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The Conn.“ in published ev‘e_ry}fqnday
mm-ning, by Has-1w J. Sunni, M $1 75 per
annum if paid strictly [é “Nuts—s 2 00
per annum if not paid in :ldvance. No
subscription discontinued, unless u thé
Option of the publisher, until all marge:
are mxicl. , ,
Anvuinsun'rsinsertednnheusualnlm.
Jun Pumnxa done with neatnogsv and
dispatch. '- _
03? ch in Snuth‘Baltimqfe street, directly
(Iprin ‘Vamplen’ Tlnnlhg Establishment
-7“COIPILII,PRLN'H.\'U Orncx” on theslgn.
' «an n ,
; ‘ mamammz. ammo
1 x J. C.‘ Neely,
.. 1‘ TTOBXEY AT LAW, will attend to collec
" M! ,L lions and all other business intrusmd to
,5 ray: with. promptucfis. Office in the S. E.
A corner of the Diamunwl, (formerly occupied by
' “(11L B. McClellan. Esq.)
‘ Géltysburg. April H. 1859. 1!
Wm. B. McClellan,
TTORXEY AT LAW.——che in Westmd-
A<He man, one door won 0! fine new
Court House. '
Gettysburg. Nov. H. 1859.
: Wm. A. Duncan,
TTORNHY AT I..\W.—'()fficc in the North-
A west corner ochutrc Squnrn, Gettysburg,
'u. , ‘ ‘ [O3L 3,1859. :1
A. J. Cover,
'I‘TOR‘N'EY AT LAW, will promptly attend
A tn Collections‘ and All other business en
lrm‘led l 0 hifn: Uflice between Falhnealucks’
nml Dunm-rk Zieglur's Stores, Baltimore street
()ctty'gburg, I‘4. [Sept. 5, 1859.
. D. McConaughy,
TTORNHY AT LAW, (office oml door "a
o! Buehlcr’n drug and' hook fitnre,.(fluun
ershu'g strt'vt.) ATTORNEY AND SOLIFITOR FDR
'PATKSTH AM) l’msmws. Bounty Land Wur
"~ rants, "nt‘k—puy «lulu-mind Claimn, n'ml nll
other claim: llL'ilill‘it the Government :1! \Vnsh
‘ iuu'mx. D. (J..; also.\mcricunGlnimsin England.
L.md Wnrmnn located and solcl,or hollflll'fllnd
highest prim-4 givi-ui Agents engaged in 10,
, outing w-xrrnnta in Imm, Illinois nntl'nthm
western Sums WApply to him personally
_ or by h-tu-r. '
’ Gollysburg, Nov. 21, '5l. - .‘
Edward B. Buehler.
TTURXEY AT LAW, will fuilhl'ully nnd
_A proxnfrtly attend to u‘l busineflsenlrusteul
[0 him. Up speak: Hue (h-rmnn lunyunget—
Oifiuo at the mime mzu-P, in South Hultilimre
stnet. near Furnry’: drug store, uni! nearly
opposite Dunner A: erqlor's sun-of
Ge!t_vslpl.rg,.Mnnx~cln 20.
‘, J. Lawrence Hill, M. D.
" .\S his omt-o nng ’_ u
\ I I dnnr “Ht 0! the “ ““313
Lutheran churrb in '
Ulmmhershurg street, and oppnsite I'it-Lhrp’s
'fllure. where Hume wishing to hnve any [lomnl
()[H‘ffllioll [wrlormcd urn rcwcrlfully invited to
cull. thmutxt‘nsz Drs. Horner, lhvv. (‘. l'.
" Knuth, DJ) , Ilvv. H. L. flamzher, D. D.,‘llev.
' Prof. M. sznhs, I. )f. .\L 1.. Sin-run
A Gettysburg, Apt; 11, '53.
~ , : Butrega 8; Peters
) \\' Hw highmt cash pnccs for n,“ kinds of
1 :ulms, . ' ' . -
‘ . ' . FLm'u, A . -
‘. . -.. ~_ snaps. km,‘ .
a! file Brit-k “Eh-hon“- izr New Uxfmnl.
' (‘,n‘ybmnll'v mm [mud n Luge ll~~lH'HnC'll nf
CNW‘H’HHS. v-t \fihhll“-|‘l' um! robin—film}
{LINN-3m ("'.\L, CII' \NU, PLASTEII, kc.
.\nriJ‘Z'R. WI"). 13* .
Adams County
‘ ZU'TI .\I. FHH‘I INSUH \XUI‘I "(’\H'AXYZ—
‘ Into o .1104 \Lxrth 13,1351.
_ o‘rrwrns. ' ‘
1 Prrnirfv'nl—Cc-nrm- 8“ mm.
-° I'mr I’l'Nul'r'nl—h. ‘R. Russell
: Srv-rr7tlr’ll—s). A. Huohlvr.
N Thumn'zr—[hn'id ‘\['('rour'\z
Ilnru'l'rr F» n lulu-r-L—V‘m‘u-rt .\lt-(‘xlrdy, Inch}-
Kiwilert-w "rinru-Imnn. ‘
Winnrllrrx—(h-Qrvw 8“ mm. [L A. hut‘hlrr. R.
MTI} 'rhj. JAPOhKhiLKA.lllinl‘lelmun.l).“:
(‘n-anf. S. 'R. Ruewll. JJ‘R. :ler), Sunny]
T! xrh-nrm‘, E. G l" dun-mm. “‘m. H. \\"l,=vm.
.Jl. A; Pickinc. Wm B. \I. mun"... Jul-n \\'..l
- mil It. 1;. \ll‘l‘rngrr.Jnhn I’m-king, “...11‘.
W“Fright. Jthu (innuinglnvn‘. .\lnlit'l’ F‘ (Lin,
Jzumy ".\l'H‘Ellduu“ Hirin-“mlzvvh .
GB-l‘hi-I Unnmnny id limited in it: npor-n-
. “one tn the cumilv d! Mime. h (ms lu‘w‘n 'm
’ sun-eulul mmmlinn fnr more, than =ix vo’nrs,
and irytlmt pm'iml lmw [mid Vull 113-184 and oV
"pensés,mi~l_llultl mu] nuwuun'nl.Having Men n large
surplus capital in the Trvncury. The (‘.mn
puly‘ emplnya no .~—ull lyusinofis being
Jdnué'hr tllr' \lm:l':vr~x,\\lxn:lr9 nnzurlrly elm-t
-ethz‘v the Str)rk‘lnl-!Pr~. Any poi-inn desiring
1m Inmrlmw' ran npnh' l 0 unv of Hl9 shore
n-lmrH “.Inn n-r 4 lnr lurthor inl'nrnn-(inn.
W'l‘ho [‘lvm-ulivs (‘nm'nnmo "IW'N M the
iolfiw ofthe (‘,li‘ann“ on the lust \\';dnesdny'
in 'every muulh, M l, P. .\l. '
Smut. 2'7. 18:)“. >
Still at Work I
QAPHMAKIXG AND l'-L_"H‘l§“\H'l‘lH\‘(‘-
—'!:he undersigned roepn-mfullr iuhnms
his friends and the public l|l~l In? rnmlungs
lhu Ummhmaking nnxl lilzu lwumlniu: lumnvss
‘in Every hunch in. his t-slnlxlidunvnf in Hunt
- l-rréhuu btrcrt.‘llc has an h.m»l and will
mnnuLu-furo tn nrdoruli kinds n! ('.\l!RlAlir2.\',
* IH'GUIHS, SLEIHIH. Sp‘riulz “’:l_'oll<l'»kl'.. of
flu- hey. mauer‘ml. “ml mmle h_\' superim‘ \\ mk
_ men. P'S‘anumm and llmcxamnnsu of
all kinds done In. rcasqnu‘uli- run-a, promptly
and L 0 8110 satisfaction 01 cusmm‘orfi.
