determining the
duestion ot his sanity. Is it probable, the
solving the questio-f, whether his unusual
conduct is most reasonably ascribablo to in
sanity or anger. You will judge whether this
evidence sheds any light on the question.
We all -remember, too, that the prisoner
became suddenly ill here in this room on last
Friday, and it has been shown that, after he
was taken to the jail, he was laboring under
delirium, and was, for a short time, phrensied
and raving, lie imagined there were persons
there trying to injure him. and he wanted the
sheriff sent for to protect him, when the sher
ig teas there trying to calm him. lie wanted
to see his son, when his son was present. He
fancied they wanted to shoot him, and that he
saw blood on his breast, lie continued in
that state near half an hour, when he fell
asleep and awoke rational. This was delirium,
"resulting," as Dr. Bunn testifies, "from de
pression following high nervous excitement,
and resembling mania a potu." "During its
continuance, there can be no doubt he would
not have been responsible for any act done by
him. But, the question is not what was his
condition on Friday, but on the 12th of Feb
ruary, when he shot ilarbourg. , The evidence
has no other bearing on this question thau a3
it tnpy tend to show the existence of some
predisposition to delirium or mania, under
like circumstances, "and from a similar cause,
and of the same character. He had been un
der excitement a week before the homicide.
This fact, with the evidence now under'con
sideration, it 13 argued, explains and accounts
for h"i3 conduct at that time. It is not made
appear,. however, that he labored under any
delusion thea.: He was dealing with a' real
character, and for a reason then given. To
the excitement up to that time was added that
of the terrible tragedy, of every thing that
ha3 followed to hjm, and of this trial ; and yet
we do not .learn that he had any mania or
delirium during the intervening month. That
mania, too, results from and follows excite
ment; while he wa3 under high excitement at
the time of the homicide. It is to be remarked,
also, that in mania' a potu, with which. Dr.
Buna classes it, the patient is not fierce, but
tearful, his delusion being apprehended danger
to himself, which he is trying to escape ; and
so it was .with him on Friday.
On the other hand, it is urged that the
prisoner, during the whole of the veek before
the homicide, was ferreting out and trying to
ascertain the truth of the reports concerning
his wife and the deceased; going from one
person to another, and from place to place, n3
he discovered some new source of informa
tion ; comparing statements and noticing dis
crepancies, ia his efforts to get at the truth,
a3 counsel would prepare a cause ; that, after
having satisfied himself of the truth of the re
ports, he provided the loaded pistol and wtnt
to tho vicinity of the post oiiice, where, as
it i3 alleged, he expected to find the deceas
ed ; wr.itcd andwatched, lying in wait for
him ia Wehn'a store, as it is also alleged,
till he passed; followed him to the post oice,
and shot him down what he declared a week
befora he would do, if he found the report to
be true, and giving that reason for it at the
time and afterwards. Ia all this, it is argued
against the prisoner, he wa3 following out
and executing a deliberately formed and re
peatedly declared purpose, reasoning at every
step, and knowing and understanding what
he was. about. It i? urged, also, that he
afterwards wMit to the otSce of Irvin Rut-
'nre, Esq., knowing where it was, aud that
he wfc'amagistrate; stating to him.that he
had shot x Srbourg, and had come to surren
d
er hfiuelf into the hands of the law, expres- that we would be permitted, tcithout molesta
rr t the same 'irne belief that God ! Hon, to cultivate the arts of peace and vindi-
would forgive I:im, anu ! willingness to be
tried by a jury of Jiia cou.T'JT- This, it 13
argued, all clearly shows, that lie knew at the
time the nature and consequences' of the
deed, and knew and understood ';efyre w'Jt
tribunal he was answerable for it.
You, gentlemen of the jury, will take into
careful consideration the whole evidence, and
determine the prisoner's responsibility. This
is all we have to say toyou.
If you nd the prisoner guilty, yon will
state in your verdict the degree of his crime,
or of what you find him guilty. If you find
him not guilty on the ground of insanity,
the only ground on which you can cacquit
h:ra,-r-it will be your duty to state that you
find he wa3 insane at the time of the commis
sion of the act, and that you acquitdum.on
that ground. "i
And no ar, gentlemen, we have.dischargcd
Our duy. We have dealt faithfully withthi3
case. We sit here, as you sit in that box, to
discharge our duty, as yon must discharge
yours, tinder the solemn obligations of an
oath. llaviDgdone so, according to our best
judgment, no conscious self-reproach, which
we bioM of all consciences most dread,
will ever rise up within U3 to disturb 113 in
the future. I"pr other consequences, we are
not responsible, it not our province, nor
yours, to make the law, but to administer it.
it is not for us or for you to remit it3 penal
ties; the pardoning power is lodged in other
hands Whatever the result may be, to the
prisoner or to the public, whether it be a
result which will convict the prisoner, or ac
quit him, that will vindicate the law, or
strike it down, whatever the result may be,
we are acquitted at the. bar of our own con
science. The case, and the responsibility of its de
cision, are now with you.