Colts-my anvl’ck taken id exchange for
,- work at market prices. ' '
fil’craons desiring articles or work in the
Conchmnking or lilacksmithizzg line, are re
lpectfuliy iuutcd 10 mm on ~
JUHN L. IIULTZWORTH.
, Geltysliurg. Jan. 2:1. ’59. i ~
Something Ne w
N GETTYSBL‘RH.—-The undersigned informs
I thc.eitizens of the town and county. that he
has commenced the ‘BAKLVG bhsiness, on a
largepscalo, in York street, (icggysbirg. nearly
opposite \\'unles’s Hotel, where he wilLtry to
deserve, and hopes to receive, a liberal pan-ou-
Rge. BREAD, ROLLS, CAKES, GILMCKHRS,
PRETZELS, &L'., km, linked every dny, (b'un
dnys'execptedJ all of the best quulity, and sold
m. the lowest livingaprofits, Cricker-bnking in
all xu branches islnrgeiy carried on, and orders
t 0 any nmolgnt, from this and adjoining coun
ties, supplied.nt the shortest notice. Having
erected a Inge and comnmdious bake-home and
secured the best workman and the most. 11p
prqud machinery, he is pared to do u
hear} business. ’ .1 -
‘L! [SE SAUPEE'.
‘e "at i.
July 25,1859
‘ ~ ’ A. Hatmot & Son’s
, OFA AND FURNITURE WAREROOSIS,XO3.
‘ S 2'5 and 27 N. 6ny street, Bultimore, (near
Fayette at.,) extending from Gary to Frederick
|t.—the largest establishment ofthe kind in the
Union. Always, on hand u large assortme‘ffl of
HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE FURNITURE, em
‘ bracing Bureaus, Bedsteads, \\’ushstunds, Ward
rpbcs, Mattresses of Husk, Cotton and Hair
* Spfin'g Beds, Sofas, Tete-e-Tetes, Arm Chairs,
Rocking Chairs, Etugeres, Marble Tables, Set~
lees, Reception and Upholstered Chairs, AS
SORTED COLORS 0F COTTAGE FURSH‘URE,
I Wood Churn, Offiée Chairs, Barber Chairs,
Cribs and. Cradles, Hat Racks, Hall Furniture,
Gilt nfl Walnut Frame Looking Glasses, Side
boaras, Extension Tables, ot'erary length.
Persons disposed to purchase are invited to
can and give our stock an examination, whit-h
for nriety and .quality of workmanship is not.
oqutfled by my gatoblishment in the country.
~ 4. MATHIOT. a SON,
Nos. 25 and 27 N. Guy street.
Aug. 6 1860. , . t _
Queens‘ware,
- IF yo}: Hunt anything in the QUEENSWARE
line 9415: A. SCOTT _k 5035, _ybgreyoq
\\ wxllfind‘thgfieu assozmgm. in £o6m.
" Khaki-86:2- . .- 4 ..r 1;;
GAL OlL—u. TI ~ .‘.
M. R. noannvs Drug Store
77"?
ga“ at: f“ ~~§4é2 4?” My a g M’.- “
~ ' mm J] . ‘lko \‘ ~ _‘ fgflflf ! N #2, .
. , , JV U ‘Jy/w [>l9
’4 " , , ~‘ . , .' V _ .
Br H. J. STAHLE
dasth Year-
@ll2 @1152.
“AT THE LANT.” J
[This beautiful litth: poem appeared origina'l
ly in the Independent, wnltnn on the pnséage
“Hun greth forth unuLhis walk and mlhis
labor mm] the cvcning."] ‘ ,
The stream is cahfiest when it ncnrs the tide, '
And flqurs ure sweetest at ‘the cveutide, ~
And birds most music") at. the (~lch of day,
And saints define»: when they puss away“
.\lnrnin: ig: lovely, bu} a th‘ior charm .
Liesfoldesl close in Pn'ening‘s mhe of balmy;
And weury maxi quugevcilme be; best, ‘
For Morning culls to tell, but night Lowest. “
She come: from heaven, and on her wings floth
henr , _ ‘
A holy fragrance, like the bran“! of prayer;
Foqlst‘epa of angels follow'in “3;” truce, ‘
To shut the weary rycs of Day 1n pence.
All things nre‘ hushed hefnre her ; ns she t]:!‘q“s
U'c-r earth and sky her mnn'le «(n-pose; ' '
There is a calm, a bounty, and}! power
’rlm'l Morhinzknows not, in the Evening ham.
l'mil ll": Evrning we must \\'ct-pnnd mil, ‘
Plough life‘s stern furrow, dig i'w yoedqunii'.
Trwld with. son) feel our rough and [horny way,
A'ud bear the bent nnd burden ofthe day.
(My! when nur sun i: culling, mnr we giide,
« n a” ‘
LIM- Summer Evening. down thq golden Mule;
, .
.\ud IL-uu- ’H‘hln'l us, M “c pnu‘nway,
Sweet. slurry twflirzht munvl our 51w ping clny.
figimfilnnwnfi.
~.1 . ’ .
Ex-Premdent Buchanan’s -
STA Tmnmvs Izmv'rm'u GENERAL
‘ smrrs. _
'l‘” THE Fm‘rims or Tm; X.AT;OV.\L TVTELIJ
REVCER :—-( )n \\'Hinosjny his! I _rpcuived the
‘\'rl/inlllll 1,./://:qnu-rr cml'nivuing l‘m'n. Sentt’<
:ulclw» tn the puhlir'. 'l‘Lriq i~ thrmwhnut
an nnoliwu‘sml cvmuro of mm» conduct
during the lnct month: of mv .\dminiflru
lion in regard to Hm sgven Cuttu n States
now in rplmHion. Frofin mu- pnerelulioua
_I “w: err-.xtly mun-km] at the nmmnrnncp
nf' th ‘n pgnor. In one nspnct. meovvr.
it “-::: highlv gratifying. It hm jnflifimi
me. mv. it, hntrmlderorl it, nbmlutely ne
nmmry that I slmulrl no longer remain
silvnt i‘n )(Nvmrt to charge: which have
‘wcn long \'nl_'nr“\' oirvulnting. Ihurnre now
m'ulnr~c<l by the re~pnn~ible name of Gen.
Son”. ~ ‘ I
: I. Tim {hwt and Ill’Wt nrnminont much:
tin-<0 chm-um i 5 mv lot'umi mm’nm‘linte'y :10
iL'nrriw-n nilm mnunvl'ntmh fixrtifimltinns.
H‘HHOX’MI ov'l-r <ix or the Somhr-rn Stat s,
“counting In the roonmvnvmlntion of n” :
[\‘r‘ntl. in hi< “Viva' mhlrewml tn the \\'m‘
Dupnrtmnwnn thP 20th and 30th of-(Jv
‘ Ihlwr. 1960. And 'it lnh‘ own been nlh-ged
that it' thi» hm! hw‘n done it might hu'e
iprpvnnlml tho civil \\'ur. , I
I This- refill") i: _nthihutod without tlO
Imm muse tn the influfince of Gnvernht"
Flnwl. All my Cnhinpt. mint. hear me wit
m-w that. I “am. the President mvwlt'. he-
spflanlllle for all the n’cts nl'tlu- .\rlmiuimh
tion: nwl vermin it, ifi that duringthe l. Ht.
six mnnthn t-revmua tn the 29th uf Dene 1-
hoi‘.‘l.\‘lltl_ (the day. on, which he _rpsigzn d
hi“ nflir'e alter my request.L he r-knreis L 1
leeriiufluenr‘e on the Administration t'II. n
:mv other memler of the Cabinet. It ['s
Hull wan: lllllnPdl‘l't‘lV tlwreatter trnvl~felr+tl
l‘mm thol’mt “Hive l) ‘pnrtmcnt tn tlmt‘hf
\\'nr: «0 that from this time until the 41!:
0! Min-ch. 1961. which was hy far the|m st
important pvt-.ml of the Adlllilxl~ll':l[l0|l. lie
[lE‘l‘lul'lllUtl the nlu‘tieeof Secretary of Whi
tri mv emin- <-uti<t’.mtiun. ,
But why «lul I not immediately g'lt'l‘litln
these nine thrxiticutinns. in sueh u. nunmelr,
tn ":0 the language nt'_ Gen. Sh”. ‘Jna ‘tn
,makunny attempt tn take why of their: lly
t-lll'l)Tl>e nrmnp «Ir nlmn ridiculous?" There
is One umwor, hath emy mul econfiugi e,
even ifolller \‘nlitl runmns (lltl nobexisL-L
There were n'o m‘uilnlvle troops within rea'fih
which'éould he sent to these fortifimtioifi.
To hnve attempted a military operation It
a scale my extensive by any means within
the President’s pnwer would have heén
simply absurd. Of this Gen. Scott himself
seems to have been convinecd,.~fnr on the
day after thexlnte of his first “viewe.” llé
addressed (on the 30th October) supple
mental views to the “In: Dépnrtment, in
which he states: .“ Theie is om- (nyular)
company in Region, one liaere; (at (he Ally-rows.)
one, at I’ittaburg. one at Augusta, (Ga.,) one (I!
Baton Rovige.”~in allfiuc companies only within,
reach to yarn-{Minor reinforce lie: for}: mentiol'l‘cd
in (In; “news.”
Five _ panies—i’our hundred men—to
occupylifnd reinforce nihe fortifications in'
six highly excited Southem States! The
‘ force “within reach” was so entirelyinade
quute that nothing more needgbe said on
the shhject. To have attempted such‘ls
.military operation ,with so feeble a force,
|llnd the Presidential electibn impending.
1 would have been in invitation to collision
, and secession. Indeed, if the whole Ameri
‘ can army, consisting of only sixteen thous
and men, had been “within reach,” they
would have been scarcely sufficient for this
purpose. Such was our want (If troops
that, although Gen. Scott, believing, in op- ,
position to the opinxon~of the committee ‘
raised in the House of Representatives, that 1
the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln might be
-interrupted by military force, was only able
to assemble -at'Washington, so late as the
4th March, six hundred and fifty-three ,
men, rank and file of the army. And, to
make up this array, even the Suppers and *
Miners were brought from West Point. 1
But why was there no greater force with- l
in reach? This question could be better ?
answered_ by Gen. b‘cott himself than by ahy i
other person. ‘Uur small regulsrarmymitlu
the exception of a few hundred men, were ‘
out of reach, on our remote frontiers,where
it had been continuously stationed for
years, to protect the inhabitants and the 1
emigl'ants on their way thither from thei
attacks of hostile Indians. All were insul— ‘
ficieut, and both Gen. Scott and mysell'had
endeavored in vain to prevail ufon Con~
grain: to raise several additional regimen .e
for this Rurpose. In recommending this
augmentation of the army, the General
states, in his report to the War Department
of November, 1857, that “it would not more ‘
than furnish the reinmrcements 110 w great- l
ly'needed in Flbridt,’l%xm, Neji'Mexiéo,
California, Oregon,Wushington,('l.Ԥ) Kmslh.
'Nebraskn, Minnesota, leevmgnpt a com-‘
Ammmfimm Aswan) mmuw mmwmu
pnnv t‘or I'tnh.” Anrl again. in his report
of November. lß’ilß, he myg ;_
“This went of troop: to give reasonable
security to our citizens in distant nettle—
mentx, including emigrants on the plains,
‘cz’tn scnrcely he too strongly stated; but I.
‘ willionly :tdll. that as often as we have been
gobliged to withdraw troops from nne from
1 tier inzorder tp reinforce another, the weak-:
enetl pointshave been instantly attacked on
throuten‘e-l with fnrmitlahm invasion." ‘
These " View: ” nfGeneial Scott exhihit‘
the crude notions: thien prevailing even
umong intelligent and tmtriotie men on this,
subject of secesaiom ’in the first sentence.‘
the General, whilst stating that “to save
time, the, right of hece-sieinn may he minced-1
e'l." yet immediately Shays, "thin i‘q instant
t ly linln’nced hy the cormlative right on the
part of the Federal Goqernment against an
interior State or States to re—estnblish ~hy
fiu‘ee, if necewnry, itq formei' eontinuity ol'
territ'ory."’ (For thin ihe cites “Paley’s
Moral, tinrl Political Philoqnphv, last chap
ter.” It mey he thereflmtl have been un
able m find it.) Whilst it in difficult to ns-‘
certnih hi: precise n‘lenning in this pftsuuge.
he. )‘enderfi'wh‘nt4 he did run! mean quite
clear in his sufileme'nL-u-y “view-z.” In
these he says: :‘lt will be seen that the
i View: make‘uynplin the present Uninn.”
’ The’falling o‘tlfimy of Texas, or ol'nll the
Atlnntic~Stntes, them the Pntomnc south;
che‘ very face which has: OcOlll‘l‘etL) wns not
1. within thqscnpn' at: (ifneral, Scott's “pm.
‘\'jnil’llllil remedie‘z :" that is In saw. to eStuh‘u
', li~lt l 3: Force. if' yiet‘esqtr)‘. the continuity of
l' our te lrit'm'y.‘ In his "i-iewe" he also sttnee
:as follqws: “Buttltreuk thin glnrinu-z ['niryn
[v by when-vet line‘nrlinps that political mml'
nm filmy contrive. until there would be no
i’hnpe dl'tecruiting‘ the fragments except by
l the lacefittion undil‘osrioticm of the swortl.‘
'l‘n ethiotmteh remit thfe intestine was of
l our Mexican neighbors, would. in compari
, mn with nurtsink intq‘ more 'childjs play.”
l In'illt‘i (lenerul's opm in. “a smaller etill
f (than ilteke intestine s are) would be to ah i
3 low thh fragments'oftl‘is great Republic to
aform {ht—mielves into new Confederacies,
u‘pmbnhily. t'tun'." ‘ '
He then paint: tint wilmt ought to be the
‘bountlfries between the new Unions; and
at the HM of: exit-It; ,né: so far us even to
‘intlient'r‘ the (title-5i whihh ought to be thel
leapitnli: ot' the tll‘rt’i? firit on thi» gille of the '
ltlm-kvl‘Mnnntuithi‘ toi wtt: “Unlumhinw
3 South (fat-011115," 'g’A‘ltorim'Quincy, IllinnEm’K
.nnil “.\.‘lhutry. New iYutlvd.” (mtiutlm:“’nsh-‘
ingtmi‘fihty ““0110“er The imln'atitm of
cztpilal§ (‘Oltlflint‘tl gin tl e original, now inl
my t ]vos\t*.~>inn. is curinhelv nniittetl in the,
versionfpuhlishetl ih theL Ail/lona] [Il(:‘/I,v.</I‘Tl-l
n-r. llet’fexignntes tin czipiml for the but!“ .