" On Wednesday, lGth inst, the two
houses of our State Legislature met in
joint convention, for the purpose of elect
ing a Stale Treasurer. On the first ballot,
Hon. Henry D. Moore, (Republican) of
Philadelphia, who formerly held the office
for two terms, was elected, receiving G6
votes against 5G for Wm. D. M'Grath, the
preseut Democratic incumbent. Mr.
Moore has heretofore proven himself a
skillful and safe, financier; and with the
experience he has alreadv had in the
ofSce, it is safe to say that the financial
affairs of the State will.be carefully guard
ed in his hands.
Since the appointment of Grant
as Lieutenant Genera:, the position held
for a year and a half by General Halleck
ias been declared a superfluity. Accor
dingly, the latter has been removed there
from and made Chief of Staff at Wash
ington. Sherman succeeds Grant in the
comtnnnu 01 i;e Army or tne Csoutnwest.
Grant's headquarterss Commander-in-
chief, will be "in the field.".
1ST" It 13 rumored that Lieut. Gen
Grant will soon take command of ; the
Army of the Potomac, as General-in-chief,
and movfl upon the enemy's works. If
so, tncre win te aomctcking uone soon.
Xgm The .President? has appointed
Charles Gilpin U. S. District Attorney
"or Philadelphia, vice George A." Coffey,
deceased. . . -
IKEl, The Richmond Dispatch pots Lent
in the South lasts 365 days. j
2?3tio iillesliaiiian.
UIGHTORWBOSG.
WHEN RIGHT, TO BE KEPT RIGHT,
WHEN'. W ROM O.'TO BE PCI RIGHT.
EOEXSBUKG:
THURSDAY::::::::::::::::::::::MARCH 21.
-- for president: -ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, of Illinois.
The 'Answer," and tVnat of It.
. The Dcm. & Sent, haa'given us what it
is pleased to. style "an answer" to some
queries we propounded, it , a few weeks
ago. Let us look at it :
It says it is "not ashamed to proclaim
it sentiments ia favor of peace." We are
not surprised at this it is lost to all sense
of shame. . This is known and read of all
men who" have the patience to wade
through its filthy columns from week to
week. .What kind of peace does it want?
Since it is eternally harping on ( this one
string, it certainly: ought to be able to
define its position, and give us the terms
of the peace it' sot-devotedly wishes.
Just here, talking of peace, let U3 say
there has .never been a. time . since the
beginning of the rebellion when the rebels
proposed any other terms of adjustment of
our. difficulties than is contained in the
desire, to be "let alone." .' In the last
"Manifesto of the Confederate Congress to
the Southern People," we have the desire
of the-:e villainous outlaws Eet forth as
fellows : . .
' In every form in which expression could be
given to the sentiments in public meetings,
through the pres3 by legislative resolves
the desire of the people for the uninterrupted
enjoyment of their rights and property, have
been mad3 known. - The President, more
authoritatively in several of his messages,
protesting the utter absence of all desire to
interfere with the United Statit, or acquire any
of them, ba3 avowed that the advent of peace
will be hailed with joy."
Ajzam.
"Commencing our new National life under
such circumstances, we had a right to expect
, care on our cnoscn arena, anu wuu iue tejevitu
type of social characteristics, our claim to
nvilization."
This :s the kind of "peace" which
Davis & Co. want, and this is the kind of
peace :hich the D. &. S. wants. After
those arch-riittrs and infernal scoundrels
have succeeded in faveigling their willing
dupes to resist the "powei? that be after
they have initiated one of the ?ickcdcst
rebellious on record, stolen the nations
property, and deluged the land in blood ;
after they have pulled down on their guil
ty heads the execration of the whole
civilized world there are whimpering
curs in the North mean enough to yelp
them on by saying, "wayward sisters, go in
peace !'
The cases of Mexico and lrea5 Britain
are not parallel cases to our own at all.
"England, proud England," never made a
treaty with us until force of circumstau
ces compelled her to so do, and Mexico the
same. Has it come to this, that we, like
a whipped spaniel, must cower before tho
"Iord3 of the lash" and make peace be
cause wecan do no better ?- Never! The
D. & S. know3 better. r
Then. 112am. we nave a rehash ot the
1 a
old, threadbare assumption, "Why did our
Government abandon the policy upon
which it ptarted out at the commencement
of the war!" Th"i3 is departing from the
usual phraseology of the D. & S., and
virtually acknowledging the "Administra
tiou" is the "Government 1 ne acs?gn
of tho Government is; to put down the
rebellion at all hazards. It started out
with jthe policy to save the Union with or
without Slavery, as the case might be.