Uniou.‘on the 'lx’acititx; The tender will.
judge. what enctmi‘uflinénh these views”
proceeding from soitlistmguisheti n soutce. .
jmnst‘hltve :tfl'or-ledt w {the secessioniats of
the Cotton Sitlté‘“. i i
] I trugx'l Lhnve hailfienohgh. and more than
}.Hmughl to convinc ‘ evej—y miml why I did
net, with at l'dree olll‘lve pmnpunivi attempt
-ga‘ro.uf;'m-oc Forth ....ckhm uml St. Phillip.
nn the Mksikippi‘; Nut Margin), lwlmv
Mobile; Forts Pieltlms rind Mellem in Pvn~
szicnla hmlmr: Fmrll Pulaski, lielnw Sawnn
nah -, Fu‘rhllnlilti-ie- nmrSumter,Ciulrleston
‘ lini-lmr,- :mll Flu-t Mlgnro . in Virginia.
1 Three, “ \'iew:_" lihth ( riginal and supple
mentnrv. wers- publish: by General Scott
. in the ‘\ldltnnql In/r'lllgenqrr of January 18th,
15M, at. the m-nt‘fimphrlunt and critical
reyinll'nf the Alluginiflt‘ntion.‘ Their pub
ientiinn nt thnt limb cquld do no pos=ible
I gmtl, nml might dim mu' h harm. To have
published them withoflt fthe Presidpnt’s
knowledge and cdhsenit wn: as much in
‘ violation, of the stirred confidence which
‘,ouilit to prevail hetweeh the Communtlfiig
(General of“ the arm? mid the Commander
in-Chit-f, m it would hayl'e been for the Sec
'retary of War to imhlilh the same docu
ments witlmutxlus authority. What is of
moré importance, the}; iuhlicntinn was
, calculated injurirmly t atlfect the compro
, mise‘ 'mensuies then péndmg before Con
gress and» the country, mid to encourage the
Soces>iomst< in tlTeixf mild and wicked lit;
tempt to shatter the Unan into frng'mmitg.
From the great respect which I then enter
tained for the General, I passed it. qrer in
silence. ‘ - i
I! is worthv of the remhrlé, that man 3ft“-
the Prrsidemial electiod representations of
what these “viewa contained. of more or
less cdrrectfl¢a mire ux fortunntoly circu
lnhld, especiully throughout the S)uth.-—~
The‘editnrs of Hm .\7115/4'nal IlliPl’iflem‘er, .in
asfigning‘ a reusnn‘ foritheir publicatién,
state- that both in ”WIN printfi nndm pub
-110 Spec-chm, Minions Imd’been mudn to
them.‘nnd some, misapfirehension in their
character hm! got abroad. ‘ v
II and I”. General t§cott states that he
arrived in Washington on the 12th, and.
accompanied by the Secl-etary of War, held
a conversation with thel President on the
15th of December. Whilst I have no-recol',‘
lection whatever of th conversationphe
dpuhtless states that Ifilid refuse to segd
three hundred men to rfeinforce Major An
dlarson at Fort Moultrie. who had not‘then
removed to Fort Sdmtel'. The reason .for
this refund is manifest to uleho recollect
the history of the time; But twelve days
before, in.the annual misting? of the 3d of
December; I had urged penl ConcressLthe
adofition of amendments to the Constitu
tion of the same clmrhctcr with those sub
sequentlyproposed by firl‘xittenden. call
ed“ The Crittemlen Compromise.” At thet
Ctilme high hopes were entertained‘through
t the country that these would be adopt
ed. Besides, I believedwnud this correctly,
as the event proved, that Major Anderson ‘
was then in no danger of attack. Indeed.
_he and his command were then treated
with marked kindness by the authorities
and people of Charleston. Under these
circumstances, to ‘have sent such a. force
there would have been only toimpair the
hope of compromise, to provoke collision,
and disappoint the country.
There are some details of this conversa
tion in regard to which the General’s mem
ory must be defective. At present I shall
specify only one. I could not have stated
that on a future enntingent occasion I
would telegraph “Major Anderson, of Fort
Moultrie, to hold the Forts (Moultre and I
Sumter) against the attack ;" became, with
prudent precaution, this had already been
done several days before through a. spectal
messenger sent to Major Anderson for this
very purpose. “I refer to Major BuelL of
the army.
The (leneral’s supplementary note of the
same day, presenting to me General Jack
son’s conduct in 1833, during the perxod of
nullificntion. as an example, requires no
special notice. Even if the cases were not
entirely dlfl'erent, I.”me pxevioualy’gdeter
mined upon a policy,“ my own, as willap—
pear from my annu‘al 'messagé. This was.
at every humid/Lo 'éollé’ct p 8 cuswms‘nt
Charleston, any] outside ofjhe: rwfl‘ neqd
be. in a ves'aelpf—wnr. Mr. 831 mm the
u 1 . . v 11
I'3fo 13 Juan-n AM) WXLL PRzLUL.
GETTYSBURG, PA-, MONDAY, Nov. 17; 1862-
exitting collector, as I had anticipated. re— ;
“igned his affine about the end of Decem- ‘
her, and immediatelv thereafter I nominat
ed to the Senate, as his successor. a suitable
Ker-son, prepared at any personal risk totio
is duty. That body. howeveruthroughoub
its entire. seseiotx, declined to net on thifi 1
nominationfi 'Fléun, without a Collector‘it
was rendered impossible to collect the
revenue. .3 ' ‘
IV. General ’i‘Scott's statement alleges
that “ the Brooklyn, with Captain Vogdes’
compnny alone,ileft_ the Chesapeake for.
Fort Pickens nltout Jnnuwry 22d, and on
the 29th President Buchanan.‘liaving enter
ed into a qm‘m’ a mi~tice with; certain lend-‘l
ing seceders at‘taPerisncold nnd.elsewhere,
canned Secretariés Holt and‘Toucpy to in- I
“met, in njointtmte to the cpmmnnder ‘of
the war vensels ofi‘ Pensacolmlnnd Lieuten
nnt Slammer, cdmmanding FortrPickens.‘
to commit no ant nl‘ hostility, nnd‘not to
lnml Captain Vogdes’ comfiuny u,nles< the
fort. shonld be nttncked." He afterwards
states, within buckets. “'l‘hntjoint the I
never saw. but 3:")YDO‘3B the lirmistic was
consequent uponi the. nleétinghfthe¥ence :
Convention at, \\"nshington. and was under
stood to terminate with it."_ i .
These state-melts betray a ringulnr want
I of memory on th, part of General Scott.—
{.lt is scarcelv crtdihle that this very joint
I note, presented ‘ n such odio 5' colors was
gtJubmitted to (Mineral Scott n the day‘it
l was. prepared, (29th Jnnuxjuv. and met his‘
tenure upprnhutifi‘m. I Would not: venture
l to make this ass rtion if I (li linbt pdssese
: conclusive erideiee to provei it. On that
4 day Secretary If It addressei'me n note.
: from which [he {Mowing is n extract :
P " I lzuce (It, svllleflu'linu of .wv/Zn‘y. Unit on‘ sull
, nit/tiny the paper ' Gmernl Scott ‘lie ”pressed!
i him-”‘o' mtiqfi'rd 111 it. sax/in!) that there Mil/(l
bc‘no obj..ction to I (’a'rrangnnrnf in u mih'lmy
pom! (J view or all wring” This requires no
‘ comment. Thatl ll} General had every
‘ reason to be natiutiet with tlminrrangement
1 Will appear from , he [allowing stiitementi:
‘ A revolutionnrjo break [mint-curred in
Florida; the trdpp of the l‘nitod States
hafl been expellell from Pensacola and the‘
oiliacent Navy Yiird andLicutennnt Siem
nier, of the nrtilh‘ry, with his; brave little.
command, hnd hfwn’ forced to' take refuge
in Fort, Pickcngs, where he ivasiin imminent
danger ei‘ery mollient oflmiug captured by
n Vimtly superiorlt‘or‘ce. Owing tothe in
terruption of rogillur communications, Sec—
retary Ilnlt did "rt receive information iof
them events unt‘ l several (l:nys.iit‘tci' their
occurrence, imd then through a letter to n
vthird peimn. llé instnntly informed the
rPrc=idrnt of the fact. and reinforcementi,
‘pt‘OVlSlOllH, and iilitarv stores were dis
putchcd by the finioklyn to Fort~Pickens
without a nmmenti’sunnecessary delay. . She
left Fortress Mum-ho on the 24th ofJnnuary; I
. “'cll founded ripprehcmions were! how- i
ever, entertnincd t the time of her depar
ture that the reinFoi-cemcnts, with the ves
wls of war at’noipreat distance from' Fort
I'ickenu, c'ould no}; arrive intimate defend
‘ltnflfllli‘t- the impending attack. in this
stnto ot'~u<pon~e,qn(l whilst Lieutfilemmer
was in extreme peril. Henatore .\‘lidell, lion
.tcr, nnd Dialer. lll‘r‘eived n telct'ratihic dik
putr‘h from Senatof Mnlloiy,-.i Flor idnxlated
at Prn<=icolnnon tge 23th Janl’umy, with the
‘urgent requestthrt thev Elmu .d lay it before
ithc President.- Thi~ dieymtc ihxpres=ed :m ‘
earnest desire toi maintain the peace. as,
well as the. “tout finsi‘tive a‘qirmire, that no
'attnck yvouhl be made on Fort Pickens if
the present statui should he, priservcd. ,
. This propoanl rims carefully considered,
both with'a view «to the safety of the Fort.
and to the unhappy effect which an actual 1
collision either ntgthat or any other point ‘
‘might produce on the Peace Convention,
then about to aswemhle at Washington.—
The rc=ult wa‘q that a joint dispatch WIN
carefully prepared hy the Secretiiries of
\\'ar and Navy, xhcceptine the proposal,
with important modifii-ations,‘whirh was
tran=mitted by telegraph on the 20th Jan-I
uary to lLlNltt-ntllpt Slpmmcr and to the i
naval commanders near the station. it is ,
too long for transéription ; suffice it to shy, ‘
it was carefully guarded at‘every point for ‘
the security of tile fort and its free com
munications \\'ith'M'aahiugtnn. ‘ .
The reenlt “as! highly fortunate. The
Brooklyn had :1 long-passage. ’ Although i
she left Fortress Monroe on the 24th Janu- I
ary, she did not: drrive at Pensacola until ‘
the 6th February; In the mm ‘ ime Fort
Pickens, with Lie' tenanthlemd‘in (whose 1‘
conduct, desorvesfnigh commendtition) end 1
his brave little ha d. were placed, by virtue
.of this arrangement, in perfect security um i
til an adequate folioe had arrived") defend ‘
it against any. attfick. The fort is‘ still in 1
our possession. Well might General Scott .
have expressed hi 9 aatisfaction with this or
mngonrent. TheiGencral was‘oo‘rre t in
the supposition tltat this arrangemf-ngwas
to expire on the termination of the fleece
Convention. l .' ' " .7 ,
V. BuTwe now come to an imllortant
period, when date; will be essentially neces‘
sary to disentangle the statement of Gen.
Scott. The South; Carolina. Commissioners
were appointed on the 22d. and arrived in
Washington on the 27th December. The
day after their afrival it was announced
that Major Anderson had removed from'
Fort Moultrie to that Sumter. This ren
dered them furious. ‘ ‘
- On the same day! they addressed an angry
letter to the President demanding the sur
render o'f Fort Sumter. Tho President-an
swered this letter; on the 20th December,
by a peremptoryq refusal. This, brought“
forth a reply from the Commissioners on’
the 2d January, 1,861, of such an insulting
character that the President instantly re—.
turned it to them with the following on—
dorsement: “This paper. just presented
to the President, is of such a character that
he declines to receive it.” Fromthat time
forward all fuendiy,’politicnl andpersonal
intercourse finallyxceused between the revc»
lutionary Senators and the President, and
he was severely attacked by them in the
Senate, and especially by Mr. Jefferson
Davis. Indeed, their intercourse had pre
viously been of the coldest character ever
since the President’s anti-Secession message
at the commencement of the session of
Congress.
Under these chtthged circumstances,Gen
eral Scott. by note on Sunday, the 30th
December, addressed the followmg inqui
ry to the President :
“Will thePresrdeut permitGenernl Scott.
without reference to the War Depurtmen t,
and otherwise as secretly a: possible, to
send two hundred and fifty recruits from
New York harbor to reinforce Fort Sumter;
together with some extra. muskets 02- miles.
ammuniton and subsistance? ‘lt is, hoped
that a sloop and cutter may be ordered for ‘
the same purpose tomorrow.”
The General seems not to have then
known that Mr. Floyd‘was out of ofiice.‘
Never did a roqhest meet 3 more prom‘p‘t
comjalinnce. It w‘u received on b‘undny
dB
evening. December 30th. > On Monday
morning. 1 nave instructions to the War
Hind Navy Departmenta. and on Monday
evening Gen. Scott came to congratulate
me that the Secretaries had :HSUN' the ne
cessary orders to the array and navy officers
and that they Were in hit! session; The
Brooklyir, withlroope, mii’itry stores and
provisions, was to sail lbrtlrwich from For»
tress Monroe to Fort Sumteri. .I am. there
fore. utterly at a low to imhgine why the:
General,rin his statement. thould have u
serted thatf‘the South Carolina commis
aionets had [already been many days in
Washington’; and no movement of defence
. (on the part ot the United States) was per
mitted.” ’l‘hese Commissioners arrived in
I Washing‘tbn on the 27th December: 09118?-
al Scott’s request was made to the Presi-i
dent on the limb. It. was couyplied with on '
the 31st. and a single day is'a‘ll that repre-i‘
sents the “.many days” ofghe General. : ‘
Again.‘Genei-at Scott arse ts, in the face '
of these dots, that the President refused to {
allow an; attempt to he mhdg-t—to reinforce ‘
Fort Summit—because he,b “ins holding ne- 1
. tiations with the South theolina Commie!
s onerfi. 3 And still againptH’at “afterwards I
S cretary Iloitfind myself findeavored, in!