After the war had progressed a consider
able length of time, it became evident that
Slavery was the hand by which the mouth
of the rebellion was fed, and it was deter
mined to sever this hand by one decisive
blow. '
Cut. it has "turned the war into a
crusade against the peculiar and local
institutions of the South." This is what
disturbs the night visions and day dreams
of Southern sympathizers. Slavery , has
been the master of the Shamocracy for the
pas thirty years, and now because it ia in
danger, the war ought to stop ! This same
party has always been for war or against
war, for peace or against peace, just as its
master might decree. But it will have to
give it up at last, for its leaders begin to
acknowledge, unwillingly, that "Othello's
occupation ia gone."
The D. & S. thows poor proficiency in 1
its catechism, and it it does not answer
betfer ic will never ba admitted into full
communion. In answer to "Who are the
Abolitionists ?" it says "they are shoddy
contractors, unprincipled office holders,
sycophants of base tyrants." Miiro than
that, sir; if you mean all who are opposed
to Slavery, then their name is legion.
Peter Beauregard includes all the North
under the ban, and to-day a vast majority
of the honorable freemen of the North
have passed the righteous decision that
Slavery shall die. - -.
"Who are those who first responded to
their country's call ? Wrho are thoso who
are enlisting by thousands V "Democrats,"
the D& S. stupidly drawls out. We do
not deny that there are brave Democrats
iu the army, but there are but few .Cojiper
heads,, excepting those who were taken
against their-will, or who crept into places
f profit under disguise. ,Tt is very strange
if our soldiers . are all Democrats, that
when they came home last fall, according
to the Copperhead press, . they all voted
for Curtin. Please solve us that riddle,
neighbor, and we will be able not only to
"point to one Abolitionist," tut to thou
sands "who have enlisted honorably in the
army," notwithstanding the broad assertion
that you have put forth, that not one sin
gle "Abolitionist" has honorably enlisted
in the army, within a thousand miles of
this place. From the fact that we can't
give the exact proportions, suppose we
just' wait for the election returns next fall,
when our noble braves will be allowed to
vote, in defiance of the opposition of those
sixteen' Copperhead Stae Senators. . '
"Wc nerer speak di-respcctfully of cur
soldiers in the field, or. slander, them, so
long as they behavo themselves." This
is a deliberate lie. You have slandered
our brave soldiers who went ' from ths
place on every available opportunity. This
is a matter so patent to all that we need
net wasfc words 1 upon it. Never slander
our soldiers ! why, what did you say only
last week concerning the "emergency"
men of last summer, who went forth to
defend the State when her institutions
were in deadly peril? Why, that they
were common thieves aud pickpockets!
We care nothing about the garbled ex
tract from the Boston Common wealth, as
to the ignorance prevailing in Massachu
setts. She needs no defence by us, as she
needed none in the day of Webster, when
he replied to Ilayne. There she is, read
her history. All the world knows of the
reputation, of the schools and the general
intelligence of New England, if the D. &
S. does not. That there is ignorance
there, wc do not deny ; but the statistics
conclusively show that the greater amount
of it is confined to the foreign populafion
of this "self-righteous people." By the
uy; it is touching a very sen&hivc point
Wiien you broach a man's religion. The
editor 01 the P- & S. has no more business
with tho religion of the people of New
England than we have with his. But we
are willing to compare notes with him any
day. And if we had a mind, we might
tell such a bloody talc of stakes and mar
tyrs as would throw the "burning of old
women for witches" far into the shade.
As to the "'Greenbacks," so Jong as the
public are satisfied with their "value," it
makes very little difference about the
insane ravings of this mongrel sheet. See
the fable of the fly on the horn of the ox.
By the way, we seem to have a faint rec
ollection of hearing of a certain editor who
was proffered a five hundred dollar Green
back for dues on subscription, and that he
fumbled over his "pile" and found his
change . wanting. We have just been
wondering whether the issues of the same
"paper mills" of Lincoln & Co. are still
at par at the office of tho D. k S.
We cannot close without advising the
editor of the D. & S. to repent, because we
are convinced his "end is nigh," politic
ally, if he persists in his wicked ways. A
day of reckoning is coming, when an
incensed people will visit with fearful
reckoning those who have hoodwinked
and deceived them too long. These little
one-horse teams, like the D. & S., who
have more brass in their faces than brains
in their head?, and who are continually
crying "unconstitutional !" "unconstitu
tional !" will be brought to a severe
account, when the war closes which
will soon take place and the traitors of
the South have received their just doom.