vain, to q‘htairte. shipof-war it: the put-pose ‘
and were finally obliged to 3' play the pas-i
saucer steamer Star of th 3, West.” ‘Will'i
it believed that the substitution of the;
“Star oifthe West” {or thj powerful war'
steamer Brobklyn, of wliici hennw com-“i
‘plaiuls; West by the advicelol Gen. Scott‘-
. him'selfi‘ I have never héuiid this doubted i
until I rehd the statement. 15! ,
At thie interview already i'ef'erred-to be
tween the General and myueit‘, on the eve.
ning of Monday. the Rlst ot'DecemberJ sug
.ge‘xted to him, that althou‘ghz I had not re-i
lccived the‘. South Carolina Commissioners}
i in their dflicial capacity, but nflercly as pri-i
vaie gentlemen. yet it might he considered '
an improper act to s‘end the'Broohlyn with I
[reinforcements to Fort Sumter urttil I had
i received an answer from them to my letter i
of the priece'ding da ; that the delay could
not continue more Eran forty-eight hours. I
lie promptly concurred in this suggestion i
as gentlemanly and proper. and the orders
[were not‘trimsmitted to the Brooklyn on
Ethat evening. , My anticipat one were’con
Erect. for on_the morning of th 2nd ofJanu-,
ry I received their insolont ole.l and sent'
‘it back to thelfi.——ln the. nicairitinie. howev
er. the General had become iconvxnced, by
the representatiims of a Igentleman!whom I i
,foriiear tomame. that thei hettfr plan. an the
Secretarielv. of \Vtu' and the havy informed
me, to sccprq secresy and em: ess-and _r'each
the fort,~ would he to send a ast <ide4vheel
mercantile steamer from New York with
the reinfot-cemcnts.’ Acconlingiythe‘fitar
of the West” \as selected for this duty.—
’l‘he’sub<titution' oftlfis mercantile steamer L
for the Brim-klyn, which would have been ‘
ahle to deft-nil herself in pose ol'attack was:
reluctantly yieldedhy me to the high mil:
itnry juth ment at Gen. Scott. i
The cha ge of program me required «brief [
space .ot'ti me; but the Star (il'the “’th left}
New Ym‘lt i'nr Charleston on the even‘ ,Iz ofl
the 51h Jinuary. On the very day, lIQYEV' !
er. when lthis ~ill-tated stenhner lei't NeWi
thk. a telegram was detpatchvd hy Genern
al Scott to? Cdinnel Scott to chutennand her ,
,(lepnrtm‘e‘; but. it did'not reti'ch its dcstinwi
tion uuti‘.i after she had gone to sea. "rho“
reason forithis countermand shall be stated I
in the la‘guage of'Secratary llnlt, to be‘
found in 3‘ letter addressed by him tci Mr.‘
'l‘hompsoni,‘ the Secretary nftlie Interior, on I
the 5m March, 1861, and nulilisireain the
Nalinnal Ii relight-er. Mr. Holt says:
~ "The c ntermand spokeh of (hyr Mr.
Thomp‘oq) was not more cordially sane-l
tinned by the President than it was by Gen.
Scott and i'myself: not becau‘se of anv rl‘isrl
sent from the order on the part of the Pros- l
ident. hutJbecause of a letter h‘cceived that i
clay from iMajor Anderaon, fitating. in ef-}
feet. that l‘e regarded himsel secure in his.
position: find yet more tron intelligence
which late on Saturday eveni a; (sth Janu‘:
pry. 1861) breached the Depar ment. that “l
heavy halt? ~ h'ul been crccti d among the}
sand hillsJili-g the entrance to Charleston;
harbor. which would prnbah destrriy'any
.unarmed genre! (and such \ s the Star of
the \Vcst):which might. utt pt to make
its way to Fort Sumter. This. mportant in
formation !sa'tihfil-d the Gov rnmcut.thati
there was no present necc~>it for sending ‘
r iniorcementS. and that whin sent they
should go. ct in a vowel ofc mmercm'hut
of war. “Erica the counternlxml was ’des
patched. h telegraph to New York; but
the, vessel had nailed it short time before it
reached tht officer (Col. Scott) to whohi it
was addres ed." ~‘~ : . .
A statemient lofthece facts. eitablished by
dates, prodes conclusively that. the I'resi- ‘
dent was Tit. only willing It? anxious in
the brjet'es period'to reinfor 'e Fort Suin
ter. ’ 7 - . .
0n the 4t} ofJanuar-y, theday before the
departure {the Starof the west from New
York. as Grin. Scott in his gtatement admits,
succor-was gsent to Fort Taylo Key West.
toFort Jefferson and Tortu'gaskland, which
reached these points in time fer their secu
rity. He nevertheleus speculates on {the
con<équenqes which mig it have followed
bed the reinforcements not reached their
destinationiin due time; and even express—
a the extraordinary opinion that, with the
pose-mien ohhese forts. “the rebels might
have purchased linearly recognition.” ’
I shall next advert to the stgté-ment that
the expedition under Capt. Ward, “of three
or four small steamers belonging to the
Coast Survey,” was kept back By something
like a truce'oi- armistice. [made here.Le)m
bracing Chair-lemon and Pensacola. her rs,
agreed 'upan between the late President
and certain principal _Secedérs of South
Uarolina, Florida. Louisiana, éec. And this
truce lasted to the end of the Administra
tion. Things altogether distinct in their
nature Are often so blended in this state
ment thatit is difficult to separate them.
Such is eminently the case in connecting
the facts relative to Charleston with Pen
sacola. j i
}laving already treated of the charge of
having kept back reinforcements from
Pensacola,l shall now say something of
the charge of having also kept them back
from Charleston. Neither a truce, nor
quasi truce, nor anything like it. was ever
concluded between the President and any
humun authority concerning Charleston .
On the contrary, the South Carolina Com
mlseioners, first and lust, and all the time.
were informed that the President could
never surrender Fort Sumter, nor deprive
himself of the most entire liberty to send
reinforcements to it whenever it was be
lieved to be in danger, or requested by Mo.-
jor Anderson. It is strange the: Gen. Scott
was not apprised of this well-known fact.—
It was then, with some astonishment, that I
[earned froth the statement of the General
that he had. on the 'thh of Mumlullefif,
'sdlvised that M“jol‘ Anderson should be in-
Wm" C
IMRE
TWO DOLLRB A-YEAR
structed to avncunte the fort as soon a:
suilahte trampormtion could be procure-d
i to carry himself and his command to New
York. A“ military necessity for a capituln
tion min" have existed in case there should
bean attack upon the fort, Mia demand for
it!) slim-end". but surely note such could
hive «ti-ted for its golunthry surrender
afi’d nhmdonmont. 5 ’
/ Probably that. to which the {lateral means
'tnret’er was not the quasi. b t the actual.
tnneo ofarms concluded nt ChnHmtohmn {hp
11th ofJanunryJStßLhemoergovernorl’ick-
em and Major Anderson} with‘ at the ,ltnnw
ledge of the President. : It. w s or. the 9th
of January that the Star of ne West. un.
der the American flag, as firqdupnn in the
harboriof Charleston b orde of Governor
Pickens. Irnmedilltely; nflei-Fthis outrage
Major Anderson sent. a; flag a the Gover
nor smtingv that he presume the not had
been unauthorized. and‘; io‘r t In! reason he
had nobopened fire frdm F t Sumter on
the. adjacent batteries ; but. emnnded its
disavownl, and if this were iot sent in a
reasonable time, he would go sider ii war,
and fire on any. vesselgcligt Tattempted to
leave the harbor. ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ '
(l‘wo days 'nfler this Loom once. on tlii,l
1 h Jinnarv, Governni- Pic ens hud tho,
in unity tovdomand of Mnjnr Andeison lho
5 mm” of tho fort. ,ln hisinnswer oftho
sn. edhta, the Mnjhr made the following
p posifion :' “Should! you , Excellpnoy
d em’fit, previous tan. rksort arms. to rp~
for this mainly to \Vnshingto , it would af
ford mé the sincernst 'plohniire to depute
one of my 0&1;er to azlctwmpanv any,mes
'sepgpr you may doem p ope-r to he thebmr—
-9rlof_your demand." Train pi-bpMitmn was
pflomptly accepted by ti ‘9 Govhrnor. «ml in'
pursuance thereof. he s t. nn'lliis'pnrt “on.
J.‘ W. lliLyne, the Amome‘y General of
Sdnth Carolina. to Wmhingtop. whilst Mfr
jnr Andérsnn deputed Lieutlllnll. of the
United States ‘Army. to acconipnny him.—
Tliese gentlemen arrived tngejliprin Wimb
ingtnn on the evening of lb‘fiqiilll of Jnnu-
M'y,‘when the Presidenfi obt’nmé-dftha first.
knowledge ofithe Humiliation: Bufi'it. will
be recollecled that no time intervened be
twgan the return of the Star aftlie West.- to
New York and the arrivial oftiw mésseifizor
bearing 19. copy of the truce at Washington}
within which it would have [em pomible.
to'sgnd reinfarcements to Fort Sumwrr—
Both evéntsloccurred u.’ ut {hie same time;
,Tlius a truce. or Suspe siomof arme. was
concluded between the pin-lion". to'coutinuw
until the question of—‘lhie Sui-fender of the
fort should he decided I theirl’residenh—
Until lbiLdecision Mn or Anderson had
placed it out of his own powofitn ask for re--
inforccmentn. land eq’ually out. bl" the pnwer'
oi the vaernmem. to send thifm without a
violation of ppblic amt. This was mm.
writérs (in public law den mingle “ a pdrtial
truce under which hostiilcie~ alosuspendcd
only in certain ’places. between a town i
and the army besiegii!gs.”. '
It. is possible that theil‘rosident. under
the laws of war. might. have qnnulled thin
truce upon due notice to tiheommaitopnrty;
hut. neither Generai Satin, n 'r tiny othm‘
person evc-rsuggested thli exvuglliont. This
would lmvc- been to out a reflehtimi on Ma
jor Anrlpraonnwho. beyond question, noted
from the highpst and puémt motives. Did
Gen. Scott ever propotio to gvjolnte this
truce «luring in existen 6? It he did,,l
am not now, rmd.nrvin>r was, ‘nware ot‘lhe
fact. Indeed. l think he would‘hnve been
one ofthe last men in the world to propoae
such in measure. 1‘
Col. Huyne did not deliver the letter
which he bore from Gov rnur 'l’ickt-ne, clev
munding the surrender % thei tort. to the
President until the 31st t'Jn‘puary. Q’l‘he
documents containing thé- reafons for‘this
worrying delay” were #omrqunicntnd to
Congress in imrrcial mm age of the'Bth of
February. to Which I refeL the'remler, {9h
the sth of Februnrv. the -cretnrv of War.
under the imtructions nt' thé P'rfisident.
,gnv‘ea peremptory refusal to‘this demand
in :m able and mmprohonsiv’p h-tter‘ _rc
viewing the whole subject, oxpluining and
justifying“ the conduct. of the President.
throughout. Its concluding {sentence is
both eloquent. and emphatic: ;
' “ It'. (says Mr. Holt.) with all the multi
plied proofs which Qxibt of the' President's
anxiety for peace. and of thumrnvst‘nm
{with whiph he had pursued it.:the nutltnri
ities of that State shall metault Fort. Sumter
and impnril the lives ofa‘lmndt'ul of brave
nml loynl men shut up within its mm, and
thin plunge our countryrinm‘ the horrors
of civil war. then upon tlmman‘d th‘ose thoy
represent must rest the rhsimnsibility."
The truce _was then ¢nded, and Gen.
Scott, is incorrect, in stating “ that it. hailed
to the end of that. Administration." ;
An expedition was quii‘etly fitted onl M.
New York, under the supervision of (ion.
Scott to be ready for any qoutingency. -llc
arranged its details. and regarded the rein
forcements thus provided‘ for he s (fieiént:
This was ready to sail for Forgjmter, on
five hnurs’ notice. It is of this etpedirion
that Gen. Some thus spealjs; a ,
“ At this time, when th s (the truce) had
passed away, Secretaries Holt and Toucy.
Capl.Ward,ofphoNavy, atg'd myselfmith the
knowledge of the Prosidepb, settled upon
the employmentmnder tha Captain. ofthree
or four sbenmets belonging to the Coast Sur
vé’y’, but he’mis kept back by the truce.”
A strange inconsistency, The truce had
expired ivith Mr. Iloit’p letter to Col.
H ne on_the sth of February, and Gen.
Seat in his statement says; “ it would have
been easy tn' reinforce this fort dawn to
the 12th of February.” Why, then. did not
the reinl’orcements proceed? b'l‘his wax
simply because of communications from
Major Anderson. It was met fortunate
that they did not: proceed; because the
three or four email steamers which were to
hear them ivould never have reached the
fort. and in the attempt mix-it have been
captured or destroyed. The vast inadequa
cy of the force provided to accomplish the
object, was demonstrated by information
received from Major Anderson at the War
Department on the last day of the Adminis
tration. ‘
I purposely forbear at present to say more
on this subject, lost I might, however unino
tentionnlly, do injustice to one or more of
the parties concerned, in consequence of
the brevity required by the nature of this'
commumcation. The facts relating to it";
with the appropriate accompaniments, have
been fully presented in a. historical renew, i
prepared a year ago, which will ere long be
published. This review contains a‘skewh
of the four last 111911th of my Administra
tion. It is impartial; at least such is my
honest conviction. That it has not yet been
gubiished-hu arisen solely trom an appre
ension. noionger entertained, that some
thing therein might be unjusdy perverted
into An interference with theGovernmént
in l vigorous‘ prosecution of the’ In for the
mninuenlnceflof the Conétitufion Dad the
reatorttmn of the Union, which nu. fir,
r r a: n‘ 91 "'
veiy‘ BrYfl‘ofi’l Iy figféfi‘ffofi.‘ no} I ‘
A m canton-aro- t. an 1
decllnrejmfore God anmy"country.ml I
cannot. reproach myselfwith any act doom:
mimon or omission since the exiuiqxttal-g
bios commenced. l have never doublod'
that. mfr countrymen Would yet do mutant-1
the. nmy special messaged the of
January. 1561, I presented a full nn'd‘h'sr,
expo-« Mon ot'the nlnrmmp condition looj
country, :lan urged Congress either‘ 39 ads-P":
measures of compromise. or, failing int 3.?
to preps") for the lust alternative. In both?
aspects my recommendation was disregard—l
ed. 1 shall close this document with (“,Iqu
lotion ol’ the last sentences of that manage;
as follows: , - , E
“In conclusion. it may be permittedma?
to remark that I have often warnedny;
countrymen of the dan are which now curl
mund us. This [My $8 the In: “me If
shall refer to the subject ofiicinlly. 1 fed]
thob‘my duty has been faithfully. tho h it:
mhy be imperfectly, performed ; and law“
eve-{the result may be, lahull gnu-y to my}
grave Ath‘e consciousness NM 1. M hunt!
meant. well for my country.” ‘
Your obedient servant. *
~ Jun Bananas.