These sneaking torie3 will then be looked
upon with-contempt, and they richly de
serve the scorn and indignation of all
Dod men. The thunder of a nation re
generated from tho curse of treason and
slavery will mutter "traitor !" in their ears,
And as they skulk away down to their
graves of shame, the lightnings of insulted
justice will icarch their guilty souls to
the very gates of hell.
I'ut 111 111 Eown. n
The Dan.ib Sent., unable to successf '
ly controvert our statement frith regards
the political complexion of the"emer
cy" company which'went from Ebensbur
in June last, upon the occasion of tht
rebel invasion of Pennsylvania-. 1
statement being to the effect thatof 11
ninety men composing it, only fionje
dozen acknowledged themselves to ta
Copperheads, ha3 recourse to a ver!
dirty tut very characteristic' expedient
order ti dodge the' true" issue. Unable tj
deny our assertion, it doea the "next h-
ming in its power, ana makes ira atteiB ,
to throw unlimited odium upon these
ooi
ilavu uu i&uvj ii4Ui i us 11 L LltC 'a & 1
bristling steel between their homes and
firesides and 'tho ; war's desolation
classing them in the same category
th ieves and outlaws. It introduces the
following extract from tho Bedford Ga
zette of the 2Gth June last in support (,?
its position : - -!; - "
"The citizens of Bedford did all tbataj '
their power" to feed them (the "emergent?
men): and make them comfortable. Euth.t
was the surprise of our people, when tLey fc,BBj
that instead of friends, they were really harbor
ingfoes! For no sooner hn.l they arriyej tnaa
they bepan to scatter abroad through the'ecas.
try, etealing horses, shooting cattle, atiddestrcT
ing propertj generally. They seemed to U
under no restraint from their officers ; Ma,t 0;
the latter, as we are informed, tncouragiitti
men in their lawless conduct."
Now, to phow up the Dcm. & Sent. in
its tiuc light, let us continue the arliclp
from. which it makes the abovo extract-
and here jet us. remark th.3t the entin
article as published in the Bedford Gaztiu
was reproduced iu-thc Dem."& .Sent. ef
date July 1, 18G3, we" quoting from tie
Dcm. & SBil'i. own republication of it
After mentioning that some cfScera "en
couraged tho men in their liiTles con
duct," the next two sentences goon to say
that -
- ,;Tru--, there were many well-behaTednndnu'et
men nnioii these militia, and we, of coarse' ti-
ccpt such in onr. animadversions upon tie coEcitirt
of their rowdy companion". A compost tecx
Eeexsbukg was ax i:osop.arle exceptional
ire make thi mention so that ii'ftis'ice way t:
be done thtm."
Fair, honest-minded reader ! Whatca
be said, thiok you, tco strongly denun
ciatory of a sheet which thus unblushic--iy
distorts the truth to suit its own selfish
purposes What would you say cf tie
man who quoted, as a justificatioa &r
murder, the sixth commandment to read,
"Thou thalt kill ?" Yet the one perver
sion is no worse than the other, nor mora
effectually obscures the tiue signification
of what is intended to be said. We think
we never, in our somewhat limited expe
rience, saw or heard of a mere deliberate
attempt at dishonest, dca'ing tbeni m
evinced in this same experiment at fal
sifying the record. Did you? It even
overtops the Dcm. t Sent.' 8 assertion in
July last, only two or three days before
the battlo of Gettysburg, that the report
of the rebel invasion of the State was a
lie, an invention of the administration ta
gel men into the army, that it wa3 ill
a "big scare I"
Oh I time, death, and the hereafter !
What is the world cominc: to when beincJ
created in the image of God allow them
selves to thus degrade their manhood ! Ij
the theory of "total depravity" then the
true odc !
But why eomplain ! Falsehood anj
slander constitute tho natural "element of
the Dem. & Sent. lying aud reiterating
a lie its daily meat and drink. Conceiv
ed in sin and reared in iniquity, to expect
anything other than wickedness from i!
teachings wore to reverse the general
order of things. The age of miracles i'
past. When a profane roan opes li
mouth, it is to let fall an oath ; when the
Dan, & Sent. brays, it is to give utters
to falsehood and deceit. .
The Dem. & Sent, is the accredit
organ of, the Copperhead party of tbi
county. If "liko father lie .son" be
maxim which will hold a
instance, to what an unfathomable depth ot
moral blackness and darkness then most
Dot that party bo sunk !
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