Wilcatland. ntar Lancaucr, Oct. 28, 1862.
No. 6-
MR. sfififion EHANéIpAnON.
When Democrdtic journals’urge, menthol
of the objections to the President's emanéi
potion proclamation, that it is moon-titu
tional, the advocates ofthnt unwise mealtime,
in order to escape the issuer, ascribe to them
motives inconsistent with loyalty. But-the
Democracy are not oonfied to ergumenu of
their own to show thelunconstitutinng'lity
of- the Abolition edict. Amonfthe m'nny
authorities whom they may cite in juttin
_cation of their views is Mr. 89mm}. the
present Secretary of State. On thrEZd hf
{'ll pril. {ML—after the war had nptuelly he
l gun—Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Dayton, ouri
A Minister to Paris. the tollowing exposition
lofthe views of the Adtninistration, the enr
i respondence having been sinheofiicinlly poo
mulgated : S / 'I»
2‘ .. The condition of slavery in the "Mini
1 States will remain just the some, wlmtherjt
’(tho rebellion) succeed or fail. Time yin
not even a pretext for the complaint that
Hiifinllected States ore to be conq‘uered hythe
i United-Staten if the revolution 'ail ,- for the
fright: nf thezi‘tntea. and the condition'ol’
levnry human hoim: in,them, will remain
tmhinct to exactly the same laws and form!
’of. (rlminiatrqtion whether the reviolution
l-hnll succeed. or whether it shall fail. :ln
lone case the States would be federally coh
jnect d with the‘new Confederacy; in the
lathe; thoy,‘ha now, be menillr-rs nflllo
_ Unit d States: but their constitutim n and
:luwn, custnmq. habits and institutioiim,:in
l.efilu‘r: case will remgltn the some. i 1 l
j J “ It is: hardly necessary to add to thisjin
icontestihln statement; the furtbnr tin-Mint
lthe‘now Peeident, as well as the citizens
lthrou’uh whose sufi'rnges he he: come into
i the Administration. have always repudiated ‘
.11“ designs whntever imputed to. him Mild
i‘them. of disturbing the system of slaving
nu it is existing under the Constitution “th
i laws. The case, however, would not he 11$
.1)' profiontod if I were to omit to any thtt
lnny such etfort on his part would be uncqp
istitutinnnl nnd all his actions in that dim)»
. tion would be prevented by Vthejudicinliiu
' thority. oventhcugh they were assentedklo
by Congress and the people.” ‘ I
WORDS 0F PRUDENCE. :1 3
The Xewngryport‘ Ilefald, a Repdblicng'l
paper. says 1. I N ‘f 4‘
To‘our minds tlm oleclinns'jud talent
plnee are A popular condemnntifion of radi
mlism; they are a warning to baity lande é:
they are a declaration in favor @f'a I'o3me
tion of the counti’y to what it wmoriginalg.‘
and they nre a vote Snfnyor of xmwuu a
earliest/hour it can ballwl ‘on lit-nongblb
mfmn. . If the Republic'nns will read flip
writing‘upon the wgll. and being wmfwd,
t-oiect ultra lagers, and measures of doubt
ful utility to‘, Say the least. they will ypt
stem the tide and keep in their own hand”
the adjustment of the present quutionh
that must soon be settled. Tlul people ul‘e
capable of self-government,~nml if they cali
not dothat one way they will dnothem-L-
The people will hnv€the Constitution and
the Union, and everything else will lmve lb
bow before that olject.‘ ‘ ‘ , 7
A Great lelnl.-’—Wo hear the Abolition
presses and weaker: daily mouthing “oui'
arr-at cnuntvy."—-Wel|. who undo it ”all?
Echo nnawers—L"The Democm‘cy." Why is
it great, ‘or rather was it great? 'Becauuit
extends over‘h boundleaa, a rich and varigd
territory. Who added this territm'y I‘d
thus made our pountry gi-eat? Echo Again
answers, “The Democrach" Who opto
sed for a half century, the making ott ”‘in
A "great country Y" Thd‘New England Fed}!
«rs-lint: and the modern Abol tionist'M-w
When was our "pl-mt country" destroyed?
When these New England Federalisfl Incl
modern Abolitionisls got into power»?
What impudunoe is it than for the“! fuel?
11,6 now talk about “our great and gloriuup
comltl'y.”— Olu'o Crick. \ ‘ 1'
‘ fi'A Western Poet has written 3 Hymn.
intended to be sung by Cong-us. dun-mg in
session next winter, immndmtely after
pra’yers. Thu foklow'uig stanza 'u a Ipooiio
men : ‘ ‘ ‘
From Africa the negm camp, , al‘
And. 0 Co'ngrm him his name: i 3
Stand! up. good aneioy. bless. the day,
The negro came from Africa. ,» >
In h;m we live. in him we mayo; - ‘1
For hm: we preach, for him wo-priyé—
For him we meet. from day to day, -}
That colored cuss from Africa. ‘ 1
mule}; said to lug 550,000,000 div.
our soldiers, ‘ Some regim‘enu have not 6a
ceived a cent for eigh‘t months, send a Jul-‘0
number have been without [my sis monthti.
So says the N. Y. Trilnuw. and i? it h true i;
is diugroceful go the Government. 00an
tors and swindling fun-ite- do not havojp
wait a day {or the money they claim. but
the poor soldier goes unpaid. Can't tho
Oovvrnmcnl: machinbry make money flit
enough to meet the demands 7 Ifnot. than
let all other claims go, and ply tlwsoldipf'p
promptly. Good policy and justice both
demand-this. ’ I "
More Ncgvoa. —The Telexrabh Innnunm
that another boat-loud of negroes, 360 in
number. arrived at Washington on Friday,
having been brought up from Sufi‘ulk. Norqh
Carolina. They were immediately sent lo
the contraband camp. (here. of course. to Be
fed at the government eXPense. whilelomo
ofour poor soldieramccordingtoail account,
are suffering for the want. of shoes and clo
thing and have not received a cent ofpay
in six months! 1% this right? Is itjulfl
ne‘A pplos are so plenty in Westarn N6l!
York that they can be bought for finy cent.
a barrel! Potatoes 3911 an no symptoms of
dlituse, and the best, ones are mld for $1
I barrel. including package. One farmer
has an orchard of chums grafted‘fruit Ind
otfered the whole of his crop of up In pl
twelve and a half cents per bushel. tfieplu
chaser to gather the fruit and select only
such as he wanted and could sell. I
Tax on Attorneys.—Judge PAige, of “30
Supreme Court of New York, decided AM
days since that the clause in the Nationnl
Tax Law requiring attorneys to’tnko oufig'
license. applies only 1.0 those who pram
in the Ufiibed States Courts. ' ‘4 r
QM“. General McClellan bu gone
Txmtgn.‘ 19.61., :ihfiere she expecte‘ he“ '
unin‘ urin e' her. ~ ' " ‘
‘vfi-fn 25th the people are M;
m of blackberry leans. ,
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